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r NEGRO RULE. Some Pertinent Questions by J Hon. F. M Simmons, for v ' Senator Pritchard. The Proof Cited of the Progress of Negro Ruiejhe Counties and Cities Named Where They do Role, and the Offices They Hold. Hon. Jeter C. Pritchard, Marshall, North Caroliaa: Sir: I am informed that in your speeches and vour statsment to the President asking; for Federal jtroops, you deny-there is any part of ! North Carolina under negro rule or domina tion. . , - i Now I desire to ask you some ques tions, and I infist that you Tfjill ans wer them over your own signature. 1st. Do you deny that! there is an$ g ro candidate,' running i for Congress in the Second Conarressionl district, . ' and that he is the regular nominee of the Republican party? j ' nd. Do you deny that there is a negro candidate running for Solicitor in the Second Judicial ; district,, and that he is the regular nominee pf the Republican party? ' f 3rd. Do you deny that there is a ne gro Collector of Customs at the port of Wilmington, that there are from fifteen to twenty five negro post masters in Eastern North Carolina, all of whomboth negro collector and negro postmasters were appointed by President McKinley withiyour approv al and consent? . f Pr" , 4th. Do you deny that the negro COLONEL; James H. Young, was until he resigned that position , to ac cept the . position as colonel of the Third Regiment of neo rc troodps, a director of the white Kind Asylum, and that he was appointed to that po sition by Governor Russell? "I 5th. Do you deny that this same ne gro colonel James H, Young, was, until he resigned to accept the position aforesaid, fertilizer inspector, with a big salary, and with white men 'work ing under him, and that he was ap pointed to that position by the fusion j Commissioner of Agriculture, at the I instance of Governor Russell? 6fh. Do you deny that 'there - is in the Fourth Collection district of North Carolina, a general store-keeper and guager, who is a negro, and who was appointed by Mr. Carl Duncan, the Republican Collector of that district, and your appointee and political man ager in the East? 7th. Do you deny that the register of deeds of Craven county' is negro, and that he was elected by thel Re publicans of that county? 8th. Do von deny that the' dep uties of this negro register of deeds, as well as three deputies pf the Re publican sheriff of Craven county, are negroes? 9th. Do you deny that the register of deeds of New Jianover i county is a negro, and that he was elected by the Republican party ? ' 10th. Do you deny that the present coroner of Craven county is a negro, and that one of the members of the Board of County Com misso ners is a negro, and that both were elected by the Republican party? J I i "- 11th. Do you deny that there are scores of negro constables and deputy sheriffs in New Hanover, Craven, Halifax, Edgecombe, Bertie, Warren and a number of other Eastern coun ties, all of whom were elected by the Republican party? ljstn. Lo you deny that there are FORTY negro magistrates in the county of New Hanover, and that they were all either appointed by the Fu sion Legislature of 1895, or elected by the Republican party? 13th. Do you deny that there are THIRTY-ONE negro magistrates in Edgecombe county, and that they were all either appointed by the Fusion Leg islature of 1895, or elected by the Re publican party ? 14th. Do you deny that there are SIXTEEN negro magistrates in Bertie county, and that they were all either appointed by the Fusion Legislature of 1895, or elected by the j Republican party ? 15th. Do you deny that there are TWENTY SEVEN -negro magistrates in Craven county, and that they were all either appointed by the FusiofiXiefir- islature of 1895, or elected! by th Re publican party? 16th. Do you deny that there are TWENTY-NINE negro magistrates in Halifax county, and that they were all either appointed by the Fusion Legis lature of 1895, or elected by Republi can partyf v T l " -l - 17th. ;Do you deny that there are SEVENTEEN negro magistrates in Greenville county, all of whom were either appointed by the Fusion Legis lature of 1895, or elected by the Repub lican party? . " 18th. Do you deny that there are SEVEN negro magistrates in Caswell county, and that they wer all either appointed by the Fusion Legislature of 1895, or elected by the Republican party? 19th. Do you deny that ,in various Eastern counties; there are negro mag istrates to the number 1 of nearly THREE HUNDRED, including those above specified, all either appointed by the Fusion Legislature of 1895, or elected by the Republican party? 20th. Do yjou deny that until your party, within the fait tea days re moved them from office for political effect, there were FOURTEEN negro policemen in the city of Wilmington, all of whom were appointed by the Re publican party? 21st. Do you deny that .one of th e members of the Finance Committee of Wilmington is a negro, appointed by the Republican party? T 22nd. Do you deny that there are negro policemen and negro alderman in the city of New Bern, all elected by the Republican party? 23rd. Do you deny that under the gerrymander of the Fusion Legisla ture of 1895, although there is a white majority in the town of IGreenville, your party so divided up the wards" in that town that the negro minority have FOUR members of the board of. aldermen, while the white majority have only TWO members of the board of alderman? l 24th. Do.you deny that there are THREE negroes running for the Legis lature in Edgecombe county, all of whom were nominated by the Repub lican party, and have been endorsed by the Fusion Populists? j - - 25th. Do you deny that there are TWO negroes running for the Legisla ture in Halifax county, both of whom were nominated by the Republican farty, and have been endorsed by the 'usion Populists? l , 26th. Do you deny that there are two negroes running for the Legislature in Granville county, and thai both were nominated by the Republican party? 27th. Do you deny that! there is a negro running for the Legislature in Vance county, one in Craven county, one in Pasquotank county, one in Northampton county, one in Warren county, and in several other Eastern counties, all of whom were nominated by the Kepubiican party i , 28th. Do you deny that the Republi can party has this year nominated in various counties in the East, negroes for register of deeds, treasurers, cor o ners, constables, county commission .era and magistrates? 29th. Do you deny that there are upon the Republican ticket in the county of Craven, a negro for the Leg islature, a negro for register -of deeds, a negro for treasurer, a negro for coro ner, a negro -for county commissioner and a negro for standard keeper, all of whom were nominated by the Repub lican party and are its regular candi dates, and that the white Republican candidates for sheriff and clerk in that county have promised the negroes, if elected, they will appoint negro depu ties? 30th. Do you deny that there are sev eral hundred negro school committee men in North Carolina, appointed by the Republican- party and having au thority over white as well as colored schools? . Now what constitutes negro domi nation or negro rule may be a ques tion of opinion or taste. What the people want to know is not what con stitutes negro domination, in, your opinion, but your unequivocal state ment of the facts with reference t6 negro office-holding in fhe East and negro candidates on the part of your party, so that they, as intelligent beings, may decide for themselves whether there is negro rule in Eastern Carolina. The Democratic people living, and the Democratic newspapers published, in the localities where these offices are held and candidates are running, have asserted and published, and I, as chair man of the Democratic party, have as serted and caused to be published, and do now assert, (either from personal knowledge, or from information ob tained from thoroughly trustworthy and reliable sources, duly verified), that negroes appointed or elected, by the Republican party, now hold the offices these questions represent them as holding and that negroes regularly nominated by the Republican party, are now candidates for the offices these questions represent them as be ing candidates to fill, and in view of the alleged statements, made as afore said by you, denying in general terms the fact of negro domination and of fice holding in Eastern North Caro lina, I call upon you to specifically answer, oyer your own signature, without evasion or equivocation, and upon your responsibility as a man and representative of the people in the United States Senate, the ques tions above propounded. Not one of them, but all of them. If you make denial of these ques tions, or any one of them, ' I ask that you will give the authority upon which you base that denial, and if you are not sufficiently informed as to the Tacts to enable you to answer cate gorically, I ask that you will inform yourself. Now, I desire'that you will answer me a few other questions, to wit: First. If there were in Madison county, where you reside, as there are now in New Hanover county- 40 negro magistrates, 14 negro policemen, a score of negro constables, a negro register of deeds, with negro deputies, a negro collector of customs, with negro dep uties, negro deputy sheriffs, negro al derman and negro finance committee men, would you say, as a man of hon- or, that Madison county was not ne groized? Second. If the Republican party in Madison county had nominated a ne gro for the Legislature, a negro for register of deeds, a negro for county treasurer, a negro for standard keeper, a negro tor constable, a white man for sheriff, who had promised to an poiat none but negro deputies, a white man for clerk of the superior court, who had promised to appoint a negro deputy clerk, as in Craven county, would you advise the white people of " "I - i . . - . . 1 . . . n maaison county to vote ior tnai ticsetf Third. In Craven county there are twenty-seven negro magistrates, three negro deputy sheriffs, a negro register of deeds, a score of negro consta bles; and if the ticket nominated by the Republicans in that county is elected, there would be in that county after the election, a negro member of .the Legislature, a negro register of deeds, with negro deputies, a ne- gro treasurer, a negro coroner, i negro on the board of commis sioners, all deputies in the sheriff's office : all deputies in the clerk of the Superior Court's office, negroes and this ticket nominated by the Republi can party in that county, will be elected, for out of the total vote of 4,300 in that county, there are 2,800 negro voters. Now, if there were as many office holding negroes in the county of Madison as there will be in Craven county after election, would you say, as a man of honor, that Madi son county did not have negro govern ment? i Fourth. If this number of neeroes holding office in the county does not constitute negro government in that county, will you please be kind enough to tell the people of North Carolina what number of negro office-holders you would consider necessary to con stitute negro government in a county m jxorin uaronna? Respectfully, F. M. Simmons. RETURNED FROM RALEIGH. Committee of Citizens Sent from Wil- mington to Confer With Gov. Russell-Nothing Divulged. JAr. James Sprunt, Mr. J. H. Chad be urn. Sr., E. K. Bryan. Esa.. and Rev. Peyton H. Hoge returned yester day from Raleigh, where they went to confer with Governor Russell in re gard to the political situation here, and urge that the Republicans put out no ticket, either county or Legislative, and that in view of the present bitter feeling between the races the ap pointment for Senator Pritchard and O. H. Dockery to speak here be called in. f. . While all four gentlemen declined to make any statement in regard to the result of their conference with the Governor, the Star reporter was given to understand that they were very well pleased. The fact of their conferences with the Governor Wednesday afternoon and until late Wednesday, night were published in the Star's Raleigh correspondence yesterday. A Star reporter was told last night that the -"committee had made a report of their trip to certain committees here and it would probably be made public Satur day. Russell and his gang seem to be thoroughly muddled and scarcely know their own minds. It will be seen from the Star's tele graphic dispatches this morning that Governor Russell has is sued a letter-in which he says that the Republicans of New Hanover propose to run Mr. B. F. Keith for the Senate and Mr. D. L. Gore and Capt. R. B. Davis for the House. Star readers will remember that Mr, Keith had a card in yesterday's paper declaring that he has withdrawn en tirely from politics and will not run for or accept any office. A reporter called on Mr. D. L. Gore last night and was told that the star could an nounce authoritatively that Mr. Gore will not be a candidate for the House and would not accept office if elected by any party. GOV. D. L. RUSSELL INDITES A LETTER. Refuses to Use His Influence To Avert a Calamity That May Cbst Many Lives. IS DEAF TO ALL APPEALS. Names Men as Candidates on the Repub lican Ticket in New Hanover Who Repudiate and Reject His j . Advances. Washington, October 27. -dCol. Jas. E. Boyd, assistant attorney' general, has returned to Washington from North Carolina. He will be here a short tiibe and return to take part in the red-hot political campaign in pro gress. He describes the fight as a des perate one.. The situation in North Carolina grows moro dangerous every day-5he following correspondence between a number of Wilmineton business men and Gov. Russell is made public, for the first time, and explains how seri ous the outlook is: y "Wilminaton. N. C.. Oct. 24. Hon. D. L. Russell. Raleiah. Nl C Dear Sir We have been deeply concerned duringthe past week by the very ex cited state of our inhabitants, in view of the approaching election which threatens to provoke a war between the white and black races. "We hane freauently observed dur ing political campaigns in the past a degree of hostility which, at times, ap peared to threaten the public peace, but which passed off when wiser coun sel prevailed ; but the present state of excitement is apparently really be yond bounds, and we declare to you our conviction that we are on the brink of a revolution which can only be averted by the suppression of a Re publican ticket. "The. white people ana tax-payers generally protest that they have been driven to desperation, and we have no hesitation in saying that even the usual indiscretion or political partisans on the next election day will precipi tate a conflict which may cost hun dreds, and perhaps thousands of lives, and the partial destruction of the city. "We. therefore, on behalf of the conservative business firms in Wil mington, deeply interested in the peace and welfare of our community, entreat you, as the representative of the Republican party here, to meet the emergency and avert a calamity by the means which we have indi cated, or by some other personal or oohtical saenhee, which would be gratefully recognized and approved by our conservative and patriotic people, who look to you in this ex tremity. "Respectfully, "Alkx. Sprunt & Son, - "John Wilder Atkinson, "J. H. Sloan, ' 'William' Gilchrist, - 4Corhett & Gore." Governor Russell's Reply. "Gentlemen The substance of your letter is that the Republican ticket of JNew Hanover county must be suppressed; that is, that the Repub lican voters of that county shall not vote the ticket of their party; that if thev do so. there will be revolution, a conflict which may cost hundreds and perhaps thousands of lives and the partial or utter destruction of the city. "Who constitute, who are the men on this Republican ticket? "The Republican convention of New Hanover county have not nominated a ticket. They propose to nominate a ticket that will be composed, with one exception, of white men. That ex ception is the register of deeds, a col ored man, who has held that office for two years, who I am informed and believe, is competent and has made a reasonably good officer and as to whom I have heard no complaint as to his official conduct. The Republicans propose, as I am informed, to vote for the following members of the Legis lature: For the Senate, B. F. Keith; for the House, D. L. Gore and R. B. Davis. "Now, who are these men? Mr. Keith is a reputable merchant of your city. , He was voted for by perhaps 90 per cent, of the Democrats of -your county in the last election as an elec tor on the Presidential ticket, and was elected bv the neonle of North Carolina by a majority of some 20,000. "Capt. R. B. Davis has been for many years a leading man in North Carolina. He has been one of the leaders of the Democratic par ty in the State. He has been elected by their votes, and has served as one of their most important men in the State Legislature. He is a gentleman of education and culture and an orator of distinction. He was also an elector for the State at large in the last Presidential election and was elected by the whole people of the State by some 20,000 majority. Mr. D. Li. (iore is a man of large property and of extensive business connections. As I understand it he has generally acted politically with the Democratic party until the election of 1896, when he voted for McKinley. All of these men are North Caro linians, as well connected, as capable and as closely associated with the business, social and material interests of the State, as any three men who could be found in any community. "Iam informed that the Republic cans of New Hanover are willing to J A 1 - 1 I 1 . . auopi sucn a iicxec ior county com missioners as will give the highest as surance of protection of property rights and of honest and economical county administration. 1 "You say the Republican ticket must be suppressed. Do you mean to suppress the Republican ticket, which will be not only to deny the Kepubli- cans of New Hanover the privilege of exercising their constitutional right to vote for members of the Legislature and county officers, but also deny them their right to vote for members of Con gress and judges and such State officers as are to be voted for in this election ? They would thus be deprived not only of their rights under the State consti tution but those secured to them under the United States constitution as well. Very truly yours, "D. L. Russell, Governor." Says Richmond is Safe. rucumona county is sure to vote a big majority for Democracy and white supremacy, so writes a prominent business man of Wilmington, who haS interests in that county and has been there for some time looking into the situation and says that he knows whereof he writes. The let: wjr was received nere yesterday by a fellow business man of this city. Mr. Peter W. Gauge, a native of Wilmington and son of the late Thos. F. Gause, died at the city hos pital yesterday afternoon; aged about 45 years. The funeral will be held this morning from the lodge at Oak dale, where the interment will be made. A HORRID SLANDER. The Most Infamous That Ever Appeared in Print in This State: The Alarmed Politicians are Trying to Break' the Force of it by Resort ing to Various Dodges, Bat They are Too Thin. The infamous assault on the white women of this State which appeared on the-18th of August in the Daily Record, the negro paper published in this city, has aroused a Storm of in dignation from one end of; the State to the other. We have received so many requests for copies of the Star, containing this article that we here with reproduce it in full, the accu racy of which is certified to by Col. John D. Taylor, Clerk of the Supe rior Court of New Hanover county, and by a number of our well-known business men. The article is headed : Mrs. Fel ton's Speech. "A Mrs. Felton. from Georgia, makes a speech before the Agricultural So ciety at Tybee, Ga., in which she advo cates lynching as an extreme measure. This woman makes a strong plea for wamanhood, and if the alleged crimes or rane were half so frequent as is oft- times reported, her plea would be wor thy of consideration. "Mrs. b elton, line many other so- called Christians, loses sight of the basic principle of the religion of Christ in her plea for one class of people as against another. If a missionary spirit is essential for the uplifting of the poor white girls, why is it? The m, . . , -i . . , The morals oi tne poor wnue peopie are on a par with their colored neigh bors of like conditions, and if any one doubts the statement let him .visit among them. The whole lump needs to be leavened by those who profess so much religion and showing them that the preservation of virtue is an essen tial for the life ot any people. "Mrs. H elton begins well for she ad mits that education will better protect the girls on the farm from the as saulter. This we admit and it should not be confined to the white any more than to the colored girls. The papers are filled often with reports of rapes of white women, and the subsequent lynching. of the alleged rapists. The editors pour forth volleys of aspersions X'nst all negroes because of the few may be guilty. If the papers and speakers of the other race would con demn the commission of crime because it is crime and not try to make it ap pear that the negroes were the only criminals, they would find their strongest allies in the intelligent ne groes themselves, and together the whites and blacks would root the evil out of both races. "We suggest that the whites guard their women more closely, as Mrs. Felton says, thus giv ing no opportunity for the human fiend, be he white or black. Yon leave your goods out of doors and then complain because they are taken away. Poor white men are careless in the matter of protecting their women, especially on farms. They are care less of their conduct toward them and our experience among poor white people in the country teaches us thai the women of that race are not any more par ticular in the matter of clandestine meet lags with colored men, than are the white men with colored women. Meet ings of this kind go on- for some time until the woman's infatuation or the man's boldness, bring attention to them and the man is lynched for rape. Every negro lynched is called a 'big, burly, Hack brute,' when in fact many of those who have tints been dealt with had white men for their fathers, and were not only not buck' and 'burly' hat were sufficiently attractive for white girls of culture and refinement to fall in love with them as is well known to all." "Mrs. Felton must begin at the fountain head if she wishes to purify the stream. "Teach ypur men purity. Let virtue be something more than an excuse for them to intimidate and torture a help less people. Tell your men that it is no worse for a black man to be inti mate with a white woman, than for a white man to be intimate with a colored woman. You set yourselves down as a lot of carping hypocrites; in fact you cry aloud for the virtue of your women while you seek to destroy the morality of ours. Don't think ever that your women will remain pure while you are debauching ours. Tou sow the seed the harvest will come in due time " the affidavit of the clerk. An eff ort has been made by some of the politicians to fool the people by representing that this slander was a Democratic trick or was gar bled, but the following affidavit from the Clerk of the Superior Court settles the question as to its accuracy:' North Carolina, Nbw Hanover County. I, John D. Taylor, Clerk of the Su perior Court of New Hanover county, do hereby certify that the foregoing is an accurate ana true copy of an edi torial in tne uaiiy necora, a paper. I published in tne city of Wilmington, of date Aug. 18, 1898.. "I further certify that said paper has been published in said city at least eight months prior to this date; that Alex- L. Manly, the editor, is a negro, is well known as a Republican ananas before this held the office of Deputy Register of Deeds of New Hanover county, by appointment from Charles W. Norwood, Republican Register Of Deeds, of New Hanover county. "I further certify that John Goins, business manager ; L. D. Manly, foreman; Jno. T. Howe, general traveling agent; and F. G. Manly, general manager, are all negroes, ana are known as Republicans and the said Jno. T. Howe was a Republican Rep resentative from. New Hanover county in the Legislature of 1897. Witness my hand and seal this August 24th, 1898. John D. Taylor, Clerk Superior Court of New Han over Co. Who Manly Is. As the Kepubiican politicians in this county could not call this as sault a Democratic trick, or say it was garbled, they tried to break tne force of it by repudiating the paper as ar party organ and charac terizing the editor as a "simpleton" who represents no one bnt himself. The following affidavit from a num of business men of Wilmington testi fies to the accuracy of the published Blander, tells who Manly and his as sociates on the Record are and shows that Manly was not regarded as a simpleton, or a nobody before he - s startled the bosses by the publica tion of that awful article: CITIZENS TESTIFY. B. G. Worth, of the Worth Co. ; R. W. Hicks, wholesale grocer; C. E. Borden, president of Navassa Guano ! Co. ; W. L. DeRosset, commander of j N. C. Division Confederate Veterans, ; and John C. Springer, of the firm of 1 W. E. Springer ct Co., each being amy swuru sy uj uc uu icau luo foregoing paper, and that the said is tv AtAiitMirk avirl tciia vvtr at" on cxA i 1 , - 1 1 1 .1 1 m cllllAL nvo OUU W lw WMJ vt au uu I torial in the Daily Record of the date j August 18th, 1898; that said paper, the Daily Record has been published in j the city of Wilmington" at least eight i monins prior iu luis uue, turn Liex. L. Manly, the editor thereof, is a negro, is well known as a Republican and has held the position of Deputy Register of Deeds in New Hanover county under the Republicans. Affiants further say that John N. Goins, business manager, L. D. Manly, foreman, John T. Howe, general trav elling agent, and F. G. Manly, general manager, are all negroes, and Repub licans, and the said John T. Howe was a Republican Representative from New Hanovjfc county in the Legislature of 1897. W. L. DeRosset, , John C. Springer, B. G. Worth, . " R. W. Hicks, Chas. E. Borden. State of North Carolina County of New Hanover. Personally appeared before me, Wm. L. DeRossett, B. G. "Worth, John C. Springer, R. W. Hicks and Charles E. Borden, shown to me to be the persons they represent them selves to be, and made oaths that the above statement is correct to the best of their knowledge and belief. John Tttrrentine, Notary Public. MORE NEGRO SCOUNDRELISM. Black Beasts Attempt to- Outrage the Young Daughter of a Respectable Farmer. HER FATHER SWEARS TO I Attacked On the Public Highway in Bruns wick County While Returning From Sunday School Her Screams Saved Her Prom a Pate Worse Than Death. Joseph Gore is an honest and re spectable farmer of the county of Brunswick poor in this world's goods, but esteemed by his neighbors. He has a wife and children, and there is a church and Sunday school near his home which are attended by his family. But he lives in a township where the negroes outnumber the whites more than three to one. This, coupled with the fact, no doubt, that Brunswick county is under Republican-Fusion rule, emboldened two beastly negroes to make an attempt to outrage a young girl on the public road as narrated in the' following affi davit: STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, County of Brunswick. Personally appeared before me, Geo. H. Bellamy, a Justice of the Peace for Town Creek township, Brunswick county-. Joseph Gore, who, being duly sworn, state: "Some days ago ay daughter, aged 15 years, was returning from Sunday School, accompanied by her little brother, aged 18 years, about 8 o'clock in the afternoon. When about a quarter of a mile from home, two negro boys, aged about 16 to 18 years, ran after my daughter, with their coats turned over their heads to conceal their identity, and attempted to take hold of her, and doubtless would have placed their unholy hands on her person; and had it not been for hen- screams would have doubtless accomplished their puxpose. This was done in Town Creek township, in broad daylight. The villains have not yet been detected. Signed, "JOSEPH GORE. Signed and sworn to before me this 19th day of 'September, A. D., 1896. GEO. K BELLAMY, J. P. White men of Brunswick county, can you stand that? Is there one left in the borders of your county who will not now vote against every can didate who consorts with negroes, and who is dependent on them for elec tionf Has it come to this, that your daughters cannot attend church or Sunday school without having a body-guard to protect them from the lustful black brutes who roam through your county? Rise in your might, white men of Brunswick. Assert your manhood. Go to the polls and help stamp out the last vestige of Republican-Populist-Negro Fusion. CONTEMPTIBLE PIE HUNTERS." This Is What Butler Called Those Who Favored Co-Operation in 1897. Here is what Marion Butler said in his paper, the Caucasian, in Feb ruary, 1897: "The co-operation of the Populists and Republicans in this State has been a dismal and disastrous failure. Only the contemptible pie-hunters see any good in it." If you do hot. believe Marion But ler's paper said this, ask him whether it did or not. He dare not deny it. If "co-operation" had no "good In it" in 1897, is there "any good in ltjf in 1898, when Negro Domination is staring ub in the face? . What Marion Butler said in the Caucasian in 1897, is exactly what every decent white man in North Carolina believes now. The white men of Wilmington should go right on with their cam paign work just as if they knew a full Republican ticket would be at the' polls on election day. Take nothing for granted. "Be watchful and be ware. " en.. The British steamship Evan dale cleared yesterday for Bremen with a cargo- of cotton, consisting of 12,720 bales.' The vessel and cargo were by Jno. H. Sloan & Co. 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Nats. 1,500 Pounds Mixed Nuti. 6.000 Pounds New Raisins. 740 Barrels Flour. 25 Barrels Annies. 26 Tubs G. E. Butter. 176 Boxes Crackers. 800 Bags Shot. 590 Keg Nails. r 100 Pic Nic Cbeese. 150 Cases Sardines. W. B. Cooper, Wholesale Grocer. ao 20 tf Wilmington. N. C Wanted at Once. YOUR ORDERS FOB GROCERIES. We handle the Best Quality of Staple Groceries and give special attention to Orders by Mail. Prompt Shipments and Lowest Prices Guaranteed. V SEND US AN ORDER OR WRITE FOR PRICES. MeNAIR & PEARSALL, semf 819. 821 and 838 Nutt street. S. P. McHAIR, Wholesale Grocer, North Water Street. OFFER! FLOUR. RIB SIDES. D. S. PLATES. PURE LARD FOR SALE LARD COMPOUND. STAR LYE. MENDELSON'S LYE, TOMSON'S LYE. CRACKERS. PIC-NIC CHEESE. ' SUGAR. COFFEE. Rust Proof Oats. September Mullets. se 1 tf For Sale. One Car-Load Mixed Corn at Less Than Market Price. 200 Boxes Tobacco. I 00 Bags Coffee. 1 00 Boxes Dried Apples. and fall line ot other goods at Bottom Prices. SAMUEL BEAR, Sr., 0C9tf 12 Market street Carpets and Mattings. SPECIAL PRICES THIS WEEK. One hundred remnants in Matting to close out less than cost, from 8 to 18c per yard. Good heavy Matting from 10 to 25c. AJ1 grades and styles at bot tom prices We have about 160 rolls on hand, bought at auction for the spot cash. Our Carpets are by far oheaper than ever before. Good Hemp Carpet, seven e:ghths of a yard wide, at 11c per yard. Hemp Carpet, one yard wide, at 12ic. Nice pretty Bag Carpet at 16c. Nice pretty Carpet, one yard wide, at 20c. Our 25c line is beautiful and thick. Our Wool Carpets are 83, 39 and SO cents. We can please and save you at least one-fourth of the Uarpet cut to nt and made on request, Thread 3 to 5c. We handle a big line of fine Window Shades, spring rollers and fixtures complete, 25, 35 and 50c. Lace Curtains from 45c up to $1.98 a pair. Cur tain .Poles all lengths. Trimmings ot We can Save on your bed covering. Blankets from lijankets are beautiful. The lU-i nve Tne 11-4 six pounds, very best Blanket, Comforts and Quilts of all kinds. Spreads 10-4 hemned. nice clean each ; 9-4 Sheets hemmed, for 45: : 10-4 hem-stitched, at 12fc. Large Huck Towels, all linen, 38x18 inches, at 12ic. Beautiful Damask Linen Towels at 18 and 26c, special. Verv fine TurWi'si, xoweis, 4i incnes long, witn innge, at come to 1 Wilmington's Big Racket Store CEO. O. oc30tf BUTTONS For "White Government Clubs" Wholesale and Retail; SCHOOL BOOKS, Scliool S-cLrpls ScIlooI TP-it -r-ri atrd Te LARGEST STOCK. LOWEST PRICES. C. W. ' 'v. a 4 tt or Furniture of any kind would be folly for you when we are selling Furniture of all grades at Kock Bottom Prices. A Handsome Line of TOILET SETS 1 opened to-day. Each and every day new goods are arriving from the best factories in the United States. BEHIND THE TIMES Oil A SOFA i Remember, we have the Stock and the Prices, and Solicit Your Trade. Polite attention to all. THE SITsTEIEIID oc 21 tf Now is TO MAKE 0 UR DEPOSITS IN THE Wilmington Sayings and Trust Company. All Deposits made on or before November 1st, begin TO DRAW INTEREST from date at Rate of 4 Per Cent. Per Annum. Statement of ATLANTIC NATIONAL BANK, Wilmington, N. C. At the close of Business Sept. 90th, 1896. Condensed from Report to Comptroller. RESOURCES. I.oaii 1638,485 52 Overdrafts 453 37 U. 8. 4 per cent. Bonds (at par) 95,600 00 Banking House and Fixtures . . 10,000 Oo Due from other Banks ..... Ji 33,778 02 Cash on hand 77,717 73811,496 75 Total 9956,034 64 COMPARATIVE Sept. ....... Total Deposits Surplus and Net Profits Dividends paid- per cent, per annum Last Instalment of Capital paid In October. 1892. October 1st ever put on foot in this city. The stock of Velvets. Brussels, Ingrains, All Wool, Half Wool, Ac. Also, Moquette, Fur, and Smyrna Rugs. Floor oilcloth, Hatting, window snaaes. Lace curtains, uurtam roies, uoor mats, Hassocks, &c Come early and Secure Bargains. - It's the Chance of a Life Time. They are Going to be Sold without hesitation. Out of town orders solicited. Bear In mind we still keep a run stock or dress goods and kotiojns most Kespectruiiy, OC2tf ANNOUNCEMENT. We now have the Agency here for the fol owing staple lines of SHOES. The Celebrated W. L Douglass Gents' Fine Footwear. The Val Drettenhoper & Sons' Ladles' Fine Footwear. John Mundell's . Children's School Shoes We have Just received fresh shipments of these excellent good, all of which are strictly UP-TO-DATE in Style and Finish. No com ment upon the quality of these goods Is neces sary. We simply ask EVERYBODY to buy a pair. This would give us the best advertise ment In the world, because every pair 1b Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction. Look at what we have, before buying else where please. We can save you money. Respectfully, MERGER & EVANS, 86 4 tf , ; ' t, Skin Diseases. For the speedy and permanent- care of tetter, salt rheum and eczema "'bam berlain'a Eye and Skin Ointment is without an equal . It relieves the itch-! ing and smarting almost instantly ana its continued use effects a permanent cure. It also cures itch, barber's itch, scald head, sore nipples, itching piles, chapped hands, chronic sore eyes and granulated lids. Pr. Cady's Condition Powders for horses are the beat tonic, bloo? purifier and vermifuge. Price, 26 cents Soldbj for sale b R. R. BELLAMY fet 1 tf DruggH, ; '. . ' you on Carpets price. We have your room measured, carpet raper trom 6 to 4c. Carpet all Kinds. You Money 49c to $4.25 a pair. Our fine Wool pound all wool .Blankets at $3.25 net at $4.Za. " new eroods. from 48. 59. 75c an to $2 sn Sheets hem red. at 50c. Pillo w CWc iuc. JNice large Towels at 5c. for Bargains in Every Line. CAYLORD, Prop. Opposite the Urton Jlotel. YATES & CO., j . - WILMINGTON, N. c. Second and Market Streets. the Time i F' OC 89 tf LIABILITIES. Capital .fUMOO 00 surplus 170,000 oo Undivided profits 12,600 78 83,600 73 Circulation 2 40,500 00 U. B. Deposits f 5U.0OU w Other Deposits 657,933 91 70",W33 91 total .. .1956 034 6 STATEMENT: 20, 96. (469,000 67,500 Sept. 20, '97. (594,000 70,500 Sept. 20, '98. fro7.ooo (2,600 se 30 tt IS THE BEGINNING OF THE LARGEST CLEARING SALE OF CAEPET 0 No. 18 MARKET STREET. It's Moving Time Now. And when you sidrt to take down THAT OLD STOVE you may Und out that it HAS. SEEN ITS BEST DAYS. It has been a good Stove, maybe, and done good service, but its usefulness is over , NOW. YOU NEEDN'T HESITATE as to where to buy the next. Oo where the ASSORTMENT is LARGEST. Go where Cooking Stoves and all other kinds of Stoves are y MADE A SPECIALTY Remember the big run wc ma on Stoves last Christmas, don't you? Go Where Experience Has Taught You Smallest Profits Are Asked. I a rln Other Words, Go SfcYV. HURGHISONS, OR TON B UILDING. se37 tf WIRE NAILS. 300 kegs Wire Nails. 1200 kegs Cut Nails. Also, Fish, Corn, Meat. Peanuts, Cheese, Crackers, Canned Goods, Tobacco, Snuff, Molasses, Sugar, Coffee, Seed Wheat, Seed Rye and other goods. P. L. GORE. do WITS Y V
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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