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Saturday, Dec. 10, 1900,
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Also
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-30

Washington, June 27.-The weekly
crop bulletin by the weather bureau
today says:
Over much the greater part of the
country the weather condition of the
week ending June 26th were highly
favorable, particularly in the middle
Atlantic states, central valleys, and on
the northern Pacific coast. Local
storms, however, have caused damage
in portions OF the lake regions and up
per Ohio valley, while drought con-
tinues in portions of New England and
the south and gulf states, and In GEN.
trail Tennessee, Utah and eastern
Washington
Corn has made marked progress In
the principal corn states, and gener-
ally throughout the northern and GEN.
trail sections Of the country. A consid-
cradle part OF the crop has been laid
by in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and
Indiana In North Dakota, while corn
has improved, 1t is still backward. In
the southern Texas the crop is now
maturing, with prospects OF a light
yield.
The weather conditions have con-
tinued favorable for winter wheat har-
vest, which Is In progress in the more
northern sections OF the winter wheat
region. AS in the preceding week.
the reports indicate that the yield,
while light, In better than was expected.
The outlook for spring wheat contin-
ues promising.
Except over portions OF southern
Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi wheIa
cotton, o particularly the late
planted, Is suffering for rain, this staple
has made favorable progress, although
reported small In Arkansas, Alabama
and Georgia. As a whole, the crop Ia
we'll cultivated and is growing well.
In Louisiana cotton that came up after
the drought Is now reported dying.
Insects are causing injury TO tobac-
co in South Carolina, Indiana, Ken
lucky and Tennessee, and the crop con-
tinues to suffer from drought in the
last named state. Elsewhere the re-
ports respecting tobacco are favorable,
except In Virginia, where the stands
are poor Tobacco L. being housed In
South Carolina and Texas.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-30
The truckers

The executive committee of the East
Carolina Truck and Fruit Growers As
ISOLATION held a meeting yesterday
morning at The Orion and had a con-
ference with Traffic Manager Emerson,
of the Atlantic Coast Line, as to trans
portatfon matters for the next season.
They discussed rates and the question
of refrigerator car service, and no
doubt a satisfactory understanding will
be arrived at.
The matter of transportation and
rates is one of the most vital import
ance to the berry growers. They paid
in freights this season about $500, 900.
All the members of the committee
We're in attendance on the meeting
Mayor w. L.. Hill, of Warsaw, and
Messrs. j. S. Westbrook, of Faison; j.
A. Brown, of Chadbourn; DR.. George F.
Lucas, of Currie, and DR.. E. Porter. of
Rocky Point.
The Truckers Association a taken
stock in the Wilmington Tariff Associ-
alton, n as both organizations have
practically the same end in view, both
will be benefited by mutual co-opera-
tion. The Tariff Association will be
benefited by the wide influence of the
Truckers Association, with its extern
sive range of membership, and the
truckers will get the benefit of the
m~ethOdical n systematic work of the
Tariff Association.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-30
fHB ROUNDLAP BALE.
An IRREsasTIBLE DEMAND EXISTS
FOX COTTON PACKED m THE
NEW WAY.
some Facts About the Methods Of The
American Cotton Company and tn
Campaign-Pro6ts In the New Method
Of Railing.

A18A - - BStoV0
Of Railing.
The south is still conservative, but it
is no longer slow" 1t is sharing In
the wonderful prosperity Of the rest Of
the country. II is passing through a
revolution that is giving new life and
vfgor to every branch of h cotton in
iustry, excepting those members which
have been hurtful, instead Of helpful. to
its prosperity. Il is simplifying,
strengthening and using a new econo-
my in the packing and handling OF the
staple. The Roundup method Of baling
cotton Is growing rapidly in favor, add
ing TO the prosperity Of the planter,
whether he raises I'VE bales or two
hundred, and giving the gin owner an
opportunity 10 double the earning ca
pacity Of his plant without increasing
his investment.
The opposition to the Roundlap bale
on the part of the compress owners and
the middlemen, whose business has been
a Durdensome tax on the cotton plant
er, has not prevented the steady intro
duction Of the machinery for making
the Roundup bale, and the satisfaction
OF the farmer, the ginner and the mill
owner. The attacks on the American
Cotton Company, owners OF the Round
lap baling machine, have been bitter
and INSCRIPTIONS. They have been &C
cuSed of attempting TO gain a monopo-
~, of using trust methods, but grad
uaHy the facts are gaining Roadway
that the American Cotton Company is
only one of three concerns engaged in
making round baling presses, and that
la cannot enjoy any monopoly.
Then, again, objection is made to the
policy adopted by the of leas-
ing its machinery to the gin owner in
stead of selling it. The lease, is, in eff
feet, a royalty, the amount of cotton
Daled in the press, thus making tbs
profit and prosperity of the company
depend on that of the ginner. Under
the leasing system, it is found, the gin
ner runs no risk ties up none of his
capital. and makes as much profit out
of the leased attachment to his ginnery
as from the ginncry itself, in which his
capital is invested.
The advantages of the Roundup bale
over the old style bale are so many and
SO great that it's general introduction
will be rapid, n the greatest sharers
in the profits will be those who perceive
earliest the tendency of the times and
prepare themselves to supply the new
demand. The greater simplicity of the
bale, saving ties and bagging, its great
er security from fire and consequent
lower insurance, it's saving in shipping
and it's rapidly growing popularity in
the mills at home and abroad, all make
up a situation that creates a demand
for the Roundup bale which must be
supplied.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-30
ROBBED
The Railroad Ticket Office and Post'
Office Entered by a Burglar Monday

ONCE bnteFeu W
Night .
The ticket office of the Atlantic coast
Line and the postoffice at willard
which are in the same building, were
robbed on Monday night.
Mr.. J. H. Bostice, the assistant 10
Mfr. r. r. Rivenbark, h ticket agent,
and postmaster, went Down to open up
Yesterday morning and was astonlsneo
at seeing a lighted lamp on the table
and a number of articles from ms
trunks and valise, left in his care py
the Rev. Mr.. Page, scattered around
nromiscuously Beside the lock on the
4ah1os was a razor and a half smoked
cigarette. rorsea
and upon making IN investigation, ne
discovered that the drawer In Wnlcn
was kent the p~ostofice and ticket OF
fice moneys had been broken open ana
rohhed The contents of the drawer
were between $40 and $50 and a ladys
gold watch belonging to MI. Bostlc, ana
the thief had appropriated everytnins.
The robber is supposed to nave uoIle
his rascality about IL O'CLOCK Monoay
night, as at that hour persons return
ing from church saw a light in the Of
fee. Surprising that Mr.. Bostic was IN
h Office they thought nothing or the
matter.
The thief had made his entrance by
removing a window light, through
which he thrust his hand and unfasten-
ed the window. The window had no
outside shutters. and it was an easy
matter to take out h glass.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-30
UNIVERSITY SUMMER SCHOOL
Most Satisfactory P~rogress-The Aners
lean Chemical society 10 Hold Its An
uuaI Session.

Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Chapel Hill, ". c., June -.
The summer school continues to grow,
both in numbers and in the quality and
progress OF the works. n total num-
Der Of students enrolled ap to date. only
one week Of the session having passed.
is 126.
All sections are well represented. the
most recent arrivals being teachers
from Sourh Carolina, Virginia, Geor-
gia and Ohio. All agree hat the pres
ent faculty is the best eve engaged in
summer school work in the south. .
The daily routine OF studies is a very
interesting and convenient one. The eN-
ercises begin at 3 O'Clock a. m, suspend
at 1880 o'clock p. m, n are resumed
at 4:30 O'Clock p. m, ~suspending for
the day at $50 o'clock. An excellent
course of nightly lectures has been ar
ranged by Superintendent Noble. who
is proving a most efficient superintend-
ent in every way.
Lectures will be delivered during the
session of the school by the following
persons: Drs. Alderman, Battle. Cur
ry, Monroe, Roadway, Currell. McIver;
Professors Reeder. Rose and Moses:
State Superintendent Mebane. Mr..
James H. Southgate and others.
The Carolina section Of the Ameri-
can Chemical Society meets here on
Friday of this week. Many visiting
chemists throughout the state are ex-
pected TO attend n tax part in the
meeting, which promises 10 be one OF
the most interesting and profitable in
the history OF the organization. DR..
Charles f. Monroe, ex-president Of the
American Chemical Society. a celebra.-
ed American expert on explosives. viii
deliver the annual address before the
section in Gerard hah- Friday pyapipp
His subject will be: Explosives Caus-
ed by Commonly Occurring Sub
Stances"
The banking building, now being
erected on Main street by the promoters
and stockholders OF the Bank OF Chap
el Hill, Is rapidly nearing completion.
1t will be ready for occupancy in about
ten days
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-30
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
FINANCIAL.

New York, June 2S.-Money on call
steady at 2@2A per cent; last loan at
"a per cent; prime mercantile paper
at 3Q3A per cent; sterling exchange
easy with actual business in bankers
bills at $4.S7k64.S7A for demand and
at s4.s5k@4.s5N for sixty days; posted
rates at $4.S6@4.S7 and $4.SS@4.S SO; COM
mercial bills at $4.S5@4.S5A; silver GER
tifcates at 60k@62; bar silver at 60A;
Mexican dollars at 4S2; government
bonds easier: state bonds inactive;
railroad bonds strong.
COTTON.
Liverpool, June 2S.- p. m.-Spot,
good business done, prices hardening.
American middling 8 Sled. The sales
of the day were $1,000 bales, Of which
1000 We're for speculation and export
and included IA, 700 bales American; re-
ceipts 5,400 bales, all American. Flu
lures opened steady with a moderate
demand and closed barely steady.
American middling, low middling
clause: June, June and July 8 16-64d
sellers; July and August 3 16-64d value;
August n September 8 16-64d buy
ers; September and October 8 14-64d
buyers; October and November 3 1880
3 14-64d sellers: November and Deem
Der, December and January, January
and February 3 12-64@3 13-64d sellers;
February and March 3 13-e4d buyers;
March and April 8 14-64d sellers; April
and May 3 14-64@3 15-64d buyers.
THE NEW YORK MARKET.
New York, June 2S.-Cotton quiet;
middling 6 1-16c; net receipts 221; gross
receipts 5,455; sales $500; stock 173, 414;
to the continent 2,5S1.
Total today: Net receipts 1895; ex-
ports to the continent 3,47S; stock $751;
COS.
Consolidated: Net receipts 9,949; ex-
ports to Great Britain 16, 845; to France
903; to the continent 2 1908.
Total since September 1st: Net re-
ceipts $3.50, 528; exports to Great Bri-
tain 3,479, 933; to France nc, 296; to the
continent 1888, S07.
Futures closed barely steady. June
5.4S, July 5.49, August 5.5, September
5.55, October $50, November 5.64, De-
cember 5.6S, January 5.72, February
5.76, March 5.79, April 5.83, May $50.
Spot cotton closed quiet and I'M
changed; sales $500 bales.
GRAIN AND PROVISION.
Chicago, June 2S.-The leading flu
lures ranged as follows:
Open. High. Low Clos.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-30

Colombo, Ceyion, June 28.-The Unit
ed States cruiser Olympia, with Ad-
miral Dewey on board, sailed from here
for Port Said at 4 o'clock th;s after
noon. The admiral has been living
quietly here and mis- health has i'm
proved. He went on board the cruiser
at l O'Clock this morning. The custom
airy official visits were exchanged
during the day.
Previous to his departure Admiral
Dewey visited the auxiliary cruiser
board Captain Richard p. Leary. Unit
ed States navy. the governor of the is
land Of Guam, who is on his way to
his post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-30
WILMINGTON MARKETS.


Wilmington. N. C. June IS.
Receipts OF cotton today bales.
Receipts on same day last e -
bales.
This seasons receipts to date-299, 13e
bales.
Receipts to same date last y~ear-32s,-
032 bales.
The quotations posted a 4 o'clock
today at the exchange:
Cotton steady.
Ordinary ........... ........ 3 7-I6
Good ordinary ................ 4 1916
Low middling S 7-1s
Middhng ............ ............ 5N
Good middling ................ 6k
priaor cor,a loxv Ioct xaar EG
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-30

Brfdgers and MeKe ishan Lumbe
70 Erect an Extensive band
mul-AIsoA Another n III TO Manufaca
lure Hard Lumber
The Bridgers & MeKeithan Lumber
Company, il which Mr.. Preston L.
Bridgers, of Wilmington, is president.
and Mr.. D. T. McKeithan, of Burke.
s. c., is general manager, has COM
pleted the purchase from the Stearns
Manufacturing Company one Of their
latest improved band saw mills.
The new mill will be located near
Mont Claire, Darlington county. s. c.,
on the Sumter and Gibson branch Of
the Atlantic Coast Line of South Car
DINA. The work preparatory to con-
struction has commenced and h COM
pany expects to ave its plant in OPP
Grafton in the near future.
The mill will have a capacity for
manufacturing 10000 feet OF lumber
per day, and the plant will also en-
brace a full additional equipment of
thee dry kilns and adequate planning
mills with which to manufacture lum-
Der in the most thorough and up-to-
N~%S "a HAf<AAS WAAA re q
in the heart Of a very large supply
Of unbled yellow pine timber which
the company a purchased on Pee
Dee river. They have also bough a
large supply Of short leaf pine, cypress,
juniper, oak, hickory, maple. elm and
cotton wood timbers, with which to
furnish their mill a long time to come.
They will offer for sale to the trade
wherever they can find markets to the
best advantage all classes, dimentions
n sizes Of timber and lumber, either
rough or dressed.
After the completion of the band
mill, the Bridgers & McKeithan Com
pany will at once erect an additional
mill for the manufacture of hard
woods only, with an approximate ca
pacity Of $4,000 feet per day.
For several years the company has
operated an extensive saw mill at
Burke, S. c., with a capacity of 80, 600
feet per day of rough and dressed lum-
Der. Their three mills will have a ca
pacity of about 100, 900 feet of lumber
per day. Their planning mill at. Burke
is especially well provided with plan
ers, among others being a machine
with which to dress timbers fifteen
inches thick by thirty inches wide.
They will in like manner fit up their
Mont Claire mill.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-30
Events ut Red Springs
Correspondence of The Messenger.)
Red SnrinoS NJ q Luna d

Correspondence of The M~essenger.)
Red Springs, N. c., June 27.
There are quite a number of visiting
young ladies and gentlemen in town
this week, attending a double house
party given at the residence Of Mr.. A.
T. McCallum and Mr.. ]. E. Purcell
by Miss John Fillmore and Misses Lou
Use and Margaret Purcell. h pro-
gramme for the entertainment of the
visiting guests has veen varied and ex-
ceedingly pleasant, consisting of horse
back rides, fishing excursions, brake
rides, lawn parties, etc. Miss Full
mOre'S guests are: Miss Patti James.
of Laurinburg; Miss Annie Neill Nc
Lean, of Lumberton; Miss Bertha Nc
Leod, of Raynham; Misses Eloise Nc
Diarmid and Nan Farley, of Manches-
ter; DR.. T. L. Brooks, of Wilson,; Luz
Their McKinnon, of MaXton; Leak Cow
ington, of Rockingham; DR.. J. r. Ed
mundson, Of Red Springs. The Misses
Purcell are entertaining Misses Mary
McEachin and u Covington, of Lau-
rinburg; Misses Sallie Mclean and
Margaret McKinnon, of Maxton; Miss
a. McCallum, Of Rowland; Mr..
Charles Wall, of Lilesville; Mr.. John
M. McKinnon, of Red Springs.
The prospects for fine crops were
never better at this season. More wheat
has been harvested than ever before,
and many farmers are c%ultivating to-
bacco.
A farmers institute will be held in
Red Springs the first week in August.
Prominent speakers will deliver lee
lures during the session. Commission
er Patterson nay expect a large at
tendance, as this is one Of the best
places in the state for such a meeting.