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b - l7 &Uuar antaad Bean-Fids, lysry-Bay irIIIUa MItI IBBB IBM . Of any Other Dally Bsws. -f paper FobUitaid ti m S 0 i-Yttr; Halt. STltrat) Kothav-;ll.2-; Jf Tw-Eontlu,". - - - , V- I.C 3 1 ltunrtit Saasarlbars ia tkt fCtty as 4C Ccnta yr EesitX yDLBKIT DAILY RBVIFAF1U9 IN THI STATS. X WILMINGTON, N. C. J TUESDAY. JANUARY 3, 1905. i VOL. LXXV. NO. 87 WHOLE NO.vii.654 K-,f - ? u - 1- 1 'J I gfa looming OUTLINES. Port Arthur capitulated on .'Sunday, after a heroic defense since lastr May; honorable terms allowed by the Jap anese commander. .Tobu N". Cor- natzer has been appointed G. . 1 A. of the 'Frisco-System, Atfa brilliant New Tear's reception at ; Mie White House, President and -Mrs. pi Roosevelt greeted 7,778 people yesterday;, all colors ana classes - attended. H,r- Algernon r . T 1 m Sit' . Jit 1-7 ; 1 myer, 01 d acKSonvuie, Caesar Young shoot hie aj, who Faw elf -while in the cab w thNan Pattersor as been located at Deland. Fla. udge Speer,vof Georgia, has again held has chain-gang . Banishment lor misae: ,nor is contrary to law and civilization., The-tfer- man -steamship GennaDia was held tip as rtewport rtews yestero.y Decause sne is supposed to have on board two subma- ; rtne boats for Russia. - -The Nor. wegian Bark, Marpesia, from1: New York from Havana, with naptha, was blown 'op at sea'and eleven of her crew; killed; , the balance -of ' 'he crew has been r L " 1 av rl a Afr TTnmilf ai ,f)avmnAn - WEATHER REPORT. U. S. DEP'T OTP AGBICULTURE, 1 '- " Wkatheb Btjrbatj, V ' WiLMrNQTOir. N. CJ Jan. 2. J Meteorological data for the twenty- f osr hours ending at 8 P. M.c Temperature at 8 A. M., 4G; 8 P. M. 57 degrees; maximum, 69 oegrees; , mini- mnra 4j degrees; faean 57 degrees. Rainfall for ne aay," raimau siace first '-".'i; inches. of -Abb month to date, 1.74 i : s- Stage of wattv in Gape Pear river t jFayettevule at 8 A. M.,6.7feet. 7 - z , ' i f- FOKECAST FOB TO-DAT. ' "fc i v -.. ' Washktgton, D. C., Jan. 2. For e' i NNarth Carolina. Rain and colder Tu es day, brisk to high Northwest winds -. Wednesday fair. , ' ".; ; - . 1 ' STOBH.WARKIRG MESSAGE. J C liThe following message was received at ; 1 ' : - this office last night for the information. of the public. - " t - . " - Washington, D. C, January 2. Ad- : Tisory message: Northwest storm warn . $ . lags ordered 10 P. M., for Norfolk, New ?f ' . pot t News. Fort Monroe, j Baltimose, f 5v , Breakwater, Reedy Island, Port 'Norris, t Catpe May , Atlantic City, Philadelphia, . Sandy Hook and New - York. Winds i ' I will become high - Northwest to North - Tuesday with. rapidly falling ; temper, " ,-: atsre and rain or snow from the- New Jersey coast Northward and rain Sooth. Port; Alaa.c-Jnry 3. ;: tan. Rtsea. . ...... ; 7.10 A. 31. tun Sets...:... 5.01 P. M. ' Lay's Length: H.50M. fligh Water at Southport... 6.32 P. M. : .Vigh Water at Wilmington. 9.02 P. M. ' I'What has become of the govera i mjnt landa?'? aaka: an exchange in discussing the Jan d frauds put West. - YKjcan search us. "r '. ' "- ikoiat Por Arthur has fallen the operation' of the Chef oo liars and: the Chinese junks will te greatly restricted. .t General Kuropatkin failed to eat ' that Christmas dinner in Tokio, but Oen. Nogi came near enough to smell one in Port Arthur.- - l' With all the handicaps lifted from t&e commerce of Wilmington, the business men of the city can unite to make a greater Wilmington. V a greater Wilmington should be the strenuous aim of the , business men of our city this year. Uet the elbow touch and move forward. TThe cotton boll weevil was made :i toj do service in the bull crusade in Vans, hnt it is beginning to be xe ; garded now as a bugbear in the mar ;:i ket.; --C '; y VThe farmers in: Georgia and Ala bama who have a notion of burn . ing theit cotton to reduce the supply ' might organize a boycot on the Im poirtation of Gautemala ants. - i 2 . JjnGhicago a few dayB ago a- wo man waa killed in trying to jump a r: board bill. Women ' should avoid strennona athletics that , require her h to either j ump a bill board jr i a ,board.bill. r'--'-. - .Vit 'appears that the work of the boll weevil has resulted in a crop of about 12,500,000 -hales of cotton. So, it will be necessary. not only to ' reduce the acreage, this year, but to exterminate the boll weevil as , well. An; English authorist - declares spoil their .wives, spoiling,- however, that Americans They are worth and no foreign mterierenee c keep a married man : from doing his best toieepthk-natrimonial reins well in'hand after his own fashion; The Northern papers " are telling iL onh hnor foolish thev are act- arig in burning their 1 cotton. I he comments areall because a -crank v Port Wavne. Ga., burned iost one bale ' The people of the Kkfh hAvnn'c turned idiots in a , bonch. V Itwasn't a good , dayfor narf r,?.f in Washington last Saturday At 9 o'clock President X and Mrs - Roosevelt slipped ofTfrom J;: .' - the secret service men and strolled r' X down Pennsylvania avenue.- This j t was pretty faring for the President and his wife, but wny snoum fo "' - : ; jBegig at least twenty years since, Thb MoESiKa 5ta.e has Re peatedly niged that a city Alderman bo made a faianeu ww" ate glad to note that the Legislature will be called on to pass a hill that wiU give :the5 atynihoteshe poTretto carry into jfliechang LOCAL DQTS. Other local, fourth page - The pubile schools will resume their sessions to-day. Superintendent John Jay Blair returned from High Point yesterday. - . - I Fayetteville Observer: "Mr. i Robt. Btrange left Saturday for Flor ida, to take charge of the building ef the extension' of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad." . Jane Edwards, colored, reputed to be 110 yean of age, died Sunday at her home, Brunswick between Eighth and MacRae streets. She was barled I In the colored cemetery. - - - The evening dancing class i of Miss Cantwell will resume this , eve ning at 8:30 o'clock after the holidays. The afternoon classes will not retume until next Monday at 3:80. P. M. . The weather the past two days has been dellghtf ul.The extra schedule bnlhe suburbau line to WrlghtsTille sound and beach, Sunday and jester day. was highly appreciated by the public and travel has been very heavy. "Queen Victoria," a notorious colored woman of "Dross Neck,": was sent to jail by Justice Fowler y ester -I day upon a charge of being a nulsanee. preferred by Mary CrawforuValso col ored.; The, "Queen" is held, for trial at the next term of Superior Oourt. : -British Steamer "Chatburn," 1, .225 tons, Cpt. Wood, arrived yester day from Charleston for cargo of cot ton from Messrs. Alexander Sprunt & Sons. There are now only two cotton steamers in port the OhatburnM and the"Jaanita North." The Lyric Stock Company, which played the past week at - the Academy of Music here, left yesterday atternoon for newborn to begin a week's engsgement in that city. Mr. R. H. Cowan, of Cowan Bros., leisees, of the theatres here and at Newbern went along with the company. -: The ITewTear yesterday waaob served about as usual. Nearly all offi ces and public buildings were closed for the day i and ; friends contented themselves with - enjoying the balmy atmosphere on the streets' air country and ia exchanging piiments of the season. One of the very prettiest calen dars of the new year is that being sent out by W. M. Carney & Co., Atmore, Ala. Mr. Carney, the senior member ofthe firm, is a North Carolinian,- who ;, has accumu lated wealth in his adopted home and who is 'most pleasantly remembered here. . - mm ' PRETTY HOLIDAY QERSUN. Impromplo affair Last Night ia MssobIc Temple Eojayed by Larfe Nflmber. ' A delightful impromptu german led by Mr. George Pi James and compli mentary to the young people , who are spending the holidays lnthev city, waa given last night in the Masonic Temple. The decorations were very pretty and excellent mssic . for tbe dance was discoursed by Hollowbmh'a Orchestra, Mr. James - firmly estab lished his prowess as a leader and the getman was one of the very pretties of tbe holidays. Among those present and dancing were: . : ' Miss Elizabeth Payne with Mr.XLM. Caaie;Mr. and Mrs. Cameron F. Mac Rae ;Mlss Alice Borden, Mr. H. M. Croswell; Miss Bessie Gore,' Mr. J. S. Armitrohg, Jr.; Miss Young, Mr. Roaenman; Miss Isabella Rountree, Sir. B H. Bridgers; Misa Nora Angel, L'eut. Adams; Miss Julia Parsley, Mr. Zacn Bell; Miss Jeanie Peck, Mr. Geo. P. James; uits Jbaura uiarx, Mr. Barry West; Miss Charlotte Pleasants, Mr. Will-: Gore; Miss Carrie Sale Hardwieke, Mr. Norwood Giles; Miss 8arah Catlett, Mr. Paul Cant well; Miss Leonora Cantwell, Mr. Julian R. Clements; Miss Schu-! mate; Mr. O. D. Maffitt; Miss Minnie Beebee, Mr. 8. C. Potts, Jr.; Miss Daisy Bur bank, Mr. Willie Peck; Miss Heloise Beebee, Mr. Willie WaU ters; Mlis Elovlne Burruss, Mr.: Wj L. Bmit'b, Jr-; Miss Bessie Burruss,! Mr. Rob Oalder; Miss Amy Harlowe, Mr.- Jul Davis; Miss Nellie McMillan, Mr. W. ir. Boger; Miss Mela i L-sGrande, Mr. E. '8J Nash; Miss Carrie Harriss, Mr. Meares Harriss ; Miss Margeret Walk-! r, Mr.- June V Polls; ? iss Beulah Armatroog, Mr. W. M. Bellamy; Miss Louise Bellamy: Mr. Preaton CumJ ming, i Lieut, and - Mrs. T Jdmckiey ; Miss Annie Taylor Mr. W. L. Walk er; Mits Patteson, of Petersburg, Mr. Milton Calendar; Miss Lina DeRosset, Mr. James Gause; - Miss Short, ' Mr. Haughton James; Miss Anne -Hill Holmes, Mr. Emmett Crow; - Miss Elise Emerson, Mr. Fiihback, of Ken tucky : Miss Theodocia Cantwell, Mr. H. M. Emerson, Jr. X" Staen-Messrs. Louis Hatch, McR. Jones, W. P. Emerson, Eugene Le Grande and Waddell Waiters. Big Family Gathering. i Mrs. Rosanna King,- the venerable mother of Rev. J. P. King, Elder B. R. King and other of ' Wilmington's high lysteemed citizens, : laat night celebrated her 83th birthday at the borne of Mr. B. R. King, No., 812 Wbosler street. Of the family there are about US sons, daughters, grand sons, granddaughters and great grand children and nearly all of them were present last nigbt to make glad the heart of. their "old mother." - Many handsome presents were received . and all present felt that the celebration was one pf tbe happiest In their lives. ; v NEW. ADVERTISEMENTS. . "; -Dick & Refily Notice. ' hf A. G.Abreos Deer field water. - Atiattic Nation alBanfc-fetytv: Jamea Owen Rellly-Rsal estate. " Crow & Taylor Patnership notice. - Geo. 6. Gay lord Discount stamps. : Academy" A Romance Above the ninds." - 4;BUSINBSOCW.ji; MURDEROUS ASSAULT t Fritz.. Q. Punke, German Store keeper, Assaulted by Negro; Early Last Night. ALONE IN HIS "ROOM. Struck Behind With Some plant laitra meat by Wbnldbe Asiisslo, Who : Pled Before Policeman's BaUetv Sent to the Hospital. Seated in his 'room reading a news paperT his back to the door, Fritz Q. Punke, a : German who keeps a store out on Market street and liVeS alone on the second floor of a building next to northeast corner of Water and Princess, was violently assaulted, pre sumably for the purpose of robbery, by an unknown negro who crept iup the stairway upon the man las night about 9 o'clock, dealt him a severe blow back of the head with some blunt Instrument and ' then ran c down the stairway to the street, ; making' good his escape. The negro evidently meant to deal Mr. Punke a knock-out blo w, but failing in that purpose he aban doned the idea of robbery and ran.; . - Policeman Frank George, who was on duty on that beat, was coming up the streets and heard the cry of mur der from Mr. Punke. He ran forward juit in time to see the man dart down the stairway and out' on the street, Mr. Punke following him and yelling at the top of his voice. Officer George called to the negro to halt and fired at him to stop him, but without i effect The black man' was chased down on the wharf bsck of the D. L. Gore Co.'s warehouse where all trace of him was lost. Mr. Punke was carried to the police station for surgical atten tion but later upon his 'return to his room, the wound bled so profusely and he was so weakened by the loss of blood; that It became necessary to send him to the hospital, where he is now In a dangerous condition. There Is no clue to the identity of the negro, though Mr. Punke thinks the black j i ygm vender countv. - where Three Towss Dry with Hew Year-t f pensiry Profits la Ralelgb. -Sixteen aaloons ii Charlotte, eleven in Greensboro and about the same number In Newbern went -out of busi ness with the old year Saturday night, prohibition elections having carried last Summer In those cities.: More or less ceremony attended the closing of the bars In those places, the "Morally Stunted having gathered jKn' the square in Charlotte and lung "Good bye, Old Bocze," which song became Immortal in the dispensary campaign there prior to July 5lb. Ia Greens boro large "family supplies" weire purchased on the last day, and the aaloons are said to have pressed into service all the available delivery wsgons to keep np with the rush. A. special - from , Newbern on "closing day" aays : "A feature" to day wis the autioneering of whiskey in pack ages and bulk at various bar-rooms, something which has never before happened In our city." : ,";! In this connection It Is interesting to note from the Raleigh News and Observer that the dispensary In that city for the twelve months ended Sat urday night dispensed approximately $178,000 worth of "booze," upon which the net profits are figured close in the neighborhood of $60,000. Y L0IATE TRUIK TEST PARIS. Sfste Hortlcultnrlst Home Here to laves tigate Strosf Clslms Urged by City, j' . State i Horticulturist . H. Harold Hume of the North Carolina Board pf Agriculture, arrived In the city last night and Is a guest at The Orton. Mr Hume was expected ! yesterday morning but havlog missed train con nection at Goldsboro, he did not reach the city until last night. Mr. Hume is here to look over the territory In the vicinity of Wilmington with a view of locating the truck test farm soon to be establlabed at some point In v Eastern Carolina by the Board of Agriculture. Mr. Hume will be shown some of the fine lands In this vicinity by a "special committee of business men who have gathered all data with reference to the soil, climate and other advantages that makes this section peculiarly de sirable as a site for ' the fari; M. Hume has already visited several polnialn the trucking belt and comes to Wilmington to Investigate ;unusu ally strong claims being made by this eltv. He will probably, return: to Raleigh ihla evening - Convicts Ponght Fire. - Fifty or more convicts at the county tnr.Vada t Cattle Havnes had to te called out yeaterday afternoon to, flgbtla fire in a field of grass near the station, .which came ,T.ery near oe stroylng the residence of Mr. W. H. Shearln and other residents In the vil lage?: Some fire had been put out so burn a plat of land near the camp, but the wind came up and it soon got be yond control of those in charge of the work. The posts wa consiueraoie line of ;ire ; fence were" burned but otherwise the damage was tnning. The convicts, some , of them for terms of a year or more, behaved them selves splendidly and not a single one Df them attempted to escape. - . The Stab has with the compli ments of the Scotland Neck Common, wealth a very handsome calendar or the new year, which la really a wcrk ctart. - s " " - 5 PRETTY NEW YEAR RECEPTION Dellghtfal Affair Last Night itY.ftT.C. . loterestloi Exhlbltioa by Oymnsslnm i - Teams Refreshment, Etc. i K " - - i - - . .- - - - - . -. . I i ""Si-'C ?;:4-, ' 11 i . T"':- X - Nearly 400 persons attended I the annual ; New .Year reception;! last night at the Y. M. C. A., which E was one of the most delightful affairs in the history of ' that Institution. The rooms of the Association were" most artistically decorated by a committee from the Ladles' Auxiliary headed, by Mrs. Luther At Blue and the ladles of the Auxiliary and the Social Commit tee of ; the Association received 1 tb e guests. The first part of the evening was devoted to exercises in the gym naslum under the direction of -Mr. Charles Dushan, the general tecretary and physical director. , - j ' tA wand drill by twenty young men to a musical accompaniment ,by Mrs. Mattle L. Chasten, was very ; cleverly executed, the wands .having been In red, white and bint, producing a beau tiful effect. Next followed a high dive from the floor, over a cross; bar to mat by ten members-of the- advanced gymnasium class. The next' number was a comedy boxing bout by Messrs. Uiley King and Robert Houston, the boxers being blindfolded , and going through allj sorts . of ludicrous movements to the great . amuse ment of the spectators." Acro batic feats from a spring toard. X by Messrs. J. J. Loughlln and ; Robert Houston showed great aklll by the athletes. The dives were over six persona kneeling side by side and four persons in pyramid form. Those, feats were very interesting and diffi cult and concluded with rear and for ward somersaults from the board. Messrs. Loughlln, A. O. Boney, Wil bur Dosher, Oh as. Dushan and others of the advanced class next gave a highly creditable exhibition on the parallel bars and those features of the programme. concluded with an inter esting relay race. - : -,' 'J t The guests at the reception were next entertained at a "social hour'! In the parlors of the Association. Re" freshments were served and a delight ful evening was spent by all. The re ception, which is an annual affair to 'JMU 3fTall TOT. CROSfcY BR0UQRT HOME. Arrived Here, oa Special Train Sandsy f Afternoon Symptoms dive Hopej Capt Douglas T. Cronly.who was to severely Injured by a fall In Columbia, 8. C, Friday afternoon, was brought to Wilmington Sunday afternoon, ar riving on a -special train consisting of one coach ' and an eniine at 6:10 o'clock. Tbe Injured man was re moved at once to the James Walker Memorial Hospital where he la now under treatment by bis physician, Dr. W. J. H. Bellamy, of this city, who went to the injured man's bedside on a special train Sunday morning at 2 :S0 O'clock and accompanied the patient home. Dr. Bellamy, after leaving the hospital at 9:30 o'clock last night, said that Capt. Cronly had not yet eritlrely regained consciousness but there was some amelioration of his symptoms. He Is not yet out of danger, though there Is still hope. j - - The, special train which brought Capt. Cronly to Wilmington waa .In charge of Engineer Jim Houston and Conductor C. E. McCulloch and made the 192 miles between Wilmington and Columbia, with all necessary stops, from 12:35 to 5:10 P. M. The Id jured man waa given the best of at tention and .stood the trip remarkably well. His hundreds of friends here, while realizing that his recovery will be slow, hope that It will he certain and that no untoward symptoms will develop In the meantime. ; DICK & REILLY DISSOkVED. Junior Member ef Firm Purchases His . Partner's Interest In Business..' . Official announcement Is made else where in today's paper that Mr. Jamea Owen Reliiy has purchased tbe Inter est of Mr. W. A. Dick in the real es tate and Insurance agency of Messrs. Dick & Rellly, No. 110 Princess street, and that be will-conduct the business at the same stand in the future. All obllgatlona of the firm ' will 1 be paid by Mr. Rellly -and all debts due - the firm will .be colleo ed and receipted for by Mr. Rellly. The purchase by Mr. RelUy Includes the office building of the firm and the "Gilbert House" property adjoining. The business is one of the oldest In the city, having been established by Maj. D. O'Connor, att uncle of . the present purchaser, In the year 1869. Prior to the sale by Messrs Dick & Rellly something over a year ago, Mr. BeUly bad been practically in charge of the business for sometime and Is fully conversant with real estate af fairs of every kind. He will do; well with the business which he has - now undertaken. Attention is called to the advertisement of Mr. : Rellly In another iolumn. , r ' ' " Itli understood that Mr.l Dick will continue In the real estate business on his own account - Popular Prlees a. Academy. ' The Peruchi - Qypzene Company gave two capital producUonn aV the Academy of Musics to packed houses yesterday; presenting "A Blue Ridge Glrr.at New Year matinee yeiteraay arternoon and "A Midnight Mar riage'? last ; nlghfc The company Is well balanced, has a strong line oi specialties-and promises-to give the . best of sa lsfaction during the week. To-night the bill will be ,'A Romance Above the Clouds" Popular prices rill prevail. - ) - i NEW THEATRE SURE. Charlotte- Architects Completed Plans for Modern Playhouse on Second Street. WILLIBEQIN BUILDING SOON. Mr. S. i. SchloBs and ABSoclaies of Wii miaten and the North Behind the - Enterprise Thirty Thonsand . . Dollar Venture Notes. 1, Messrs. Hook & Sawyer, architects, of Charlotte, have - completed plans for a 'new $30,000 theatre building which Mr. S. A. Schloss, of this city, and associatea will build on the eaat side of Second, next to its intersection with Princess street - The brick resi dence on the site, known as the McRee place, Tras vacated this week with a lew ; of tearing.idO wn . the . present Lag: of. the rnew one, ; a jsohtracl "fol which wilt be given out within the lexi ten days or two weeks. The new tb.eatre.wlll -be completed in time for tbe opening next .season. - Associated with Mr Schloaa in the building of the new playhouse la Mr. Thomas H. Wright, the well known' real estate man of this city, and one or more cap it aliats from the North, whose names are not yet given. However, a majority of the ateck In the company, Mr. Schloss says, will' be owned In W1K mlngton, be and Mr. ' Wright being the principal holders. It is understood that Mr. Thor. H. Wright will be local manager of the house," while Mr. Schloss will continue his general man agement of hie other theatres through out the State. v ": - - I - The new building will be 50x150 feetjn size, of brick and two stories in heieth. ' Fronting on Second ; street will be two stores, 20x40 feet In size, with a main entrance to the theatre, located in the rear,' between the two. Over the . two stores and entrance on tbe second floor, will be a hall for dances or other entertainments, while the remainder of the entire building will be devoted to the theatre, giving a comfortable seating capacity of 1,200. Th thnatrA nvnnmr will h KOxltO feet SBaae with;; stage d In the rear, a niraueL baleonv and eallery. the latter '. belnz aceessUJe by a j atair- way,' leading to' an aliey north aide of the building, thereby separating the races in going to and from the theatre. ' The parquet and balcony and the first three rows in the gallery will be furnished throughout with the latest operachalra and the remainder of the theatre will be mod ernly equipped in every way. The en1 trance between the atorea will be tiled and the box office etc. will be situated j ust to the left at ' the doors to the theatre. It Is the purpose of those be hind the enterprise to make the house the prettiest and most com'fartabte In the State. - The atores will be rented for occupancy by a first class con fectioner, druggist or like dealers. The front of the new building wil be of white press brick and will extend above, so as to give the effect of a three-story structure. The stores will have solid plate glaia fronts and wil bs equipped in every way to suit the lessees. V.: "":.v-4- ;;' " In returning to the theatrical field in WllminglOD.ln a competitive way, Mr. Schoss says he has no desire but that perfect harmony shall exist between the management of the two houses and that ao far as he la concerned there will be no waging of war to the detriment of one another. He bought the lot on Second: Street more than a year ago, with the view of building a theatre, bat has approached the venture with considerable misgivings until now. He thinks the field sufficiently productive tor the two; houses and will do nothing to disturb the friendly relations now existing between the management of the two. - - Big Month for Police. Embracing, as it does, the Christmas holidays, the December police report Is always of Interest This year the num ber of arrests during the month waa 137, against 132 during the same month last year and only 91 December two years ago. The . . defendants during the i month just 3 ended - were 58 whites and 81 colored. Of that num ber IfLwhltes and eight blacks were ar rested for being- drunk and down; seven whites and 11 blacks were drunk and disorderly ; 12 whites and four colored.; were : charged p with plain drunks; five whites and seven colored were charged with disorderly conduct and the remainder with various, of fences. .Of the;i37 persons arrested, 18 went to the roads and jail for an ag gregate of 520 days; 12 Were bound over to the Superior Court, i under ag gregate bonds" of $425 and one was committed without ball for burglary. follector Keith's imillpox. Collector of -Customs B. FKelth asks that the statement that he con tracted smallpox at his farnVrtip the river, be corrected Mr. Kellhi says he disease was- contracted; in . Wil mington;. He .was resting : very well yesterday and waa getting along as well as could be expected. Thej Cus tom House was fumigated yesterday by the health authorities. However, the fumigation did not interfere' with the business of the portas the Custom House wai closed for the New Year I holiday anyhOw.tjH.WS Uavlf. lUnn and PUotaiffpf The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Navigation, and Pilotage will be 'held at 8:30 o'clock this afternoon at the office of MestreiWlUard & Giles, on Prlncesjn streets.' A full attendance by members ts requested as important mattera I will ti presented for consiaeratlon. -- PERSONAL -PARAGRAPHS.' Miss Lena Everett has gone tb Norfolk to visit friends. . - Mr. David D. Sloan , returned f to Sanford yesterdsy afternoon. Dr. George F. Lucas, of Cur- rie, waa in the city yesterday. V-g Miss Louise Sloan is the enest of Mrs. B. R. Graham, at Wallace. ; Mr. O. L. Clark, of Clark toD, was a guest at The Orton yesterday. i Mr. O. H. Polley,of Hallsboro, Columbus county, was here yes terday.- I - ' i . .. Messrs. Joseph Isaacs and Myer Slrauss. of Goldsboro, arrived last evening. ! - -1 - v ! i Mr. R. C. Gregg, of South Carolina, la the guest of Mr- and Mrs. E.M. Gregg. - , 5 - ;- Mr. Grattan Williams, of Long Creek, was in the city making busi ness calls yesterday. ' -. iS Capt: W. P. ; Adair, of the A. CV tJfaarlertoTXr to' ha city for a few days. ; - ' j . Miss - Marie Russell has ' re- turned to Richmond after a pleasant visit to friends In the city. Miss Bessie LeGwin left yes terday to resume her studies at the Greensboro Female College. .' , . ' iE.i DeWitt Smith of Raleigh, and 8tuart W. Cramer, of Charlotte, were guests at The Orton yesterday. Miss Sallie Johnson, of Fre mont, who haa been visiting , her sis ter, Mrs. Ramsey, returned home yes terday, y : Miss Mamie Love has returned from Atkinson, N. Q, where she spent the holidays very pleasantly with friends and relatives. Miss Lucy Mcintosh, after spending the holidays with her parents, has returned to Charlotte to resume her studies at the Presbyterian Col- Mr. JefE Blackburn, of Mount Olive, one of theold-time rubscrlberi to The MonniNa Stab, was In the city yesterday and favored the office with a visit -. ' " Mr. Charles A. Price left yes terday afternoon, returning to Harts- lie, S. C, where he la engaged as cotton buyer for Messrs. Alexander Spruat&Sons. - i -zJtbtrCstl Schnlken and bride, fCSkksbort vlalt to Mr. Schulken's pkivuts, Mr.'fard MrtSeBJBchnlken, returned yesterday to Ihelr , hoa:-u Norfolk, Vs. - - -J - Fayetteville Observer 2nd: Capt Charles Kennedy, and Mr.s Ken nedy have returned from Wilmington where they visited, ihelr aon, Mr. Charles Kennedy, i r " ., ; i Mrs. Edward Butcher, Jr., of Petersburg, Vs., arrived last night to spend two weeks wild ner parents, ur. and Mrs. N. M. Culbretfa, "No. 815 North Second street I Fayetteville Obseiver 2nd: Mr. J. F. L. Armfield returned from Mix ton today.. leaving Mrs. Armfield there j with her brother, Mr. A. W. Lean,! whose condition is-more favora- Mr." Alexander Powers left for hie home at Wallace yesterday after spending a few days with friends in the city.! He will return to Wake For est College Friday to resume his. law studies,' . Among yesterday's arrivals at The Orton were: Messrs. O. H. Hoi lknd and wife, of Pollocksvllle, N. 0.; A. B.j Carroll, of Clinton ; John B. Hanks, of Raleigh, and M. Fowlkes, of Rockingham.. ;'; ; -y-J " Alex M. McClure, Esq., re turned to Louisville, Ky., yesterday, after apendlng the holidays here with his father, Rev. A: D. McClure, D. p.. He carries with him to his new home the7very best wishes of hundreds of friends for the greatest of success In his chosen profession, upon ; which he is just now entering. ' . ' Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Martin, of Raleigh, spent New Tear's Day in Wilmington with Mrs. Martin's par ents, Dr. and Mrs.' W. D. McMillan, i They returned home on the early Sea board ( train this morning. - Mr. Mar tinis on the staff of the Morning Post and his duties in the Legislature called him back rather earlier than he hoped ' Sunday's Newbern 'Journal says; '.'Mr..HD. Burkbelmer, the effi cient postal clerk on the Coast Line Railway.' leaves io-morrow morning to take a like position on one of the railroads at Charlotte, in which city he and his family will make their home Mr. Burkhelmer came here over four years ago, : filling the poal tion 1 which he resigns, during that tirne and has made many friends who will regret to see him leave. Mr. E. M. Coleman, -of Marlon, S. C., will succeed Mr, Burkhelmer in the postal service.'!: Hew, OmefyiFIrm..:?-jf' " Official notice is given elsewhere in to-dav's 7 oaner of a r the formaa tlon . of copartnership by Messrs. J. . Hargrove " Taylor -s and W, Q Crow, two popuIaroungWllmlngr tonians who will conduct a nrst cui grocery store at No. 1 Market street under the firm name of Crow 6t xay- ldr,succeedlng, to the businesa4 estab lished a few months ago by Mr. Taylor They are both young men of good bueinessf abllltyfuUy reliable; and will soon control the large ahare of pubjle patronge that the combination merits 4Mr Orowf whb:waa formerly with the Navassa Guano Oa in thla dtyj haa resigned his ; position to de vote his entire' time f to the ; grocery bustnesi. . . - - - ' 1- New This last leaf is torn from the new year, 1905, and we begin where we left off. But we begin ( & right, There will be no step backward. ! ? tl it . Within the year your store has grown in volume and prestige ana commands increased hlm hinrf V An n U n rtrkiT W attt v nrtri v i! ionium iuu n iinuuv nnvrf inn i and thanking yon for our growth and prosperity, we prrmise bettei things improvements In merchandise, . methods and store service.: . - :' ,-'v":s r . : . ! Your store shall be something better, than a place to hand out goods and take in money. . May the new year be kind, and when time shall harvest 1905, may we all be hero and able to. say Happy New Year. 6 mhe Av David Co., O:: Clothiers and doc 29 t 1 The Atlantic National With Capita) and earned surplus of about $400,000 absolute safety with prompt and careful service. ' , Wililoan $600,000 upon satisfactory security, JOHN S. J. W. YATES Cashier. A PRETTY CHURCH AFFAIR. Annas! Holiday Entertainment by Sonth side Baptist Sunday Ichsel Lsit . Night Pregramme of Hnsic. The annul holiday entertainment of Southside Baptist Sunday school last night was one of the prettiest and most elaborate of the season. The decorationa were profuse and' the church auditorium was filled- with a merry throng of young people and not a few of the older ones. The ex ercises opened : with a song by the school, prayer by the new pastor.Rev. W H.; Dating another song by the school and then an address by Mr. R. B. Moore, the i elee superintendent of the school. A march behind the scenes next entertained the gathering and Miss Isabella Thomas thev dellv- ered a most cordial welcome; address. Tbe programme proper thejfcjollow ed as outlined below. Banquet, a recitation and drill, by Misses Gracie Raspberry,' Elmer Costin, Ethel Moore, Mary Moore, Mira Fales, Essie Oreenwald, Isabelle Thomas, Leither Russ. Cecil Gof, Cecil Jones, Mabel Gore, Elmer Jones. Recitation, "Abide With Me," Miss Bertha Devaun. ' . Bells, Sallie Justice, George Fales, Fannie Holton, MolJie Holton, Lottie Fales, Ruth Robbins, Essie Greenwald, Clyde Robinson, Thomas Young, Albert Fales, Shepard Moore, William Reville, Isaac Greenwald. T: , . v Song by Elmer CostinJ ' " ; Visionsin the flames," (Grandmother), Bertha" Devaun; (Hal), , Willie Simons; (Carl), Charles Devann; (Mildred), Flor; ence -Elliott; (Kitty), Mattie Maltsby (Evelyn), Annie Sykes: (Fairies), Maggie : Simons, -Jennie ; Thomas; Jack the Giant Killer, Clyde Robin, son; Mother Goose, "Essie Greenwald; fPass in boots. William Reville, Jack Horner, Dan Mintz; Children, Mira Fales, Elmer Costin, Leither Russ. Grac ie Raspberry; Waifs Mollie Holton, Lottie Fales: . ' Collection recitation, Maggie Simons. - Collection, eight girlsu willing work. Tlitation. "Nobodv's ChiM" Sallie Justice. - " J L ,- -Representatives of Nations -Messen ' W. Mies OlUe Devann. America, Miss Mabel Littleton; Turkey, Miss Letitia Aman; Japan; Miss Alice Curtis; Syria, Miss Lillle Parker, China, Miss Gerusha Greer; Persia, jaisauazei uamuu, am ca,Mr". Clyde Moore,; India, Miss ..Kate Costin. Santa Olaus was cleverlyjmperaon- ated by Mr. J. O. McAllister. St Nick made a rather novel appearance aboard a i fruit veaael, Jaden with fruits and candles, and being drawn by fairies represented by Elmer Costin, Myra Fales, : Belle Thomas and Leither Russ. .i t The musical accompaniments were played by Misses Alice Curtis, and Mabel Littleton. Every detail of the elaborate arrangements . passed off with great credit to the school and those who participated In the exer ciser. ' ' . " 4 ' ' ' r One of the very handsome presents received was a beautiful rilver shaving set presented to Mr. John F. Littleton by his Sunday school clsss of young men by whom he isheld in very high esteem.-ij,: .i-Vr ( "Miss Eva .Bj-MCcue,Ifrom Rich mond, and Miss Helen EL" Mabry, from BIdgeway, teachers in theWilmlngton High School, returned yesterday from their holiday vacations to resume their duties upon the opening of tbe school this morning. - - . ' . WVTiraRAIi NOTICE. - ThernneraloieiBnri 8hbfliss.wui take place Tuesday, Jan. ja,wr JH?fL main, will p interred in toe Jamlly emetenr mttaira near uasua khimi . vr. dbw --t- t)h Ml at her post ot flnty .as a nww " Uved t a rip old a . - Sha teayM to ho uett grt Im8. 8banavAbraUamSnarple, a oangbter, Bettle wxon. and son, f-.-w. iAwrenee. now Eresldta Wd -J? xarU.ro District tm the A.'M. I. W. fcAWDWCX. DIED. UEB. 80S OI MS. Kra. D. W.-UasoD, aged years, w" "ui0UV: moon at a so runerai wn, v"f T."T-- set ..iw . m f.innv reeldeao, m-1 Ttrmant In BaUevu. Friend, anfl acquatttance. taviua mem calendar and we write down a ; respect. In O C Haberdashers. offer ARHSTRONG, President. Jan 3 tt JAUES OWEN REILLY SUCCESSOR TO D. O'Connor and Dick & Reilly Real Estate oHosorance. i TCaTATiT.faPiiP.n a n i Qa - ' a-. AGENTS FOR -r Royal Exchange, London, England. Lionuou Assurance. England. Law Union & Crown, of England. rrussian National of Grertnany. . Indemnity National of New York Agricultural National of New York. Carolina. Wilmington, N. O. Lloyd'a Plate aiwaT . Rents Coilecten ?ttw '- ESTATES ' MANAGED. ; Statements Rendered Promptly. : . OPPICE. .. ; y.; 110 Princess Street". WilmlngtOB.N.O. . jan 3 lw . . ' 1 - - - . .. I t V T '? V V T V 9 THE SUM'S RAYS never kissed a purer, more delightful product of nature than . Deerneld Water. For table use, it lends a touch X of refinement to the choicest t V T Y y y y :: viands. In cafe or club, it al ways wins friends, as it blends deliciously with, wines 1 and" liquors. For every purpose requiring an absolutely pure " water, Deerfieid is without a peer, sold by T ADOLPH G, AHRENS, i - 107 Princess Street. ThoneM4.- jani WOTICE OF 0IS8CLU1 Notice la hereby glven&at tha xm partnership heretofore existing between w. a. Dick and. 'janyfe Owen BeUly, partners trading under the firm name of Dick ss BeUly.whlch said firm . had bean engaged in the Bai ratate and in surance business, has this day been dissolved. , Mr. James Owen EeUly having purchased the lnterest ol Mr. W. A. Dick In said business and he wui continue to parry It on ta hta own - nspna. .' '.- ah A ahM dna bv the said Ilna will be Mr. James Owen Eellly and au persons touebt ed to said firm win make payment to Kr JtelHl . who is authorized tarecstpttcr same. ' DI0K & BEILLYV. ) 3nS8t- . . 5 f Partnership Hotice;ik Notice is hereby given that the undersigned nave this day associated themselves under the j firm name ot GROW & TAYLOR 'for tha pur pose ol conducting a first class rotaU grocery business at No. MHaiket street, toe bnstuess4i tor merly conducted' by J. HABQBOVE TAY LOB. wesollcit your patronage. -r1V4;; : J. HABGBOYK TAYtOB. ' jan atf w. C cbow. j ACADEMY OF MUSIC TO-mOBT -1,; Peruchi Gypzene , tiem$w , is TBSIB GBKAT BUCCKS,'. .- : 'A Romance Above the Clouds . V ATJ. NEW BPBOIAI.THS-, . " V . 10, SO and 30 Ceata," 'i v . eats at Plummer's: MS. XXATimSE TO-MOBBOW. ' v jan s it Executrft Notice. Tntr or Jobb. wi'irdaroUna. n - . mm AannM iuiwv Bank
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