North Carolina Newspapers

. . ...j (ii,iea Bsna-Flds, Bvsry.sy :TECSlFSU3SClllPII0:ij ulstido Laff if Thta That i Sir of Any Otbsr Dally Hews- Ona Taavr by 7aJl, pspei rnonsuiu S tfllmlniten. "' IN IHI STATK. ; Six XLomlhrn, . jThrea ZXoatlis,1 tUrn f SmfeMrtfren ba Shae W -; VOL. LXXIV.-NO. 128. WILMINGTON, N. C. THURSDAY, AUOTST 18, 1904. g Ctti at 4S CbU par Bojstsu X "!'!:-: pVooft WHOLE NO. 11,537 v-;-?"-- - 9 A6.C0 1.85 1 7 1.00 1 mm OUTLINES. I , -Tolulio a ! a Paraguay Is spread Fl!! Japanese ars drawing their I around Port Arthur; the Ement continues. Russia KK to the disarming of the ! e;?,.iar Askold at Bhanghai. L Tonin has made demand of China ,'ntv in the case of Russian war- s it Shanghai. The formal t' j Qanal aw Alton nu lhA TAmocralta L'idate for vice president took place tv'hite euipnur Dpnosi "'w Eathenng oi pcupio. united States and (ireat Britain .rmallv raised the question of h gtuffs as contraband of war with gjg . Xne irort ariuuc kci- wfused the demand to surrender. L Judge Parker Is strongly urged 0 on a Stumping lour uurxiiK ma .ien Senator Hoar, of Jsachusetts is dying. uae frowai found dead near States- fr Ha . vcsieruajr u" n r V 1 J. j.j i. (k.;...k;. e shot ana wououcu m "' !thn Tiiht. Labor leaders. Chicago havefclven up all hope of a Ilement of the strike, and are pre- ng for a long struggle; mere wore r'ots surieu aj strute ajiupatm- yesterday. Negro lynched lareneo county, Ala. Four lie killed and many others injured i collision at Chicago, Illinois. New York markets: Money on. very easy at 1 per cent; cotton Vt st 10.55s: flour was held higher. Iking business ;wheat spot strong:, 2 red nominal; uorn spot nrm, 2 60c ; Oats Spot steady, mixed. 132 lbs., 3BjiWt8; rosin auu; ils turpentine quiet. ' . - WEATHER REPORT. ruBB, ) 0. g. Dkp't of Aqbioulttjbh, Wkatheb bureau, WluaKQTON, N. O., Aug. hteDrological data for the twenty fr hours ending at a tr. a. : kinneraiures: 8 A. Jo., 7o degrees; M., 76 degrees; maximum, ea ue j; minimum, 72 degrees; mean, 80 rees. - " - ainfall for the day, .10; rainfall e first of the month to date, 4.46 hes. COTTON REGION BULLETIN. . " aovershave fallen in Oklahoma fi a few light scattered rains in a Saber of districts. Warm weather vails in the central and-western itions of the belt. The day tempera- at in tbe Atlantic . coast districts hi ranged somewhat lower. FORECAST FOB TO-DAY. -Vashihgton, Aug. 17. For North roiica: Showers Thursday and t'; light to fresh variable winds. a Rises . . aS8t8.... . ky's Length. Uh Water at Southport. gn wv?r Wilmington. An eichange asks: "What can a rl do?" If she is the right age she la do moat any man. Judge Parker believes that the pes In this government ia derived jom the people. Roosevelt believes lat he is the power and all that the ople have to do with it is to elect Take your choice. " " An exchange says a Kentucky pngressman lost his hat In escaping pm the pool room when the police aae a raid on it. What is a hat to Congressman when he had his lees pth him on an occasion like that? Port Almanac August 18 5.20 A.M. 6.46 P.M. 13H.26M. 1.03 A.M. 3.83 A.M. Charleston received her first bait new cotton August 15th, and it d at 12 cents a pound.-It was pped from Bamberg. ' ' ' LOCAL DOTS. THE GUNS THUNDERED PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. The" naval store market ; was very strong yesterday. Spirits , was steady at 53c. and rosin firm at $2,271. Knight's Columbia excursion i returned before day; this morning. It carried into Columbia four coaches of white and eight coaches was filled with colored people. -f AJiuiiding permit was granted yesterday to a D; Weeks, Esq., for the erection of a two-story residence on north side of Princess, between Seventh and Eighth streets. S . Capt. Harper announces that j the steamer "Wilmington" will run a moonlight excursion on the Cape Fear river to-night The boat will leave her wharf at 8 P. 1L and return at 10:30. Fare for round trio 15 cents. Only two cases of interest were tried by the Mayor yesterday." John Hutson, colored, charged with engag ing in an affray, and Fred Bennetf, a half-witted negro, always drunk and disorderly, were each sent to the roais for 30 days. Bam Holmes, a soldier, drunk and down, was fined $5 and costs. ; - :-;v"- The Seashore: Pleasure Club will give a big dance. at Carolina i Beach next Tuesday night. The com mittee Ii composed of Messrs. W. B. Savage, Jno. W. Capps, James Holton, Q. R. Holt and David Willis. There will be music and dancing all day and until the departure of the late boat at night ',. V r ;- , FarmerTLineker, who liyes on the Castle Haynes road and farms for diversion and cuts clothes in Wil mington and draws the interest on his money for a livelihood, has a brag field of corn at his fine place In the country. Some sample stalks brought to the city yesterday were the best I seen In this section for a long time. There were 33 arrivals at The Orton on the late S. A.L.and Coast lane trains last night, the occasion having i been cheap rates to the mountains and seashore by all the railroads yester day. The movement over the A. O. L. through Florence during the day wa especially heavy and all trains were reported as moving on schedule. Second MAMMOTH INDUSTRY. has Regiment Carried Off Honors in Sham Battle at Alorehead Yesterday, v - :5 BANQUET -AT THE HOTEL WilinlDxtOB Light Iafsntry Pay Especial ; " Honor to Qovernor Aycock Home , Boys Take flih Stasd ia Camp .' ; 3fv Lee Some Qenersi Notes. -i. Special Star Telegram. Camp Leb, Morehead City, Aug. 17. Colonel Bragaw and the Becond Regiment won all the honors In the sham battle manoeuvres in 'camp to day - Governor ' Aycock - and staff witnessed the conduct of the troops in the field and pronounced their move ments of j the "regalat" class. Two. thousand people watched the soldiers with great interest. - . .To-night covers were laid for 200. at a magnificent baaquet given by Man ager Cook, of the Atlantic Hotel,com plimentary to Governor Aycock and staff officers. The banquet was served in six courses and was one of the most elaborate - on record. ; A beauti ful banquet to the ladies will be given tomorrow - afternoon at 3 o'clock. To-night Col, Jas. A. Bryan, of the A. & N. O. Railroad, was toast msster, and some of the responses were as follows: Governor Aycock, ''The Btate's Record in Warl; ex-Gov. T. J. Jarvls, "The Establishment of the Guard"; General Royster, "The North Carolina National Guard, its Present, Past and Future"; Gen. Carl A. Woodruff, U. S. A., Retired, "Rela tion Between the Army and its Mili tia"; Gen. J. L. Armfield, "The First N. C. Infantry In the Spanish Ameri can War"; r Col. Craig, ""Lessons Taught by National Guard Life"; CapL Wm. F. Robertson. "The Value Of the Baxter-Corps"; MR. 6ARL BERQER DEAD. Weil Ksowa Citizen Cossccted With the 7 A. C. L. Snbps ! Wilmiotes. Golcteboro Argus, Kth ::S. News was received in this city - this afternoon by wire, just as we go to press, of the death of Mr. Carl Berger, which occurred at the A. C. It. Hos pital at Rocky Mount some time this afternoon. Mr. Berger had been con fined there about two weeks and un derwent two. operations and died from the effect or the last one as above stated." -.iti-J - -i---- : Mr. Berger was well known in this city, where he had many friends, and was a brother-in-law of Mr.' W. G. Britt, our efficient Register of Deeds. Mr. Berger at one time held a posi tion at the Furniture Factory in this city, where he was held In nign es teem by bis associates. The remains will be brought to this city to-morrow for burial. - . . - - The Washington Post has; all ong been insisting that this, from e7 logical standpoint, must be a nil campaign. We will say for the otfthat its position was taken More it was known that dhamn ark was going to run amuck with f is razor. When a man performs a stunt and Here is nothing in it for him. we call him.?, What was it tbat 3e a few scattering remarks to ilaam ? What will Tom Watson Out of his rnnnlniv T -these are all questions. haw -i. i are High Price Shaw. In h?a anAonW otte workin?mfiT'a .oolw If Tt7'l .Ugg (s"viu, uei.. tnea to mase Hem Kniinn- ii i . . . . inaL hitrh nrifloa wfiTfl Hectly delightful. According to PDaw, the An at efrilra , . -'"Jjj UV UQO BS11&W m to be kept up because it keeps Ln u beef 80 higa a working rm has to cnnfino l,;. j .vu. kjg "o mot w numa Seat Estate Transfers - ' From deeds filed for record yester day tbe following real estate transfers appear: S. A. Behioss and wife to Joh& W. Capps, for $700, property on south side of Castle, 83 J feet west' of Sixth street, 38txl30 feet in size. John P. OWUIvan and wife to Eugene R. Pickard, for $1,850, property at north west corner of Eighth and . Orange streetr, 66x100 feet In size. Nash E. Bunting and others to Justin M. Bunt ine, for $750, property at southwest : corner of Fourth and Walnut streets and lots adjoining. John A. Cooper and wife to Basil M. Wilson and R. A. Burnett, for $400, property on west side of Seventh. 231 feet of Wooster atreet, 33x165 feet In size. " The Qreek at Inpper. '-'.j;', Some one saw smoke arising, from the roof of tbe L Shrler building at Front and Princess street last night and sent in a telephone alarm to tbe department. The apparatus ; turned ant In i iff v and a ereat crowd, col lected. Chief Schnibben went up to i investigate and found a Greek family living on the third floor. Supper was i being prepared and , the man of " the house couldn't understand . why he couldn't cook a morsel without causing all the commotion in the streets, the S clatter of horses' hoofs and the clang ing of bells. Chief Schnibben gave a i dissertation on the evils of being too hasty in turning in alarms and the apparatus departed. The smoke came from the Greek's cook stove. - i - Eve was a. a. : .; I. ..t'chUl serpent wa Hoping We " l, ueuumng an ap- lLtlhIh before he had hL , . u'u icmarits me weu V m wat woman hA Tia m thi. 1 IaVr- Fr0m that daT t0 i-ij words cut more ice -with awman than mere fruit; " ' On th inn. August, 1824, the first secre- H vp ftcoai uieaai tne ageoi the Indians called .him. "uia they calljhe fellow lemiaoie at Charleston. -:;Xi" -v.f Tuesday's 2Veis and Courier says V After having had a pleasant run down the coast : the ,revenue cutter Seminole, recently assigned to the Charleston-Wilmington station to take the place of the 'Forward,' which was sent farther south,. came into the har bor yesterday - and anchored in the stream off the Custom' House, wharf. The vessel came here, from Wllming tonrN. a; where it has been for ; the last few weeks, and though nope or the officers came ashore last night,; it Is understood that the-new vessel will make this port the base of operations for some lime to eome.jisT -': NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Sf'T- Keep Cool Cook with gas." ' " J. MSolky -A Cb.-i-Yourchitdren. was What recent statistics aro . i ' . . . lish. 7" 4U,ea 10 10 into be- 'alaries.; he lncreaae in our inthn7. more than the increase m e cost of living? , ' -v- : - : Busisnsas locals. TJ. O. Ellis Photographs., Wanted Energetic man A dip in the ocean these hot after noons Is a pleasute beyond compare- car every,, nn nour in oa aiwr- I noon. ' j. ::t- : i-.r Annual Encampment": Col. N. Hunter, "The Hospital CapL jR. E. Davidson, "The Light Artillery"; Col. Pollock, Oar Hosts."-) . ; The feature of Tuesday in camp was the review of the troops by Governor Aycock.; ' Thousands' were present. The Chief Executive was escorted' by a detail under Lieut. Col. T. C. James and the W. L. L was one of the com panies 'accorded ' the distinguished honor of forming a part of the escort. The Wilmington boys after the parade appeared in front of ; brigade head quarters and gave three rousing cheers for their "Chief." The W. L. L made an excellent showing in the' review and is being spoken of as one of the very best companies In camp. They should receive a rousing wel come upon; their return . when they get home Friday night. ; " The escort to the Governor was com posed of two companies chosen on merit, and the Charlotte Light Artil lery. In charge of Company F, of Frankllnton, Third Regiment, one of the oldest companies in the Guard which holds its place at the head of the Third Regiment and leads the bri gade review, was Oapt. W. L. Mc Ghee, its organizer, and, in command of Company O, Wilmington, Second Regiment, was Capt. W.F. Robertson. 8peaking to your correspondent of the W. L. I., a prominent Baleigh news paper man in camp with the boys ex pressed himself, thus: "Just here I want to say that the officers and men of the ) Wilmington Company, with whom I have talked, have all express ed themselves as delighted with the camp ground here. The company is a finely drilled body or men, ana Dears the colors of the Second Regiment." : The Newbern Division of Naval Re server, under command of Capt. T. O. Daniels, came over yesterday to take part in, the exercises in honor of the Gevernor. A report of the men in camp shows 497 to the credit of - the Second Regi ment and 517 with the Third. There are 24 men In the hospital corps. Of the 12 patients in the infirmary, 10 are from tbe Third and tw from the Second Regiment. . - ' - - The sham battle this afternoon took place at 4 o'clock. The Becond Regi ment defended Morehead City while the Third made the attack with the artillery corps. SURPRISE VEDDIBQ LAST K10HT. Hiss Genevieve Pearsall Jones the Bride v... j of Mr. John A. Morris. it is aueugnuuiuitieBurpriBo hujw Miss Genevieve Pesrsall Jones and Mr. John A. Morris, both popular young people of Wilmington, have in store for their friends when this an nouncement comes under , their ob servation this morning. At 9:80 o'clock last night, at the parsonage or the First Baptist church, they became man and wife in a quiet, but verj im pressive ceremony, performed by the pastor, the Rev." Fred D. .Hale, D. D. The engagement of Miss Jones and Mr. Morris has been announced for some time but the culmination of the happy event wasnot expected by telr friends until Fall. f ? However, con gratulations are in order at the present and Mr. and Mrs. Morris are receiving tb6m an hundred fold. . .. - The bride U the attractive young daughter of Mr. Sol. J. Jones, , late of this city, but now Resident of Kin gton, 'N.- C. The groom Is a son of Mr. , and Mrs. W. J. Morris, of Wil mington, and has the responsible posi tion of chief engineer at the Indepen dent Ice factory, f They ; will be at home for the present at the. home of the groom's parents, Nor 412 Prlncesa street. Married List Kliht. At the home of (he bride's brother, Mn G. R. Holt. No. 603 Castle street. last night at 9 ro'clock, -? auss wora Elizabeth Holt, daughter of the late Thos. Holt, of Masonboro township, was quietly married to Mr. William Gregerseniiof Cape Fesr township. A large number of friends were in attend ance. The ceremony! was performed by Justice of the Peace Herbert John- " Miss Lillian Stemmerman returned from' a visit to Kfnston. i;; Mr? R. 'F. , Hamme left yes terday for New York to purchase his Fall stock. '."- I' : Messrs. Jackson Greer and R. O. Powell were here yesterday attend ing the trucker's meeting. -k' 7 . Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Edwards and child left yesterday to spend a while at Dudley, Wayne county , Mr. B. O. Davis,; of Charles ton, 8. O., Is here on a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Davis. ; Mr. B. F, Keith, Jr., son of Oolleclor B. F. Eeltb, left last eve ning on a visit to Mr. B. F. Kelthi of Boston. '-r j: E. w. Cranmer, Esq., and family, of Southport, have eone to Los Angeles, California,' which will be their home in the future. ' ; ' Mnti O. G. -Latta and sol Master Robert, after a sojourn at Mrs. Northrop's cottage on Wrigblsville Beach, left yesterday for their home in Raleigh, v ; .; -' -rf .-.-.- Miss M. P. Ronrkj of South port, returned home yesterday on the steamer "Oompton," after a pleasant visit at the home of Mr. W. McD. Evans.- ; Howard F. Jones, of Wilson; L. T. Oottlngham and wife of Bella my, and Capt. J. R. Stephens and wife of Raleigh, were guests at the Orton yesterday. " v - Dr. E. Porter will leave Satur day for New York to spend some time with his son, Dr. E. Pender Porter, one of the successful young physicians now practicing in the metropolis. Mr. Ed. V. Denton,of Raleigh, the popular traveller for Jno. T. Bar bee & Co., wholesale dealers and dis tillers of "Old Fashioned Hand i Made Sour Mash Whiskev," LouIsville.Ky., is here calling on the trade. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. H. Hanby left yesterday for Jackson Springs and later will spend some -time at Asheville. Miss Etheredge, of j Ports mouth, who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Hanby, accompanied them to the Springs. ;: -C 1 - 'i -; - - Charlotte News: "Miss aTine Evans has returned from a visit to Laurlnburg. Miss Evans will leave In a few days for a visit to Wilming ton and Wrightsville Beach,! where she will be joined by her sister, MUs Emily Evans." Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bo wo" en went to Mount Olive yesterday to at tend the funeral of. Mr. Bowden's niece, Mrs. Dan Carnegie, who died Tuesday. Rev. ,W111 B. Oliver, of Florence, S. C, a cousin of Mrs. Car negle,"passed through the city Tuesday on his way to Mount Olive. "SAFE BLOWERS AT CLIN TON. Eighth Annual Meeting of East K Carolina Fruit and j TrKk -Growers' Association. WAS HELD HERE YESTERDAY. Annual Reports Show. Splendid Develop - meat Addresses by Experts from i 'J: Af rlcnltars! Depsrtment The Election sf Off Icerp,. Etc. 'The several comprehensive yearly reports submitted to the eighth annual meeting of the East Carolina Fruit and Truck Growers' Association, held In this city yesterday, showed a continued development of fruit -and vegetable growing in this territory to propor tions little dreamed of ' upon the lnclp lency of the iadaslry here a little more that a dozen years aeo. ..The.- meetlhg well attended andsystem marked the every feature of the proceedings The statements by. officers,; director. and committees were all highly grati fying to stockholders and . it was a magnificent testimonial to their! man agement that every one of them was re-elected for the ensuing year Be sides the regular order of business, the Association passed a resolution memo rializing the National government to enlarge its Weather Bureau facil ities here, -; and . heard with a great deal of interest, pleasure and profit excellent V addresses from En tomologist Franklin Sherman, Jr., and Prof. H. Harold Hump, -of quently , met and elected -Mr! ; Hill chairman ; Mr. Springer, secretary, and . .. Mr. H. , T. - Bauman,- business agent. The election of Mr. Bauman is for tbe ninth . yearly, term' apd the public, irrespective of vocation, will bear testimony., to his efficiency. He Is appreciated by the Association and it is eminently proper that he should be. He Is linked inseparably, like the iWestbrookr, with the development of the trucking industry In 'this section. Postoff ice Robbers Got in Good Work I here Before Dsy Yesterday. Mr. J. L! Tyndali, of Sampson county, who arrived in the city yes terday, brought news of the burglary of the poitofflce at Clinton night be fore last or early yesterday morning before day.; Entrance was effected by breaking in the front door and the safe in the office was blown open with dynamite. All the money and stamps i deposited In the safe were taken, but the amount is unknown. The door of the safe was not torn off its hinges but the charge of dynamite blew out the lock. There is no clue to the rob 1 bers. An unsuccessful effort was made about a year ago to dynamite the same safe, v The postmaster at Clinton is Mr. D. P. Danerson and he is much distressed over the affair, having, in addition to the postoffice funds, suf fered a personal loss. ; ! - t 8. A. 6. CLUB ENTERTAINED. Receptiiia to Friends Tnesdsy Evenlnf. Those Who Participated. ; The members of the B. A. P. Club gave a most delightful reception to their many friends Tuesday evening. Those who were present were: Miss May Lacy, Mr. Willie Keen, Miss Beulah Anderson, Mr. Louis M. Hew lett, Miss Addle Anderson, Mr. Ernest V. Richards, Jr., Miss Annell Branch, Mr. Willie J. Lacy, Miss Hattle Gard ner, Mr. Leo Lacy, Miss Hattle Yopp, Mr. David Seifert, Miss Fannie Hew lett, Mr. Cicero Gorp, Miss Daisy Mc Iver, Mr. Fred W. Gerken, Miss Annie Lacy, Mr. Harry Keen, Mr. Oscar Oa- nady, Miss Nellie Brown, Mr. Murray Croom, Miss Genie Bailey, Mr. Wil lie Munroe. ; '!;':;S;! Correni Bound Fleet ;; . . Capt. Hagerthy. of the schooner. ;"Sedgwick,1!, which came in yesterday from a 28-day voyage fromt PhlladeK phia with cargo of fertilizers for the Wilmington compress warehouses, re ports having spoken 30 of about twice that number of yeisels-bound south and detained north of ; Hatteras on account of the phenomenally strong head current which maritime writers have been at a loss to explain for some time.- Capt. Hsgertby says; some : of the vessels have beeniied up for six weeks on account of tbe phenomenon. Capt. Hagertb?' vessel was the! first to stem the current and reach her des tination, though one of the most un satisrsctory. Cap- Hagerthy iayshe 'ever sailed.' ;;-r ;:! V!:: : Take the children to the Casino 2S cents: round- trip on trolley line for children .under twelve s years. o charge for children n nderj 5 years. : t , the State Agricultural Department at Raleigh. j, -ri f xPv -K' The meeting was called ' to order at S o'clock by President W. !L..Hill, of Warsaw. Mr. H. T. Bauman was at the desk as v. secretary p; and Mr. S. H. Strange, of Fayetteville, was present as treasurer. It ' was asi certalned that a large majority of the stock was represented either in person or by proxy and the meeting was de dared duly organized for business. The first matter to engage the atten tion of the Association was the annual report of the Board of Directors, which embraced the annual reports of Mr. H. T. Bauman, business agent; Mr. S. H. Strange, treasurer, and other documents of interest, which are referred to at some length below. upon motion the reports were unan imously adopted with a vote of thanks to the Board and officers, : especially to Business Agent Bauman, whose re port was pronounced by all tbe very best ever made to the Association.. The resolution from last year pro viding for an increase of the number of Board of Directors to 21 members was called up and unanimously car ried, under a suspension of the rule the secretary casting the entire vote of the Association for the measure. Under the terms of a further motion, by Mr. Brown, the chair called for nomina tions of 21 members of the Board of Directors nine of the number being from the Chadbourn and 12 from the W. & W. and A. fc Y. sections. The following nominations were then made and-the secretary, by instruction,- cut the unanimous vote of the Association for them, viz: J. A. Westbrook,' Mount Olive; L L. Fai son, Faison; W. L. Hill, Warsaw; D. W. Fussell, Rose Hill; B. F. Fussell, Teacheys i J. 'H. Moore Burgaw ; J. a Westbrook," Wallace; Dr. E. Por ter, Rocky Point; W. E. Springer and H. T. Bauman, Wilmington; Dr. Geo. F. Lucas, Cur rle; 8. H Strange, Fay etteville; J. A. Brows, W.' E. Thig pen and M. F. Leonhart, Chadbourn; D. ' Boughner and. H. L. Struthers, Grists; R. O. PoweD, Whlteville; J G. White, Wards; S. J. SmvIs, Mt. Tabor ; ! J. L. Williamson, V Cerro Gordo.- . . !; i;':-. x . Profs. ; Hume and Sherman were then introduced - to the Association and they made excellent addresses on horticulture, dealing especially with the insects which! annoy the 'trucker and the best methods of exterminat ing the pests. . The strawberry weevil came in for a good share of attention, and the result of a number, of experi ments by the government were cited. Upon the : conclusion of their ad dresses Messrs. Sherman and Hume were given an enthusiastic vote of thanks. In line with the suggestions in the report of the Board of Directors, Mr. Z. W Whitehead offered a resolution calling upon the government to estab lish in this city an enlarged Weather Bureau service similar to that now maintained In other great fruit dis tricts like San' Francisco, St. Louis and Detroit with regular trucking bul letins. Mr. Whitehead said the pros pects are jrery good for the accom plishment of the undertaking, which would add many thousands of dollars to the profits of the growers. The Board of Directors in its report said that too much stress could not be laid on the subject and the ; Board recom mended that a strong resolution be passed, urging our Senators ; and Representatives in Congress and the departments in Washington for the establishment for such an Institution here before the next- berry season. Tbe . resolution of Mr. , Whitehead admirably covered the ground and it was unanimously carried ' 1 ; . . Electloa of Officers. - Upon the adjournment of the stock holders the newly ejected Board of Directors met and unanimously re elected the old officers and executive committeemen as follows:. ; v - ; . ' ; : t Presldent-W. L? Hill. - '.'f .Vice President W.E Springer, i Secretary H. T. Bauman. . : .; ; Treasurer S. EL 8trange. ; , r Executive Committee W.L. Hill. W. E. Springer, WB. Thlgpen, J. A.' Brown, J. A. Westbrook and J. B. Westbrook. ;.'.?, r. . - ' . ? The ExeeuUve;ommHtee-sttbse- . ; Reports lubmitted Yesterday, - : Space forbids anything more than a brief synopsis of . the very comprehen sive reports submitted to the Asiocia. tion yesterday. That of the Executive Committee reviews the work of the past year; its organization and the five regular and special meetings in Wil mington during the year ; the re-elec tlon of Mr. Bauman as shipping agent and the establishment of headquarters in the Masonic Temple,' this city ;Vthe acceptance of J. O. Crr,.Kfg ; as at torney of the Association. The !qixes- tion f thb dsiy of two'cents sV ' pousd on strawberries and vegetables shlp peDo Canada was taken up with , re ceivers in Montreal, Ottawa' and To ronto and wUh HohJrC.;. R. Thomas, who Introduced a bill, now; pending in Congress, for a reciprocity agreement looking-to the abolition": of the duty. In November, 1903, the 'committee called on the railroad officials aad were assured of better transportation for vegetables, potatoes, watermelons and cantaloupes. The assurance was ful filled in a measure and some improve ment in deliveries resulted therefrom. Failure of ; tbe t committee's ef fort to reduce the minimum carload of strawberries from 300 to 250 crates to Eastern and New England markets was noted.the requests having been refused for the reason that it would destroy the efficiency of train No. 80 by overcrowding and jeopar dizing the movement of : that train. The committee renewed its insistence that the minimum be reduced to 250 crates of strawberries and 350 crates of lettuce and canteloupes. Claims amounting to $3,943.84 were filed with the A. O. L. R. R. Co. during 1903 for various members, of which amount $766.16 was collected; $38 was withdrawn and suits Instituted for re covery of the balance. Car-load and less than car-load rate on potatoes was asked for and declined by the railroads on the ground that rates were by the package and bad been already fixed for the season. The destruction of the Ice plant at South Rocky -Mount last 8pring was noted, and contracts with Wilmington,': Greensboro, Fayette ville, Norfolk, Petersburg and Sumter to meet the deficiency in ice supply there was recited. The Committee was impressed with '' the opinion that large "and well equipped . ice plants should be maintained at Rocky Mount and also at Chadbourn. The work of the special agents of the Association in New York, Richmond and, Pitts burg was commended and their work viewed with satisfaction. Successful efforts to have the Express rate on berries and vegetables to Interior New York and Pennsylvania and Wes tern points ' changed from hun dred weight to package classi fication was reported, t A . statement from the Carolina Fruit Package Co., showing that a total of 434,696 crates bad been furnished to growers from its ten factories, was submitted with a note that a "good many crates were shipped from the W. & W. totheOhad- bourn section. From the statement, tbe committee charges the company with not living up to its guarantee to furnish an ample supply of crates to each section and it Is stated that great trouble resulted thereby;; Chadbourn gr o were had to haul from over-supplied points and pay from 28 to 35 cents when the price agreed upon was 25 and 26 cents. If the agents of the company ' exacted these prices the committee says it's up to them to ex plain in the face of a . positive assur ance that no such thing would result from their combination of factories. From the report of the Business Agent it is quoted that 534,158 crates were shipped from the company's territory this season while only 434,696 crates had been supplied to meet the demand. Had the crop been only 450,000 crates the committee says the shortsge would have been.15,304 crates. As it was, with a guarantee of 450,000 crates and an additional 50,000 for emergencies, thecomnanv fell short 65,304. The paragraph referring to the shortage concludes: "But for the fact that our growers supplied themselves, at great disadvantage and expense, from out side the territory controlled by this company, the losses sustained would have been enormous. Borne complaint was also made by the committee of the inadequate supply of refrigerator cars, but the company and not the local agent is blamed. , The Coast Line is commended for its transportation according to schedule, but connecting lines are censured for very Inadequate service and late deliveries. The com pliment to the A. C. L., however, is not to be taken thatihat company is to be relieved one whit of the respon sibility for the delays, it Joeing the initial line, the emmittee . sayr. The service of the F. G. E. was ; good " as was also that of the Southern Express Co., but the connection with the latter was declared to have been . the worst In years. ; The official organ of the Association and (is editor; Mr. 2. W. Whitehead, were commended for the fearless course which marks the con duct of ! that "publicatIon.!! The in-, adequate facilities of the Pennsylvania railroad 'on piers 28 and 29 is com-, plained of. ' However, it is noted that conditions are Improving. . " ; 7 7 The entire work of .the Association is summed vup with satisfaction and a deserved and happy compliment Is paid Jk ! Busing conclusion, . Growers throughout the territory are urged to co operate with; him in every possible way. ; Mr. Bsnmsa's RepsrtTTr Mr. Bauman, In his report to the Board of Directors, says that the acreage of strawberries the' past sea son was 6,835, against 6,474 the year j before an. Increase of 3601 acres, which was mainly in the Chadbourn section and contributed largely to the immense output from that point this season, j Despite the only normal acresge and the ravages of the weevil in the W. & W. and A. & Y. sec tions, only a slight decrease ' of the : yield was noted - there. ' While some ' increase in the Chadbourn section was anticipated, Mr. Bauman says several ; serious, losses occurrjed there on ac count of the shortage of crates. The season openedTvery much later than the year preceding, the. first crate ol berries, having gone . for ward v from Rocky' Point April 9.h and -the first refrigerator I car :; from Chadbourn April JlethTbe sesson: closed jwitb thel wtiyref rigejrator Olive May 27tb, , giving ? the, 3 terri tory only.43 days of .shipping, com pared with 82 days the season before. During the ; season: 2,158 , refrigerator cars were shipped in 41 days against only 1,075 cars in 68 days in 1903. The notable shipping event of the season was the movement of , 232 loaded cars on May 101b, of which number; 112 were from the Chadbourn section, 102 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. from the WJ& W. and A. & Y. terri tory all loaded; with strawberries, while 18 cars of berries and vegetables came from the N. E. R. R. section, in addition, 85 empty cars were ; Initially iced on that date, making in . all 267 refrigerator cars Iced and - re-iced at Bouth Rocky Mount - and forwarded between 5 A. M. and midnight the same day. Nine hundred and 50 tons or nearly two million pounds of Ice were put Into the cars. Hardly a hitch occurred in handling the immense business by the K Refrigerator Co.. which did everything possible tp ' fa cilitate tbe j movement.; The motive power of the A. O. L. was taxed to its capacity on rush days but everything went through on schedule. Delays were however, of frequent occurrence be -yend the Coast . Line proper. Few complaints of the refrigerator service were made, a shortage of Cars at Chadbourn at one time being relieved by' a shortage of crates. The Southern Express Company service on ! the A. C. L. was good, but the service on its connection with the Adams Express, was uniformly bad, especially at Washington. The result of several conferences with " several ' of the Adams', officials in Philadelphia was anything but satisfactory. The Ice situation on one or two occasions was dangerous, but the A. C L. and re frigerator company came to the relief and every ice factory In the territory was called upon to supply the defi ciency. - The distribution of the crop this season was even superior to 1903 and embraced many new markets. At no time was there a glut of any mar ket,, although dally shipments for quite a period were almost startling. On the big day, May 10th, 214 cars were distributed as follows: 40 to New York, 29 to Boston. 21 to Phila delphia, 20 to Pittsburg, 16 to Buffalo, 9 to Newark, 7 to Providence, 6 to Cleveland and the remainder to other points In from one to five car lots. The distribution was equally as good on other big days. The daily bulletin sent out from the junction .office at South Rocky Mount were of incalcula ble benefit In contributing ; to an equi table distribution. The necessity for the : appointment of agents at New York, Pittsburg and Richmond was set forth hd the way , the condition was met by the Executive Committee is commended. Reports from the spe cial agents, J. O. Bowden, in New York, G. T Flynn, In Richmond, and J. J. Bowden, in Pittsburg, are ap ponded to Mr. Bauman's report . ' A statement ' is given showing the movement of . strawberries, M, whole, from the various sections," by Express, refrigerator; and . ventilated cars, with the number of crates ship ped from each section, average num ber of crates per acre, average loading per car, number of the various kinds of cars, increase and decrease of the production in each section and a gen eral average of ! the shipment. Excerpts from the statement have pre viously been published. The net In crease is shown to be 64,985 crates as follows: Chadbourn belt, 53,246 crates; A. & Y. section, 279; Northeast rail road, 2,373 crates. A decrease of 913 crates Is shown from the W. & W. section. The shipment of lettuce last Winter and this Spring was approximately 80,000 packages; beans, peas, : radishes and other vegetables, 126,570 packages ; dewberries, 11,443 crates ; Irish pota toes, 102,018 barrels'; cantaloupes, 90, 916 packages. Total packages, 399,604. 7.7: ;v t:ftfei! Smis 7- " " . . r - '7-7 ; -h- !" V Jv i-. 7777? :..-::''r! siinipitiisi unuoren - i AND WB7WIWsp DBBSS TH13M TLTP EaUAL TO 7 QRO WN72 FOLKS. OUR UNE OF! Boys9 and Youths' rr C IS THE LARGEST III THE STATE.7 . And onr reputation , is too well established to . print false x state ments. The prices are the same to all and are satisfying. othins J. U l i CO.. One Price Clothiers and : Furnishers, .77 Wilmington, N. C. aul8tf Fresh Goods Arriving daily. Can we supply jon r ; iiiFEBi al vuyuiiSfi ;7' Fit for aTking. JlTTl Full Line Cigars, Tobaccos ; : and Cheroots. I 7JJ7; OvCt Leaders: ; -." v 77- 77-- ;-7;;"! La-Exceptional. ! 7 7 El Provedo. White Knight. None Better. Tne F. fi. Hasbagen Co., Wholesafe Grocers and 7-7 Distributors, - - . - :i "7 210-230 North Water street. ! Prompt prices. Ki-nds- R0CK, ICE CREAM, v : COARSE, FINE. 7 7 - i shipments and lowest & PEARSALL, an 7 tf INOOBPOBATKD. Call it and get y onr drngs. ; BTJLLTJOE & COWAN, ' v- 318 North Front St.;- an 13 tf 7!7775 price of strawberries was $3 per crate, It's Easy to Remember yielding ine - growers, irom mat source alone; the.- handsome - sum of $1,097,418.00. - Of that - amount fully 65 per cent was paid to growers by commission men on the spot. Con servative estimates place the value of other products at $660,875.00, bringing the grand total of vegetables and ber ries to $1,758,293.00. . The growers are to be congratulated upon the results the past season and the system of or ganization under which? they work. Oomnlimentarv reference is made to the recent annual meeting of the Amer ican Fruif and Produce Travellers As sociatlon in this dty and the full text of the President's annual address upon that occasion is Incorporated in Mr. Bauman's report. The objects of tbe Travellers' Association are heartily commended by Mr. Bauman. ' - With thanks to officers and members of tbe Association for courtesien ex tended, Mr. Bauman concludes bis re port with a pledge to still further ad vance the cause in the future, r' - A Word Abont Butter I We are selling a most 'deughtfal fresb But ter, from' the nonntalns : of Pennsylvania. ; It is cnamed on Monaay, sent bi express to as. and is received every Wednesday morning. - it -comes in 5-pound patla and l-pound blocks. ' We can sen it to yon perfectly freeh every Wed- nesday. As eaon lot arrives we place re in a refrigerator and keepJt bvd and sweet una soia.-: s- 7ilEnGrccery!C 'PboaeM TV ... If v ..!. !S-!"- fi'r ' 7. ;r;rr ta . ; ,.;-