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BY WILjjIAJO. H. tfaKNARD
WUjMINUTUA. iS. C.
Sunday alobnihs, Notembib 3.
A FIELD TO EXPLOIT.
Of the nations there is but one
which has carried out the colony
idea with system and success,
and that is Great Britain. Spain
had the enterprise to explore, enter
prise stimulated by hunger for gold,
and the pluck to seize and hold, but
she did not have the genius to colo
nize and govern. In her unscrupu
lous greed for gold she misgoverned,
oppressed, and lost "one of the most
magnificent domains ever lorded
over by any Government on earth.
But with the enterprise to discover
after others led the way, Great
Britain had the dash to appropriate,
the business sense and the foresight
to colonize with her own people,
and the sense to govern after she
had learned the lesson of modera
tion taught her by her American
colonies which protested againBt
arbitrary government and, failing in
the protest, renounced allegiance
and set up for themselves.
Ever since then, while English
civilization, has gone"- on, while
Great Britain was appropriating
more territory and encouraging her
peopWio settle in it, she has dealt
considerately with them and made
them feel that they were English,
protected by the British flag, and
practically let them govern them
selves, as Canada, Australia and
the South African provinces do.
She makes them feel that they are
English, simply asks that they re
cognize allegiance to her , and then
lets them govern themselves. In
this way she retains their friendship
and builds up trade between them
and her. It is thus that she has
made her flag a power in the differ
ent quarters of the globe, became
the great commercial nation and sea
power she is, and it was this, per
haps, that gave foundation for the
theory that "trade follows the
flag." Other European powers have
in a small way attempted to follow
Great Britain's example, but none
of them has achieved much success.
But there is little territory left
for any of them to appropriate now.
They have seized and divided among
themselves about all of habitable
Africa that is worth anything and
they have made about as many seiz
ures in China as they can without
coming into collision with each
other. There is one magnificent
domain left for exploiting, but not
for colonizing in the way of estab
lishing national supremacy. This
domain is South America, on which
Germany has wistful eyes and where
she and Italy already have many of
their people located and have formed
their trade combinations by which
they hope to profit and exercise a
potent influence in that quarter of
the world, not by asserting terrif o
torial supremacy, but through the
agency of their own people who
have become settlers.
Italy is pursuing her course
quietly while Germany, or rather
the Germans, are more assertive,
assuming that the right to establish
colonies by European powers, under
the patronage or by direction of the
home government would be ques
tioned and resented by this govern
ment as a defiance of the Monroe
Doctrine. Some of the spokesmen
for Germany and other European
powers contend that when this' Gov
ernment went beyond its own
borders and planted its flag on the
islands in the seas it thereby nulli
fied its Monroe doctrine, and there
are a good many people in this
country who agree with them.
One of this country's great blun
ders was overlooking the magnifi
cent domain South of us, turning
eyes across the seas, and letting
other and rival countries get a foot
hold where we ought to have prece
dence and be practically masters.
It is a grand domain, no richer on
the globe, rich in fertile soils, in
the variety of products, rich in for
ests of rare and valuable timbers,
rich in mighty rivers navigable for
thousands of miles. There is there
room and resources for one of
earth's greatest empires, when peo
pled by a different people from those
who are now doing little or nothing
to develop it, and lack the capacity
to do it if they had the disposition.
The Baltimore Sun'in an edito
rial on the disposition shown by
Germany to get a footing in South
America, gives some idea of the im
mensity of that country in speakin g
of a part of it thus: ;
"It is not surprising that that vast
continent to become the home of a
great population and the scene of
great wealth producing industries.
A. vast territory inland is as un
known as the deepest jungles of dark
est Africa. The whole extent of the
continent is about double that of Eu
rope. It lies entirely within the tem
perate and torrid zones, and nearly the
whole surface is habitable anfpj&duc
tive. Brazil alone is almost as large
as Europe and has natural wealth of
forests, mines and soil almost unri
valled by any other country. It has a
population of about 18,000,000, includ
ing Indians and negroes, and is capa
ble of supporting a. population greater
than that of Europe, which is nearly
WOOO- it has within its boundi
nes 30,000 miles of navlrahlA ivAM
aff ordlng natural avenues of trade un
rivalled in any other land.
"The vast extent of other countries
of South America is scarcely appreci
ated. Venezuela, for instance, bas an
area of nearly. 600,000 square miles
firs limes the . size of Italy and four
limns thm iiza of- Prussia. Itx
: - rvutsp
ized Indians, is less then that of the
city of New York. It has vast fer
tile plains, a great river system, : up
lands with a salubrious climate, moun
tains rich in minerals, forests without
limit With a government to give
protection to its citizens, it will become
one of the richest countries in the
world. It is not surprising that the
overcrowded countries of Europe
should be turning their eyes upon the
great continent of South America, ly
ing fallow and in much of its domain
awaiting the touch of civilization. The
cultivation of closer relations with
the United Btates may do much to
ward simplifying the situation and
bringing about in a peaceful way oue
of those victories of civilization that
are no less renowned than those of
war."
Here is a territory more than twice
as large as Europe and capable of
supporting a population twice as
large as that of Europe, with mag
nificent rivers flowing through it to
superb harbors, rivers that would
carry streams thousands of miles
into the interior, rivers with tribu
taries navigable for hundreds of
miles, and all this is practically a
terra incognita, as far as utilizing it
goes. The inhabited and utilized
portions are the States that skirt
the seas, the others being but thin
ly inhabited, but little utilized and
comparatively unexplored. Here is
afield for friendly exploit by the
progressive nations of the earth, in
which the United States, being the
nearest, ought to lead.
"BENEVOLEBT ASSIMILATION."
Since the outbreak at Catbolo
gan, island of Samar, it seems that
the American authorities in the
Philippines are resorting to drastic
measures to cow the insurgents.
tVhat they propose to do is thus
stated in a Manila dispatch of the
1st inst:
"The Philippine commission has
drafted an act against treason and se
dition. The penalty prescribed for
treason is death and the act is framed
to include those persons giving aid and
comfort to the insurgents. Persons
who utter seditious words or speeches.
or who write libels against the United
8tates Government or the Insular
Government, are punishable by the
imposition of a fine of $2,000 or two
years' imprisonment. For breaking
the oath of allegiance a fine of $2,000
or imprisonment for ten years is bxed
as the penalty. Foreigners are placed
under the same laws as are Americans
and natives.
A public discussion of the act will
be had on Saturday.
Of course an unexpected uprising
like that in Samar followed by the
slaughter of nearly fifty United
States soldiers, would naturally re
sult in more stringent measures to
prevent these outbre aks and awe th
disaffected, but these Draconian
methods smack of vengeance and
desperation, and the more of that
the more difficult and the further
off will be the real pacification of
these islands. They may smite
with the mailed hand, kill, hang,
imprison or banish but they will
only intensify the hatred and, out
of sympathy; alienate many who
might have been disposed to be
friendly.
We have been criticising the harsh
and cruel methods resorted to by
the British commanders in South
Africa in their desperate , ef
forts to crush the spirit
of and disarm the Boers who are
fighting the invaders of their coun
try, and now the American authori
ties are resorting to the same meth
ods to crush the spirit and disarm
the Filipinos who, like the Boers,
are fighting the invaders of their
country. The British have nothing
to be proud of over their perform
ers in the Transvaal, nor have we
anything to be proud of over our
performances in the Philippines
since Dewey dashed into Manila
harbor and sank the Spanish fleet.
That's the only honorable and re
deeming feature of the whole busi
ness. ELECTIONS HEXT TUESDAY-
There will be elections in ten
States next Tuesdayin Ohio, Iowa,
Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Massachu
setts, Maryland, Bhode Island, Vir
ginia, Mississippi and New Jersey,
and also m the city of New York,
which is attracting more attention
than all of them together, because
there it is a fight between the regu
lar Democratic party represented
by the Tammany organization and
the disaffected elements which call
themselves "reformers," backed by
Bobs Piatt with his Republican fol
lowing.
Some attention centers on Ne
braska because that is Wm. J.
Bryan's State and there is a fusion
between the Democrats and Popu
lists against the Republicans.
There is interest in Maryland be
cause it will be the first election un
der the new law prescribing quali
fied suffrage, under which some
white men and a great many illit
erate negroes will be disfranchised.
The Democrats expects to carry the
State, which means that Gorman
will go back to the Senate, and
probably come conspicuously to the
front as a prospective candidate for
the Democratic nomination for the
Presidency. '
Outside of New York citv. Marr-
land, Virginia and Mississippi we
are not looking for any Democratic
victories.
The Pennsylvania Bailroad Com
pany has given an order for 13,000
ateel cars to carry coal from the
mines to market. r
For Whooping Cough
use OHIDETS -EX-PEOXPBAKT.
For sals by Hardin's Palace Pharmacy. '
According to the report of the
Geological Bureau of the TJ. S." De
partment of Agriculture, the mine
ral output of this country in 1900,
from mine and quarry, aggregated
in value $1,070,108,889. The me
tallic products are thus given:
Products,
pier iron, lone tons.
Quantity.
, 13 789 843
60 610,543
8,837.218
.606 117,166
270,894
1x3,866
28.817
6,800.000
1,750
9715
Vain a.
9359.944.000
77,070.47 1
79.323 281
98 494C39
83,561,(88
Kt.6S4.U6
1,308,586
1,716,010
346,980
8 866
2.500
Sliver, troy ounces
Gold, troy ounces..
Copper, pounds
Lean, short tons
Zinc snort tons....
Quicksilver, flasks
Aluminium, pounds....
a ntlmony, snort tons. . .
Nickel, pounds
Platinum, troy ounoea..
400
total valne of metal- ,oibR97
lie products......... - 1552.418.627
Of the non-metallic products coal
amounted to $307,000,000, natural
gas to $24,000,000, petroleum $65,
000,000, precious stones $233,170.
This wonld leave about $121,457,
092 for the product of the quarries.
There is a difference of opinion as
to whether Senator Hoar did the
right thing when he declined an in
vitation to deliver a eulogy on the
late President McKinley, giving as
a reason that he differed with Mr.
McKinley on the Philippine ques
tion. As he gave the reason and in
his declination paid tribute to the
memory of the deceased, as a pa
triotic and well meaning Presi
dent, his motive could not be ques
tioned. Mr. Hoar doubtless felt
that to eulogize him without quali
fication would be to put himself in a
seemingly inconsistent attitude, and
therefore it was better that some
one who was in thorough accord
with the President should be his
eulogist.
BOOK NOTICES.
Guntori's Magazine for November
presents an interesting list of articles
on political, economic and other sub
jects. Among the notable papers is
one entitled "Hours of Factory La
bor in the South," viewed from a Nor
thern standpoint, and seen through
interested Northern eyes. Published
by the Gunton Company, Union
8quare, New York.
The Review of Reviews for Novem
ber is a capital number, full of able
articles on the leading questions of the
day, with much interesting miscella
neous matter copiously and finely il
lustrated. Much valuable informa
tion will be found in "The Progress of
the World," and " Leading Articles of
the Month." Published by The Re
view of Reviews Company, IS Astor
Place, New York.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Industrial capital of Alabama
has increased in ten years past from
$46,000,000 to $70,000,000. The
value of industrial products increas
ed from $51,000,000 in 1890 to $82,
700,000 in 1900. Mobile Register,
D&m.
Nothing so alarms England
as the fact that English soldiers are
continually deserting to the Boers.
Bead between the lines Kitchener's
dispatches would indicate that
many of the soldiers reported cap
tured by the Boers marched with
trailing colors- into the Boer camp.
There is a mystery about the South
African situation which neither dis
patches nor private letters reveal.
Houston (Tex.) Chronicle, Ind.
The Kaiser must be getting
desperate when he declares that if
the commercial treaties are not con
cluded he will "smash everything to
bits." However, the conditions that
have aroused his wrath are exactly
those that , call for calm considera
tion and statesmanlike treatment of
tariff questions, remembering that
there's as much profit in buying as
in selling, which most of our pro
tected industries seem to have for
gotten. Brooklyn Citizen, Dem.
"Human life," said a leading
minister of Louisville of the Presby
terian faith, in his sermon last Sun
day, "is safer in the dominions of
the Ameer of Afghanistan than it is
in Kentucky. There are more mur
ders in Louisville with 200,000 peo
ple than there are in London with
7,000,000. There are more murders
in Kentucky with its 2,000,000 peo
ple than in Great Britain with a
population of 40,000,000. Finally,
there are more murders in the
United States than in the whole of
Europe with Italy and Turkey left
out and Russia included." The
special sensation pertaining to this
consits of its absolute truth. This
man of God, Bev. J. Kinsey Smith,
is even within the facts, on which
comment is not needed. Chatta
nooga Times, Ind.
Presiding Elder's Appointments, Wllming-
mington District.
Bladen church, Windsor, Nov. 2, 3.
Southport, Nov. 6.
Elizabeth, Elizabethtown, Nov. 9,
10.
Burgaw church, Burgaw, Nov. 13.
Jacksonville and Bichlands, Rich
lands, Nov. 16.
Onslow, Tabernacle, Nov. 16, 17.
Scott's Hill church, Scott's Hill
Nov. 18.
Waccamaw, Nov. 22. '
Whiteville, Chadbourn, Nov. 23, 24.
Biaden street, Nov. 27.
Market street, Nov. 28.
Kenansyille, Charity, Nov. 29.
Magnolia, Providence, Nov. 30,
Dec. 1.
B.B. John. P. E.
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Removes everything in sight; so do
drastic . mineral pills, but both are
mighty dangerous. Pon't dynamite
the delicate machinery" of your body
with calomel, croton oil or aloes pi Us,
when Dr. King's New Life Piils,
which are gentle as a summer breeze,
do the work perfectly. Cures Head
ache, Constipation. Only 25 cents at
R. B. Bellamy's Drug Store. t
SPgjUax?, ALA-, July 28, 1878.
Dr. C. J. HOTMTT Mr Dear Blr: Justice tn
you demands that I should give yon my expe
rience with your- excellent medicine IXtTH
ima. Our little girl, Just thirteen months
old, has bad much trouble teething. Every
remedy was exhausted in the shape or pre
scriptions from family physicians. .Her bowels
continued to psss off pure blood and burning
Aver oontmnea Cor days at a time,-? Her life
was almost despaired ot Her mother deter
mined to try TJBBTHUra, and In a day or two
there was a great change new lite bad re
tarn edth bowels were regular, and, thanks
tp TEKTH1NA, the llttto babels now doing well.
Tours, etc. , D. W. KcrviB,
JMltor and Proprietor Tuskegee (Ala.) Hews.
That's a favorite attitude of the small 5
boy. And in this again "the child is
the father of the man." The man does
not essay to walk through life on his
hands, but he creates for himself a king
dom Ui luray-Lioj. v y-
dotn. He turns night
into day. He eats re
gardless of time and
He makes a pleasure
rif Viia hiiamess and a
business of his pleas
ure. In fact, he ef
fectually reverses the
order of natural liv
ing. The result is
physical disability
fenerally introduced
y weak " stomach.
The food he eats does
not nourish him be
cause the stomach
and . its associated
organs are not able
to extract the nour
ishment from the
food. Hence, the
ibody is under nour
ished and disease de
velops in one form
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Hence, it cures "weak" lungs, "weak"
heart, "weak" nerves and other forms of
so-called weakness.
I had been troubled with catarrh of the
stomach and heart trouble," writes Mr. W. p.
Merchant, of Tylereburgr, Clarion Co., Penn'a.
Had doctored -for some time without relief,
then I began to take Dr. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discorery. I took seven bottles. Before I
began to take it I weighed 119 pounds, and now
I weigh 176. I am -working steadily and feel
like a well man. I send you many thanks."
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con
stipation. SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Goldsboro Araus: The death
nf Mr. Tom Johnson. 29 vears of age.
nrtnnvrnrl at hia home in the country
just beyond Stony Creek, on the road
to Baulston, Thursday nignt.
Concord Tribune: Dr. J. W.
Littleton. of Albemarle, died at Greens
boro Wednesday. He went to Greens
boro about ten days ago for treat
ment He was 40 years of acre and
was one of Stanly county's most
prominent men and physicians.
Smithfield Herald: We have
learned that a mad doer nassed by Mr.
Sanders Peedin's several days ago and
bit two of his finest hogs. Last Sun
day, about' ten days after they were
bitten, these hogs showed signs of hy
drophobia and 'had to be killed. It is
feared that they bit other hogs before
being killed.
Greensboro Record: A secret
service man. it is said, has been "nos
ing" around among Greensboro mer
chants recently and has found what
he claims is btttterine being sold for
butter. In every case the merchant
knew.no better; the goods were sold
to them for butter and the substitute
being a good one, they never discov
ered the difference.
Danbury Reporter: Corn and
wheat are both quoted at eighty cents
ner bushel in Danbury. Bain is
needed in this section very much.
The ground has become so bard that
it is almost impossible to plow.
The large herd of Angora goats which
were- recently placed at the Vade
Mecutn Springs are reported to bs dy
ing from eating ivy. Mr. John H.
Sparks, the owner of the goats, will in
the near future move them down on
the large tract of mountain land which
he has purchased a short distance west
of here.
S&nitori .Express: The people
of the community were shocked Satur?
day (Oct 26) morning when they re
ceived the sad intelligence of the death
of Mr. Thomas Jadson Stroud. He
died at his heme on Hawkins Avenue
Friday night about . ten o'clock. Mr.
Stroud was on the streets during the
day and felt as well as usual. He ate
a hearty supper and retired about nine
o'clock. Soon afterwards some mem
ber ot the family heard him breathing
heavily and upon entering the room
found him struggling in death. A
physidian was called in, but to no
avail, as the patient was beyond hu
man aid. He soon breathed "his last.
His death was due to heart failure.
Charlotte Observer: The stock
holders of the Bluitt Falls Electrical
Power Company met in "Wadesboro
Friday and organized. The officers
elected were: Fred J. Coxe, of Wades
boro, president and treasurer; Robert
L- Steele, of Rockingham, secretary,
and Samuel T. Stowe, of Lodo, Meek
lenburg county, general superintend
ent. Bluitt Falls is a great water
power on the Pee Dee river, between
the counties of Anson and Richmond,
and is situated about four miles above
the Carolina Central railroad. This
power wilt be developed for electrical
transmission to Wadesboro, Rocking
ham and Hamlet. The promoters also
contemplate the construction of an
electric railway in the town of Wades
boro. Careless Gunner: "There, my
dear,", said the returned hunter,
"there's one bird for you, anyway.
Bagged him just as I was about to
give up in disgust" "Oh, George I"
she exclaimed, 'it's a carrier pigeon,
isn't it?1" "Not much I It's a quail."
"But it has a card tied to its leg with
some message on it Let's see. It says,
'John Jones, poultry and game. Cen
tral market" Philadelphia Press.
His life We saved.
Mr. J. E. Lilly, a prominent citizen
of Hannibal, Mo., lately had a won
derful deliverance from a frightful
death. In telling of it he says: "I
was taken with Typhoid Fever, that
ran into Pneumonia. My lungs be
came hardened. I was so weak I
couldn't even sit up in bed. Nothing
helped me. I expected to soon die of
consumption, when I heard of Dr.
King's New Discovery. One bottle
gave great relief. I continued to use
it and now am well and strong, I
can't say too much in its praise." This
marvellous medicine is the surest and
and quickest cure in the world for all
Throat and Lung Trouble. . Regular
sizes 50 cents and $1.00. Trial bottles
10c at B. B. Beucaht's drug store;
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For over Firtr Tears
Mrs. Wikslow's Soothing 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 pain ; cures wind colic,
and is the best remedy for diarrhoea.
It will relieve the poor little sufferer
immediately. Sola by druggists in
every part of the world.4 Twenty-five
cents a bottle. Be .sure and ask for
"Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup,
and take no other kind.
1 IW FAVOI71TE
u .mw.wtAK WOMEN.
CftlLDlHftflVs LOST BELIEFS.
- EUGENE FIELD. .
I onceJrnew all the birds that came
And nested in our orchard trees;
For every flower I had a name ...
My friends were woodebucks, toads
and bees;
I knew what thrived in yonder glen;
What plants would soothe a stone
bruised toe-
Oh, I was very learned then
But that was very long ago.
I knew the spot upoa the hill
Where the checkberries could be
found
I koew the rushes near the mill 1
Where the pickerel lay that weighed
a pound 1
I knew the wood the very tree .
Where lived the poaching, saucy
crew.
And all the woods and crows knew
me u
But that was very long ago.
And piping or the joys of youth,
I tread the old familiar spot
Only to learn this solemn truth:
I have forgotten, am forgot.
Yet there' this youngster at my knee
Knows all the things I used to know.
To think I once was wise as he !
But that was very long ago.
I know .'tis folly to complain
Of whatso'er the fates decree,
Yet were not wishes all in vain
I tell you what my wish would be :
I'd wish to be a boy again,
Back with the friends I used to
know.
For I was, oh ! so happy then
But that was very long ago.
SUNDAY SERVICES.
St Thomas' church First mass 7 A.
M. ; high mass and sermon 10:80 A.
M. Vespers 7; 45 P. M.
Christian Science service at the Ma
sonic Temple, Boom 10, this morning
at 11:15 o'clock. Subject of Bible
Lesson: "Adam and Fallen Man."
Services in St John's church to-day
by the rector, Bev. Dr. Carmichael:
Litany, sermon and holy communion
at 11 A. M. Sunday school, 4 P. M.
Services at Seamen's Bethel this af
tern 00 n commencing at 3 o'clock con
ducted by Rev. Dr. Wells. Uordnal
invitations to all seafaring men.
St. Matthew's English Lutheran
church, North Fourth street above
Bladen, Rev. U. W. Kegley pastor:
Sunday school at 9:45 A. M. ; preach
ing, 11 A. M. ; sermon, 7:30 P. M.
These services, morning and evening,
will celebrate. German Reformation of
the 16th century. All seats free and
everybody welcome.
SUNDAY SELECTIONS.
Holiness is the secret of all
sacred things.
God does not waste
weighing worthless men.
time
The man who prevails with God
will not rail with men.
Sacrifice is the price that love
pays ror the privilege of service.
He who does not walk in
Christ's light stumbles into darkness
ana aoom.
When Christ brings his cross
he brings his presence, and where he
is none are desolate, and there is no
room for despair.
Instruction ends in the school
room, but education ends' only with
life. A child is given to the universe
to educate. liobertson.
Do something every day that
will allow you to feel at night that
you have given some of your time
and strength to the definite service of
the Liord.
Tnanvfamilv nirnln th trontlft
- j "j r
-lonuence 01 one loving soul is inm-
cient to Dreatne around u an unspeak
able calm; it bas a soothing power,
like the shining of the sunlight or the
voice of doves heard at evening.
Farrad.
The arch upon which our civili
zation rests is formed of two columns,
the Christian home and the Sabbath.
We must uphold both these institu
tions and guard them with Spartan
zeal, or as the ark of Israel itself, if
our civilization is to survive in vigor
and not perish from the earth. Every
thing goes when the Sabbath eoes.
Staunch integrity abides co-existent
wiin its zealous guarding.
TWINKLINGS
"Why do you not eat your
appie, xommy f" "I'm waiting till
John Briggs comes along. Apples
taste mucn Detier when there's some
other fellow to watch you eat 'em."
2U-flt8.
Mrs. Faltte She isn't a very
good manager, is she ? Mrs. Fide
No, indeed I Why, she had to buy
four extra turkeys so as not to waste
the dressing she had made for one.
Harper's Bazar.
Stranger (in Frozen Dog) I
I suppose a poet would be liable to
starve to death in this place. Bronco
Bill Well, if he lived long enough
to starve to death he'd be gosamighty
lucay. imeK.
"No, doctor, I won't wear plain
spectacles. If I am compelled to wear
glasses I'll try goggles." "But, my
dear sir, -there is nothing fashionable
in goggles." "Oh, yes; people will
think I run an automobile. PAtZ.
Record.
The Eternal Woman: "I know
that justipe is blind," mused the fair
um&uuuni, aaaing tne nnisning
touches to her toilet, which consisted
of a Paris gown, a picture hat, and
other beautifiers; "I know that justice
is blind, but thank goodness, the
judge is not" Baltivore Amerigan,
, First Suburbanite Don't you
think those fellows who race on our
road with their automobiles ought to
be arrested! Second Suburbanite
No; don't say a word. One of 'em
ran over and killed about two dozen
of my neighbor's chickens yesterday.
rYoweer8 Statesman.
Didn't Believe in th em:
"Willie." said his father, as he pro
ceeded with the laying on of hands. "I
am sorry tp have to do this it hurts me
more than it does yog. ,"Well," re
turned the precious youngster, reV
slgnedly, "I never did believe in these
sympathetic strikes anyhow: They
always do more harm than good."
Chinese T:jcj ' Karaeit. -The
villages of China rojoi.p la a choice
assortment of names, some of. them very
ludicrous. Indeed, the number of these
communities seems to have . been too
much even for the ingenuity of the Chi
nese.. "Wang, for example, is so general
a name for a village that they aredriven
to speak of the "Front Wang," the "Bear
Wang." the "Wang Under the Bank,
the "Smaller Wang" and so on through
every possible adjective pr phrase to
which Wang can be tacked. " Among
some of the names of villages may be se
lected such - gems as "Bitter Water
Shop," "Lin With the Black Eye' Drop.
Ied Tooth," "Horse Words," "Duck's
Nest" and, oddest of all, "Where They
Wear Pag Noses."
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THE JCHIXECT
Of the io Finest Library Buildinr
Recommends Peruria for Catarrh.
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CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY, WASHINGTON, D. C.
Hon. I.JS. Smithmeyer, architect of
the new Congressional Library of Wash
ington, D. C, ranks first in his profes
sion in this country. This library, is
considered the finest building in the
United States. Mr. Smithmeyer spent
sixteen years traveling in Europe work
ing on the plans, and Congress appro
priated six million dollars for this
building.
In a letter written from Washington
and dated July 4th, 1899, to The Peruna
Medicine Co., Columbus, O., Mr. Smith
meyer says the following in regard to
Peruna, the world-renowned catarrh
cure ;
Washington, D. C, July 4, 1899.
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.:
Gentlemen I endorse the good opin
ion expressed by Senators and Repre
sentatives in Congress regarding the
curative qualities of your compound.
Those who have used it recommend it as
an excellent tonic which is particularly
effective as a cure for catarrh.
Respectfully,
I. S. Smithmeyer.
One of the most wonderful events In
the hi't'v of medicine is the multitude
"COMMERCIAL.
WILMINGTON MARKET
f Quoted officially at tbe closing by the Produce
Exchange.!
STAR OFFICE. November 2.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing
doing.
ROSIN Marke firm at 90c per bar
rel for strained and 95c per barrel for
good strained.
TAR Market quiet at $1.25 per bar
rel of 280 lbs,
CRUDE TURPENTINE Market
quiet at $1.10 per barrel for hard, $2.00
for dip, and for virgin.
Quotations same day last year
Spirits turpentine steady at 4039J4c;
rosin steady at $1.20 1.25; tar firm at
$1.45; crude turpentine steady at $1.40
2.40.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine. 51
Rosin 103
Tar. 175
Crude turpentine 61
Receipts same day last year 59
casks spirits turpentine, 229 barrels
rosin, 162 barrels tar, 64 barrels crude
turpentine.
COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of 7 He per
pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary 4 11-16 cts fb
Good ordinary V6 1-16 " "
Low middling. : 6 11-16 " "
Middling 7H " "
Good middling 7 9JL6 " "
Same day last year, market firm at
9c for middling.
Receipts 1,944 bales; same day last
year, 1,488.
f Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce
Commission Merchants, prices representing
those paid for produce consigned to Commis
sion Merchants.!
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina, firm.
Prime, 60c; extra prime, 65c per
bushel of 28 pounds; fancy, 70c
Virginia Prime, 55c; extra prime,
60c; fancy, 65c. Spanish, 6065c.
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
EGGS Dull at 16ai7c per do?en.
CHICKENS Dull. Grown, 25 to
30c; springs, 1020c.
TURKEYS Nothing doing.
BEESWAX Firm at 26c
TALLOW Firm at 56c per
pound.
SWEET POTATOES Firm at 40
50c per bushel.
FINANCIAL MARKETS.
By Telegraph to me Morning 8 tar
Nmw YORK. Nov. 2. Money on call
was quoted steady at 4 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper 45 per
cent. Sterling exchange easier, with
aotual business in bankers' bills at
486 for demand and at 483 for sixty
dava. Posted rates 484ttm4RK and
487488. Commercial bills 483
483 tf. liar silver 57$$; Mexican dol
lars 45 V. GfJTOlTimant hnnds ntnnrlv
State bonds inactive. Railroad bonds
firm. U. 8. ref undine 2's. reis-'d.
109; U. S. refunding 2's, coupon,
109 : U. S. 3'a. iw'H 1 08 An Mnmn
108: U. S. 4's. new fAir'd 1?.9- Hn mn.
pon l89;U. 8. 4's, old reg'd, 112M;
do. coupon, 11234; U. S. 5's, do.
reg'd, 107; coupon, 107; Southern
RailwaV 5'S 120 Stork RlfiTnrw
& Ohio 108 V: Chesaneake & Ohio
474: Manhattan L 124; NT V Hat,.
t1 158: Reading 43; do. 1st
frefd 77M; do. 2nd prefM 54; St.
aul 169 ; da prefd, 189 ; Southern
R'wayStf; da prefd 88K. Amalga
mated Copper;86 ; American Tobacco
: Pennlft'a Cloa mia . Rikhh iisi.
Tennessee Coal and Iron 60 : U. 8.
Leather lis: do. nmf'H snu wt.
em Union filll? TT PI Rtaal A.9.U . An. .
Standard Oil 707710 ; Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Co., 59X; do. preferred
Total sales of stock to day 358,800
shares.
BaLTTMORIE. Nov 9. -AmWiiiwI a i-m
rone, common, 2526; do. prefer
red, 4950; do 4s 833g83. .
- . t ; " v. nrw WC. V "All
NAVAL STORES MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning star. '
Nijw York. Not. --Rnnn
strained common to omnri i Atini
1 45. Snirits turnentinA nm'ai i a
380. r -
riBlPf.MlPAl! Nftir O OnJ.
DentUie ' firm and uimIhiiimJ - T i
nrm and unchanged.
Bayahvab, Nov. 2 Spirits turpen
1 m at 85e; Jtceipts 800 casks;
sales 26 casks; exports 536 casks.
J"?L8n; receipts 8,131 barrels; sales
1,424 barrels; exports 2.840 barrels. ;
COTTON MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning star.
New York. C nv : 9 Th" wu.
market nmmM flm af an '...-..-. -m
five to eleven points on a scare of
of remarkable endorsements which Pe
runa is receiving as a catarrh cure fro;n
men and women of national importance.
During the past two years a large num
ber of people well known from ocean to
ocean, have in glowing words of un
stinted praise made Peruna the most
famous and justly celebrated catarrh
remedy in the world.
Men high in our national councils,
statesmen known the world over, dis
tinguished officers in the army and
navy, physicians, lawyers, preach
ers, and last but not least, an in
numerable company of people In the
common walks of life, have all joined to
place Peruna on the highest pedestal
of honor that any remedy has ever
reached in the history of medicine.
There can be no further question
that Peruna is the catarrh remedy ot
the age. It has no rival. There are
no substitutes. Peruna stands atone
as a systemic catarrh cure which wilt
cure catarrh in all phases and stages.
Everybody should have a copy of Dr.
Hartman's latest book on catarrh. Sent
free by The Peruna Medicine Co., Co
lumbus, Ohio.
shorts, who were not prepared for a
drop in temperature in the extreme
Northwest to below zero. But soon
after the call there was a reaction of
five to six points under selling for
both accounts, professional longs and
shorts seeing no sign of permanent
strength in the market in the absence
of new business through commission
houses. The cable news from.Liverpool
was a trifle better than looked for and
receipts in the South gave promise of
dropping off steadily from now on. Tbe
reaction in prices after the call carried
January off to 7.43 and other months
in proportion. Still later the market
rallied several points on conservative
buying by insiders and a lull in the
selling pressure. Trading was not ac
tive and for the most part was of a
professional character. Fear that the
cold wave - in the extreme Northwest
will work its way southward daring
the over Sunday adjournment, im
pelled shorts to seek safe ground as a
matter of precaution. The market
closed steady with prices net seven to
nine points higher.
Nliw York, Nov. 2. Cottou quiet
at 7 ; net receipts 1,382 bales.
Spot cotton closed quiet; middling
uplands 7c; middling gulf 8)4; sales
165 bales.
Cotton futures closed steady; 'No
vember 7.47, December 7.50, January
7.48, February 7.44, March 7. 44 April
7.44, May 7.39, June 7.36, July 7 35,
August 7.22.
Total to-day Net receipts 46,253
bales; exports to Great Britain 557
bales; exports to France 150 bales;
exports to the Continent 7,732 bales;
stock 644,290 bales. . '
Consolidated Net receipts 46,235
bales; exports to Great Britain 557
bales; exports to France 150 bales;
exports to the Continent 7,732 bales.
Total since September 1st. Net rt
eipts 2,095,040 bales ; exports to Great
Britain 690,579 bales; exports to
France 197,822 bales; exports; to the
Continent 597,319 bales.
Nov 8. Galveston, steady at 7c,
net receipts 9,683 bales; Norfolk,
quiet at 7c, net receipts 3, $03 bales;
Baltimore,hominalat7c net receipts
bales; Boston, quiet at 7c net
receipts 166 bales; Wilmington,
firm at 7c, net receipts 1,944 bales;
Philadelphia, guiet at 8jc, net receipts
65 bales; Savannah, steady at 7 316c,
net receipts 11,702 bales; New Orleans
very steady at 7o, net receipts 4,054
bales; Mobile, steady at 7J$c, net re
ceipts 895 bales; Memphis, steady at
7$$c, net receipts 4,054 bales; Augusta,
firm at 7 716c, net-receipts 3,556
bales ; Charleston, quiet and firm at
7 3-ioc, net receipts 8,103 bales.
PRODUCE MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.
AEW YORK. Nnv 9. ITIniiv roe
inactive &ud about steady; winter paU
en is a Buiaa oo; siraignts S3 303 40;
winter low grades $3 S03 40. Wheat
spot firm; No. 2 red 80jc f . o. b.
afloat; Wo. 2 red 77&c at elevator; on-
Huub cioseu nrm ai yc advance
March closed 79 c; May closed 79 Je:
December 76c. Corn spot market
firm; No. 2, 64c at elevator Shd 64c
f. o.b. afloat; options closed firmer and
XHe net higher; May closed 64kTe:
isccem oer osc. KJSUS spot Steady ; No.
2, 42tf42c; options quiet and about
Stead V. TatA ntanri v wast
$9, 00; November closed $9 OO.nominal;
touuou quiet. sroTK sieaay; family
$17 2517 50; short clear $17 5019 00;
mess $15 00 16 00. Rice steady domes
tic fair to extra 46Hc;i Japan 4
5Je. Coffee Spot Rio steady ;; No. 7
invoice 6c; mild quiet: Cordova 7lk
llc. Sugar Raw quiet and easy
fair refining 33 516c; centrifturai
96 test, 3c. Tallow quiet. Bdtter
firm; creamery 1522c; State
dairy 1421c Cheese steady; fancy
large .white . 9 9tfc; fancy large
colored 99Mc. Eggs steady; State
and Pennsylvania 2223c; western
candled 2122c. Potatoes were quoted
quiet; Jerseys $1 501 75; New York
$1 652 12.; Long Island $2 002 25;
Jersey sweets $1 502 25. Cabbage
quiet ; Long Island Flat Dutch." ner
100, $3 003 00. Peanuts quiet;
fancy hand-picked 44c; other do-
pooI-Cotton by steam 15c Cotton seed
oil easy ; . prime crude barrels nominal;
prime summer yellow 35Xc; off sum
mer yellow S435C; prime white 89
40c; prime winter yellow 40c; prime
meal $25 00. ,:
r Chicago, Nov. 2. A small bull
drive by professionals in the corn pit
relieved the Saturday depression and
December corn closed i higher. - De
cember wheat fic advance and
December oats te up. Provisions
closed 3 ic lower to 2e higher. f
Flour rteadyrwinte patents $3 40
3 50; straights $2 903 80; clears $3 60
? 10J SP specials $4 004 10;
8 wheat No. 3 spring ; No. 3
spring 6869e; No. 3 red71K73.
pop-No- 2 No. 8 yellow -c
2&8 X3Xe; Na 3 white
40X41ifc; No. 3 white 4040c
Rye-No 255c , Mess pork, per bar
rel, $13 8013 85. Lardper 100 lbs.,
$8 558 67HK0hort rib rides, loose
w onA o nn t . . .
ooxea, Wf 55t7 5U. Short 1 "His
boxed, $8 108 20 WM.t
Of high wines, $1 30.
The leading futures rano.
closing : yv neat No. 2 NrWC1 t
703. 70tfa70r 7nun.url J2m
ivn, (vy, vuc;uecember
78V74Xc. Corn-No . i
56, 57X, 56fc, 57tfc; Decamp
57J4Y 58Jf, 57. 58c; M!
December 36, 3637 rIH
86C;May 88 88&, 39V M
Mess pork, per bbl January
14 90. 14 80, 14 90; May $14 95 'H 1
- - uu, tier lun h.
cember $8 52, 8 57. 8 52 T$
January oo4. 62, 8 57u f
May $8 65, 8 72, 8 65, 8 70X,iH
ribs, per 100 lbs January 47 M
7 72K, 7 62, 7 75 ;May ? 75 7 S
1 v, u7g
FOREIGN MARKE
BV Cable to the Mornin at tr
Liverpool, Nov. 2. 4 P. m r,.,.
Spot, small business done; pricesS!
kuuu lumuiiuts -JLoa; middling,
82d; low middling 4 7-32d; JSf
-nary 4 3-S2d; ordinary 4 27-32d $
sales of the day were 5,000 baV1
which 300 bales were for specuWu
and export and included 4 200 hS"
American. Receipts 23,000 'balM
eluding 17,000 bales American
iJTUurea openea easy and CW
steady ; American middling tB
November 4 7-644 8-64d nli.
vember and December 4 3-64d h'uv
December and January 4 2 64d bu?
January and February 4 2-fUa J.
February and March 4 2-64d gei ,
March and April 4 1-644 2-64d k
er; aprii and May 4 1-64 4 2 t4d b
er; May and June 4 l-644 2-64db
er; June and July 4 1-64&4 5.ri .j
ler; July and August 4 l-644
MARINE.
ARRIVED.
Stmr A J Johnson, Herrin? nij
J.YUU, vv iiicrcuiiu. 1
Stmr-Compton. Sanders. OalaK.,1
and Little River, S C, Stone, Roufk
CLEARED.
Clyde steamship Saginaw, Ha:
New York, H G Small bones.
MARINE DIRECTORY.
Mat of Ml In the Port 0f y
aatln-tom n. c., November 3, 1901,
STE AMSHIiro
Wandby, (Br) 2,580 tons, Peami
Alexander Sprunt & Son.
Polano, (Br) 1,898 tons, HolttaJ
Aiexanaer sprunt aon.
Hurworth, (Br) 1,520 tons, Galbraiti
Alexander sprunt & Son.
Wragsby, (Br) 2,371 tons, MaxBelJ
Alexander sprunt & Son.
Orinon, (Span) 1,628 tons, Duo, Heiil
& CO.
Mountby, (Br) 2.113 tons,, Payt
Aiexanaer oprunt ox con.
Candleshoe, (Br) 2,466 tons, Dam
sen, Alexander Sprunt & Son,
SCHOONERS.
W R Perkins, 143 tons, George Hi:
riss, Son & Co.
Ida C Schoolcraft, 347 tons, Robins
George Harriss, Son & Co.
Nokomis, 245 tons, Sawyer, J T Rili
& Co.
Venus, 194 tons, Fox well, George Hn
riss, Son & uo.
BARQUES.
Amal, (Nor) 448 tons, Knudson, Lias
rick, Heide oc Co.
BRIGS.
Goldseeker, (Br) 199 tons, Diggdotl
J 1 tcuey & uo.
BY RIVER AND RAIL.
Receipts of Naval Stores and U:
Yesterday.
W. & W. Railroad 5 casks spirin
turpentine, 4 barrels crude turpentict
W. C. & A. Railroad 1,383 bain
cotton, 9 casks spirits turpentine, 8
barrels rosin, 52 barrels tar, 39 to.
rels crude turpentine.
n. f!. Railroad 5?fi?t hnlos rnttnn
casks spirits turpentine, 28 barrels Ui
15 narreis cruae turpentine,
A. At. Y. RailrnnH9!3n hnipa rnttot
11 casks spirits turpentine, 9 barret
rosin, a oarreis tar.
Steamer Compton 35 bales cotton
o casK8 spirits turpentine.
Steamer A. P, Hurt 33 bales coi
rels rosin, 87 barrels tar, 3 barren
cruae turpentine.
Total 1,944 bales cotton, 54 cash
x ; inn I : 1?
Biinta kurpenine, i.uo uarreia ruaiu,
barrels tar, 61 barrels crude tw
peritine.
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ME AL, GRITS, MOL ASSK
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