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JESS BoBFUe, Every.D.,j TERfJS OF SUBSCRIPTIOIli ClrcoUMon ia - Of Asy Other Dally News paper Pnblisbed la wnmlartoa. Oss Yr by XXaJl, 98.00 I Sis Ziaatba. - .0 ' Thro Zfonths. 1-8 '. Two XXoBtfcs, M 1.00 r ... VUK MTATB. T tDlivr4 a bsrtfcra tat aha gi, ... VOL. LXIX.-NO. 113. WILMINGTON, N. C TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4. 1902. WHOLE NO. 10,749 w sava eutaaftM pvr SUSP A a bp . isaw...sv eoaooiooeaoo a 1 i ? T . : . -v . ' i ; . - .- - - F- : '- ? V N . W I - I:, l f f S i - - -' - - -swiaw m m m f- ,sljl -aa. mm u . a w ; - - . is 1 i ' I 4 ... m M z OUTLINES. ggmmond Moore, widow of an mZ of the Confederate army, com- Kd suicide in Stockton. Cal. other spirited debate in the Senate, i!pbiliPPne tff bil1 bein,r under Oration; in the House the oleo- rioe bill wa. debated. Fire Turbary, Conn., Sunday niht i yesterday morning destroyed J,, of the business eection of the dtyt ring losses that will exceed $3 000. S,. there was no loss of life and the liber of injured is very smU; the Mrtjed for ten hours and burned L four acres of the city's best buai-. Section. ealealontlb JtacUnd coast has caused much to shippine. K.hty-four lodies and sixteen men barely allre bte been taken from the Hondo ilaa, Mexico, where an explosion oc- -ned Siturday. Two men run -e, aDd killed by a railroad train at jalsle, Ga.. A number of cases g jeJlow ferer have appeared at Vera Q,,,, Mexico. Fire nearly de- rojed the whole business section of Ot; loss about $10,000. it Newport News. Va., Sunday night the wind reached a velocity of seventy many small boats were sunk. The gale was severe alone the gaitof New Jersey and Long Island jeiterday; several bodies have been nibed ashore; two vessels are ashore Mir Atlantic City, N. J., and two gamer are aground in Delaware bay. Ne York markets: Money on alliteady at2i2w per cent; cotton itodyaiHc; fljur moderately active ndaihade higher on some grades; rheat-spot firmer, No. 3 red 87fc; eors-ipot firm. No. 2 69c; oats spot Inn, Na 2 49J:; rosin steady, strained tomoon to good L55; spirits turpen tUeeuyat 44lHc WEATHER REPORT. 0. a DKF'T or AaRIOULTUM, Wcathkb Bub can. Wilmihgtoh, N. OL, Feb, 8. ) Temperatures: 8 A. M., 29 degrees; liP. M., 39 degrees; maximum, 45 df- nttt; minimum, 83 degrees; mean, 36 liajreea. Bainfall for the day, .00; rainfall Idee 1st of the month -to date, 1.00 Bue of water in Cape Fear river InriretteviUe, N. C. at 8 A.M. 39.7 1st md rising. r'jitBOAST fOB TO-DAY. Washisqtos, Feb. 3. For North 3m!iaa: Fair Tuesday and probably T&esday ; diminishing . westerly rids. Pert AlmBc Pbrury 4. I iu Rises . 6.59 A- AL 6.89 P.M. 10 d 30 M. 5 08 P. M. 7S8P.M. kieets I fc Length Ih Water at Southport Ith Water Wilmington. It ia said that Whitelaw Beid itrte poetry in his youth. But f or- listlely he outgrew the habit. ind now they have gone and Itmckoilin Colorado and there is I aoil craze on. But they naven't Bj"KMher8" yet, only pump wells. There are six George Washiogtons 1 1 CoDgreB8. Since they are in Con Feu not one of them could con- I fcentiously say he never "told a 5t" There is a new national political Pty) one of whose demands is that ' Sabbath be abolished. That frtT it foredoomed to defeat. The ntnge man in this country doesn't 4iak there are Sabbaths enough. of the European countries 81 not showing much disposition Jaake exhibits at the St. Louil "fwition. We are having too 4 of that kind of thing and it J money to send exhibits from sarope. Clark, Congressman from ar is opnoaed to send in? anv " to Eogland to represent this jjat the coronation of Ed He gays "we went out of the Jtion business on the 4th of Hmel.lnno,, l J- j - n Juaty, Maryland, last week, Km laches, without ruling, and left a widow who r68 b feet 6 inches and a ""later 6 ft a the year ending July 1st, Saa 8moker8 bnrned u aS Clga",not to talk of the Ku . 8mokin tobacco they Jith. Deducting the -nen, tv cnaren who don't Wuf ther fell0W8 must have pretty busv ,ffin l( l0fflM' mQ who has been do kiat! prSao8cating predicts W?rl9l5al1 people VPion of the earth will 3,000,000,000. Here is a . J im proSDep.t f. tr. Ifili , Qd corn riA.A. - l MuS tQfltofeed such XOCAL DOTS. Produce Exchange Managers meet 13:15 f. m. to-day. The Piano Club will meet this renins; at 8 o'clock at Ludden & Bates' music store on Princess street. The annual meeting of j the stockholders of the Wilmington 8ea coast Railroad will be held at 11 A. M. to-day. j The Clyde steamship Oneida, is delayed this week on account of fox aad a snow storm and will not arrive from New York until Wednesday morning. j The Terpischorean German Club will give its February dande in Qermaala Hall to-night; L'Agilei, to morrow night and L'Ajrioso, Tnurai Uy mixht im the Maoak Temple. The diphtheria quarantine) at the Home of Mr. D. H. Uppitt rMo. IIS South Second ' street; has. been lifted. His little son. Maxwell, I has entirely recovered f rom the disease. At 10:56 A. M. yesterdayithe department responded to aa alarm of fire from box 124 at the Cape Fear. Lumber Company's plant. Tne blaza was in dry kiln No. 5, but the damage was alight. . Mr, J. B. Farrar,who for some time has been with Tucker. Bros., Jue marble yard proprietors, has returned to his old trade of repairing and over hauling and invites attention to j an advertisement which he has ia another column. - ; ! i Sunday was ground hog day. The weather philosopher who watched his antics between gifts of wind sate that the little og saw a good big shadow of himself and will remain 'in doors" for six more weeks, during which we are to have very severe weather. j Bishop Dnncan was heard Sunday at Grace Methodist church by two very large congregations, morn ing and evening. His sermons were powerful and appropriate to the occa sion the dedication of the handsome new pipe organ recently installed for the congregation. j The next attraction at the Opera House will be the railroad comedy drama, entitled "Railroad Jack," which comes to-morrow night. Among the - aensational features brought by the company is a real live South African liqn and the champion tramp bicyclist. Seats are now on sale at popular prices. Local dealers are interested in a bill in the 8outh Carolina Legisla ture which aims to make the oyater and clam lawa for Horry county con . form to that enacted by the North Carolina Legislature for Brunswick county, adjoining. The, principal place affected will be Little Biver, 8. O George Godwin, the youth who slashed J. H. Johnson at Delgado a few nights since, was bound over to the Superior Court by Justice McGow an yesterday. Johnson was also bound over under a similar charge assault with deadly weapon. .The fathers of the boys gave the bonds in the sums of $50 each. -Fayetteville Observer 3rd: "Mrs. Adeline Edmunda Hughes, widow of the late Nicholas Colin Hughes, of Chocowinity, died yesterday morning in this city at the residence of her son, Bev. L W. Hughes, the rector of 8L John's church. The remains were taken to Chocowinity for burial to day at noon, and were accompanied by Bev. I. W. Hughes and Mr. John Hughes." Washington dispatch 1st: "Congressman Bellamy, who returned last night from a flying trip to Phila j delphia, leaves for Baleigb Monday to appear in a case before Judge Purnell, involving the title to 2J0 000 acres of land in Oolumbua and Brunswick' counties. It is an injunction proceed ! ing brought by the New Jersey and North Carolina Land Company against the Gardner Lumber Compa ny and others V OPP FOK CHARLESTON. Revesae Caller j Alf.eqsla Will be Tea seres' for Use of Pretidest Roosevelt Acting under orders of the Treasury Department at ; Washington the reve nue cutter Algonquin sailed yesterday noon for Charleston to take part in the naval demonstration there in honor of President Roosevelt, who will visit the Exposition to-morrow week. Upon the arrival of the President at the Exposition. Capt. Willey will ten der, for the 'Honorable Secretary of the Treasury, the use of the ahip to him and immediately he goes aboard the Presidential ensign will be hoisted. This flag s not ordinarily carried oo Vf sels in the cutter servica, but one arrived yesterday from the Depart ment for uae on this occasion and im mdately upon its receipt, Capt. Willey left with his splendid ship for Charleston. j A. number of the . handsome Lee r.fles. belonging to Wilmington Divis ion, Naval Reserves, were loaned to the cutter for the use of its men on this occasion. ; ' NKW ADVERTISEMENTS. City Taxes Last call. Poultry Show City Hall. Clyde iAne Bailing days. E Warren & Son Hot chocolate. H J. Bierroan 3c Co. Sour Kraut J.B Farrar-Sewing machioe repair'g Wilmington Gas Light Co Comfort. Atlantic NaT Bank Capital $125,000 Wilmington Savings & Trust Co. Four por (seat Interest: ( i i -: V X BtJSISXSS LOCALS. - - J. K. rWestbrook" & Co. Bananas. PROVIDED SURPRISE. No Meeting of Aldermen Last Night; "Majority. Board' Decreed Otherwise. COL. WADDELL'S STATEMtNT He Explslss Why Rock Wss Sold to Pri vate Partlea at 70 Ccsts PerToa. The Sewerage Imbroglio Still a "Ssralor Isioe." It is a dull day in any month that the Board of Aldermen does not -provide a surpise for an eager constit uency, y The surprise last night cam, in -ih shape of a no-quorum performance when everybody was looking for the most lively meeting of the year. It was the time appainted by law for the regular session. and in view of the recent sewerage imbroglio, it was ex pected that there were warm times ahead, but the '"majority board," as it is now known, decreed otherwise and there was no meeting, only Mayor Waddell -and Aldarmen Skinner and Maunder having been present At 8:30 o'clock Mayor Waddell, after waiting some time for members to come in, asked the clerk to take his seat and be called those present to order. When quiet was restored Msyor Waddell ssid: - "Gentlemen, this is the night ao cording to law for the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Aldermen and I find present but two members. I learn from a private source that there is to be no meeting. I have had no official notification of such proceeding; neither have I been consulted about the matter, but t learn that this meet ing will not be held; that a number of Aldermen whether a majority, I do not know have had a conference with the Board of Audit and Finance and that it was the decision of the conference that the meeting to-night would not be held. 'The Mayor desires to say: what the Board of Audit and and Finance has to do with meetings of the Board of Aldermen or with the legislation of the Board of Aldirmen In regard to. atreets or any other subject, or what they have to do with the executive department of the city of Wilmington, I do not know. I only know that this is the regular time appointed by law for the meeting and that only two members are present, Messrs. Skinner and Maunder. "It therefore becomes my duty to adjourn these two gentlemen until it sball be the pleasure of somebody to call another meeting of the Board of Aldermen. "And the meeting is adjourned for want of a quorum." There were a number of important matters to be brought up before the meeting which was not held. One of them was a petition from the Southern Bell Telephone Oompanv asking the adoption of an ordinance allowing it to place all its wires in the business section of the city underground. This is one of the essentials to bringing the long distance service to Wilmington and the company desires to take no step in this direction until the city Council gives the company the privi lege asked for. In addition to that, Mayor Waddell desired to make a atatement as to the much mooted question of the cost of rock at the city quarry. He was un able to present this statement to the Board but furnished it to the press for publication as follows: "There has been some misapprehen sion, and much misrepresentation in retard to some recent small sales of crushed rock and 'top drtsiing' from the city quarry which was said to have been sold at a loss to the city. This material has been heretofore sold in considerable quantities to the Street Rilway'Co., and to citizens, at 60 cents at tb quarry (or 75 cents when hauled to the city) per load. "We have recently sold it for 60 and 70 cents per ton at the quarry. The difference between a load and a ton is 300 pounds and therefore we got a higher price. No larger quantity has been sold, and yet the sales week befor last to the Sewerage Company, without interfering in the alighteat de tree with the aupply to the city, paid about three fourths of the entire pay roll orthe auarry for that week. We hauled 193 ton for the city; the piy roll was $184 and the sales to the Sewerage Company amounted to $143, which was all used for the restoration of the atreets. And yet from the noise that has been made about it one would suppose that there hsd been some dreadful waste, but it is said taking all the cost of everything connected with the quarry since last April, and averaging it up to the prea enrtime, shows that the rock cost near ly $1 50 per ton. "Well, nobody denies that It probably costs even more, 'and thereby bangs a tale' of incompetency and miamtnuement which caused a change is the personnel of the commit tee on Streets anu wnarves. "During the six months from Apr 1 1st to October 1st, four "blocks f streets were laid at a cost of $5,137. During the four months from Oct 1st. to Feb. ten b'ocks of streets were laid at a cost of $5 441. but from this should be deducted $500 expended for a pump, boiler, and piping, a perma nent investment which put the quarry in splendid condition; so really less 'was expended but two and a half times as much street was laid in four months as m .the six months previ ously. . i "But, readily admitting, as I do. that if all expense or loss since last April be considered, the average cost per ton would be. as alleged, it may be asked if there is any sense in apply ing such a rule. Suppose a merchant had incurred extraordinary expense or loss during the first six monihs of his business, would he expect to sell his goods at a price arrived at by aversg ing all his losses for expenses t ... "What is crushed rock-to say noth ing about the t too -dressing' which is Jnicb cheaper, as it does W 6 through the crusher worth la this crushed granite, delivered here from Mount Airy, nearlv 300 miles distant, at $153 per ton. Tfae freight on it, as I am informed, was $1, which de ducted, leaves 53 cents to the miser, and, of course, he makea a profit or he wouldn't ba in the business. "Now the Board lot Aldermen have fixed the price of our crushed rock, which ia not equal to granite, at $1 35 at the quarry. It coats 34 cents per ton to Paul it to the city, which will make. the coet to the people who Want to build sidewalks $1.59 per ton, or seven cents more than they can get it for from Mt. Airy. 448mce this outcry about the price of stuff from the quarry hss been raised, I have been authorised by responsible, parties to say that if the city will turn over the quarry to them and will agree to take the product they will be glad to pay for the plant what it cost and w 11 agree to deliver the, product at ' the prices complained of, , to the city and to any and all individuals or corporations desiring to buy it " ,: Waj Iks Weetiag WwNof fletd. . 1 1t . became- noised abroad -over -the city yesterday afternoon that no meet ing of the Council would be' held at night and that this decision was reached at a conference of Aldermen and several members of the Board , of Audit and Finance held at the office of one of - the city's counsel iri the sewer age matter. It was also learned that the cbj -et of this action was to fore sts! the Sewerage Company,' which announced previously that no steps would be taken in regard to giving the bond of $15,000 required by Judge Ttmberlake for restoration Of the streets until it was ascertained what the Aldermen were going to do at the meeting last night As a matter of fact, bond was not given by the Sewerage Company yesterday and the work is still at a stand still, but whether this was in contemplation of the possible doings of the Aldermen last night is not known. It Is presumed that the action of the Aldermen was upon the advice of the counsel recently employed by the Board of Audit and Finance to which Eugene S. Martin, E q , was added yesterday, hia fee having been guar anteed, so it is reported, by a number of citizens, who desired that he would appear for the city in association with Messrs. Marsden Bellamy and Junius Davis. It is not known just yet when a meeting of the Board of Aldermen will be held. The Board of Audit and Finance will meet in regular session to-night POULTRY AND PET STOCK. Show WUI Opes 2 O'clock This After ooa Exhibits la Qssatlty sad Qaallty The Asaslssloo. Everything was., "strictly on the move" at the poultry show headquar ters la the City Hall building 'last night up to a late hour and everything will be in readiness for the opening to the public at 3 o'clock this afternoon. A reporter, who visited the hall last night was permitted to look "behind the scenes" long enough to form the impression that everything the man agement has claimed for the fair will be made good and that the Association will give something to the public that will be well worth the seeing. Hundreds of exhibits are already in place and others will be in the hall in time for the judging which will be commenced by Mr. B. L. Simmons, of Gsstonia, at 11 o'clock this morning. E rery conceivable breed of chickens and other fowls are on exhibit in neat coops and there is also a creditable dis play of Belgian bares, Angora rabbits and Abyssian cavels A pair of "Mam moth BroDie" turkeys received last night from Mount Olive are the finest ever seen in the city. The other display a are too numerous to particularise. Superintendent Bonils, Secretary Armstrong, Chairman Huggins, Assis tant 8ecrtary McEacbern and other prominent members of the Association were as busy aa beavers laat night in decorating and arranging the exhibits. The show opens promptly at 8 o'clock this afternoon; admission, ten cents. LOCaL marine inteluqence. Steamer Arrived for Cottoa Barsse Re leased Schoosers Here., The British steamahip Rodat 1,588 tone, Captain Swanaon, arrived Sun day for a cargo of cotton from the compresses of J. H. Sloan. She came from Huelva via Charleston, where she carried a cargo of fertiliser mate rial for the Wando Co. The Swedish barque Anders, Cap tun Gulmundsen, from Valencia, which has been held since Jauuary 31st at the Cape Fear quarantine sta tion on account of its having had smallpox aboard on the voyage over, was released yesterday afternoon and she came up to the city for cargo of naval stores. The schooner Eva A. Danenhoicer, Captain Johnson, arrived from New York; with a cargo of cement for Rieer Moore's Sons & Co. The schooner Em ily F Northam arrived from the same pjrt yesterday with a similar cargo for the Coal, Cement and Supply Co. The Northam ' is the vessel upon which Maater George Shepard sailed from Wilmington in December. Challenged lo Rifle Shoot ; The Naval Beserves have challenged the W. ti I. to a rifle shoot on Msy 30th for the cup owned jointly by the two organisations. The cup wss first held by the Beserves, but now it is in the possession of the. Infantry, and the sailors propose to take it from them in a competitive shoot, which will most probably be held at Hilton. Bifie teams from each company will enter the con teat . sc;t 4-' y 1 V : ' yesterday to her home at Marian, B.G. ROUTINE BUSINESS. Regular Monthly Meeting of the Board of County Commis sioners Yesterday. NEW HANOVER ROAD WORK. Additional Psmplnr Apes ratal Win be Installed st Qasrry aad Males ssd Carts WUI ae Parchased-Tsxs-Uoa Matters Notes. Yesterday afternoon's regular month ly meeting of the Board of County Commissioners was devoid of special Interest i Besides Chairman' Me-. Eaohrav only Ommissioners Hoi nes and Montgomery were in attendance, Mr. Alexander haviqg been sick at his home and Mr. Vollers , having been out of the city. . . . Chairman McEachern made an ex haustive verbal report of the opera -tiona of the rock qiarry at Castle Haynes and aiace the Sale of the bonds, arrangements were made for carrying on the work upon an even more extensive scale. Additional pumping machinery will be installed at the mines and the shafts can thereby be sunk deeper in the earth, making the removal of so much over-burden unnecessary. The chairman was au thorised to rent additional machinery at first and if the experiment is satis factory the apparatus can be pur chased. , The chairman was also au ihorised to purchase four mules and carts for facilitating the removal of the material to the roads. For some time p tat extra teams have been hired. but this will now be dispensed with. The routine and unimportant work of the Board is embraced in the following orders: That tax on $4,637 listed againat B. F. Keith Co. be abated, aame having been errone ously entered; that committee on tax valuation of J. 8. Williams be contin ued; that application of J.B. Mercer for relief from taxes erroneously listed be referred to special committee con sisting of the Chairman and Commis sioner Montgomery; that $200 income listed erroneously against J. P. Jones be abated; that application for exemp tion from poll tax be denied to J. E. Robertson, colored, Wilmington to wn- ship; that application of Orrell & Car roll for duplicate of county warrant which wasc lost be referred to the Fi nance Committee; that the annual re port of the. James Walker Memorial Hospital be received and referred to the auditing committee; that the re ports Of the Register of Deeds, Clerk of Superior Court, and Road Superintend ent be received; that the Road Super intendent and County Attorney be in structed to prosecute hands legally summoned and who would not work ; that the bond of Sol. J. Jones as road superintendent in the sum of $3,000 with the American Bonding &Trust Co. of Baltimore, be referred to the County Attorney; that application of J. F. Ma son for license to retail malt liquora in East Wilmington, Harnett township, be granted; that the JacoM Hardware Company be denied application for abatement of taxes, upon report of County Attorney to whom it was refer red;that application for poll tax exemp tion of Newton Haywood, colored, Wilmington township, be not allowed ; that all persons amenable to road duty be notified that the $3 road tax exemption muat be paid on or before April 1st for the ensuing year. The report of Dr. W. D. McMillan, the county physician, showed that during the month 143 patients were treated In the office and 68 visits were made to 49 patients ia their homes. The Home, jail and convict camp were reported in good sanitary condition. There has not been an acute case of sickness in either of the institutions during the month. The health of the county was reported remarkably good. With the exception of two cases of diphtheria, there has not occurred a communicable disease during the month. MrT W. W. Koch, the wood dealer, appeared before the Board and asked relief from the burdensome tax on proprietors of wood yards. The tax, he explained, waa well nigh pro hibitory upon the amall ...dealer, but the Board informed him that it waa not in its power to abate a tax imposed by the Legislature. Wouldn't Pay for Daaisfe. Louis J. Farkeri white, drayman for Wi J: Reaves, was bound over to the Superior Court by Justice Fowler yesterday for wanton damage to per sonal property. Last week Parker left his horse and dray unhitched near the Armour Packing Company's office on Nutt street. The horse ran away while the driver was in the store and smashed a ' bicycle standing on the sidewalk and belonging to Messenger Lawrence Wood, of the Postal. Tele graph Cjmpanyr The driver refused to psy the damage to the wheel and was arrested. Parker was at first sent to jail, but later gave $35 bond' and waa released. It Is a violation of a city ordinance to allow horses unhitched in the streets, and Justice Fowler, therefore, found that Parker was re sponsible for the damage. On account Mardi Gras, New Or leans, La., Mobile, Ala., Pensacola, Fla., the Seaboard Air Line Railway will sell round trip tickets to the above points at rate of one fare for the round' trip. Tickets sold February 4ib-10th, inclusive, with final limit February 15th. For further informa tion call on or address Thos. D. Meares, General Agent, 335 North Front street, city. J.- 1L Barr, First Vice President and General Manager. B. E. L. Bunch, General passenger Agent. - 1 BISHOP W. W. DUNCAN IN DEDICATION SERMON. Exercises st Grace Cbsrch Saaday la Honor of lastsllstioa of New Org so. Formal Prcseatstioa. i The exeicises at Grace M. E. church Sunday morning upon the dedication of the new organ were very pretty and appropriate to an occasion of the kind. 1 After the singing of a hymn by the congregation, Mrs. W. H. Bhaw, president of the Organ Fund Society, formally presented the organ to Mr. James F. Post, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the church, who re sponded as follows: i "Madame Preaident: I accept on be half of the Board of Trustees of Grace Methodist church the magnificent in strument which you have jist pre sen ted, and ia doing so it is tne desire of the Board that I return to you in their behalf, the pastor, members and congregation of this church our heart felt thanks for this munificent gift As I sat here on last Tuesday evening on the occasion of the grand recital given, by Prof. Carl and listened to the sweet strains of music that chsrmed the senses under the touch of a msster hand, my mind reverted to the time when Myriam, the sweet singer of Israel, led the Israelitish hosts to tbe sound of the tymbal and harp o'er Egypt's dark sea,' I thought that in every good work, in every notable un dertaking from that dy to this, that woman's work and devotion to duty and love had been the most potent fac tor in the betterment of mankind in' the cauae of humanity. And now we have another evidence of woman's tireless energy and good works in tbe gift of this organ. It msy not be out of place for me to read the reaolutiona that have just been adopted at a called meeting of the Board in the lecture room " "Whirs as. Through a number of years of indefatigable energy, earnest work ana constant application the members of tbe association known as the Organ Fund Society of Grace M. t. Uburcb have worked unselfl.hlr in raising funds with which to pur chase an organ in keeping with the dignity or tbe church and the cause it reprents; and, "Wherxus. The much desired re sult has been accomplished and we now have erected and paid for. the grand instrument which stands as a monument to lovine hearts and will ing hands; therefore, be it unani mously "Ketolvea. By tbe Board of Trus tees, that tne heartfelt thanks of, this Board be conveyed by the chairman in some public manner, tbrouch Mrs. Shaw, the preaident of the Organ Fund Society, to that Association, and the chairman is instructed to say, that wben the instrument is turned over to thiir care and keeping, it shall be con- s d-sred as a sacred trust, and that they will ever endeavor to preserve lis architectural beauty and protect it in its entirety and to this end will the Trustee work and pray and they .also pray that God's richest blessings may ever come to each and every member of the 8ociety to whom we will ever be grateful for this splendid tribute of woman's love." Upon the conclusion of the reading, Mr. Post addressed Bishop Duncan, the distinguished Methodist divine, asking him to dedicate the new organ, which he did in an eloquent prayer and a sermon, which in force and power was perhaps never before ex celled in Wilmington. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Ssle of Lots 0a Msrket sad Front Streets. Other Deeds Filed. By deeds filed for record at the Court House yesterday the following property transfers are noted : E. H. Bernard of Denver, Col., to Frank H. Stedman an undivided one fifth interest In parcel of land on Fifth, between Dock and Orange streets; consideration, $100. G. J. McMillan and wife to J. W. Brooks and wife, house and lot on west side of Front between Church and Castle streets, S3 feet on Church atreeta, and running back ioto the block 84 feet; consideration, $3,400. D. L. Gore and wife to R. P. Mc Clammy, lot on north aide of Market street, 30 feet east of Second and hay ing a frontage of 88 feet on i Market, running thence back into the block 66 feet; consideration, $3,800. Charlotte V. Willis and Thos. J. E. Belcher to W. R. Smith and wife, two lots of land in Cape Fear townahip, the first beginning at a stake ia the old avenue of Rock Hill plantation and containing 45 acres, more or leas; the second being known as tbe Rice Strauss tract and containing 14 acres, more or less; consideration, $600. CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS. Reapportloomeat Ordered by Ssperiatesd eat of Psbllc Isstractlos. : Special Star Telegram. Raleigh, N. O , Feb. 8. The Su perintendent of Public Instruction has ordered a reapportionment of county school money by the Cumberland county Bard of Education, so that all townships shall get uniform per capita part. This gives Fayetteville schoil$3 4tS, instead of $3,300, and breaks no the county board's plan to equalize school terms all over the county and have four months schools without the aid of dispensary or license money. Messrs. Iredell Meares, Robt Ruark, Geo. Rountree, Hon. John D. Bellamy and Geo. Peachau are here to day to argue the injunction case of the New Jersey and North Carolina Land and Lumber Company vs. the Gardner Tracy Lumber Company et al, involv ing 170,000 acres of land in Brunswick and Columbus counties.' known as Green Swamp. No ruling made by Judge Purnell yet. The 49th i annual meeting of . the Seamens' Friend society will be held this (Tuesday) afternoon, in the read ing rooms of the: Seamens,! Home at a o'clock, i w. J. WOODwaJtD. 1 Secretary. IF YOUR ROOM IS DAMP Light your Gas Stove for a few minutes, it will take away tbe dampness and chill. If youaven't a Gas Stove you had better get one at once. A damp room is productive of colds and chills. A Cao Stove is a great comfort. WHmlngton Gas Light Co., 27 f eb 4 It Wait For Bargains.! The balance of THE JOHNSON STOCK has been removed to our store. In a few days it will be put on sale. We are going to move at airemarkable low price. At this sale lots of goods from our regular stock must go at low prices to make room for our Spring Stock. We are sole agents for New Idea Patterns, sold at 10c. None better. New Lot Carhart Overalls Just In. We have all sizes. Can fit any size now. Every pair guaranteed. Union made. . J. H. REHDER Cl CO., FOUBTH STEEET. Watch for the date of the above sale. jan 19 tf , The Wilmington Savings & Trust Company, 108 Princess Street. Four per cent, interest allowed on deposits of $5.00 to $50,000. Au thorized by law to aot as Administrator, Executor, Guardian ox Trustee. Safety deposit boxes for rent at reasonable rates. Your patronage i8 solicited. 3. w. Noaweea, sri.at. C. M. TAYLOR. f eb 4 J. W. NORWOOD. Pres. Atlantic National Bank, WILMINGTON, N. C. Organized 1892. Capital $125,000. Deposits $1,500,000. Paid to Stockholders in Dividends $135,000. j LIBERAL IN TREATMENT. MODERN IN METHODS. ANDREW MORELAND, Cashier. J W. YATES, A.s't Cashier. feb 4 tf Death of Mrs. Psrtrick. News reached the city yesterday of tbe death at Olinton, N. C, at 4 A. M. Sunday, of Mrs. Partrick, wife of Capt a Partrick, of that town. Mrs. Partrick had been an invalid for sev eral years, but her death was unexpect ed and came aa a great shock to many friends. She leaves to mourn their loss three sons, Messrs. W. S., D. M., and T. H. Partrick, well known busi ness men of Clinton, aad two daugh ters. Misses Bessie and Annie Partrick. The funeral took place yesterday morning. Moore's Creek Battlefield. Congressman Bellamy's bill appro priating $10,000 for Moore's Creek battlefield is held up by the library com mittee, to which it was referred. The Republicans refuse to allow the com mittee to meet for the purpose of keeping out a number of appropriations similar to these. Amos J. Cummin gs Of -the committee told Congressman Bellamy that it was impossible to get a meeting. Troubles at the das Works. About 6 o'clock Sunday night, one of the retorts at the Wilmington Qas Light Ca's plant cracked, allowing; a large quantity of bad gas to get into the mains. Sup't. Reilly was soon on the ground, however, and by eight o'clock every thing was working as usual, although it waa aometime after that good gas had circulated to all parts of the city. " PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Misses Katharine and Eloise Vick, of Council's Station, returned home Sunday. Mr. Strudwick Nash has taken a clerical position in the Clyde Steam ship Go's office. Rev. Dr. Wm. Francis Dickin son, rector of 8t Paul's pariah, left jeaterday for New York. Miss Ondesluys, of Baltimore, who hasjbeen the guest of Miss Emer son, returned home yesterday. Mayor Waddell was at his office at the City Hall yesterdsy for the first time after a few: days' indisposition with la grippe. - Mr. John Kennedy, represent ing the Kathryn Kidder Company, arrived in the city laat evening to ar range for the coming of his mammoth production very soon. j Mr. W. Croswell Ragin, private secretary to General Freight and Pas senger Agent Emerson, of the A. C. L., hss been promoted to the position of soliciting agent of the A. O. L. and Georgia road, with headquarters at Macon. He left last night for his new home and will travel througn South Georgia. ' h For ICrrippejmdJfc fluenza use OHEHEY'8 EXPECTORANT. ,w VtoraaiemrH Mint PalacaPharmacr North Front Street. at. wrAS.Tsuta ti. rnsMwu. Jr.. Caafclmr. JOHN S. ARMSTRONG, Vie Pros Resources $2,000,000. My Childhood's Oars I think attest When eating BiermaiTs Soar KrattC Oar price for this Sour Kraut is 5c per pound, but if yon will cut this out and bring it to us next Saturday, February 8, we will give yon 7 pounds for 25o. Only one let sold to each person at this price. PRUNES, per pound 5c. CHERRIES, per pound 1 5c. j B. J .in Co, MB Market Street Bell 'Phone Ho. 88. feb4tt Hot Chocolate AND WHIPPED CREAM At our Fountain. feb 4 17 Poultry Show, CITY HALL, February 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th. Doors open 10 A. M. to 11 P. M. Admission 10 cents. feb 4 3t ANNUAL MEETING Of tha sfeukboldersoC tbe Wilmington Sea coastBaQraad vrUl be hekl at the roome of the Btarchanta' A ssoclatton. In tbe seabouaair UnstranauifcTiiesaar, lbroaryJaiA;ll. -- t H. WOOLCOTT, i janSlit Secretary.: LAST CALL FOR CITY TAXES ' advertising: lists now belnc 'prepared. Will beam to levy at ones oo real 'State ana per sonal property for unpaid taxes. Fay to-day and sare costs. . n. r. om, feb 4 at caty Tax Oo lector. Sewing Bachin8 Repairing. ALSO rUBRlTUKS. OBOAire. TTPa writers, cleaning, revaralsbtng ana npbouter lngv Wffl be glad to hare the patronage or nur many frteno. and strangert too. Call and see ne at Ha SHKortb Second street. tebelw J.B.rABBAB, SOUR KRAUT. . i ra s a.