WILLIAM H. BERNARD.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Friday MoBimre, Jaittjary 30.
BBAEISQ FETJIT.
The coquetting that Boose y el t,
under the tutelage of delegate cor
raller Jim Clarkson and his collabor
ator Postmaster General Payne, has.
been doing with the negroes is be
ginning to bear fruit. It has en
couraged them to become assertive
v and aggressive to the extent of de
manding office with threats of ven
geance on the, party and on Boose
velt If they don't receive the recog-;
nitionthe leaders think they are
entitled , to, encouraged them to
such an extent that Roosevelt had
to call some of their leaders into
conference and seek their aid in
checking the rush for office. He .
succeeded in securing their co-operation
and the issuing of an address
which concluded with commending
him to "the affection and confidence
of the race, regardle'ss of party
affiliations."
- , 'That was at a meeting of the
Afro-American Council in Washing
ton on which occasion there were
some oratorical performances, which
were evidently not inspired by Roose
velt, Clarkson or Payne, although
virtually encouraged by them. One
of these speeches was delivered by
J. H. Hayes, negro lawyer, of Rich
mond, associate counsel with John
S.Wise, in an effort to annul the
new constitution of Virginia, which
prescribes qualified suffrage and
thus disfranchises . the bulk of the
negro voters of the State. The sub
stance of this speech is thus reported
by wire:
"There is nothing in Virginia for
the negro but degradation, unless the
negroes make a firm stand, contend
for their rights, and, if necessary, die
for them. I am not an anarchist, and
I don't mean to go out and kill any
body, bat to let somebody else kill
you." This veiled sally provoked loud
I applause and laughter. "In Virginia
yon are 'Jim Grows. You opened
the meeting to-night by singing 'My
Country, Tia of Thee,' but I wonder
how negroes can sing that song. For
myself, I am a man without a country.
"The time baa come when the negro
must fight, not theoretically, not in
tellectually ; but fight with his hands.
The disfranchisement of the child rea
of Israel in Egypt has been followed
later by the disfranchisement in ihe
South."
He then spoke about Moms being
called to lead the Itraelites from their
bondage, and drew attention to the
fact that slavery for .400 years had
made them cowards, so' that they were
obliged to turn back, drawing a paral
lel to the case of the negro in America.
"A second time the children of God
arose. This time they had the leader
ship of Joshua, and when they went
forth from the land of their bondage.
they did not go meekly, but carried the
sword in one hand and the torch in the
other. In this country a second gen
eration has grown up in the forty
years since the war. The Atlanta Con
stitution' has threatened us with the
Ku-Klux If the growth of Federal ap
pointments in the South continues. J
make the prediction that when the
Southern people start to Ku kluxing
this time, they will not have as the ob
jects of their oppression, the same
timid people they Ku-kluxed in the
'60s. . r - -
"Negroes are leaving -the State of
Virginia because of the treatment they
are receiving. What-we want to do
is to start something and keep it up
until the white people stop something.
We dont 'intend to be oppressed any
longer. We don't intend to be crush
ed. I am afraid we are anarchistic,
that we are anarchists, and I give the
warning that if this oppression in the
South continues the negro must resort
to the sword and torch, and that the
Southland will become a land of blood
and desolation.
"I want to make the assertion right
here that we are not going to be dis
franchised in Virginia. It is written
,in the heavens and engraved upon the
stars that the Virginia negro does not
intend to submit to disfranchisement
We are told, 'Let the negro obtain
education and wealth if he would gain
the political equality which he desires.'
I say that never was a bigger lie ut
tered. The more the negro advances
the more will political rights be denied
him. It Is not the common negro in
the South who is cut off the registra
tion lists. It is not the ditch digger.
It Is the educated negro, the doctor,
the lawyer and preacher who are de
prived unlawfully of political rights
and manhood by the iniquitous consti
tution of Virginia, which cost, half a
million dollars to frame. And I want
to say that by the time we get through
punching holes in the constitution it
will cost the State of Virginia half a
million more.
"It is claimed that the negro' indus
trial schools are the proper lines of
effort for the race. Talk about educa
tion and wealth, and say that they
makeTOtea for the negro. It's a lie.
No, they are destroying votes. Every
negro who puts on a clean collar and
tries to be a man is destroying a vote.
I believe God will take care of us.
And just one word about the, absorp
tion of races, no two people, having
- the same religion and speaking the same
tongue,. living: together,' have ever
been kept apart. - This is well known,
and It is one of the reasons why the
dominant race is crushing out the
strength of the negro in the South."
; f Neither President Boosevelt,' Jim
Clarkson nor H. C. Payne would en
dorse the wild utterances of this in
cendiary speakerrbut they are the
. natural result of the new departure
of this trinity of wire manipulators.
They have been playing the negroes,
the.. negroes took them , to be in
earnest and now some of them' .are
showing a disposition to do some
playing themselves. We have read
a great - many speeches delivered
in the past by negro leaders, North
and South, but for unbridled rabid
ness and deviltry this one caps the
climax, for It must be remembered
that he was talking to an audience
; composed of excitable, easily led
people, nine-tenths , of whom let
.7 others do their thinking and talking.
- As an illustration of the unthinking
character of the mass of the people
"he was addressing, the utterances
that.were the most. 'applauded were
the - most', defiant ..and atrocious.
" those that not only 'hinted at but
- - counselled bloodshed and the torch
and gave the white man' warning
that when the day of blood and the
torch came he would find the negro
no cowering craven, but a deter
mined avenger of his wrongs. t
Unconsciously, perhaps, he with
such a speech was furnishing not
only one of the most powerful argu
ments for negro disfranchisement,
but also for depriving; the negro of
schooling, one of the things he de
plores in his incendiary harangue,
for in his conclusion he boldly de
clared that it was impossible to
keep apart two races dwelling to
gether, having the same religion And
speaking the same language, which
means that aspiring negroes like
Hayes will never be content until
they stand upon the same plane with
the white people, civilly, politically
and socially, misacegenation as, the
achievement of the agitation against
the color line in politics, which is as
far as they now deem it prudent to
go
In this speech he not only exag
g era ted wildly, but he lied as to the
condition of the negroesia tnfl
Southern States,--who . have really
better opportunities for material
betterment than negroes have in the
North, and where over 500,000 of
them own and operate farms worth
in the aggregate more than $200,
000,000. Fortunately for the ne
groes of the country the leaders of
the Hayes stripe are few, bat un
fortunately for them, and for the
country these few receive aid and
encouragement from the political
plotting of the men who have charge
of Theodore Roosevelt's candidacy
for the nomination for the Presi
dency next year.
A REFORMATORY TOR YOUTH
IFUL CRTMTHALB.
The reports from Raleigh say that
the joint committee of the House
and Senate before which is pending
the bill for the establishment of a
reformatory for youthful criminals
will be favorably reported. But
whether it will pass the Legislature
is another question.
For many years . there has been a
growing popular demand for the
establishment of such an institu
tion, a demand which has been
earnestly and strongly supported by
many of the State papers; it has had
behind it the best sentiment of the
State and the earnest appeals of
good women, and yet for some
reason the Legislatures have failed
to respond and youthful criminals
are still sent to jails or to the peni
tentiary to consort with the old and
hardened criminals, when they might
as well be sent to hell at once.
The need of and the benefit such
an institution would be is generally
admitted, and the only reason wo
have , heard assigned for not estab
lishing it is the cost, an argument
which would be as good against the
establishment of a penitentiary, a
hospital, an insane asylum, or water
works and a fire department in our
cities. Of course it would cost
something, everything the State or
a community does costs something,
but it might be pertinently asked
if the want of such an institution
does not cost the State more than
its support would.
If the object of punishment for
crime be to reform the criminal, if
possible, as well as to deter others
from crime, wouldn't it be better
and cheaper to do the work of re
forming before the criminal became
a graduate in vice, and thoroughly
wedded to it? There are many of
these youths convicted and sen
tenced for their first offence, com
mitted in folly or under the leader
ship of older criminals, and yet
while there is hope of saving they
are doomed to association with har
dened convicts and to feel that the
world is against them; that they are
outcasts and that therefore theirs
must be the fellowship of criminals.
Deserted, turned over to the com
panionship of the rile, it is natural
that they should feel that way. ,
This is all wrong, it u cruel and
heartless and even the dollar argu
ment does not give it respectability.
Thirty-five States in the Union have
said so, for they all have such re
formatories, and so should North
Carolina.' ' l
One of the speakers at the recent
meeting of the American Lire Stock
Association inKansasrCity said
there are now about 400,000 Angora
goats in this country. The product
of hair last year was about 1,000,000
pounds, only one-fifth of the amount
our mills consume, . so that there is
no immediate danger of overdoing
the mohair business. . . j
That fellow Doblin, who confess
ed that he lied4n his . testimony be
fore the House Committee on Naval
Affairs in the alleged bribery case,of
Congressman Lessler, member of
the Committee, said he didn't know
it was' against the law to swear to a
lie Wore a House Committee. . The
proper place for a fellow ike that is
in a penitentiary. ' "
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ANOTHER DRAIH
The following paragraph is clip
ped from the Tarboro Southerner:
-Dealers in l bones'? and mules say
thatthn aalea this season bare been
larMP than in riff hi Or ten years. The
territory fuoplied fs much larger also
than in many years. Ills not an unu
sual sight to see farmer from other
counties here for the purpose of pur
chasing mules w horses, though gen
erslly the former. -
Horses and mules are necessary
parts of farm equipment. .The
farmer' must have them. If he does
not raise them he must buy them,
and if i they are not raised in his
section he must buy them from
some one whose business it is to sup
niv ttiA ftamAnd bv bringing them
f-j -
in from other sections.
Since the price has gone up it
takes the profit on a pretty large
crop of cotton to pay for a pair of
mules or horses, and we can't see
any good reason why the zarmer
should; year after year, as is the
case in North Carolina, be putting
the profits of a crop in, jnules that
Ihe caa-cafes Juafaa well as the farm-
ren jn: the States they are brought
from.
The farmer who raises them makes
money 1 when he sells - them to the
trader, the trader makes money when
he sells them to the North Carolina
farmer and the North Carolina
farmer1 pays the profit that each
makes when he could save it by
raising his own stock, be independ
ent and not only have work animals
enough for his own requirements
but some to sell to his less level
headed neighbors who pay their
money for stock imported from
other States.
The farmers of this State could if
they would raise not only all the
horses and mules they need
some to sell, and it would be
wads of money in their pockets.
bnt
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SPIRITS TURPKNTINfc.
Fayette ville Observer: Mr. Wm.
Maxwell, a prominent farmer of this
county, died at hln home near Sled
man Sunday afternoon of pneumonia.
Greensboro Record: Chairman
P. EL Hanes, of the Forsyth board of
county commissioners. Jaaa contracted
with the management of the State
Gnltentiary for sixty convicts to be
sent to Forsyth at an early date to
work on the public roads of that
eounty:i
Goldsboro Readliaht: In the
Superior Court last Thursday Mrs,
PennfePate was given a $300 verdict
against Mr. James L. Dickinson for
ailing liquor to her husband. Barna
Pate, oa the rround that he is a ha
bitual drunkard. Alike action brought
against r A. B. Raiford ft Co., before
another jury, gave the woman $187.60
damas-es. In both casea the defend
ants failed to appear, each claiming
that no summons was served on them.
Goldsboro Argus: The .mar
riage or Mr. A. H. Humphrey, of Ibis
city, aged S3 years, to Mrs. Sarah
Jane Caldwell, of Sampson county,
aged IS years, was solemnised at the
home of the groom here Wednesday
afternoon. Rev. C A. Jenkins, paitor
of the Goldsboro Baptist church,
officiating. The bride came up on the
noon train Wednesday from Sampson
and was met at the depot by the smil
ing groom and driven to his home,
where they awaited the arrival of tbe
minister and the hour of the ceremony.
Winston Journal: Three men
held up the Winston-Mooresville
freight, doe to leave here about 10
o'clock at night, on . Monday night
about three miles this side of Mocks
ville. Three torpedoes were placed on
the track and the engineer promptly
stopped the train. Three men climbed
on a freight car and the train pulled
out. Just on the other side of Mocks-
ville more torpedoes . were placed on
the track, i but the engineer seeing a
man on the track opened the throttle
and ran past The men left the train
at Barber's Junction and started
through an open fields It Is thought
that they were the Mocksville bank
robbers...
Tarboro Southerner: un a basis
of 31.000 bales of cotton raised in this
county last year the value of the cot
ton seed la bo insignificant .item.
After allowing 80,000 bushels for seed
there would remain to be soia, or ex
changed for meal or hulls, about M0,-
000 bushels, wnien at tne present
prices are worth $165,000 or more.
This Is what these seed were worth to
the farmers. If the oil were extracted
from all it would be worth $100,000
and the meal as much more. . These
firurea are of course approximate, but
they show that the cotton seed and their
products are worth to this county over
$300,000. Were this oil manufactured
into lard - and other products before
leaving the county the yalue thereof
would be greatly increased, xne resi
duum from refining would make tbe
soap of commerce.
Winston Sentinel: Residents
in the neighborhood of St. Paul's
Episcopal church were awakened early
Tuesday morning by, the report of a
pistol, investigation reveaiea tne iact
that a young lady employee of the
Shamrock Knitting Hill had shot a
negro, who had accosted her. On
sever! occasions she had noticed the
nsgroat the point and being suspici
ous of him, she . notified the officers.
They were on the scene several morn
ings, but the negro did not appear.
The young woman had armed herself,
however, and this morning the negro
walked up to ber and caught her by
the arm. She fired several shots at tbe
negro, who began - running; when he
saw she was armed. It la not known
whether any . shots took effect. It Is
hoped the negro, will be captured.
Miss Lottie Greer is the name of the
name of the young lady who so pluck-
ily defended herself. , i
. .DSaMStl TrSBtlM.
It is exceptional to find a family
where there are no domestio ruptures
occasionally, but these can be lessened
by having Dr. King's New Life Pills
around. Much trouble they save by
their great work In Stomach and Liver
troubles. They not only relieve you,
but cure.' Only 25c at R. R. Bella
my's drug store. f .
rot wTtrtmrTMri
Mas. WnraxoWB SooTHord Btbot has
been 'used for over sixty years br mil
lions .of mother for , their children
while teetSkig with perfect success.
It soothes the child, soften the Brums.
and allays all pain; cures wind colic,,
and is the best remedy, for diarrhoea.
It will relieve, the poor little sufferer
Immediately. " Sold by druggists In
every part of to woriov . Twenty-fire
cents a bottle. Bo sure and ask for
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup,'
and take no other kind.' i
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Baa to H Kind .Yob Haw Always Bosgif
BlgTutmia
REAL EUJOYttEXTr.
The woman who reads this will tinder
stand to the full what Mrs.' Tipton meant
when she says : "I am 'enjoying good
health.'' Ittaices.
a person who has
been' m a'd e
wretched by sick
ness t o under
stand the joy of
health..
There are "very
many women who
suffer as did Mrs.
Tipton, who might
!xriinMl A 4 she
was by the use of t
vorite Prescrip
tion. I. It estab
lishes regularity
dries tne
which, we
women. Heals m-
n animation ana . ulceration, and cures
female weakness." It makes weak women
strong, sick women well.
It is with steasare I tccommead Sr. 'Pieraa,a
medicine," writes Mrs. Nora Tipton, of Cropper
ljropper Bcauonj, sneinjr Co., Kentucky. You
remember mv caae was one of female weakness
and weak lungs. . I had no appetite and would
otten spit Diooa ; was connned to my bed almost
half of the time and could hardlr stand on mv
feet at times for the pains through my whole
Doajr ana system, my nusoana nsa to pay large
doctor bills for me, but since I have taken four
bottles or Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov
ery, four of ' Favorite Prescription ' and three
vials of ' Pleasant Pellets' we haven't paid any
more doctor bills. It had been seven months
since I stopped using- Dr. Pierce's medicines and
I have been enjoying- good health all th time.
I can never praise these medicines too highly,
for I have received so much benefit. I pray that
many who safier as I did will take Dr. Pierce's
medicines. I am sure they will never fail to
cure when given a fair trial. . Everybody tells
me I look better than they ever saw me. I am
sure I feel better than I ever did before.
"Favorite Prescription" has the testi
mony of thousands of women to its com
plete cure of womanly diseases. " Do not
accept an unknown and unproved sub
stitute in its place. ' . -
Dr. Piercers Pleasant Pellets are a
ladies' laxative. No other medicine
equals them for gentleness and thorough
ness. CURRENT COMMENT
Signor Marconi is arranging
to cover a stretch of 6,000 miles
with his wireless telegraphy. At
this rate of pi ogress, he may be able
In a lew years to overcome the dis
tance between Speaker Henderson
of the House of Representatives and
Governor Cummins of Iowa. Nor
folk Landmark, Bern.
President Koosevelt sent the
names of thirtv-nine persons to the
Senate last Friday for appointments
as postmasters in Northern and
Western States. There was not a
negro in the lot, we believe: cer
tainly there was not a negro woman
among the favorites of the Presi
dent. "The door oi opportunity
is closed to the negroes only in tne
North. LouxsvxUe uburter-Journal,
Dem.
- The negro employes of the
New York Union League Club are
rsiti'nir a fnnil in snAnd with the
lawyers who are making a specialty
a . . sw e-r a
oi testing tne new v lrgmia consti
tution. Perhaps it might be well
for them to save their money. They
may need it, as the sentiment in
favor of employing only white ser-
x .1.:. - l : P...V1!...
nrsranizatfon is hv no means dead.
It is liable to crop out again at any
. vrr t i -n.-M T J
lime. rrasmnffwn Jrust, xnu.
The Southern railroads have
long needed additions to their roll
ing stock, but found it impossible
In most cases to place orders except
on a long time limit. The same
complaint has been heard on the
street car lines. - The truth is that
the volume of business in this sec
tion for the past fire years has out
grown an ' facilities prepared, and
the general demand has been sucn
that production could not keep pace
with our needs. Jven high protec
tion has not availed to spur produc
tion into an even pace with our in
dustrial progress perhaps another
policy might have secured better
results. When a Florida road is com
pelled to bny steel rails in Liverpool
something must.be wrong. jock
sonviUe Times- Unxon, Dem.
TWINKLINGS
'Being a theatrical manager
comes natural to him." "Yes; he was
born :wlth a cast in hlsT ere." PhiL
Jiuuettn.
Foreigner What do you mean
by "land poor P American Just what
you mean by "title poor." Detroit
Jrree trees.
"Is it a problem play?" "Yes,
Everybody wonders how the leading
lady gets into that third-act dress."
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
George Its no use fighting the
coaldealers. Mrs. Uoorge- No; the
thing for you to do Is to say nothing
ana saw wooa letrott jrree treat.
Housemaid I overheard the
Missis tellin' a caller the other day
that I was "no good." Butler Wei),
Isn't that what listeners generally hear
or themselves. Chicago Tribune.
Judge I see yon lost a couple
of front teeth in the fight. Prisoner-
No, your honor, I didn't lose them.
Judge But they are mlsdnr. Pris
onerYes. but I swallowed them.
Puck.
"I am sorry to hare to refuse
this," said the head of the publishing
house. "It would be too risky. -There
are subjects that can't be dealt with in
books." "They can on the stage, by
Jove 1" replied the author, fiercely.
'Til make a society drama of it"
Chicago Tribune.
. "Are you sure the course : is
clear!" she whispered, sliding down to
the arms of her lover. "Yes 1" he re
sponded. I succeeded In boring a
hole In the waterplpe.. Your father
has discovered it. and will keen his
finger over the hole until tbe plumber
arrives. Come!" Philadelphia Press.
Insurance Adjuster Don't . you
think you hare placed a rather high
estimate upon the articles , destroyed I
xour total is fizuu. now, rm pretty
well convinced the entire lot could be
duplicated for less than a quarter of
mat sum. .rouricvnoiaer x sravevou
jent what the things cost, not a cent
more, i bought them ail at our last
church fair. Boston Transcript
.. : LMamatrea la Xadla. -.- i ;
. Twenty-eight languages are spoken
In India and none of these Is spoken
by fewer, than 400,000 persons,, while
tbe most general Is the mother tongue
of 85,500,000. Besides these there are
in the remotest parts of the country
dialects spoken by no more than 600
personsvwhlch none other than them
ielVee ' eaxr Interpret India nas' nine
great creeds, numbering-thelrfollowers
from the 08,000.000 Hindoos down to
the 950,000 Anlmlstlcs and tbe ln
numerable sects Included In the 43,000.
"othera." ... .-. . . " - : ; ;
; Bdmetlmes a man's neighbors considV
... - vmiuc un uiaisia
on managing his own afi!airs.-C!hlcago
News"r. v -. -v.-- T.I
3reat- Britain imports" one-third of
her food. -
drains, t Tmf!
akenl &xEa
sbsmii s i n I SI
HREE SUCCESSIVE
EMOTIONS
' -c. : Original. '
When' I secured a contract on. one, of
the largest railroads in India, I took
my wife and little daughter with me
and established them in a bungalow
c on the line. I was away all day; some
times for days together,, but I left
plenty; of servants at the bouse and
'felt no' concern as to the safety of my
. family. My wife, who was troubled
with insomnia, slept alone, and our lit
tle girl, seven years old, - slept in a
: room with me. In that hot climate it
is impossible to keep the doors and
windows closed, and when I came in
I late at night I had no trouble In enter
ing. . ...
One night 1 went home and, finding
: the door closed, climbed into my room
through on open window. As I did
not care to waken Eosle, who slept In
a crib In one corner, I took off my
shoes before entering and stepped
noiselessly. Undressing with the same
caution,"! got into bed and was soon
asleep. t . .
I was awakened by , a- low growl.
Thinking that my big dog Bruin had
come' into the room, Iwas about to
get, up and put him out' when I was
startled by another growl, unlike that
of a dog, but strangely resembling
some one of the wild animals with
which the country abounds. But what
sent a thrill of horror through me was
that it came from Bosie's crib, f
The chamber door opened near my
bed that is, it opened toward,, me In
stead of away from me. Here : was
a possible exit for me, If Indeed I gave
up my child for lost and chose to make
an attempt to save my own life. -1
might slip out of bed and through the
door. It is said that self preservation
is the first law of nature, and I confess
I practically illustrated the saying.
Catching sight of two glaring eyes in
the corner In which the crib stood, I
lost consciousness of all but one thing
my own Immediate threatened death.
Springing from the bed, I pulled open
the door, which fortunately stood
slightly ajar, slipped through and pull
ed it shut behind me. . At tbe same In
stant I beard tbe sound of a heavy
body striking against it and a terrible
growl, which I now recognised as that
of the man eater (the tiger) or India.
There was nothing to do but bold
the door. True, tbe tiger would not
unlatch it but I did not care to take
even the most remote chance of letting
him Into that portion of the house oc
cupied by my wife and the servants.
There was a transom above, and very
soon glass shattered by the tiger's paw
fell on my head. Looking up, I saw
his nose protruding, but fortunately.
the space was too small to pass him.
Realizing the fact he abandoned this
point of egress, and I. beard tbe thud
of his fore paws on the floor. I ex
pected he would go out at tbe window.
but he did not seem Inclined to do so.
Hearing a step behind me, I turned,
and there stood my wife In her night
clothes. "Rosier I moaned.
"What of her 7'
"Lost"
Without a word the mother sank in
a swoon.
Now comes a. surprise In my story,
for which, whenever I think of it I
lift my eyes to neaven and utter a
"Thank God!" Bosie herself came run
ning along the hallway. A few hasty
questions and answers explained her
presence. She had heard low growls
from the tiger under tbe window be
fore he entered and. terrified, fled to
her mother's room and got into bed
beside ber without awakening her.
Then came servants, but so great Is
the terror of tbe man eater among the
natives that when I explained that I
had left one in my room most of them
fled. My. wife revived, saw her daugh
ter' and swooned again, this time
through excess of joy.
One feeling now took possession of
me, a' desire to have the blood of the
creature that had so terrified me, that
might have killed my child. . Directing
the servants to take my wife and
daughter to their sleeping room and
lock them In, I called for my repeating
rifle and, going Into the yard, took po
sition near the window through which
tbe tiger had entered. There was no
sign of him, and I feared he had gone,
when I saw a bit of yellow, fur above
the windsw silL - It was the ridge of
his back. I should have waited till be
put his paws on the sill preparatory to
Jumping through the window, but I
.could not brook the delay. I called td
the servants to bring me something on
which to stand so that I could see Into
the room, but none of them dared ap
proach. Finally one braver than the
rest threw me a box. Taking It to
within a few yards of the window, I
mounted it in time to see tbe beast put
his fore paws on Rosie's crib and In
this elevated position stand looking
about him. There was no time to
spare. He would soon see me and
come for me. I have never before or
since known tbe perfect poise of nerve
with which I-polnted my- rifle at him,
aimed behind the shoulder and fired.
The tiger sprang to the ceiling, then
fell back dead. -
What has since puzzled meare my
own changes and feelings, 'first horror
at tbe supposed fate of my child, next
tbe all pervading sense of my own dan
ger and lastly fear giving place to a
desire for revenge. The most pleasura?
ble sensation I have ever experienced
was the sight of the beast springing up
and falling dead. I dislike to think
that at tbe bottom of. us nature has lm-.
planted the same brutal instinct rage,
as that given to the tiger. Nevertheless
I have his skin, which I use for a rug
anl never step on it without a sensa
tion of joy.
WILLIS STEPHENSON. ;
W1LM1NQTON DISTRICT.
B. B. Jomr, P. E., Wilmington, N. O,
Clinton, Clinton, Jan. 80.
Kenansville, Friendship, Jan. 31,
Feb.1. - . .' , j
- Bladen, Bethlehem, Feb. 7, 8.
' Elizabeth, Elizabethtown, Feb. 9. -
- Carver's Creek, Council Station
Feb. 10.
Onalow, Queen's Creek, Feb. 14. 15.
Jacksonville and Bichlands, Half
Moon, Feb. 21, 23. - : .
Missionary Institute will be held at
Grace church Feb. 4th and 5th, 1908.
Lttstrict conference - will meet - at
Jacksonville Tuesday Mar. 17th. at S
o'clock P. M. and continue: through
the 18th and 19th. 1908.
h
TrtsA cosiesal it. ' ' "
TtV i nlil linn-nf "mnmU will
out," only In this case there's no crime.
A woman fMli -ran rinsrn h hutk.
ache or dyspepsia and think's it's noth
ing and tries to hide it until she final
ly oreaxs aown. ; jjon't aeceive your
self. Tas-A TT.Iiti4irRHtm st rniM - T
has a reputation for curing Stomach,
fswtwff w WAn wrtinljn erwvf Anra fham WAia
W V J J W IIVW as J tWIlll Sal WW WAS St
forms of those maladies will quickly
yield to the curs tire powers of Electric
Bitters. Only 50 cents, and guaranteed
oj aCw jlDs nKi jsAMiy MwjCgigi , - t t -
T
SKIN -TORTURED
BABIES
. - - .r- . . '
And Tired, Fretted
Mothers
Rnd Comfort in Cuticura Soap
and Ointment
When All Other Remedies and
Physicians fail.
'Instant relief and refreshing sleep
for skin-tortured babies and rest for
tired, worried mothers in warm baths
with Cuticura Soap, and gentle anoiut
ings with Cuticura Ointment, purest of
emollient skin curesto be followed in
severe cases by mild doses of Cuticura
Resolvent Pills. - This is the purest,
sweetest, most speedy, permanent and
economical treatment for torturing,
disfiguring, itching, burning, bleeding,
scaly, crusted and pimply skin and
scaly humours, with loss of hair, of in
fants and children, as well as adults,
and Is sure to succeed when all other
remedies and the best physicians fail.
The agonizing itching and burning
of the skin, as in eczema; the frightful
scaling, as in psoriasis ; tbe loss of hair
and crusting of the scalp, as in scalled
head; the facial disfigurement, as in
pimples and ringworm ; the awful suf
fering of infants, and anxiety of worn
out parents, as in milk crust, tetter and
salt rheum, all demand a remedy of
almost superhuman virtues to success
fully cope with them. That Cuticura
Soap, Ointment and Pills are -. such
stands proven beyond all doubt. No
statement is made regarding them that
is not justified by the strongest evi
dence. The purity and sweetness, the
power to afford immediate relief, the
certainty . of speedy and permanent
cure, the absolute safety and great
economy have made them the standard
skin cures and numour remedies of the
civilized world.
HEAVY MATERIALS.
Slfeeliae Coverts Bo tide Cloth and
Frleaea.
There is a decided fancy for white
cloth and white fur coats. In fact'
White Is decidedly the rage, while very
smart women are as usual addicted to
black and white. ;
For coats and ' skirts the zibeline
covert coatings are greatly to be com-
SBESS FOB A BCHOOLGIKL.
mended In terra cotta shades. French
blues, greens, reds, browns and fawns
all having a hairy surface, the boucle
sedan cloth, in green, blue and red and
fancy xlbeline striped materials all
make up well.
Irish friezes In some ten different
shades are to be found among tbe fa
vorite autumn materials,-together with
granite suitings, friezes and cheviots.
Charming' robes come in green, blue
and black panne cloth. These are all
ready for appliquing with chine panne-
outlined with black glace in a floral de
sign. The 'schoolgirrs dress shown is of
royal blue cloth. The waist has full
sleeves decorated with tiny gilt but
tons. The collar is of all over tucking
appliqued with lace medallions. The
front is of the same color as the me
dallions a deep cream. The belt is of
blue velvet The front of the skirt 18
in narrow plaits, and there are groups
of tucks on the hips; There is a nar
row band of stitching around the bot
tom. JUDIO CHOLLBT.
. Am Oblljrlms--Caller.
When M. Clemenceau was in the
French chamber of "deputies, be be
came for some 'reason the Idol of the
workingman, but - his popularity, ac
cording to the course of -nature, brought
Its penalties. He was qcsieged by all
sorts of ; people, who came r merely to
ask- questions, and-, sometimes they
were questions of the most trivial sort
Be was originally a doctor and used
to give advice for nothing af .certain
hours pf the day. One mprnlng a workingman-entered
bis room, and Clemen
peau said without looking up from his
Writing: '.
' "Take' off , your coat and shirt - I'll
attend to you directly." " I
Three' minutes later ; be found "the
man- bad stripped to the waist . J
There is nothing the matter with
you," said "the doctor when be bad
made an examination.
"I know there Isn't 1" returned the
man. 7 - .
Then what did you come for 7"
"To consult yon on a political ques
tion." : - - . :
"But what did-you strip forr
"I thought yon .wanted an illustra
tion of the emaciated body of the man
who fives by the sweat of bis brow." :
2 Ths polltlcal.'question' remained Un
answered. ; M. Clemenceau was too el
asperated to do more than tell the' man
to dress and go borne. .7 " :
:-?.:. Paper From Seaweed.
: An Invention has Just been complet
ed . by . Professor C B.. Anthony, ' San
Diego, Cat, 'by which the immense
kelp beds of tbe ocean are to be utiliz
ed in the manufacture of paper. : The
Invention consists of taking the sea.
weed and-formiflg It lnto a pulp, from
which 'paper of the finest quallty .can
be manufactured, ' equal even to the
finest linen paper,- whlgh, though a
product of the chemist's laboratory, it
greatly resembles. -
The Knil! Yon Maw Always BmijM-
I
Q 1
COMMERCIAL.
WILMINGTON MARKET
TOnoted officially at the closing hy the Chamber
of Commerce. 1 v .
: ' STAB OFFICE, January 29.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
firm at 61c per gallon.
ROSIN Market firm at $1.70 per
barrel for strained and $1,75 per barrel
for good strained. r 1 - '
TAB Market firm at $1.60 per bar
rel of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE liarkat
firm at $3.25 per barrel for hard, $3.T5
for dip. 7 )T f i
Quotations same day last year
Spirits turpentine firm at 4342c;
rosin firm at &L10j$l.lff; tar! firm, at;
$125' crude turpentine firm at $1.35
2.50.. 7 - : 77 7' :.
'-7 ,; RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine. . . 20
Rosin 276
Tar.v,.... I 886
Crude turpentine............... 14
Receipts sameday-last year 11
casks spirits turpentine, 730 barrels
rosin, 324 barrels tar, 199 barrels crude
turpentine.
OOTTOH.
Market firm on a basis of 8c per
pound for middling.- Quotations:
Ordinary..... 6H cts.tt
Good ordinary.. ..... 7H " Xt
Low middling.... ... 8 V " "
Middling... 8J "
Good middling...... 9H " "
Same day last year, market steady
at 7c for middling.
Receipts 638 bales; same day last
year, 865.
Corrected Begnlarly by Wilmington Produce
Commission Merchants, prices representing
those paid Tor proauee consigned to Commi
sum JLerenanau
OOUHTBT PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina, firm.
Prime, 67c; extra prime, 72Jc; fan
cy, 75c, per bushel of twenty-eight
pounds Virginia Prime, 60c; extra
prime, 65c; fancy, 70c Spanish (new),
6570c.
CORN Firm; 6567c per bushel
for white.
N. O. BACON Steady ; hams 15
16o per pound; shoulders, 1012.tfc:
sides, 12Kc.
EGGS Dull at 20c per dozen.
CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 25
80c; springs, 1520c.
TURKEYS Firm at 1312c for
live.
BEESWAX Firm at 25c.
TALLOW Firm at 56tfc per
pound.
SWEET POTATOES Dull at 50c
per bushel. '
BEEF CATTLE Firm at 2 4c per
pound.
ISM
FINANCIAL MARKETS
Bt Taleeraoh to the Morning star
New YORK, Jan. 29. Money on
call steady: lowest S3f per cent., high
est 4, ruling rate 3, last 3", and
closing at 3 per cent. 1 time raon-?
firmer: 60 days, 4&5 per cent ; 90
days, 4 5 per cent. ; six months 4
5 per cent - Prime mercantile pa
per 55 per cent. Sterling exchange
easy, with actual business in bank
ers' bills at 486 75 for demand ai.d
at 483.80 for sixty days. Tbe posted
rates were 484 X and 457 tf. Com
mercial bills 483483X- Bar silver
47. Mexican dollars 37)4. Govern
ment bonds steady. State bonds steady t
Railroad bonds were irregular. U. 8.
funding 2's, registered, 109; U. 8
refunding 2's, coupon, 109; U. S.
3's, registered, 107; do. coupon, 107f ;
D. 8. 4 new registered, 1S4; do.
coupon, 136X; U. 8. 4's, old, regis
tered, 110; do. coupon, 110; U. B.
BPs, registered, 103; do. coupon.
104M; Southern Railway, 5's, 117
Stocks: Baltimore & Ohio 101 X
Chesapeake fc Ohio 52 X; Manhat
tan L 145; New York Central
151 if; Reading 61 H: da 1st preferred
87jtf ; do. 2nd preferred 74 X ; St. Paul
177K ; do. prerd, 192i Southern Rail
way S55K; do. pref'd 95; Amal
gamated Copper 66?4 : People's Gas
106K; Sugar 129X; Tennessee- Goal
and Iron 63 H: U. ri. Leather 12 ; do.
prefd. 89 Hi Western Union 90; U. S.
8teel 87fc; da prefd 87; Virginia
Carolina Chemical 69; no sales: do.
preferred, 121: sales common.
Standard OiL 7357S8.
Baltimore, Jan. 29 Seaboard Air
Line, common, 26KQ26tf ; da prefer
red, bonds. 23k43X; fours. 835C
Atlantic Coast Line, common 135J
136; da preferred, unquoted.
NAVAL STORES MARKETS
Bv Telegraph to tba Morning star.
New YORK, Jan. 29 -Rosin firm.
Spirits turpentine firm at 64X65c
asked.
OHARLESTOjr, Jan. 29. Spirits tur
pentine firm at 60c bid ; sales cask
Rosin firm ales casks : A. B,C, $1 70 ;
D. $1 70; E, $1 70: F. $1 75 G.tl 85 ;B.
$210;I, $2 45:K, $2 85; M, $3 SO; N,
3 50; W G, $3 85; W W $415.
SaYaJTSAH, Jan 29. Spirits turpen
tine firm at 61Jc bid: receipts 315
casks ; sales .106 casks ; exports 205
casks. Rosin firm; receipts 2.632 bar:
rels; sales 2,366 barrels; exports 507
barrels. Uuote: A, B, G, $1 75. D, $1 75,
E, $1 75; F, $1 80; G, $1 90; H, $2 20,
L$2 65;K$3 05; M. $3 65; N. $3 65
W G. $8 80: W W. 14 20
COTTON MARKETS.
By Ttlesroa Mtl Morning Star.
. New York. Jan. 29. The cotton
market optned with prices one point
lower and four points higher and f ol
lowing the call showed little improver
ment, January selling at 9c under?
covering. Tbe Knglisb cables, bowf.
ever, after opening about as expected.
provea atsappoinung, ana m addition
to tbia the recent advance had natural
ly afforded a very considerable profit to
the longs. At tbe.beat level of this morn
log these profits proved attractive
and an easier tendency -became appar
ent, underwhich values, sagged down
some two to six. points on the list gen
erally, while January sold oil four
teen points under fear of "0011068,"
closing at 8.80. The market at the
finish was steady, with total sales es
timated at 250.000 bales Throughout
the session there were occasional sbowa
of strength, based on tbe continued
light receipts, which tor the day were
27,79$ bales as compared with 43.000
last year, and tnce was some but in if on
tbe showing made by the various spot
markets of the' country which were
unchanged to I-I60 higher. But while
the news from the South has aver
aged up strongly bullisb.the trablie de
clined to continue buying at the higher
prices on tne ground that after so pro-longed-aivancs
Sr-retction was
natural, and in.ihe.af ternoon the mar
ket was quiet, with the trading very
largely professional. The decline in
January was the feature and was
tbougbt to Indicate the final covering
of the short interest in that option. ,
New York, Jan. 29. Cotton quiet
at 9 05c; net receipts 615 bales; gross
receipts 2 553 bales; stock bales.
. Spot cotton closed quiet; middling
uplands 9.05e; middling - gulf . 9.80c:
sales 1,700 bales. i
FataresopeaedrStesdy and closed
steady. Theilodng quotations were:
January 8.80, 1 February 8.81, March
a85, April a88, May a91r June &89,
July a90, August 8.63, September a25,
October 8.ia "
.Total today, at all aeaports-Net re
celpts 27,796 bles; exports to Great
Britain 20. 479. bales; exports to France
9,850 bales; exports to ihe Continent
20,081 bales; stock 1,030,943 bales.
Consolidated, at all seaports Net
Total dnca RAnbrnh.. ,
seaports Net receipts 5,817,292 i.
exports toGreatBriUin 1 816 Sfr
exports to France 525,106 baie.
to thto Continent 1.897,260 baleV
Jan. 29. Galveston, firmat8n,.k
net ; receipts 5.566 bai.. xtaH
s, net receipts 1,192
nominal 9. ,3 : ;
vuawu, surras f nh
receints 1.564 hai.- :
t18c.ne rllts 638 bales Sj :
adelnhia. auiet at Q ROf atw;H
oaies; oavannan, nrm at 8 ll lg,
receipU 4.848 bales; New Orl;?C
firm at 8c, net receipts 8 248 1 '
Mobile, quiet at 8c, net reeS&
bales; Memphis, firm at 8 ?'
receipts 1.705 bales: Anvnaf. U
at 8 9-16,net receipts 644 bales ; bh '
jon, steauy, at B?c, net receipt! K
bales. .
PRODUCE MARKETS
By Telesraoh to the MorninK su,
New foRK, Jan. 29. Flour h
quiet but steadier. Rye flour tteu.
Wheat 8pot steady ; No. 2 red 8lv
Options closed firm at &Mc net
vance. Sales: March closed 83W- v
closed c ; July closed 791$c Oori,
opot sieaay; jno z seezc afloat n,
tions closed XHc net higher, ck
log: January closed c; Pebruih
closed 60c. March elosed 57c u.:
closed 60c; July closed 49.3. Oat,;
Spot steady; No. 2, 43c. Options
steady. Hales: May closed 41 1,
Pork firm. Tallow aaiet Eicb fif.
Butter firm: extra creamery 26c; 8
dairy ia25c. Cheese firm new Sta
full cream, small colored, fancy f - i
made 14Kc;small white, fall made.Hj, '
14K. Coflfee 8pi4 Rio qait. Buki
Kw weak; fair refining 3Xc, cen
tnfugal, 96 test, 3 1 16c; molu,
sugar 3s; refined dull. Peanuts vary'
asy; fancy hand picked 4jjft
oih-r domestic Si)ie Cabbafs,v
domestic, per barrel red $1 00 1$ ; ;
white 60 75. Freig bU to Liverpool
cotton by steam 12c. Knem eu
-iaie and Pennsylvania average b&
2428c Cotton seed oil was dui
again but held steadily at otd price,
Prime crude here nominal; prig..
crude f. o. b. mills 8434c; prm,
summer yellow 40 41c; off summei
yellow 39c; prime white 45c; prim
winter yellow 45c ; prime me.l t27S0e
28 00, nominal.
CHICAGO, Jan. 29 Wheat wasquin
and exceedingly nervous, but ut
close was strong with My bthr
May com was up f J c a h m
f-s higher. Provu.i i.a -r- fi m Vlt
products closing with a gaiu o(710
12fc15c
Jan. 29. ash urc :
Flour steadier. Wh-t No. 2 sprig
77c; No 3 spring 7272C; No 1 nc '
73744c Corn No 2 45c. N J
yellow 45c Oat No 2 33c Nn. i
white 37c; No. 3 white 3iH844c
Rye No 2 4949Jfc Mess p..r8)
barrel,$16751687ji. Lard,per 7
$10 1510 20. dbon rib side-, ,0- , $9 05
9 15 Dry salted shoulder , boi.., ,
$8 258 50. Short cJearsid , box
9 37X9 62 Whiskey bm m
high wines, $1 30.
The leading futures ranget .
lows opening, highest,' low?" -closincr:
Wheat No. 2 January 74 J( .
7iH. 73?,. 74 ; May 7878, 78Ji,
TIH, 77Hc; Jaly 74H7ii, 7t,
74H 75Ji& Corn No 2, Jatusry 45.
46, 45X, 45; May 4444 45J.
44&, 45c; July 43K43i , 43, 43,
43c. Oats No 2, January 33c;
May 36X&38H 36X, SU, 3639X; -July
Z2ji, 8233, 325aV32et
pork, per bbl January $18 '30, 18 80,
18 25, 1825; May $16 67X, 16 75, 16 85,
16 70; July $16 35; 16 35, 16 30, 16 35.
Lard, per 100 Bis. Janua y f 10 22,
10 22, 10 20, 10 20; May $9 52. 9 65,
9 50, 9 55; July 19 32, 9 35, 9 32,4,
9 35. Short ribs, per lOOtbs Jaiiuar?
$9 02K 9 05. 9 02K, 9 05; May $9 15,
9 20, 9 15, 9 15 ; July $9 05, 9 07,
9 02, 9 07K.
F0REI6N MARKET
Br Oaoie to the at ornlnit 8ia
Liverpool, Jan. 29. Cotton: Spot, 7
good business done; prices fr ur poioti
higher; American middling fair 5.52d;
good middling 5.08d; middling 4.90d;
low middling 4.78d; good ordinary .
4.66d; ordinary 4.54d. The salei of
tbe day were 12,000 bales, of which
2,000 bales were for speculation anil
export and included 11,100 balei
American. Receipts 29,000 bales, in 1
eluding 26,900 bales American.
Futures opened firm and closec
steady; American middling (g 0 c)
January 4.80d; January and Febru
ary 4.80d; February and March 4.80d;
March and April 4.80d; April i
May4.804.81d; Mav and Ju- 4.81
4.82d; June and July 4.81 '
July audi: August 4.81d; Aufcu.i. aid
September 4.71 4.72d; 8' p embt-r bi
October 4.524.63j; OciotKr id S-vembe-
4.Sd.
MARIN
AKR1VK1'
Steamer Highlander, Wmtudj Fj
etteville, T D Love.
jSteamt-r Compton, Sanders, Ul
bash and Little River, S C, Stout,
Rourk & Co.
MARINE MKbCim
List of Veaacla In t h fort of is Umlai
ton, PI. v.y JTaanary 30.
STEAMSU1P0.
Eastry, (Br) 1,924 tone, HnrsfiVid,
Alexander Spruut & Son.
Polana, (Br) 1,898 tons, Holttum, Alex
. ander Sprunt ft 8on. -
SCHOONERS. .
Lillian Woodruff, 288 tons, KneelaDfl",
George Harris, 8on ft Co.
Goldseeker, (Br) 199 tons, Diggdoo, J
T Riley.ft Co.
J C Strawbridge, 758 tons, Coombi,
George Harris, Son ft Co.
James W, (Br) 150 tons, MurcHson,
George Harriss, Son & Co.
Estelle, 843 tons, Hutchenson, George
Harriss, Son ft Co,
Foster Rice, (Br) 179 tons, Brinton,
George Harriss, Son & Co.
Lady She, (Br) 151 ton, mw i
George Harriss, Son & Co. i
BARQUES. I
Freidig: (Nor) 649 tons, Christopher- j
. sen, Heide ft Co.
BY RIVER AND RAIk.
Receipts si Naval Stares and Coit
. Yesterday.
a OL O. Railroad 150 bales cotton, 1
cask spirits turpentine. ' .
,W. ft w. Kauroao 10 vw
ton, 4 casks spirits turpentine, 34 dv
rels tar. ,
W., O. ft A Railroad 405 bales cot-
A O iUai aavklavlf St InvilAnttllA. R Dtf"
rels rosin, 228 barrels tar, 14 barrel!
crude turpentine. " . ,
A. ft x. itaiiroau s casas or
turpentine, 97 barrels rosin, lVT?"
8teamer Whiflock 2 balescottoD, 1
cask snirits turpentine. 60 barrels rosu.
4abarrels tar. t
.Schooner Leab-2.caiks spirits titf
penUne, 88 barrels rosin, 2 barrels W-
Steamer wty or - jrayewevmo-T
bales cotton, 15 barrels tar.
t Flat 91 barrels rosin. . .
1tla ftninntiiitk. S7S Viarrflla TO&
338 barrels . tar, ,14 barrels crude tut-
pontine.
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