fit will be apparent that this
COMMERCIAL.
Total t" r, at all eeaports-l-Net r.
- M 4 PINE DIRECTORY.'
WILlUn H BERNARD.
WILMINGTON. N. C.
Satub" MoEinKO. Feb. 4.
BTBOSO FIGHT AGAINST COM
PULSORY PILOTAGE
In the General Assembly of North
Carolina a fight Is going on for the
abolition of compulsory pilotage at
the port of Wilmington. The Gen
eral Assembly of South Carolina is
also considering a similar nill to re
peal the compulsory features of the
pilotage laws, for the ports of the
South Carolina seaboard. As a mat
ter of course the South Carolina
pilots, as well aa the. Cape Fear pi
lots, are fighting these measures,
and especially are1 the Georgetown
pilots putting up strong opposition
to it.
While the effort to do away with
compulsory pilotage by the States is
in progress, many are not aware
that one or more bills are pending
in Congress, having for their object
the placing of sailing craft under
government inspection laws similar
to those regulating steam craft, and
also nrovldinz for the abolishment
of compulsory pilotage at all ports
of the United States and providing
for a general law concerning the is
sue of licenses to pilot'masters of
sailing vessels. Such are principally
the provisions of the Frye-Little-fleldbill
upon which CongreBS is
soon to take aotion. As this matter
is of such deep Interest now, we
copy from the New York Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin
a portion of an article showing that
the effort to do away with compul
pulsory pilotage Is the result of a
concerted movement by the owners
of sailing vessels. Here is the arti
cle in part:
The entire sail shipping interests
along the Atlantic coast have for
many years been making a strong
fight for the abolition of compulso
ry pilotage, as those interests have
been compelled to bear the burden
of the tax. Of recent years the
New York Maritime Exchange and
the Atlantic Carriers' Association
have been active in the matter, sap-
ported however, in their efforts by
other maritime and commercial aa
sooiationslaloDg the coast. The
, present bills have been pushed the
fast three years1 by Mr; Field S.
endletons, a sail vessel owner of
this city, president of the Atlantio
Carriers' Association and a director
in the New York Maritime Ex
change. When seen at his cmce
yesterday Mr. "Pendleton made
the following statement of the
sail veBselmen's j present attitude
iu the fight, and. the reasons
therefor: j ; ,. ' J . ; ., -
'Sail vessel owners : ask nothing
at the bands (of Congress that has
not bsen long enjoyed by steam ves
eels. In 1871 Congress passed an
Act exempting steam vessels, when
in command of pilots licensed for
the waters of the porta tbey sought
to enter, from the compulsory em
ployment of State pilots. Ever
since sail vessels were thus discrim
inated against by Congress, ever
aluce steam vessels were exempted
from this tax and sail vessels were
not, the Owners of the latter have
been asking at the bands of Con
gress the same exemption that
steam vessels have enjoyed. It is
not asked that sail vessels, unless
commanded by pilots licensed for
the waters of the ports they seek to
enter, or in tow of tugboats that are
commanded by licensed pilots, shall
be exempt from the compulsory
employment of State pilots.
It must be clear that all that
we ask is a square deal, and for that
we shall fight so long as the present
discrimination is continued. -We
are opposed in our efforts to secure
exemption from this tax by the rep
resentatives of the -State pilots, es
pecially those from the States in
which the discrimination is Still
practiced. It should be known
that every State North,- and inclu
sive of Maryland, long ago volun
tarily exempted coastwise sailing
vessels from the compulsory pay
' ment of State : pilotage taxes, and
yet no one claims' that the naviga
tion of the ports of Maryland,' Dela
ware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
New York, ? Connecticut, Rhode
Island, Massachusetts, New Hamp
shire and Maine by sailing vessels
in the coasting trade is not just as
safe as it was before they were ex
erupted from the compnlsory em
ployment of State pilots. No one
hears that sail vessels are not safely
navigated along the Pacific coast of
the United States, and yet on that
coast they are not compelled to em
ploy State pilots. .s . .
"Sail vessel men show that navi
gation will be safer if the Frye Lit
tlefield bill is passed than it is now
- along the Southern and Gulf coasts
of the United States for these rea-
' - sons: - l- . , - .
"1. The vessels to be exempt will
- at all times be commanded by com
petent, duly licensed United States
pilots, or they will be in tow of tugs
commanded by such pilots. Now
sailing vessels receive exemption
from the payment of these pilotage
fees if a license is procured in the
States of . Virginia, North Carolina
and Georgia. The license Is issued
' to the Vessel, regardless of who com
mands her, and during the year for
which it is Issued the license takes
the place of the State pilot, as It per.
mits her navigation into and out of
the ports for which' the licenses are
issued without the employment of
any pilot whatever. v f
Sailing vessels in the coast
, ing trade would then be free to en-
u ter -and leave South Atlantic and
Gulf ports without paying tribute
to nnneeded State pilots. This
' . would create a situation where, if a
- vessel were Injured or in danger
' ' from storm, she could run into a
port from which she is now barred
by a prohibitory State pilotage tax,
and there secure- needed repair or
await favorable - weather. In the
States nOrtb, and inclusive of Mary
land inches the practicelnow, and
the result, is a vast . saving -of Ufa
and property. . ' 4 K
compulsory State pilotage' tax is
both inhuman ana expensive to
owners and underwriters alike, so
long as steam vessels are! ex mpt
and anil vessels are taxed.
"As things are now, masters ox
sailing vessels prefer to face the
dangers of the sea until they can
reach! such portion of the jcoast as
is open to them without paying need
less State pilotage fees, even if their
vessels are damaged or crippled, or
even if they are beset by storms of
unusual severity. - The result has
been T that the dangers of; the sea
have been enhanced by this barba
rous system of compulsory State pi
lotage, and the loss of life and prop
erty on sail vessels has been greater
than it would be were compulsory
pilotage abolished in the ports of the
South as it so long and so successfully
has been in the ports of the North.
For vessels in distress to enter these
ports where compnlsory pilotage is
still exacted means to leave with
the local pilots in those places in
many ; cases the entire net earn
ings of the round voyage. Even
as things are now, the cost
of pilotage In Southern seaports at
times absorbes all of the net earn
ings of sailing vessels for the entire
round voyage. I
"This means that the State pilots
receive for services that are not re
quired, and that are of no j value, as
much or more than the vessel has
earned net in a voyage occupying
several works, or in some -cases
three or four months. The reason
that the services of these 8tate pilots
are valueless to sail vessels Is that
the latter almost invariably tow in
and out of these Southern seaports.
The cost of towage ranges j at from
one-balf to one-quarter of the sum
exacted by the State pilots' and yet
the tug that tows the vessel may be
worth from (50,000 to $100,00O,em
ploying a dozen or more mien, burn
ing coal, commanded by comnetent
pilots, while the State pilot is en
tirely irresponsible, and if he, by
his neglect or Inattention, or incom
petency, causes injary or loss to the
vessel, there is no recourse for the
owners or underwriters; whereas if
the injary is caused by the tug the
latter is responsible for the loss.
Theenly reason that is offered
by the representatives of the State
pilots who appear before the com
mittees of Congress in opposition to
this fair and just measure Is that
the abolition of compulsory State
pilotage on sailing vessels in the
coasting trade would Id j are the sys
tem, a Lawsonian expression that
State pilots use to describe legalized
blackmail to which they subject
American sailing vessels. Whysailng
vessels should alone bear the cost of
maintaining 'the system' j they have
been unable to offer any other sug
gestion than that the sail vessel
people have so far proved powerless
to help themselves, hence , the rob
bery should be permitted to con
tinue forever! I
"I cannot too empatlcally state
that our demand for exemption
from the employment olj unneces
sary State pilots, which has been
pressed for many years, has no con
nection whatever, near Or remote,
with the very recent efforts being
made at Albany to secure exemption
from the compulsory employment
of State pilots for vessels engaged
in the foreign trade. I repeat that
we are now, as for many years, con
fining our efforts to secure at the
bands of Congress the same kind of
exemption that it gave to steam
vessels thirty-five years ago only
that. - !
"Before the committees of Con
gress the foregoing and other
equally pertinent facts have been
repeatedly stated with j the result
that wa are at last promised relief
and freedom from a discriminatory
tax that for thirty -four years has
borne most heavily upon a class of
vessels that is owned in larger part
by people of the most moderate
means, people who cannot earn
enough on their vessels to insure
tbem against loss and who them
selves assume the risk, i We expect
the Frye Littltfleld bill will be
passed by' Congress at i the present
session and sailing vessels will there
after be- exempted from a tax that
now amounts to between $300,000
and $100,000 annually.? I
MUST BELIEVE IT.
Whtn Well Known
Wilmington
Plain) jr. j.
People Tell It So
When public endorsement is made
by a representative citizen of Wil
mington the proof ia positive, xou
must believe it. Bead this testi
mony. Every backache sufferer,
every man, woman or child with any
'kidney trouble will find profit in the
reading. j- j
B. B. King, the well known po
liceman, residing at 1706 Wooster
street, says: "I had; terrible pain
in my back which worked around to
my side and in my stomach, so bad
at times that it laid me up. I used
internal medicines and they did not
help me. I put on plasters and
rubbed with' liniment, and none of
them helped . me .at; all. Seeing
Doan's Kidney Pills recommended
I got a box of . them ( at Bellamy's
drug store. 'The r, next -day after
commencing to use them I noticed
relief. Sinco using two boxes of
them I have not had! an ache or a
pain in my back. It is with pleas
ure that I add my name to those
endorsing the claims made for this
remedy." I : :i;
I if or sale by all dealers, rrice 0
cents per box. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York cole agents
for the United States!
- Remember the . name Doan's
and take no other. I -
For OTr sixty Years.
! i.l
Mrs. WInsIow's 8ootblosr Svrun has
been used (or over 601 years by mil
lions of mothers for j their children
while teethine. with nerfeet Success.
Ill soothes the child, softens the gums,
aleaysall pain, cures wlndeolle, and is
the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It will
relieve the poor little sufferer Immedi
ately. Bold try Druggists in every
part or the world. .Twenty-five cents
bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs.
Wisslow's Soothing; Syrup,? and take
no other kind. . s
. ... i 5
' PoiiMlaSM.
Perhaps you don't realise that many
pain poisons originate to -your food,'
but some day you may feel a twinge,
of dTpepia that will convince you.'
Dr. King's . New Life Pills are guar
anteed to care all sickness .due . to
noitons of undiffeated food. OT mowHV-
back, Oaly Sfte, ai B. B. BXLtAarr'S'
a rug siore. - Try tnen. '
(f 1 HIRu
More Reynolds' Sun Cured
chewed die third year it was
offered to the trade than any
brand of any age claimed
to be manufactured from
Sun Cured Tobacco,
CURRENT COMMENT.
The great "Giant with the
Feet of Clay" seems to be haviug his
toes badly mashed in Manchuria.
Baltimore 8un. ;
It might be suggested to
those revolutionists that in order to
kill a Czar you must first catch him.
Chicago Chronicle. '! j j
The three best immigration
agents any State can . employ are
sound laws, safe courts and plenty
of schools. Macon Telegraph, j
It is evident that Senator
Smoot was not much of a gossip. He
had to come to Washington to find
out how many! wives his neighbors
had. Chicago News. j j
It was on the Bowery that
the restaurants and lodging houses
were thrown open to the shivering
and hungry people in the streets of
New York on Wednesday night
not on Fifth avenue. Kansas City
Times; ; !.;-... ... j-. j j
s A Daviess county school
teacher, who used to let his boys
bring i their dogs in school with
them, had to order the canines left
at home last week. Dog fights were
taking up about half the daily ses
sion. Kansas City Journal.
Lillian Russell's ; refusal to
perform at a dinner given by Mrs.
Stuyvesant Fish removes her from
competition with Harry! Lebr, and
incidentally shows that she does not
have to rely entirely on her press
agent for her advertising. Wash
ington Post. M r
- The statue of the Kansas
statesman who said that the Deca
logue and the Golden Bale have no
place In politics will be in the Hall of
Fame at Washington. That Kansas
statesman became famous for saying
it. His statue will stand in close
proximity to men famous for demon
strating it. Elmira Gazette. -j
The absent minded man in
Chicago tried to wash his hands
with his gloves on. Chicago Chron
icle. L ,. i
He That lawyer seems to be a
very intimate friend of yours? She
Yes, he was beat man at my divorce
proceedings. xonkers j Statesman
"That widow that Dumley mar
ried has six children of assorted
ages. They're just like steps when
they're lined up." "Of course;
they're his step-children. Phiiadel
phla Press. ! !
"The automobile seems to be
taking - your place . entirely," re
marked the ox. "They haven't any
use lor you now." f,Uhl yes," re
plied the horse, bitterly, "I be
lieve they are considerate enough
to use our hides for the leather fin
ishings." Philadelphia Press.
"I'll take no chances,"d?clared
the young man firmly. "Did this
cause the people to commend him
as a prudent young fellow? No
You see it was at a church fair that
he made the . statement. Pittsburg
Post. . . ' . ,
"Your son Willie seems to
have gotten over being round-shoul
dered. Jfivery time I ve seen him
lately he's been standing np like
man." "Yes. After years of scold
ing .him for his stooping I tried t
new! plan."! "What was it ?" "
told him he had a magnificent
chest Newark News.
Perceiving that the stranger in
the faultless evening attire seemed
to be watching the wearers of the
costly jewelry, the master of cere
monies at the charity ball stepped
up to him. "Pardon me," he said.
"but yon are one of the detectives
we engaged for the evening, are you
notr" "Me?" said the other. "Not
at all. I'm one of the persona!
property assessors." Chicago Tri
bane.
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SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Charlotte Observer: It has
been agreed that the bill providing
for a disoensarv at Asheviiie shall
be submitted to a vote of the people.
That la doubtless the best plan even
thoagh not so favorable to the great
moral Institution as straight legis
lative enactment. -
Mr. Lee W. Crawford, Jr.,
who is taking a postgraduate course
at Columbia University, mew lour,
has been elected a member of the
acuity of Brooklyn Pol v technic In
stitute as teacher or JSalisn, ana
entered upon his duties Thursday.
This will not interfere witn ms
studies at Columbia, where he has
one more year before getting his
degree of Ph. D. Mr. Urawford is
son of Jiev U. w. urawxora,
formerly of Greensboro, but now
pastor of the M. E church at Relda-
ville. and is a young man of bnl
iant attainments
and i attractive
personality.
Charlotte Observer: I A good
deal of interest has apparently been
aroused at Greensboro for the past
week on account of the report that
a p.-ominent young attorney and a
school teacher bad been secretly
married in that town. There has
been much guessing and many con
jectures as to the identity oi ine
young couple, and not a few people
thought tbey bad solved tne matter.
The rumors were so insistent as j to
emoarraes mnocenc peopie, sou iu
order to set the matter I right. , the
minister who perfoimed tne cere
mony has made a statement, accord
ing to The Greensboro Telegram, in
which he says so far as he knows
that community has no! Interest in
either party, as the lawyer resides
in a remote western village and the
young lady is still teaching, and it is
added that "it 18 hoped that tuts
statement will end the incident."
All of which it will not the names
will have to be forthcoming before
a matter like this loses its attraction
for those who like to solve mysteries
A negro prisoner in the Cam
den county jail made his escape
Monday morning, and! up to this
time has not been located. There
were two prisoners in the jail at the
time, but only j one escaped. The
fugitive was arrested on the charge
of breaking in a house and stealing
a sum of money. iSirly Monday
morning, he secured a piece of iron.
heated it asd burned a hole through
the door to the lock. After doing
this he drove a bolt through the
opening made, and struck the bolt a
blow, breaking the lock and releas
ing himself. After getting out in
the corridor, be secured the! cell
door by putting the lock on again.
and waiting for, th6 jailor : to come
in to bring hiB breakfast. When
the jailor opened the outside door,
he noticed nothing wrong, and went
on to the cell. The prisoner, in the
meantime, slipped out of the door,
and made bis way to the swamp
near by. The other; prisoner was in
the same cell with him,! but claims
to know nothing about the delivery.1
When the juor went In he appeared
to be asleep.
Great preparations are being
made by the Manufacturers' Club to'
welcome Secretary Metcalfe and the
regime of distinguished visitors at
High Point February 6th. ! The ban
quet will be at the El wood. ! The
well known caterer, A. Dughi, of
Raleigh, will prepare the edibles.
The music will be furnished by a
Richmond-Greensboro orchestra. and
the floral decorations Will be under
the personal supervision of Mr. J.
Van Lindley, the florist of Pomona.
The following ia a list of those. who
have accepted the invitation! to be
present: M. V. Richards, Senor Don
Gonzala de Qaesada, Senator Sim
mons Congressman Kichin, Robert
N. Page, J. M. Dixon, Jno. H7
Small, W. W. Finley, all of Wash
ington; Judge J. E. Boyd, G. S
Bradshaw, Congressman E, Spencer
Blackburn, E H. Coopman, i F. H.
Shaw, H. Baker, Col. W. S. Thomp
son, J. A. Odell, A. M. Scales,
Greensboro; Hon. J. C. Hemphill,
editor of Mews and Courier, Charles
too; Hon- E. J. Watson, Columbia;
Hon. Z. V. Walser, Lexington; j.
E. Williamson, Worthville; H. A.
Page, Aberdeen: J. Van Lindley,
Pomona; S. Bryant,' Bandleman;
Gov. &. B. Glenn, Jos. G. Brown,
R. M. Philips, Baleigb; J. S. Carr,
W. A. Erwin, Durham: L.
Green, Atlanta: A. W. Haywood,
Haw River; T. F. Wrenn, Marion;
B. Frank Mebane, opray; Dr. Geo.
T. Winston, Raleigh: Dr Jf. If. Ven
able, Chapel Hill: President! L L.
Hobbs. Guilford College: J L Ed
wards, Havana; J. P.. Caldwell, Geo
Stevens, O. N. Evans, William
Whitman, Jr., Charlotte; W. A.
Ttlaiv f'nlnnnt V Vt T
Buxton. W. T. Brown, Winstoif;
W. R. Odell, Concord; A. L. Brooks,
ureensooro; JJTanic rage, ciscoe,
There are yet about SO to be heard
from, making aboul 100 people that
win oe irom a distance.
oastob
Bean the - The Kind You Haw Always BongM
of
WILMINGTON MAE3 3
(Qnoted ofllalally at tne closing by ft Chamber
91 uommeroa.1 ..
STAR OFFICE, February s.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market
i quint at 51c oer gallon. ..
jsusuin outing doing. i
TAR Market firm at SI. 60 per bar
rel of 80 pounds, -tt s
CRUDE TURPENTINE Market
firm at S3.S0 per barrel for bard, S3. 70
for dip. !
Quotations same day last year-
Spirits turpentine nothing doing;
roam nrm at isu: tar nrm at SX4U;
crude turpentine firm at S3. 50 4.25.
bkokiptb.
Spirits turpentine. . . . . .. . . . 16
ttosin . 168
! Crude turpentine. ........ . .. . S3
Keceiptt same day last year o
cask spirita turpentine, S50 barrels
rosin, 311 barrels tar, 104 barrels crude
turpentine, i
COTTON.
Market steady at 7c for middling.
Same day last year, market steady
at 18e for middling.
JtCecelpta 141 bales:' same day last
year, 1,160. .,- i . : ..
(Corrected Bagolarly br WUmlngtou Produce
uommiBMon Herooants. prices repraoonwng
tboee Mud tor Drodaca consigned to Commis
sion Merchants 1
OOOBTKT PBODUOX.
PEANUTS North Carolina, firm.
Prime, 95c; extra prime. SLOO; fancy.
ifLlO, per bushel of twenty-eight
pounds. Virginia frlme, 85c: extra
orlme, 90c; fancy, 95c. Spanish, 85
90s. ' ;
CORN Firm: 60 65c per bushel
for white. -'
N. a BAOON-Steady: hams 14
15c per pound: shoulders, 11c: sides,
dull, 10llc
EGGS Dull at 1830c per dozen.
CHICKENS Firm. Grown, 15
85c; springs, 13j15c v
TUKKKY8 Uall at 1334c for live:
16a for dressed.
oKJsSW AJL ITtrm at 987C.
TALLOW Firm at 6j46c per
pound, v,
PO UK Firm at 67e net.
PB x 3- White. SL751.S5 : clay.
$Ll(t.3S.
aw ukt POTATOES Firm at 60
75e per buaheL -
BEEF CATTIjE Dull at 33Xc
per pound. ,
FINANCIAL MARKETS
bv TsiasxsoH to tne Mornlna star
Nvw Yobx. Feb. 8. Money on cal
steady at ltf3 per cent.; closing
Did IX per ci , offered at 3: time loans
easy a d steady; sixty days 3 perct.;
ninety days S percent.; six months
Sif per cent. Prime mercantile pa
per SQ4J per cent. Sterling ex
change was steady, with actual business
in bankers' bills 48SQ488.05 for de
mand and at 485.7u485.76 for sixty
day bills. The posted rates were
486K and 489. Commercial bills were
485tf . Bar silver 61. Mexican
dollars 47X. U. 8. refunding 3's.
reg'd, 104)4; da coupon, 104K;
U. S. S'a. registered. 103: do.
coupon, 10SM; U. a. i new,
registered, 180; U. , B. 4', new,
coupon, 18034; U. S. 4's, old; reg
istered, 10534; do. coupon, 10534,
American Tobacco 4's cert., 74)4;
American Tobacco 6,s cert, 116:
AtlknUe . Coast Line 4's, 108;
Louisville & Nasnville. unified
4X 103; Seaboard Air Line 4's
88 bid r Southern Railway Vs. 1195t'.
dtocxs: Atlantic Coast Line 13134;
(Baltimore dc Ohio preferred 97:
Uaenpeaxe dc Ohio 50)4; Liouls.
vllle & Nashville 188; Manhat
tan L 170: New York Central
I48k : Reading 91 H : do. 1st nrefd.
93. do. 3nd prefd 91M; Southern
Uall way 84 H ; do. prePd 97X ;Amalga-
anated Copper 74H: People's Gas
10734; Tennessee Ooal and Iron 73;
U. ti. Leather 14: U. B. Leather pre
ferred, 108: Western Union 9334;
u. H. steel 8054; do, preferred 9534
Mexican Central 8354 : Virginia-Caro
lina Chemical, 854; sales shares;
do. preferred. 108: sales sharer.
Standard Oil 650.-
Baltimore. Feb.- 3. Seaboard Air
Line, common. 189tf19: do. preferred
sa asked.
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NAVAL STORES HARKETS
bt Zetesrapa to tbe: Moraine Star.
nw Yobx, Feb. 8. Roam dull.
Siplrlts turpentine dull.
Obabubstoh, Feb.i3. Spirits tur
pentine and rosin nothing doing.
Savajbxab, Feb. 8. Spirits turpen
t ne dull at filXc; receipts 95 casks;
isjes 9 casks; snipmenu m casks
ttosin firm; receipts 1435 barrels isales
1,848 barrels; shipments 450 barrels:
A. B, 11 D, II 60; E. 13 63343 65: F.
83 67X;0,3 8J34;B$315:1, $3 50;
K.,84 U5; M,S4 50; W, 14 75; W G.
t5 00: WW 5 15.
COTTON QARKETS.
tw tatacnuio to ma Morning Star
NSW Yobs, Feb. 3. The cotton
market showed continued activity and
rltb snort rendered nervous by the
foreign and Boutbern firmness, prices
ruled generally firm and scored a good
advance for tbe day. thougn depress
lightly toward tbe close by realizing.
Tne openiog was firm at au advance
of 1830 points on active covering by
yesterday's sellers who bad gone home
short last night la tbe expectation that
Li verpool this morning would make a
week ; showing, r Uables. however.
were much firmer than due and wltb
large sales of spot cotton at an advance
of five points in the market, while
there was an absence of further ad
vanees claiming freer spot offer
ings, tne market with gooa sup
port. The initial budge, on the other
band, naturally attracted heavy proflt
taking by recent buyers, and while
trading was unusually active during
the nf st hour orders were so well dl
vded that prices showed practically
no change from the opening figures
until toward midday there was a re
action of four or five points as local
aborts ceased baying, utter, bow.
ever, a Iresn wave of bull support.
accompanied by continued buying,
started prices up again, and the high
ptlnt was reached in the early after
noon following tbe small lnto-slgbt
statement for the week. . At this level
tbe active months showed a net gain
i of about twenty-two points, and with
May selling around 7.83 longs became
more cautious buyers and . gradually
developing a tendency to take profits.
tbe late trading was Irregular Tbe
market was finally very steady at a net
gain of 15 to sixteen points. Bales o
futures were estimated at 400,000 bales.
Fort receipts for the day and week
were small, exports moderately liberal
and estimates for tomorrow's receipts
light, while the lntoslghl f or tbe week
anderran estimates. Southern : spot
markets were reportei steady to obout
816c. higher.
rtsrw Yobx. Feb. 8. Cotton-The
market was quiet at 7.60; net receipts
i 751 bales; gross receipts 3,881 bales:
I stock 83.605 bales. ,
Spot cotton closed . ouiet and i s
points higher; middling upland 7 60
ujiuuiuiK ku oo; saies ooo Dates. -
mures openea strons : Fhn
I 7 00 bid, Marc b 7.16, apfil7.25,May 7.26.
June July 7.85, August 7.38. Ben-
temper .4U. uetobev 7.4ft KM.mkl.
.December. ,
Futures closed vervT u-v
I IurjJ11' April 7.8b.May
7.26, June 7.SL Julv
September 7.41, October 7.46
olpts 31,745 bales; exports to Great
Britain 15,759 bales; exports to France
1,045 bales; exports to the Continent
18,0(6 bales; exports: to Japan 991
bales; exports to Mexico --f-ales;
stock 777,857 bales.-. - V
Oonsoudated, at all seaport Net
receipu 143,188 bales ; exports 10
Great Britain 48.854 bales: exporU to
France 4,306 bales; exports to Conti
nent 113,955 bales ;e x ports to Japan
i,074 bales; exports to Mexico 1.S14
bales. .: ! K -
Total since Beptsmber 1st. at ait tea-
ports Net receipts 6,719.914 bales:
ports to Great Britain 8,483,443 bales;
exports to Krance 553,844 bales ;exportr
to the Continent 2,053,911 bales; ex
ports to Japan 91,435 bales; exports to
Mexico 19.054 bales. S j - ' ;
Feb. 3. Galveston. very firm. 7 5 16c.
net reeeiptr4.475 bales : Norfolk; firm
at 7Xc, net receipts 1,403 bales; Balti
more, nominal at 7c, ueti receipts
339 bales; Boston, quiet at 7.60c, net
receipts 197 bales; Wilmington, steady
at 7c, net receipts 141 bales; Philadei
phla, steady at 7.85c, i net receipu 75
bales; uavannan, quiet at 7 3-l6c, net
receipts 1,055 bales : New Orleans,
firm at 7Jfc, net receipts. ,7,848 bales;
Mobile, firm at 73c, net 1 receipts
1,363 bales: Memphis, firm at 7Jfcv net
receipts 6,639 bales; Augusts firm at
7 5-Hc, net receipts 334 bales; Charles
ton, steady at 7c, net receipts 379 bales.
a r .
PRODUCE MARKETS.
uv TeleoTaDh to the Mornimt Btat .
Maw Yoax. Feb. 3. Flour was
firm; demand light. Bye flour quiet.
Wheat Spot easy. No. 3 red 61 23
f. o. b. afloat. Options sagged off un
der realizing and closed o lower on
May to 3tc higher on July: Mar closed
$1 16; July closed $1 0434; September
dosed . Corn Spot steady; No. 3
544c. Options closed 34c net lower;
May closed 5034c. Oats Spot steady ;
mixed, 3633 pounds, 363634. Lard
barely steady ;refined quiet. Fork ouiet.
Cheese firm; 8tate, small,' colorea and
wbite,8XuMc. Eggs strong ; nearby
selected 8334c; Southerns 2480c,
Butter was strong; creamery, com
mon to extra 21S0c. Peanuts firm ;
fancy hand-picked 53i534c; other do
mestic grades 355)4Y Potaicea
Market was quiet; Long island.
in bulk, per 180 lbs, $1 75 3 00;
State and Western $1 351 40;
Jersey sweets $3 : 003 00. Cab
bages unlet; flat Dutcb. per 100. S3 00
S 00. Freights to Liverpool Cotton,
1314o. Sugar Raw quiet; refined
steady. Bice steady. Tallow dull. Mo-
asses steady. Uotton seed oil easy, with
moderate trade : Prime crude, f. o. b.
mills 16c; prime summer yellow 23
34Mo;off summer yellow nominal;
prime white 27273kc; prime winter
yellow 8734 28c ;
Chioaoo, Feb. 3. Apprehension
concerning cold weather damage to
germinating crops forced up above the
dollar mark to-day tne price of wheat
for July delivery, j Closing prices on
the July option showed si net gain of
tt& Under heavy liquidation by a
prominent trader May wheat closed
weak at a net loss of lf & . Corn.
oats and provisions are unchanged.
uaiOAOO. Feb. 3. Cash prices:
Flour steady. Wheat-No. 3 spring SI 14
1 16; Na8do. SI 05S1 16; No. 3 red
SI 1834Q1 3034. Oorn No.343&c: No.
3 yellow 43c. Oata No. 3 2934c; No.3
white, 32S2 Vc ; No. 3 white SOlCea
Slc Bye No. 3 75c. Mess pork,
per 001,113 65ai 70. Lrd. per 100 lbs.
S6 70 6 73. Short rib sides, loose,SI6 62
e 76. vtj salted shoulders, boxed, no
market report. Snort clear sides,
boxed, 16 756 87. Whiskey Basis
of high wines, $1 23. .
The leading futures ranged as foi
lows opening. hichesL lowest anc
closing; Wheat No. 8 May SI 17
1 17K. 1 17 H. 11634. 1 16llftl 16K:
July 99K93', 1 O0J4, 89J4, 1 0034.
September 93X, 94, 93ft, 93H&
Uorn February . . . . 42c: Mav
44XQ44?,, 41ft. 44V, 44ftc; July
45XQ4534. 45X, 45X45ft. 45ft. Oata
-Deoruary , . . 29: Mav 30ft
S0K. 30ft3034, 30X30Kc; July
S0KS0M, 80H30X. 80ft, 8034
SOJge. Mess pork, per bbl February
, . ,S13 67: May S13 8334, 13 8734,
13 8Z34, U 6734. Ldtrd, per 100 Ibi
February . . . S6 73: Mav S6 87.
6 93. 6 87K. 6 93; July, , , ,S7 05.
nor trios per iuu lbs Feoruary 88 67,
6 67. 6 65. 6 65: Mav 86 85. 6 87. 6 85.
6 87; July S7 00, 7 03. 7 00, 7 08.
NEW YORK COFFER FUTURES.
Narw York. Feb.. 8. Coffee Snot
quiet; mild steady. Futures closed
steady at 510 points advance.
FOREIGN MARKETS.
BrlCable to tha Mornlna Btar.
LrVKBPOOL. Fab. 8. Cotton ; RnnL
in good demand, with prices five points
nigner; American middling fair 4.S9d;
good middling 4.09d; middling 3 97d;
low middling 3.8Id: food ordinary
3 71d; ordinary 3.55d. The sales of the
aay were iz,uuu oaies, or wblcb 4,000
oaies were tor speculation and export
and Included 11.400 halm Amrlnit
Breeipts 5,000 baler, no American.
, sutures openea oareiy steady and
closed steady ; American middling (g o c)
February 8.86d; February and March
3.86d; March and April 3. 91d; April
and May 8.94d; May and June S.97d;
June and July 8.99d; July and Au
gust 4. Old; August and September
4.03d; September and October 4.04d;
October and November 4.05d; Novem
ber and December 4.C6d. .
MARINE.'
' , i ARBTVBD.
.. 8tmr Tar Heel, Bradshaw, Fayette
ville, 8 M King..
Stmr E A Hawes, Bobeson, Fyette
ville, J A IfuDD.
Stmr A J Johnson, Black, Clear
Bun, W J Meredith.
Norwerian barque Guldsas, 593
tons, Haaland, Bristol, Heide & Co.
. 't CLEARED. .
8teamer Duplin, Creel, Chinquepin,
T D Love. ' . -
Stmr' A J Johnson, Black, Clear
Bud, W J Meredith.
OY RtVEK AND RAIL.
StiOptt ! Nsval stersi SBd .' Cstton
Tsslsrday.
! C. C. kailroad 84 barrels tar, 20
barrels crude turpentine.
V7. W. Railroad 35 balei cot
toe, 5 barrels crude turpentine.
W. O. dt A.. Bailroad 100 bain cot
ton, 20t barrels roslo, 10 barrels Ur.
7 barrels crude turpentine.
A. & Y. Bailroad 6 bales cotton, 5
"k" ?p.Ir,te larPnioe, 17 barrels
rosin, 25 barrels tar.
W. & N, Billroad 1 cask spirits
turpentine, 25 barrsla rosin, 10 barrels
Steamer Johnson 10 casks spirits
turpentine, 100 barrels rosin, 48 bar
rels tar. .
f? 141 bales cotton, 16 casks
spirits turpentine, 162 barrels rosin, 127
barrels Ur, 32 barrels crude turpen
tine. : I -. , - ,
.- Arraata dtaciargta from m nrhmrynrgiiiM
tn eilier nex m 43 hours.
It b wipoiior to Copaibo, Cnbeb, or tnlee
Von ami free from all bad emeu or otha
SANT&l -Minv
VJ Csr''. bear tbe oame in hUk'
Mill
Ltstlef Vesaela ia Pert of Wilaaln.
ton, JX, C February 4.
SCHOONERS.
Creicent, 397 tons, Mehaffey, O D Maf-
Wm Booth, 485 tons, Emmonr, C D
Maffitt.
Harry W Hsynes, 250 tons, Goodwin,
ODMsffitf.
8TEAMEBS.
Eingswood, (Nor) 1,209 toot, Olsen,
Uelde 6 Co.
BASQUES.
Guldaat, (Nor) 593
tons, Haaland,
UeidedCCo.
Grave Trouble Foreseen. ,
It needs but little foresight to tell
that when your stomach and liver are
badly affected grave trouble is asead,
unless you lake tbe proper medicine
for your disease, as Mrs. John A.
Young, of Clay, N. Y., did. She says:
"l nau neuralgia oi tne liver and
stomach, my heart was weakened and
1 could not rat.v I was yery bad for a
long time, but In Electric Bitters I
found just what I needed, for tbey
quickly relieved and cured me." I s
tbe best medicine for weak women.
Sold under guarantee by B. B. BEL
LAMY, druggist, at 50c a bottle. t
Nasai. Catabbh quickly yields lo
treatment by Ely's Cream Balm, which
is agreeably aromatic. . It is received
tbrougb tbe nostrils, cleanses and
heals tbe whole surface over which it
diffuses Itself. A remedy for Nasal
Catarrh which Is drying or exciting to
the diseased membrane should not be
used. Cream Balm is recognized aa a
specific. Price 50 cents at druggists or
by mail. A cold in tbe bead immedl
aleiy disappears when Cream Balm is
used. Ely Brothers. 56 Warren street,
New York.
"MATCH IT."
5 FOR lO GENTS.
A Gentle
m Smoke.
Sumatra Wrapper. Havana Filler.
The onlj value of its kind produced.
A Smoke for the Times.
We carry a full line Tobacco,
Cigars and Cigarettes, and can name
attractive prices, j
We Want Your Basinets.
Tbe F E. HashagenCo.,
Wholesale Groceries anil Tobaccos,
tansstt
Office Outfits.
Remington Standard Type
writers .
' Globe Wernicke Filing Cabinets
Globe-Wernicke "Elastio" Book
Cases.
Typewriter Flat and Roll Top
Desks.
Nebstyles and Mimeographs
for making duplicate copies. ,
All sizes and kinds of Typewriter
Paper, Carbons, Ribbons, etc.
ALL AT FACTORY PRICES
G. W. YATES & CO.,
i Mavrket Street
jan 29 tf !
Engine Owner's Pride !
i i.
We know it is the pride of all
owners and engineers to have
their boilers and engines free
from leaks and neat in ap
. pearance. lit is no secret
how to keep your machinery
this way and very simple. Use
the beBt
PACKING VALVES, FJTTIN6S
AND OILS
The cost is no more When you
know where to get them.
Yours for business,
T O. LOVE OO .
Mill, Yacht and House Outfitters,
mi, 206 florth Water St.,
feb 1 tf Wilmington, N. C.
Hold Cotton !
Cut Expenses!
Reduce Acreage!
Such Is the cry from all ae.
tions of the Cotton Belt. Without
discussing the merits of either pro
position, it remains that the great
staplemust be raised cheaper and
more of it to the acre. The use of
ine De8i ana most improved
Agricultural Implements
Will trn a inns " '
.. B- - .""6 oiiji ivwaru a BOIO
won of the problem now confronting
u wuuuiciu mrmer. .we nave
eYerywrog in that line with a com
piete stock of everything in Hard
ware. Let us quote priceB.
r
Orton Buildinir.
Special Agents L. & R. Powder,
remnsuiar Shovels and Howe
scales. j - 14 tf
The Only t Restanrant.
Regular Oinnvr 25 Cents.
Board by the ; Week $4.00,
Special rates by the month.'
jan28tf ;
J. 1' iilorchisoD & Co
Have You
THESE SYUPTOEIS?
There1
a DaBt
Ahead
- If yon bars abarpe pains across the small ef tha
back. If Uiera la any Irregularity In the nr.ne, if it
Is scanty or prof Me, or difficult to retain, then
yonr kidneys are oat of order and should be given
prompt attention. There Is no disease so sorely
fatal tf neglected. Diseases of tbe bladder, such
as Inflammation, gravel or stone In the bladder,
diabetes, and finally uremic poisoning, usually be
ginin ayery slight way at flret, often causing no
particular tnconYenience. .
Stuart's Gin and Buchu la a reliable remedy for
any form of kidney and bladder diseases. It has
been tfTesttMsatexesf teats for thirty years, and
has nerer failed to relleye the wont ease and stay
the fatal progress of the disease. If you have the
slightest smyptotq of (his disease, yon should lose
no timelnhfgi rmlng the use of this remedy. One
bottle wW co&TlriCe yon of the great benefit tt will
lender. . Etnart's Juniper and Buohu t ablets Is
the same remedy In tablet form for tnose who pre
fer it in that shape.
' : avmptea Pm So all.
Ton are invited to send yonr name and sdarM
at once for a free trial sample of this ere t rem
edy, together with testimonials and full Informs
Hon.' tollaice bottles SI at all drug si, ret. d
dress taart Drag Uo., 68 Wan street, Atlanta 0a
or88soc ss we i
ABE TOU
Keeping in Stock
Cuban
Blossom
AND RENOWN ClfiAB ?
They are as good as ever.
Silver Coin Flour
Can't be beat
H. L Voiles,
Wholesale Grocer and Distribun r-
declQtf
REMEMBER !
In addition to manufacturing
Stills for Turpentine and Spirita e
Plants, we do all kinds of repau
work and Brazing in Cagner. AUo
we do Plating in
HlcUe, Brass, Silver
AND GOLD,
Repairing work of every kind in
Metal solicited.
. We buy all of your discarded Sil
ver rlated ware. Also old crass
Candlesticks, Brass Andirons and
all kinds of old metal.
dec 15 tf
rriYtd
Scbooner John R. Fellarriv. d
to-day, Saturday with
10,000 BAGS OF 100 POUND
WHITE COTTON SAL
We will begin to discbarge same
Monday, the 9th inst, and U
orders will be shipped promptly,
The Schooner ' C. O. Iiister h h
10,000 BAGS SALT
is expected to arrive at any hour, o
we will be in shape to take care f
all orders in North at d . utb o
lina that our customers may set 1 i;
and immediate Bhlpment wilt '
made. :
D. Ifc OOEE COMPAY,
Wholesale Grocers and Importers.
Ja8 tf
Carolina Cow Works
a s
Carp
Salt tt I
Wilmington, N. C v
Wood's Seeds.
Extra Early Pea
are usually one of the must satis
factory and profitable erops to
grow, both for home market and
shipping.
-Wood's Lightning Excelsior
Wood's Pedigree Extra Early
are' the earliest and most produc
tive kinds in cultivation, and are
in great ' favor with truckers
wherever they arejplanted. Spech.1
prices qnoted in quantity.
Write for prices and Wood's
Quarter Century Seed Book,
telling all about the best Gardes:
and Farm Seeds. Mailed free.
T.W.Wood&Sons, Seedsmen,
RICHWOWD, - V1R6IH1A.
- Awarded
; 6RAID PRIZE - ST. LOUIS,
; GOLD MEDAL - PARIS, 19inr
Janl8D8t W
we sa
TAILORING.
Don't rait to see Lecer Meyer before Dnjin
elotnes to order. The cheapest and beet tor
the money. , Largest Un of pants goods lntltf
eitytoselecstrom,
ot Wortb fjront stroeu- .