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The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-18

The County Commissioners Closed q
Contract Yesterday for Rock Cr,.s,aer
Road Machine, a steam Plant and
Other Road Machinery.

The board of commissioners of New
Hanover county held special meeting
yesterday afternoon to receive bids and
award the contract for an up-to-date
rock crushing plant and road building
outfit. All the members of the board
were in attendance. viz: Chairman
D. McEachern. and Commissioners
Holmes, vollers. Alexander and Mont
gomery.
Mr.. w H. Shearin, superintendent OF
the county rock Quarries and convict
mining force. was present.
Mr.. d. P. Hutchinson. of Charlotte,
agent for the Climax Road Machinery
Company, of Marathon. n. Y, and Mr..
c. NJ Scott, of Ceres. Va, general
agent of the Good Roads Machinery
Company, of Kennett Square, Pa. ap-
peared before the board and submitted
bids and specifications of such an out
fit as the county contemplated purchas-
ing. One at a time. each Of the ma
chinery agents submitted propositions
and explained the merits of their re-
spective machinery.
After the agents retired the board
having thoroughly considered the pro-
posals, decided to purchase the outfit
from the Good Roads Machinery Com
pany, of Kennett Square. Pa, their bid
being the lowest and the machinery
offered being satisfactory. Mr.. Scott
was then recalled before the board, the
contract was closed and Chairman Nc
Eachern was authorized to complete
the transaction
Chairman McEachern last night met
Mr.. Scott at the Orton and completed
the deal The price agreed upon was
$2,25O and the machinery will be deliver
ed at Castle Haynes in about thirty
days.
The outfit consists OF a No. Cham
pion rock crusher. mounted on frame
and wheels, an improved Ajax centre
stroke steam engine Of 25-horse power
a 30-horse power boiler. a steel Cham
pion road machine complete, fifty
foot elevator, one revolving screen, etc
The road machine will be drawn by
from four to six horses. and Is for grad
ing roads preparatory to macadamiz-
ing them with stone.
The rock crusher steam plant and
screens will be erected at the county's
rock quarry at Castle Haynes. The
quarry is operated with convict labor
and We learn that the supply of rock
will meet all the requirements.
When the good roads outfit arrives
here New Hanover county will be as
we'll equipped as any county in the
state to make good roads. The outfit
will be similar to those owned by
Mecklenburg and Wake counties.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-18
Columbus Court.
Correspondence Of the Messenger

correspondence OF the MeeSenger.1
Whiteville. n. c.. December is.
A special term Of Columbus court has
been in session here all this week and
will continue well into next week
Judge Robinson is presiding and Solic-
itor G. NJ. Mclean is representing the
state. On account OF sickness Judge
Brown failed to hold the regular fall
term and, as a result. there has been
great accumulation Of business for
this court. Almost every case that has
been tried up to this time has resulted
I'm a conviction
Judge Robinson is making a good
impression on the people here a. an
able and upright Judge and one who
transacts business in an up-to-date
fashion.
Three prisoners will pass throug Will
mington Monday for the penitentiary.
Among them is an old man seventy
two years old. He goes for twelve
months for killing a young man by the
name OF Lewis. on the 9th Of last Au-
gust.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-18
Reception to DR.. Strange

The Ladies' Guild and the Sanctuary
Guild Of the Chapel of the Good Shep-
herd. gave q reception Thursday night
to the Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Strange, in
view Of the fact that DR.. Strange leaves
the coming week for his new charge at
Richmond. Va. The reception took
place at the chapel and it was quite an
ENJOYABLE affair. A large number OF
the congregation were present to bid
DR.. Strange farewell.
During the evening there were sew
eral enjoyable musical numbers. and
one OF the memorable features was the
presentation Of gift for DR.. Strange
as a token of the appreciation and AT
fection of the Sunday school. 1t was
presented in nice terms by Mr.. John IL
Boatwright, superintendem OF the
school. and DR.. Strange accepted the
gifts dn pretty speech in which he
feelingly expressed his high apprecla'
ton OF the gift. The present was 9
fandsome ink stand. pen. blotter, per
wiper and writing paper.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-18
coNGREssMAN BELLAMY
Our Representative Introduces Two
Important Bilis-St. James, Church
Claims s5 5,33O for Occupation by the
Federal Troops During the Tar-BiIl
to Amend the Banking Laws

Congressman John ID. Beilamy has
introduced the following bill in the
house of representatives and the same
war claims:
BE IL enacted by the senate and
house OF representatives OF the United
IStates of America in congress assem-
Ibled, that the secretary of the treas
Jury be, and he is hereby. authorized
and directed to pay to the trustees Of
saint James Episcopal church. Of VIII
mington, North Carolina. out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the sum of five thousand
three hundred and thirty dollars, for
use, occupation. and damage to the
church building by the military forces
of the United States during the late
war Of the rebellion"
| In the house of representatives at
Washington on Tuesday, Congressman
lBellamy introduced a bill to amend the
national banking law 50 as to permit
national banks to consider and treat
their surplus as capital in the Testric-
ltions on loans. The following is his
bill:
ate and house of representatives Of the
limited States of America in congress
assembled. that section one hundred
land ten of the national banking act.
being section fffty-two hundred of the
revised statutes of the United States,
he amended by inserting after the
WORD stock" and before the word of
lin line five of said section. the words
land surplus as set apart and declared
lin the last report of the condition OF
the association made TO the comptroller
iby the examiner"
Section 2. That this act shall be in
force after its passage"
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-18
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
FINANCIAL.

New York, December 15.-Money on
call nominal; prime mercantile paper
4k@5A per cent. Sterling exchang,
steady with actual business In bankers
bills at 4.s41a for demand and at 4SO%
Q4.S0B for sixty days: posted rates
4.s1h@4s2 and 4s5hQ4.ss: commercial
bills 4.s0Q4.S0h; silver certificates 640
65; bar silver GA: Mexican dollars 5Ok
Government bonds strong: state bonds
inactive; railroad bonds firm.
COTTON
Liverpool. December 15.| d. M
Cotton: Spot. limited demand; prices
1-32d higher. American middling fair
13-16d; good middling sgd; middling
1a-32d; low middling 5 1920: good or
sales OF the day were 5000 bales, OF
which 300 were for speculation and ex-
port and included $500 bales American.
Receipts $4,000 bales. including 1900
American.
Futures opened quiet. but steady and
closed barely steady. American mid
ding L. NJ. c.: December 1S-S4d SELL
ers; December and January 15-6ld65
16-64d sellers; January and February
13-e4d sellers; February and March
10-64dG5 11-64d sellers: March and
April Sad buyers: April and May 5
5-64dG5 6-64d buyers: May and June
3-64d buyers; June and July Sos 1-64d
UuyeESs July ana august 6Z-640 Sell.
ers; August and September 4 4s-e4d
buyers.
PORT RECEIPTS
Galveston steady at 5-1sc: net re-
ceipts Il. $50 bales.
Norfolk steady at ss<c: net receipts
2.sex1 bales.
Baltimore nominal at 10c.
Boston quiet at 10c: net receipts l.
277 bales.
Wilmington firTn at 3%c: net receipts
199 bales.
Philadelphia FIRM at 10ssc: net re-
ceipts 176 bales.
Savannah quiet at 3Ac: net receipts
6.332' bales.
New Orleans very firm at sac; net re-
ceiptns 5.729 bales
Mobile steady at sAc: net receipts
| ssS bales.
Memphis steady at SIC: net receipts
| 1851 bafes.
Augusta steady at s-1sc: net re-
| ceipts 20s1 bales.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-18
Death of Mrs. Bray.

Mr.. Thos. G. Bray, of this city, receiy-
ed telegram conveying to him the sad
announcement of the death of his
mother, Mrs. A. M. Bray yesterday at
Florence, S. G.. The remains will be
brought to Wilmington for interment
and will arrive here by the Whining
ton, Columbia and Augusta railroad to-
day at LIS p. m. The interment will
be made at Bellevue cemetery but al
this writing it is not known when the
burial will take place, efforts to obtain
such information having failed.
Mrs. Bray was the relict of the late
Captain w. T. Bray, of this city, and
leaves five children-Mr. Thomas G..
Bray, of this city, Mr.. Charles D. Bray,
Robert D. Bray and Mrs. A. E. Heap,
of Florence, and Mrs. A. p. Merritt, OF
Wilmington. The deceased was 6s
years of age.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-18
Enfleld's New Knitting Mill.


Enfield December 15.-At q meeting
|of the stockholders Of the Enfield knit
ting mill last evening the following
directors were elected: r. J. Corbett.
IS. Pferson. F. W. Gregory. H. J. Bur-
we'll. r. B. Parker. s. Meyer. A. s Har-
|rison, Paul Randolph. c. E. McGwigan.
The body adjourned into a directors
meeting and the following officers were
elected: DR.. .Jno. A. Collins. president
and ex-officio director; w. H. Nc
Donald was appointed temporary treas
urer until a regular secretary and
treasurer shall have been elected.
The following committee was vested
with power to purchase machinery:
R. J. Corbett. r. B. Parker and w
H. MCDONALD.
The building has been completed, the
boiler and engine are In position and
the committee hopes to have the ma
chinery installed by January 18th, GER
tainly not later than February Is,
next.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-18

Charleston ar mat &c: net receipts
4s3 bales.
Cincinnati quiet at ssxc: net receipts
1.s72 bales
Louisville firm at sAc.
ST. Louis steady at s,sc: net receipts
1,543 bales.
Houston steady at s-1sc: net re-
ceipts 1855 bales.
THE NEW YORK MARKET.
New York. December 1S.-Cotton
quiet at 1ei<c: net receipts 94s bales:
gross receipts e5s7 bales: stock $3.50
bales: exports to Great Britain lists
bales: continent s.1ss bales.
Total today and Consolidated-Net
receipts 4s.S4s bales: exports to Great
Britain -. Ell bales: France S.Iso bales;
continent 1873 bales.
Total since September i.-Net re-
ceipts fofo.s5s bales: exports TO Great
Britain 1.&ss 80 bales: France 3eo.2
bales: continent Lola sos bales.
Spot cotton closed quiet &c higher:
middling uplands i0i<c: middiing gulf
1oSc: sales none
Futures closed barely steady: De-
cember s.77: January s.si: February
9.46:- March s42: April s.37: May s.Ss:
June go: July 9-s1: August s.ol; Sep
tember S42: October s.05.
GRAIN AND PROVISION MARKET
Chicago. December l5.-The leading
futures ranged as follows:
Open. High. Low. CtoD-
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-18
acts
For Sick s.
Women

Ersf-fhe medicine that
holds the record for the
largest ssuss,bes' of abs0-
lutte Cures Of female ills
Is Lydia e. Pinkisans's
Vegetable COMPOUND.
Second-Mrs. PEnkl1an1
can show by heg letter
flies in lynn that a mill
lion women have been
restored to health by her
medicine and advice.
Tv5Ef,d-ANleffesSf0 to Mrs.
Pinkhan are received,
opened, read and an
swereG by women only.
This fact Is certified to by
the mayor and i1csfs,,as-
ter of Lynn and others 01
Mrs. Pis7kk5as,s'S own city.
Write for free book con-
tanning these certificates.
Every aHins woman Is
invited to write to Mrs.
Pfnki5ans and get her adj
vice free O charge.
Lydia e. Pinkham Ned Co, Lynn, Masa
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-18
An Honorable Name Perpetuated.

Mr.. Henry Roger Moore, having
given the required dessaa notice that he
would apply to the superior court to
have his name changed to Roger
Moore. obtained a decree of that court
yesterday through its clerk, Colonel
John D. Taylor. changing his name
according to his petition. The decree
is dated December Is, 1900. and it de-
clares that Mr. Moore's name. shall
hereafter be Roger Moore and certifies
that the said Roger Moore is entitled
to all the rights. privileges and protec-
ton under that name as under his for
mer name.
BY his action Mr.. Moore perpetuates
the name of his father. the late Colonel
Roger Moore and also a long line OF
distinguished ancestors by that name,
running back to the early colonial days
Of this country.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-18

Congressman John D. Bellamy has
spared no efforts ait Washington in
order to secure favorable action on
the plan for the dredging of an an
chorage basin in the Cape Fear river
at Wilmington. The plan embraced
estimates for dredging the river from
bank Ito bank to a depth of thirty to
thirty five feet for distance of about
a mile below the city so vessels could
anchor and swing with the tide with
out danger of grounding.
Mr.. Bellamy. however. writes Presi-
dent jacob, of the Wilmington cham
ber of commerce. that Col. Peter c..
Hams, of the engineer corps who is
in charge of the southern division OF
river and harbor improvements has
made a report, disapproving of the
plans.
Colonel Hains recommends that the
dredging OF an anchorage basin would
be inadVisable, as the great expense
of dredging such a basin would not be
warranted by the shipping of the port.
Colonel Hams, however. suggests that
the situation can be met by mooring
dolphins placed alongside of, but not
in the channel Of the river. The dol
phin plan has been adopted at Savan-
nah, Ga. and he says dolphinS for
mOoring vessels can be placed in the
river here at a cost of $4,000. which
is one-tenth of the cost of dredging an
anchorage basin.
Mr.. Bellamy writes that he will do
whatever is in his power to obtain the
wishes of the chamber of commerce.
but expresses the Opinio that as
the anchorage basin does not meet with
favor. the next best thing would be To
advocate what Colonel Hams recon-
mendS.
Dolphins. such as are suggested by
Colonel Hains, would be anchored
spaTs with wings, serving as a moor
ing buoy. Such spars could be placed
on the edge of the channel several
hundred feet apart, so vessels can be
moored by hawsers at both ends.
Ships would thus be held in position
and not be allowed to swing with the
tide. Ships moored in this way at
the edge Of the channel. would not in
uerfere with vessels passing in or going
out of the -harbor.
Where the m0oring dolphins are
placed it would be necessary to dredge
a wider channel than the present one.
but there would be no need OF dredging
a channel of sufficient depth and width
to allow vessels to swing clear around.
This matter was brought UP at the
last monthly meeting of the chamber
of commerce. but owing to the absence
OF Captain E. w. VanC. Lucas, CHIEF
OF the engineer corps here, who has
manifested so much interest in the i'm
provement of the harbor. action on 1t
was deferred until his return.
1t is understood that 1t is quite
probable that Colonel Hams plan will
be adopted. -E
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-18
PERSONAL MENTION.

| Mr.. A. NJ. Herring, of Pender, was
on our streets yesterday.
Sheriff w. w. Alderman. of Burgaw,
spent yesterday in the city.
| Mr.. E.. A. Hawes, of Atkinson, mada
business calls here yesterday.
Mr.. J. w. Simpson, of Rutherfordton,
arrived in the city yesterday.
Mr.. F. T. Groom, of Burgaw, was in
the city on business yesterday.
Mr.. Raymond Corbett, of Alpine
was here doing business yesterday.
Mr.. J. P. Scull, of Cronly, made a
business trip to the city yesterday.
| Mr.. w. j. Wilkins, of Dixon, called
on our wholesale houses yesterday.
| Mr.. A. M. Bowden, of Rocky Point,
was here making business calls yester-
day.
ton, came down to the city last even
ing.
Mr.. r. p Hinton, of Jacksonville,
made business calls in the city yester-
day.
Mr.. j. E. Brown, of Lanier. was in
the city yesterday buying Christmas
goods.
Mr.. D. Il. Sandstrom, Of Boardman. n.
was among the visitors in the city yes
terday.
Mr.. J. Vereen, of Little River, was
among the arrivals in the city last
levening.
Messrs. w. J. Boney and D. f. Boney,
IBoney. of Wallace, were in the city
yesterday.
Mr.. T. A Batson and son, of Holly
Ridge, were in the city on business
yesterday.
Mr.. ]. c. Williamson, of Excelsior,
was among yesterday evenings ar
rivals in the city.
Among those in the city making
christmas purchases yesterday was
Mr.. r. Sanderson, of Ashton.
Miss Allie Butler, lovely young lady,
Of Burgaw. returned home last nigth
from visit TO friends in our city.
Mr.. Link Wilson, Mr.. Jesse Wilson,
and Mr.. 8. j. Stanaland, of Caiabash,
were among last evenings arrivals in
the city.
M. w. r. Bonsal. of the firm of
w. r. Bonsal & Co., Hamlet, N. c.,
came down to the city yesterday and
returned home yesterday afternoon.
His firm has the contract for construct
ing the iron pier at Fort CaSwell and
also for furnishing rocks for the sea-
wall. but he was not here in that con-
nectiOn.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-18

Distressing Illness of q Man and Wife
Mrs. Z. F. Hardwick and little son,
Of Baltimore, came up to the city yes
terday, from Southport and left last
night for their home in Baltimore.
Mrs. Hardwick came on to be with
her sister Mrs. Foster. wife of Corporal
Fred Foster, of Fort Caswell, which
lady was quite sick. Mrs. Foster has
been very i'll with malarial fever at
Southport, and for six weeks her hus-
band has laid at deaths door with ty-
phoid fever in the post hospital at Fort
Caswell. DR.. d. /. Watson waited on
both but the condition of each was
such that neither was Informed that
the other was i'll. Corporal Foster at
one time gas very low but he has suffi-
GENTLY recovered so as to be removed
to his wife's home in Southport.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-18
Died.

BRAY-In Florence. s. c.. Friday even
ing, December 14th. Mrs. A M. Bray,
Telict of the late w. T. Bray. Aged
6s years.
HEWLETT-Decemb 18th, at the
home OF DIR. Sam Mace. Loris. 8. c.,
Mrs. Maria ]. Hewlett. In her 79sil
year.
Funeral from A. c. L. depot at l:z0
p. m, December 18th. thence 10 Oak
dale cemetery.
WARREN-In wilmington. N c.. at
12:40 p. m. December 18th. 1900. MRS.
ELIZABETH WARREN. refict OF
the late John Warren.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-18
AThrifty Colored Man.

A Messenger representative finds that
the pretty little village of Lake Wac
camaw, thirty-six miles out on the
Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
railroad, can boast of one Of the most
progressive colored men in the state.
His name is Haywood Eason. He has
a nice comfortable house to live in, a
nice farm we'll stocked, all paid for, and
is said to be one of the best farmers in
his section. He raises corn, cotton,
various kinds of vegetables, has good
credit and stands we'll among both
races in his community. He has re-
Gently gathered forty barrels of his
second crop of this years growing of
Irish potatoes. He is one Of the old
issue-attends to his business and is
setting his race a good example. Poll
tics, office, ETC., do not seem to be
bothering his brains much.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-18
York Committed to Jail Here.

United States Marshal H. G. Dockery
with j. L. York who was conyited at
the recent term Of the federal court for
using the mails at Fayetteville to de-
fraud sundry persons. He was SEN
fenced to a term of six months in jail,
and he chose Wilmington as the
place OF his imprisonment. He was
brought here on the train which arriv-
ed last evening on the Atlantic Coast
Line, and was at once committed to
Jail.
The Messengers Raleigh correspond
ent writes as follows yesterday:
j. L. York was today sent to Jail at
Wilmington to serve six months. It is
a shorter term than ne expected. Post
office Inspector Connolly says York ex-
pected to get an eight months SEN
tence"
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-18
Death of Mrs. Maria j. Hewlett

Death or MIS-. Maria d. heWACes
The friends of Mrs. Maria j. Hewlett
formerly of this city. will learn with
sorrew of her death, which occurred
al .ba residence of DIR. Sam Mace al
Ioris 9. G. on Thursday night. She
was i'm the 18th year of her age
The deceased has been living VIII
her grand daughter at Loris for severa
years. She was the mother OF Mrs
T. E. Murrin of this city.
The remains will be brought to VII
mington for interment in Oakdale Gem
etery this afternoon.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-18
New Preacher for seotts Hill Circuit,

The Rev. ]. WI Gurganus. who was
appointed at the recent meeting Of the
North Carolina conference at New
Bern, to the charge on the Scott's Hill
circuit, was in the city yesterday en-
route tor Scott'S Hill with his family
and household goods.
During the past year Mr.. Gurganus
has been on the Hatteras circuit. The
Rev. e. c. Sell who has been serving
the Scott's Hill circuit two years or
more, expects to leave tomorrow for
his new charge, the Richmond circuit,
in Richmond county.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-18
This is What They Say.

Those who take Hoods Sarsaparilla
for scrofula, eczema, eruptions catarrh.
rheumatism or dyspepsia, say it cures
promptly and permanently, even after
all other preparations fail. You may
take this medicine with the utmost con-
fdence that 1t will do you good. What
lit has done for others you have every
reason to believe it will do for you.
Constipation is cured by Hoods Pills.
25 cents.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-18

Help is needed at once wnen a per-
sons life is in danger. A neglected
cough or cold may soon become seri-
Gus and should be stopped at once. One
Minute Cough Cure quickly cures
coughs and colds and the worst cases
of Group, bronchitis. grippe and other
throat and lung troubles. r. p. Bel
lamy.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-18

When the stomach Is tired out :,
must have a rest. but we can't live
without food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cur,
''digeSts what you eat" so that you can
Ieat all the good food you want while
lit is restoring the digestive organs
health 1t Is the only preparation tina.
ldigests all kinds Of food. r. r. Bel
fanny.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-18
THE ANCHORAGE BASIN.

Colonel Hams Disapproves ofthe Plan
and Recommends as a Substitute
That Mooring .Dolphins be Placed
Along the Channel I'm the Harbor so
as to Hold Vessels Fast.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-12-18

Hon. George Rountree returned to the
city last night.