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7, 7ILfflIlGT0nnARKETS. COTTON REPORTS. Wilmington, N. C. Aprtl "247 Receipts of cotton today balesu Receipts corresponding day last year 2M baiea. . bales w aa5jd-tron; ReceipU to &m date last year-167.461 ? bales. The quotations posted at 4 o'clock today at the exchange: Cotton firm. Ordinary 4 Ctood middline ...... .... R Low middling 6 juaaung JUddling .- 7 f Prices same day last year, 7c navat flTftprV AVAI STORES. . Spirits turpentine Machine barrels steady at 264c; country barrels steady at 25c Rosin dull at $1.38 and $1-35 Tar firm at $1.09. Crude turpentine quiet; hard $1.30; yel low dip $1.70; virgin $1.90. Prices same day last year Spirits tur pentine at Kc and 25c; rosin $1-40 and JL45; tar 0c; crude turpentine $1.30, $1.70 and $1.90. Receipts today 26 casks spirits turpen- ' tine, 34 barrels rosin, 119 barrels tar, i parreis cruae lurpenune. receipts saiiiu uajr moi. y ciii tusna spirits turpentine, 200 barrels rosin, 95 bar re la tar, 21 barrels crude turpentine. i EI1RKETS BY TELEGRAPH. FINANCIAL. New York, April 24. Money on call easy at ltlVi per cent.; last loan 1, closed of fered at 1 per cent. Prime mercantile ir?"J JS ""v"": paper yu per ueiii. oicumg umi.Bu AoA- ith avtuil hnalnosa In hankers' bills at $4.8i4.8SM. for demand and at $4.86144.8654 for sixty days. Posted rates $4.874.87 and $4.884.89. Commercial bills at $4.85. Silver certificates .61 62V4. Bar silver 61. Mexican dollars 4S. Government bonds steady. State dull." Railroad bonds firm. Petroleum steady. - STOCKS. Atchison 9iN. J. Central 80 Adams Express .150 )N. & W., pre.... 23 American Ex.. ..113 N. Y. Central.... 98 B. & 0 12 Pittsburg ., 160 Ches. & Ohio..... 16ft Chicago Alton ..164 Chic. Bur & Qw. 71 runmaii x ill xooyj Reading ..... 18H Rich. Ter. ....... Chic. Gas 80 Rich. Ter., pre... Con. Gaa.... .....162Sug. Refln. ...... 112V4 Cot. Oil Cer...... lOJTenn. C. & I.... 21 Xel. Hudson.. ..105 U. S. Express.... 40 Del. Lack & W..149 Wells Far. Ex... 101 Fort Wayne .-...162 (West. Union .... 79 Illinois Central .. 92 W. & L. E. Lead Trust.. .... 22W. & L. E..pre.. 2 L. & N... 42Geri. Electric. 30 L. & If . A. .. Man. Consol. .. .. Mem. & Char.. .. Mobile & Ohio... Nat. Cordage.. ,. Nat. Cor., pre..., Nat. Linseed . Southern Ry . Southern, pre. .10 ..7 26 . 69 .102 84 15 18tTobacco (Tobacco, pre. BONDS. " New U S 4's reg.,123 (Missouri 6s.. ....100 ' New U S 4's cou.,124 , N. Caro. 6's .127 U S 5's reg 112N. Caro. 4's 102 U S 6's coup 114 j S. Caro non-fu. ., U S 4's reg ..Ill ITenn. N. S. 6's. . . 79 U S 4's coup...... 112 Tenn. N. S. 5's....l05 U S 2s reg........ 96Vfe Tenn. N. S. 3's. Pac. 6's, of '95.... 104 Ala. Class A...... 106 Tenn.pid S. 6's. 60 64 va. jen Va. deferred.... L. & N. Un...... Southern 5's Ala. Class B Ala. Class C Ala. Currency... La. N. Con 4's:'. .104 ..100 .100 79 89 .. 95 N. J. Cen. G 5's.. 112 COTTON. Liverpool, April 24. 1 "p. m. Closing Cotton spot fair demand; prices higher American middling fair 4 i9-32d; good mid dling 4 9-32d; American -middling 4 5-32d; low middling 3 31-32d; the sales of the day were 8,000 bales, of which 500 were for speculation and exports and Including 7.700 American; receipts 3,000 bales, no American. Futures opened and closed I nipt hut steadv at the advance: demand i moderate, American middling, low middling clause: April 4 5-64d buyers; April and May 4 4-64d, 4 5-64d buyers; May and June 4 4-64d sell ers: June and July 4 3-64d sellers; July and Ausnist 4 2-64d sellers: Au trust and September 3 63-64d. 4d sellers: September : and October 3 57-64d value: October and' November 3 51-64d sellers;. November and December 3 43-64d, 3 49-64d sellers; De cember and January 3 47-64d buyers; Jan-j nary and February 3 47-64d buyers. New Ycfrk, April 24. Cotton firm; mid dling 7,2c; net receipts 76; gross 650; for warded 4; sales 5,301; spinners 3,701; stock 208.710. s - Total today and consolidated: Net re ceipts 2.C49; exports to the continent 7S0; stock 52S.148. Total since September 1st: Net receipts 8,392,769; exports to Great Britain 2,823.669; to Frances 644,609; to the continent 1,849,714; to. the channel 5.4S1. Cotton futures opened quiet -and firm; sales 2,400 bales, -and closed firm; sales 98,90-3 bales: January 6.94; February 6.98; April 7.12; May 7.13: June 7.18; July 7.22; August 7.24; September 7.05; October 6.87; November 6.87; December 6.91. Spots closed firm; middling uplands 7c; middling gtyf 7c; sales 5,301 bales. PORT RECEIPTS. Galveston Firm at 7 l-16c; net receipts 31; gross receipts 234. I- Norfolk Firm at 7 5-16c; net receipts S0; gross receipts 250. - Ialtimore Nominal at 714c. Boston Quiet at 7 7-16c; net receipts 290; gross receipts 1,277. Wilmington Firm at 7c; net receipts 6; gross receipts 6. Philadelphia Firm at lc. Savannah Steady at 7e; net receipts 332; gross receipts 332. New Orleans Firm at 7 5-16c; net re ceipts 1,124: gross receipts 1,752. Mobile Firm at lc; net receipts 26S; gross receipts 268. Memphis Steady at 7c, net receipts 261; gross receipts 439. Augusta Steady at IVzC, net receipts 156; gross receipts 278. Charles tonrFlrm at 7c; net receipts 272; gross receipts 272. Cincinnati Steady at 7e; net receipts 19; gross receipts 89. Louisville Firm at c. St. Louis Firm at IVkc; net receipts 62; gross receipts 96. Houston Steady at 7 ll-16c; net receipts 215; gross receipts 215. GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC. Chicago, April 24. The leading futures were as follows: Open. High. Low. Close. 77 75 76Tb 77 75 76 . 7714 75 s 76 744 71 73 25 24 25 25 24 25 26 26 26 27 27 27 18V4 17 18 19 18 19 -2r 19 19 $8.65 $8.47 $S.55 8.77 8.60 8.67 $4.20. $4.12 $4.17 4.30 4.22 4.27 4.40 4.32 4.37 Wheat April.... .. May July.... .... September.. Corn April:... ... May.. July.... .... September.. Oats Hiy . . July.... .... September.. Pork May.. Julyiv.. .. Lard May J '. Julyj September.. Ritrs May.... ... . J5V4 75 7TVi 24; 244 26 27 17 188 198 8.C5 $4.12 4.22 i $4.70 4.73 $4.S0 4.S5 4.90 $4.70 4.75 $4.77 4.82 JulyJ. September.-.! . , 4.82 4.82 4.87 Cash quotations were as follows: Flour strong; winter patents $4.30,ff4.50; straights Jl.104r4.25; spring specials $4.50; spring pat ents $3.904.20; straights $3.603.90; bakers' J2.90Ji3.25; No. 2 spring wheat 767Sc; No. 2 red 92'g'96c; No. 2 corn 25c: No. 2 oats 18c; No. 3 white fob 2022ci No. - 2 rye 365i37c; mess pork (per barrel) " $8.55S.60; lard (per 100 pounds) $4.17: short rib sides (loose) $4.704.90; dry salted shoulders . (boxed) $5.25!ji5.50; short clear sides (boxed) $4.S75.00; whiskey, dis tillers finished goods, per gallon $1.19. New York. April 24. Flour strong and higher with the advance in wheat; Min nesota patents $4.304.60: winter patents $4.65(?t4.90; low grades $2.752.95. Wheat Spot strdnger; No. 1 northern S9e; opened strong cm higher Liverpool rabies, eased on under realizing, but later developed strength and excitement on laree exnort orders and fears of sensa tional news from abroad before Monday's pen ing; final prices were lTb'gZc net high- er; No. 2 red April closed 84c; May 82 83c, closed 83c Corn Spot firmer; No. 2 20c; opened firm and advanced, later closed 4c net higher; Aprtl closed 30c; May 30 S0c, closed 30c. Oats Spot firmer; No. 2 23c; stronger but dull all day, closing c net higher in sympathy with casn oats; jviay cioseu f f 60 tierces; rennea nrmer, cwnuui A 7ft Pork Steady; mess J7.859.50; short clear 9.7510.T5; family S9.7510.75. - - Eggs Steady; state and Pennsylvania 10c; western fresh 910c; southern pptmipum-Dull: refined New York J6.05. Kice steaay; aomt Rice Steady; domestic fair to extra VA& Molasses Steady; New - Orleans open kettle gcd to choice 2330c. 7; Coffee Steady; 5 to 1 points higher on tetter news from European markets; fur- ther advanced on local buying; receipts were below the average, while warehouse deliveries were larger than in several days; closed steady 15 to 25 points higher; sales 16,250 bags; spot coffee, Rio steadier; No. 7 invoice 7c. ... Sugar-r-Raw nominal; fair refining 2 13-ifin- rAntrlfueal. 96 test. 3c; refined Rtosriv- standard A 4c: confectioners A 4c; cut loaf 5c; crushed A 5c; pow- !L oraTiiiia.ted 4c: cubes 4c. cotton seed Oil Strongly held; prime crude 20c: prime crude I o D mius lvgiic; nrfmp summer yellow ZiC, on summer yei- low 23c; DUtter grades pruue white 2627c. ' NAVAL STORES. New York Rosin steady; strained com mon to good $1.65. Turpentine nrm at iuc. Charleston Turpentine quiet at 26c; sales none. . Rosin firm; sales none; strained, common to good $1.30 to $L40 Savannah Turpentine market firm at 26c ; sales 866 casks; receipts 1.004. Rosin nrm; saies receipts uui - ; ing. A, 13. C, U l-3o; til J? i.o; ,X . -rT r- T h w. ts n en. m Mfirt Mi S1.50: H $1.55: I $1.70: K $1.80; M $2.00 N $2.15; W G $2.30; W W $2.50. ARRIVED YESTERDAY. American schooner Flora, Morang, Mo rang, New York, Geo. Harriss, Son & Co, CLEARED YESTERDAY. - Steamer Croatan, McKee, New York, H. G. Smallbones. ' VESSELS IN PORT. .. BARKS. Bigdo, (Nor.), 495 tons, Omundsen, Paranagua, Brazil, J. T. Riley & Co. Attivo,(Ital.), 620 tons, Trapani, Ger genti, J. T. Riley & Co. SCHOONERS. Flora Morang (Am.), 242 . tons,'. New York, Geo. Harriss, Son & Co. R 's Graham (Am " 321 tnna flnf- . uranam, tAin.j, szi tons, uut- ten, Martinique, Geo. Harris, Son & Co. City of lialtlmore, (Am.), 298 tons, Tawes, New York, Geo. Harriss, Son & Co. Melbourne, (Br.), 170 tons, Matherson, New York, Geo. Harriss, Son & Co. . New York Stock Market. New York, April 24. The dullness of the 'trading continued todajr and the market sagged from inanition. The lower prices of American securities on the London exchange gave the tone to the opening here, where prices of the international shares promptly adjusted themselves to the London parity, ex cept in the cases of Reading and Southern preferred. These two stocks were an exception on the London ex change in showing fractional gains over the New York closing; but New York declined to adopt the London view of them and they sold here at a. de- k---h-i .uu "" Wui. ijuunwuai witu me uLiir internationals. Advices from the Eu ropean exchanges indicate a more se- rious view of the war than has been taken since the first trading: on Tues- day after the Easter hnlirJav ni tho outbreak of hostilities ThA diin,a in tv, infotioi,, ri(.v, fv, ; ir S.e in wneat consistently with. Wall street's new principle of counting hurtful to stocks what is ben eficial to grain prices. For the rest the features of interest in the day's market were exceedingly scarce and were confined to peculiar. conditions af fecting particular stocks. The bears attacked Missouri Pacific with renewed stories of financial diffi- at our depot Monday. He was at work culties and probability of a. rpivpr. on nis en&ine when a piece of a nut flew shin ronnlifM r,0 tJt off and struck him in the right eye, cut- S P'nSloH fJ-P f ecte,d by ting the eye ball. Mr. Freeland went to the continued agitation for legal re- Raleigh and had his eye examined. Dr. striction of the price of gas to $1, and Lewis pronounced the wound a very se- fell 2 points, without rallying. The rious one, but hopes he will be able to course of the stock market during the save the eye without injury to the sight, week might be summarized as an ex- Tyron is improving, as shown by the treme 'decline on Monday on the first numer of h.er new houses in course of trading ffrM tKp. Af thAt,,,i erection on the heights surrounding the ;?tw , f neWfv. of ne fctual town, and a number of business house?, outbreak of war on the Macedonian Hehdersonville Hustler: Rev. M. W. frontier. A rally carried prices above Egerton, the brilliant ydung divine, left the level of the previous Saturday and last Thursday for Cleveland, Tenn.,' where succeeding stagnation, which showed ne wil1 have charge of the First Baptist little variation and transactions reduc- churcn" X ed to the smallest proportions. So far Raleigh News and Observer: The loss to as any general influence on the market the state of North Carolina by the cold was concerned, interest has centred en- snap this week has been very great espe tirely on the war new pecially along the seaboard, where truck a iirif news. - is grown, and in the Piedmont section, Aside from the war news, the fac- where fruit is grown. The frosts have tors in the market were not important been among the heaviest ever known, and and were confined to individual shares, ice to considerable thickness has formed except for a squeeze of shorts in the in many places. As a result of this, early Coalers, which was a purely manipula- vegetables beans, peas and potatoes tive movement. The more prominent have been set back some fifteen days, and gain on the week, although the slump a position to make an estimate say that of Monday and subsequent recovery the damage will foot up $1,000,000 or more, and final reaction has covered a range ; It will, however, be several days before running from a fraction to 6. 1 tno ful1 extent of the damage can be as- The railway and miscellaneous bond certained. Reports come from all sec markets ruled fairly active during the "onf or the. state of great damage to Jl, fruit and early vegetables by the recent week., with, a quife general business frosts and cold nights. transacted in the usually neglected is- . . , . . . x. . . anM ) -n.v.v. fr., Washington letter to New York Sun: 1 noteworthy variations There is much apprehension among army were mainly registered. Prices were officers stationed at the war department fairly well sustained for the leading that another colored cadet may be ap mortages and a material hardening oc- pointed to West Point. Recalling previous curred in the bid quotations for the trouble, the prospect of the cadet corps gilt edge liens j being again distinguished by a black face, Business in governments during the j?5- k1' GZfZ week was MrrrpmAlv lie-hf and fluotira- 5 H- White a colored member from North weeK. was extremely lignt ana nuexua- Carolina has hppn notifi! that thp win tions narrow, with a good undertone. SilveF certificates rose to 62 on pur chases of 30,000 ounces, but subsequent ly receded below last week's close on the bid quotations. The Chicago Markets. Chicago, April 24. Wheat was very strong today, May options adding lc to the lc which marked yesterday's ses sion. July was even stronger, closing at 2c gain. Undoubtedly the war news had its effect, but to the excited advance at San Francisco and bad crop reports from that neck of the woods was due, most of the advance. Altogether, shorts had a bad day of It. Other grain and provision markets also exhibited strength, corn advancing y.e, oats c and provisions 2Vic to 5c. Not Raided by the Police. New York, April 24. By an error it was sta!ted yesterday that the interna tional commission company, at No. 53 New street was among the places raid ed by the police. The report proved to be untrue. The international company was open today and doing business as usual. Its managers declare that1 the place is conducted on strictly legitimate lines. Cotton Mill Shut Down. Dover. N.: H., April 24. The employes of the Cocheco cotton mills were noti fied today that the entire plant would be shut down tonight until May 3rd. The cotton market is still dull and in view of this fact it was considered that next week would be a good time to make repairs, in the different mills. NORTH CAROLINA. Major John H. Hill has been nominated mayor of Goldsboro. Polk Miller says J. F. Jordan, of Greensboro, is far and away the best shot at partridges in this country; no man even approaching him. Miller says he is simply a phenomenon. Charlotte Observer: it seems that Rev. Edward Mack is seriously considering the call to the First Presbyterian church in Norfolk, Va., to which Dr. Howerton for merly ministered. He is to makqe a sec ond visit there, and very shortly. Winston Sentinel: Bishop Cheshire, of Raleigh, passed up the Wilkesboro road Monday. That evening he made his an nual visit and conducted confirmation ser vices at St. Paul's Episcopal church, In "Wilkesboro. Eight persons were conv. firmed.' - .1 Beaufort Herald: Bishop Watson came down Wednesday to confirm some candi dates for the Episcopal church. There was a small class of six. There has been auite a number of accessions to the Epis copal church since the coming of their pastor. Rev. T. O. Tongue. Raleiprh Tribune: Tuesday night the store of . Mr. G. B. Alford, of Holly Springs, was broken Into. Entrance was effected by removing a pane of glass and then raising the window. - The thieves carried away clothing, hats, dry goods, etc. to the amount of about $200. The residence of Mr. Willis King, in House's Creek township, was destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon. There was no msur ance. Much sympathy was expressed for Mr. King in the city yesterday. Cleveland Star: Last Friday morning, about 2 o'clock, a little cyclone passed over this section of country. Window elass were blown out and tin roofs were lift nearly off of one or two houses. Hinson'a saw mill four miles below riuiauil siw iniii, lour mues ueiuw Grover, was destroyed by fire last Wednesday. , The origin of the fire is un known. .The hands were away hauling lumber, and when they returned the mill was burning. Mr. Hinson went to Char lotto and bought a new outfit. Gastonia Optimist: It is a pleasant sight, and one most rare, that strikes the visitor to the Sabbath school of the Associate Reformd Presbyterian church, of Gastonia. To see the venerable Dr E. E. Boyce teaching his class from Sab bath to Sabbath Is an inspiring spectacle. For forty-six years consecutive he was pastor of the same congregation here, un til, because of advancing age, he gave over the work to youger hands. He is one of the sweetest, serenest and most honored of the old school of Christian gentlemen Laurlnburg Exchange: Rockingham was treated to quite a sensation last week in an accident, which came near resulting ln th(. 1na9 in tvA tnwr. nf th hriiiit young editor of The Index. He attempted to cross Pee Dee river in a canvas boat Of course, the boat capsized and the boat man came near losing his life. A few weeks ago The Exchange published an account of the death of a brother of Rev. A. N. Ferguson, and now coines the sad news of the death of another one of his brothers. Mr. Murdoch Ferguson, of Cameron, N. C., who was also the father of Mrs. Dougald Stewart The deceased was 71 years Wd and died of paralysis Rich Square Patron and Gleaner: Our friend, St. Leon Scull, Esq., of Windsor, has been invited to deliver the literary address at West End Home school, a col lege for young ladies, at Suffolk, Va., on the 4th of June, and has accepted As told In our news columns last week, on the 7th day of this month Joseph H Hardy died at his home in the village of Roxobel, N. C, in the 73rd year of his age. Mr. Hardy belonged to one of the oldest and most prominent families of Bertie" county, a family which has always possessed the respect and esteem of the people. ; t dsiuugiuu ouu, iiieie ia me very Washington Star: There is the best authority for slatiner ex-Rerre sentative Cheatham for the recordership or aeeas or tne uistrict or Columbia. Sen- ator Pritchard has talked several times with the president about Cheatham, and the chief executive has said nothing to the North Carolina senator about apply ing the home rule policy to the office. It is asserted on apparently fine authority that the president has never considered out two names for the recordership. A Georgia man was one or the men under consideration .and Cheatham was the other. Inasmuch as North Carolina made a good showing in the last campaign, the president considers, it is said, that she is entitled to the place Hillsboro Observer: Mr. George Free land, engineer on the Southern railway. and one of the cleverest fellows that ever lived, met with a very painful accident Carolina, has been notified that there will be a vacancy at the military academy by the graduation of a cadet from his dis trict June, 1898, but, as the law provides that candidates shall be designated one year In advance, Mr. White must name his boy before the end of May. The au thorities are fearful that he will follow the practices of other colored members of congress who have vacancies in the gov ernment schools, and appoint a boy of his own race, and if Mr. White does this, without leaving the selection to competi tion, army men say it will defeat him in his district, as white republicans would rebel against such action. , RESTORED TO HEALTH. If you are suffering with any skin or blood disease, Rheumatism, Catarrh, Ulcers, Old Sores, General Debility, etc., send stavp to the Blood Balm Co., At lanta, Ga., for book of wonderful cures free. This book will point the way to speedy recovery. Botanic Blood Balm, (B. B. B.) is manufactured' after a. long tested pre scription of an eminent physician, and is the best building-up and blood puri fying medicine in the world. Beware of substitutes. Price $1.00 for large bottle. For sale by Druggists. ONE IN A THOUSAND. One summer, several years ago, while railroading in Mississippi ' I became badly affected with malarial blood poison, that impaired my health for more than two years. Several offensive ulcers appeared on my legs, and noth ing seemed to give permanent relief until I took of Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.), which cured me entirely. M. D. LANE, Deveraux, Ga. PUBLIC OPINION. It may be doubted whether these uni versities that have opened their courses to women and yet have refused, to place women on their faculties have not done more to retard than to advance the high er education of that sex, for their ex pressed or - tacit assent to the doctrine that women are incapable of professional work derives added force from their ad mission that women students have, as successfully as men, made all the prepa ration and passed all the approved tests of fitness for such work. Boston Tele graph.. "- . . - ' The Ideas of revenue and protection ex clude each other. The two objects should be sought by distinct classes . of imposts. though they might be united In one bill, for customs and Internal taxation. - What we need is one class of imposts on foreign and domestic goods, laid with- an' eye single to revenue, without regard to pro tection, and another class of duties so laid as to give moderate, reasonable and necessary protection to American indus try,, without regard to revenue. The two objects cannot be attained by the same duties. Every attempt to do this has been, and in the nature ' of things must be, a failure. Portland Oregonian, rep. - The retirement of Evan P. Howell, of The Constitution, .coming without a word- of warning, was like a thunder clap from a clear sky. But time will show , that there was a meaning In it. The return of Hugh Inman to Atlanta from New York, the quarrel In The Constitution household. the-purchase of control by the Inmans, all mean something, and we don't mind pre dicting that it means that The Constitu tion has been bought by the money power. the gold standard advocates, and while the cltenge from right to wrong will prob ably be gradual, it will -In time be com plete. Just keep your eye on The Con stitution. It was recognized as the most powerful silver advocate In the country under Howell, and that is . why he was given $100,000 for one-fourth Interest. If our view is correct, Clark Howell will be forced out of the editorship shortly. Spartanburg Herald. The New York Evening Post is a highly Intelligent journal in seeing things' from Wall street point of view. Its expressions embody the highest wisdom of Wall street and that, of course, is the quintessence of wisdom. It alludes to the decision of the supreme court" in regard to railroad pools as a recognition of the anti-property craze and says when a New York millionaire is asked, "Why don't you resent, why don t you struggle, why don't you pro test against such a tendency?" the New York millionaire smiles a sad smile and explains "that Isn't the way to do it." His way of doing it is to buy exemption from the law. In referring to Mr. Bryan and the Chicago convention it says: "The mob prevailed, drove its old leaders away and made the blatant young demagogue, with neither knowledge, experience nor capac ityin fact, with nothing but a passion for attacking 'monopoly' its candidate for president." What an ignoramus Mr. Bryan must be, and over 6,000,000 are a mob. Richmond (Va.) State. Ignatius Donnelly and Henry Watter son are philosophers who never find the least difficulty In tracing effect to cause. Show either of these savants an effect however trivial or serious, and he tracks Its cause straight to its lair as unerring ly as a bloodhound follows the steps of a fugitive from justice. It was only the other day, When .hundreds of wise men were speculating as to the cause or causes of the extreme wetness of the Mississippi valley," .some blaming it on -the weather bureau and others charging it to the cutting away of the forest, that the Sage Ignatius hushed the clamor with two words. "Sun spots," said the seer, and the contention ceased. On the 17th of the current month, while all the good people in Kentucky and there are lots of them were trying to find the cause of -the lawlessness of some parts of that state; while some said It was whiskey and others attributed it to "gen eral cussedness," Philosopher Watterson exalted his horn in The Louisville Courier Journal in this wise: "Where did these outlaws get their spirit of lawlessness? Obviously from the lessons taught, in the Chicago platform." It may surprise our readers, but it is a fact, that this opinion of Colonel Watterson is not intended as a joke, but it is perpetrated in grim and awful solemnity. Washington Post. STATE PRESS. It will be a long time before all the people will understand why it is neces sary for the governor of North Carolina to employ a number of lawyers and pay them large fees cut of the public treasury to assist him in running the state govern ment. Heretofore the state officers have been able to run the state most of the time without being forced to put the state to the unnecessary expense of pay ing outsiders to assist them. These are hard times, and they all said that they wanted retrenchment and reform. But don't Itussell play Davidson Dis patch. " - Taxation for education. How far can the state go In levying tax for education without crossing the line of justice? There are those who are condemning the tax for the university and state normal col lege. Now, the whole matter of taxation for education has some, unpleasant fea tures. For our part, we are in favor of taxation for education, from the tax . to support the humblest school in the back woods to a tax to support a university. We hope to see the -entire public 1 school system made better and a tax sufficient' to support, a splendid public school sys tem levied and that tax judiciously .ex pended. Monroe Enquirer. Judge Holman was not a man of shining ability, but of good parts and approved integrity, and his long experience made him a. very valuable .representative. He watched the course of legislation more narrowly ; perhaps than any man in the house, was especially suspicious of bills carrying appropriations, and his frequent "I object" earned for him the title of "The Great Objector." He had more of the characteristics of Nathaniel Macon than any man who has been in public life in recent years. He was a good old man, a faithful democrat and faithful public servant; and, dying, has a long list of good deeds as credits on his general ac count. Charlotte Observer. If af ull and complete history of all the physical phenomena of the last quarter of a century was put "into solid book form it would indeed be thrilling in the ex treme to read the contents of such a book. The dally papers and telegraph lines have been for years telling the people all about the human wars on mid-ocean, and on either side of the deep blue sea. The People have been so accustomed ' to ac counts of all these phenomena - In the news columns that they have actually grown passive as to what Is happening all around them. And if a scientist,' an editor or preacher calls special atten tion to these things, the spirit of the age calls him a crank, pessimist or calamity howler, who desires to disturb the equi librium of business relations and unneces sarily alarm his fellow man. But It makes no difference what men or angels say, the. time has come for all men to think seriously and soberly. In regard to coming events which are surely -casting their shadows before. Fair Bluff Times. "When the government of the state of North Carolina is run by jackasses and negroes, our safety as peaceful and law abiding citizens will be at an end. Let the next political fight be fought cn the color line. Let the white man who takes his stand with the negroes forever be branded as an enemy to freedom, lib erty and virtue that our state has so long enjoyed. Dunn Union. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. Governor Atkinson consented ' to the marriage of his 17-year-old son and the ' 16-year-old girl . with whom he eloped. This insures a great number of bills for his excellency to act upon. Detroit Free Press. - - POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Governor Johnston says the democratic party has survived "the great cuckoo president hatched out from arepublican egg laid in a democratic nest." Birming ham State-Herald. r -f--. V.-. : Chairman Kurtz, of the republican state committee of Ohio, says the elec tions last week were a repudiation of Hannaism. So the republicans are ac knowledging the fact. That's good. Buf falo Times. - . - '.v --." - - " -The horrid depositors of that looted Chi cago bank are demanding that President Spalding be sent to a vulgar jalL Is this all the consideration a man is to receive when he goes . so far as to sympathize with his victims? Washington Post. If it is true as reported, that "the king of Siam Is coming to this country to view some of our ruins, he should be treated to a sight of the Dingley bill after the senate gets through with it. 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The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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April 25, 1897, edition 1
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