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THE ROME TRIBUNE
VOL. VI. NO. 1.94/
LOUIS F. GARRARD.
Announces Himself a Candi
date for Senator.
HIS LETTER IS VERY FULL.
His Platform and His Record
Reviewed Autobiograph
ically.
Hon. Louis F. Garrard of Columbus,
has anounced himself as a candidate for
United States Senator from Georgia.
The following communication has
been sent to the leading newspapers of
the state:
|».To the People of Georgia:
’ After nature deliberation, I have de
cided to go before the next legislature
of Georgia as a candidate for United
States senator. I have arrived at this
conclusion by yielding to the kind so
licitations of zealous friends, by the dic
tates of own ambition and by the con
scientious relief that at this juuncture
in our history I can be of service to our
state.
Should I be so fortunate as to be elect
ed by your representatives’ votes, I
would reeive your , highest commission
with a heart full of gratitude, and go
forward with the deterination never to
cease my efforts until the wrongs en
dured by our people have been removed,
•so/ar as the enacting of proper laws
and the repeal of hurtful existing laws
can avail.
Many of you may differ with me in
views on political questions; if so I re
gret it, but I could not, if Iwould, de
ceive you as to my views on any vital
questions now before the people; for I
have long since placed myself on record
on all of them.
I have no strong influences or combi
nations behind my candidacy. Combi
nations rarely promote a man to a power
whom they know it is impossible to con
trol. I have many strong personal friends
'in Georgia who may assist me, but when
, I realize the vast number of people in
this state to whom I personally un
*kuown, the undertaking seems appalling.
ATriend from a distant county, (in ur
ging me to make this race,kindly assured
me that I would get votes from people
who did not know me personally, be
cause, said he,the people believe you will
accomplish something if you are elected.
If that belief is 'wide spread I will suc
ceed.
I may have committed errors in the
past. I have not a list of them before
me just at present; though my candid
acy will probably cause me to be remind
ed of them ere long. But every plubic
act and vote of mine in the past has pro
ceeded from a desire to do right without
regard to consequences, and I have no
apology to offer for any of them.
I am glad to see the Democratic party
moving in the direction of an income
tax. I have ever been in favor of this'
ssytem of taxation. In 1892, as chair
man of the platform committee of the
Georgia democratic state convention, I
wrote and inserted in the state demo
cratic platform a demand fora “just and
equitable system of graduated tax on
income.”
The Chicago platform demanded a
“rigid enforcement of the laws made to
prevent and control trusts and combina
tjions, together with such further legis
lation on the restraint of their abuses as
experience may show to be necessary.”
r The welfare of the people demands that
legislation should be so extended as to
take it out of the power of any set of
men to fix the prices of agricultural pro
ducts, so as to deny to the producers the
result of their honest toil. I earnestly
favored this plank at Chicago. It won
votes for our party, and the promise
should be carried out to the letter and in
its true spirit.
The land plank of the democratic
platform represents and protects a true
principle of democracy—“homes for ac
tual settlers of public lands;” and the
pledge to reclaim and restore to the peo
ple every acre of the public land unlaw
fully held, should not be overlooked or
forgotten.
The Wilson tariff bill is a step in the
right direction. It should, however,
be extended so as to remove all tariff
taxes from the necessaries of life.
The financial plank of the democratic
platform was adopted by the sub-com
mittee on platform at Chicago after an
all night session just as day dawned on
the morning of June 2d, 1892. A rigid
and honest adherence to.every line and
principle thereof by our party will, I
trust, cause a bright day of prosperity to
dawn on our country.
In 1878 I realized the fact that we
needed an increased volume of currency,
and my views at that time were well
known, having "been expressed in the
'legislature and published in the news
papers of this state.
I wrote, introduced and pressed to its
passage the first four per cent, bond bill
ever passed in Georgia, which will be
found in the Acts of 1878-9, page 84; and
by the terms of this act provided for the
issue of currency bonds of the size of
greenback bills. These bonds circulated
as money, and although the objection
was raised to them that they were liable
to the 10 per cent, tax, I contended for
and received an opinion from Commis
sioner Green B. Raum that they were
not taxable. I consider this tax iniqui
tous, and any means to evade it are jus
tifiable.
The democratic platform says that all
paper currency shall be kept at par with
and redeemable in coin—not gold, but
coin, which includes both gold and sil
ver. Now,if the ten per cent.tax should
be repealed,and state bank money should
be issued and made redeemable by the
banks in coin, such a demand would be
created as would absorb the silver pro
fl iction of this country.
Prior to the meeting of the Chicago
convention, the repeal of the ten per
cent, tax was a sentiment only, and was
evinced by individual advocacy, and not
by party sanction. It was looked upon
•sis a thing greatly to be desired, but im
possible to be attained. I made the re-
peal of this tax a living issue and prin
ciple of democracy by causing it to be
inserted for the first time as a plank in
the democratic platform. I did not
stop to talk about the oppressive effects
of the law; I acted —although I was told
that success was impossible. I pledged
my constituents in Georgia that I would
go to Chicago and put this plank in the
democratic platform,and I redeemed the
pledge. Intrust me with your commis
sion as United States senator, and I will
wipe this infamous law from the statute
book, or return you the trust. I have
absolute confidence that the right will
ultimately prevail; but it will do so
sooner if backed by unremitting work.
I may be lacking in the commodity now
known as senatorial dignity; but if I
should be favored by you, I pledge my
self to infuse into that august body an
article of Georgia activity and energy
that will obtain every right that we are
entitled to, or know the reason why it
is denied.
It has been said that I am a young
man. I only regret that I am not young
er. I was born a Georgian, and for
forty-six years every beat of my pulse
and every throb of my heart has been
true to Georgia and the democratic
party. I have never been too young to
respond to any service my country re
quired of me. I can lay no claim to your
gratitude for my servies during the war.
I held no commission, and performed
only the ordinary duties of a private sol
dier; and at the age of seventeen found
myself at the end of the was a paroled
prisoner amidst a desolate country. Far
be it from me to detract from the glori
| ous military records of any of my com
' petitors. But I do claim that since the
war, whether I was a candidate or not,
I have responded to every call of my
party, and in every campaign, at the
pells and on the stump, I have contend
ed for its triumph. ,
Wry respectfully,
Louis F. Garrard.
GAVE HIS BLOOD.
A Surgeon Submits to Transfusion to Save
a Dying Woman.
New York, Feb. 10.—Kate Pomphrey,
a domestic of Brooklyn, was taken to
the Long Island hospital dying from as
phyxiation. She had retired the night
before and did not turn the gas off com
pletely.
Almost everything known to medical
science had been tried, when Dr. Frank
ly n W. Kemp, the young house surgeon,
offered his own blood to save her. He
argued that the transfusion of his blood
would prolong her life. His associates
were not willing that he should risk his
life, but ho was determined.
Kate Pomphrey was placed on the op
erating table. Dr. Kemp sat beside her
and bared his arm.
The woman was now black in the face
and death was very near.
Dr. Rand made an incision on the in
side of Dr. Kemp’s left arm, near the
elbow, and Dr. Wright made a similar
incision in the woman’s arm.
Dr. Rand took a tube to insert in Dr.
Kemp's vein for the transfusion of the
blood, but the tube was very large, and,
in trying to fix it in position, the severed
vein jumped back into the subject’s
arm like an elastic string.
Then came the exciting moment. The
woman was dying, and young Kemp,
heedless of his own peril, begged the
surgeons to hurry.
For 2(i minutes Dr. Rand was com
pelled to search for the vein. Dr. Kemp
never winced, but, with a sponge, was
first assistant to the operation on him
self.
When the vein was recovered the
tube was inserted, and for five minutes
Dr. Kemp permitted his own blood to
flow into the woman’s vein.
His wounds were then dressed, and ne
was taken to his room.
The woman immediately improved
after receiving the surgeon’s blood. Her
case is yet such a critical one that hei
chances of recovery are very small.
The danger attending such an opera
tion is thought to stamp Dr. Kemp as a
brave man. The vein severed was one
of the largest.
Dr. Kemp is recovering rapidly, al
though he is very weak. His face is
pale, and his big form has not the erect
ness which distinguishes him.
Distinguished Club Man Dying.
Baltimore, Md., Feb. 10.—Thomas
Swan Latrobe, son of Mayor Latrobe,
and grandson of the late Governsr Swan,
is reported to be dying of paresis at tho
Sheppard asylum, where he has been
confined for several years. Swan La
trobe was, perhaps, the swellest club
and society man iu Baltimore. He was
also a daring rider, and won many gen
tlemen’s steeplechase races and was mas
ter of hounds of the Elkridge Riding
club.
Big Fire in Michigan.
Lansing, Feb. 10. —The Agricultural
Implements works of E. B. Trent & Son.
the largest in the world, are on fire and
will probably be totally destroyed. The
fire started at 1 p. m., from the explo
sion of a molding pot. A heavy gale is
blowing and the fire is spreading rapidly.
The works cover about three blocks, and
if destroyed the loss will reach about
$750,000.
Large number ol .New Suits.
Cedartown, Ga„ Feb. 10.—There
were 60 new suits filed in the clerk’s
office Tuesday night by 12 o'clock, that
time being up for return day. At this
rate, litigation in Polk superior court
will grow less very leisurely.
Hill to a Convict Camp.
Atlanta, Feb. 10.—Harry Hill has
been taken to the Gress Lumber camp,
and will be put to work iu the planing
room.
Strikers Attempt to Wreck a Train.
Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 10.—Three
unsuccessful attempts were made by
strikers to wreck the Powellton and Po
cahentas train, near Armstrong creek.
A reward has been offered for their cap
ture.
HOME. UA.. SUNDAY MOKNING. FEBtUJAKYD, I<m>4
IN THE SENATE.
The Tariff Committee Can’t
Please Everybody.
THE LOUISIANA KICKERS.
They Are Not Satisfied With
the Provisions for Sugar
and Make Trouble.
Washington, Feb. 10.—The sub-com
mittee of the senate engaged in the for
mulation of tho bill for the considera
tion of the full committee finds it a diffi
cult task to arrange a bill that will
prove siffisfactory to the conflicting ele
ments in their own party. About the
time they believe they have a certain
schedule settled it meets the opposition
of some of the senators and the whole
thing has to be considered anew. This
appears to be the case particularly with
sugar, and Louisiana senators have
been loud in their protests against all
suggestions of the committee relative to
this tax so far made by the sub-commit
tee. The attitude of the sub-committee
has been pretty well defined.
Jones is against anything that will
benefit trusts but seems willing to make
equal tax on raw and refined sugar if it
is proven to him to be necessary. Vest
favors giving a shade the best of it to re
finers, and Mills is quoted as desiring an
equal tax on the two products.
Louisiana senators say the committee
will not give them enough, and in order
that the committee may have no cause
to misunderstand them, they have made
their demands in writing. It is under
stood that Mr. White, in a long confer
ence which he had with one of the com
mittee, declared that the schedule they
had arranged for sugar would meet with
opposition. ,
Mr. (Jaffery says, positively, that if
sugar is not given what it needs, he, for
one, will vote against the bill in th
senate.
gflle wants a graduated tax, begining
with 3-4 of a cent and running up to 1 1-3
cents per pound. This, he claims, will
give r. finers the advantage of 1-8 of a
cent when the grade reaches No. 10
dutch standard and showing 96 degrees
under polarioscope test. While Louis
iana senators hold that refiners be amply
provided for in this advantage of 1-8 of
a cent, they are willing that the com
mittee should give refiners additional
1-16, which will put him on a level with
the producer enabling him to compete
with foreign sugar, but not putting him
in position to control markets.
The House Adjourns.
Washington, Feb. 10.—The house ad
journed almost immediately after the
reading of the journal out of respect for
the memory of the late Representative
Houk, of Ohio. Before adjournment it
’ »s asked'that Stanford’s eulogies be
made a special order for 3 o’clock Mon
day afternoon, in view of the anticipated
adjournment of the house, which was
agreed to. Mr. Outhwaite. of Ohio, an
nounced the death of Representative
Houk to the house,and requested ti e ap
pointment of a committee to accompany
the remains to Ohio. The speaker there
upon appointed the following members:
Hare. Halick and Ritchie, of Ohio;
Springer, of Illinois; McNaig, of Mary
land; Bryan, of Nebraska: Ellis, of Ore
gon.
Mr. Houk's Funeral.
Washington, Feb. 10.—The Ohio del
egation in congress held a meeting in
the speakers room to take action regard
ing the deatli of the late Representative
Houk. Senator Sherman presided. A
committee of three, consisting of Sena
tor Sherman and Representatives Lear
son and Layton were designated to draw
up appropriate resolutions. Seven mem
bers, with one or two senators, will ac
company the remains to Ohio. There
will be a special car for the members of
the family and a congressional delega
tion attached to a Pennsylvania train
which leaves here at 3:15 p. in. The
vice president has appointed Messrs.
Brice, Sherman, Dubois, Hunton ami
Martin as the committee on the part of
the senate to attend the funeral.
BRITONS’APPLAUD BENHAM.
Shipowners Say He Has Set a Good
Example.
London, Feb. 10. —Francis Levisou
Bertie, of the foreign office, received a
depution of British shipowners, who
urged that the British commander at
Rio de Janeiro be instructed to see that
all British vessels are enabled to dis
charge their cargoes without molesta
tion.
The shipowners spoke in the warmest
manner of the spirited action of Ad
miral Benham, of the United States
navy, who, they said, set an example to
the naval commanders of all foreign na
tions in freeing in.such a brilliant and suc
cessful manner the American ships at Rio
from the obnoxious restrictions imposed
upon them by the Brazilian insurgents.
Mr. Bertie replied that the secretary
of state of foreign affairs will see if it
is possible to instruct the British com
mander as requested. He warmly
praised the American admiral for the
determined stand he took, saying that
he evidently brought about the desired
•n! and successfully accomplished what
his more cautious colleagues shrank
from.
Observed By a Requiem Ma...
Rome, Feb. 10.—The anniversary of
the death of the late Pope Pius IX was
the occasion for a requiem mass in the
Sistine chapel. Tho pope, the members
of the Sacrod college and numerous for
eigners attended. At the conclusion of
of mass the pope, seated on the throne,
pronounced absolution. The pope ap
peared to be in good health.
AN EXCITING FIRE.
Livery Stable Bui ned and Many
Persons Hurt.
ONE OF THE INJURED DEAD
The Origin of the Fire is a
Mystery—A Man Arrested
On Suspicion.
Atlanta, Feb. 10.—The most seri
ous fire of the winter was that which
gutted the large grantte front livery
stables of W. O. Jones on Forsyth
street. The fire started in the top story of
the big building, in a fewjminutes spread
over the entire length of that floor and
as the firemen gained an entrance to the
interior the blaze spurted forth with
awful fury.
So frightful was the scene that women
passing in the street burst into frantic
screams, and horses in the stables
groaned and neighed in utter suffoca
tion. The animals were finally taken
from the burning structure.
The horses hung back affrighted
and had to be driven from the building.
Hundreds of animals stampeded and
went rushing off in every direction. All
attempts to control them or drive them
to any given spot proved futile. Some
of them were so frightened they had to
be dragged from the building by force,
but all were saved.
There were a number of men sleeping
in the building, some of whom were se
riously burned. James McMillan, a
horse trader from Tennessee, was burn
ed in the face and on the neck. His
hair was singed off, and the skin peeled
from his arms up above the elbow. He
was confined to his bed at the time with
an attack of paralysis, and has died
from his injuries.
Alex Adams, colored, McMillan’s
body {servant, was frightfully burned
while rescuing his employer. Hearing
his cries he dashed up the stairway
through the smoke and entered the room
whhich was already in flames, and help
ed to carry out McMillan. When he
reached the ground his face had been
burned untilTt was raw.
C. C. Smith, of Tennessee, was dan
gerously burned about the face, head,
chest and arms.
J. A. Deaton, of Atlanta, had his hair
Binged off, his clothing half burned, and
was black about the face and arms.
Charles McAllister, a printer,who was
one of the first on the gronn'd, rushed in
the building to wake those sleeping in
side. and was taken out badly burned
about the -ftice. He will probably re
cover, but will be disfigured for life.
Jake Emmel, assistant chief of the
fire department, was seriously hurt by
jumping from a window.
The proprietor of the stables loses his
entire stock of carriages, valued at
000, on which he had only §3,000 insur
ance.
There is no clue to the origin of the
fire and the proprietor is unable to ac
count for it. Almost immediate after it
was discovered a sound like an explosion
was heard but it may have come from
the sudden bursting of tile flames
through the windows.
McMillan, who died from his injuries,
had $1,200 which has not been found
since the fire, and a man has been locked
up on suspicion.
Detectives are now working on the
case.
THE WAR IN AFRICA.
The French Garrison at Timbuctoo to Be
Reinforced*
Paris, Feb. 10.—D’Nuevieme Siecle
says at the cabinet meeting to be held
it will probably be decided to send rein
forcements from Senegal to Timbuctoo,
where Captain Philippe, with a small
French force is holding the city against
Tonarego.
The paper adds that it is likely the
Fourth Soudanese battailion will be sent
to the aid of the beleaguered French
troops, and that Colonel Archinaid, the
commander of the French Soudan will
be in command of the reinforcements.
THE PULSE OF TRADE
Coinmerci?.] Agencies Report a Continued
improvement.
New York, Feb. 10.—Bradstreet’s re
port says: Unfavorable features in the
general merchandise line are conspicu
ous in the reaction of the raw wool mar
ket, following the spurt given sales of
that staple, particularly at Boston, in
the preceding two weeks, when the
quantity sold exceeded 7,000,000 pounds,
and in the appearance of unseasonable
weather south and west, and reports
from Baltimore that general trade foi
February opens disappointingly, results
being smaller than expected.
A plainly favorable feature of Jan
uary railway earnings is in the reports
from southern roads, which were no
ticeably less unfavorable than in the
preceding month. There are 40 odd re
sumptions of important industrial es
tablishments this week contrasted with
announcements of the shutting down ol
only six similar concerns.
A favorable surprise is in the result of
the sale of home and foreign silks at
New York; prices paid, instead of result
ing in a loss as predicted, furnishing a
fair margin of profit, and pointing to
the willingness of dealers to replenish
stocks in advance of immediate de
mands. There is a gain in the move
ment of men's woolens from eastern
centers, and the increased demand for
steel billets at Pittsburg and at Chicago
is such that prices are nearly, if not
quite. $1 a ton, and more than 40,000
tons of steel have been contracted for.
The demand for rods, wire and nails
has increase I as well, and some mills have
refused further orders at current prices.
Sales of southern pig iron have been in
creased at the west.
Tliei-w were n:;:> business failures in the
United States this week, against 310 last
week, 223 in the week a year ago, 241
two years ago and 260 three years ago.
Atlanta is working more hours daily
than for a year past, but available funds
exceed the demand. There is an in
crease of business in Augusta in all
lines, with a good demand for products
of cotton factories.
Savannah reports general trade im
proving with spirits of turpentine lead
ing as to demand and gain in price.
Nashville reports business checked by
the weather, and of limited volume,
with money offering in excess of de
mand.
The Birmingham rolling mills are an
nounced to open soon. Trade was stim
ulated at New Orleans last week by the
Mardi Gras festivities, the number of
buyers visiting that city, both wholesale
and retail being considerable.
Exports of corn continue heavy, and
the resumption of the sugar bounty pay
ments has had a stimulating effect on
trade.
General trade at Texas cities shows a
gain over preceding weeks.
What Dun & Company Say.
R. G. Dun & Company’s weekly re
view of trade says: Improvement in
business jstill appears in many directions,
but it seems to be in part balanced by
loss in others. The general gain which
began some time ago and was strength
ened a little by the success of the treas
ury loan, has scarcely answered expecta
tions. ,
Recent sharp reductions in cotton
goods have not brought out the extreme
business expected. An auction sale of
Bilks resulted in better prices than an
ticipated. Foreign grades do not im
prove, domestic exports at least falling
bolow those of the corresponding week
last year, though lor the year, thus f'",
the increase is 7 per cent, while the im
ports are 40 per cent less than last year.
Os Special Interest to the South.
The Baltimore Manufacturers’ Rec
ord, in reviewing the condition of busi
ness in the south for the week says:
“Notwithstanding the restricting in
fluence of threatened tariff legislation
upon some branches of souuhein indus
try, there is in general a decided im
provement, with increasing activity in
many directions. A large number of
southern factories, including a rolling
mill that employs nearly 1,000 hands,
and iron pipe works that employ 400 to
500, have started up during the week.
The Newport News shipyard is engag
ing 1,200 additional hands to work on
contracts lately secured.
Important developments of southern
progress during the week include the let
ting of a contract for a $5,000,000 steel
railroad bridge across the Mississippi
river at New Orleans; preparations for
improvements on the Dismal swamp ca
nal of Virginia, to cost $1,000,000, and
extensive jetty works at Mayport, Fla.;
a $300,000 suburban electric line at At
lanta; a steam road in Georgia 12 miles
long, and the acquirement of terminals
on Galveston bay for the Gulf and In
terstate railroad; a 26 mile road to be
built in Texas to develop a tract of 3,500
acres of coal land now being opened
up to furnish coal to the Southern Pa
cific railroad; contracts closed for turn
ing a large volume of traffic from 3,500
miles of western roads to the seaboard
over the Chesapeake and Ohio, and the
organization of a company to extend the
Atlantic and Danville railroad to the
coal fields of southwest Virginia.
Among the new industrial projects
are two new coal mining companies in
Virginia with $500,000 and $300,000 cap
ital stock, respectively; flour mills in
South Carolina and Tennessee; a $40,-
000 furniture factory in Arkansas; a
$150,000 copper works in Tennessee; a
SIOO,OOO irrigation company to develop
Texas land; a SIOO,OOO phosphate ma
chinery company in Maryland; a $25,000
hosiery mill in Virginia; bids are invited
for building a cotton mill in the same
state; a shoe factory in Memphis, a S2O,
000 lumber company in Augusta; a $20,-
000 shirt factory in West Virginia; gas
works at Newport News, and a $50,000
electrical company at Dallas, etc.
Ciiaineieons ou a A car.
Albany, Feb. 10. —Owing to the ef
forts of the Humane society the sale of
chameleons in this city has been stopped,
but every day consignments of these
reptiles pass through here for other
towns. One night this week 10,000 of
them were shipped to Montreal. Dur
ing the long ride in the heated baggage
car the little animals got very lively,
and a large number escaped from the
box. The trainmen were kept busy un
til Montreal was reached chasing them
around the car, and 40 or 50 eluded
them. At the custom house at Montreal
the customs officer opened the case. The
reptiles made a rush, and before the
startled examiner realized the situation
every one got out. For six hours the at
tendants were engaged in a chameleon
roundup, but over a thousand escaped.
Receiver Comer and the Southwestern.
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 10.—Receiver
Comer expressed himself as well satis
fied with the results of the Southwestern
stockholders’ meeting. He says that the
action taken bore out his position fully
and that there has at no time been any
conflict between himself and Captain
Raoul or any one in regard to what
ought to be done. It was anticipated by
some, he said, that an outright attempt
might be made to pass the Raoul resolu
tions, which contemplated the imme
diate serervance of the Southwestern
from the Central.
Sain Jones Converts Ingalls.
Nashville, Feb. 10.—When Evange
list Sam Jones called far penitents at the
gospel tabernacle in this city, where he
is holding a revival, the first person in
the line of those who went forward to
take his extended palm was no less a
personage than Honorable John James
Ingalls, of Kansas. “I endorse every
word you say,” he remarked earnestly,
as he grasped the evangelist's hand.
“God bless you.” responded Mr. Jones,
fervently. “Possibly,” said one who
witnessed the scene, “tho decalogue
may. alter all. have a place in polit s,
and' hope for the politicians prove i .
than an ‘irridescent dream.' ”
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
HEADQUARTERS
Os the Chattanooga, Rome &
Columbus in Rome.
THE OFFICERS ARRIVE,
And Take Possession of the
Second Floor of the Ham
ilton Building.
Mr. Eugene E. Jones, receiver
old the C. R. & C. R. R., ■with his newly
appointed offiicals, has arrived in the
city and taken offices in the Hamilton
building, at the foot of Broad street.
This is a big catch for Rome, and as an
official remarked yesterday, “it is the
best place on the line.” The schedule
which has raised such a kick, will very
soou be changed, and Rome will at once
derive some benefit from the road.
The following officers are in the city:
Mr. Eugene E. Jones, receiver; C. B.
Wilburn,superintendent and traffic man
ager; Mr. Love, train master; Milo S.
Freeman, auditor, and W. M. Darby,
private secretary, to receiver. -
THE COTTON CROP.
Report of the Agricultural Department
at Washington.
Washington, Feb. 10.—The returns
to the department of agriculture for the
month of February, which relates to
cotton gives the estimates of the products
compared with last year, the proportion
Bent to the markets damaged by insects,
the average date on which the picking
closed, etc. The following are the state
averages of the comparative crop: Vir
ginia, 94; North Carolina. 94: South
Carolina, 82; Georgia, 93; Florida, 106;
Alabama, 96; Mississippi, 101; Louisiana;
90; Texas, 85; Arkansas, 94; Tennessee,
84; Missouri, 81. The general average
for the county is 92.
A proportion of the crop which has
been sent from plantations and, there
fore, in the hands of others than the pro
ducers, as shown by the consolidated re
turns of correspondents is 92.2 p r cent,
leaving 7-8 per cent of the crop still un
marketed. Correspondents of the de
partment assign as a cause for the unus
ually large proportion marketed that
producers, owing to the stringency of
the times, havejbeen compelled to part
with their holdings to p.iy debts and
meet necessary expenses.
Percentage by states is as follows: Vir
ginia 85, North Carolina 88, South Car
olina 90, Georgia 92.5, Florida 91, Ala
bama 93, Mississippi 92.4, Louisiana 94,
Texas 92, Arkansas 94, Tennessee 92,
Missouri 92,
The losses from insects have been
small. Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas,
Mississippi and Alabama being the only
states reporting damage from that cause.
The proportion of lint to seed ranges
from 31.7 to 33 pFfcent—average~TTT
The price of see l varies from 15.6 to 19.7
cents per bushel. The average date of
closing picking was Dec. 2.
Cotton in Sight.
New York, Feb. o.—The total visible
supply of cotton for the world is 4,525,-
436, of which 3,990,236 is American,
against 4,287.058 and 3,828,858 respect
ively last year. Receipts at all interior
towns, 47.726. Receipts at plantations,
84,537. Crop now in sight, 6,293,422.
Farmers Have Moiipy to Lend.
LaGrange, Ga., Feb. 10.—Clerk E.
T. Winn says the farmers who have
money ahead are beginning to lend it to
their neighbors. This is a big straw,
showing that the winds of prosperity
are beginning to sweep over our land
once more. His office records indicate
a constant increase of the business, the
lenders taking mortgages on wagons,
stock, etc., to be supplemented after a
while by crop liens. The amounts are,
o r course, small, ranging from $75 to
$l5O, but this only shows a proper cau
tion on both sides. With this money on
hand the small farmer can purchase
necessary things at cash prices, which
is a great saving. He pays only legal
interest, which, while not oppressive to
him, is a sufficient remuneration to the
lender. W e hope that this business will
grow.
France Exercised Over the Treaty.
London, Feb. 10. —A dispatch from
Paris notes that the Russo-German
treaty of commerce has caused a pro
found impression in France. The French
people thought Russia would quarrel
with the Driebund and would be the
enemy of every nation hostile to France.
Some of the Paris papers already accuse
Russia of betraying France. Emperor
William’s speech at the recent banquet
in Berlin seems to have given great sat
isfaction at St. Petersburg. The Novo?i
Vremya says it means the maintaining
of peace in Europe.
a steamship f oundered.
Liverpool, Feb. 10.—The British
steamer Palmas, which sailed from
Newport News Jan. 23 for this port, has
arrived, with 29 seamen from the Brit
ish steamer Chilian, which sailed from
Norfolk, Va., Jan. . 22, for Liverpool.
The Palmas rescued the crew of the
Chilian, which was about to founder.
A Golden Jubilee.
Vienna, Feb. 10.—The commercial
council has resolved to provide for a fit
ting celebration in 1898 of the golden
jubilee of Emperor Francis Joseph’s
reign. It is probable that a municipal
museum will be erected as a memento
of the occasion.
Report <»f the Engagement Confirmed.
New York, Feb. 10. —The announce
ment of the marriage of Miss Anna
Gould and Mr. Harriman, which was
made in The World, was confirmed by
Mr. George Gould, brother of the pros
pective bride.