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ht WSxtkla jfctr. LABOR SITUATION. White Labor Bureau Committee's Highly Satisfactory Meeting Last Night. BUSINESS MEN ARE UNITED For a Complete Change to White La borersWhite Men Gladly Doing the Work Successful Expert- Beats ia Various Lines. If there is a man in Wilmington who doubts that the movement to sub stitute white for, colored labor in this city will prove successful, he should have attended the meeting of the com mittee to co-operate with the White Labor Bureau, held in the office of the Merchants' Association last night, and he could but haye been convinced of his error. . An especially encouraging feature of the meeting was a report of a very general canvass of the leading employers of labor, including merchants,- manufacturers, contractors, railroads, etc. , as to attitude of the seve ral firms in the matter of substituting white for colored laborers. The re port developed the fact that out of the entire list, there were only three firms who are not in hearty accord with the movement and making the change as fast as possible, every one as suring the committee that the change is very much more satisfactory than the most $anguiae hopes they bad enter tained before making the experiment. The meeting last night was presided over by Mr. H. C. McQueen. Commit teemen present were Mr. Hugh Mac .RaeJfr: J. O. Stevenson, Mr. Walter Parsley, Capt. T. D. Meares. Mr. Marcus Jacobi, Mr. W. H. Northrop, Jr., Mr. H. L. Miller, Mr. E. P. Bailey, MrQ. W. Polvogt, Mr. J. C.Bpringer, Mr: Gabriel Holmes and Mr. P. L. Bridgers. Chairman McQueen announ ced the addition of Messrs. Thos W. Ciawsou, William J. Martin and B. W. Vincent to the committee, There was a general discussion of the labor situation , in which Messrs. Hugh McRae, J. C, Stevenson, M. W, Jacobi and P. L. Bridgers were among the principal speakers. In speaking of the work being: ac complished by the Labor Bureau, Mr. MacRae said that very many white men have been provided posi tions. White people are coming to the city from every direction, and there is no trouble in finding a good " white laborer for every negro dis charged. One thousand vacancies could be filled in thirty days, if they should occur. People from all parts of the country are writing to the Bureaus seeking employment and de sirous M locating here. . . Mr. MacRae asserted that all that is needed now is for all the business men to support the white labor movement heartily and persistently, as there is every indication that they will do. Successful experiments in the matter of white labor in the cotton compresses have just been .-.made with every promise that the substitution will be . extended to all departments just as fast as possible. White men are being secured to truck the bales of cotton and --even work down in the holds of the ships which take on cargoes of cotton the character of work which it was thought above all others, would be most difficult to replace with white labor. These experiments have, been made with small squads of men, and many positions of this kind are avail able just as fast as white men are found to take them. Mr. H. L. Miller, of m vassa - Guano Works, in to, the substitution of white the Na referring labor in that establishment, said that progress was being made. The changes are be ing made just as fast as men can be found who will take the work. The trouble has been that houses could not be provided for white (the firm provides homes for all men em ployeres) inasmuch as negroes now at work could not be ejected until the white men substituted prove their efficiency and "stickativeness.1' He now has however a vacant house of four rooms in which he proposes to temporarily quarter a number additon al of white men. On motion of Mr. MacRae, the chair Iman was requested to appoint a com mittee of three gentlemen to wait upon the contractors of the city and urge that more preference be shown white carpenters, painters and other skilled artisans. - Mr. Hugh MacRae and Chairman H. C. McQueen were .also requested to prepare and cause to be published in the city papers an address, present ing the white labor movement in its true light, giving the progress made, plans for future work and the operation needful to arouse the great est degree of success. This will be done at an early date. A Very Kind Offer. in addition to the very generous offer of Mr. F. H. Busbee, of Ra letgh, to tender his legal services to the citizens of Wilmington in the event any of them should be prose cuted tor any occurrence tnat may have taken place here during or after the election. Mavor Waddell has also received a similar very kind letter from B. F. Long, Esq., a prominent and influential attorney of States yille, N. C. Mayor Waddell and the citizens or Wilmington at large very freailv annNunou thoa. AvnMflMAnB j " V u uu m .... wuv&ct v. i osawf thtany Federal interference will be attempted. This, however, does not in the least lessen the appreciation of such generous offers by a people which are nothing if not grateful. Bncklen'i Arnica Salve. The Best balve in the world for puts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Kheum, Fever, Sorav.Tetter, Chapped Hands, ChUblains,,Corns, and all Skin Options, and positively cures Piles or no pay retired. ' It is guaranteed pve perfect satisfaction or money M Price 25 cents per box. For by B, R. Bellamy. r ' .'If i ': :. : '-J. : - BOARD OF DIRECTORS ! Of The Eastern Carolina Truck and Fruit Growers As- sociation. i MET IN THIS CITY YESTERDAY. They Are Working Toward the Perfecting of adequate Transportation Ar. rangements For the Next Crop. ' Business Transacted. The Board of Directors and the Exe cutive Committee of the Eastern Caro lina Truck and Fruit Growers' Associ ation are using all diligence in the matter of preparation for handling the coming fruit crop, the marketing of which will commence early in April. There were important meetings of both the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors- yesterday in the parlors of The Orton, during which business pertaining to transportation were the principal matters considered. The Executive Committee met at 10 A. M. and adjourned to wait upon the railroad authorities in regard to trans portation matters, so that they might report to the subsequent meeting of the Board of Directors. The latter body assembled daring the afternoon and received a partial report from the Executive Committee. President W. L. Hill, of Warsaw, presided, and Secretary C. M Stein metz, of Rose Hill, was in attend ance. Other members present were Vice President J. S. Westorook, Treasurer S. H. Strange; J. A. Brown and G. S. Beid, Chad bourn; J. H. Moore, Burgaw; J. T. Armstrong and Dr. E Porter, Rocky Point; J. A. Westbrook, Mount Olive; P. Boney, Magnolia; J. W. Fussell, Rose Hill; Dr. Geo. F. Lucas, Currie. The report of the committee which conferred with the railroad authori ties was received, and inasmuch as several matters of agreement between the com pany and the association are still pending, the matter was left open for a future meeting. Mr. S.;H. Strange, of Fayetteville, Treasurer, tendered his official bond of $1,000, which was accepted. The only other matter of general interest acted upon was the adoption of the Carolina Truck and Fruit Growers Journal, soon to be issued in this city, as the official organ of the Association. It is expected that the initial number of the paper will be is sued probably Saturday of this week under the editorial management and proprietorship of Mr. D. B. Harnly and Editor Whitehead of the Mittiuq and Lumber Journal. Work of the Association. In conversation with a STAB repre sentative yesterday afternoon Mr. J. A Brown, of Chad bourn, who is one of the most prominent members of the association, said that it is esti mated that it .will require fully 1,000 refrigerator cars to carry the straw berries and other fruits and vegeta bles grown in this section during the coming season to tne JNortuern mar kets. Indications are, that by far the heaviest crop ever grown in this sec tion will be produced. And one of the principal objects of the associa tion is to procure the very best possi ble transportation service, both for promptness and refrigerating, at the lowest cost to the growers. This is the third year of .the associa tion's existence and the second year under the present organization, and Mr. Brown i well pleased with the work already accomplished and is confident that the organization will prove a powerful factor in the devel opment of the vast trucking and fruit growing resources of this section resources which are not rivalled and are scarcely equalled anywhere ia the United States. Mr. Brown said yesterday that it will be probably February before the per manent office of the association will be opened in this city. Iu the meantime every attention possible is being i corded the truckers of the association who are now shipping lettuce the principal truck product now being marketed. r There will be another meeting of the Board of Directors of the associa tion within the next week or ten days. NEGROES CONTINUE TO LEAVE. Many Going North and Others and South The Substitution White Labor a Cause. West of The exodus of negroes from this city seems to continue without abatement. A. member of the stab staff was told yesterday by a railroad official I who is in a position to know,, that from six to a dozen negroes buy tick ets and leave here daily over the At lantic Coast Line alone. Eight 1 groes bought tickets to New York, via Newbern, yesterday. A majority of those who leave go to . New York and other Northern cities. Some go West and South. A large number of others leave the city on tickets sent to them by relatives. The thorough scare they received during the recent race trouble and the present crusade by business men for the substitution of white for col ored labor are the causes of the exodus. A great many white people are com ing to the city in. the stead of these outgoing negroes, so that in the opinion of conservative business men the population conditions are being very much improved, with little or no loss and possibly a gam in numbers. An Enterprising Druggist. There-are few men more wide awake and enterprising than R. R. Bellamy, who spares no pains to secure the best of everything in MB line ior nis many customers, tie now nas tne valua ble acencv for Dr. King's New Dis covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. This is the wonderful remedy that is producing such a furor all oyer the country by its many startling cures. It absolutelv cures Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all affec tions of the Throat, Chest and Lungs. Call at above drug store and get a trial bottle free, or a regular size for 50 cents and $1.00. Guaranted to cure or price refunded. t GEORGIANS CREER THE PR IDENT. Notable Utterance by Mr. McKin- ley in his Speech at the Peace Jubilee. CAUSED GREAT SENSATION. Gen. Wheeler and Others Made Short Speeches Southerners Eager to Greet McKinley Receptions ad Festivities. By Telegraph to the Horning Star. Atlanta, Qa., December 15. President McKinley made memorable the first day of the Atlanta Peace Jubi lee by a notable utterance in his speech before the joint session of the Georgia Legislature this afternoon. His recep tion by the General Assembly was warm and hearty in the extreme, and his speech was punctuated with fre quent outbursts of cheering. It is ad mitted on all sides that the address Marked an Epoch ia History. Upon the President's arrival at the Capitol he was greeted with a field artillery salute and was at once escorted to the Governor's office. There a shortanformal reception took place. Upon its conclusion the President was conducted to the Assembly chamber. where he occupied the Speaker's chair, with G-overnor Candler on his rie-bt. When President Dodson of the Senate called the , Legislature to order. the galleries were thronged with men and women. The body of the chamber was well filled with State Senators and Assemblymen, while the uniforms of the various ameers and the Governor's staff gave a touch of bril liant color to the gathering. On the first row sat Secretaries Gage, Long. Wilson, and Smith and Secretary Porter. Beside the Speaker's desk and below the President Generals Wheeler, Lawton and Young in full uniform sat on chairs. The Speaker rapped for silence and introduced the President to the audience, after congratulating' the State of Georgia upon the presence of their distinguished guests. As the President rose the audience applauded. During she course of his short speech Mr. McKinley referred to his notes and constantly paused for the cheers to stop. A scene of intense enthusiasm followed when amid im pressive silence these words fell from the lips of the President: Tributes to American Valor. "Every soldier's grave made during the unfortunate civil war is a tribute to American valor. And while, when those graves were made we differed widely about the future of the govern ment, those differences were long ago settled by the arbitrament of arms, and the time has now come, in the evolu tion of sentiment and feeling, under the providence of God, when in the spirit of fraternity we should share with you in the care of tne graves of the Confederate soldiers." A wild cheer went up from every throat ia the typical Southern auasV ence, a cheer that? echoed and reached through the chamber until it was taken up by the crowds outside. Old men who fought for the south, rose from their seats and waved their hats. One Confederate veteran, now a venera ble legislator, had passed forward until he was leaning against the Speaker's "desk, banging on each word the President uttered. When the reference was made to the Con federate-dead, this old. man buried his head in his arms and while the cheers rang out, cried like a little child. Of all the many conciliatory speeches which have been made since Grant said: "Let there be peace," nothing has more deeply stirred a Southern audience than the simple words of President McKinley this afternoon. President McKinley's Speech. The President spoke as follows: ''Sectional lines no longer mar the unity of the United States. Sectional feeling no longer holds back the love we bear each other. Fraternity is the national anthem, sung by a chorus of forty-five States and our territories at home and beyond the seas. The Union is once more the Atlas of our love and loyalty, our devotion and sacrifice. The old flag again waves over us in peace, with new glories which your sons and ours have this year added to its sacred folds. What cause we have for rejoicing is saddened only by the fact that so many of our brave men fell on the field or sickened and died from hardship and exposure, and others. returning, bringing wounds and dis ease from which they will long suffer. The memory of the dead will be a pre cious legacy and the disabled will be the nation s care. 'A nation which cares for its dis abled soldiers, as we have always done, will never lack defenders. The national cemeteries for those who fell in battle are proot tnat tne oeaa, as well as the living, have our love. What an army of silent sentineis we have, and with what loving care their graves are kept. "Every soldiers grave made during our unfortunate civil war is a tribute to American valor. And while when those graves were made we differed widely about the future of this gov ernment, the differences were long ago settled by the arbitrament of arms, and the time has now come in the evolution of sentiment and feel ing, under the providence of God, when, in tne spirit or fraternity, we should share with you in the care Of the graves of the Confederate soldiers. "The cordial feeling now happily existing between the North and South prompts this gracious act, and if it needed further justification it is found in the gallant loyalty to the Union and the flag so conspicuously shown in the year just passed by the sons and grand-sons of these heroic dead. - .; "What a glorious future awaits us, if unitedly, wisely aud bravely, we face the problems now pressing upon us, determined to solve them for right and humanity 1" Geo. Wheeler's Speech. No sooner had President McKinley concluded before there were loud cries for Wheeler, and when the little man got up his head scarcely higher than the Speakers desk, the audience once more gave vent to wild enthusi- . -a t t- 1 m . asm. uenerai w neeier reierrea euio gistically to the efforts '; of the President towards preserving peace as long as the country's honor would permit such efforts and his masterful policy afterward was in evitable. General Wheeler paid a tribute to Admiral Dewey and added: "The army in conjunction with the navy, was ordered to attack and de stroy the Spanish forces at Santiago. In four weeks that order was obeyed and its purposes accomplished. The proud Spanish nation stood suing for peace from the nation which a month before it had held up to ridicule and scorn." Calls for Brigadier General Young brought that officer to his feet with a short speech regarding the conditions of the army camps in the South. He said that no troops in the world were better fed and treated than were the troops in South Carolina and Georgia. General Lawton was loudly cheered, but refuted to make a speech. He i simply thanked, on behalf of his men at San tiago, the legislature and peo ! pie of Georgia for theirtribute to him self. . - 'J - Secretary Alger refused to speak, and the Legislature dissolved. The President held a private recep tion in the Senate and afterwards a public reception on the steps of the rotunda. There hundreds of Southerners crushed and jostled each other, in their anxiety to shake a Northern President's hand. Many had come from miles distant, when at 2:15 P. M. the President left the capitol, there were still hundreds bitterly dissapointed because they had not been able to make their way through the surging throng to get a second hold on his hands. The day's festivities included a unique floral parade which was re viewed by the President and a recep tion to-night to the distinguished guests at the Capitol City Club. To-night the members of the Capital City Club opened their Club House to the President and Mrs. McKinley and the guests of the city. The occas ion was notably brilliant, The receiv ing party consisted of a number of At lanta's women and a large number of club members. The decorations were flags and American beauty roses. Thelate arrivals to-day were Hon. Evan Settle, of Kentucky, who will speak in the place of Congressman Baily, Richmond P. Hobson and Miss Hobson, and Governor Voorhees, of New Jersey". (JEN. FITZ LEE IN HAVANA. Appointed Governor of the Province. U. S. Troops Arriving Greeted . With Cheers. By Cable to the Morning Star. . Havana, Dec. 18. The United States transport Panama; with Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and his staff on board, entered the harbor this morning. General Lee was informed by a correspondent of the Associated Press of his appointment as Governor of the Province or Havana, He said be was much gratified, but had only wished for a military command. The general added that he is simply in command of his soldiers, that his duty is to preserve life and property, and that he proposes to do so with equal justice to Cubans, Spaniards and persons of all other nationalities. General Lee added that he had nothing to do with the establishment of any sort of gov ernment, that his duties were confined to flying the flag of peace and order. The headquarters of General Lee will be established at Quemado Camp, Marainao. Many prominent personal friends called on the General when he arrived here, including General Greene and Captain Chad wick of the United States cruiser New York. Later in the day, General Lee and his staff accompanied by General Greene in the tug Britannia started for Vedado, where he reported to General Wade. Thence General Lee went on horse back to Quemado Camp. A battalion of the Tenth infantry was landed from the United States transport Saratoga to-day and march ed with band playing and flags flying, to Marianao. The soldiers were fol lowed by crowds of people. At every street corner Spanish troops were stationed. There was some enthusi asm in the Cecro suburbs. The troops which arrived here on the Michigan and Panama are all Well. The transport Florida also arrived to-day with the Eighth regular in fantry and is discharging quarter master's stores at the pier of San Jose. The Michigan and Panama will s land their troops to-morrow morning. They will march to the Quemado camp at Marianao. General Lee's presence has provok ed numerous demonstrations, though he has sedulously tried to avoid them. He ate luncheon to-day at the hotel Trotcha with Generals Wade, Greene and Clous and leaving there-this after noon he passed with his escort through Cerro. a suburb of Havana, where the ladies waved American flags and threw flowers. The crowds along his route cheered enthusiastically. At Marianah his reception was equally enthusiastic. La Lucha announces that General Lee proposes to treat Cubans, Span iards and all 'Other nationalities with equal justice. This has created a great reaction among Spanish residents favorable to General Lee, the hope being everywhere expressed that he will act up to La Lutha's assertion. aiOO Reward, $1 00. The readers of this paper will be. ol eased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh be ing a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Ca tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de stroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and as sisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of Testi monials. Address. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 76c. Hall's Family PiUs are the best, t Bow to Look Good. j. Good books are really more than skin deep, depending entirely On a healthy condition of all the vital or gans. If the liver is inactive, you have a bilious look; if your stomach is dis ordered, you have a dyspeptic look; if your kidneys are affected, you have a pinched look. Secure, good health and you will surely have good looks. "Electric Bitters'4' is a good Alterative and Tonic. Acts directly on the stomach, liver and kidneys, purifies the blood, cures pimples, blotches and boils, and gives a good complexion. Every bottle guaranteed. Sold at R. R. Bellamy's Drug Store. 50 cents per bottle. EXPORTS FOR THE WEEK. o FOREIGN. Barbadoes Schr Emma Knowlton 295,546 feet lumber, 132,150 shingles, valued at $4,575, Kidder Lumber Co. Cape Hayti 1,225.79 feet Rough and 109,179 feet dressed yellow pine lumber, valued at $3,445.31, by Chad bourne Lumber Co. Bremen Br steamship Kassala 14.495 bales cotton, 7,058,666 pounds, valued at $405,873; vessel and cargo by Alex Sprunt & Son. COASTWISE. Boston Schr Gem 398,000 feet lumber, cargo by Hilton Lumber Co, vessel by Geo Harriss, Son & Co. Belief In Six Honrs. Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis eases relieved in six hours by "New Great South American Kidney Cure." It is a great surprise on account Of its exceeding promptness in relieving pain in bladder, kidneys and back, in male or female. Relieves retension of water almost immediately. If you want quick relief and cure this is the remedy. Sold by B. B. Bellamy, Druggist Wilmington, N. C, corner Front and Market streets. ' f ' . - r - -. COMMERCIAL. WILMINGTON MARKET. STAB OFFICE, Dec. 8. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market firm at 362 cents per gallon for machine-made casks and 36 cents for country casks with no sales. KOSIN Market firm at 97 cents PMwrelStrained and fl.62 for TAR Market quiet at $1.10 per bblof 280 lbs. . CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1,30 per 'barrel for Hard. $8.00 for Dip, and $2.00 for Yirgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 30X29c; rosin, dull, $1.15, $1.20; tar firm, $1.05; crude turpentine steady, $1.40, RECEIPTS. . Spirits turpentine 55 Rosin 167 Tar 150 Crude turpentine . . . 17 receipts same day last year. 98 casks spirits turpentine, 273 bbls rosin, 247 bbls tar, 00 bbls crude turpentine. OOTTOW. Market firm on a basis of Sc per S)und for middling. Quotations: . roinary 2 11-16 cte lb Good Ordinary . 4 1-16 ' , " Low Middling 4 11-1 " " Middling.... SU " " w iniacuing o z-i Same day last year middling 5 He Receipts 1,364 bales ; same day last year, 3,006. OOUICTBT PRODUCT. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 45 to 55c per bushel of 28 pounds: extra prime, 60c; fancy, 65c. Virginia Extra prime, 65c ; fancy, 70c ; Spanish, 7080c. CORN Firm : 43 to 47J cents per bushel. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide-' water) 90c$1.10; upland, 6580c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. N. O.. BACON Steady ; hams 12 to 13c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c; sides, 7 to 8c. SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2.251 six-inch. $2.25 to 3.25; seven-inch, $5.50 to 6.50. TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to 9.60 per M STAR OFFICE, Dec. 9. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market firm at 36& cents per gallon for machine-made casks and 36J4 cents per gallon for country casks. ROSIN Market firm at 97)4 cents per bbl for strained and $1.02j4 fo good strained. TAR Market firm at $1.10 per bbl of 280 lbs. - CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.30 per barrel for hard, $2.00 for Dip and $2.00 for Virgin. quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine quiet, 30V29c; rosin dull, $1.15, $1.20; tar steady, $1.05; crude turpentine steady, $1.40, $1.90, $1.90. RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine , . ... 128 Rosin 639 Tar 467 Crude Turpentine .78 Receipts same day hast year., 226 casks spirits turpentine, 403 bbls rosin, 346 bbls tar, 63 bbls crude tur pentine. cotton. "X. Market firm on a basis of 5vc per pound for middling. Quotations: Good Ordinary 2 11-16 cts 8 ft Good Ordinary 4 1-16 " " Low Middling....... 4 11-16 " " Middling.... Syi " " Good Middling 5 7-16 44 44 Same day last year middling 5 c. Receipts 2, 592 bales ; same da v last year, 2,385. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North (Carolina Prime, 45 55c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra Prime, 60c; Fancy, 65. Virginia Extra Prime, 65c; Fancy, 70c; Spanish, 70 80c. CORN Firm; 42475 cents per bushel. ROUGH BICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$1.10; upland 65 80c. S rotations on a basis of 45 pounds to e bushel. N. C. BACON steady ; hams 12 to 13c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c ; sides, 7 SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch, hearts and saps, $1.60 to $2.25; six mch, $2.25 to 3.25 ; seven inch, $5.50 to 6.50. TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to $6.50 per M. STAB OFFICE. Dec. 10. TURPENTINE. Market irm at 36M. cts per gallon tor mac nine- made casks and 36 cents per gallon for country casks. - ROSIN Market firm at 97X cents per bbl for Strained and $1.02 for Good Strained. TAR Market firm at $1.10 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.30 per barrel for Hard, $2.00 for Dip, and $2.00 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 30 M 29c; rosin, nothing doing; tar steady, $1.05; crude turpentine steady, $1.40 $1.90, $1.90. . . RECEIPTS. Spirits turpentine 136 Rosins 699 xar ooi Crude turpentine 38 Receipts same day last year. 141 casks spirits turpentine, 673 bbls rosin, 332 bbls tar, 151 bbls crude turpentine. NTS " COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 5j4c per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary,.. 2 13-16 cts ft Good Ordinary 4 3-16 44 44 Low Middling 4 13-1 " - Middling...... 5 " 44 44 Good Middling..... 15 9-46 f 44 Same day last year middling 5Hc. Receipts 1,803 bales; same day last year, 3,903. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 45 to 55c per bushel of 28 nounds: extra crime. 60c: fancy. 65c Virginia Extra prime 65c ; fancyV70c ; Spanish, 7080c. CORN Firm; 42tfto47 cts bushel. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$1.10; upland, 65Oc. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel. N. O. BACON-Steady ; hams 12 to 13c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c sides, 7 to 8c. SHINGLES Per thousand, five- inch hearts and saps. $1.60 to 2.25 six-inch, $2.25 to 3.25; seven-inch, $5.50 to 6.50. TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to 6.50 per M. V STAR OFFICE. Dec. 12. SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market firm at 36 cents for machine-made casks and 36V cents per gallon for country casks. ROSIN Market firm at 97 cents per bbl for strained and $1.02 lA for erood strained. TAR Market firm at $1.10 per bb of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.30 per barrel for hard, $2.00 for Dip and $2.00 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 30 M29Mc rosin, nothing doing, quoted at $1.15 (&1.20: tar steady, $1.05; crude tur pentine steady, $1.40, $1.90, $1.90. RECEIPTS. Sniri ts turoentine 81 Rosin... 138 Tar 340 rtrnde turpentine'... 101 v same day last year. 54 casks spirits turpentine, J 89 bbls rosin, 345 bbls tar, 55 -bbls crude turpentine. COTTON. Market firm on a basis of 5Xc per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary. 2 13-16 ota. ft Good Ordinary Low Middling Middling GoodllEddKng . . . . 4 3-16 44 4 13-16 44 5X 5 9-16 " Same day last year middling 5l4c. Receipts 1,526 bales; same day last year, 1,756. .COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 45 to 55c per bushel of 28 pounds; extra prime, 60c; fancy, 65c. Virginia Extra prime, 65c; fancy, 70c; Spanish, 7080c. CORN Firm; 42 to 47 cts per bushel. ROUGH BICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$1.10; upland 6580c. Quotations on a basis of 45 pounds to the bushel N. 0. BACON Steady ; hams 12 to 13c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c; sides, 7 to 8c. SHINGLES Per thousand, five inch hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2.25; six-inch, $2.25 to 3.26; seven-inch, $5.50 to 6.50. i TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to 6.50 per M. & STAR OFFICE, Dec 18. SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market firm at 37 cents for machine-made casks and 36 cents per gallon for country casks bid. , ROSIN Market firm at 97 cents per barrel for Strained and $1.02 for Good Strained. TAR Market firm at $1.10 per bbl of 280 lbs. CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.30 per barrel for Hard, $2.00 for Dip and $2.00 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. I. Spirits turpentine firm at 3029c; rosin, not Ding doing, quoted at $1.15, $1.20; tar steady, $L05; crude turpen tine steady, $1.40. $1.90, $1.90. RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine. 55 Rosin .i 316 Tar .. 440 Crude Turpentine.,. 97 Receipts same day last year. 100 casks spirits turpentine, 333 bbls rosin, 228 bbls tar, 36 bbls crude tur pentine. COTTON. Market Jfirm on a basis of Sjcper pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 2 13-16 cts. ft Good Ordinary 4 3-16 44 4j Low Middling....:.. 4 13-16 44 A Middling 6J " 44 Good Middling 5 9-16 44 44 Same day last year middling 5 Ho. Receipts 2,945 bales; same day last year 1,010. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina V Prime, 45 to 55c per bushel of 28 pounds; extra prime. 60c; fancy, 65c. Virginia Extra prime, 65c; fancy, 70c: Spanish, 7Q80c. UOKN Firm. 4254 to 4754 cents per bushel. ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c$1.10; upland, 6580c. Siotations on a basis of 45 pounds to e bushel. N. C. BACON Steady; hams 12 to 13c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c; sides, 7 to 8c. " SHINGLES Per thousand, five- inch hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2, 25; six inch. $2.25 to 3.25, seven-inch, $5.5o to 6.5q. TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to 6.50 per M. m STAB OFFICE, Dec. 14. SPIRITS TUBPENTINE. Market firm at 37 cents per gallon for machine-made casks and 37 X cents per gallon for country casks bid. . KUaiJN Market firm at 97 cents per barrel for Strained aria $1.02i for Uood strained. TAR. Market steady at $1.10 per bblof 280 lbs. ' CRUDE TURPENTINE. Market firm at $1.30 per barrel for Hard. $2.00 for Dip, and $2.00 for Virgin. Quotations same day last year. Spirits turpentine firm at 30&'29c: rosin firm, quoted at $1.15, $1.20 : tar steady, $1 05; crude turpentine steadv, $1.40, $1.90, $1.90. RECEIPTS. Spirits Turpentine 29 Rosin 474 Tar ,; 214 Crude Turpentine. ............. 00 Receipts same day last year. 84 casks spirits turpentine. 481 bbls rosin, 214 bbls tar, 38 bbls crude turpentine. OOTTOIT. Market firm on a basis of 5l cts per pound for middling. Quotations: Ordinary 2 13-16 cts. lb Good Ordinary 4 3-16 " 44 Low Middling 4 13-16 44 44 Middling 6 44 44 Good Middling 5 9-16 44 44 Same day last year middling oc. Receipts 1,580 bales; same day last year, 4,004. COUNTRY PRODUCE. PEANUTS North Carolina Prime, 45 to 55c per bushel f 28 pounds; extra prime, 60c; fancy, 65c. Virginia Extra prime, 65c ; fancy, 70c ; Spanish. 7080c. CORN Jfirm; 42 J to47J4 cents per bushel. , . ROUGH RICE Lowland (tide water) 90c(a$1.10: upland. 6580c. Quotations on a basis of $6 pounds to ie bushel. N. C. BACON Steady; hams 12 to 13c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c; sides, 7 to 8c SHINGLES Per thousand, five- inch hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2.25; six-inch, $2.25 to 3.25 : seven-inch, $5.50 to 6.50. TIMBER Market steady at $2.50 to 6.50 per M. Two Pointed Question Answered. . What is the use of making a better article than your competitor if you can not get a better price for it? An s. As there is no difference in the price the public will buy only the better, so. that while our profits may be smaller on a single sale they will be much greater in the aggregate, t How can you get the public to know your make is tne best? If both articles are brought promi nentlv before the public both are cer tain to be tried and the public will very quickly pass -judgment on tnem and use only the better one. This explains the large sale on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.- The people have been using it for years and have found that it can always be depended upon.. They may occa tionaily take up with some fashion able novelty puts forth with exagger ated claims, but are certain to return to the one remedy that they know to be reliable, and for coughs, colds and croup there is nothing equal to Cham berlain's Cough Remedy. For sale by R R. Bellamy, Druggist. t NAVAL STORES MARKETS. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Nkw York, December 14. Rosin, steady. Spirits turpentine firm at 4041c. Charleston, December 14. Spirits turoentine firm at 37c asked : no sales. Rosin quiet and unchanged; no sales. Savannah, December 14. Spirits turoentine opened firm at 67Hc bid, with sales of 92 casks, and closed firm at 38c.-with sales of 400. casks: re ceiots 552 casks. Rosin firm: sales 707 barrels: receipts 3,069 barrels; quota tions: A. B. C. D 95c F tl 00; G SI 10, H tl 25. I 81 35. K $1 50. M $1 60, N $1 70, window glass $2 00, water white 12 25. (Q 9) AVcgetabicPrcparatioafor As similating theTood andRegula I'uig the Stomachs andBowels of PromotesTHIesttoaCiieetful ness and Rest.Contai ns neither Opium .Morphine norifiaeraL Not Nahc otic. ALx.Stnna -JnucScect HZrmSted- A ncrfec t Remedy for Constipa tion, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Worms .Convulsions .reverisn ness and Loss OF SLEEP facsimile Signature of NEW YOHK. EXACT COPYOPVEAEEEB. COTTON MARKETS. By Telegraph to tk Hondas Star. - New York, December 14. Specula tion in cotton futures was not active. Throughout the session the market showed considerable irregularity, but in the main the course of prices was strongly upward. The market opened steady at unchanged prices to an ad vance of one point and further improv ed to six and seven points. Govern ing was a feature and buying for in vestment account was also consoicn- ous. Liquidation of profitable long interests checked the rise and caused some reaction from the top prices; of the day, but the undertone of the mar ket was directed by a steady, though only moderate stream of buying orders, a proportion of which came from abroad and from the South. The English market advices, indicating a net gain of 1-64 in futures at Liver pool, after a barely steady opening at 1-64 decline, took our market by sur prise. Tne bullish feature was sup plemented by reports from the south indicating a further rise of 1-64 and I in the price of spot cotton at several points of accumulation, interior towns as well as at the ports. It was also claimed that conditions iUHhe dry goods district and at Ameri can spinning centres were favorably inclined. Another bullish influenc was the failure of port receipts to -come up to the predicted figure. Buying by Wall street was a feature of the entire session. Unfavorable weather se ports alarmed the shorts, the official forecast including the statement that the coldest weather of the season will be experi enced in the South Atlantic States and Florida to-nieht. The close was steady at a net gain of three to five points'. WKW York, December 14. Uotton steady; middling uplands 5 1316c. Uotton futures market closed steady ; December 5.55c, January 5.56c, Febru ary 5.55c,March 5.57c, April 5. 61c, May 5.64c, June 5.67c, July 5.70c, August 5.74c, September 5.68c, October 5.71c. Spot cotton closed steady; middling uplands 5 13 16c; middling gulf 6 1-16; sales 1,818 bales. Net receipts 122 bales; gross re ceipts 4,572 bales. Total to-day Net receipts 54,521 bales; exports to Great Britain 24,707 hales- pirnorts tn Franr-.fi 5 713 halfw- exports to the Continent 28,054 bales ; stock 1,341,57? bales. PRODUCE MARKETS. Bv Telegraph to the Moraine Star. New York, December 14. Flour was moderately active and firm, par ticularly for spring patents, closin unsettled with wheat, wheat bpo easy; No. 2 red 76c; options opened firm and tor hal&The day showed a strong undertone on continued light spring wheat receipts, local cover ing and big clearances; the subsequent reaction was occasioned by foreign sell ing and rumors of increasing Russian stocks; closed X3c net lower; No. 2 red December closed 71 c; March closed 73c; May closed 70c. Corn spot firm; No. 2, 41 y$c options opened firm at first and higher on a light movement, covering and strength in wheat; later gave way to realizing and closed c net lower; December closed S9Mc; May closed 39c. Oats Spot firm; No. 2 31 c; options dull. Beef steady. Cut meats quiet. Lard easy; Western steam 5 40; December 5 42, nominal ; refined easy. Pork firm. Butter firm; Western creamery 15 21c ; Western factory 12&14c; Klgms 21c ; imitation creamery 14 1 7c ; State dairy 1518c. Cheese firm ; large white 10&fc. Potatoes steady; Jerseys 00 1 S7X; New York $1 251 50 ; .Long island SI 2o175; Jersey sweets $1 252 25; Southern 4075c. Cotton seed oil steady ; prime crude 17 ; do, yellow 2122c. Petro leum steady. Kice firm. Uabbage steady at $1 503 00 per 100. Coffee Spot Rio firmer; No. 7 invoice 6c; No. 7 jobbing ie mud firm, tending unward: Cordova 7(&15c. Suirar Raw weak and nominal ; fair refining 3 15-16c ; centrifugal 96 test4c; mo- sugar 6c ; refined easier and tame; mould 4c; granulated 56c. Chicago. December 14. Wheat, corn and oats all suffered to-day from the inability to procure cars for the movement of grain. All three cereals closed i and Jc lower. Provisions de clined 25c. Chicago, December 14. Cash quota tions: Flour easy. Wheat No. 2 spring c; No. 3 spring 61 63 c No. 2 red 6668c. Corn--No. 2 33c. Oats No. 2, 2627c; No. t white, free on board, 29c; No. 3 white, free on board, 28283if c: Pork, per bbl, $8 078 10. Lard, per 100 lbs, $5 12 5 20. Short rib sides, loose, $4 55 4 76. Dry salted shoulders, $4 26 4 37. Short clear sides, boxed. $4 85 4 87. Whiskey Distillers' finished goods, per gallon, $1 26. Baltimore, December 14. Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat strong spot71$71c; month 7171c; January 71724c; May 70c. Southern wheat by sample 6872c. Corn strong spot 39 39 c; month 39H39i(c; new or old December, 3838c; January 3838c; February 3838c. Southern white corn 3639Xc. Oats dull; No. 2 white western 32X33c Bear, tie The Kind You Have Always Bought GASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought The Kind Have Always Bought GASTORIA TMC eCMTkUK OOMMNV. ! OITT. MARINE. ARRIVED. Steamship Oneida, 1,091 tons, Staples, New York, H G Smallbones. Schr Chas D Hall, 375 tons, Lowe, New York, Geo Harriss, Son & Co. Schr Eva A Danenhour, 217 tons, Miller, New York, Geo Harriss, Son'' & Co. j ' Schr B J Hazard. 374 tons,' Blatch ford, Port Royal, Geo. Harriss, Son & Go. Brig M C Haskell, 299 tons, Wing field, Porto Rico. Geo .Harriss, Son & Co. it Steamship Geo W Clyde. 1,514 tons, Robinson, New York, H G Small bones. Schr Emma C Cottingham, 478 tons, Steelman, Charleston, Geo . Harriss, Son & Co. CLEARED. Br 'steamship Sheerness, Norman, -Charleston, J H Sloan. Scbjr Emma Knowlton, Hudson, Bar badoes; vessel by George Harriss. Son & Co., cargo by Kidder Lumber Co. Br steamship Rifts wood, Dixon, Charleston, AS Heide & Co., in bal last. schr Roger Moore. Small, Cape Hayti, J T Riley & Co. Schr Gem, Eoss, Geo Harriss, Bon Sc Co. Br steamship Kassala, Butler, Bre men. Alex Sprunt & Son. WHOLESALE PRICES CURREIT. f3tf The following quotations Wholesale Prices irenerallv. In represent making up small orders higher prices nave to be ci The quotations are always given as accurately ls nnsKlhlft. tint the Star will not be resDonsible for any variations from the actual market price of the articles quoted. BAGGING 2 lb Jute.....' Standard ." WESTERN SMOKED Hams 9 f.i Sides tfn Shoulders V ft...... DRY SALTED , Sides 58 tt. .... Shoulders wn. BARRELS Spirits Turpentine-Second-hand, each & New New York, each New City, each 3 BEESWAX f .1 BRICKS - Wilmington 9 S 00 M Northern 100 : BUTTER North Carolina ft U 0 Northern 18 CORN MEAL Per bushel. In saoks ,46 Virginia Heal '7 COTTON TIES bundle...... 80 CANDLES V . Sperm 18 Adamantine... 8 CHEESE V Northern Factory ........ Dairy Cream .'. State COFFEE 10 Laguyra... KiO. DOMES IICS Sheeting, 4-4, V yard... Tarns ) bunch EOOS 9 dozen FISH Mackerel, No. 1, 1 Mackerel, No. 1, 1 barrel. 28 00 half -bbl. 11 00 Mackerel, no. a . Mackerel. No. 2 1 barrel... 18 00 halt-bm.. 8 00 barrel... 18 00 4 00 Mullets, V barrel Macuerei. xo. a. Mullets, flj xrk barrel errlne. kee.. S 00 n. (J. Koe Dry Cod, 5 Extra.... 4 IB FLOUR W Low grade ................. Choice Straight , 8 75 First Patent 4 50 GLUE p . GRAIN f bushel Corn, from store.bgs White Car-load, In brgs White . . . Oats, from store ............ Oats, Rust Proof wi runs. . . ....v....... aiVK.a v Jo y Green salted. Dry flint urv salt HAY. v Iw IDS Clover Hay. . Rice Straw....... 40 Eastern., western . North River. HOOP IRON, ? . LARD. Northern , North Carolina ft LIME, barrel 1 IS LUMBER (city sawed) fUtt Ship Stuff, resawed 18 00 Rough edge Plank 15 00 West India cargoes, accord- ing to quality 18 00 Dressed Flooring, seasoned. 18 00 Scantling and Board, com'n 14 00 MOLASSES V gallon Bar badoes. In hogshead Barbadoes, In barrels Porto Rico, in hogsheads. . . . Porto Rico, In barrels Sugar Heuse, In hogsheads. 12 Sugar House, tn barrels. ... 14 SO 00 18 00 18 00 22 00 IS 00 Syrup, in barrels NAI keg. Cut, 60d basis.. PORK, barrel city Mess 10 50 Rump. 10 50 Prime.. ROPE, 9 10 SALT, V sack, Alum Liverpool 75 On 195V Sacks.. SHINGLES, T-lnch, per M 5 00 Common , l eo Cypress Saps. t 50 sugar, v d Standard Gran' d , tnanaara a. White Extra O Extra C, Golden C, Yellow soap, w ro Northern 8U 4 STAVES, JB M-W O. barret. ... 8 00 14 09 k u. nogsneaa. 10 oo TIMBER, M feet-Shlpplng. . 9 00 MUL Prime Mill, Fato- Common Mill 4 00 Inferior to ordinary......... SHINGLES, N.O. Cypress sawed V M 6x24 heart.;. 750 " Sap ;. s 00 5x24 Heart 4 50 7 00 6 50 4 50 800 860 08 500 4 SO SO. 5 50 8 900 8 00 U " sap 400 Cx24 Heart....... 6 00 tai.i.ow1:::::::::::;::;: B " WHlSKETj V gallon. Northern 1 00 WOOL, per Unwashed . 10 OASVORZ flj&Bev Tfcl Kjd Yoa Haw Always Bears the I Signature XiyT 111 oo 11 00 10 50 22 1 10 80 re off St 85 880 6 5K VL HI