WILI.IABI H. BERMABD.
WILMINGTON. N. C.
Tuesday
Mobninq, Feb. 28.
BOUTHERN BANKERS AND THE
COTTON MOVEMENT- j
Subsequent to the action of the
convention of cotton erowers, mer
chants and bankers of the South
held at New Orleans, at which it
was recommended that cotton acre
age and fertilisers be reduced this
jear, the Manufacturers' Kecord
undertook; to ascertain how effec
tive theBe (recommendations would
be throughout the cotton belt. As
a matter, of course, it was conceded
that if the planB of the New Orleans
conrentlonewere adherd to gener
ally, the result would be bound to
at least prevent disaster to the! cot
ton industry of the South if it really
did not a'ccompliah the aim of j cot
ton growers to get at least 10 cents
for their cotton. In older to ascers
tain whether the sentiment In the
cotton belt sustained the action of
the New Orleans convention, the
Manufacturers' Becord sent out to
Southern bankers a circular letter
in which were the following ques
tions were j asked: 'j i t V
Will there be a reduction in acre
age in cotton in your vicinity and a
decrease in fertilizers, and if so, to
what extent? i . j
Will this decrease, if theroisto
be any, be brought about by general
agreement among farmers, or by the
refusal of banks, factors and others
to advance! against cotton growing
as freely a8 in former years? i
To what extent will increased at
tention be given to diversified agri
culture, and what progress is al
ready being made in that respect in
your neighborhood? . i f ..'
Are the farmers in financial shape
to hold their cotton and still make
another crop. I -
In a "Southern .Cotton Pros
pect Supplement" our enterprising
Baltimore contemporary j has been
publishing hundreds of replies from j
all over the cotton States. The
responses indicate a singleness of
purpose everywhere to follow j the
plan agreed upon at New Orleans.
Many of the bankers made their re
plies quite elaborate, far-reaching
and comprehensive. They agree
that acreage and the use of fertili
zers will be reduced, and that jthe
farmers will diversify their crops.
The replies from the cotton growing
region of North Carolina, which is
the smallest cottonproducing State
in the South, indicate that the re
duction in acreage and fertilizers
will be from 15 to 25 per cent, and
that our farmers will pay more at
tention to other crops. The farm
ers, are reported to be in good con
dition and fairly independent. The
fact is no Southern State "haa as
quite a diversity of agriculture and
manufactures as we have In North
Carolina. Our great agricultural
resources are divided between cot
ton tobacco,' j grain and 'fruit
crops, and the tendency in North
Carolina never has been to run into
one idea on agriculture or manufac
ture. North Carolina never has all
of her eggs; in ; one nest, and that
accounts for the fact that North
Carolina's prosperity is along steady
lines. ' ; . J i j-
Speaking of the general lesson to
be learned from the bankers' letters
the Manufacturers' Kecord, summa
rizing the responses, says: j ;
All persons interested in the
manifold phases of cotton have
been placed under direct obliga
tion! to the bankers of the South
for their illuminating treatment of
the whole subject and for the posi
tive! information which they have
supplied. Most significant, per
haps, are their statements regard
ing reduction of acreage and diver
sification of crops. Of 1,070 letters
968 bore directly upon these topics.
Of the 968, 844 indicated a reduc
tion! in acreage this year ranging
from 5 per cent, to 50; one Louis
iana! letter, Indeed, stating that the
reduction would amount to 90 per
cent.; and that the growers would
return to cane culture. In 108
were statements that there would
be no reduction, or that new land
brought under cultivation would take
the place of old land relinquished to
other crops than cotton, i The no
reduction policy seems to prevail
principally in parts of Indian Terri
tory, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas,
Louisiana. Mississippi, and in .one
region of Alabama, while at 16 points
west of the Mississippi it is an
nounced that there will be an in
orease in the acreage. I
Much of the decrease will be ac
companied by a proportionate I In
crease oi acreage devoted " to other
crops. Ho important Is the matter
of reduction of cotton acreage held
to oe tnat quite a number of the let
ters failed to refer to diversification.
But of the 572 answers to that nolnfc.
503 said that the spirit of (liTftrni fixa
tion IS spreading, and but 69 stated
either that Jt was too early In the
season to express an opinion on that
point or that the old custom of all
cotton would be adhered to.
The responses from' many States
Indicate that the farmers will plant
more land in wheat, com, oats, peas,
potatoes ru.;( forage crops: more
cattle, sHeep nd hogs will be raised
and more attention ? will be paid to
poultry, track ero wine, etc. Here
is the M aufacturersJ Becord suni
sponaesr . ;
"uur xarmers are : planting more
strawberries, or rather 'more closely
attending to; wh at they have Many
ox mem wi. pianc corn, : peanuts,
lnsn potatoes ana raise nay.
."Fertilizer about the same a the
t past season on account- of planting
small gram auu vuaucu. i
' - - '-Alreadj right r much interest in
, trucking. ' ' 1 i--
. "People have concluded to make
1 "Tobacco acreage will be increas
ed some. -X. :: : x':x j ":"- xxj,
I 'Fertilizer will be used for an in
creased acreage in tobacco, Irish
potatoes and other crops. ,.j
S"More erain and truck will" be
planted than ever before, and more
land will be devoted to pasture
cattle." , - I
The efforts of the Manufacturers'
Becord along this lino indicates the
prpgressiveness of that able jour
nat. , The scope its "Prospect Sup
plement" was masterful and its
scheme has been, thoroughly, and
satisfactorily carried out under able!
management. We have; been fur
nished a comprehensive insight Into,
the! effectiveness of the cotton move
ment, and it is rather singular that
some of the great Southern dailies
have allowed the South's great in
dustrial paper to scoop
stroke of enterprise.'
them on a
MB- EEH&T WALTERS- ;
i - ':
the Charleston News and Courier
pays this compliment to a gentle
man whose affiliation with Wilmlhgr
ton makes it pleasant reading ;
! "Mr. Henry Walters has been
elected one of the trustees of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, in
New York City.x 'The selection of
of Mr. Watters, says a dispatch I to.
the Baltimore Sun from JNew xorK,
as tone of the trustees isi a notable
appreciation of what he has done for
art.) The fact that the management
should go outside of New York to
fill the vacancy is suggestive of the
high standing of Mr. Walters in the
circle entrusted with the manage
ment of the greatest art institution
in the United States.' The compli
ment is well bestowed. There is no
better man in all this land than
Henry Walters: a more accomplish
ed connoisseur In art, and a more
public spirited, broad minded,, ac
tive factor in the development of the
material resonrces of the South.
We congratulate the Metropolitan
Museum of Art upon his election as
a member of its governing board."
A proper estimate of Mr. Walters
can hardly be so briefly expressed,
but he is a man who shrinks from
audation. He Is a true friend of art,
and singularly enough he finds time
to turn aside from the tremendous
Interests he has in railroad manage
ment: to encourage the love of art in
America. He haa ever been a pow
erful! force in the successful deveL
opment of one of the South's great
railroad systems, and to no other
man U several Southern States more
indebted for substantial encourage
ment along the line of progress. He
is a thorough believer In the future of
the South and loses no opportunity
to ref er to the evidences of prosper
ity present and prospective in our
part of the country. ( 1 1
In a speech in the Senate on last
Thursday Senator Morgan, of Ala
bamascathingly alluded to the Pan
ama jCanal Commissioners. No
sooner than the commissioners with
their annual salaries of 110,000 and
115 a 'day for expenses got into the
socket of their jobs, they began ac
cepting fees for attending! meetings
of- the board of directors of the
Panama Railroad I Be drat if some
folks I know when they've got
enough. '- J i
TW1NKL1NUS
4- Nordy: I wonder if the Sen
ate ever did anything promptly?
Butts:! 1 expect It acted pretty
promptly in 1814. Nordy: What
Happened then? Butts: The Brit
ish seethe building on fire. Hous
ton Uhromcle.
'lYou see." he explained, apol
ogetically, "I didn't know just what
todo.f "But," protested his friend
accusingly, "surely you saw your
plain duty in the matter!" ! "Yes. I
saw itj and. I guess because it was so
very plain it didn't attract me."
Philadelphia Press. j
X. Y. Z. You lose. There is no
United States Senator at present in
jail. The gentleman of whom you
speak has, up to the present writing,
persistently declined the er the
er shall we call it the nomination r
Louisville Courier-Journal. ; i
-Mr. Stubbs Certain!?. I ami
going Sown to the club j to-night
we are going to have a monster
meeting. Mrs. Stubbs xes, you
are au
monsters to be at; the club
when
you should be home with
your wives.-i-Chicagd News.
I :
Crave Trouble For .
It needs but little forealarht to tell
that when your stomach and liver are
badly affected grave trouble is ahead,
unless! you take the proper1 medicine
for your disease, m Mr. John AJ
Young, of Clay, N. Y., did. She says
"i naa neuralgia oi tne liver and
stomach, my heart was weakened and
i could not rat X was very; bad for a
lone time, but In Electric! Bitters I
found just what I needed,!, for they
quickly relieved and cured me." Its
tbe best medicine for weak women.
Bold under guarantee by B, B. Brx-
utMT, druggist, at 60c a bottle. 4
" Bushville. Ind.
neisrs. wii bbos.: i hm bun
great sufferer from catarrh and hay
fever land, tried many things, but
found! no relief until I found it in
Ely's Oream Balm about eight years
ago, and we have been fast friends
ever since. (Rev.) B. M. Behtuet. j
Messrs. Ely Bros. : Find enclosed
50 cent, for which please1 send me
your Dream Balm. I find your
remedy the quickest and moat perma-
neat cure ior com in tne neaa, ca
tarrh, ptc. Yours truly, ;? ?
. Tlvr r. u 13viwmnt
I en. Mgr. Arizona Uold Minlnc Co.
BW over sixty Toar
HrSJ WlmlOW'S Soath!n Rvmn h..
been used for over CO years by mU-
-uus ui uiuHwn ior tneir cnudren
while i teething, with perfect sacsest.
IH soothes the child, softens the gums.
aleays all pain, cures wind eolle, and Is
tne oest remeuy ior uiarrncea. it wOl
relieve the poor mtie sufferer iasuedi
eiy. l eoia , oy . liruggists i m every
part of tb world. , Twenty-five cents
bottle.! Be sure and ask for-"Mrs.
Wlnslow's 8oOtbing Byrup.r.ahd tako
no other kind. -
Oa.JS'P
Bean tie -f IMBd-You Ham Always Bought
Blgntnr
High Candle Power Lights
One of our 1905 New Models
$ 10 each
complete
With 35c Inten
sive Brand
Wtlibachblch can
dle power mantle.
Most
tor
gas
Gold Medal the highest honor awarded
to Welsbach at the 1 St. Louis Exposition.
! SIX BRANDS
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Genuine Welsbach Goods
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CONSOLIDATED RAILWAYS.
CURRENT COMMENT.
It is said that 20,000 men
are idle in Kansas as a result . of the
State's fight against the Standard
Uil Trust. They might break Into
the penitentiary and thus secure
fobs In the State's new refinery.
Washinijton Post. ,' i .
j If the government, that is
to say, a party in power in national
affairs, should be entrusted with
rate-making for railroads, how long
would it take for such questions as
competition of Gulf ports or any
other kind of competition to be
come a drastic political club loaded
at both ends. Manufacturers' Be
cord. " .
i -If it shall turn out that the
proposed merger of important South
ern iron -and coal companies is pre
paratory to a future control by the
Steel Trust it will be a most unfor
tunate happening for the people of
the' United States. The building
up of a strong competitive oppo
sition to the Steel Trust, which
might well result from a combi
nation of the Southern .establish
ments, with a view to economies of
management, would, on . the con
trary, be of great public service. Let
us pray. Philadelphia Becord.
i Col.- Bryan is giving Pres
ident Boesevelt most cordial support
in his endeavor to secure railway
legislation. He advises him, how
ever, that he would be in better po
sition to push the fight if he de
clines to receive favors from rail
roads. He scouts the idea that the
railroads furnished the president
free trains and transportation be.
omoo of tbe advertising that . is In
it, and says the president can great
ly strengthen his cause' by a refu
sal to accept such favors in the fu
ture. We do not think the president
would be influenced one way or the
other in his course by the use of free
trains, but the general sentiment of
the whole country is opposed to pub
lic officials accepting passes from
railroads and most States have laws
against it The president isi-not
above that' sentiment, though, of
course, there is no law at to the sub
ject. Under any and all circum
stances, whether railroad legislation
is pending or not, it would be best
not to accept tbe courtsies referred
to. Columbia JUecord.
COUFORTING WORDS.
Many a Wilmington House
hold Will Find Them So.
To have the pains and aches of a
bad back removed; to be entirely
free from annoying, dangerons uri
nary disorders is enough to make
any kidney sufferer grateful. To
tell how this great change can be
brought about will prove comforting
words to Hundreds or Wilmington
readers. " - :,r?J
B A. Biddle, clerk at 19 Market
street, residing at 606 Castle street,
says: "I used Doan's Kidney Pills
myself for kidney trouble and my
wife who also suffered from back
ache also used them. I never knew
anything to act so quickly. I have
suffered quite a long time witn my
back and kidneys. The kidney se
cretions were very dark and full of
sediment. ' My wife also complained
of her back, and when we , read of
Doan's Kidney Fills in our news
papers I went to B. B. Bellamy's
drug store and got a box. We used
them with the best results. In my
case the kidney secretions cleared
np and the pains left my back. We
have neither of us complained sfnee
taking Doan's Kidney Pills, and it is
witn -pleasure tnat i recommend
them at every opportunity t
Jfor sale by all dealers, rrice do
cents per box. Foster-Milbnrn Co.,
Buffalo, Kew v xoxk, sole agents
for the United States.
Bemember the name Doan's
and take no substitute. -
"Ahl Miss Boiey," began I the
weather-beaten English nobleman,
with a soulful look, "let us not be
so formal, JAay I not call you Ool
die, and will not you address me by
some appropriate, some familiar"
"All right 'Grandpapa interrupted
the heiress. Philadelphia .Press.
' l0i i'sroo. - I
Perhaps ym?4bni reallz that many
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but some day-jflu may- feetatvtnr
of dyspepsia that, will convince you.
Tkfij 1TlnaTi Vaa T.lf Pilla ar vnsr-
an teed to dure all sickness 'due , to
back, , Only 26c, at B. BwLbixfB
r In Tvo Sixes
light
least '
that's
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With 3C.
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A KOREAN CINDERELLA. ,
Tk lsUnt Story of Feaek Bloaaoaa
tke FsunUy Drds:e.
In Korea tho people tell a Cinderella
story that la much more ancient than
that familiar to western people. The
key of the latter story Is the slipper,
but not so theirs.; Peach Blossom, the
Korean Cinderella's name, -was the
family drudge. One day as the moth
er tras starting off with the favorite
daughter to a picnic she said to Peach
Blossom, "You must not leave until
you have hulled a bagful of rice and
filled the broken crock with water."
While sitting there bemoaning her hard
lot she heard a twittering and a flut
tering of wings. Looking up, she saw
a flock of "sparrows pecking the hulls
off the rice. Before recovering from
her surprise a little imp jumped out
of the fireplace and so skillfully re
paired the crock that but a few min
utes of work was required- to fill it
with water. Then she went to the pic
nic and had a royal time. - "
On another occasion the mother said,
"You must stay until you have pulled
up all the weeds In the field.' This
time a cow came ont of the forest and
ate up the woods - in ten monthfuls.
Peach Blossom followed the cow Into
the woods and was led to where there
was an abundance of ripe, luscious
fruit Gathering a large quantity, she
went to the fete and was the most wel
come guest Her jealous sister asked
about it and. on being told, determined
she wotild get some of this frnit for
herself. , . ;''
When the next gala day came the
sister stayed at home and let Peach
Blossom go. The cow came out of the
woods as before, and the sister follow
ed it through tangled brier and thorn
bushes, with the result thft her face
was much scratch """
oeauty all soue. Exchange -
Catbirds aa Blmck Snavke.
A writer in the Scientific American
says: "I witnessed a pair of catbirds
making a bold defense against a black
snake best on devouring tbe contents
of their nests.- At first the snake wa
inclined jto disregard the distressed
birds asthey fought to drive It away,
.but the blows of their wings and bills
became so annoying that the thief had
to Beek" retoge In flight. On reaching
the roots or the tree, from which the
river had washed the dirt the snake
started to climb, only to be driven be
neath them and then out to an old
stump, -under " whiih the .baffled and
beaten reptlU took i-efuge." t
BY KlvEK AND Ralk.
Issslsls Bavalj itorss and ssttss
'V" fssttrtfsy.
U. C Ballroad-11 biles cotton. 80
barrels tar, 18 barrels erode turpen
tine. T
' W. ft W. Railroad 45 bales cot
ton, 5 barrels tar. f y
W. a ft A. Bailroad-r-464 bales cot
ton, 3 casks spirits turpentine, 10 bar
rels rosin, v 89 barrels tar, 9 barrels
crude 'turpentine. "1
A. x. Kaiiroad la Dales couon,
4 barrels tar. -" . ' '
Steamer Tar Heel 11 bales cotton.
1 cask spirits turpentine. 12 barrels
rosin, 175 barrels tar, 9 bsrrels erode
tarpentine.
Total 544 bales cotton, 3 casks
spirits turpentine, 23 barrels ; rosin,
353 barrels tar, 34 barrels .crude tur
pentiDe. . ,.!-.
Charlotte Observer: "We may
be mistaken, yet we were under the
impression that some time ago there
was room for more patients at the
Moreanton xlospitai, ous tnat tne
8tate could not afford to prepare
for of support them." Durham
Herald. Oar contemporary Is quite
right- A new building to accom
modate" 230 female patients was
opened at Morgan ton last year and
was not Immediately filled for the
reason that the support fund was
not equal to their maintenance. So
rapidly as the maintenance fund
became available, the unoccupied
wards were filled with patients who
should have been in the hospital,
some of them, years before. Appli
cants have been admitted in a sound
discretion, and yet others knock at
the door, v But the hospital is full,
and no more , can be admitted at
Morganton of ' Baleigh unless the
Legislature does something.
"akwh or GLurrr and hohasuiu J m
took
Shield y A -
wSU WELSBACH 11
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WILMINUTUN MARS' K'f -..
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(Qaoted offldaUy at tbe elosios by tbe Chamber,
u of Commerce.) ; .
4 STAB OFFICE, February 27.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing
doing. . .
EOSIN Market firm at $2.55 bid
per barrel ! or good strained. ,
TAR Market firm at SL60 per bar
rel of 880 pounds. -i i j
CRUDE TURPENTINE Market
firm at $2.80 per barrel for bard, $3.70
for dip. , ;" - v : ! : .:
Quotations same day last year
Bpirits "turpentine nothing, doing;
rosin nothing doing; tar firm at $1.40;
crude turpentine firm at $3.354.00.
- - I'l-.-.: BKOKIPTS. ''(. -
Spirits turpentine. . . . . . . . 3
Rosin . -. . . . . ...... . 23
Tar. .... . . . . .. 252
Crude turpentine. ...... 34
Receipts same day last year 13
casks! spirits turpentine. 297 barrels
rosin, 67 barrels tar, 7 barrels crude
turpentine. . -.-
; ! oottoh. I -'
. Market dull at 7 He for middling.
Same day last year, market dull at
13c for middling. i
Receipts 644 bales; same day last
year, 9. .- ,. i --
(Oometed Begolarly by Wilmington Produce
Oomnusslon Merchants, prices representing
. those paid for proa ace consigned to Commis
sion Merchants 1 ! : i
M OOTOTBT FBODUOB. 1 I
PEANUTS North Carolina, firm.
Prime, 90c; extra prime, 95c; fancy,
$1.00, per bushel of twenty-eight
pounds. Virginia Prime, 85c; extra
prime, 90c; fancy, 95c. Spanish, 85
90c.- !
CORN Firm; 60Q65e per bushel
for white..
N. a BACON Steady; hams 14
45c per pound; shoulders, lie; sides,
dull, lOmie. i f v
; EGOS Dull at 2022c per dozen.
CHICKENS Firm, i Grown, 16
SScjsprings, 13XQ15C.
TURKEYS Dali at12c for live;
16e for dressed, -if- j
BEESWAX Firm at 2527c.
TALLOW Firm at 15! 6c per
pound. i - . i ,
PORK Firm at 78c net
PES-Wbite, $L751.85; c
ay,
i..ii.3a. , - - -,- !.
SWEET POTATOES Firm at 60
75e per bushel. M - - !
BEEF CATTLE Dull at 23c
per pouna.
F1KAWCIAL BASKETS.
Bv selasrspn: to the stornlnx Star. .
NsTw ToBcFeb. 27. Money on call
firm at 2XQ3 per cent ; closing
bid 2& per cent,offered at 3;tlme loans
were steady; sixty days 8 per cent.;
nlnetyl days 8 per cent. ; six months
Sjf per cent. Prime mercantile pa
per 3KM per cent ! Sterling ! ex
change was quoted heavy, with actual
business In bankers' bills 486.75
486.80 for demand and at 484.65484.70
for sixty day bills. The posted rates
485X and 487488. Commercial bills
484H. Bar , silver 60. Mexican
dollars U. 8. refunding 3's,
reg'd, ex int. 104M; da coupon, 104 X;
U. a 3's. registered, 104: do.
coupon, 104: U. B. r new,
reelstered, 132; U. S. 4's. new,
coupon, 132;" D. 8. 4 old: reg
istered, ex lnt.104; da coupon, 1053,
American Tobacco 4'sj cert I 7Sfti
American - Tobacco 6,s cert, 116;
Atlantic Coast Line 4's, 103:
Louisville ft Nashville, unified
4'a, 10SX; Seaboard Air Line 4's
SIX; . Southern Railway 5's, 119.
cttocks: Atlantic Coast Line 125;
Baltimore ft Ohio preferred 96;
Chesapeake ft Ohio 51; Louis
vllle ft Nashville 140; Manhat
tan L 171X: New York Central
158; i Beading 95Ht do. 1st prefd,
91. do. Xndi prefd 89; Southern
Railway 85; do. prePd 98; "Amalga
mated i Copper 75; People's Gas
108 i Tennessee Coal and Iron 92 X;
D. & Leather 12X;U. & Leather pre
f erred, 104M; Western Union 93X;
O. B.- Steel 6i)Cx do. preferred 95jc
Mexiein Qnxt, .a-a-wro-umvunntoaiWe
84; sales shares;
do. .preferred 106; sales shares.
Standard Oil 610. . . !
BALXUOBX, Feb. 27. Seaboard Air
Line, common. 18y ; do. preferred, 38.
4AVAL STORES ClARKETS.
BvXelecrapn to tbe Moraine star, r.
Saw' TOBK. Feb. 27. Bosln firm.
Strained, common to good, 2S7&
3 90. Spirits turpentine dull at 52H
6SC j. . I - - ' - f
! Cbablsstob. Feb. 27. gpiriu tur
pentine and rosin nothing tfoine.
jaVAMSAB, Feb. 27. Spirits turpen
sine Arm at 60c; receipts 1 cask;
sales 28a casks; shipments 365 casks.
Bosln firm; receipts 239 barrels;
sales 391 barrels; shipments 1,870 bar'
reis : A, B, C, $2 72H; D. Si 77 ; K,
12 89 i F, $2 90; O, $2 95; H $3 25; L
$3 60; K,S4 05; M, $4 50; N. $4 75; W
O. IS 00: W W 15 15. I
. COTTON MARKETS'
tslatraott to the Mornlns eut
NKW YOBg. Feb. 27. The cotton
market was moderately active and in
a general way easier with final prices
showing a comparatively! small; lots
for. the day, under liquidation 1 and
bear pressure growing out of better
Weather, larger "receipts and talk of
weakness among interior holders
The opening was steady at unchanged
prices to a decline of six points,
or rather- better ' than : due on
the cables which reported a decline
of ' 6$ " points on futures and of
seven points on spot cotton, although
the latter continued in good demand,
with sales of 12,000 bales at tbe decline
At first tbe market showed some best
tation. On the call bouses with South
ern, particularly New Orleans,con
nectlons, appeared to be sellinr, but
one or-two local - professionals were
buying and there was support by the
brokers believed to represent Phila
delphia i spot Interests. Bat shortly
after tbe start the' b g estimate's for to
morrow's receipts at Houston and New
Orleans were posted and market broke
under active liquidation -and a re
newal.of bearish pressure from trader.'
After working down to a net decline
of about 15 to 18 points in the early
afternoon with March- showing great
est weakness, covering by early eel-,
lers and private advices reporting
very little spot cotton offering In tbe
8outh steadied the market, which
closed at a net decline of 6 to 11
points, i Bales of futures were esti
mated at 800,000 bales, . j,
k Naw XobsC Feb. 27. Cotton was
dull at 7.60; net receipts 60 bales;
gross receipts 521 bales; stock 68,421
bales.-" t i.
Spot cotton closed dull and 15 points
lower: middling uplands 7.60s; mid
dling rulf 7.85c; sales bales.
i Futures opened steady at the decline:
February 7 24, March 7.25, April 7 25
bld.May 7 82, June 7.80 bid, July 7.30,
August 7.38, September 7 43, October
7.87,November 7.60 bid, December 7.63
bid. ; -j.
I Futures market closed steady : Feb
ruary 7.18, March 7.18, April 7.25,May
7.28, Jane 7 28, July 7.29, August 7.32,
September 7.37, October 7.42, Novem
ber 7 45," December 7.49." -fe?- - r
' Total to-day, at all seaports Net re
ceipts 20,933 bales; exports to Great
Britain 24,496 bales ;exports to France
, bales; exports to the Continent
2.019 bales; exports ; to Japan'
tf: xoorts to'i Mexico ! i bales s
ftOSkf 52,733 bales. . - "
COMMERCIAL.
reeelptr 41.956 bates: expo?" iri
Great Britain 84,496 bales; exports Ll
France bales; exports to Contl
nent 27,825, bales; exports to Japan
bales: exnorts to Mexlnn balM. I
' Total since September 1st, at all sea
norts Net reealnta 7 OSR Sfin hAlna- nr.
porta to Great Britain 2.644,628 bales;!
export 10 r ranee 5u,494 bales ;oxpon,
to the Continent 2,222,148 bales : ear !
ports to Japan 17,250 bales: exports to!
Mexico 21.524 bales. x f
T Feb. 27. eaiveston, quiet at?Kc
net receipta 8,433 bales: Norfolk.steady .
at 7c, net receipts 748 ; bales ; Bal
timore, nominal at 7Jc, net receipts
bales; Boston, quiet at 7.60c. net
receipts 47 bales; Wilmington, steady
at 73. net receipts 544 bales; Phlladel
Fhla,qulet at 7.85, net receipts bales;
Sayannah, easy -: at - 7c - net re
ceipts 3,267 bales; New Orleans, steady
at 7 516, net receipts 6,165 bales;
Mobile, quiet at 7c, net receipta
1,260 bales :lMemphls,steady at 7 7-16c,
net receipts 1,067 bales ;Augusta,steady
at ?ic, nei receipts oao oaies; unanes
ion, nominal, net receipts 4U9 oaies.
PRODUCE MARKETS.
bv Xelearaoa to the MornlnK star
Wsw Tobi. Feb. 27. Flour was
quiet and partially lower ; Minnesota
patents $5 900620. Wheat 8pot easy ;
No. 2 red $1 22 f . o. b. afloat. The
uncovering of some big stop orders ac
companied by rumors that tbe Wall
street clique had unloaded broke tbe
market over 2o a bushel. An after
noon rally with corn left options
finally le net higher: May closed
$1 lfr ; July closed $1 04H ; September
closed 95c. Corn Spot firm; No. 2
58c at elevator. Options market closed
& He net higher: May closed SSjc;
July closed 63&c; September closed
e. Oata Spot quiet; mixed, 26 32
fbi., 3738c Butter steady; creamery,
32c Biate dairy 24 30c Cheese firm;
8tate, small colored and white 10J
13e. Eggs firm; nearby selected 83c;
Southerns 2580c Rice firm. Sugar
Raw firm ; fair refining 4 9-164c;
centrifugal, 96 test 5 1-165J; mo
lasses sugsr 4 5 164K; refined firm!
Lard firm ; Western steam $7 15; re
fined firm ; continent $7 20; corn
pound 45Xe. Peanuts firm ; fancy
hand-picked 5j5c; other domestic
grades 85K- Potatoes steady ;Long
Island, in bulk.per 180 lbs, $1 60200;
State and Western $1 25 1 85;
Jersey sweets $2 004 60. Cab
bages steady; domealicper ton, $6 00
10 uu. Freights to Liverpool Cotton
1214c. Pork firm. Molaues steady
Cotton seed oil was quiet with prices
Irregular: Prime crude, f. o. b. mills
21c; prime summer yellow 2728; off
summer yellow nominal; prime white
30c; prime winter yellow 31c
CmcAGO. Feb. 27. A sensationa
slump of nearly 4 cents a bushel to
day apparently ended a huge deal in
May wheat The break was due td
seeming abandonment of tbe deal!
The market rallied considerably on
covering by shorts, but at the close
May was still l2e below Baturl
day's final quotations. I July showed
a net loss of Ke. j Corn closed strong
With a net gain Of lc Oata are)
up Provisions are 7X12d
higher. -. I
I UBIOAOO, Febf 27. Cash prices I
Flour steady. Wheat-No. 2 spring $1 13
1 17; No.8 do. $1 07$1 17; No. 2 red
$1 15XO120X. Corn-No. 2 45M45
no. t yexiow 44&. - uats woj
9 3131c; No. 2 white, 310
No. 3 white 30H31Kc Rye-
No. f 75c. Mess pork, per bblj
$t2 4512 50. Lard, per 100 ft.
S35 856 87. Short rib sides, loose.
$8 576 70. Dry salted shoulders
boxed, no report Short clear sides,
boxed, $6 75 6 87. Whiskey-Basic
of high wtnes, $123.
! . The leading futures ranged as foi
lows opening, highest lowest an.
closing: Wheat No. 2 May $ 118
1 18. l IBM, 1 14, 1 19H&1 16 i
July $1 01K1 01, 1 Oiy, 99J
l W&1 WH i September 92X92X,
92X. 90 92c. Corn Febuary . .
-,45 ; May 47, 48X48. 47
47X, 4SX; July 4848Ji, 48W
4fl& AW iSUADS O.t. arprU
-w, r.'-ramtriiarsiesiw.
81H,-S0js, 31X31K: July 8L SIX.
30M, 31V. Mess pork, per bbl May
$12 50, 12 65, 12 40, 13 65; July $13 65,
13 72, 12 65, 13 72. Lard,per 100 lbs
May $6 95, 7 02, 6 90, 7 02; July, $7 07,
7 17, 7 07, 7 13. Short ribs,per 100 lbs
May $6 70, 6 80, 6 67, 6 80; July $6 85,
esra, e as, e as. , ,
NEW YORK COFFER FUTURES.
' New York, Feb. 27. Coffee Spo
KlO easy; JNo. 7 Invoice 8c; mild
steady; Cordova 1013Jic Futures
closed steady at a 2025 points de
cline.
FBFElfe MARKETS
BJ Catrie to tbe Hotnins Star.
Liverpool, Feb. 27. Cotton: Spot.
in fair demand: prices seven points
lower; American middling fair 4.58d;
good middling 4. 26d; middling 4 144;
low middling - 4.02d ; pood ordinary
3 88d; ordinary 3.72d. The aales oi tb?
day were 12,000 bales, of which 1,000
bales were ior speculation and export
and included 11,600 bales American.
ReceipU 1,000 bales, Including 500
bales American.
Futures opened easier and ciost d quiet
ana steaoy ; amencan middling (a o c) :
February 3.941; February and Msrcb
3.94d; March and April 3.94d; April
and May 3 97d; May and June S.B8d;
June and July 4.00d; July and August
4.01d; August and September 4.02d;
September and October 4.03d; October
and November 4.C4d; November and
Decern hr 4. 04d.
MARINE.
ARRIVED.
Schooner Wccamaw. 408 tons. Dem-
mings, New York, C D Miffitt
i CLEARED.
Schr M O Haskell, Rowe, New York,
ODMaffitt
Stmr Tar Heel, Bradshaw, Fayette
ville, S M King.
8chr Elizabeth T Doyle, Slevenr.New
York, CDMaffitt
. EXPORTS. :
, COASTWISE.
New York Schr M O Haskell, 264,
610 feet lumber; cargo by Cape Frar
Lumber Co; vessel by O D Msffitt.
' New York Schr Elisabeth T Doyle;
8,550 barrels fish oil; cargo by Cape
Fear Fisheries Co; vessel by O D Maf-
MARINE DWECTORV. v
Ltst jof Vesslln Port of Wllmlng-
ton, N. C, February 8. . -STEAMERS.
.Teesdsle, (Br) 1,560 tons, Edwards,
A.iexnner opruni cc eon.
- SCHOONERS.
Waccamaw, 408 tons, Demmings, C D
- Maffitt ,
Clarence A Shaffner, (Br) 158 tons,
Johnson, CD Maffitt ' ,
Annie Alnslie, 350 tons, S trout, to
master. .- . v M; - ' ;
TurUt, (Nor) 733 tons, Olaf sen, Helde
alu
EXCLUSIVE TAILORING OfiLY
At LEGER MEYER'S, 408 Forth Front St.
Swell ntenle want a. ell Clothes and thmnn at
them at re.sonaole prio s at my esiabJlshment
All-orders nudonp In Wt mlngton in tie latest
(asmoiu Complt line orepnag Ciotba rem r6-
'.II
To any one proving that
the following statement Is
not based on actual facts:
More Reynolds' Son Cored
chewed the third year it
was offered to the trade
than any brand of any age
claimed to be manufactured
from Sun Cured Tobacco
lit l-i I
JDST RECEIVED
FIRST OAR
OLD 6ERPAM
BOCK
BEER I
TRY IT.
OTTO BANOK, Agent,
. Wilmington, N, C.
elephone No. 99. feb 25 lw
Field Peas
OOO ,Rnshie
Field Peas for Sale.
They are scarce and you bad
better buy now.
! We also have about 100 bazs of
uiiij oaic mac we wm sen cneap.
TV'5 CV 1x A. 1 a. a a a
ALSO
l : r: . ... ---- , ' . ' .:
10,000 Bajts 100 Us. Wlitfi Salt
- Scnd ns your orders
D.L QOEE COMPANY,
Whoicsn, Grocer &&d Im porter.
feb 17 tf Wilmington. N. C.
Field Peas.
Bushels Field Peas.
Bags Haulton Rose Potatoes '
Bags White Bliss Potatoes.
8$
110
69
Bake Bed Bliss Potatoes.
26() j Bags Wnite Spring Seed Oats,
8f Bags N. C. Bust Proof Oats. S
61 Bags Texas Bust Proof Oats, t
m Bbts Mullets.
286 Bdls 1-inch Hoop Iron.
160 Bells H Inch Hoop Jron. L
i ! I"
t B. COOPBR,
Cor.
Nutt and Grace street,
feb 23 tf Wilmlngtou, N . C.
FLORIDA TOUATOES,
' EVAPORATED 4PPM3S
AHD PEACHES, '
Prunes, Evaporated Cream, Breakfast Bacon
atacaa elaaacalpped&eer, Btanaara Cused
pooa n QraluuD tFwar, sailtboeia Hans. In
Jfact; jeirttiitggcoatowt.
Tin
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i
GROCERS,
1
Pbone 1(8
reft 8! u 1
14 maRKar ri kbet.
''IN TIME OF PEACE PRE-
, li I .
PARE FOR WAR."' .
'!ir'l
F ! i Don't wait t;il.'h wrnnn
UUiiKQB. coaiesv : Pyxis Croup
Remedy is harmlert and effectual.
Buy a bottla to..! i Kn i i.
. W . AM IUD
house and you are safe. . 1
BULLUCK OOWAN
Portner's
i i i j- Distributing Agent.
feb23tf . '
LARGE SURPLUS OF
Valentine Beans,
Currie's Wax Beans,
t.Lonfl Scarlet and White
Vienna Radish.
Turnip Seed of every Description
and all other varieties and seeds
- in paper. :t
Write for quotations. 1
J. C. SHEPARD.
Drnggists and 8eedman.
feb2tl
Sqnthern Electric Co.,
Blactrlcal Contraetors,
Old Court House Building
PHONE 901
We carry a full line of hand and
pocket flash lights, batteries, bells,
etc- Estimates furnished on all
kinds, of eleotrical work on applica
tion. Let us wire your house for
electric lights and advertise your
business with an electric sign.
feb 5 tf
COMMISSIONER'S SALE.
By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of
Hew - anoTer county made In the ua e of aoole
J. adgw&r, administratrix of Sophia a. Pr oe de
ceased, t Fred C. Sadirwar, et al , the nnder
algned cotnnilaalocer appointed by said ecree,
will sell to the highest Didder for cash, at the C ourt
Honae door, in the city of Wi mlngton. en 4 tnr
day, the 38th day of March, 1905, t It o'clock m .,
the followiiic described land, situate in C pe Bear
township, New Hanover county:- .
1st. one-half undivided merest lm that tract
of la a begin imcat a.-prucePlne.JerryFonviiie s
third corner in tbe old line In a Bay, runs thence
with famuel DaviaV line 43 deg 80 min E Si
chains to a dead pine stump: thence with another
of said Davis' 1 nee 68 deg. 80 min. B 18 chains
a d 75 links to a large poplar on the N. edge of the
Ditch Pond Branch, one cfaan aVve who-e said
branch enters into Broad ater Branch, thene
flown said ranch N. 61 deg. 80 m n E 8 chains
and 75 links to a dead pine stamp; thence N 24
deg W Schawl and 8& links to a small Black
Gam; thenceN 8 deg W 8 chains to a large
weet Gam on the Ndge of the pring Branch;
thenceN S3 deg W 1 chain 60 links to a unali
weet Gum; thence 18 deg 80 min W 4 chains
to a lam poplar; tnenoe N 8 deg. East S chains
and 89 links to weet Gum; thence N.COdegE.
4 ohains and 8 II ks to a lOLg st aw pine; thence
N 68 de?. 80 min. S 8 ohains and 14 links to a
hltaOak; thenceN. 11 deg. 8 chains nd 35
links to a Poplar; thence N 14 deg vv 8. chains
and 65 links to a large forked long straw pine;
tbenoe IS deg 80 mi E 8 ohains nd 11 links
to two small Dog ood trees; thence M. 65 deg.
8 chains to a long straw pine; the&ce i lSdtg
45 mlu s 4 chains and is links to a sprues
pi e; theice -s; 48 deg 80 nli s. 8
chai ltd 19 It ki to a large hollow
Pooler: thence 1? dpi- K SO Ink to a stake:
thence w 4 - chains to the beginning, containing
about 85 acres more or ten - -
and a one-hall undlriaed interest in that tract
of land beeinsina' at a larse Gum T, ee. hleh water
mark of DeEoesett's braaoh, near w ere it emp- -Use
into Broad Water branch, and rnnn ng thence
N 64K dear. B 8 ehatna and. 75 links to niLe: -
1 hence . eexdeg E S chains and 88 links to a
pine; thence 4 7t deg B a chains ndS0 links to
k pine: thence N 8t deg. E. 8 cha as aad 78 links
to a pine; thenoe h- 45H deg E Scha1nsaud9
(inks to a pine ; thence - 10H deg B. S chains and
8 links to pi e;tne ce 45deg. It. 7 chains
a d 80 U ks to a small sweet gam Tree o the N.
side of said DeBvasett'e br neb and of the oily
eheHer oad, thence N with said road 0o links;
thence if, 46K deg W f caams and 8 Unks.Ute ce
N - In deg. w two cha m and links therce M.
lOM W 1t.ln. . 4 D II V.. lti.nM UU
thai aa d 781! ks; the .71der. 0 chai s
a d U ks; the ce N. 6 deg. W. 8 chai a a d 1
Hiksjthe ce - 85 deg w 3chl s il!B U.ks
to a Gum tree; the ce i S8Vdeg W. 4 chai s to
a Doe octree oo Broad Water bra eb;the ce
boathwardly lo g high water mark of broad
aier ora ca with its various mea den gs to tne
egini.ivg. Co tat igl- acre-more or less
wlLLIAJlM. BnLL aMY, Commissi o er.
Sated Bebraarr 88. 1905 leb SS 2, t.
CHEST PROTECTORS
" -rASp
Hot Water Bags.
This is the kind of weather for
Chest Protectors and Hot Water
Bags, from 25c to $2 at
LHardin's Palace Pharmacy,
186 South Front 8treet.
fDS W
DEPOSITS
- Made with us on or before Feb
ruary first will draw interest
from that date at 4 per cent,
per annum, compounded qnar
terljt,
Atotic Trust and Banking Co.
Matt J, Heyer, President. B- H
4. Ahrens, Vice President. Milton
Calder, Cashier- -
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