WILLIAM H. BERNARD.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Saturday Morning. October 18.
Democratic State Ticket.
Tbis is the Democratic State Ticket,
to be voted on November 4ib, 1902.
Superintendent of Public : Instruction:
JAMES Y. JOYNER,
Guilford County.
Member of the North Carolina Cor
poration Commission:
EUGENE C. BEDDING FIELD,
Wake County.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court:
WALTER CLARK,
Wake County.
Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court:
HENRY G. CONNOR.
Wilson County.
PL ATT D. WALKER,
Mecklenburg County.
Judge of the Superior Court of the
Second Judicial District:
ROBERT B. PEEBLES,
Northampton County.
Judge of the Superior Court of the
Fourth Judicial District:
CHARLES M. COOKE,
Franklin County.
Judge of the Superior Court of the
Sixth Judicial District:
WILLIAM R. ALLEN,
Wayne County.
Judge of the Superior Court of the
Eighth Judicial District:
WALTER H. NEAL,
Scotland Qpunty.
Judge of the Superior Court of the
xentn juaiciai uisinci:
BENJAMIN F. LONG,
Iredell County.
Judge of the Superior Court of the
Eleventh Judicial District
ERA3TUS B. JONES,
Forsyth County.
Judge of the Superior Court of the
Thirteenth Judicial District:
WtLLlAM B. COUNCILL,
Catawba County.
Judge of the Superior Court of the
Fourteenth Judicial District:
MICHAEL H. JUSTICE,
Rutherford County.
Judge of the Superior Curt of the
Fifteenth Judicial District:
FREDERICK MOORE
Buncombe County.
Judge of the Superior Court of the
Sixteenth Judical District:
GARLAND S FERGqp,
Haywood C aunty.
- For Congresj Sixth District:
GILBERT B. PATTERSON,
of Robeson
For Solicitor:
Fifth District Roioiph Uaffr,
of OasIo-rT.
Seventh District C. C. LyoD, of
Bladen. .
LEGISLATIVE TICKET.
For the House George I Mort
For the Senate Geprge H. Bellam .
COUNTY .TICKET.
Clerk Superior Court-Jno. D. Tay lor.
8heriflf Frank H. Stedmao.
. Register of Deeds W. H. Biddie
Treasuer H. McL. Green.
Coroner C. D. Bell.
Surveyor Alex P. Adrian.
Constable, Wilmington Townshia
W. B, 8avage.
MORE OF PRITCHARD'S FRAUD
EXPOSED.
Yesterday we gave an extract from
the speech of Senator Simmon's
Mondav nicht. showinc how trronnd-
j 0 1 n - Q
less are the claims that thi3 country
is indebted for the prosperity it has
had since 1S97 to the Dingley "tariff,
as aserted by Senator Pritchard,
who also asserts that the Cleveland
administration and the Wilson tariff
were responsible for the industrial
depression and the financial disas
ters between 1893 and 1S97. In his
speech Senator Simmons took up
this charge and thus showed how
little foundation there was for it:
The Republicans are not more fortu
nate in their argujaent that adversity
came in with Cleveland and the Wil
ton bill, and was therefore due to
D autocratic legislation and administra
tion, than they are in their prosperity
argument. It is true, we had during
the middle of Cleveland's administra
tion business depression and financial
stringency, but the argument that this
condition was csused by Democratic
legislation and nolicipa does not lW
into account the fact that at this very.
time tnere was a like condition of
trade depression and money stringency
prevailing in every commercial nation
in the world. Before it had begun here
it had begun in Europe by the failure
of the great banking establishment of
Baring Bros , and the financial col
lapse in Australia. The business de
pression here at that time was no greater
than elsewhere. Both conditions, pros
perity and adversity, were world-wide,
such as in all history have followed
each other with remarkable periodic
ity. It is a law well uuderstood by
students of political economy that pros
perity leads to overtrading and over
production. This leads ultimately to
an excess of supply. Excess of sup
ply leads to falling prices. Falling
prices to loss of confidence and busi
ness stagnation. This condition con
tinues until demand again exceeds sup
ply, and confidence is restored and
prosperity returns.
The business depression which ex
isted during the middle of Mr. Cleve
land's administration did not begin
with his administration. It began un
der President Harrison, long before
Cleveland was elected or the Wilson
tariff bill passed. Daring the year 1891
there began a scramble among the na
tions of the earth for gold. The circu
lating medium here and everywhere
was rapidly contracted. During that
year this country lost sixty-eight mil
lions of its gold supply. By the begin
ning of the year 1893 there was a gen
eral condition of financial stringency
and business deoression. The election
of Mr. Cleveland was due chiefly to
the unsatisfactory business condition!
and hard times which existed at the
time of the election in November,1892
It was hard times we had during the
latter part of Harrison's administra
tion which brought the Populist party
into being. That party was organized
in this State in the Spring of 1892
while Harrison was yet President, and
in the election of that year it polled
In this State forty-seven thousand
rotes. From one end of this State to
the other during that memorable cam
paign they sang one long doleful song
of woe, of scarce money, of hard '
times, of business stagnation, of the
low price of cotton, corn and wheat,
of ruin and bankruptcy. And yet
Senator Pritchard says that Harrison's
administration dosed in a blaze of
prosperity. The truth is that busi
ness depression was universal
when Cleveland was inducted into
office on the 4th day of March,
1893. Nobody then attributed this
condition to the Wilson tariff law
nor to a fear of change In the tariff
because everybody knew it had begun
on. The Republican party of, that
day, so far as they attempted to attrib
ute this condition to local causes or
legislation at air, charged that it was
due to the silver purchase clause of the
Sherman act a law which bad been
introduced in Congress by Senator
Sherman, when was then leader of the
Republican party, in 1900 and passed
bv Congress when that part? controll
ed bDib branches of that oody and the
presidency. Not only the Republican
party, bui the whole commercial and
financial interests of the country de
clared that this Republican enactment
was the cause of all the evils from
which the country was then suffering
and demanded its repeal. Tne year
after the repeal of this Republican en
actment, the Wilson Gorman tariff act
was passed and, before Mr. Cleve
land's term expired, the country had
again entered upon an era of prosperi
ty which has happily continued up to
the present time.
In his speech here, and in other
speeches also, Senator Pritchard
said that Cleveland had so en
croached upon the gold reserve that
he found it necessary to borrow
money to make good the gold re
mnvpd. Bnt the cold reserve had
been reduced under Secretary Fos
ter, and the receipts of the govern
ment were so small under the Mc
Kinley tariff that there was not
monev enousrh to meet the current
expenses and obligations of the gov
eminent, and it was found neces
aarv to borrow monev to meet the
prospective demands. If Harrison
had been re-elected he would have
had to borrow money, just as
Cleveland did, and probably more of
it, for his administration would
have been more extravagant than
Cleveland's was. In fact one of the
faults that the Republicans found
with Cleveland, and one of the
things that contributed to his de
feat when he ran the second time,
was the fact that he set his face
acrainst extravaffance and tried to
stop some of the pension plunder
ing. This i3 not so long ago as to
have become what Senator Pritchard
calls "ancient history."
Senator Simmons continues the
illustration bj citing the conditions
in our own State before Cleveland
came into power, before we had any
Wilson tariff and when we were en
joying the benefits of Republican
rule and the blessings of the Mc
Kinlev tariff, which was the work
of that "ideal protectionist," Mr
McKinley. We know the ap
peals that were made to be farmers
then and the protests that were
made against the financial conditions
of that time and we know, too, that
then the foundation was laid for the
Populist partv which drew away so
many voters from the Democratic
party and from the Republican par
ty too,but more from the Democrat
ic party than from the Republican,
because there were more to draw
from, and because men who had
formerly affiliated with the Demo
cratic party led in the revolt. -They
drew from the Democratic party
heavily because many Demo
crats believed they were hon
est and sincere when they
were arraigning both of the "old
parties" and charging both with re
sponsibility for the unsatisfactory
conditions and the hard times which
then prevailed. They drew heavily
enough upon it to give the combine
between Jeter Claimant Pritchard
and Marion Butler control of the
State, and send Jeter and Marion
to the U. S. Senate, from which
Marion has been relegated and to
which Jeter wants to go back, and
to accomplish which he is now con
ducting his deceptive, unscrupulous
campaign.
If he had some one like Senator
Simmons with him to call him down
he would be less cheeky in his
claims and less reckless in his
charges. He would be compelled to
stick to the record and the truth.
Then he wouldn't have any speech to
make and his occupation as a spell
binder and Dingley tariff champion
would be gone forever.
ANOTHER FAKE EXPOSED.
Senator Pritchard explains his
vote in 1885 against granting pen
sions to dependent Confederate sol
diers by saying that his objection to
the bill was because it included too
many as dependents who were not
dependents, and gave pensions to
people who possessed over 1500
worth of property and had that
much listed for taxation. He argued
here and elsewhere that property
listed at $500 was worth three or
four times that much, because the
custom is to give in property for
taxation at far less than its actual
value, and therefore the person who
was listed for $500 might be the
owner of two or three thousand dol
lars' worth of property and not de
pendent upon a pension at all. That
is his exense for voting against the
pension bill in 1885. In his speech
at Pittsboro he repeated this excuse,
which is thus punctured by the
Chatham Record;
"PlAnitoV P pit hard inserted in hia
speech at this place that he voted
against the pension bill in the Legisla
ture or 1885 because it gave a pension
to men who had $500 worth of prop-
Arlir liatori fnr ta-ratinn In making
this assertion the Senator was guilty
. a a m V WW9 .11
oi a misuse, to put it miiaiy. w nemer
thi mfatftk-A (l was made intention
ally or through ignorance, we know
not.
"The truth is that bill expressly
forbade a pension being paid to
anv veteran or widow who had
1500 worth of property listed for
taxation. If any person doubts this
we refer him to the bill itself, which
is cnapter 214 of the ruonc iaws oi
1885. The very first section of that
act naa tne following proviso at us
akwl aV a. a I 1J
cuu, fcowu: rroviaea, me aaia per
son shall own less than five hundred
J11 1 .a - - . a
uouars- worm or property listed tor
taxation.' And such a proviso is still
in the present pension law
th" J1 exca Riven by Sena
tor Pritchard for voting against , giv
ing a pension to disabled Confederate
I veterans is not founded on facts, and
is wqrie than no excuse I
His assertion that he did after
wards vote to pension Confederate
soldiers has been shown to be
equally groundless by the Raleigh
News and Observer which went to
the record and found that the pen
sion bill which he says he voted for
was passed by the Legislature of
18S9, when he was not a member,
and that there was no pension bill
passed in 1891 when he was again a
member. We quote the News and
Observer on this point:
With reference to his claim of vot
ing with Alliancemen for pensious i
1891, the fact is that the Legislature in
1891 did not pass any bill increasing
pensions to ex-Confederate soldier.-.
The Legislature of 1889 did pass a get -erI
pension bill, largely increnin
the amount of money appropriated for
pansionr, but Senator Pritchard us
not a member of the Legisla
ture of 1889. Ths Legislature or
1891, of which Senator Pritchard ,
a member, did not increase ti e
pensions given to Confederate s -diers
a cen. Outside of three or four
bills to pension individual soldier?, i e
only pension legislation passed by that
body were two Inws amending the
pension law of 1889. Oae of thfe
amendatory laws simply struck out
the word "indigent" from th- lawf
1839, and the other simply created
County Advisory Board of Pu lsions,
to be composed of ex-Confederate sol
diers. Tne first of these acts is Chap
ter 413, and the second is Chapter 334.
of the Laws of 1891, both amendatory
of Chapter 198, Laws of 1889
Perhaps this is some of the "an
cient history" that the Senator has
got mixed on. But he is doing the
best he can with the load he has to
carry.
THE HIGH TARIFF HURTS
In his speeches Senator Pritchard
declaims on the great benefit the
cotton growers and manufacturers
derive from the Dingley tariff, when
as a matter of fact neither is bene
fited, but bolh injured thereby.
The Raleigh News and Observer has
gathered information from experts
in the milling industry, as to the
number of mills in the State, spind
les, looms, cost, tariff duty, etc.,
which it presents as follows: There
are in the State:
232 cotton mills
36,931 loom.
1,681,604 spindles.
Average cost $80 per spindl.
$33,632,080 total cost.
$25,224,060 total machinery cost.
40 per cent, tariff duty is $10,089,-
624.
From this it appears that in con
sequence at che tariff on milling ma
chinery it co3ts nearly twice as
much to equip our mills as it would
if our mill operators were free to
perchase their machinery in the
cheapest market. In commenting
upon this the News and Observer
pertinently remarks:
For the same spindle that the New
England manufacturer sells in Europe
at $1.25 he charges the North Carolina
cotton manufacturer $1.75. With the
amount that has been paid to the New
England manufacturers of machinery
for tariff tax alone, the cotton mill
men in North Carolina could have
built seventy-five additional mills with
nine thousand additional looms and
five hundred thousand additional spin
dle?, and furnish employment to many
thousand additional people.
Mr. Pritchard makes much ado
over expanding our cotton trade in
the far East, and insists that we
must never release our grip on the
Philippines, whatever the cost of
holding our grip may be, because
holding them will help ns in making
wider markets for our cotton goods
on that side of the earth. But there
the Southern cotton manufacturer
has to compete with the manufac
turers of other countries who al
ready have a strong foothold in
these Eastern markets, whose mill
equipments cost them but a little
over half as much as they cost our
manufacturers. Isn't this a handi
capping of our manufacturers which
woald make competition with their
European rivals in those markets ut
terly impossible if it were not for
the advantages they have in cheaper
raw material, &c. ? This talk -about
the Dingley tariff helping the
Southern cotton growing or manu
facturing industry is sheer nonsense
or brazen audacity.
It is now said that Senator Quay
had that duty of G7 cents a ton on
anthracite coal sneaked into the
Dingley tariff bill, so he could do
some dickering with it.
Working: 24 Hours a Day.
There's no rest for those tireless
ittle workers Br. King's New Life
Pills. Millions are always busy, cur
ing Torpid Liver, Jaundice, Bilious
ness, Fever and Ague. They banish
Sick Headache and drive out Malaria.
Never gripe or weaken. Small, taste
nice and work wonders. Try them.
Price 25 cents at R. R. Bellamy's
drug store. t
Wot uTir Sfxtr Vars
Mna Wikslow'8 Soothing Sybup has
been used for over sixtv rears bv mil
lions of mothers for their children
while teething with perfect success.
It soothes the child, soften the gum.
and allays all pain; cures wind colic,
and is the best remedv for diarrhoea.
X will relieve the poor little sufferer
mmediately. Sold by druggists in
every part of the world. Twenty-five
cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for
Mrs. Window's Soothing Syrup,"
and tak no other Wri.
Ton Know Wbit Yon Are Taking;
When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill
Tonic, because the formula is plainly
Erinted on every bottle, showing that it
i simply iron and quinine in a taste-
leas form. No cure, no pay, Price,
50c. satuth
Arrests discharges from the urinary Orgma
tn cither sex in 43 hoars.
It Is superior to Copaiba, Cubeb, or ineo
Cioos, and free from mi bad tmcU r other
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( Ettm, vitbout wklrb oon j- canning. dW
il! ' The Man Who Ate
, Missed a Lot by Not
p Having a Package of (0M
W (Dyterettes A
1 The oyster cracker with a taste to it lP
flvijfci Gives an added zest and relish to every kind of soup.
X&3kpk Always sold in In-er-seal Packages. Price 5 cents. J3
jg NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY" S
CURRENT COMMENT
Senator Foraker is not roar
ing in his usual fashion this season.
The people are holding him down to
brass tacks and cold facts and that
always gives his eloquence his dis
ease. Atlanta Cnnstitiction Dem.
Perhaps the most remark
able thing in connection with the
coal strike is the discovery by some
of the distinguished Republican
statesmen that there are such things
as State's rights. Washington Post
Ind.
As we understand the pro
posal of the mine operators to arbi
trate, it carries with it an eventual
recognition of the Mine Workers'
Union. After all the questions in
disputo shall have been disposed of
by the commission, the operators
will then have to make a contract
with the union. Richmond Times,
Dem'
It is likely that there will be
a real prince in the next Congress as
a member of the House. He is
Prince Cupid of Hawaii, the nephew
of ex-Queen Liliuokalani, and in
politics he is a Republican. The ex-
Queen is alleged to be electioneering
for him in a quiet sort of way. She
is a shrewd woman, and may see in
this matter of giving her support to
the Republican party a means by
which she may secure payment for
the crown lands and a handsome
pension besides. Savannah Netos,
Item.
SPIRITS niKFEN TINE.
Nashville Graphic: It is not
believed that more tban hundred and
fifty negroes in the county will pass
muster and register.
Winston Sentinel: The first
killine frost in this section was visible
Wednesday morning. From reports
received it is not thought that it did
any serious damage as the farmers
have finished cutting and curing to
bacco.
Kinston News: Mr. John H.
Thompson, of Onslow county, lost a
tenant bouse by are Tuesday mgnt.
Some boys were playing in the house
and it is thought they accidentally set
fire to it. Loss about $350, with no
insurance.
Mount Airy Neia: The to
bacco crop is a large one, and if prices
will hold up, as we truly hope they
will, until every leaf is marketed, the
farmers will soon be in good shape.
Take it all together, we believe the
1st of January, 1903, will find the
farmers of Burry county freer from
debt tban they have been in ten years.
Wilson Neics: Mr. Wiley
Weaver, who only yesterday was in
apparent good health, was found dead
in bed this (Wednesday) morning.
Mr. Weaver yesterday afternoon com
plained of a pain in his chest and con
sulted a physician. He retired last
night at the usual hour and this morn
ing it was discovered that he was dead.
Heart failure was the cause or nis
deatb.
Monree Enquirer: Mr. T. A-
Davis. of Sandy Kidge township, re.
ports that he raised a pumpkin this
year which was five feet around and
weighed 75 pounds. Another on tne
same vine weighed 68bounds. He
made 190 pounds of pumpkins from
one seed. Messrs. W. H. Howie
and Robert Blythe, of Sandy Ridge
township, do not run dairies, but when
they are passing to town bring a few
pounds of butter. This season they
have been selling to Mr. H. M. Broom,
and at settlement a few days ago, they
were surprised to find the amount of
"butter money" to their credit. Mr.
Howie bad $81.08 and Mr. Blythe
$79.09.
Jk Fireman's Close Call.
"I stuck to my engine, although
every joint ached and every nerve
was racked with pain," writes U. w.
Bellamy, a locomotive fireman, of
Burlington, la. L was weafe and
pale, without any appetite and all
run down. As I was about to give
up, I got a bottle of Electric Bitters,
and after taking it I felt as well as I
ever did in my life." Weak, sickly,
run-down people always gain new
life, strength and vigor from their
use. Try them. Satisfaction guar
anteed by a. U. Bellamy, druggist.
Price 60 cents. t
Wnlle tnere is life there Is hope.
I was afflicted with catarrh : could
neither taste nor smell and could hear
but little. Ely's Cream Balm cured
It. Marcus G. Shaulz, Rahway, N. J.
Cream balm reached me safely and
the effect is surprising. My son says
the first application gave decided re
lief. Respectfully, Mrs. Franklin Free
man, Dover, N. Jrl.
The Balm does not irritate or cause
sneezing. Sold by druggists at 50 cts.
or mailed by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren
St., New York. t
. J3 1 O 22. 21 k. .
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B HOOD? LI VER. LU NCS.
Theo. H. Price
on COTTCIM.
New York, Oct. 17. The weekly
statistical statement of the cotton
movement, made up this evening by
the New Orleans Cotton Exchange,
discloses the following facts: Amount
of cotton coming into sight for the
week is 459,485 bales, against 471,
982 the same week last year; a de
ficiency of 12,497 bales. The
amount of cotton brought into sight
thus far for the season is 2,303,034
bales, against 1,753,276 last year,
an excess of 549,758 bales. This
excess is entirely due to the heavy
September movement, the in-sight
movement during the month of
October being 7,736 bales less
than last year. The visible supply
of American cotton to-night is
1,863,418 bales against 1,700,987 at
the same time last year. The visi
ble supply of American on Septcm
ber 1st, was 778,000 bales against
925,000 at the corresponding time
in 1901. It is evident, therefore,
that the world has taken out of
sight 240,000 bales more during the
fort y-seven days of the present
season to date than during the cor
responding time last last year, rep
resenting an increased absorption
this year as compared with last of
36,000 bales per week, or at the rate
of 1,875,000 bales per year.
Of the above visible supply there is
in America this evening only 916,
000 bales, against 938,000 bales last
year.
The visible supply in America on
September 1st, 1902, was 210,000
bales, against 374,000 bales on the
corresponding day last year. It is
evident, therefore, that there has
been taken out of America during
the forty-seven days of the current
season to date, 408,000 bales more
than was taken out during the
same period last year. These
figures indicate a consumption
beyond all previous records.
My advices are that receipts have
now reached their maximum. Only in
two years out of the past ten has
the movement failed to reach its
maimum by the third week of Oc
tober. Thereafter it has declined.
In the two years in question name
ly 1897 and 1898 the September
movement was relatively small and
the crop was late. All advices agree
that this crop is an early one. If
aftor next week the movement com
mences to show any substantial
diminution those who have hitherto
doubted the correctness of small
crop estimates will be speedily con
verted and prices will rapidly ad
vance.
THEODORE H. PRICE.
oc 18 it
MARINE DIRECTORY.
TeeMls In tne Fr of
alUtOHi. ft C, October 18.
STEAMSHIPd.
Osborne, (Br) 2,796 tons, Kettie, Alex
ander Sprunt & Son.
Ixia, (Br) 1,254 tons, Rutherford,
Alexander Sprunt & Son.
Linwood, (Nor) 1,056 tons, Slubbs,
Heide & Co.
Holmlea, (Br) 1,143 tons, Luke, Heide
Ho.
Devonshire, (Br) 2,363 tons, Coull,
Alexander Sprunt & Son.
Veleta, (Br) 1,937 tons, McMoran,
Alexander opruni oc son.
SCHOONERS.
Horace W Macomber, 926 tons, Bray,
Ueorge Harris?, Son & Co.
Harry Messer, 596 tons. Garland,
Lteorge Hamss, Son & Co.
J R Teel, 756 tons, Hansen, George
Hamss, son & (Jo.
BY, RIVER AND KAIL.
Receipts of Naval Stares and Cotin
Yesterday.
O. O. .Railroad 323 bales cotton. 10
casas spirits turpentine, 1UU barrels
rosin, 2 barrels crude turpentine.
w. fie w. uallroad 392 bales cot
ton.
W., C. & A. Railroad 810 bales
cotton, 5 caskb spirits turpentine, 13
oarreis rosic, IS barrels tar. 26 barrels
crude turpentine.
A & Y. Railroad 379 bales cotton.
61 casks spirits turpentine. 97 barrels
rosin, 33 barrels tar.
W. & N, Kailroad 114 bales cotton,
10 barrels rosin, 2 barrels crude turpen
tine. Steamer Highlander 136 bales cot-
tOD, 21 casks spirits turpentine. 50
rosin, 115 barrels tar, 36 barrels crude
turpentine.
Steamer Wnitlock 6 casks spirits
turpentine, 36 barrels rosin.
Schooner Leah 3 casks spirits tur
pontine, 32 barrels rosin, 1 barrel tar.
Schooner Carolyn 56 barrels rosin.
Schooner Minnie Ward 11 casks
spirits turpentine, 36 barrels rosin.
Total 2,053 bales cotton, 117 casks
spirits turpentine, 430 barrels rosin,
167 oarreis tar, 66 barrels crude tur
pentine. Old Stager I see this is your
first campaign. Candidate It is. How
did you guess it? Old Stager You are
distributing real Havana cigars. Chi
cago Tribune.
For .a Grippe and In
fluenza use CHENEY'S
EXPECTORANT.
For sale Dy J. d.' fihepard. j
COMMERCIAL.
WILMINGTON MARKET
Quoted officially at the closing by the Chamber
oi uommerce.j
STAR OFFICE. October 17.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
firm at 53!c per gallon.
ROSIN Market steady at $1.20 per
oarrei tor strained and $1.25 per bar
rel for good strained.
TAR Market firm at $1.40 per bar
rel of zoO pounds.
CRUDE TURPENTINE Market
firm at $1.75 per barrel for hard, $3.00
, for dip.
Quotations same day last year-
Spirits turpentine nothing doing;
rosin firm at 95c$l,00; tar steady at
$1.35; crude turpentine quiet at $1,00
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine 117
Rosin 430
Tar 167
Crude turpentine 66
Receipts same day last year 56
casks spirits turpentine, 190 barrels
rosin, 312 barrels tar, 122 barrels crude
turpentine.
COTTON,
Market firm on a basis of 8c per
pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary cts. b
Good ordinary 7 " "
Low middling 7 " "
Middling H " "
Good middling 8 5-16 " "
Same day last year, market quiet at
oMc for middling.
Receipts 2,053 bales: same day last
year, 3,b93.
Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce
commission jaercnants, prices representing
those paid for produce consigned to Couinilsf-
sion juercnantsj
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina, firm.
Prime, 85c: extra prime, 90c; fancy,
95c. per bushel of twenty-eight
pounds. Virginia Prime, 80c; extra
prime, 85c ; fancy, 90c. Spanish (new),
6575c.
CORN Firm, 70 75c per bushel
for white.
N. C. BACON Steady ; hams 15
16c per pound; shoulders, 1012J4c;
sides, 10llc.
EGGS Firm at 17I8e per dozen.
CHICKENS Firm. GrowD, 30
35c; springs, 1225c.
TURKEYS Firm at 10c for live.
BEESWAX Firm at 25c.
TALLOW Firm at 56c per
pound.
SWEET POTATOES Dull at 60c
per bushel.
FINANCIAL MARKETS
By Telegraph to the Morning St;
New Xobi.. Oct. 17. Money on
call was quoted steady at 57
per cent., the market closing offerrd at
5 per cent. Prime mercantile paper
6 per cent, sterling exchange steady.
with actual business in bankers' bills
at 485.60485.65 for demand and at
482.55482 65 for sixty days. Posted
rates 483J4 and 486J4. Commercial
bills 481.75482.25. Bar silver 50.
Mexican dollars 40. Government
bonds strong State bonds were steady.
Railroad bonds were firm. U. 8.
refunding 3's, registered, 1095 U. S.
refunding 2 s, coupon. 109m; U. .
3's, registerd, 107$; do. fcupoa, 108 ;
U. . 4 s, new ree'C, li:6M ex iut; dc.
coupon, 137m; :tj. s 4 s; old, regis
tered, 111; do. coupon, 111; U. S.
5's, reg d, 104M x mtj do. coupon.
105j; Southern Railway, 5's, 118
Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 109M-
Chesapeake & Ohio 53 H; Manhat
tan L 135M: New Xork Central
158; Reading 692; do. 1st preferred
87M;do. 2nd preferred 78; St. faui
193 ; do. pref'd, 196tf; Southern tfail-
way 38M; do. pref'd 96 Arcialga-
mated uopper bo8 ; Am n iooaceo c ;
People's Gas 104 ; Sugar 125 : Ten
nessee Coal and Iron 66 ; U- c.
Leather 145; do. pref'd, 90 lA Western
Union 92; U. S. Steel 41; do.
preferred 90; Nat'l R. R of Mexico
19 4 ; American Locomotive 30 : do.
preferred 94H; K. C. do. 35M; Vir
ginia-Carolina Chtsmicai 67; dcp.-eler-
red, 127; Standard Oil, 6666tJ7M-
Baltimore, Oct. 17. Seaboard Air
Line, common, 2929m ; do. prefer
red, 47X47&; bands, fuurs, 84.
NAVAL STORES MARKETS
Bv Telegraph to the Morning Star.
New YORS, Oct. 17. -Rosm steady.
Spirits turpentine firm at 5556c.
Charleston, Oct. 17. -Spirit tur-
tine firm at 52c. Rosin firm; B, C and
D $1 30; sales 400 barrels.
Savannah, Oct, 17. Spirits turpen
tine was firm at 53&c bid; receipts
1,756 casks. Rosin firm; receipts 4,055
barrels; sales 3,256 barrels.
COTTON MARKETS
By TeieirraDn to tne Morninz star
New York, October 17. The cotton
market opened steady, with prices two
points higher to one point lower, and
following the call continued to work
upward on increasing demand from
shorts and moderate investment buy
ing. The better feeling was due for
the most part to an unexpected rise
in Liverpool and to reports from
Fall River that demand for yarns
and cloths was active at firm
prices.' Whereas, the early weather
chart noted generally fair conditions
over the entire belt, the forecast
foreshadowed unsettled weather over
extensive portions of the crop coun
try with lower temperatures in west
ern Texas. The receipts were free for
the day but the estimates for the move
ment of to-morrow fell below the
actual receipts of same day a year ago.
The private Liverpool cables brought
buying orders and the Soutb, too, at
tempted to cover shorts here. The
week-end statistical statements as made
up by Superintendent King, Secretary
Hester and the Liverpool statistician
were of bearish import but ad been
quite generally discounted. The market
continued to advance until mid-afternoon',
when light profit taking bv
aiijr uujers cnecseu rurtner improve
ment. The close was steady, net three
iu uve points nigner. Total sales
were estimated at 17S nnn Hsiao tk
reports from Southern spot markets
nvioiUuirauYOU1 siaoiiiiy ana good
export demand. The nrnn iut main.
as a general thing ranged from 11,-
uw,wv io j.,zou,uuu Dales.
New York. Oct. 17. r.nttnn
at 8.70c: net receipts 54 hai
itfoiiiui u utiles; siock 4U,579 Dales.
opui couon closed dull; middling
uplands 8.70c: mtddli Tier trulf a Q&.
i . r.. . '
saies i.uoioaies.
Cotton futures nnnnnH ctaaHn. fi
ber 8.35.Nnvmher 8 SK nam)i q aa
January 8.51. Februarv fi 31 Mo,
8.32. Mav 8.83.
Futures closed nmt and efaadtr. Cr
tober 8.35. Novemhai 37 TWaiIiKo..
8.48. Januarv 8.55. hnmn
March 8.36, April 8 36, May 8 37, June
o.o, JUiy B.38.
Total to-dav. at all searmrta Nt m.
CeiDtS 50.198 bales; PixnnHa in no4
i ' i ww x
oriiain j.1,313 bales; exports to France
DaiBS : eXDOrtS to th I Inn tine nt
zi,ieo oaies: stock 540,201 bales.
m. ' -wwm vauvAj M
-onsoiiaaiea. at a 1 spannru Npi
receipts 314,751 bales; exports to Great
isntain BS.Bia bales; exports to ifrance
14,843 bales; exports to the Continent
10J,080 bales.
;'otai sine waoLsmhi-f Sit nt nil
jports -N-3i -ip?v. 1,637,879 bales:
-sports tf ;r t Brit-, 389.0fifi bala-
sports io France 116,094 bale ;x pons
Oct. 17. Ga!vest:n nu oyv t
8Uc. net receiois 15 0U4 bait-a- N.-
rotk, steady at 8 3-16c, net receipts 3,720
bales; Baltimore, nominal at 8 5-16c,net
receipts 667 bales; liostor, dull at 8.70,
net receipts bales: Wilminctnn
firmat8$c, net receipts 2.053 bales;
Philadelphia, quiet at 8.95c, net re
ceipts 56 bales: Savannah, auiet at
oc, net receipts bales; Wew
Orleans, quiet at 8c, net receipts
iu,4dd Daies; mobile, quiet at 7 15-I6e,
net raceiDts 504 bales: Memnhis paev at
8 l-16c. net receipts 5.829 bales: An-
usta, steady at B3-l6,net receipts 2,607
oaies: unaneston. auietat 7Kc net re
ceipts J, 897 bales.
PRODUCE MARKETS
By TeleeraDh to the Mor aia
New Fork, Oct. 17. Flour was
moderately active and held at full mill
limits. Rye flour quiet. Wheat Spot
tirm;JNo. 2 red 7c. Options opened
easy on disappointing cables aod
larger Northwest receipts, but speedily
rallied and had an irregular advance
Yilh corn, holding firm all day. Closed
u nsettled at He ad vance : May closed 78 :
December 77.c. Uoro spot firm; No
2, 69c. Options Bullish news gaiu
bad full swing in the corn market and
while occasional periods of reaction
ccurred the general trend was strong
iy upward all day. Market closed c
net higher: January closed 52M; Mav
closed 49jSc; October closed 63c; No
vember closed 65jac; December Ciosed
58. Oats Spot firm; No. 2, 34Uc
Options were held firm all day but
were quiet: December closed 7Vic.
Lird firm; Western steam ; refined
firm; continent $11 75; South Ameri-
caa $12 25; compound 772e. Tal
low firm. Kice firm. Pork was firm.
Coffee Spot Rio steady; No. 7 invoice
5Hc; mud dull; Cordova 7s12.-.
Susar Raw was firm; fair refin
ing 3c; centrifugal, 96 test 3 9-16c; re
fined steady. Eggs firm : Slate aver
age best 2224c, Potatoes The mar
ket was steady; Long Island 1175
1 87; South Jersey sweets $2 00
2 50; Jerseys $1 50l 75; New York
and Western per 180 lbs , fl 621 75.
Butter steady to firm; extra creamery
24c; State dairy 1823c. Cheese
firm; ne?7 State full cream, sona:! col
ored fancy 12c small white 12Mc.
feanuts quiet; fancy hand picked 5
5 J6 c; other domestic 6 5 . Cab
bages easy: Long Island per 100 $150
2 00. Freights to Liverpool cotton
by steam 12c. Cotton Eeed oil was
quiet at old prices as follows: Prime
crude f. o. b. mills 29c; prims summer
yellow 376 38c; off summer yellow
37c; prime wnite4ZC; prime winter yel
low 4243c; prime meal $27 00
28 00 nominal.
uhiuauo. ucr. 1. mere was an
enormous trade in corn on the Biard
ot xracie, ana prices on cotn grains
and provisions were higher, December
corn closing lilj higher, December
wheat ttc higher, oats z. higher.
with January provisions unchanged
to i?. high r.
uhioago, October 17. Cash i:ricp:
Flour steady. Wheat No.2 spring 72
72; No. 3 spring 6872c; No. 2 !-.?d
7071c. Corn No. 2 61c; No. 2
yellow 62c. Oat No. 2 28& 28 ;
JNO. 2 White ;iNO 6 white 30 53lWc
Rye No.2 49493c. Mess perk, per
barrel. $17 4517 50. Lard. ! ac
. Short rib sides, loos , $11 75
1? uu. Dry salted shoulder , boxed.
$9 7510 00. Short clear side', boxed.
fll 7511 87J4. Whiskey Basis of
high wines, $1 25.
The leading futures raneed as fol
lows opening, higher, lowest aa
closing: Wheat No. 2 October 70V,
71, 70, 70H;December7171?i,72,
71M, 72c; May 7373, 74, 73,
73 74c. Corn No. 2 Octo ber 60,
61, 60X, 61c; December 515l, 63U,
51, 52MC; May 43M43, 44W44&.
43M, 44H44tfc. Oats No. 2 Octo
ber, new, 31, 31K, 31J, 31Uc: De
cember, new, 3131, 31, 31,
31Kc; May 32K32, 32, 32K 32&
dZ4C Mess pork, per bbl Uctober
$17 25, 17 47, 17 25, 17 45. January
$15 95, 16 15, 15 90, 16 02; Mav
$15 00, 15 25, 15 00, 15 12. Lard,
per iuu ns uctober $11 15, 11 20,
11 05, 10 20: November $10 37, 10 50,
10 37, 10 50; January $9 35, 9 35,
9 25,9 30; May $8 60, 8 67, 8 55,
8 62. 8hort ribs, per 100 Bs October
$12 00t 12 00, 13 00, 12 00; January
$8 45, 8 50, 8 40, S47X.
F0REKSN MARKET
Bv Cable to tne Horalna star.
Liverpool, Oct. 17. Cotton: Spot,
good business done; prices unchanged;
American middling 4 72-100d. The sales
of the day were 10,000 bales, of which
500 bales were for speculation and ex
port and included 9,100 bales Amer
ican. Receipts 23,100 bales, all Amer
ican.
Futures opened quiet and closet
quiet and steady; American middling
(g o c) October 4 56-l0Ud seller; Ucto
ber and November 4 49-100 J buyer;
November and December 4 46-100d
seller; December and January 4 45-
lOOd value; January and February
4 45-100d seller; February and March
4 45-100d seller; March and April 4 45-
lOOd buyer; April and May 4 46-100d
seller; May and June 4 46-100d seller.
MARINE.
CLEARED.
Schr Elvira J French, Hopkins, Bos
ton, (ieorge Uarnss, Son & Uo.
EXPORTS.
COASTWISE.
Boston Scbr Elvira J French, 17,-
550 cross ties ; cargo by Hall Tie and
Lumber Co; vessel by George Harris?,
Son & Co.
o Su c -jzs. x .
Bears the y9 B 1011 H3V8 Aiway:
The Kind You Have Always Bougt
seeB
Rye, Wheat, Oats.
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Good CroDsl
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am MOD PM
wake the Farmers HaDnv
happy.
Thero will k
Fall and Winter s!7 -!
us when vou H
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Hardware,
Agricultural Implemeott
cutlery, Tinware, &c
I Ml 111 1 1 .
8eP16tf Wilmington,!
BY SELLING FOR
We cut out of our
the immense cost of ttt
for a ninmont an
"U
you will no doubt agree t
nurtL e uugnt to be aS
save ymi money. Then
Buy Our Shoes,
And we know ycu will azree with u td
do save you money. Try it
A full stock r.f DOnflT.u
FLORSHEIMVS; also DUfr
nupiLKaaricl UO(i.N"3,
" odium oaots a sptfj
Cordially,
fl,
63$ steps only.
ociStl
School Suppi
We have a fall line 0!
Tablets, Composition Book!
Slates, Book Baas,
Pens, Pencils, rayons,
Pencil Boxes &c.
oct 5 tf
107 Markrt
We Will Brad Ii
The United States Fidelity and Guarantees
pany. Honeomce, munujio,
Paid Up Capital, $ 1, 5O0M
Surety Bonds.
Fidelitv Contract Judical
Judicial B irds executed without delay. W
ana connty owe
Buralar Insurance
Banks. Stores, Resldencea Insured kM
burglary or tnert.
UorreHnnuem-e wiwu.
C D. WEEKS. General AgmL
Winter Turf
250 Bushels Virginia Winter W
Oats for beed.
1,000 Bushels genuine lexas
Oats.
, .1 f-toT
ir. o fr.Pr car load 01
VCIl ivuu miv-
goods. Get our pneea.
D. L. CORECOm
octiotf wilmi
Just Keceived.
iNew 101
beautfulio toir w
.Beds from o. 1 our-- , stoT(
Kockers, Trunks and Sto
New lot Felt Mattre. I
and see us ana n $
We guarantee to undersell
lirm in ine uu-
pftcmN n PHiRFS I
mutate -PhoneTt 110-112
sep 14 T.T
CDT FLOWERS
. For Wedding Par
RenfiiltionS, &c-
-.tont Dahlias.
a LIU lUUC"'
... n... en and $I.0U'
nice saw. -
Tmrr oTnrwifl rates, uauoi"
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