WILLIAM ZZ. BEBZTAHD.
WILMINGTON; tN.,0.
Sat today Morhiko. , Jakuabt. 3.
THE BEQ&O VOTE A8 A FACTOR.
The, so called " "Lily White"
movement in the South is. consider
ed a good deal of perplexity to the
Republican - leaders in the North,
not bo much on account , of the; ne
groes in the ' South as 4 on account
of the negroes in the North, where
in some States they hold ; the bal
ance of power, and if voting solidly
can decide elections. To what ex
tent this factor figures is shown by.
the following table jiving the num
ber Jof negroes in the States named
and the number of negro roters ac
cording to the census of $890-,
Negro population.'' Negro rote.;
SUte.
189a
81,974
1900.
10,456
2,765
4,576
31,425
21,474
51,668
8,374
60,406
31,235;
18,186
29,762
5,193
4,441
46,418
14,695
2,298
4,827
9,146
3,215
3.711
74.728
14,786
Massachusetts: . ......
Rhode Island.-,.. ... .
Connecticut. . .......
New York..........
..... 15,225
..... 9,833 .
..w.. 69,844
....156.845
80.697
235,064
96,901 .
..... 67,605:
85J078
15,816
..... 12.693?
.....161,234?
New Jersey.;
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Ohio
, Indian .
Illinois.'..
'Michigan
Iowa.....
Missouri..
Kansas ..
52,003
6,269
18,831
38,853 :
8,850
11,045
284.706
43,499
Nebraska.
Oklahoma.;;;.....
Indian Territory . .
Colorado........ ..
California....
Kentucky.........
West Virginia.. .
There are other Northern , and
Western states in which1' there are;
negro voters, but not enough to ma
terially aSectxesults no matter how
they vote. The significance of these
figures and the 1 dependence of the
Bepnblican party on the negro vote
may.be realized when we; know that
with the .Southern States voting
solidly Democratic as they , usually
do, it requires -but : a few of the
Northern states to elect a Demo-;
cratic resident. - There are severs
of these- states such as Missouri,
Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware and
west Virginia, which, eliminating
the negro tote, are normally Demo
cratic, while there are several others
BUCh &fl ' ConnAtinnfc. ISTow Vnrb-
New Jersey and Indiana, which un
der ordinary conditions can be car
ried by the Democratic party, if the
negro vote do not figure, for the
Democrats have carried them , re
peatedly and they have been looked
upon as safely Democratic as some
of the border' states that we carry
but have always havo to fight for. '
This is the negro vote in those
States in 1900. It is larger now in
many if not all of them, and ac-
COrdinsy to thfl r.lftimn nf anma nt fha
negro leaders verv mnch'larcer- hnt
whether larger or not the figures
show why the Bepnblican leaders
pander to the negro vote, why they
seem to take so much interest in
the negro, why there are Crum
packer bills, and why they still in
sist on appointing negroes to office
in the South. f . ; r ; ,
jit it were not 'for this vote the
".Laly White" movement in the
South would , have , not only the
assent, but the active r.n-nTwrfttlrm
of the Bepnblican - leaders ;in the
North, - who have long ago aban
doned all expectations 5 of reaping
any benefit from the negro '- vote of
the South, which they would con
sider a happy riddance jf they could
eliminate it entirely and make the
Bepnblican party what the Demo
cratic party; jujrwhitev man's par
ty. That Wno 'only'' their senti
ment but it : is the sentiment of
eight out of ten of the white Be
pubUcans of the South, rank and
file, notwithstanding the pretences
of some of the anti-MyjWMte' fac
tion to the contrary. : j -When
Senator Pritchard asserts
that in promoting that movement he
is acting in accord wittithe sentij
ments gf a largV nukjorityibf ; the
white Bepublicamr of this State he is
rieht'f or evenr oTiB Ka hmin.
thing about the; Bepnblican party in
?$I$ivtifcjLinm thathere'is
no syrirpathy Whatever between the
white masse of that party and the
negro contingent, and that the alii?
ance has alwaya been one to whicli
they have submitted more froin ne
kcessity; than from ; choice, X and to
jrhich they would not have 'submit
ted at all if it were not for the preju
dice that manv ofhem iavp against
tbeaJeinocratlc
grown out of "previous conditions
andhe wan rhile others had their
eyes upon posiofficeSj deputy, mar
shalships, jobs in" theinternal reve
nue business, whfch tHeyi&ed ahont
in the same proportion that they dis
liked the negroes,-with whom they
affiliated jlitally and towhom
uojucame leaders. -.i-
- Whenen.iSarkson, who doesn't
stickle over ; questionable methods in
carryings schemes"' in " politics, ar
ranged, before the tot electionthai
meeting ; between!, those r colored
bishops-and residenti Boosevelt,
he had his eye on the negro vote in
sereraLol; the States in heiist pubi
lished:: above: which:: were deemed
aonnoni ana . jsignioe upst ,to; the
Bepublioana) if the negro votevwent
to the Democrats of if the Bepubli'
cans failed to get i and, it is now
contended -by rsome of the "negro
leaders that -It was - the negro vote
which gave the .next , Congress to
thf 1 Bepublicans,- and possibly it
mat It is certain that If the negroes
In New York had not - voted the Be-
publican ' ticket the Democrats
would hate carried that State.
The position is a peculiarly em
harassing one for President-Boose-velt,
, not only on account of -Be
party, whose success he of course
desires, but also on account of him:
self in view of .the fact that he has
set his heart on the nomination for
the Presidency, and his election, if
Dominated, might be imperilled by
antagonizing the 'negro vote of the
North, which i as he views it is
a much more important factor than
the negro vote of . the South, from
which he expects nothing outside of
the national convention, if it should
figure there, which is very doubtful.
The embarrassing feature torhim is
to so manipulateas to avoid antago- J
nizing either the lily whites of the
South or the ; leaders of the lamp
blacks, for if he run counter to
these he will run up against the ne
gro leaders of the North who might
retaliate by bolting the party in the
event of - his nomination. He will
need the votes . of theJfUlj white"
fellows in the convention, If he have
opposition, and he ; willneed the
votes of the negroes in some of the"
Northern States if he is nominated,:
and that's' what's the matter, and
what is giving hint and , some of his
friends bo much trouble: ...
When Senator:. Pritchard -; and:
others sprang the yiy white business
they incnbated a good deal of bother
for Mr. Boosevelt and other party
inanipulators.r v. M A3 '"-V?
THE HAGUE TBIBTOAL. -
' Since the Venezuelan. question is
to go before: The Hague Tribunal
for settlement it will be interesting
to learn what The Hague . Tribunal
is. It Is an international high court,
the outcome of the suggestion of the
Czar of ' Rossis, ' in . pursuance; of
which .representatives of fifteen na
tions met in convention ' at The
Hague, in the Netherlands, where
after discussion the court was organ
ized July 29; 1899. r aul
The fifteen nations represented in
it are the United States,, j&reat Brit
ain Rusaiav Germany, Austria-Hun
gary, Italy, 5elgium,ii?rance Denmark,,-
J apan, Holland, ; Portugal,
Boumania, Spain, Sweden and Nor
way. As each of these nations has
four representatives ; In the court
there T are, sixty in all. The repre
sentatives of the United - States
are Chief Justice , Fuller, of the
U. 8. Supreme Court; John ? W.
Griggs, ex-Attorney j General of
the United States; George Gray,
U. S. i ccircuit Judge, and Oscar
S. Strauss, formerly American Min
ister t Constantinople, who suc
ceeded-, ex-President JEZarrisonv do-
. The members hold for six
and may be re-appointed.
years
Disputing nations may select as
many or few of the members as
agreed npon, so that the tribunal
may , consist 4 of. but three ot the
full sixty. While The Hague, where
the few executive officers are lo.
cated, is regarded as headquarters,
the court may meet in any city
agreed upon, the- idea being to
choose thepoint most' convenient to
the parties in" dispute. There is no
appeaV from ! the findings of this
courts the next' arbltrater being
powder and shotTT- til :
As there i rhas been some discus
sion as to the possibility of the Mon
roe Doctrine becoming involved in
this arbitration jit may bestatedllhat
when the American delegation, at
the head of which was Andrew D.
White, appeared on the ! convention
it was dJsUnctly declared by it that
in no event could- the Monroe doc
trine ever become a subject for the
consideration and action- of a this
court.
It does not seenVto be settled yet
whether the beet sugar manufac
turers will oppose the ratification of
the reciprocity toeaty witfc'Cubaor
accept the twenty per cent reduction
and let it go through!, '-'i-':-- v';-.' ''
' Secretary of Agriculture, Wilson,
a great champion of the Ibeet sugar
industry and a' confident believer in
its possibiHties, ; expresses Uie opin
ion that the beefc sugar manufactu
rers win acquiesce because they have
been considering the matter since it
was ia8troeiore Uongress and have I
rwm - i .. : . .. I
rz ' f i yvuciJisiQUt inat . they
have' more to gain "hy settling the
question and, putting a stop to the
agitation, than titey.could ' possibly
be hurt by a twenty per oent reduc
tion on Cuban sugar.;-; He says the
view some of themke of it is that
with the tariff fesHon,As far as
augaria ,concernedrat" rest, mil-
Uonspf :capital ; -Trould be lnrested I
In tht inna(- v:v . . I
going in while the agitation is i on,
and he belieyes that with the profit
m growing beets to encourage the
cnltiyation of them, and the large
Piftjt$l. the
culture, and the. territory that may
be added, with the large capital in
Tested,. with" the improved and
cheaper: prncessei i' inanniactnre,'
the; output, will s become immense
within the next fire jears and that
sugar can be made and Vsold at' two
cents a pound, which is less than
cane : sugar can be made ior in
Cnba. -
. Secretary; Wilson is I somewhat jof
an enthnsiast on? , the beat Sugar
, for sale br J, O. Bhepara
question, and has been contending
all along that it was only a question
of a few years when the beet ; men
with proper encouragement would
produce not only su?ar enough - to
supply the home demand, but a sur
plus for1: export, and therefore his
rainbow predictions may be " taken
with a good deal of allowance. '
" What the beet men wilt do for
the Cuban treaty remains to be seen
for they have talked so much one
way and acted In so many different
ways that little confidence pan be
placed . in ? statements as . to. what
they are going to do. 'I '
. One of the problems that con
fronts the.. Bussian Government is
how to feed 15,000,000 . of hungry
people scattered through Central and
Eastern JRussia, in the Southeast and
along the VoIgL--Their condition is
such that in many cases men sell
their wives and daughters to get
money to buy oxen to plow for the
next crop. In China and in India
millions are starving and have to be
fed by public charity; , , -v. ,
A Virginia ghl who advertised for
a husband captured - a full-blooded
Ute Indian, who came on from the
Indian Territory, married her and
took her back with him. He runs
laundry out there, the first Indian
we ever read of ; who believed in
much washing or ran opposition-to
John Chinaman. - : "v
CURRENT COMMENT
A movement has just been
started for: the formation of a
farmers' trust. If it should succeed
there will be more backing and fill
ing by the politicians than ever in
their efforts v to find, and follow a
trust policy. Courier
Journal, Dem. " -? i ?
The island of Guam comes up
to the front with a shortage in its
revenue of nine thousand .dollars.
This is the island all the inhabitants
of which were ordered by the first
American governor to get married.
In view 'of this fact the shortage
seems ridiculously small. liwnra
Journal Denu'l V
It seems to be confessed by
President Castro that he baa hope
ox assistance from South and Cen
tral American republics when he de
clared his purpose to resist the
powers of Europe; but the republics
did not make the slightest movement
in his direction. , There never will
be an: alliance of this sort. These
little 'republics cannot afford to be
come responsible for one another's
vagaries. Mobile Register, Dem.
Once more the acceptance
or rejection of Cuban Treaty rests
with the Beet Sugar men, according
to senator . narrows of . Michigan,
one of their leaders. Of an annual
consumption of 2,360,000 tons, the
-teet Hugar men supply 150,000 tons;
out tney are allowed to pocket, in
addition to State bounties and leri
mate profits the tariff duty amounts
mg to aoout 60,000,000 a year; and
cnat is wny they- stand, with the
approval of public r servants, as an
obstacle to a treaty . that would
bring at least $60,000,000 worth of
trade in other American and Cuban
products to this country and which
womq prooaDiy expand . within a
very few years to $150,000,000 or
more.rT -oWA;(y Citizen, Dem.
TWINKLINGS
"The way of the' transgressor
wo encage a good lawyer. .Fuc.-
u: iJjinks 'What Idid Wisekus
do to deserve 5 this monument old
man I" TMnka "He invented asbes-
ioa wniskers x for amateur Santa
one why don't von t?o out
occasionally, dearest, and esjoy your
self, say at the eiubt HeBat I dont
want io Kti into tne habit of havinr a
J as t i
Mrs. Wayback Such a man as
you oon't deserve to have a, wife. Mr.
wayback-Kxactly, Ms. Tve won
dered for years what I have ever done
w aeserve wn.jbeaufe WeeMy
r- "Do you think Josh's inven
tions wm workr? asked Mrs. Oorntos-
S81 1 Pe 7 answered her hua-
oano: i ' Know mighty well that
Mian worn." waehingUm Star. ; i ,
.w. . "father - an appropriate gift
uuiwua jMtTo w J a freer ror Jnrlat-
mas.v .-what was thatf"A shoe-
norn, with which to out on hia hat the
w iiwumx.jtxuzimoreMeraia.
What are the chief products
of South America!" asked the school
teacher. .Tommy Taddelb, you may
u-nCr. naooer,. conee, ultima
tums and - fnanFrMtlnn V Mniu
A wag having witnessed an nn-
usaaijy ; THiainoaa performance of
aamiet."' remmrkrad 'Wn :)..
time to settle tha 8hAkeariAAM.R
conwoversy. the teraves of both
WO uUk UD
aus: un and see which of thtm
wura. OTer."-iosto:Curer.
7-xne;saTa2e regarded the:first
KmB.ln0tt,ttfally 'If I try to
uuut uo miii, ne win exterml
naternie, and i( 1, ttj to JirC In peace
niiu-iBUB .uo mut cnsat-Kine4ut of
everything and twill starre, to death. !
What .chance baye I golFCKicago
"X07QU thmkthe time .win
flthoutwlrestl,; -.Iaoa know.!:lf it 1
doe -iLWOnder-what .Menu thAHil
over come-wnen
i .. r J.ouiuiy--rapat . wnat is . an an
tosrranh f Ptm mhn ia n AMnmnv
IyJ,KraJtrm son,- that aome; city
offieials-ahemlmake anoney.outof i
by Toting against ordinances that
owners, ou. automobiles don't want
Demestle' Troalles.
".We
6
. is 'exceptional to find1 a family
where there, are no domestic ruptures
pccasionaUy, but these ean be lessened
by having Dr. Klng'rNew Life Pills
around.-: aiuen trouble theT save by
their great work in Stomach and Liver
trouble. They a ok only relievo you,
but cure.Only 35o,.at KB. PkLi
arr'a drug atore.i.i:-Jt3 t . .fx
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MEDICAL
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. Proop.LiVErr.MJKGS.
ThoibiigMy eradicates tiexceS f Uric vA Laaic Aadt from the lystem,
mrts fife Sidney into, healthy sctin, ure.? constipauon. mnd mdigertion.
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- L and any othkb diskask caused t wwm
O Bot be'diKonnged if other remedies 1ve failed RHEUMACIDE ha.
f d, teputSoii;br curing .lleged tocurable cs.- Does not.,.
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1 Atusa
.MiiAf nnwATPr. xnou m umnuer vi
Oentlemon-Somo six ts ao I oTVfn-bulSSs
of mosoulAr rheumtlm. At time I oould wtmmki mtmn tf?ff
MbiSwfre mwter on Southern B. JU). ;JIZli
": ; Price ix.oo prepaid express, or from ywr. Dreggist. . . 1
" obbltt Chemical Co., ' - , -, ? Baltimore, nd.U. 5. A.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
. Newton Enterprise: ; Monday
evening the six-year-old boy . of Will
Hauser, colored, killed himself with a
five-cent toy- cap pistol. He put a
small cartridge In it and Waa mapping
it to see if It wonid shoot. He held it
up to his face and was looking down
the barrel and snapped the piatol once
too often. The ball entered the brain
through the eye. and -killed the boy
instantly. -V
Durham Herald'. Dr. H. P,
Linacott, a member of the faculty of
the University, died at his home In
Ohspel Hill Tuesday morning at an
early hour. He had been extremely
ill but a short while and his death was
a crest surprise and shock to all of his
numerous friends. Quite a num
ber of deer are being killed in Gran
ille county this season; more than
for years. It is nothing unusual for
one of these animals to be brought
into the city over the Oxford and
Ciarksville road. ; ..
Bockingham Anglo-Saxon: The
dead body of Julia Ann Terry, col
ored, was found on the road near Hoffman-one
morning last week, and the
attending circumstances indicated that
she was murdered. 1 She got off the
train at Hoffman and left ; town In
company with Neal : Austin, colored.
Pistol shots were heard in the direction
in which she west, and her dead body
was found in the road next- morning
with a bullet hole . through her heart.
It is learned, so we bear, from parties
for whom she had been cooking, that
she had something near $60 on her
person, and it is supposed she that she
was robbed. Austin is missing. - . t
-h Fayettevjlle Observer: A north
bound passenger train on the A. CL L.
ran over and instantly killed a seven-
J ear , old colored child at Bex Tuer-ay.-
A number of children were
playing near the track, and it is said
that while attempting to run across
the track In front of . the train the
child fell and met her death.
One of the sights on the streets these
days is the preaching, from a goods box
in Market .- square, of Almira Me.
Doug aid, a negro evangelist. She has
a good toice and flow of, language
and soon gathers a crowd of colored
people : around her, who,-. during
prayers, make an impressive sight,
kneeling with bowed heads in the
street. She is a Fayettevllle negro.
but has travelled ' extensively for a
number of years.- - : . - .
Wadesboro Messenqer-InfflK-
geneerr Mr. J, O. Wall died sudden
ly at bis. home in Lllesvilie township
early Christmas morhlnsv - Christmas
eve Mr. Wall was in his usual health,
he and his youngest son having been
banting rabbits for a srood cart of the
day. Mr. J. EL Lefler died anita
suddenly Saturday, afternoon at his
home on the new depot road He had
oeen unwell for some time, but was
out cutting wood a short time before his
death. , Ha died of neuralgia of heart.
- A fine vouna? bono, helonarina' to
Mr. Henry - Baucom. of -Ijanesrjoro
townshin. died a terrible death Tnea-
day nftrnlag. The horse went crazy
ana oroke out of a strong stable, tore
the lot fence down, then - went back
into the stable and broke the other side
of it down and got into the room where
the roughness was kent Final! v. the
poor animal fell to the ground and ex
pired almost instantly. The horsa la
said to have had. blind staggers. A
large number of horses have died of
this disease In Union county recently.
Mrs. Prissims Oh.'bnt I mt
taken in when I - married "youi, you
wretch I Mr. Priaaima Yea: ant nf
the eoldBalto. American. .
Wonders never ceaae A maehlnA
has been invented that will cut. paste
and nine -wall paper. The field of In-!
ven lions and discoveries seem; to be
unumited. Notable amonar arreat die
coTeries is Dri King's New Discorery
for Consumption. It has done a world
of good tat weak lungs and has saved
many a life. Thousand have used it j
ana conquered ttrip, Bronchitis, Pneu
monia" and Oonaumntton. . Their n.
eval verdict U: "Ii'a the best and most j
rename medicine for Throat and Lung
troubles.?' Ever KOa tnd SI. DO hnttl
is guaranteed by R. B. Bellakt, drug-
Ki. ; xnai ootues rree. ." v-; .- t
AVOID all drvine Inbklntfl" n1'n
that which cleanses and ' heala tha
membranes Klv'a Cream Balm la aneh
a remedy and cures Catarrh easily and
pleasantly. -Cold is thebead vanishes
quickly-Priee j 80 cents at druggists
or by mall. ,-.- , . ....
Catarrh caused ' dtfSeultv in
ing and to a great extent loss of . hear-
imt. oy me use or nays Oream Balm
dropping 'of mucus has ceased, voice
and hearing have arreatlv i
J WDTa,dpn Att ! Lvr. Mon-
'r-tm. -1 .. ..
Cxdar Bluff, Va.. Not. 12. i9oa.'
We have sold Johnson' nhin ..i
Fever Tonic for the past 10 years: We
know it bas saved bundreda n u.
cafflof feT"d doctors sbllli
JSJii116 MJI of
our own people. - We keep, it in our
aTTia a a m uw . - -
medicine
WW UD DUIOVU WlUv NOfl man - A J
-Ke Bias Can m ,-.
Of any form of Fever whm n.. t-v
JlvT . T.j v... 1,1110 een half
way right' It Is 100 times better th.
quinlneand doe. in a dTy'whS stow
quinine cannot do in ten days j5w
son's TotJc wUl drive onrtiery fi
and taint of Grln -Pn "5??
ami, m.411 .- TP. . . WWUO-
to eiUw eex aiiSZr
1 which Bcna
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Ooiauobo, K. C, Aujr. , 190.
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The development of technical and in
dustrial schools In Germany, has In
creased, not only-the domain of Em
peror William, ; but. has enriched all
other civilized nations, says the ; New
York Evening Post. One of the' first
matters taken np and studied scientific
ally by these Institutions Vas the mak
ing of buttons and other useful and or
namental articles from mother of pearl.
It was soon found that the opalescent
layers of the oyster shell were not the
sole available ' material, as had. long
."been believed by the trade," and that
dams, mussels and other bivalves," not
to speak -, of - many i conchs, were of
nearly, if not quite, equal value., The
Jlrst result of these examinations was
he prompt utilization of other shells
and a consequent reduction in the price
of oyster, mother of pearl and of but
tons made from that substance.
f The new Industry prospered and final
ly crossed the Atlantic. Here' it- has
taken a firm .foothold and is growing
rapidly. ' The largest portion . of the
! work is how done in the central states,
while small concerns may be found all
itheiway-i from Massachusetts to Vir-
.ginla..:i,Thua far the best clam' disco v.
,ered is the pearl clam of the Mississip
pi and the other rivers of that region.
The sea clams are useful, but the inner
linings are not so lustrous or iridescent.
The deep sea clam, with its rich indigo
color, makes a showy and rather popu
lar button.. The soft, clam, or Rhode
island clam, has often a beautiful play,
of color upon" Its Inner surfaee, but is
"usually too thin and fragile. The hard
clams or cohogues vary extensively. A
few have brilliant interiors; the major
ity are .very dull. -'-.."..v. i V:'TSXi-
The treatment is about the same in
all cases. .The clams, must be gath
ered so as not to Injure the shelL They'
are- washed and then boiled with a
small amount of alkali, either washing'
soda or lime being added to remove
any grease or dirt held by grease. The
meat Is extracted and Is utilized for
food purposes. Where no alkali haa
been employed the flesh la well adapt
ed for stews, chowders or for making
clam broths. Where alkali has been
.'employed the bodies are rinsed: In' hot
water and fed to pigsi ducks and .-chick-ens.
.They; are said to improve the
flavor of the duck and to make the do
mestic bird taste very .much like an
inferior mallard. - The shells are then
.cut " by - an expert .and sawed rtnto
, blanks. ; These . blanks are sorted,
steamed," cut - down by ' "machinery,
snapea, aniiea and polished.
.Will Brim Joy to Yacfatamen. r '
- A new invention in a sailboat, -which,
it is claimed, cannot be capsized, is be
ing exploited in Chicago. The princi
ple on which the new improvement is
hinged is that the mast Is not stepped
into the frame of the boat, .but with a
raise naiiasr keel, i The connection is
made in a manner so the capsizing ac
tion of the wind upon the sails is trans-'
nutted through the mast to the ballast
keel. i This keel Is attached to the boat
by means of a rod which runs through
the bow and stern off the boat By this
mechanism Instead of the. boat heeling
with the pressure off the wind the mast
alone sways, while; the ballast keel
. swings to the opposite Side, thus keep
ing the boat always on a level, i :j l -;
" Vaaatna? tn"Biy.vl'frr :;
'Have you named the baby V asked
the admiring neighbor. ' ' .--1 .;
c "Not yet said , the r proud young
mother. "We're going to christen him
Sunday :
:4 "Dear me! What an odd name! I'd
almost as soon' call him after Robinson
-Crusoe's man Friday and be done with
'rc,"jiucagoi Tribune. - -1
J2i -5 - r Am Vattlmelr Call.
. E . Mlnisterr-Ia ,. your father at
Willie? ' r . .
.borne,
TWlllIam-Yes, but he's, crot the r'hMv?
; aattsm so bad he ain't safe to talk n
--Indianapolis News-.- !.ir;
WILKINQTON DISTRICT.
B.' JoHsr, P. E., Wnnjingtoo, N. d
Burgaw, Eocky Poin Jan; 34
ouuiopon, van.- J.1, isi. -r
Shallotte, Ctoneord, Jan. 13. :
-3Pown Creekv tJ$m .law iLhf;
'j waecamaw, BhUob, Jan. 17, 18. :
JWhiteTille, WhiteTille, Jan.-18,: 19.
- troviaence," Jan
s Clinton, Clinton Jan. 80.
24, 25.
KenansrUle,- Friendship, Jan
Feb. 1. -. ; : . .. , -v..
Bladen. Bethlehem. Vh ?
31,
V Elisabeth, EUzabethtown, Feb. 9
"waOrak Council t BUtion
Feb. 10. . . ..r . , . . -i. . ..... , . . .
. PobIow, Queen's Creek. Feb. 14. 15.
:,Jwnnjie and ; Bichlands, Half
Moon, Feb. 21, 22. -a - - . 7 . - t
y District Btewards will please meet in
the Ladies' Parlor. Grace church, Wil
mington, Tuesday Dec.; 30tht at 1
o'clock, . - 1
Missionary -InsUtute will ba held at
Grace church Feb. 4th and 6th,.1903.
District conference will meet at
Jacksonville Tuesday Mar: 17tb at S
flZ&L p K?'ud continue- through
the 18th and 19th, 1903. . s ,
s- I;':-tf OVr aCEty Tear
Mna. Wnrsxows BooTHura Btktjp has
Men used for over sixty years by mil
lions of mothers for their children
while teething with perfect success.
It soothes the child, soften the gums.
allays all pain; cures wind colic,
and la the best remedy for diaWhT
!
It will relieve the poor little airfare
ImmedlatelyrT f3old-dJSbfS
every part of the world. ' TwenW-fl
cents a bottle. . Be sum and i ask fn
Mllrs., Winlow Soothi 8i5
aud.taknonlher kind. - v,-f.ran r
TJl tindVn. Hto Always Bought
COMMERCIAL
WILMINGTON M A KijCv
Quoted officially at the closing by the Cnamber
. of Commerce.1 - ' .
V- STAB OFFICE,; January 2. 'r :
firm at 524e per gallon.
; ROSIN Market firm at tl.S5 per .
barrel for strained and $1.40 per barrel
for good strained. '; ,
rel Of 380 pounds ' -
CRUDE TURPENTINES Market
firm at $1.75 per barrel for hard, $3.00!
for dip. . '- -
- Quotations same day - last year
Spirits turpentineTnothing doing;
rosin firm at 95cO$1.00;-ar steady at
$1.35; crude turpentine quiet at f 1.00
.OOiitii.s?
. ' 's bijokipct. : - . ',1
Spirits turpentine. . ; T. . 25
Rosin . . i 'i - -334
Tar. ... .... ... . ... -
Crude turpentine. -: . .V . i 4
Receipts same . day last year31
casks spirits turpentine, 317 barrels
rosin, 220 barrels tar,' 37 barrels crude
turpentine. in -j4M'til&ii
Market firm on a basis of 8c per
pound for middling.- Quotations:
Ordinary : cts. tt
Good ordinary.. .... . 7Jf
Low middling.. ... .'. 7ji i
Mlddiinsr. . ... ....... 8
Good middling... V 9;
Same day last year, market firm at
7jc for middling. . ' " f :
- Receipts 304 hales ; same day last
year,' 676. -iMJgS
Correctea Resrolarly by Wilmington Produce
Commission Merchanta, prices representing
- thoea paid for prodooe oonsigned to Commls-.-'
sion Uercbanta.J - - - - . - r
' t OOUHTRY PBODTJOE. V-'
1 PEANUTS North Carolina, firm.
Prime, 60c; extra prime, 65c: fancy,
70c, per " bushel - of twenty-eight
pounds. Virgihiar-Prime, 60c; extra
prime,' 65c; fancy, 70c. Spanish (oe(),
6570c. ; -: -"S - ; -: --
COBN Firm; 65 6?&c per bushel
for white. - - .;v - --: '
N. O. BACON-Steady hams 15
16c per pound; shoulders, "1012Kc;
sides, 10llc; : -;. ' :;.;-
JvEQGS Firm at 2122c per dozen.
UJtuuJS-BNfcj Jfirm. urown, so
85c; springs, 12X25c.
-TURKEYS Firm at 10lic for
live. c-- -
BEESWAX Firm at 25c.' - - :.. -ITALLOW.
Firm at 5J65ic per
pound. - - - ry-is?
SWEET POTATOES Dull at 60c
Per bUShel.; -i:-V;-ii;-':;ij
FirJAriciAL fJARKETS
BT TeleaTaota to the Mornlnji tar. v
fiSWiYOBl. .Jan. ; 8. MOnev on
call Market was quoted at 415 per
Center closieg offered at 4 per cent ;
time money 'quoted 60 days and
90 days, t per cent. ; six months SJi
per . cent. ;' Prime , mercantile ., paper
was firai.. Sterling exchange s was
easy ; actual business in ' bank
ers' bills at 487.45486.50 for demand
and 483.10483.20 for sixty days. -The
posted rates were 484 and 487 J4V Coin-
merciai nuis ii&X 483 J. ,- Bar silver
48H. Mexican. dollars S8X-. Govern
ment bonds steady.: State bonds were
steady. Railroad bonda steady. U. S.
refunding .2's, coupon, 108 j; U. ?.
funding 8'a, registered, , 108X; U S
S's, reg1stered 106&; do. coupon. 108 ,f
U. H. 4's, new registered, 1S5X ; do.
coupon, 135 ; U. S. 4's," old, regis
tereoT109if; do, coupon, 1104 U. 8.
S's, : registered, 103M ; do. coupon
103i Southern Railway, S's, 118X-Stocks:-
Baltimore & Ohio 100.
Chesapeake & Ohio 48 r Manhat
tan L 149H ;-New York Central
161M; Reading 63; do. 1st preferred
88; do. 2nd Dref erred 79X;8l Paul
178K; do. prerd, 192 Southern Bail
way S4K; do. pref'd 925: AmaF
gamated Copper 64: People's Gas
103 tf; Sugar 127Hr Tennessee Coal
and Iron 60 U. r. leather 12 ; do. :
preTd.89 if : Western Union R8' Tt R
Steel 86g: do. prefd 86 H l Virginia
Carolina Chemical 63K; do. preferred'
- Baltimobiv Jan 2. Seaboard Air
Una, common, ; 27K; da preferreaV
bonds, 44X44 ; fours, 8383&. . v
NAVAL? STORES WARKETS i
- . - Br Telegrapb to the Morning star. . -
- Ksrw Yobx, Jan. 2. Bosin steady.
Spirits turpentine firm. ? - . :
CHASLKSTOB. Jan. 2.- Snirita iuiC
pentine firm at 62c; sales 50 casks.
Bosin firm ; sales 1,000 barrels ; prices
unchganed. . yy. r
Batam ah, Jan 2. Spirits turpen
tine quoted firm at B2We: raeefnta &RT
casks; sales casks; exports 625
casks. Rosin firm; receipts 4,229 bar
rels; sales 2,394 barrels; exports 1,816
Jh Quote; A, B, O, D, $145, E,
kM 85;K $2 85; M, $3 85;Nr$3 55;
WG.$3 80i WW.t4 20." -
CO TTOfl MARKETS 1
sr XaiOTDn to tne Mornliw 811
NEW . YOBK. 'Jan. 2.Tha antinn
market opened strong at an advance
of three to fourteen points, ruled very
acUve with prices steadily working up
ward until a net rise of eleven to tbir
teen points was apparent, and on this
basis the market closed firm. The rise
was started by a strong attitude shown
at Liverpool during the holiday here.
To-day's cables ; showed a net rise of
eigni points on spot cotton and eight
and one-half to nine on futures. Ac
cording to private cables the English
advance originated in the appearance
of an active demand from Chinaand
better w. Manchester conditions,,:, to
gether .with the disappoint nar moTt,
ment of cotton in this countryr not
withstanding Uhe favorable weather
prevailing in most parU of the cotton
belt for the transportation of supplies
from , the ' interior. Superintendent
King makes the " port - receipts for
the week 254,148 bales, agai nst : 301,
951 last year and the amount brought
into sight. , for the,- week , 838.697
against S8L227 last year, which brtngs
the amount bronchi into fi,t
ing to the New York Cotton Exchange
738 bales last year, when the croprae- 1
cording to the Chronicle, was 10701 -
cotton at this -point hss been based
largely on the disappoinUng move
ment in connection with thA
Jbaoffi:
BbortawhohavetoendeS
iubltedemand lasi
lated by
throuhntih.ri VY" w
Y - "Hu cotton -marlr.t. t
.it. "e,lQese gener-
allvahon,V".r"V"5,?BKener- I
leading the
wan tMo t. .
session. Total
wu,uu inroQffnnnt .-.
,aIe" " ta'es 450,000
bales. s-t
woeipts '221 IsiSTrtSk 159
Spot 7A "9.061 bales.
poirits hlvhlrr-,?,"" nd 10
middling- 9352LUP,f5S? l-
2 UOUon futures m.tll
Total tidi't -Diem0f?
receipts 251,238 bales; exports to Great
Britain 72,808 bales: exnorts to France
17,678 bales; exports to the Continent
138,637 bales. , . .
- Total since September 'lat. at all
seaports Net receipts 4,949,711 bales;
exports to Great Britain 1.525.016 bales:
exports to France 420,823 bales ;exports
to ne uonnnent x,&su,ssu naiea
Jan. 2. Galveston, firm at 11 16c, I cotton, 8 barrels roa1rr0ad"285 b.1
st, receipts 1,866- bales:- Norfolk! I A. & Y. Bailroad-3i ...
net
firm at.8Kc,net receipts 296 bales;
Baltimore, .nominal, at , 8?lc, net re-
cipts 1,227 bales ;Boston,stesdy at 9.00,
net receipts bales; Wilmington,
firm at 8k", net receipts 576 bales: Phil
adelphia, firm at 9.25c,7 net receipts 174
bales! Bavannahr firm at BHc net re
ceipts bales; New, .Orleans, firm at
8 9-iec, net receipts ,271 bales;
Mobile,.' firm' at ; 85er' net receipts
1,034 bales; Memphis, firm at. 8c,.
net receipts 1.836 bales: Augusta, firm
at 8Xc, net receipts 236 bales; Charles
ton, nrm Tat 8Kc. net receipts. 2,110
i bales. sAJsg
; pboduce: pimj
Ssrw :.' Yobx, Jane's. Flourwas
firm on spring patents but otherwise
dull andeasy winter straUhts $3 45
S 55 Wheat Spot easy ; No. 2 red 79e:
Options were dull all day and gener-r
ally weak under liquidation, iaduced,
by cables, Argentine newr, an entire
lask of support and large Northwest
receipts.. The close was weak at Jfc
net decline. Sales: May closed 798
July closed TtGl' Corn Spot steady,
No. 2 58c Options opened very stesdy
and were! held firm during the fore
noon on rains West and big clearances
but eventually - eased off with wheat
and closed unsettled at Vc net loss:
January closed 54c; May closed 47c;
J uly closed 47. Oats 8pot dull ; No.
2, 38Xc Options were dull and steady :
May 38jc. Ricequiet. Molasses steady..
Lard steady. Bdtterwaa steady to firm;
extra creamery 2828Xc State dairy
2026..' Cheese firm; new State full
cream, : small colored, . fancy ' fall
made 14c; small white, -fait made,44o.
Tallow quiet. Sugar quiet. A, Peanuts
steady; fancy. handpickedi)4c;
other domestic 84j& Cabbages asy s
domestic, per 100, white to red $200
4 50; Norfolk 75c$l 00. Coffee quiet;
mild quoted easy; Cordova ?i 12c.:
Freights to Liverpool cotton by steam
12. Eggs firm; Stale and Pennsylvania
average best 28c Potatoes easy ; Long
Island $2 002 25; South Jersey sweets
$3503 75; Jerseys $1 752 00; New
York and Western per 180 lbs., $1 50
2 00. Cotton seed oil was fairly ac
tive and steady. Closing prices were:
Prime crudehere nominal; - prime
crude f. 6. h.; mills 80K&S1;. prime
summer yellow 88K39 ; off summer
yellow. 38c; prime white 4142c;
prime winter yellow 42c; prime mel
$27 0027 50. nominaL
: Chicago, 'Jan.' 2. Bearish foreign
news was the main, cause for lower
prices in wheat to-day. May closed fe
lowerv Tlay corn was off tC, with oais
down i4e.- May provision f closed
from 7i to 1012te lower.- c --;
Obioago, Jan. 2. Cash L prices :
Flour quiet and firm.? Wheat No. 2
spring 75c; No.3 spring 6773o;No.
2 red 71$72icc Corn No.3 44c;
Na 2 yellow 44H& - Oats-r-No. 2 - c;
No.2 white ; No.3 white S2&33Xc
Mess pork, per barrel, quoted $18 00.
Lard, . per , 10i fts.V $9:. 9010 00
Short rib aides; -loos; closed 18 S7j
8 50. Dry salted shoulder"-,- boxec,
$8 258 80. Short clear side- i boxed,
19 , 009 12X. , Whiskey -Basis ot
high wines, $1 3lt 4 . 7
The leading futures ranged as fol
lows opening," highes, lowest, an
elosine : Wheat No. ? 8 January 72,'
72, 71X,71c;May 76tf 76M76i
75X75H, 75Hc; r July :3X7St
16. Tib. 72K72$fC Corn fin S
January 44X445C, 45, 4444Hc; May
43H43X.43H, 42&42, 42 H ; July
32if42fiV 4242 4H, 42J.C
Oats No 2. January, new, .3167 -SlZf,
31X31, 31J(31Xc; May 3S
3SXt33,23M,&HiJaU 31K;S1X,
31J4, 81 c. Mess pork, pr bbl Jan
uary $17 75, 18 05, 17 75, 17 90;
May- $16 40, 16 55, 16. 27X , 15 30j
Lard, per 100 lbs Janna y $10 02 W,
10 02H. 9 85, 9 85; May $9 52K. 9 S7sT
9 40, 9 42K. ShorL i-iba,- per 100 fts
Ui&JS-48' 5 8 80.8 85;
May $8 67. 8 67, 8 55, 8 60. - ..
F0 R El B f I : A R K E T
:;' Br cable to tbs Kcrnuut star.";'."
LlVEBPOOL. Jan'. 2.-rlntinn ' Rnnt
moderate business done; prices 6 to 8
points mgner ; American middlins' fair
a.abd; good middling 4.88d: middiine
wi, iub uuuuuog .oua; ooa ordi
nary 4. 48d: ordinal 4 Sfid Th ui
ney were 8,000 bales, of which
ww mum were ior speculation and ex
port and included 7,700 bales Amer
ican. Beceipts since last report 66,000
""t luuiuuiiig do,ouu Dales American.
Futures opened firm and ciost-v
trong; American : middling (eoc
-mmx3 .ui.uaj .January and
b eoruary .wa: jrebr ni inH U.Mk
4.69dj March and April 4.69d; April
and. May 9an4.70d. if i.H. T...
4.7M; Juneand July 4.70di July and
A2E2flW' .AW Bd.Septembr
MARINE.
'-: ABBIVED. ; V
Stmr AP Hurt, BobesonFayette
Tille, James mmenr
- steamer Highlanderr Bradshaw2
.vims, mj iJUYO, - : N. s : r
31yde steamship Oneida; Deveraux.
Georgetown, SO, HQ SinaUboneew4
.5: S88 Fayette
ttah schooner ! Mabel DarUog,
Springer & Co..-,-: ..: ..I:
?i lt.i ' FOREIGN'
ml u " Pitch, valued at
Si?atiOD772; cargo
.8?ringw &Oo; vessel by
. careo h .T .. a
master.' :
aurinedirectory;
'H
'
- Il5i
w" .ort X.H04
Krj"1"'
andn n...-t &. ; owk
- luri ,om ions. KanntU U-
SOHOONKI2R.
PSf (Br) 179 ions; Brinton
Cbas O Listen 567 tons. Moore aMNM
Harrisi, Sdn& Co. ' George
BAEQTJE3,
BY RlTER AND RAiV.
"T " "avtl Starei
' - Yesterday.
S iO CI T si -
Co
lid!,
tbarrels tar,
v. fwiroaa 44 hal
irmiai raw
68 Ci
w., a &
-31 bales
a case spirits , tn7. w,ues cottn.
'oainlSbarretac1' 6
6 casks snirlu t,,,! ba e cot . i
rosin
barrels TsV 77
mtlne. :: . V c fcnslsSS J
turpentine.
pradej .
pasxa . apirlls turpentine r Pi
A A.
turpentine. -vwa
Schooner Minnie wj
it
is a
In Everything!
Guaranteed 100 Per Cent. Purn
v .uio io putting it miffhtv o.
butitisneveithelS8tr0Dft
ug.
Be Wise in Your Economy.
Don't be deceived by the n,
" - ment that it costs
yonrbiiUdingwith inferior S'
nlterated paint, because the pjnt
r costs less per gallon. F 5
i Sold and guaranteed by
The Coal, Cement and Supply Co,
f r. oole .Distributors,
, dec 19 tf Wilmington, N. C.
To Onr Friends
AND PATRONS, ND
i V: THE GENERAL PUB C.
:: We extend onr hearty good cheer
and . the. Season's Good Greetings "
with our sincere thanku for ,u
liberal patronage bestowed' upon ni
uurmg tne past year.
- We cordially invite you to
F A m
ear uur bnoes
DDring 1903.
Respectfully,
.Same Old
deosstf
Ledgers, Journals,
S- . Cash Books,
:-l- - Letter Books.
emo. Book.
lake and Mucilage,
l Paste and Glue,
-; Letter Boxes and Baiketa.
Pens and Peneili.
Files ofaUkiadi.
I have any thing you need in
jonr office. Write for prices.
TC.De
,l" The Stationer,
ti i .."-': , .
dec 20 tf 107 M.rki.. Ml
Bananas !!
A NICE LOT OF YEL
LOW FRUIT
just received
Can serve you all.
J. W. PLUM WEB, Jr.
deositf
OLD HEWSPAPEEF.
You Can Buv
Old HewsDaoen
in
Quantities to Suit
at the
STAE 0FFICB
Pauer and
Excellent for
Placing Under
' ! Bethel
vrnnAMr AftfldelW'.
1865 1902. XocaMdiaJ"1, oflj
Tlrgtala.. ' Begion nll-eoB
Best
lucre
Id Paint Mif:
4 Eyi t
Place.
OFFICE SUPPLIES
0
Bananas
Ban nj
JV& m Yoa Haw Always Bratft
TT a vnf M!a w academies.
seaports Net
dress THE PHINOIFAW.- ,
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