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Editors and Proprietors SOUTH PORT. Brunswick Co.. N. C. Socthi oht. N. C. Januaky 4, 1894. SOUTH PORT IN 1893. The Leaueu feels fully warranted in making the statement that the citi zens of no other place in the country have so little to complain of and so , much to be thankful for as have the citizens of South port when looking back over the past year. With the exception of the lailure of the Bank of New Hanover, of Wil mington, last June, which worked a great hardship on a good many fami lies here, cutting off not only the in terest on funds deposited but also swallowing up the principal itself with this exception Souihport has been free from the depression and hard times which have prevailed so generally elsewhere. It is true that the general depres sion in commercial circles in 1893 has been felt here, but there lias been no case oT suffering or destitution, and where persons desired work they ..could secure it. . The only real effect of the depress ed condition of business in 1893 upon Southport has been. to stop for the time the development of plans which would lead to its growth in population and commercial importance, in this particular the past year has been a severe one upon those who were forced to wait for more propitious times in order to see their projects carried out. In material improvements South port during 1893 has made important gains, the city government has been - economically administered, sanitary conditions were carefully looked after, new houses were built in all parts of the city, and important repairs made on many old ones. In -noting thf general appearance of the city the Leader will quote a remarkof a visitor who said that Southport for its size, had more painted buildings than any city or town in North-Carolina. The terrible hurricanes of August and October, so disastrous in their ef fect upon the South . Atlantic and Gulf coasts, were actually beneficial to Southport, thedamage they inflict ed being largely counterbalanced by the increased business they brought to this place. The health of Southport has beeu as good as usual, the deaths being due mostly to natural causes rather than to specific diseases. The general trade of Southport daring 1893 was satisfactory, and business during the closing days was brisk, the holiday season being more thoroughly enjoyed on all sides than in previous years. In looking forward for 1894, the Lkadkk sees nothing to discourage the hopes or predictions of those who look for a -Greater Southport. With do thought or wish for a boom town, the Lkadku believes that with clearing financial skies and the awak ened intfireat which the South is ' creating among Investors at home and abroad, Houthport will receivo the at tention which her ituation warrants, ,U(i will fully justify the confidence whis-.h her friend have ever reposed in her foturf; development vand growth. TO KILL A THISTLE VLMH E A bill ha h;eri introduced In con greR for tho appropriation of $1,000, 000, to bo expended id the extirpation of the ' KuMian thistle. Those who , advocate the paag ot the bill argue that it in on the same lino of legisla tion a that followed in the pleuro pneumonia act of 1884, which appro priated a largo tuirn of money to be expended for tho purpose of extirpat- ing a destructive estate disease ; A Dakota congressman, in advo cating tho passage of the bill against the Russian thistle, describes that ex otic aa the roost pernicious member of - vegetable kingdom. Judging from his statement it i3 as much worse than the pestilent Canada thistle as the Canada thistle is worse than the Scotch thistle, which is not a malig nant plant, which interferes but little with farm crops, has a beautiful and fragrant flower, and is the national emblem of the people froiu whom its name is derived The Russian thistle was carried to North Dakota by some Muscovite Immigrants In the seed of grains and plants which lheys imported. It has spread over both Dakotas, in Nebras ka, Iowa Minnesota and! northern Wisconsin. Whenever a brisk autumn wind blows from the northwest or west its seed is wafted across vast belts of territory on the downy growth which it produces. It scatters every where, and is a universal nuisance and pest. The descriptions of the plant are al most sensational. From j the main stalks new offshoots projectj in all dir ections, and from these offshoots, as they ripen, further stems extend, like the cactus growths, until a single tlns tle is as big as sod cabin. It is a more destructive pest of agriculture than all other plants and ail insects com bined. : -. 'It-covers the -ground, shading he young crops and absorbing with supe rior euctionai force the moisture and all the sources of nutrition in the soil. Men and animals are compelled to wear sheet iron bootlegs in passing through the thistle fields in order to protect themselves from its pricks, which are not only painful but as poisonous as the sting of a wasp. In Siberia the thistle has driven farmers entirely away from many hundred square miles of fertile territory, has choked up the irrigating canals and has made the highways lmpaspable for man or beast. The Dakota statesman says that two years' work, prosecuted simultan eously over all the country where the Russian thistle has sprouted, will ef fpet its subjugation. It is evident that heroic remedies are needed, and, if the government can be made to pay for the extirpation of a cattle dis ease, why not pay to extirpate an in fection of the soil? Chicago Herald. WHO IS RESPONSIBLE The Chicago' Inter-Ocean says: "People will remember the prosperity they have enjoyed for years, and will keep asking the cause of present hard times. The country was never richer. Its granaries and storehouses are full." Our esteemed contemporary then asks: "Why are the workshop and the furnace and the diversified manufucturing establishments closed? Who has stopped the wheels and put out furnace fires?" That is what we all want to know, and satisfactory answers to these in terrogatories would be much more ac ceptable to the country than the in terrogatories themselves. As to the latter we weary of their iteration. "We have been told a good many different stories on this subject. Ac cording to high'Democratic author the prevailing trouble is due wholly to the iniquity and extravagance of the Republican party, unblushingly practiced through a long series of years; to the billion-dollar CongreFS, to the AlcKinley tariff as "the culmi nating atrocity of class legislation," to the weakness and wickedness of the Harrison administration, and so on. The Republicans upon the other hand emphatically disclaim the pater nity of this legacy of woe, and insist that it is the fruit oT Democratic policy of safety; thatPresident Cleveland by failing to grasp the requirements of the financial situation at the outset of his administration, and the extra ses sion of a Democratic Congress by fail ing to effectively deal with it, preci pitated a season of catastrophes and a prolonged period of industrial! and commercial depression; that thelDem ocratic Congress by seeking to 'carry out the revolutionary behests ! of a Democratic national convention, pend ing directly to free trade in the name of revenue reform, is indefinitely mul tiplying the dangers and doubts; and difficulties of the country; that it has indicated various other lines of unwise and mischievous action calculated to still further weaken the public confi dence, and that it is on these accounts that the wheels have stopped.! the fu mace fires been put out, and a country never richer in lesources D3en practically reduced to poverty. We musj confess that we are not altogether satisfied with either of these partisan explanations, though both are good as weapons of partisan warfare. Hut'when we contemplate the condition of affairs in England, where trade is universally depressed and tho great body of the people struggling under the harrow of hard times; in Italy, where the govern ment is laboring under dire straits to bold itself together, and keep a sedi tious populace fn check1; in Germany, whero every- interest is suffering from a form of paralysis and the people rent with fractious differences over questions of taxation and relief, not wholly dissimilar to those engaging the attention of the American Congress; when we look abroad and find the enlightened world, as it were, in the throes of financial distress, and the best statesmen and financiers of the day grappling with problems that seem to defy solution, the Inquiry suggests itself as to whether the causes for all these troubles are not more general than local,and whether the sharp disturbances of the financial nerve centers of Europe and the Un ited States, sympathetic as they are insidious, have not a common origin far beyond the ken of the politicians. Certain it is we cannot readily be convinced that either the Democratic party or the Republican party, either a Republican Congress or a Demo cratic Congress, either the Harrison administration or the Cleveland ad ministration is primarily responsible tor the blight that has overtaken our national prosperity. We must ' go further and probe deeper to discover the remedy. We must make the best of affairs as we find ihem. We can not stamp out the epidemic, but we can ameliorate its symptons. We may administer tonics, but we have no panaceas. In due time will come the evolution and the cure. -Washington Post. PRESS COMMENTS. Secretary Gresham's decision that no more 4 'assisted" immigrants will be allowed to land at United States ports will meet with universal favor in this country. These 'Assists" have too long abused the fre3dom of the country to which they have come un der disguise of being victims of for eign rolers, cruelly driven from their homes They are untiring and sleep less plotters against civilization and progress, and need to be treated with a firm and unsparing hand. CHEERFULNESS NEEDED. What is needed more than any thing else is a restoration of cheer fulness. The country was never more prosperous than it is to day. Food was never more plentiful, never cheaper. Clothing can be bought for hss money than ever before. Rents are not high. Money is plentiful. There is abundance of money in all the large cities of the country and it can be borrowed without trouble. Men who are known to be honest have good credit. Merchants and manufacturers are imploring small dealers to make special efforts to do business. Yet the times ate full and it is necessary to establish soup houses in all the cities. Men cannot find work. There is a dullness which can not be explained upon any of the the ories which ordinarily apply. The political economist is at fault this time. His finely spun theories do not fit the case the whole fault lies in the people who are complaining of the dullness and stagnation of trade. They do not go ahead wjjm the inten tion of doing business. Endeavor is at a discount, and thousands who or dinanly are actively engaged in push ing their fortunes now think that it is better to wait while good investments go by them and the people should wake up and go to work. They should throw off the lethargy which has benumbed their faculties They should declare that business ought to be good and that it is good. .They will thus make it all that can be de sired. Buffalo Enquirer. THE EASTERN QUESTION. Europe is in a state of alarm over Russia's declaration that is imperative to make navigable the Kilia mouth of the Danube. To the uninitiated there seems little cause for alarm in this apparently innocent declaration of the necessity for a pimple river improve ment, and in order to understand tne full import of the movement it is ne cessary to recall the salient points of Danubian politics. The Danube is an important avenue of international commerce, as it flows through German, Austrian, Hungar ian, Servian, Roumanian, Bulgarian and Russian territory. Mts freedom of navigation to the commerce of the world has been the frequent subject of treaties between the Powers, and the maintenance of improvements of the navigability of the river has been placed under the supervision of the "European Commission of the Daner be." This Commission consists of Great Britain, France, Germany, Aus tria, Russia, Italy and Turkey. The Kilia mouth is the most northerly of the numerous mouths of the Danube, and through it the river discharges nearly two thirds of its volume of water. It also forms the southern boundary between Russia and Rouma nut. This declaration as-to the necessity tor the immediate improvement of the Kilia mouth may be considered as tantamount to a notice from Russia to the "European Commission of the Danube" that the forirer would make the necessary improvements herself. Of course, it would be out of the ques tion that Russia should admit any jur isdiction over her proposed improve ments by the moribund Commission of the Danube. Russia naturally would assume control over her own improve ments. Thus she would accomplish her long cherished design of obtain ing substantial control over the most important outlet of the Danube. Now, any such control by Russia would con stitute a serious invasion of the neu trality of the Danube. This neutrality is guaranteed by the Powers, and it constitutes one of the numerous fac tors in European politics which are commonly grouped under the name of the ' Eastern Question." All of these factors are very much involved with each other; and it would be im possible to disturb the status quo in one without disturbing all the others. The action of Russia is, therefore, cal culated to reopen the whole Eastern Question, with all that the phrase would imply. Ex. REVIEWS. The Engineering Magazine for Jan uary is called "A Souvenir Number," and with good reason. It is of un usually large size and treats almost entirely of the World's Pair. The number contains many fine views of the buildings and surroundings of the gieat Fair. The table of contents is as follows: "Its Value to the Ameri can People," by Andrew Carnegie; "Effects of the Centennial Exhibition," by Gen. A. T. Goshorn; "The Archi tectural Event of our Times," by Henry Van Brunt: "Electricity in 187G and in 1S93," by Prof. Elihu Thomson; "An Era of Mechanical Triumph." by Prof. R. H. Thurston; International Effects of the Fair," by Ed mund Mitchell; ''The Mining In dustry and the Fair' by R. W. Ray mond; "The World's Fair and the Railways," by H. G. Prout; "Design ers and Organizers of the Fair," by E. C. Shankland; "Cost and Income of the Great Fair," by Anthony F. Seeberger. Engineering Magazine, '$3 a year; New York. Table Talk announces in its prospec tus for the coming year that additional advantages and redoubled effort will achieve for it a higher standard than ever oer'ore; its aim and its motto are still, "The best among household ma-' gazines." It will present, in the culi nary department, every novelty, all new dishes botli Foreign and Ameri can, together with practical menus for' each month and the "Inquiry Depart ment" will as heretofore, be open Free to all subscribers, and questions an swered, recipes given, in the well known practical way so helpful to housekeepers. "The New Bill of Fare" will be replete with the latest styles of table decorations and service, decora tive meals and many points pleasant to know culled from the social side of woman's life, old English plate (the present popular fancy) and Us "hall marks," as well as American potteries will be treated. The fashion articles and general reading never fail to in terest, instruct and enable many a busy woman to keep up with the times as well as lighten household duties. Table Talk $1.00 a year. Table Talk Publishing Co. Philadelphia. The short days and long nights of winter give the Atlantic Monthly quite sufficient. reason for making the January number particularly strong in its fiction. Mrs. Deland's new no vel. "Philip and his Wife," opens with the greatest promise of interest, not only in the power with which it is written, but in its theme of unhappy marriage, indicated, perhaps, by the title, and foreshadowed clearly in' the opening chapters. The heroine of Miss Jewett's story, "The Only Rose," has been married three times, but it is not through the treatment of any question" that the storv is delight ful. Humor and sympathy ar.d skill give it a high place in Miss Jewett's best work. "Wolfe's Cove," by Mrs. Catherwood, a story of the taking of Quebec, and the continuation of Charles Egbert Craddock's "His Van ished Star," supply the rest of the fic tion. Captain A T. Mahan, the well- known naval writer, contributes a careful study of the career of Admiral .karl Howe, giving a far clearer idea of his part in the Revolution than many Americans possess.A hero near er our own day is General S. C. Arm strong, of the Hampton Institute. The Kev. J. H. Denison, his classmate at Williams C .liege and his life-long friend, tells, with full appreciation of a rare character, the story of General Armstrong's life. Many articles of great interest to the literary student go to make up this number. Atlantic Monthly, $4.00 a year. Boston. Mass The pomptness with which Ayer's Cherry Pectoral stODS a hacking n cough and induces refreshing sleep is something marvelous. It never fails to give instant relief, even in the worst cases of throat and lung trou ble, and is the best remedy for whoop ing cough. GIVES, BUT NOT IN CASH. One of New York's philanthropic merchants spends thousands of dollars each year in aiding the poor, but none of his beneficiaries ever gets a cent in cash. His idea is that money giving demoralizes the recipient. He will buy groceries and pay rent for a dis tressed family and secure employment for the wage-earners. Once they are at work lie tells them that lie considers it a moral obligation for them to re fund, at any convenient season, the sum he has expended. If they do, he regards the case as a triumph of self, respect; if they don't, he finds some excuse for them in his own mind and keeps right on at his self appointed task. Last Winter he hired a hall in tiie Hebrew district down town, hired a competent teacher, and provided a number, of Jewish girls with free in struction. No proselyting was at tempted. Indeed, not a word was said about religion. The girls became greatly interested, and their brothers begged for and obtained admittance. Similar classes are to be established this winter. The merchant allows himself an income of $3,000 per year. All the rest of the money he makes is devoted to the aid of others. Ex. State of Ohio. City of Toledo. Lucas County, j- ss.: Frank J Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co.. doing business in the City of Toledo. County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh thai cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J CHENEY. ' Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th clay of De- cemter, A. D. 188G. SEAL t A W. GLEASON, Notary Public. Hall '8 Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, O. 3rSold by Druggists, 75c. WI LM I XGTON A I) VERTIS EMENTS. NEW GOODS. FOR THE HOLIDAYS Best and choicest ever brought to this market. ORANGES, APPLES, BANANAS, MALAGA GRAPES. AT THE LOWEST PRICE8. CITRON, CURRANTS and RAISINS. FRESH C0C0ANUTS. Fine assortment of perfectly fresh Nuts. Brazil, Pecans, Soft-shell Almonds, Paper shell Almonds, English Walnuts. Fresh Almond and Cocoanut Maccaroons New Canned Goods of all kinds. Fresh Celery twice every week. Prunes of all kinds. Call on us and we will show you the finest goods ever brought to the city. If you want nice goods and fresh goods, call and give a trial order. . -4fc. No Trouble to-Hlmw Goods. The JOHN L. BOATWEIGHT Co. No. 15 and 17 South Front Street. They Always Gip Satisfaction NEW LEE, . NEW PATRON and SEMINOLE COOK STOVES. Sold by ' J. L. BRECKENR1DGE. 215 South Front Street. Stop at the WILMINGTON N. C. Kates $2.00 Per Day. POWELL WHEN T0U VISIT WILMINGTON - Call at- JOHNSON'S No. Ill MARKET STREET. NEW MILLINERY GOODS At Reduced Prices. FANCY GOODS IN ENDLESS VARIETY i - o . ' Our Stock of Stamped Linens, China Silks, Fringes, Embroidery Silks, Etc., Etc., is the most com plete in the city. j Mail Orders receive our prompt attention. j . WM. A. JOHNSON. Ob I 1893. WILMINGTONi 1894. J 0 CKET ST0He :0: . 117 SOUTH FRONT STREET. SHOE DEPARTMENT. Our shoe department asks your attention. We have just received a big lot of shoes of all kinds from the factory. About 400 pairs of children's, and ladies shoes We have an all leather kfd button shoe soft as a glove, fcr chil dren from 2 to 5 years for 25 cents. From 5 to 8 years for 40 cents, from 8 to 1 1 years for 50 cents. Men'd heavy plow shoes all leather for 95 We wisii to tnank our many friends and customers for our success in the past year. We have had many things to be thankful for. Our trade has been larger, our custom ers have gained confidence in us, we have made our selves better pre pared to serve you with good honest cents, good stock and goods honest wear. W omen's pebble and money glove grain button and can get them at any regular ston. Our holiday sales far exceeded bur expec tations and we will say good bye to 1803 and sav lace shoes 75 cts, 85 cts. and $1. Dongola solid leather button shoes $1.10. This shoe is cheap at $150. We carry about 65 00 pairs of shoes in our stock, and would be pleased to have a chance good morning to to save you from 10 to 1594, ana ask the many readers of this valuable paper to call and see us when you need anything that you see inlits columns 25 ter cent on vour rf footwear. DRY GOODS. We sell Rocking A., 1 yard wide homespun for 5cts. All kinds of domestic goods, flannels serge?, - linings and wash goods from acts a put therej yard to 50cts. we never adver tize anything un less we have it. :o: PANTS 5C0 pairs of new pants We carry all kinds of when you want anything! line. We will save you your money, and a dollar BRADDY & BUYS THE BEST (hnr nn TEN-PIECE OAK P.Vy EVER SHOWN IN THE SOUTH. CALL AND RTTR TT. Our $1 Tea Table continues to go. THE LATEST SUITS. CURLEY BIRCH, are now shown in our store. Look at them, thev are Wntioi :o f 4 rrmnttconci fll A 1 1 IvDOOCjO g001- And la8t Finest Stock of OUR LINE OF ROCKERS, SNEED & CO., No. 16 X-The Cheapest Furniture House in PRESERVATION OF WOOD BY THE SPIRITTIHE PROCESS. SPntlTTIUE OIL. OIL OF TAR. WORM PROOF PA TUT Spirittine Composition Paint SPIRITTINE CO., Hansen & Smith, Managers. WILMINGTON. C. Our Disinfectant and Bed-bug Destroyc have no equals in the world. -:o:- o:- just .received. Good wool pants from 75cts. ami $1.00 up to $3.25. Our $3.25 eoodg are equal to any clothing store's $5. BLANKETS. We have a big. line of blankets and quilts we want to close out. We will sell them very nearly at cost price. CARPETsT A fine line of all wool carpet for 55, 60, C5cts per yard, hemp carpet from 12, 18 25cts per yard; naif woolr2 ply beautiful patterns 331 for less han they cents a yard. SILK CAPS. 40 dozen babies , si lk caps just received, for sale at ' less than half their value. A good Rlllr rttn fiwm e An r. t f u, yv and 60 cents. These goods are worth twice the money. STOCKINGS. 250 dozen men's women's and children's stockings. ; :o: HATS. 40 dozen new and Dretty sailor bats for the ladies bought for the regular price. Hats by us. we have been selling for 48 and 69 cents, we will now sell for 25 and 40 cents. ! goods. Come and see us that is in the dry goods from 15 to 40 per cent, of saved is a dollar maJe. GAYL0RD. n k q tj SUIT, FBEN0H VOll BTIVT1T. PT.ATT! Purchase before tbey are gone. nr Karr Il-wm ao7ou but not least, we can show you the Furniture ever shown in this city. Upholstered in Plush, Tapestry. &c are daisies, come and see them -SOUTH FRONT STREET. North Carolina. RA3 I IF YOU HEED BOOTS OR SHOES CALL ON W. R. SL0CUM Ho. 120 ZXARKET STREET. He can suit you in quality and price. f