XCbe flllormng Star.
WILLIAM H. BERNARD
WILMINGTON. N. C.
Wednesday Morning Dec. 13.
BIG NAVAL STORES WAR AT
END.
The handlers and operators in
naval stores in and around Wil
mington have been greatly con
cerned in the big naval stores
fight which has been in progress
at Savannah we shall say al
though it covered a wide scope of
country taking in Oeorgia, Flor
ida, Alabama and as far west as
TTnttiPshnrc. Miss. It even affect?
ed Wilmington and the Carolina
turpentine regions, for, Savannah
is regarded and is in fact the na
val stores eentre where prices are
fixed and the greatest bulk of
business is done. Wilmington
formerly held that position but
year by year the yellow pine for
ests have been exhausted and for
some years past the centre of the
industry has shifted to Savannah.
We started out, however, to say
that the "big naval stores war,"
as it is called, has come to an end.
The fight was between the export
ers' combination on one side and
the Naval' Stores Export Compa
ny, which was organized by the
naval stores operators or produc
ers, on the other. What is known
as the "exporters combination"
is composed of S. P. Shotter & Co.,
and three other exporting com
panies known around Savannah
as "The Big Four." The four com
panies allied their interests in the
fight .and against them were the
thousands of men engaged in
manufacturing spirits turpentine,
rosin, etc.
A couple of years ago the allied
exporters of Savannah entered in
to a contract to take at Savannah
prices the naval stores shipped by
producers to Florida ports. This
contract was- carried out till last
Spring, but the allied exporters
found it a losing game on account
of the difference in railroad
freights and exporting facilities.
The consequence was that early
this year the allied companies re
fused to renew the contract to
pay Savannah prices at Florida
ports. Then the producers got to
gether and organized their own
exporting company known as the
Naval Stores Export Company,
raising a capital of $1,250,000, the
company agreeing to pay Savan
nah prices at Florida ports. The
irecent slump in the prices of na
val stores caught the producers'
company for several hundred
thousand dollars, and at a meet
ing in Jacksonville on Friday they
unanimously agreed to increase
their capital stock to $2,000,000
in order to carry the fight further.
.They also agreed to curtail pro
duction fifty per cent.
This renewal of determination
to keep up the fight and reduce
production, brought about nego
tiations betwen the allied export
ers and the producers' companies
with the result that they compro
mised their differences, or rather
the producers' company sold out
their interests to the allied compa
nies for $2,500,000. The Savan
nah News of Monday says of the
compromise, if it may be so term
ed: "The war that for six months
has been waged betwen naval
otArno ovrATf otc V q c n-n r ar All
naval stores ports in Florida, with
the exception of Pensacola, have
been made open markets. The ac
cumulated holdings of the Naval
Stores Export Company will be
taken over by the S. P. Shotter
Company and .allied interests,
known to the local trade as the
"Big Four" and the price paid
for these holdings will be in the
neighborhood of $2,500,000 mak
ing the transaction exceed by
probably tenioid any deal pre
viously made in the history of the
business.
"This brefly, is the meaning of,
the statement printed above,
which was issued yesterday by
the persons chiefly interested. The
'old line exporters' refers to the
S. P. Shotter Company of Savan
nah; the Paterson-Downing Com
pany of New York; the Antwerp
Naval Stores Company of Ant
werp, and the Nichol-Knight in
terests of London. The represen
tatives of the 'Florida interests'
are the Naval Export Company of
Jacksonville and, the various fac
torage companies that are directly
or indirectly allied with it.
"To the naval stores trade at
large the end of the fight, which
, began with the organization of the
Naval Stores .Export Company
some six months ago, means that
there will be more settled condi
tions in the market : to Savannah
the oDen market policy at Jack
sonville and Fernandina, the chief
torts. means that this city is more
firmlv than ever entrenched in the
position of being the naval stores
TnarTrot. and nnrt of the WOrld;
that the bulk 'of the product of
the belt will continue to come Here
to be sold and shipped,' and that
the price to consumers the world !
over will continue to be madej
here. . i
"With each market left to
I stand on its own merits, the opin
ion of ' the trade is almost a unit
that unless the differential in the
railroad rates between Jackson
ville and Savannah from the point
of shipment, is so great as to over
come the higher prices that will
be paid here, all shippers will be
forced in their own interests to
give this market the preference.
This is shown by this last failure
f o put the Florida ports on a par
ity with Savannah by taking their
receipts at 'the prices paid in the
Savannah markets."
The long and short of it is that
the producers' company have gone
out of business, having lost money
in fighting "the combination. For
a while; however, the producers'
company bulled the market with
remarkable success. For instance,
in June the price of spirits tur
pentine went up by leaps and
bounds to 79 cents. The produc
ers' company was in the market
taking all the naval-stores it could
get and thus the price was kept
up. Rosin and other naval stores
products also advanced, but re
cently prices broke and the pro
ducers' company lost, heavily on
acocunt of a large stock bought
at high prices. They, even went
into the Savannah market as buy
ers to force prices up again, and
the end of the fight is as told
above. It is stated that the prin
cipal reason why the producers'
company failed is that their con
nection and organization for dis
posing of their holdings and do
ing an export business were not
to be compared with those of the
combination. The Savannah News
thus sums up the outlook, follow
ing the compromise:
"So soon after so important an
event in a trade of such dimen
sions as that in naval stores it is
impossible to forecast conse
quences, nor will it be posible to
do so until the consumer as well
as the buyer has had time to make
his conclusions about the future,
but current views at Savannah
are that business will in every
way be benefited and that . this
port will continue in unquestion
ed supremacy as the headquarters
and arbiter of the naval stores
markets of the world."
We should not forget to say
that while the fight was on naval
stores producers around Wilming
ton profited by it up into the
thousands, as they got the good
priees and didn't have to pay any
of the costs of the fight.
TWINKLINGS
The "Safe" Congressman See
that new member, from the West? He
told me that he never traveled on a
pass. The Railway Lobbyist Did it
sound like a boast or a hint? Puck.
"You seem bound and determined
to live right up to my salary. "I'm
merely trying to live up to the dia
mond and things you gave me when
we were engaged, dear." Houston
Post.
Lushaway (atthe bal) I saw her
in the conservatory with you. How is
it, old chap? Did she accpet you? Stuf
fer I don't know. Just as I asked her
supper was announced. London Tit
Bits. "Do you think women are as smart
as men?" queried the philosopher.
"They must be," said the chap about
town, 'or they couldn't keep us guess
ing the way they do." Detroit Free
Press.
The (piqued) You are an enigma,
Mr. Softnut. I don't know what to
make of you. Our Bertie (at last see
ing a chance) They why ah not
make me your husband, bah Jawve?
Jester.
"That young groom," said the min
ister after the ceremony, "gave me a
$50 fee. What a blessing!" "Yes,"
said his wife, with her hand out, "it
is more blessed to give than to re
ceive." Philadelphia Press.
"Why wasn't the college coach at
the football meeting of the faculty and
trustees?" "Oh, he didn't have time
to come. He was out In Iowa look
ing up a possibility who weighs 290
and might play either guard or tack
le." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
How hard a mother has to coax before
she can get her child to take its frst stop.
It is just
duco a con
valid, espe-
about as hard to in
turned in-
l cially one
Bullering
witn weaic-
I ness of the
lu ngs, to
take the first
health. There Is a lack
of confidence, and perhaps a crushing
experience of a former failure which
depresses and discourages the sufferer.
in spue 01 ooudcs ana tears you will
take the first step to health when you
take the first dose of Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. It never fails to
help. In ninety-eight cases out of one
hundred it never fails to cure. Never
mind about the symptoms. Obstinate
cough, bleedinf of the lungs, spitting of
uiuuu, emaciation, nignvsweats, condi
tions which if neglected or unskillfullv
-treated terminate in consumption, have
al been perfectly and permanently cured:
by "Golden Medical Discovery.''
LmJh?!:ittVi.u Dr- Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery cared me of con
sumption. writes Mrs. Msttle L. Denton, of
Morranton, N. C "My bsslth had bsen bad
and for several months before 1 beffan the
use of your medicine I had symptoms of con
sumption. Had nifht-sweats. a bad cough,
loss, of appetite and a treat, loss of flesh.
There were other symptoms of disease that
disappeared by the use of the medicine. By
the time I used one bottle of ' Goldea Med
ical Discovery' 1 began to regain my appe
tite and after using two and a half bottles
my cough was cured, I could eat heartily
and all symptoms
01 CO
Consumptton bad dls-
appeared. Took sevi
n
botttea
of 'Golden
Medical Discover
edlcal Discovery and one of the 'Ftvor-
ite Prescription.' Am very thankful I re
ceded so much benefit, x believe I would
have been dead If I bad waited and not taken
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
Sick persons are invited to consult Dr.
R. V. Pierce, by letter, absolutely without
fee or charge. Every letter is regarded
as sacredly confidential. Each answer Is
mailed in a plain envelope. Address Dr.
ILV.Piercey Invalids' Hotel and Surg
cal Institute, Buffalo, N. Y.
sten to
CURRENT -COMMENT.
The stand-patters got those rub
ber heels on the President's boots all
right. He didn't make a sound on the
tariff plank. Columbia State.
The emperor of Germany now owns
eight big touring cars, but in spite of
his versatility arid his divine rights
he can't scorch in more than one of
them at a time. Chicago Record-Her
ald.
The Charlotte News says that a
local company wrote $100,000 worth
of insurance last Saturday. Good,
North Carolina companies are every
whit as safe as the foreign concerns,
and the money invested with them
means a saving of premium and tens
of thousand of dollars kept at home.
Salisbury Post.
"In order to insure a healthy in
dustrial and social life," says the Pres
ident, "every big corporation should
be held responsible by and accountable
to some sovereign strong enough to con
trol its conduct." If pressed, the Pres
ident might furnish a hint of where
that kind of a sovereign may be found.
Washington Post.
" To judge by his message, Presi
dent Roosevelt has become the weak
est of stand-patters one without real
convictions, that is, and swayed only
by political expediency- He masses
tne futilities for doing nothing with
the tariff in the most approved manner
in a manner, we add, that will be ap
proved by those life insurance officials
and others who paid money to the
Republican committee last year on the
Hc(nrtt iiniloretQnl ihot f V) o tariff Tilling
der was to be let alone. This sug
gests another part of his message
which is disappointingly feeble. Hia
reference to political corruption, and
especially to contributions to campaign
committees by corporations, are not
what was expected of Theodore Roose
velt. New York Evening Post.
Sailors on long cruises sometimes
exhaust their tobacco. Thence un
told misery and many ingenious efforts
to create a tobacco substitute.. Tea
and coffee make the best tobacco sub
stitutes. They smoke, freely in pipe
or cigarette, and their taste and aroma
are not unpleasant. But they burn the
mouth and rack the nerves. Rope
yarn the untwisted parts of rope and
oakum is smoked by sailors as a last
resort. Bark peeled from the hoops
of salt beef and pork barrels is also
smoked when the limit is reached.
These things smoke abominably, and
the black fumes that they give forth
from the sailor's mouths are always
accompanied by oaths and impreca
tions. Yet many a desperate sailor
has smoked them in the hope of .p
peasing his tobacco hunger. Phila
delphia Bulletin.
WILMINGTON MARKET.
(Quoted officially at the closing- by the
Chamber of Commerce.)
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
STAR OFFICE, Dec. 12, 1905.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market,
firm, 61c.
ROSIN Market firm, $2.95.
TAR Market firm at 51. SO per
barrel of 280 pounds.
CUUDE TURPENTINE Market
firm, at $2.50 per barrel for hard, $4.00
for dip, and $4.00 for Virgin.
Quotations same day last year
Spirits turpentine, nothing doing; ros
in firm, $2.45; tar firm, $1.80; crude
turpentine firm at $2.30,$3.60.
-RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine 25
Rosin 249
Tar 91
Crude 158
Receipts same day last year 31
casks spirits turpentine, 124 barrels
rosin, 104 barrels tar, 142 barrels crude
turpentine.
COTTON.
Market Nominal.
Same day last year Nominal.
Receipts 1,893 bales; same day last
year, 2,143 bales.
(Corrected Regularly by Wilmington
Produce Commission Merchants,
prices representing those paid for
produce consigned to Commission
Merchants.)
PEANUTS North Carolina, (new)
Prime, 80c; extra prime 85c; fancy
dOc, ier bushel of twenty-eight
pounds. Virginia Prime, 55c; extra
prime, 60c; fancy. C6c; Spanish
(new), b.590c.
CORN Firm; 7075c. per bushel
for white.;
N. C. BACON Steady, liains, 15 to
16c. per, pound; shoui-iers, 11 to 12;
sides dull, 11 to 12.
EGGS Firm, 27 to 28c per dozen.
CHICKENS-Dull, Springs, 15c. to
22c; Grown, 25 to 30.
3EESWAX Firm, at 2627c.
TALLOW Firm at 4 l-25c. pel
pound.
SWEET POTATOES Firm at 60c
?55c. per bushel.
BEEF CATTLE Dull at 2 to 3 l-2c,
pound.
TURKEYS Finn, 15c for live;
dressed, 2022c.
HIDES Dry salted, 12c; green, 8c.
per pound.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
New York, December 12. The cot
ton market was rather less active
than yesterday but showed continued
nervousness with fluctuations com
paratively broad and irregular. The
close was steady at a net decline of
11 to 17 points. Sales were estimat
ed at 500,000 bales. The opening was
weak at a decline of 8 - to 14 points
and immediately afterward the active
months sold 13 to 14 points net -lower
under local pressure and scattering
liquidation, stop loss orders having
been caught by the opening break
which was in line witn lower cables.
At the decline, however, covering was
active, bulls who had taken profits
last week became buyers, and with
moderate support from Wall street,
the market railed slowly and in the
afternoon stood about unchanged to 2
points net higher. Later there was a
renewal of the selling by local pro
fessionals and smaller shorts having
covered on the initial advance the
support was limited to the buying by
Wall street bulls who made compara
tively little effort to check the decline
until prices reached a new low level
for the day and a net' decline of 16
to 19 points. Around 11.50 for March,
the bears had expected to find an
other batch of stop orders but s
prices reached that figure without
forcing liquidation, early sellers turn'
ed .for profits and the market im
proved a few points on the active
months. Southern spot markets were
nominally unchanged to 3-8c lower.
Receipts at ports today were 59,862
against 57,715 last week and 69,210
last year. For the week, estiniated,
275,000 against 291,628 last week and
326,184 last year. Today's receipts t
New Orleans 11,882 againsf 26,624 last
year and at Houston 24,038 against
is,33 last year.
Spot cotton closed aulet. 30 Doints
decline; middling uplands, 11.80; mid
dling guir, 12.05; sales none.
- Futures opened weak. ' December,
ai.u; January, 11.32; .February offer
ed, 11.23; March, 11.58; May, 11.67;
jury, 11.77; August, 11.55 bid.
, Futures closed; steady. December,
COMMERCIAL
T
KEELEY GRADUATES
ARE DOING WELL
Benefictary of Greensboro Institute
Tells What it Did For Him
and Others.
The Keeley Institute, Greensboro,
N. C:
It gives me pleasure to have this op
portunity of adding a testimonial to
the great good the Keeley Institute
has done for me. Before attending the
Institute four years ago I had drunk
whiskey until I was unfit to live among
decent people; to say nothing of the
sorrow I caused my family. I was
taken to the Institute while beastly
drunk, and while there I was sobered
and permanently cured. I was treated
with the utmost kindness and consid
eration while under treatment, and will
feel a life-long obligation for the good
done me. I advise any one who is af
flicted as I was to take the cure. I
am now a sober prosperous man and
thank God for the Keeley Institute.
There are other graduates here who
are doing well.
R. L. BEST.
Warsaw, N. ., Dec. 3, 1904.
Send names and addresses of those
who may be benefitted to the Keeley
Institute, Greensboro, N. C,
11.13; January, 11.25; February, 11.37;
March, 11.55; April, 11.62; May, 11.70;
June, 11.72; July, 11.75.
The cotton exchange will be closed
the Saturdays before Christmas and
New Year.
Port Movement.
Galveston Quiet, 11 3-4c; net re
ceipts, 26,290 bales.
New Orleans Quiet, 11 ll-16c; net
receipts, 11,882 bales.
Mobile Easy, 11 l-4c; net receipts,
1,465 bales.
Savannah Nominai, 11 9-16c; net
receipts, 8,181 bales.
Charleston Nominal ; net receipts,
736 bales.
Wilmington Nominal, 11 9-13c. ; net
receipts, 183 bales.
Norfolk Quiet. 11 l-2c; net re
ceipts, 5,331 bales.
Baltimore Nominal, 11 3-4c.
J-ew York Quiet, 11.80.
Boston Quiet, 12.10; net receipts,-
1.0r4 bales.
Philadelphia Quiet, 12.05.
San Francisco Net receipts, 1,096
bales.
Port Townsend Net receipts, 1,744
bales.
Jacksonville Net receipts, ,230 bales
Total to-day, at all ports Net, 59,-
862 bales; Export: Great Britain, 24,-
103 bales; Continent, 9,720 bales; Ja
pan, 2,840 bales; Stock, 1,201,940 bales
Consolidated, at all ports Net, 44,
398 bales; Exports: Great Britain,
aj. 0,431 bales; France, 26,076 bales;
Continent, 25,740 bales; Japan, 3,774
bales.
total since September 1st, at all
ports Net, 4,494,527 bales; Exports:
Great Britain, 1,325,171 bales; France,
419,152 bales; Continent, 1,118,750
bales; Japan, 9.318 bales; Mexico, 964
bales.
Interior Movement.
Houston Easy, 11 3-4c;
ceipts, 24,038 bales.
Augusta Quiet, 11 7-8c;
ceipts, 2,667 bales.
Memphis Easy, 11 5-8c;
ceipts, 4,939 bales.
net re-
net re-
net re-
St. Louis Quiet, 11 7-8c; net re
ceipts, 636 bales.
Cincinnati Net receipts, 1.439
bales.
Louisville Firm, 11 7-8c-
Liverpool Cotton Market
Liverpool, Dec 12. Cotton. Spot
limited demand; prices lower. Amer
ican middling fair, 6.60d.; good mid
dling, 6.26d.; middling, 6.08d.; low
middling, 5.92d.; good ordinary, 5.74d;
ordinary, 5.58d. The sales of the day
were 6,000 bales of which 500 were
for speculation and export and includ
ed 15,100 American. Receipts 37,000
bales, including 20,200 American.
Futures opened easy and closed bare
ly steady. December, 5.99d.; Decem
ber and January, 5.99d.; January and
February, 6.03L; February and March
6.07d.; March and April, 6.12d.; April
and May, 6.15d.; May and June, 6.18d;
June and July, 6.20d.; July and Au
gust, 6.21d. ; August and September,
6.13d.; September and October, 5.78d;
October and November, 5.77d.
NEW YORK FINANCIAL
New York, Dec 12. Money on call
firm, 612 per cent., lowest, 6; clos
ing bid, 10; offered at 12. Time money
strong; sixty days, ninety' days and
six months, 6 per cent For shorter
period six per cent, with commission
added making it net rate 7 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 5 1-2 6 per
cent. Sterling exchange firm with ac
tual business in bankers bills at 485.75
485.80 for demand and at 482.70
482.75 for sixty day bills. Posted
rates, 483 and 486486 1-2. Com
mercial bills, 482. l-4482 3-8. Bar
silver. 65 3-8. Mexican dollars, 50.
N. Y. Bonds.
U. S. refunding, 2s reg 102 3-4
V. S. refunding 2s, cou 103 1-4
U. S. 3s reg ...103
U. S. 3s cou 103
U. S. old, 4s reg 103
U. S. old 4s cou T. .104
U. S. New 4s, reg 131
U. S. New 4s cou 131
American Tobacco, 4s cert 81 3-4
American Tobacco, 5s cert 115 3-4
Atlantic oCast ine, 4s 101 3-4
Baltimore & Ohio 102 1-2
L. & N. Unified, 4s 105 i-2
Seaboard Air Line bid 88 3-4
Southern Railway, 5s 120 1-8
U. S. Steel 2d 5s 96 3-4
- Closing Stock List.
Amalgamated Copper 98
American Sugar Refining 146 3-4
American Tobacco, pfd cert ..108 1-4
Atlantic Coast Line 161 1-2
Baltimore & Ohio 113
Baltimore &.Ohio, pfd 97 1-2
Chesapeake & Ohio 56 1-4
Louisville & Nashville .153
Manhattan L. . ; 163
New York Central 154 1-4
Norfolk & Western 85
Norfolk & Western, pfd 92
People's Gas .105 1-2
Reading 140 1-4
Reading, 1st pfd 92
Reading, 2d pfd 97
Southern Pacific 69
Southern Pacific, pfd 120 5-8
Jcll-0
Ice Cream
Powder
2 Packages
make a
Gallon
Cost
25 Cents
Can be made in 10
minutes, saving time
and money, and it's I
always good. No cook
ing, heating or fussing.
3 JtlL-O6
Icecream
nova kinds: Van
illa, Chocolate, Straw,
berry and Unfavored.
K your grocer hunt 1U send Ms name unA
C. to us and two packages and oar Illustrated
recipe book will be mailed you.
lae cenesee Pare Fsed fv Le Bey.iLT.
1
Southern Railway 36
Southern Railway, pfd 99 7-8
Tenn., oCal & Iron 143 3-4
U. S. -Steel 38 5-8
U. S. Steel, pfd 105 1-8
Va.-Car. Chemical 42 3-4
Va.-Car. Chemical, pfd 113 3-4
S. A. L., com
S. A. L.. pfd
Shandard Oil .-. 680
Western Union 93
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET
Chicaeo. Dec. 12. Favorable weath
er for harvesting in Argentine caused
weakness today in the wheat market
here. At the close wheat for May de
livery was off l-43-8c. Corn was
down J-43-8. Oats showed a loss of
l-8l-4. Provisions were practically
unchanged.
The leading futures ranged as fol
lows:
Open High Low Close.
Wheat, No. 2.
Dec 86 87 85 86
May 89 89 88 88
July 84 84 83 83
Corn, No. 2.
Dec 45 45 45 45
Dec, new .44 44 44 44
May 44 44 44 44
July ......44 44 44 44
Oats, No. 2.
-Dec 31 31 30 30
May 32 32 32 32
July 31 31. 31 31
Mess Pork, per bbl.
Jan. .13.40 13.40 ,13.17 13.22
May .13.47 13.47 13.22 13.40
Lard, per 100 lbs.
Dec. ..7.80 - 7.80 7.70 7.70
Jan ..7.42 7.47 7.30 7.35
May ..7-32 7.35 7.27 7.32
Short Ribs, per 100 lbs.
Jan. ..7.00 7.00 6.95 6.97
May ..7.15 7.17 7.10 7.15
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour, steady; No. 2 spring wheat,
85. 87 3-4; No. 3 spring wheat, 32
87; No. 2 red, 88 1-2 89; No. 2 corn,
46; No. 2 yellow, 46; No. 2 oats, 30 7-8;
No. 2 white, 32 l-433; No. 3 white,
31 3-433; No. 2 Rye, 6869; Mess
pork, per bbl., 13.00 13.12 1-2; Lard,
per 100 lbs, 7-75; Short xibs sides
(loose), 6.87 1-2. .7.00; Short clear
sides (boxed), 7.12 l-27.25; Whis
key, basis of high wines, 1.30.
NEW YORK. PRODUCE MARKET
New' York, Dec. 12. Flour dull but
steady.
WHEAT Spot easy; No. 2 red,
94 5-8 elevator. Options 3-8c down on
May and 1 3-8c off on December. May,
93 1-4; December, 94 3-8.
CORN Easy; No. 2 old, 58 nominal,
elevator. Options partly l-2c net low
er. January, 53 1-8; May, 50 1-4; De
cember, 55 1-2.
OATS Firm; mixed, 37 37 1-2.
LARD Steady; western steimed,
7.70 8.00; refined quiet.
PORK Barely steady.
TALLOW Steady.
RICE Dull.
MOLASSES Firm.
COFFEE Spot Rio nominal; mild
quiet. Futures firm at a net advance
of 5 15 points.
SUGAR Raw strong; fair refining,
3 1-8; centrifugal .96 test, 3 5-8; mo
lasses sugar, 2 7-8. Refined firm.
BUTTER Firm, unchanged.
CHEESE Qittet, unchanged.
EGGS Steady, unchanged.
COTTON SEED OIL Quiet; active
at barely steady prices. Prime crude
f. o. b. mills, 23 23 1-2; prime sum
mer yellow, 2929 1-4; prime white,
31 1-2 32; prime winter yellow, 31 1-2
32.
POTATOES Easy; State and west
ern per bag. 1.752.00; foreign, 1.25
2.00.
CABBAGES Unchanged.
PEANUTS Unchanged.
FREIGHTS Steady and unchang
ed.
NAVAL STORES.
New York, Dec. 12. Turpentine
dull at 64 to 64 1-2; rosin steady,
strained common to good, 3.30.
Charleston, Dec. 12. Turpentine
and rosin nothing doing.
Savannah, Dec. 12. Turpentine
firm, 61; sales 1,549; receipts, 1,339;
shipments, 265.
Rosin firm; sales 1,597; receipts, 3,-
370; shipments, 8,460. Quote: A. B.
C, 2.77 1-2; D., 2.85; E., 2.92 1-2; F.,
3.003.02 1-2; G., 3.10; H., 3.25; I.,
3.47 1-2; K., 3.97 1-2; M., 4.47 1-2;
N., 4.85; W. G., 5.10; W. W., 5.35.
DRY GOODS MARKET.-1
New York, Dec. 12. Notwithstand
ing a restriction of business, the dry
goods market today entertained a
generally strong tone. This was ac
counted for by healthy condition of
stocks at second hand, the sold-ahead
condition of general lines with the
manufacturer and the demand for ear
ly deliveries which cannot be supplied.
CONSUMPTION
Is It Inherited and Can. It Be Cured?
Many of . our leading scientists are
spending much time in the study of
this great white plague, and find that
more cases are caused by neglect than
are hereditary.
Neelected coughs and colds gradual
ly weaken the whole pulmonary sys
tem, and before people realize it there
is a diseased spot in one lung, spit
ting blood soon follows and eventually
a collapse.
Our local druggist, Robert R. Bel
lamy, says there is nothing known to
medicine equual5to their cod liver oil
preparation, Vinol, for consumption, es
pecially in its early stages, and while
they do not guarantee it will cure real
consumption they have many letters
from people who were given up to die,
and who declared they were saved by
Vinol.
Among others Mrs. J. G. Brown.- of
Anderson, Ind writes, "Our daughter
Mary was in consumption and given
up to die by our family physician.
Vinol completely restored her to
health, and words fail to express our
gratitude for this valuable cod liver
oil preparation."
Mr. Joseph Denis of Winslow, Me.,
says, "Vinol cured my son of con
sumption after he had been given up."
We believe Vinol is the most per
fect cod liver preparation known, as
it contains no grease to clos: the sva-
tem, upset the stomach and retard its
work, yet It does contain all thecura-
tive, medicinal and body-building ele
ments of cod liver oil actuallv tnv.
en from fresh cods' livers, and is ac
ceptable to the weakest stomach. It
is worth trying on our guarantee,
Robert R. Bellamy, druggist
Wood Baskets The most beautiful
ever shown In Wilmington. Elegant
uuouuaa presents. At Renders.
SVC
Baarath
Signature
The Kind You Haw Always
0
MARINE
. ARRIVED.
Nor. barque Nordenskjoid, 695 tons,
Hasse, Fort de France, Martinique,
Heide & Co.
Steamer New York, Ingram, New
York, H. G. Smallbones.
Steamer City of Fayetteville, Edge,
Fayetteville, T. D. Love.
Steamer Tar Heel, Bradshaw, Fay
etteville, S. M. King.
Steamer Compton, Jacobs, Little
River, S. C, Stone & Co.
CLEARED.
Br. steamer 'Armenia, Mackness,
Greenwich, Heide & Co.
Steamer City of Fayetteville, Edge,
Fayetteville, T. D. Love.
Steamer Tar Heel, Bradshaw, Fay
etteville, S. M. King.
Steamer Compton, 1 Jacobs, Little
River, S. C, Stone & Co.
Steamer Duplin, Smith, Chinquepin,
T. D. Love.
Exports Foreign.
Greenwich Br. steamer Armenia,
630,000 feet gum logs, 200 barrels
rosin, valued at $36,000; cargo by
Acme Tea Chest Co., Will L. Miller,
agent; vessel by Heide & Co.
MARINE DIRECTORY.
List of Vessels Now in Port of Wil
mington, N. C.
Steamers.
Ribera (Br), 2,252 tons, Hurford,
Heide & Co.
Lango (Br.) 3,272 tons, Berlin, Alex
ander Sprunt & Son.
Els wick Tower (Br.) 2,570 tons, Hall,
Heide & Co.
Regulus (Br.), 858 tons, Couch, Heide
& Co.
Greatham (Br) 1,535 tons, Gowing,
Alexander Sprunt & Son.
Ships.
Fitzjames (Br.), 1,8131 tons. Fearson,
Heide & Co. '
Barques.
Nordenskjoid, (Nor.), 695 tons, Hasse,
Heide & Co.
Schooners.
Jno. S. Deering, 397 tons, Gamage, C.
D. Maffitt.
F. & T. Lupton, 7?7 tons, ongstreet,
C. D. Maffitt.
Helen M. Atwood, 653 tons. Watts, C.
D. Maffitt.
Judge Boyce, 558 tons, Eskridge, C. D.
Maffitt
Mabel Darling (Br) 111 tons, Saun
ders, J. A. Springer & Co.
BY RIVER AND RAIL.
Receipts of Naval Stores and Cotton
Yesterday.
Wilmington, N. C, Dec. 12, 1905.
C. C. Railroad 6 bales cotton, 14
barrels tar, 1 barrel crude turpen
tine. W. & W. Railroad 120 bales cotton.
W. C & A. Railroad 1.661 bales
cotton, 6 barrels rosin, 35 barrels tar,
18 barrels crude turpentine.
' A. & Y. Railroad 72vbales cotton,
9 casks spirits turpentine, 15 barrels
rosin, 40 barrels tar.
Steamer Tar Heel 11 bales cottgn,
7 casks spirits turpentine, 40 barrels
rosin, 42 barrels tar, 3 barrels crude
turpentine.
Steamer City of Fayetteville 8
bales cotton, 22 barrels rosin, 110 bar
rels tar, 10 barrels crude turpentine.
Schooner Addie May 15 bales cot
ton, 1 cask spirits turpentine, 36 bar
rels rosin.
Total 1,893 bales cotton, 18 casks
spirits turpentine, 119 barrels rosin,
241 barrels tar, 32 barrels crude tur
pentine.
Seaboard Air Line Railway Passen
ger Department.
Commencing Monday, November
29th, the Seaboard will operate Cafe
cars on trains 31 and 34 between
Washington and Richmond (and on
trains 43 and 66 between Hamlet and
Washington. First Car, southbound
train No. 43, Tuesday, November, 28th;
first car, north-bound train, No. 66,
Wednesday, November 29th. In addi
tion to this on the 5th of December
they will establish Parlor Car Service
between Washington and Pinehurst on
trains Nos. 43 and 66, and on Decerrf
ber 18th, tri-weekly sleeping car ser
vice on trains No. 31 and 34 between
Washington and Pinehurst.
del2-12t Raleigh, N. C.
!ar
Furious Fighting.
"For seven years," writes Geo. W.
Hoffman, of Harper, Wash., "I had
a bitter battle, with chronic stomach
and liver trouble,, but at last I won,
and cured my diseases, by the use of
Electric Bitters. I unhesitatingly rec
ommend them to all, and don't intend
in the future to be without them in
the house. They are certainly a won
derful medicine, to have cured such a
bad case as mine." Sold, under guar
antee to do the same for you, by R.
R. Bellamy, druggist, at 50c. a bottle.
Try them to-day.
A Fearful Fate.
It is a fearful fate to have to pn-
dure the terrible torture of Piles. "I
can truthfully say," writes Harry Col-
son, of Masonville, la., "that for Blind,
Bleeding, Itching and Protrudinsr
Piles, Bucklen's Arnica Salve, is the
best cure made." Also best for cuts,
burns and injuries, 25c at R. R. Bella
my's druggist.
- Clapeco Shruk
Q Baxter Sizes, with tie loop
15 CENTS EACH; X FOR A QDA1TEK
CLUETT, PCABODV Sk CO.
Makeni of Cluett and Monarch Shirts
it
Clark's Cruise tn the nriont
and Mediterranean, including Spain, by
j.vv.iiij tiwiiereu ss. a. AraDic, 16,000
tons, starts Feb. 8th. A cruise of 70
days, spending 19 days in Palestine and
"o'f' Lun""B oniy uu ana up, in-
Cludinsr atinro crraniA.. i, j'i
fee and all necessary expenses.
minii 1UUKS TO JfiUKOPE.
Send for Illustrated Descriptive Book
let. FRANK C. CLARK, 98 Broadway,
New York.
de2
Protect your
PLUMBING
with a policy of Insurance.
Phone 162.. .Office No. 109 Princess St.
J. VAN B- METTS,
Deo 5-tf.
One thousand old newspapers for
sale. Suitable for wrapping paper or
for placing under carpets. tf
1
STAR BUSINESS1 toed
;A"rJ"en?.e to your X; "I": T.
uiUHucav. rnone the Star nT "Alness t
Eates-Twenty-ve cents 70rChe' N- 61
ty-five words, or less. Additional ? ertia of t
twenty-five, one cent er l mor?1
"ji tash ki
The A. D. T. Mesaer,
fAr rfen TI7 tt-7 . wui aiSO call f- . .
small packages to be delivered JiS" ; 0 imi
,J"i"" iv.iKges to De delivered T ' u
lSTft nVia . erea anywhere
no cnarge ior tne teleoW,, T-'-e 111 th.
&v vr me fceiegTams a-nrT u. k me
fnr nfttoc o1 v,n ana Out a srv,ni,
Western Unio, ThSne 2?Bnt
ways can tne star Office, 'Phone 51 ii
STAR BRANCHES
For the benefit of those who mav find !
u jure c
vertisements may be left at the fnn..
.w,,wing aranch
where they will receive as prompt and
v-lu' auenti
left at the Star Office, ana with no adr- i0na:
JAS. M. HALL'S DRUG STORES
Corner 5th and Castle Mtreeta I
Phone 192. i
i
W. C MUNDS' DRUG STORE i
Corner 7th and Or a nee streets
Phone 554. '
YVM. NIESTLIE, DRUGGIST
S. W. Corner 7th and Red Cross
Greets.. Phone 216. I
FOtJND A WHITE
13 HKIIUV trruv
bpotted Cow of medium size. Owner ' who annisl "RIF
can secure same by applying Star Of
nee and paying costs. del3-3t ' us
Awiit, xjuto maa AS : Lumber Co
clerk; salary $40 per month to start, i
ixooa opportunity for young man with
good common sense. Address own hand ; Wnll. V. " 6M.B
writing, "D. C," Morning Star. ; " 0,0 rmuih
del3-3t i ,a; e ved to X.
WANTED MAN AS CASHIER.
Must be accurate and intelligent. Good , OXE IIIWDREDI
salary ror tne ngnt party. Address ; e 1 ior the Best
uwu iia.uu wining, u. v... Morning ""i- win tjilv rv 1
Star.
A O - O L
WANTED INTELLIGENT GIRL
two hours evenings to do light office
work; escort home after work is over;
office certrally located, pay 15 cents
hour to start. Address P. O. Box 466
City. del3-lt
FOR SALE NICE HOLLY FOR
Christmas trees, with red berries or
without berries. Apply to F. J. Demp
sey, Wilmington, N. C. 'Phone 937 call
2. del3-lt
: no2."-tf
FOR RENT 314 A'ORTH EIGHTH: !
hourse 1, rooms: srood water on nla-p-
also, small houses, warehouses and 1 Y0l; wish to re
storage quarters. M. C. Darby &.Co.,j . "f1. u.a House to I
114 i-a princess street. del2-tf i ':,s '
- t j j Li
ST. AGNES' GUILD WILL HAVE ITS ;
annual saie or aous and Christmas j Cape fi:r cou nl
wv. ocvi.ico lanou iiuusc II U1II iU.OU l. ' 1 () r all I'lnris nf rm
i.i. iu u.uu ir. i. ueiu-jt ; prompt o.iv(-rv, nolitf
AVE HAVE SEVERAL SMALL
Houses Just completed for rent at rea
sonable prices; also, storage rooms,
and a wholesale house; for terms call
on M. C. Darby & Co., 114 l-2,Princess
streets. de9-tf
NOTICE IS HEREBY' GIVEN THAT :
the undersigned will make application
to the Board of Aldermen and Board of '
County Commissioners for license to
retail spirituous liquors on and after
January 9th, at 111 South Front street. '
W. B. Crumpler & Co. de9-3t
FOR RENT PHOTOGAPH GAL- j
lery. No. 114 Market street between !
Front and Second. Best location in
the city. Possession given at once. Ap- ! 1
ply to B. H. J. Ahrens. de7-tf j
WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR : 160 lbs- Heavy Ba3s-
Apples, Oranges, Cocoa Nuts, Potatoes, ! 100 ibs. Heavy Bags,
n rnTfl,r,: e' n,fact- anything 180 bs, Heavy Bags,
in the oroauce line Wiilnw Run Tnt- ' 3
ter and Griffing Cheese alwavs on ! ALSO
hand. Wm. E. Worth & Co. 'Phone ; 200 Ibs. Heavy Bags,
9. nol9-tf ' 3
HOT AND COLD DRINKS AT THE CHRISTMAS CAND
.Dixie Care, Beer Tea, Clam and To- ; Cocoanuts and
maio uouuion. iot jorree. 117 prin- ... - ,. , -cess
street. no24-tf ; we Can Make Pro
FRESH ARRIVALS BANANAS, AP
ples, Onions, Oranges, Cabbage, and
Irish Potatoes. Two cars Just arrived.
A. a Winstead. oc22-1f
WANTED A BAD BARBER, SO WE
can make him good. Guion & Davis,
noll-tf
Quail on Toast
AT THE
ONLY RESTAURANT
108 MARKET STREET,
Board by the Week.
Regular Meals 25c
The Cape Fear Paving!
and Contracting Co.
il-i Princess Street, Wilmington. N . i
Granolithic Sidewalks, Cement Side
walks, Street Paving, Cement j
Blocks, Cement Fences, Ornnin.T. ;
tal Cement Work.
r
CONTRACT WORK OF ALL KlNuSi
Telephone No.
je25-tf eow
Washington Biscuits
At Warren's Steam Bakery, 5c.
per Dozens fresh every morning, &
comes out with the Washington
Bread; try them; also Jce Cream '
for Thanksgiving.
WARREN'S STEAM BAKERY f
R. F. WARREN. Prop. S
t- none w.
no 29-t
We Allow You
4 Per Cent
on money deposited with us and afford
absolute safety besides.
Atlantic
Trust and Banking Co.
Southern Building.
Dec. 6-tf.
DR.P1ERCES
EDSCVE!1Y
FOR THE
BLOOD, LIVER. LU NGS
ion a
IMionc 135. Mki
Phone 27& ndC,j
rapher .1 w '."?. "os
us, ho mav "Wl
, a , '-! u sorrmn.
UUJ
1111
oers
Street.
" E. Kine. nr.,
Butter ,
... ."n6ra ana on:
Orai- 6 -
0026-tf
FOR SALE OX
tween Twelftn and
north side, M.600; Sb3
u narr.ott, 2Stl!'
Darby & Co.. H4 l
j . j-'cl. .lorn, in : e ni t ih-sv in DOS tin', 1
standard n.easv.remt-nt, nl
patronas:p. Phone 19;.
Genuine Li
Gn
ALUM
HALL & P
Incorporat
s
Btaui'ful 3ooJ."H
Alt h a ndjemtiy
We Mention a FtT
The Call of 'lie Wild---
. ,.v tJ!tt KfliEll'
Hie ninL- u. j
. .. ,.r I'nrtiin-bvK-'l
Soiaiers vi -
The Grey Cloak
In tne riai" ' .
Gr.nstark.--
Castle i raneii-iu"
The Rifht of 1W-
Resurrecuoii-
If I Were urn Cm
The Hound of theB.
y u v'
The Lltue t,pd
lif
THESE IBEnEnOfl
er
qt
Why not
books
T
Robt.CM
BooksellertA
Phone 26.
to
Dec S-tf.
i if you seek
I wished for style-
ilour needle!
! " i. "snap
c
j mould enoug
! ments to separate
j "bunch." jji
do, you-- ,
f the to3"
gossip of the
, thev'U fit-
worry tfiey w ,
-lantic v
a.it.
f
fill M
jgjsi Til!