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LABOR DAY’S BIG TURNOUT.
The Organizations Make a Fine Dis
play on Parade.
Between Five Hundred, and Six
Hundred Men in Line—Crowds of
People View the Procession—Many
Buildings Decorated in Honor of
the Day—The Festivities at Thun
derbolt.
Labor day was celebrated yesterday
by the labor organizations with eclat.
The turnout in the parade was even
larger than was anticipated. The or
ganizations assembled at their halls early
in the morning, some of them as early as
6 o’clock; The day was all that could be
asked fsr. the display, and all of the or
ganizations in the line had full ranks.
The rendezvous was at Bull and
Liberty streets, where the procession
formed. The streets within the vicinity
w.ere filled with people to witness the
parade. It started at 8:30 o’clock, and
made a showing of which the organiza
tions may be proud. Grand Marshal
Driscoll led the procession, mounted with
his aides. The members of the typo
graphical union in linen dusters and
white helmets was the first organization.
The original printers’ devil, horns, hoofs
and pitchfork, was at its head.
THE MEN IN BLUE-
. The Workingmen’s Benevolent Associ
ation bad the largest turnout. At its
head was carried the green banner of the
association. The members were in blue
uniforms and wore the green sash, the
badge of the society. The colored organ
izations followed, the Workingmen’s
Union Association first and then the
Naval Stores Association and the cotton
stage gangs. AU of the organizations
carried banners. The line of march was
through the streets indicated in the
Morning News.
The procession was to have been re
viewed from the City Exchange, but owing
to a mistake in the invitation to the
mayor and aidermen as to the hour at
which the procession was to pass the ex
change, none of the officials reached there
in time.
The procession was expected at the ex
change at 10 o’clock. Instead it passed
there a little after 9 o’clock. The ex
change building was decorated with flags
and bunting, and all of the buildings in
the city floated their flags in honor of the
day. Along the route of the procession
numbers of buildings were docorated and
the streets were lined with people as it
passed.
THE DAT WIDELY OBSERVED.
The day was generally observed as a
holiday. The banks, the exchanges and
the city, county and state offices were
closed. At the postofflee the day was ob
served as a part holiday. The custom
house was about the only public office
that was open, and even there very little
was done. A number of stores and busi
ness houses closed during the forenoon,
but at noon there was a general closing.
After 2 o’clock all business was prac
tically suspended.
TO COAL THB FIRST SHIP.
The Torgorm to Lead the Cotton Fleet
In Taking on Her Supply of Coal
Here—The Sloss Iron and Coal Com
pany’s Big Enterprise.
The initial step towards making Sa
vannah a coaling port will be made to-day
by the Sloss Iron and Coal Company in
the coaling of the British steamship Tur
gor m Capt. Mclntosh, now loading at the
Central railroad wharves
This vessel is the first cotton ship this
season, and is only the beginning of the
fleet of foreign steamers which have for
years visited in * this port. Now that
there is a depth of 28 feet at high water,
which will in all probability be increased
to 26 feet before the season is over, there
must necessarily be a large increase in
this class of tonnage, which will be still,
further augmented, if the commercial fa
cilities of the port are relatively im
proved. .
The establishment of a coaling station
for vessels where they can get good steam
coal at the lowest prices will do almost as
much towards helping Savannah’s prog
ress as deep water and low port charges.
The coal for the Torgorm is from the
mines of the Sloss company in Alabama,
and is equal in quality to the best used in
the merchant marine service. This is a
new and important adjunct to the com
merce of the port, and is the result of
energetic and systematic efforts of Mr.
James L. Logan, the Savannah manager
of the Sloss Iron and Steel Company.
It is estimated that last year foreign
bound steamers from this uort used 60,-
000 tons of coal. If that supply could all
be out aboard here it would benefit the
railroads in freights, and furnish labor
for a large number of people.
The enterprise which the Sloss com
pany has shown in its efforts to make Sa
vannah a coal supplying port is worthy of
the encouragement of the businessmen of
the city, and the indorsement of its com
mercial bodies.
The work that the government is doing
to give the port deep water will be a long
time bearing fruit unless every man does
his share towards bringing business here.
Every vessel that coals at this port is an
advertisement which will tend to induce
other steamers to give Savannah the pref
erence for freigh ts.
IT COST HIM SIOO.
A Drummer Robbed by a Hull Street
Fairy, Who Skipped Out.
J. F. Cartel- swore out a warrant before
Justice M.Naughtin yesterday charging
Emma O. Woodall or Woodruff with rob
tuken from his clothes.
» seems Carter had been in her house,
or a house where she lived on Hull street,
between Houston and East Broad, the
night before, and when daylight came he
found that she was gone, and that his
money had disappeared at the same time.
On Investigation it was found that she
had taken a back and had gone out to the
Central railroad junction, four miles from
the city, where she took the train for At
lanta.
A telegraph message to Marshal Davis
of Millen stopped her there and he wired
back about noon that he had placed her
under arrest. Detective 'Wetherhorn
left for Millen last night and will bring
her back to the city this morning.
FIFTH GEORGIA DISTRICT.
Senatorial Nomination Made and
Turner and Atkinson Endorsed.
Brunswick, Ga . Sept. s—The senato
rial convention for the Fourth district
met at Owens’ Ferry yesterday and nom
inated John J. Upchurch as their stand
ard bearer.
Glynn. Camden and Charlton counties
were represented, and the convention
unanimously passed resolutions pledging
their hearty support to Representative
Turner in hiacandidacy for the Senate,
and Judge Spencer H. Atkinson for the
supreme bench in the event the proposed
amendments passed.
A senatorial executive committee was
chosen with H. F. Dunwody permanent
chairman, and John C. Lehman perma
nent secretary, both of Glynn.
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1894.
A HACKMAN TURNS THIEF.
A Savannah Lady Loses Her Jewels
in Macon.
Mrs. R. L. Colding of Savannah had
the misfortune to lose her jewels while
passing through Macon the other night.
The manner in which the loss occurred
was rather peculiar.
Mr. Edward Mclntyre, who had been
spending some time at Warm Springs for
his health, was being brought back to his
home at Marlowe, accompanied by his
daughter, Mrs. Colding, his son, Mr. W.
R. Mclntyre,and Dr. M. T. Davis.
The party arrived in Macon by the
East Tennessee railroad Saturday night
and it was necessary to transfer across
the city to the Central depot. The va
lises and satchels belonging to the party
were given in charge of the Brown house
porter who placed them in the front part
of the hack in which Mr. Mclntyre and
his daughter were seated. When the
party left the train Mrs. Colding gave the
satchel containing her jewels to Dr.
Davis. After seeing Mr. Mclntyre com
fortably fixed Dr. Davis started to take
another hack which he had ordered the
Brown house porter to have in readiness
for him. •
“Here is your hack, sir,” said a negro
who was' standing beside the porter on
the sidewalk. Thinking that the negro
was connected with tfce hotel Dr. Davis
handed him the satchel to hold for a min
ute while h« arranged some things in the
hack. Before getting into the hack, how
ever. he was called to the one occupied by
Mr. Mclntyre, who insisted upon his rid
ing down with him. Not thinking of the
satchel at the time Dr. Davis got in and
rode down with Mr. Mclntyre. Before
reaching the Central depot, however, he
remembered that he bad left the satchel
with the negro haekmah. He ascertained
the name of the man from the driver of
the hack which he was in, and as soon
as he arrived at the Central depot started
out to do a little detective work. He
found that the name of the negro to
whom he had given the satchel was Sam
Barden.
Several hackmen were standing in
front of the depot when he arrived. He
announced that he wanted a hack at once
and asked for Sam Barden. That worthy
who had just arrived from the East Tennes
see depot rushed up at once, expecting to
secure a fare. He found himself deceived,
however, as he was immediatel y put un
der arrest. He did not have the satchel
with him, however, and denied all knowl
edge of it. It was supposed that he had
handed it to a confederate be
fore coming over to the Cen
tral depot. Chief Butner of the
Macon police was notified and responded
in person with several detectives. Every
effort was (made td find the satchel, but
without avail. Dr. Davis said yesterday
that the promptness and activity of Chief
Butner and his aides was very commend
able. Barden and four other hackmen
were taken in custody.
Dr Davis came on to Savannah with
Mr. Mclntyre. He received a telegram
from Chief Butner last night saying that
he had not been able to obtain any trace
of the satchel or its contents as yet. The
value of the jewels in the satchel was
about 8200.
A BIG ENGLISH FORTUNE.
The Hazzard Estate Which May Go to
Relatives of That Name in Georgia
Said to Be Worth Many Millions—A.
B. Hazzard of Pooler and Solicitor
Generali Fraser Among the Legal
Heirs—The Matter Now Being In
vestigated.
Every now and then a rumor comes
from England or from somewhere on the
other side, of some largte fortune left by
persons who die intestate, and whose
nearest known relatives are residents of
ome portion of Arterica.
Some times it that these re
ports are worth and then
again it turns out that some lawyer is
prcisecutiong a scheme for the purpose of
turning a few shekels at the expense of
the credulous.
A recent report of a fortune in which
several people in this section are in
terested is now being investigated. The
Hazzard estate left in England is re
ported to be valued at £15,000,000.
This was • the valuation „ rumor
' placed on it some years ago when a
search was laeing made forthe heirs.
A ROUSING ESTATE.
Another story puts it at £40,000,000, but
of the amount nothing known is certain.
A Hazzard estate was left and without a
will, and it is believed that the Hazzard
family, which lived in this section of
Georgia, is heir to whatever there may be
of such an estate.
Recently a New Yorn attorney left his
business and went down to Atlanta for
, the purpose of seeing Mrs. Julia White,
formerly a Miss Hazzard who lived
near Darien. His object was to
get the genealogy and establish the
relationships, which is necessary before
the English courts will take any action in
the matter. This has led to an investiga
tion of the matter.
a poolerite in it.
Col. A. B. Hazzard, formerly of Savan
nah. who now lives in Pooler, is Mrs.
White’s uncle. Solicitor General Eraser,
who is related to the family through mar
riage. would also be interested in the find
ing of sych a large estate. and the share
of his family would be considerable. The
matter is now in his hands, and though
he does not give too much cre
dence to the report of the
existence of an estate oi' such fabulous
value in which he would be a sharer.be
will probably reach the conclusion that
the matter is worth looking into.
TO HUNT UP THEIR GENEALOGY.
According to the attorney who visited
Mrs. White in Atlanta, all that has to be
done is to get up the genealog.v of the
Hazzard family in Georgia and establish
its relationship with those by whom the
estate was left.
If there is any foundation in the re
port, which places the figures anywhere
Jrom £15,000,000 to £60,000,000, and the
matter can be properly traced up with all
the necessary legal proofs, it may be that
within a year or two Georgia will have
one or two more millionaires than the
state contains at the present writing.
MURDERED BY BURGLARS.
A Police Sergeant Killed, Probably
for Stopping Th. ir Baids.
Cleveland, 0., Sept. s.—Police Sergeant
Nicholas Shehan was murdered this
morning at daylight by two burglars,
whom the officer was pursuing. The bur
glars opened fire on the sergeant and he
fell - to the sidewalk dead, with a bullet in
his breast. The murderers are still at
large, and the police have as yet no clew
to their identity.
Later it was found that the burglars
had made an unsuccessful attempt to
blow open the sate in the office of the Ohio
Provision Company.
A BOASTER SLAIN.
Alleged Undue Intimacy With a
Young Woman Causes a Killing.
Henrietta. Tex., Sept. 5.—J. F. Witt,
secretary of the Thirteenth congressional
district convention and superintendent of
public schools at Decatur, was killed at
the latter plavelast evening by S. Sim- ■
mens, a young business man of Sherman. I
The tragedy occurred in a public street at ■
Decatur. It is alleged that undue in
timacy existed between Witt andva sister
of Simmons, and Witt openly boasted of
it. Simmons was arrested.
ESCAPED WHAT HE FEARED
Robert Howard Will Meet No Worldly
• Punishment.
His Death at the Georgia Infirmary
Puts Him Beyond the Power of the
Law—His Peculiar Reasons for Hav
ing Ended His Own Life The
Woman He Shot is Getting Better
and Will Probably Recover.
Robert Howard is dead at last, and is
free from that earthly punishment
which he so much dreaded that he took
his own life after making a murderous
assault on Grace Rhodes.
He died at the Georgia Infirmary,
where he has been since the shooting,
between 10 and 11 o’clock Monday night.
Being delirious and almost unconscious
several hours before his death he had
little to say upon the subject in his last
inoments.
The case is undoubtedly one of the
most peculiar in the annals of
Chatham county crime. Thursday
morning, Aug. 23, he went to the resi
dence of a gentleman for whom Grace
Rhodes was working as cook, and after a
few words he recklessly fired after her
four shots from his revolver, with which
he afterward inflicted upon himself the
wounds that produced his death. He
made some accusations against the
woman which were denied, and said he
shot her because she had deserted him
and had been untrue to him.
The peculiarity of Howard’s case was
his suicidal shots and the reason he gave
for inflicting them. He intended to kill
the woman, he said, and he reasoned and
perhaps rightly, that if he lived he would
have to submit to severe legal punish
ment, as well, he said, as the punishment
hereafter, which he believed was bound
to follow in any event. So with the gal
lows staring him in the face he turned the
revolver upon himself and sought, as
near as he could, the heart. With an un
usual physical fortitude he bore the pain,
but continually expressed a wish to die,
more it seems as a* relief to his mind upon
the subject of an earthly punishment,
than to nis bodily suffering.
The wounds in his breast undoubtedly
caused his death, though it is believed
the one in his shoulder, which cut the
artery leading to the wrist and forming
the pulse, and which would have necessi
tated the amputation of his left arm,
would have almost been sufficient to have
caused death.
It is probably best for the negro that
he died, but it is fortunate that the
woman whom he intended to murder is
gradually recovering, and It is believed
will be out within a short time. The case
is one of the most peculiar in the list of
murders and suicides that has been known
in this section.
FACTORS WILL NOT PAY.
The Railroads Notify the Factors of a
New Charge on Rolling Rosin From
the Warehouses, and That It Must
Be Paid in Advance—The Factors
Say They Won’t Pay It—The Claims
of Both Sides.
The naval stores factors were .up in
arms yesterday against the railroad com
panies, and a meeting was held at the
board of trade to discuss the differennes
caused by the imposing of certain charges
for handling freight, which the factors
consider unreasonable.
A few days ago the factors were noti
fied that a charge of 3 cents per barrel
would be made for rolling their rosin
from the warehouses when ordered to be
delivered to the exporters, and that pay
ment must be made at tne time the stock
is taken in storage. The charge on spirits
turpentine for the same service was put
at 4 cents per cask. This is in addition
to the regular cnarge made for storage.
Heretofore the factorshave paid 3 cents
a month for storage of rosin, and the
charges for delivery on the wharves have
been paid by the shippers, and the factors
had nothing to do with the stock after
giving an order for its delivery from the
warehouses.
THE EXPORTERS HIT FIRST.
Sometime ago, the railroads increased
their charges for rolling the stock from
the warehouses to the cars or lighters,
and notified the exporters of the change.
There was a bold kick on the part of the
exporters over the additional charges,
and a committee was appointed to confer
with the railroad officials in re
gard to the matter. The next
development regarding charges for hand
ling the stock was-the notification to the
factors that they would be held responsi
ble for the charges.
The railroad companies contend that
the increased expense in handling the i
large stocks at the wharves and ware- I
houses causes a great loss to them Unless i
they were reimbursed by the owners of
the stocks; therefore they are compelled
to increase the rates.
A KICIi ON THE WAY IT IS DONE.
They also claim that it is not convenient :
to keep accounts of all deliveries, both ■
large and small, made at irregular inter- |
vals to shippers, and to facilitate matters
they propose to charge the factors for
rolling the stock out to the shippers and
make them pay for the service at tbe
time it is taken in storage. They suggest
that the factors can get their money back
by charjng the shippers for handling
when orders for delivery are given.
The naval stores factors held a long
conference yesterday with Mr. W. S.
.Winburn, general freight agent of the
Central railroad, and Mr. F. B. Papy,
general freight agent of the Savannah,
Florida and Western railway. After a
spirited discussion over the situation,
there was nothing definite agreed upon
except that the railroad officials insisted
that they would make the charges and
the factors positively refused to agree to
pay them. *
THE FACTORS’ SIDE OF IT.
In speaking to a Morning News re
porter after the meeting a prominent fac
tor said: “We have entered a protest
against being compelled to pay tbe charges
of the railroad companies for delivering
stocks to our customers. We do not con
sider it fair nor just. It is not our busi
ness to be responsible for charges
made for handling goods which we
have sold to other parties to
be delivered from the warehouses at
which we have already paid storage. If
the railroads want to increase the cost of
storage, that would be another matter,
and one whwh we would consider from a
different standpoint; but the fact that we
must pay for a service before it is per
formed, and, besides, for one which we
are not resonsible, is unreasonable. The
railroads must look to the shippers for
their pay for delivering naval stores on
board ears and lighters. We sell our
stock to be delivered at the warehouses,
and after an Order is given for delivery
the property belongs to the purchaser.
The factors will positively refuse to pay
the charges imposed upon them.”
Will Vote a Republican Ticket.
Denver, Colo., Sept. 5.—V. R. Mark
j ham. nominee of the democratic conven
tion for supreme judge, has given notice
j he wiil decline to accept, and he intends
: to vote the republican ticket.
If it wasn t for the fools in this world the
rest of us would have a hard time getting
along.—Florida Times-Union.
RALLIES IN TWO COUNTIES.
Col. Lester Entertains the Crowd
With Good. Democratic Doctrine-
Clifton and Sheppard Speak—A
Number of Populists Present—Mor
gan and Stovall Talk to the People
at Reidsville.
Col. Rufus E. Lester and Mr, William
Clifton returned last night from Hines
ville, where they went yesterday to at
tend a rally of the democrats of Liberty
county. The meeting was held in the
court house and something over 300 demo
crats and others were present. The speak
,, ers ware surprised as well as gratified by
the fact that quite a number -of populists
attended the meeting and were attentive
listeners.
Dr. A. B. Daniels was elected chairman
and R. M. Martin secretary. The busi
ness before the meeting was the nomina
tion of a candidate of the Demdcratic
party for the legislature. The. names of
W. P. Waite and W. Finley Way x went
before the meeting with the resfllt that
Mr. Waite was made the candidate of the
party. Mr. Way pledged loyalty and
promised to exert every effort in behalf
of the democratic cause.
COL. LESTER’S SPEECH;
Col. Lester was introduced by W. Fin
lay Way. Esq., who said Col. Lester was
so well-known in Liberty county that he
really needed no introduction. Col. Lester
was greeted with applause. He discussed
at some length the fundamental princh
pies of democracy showing that the peo
ple had every reason to be proud, of the
party and its work, and that there was
no reason particularly in the south for
the existence of the third party.
The Democratic party he said was
the only ’ one that could and would
correct the evils of the day.’ . He referred
to the populistic idea of the government
ownership of railroads, showing it would
take more money than there is' in the
world to buy the railroads of the United
States. He only alluded to the silver
issue. He asked the populist farmers if
they deserted their farms when their
farm hands did not suit them, or whether
the proper course was not to find new
laborers. He applied this to those who
served them in public life. His'argument
was well received and liberally applauded ■
CLIFTON’S ADVICE.
Mr. William Clityon was next palled.
His argument was received in a manner
indicative of bis increasing popularity in
Liberty. He said he haa just returned
from the state democratic headquar
ters, where he had met leaders
from all parts of tbe state, and
he was assured that tbe democracy in
Georgia was still in overpowering ascen
dancy. He showed the populists that
they had made the mistake of their lives
in deserting the Democratic party. He
urged that the Democratic, party was the
frieud of the colored people, and told of
the work democratic legislation bad ac
complished in the education of their chil
dren.
Walter Sheppard, tbe democratic nomi
nee for the Senate from the Second dis
trict, made an excellent sreech. He said
that he was going to do all in bis power to
carry the banner of| democracy in that
district to success. He urged every dem
ocrat to exert his utmost efforts for the
success of the party in that county and
district.
The turnout was considered fairly
good, and it is believed the democratic
vote in Liberty will show a large increase
this year.
REIDSVILLE’S RALLY.
Mr. Pleasant A. Stovall and Thomas S.
Morgan. Jr., Esq., spoke at Reidsville to
a crowd of between 300 and 400
people. The crowd would have been much
larger had it not been for a misunder
standing as to speaking, caused.- by
a mistake of the state chairman. The
people of Reidsville were notified some
time ago that Messrs Morgan and
Stovall would sneak there on Sept 4.
Later it was announced that these two
gentlemen would speak at Hinesville on
that day. The people of Tattnall county
seeing this announcement concluded that
the rally at Reidsville had been aban
doned.
Upon advice of Col. Lester, however,
Messrs. Morgan and Stovall decided to go
to Reidsville. Being court house sales
day, they found a good crowd in town,
but they were informed that a great
many who had intended being present
had not come because they were informed
that there would be no speaking. The
two speakers were warmly received,
however, and the court house meeting
was soon arranged fori Hon, John H.
Heery, chairman of tbe democratic execu
tive committee of the county, presided.
< TALKED DEMOCBATIC DOCTRINE.
Messrs. Morgan and Stovall discussed
the questions of the hour and gave their
listeners the benefit of some sound demo
cratic doctrine. Their audience proved
an appreciative one and their efforts were
loudly applauded. They found the demo
crats of Tattnall loyal to the core. The
' mention of President Cleveland's name
; was always welcomed with prolonged ap
l plause, showing the esteem in which the
standard bearer of the Democratic party
is held by the democrats of Tattnail
county.
It was estimated that one-fifth of the
crowd was third partyites. Tire speakers
returned to the city last night. They
i learned while in Tattnall that the popu
: lists have formed a combination with the
negroes and that it will be necessary for
the democrats to do some - good work in
Tattnall in order to insure the usual
democratic majority.
SPEAKING AT LOUISVILLE-
Populist Orators Make Speaking
Trumpets of Their Hats.
Louisville, Ga., Sept. 5.—A crowd of
something over ,300 populists, half of
them colored, met at the fairgrounds
here to-day to listen to speeches by Messrs.
West and Ellington, Mr. West, who is
editor and proprietor of a thitd party
paper at Thompson, Ga., the home of his
chief, spoke for an hour and a quarter.
He said the democrats had not;, nor did
not intend to fulfill their pledges. That
Cleveland was in favor of social
equality, that he had appointed
the negro C. H. J. Taylor to
Bolivia, which was a white man’s coun
try. and that he was in favor of mixed
public schools. He then attacked our
next governor, the Hon. W. Y. Atkinson,
and said that he had never repudiated
the statement said to have been made by
him in Fannin county that, if he was
elected governor, he would pardon cer
tain convicts. He also said the govern
ment ought to own the railroads and ridi
culed the idea that their purchase would
bankrupt the country. He said the pop
ulists were opposed to farming out
the convicts, as they’ came in con
flict with free labor; that James. M.
; Smith had now so many convicts that he
: sub-hired them to work at turpentine
stills atsl a day, when he only paid the
state 811 a year.
Mr. Ellington then took the
said, among other things, that tbe demo
crats had had their day, and that we
were getting poorer every year under
democratic rule, but that there were
good and glorious times just ahead, when
the People’s party would hold the reins
There were several hurrahs, but nothing
like enthusiasm.
Fourth West Virginia District.
Parkersburg. W. Va . Sept s.—Con
gressman Capehart of the Fourth West
Virginia district, who was renominated
last w eek after a bitter fight, has with
drawn because of opposition to him in his
own party.
A BRIGHT DAY FOR COTTON.
Advances in Controlling Markets
Cause a Firmness in Spots.
Liverpool and New York Advance
Futures—The Southern Markets Gen
erally Firm and Steady, With a Good
Demand for Spots—Declines in
Stocks at the New York Exchange.
Another Advance in Corn—The Local
Markets Steady but Quiet, With no
Special Features.
Savannah, Sept. s.—lhere was no special
feature in the general markets to-day. Cot
ton continued lo be jn good demand, ar.d
prices were steady and unchanged. The naval
stores market was very quiet. The general
jobbing trades were steady, with a fair move
ment.
Cotton continues to show a good advance
in futures and a better feeling in the spot
markets. Liverpool gave some encourage
ment, and New York advanced 7 points In
futures and 1-16 j for spots- The southern
markets were steady and firm.
Cash wheat was in excellent demand on
the Chicago market at unchanged prices
The futures market w r as quiet within a nar
row range and lost %c to yh on the day.
Shorts expected to be squeezed on corn, and
hurried to cover up their sale?. The prices
for futures ”ose %c to above yesterday.
White cash corn was firm and.in good de
mand. Oats were firm in sympathy with
corn, but business was light. The pro vis oa
market was heavy and succumbed to the
pressure of packers.
At the New York Stock Exchange the mar.
ket was entirely professional in its charac
ter. Operations were inclined to be bearish.
Railway issues sold off a little at the opening,
but the industrials were up. There was some
reaction, but a general decline took place
near the close. Net changes showed losses
of H to 214 per cent.
The following resume of the different mar
kets will show the tone and the quotations at
the close to-day:
Cotton.
• The demand in the local market kept up
steadily and the offering stock was easily dis
posed of at quotations. The receipts dropped
off about 1,000 bales from yesterday. The con
trolling markets were firmer and advancing,
which flad a good effect upon the spot mar
ket. The sales for the day were 1,520 tales.
C n ’Change at the first call the market was
bulletined steady and unchanged, with sales
of 581 tales. At the second call at ’l o'clock
p. m. it was steadv and unchanged, with sales
of 132 bales. At the last call it closed steady
and unchanged, with further sales of 807 tales,
'lhe following were the official quotations:
Middling fair ..Nominal
Good middling 6 9-16
Middling 6 5-16
Low middling ... ....6
Good ordinary .511-16
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DAILY COTTON MOVEMENT AT U. S. PORTS.
Tone. Price. Rec. Sales. Stock.
Galveston.. Steady 6>,S 3,182 161 24,966
N. Orleans. ..Firm 851 300 81,548
Mobile Quiet 6% 92 100 3,083
Savannah . Steady 6 5-16 1,929 1 520 15 052
Charleston. Steady 6 5-16 258 200 is’coo
Wilm’gton-.Norn 16% 84 .... i *64
Norfolk Nom'l
Baltimore...Nom’l 7H 8.198
New York. Steady 6 15-16 ... §1 C 45 92 820
Boston Quiet 6% ........
Pbilad'a Firm 75-16 2020
Various
Total Sept. 5, '94 6.466 4,261 195,103
■■■"'" —I „
ISpinrers 645
Receipts this day last year 5 IF9
Receipts for 5 days this week 25,665
Receipts 5 days same week last year .. 16,496
Stocks at all ports this day last year.. 242.814
DAILY MOVEMENT OF COTTON AT INTERIOR.
Tone. Price. Rec. Sales. Stock.
Augusta Steady 6 5-16 232 82 2.665
Memphis.... Steady 6 9-16 5 50 4,401
St. Louis. ..Steady 6% 51 47 14.586
Cincinnati.. Steady 6 5-16 10 25 2.998
Houston.... Steady i.y t 2,838 3J5 8,559
Louisville.. ..Quiet 6% .... .... ....
Atlanta Steady 6’4 .. ....
EXPORTS OF COTTON THIS* DAY.
Gr. Brit Fr’nce. Coat. C’at
New Orleans 3,172
Mobile . '. 60
Wilmington 25
Norfolk .... 17
New York 1.360
Total 1,300 3,274
Total exp’ts thus
tar this week.. 1.E97 .... 102 12.286
Liverpool. Sept. 5, noon.—Cotton—Quiet:
demand good; prices unchanged; Amer
ican middling. 3u7 32d; sales. 12,000 bales;
American, 9,500 bales; speculation and ex
port, 1.000 bales; receipts, 3.0 M) bales: Amer
ican. 2.200 bales. Futures opened firm; de
mand fair.
Futures—American middling fair, low mid-
Ung clause: September, 3 496 d: September
ana October, 347 64d, also 348 64a;. Octo
ber and November. B<6-64d, also 3 47-64 d;
November and December, 3 46-64 d, also
3 47-t4d; December and January 3 48-64 d, also
3 49-64 d; January and February, 349-C4d,
also 3 su-64d: February and March, 3 50-64 d,
also 3 51-646; March and April, 3 51-64 d. also
3 52-64 d; April and May, 353 o4d. Tenders
100 bales new dockets.
4 p. m.—Cotton, American middling fair.
414 d; good middling, 315-16 d; middling,
3z7-32d; low middling, 3?4d; good ordinary,
3?jd: ordinary. 37-16 d.
Futures—American middling fair, low mid
dling clause: September, 3 49-t>»@3 50-64 d; Sep
tembsr and October. 3 47-64@3 40-64 d: October
and November. 3 47 C4d. buyers; November
and December, 3 47-C4@3 48-64 d: December
and January, 3 48-64 d, buyers: January and
February, 3 49-€4®3 .-.0-64d; February and
March, 3 51-64@3 52-C4d; March and April,
3 53 6id sellers; April and May. 3 54-64©3 55-
<.4 I. Futures closed quiet, but steady.
New York, Sept. 5, noon.—Cotton futures
opened steady, as follows: September. 6 66c:
October. 6 69c; November, 6 73i;; December,
6 81c: January, 6 sac; February, k 15c.
New York, Sept. 5,4 p. m.—Cotton futures
■tlosed steady, with saxes of bales.
;»s foUows: September. 674©’75c; October,
8 7t©6 77c; November. 6 Bi« 6 82c; Decern
ber. 6 87@6 Bfcc;_ January, 6 93@,6 9ic: Febru
ary, 7 00©7 01c; March. 7 06@7 07c; April, 7 12
©7 13c; May 7 19©7 2uc.
New Orleans, Sept. s.—Cotton futures
closed steady, with sales of 2Z.4U0
bales, as follows: September 6 38c, October
6 3Vc, November 6 4-c. December 6 sic. Jan
uary 6 59c, F ebruary 6 67c. March 6 71c. April
6 77c, May 6 81c, June 6 89c, July 6 95c, Au
gust c.
New York, Sept. 5 —The Sun s cotton re
view to day says: "Cotton advanced 8 to 10
points and closed film, with September the
strongest month. Sales, 80.9U0 bales. Liver
pool advanced 1 to m points and closed quiet
and steady. Spot saies 12.000 bales, at firm
and unchanged prices. In Manchester, yarns
were firmer: cloths quiet. New Orleans ad
vanced 3to 8 points. Spot cotton here 116 c
higher. Sales 645 tales for spinning, deliv
ered on contracts, 1 ,ojo tales. Southern spot
markets were generally steady or firm, at un
changed prices, without much business. Sa
vannah soldtoj bales.Galvestcß 461 bales and
New Orleans 403 bales. Fort receipts 5,4t6
bales, against 2.681 bales this day last week,
and 5,180 bales last year. Total, thus far this
I I
I week, 25,665 bales, against 14,142 bales thus
far last week. The exports from the
ports today were 1,360 bales
to Great Britain. Houston received
2.833 bales against 4,993 bales this day last
week and 1 129 bales last year. Rainfall mod
erate. Silx er declined l-16d in London and
here. Cotton goods active and strong.
To-day’s features: Shorts were nervous
owing to unfavorable crop news, more activ
ity in Liverpool, a stronger tone In Manches
ter, and some advance in spot cotton here.
They were also apprehensive that the next
government report to be issued on Sept. 10
will be bullish. The advance to-day was has
tened by stop orders. The southern and local
operators bought.”
New York, Sept. s.—Riordan & Co. say of
cotton to day: - The market opened quietly
to-day at about yesterday’s final quotation,
and during the morning there was but little
change, January fluctuating between 6.BCi@
6.88 c. But hears were ill satisfied with the
weekly government crop report, and in the
afternoon, when some of the shorts began to
cover, they soon learned the significance of
the dull strength which had marked the
trading in the forenoon. Nobody seemed to
care to sell, and the demand caused a grad
ual and continuous advance. January rose to
6.95 c. The close was firm at about the best
prices. The prevailing feeling is still bull
ish. The shorts are very vneasy less the bu
reau report on Sept. 10 should show a serious
falling off in condition, and it would not sur
prise us to see the advance dp further before
the end of the week. In the stock market
profit taking caused fractional concessions,
but St. Paul was firmly held, closing at t 6%.”
Another Active Day in Dry Goods.
New York, Sept. s.—lt has been another
day of active trade with the dry goods job
bers, and very full sales have teen made..
With commission houses the personal and
order demand was very good, and the urgency
for gobds very freely expressed by the re
quest for immediate shipments. Clothing
woolens are in good demand for spring, and a
large trade is doing. Prints are very active
tor spot goods. Printing cloths are in de
mand with large sales.
Naval Stores.
Spirits Turpentine—The market showed no
change in the situation. At the Board of
Trade was posted firmly held at 26%c for reg
ulars, with no sales.
Rosin—The market was quiet, there being
very little inquiry at the Board of Trade. At
the regular call the market was bulletined
firm and unchanged. At the last call sales of
172 barrels were posted. The quotations
were as follows:
A. B. C. and D. .$1 05 K $l9O
E 110 M 205
F 125 N 2 3.1
G....V 145 W. G $2 35@,2 45
H 160 W. W 270
11 70
The following were the quotations for the
same day .last year: A, B, C and D, 90c; E,
95c: F, $1; G, $105; H, $1.15; I, $1.40: K,
$1.85: M. $1.05: N, $2.85; window glass, $3.10;
water white, $3.35.
NAVAL STORES STATEMENT.
Spirits. Rosin.
Stock on hand April 1 11,634 109,977
Received yesterday 1.765 4.526
Received previously....s 162,934 442,642
• Total 176,333 557,145
Exported to-day 7. * 77
Exported previously .... 118,301 442,309
Total 118.301 442,309
Stock on hand and on ship-
* board to-day 58,032 114,836
Stock same day last year 28.874 146.006
Receipts same'dav lagt year.. Storm
Price spirits turpentine same
day last year 2514 c
New York. Sept. 5. —Rosin market quiet,
steady; strained, common to good, $1 15®
$l2O. Turpentine dull and firm at 2344®29c.
Charleston bept. 5. Spirits turpentine
firm at 2544®26c; receipts 17 casks. Rosin—
good strained firm at 95@$1 00; receipts 57
barrels.
Wilmington, N. C., Sept. s.—Rosin firm:
strained, B>c; good strained, 90c. Spirits
turpentine, firm at 25%c bid ; receipts, —-
casks. Tar steady at $1 05. Crude turpentine
quiet; hard $1 00: soft $1 63; virgin. $1 90.
Financial.
Savannah. Sept. s.—Money is easy.
Domestic Exchange—The tone of the mar
ket is steady. Banks are buying at per
I cent, discount and selling at 15 cents pre
mium on amounts below $100; above that
amount at par.
Foteign Exchange—Market shade easier.
The following are net Savannah Quotations:
Sterling, commercial demand, $4 8514;
sixty days. $4 8444; ninety days, $4
francs, Paris and Havre, sixty days, $5 £O4;
Swiss, sixty days, $5 21%; marks, sixty
days, 94 13-16.
Securities—The market is quiet and dull.
State Bonds—Georgia 4 1 4 per cent. 1915,
113'4 bid, 1144< asked; Georgia 7 percent. 1896,
104% bid, 105!4 asked; Georgia 344 per cent.,
long dates. 98 bid, 9814 asked.
City Bonds—New Savannah 5 per cent,
quarterly October coupons 105% bid, 106><
asked; newSavfinnahs per cent. November
coupons, 105’4 bld, 106 asked.
Railroad Bonds—Central Railroad and
Banking Company collateral, gold ss, 88 bid.
—asked: Central consolidated mortgage 7
per cent., coupons January and July maturity,
1898, 117 bid.—asked; Savannah and West
ern railroad 5 per cent. trust certificates, 52
bid, 54 asked; Savannah Americus and
Montgomery 6 per cent. 50 bid, 52 asked:
Ceorgia railroad 6 per cent. 1910. 107 bid. 109
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida first
mortgage 6 per cent. 83 bid, 8444 asked;
Montgomery and Eufaula first mortgage 6
per cent, indorsed by Central railroad. 101 eld,
—asked; Augusta and Knoxville first mort
gage 7 per cent. 100’4 bid. 101’4 asked: Ooean
Steamship 5 per cent., due in 1920, 96 bid, 98
asked; Columbus and Rome first mortgage
bonds, indorsed by Central railroad. bid. 41
asked; Columbus and Western 6 per cent.,
guaranteed. 101 bid, asked; City and Sub
urban railway first mortgage 7 percent..—
bid, 85 asked: Savannah and Atlantic 5 per
cent., indorsed, 25 bid, 40 asked; Electric rail
way first mortgage 6s, bid, asked; South
Georgia and Florida first mortgage 7 per
cent.. 106 bid, 107 asked; South Georgia and
Florida second mortgage, 105’4 bid. 10614
asked; Alabama Midlands. 88 bid, 90 asked.
Railroad Stocks—Central common, - bid,
19 asked; Augusta and Savannah 7 per cent.,
guaranteed, 83 bid. 844$ asked; Georgia com
mon. 145 bid, 152 asked; Southwestern
7 per cent guaranteed, including or
der for div., 71’4 bid. 7244 asked: Central 6
per cent certificates, with order for de
faulted interest. 25 bid, 2744 asked; Atlanta
and West Point railroad stock, 80 bid, 90
asked; Atlanta and West Point 6 per cent,
certificates. 89 bid. 93 asked.
Bank Stocks. Etc.—Southern Bank of the
State of Georgia, 164 bid, asked: Mer
chants’ National Bank. 92 bid. 9'3 asked;
Savannah Bank and Trust Company, 102 bid,
103 asked: National Bank of Savannah, 130
bid. 132 asked; Oglethorpe Savings and Trust
Company, 98 bid, 100 asked: Citizens’ Bank,
ICO bid. 101 asked; Chatham Real Estate
and Improvement Company, 5D% bid, 51 asked;
Germania Bank. 10154 bid, 102’4 asked;
Chatham Bank, 4644 bid, 47’4 asked; Savan
nah Construction Company. 74 bid, 75 asked;
Title Guarantee and Loan Company, 7544 bid,
asked.
Local Miscellaneous Markets.
Bacon—The market is strong. Smoked clear
rib sides. 9%c: dry salted clear rib sides.
9‘{c; long clear, bellies, 944 c; sugar
cured hams. 1344 c.
Lard—Market firm: pure, in tierces, 944 c; I
501 b tins, luc; compound, in tierces, 7Uc; in
50*5 tins. 754 c.
Butter—Market steady; fa|rdemand; Gosh
en, 20c; gilt edg*e, 21c; dreamery, 25c; Elgin,
27c.
Cheese—Market dull; 1034®12!4c; fancy full
cream cheese, 13@1344c: 201 b average.
Fish—Mackerel, half barrel. No. 1, $8 50:
No. 2, $7 50: No. 3, $6 00. Kits, No. 1. *125;
No. 2. $1 00; No. 3. 95c. Codfish. 1-lb bricks.
6’4c; 2-lb bricks, 6c. Smoked herrings, per
box, 20c. Dutch herring, in kegs, $1 00; new
mullet, half barrel, $3 75.
Salt—The demand is fair and market
steady. Carload lots, to. b., Liverpool. 200
pound sacks, 60c; Virginia. 125 pound burlap
sacks, 39c; ditto, 125 pound cotton sacks, 42c;
smaller lots higher.
Syrup—Florida and Georgia, new 35c: |
market quiet for sugar house at 30®40c; j
Cuba straight goods, 28®30c; sugar house
molasses, Is®2(k-.
Tobacco—Market quiet and steady. Smok
ing, domestic, 22@60c: chewing, common
sound, 24@27c; fair. 28@35c: good. 36®48c;
bright. 60@65c; fine fancy. 65®.80c; extra fine,
$1 00®l 15: bright navies. 25® 45c.
Flour—Market-quiet. Extra. $1 35; family,
$3 00; fancy, $3 45; patent, $3 65; straight,
$3 40.
Corn—Market is strong and advancing.
White com, job lots. 77c; carload lots. 74c.
Mixed*corn. job lots, 74c; carload lots. 71c.
Oats—Market firm. Mixed, job lots. 48c;
carload lots. 45c; Texas rust proof. 55c
Bran —Joo lots. 9744 c: carload lots, 9244 c.
Hay—Market steady. Western, job lots,
90c; carload lots, i-sc.
Meal—Pearl, per barrel, $3 75; per sack,
$1 75; city meal, per sack, $1 45. Pearl grits,
per barrel, 23 85; per sack, $1 80; city grits,
per sSck, si 55.
CoCee—The market is firm. Mocha. 23c; '
Java, 2844 c; Peaberry, 23c; fancy or standard
No. 1.2144'" choice or standard No. 2,21 c;
prime or standard No. 3,2044 c; good or stan
dard No. 4,20 c; fair or standard Ne. 5,19 c;
. ordinary or standard No. 6,18 c: common or
standard No 7, 17*4c.
Sugars—Market firm. Cut loaf. 5%c;
crushed, 5%0; powdered, 544 c; XXXX pow
dered, 6’.<c; standard granulated, 5440;
cubes, 534 c: mould A,5%c; diamond A, 5%c;
confectioners, 534 c; white ‘ extra C, 4’ 3 c:
extra C, 4%c; golden C, 444 c: yellows, 4Wjj.
Liquors -Market firm. High wine basis,
135; whisky, per gallon, rectified, 100 proof,
$1 35®1 75; choice grades, $1 50 ®2 50; straight,
$1 45®3 50; blended. $2 00@4 50. Wines—Do
mestic, port, sherry, catawba, low grades.
60® 85c; fine grades. $1 00@l 50; California,
light, muscatel and angelica, $1 35® 1 75;
lower proofs in proportion. Gins 1c per gal
lon higher. Rum 2c higher.
Apples—Northern, steady, $2.75® 3 25 bar
rel.
Lemons—Market firm; per box. $2.75.
Dried Fruit—Apples, evaporated. lSl4@l6c;
common, 944@10c.
Nuts Aldmonds, Tarragona, 1744®18c;
Ivicas, 15‘,4@16c; walnuts, French. 1244 c; Na
ples, 14c: pecans, 1244 c; Brazils, 9c: filberts,
10c; assorted nuts, 501 b and 251 b boxes, 12@1,3c
per oound.
Peanuts—Ample stock; demand fair; mar
ket steady; fancy hand-picked Virginia, $
tt>. sc; hand-picked, $ &, 4c; small hand
picked, $ H). 4C. • '
Cabbage—Northern, 8c head.
.Onions—Crates. $1.25; barrels, $2.75.
Potatoes—lrish, New York, bbls, $2.50®
3 00: western. $2 25.
Nails—Market steady; base 60d. $1 15; 50d,
$1 25; 40d, $1 40; 30d. $1 40; 12d,5l 60; 20d. $1 50;
lOd. $1 65; Bd, $1 75: 6d, $1 90; 4d. $2 05; sd, $2 05;
3d. $2 35 : 3d. tine, $2 75. Finishing. 12d. $1 80;
lOd, $1 90: Bd, $2 05 ; 6d. $1 25;. sd, $2 40; 4d.
$2 60. Wire nails $1 60 case.
Shot—Firm, drop to B, $1 15; B and larger,
$1 40; buck, $1 40.
Iron—Market very steady. Swede, 4‘/>®sc;
refined, $1 90 base.
Oils—Market steady, demand fair. Signal,
45® 50c; West Virginia, black, 9® 12c; lard,
65®80c; kerosene, 34c;, neatsfoot, 60®85c: ma
chinery. 20®30c; linseed, raw, 57c: boiled, 50c;
mineral seal, 16c; homelight, 13c: ga-rdian,
lie.
Lime. Calcined Plaster and Cement—Ala
bama and Georgia lime in fair demand- and
selling at 85c per barrel, bulk and carload
lots special: calcined plaster $1 60 her bar
rel;- hair 4@sc. Rosendale cement, $1 30@l 40;
carload lots, special: Portland cement, retail,
$2 40: carload lots, $2 10.
Lumber—Demand, both foreign and domes
tic, is quiet. Mills generally full of quick
work, owing to lost time on account of con
tinued rains. We quote: easy sizes. $lO 00;
ordinary sizes, slloo@l4 00; difficult sizes,
sl3 00®18 00; flooring boards, sl4 50®22; ship
s.tuffs, sl6 50@25 00.
Hides. Wool, Etc.—Hides—The market is
steady; fair demand; receipts light; dry flint,
434 c; dry salt,234c; butcher salted. 244 c; green
salted, 244 c. Wool, steady; prime Georgia,
free of sand, burry and black wools. 1354 p;
blacks. 1044 c; burry, B’4c. Wax, 21c. Tallow,
4c. Deer skins, flint. 22c; salted. 17c.
Poultry steady; fair demand; grown fowls,
$ pair, 50@60c; % grown, 35®45c; 44 grown,
20®30c; ducks. 65®75c.
Eggs—Market steady; fully supplied;
country, $ dozen, 21@22c.
Bagging and Ties—The market firm;
Jute bagging, 24<ib, 8c; 2tt>, 744 c; I%B>, 7c,
quotations are for job lots: small lots,
higher; sea island bagging, 12@13c. Iron Ties
Large lots, 85c; smaller lots. 90c@$l 00.
Dry Goods—The market is quiet, demand
light. Prints 4@sc; Georgia brown shirt
ing, 3-4. 334 c; 7-8 do., 4c; 4-4 brown sheeting,
sc; white osntiburgs, 6%@7c; check's,
334®5%c; brown drilling, 5@6 l 4c.
Ocean Freights,
Cotton—By Steam—Market firm; but little
offering. Rates are. per 100 tt>s: Direct,
Bremen, 43c; Barcelona, 49c; Genoa, 47c;
Hamburg, 43c; Reval, 52a; St Petersburg, 53c:
Liverpool via New York, 85c; Havre via New
York. 41c; Reval via New York. 55c; Amster
dam via New York, 45c; Antwerp via New
York, 41c; Bremen via New York. 41c; Genoa
via New York, 45c; Hamburg via New York,
43c; Boston, per bale, $1 25; New York, per
bale, $1 00; Philadelphia, per bale, $1 00; BsP
timore, $1 00.
Lumber —By sail —Freights are quiet at
ruling rates. Foreign business is more or less
nominal. The rates from this and nearby
Georgia ports are quoted at $4 00@,5 00 for a
range including Baltimore and Portland, Me.
Railroad ties, basis 44 feet, 14c. Timber 50c®
$1 00 higher than lumber rates. To the West
Indies and Windward, nominal; to Rosario,
sl2 oii®l3 00; Buenos' Ayres or Montevideo,
$lO 00®U 00: to Rio Janeiro, sl4 00; to Span
ish and Mediterranean ports, $U3O@ll5O; to
United Kingdom for orders, nominal for lum
ber, £4 5s standard.
By Steam—To New York. $7 00; to Phila
delphia, $7 00; to Boston, $8 00: to Baltimore,
$4 00.
Naval Stores—By sail—The market is
very dull, with no demand for
either spot vessels or vessels to ar
rive. Large, Cork far orders. are
placed at 2s 4‘i®3s 7®d; small sized 2s
3d and 4s. South America, rosin. 70c barrel
of 280 pounds. Coastwise—steam—to Boston'
11c $ 100 lbs', on rosin, 90.’. on spirits; to New-
York. rosin, 8.44 c $. 100 tbs, spirits, 85c; to
Philadelphia, rosin. 744 c $ 100 lbs: spirits,
80c; to Baltimore, rosin, 7%0 100 lbs; spir
its, 70c.
Trade at Manchester.
Manchester, Sept. s.—The Guardian, in
its commercial article, osays: "The mar
ket during the past week has been quiet
and disappointing, with little doing in.
business. Orders for India continue in
diminished volume. China has bought
light weight shirtings very freely, but the
business for South America hp,s been
poor. Other markets, including the
United States, are buying steadily, but
moderately, and the home trade is iu a.
healthy condition. Manufacturers of India
staples are firm. Dhoothies are easy.
Heavy goods for China are in poor de
mand, but there is some inquiry for
bleaching cloths for China and the straits
settlement. Common printing cloths are
moving moderately. In yarn, the move,
inent is hardly of the average magnitude,
but individual sellers have made fairly
good progress; the market is steady?’
A BULLET IN HIS HEAD.
Gaston Deceived and Bobbed the Ne
groes and They Shot Him.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. s.—Gaston’s negro
deportation scheme is broken up tempor
arily at least, in Hancock county. Gas
ton himself has a bullet in his head, Craw
ford Holsey has a broken thigh and Isaac
Dickinson will die from wounds which h®
received in tne fight Monday night. Anna
Jenkins, wife of the man w£o led the op
position to Gaston, is badly wounded, but
not dangerously.
The tight was altogether among the
negroes and the whites had nothing to do
■with it. Dan Jenkins, a leading negro of
Hancock county, told his people that
Gaston was deluding them and that his
emigration scheme was a swindle. This
incensed Gaston and his lieutenants and
they threatened Jenkins.
Gaston, who was formerly in Atlanta
and worked up a deportation scheme here,
has been in Hancock county for three or
four months. He held meetings and
preached to the blacks, who flocked to
hear him, about the promised land—Li
beria. Gaston collected $1 from every”
man, woman and child who enrolled as a
colonist for Liberia? He is a plausible
talker and had 3,000 of his race pledged
to go to Africa. He told them that it was
a glorious country where riches camo
easily.
Time and again he appointed a day for
their departure, but when the time ar
rived Gaston was somewhere else. After
frequent disappointments about this mat
ter some of the emigrants began to be
lieve what Jenkins and their white
friends had told them. But it was too
late. Thev had sold their property. Gas
ton had part of the money, and the bal
ance they had spent. Their crops
j had gone to waste. Dissatisfaction
i reigned. Some of them became desperate
and a number of tnem armed themselves
and called on Gaston for the purpose of
having him refund their money. Gaston
rallied a number of negroes to his assist
ance and a battle ensued.
The planters sympathized with Jenkins,
who was working for the best interests
of his people. This fact has been dis
torted into active participation by the
whites in Monday night’s fight.
Dangerously 111.
Augusta. Ga., Sept. s.—Mrs. Luke Car
son of Savannah, who is visiting ber
daughter. Mrs. P. H. Rice of Augusta, is
dangerously ill with congestion of the
brain and is not expected to live through
the night.
The Biddleby family at the tennis tourna
ment—Miss Emmaline—Good exercise, papa.
Mr. Biddleby—Yes: makes me/think uv the
time when I used to fight out b ..mblebees’
nests with a shingle.—Harper s Bazar.
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