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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20
New House of Commons.

Americans have occasionally sat in
the house of commons, but seldom
have risen to prominence there. Judah
P. Benjamin, a Jew, formerly a senator
from Louisiana, secretary of state In
der Jefferson Davis and some times
called h brains Of the c~onfederacy".
arose to greater prominence in English
public life thai any of his expatriated
countrymen: but while he appeared as
counselor before the house of lords,
he never sat in Parliament. The new
will contain at least n
American. It will contain also some
13 Hebrews, a greater number than
ever before.
1t is in the large number of labor
members, however, that the personnel
of the lower house shows the most
marked change. In the place Of
knights. manufacturers, there have
been elected about SO workingmen.
Their occupations give the Commons
specifically a far more democratic as
pect than the present assembly of this
state. In h latter body. out of $50
members, labor is represented by one
street car conductor. plumber. one
fireman and one payer. English con
s~tituencies nave returned cotton spin
ners, mill-hands, printers. Golfers,
clerks, miners, sailors, pitmen and all
kinds will give a good account of
tt smselves in Parliament is generally
anticipated. Unschooled and self-made
as they are, they are gradu-
ates of trades union politics. and have
learned tie game as union executives
and delegates to labor Congresses
New York Herald.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20

Rev. DR.. Ames. of Boston, Will Preach
Wednesday Night On "Religion In
Modern Life"

The Rev. Charles Gordon Ames,
D. D.. pastor of the Church of the
Disciples, Boston,, Mass, will preach at
the Academy of Music on Wednesday
evening at 8 o'clock. His subject will
be. "ReIigion in Modern Life"
The Rev. DR.. Ames was formerly
the pastor of Mrs. Mary Hemenway
and the late Miss Amy Bradley, both of
whose names are familiar in this city
and who, in the reconstruction days,
put on a substantial footing the
schools Of Wilmington. The Hemen-
way school was named in honor of
Mrs. Hemenway who contributed
largely towards supporting the Will
mington schools for a number of years
after the war and h had the Tileston
High school building erected and later
decided it to the city to be used as a
public school building.
Miss Amy Bradley passed away In
this city little more than two years
ago and the good she did in training
the children at a time when n city
was too poor to educate them-the
awful times Immediately after the war
be estimated. For a lumber
of years she taught in a building near
where the Fifth Street M. E. churcl
now stands and later the Tileston
building, though her efforts, she be-
ing a devoted friend of Mrs. Memen-
ways, was erected. She then taught
in this building.
The mere fact OF Rev. DR.. Ames
having formerly been the pastor of
these good women who did so much
for the schools of Wilmington, if for
no other, will make the public want
tO hear him.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20
BANK OF SOUTHPORT CASHIER
Captain j. j. Loughlin. Of Durham, to
Assume Duties ON the Goth.

The Henderson Gold Leaf of Feb
ruary 18th contains the following:
Captain J. 7. Loughlin of Durham,
was here yesterday and informed us
that he will make his home in South
port in future. He has been elected
cashier Of the bank at Southport,
which was organized and began busi-
ness the 22nd of last May. DIR. D. 1.
Watson, a prominent druggist and
business man of that community, is
president and Mr.. Richard Dosher is
vice president. Captain Loughlin has
been in Southport for two weeks
learning the business and will go down
again about the 2Uth to enter regular
ly upon his duties. He will move his
family the first of March.
s"Capt. Loughlin tells us the outlook
for that town and section is most en-
couraging. The prospects are better
than ever he thinks for the building
of TIL South & Western railroad, to
run to Bristol, Tenn, and on to he
coal fields of West Virginia, tapping
the Seaboard at either Ru~therfOrdton
or LincolntOn. Such a road would
mem much to Southport and that sec
ton of North Carolina traversed by
it. Southport, which is 80 miles below
Wilmington, has n of the finest har-
bors on the South Atlantic coast and
ought to become a great coaling sta
ton. The Delaware, one of the larg-
est dredges in the country. is at work
there deepening the harbor."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20
BEAT INTO INsENSIBILITY
..Brooklyn" Negro Assaulted but Man
Who Attacked Him Escaped-An-
other Negro Knocked Down by
Street Car.

The colored population in Brook
lyn' Jared badly last night between
fighting negroes and the street cars.
A man who passed along Fourth street
between 8 and 9 o'clock, said he saw
two negroes laid out. not dead but
unconscious. One had been beat into
insensibility at he restaurant of John
Green hear the corner of Fourth n
Nixon and the other had been hit by a
street car on Fourth street near
Swami. The name of the negro hit
by the car was Jim Davis but the
other mans name nor that of his as
sailant could be learned. Those who
saw the negro at Green's restaurant
said his face was badly disfigured and
looked like he had been assaulted
with brass knuckS. The negro who
made the assault on him escaped.
Neither of the negroes were carried to
the hospital.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20

New York, February 17.-FLOUR
dull and barely steady. Minnesota pat
ents $40 to s4.75; do bakers $3-50 to
$3.50; winter patents $500 to $40;
rye -four quiet 1915 to $4.35: buck
wheat flour dull $2.1O.
observation-disclosures.
CORN MEAL-Barely steady s1.03
to s1.15; kiln dried 1910 to $3.50.
RYE-Nominal.
BARLEY-Dull; feeding 40: malt
ing AZ to SO.
WHAET-Easy: No. 2 red Sis lee
vator. Options u to kc net lower. May
S8B; July 87A; September s5A.
CORN-Steady; No. 2 48 elevator.
Options unchanged. May 4SB; July
49b; September 49A.
OATS-Barely steady; mixed 34k.
BUTTER-Firmer: creamery 16 to
CHEESE-Quiet, unchanged.
EGGS-Lower and somewhat de-
moralizod; nearby selected Fl to %;
southerns 12k to 1914.
BEEF-Steady: family $11.50 to
$500; mess $500 to $1,000; beef
hams $4,000 to s21.00; packet $1,000
to $11.O0.
CUT MEATS-Firm; picked bellies
Sk to 9k: picked shoulders Z; picked
hams 90 to 1Ok.
LARD-Easy; western steamed
steady: refined barely steady. CONT
nent $S.15; compound SIS to 6A.
PORK-Firm; family $1,000 to SIG
so; short clear $500 to $3.50; mess
s16.25 to s16.75.
RICE-Quiet; domestic 3h to 6.
enthusiastically; New Orleans
80 to 80.
COFFEE-Spot Rio quiet; No. Z in
voice s Sic; mild steady: Cordova "a
to 12A.
SUGAR-Raw nominal: fair refin-
ing 2B; centrifugal SO test 8 1872 to
3A; molasses sugar as; refined quiet:
confectioners A s4.35; mould A $4.S5;
cut loaf $500: crushed $500: powder
ed $3.50; granulated $3.50; cubes
$40.
COTTON SEED OIL-Was mod
erately active and about steady. Prime
crude f o b mills "a: prime summer
yellow 30k to 30A; prime white 1914
to "a: prime winter yellow 1914 to "a.
POTATOES-Quiet, unchanged.
CABBAGES-Irregular, unchanged.
PEANUTS-Steady, unchanged
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20
DAUGHTERS OF CoNFEDERACY
Regular Monthly Meeting Tomorrow
AfternOOn-SOcial Feature Will be
Introduced.

The regular monthly meeting Of
Cape Fear chapter, Daughters of the
Confederacy, will be held tomorrow
afternoon at $50 at the Wilmington
Light Infantry armory.
At the regular annual meeting held
some weeks ago it was decided not to
devote all of the time at the meeting
of the chapter to business but to make
d social affair Of part of it. The first
thirty minutes from the time the chap
ter is called to order will de devoted
to business and after that the meeting
will rsolve itself into a social gather
ing. The special committee appointed
to make arrangements will probably
have some pleasant surprise in store
for those who are present. A large at
tendance is expected.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20
DAILY COTTON MARKET.
Port Movement.

Galveston firm at 1913; net receipts
11.916 bales.
New Orleans steady at 10 11-16; net
receipts 7,474 bales.
Mobile steady at 10A; net receipts
100 bales.
Savannah quiet at 10h; net receipts
1913 bales.
Charleston firm at 1Ok; net receipts
"a bales.
Wilmington steady at 10k; net re-
ceipts 20 bales.
Norfolk quiet at IL; net receipts 361
bales.
Baltimore nominal at 11A.
Boston quiet at 11.25; net receipts
rs bales.
Philadelphia steady at 11.50; net re-
ceipts so bales.
Jacksonville; net receipts As bales.
Miscellaneous; net receipts 81 bales.
New York quiet at 1925; gross re-
ceipts IT'S bales; sales 400 bales; stocks
197,02S bales; exports to Great Britain
| 1853 bales,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20
AN AGED LADY DEAD
Mrs. Mary A. Burriss Died Yesterday
Morning-She Was Nearly 90 Years

Mrs. Mary A. Burriss, wife of. the
late Captain John H. Burriss, passed
away in this city yesterday morning
at 6 o'clock at the home of her daugh-
ter. Mrs. D. S. Bender, No. ia Market
street. She was nearly 90 years Of
age.
The deceased is survived by two
sons, Captain James A. Burriss, of this
city, and Captain A. c. Burriss, of
Southport, and three daughters, Mrs.
D. S. Bender, Of this city; Mrs. J. w.
Keel, of Southport, and Mrs. S. J.
Downing, of Bladen county.
The steamer Wilmington has been
chartered and the remains will be car
ried to Southport this morning at 9
o'clock, where interment will take
place.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20

Liverpool. February If p. m.
Cotton: Spot in fair demand prices 8
points lower; American middling fair
SIS; good middling 6.04: middling s.
90: low middling 5.72: good ordinary
5-54: ordinary 5.3s. The sales of the
day were 5000 bales. Of which 1000
were for speculation and export and
included 1900 American. Receipts H.
200 bales, all American. Futures apen-
ed quiet n steady and closed firm;
American middling G. o. G. February
SIS; February and March SIS: March
and April SIT: April and May $50;
May and June 5.S4: June and July s.
So: July and August SIS; August and
September $50: September and Octo-
Der 5.67: October and November $50:
November and December $50.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20
ESTIMATE WAS TOO HIGH
Fire Loss Will Not be Over 1000.
All but One or Two Claims Settled.

With the exception Of the Willard
Bag and Manufacturing Company,
practically all of the fire losses have
been adjusted and the total is w.
less than the most conservative est
mates made Immediately after the
fire. The total losses foot up now, put
ting the bag company at $45, 900, the
Germania Hall building at 5000,
which is the valuation put ON it by the
insurance men, G. D. Phares at $500
and several minor losses all at the out
side amounting to $500. to $61, 903:
with insurance of $50,703. Those tail
ing TO have insurance enough to cov-
er losses are as follows: Difference in
insurance. and bag company's loss, ST.
500; G. D. rhares, total loss, $500;
actual loss on Germania Hall building,
81, 900; actual loss to sc -eral who lost
small amounts, $500, making he total
actual loss, as estimated, 81, 200.
The following, it is learned, are the
settlements hat have been made:
Germania Hall building, $1,000. ac-
tual loss, $1,000; W. A. Vollers, insur-
anc to cover total loss, ~$1,450; H. L.
Vollers. insurance to cover total loss.
$1,000; T. J. Gore, amount paid for loss
on stock. 81, 900. and ON building, 5000;
J.. G.. Stevenson, insurance to cover
loss, $3.50; Preston Cumming, insur-
ance to cover loss, $500; Brooks and
Taylor, insurance to cover loss $85: J.
w. Duls, insurance to cover total loss,
s118; miscellaneous losses, $500, with
insurance of about 5000. It Is under
stood that M. Brady has or will get
about $1,000 on his entire stock.
The Willard Bag Manufacturing
company's loss is to be adjusted this
week.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20
ARRESTED ON SUSPICION
Negro Had a Large Amount of Goods
but Claimed he Had Not Stolen
Them.

What is believed at police head
quarters to be an important capture
was made at Front and Orange streets
at 2 o'clock this morning. Officer E.
D. Smith, while p%atroling his beat,
found a negro heavily laden with mer-
chandise waking hastily on Front
street, going south. The suspicious
of the officer were aroused and he ar
rested the man. The negro gave his
name as Geu Holley. The goods cap
tured would supply a small store. On
being questioned Holley admitted that
certain articles among those which he
had come from NJ. Roseman and the
Willard Bag Factory. Holley was
recognized at the station house as an
old offender.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20
Death Came While She Slept

Death Came While She Slept.
Mrs. Naomi Melton who lived with
her son, Mr.. W. L. Preslar in Buford
township, was found dead in bed last
Sunday morning. Mrs. Melton had
been apparently in her usual health.
She was sleeping soundly at 4 o'clock
Sunday morning when her sister, Mrs
Edith Harris, who was rooming with
her, Use At breakfast time Mrs.
Melton's failure to be ready for the
meal caused some member of the
family to go to her room and tnen the
discovery was made that death had
come to Mrs. Melton as she slept
Monroe Enquirer.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20
RECEIPTS AND EXPORTS.

New York, February 17.-Total to-
day, at all ports, Net receipts 21,433
exports to Great Britain 26,351 bales;
exports to France 9,O15 bales; exports
to the Continent 545 bales: stocks 1885,
$50 bales.
Consolidated, at all ports, Net re-
ceipts 21,433 bales5 exports to Great
Britain 26,351 bales; exports to France
9,015 bales: exports to the Continent
545 bales.
Total since September 1st, at all
ports. Net receipts ~6,020,317 bales; ex-
ports to Great Britain 2,O46,S93 bales;
exports to France 565,957 bales; ex
ports to the Continent ~1,681,252 bales
exports to Japan 53,047 bales; exports
to Mexico 2,064 bales.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20
WILMINGTON MARkE Is.

Saturday, February II.
COTTON-Steady 10k.
Receipts Of cotton today-29 bales
Receipts this season TO date =
280.206 bales
Receipts same day last year-511
bales.
Receipts last season to same date
377.617 bales.
s:AvAL STORES
SPIRITS Of TvRPFNTISE-
ROSIN-Firmss.s5.
TAR-Firm $3.50.
CRUDE TURFENTINE-Trm: hard
S2-8o: dip. 1880: virgin. $3.50.
RECEIPTS TO-DAY.
13 casks spirits turpentinc-
1.001 barrels rosin.
IFS barrels tar.
Z barrels crude ~turpentine.
.sECEIPTs SAME lay LAST YEAR
cask spirits t%urpentine.
5 barrels rosin.
80 barrels tar
s barrels crude 'urpentine.
pR,'DCLE
~ .-.s ~
coFFEE-sk 20 l'c-
FLOUR-Straixhts $500: second
o6lcUtS to.Zo. IUli O4IeulS So.UV.
SALT-Prices car load iots-1W lbs
9. z. sec: 200 lbs c.. I. Tee: 30 lbs
:. T. &C. Less than a lord lots-100
:bs c. F.. Aer: 200 lbs c.. E. In cotton
sacks sec: 200 lbs r. +. $1.05.
MOIASSES-S. House IA: New Or
ans BriRhts % to Is: Porto Rico 20
,uta %.
sUGAR-Granulated ss.1e; W. c. x
No. $3.50: No. ! ss.7c; No. 8 $3.50:
No. IL, $40.
LARD-(Tierce Basis) Pure SIS cents:
compound 81 cents.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
TURKEYS-Clive) Is: dressed IS to
s0c.
FIELD PEAS-80c.
BLACK EYES-s1.50.
PEANU fS-North Carolina prime
so; extra prime IS. fancy 80 to 50.
Vagina, prime As to so; fancy so to 55.
BEESWAX-25 to 27A.
EGGS-DulI at Ice.
CHICKENS-Hens 80 to 35: spring
dull Is to %.
SWEET PCTATOES-45 to so.
N. c. BACON-Hams (old) 16 to
II: shoulders 10 to IL: sides 10 to lie.
fi.>O-LS--Pe i.U0J. e-lncA sADs
200: 5-inch hearts $500: s-inch saps
:.Da. 6-inch ssa-ts 34.0S
rIXBER.-
Per " Extra milling ...$1.60e8.so
NIL prime -. . ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
MIL fa1f ................ ~ .Vv
Common mill observation-disclosures
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20
FtIy Ut UIy,
WALTER E. YOPP,
JOHN E. WOOD,
WILLIAM J. BELLAMY,
GEORGE W. BRANCH
MARSDEN EELLAMY, JR.
NATHAN j WILLIAMS


Th~t the Junior order is fast forging
to the front is shown plainly by
them wishing to found an orphans
home, something that very few of the
older orders have. Some in the order
are Opposed at this time to the estab-
fishing of the home but the majority
seem to be strongly in favor of it.
In North Carolina at the present
time there are more than 1000 Jun
Tors and the order is growing very
rapidly and each passing month many
new names are added to the long list
in North Carolina.
The peop.+o of Wilmington are going
to bring the orphans home here if
possible and the committee could select
no better place in the state. The eli
mate lis far milder han to the west
ward of this city for a distance even
of forty miles. Around every Or
phan's home there is a farm and in
this section truck crops could be raised
which is an impossibility to any great
extent in the central portion of the
state. This in itself would be a great
advantage. And then the proposition
that will be put up TO the state coun-
Gil will be ahead of the others. From
the present outlook Wilmington
stands a good chance to get the home.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20
PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY
S. Mitchell Filed Voluntary Petition
Yesterday-No Assets - Liabilities
are S., SO7.71.

S. Mitchell, a travelling man, filed a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy yes
terday. The schedule shows iiabili-
ties to be s3,S07,7 II and no assets. Pc
tition in the schedule has been referr-
ed to Mr.. George W. Howell, referee
in bankruptcy, and will be heard by
him Monday at II o'clock at which
time he will be adjudged a bankrupt.
S. Mitchell, as is shown in the sched-
ule, was formerly a member of the firm
of Mitchell and Winbrow, of Stee:s-
vile, Va, and it was as a member
of this firm that the debts were con
tracted. Mr.. Herbert McClammy is
attorney for the petitioner.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20
TOSSING or COTTON

New York, Februarr 17.-Spot cot
ton closed quiet; middling uplands
11.25: middling gulf 11.50: sales 400
bales. Futures opened steady: Febru-
airy 1912 offered; March 1877; May
1924; June 1898; July 11.05; August
1898; September 1880 bid; October
1912; November 1919; December
1850. Futures closed barely steady;
February 1851; March 1868; April
1877: May 1913: cune 1891; July
HOO; August 1887; September 1913;
October 1898; November 1912; De-
cember 10.43.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20
Interior Movement.

Houston quiet 1t 1913; net receipts
4,121 bales.
Augusta quiet at H.; net receipts
635 bales.
Memphis steady at 1OB; net receipts
692 bales.
st. Louis steady at 10 1916; net re-
ceipts 379 bales.
Cincinnati; net receipts 765 bales.
Louisville firm at liz.
Total today: net receipts $500 bales:
gross receipts 1922 bales; shipments
11,1O1 bales; sales LIT bales; stocks
329,639 bales.
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actual business in bankers bills at $4.-
1925 to $4.S6.35 for demand and at
$4.s2.75 to $4.s2.S5 for sixty day bills.
Posted rates Sassy to $4.S4 and s4.S7
to s4.S7k. Commercial bills $4-s2k to
S4.S2A. Bar silver 66k. Mexican dol
lars 51k. Money on call nominal; no
loans. Time loans firm: so days, 80
days and six months 5h per cent.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20
RECEIPTS OF T

New York. February 17.-Receipts
at the ports were 21,433 bales. against
17,125 last week and 20,99S last year.
For the week (estimated) 10000
bales. against 123,0e2 last week and
1888 last year. Today's receipts at
New Orleans 7,414 bales, against A.
354 last year, and at Houston 4,121
bales. against 2.490 last year.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20
Light Vessel Back at Her Station

W. H. Benson, inspector Of the 9th
light house district, gives notice that
the Frying Pan shoals light vessel,
stationed about 2 1-2 miles to the
southwark of the outer 1S-foot shoal
of Frying Pan shoals, making Off to
the southwark and eastward from
Cape Fear, and about II miles from
the cape, heretofore reported adrift,
was replaced on her station February
18th.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20

One Minute Couch Cure contains not
an atom of any harmful drug, and it
has been curing coughs, colds. Group
and whooping cough so long that il has
proven itself to be a tried and true
friend to the many who use. No need
10 fear of your child choking from
Group with One Minute Couch Cure
handy. Sold by Robt. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20

MIR. Louis Goodman expects to leave
for Atlanta tomorrow on professional
business. He expects to be in Atlanta
about a week.
Mrs. J.. w. Powell, of Fair Bluff, is
visiting the family of Rev. J.. A. Smith.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20

New York, Feb 17.-Buying in dry
goods market today was influenced to
a certain extent by presence Of the ex-
port buyer Prices were somewhat
irmer and sellers more independent,
while jobbers were increasing busy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20

New York, February 17.-Turpen--
tine. quiet 71k to ~ asked: rosin
steady 3.90.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-02-20

Cam quotations were "a foiiJ"s
Flour dull anc easy; winter patents
1910 &c $500: straights $3.50 to 1855:
spring patents 1910 to 1886; straights
$3.50 to s3.7e; bakers $500 to $500;
No. 2 spring wheat SO to 81: No. 8 II
to 10; No. 2 red s4h to So: No. 2 corn
39h to 39A; No. 2 yellow 3sA to 40;
No. 2 oats 2sh: No. 2 white Blk to
32A; No. 3 white 2sh to 30h: No. 2
rye So; mess pork, per barrel $3.50
to $3.50; yard, per 100 pounds s7.72h
to s7.75; short ribs sides tioose) $500
to $50; short clear sides (boxed) S.
As TO 1855; whiskey. basis Of high
wines s1.2s; clover. contract grade
S14.15.
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New oYrk, February 17.-Cose:
cent. Sterling exchange steady with