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v iniViaflrttt nentK 'peclal -jt M. Po-sson. s Company. . ' rsociatlon. -iJwater-W. . H. Forecatg. ade at, 'Wllmlnston ' L s f op twelve hours. x ' Falrv colder; north- Fair, col&er; h westerly winds. . . ".MATURE. 2 degrees; 8 prin., 39 it, 43 degrees; lowest. 3d 43 cI'?5rrMir 8 p. m., 57 est, U deTees! lowest. 45 - r I :? ,- "r.:: Sun rises 7:09 a. 3 I m.; high water at I: high water at 7. moon; 3rd.,1255 iuth. 4:37 p. ni. m.; last quarter. CALS. tion oi 9c Jonh's - AfM;,1 tonight at sll .is making -ar-1 a fast steamboat enger and freight -y and Black river, manager of the ' us that he has Mty at all per- Niot necessary ('" I unday after fjf Prank Mc and Market bucket of hot Tuished with- -rm. ! . red. charged with h Mayor Harriss (iag was continued against Willis Her irowing rocks, was today. One drunk jlned 320 or thirty J4jqfeetlnff"of the ;ntoty at Jhe Y. ildlng this afternoon ;'clock.iThe advisabili-ty in improvements at the iedy Hottoe will be dis I attendance-Is earnestly arose," manager of . "The scenic production, was '- making arrangements .ranee of1 that attraction ouse next Friday -night, 'uFday afternoon, and; on tjre ktwork putting a -eLJlf ront In the 1 Fulton 1 J ,1 street occupied by if' Msrs S. A. Schloss J i millinery1" store ,he Improvement appearance "of ,l4tfENTION. j tr. f Wilson, spent V ' - ' ' anj$ and son, of Hub, s . . i esterday. I ,. 1 " evens, of the Newbern the 'city yesterday. 11,'of Fair Bluff, made , the city yesterday. :earn that' Mr. W., E. ;k with rheumatism.; Esq., left for Raleigh y of of the "Seaboard JUr earn that Mr. James c at his home -on Sfec "d. of Goldsboro,. Sing on his way. to 1 is:'r t-.'r '. Jerland, of Golds- city on busi- wnVi -n. concracior iw the battery at Fort Cas rton, ' j. : -( Y : !ed to see the Rev' J. .inawick. N. C, on our i v. ' .; i! ' 'ieim left yesterday for ' ill go thence on a visit llssouri.'. 'icDonald. of this city, i ReVllle and son, are j at Timmonsville. S. C. Mler McDaniel, of Wil li the city last evening her friend. Miss Alice are. of Currie, w. v., was L.r4v. He left in the Bailey, Ga., on a visit Hirchison, of Greensboro, Asportation-of the C, F& yt was among last night's (the city.. : :--t - I ; oik and Carolina Railway, barters at Norfolk, was in brday. " ; i VBetts. of Henderson,! N. C, h spent the holidays-here zhter. Mrs. W. A. Jarriss, home. - J i McKoy leaves this morn- ich to' attend the meeting 1. Lodge of Masons which jare tonight.. ; t or iE. Zoeller, of our city, narrled In Jersey City. N. Way night to Miss Bertha 'f Neve York, returned home Ide last Sunday night. ilcox Jenkins returned yes--n Leesburg, Va,where he for a month, Mrs." Jenkins LLIXZ i at Leesburg until, the 1st i "" . '. "' i wing gentlemen! left n the ast Line at 7:15 o'dock last Raleigh. Mayor ,W, N. nar- lessra T. J. Gore. o, MeClammy. Jno. D. Bel- Brown, and Benj. tiei, oi ?er. ; i 'Syrian yi'eddlnp. wedding was .celebrated y a,fternoon at 6" o'clock at V Catholic church, Rev. S n faeiatlng-, The . cw- were Mr. Hikel Gideon v 'Ti.ing stbre at No 17 files Latff e Joseph, r waa Miss Magidl st man ir. Farrls was crowdei with 1 people an4L Annual Meeting of the Lot Owner of Oak -t : ': dale Cemetery. The annual meeting of the lot own ers o the Oakdale Cemetery Company was held last night at the office of Mr. R. J.s Jones, the secretary, J.14 Princess street. Mr. Jas. H. - Chadtourn was called to the chair and Mr. W. W. Topp was requested to act as secretary. The minutes the last annual meet ing were read and approved. . Mr. R. J. Jenes,. the secretary and treasurer, Mr. T. Donlan, the superin tendent and Mr. J. C. Stevenson, the president, submitted their annual re ports, showing! the company to be in a good condition and that all duties en trusted to them had been faithfully performed. ,The secretary was instructed to ten der the thanks! of the lot owners to Mr. Jas. Walker for valuable assistance rendered in the construction of the new lodge. - '. ' j The election of officers resulted In the choice 'of Mr. J. C. Stevnson as presi dent, and the! following board of. di- rtnrB: Messrs. Jas. H. Chadbourn, v. G. Worth, W. H. Northrop, Owen Fen, nell, J. W. Perdew and Dr. A. J. De Rosset. . f Upon motion of Colonel J. L. . Cant- well a1 vote of thanks was tendei;ed to Mr. T. Donlan, the superintendent, for faithful services during the past year. The meeting , then adjourned. The board of directors then met and re-elected Mr.R. J. Jones h secretary and treasurer and r.-T. ..Donlan su pers --Vnt. 1 -y---' " ; Ha.r s Hair Renewer enjoys the con fidence and patronage of people all over the civilized world, who use it to restore and keep the-hair a natural color. I - - ' X The Inines by the Lu in barton Fire. (Special to The Messenger.) Lumberton, N. C, January ll.-The destructive fire " that, prevailed here Saturday night was under control by 12 o'clock that night. The losses were as follows: i " . - W. J. Prevatt, $7,000; Insured in the Aetna! for $2,000, in the St. Paul Fire and . Marine for $1,500. in the Hartford for $l,000The policy in the Hartford was taken out after supper Saturday night. ! ; The eekly Robesonian building, W. W. McDiarmid proprietor, loss $2,500, insured for $1,500 in the Continental; presses, material, etc., loss $7,500, in sured for $1,500 in the Virginia Fire and Marine. ' ! . ; B. "Stansel, three brick stores, loss $5,000, Insured In the North Carolina Home for $500, in if he Hartford for $1,000. , j A. A. Freeman, loss $800, insured in the Carolina for $500. Morrison & Bar ker, damage to stock $1,000, insured for $1,000 in the Penn Mutual. - : f J; C. Smith, damage to stock $2,000, insured for $2,000 in the St. Paul Fire and Marine. ' r The total loss was about $26,000. To tal insurance $12,500. Heitilc work -was done, especially by the colored men, but for whose efforts the whole business portion of the town would have been destroyed. ' ' Not rils Huckleberry. There is a stranger, with an investi gating turn of mind, now stopping in. Wilmington. He is fond of poking about 'in odd things. ; places and .finding out Yesterday he" took a long walk on the shellroad and soon discovered by the roadside a profusion of ripe huckle berries, as- he thought. Knowing it to be rather late jfor that fruit he reason ed tr ..the climate which produces the palmetto could easily produce huckle berries in January, so he proceeded at once to eat softie of them. The result ing .flavor was so remarkable that he brought back with him a sample of the bush and berry for identification, and was told that it is called the gallberry. He remarked that he was reminded of the story of the eccentric Frenchman, who was fond of killing and eating all sorts of game. He said he had eaten alf sorts of birds in North Carolina, and he could say, without prejudice, that "the buzzart is not good. In like manner, the shell road scient ist is prepared to say that "the gall berry is not good." .' . Call, and examine, those 50 cent and 75 cent fancy ribbons that Johnson & Fore are closing out at 25 cents per yard. . I : ,..- . Fire Sunday Night. The alarms! sent in Sunday night at 9:15 o'clock;from box (42,at the corner of Surry and Dawson stireests, and from box 45, at Northrop's milj, summoned the Are department to&- fire In two small one story frame houses at the foot of Surry street, used as ware houses by the1 United States engineer ing corps. One was totally destroyed and the other partially. The contents of the houses were saved. . including thirty-three barrels of oil, two . barrels of tallow and two barrels-of waste. The firemen did good work In preventing the flames from reaching the oil and thus endangering the wharf property and buildings in the vicinity. There was no insurance. The fire was either incendiary or originated from spontan eous combustion, most likely the lat ter. .' -I i- T ' Howard Relief fire Engine Company, No. 1 The following named officers, elected at the 'December meeting of the above H. 'Newell, train ; master I company, were duly Installed last night. Mr. J, C Boesch acting as the install ing officer, viz; - - President M. Ratnjen.. . . Vice President J. W. Duis, Secretary and Treasurer J, G, L Gieschen. " ForemanH. F. Haar.fi " . ; : First Assistant Foreman M. Schnlb- bea, - '' "... -Second Assistant Foreman H- D. OldenbutteL , - : The annual medal for efficient- i"r- ing 1896 was awarded to Mr, Hi D. Old- enbuttel. The! finance committee made its re, port, showing the company to be in a very fine and prosperous condition. The best anodyne and expectorant for the cure' of colds, coughs, and all throat, lung, and bronchial troubjgs, ja undoubtedly, ; Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, j the only specific for colds and coughs admitted .on exhibition at the Chicago World's fair.: i Installation of Officers. - At the regular meeting of Cornelius JJarnett Council No. 231, Royal Ar canum, held last night, Deputy Grand. Regent Henry Burkhimer, assisted by the Rev. S. Mendelsohn,, P.;D-, acting as Grand Guide, installed , the officers of the above named council for the cur rent term: --. .-v..-. Regent-roJ. Sjternberger. J Vice Regent A. L DeRosset. L: Orator J J. Hopkins.. xfasi xtegeni . j. jacowr,- Secretary John Cowan. Collector J. Well. Treasurer L H. Greenewald. Chaplain C. E. Hall. Guide Harvey HilL Warden Jos. Sternherger. .Sentry A. Silverman. I JUDGE RUSSELL OFF FOR RAL : EIOH TO BE INAuioURATED. 4 ' : ; r . The - Party tVho - Accompanied Bim A 'Dinner Tendered By the Citlsena of Goldsboro A Warm , deception at Bel' elgh. , X yj; ; U The Hon. Daniel L. Russell, of this city elected by the republican party 'it the election last November, went to Ra leigh yesterday to be inaugurated today as governor of North Carolina. The committee of the general assem bly, appointed to come to Wilmington to escort Judge! Russell to Raleigh ar rived here Sunday evening,. The; mem bers of the committee' who came ' were Senator George- JLf Smathers, - republi can of Haywood county; Senator T. E. McCaskey, populist, of Martin county; Senator H. L. Grant, . republican, of Wayne county; Representative ; (ex congressman) John M. Brower, repub lican, of Surry, (county;. Representative ( ex United.-StateV district attorney) Charles "A.' Cook,1 republican, of War ren jcouhty;.. Representative ' Robert Hancock, republican, of Craven coun ty; Representative J. B. Schulken, pop ulist, of ColumbW county; Representa tive R. M. Crumpler, populist, or Samp son county. Hon. - Marshall L- Mott, republican solicitor of the Ninth -udi-clal district, Colonel P. H. Ly brook, of Winston, and Mr. J. E. Alexander, ot Winston, Governor, ' Russells , private secretary, came uown with the party. Mrs. Senator George A Smathers and her little daughter accompanied Sen ator Smathers. ; After their arrival the party took supper at The Orton and afterwards called on Judge Russell at his residence, on Second street. Yesterday morning . at 9:35 o'clock Judge RusseU and his escort and party of friends left here for Raleigh by way of the Atlantic Coast Line. Previous ,to the departure of the train numerous carriages rolled through the streets to Front street station, taking Judgf Rus sell and his party to the train, and at the station quite a. crowd had gathered to see the next governor off. A Pull man palace sleeping car and the pri vate car of President Warren Elliott, of the ; Wilmington and Weldon call road, were placed at Judge Russell's disposal, and he and his friends occu pied them on the trip. Those who con stituted the party were Hon. and Mrs. D. L. Russell. , Miss Rebecca Russell, Mrs. E. W. Sawyer, Miss Kate Johnson, Miss Alice Johnson, Mrs. Jackson John son. Miss Alice A. Sanders, Miss- Sue Cannon. Mr. and Mrs. Burdis Ander son, Mr. and Mrs. W. H." Chadbourn, Mr and Mrs. W. H. Chadbourn, Jr., Miss Serena Chadbourn, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Foster, Mrs. A. H. Harriss, Miss Ruth Harriss. i Miss Mary Alderman. Miss Edna Robinson, Mrs. F. H. Darby, Miss Margaret Gibson, Mr. E. K. Bry- an. Mr. D. R.' Johnson Mr. G. Z. French, Mr. H. U. Butters, Mr. Charles Mr. Ed. Taylor. Mr. C Chadbourn, Thomas Russell, Miss Browriie Howard, Miss Mamie Carr, and Mr. Lindsey Walker. At Rocky Point Mrs. W. H. French joined ! the party.Mr. C. L. Stevens, of The Newbern Journal, also accompanied the party. i After a; pleasant trip, during which Judge and Mrs. Russell made them selves extremely- agreeable to their guests,1 the train arrived at Goldsboro at 12:05 o'clock p. m. At the depot the following committee, composed : with out regard to political, parties, land rep resenting the citizens of Goldsboro, met Judge Russell and the legislative com mittee, and extended them the hospital ity t the city, viz: United States Dis trict Attorney C. B. Aycock, Chief Justice W. . F. Faircloth, Dr. John D. Spicer and Messrs. J. W. Norwood, D. W. Hurtt, Z. L. M. Jeffries, John R. Smith, J. F. Dobson, and W- G V--well. GovernorRussell, Mrs. Russell, their immediatfriends, and the ligis lative committee were extended in vitation by the committee to dine at thehotelKennon. They proceeded from the train immediatly towthe dining room of the hotel, Just across the street, and sat down to one of the Kennon's finest dinners, served in -the best style by Mr. B. H. Grifffrv the clever and popu lar manager , of ' the hotel. While the dinner was being served. Senor Vin cenzo Camareiro's Italian harpers dis coursed numerous selections, adding much to the enjoyment of Goldsboro's courtesies. There was no toasting or speech-making I at the table, and as soon as the fine, menu had been enjoy ed, the-party repaired to their cars, which had, been transferred to the North Carolina' railroad to make- the run to Raleigh. Meanwhile the large party in the cars had a fine dinner, cooked and served in splendid style on board. . - - ' . . At Goldsboro Judge Russell's party was joined by Chief Justice W. F. Fafr cloth, Mrs. Faircloth, Judge and Mrs. W. S. O'B. Robinson, Mrs. H, L. Grant, Miss Minnie Grant, Mrs, Z. L. M. Jef fries, Mr: John R. Smith, Miss Addie Smith, and Mr. J. F. Dobson, Amid the shaking of hands by friends who crowded around the train to shake the next governor by . the hand, the train pulled out at 1:30 o'clock p. m., for Ra leigh. . . r ' ; A Messenger representative, who ac companied the , party, v stopped In Goldsboro and returned to Wilmington on .the 3 p. m. train. The Messenger's Raleigh representative thus continues the story in the -following dispatch: AN OVATION AT THE CAPITAL, (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh,! N. C, January 11 Hon, p. L. Russell and party arrived here at 3:30 p. ml. in the private car of Presi dent Elliott and in a Pullman. On ar rival here they were met by Colonel J. B. Hill, chairman of the Raleigh com mittee. Judge Russell stood at the door of the car and the people passed for ten minutes. He shoofi hands with each and his face beamed with satisfaction. One ' venerable . negro shook i hands three times. Th.ere was a large crowd art the station. One republican said : "Is this a dream?'' Another said, "I want td touch the hem of his garment." At 4 o'clock Judge. Russell and party and escort walked to the Park hotel. Mrs. Russell , was after tea given an informal reception in the parlors. Judge Russell was not present. Mr. W. H. Chadbourn, who Is in charge of the party, said he was asleep. Mr. Chadbourn -and Senator Grant say the exact hour of the inauguration is. not yet known. They expected the vote would be counted today. A. C. Lehman has; tabulated the-vote so it oan be quickly announced tomorrow. The inauguration will be held in the house tomorrow, and directly ft ends, Governor Russell and "party wll be driven to the executive mansion where they will lunch and afterwards dress for' evening- reception : at the Capital club. ' - " I :; , pireofly aftep his arrival here, Judge Russel), aeeompanied '" by Mr. Cia4 boum, called on Governor Carr at the executive Office and spent a. -few mmr utes. :Thls eniog Dr. MaKee and Mr. Henry tW. MUler, of the Capital club, called on Judge Russell and tendered the hospitalities of the club and the city. ' Judge Jlussell is very apprecia tive of these courtesies. - Most - of. the party will spend the j .ht In their. Pullman: Beetfc pf a Youdg Lady. We note with sorrow, the death of Miss Lottie Burnett, daughter of Mr. J. J. Burnett, who passed away at 5; 45 O'clock Sunday morning at Jier father's restenf e, gl? Red Cross street She was" aged 2ff years, jand had a lovely disposition that ' had attracted , to her many, friends yrho grieve her untimely death. The funeral took place from Fifth' Street M. E. church ' at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning. The bereaved father has the sincere sympathy of numerous friends in this sad hour of his. life. ' , - - $100 Eeirard, $100. The readers of tils paper vrHl be pleased to learn that there is at least one - dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages ana . mat is watarrn. nau's- yaiarra Cure is the only positive core i2own t6 Ihe medical fratarnitv.- -Catarrh 4w cowers. tMMLiaeY ot r nu "rwrl for any case that itf&Ua toeare. Sencl list of testimonials. . . ,1 OUR HEXT GOVERNOR. . teafet--rJ. - ' - i . ' ',.fV tfje foundation of th& disease, and giving tin PWftf ftWSta y oaldi-isop the constituticji it ita :'! THE MLMINQTON MESSfJftGfcft t 0&80AY; JAtJAltY fe, 189f. CAROLINA INSURANCE COMPANY Annual Meeting of the Stockholders Yes terdayA Fine Showing for the Com pany. . .-; - .C : The annual meeting of the stockhold ers of the Carolina Insurance Com pany, of this city, was held yesterday at the company's building on Princess street, between Front and Water streets. v. : ' :' On motion, John D. Bellamy, Esq., was made chairman and Mr- " S. Willard secretary. - ! . It was reported that 1583 shares were represented . in person '. and 2,313 by proxy. f . The following report of the president was read: ' To the Stockholders of the Carolina In surance Company: As your president I am glad to report our condition has improved in the last twelve months.' We have carried $822.14 to our surplus besides paying our usual 6 per cent, dividend. " - pre mium receipts have increased $1,024.38 in the" state and our Wilmington busi ness has increased $758.35. The Wil mington business has now reached the sum of $6,118. Our losses In Wilming ton for the past year have been about 50 per cent., of the premiums collected or in exact figures $3,020, which is a greater loss in .the city than we have ever before had. The losses on Wil mington business have never exceeded 20 per cent, of the premium. Our country losses have not been as great in proportion as they were for the pre vious years. - The expenses of the company for the past year have been less than 32 per cent 43L.-8) -of the premiums collected which is just about the same it has been for several years past, the expense ratio never having exceeded 32 ner cent, of the premiums. The assets of the company are now better invested as a whole than ever before, I think. One of our directors recently offered to take any one of our bills receivable off our hands at 100 cents or the dollar. . I think that each stockholder shraiH give this company all of his insurance tnat the company la willing to carry. I tell our agents fhey can have all of mine the company wishes to carry and I have always followed this motto. . Oh, if all our stockhilders could see things this way, we would increase our sur plus yearly. I think our out of town hns1ns i gradually improving and I think will pay well in courseof time. While some of our out of town agents whoop 'us up and do all they can for us, I fear some of them do not work so hard for s. If we Could get all those agents to r,ke stock with us I think it would make them work harder at times. I am pleased to say I think our city agents, Messrs. Willard & Giles, have worked the business well here and I think; have never failed to do all they could to further the interests of the company, and they surely deserve your thanks. '- You will see from our secretarVa re port all our sources of loss and gain and I hope each of you will take a ropy of his report and examine It closely. I think stockholders should take more interest In the management of roroo rations than they generally do. I think they should at all times make inquiry as to how the company is being' man aged and the officers, including th di rectors, should always do all they can to enlighten them on the subject. The year we have just - passed through has been a hard business year and I think we are to be congratulated f" coming out as well as we have. And njw in conclusion I will say let us one and all say we must and will do all we can for the next twelve months t" crease our business and thus make more money for the comnany. Resppcte'ullv, D. L. GORE, President. The ninth annual statement pre sented shows that the company's assets foot up $70,836.19; -capital stock $50,000; net surplus, $10,794; receipts in 1896, $27,193.11; fire losses 1896, $7,070.87; paid out in dividends, $2,935.50; receipts since organization, from all sources $146, 049.68; total fire losses since organiza tion, $34,246.58; total commissions paid out since organization $22,451.77. Remarks of an encouraging nature were made ly Messrs. N, Jacob!, S. Sol omon, Frank McNeill, J. Alvis Walker and Major Graham Daves. The old. board of directors was re elected, as follows: Messrs. D. L. Gore, D. G. Worth, S. Solomon, H. L. Vollers, Donald MacRae. H. C. Mc Queen and Clayton Giles. The stockholders adopted a resolu tion directing the secretary to prepare a petition to be presented to the board of county commissoiners and board of aldermen, asking them to place j as much of the county's and city's insur ance with the Carolina as possible, ii The meeting then adjourned. : "Old, yet ever new, and simple and beautiful ever," rings the poet. In words which might weii apply toAyer'i the most efficient and scientific blood purifier ever offered to suffering hu manity. Nothing but superior merit keeps it so long at the front. Recruits for the Penitentiary and Work House. Deputy Sheriff W. W. King, with another deputy, left last night for Ral eigh with the following prisoners who Were convicted in the criminel court last "week: Andrew Wilson, Richard Troy, uuck Brown, John Armstrong. They are all colored, and were sentenced to terms of twelve months each for lar ceny. ,y (j , y The following convicts were sent to 4he work house yesterday: Geo. W. Lane, John F. Sutton, Thomas Lucas. Oscar Stamps, Curtiu H, Galloway, Wm. McQueen, Isaac Spencer, , Henry Dixon, Leroy Perry, Louis Nixon, Ed Wilson, Ed. . James. Wm... Mox Alister. All were colored. They were convicted of carrying concealed deadly weapons, and assault and battery with deadly Johnson & Fore are offering a large assortment-of childrens' hats and caps at less man nan price. Arrangement .for the, Funeral of Mr. Ed, Moore. The remains of the late Jfr. Ed W. Moore left Ny York last night at 8 o'clock and will arrive here by the At lantic Coast Line this evening at 5:45 o'clock. They will be taken from the depot to the family residence, on Prin cess street, between Fifth and Sixth streets. The hour for the funeral will be announced later. . Cotton Futures. (Special to The Messenger.) New York, January 11. A startling change came over the temper of the cotton market today. A renewal of the neavy receipts, together with the weak- -'-.-. . : - . . . . . the situation which would justify such a break. It was simply a sentimental reaction, in which the German traders liquidated their, holdings. Their ex ample, as usual, found a host of imita tors. March opened at 7.14. d-w- t Lvir rVlos?2 at 7-01-with" barely steady. If the receipts continue heavy prices may gp lower, but fh an J eyent we pe.ifv-t-iat those wh6 buy at ttday:s prices will not have to wait 6ng for a profit; but today's set-back is a striking proof - of the wisdom of taking, a good profit when it can be had. ItiO&DAN & CO. The Jaw Not Setroactlve. Washington, January 1L The United States court of claims today decided that the act of March S, 1895. regulating the retroactive. The case in which this point was decided was tfiat of D. M. Fuller vs. The Fnited States, for v k pay as a retired passed assistant engi neer of the United States navy. The decision vwift serve as a precedent in many similfr cases arising under the same law. BLOCKADE RUNNING' rHUILLlNG NARRATIVE OF ITS PERILS DURING THE WAR. Brave Englishman's Account of His Experience in Carrying Confederate Cotton Out of Wilmington Narrow Es cape of the "Night Hawk" Wreck of the ''Falcon" Drown ;i t . Gre how. Wilmington, N. C, January IL Editors Messenger: " . : On a bright morning - dur-'ig ine recent Christmas holidays. I sat on he upper deck of the comfortable stea.ner Wilmington and watched the Muiet oreparatlons for he daily run- to South port. The peacefu commonplace occa sion contrasted irongly with the -nemories of, the - h -April, 1861, when a.1 :he same whai. which remains un-. changed, the river steamer James T. Petteway, roaring with escapl g steam, ivas the center of one of the lost ex citing scenes ever witnessed n Wll .nington. A dense crowd of Inhabi tants thronged the 'adjacent wharves nd buildings while the firBt Wilming ton organization of state troops, the iOth Regiment, North Carolina militia. Colonel J. L. Cantwell, composed of the t'amous Light Infantry, f tptain W. L. DeRosset. the Genua t Volunteers, Captain C. Comelson' nd the Rifle Guards. Captain O. P. T eares, embark ed with bands playing and flags flying to enter upon -a conflict In which many gallant oldier boys of the flower of Wilmington were slam. - An overshad owing memory which J excluded all others revealed a'galij tfiV 1 forms- and faces, marching as to lwar, of those whom we loved long- since as the truest and best. They are gone, but they are not forgotten. We could name them all. alas! they outnumber those who sur- ! vive them. . "By the light of their lofty deeds and kindly virtues, memory , gazes back into the past, and is content. ! "By the light of Revelation hore looks beyond the grave into the brierht dav of immortality, and is happy." y as l joined the genial and gentle manly Captain Harper in the pilot house and viewed upon the other-shore the leaning chimney , of the old Con federate Cotton Press, I recalled lafer scenes unparalleled in the history of blockade when we had as , many as thirty trim little greyhounds of the sea lying at our wharves discharging car goes worth millions in Confederate cash, and loading holds and decks full oi cotton equally valuable in sterling gofti. How these marine hav wacons with bales piled to the level of the bridge deck ever got to their destina tion is as great a mystery from a Pl'm soll point of view as that of their elud ing the watchful and hungry block- arters who Were waiting to gobble them up. , We simply took our lives in our hands in those days, and the wonder Is that such recklessness was -not more fre quently overtaken by d'saster. , I remember running the blockade In a little shallop that cost $300 and held five bales of cotton. Our crew number ed three all told, and we performed our morning ablutions over the side in the green sea,. which was eighteen inches from the rail. There were five pas sengers aboard, escaped Confederate prisoners, making their way to Rich mond, and only three bunks below; two of us always held watch on deck. I de clare to you that I would not trust my life from Wilmington to Southport in such a crazy craft , now, and yet we made a successful two weeks voyage at sea In that thing without the loss of a rope yarn. We had bee.n dodging about the Florida Cays lookine for Jupiter Inlet, having no hog yoke, as iupnng cans it, by r which we could work our position, and when we sight ed Cape Carnaveral light houe glisten ing In the morning sun like the Wash ington Monument, we decided to land in the surf and reconnolter. Our only beat, a little dtnsrhv. held but two persons, and ofttimes in a sea-way it didn't hold them long. With it i ventured into the breakers with one of the crew,' a negro boy, from Green Turtle Cay, as oarsman and while pulling for dear life upon the crest of a roller, .the blade of one of the sculls in his hand was seized by an enormous shark which snapped It short off and our toy boat was tossed skyward, bot tom up. The next thing I remember was a very scared youth on all fours clawing the sandy bottom and emerg ing at last exhausted and almost strangled upon terra firm a. ! One of the pluckiest blockade run ners of the war, and perhaps altogeth er me most conspicuous, was 'a young mngnsn gentleman called Tom Taylor, wno was sent irom .Liverpool at the age of 21 to represent a prominent commercial house which led all others In this perilous enterprise and which through Mr. Taylor's good manage ment realized immense profits from their ventures. - Mr. Taylor was held In hisrh esteem by Colonel Lamb , of Fort Fisher, and Dy otner Confederate officials, who recognized his -superior abilities and amiable traits of character. He was a prime favorite at both ends of theN voyage, and he has recently given to tne public some Interesting reminis cences of his adventurous life which was so closely identified with Wilmlng ton that your readers may enjoy f urth er references in another letter to this subject. Meanwhile, we give one of his exploits which may seem a trifle ex aggerated, but which some of your readers who were eye witnesses can vouch for as true in many details. J. S. We had in the early part of the war a depot at Bermuda as well as at Nassau, and Frank Hurst was at that time my brother agent there. I went there twice, once in the first Banshee. and once from Halifax, after a trip to Canada in order to recruit from a bad attack or yellow fever; but I never liked Bermuda, and later on we trans ferred Hurst and his agency to Nassau, which was more convenient in many ways and nearer Wilmington. More over I had to face the contingency, which afterwards occurred, of the At lantic ports being closed and our being driven to the liulr. The Mudlans, however, were a kind, hosnitable lot. and made a great deal of us, and there was a much larger naval and military society stationed there than in Nassau. They had suffered from a severe out break of yellow fever, and the 3rd Bun's, who were in garrison at the time, had been almost decimated by it. It was on my second trip to the island that one df the finest boats we ever possessed, called 'the Nitht Hawk. came, out, and I concluded to run In with her. She was a new side-wheel steamer of some 600 tons gross, rigged as a fore and aft schooner with two funnels, 220 feet long, 21 feet beam and 11 feet in depth; a capital boat for the work fast, strong, of rght draught and a splendid sea-boat, a great merit in a blockade-runner that sometimes has to be forced In all weathers. The Night Hawk's career was a very event ful one, and she passed an unusually lively night off Of FJshen on her first attempt. " , Soon after getting under weigh our troubles began. We ran ashore out side Hamilton, one of the harbors of Bermuda, and hung on a coral reef for a couple of hours. .. .There loomed before us the dismal prospect of delay for re pairs, of still worse, the chance of springing a leak and experiencing such difficulties and dangers as we had undergone on the Wlll-of-the-WisD. but fortunately we came off without damage and f were able' to proceed on i - our voyage mmo. -rne captain was entirely hand and nearly all th- . -;w green at the work - crew were mlngton -- ! -. moreover, the Wil- Tne V"ot was Quite unknown to me. and j C0Ul(J 8ee from the outSf,t ftri?e was very nervous and badly wanting confidence. What would j not have given for our trusty Tom urriss. However, we had to make the best of it, as. owjnsr to the demand, the supply of competent pilots was not nearly sufficient, and towards th close of the blockade the. so-called oiiots were no-more than boatmen or men who had been trading tn and out of Wnmlnsrton or Charleston In coast ers. .Notwithstanding my fears, al' wpnt well on the way across, and the Night Hawk proved to be eyervth'ng that could be desired in speed and sea worthiness. - We sisrhted unusually few crafts. -rd nothing eventful oeeuirre1 nnt'l th hlrd nieht.-'SoeTi ; after midnteht we found ourselves uncomfortably- mear a 'arre vessel. It was evident that we hA been seen, as we heard them best ing to quarters and were hailed. We promptly sheered off and went fu'l reed ahead, greeted by a broadside wWch wentacro-?s our stern. - , tance of Wljmlngton bar the pilot was anxious tolgo in by Smith's inlet, but as he acknowledged that he knew very little aboutilit I concluded it was better to keep to tjie new Inlet passage, where, at all evenjts. we wottld have the ad vantage cfj our -good I friend Lamb I to protect uscjand I felt that' as I myself knew the, Place so well, this was the safest course to pursue. We were com paratively $ well through the fleet al though heavily fired at, and arrived near to the bar. pasmg close bv two northern iaunche which were lying (al most UDonj it. Unfortunately it was dead low water. ard although I press ed the nfljt to rve jour boat a thrti rourtd keenfne urdr way. and to wait a while urtka the tide made, he was( so dmorllzel by the Urinsr we had gne thmnerh ald the ; ninp of jthe launches. rMch wre constafy throw insr nn rodjkets. that Ihe Insists" ufon puttlne he at the ba--j and. as I fed. we grouped .on it ff"-ward ad with the trnT-i tide nuicklv broafhd to. broad-sldefon to the porth-m breaVer. W- Vrt?tur en-Hnfl gnlne frr mnran time but t no nnve. ai we 'omd;we. were onl-vi being forced by te t'd more on to tbi?. briers Therefore we t-nni mil all at once found jour friends, tt two launches cio-e aboard: thev had i Idiscovered jwe were ashore, and had jmade up their minds to at tack us. ji ')'''-'. v At once I all was in confusion; the pilot and! I slsmalman! rushed to jthe dinghy, lowered It and made good their escane; ie captain lost his head and dlsatreaffl. and the crews of jthe launchesfjftfter flrlnel several vollfys. one -of - 4wlhich slightly wounded rne. rowed in board us ion paxh soonson. t,,. - ot tia moment I suddenly recol lect pd- thfijt our prvat -lisnarches which ou-t to hve b"en thrown over board, weife Ptill In the Ptarboard V f e hont. T TshA to It. but found Ithe lanvard U which the sinking . weight was attached was foul of one o' jthe . .. .o,4-- it tiiift-efi flj-d tueed. but to t nnrrvnn. BO T unr OU for R k"ife .ki-i -raid Tianrloi. tn me bv a frennan and I cut the l'ne anl TtUonPfi tne overbojfdri b the northprnem iurtned on bo.-d.:8Fi'htoen montb" af'e'-n'i'as thot flvpmton uroontPd m in t"e Li-yer- rtool strpets. snvine: "Mr. Talori do oY.il romonhor mv IPTPifllno- VOll n. knlf Of conr T do." T.reril'ei invme nim tin nt Tnfich he wninl'htiiy n'psPd TPnr,T follow bo han rPen tmrieen mr"th In n nortVidMi tr'on. When the wortnerners jumpea on board they were terribly excited. don't know whether they expected) re sistance air not, but l they acted more like njanfa.es than sane men, firing their : Cevijlvers and cutting right I and left withS their cutlasses. I stood in front of tjhe men on the poop and said that we surrendered, but an tne repiy received from the! lieutenant com manding Was: "Oh, you surrender, do you? accompanied by a string on tne choicest Yankee oaths and sundry re flections tipon my parentage: where upon he ifired his revolver twice point blank at be not two yards distant. It was a mh-acle he did! not kill me, as I heard th bullets whiz past my head. This roused my wrath, and I expostu lated in the strongest terms upon his firing on funarmed men; he then cooled down, gijvttng me into the charge of two of his men, one of whom speedily popssesseil himself of my binoculars. Fortunatfly, as I had no guard tj my watch, they didn't discover it, and I have it still. Finding they could not get the ship off. and afraid I presume. of Lamb' and his men . coming to our rescue, the Federals i commenced ! put ting the eaptain (whol had been discov ered behfcid a boat) and the crew, into the boats;, they then set the ship on fire fore and aft, and she soon began to blaze merrily. At this moment one of our flrenifn, an Irishman, sungjo": "Begorraj we shall all be in the. air in a minutethe shin is full of gunpowd er!'' Noisooner did the Northern j sail ors hear (this than a panic seized them, and thfy rushed to th"lr boats. threatening to leave their officers be hind if ttiey did not tome along. I The men wh were holding me dropped me like a hcjt potato, and to my great de-lie-ht junDed into their boat, and fiway tnev rowtt as rast i as they could, taking a? our crew, with the exception of the sipcond officer, one of the en gineers, jjfour seamen and myself. " as prisoners I I We chiickled at our! lucky escape, but We were tiot out of the wood yet, as we nad oniy;ja Doat nair stove in, m wnicn to reachti! the shore through some 300 yards of H surf, and we were afraid at any moment that our enemies finding there was no powder on board might return. We made a feeble effort to put the fire out, but It had gained too much headways and although I offered the men witlilme 50 apiece to stand bjy me and .persrvere, they were too demoral ized and began to lower the shattered Doat, spring tnat tney would leave me behind If I didn't; come with them.. There was nothing for it but to go, yet the passage through i the boiling surf seemed more dangerous to my mind than remaining on the burning ship. The bloipkaders immediately opened fire wheji they knew . their own men, had left the Night Hawk, and that she was burning, and Lamb's great shells' hurtling over our heads, and those; from the blockading fleet bursting all around us. formed a weird picture. In spite of the hail jj of shot and shell and the dangers bt the boiling surf, we reached, the shorln safety, wet through; and elad I Wjfls, in my state of exhaustion frnm Inst Jf blnOf. anil fntlirno tn Tip Welcomed by Lamb's .orderly officer. The poor Night Hawk was now a sheet of name, and I thought it was all up with tier, and indeed it would have been had it not been for Lamb, j who, calling fpr volunteers from his garri son, send off two or three boat loads of men to tier, and when I came down to the beach, after having my wound from loss of blood , and fatigue, to be dressed and a short rest, I was de lighted to find the fire had sensibly de creased, j I went on board, and after some hours of hard work the fire was extinguished. But what a wreck she was! i : ' H . " ' ' - Luckily with the rising tide she had bumped lover the baink, and was now lying on the main beach much imore accessible and sheltered. Still it seem ed an almost hopeless task to save her, but we iwere not going to be beaten without a try, so, having ascertained how she:! lay and the condition she waa in, I reserved to have an attempt to get her dryland telegraphed to Wilming ton for assistance. , j Our agent sent me down about 300. negroes to assist in bailing and pump ing, andi I set them to work at ionce. As goodfluck would have it, my finest steamer banshee No; 2, which had Just been sent out, ran in the next night. She wad a great improvement on the first Baashee, having! a sea speed of 15 knos, whlqh was considered very, fast in those days; her length was iol feet, bealm 31 feet, depth If feet, her registered tonpage 39 tons, and her crew consisted of fifty-three in all. J. at once Requisitioned her for aid in the shape o engineers and men, soi that now I had everything in the way of hands 1 1 could want- iOur great diffi culty was that the! Night Hawk's anchors Jwould not hold foy us tp get a fair haul a hey, I ! But hefj-e again I was to be in luck. For the very next night the Falcon ommanced by poor Hewett, - in at tempting: to run in stuck fast upon the ank ovr which we had bumped, not ne hundred yards to: windward of us nd brofce , in two. It is an ill wind 'hat biotas nobody good, and Hewett'a nlschance proved the saving o put .hip. New we had a ho $ar, pur chaijU, cables jy maklu -'fast -to, tbp. vreck, ad were able gradually ta ha ier ofT jy them a little - tide,, until on the sevftfc,2-- . each 'ler afloat in a guyfe-"' --.y we had md the 8 jctfri kween - the bank -teamed u.nd at high water we th' ,oer our own steam gaily up '.... nveir to Wilmington. Considering the appliances we had nd the jclrcumstances; under which we vere working, -f the saving of I that tpmerjj:: was certainly a wondeul performsnce, as we were under fire al- most th whole time. The northerners, 'rrltatect no doubt, by their failure to lestroy Jitie ship, used to shell ps by lay anitt send In boats bv night. Lamb, hswever, put a stop to the (latter mnoyanfce by lending us a couple of companies to defend us, andj one night wfien our enemies rowpd close up withitthe Intention of boarding us, hey wefre glad to sheer off with the 'oss of 4 lieutenant and several mn. Tn spite i of all the shot and shell bv lay and the repeated attacks at h'ght. we triumphed in the I end. and. I af er having tjhe Night Hawk repaired) at a huge cosjt and gettine toeether a )cw, T gave May, a- friend -of mine, com mand ofi her. and he rn her oulj uc--esBfullyj with a valnable crro, wh'ch nade hef pay, notwithstanding all her ad lrtchji and the amount snent I uton her.. Por. May, - he Was afterwards rovernort of Perth goal, and Is i dead now a Ihleh-toned, sensitive gentle man, mlgbtily proud of his shipj lame -urn 'e was. I : efforts were of course directed towards keeping her engine room and boilers amidships intact and confining the names to both ends; in this we were success ful, mainly owing to the fact of her having thwart-ship bunkers, but as re gards the rest of the steamer, her sides were all corrugated with the heat and her stern so twisted that her sarboard quarter was some two feet h'gher than her nort one. and not l a particle ot wood-work was left unconsumed. Ow ing to the limited resources of Wil mington as regards renairs, I found it mposslble to have this put right, so her sides were left as they were and the new deck put on on the slope I have described and caulked with cot ton, as no "oakum was orocurable. When completed she certainlv was a oueer-looking craft, bnt as tishf'as a bottle and as seaworthy as ever, al though T doubt if anv Lloyd's survey or would have oasspd her. But as n matter of fact ph came across the At lantic, deeply immersed w'th her coa' punnly throueh some vey bad weather without : damage, and rwa soM for mere sonsr. to be renaired and mad Tnto.a Da"sentrer bot for serviceon the East Coa?t. where she rah for many years with success. It had been a hard, wejek form, as I had no clothes except WhatI had on when we were boarded my servant very cleverly, 1 as he" imagined, having thrown my portmanteau l"to the man-of-war's boat when he' thought I wa erolng to be captured, and all I had in the world was the old serge, suit in which I stood. Being without a Chan ere and wet through every j day and ris'ht for six days consecutively, it Is 1ittl wonder that I caught fever and ague of which I nearly d'ed in Richmond and whlc.h distressing complaint Ftuck to me for more than eierhteen months T shall never for-ret, on going to a store in Wilmington for a new rig-out (whicn bv the bye cost $1,200). the loo of horror on the store-keeppr's face when I. told him the coat I bad purchased would do if he cut a foot off ' it. He thought it such a waste of expensive material. A very unfortunate occurrence took nlace incloent unon tne wreoK' or tne falcon. Sbe had oj. bnard ai a rai fpn?pr. a Mrs. Greenhow. a famou" Con federate 8tv. who. when the stamer Struck, pleaded hard to be nut ashore, fparinsr no doubt capture by the "Fed erals. Hewett was most enereetic to dissuade her. but at last manned a boat for her. which was UDset on the breakers and se alone was drownPd It was I who found her borlv on tbp beach at dvlfp-ht and afterwards toi- it un to Wilmington. A remarkably handsome woman she was. with f tnrps wbich .hnwpfl' rhi.oh characpr. Althouch' one cannot altoerahe a-'ml-e the nrofpsclon of a snv. efiil thrp woo rA doubt that RhP imoi-,e broplf Iri follnwlnsr snob a nrofpesiori to bp sn'; Ine hr country in the only way open to her." -' - . TO CTRK A OI.P ty OVE DAY Take Laxative "Promo Quinine Tab lets. All drueelstp refund the mo'"ey if it falls cure. 25c. :. Wllon Kfwu. (Correspondence of The Messenger.) Wilson, N. C. January 11. Last Saturday evenihg the University Glee and Mandolin Clubs gave o" of their delightful entertainments in the opera house. There were twenty sing ers and performers in the company a'hd some of the music was oi a nign oraer. All acauitted themselves with credit, and the lovers of music here we--; de- litrhted at their coming. Coroner Wiliam Harris has entered suit against the editor of The Wilson Times for libel. The cause of his' action was the appearance some time a"" The Times of an editorial note in which Harris was SDoken of as the Polish Jew who was incompetent to Tiold the office of coroner and had to call in one of his bondsmen to show him how. to hold an inquest. The case will come up at, the February term of the superior court. Our townsman, Henry Blount, has closed an engagement for fifty lectures which he is to deliver in Ohio during May. June, and July. : ( Mr.. C. C. Blount, an experienced dry goods man, left here yesterday for Wil mlngton where he goes into the employ of J. H. Rehder, of that city. The Young People's : Baptist TTi has been reorganized and reinvigorat ed. They have planned out new worir and intend to push it for the winter and spring. At the last meeting the follow ing officers were elected: President. Rv. : J. A. Rood; vice president, C. Culpeper; ' secretary, Miss Mary Hardy; corres ponding secretary, Mrs, J. F. Bruton; treasurer, Miss Sue Blount.' FITty Years Ago.' Ko theory of germs to chill i Affection's budding blisses; When ardent lovers took their fill, No microbes on their kisses. Cow happy they were hot to know he germ-fad-7-50 years ago. - Ayer's Cfaeny I Pectoral is the standard f amily remedy of the "world for colds, coughs ' and lung diseases. , It is not a palliative, and is not therefore' put up in small cheap bottles. It is put up in large bottles for the household. I They cost more but cure more, 1 V I Fads come and go. but no theory or fad can overthrow the f aot, that the greatest cure for all colds, coughs and throat and ' luns diseases, is Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. , .. . SO Years of Cures. St. John's Lodge No. 1 1 Af BTt rv o'clock. EQULH H HTHLY Cf MMTJ- this. (TUESDAT) evealBg at S Visiting brethren are ojrte?J tasted ttten4i .n -ait '. OlSSOI. QnEBTttN LIIHIA WATER Fob, gout, kheUmatism, STOHE IM THE BLADDER. KIDNEYS OR LIVER. We are able to supply this Water at a low price in Bulk or Bottles. WILLIAM H. GREEN I CO. -EP - ' WILMINGTON, N. C. Cash Assets.. ..$55,243 15 .. 55,358 68 .. 62,055 59 66.040 40 Net Surplus. $ 450 3,414 39 6,467 55 ' 8,266 53 January, 1891... January, 1892... January, 1893.,. January, 1894... January, 1895... January, 1896... January, 1897... .. 68,4il 42 10,740 24 68,298 89. -.10.472 25 70.884 76 10.794 29 DIRECTORS:- H. C. MCQUEEN, . i D. a WORTH, S. SOLOMON, J NALD MACRAE. -1 i :. H. I VOLLEBS. ... ' ' Tr, L. GORE, President. CliAYTON GILES. Vice Pre. TI S. WILLAKD, Secretary. - i CAROLINA INSURANCE CO., A DROP IN PRICES. .... r 7 ' The old and well known Jlrm of BRADDY & GAYLORD, of Wilming ton's Big Racket Store, is now on the eve of dissolving copartnership. It has been very well managed and very suc cessfully in the past eight years anc the dissolution is coming off for tiu purpose of opening up a branch stort in New York city, where the otner pan ner will be always On the market look Ing out for bargains of every kind We now have a large stocK oi go-m.- on hand that we want to turn inw monev at a price we have never claim ed to sell goods for cash at any time ui until now, but now we will sell a gooc many goods for less than cost for cash only we are very anxious to raise i large amount of ready cash and fo the dollar down we will sell big values 1 yard wide Bleaching, worth 6c, no 414c: .our Fine Sea Island Sheeting. yard wide, worth 5c, now 4c;-l yarc Sheeting, heavy and nice, worth 5c now 4cr 36 inch wide Blue Trw worth 12c. now 8c; 36 inch Dresf Plaids, worth 25c. now 17c; our 10c Bee Ticking now 7c. Our line of Ret Flanne' worth 40c. now 32c. Our heavy s Pants Jeans, worth. 20c now 14c;Hur line of Cotton Jeanc ;vorth 10c, now 7c. All Press Good greatly reduced. Men's and Boy's Su - lenders from 5c to 25c. Men's collar for 5c, 7c and 10c. Dragon Spool Cot ton, worth 20c. now at 10c per dozen Fine Envelopes,' worth 5c a pack, nov c. Splendid White Ruled Linen Fin ish Paper, worth ' 10c a quire, now quires for 10c. . $3.00 pair of Woman't. BRADDY & GAYLORD, of mmGTOirs F. S.-ALL PIETIES THAT HAVE IV AT ONCE OR BE READY WHEN C. W. JPOLiTTOGT & jCO.j SUCCESSORS TO KATZ & POLVOGT ,N0. 9 N. FRONT ST. J Time for the Cloaks land Blankets. Want to have a bit of earnest talk with you on this matter; want 'you to believe every ytord we tell you.' W are going to make a confidant of you. Here's the confession: - We are overstocked and have decided to take a liberal loss now, while, there are yet three months of winter before us. Better that than wait till the sea son is about ended and tlfen begin. .Every redustion is exactly as repre- 5 sented, and we shall make this the greatest cjloak trading event in years. Unfavorable weather conditions have forced this loss upon us. Merchants have to ; take these chances. We C. W. PQIaTTOG'ir COi . ' ';., - ' . V ' ' v . -; i - . " ' - -, ' " - ' "S - 1 v.'" Sole Agents for Butterick Patterns and W. B. Corsets. COAL :: WE ABE WILMINGTON AGENTS FOE THE r j f CELEBRATED - POCAHONTAS - COAL, Mined in ; Virginia and for the ; , PODuiar UeiiiGO Goals oi Tennessee, Mined by tne souiiieni Jsiiico cool comDar.y d Mile. ! ". : I Fbr domestic use we offer these High Grade I. Coals as follows: ! v One Ton for - - - $4.50 One Half Ton for - - - $2.25. One Quarter Ton for - - $1.25. J All lamp, tree from slack as is practicable for Soft Coal to be delivered. - j Our friends and patrons may depend on us! to protect their interests at all times. I " V t j ; JvA. Springer &Moi: 1. it l-OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE regular annual meeting of the Stockholders of The National Bank of Wilmington trill be held af the Banking House in this city at 3:30 p. m. next Tuesday, January 12, 1897. I ' JNO. S. ARMSTRONG,- jan 8 tf President ill WiLMiHOTOif, N. C, Januarys, 1897. The annual meeting of the StockholdPrs of the Atlantic National Bank will be held In the Directors' .Room of the Bank at 4 p. m. Tue- jday January 12th, Judges of the election: JAS. S. WORTH, . ' E. S. TENNKNT, X. W, SOLOMON. Alill. 1 i Jan lOtt Shoes, worth- from $1.00 to $2.00, a pair. n odds and ends, now to close at 60s x pair.. -200 pair Men's' Shoes, in good, iolid stock, worth from $1.00 to $2.00, . iow any of this lot for 95c. A llg lot t Children's Shoes put on the counter 6 close at a bargain price, from 15c to . 10C. : .v - - ' " r , J in our Millinery we do not stop at ost We make" big -reductions. The tock is too numerous to "mention, but -ou can buy your Hats and Trimming t least 25 per cent, or one-puarter less . nan ever before. s 1 i We have a big lot of cheap Cloaks hat we want to close, from.,50c to $3.00. f you want a Cape, Cloak or Jacket of ny kind come and lpok at ours. t i In Winter Underwear, Gent's -and .adies', we have made a big reduction. ur 50c Shirts now for 40c; our 25c oods, heavy Shirts, for , 18c. Heavy . Slue Flannel Overshlrts. worth $1.00 nd $1.60, now to close at 75c a piece. TOYS What is left fbr half price. . ny that you want. " 1 " We have cut the price on our Carpets ir a great deal less than cost. We ave Hemp Carpets for 10c per yard; i otton Carpet, worth 25c now for 17c; j tatting, good heavy weight, at 10c. f you need Dry Goods of any kind, 'hoes of every class, Millinery of ! all . 1 tyles, we promise to save you money. . 'oney is what we need, and if the 'oods is what you need come and see s and we promise to help you out by avlng you one-quarter of the cost. .7e are at 112 North Front street, , . op posite the Orton Hotel. j BIG BACKET STOBkV ACCOUNTS WITH .US PLEASE SEND ; OUR COLLECTOR CALLS. ) V. IE" Relating to the Horse. The belt ' ; Blankets (5A) the best Harness '; and the cheapest Harness. All such : fixings" as Brushes and Curry's Combs, Halters, Whfps, Bnegiest Road Carts and What-Nots Drop in and bring your eyes. ! i i HI?. EVERYTHING H. L FENNELL. The Only Up-to-Date Livery in the pity. bought for win'.er and it failed to com -,' V A,- ' - . i in time, so we'll just pocket the loss and make the best of it. ' j One consolation is our customers get . - , i- i a benefit, so "it's art ill wind that blows nobody good." ' . j We have made three prices of out entire stock of cloaks: , : r Former price $7.50 w 10.00. now $5. Former-price J10.50.to $15.00, J7.50. nowf I Former Drlce 115.00 T to S22.50, now $10.00. " .- . . ; Buy while your size 1 here. Special attention to mall orders. Twenty-five per cent, discount on our blankets. Pure E. R. Potatoes! 1 1 Barrels Houlton Kose Potatoes - 'V! Barrels Apples. ' 1 g Bags White Pot Atoes.. 75 Boxes Smoked Herring. . - Cases Brandy Cherries. . j . 25 ream Clieese. W. B. COOPER, Wholesale GrocVr, Wilmington, N.C 1897 HEW CROP, 1897 GARDEN AND FARE! SEED. The largest stock, Vaffjfy the greatest Quality the best, Price the lowest Truckers and Market Gardeners should get my price be fore buying elsewhere. The only regular Seed Store in the city. i j J. H. nAKDIN, Druggist and Seedsman, New Market. CALL - ON - US -FOR- TOBACCO, SNUFF, CIGARS, SEED AND FERTILIZERS, Lueand Hoop Iron,i ?vt;7. 57.tnlH ln Oocjries and Provisions, ; Hall & Pearsall, Nntt and Mulberry Stirt. 9- PRIGES A-
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