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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13
HOTEL STOCKHOLDERS CONFER
MEETING YESTERDAY TO PREPARE FOa
1900 OPENING Of SeASH0RE HOTEL
Hotel will be Opened Not Later than
June Ist-Plans being Laid for Max
ing the Coming seaside Season Most
Successful In History Of the Resort.
Progress OF wri9htsvflle Beach I'm


There was a conference OF the stock
holders of the Wrightsville Beach
Hotel Company, owners of Seasho-a
hotel. yesterday during which plans
for the approaching easide season
were fully discussed. And as a result
of the conference the Messenger is au-
thorized to %nnounc that the hotel
will be opened for the entertainment OF
guests not later than June LIST. II is
h determined purpose Of the COM
pany TO make the 1900 season the most
successful in the history Of the beach
as a summer resort. Another meeting
is to be held cry oon when certain
matters 10 pending regarding the
management of the hotel will be set
It'd and other questions of Importance
considered. Mr.. George Campbell
for the past several seasons the popu-
lar proprietor Of the hotel and a large
stakeholder in the was in at
tendance upon the meeting and left
last night for Charlotte. He will re-
turn to Wilmington again before leav-
ing the state for his home in York, Pa.
In speaking of the preparations
on h beech for the coming seaside
season Mr.. George r. French. presi-
0SAN VI NHS " 1AklA
road Company, said that h work of
relaying the track up the beach to
Ocean View is progressing very salts
factorily, it being already relaid to a
point some distance above Atlantic
Yacht Club house. Workmen are busy
on several cottages repairing the dam
age done by the memorable October
storm and all the others will be put in
thorough repair by their respective
owners just as soon as the railroad is
prepared to deliver the material at the
stations where it is to be used.
AS Messenger readers are aware the
contract for the splendid Carolina
Yacht Club house to be erected this
spring will be awarded within a few
days, the plans n specifications be-
ing now in the hands of the con
tractors for estimates. 1t is expected
also that the work of putting the At
lantic Yacht Club house in thorough
repair will be inaugurated within a
very short time. Certainly the 19N
seaside season gives every promise OF
unusual success. Besides the regular
summer resort travel which is always
attracted here there will be an unusu.
al umb of important conventions
and other meetings of great impor.
lance which will add greatly to the
number of visitors. The Firemen's
tournament is a certainty and u
chance for the Teachers assembly AND
the North Carolina State Guard are
about SO out of 100.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13

W~ilmington'S prospects for securing
The 1900 session of the North Carolina
Teachers Assembly seem to be very
bright. Mr.. Marcus w. Jacob, chair
man of the Chamber of Commerce
committee appointed to ascertain what
number of homes and what rates can
be offered the teachers, wrote to Mr..
Mebane yesterday and told him that
as a result of the work of the commit
tee he could assure him ample accom-
modations for from LOCO to 1,500
teacher at any price they want to pay
from 81 to 81 per day.
This investigation was made, it will
be remembered, at the request Of Mr..
lie instruction, who spent two days
here recently surveying the field with
a view to as%certaining what advan-
tages are to be had in Wilmington for
holding the session here this year. He
was thoroughly pleased with the stu
alton. He selected the Young Mems
Christian Association auditorium as
the place Of meeting, provided the as
sembly comes here. And it was at his
request that the Chamber Of Com
merce appointed the special commit
tee to ascertain what could be offered
in the way Of homes and the cost Of
entertainment.
In writing Mr.. Mebane yesterday Mr..
jacob assured him hat if the commit
tee selected Wilmington as their place
of meeting the teachers who attended
would not find Wilmington m lower
Cape Fear hospitality wanting in any
way. And that no pains would be
spared in making their %sojourn in "The
City by the Sea" thoroughly pleasant;
so much 70 that they would insist upon
coming again.
1t is understood that the executive
committee of the Teachers Assem-
bly,, Of which Mr.. ban is chairman,
will meet in Raleigh tomorrow for the
purpose Of selecting a meeting place
for the 1900 session; and, as previously
stated, there is every reason to believe
that Wilmington will be their choice.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13

Merchants Association Did Right in
Condemning Endless Chain Coupon
Schemes Other Abuses that Need
Attention.

The Messenger noted with gratiflca-
ton a few days since the action of the
Merchants Association in condemning
the several endless chain" schemes
for the sale of silk skirts, etc, which
are being 50 extensively pushed in this
section by foreign concerns to the det-
riment of the legitimate business of
Wilmington merchants. This paper
has always emphasized the Importance
Of ~patronizing home enterprises and as
far as possible, keeping the money in
local circulation. And, too, we have al
ways made it a point to put the adj
vic We have given our readers into
practice.
The action by the Merchants Asso-
citation was certainly a move in the
right direction. 1t would not have been
amiss for them to have gone a little
further and urged upon the business
men that it is not in good taste for
them to give business to out of town
establishments in any case when the
work can be done by firms right in the
city at just as small cost. To illustrate,
it is a fact that quite a number of
business men are having their job
printing don in Raleigh and other
cities of this state in the az of the
fact that there are several we'll equip
ped job printing offices in the city in
every way to the needs or the
city where the work could be done just
as cheaply and as we'll.
We refer to the item of printing be-
cause being in the printing business
We are in a position to know the stu
alton which naturally suggests itself
as an apt illustration of the point in
question.
By all means let merchants and all
other classes of business men, the pro-
feSSiOnal men and the peODle at large
ladies, gentlemen, girls and boys, CO.
operate in this matter OF ~patronizing
home industries and Wilmington's
new era Of prosperity will receive a
powerful impetus which mo be i'm
parted in any other way.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13
ON BEACH.
Oceanic Hotel being Put In Order fol
Approaching Seaside Season.

Oceanic Hotel, on Carolina Beach, is
being thoroughly repaired and will be
in readiness for the entertainment of
guests just as soon as the season opens.
Captain ] w. Harper told a Messen-
ger reporter last night that extensive
preparations will be made to afford
guests the very best accommodations.
He says the prospects for a successful
season on Carolina Beach are very
bright. Fou new cottages have just
been completed n about eight more
will be finished before the season
opens. Cottage owners r doing eX-
tensive repairing and adding improve
ments to their property and it will not
be long before the beach will be in
first class order.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13

Mr.. S. III. Fishblate arrived yester-
day from a business trip north. On his
return from New York he spent three
days in Washington, where he attend
ed the National Pure Food Congress
as a delegate from the Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce.
To a Messenger representative he
said last night that he was especially
impressed with the work being &C
There were delegates from every state
interest was manifested in the pro-
eeedilgs.
Mr.. Fishblate says that he had
any conception of the enormous pro-
portions OF the evil of food adultera-
ton as practiced in this country until
he attended this congress-. Nor, on h
the other hand, did he realize what a
vigorous and systematic effort Is being
made to suppress the evil which it fit
tingly characterized by the Pure Food
Congress as robbery and murder"
Speaking of the entertainment &C
corded him while in attendance upon
the congress-, Mr.. Fishblate said that
he was accorded an especially de-
lighfuI time and had the pleasure Of
meeting many Of the foremost men of
the country. Many Of the most promi-
| nent senators and members of the
house Of representatives are, he says,
active members Of the congress-.
During the course Of the converse
ton. Mr.. Fishblate modestly remark
ed that he was elected one Of the vice
presidents Of the Pure Food Congress.
This Is a compliment to be greatly ap-
preciated, not only by Mr.. Fishblate,
but by the city of Wilmington, whose
representative he was.
Among other North Carolina dele
gates who attended the Pure Food
Congress were DR.. r. II. Lewis, of
Raleigh: Congressman Atwater, of
Wake county, and Professor A. Q. Hol-
laday, late of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College.
HON. JOHN D. BELLAMY IN CON-
GRESS.
Mr.. -Fishblate says that while in
Washington he had the pleasure OF
mingling quite freely with members OF
senate and house of representatives,
both democrats and republicans, and
was pleased to find that, although hav-
ing spent a very short time in the ma
tional capital. Hon. John D.. Bellamy,
| representative from this district, has
already become a general favorite
among his colleagues, from Speaker
| Henderson down, and the general optn-
ion in Washington is that Mr.. Bellamy
will certainly retain his seat.
Mr.. Ffshblate says hat Mr.. Bella
my's recent speech on the Porto Rican
situation is pronounced one of the
most able and effective hat has beer
delivered In the house Of representa-
tives during the present session.
Referring to the recent argument OF
the Bellamy-Dockery contest case, Mr.
Fishblate said that the speeches OF
Messrs. Busbee and Osborne in Mr..
Bellamy's defense are declared the
fines that were eve delivered in any
contest case, and made a profound and
very favorable impression, both a. to MI
Bellamy's right to the e and as tC
the general situation in Wilmington
and h district at large prior to the
1898 election.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13

Yesterday Messrs. l.. NJ. Bear & Co,
ed the contract to Messrs. Zachary a
Zachary for the erection of a hand
some store building on the southwest
corner of Front and Grace streets, and
excavations for the foundation of the
new building will be commenced Mon
day or Tuesday. The contract stipu-
lates hat the building is t be COM
plete and ready for occupancy not Ia
ter than July 18th.
Messenger readers will remember
that the plans for the new building
were drawn by Mr.. H. E. Bonitz, the
well known architect. The building
will be SO feet on Front street and
100 feet on Grace street. The fronts
will be Of pressed brick with gran
lite and terracotta trimmings. Iron pill
lars Inc plate glass will also be used
on Front street, the main entrance.
The plans have been especially pre-
pared with a view to the a~daptability
Of the building for use as a first class
wholesale drygoodS store, such as
Messrs. /. M. Bear & Co. conduct, and
will be equipped in a thoroughly up
to-date AM in every particular.
InerG Will De 1f,UvU 1ctt u IlOOT Space
The Messenger congratulates Messrs.
Bear & Co. upon this definite move in
the matter of building a handsome new
home for their wholesale business. The
firm began business in 1886 and is now
composed of, Messrs. I. M. Bear and
H. c.. Bear, two of Wilmington's most
energetic and enterprising young bust
ness men. The business vas opened
in 1895 by Mr.. I. NJ. Bear in the build
ing they now occupy, No. LOG and los
North Front street, where it has since
been conducted with an especial de-
gree Of success.
1t will be remembered that Messrs
Bear & Co. a few weeks ago sold their
building they now occupy to Messrs,
H. H. Munson & Co., merchant tail.
ors, clothiers and fu~rnishers, who will
as soon as the building is vacated by
Messrs. Bear, add materially to its size
and make other changes which viii
thoroughly adapt it to their business
AS previously stated, an addition Of
twenty feet is to be made in h rear
an entirely new front is to be put in
the street floor Is to be remodeleC
handsomely, decorated and equipped al
a salesroom and the uppor stories art
to be fitted up for h merchant tail
oring department.. This work will b.
commenced just as soon as the Messrs
Bear vacate the building.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13
Preparing for Seaside Season.

Mr.. George Campbell the popular
hotelist arrived yesterday from York,
Pa, to make preliminary arrange
ments for the opening of the S.asnore
hotel on Wrightsville beach for tht
coming seaside season. He went down
to the beach yesterday afternoon to
examine the hotel with a view 10
formulating plans for improvements
and any needed repairs. To a men,
bero of the Messenger staff he expressed
qualification last night at the excellent
condition in which he found the hotel
and grounds. He expects to within
the next few days formulate plans for
the material improvement of the hotel
and anticipates an unusually success
full season.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13

1t is very hard to stand idly by and
see our lear ones suffer while await
ing the arrival Of the doctor. An Al
bany IN. " dairyman called at a
drug store there for a doctor to come
and see his child. then very sick with
Group. Not finding the doctor In, he
left word for him to come at once on
his return He also bought a bottle
Of ~Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, which
he hoped would give some relief until
the doctor should arrive. In a few
hours he returned. saying the doctor
need not come, as the child was much
better. The druggist, Mr.. Otto Scholz.
says the family has since recommend
ed Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to
their neighbors and friends until he
has a constant demand for it from that
part of the country. For sale by R. R.
Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13
ONE ON THE

A Main street druggist tells this
story on himself. say the Salt Lake
Herald: Happening to be out at the
house OF a friends, he noticed a boy
busy with slate and pecil. "See here,
my son." he said, "In give you a ques-
ton In profit and loss. I have a mix
ture down at my store that is COM
pounded as follows: A liquid worth
so cents an ounce, a powder worth "a
per pound, q crystal worth 10 cents an
ounce, to which I add two gallons of
water, which I get for nothing. I sell
the mixture at Is cents per ounce.
What is my percentage Of tprofit?'
The boy thought for a moment and
then replied: Its no use. sir; that is
cut If profit and loss. n is just plain
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
N

New York, March 10.-Money on call
steady at 3k per cent: prime mercan-
tile paper at 4%@5k per cent: sterling
exchange steady with actual business
in bankers bills at s4.S6 for demand
and at s4.82H for sixty days; posted
rates at s4.S3k@4.84 and $4.87@487h;
commercial bills at $4.82A @4.S2k; sill
yer certificates at 60A @61A; bar silver
at 59B; Mexican dollars at 47%; state
bonds steady: railroad bonds steady;
government bonds strong.
COT~TO.>.
Liverpool, March 10.-1 p. m.-Cotton.
Spot, moderate business, prices &c
higher. American middling fair
5 1920; good middling S 21-32d; mid
ding 5 1920; low middling 5 15-32d;
good ordinary 5 9-32d: ordinary 5 3-32d.
The sales Of the day were 1000 bales,
Of which 500 were for speculation and
export and included $500 bales Ameri-
can. Receipts % 900 bales, including
1900 bales American. Futures opened
firm n closed strong. but irregular
at the advance.
American middling, low middling
clause: March 5 29-64d buyers; March
and April 5 26-S4@5 27-64d value; April
and May 5 22-64d sellers; May and June
5 18-64d value June and July 5 15-64d
buyers; July n August 5 1850
5 13-64d sellers; August and September
5 3-64@5 4-64d sellers; September and
October 4 42-64@4 43-64d sellers; Octo-
Der and November 4 29-64d buyers; No
vember and December 4 A-64d buyers;
December and January 4 22-64d value;
January and February 4 20-6444 21-64d
buyers.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston-Firm at CSC: net receipts
1924 bales.
Norfolk-Steady at CSC; net receipts
181 bales.
Observation-Disclosures at 9%c-
Boston-Quiet at 9 Slice; net receipts
70 bales.
Wilmington-Quiet at CSC; net re-
ceipts IS bales.
Philadelphia-Firm at 9 15-Isc; net
receipts ZIG bales.
Savannah-Steady at Csc; net re-
ceipts 1905 bales.
New Orleans-Ffm at 3 5-1sc: net re-
eeipts 2.1s7 bales.
MobilASteady at 9 5-1sc; net receipts
Is bales.
Memphis-Ffrm at 9Hc: net receipts
Augusta@Steady at 9hc: net receipts
1,973 bales.
Charleston-Quiet at SHc: net re-
ceipts 362 bales.
Cncinnati-Firm at CSC; net receipts
200 bales.
LoufsyiIle@Firm at CSC.
St ufs-Ffr at CSC: net receipts
IS bales.
Houston-Steady at SIC: net receipts
2.096 bales
THE NEW YORK MARKET.
New York. March 1o.-Cotton quiet;
middling 9 11-1ec: net receipts 77S;
gross receipts 776; sales us: stock A.
354.
Total today and consolidated: Net re-
ceipts 10. $50; exports to Great Britain
Is. 795; to the continent 1924; stock sos.-
$40.
Total since September 1st: Net re-
ceipts 5.641, 1856; exports to Great Bri-
tain 1858. 079: to France SIS, s97; to the
continent 1911, 249.
Futures closed very steady. March
$50. April S.47. AaxxlS June and July
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13

Services at $3.50 O'Clock Yesterday b,
DIR. Blackwell and Rev. A. ID. Nc
C1ure.

The remains Of Mrs. w. A. Strauss
who died at Warsaw Thursday night
were brought to Wilmington Friday
night and the funeral services were
conducted at $50 o'clock yesterday
morning from the residence of Mr.. J.
H. Strauss, 709 North Fourth street
The officiating ministers were DIR
Calvin 8. Blackwell and Rev. A. D.
Mcclure. The remains were inferred
at Oakdale cemetery. p
The following acted as pail bearers:
Messrs. A. Alligood. B. F. Murphy,
James Powers. z. E. Murrell, Ed Or
rell and Asa Allen. =
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13
HEsTER's COTTON REPORT.

New Orleans, March 0.-Secretary
Hester's weekly New Orleans cotton
Exchange statement shows an increase
i'm the movement into sight, compared
with the seven days ending this date
Hast year of $4,000 bales, a decrease un-
der the same time year before last of
lis, 600.
The moun brought into sight dur
ing the past week has been 155, bS8
bales. against la. 756 for the seven days
ending this date last year, and for the
nine days of March 1t has been 1s9. 472.
lagainst 166, 4S1 last year. The total
movement for the 100 days from Sep
tember LIST to date Is 1882. $50, against
9.S14,033 last yea and s.s14. Ills year be-
fore last.
The movement since September LIST
shows receipts at all United State.
ports 5,749,023 bales. against 7.340, LIS
last year; overland across the Missis-
lsippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers 70
northern mills and Canada 1,os1, 71s.
against 1.1o4. 134 last year: Interior
stocks in excess of those held at the
close Of the commercial year liz. 20e,
against 349. 16S last year. and southern
mill takings were 500. 542, against szo.-
l542 last year.
Foreign exports for the week have
been 1868 bales. against 8 .73s last
year. making h total thus far for the
Icc0SDh '@Ss'SSSs d6diusk 9.Si4,5s4 last
year.
The total takings OF American milk
north and south Inc Canada thus Ear
flor the season have been 2.9e9, SIS bales,
against 2.681, 81 last year.
stocks at h seab0ard and thu
ItWenty-nine leading southern interior
lcenters have decreased during the
week 7S,016 bales, against a decrease
during the corresponding period las
season Of 16,6 74.
Including stocks left over at port and
interior towns from the last crop and
the number OF bales brought int
sight h u far for the new crop the
supply TO date Is 8.501. 3SS bales. againat
1851, 5S9 for the same period last yeak-
Secretary Hesters statement OF the
worlds visible supply Of cotton shows
"a decrease for the week just closed Of
1855, $40 bales. against a decrease Of 81
t61S last year.
The total visible Is 3,s74.oss bales,
against 3,s41, 05s last week and $3.50, SOC
last year. OF this, the total Of Amerf-
ican cotton Is 3.143. 0Ss. against 3,197, 059
hast week and 4.231, 500 last year; OF ali
Iother kinds. including Egypt. Brazil.
India, etc, 731.0oo bales. against 7A.-
1000 last week and 1.135.0 900 last year.
OF the worlds visible supply there LIS
now afloat and held In Great Britain
and continental Europe 1895, 900 bales,
against 3.335.0O0 last year; in India
$1,000. against 81. 900 last year. and
hin b United States 1,363. 900. against
i1,14e. 600 last year.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-03-13

Cash quotations were as ioirows.
Flour slow: winter patents. $1,000
straights. s2-soGsso: clears.
spring specials. $3.50: patents w
sR: straights. s2.eoGaoe: bakers.
Sc. Ooa2. 40: No. . spring wheat s4.1c'
mo. : spring wheat. s32s4c: Ne RED
lesGesc: No. . corn. No , oats,
tZAG23%c: No. 2 white. 6kUzshc' NO
s white. 25hG2shc: mess pork. Per
lbbl.. 9 s5G10.so: lard. per - lbs.
ls5 75G5S7h: short ribs sides. loose.
Iss. soSS.05 dry sailed shoulders, boxed.
SO. a5GS. so; short clear sides. boxed.
Sc. oOa6. 10: whiskey. distillers' finished
goods, per gallon. $1.A.
New York. March 1o.-FLOUR.-
lQuiet, but very steady: winter patents
ts3. eoG3.S5
wHEAT-Spot steady: No. , req
1850 elevator: No. . red 7s%c Z. o. b.
lafoat in store. Options opened easy
in line with rather bearish cable news
land favorable crop prospects. but turn
led stronger subsequently on a sharp
rise in corn promoting activity among
shorts. The market was finally a little
lon under realizing. closing easy and
unchanged TO sc net decline. May clos
led at 72%c: July 72%G72ikc. closed at
l72%c; September closed at 1src.
CORN.-Spot strong: No. 9 4Sh I. O.
10. afioat. and 42l2c elevator. Option
market fairly active and firm all day
Ion covering impelled by light country
lacceptances, a good cash demand and
higher cables: closed strong at Mc net
advance. May closed at 41%c: July
lc1osed AT 41&c.
OATS.-Spot firm: No. 2 ,Shc. OPP
tons quiet, but firmer with corn.
lARD.-Ffrm; western steamed
ISIS. rs: March closed at s5.221k nominal:
Irefined firmer.
PORK.-Quiet; family sI3.Oo0Is.s5.
BUTTER.-Steady at the decline.
western creamery 20Q25c: state dairy
l20d24c: creamery 20@25c.
CHEESE.-Strong; fancy large white
land colored 13G13Ac: fancy small col
Iored 1914 Q13kc.
EGGS.-Ffrm: state and P~ennsylva-
mia at mark 14q14hc; southern at mark
l13A 014c.
POTATOES.-Quiet: New Jersey s1.25
to $3.50: New York sl.5OG1.7s: Long
Island s1.5oQ2.O0: New Jersey sweets
PETROLEUM-Ffrm: refined New
York IS. go.
RICE.-Ffrm; domestic fair to ex-
Itra 4hG6Ac: Japan AZ Csc.
SUGAR--Raw steady: fair refining
8 1s-16c: centrifugal. So test. 4 s-1sc;
STEADY; No. 6 $3.50: No. I S4.45: No. 8
$3.50; standard A $3.50: confectioners
Ia $3.50; cut loaf $3.50: crushed S5.5n:
powdered $500: granulated $50: cubes
Is525.
CBABAGE-Long Island ssNGeoo
per 100.
COTTON SEED OIL.-RatheI Easy:
lprime crude barrels 33kc: prime sum
Imer yellow CSC; of summer yellow
nominal; butter grades 3Sa39c nominal:
prime winter yellow 39c: prime white
1880: prime meals $25. 00G$26.0 90.
NAVAL STORES.
New York-Rosi steady; strained.
common TO good. 81. 70G1.7sk. Turpen-
tine quiet at 55G55Hc.
Charleston-Spirits t~urpentine firm at
SIC: sales none. Rosin firm and un-
l~changed; sales none.
Savannah-Spirits turpentine firm at
I54kc: receipts 81: sales 60: exports
:, S63. Rosin unchanged and nothing
doing; receipts 1888: sales none: ex-
lports 6,1S2.