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COMMERCIAL WILMINGTON MARKETS. STAR OFFICE, Nov. 27. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market, nothing doing. ROSIN Market, nothing doing. TAR Market, firm $1.90. CRUDE TURPENTINE - Market firm $1.85 per barrel for hard; $2.75 for dip and $2.75 for virgin. Quotations same day ' last year spirits turpentine steady 43 1-2; ro sin nothing doing; tar quiet $2.00; crude turpentine firm $2.00, $3.00 and $3.00. RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine 35 Rosin 13 Tar , 102 Crude Turpentine 70 Receipts Same day last year, 27 casks spirits turpentine; 165 barrels rosin; 164 barrels tar; 21 barrels rude turpentine. COTTON MARKET. Market Steady, 8 7-8 cents for middling. Same day last year Steady, 10 5-8 tents. Receipts 6,193 bales, same day last rear 2,592 bales. PRODUCE MARKET. PEANUTS North Carolina prime 6575c; extra prime, 75c; fancy, 80c; Virginia, prime 60 65c; extra prime 7075c; Spanish, 7580c. CORN Firm, 97 1-2 c per bushel for white; 92 1-2 95 for mixed. N. C. BACON Steady; hams, old 15c; shoulders 1112 l-2c; sides 12 l-2c. EGGS Firm at 23c per dozen. CHICKENS Dull at 253c for large springs; growns, dull, 35c. BEESWAX Firm at 26c. TALLOW Firm at 5c per pound. BEEF CATTLE Dull at 2 to 3 l-2c per pound on foot. HIDES Dr.flint, 10; green, dull 6c. per pound. IRISH POTATOES New 80 and 90c per bushel. SWEET POTATOES Dull at 50c per bushel. WOOL Free of burr, 15c; burry wool 10 to 21 l-2c. THE COTTON MARKET. (By Wire to the Morning Star.) N-e-w York, Nor. 27. The cotton market was nervous and irregular to day with a comparatively narrow range closing barely steady, net un changed to 5 points lower. Sales were estimated at 200,000 bales. The market op-ened steady at an ad vance of 11 points on November, 3 on December and one point on January, but unchanged to 3 points lower on la ter months. There seemed tp be a lit-tl-e buying of November by belated shorts, and December was influenced by smaller notices than expected, only about 2,500 bales, according to esti mates; but January weakened right after the call und-ar liquidation by people who seemed to be buying the later months. December reacted from 9.27 to 9.20 and the general list sold about 2 to 7 points n3t lower during the first half hour. There was not actual pressure against December, however, and the steadiness of this position which quickly rallied, fol lowing the early break, tog-ether with the good demand for the later months from Wall street and outside sources, imparted a generally steadier tone to the market during the middle of the day and at one time prices were net unchanged to 4 points higher. The close was off from the top under scat tered realizing. The members of the Liverpool cotton exchangee! estimate the crop at 13,349,000 bales on the average. Southern commissioners of agriculture estimate the crop at 12,. 550,500 bales. The New York Cotton Exchange announces that it will in crease its estimate of southern mill takings, owing to the rapid revival of trade, to 100,000 bales per week dur ing th-e months of December and Jan uary. Cables were about as due. Southern spot markets were general ly unchanged. Receipts at the ports today were 63,124 bales, against 73,896 last week and 49,295 last year; for the week 425,000 bales, against 405,903 last week and 335,830 last year. Today's receipts at New Orleans 5,671 bales, against 4,074 last year andat Hous ton 22,437 bales, against 8,857 last yeai. Spot cotton closed quiet,; middling uplands 9.45, middling gulf 9.70. .les 200 bales. Futures opened steady, closed bare ly steady. Month. Open. Qlose. November ..9.35 9.27 December 9.27 9.24 January 9.06 9.00 February 9.00 March 9.04 9.01 April 9.02 May 9.04 9.03 June 9.00 July 9.03 9.00 August 8.98 9.00 September 8.98 8.93 October 8.72 8.72 Comparative Cotton Statement. (By Wire to the Morning Star.) New oYrk, Novr 27, Following is the comparative cotton statement for the week ending Nov. 27th: Net receipts at all U. S. ports dur ing week 434,011. Net receipts at all U. S. ports same week last year 333,985. Total receipts since September 1st 4,397,495. Total receipts to same date last year 3,313,401. Exports for the week 402,176. Exports for same week last year 302,157. Total exports since September 1st 2,932,417. Total exports same date last year 2,477,710. Stock at all U. S. ports 1,042,615. Stock at all U. S. ports same time last year 831,151. Stock at all interior towns 781,035. Stock at all interior towns, same time last year 441,598. Stock at Liverpool same time last year 649,000. Stock of Am. afloat for Great Bri tain same time last year 342,000. WEEKLY COTTON REVIEW. ' COTTON RECEIPTS. (By Wire to the Morning Star.) New York, Nov. 27. The following are the total net receipts of cotton at all ports since1 September 1st Galveston 1,724,853 New Orleans 759,647 Mobile 173,659 Savannah 839,189 Charleston 121,615 Wilmington 244,819 Norfolk 255,963 Baltimore 34,335 New York 2,722 Boston 5,562 Newport News 454 Philadelphia 1,058 San Francisco 9,707 Brunswick 111,928 Port Townsend 21,54 Pensacola -. : . 41,788 Port Arthur & Sabine Pass.. 18,875 Jacksonville 15,217; El Paso, Texas. . v. 50 Minor Ports .... . 14,465 Total ..4,397,495 Seats now-celling . for ; Paul Gilmore, Academy Mokday. (By Wire to the Morning Star.) New York, Nov. 27. Net changes in price of c6tton have been small during the past week. Conflicting in fluences " have kept the fluctuations within narrow limits. Wall Street and outsiders at the south, in New England and at the West, particularly at Chicago have bought, partly on a scale down. This with enormous spin ners' takings and exports, the latter in two days amounting to nearly 200, 000 bales, and a generally firm tone in the spot markets at the South have contributed to support prices. Also a very important factor general trade has increased, things are improving in the dry goods business all over the country, printcloths have advanced at Fall River and Providence and, final ly, the recent advance in the stock market has not been without a certain Influence. At times some falling off in receipts, too, at interior towns has not been without effect. December here Is at a premium of 24 points over January even on notice day. Spin ners takings have been on a scale far in excess of the corresponding period last year. The things which the market has had to contend against during the past week are briefly these: Continued large receipts at the ports in spite of some falling off at the interior towns, crop estimates run ning in som-e cases as high as i4,uuo,- 000 bales, the fact- tht the average estimate by the members of the New York exchange is 13,321,000 bales, per sistent selling by large spot houses who are understood to have sold De cember and January freely mainly with the view, as most people1 here think, of preventing th? shipment of large quantities of cotton to New York. Futures here have recently on the whole advanced more rapidly than spot prices at the South. Tjfe weather at the South, moreover, 1a.s continued in the main favorable" and rightly or wrongly thi tendency of late has been to increase the crop es timates. However, there has been per sistent buying for a rise led by Wall street houses on the idea that the cotton business is bound to improve with trade all over the country. December 4.77; December and Janu ary 4.76 1-2; January and February 4.76 1-2; February and March 4.77; March and April 4.77 1-2; April and May 4.78 1-2; May and June 4.79; June and July 4.79; July and August 4.78; August and September 4.73; September arid October 5.67 1-2; Octo ber and November 4.62 1-27 THE DRY GOODS MARKET. (By Wire to the Morning Star,,) New York, Nov. 27. The dry goods market today was steady and prices were firm. In cotton yarns a quiet business was done at firm prioss. The wool markets were not so active as a couple of weeks ago, the upward flight of prices probably checking trade. Pulled wools were the most active, the cost for th3 December pro duct showing a further advance. bankers bills at 4.8420 to 4.8430 for sixty day bills and at 4.8650 for de mand. Commercial bills 4.83 7-8 to 4.84. Bar silver 48 1-2. Mexican dollars 45. Mtmey on call easy 1 1-2 to 1 3-4 per cent., ruling rate 1 3-4 per cent., closing bid 1 1-2, offered at 1 3-4. Time loans easier and dull; sixty days 2 3-4 to 3 per cent., and ninety days 3 per cent.; six months 3 1-4 per cent. NEW YORK BONDS. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. PORT MOVEMENT. (By Wire to the Morning Star. ' Galveston Steady, 9 3-1C; net re ceipts 20,861; sales 1,641; stock 314, 349. New Orleans Steady, 9 116; net receipts 5,671; stocks 4,725; stocks 295,206. Mobile Steady, 9; net receipts 3, 811; sates 2,050 stock 71,902. SavannahQuiet and Easy, 8 13-16; net receipts 7,068; sales 950; stock 138,172. Charleston Quiet, 8 7-8; net re ceipts 1,986; stock 27,398. Wilmington Quiet, 8 7-8; net re ceipts 6,193; sales 25; stock 21,612. Norfolk Quiet, 9 1-8; net receipts 1,909; safes 169; stock 40,347. Baltimore Nominal, 9 1-4; net re ceipts 4,680; stock 25,456. New York Quiet, 9.45; sales 200; stocks 89,813. 3 Boston Quiet 9.45. Philadelphia Quiet, 9.70; net re ceipts 25; stock 8,089. Brunswick Net receipts 10,920; stock 10,271. Total today, at all ports, net receipts 63,124; Great Britain 7,100; Continent 20,668; stock 1,042615. Consolidated, at all ports, net re ceipts 434,011; Great Britain 187,939; France 3,854; Continent 155,369; Ja pan 19,554; Mexico 800. Total since September 1st, at all ports, wet receipts 4,397,495; "Great Britain 1,071,744; France 403,09?; Continent 1,421,668; Janpan 35,108; Mexico 803. INTERIOR MOVEMENT. (By Wire to the Morning Star.) Houston Steady, 9 1-16; net re ceipts 22,337; shipment 21,403; stock 119,505. Augusta Steady, 9 1-16; net re ceipts 2,866; shipments 1,307; stock 94,889. Memphis Steady, 9. 1-4; net re ceipts 4,144; shipments 7,758; stock 164,511. v . " St. Louis Steady, 9 5-16; shipments 4,486; stock 29,517. Cincinnati Net receipts 2,765 ; shipments 801; stock 17,737. Louisville-r-Firm, 9 1-2; net receipts 489; shipments 9; stock 310. Little Rock Steady, 9; net receipts 3,334; shipments 5,380; stock ,49,849. Total today Net recipts 36,035; shipments 41,142; stock 476,318. (By Wire to the. Morning Star.) New York, Nov. 2-7. The decrease in the activity of the market for stocks today indicated the lapse into professional hands of most of the dealings and the subsiding general in terest on the part of the moneyed in terests. The price movement on the diminished scale of activity indicated a growth of confidence on the part of the professionals in the stability of prices. Stocks which were sold out on the eve of Thanksgiving holiday on the chance of unfavorable develop ments in the interval were re-purchased today. No important new develop ment explained the buying. The ex pected financial plan for Southern Pa cific continued to play an important part in the motives of the professional buying, but no progress was macte in any authentic knowledge of what the plan is or of the actual existence of such a plan" at all. Another motive for some of the notable movements was the expectations of decisions in the pending cases in the Supreme Court at Washington on Monday. The coalers are expected to be benefitted by the expected decision of the court in the case agreed upon to test the commodities clause of the Hepburn law. Some of he individual advances were based on special causes, rumors of intended dividend increases figur ing in' one or two cases. An indicat ed decline for the week In the cash holdings of the banks in the neighbor hood of $2,000,000 seemed to. be view ed with equanimity. An advance in the discount rate had been looked for and the open market discount rate in consequence fell back to some extent. Here the condition of the money mar ket was not appreciably changed, the six months period, however, showing a slightly lower interest rate. The foreign exchange market was firm, but rates were not quotably changed. The most active trading of the day occurr ed just at the last and prices were then rising vigorously. Bonds" were irregular. Total sales, par value, were $6,010,000. United States bonds were unchanged on call. Total sales today were 790,000 shares. U. S. refunding 2s reg 183 1-2 U. S. refunding 2s cou 104 U. S. 3s reg 100 3-4 U. S, 3s cou 100 3-4 U. S. 4s reg. ex Ins 120 1-4 U. S. 4s cou 121 American Tobacco Co. 6s 106 1-2 Atlantic Coast Line 4s 95 1-2 Baltimore & Ohio 4s 100 1-4 L. & N. Unified 4s b 102 Seaboard Air Line 4s 57 1-2 Southern Railway 5s 107 5-8 U. S. Steel 5s 102 3-8 Closing Stock Lists. Amalgamated Copper . 86 1-4 Amr. Car & Foundry 46 1-8 Amr. Car & Foundry pfd 107 3-4 Amr. Cotton Oil Co 44 1-4 Amr. Locomotive 56 1-4 Amr. Smelting & Ref 95 Amr. .Smelting & Ref pfd 106 1-2 Amr. Sugar Refining 134 Amr. Tobacco pfd 92 1-2 Atchison , 98 1-8 Atchison pfd : 100 Atlantic Coast Line 110 Baltimore & Ohio 108 5-8 Baltimore & Ohio pfd 91 Chesapeake & Ohio 47 7-8 Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul 149 Erie . . 33 1-2 Erie 1st pfd 47 1-2 Erie 2nd pfd 38 1-4 Great Northern pfd 140 Kansas City Southern 31 5-8 Kan. City Southern pfd 65 L. &. N 122 1-4 Norfolk & Western 84 3-8 Northern Pacific 142 3-4 Pennsylvania 129 3-8 People's Gas 101 1-8 Reading 140 5-8 Rock Island Co 22 5-8 Rock Island Co. pfd.... 49 5-8 Southern Pacific 119 7-8 Southern Pacific pfd 123 Southern Railway 25 1-4 Southern Railway pfd 57 3-4 Standard Oil Co 652 Union Pacific 184 3-4 U. S. Steel ;.. 56 3-4 U. S. Steel pfd 112 7-8 Va.-Car. Chemical 44 1-2 Va.-Car. Chemical pfd 114 Western Union 69 1-8 Westinghouse Electric Co 91 NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET. DUN'S TRADE REVIEW. (By Wire to the Morning Star.) New York; Nov. 27. R."G. Dun & Co's. weekly Review of Trade tomor row will say: Although the holiday and unseason able weather handicapped business this week, further substantial progress wss made toward normal commercial activity, especially in respect to the number of wage earners employed in the leading industries. Mills that have been closed for over a year are re opening and many plants that were on part time or force are now in full op eration. Recovery is making remarka ble strides and almost every compari son with conditions a year ago pro vides a reason for the day to be de voted to grateful recognition. One of the features of the week was the demand for railway supplies. Steel rails were ordered moderately and many leading roads are ready to operate if the mills will roll accord ing to special schedules at standard prices. Strength Is maintained in the pri mary markets for textiles, although cotton goods are a little less active on account of the firm position of producers. Buyers' propositions nam ing concessions from regular quota tions are rejected promptly. A little increase in sales of Standard drills to Inda is the only development in the export department, the decline in price of silver postponing the expect ed improvement in demand from Chi na, while Red Sea buyers refuse to ad vance bids to current figures. Woolens are gradually gaining despite the high temperature. Staple goods for the next heavy weight season are about to be shown, but fancy offerings will be deferred. A few lines of dress goods for the spring trade have sold freely, notably satin faced fabrics. Prices threaten to be a disturbing element if the rise in leather is not checked, shoe houses being near the point at which no profit can be made. Most factories have all the leather needed for the present, but tanners are rejecting duplicate orders at for mer terms. Buckwheat and No. 2 red 1.11 Options closed Dec. (By Wire to the Morning Star.) New York, Nov. 27. FIcur about steady. Rye Flour Steady. Buckwheat Flour, Rye Dull. Corn Meal Quiet. Wheat Spot firm; 3-8 to 1.13 elevator. steady at 1-8 to 3-8c net rise. 1.13 5-8; May 1.14 5-8. Corn Steady; No. 2, 71 elevator. Options closed l-8c net lower. Dec. 72; May 71; July 70 3-4. Oats Steady; mixed 3. 1-2 to 54. Lard and Molasses Steady. Sugar Quiet; fair refining. 3.44; centrifugal 96 test 3.94; .molasses su gar 3.19. Refined Quiet. Coffee Quiet; Rio No. 7, 6 1-2; Santos No. 4, 7 7-8. Mild Dull; Cor dova 9 1-4 to 12 1-2. Futures closed steady, net unchanged to 5 points higher. Butter Firm; creamery specials 31 1-2 to 32; extras 30 1-2 to 31. Cheese Firm; State, full cream specials 14 1-2 to 15 1-2; September, small, colored or white fancy 14; large 13 3-4; October, small, best 13 1-4; large 13; late made, small, best 13; good to prime 11 3-4 to 12 3-4; com mon to fair 10 1-2 to 11 1-2; skims 2 1-2 to 11 3-4. Eggs Firm; Western firsts 34 to 35; seconds 30 to 33. Cotton Seed Oil Shade lower with tarding dull. Prime crude 30 to 30 1-2; prime summer yellow 38 to 38 3-4; prime white 39 to 42; prime winter yellow 45 to 48; off summer yellow 37 to 38 1-4;. good off summer yellow 37 1-2 to 38.1-4. Freights and Peanuts Unchanged. Potatoes Steady; Maine in bulk, per .180 lbs. 2.37 to 2.50. Cabbages Steady, unchanged. CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET. (By Wire to the Morning Star.) Chicago, Nov. 27. Likelihood that receipts of wheat ia. the Northwest will show a decided falling off in the near future imparted strength to the local wheat market today, closing quo tations being up 1-4 to l-43-8c com pared with Wednesday's final figures. Coan, oats and provisions closed easy. Leading futures were as roiiows: THE RICE MARKET. LIVERPOOL MARKET. (By Wire to the Morning Star.) Liverpool, Nov. 27. Cotton: Spot in' ffiir ,- demand, prices unchanged. American middling fair 5.56; good middling 5.20; middling 5.08; low mid dling 4.88; good 'ordinary 4.37; ordi nary 3.79. The sales ' of the day were 8,000 T)ale6 of -which1 200 were for spec ulation and export and included7 7,000 American . Receipts 30,000 bales in cluding 25,300 American. Futures opened aulet and closed steady. November 4.91; November and (By Wire to the Morning Star.) New York, Nov. 27. The rice mar ket has been quiet, distributors buying only for current needs as a rule, the movement of holiday 'goods "Being a retarding influence. Some -local job bers find wholesale grocers more in clined to anticipate wants, inquiries for carload lots being noted. The im provement in Japans, especially the higher grades, stimulates a better feeling in circles where the recent de cline made for a waiting policy,. Hon duras fancy sorts ap? In rather light supply, receipts being largely " Japans. Assortments are good and stocks tem ple for the prevailing quiet trade, pri ces, holding steadier. Advices from the South have encouraged an im provement, brokers here reporting Texas mills demanding full list prices of the high level at which rough rice is being held. FINANCIAL MARKET. (By Wire, teethe Morning Star.) New York; Nov WPrhne mercan tile paper 4 per cent. Sterlings "ex change firm with actual business in Open High Close Wheat. Dec. .. 1 03 1-4 1 04 1-8 1 03 S-4 May . . 1 07 7-8 1 08 5-8 1 08 1-4 July . . 1 01 1-8 1 01 3-4 1 01 3-$ Corn. Dec. . . 63 1-4 63 1-4 62 3-4 May . . 62 3-4 62 7-8 62 3-4 July . . 62 1-8 62 1-4 62 1-8 Oats. Dec. .. 49 1-8 49 1-8 48 3-4 May ..51 51 1-8 50 7-8 July .. 46 3-8 46 1-2 46 3-8 Mess Pork, per bbl. Jan. ..16 20 16 22 1-2 16 00 May ..16 40 .16 40 16 22 1-2 Lard, per 100 lbs. Jan. .. 9 32 1-2 9 32 1-2 - 9 25 May .. 9 47 1-2 9 47 1-2 9 42 1-2 Continued on Page Three.) Tbes8 tinr CAPSULES sre superior to Baisam or ucpaioa Cubebs or In lections, and RELIEVES in 24 HOURS the same diseases with out h' -"?!. ' Crude Turpentifie. - Distillers quote crude turpen- title as follows: S2L851 for4 dip and rirgin, and $1.85 for hard. -. ' - : . . For READY-TO-WEAR GOODS Try GEO. O. GAYLORD'S BIG DEPARTMENT STORE He sells Ladies' Tailored Net Waists that are . beautifully made up from $3.25 to 55.00. Ladies' tailored Skirts from $3.5 up to $9.00 each. A iniee assortment of Laties' Umder skirts, prices from $1.00 to $8.00 each. Ladies and children's Muslin underwear, erery kind and every price. Children's Gar ments from 10c each to Ladies' Sets to $10.00 a set. We also 'have the Flannellette Night Robes for Ladies and Children. CLOAKS OF EVERY KIND and prices to suit every customer. These garments are much cheaper than they were last season, they are 52 inches long and better lined and better made, and prices from $3.00 to $18.00 each. The Children's Bear Skin Cloaks in white and colors that we sold for $3.75 are now $2.50. Ladies Tailor made Suits that are new and pretty and we are offering them at special prices. We have a few splendid all wool Suits that are nicely limed up that I will sell for $9.50 per suit, and better suits as high as $15.00, $18.00 and $20.00 per suit. NEW FURS The Furs that are right in quality, new in style and very reasonable in price, as a rule Furs sell for big profit but I want to sell you your Thanksgiving Furs and will sell them very cheap. We have fur scarfs as low as' $1.00 each and long double fur scarfs, 48 inches long with three tails on each end, black aid brown, at $3.50 each. Of course we have better furs and muffs arid, scarfs, including the new style pillow muff from $3.00 to $20.00 each. 1 Ladies' and Children's Knit Underwear Department is com: plete In all sizes. We sell the Mentor as well as a great many other good brands. Blankets, Quilts and Comforts are all on dis play and ready to keep you warm. Remember the Big Store when you are in need of anything in the dry goods line. $ Nos. 208-210-212 N- Front St. GEO. O. GAYLORD, PROPRIETOR. i V ugmia iv6 uwbci vco its name, i v ) Belle of Virginia Rye deserves its name, and the name is certainly one of distinction and .old-time aristocracy. It's a whiskey we are proud of on account of its purity and high quality and its hosts of jfdmiriag friends who mil drink nothing else. "Belle of Virginia is a blend a scientific, uniform blend of pure, old goods. It's a whiskey with a flavor, and a fine, invigorating after-effect, long to be remembered by those who drink it. Try ;t and you will mi ke ro mistake. Sold at the places whe is gentlemen go to get a drink. J. & E. MAHONEY Portsmouth- Virdiaia TO GET VISIT US Our Comfort Shoes , never fail . to Z. bnnr comfort to; trbjdl feet. Twotyles and two leatners bli r. WE FIT THgElff.' ;L flofo ls the Time to Admtise in The Morning Star' i ) i t i t a ft