W1XLIAM H. BESVABD.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Tcxsdat Mosjmre, Jcxvr 28
DO-IOTHUQ CUSTOM HOUBM.
New York Tribune-. Nathaniel
Hawthorne onc pictured in the
preface to "The Scarlet Letter"
the Joji of life in a neglected, eob
webbed. cuitom : home: No retreat
can bo more ' tranquil than the col
lector! office at tome deoayin.
moa-TOWTi entry port. No labor
can, 'be leai exacting, no sinecure
mori comforting, than that which
fall to the federal employe who
itanda guard over tome unTiiited
harbor, burdening hi ledgera with
onlfoneortwo tray invoice1 each
year: What a haven of reitl What
a castle of indolence!
Hawthorne'a playful description
could hare excited only a amile of
indulgence when It waa written,
yean ago. We are fiercer refonneri
now. Treasury economist shake
their heads to-day at a port of entry
whose wharres remain untenanted.
They look askance at a collectorship
which doea not and can not pay its
own way. We are not surprised,
therefore, to find an Argus-eyed
Anditor of the Treasury thundering
at the folly of maintaining do-nothing
custom houses and demanding
the abolition of sinecures even more
invitin than those which Salem
had to offer in Hawthorne's day.
It is indeed a grotesque showing
which the Auditor for the Treasury
Department is able to make. He
has on his list a dozen custom houses
whose cost of maintenance is labu
lously disproportionate to the reve
nues they bring in. At Yaquina,
Ore., for instance, it oosta 1,034 a
year to pay officials whose collec
tions for the last fire years hare
averaged just 40 cents a year. At
Cherrystone, Va., $971 is spent each
year to insure collections also aver
aging 40 cents. Receipts at Annap
olis, Md., are 6 a year, while ex
penses are 11,155; and at Teche,
La., $3,047 has been expended an
nually, while only 40 has been
taken in.
Mr. Andrews, the Auditor, re
ports that there are at least thirty
two different methods of computing
the pay of the revenue officers sta
tioned at ports of entry, and he
suggests that some fixed and uni
form rate be established by Con
gress. In his opinion it might also
be well to close some of the minor
custom houses whose business could
be done at neighboring ports of
entry. Congress may or may not
show- much seal to abolish the sine
oures Mr. Andrews complains of.
The amount laved to the Treasury
by closing a half dozen moss,-grown
custom houses would be almost in
finitesimal. State pride has had
much to do with creating these
smaller and little used ports of en
try, and it has been the gorernmenfs
settled policy to establish a collec
torship especially in the interior
States whereTer a fair claim could
be made to entry privileges. Con
gress will be slow, therefore, to close
ports thus created, however un
profitable they, ssay prove for the
time being as collection agencies.
Perhaps the best means of ridding
the customs service of these fantas
tic sinecures would be to classify the
minor collectorships on some such
basis as the smaller Presidential
postoffices are now classified mak
ing the salaries proportionate, abore
a certain point, to the business
transacted. It may be that no great
waste is entailed under the present
system. But certainly, in the name
of good administration, some of Its
more absurd incocgrulties should be
rectified.
WHAT TO DO WITH TSZ HXI
G&AXT8. Philadelphia Press: The trouble
some question as to what to do with
the immigrants whoare flockingto the
United States Is agitating the pub
lic The immigration for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1903, was the
largest ever known in twelve months,
and it promises 1 to be as large or
larger during the present fiscal yean
Stricter laws may winnow It some,
but it is doubtful if they can ma
terially lessen it while the present
era of prosperity continues. It
may help to solve the ' problem if
some systematic and far-sighted effort
is made to dispose of the immigrants
after they reach these shores.
Of the 857,046 immigrants who
came to the United States last year
572,726 were from Austria-Hungary)
Italy and Eusaia. They are nearly
all of the peasant class, and if set
tled on farms and in the rural dis
tricts would soon become valuable
additions to the population of this
country. In the. main they are in
dustrloua and tractable, and with a
little time' and training would read
Cy drop into American ways. But
the troutla'with this class of immi
' grants is that It settles almost whol
ly in cities, crowding the tlomi and'
adding to the porcrty and crinuoi
large commnnitles- ;
In an article 'printed in the Chi
cago Chronicle it is urged that a
comprehensive effort be made to
bring to the attention of the Italian
immigrant especially the advan
tages of farm life in America, and
ts great superiority orer a similar
career In Italy. These Italians are
I
acquainted only with agricultural
methods in their own country.wnere
the farm laborers lire In communi
ties and go out each morning to labor
for a pittance on the surrounding
farms, returning late in the evening
after a day of the severest drudgery.
Of the satisfaction of living on
farm, either hired or owned, they
know nothing. And one way pro
nosed to dissipate this ignorance ii
lor farmers needing help to take an
Italian family on his farm, where
thalr Industrious, Intensive, pains
Uking methods would soon add
larzelv to the farm's producing
power.
Some plan like this would work i
Dermanent solution of the problem
The growing difficulty of getting
good farm hands is a constant em
barrassment to the agriculturist.
The immigration from Germany
and Ireland once supplied this
want. But that has largely ceased,
the immigrants from those two
countries last year numbering less
than 60,000. II tne Italian, Rus
sian and Austrian immigration can
be turned into this vacant channel
the cities will be relieved of a preL
sure of unskilled labor and f armers
will be supplied with the help they
need. A systematic effort should
be made to see if this cannot be ac
complished. The Atlantic Monthly for August
is on our table. As usual, it is an
interesting number of that ever
popular magazine. Houghton, Mif
flin & Co., publishers, Boston, Mass.
CURRENT COMMENT
The general public will not
concur with the judge. It will not
admit that the manufacturer, even
hnn ha ham a monoTJOlv. should be
allowed to dictate the price of goods
after they have passed out of his
possession and thus to prevent
wholesome competition between the
retailers, and to refuse to sell to a
retailer who prefers to manage his
business in his own way and cut
prices when it seems to his advan
tage to do bo. Chicago Tribune.
But public losses in this
great fall are small. It is a "rich
men's panic," if the word panic is
applicable to current conditions,
which we doubt. The banks are
determined to prevent another pinch
like that of last Autumn, and as
the speculation in stocks is killed
effectually for the present, general
business will be taken care of in its
monetary needs. Meanwhile the
men who reared the structure of in
flation in values on insufficient
foundations are paying the cost.
Boston Transcript.
Under the new Indiana di
vorce law. which has just gone into
effect, a decrer.of divorce in Indiana
will not be quite as attractive for
matrimonial misfits as a decree in
South Dakota. An Indiana divorce
hereafter will simply mean a legal
separation fox a limited time, during
wmcn ioe puuei iuuh mo am
and cannot reunite in marriage.
The Indiana experiment in limited
divorces will be watched with. a
great deal of interest by inharmo
nious households. The new de
parture in restricted uncoupling
was acopted through the innuence
of several societies of women who
have reform proclivities and emo
tional tendencies, and it may be
hoped the practical workings of the
reform will not prove disappoint
ing. Omaha Bee
rWlNKLINQS
"Is Teddy popular among the
postal service?" "Not a bit. They
say he has given them an awful
Payne." Harvard Lampoon.
"The fools are not all dead
yet," said the angry husband. "I'm
vA of it. dear.4 calmlv reviled the
other half of the combination. "I
never did look well in black." Tit
Bits.
Little Hiram Grandpa, did
m . . an a 9k
yon tee tne iwo-tauea comet r
Farmer Bampercrop No; b'jings, I
been so busy narvestln' I didn't even
git ter.see the circus, let alone tne
sideshow. Kansas City Journal.
Tommy Talking of riddles,
uncle, do vou know the difference
between an apple and an elephant?
Uncle (benignly) no, my .ua, i
don't. Tommy You'd bo a smart
chap to send out to buy apples.
wouldn't your Punch.
' Little Boy Please Mrs. Grum
py, mother wants to know if you
will lend her your washtub? Mrs.
OrunrPT '(gruffly) No. I can't.
The hoops are off. The bottom's
out and it's full of water icvfcwsroto
Evening Times.
When William A. Peffer was
senator from Kansas he met "Czar"
Beed one day, and, in the course of
conversation, complained of having
a headache. "I don't understand
it," said the senator, "I guess, I will
have to see a doctor." "A doctor
for trouble with your head?" retort
ed Mr. Reed. "No, no. You'd
better see a wheelwright Bos
ton Post.
Wrklas Risks aa Xar-
The? busiest and mightiest little
thioz that ever was made is Dr.
JOax's New Life PHI. These pills
change weaxnea Into ttrengtn. llit
ieaaneas Into energy, and toain-fag
Into mental power. They're wonder
fal in building up the health. Only
25c per box. Sold by B. B. Bxlla
xt, druggist. t -
Catarrh rn.uA Bay vr
. Liquid Cream Balm is becoming
quite as popular In many localities as
Ely's Cream Balm solid. It is pre
pared for use In atomisers, and la high
ly prized by those who have been ac
customed to call upon physicians for
such a treatment Many physicians
are ualng and prescribing It All the
medicinal properties of the celebrated
Cream Balm are contained ia the
Liquid form, which is 75 eta. including
a spraying tube. - Adrugr'hTU. or by
mail. Ely Brother, S6 Warren 8t,
New York. -t
o a -c :r. z jx.
tmntb vV.a ime Tea Hats tlwarjEaaf;
Y-a
THE CIGAR
of its name,
quality is always the same
The only smoke that
never changes in
aroma or in- price-
The. Largest Selling
Brand of . Cigars
in the World
Tkt SmuJ
it tkt Smtktr't
TroUcbom
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
The Lumberton Argus says
tbe crops in Bobeson county are
fine as well as in Bladen.
' The Butherfordton Sun says
there have been five persons brought
to that town and adjudged insane
within the past month.
Professor Carlyle, of Wake
Forest College, reports 110,000
raised of the $30,000 needed for the
alumni memorial building.
W. u. Brown, a Charlotte ex
cursionist, was robbed of his watch
in Asheville in broad open daylight
at the point of a pistol, by a negro
foot-pad.
The Winston Journal learns
that the Cooleemee Cotton Mill has
curtailed its output one-fourth on
account of the condition of the cot
ton market.
A little dog belonging to a man
near Charlotte, while his master's
house was on fire found his way in
the building through a lattice door,
and awoke the Inmates.
Lincolnton Journal: Ho far
as we have been able to ascertain,
there has not been a single case of
fever within the corporate limits of
Lincolnton any time this year.
The railroads agreed to give
Durham a union depot one day, and
the next disagreed on some minor
matters which will throw the whole
thing in the courts for settlement.
In the recent slnmp in the mar
ket North Carolina speculators got
got caught and lost heavily. Greens
boro and Winston-Salem people
seem to have suffered worse than
any others, in me xormer piace
some are reported to have lost as
high as 1 40, 000 on the slump.
Concord special to Charlotte
Observer: A difficulty occurred this
evening just outside the corporation
line on the west between Lon Smith
and Joe Edwards, in which the latter
was severely though not very seri
ously cut about the head. The
knife entered near the eye and ran
some distance arouna tne scaip.
Smith beat a hasty retreat to parts
unknown.
Newton Enterprise: Mrs. Sarah
Hovle Is In the eiehties somewhere.
Coley Propst, who is about 88, is in
a feeble condition. There are living
in Jacob's Fork four aged women,
whose combined ages are about 342.
Mrs. Susan Deal died almost sud
denly at the home of her son-in-law,
Mr. Daniel Isenbower. She was the
mother of eleven children, sixty
eight grandchildren and seventy
great-grandchildren.
A Winston dispatch says: Miss
Erie Pitts was fatally burned this
evening while building a nre in the
kitchen stove preparatory to cook
ing supper. She is a young white
girl, 20 years of age, living with a
widow lady, Mrs. u. x. uruce, wno
runs a boarding house. The girl
poured oil over the wood and lighted
it. The flames ignited a can of kero
sene nearby. The explosion was
heard a block away. The -girl's
clothes caught and enveloped her
in flames. She ran to Mrs. Bruce
In another room in wild distraction.
Neighbors rushed in and with bed
clothes extinguished the flames, but
not until her body was burned into
a perfect blister, so that the skin
peeled off in sheets
Waahlogjtoo, D. a Grand Foun
tain United Order True Reformers.
Tickets on sale August 80th. Sspt 1st
and 3d; final limit September 10th.
Fare for round trip from Wilmington,
N. Q. 1L55.
Los Angeles and San Francisco.
CaL National Encampment Grand
Army of the Republic Tickets on
sale July. Slat to .Ausrust 13th; final
limit October 15th. Fare round trip
from Wilmington, N. C., $64 75. Fee
of 80 cents will be charged at destina
tion for validating ticket.
Jackson Springs, N. O. Mid-summer
meeting Baptist State Conven
tion. Tickets sold June 23d to 25tb,
inclusive; final limit July 2d. Fare
round trip from Wilmington, N. GL,
$5.25.
t Tbos. D. Mxabxs, G. A.
Rain or Snow
Proof Aeather
Leather
The new leather which
' ia always bright, elossv.
Strong and soft, and can't
ret hard. Rain or snow
'don't affect it." When von
troy. hoes look for this labet
Wolff Process Leather Co.
ttll SHOE IS HADt or
LOTH I
a
5(D.
ttiatV proud
because
n.w Tree Differ aa to Their Itool
Tiwn whose roots are of tbe same
length jjid flber do not thrive as well
as those wnicn are unequal, uw-nuw
rhev develoD better when their roots
reach for nutriment In different strata
or depths of the earth. The oalc couia
not live In soli where the pine would
thrim Inxnrlantlv. This Is OWinsr to
th nature of the trees. One requires
the most SQlld nutriment The pine re
quires light, sandy sou ana me aanos
nhri conditions of sunshine and rain.
The oak, maple, elm, hemlock, birch
and beech all require warm and clean
soil. Trees are noted ror picking oux
the attractive d laces, and where there
are flourishing forests may be found
the best land and the soil always pro-
dnctiTe.
A Satirical Reward.
There was perhaps more satire than
rratltuda in the reward bestowed by
French lady on a surgeon for bleeding
her an operation in wnlcn tne iancei
n-no no olurusllv used that an' artery
was severed and the poor woman bled
to death. When she recognized tnat
she was dying, she made a will in
which she left the operator a Hie nn
nulty of SOU francs on condition "that
he never again bled anybody as long
as he lived.
The Second Piddle.
"Mr. Henpecque. let me Introduce you
to the Count de Dieppe."
"Ah, eet eea ze honor to meet a musi
cian. I hear, sar, znt you an your
family play se music."
"Why. T don't know tbe first thing
about music''
"But I hear eet all around zat you
play second fiddle to your wife!"
She Tipped nln Off,
Mrs. Meeklns What a friffhtful bruts
that Mr. Blood must be! Ills wife tells
me that her mother is afraid to open
her mouth in his presence.
Mr. Meekins Is it possible? Why, he
must be a regular terror. (Musingly)
I wonder how the fellow manages it.
Kansas City Journal.
Bratallr Tottmred.
A case came to light that for per
sistent and unmerciful torture has per
bane never been equalled. Joe Golo-
blck, of Colusa, OaL, writes: "For
fifteen years I endured insufferable
pain from Rheumatism and nothing
relieved me. inougn l triea every
thing known. I came across Electric
Bitters, and it's the greatest medicine
on earth for that trouble. A few bot
tles of It completely relieved and
cured me." Just as good for Liver
and Kidney troubles and general de
bility. Only 50 cents. Satisfaction
guaranteed by R. R. Bsxlajtt, drug
gist - t
ror over srxtv voaura
Mas. WnrsLow's Boothutq Btbttp has
been used for over sixty years by mil
Hons of mothers for their children
while teething with perfect success.
It soothes (he child, soften the gums.
and allays all pain ; cures wind colic,
and is the beat remedy for oiarrncea
It will relieve the poor little sufferer
immediately. Sold bv druggists in
every nart of the world. Twenty -five
eents a bottle. Be sure and'asx for
i'Mrn. WmalowTi Boothing Syrup
and take no other kind. t
MARINE DIRECTORY.
List of Vessels l tbe Fort of Wllmlnc
ton, FT. C, JTalr 38. '
STEAMERS. '
Undaunted, (Br) 3,028 tons, Elliott,
Alexander Sprunt & Son.
Tantalton, (Br) 1,934 tons, Berry,
Heide&Co. r
SCHOONERS.
Emma Knowlton, S09 tons, Hudson,
to master.
Llllle, (Br) 311 tons, Davis,1 to mas
ter.
Arthur V S Woodruff, 155 tons, Dev
ereaux, to master.
Nokomis, 245 tons, Sawyer, to
masier.
Clarence A Schafner, (Br) 158 tons,
Kennedy, O D Maffitt
Chas H Valentine, 536 tons, Williams,
. to master.
AND
Diabetes
Bloatiaa;, .Graved, Doll Baeksvche,
Bladder Disease, "Urinary Af
fection. Deep Seated Case
Especially Cured by Stuart'a
GinandBuchu,
Stuart's Gin ana Buchu acts directly on tbe
bladder, tbe nretoral tract and the kidneys,
driving oat all the obstructions, ana making a
perfect cure of the most . aggravating, danaer
aa and deep-seated cases. -. .
GBtVlL symptoms Burning sensation In
passing arUM, frequent detlre .to urinate, tbe
urine la tblck ana sedimentary, the whele nerv
osa system Is disordered, digestion Impaired,
sleep disturbed, loss of strength ana vigor.
StXLAiVn Gin and Buohu will eare every symp
tom, dissolve tbe gravel, sweeten tbe - urine,
buua up the nerves. - i r?
HUOOUa DISOHABGES Difficulty In pass
Ing water, ulcerations. Irritations of tbe
aretha, disagreeable odor ot tbe nrlne, pains ia
the back, swoilen ankles ana legs, catarrh ot
tne bladder, are an- quickly ana permanently
cared by Btoart's sin ana Bacna, .
' BRIGHT 8 DISIABK Dry skin, shortness of
breath, nrlne dark colored. The worst eases
cored by Btn art's Gin and Buchu. Pleasant to
the taste. Tborooxhly tasted tor past so years
In private ana hospital practice, with a record
ot 696 cores or chrome kidney and bladder
troubles tbe kind that had resisted ail nthar
treatment.' Dragglsts or by express one dollar
- oAjarLkb Dsi lic axu..i& oy writing Btnart
rmgOc-., auanta,Ga. we have set aside 16,
00. bottles tor free distribution so aa to prove
our claims, so write at onoe. tath my B 6m
lbs Lad Yoa tlavs Always Boogfit
Bright
Disease
Bamrsthe
COMMERCIAL.
WILMJNGTONj MAJit?HT
ranoted officially at the closing by the chamber
VI, VVIHiMWVOiJ -
5 ' JL STAB OFFICE, July 27.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
firm at 49c bid per gallon.
ROSIN Market' dull at $1.50 per
. i . -l - i m , r r
Ktrni luriinuuni uu fi.uii par war
Mi trvm mwl minw1. ' '
- . TAR Market firm at $1.65 per bar
rel or 2HJU pounas. '
rrRTTTVIE TTTTtPTCNTTNK Market
firm at $1.75 per barrel for hard, $3.25
tnm Ai-n tJt 9K frtr virarin.
Quotations same day last year
. I . i S . J i
Spirits curpenune nomiDK aoing;
rosin steady at $1.101.15; tar firm at
$1.50; crude turpentine nrm atsi.4u,
a. bo, ey.
RKOKIPTS.
Spirits turpentine. 66
Rosin:.... 196
Tar.. 27
Crude turpentine 117
Receipts same day last year 81
naalra imirita turoentine. 543 barrels
rosin, 42 barrels tar, 181 barrels crude
turpentine.
OOTTOH.
Markni tinminil.
Same day last year, market firm at
8e for middling:.
Receipts bales; same day last
year,.
Corrected Regularly by Wilmington Produce
CommlHRlon Merchants. Drtoee representing
those paid for produce consigned to Commis
sion Meroaanta.j
COUNTRY PRODUCT!.
PEANUTS North Carolina, firm.
T4tv a ft Km avrM twtmA l7A fanmr
aiiuiOf vsrwf VAtaasai aa iiiiVj aw, aotuw j
75c, per bushel of twenty-eight
pounds. Virginia Prime, 60c; extra
prime, 65c: fancy, 70c Spanish 75c
CORN Firm, 6567c per bushel
for white
N. C. BACON Steady ; hams 14
15c per pound; shoulders, 1012&c;
sides, izfcc
EGGS Dull at 1415c per dozen.
CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 20
55c ; springs, 1535c
TURKEYS Firm at 1313c for
llye.
BEESWAX Firm at 25c
TALLOW Firm at 6G4c per
pound.
SWEET POTATOES Firm at 60c
per bushel.
BEEF CATTLE Firm at 25c per
pound.
FINANCIAL MARKETS
By Talegraoh to the Morning star.
tfaw Yobk. July 27. Money on
call steady at 2&3X per cent., last
loanatz,closlnsrlHOa: time money
strong; 60 days, 55irf per cent ; 90
days, o4X per cent. ; six months 6.
per cent. Prime mercantile paper 5H
6 per cent. Sterling exchange heavy.
with actual business in bankers' bills
at 485.90O485.95 for demand and 483.60
3483.75 for sixty-day bills. Posted
rates were 84K and 48754. Commer
cial bills 4835. Bar silver 54'.
Mexican dollars 42X. U. 8. refunding
3's, registered, 106 ; U. 8. refunding
are. coupon, 106 ; u.o. S's, registered,
10731-; do. coupon, 108; U. S. 4's,
new recistered, 1S4M: do. coupon.
1S5W; U. a 4 s. old. re&ristered.
Ill; U. S. 4'a, old coupon, 111;
U.o. a's, regutered, 1014 ; do. coupon,
103; boutnern Ball way. 5's. 11254.
Stocks: Baltimore Ohio pref'd86;
Uhesapeaxe ct Uhlo 32X; Manhat
tan u 133; New York Central
120 i Reading 49V : do. 1st preferred
81; da 2nd preferred 66; St. Paul
141 X; do. praTd, 170; Southern Rail
way 21; da prerd 85; Amalga
mated Copper 40; People's Gas
94; Tennessee Coal and Iron 39;
U. S. Leather 7W; U. S. Leather,
preferred, 79; Western Union t
U. S. Steel 23K; da prerd 71 U; Vir
ginia Carolina Chemical Oo.,S5 ;sales
shares; do. preferred, closed 100;
sales snares, standard Uil 575.
New Yobk, July. 27. Seaboard
Air Line, common. 19H&2016: do.
preferred,340349; da bonds, fours,.
Atlantic Coast Line, common and
preferred ; no sales.
NAVAL STORES MARKETS
By Telegraph to tbe Morning star.
Nw York. July 27. Rosin steady.
rinirits turpentine firm.
CHaBT.KflTOaT, July 27. Spirits tur
pentine steady at 49j(e; sales casks.
Rosin steady; sales barrels: A. B.C.
$1 60; D, $1 60, E $1 65; F, $1 70; G,
V4b w -a.f mm ssrv a w W am a ssw w
M, $2 90; N, $3 00: W G, $3 15; W W
1 Kfl e VI f OH RR V 1 Rl.
$335.
HlTimn. Jnlv 27 Rnirits lnr-
pentine firm at 5050c; receipts 865
Miki! aalAa 449 eajisra- Kmnrti K ftfff
casks. Rosin Market firm; receipts
a,oay Darreis; saies Darren; ex
ports 10,811 barrels; A, B, O, $1 65; D,
tioa; a, x vu; J). i n, u, i so;
o . rk , ir n n w ttt ttt aw
COTTON MARKETS.
:ay ItiearaDh to tne Morning etar
New Yobk, July 27. .The cotton
market opened firm at unchanged
prices to an advance of six points
with firm cables, but after a brief In
terval of hesitation rather than
strength turned easier and during the
balance of the session while irregular
displayed a generally declining ten
dency, in addition to the cables the
early firmness was assisted by the
rather unraroraDie showing oi the
early map, which reflected no
rains of consequence in Texas and the
trade were also rendered somewhat
anxious by the report that about 9,000
bales of cotton had either been de
stroyed or injured by a fire in a Brook
lyn warehouse. Loiter, however, it
became known that the amount of cot
ton was involved in a deal. The Lly-
erpool cables also turned easier and
liter reports drifted in of good rains
in tbe western belt, which shortly after
midday received official confirmation.
Following the Initial firmness the mar
ket was quiet during the forenoon.
There was little or no support and aa
tbe session progressed offerings be
came more liberal. July which at
first opened at 13.30 and sold at 13.33.
was depressed to 13.10. and August
after selling at 13.40 or eight points
over Saturdays close, was. forced
down to 12 10 . under realizing.
September was weak all day. Open
ing at 10.65 it sold down to 10.52
and the later months, also attracted
general , pressure. Toward ; tbe close
the market was the most active of the
session and while the list waa firmly
steady, prices were at the lowest of the
session or at a net decline of fire sod
thirty points. 8ales were estimated at
90,000 bales. - i
Narw' Yosx, July 27. Cotton auiet
at i3.&uc; net receipts 30 bales; gross
aa a sane i a
receipts a, too Dates; sioca iG3,uyi Dales.
uouon futures market closed stead v:
July 13.10, August 12.10, September
iu.62, uctooer 8.79. JMOTember 9.61.
December 9. 60, January 9.60, February
a. 02, uarcn v.rc.
Spot cotton closed auiet: middling
uplands lS.50rtniddllng gulf 13 75c:
saies 11,700 bales.
Total to-day, at all seaports Net jre-
eeipts 16 bales; exports to Great
Britain bales; exports to France
bales; exports to the Continent
50 bales; stock 118,208 bales. : I
Consolidated. vat ail seaports Nat
receipts 463 bales : exports ,to Great
Britain 116 bales; exports to France
bales; exports to the Continent
800 bales; exports to Japan bales.
axosai sinca.jMpteaxber :ilsL(al all
seaports-Net reaeipta 7.691,672 bale:
wjnitii mj urrvat onuui m. t ,&. Dales;
Twirts tn nvanee 777.S24 bales: ex
port to the Continent 2,809,480 bales;
exports to japan laa.isa oaiea.
Jul. 97 OalvMton. firm at 12Kc.
net Mrainii 4. halns Norfolk, stead V
l isuft. nnt rnnAinta 5 bales: Bal
timore, nominal at 13c, net, receipts
.. bales; Boston-qUiel at . 13.50c,
BAt reeelnts bales: W liming tor.
nominal at c net receipts bales;
I Philadelphia, auiet at 13.75c, net re--
eeinta 2 bales: Savannah, quiet at
isUe. net reeeiiSts bale: New Or
leans,, quiel-atc 13KCr, net , reclpi-
140 bales; Mobile, nominal at c.
net nraints. It inalAikMemnws. Quiet
at 12 1316c. net. receipts, 57 oaies; au-
gusta, quiet at lac, net recwpn
6 bales: Charleston, nominal , att
receipts 1 bale.
PRODUCE MARKETS
Br Teleeranh to the Morning Tt
aarw Yobk, July 27. Flour as
quiet but held higher. Rye flour eas?,
Wheat spot nrm: no. z red azc
Options It was a bull day in wheat.
an active trade and higher prices. baaed.
upon adverse threshmcr resu lif, bull
ish weekly statistics, active covering
and strength ia corn;. with the close lc
net higher: No. z red May closed 84 f :
July closed 83Hc; September closed
82c;December closed 83. Corn Spot
firm: No. z 5954 c Uptions market was.
strong and higher on complaints of hot
weather West, bullish cables, a large
speculative demand and light off en
lngs. The close- snowed j&c net ad
avanee : July closed 58c; September
closed ooMc; December closed 59c
Oats Spot dull; No. 2, 40Xc Options
were firmer and fairly active. Lard
was easy; Western steam $7 70; re
fined easy; continent $7 75; compound
7K7c. Pork weaker; family $17 50
17 75; short clear $15 7517 50; mess
16 00Q15 50. nice firm. Hutter ex
tra creamery 19 ; State dairy 1417 Wc.
Cheese steady to firm; State, full cream
fancy, small colored, IOmc; smsll
white 10 ice Potatoes easy: Southern
$1 753 05 ; Virginia sweets $2 503 00.
Tallow firm; city ($2 per package)4e,
nominal. Molasses firm. Eggs firm.
State and Pennsylvania firsts to ex
tras 1718c Coffee Spot Bio quiet.
Cabbages easy; Baltimore, per crale.
7585c; Long Ilnd, per 100, $3 00
4 00. Sugar Kaw steady; refined
steady. Peanuts Bteady; fancy hand-
picked 4. Cotton seed oil was Inac
tive and more or lets nominal at old
quotations. Prime crude f. o. b.
mills 2830c, new crop; prime summer
yellow 43c bid; off summer yel
low 38c; prime white 4748c; prime
winter yellow 47c; prime meal $27 00
27 50, nominal.
Chicago. July 27. The grain mar
kets were active and strong to-day on
bullish statistics and unfavorable crop
advices, September wh ?at closing 1
lie. higher, September corn fe. high
er, with oats up lJc Provisions
ruled weak, tbe September products
closing from 20 to 80c lower.
Chicago, ' July 27. Cash price:
Flour steady. Wheat Na 2 8081c;
No. 3 spring 76Q80c; No. 2 red 77tf
77Mc Corn Na2 52Jfc: No. 2 yellow
Dsxe. uata no. 3 syf9auc; no. a
white S940c; No. 3 white 35
39c Rye Na 2 51c Mess pork,
per barrel. $13 3013 35. Lard, per
100 lbs. $7 S2X7 85. Short rib
sidec. loose, $7 507 75. Dry salted
shoulders, boxed, $7 507 60. Short
clear sides, boxed, $8 008 25.
Whiskey Basis of high wines, $1 SO.
The leading futures ranged
lows opening, highest, lowest ji
dosing: Wheat Na 2 JuJy, old. 77.
77X, 77X. 77XC; July, new77K, 77,
77!', 77Xc; September, old, 77, 78,
77V, 78Xc; September.tew, 77,78ii',
77X77H. 78J4C Oorn Sio.2 July 62,
52K.51K, 62Hc; September 52X, 53,
52X, 52452Vc; Decent Uer 52, 53
53K. 52X. 52V52c. Oats -No. 2
July 41V, 4tV. 38X, 39Jtfe; Septem
ber 34, 344, S3V, 3334c; Decem
ber 34, 35, 34X34 , 84V ;Msy 36K,
37:, 36, 36 He. Mesa pork, per bbl
September $13 65, 13 67K, IS 45. 13 50.
Lard, per 100 lbs September $7 60, 7 70,
7 55, 7 55; October $7 42 . 7 52 W, 7 40,
7 42X. Short ribs, per 100 10s Sep
tember $7 93tf, 7 97 X, 7 75, 777Jf ; Uc-
tober $7 80, 783, 7 67X, 7 67.54.
F0REI6N MARKET
Bv oawe to the Monuna tm.i
Liverpool, July 27. Cotton: Spot,
in fair demand; prices unchanged.
American middling 6.64d. The aales
of the day were 8,000 bales, of which
1.000 bales were for speculation and
export and Included 7,500 bales Amer
ican. Receipts 1,000 bales, including
200 bales American.
Futures opened quiet and closed.
easy; American middling (g o c):
July 6.286.29d; July and August
6.28d; August and September 6.24d;
September and October 5.815.82d;
October and November 5.39d; No
vember and December ..5.285.29d;
December and January 5.235.24d;
January and February 5.23d: Febru
ary and March 5.215.22d; March and
April 5.21d.
MARINE.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Highlander. Robeson. Fay
ette vUle, x.i Love.
British schooner Lillie, 811 tons,
Davis, Clenfuegot, to master.
Schr Emma Knowlton, 309 tons,
Hudson, New xork, to master.
CLEARED.
Steamer Highlander. Robinson, Fay
etteville, T D Love.
Schooner Isles boro. Trimm. New
Vn.lr 1 1 11 Ma
A V. a., w,n WW.
EXPORTS.
COASTWISE.
Nsrw Yobk Schooner Ialesboro.
16,107 cross ties; cargo by Standard
Pole and Tie Co; vessel by C D Maf-
utt.
Tate Parfeetlonu ,
of a pure.rlcb, unsweefened condensed
milk is Borden's Peerless Brand
Evaporated Cream. It is alwavs avail
able for every use to which raw milk
or cream is devoted and is far superior
to tne average quality of either. Pre
pared by Borden's Condensed Milk
Co. ' .
DR.PIERCE'S
FOR THE
BLOOP.LiYE n.t JNG.
NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND
P.1 " wucumm x-rcjatneory acoooi tor utrla.
gous Building. Conducted by SchoolSisters of Notts
Dune. Location nnarped, suburbs of BsUunore.
ATenso, Usltlmore, Md.
le 80 2m tatnsa-
For Sale.
One large Miller malm iron af a.
weight 4.000 lha.
1 One large Marvin i mil nafn w'nicrVif
A MA - , ,
C,OW IDS. '
One larere - HerriTiir irnn aafa.
weight 3,000 lbs.; and 25 other iron
. Jl m .
Baies 01 yanous sizes. -
" i Show cases, all sizes, in stock and
can make prompt shipment. t.
SAUI BEAR. SR., & SdJIS
-jy 3 tf ; 18 Market jStreet.'t
Continues to inaKe Miraculous Cu
READ. THIS LETTER:
ALMOST A MjRACLE.
. f : Dirtow, 8. O., Aug. 18th, 19M
Oentlemen. In September, ISM, I took rheumatism In a very bad tL
In a month aftex the. disease started I bad to giro up my work and ln
bed. It continued to stow worse until my arms and hands were badiv df.?
88?' """ f?hfn' M' ie?" 1Iere drawn back until mr
feet touohed my hips. I waa asaelpless aa a baby for nearly twelvo month
The muaolea of mrarms and leas were hard and shrireled up. I suffered dtW
many times oyer. Waatreated By six different physicians in TMoCoU. Dilioi
liarion, but none of theexoonlddo me any rood, until Dr. J. P. Ewini oi fifiinV
eametoaeeme. He told me to try your Rhidmacidb." He got me "one hntlhl
of the medlolne asdl began to take It and before the first bottle was u.pS 1
began to mat better. I used aye and a half bottles and was completely TnrL
That waa two years a-o, and my health has been excellent ever since H. hVW
no symptoms of rheumatism. I regard "Rhiumaoidb" as by far th h.
remedy for rheumatism on the market. I cannot say too much for it I
recommended it to others slaoe and it has cured them. ' Te
aay further, that I began to walk In about six days after I beiran to ti.
' MBnatraTaonavn with the aid of crutches j in about three montha af to" 1 beSrS
to take it, I could walk as pod aa anybody, and went back to work a gain.
' ' " " ' Very truly. JAMES WILKES.
All Druggists, or sent express prepaid on receipt of $1.00.
Bobbllt Chemical Co., - Baltimore, na
BY RIVER, j AMI KIL-
Kscclpts ef Maval Stares sad ton
Testerdsy;
O. O. Railroad 9 barrels crude tur
pentine.
W. Sc. W. Railroad 9 casks spirits
turpentine,5 barrels tar, 9 barrels crude
turpentine.
W.. O. & A. Railroad 1 cask
spirits turpentine, 2 barrels rosin, 2
barrels tar, 65 barrels crude turpen
tine.
A. & Y. Railroad 31 casks spirits
turpentine, 55 barrels rosin, 7 barrels
crude turpentine.
W. & N. Railroad 13 barrels rosm,
11 barrels crude turpentine.
Steamer Highlander 20 casks spirits
pontine, SO barrels rosin, 20 barrels
tar, 25 barrels crude turpentine.
; Steamer Franklin Pierce 5 casks
spirits turpentine. 96 barrels roaln.
Total 66 casks spirits turpentine, ivo
barrels rosin, 27 barrels lar, 117 barrels
crude turpentine.
A FATHER'S GRATITUDE.
Many a Family in Wilmington
wili appreciate the fol
lowing Many a strong man and many a
healthy woman has much lor which
to thank father and mother. The
care taken during their childhood
brought them past the danger point
and made them healthy men and
women. Children are -generally
bothered at some period with incon
tinence of urine, and inability to re
tain it is of times called a habit. It
is not the children's fault tbe diffi-
cultylies with the kidneys, and can
be readily righted If taken in the
proper way. A Wilmington parent
shows you how.
J. T. Jbert, of 515 South 6th
St., mattress maker, says: "I used
Doan's Kidney Pills in my family.
My little girl complained of eevere
pama in the small of her back, and
the kidney secretions were dark and
full of brickdust' .sediment. We
were very much worried about her
and when I learned of Doan s Kid
ney Pills I went up to B. B. Bel
lamy s drug store and got a box and
gave them to her. Since using them
she has improved wonderfully and is
a different child. Her kidney secre
tions cleared up, she doea not com
plain of her back, and in fact Doan's
Kidney Pills eare her new life. We
are very much pleased with them
and you can use my name and wel
come.
For sale by all dealers. Price, 50
cents a box. Foster-Mliburn Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y., sole asrents for thr
United States.
Remember the name Doan's
and take no substitute, iy 26 lw
TtnawHan nf all 1.1 m. i
a tail miuui OUIU UU OisOJ iXlObBJjaUIJiaLB.
wiwi viruuu suiu lTpowraer raper, etc.
O. W. YATES a CO.
Sole AsentB for RAmlnvtnn Tnritiin
lyistr ---sw,..w.
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08 Students. 66 Inatruetora.
. New Dormitores, Water Works,
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u,uuu yoiumes. - ' ,
Fall term, academin . n.nil nmtaa.
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SALT, SALT.
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BAGGING AND TIBS,
and a full line other seasonable
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Ask for quotations.
HALL & FEAESALL
. incorporated.
t. i.naoiesaia urocers.
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flTO . WYCfcOFF. SEAMANS BENEDICT f&
res
Sardines.
318
260
180
890
764
Cases New Sardines.
Dozen Table Peaches.
Dozen Pie Peaches.
Bushels N. C. Peanuts.
Bushels Va. Peanuts.
84 Dozen Rumford Powders
162 Dozen Horsford
291 Cases Good Luck.
1 03 Cases P. & M. Powder.
64 Cases Tumbler Powder.
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308, 310 & 312 Nutt street.
WILMINGTON, N. O.
it 24 tf
HAMMOCKS !
Now is the time
you need a
Hammock.
We have a new line. No
old stock. Call and see
us before buying.
1.
The Stationer,
je U tf H7 Markol Hi
Wilmington and Fayettevitle
STEAMBOAT LINES.
ttraeri for FayetteTtUe, Freight
ana Patisattri.
Steamer Highlander, Capt. W. McK. Robe
son, leaves 4:30 F. U , Mondays and Thursdays.
Steamer Hart, Capt. W. a. Bobeson, leaves
at 4:io P. K., Tuesdays and Fridays.
- For passage, freight and towage rates ap
ply to
T. D. LOVE,
General Agent,
eonth Water street
Is is tr
RECEIVER'S SALE.
Btate of North Carolina, County of New Han
over, in tne superior uonrt.
Charles M. Whltlock, 1
a. 1 NoUce of Bale.
Auburn Lumber Company. )
f By virtue of an order Issued by t he HonorabU
W. B. Allen, Judge Boperlor Court, appomtiDR
the undersigned receiver of tbe Antmrn Lum
bar Company and directing tht said receiver
to sell at public auction, to the hlgheet bidder,
for Afish- thn nlnnt. nf I ha Raid Auburn Lnmbf r
Company, that Is the saw mill, tramway, loco
motlva, Umber, teams, rights of wav.fraDchlees
and all other property, I will, on Friday, tbe
8ist aay or august, 1903, at the saw mm Dear
Turkey, la Sampson county, sell to tbe blgbeet
bidder for casta, the said saw mill, tramway,
locomotive, timber, teams, lights ot war.
franchise and all other urooertv of the said An
burn Lumber Company.
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SARSAPARILLA WITH
IODIDU.
Tl. wf fibfn ariA Rln-f) rpmedv.
A powerful purifier of the blood,
price 75c a bottle, three bottles for
vs. uu, at ,
HARDIN'S
Palace Pharmacy,
126 South Front Street.
ap 35 tr Both 'rnonw ou.
Peacb and Vanilla
CREAM.
. 41.00 gallon delivered Sunday.
J. W. Plummer, Jr.,
Bell 'Bhone 680. jj. 18 tf
Tne Unlucky Corner
Calls your attention to the fine
line of Holmes & Coutt's
CAKES AND CRACKERS.
Anything you may desire for
that Lunch Basket. By the
way if you are ahy of nice luncn,
baBketa I haye a very select line.
Don't fail to trv our "Fox Biver
Butter" and "Mystery" Flour.
They stand at the head.
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