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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-07

June 1r.s4: July 1857. Spot closed
quiet IS points higher middling up
lands II.4o. middIing gulf 11.ss; sales
none.
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That the month of October recorded
the largest sales the Raleigh dispen-
sary ever had in one month, indicates
that the fair beat the legislature
Exchange. j
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WILMINGTON MARKETS.

Saturday. November 4.
COTToN-1oS
Receipts of cotton today-2.l4s
baIe<.
Receipts this a to date
172.72S bales.
Receipts same da- last year-1.ss5
oales-
ReeeiDts las, season to same date
176,sSI bales.
NAVAL STORES.
SPIRITS OF TuRPFNTINE-
Firm ssh.
ROSIN-s3.so bid
TAR-EIrm 81 so.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Ffrsn: hard
ss.35: din. s4.75; virgin. s4.7s-
RECEIPTS TODAY.
80 casks snirits turpentine.
156 barrels rosin.
40 barrels tar.
ls4 barrels crude ~turpentine.
ACCEPTS SAME DAY LAST YEAR
80 casks spirits turpentine.
ais barrels rosin.
SO barrels tar.
73 barrels crude ~turpentine.
PRODUCE.
BUTTER-z7 to 3oc.
COFFEE-sh 10 lie.
FLOUR-Straights $500: second
patents S5.25: full patents $500.
SALT-Prices car load iots-l0o lbs
c. F. gee: 200 lbs c. F. 7sc: zoe lbs
T. F. s5c. Less than car load lots-tb0
lbs c. F.. 49c: 200 lbs u. F. in cotton
sacks see: goo lbs F. F s1.05.
MOIASSES-S. House IA: New o.
cans Brights % to Is: Porto Rico &c
Sut.a 2S.
SUGAR-Granulated ss.1e: w. c. X.
No.. : $3.50; No. : $50: No. s $3.50:
No. II. $40.
LARD-CTierce Bas.s) Pure SIS cent?:
compound Sk cents.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS-North Carolina Prime
90: extra prime CSC: fancy s1.00: Vir'
ginia prime so to SIS.
BEESWAX-25 10 27h.
CORN-72 TO rs.
CORN MEAL~6S to 20.
EGGS-20c.
CHICKENS-Hens IS: springs Il
to Csc.
SWEET POTATOES-50 to SIS.
BEEF to 31Ac.
N. C. BACON-Hams (old) Is Il
1G: shoulders 10 to II: sides 10 to II
>.tiNt4 t. Per l.H0B. s-InCA ssy'
i2.'G: a-inch hearts SAGE: 6-incb sap'
-: = ;-lp, II h-sris s&t0
"r.foEf-
FER Il Extra m~iiling...... ...f1.60Qs.at
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senator Newlands a that the Fill
pinos nave suffered from. "war. rim
derpest, the surra. the cholera, the
Iocusts and the t~yDhoons." That ss a
pad combination. but the islands will
De fairly safe until a life insurance
corporation sets up I'm business there.
Durham Sun.
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NAVAL STORES MARKETS

New York, November 4.-Turpen-
tine, steady ~ to 72h: rosin. steady
$40 to s4.15.
savannah. November 4.-Turpen-
tine firm 69A bid; sales AS: receipts
3sb; shipments $50. Rosin, firm:
sales 1887: receipts 3.29s: shipments
I.5o3; quote: A. B. c. s4.25: d. $3.50:
T.. s4.45 to $3.50: F, $40: G., s4.75:
II. $3.50: 1. s4.S5: X, s5.05. NJ, $500:
y, $3.50: VIC, s5.45: WV, s5.5s.
charleston, November 4.-Turpen-
tine and rosin nothing doing
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CHICAGO GRAIN AMI PEODIIE.

Chicago. November 4.-The leading
futures ranged as follows:
Omen High Low Close
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-12-21

Each Carries basket The devils
piacken their faces and add horns OF
pigs snouts or such other fantastic de-
vices as the Ingenuity OF boyhood can
devise. They are girt with chains,
which they shake or rattle furIously.
1t is thought much better fun TO be a
devil than an angel. hence the number
OF the former Is only limited 10 the
number Of boys who are able TO com
mand the necessary regalia. In the
twilight OF the evening of December )
the good bishop and his suite begin
their round of visits. 1t is the season ,
for Juvenile parties. and almost all the
children Of the village are collected ia
a few separate houses, each OF which
st. Nicholas visits in turn. He enters
with the two angels. while his swar-
thy followers are left to play their
pranks outside. y great silence falls
upon the children, and one by one they
are called UP and examined by the
saint. This part of the evenings busi-
ness is carried on with the greatest So
riOusness and decorum. Simple relic-
iOus questions suited to the age of
it has TO sing hymns and recite pray
ers. If the ordeal is successfully
passed the angels present it with nuts
and apples. If it fails it has to stand
aside. When the examination is ended
the devils are called in.
They are not allowed TO approach
the good children, but may tease and
frighten the naughty ones as much as
they like. They do this at first as a
matter of duty Duty is followed By
the pleasures whose anticipation had
caused them to enlist-pleasures which
consist in strange dances and antics,
and in pursuing the larger girls with
the attempt to blacken their faces.
Their whole appearance is intended to
|, be grOtesque and farcical. For the Ell
tire evening they are allowed full IL
| cense in the villages. though in some
Of the towns the festival has, for good
| reasons, been prohibited. For weeks
before the eve of st. Nicholas q devil
| may occasionally be seen at the win
dow of some cottage where the chli-
| dren are supposed to be naughty or
their elder sister is known to be par
ticularly attractive. 1t is proof of the
| sound nerves Of the children that no
harm comes from the ordeal.
When st. Nicholas has left the chill
| dren return to their own homes, but
| they do not believe that the generosity
! of the sanity bishop has been eX-
| hausted After saying their prayers
and going to bed they place dishes or
| baskets upon the windOwsiil, with
their names written within them, and
in these their parents deposit small
presents, which their little sons and
t daughters fancy he has brought.
In many places the bugbear over
shadows in Importance both the Christ
child and ST Nicholas. He appears
under different names and in different
| guiSeS In Lower Austria he is the
frightful Krampus, with his clanking
chains and horrible devils mask, who,
Notwithstanding his gilded nuts and
apples, gingerbread and toys, which
he carries in his basket, is the terror
of the nursery. In Hanover. Holstein
and Mecklenburg he is known as Clas.
In Silesia his name is Joseph.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-12-21

whose festival occurs in December,
and who, rs the patron of young peo-
pie, is especially fitted for the patron
age of the festival which has come to
be looked upon as especially that of
the young. At first st. Nicholas did
not supersede the Christ child, but ac-
cOmpanied Him i'll His Christmas trav-
"ls. as. indeed. he still does in certain
raj neighbOrhoods of Europe where
.e modern spirit has been least felt.
st. Nicholas. according to the hagio-
lOgistS, was Il bishop of Myra, who
tiOurished early in the fourth century,
He is the patron Of children and school
boys.
1t is strange that everywhere st.
Nicholas is most honored and his feast
day most observed the most pious and
instructed among the common people
know little of the legend of the saint.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-12-21
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.

Supreme Court adjourned at Raj
=igh or Friday for the term. having
filed nine eases, noEe of Which are
Of special import.
The State Labor Commissioner
finds that there are 229 more miseei-
laneou> factories III the State Tins
wear than there we're last year. The
secretary ot State finds that tie total
number of corporations chartered Is
co..
Tie board acted upon the sagges-
ton OF Governor Glenn. that au exhib-
ii be mad II the various IaIrs lii New
England next autumn.
Mr.. Clarence IT, Mckay and Mr..
VIM. Vanderbilt of New York arrived
at jamestown near ui.h Point Tor 4
ten days hunt at Mr. Mokay : lodge
between here and jamestown.
The supreme Court has finished Il
hearing II arguments a. this term.
Attorney General ..i!mcr sand he
thought il Wouid adjourn for tic term
about "Wednesday OF Thursday Il next
week, as ii Is wei! up with lis opin-
ions.
Announcement was made 10 the
Baptist State foHyr alton that the
Baptist University for Women
would publish, Ecginuin" next week a
paper to be known a. Tie Bulletin.
This institution now has so students.
The State board Of agriculture re
ected tie resolution offered appro-
priating 500 specially for the pay
ment Of premiums upon certain field
crops. For several years this dis
burscments has been made OH account
of exhibits to State fairs.
A charter IS granted The Atlantic
Fire Insurance Company. Of Raleigh,
paid up stock, $l25.0G0. principal
stockholders Charles +. Johnson. J. J.
Thomas. Herbert W. Jackson. James
II. Pou. Thomas +. Womack. J. :.
Wynne and Calvin Dortch. \ fire
insurance company is organized al
Rocky Mount, with $4,000 capital
stock. The insurance commissioner
says that this is paid mp and that
there is also $l2,500 surplus.
The feature Of the annual State
convention of the county superintcn-
dents was report by Superintendent
Mcbride. of Cumberland. who said
some teachers under contract there
had broken their contracts and gone
to other counties 10 teach. lie call
| ed on the State superintendent 1oI
a ruling. putting on the black list
| all teachers who do this. 80 their GER
tiiicates will be cancelled.
The board Of education appoints
what is known as the first ~l00.Vo0 ap-
preparation from the treasury to the
public schools AT the rate Of fourteen
cents per capita. This gives Wake
county $2,735. Metklcnburg, S2,1S2
Buncombe 2.2G2 New Hanover ST.,
! $50 and Craven 81 900.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-12-21
General Cotton market
Dead in Shad Boat.

Elizabeth City. SpeciaI-The bodies
Of Leo Jarvis and Carol Cox were
brought here by Capt. p ". Midget,
Of the schooner Irene, who found them
near Long Shoals. Hyde county. They
were in a shad boat. which was half
filled with water. The men met their
death in Sundays storm. which was q
terrific one all along the Carolina
coast. Money to the amount Of S377
purse, match case, photographs of
a young lady and several letters were
found in the pocket of Cox's coat.
The letter was from Miss Mary Cut
rell, of Wysocbet, Hyde county. The
young men were both very good look
Ing, ages about %. Parties at Swan
Quarter were communicated with.
They ordered the bodies sent to Bel
haven. \. C..
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-12-21

a soup made Of piece Of suet steWed
in boiling water. When the sardine is
in season it is added. although this fish
is generally eaten brOiled, and when
the chestnut comes all hands stuff at
all hours of the day. The children
dress just like the grown folks. and
for both 4 single dress is kept most OF
their lives for the best, while on every
day their collection of garments, save
with the better classes, is remarkable.
But there are interesting customs
that happen there, and have happened
for, 10, these many years, since there is
little change in Brittany. That of
feeding the poor is. a significant one,
taking place on Christmas Eve, as we'll
as at other times. Here comes the lit
tie ones Of the poor to get their pieces
of black bread and the bOnne of the
good cure distributes without preju-
dice to all cOmers. The clank of the
sabots is heard along the stone streets
as these unfortunate children tramp
up to the rectory. and the picturesque
ness of the scene is emphasized by the
opera bouffe clothes the suppliants
wear
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-12-21
Death of Rev. J. A. Weston.

Shelby, Spccial.-Rcv. James A.
Weston, OF Hickory, who was stricken
with paralysis in the Episcopal church
one week ago. jast as he he'd an
nounced his text before deliverin" the
opening sermon at the Convention,
which was convening here. died with
out having at any time shown that
he was conscious Of his true condition.
For several days his condition was
that Of one in deep stupor. but dur
ing the latter part OF his illness he
seemed to be conscious when aroused,
and not being able to articulate in
tellicentiy would ask for paper and
pencil and thus express his thoughts
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-12-21

When the average visitor arrives in
Brittany for the first time lie generally
rubs his eyes to find out whether he is
asleep or awake, for he discovers a
land so novel in its aspect, a people
so quaint in manners. customs ana
clothes, that it all seems like a dream
from which he Will presently awake
to the nineteenth century he certainly
leaves once the confines of this land
are passed. Think of low, fat coun-
try, with a strange growth of gnarled,
queer-looking trees. of great stretches
of plains with dark, surging grasses,
only now and then a low hovel of a
thatched stone house, in which the ma
tives and their live stock, particularly
the pigs, dwell together.
1t is a place of little joy Of living,
for the land is ungrateful. and it re-
quires all the energies of the husband
man to get even the smallest return
for his work. The poverty is appalling
and beggary is on all sides. The peas
ants rarely eat meat because of its
cost. They live mainly on a soggy
black bread, which is broken up into
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-12-21
Peace and Plenty.

Let well-iilled corn cribs and smoke
houses be the great buIwarks Of safety
between the farmers aCd the world Of
trade with whom they have 10 deal
Rotate your crops, intensity your ac-
reage, fcrtilize literally, cultivate well
produce plentifuIiy on the ac-
rea@e planted and enjoy those rewards
which should be the fulsOme portion
Of those who till our Southern soils.
Studay the possibilities Of our soils
and climate and learn 10 appreciate
and develop the wonderful resources
at our command in the field, garden
and orchard of Southern agriculture.
Become depositors in your banks rath-
er than borrowers. Get on a cash
basis as rapidly is possible and break
up the ruinous credit system which
IN the past has been so fatal to cot
ton growers. As Southern farms be-
come each year more self-sustainine
under the adoption of diversified
and intensive system Of culture and
proper rotation Of crops. the growers
OF the South s great staple can quck-
|! regulate lis marketing to @neet the
legitimate demands Of consumption
and maintain its price at such figures
as Will always give 10 the producer
a profit on its production. Build
warehouses with your surplus money,
and secure adequate storage facili-
ties for the proper handlinfi of your
cotton in the markets of the country
Let us reach out ana broaden the
markets and uses for American cot
ton. Let us bring abort direct trade
between the producers and the spin
ners of the world and in safeguarding
our magnificent and va'rable staple
from the greed of speculative interests
enjoy the blessings Of its monopoly
and through cooperation rapidly de-
velop orr beloved Southland into the
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-12-21

Sometimes the bugbear was a fe-
male In Lower Austria she was
called the Budelfrau. In Suabia it
was the Berchtel who chastised chill
dren that did not spin diligently with
rods, but rewarded the industrious
with dried pears, apples and nuts.
The female bogie survives. especially
IN Russia and in Italy. In the former
place she is known as the Baboushka,
in the latter as the Befana. Befana
is a corruption of Epiphania or Epi-
phany. For it is on Epiphany, Janu-
ary 6, that the Italians make presents
to their children in commemoration of
the gifts given by the three wise men
to Christ on that date.-Ncw York
Herald
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-12-21
Damaging alcct Sscw.

Greensboro, Speclal-Practically iso-
lated from the outside world, Greens
bcro on Friday and Saturday was
in the grip Of one of the worst sleet
ssorms it has experienced for years
Telegraph;e and telephone eommuri-
cation was cut off for the best part
OF the day. due to broken wires and
falling poles. This damage vas tenn
porarily repaired and all wires were
soon in fair working order Iues:iui-
able damage was done IL :ress and
foliage crushed beneath the weight OF
icy tendrils. Stree: ear service was
seriously hainpered and a general dis
comforture cnsued.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-12-21

richest and n-ss-. pru~E'-F"szs sseetas+u -
the entlrr Hinn. pae~e. feslerg au1
MAKE ipn fatal mistake 81 euteria~ su-
on The aew cnpp Vrar fuv i2ss5- The
san IF Ieare aad plenty = shining
"n the loyal aai patriotic heads of
Southern planters today IFoxideneS
has blessed our oogniry. TIE elos,ds
mas thicken and siaxkeu Our aoraknn
III the spring II we grus herdses< of
our duty. TIE Southern Cotton A.
aud issue its appeal to the Issople
lours irilv.
u.ARNiE JORDAN.
Pres. Southern Cotton ASsocta; lou
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-12-21

He is treated with that mixture of
seriousness and frivOlity which be-
comes dying myth. One masquer-
AIDES in his dress in the evening and
prays to him in the morning, and so
fulfils a duty without spelling the fun.
Yet even the mumming has an educa-
tional purpose. -
THE GERMAN SAINT CLAUS.
In Southern Germany and Austria
youth possessing the necessary relig-
iOus knowledge is masked, dressed in
long white vestments, with silk scarf
and furnished with a miter and cro-
zier. He is accompanied by two an
gels and a whole troop of devils. The
angels are dressed much like the choir
boys in Anglican or Catholic churches.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-12-21
Receiver for Railroads.

CINCINNATI. Speeial.-An appliea
ton for the appointment Of a receiver
for the CINCINNATI. Hamilton d Day
ton Railway and the Pere Marquette
Railroad was filed in the United
States Circuit Court here by Law
renee Maxwell, Jr., circuit Judge
Lorton Immediately began hearing the
application and appointed Atone.
General Judson Harmon as receiver
for both roads. Insolvency is admit.
ted.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-12-21
Deserter Confesses Robbery.

Winston-Salem, Specialized. Nc
Mahan. a young man who enlisted IN
the United States army few months
ago and later deserted, returning to
his home in Davie county, surrendered
and confessed that he was member
of a band that robbed the Southern
Railway depot and several mercantile
stores at Advance a few days before
he entered the army.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-12-21
Lynchburg Nearly Cut OFF.

Lynehburg, Va, Speeial.-Except
for single wire 20 Danvi!le aud an
other to Washington, Lynehburg was
cut off by telegraphic communication
Saturday morning with the North and
South on account of 4 sleet storm. The
200 linemen at work here on the sys-
tenn are restoring the circuits. Many
of them went to Greensboro, \. C.,
where the worst of the storm appears
to have been experienced.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-12-21
Locomotive Works Doubled.

Richmond, Special.-Preparation.
are being made to enlarge the Rich
mond plant of the American Loeomo-
tive works TO almost double It's pres
cnt capacity The plant is now work
ing day and night with a force of
about 2.400 men. 1t has large orders
for locomotives and viii erect new
buildings at once.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-12-21

,S0E> HE jolly, potbellied, roister-
Y y ing old Santa Claus is in
o 9 hot water. Preachers and
4 4 parents are rising up
HcR against him. declaring that
he is fraud and as such
ought to be suppressed. Thank heav-
en-, sporadic agitation like this can
have 10 serious results. Recalcitrant
parents and preachers will pass away
Santa Claus will endure until the end,
as he has endured from the beginning.
No one can say how old he is or at
what period he made his first appear
ance among prehistoric men. The
name OF Santa Claus, by which he is
known in America. is the Dutch pet
name for st. Nicholas. The name
CrlsS Cringle, by which he is known
III England, is a corruption of Christ
hlndlein, or the Christ child. But the
festivities that distinguish Christmas
existed long before Christianity, and a
Jolly god of good cheer appears as the
perS0nificatiOn of the period from the
earliest pagan times Now. the Santa
Claus of to-day is simply that old jolly
god sobered up, washed and purified.
The DiOnySia of the Greeks, the Sat
urnalia of the Romans, the Twelve
Nights of the old Norsemen and of the
TeutOnS all celebrated tile coming of
the winter Solstica- People then gave
themselves UP to all sorts OF reyelry
and excess. In the Dionysia the repre-
sentative figure was not thef young
DlOnysuS or BacchuS, but tie aged,
CHEEKY and disreputable Silenus, the
chief of the Satyrs. or the god Of
drunkardS. In the Saturnalia it was
Saturn. in the Germanic feasts it was
Thor. both long bearded and white
haired gods like Silenus.
Now. although the central figure of
the Christian festival is the child God,
the Christ Kindlein, the influence of
long pagan custom was too strong
Within the breasts of the early Chris
tians to be easily superseded. The ira
d1tlOn of hOary age as the true repre-
sentative of the dying year and its at
tendant Publications still remained
smOldering under the ashes Of the past.
1t burst into new flame when the past
was too far back to be looked upon
with the fear and antagonism of the
church. and there seemed no longer
any danger of a relapse into pagan
ism. At first, however, the more dig
nlhed representative was chosen as
more in keeping with the occasion.
Saturn was unconsciously rebaptized
as St Nicholas, the name of the saint
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-12-21
Salisbury's New Hotel.

Salisbury, Special Salisbury's new
hotel. at the corner OF Main and
Council streets. will be opened before
a great while. Applicants for the
landIordship of this building with 81
rooms. have been numerous, but "a
vet its owners have not leased it. Mr.
W. s. Nicholson has been awarded the
contract for heating it by steam and
will install this apparatus at once.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-12-21
Lights on at Spencer.

Spencer, Special.-The electric are
street lights in Spencer were turned
on for the first time Wednesday night
and the streets. which .but five years
ago were barren fields. are brilliantly
lighted. The electric system has been
in course Of construction since April
of this wear. The water works sys-
TEN now being put in by he Spencer
Water Company is well under way.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-12-21
$4,000 Jewelry Packages Disappear.

Houston, Texas, Special.-Three
packages containing jewelry, watch
cases and works to the value of $500
disappeared from an express wagon
The packages were left under the seat
while the driver stepped across the
street. When he returned they were
gone. They were consigned to jew
elry firms in Houston and were about
to be delivered. A similar event oc-
Cured last week when Il package val
ued at $1,100 disappeared.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-12-21
Defendant Wins Suit.

Wirston-Salem, Specialize the Su-
perior Court the suit of Geo F. Nc
Coy, of New York, against " B.
Ellis. former tobacco manufacturer
Of this city, was concluded by the jury
returning a verdict in favor Of the
defendant. The plaintiff claim was
for $4,000. the same being the fees
of two New York lawyers, employed
by the defendant. The jury III answer
ing the issues said that Mr.. Ellis was
insane at the time he made the con-
tract with two lawyers who later sold
their claim to Mccoy.