North Carolina Newspapers

Filtered awopj wis to poMal regulation at j fnless this disunting building i more than wheat; so much is diet a willingness of Eurojje to jay and ex -j)m- stnift Southport, ?f. r ,mh Htftl ' ch are"! away at unci, the city should matter of habit. When the Southern . port ceases, an accumulation must take claiw matter. ml in the matter, and have the County planter in ante-war times ch(e the place that must sometime be worked j muipre removed, Why the County corn bread on the table for himself off at lower figures than those now TKUM i)Y fcll lU''0 -'should le entitled to the privilege of and declared wheat bread was fit only current.- If prices an kept at a high ruatvK WJSTff ,"? t ?nt If x if(rif ' w 1 in ' j u. . , , 1 W rknt by 3fiil. Payable in advance, j " " Qlvn jMwtfmi'-e aihln-w In full. inrMmg . fttWU-aiul Itut. Remit bv draft. nortoflUr ordxr, or ry - , gkterM letter, at imr rtsk. .V. .'h"""i r' V .Hll'lHfr i I patbm No eonuaiiiiication will U printeil In the i ...,. tt-itb.iit tlut name of flu- writer Ux known to the olitot. j Obltuan- or .h-stth iiMtU-. of flveliw, filihjeet tolltorhl ruvlst'ti. fret. Inr f-otlci-s, subject bMjf'Vid. to he paiti ior u iwlvnmu . .Hooking towanls a removal of the1 T" 'M"k" T r"K'"' ! Ommy t ..f Itnuwwtel:. I ,mM.,tf,.,m,mUr .luln han.,., f uj Cuimtyj tar inav 1 To this mU tut ekeept Ion will t I H.r nmv ix . 1 C.iinniiiiiKiiv in ..ii.ii innct iliuM! ) mnile with regard to either letter or in (Unres. Nor will tin editor enter Into nnv e)rnnixiiulei;cc respc tl"K n-jc tnl j nmimuiilcatUmA. All matter not Inserted U destroviil, OTBVEIIS & FARRELL j f.tlitori :ul PioprU-tor, SOPTIIPOltT. ItruiiHwick Co..X.'. HH TUI-oj:t, N. C, SKlTt:MliK'il. TIIK (iKA?il Jl'HYS Hl'POHT. T)t! report made last week, at the Kajl term of the Huieiior Court of UnilM'ick County, hv the (Inim! Jury, cannot but .impress all who read .it as .1 report which unhesitatingly reeords' matters as they appeared to tin jurors;. '.Its brevity is worthy of imitation by future juries. Ihe fact j t lint t tin fi.iw .rt W!K nut lmiwli'il in I Mim- tir i""' i ,.iHH HTUr Mio eouit nau aujmunn., ,lidge wnvT waning over one nim to reeeiy.. it, indicates that the jurors ; looked carefully into the condition of . he t onrthouse and .lad, and reported j Jheactunl condition of these buildings j M lthotlt ffiir r favor. These condi- i tioiis.agreep'rfeetlywiththeLKAi).:HS:1 aeeotmts. Which have U'en so often i M!lllj!lMl iiVtlnw column. 'I'jm (Iraod Jury's - report' on-'the Jail is short "in bad condition and ......11.. ....ln....t B 11 I 1" II 111 1 I ! lutuin muiiiv n in inn mm n.-? i - Ii . "I . 1 ivcommendatton, without apojogy or words, ispially eone.se in comh-n,n-!im ingit, with no apiH-nU for merc the rimpoof a few dollars, to prolong it already too lon; existence. ei... .!.. ..t v...i. i:.. - . 1 1 t ' '!t!VU,,i,,tr this County sent issue at any IoV,l'r nt1 I nT ? 8a?'8- Vrt,." I time. It has qu.-stioued whether it 78'J); .rhero shall Ihj kept and mam- ,, , t r . . . . ed V 1 and si ffi lei t v .-ii the majority of the. taiuei H jHtq an su lcien lepair IH.ouIc to Wlsj, tu VoU.OI1 the question, m ivury i iHHdy ft Courthouse and , '. . , ., , . , ''mtttj it iiittV'iitiviiTictikli-iiriil,flutni'iiiiinnl pmiunou JU," an4 porttvinly the jury's reptrt ililTen widely ffum the Code, us regails the present stapi of tilt Courthouse and Jail, ad its recom-. meudatjo.n, i io acc!rdiHUH with the coiulitions r.ii tjjp m.ntter. On the Courthouse the junrs rob, ably found so many things need jng rejuiirs that they could particularize pnly in ne case. Their ;rei)ort itidj: cates plainly enough what ought to Ik' done, and Jhe riTouirtienati.on to make such "gemMnV "5H'say repiiirs" tiuruu'jj, is well put i?, The jury evidently vo iot U-lieve in half-' vay mensures, even in repairing County buildings. In the report on the Home for i!o Aged and Infirm there seems U bo fome question on the suitableness of iheiiuildings. .Ths should le look-vl into ami provided, fur: bit the in, mates see-in, u be well .cared for. It would have been well i( the piry had in accord:uvv hilp c tuiil of m 'Home are unforttutatet should Vthe ile;isuiv, as well avlc iiity. of the County to sw to it ht their s.a.;mon tnade a-.p.easan as po:-. o.r, ami nil i: c V'.u1 .-TI ifiVell ul v. -. " v..'i j--. V.f)"V TV Commissioners can act in ihumatUf if they will. If there were no moJiinm!Hjons, tlioCode is plain .enough (or the V uity Vvtlit'.- ers guidmVV d survly, wth tlU report, there can. by io epiestion of ; Wllletl tf'f Jlli' nf inidt.' n'Aiil.l ttf. ine i onnusioners duty in h$ uui ter of Mviu; lhse reeoiiiineiidatioits ' ilhfaily carried out. The Count v ! gnen closer attention, to Judge Mct5 , , , , countel lujrh, and is h?h, as com- . . , . .. , . rnent, ami tlie ireneral urosjjenty of , . , Jvers nns adnnrable charge to tlieui , . ' , ... - , jmred with recent vears. U has onlv ,i .... , ,. his (,outvof llrunswick. Let us put , , . , on the coiHimns ami, surronndiii! . . . , ,. 1 reached what was formerly regarded . r w ... i j away biekerimrs and disagreements, . . , ., ' "2 hHonun pour, s)p,d revomuiendeir ' , . V i as its nominal pri.ee. Fortv vearsa-'u 5? jail should have Uimi declared a nuisaucu by tli' city authorities long j ago. and 'ordered removed, f keeping such an offensive building and Mii rounding-1, is not clear. , ! IX ST ATT QUO OK MORSE. The bill for the County srat remo- - V;il( a3 pa-d by the last Legklature, has been declared by an emiitc-iit : u i w . . i ' 3 eIt.e j tm absence of expressed con- Code of North('aroIina; woiihl frovern the tM)ints not mentioned or expressetJ in the bill as jessed last j winter. Accepting, therefore the opinion 01 inis eminent auiuotuj, l,,at ,m bill -docs not abrogate the law of the Code governing such proposed (.,rtlllly w-at removals, as lirunswick j t 1 county's, it may be well to notice the! jaw alMj lnc (Jf proCudtire which must j Ixt followed to make any action legal, j v. vL.i. .1-1.,.. ii. :vl"ll, ; v.v-.w.- . j for removal, secondly, a majority of j the County Commissioners and Magi.-- t rates of the County, in joint ses o i must .-decide for removal, ami so in struct the County Commissioners to j call for an election of the qualified ! y voters of the County, which, thirdly, j must be held after due notice of such ; an election has been advertised. ; At the Commissione-s meeting, the j j vote on the question of removal, re- suited, in a tie, Mr. Chinnis not arriv-jThe ing until after the meeting, hence, there was actually no question to ' be ; brought before the joint session ot .MagiVt rates and ( onitnissionerswhicli! had In en called for. and which the crop in America and only the local de- j Tin; South MetroiKilitan (Jas Co., ot ,-.- -fiTQ tmdO 111 t llO XriCy CrOOds, Wedding Prei assenibled Magistrates frcin all over.; 1 m 1 entS, Oil Painting, Steel the count V were In ro to attend. The; verbal notification to the Chairman of the lloard of Magistrates by the Chair-Us man ol tjie bounty Commissioners, of ! .i . . . i . ... , : tne action oi uiei ornmissioners in tin ;',IIilUer of removal was ignored, and- tK URll:ting o a miI10rity of the Com miss?iom,rs Hml H majorJtv of the Magis-! M jw U)Wd u (.jumns lllst W(.ck , Tho ur(KWilu ur lctions takon ,,v i this meeting cannut 1.k considered as ! . rKal, and anv suit undertaken to sus- i tain them will be unwise, causing an . tucretised bail feeling, and u loss of j money to those instituting such a suit, i j. The absenteeism practiced by certain ' -of the Commissioners from the meet- ' --- - ---- - ; u not to comlmiml(.tlf ami sl,ch u.tum Ciinn()t but hurlfllI to ; their cause and ..rovoko , unfavorable rifi,Mcm The Lkakku has not believed in m i ..J Hll.tK'U'l l" l" V it ,n,l III1IIVU and settled, in order to get the County ; into some progressive line of action w hich would result in the general ad- Yaneement and welfare of the iKM.ple.iii-', stead of contentious within our borders u,,, .e.uo, louueuug n.e oooe, wu f oi ine Kiopie, and. keep the County back in its strug gle for advancement. The present conditions isi lirtirswiek County are not favorable for unv further disturbance at p.esent on this question. Let the County's debts U iud, and the law observed in the . matter ot its present County buildings, ,ha.le U it l huw ny ...u. .. ue o! uu- H.p.e ,s ciumge the County seat, let the pro- ctsss lowums a ueie.rmination oi tn' .mention lie l..ne o-uly and in order, . and until 4hat time, it is the dutv of everv cili.eu to work for the material . - i. TIIK Kl'KOPKAN UUKAll M'14LY. ' While every week br ns yet more ' oi;ciU-;ve evu;.-i:ce ef a reat a:ul ivr- riai ti w i'.i .! V... . 1 . " 1 . v hi iiH ui h it . that ha never Uvi urjviM-l jf m- deed it hits ever U-n tmalevl, it djes not m-ussarily follow ' tUt famine pries will prevail on either side of tho ater. Hut a, sn'd jr cent, of ' tl,e Kuropean p-pnUion is iintvllcd p. eat wheat Urivd whether chean or ' dear. The rvc .vitm: pulativn of the . : I llll.ll Ltmiill: t til. I II fill t ....I 1 . . 1 . ... k eontment will regard it as a hardship to use wheat bread as a substitute for rye and will only do it when rye costs for "niggers," he gave a fine il lustra-1 t;on of the old proverb: "There s no ; disputing about tastes." The old world jieople have their tastes and habits f fOTUmh and, while it would require a vvry i,. aivam-e in price todnninisli ' tIe consutiiption of wheat per capita ji iVHicijiu, n eij mi.iv dutaua' tit Europe will cause her iple to make a little wheat go a great ways. Wheat1 . i.l wonderfully cheap in Europe? Xot onjv has'the price of wheat and flour u'ii cheap, but . bread made from American Hour is far cheaper even in S remotecountrv places than in the cities j of America surrounded by the fields ! where the grain is thrown While the consumption of wheat j bread has been enormous of recent i years kcause it has been cheap bevond M ,,r,ccd,Mit, it U nut follow .hat it u wit, auv uMcM a,,. , - : M'l... i..t 1 ViLIICC Ml pi 1CI. 1 HIT IO.OUI iiij citiwt-r, which make up the great bulk of the fxipulation, will not use wheat bread a day longer than it continues to be the chea'est form of food. All hist winter Kurojo was shipping us potatoes and taking our wheat in exchange, and the farmer was making a nice profit in the transaction. He will do so so long as he can sell his potatoes at home at a price above that for which he can buv our bread there and no longer. iereentp.ge of . Kuropeans who will use wheat bread at a high price is very small, while in America it comprises j almost the whole population of the I pulation of the Northern States. If we ' had a -short ! wheat would" go would be guided en- ; tirelv by the -shortness of stipplv. It qiute'otherwise when we w supnlv ,ng nations with a vast population that . . . . . . live on whatever is cheapest and figure : verv closely on the cost of living. ' tl,Kn,ir tlw,. 1..1u;i,.,.t;....a the f M iin.i nod MH-Ml or wlw, tlic lanueia. ami bpecuiator& ... w bo imairine that because A nerica has a large crop of wheatPand rye and Ku-; roiKi a verv light crop, therefore it is I ,u.cc;ki f..i- ti... r.1,..n1. -.f i'.,o..,i i .... irilM iriir.,nHf. m ulv.lLj .lIuj sav to the unfortunate nations, "jiay us our price or starve. They will do neither, localise they are ' 0bliM.d to do neither. Neither will ! n,,.,. t..t-., f..,.. mj m i , im win oi lion niv; in n.vi", ; : ('heap us it has been until tllc ast ! - m.Ivj muIllhs Kuru Iw5 mt . usc ; ,,Uich of it for bread. For this there ......1, ... ... ! iie pioottoiy two ii'asous, one inai . thev have not learned how to cook it ! the other and most potent because ,K.V lvird it as cattle and pig food - . . , 1 ahd use it mainly for that purpose. ift however, wheat advanced greatlv - . i.-.t t i 111 Itrif'l' l-liril 1 1 1 1 M I Willi I W II fl T f Ii Willi If I i ut a lan'e place in the wheat loaf i amJ to this extent keep down the price 0f wheat and flour. j Ullk.r thcsc conUitions how ftM)lish ! u is for t,K. Alneri(.all fanner lo think that Uo tHkc aaVaiitage of the lu.cossille.s u tllu Kuroiteau laborer and extort famine prices for bread. Should the speculator conclude to do ', so and corner the bread of the world, ; he would only indict irreparable dam- Aire on the American farmer bv push-' ing the price bevond the exnortimr ' inl aml lwvilg" lKS with a llw to (.arrv OVPr lo lhe lu.xt vear s crop i m h , hl' ,,,, ,ult the price of wheat has for vears been ' ionnall v low, th result of brii.-in- into cultivation an empire of wheat lauJ wlvallcc of tlu. demand of the population for Ulead. While w I teat at a dollar a bushel is WnjJ ri.arUn hy the faImers as toe lowet pjint of profitable wheat j production. The cost in lalwr is as great now as then. Much of it is pro,' uuccl .u c:iea:. r lan is, but t!:e c?I ot iiY : lo the se- T -. . 1 . 1 t v :iepv: luaus eiy neariv u.aiances the account. From the producer's standpoint wheat tot hili by any means. Wheier the fanner will reap the K-neiiu of his lre crop dvi-enJ oi the way .t ia marketeil. If the bulk of it is ruheti to maiket. block- in the railrwuls and overflowinc the ' elevators. 5jeculators, who see it will ;di K- nwlol. will not hesitate tu bear I the price and buy ihe superabundance as cheap as jxssible. If speculation puts the price beyond the ability or a point as Euroe will take the crop, j that point being detennined by the demand and supply, and exportation continues as it lias at the rate of 3,- 000,000 bushels a wtek, the big crop of America will be a blessing both to the American farmer and the Euro- pvuii consumer, rnj 'ong as l lie action of the markets is normal, as it is now, ! the fanner runs Ho risk in holding his! vance with the season. If he is in need of funds he can sell now at a itockI lroht. Anv attemnt to corner I the market, whether made by the far-! mer or bv the speculator, must result in serious damage to the whole countrv. ! M'l... . 1 . . 1 I T. i. mi.- ucdiKiuniii! uu not iiHve ruroiH. i under their thumb bv anv means but i they are in a josition to turn an honest j pennv and uiake nionev in irowinrt wheat. IK'S Moines, la., lIoinestt:iil. PKESS COMMENTS. ''..... ..t .1... i -.1. .- iiii'rrsHi'in, n uic I. Jill IIISI., Is an eu.uon .pccia iy on cotton Feed oil, Cotton mills and cotton .'enerallv J and is not onl interesting reading, but also verv valuable and instructive m it r.cu H.m Kvwy farn.ur and business man can read this issue with pleasure and profit. PKOFiT-SUAUINU. In Enirland twentv firnw nrliintrxl profit-sharing in UM, bringing the total "mnber in which profit sharing, I)lire and simple, is practiced, up to I)Uru and simple, is practiced, up to j 'My-50511-' Uo adopt it. In the winter thecompauy employs :i.3U0 men, and 2,000 in the The system was begun bv preseut from tho company to every ; i ".i i- i t ,UiU1 "u ,l5lu H eminov June ."JO, 18S!). ami would Ji.-nan 'ajretMiient i ; : I. j- ' . . i. .i T, lu lLavi- it loriuree momns. tnft vanotl wlt!l each, man s term of ....... mcv ,ou& !e,vlt'v' " " The al,"t was cmliteil on the opay's books to each workman, U draw four per cent, interest for live! years. In June, I. SOU, about LoOoj mcn wuru entitled to .share in the j scheme, and the sum th.-v received ! ,L'ut'hed about S2."),uuu. Alieady a great improvement is seeii 'in the men's work. T.iev are more ! ilnt, ami see and suggest ways of saving eK.nse. j I" other English firms the results! are uallv r,MMl In Km, vvh..r.. j r the movement began, it continues to row pidly. W herever it is fairly j ' tried whether through cash payments, i,.wi, i,.. .,: i . i . ; Cltdlt provident lunds or present ' if tll company's stock, the outlook is ; s ll'i' rn u i inm i-si iri ti ir " .-v v-..w)., A system under which the humblest : tulu-r in just measure with the man of Inore brains or skill, sees his work re- i cognized, and knows that, g,od or bad, ! it affects the total result, must bo better , i than old methods. A man's ambition cannot list long w hen its bounds, m wages and narrow i opportuiiitn-s, .-hut him and his family ' in on very side. If it can bo quick- j Ied b' P'-ofit-sharing or any other iust Vhu b-v a11 ,,,( i41,s Iet t, PIh bt? 1 tried. Youth's Companion. The SouTiii'oirr Lkadeu 1 ayfi WII.MIXUTOX .U.YEKTISKMEXTS. WILMINGTON MARBLE YARD, c ?S .FOHX MAI XIIKK, lriirletr. AYILMIXtiToX. X. C. North Front Street. Ml MoXniESTK AXI liKAVK TONW Mauk to Uupkk. V 1 vmnn ' lir i vmnii U Ai 1 rill. 100 BARRELS C A T TP IT T T 17 HP C OliLl 1 lii UliliD 1 0 . 1 . Highest marset pnee, paid by SrlMtrEL BEAR, Sr., j N 12 Market Street, x. r.l WILMINGTON. FISHBLATE The King Clothier. With an entira new stock of ready made CLOTHM "ff"'Vr xOTjTIIS, imYMniwl CHILDREN Fitted in the latest styles and newest patterns for j Willtor Wp'lf . VLcll Satisfaction guaranteed or money i refunthnl. u S. II. FISH I LATE.' . WILMINGTON. X. C. WF THANK Ai 11 ' a., nnnnln nf nnilinnrt 1,10 PPIC 01 b0llllip0ri j a 11(1 BrilllSWick COUlltV t r ji ti i i ! liberal JKltlUIl- (3 111 tlllV IXISt. i ' ,W, . , , in uoiiuuuin" uui m ic of (loins business, good VillUO at 0110 pHCO, Wcj j qiq q 11101'it tllC StllllC ill j 1 ' I UlO IUlllll?. 1? iiXlJOGl i I r 11 -i f ii j Kill alUl 1 10S1 TO U1C 1)01)1)10! r Rriln Mvirl" it lm'lM i i Ui 1)1 lillbW ILK U) Ut 1 12UI0S, UllUlS, UllUarS, liberal patfOHS. A FOR THE PRESENT ! We offer ur entire Stock of Sutuiuer ,4 . 1 , t , , , Our Sample and Mail order depart - ; meiit. will Im eomolete in the future. . ( )nars solicitel. HesjK-ct fully, j t TTT-nPTHF ' ALDERMAN & FLANNERjoi'ii-T. Importers and Wholesale DKAbKHS IN IIAUDWAHE, ST0YI1S TINWARE, Etc. No. 114 North Front Street wilmix;to. x. c. CLOSING OUT. We are now closing out our summer i HATS AX1) FLOWEllS I at and below cost. Any one in need j of a II at can lift it at their own rrico. ! ; One of our buyers has leen in New York oyer two" weeks buying all the joos and cneap gtHMis nc can jnd. i The trooda are cominir in and we will be able to sell von ifids i AT PRICES i '.that will astonUh cverj'ono for the (next sixty days. We will then own tour Xew Store, which is twice as l 'Ar lUe uue wo luw occupy. ! . : i MAITING j -,Ve have t ni-iaV dtive in Matting t which we. are s-iliD at TI cents ier . rvard. worth li(J ivjnt. A1ai a iob lot i u,r 1 0 ix i worth u txt,u tiic ; MaH2 r UnhUt Auction Sale. Cume and stt u lafor von are too late $ur tfif lUtKaini RACKET STORE, ! OpijUe Front Street Market, WIUIIXGTON. NVc Lien's Furnishings ARE FLOURISHING AT NAUMBURG'S 113 Princess Street. HEADQITARTERs tor Xegllgec Shirts. -HTURT- I Am The Only Strictly Betail Dealer In Fine BOOTS, SHOES AND SLIPPERS IX WILMINGTON'. I iell no shoddy goods, but s-H fine all leather shoes as are mauufae. tuml iu the United States. I.. I (JltEEXEWALI), 113 Market Street WlluUztM. N.r. HEINSBERGER TIIK XlVK ; nooKSFLLKU AMI STATIOXEK. ' ' . i .. EnCTavinM. ChromftS Violins, llrass Instru- liieitts, .Etc., Etc. ... . . . VwPvV x i i i . i. v.. , 1 THE OF: ON WILMINGTON, N. C. The Favdrite Hotel for all Northern Travel. -HOiMKLIKE. "TIIK OlfcTOX 99 Caters to the highest class oi j patronage with Cuisine and Service 'equal to any in the South. ! j Careful attention paid to Basinets I Men and Tourists- i .. - ; Hates: $2 per day and upvardK. j .1. K. MONTACSt'K. Immtrrr. I IKKDI-hh .MliAKKS. ATTOKXEY AT LAW. Office, 17 Princess Street WILMINGTON. N. C ! I'rmlh-e ia all SUtr mru! Frtlrml Courta i:li:gant HOCKHRYi I GLASSWAEE, LAMPS and : house FURiiismiii uouua, itiiamlitr, Ulupvr aud Tra Sets S. A. SCIIK0SS.& CO. Ut uml JZi MarVrt hlrrrt. XV I L3I I NOTON, N. t ; ML.Mtoi: & prstlrn Tu d y it i u? i : I IVMIllXU CAKI'KTS. X. 10 Htmth Front Ktrcet,' VH.MIX:tx, X, C.