North Carolina Newspapers

mi Ah sMsisliM BY WILnxAM a. JttuKNARD WIliJH(iTvJS. H. C. Fbi-iai MOBS IS6. October . 18. THEY WILL OPPOSE IT. Notwithstanding the strong and growing sentiment in favor of tariff revision there will be strong oppo sition to it by the beneficiaries of protection. They have their organs and spokesmen who are already taking ground against it on the pre tence that while the big combines might be able to stand it, it would be ruinous to the smaller, indepen dent plants, which are already too much at the mercy of the combines, in addition to which they assert that any agitation of the tariff question will unsettle business and if revision be attempted on some lines it will open up the whole ques tion. That it may and probably will open up the whole question is true, but it does not follow that it will derange business, and even if that were so, there would be less danger of material derangement now, when the revision will be made by a Congress which is friendly to protection and will therefore touch lightly than if the revision were done later by a Congress which would have no sympathy for protec tion and would cut close and deep. Just now Representative Bab cock, who started the movement among the Republicans for tariff re vision, as a means of curbing the combines, is receiving a good deal of attention from the protective organs and spokesmen, who try to discred it him. Among Republicans who have supported protection by char acterizing him as "a free trader." In a recent interview denning his posi tion, he said: plausible pretence -that the lower prices charged is to enable the plants to keep running steadily, and with full force, thus reducing the cost of production. It is doubtless true that the more steadily the plants are kept running and the larger the output the lower proportionately the cost of produc tion,' but that is no reason why there should be such a vastdifference be tween the prices charged at come and the prices charged abroad. If the Steel Trust can sell steel billets and other manufactures on foreign markets at from $3 to 110.50 a ton less than the same articles are sold for in this country there is no reason why American consumers should not be given some of the benefits of the lower cost of production. If, again, ten or twelve years ago our manufacturers with the protec tion they then had could compete with foreign manufacturers, when there were no such mighty combines in the country as there are now, why do these combines now need any protection when they claim that by combination they can manufacture cheaper than they ever did before? And yet the men who are doing this will be as clamorous for protec tion as they ever were, and will pre dict all manner of disaster if they are deprived of it. "When any article can be manufac tured in the United States cheaper than anywhere else and is an article of export, the duty produces no reve nue and affords bo protection, but sim ply enables those who secure control to make such prices as they see fit in the domestic market up to a point where it can be imported. I have ap plied the principle to only one sche dule, the steel duty. I show how it works with regard to that Steel bil lets can be produced in this country cheaper than in any other place in the world. We have got Great Britain, Germany and Belgium thrashed in the matter of steel, and they know it. Neither steel rails, steel plates, nor steel billets are imported, because Eu ropeans cannot produce them as we do. We are supplying them instead." In commenting upon this some of the organs and spokesmen of pro tection admit the fact that the pro rected manufacturers sell goods for less money in foreign markets than . they do in the home market, but they declare that they do right in this and show that they understand their business. Among other reasons to support their declarations they quote the testimony of President Schwab of the Steel Trust, before the Industrial Commission, in reply to a question why the Trust did this, when he said: "The reason for the lower nriwj wan that -it was desirable to keep the plants running at full capacity. The home demand was not enough to do this. It was not possible to dispose or the surplus at the home price. In consequence a price was made that would sell the goods. This custom has been general among steel manu facturers in circumstances of the kind Moreorer, if the plants were not kept running at their full capacity, the cost of production would be so much in creased that the price to the home con sumer would, on the whole, be higher than if these goods were sold at the lower rase. Aside from that fact the laborers would not be kept employed, and it might even be necessary to cut the wages of those who were working. The working people are the chief ben ehcianes of all measures taken to in crease export business. The tellers of supplies will generally make specially favorable prices for goods to be used in the export trade; the railroads will carry export goods cheaper; but the working people get the same on ex port products as on those for the do mestic market" HOW TO DO IT. There is a great deal of talk about encouraging the beet sugar industry and the possibilities of that industry eventually (they say in ten years) supplying this country with all the sugar it can consume. Secretary of Agriculture, Wilson, who is an en thusiast on the subject, says one of the Western States, adapted to the growth of the sugar beet, could do it There is not the slightest doubt. that this country could produce all the sugar it could consume, and maybe one State, as Secretary Wil son says, could do it, but there is still less doubt that it could produce all the cane necessary to do that. and an important fact is that the cane can be given at less cost than the beets can be, that the crop is a surer one, the percentage of sugar greater per acre and therefore the cost of production is less. It is also more than probable that the country could be supplied sooner from the cane fields than from the beet fields. It has been taken for granted that because the cultivation of cane has been confined to a part of Louisiana and Texas, and comparatively a small part of each, that it could not be made a profitable industry in other sections, but it is now known that the cane will flourish in a large area of the South where its culti vation as a business has never been attempted on a large scale. It can be grown in any part of Florida nucxo aii j miug eise can De grown; in Mississippi and in large areas of South Carolina, Georgia and doubt less other States. It is claimed, too, mat the cane, produced in these States contains much more saccha rine matter than that, grown in Louisiana. But how to start the industry is the question. A pointer may be given in the following, which we clip from the Savannah Hews: HORTH CAROLINA APPPES. We have written several times recently on the possibilities of ap ple culture in North Carolina.which we are glad to say is receiving more attention now than; formerly, but still not as much as it should As bearing upon this we clip from the Raleigh News and Observer, which quotes the following from a letter of a writer in Wilkesboro: "Our town is one of the leading pro duce points of the Slate. We have several firms handling apples in large quantities. A gentleman sold the apples on his orchard . yesterday for $550 cash in advance, purchasers to take the f rait from the trees. It is a mountain farm and not considered very valuable, at that. There is good money in orchards here if properly looked after." It follows this with an extract from the Asheville Gagette showing what Mr. Brunner is doing in the way of raising an exhibit for the Charleston Exposition as follows: T. K. Bruner, secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, has just completed arrangements with the Carolina Ice and Goal Company to keep a hundred barrels of apples in cold storage. The aDDles are to sent to the Charleston Exposition, 'and will be snipped about December 1st "Most of the apples will be brought from Yancey county. In fact, Yancey has something like a monopoly on the apple supply this season. It is esti mated that this county will place on the market something like 800,000 bushels, while the crop in other coun ties is unusually short v Even in Haj wood the crop was so poor that the fruit festival planned for this Fall had been postponed. "Mr. Bruner has gone to Waynes- villa, where he will purchase barrels to be used in shipping the apples to Charleston. Very great care will be exercised in handling the fruit so North Carolina may have a creditable exhibit" There is no better country any where for the production of fine ap ples than Western North Carolina, and an important feature of the in dustry there is that these apples can be grown on the mountain sides where the growing of other crops would be attended with much diffi culty and labor. There are apple growers in some of the western counties who market all their crops in Charleston, which they can reach in a short while, and where the fruit is in demand at satisfactory prices. Apple shippers in Mount Airy also find Charleston a good market, and ship largely to that city. But there is no part of North Carolina where fine and delicious apples cannot be grown, and the re markable thing is that the industry has received so little attention. When a good phy sician prescribes beer for a patient it is Schlitz beer. A phy- j sician knows the vaU aH ?f purity. " 'HAsk him how germs affect beer and he will tell you that few stomachs can digest iihem. He will say at once that impure beer is unhealtbrul. You will know then why we brew SPIRITS TURPENTINF. under such rigid pre cautions why we even filter the air that touches it; why we filter the beer, then sterilize every bottle. If you knew what we know and what yourphysician knows about beer, you, too, would insist on Schlitz. 'Phone I. S. SOS, Sol Bear & Co., 20 Market St.. Wilmington. Call for the Brewery Bottling. TWINKLINGS Spontaneous combustion is sometimes caused by the friction of an overloaded insurance policy. De troit News. The Southern Farm Magazine, weekly in addition to a magazine of interest and valuable to the South ern farmer, gives much information as the the features and possibilities of Southern agriculture by writers who are in a position to be well in formed and are well informed. Among its contributors are some of the most prominent men in this section identified with educational and industrial movements. For the purpose of extending its circulation th e Baltimore Manufacturers' Record Publishing Company, will for a short time make the subscription price oi the magazine 25 cents year. a This is about as plausible a rea son as could be given, and as it was -necessary to give some reason this was perhaps the best they could do, but this is quite a modern discovery for manufacturers have been ship ping to and selling their goods in foreign markets for years at less prices 'than they were demanding of home purchases. They were do ing so in 1900 when the McKinley bill was under consideration and that was one of the arguments ad vanced by the Democraticopponents of the McKinley bill against giving mem me amount or. protection that bill proposed. These Democrats argued that if our manufacturers l m . rm . . . coma anora to ship goods to other countries and compete with foreign manufacturers, they did not need any more protection than they then tad if they needed any at all. When the assertion was made that American manufactures were oemg sold at a lower price in for eign countries than at home it was promptly denied by the advocates of higher protection and they stuck to it untfl the proofs were produced in the form of price currents giving - the prices charged in several cpsm tnes. Then they took water, and the next dodge to account for it was that these were simply surplus stocks that could not find a market at home, and being old and out of date manufacturers were glad to get rid of these at .any price. That aidn't hold because they were doing that thing year after year and keep ing themselves loaded down with that$a,V'ont' of idate" stock. They don't talk about , dnmping old atockon the f oreigiwrs now for they . - mm ' V "lit.' " iiATO UISwTmvU ouvvuoa -imvi uivig fnUP Vth diy capacity of 160 tons is to be established at once in a suburb of Jacksonville, Fla The Pil?11 0084 in Ue neighborhood of WSk The miU company will plant 600 acres of cane,' and will en courage farmers in the neighborhood to enter more largely into cans ffrnw- mg. The mill will extract 90 to 95 per cent of the saccharine matter from the cane, thus practically doubling 2SwPUt,of 018 ?ne " compared with the farm method of extracting JcksttvHle is to be con gratulated upon the establishing of this new enterprise at her doors. Its success of which thare is no reason for doubt will mean the attracting of H?un?f other sugar mill to Flor ida. Within a mhnrt fim . J"a mT become a sugar producer or some importance. We would like ?Uvm.berJof. ,ach mall sugar mills established in South Georgia! Florida there is a splendid opening for .To be sure of a supply of cane this company will plant 600 acres, will buy the cane that farmers may raise, and thus encourage them to AM m. A 1 - . usse m me culture, which they will be very likely to do when they feel sure of a home market for what wey raise. This would be the case also in other localities and sections if mills were established to work the cane produced. There is no induce ment for farmers to grow it when they have no market for it and where they are not fixed to make a marketable quality of sugar. Th way to start sugar cane growing is nun cne mills. That's the way he..beet sugar industry was started. An exciting egg contest cama off m Caroline county, Md., last week, in which a citizen aged ?3 years was itio.i4 rii . , ... " - . . """sto wi.u surreptitiously reliev ing a hen's nest of nine eggs. He was prosecufBd, and the ablest law yers in the county were employed in tVA A? . , tituBwuuon ana aeience. After tne principal lawyer for the defence, Since the beginning of the Boer war Great Britain has sent 314,000 soldiers into South Africa to fight an enemy that never could muster more than 60,000 men. There are zw,uuo .British soldiers there and yet they are not able to "bag" the remnants of the Boer armies, which A HA 1faam!m . . . uC Aooiug -ixibcnener ana the war managers in London at their wits ends. CURRENT COMMENT. jr ramem xtooseveit is re garded with distrust by a number oi statesmen who have proceeded on the principle that an officeholder does his entire duty in drawing his ia juBbiuea in turning tne fttnal ,anumi.:t.'i:i.'.. A V -v"" coMvuBiuiuueti over to ma clerks. Washington Star, Rep. - " is asserted v that before Judge Advocate Lemly grew too fat for sea service he was on one occa sion confined to his cabin for thirty days by AdmiraLSchley for cruelty to the men. This may account for the sweet amiability towards the Admiral displayed by the heavy weight champion of the Crownin- shield cabal in the court of inquiry. jxotjouc vxrgxnxan-f Hot, Dem. Mr. Santos-Dumont, says the Providence Journal, sailed along the atmosphere above the Long- unamps race course on '.Thursday at an estimated rate of thirty-eight mues an hour, in other words, the speed of the first practical air ship is almost equal, in the face of the wind,' to that of the modern steamer of the highest velocity. "If the century opens with a performance of inis sort, wnat must wpr expect in the way of fast air ships before it closes." Charleston News and Cou rier, Dem.-" Judge Advocate . Lemly has closed nis evidence for the precept pezore tne ocniey uourt oi inquiry, ana now comes tne turn oz the "ap- piican v wno is practicauy the ac cused. 'The ' fortunate f determina tion of the Court t confine the evidence entirely to the management Taking it for all in all, the Schley-Sampson controversy is a pow erful argument against war. Detroit Free Press Desmond What do you find to say in favor of Sunday golf? Os mond Well, it keeps a lot of people from reading trashy novels. Life. New Member of Yacht Club "I really don't know anything about yachting." Friend '"Most members don't, so you are all right if you don't say anything." Harper's Bazar. Untrustworthy: "But Jones gave you his word, didn't hef" said Frisbee "Yes," replied Perkasie, "but I don't like to take Jones' word. He won't even keep it himself." Tit Bits "Brother Jeff says he cast his first vote at the last election. How many times have you voted, pop?" asked the Kentucky boy. At which election, my boy!" inquired the col onel, absent-mindedly. Puck "After all, youll find the man who always tells the truth is the most successful in business," "Hugh 1 He isn't in it with the man who is believed in everything he says." Philadelphia Press, "I never heard of but one per fect boy," said Johnny, pensively, as he sat in the corner doing penance. "And who was that?" asked mamma. "Papa when he was little," was th answer. And silence reigned for the space of five minutes." Exchange. Shappy So you're thinking of going in for poilitlcs. Sappey Yaas; but the thing that worries me is that I'll have to mingle with such common people. It's pretty hard for one to know just how to treat his inferiors. Snappy Oh, but you won't meet many of them. Philadelphia Press. His Admission; "I hear that you are engaged. Goldthorp," said Sterhngworth. "Is it time for con gratulationa?" "Well, I won't ac knowledge that," replied the happy young man, "but I'm about to confer upon a certain young lady the right to select my necties for me." Life. Aggrieved "It was an out rage I" exclaimed the excitable young man with the very foreign accent. 'The father of the young lady offered a marriage settlement of a hundred thousand dollars." "It isn't much of a dowry." "My dear friend; it is not a dowry at all. It is a tip." Wash ington Star. "You may tell him," she said haughtily, "that I do not care to meet Eiople who deal in dressed beef." aturally this proud eastern aristocrat thought she had him pronerlv nut down, but she was in error. "You may tell her," he said by the way of reply, "that whatever I put on the market is at least dressed." Then he looked long and fixedly at her decol lete daughter. Chicago Post. - Hillsboro . Observer: Uncle Jimmie Daniel, of Cedar Grove ' town ship, was 93 years bid the 8th day of last jtjeptemoer The old gentleman was sick the other day. and two of our townsmeu "themselves no spring chickens" went out to inquire after their old friend's health. Soon after they tot in sight of the old gentle mac's house they spied Uncle Jimmie who was working in his garden, hoe ing cabbage. . Charlotte Observer: The mur der case against Watt Ingram for the killing of Jim Baldwin on August Sd, has been on hand for two weeks at Rockingham court The case was to-day (Wednesday) at 1 o'clock handed over to the jury, which in a snort time agreed ana rendered a ver dict of guilty of murder in the second degree and the sentence was to-night at 6 o'clock pronounced and Ingram gets fifteen years In the penitentiary. Ingram is a young man twenty-three years old and from a good family of Anson county. ' Greensboro Record: A rather queer turn turned up in a case of mur der being tried in the Federal court to-day. Martin Staples, a revenue officer, was indicted for killing Boss Snow in Surry county December 23 last. A Mr. Whitaker was the prose cuting witness and said he saw the killing and that Martin Staples did it. TheState rested after his evidence. Then Deputy Collector J. M Coff man took the stand and swore he was the man who fired the shot that killed Snow. Newborn Journal: The two big rattle snakes killed some days ago on the farm of B. B. Mallison near Wild wood, were remarkable in size, having 40 and 36 rattles respectively. Their subsequent history is of con siderable interest The negroes of the neighborhood sent in a request for the dead rattlers and they were given to them. The negroes took the snakes and removed their skins and then carefully cooked them. After the feast tbey declared that rattle snake meat was ' je' as good as chicken." It is said iha. the flesh was quite white after bei:- cooked and that the ne groes thoroughly enjoyed this repast. Goldsboro Headlight: After a lingering illness Mrs. Bailie E. Cobb, relict of the late Howell Cobb, and mother or Mr. u. W Cobb and Mrs W. P. Wrenn, breathed her last on Thursday morning at 4 o'clock, at the home of her daughter: aired fiT tain The country people are averse to the vaccination ordinance tmmaH hv the Board of County Commissioners recently. They say that this alone will break up the public schools through out the county, as their children will not submit to vaccination. While under the influence of liouor imrf S7en52?J..Mr- Frnk Kelly called on Mr. William Lane, who lives in In dian Springs townshin. and .wm. ing boisterous he was ordered from the premises. Upon refusing to leave Lane struck him in the head with a scantlinir. bnaclnnir h less. His condition is considered crit ical. Mr. James Watson, who lives in Edmundson town, had a diffi culty with his neighbor, Mr. Will Cotton, on the circus ground, Friday coon, ana as a result was badly cut across the neck and abdomen by the latter. He was carried to the Emer gency Hospital, and although his cnances of recovery were slim at first, it is now thought be will pull through. Cotton is out on a $500 bond, for his appearance at the next term of court COMMEKCIAI . WILMINGTON MARKET :balet; Boston, steady at 8 9 1 receipts 1,546 bales; WUminVt at 8Xc, nei receipts 2.849 h.fJ? . Ill In In the days following the baby's birth there is often a long up-hill struggle to recover strength, and the nurse busies herself in the preparation of jellies and Drotns ior tne ravaua. When Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip tion is used as a preparative for mother hood the baby's advent is . practically painless, there is abundant strength io nurse and nourish the Child, and a rapid recovery from the shock and strain in separable from maternity. ; "I was pleased that Dr. Pierce answeied my letter," writes Mrs. C. W. Young, of 21 South Regent Street (Iee Park),. Wilkesbarre, Penna. When I had those mishaps I began to think I would never have children. My back used to almost break and I would get sick at my stomach and have such headaches I di-.l not know what to do ; they used to set me nearly crazy, and I used to dread' to get up, I felt so bad 5 then I began taking Dr. Pierce's Favorite prescription, wnen oaoy w it all the time I was that way en baby was expected I took is that way. I felt fine all the time, and I never get those dissy spells now. I hardly ever have a nervous headache any more. I have a perfect romp of a boy; he is the light of our home. I am now twenty years old and my baby is almost eight months old. I now feel well, and weigh 180 pounds, and the babv 23 54 pounds. We reel very grateful for the good your medicine did for us. We are both healthy, thanks to Dr. Pierce's medicine." ' . Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets keep the bowels healthy. 1 WHOLESALE PRICES CUBHEI1 rQuotea officially at the closing by the Produce Excnange.1 - If STAB OFFICE, October 17. "8PIRITS TUBPENTINE-rMarket firm at 35jc per gallon bid,-for, ma chine made casks and 34c-per-gs:l-:t.n bid for country casks. ROSIN Market firm at 90c per bar rel bid for trained and 95c per barrel bid for good strained. TAB Market firm at $1.80 per bar rel of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE Marke t firm at $1.10 per Jtaurel for hard, $2.00 for dip, and for virgin. Quotations same day last year Spirits turpentine firm at 89aS85c: rosin steady at $1151.20; tar firm at $1.40; crude turpentine firm at $1.80 2.80. ' BEOJETPTS. Spirits turpentine. . 70 Bosin..J .... 365 Tar.... .1 168 Crude turpentine. 10 Receipts same day last year 43 casks spirits turpentine. 300 bbls rosin, 119bbls tar, 76 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 8c per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 5 9-16 cts. ft Good ordinary 7 1-16 " " Low middling. 7 9-16 " " - Middling 86 " " Good middling 8 7-16 " " Same day last year, market firm at 9Xc for middling. Receipts 2,849 bales: same day last year, 319. utaauraisa. iiniMr nr. scm . baJesr&vanaT T.li ceipts 10.603 - bafpB. w'n r, eaaV at RUn ' ",w. u 1 -V ,r ' receipts DaJes-.' Mobile mdv at c t , ceiptsi:i,997 bklesf Memphis anet, 8 S-16ewet receipts 8.S? bal??.,e. jrusia, sieaay at 8 He net W 2,979 bales; Charleston?' fi?m JS'P' receipts 2,329 bales. at8l l6, aw i i 16,98?,' Pi ! more PRODUCE MARKETS. . " . By Telegraph to the Morning 8tar. ssw xom, Oct. 17.-Flour ' w u lu or . rvH Tintin i - . choice to fancy $3 303 50. WhBS; Spot market steady; Nor 2 redtt options opened' and closed f?L C; October 74C; DecnTtXt -Spot steady; No, 2. 61tfcrepttt i""uKTOi JU-"J' iosea ozc; Octnk 61c; December 61c. Oats55?r firm; No. 2, 40c; options slo'l but firmer with other "WV but firm; western steamed $9.90 - refi firm: continent $10 10.- can $11 00. Pork steady. Tallow TtZ. Coffee Snot Rio fim. "W.stea Quotations ally. In mak: ar The following wnoiesaie races generally. small orders niznar crlcea nave to Tne quotations are aiways given as accar-vc;y as possible, bat the Bias will not be responsible represea aklna n be charged for any variations from th actual mare, of the articles a noted BAOQIRQ i t Jute. 7 o Standard.,.. 7& Burlaps e a WESTERN BMOKBX Hams 9 S 12Un 8Wes fT 9 ft Shoulders sj 9 A DBY 8ALTE1 Biases gun flhnnldnM SB BARRELS Spirits Turpentine oecuna-aana, eacn Second-hand machine. new mew York, eacn. New City, each BBICK8 Wilmington v M norxnern BUTTEB North Carolina 9 noixoern CORN MEAL Per bushel, in sacks Meal 9 O m '4 10 Si 1 35 1 35 S 80 9 00 15 o a o o 1 45 1 45 1 50 1 50 rcorrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants, prices representing' those paid for produce consigned to Commis sion Merchants,.! COUNTRY PBODUOK. , PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. Prime, 60c; extra prime, 66c per bushel of 28 jxmnds; fancy, 7075c Virginia Prime, 66c; extra prime, rvi r tqtiii mm iv ya ite 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. EGrGrS Dull at 1718c per dozen. CHICKENS Dull. Grown. 25. to 30c; springs, 1020c. TUKKBY8 Nothing doin. istsitsaw Aa JTmn at 26c. TALLOW Firm at 56c per pound. 8WEET POTATOES Firm at 60a 75c per bushel. -8ootRio firm: Wn t 6Xc;.mUd Bteady. Cordova Sugar Raw strong; fair refiVi. 8 6 16c. Butter steady;; creamery 1 22c; State dairy 1421c cKe, steady; fancy large white 9Jfc: fS! State and Pennsylvania 21X22c.' Rice steady. Potatoes quiet: JeTSf e $1602 00; New York? $1 '25J 00 Long Island $2 252 50; Jen?; sweets.$l 502 00. Cabbage steady n&WndFlat Dutch, per 100, $3 oil 5 00. Peanuts steady : brA.. " picked 4&4c; other domestic 2Kfe Sc. Cotton seed oil -Octob, r priD summer yellow was offered at 4v with 40c offered and buyers scare; ' prime cruae oarreis nominal summer yellow 4041c; off yellow 89c; prime white prime winter yellow meal $25 00. Cotton by steam 15c. Chicago, Oct 17. Statistics roreignnews lent an intermit tirity to an otherwise dull market 10 day and December closed fc higher; December snade higher and December advanced, higher. sumux r 440145c: Freights to Liverpool- aiwi . win - t corh MB to 1, Provisions closed 7J10i O 7 03 O 14 SO o o Vlrsrtnla MeaJ. COTTON TTEa bundle Sperm Adamantine COFFEE V baguyra Bio . DOMESTICS Sheeting. 4-4, yard Yarns. l bunch of 5 ls . FISH Mackerel, No. l, barrel. 1 half-bbl. ll 00 Mackerel, No. 1. ' Mackerel, No. 8. barrel. Mackerel. So if half-bbl. Mackerel! No. s, V barrel.. Mullets, V barrel h. u. ttoe Herring, y kei Dry Cod. m t .Tl... icxtra 75 1 25 18 8 11 8 22 00 o o o o o o 18 28 75 1 so es 11 if 0 keg. rtOCTB S L-ow grade ....... unoice. Straight. First Pa Lord Kuaseir Dilemma, 1 Once, when he first came to Lon don and was laying the foundation of his great career, says a London letter, the future Lord Chief Justice Russell went to the pit of a theater. The piece was popular, the pit was crowded and the young advocate had only Btanding room. All of a sudden a man at his side cried out that his watch was stolen. Mr. Russell and two other men were hemmed In. "It Is one of you three," cried the man minus the watch. "Well, we had better go out and bo searched," said Mr. Russell, with the alertness of mind that did not fall him at a trying moment amid an excited crowd. A detective was at hand, and the suggestion was accepted. As Mr. Russell walked out the Idea flashed mrongn nia mind that If the man be hind him had the stolen property he would probably try to secrete It In the pocket of his front rank man. Quick as thought he drew his eoattails about him only to feel, to his horror, some thing large and smooth and round al ready in bis pocket While he was still wondering what this might mean for him, the detective energetically seized the hindmost man, exclaiming: "What, you rascal! At It again!" To Mr. RusseU and the other man he apologized and bade them go free. But Mr. Russell, before he had taken many steps, reflected that he could not keep the watch. He went back to the box office and explained, with a cour age on wnicn be afterward said he rarely experienced greater demands, that though he did not take the watch he had it So saying, he put his hand into his pocket and pulled out a for gotten snuffbox.' First Patent SLUE fl ft 8 BAIN bushel - Corn, from store, bgs White Mixed Corn Oats, from store (mixed) . . Oats, Bust Proof Cow Peas HIDES V Green salted ory mnt...... BAT 9 100 B8 No 1 Timothy Bice Straw Eastern Western North Elver. N. C. Croc. HOOP IBON. V CHEESE Northern Factory Dairy Cream... nail cream LABI). V Northern, Nona uaroumv. luus, v oarrei..., PORK. barrel uitv Mess Bump , Prime HOPE, t SALT, V sack. Alum..., 18 oo 8 00 IS 00 4 00 8 00 I 00 6 4 00 3.00 5 25 3 60 4 25 8 78 76 50 70 ' 85 4 10 9 1 00 40 90 90 O 30 00 e 15 00 a 18 08 9 00 14 00 4 35 5 50 3 2S 18 5 00 o & o o o o o 75 3 IP o ea 10 o 15 8 25 3 50 3 85 4 50 10 81 78 55 60 90 5 11 10 1 05 50 95 95 90 80 14 13 12 12H FINANCIAL MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star." Awm Yobs. Oct. 17. Money on call steady at 34"percent ; last loan at Z per cent, ruling rate Prime mer cantile paper 45 per cbnt. Sterling exchange steady, with actual business in bankers' bills at 485 485 for de- mana ana at 454842 for sixty days. Posted rates 484M485 and 487. Commercial bills 483483. Bar sil ver 57f; Mexican dollars 45J. Gov ernment bonds irregular. State bonds inactive. Railroad bonds firm. U. S. refunding 2's, reg'd, 109; U. 8. refund- itgS's, coupon, 109; U. S 3's, reg'd, 107& ; do. coupon, 108J ; D. 8. 4's, new reg'd, 1S8; do. xoupon 139; U. 8. 4's, old reg'd, 113; do. coupon, 112; D. 8. 5's, do. reg'd. 106: connon. 107if Southern Railway 5's119. Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 103 ; Chesapeake & Ohio 45J$; Manhattan L119&; N. Y. Central 156; Beading 40U; do. 1st prefd 76X; do. 2nd pref'd 5lU. St. Paull65K; da prefd, 188; South ern R'way 32H; do. prefd 85; Amalgamated Copper 87 J; American Tobacco : People's Oaa 105; uuxar xxos , xennessee uoai and iron 60; U. a Leather 11 ; do. oref'd, 80X; Western Union 91&; TJ. S Steel 43 Jf; do. preferred 92X; Mexican Na tional ; Standard Oil 720725; Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co., 58 Hi do. preferred 120. Baltimore, Oct. 17. Seaboard Air Line, common, 3626; do, pre ferred, 50HBO3f . do 4, unChanged. Chicago, Oct 17. Cash quotatio: s Plour steady. Wheat-No. 2 sprii e j JjVriDg 6769Kc; No. 2 red 7171Kc. Corn No. 2 -; No 2 yellow . Oats No. 2 36c; No. 2 white 3838c; No. 3 white S7 38c. Rye No. 2 5656Kc Mes por, per parrel. J13 9514 00. Lar. per 100 lbs., S9 509 52X. Short rib aides, loose, $8 358 45. Dry salted shoulders, boxed, $7 507 75. Short clear sides boxed, $8 909 00. Whr key Basis of high wines, $1 30. The leading futures lows opening, highest, lowest an closing: Wheat No. 2 October 68 69ji, 68, 69c; December 70 M70y 74, 73. 7373c. Corn-No. I October 55, 55, 55, 55lc: Decern b i B656, 56&56, SBH, 66 ooc; may 6a58, 58J, 58, . 58583a Oats-October No. 2 34J4 34, 4, 34c;' December 35,' 35, 3535M, 85tf35He; Mav 37&. 37H, 37H, 37H37Kc Mea pork, per bbl October $13 70, 13 92i 13 70, 13 87H ; January $15 20, 15 32 15 20, 15 27X; May $15 30, 15 37," 15 25, 15 35. Lard, per 100 Bs Oci- 9,40' 9 58' 9 40 9 62 ? Januarv $9 07 X, 9 17. 9 05, 9 17; May $9 lo, 917 910, 9 17. Short ribs, ,,.r 100 lbs-October $8 37. 8 50, 8 87, 8 50; January $7 90, 7 97, 7 9o 7 97 ; May $8 00, 8 07. 8 00. 8 05 FOREIGN MARKS- Liverpool , American... On 125 Backs BUGAB, V Standard Gran'd ouuiuara a..... White Extra G. Extra O, Golden u xeuow LUMBEB (city sawed) M ft - amp ax.UK, resawed is oo Bough edge Plank 15 00 west India cargoes, accord ing to quality is 00 Pressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 60 iioagfnS?'com,n " 00 Barbadoes, In hogshead... . . Barbadoes, In barrelsTtT... . Porto Rico, In hogsheads. . . . & Sugar House, In hogsheads. Sugar Hoase, in barrels. . . . i..B3x!K,n barrels... TAILS, 9 keg. Out. fiod basis... soap, m K Northern. . 11 95 95 50 5KO 5HO 4M 4 17 50 O 17 00 O 16 50 O 88 1 85 1 10 1 05 60 I 15 4 20 00 O IS 00 S18 00 S3 00 15 00 NAVAL STORES MARKETS. - Bv Telegraph to the ifornlnz Btar. :w Yobk, Oct. 17. Rosin steady ; strained common to good $1 42 1 45. Spirits turpentine firmer at 38jtf 384 . Ohableston, Oct 17. Spirits tur pentine, nothing doing. Rosin firm and unchanged. ? -AVABTTAH. Oct 17. HniMla .. tine firm at S5c; receipts 978 casks; sales 1,092 casks; exports 512 casks 5nLnufirm, and anchanged; receipts 2,906 barrels; sales 2,023 barrels: ex ports 3.335 barrels." lP. STAVES, W M W. O. harrnl a. j. jtiogsneaa.. IS Q 14 S 17 840 sua e oo 8 00 4 00 5 00 8 50 Fan-mill Prime mill ... Extra mill oi BHINGLE8 N O. Cypress sawed V M 6x24 heart e 25 5x80;Heart 8 50 " sap I so WHISKEY. i gaUon Northern 1 oo i O Presldiof Elder's Appointments, Wllminr mlnfton District, 12. 13. an ex-Judge, told the jury that he of the Flying Squadron by Commo nad too high an bninion of th ; Vnn I dore Schley has reliered the Nm of that county to guppoae for a minnto I Pepartment from the necessity of a j lujj lkuts xutuiy mw epow in Cne Satiago naval campaign, and it now seems probable that this somewhat celebrated case may be terminated without further unduly scandalous revelations. So far as public judg ment is concerned, it need aoarcely be added the matter in; controversy has already been passed npon and settled. Philadelphia Recoad, Dem. t.tinf O ,Vm 1 m , . - jj wum ob xouna to send an old man whom he had known for forty years to the penitentiary for eighteen months tor taking nine eggs of uncertain age and utility, it took the jury only fifteen; tninutea to bring in a verdict of not guilty. The pros ecution cost the county $250.. . tb - 19 Th9 Kmd Yon Nan Always lamM" of Carver's Creek, Shiloh, Oct. urace, Uct 20. . Fifth street, Oct. 20. Clinton, Johnson's Chanel. Oct. 26,27. Zion church, Zion, Oct. SO, Bladen church, Windsor, Nov. 2, 3 8outhport, Nov. 6. Elizabeth. Elizabethtown. Nov. a 10.' Burgaw church, Burgaw, Nov. 13. Jacksonville and Rmhlanri 7?.ih. lands, Nov. 15. unslow, Tabernacle, Nov. 16, 17. OCOtt'S Mill church. Hnntt'a Vfi 11 IX OV. 18. Waccamaw. Nov. 22. Whiteville, Chadbourn, Nov. 23,24. xiKuen atreet, ov. of. Market street, Nov. 28. Kenansville, Charity, Nov. 29, magnolia. Providence Nnv Sn rv , ' " JLTCU. x. R. B. John, P. E BUmuk'i Iron Nerve Was the result nf hi mWianAiA health. Indomitable will and ti. mendous energy are not found where Stomach, Liver. 'Kidnevs and Bowels are out of order. If you want these qualties and the success they bring, use Dr. Klne'a New T.ite, Pill ThJ develop every power of brain and body. Only 25o at R. R. Bellamy's Drugstore. DUCRO'S Alimentary ForWhoopinc: use r ohektet Oouerh VSfMtfcSi LlAlR Ia highly recommended a remedy for Wng f11teog and aa a preTenttve for typhoid, malarial andaUklndaof ferera Trlamph of Thrift. "The old man seems mighty pleased with himself," said Mr. Grindner's coachman. "Sure," said the cook. "He's been saving all his burned matches for six months, and this morning he found he bad enough for me o start the kitchen Are with." Indianapolis Press. Prevented a Trag. dy. Timely information given Mrs. Oeorge Long, of New Straightsville, Ohio, prevented a dreadful tragedy ,Tr, " uvea. a. irightrul cough bad long kept her awake every night. She had tried many remedies and doctors but steadily grew worse until urged to try Dr. King's New Dis covery. One bottle wholly cured her Twrtvsa uui marvellous . medi cine also cured Mr. Long of a severe attack of Pneumonia. 8uch cures are positive proof of the matchless merit or this grand remedy for curing all throat, chest and lung troubles. Only 50 cents and $1 00. Every bottle guar anteed. Trial bottles 10c at if. R. Bellamy's Drug Store. f For over Fifty MBS. WlKSLOWS SOOTBUro Bybup has beeii used for over fifty year, by mil- liona of mothers for their children while teethino- witi, .t It soother the chUaT,V.'u ffift th?.-bei renedy for diarrhoea. Jiii,6 t. Poor little sufferer .uimwuaioiY. DOIQ Ov Hvntnriutm i- very part of the wnrld T-. :" Mlltl .1UI.. " V cm aura nnn aw "IT mi , . . " and, take no other kind. si S3 14 15 87 8 60 14 09 10 00 00 S 00 e so 7 60 8 60 7 00 e oo 4 00 8100 8 10 BY RIVER AND RAIL. Receipts of Naval Stores and Cotton Yesterday. . W; W- Railroad 449 bales cot ton, lcask spirits turpentine, 6 barrels tar, 6 barrels crude turpentine. w. X). 3C a.. Railroad l 77ft hoiA cotton, 4 casks spirits turpentine. 30 barrels rosin. 17 barrels tar o k.JL.i crude turpentit.e. ' O. C. Railroad 1S5 hnloa a oPwrit8 '"Dentine, - 2Q barrels rosin, 21 barrels tar. A. & Y. Railroad-382 bales cotton, 19 casks spirits turpentine. Steamer E. A Ha ton, 35 barrels rosin, 68 ibarrels tar. 2 oarreis cruae turpentine. Steamer O. M. " Whuiwir'Li i .u spirits turpentine, 46 barrels rosin, oteamer Driver hu, MtiM Schooner Maggie C 108 barrels a VBill COTTON MARKETS. By TelesTOPh to tne Mornins Btar. NEw.YoEK.Oct.17. -Cotton futures opened steady with prices one to five points lower, in sympathy with weak cables, and continued to ease off pretty much all the forenoon on continued selling by discouraged longs, active selling by local export houses as hedg es against large spot holdings in the South, and confident pressure from the bear side. The bulk of these of ferings were absorbed by commissi nouses who were well supplied with limited orders to buy on all declines prices were weak toward midday with l?t?F 0ff t0 893 d May to 792. BlighUy warmer weather in the belt With nv ir.fa . . mif urouicuoos ior increased receipts helped to undermine bull con fidence. But immediately following demirTSof an enormous JSft demand 8outh at firm prices and smaller estimates for to-a oi row's of the market. -Covering set in on a large scale and before 2PM it was apparent to- all that the room forenoon break.' rnn.m;;.. became active supporters of ter months ana Z u . " cmH r . ""uses ... v luur snnn eo i am . uabia to tHb Maejav xJVKEPOOIOctW.P.M.-Cotto. : Spot, moderate business; prices l-3.i lower to l-32d higher; American mia dling fair 5jd ; good middling 5 I-I60 ; uuuuuur xa-jtoa; low middling 413 TrJSX Sdinary 4 21-32d; ordinary f2d- The sales of the day were 8,000 bales, of which 500 bales w h for peculation and export and in cluded 6.300 bales American. Receipis none. Putures opened easy and closed quiet: American middling (1. m. c.) October 4 29-644 30-64d seller; Or- ii r ad November 4 S0-644 31-64d iTf ;oSIOT?mDer &na December 4 26 644 27-64d seller; December and January 4 25-644 26-64d seller; Jan uary and February 4 24-644 25-64d !,eLFebruapy and Mh 4 23-64 4 24r64d buyer; March and April 4 23 64d seller; April and May 4 23-64d buyer; May and June 4 22-64d buyer: June and July 4 21-644 22-64d buj er; July and August 4 21-64d buyer. ' MARINE. ARRIVED. Stmr Driver. Rradshaw . ville, T D Love. ' - 2L!& Hale, -wxwnJI; 0 a u Hmailbones. P.,fteomLhli Mountby, 2,113 tons, gyne. Cardiff, Alexander 8prunt& CLEARED. Per, Bradshaw, Tille, TDLove. Fayette- MARINE DIRECTOR V Of M the houses the winter yanaary, naving sold. lar Schooner Leah 4 pentine, 31 barrela rosin Total 2.849 balM Arit rn L iirv- sua oarreis rosin 168 barilla ta in k , . "xu' i y M:ro craae maae in u i a Jtnury Pidly stiffened to 8 11 and other options, accordingly? with the close steady at a net loss of on y vfa PdicUona from Washington for lower temperaturesin dkti ha i crop "ccounts, ad- ihLall V146 une"iues among Shorts. Special renm-ta Am a - K tur quiet at8,c; net receipt, -hJZ"?u Spot cotton closed auiet and i ir lower: middlmo r,it,. of; an?, J, 6c l?ulf 8c; saleTsoO bTw w ;- Ko ExDerienA- U.na... xr., I . Cotton futures closed tttAr,. "oio nra a lew taiunn,. j - "wioiuuor C5.U.' .u 111 V J-f T.I m . I n n . .a MlBx-toB. tr. c.y October 1$, 1901. STEAMSHlPn r. ASxandAr Sprunt & Son.: aJ&v j Sprunt & Son. 5y,iBr) -VS tons- Jones. Alex ander Sprunt & Son. Slingaby,-(Br) 3,094 tons, Whalley, TTndrxSPruilt & Son. PauXLJP'K99'1 4ton. Upperton, wt$iiXAndeSDrunt & Son. J B iuk?' l,7QB tons' 0,ark8OD Tenby, ?Brr 8.658 tons, . Campbell, Alexander Sprunt & 8on. SCHOONERS. - Ch$? Sha?n4p- lg8 tons, George Harriss. Son Sc Co. aiyixa.215to8awyerle,- Mft5ll9i.t?.ns' 8mttb. George Har nsg, eon & Co. barottrs Jotun, (Nor) 525 tdnsrPetersen. Heide -V :- 3ell Bontbi ollegelni given bj sBfolen (tanners a eantyan rork,asp aeoolleg FORK D? iCHOOL ( South C oulYttla, ortherim Jrsesm for Syrup, - TT : uij JU1 iT t tlYe you been on the stao-A longf Lady-About ten yeaS. Ahl SSS hd food detfof perience. N-o. I can't say that I havf unfS S! S.. ?- 8.09. January ft na December ebrnaryt3.04, Kwxay Net receinta m ska Capped weather on children- S? m?'?0 . - ., . uuais. mo. t BTOHlT a- The KindYnn Hats Always Boiigtt "wa ua - y rAVOniTT Kola.. x foiptm 04,358 1 wwMverei i. icai nnuin hu too raies; exports to BVw on w-s Oy:, oaies ; exports to Qreat Britain 290,724 ibaleT "f Franc ifvrior u-iT16" POrtS to the Climax. Yes. we have reached that point by the in new Climax" Chairs and other fnrnltnretocorrespond. Onr barbers are skflled in the business And onr razors and other Wnuntogs" are, as they haye always been, of the very best We solicit yonr patronaga, i j 1j WW GUON, flB9tt -" "' : 7 Bouth Front St. FOR RENT, a so paw mi . M - sr I - m a - W ui lease for a t rm of years Im ESCRlPTmrj J6JB25.Wetore Water street, rnn tu-.. " ?tl62 B5Teral ye by the wil- lard Bag Uanntactorv. ugltf si D. O'OONHOB. Beal Estate Agent, iiwAOaw. BfewTork '"J -a select system ot ; H. BR