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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 6
AUGUSTA COTTON MARKET
» MIDDLING TODAY 9% CENTS
TONE—STEADY
New York Cotton Market
(TODAY’S FIGURES.!
Open. High. Low. Close.
January 8.91 9.01 8.93 8.95
March 8.91 9.03 8.91 9.03
May 8.95 9.03 8.95 9.03
July 8.90 8.96 8.89 8.96
October .8.60 8.68 8.62 8.68
Tone —Firm. Spots—9.3o.
(YESTERDAY’S FIGURES)
Open. High. Low. Closi
January 893 594 888 894
March 891 893 88C 893
May 892 895 887 894
July 891 892 885 889
December. 866 866 859 865
Tone—92s. Spots—Quiet.
New Orleans Cotton Market
(TODAY’S FIGURES.)
Open. High. Low. Close.
January 8.98. 9.02- 8.97 9.02
March .. 8.99 9.03 8.99 9.02
May 9.08 9.11 9.07 9.10
(YESTERDAY’S FIGURES.)
Open. High. Low. Close.
January., 1 893 893 889 889
March 898 899 889 895
May 905 907 89G 905
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
Open. 2p.m. Close
January and February 482)4 483% 482
February and March 483 481% 480%
March and April 480 481% 480
April and May 480% 481 479%
May and June 478% 479% 479
June and July 481 480 479
July and August 477% 478% 478
August and September 470% 470 469
September and October ..465 465 464
October and November 461 461 460%
November and December
December and January 487 487 484%
Sales—ls,ooo. Receipts—ls,ooo Tone—Business good; prices steady.
Middling—sos.
Chicago Grain and Provisions
(TODAY’S FIGURES.)
WHEAT — Open. High. Low. Close.
December ....
May 1.07% 1.07% 1.07% 1.07%
CORN—
December ■ ....
May 61% 61% 61 % 61%
OATS—
December / • • • •
May ' 51% 51% 51% 51%
%ARD —
January 9.47% 9.52% 9.47% 9.47%
May • 9.75 9.75 9.72% 9.72%
RIBS
January 8.45 8.50 8.45 8.47%
May 8.75 8.77% 8.75 8.75
(YESTERDAY’S FIGURES.)
WHEAT — Open. High Lpw. Close.
May 108% 108% 107% 107%
July
CORN— .
May 61% 61% " 61% 61%
July
OATSk —
May. 51% 51% 61% 51%
July
RIBS—
January 952 952% 947% 941 %
May 975 977% 970 970
LARD— ’ ' '
January. .< .. # . ~ .... •• 850 850 852% 842%
May 872% 877% 870 878%
FULL QUOTATIONS IN
THE LOCAL MARKETS
(TODAY’S FIGURES.)
Strict good middling 8
Low middling 8 1-2
Strict low middling 9 1-8
Middling ...• 9 1-4
Strict middling 9 3-8
Good middling 9 1-2
Tinges, Ist 9 1-8
Tinges, 2nd 8 7-8
(YESTERDAY’S FIGURES.)
Strict good middling 8c
Low middling 8 1-2
Strict low middling 9 1-8
Middling 9 1-4
Btrict middling 9 3-8
Good middling 9 1-2
Tinges, Ist 9 1-8
Tinges, 2nd 8 7-8
Net Receipts.
Net receipts today
Through cotton today
Gross receipts today
RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK.
Sales Spin. Shlpt.
Mon 294 79 2082
Tues. . . . 1133 29 2228
Wed .... 883 363 300
Thurs .... ....
Fri
Sat ....
Total . .2310 461 , 4590
3alee for the Week.
Mon 1669 988
Tues. ... 396 597
Wed . . .. 638 637
Thurs 703
Frt 780
Bat -249
Total . . .2703 3954
STOCKS AND RECEIPTS
Stock in Augusta, 1908 101,680
Stock in Augusta, 1907 60,160
Rec. since Sept 1, 1907 .. ..293,593
News of the Cotton Crop and Markets
P'c. since Sept. 1, 1906.. ..284,606
IN SIGHT AND SUPPLY
1908. 1907.
Singt to
During week
Visible supply .. .5,472,517 4,873,468
ESTIMATES FOR
TOMORROW
Today. L**t Tr
Galveston
7,500-8,500 Houston 7,946
9,000-10,500 New Orleans 14,594
AUGUSTA DAILY RECEIPTS.
1907 1904
Ga. R. R 349 150
Southern R. R. Co. .. 166 104
C. of Ga. R. R 208
C. &W. C R. R 101 ' 71
A. C. L. R. R 11
Wagon 21 58
Canal
River
Net Receipts 637 638
Through
Total 637 638
PORT RECEIPTS
Today. Last
Galveston 19442 14508
New Orleans . . ..15264 11108
Mobile 951 1616
Savannah 3072 4606
Charlestorf 62 151
Wilmington 940 1052
Norfolk 2645 1429
Baltimore
New York
Boston 200 236
Philadelphia . . . .
Brunswick
Pensacola
Various
Total ports . . . . 34706
INTERIOR RECEIPTS
Houston 13868 ( 16952
Augusta ' 637
Memphis 2078
St. Louis 227
Cincinnati 145
Little Reck 791 927
New York Stock Market
(TODAY’S FIGURES.)
Close.
Atchison 100
Baltimore & Ohio 110%
Canadian Pacific 175%
Chicago & Alton 67
Colorado Southern 59%
Denver & Rio Grande 38%
Erie 33%
Illinois Central 145
Louisville & Nashville 124%
Missouri Pacific 69%
New York Central 124%
Pennsylvania 133
Reading 139%
Rock Island 23%
Rock Island pfd 59%
St. Paul 148
Southern Pacific 118%
Southern Railway 25%
Union Pacific 178%
Wabash 19
Interboro Metropolitan 18%
Do., pfd 49
Great Northern 145
Atlantic Coast Line 109
Amalgamated Copper 83%
American Car & Foundry .. .. 48%
American Locomotive . . ... 66
American Cotton Oil 43
Am. Smelting & Refining .. .. 85
Brooklyn Rapid Transit 70%
Colorado Fuel & Iron 40%
Pressed Steel Car 42
Sugar 128
Uuited States Steel 52
90V. ELECT GROWN
GOES MESH
Will Be Met By a Delega
tion At Station When He
Arrives.
At 10 o’clock Wednesday night,
Governor-elect and Mrs. Brown, of
Georgia, will arrive in the city, via.
the Georgia train from Atlanta. They
will be met at the union station by
a delegation of citizens, headed by
Judge E. H. Callaway and a recep
tion committee, who will escort them
and their hosts, Dr. and Mrs. A. J.
Kilpatrick, to the Kilpatrick home on
Greene street.
Mr. Brown’s time will be well tak
en up while he is here. He desires
to meet as many Augusta people as
possible, to that end the committee
in charge of entertainment have ar
ranged a busy schedule. He will vis
it the large cotton mills, the iron
foundries, railroad shops, etc., in or
der to meet and shake the hand of
working men.
On Thursday evening, a banquet
will be served at the Albion hotel.
Covers will be laid for 300 guests. A
goodly number of tickets are sold,
but all who deatre to attend may
communicate with Mr. George Nees.
On this occasion, Judge Callafvay
will act as toast-master.
Friday night Mr. Brown will de
liver his first public address to an
.Augusta audience. He will outline
his policies of governorship and dis
cuss matters o£ state that are of
vital interest and importance. He
will be introduced by Judge Calla
way.
He will leave Augusta Monday to
speak at Waynesboro. He will re
turn Tuesday morning and leave on
the same afternoon for a trip up the
Georgia railroad, vlaltlng several
towns on his way back to Atlanta.
Mrs. Brown is a former resident of
Augusta and pleasantly remembered
here by a host of friends, who have
planned, it is understood, a number
of social functions In her honor.
The committee desire to lay es
pecial stress upon the fact that tho
banquet Thursday evening will not be
an invitation affair. It le a subscrip
tion dinner. No cards of Invitation
were mailed Any citizen of Augus
ta who wants to sit at the banquet
board of honor of the
may attend, if he communicates with
either Mr. Rufus H. Brown, Bam
Meyers or George Nees, in time to got
a ticket before all accommodations
have been sold. An erroneous Im
pression seems to have gone abroad,
stated one of the committeemen to
day, and In order to correct any mis
taken idea that may exist, they have
stressed the point that the banquet
is absolutely open to any citizen de
sirous of attending, so long as the
tickets last.
NUMBER TWO SPENT
NO ONE’S ALIMONY
This is Statement of Mrs.
McCollum in Seeking Di
vorce From Husband.
ST. LOUIS—Mrs. Ida Drew Helm
McCollum has sued at Hast St. Louis,
111., for divorce from Elbert McCol
lum, who Is twenty-eight and only a
trifle more than half her age. Eight
years ago she obtained ’a divorce and
a fortune In alimony from M. O.
Helm, a brewer.
McCollum told her In the beginning
of the romantic courtship, which be
gan at Hot Springs, Ark., and ended
with an elopement from St. Louis
to Alton, according to the papers
the case, that he was the son of an
Immensely rich former governor of
Arkansas. Since their marriage, she
alleges, McCollum spent much of the
alimony paid to her by hi* predeces
sor, pawned thousands of dollars’
worth of her diamonds, locked her In
a room and fired a pistol at her.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
(YESTERDAY'S FIGURES.)
Wabash 18%
Interboro Metropolitan 18%
Interboro Metropolitan pfd ....48%
Great Northern 145%
Atlantic Coast Line 109
Amalgamated Copper 82%
American Car and Foundry .. .. 49
American Locomotive 56%
American Cotton Oil 42%
Am. Smelting and Refining .. ..82%
Brooklyn Rapid Transit 69
Colorado Fuel and Iron 39%
People Gas 103
United States Steel 51%
United States Steel pfd 112%
Western Union 68%
Va.-Carolina Chemical 43%
Close.
Atchison 99%
Baltimore & Ohio 1 .110%
Colorado Southern 57%
Denver ! Rio Grande 38%
Erie 33%
Illinois Central 145%
Louisville & Nashville 125%
Missouri Pacific 69
New York Central 127%
Pennsylvania 133
Reading 139%
Rock Island 23%
Rock Island pfd 59%
St. Paul 147%
Southern Pacific 118%
Southern Railway 25%
Union Pacific 178%
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COTTON ROW GOSSIP. ♦
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''"’’err. was little change In the lo
cal cotton market today. Prices open
ed steady at 9 1-4 cents, with a fair
u -o. middling or better.
Sales today were 8,000 bales. Ship
ments for the week, up to and includ
ing Wednesday have been twice the
sum of receipts, indicating a better
foreign demand, with prevailing dis
satisfaction at local prices. Receipts
are way off.
Liverpool opened encouraging but
went off one and a. quarter at the
close, against, an equal advanee on
the first, quotation Sales were 15,-
000, and it is thought the good busi
ness of the last three or four days
will continue.
There is a report on the market
wires today that E. H. Harriman will
be elected chairman of the board of
directors of the New York Central,
and further talk of a deal with the
N. Y. & H. H. Co.
MARKET OPENED
QUITE STEADY
New York Interests
Bought May, While Wall
Street Favored October.
*
NEW YORK—lnfluenced by the
large sales in Liverpool, the cotton
market opened quite steady this morn
ing notably so in the late positions.
Brokers representing large local in
terests bought May while Wall street
seemed partial to October. The of
ferings were light and mainly from
professionals. The cold wave in the
west reached down into thee south
ern states last night. Oklahoma
opened six about and Abilene 16 this
morning.
COTTON SEED MEN MET
IN CHARLESTON
South Carolina Associa
tion Discussed Depressed
Condition of the Market
and Suggested Remedies.
CHARLESTON, S. C.—The annual
meeting of the South Carolina Cotton
Seed association met on Wednesday
when the depressed condition of the
market and industry was considered.
A report was also received from
Messrs. Heahrook and Laßoche, who
have been in the West Indies, Inves
tigating the condition of the Industry
at that place. A reduction In the
average and perhaps the elimination
of a crop next year is strongly urged
as the only possible way to meet the
situation.
HELENA MERCHANTS BANKRUPT
MACON, Ga. —Through their attor
neys, the Anderson Hardware com
pany of Atlanta and others, have fil
ed a petition in involuntary bank
ruptcy against Dunn Bros., merchants
of Helena, Ga. The suit was brought
here by Hardeman Jones and John
son of Macon. A receiver Is yet. to
be named.
NEWSPAPER MEN BARRED
FROM MEETING IN MACON
MACON, Ga. —Lots of comment is
passing around town about the action
of the county commissioners Tucedey
in closing the doors of their chamber
during a portion of the first meeting
of the new board As the subject
under debate was that of the eompen
satlon for a bailiff for the solicitor the
public was interested and should have
heard of what took place.
Newspaper men In Macon have not
made It a rule to ‘‘cover" in person
these meetings so probably the re
porter who was there Tuesday looked
out of place to the commissioners
and lest he should hear too many
things he was akk»d to beat It, which
he did.
THE GRAND
CALENDAR.
Tonight—Henry Ludlowe, in "The
Raven.
Tomorrow Matinee—Henry Lad
lowe, in “The Raven.” ,
Tomorrow Night—Henry Ludlowe,
in “The Raven.”
Saturday Matinee —Harry Brees
ferd, in “Who’s Your Friend.”
SATURDAY NlGHT—Harry Beres
ford, in “Who’s Your Friend.
Next Tuesday Matinee —“The Cat
aua Lhe Fiddle.”
Next Tuesday Night—" The Cat ari
the Fiddle.”
Next Wednesday Night—
Wilson, iu “When Knights Were
Bald."
"The Raven” Tonight.
Tonight at the Grand, Henry Lud
lowe with the original New York
company and production will make
his initial bow to an Augusta au
dience in “The Raven.” The star
ahd play has already appeared ia
Richmond, Norfolk, and other towns,
and the critics of these cities are
loud in their praise, saying it is one
of tlie best plays of the season, and
the acting company nnd productions
are superb. Mr. Ludlowe in "The
Raven,” will again be seen at the
Grand tomorrow matinee and night
also. Seats are now selling for the
entire engagement. Ail school child
ren will be admitted at the matinee
tomorrow for 25 cents.
Harry Beresford—A Big Favorite
That popular Augusta favorite
Harry Beresford will pay us his
usual annual visit on next Saturday
matinee and night in his newest New
York and London success "Who's
Your Friend.” Harry Beresford'H
great work in “The Professor’s Love
Story,” “The Other House,” and "The
Woman Hater,” are well known to
local theatre-goers, and subject to*
s.’y, he will be greeted by capacity
houses, both matinee and night next
Saturday at the Grand. School child
ren will also be admitted at this mati
nee for 25 cents. Seats ready to
morrow morning. \
"The Cat the Fiddle.”
"The Cat and the Fiddle,” ihe big
musical comedv, extravagant organi
zation and which has been making
sueli a big hit all over the South will
be seen at the Grand on next Tues
day matinee and night. “The Cat
and the Fiddle," is In the class of
“Wizard of Oz” "Babies in Toyland,”
“The Red Mill," and other big musical
shows of this order. The critics of
New Orleans, Nashville, Memphis,
Chattanooga, Knoxville, and all of lhe
big Texas cities have simply raved
over the tuneful musical jingle, and
Augusta play-goers are assured that
in r The Cat and the Fiddle,” they
will see the goods. Don't forget, to
bring the children to the special mat
inee Tuesday. Night, prices, 25c to
$1.50; matinee prices, 25c to SI.OO.
Seats ready Saturday.
Francis Wilson’s Great Success.
Francis Wilson’s success both per
sonal and artistic has without ques
tion been greater in Charles Marlow’s
highly am filling farce, "When Knights
Were Bold,” than in any play Ihe co
median has had since he left musical
comedy for the more legitimate va
riety. As Sir Guy do Vere, the young
Englishman who goes back a few
centuries to hob nob with his ances
tors, Mr. Wilson has amply oppor
tunities for all of the comedy spirit
he possesses and with his Inimitable
little ways and drolleries keeps an
audience convulsed with laughter for
three solid hours. His success with
the play was so great last, year, that
Charles Frohman decided to retain
it as his stellar vehicle the present
season. Mr. Wilson it is understood
has a strong company and will pre
sent “When Knights Were Bold,” at
the Gmnd next Wednesday night
Seats ready next Monday.
COL. TILLMAN LEAVEB CAROLINA
Col. James H. Tillman has depart
ed from South Carolina for a trip in
the west where he will endeavor to
regain his health. On leaving he
left the following communication
with his home paper:
Varied emotions possess me in bid
ding adieu, perhaps farewell to South
Carolina, and to the people who have
known me from childhood.
It Is hard to say good-bye, and
Only those who do so can feel its
sorrow.
When I think of the thousand
kindnesses friends did nte, of the
forbearances they have shown mv
shortcomings, 't.ls then the heart
throbs strongest with gratitude, and
beats the sad farewell. Hut destiny
decrees that I go.
In a distant section of the country.
In far-off California, where It Is said
all Is sunshine and clouds are un
known. I wander in search of health.
There among strangers in coming
years, If years be left to me, I hope
to clasp the hands of many and call
them friends—frldnds such as I leave
behind
But If It he otherwise, then as in
the oft-quotgd, but. none the less
touching lines of til-fated Byron:
"Here’s a sigh to those who love me,
And a smile to those who hate;
And whatever sky’s above me,
Here’s a heart, for every fate."
JAMES H. TILLMAN.
Edna Archer Crawford, who Is ap
pearing In ‘‘The Lion and the Mouse,”
has purchased 400 acres of laud near
Corpus Christ!, Texas, It having been
discovered that this ’ section of the
country can successfuly compete with
Bermuda In the cultivation of tdlles
and onions. The stories of the enorm
ous profits made by the people In that
locality who have gone in for these
products, reads like a romanic from
The Arabian Knights.
FINANCIAL
THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA
707 BROAD STREET. IN OPERATION 43 TEARS.
Responsibility to the Public $700,000.00
A conscientious discharge of dut jr, painstaking care of the Interact*
of Its friends and patrons, and dlspa tcblng alt business entrusted to it wlfk
core nnd accuracy, are the unfailing reasons that recommend It to the pat
ionnge of Augusta, and those In the Augusta dlstrlst, of Qeorgi* and Soutn
Carolina.
safety lock boxes (for Indl vldual use) In our splendid burglar
proof vault—s3.oo to *20.00 par year
the business of our out of town friends carefully looked after.
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED.
D g
National Exchange Bank,
AUGUSTA, GA.
Invitet,’ your banking business, be it large or small, temporary or
permanent. Deposits invited either for book or certificate account,
or if left six months an interest-bearing certificate will be issued
with interest at four per cent per annum.
Capital and Surplus, $540,000
Georgia Railroad Bank
Augusta, Georgia.
This Bank Solicits the banking business of
merchants and corporations. We pay 4 Per Cent
Interest on all deposits placed in our Savings Dept
YOUR ACCOUNT INVITED.
You Will Not Mind Contrary Winds
ii‘ your bank account is strong and safe.
4 per cent interest compounded t wice a year makes
it stronger day by day —capital and surplus of
$310,000.00 makes it safe when you do
business with the
Merchants bank
Hugh Mclntosh
Hugh D. Mclntosh, pro
moter of the Johnson-
Burus fight in Australia.
Mr. Mclntosh annonnees
his intention to come to
this country to offer a hun
dred thousand dollar purse
for a fight between Jef
fries and Johnson.
CITADEL WILL ENCAMP
ON SULLIVAN’S ISLAND
CHARLESTON, S. C. -Thc South
Onrollna Vllilta>-y \r:ad'-m.v fan prati
llcnlly tietcrmlnod up >n having the
annua? encampment, on SulllvanF Is
land next Hummer which will add to
the popularity of thin reaort, ho popu
Inr with the people of AugilHta. The
Cadet'-! have marched to Walterboro
and tramped elHowherc throuKh the
state and It In now proposed to have
them have their annual encampment
on Sullivan's Island, which has been
demonstrated by the Third Regiment,
N, 0. S. C„ during the puKt two guni
mers to be an admirable place for an
encampment.
ONE THEORY.
“Pandora's box caused a deal of
disturbance.’’
"I wonder what was In it?”
“I presume a lot of people who
wanted to talk during the opera.”—
Exchange.
flotsam’ and’ JETSAM.
"The Mon and the Mouse” In to be
produced In Japan.
Charles Klein Ik at work novelising
his latest play, "The Third Degree,”
which Dodd, Mead & Co. will publish.
Henry 11. Harris finds his greate-tt
diversion In assisting the Blind Ba
bies' Home of the International Sun
shine Society.
The 15t0h performance of "The
Traveling Salesman" at the Gaiety
Theatre wan celebrated laid week by
a packed house, which as been an
every-day occurrence since this play
opened In New York last August.
PAGE NINE
FINANCIAL
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
RAILWAY.
(Current Schedules Corroded to Dat6.J[
76th Meridian Time.)
DEPARTURE.
For Savannah and Macon .. .. •7:Soara
For Dublin and Savannah .. .. *2:4Bpm
For Savannah und Macon .. .. ••B:4opm
For Havunnuh and Macon .. ..HO:4opm
ARRIVALS.
From Savannah and Mucon ...MS:osam
From Savannah and Mucon ...••B:6oam
From Savannah and Macor. ... •7:sopm
From Dublin and Savannah ~•12:46pm
•Dally. ••Except Sunday. MSunday only.
Drawing Boom SDelpng Cars between
Augunta and Savannah on night trains.
Connects at Mlllcn with through Bleep
ing earn to and from Mucon, Atlanta,
Columbus, Birmingham and Chicago, Ills
F. F. POWKHB, W. W. HACKETT.
Coin’l. Agt Trav. Pubs Aft.
735 Broad Bt.
Charleston & Western
Carolina Railway
-TViTER *K, T u pr SE
SB well a. connection* with other comp.-
.Imply given a. Inform.Uoa.
ina .r« not guaranteed:
(Effective Nov. 16th., 1202)
. .. OKRARTURM.
«:*0 a. m.—No. 7. Dally for And.non
..:.0 Green wooa.
Laurans, flreenvlfie, Spartanburg,
Hendersonville ,uid Asheville.
4:08 Hi ."‘ -No. Dally Tor Allendale
Fairfax, Charleston. Bavsrmsh.
Beaufort, Port lloyal.
«:<• p. m.— No. 2. Dally far (Jresn wood.
No. 6 leave. Greenwood at tl:feu e
Ui for Upartanburg.
ARRIVALS.
No. 4, Dally from Greenwood, l:K 1
m. No. 41. dally from Charleston, So
vunniih, Beaufort, Port lloyal, etc., 12:02
p. m. No 2. dally from A.h.vlUa, Bpart
anbuig. Greenwood, etc., 0:16 p. re. No.
t, dally from And.r.on, McCormick, ate.,
2:26 p. m.
Trains 41 and 41 run solid between
Augusta und Charleston.
KIINKBT WILLIAMS.
General Passenger Agent,
Mo. Mil Broad*sty. August., tin.
. ATLANTIC COAST LINE
jNOXli—-iiv .... and (jrpnnures
rre given us Information, nrrlval nd
connections are not guaranteed.
Effective September 22th, UoB.
NO. 82 No. u
North South
2.20 pm Lv.. ..Augusta.. ..Av >.2f>am
4.o3prn Lv.. . .Barnwell.. ~Lv. 7.60 am
4.30 pm Lv ... .Denmark.... Lv 7.22 am
6.00 pm Lv .. Orungeburg .. Lv 6.41 am
6.50 pm Lv Sumter Lv 6.12 am
8.26 pm Lv.... Florence ....Lv 1.66 am
10.46 pin Ar .. Fayetteville ..I.v ].Bsam
2.36 am Ar Weldon Lv >.6lpm
4.30 um Ar... Petersburg ...Lv 3.04 pm
5.10 am Ar... Richmond ...Lv 7.26 pm
8.40 am Ar.. Washington ..Lv. 8.46 pm
10 00am Ar ... Halt (more ... Lv 2.12 pm
12.18 pm Ar.... W. phlla ... .Lv 11.65 am
2.46 pm Ar New Yr 23d St Lv 8.26 am
PULLMAN BROILER" CARS be
tween Augusta and New York without
change.
Dining Car Service between Florence
end New York.
L. D. McOULLUM,
Commerce 1 Agent, 807 Broad Bt.
T. C. WHITE, W. J. CRAIG.
Gen. Pass Agent. Pass Trail. Mgr.
Wilmington, N. C.