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NO FEAR OFTHEBOLL WORM;
Cotton Men Hear Little of Him This
Season.
The Future Market the Beet Indicator
of Crop Conditions—A Few Reports
of the Worm in Florida, but Noth
ingto Cause Alarm—No Indications
of Any Damage by Him in This
State.
The Savannah cotton men have bad
very few reports with regard to the de
struction of any part of the crop by the
boll worm, which is reported to be doing
considers ole damage to cotton in two or
three of the interior counties. They do
not believe from the reports they have of
the Situation so far, that there is any
cause for alarm in this section from that
source, as the reports are not such as to
justify any serious alarm.
There have been some reports from
Florida to the effect that the boll worm
was damaging the cotton in certain lo
calities, but the extent of the ravages
there has been so small that little notice
has been taken of it. Very little atten
tion has been given to such reports as
have been received from Texas on this
line; as so far as can be learned the dam
age is small.
The cotton men here have heard nothing
from their correspondents with regard to
dhe existence of the boll worm in Georgia,
and it is earnestly hoped that the cotton
has not been attacked by this destructive
'animal. If there were any devastation of
the crop in the Savannah territory by the
boll worm it is reasonable to believe, and
it is very probable, that the Savannah
cotton men would have some information
about the matter from their correspond
ents.
The cotton men say the New Ybrk peo
ple are the best posted in the country
when it comes to the condition of the cot
ton crop, and if there is any serious dam
age to any portion of it it is indicated at
once by the effect on the market.
If there had been any extensive
destruction of the crop by the boll
worm, or from any other source,
it would have been natural for cotton fu
tures to have advanced, but, instead of
that, within the last two or three days,
they have declined from five to six points.
The future market is one of the best
known barometers, when it comes to indi
cations of the conditions of the crop, and,
if anything serious happens, there is lia
ble to be a sudden fluctuation as soon as
it becomes known.
A NEGRO FROM AFRIC SANDS.
—— ,
Liberty Statue, in New York Harbor,
He Thought Was an Idol.
From the New York Times.
The most astonished foreigner that has
arrived in New York in many a day is
Singree, a native of Minjana, Africa, who
arrived last Surday morning on the bark
Liberia, from Monrovia, Liberia.
Singree is going to Georgia, where
Bishop Turner of the African Episcopal
church will take him in band and edu
cate hitp- He wants then to return to
Africa and teach Christianity to his own
people. He is believed to be about 20
years old. He has been, during the last
ten years, in Monrovia, where he attended
the Rev. Wesley Pittman’s mission school.
He was an apt and favorite pupil, and
after converting him Mr. Pittman con
ferred his own name upon him, but he
still clings to his heathen name of Sin
gree.
Capt. Henry J. Rogers of the Liberia
told Singree Saturday night that they
would reach New York in the morning,
and Singree was so excited that he was
• unable to sleep, and remained on deck all
night. His eyes opehed wide with won
der when the bark entered the harbor
and he saw the statue of Liberty with up
lifted torch confronting him, and for a
while he thought it must be some native
monster that might dash the bark to
pieces. When assured that it was not
alive, he imagined it an immense image,
which should be reverenced. He tola
Cant. Rogers it was a bigger idol than he
had ever seen in the wilds of Africa, and
he asked what denomination of Christians
worshipped it. He said he had been
brought up a Methodist, and no such
creature was mentioned in his catechism.
Capt. Rogers explained that the statue
was only a symbolical figure typifying
American freedom, but Singree could not
quite comprehend that:
Singree’s wool took an extra kink when
he saw the tall buildings that m recent
years have climbed far above the roofs of
the structures of the older New York.
He was amazed. He thought they must
surely fail, and it made him dizzy even
to look at them. In all his travels in
Africa he had never seen anything like
them. They were as big as mountains,
and it seemed to him impossible that they
could have been built by men. He told
■Capt. Rogers that he would learn ail
about them, and on his return to his na-«
tive place he would teach his people how
to build sky-scrapers. When the bark
landed at her dock in Brooklyn Capt.
Rogers took Singree for a walk, and when
he went to bed Sunday night ne had more
to think about than he ever had imagined
before.
Fellow passengers with Singree were
Thomas, Alvira and Elwood Curley, three
American negroes, who returned from
Monrovia after trying for nine years to
make a living there, and sixty monkeys,
several parrots and six boa constrictors.
The toonkeys, parrots and snakes trav
eled second-class. Several monkeys that
were equally anxious with Singree to see :
what kind of a country they had emi- i
grated to broke loose while the Liberia
was coming up the bay and climbed into
the rigging, where the.y had a good view
of it. Their antics created a good deal of
amusement for the sailors and others
who saw them. Capt. Rogers thinks
that if they were big enough they might
be so well trained as to man a ship,
though he admits lie would not care him
self to command such a crew.
The Curleys left the bark as soon as
she arrived at her dock, and departed for
a town on Long Island, where they have
friends. The monkeys, parrots and
snakes were shipped to a museum, but
Singree remained"on board the Liberia to
wait until word was received from Bishop
Turner.
A reporter for the New York Times in- |
terviewed Singree yesterday on board the ,
Liberia, which is now lying at Pier 11 ;
East river, fitting out for another trip to I
Africa. Singree is a medium-sized fellow, !
black as ebony, but cold-natured and i
frank. He has better features than the j
average native African, and he speaks |
good English when circumstances are con- i
aidered.
"How do you like America!” the re-|
porter asked.
“I don’t know how to make of Amer
tea,” answered Singree, shaking his head <
and smiling. "Big place Lot people.
Not so many people in Africa. Nebber
saw so big nouses.”
"How old are you!”
U I don’t know my age, sir. I wasn’t j
bo'n in civilized place. If I'd beenbo’n in
civilized place I’d have put it down, sir.” I
"Where were you born?”
“Way’ back tom Monrovia. I don t j
know how many miles.”
" Two hundred miles?”
"Oh. mo’en dal, sir. It took me a month 1
to get f'om dere to Monrovia.”
"To what tribe did you belong!”
"Coolies. sir.”
"Who was chief of the tribe?”
‘•We had no king. It was only a half
town. The next town was big, and dey
bad a king. His name was Kou-Ka.”
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1894.
"Where are your father and
“I left home ten years. I don’t know
where dey are. I had two sistprs. I don’t
know about dem.”
“Why did you leave them?”
"I wahted to see the sea.”
"How did you learn about the sea away
back there?”
"Men went to Monrovia for salt, and
when dey came home they told me about
the sea, and 1 wanted to go dere. So I
ran away with lot of other men and
walked to the sea. Then the mission
aries took me and made me a Christian.”
"Why did you come to America?”
“I want an education. I’ll stay here
seven years, and deri I’ll go back and
teach Christianity.”
"What do the coolies do?”
“They fight nearly all the time, and
raise cassada and rice.”
Capt. Rogers said that the voyage
across was unusually long, because the
weather all the way over was mild. The
Liberia was becalmed for a week in the
Bermudas. The trip, he said, usually
took about thirty-five days, though the
Liberia had made it in twenty-six days.
Referring to the Curley family’s return
from Liberia, Capt. Rogers said that if
they failed to prosper in Liberia it was
their own fault. .
"The trouble with many colored people
who go to Liberia,” he said, "is that they
imagine they don’t have to work there as
hard as whey do here. They think they
can sit down, and that everything will
come to them, and when they find Cheir
mistake tbeytbecome disgusted and want
to come back to America, I have been in
the African trade sixteen years, and have
taken out a great many colored colonists,
and I know a number who are industrious
and who prosper there. The principal
agricultural product of the country is cof
fee, which costs nothing to cultivate ex
cept a little physical energy, and sells at
a good.profit.
"I brought over with me on this trip
60.000 pounds of coffee from Day’s Mis
sion. thirty miles up the St. Paul river,
and it is just as good coffee as can be
raised anywhere. The Liberian climate
is very warm and somewhat malarious,
but colored people can stand it without
much trouble, and after they get accli
mated they are all right.”
The reporter asked Capt. Rogers about
his other passengers.
"We had sixty monkeys,” he said, "of
four varieties. There were the dog-faced,
which are the most intelligent of the
monkey tribe; cat-faced, which are not
so intelligent ; sutties, which are maltese
colored, and field monkeys, which are
ordinary animals. They had a good time
coming over. We fed them on bananas,
sweet potatoes and corn, and they kept us
busy looking after their welfare. The
parrots were ordinary birds. The boas
were from 12 to 14 feet long, and were
kept in boxes. They did not cause us any
trouble. We didn’t give them a meal.
The boas are found a few miles back from
Monrovia. When they are in a somnolent
state, after eating, the natives just pick
them up from the ground and drop them
into a box.”
IT IS PRINCIPAL WILSON.
The Board of Education Fills the
Grammar School’s Vacancy.
Prof. Walter S. Wilson was unani
mously elected principal of Chatham
Grammar School No. 2 last night.
The special meeting of the board of ed
ucation for the purpose of the election
was attended by Messrs. Saussy, Den
mark, Estill, Myers, McDonough and
Charlton. Mr. Saussy, chairman of the
board, presided.
Superintendent Baker read the appli
cations and indorsements of the three ap
plicants for the principalship, Prof. Wil
son, Mr. Henry W. Keating and Mr.
James Furse.
Prof. Wilson is a graduate of the North
Georgia Agricultural College, of the class
of ’BO. Two years after his graduation he
was made prolessor of Latin in the col
lege. He filled the chair for two years,
when the state university conferred on
him the degree of master of arts.' In the
same year he was elected to the chair of
mathematics, which he filled for eight
years. He resigned to take a post gradu
ate course in the Johns Hopkins Univer
sity. He has been there for the last two
years. Prof. Wilson is a thorough edu
cator. He is a son of the late Gen.
Claude C. Wilson of this city, who died in
service during the Atlanta campaign. He
is a brother of Recorder H. E. Wilson and
Dr. F. C. Wilson.
Mr, Keating is from Centerville, Md.,
and a graduate of the Johns Hopkins
University, and has been a teacher in
several schools.
Mr. James Furse is a graduate of the
South Carolina College.
Each of the applicants had the highest
indorsements as to educational quali
fications and standing as gentlemen,
and the only regret of the board was that
the services of the entire three could not
have been secured for the public schools,
but, as there was only one vacancy.
Prof. Wilson was elected, the board
voting unanimously for him.
A DEMOCRATIC ARGUMENT.
Doc Higgins of Statesboro Illustrates
by the Band on His Hat.
There is a good democrat up in Bul
loch county, who lives about four miles
out of Statesboro, said a commercial
tourist the other day, who has a very
ingenious method of argument with the
weaker brethren, who seem inclined to
follow populistic theories and ideas.
They call him Doc Higgins, and his
friends says he is one of the cleverest of
men. He can always be told by’ his hat
which is his distinguishing feature, and
that is what he uses to illustrate his
little practical political talk. He ivears a
big straw hat with two wide ribbons on
; it. The under ribbon is a blue one and
the top ribbon a deep red. The former
he says represents the Republican party
and the latter the Democratic party. On
the blue ribbon he has pinned four large
I pieces of yellow ribbon, and on the red
j one three or four very small pieces oi yel
i low ribbon. The large pieces of yellow
I ribbon on the blue he says represent the
States which were lost by the republicans
to the populists in the northwest, while
the smaller pieces on the democratic rib
bon represent the two or three counties
that Georgia democrats lost to the popu
lists two years ago.
Os course the hat always attracts at
tention wherever it is seen, and its wearer
i is always asked to give an explanation of
i the phenomenon. He gives the above
little curtain lecture drawing the contrast
I between the losses of the Republican
i party in the north, which was in states,
j and the losses of the Democratic party
I in the south which amounted to no more
; than one gt two counties here and there.
• Those who know Higgins say his little I
I talk has resulted on more than one occa
' sion in the return of a populist to the
' democratic fold. They say he has a good
I deal of influence among the negro voters
! in Bulloch county and that he is turning |
| large numbers of them into the demo- j
I cratiy ranks. One peculiar fact about ;
‘ him is, so say his friends, that he does i
i not want any office. but believes so firmly I
I in democratic principles that he is doing
‘ some hard work for the party.
Death of an Estimable Lady.
, Xmericus. Ga.. Sept. 19.—Mrs. Rosa
! Mershon died this morning after a linger
! ing illness of many weeks with typhoid
: fever. About two months ago she went
I upto Calhoun. Ga.. to visit relatives.
! After three weeks' illpess there she was
j thought to be sufficiently improved to be I
brought home. After a few days she
grew worse aud to-day the end came. She
was a lovable woman, daugaterof Mr. W.
D. Haynes and widow of the late E. B. I
Mershon. and leaves a beautiful little j
daughter 5 years old.
TOOK POISON AND DIED.
W. F. Brantley Ends His Life Because
He Couldn’t Raise $25.
The Philadelphia Ledger prints the
following account of the suicide of a for
mer Sa vannabian: •
Because of financial difficulties W. F.
Brantley, aged 63 years, who lived at St.
Alban’s Hotel, Walnut street, above Sec
ond. ended his life in his room at that
place by taking poison. While everything
points to the belief that the fatal draught
was swallowed some time during Friday
afternoon, the body of the suicide was not
discovered until yesterday morning.
“Brantley was born and reared in Sa
vannah, Ga., and was, it is said, at one
time quite wealthy. When the fortunes
of war turned against the south his money
was swallowed up in financial reverses,
and since that time he has been compelled
to work for a living. Some months ago
he rented the dining-room of the St. Al
ban’s hotel, but for some reason or other
was unfortunate in money matters and
was compelled some few days ago to give
uo his lease.
"He weighed more than 300 pounds, and
was of a very jolly disposition. Fre
quently he made threats to people about
the hotel that he would commit suicide,
but his laughing face seemed to make
sport of such words. Thursday evening,
while talking with W. E. Kirbyshire, a
clerk at the hotel, he repeated the often
made threat, but no notice was taken of
it. The foilowing morning a chamber
maid, who went to his room to make the
bed, found he had not yet arisen. Later,
when she went back to the room, she
found he had locked the door.
"While passing the room yesterday
morning Mr. Kerbyshire was attracted
by a peculiar odor, which seemed to come
from beneath the door. He peered
through the key hole, but, as he could
not get a good view of the room m that
way, he descended the fire escape from
the first floor above, and, upon opening
the window, found Brantley on the bed
covered with a sheet. He had evidently
been dead some time, judging from the
condition of the body.
“Upon the washstand in the room were
two empty bottles which had contained
drugs, and upon the bureau, so placed
that it would attract attention, was the
following letter, dated Friday morning,
and addressed to F. L. Lippincott, 718
Market street :
"Dear Al.: I have tried hard to suc
ceed, but fate has been against me.
Twenty-five dollars would have saved me,
but I could not raise it. May God have
mercy upon my soul.”
A postscript to the letter contained a
request that his body be cremated. The
only relative Brantley is supposed to have
in this city is a niece who resides in West
Philadelphia.
There were a number of Brantleys in
Savannah before the war. One of them
was a druggist, another a physician and
another was engaged in business on the
Bay. It is so long ago that few people
have any distinct recollection of the
families.
NEW BANK FOR SAVANNAH.
Mr. J. F. Lewis of Valdosta to Start
the Georgia National Bank.
Mr. J. F. Lewis of Valdosta is in the
city piaking preliminary arrangements
with a view to establishing another bank
here to be known as the Georgia National
Bank. He has not as yet succeeded in se
curing a desirable locality, but expects to
do so within a few days.
It is said the capital stock of the new
bank is to be SIOO,OOO, about three-fourths
of which will be taken by Mr. Lewis and
some of his friends in Valdosta, and it is
expected that the remaining $25,000 of the
stock will be placed here in Savannah.
Mr. Lewis has a good many friends in
Savannah and he is well known through
out South Georgia, where much of Sa
vannah’s banking business is done. It is
expected that the bank will open about
Jan. 1.
AN ARM TO BE AMPUTATED.
Allen Hayes, a F. C. and P. Switch
man, Meets With an Accident.
Allen Hayes, a colored switchman of
the Florida Central and Peninsular rail
road, met with an accident yesterday
while at work on the road which will
cost him an arm.
He was coupling cars in the switch
yard near the Florida Central and Penin
sular roundhouse, w*hen he was knocked
down and his arm was caught under the
wheel of one of the switch engines. The
bone was broken in several places and
the arm was badly lacerated. He was
carried out to the Georgia Infirmary,
where his wound was attended to. He
will lose the arm.
DAVIS GOT. AWAY.
A Millen Constable Goes to Sleep and
, . His Prisoner Escapes.
George Davis, colored, who was ar
rested in Savannah on a charge of robbing
a house in Millen. Ga., about two years
ago, escaped from Constable Brinson, the
officer in charge of him, while on his way
back to that place. Davis was handcuffed
and was tied with a rope besides, but
when the train reached Guyton Consta
ble Brinson was sleeping so soundly that
the prisoner could not resist the tempta
tion which was offered. He walked out
of the car and made his escape in the
darkness. There is little danger of his
being recaptured at present.
COLLEGES BUSY.
Opening of Mercer and Wesleyan at
Macon Yesterday.
Macon, Ga., Sept. 19.—Mercer and
Wesleyan Colleges opened to-day under
the brightest auspices in the history of
the two colleges. It was a busy day with
both colleges, and the city was filled with
bright-faced young men and women.
The day was consumed in assigning the
new arrivals, and it will be two or three
days before studies are taken ud in ear
nest. The outlook for both colleges is
bright, and each train arriving in the city
brings more students.
FLOODS IN CAMDEN COUNTY.
Heavy Bains Greatly Damage Mr.
Bedell’s Rice Crop.
Woodbine, Ga., Sept. 19.—The heavy
rains of the last few days have caused
much damage in this (Camden) county,
j The surrounding country is flooded,
bridges are washed out ana roads in some
localities impassable. Last night Mr.
; J. M. Bedell, one of the largest rice plant
ers in the state, had a large quantity of
rice swept from his field by water. Loss
estimated at from $1,500 to $2,000; unless
rain ceases loss will be much heavier.
The Modern Beauty
Thrives on good food and sunshine, with
I plenty of exercise in the open air. Her
form glows with health, and her face
blooms with its beauty. If her system
I needs the cleansing action of a laxative
remedy, she uses the gentle and pleasant
' liquid laxative Syrup of Figs.— ad.
For Over Fifty Years.
i Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used forchildren teething. It soothes
j the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, i
; cures wind colic, and is the best remedy
for diarrhoea. Twenty-fire cents a bot
tle.—ad.
FREIGHT BUREAU WANTED.
A Meeting at the Exchange Friday to
Discuss the Need for It.
Results of President Purse's Confer
ence With the Railroad Commis
sioners in Atlanta-Statistical Ta
bles of Discriminations for the
Commission’s Perusal—A. Meeting
to Be Held in Atlanta Next Tuesday
With a View of Correcting the
Errors;
A meeting of all the prominent business
men, shippers and others, interested in
the movement to organize a freight bu
reau for Savannah, will be called to meet
in the long room of the city ‘ exchange
next Friday at 12 o’clock noon.
The meeting will be called by the cot
ton exchange, the board of trade and
the mayor, as representing the business
and other interests of the city, and it will
consider the expediency of at once or
ganizing a freight and- transportation bu
reau for Savannah.
The meeting will include inerchants,
manufacturers, contractors, shippers,
capitalists and every class of business
men who are in any way affected, by
freight rates. All the .business interests
are to fall in line in this movement, and
it is predicted by the movers that it will
be a matter of only a short time oefore
the bureau is organized, just as has been
the case in New Orleans, St. Louis, Lou
isville, Cincinnati and other places which
have agitated the matter.
BEFORE THE COMMISSION.
Capt. D. G. Purse returned to the city
yesterday from Atlanta, where he ap
peared before the railroad commissioners
with regard to the matter of freight
rates to and from Savannah, in which
there were discriminations against this
city. He presented a most formidable ar
ray of facts and figures in support of the
argument in Savannah’s favor.
For instance, he showed that the rate
from Savannah to most alj of the interior
points in the state, especially the junction
points, were greater in almost every in
stance than the rates from those compet
ing points to Savannah. Beer, from Sa
vannah to Atlanta, is 26 cents per 100
pounds, while from Atlanta to Savannah
it is 19 cents. Coffee is 33 cents from Sa
vannah to Atlanta, and 30 cents"from At
lanta to Savannah' Flour is 40 cents out
of Savannah and 25 cents from Atlanta
here. In the case of meat and lard there
is a difference of 5 cents per 100 pounds
against Savannah, and rice, which is one
of Savannah’s own nroducts, goes from
Savannah to Atlanta for 20 cents, while
it comes here from Atlanta atlsW cents.
THE RATE ON BEER.
Norfolk (Va.) ships beer to Atlanta at
the same rate that Savannah can ship it,
although the former point is twice the
distance. Flour from Savannah to Mo
bile is 70 cents per hundred, while from
Mobile to Savannah it is 30 cents; to New
Orleans it is 70, and from New. Orleans to
Savannah it is 38 cents, and to Montgom
ery it is 40 cents, while from Montgomery
here it is 30 cents. The same discrimina
tions are found in the comparison of rates
to and from Savannah to and from almost
every competing point in the south.
These Capt. Purse had well tabulated
and submitted them to the commission
ers. „ Especially remarkable was the
showing made on fertilizers, which dem
onstrates that Charleston can ship fertil
izers into Savannah’s territory at the
sams rate at which they are shipped from
Savannah, although it is 115 miles nearer
by the shortest route, while Sayannah
fertilizers must pay an average of 80 cents
more per ton when they are shipped into
Charleston’s territory.
savannah shut in.
Thus it would seem Savannah is made
a dumping ground for freights from other
points, but with little chance to send out
her own stores. Capt. Purse went be
fore the commissioners to confer with
them and to obtain information as to how
Savannah should proceed to get relief
from such discriminations.
The commissioners said they would
look into the matter of the rates as pre
sented as far as they were within the ju
risdiction of the commission and would
see that the discriminations are removed.
It is said to be a rule of the commission
that for the same distance the rate must
be the same in both directions. The com
mission, it seems, has dealt leniently in
fixing the rates for the railroads, and to
an extent which the railroads do not
seem to desire to take advantage of.
They are allowed, for instance, to charge
38 cents per hundred on beer between
Savannah and Atlanta, but instead of
that the charge is 26 cents from Savan
nah and 19 cents from Atlanta to Savan
nah.
ASKS EQUAL RIGHTS.
Savannah is not asking a reduction of
rates on the nart of. the railroads, but
simply that the same rate be charged in
opposite direction over the same line. The
result of Capt. Purse s conference with
the commission is that a meeting of all
the railroad men interested has been
called in Atlanta next Tuesday to meet in
the commissioners’ room at the capitol.
All the lines against whom discrimina
tions are charged have been called on to be
represented, and at that time Capt. Purse
will appear and present the arguments in
behalf of Savannah. Capt. Purse says
his visit to Atlanta and his conference
with the railroad commissioners had
nothing whatever to do with cotton dif
ferentials.
GAINESVILLE’S MINISTERS.
Four of Them Called to Other Cities.
Gainesville, Fla., Sept. 18.—The weather
here for the last two weeks has been very j
unpleasant on account of the heavy rains, j
that keeps every thing in a slop.
Four of the ministers of our town will
leave for other points, viz;: Rev. A. T. ■
Sharp, rector of Holy Trinity, for New ■
York; Rev. A. B. Curry, of the Presby
terian church, for Birmingham, Ala.;
Rev. J. C. New nan, of top Baptist church,
for Milledgeville. Ga.; and the Rev. P. J. '
Lynch, of the Catholic church, has been
ordered to some other point by his bishop. I
Our ministers must be appreciated, as
they seem to be sought after by other
communities.
The Gainesville, Rocky Point and Mi
canopy railroad is progressing very
rapidly and is now ironed to within three
miles of Micanopy, and will reach there in ■
time to haul the orange crop.
There are two large packing houses
already erected at Micanopy, on the line ,
of this road, close to the proposed depot.
The Bell Telephone Company will |
shortly put in a telephone exchange.
Quite a number of western oeople are
here seeking locations. This is unusually
early for parties to come here.
AN ATHENS RECEIVERSHIP.
Attorney Appointed Receiver for R.
K. Reaves and the Eeaves Ware
house Company.
. Athens, Ga., Sept. 19.—A receiver was
appointed to-day for R. K. Reaves and I
the Reaves Warehouse Company. The
liabilities are over §300,000, with assets of
§200,000. Robert S. Howard, an attorney, j
was appointed receiver and has given
bond. A determined resistance will be
■' made against the receivership being per
manent at the October term of court.
The University of Georgia opened to- I
j day with a matriculation of 2f&, the
| largest for several years. The attend- i
* ance will exceed 300. 1
SOLD 30,000 CASKS.
The Largest Deal Ever Made in the
Spirits Turpentine Market.
The Factors Combination Agreed to
Take 24 1-2 Cents a Gallon and
the Enormous Sale Was Consum
mated—The Cotton Market Still on
the Decline—Rosin Dull and Neg
lected—The Grain Market Lower.
Stocks Advanced—Other Markets.
Savannah, Sept. 19.—-The principal feature
of the day was the sale of 30,600 casks of
spirits turpentine at 34%c pet gallon, after
the market closed at the Board of Trade. The
transaction absorbed nearly all of the stock in
first hands-and it is now expected that there
will be a gradual advance in the price. The
rosin market was dull. Cotton was in fair de
mand, at easy prices, other markets were
steady. . . . *
Wheat became active about noon, but sub
sequently declined and closed 1c below’yester
day. Corn opened firm, • bat the volume of
trade was light, and closed 1c lower than
yesterday. Oats closed %c lower than yester
day. Provisions was lower in sympathy with
grain.
London assisted the operators who were In
for higher prices in stocks, and they influ
enced a rise. The grangers moved up, fol
lowed ty advances in the industrials. The
bond market was also higher.
January cotton options to-day reached the
lowest price ever recorded at the New York
Cotton Exchange. The price was the lowest
ever known for the season. The spot mar
kets were easy and lower, with fa ir transac
tions. . , .
The following resume of the different mar
kets will show the tone and the quotations
for the day:
Cotton.
There w%s no encouragement at the con
trolling markets. Futures continued down
ward and the spot markets followed. The
local market was unchanged ia quotations,
but there were sales at a shade lower. The
tone was easy. The demand continued fair
and the sales for the day amounted to 1,623
bales. ,
On ’change at the first call at 10 a. m., the
market was bulletined easy and unchanged
from yesterday’s closing, with sales of 303
bales; at the second call at 1 o’clock p. m. it
was easy and unchanged, with sales of 1,836
bales; at the last call at 4 o’clock it closed
easy and unchanged, with further sales of 484
bales.
The following were the quotations at the
Cotton Exchange:
Middling fair. Nominal
Good middling 6 7-16
Middling 6 3-16
Low middling 5%
Good ordinary.. v ...........5 916
MM WWW ’ ~ ‘ M
fl I p f ||i a .
Hr it . ■ ?
SK • 2a* • 2 e.2 ' £ Q
& . o m : g m
• : • :: ~ tn 2. g.
: •B « 4
m■a o ®
Q
§ § « gg |
« o. E ° tc
2 § g. g % g.
-—. « g
! f £ g
jg X !5 SSI&w.-e S' ‘ &
§ i 11 . ... g
DAILY COTTON MOVEMENT AT U. S. PORTS.
Tone. Price. Rec. Sales. Stock.
Galveston.... Easy 6 5-16 6,857 1.200 57,341
N. Orleans.. .Easy 6 3-16 4,199 4,750 29,632
Mobile Quiet 6 3-16 1,452 300 6 006
Savannah.... Easy 6 3-16 4.991 1,823 48 976
Charleston . Quiet 6H 2,949 740 33’448
Wllm’gton.Steady 6 3-16 1,094 ... 9’998
Norfolk. ..Steady 6% 401 291 3,208
Baltimore...Nom’l 7 ... 9409
New York.,.Quiet. 6% ... 8337 92’410
805t0n....... Quiet
Pbilad’a...Steady 714 154 "" 2 962
Various 550 .... ’550
Total Sept. 19, ’94 22,147 9,441 293,940
|237 spinners
Receipts this day last year 15 219
Receipts for 5 days this week 99’938
Receipts 5 days same week last year... 60 825
Total net receipts since Sent. 1 222 645
Stocks at all ports this dav last.year.. 304,481
DAILY MOVEMENT OF COTTON AT INTERIOR.
Tone. Price. Rec. Sales. Stock.
Augusta Steady
Memphis.... Steady 6% 224 50 4< 81
St. L0ui5...... Quiet 6% 28 10 8 772
Cincinnati ...Quiet 644 115 ....' 5'145
Houston Easy 65 16 7,533 813 21 857
Louisville.... Quiet 6% ........
Atlanta... ...Quiet 6 84 ..
EXPORTS OF COTTON THIS DAY.
Gr. Brit Fr’nce. Cont. C’st
New Orleans .... 514
Mobile ‘j 465
Savannah. . .... 2 698
Charleston .... .... ’9O
Norfolk... ” 814
Total ... .... ....
Total exp'ts thus
far this week . 18,550 200 5 835 27,549
Total exports since Sept. 1, ’94:
To Great Britain 43 903
To France ..... ’250
To the continent 14.608
Liverpool. Sept. 19, noon.—Cotton—Quiet:
fair business done; prices easier: Amer
ican middling, 324 321; sales, 12,000 bales;
American, 10,700 bales; speculation and ex
port, 1,000 bales; receipts, .4,000 bales; Amer
ican. bales. Futures opened steady; de-
mand fair.
Futures—American middling fair, low mid
ling clause: September, 3 40-64 d: September
and October. 336 64d, also 3 35-641; Octo
ber and November. 3 36-64 d. also 3 S5-64d;
; November and December, 3 37-64 d, also
I 3 36-641; December and January 3 38-64 d. also
: 3 37-641; January and February, 3 39-64 d,
' also 3 38-64 d; February and March, 3 41-64 d,
a15034u64d; March and April, 343-641, also
! 3 42-641; April and May. 3 44 64d, also 3 43-64 d:
I Maj’ and June, 3 46-641, also 345 (4 i. Tenders
1,100 bales new dockets.
4 p. m,—Cotton, American middling fair,
—1: goodmiddling,-3 27-32 d; middling. d;
low middling, 3 21-uzd; good ordinary,* 17-321;
ordinary. 3 il-32d.
Futures—American middling fair, low mid-
I dling clause: September, 3 4u-o4d, buyers; Sep
: tembr-rand October. 3 37-64@3 38-64 d: October
and November, 336 64@3 37-64 d; November
and December, 3 37-641, buyers; December
and January, 3 3h-C4d, buyers; January and
February, a
| March, 3 41-64 d. buyers; March and April,
i 3 43-6<d, sellers; April and May. 3 44-64^355-
I 641; May and June, 346 641, buyers. Futures
i closed steady.
! Manchester. England, Sept. 19.—The Guar
dian in its commercial article says: ”The
principal topic of interest how is the droop
; mg cotton market and the question whether
or not cloths will decline correspondingly.
The prevailing opinion is that in view of the
scantness of margins the declines win be
less. The demand at last week’s rates has
. dwindled and there are very small offers
for new business at lower rates, many buy
: ers holding off from important transactions
! and waiting and watching the turn of events.
Cloth is generally steady, though offers
I slightly below last week s full rates are ac
! cepted. India and China staples are steady,
i but less regular. Good printing and finishing
I cloths are mm; the lower reeds - are some
! times pressed for sale. Batins ar.d colored
• woven goods are neglected. Heavy goods are
I firm. Yarns are weak, with a scanty busi
ness."
New York, Sept. 19, noon.—Cotton futures
' opened steady, as follows: Soptemter. 6 »ec;
October, 647 c; November, dole; December,
615 c; January, 6 60c; Feoruarv. 6 66c.
New York, Sept. 19, 4p. m.—Cotton futures
closed steady, with sales of bales,
as follows: September. 6 41@-i42c: October,
6 3t@6 40c; November. 6 4bqp6 44c; Decem
ber, 6 48@6 4ic: January, 6 si@6 soc; Febru
ary, 6 6t@t>6lc; March, 6 6&§;6ttoc; April. 6 71
i ®t> 72c; May 6 77@6 78c.
New Orleans, Sept. 19.—Cotton futures
closed q ie:, with sales of 43.100
| bales, as follows: September 6 o£c, October
6 uc, November 6 06c, December 616 c, Jan-
I uary 6 20c, February 6 25c, March 6 30c. April
I 6 37c, May 6 43c, June 6 49c, July 6 55c, Au
gust c.
New York, Sept. 19.--The Sun’s cotton re
view will say to morrow: “Cotton advanced
3 to 6 points, but lost this and declined sto 0
points, then rallied slightly ana closed 3 to 6
points lower than last night and steady with
sales of 120,600 bales.
Liverpool declined l / 2 to 1 point, bui re
covered this and closed steady; spot sales
12,C00 bales at unchanged prices. In Man
chester yarns were dull; cloths firm. Port
' receipts 22.147 bales against 11.869 balesand
; 15.219 bales last year; thus far this
week, 99,338 bales against 51,830 bales
last week. New Orleans advanced 2 to 4
points, but lost this and declined 2 to 4 points.
Spot cotton here was quiet and unchanged;
sales, 237 bales for spinning. Mobile, Charles
ton, Galveston and Wilmington declined 1-I6c,
New Orleans %c lower. Savannah was easy.
New Orleans sold 4,550 bales. Savannah 2.050,
Galveston 735 and Augusta 1.142 bales. New
Orleans’ receipts to-morrow are estimated at
3;o bales, against 1.416 bales on the same day
last week, and 2,359 bales last year. Houston
received to-day 7,533 bales, against 5 263 bales
this day last week, and 4,418 bales
last year, 10-day s features: A comparative
bullish report from Liverpool, a distinctly
bullish weekly bulletin by the government,
and more or less covering caused an early
advance, but heavy short selling by local
bears, and some selling for southern account
as well as moderate selling orders from
Europe, soon sent prices downward. It was
in the main a narrow local market. The crop
news from all sections of the south except
the Caiolina s and Western Texas shows that
in some cases serious damage has been done
by excessive rains, producing shedding,
rotting and toll worms.’’
New Tork. dept. 19.—Riordan & Co. say of
cotton to-day: “The cotton market today
was an active and exciting one. Liverpool
called a halt and our market responded, open
ing 2 or 3 points higher than yesterday’s clos
ing. During the forenoon the tone was quite
firm, and January, which had opened at 6.60 c,
advanced to 6.63 c. But a single sale of about
3.000 bales changed the temper of the market.
A multitude of small traders, who had bought
at the opening in anticipation of an advance,
threw their holdings overboard and in a few
minutes January was offered at 6.60 c. The
same bear operator who forced yesterday's
decline then began offering cotton freely. He
met with little resistance, and as stop orders
were reached the decline went on rapidly, un
til January was offered at 6.53 c. In the final
trades there was a small rally from the low
est, and the close was steady with January at
6 5i@6.55c. With receipts pouring in so heav
ily. it is useless to predict what the market
will do, but we believe that the tremendous
and continuous decline must, before long, be
suddenly and sharply rebuked.’’
Naval Stores.
Spirits Turpentine—The market opened
showing a little business on a weak market,
sales of 100 being reported at 25%c. There
was nothing done until after the close at the
Board of Trade when the factors held a meet
ing to consider a bid from two prominent ex
porters, for 30.0C0 casks at 24%c. After some
discussion at the meeting the factors decided
to accept the bid and the sale was consum
mated. It was subsequently rumored that
there were 5(0 casks sold afterward at 24%c
per gallon, and that the market would be
posted firm at 24% or 25c to morrow.
At the Board of Trade at the first call the
market was bulletined steady at 25%c with
sales of 100 casks. At the close it was un
changed with no sales reported.
Rosin—The market was dull and neglected.
No transactions were reported during the
day. At the Board of Trade the market, at
the opening and closing calls, was bulletined
firm and unchanged with no sales. The fol
lowing were the ottlciai quotations:
A. B. C. and D. .$1 05 k $1 85
E 1 10 M •.. 2 00
F 1 15 N 2 30
G 1 40 W. G 2 45
H 1 55 W. W 2 70
11 65@.l 70
The following were the quotations for the
same day last year - A. B, C and D, $1.00; E,
$1.05; F, $1.10; G, $1.15; H. $1.25; I. $1.50; K,
$1.95: M. $2.30; N, $2.95; window glass, $3.25;
water white, $3.50.
NAVAL, STORES STATEMENT
Spirits. Rosin.
Stock on hand April 1 11,631 109,977
Received yesterday 810 3,346
Received previously 176,017 482,106
Total 188,461 595,429
Exported to-day . 756 2?856
Exported previously 126,031 486,458
Total 126,787 489,314
Stock on hand and on ship-” ~
board to-day 61,674 106,115
Stock same day last year 21,169 144.623
Receipts same day last year.. 1,501 3,585
Price spirits turpentine same
day last year 25% is
New York, Sept. 19.—Rosin market dull
and firm; strained, common to good,
$1 15@1 20. Turpentine quiet and weak at
«8%@28%c.
Charleston Sept. 19. Spirits turpentine
firm; receipts 42 casks. Rosin—good straified
firm at 95c; receipts, 848 barrels.
Wilmington, N. C., Sept. 19.—Rosin firm;
strained, 85c; good strained. 90c. Spirits
turpentine nothing doing; receipts, casks.
Tar was firm at $1 15. Crude turpentine
steady; hard $1 0J: soft $1 69; virgin, $1 90.
Klee.
There is little or nothing offering, as the
stocks in the mills are very light. Prices
are active and firm with no sales reported.
The quotations at the Board of Trade are as
follows:
Common 3%@4c
Fair 4@4%c
Good . 4%@4%c
Prime sfes%c
Head .' 5%.@6c
Small job lots %@%c higher.
Rough—soc to $1.26 per bushel.
• Financial.
Savannah, Sept. 19.—Money is in good de
mand.
Domestic Exchange—The tone of the mar
ket is steady. Banks are buying at 3-16 per
cent, discount and selling at par on amounts
up to $509 and at l-16c per cent, discount on.
amounts over $509.
Foreign Exchange—The market is weak.
The follpwing are net Savannah quotations:
Sterling, commercial demand, $4 84‘/ 3 ;
sixty davs. $4 83%; ninety days, $4 83%;
francs, Paris and Havre, sixty days, $5 21%;
Swiss, sixty days, $5 22%; marks, sixty
days, 94%.
Securities—The market is dull and irregu
lar.
State Bonds—Georgia 4% per cent. 1915,
112% bid, asked; Georgia 7 per cent. 1896,
104% bid, asked; Georgia 3% per cent,
long dates. 98% bid, 99 asked.
City Bonds—New Savannah 5 per cent,
quarterly October coupons 105% bid,
asked; new Savannah 5 per cent. November
coupons. 105% bid. 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, 50
bid, - asked; Savannah Americus and
Montgomery 6 per cent. 41 bld, —asked:
Georgia railroad 6 per cent. 1910. 107 bid,
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida first
mortgage! 6 per cent., 83 bid, asked;
Montgomery and Eufaula first mortgage 6
per cent, indorsed by Central railroad. bid,
100 asked; Augusta and Knoxville first mort
gage 7 per cent., 99 bid. asked: Ocean
Steamships 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 ner cent.,
guaranteed. bid. 10;) asked; City' and Sub
urban railway first mortgage 7 per cent.,
bid. 85 asked: Savannah and Atlantic 5 per
cent., indorsed. bid, 32 asked; Electric rail
way first mortgage 6s, bid, asked; South
Georgia and Florida first mortgage 7 per
I cent.. 103 bid, asked; South Georgia and
Florida second mortgage. 10a% bid.
asked: Alabama Midlands. 88 bid. 90 asked.
Railroad Stocks—Central common, 14% bid,
asked; Augusta and Savannah? per cent.,
guaranteed, 83 bld. 84% asked; Georgia com-
I mon, 150 bid, asked; Southwestern
7 per cent, guaranteed, Including or
der for div., 71% bid. 72% asked; Central 6
per cent certificates, with order for de
faulted interest. 23 bid, 25 asked; Atlanta
and West Point railroad stock, 80 Lid,
asked; Atlanta and West Point 6 per cent,
certificates. 89 bid; 92 asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.—Southern Bank of the
State of Georgia. 164 bid, —asked; Mer
chants’ National Bank. 92 bid, asked;
Savannah Bank and Trust Company, 102 bid.
103 asked; National Bank of Savannah, 130 '
bid, 132 asked; Oglethorpe Savings and Trust
Company.oß bid. 100 asked; Citizens’ Bank,
ICO bid. 100% a-ked; Chatham Real Estate
and Improvement Company, 59 bid, 51 asked: I
Germania 7'ank. 101% bid, 102 asked;
Chatham Bank, 47% bid, 43% asked: Savan
nah Construction Company, 70 Lid. 75a‘ked;
Title Guarantee and Loan Company, bld,
76 asked
Local Miscellaneous Markets.
Bacon—The market is strong. Smoked clear
rib sides. lOJic: dry salted clear rib sides,
9%c; long clear, 9%c; bellies, 9’sc; sugar
cured hams. i3%c.
Lard—Market'firm: pure, in tierces, 10c;
50 ft tins. lOJfc; compound, in tierces, 7%c; in
suft tins. 7%c.
Butter—Market steady; fair demand: Gosh
en, 20c; gilt edge, 2to; creamery, 25c; Elgin,
27c.
Cheese—Market dull; 10%@12%c: fancy full
cream cheese, 13@13%c; 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. 3,95 c. Codfish. 1 -tt> bricks,
6%c; 2-ib 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, f. o. 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 350;
market quiet for sugar house at 30®40c;
Cuba straight goods, 28@30c; sugar house
molasses, !s@2oc.
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 corn, job 77c; carload lots. 740.
Mixed corn, job lots, 74c; carload lots. 71c.
Oats—Market firm. Mixed, job lots, 470;
carload lots, 44c; Texas rust proof, 55c
Bran—Job lots, 97%c: carload lots, 92%c.
I Hay—Market steady. Western, job lots,
I 90c: carload lots, soc.
Meal—Pearl, per barrel, $3 75; per sack,
$1 75; city meal, per sack, $145. Pearl grits,
per barrel, $3 85; per sack, $1 80; city grits,
per sack. $1 55.
Coffee—The market is firm. Mocha, 28c;
Java, 28%c; Peaberry, 23c; fancy or standard
No 1,21%c; choice or standard No. 2,21 c;
prime or standard No. 3, 20%c; good or sta a
dard No. 4,20 c: fair or standard No. 5,19 c;
ordinary or standard No. 6,18 c; common or
standard No. 7, 17%c.
Sugars—Market firm. Cut loaf, 5%c;
crushed, 5%c; powdered, 5%c; XXXX pow
dered, 6%c; standard granulated. 5%c;
cubes, 5%c; mould A, 5%c; diamond A, 5%c;
confectioners, 5%c; white extra C, 4%c;
extra C, 4%c; golden C, 4%c: yellows. 4%c.
Liquors—Market firm. High wine basts,
133; whisky, per gallon, rectified, 100 proof,
$1 35®1 75; choice grades, $1 Bo@2 50; straight,
$1 45@3 50; blended, $2 00@4 50. Wines—Do,
mestic, port, sherry, catawba, low grades.
60® 85 c; 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, 15%®16c;
common, 9%®10c.
□ Nuts Aidmonds, Tarragona, 17%@18c{
Ivicas, 15%@16c; walnuts, French, 12%c; Na
ples, 14c; pecans, 12%c; Brazils, 9c; filberts,
10c; assorted nuts, 501 b and 251 b boxes k 12@130
per pound.
Peanuts—Ample stock; demand fair; mar
ket steady; fancy hand-picked Virginia, $
ft, sc; hand-picked, $ ft, 4c; small hand
picked, $ ft. 4c.
Cabbage—Northern. B@9c head.
Onions—Crates, $1.?5; barrels, $2.75.
Potatoes—lrish, New York, bbls, $2.25®
2 75; western. $2 25.
Nails—Market steady; base 60d. $1 10;.50d,
$1 20; 40d, $1 35; 30d, $1 35; 12d. $1 55; ?od, $145;
lOd, $1 60; Bd, $1 70; 6d, $1 85; 4d.52 03; sd, $200;
3d. $2 30 ; 3d, fine, $2 70. Finishing, 12d, $1 75;
Wd, $1 85: Bd, $2 00; 6d, $2 20; sd, $2 35;4d.
$2 55. Wire nails $1 55 case.
Shot—Firm, drop to B, $1 20; B and larger,
$1 45; buck, $1 45.
Iron—Market very steady. Swede, 4%@5c;
refined, $1 90 base.
Oils—Market steady, demand fair. Signal,
45@50c; West Virginia, black, 9@l2c; lard,
65® 80c; kerosene, %c; neatsfoot, 60@85c: ma
chinery, 20@30c; linseed, raw, 53c; boiled. 56c;
mineral seal, 16c; homelight, 13c: gardian,
11c.
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 per bar
rel; hair4@sc. Rosendale cement, $1 30@l 40;
carload lots, special; Portland cement, retail,
$2 40; carload lots, $2 10.
Lumber —Demand, doth foreign and do
mestic, is quiet. Mills generally full of quick
work, owing to lost time on account of con
tinued raius. We quote: easy sizes, $lO 00;
ordinary sizes, sll 00@14 00; difficult sizes,
sl3 03@18 00; flooring boards, sl4 50@22; ship
stuffs, sl6 50@25 CO.
Hides, Wool. Etc.—Hides—lhe market is
nominal; no demand; receipts none; dry flint,
2%c; dry salt. 2%c: butcher salted. 2%; green,
salted, 2%c. Wool, steady: prime Georgia,
free of sand, burry and black wools, 13%c;
blacks. 12%c; burry. 8%0. Wax, 21c. Tallow,
4c. Deerskins, flint, 22c: salted. 17c.
Poultry steady; fair demand; grown fowls,
T pair, 50@‘30c: % grown, 35®l5cf grown,
20® 30c; ducks, 65@75c.
laggs—Market steady; fully supplied:
country, £ dozen, 16c.
Bagging and 'Ties The market firm;
Jute bagging, 2%ft, 8c; 2ft, 7%c; l%ft, 7c,
quotations are for. job lots; small lots,
higher; sea isJand nagging, 12@13c. Iron Ties
—Large lots. 85c; smaller lots, 90c@$l CO.
Dry Goods—The market is quiet, demand
light. Prints 4@sc; Georgia brown shirt
ing, 3-4, 3%c; 7-8 do., 4c.; 4-4 brown sheeting.
sc: white osnaburgs, 6%®7c; checks
3%@5%c; brown drilling, 5@.6%c.
Ocean Freights.
Cotton—By Steam—Market is nom
inal. Rates quoted are, per 100 fts: Direct,
Bremen, 40c; Barcelona, 46c; Genoa, 45c;
Hamburg, 43c; Reval, 50c; St Petersburg, 53c:
Liverpool via New York, 35c; Havre via New
York, 41c; Reval via New York, 55c; Amster
dam via New York, 45c; Antwerp via New
Tork, 41c; Bremen via New York. 41c; Genoa
via New York, 45c; Hamburg via New York.
43c; Bremen via Baltimore, 35c: Bos
ton, per bale, $1 25: New York, per
bale, $1 00; Philadelphia, per bale, $1 00; Bal
timore, $1 00.
Lumber—By sail—Freights are quiet at
ruling rates. Foreign business is more or less
nominal. The rates from this and nearoy
Georgia ports are quoted at $4 00@5 09 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 00@13 00; Buenos Ayres or Montevideo,
$!0 00®ll 00: to Rio Janeiro, sl4 00; to Span
ish and Mediterranean ports. sll 30® 11 50; to
United Kingdom for orders, nominal for lum
ber, £4 bs.standard.
By Steam—To New York. $7 00; to Phila
delphia, $7 00; to Boston, $8 00: to Baltimore,
SIOO.
Naval Stores—By sail—The market is
very dull, with no demand for
either spot vessels or vessels to ar
rive. Large, Cork for orders. are
placed at 2s 4%®Bs 7%d; small sized 2s
3d and 4s. South America, rosin, 70c $ barrel
of 280 pounds. Coastwise—steam—to Boston
11c $ 100 fts. on rosin, 90c on spirits; to New
York, rosin, B%c $ 100 fts, spirits, 85c; to
Philadelphia, rosin, 7%c $ 100 fts: spirits,
80c; to Baltimore, rosin, 7%c <9 100 fts; spir
its. 70c.
PROMINENT YOUNG MAN DEAD.
Two Men Arrested for Selling Whisky
Without License.
Tifton, Ga., Sept. 19.—Dr. J. J. Fletcher
died at his home a few miles from Tifton
yesterday. He was a young dentist, a
graduate of the Atlanta Dental College,
and son of Mr. Henry Fletcher, the demo
cratic nominee for representative of
Irwin county.
Lamar Smith, white, and Henry Hall,
colored, were arrested by Marshal Mc-
Guire yesterday on a charge of selling
whisky without license. They were fined
$76 each by Mayor Fulwood and bound
under a SSOO bond. Failing to raise the
fine or secure bond they were locked up.
Smith is a painter, having been here only
a few months. It is believed that he was
only acting as agent for some one, as he is
I never seen with much money. Marshal
McGuire thinks he has the guilty parties
spotted and will bring them to justice.
Capt. M. Buice and daughter, Miss
Mattie, arrived in Tifton to-day and will
; be here several weeks. Capt. Buice has
purchased a tract of land here and will
put a large crowd of hands at work pre
paring for a peach farm.
Screven Solid for Democracy.
Oliver. Ga., Sept. 19.—The News Is
right in saying that but very few negroes
pay any attention to the populist teach
ings. This is especially true in Screven
county. It is not thought that the popu*
lists have converted a single negro or a
■ democrat. The democrats are making
great preparations for the democratic
rally, which will take place here next
Saturday. Col. Lester, Col. Wade, Hon.
. William Clifton and Col. Edward T. Bec
ton will be the speakers. Screven is
solid for democracy.
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