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THS'SOTJTirrEaSICtJLTUEAL
, - P0SSIB1IITIE3 4 ; f;
In a recent issue of the Baltimore
Manufacturer Record CbL" J H.'
Killebrewhas a paper on, theagri
cultural possibilities of the South,
- in which Tie" goesi3to'fhow tYa
the South is capable of duplicating
the ajnricultural products of the
United States at the present time, a
statement previously made by lr.
Richard Edmonds, editor of - the
' Record, ht. considered, extreme by
some Northern r journals. . As illus
trating the capacity of the South in
producing diversified crops , he pre
faces his statement with the remark
that there are; 125 agricultttral pro
ducts which can be and are grown
with profit in the South.S3:
There are in the fourteen South
' era States 83101 square; miles-
During the year 1900; 522,229,
505 bushels of" wheat were produced
on 42,495,385 . acres, 4ess xthanone
twelfth of the area of" ihe'Souihern
States. Tho; aTerageyield; for, the
TTmtorl Rf.ftfofl tM 2.3 'hnsrmYa Tier
acre, which in. the; South,; ie says,
could be easUy increased to 20
bushels per acre.
This miffht seem like an extrava
: gant state2imtr-but he justifies
by calling attention to some yields
in, Georgia and by the fact that in an
extensive area in Tennessee which
ten years ago was considered worth-
less lor growing wueat, mb - yieiu
now at the rate of from twenty to
twenty-fire bnshelaper acre. ? Up to
180y the averagtf yield 1 was less than
eight bushels per acre, while now it
.is three times as much and with in
' telligent culture and the best seed
it WaySSH 16 largBiy'increased. " He
does notr giro. figures of ' the
Georgia yield but ?mbv I the fjote
mi urns were awardeof tofhe winners
who exhibited at the Athens contest
. last J ulj, (to which he probably re
ferred) the records, were from 32 to
43 bushels per acre.' "As the object
of the prizes in this cas e was to
stimulate wheat culture, each
grower described his ' method jf cul
ture, the character of the land, the
fertilizers used, the amount, &c.
; jfrom 33 to 43 Dusneis to the acre
would be considered a fine crop in
' the best wheat growing States. -
But this is not an astonishing
yield for there are ' many1 farms in
North Carolina where crops of
twenty bushels are" common and
thirty bushels not rare enough to be
- considered remarkable. We have
seen notices of several crops grown
this year that yielded over forty
bushels to the acre, and one in
Catawba county where the yield
was forty-three bushels to the acre,
on land which a few years ago sold
for $1.50 an acre. We have seen
M L i l 1 a a a. - ii..
- ionj DusueiB proaucea to tne acre
on land that was pronounced ex
hausted and worthless, and was con
sidered well sold at $2.50 an acre.
T a hi- v - m -mm a m ' mm
ii coBian i do Dougnt to-aayior
The improvement that can be
made on one acre can be made on a
million acres with the same methods
and therefore it would -be possible
to nrodnee.-ent44.495.3S5- acres-in
the 8outh double or more the Vheat
- M t -y w m mm
jcrop oi last year, jae Deueves, ja
V belief which he - says is shared by
other agricultural thinkers and
. writers) that - within twnn tv.fi t
. - 1.1 a x i ... . -. .
jcaii me ovau vui oo proaacing
500,000,000 bushels of wheat.
Whether this be among thejproba-'-
bilitiesxr not it certainly is among
- tne possiouities. . . ,
c liast year tne crop oi corn lor tne
United States .was 2.105.102.518
. bushels, grown on 8&i320,872 acres,
' an average of 25.3 bushels per
acre..,( xnis is a inue. over one-ni-teenththe'
area 'of the' Southern
States. He . contends ., that - with
v thorough culture the " total" crop of
tne country could be grown on one
half the acreaffe It took to . nrodnce
: this, - and,- illustrates by . example,
showing the productive capacity of
- eitinir one instanna whera in Snntfi
were produced to the acre, and an
other in Tennessee where 120 bush
' Ala wars Swvtnnoii . Th n.A a n-v
centions. of -course, but wa" ' all
know that the yield of corncan ibe
increased I imntenselr brCthoronh
; culture and liberal- fertilizing. - so
that it would not be very difficult to
double this . averasre vield of 25.3
, Dusneis per acre. ; - !i ;
(The oat crop amounted to 809,
required to produce them ' with the
present slip-shod methods of culture.
He refers to tobacco, rice and
other crops and . shows that ' they
ould be easily : doubled or more
without enlarging ' the acreaee.
Estimating the value of the annual
crops xf the South at $1,200,000,000
he; says ,they were produced on 166,-
610, square miles, put of the total
831,210, or abont one fifth, I which
leaves' four-fifths of the land non
productive as yet,ytinder forest or
not aaapted lor one reason or an
other to agriculture. With what is
adapted to cultivation, he argues,
the South could easily produce $3,
000,000,000 woflh of products on
one half - its arable territory with
out any, improvement on the meth
ods heretofore pursued. But with
improved methods this might be
done without materially increasing
the acreage now under farms, r ;
- This; may sound like visionary
talking but it is not, for with ex
periments made it is simply impossi
ble to limit the production of aver
age fair farming land in this, seo
tiofl' wheii e' have ! seen It ; made to
yield three bales of cotton' to the
acre, from forty to fifty bushels of
wlieat, 120 to 237 bushels of corn,
from fifty to one hundred bushels of
oats, and from 600 to 1,000-bushels
of Irish potatoes and other things
in proportions The fact is there is
no estimating' the agricultural pos
sibilities of the South. We. know
what has been doneon tests, but
we do v not know " what may be
.done? ) :
mriYEBSAL TEIBTJTE.
Neither this nor any other coun
try has ; ever witnessed a more im
pressive; expression of esteem and
sorrow than was witnessed after the
tragedy that ended the life of Pres
ident McKinley, culminating in the
solemn and imposing ceremonies
and the unprecedented honors paid
his remains on the way to . their
resting place in the' earth among
the friends and : neighbors -. who
knew and loved him in life. In
the last hours there were assembled
in that little city, where so long he
had lived the life of a modest, un
pretentious man, not .only many
thousands of his own people, of all
creeds, all parties, all callings, from
the humblest to the highest, but
representatives of all the civilized
countries "on the earth, all there
to pay tribute to the memory not
simply of the President of a Re
public with its 76,000,000 of peo
ple, but to the man who had so
lived as to command the respect
and admiration of his fellow men,
and who throughout his long and
illustrious career, in. the full glare
of the search lights,, stood in pri
vate and public life pure and spot
less.
Eminent as he was in his publio
career and deservedly illustrious, it
was not, alter all, nis success as a
leader of men or architect of publio
policies which won admiration and
endeared him to his fellow men as
the beautiful and lovable traits
which characterized the man, which,
blending harmoniously with his pub
lic career, made him an idol and an
exemplar and brought those tributes
of love and veneration from the four
quarters of the earth.
Men differed as to the publio poli
cies for which he stood as the repre
sentative, land he did not escape
criticism, and even harsh criticism,
for these, but there was no difference
as to his private virtues.' To these
all, however much they may have
differed from him in other things,
paid sincere and profound tribute,
and this shows the priceless worth of
character, character that can stand
in the full light of noon-dav. and
fear neither the tongue of scandal
nor the rasp of the critic
As a dead President the world
might have paid tribute to the mem
ory of William McKinley, but if his
private life had not been bo pure,
this tribute would not have been so
universal nor so touching,' but here
were blended in theman,whom exal
tation or power could not spoil, the
private with the civic virtues that
made him not. only illustrious, but
beloved as, perhaps, only one,1 and he
the first, of our Presidents was. w
What an impressive object lesson
there is in this for all, and for men
who aspire to be leaders of their fel
low men. The tribute that men pay
to thedeparted who filled exalted
stations; may be all pomp and paraded
a tribute to the station more than to
jthe man, and as such mere show, but
the tribute'' paid to character, to the
pure and the good, that is from the
heart that recognizes and honors
virtue as greater and more deserving
than exalted place or power, filled or
wielded bv one to-day and bv an-
J O ' -J www fituv W-JUV&IV FT "
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i xne mastery over sell is greater
square miles. Me insists that such
a crop conldbe easily grown in the
South without : encroaching on land'
devotefl to .ether ,crops, and fflus-,
trates the' capacity Iot . production'
by citing yields of a hundred bushels
to the acre, and many oi nxty or more.
than the mastery over others, the
inastery which makes the perfect
mani as nearly as the perfect man can
be made, and that wins not only the
admiration! and love of the good,-but
commands! the respect of the wil-
Speaking of the possibilities of I fully loose and erring. Uven?.tlce
cotton production he says the;Scmth
could on the land now unuer ciuu
vation in various crops produce 80,
n iwi vaioa nr about eizht times
much as is now produced. Butwhich so,profoundly mourns the pre-
am
this is allowing tiro and one-half
acres to r- the "l4X)oun4rDale, "when
-this same land undar high cultiva
tion might be made to' yield a tale
cr more per acre: which: ihz,t
tbcra 80,000,000 bales could ta pro
dz " I o l:b than' hslf tha s.z:::z
pays tribute to virtue.
f That was the heritage that William
McKinley -: left to those nearest and
dearesi to him,: and to the country
mature and tragio end of his illustri-
our career.
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O -A. S3 -TV
Beantii
ct
The Kind Yoa Haw Always Boogtt
. THIS 8TE5L STRIKE. -
"The steel strike, is practically "at
an end with the victory for the steel
combine, as a good 1 many thought it
would be in the beginning Whether
there .were .good ' grounds, for the
strikeor not, on which there was a
difference of opinion at the start,
when the strike was orderedr it was
badly managed from the beginning,
for there was lack of concert and
unity among the steel workers, when
concert and unity were absolutely
necessary to success, for when Presi
dent Shaffer, of the Amalgamated
Association, threw down the gaunt
let to the billion dollar steel com
bine, which embraces- nearly all the.
leading steel plants in the country,
he invited a royal and colossal con
test, for which he ' was not prepared
or equipped. He didn't measure the
strength of his antagonist nor real
ize the size of the job he undertook
Even with" concert and unity
among the workmen the end would
have been doubtful, but with much
dissension, with many refusing to
recognize the authority or action of
the President of the Amalgamated
Association the strike was fatally
handicapped from the start, and has
simply . dragged along for two
months with no day marked by a
signal gain.
' Time didn't matter so much to
the. combine, for with it it was sim
ply a question of dividends de
ferred, while with the strikers it
soon became a question of bread and
meat, which the Amalgamated . As-
sociation could not supply. It was
an unequal contest from the begin
ning, for the leadership in which
President Shaffer was not compe
tent, and hence, like all men who
fail, he is now the victim of re
proach by many who hold him re
sponsible for the failure and the un
conditional surrender.
- SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
The G.. A. R. refused to elect
Gen. Sickles commander. The vets
probably didn't consider a man who
I could so suddenly change his views
on the right of secession and so sud
denly go back' on Commissioner
Evanr-fter such cordial endorse-
ment, as entirely reliable. .
CURRENT COMMENT..
was
sol-
When President Carnot
assassinated there were 20,000
diers around him, and over 50,000
were near Czar Alexander when he
was struck down. It is a very diffi
cult matter to guard against an as
sassination. Augusta Chronicle,
Uem.
In a recent interview Gen.
MacArthur utters this timely warn
ing: "If the spirit of Philippine
speculation should seize the public
mind in the United States and be
emphasized by means of grants, con
cessions and special franchises for
the purpose of quick exploitation
the permanent interest of all con
cerned might be seriously jeopard
ized." In brief, do not let such
concerns as Congressman Mulls
Land and Lumber Company de
spoil the natives. Philadelphia
Kecora, Uem.
It Is very easy to see that
Czolgosz will prove a miserable,
whimpering, cringing coward when
he is brought face to face with the
consequences of his crime. Even to
the anarchist mind there is mighty
nttie m this creature out of which
to make a hero and a martyr. We
shall see whether the monster who
could wrap up a revolver in a hand-
Kerchiel and murder a man whose
hand was extended in friendship
will nave enough of the man in him
to die decently. Norfeik Virginian-
jriiot. uem.
Senator Hanna, it is noted,
is not regarded as a favorite of the
new President. The Birmingham
Age-Herald recalls the fact that he
obstinately and vigorously fought
Roosevelt's nomination in the Phila
delphia Convention. : The Roosevelt
men gained headway, and Hanna
turned angrily to some Republicans
who adviBed him to submit to the
inevitable and said:' "Gentlemen.
you should not forget that while yoa
are nominating a vice .President
you may be making a President."
Mr. Roosevelt, it is stated, has never
forgotten this incident and, utter
ance. Charleston Ifewe and Ceurter,
uem
So Blskt T I7ffllnM.
The woman who is lovely in face.
form and temper will always have
friends, bat one who would be attrac
tive must keep her health. If she is
weak, sickly and all run - down, she
win oe nervous and irritable. If she
hss constipation or kidney trouble har
impure oiooa -wiu cause pimnles.
blotches, skin eruptions and a wretch
ed complexion.: Electric Bitters Is the
best medicine In the world to rerulate
stomach, lhrer and kidneys, and to
purify the blood. It gives strong nerves,
bright eyes; smooth, velvety skin, rich
complexion., it win make a good-
looking, charming woman iof a run
down inTalid. Onlr 60c at B. B. Bel
lamy's curug store. l : ,: f
A-- '-; rr oVr vutr Wsws
Mks. WnrsLOW's Soothxvo Stbtjp has
been used for over uftr years or mil
lions of mothers for their children
while teething with perfect success.
II soothes the child, soften ' the gums.
and allays all pain ; cures wind colic.
ana is tne nest remedy ror aiarrhqea.
It will relieve the poor little sufferer
mmedlatelv. Bold dt. druroists in
every part of the world. Twentv-fiTe
cents a bottle Be sure and ask for
Jttrsr W inalow's Boothinflr Stttib.
and take no other kind. ,
; LexingtonDpaM: The farm
ers in this vicinity will fall short of a
big crop of corn and cotton this year
but c. they . are cutting an unusual
amount of crab grass hay. -
-r- Goldsboro Argus: Mr. Erastus
Edwards has a pear: tree in his vacant
lot, at the rear,of his store, from which
he Zhas soldi $aS0'. worth of pears
already this seasoa a ad there are still
at least two bushels left on the tree.
Th pears were sold at the rate of one
dollar per bushel, whiph would make
the total Amount borne" by the tree
ten and one-half bushels:. .: i X
1 Fayetteville Olseryer.i Mrs. ,
Louisa' M.r Renchei1,' widow; of Hon.
Abraham Rencher,: atid, theyoungest
daughter of Solicitor General . Jones,
died at her residenoe in Rittsboro at lp
o'clock Wednesday ' morning, aged 04
years. Mrs. Rencherwas a niece of
Wm: Todd Jones, -the "eminent - Irish
patriot, and a sister of the late distin
guished physician,-Johnston Blakely
Jones. ;j-;'F'; -iiJ ' ZX-Zii
i Mount Airy, JV(W: The . best
apples in the whole country are
shipped from Mount Airy. The "fla
vor of our fruit is as fine as any in the
world, and this is the reason why
Mount Airy fruit is always in such
great demand. Immense quanti
ties of produce , find a ready market
here. The mountains must be full. of
cabbage, apples, Irish potatoes, onions,
etc Great droves' of heavily' loaded
produce wagons come in from all parts
daily and the wholesale produce ship
pers are rushed with business. . ?
I WadeBboro';!!3fMWHr0r Intelli
genceri Cotton picking had become
general in the country prior . to the
rains. Farmers say, since they hare
been oyer their crop, that they are
e yen shorter than .previous estimates
had placed them. - Mr, . W.. E.
Crossland, of Richmond county, who
is one of the largest and most success
ful cotton growers of the State,1 says
that his cotton is being badly damaged
by , boll worms. - He estimates the
damage he has sustained from this
cause at several thousand pounds of
seed cotton. The worms so far, have
only attacked the rankest of his
cotton. : - .-'-:i:;f-' -
Monroe Enquirer: There was
a very gruesome object taken from a
branch in the Carmel neighborhood,
three miles south of here, last Mon
day. A newly born babe had been
put in a bag, and the bag weigh
with rocks was put into the bottom of
a stream and the bag tied to a stake
which was driven down in the mud in
the branch, The body was discovered
over three weeks ago by some small
boys who were playing in the branch,
but as they had been threatened with
whipping if they went into the water
they deemed it best to-keep -their
discovery of the bag and its con
tents a secret, which they did until a
few days ago. When the children
reported the matter - Messrs. - Bradly
Price and Fletcher Broom made an in
vestigation and found that some one
was guilty of the foul crime of infan
ticide. The body was so decomposed
that the color and sex of the child
could not be determined. The body
was taken to an old barn and will be
kept until an investigation is made by
the proper authorities. We learn a
certain party is suspected and it is
thought that there is a very good clue
to the perpetrator of the crime.
- Scotland Neck Commonwtalih :
On Wednesday night of last week Mr.
R. J. Shields' store at Hobgood was
robbed, but the robber escaped. Mr.
Harris, one of the clerks in the store,
was sleeping upstairs, and about 10
o'clock he was awakened by the strik
ing of a match. He got up and look
ed through a partition window down
into the store and saw some one mov
ing. He opened fire upon the in
truder. shooting him four times. The
robber called out, "Don't shoot any
more. I'll give up. You've killed
me now." Mr. Harris, howevor, un
willing to believe that a dead man
could speak so plainly fired in the di
rection of the voice fire times more.
The robber escaped out of the front
door through which he had entered.
He had prized up the shutters to the
door and thus effected an entrance. It
was found that the safe door had been
opened by a proper turn of the combi
nation, but the money : drawers had
not been opened, and so no money
had been taken out. Hats, shoes, ra
zors and perhaps some other things
were missed, but it was impossible to
tell what had been taken. Hounds
were sent for from Suffolk, but it was
next morning before they came and
they could trace the robber no fur
ther than the railroad. .
TWINKLINGS
tuxuni, OA not. 19, woo.
re teve bandied . Dr. Xoffstt's TKKTHIxi.
thing Powders) ever since la first lntro
stlen to tne nabila &nd ima u tmnHtfin
medicine, and oar trade In it Has steadily in
creased from year to vaar nntn mr nnkn nn.
mcrant to tiro or three hundred gross per year.
waico Terratrong evidence or its merit and
the eonntry, for taey say that nothing so effect
ually eoanteraets the effects of the summer's
StMSERK ",9nlcU. troubles
. iius nan KANRIW D5UO i
TITO
VD1L4U)
i.' ; lingua
FAVORITE
ii'. Ton jyEA'i W rw. :
"Bridget, did yon call the
boys !" "Indade, an' Oi called them
ivery thing Oi cud think of, but they
wudn' git up.nBroiklyn Life.
Philanthropist Do von re
alize the value of an education f San
dy Rhodes Sure I A man wid eddy
cation can read the free lunch signs.
iTUCK. - '
That Hired Girl Again "Do
the Smiths keep a girl?" ; 'Na They
hire a good many, but they don't keep
them." Philadelvhia Evenina Bul
letin. ' ... ' , . . ' -
Towne There's nothing like
a friend in adversity. Browne That's
right He's in a class all by himself.
He can tell you at least a score of rea
sons why you failed." Philadelphia
Press. :. : ' u rr
! Theirs bv Rio-ht? "T 'wnndnr
Why there are dog days but no cat
days,!' said Mrs. Darley. "The nights
belong to the cats, you know," ex
plained Mr. Darley.- Detroit Free
Press. r -....-
Advertising may be too much-
of a good' thing. Some weeks since
an item went the rounds of the ureas
commenting upon the scarcity of train
hold ups this season. Since then they
have averaged about one a day. - -
"I think I haven't seen von-
for more than a year." remarked the
caller, - shaking hands with Tommy. -
Nome." said Tommy, "but -1 coma
mighty near seeing yon down town
the other day. I saw somebody that
looked almost exactly like you."
I Skinner Ijust sold the last of
those surburban houses I put up.
Weaver What are you going to do
with all the money? Skinner Invest
It in quinine and sell It to the pur
chasers of the houses as soon as they
have caught the malaria. .-.
Meddergrass (ot Yanhank
"You've got me charged one dollar for
extra gss " : Hotel Clerk "Yes. aii
It was burning , all night in your
room." Meddergrass "Well, what's
a fellow to dot You've eot a sicn hanr.
ing there which says: 'Don't blow out
the gas."' Partem Life. .
A Cantions Statistician "How
"How large a nermanent Mnntitinn
has Crimson Gulch?", inauired the
tourist "Well," answered Bronco
Bob. 'we've got about 407 livino- here :
But with so much, horse-stealin' an';
brace faro coin' on. I wouldn't allude
to anybody as beln' particular perma
nent. Ldfe. - . : . ' '.:-rX.
A Fallible Sign Mrs. rTftfiflA-
keep "I don't know much ahnnt the
few girl, but she's good natured and
harmless,; at any rate . " Mr. Haus
keep "How did you find - thai out!"
Mrs. Hauskeer "I. notice that )..
sin gs at her wof k." Mr. Houskeen
llahl that's - no sirn: a mnmniu
does that." Phil. Press.
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:ssi:r- TeisBd tbe Crltlea.'
No outsiders, not-even members of
the press, were allowed to be; present
at rehearsals ' of Verdi's ' operas..-- "A
production of a work "of mine," said
.Verdi, "is an affair between that work
and the public. I do not write for the
press, but for the public, who will sup
port me If my. work is good or who will
execute me If it Is not. I do not care
for aught else." , M. de Nevers thus de
scribes Verdi's attitude at a. dress re
hearsal of "Otello" In Paris, when the
press was present against his wishes:
"The critics were all placed In the
corbeine of the amphitheater, some ten
rows of stalls having been cleared
away to make room fCf a table and
chairs for Verdi, Bolto and the direct
ors. MM. Sardou, Mellhac, Halevy,
Obln, the director of fine arts, and
two or three dignitaries and officials of
the Opera sat behind In the remaining
rows of stalls. Among the critics were
MM.. Beyer, Brnnean, Joncieres, Bel
lalgue, Pessard, Corneau and Sarcey.
The foreign press was represented by
M. de Blowltz and myself, and as Ver
di came In all stood up, with hats off,
and cheered the wonderful man. The
orchestra joined, of course, In the ova
tion, and It was to the musicians that
the master went; and, bowing bis ven
erable head very low, he thanked them
for the kind demonstration and shook
hands with the nearest, but never once
did he turn our way except for one mo
ment, when he took us all , in with a
side glance-an ugly one and then for
the rest of the evening, some five hours,
Ignored our presence completely."
She Comldit Eat the Coupe.
i He liad dining with him In" the res
taurant of the most elegant and fash
ionable hotel in town his good . old
maiden aunt from the rural districts.
They'bad a sumptuous feast, which as
ft progressed was a series of delightful
surprises for the old lady ' When they
Were drinking cdffeeV the host looked-!
out of the window and noticed it was
- raining. . Turning to the waiter, t he
said. "I wish you ejould order roe a.
coupe.''-. . Whereupon. the maiden annt
'raised both her hands In protest, ex
claiming: "Don't, Charles, please don't!
I couldn't eat. another thing. "Pon my
word, Fm up to my neck now' Ex
change. .
The Eternal Man.
"So yon're going to marry the police
man, Bridget?" -.
"Yesf mtrm."
"i .suppose you 11 nave tne same
trouble with him I've had with my
husband.".
"Share, what's that, mnm?"
Quoted officially at the closing by the Proftice
t jTCnanKe.j
STAR OFFICE, September 20.
"SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothin a-
doing. - - - . ,ov.
. ROSIN Market firm at 95c ner bar
rel for strained and $1.00 par barrel for
good strained. .-
-TAR Market firm at il.35 ner bbl
of 280 lbs. '
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market
quiet and steady at $1.00 per barrel for
bard, $1.90 for dip and for virgin.
Quotations ; same day last veais
Spirits turpentine steady at 3736c;
rosin steady at $1.15 L20; tar firm at
$1.40; crude turpentine steady at $1.10
RJEOEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine 157
Kosm r. .. . 659
Tar...V . 414
Crude turpentine ......... r. . . . . 60
Keceiptsi same day last year 50
casks spirits turpentine, 166 bbls
rosin, 93 bbls tar, 39 bbls crude tur
pentine. . ,
COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 8c
pound for middling.
Ordinary ". .'. .. -i. ...
Good ordinary. '.
Low middling. . . . . .
Middling . ....
Good nuddlinsr. ....
-. aame day last year, market firm at
10Xc for middling.
Receipts 1,022 bales; same day last
year, 4,664. " ; ,
"Oh. he won't give
Yonkerj Statesman.
up bis c!nb."
Woman nuil Ulavea.
women are said to use 17 times as
many ploves as men. Bnt no mnn is
quicker to handle things "without gloves'
than the average woman when things
don't go her way. San Francisco Bulle
tin. - -- .
ft Showed Thyoagrh.
Little Tommy's sister bad been ill, and
when he saw her he exclaimed: . .
"You look as though you bad swollered
a skeleton too big for yoa. Life.
rcorrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce
uominiBBion aercnanis, prices representing
tnoee paid for produce consigned to commis
sion lferchants.1
OOUNTBY PBOOUOX.
PEANUTS North Carolina, firm.
Prime,!' 60c; extra prime, 65c per
bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 7075c.
ginij-Prime, 55c; extra prime,
60c; fancy. 65c Spanish, 75c. .
CORN Firm; 75 to 77c per bushel
for white.
N. C. BACON Steady : hams 13 to
14c per pound; shoulders, 11 to 12c;
sides, 11 to 12c V
KGKJS Firm at 1616Kc per dozen.
CHICKENS Firm. Grown. 22 to
25c; springs, 1020c.
TURKEYS Nothing doing.
BEESWAX Firm at 26c
TALLOW Firm at 66Sc nsr
pound.
SWEET POTATOES Nothing do-
1E.'
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
on
. Marshall's Ahsentmlndedmess.
One day Judge Marshall, engrossed
In his reflections,' was driving oyer the
wretched roads of North Carolina on
bis way to Raleigh in a stick gig. His
horse turned out of the road, and the
'sulky ran oyer a sapling and was tilted
so as to arouse the judge. When he
found that . he could move neither to
right nor left, an old negro, who had
come along, solved the difficulty.
"My old inarster," he asked, "what
fer you don't back your horse?'
"That's true," said the judge, and he
acted as advised. Thanking his deliv
erer heartily, he felt In his pocket for
some change, but he did not have any.
"Never mind. oldman," he said., "1
shall stop at the tavern and leave some
money for you with the landlord."
r The old negro was ; not impressed
with the stranger, but he called at the
tavern and asked the keeper if an old
gentleman had left anything there for
him.
"Oh, yep," said the landlord, "he left
a silver dollar for you. What do you
think of that old gentleman?'
The negro gazed at the dollar and
said: v. "
"He was a gem'man, for sho but"
patting, his forehead "he didn't have
much in here." 'World's Work.
All the soap In Paraguay is made from
cocoa oiL Cows est the pulp from the
nuts, leaving the hull inclpsiag the kernel
clean and smooth. A cow will clean 43
to 60 nuts per night.
WHOLES ALU PRICES CURREIT.
BT The following quotations - represent
wnoiesale Prices generally, in mating up.
small orders mzher nrloes hays to be charged.
"Tne i
as possible, but the Stab will not be :
rotations are arrays given as accurately
ble. but the Stab will not be reetwnalbla
tor any variations from the artuai market price
ot the articles Quoted
BACK? IN a
a t Jute........
standard.
Burlaps
WESTERN 8MOKJKl-
Hams s
siaesv
Shoulders
DRY SAITED
Sides .........
Shoulders V .
B A RR1CU Spirits Turnentlne
eeooDd-hand,each.......... 1
Second-hand machine 1
New New York, each.......
New City, each
BRICKS
Wilmington VM (60
5S
ix?
9
9
1
6K
14
10
9
. 694
Toaeb Old EasrllsBi Statesi
: In Macaulay's day English statesmen
were of -a hardier and more - robust
type . than the present race of poli
ticians. They seem to have had cast
Iron nerves and appetites and diges
tions to match. They dined off a huge
beefsteak-and a bottle of port, while
their grandsons are content with cutlet
and a lemon squash. And-yet (bey liv
ed to a good old ago. We hear -of Lord
Brougham at the age of 70 "drinking
two bottles of port at dinner, going to
bed .upon half' a bottle of peat reek
(whisky) and turning out at daylight
to shoot teal;" and Ivord Lyndhurst at
the age of 90 "supping off bot boiled
lobster and champagne."
Mr. K Inn ear, an old , parliamentary
nana, tells us that he remembers see
ing "Mr. Disraeli drinking, as the pre
lude to a big speech, a pint of port
Wine at the buffet in the commons
lobby, dressed in a green coat, a buff
waistcoat and snuff colored trousers."
This seems o modest potation under
the circumstances. bufMr. JO linear
adds that Disraeli came back and had
another pint later on. Blackwood's.
9 oo
15
88
75
75
1 30
18
8
11
9.
a oo
u oo
00
4 Op
5 09
38$
8 80
4 35
8
Th Wrong-Laddie.
1 A gentleman 4u a walk from one of
the suburbs of Glasgow happened to
call at - a farmhouse, . where he was
readily supplied with a glass of milk.
He offered the woman : sixpence, but
she declined all payment. "I couldn'
tak' money for 't." she said in her owp
proud way,1 ' -
- The gentleman expressed bis ac
knowledgment and -went on bis way,
but at the garden, gate he detected a
small boy playhig. Surely, he thought,
this is the lady's son. So be put his
hand in his pocket to give him the six
pence, when he beard a shrill voice.
That s na ma laddie; sir. Then there
vas a pause, and the voice afterward.
resounded, tills time directed toward a
.Small boy at the side door, dfang oot,
.Wullie, an speak till the nice gentle
Iman at the gater Liverpool Post . ;
! A Powder 1SII1 Explosion
Bemoyea i everything in sight so do
drastic mineral pills, but. both are
mighty dangerous.. Don't dynamite
the delicate machinery of your body
with calomel, croton oil or aloes pills,
when Dr.r King's 5 New Life Pais,
which are srentle as a summer breeze.
do the work perfectly. Cures Head
ache, Constipation. Only 25 eta. at
R. R. Bixlaut's Drug Store. v .'.
f A RxyspT for Nasal Catarrh which
is drying and exciting to the - diseased
membrane should not be used. . What
is needed is that which is cleansing,
soothing, protecting and healing. Such
a remedy is Ely's Cream Bald. Price
80 cents at druggists or it will be mail
ed by Ely Brothers, 56 Wsrran street.
New York. - The Balm when placed
ioto the nostrils, - spreads -oyer - the
membrane and is absorbed . -A cold
in the head yaniahes quickly.
Northern
BUTTKB
North Carolina V .
CORN ISJLAIr
K Per bushel, in sacks ...
Virginia Meal ...
COTTON TIEH bundle.
.CANDLES V tf
Sperm
' Adamantlns ...........
COFFEE
uguyra.....
Bto.T;
DOMESTICS
Sheeting, 4-t, p yard. .......
: Tarns. V bunch of s ts ....
IBB
Mackerel, Na 1, barrel..
- tfaekerel. Na 1. half-bbl
jsacKerei, no. s, oarrei... id no
Mackerel, Na 8 hall-bbl.. 8 oo
MackeraL Na 3, f) barrel... 13 oo
Mullets, barrel.. 4 so
Mullets, ft pork barrel 8 00
n. o. Roe Herring, y keg..
Dry Cod, i
t " Xxtra. ,..,..
ru)CR-
Low grade
Choice....,,.,.....
Straight..
First patent......
SLUE
8 RAIN V bushel '
Corn, from store, bgs White
.- MlxsdCora....
Oats, from store (mixed)..
Oats, Bust Proof............
Cow Peas
HIDES.
ereen salted..
Dry salt
HAY 100 Kb
No 1 Timothy..
Bioe Straw..'.........
Eastern
Western
North River.........
N. C. Crop... ....,-.......
HOOP IRON, V
CHEESE 9
. Nortnern Factory
Dairy Cream............ ...
Half cream ...
LARD. a
Northern
North OaroUna...V... .......
UME, barrel .................
LUMBER (city sawed) VMft
Ship Stuff, resawed 18 Oo
Rough edge Plank .......... 15 oo
west India cargoes, accord-
mg to quality. ............ 13 00
- Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00
Scantlins and Board, corn's u oo
MOLASSES. V jgauott v
. Barbadoea, in hogshead.....
uarDaaoes, in D&rreis. ......
. PortoRlcd, In hogsheads...,
Porto Rico, In barrels
" . Sugar House, in hogsheads.
5 r: Sugar House, in barrels...,
v Byrup, In barrels
AILS, keg. Out. 60d basis...
PORK. 9 barrel .
...City Mess
f rune..
1 45
1 45
1 60
1 50
7 0)
14 00
o
o
o
o
18
38
1 85
85
11
1?
11
e
8
S
O SO 00
&15 00
O 18 00
O 900
O 14 00
O 4 75
9 00
3 25
10
O 500
'3 85
3 60
3 85
4 50
By Telegraph to the Morning Star,
w York. 8ept 20. Money
call steady at 34 per cent; the
last loan 4 per cent, and the ruling
rate 4 per cent- Prime mercan-
cantile paper 5p per .cent Sterling
exchange steady; actual business in
bankers1 bills at 484 485 for demand
ai d 482X&482X for sixty days. Posted
rates were 4S3X and 486. Com
mercial bills 481M482!. Bar silver
58 & Mexican dollars 45K. Govern
ment bonds steady. State bonds
steady. Railroad bonds strong. U.
S. refunding 2's, reg'd, 108 ; U.
8. refu'g 2's, coupon, 109; U. S.
2's, reg'd, ; U.S. 8's, reg'd, 108; do.
coupon, 108; U. . 4's, new reg'd,
139: do. coupon, 139; U. R 4's.
old reg'd, 112; do. coupon, 113; U.
8. 5's, do. reg'd, 108; coupon, 108;
Southern Railway 5's 116. Stocks:
Baltimore & Ohio 104. Chesapeake
& Ohio 46; Manhattan L 120
N.Y. Central 157; Reading 42U do.
1st pref'd 76 ; do. 2nd pref'd 54S ; St
Paul 163 X ; do. prefd, 188 ; Southern
K'way845; do. preTd89M: Amsr
mated Copper 107H ; American Tobacco
: People's Gas 108 ;'Bugar 133 3;
T. C. & Iron 63K; U. a Leather
13;do.pref'd,81 -.Western Union 92 ;
U. S. Steel 43JS; do. preferred
94H; Mexican National 14. Stand
ard Oil 760765; Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Co.,60 ; do preferred 123.
Baltimore. Sept 19. Seaboard Air
Line, common, 28285: do, pre
ferred, 51H51U. Bonds 4's 84
84K, .
NAVAL STORES MARKETS.
TO
T7
60
rs
85
4
10
9
1 00
40
90
90
75
5
12tt
13 O
10 o
9 O
115 o
o
o
s
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
a
10
83
19
65
80
90
11
10
1 05
50
. 95
95
90
80
8
14
ISM
is
10M
1U
1 25
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Kaw York. Sept 20. Rosin steady.
Spirits turpentine steady at 36XMc.
Charleston. Sept 20. Spirits tur
pentine Nothing doing: quotations
omitted. Rosin unchanged. ' v
Savannah. Sept20.Spirits turpen
tine firm at8333lf; receipts 2,037
casks; sales 835 casks; exports 3.391
casks Rosin firm ; receipts 7,323 barrels ;
sales 7,120 barrels; exports 11,231 bar
rels. A.B.C. 95cf 1 00; D, SI 00: E.
$1 051 10; F, $1 101 12 X ; G, $1 15
I 30; t, 1 201 85; 1, SI 301 40; K.
$1 801 855; M, $3 202 25; N. $2 60
a 7U; W . S3 UO3 10 W W, S3 50.
COTTON MARKETS.
890 00
18 80
O 18 00
O 89 00
O 15 00
Prime
E.
SALT. I
Liverpool
American....,,.....,,..,....
BOPS. V ....
n WO mtttmmm A 1
r o an am
BCGAB, 9 -6tandard Gran'fl
. - Standard A...... ............
; White Extra a.... . . ........
. xxtra u, uoiaen,
v xeuow..... ......
BTAVfcS. M-W. O. barreL...
B. o. uogshead...
TIMBER, 9M feetrShlpplng.., 8 80
, - Common mm w..... ........ 4 00
. v-airmtu.
' Prime mill 's
Extra mill.. ....... .. s 03
SHTNOLESt'N.O. Cypress sawed - "
V U 8x24 heart... .,.....f ss
r V i Vl Bap..,. ,,.,r.', ...... , 5 60
BxHeart........:....1 8 60
vi. Sap. ,r.v..-S 60
WHI8KEY. f srallnn Snrthnm 1 no
O 8
- 28
SS O 81
SO O 83 -
u a 14
14 S 15
16 S 86
S 35 O 3 45
O 1T60
A 17 00 -
; 5 16 60 i
11 a 29
O 1 85
96 O I 10
95 a 1 06
i s
- Sgg ? a.
8 00 a 14 09
10 00 "
00
soo
po a 60 ';.
60 a T 60 -
a 8 60
t
a
a
a -
TOO
6;0O
4 00
8100
s lo:
Marine directory.
s;5?-;.si'".;
Arif8Cl;harfrom,Uw urinary organs
la either kz in 48 hours. -; ,?: vv .- ;
It is superior to Copaiba, Oaten, or mjeo
tloaa, and trco from an bad mall or other
A at Jl 1 31 S SF I:1MH1I
omnia um I u t taOT&u ipr
CnmpM. hiro bear tba UBi in blacH ''
: sisurtBH September 211901.
STW A MRHTr-p. . " .
Linwood, (Nor) i 1,058 tons; Stubbs,
Heide&Co. . -
Boxby, (Br) 1,984 ton's, Shields, Alex-
ander Sorunt & 8cm. : - t
Toreorm, (Br) 1,065 tous, Balliday.
s, i Alexander Bprunt & 8on;'..-:v-.v--
v SCHOONERcV ' ' v?"
Catawamteak, 119 tons. Brawn, George
Harriss, Son & Co. ,
Ctoncprdia, (Nor) 28 tons, Salresen,
Heide & Co. ifkim-'A
.'- ;o AogogTrA Lr"nr..
Ba tlxL, - Ttia Kind Yob Hava Always BongU -
By Telegraph to the Morning Btar
New York, Sept. 20. The market
for cotton futures opened firm, with
prices nye to eight points higher on
fairly generous buying to cover shorts,
for Wall street account and on Euro
peaa baying. For a time around the
opening New Orleans and other South?
ern interests bought - here. The influ
ences bearing on the market were of a
marked bullish character. Liverpool
was two and a half points higher than
expected, receipts were surprisingly
lignt. the weather South was unfar
yorable to late cotton and to
picking, while - revised estimates
to the yield this year showed further
3 a . J m
reaucnons. uiaims mat tne long in
terest was top-heavy and that the de
mand for - cotton South was gaunt
tended to check aggressive invest
ment buying. Soon after midday
shorts began to lose confidence in their
poition, while buying for outside
account grew rapidly. Reports that
frost bad appeared over the northern
portions of the central and western
sections of the belt last night and a
forecast for more, frost., nrettv much
over the entire northern district oi
the ; belt to-night, - jstarted buy
ing to. protect the oversales.
Then came the figures for the amount
of cotton brought into sight this week
177,000 bales, against 224,400 bales last
year, 275.000 in 1899 and 233,000 in
1898. This startling deficiency was
more than the bears had taken' into
account and on general buying which
followed, January advanced from 7.78
to 7.88. From this level . there wss
some reaction later under profit-taking,
but the market as a hole was de
cidedly firm in the Isst hoar. Trading
was more active than at any time of
late and business through commission
houses showed an increase. The mar
ket was finally ' steady, with nrices
eight to ten points higher. .
NMW YORX.8eDt.20.-Cotton steady.
middling uplands 8Kc" . v
vioiion lutures marxet ciosea steady,
as follows r September 7.83. October
7.81, November 7.82, December 7.84.
January 7.85t: February - 7 85. March
7.86, April 7.86, May 3". 88
Spot cotton closed steady and l-16c
higher; middling uplands SirttooeSJ
dling gulf8Mc; sales l,29Tf x?Y
i Net receinu bales: mb&yfALi
2,257 hales; stock 88,177 bales. - .
1 Total s to-day Net ; receipts 20,308
bales ( .exports to Great Britain 67
bales; exports to the Continent 12,971
bales ; stock 567.084 bales.
I Consolidated Net receipts 110,229
bales; exports to Great Britain 20,283
bales; exports to France bales:
exports to the Continent 34,612 bales.
ceipts 218,897 bale,.
Britain 78.273
v rancA 11 . nift.
Continent Sttf
Sept, 20.02
netreipteggjjvgo
at 8V,c, net reo,-!1?; lV
more, nomin9r.7H" 253 C
Wes; Boston "JSV
ipw bales
net receipts 1022
quiet at sL
ai
bil
hal
ceipts 1,237 bales,
8c, net receipts lrfKS
firm at 7V , l.76.
Je; Memphis
Mpts 1,237 bafej 4?-
PRODUCE
Mm
was
u H, me Wiw. 1
NEwr0BK,8ept2o ?
asirregulanH;:
per
Ljuotanons:
5 7-16 cts ft
6 15-16 " "
7 7-16 " "
8 " "
8 5-16 " " I
By TelfloTani, .7"
closed -75c; Octobw A
cember closed 76 V rJ?M
No. 2 6c. Option.
Hac net lnJ; ,8.clWi
September closed 63
-i; December closed iw'uK
Western steam JinV;"- W
m - wa,u 11:1 aac 1
Butter was strong c
State dairy i4aiQI"m5
fancy large white .
white 9Mc. Porkf5., J
17 50. CofTee-Sno M
invoice HS4n n.,i.u- "H!
Island flat DnVrrM
Eccs firm. aZilM (I
nicked 4Ur. !.. 7
Sugar Raw steady
3!c. Rice steadr 1
ton seed oil steady and J
xuo closing qu0tly
Prime crudn.in hoi. . fl
-1 -""tin UUtmijT
summer yellow 4ncii.n
yellow 37H38c;prime;iSj
winter yellow 44c ; prime y
yuivAuv, isept. 20.-H,
ruc m general was quiet
cember wheat closed Jc U
cember core closed ic and D
Ciata In Inns,
active day 20 to 25 nointiiJJ
"
UHIOAGO, Dept. 19. I
Jj-iour was steady. Whatj
uriuif c: 1MO. 6 snnno Mil
No. 2 red 71. Cton-sa
jonuw oc. uais iNo. i S;
o wnne 08 39c; No. J
oaxc. nye jno.2
pork, per barrel, $14
per 100 lbs, $9 879 95.
siaes. loose, 8 708 90. M
shoulder?., boxed, $7 m
Short clear sides, boxed, M
w msxey tsasis of high wid
The leading futures mm
lows opening, highest, M
closing: w neat in 0. i Be
December 71W71lL710i
May 74H, 75, 7i, 7iu&
No. 2 September 57V, M
56c; December 5959X,B!
58c; May 61K061X. M
6060c. Oats-No. 2 M
35, 35, 35, 35Jc; DtiM
86, 36, 36c; May 38M
tober $14 90, 15 10, U 90,
January $16 15, 16 40, 16 OTJtJ
Lard, per 100 fts 86ptemberjl
1025. 9 87K, 10 22; Octobei
10 22. 9 82, 10 17; Janmr
9 7734, 9 42S, 9 65. Short ribs
tts September $8 75, 8 85,8
October $8 70, 8 85, 8 70, 88;
$8 35, 8 60, 8 32, 8 35,
!
FQREISN BARREL
BT Gable to t&e HornKw si
LlVEBPOOL, 8ept. 20, 4:30 f.
Cotton: Spot,' moderate
ninrs cfoailv. Amprirain
. WW MWMMJ J I.I. .' 1
5 ll-16d; ordinary 3 29-32d. B
of the day were 10,000 baieM
500 bales were for spec
export and included 8.400 lufc
ican. Receipts 6,000 bale!, itf
5,600 bales American.
Futures ODened auiet mi
steady American middlinj (
Sentember 4 35-644 36-64d
October (e. 0. c.) 426-648!
seller: October and Novento
4 23-64d buyer; November
cember 4 20-64d seller; DeeesK
January 4 19-64a4 20-64d
uarv and February 4is w
seller February and March I
4 20-64d seller; March and Art
64d seller: Anril and May!1
seller.
27
INE.
ARRIVED.
Schr LUlie Pearl, 60 tons,
w r r r rARff
Stmr A P Hurt, Robeson, 0
ville, James Madden.
CLEARED.
Stmr Driver, Bradshaw,
rll m T-k T
Stmr A P Hurt, Robeson,'1!
ville, James Madden.
BY RIVER AND Mil-
Receipts of
Naval Stores
Yesterday. "
W.Sc W. Railroad-22bi"
tar, jw
RailK)W-TJ
A casks spirits
rosin, 7 barrels
turpentine.
XT n fir A.
Mttnn 12 casks, spirits turpi
barrels rosin, 83 barrels tar," j
crude turpentine. .M
C. C. Railroad-- ft?
4 casks spirits turpentine,'' 1
rosin, 25 barrels tar. yjj
. A. & Y. Railroad-4 JWJ J
21 casks spirits turpeatol
rosin, 23 barrels tar. 1
turpentine, 13 barrels rosin- j
crude turpentine. f.
. UWflUiOi v.
turpentine, 42 barrels
tar, 2 barrels cruau
, Bieamernvc!-- pir.
pentine, 115 barrels rosm, 1
tar. 2 barrels crude turpfr
. 1 , nauf
A TJ H lin
steamer a.. e
26 casks spirits W t J
tar. 4 barrels cru '-s
Steamer C. M. Wh itioj
spirits turpentine, W J
19 barrels tar. TnhngaB--15i
Steamer JJS
spirits turpentine' 1 I
7barrelstar. ahaititiv
O.Urkin'sflat-9jS,
Bteamsnip . j
; Clyde
"rttnn .una.
v-.T0tai A,W grfl WThf
snlriu turDenuur.
a a. nnrrH a tan "
pentine.
YOUB
Isag,eatlUwrf
rich returns An fr ft
4 an M an
. ...Out WElcA aon MTU fllUiD4.
xouu since September 1st. Net re