North Carolina Newspapers

J4 mmmtt X4LCXSON & BULL COMPANY. entered at the Postofflce at Wilmington, N. C, as second class matter, ( April 13, 1897. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. POSTAGE PREPAID. THE DAILY MESSENGER, by mail. ne year, $7.00; six months, $3.50; three months, $1-75; one month. 60 cents. - THE SEMI-WEEKLY MESSENGER ftwo 8 page papers), by mall, one year, L00; six months,' BO cents, In advance. WILMINGTON, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23d, 1897. TWO ADVISERS OF THE.'NEGROES There is more or less discussion cur rent as to the true way for the negroes to gain public confidence and assert their worthiness - to Tie entrusted with 'public office and; secure political pre ferment. It matters not h'ov kind the feeling or a Southern man may 'be for the negroes whom he so, well under stands, because he Was reared among them and has lived among them all his life, yet he is not willing that he should be dominated by them in any w.ay, and it is distasteful, even off npive to :him ! to find the inferior race i.i; : Uc?9ot public trust requiring capacity, indus try, integrity. Nol-white man of any na tidh, 1f not degraded "himself, relishes negro bossing. The Aryan-race are the born rulers and they will rule. Remem ber that. t' Booker Washington, the intelligent, capable negro, president of a negro in dustrial school . ip Alabama, the crea tl'on of the whites of that state, has a rlparpr insifrht iinto the needs of the negro race than either c hurch 'or any of his fellows in state. He thinks like a man of sensor of reflection, of breadth of view, of a .clear understanding of 'the race" situ"ati6n and the condition and environments of hisg-ace. He has told his people, what they are slow to understand, ,that before they are fit for office they .must be equipped Intel lectually -and accomplish something fi nancially. Ther are tens of thousands of sensible, obse ving white men in the north who favored once the enfran chisement of the negroes who now see - the -mistake made and deplore results. The failure Tiasj been most complete. All men not In an asylum who are white and live in the south know this perfectly. The cruel demagogues who live to destroy and who use the ignor ant negro voters as mere tools to at lain their own eyes, ! degrade gelfish ends, shut their the AnglaSaxon man hood,; patronize, button-hole, hob-noh with the negroes to lead them ait and all to use them their will. Af heart when not so mean, and low a.s. not to have lost all semblance of white man 'hood,! they desppse their own baseness and wish often w'hite men self- they were indeed real respecting and worthy of the respect of the manhood and in telligience of the white race. Wei do riot blame the negro for crav ing office and seeking preferment above his capacity,! and hungering for the flesh; pots half so much as we blame their white masters who nave mis taught, misledj deceived and used them. Why should not Sambo seek to obtain that which he sees so many white skinned demagogues secure, (mainly through his own black race), who really are no better, than he is, and some times meaner and stupider. The Houston Post considering the fu- ture of the negrb gives this bit of rem iniscence in considering how little qual ified the recently freed negroes were for citizenship and its truly grave re sponsibilities.': i "He had no ijilea of the government under which he lived and no concep tion of the responsibility of the suffrage. Very eminent northern statesmen pointed out at the time that constitu tional amendments were being rushed through that would give the vote to the negro, but I it would be simply to place an additional club in the hands of tne south, as the southern, white man 'vould control the negro vote, and the. facts have; verified this supposi- tion. I Through jthe negro vote we have increased our representation in con gress and absolutely controlled it." To return to the thought that started ''. us. The negrojmust first qualify him self for office 'before holding office. He must prove his qualification, gain the respect - and confidence1 of the real Kvhite 'folks' before be is really needed or can be welcomed as a public func tionary. President Booker Washington ; ;sees this need and has plainly stated it. Recently the alblest - German In our country, ex-United. States Senator Carl Schurz, in an article in Harper's Week ly, a publication by no means friendly to, the southern whites .who -have not become black, followson -the line of the' negro college jpresident, and gives a view that it would be much better for the negroes to receive arid act upon than to pursue the phantoms that elude i them "so much under the promises of the deceiving white - leaders. The ne groes will not have the lesson for they are hungry, some haye got places that enlarge their borders and necessitate the letting out of the belt, and the '; masses are stcjlid, submissive and not without hope that some how "they ; will I get there'.' and something will "turn up" by which they can be helped jor made, to believe they are better off. iCredulily of the blindest sort is a dls i tinguishjrig characteristic of Cuffee. ' ! He evep loves to be fooled. - , ! Mr. $churz js- not a democrat, has i never leen one, but is a republican of the independent type. He Is a man of very superior abilities and bis advice lis good? if not jwell received: but on extract: We make "On Hhe whole, the wiser heads "among the colored people themselves i can hardly fail to see that their polif ical preferment must not precede but i follow their advancement in the other -walks of life, j A goodly number of ne- i groes achieving distinction as lawyers, or as physicians, or as ministers, or as j educators, or as. business men, will, by the ; impression produced upon public opinion, effect far more for the politi cal i advancement of their race than 4 ever so many negro politicians getting i themselves elected to congress or ap 4 pointed to other offices, and infinitely ' more than the horde of colored place 1 hunters, who jbesiege party committees for I'influence or appointing officers for : favors in the name of the colored vote, ; and who thus, Intensify the repulsive- ' ness of bne f the most baneful fea tures of our political life." So there are two capable advisers of i the negroes one an educated southern ! negro of established Character, and one 4 a highly educated German of distln- gished ability land renown. They agree i as to the main points. ttf E STATE GUARD. The state guard composed of thirty companies and there are the grejit. number of eighty-nine applications on file for permission to form companies. What does this show? Clearly that communities In lawless times feel the need of military protection. The Mes senger has year after year favored a liberal and appreciative spirit In be half of the state towards the excellent state guard. It .deserves public recog nition and. support as an arm of safe- i ty, a strong defence ; against lawless ness and mobs. If the people are wise the will dor more in sustentation of this most Important 1 auxiliary in be half of public saf ety and order. The Messenger has often urged that ft should be raised to 2,500. Its present strength is about' 1,500 perhaps, or a little more. There ouglit to be in every one of the larger "towns a Gatling or Maxim gun,- kept Under strict guard night and day , in a secure place. A gun of this kind is worth a regiment or a brigade in a fight with a mob. A Max';.: gun could destroy in a. half hour lOGOO men if they would not' flee, for it fires 1,300 large balls, every minute. You might pack .Market street from the First Baptist church to Front street with live men, and if they did not take refuge by flight It would pile up the. street withdead , and dying in a very few minutes. Well directed no body of men could stand and survive before such, an engine of destruction. To" com plete the numbers indicated 2,500 we would like to see twenty additional companies enrolled, or enough to make sure that strength. It ought to be the pride of the people to 'help to maintain this fine body of . citizen soldiery. It would- be comparatively a small cost. And yet, in times like these so cha otic and uncertain what a sense of safety comes out from the knowledge that there is a body of drilled soldiers ready to do service and maintain order in North Carolina. New York city expends more perhaps on one of its companies annually than North Carolina expends on the entire state guard." One of theJ armories In that city costs more than North Caro lina will have to expend in a century upon it's own entire body of soldiery. "For years,"" says Capt. C. Mueller, "I have relied more upon Ayer's Pills than anything else in the medicine chest, to regulate my bowels, and those of the ship's crew. These pills are not severe in their 'action, but work thoroughly." do their LITERARY GOSSIp . James Lane Allen's last novel, "The Choir Invisible," has had a splendid sale. In all the chief literary centers of our country in the month of August it led the sale of all other books but one, "Soldiers of Fortune." These two were far in advance of even "Quo Vadis" or . Bellamy's "Equality," or DuMaurier's "The I Martian." It has reached its 50th thousand, and in Eng land Is in the fifth edition. -It is a work of genius, and its style is praised Very much by the best English reviews and great weeklies. We give a " few samples. The iuardiansays "it is cerr tain to win the favor pf the contem plative, .the faithful, and the lovers of pure art and pure thought." The Lon don "Saturday Review says Mr. Allen "is a writer wo cannot put pen to paper without .revealing how , finely sensitive he Is toj beauty." The London Speakersays: "fWe trust there are few who read it w$& will fail to regard its perusals as one . of the new pleasures of their lives. . It is, in plain English, a beautiful book, beautiful in language-and in sentiment, design and in execution." ' The London Acad emy says "It is a fine achievement.." We give this only from an American source. The 'scholarly literary Dial, of Chicago, says finely: . "Hardly since 'The Scarlet Letter and The Marble Faun' have we had Active work so spiritual in essence arid adorned with such delicate and loyely embroiderings of ithe imagination. There are descriptive passages so ex quisitely wrought that the reader linr gers over tbem to make a possession forever." - - - Professor - George Saintsbury, the very eminent English literary author and critic, has. published a volume on "Sir Walter Scott'' of Some 150 pages. Like all he writes it has a real inter est and value. He is not one of that tribe of latter-day critics who under take to depreciate Scott, who really had i most robust mind and a creative genius beyond any dozen of the writers who aspire to rival the great master. Professor Saintsbury does not exagger ate Scott's qualities In the Jeast. He rather underrates, for we put a higher claim! for him than that made by one of the' sanest,- soundest, most widely read critics of our time, or-any Other, for that matter. He tells one thing that rebukes the parrottings of some recent derlders who set up a scream that Scott was not historical in his romances, took liberties with, facts (so did Shakes peare) a"nd, therefore, was unreliable: and did not fill the bill of a genuine historical romancer. ery poor, ab surd stuff that. The professor said that he was pleased at a rejly he got when speaking of "The Tales of a Grand father," written when his genius was in decay. We -quote: "I was pleased, but not at all sur prised when, some year or so ago, I asked a professed historian, and one of the best living authorities on this par ticular jsubject, what he thought of the general historical effect of Scott's work, find him answer without the slightest hesitation that it was about the sound est thing .putting mere details aside, that exists on the matter." j The little critics ought to' stop, try ing to criticize Scott and Shakespeare until they first understand them. Scott was, of course, a careless writer, but not half so much so as the master mand of all the. centuries, ; the "Oceajiic" Shakespeare. Here . is an interesting passage, only a part of what Professor Saintsbury says on the subject of Scott's carelessness in his novels and in his- best poems: f "He himself, not out of pique or con ceit, things utterly alien from his; na ture, still less out of laziness, but, as I believe, what is a genuine, arad.what is more, a correct self-criticism, has left in his private writings repeated ex pressions of his belief that revision and correction in his case not only did not imnrove the work, but were, in most cases, likely to do it positive harm, that the spoon was made or the horn spoiled (to adopt his country proverb) at the first draft, and once for all. I think this was a correct judgment, and I do not see that it implies any in feriority on his part We may yield to no one in the delight of trac ing the exact correspondence of strophe and antistrophe in a Greek chorus, the subtle vowel music of a Latin hymn or a -passage of Rossetti's. But I cannot see why, because we rejoice in- these things, we should demand them of ail poetry.or why, because we rejoice in the faultless construction of .fielding or the exquisite finish of Jane Austen as nov elist, we should., despise the looser handling and more sweeping touch of Scott in prose." ' , WATTERSON CHANGING FRONT AGAIN. An amusing report conies from. Ken tucky. Of all the extremest of ex treme men born in the south and not positively owned by the moneyed pow er, the extremest, the most violent, the most denunciatory, the most unreason able has been Henry Vatterson, edi tor of The Louisville ourier-Journal. He had denied in his violent diatribes all that he had been teaching through the years. He had exhausted a redun dant vocabulary in malediction and fumes. There was nothing too mean or bitter or malicious i that he could say that he has not said. As the ably edited Nashville Sun, a very sound ex ponent of true democracy, says: "What is this we hear from Ken very types on which the editorials were printed fairly glowed from the, fire of their imprecations?" : ! : Auil yet after . attending recently gold conventions and hob-nobbing with republicans and all enemies of the real democracy; this , slanderer and insulter of far better men than he is, has sud denly changed front and all because the new, very able, j very popular Louisville Dispatch was gathering in the subscribers to Watterson's paper, and by the thousands, lit is pitiable to see this blatant blower: and bully sud denly changing note (and trying to make favor with the hundreds of thou sands of democrats in. the south he has Insulted and villipended. The Sun, that id close enough to j keep the run of Watterson's political escapades and in sults, says this of the gifted flopper: "What is this we hear from Ken tucky! ; What, thatr sweet, soft voice coming from the j editorial window of The Courier-Journal! i Surely we are mistaken. Investigation proves, how ever, that it Is even so. The old ren egade is actually posing as if ready to drop right -into democratic arms, if only those arms would open. Did ever any bne: note such a change ! Watterson, the epithet slinger, the denouncer, the Brian de uois liuuoert or tne gotaoug Crusade, the bouncer (in chief of the Harina annex, is actually cooing as softly: as a gentle 'dove and calling for harmony and a better! condition ofaf fairs." ;.- i ' j , ' ' We would not ijave! believed this of Watterson if he had not so grievously offended by his course latterly. He will never be able to restore himself to the confidence of j the democracy, whatever his gifts: and however supple his genuflexions. He is no longer to be trusted.. Hear him, and we only give a small sample, in his efforts to con ciliate the democrats-! and keep them all from dropping his paper: "But of late we have got a. good deal mixed. There have been hard feelings. There have been harder words. These have helped nobody except the republi cans; but if all of us be democrats, as we claim to -be, they are full. of evil omen in the present and for the future. Is there no way to stop the foolishness? They say they are democrats. So are we. They say they are against the 'money power.' So are we. They say they 'are the poor man's friend.' So are we. iThey say they are for silver equal and interchangeable with gold. So are we. Where, then, is the difference, sav ing bad blood,- hard feelings,; rough words and pride iof I opinion? None whatever, that we can see, providing that all of us be as honest as we pre tend to be." ' Well! well! That will do. A meta morphosis! "A summersault! A flop! A big example of eating; words. A back down. Is it the cry of ; a drowning man? Is it the .wooing of a repentant soul? Is it blarney? What can the matter be? The Nashville Sun says: "They are losing circulation. as they have lost influence, and bankruptcy is staring them in the face. Or is as The Louisville Dispatch declares; that The Courier-Journal's editor has had his tail cut off in Mark Banna's steel trap and is only anxious that all other foxes .shall adopt his style. The- Dispatch imagines the old fox, Watterson, ar guing his ease to the other foxes in true Watterson styles' " 'You say you are! foxes. So am I. You are all the friends and' guardians of ducks and eggs. ; So am L You loye chickens and turkeys; So do I. You are opposed to the i dogs. So am I. Where, then, is the difference, saving in the style of wearing the tail. I am the genuine, the original and only reg ulation style of fox, and you must all surrender your "pride of opinion" about long, .bushy tails, or I will not recog nize you ,as members of the fox family.' The foxes still wear long, bushy- tails, and the bob-tailed fox has gone down in history as the biggest fool the fam ily ever produced." , In 1896, there was 218,000 democrats in Kentucky who held opposite views to Watterson. The Sun says but 5,000 democrats voted with him in that state. It is beyond question that The Courier-Journal has lost most beayily that its circulation has. dwindled im mensely. U ' Ayer's ;Sarsaparill4 is not a secret preparation. Any physician may have the formula on application. The secret of its success as a; medicine lies in its extraordinary power j to cleanse the blood of impurities and cure the most deep-seated cases of blood-disease. j HOME POLKS." The difference between Raleigh and Wilmington temperature is most mark ed. Generally it is from six to eight de grees is the winter months. The mer eury at Raleigh; dropped on Monday night to nfty degrees, while in Wil mington we do not tfiink it fell' below flftysix. i; " : J j The importance of North Carolina cotton mills their i number and work is seen in the statement that nearly all the cotton grown in the state is re quired by them. This opens up a promise of home deniand enough for what may be grown and even a steady growth InldemandJ '! One man can lead a horse to water, reads an ; ancient saw, but five men cannot force, him to drink. Our gov ernor! canj at will, in the exercise of his supreme powers and imperious de mands, appoint a fiew body of railroad directors, jbut It may take a body of still greater powers to give them seat ing room and full possession. ; " ', ' The Baptists do not appear to have rallied to the - building of their state Pimples, blotches, blackheads, red. romh. oily, mothy skin, itching, scaly scalp, dry, ' thin, and falling hair; and baby blemishes prevented by CoricuitA Soap, the most effective skin purifying and. beautifying soap in the world, as well as purest and sweetest for toilet, bath, and nursery. Soap ia .old thmnnthont th world. Poms Dedo AH D Cbim. Cop., 8ole Frop, Bcton, U. 8. A. . W ''iiow to rrcTent rut Humors," maiWd frM. every Htiiioa asiKBSssr f m i Wilis female university, at Raleigh, Wftti as much promptness and liberality 4 as sometimes mark their plans. Whethet they have more important engagements to tax their energies or are less per suaded of the great importance of the new school is more than we are inform ed. It may be neither of these, but only because of the long period of low prices and business. stagnation through which the country has passed. We are not informed as to the plan of the pro posed university, now in course, of building, whether it is to be a univer sity in the sense that only post-graduates may enter, like Johns Hopkins for. the males, or a school simply of higher grade than other female schools and open to all who can enter its Iqwer class after due examination, or whether it will be eclectic, and allow all students to enter who may choose two, three or more studies. We hope" it will be a great success and do for the girls a most efficient work. It will open next fall, in 1898. When the hair begins to fall out or turn gray, the scalp needs doctoring, and we know of no better specific than Hall's Vegetable Sicilian . Hair Re- newer. : Mount Olive Jottings (Correspondence of The Messenger) Mt. Olive, N. C, September 21. After a lingering illness of eigbt weeks, Mrs. Frank Flowers breathed her last Saturday evening at 4 o'clock,; aged 60 years. The interment was made in the family burying , ground Sunday at 2 o'clock. She leaves a hus band and several children and a host of relatives and friends to mourn her death. Miss Lilly Mclntyre, of Rock Mount, spent yesterday here visiting her mother, Mrs. D. M. Mclntyre. i Mrs. Joe McCullen is lingering 'be tween life and death and her death is momentarily expected. Miss Katurah Southerland is quite sick. Her numerous friends wish foi her a speedy decovery. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c. Dr. Paul Paquin, secretary of the state board of health, received infor mation today that two cases supposed to be yjellow fever, bad developed on a dredgeiboat at Point Pleasant, Mo., 100 miles : below Cairo. It is not certain that the patients have yellow fever, but the marine hospitals surgeons are pro ceeding on the assumption that they have. - SO .CURE NO PAY. 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 Whiteville News: The people of Fair Bluff are naturally enough very indignant at the outrage that has been perpetrated upon them In the appointment of a post master at that place. A News represen tative happened in Fair Bluff lastFriday. The newly appointed ' postmaster went down there on that afternoon's train. As soon as it was known that he had ar. rived quite a stir was created and' he (the appointee, and not The News repre sentative), was hung in effigy in front of the postofflce that night. O. H. Lennon, the appointee to this office, so far as we know, a negro of fair intelligence and character, but he need not be surprised to know that the people of Fair ; Bluff will not easily submit to having their post office held and conducted by a negro who has to be imported thirty miles for the purpose. . j Before Retiring.... take Ayer's Pills, and you will sleep better and wake in bettex condition for tlie day's work. Ayer's Qathartic Pills have no equal as a pleasant and effect ual remedy for constipation, biliousness, sick headache, and all liver troubles. They are sugnir-coatedj and so perfectly prepared, that they cure with out the annoyances experienced" In the use of so many of the pills on the market. 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' New : Fall : Goods WILMINGTON'S ThTrACKET STORE I have Just returned from New York where I have been for the past two weeks buying my large fall stock of dress goods and clothing of all kinds, silks, trimmings and bindings. We have one of the largest stocks in this line it has ever been our good fortune to show. ; In 34 inches wide beautiful fall worst ed novelties in Dress Goods I am offer ing at 12c, 36 inches wide all wool felting, lovely colors, at 18c a yard; strictly all; wool 36 inches fresh, new styles at 25c. These three lmes of goods are nice styles and will please any customer; we have also better goods,! n black, and all colors, fine t- i cot all wool all colors . j 25c; black gros grain Silk from 75c, 83c, 98c, $1.19 a yard; Brocaded Silk 75c, ! Black Satin from 25c, 50c, 65c, 75c to $1.10 per yard. We have all grades of fine black Dress Goods. The Gold Medal brand which is warranted not to fade nor crock up in color, from 50c to $1.00 a yard; fine, new percales callicos, lawns and white goods; also a big line of fine table linen Doyles just received. Drapery goods and lace curtains all at bottom prices from 6 to 15 yards. Fine Lace Curtains from 48c, 69c, 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, and $2.00 a pair. Cur tain poles, j drapery hooks and trim mings, also at 25c a set. Any color pole, oak, ash, maple, cherry or walnut. WINDOW SHADES Opaque Linen 36 by 72 Inches, with spring roles and fixtures complete at 25c" leach, 36x84 inches at 35c. Carpet and Matting to cover your floor as the winter will soon be here. I have on hand a big lot of Matting that I can sell at these figures: A good weight and good color Matting at 12c, heavier at 15c, 18c, 20c, 22c and 25c per yard; a line of Cotton Warp Mat ting at 15c, 15c, 18c and 20c per yard. Carpet Paper 3c and 4c a yard. Car pets all the new lines cotton ingrain, pretty colors, at 22c a yard, heavier and bettrr goods at 25c, 30c, one-half wool two ply Carpet at 38c and 48c, three ply wool Carpet, a job, at 60c a yard; Brussels pretty patterns at 50c, 60 65c and 75c a yard, also hall and stairs to match from 38 to 65c a yard. We can save you money. AH we want is to have you see our line of Carpet before you buy elsewhere. Floor Oil Cloth, beautiful patterns, one yard wide at 25c a yard, and we have it in all widths 6-4, 8-8, 10-4 from 25c to 35c a square yard. Oil Cloth art squares 1 yard3 square at 50c, ! two yards square at 75c. We have' also a big . line of Carpet remnants we bought at a price. For rugs and fringe to match consisting of fine Body Brussels, mo quet wielton and all wool Ingrain, from 1 yard to 1 and 2 yards, from 50c to $1.25 each. We can save you money in our Carpet Department, Sand all we would like to say is come and see us before buying elsewhere. , If you should need a nice Trunk cheap, . we have . al grades. Zinc cov ered from $1.10 to $4.00; canvass cover ed, large size, at $2.25, $2.50, $2.75, and GEO. 0. 6AVL0BD, Propr., OF WIL1INGT0FS BIG RACKET STORE WORTH & QOFFER FOR SALEO Best Quality, FLOUR, BACON, Mn!r. Meal sail Lime, cement 1 j ! Piaster, Hay! Corn, Hoop Iron, Oats, Rivets, Glue, Bagsring and Tie at lowest prices. WILMINGTON, N. C. The Atlantic National Bank, OF "WILMINGTON, N. C, Makes liberal loans to customers desiring money with which to help move the cotton and tobacco crops, when good security is of fered. Every accommodation consistent with security; and reasonable profits Recorded' in all branches of banking. ; get nearly twice the $3.00; better goods, heavy leather trimmed at $3.50, $4.00, $4.50. Leather Grip Bags, nice clean stock, '10 Inches long, with nickle lock and clasp at 90c; 12 inches at $1.00 and up, 14, 16, 18 inches up at $1.50. ; . . . CLOTHING-r-The season has come A when the old ai well as the young must begin to thing about changing their clothing for the fall and winter. See I am strictly in the swim to fill your fall and winter Clothing bill. I can" sell and guarantee my goods CC represent ed. Suits at the following ggee; A heavy satlnette, good colors and good suits, at $2.40 a suit; black cheviot sufts stdictly one-half wool, 'fast black, at $3.50 a suit; pretty suits, all wool, brown, gray and black, at $5.00 a suit; pretty plaids for young men, new style, all wool suits at $6.50, $7.50 and $8.00, same style better goods at $9.00, $10.00 and $12.50. ; In black 'Clay Worsted Suits we can please you. We' have them in nice stock. Heavy all wool clays at $7.50, $8.50, $9.00 and $10.00; fine satin lined black Suits at $12.50. We are making an effort to do an honest clothing business. We have only one price, and that price is the same to all. We sell our goods, on a-guarantee that they '.will prove to be as represented. We have boys suits in large quantities and large sizes from 4 to 15 years old, and have a very nice line to select from. Suits for small boys with sailor colars, from $1.00 to $2.25 a Suit. Large Boys Suits from 75c, 98c, $1.25, $1.50 and up to $3.00. I know I can figure prices with anybody on men and boys', cloth ing. I want your clothing trade, or at least do me the favr to look at my suits, and odd pants, before purchasing elsewhere. . I am making big preparation" for my fall Millinery business. . I can save you big money on your headware. We have all the new Sailors now on hand that will sell from 10c, 15c, 20c and 25c; beau tiful Sailors at 50c. We want your Rib bon trade. We lead the state in Rib bon, all colors styles and prices; velvets from 35c to $1.25 a yard. We can sell you nice fall, lightweight, all wool, beaver cloth and flannel Capes from 50c, 75c and $1.00 each. This is a special job in Capes, and something worth seeing.- We have notions of all kinds Corsets, Hosiery, Laces and Gloves. ' A big drive in Ladies Kid Gloves; small sizes from 5 to 6; a special job, worth at least 75c, I will sell at 38c a pair, new goods. A : splendid Utnbxella for 50 each. I have a beautiful line of Umbrellas to suit every body from ,50c to $2.50. Table covers in chenille from 29c, 50c, 75c to $1.00 each; portienes from $2.00, $2.50 to $3.00 a pair. . AW kinds of fancy China at a small price. I have so many new goods at a small price and pretty styles I can not describe all of them. All I will ask is to have you call and give us a look, and be convinced we do what we say. and sell more goods for less money than any house in the state. You will find us at 112 North Front street oppo site The Orton hotel. WORTH. Full Weight SUGAR, LARD, 402 AND 404. N. FOURTH ST. Dealer in Hoi Mi it Ops Has Just returned from New York and Philadelphia, where he has selected a large number or nne instruments. There is no mistaxe aooui ineso nanos. i. ney are "carefully culled" from large stocks. We offer them low for cash or install ments, and guarantee tnem ruuy. we cordially invite the public to come and see us. Telephones, Inter-State i 142; Bell Phone, US. . . . - - ! , ' NOTICE! Having sold out my Interest in my BRANCH STORE heretofore known as FOURTH AND BLADEN STS., Henceforth my undivided time and energy will do aevotea to . , lino's r Y. M. C. A. BUILDING. Strict personal attention will be given . i - - - ' "Wholesale and Retail Orders, Either by Mail, Telephone or In person. Prescriptions accurately and skilfully prepared and closest prices given on everything. S J. lis Hi Pi. G. Wholesale and Retail Drupglsl, ' -. Y. M. C; A. BUILDING, WILMINGTON, N. C. Bell 'Phone 126. Inter-State 144-2. se 19 li Of Hartford. ITS TOTAIv INCOME LAST TEAR "WAS PRACTICALLY $8,000,000. Since The Conecticut Mutual began business its policyholders have -paid in $192,111,806. There has been returned to them $182, 454,110, or 95 per cent, of all they have paid in, and they still have as assets ct the ComDany the erreat sum of $62,952,349.88. THE CONNECTICUT MUTUAL takes such business as is worth takine. but re fuses to enter the race that would force its old members to pay for the new insur ance. And, as direct result of that policy, thoughtful and conservative people, dls turbed at the pace set by some of the racing concerns, are year by year seeking THE CONNECTICUT MUTUAL for safe ty, and bringing to it the very best sort of Insurance that upon the lives of care ful people. Full information gladly furnished by .... ... Atkinson & Chadbourn, AGENTS, WILMINGTON. S. D. WAIT, Gen. Agent, Raleigh. Ju 17 tf . C. F. & Y. V. Gope Fear find Yadkin Valley Railway Schedule In Effect May 30th, 1897. TRAINS LEAVE WILMINGTON. DAILY. Arrives-Fayetteville 3:35 p. m., 12:15 p m Sanford 5:02 p. m.. Ore HiU 6:52 p. m., Greensboro 7:25 p. m., ' Walnut Grove 9:03 p.. in., Mt. Airy 11:00 p. m. Connects with Southern Railway at Greens boro. Arriving Salisbury 8:50 p. m.. Ashevllle 12:12 a. m.. Knox- - villo 4:00 a. m., Chattanooga .7:40 a. m., Nashville 1:35 p. m., Charlotte 10:00 p. m., Atlanta 6:10 a. m., Danville 12:00 night, Lynchburg 1:58 a, m., Char lottesville 3:35 a. m., Washing ton 6:42 a. m., Baltimore -8:00 a. m., Philadelphia 10:15 a. m.. New York 12:43 p. m. ' . v TRAIN3 ARRIVE -WILMINGTON, DAILY. From New York, Philadelphia, 4:30 p. m. Baltimore, Washington, Char lottesville, Lynchburs, Danville, . Mt, Airyr Walnut Cove, Greens boro, Nashville, Chattanooga, Knoxvllle. Ashevllle, Salisbury, Atlanta, Charlotte and all points North, South and west. LOCAL FREIGHT TRAIN NO. 8. Leave Wilmington 2:55 p. m., arrives Fayetteville 9:15 p. m. Passenger Coach attached to this train. J. W. FRY, W. E. KYLE. Gttn'l Manager. Gen'l Pass. Agent taiKs- TO AI Ii POINTS Schedule in Effect May 30, 1897. Train 41. Leaves Wilmington, 3:20 p. m., arrives Lumberton 5:26 p. m., Pembroke 5:46 p. m., Maxton 6:12 p. m., 'Laurinburg 6:23 p. m., Hamlet 6:53 p. m. Connect at Hamlet with train 41 for Charlotte and Atlanta, and with train 402 for Ports mouth, Richmond, Washington and points North. Parlor car from Wilmington to Charlotte. Train 41. Leaves Portsmouth 9:20 a. m., arrives Weldon 11:41 a. m Raleigh 3:30 p. m., Sanford 6:03 p. m., Hamlet 6:53 p. m., Rockingham 7:39 p. m., Wadesboro 8:11 p. m., Monroe 9:12 p. m Charlotte 10:25 p. m., Athens 3:45 a. m. and Atlanta 6:20 a. m. Connection at Weldon with train from Richmond and all Northern points. Pull rtan sleeper, Portsmouth to NashvUle, Tenn. Train- 403. Leaves Washington 4:10 p. m.. Richmond 8:56 p. m Portsmouth 8:45 p. m. - Arrives Weldon 11:10 p. . m., Raleigh 2:07 a. m., Sanford 3:35 a. m., Hamlet 6:10 a. m., Rockingham 5:23 a. m., Wadesboro 5:64 a. m., Monroe 6:43 a. m., Charlotte 7:50 a. m., Lincoln ton 10:20 a. m.. Shelby 11:18 a. m., Rutherfordton 12:30 noon, Athens 1:15 p. m., Atlanta 3:50 p. m. Connections at Atlanta for all points South and West. Pullman Sleeper, Washington to Atlanta, and Portsmouth to Chester. ; . Train 38. Leaves Hamlet 8:20 a. m. Ar rives Laurinburg 8:46 a. m., Maxton 9:05 a. m., Pembroke 9:31 a. m.. Lumberton 9:53 a. m., Wilmington 12:05 noon. Con nects at Hamlet with trains from Wash ington, Portsmouth, Charlotte and At lanta. Parlor car, Charlotte to Wilming ton. Train 402. Leaves Atlanta 1:00 p. m. Ar rives Athens 3:16 p. m., Monroe 9:30 p. m. Leaves Rutherfordton 4:35 p. m., arrives Shelby, 6:55 p. m., Lincoln ton 6:56 p. m., Charlotte 8:18 p. m., Monroe 9:10 p. m.. Wadesboro 10:31 p. m., Rockingham 11:05 p. m., Hamlet 11:20 p. m., Sanford 1:02 a. m., Raleigh 2:16 a. m., Weldon 4:55 a. m.. Portsmouth 7:25. a. m., Richmond 8:18 a, m., Washington 12:31 noon. Pullman Sleepers, ' Atlanta to Washington and Chester to Portsmouth. ',.- Train 18. Leaves Hamlet 7:15 p. m., ar rives Gibson 8:10 p. m. Returning, leaves Gibson 7:00 a. m., arrives Hamlet 7:50 a. m. Train 17. Leaves Hamlet 8:40 a. m.. ar rives Cheraw 10:00 a. m. Returning, leaves Cheraw 6:00. p. m., arrives ; Hamlet 6:20 p. m. . i- All trains dally except Nos. 17 and 18. Trains make immediate connections at Atlanta for Montgomery, Mobile, New Or leans. Texas, CaliforniaMexico, Chatta nooga, Nashville, Memphis, Macon, Florida. . For Tickets, Sleepers, etc, apply lo THOS. D. MEARES, Gen'l Agent, Wilmington, N. C. E. ST. JOHN, . Vice President and Gen'l Manager. H. W. B. GLOVER, Traffic Manager. V. E. McBEE, Gen'l Superintendent. T. J. ANDERSON, Gen'l Pass. Agent. General Offlos, Portsmouth, Va. wee Mid WV A THIS WEEK ! "- AT THE UHLICKT COKRER SDGAB CUBED HAMS -AND Hre nroof Keiosene" OIL ! Will be sold at CUT PRICE -i. iZZ Something else next week. j.: S. W. SANDERS, 'Phone 109. sepSl ALAN1 10 COAST LINE. Schedule In Effect August 16th, 1897, ' Departures from Wilmington. NORTHBOUND. DAILY No: 48. Passenger Du Mag ' 9:35 A. M. nolla 10:59 a. m., Warsaw 11:11 a. m., Goldsboro 11:58 ' a. m Wilson 12:43 p. m.. Rocky MounI 1:20 p. m., Tarboro 2:58 p. m. Weldon 3:39 p. m., Petersburg; . 6:54 p. m., Richmond 6:50 p. m., Norfolk 6:15 p. m., Washington 11:10 p. to.. Unlt'more 12.:53 a. m., Philadelphia 3:45 a. m.. New York 6:53 a. . n., Boston 3:00 p. m. DAILY No. 40. Pa riger Due. Mag 7:15 P. M. noJia 8:55 p. ni.. Warsaw 9:10 p. m.,Goldsborc 10:10 p. m., Wilson 11:06 p. in., iTarboro 6:45 a. n, Rocky Mount 11:57 p. m., Wel don 1:44 a. in., jNorfolk 10:30 a. m., Pete.-: i.t 3:24 a. m.. Rich mond 4:20 a. m., Washington 7:tt a. m.-, BaUimore 9:05 a. m;, Phil adelphia 11:25 a. m.. New YorV 2:03 o. m.. Boston 9:00 p. in. DAILY except : Sunday 2:00 P. M No. 60 Passenger Due i JacK sonvllle 3:58 p. m., New Bem 5:20 p. m.. .This train leaves from Walnut street. i y SOUTHBOUND. DAILY No. 55. Passenger Due LaV 4:00 P. M. Waccamaw 6:09 p. m.. Cha. bourn 5:40 p. m., Marlon '6:43 p. m., Florence 7:25 p. m., Sumter 8:42 p. m., Columbia 10:05 p. m., Denmark 6:30 a. m., Augusta 8:20 a. m." Macon 11:30 a.' m., At lanta 12 OS p. m., Charleston 10:50 p. m.. Savannah 2:40 m Jacksonville 8:20 a. m., St. Aw gustlne 10:30 a. m., Tampa 6: p. m. ARRIVALS AT WILMINGTON FROI THE NORTH. j DAILY No. 49. Passenger Leave Bos- 6:45 P.M. ton 1:03 p m., New YorK -:uo p. m.,- Philadelphia 12:05 a. nv Baltimore 2:50 a. m.. Washl ton 4:30 a. m., Klcnmona : u. m.. Petersburg 10:00 a. m.. No. folk 8:40 a. m., Weldon 11:60 a. m., Tarboro 12:12 p. m.. Rocky; Mount 12:45 p. m., Wilson 2:12 9, m., Goldsboro 3:10 p. m., War ' saw 4:02 p. m.. Magnolia 1 4:11 p. m. 1 DAILY No. 41. Passenger Leave Bo :30A. M. ton 12:00 night. New tM a. m., Philadelphia 12:0? p. mn Baltimore 2:25 p. .m.. Washing ton 8:46 p. m.. Richmond 7:30 p. m., Petersburg 8:12 p. m., Norw folk 2:20 p. m., Weldon 9:43 v m., Tarborb 6:01 -p. m.. Rock. Mount 6:45 a, m. Leave Wilsofc . 6:20 a. m., Goldsbcro 7:61 a. no, Warsaw 7:53 a. m., Magnolia 8:05 a.'m. ' ,. DAILY No. 61 Passenger Leave New except Bern 9:20 a. . m., Jacksonvills Sunday 10:42 a, m. This train arrives at 12:40 P. M. Walnut street. FROM THE SOUTH. T) A TT."V ten Ki PnodancpT Tjiiva Tnni, 12:15 P. M. pa 8:00 a. m., Sanford 1:60 p. in . Jacksonville 6:35 p. m., Savan j ' nah 12:50 night, Charleston 6:33 a. m., Columbia 5:50 a. m.;' At lanta 8:20 a. m., Macon 950 a; m., Augusta 3:05 p. m., Denmark 4:55 p. m., Sumter 6:45 'aj m., Florence 8:55 a. m., Marlon 9:84 a. m., Chadbourn 10:35 a. m.. Lake Waccamaw 11:06 a. m. Train on the Scotland Neck Branch Road leaves Weldon 4:10 p. m.," Halifax 4:28 p. m., arrives Scotland Neck at 6:28 p. m., Greenville 6:57 p. m., Klnston 7:61 p. m. Returning leaves Klnston 7:60 a. m., Greenville 8:52 a. m., arriving Halifax at 11:18 a. m., Weldon 11:33 a. m. Daily, except Sunday. . Trains on Washington Branch leave Washington 8:20 a. m. and 1:00 p. m., ar rive Parmele 8:10 a. m. and 2:40 p. m., re turning leave Parmele 10:10 a. m. and 6:30 p. m., arrivo Washington 11:40 a. m. and 7:20 p. sa. Llly except Sunua;. 1 Train leaver Tarboro N. C, dally ex cept Sunday, 6:30 p. m.. Sunday 4:06 p. arrives Plymouth 7:40 p. m. and 6:00 p. it Returning leaves Plymouth 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 Smlthfield 8:30 a. m. Returning leaves Smlthfield 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 6:30- p. nv Returning leave Spring Hope 8:00 a. m., Nashville 8:35 a. m., arrives at Rocky Mount 9:06 a, m. Daily except Sunday.. Train on CQnton Branch leaves Wan saw for Clinton daily except Sunday.; 11:1 a. m. and 4:10 p. m. Returning leavec Clinton 7:00. a. m. and 3:00 p. m. . Florence Railroad leaves Pee Dee 9:1 ff m., arrive vLatta 9:30 a. m., Dillon 9.42 t m., Rowland 10:00 a. m. Returning leav. Rowland 6:10 p: .m., arrives DUlon 6:1,,, p. m., Latta 6:44 p. m., Pee Dee 7:08 p. m. dally. 1 Trains "on Conway Brancn leave Hub 8:30 a. m., Chadbourn 10:40 a. m.t arrive Conway 1:00 p. m., leave Conway 2:45 p. h. - V. J L f - 1 n . ua., vuuuuuuru o:tu p. m., arrive 11UO B:Z0 -Lsi , xxi. except csunaay. Central of South Carolina Railroad leave Sumter 6:42 p. m., Manning 7:10 p. m., arrive vLanes 7:48 p. m., leave Lanea 8:26 a. m.. Manning 9:05 a. m., arrive Sumter 9:35 a. m. Dally. Georgetown and Western RailroSA leave Lanes 9:30 a. m., 7:55 p. arrive George town 12:00 m., 9:14 p. m., leave Georgetown 7:00 a. m., 3:00 p. m., arrives Lanes 8:25 a. m., 5:25 p. m. DaUy exeept 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. S:10 p. m., arrive Darlington 8:40 p m., Hartsville 9:35 p. m., Bennettsvllle 9:36 p. m.; Gibson 10:00 p. m. Leave Florence-Sunday only 900 a. m., arrive Darlington 9S7 a, m., Harts ville 10:10 a. m. Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 6:10 a. m., Bennettsvllle 6:41 a. m.. arrive Dar lington 7:40 a. m.. Leave Hartsville dally except Sunday 6:30 a. m., arrive DarUng ton 7:15 a. m., leave Darlington 7:45 a. m. arrive Florence 8:15 a. m. Leave Wades boro daily except Sunday S'o. m. Cheraw 6:15 p.; m.. Darlington 6:29 p. m.! ailver. F1?rence 7:W p. m. Leave Harts! yille-Sunday only, 7:00 a, m., Darlington 7-:45 a, m., arrive Florence 8:10 a. m. tx11soiI nd Faye"evllle Branch leave Wilson 2:06 p. m., 11:16 p. m., arrive Sel ma 3:00 p. m.,' Smlthfield 3:08 p. m.. Dunn 3:50 p. m.,' Fayetteville 4:40 p" m., lii4 m., Rowland 6:10 p. m., returning leave Raw.lanJ? 10:00 "a- m-. Fayetteville 11:20 a. S3-:J1?i20.op- m- Dunn 12:07 P- .m., Smith. SSJA P.m., Selma 1:00 p.V, urin Wilson 1:42 p. m.', 12:10 a. m. Manchester and Augusta Railroad trains leave Sumter 4:40 a. m., Creston 5:32 a. m. arrive Denmark 6:30 a. m. ReturnlnS leave Denmark 4:55 n. m ratn t.4r m., Sumter 6:40 p. m. Dally. -V-. j I Pregnalls Branch train leaves- Creston HPf mSt 6:46 a. m.. arrives Prearnalla a:is tV Tl turning leave Pregnalls 10:00 p. m., arrive Crestpn 3:50 p m. Daily except Bilndy. Bishopvllle Branch trains leave Elliott liao a. m. and 7:45 p. m., arrive Lucknow 1.00 p. m. and 8:45 p. n. Returning, leave Lucknow 6:05 a, m. and 2:00 p. m Vniv. Elliott 8:25 a. m. and 3:30 p. S Dkllll! cept Sunday. Dally except Sunday. 'Sunday only H.M. EMERSON, J. R. KENLY, GenT ManjtrKer iAent" T. M. EMERSON. TTmmoVmgtr The Clyde Steamship Co. Ew YORit wiMINGTOW. N..6. AMU 'J, . oioRaBrowjJ, s. likes, i . 1 ' -4:-;tj!iSnD j .1- - From Hw York for Wtlmlngtoa. ' B. S CROATAN.... Saturday, Sept. 25 S. S. GEO. W. CLYDE .Saturday,1 Oct. 3 From Wilmington '(or Hw York. - S. S. GEO. W. CLYDE.-. Saturday, Sept 85 & S. CROAT AN Saturday,. Oct. 8 From Wilmington for orgetowm. S. S. CROATAN 1 Tuesday, Sept. 88 S. a GEO. W. CLYDE .-..Tuesday, Oct 5 Through bills of lading ' and lowes through rates guaranteed to and from points In North and South Carolina. Vi Freight or passage apply to - . , H. G. SMALLBONES, THEO. O EGEIt. Trafflo8 . . i2w-,ln Green, New Tor v W1L P. CLYDfl Co . QtHMral x 1 . I -X! r t- X