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WHOLE NO. 11,074
VOL. LXXI.-NO. 129.
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IN FAVOR OF PILOTS.
NEW
CEVEHUE ACT.
WEVS OF SHIPPING.
LIQUOR ACGDL1ENTS.
TUE SOCIAL WORLD.
LIS
TE
OUTLINES.
Tiro men held up and robbed a ear
load of passengersnear Loa Angeles,
Oal., of caeh and jewelry to the amount
of about $500. , Schooner R. and
T. Hargrayea ran Into and aunk by a
f oar-muted achooner off Little Egg
Harbor; captain and crew were rescued
by a passing steamer. Andrew
Oarnegie propoaea to build a ' "palace
of peace1 at The Hague. The
Preafdent will call an extra session of
the Senate unlets the Panama canal
aad Cuban treaties are ratified at the
present session. Tbe House pass
ed the natal appropriation Dili.
Three men were killed and a number
of others injured, some fatally, by an
explosion in the naval storage maga-
siae at : Fort JaFayotte; ft.-Y.f'
An express train eat through a trolley
rcrowuea wiia uuianaainewui,
J liL L!1.1 i .
, J. ; eight of the children were kill
ed and a score or more injured, fire of
them fatally. - - Schooner Jennie
B. Bell in1 distress waa towed into Nor
folk by the revenue cutter Onondaga.
Schooner Baker. Palmer badly
dmjred in collision with the schooner
Wm. G. Carnegie off Hog Island Mon
day night. The Diamond Shoa la
lightship returned yesterday to her
anchorage off Hatteraa. The ap
plication of J as. H. Tillman for , bail
was refused by Chief Justice Pope of
8outh Carolina."-; New York mark
ets: Money on call steady at 2f3
per cent cotton quiet at 10 05c; flour
was iJnUw heat spot No. 3 red 81 s;
corn spot steady Na 2 60c: oat
spot steady. No. 3 433; rosin firm;
spirits turpentine firm at 64Jc, '
WEATHER REPORT.
U. 8. Dxp't or Aqrioultum, )
Wkatheb Btjriau, V
WnjusoToa, N. CL, Fun.. 19.
Meteorological data for the twenty
four hours ending at 8 P. it.: .
Temperatures: 8 A. M., 29 degree;
3 i. M., 84 degrees; maximum. 44 de
grees; minimum, 29 degrees; mean, 88
degrees. - . -'
Bainfall for the day. .00; , rainfall
since 1st of month to date, 8.85 Inches.
rOEEOABT FOR TO-DAT.;-'
WasmjiaToa, Feb. 19 For North
Carolina: I creasing cloudiness and
warmer Friday, followed by rain in
west portion: Saturday rata and warm
er f reab eaat winds. - -
Port ALaaavn
Pabrvary SO.
3 a a Rise . 6.44 A.M.
8ao SH 6.45 P. M.
Dy'a Length. 11O.00M.
Huh Water at South port. 3.44 P. M.
Hign Water Wilm agton. 5.15 P. M.
Look out now for a movement to
jestablish in Atlanta a plant for the
manufacture of Buddhist idols;
Hasn't4 the esteemed Greenville
Reflector got the Star mixed with
l ima other .luminary on Smoot's
bail wick?
That Vermont couple-who were
married in the middle of the road
didn't look upon marriage as any
one sided affair. -
The fellow who reported the sui
cide of Gen. Uribe-Uribe got
-.juZfaSTTtd with another Uribe who
waan'i equipped with the hyphen
attachment. .
Gen. Milea'is back in this country
after belting the globe. . Boosevelt
and Boot may now proceed to do
some more snubbing the first good
chance they get. V - '
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Empress Dowager of China was re
ported dead a couple weeks ago, she
goes on running the China business
just like she did when she was alive.
The site of the. St. L aula Exposi
tion covers 1,200 acres, or nearly
two square miles, so the sight-seer
will have to cover a good deal of
ground to see all the eights.
A Chicago. dispatch quotes Cap-
a txoXMou'X v. J " .
i HI' Maw t f hat ha YSP1 1 1
write a uovelA "4 deTote himself to
lecturing and e fcating the Amer
can tvomnla lit seams to na that
the Captaintsmapping out a pretty
Digjohtor himself.
The New York Tribune rises to
remark that "The conviction that
the republic needs a navy at least as
strong as that of any other nation,
except Great Britain, appears to be
spreading all over this country."
Bat why except Great Britain? Are
we going lncauoois wnu nerr ; H :.
. v a 'V
A Washington dispatch to the
New York Times, says ."politicians
in Washington are puzzled by the
contradictory aspects of Mr. Boose-
velt's policy in the South.'V The
probabilities are chat when Roose
velt thinks about it, it is somewhat
vf a puzzle to him. n
Ti .Jtsburg man has filed an ap
plication for divorce because his
Hfl aecured, after taking a look at
hat town, she would not live there.
nd has kept her word. There was
too much soot and other disagreeable
stulf.there . to s.uit her ; hence the
divorce suit. 1 .. .. '
Senate Judiciary Committee Re
ported Commerce Chamber
Bill Adversely."
THE VOTE WAS 7 TO 5.
Mlaority Report Will Be Made asd the
' Fight Will' Be Carried Upoa Floor
of the Qeaeral Assenbly The
Speeches Pre and Coa.
Special Star Telegram.
RaXEiaB, N. Q. Feb. 19. The Sen
ate J adiciary Committee decided this
afternoon by a rote of 7 to S to report
unfavorably the Wilmington pilotage
WIL ' - 1
i A number of Tigorous speeches for
and ajcaiaer the blU wmm aaadabefora
thTote was taken. -. " J
Bpsakera agalnat the biU were J. W.
Crair,-1. a Guthrie, i George Bouu
tree and Locke Craig.
Speakers supporting the bUl were U.
a Willard, J. A. Taylor and a M.
Buabee.. ; . ", '
Senators Voting for the favorable re
port were Justice, HcLauehlin, Lon
don, Hicks and Pharr.
Those for unfaTorable renortwere
Travis, GUliam, Webb, Vann, Norris,
weioorn and Holton.
A minoritv farorable resort will be
made in the Senate and the fight will
be waged on without abatement, so aav
the supporters of the bill who claim
aome Senators who voted against a
favorable report assured them after
wards they did so onlv because of
senatorial courtesy to Mr. Bellamy,
wno la ngntiag the bill.
- LOCAL DOTS.
A cablegram received yester
day announces the aafe arrival of the
Rev. Dr. Bibert Strange, on the Medi
terranean.
An emergant communication of
Orient Lodge No. 895, A. P. & A. M.
will be held thia evening at 8 o'clock
for work in the E. A. Degree.
The entertainment which the
ladies hoped to give in the leeture
room of the First Baptist church to
night has been indefinitely postponed.
Isaac Filmore, a colored driver
for Mr. Frank Lamb, waaarreated yes
terday by Police Sergeant G. H. Ward
and fined $5 by the Mayor for fast
driving.
-The Spring poet is due March
lit. Preparatory to that Important
event the Stab office eat is sharpening
his teeth and claws and painting his
eyes a demoniac green. V
At the State Council, Junior
Order of United American Mechanics
at Bigh Point thia week, Past Grand
Conductor W. E. Yopp waa elected
Grand Warden. The next session will
beheld in Oharlotteu
Winston Sentinel: "The Greens
boro Telegram is to be chanced from
an afternoon to a morning paper. Mr.
Haywood, one of the proprietory, de-
aired to make this change, and hia
partner, Mr. Perkins, did not, so the
latter sold out to the former. n. .
fienalt Adjidred Insaae. "
Upon examination by Dr. W. IX
MeUillao, county superintendent of
health, and the affidavits of the two
witnesses re quired. Constable W. B.
8avsge and Jailor B. M. Capps, CoL
Jno. D. Taylor, Clerk of the Superior
Court, yesterday adjudged insane Jim
Williams, the Federal Point , negro,
hermit, and arrangements will be
made for his transfer to the Goldsboro
asylum. Williams says he waa born
and raised in New Hanover county,
but no trace of relatives baa yet been
found bf the authorities.
Real Estate Trsstfers. .
By deeds filed for record yesterday
Co as. AT Holland and wife transferred
to Mrs. J. Frank Maunder for IS.1S0.
house and lot on west side of Fifth, be
tween Ghetbut and Mulberry streets,
83x110 feet in sixe, and Jacob Scott
aad wife transferred ' to Martin
S-'hnlbben for $600, lot within Block
253, bounded by Eighth and MacBae
and Hanover and Campbell streets,
33x63 feet In size.
Tekscce Wareboose Compasy.
By reference lo advertisement in an
other column, it will be seen that bids
are wanted for the 'construction of a
warehouse for the-Wilmington To
bacco Warehouse Company. Plana
and specifications can be had by ap
plying to General Manager J. N. Gib
bons at the Chamber of Commerce.
The bids will be opened at the office of
President W. E. Worth, on Monday,
March 3nd, at noon.
Soiree Will be QiveaTe-aifhL
The annual before-Lent soiree, given
by Miss Cammie Lord to her classes In
dancing, will take place to-night in
Germania Hall, beginning at 8:30
oTelock. The admiislon will be ten
cenU and the features will be a bal
poudre and fancy dances, in which 90
children will take part. - '
Aitl'LIsor Lestae.
Persons interested in the cause of
temperance are aaked not to forget the
meeting in the T. -MCA. audito-.
nam at 8 o'clock to night 1 The liquor
bills pending before the Legislature
will be considered as will also several
other matters.
, . . . , . . . . -NEW
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Notice Bids wanted.
Maaonio-rUeeting Orient Lodge, ;
WUjemy.Under Two Flag.,' -
License for Retail Liquor Dealers
f s Tripledlind Doubled on
I the Wholesalers.
SEVERAL OTHER PROVISIONS.
Will Cost tke Salooa Mea ia Wlbnlsxtoi
$889 Per Year to Do Bnslneir, Pro
vided BUI Passes Some Items
Rednced.Others Iscressed.
Under the 'new revenue bill as re
ported, but not yet acted on by the
Legislature, retail liquor dealers will
be required to pay a license tax of
$300 per year to the State and $300 to
the county, payable half on; the 1st
day of January, and half on the 1st
day of July of each year. -,?rV'":''y'-?
The tax now-paid is $S0O pec ys
to the State and county -an increase
of $400 per lyear, or .triplo what the
State and county taxea now are. The
purchase tax on liquor . dealers re
mainathe same as now, vix :twoper
cent, on the total amduntof purchases
in or out of the State for cash or
credit. The method of payment, i. e.,
on the first daya of January and July
each year, also remains the same.
Should the revenue bill pass in its
present form, the itotal amount of li
cense paid by the retail dealer in Wil
mington will be $889 per year, divided
a follows: State, $300; county, $300;
city, $264 (or $88 per month), and
United States $25. The amount paid
by each retailer now for the privi
lege of doing business in the
city, county, State and United
States is $489; so that it will
ba seen that the bill now pending
is an important item with the dealers,
to aay nothing of the London, Watts,
Murpty, Smith and other bills about
which ao .much ia - being aald in the
General Assembly.
The wholesaler's and rectifier's State
and county tax ia doubled Jn the new
bill. Tlx: $800 for each per year, in
stead of $100 per year as now. The
license tax on malt liquors is also in
creased from $100 to $300 per year to
the State and county.
The other changes in the revenue
bill have been referred to from time to
time In these columns. A new tax of
two per cent, on the gross receipts of
dispensaries is imposed, the aame to
be paid direct to the State Treasurer.
The only change in the merchants'
license tax provision Is the rate which
is made on aalea not exceeding $50,000,
forty cents on each thousand dollars;
on sales over $50,000 and less than
$75,000, thirty cents on each thousand ;
on aalea oyer $75,000 and ' less than
$125,000, twenty-five- cents on. each
thousand, and on sales over $125,000,
twenty cents on each thousand. - --'
The tax upon drugcists selling
liquor ia reduced from $50 to $25 per
year.
Oil tanks of over 500 gallons ca
pacity are taxed $50 per. year instead
of $80, as heretofore and an additional
tax of $5 la imposed upon each Bale and
delivery wagon. Tanks of cotton seed
oil mills are exempt
A new tax of $100 ia imposed on pack
ing companies each in county where
business is carried on.
.Cotton y compresses are taxed $1 for
each thousand bales of cotton com
pressed, instead of the manner hereto
fore. The tax on lightning rod agents goes
up from $80 to $50 in each county.
The tax is reduced from $25 to $15
on horse dealers.
LODGE OF HAYMAKERS ORGANIZED.
Social Degree Addef to Cherokee Tribe of
: Red Mea Officers Elected.
Last night eXJCherokee Tribe Na 9,
LO.R M., aodce of Haymakers (a
higher degree of Redman ship) waa or
ranixed by J. A. Deans, who was
SDecially authorised by National Chief
Haymaker Willits, of Philadelphia,
After organization, the following offi
cers were elected and installed:
Past Chief Haymaker W. H.
Lane.
Chief Haymaker J. B. Coley.
Assistant Chief v Haymaker M.
Marabburn.
Keeper of Straws W. P. Gafford.
' Overseer-J. M. Walton. r
Keeper of Bundles-JW. L. Coble.
Boss Driver Lee Moore.
HoraWower B. L. God bold t. .
Guard of the Barn Door Milton
Pitman. '
Guard of the Hay Loft G. W. Sim
mons. : : " "- ' --'
The number of the degree Is Chero
kee No. 9t.
ANOTHER LARQE THEATRE AUDIENCE.
Mabel Paige Cempaey Cestioaes to Draw
. ; the People Aaaoascemeati.
The usual large audience was i pres
ent at the opening last night to enjoy
the' performance of "The Girl from
the West," by the Mabel Paige Com
pany. The play waa exceedingly well
presented, both astotheycaatand stage
settings, and was greatly appreciated.'
To-night a apleudid - dramatisation
of Ouida'a "Under Two Flags" will be
given. The only matinee of the pres
ent engagement will be to-morrow af
ternoon , and for this performance
tickets will be on sale In the morning
at Plummer'a. The prices will remain
at 10 and 20 cents. " .:-
Fsserai of Dr. Conscell.
A private telegram received yester
day states that the funeral of the late
Dr. Thes. A. OouncelJ, whose death In
Baltimore was noted in these columns
yesterday, will be held at aston, Md.,
on Saturday. The telegram .waa from
Dr. G. Kirby Collier, now of Buffalo,
N. Y., who arrived at Baltimore to ae
company the remains to Easton, " '
British Sterner Sta Huelva to
- WUmingtonv Aground on
Battery IsIandShoal.
THE CARIB'S JEXPERIENCE.
Part ef Her Cargo Damaied ii the Storm.
List Cottoa Vessel la Port Cleared :
for Liverpool.Eflg. Sale of Sea - :
Ulead Staple WedaesdAy. .
Early yesterday afternoon . as the
British steamer Stag, Huelva to Wil
mington, with cargo of pyrites for the
Virginia-Carolina -Chemical Co., waa
coming into) Southport, she grounded
on the point of Battery Island shoal'
The tug Alexander Jones was (along-!
aide at last accounts and she expected 1
toflaat-ia ahort tfigjSkAi iSrAOPJ
v;l however, she had still not- 4oaledT
but those In charge expected to get hen
oft on last night's tide. The "Stag
came off the bar late Wednesday afc
ternoon and was reported in these col-'
umns yesterday morning. She is an
exceedingly handsome little steamer
and was in port here a few months
ago. - It is expected that she will be
floated without damage. -
The arrival of the ateamer Carib, 36
hours over-due, and her terrible expe
rience during Monday night's storm,
waa reported briefly in these columns
yesterday. . She encountered the storm
off Cape Lookout and headed to ses.
The steering gear became disabled and
until it could be temporarily fixed, a
aail was used to steer the vessel. The
Carib's cargo was badly shaken up
and yesterday it was found that much
of it was damaged. There waa one
lady passenger aboard and she went
through the experience remarkably
weD. ; - - -
Two hundred and eighty-eight balea
of sea island cotton, which were
damaged on the ateamer Daventry re
cently, were sold at public outcry at
the Champion Compress Wednesday
afternoon. It waa aold for Oapt. O.
B. Wheldon, of New York, agent of
the underwriters who had the risk of
the cargo and it brought an average
of $36.25 per bale. Messrs. Alexander
Sprunt & Son bought 258 balea of
the lot and Mr. Arnold Borden,'of
Goldsboro, 80 bales.
The British steamer Muriel, Oapt.
Freeman, the last of the cotton steam
era in port to Messrs. Alexsnder
Sprunt & Son, cleared yesterday for
Liverpool with a cargo of 7,515 balea,
valued at $364 000. v Cotton continues
to climb in prIce,'-New York spot hav
ing gone to 10 centa and over yester
day. The local -market remalaa.firm
at n centa.
Late yesterday afternoon there came
an unconfirmed report of the
grounding of an unknown British
tramp ateamer on Frying Pan
ahoals. Wilmington tugs are looking
out for the distressed vessel and prob
ably reached her last night. No par
tlculara could be obtaint d.
The schooner Lillian Woodruff
which cleared Wednesday with a m la
cell aneous cargo for Port-au-Prince,
passed out at Southport forher voyage
at 11 A. M. yeaterday.
STATE SECRETARY KNEBEL
Addressed tie Jaaior Departmeat of the
V. M. C. A. Yesterdsy Basket Ball
and Qymasslam Exercises.
State Secretary A. . G. Knebel will
address the meeting for boys at the
Y. M.O. A. to-day at 5 o'clock. Mr.
HoUowbush will, play a cornet solo.
Invitations to this meeting have bsen
distributed in each aohool by the boy a
and a large crowd ia expected to hear
the address. ., . :.
The third game of the series in the
basket ball contest will be played to
night Some new men will be In the
game and a close and exciting exhibi
tion will be given. The game will
begin at 8:30 P. M. No charge for ad
mission will be made this week.
The team that will represent Wil
mington against r . Charleston next
month began practice last night and
aome good work was done. With a
f little more coaching and. regular prac
tice Wilmington will have a team that
will be hard to beat. Each player ia
quick, strong and active and a good
team is sure to be developed.
The Juniors of the Association held
their first business meeting yesterday
afternoon. Thirty of them were pres
ent and much real interest waa ahown
by them. Mr. A. G. Knebel told
them many things about boys' work as
it Is conducted, iu other cities and es
pecially lmpreased them with the fact
that they r were a part of the 70,000
boys who are enrolled as members of
the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion. A strong appeal was made for
clean living and .manliness in all
things, placing honor above all else in
life. - Mr, Knebel'a talk waa followed
by a piano solo by Miss Hssel Dushan,
Who rendered in artiatio style the beau
tiful aelection, .'Pore aa Snow.! I t
Mr. Duihan then, folio wed with a
brief outline of the organisstion Of an
up-to-date boys department and ex
plained the scheme of committee ser
vice ' and several other points In con
nection with this subject. - ' 4
t The Junior department of the Wil
mington Association will soon be or
ganised on ; the plan: outlined. in . thia
speech and will then do more effective
work along' all lines. The Junior
members now number ' 56, but there
abould be at least 300. '
Grace - street, between Front
and Second, is now; being; macadam
ized by the city. - "
Another Day, of Discussion in
the General Assembly With
: 1 'I little Accomplished.
LONDON BILL IN THE SENATE.
Both Braicbes of the Lefi&Iatnre Warm
Ij Debitiig Mock Mooted Qaestloo.
; A Code ' Commissioa Provided.
Other Bills latrodocedr
Special Star Telegram, ',
" RaxsiOH, N. C, ; Feb. 19. The
House this afternoon' passed the bill
providing a coda commission of Jbree
members, who will receive $1,000 per
year, $1,500 being also appropriated
for expenses ; their work to be the cod
iScatiorr of the lawa of the State. The
bUiat rdd seni to- the Senate'
without engroasment
The House devoted two hours lo the
Walts bill. Smith closed the argument,'
continued from last night, : for hia
amendment , Lucas advocated the
Watts bill. Graham spoke for the
Smith amendment, pleading ; that the
country people be allowed to vote on
the question, just aa the town people
are. otubbs supported the Smith
amendment. Dillard j advocated pro
hibition, saying though he would sup
port the Watts bill in the absence of
stronger legislation. .
Watts called the previous question
on i , bis bill, but withdrew the call
at' the request of Doughton so the
matter could go over! until the night
session in the hope- that advocates of
temperance -legislation might get
near together.' y
The point at issue in the. Smith
amendment Is allowing country people
to vote on the question of manufac
ture, ealoona and dispensary, just as is
allowed to town people.
At the Nitht Sessloas.
Both the Senate and House wrestled
with the whfkkey problem to-night,
the London bill beingl up in the Sen
ate and the Watts bill in the House.
The House passed the Watts bill on
the second reading by a Vote of 71 to
33, without the amendment to allow -country
people in counties to vote
under same conditions provided for
towns and cities. Objection waa made
to the third reading of the bill. Watte
moved to!suspend the rules and pass it
whether or no.. Morton demanded an
aye and nay rote, ao Watts withdrew
bis motion, allowing the bill to go
over until to-morrow. Notice waa
given that a number of amendments
will be offered on the third reading.
When the House met, announce
ment was made that no agreement
had been reached aa to the differences
between the temperance forces, and
Watta declared that the managers of
the bill Insisted that it must stand or
fall in its present form. There was
two hours argument before the vote
on second reading waa reached.
In the Senate, the London bill and
the substitute offered by' the minority
of the committee were debated, Sena
tors Hoey, Brown and Beasley speak
ing at length for the London and Nor
ris for the substitute. The debate will
be continued to-morrow.
Early in the e vening the Senate pass
ed the committee substitute child labor
bill on second reading.but on objection
by Brown,it went over until to-morrow
for third reading. It only provides
that after 1904 no child under 13 shall
be allowed in factories and that 66
hours constitute a week's work. '
The Senate also passed the bill to es
tablish a Historical Commission to be
appointed by the Governor and be au
thorized lo apena5uu annually in
gathering and V preserving data of
value.
The only notable bllla introduced
were:
Harrington, to foster intelligence In
agricultural purauits. .
Macitae, to provide for working
prisoners in jails - before trial for
crime.- - '
: The London anti-saloon bill came
up ia the Senate, and Warren spoke
at length in support of his substitute.
London followed, advocating his bill
against Warren's substitute. Vann
opposed the London bill unless it pro
Tided that it be submitted to a vote of
the people. - Crisp, Republican, op
posed the London bill, and denounced
a statement by London that the. Re
publican caucus had agreed to oppose
all temperance - legislation. He said
every Republican waa left free to vote
as ne pleased, tie reminded Lionaou
that but for the vote of Marshall, Re
publican, for his bill in committee it
would have received an unfavorable
Among the bills introduced in the
Senate were: -
Hoey. to provide for nominating
candidates for offices by (Compelling
political parties to follow the. plan ol
organization and prevent party execu
tive committees from putting up ana
taking down candidates. -
Bellamy, to provide all teacnera in
public schools with , revolving desk
chain. . . I r: - ; y , ' ; .-;
Glenn, to allow railroads to trans
port insane, deaf, dumb and blind pa-
tientafrae. ;-ww-v;v:.c..-.:-ufv
Henderson, to facilitate toe aale.of
swamp land! in Jones and Onslow
counties, by providing a clear title. . .
. Justice, to prevent tne use or wnis
key to influence votes in elections.
Lieut; Relssnrr Here. '
Lieut. 31 E. Reinburg, who is pleas
antly remembered, here as executive
officer of the Revenue Cutter Algon
quiny arrived yesterday from Waah
ington where he haa been on waiting
orders. " Lieuk Reinburg haa now
been assigned to land duty for a pe
riod of three years with headquarters
at Chicago. , He left lsst evening for
his new station via Washington, D.Q.
5-v . waaB-- . ' 4 .
Nexi Star Coarse AttractIoat " . "
" The next number of the 7; M, O. A,
Star Course will be glTen next Tuea
day night. - The Eatherine Ridgeway
Concert Company will be the attrac
tion. Reserved seat tickets will be on
sale at PaRossefs book, store on Satur
day,, - "
Annual ; Reception and - Banquet
Given Last Night by the
Cape Fear Club,
L'AGILE'S FEBRUARY GERMAN
Delightful Enlertsliment at the Home of
Mrs. Jao. J. Fowler for Cbarch Ben
v,- efit Qolf k Toaraioeats To
aorrow aad Monday.
The. annual reception by the Cape
Fear Club last night to the lady
friends of members and visitors to the
city was perhaps one of the most elab?
orate functions of its kind this season.
The guests numbered about one hun
dred and fifty and the club rooms of
the handsome .new building were re
splendent with beauty '
Tha rfiwwaqopa yrerm verf iieat and
pretty. , They consisted of an artistic
arrangement of palms, ferns, wild
amilax and other potted plants from
the green houses of the Wilmington
Floral Company. jJThe banquet room
was especially beautiful- in its decora
tions, roses, carnations and cut -flowers
baving been used profusely.
The lady guests were accompanied
by their gentlemen friends of the club
and at 9 o'clock dancing commenced
and kept up until the wee ama' hours
of this morning. - The music waa by a
select orchestra from the Hollowbush
organisation. -
At midnight a sumptuous banquet
waa served by the King's Daughters.
The menu was an elaborate one and
embraced sail the delicacies known to
the culinary art.
L'AgUe Ciab's Fcbrasry Qernaa.
One of the most successful dances
this season from many points of view
waa the german last night in the hand-
aome Masonic Temple ball room by
L'Agile Cotillon Club. The number
of couplea dancing was unusually
large, the figures having been led in
most approved manner - by Mr. O.
A. Wiggins, Jr. The music was by
Hollowbush's Orchestrs, and the deco
rations were most charming in effect
Those who participated were: '
Miss Bessie Burruss, with Mr. A. 8.
Bsyles?-Mias Bessie Gore, with Mr.
W. P. Boger;Miss Mildred Davis
with Mr. H. -R. Faiaon; Miss Kate
Maffitt, with Mr. T. M. Henderson;
Miss May Ella Rankin, with Mr. H.
R. Hunter; Miss Dozier, of Georgia,
with Mr. Frank Harris; Miss Margaret
Ashe, with Mr. P. M. Holmes; Miss'
Beulah Armstrong, with Mr. Norwood
Giles; Miss Madeline DeRosset, with
Mr. W. G. James ; Miss Fannie Green,
with Mr. Moore, of Fayetteville; Miss
Mary Wiggins, with Mr. W. L. Moore ;
Miss Olive Armstrong, with MrrR Q
Muncaster;MIss Margaret Nash, with
Mr. E. a Nash; Miss Stewart, Louis
ville, Ky., with Mr. H. G. Smallbones,
Jr. ; Miss Lenora Cantwell, with Mr.
Earl St. John; Miss Janie Williams,
with Mr. B. J. Robinson; Miss Louise
Bellamy, with Mr. M. S. Weyer; Miss
Lilly Gilchrist, with Mr. V. L. Wal
ker; Miss Bridgers, of Petersburg. Yr,
with Mr. F. a West; Miss Meta Le
Grand. with Mr.O. A. Wiggins, Jr. ;
Miss Horton, of Charlotte, with Mr.
8. a Potts, Jr .
Delithtfal Charch EatertalameBt.
The Organ Fund .Boeiety of St.
Paul'a Episcopal church gave a de
lightful entertainment last evening at
the hospitable home of its president,
Mrs. John J. Fowler, No. 417 Bouth
Front street, and the affair was one of
the moat charming of its character
during the present season.
The parlors of the home and the re
freshment room were tastefully deco
rated with cut flowers, palms and
other evergreens, and Mr. and Mrs.
Fowler were most gracious In their at
tentions as host and hostess. More
than a hundred guests were in attend
ance and they were delightfully en
tertained. Aside from a very elabor
ate programme of , music, there waa an
attractive 'fortune-telling booth, at
which Miss Mary Whi taker, and Miss
Lucy Wooten, in Egyptian costume,
mysteriously revealed, for a reason
able consideration, the past, present
and-future of all their fair and gallant
patrons. Miss Lena Beery and Misa
Mary Lucas Cantwell conducted an
interesting book contest that brought
to the fund a neat amount and afford
ed much entertainment for the guests.
The musical, featurea were most en
joyable. :Mr. Alf. H. .- Yopp waa ac
companist and among the numbers
were an instrumental selection by Mr.
James Charlea : Craft; vocal solo,
!When I Think of You,"by Miss
Mattie Home: vocal duet, "Zeritta,"
by Mrs. F. A. Muse and Miss Annie
Taylor; bass solo, "The Song the, An
vil Sings," (H. W. Petrie), by Mr. H.
K. Holden ; duet, .The Land of , the
Swallowa," by Mrs. F. Ai . Muse and
Miss Lucy Baldwin; duet, t "CM Tel1
Us, Merry Birds," by Mrs. John J.
Fowler and Mr. C. H, I Cooper ; bass
solo, 'Out Where the Bellows Roll,"
(H. W, Petrie), by Mr. H. K. Holden;
tenor solo, "O, Happy Day," by Mr.
W. L, Williford, and a , vocal solo,
Thosbe," by Miss Mattie Lee Home.
Mrs. Fowler waa assisted in receiv
ing by Miss Cantwell and Miss Beery.
A free will contribution waa received
at the door and the financial success
of the affair cannot be doubted. Delic
ious refreshments were served.
, .' . ; Oa the Qoll Llaiu.
To-morrow afternoon, beginning at
8 o'clock, the ladles of the Cape Fear
Golf Club wUl play a handicap tour
nament, a match in the series which ia
now in progress. Nine holes will be
played.' - Monday afternoon the Wash
ington's Birthday mixed foursome will
be.played. The contest is for the
President's Cup and the mauch will be
nine holes, and will begin at 3 P. 1L
We claim that the GOAL we are sollinir ioj
ao good as any Domestic soft GOAL sold on
. this market; Try it and you will And it so.
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Our Price Is $5.00 Per Ton.
When you pay more, you are out the differ
ence for looks.
Oive us your orders
Wm. E. Worth & Co:
Phones Bell 94. Inter-State 146V
Snag Proof Rubber Boots.
. r: Boots that come fresh from the factory to yon. v
Boots that are not old and shop worn. .
Boots that are guaranteed not to snag. .
Boots that are not made by a trust.
Boots that are cheaper than yon can buy elsewhere.
Wholesale or retail. " . ' -vvv-r.'.-
New lot received this week.' ; ; V - . r
SOLOrJ.ON'8
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PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Behder are
attending the Mardi Graa in New Or
leans. , '.- ... 'v
Sheriff Peter Konrk, of Bruns
wick county, was among yesterday's
arrivals in the city.
Mr. Jackson Stanland, a lead
ing citizen of Brunswick county, was
a rlsitor to the city yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke Jones
and party will arrire. this morning
from New York ' and go down to
Alalia I
.AW.
Mtb. Lee Tuttle Meade and
little son, of Norfolk, Va., are guests
of Mrs. Meade's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. 8. Hewlett.
Col. K. M. Murchison has re
turned from his trip North and is now
at his splendid country estate, "Or
ton plantation,? in Brunswick county..
- Mr. C. M. Babbitt, of New
born, Deputy Collector of Internal
Berenue, paased through the city yes
terday en route to Bouth port on a
business trip.
Baleigh News and Observer''.
"Vice President H. M. Emerson, traffic
manager of . the Atlantic Coast Jjine
railroad, one pf the most popular rail
road officials In thia country, spent
yesterday in Baleigh. Mr. Emerson
left for Wilmington,' accompanied by
bis son, who has just been successfully
treated after an attack of appendicitis."
FOR THE AMBULANCE FUND.
Sabscrlptloss Received Yesterdsy aad
tbe Others Re-acksowledf ed.
As waa promised by the Stab yes
terdsy in re opening the hospital am
bulance fund upon condition! that the
contributions go through the Minister
ing Circle, where no objection is made
by subscribers, the full list of amounts
thus far received is published again as
follows:
Cash
$50.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
6.00
5.00
5.00
. 5.00
5.00
5.00
1.50
1.00
1.00
50
Mr. M. 8. Willard...
Mrs. W. H. Sprunt
Mr. B. G. 'Worth.
Mrs. James F. Payne.
Mr- W. B. Cooper . ......
Mr. Geo. H. Hutaff
Mr. J. V.. Grain trer.
Mrs. W. J. H. Bellamy......
Mrs. B. Solomon ...... . .
A Friend..............
Master Isaac B. Grainger
Boya' Athletic Club. . . . . ... .1.
Cash
Total. . . ..... $114.00
The Boya Athletic Club, of which
the late master Robert Fairfax Payne
waa a leading member and officer, yea
terday handed the Stab a contribu
tion which ia acknowledged as aboye.
The members are as follows: Willie
Duls, president; Willie Stemmerman,
ice president; Herbert L. I O'Neill,
secretary, and Bernard O'Neill, L.
Hanson, Jr., W. McKoy, A. r McKoy,
B. Poisson, F. Duls, B. Hicks, H.
Nash, M. GoreTand D. Murchison.
North earolsa Society. : 1
The North Carolina Society of New
Tork haa elected the following officers:
President. B. N. Duke; Vice President,
B. B. Smith; Treasurer, Charles S.
Bryan ; Secretary, R. Barrington ;
Trustees, Judge Augustus Van Wyck,
W. W. Fuller, uoionei feter Maiiett,
Colonel K. M. Murchison, D. K.
Haleh. W. W. Fleming. J. tL Parker.
G. M. Gate,Dr. Bussell Bellamy; A.
P. Massey, W. W.; Orerman and Jos.
Strange. The second annual dinner
of tbe society iwm uite piece a&ay
29th..
. Scipio Ashe, colored, was sent
to the roads for 20 daya by the Mayor
yeaterday for habitual drunkenness.
Miss CammleLord'a Soiree. will take
place to-night, 80 o'clock, at Ger-
mania uau. race oi aamiaaion iuc
Baul Poudre, fancy dancing. Ninety
children. . " i
For Acxnma uco OHB-
UUYD. ISIIPE0TOl
AIIT.
for sale tr J. aisaepsro, .
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and save moneys
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SHOE STORE
" .
Small Fire Yesterdsy.
A blind flue to which a store pipe
in the temporary office of Oapt. A. D. .
Brown In the old Murchison Bank
building was attached yesterday about
1 o'clock, caused a small fire on the
second floor of The Orton adjoining.
The old flue had been closed by the
building of a wall against it and when
a fire was started in the store it caused '.
such a smoke in The Orton that an
alarm was sent in by telephone to the
department. The damage waa prin-,
cipally byismoke and In tearing up car
pets. It will amount to probably $59
or more.
FREE ! FREE! !
TO KIDNEY SUFFERERS.
An
Opportunity Worthy of
Your Notice.
If you suffer with kidney dis
ease or any ailment arising from an
improper action of the " kidneys
or urinary organs, thia offer we
make to the people of . Wilmington
should interest you. In the advance
ment of medical science, the kidneys,
tbe organs of the greatest importance
to human health, have not been neg
lected, and in placing before you such
a cure aa Doan'a Kidney Pills the
proprietors recognize how far so many
statements of the makers of similar
preparations have fallen short of their
claims, being convinced that no remedy
for kidney complaints in existence
equals Doan'a Kidney Pills for such
ailments; strengthened in these con
victions by letters that are daily re
ceived of the work .they are doing for
mankind's benefit,- old backs and
young ' backs are being ' constantly
freed from never-ceasing aches, and
many a lame 'and shattered one, "
atooped and contracted, is atrengtb
ened, invigorated and , infused withi
new life. With such a medicine an
offer of this kind can be made with
out hesitancy, for while we lose the
box we give to you, we make a friend "
that assists us In the. sale of many
others. - ' -
FUIiIs BOXED
of Doan'a Kidney '.Pilla will be given
away free to every person suffering
with kidney ailments at the under
signed address. First come, first
served, and only thia one Chance
offered. Remember thia la not a sam
ple box, but a regular also box of
Doan'a Kidney Pills, which retails at
50 cents.
Remember, ,
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Drug Store, Wilmington. 1
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yon.
Bole Agents tor the United States, roster. .
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NEW ADVKBTISBMBNTS.
EVBHT OF WS,
ACADEMY OF MUSIO
TO-NIGHT r
Xagnltteent production ot.
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, Frloee-io, aoandSOosnta. -
Beata now on Bale at Piummera. a .
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Bids Wantod.; -
Bids axe requested for tbe construction ot
Warehouse for Wllmlnnton TobaceojWarenooie
Company, to be opened March ad. 1903 t is
o'clock, at tbe effloe of the Preeiaent. flana
and specifloaUona can be had by applying u J.
N. Slbbona, Qeneral Manager, at toe Chamber
of Commeroe. ine right la. reaerreo to reject
any cr all Wda. -WIUflNGTOSI
TOBACCO WABEHOVSB CO.
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Orient Lci5 Ro, 395, A. F.&LU
EMEBOEWr COHMUiaQ.TIOII this (Trl
aay evening at 8 o'clock, (or work In the.
E. A. Degree. -Yiaitora
oorOiallT welcomed. ' ", -
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