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THE YflLIIIHGTOH MESBENGEltl BATUfipAY, JUNE 10, (Mai Mr) $xt Messenger. JACKSON & BELL COMPANY. TEBMS OF SUBSCRIPTION; The Dally Messenger, by ' mall, one rear, $7.00; six months, $3.50; three nonths, $1.75; one month, 60 cents. Served In the city at 60 cents a month; one week , IB cents; $1.75 for three months or $7.00 a year. The Semi-Weekly Messenger (two S -age papers), by mall, one year, $1.00; 1x months, 60 cents, In advance. WILMINGTON, N. C. SATURDAY. June 19, 1897. HAS PROSPERITY COME? A SURVEY. .r-z - fr - r - Some perhaps ffnany-of the admin istration organs pipe long and loud in behalf hf "prosperity-Land insist and swear it Is here. They even denounce the 'papers that do not shout in the same high key and forand them las "calamity howlers." The Messenger is a close observer of the times, and reads both sides of the contention, and would be glad indeed to see and believe that the good times so long and so anx iously looked for had come, and had come to stay. "While having no confi dence "whatever in the "statements of the republican blowers about anything into which their party interests enter, for we have seen them misrepresent ing facta again and again, The Mes senger is not such a partisan to wish calamity to continue and prosperity to remain away. It would' be very glad indeed to know that all citizens or North Carolina 'of all sorts and condi tions had plenty of wtork andat golod wages, such as prevailed some years ago.ln the "good old times." We do not envy that man or desire to imitate him who takes pleasure in creating despondency or in trying to keep back returning prosperity. As a newspaper a news gatherer The Messenger seeks to find out the facts as tk the present outiooK ror noisiness, -it nas followed the prophets since last Sep tember an heard them proclaim frioim day to day and month to month that business was greatly improving and prosperity, With all that it means, was on the way, close at hand. Latterly the announcement 'of the organs and others that helped to elect McKinley and the present congress, is that pros perity has actually arrived with all the needed blessings In its train. But is lovelv prosperity, With the golden curls, really with us? Is she in deed in Wilmington? Newspapers like The Baltimore Her aid, Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Post, 'Nw York Tribune, New York Mall and Express, and others of like motives and principles proclaim from the housetops that prosperity is every where, and the latest, blast from the horn, is, that the "calamity howlers were . discouraged,' and the croakers were :dumb because of the splendid business showing. The 'Messenger gave the facts re cently for last week as to business as given by Dun that always takes the most hopeful, cheerful look possible. The Baltimore Herald, of Thursday, de clares that "prosperity is manifest in various directions." 'It gives what travellers, including ex-Governor Flow er, of New York, say, that in the great west there is returning - prosperity. Governor Flower says most positively ness at all the inland Centres of in dustry and trade which he visited." The Herald adds: "Ihese are pointers from divergent sources, but for that reason they are all the more Convincing, and they prove that 'in cotto,n goods, in iron and steel, and In transportation there is already renewed activity. Grumblers and calamity howlers to the contrary notwithstanding, the wave of pros perity in these departments is not com ing, but is here now." The Boston Post, a gold democrat, avers that the industrial revival is genuine that the "bull movement" is on and helps. Say the hopeful papers the- evidence of solid improvement is everywhere. EVen The Philadelphia Record, a gold organ, but against high .robber, protecti'Oin, joins in and is sure we are on the eve of better, more pros perous times. God grant that these prophesies may be realized by all the people and not be confined to a rich few! The Record quotes from Pullman, the car multi-millionaire 'that th'e peo- Tvlr. aftfkr all am i-p-QrwmciVvlck for t Vi times, if we understand his meaning. He says "after all, prosperity depends upon the people themselves; if they make more than they spend, and keep at it, the country will prosper," That is a miserable half truth. People may toil and sweat and save, but if wages are low, trade dull, money scarce, and legislation is for the rich, and against the poor, then they canhjot etave off poverty and distress and maintain prosperity. The Washington Post usu ally carries a level head, and, We be lieve, aims at the truth. Commenting on The Record's remarks on the Pull man wisdom, it says: "There are many hopeful indications of improvement in business, and we be lieve thejproper course for every good citizen is to make the mbst of every sign of revived industrial activity: But with all our habitual and cultivated op timism we find it absolutely impossible to share The Record's faith in the en during character of the lesson of the last four years. It is true literally, and awfully true -that 'the people have been taught the lesson of saving in the hardest of schools,' but what reason is there for the prediction that 'they will not speedily forget it?.' Where is there a peg to which one may fasten a hope that the American people will from this time on be a thrifty, prudent, sav ing people?" .. While legislation alone cannot make - a country great or prosperous, as Mc Kinley thinks, it can help no little in advancing good conditions and it can seriously embarrass and even retard prosperity. . . There are intelligently edited news papers that believe from facts that the tide of prosperity has actually receded since McKinley was elected. Wages have been much reduced in many in dustries .and are threatened "in locali ties now. There are hundreds of thou sands of workingmen today who are receiving less wages man winen tney were coaxed, wheedled and threatened Into voting for McKinley. The Na tional Bimetallist says: "They were assured that the mills then in operation would oonitinue to run, that more would be opened, and that their wages would be fully main tained (in some cases increased) and that they would . have 'honest money and a chance to earn it.' " . The "book of promise" was literally opened, and Campaign toan'ag-ers gave assurance of & "golden prime" Jus as soon as Major Mc took his seat. There was nothing lef t ut of the count .to Induce the workingmen to help to put in the Ohioan deceiver. The Messenger has laid before its readers what Mr. Wanamaker, ' thte great New York and Philadelphia mer chant, has said about the hard times. He declared that "as much as I love quietness and peace. t is not possible for me to be indifferent or silent In the present condrtion of affairs. Neith er can I take or give opiates To keep work for the 6,000 and more persons In my employ and turn away from the several hundred Who apply dally ad beg1 for the privilege of labor to keep the wolf from the door, drives me. Into a fever, and I must speak out. Any citizen has that right. In these times campaign speeches are only empty sheila without kerrials." The Messenger gave yesterday that in McKinley's own county In Ohio there had been since the 1st of January last thirty-five failures and fifty-four foreclosures aggregating- $76,828.07. And that is the condition in 'the great OMoi You know that James CreeXman- is a brilliant northern Journalist who trav eled around last year. He is still traveling. Recently he wrote from Ohio, and about Canton, MeKinley's town: , "Oradinarily, Canton is a very pros perous town. But there is small con tentment tfn Canton now. Mayor Rice says that hundreds of families in the town are suffering for Want of food and clothing. Times are getting hard er. In the tbree months of the present year the mayor has given - away tn charity out of -his private purse more than his year's salary. -He says that most 'of the factories are cutting down wages and reducing their forces. Many of them are not operating more than three days a week. Thjose that run make no profits." That is bad for Canton, bad for Clark county, bad for Ohio. Ohio is prosperous says ex-Governor Republi can - Flower. Mr. Creelman is on. the ground and writes: "ft is impossible to exaggerate the distress m this state. Farms have ac tually shrunk 'to half their value, and figures show that ever since Mr. Me Kinley's election values haVe shrunk not less than 10 ier cent. The depression-is so terrible that the loan, insti tutions are holding thousands of over due mortgages, which, they do not dare to foreclose, because prices have sunk so Dow that farming land frequently fails to bring the price of the mortgage at auction. "From the figures already in my pos session, I am satisfied that the list of assignments, foreclosures and transfers of property ;for debt since the begin ning of this republican year of pros perity in Ohio averages more than half a million of dollars for each of the counties, and that -Che total for the state is more than fifty million dol lars." - Is he a "calamity howler" jot is he speaking "words of truth and sober ness?" The blowers think they get rid of a difficulty if they cry "calamity howler." Facts are very "stubborn '-things." - You know who Mr. Alfred Lewis is he too, is a brilliant Journal ist in the north. He has been, or is still in Pennsylvania. What does he find? Does he side with the ruddy head Philadelphia blowers, or does he find Wanamaker right? Here is an. extract from a letter from his dated Pittsburg: "Mckinley was 'the advance agent of prosperity.' 'McKinley, so he said, 'would start the manufactories of the country rather than "" the mints.' I am here in the hotbed of manufacturing and labor, and 'bear witness how well he 'has not kept his. word. "I find Work scarce and pay small. and many idle men. No concern is crowded with work. Same have no work at all. In the best and briskest pay is small, for there are two work men to every one day's work 1 Times among the work people, as well as among their employes, are worse today than ttoey were prior tx electron last November; worse than on the 4th of March, when r'the advance agent of prosperity was -. inaugurated; worse, indeed;, than a month ago, and affairs are on the decline. They grow bad, not better, as this is "written." Is he lying? He has character, repu tation. 'Why should he desire to mis represent? ' Wanaimaker knows Penn sylvania and Its condition. Are there many tangible, sure signs of returning prosperity anywh ere? Take these very recent "signs." "Take Philadelphia. It is a great city. But It showed a posi tive decrease May last of $12,84,1, or 6.2 per cent, in postal receipts as compared with May, 1896-a year ago. What did it? The returning wave of prosperity? Who believes it? At Middletown, Conn., a McKinley state also, on the 14th of June the an nouncement of a 10 per cent, reduction of wages by the Worcester Cycle Works caused 100 of the employes to strike. Such signs of the sweeping over our country of the mighty wave of prosperity are not lacking any week. While we are considering them, let us add a few more of recent date. A few days ago an. 'actual re duction of 10 per cent, of wages went into effect at the American Iron Works at Pittsburg, Pa. By this 3,500 men refused to accept the reduction and wen out on a strike, and have failed, we think. Again, more than five hun dred men employed in different parts of the Reading Iron Works, at Read ing, Pa., went out on strike on Tuesday because of a reduction in wages puddlers from $2.70 to $2.40 and others in proportions about 10 per cent. This confirms 'Lewis. In Nashua, N. H., the Vale mills have closed, turning adrift 200 hands. At Al'tloona, Pa,, the Al toona Iron Works ihave reduced wages from 10 per cent, to 20 per cent, be ginning with the 7th instant. In this reduction a dozen companies or so are involved, and among them Mark Han na & Co. Hark! Hear! Mark is in it The great old deceiver and fraud!' At Paterson, N.j J., 300 silk weavers em ployed by yilliam Strange Co., were discharged because they asked for an increase of pay. These are not hope ful, cheering signs and do not indicate prosperity. The workingmen were de ceived all over the north by promises that are not realized. The mills would all run and wages would eb increased. PROTECTION DEMOCRATS. Senator Mills we once admired and reposed confidence in. He was a dis appointment in 1896. He is now firing off one of his guns in the senate against the radical robber tariff scheme. He is shooting wild we suppose from a criticism of The Washington Post. It praises the ability and eloquence of the Texan, but thinks him a poor marks man when he fires at what he calls the "necessaries of life." ; It only shows that the democrats w.h perhaps a few exceptions know y;ry little about the principles of heir fjarty or the de scriptive titles of articles. The Post aptly hits off the Texan's blundering in this: " ' . . ;. "We are bound toLay, however, that we cannot follow Xr. Mills wi our entire assent and e apathy throifchout the development 1 -Xh, When Mr. Mills saVs: "Here are Some i - . v "of the rales of taxation Im Posed upbn the necessaries of life,' and then gives us a list including 'alcoholic perfumery, sulphuric ether, 'opium for smoking, 'razors and. razor blades cigarettes, 'bay rum," 'shoddy, "cur rants, 'woolen rags,' and a dozen other such articles, we feel that he is leaving us far behind with his philosophy. We have never yet realized the Indispensa ble necessity to human life or happi ness of woolen rags or. alcoholic per. fumery. It is a new theory to us that existence would be a blank without cig arettes and shoddy. The truth may be as Mr. Mills asserts it." Poor Mr. Mills! Fine "necessaries" those named. But there are six or eight so-called democratic senators who do worse than utter nonsense. Tlicy vote for protection. The republicans in the congress have taken heart, and rejoice In the fact that protection "is growing" and they, have allies In the senate amonsr the alleged democrats. The northern protection papers are in high glee over the recruits for protec tion from the ranks of democratic con gressmen of both, houses. They feel that even In the .south the vile robber is upward and onward. Take this from The New York Mail and Express, a very extreme robber: "Senator Bacon's, proposition for a 20 per cent, ad valorem duty on cotton is heartily indorsed by the Vicksburg ton exchange. It looks more and more as though the Georgia senator had sounded the keynote for a further ad vance of the protectionist movement in the old free trade states of the south." There are newspapers in, Georgia and other southern states that pretend to democracy that approve of and de fend Bacon and the other bolters and supporters of a protection scheme of robbery. The watchful independent but tariff advocate, The Washington Post, notes, that "those southern senatorial votes for the pending tariff bill are re viving republican hopes in several quarters where they were disposed to droop." It has been announced that Tillman is a protectionist, and Marion Butfer declared at Boston that he was one. And yet these men have been howling the other way. It really begins to look as if the democrats would have to drop the tariff altogether from its platform and let all sorts of fellows come in with all sorts of economic views, or return to basic principles and be really in favor of something definite and final. When ever the democratic party ceases to be a genuinely low-tax party and takes up with the republican robber tax you will see the real democrats desert ing not by squads as in 1896, but by the hundreds of thousands. He is a sorry democratwho can favor for any reason or under any plea a robber tax for class l favorites. In this connection we men tion that an ugly, disgraceful report in out about the protection southern-senators. Te reputable Springfield (Mass.) Republican says that "southern demo cratic senators supposed to be the four from Georgia and South Carolina are said to have agreed for a consideration (the duty on cotton for one thing) to be absent from the chamber without pairs on the day the final vote is taken on the tariff bill. This reduces the op position materially, and makes it less necessary for the republicans, to heed the dictations of the far western silver independents. Some of the Aldrich bar gains consequently will not need to be adhered to, and there is a probability that the bill will pass the senate much more nearly like the house bill than when- it -came from, the finance com mittee." . If true it Is disastrous not only to the democrats in the senate, but to themen engaged in the shameful business.; "Tt would be better for them never to have appeared in public life than to have such a smirch. What can the honest men of any party think of these trad ers, if the Republican states a truth? " HO CUBE-NO PAT. That is the way all druggists sell GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC for Chills and Malaria. It is simply Iron and. Quinine in a tasteless form. Children love it. Adults prefer it to bitter, . nauseating Tonics. Price, 50c. HOME FOLKS. We regretted to see the death an nounced of an" old schoolmate Captain Benjamin H. Sumner, who Was born in Person county on 27th July 1827, "He was the son of the late Benjamin Sum ner, a good scholar, a Presbyterian, who had charge of the once famous old Oxford Female seminary, about 1840-45. We have not seen Captain Sumner since 1845. He was an excellent boy and deservedly popular. We were in his class and hell him l:i ry high es- teem. He married Miss Mary A. Ram- suer, in 1S52: The Lincolntori News an nouncing his death, said: "He was a brother to Mrs. Georgian- na Hoke and Mrs. V. A. McBee, of this place, and Julian Sumner, Esq., of Thomasville. "He went through the war. during the latter years of which he was quarter-master on the staff of Colonel Wil liam Hoke. He was a good. man and a valuable citizen, and served, several terms as county commissioner." The state auditor after surveying the field gives it his deliberate judgment that the radical revenue acts are "the poorest of them all." Very likely! How could they 'be otherwise? How could such a body of ignorance do anything well? With Russell playing the role of the tsar, and such a legislature to frame laws for North Carolina, what sort of showing can North Carolina have? When North Carolina was in the backwoods, and her children were SALT Most torturing and disfiguring of itchiner. burning, scaly skin and scalp humors is in. stantly relieved by a warm bath with Ctjti cuka Soap, a single application of Cutiouka (ointment), the great skin cure, and a full dose of Ccticuka Resolvent, greatest of blood purifiers and humor cures, when all else fails. iHoldthnrarhoiitth world. Pottm DKre at Chim. Cobp, Propfc, Borton. "HoWtoCnra SdtRlMum,"fre. FALLING HAIR 'SUWSSSSTSSrr ror Sole, MocDine Mode Sdi Barrels Made from the best thoroughly seasoned and selected - WHITE OAK TIMBER Our experience of 31 years in manufac turing Cooperage for the trade enables ua to turn out barrels of correct gauge and guaranteed first class In every parti cular. Your patronage solicited. ,C THE GEO. L. HQBTOH CO. fleeing from her as from a pestilence in the dark days, (see the over-praised oracle from Boston and what he said) the people who remained were not criminals or fools or fanatics, and had honest officials and capable, efficient legislators, if they were all ignorance and misery as Page painted. Now un der the mighty sun-burst of education, with orators like Billy Wilson and Bos ton Page to enlighten the state and make glad the hearts of the revilers of the people of the past, we have only corrupt and vicious officials and stupid. venal, blundering Solons to make North Carolina indeed a desirable state to flee from-not because of Ignorance and misery but because of putrid politics, devouring demagogues, wild-cat legis lation, and low morals. Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC. TZ-2 :v SNAPS.; : Captain F. W. Kingsbury, of Second Cavalry, died at Fort Riley on the 13th. He was graduated from West Point in 1870. General John B. Gordon will retire from the headship of the United Con federate Veterans. He has desired to retire for some time. The Savannah News reports two days at 100 degrees, and in succession. Wil mington keeps . tolerably cool, with some hot thrown in at 86 to 89, one day.- We are gratified that the Virginia democratic talk centers on Senator Daniel as his own successor. Where is the O'Ferrall who jumped the fence after Daniel's place? The papers report Mr. Langtry as a whining, womanly British cad. The papers long ago described the divorced Langtry and her disreputable escapades With sundry bad fellows. The industrial condition of the east as well as the west is being written up by correspondents of The New York Journal. It makes the reports of pros perity read like a sham, a fake. Plenty of white labor can be obtained all over the south for all the cotton mills that can be started or run in the next decade or longer. Make the wa ges sufficient and there will be no trou ble as to white labor and no Strikes and no mobs. Correspondents from Illinois, Indiana and New Jersey give gloomy reports of popular distress. They write to The New York Journal. Read in connection with the reports from Pennsylvania and Ohio an$ the picture is dark and unpleasant. Wholesale corruption is charged in the Kansas legislature. The majority committee so reports squarely. The mi nority report intimates there was not so much boodling done during the leg islature as there was perjury on the witness stand before the committee. There is no doubt of the sweeping corruption in the Illinois legislature. The railway legislature cost $75,000. Prices of members ranged from $5,000 to $7,000 each. The New York Evening Post says: "In Illinois one great trouble, how ever, that has often elsewhere caused much bickering of legislative corruption funds, seems to have disappeared. There is no secrecy about :them." Sarsaparill Sense. Any sarsaparilla is sarsapa rill a. True. So any tea is tea. So any flour is flour. But grades differ, you want the best. It's so with sarsaparilla. There are grades. You want the best. If you understood sarsaparilla as well as you do tea and flour it would be easy to determine. But you don't. How should you? When you are going to buy a commodity whose value ybu don't know, you pick out an old established house to trade with, and trust their ex perience and reputation. Do so when buying sarsaparilla. Ayer's Sarsaparilla has been on th market 50 years. Your grandfather used Ayer's. It is a reputable medicine. There are many Sarsaparilla s ) bat only one Ayera. it cures. . Summer Board. J OARD FROM JUNE 15th TO SEP- tember 1st can be had on reasonable terms at Statesville Female College. For terms address J. B... BUR WELL, Ju 8 eod to July 1. ' Statesville, N." C. l 69 10 fl Rel If you want a Piano. There is too much money invested in the purchase of an in strument to take any risks. We carry the largest stock in the state and every in strument is properly and correctly clas sified. We tell every purchaser the exact grade of Piano he is buying from the cheapest to the highest grades. CABINET ORGANS can be bought lower than- ever before. Call and see us and you will find that we resort to no fictitious advertising in order to make sales. Pianos properly tuned by Professor J. G. Russell. E. yanljaer. 402 and 404 N. Fourth Street. THE UNIVERSITY. Forty-seven Teachers, 413 Students, (Summer School 158), total 549, Board $8 a month, 3 Brief Courses, 3 . Full Courses, ;Law and Medical Schools and School of Pharmacy. Gradulate Courses open to Women, Summer School for ' Teachers, Scholarships and Loans for the Needy. Address President Alderman, chapeij hill, n. a ' Ju 8 2m , ; ' a ; This is the Fackag rememberit It contains Q Washing Powder that cleans everything quickly, cheaply and perfectly. For economy buy 41b. package. THE N. K. FUSBA5K COXPAST, ' Chicago, St. Louis. New York, ' Boston, r. Philadelphia. Tan Enamel Call and see ourhandsoine Cloth Top Tan Enameled Lace Shoes for Gentle men at $5.00, which we have just re ceived. They are the latest, at GEO. R. FRENCH & SONS. BIG SLAUGHTER SALE Of Dry G-oods, Corsets, Laces, Veilings, Dress G-oods, Cloth ing," Mattings, Oil Cloth, and last but not least, Millinery. I have .just bought out for spot cash the entire stock of Dry Goods of R. M. Mc Intyre on" Princess street. His Dress Goods, Silks, Silkalines were beautiful, al ways considered the best, and, in fact, were the very best in the city. I bought them cheap and now I offer them to my customers at a low price. Fine Corsets, mads by ths Globe Corset Company, worth 50c; now 35c each; Cor sets, our best brand, worth 25c, now 21c; the Hipless Corset, for fat ladies, for $1.00; the very best goods. We sell all brands. R. & G., H. & P., Warner's and the Kabo at 75c, best $1.00 Corset made. Our Freezeland Warner's Corset for summer at 50c are beauties. DRESS GOODS We can please you. The Mclntyre stock was, without a doubt, the best selected as to color and style of any stock in the city and now it is in my store. They can be bought for at least one quarter less than he asked for them. His light Dress Goods for Summer are marked very low. I am very anxious to sell them as I am very much overstocked. The double fold Novelties he ysked 20c for I will sell at 12c; the 15c goods I will sell at 10c; the 50c goods I will sell for 35c; the 35c goods I will sell at 25c; and everything in the Dress Goods line in the same pro portion. Lawn for Dress, 10 yards for 25c, xr 2Vc per ya:d; Batiste, worth 7c, now 5c; Calicoes, worth 5c, now 4c. Fine all wool Challies, beautiful pat terns, Mclntyre's price 25c, my price 12c. Nice Wool Shallies at 8c to close. The best line of fine Silkaline, worth, at his price, 12c and 15c, now 10c per yard. A fine line of Damask Upholstery, worth 50c, now 35c; better, worth 85c, now 60c; In Domestic Goods I cannot be beat; 1 yard wide fine Bleaching, beautiful goods, no dressing, at 5c. We handle all grades good Dress Plaids at ZV2.C Good rGinghams from 4c to the very best at 7c. Organdies in lovely summer styles from 9, 10, 12, 15 and 20c. White Goods, India Linens from 5, 8, 10 and 12c up to 35 c per yard. Dotted Swiss, nice styles, from 8c to 20c per yard. Colored Dotted Swiss, worth 15c, my special price 10c per yard. Belts all prices. Fine White Kid Belts at 15 and 20c; fir e Leather Belts from 12c to 25c; Gents' 2-Hing Belts, heavy and strong, from 20 and 25c up to 50c. Hair Combs, all styles, from Pocket Combs, slightly damaged at lc, to fine 7-inch Rubber Dressing Combs at 5c up to 10c, pair Brushes from 10c up to 75c. Shoe" Dressing all grades. Blxby's Dressing, 4 ounce bottles at 5c; fine Oil Leather Polish for Buggy Tops and Har ness, best made, at 25c; makes the leather look like new. TABLE LINEN If you need Table Linen see mine before you buy. In the Mclntire stock I got some beautiful Linen that I will sell cheap. I have it at all prices from 15c per yard to $1.25; in Stamped Linen, Beauren Scarfs also LADIES' UNDERWEAR Gowns from 49c to $1.50. Ladies' Corset Covers from 25c, nicely embroidered, to 40c; for less than wholesale cost. Ladies' nice Shirts from 45c to 75c. Ladies fine Dresses, Skirts ready made, from 75c to $6.00. These are beautiful goods, and a great deal less than you can have them made for. fcadies' Shirt Waists 40c, 50c, 69c, 75c, $1.00 and $1.25. Men's Linen crasn suits, niceiy maae, at $1.98; better at $2.87 a Suit, worth else where $4.85. Fine all wool Suits in nice patterns at $3.50, $4.50, $5.00, $6.00 and up to $10.00 and $12.50. I have all' grades of GEO. 0. GAVLORD, Prop'r., OF WILMINGTON'S BIG RACKET STORE one 'of them for onr what we are saving wi it sonnoer s go. sole ttaenis PUECELL BUILDING. "WILMINGTON- N. C. Our Own Importation, WEST INDIA MOLASSES. CHOICE QUALITY.O LOW FOE CASH. ' W: ORTH ilK Lace Shoes. Hosiery, Embroidery, Clothing and can suit you if you give me a trial. In fine Summer Coats Black Al paca, at $1.00, $1.75 and $2.50; Coats and Vests in Black Alpaca at $2.50 and $5.00; beautiful Blue Serge Coats and Vests for Summer at $4.50; Calico Coats at 45c; Che- viott in Cotton Plaids at 50c. ODD PANTS I know that we can serve you with good Pants for less than you can have them made, good Jean Pants, at 29c a pair; better Pants worth 60c, now 45c: fine Wool Pants worth $1, now 8oc pretty nice dress pants at $1.25, $1.50 and $2. $2.50 and $3. I have a big line of Floor Oil Cloth, the best goods made, for 30c a yard, the 10x4 Hall Oil Cloth worth $1.25 a yard now $75c, the 8x4 at 60c; matting from 10 liner 30c a yard. Fine Opaque Linen Window Shades 36x72 inches with fixtures complete, at 25c, 3x7 inches at 35c. The summer has come and you are thinking of leaving home. For a new trunk you are invited to look at my line, from packers at 25c to $1.50 each, zink cover 26 Inch trunk, with bonnet box In tray, at $1.10, to 36 inch to $2.45; fine Sara toga Trunks, fully metal covered, 28 inches at $2.40, up to 36 inches $4.00; canvas covered trunks, 30 inches at $2.75; 32 inches at $3.25; 36 inches $4.00. Gents' Laundried Shirts, all grades, from 33c to $1.00 each. " Ladies' Collars at 10c, cuffs at 20c; silk ties at 10c, Towels from 3c to 30c. Gents Collars from 3 to 12c; ties from 10c a -dozen to 50c each. Shoes and Slippers, by the thousand pair. We want your shoe trade, and to get it we will give yau the best value for the least money. Try me before you buy. Last, but not least, is Millenary. We sell Ladies' Hats from 10c to $1.00; nice trimmed hats from 50c, 75c to $1.00, very nice, at $1.50 and $2.00. Sailors at 8c 10c, 12c, 15c and up to $1.50 each. Do you need socks of amy kind, ribbons of all grades and prices, we have at least 3,000 roles in stock at all times. Laces Narrow Valenciennes from 15c a dozen to $1.40 a dozen. White Cream and Butter Flowers, from 5c to 75c a bunch Silk Ribbon, from 5c to 40c a yard. It i3 a well known fact that Mr. Mclntire car ried a very fine stock of goods, and his taste and judgment as to quality and stock could be trusted. He had the fine goods at his price, now I have the same goods at your price. I have offered yau a very close price on goods described above, but will offer farther to give you a furniture card, or a picture card, if you spend $5.00 in cash with me. I will give you a fine Silver Plated Set of Teaspoons worth .25c, for a $10.00 purchase. I will give you a set of Silver Plated Knifes and Forks, ' or I will have a nice picture of yourself or any of your family made, life-size, free; for a $15.00 purchase I will give you a nice Oak Center Table; for a $25.00 pur chase I will give you a fine Oak Arm Rocking Chair, a splendid 3-shelf Oak Book Case, on a very handsome Oak Center Table; for a $50.00 purchase I will give you a fine Oak Brass Trimmed, Hall Hat and Umbrella Stand, with Bevel Plate Glass Mirror front, or a handsome Oak Book Case, or a fine Closed Writing Desk. I want the cash trade and will have it. My expenses are light and I handle car loads of goods. I pay cash for my goods, and I will sell them very low, for cash, Come and see me and bring this add. Make me toe the mark, and let the chips fall when they will. You will. find this long store that covers 15,000 square feet of floor room with not a foot of room to spare. Opposite The Orton Hotel, on Front street. If these goods do not snrpasss anything on this market prove it, and we will pre sent vou with trouble. We know mst WORTH &EMEMBER ' When you Insure that the . He uierpdoi onfl woo mfl INSURANCE COMPANY! Always Pays its Losses in Cash. IB. B0ATWRIGH1 S Si. I0l Hall & Pearsall, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Groceries and Provisions, Farmers and Distillers' Supplies SAMPLES AND PRICES ON REQUEST Nutt and Mulberry Sts. A Card. " WILMINGTON, N. C. MARCH 6, 1817. MR. WALKER TAYLOR, AGENT. CITY. DEAR SIR: I TAKE PLEASURE IN TESTIFY ING BY MY OWN EXPERIENCE TO THE PROMPTNESS OF YOUR COM PANIES IN THE ADJUSTMENT OF INSURANCE CLAIMS. MY LOSS ON BUILDING OCCUPIED BY MESSRS. POLVOGT & CO. WAS SATISFACTORILY ADJUSTED, AND i will Take pleasure in rec ommending ANY ONE NEEDING INSURANCE TO CALL ON YOU. S. BEHRENDS. The following grates for Passenger Fare will be In, force to any and all stations on and after May 4th, 1897: Single trip tickets, one way, 20 cents each. Excursion tickets, round trip, 35 cents each. Commuters book, 20 round trips, $6.00 per book. From Greenville or Bradley's Creek to any station on Beach 15 cents round trip. From Wrightsvllle to any station on Beach 10 cents round trip. From any station on Beach to any other station on Beach 5 cents each way. R. O. GRANT, Supt. GEO. R. FRENCH President. my 4 10 tt TRUTH," Only lO Cents Per Annum. To any Non-Catholio in North Carolina, we will send tor only 10 cents per annum, it TRUTH A Catholic Magazine devoted to giving TRUE explanations of the Catholic Church that is of the Catholic Church as it is, not as caricatured and misrepresented. Address , "TRUTH," Rev. Thos. F. Price. Man. RALEIGH, N.O CAPE FEAR AND YADKIN VALLEY RAILWAY CO. - JOHN GILL. Receiver. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. In Effect May 30th, 1897. South Bound I Daily I No. 1. I North Bound Daily I No. 2. MAIN LINE. 4 30 p m Ar... Wilmington ...Lv 12 15 p m S 35 p m 3 45 p m 3 47 p m 5 05 p m 6 54 p m 7 25pm 7 45 p m 8 32 p m 9 03 p m 9 30 p m 1 15 p m 2 45 p m 12 42 p m 11 20 a m 9 25 am 9 00 a m 8 40 a m 7 52 am 7 19 am 6 50 am Lv... Fayettevllle ...Ar Ar.. Fayettevllle ..Lv Ar. Fayettevllle Jun Lv Lv Sanford ......Lv Lv Climax Lv Lv Greensboro ....Ar Ar Greensboro ....Lv Lv.... Stokesdale ....Lv Lv.. walnue Grove ..Lv Lv.... Rural Hall ....Lv 5 25 a m Lv Mt. Airy Ar 111 00 pm South Bound Daily No. 3. North Bound Daily No4. 7 45 a m 9 07am 9 37 a m BENNETTSVILLE DIVISION. 7 20 p nr Ar.. Lv.. Lv.. Lv.. Lv.. Bennettsville ..Lv 6 15 p m 5 42 pm 5 02pm 445 pm ... Maxton ...... Lv Red Springs ...Lv . Hope Mills ....Lv Fayettevllle ...Ar 10 26 a m 10 50 am "South J Bound I North Bound No. 16 Mixed JNO. 15 Mixed Daily ex-Sun. MADISON DIVISION. 1 Dally (ex-Sun. 8 35 p m Ar Ramseur Lv Lv . Climax iLv Lv Greensboro ....Ar Ar Greensboro ....Lv Lv Stokesdale ....Lv Lv...... Madison .....Ar 7 40am 9 33am 6 57 p m 5 45 a m 4 30 p m 3 05 p m 2 10 pm 10 20 am 10 55 a m 12 20 pm 1 10 pm I Meals. - CONNECTIONS at Fayetteville with Atlantic Coast Line, at Maxton with Carolina Central Rail road, at Sanford with Seaboard Air Line, at Greensboro with Southern Railway, at Walnut Cove with Norfolk and Western Railway. J. W. FRY. W. E. KYLE, Gen'l Manager. Gen'l Pass Agent. WILMINGTON, NEWBERN ft FOLK RAILWAY CO. NOR IN EFFECT SUNDAY. MAY 17, UN. Dallv Excent Bundar. NORTH I STATION. I SOUTH BOUND I BOUND i I 8 j I I 7 I IH A MP Ml Wilmington l M PM i X 00 Lv. Walnut Street .Arlll 40 10 S S8 Lv.. Surry Street ..Ar 1 to m at... JacKsonvma ..Lv Lv... Jacksonville ..Arm) 42 4 ( 20 L,y.... jaaysyma ....iv Lv... Pollocksvlllt ..Lv Ar Ntwbera .....Lv 10 09 i 8 M 8 80 56 I 20 P Ml AM os, and mixed trains. -os. 7 and 8 passenger trains. ra.1na 8 and 7 D. m. make enniiM4lnn th trains on A. & N. C. H R. for If nr. aad City and Beaufort. Connection with steamer Nena t yjw Jern to and from Elizabeth City and Nor v trips between jacssonYWt aa Jw Rlvtr bofnts. . , -'.. Monday, weaneaaay ana jrnaay. . II xuesaay, i nuiwmy rum oaiuro&y. Dally except Bunday. i Steamer ueo. v mates flail - , t "XX. A. WtUllAV ltSManjttr. . nyUtf MR. M. S. WILLARD, Secretary Carolina Insurance Cd. DEAR SIR Allow me to thank you for the prompt and equitable settlement made - by you today as General Agent of the Carolina Insurance Company, in the pay- . ment in full of the loss on the Hemenway School building, recently destroyed by fire. The settlement made Is entirelyNatis factory to, the School Committee and Tt is evidence that the Company's affairs af In the right hands and that your patrons' IntorpKtH will Htffc fiillv nrntCfterl anA tVioir losses settled with the least possible de lay. . , It gives me pleasure to volunteer this statement' and you can use It in any way that you see fit. Yours very respectfully, , (Signed) JAMES F. POST. JR., Chairman Sohool Committee, District No. 1. Losses unpaid at this date In the Carolina Insurance Comapny...... None. ATLANTIC COAST LINE. Schedule in Effect May 27th, 1897, i Departures from Wilmington: NORTHBOUND. DAILY No 48 Passenger Due Magnolia 9:00 a, m. 10:40 a, m.. Warsaw 10:65 a, m., GoUaboro 11:56 a. m.,. Wilson 12:46 p. m.. Rocky Mount 1:20 p. m., Tarboro 2:50 p. m., Weldon 8:39 p. m., Petersburg 6:54 p. m., Richmond 6:50 p. m., Norfolk 6:06 p. m., Washington 11:10 p. m., Baltimore 12:63 a. m., Phila delphia 8:45 a. m.. New York 6:53 a. m., Boston 8:00 p. m. DAILY No. 40 Passenger Due Magno 7:16 p. m. Ua 8:56 p. m., Warsaw 9:10 p. m. . Goldsboro 10:10 p. m., Wilson 11:06 p. m., (Tarboro 6:45 a. nv. Rocky Mount 11:55 p. m., Weldon 1:44 a. m., Norfolk 10:30 a. m.. Petersburg 8:24 a. m., Richmond 4:20 a. m.. Washington 7:41 a. m., Baltimore 9:05 a. m., Philadel phia 11:25 a. m., New York 8:01 p. m., Boston 8:80 p. m. SOUTHBOUND. DAILY No. 65 Passenger Due Lake 3:25 p. m. Waccamaw 4:55 p. m., Chad bourn 5:29 p. m.t Marlon 6:40 p. Tn., Florence 7:25 p. m., Sumter 8:45 p. m., Columbia 10:05 p. m., -Denmark 6:20 a. m., Augusta 8:10 a. m., Macon 11:00 a. m., At lanta 12:16 p. m., Charleston . - 10:20 p. m.. Savannah 12:50 a, m., t Jacksonville 7:30 a. m., St. Au gustine 10:80 a, m., Tampa 6:4i p. m. ' i ARRIVALS AT W1LMDMGTON FROM THB NORTH. DADLY No. 4 Passenger Leave Bos 6:46 p. m. ton 11:08 p. m.. New York 9:00 p. m., Philadelphia 13:06 a. m., Bal timore 2:60 a. m., Washington 4:30 a. m., Richmond 9:05 a, m., Petersburg 10:00 a. m., Norfolk 8:40 a. m., Weldon 11:50 a. m., Tarboro 12:12 p. m.. Rocky ' Mount 12:45 p. m., Wilson 2:12 p. m., Goldsboro 8:10 p. m., War saw 4:02 p. m., . Magnolia 4:11 p. m. DAILY No. 41 Passerzger Leave Bos- 8:40 a. m., ton 12:00 night, New York 9:30 a. m., Philadelphia 12:09 p. m., Bal- ' timore 2:25 p. m.. Washington 8:46 p. m., Richmond 7:30 p. m., Petersburg 8:12 p. m., INorfolk 2:20 p. m., Weldon 9:43 p. m., ITarboro 6:05 p. m., Rocky Mount 6:45 a. m., leave Wilson 6:20 a. m., Goldsboro 7:03 a. m., Warsaw 7:64 a. m.. Magnolia 8:07 a. m. FROM THE SOUTH. DAILY No. 64 Passenger Leave Tam 12:15 p. m. pa 9:25 a, m., Sanford 2:19 p. m., Jacksonville 7:00 p. m.. Savan nah 12:45 night. Charleston 6:89 a. m., Columbia 5:50 a. m., JU laJnta 8:20 a. m., Macon 9:30 a. m, Augusta. 3:06 p. m., Denmark 4:65 p. m., Sumter 6:45 a. m., Florence 8:55 a. m., Marian 9:34 a. En., Cbadbourn 10:35 a. m., - Lake Waccamaw 11:06 a. m. Daily except Sunday. Train on the Scotland Neck Branch Road leaves Weldon 41:10 p. m., Halifax 4:28 p. m., arrives ScotlandNeck at 6:20 p. m., Greenville 6:67 p. m., Klnston 7:66 p. m. Returning leaves Klnston -7:60 a. m., Greenville 8:52 a. m., arriving Halifax at 11:20 a. m., Weldon 11:40 a. m. daily ? except Sunday. Trains on Washington Branch leave Washington 8:20 a. m. and 2:00 p. ret., ar rive Parmele 9:10 a. m. and 8:40 p. m., re turning leave rumele lv.tS a. m. and f'M p. m., arrive Wasnington 11:40 a. a. aivl H 7:20 p. m. Dally except Sunday. Train leaves Tarboro, N. C, dally ex cept Sunday, 6:30 p. m.. Sunday, 4:05 p. m arrives Plymouth 7:40 p. m. and 6:00 p. n. -Returning leaves Pymouth daily except Sunday, 7:50 a. m., and Sunday 9:00 a. m... arrives Tarboro 10:05 a. m. and 11:00 a. m. Train on Midland N. C. Branch leaves Goldsboro dally except Sunday, 7:10 a. m., arriving Smithicta 8:30 a. m. Returning, leaves Smithfield 9:00 a. m.; arrives at Goldsboro 10:25 a. m. Train on Nashville Branch leaves Rocky Mount at 4:30 p. m., arrives Nashville 6:06 p. m.. Spring Hope 5:30 p. m. Returning leaves Spring Hope 8:00 .a. m., Nashville 8:35 a. m., arrives at Rocky Mount 9:05 a. m. Dally except Sunday. Train on Clinton Branch leaves Vfer saw for Clinton daily except Sunday, 11:16 a. m. and 4:10 p. m. Returning leaves Clinton 7:00 a. m. and 11:30 a. m. ' Florence Railroad leaves Pee Dee 9:ltTa. m., arrive Latta 9:30 a, m., Dillon 9:42 a. m., Rowland 10:00 a. m., returning leaves Rowland 6:10 p. m. arrives Dillon 6:30 p. m., Latta 6:44 p. m., Pee Dee 7:08 p. m. daily. . - Trains on Conway Branch leave Huh 8:30 a. m., Chadbourn 10:40 a, m., arrive Conway 1:00 p. m., leave Conway 2:45 p. m., Chadbourn 5:40 p. m., arrive Hub 6:20 p. m. Daily except Sunday. Central of South Carolina Railroad leave Sumter 6:42 p. m.. Manning 7:10 p m., arrive Lanes 7:48 p. m., leave Lanes 8:26 a. m.. Manning 9:06 a. m., arrive Sumter 9:35 a, m. Dally. Georgetown and Western Railroad leave Lanes 9:30 a. m., 7:55 p. m., arrive George town 12:00 m., 9:14 p. m., leave Georgetown 7:00 a. m., 3:00 p. m., arrives Lanes 8:26 a. m., 6:25 p. m. Dally except Sunday. Trains on C. & D. R. R. leave Florence daily except Sunday 8:55 a. m., arrive Dar lington 9:28 a. m.," Cheraw 10:40 a. m., Wadesboro 2:25 p. m. Leave Florence daily except Sunday 8:10 p. m., arrive' Darlington 8:40 p. m., Hartsville 9:35 p. m., Bennettsville 9:36 r. m., Gibson 10:00 p. m. Leave Florence Sunday only 9:00 a, m., arrive Darlington 9:27 a. m., Hartsville 10:10 a. m. . Leave Gibson dally except Sunday 6:11 a. m., Bennettsville 6:41 a. m., arrive Darlington 7:40 a, m. Leave Hartsville daily except Sunday 6:30 a. m., arrive Darlington 7:15 a. m., leave Darlington 7:45 a, m., arrive Florence 8:15 a. m. Leave Wadesboro dally except Sunday 3:00 p. m., Cheraw 5:15 p. m., Darlington 6:29 p. m., arrive Florence 7:00 p. m. Leave Harts ville Sunday only 7:00 a. m., Darlington 7:45 a. m., arrive Florence 8:10 a. m. XVllson and Fayetteville Branch leave Wilson 2:06 p. m., 11:16 p. m., arrive Sel ma 3:00 p. m., Smithfield 3:08 p. m., Dunn . 3:50 p. m., Fayetteville 4:40 p. m 1:14 a. m., Rowland 6:10. m., returning leave Rowland 10:00 a. m., Fayetteville 11:20 a. m., 10:20 p. m., Dunn 12:07 p. m.. Smith field 12:48 p. m., Selma 1:00 p. m.. arrive Wilson 1:42 p. m., 12:10 a. m. Manchester and Augusta Railroad trains leave Sumter 4:40 a. m., Creston 6:32 a, m., arrive Denmark 6:30 a. m. Returning leave Denmark 4:56 p. m., Creston 6:47 p. m., Sumter 6:40 p. m. Dally. Pregnalls Branch train leaves 'Creston 6:45 a. m., arrives Pregnalls 9:15 a. m. Re turning, leave Pregnalls 10:00 p. m., arrive Creston 3:50 p. m. Dally except Sunday. . Bishopville Branch trains leave Elliott 11:10 a. m. and 7:45 p. m., arrive Lucknow 1:00 p. m. and 8:45 p. m. Returning, leave Lucknow 6:05 a. m. and 2:00 p. m., arrive Elliott 8:25 a. m. and 3:30 p. m. Dally ex cept Sunday. (Daily except Sunday. "Sunday only H. M. EMERSON, ' Gen'l Passenger Agent, J. R. KENLY, Gen'l Manager. T. IS. EMERSON. Traffic Manager. The Clyde Steamship Co. K W YORK, WILMINGTON. N. O. AND GEORGETOWN, 8. Oh LINKS. Vsm Mew TorK for Wllntngtoa. S S PAWNEE. ...!.. .Saturday, June 19 S S CROATAN..., Saturday, June 26 From wilmlaftea for Hrw Tork.. S S PAWNEE. . .V .. Saturday, June 28 S CROATAN.. ..Saturday, July S From Wilmington for Georgetown. S S PAWNEE.,,,",, Tuesday, June 23 S S CR.QATAN,,...... Tuesday, June 23 Through bills of lading and lowest through rates guaranteed to and from points In North and South Carolina. Fer? Freight or passage apply to H. Q. SMALLBONES, '.' Supetintendeat. THEO. (J. EGER, Trafflc Manager. ' 6 Bowling Green, New Ye. . WM. P. CLYDE As Co., General Agents, - I Bowling Green, New York ' ' ""I ' '
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