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OUTLINES.
HottSe was iu session less than,
hoar and adjourned until Tuesday,
Ltott of the Schley court of in
"Tnwmulgated by Secretary Long;
Ire two reports, Admirals Ben
ftef"iid Bamsey concurring in one
Admiral.Dewey making a separate
"nort. commending Schley through-
. Two negroes hanged yes-
l.Tt Helena, Ark., for murder.
Tbe Athletic Club of Charleston,
fn jias nade bid for lne McQor"
L-SalUran fight. -The races at
airltn begin Monday; there are
a Horses on the grounds. A bank
Lunger with $6,000 is missing at
fettle, Ala. Fire at Graham,
y caused loss of one life and $85,000
-orth of property. No develop-
oeoU in the case of the missing Miss
Eayner, Schley's coun-
is disappointed at the outcome
the court ot inquiry.
Vnrt markets: Monev on
.nw -
ii inir at S&5 nercent thn last
JJ HIWWA .
Vast 3 percent; cotton quiet at
'jjfc; flour market was steady but
iall; wheat spot nrm, wo. 8
mw 86ic: corn spot firm. No, 3
oats spot firm, No. 2. 62Jc
WEATHER REPORT.
u. s. dkp't of agriculture,
Wbathir Burxaxj,
! Wilmwotok, N. O., Dee. 13 3
Tamperatures: 8 A. M... 55 degrees;
P. M., 67 degrees; maximum, 73 de-
Lnei; minimum, 52 degrees; mean, 63
grees.
Bsinfall for the day, .00; rainfall
ice 1st of the month to date, 2.36
Khes.
SUgeof water in Cape Fear rirer
ftretterille, N. a, at 8 A. M. 3.9
STORM WARNING. "
Southeast storm signals were order-
It op at 10 P. M. at all coast points
m JacksonTille, Fla., to Baltimore.
itorm was central oyer the lower
ippi valley moring slowly east-
ly. Brisk to high southeast winds
the coast expected Saturday, be
nz westerly Saturday night or
udy.
fORIOAST FOR TO-DAY.
WiSHINQTON. Dec IS. For North
ilioa Bain Saturday ; colder in
item portion. Sunday, clearing
i much colder; brisk southeasterly
dstnooiin; northwesterly.
Pert A!mnc December 14,
7.03 A.M.
4.47 P.M.
9H.45M.
9 44 P.M.
1214 A. M.
ia 3ete
tar's Length
lh Water at Southport
Sigh Water Wilintnsrtoi
Kaiser William doe not approve
b duelling festivities in the army,
Much he considers the property of
the State. He has given notice that
Lsj officer who engages in a duel as
principal or second will be cashiered.
Another gusher was turned in last
3ay in the Beaumont, Texas,
oil field, making 116 so far, and the
laoring goe3 0Q. The Southern Pa-
pic road can't furnish locomotives
i to haul the stuff away.
and Mrs Shaw, of Chicago,
litre gone to Europe where they
Ipoposeto make a 3,000 mile auto-
.
ue excursion, winding np with
lipm through Northern Africa.
I PHI
pey appear to be on pretty good
fflB with each other and also with
to automobile.
tyreaentative Weeks, of Michi-
who took an excursion to the
lippines. was disATmointed in
Ijpnnawo, who he says isn't half as
lH man as manv tonV him t.n hA.
I Bit there are a great many men who
i smaller as you get nearer to
i '"em.
The office of
I town of Port Chester. V. Y..
pas to be ho-dooed. During the
iWten veara sW linl A f ttit.
e have died. It is vacant now
I Q they are thinking of offering a
70 or a paid nP Me insurance
to get some one to take it.
quia If n t v. :
ifl giathis C0tmtl7 declined
jj railroad pass while at St.
-and when some one asked
. ho said that he never rode
" railMj t
- .vau m japan lor nothing.
21 dp h for nothing in.this
S' 6lther They do to 8ave
106 llflVTr a4 ...
1 1 Jaexico consists 01
patcb. boats, two unarmored
yya and five second class tor-
si.T manned by ninety offi-
ofi.i(m vv uiea wno nave lots oi
jure time. And yet theaver-
-ican drinks his pulque
managers to be reasonably
tw
in l?i- ,
tlutthe T profe880r informs na
Sh. l race wm in future
WinL gleM' 0ther Professors
WdKp J mIrmedns that it
and C' t00thlea8, hairless
lot 0f il le88eB- What a
ob:!l!lk!Webwhenwe
h, hai;QQ noutlegs, arms
5 I r -N i-l a U II V W ? Three Months. 1.2
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NQ 7- WILMINGTON, N. 0., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1901. WHOLE NO. 10,706 LvZZtttiEZJ I
LOCAL DOTS.
Newbexnians are agitating the
question or an Elk lodge for that city.
Schooner J. Howell Leeds
cleared yesterday with cargo of lum
per for New York.
Cotton receipts for the past
wee were 16,710 bales against 18,723
same week last season.
Dr. G. G. Thomas and Dr.
Thos B. Little left last night for the
North to purchase equipment for the
Hospital.
The Stab acknowledges with
thanks the receipt of a handsome cal
ender for 1902 from the D. L. Gore
Company, wholesale groceries and
drug sundries. .
Fire originating from an un
known source completely destroyed
the laundry at the country lodge of '
Mr. Pembroke Jones on Wrightsville
Sound Thursday night. The loss is
several hundred dollars; partially cov
ered by insurance.
Jno. T., Jr., infant son of Mr.'
and Mrs. Jno. T. Smith, Third between
Castle and Queen streets: died Thurs
day about 2 P. M. The funeral was
conducted from the late residence at
3P.lt yesterday by Bev. J. P. King.
Interment was in Bellevue cemetery.
A small blaze which wrought
about $5 damage to a house in Pick's
alley. Ninth between Queen and
Wooster streets, called out the depart
ment at 4:11 o'clock yesterday after
noon. The fire originated from sparks
from a chimney.
There was a falling off 'from
last year in all receipts of naval stores
at the port of WUmington for the past
week. The figures are: spirits, 859
casks against 809 last year; rosin,
2,854 barrels against 8,081; tar, 3,358
barrels against 6,881; crude, 853 bar
rels against 1,245. The crop year re
ceipts are behind those of last year in
all items except tar.
PAVILION FOR EXCURSIONISTS.
Joint Committee Recommesds Balldisf of
ss Iroi Strvctsre Os market Street
The committee of aldermen and
businessmen recently appointed by
the City Council and Chamber of
Commerce, respectively, to confer to
gether and devise some plan for ob
taining public comforts and conveni
ences for the hundreds of excursionists
who visit the city each year, met yes-
day afternoon at 4 o'clock at The
Orion. Present were Messrs. L B.
Bosrers,W. E. Worth ,T. W. Clawson,
of the Chamber of Commerce, and
Alderman E. P. Bailey, of the City
Council.
The joint committee decided upon
the building for the use of the visitors
of a substantial iron pavilion at the
east end of Market near Second street,
same to be nicely finished as an orna
ment to the street and to the city.
Seats will be provided and a fountain
installed in the building and supplied
from an excellent artesian well in the
yard of the Wilmington Iron Works
about half a block distant. The pa
vilion will be something like those in
Cincinnati, Ohiow, and other large
cities and will be a model of neatness
and durability. It is estimated that the
structure will cost from $800 to $1,000.
Ladies' toilet rooms will be provided
and the place made comfortable and
attractive. The city, of course, will
be asked to make an appropriation for
the building. At the next regular
meeting of the Aldermen the commit
tee will push the matter and hopes to
have everything ready for the season
of 1902.
Pooeral of Mrs. MacComber.
The remains of the late Mrs. Sarah
MacComber, whose death in Bich-
mond was noted in these columns yes-
terdav. arrived the same morning via
the Atlantic Coast Line, accompanied
by her son, Mr. BobL E. MacComber
and wife. The remains were met at tne
station bv a number of friends and
tenderly borne-to Oakdale cemetery,
where impressive funeral services
were conducted by Bev. J. M. wens,
Ph. P.. pastor of the First Presbyte
rian church. The pall bearers were
Messrs. Samuel Northrop, Jas. .
Pott Robert E Post. B. D. Oronly,
Chas. H. Bobinson and E. G. Parmele.
Hosiers from Topssfl.
W. Will A Til air hmthfir Of Wll-
iii r. ' a. ' m ' .,
MiumMl an nArint&ndent of
UllJiM " .
schools, Mr. John Jay Blair, and
president of tne reopie s muu
T.V Winilnn N. t J. . DUH9U kUIVUKu
the city yesterday with a company of
from ToDBAil Sound
UUUIOie -sr
to their homes. Governor Aycock
expected to have joined the party inia
mv hntwu nrevented from doing
so by the illness or ien. a. ? xwu.
State Superintendent or ruuuo u-
strucuon.
Will Do Road Doty.
Thi iAfndanta were sentenced to
tiiA oniintv m&da for twenty days eacn
by Mayor Waddell yesterday and were
taken out to the stockade in tne iw
The nriaoners are all colored.
aeonra Wilson was sent UP for Oisor-
dAviv eondnet: Henderson Hays for
disorderly conduct in applying an op
nwiMmi emthet to Mr. J. W. uaptw,
who keeps a saloon at Blxtn ana yasue
tPMt end John Waddell for non
payment of costs.
NKW ADVEBTISKMENTS.
a P. McNalr New goods.
The Worth Co. Bagging and ties.
BUSUTESS LOOAL8..
Lost Black serge eton jacket
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ORDER OF BOO BOOS.
Concatenation to be Held in Wil
mington Daring the Month
( of January.
ELABORATE ENTERTAINMENT
Vicegerent Snark and Local Kittens Will
Receive the Lambermea Most
Cordially Somethls j of
the Orfsslxstioo.
Mr. John A. Arringdale, Viceger
ent Snark for North Carolina of the
Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoos, a
national organization of lumber mill
men and others engaged in kindred
trades, has called a meeting of the
order to be held in Wilmington some
time during January.
The meeting will call to Wilming
ton prominent, mill men and others
from the Carolinas and Virginia and
perhaps Georgia. The entertainment
afforded the visitors by the local
tradesmen will be of an elaborate na
ture, one of the features most probably
being an elegant banquet at Tbe
Orton. There will also most likely be
a number of applicants for initiation,
the ceremony for which is always in
teresting and laugh-provoking. ..
The order, founded in 1891 by nine
men, at Gurdon, Ark., who were lum
bermen and newspaper men, has ex
tended over the Union until its mem
bership has now reached over 5,000.
Its declared object 'is health, happi
ness, and long life," and is purely a
social order, and membership is rigidly
restricted to the following classes of
persons, and these alone: Lumber
men, newspaper men, general officers
and general and assistant freight and
passenger, purchasing and claim
agents, commercial travelling, solicit
ing and contracting freight and pas
senger agents of railroads; persons en
gaged in the manufacture or sale of
saw and planing mill machinery. In
the Southern States, however, the
membership is almost exclusively con
fined to men engaged in the lumber
business.
The symbol of the order is a black
cat with back up and tail curled into a
nine, chosen because of its traditional
nine lives. Brethren are known as
kittens. Hoo Hoo day is the ninth of
the ninth month of the year, and the
meeting of the order is called together
at 9:09 o'clock A. M. of that day. The
Initiation fee is $9.99, and annual dues
are 99 cents.
The head of the order is the "Su
preme Nine," corresponding with the
Supreme lodge of other secret or
ganizations. The "Nine" is composed
of the Snark of the Universe, Senior
and Junior Hoo Hoos, Bojum, Scrive
noter, Jabberwock, Custocation, Ar
canoper and Gurdon.
There are thirty-one Vicegerent
Snarksforas many States and Terri
tories. The "House of Ancients"
contains three members and there is
also a "Chamber of Horrors," to
which only Past Vicegerent Snarks,
and they alone, are eligible to the
degree.
Wilmington will gladly welcome
the lumber men to the city and the
local millers and dealers will do all
in their power to give them the "good
time" for which the Order of Hoo
Hoo stands.
ELABORATE PYTBIAN BAZAAR.
Spleadld Event lo be dlres ky Kslrbts
Early la tke New Year.
Am elaborate entertainment' for the
benefit of a fund to be used in furnish
ing their new hall in the Hurchison
building, is being arranged by the
Knights of Pythias of this city. The
affair promises to be one of the most
enjoyable lodge events of the new
year and will be given at some place
to be selected later, just prior to the
removal of the lodges from their pres
ent quarters.
Jefferson Lodge, No. 61, K. of f
has taken the initiative in the matter
and has appointed the following com
mittee to act with others to be named
next week by the other lodges:
Messrs. L. B. Rogers, L. J. Cooper
and A. S. Holden.
PUN FOR THE CHILDREN.
Matiaee at 3 P. M. sod Nlfht Performance
of "Uocle Josh Sprsceby.
Tha rural comedy. "Uncle Josh
SDrucebv." with its Hayseed Band
and concert orchestra, will do tne
Opera House offering this afternoon
and night. Neighboring cities pea
very kindly of the performance and
one may expect Just what is promised.
The music is said to oe especially
nltuuinff : lots of specialties are Intro
duced and the scenery is realistic.
Pnimlar nrices will prevail, the mat
inea betas? only 10 and 25 cents, and
no doubt attracting large crowds. The
funny parade takes place at 12 o'clock
to-day.'
Mallets Proa Florida.
w "re. Worth & Co. yesterday re-
aiweA & Moment of 30,000 mullets,
the largest single lot, perhaps, ever
kMiirht to the city, Tne nsn are oe-
n.f.ired in the cold storage plant at
Sixth and Dock streets, - which is in
charge of Mr. E. u Jrreeman. im
i .lor. inHndes a rew otner varieties
IVI aw . .
u mnllts and were receivea
tuau .
here in refrigerator cars rrom runia
Gordo, Fla.
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HIGHWAYMEN HELD
UP MILL FOREMAN.
Darlog Robbery by Nefroes Last Nlf bt st
Pistol Point, Nesr Hilton Park
Thirty Dollars Stolen.
An exceptionally bold robbery by
highwaymen was perpetrated near
Hilton Park last night about .11
o'clock.
Mr. T. H. Sears, foreman at the An
gola Lumber Company's plant and a
brother of the manager of the compa
ny, Mr. W. T. Sears, was the victim,
and at the point of a pistol three ne
groes went through his pockets and
relieved him of between $20 and $30 in
cash. A watch and other articles of
value had fortunately been left at his
boarding place at Mr. J. T. Maunder's
on Fourth street, before he started for
the mill to do some work which re
quired completion before the plant
started early the following morning.
Mr. Sears was going to the factory
alone and had gotten as far as a low
place in the dirt road leading to the
baseball field, just beyond the gate to
the Hilton Lumber Company's office,
when he was stopped by three ne
gros,bne of whom held a pistol in the
young man's face, while the other two
held his arms and went . through his
pockets, securing the amount of
money as stated.
When the robbery had been com
mitted, the negroes told Mr. Sears to
proceed, which he did and went to the
mill beyond Hilton bridge. From
there he telephoned Mr. Maunder of
the occurrence and , Mr Maunder
communicated with police head
quarters. Officers went to the
scene- and talked with Mr. Sears
regarding ' the robbery, but noth-
ng was gained In the way of a
clue. Mr. Sears only knows that he
was held up by three negroes. He
does not know their names, nor could
he identify them if they were brought
to him. The police should exhaust
every effort to bring the guilty parties
td justice.
TRAVELLING MAN DEAD.
Mr! J. C. Scsrboroof b, of WIlalsgtOB,
Bled Is Newbera Yesterday Posers!.
Mr. J. O. Scarborough, the well
known and popular StandardOil travel
ling man, who for the past several
years has made headquarters here, died
yesterday morning at Newborn, N. C,
after an illness of about two weeks
with typhoid fever. The remains will
arrive in Wilmington on the Newbera
train to day and in the afternoon will
be taken to Charlotte for interment.
where he resided for many years pre
vious to his coming to Wilmington.
. The news of Mr. Scarborough's
death reached Wilmington through
the medium of m private telegram to
Mr. Alex. S. Holden, Keeper of Rec
ords and Seals of Jefferson Lodge Na
61, K. of P., of this city, of which
deceased was an enthusiastic and
valued member, having transferred
his membership here from Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. Scarborough resided
while in Wilmington at the home of
Mr. J. O. Morrison, Fifth and Princess
streets, and Mr. Scarborough was on
one of his usual business trips when
he was taken ilL Mrs. Scarborough
went to his bedside and was with him
at the time of his death.
Deceased was possessed of a happy
and genial disposition. He had a keen
sense of humor and was a man whom
everybody liked. His character was
above reproach and his honor beyond
question. With travelling men he
was especially popular. The news of
his death was received in Wilmington
with greatest sorrow by all who knew
mm. Tne bereaved wire nas tne ten-
derest sympathy of the community.
FOLLOWED HUSBAND TO GRAVE.
WUmlnrtoa Lsdy's Premonition of Death
Caaie True Oa Last Wedsesdsy.
Mrs. Monroe Peterson, an aged and
highly respected lady, who formerly
resided in Wilmington, died at 5:30
o'clock Wednesday morning at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Syl
vester Bordeaux, whom she was visit
ing at Hocutt, Bladen county. Mrs.
Peterson was 84 years of age at the
time of her death, and lived here for
several years at the home of her son.
Mr. H. L. Peterson, Sr., No. 5231
North Fourth street. She was a faith
ful member of Brooklyn Baptist
church, and of a most estimable dispo?
sition, which endeared her to all. The
surviving relatives are Mr. H. L.
Peterson, of this city, and a daughter,
Mrs. Bordeaux, at whose home She
died.
Mrs. Peterson was relict of the late
Monroe Peterson, who died here three
weeks ago. At the time of his death,
mnmhArft of the familv SSV. Mrs.
Peters on predicted that in three weeks
She, too, would pass away and join her
husband. - She died within four hours
of the three weeks predicted, of a gen
eral breaking down as the result of the
infirmities of old age. Mr. and Mrs.
FL T. Peterson, of this dty. were at
her bedside when she died. The
funeral was held Thursday at White
Hall. N. O,
Death of Mr. Gary Williams.
Mr. Gary Williams, a step-son of
Cant. Wm. Skinner, who recently
moved to Wilmington from Fayette-
ville, died yesterday morning at 8
o'clock of pneumonia at the home oi
OanL Skinner In this city. Tne de
ceased young man was about 20 years
of age and was a son of the late uary
Williams, of Favetteville. The re
mains will be sent this morning to
Fayette ville for interment in Cross
Creek cemetery this afternoon.
A NEW ENTERPRISE.
Plant of Wilmington Floral Com
pany Now Completed, is An
Up-to-Date Affair.
WORK IN EXPtRIENCED HANDS
Green Hosses Are Large, Modernly Equip
ped asd Stocked With Rarest and
Most Exquisite Plants and
Flowers Apartments.
Few persons who have not enjoyed
actual observation can appreciate the
extent of the floral industry being car
ried on by the Wilmington Floral
Company at its new green houses on
Market, between Fiteenth and Six
teenth streets. Only a few months ago
the . company was organized, but al
ready the busrnesa is in active opera
tion and orders are being filled ith
dispatch and satisfaction, both in and
out of the city.
Everything new and up t. -date, a
visit to the green houses of the com
pany in winter Is refreshing Tney
are stocked with the latest varieties of
plants and flowers and no more com
plete floral exhibit in thetato may be
found. Of course many of the plants
are young, but no order, however
elaborate, need be turned away, for
there is abundant material for tbe fill
ing. The green houses, two in number,'
are a model of neatness and conven-
ence. They are 35x100 feet in size, 16
feet in heieth. with six-foot brick
walls, the remaining ten feet being
glass covering of 8,000 surface feet.
Both are heated from the rear by an
immense Doric heater, manufactured
expressly for the purpose, and with
capacity for several other green
houses of like build. The water is fur
nished from driven wells and convey-,
ed by force pumps to a large tank at
the top of the building.
The houses extend north and south,
fronting on Market street, and at the
front of the main building handsome
office apartments are arranged with
desk, tables, stationery and other con
veniences, including Bell 'phone No.
438, through which orders may be
sent In this department are kept
an assortment of beautiful imported
jardinieres, which are sold by the
company. In front of the offices and
green houses extending toward Market
street, is a plat 85x66 feet in size
which will be beautified with grasses
and flowers. -
For tbe novice to attempt a
description of the contents of the
green bouses is a folly. The company
has everything the trade demands and
IS prepared for any order, from the
most bumble to the most fastidious.
A specialty is made of roses and car
nations and in speaking of roses em
phasis is laid by the management up
on "American Beauties." Three thous
and carnations of every description
are already on the benches and from
500 to 1,000 of each variety of roses.
Then there are endless varieties of
palms, ficus, ferns, Roman and other
hyacinths, calla lillies, smilax, and in
fact everything found in the modern
floral gardens of the world. Fresh
shipments of plants are being received
daily and added to the benches. The
company has especially fortified itself
against the rush of Christmas orders
and has a number of new things in
yule tide decorations that should be
nvestigated.
A description of the place would be
ncomplete without mention of the
clever gentlemen who are behind the
enterprise. Mr. John A. Everett, Jr..
full of enthusiasm and pride in the
work, is proprietor, and Mr. A. B.
MacLachlan, a man of abundant ex
perience, is manager. Mr. MacLachlan
served an apprenticeship in Scotland
and has been connected with a num
ber of celebrated conservatories in
America, notably at Camden, N. J.,
and Philadelphia. He came to Wil
mington from Morganton, wherehe
had charge for several years of the
splendid grounds around the State in
stitution there. He has made his
home in Wilmington and will be
found thoroughly conversant with the
florist's art
DIDN'T LIKE SHORT HOURS.
Coast Line Shop Workmen Prefer Loafer
Honrs at the Increased Wsr.es.
A new order by the Atlantic Coast
Line Thursday cut down the number
of working hours of the men in the
shops here from ten to nine hours per
day, the same effective at once and
continuiBsr through .the Winter when
the period of daylight is limited and
the company put to great expense in
nrovidine artificial lights over its ex
tensive nlattL As a laree majority of the
three hundred men in tbe shops were
employed by the hour they did not
take kindlv to the order and Immedi
ately set on foot a movement to induce
the management to restore the old
rule in.voeue by which they could
work ten hours per day or else receive
the same wages for the shortened
hours.
A committee of the shop men waited
nnon the Coast Line officials yesterday
and found them perfectly willing to
treat with the workmen for the best
interest of all concerned. It is learned
that an amicable adjustment of the
differences was reached and that the
nine hour rule will continue, but that
in the Summer the men will be allow
ed to make up the time.
For LaGritme and In
fluenza uso OHBIIEx'S
EXPEOTOBANT.
. For sale by Hardin's PaJaot Pharmacy. .
THE POULTRY SHOW.
Enthusiastic Meetlur of Association Last
. Nlf ht-Speclsl snd Sweepstake Prizes
Are Offered Other Notes.
The Poultry Show to be given in
Wilmington at the City Hall the first
four days in January was liberally
discussed at the regular weekly meet
ing of the Poultry and Live Stock As
sociation last night. The prospects
for the fair are growing brighter each
day and fanciers in North Carolina,
Virginia and Georgia are manifesting
an interest in the event.
All committees made- enthusiastic
reports last night. - Business men of
Wilmington and elsewhere are realiz
ing the importance of the fair and are
offering unsolicited special prizes
Among those reported by the commit
tees are the following :
Wilmington, Iron Works, five exhi
bition coops for the highest scoring
White Plymouth Rock cockerel ;8need
Furniture Company, handsome parlor
rocker for highest scoring of trio of
Minorchas; The Reliable Incubator
and Brooder Company,of Qiiiccy, 111.,
two books and two spring lever poul
try punchers for Baff Cochins, Brah
mas, White Plymouth Rocks and Buff
Cochin Bantams; C. H. Heide & Co.,
one barrel of lettuce for best pen of
Buff Plymouth Bock. With the regu
lar prizes and the cash sweep stake
offered by the Club of $5 each for tbe
highest scoring male, female and trio,
the list is an inviting one.
The Southern Express Company has
promised reduced rates for all exhibits
and many are expected.
DELIGHTFUL CHURCH RECEPTION.
Young People Entertained Last Nlfht in
Abble Chsdbourn Memorial Hall.
The reception last night in Abbie
Chadbourn Memorial Hall at the First
Presbyterian church was largely at
tended and thoroughly enjoyed by all
who attended. The hall was attract-
vely decorated with holly, -mistletoe
and other Christmas evergreens and
an informal musical programme was
observed to the delight of all. Mem
bers of the congregation were cordially
received by Dr. Wells, the pastor, Mr.
W. M. dimming, the Sunday School
superintendent, and other prominent
members of the church.
The musical numbers included a
sweetly rendered solo by Mrs. W. L.
Latta, "While the Heart Is Young;"
another by Mrs. J. D. Smith; bass solo
by Mr. Herbert K. Holden ; tenor solo.
with quartette chorus by Mr. C. V.
Motte, "My Whipporwill;" whistling
solo, "Mocking Bird," by Mr. J.
Keener Westbropk ; a charmingly ren
dered boIo by Miss Norma Foster, and
other selections in quartette by mem
bers of the First church choir. Miss
Anna Sprunt presided at the piano
with her usual grace and skill. Mr. Alf.
Yopp played the accompaniment for
the numbers by Mr. Westbrook, who
received several hearty encores.
Delightful refresements were served
during the progress of the reception.
BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS,
Elizabeth City Electric RsUwsy Co. Char
tered Geo. Toon's Condition.
Special Star Telegram.
Raleigh, N. O, December 13.
J. W. Goodson, tobacconist, of Kin-
ston, filed a petition in bankruptcy to
day. Liabilities, $26,750; assets, $455.
A compromise of fifty cents on the
dollar is authorized by Judge Purnell
in the bankruptcycase of McPherson
and Withers poo n, Sanford. The pe
tition was filed November 12th. The
liabilities are $30,000; assets, $35,000.
The Elizabeth City Electric Railway
Company is chartered, with $125,000
authorized capital; also theBobt. W.
Fulghum Co., of Wilson, general mer
chandise, $10,000 capital.
Gen. Toon is reported to night some
what weaker than yesterday, but is
resting welL His general condition is
not regarded as favorable.
Mr. Bern Prempert having re
covered from his recent indisposition,
left Washington for Raleigh yesterday
and is expected here in a few days on
his rounds South.
We will deliver all photographs
taken this week before Christmas un
less the weather is very bad next week.
Taylor's Studio. t
Church Notices.
Bladen Street Methodist Church: Bev. J. J.
Porter will preach at 11 A. MM ana at
the evening service.
cmatMi of the Good Bhenherd. Sixth ana
Queen streets. There will be the usual services
on Sunday at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday
School at 4 o'clock In the afternoon.
Bouthslde Baptist Church, corner Firth and
Wooster streets, Bev. B. H. Herring, castor.
HAnrlma 11 o'clooK A. K. and 7.80 P. M. Sundav
School at 8 P. U. Prayer meeting service every
Wednesday night at 8 o'clock.
First Baptist Church, corner of Market and
Fltth streets, Bev. uairin a. uiacswe i, u. v.,
7i80P.'M, "Jpnah."
mi-Bt Presbvtarlan Church. Bev. John M.
Wells, Ph. O.; pastor. Divine services
at 11 A. H. ana at 7 80 P. H. conducted by the
pastor. Sunday school at 4 P. M. Prayer
meeting on Tnursaays at s:uu r. n. xne puouo
cordially invitea to aii sernoes. rows roe.
Bt. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, corner
Fourth and Campbell streets, Ber. Alex. D. Mc-
Uiure, I, u., pastor, uivinu eerviueo at 11 a.
m and 7 a V. mI Sabbath School at 8.80 P. M.
Prayer meeting and lecture Wednesday at 8
P.M. The public lnvtted. Beats ree.
Religious services will be conducted at the
noaman'n nninm w-nonw, loauuaui; i tor
noon, at s o'clock, by Bev. A. D. McOlure,
D D.. Seamen and rivermen are especially
nmtea.. au are welcome.
Brooklyn Baptist Church, corner Fourth and
BrunswicK streeia. nev. j . j . raameur, pastor.
HArvlraH to-morrow at 11 A. M. and 8 P. V.
Sunday School at 8.80 p. M. Weekly prayer
.n1 nra.lBA nwttttmr Wadneaoav at 8 P. M.
Strangers and visitors are cordially Invited to
au services. .
Fifth Street Methodist Church, situated on
Firth street between Nun and Church, Ber.
John H. HalL pastor. Services on Sunday
at 11 A. M. and 6.00 P. M. " Prayer meeting Wed
nesday evening at T.so o'clock.- SundaySchool
Bunaay aivemooa ac d.bh o-oiooa. a wnuw u
Titatlon extended to alL. , .
Grace M. K. Church, corner or orace and
Fourth streets. Pastor, Bev. J. N. Cole. , Ber-
vices Sunday at U o'clock a. m. aon &eo p. m.
Hnndav School. W. B. Cooper, supt- 4J0 p. m
Weekly, prayer meeting Wednesday at 8.00 p. m.
A cordlaV- welcome to an. Visitors to the c$y
I I .7 . kT:
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Peterson,
Sr , returned yesterday from Hocutt,
N. C.
Mr. B. J. Rivenbark, of the
A. O. L , has gone to Washington, D.
C, for a few days.
Miss Mattie M. Dempsey, of
Portsmouth, Va., is the guest of her
aunt, Mrs. B. H. Pickett, on Market
street.
Bev. F. A. Bishop, of Green
ville, N. C, visited the city yesterday
and favored the Stab office with a
pleasant call.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
IF YOU LIKE WHOLE WHEAT
FLOUR TRY THIS.
Good as the best. Better (han the rest.
THIS WEEK
Six pounds Lump Starch 25c, two pounds Aro
matic Coffee 25o. four quarts White Beans 85c,
North Carolina Hams I4v Seeded Raisins, pkg
10a, Cleaned Ourrants. pkg. 10, Citron, pound
803. Mixed Nuts pound 15c.
We cater to your palate.
H, J. BIERLIAMCO.,
218 Market Street.
Bell 'Phone No. 88.
declltf
FOR CHRISTMAS!
WE HAVE
IKK
Raisins, Apples,
Oranges, Gocoanuts.
Also a full line of Canned Goods in
connection with our regular
stock of heavy groceries.
Write to us for prices.
Williams Bros.
decetf
Bagging and Ties.
Salt on hand and cargo
to arrive.
Imported and Domestic.
Cheese, Full Cream.
Sardines, Salmon, Cakes.
Dunlap.Meal.
Corn, Oats, Hay.
Lime, Cement.
The Worth Co.
sep 18 tf
New Goods.
Bagging and Ties,
New Mullets,
FIRST PAT. FLOUR,
SND PAT. FLOUR,
STRAIGHT FLOUR,
SUGAR. COFFEE, RICE,
MEAL, GRITS, BIO LASSES
WHEAT BRAN,
CANNED GOODS, SOAP,
LYE, STARCH, SALT, Ac.
Bend me your orders.
Special attention given to conslgnmentr.
S. P. McNAIR.
au 88 a
NORTH CAROLINA,
- New Hanover Couhtt,
superior Court.
Mary B. Keeton,
vs.
J.T. Keeton.
This Is an action brousht bv the nlalntiff In
the above ent'tled cause aealnst the defendant
aoove namea tor aivorce on tne grouna or
aDanaonmens. it Deiug maae to appear mat j
T. Keeton is a non-resident ot thefitate of North
Carolina and cannot, after due diligence be
found In this State. These are therefore to no
tify aaid defendant to aiDear at the next term
of the Superior Oou t, to be held tor the county
ot Mew Hanover on the 8th Monday before the
1st Monday In March, A. D. 1902, then and thera
to answer or demur to the complaint of the
Slalntlff or judgment will be granted according
itbeprajer of the complaint. .
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand
and seal of office, this ran aay or HovemoeT,
A.D 1901. JNO. D. TA x lAJa, .
Clerk Superior Court of New Hanover county.
nev 10 ot b -
FRESH ORANGES.
8,600 Fine Oranges.
9,640 C. C. Hut.
41 Barrels Apples.
4,640 Pownds Rstisias.
HO Boxes Firecracker..
110 Pall. Fancy Candy.
18 Tuba 6. B. Batter.
68 Boxes Mixed Nntsu
W. B. COOPER,
Wholesale Grocer,
aos.HO, MS Nut rtreet.
. . Wttmuunoa. . o.
dec iu
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Esquimaux
Don't have much use for stoves.
A fire in the middle of a snow
hot, with an infinitesimal hole
for a chimney, is good enough
for them. But such , an ar
rangement wouldn't be con
sidered '-just the thing" in this
latitude. Here people . need
stoves and we keep them for
sale Parlor Stoves, Kitchen
Stoves, Small Bedroom Stoves,
and many odd sorts. The prices
are adapted to persons with
non-millionairish purses, too.
We have, too, a complete stock of
Hardware, Agricultural Imple
ments, Ammunition, &c.
J. 17. r.nrii & Co.;
ORTON BUILDING.
dec 5tt
We Think tbe Douglas
For Mens, Boys and Youths the BIST ON
EARTH or the money. We think the
same of the
Cincinnati Duttenhofer Shoes
For Ladles and Misses from $2.00 up. we
have a few pairs of the $1.90 gooos left
yet and an one will do well to get them.
We think exactly the same as above of our
Cincinnati Hogan Shoes
For Ladies, Misses and Children in
cheaper grades we are paying especial
attention to these lines having the sole
agency here.
We have many other grades and lines for all
classes, kinds and condii ions, as cheap as tbe
cheapest and as good as the best.
Great Bargains in Department
Goods Yet Up Stair. Wloor.
We earnestly solicit your patronage.
Respectfully,
P. 8. Large stock of Rubber Boots and Rhoe
Justin. novsstt
"We
Flour, Flour, Flour.
"Silver Coin."
"Always Reliable."
"Stool's Best,"
"Puritan."
Buy these brands and ymr trade will Increase.
We are recognized as selling high grade Goods
and lowest living prices. Boy or us.
MIXED CORK in Efcii Weifiit Sacks.
MIXED OATS in Eren Weiniit Saclrs
TIMOTHY HAY.
we have consignments or
We sell cheap and solicit vour trade.
Yollers & Hasnagen,
PROVISION- D BALERS.
nov24tf
Special Sale
OF H0HE-HADE
Candies
SATURDAY,
15 ombs lt
Made While You Wait.
dec 18 ly
FLORIDA ORANGES.
40 Boxes Nice Florida. Oranges.
35 Bag O Nnti.
25 Box nixendntB.
75 Boxoa Nleo atilrormla Ratal na.
SO Boxes ISvaporaton Apple a anel
Peaenes.
100 Boxes tipllt SUM Candy, semc-
tnnc fine.
ISO Palls Cape Fear mixtvre Canny.
25 BasKeta Nice Bronenvanay.
Also a few R. P. oats left and 76 car loads of
other goods. Up-to-date buyers always get our
prices before purchasing.
D. L. CORE CO.,
Wholesale Groceries and Drugs.
iso, 128 and 124 North water, street,
dec 8 tf Wilmington, N. C.
02SHE3 C-A-IR
Vangha's Improved Bmrly
Ohio
Seed Potatoes
just received in prime condition.
Other varieties to arrive. Let us took your
orders at once as the demand wttl doubtlesi
be targe.
Provisions and Groceries
In great variety. Get our prices.
HALL & PEABSALL.
(INCORPORATED.)
Wholesale Grocers and Commission Mer
chants, deciotf
EXartinee nd VlghU Saturday,
f December 14 th.
UNCLE JOSH SPRUCEBY.
lO People. 'Hayseool"
Grand Operatlcrcbestra l carload Special
Scenery l Novel Mechanical Effects t
Tha Great SawElUl Seai
All new specialties,
watch for tbe Big Parade.
Note tne Prices S5, as and 80 cents.
MaUnee ISandiseenta. dee last
iilra 4 Evans Co.
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