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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-30
Watermelons should Not be Pulled
Until Ripe.

As the time for shipping watermel-
ons is close at hand. I desire a word
that can, as 1 believe, be made mutu-
ally profitable, both to the growers
and of the melons.
Melons pulled prematurely. even when
quite green, will ripen; that is, the
meat will turn red and the seed have
the appearance of a ripe melon. The
sound, too, when thumped cannot be
told from a properly ripened melon. In
fact, it requires an expert to distinguish
the two.
If amelon remain on the vine until
ripe, the outer edge of the portion that
lays on the ground will contain a num-
Der Of small bumps, or freckles; but
If pulled green, to ripen afterwards.
these bumps will never be seen, the
surface invariably remaining smooth.
Watermelons will not only ripen when
pulled green, but will ripen faster than
If left on the vines. I have my reasons
for believing that they are sometimes
cut from the vines and left in h patch
to ripen, thus gaining several days on
the market.
But w~atermelons pulled prematurely
will never ripen properly, the meat re-
naming hard and indigestable. I have
L 6ccH DIT lllC lcl IL SOIIlC loto " 1ICAol
from which a good melon could no
be selected, all seemingly having been
pulled green. Such melons become
tough n are consequently in a good
condition to ship, h loss from break
age being but little, if any.
While the temptation Of an early
market and high prices is great, more
would doubtless be gained by permit
ing the melons to remain on the vines
until sufficiently ripe. Melons, even for
shippinf, should not be pulled until in
an early stage Of ripeness.
A RECIPE FOR PRODUCING CHOL-
ERA MORBUS.
Eat heartily of watermefons pulled
when green, swallowing the pulp, and
follow with a few pears. Result, chol-
era morbus in ten minutes.
A WATERMELON COMMISSION
NEEDED.
/ have often wondered that the nor
thern cities do not nave a proper COM
mission to examine n condemn Of all
lots of watermelons that may have
been p~rematurely pulled.
CHRISTMAS WATERMELONS.
David F. Werner, of Gwinnett county,
Georgia, is noted for his Christmas wa
termelons. He prefers for late melons
the Georgia Rattle Snake, planted from
the 18th to the 30th of June, further
north they should be planted earlier,
say about June 7th.) He places in a
dry cellar on a bed Of cotton seed, q
suggest covering also with cotton seed,
or adopting any other method, such as
placing in dry sand, to exclude the air.)
The melons should not be fully ripe
when pulled. l have several times set
out o keep Christmas watermelons, but
failed-melons too good to keep so long.
BRYAN TYSON.
Long Leaf, N. C..
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The u. N. G. A. International G.,
ference.
Grand Rapids, Mich, May :
session of the Ynnn1

Grand Rapids, Mich, May "a
days session of the Young
Christian Association interna a
conference opened amidst pouringI jim.
The opening address was by wv w.
Cooper. Of Wisconsin, on Christian
Stewardship" II was. devoted largely
to the use TO which money should be
put. The speaker said that IL was a
slander TO assert hat a man liz bad
because he Is rich. He added that men
Of wealth are as good as anybody else.
and that the Young Mems Christian
Association Is enabled to carry on n,
work through their contributions.
NJ. Cooper presented the financial
needs OF the association at home and
abroad at the close OF his address. and
the work OF raising money was begun.
The secretary stated that the estimated
need OF the committee was s135. 600.
$4,000 had been received: s45. 600 more
was low in sight and s45. 900 additional
IL asked for.
The personal pledges made arrre-s.-
cd 1900 Tor two years and associa-
donal pledges OF $4.2Oe.
Tne next meeting OF the international
Young Mems Christian Association win
be held in Boston on 1901.
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Death of Col. Fleming Gardner

kilograms received at the general Of
fees of the Atlantic Coast Line ye5ter-
day afternoon, announced the death of
Colonel Fleming Gardner, chief engi-
neer of the Coast Line, yesterday af-
ternoon at $3.50 o'clock at Denmark, S.
c. The sad tidings caused great sor-
row among the officials of the system
and the numerous friends of Colonel
Gardner in this city. The telegram
states that he was taken suddenly ill
Friday night.
Colonel Gardner was a native of Viz
ginia, and was in the Saith year of his
age, having been born October rs, 1915.
He was a veteran of the war with
Mexico, and during the late civil war
was in the Confederate service, having
served IN the staff of General Jubal
Early as chief of his engineer corps.
He was one of the oldest, best known
n most competent civil engineers IN
the south, and has probably built more
railroads than any engineer in the
United States. He a run the lines
and superintendent the construction Of
numerous roads in Virginia, North Car
olina and South Carolina, having been
the constructing engineer Of all the ex-
tensions and branch lines of the ATTAIN
tic Coast Line. Among some of the
well known roads built by him were the
North Carolina railroad, the Carolina
Central, the Wilson and Florence Short
Cut, the Manchester and Augusta rail-
road and others. He has been chief en-
gineer of that system for more than
twenty years, and Notwithstanding his
advanced age, he was in charge of the
construction of the Coas Lines branch
road now being built from Denmark,
S. c., to Robbins, S.. G. This DAD will
be thirty-fVe miles in length. and the
rails are now being laid on it. 1t will
be completed by August.
Colonel Gardner was a man Of iron
constitution, and was rarely ever sick
during his life. Though in the eighties,
he was a vigorous man and no under
taking seemed to daunt him, so far as
his profession was concerned. He has
made this city his home since his con-
nectiOn with the Coast Line, and was
here two or three weeks ago., seeming
1y in the very best of health.
AS an engineer, Colonel Gardne
ranked very high, and as a man his
character and integrity was of the lof-
test nature. He had the utmost conf
dence Of the Atlantic Coast Lin Off
cials and all the heads of departments
and the employees esteemed him very
highly. He had a competent fortune,
but was transformations in all things,
giving literally to persons n causes
he thought deserving.
He was never married, but we Learn
that he has a sister and some nephews
n nieces residing at C~hristianaburg,
Va. They ordered the remains to be
sent there for interment, and some Of
the Coast Line officials will go there to
attend the ~obsequies.
MI. r. J. Latta, Colonel Gardeners
assistant, is at Denmark and will be
in charge of the work there.
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The sunday School as a RefOrmatOry.
The town of Bowling Green, KY,
may be a slow town, but it has a live
mayor. Whether this active official
will get himself into trouble by his
progressive ways remains to be seen.
Some time ago ne imposed a fine upon
himeself for a violation of a town Or
dinance, and now he has sentenced a
boy to the, Sunday school for a period
of eight weeks. The boy can escape
this punishment by going to Jail for
twenty days. He had not decided, &C
cording to the latest advices, whether
to go to Jail OF to contest the Sunday
school sentence as a cruel and unusual
punishment and accordingly %uncOnsti-
t%utional. The boy is described as the
terror Of the town, and although only
thirteen years old he has already served
a term of Imprisonment. Perhaps the
eccentric mayor may be right after all
in trying the Sunday school as a refor-
matory, especially as he offers the boy
a dollar if, at the end Of the term for
which he is sentenced, he can produce
a certificate OF good behavior from his
teacher. The heart of a boy is not evil
continually. There is a good place in
every boys nature which can be
reached if the proper method is applied.
The Jail may discourage the youngster
from open violations OF the law, but so
far from making a better boy Of him
or improving his morals in any regard
it is almost sure to make him worse
than he was before. The Jail is the
m st active college Of crime, and it Is
constantly sending out as graduates
boys who went in comparatively harm
less -Ra1timora SIM
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- ANoA u
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, May 27.-The
eleventh annual assembly Of the Pres
byterian church adjourned this after
noon to meet next ear in st. Louis.
This assembly a. been on the whole
a very harmonious one
The McGiffert debate was at times
somewhat acrid, but fully 80 per cent.
of the members Of the assembly will go
to their homes rejoicing over what
they consider the wise n magnani-
NOUS decision arrived at in the matter
of DR.. McGiffert's heresy.
The assembly has disposed of al i'm
mense amount Of business and much
Of a very important nature. Only one
overture is to be sent down from the
assembly to be passed o by the 229
presbyteries, and that is a proposition
to substitute an entirely new chapter
for chapter Is Of the boo Of discipline.
The last hours Of the assembly were
packed with statistics and facts about
the church. The accounts Of the trus-
tees Of the churches show s940, 447 in
their hands, ar increase of s126, 153
since a year ago
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-30
Whose Head for Porto Rican Postage
Stamps?

Washington, May 27.-Postal author
tiles are wrestling with the problem of
the most appropriate special design for
the stamped envelopes to be issued for
Porto Rico. The present outlook is that
the head of Amerigo Vespucci will dec
crate the official envelopes to be later
on sale at all Porto Rican postofices,
though seveal other designs are under
consideration. Third Assistant Post
master General Merritt favors selecting
Ponce de Leon, one especial reason be-
ing the naming Of the city of Ponce af-
ter him, but SO far no picture of that
discoverer has been found and YES
pucci is held to be a good second.
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A Card OF Thanks.

I wish 10 say that I feel under last
ing Obligations for what Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy has done for our fam
ally. We have used it in so many cases
Gf coughs, dung troubles and whooping
cough, and it has always given the
most perfect satisfaction, we feel great
1y indebted to the manufacturers of
this remedy and wish them to please
accept Dur hearty thanks.-Respectful-
ly. Mrs. s. Doty, Des Moines, Iowa.
For sale by r. r. Beilamy, Druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-30
TENDENCIES IN BANKING.
Deposits Increased Seventy Per Cent.
In Ten Years-Surp}Gs Fourteen Per

New York Commercial Advertiser.)
ing comparison OF banking conditions
in 1892 with those at present, made in
the Journal Of Commerce this morning
is that banking, like every other indus
try, is subject TO the law of evolution
under competition, which diminishes
profits while increasing business. II is
no different from wheat growing. iron
making, or retail trading. Profits invite
competition, competition lowers prices,
reduced prices increase business. in
creased business permits economies in
organization and adminitration by
which one man handles business form
erly done by several, so that the re-
duced rate Of profit On increased bust
ness, done at less relative expense, still
makes adequate return TO the labor and
capital employed. This is the economic
circle in which every form Of industry
is travelling, to the continual benefit of
the consumer and the constant increase
Of production, without diminution OF
the producers compensation. The in
dustry Of dealing in money is no ex-
ception.
The comparison referred to shows
that deposits in ffty-eight national
banks have increased 20 per cent. in
ten years, while the surplus has in
creased only IA per cent, without any
increase of capital to absorb profits in
dividends. That is, surplus, which is
the measure OF what may be called ex
! cess profits-profts beyond those neces-
| sary to retain capital in business-were
nearly Is per cent. in 1892 of deposits,
which are the measure of the volume
J of business, and are now less than 9 pei
| cent. of them. This is a perfectly clear
revelation Of business expanded by a
lower charge for doing business and
saved from loss by natural economies
in administration, which still keep pro-
fits above the point at which capital
would desert the industry. Banking
has adjusted itself to a lower rate OF
interest, just as every form of trade
and industry has adjusted itself to low
er prices for commodities and pro-
| ducts.
| There are natural economies in every
expanding industry, since expense OF
administration dos not increase in pro-
portion. 1t is the present tendency OF
| trade and industry to add to these the
larger economies OF concentration and
| higher org :nization Of both capital and
labor, so as to prevent the waste OF dup
licate effort. This tendency is not yet
general in the business of banking,
though there are rather significant
sporadic signs of it.
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MARKETS By TELEGRAPH.
n

New York, May 27.-Money on call
nominal at 2@2k per cent prime mer-
camille paper at 3k@4A per cent; ster-
ling exchange firm with actual bust
ness in bankers bills at $4.S7% 44.SS
for demand and at $4.S5h@4.S5A for
sixty days; posted rates at $4.86E and
5 ASH; commercial bills at SASS; silver
certificates at 61@62; bar silver at 81;
Mexican dollars at 4Sk; state bonds
inactive; railroad bonds strong; gov
eminent bonds steady.
THE NEW YORK MARKET.
New York, May 27.-Cotton steady;
middling SIC; net receipts 1855; gross
receipts 756; sales "a; stock 171,417; ex-
ports to the continent 300.
Total today and consolidated: Net re-
ceipts 3,447; exports to Great Britain
Is, 1894; to France 300; to the continent
II, 1874; stock 679, 912.
Total since September LIST: Net re-
ceipts S,084, 1874; exports to Great Bril-
tain 1896, 227; to France us, 100; to the
continent 1851, 1924.
Spot cotton closed steady; middling
uplands SIC; middling gulf SIC; sales
"a bales.
Futures closed quiet. May $50, June
5.S4, July 5.S7, August 5.SS, Septem-
Der 5.S4, October $50, November $50,
December 5.94, January 5.9S, February
6.01, March sos, April sos.
GRAIN AND PROVISION.
Chicago, May 27.-Tae leading fu-
lures ranged as follows:
Open. High. Low. Clos
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The Glucose Company Chartered

Trenton, N. j., May 27.-Articles OF
Incorporation of the United States Glu-
cose Company, with an AUTHORIZED cap
ital of 5000, 900 were filed with the
secretary Of state today. The company
is authorized to manufacture glucose,
starch and sugar, made from corn.
maize Or grains.
Articles were also filed by the Span
ish American Mining Company, with
an authorized capital of $40, 0eO, 600.
The company is to do business in Cuba.
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Sale of the Bal imore and Ohio South.
western Ordered.

Cincinnati, May 27.-Judge Thomp-
son., Of the United States court, today
issued an order for the sale Of the Bal
tfmore and Ohio Southwestern railroad,
now in the hands Of receivers. The
decree is by the consent of all parties
interested. The sale will be held at
cincinnati. The property is to be Of
fered In parcels and az an entirey. The
lowest bid to be received as an entire
.ty is $3,5O0.0OO The logical purchaser
OF the property Ia the Baltimore and
Ohio railway,
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Murdered by q Negro

Macon, Ga, May PA special to
The Telegraph from Columbus. Ga.
says
Intelligence reached Columbus today
Of the murder OF julie G.. Smith, a we'll
known planter and merchant near Co.
lumbus, by Bill Harris, a negro. Harris
shot Mr.. Smith as he was entering his
residence. It is said that Smith had
reproved the negro for stealing chick
ems. The authorities are after the ne
gro.
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Nd, May 2Z-The crew Of
1aIes eight Dared shell out-rowed the
navai cadets today over a two mile
straigntaway course and crossed the
line iiH seconds ahead OF the middies.
Inc crews got away together. The SUI
perlor weight and better training OF
the New Haven boys. however, o
uemonstrated their superiority. and
the visitors steadily increased their
lead to the finish. Yale crossed the Line
IN 10 minutes. % seconds. with rhs O.
DIETS severn lengths a0tarn.
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Open. High.

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour firm. Winter patents, S3.65G3.75;
straights, $3.35@3.45; clears, s3.15@3.25;
spring specials, s4.35; patents, s3.40G
$50; straights, s2.S0@3.20; bakers, 81 20
Q2.60; No. 2 yellow corn, 33b@33Sc;
spring wheat, 69G73kc; No. 2 red, 769
TIC; No. 2 corn, 322c; No. 2 oats, 25G
25kc; No. 2 white. &c; No. 3 white.
25k@26kc; mess pork, per Dbl, 5000
$40; lard, per 100 lbs. S4.97hQ5.00;
short ribs sides, loose, s4.45Q4.75; dry
salted shoulders, boxed, s4.37hG4.62h;
short clear sides, boxed, A.9545.05;
whiskey, distillers' finished goods. per
gallon, s1.26.
New York, May 27.-Eggs barely
steady; state and Pennsylvania Ice;
Petroleum-Firm.
Rice-Firm; fair to extra 4%Q7c.
Molasses-Firm: New Orleans open
kettle. good to choice, 32G36c.
Potatoes-Steady; state s1.o06I.75;
southern s1.00Q3.50; Jersey s1.0o02.oo.
Cabbag@Steady.
Conee-Options opened ,steadv and
unchanged to 8 points lower: showed
or less weakness during short
session under renewed liquidation,
heavy Brazilian receipts, d~iscouraging
news from foreign markets and alb
sence OF speculative support. The close
was easy, unchanged TO 10 points lower:
sales 1850 bags, including May at
$4.95; September at $5.15; December at
$3.50; March at $5.65. Spot coffee-Rio
dulI n easy; Nc. Z invoice SIC: Nc. Z
1oooing SAc; mild quiet; Cordova s6l3.
Suear-Raw quiet and steady: fair
renning 4hc; centrifugal, So test, 4xc;
molasses sugar &c; refined firm; mould
A oNc; standard A SIC; confectioners
A 5Ac; cut loaf SIC; crushed SIC:
size; graduated $50; cubes
SIC
NAVAL STORES.
New York-Rosin quiet; strained
common to good, $1.40Q1.1.h. Turpen-
tine steady at 42642hc
Charleston1Turpentine market firm
at 3Sc; sales one Ro&in arm and un-
changed; sale1 no0A
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San Francisco, May 27.-The United
States transport Solace arrived here to-
day from Manila via Honolulu. She
has on board a large number of soldiers
and sailors whose terms Of service have
expired or who have been i~ncapacitat-
ed from duty. Among her passengers
is General King.
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NAVAL STORES.

az Gill 1oy 49,
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits Notwithstanding doing.
RoSin firm at 80 and CSC.
Tar steady at $3.50.
Crude turpentine firm; hard sL3s:
soft $3.50; virgin $40.
Prices same day last year-Spirits
pentine 26hc and 26c; rosin CSC and
S1.O0; tar $1.10; crude turpentine $1.00,
S1.60 and $1.70.
Receipts today-51 casks spirits tur-
pentine, SIS barrels rosin, 81 barrels
tar. 3S barrels crude turpentine.
Receipts same day last year-124
casks spirits turpentine, 564 barrels
rosin, 143 barrels tar, SO barrels crude
~turpentine.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Peanuts-North Carolina 75 to S5c:
vi: ria so to CSC; Spanish soc to gee.
Rice-Nothing doing.
Corn-54 56c.
Corn meal-oIc.
Cow jeas-65 to DC.
North Carolina Bacon-Hams, 9 10
10c; shoulders Z to 7kc; ides s TO sRc.
Chickens-Slow; spring 10 to lsc:
hens. % to Csc: ROSTERS. Is to zoe.
Eggs steady at 10 to lie.
Shingles-Per 1000 five inch, hearts
and saps. s1.50Q2.10; six inch. $500
$3.50.
Timber at $500 to 90 per 1000 feet.
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The democratic papers Oh Madrid ap-
year in mourning on cor Of the
death Of Senior Don Emilio CASTELAR,.
The funeral will take place on Monday.
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Another UnsuccessfuI Effort to Float
the Paris.

Coverack, May pa supreme effort
was made today to f1oa the American
liner Paris, which is on the rocks off
Lowlands point.
The attempt resulted in another fail
ure. The Paris is in the same position
which is now regarded as very critical.
Coverack, Cornwall, May 26, II mid
night.-The wind has veered to the
eastward tonight. There is a heavy sea
and the Paris is rolling heavily.
To prevent La Grippe take a dose OF two
nj DIR. Miles, RestorafiYe NaNiae daDr
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k0I ~! Z! s:*"t&
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
WILMINGTON MARKETS.

Wilmington, n. c.. May -.
Receipts OF cotton today bales
Receipts on same day last year-lzI
bales.
This seasons receipts TO date-eSs.SS $50
bales.
Receipts TO same date last year-322,-
2S3 bales.
The quotations posted at Z o'clock
today at the exchange:
Cotton quiet
Ordinary .. 3 ZIG
Good ordinary ................ 4 lS-ls
Low middling ................. B 7-le
Middling ............ ............ SIS
Good middling INSTRUMENTATION. Ga
Dr;oa- -na lo- 1aSf vAor-cp
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-06-05
READ THIS.
The Nebraska-CoIorado Express.

p new
From June 4th the Burlington
Route puts into its passenger service
to the far west a new fast daily and
night train from Kansas City to Neb-
raska and Colorado.
1t leaves Kansas City at 9.45 p. m /;
arrives at Denver $50 p. m; and is
by three hours the latest night train
Kansas City TO Denver and beyond.
This service is altogether ad-
ditiona! to the Burlington grea t
scheme OF passenger trains from
Kansas City 10 the west, northwest,
north and East.
California Weekly Excursions, per-
sonaly conducted. Tourist sleepers
twice a week Kansas City to the
northwest via the Billings Route.
For details, ask your ticket agent
or l.. w. WAKELEY,
Genl Pass'r Agent, St. Louis, Mo.
L. J. BRICXER.
Trav. Pass'r Agent, Kansas City, Mo.
HOWARD ELLIOTT,
General Manager. St. Joseph, Mo.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-06-05
Grand Excursion

To Eureka Springs and return on
June IS. from Oklahoma City via the
Frisco Line. For the above occasion
the St. Louis and san Francisco rail
road company's agent VIII sell tick
cts at rate Of S5 for the round trip.
good to return within 10 days from
date Of sale. a special train VIII
leave oklahoma City Tuesday, June
18th at 9:15 a. m, arriving at Eureka
Springs same evening. Everyone
should take advantage OF this trip.
BRYAN SNIDER. G. p. A.
St Louis Mo
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-06-05
Do You Want Your
House Moved?
The undersigned take pleasure in
stating that
DYER & WHEELER

Have done work for Us in the way
of moving and repairing houses,
and the same has been done IN
trst-cIass manner. In several in
stances they have moved houses
for more than three and Il half
miles, and the property was in no
worse condition than when moved
only a short distance.
We can confidently recommend
them to the people of Ardmore and
neighboring towns who have work
in their line TO b done.
BYRON DREW,
W. \. DAVIS,
LEE CRUCE,
W. B JoHNSON,
14dwm J \. MOORE.