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 . "- . intensive Welsbach, Yosea Welsbach..... No.197 Orlelbal J Welsbach Genuine WelsbacH Mantles No. 991 Melolite Welsbach,. No. 2 Cap Welsbach, No. S Loop Welsbach, Beware of Worthless NOTICE If roar dealer cannot' supply . the' GENUINE Welsbach Lights -and Mantles in their original sealed boxes, on which is the -name Welsbach and the .Shield of Quality your pro-. tection against imitations write direct to the WeUbach Factory. -Gloucester. N. J. enclosing price, and goods will be sent you by prepaid express. . Genuine Welsbach Goods -"' ; " W1B SAL.K BY 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 pain poisons orfjrinate Id yonr tooo, 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 complete With 3C. .OriEinal No. 197 Weltbach J Brand htgh candle power mantle. ...3BC. . .SEe. ..30c. Burn Brightest Last Longest .25c 20c. ..16c. Imitations ! LIGHT aND POWER CO. 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 i WILMINUTUN MARS' K'f -.. i i - (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 ii t " 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- - r if 3 U t, X t t. , I- f i tit'.ough to eat on farm. prug siore.7 ry mem. t 'n Josuouoateu, at i seaports Net, i . - . reffwtf Jan 31 tf P 4 U-. - "i -hr L -:-' -:Vv 1".