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BY WILUAB U. sakNA&D WUjMIKUTUU. A C. SATUB-AT MOBVJKS. JAHUABT 4. TABIC STATISTICS FOR HOB.TH CASOLIHA. Mr. H. B. Varner, Commissioner of Labor and Printing, will present some interesting information iu his report on farm statistics in this State, from advance sheets of whicb the Raleigh papers publish the fol lowing summary: "The following average tables are compiled from .blanks filled out bj representative farnr from every county ia U 8tte. Tne farmer always respond promptly- In chapter is also published letters show inc the needs and condition of farm bor. " "The returns were rceivd darint the period from Jane 15 to October 1. 1901, waich explains the difference ia the selling price of cotton and other products hows in table No. &. Table No. 1 show an increase of UJ per cent in Taint of land in SI coantiea. ? Seventy six counties re . port no ehaage. Sichtj-two couuUt report fertility of land maintained. Forty e Ten counties report tendency to hare smaller farms, nine larger and t went j -one no change. Table No. 3 knows that the mode of liwinsr in ninety counties is improved Sixty-three counties report negro la bor an reliable, and one reports no ne gro labor. Thirty-nine countiea re port emntwrment regular. m . , .Table Wo. 3 anows the highest wages of men $15.63. and the lowest $9.65 The highest wages of women is $9.78. and the lowest $6 76 Tee wages of children is $5 89. Forty six counties report an increase in wages and fifty-one report no change. These figures show an aTersge increase of nearly 80 per cent orer 1900 Table No. 4 shows that sixty seven counties i roduce cotton at a cost of $36 80 per 500-pound bale. Eighty-six counties produce wheat at a cost of 61 rants ner bushels. Ninetv-six counties produce wheat at a cost of 43 cents per bushel. Ninety-four coun- Vties produce oats at a cost of SI cent per bushel. Fifty-four counties pro duce tobacco at a cost of $6 19 per 100 . pounds. "Table No. 5 shows the market price of cotton 8 cents per pour d, wheat 80 cents per bushel, ' corn 71 cents per bushel, oats 43 cents per Dusnei, to bacco $8 SO pr hundred Tbspncfs make the profit on products $3 20 p'r bale .for cotton, 19c pr bushel for wheat. 29 cents per bushel for com, 11 cents per bushel for oats, and $1 81 ptr hundred for tobacco. Table No 6 indicates that the edu cstional condition is good io three counties, fair in forty-one por it-fifty-three. The moral coi-dition is good in twenty-one c. unties, fair u seventy three, and poor in three T-e . financial condition is good m one, fair in forty-three, and poor in fifij-ibrte "The question 'D cu faor a cou pulsory school laF was ar-swered by 63 per cent. 'Yea,' and by 19 per cent. No.'" In some respects as regards in creased valuations of lands, im proved living, in the moral con ditidn, etc., this report : is en conraging, while if taken as an answer to the oft propounded ques tion, "does farming pay?" it is not. Only one county reports the finan cial condition good, forty-three fair and fifty-three poor. Comparing the market prices with the cost of production $3 20 per bale on cotton, 19 cents per bushel on wheat, 29 cents per bushel on corn, 11 cents per bushel on - oats and $1.81 per hundred pounds on tobacco is not much profit. These are the average prices for the whole State- Three dollars and twenty cents a bale on cotton, means a fraction over one dollar an " acre, as it takfes on an average about three acres to produce a 500 pound bale of cotton. Nineteen cents a bushel profit on wheat means about $2.25 an acre, which is about twice as much as there was,, on cot ton. Twenty-one cents profit on corn means about six dollars an acre,-as the yield Is some where about twenty bushels, which is only three times as good as wheat and six times as good as cotton. Eleven cents profit per bushel on oats means about $2.00 an acre, which is nearly as good as wheat and about twice as good as cotton. The yield'bf tobacco varies so much that we do not know how j to esti mate the profit per acre on that, not having at hand figures showing the average yield. . But s profit of $1.81 per hjandred pounds; consid . ering the trouble, labor and risks in growing tobacco, comes very near no profit at all. This is the showing for the aver age farmer, but it is on the average farmer that the prosperity of the State depends, as far as the farm is a factor in that prosperity. There are exceptions, of course, some of which would show a striking con trast to the figures above, and in quiry would doubtless show that where the difference is it is mainly the men and the methods pursued which made the difference. We have from time to time pub lished accounts from our exchanges showing where farmers had made fine crops, and realized handsomely from them. Here are a few of the exceptions and contrast clipped from the Tarboro Southerner of Wednes day: "Probably the largest crop ever made on the A. B. Nobles farm, near SXcKendre church, was made last year by Frank Gorham. On 225 acres be made 315 full bales of cotton, with an abundance of corn. "He had a cropper that probably ex ceeded any one in the county, or State for that mater. His name is A. E Edwards. Mr. Fd wards had only a one-horse (mule) crop, and here ia what he harvested : "On 17 acres in cotton, 27 bales V?ln 400 pounds; from 6 acres in rbe W67 78 worth; on 8 Jhreebig .tack, of fodder were galh- Edgecombe ia a good farming county, but we are told that it has been made so by good methods and : 7 by bringing the land np by ma nuring. Much of this land was originally no better than the aver age land of that section, little of which can now bear any comparison with Edgecombe land as a crop pro ducer, i The price of cotton is down, while at the same time the average yield per acre is less than last year, which will account for the poor showing that it makes, while the prioes of other products mentioned above are higher, which accounts for the bet ter showit g they make as compared with cotton. Rnt there is a lesson for the farm Ler in these figures which he could with nrofit. That lesson i VHUJ t w a- that he. must produce more l. lanH n.1 M-AdllMt mOTS OI thOSS icm r y things that everybody else does ntf for whioh thereTi always demand, some of those things, too, which will give him something to help him improve the fertility of his land. The farmer who follows up cotton and tobacco year after year, without producing crops which may be used as land fertilisers, pursues the course of folly, for cotton and tobacco are both land exhausters, and give lit tie or nothing baok. The farmer who expects to succeed and get sat isfactory 1 results from his calling must adopt modern methods, aban don the one-crop system, and diver sify. Then his eggs will not be all in one basket, and if ho misses on one thing he stands some chance of hitting on another. In addition to this diversification breaks the monotony of the one crop system, he escapes the necessity of hiring a large number of hands at a season when prices usually go up because 'many want extra la bor, and thus he saves himself the worry that the man experiences.when he has a large crop of cotton or to bacco which must be quickly har vested to save it from damage. There are countless reasons why di versified farming should be the rule instead of the exception. But com mon sense ought to make that plain to any possessor of common sense. HEGE0 C0TT0H FACTORIES. Yesterday we published an ex tract from the address of T. E. Mil ler, President of the State Colored College, at Orangeburg, South Caro lina, at the Charleston Exposition last Wednesday. In that address he spoke on 1 the possibilities of negro cotton factories in lower South Car olina and Georgia, as follows: "I can locate a cotton factory ia tide water Carolina and operate it with ne gro nands and make more money on the capital invested than has been or can be made with white hands in the countiea of Anderson. Richland, Ches tr.Greer ville. Spartan burg.Cberokee, York or Union, and cotton factories have alwas paid in the counties named. "I have studied the conditions stir rounding the factories in upper Caro lina and know for a certainty that the conditions for making money in cot ton factories with negro labor in lower Carolina are superior to those in up per Carolina, where white labor is em ployed. "I am not asking to displace the white labor of the up-country with negro labor, bat I want the monied men of the world to know that the chances to make money in cotton fae tones with negro labor in lower Caro lina and Georgia are two to one in our favor." He here brings up a problem which will doubtless be solved in the future, and perhaps, as he says and thinks, successfully, although the few ventures made on that line have not been successful. But their failure does not demonstrate the unfitness of the negro for work in the cotton factory. As this busi ness, as far as the moral labor goes, does not require any extraordinary skill, at least as far as the making of ordinary goods goes, there is no reason why the young negro who would give attention to it and show a disposition to learn it should not do so and prove a good hand. If they can be taught to manufacture silk,, as they have been in that silk mill at Fay ettevflle, there should be no trouble in teaching them how to spin and weave cotton. There is probably more in knowing libw to manage them and in establishing the right kind of discipline than there is in the negroes themselves. But if President Miller wants to see cotton factories established for negroes he should work to arouse interest in that section among the negroes, and advocate the establish ment of factories on the installment plan. If he waits for white men of this or any other section to put their money into it, until it has been demonstrated that negro labor can be depended on he will wait a good while for the negro cotton factory. 1 We are under obligations to Al fred B. Shepperson, of New York, for a copy- of "Cotton Facts" ior 1901. It is a very comprehensive and valuable publication, and the person interested in the cotton movement will find it a ready refer ence, and reliable. The review of the cotton situation is a special feature and very comprehensite. j That Long Island man who says another man eloped with two women he had married has the satisfaction of knowing that the elopist approved nis taste ana took the women of his selection. ! For Whooping Cough use UHKNETS EX- PEOTORANT. ' for sale by Hardin's Palace Pharmacy. KADZ S0IXT KfOTJOH. The treasury of tbet United States is troubled with a surplus, so large as to perplex the statesmen, to de vise a way of disposing of it, with out shovelling it out on pensions or something else for which there is no better reason. But the treasury of North Carolina is not troubled that way, and the thing which per plexes our statesmen Is, how they are'going to devise ways and means to get- money enough to meet tne demands upon the State, a state ment of which is given in the fol lowing from the Raleigh correspond ence of the Charlotte Observer: Cnief Clerk Moody, of the State Treasury, to-day completed a sum mary of the appropriations to State in stitutions, etc, for 1900 and those for 1903. The snowing tnus maua w startling to the officiala. Here ace the figures for 1900 and thosefor 19031 1900. 1901, School for deaf mutes 40.000 $ 43,600 Institution for the blind 67,000 65,000 State University... 35.000 87,500 Normal and Indus- trial College 25.000 40 000 A. and M. College. 10,000 30,200 A. and M. College (colored) 5.000 10,000 Hospital at Raleigh 55,000 77,600 Hospital at Mor- Snton , . 100,000 165.000 Un.nlitl at Anlda- hoik 45.000 75.000 Soldiers' Home. . . . 10,000 18,000 Dangerous insane and colored crim- inals 15.900 19,500 Total $398,440 $584,660 Net increase over 1900 for 1902 $186,160 Balance unpaid from 1900. . . . 100,000 To be paid in 1903 $386,160 Increase pensions $100 000 Increase publie schools 100.000 Increase judiciary .. 10,000 Increase corporation commis sion, disabled soldiers, etc. . 35,000 Total .$531,160 Net increase in revenue will be not over 70,000 $461,160 "The question is how will this large demand be met. It is one which pus sies the officials. Indeed, it is a seri ous matter." CURRENT COMMENT. Some people are disposed to marvel because the Civil Service Commision was able to be so expe ditious in formulating an opinion to fit the case of Mr. Maclay, Secretary Long's favorite historian. There is nothing slow about the Civil Service Commission once it knows just what the administration wants. Wash ington Pott, Ind. Seth Low, the new Mayor of Gotham, disposed of $500,000 worth of stock in companies which might haye business relations with the city during his administration, it is Bta ted. He thus set a good example, provided he avoided quixotism in his action, and as to the latter we are not able to judge as yet at our dis tance from the metropolis. Rich' mond Dispatch, Denu " The naval authorities are looking for good, but frugal cooks for warships. Only one satisfactory man can be discovered in all New York and Che jackies may have to turn in and cook their own rations, which are the best given any sea men afloat. The man Maclay might be induced to accept a job. He has cooked the navy gang's goose to a turn. Houston Chronicle, Ind. Notwithstanding the internal troubles in China, Great Britain, Bnssiaand the Netherlands have managed to increase their trade in that country, while the trade of the United States has fallen off 25 per cent. The increased Bussian trade has been measurably compulsive; but not so the trade with other countries. Is it possible that our natural advantages and omr success ful and friendly diplomacy cannot avail against onr unfriendly race and tariff legislation? The "open door" evidently does not insure to us the "glad hand." Philadelphia Record, Denu Scotland Neck Commonwealth: Some days ago the little child of a col ored man named Frank Brantley, near 8pring Hill, wss so badly burned that it died in a short lime. It was left in the room with another child and caught fire while its mother was out. Monday, while a colored man was plowing a lot of Mr. Peter E. 8mith's he turned up a watch with his plow. It looked a little rusty and weather worn, but when wound up it commenced to work all right. There was no telling how long it had been in the gronnd. . A Uyatery. It is a mystery why women endure Backache, Headache, NerTOUsness, Sleeplessness, Melancholy, Fainting and Disxy Spells when thousands have roved that Electric Bitters will quick y cure such troubles.' "I suffered for years with Kidney trouble," writes Mrs. Phebe Cherley, of Peterson, H., "and a lame back pain 4 me so I could not dreaa myself,.but Electric Bitters wholly cured me, and, al though 73 years old, I now am able to do all my housework." - It overcomes constipation, improves appetite and gives jperfect health. Only 50 cents, at R. B. Bkllakt's drug store. t - Wot Wlftr Tmra Mbs. WnrsLoWs SooTHnra Btbup 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 toe best remedy for diarrhoea, It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately. 8oU by druggists in everr part of the world. Twenty-fire cents a bottle. Be sure' and ask for "Mrs. Winalow's Soothing Byrap, and take no other kind. Hatcbxch ubbxx, axa., June so, 1875. Dr. O. J. Mofnrr Dear Sir: I can assure yon that your TKJETHINa (Teething Powders) b Indispensable to as, and ia no single 1 Distance has It evar nroved a fal.nra. W havs tried toot hlng medicines, and ererftbinir known to ns and '"old women," ana jrour Teething; Pow ders are pre-eminently asnooee and blessing to mothers and ehUdran. Yours truly, etc. j ouaoY. Arrests dlacbarcai f torn the urinary organs1 ta either sex in 48 hoars. It is superior to Copaiba, Coheh, or tolas. una ana zree framauixul small SBwnrnnleiKTs. - SANTAL-MIDY" VI C9da, Mefc kw tfa MM ia BtaM:..A I SPIRITS TURPENTINE Monroe inquirer: Mr. H. B. Pritcbard, of Olive 'Branch, New Salem township, died lsst Monday of heart disease. He was 83 years old. Cocoord Standard: Mr. W. L. Holland, of No. 2 township, reports to us something of a color freak in a right while robin that heabserved with a flock of its kind of ordinary hues. He did not capture it. Winiton Sentinel: From parties who came down on tne Wilkosboro train last evening, it was learned that the freshet this week did a vastamount of damage to farma and othr property along the Yadkin and other streams. "It was worse than any freshet in many yearsf" said Capt. Holder. Newton Enterprise: Tuesday morning a 4-year-old son of Mr. Lon Barvill, near the Newton cotton mill, was burned so badly that he died in the afternoon about 5 o'clock. Mrs. Harvill went to the well to get kt bucket of water, and when she re turned the child was on Br from the waist up and fearfully burned. The child, we learn, was openiosr the stove door, using his areas to protect bis hand, when it caught on fire. Mount Airy Netosx Cleve Tol bert, while hunting on Friday of last week, accidentally shot and killed himself. He was in company with his cousin, Sid Tolbert, wben the unror lu nate accident occurred. He had been seated under a tree, and it is supposed that his gun was accidentally dis charvtd as he arose. The whole load took effect under the chin and passed through the head. Death was almost instantaneous. IWIlSKLIJNUfc. A Toledo policeman has bad bis pocket picked Another case of over- confidence. Buffalo Express. Bight in Line: But is he fash ionablet Well. I guess 1 He has an automobile and the pneumonia. Life. Sidney Is it a good match? RodneT Oh. yes! She's pretty and stup'd: and he's stupid and rich Puck. "It seems to be every South American. s ambition to incite a revo lution." f'Yea, Santos-Dumont eren made a few revolutions in the air." Mrs Growells "My husband is contnually quarrelling about trifles." Mrs. Howells Well, my dear, the less one has to quarrel about the better." Mrs Crawford I suppose you suffer a great deal from your dye pepalat Mrs. Crabahaw Not half as much a I did when my husband had it. JuOq. Willie's Strong Defence "Willie, you are forever interrupting me I" "Well, it's not my fault, mamma. if you're always talking." Yonkers Statesman. Sureat Sign. You Know Elsie How old ia Miss O colt, any wayf Edith Heaven oiily knows. But I know she has begun to subtract. -2v Y Times. "Man always wants what he hasn't, ani fails to appreciate what be has." "Yes; that's what keeps the marrisge bureaus and diTorce courts going." Chicago Post The Chicago Man "Well, what did you think cf New York f The Colorado Man "Thought it was a mining town when I first struck it." Yonker s Statesman. ' She "I wonder why a man's vent inwiia 0av Hafaaa hist PVaao unui ftaaaa pa B w va - ui w w. He "Oh, that is easily explained There ia usually about twenty years difference in their respective ages." He "If there is anything I detect it's a flirty woman " Sbe "Humph 1 Why not a flirty man!" He "Oh, well, a mn has some ex cuse. Women are so attractive, you know." "Be a little careful with that picture," warned the photographer. "Why sot" asked the assistant. "Be cause it is a member of the police de partment and won't stand too much exposure." Doesn't your old barber shave you any more f" "No, he's entirely too musical." "Whistled while he worked, eh !" Oh, no, but while be wss shaving me the other day a street piano outside began p'aymg a ragtime tune, and he kept time to it with his raxor." Philadelphia Press. Good Boy! "Willie, I am glad to hear you say you would like to be an angeL What would you do if you were one?" "I'd fly up to the top of that big cottonwood tree in our yard and take my kite out of it." Chicago Tribune. Stringent Measures. . "I'm the piano tuner, miss." "But we didn't send for any piano tuner and, besides, I'm not pre pared to pay" "You needn't worry about that, miss. The neighbors, who sent me, paid me in advance." Philadelphia Press, What Did She Mean? "If 8 raining 6o hard, - Mrs. Brakers, hadn't you better stay and take dinner with us V "Oh, no, Mrs. Stingey; the weather 6urely can't be as bad as all that." Philadelphia Record. ( Misapprehension Corrected. Hoax Has Nerdwell gone west to settle? f Joax No; he's gone west to avoid settling. Cincinnati En quirer. Comic Definition, ! "A CASS OF BLACK PLAQUE." New York World. Old Soldiers' Experlenea. M. M. Austin, a civil war veteran, of Winchester, Ind., writes: "My wife was sick a long time in spite of good doctor's treatment, but wss wholly cured by Dr King's New Life Pills, which worked wonders for her health " They always da Trv them. Only 85 cents, stB. B Bellamy's drug store.' t Tm Hind Yw Haw Always Bases tks. Presented Ma Portrait; A pretty tale is told bf Leopold II., king of the Belgians. In his own land he is devoted to long walks. On one of these expeditions he stopped at a farmhouse and ask ed for a glass of milk and then said something to his companion in Eng- "HKBX'S A PORTRAIT OF THE XiOKd NOSED ENGLISHMAN." lish. The dame who went to fetch the draft was heard to say, "I wonder what the long nosed Eng lishman wilji pay?" When she came back, King Leopold . handed her a five franc piece. "Here," he said, "is a portrait of the long nosed Englishman." i ' The Billionth Minute. When . the twentieth century dawned on the world, the number of minutes which had elapsed since the beginning Of the year 1 A. D. was 998,640,000, and we shall cele brate the thousand millionth mm nfp nt the end of Anril. 1902. Or if you prefer to have it so, the anno TlnTmni rlnrk Will tick for the 6iltV thousand millionth time at 10:40 on the morning of April 30, 1902. WHOLESALE PRICES CDRBEIf Tba tonowins Quotations represent itaaala Prloea eenerallT. In matlnr OP mall orders hlanar orloes hare to bo obarsred. Tne quotations are anrayv siren as accurately as possible, bnt the Br ax will not be responsible tor any variations from toe artnal market price 01 tne articles anocea BAQGIKO s Jute. .4 Bt&ndaxtl. .. Burlaps WI8TKRN SMOKED j Hams B ,., Bides 9 1 i 14 10 V 9 soouiaers v OBY SALTED Bides i 9 Shoulders V BARBELS Spirits Turpentine oeooua-nana. escn geoond-nand machine...... New New York, each.. New City, each BBICXS 1 85 1 S5 1 35 1 85 1 85 1 85 o o Wilmington w K. 6 SO 9 09 -15 a 75 75 1 85 18 8 O 7 00 $14 00 northern BDTTEB North Carolina V ....... Northern CORN MRAIs Per bushel. In sacks .,.... Virginia Meal COTTON TIEs bundle.... 0ANDLE8 Sperm Adamantine OOFTEB r- lAguyra.... Bio DOME8TIC8 2 o 8 8 18 76 7o 1 SO . as ii U O 7KO O o 18 11 Bbeetlntr. 4-4. V yard 5M Yarns. V bunch of 5 Bs o FI8B- MackereL, ho. l, barrel... Mackerel, No. 1, f balf-bbl. Mackerel, No. 8, barrel... Mackerel, No. t halX-bW.. Mackerel, No. S, W barrel... Mullets, barrel Mullets, Vpork barrel N. O. Roe Herring. keg.. de:::::::::::::: ixoob-v a Low grade Sao oo 15 00 BtralKht . VUUIUQ ......... arnt... First Paten SLUE V B. IW1U ... 8 RAIN bushel- oom.rom store, bgs White Mixed Com Oats, from store (mixed).. Oat&Bust Proof , Oow Peas....- HIDES ereen salted Dry flint Dry salt BAY KM fta Not Timothy Blee Straw Eastern Western North RlTer... N. C. Crop HOOP IRON. OHEE8E 9 Northern factory.... Dairy Cream Half cream labd. m a Northern .....a. ............ Nona Carolina LIME, barrel 100 14 12W 12 pork, v barrel Bump prime.... , BOPE, ..... U SALT. V sack. Alum...., Lrrerpool ........... ........ AmerMan.. On 196 m Backs I SUGAR. l-Standard Qran'd Standard A . White Extra O.... Extra o, Sol dan O Yellow LUMBER (city sawed) VM ft Ship Stuff, resawea 18 Oo Bough edge Plank 15 00 West India cargoes, accord ing to quality...., 18 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 Bcantimg and Board, oom'n 14 00 MOLASSES. gallon a 18 oo O 89 00 O 15 00 Barbadoes, in hogshead.. .. . Barbadoes, In barrels Porto Bloo, m hogsheads. .. . Porto Bieo, In barrels Sugar House, In hogsheads. Sugar House, In barrels.... Byruu, In barrels BAILS. f keg. Cut. 60d basis... BOAP. 9 Northern. ......... TIMBER, VM feet Shipping., Common mill .. ...... ....... Fair mill Extra ami iruiw uuu .................. i 8 09 .O. Cypress sawed 1 Heart 4 95 lao 5 50 SHINQLE8, a M 8x94 heart, " 8ap s0 6x.neart KXHeart .-. 8 50 Sap a 50 . 9 gallon Northern f on WHISKEY, BY RIVER AND RAIL. s Receipts of Navsl Stores jsad Cotton Yesterday, j W. & W. Railroad 29 bales cotton, 6 barrels tar. W. C. & A. Railroad 686 bales cot ton. 19 casks srjirita ttirnAntin fi9 hor. rels rosin, 129 barrels tar, S3 barrels crude turpentine. H n Railmad 85t halna onitnn 1 cask spirits turpentine. 8 barrels rosin. a w V 5 a mm a a a. a r. uaiiroaa oaies cotton, 2 casts spirits turpentine, 16-barrels tar. w. cc a. i&aiiroaa ic Barrels rosin. 8teamr A. J. Johnarin 1 halo cotton, 8 casks spirits turpentine, 226 narreis rosin, sr barrels tar; 8teamar A P. FTtirt 4 haloa oAitnn 13 casks spirits turpentine j 15 barrels rosin, oo oarreis tar, 4 narreis crude turpentine. - Total 676 bales oottari. SI ftaaka spirits turpentine, 347 barrels rosin, AAA i a mm : 2zu narreis tar, at oarreisr crude tur pentine, i Ton Kaiow WStaS tei Are TaklBs; When you take Grove's Tasteless Chili Tonie, because the formula is plainly Erinted on everj bottle, showing that it i simply iron and quinine in a taste less form. No cure, no pay, Price, 60c s satuth AVORITE OESCIUFFIfiri a. .rirt.rSLs wrurafcrS. ! 8 1 99 O 81 f 80 6 S3 1 19 O 14 14 S 15 17 5 97 8 40 S 950 j '8MO ' 4 4 00 O 14 09 : 5 io oo too S 900 4 00 S 5 00 60 5 6 60 6 60 A 1 SO 6 8 50 O TOO 6 6 00 O 400 5 8 00 O 9 10 COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON -MAEKF.T. Quoted officially at the closing by the Prodnc 1 laAUUSIIXUiJ STAR OFFICE, January S 8P1RIT8 TURPENTINE Nothing doiog. i PrtfllW UTarlrnt atnadv at tl.00 ner barrel for strained and $1.05 per barrel for good strained. TAR-Market steady at $1.20 per bar rel of 280 ibs. rrRTmir TtTRPKNTINE Market quiet at $1.10 per barrel for hard, $2.00 Jor dip, and for virgin. Quotations same oay iasv 8puits turpentine firm at 37364c; .rTi firm t 1 20al.26: tar firm at i tn. midn trintAntine oniet at $1.30 VA-WV, V M.- I ,J Oft ' uw. RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine ,. Rosin Tar .... 31 347 220 37 a. MMV Via vaMw Receipts same- day last year 40 casks spirits turpentine, 194 barrels rosin, 105 barrels tar, 53 barrels crude turpentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 7c per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary. 5 7-16 cts. Bt Good ordinary 6 13-16 " - Low middling . 7 7-16 " " Middling 7ji " " Good middling 8 3-16 " " Same day last year, market firm at 9ic for middling. Receipts 676 bales; same day last year, 312. Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce Commission Merchants, prioes representing thote paid for produce consigned to Commis sion Merchants 1 COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina, firm. Prime, 65c: extra prime, 70c; fancy, 75c, per bushel of twenty-eight pounds. Virginia Prime, 55c; extra prime, 60c: fancv. 65c. Spanish. 70a75c CORN Firm; 83K85c per bushel for white. N. a. BACON Stead v: hams 15a 16c per pound; .shoulders, i 1314c; sides, 1314c. EGGS Firm at 2022c per dozen. CHICKENS DulL Grown, 20 22c; springe, 1020c TURKEYS Dressed, firm at 16 17 He; live, 1012c. BEESWAX Firm at 26c TALLOW Firm at 56c per pound. SWEET POTATOESFirm at 50 60c per bushel. FINANCIAL MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Nsrw York, Jan. 3. Money on call was firm V 57 . per cent., the market closing, bid and asked, 56 per cent. Prime mercantile paper o5 per cent. Sterling exchange firm, with actual business in bankers' . bills at 486 487 for demand i and at 483 for sixty days. Posted rates 484 and 48754. Commercial bills 486483X. Bar silver quoted 55 H. Mexican dollars 44 j. Government bonds steady. State bonds in active. Railroad bonds irregular. U. S. refunding 2s, registered, 108; U. S. refunding 3's, coupon, ex dividend, 108; U. 8 3's, reg istered, ex dividend,107X;do. coupon. 108 H ;U. S.4's,new reg'd,l394 ;do. cou pon 139K: U. & 4's, old reg'd. 111K ; do. coupon, ex dividend, 111M; U. S. 5'g reg'd, 107K; coupon, I07fi ; southern Railway, 5, ex divi dend, 121. Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 107; Chesapeake & Ohio 47Mr Manhattan L 136; N. Y Central 167X; Reading 57; do. 1st Ksf d 82 X ; do. 2nd pref 'd ; 65 ; St. ul 166H ; do. pref d, 188X ; Southern K'way 33 J4; do. prerd 93 J4; Am alga evtaatAI PyvttnAM AQ A wv'm TaKama . iauirvA4 vsjjpfvs, w e t taa js xvievyu People's Gas 105J; Sugar 117M; Ten nessee Coal and Iron 65&: Cj. S. Leather 12; do. pref'd. 81M i Western Union 93M: U. S. Steel 44: do, preferred 94; Mexican National 15; American Ijocomotive ; do. pre f erred ; SUndard Oil , 69070O; VirginiaHJarohrja Chemical Co., 62; do. preferred, ex dividend, 1Z1- Baltimore, Jan. 3. Seaboard Air Line, common, 26X26; do. prefer red, soassed; do as 85te85X. NAVAL STORES MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. New Yobk. Jan. 8. Rosin steady. Bpints turpentine nrm at 33440c. Charleston, Jan. 3. Spirits tur pentine nrm at 36c; sales 70 casks. Rosin firm and unchanged; sales 450 barrels. Bayahbab, Jan. 3. SniriU turnen- tine firm at 37c; receipts 298 casks; saies zau narreis; exports casks. Rosin firm; receipts 4.458 barrels: saies e,84a narreis; exports 812 barrels. COTTON MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning star. NEW YORE. Jan.. S Th nnttnn market onned steadv with tomcm nfP one to three points under scattering Ba a. mm. . saies ny noin local interests and some M . xoreign pressure, an prompted by dis- annoinunsr raivernooi eabioj nnrf a tremendous movement of cotton at the ports. Prospects for an increase or considerably over luu.uuu ' bales in the insiirht for th with last year alarmed large and small noiaers anse and stimulated selling for short account around the opening. Before the end of the first hour the unloading movement had grown to large proportions with commission houses in the lead as sellers. Nearly every one seemed tO have COtton to diaonsn nf nhila tha demand was extremely light , and al most entirely or a prom-tafcing nature bv room shorts. Later in the mnmina March broke to 7. 95 and Mav tn s nsi unaer a small avalanche of cotton from Wall street, the South and TT.ii- rope, While there was a slight rally towards miaaav. tne marirnt hH everv annearancA of wnvkinir afill i. r t J. V TT er Derore any pronounced change for the better was to be expected. Reports reached the rino- to th feiu.t tk.f Southern spot markets were eas ier and the official estimates , for to-morrow s receipts were of a bearish average. There were occasional ral lies in the afternoon on turns for pro fits by the ring, but for the most part the market was nervous and irregular with t rices disnosAd tn aaafe ti!l in... levels, sentiment for the time being, wss bearish and the bnara sold hAaviiv k r - ww. W TT JL on the theory that receipts would con tinue large for some time to come and that more long cotton continued to be liauidated before anv decidnd mriiAn wura occur, xnere was not a rally of consequence in the last hour and the marse! ciosea nireiv atAanv at a decline of eleven to fourteen points. New Yore, Jan. 3. Cotton quiet at 85 16c; net receipts 1,157 bales; gross iu.wu naiea: aioca iim.krk haiab rjpoi cotton .closed quiet and yie dling gulf 8 9-16c ; sales bales. ' Cotton fntttrM ,vr w ua . auAuuaiuar uiiinniia m ra s wa misv ary 7.95, February 7 98. March 8.05, A 2 1 n 4ri war n - - April oau, may o. June 8. lit, July 8.16. AUffUSt R (IS RAntAmhcp 7.85, October 7.60. Cotton futuraa eload hnrolv aten1 v January 7.83, February 7.88, March 7.93. Anril 7 97 Mm ft in .Tuna H n3 Julv 8 05. Ano-uat 7.93. Renternhnr? fit) October 7.58. Total to-day Net receipts 57.766 bales; exports to Great Britain 9,263 oaies; siocx i,uou,io0 oaiea. Consolidated Net receipts 295,018 bales; exports to Great Britain 96,244 hales $ exports to France 35,817 bales; exports to the Continent 69,187 bales. . Total since September 1st. Net re ceipts 4,862.959 bales ; exports to Great Britain 1,801,468 bales; exports to France 440,218 bales; exports to the Continent 1.333,834 bales. January 3. Galveston, quiet at 8c, net receipts 16.262 bales;. Norfolk, du:l at 7 15-16c, net receipts 8,825 bales: Baltimore, nominal at 8ic. net receipts 5,041 bales; Boston, quiet at 8 7-16c, net receipts 1,132 bales; Wil mington, firm at 7c, net receipts 676 bales; Philadelphia, quiet at 8 9-16c. net receipts 125 bales; Savannah, easy at 7 1316c, net receipts bales; New Orleans, steady at 7Z4c, net receipts 9,- 872 bales; Mobile, easy at 7$e. net receipts 1,087 bales; Memphis, quiet at 7c. net receipts 1,448 bales; Augusta steady at 8c, net receipts 1,523 bales; Charleston, quiet at c, net receipts 209 bales. PRODUCE MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Btar. Wew Yobs, Jan. 3. Flour market was quiet but firmly held with buyers 1020o under the market. Rye flour dull. Wheat Spot quiet; No. "2 red 89 c Options opened barely steady, with considerable short selling on the lower cables. Then the market rapidly advanced on .bullish winter wheat crop news, light offerings,a broad out side speculative demand, good cash de mand West, large clearances and cov ering. In the last hour wheat yielded to realizing and closed dull and un changed. March closed 88c; May closed 87c ; July closed 70c Corn Spot steady ; No. 2, 71c. Options were steady to firm all day on prospects for smaller receipts, the early wheat ad vance and good commission house buying West. Closed steady at Jfc net advance: May closed 70c; July closed 70c. Oats Snot firmer : No. 2. 52c. Options about steady and dull. Liard easy; Western, steamed $10 15; refined lard quiet Butter was firm ; creamery 1625c; State dairy 1523c Eggs strong; State and Pennsylvania 30c; Southern at mark 2229c. Potatoes quiet; Maine $2 3(J2 75; New York $2 002 50; Long Island 12 50252W; Jersey sweets $2 253 00. Cabbage steady; Long Island Flat Dutch, per 100, 13 004 00. Peanuts steadv: fancy hand-picked 44c; other do mestic 24c. Freights to Liver pool Cotton by steam 12 Cheese firm; late made best large 9 jc: late made best small 1010jc. Coffee Spot itio dull: No. 7 invoice mild dull -r Cordova 7llc. Sugar j-mitt Bbcoujr; isur reuuiug osc; cen trifugal 96 test, 3&C; refined steady. Porksteady. Rice quiet. Tallow fir n.: city ($2 package) 6ic; country (pack ges iree; dobc. Uotton seed oil, owing to the weakness in lard pro ducts and more liberal offerings, was easy and a shade lower. Closing quota tions: Prime crude in barrels nominal ; prime summer yellow 4141&c; off summer y enow 4uxc; prime white 44i4 45c; prime winter yellow 45; prime meai vet uuZ7 bu. Norfolk Pesont Market. Norfolk, Vs., January 3. Pea- x ut market dull; fancy 2c; strictly prime 2c; prime 22jc; Spanish c; machine-picked c New pea nuts, fancy 3c: strictly prime 2 2c; prime 2X2e; Spanish 72H toe. Chicago, Jan. 3. A nervous active wheat market based on the. conflicting. influences of a weak cable list and bullish domestic news had onlv small influence on other pits to-day. and tnougn may wheat closed imia down. May corn at the close was ife higher and May oats ic advanced. Provisions closed a shade to 5c lower. Chicago, Jan. 3. Cash quotations: nour jxiarset sieaay. wneat Jwoa spring c; No 3 spring 7578c; No. 2 red 85K87a Corn No. 2 -c; 46 ; No. 2 white 49c; No. 3 white 48 iiAi. ir. , . slbh purx, per oarrei, $16 9017 00. Lard, per 10o lbs., Sfl AO fiAA AS? CIT m. V .1 xt. a mn sara nnnn wi n siiaa i quoted at $8 508 .Dry salted clear sides, boxed, $8 90 9 00. Whis- " "Jgn wines, si S3. The leading futures ranged as fol- rroi TDI ui.. . r rt . os. o78. '7gc; may ezt&tt. 82X. 82K82. 83. 83c Corn No. 9 Unn... C9Slar nis. Oats May 4646, 46 . 46, 46Xc; July 3940, 40M, 89, 39c; 8ep tember 83, S3&. 33, Mess MAwl l.t.1 T A. t. n a 16 90. IK 87tf 1ft RTtZ. Vr i9 an 17371 171 17971 T J 1 nn " - . wiyi. ucuu, tnj iva Q 09 tZ . XC tin nn tn n n a n At 8hort HKs rvr inn 1Kb Tmnt,. a o i 852. 8 52K, 8 52; May $82 o fie o ir o da w, a iti, o ov. x. FOREIGN MARKET Bv Gable to tne Kornlna 8tai . Liverpool. .Tan a Pnt(A. a moderate business; prices l-32d lower: nmencan miaaiinr lair 4 Z)-6Zd : good middling 4 21-32d; middling 4 17-82d : lOW middlincr d 7-1RH - imnH 4 5-16d; ordinary 4 l-16d. The sales or me asy were ,U00 bales, of which ow oaies were tor rtwvh latmn ni ioti ana mciuuea 7.3U0 bales Amari can. Receipts since last rennrt u nrm bales, including 46.200 bales Ameri can. Futures onened nnint hut - a T wvkmw M illADAll A . ! J 11" r c.) January 4 2&64d buyer; January and Februarv 4 27-ft4Aa 9.S.HAA eoii... February and March 4 27-644 28-64d seiier; marcn ana April 4 27-64 4 28 64d seller; April and May 4 27-64 4 28r64d seller: M and .Tnna a oa.cu seller; June and July 4 2864d seller; uiy ana a.ugusi i. zaB4d seller; Au kusi ana oeptemner 4 23'644 24-64d wujror. MARINE, ARRIVED. Steamer Driver. Ttro1cianr ville, T D Loye. StmrA J Johnson, Robin sod, Clear 4vuu, v o mereaiin. Stmr A.P Hurt 'RAKan ille, James Madden. ' CLEARED. e Q A T T-l . . I aJkixur j.mM aiiiiinBnn KnnineAvi s n Stmr A P Hurt. Robeson, Fayette ville, James Madden. MARINE DIRECTORY. Llai f Taaaala lm IM Port of Wll aalaatoBw w. c, Jannary 4, STEAMSHTPn. Raberstein, (Gr) 962 tons, Boer, Heide Gymeric, (Br) 2,598 tons, Thomson, uiuA.uucr 0(iruuk OC Dun. 8CHOONRRR J no W Dana, 478 tons, Fassett, George - ivu ui W Lottie R Russell, 263 tons, Sharp, ------ wuu A, VAJ. M C Haskell, 299 tons, Wingfield, ,George Harriss, Son & Co. Mabel Darling, (Br) 112 tons, Roberts, J A Springer & Co. vonxA.. Basis the Tha Kind You Hare Always 8nata -A of flm 1 5 0 c FOR CHRISTMAS! '- WE HAVE Raisins, Appi Oranges, Also a full line of Canned GooA stock of heavy grpceri Write to us for prices.; Williams Bros, decetr Bagging and Ties. 7c: Salt on hand and ci to arrive. Wl classes, - iwyurieu iiiiu uomesut Cheese, Full Cream. Sardines, ; Salmon, W Dunlap Meal, j Corn, Oats, Hay Lime, Cement The Worth Co, sep IS tl Almanacs and Cale VFor 1902.; Turner's North Carolina Almim wholesale and retail. Fancy and Office Calendars for IB Ledeers. Journals, Day Boob, t kinds of Blank Books and plies. Hew Year P We have a number of Fancy As cles, Books, Pictures, Games, lo? etc., left over from Christmas Um are selling at greatly reduced pne We take yearly subscription tot the leading periodicals at pubv prices. C. I. YATES n necMtf. New Goods. Bagoing and Ties, New Mullets, - I m nT I 11 Uv,ll U A T KM - 1 1 illU 1 I ill. LU 2ND PAT. FLOUR. STRAIGHT FLOUB, nr.r OICE, MEAL, GRITS, H0ta WHEAT BRAN, . . nAns SOU LYE. STARCH. SW Send me your orders. Special attenUon Klven to conslgnm"" : S. P. cNAIR. an 88 tt Gocoannts ! Coc Mixed Hots, Raisins, Sugar, Coffee, flour. Meal and Molasses. Also a foil ime or case rig lit. Treatment fair. PETER McQUEEN, deeatr no- w ctarY'AND urnvitvr inutvnn , iiDtDArTur ati ANTIC COAST U lb 1.11 J I l in, ni RAILROAD COMPANY: " WaiasoToir, N. C. 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Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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