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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16
LETTER FROM BRADLEY WOOTEN
He Tells of a Sharp Fight in Which He
Participated Recently.

Rev. Edward Wooten received quite
an interesting letter from his on, Lieu
tenant Bradley Wooten. yesterday. 1t
is dated Pares Dos Marinis, January
9th. Lieutenant Wooten says:
Il write you from Imus. We left
linus and Went down with Major Nor
gan to inspect h ~Thirty-eighth in
fantry. We found them to be pretty
boom. We went back and Joined OUR
battalion and the colonel and lieuten-
ant colonel went with us and ait 6 a.
m, January 7th, Sunday, we marched
out to Putol or Potul and there lax a
fierce fight for about two hours. Com
panieS B n D with the scouts ahead,
amused the enemy in front with colo
mel and Major Morgan commanding the
attack and lieutenant colonel took A
its said W. killed $50 and wounded
many more. I saw bou eighty dead
ones. They killed one of our people
who has belonged to the gun from the
Fifth artillery. Three of their men
were shot ait the gun We were up at
$50 yards of their works.
We had only a few men wounded
and none killed. A deSerter from the
Sixth artillery was ound nearly dead.
l gave him some water and he told
me his name, ChaS. Johnson We took
his commission, which was for a sec
ond lieutenant of infantry. The other
two battallions were off at linus.
Will write more soon. We had a few
small scraps yesterday"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16
TWO SPLENDID RESIDENCES.
One to be Erected by Captain Donald
MacRae, and the Other by Mr.. w. Id.
Sprunt.

Work is to within a few
weeks upon two more splendid new
residences, one to be erected by Cap
tain Donald MacRae on the corner of
Third and Dock streets, and n other
by MIR. w. H. Sprunt, on the corner
of Third and Grace streets.
The fact is, the foundation for Cap
tain MacRae's residence is now being
laid off preparatory for excavations.
Captain MacRae returned yesterday
from New York where he vent ito con-
fer with his architects, Messrs- Brite
& Bacon, regarding some final details
in the preparation of plans and spec11-
cations which will be placed in the
hands of contractors for bids at once.
An extended description of the build
ing cannot yet be published, but it can
be safely asserted that n building
will be second to no residence in Will
mington in point of architectural de-
sign or elegance of finish.
Mr.. Sprunt's residence is also ITO be
quite a handsome structure. The plans
are being prepared by Mr.. Charles Nc
MILAN, the architect, and will be COM
pleted within a very short time. 1t is
Mr.. Sprunt's purpose to move his pres
ent residence back to the lot just west
of it's present site and erect the new
residence on the corner lot. MIR. Sprunt
expects ito have the plans completed,
the bids in, the contract awarded and
the work under way within a few
weeks.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16

Brunswick Ferry to be Equipped with
Electric Call-Bells on Both Sides OF
the River.

The president of the Brunswick
Bridge and Ferry Company told a
Messenger reporter yesterday that they
had decided to add electric bells to the
ferry, n on each side Of the river, for
the further convenience OF the patrons
Of the ferry. Colonel Taylor says he
has already given the contract to Mr..
Simmons, OF the Interstate Telephone
Company. and h wire will be connect
ed with h W. bells at once. Small
boxes for the bells will be ATTACHED
to posts on both sides of the ferry, and
by pressing a button on either side the
bell on the other side Of the river will
ring. This will be a valuable addition
to the convenience of the ferry, and
patrons can notify the boatman in an
instant IL he Is on h opposite side of
the river, thereby doing away with
much delay.
The new buildings Of the company on
the west side of h river are being
pushed to completion as rapidly al
possible. The workmen have been i'm
peded in their progress for the past few
days by the rain. Forty horse stalls
been completed and are in use.
Other buildings will be finished in a
few days.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16
LUMBER COMPANY.

There is no better medicine for the
babies than Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. It's pleasant taste and prompt
and e%ffectual cures make it a ~favorite
with mothers and small children. It
quickly cures their coughs and colds.
preventing pneumonia or other serious
consequences. 1t also cures GROUP and
has been used in tens Of thousands OF
cases without q single failure 81 far
as We have been able to learn 1t not
only cures Group, but when given as
soon as the croupy cough appears. will
prevent the attack. In cases OF whoop-
ing cough it liquiies the tough mucus,
making II easier to expectorate, and
lessons the severity and frequency Of
the paroxysms Of coughing, thus de-
priving that disease of all dangerous
consequences. For sale by r. r. Bel
lamy. Druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16

An extensive display Of golden ro1"
flannel samples. the product OF h Will
mington Cotton Mill. attracted very
much attention yesterday. They are
exhibited in the big show windows OF
the MacRae building store room on
Front street, and will remain there at
least for some days yet.
Altogether there are 2o7 samples Of
this line of goods which. a member of
The Messenger staff was old yesterday
by Mr.. Hugh MacRae, president of the
mill, is as fine a quality of cotton fan
nels as is manufactured anywhere and
equal to any woven by New England
factories, and they are manufactured
too AT u price which completes success
fully with every other mill in the coun-
try.
AS intimated above the golden rod
grade of hannels is only one of the
grades of this goods manufactured,
there being three others-"Star fan
nels," light golden rod flannel and
tx. l. flannel"
AS previously noted in The MesSen-
ger, the Wilmington mill is being run
full capacity day and night. is despite
this fact very much behind in orders
and will in a very short time very
greatly increase the capacity by the
addition Of a large number Of the most
improved drop box looms.
1t is Whispered" On good authority
that there will be a big addition to the
mill building before the close Of the
present year.
1t is gratifying to note, too, that cot
ton mill building is being very gener-
ally talked among the monied men of
the city, and stock in the two NAM
moth mills now in operation, the Will
bought by investors wherever. the op-
portunfty offers, Wilmington mill
stock at no to lis, n Delgado los to
ITO, this, too, in the face Of the fact
that the Delgado mill has only been in
operation a few weeks and o n OF
their product has yet been placed on
the market
However, they have already more
orders than they can fill during the
next everal months The Messenger
ventures the assertion that any well
equipped cotton mill man who could
enlist the confidence of THE people OF
Wilmington could readily organize a
stock company for the erection of new
mills. Aye, that companies for the eS-
t~ablishment of three, four or more
mills the size of the Delgado mill,
which has a $3.50, 600 capital.
In the language of a prominent citi-
zen who was discussing the matter
yesterday there is IN abundance OF
idle capital here and, too, the business
men in every avenue of manufacture
ing trade, ETC., hereabouts are making
money with a degree of rapidity which
they ave not enjoyed for many years
nact
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16

The executive committee of the
East Carolina Truck and Fruit Grow
ers' Association was in session in this
city for several hours yesterday,
among the matters Of public interest
considered being the perfection of a
contract for a business agent OF the
association and the provision Of an
adequate schedule for marketing ber-
ries at the height of the season. Mem
bers of the committee were Mr.. w. L..
Hill president), Of Warsaw; Mr.. j. s.
Westbrook, of Mt. Olive; DR.. Lucas, of
Currie, and Mr.. j. A. Westbrook, Of
Faison.
Mr.. w. l.. Hill was seen las night
by a member of The Messenger staff.
He said that a contract has been clos
ed with Mr.. Henry T. Bauman, where
by he will fill the position of business
agent of the association during the
ensuing season, and his headquarters
will be removed from Wilmington to
Rocky Mount, that point being, the
committee thinks, more advantage
ously located than Wilmington for the
exercise of the functions Of h office,
an important feature of which is the
keeping of the members Of the asso-
citation thoroughly in touch with the
markets throughout the country.
In speaking of the efforts of the ex-
ecutive committee to secure better
schedules for special and regular trains
carrying berries to the market north
and west, Mr.. Hill said that Mr.. Kenly,
general anage of the Atlantic Coast
Line, gives every assurance that sche-
dulles very much more satisfactory
h those of Any previous season will
be provided this ear
Especial efforts are to be made to
have the truckers ship more in car
load lots, a number of the shippers
pooling their shipments when it can
not be done otherwise. This will great
ly facilitate in the transportation Of
the berries, so hat they can be gotten
on the market, in New York for in
stance, in the quickest possible time.
MI. Hill took occasion during the
course of his conversation to say that
both General Manager kenly and
Traffic Manager Emerson are real1Z-
ing the magnitude of the trucking in
terests in this section and the i'm
portance of the industry in the bust
ness of the railroads and are doing far
more than ever before for h promo
ton of the interests of the industry.
In addition to the assurances as TO
adequate schedules, much more Ia
| vorable truck rates are being arranged
For instance, a rate of 71s cents per
barrel for lettuce has been secured and
a rate of 3 cents on beans.
In speaking of the prospects for the
1900 strawberry crop, Mr.. Hill said that
the conditions now point to a yield
fully equal to that of last season and
with improved marketing facilities the
growers have bright prospects for a
profitable crop.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16
AT LEAST 800 l.
Conservative Estimate of Cotton Mills
in this State at End of this Year-Wil-
mington will Help Swell h Ranks.

In referring to the presence of a
number Of cotton mill people in Char
Iotte Monday, The Observer of yes
terday says:
AT the beginning Of this year there
We're $50 cotton mills In this state. In
1890 there were 80 mills, and in 1850
there were only so mills in the state. 1t
was conservatively estimated yester-
day tina by the end of the present
year there will be at least 800 mills N
North Carolina"
1t is gratifying to note in this con-
nection that judging from the signs
of the times" and the trend of senti-
ment in business circles, that Whining
ton will play a creditable part in the
work of making good this estimate
an attainment which is so much to be
desired
Yesterdays Observer also in speak
ing of Captain F. DilliRg, president Of
the Cora Cotton Mill at Kings Noun
tain, said:
In speaking about cotton milling
CAPTAIN Dilling said that the increaS-
ing tendency of modern manufacturing
is TO make either very fine or very
coarse numbers, and not SO many me-
dunn plumbers as formerly. For in
stance, the Daniel Cotton Mill, at Lin
colnton. as was suggested In sunday s
Observer, makes No. Cos yarn n
turns out IL pounds per spindle per
week. Going to the other extreme the
Cora Cotton Mill. said Captain Dilling.
will make No. IS yarn and Will turn
out from s to 10 pounds per spindle per
week. This will be the best quality
of common coarse yarn: with double
rowing and mad just as the finest
yarn Is made"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16
PROCEEDINGS IN BANKRUPTCY
z. III. Freeman Appointed Trustee to
Take Charge of w. III. G~aylord's Bee
Hive, acknowledgements for Compost
ton at As Cents on Dollar.

Mr.. E. H. Freeman has been appoint
w. H. Gaylord, bankrupt proprietor
of the Bee Hive" store on Front
street. The appointment was made
yesterday by Mr.. S. H. MacRae, ref
cree in BANKRUPTCY who was here for the
purpose of hearing the case which was
r~eturnable at IL o'clock. A compost
ton has been arranged by the credl-
tors subject to the approval or the
Judge of the district court by Wh1ch a
settlement is to be made at 40 cent on
the dollar. Claims have already been
proven to the amount of about $1,000.
"A few accounts have not yet been
proven. The composition is on the
basis of paying 45 cents on the dollar,
221z per cent. cash, 10 per cent. in two
months and 12k cents in four months.
The petitioners in the BANKRUPTCY pro-
ceedings it will be remembered were
George o. Gaylord, L.. H. Vollers and
J. r. Boyd, with Herbert McClammy
Esq, and B. G.. Empie, Esq, as coun-
sci. Mr.. w. H. Gaylord, the bank
rupt, is represented by Mr.. S. NJ. En-
pie, Esq. :.
A larger number of the foreign"
creditors, in fact about three-fourths
of all the claims in the case were rep
resented in the hearing before Referee
MacRae yesterday by Robert T. Nc
Dowell, Esq, attorney for the United
Merchants of Baltimore.
1t is expected that Mr.. Freeman as
trustee will give bond today and open
the store Immediately for the purpose
of closing out the stock at sacrifice
sale, holding the proceeds subject to
the order of the bankruptcy court
pending the perfection of the compost
ton agreement and its approval by the
i1dpo
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16
NO IN FACT.
Observation-Disclosures Lumber Co.'s Plant
MOI Sold, as was Announced by BaIti-
more Record.

On last Sunday morning The Mes
senger, under the caption of Lumber
INC Milling Notes." published the fol-
lowing clipping from The Baltimore
Record:
The immense lumber plant Of the
Parmele-Eccleson lumber Company at
Jacksonville, N. c., has been purchas-
ed by a northern syndicate, who will
remove h entire plant to New Bern.
n. c. 1t is said that $3.50, 600 is involv-
ed in the purchase and removal. and
that it is proposed to make the plant
one of the largest in the south"
1t will be seen from the following
letter received yesterday by The Mes
senger that there is no foundation in
fact for The Records announcement.
to-wit:
Jacksonville, N. c., Feb. 13. 1900.
Wilmington Messenger, Wilmington.
N. c.:
Gentlemen: The report printed in
your paper of recent date to the effect
that our plant has been sold is without
foundation in fact. Please give this
notice the same prominence in your
paper as the report and oblige.
Yours truly,
THE PARMELE-ECCLESTON
LUMBER COMPANY.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16

Cash quotations were az follows:
Fgonr s.eady. No. 3 spring wheat eS6
eskc: No. 2 red, esl1d70lzc: No scoTn,
ssLc: No. 2 oats. 2SA62S1c: NO .
white. &c: No. 3 white. 25A MS
pork, per Dbl. s e.s0610.s5; lard. per loo
lbs. sa75G5.s5: short ribs sides. loose.
ss.s56e1S dry saited shoulders. boxed.
ssIsH66s7-: short clear sides, boxed.
Sc. whiskey. discllers nnisneu
goods. per gallon. H-23h-
New York. February l+-FLOUR--
Very quSet and unchanged ard ABOUT
steady.
wHEAT.-Spot steady; No. . red
TIC. Options opened cas- in response
To lower English and French cables
and afterwards declined further. owing
to light speculative demand- prospects
Of snow west and small c~learances In
the last half hour. however. prices re-
covered sharply on southwest buying
and a good demand from shorts. clos
ing steady and unchanged to &c net
higher. March closed al TAc; May
closed at 75lsc: July closed AT I5Nc.
CoRN-Spot market steady: No. ?
4sIc. Option market opened easy with
wheat and under bearfsh cables. Coun-
try acceptsnces were modeTsRe ana oe-
mand unimportant. inducing an easy
tone all day until ear h close when
prices rallied with wheat; closed steady
at &c net decline. May closed at 4osc;
July closed at 41hc.
OATS.-Spot steady; No. > &c OPP
lions slow and barely steady.
LARD-weak: western Searned
$50: February $3.50 nominal: refined
easy.
PORK-Quiet. but firm
BUTTER-Steady: western oeam-
cry 2IG25c: state dairy 1sG24c.
CHEESE-Steady: fall made. n
large. I2& GlSc: do small. ;e& 9fsc-
E~GGS.-Strong: state and Pennsylva-
MIA at mark, l3Iec-
PETROLEUM.-Firm
RICE-Steady.
SUGAR.-Raw firm: fair refining &c
bid: centrifugal. 96 test. 4lsc bid: mo-
lasses sugar 34G3 13-16c: 2o.ooe bags
Cuba centrifugal at above basis: re-
fined firm but quiet.
COTTON SIZED OIL-Quiet and
about steady with trade mostly in
spring deliveries. Prime crude barrels
3SIAG34c. prime summer yellow $50
3Shc; of summer yellow nominal:
butter grades 3SG39c nominal: prime
white $4,000: prime meal $3.50
NAVAL STORES.
New York-Rosin firm. strained,
| conmon TO good. $40. Turpentine
steady.
Charlesron-Spirits ~turpeutine firm az
5311c; sales none. RoSin firm and I'M
changed; sales none
Savannah-Spirits turpentine firm at
5S1.c; receipts "A: sales 50; exports ITO.
Rosin firm; receipts 1874; sales I.62s.
exports s7.176: Quote: A Il G ID Sl.4O.
f F 81. so. CT $1.65, II s1.95, l sos. X 81. 10
NJ s2.35. y S2.75, w G $3.50. w w 1855.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mr.. j. o. Ormsby is visiting relatives
at Rocky Point.
Mr.. w. S. King. of Darlington, was
a visitor in the city yesterday.
Miss Nora Scott is spending a few
days with friends at Warsaw.
Miss Julia MCGEE, of Goldsboro, is
visiting friends in the city.
Captain D. J.. Broadhurst returned TO
his home in Golldsboro yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Leiner, of South
port, are registered at the Orion.
Mr.. j. l.. McNair, of Laurinburg.
was a visitor in the city yesterday.
Miss Lille Bell McLaurin returned
yesterday from a visit to Laurinburg.
Mrs. ]. D. Aaron, of Mt. Olive, is in
the city, the guest of Mrs. w. Allen
Hall.
Mrs. Albert c. Quicker, of Sumter.
s. C., is visiting her sister, Mrs. John
j. Fowler.
Miss Annie Moore, of Burgaw, ar
rived last night from Red Springs. en-
route home.
Misses Annie and Matte Grimsley,
OF. Councils Station, are visiting rela-
lives in the city.
Captain S. NJ. Holt and Mr.. r. L.
Holt, of Burlington, were visitors in
the city yesterday.
Mr.. L. Simpson, of Point Caswell.
was in the city yesterday and gave
the Messenger a call.
Mr.. James Robson, of Tar Heel.
was among the passengers who arrived
on the Hurt yesterday.
Mrs. ]. N. Chestnut and children left
last night for Clinton, where they will
make their future home.
Mr.. G. c McDougald, a merchant and
naval store dealer of Rosindale, was a
Messenger visitor yesterday
Miss Maggie ST George, Of Southport,
arrived last night from Greensboro
Female college, en- route home.
Mrs. C. G.. Duttman, Of Sumter 6
c., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. John
J.. Fowler. Alt South Front street.
Miss Ida Black. Of Spartanburg. S.
c., and Miss Norma Black, of Liden,
N. c., are the guests of Miss Nan
Higgins.
Mrs. Helen A. Hyman, Of Rocky
arrived last night to visit her
sister, Mrs. D. W. Bullock, who has
been quite sick.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16
Perfect Fire Protection at Delgado Mill

Mr.. Edward T. Cairus, Of Hartford,
Conn, inspector for the Factory Fire
Association, is in the city for the pur-
pos of inspecting the fire protection
equipment Of the new Delgado cotton
mill, a highly satisfactory test was
made yesterday. The engine. which has
a capacity for throwing $50 gallons of
water per minute. worked admirably.
the automatic sprinklers throughout
the building were found to be in per-
feet order n the water hydrants sta
toned all around the mammoth fac
tory worked ito the queens taste" Il
is a notable a @ that six streams of
water can be thrown upon the factory
from IN angle Of the building.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16
Mr.. Bellamy Confident.

The Charlotte Observer of yesterday
says:
Mr.. T. l. Osborne arrived from
washington Sunday morning. He will
return there on next Sunday, and will
appear before the house committee az
one OF the counsel for Congressman
Beilamy in the contested election case
or Dockery vs.. Bellamy. Mr.. Osborne
states that the committee selected to
hear this matter consists of six re-
publicans n three democrats. In the
members Of h committee Mr.. Bellamy
mas perfect confidence, n feels sure
that their decision must be favorable
TO him This Is not the same commit
tee that reported unfavorably to Con
gresham Crawford. from the Ninth
district"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16
The Best Prescription For ChilIs.

And Fever is a bottle of Growers
Tasteiess Chill Tonic. The formula is
plainly printed on each package. 1t is
simply Iron and Quinine in a ~tasteless
form and is compounded in correct
proportions. The reason imitators do
not advertise their formula Is because
they know you would not buy their
medicine If you knew its ingredients.
Growers is the original, and Is the only
Chilli and fever remedy sold throughout
the entire malarial section OF the Unit
ed States. No cure, no Day. Pric
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16
Ladies' Can w ear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens
o Ease. a powder TO be shaken into
the shoes. II makes tight or new shoes
feel easy: gives instant reii Z to corus
and bunions. It's the greatest comfort
discovery Of the age. Cures swollen
feet. blisters anu callous spots. Aliens
Foot Case Ii a certain cure for ingrow-
ing nails. sweating. hot. aching feet.
AT all druggists and shoe stores. sc.
IriaI package FREE by mail. Address.
Allen s. Olmstead. Ie Row N Y.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16

rheumatism has beef cured in a
multitude of cases during the past six
ty years by Pain-Killer. This potent
remedy rubbed vigorously in and
around the suffering parts, will relieve
all stiffness, reduce the swelling and
kill all pain. The most stubborn cases
yield to this treatment when persevered
in. Avoid substitutes, there is but one
Pain-Killer, Perry Davis 25c and SOC.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16
MANUFACTURING FLANNELS
LINE OF FINE GOLDEN ROD" FLANNEL
SAMPLES MADE BY WHINING
TON MILL.

An Exhibit In Show-windows OF Mac
Rae Building Finest Cotton Flannels
Made I'm the South-Not Excelled by
Any New England Mill Evidences of
Unprecedented Prosperity Local
Mill stock in Great Demand Time
Particularly Ripe for Establishing
New Mills.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16
An Editors Life Saved by Chamber.
lain's Cough Remedy.

During the early part Of October,
1896, 1 contracted a bad cold which SIT
tied on my lungs and was neglected
until I feared hat consumption had
appeared in an incipient state. I was
constantly coughing and trying to ex-
pei something which 1 could moi. I
became alarmed and after giving the
local doctor a trial bought a bottle of
chamberlain's Cough Remedy and the
result was immediate improvement,
and after 1 had used three bottles my
lungs were restored to their healthy
state.-B. S. Edwards, Publisher of
The Review. Wyant, Ill. For sale by
r. r. Bellamy, Druggist.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16

IT think 1 would go crazy with pain
were it not for chamberlain's Pain
Balm" writes Mr.. w. h. Stapleton,
Herminie, Pa. at have been afflicted
with rheumatism for several years and
have tried remedies without number,
but Pain Balm is b best medicine 1
have got hold Of" One application
relieves the pain. For sale by Il. X.
Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OF EAST CAROLINA TRUCK AND FRUIT
GROWERS ASSOCIATION MEET.

Yesterday-Mr. Henry T. Bauman
Employed as Business Agent of Assoc
ciation-To Move His Headquarters to
Rocky NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for Rail-
road Schedules and Freight Rates.