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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-28
Great Damage to Kentucky Tobacco

Cincinnati, September 25.-A special
to The Commercial Tribune from Louis
Vile, KY, says: The extent of the dam
age caused to the tobacco crop in KEN
lucky by frost is greater h was at
first supposed. In the weekly review
of the leaf tobacco market, which the
Louisville Tobacco Warehouse Associa-
ton has just issued, an estimate Of the
hurley crop is made. This review is
prepared by Mr.. Henry Glover, presi-
dent of the association, a trade authori-
ty whose responsibility is universally
recognized. Mr.. Glover also mentions
in a general way the damage by frost.
He puts the hurley crop at only SO per
cent. of last years crop which was very
much below the average. He estimates
that 80 per cent Of the crop was uncut
Monday and that one-third Of this was
more or less frosted. Some of this was
killed and some only blackened. To
bacco in the low lands was generally
killed, but hat on uplands was unhurt.
The lowland tobacco vas the best of
the crop. Some warehousemen think 40
per cent. of the crop was uncut when
the frost came.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-28

The Rev. Edward l. Pell, Of this
city(born In North Carolina) is collect
ing material for a history OF the efforts
made by the south for <he moral eie-
walton of the negro before the war.
The facts Of such a history. while not
easily available. are more abundant
tina is generally supposed. Not only
did the churches Of the south spend
large sums Of money in missionary
work among the blacks. but ii was not
uncommon for persons who owned a
large body of slaves to have a place
Of worship for them, n to a V a
preacher employed for their special
ministry. Moreover, every white
church had it's contingent of colored
members. who had a voice in the man.
agement of church affairs. and so sacr-
ed was this tie that many of the col
ored people continued their member
ship in the white churches wen after
they were emancipated. The efforts
Of individual laymen, as, for example,
Stonewall Jackson, in the Sunday
school for slaves at Lexington, would
make another long and touching
chapter.
All this is nothing. however. as COM
pared with the work done for the ne
gro by the wo,ne of the south. The
idea shat the southern women We're
made heroines by the late war is far
from the fact. They We're heroines
from the beginning, and they had been
in training from the time that the
slaves came into their possession. In
stead of the many public charities in
hich they are engaged to-day, they
devoted their time to the instruction of
the slaves and the amelioration of
$1,000
and ask him where he got his relig-
ious instruction. and he will almost in
variably tell you that he owes it to
"Ole Miss" who had him at the "gre't
house, ON Sunday morning, read to
him and his companions selections
from the Scriptures, and expounded
their meaning.-Richmond News.
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No. 2 red. September ssSTssc. cosed ss<c:
December a4Ac, closed SAC
Corn-Spot weak; No. 2 SAC. options
weak and declined under liquidation. low
er Gales and larger crop estimates. closed
&c lower: September sic: December Gac
nIrsc closed Ii.c-
oats-Spot quiet: No. ? eiizc: options
moderately active but easier with corn.
closing LI@c net lower: September closed
ei.c: December closed SAC
Larri-Veak: western steamed closed at
A-s5; refined easy.
Pork-ouiet: old mess BOOTS -: new
mess &-5ouI0o: short clear si.5srlse:
family $lo.5oGi2a.
~Eggs-Ffrm: state and Pennsylvania
isGlsc; western fresh ISulsi-c.
Rice-Steady: fair to extra 4@sIsac:
Japan i@n5isc.
Mo~lasses-Firm: New Orleans open ket-
tie good &c choice sIr3lc.
Cotton Seed Oil-ouiet: prime crude
2lnZSc: prime crude ( O b mills nominal:
prime GUNNER yellow 25nasc: OF summer
yellow "a butter oil @slSic: prime
summer white SsG3c; prime winter yell
low 3si-G33c.
Cofee-Options opened steady at un-
prices to ) points net decline;
ruled generally inactive and weak under
heavy Brazilian receipts. lower firm Of
ferings and sluggish European cables:
sold OF just before the close under liberal
local offerings; closed easy. ) TO l. points
net lower: sales 1900 bags. including De-
cember $3.50; March ss.@lns.&: spot Rio
steady: No. Z invoice TIC: Nc. =. iobhing
sesc: mild steady, Cordova l0i-n lsi-c.
Sugar-Raw firm: fair refining Ssc; Gen.
trlfugal 90 test 3 l5-l6c; refined firm:
mould A o%c: standard A &C; confection-
ers A &c: cut loaf 524c; crushed sac: pow
oered o1sc; granulated 5isc; cubes 5Sc
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-28
A Telegram From National Chairmaa
Jones

Atlanta, Ga, September 25.-Hon.
James X. Jones, chairman of the ma
tional democratic committee, in reply
TO a communication from The Constitu-
ton asking a statement from him con-
corning the varied m on htg
letter read before the recent meeting
Of the New York state democratic ex-
ecutive committee. ~telegrsphs as fol-
lows:
Chicago, Ill, September Is.
Editor Constitutional have not
deemed 1T my duty to interfere in state
elections in any way. believing the de-
mocracy OF each state capable Of man.
aging its own affairs. While this ID
true, I hold the democratic platform OF
1896 to be an embodiment In ali re-
spects OF democratic principles and that
upon this all demands must stand. OF
course no state or local convention can
by any action or non-action, change q
national platform in any respect what
ever; 1t stands for itself.
tSigned.1 JAMES X. JONES,
Chairman National Democratic Com.
mittee."
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1IoTkD<xN a NV.
(By Associated Press.D


Chicago, September 25.-The strong
est witness for the defense who has vet
appeared in the Luetgert trial. was on
the stand today. The witness was
Mary ~Shimmering. the domestic in the
Luetgert household, for love OF whom It
is charged by the state that the pris-
oner murdered his wife. There was no
mistaking the feeling ofthe girl toward
Luetgert. She was there to do him all
the good in her power and she stood by
him stoutly. She had made statement
before the grand jury and to the states
attorney before the trial began and
when her assertions on the stand to-
day differed from the statements she
Is said TO nave made at that time, she
had not the slightest hesitation I'm re-
pudiating anything that she might have
said not under oath. The states at
torney subjected her to a rigid cross
examination and although he succeed
ed at times in confusing her, she was
game and full OF nerve to the last. Sire
contradicted herself several times but
was quick to catch herself and the last
statement that she made in any part
OF her testimony was always in favor
OF the prisoner. She denied in the most
positive that she had been a
disturbing element between Luetgert
and his wife and said thatneither by
night or day, alone or in company. had
she ever visited Luetgert in his factory
or elsewhere in an improper manner.
She insisted that the prisoner had al
ways been good to his wife and that in
her opinion. the latter was out OF her
mind and had been so for some time
prior to her disappearance. Her cross
examination was not concluded today
and will be taken up again Monday.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-28
TheWeekly Bank Statement

New York, September 25.-The week.
ly bank statement shows the following
changes: Surplus reserve, decreased
1897, CTS; loans, decreased 81, 728, 300;
specie, increased s66, 400; legel tenders,
decreased 1854, 700; deposits, decreased
$40, SOP, 500; circulation, increased $780,
zoo. The banks now hold SIS, 997, 500 in
excess of the requirements of the %
per cent. rule.
The New York Financier says this
week: The statement of the New York
banks showed, as had been anticipated,
a heavy loss in cash and a ~shrinkage
Of the reserve to the lowest point re-
corded since November 7th last. With
gold imports beginning, the impression
prevails that the banks will be fully
able to meet all demands made upon
them. The advance in the money mar
ket has evidently brought about some
liquidation. 1t is noticeable, however,
that the operations of one bank, the
National City, accounts for the total
shortage in loans. So also, it's deposit
changes make up at least One-third Of
the entire decrease reported by all the
banks. The cash Withdrawn all went
to the interior. The statement does
not balance, but the plain interpreted
ton is that the demand for money for
crop is at it's full height and
may be expected to continue for some
time to come. 1t will not be surpris-
ing if the loan item exhibits further de-
creases, in view Of the urgent demand
from the south and west. The de-
crease in loans for the present week is
the first that has occurred since the
opening week in May, since which
time the expansion has reached a total
Of 81, 600. Seven Of the New York
banks are below the rs per cent. re-
serve requirement, and a number Of
the other institutions are only slightly
above it. The future of the money
market rests largely, Of curse, on the
extent Of gold imports. The treasury
deficit will help the banks to some ex-
tent, but against this is the coming
Union Pacific foreclosure sale, which
will take a large sum from the open
market. 1t is estimated that the for
eign trade balance in our favor for the
three months ending September Goth
will not be less than $140, 900, 900, and
this, with cotton exports only begin
ming. The which the cOun-
try can command in case of a sudden
hardening in the money market are
thus enormous. Even with the con
tinued use of funds to meet the i'm
mense expansion of trade at interior
points, the outlook remains cheerful
for legitimate business enterprises.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-28
Surgeon General Wyman's BulIetin

fetal bulletin in regard to the yellow
fever situation today Surgeon General
Wyman gives the new cases developed
yesterday as follows: New Orleans 10;
Mobiles; Edwards 20; Ocean Springs l..
In 6. telegram to the surgeon general,
DR.. Young reports from Memphis that
he has visited all points on the Illinois
Central road to Granada, explaining the
inspection to the local authorities and
that all are much pleased. He says
that in consequence Of this explanation
the restrictions are relaxing, but that
some non-intercourse guarantees are
still maintained.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-28

the news continuing TO reflect improve
ment OF business, al the elements in
Wall street have practically acQuicsced
in the reaction. or have interposed no
strenuous resistance TO It. The declines
range all the way from 3 to 5 points
in the most active stocks. n Consol-
dated Gas has declined liz. The rail-
road bond market has been less ac-
tive and only the speculative issues
showed any marked sympathy with the
decline I'm stocks.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-28

Jackson. Miss. September 2I-The fol-
lowing Is the official report from Edwards
since z o'clock p. m. last night: New
cases 30, total cases to date. lo; total
deaths today none; total deaths to date.
4; convalescent. ~; now under treatment.
So Frank Rossman had black vomit All
night and today Is not expected to live.
Our people as a rule are adverse to an.
pealing to the outside world for assistance
except for nurses and doctors. but the dis
ease IL spreading SO rapidly I'd many OF
the poorer classes are inclur In the list
who are unable to bear am Of their
burden. and there Is no dNkx the fact
that We will. in the early H&Hakre have TO
accept the help that has .neruussy
been offered from various qua II
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-28
Cotton
Especial to The Messenger.)

tSgrGlAi 10 lie MeSSeHktE1
New York. September e5.-The mag
nitude OF the crop movement. the
wretched trade reports from abroad
and the general and widespread belief
certain. has proved too much for the
cotton market this week. and a loss
OF 30 points in values has been record
ed. Liverpool today was unfavorabif.
That market declined sta-ssd. Our mar
ket opened 6 to 9 points down In SYM
pa.hy with the Liverpool dispatch.
The Chronicle crop report spoke OF fur
Their deterioration in Arkansas and Ten
nessee. but IL had no effect. The trad
ing was without any marked feature
during the day. January opened at
6.i3. fiuctuated between 6n and ga
and closed at Gal to Ga. with the tone
OF the market easy. After the close
the feeling was bearish. Receipts will
be heavy next week. The immediate
outlook for the market Is certainly not
encouraging to the friends OF cotton.
1t seems reasonably certain that spec
ulators are not coming in to stop the
decline and that prices must seek a
level at which the demand for con-
sumption will be great enough end
sufficiently sustained to absorb the
daily receipts and prevent their being
thrown upon the future markets. The
most discouraging feature in the
whole situation is the trade outlook
abroad which Is bad. and the pessimis-
tic attitude Of operators there, which
Is even morke marked than that OF
those on this side OF the water. A
long as the worlds s%pinners persist in
believing in a monster crop and in
lower prices and in buying only their
immediate needs. there can hardly be
any permanent rise in alues 1t must
not be forgotten. however, that the
tenor Of crop reports for the last three
weeks has been ignored. Whatever
the market "A do in the near future
We believe that recent weather condi-
tons in the south have materially re-
duced the chances for an enormous
crop. The contingency OF an early frost
is only before us. If the bulls would
light the market from this level with
the same vim and enthusiasm that they
displayed when cotton was above 8
cents, We believe that in the Ions run
they would not find their efforts en-
tirely un~warranted.
RIORDAN & CO..
(By Associated Press)
New York, September 25.-A bearist,
construction was put on the English
cotton news today and our p'arket
made a weak start at a decline >f s to
s points. There was a. free selling
movement from the south and the
local traders were inclined to AXE the
short side Of the account. Covering
short contracts supplied nearly all OF
the support Of the cotton market. The
market was particularly weak Just be-
fore the close with the tone finally at a
net loss OF 3 to IL points. Total sales
of futures were As, 800 bales. The weak
ness was increased by heavy port re-
ceipts and predictions Of a continued
broadening movement.
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CUTTON.

Liverpool. September 25-1 p. m.-Cotton
Spot limited demand: American middling
fair 4 sgd: good middling 4 Lied; Amer
lean middling 3 15-16d: low middling 8 49,
16d; good ordinary 3 11-16d; ordinary 31ad.
The sales Of the day were 5000 bales, Of
which 500 were for speculation and export
and included $500 American; receipts
5000 baes, no American. Futures opened
quiet with a moderate demand and closed
quiet.
American middling, low middling clause:
September 3 51-64d buyers: September and
October 3 45-64d buyers: October and No
vember 3 37-64d, 3 3S-64d buyers; Novem-
Der and December 3 35-64d buyers; De-
cember and January 8 35-64d buyers; Jam
uary and February 3 34-64d buyers:
February and March 8 34-64d, 3 35-64d buy
ers; March and April 8 35-64d, 3 36-64d sell
ers; April and May 8 36-64d, 3 37-64d sell
ers; May and June 3 37-64d buyers; June
and July 3 3S-64d buyers.
New York, September 25.-Cotton easy;
middling sac: net receipts 2,601; gross
13. 106; forwarded 1859; sales 80, all spin
nerS'; stock 50, $50.
Total today: Net receipts 1914: exports
to the continent 5. 100; stock 1884, S53.
Total since September LIST: Net receipts
569, 1853; exports to Great Britain So, 161; to
France 24,035; to the continent u, PIG.
Cotton futures opened weak; sales $500
bales; January 6.42; February 6.46; March
6.52; April 6.54: May 6.5S; September 6.44;
October $40; November 6.35; December
6.37.
Cotton futures closed easy: sales 6S, 800
bales: January Gal; February 6.45; March
6.4S; April 6.42: May Csc: September 6.3S;
October 6.35; November 6.33; December 6.36
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EXTRACTS FROM THE LETTER
BOOK OF WILLIAM HILL

BUM Or WILLIAM Jill
OF CAPE FEAR, N. G.
Communicated by Griffith j. McRee, Of
Wilmington, N. C. Copied from
New England Historical and Genoa
logical Register, Vol. IL, page 239, Oc-
tOber, 1859.
Hill to Thomas Wilkinson, of Exeter,
England:
Brunswick N. c., June IA, 1774.
/ think myself happy, and you very
lucky, that l have been able to make
so very large a remittance at this
time; for we nave been this some time
past, and still are, without law, occa-
stoned by a difference between u gov
ernor and assembly, SO that l know not
how long it will be before L shall be
able to close my account with the es-
tate. = y Having nc legal compul-
sion, one must wait till debtors please
to pay their respective debts, etc.
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NAVAL STORES.

Spirits OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES barrels firm
at 2s12c; country barrels firm at &c.
Rosin firm at s1.1o and S1.l5.
Tar. firm at $1.25.
Crude t%urpentine steady; hard $50: yell
low dip 81 .S0: virgin $50.
Timber 500 to $500 per 1000 feet.
Prices same day last year-Spirfts tur-
pentine at BIC and 23Sc; rosin $1.35 and
Sl40; tar $1.05; crude turpentine $l.30.
s1.s5 and s1.65.
Receipts today-e3 casks spirits turpen-
tine. 31s barrels rosin, Go barrels tar, :
barrels crude t~urpentine.
Receipts to same date last year-152
casks spirits turpentine. 75 barrels rosir.
IS barrels tar, . barrels crude turpentine.
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American ports are shut, which Is
hourly expected.

American ports are shut, which is
hourly expected.
Hill to Messrs. woodbridge & Kelly:
Brunswick, May "a, IT'S.
i cannot but take notice of Mr.. Wool
ridges spirited reply to the committee
of the house: and the favorable opinion
he expressed Of the honor of the mer-
chants on thiA side of the Atlantic. I
have great pleasure in assuring him
that it has placed him high in the es-
TEEN of Americans in general, etc.
Hill to Messrs. Woodbridge & Kelly:
Brunswick, June 3. 1775.
/ shall do my utmost to remit TO you
every opportunity; but from present
appearances, 1 fear twill be very lit
tie more till Great Britain and Ameri-
ca are reconciled. The whole conti-
nent seem determined, to a man, to
die rather than give up taxation to
those Owe whom they "a have no
constitutional check. l can, therefore,
but lament for your sakes, as we'll as
mine, that property here is every day
more and more precarious, by the de-
termination of contending parties.
May God avert the impending calamity
and give peace and tranquility.
Hill to Messrs. Woodbridge & Kelly:
Brunswick, June 16, 1775.
If Great Britain and the ~colonieS
should again unite, (Which I sincerely
hope will soon take place.. .
The present gloom that hangs over this
once happy country deters me from
thinking the least of new engagements.
In 1850 cargOes from Wilmington to
Europe consisted generally of skins,
naval stores, rice, tobacco, indigo.
*Wm. Hill, a native of Boston, and
graduate of Cambridge, came south
with VIM. Hooper, and engaged in BUS
mess with Parker Ounce, as a mer-
chant. He was a crown officer. At the
close Of the revolution he was worth
$4,000 sterling, and his partner ELS, 900
sterling. He is the man referred to by
Josiah Quincy in his journal.
**This town was formerly the seat of
and trade on Cape Fear
river, and the residence of the gov
ernOr. During the revolution it was
destroyed by fire, and many Of the in
habitants removed to Wilmington, fif-
teen miles above. The walls Of the an
cient church est. Philips) still remain
It is figured in LOssing's Field Book Of
the Revolution, Vol II, page 56S. There
is a cemetery, with ancient tombstones
almost covered with a growth of trees
and shrubbery, Of interest to the an
tiquary. K.
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IN DAYS

Letters From a Cape Fear Merchant to His
Correspondents Detailing the Condition
of the country and the Difficulty of Com.
merce in the Days Immediately Preced.
ing the Revolution
Pittsfield, Mass, September %.
Editors Messenger:
Gentlemen: During my genealogical
researches during the summer among
old papers and books of the New Eng
land colonies, L came across the fol-
lowing, which 1 have copied. 1 thought
perhaps it would be Of interest to the
present citizens OF the old Cape Fear,
and especially SO as it was contrib
uted by one of Wilmington'S gifted
men, the late Griffith j. McRee, who
thought it Of sufficient interest to his
tory to communicate it to the then,
as now, valuable historical record, The
New England Genealogical and His
torical Record. Hoping it will meet
your approval and enough of interest
to publish, / am,
Very truly yours,
H. G.. LATIMER.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-28
MARKETS By TELEGRAPH.
FINANCIAL

nominally at 2hsG3 per cent. Prime mer-
camille paper 4AG5 per cent. Sterling ex-
change steady, with actual business in
bankers' bills at $495A less 1-32 for de-
mand and at A.s2A less 1-32 for sixty
days. Posted rates s4.S44.S4 and $4.S5h4
4S6l2. Commercial bills at A.S1. Bar sill
yer 56A. Mexican dollars 43A. State
bonds dull. Railroad bonds firm. Govern
ment bonds firm.
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NAVAL STORES.


strained common TO good
Turpentine steady at 3lAd32Ac.
Savannah, September 25.-Turpentine AT
sales 2.061: receipts 5,462; quote closing:
A, Il, G, Ds1.20; + S1.25: + 81. 80: CT 81. 30:
III S1.40: / s1.45: X $50; NJ 1856; n $3.50:
w G s2.25: W w 81. As.
Charleston. September 25.-Turpentine
market firm at 2Sc; sales none. Rosin firm
sales none; strained common to good 81. o5
M1.15.
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in

Husband (groaning)-The rheumatism in
my leg is coming again.
Wife with sympathy)-Oh, I'm sorry,
John! I wanted to do some shopping to-
day, and that is q sure sign Of rain
TIt-Bits.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-28
Hill to Messrs. VIM. Kelly e. Co:

Brunswick, July 70, lU4.
The tea Though repeatedly wrote for)
is not come at all. But 1 need not find
fault or make any objections now. For
the flame into which this whole conti-
nent is thrown by the operation of the
Boston port bill will presently show
itself in an universal stop to all inter-
course between Great Britain and the
colonies. My little connection in trade
must cease with the rest.
Though the want of the tea has been,
for some time past, a hurt to me, yet
tits now a lucky omission, as / am very
doubtful if our committee would have
ordered it pack. But 1 hate politics.;
and your papers are by this time filled
with the resolutions of the different
provinces, counties, towns, etc, in
America. 1t may not be amiss, howev-
er, to add that large contributions are
sending to Boston from every port on
the continent for the relief of the suf-
fering poor.
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Hill to Messrs. Woodbridge & Kelly:

The Mary, luckily, arrived two days
before the Importation limit expired;
for, from and after this day. all goods
imported from Great Britain are to be
vendued, the first cost and charges to
be paid the importer; the profit (f any
to go to the relief of the sufferers by
the Boston port bill.
Alas! this ill-timed pepper corn duty
has done more mischief than ages can
repair. y = = = I hope a repeal of
the duty may yet make it a valuable
article of commerce, though some are
of opinion the long disuse of 1t will
make man forget it forever.
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Hill to William Kelly & Co.:

Brunswick, May Is, IT'S.
I have chartered a brig, called he
Tartan" She is nov taking in 800
barrels of tar, at the amazing freight
of IS. per ton, wishing to make you as
much remittance as I can before the