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AFTER TWENTY-ONE YEARS
A Lot of Money Stolen from the
Southern Bank Found in France.
It Was in the Lining of a Pair of Old
Shoes Worn by Allan G. Jones, a De
faulting Book-keeper and Clerk Who
Did the Bank for Over 880,000 by
the Use of New York Exchange—ln
formation With Regard to the Find
Sent Here from France and a Series
of Interrogatories to Be Taken.
The news comes from Paris of the dis
covery the’-e of a lot of money which is, in
all probability, the rightful property of
the Southern Bank of this city, and steps
are being taken which may lead to its re
• covery. Os this, however, the bank’s
officers are somewhat doubtful.
The report, which has been confirmed
by official advices, brings up the story of
what was at first the mysterious disap
pearance of Allan G. Jones, general book
keeper of the Southern bank, Feb. 21,
1873, but which was soon after accounted
for when it was discovered that a large
amount of the bank’s funds had disap
peared with him. the money being ob
tained through a well laid plan and an
effective scheme.
The information with regard to the
find came from Paris in the form of an
official document addressed through the
French consul at this port to the judge of
the superior court, and it was by Judge
Falligant turned over to the officers of
the Southern Bank. With the informa
tion in the document which came from
the French judiciary came a notice or re
quest that an examination be held, or a
series of interrogatories taken here, with
a view to determining all the facts in
connection with these funds, perhaps for
the purpose of establishing whether
there is any criminality attaching to the
parties in whose hands they have been
found, as well as to determine who is the
rightful owner of the property.
BANK OFFICIALS RETICENT.
The officials of the bank refused to say
anything with regard to the information
they had received beyond the fact that a
series of interrogatories was to be taken,
when the facts in connection with the
paper received will probably be made
known. This will probably be done
through the channels of the superior
court. None of those through whose
hands the papers have passed would give
any information with regard to what they
contained. The story of the case, how
ever, is obtained from other sources in so
far as the disappearance of Jones and his
fate is concerned.
Allan Gilmer Jones was a native of
Bangor, Me., and came to Savannah from
Augusta about 1871, with high recom
mendations. He was in the employ of
the Southern Bank of Savannah as gen
eral bookkeeper for about two years. He
was looked upon during that time as a
man of the highest integrity, and no sus
picion was ever attached to his name.
Even after he disappeared it was not be
lieved that he had done anything wrong
until it was discovered that the bank was
out a large amount.
THE WAY JONES WENT.
Feb. 21,1873, he left Savannah with his
wife, ostensibly for Charleston on busi
ness. Nothing whatever was thought
about the matter until two weeks later.
Tuesday, March 4, 1873, there was an ac
count of his disappearance published in
the Morning News. It stated that he
had left Savannah for Charleston with
his wife Friday, Feb. 21; that on reach
ing that city he left his wife at a hotel
and proceeded on the Northeastern road
to a point about 150 miles from Charles
ton with the intention of going
from there to a place, in the
country ten miles distant from
the railroad to settle up some
business with his brother, that since that
time nothing had been heard from him,
and much anxiety was experienced by his
friends with regard to his safety. It, went
on to state that the high reputation which
Mr. Jones enjoyed in the community did
not countenance the impression of any
thing unworthy in connection with his
disappearance. It was believed that in
terruption to travel, caused by freshets,
or sickness, or some accident, was re
sponsible for his disappearance, and his
account at the bank was said to be cor
rect.
. DROPPED OUT OF SIGHT.
The next day there was published a
abort item stating nothing had been heard
from him, and on March 6, 1878, the
Morning News stated that it regretted
its impressions with regard to Jones
previously stated had been erroneous, and
that while in Savannah he had long been
concocting a scheme of villainy. His po
sition gave him control of sight exchanges
on New York, and ho filed out several
blank checks in his favor, signed by the
cashier, and marked the ~tubs cancelled.
After leaving ins wif& »n Charleston he
went to New York, drew the money In
person and left for nobody knows where.
The extent of the defah ation was esti
mated at from $63,000 to $65,000, but the
statement was authorized at the time by
the hoard of directors of the bank that it
would not go over $20,000, and that the re
serve fund was more than sufficient to
cover the loss.
Jones, it seems, aspired to the, dignity
of a warden in one of the churches here
and for a long time figured in a religious
role. Rev. J. C. Stanley of his church
went to South Carolina and made a search
for the missing man before the story of
the defalcation became known. It seems
that this defalcation resulted in a sort of
a mania and several others small in
amount were discovered close upon it.
THE BANK GOT LEFT.
It was afterwards explained that Jones
had gone to Kissam & Co. and asked to be
allowed to overdraw his account.Ywhich
was refused for business reasons. He
then drew the money through drafts on
the Park National Bank, but as the sig
nature of the cashier on the original
checks was found to lie genuine, the
Southern Bank suffered the loss.
The officials of the bank were very
much distressed when Joms first disap
peared, because they thought some acci
dent had happened to him. He was a
great favorite with every one in the city
who knew him, and spent money freely in
entertaining.
Nothing was heard of Jones until some
limo later,.whenja party from this city
saw him in Paris, and recognized him in
• spite of bis changed appearance by
the aristocratic way in which he
carried his cigar in his mouth ,
and puffed the smoke skyward, i
The Southern Bank was immediately ad- |
vised of the whereabouts of the forger
and they gave orders to have him ar- !
rested, but he heard that the police were I
after him and tied across the border into .
Belgium, where the police captured him. :
He cut his throat and was sent to the jail
hospital of St. Quentin Paris. One day ■
be flung himself out of the window and ■
was picked up dead on the stones below.
TUB WAY JONES LOOKS NOW.
A few days ago the report came by wire
from Paris that the judiciary of st.
Quentin was engaged in investigating a
most extraordinary affair. After giving
the account of the attempted suicide of
Jones, whom, by the way, it says, was
employed in a New York bank, it states:
“His clothes, which were much the
worse for wear, were destroyed, but one
of the nurses saved the upper leathers of
his boots, which were in fairly good con
dition. For twenty-one years they lay in
a cupboard, where they were found by a
man named Mannechet, employed in the
hospital, who asked leave to take them.
It was granted, and he carried them off,
little imagining that he had secured a
valuable prize, but such was the case.
They were lined with papers wliicluproved
to be scrip, and Mannechet. who is a mili
tant socialist, commissioned one of his
political friends to negotiate the bonds in
London. The man recently returned with
the money, and the authorities, having
got wind of the matter, are seeking to
discover what has become of it.
It is believed, however, that the bank
has advices that some of the money has
been recovered, though the officers of
that bank seem to look on the efforts of
the French government as an attempt
to get at Xhe criminality, if there be any,
of those who got hold of the money.
The case is a decidedly peculiar one and
the information received from the French
government will be awaited with interest
when it is brought out by the inquiry
which will probably be instituted at the
request or that country.
for sendTncTadletters.
A Serious Charge Against Dr. Holland
of Statesboro.
A Savannah Lady Charges Him With
Sending Her Indecent Letters
Through the Mails—She Thinks He
Had a Purpose in It—Dr. Holland
Under Arrest in Savannah—Fost
offica Inspector Bulla Thinks the
Charge is True—Dr. Holland Promi
nent in His Section.
Postofflce Inspector Bulla has another
case of obscene letter writing, and one
which promises to be fully as sensational
as the similar one which was recently
given a preliminary hearing here.
The party who is charged with this
offence is Dr. M. M. Holland of States
boro, a leading physician and one of the
most prominent citizens of Bulloch county.
Dr. Holland is charged with sending
letters of a most indecent sharacter
through the mails, addressed to ladies of
good character. His prominence in his
section makes the case of considerable
interest, and his arrest on such a charge
caused a great sensation in Statesboro.
For some time a married lady, now re
siding in Savannah, but formerly of Bul
loch county, has been receiving letters
reflecting seriously upon her character
and charging her with most flagrantly
immoral conduct. A young lady of States
boro has also been receiving similar let
ters.
TRACED BY BULLA.
The matter was placed in the hands of
Inspector Bulla for investigation. Sus
picion pointed to Dr. Holland. It was
found t£at the indecent letters received
by tho two ladies were in the
same handwriting, from the same writer,
and specimens of Dr. Holland's
handwriting which were secured by the
inspector compared so nearly with that
of the letters that tho inspector was con
vinced that Dr. Holland was tho guilty
party. There were circumstances which
confirmed him in this belief. Dr. Holland
was arrested and brought down to Savan
nah.
A preliminary examination of the case
was begun before United States Commis
sioner Isaac Beckett Thursday afternoon,
and was continued until this morning.
The inspector introduced in evidence the
letters which Dr. Holland is charged
with writing, and also specimens of hand
writing which Dr. Holland acknowledges
as his.
THE HANDWRITING DID IT.
The close similarity in tho handwriting
was very evident, but still there were
differences which the inspector stated he
thought to be due to the fact that the
obscene letters were written with the
lett hand, as tho writing had a cramped
appearance. The hearing was continued
until further evidence can be introduced.
The authorship of the letters is posi
tively denied by Dr. Holland. Dr. Hol
land is a man of family, possesses
considerable property and has never
been credited with being a monomaniac
upon the line indicated by the letter. The
manner in which suspicion came to attach
to him is said to be as follows: The mar
ried lady who received the indocent let
ters charged Dr. Holland some time ago
with making indecent and insulting pro
posals while attending her as her physi
cian. and a suit for damages was entered
against him on these grounds. The theory
of the prosecution is that Dr. Holland
wrote these letters for the purpose of
leading the husband to believe that his
wife was unfaithful to him, and thus
breaking up the damage suit.
Dr. Holland is in the hands of United
States Marshal Leverett, and is stopping
at the Pulaski.
MB.'BUCKNER’S DEATH.
The Body Takon to Sparta Last Night
* for Intorment.
Mr. William A. Buckner, deputy mar
shal of the United State# court, died at
his home on Bolton street Thursday
morning at 11:20 o’clock from an attack
of meningitis, with which be has been
suffering for two weeks or more.
Mr. Buckner was taken sick nearly
three weeks ago, it being supjiosed that
he caught malarial fever while on some
errand in the swamp country, where he
was called by the duties oi his office.
This developed into meningitis, and for
the last two or three days of his illness
he was expected to die momentarily.
Mr. Buckner was a man of about 46
years. of age. He came to Savannah
from Sparta, Ga., in April, 1898, and has
since served here as deputy marshal of
the federal court. His genial and affable
nature and pleasant disposition won
friends for him on all sides,
and the news of his illness and
death were heard with general
sorrow. Mr. Buckner leaves a wife and
three sons. He was a cousin of Mr.
Estes E. Buckner of this city. The body
was taken up to Macon on the Central
train last night, from where it will be
carried to Sparta for interment.
CHARGEDWITH FORGERY.
Barkeeper Gray Lent Nine Dollars on
a 350 Forged Check.
Frank Quinley was arrested yesterday
by Policeman Jernigan on a charge of
forgery preferred by William Gray, a
barkeeper at Harris and East Broad
streets. Gray charged that Quinley gave
him a SSO-cbeck purporting to be signed by
a man named Smart in Jacksonville, and
on this check he let him have $5 in cash,
as well as a lot of goods to the value of
about $4 The check wr s sent on for col-
I lection, but was protested and payment
I refused. It was reported that the check
■ was a forgery. Quinley was taken before
' Justice Elsinger. the intention of the
prosecutor being to swear out a warrant.
But after a conference, in which Quin-
I ley's wife took part, a settlement of the
ease was agreed on. and no warrant was
I issued. It is understood that Quinley ad
mitted having signed the name to the
check, but he said he did it while under
the influence of liquor, and was not fully
aware of what he was doing.
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK:) MONDAY, OCTOBER 1. 1894.
i LITTLE LOSS BY THE BLOW.
Savannah Gets off With Almost No
Damage at All.
The Rice Planters and the Railroads
About the Only Sufferers—Very Lit
tle Damage Anywhere on the Coast.
The Quarantine Station All Right
and the shipping Uninjured—Three
Steamers Overdue, but no Appre
hension Felt for Their Safety.
The storm has entirely gotten away
from Savannah. At 8 o’clock Thursday
night it was central near Wilmington, N
C., with the prospect of curving to the
northeast. Its intensity “was greatly de
creased, its energy having been largely
expended yesterday in producing heavy
rains.
Looking over the field after the passage
of the storm the damage is found to be
very slight indeed. In fact, when the
long continuance of the storm and its
threatened severity are considered the
damage is hardly worth mentioning. The
Tybee railroad has suffered some damage,
but it is nothing compared with that of
the August storm of 1893. The rice
planters are jubilant over their fortunate
escape.
THE RAILROADS LITTLE DAMAGED.
The railroads got off light. The Flor
ida Central and Peninsular train serv
ice was knocked out somewhat yesterday
by two bad washouts, one near Jackson
ville and the other near Everett. There
was a regular cloudburst almost along the
coast north of Jacksonville. The wash
outs were soon repaired, however, and
the north-bound passenger trains got in
last night several factors late. There were
no breaks in the line north of Savannah,
and the South Bound trains arrived on
time. No freights were run yesterday,
but it is expected that everything will be
moving on time by daylignt this morning.
I LITTLE DAMAGE AT THE RESORTS.
The few residents of Tybee who re
mained on Tybee during the storm did
not suffer much except from the incon
venience of being shut up all .day. The
wind blew a heavy gale on the island,
reaching eighty-eight miles an hour and
blowing eighty-four miles for a consider
able length of time. The windmill at the
. point was the only thing on the island
that was blown down. Other property
’ down there is believed, however, to have
been considerably damaged, but to what
i extent is not knowq.
( THE TYBEE ROAD’S DAMAGE.
( The Tybee railroad is probably the
worst damaged of any of the properties
in the neighborhood of the city. When
the trio was made to Lazaretto bridge
Wednesday afternoon it could be seen
; that between the ten mile post and the
, bridge the track was being badly washed
in many places. Tne tide was not at
that time at its hight, but even then the
waves were beating furiously against
the slight embankment upon which the
track is laid. The Tybee railroad at this
point is entirely exposed, and it is esti
mated that the damage will amount to
from $1,500 to SI,BOO.
OVER HALF A MILE GONE.
A total of about 3,500 feet of track is
washed up or moved out of place between
the 10-mile post and the 15-mile post.
Between the 10-mile post and the city
there is practically no damage, and from
the 15-mile post to the end of the line the
track is not believed to be damaged,
though covered with sand. On Tybee
Island, between the 14 and the 15-mile
post, there are two places of SOO feet each
where the material nas been washed
away from under the track. Be
tween the Lazaretto bridge and
the 14-mile post there are
six small washouts, averaging about fif
teen feet in length each. On McQueen’s
Island there are one or two small wash
outs betwen the 12 and 13-mile posts.
The most serious damage is between the
11 and 12-mile posts. Commencing at ttfe
twelve mile post coming towards the city
the track is washed away for a distance
of 1,800 feet, and carried out into the
marsh, a distance of about 200 feet from
the roadbed at the farthest point. The
track is not turned or twisted, however,
and can easily be brought back into posi
tion.
LESS DAMAGE THAN FIRST BELIEVED.
Much interest has been manifested in
the rice crop and its condition since the
storm, as it seemed that it was most
liable of all properties to serious damage.
The rice men feel much relieved, how
ever. now that the storm has passed, and.
hits done very much less damage than
was thought probable, when considered
that this is the most inopportune time for
an attack of wind and rain upon the crop.
News was brought to the city yester
day by the planters who went to look af
ter their crops across the river pn the
South Carolina side, that there had been
no serious breaks in any of the banks at
any of the plantations along the Savan
nah river, and hence the fields were not
flooded to any extent. The tide at some
places just topped the banks, but very
little water was let into any of the fields.
The damage to the crop from other
sources, however, is estimated at about 10
per cent. The late rice was, in some
places, whipped down by the force of the
wind, and unless all the water can be
taken off it, some of it will likely rot os
sprout. The rice that was about to be
cut was badly tangled up in many places,
and much of it is down in the water.
SUES FOR $6,000.
Allen Haya Fixes That as the Pries
of an Arm Which was Amputated.
Allen Hays, colored, filed suit in the
city court against the Florida Central
and Peninsular railroad yesterday,
through Mr. William Pease for $6,000. for
the loss of an arm while he was in the
service of that road as a switchman.
Hays was hurt while doing some work
in the Florida Central and Peninsular
yard here Sept. 17. While jumping from
a train to change a switch he was struck
by the frame work of the switch,
knocked under the engine and his left
arm so badly crushed that it had to be
amputated between the elbow and the
shoulder. He holds that the company
was negligent in that the engine was run
ning too fast, and he assesses the damage
at $6,000. Hays was taken at the time to
the Georgia Infirmary, where his wounds
were attended.
KNOCKED DOWN AND ROBBED.
Mrs. Annie Brown Loses Her Pocket
book on Broughton Street-
Mrs. Annie Brown, who keeps a board
ing house at No. 9 Broughton street, was
knocked down and robbed of her pocket
book last night. Mrs. Brown was return
ing from the market about 10:20 o’clock
accompanied bj’ a lady friend. She had
her pocketbook containing $3.50 in her
hand.
When on Broughton street between
Houston and East Broad some one came
up behind her and grabbed the pocket
book, at the same time demanding that
sfce give it up. She resisted, but was
knocked down and the pocketbook
wrenched from her hand.
The thief, a heavy built. black negro,
escaped by running into Foley’s alley at
the foot of St. Julian street. Mrs. Brown
gave the alarm at once and Policeman
Smith who was passing on Broughton
street was notified of the robbery, but
the thief had made good his escape. Mrs.
Brown called at the barracks and gave
the detectives an account of the robbery.
TAKING IN THE WORLD.
A Couple of Savannah Boys Go to
Charleston for That Purpose.
Detective Hanley was notified Thursday
night by the chief of police of Charleston
of the arrest of two Savannah boys in
that city, who had run away from their
homes here. The names of the boys are
Edward Rogers and Ernest Cobb, one 14
and the other 15 years old. Rogers stated
that his parents lived on Third street,
but they could not be located. Cobb gave
his residence to the Charleston police as
No. 229 Waldburg street. When inquiry
was made at the house it was found that
his grandmother lived there. She was
not aware that her grandson was out of
the city until so informed by the police.
His parents, she said, lived south of the
city in Louisville. The boys are supposed
to have left home for the purpose of see
ing something of the world.
FELLED WITH FfISH PLATE
Officer Baughan Assaulted and Shoots
His Assailant.
Dan Ealy Beats the Policeman Over
the Head With a Chunk of Iron and
Gets a Bullet in Return That May
End His Life—The Physicians Pro
nounce the Negro’s Wound Fatal.
Mounted Officer “Dick’’ Baughan had
an affray with a negro desperado on Bol
ton street, east of the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway depot, Friday night,
that resulted very seriously, both for the
officer and the negro. The negro was
shot and may die,the*while officer is badly
beaten up about the head with a piece of
iron.
The negro’s name is Dan Eady. He is
said to be a desperate character and is
charged with having cut another negro
very seriously the day before. He was
beating his wife about 7 o’clock Saturday
night when Officer Baughan, who was on
duty in the neighborhood, was called upon
by a party living in the neighborhood
to arrest him.
ATTACKED THE OFFICER.
The house which the negro was in is
just across the railroad from the Coast
Line depot. When told to consider him
self under arrest Eady apparently yielded,
throwing the officer off his guard. He
had an iron fishplate concealed in his hand,
and before the officer could anticipate his
move, Eady struck him across the head
with it twice, bringing him to the ground.
One blow made an ugly wound in the
right temple, while the other made a
fearful gash across the forehead, laying
the skin open to the bone.
The blows would have paralyzed many
a man, but Officer Baughan has a well-de
served reputation as one of the pluckiest
men or. the force, and he did not allow
himself to succumb to the blows. The
negro had started to run, but quickly
jumping to his feet Baughan began firing
after him and continued to pursue and
fire for some distance. He fired all the
six shots in his pistol and the negro did
not fall until the last shot was fired. He
was then some forty feet distant from the
officer.
IN A CROWD OF NEGROES.
Baughan was in terrible pain, but man
aged to hold up until assistance reached
him. Several of the employes of the
Coast Line railroad, who heard the shots
and the whistle of the officer signaling
for assisstance, armed themselves with
revolvers and hurried to him. They
found him surrounded by an excited
crowd of negroes, but he was in np.dan
ger. The sympathies of the negroes
were all with the officer. Eady, it seems,
had been terrorizing the neigh boorhood
for several days, and the negroes all
seemed glad that he was shot.
A telephone message was sent to the
police barracks from the Coast Line
office. The first report sent in was that
several men had been shot, and that a
policeman bad been shot all to pieces.
It* happened that Sergeant Baughan
was on duty at the office at the
time. He did not know then that it was
his brother that had been hurt. He im
mediately sent a squad of mounted men
armed with shotguns. Sergeant Linng
also went out with the police ambulance.
The excitement in the neighborhood was
no greater than was natural under the
circumstances and the police had no
trouble in handling the crowd.
THE WOUNDED MAN’S CHANCES.
Officer Baughan and Eady were brought
to the barracks together. It was seen
that Eady’s wound was serious, and Dr.
M. T. Davis was called to attend him.
The doctor sent him to the Georgia in
firmary. He said that Eady would prob
ably die. The ball entered his back near
the backbone and penetrated the spleen,
coming out in the front part of the abdo
men. Dr. R. G. Norton was at the barracks
attending to a negro who had been
wounded in a fight and was called upon
to attend to Officer Baughan. He found
that the latter’s injuries were very severe
and very painful, but not likely to prove
fatal. Baughan was covered with blood
from his wounds when he arrived at the
barracks. Four sutures were taken to
close the gash on the forehead. Officer
Baughan's family is out of the
city and he was taken to the bouse of his
brother, Sergt. H. W. Baughan, on Wald
burg street. His injuries will very likely
connne him to the house for several days.
Baughan is one of the best men of the
force, and when Eady attempted to do
him up he tackled the wrong man.
OLD BOREAL ON THE OCEAN.
Several Wrecks Reported by a Steamer
From the South.
New York, Sept. 29.—The steamer El
Rio, which arrived from New Orlean this
morning, reports stormy weather on the
passage. On Sept. 26 she saw ‘a schooner
ashore near Tennessee reef, and also a
large foreign steamer ashore four miles
northeast of Alligator reef. She was two
masted, fore and aft rig. and had a
painted stack of dark buff with a black
top. He also saw four miles north of j
Cary’s Fort a largo vessel well upon a I
reef lying on her beam end with all her
masts gone and her yards lying across her
deck. On Sept. 28, lat. 36* 15’ long. 74° 25’,
he passed a schooner hove to with the
loss of her fore top mast and jib boom.
A SCHOONER STRANDED.
Washington. Sept. 29.—Because tele
graph wires all along the Atlantic coast
were prostrated by the recent storm the
life saving service has been unable to
learn of marine disasters until to-dav.
This telegram reached here from South
port. N. C., this morning: “The schooner
E. A. Beasley of Camden. N. J., from
Charleston, S. C., to Baltimore. Md.,
with a crew of seven and a cargo of phos
phate rock, stranded on Frying Pan
shoals at 5 o’clock Friday morning, five
miles south by west from Southport
station. All were saved by the surf boat.”
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An Informer Held for Trial.
Memphis, Tenn , Sept. 29.—W. E. Mc-
Daniel. the informer of the Gorin. Mo.,
train robbery, has been held to the grand
jury in 81,500 bonds, upon the charge of
conspiring to rob a train. He pleaded
not guilty, but failed to secure a bonds
man.
M. Marinoni. the principal proprietor of the
famous Parisian newspaper. Le Petit Jourl
nal. which has a circulation of nearly 1.250,-
<>oo copies a dav. commenced life as a factory
lad.
LOWEST PRICE EVER KNOWN
October and November Cotton Futures
Selling Below 6 Cents.
The Lowest Prices Ever Recorded in
the History of the Cotton Trade—Lo
cal Spots Declined Again—Southern
Markets Dull and Declining—Naval
Stores in Good Demand at Advanc
ing Prices.
Savannah. Sept. 29.—The features of the lo
cal markets were the continued decline in the
cotton market, and the advance in naval
stores. Other markets were steady, with the
usual business doing.
On the New York Stock Exchange the in
dustrials were the features of the day.
American Sugar and Chicago Gas figured for
42,200 shares. Sugar was weak, and Gas was
firm.
Wheat advanced to %o for futures.
Cash wheat was in good demand, and Me
higher. Corn followed wheat for an advance
Ic. Provisions were strong, with a lively
trading. Prices were higher.
Riordan & Co.’s review of the cotton mar
ket, published below, tells the tale of the con
tinueji decline in the market. There is no en
couragement to offer for higher prices and no
one knows when the bottom will be reached.
The following resume of the different mar
kets will show the tone and the quotations at
the close to-day.
Cotton. <
Another decline was recorded in the cotton
market to-day. At the Cotton Exchange at
the first call, the market opened easy and un
changed with sales of 546 bales reported. At
the midday call, there was a decline of l-16c
in all grades, with sales of 354 bales. At the
last call, the market closed easy and un
changed with sales of 543 bales. The total
sales for the day were 1,443 bales. The fol
lowing were the quotations at the close:
Middling fair ..Nominal
Good middling ....5 1516
Middling... 5 11-16
Low middling ..5 5-16
Good ordinary ....5
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DAILY COTTON MOVEMENT AT U. S. PORTS.
Tone. Price. Rec. Sales, stock.
Galveston... Easy 5% 9,538 1,372 73,744
N. Orleans. . Quiet 5 11-16 12,426 3,275 64,109
Mobile Easy 5£ 2,556 400 9,489
Savannah.... Easy 5 11-16 7,210 1,443 87 243
Charleston . Weak b 1-16 1,953 1,783 42,609
Wilxn’gton.. Quiet 5 13-16 974 .... 19,818
Norfolk Weak 6 1,174 346 7,871
Baltimore.. Nom’l 6% 10,119
New York.... Quiet 6 5-16 .... 270 783'58
Boston Quieten
Philad’a Dnil .... 300 .... 4,670
Various*. 1,050 ....
Total Sept. 29, ’94 37,281 8,889 398,830
♦West Eqlnt 600, Brunswick 350, Newport
News ICO. •
Receipts this day last year... ......... 34,315
Receipts for 1 day this week 37,281
Receipts 1 day same week last year... 34,315
Total net receipts since Sept. 1 , 503,894
Stocks at all ports this dav last year.. 434.283
DAILY MOVEMENT OF COTTON AT INTERIOR.
Tone. Price. Rec. Sales. Stock.
Augusta Steady b-%-% 1 019 658 7.038
Memphis Steady s’x 1,422 1,000 9,039
St. Louis ..Quiet b;i 107 1,300 8.920
Cincinnati .... Quiet 6j< :08 .... 5 871
Houston Easy 5’4 11,703 372 28,527
Louisville... Steady C% .... ....
Atlanta... Dull 5% 975
EXPORTS OF COTTON THIS DAY.
Gr. Brit Fr’nce. Cont. C’st
Galveston.. 8.514 .... ....
New Orleans 1 018 5:2
Charleston 2,432
Brunswick 350 ....
Norfolk iso.
New York. 1,075 ... 2,900 ....
Boston 567 ... ....
Philadelphia 100 ... .... ’’’’
Total 1.742 8 514 4,298 ~3J54
Total exp’ts thus
far this week . 1,742 8,514 4,298 3,154
Total exports since Sept. 1, '94:
To Great Britain 106 902
lo France 27,259
To the continent 63.342
Liverpool, Sept. 29, noon.—Cotton—Demand
moderate: prices easier; American middling,
3 9-16 d; sales. 10,000 bales; American. 8.800
bales; speculation and export, 1,000 bales;
receipts. 4.v00 bales; American, 2.800 bales
Futures opened quiet at the decline; demand
moderate.
Futures—American middling fair, low mid
ling clause: September, 3 27-64 d: September
and October. 3 24-64 d; October and Novemoer.
3 22-64 d; November and December, 3 22-64 d,
also 3 23-61 d; December and January,
8 23-64 d. also 3 24-6 id; January and February,
3 25-64 d, also 3 26-6 id; February and March
326 64d; March and April, 3 28-64 d, also
529-64 d; April and May. 3 30C4d: Mav and
June, 331 64d. Tenders 8,900 bales new dock
ets.
4 p. m.—Cotton, American middling fair,
3 15 16d; good middling, 3%d; middling. 3 17-
32d: low middling, 3 716 d; good ordinary,
3 5 16d: ordinary. .>v,d.
Futures—American middling fair, low mid
dling clause: September, d; Sep-
tember and October. 3 2£-04@3 23-64: October
and November, 3 21-64 d, value; November
and December, 3 21-644613 22-64 d; December
and January, 322 64d. sellers: January and
February, 3 23-64@3 24-6ld: February and
March, 3 2>-64d bid; March and April, a 27-640,
sellers; April and May. 3
May and June, 3 3j-64d, sellers. Futures closed
barely steady.
New York, Sept. 29, noon.—Cotton futures
opened weax at the decline, as follows: Sep
temter, c; October. 5 9?c; November, 6 ouc;
I December, 6t6c; January, 6 lie; February,
6 17c: March, 6 23c.
New York, Sept. 29, 4p. m.—Cotton futures
closed steady, with sales of bales,
as follows: September c; October, 5 Vsc;
, November, 5 «7c; December, 6 v3c; January,
i 6tßc: February, o 14c; March, 6 20e; April,
6 26c; May 6 31c; June 6 38c.
New Orleans, Sent. 29.—Cotton futures
closed steady, with sales of 41.5U0
bales, as follows: September c, October
5 6bc, November o 6>c. December 5 71c. Jan
uary 5 74c, February .> 79c, March 5 Bic. April
5 90c, May 5 £6c, June 6 02c. July 6 09c.
New York. Sept. 29.—The total visible
supply of cotton for the world is 2.017.892
bales, of which 1,667.702 bales are American,
against 2.229,997 and 1.822.797 bales, respect
ively. last year. Receipts this week at all
interior towns 150,403 bales. Receipts from
Slantations bales. Crop in sight 608,647
ales.
The detailed statement of the visible
supply of cotton as compiled by the Chronicle
will be published to morrow.
New Vork. Sept. 29.—The Sun's cotton re
view say: “Cotton declined 9to 11 points and
closed steady. Sales 85.900 bales. Liverpool
declined l-35d on the spot and Ito 2 1 * points
for future delivery, closing barely stsady,
with spot sales of 10,000 bales. New Orleans
declined 7 to 9 points, then rallied slightly on
October. Spot cotton here was %c lower;
middling upland 6 5-16 c; sales 270 bales
for spinning. Estimated receipts at New
Orleans on Monday are 14.0J0 tales to
15 000 bales against 14.456 bales last Monday,
and 7.881 bales last year. Receipts at ports
during the coming week are estimated at
260.000 bales against 200.594 bales during the
past week, and 220,759 bales for the same week
last year, and 298.252 bales for the corre
sponding week in lf9l. One firm said:
“Prices here have declined more, than
many have looked for. Still the impres
sion is made that absence of out
sidespeculation. a free crop movement will
cause a further decline unless bad weather at
the south sets in or an early frost overtakes
the crop, lhe present prospects for the crop
are generally favorable. To-day’s features:
Renewed depression in Liverpool. Pressure
to sell from the south and a good crop move
ment, together with long liquidation, resulted
in another decline here.”
New York, Sept. 29.-- Riordan & Co. say of
cotton today: “The disheartening decline
in cotton continues. To-day’s prices, both
here and abroad.were the lowest ever known.
Another break in Liverpool this morning was
followed by a fresh liquidation of long cotton
here. January opened eight points lower at
6.11, declined to 6.09, rallied to 6.12. and again
weakened in the last half hour, clos
ing at 6.08®6.09 with the tone
steady. The cause of the extraor-
dinary weakness is the utter atsence
of buying power. The south seems to be
pressing cotton for sale with greater eager
ness as prices go down. Spinners, of course,
do not care to buy upon a falling market any
more than will supply their Immediate
wants, and the glut of cotton is consequently
offered for future delivery. There is no such
speculation, as in past seasons has always
given a certain measure of supnort to prices,
and. hence, with literal receipts and big
crop predictions, cotton seems to sink with
out any resistance worth mentioning. What is
to be the end? Those whose opinion is entitled
to respect, believe that the decline has
already more than discounted a big crop.
They think that cotton is now near a price
which will induce capital to take hold of it as
an investment. Whenever that shall occur
the smaller speculators will be quick to fol
low. and we are likely to see an advance even
more rapid than the decline of the last fort
night. But until cotton enlists that kind of
support the price may continue to sag.”
Naval Stores.
Spirits Turpentire—There was an increased
inquiry in the market, and prices .were fair
and advancing. At the Board of Trade at
the first call, at 11 o'clock, the market opened
firm, with part sales at 2554 c and 26c; amount
ing to 700 casks. At the close.the marketwas
posted firm at 26c for regulars, with sales of
, 200 casks.
Rosin—The market was firm and the de
mand was good. There was an advance of
2%c on G and below. At the Board of Trade
at both calls the market was posted firm.
The sales for the day were 4,691 barrels. The
following were the quotations:
A, B C.and I $1 70
I D 81 05@l 0754 K 1 90
! E 1 10@l 1254 M... 205
F 1 15® 1 1754 N . . 2 35
G 1 40@l 4254 W. G 2 50
H 1 55 W. W..... 2 75
The following were the quotations for the
corresponding date last year: A. B, C and D,
95c; E, 81.00; F, 81.05; G, 81.10; H, $1.20; I.
81.40; K, 81.90; M. 82.25: N. $2.75; window
glass, $3.05; water white, $3.30.
NAVAL STORES STATEMENT
>. Spirits. Rosin.
Stock on hand April 1 11,634 109,977
Received yesterday 695 3,171
Received previously 132,993 519,810
Total 195,322 632,958
Exported to-day * . 1,312 5408
Exported previ0u51y.......... 138.167 513,618
Total.". 139,479 518,726
Stock on hand and on ship-
board to-day 55,843 104,232
Stock same day last year 26;319 152.013
Receipts same day last year.. 1,342 2,851
Price spirits turpentine same
day last year 2554 c
New York, Sept. 29. —Rosin market dull
and firm; strained, common to good,
$1 20@l 25. Turpentine quiet but steady a
28%@2354c.
Charleston Sept. 29. Spirits turpentine
firm at 25%c; receipts 1 cask. Rosin—good
strained firm at $1 00; receipts. 33 barrels.
Wilmington, N. C., Sept. 29.—Rosin firm;
strained, 85c: good strained, 90c. Spirits
turpentine steady, 2554 c; receipts, 81 casks.
Tar was firm at $1 15. Crude turpentine
steady; hard $1 00; soft $1 60; virgin, 81 90
Rice.
The market is active and firm. The sales
for the past week were 472 barrels. The quo
tations at the Board of Trade are as follows:
Common 3%@4c
Fair ? 4(§w%c
Good ~..4%fe4%c
Prime s@s'%c
Head 5%.@60
Small job lots higher.
Rough—soc to $1.25 per bushel.
Financial.
Savannah, Sept. 27.—Money is steady and
in good demand.
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 SSOO and at l-16c per cent, discount on
amounts over SSOO.
Foreign Exchange—The market is steady.
The following are net Savannah, quotations:
Sterling, commercial demand, $4 84%;
sixty davs, $4 84; ninety days, $1 83%;
francs, Paris and Havre, sixty days, $5 21%;
Swiss, sixty days, $5 2254; marks, sixty
days, 94 13-16.
Securities—The market is steady, with a
fair inquiry at quotations.
State Bonds—Georgia 454 per cent. 1915,
11254 bid, asked; Georgia 7 per cent. 1896.
104% bid, asked; Georgia 354 per ent c,
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. 10554 bld. asked.
Railroad Bonds—Central Railroad and
Banking Company collateral, gold ns, 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. 49 bid, —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,loo old,
asked; Augusta and Knoxville first mort
gage 7 per cent., 99 bid, asked: Ocean
Steamship 5 per cent., due in 1920, 96 bid, 97
asked: Columbus and Romo first mortgage
bonds, indorsed by Central railroad, bid. 81
asked: Columbus and Western 6 per cents
guaranteed. 99 bid, asked; City and Sub,
urban railway first mortgage 7 per cent.,
bid, 85 asked: Savannah and Atlantic 5 per
cent., indorsed, bid, 31 asked; Electric rail
way first mortgage 6s, bid, asked: South
Georgia and Florida first mortgage 7 per
cent., 103 bid, asked; South Georgip. and
Florida second mortgage, 10554 bid.
asked: Alabama Midlands. 88 bid, 90 asked.
Railroad Stocks—Central common, bid,
17 asked; Augusta and Savannah 7 per cent.,
guaranteed, 83 bld. 8454 asked; Georgia com
mon, 150 bid, asked: Southwestern
7 per cent, guaranteed, including or
der for div.. 71 bid. 71’4 asked; Central 6
per cent, certificates, with order for de
faulted interest. 23 bid. 25 asked; Atlanta
and West Point railroad stock, 80 bid.
asked; Atlanta and West Point 6 per cent,
certificates. 92 bid, 93 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, 13054
bid. 132 asked; Oglethorpe Savings and Trust
Company. 98 bid, 100 asked: Citizens’ Bank.
10054 bid, 101 asked: Chatham Real Estate
and Improvement Company, 50 bid. 51 ai kod;
Germania Bank. 101v4 bid. 102 asked;
Chatham Bank. 48 bid. 4854 asked: Savan
nah Construction Company, 70 bid, 75 asked;
Title Guarantee and Company, 75 bid
—asked
Miscellaneous Markets.
Bacon—The market is strong. Smoked clear
rib sides, 9qc: dry salted clear rib sides,
8 s c; long clear, B%c; bellies, 9*4c; sugar
cured hams, 1354 c.
Lard- Market firm: pure, in tierces, 10c;
50® tins, 10%c; compound, in tierces, 7%c; in
60 lb tins. 754c*
Butter—Market steady; fair demand: Gosh
en, 20c; gilt edge, 24c; creamery, 25c; Elgin,
27c.
Cheese—Market dull; 1054@1254c: fancy full
cream cheese. 13®1354c: 201 b average.
Fish—Mackerel, half barrel, No. 1, $8 50;
No. .2. $7 50; No. 3, $6 00. Kits, No. 1, $1 25;
No. 2. $1 00; No. 3,95 c. Codfish. 1-® bricks,
654 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, 58c; Virginia, 125 pound burlan
sacks. 38c; ditto, 125 pound cotton sacks, 41c;
smaller lots higher.
Syrup—Florida and Georgia, new 35c;
market quiet for sugar house at
Cuba straight goods, 28®30c; sugar house
molasses, 15®20c.
Tobacco —Market quiet and steady. Smok
ing. domestic, 22®00c; chewing, common
sound, 24®27c; fair. 28@35c: good. .36®48c;
bright. 60®65c; fine fancy, 65@80c; extra tine,
$1 00®l 15; bright navies, 25®45c.
Flour—Market quiet. Extra. ?l 35; family,
$3 00; fancy. $3 45; patent, $3 65; straight,
83 40.
Corn—Market is strong and advancing.
White com, job lots, 77c; carload lots. 74c.
Mixed corn, job lots, 74c; carload lots. 71c.
Oats—Markqj firm. Mixed, job lots, 47c;
carload lots, 44c; Texas rust proof. 55c
Bran—Job lots, 9754 c: carload lots,
Hay—Market steady. Western, job lots,
09c: carload lots, 85c.
Meal—Pearl, per barrel. $3 75; per sack,
$1 75; city meal, per sack, 31 45. Pearl grits,
per barrel. $3 85; per sack, $1 80; city grits,
per sack. $1 55.
Coffee—The market i» dull. Mocha, 28c;
t
j Java, 2754 c: Peaberry,22s4c; fancy or standard
I No. 1.2154 c; choice or standard No. 2,21 c;
prime or standard No. 3,20 c; good orstan
' dard No. 4,1954 c: fair or standard No. 5,18540;
i ordinary or standard No. 6, 17%c; common oir
standard No 7. lr>J4c.
Sugars—Market dull and lower. Cut loaf,
5%c; crushed, 5%c; powdered. 5%c; XXXX
powdered. 5%c; standard granulated, 4%0;
cubes, 5%c; mould A, sc; diamond A, sc:
confectioners, 4%c; white extra C, 454 c;
extra C, 4%c; golden C, 4%c: yellow's, 4c.
Liquors—Market firm. High wine basis,
133; whisky, per gallon, rectified, 100 proof,
$1 35®1 75; choice grades, 81 50@2 50: straight,
81 45®3 50; blended, $2 00® 1 50. Wines—Do
mestic, port, sherry, catawba, low grades,
60@85c; fine grades, 81 00® t 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, 1554@16c;
common, 9*4@loc.
Nuts Aldmonds, Tarragona, 1754@18c;
Ivicas, 15‘4@16c; walnuts, French, 1254 c; Na>
pies, 14c; pecans, 1254 c; Brazils, 9c; filberts,
10c: assorted nuts, 501 b and 251 b boxes, 12@130
per pound.
Peanuts—Ample stock: demand fair; mar
ket steady; fancy hand-picked Virginia, $
lb, sc; hand-picked, ib, 4c; small hand
picked, $ lb. 4c.
Cabbage—Northern, B®9c head.
Onions—Crates, $1.25; barrels, $2.75.
Potatoes—lrish, New York, bbls, $2.25®
2 75; western. 82 25.
Nails—Market steady; base 60d. $1 10; 50d,
81 20; 40d, $1 35; 30d, $1 35; 12d. $1 55; 20d, 81 45;
lOd, $1 60; Bd, $1 70; 6d, $1 85; 4d.52 00; 5d,8200;
3d, $2 30 ; 3d, fine, $2 70. Finishing, 12d, $1 75;
lOd, $1 85: Bd, $2 00 ; 6d, $2 20; sd, $2 35;4d.
$2 55. Wire nails $1 55\case.
Shot—Firm, drop to B, 81 25; B and larger.
81 SJ; buck, 81 50.
Iron—Market very steady. Swede, 454@5c;
refined, $1 90 base.
Oils—Market steady, demand fair. Signal,
45® 50c; West Virginia, black, 9@l2c; lard,
65@.80c; kerosene, 54c; 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
1 lots special; calcined plaster $1 60 per bar
-1 rel; hair 4@sc. Rosendale cement, $1 30® 1 40;
> carload lots, special; Portland cement, retail,
1 $2 40; carload lots, $2 10.
1 Lumber—Demand, doth foreign and do
-1 mestic, is quiet. Mills generally full of quick
work, owing to lost time on account of con
tinuedrains. We quote: easy sizes. $lO 00;
ordinary sizes. sll 00®14 00; difficult sizes,
sl3 03@18 00; flooring boards, sl4 50®22; ship
stuffs, sl6 50@25 00.
Hides, Wool. Etc. —Hides —The market is
steady; good demand; receipts none; dry flint
454 c; dry salt. 2‘.4c: butcher salted 2j4c; green,
salted, 354 c. Wool, steady: prime Georgia,
ffee of sand, burry and black wools, 14540;
blacks. 1154 c; burry. 7@loc. Wax, 22c. Tallow,
4c. Deerskins, flint, 20c: salted. 51c.
Poultry steady; fair demand; grown fowls,
3F pair, 50® 60c; % grown, 35@15c; grown,
20® 30c; ducks, 65@75c.
Eggs—Market steady; fully supplied:
country, £ dozen, 16®17c.
Bagging and Ties The market firm;
Jute bagging, 254®. 8c; 2®, 7%c; 1%J6, 7c,
quotations are for job lots; small lots,
higher; sea island bagging, 12®13c. Iron Ties
—Large lots. 85c; smaller lots, 90c@$l 00.
Dry Goods—The market is quiet, demand
light. Prints 4@sc; Georgia brown shirt
ing, 3-4, 354 c; 7-8 do., 4c.; 4-4 brown sheeting,
sc: white osnaburgs, 6%®7c; checks
3*/4@5%c; brown drilling, 5@6540.
BALL PLAYEBS TO HOLD OFF.
They Hope to Get Big Salaries From
the New Association.
Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 29.—The Boston
piasters were to-day in receipt of their
checks for salary in full for the season of
1894. Accompanying the checks were
notices from the owners of the Boston
club notifying each player under contract
that his services would be required next
year, and that he would be held to that
clause which provides that the club shall
have an option on the player’s services
for the coming year at the same terms
agreed upon in the contract for 1894.
When the members of the Boston
outfit read these notices they smiled ami
intimated broadly that they would “sea
about that lateron.”lt is asserted that the
erstwhile champions do not intend sign
ing with the league club for some time to
’come.They areof the opinion that the new
national association means business and
that it will pay them to hold off for some
time.
A secret conference was held at the
Monongahela House to-day attended by
Manager Seelee, A. C. Bunckenberger
and T. H. Murnane. All the informa
tion obtainable was that matters pertain
ing to the new national association were
discussed.
TUT PLATE MILLS CLOSE.
Every Plant in the Country Idle
Except One.
Pittsburg, Sept. 29.—T0-day every tin
plate plant in the United States, with
possibly one exception, will be closed
down, throwing several thousand men
idle, until the wage dispute is settled.
The Morewood Tin Plate Manufacturing
Company of Elizabeth. N. J., is the excep
tion, and it will suspend to-day if the
work on hand can be completed. All the
mills in this part of the country
have closed, the last being the
big plant of the United States
Iron and Tin Plate Company, at Demmler
Station, which suspended yesterday. To
day a notice was posted, notifying the
men that the shut down is due to the re
duction in the tariff. Under the new
rate, the manufacturers assert that
rollers, the highest paid men, will earn
$6 per day and over, ahd all other skilled
hands will earn 80 per cent, more than
the same class of workers in the British
mills. The wages of the cheap labor, the
manufacturers say, will not be disturbed
by the new scale.
FALL BIVER’S IDLE MILLS.
The Conference of the Manufacturer*
and Spinners Fruitless.
Fall River, Mass., Sept. 29.—The con
ference between the manufacturers’ com
mittee and representatives of the spin
ners’ union, held this morning, was not
productive of results. The employer*
offered to open the mills next week un
der the reduction and give the spinners
an opportunity to test the market for
thirty days. If it held firm they could
then ask for a restoration of wages and
the factories be compelled to comply with
the request. Secretary Howard argued
that conditions had changed and that
the corporations should start under the
old schedule. Cotton was quoted at
6X cents and cloth was selling at 2 15-18
cents. The margin admitted of a profit.
The manufacturers were positive that
there was no strength in the market and.
that prices would drop to 2)4 cents if ope
rations were resumed. They would make
no concessions. The spinners stated that
they would not accept a cut down, and
there the matter stands.
□The members of the weavers’ associa
tion met this morning and voted not to
return to work.
BANKHEAD RENOMINATED.
The Returns From the Congressional
Primary Canvassed.
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 29.—A special
to the Age-Herald from Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
says: “Pursuant to a resolution of the
democratic congressional convention re
cently held at Guin, the executive
committee of the Sixth congres
sional district met here to-day and
canvassed the returns of the primary
election held on Sept. 22. The vote was
practically unanimous for Hon. J. N.
Bankhead, and he was declared the nom
inee.
“Hon. Charles F. Crisp of Georgia,
Hon. R. A. Clarke of Mobile, Hon. J. M.
Allen of Mississippi and other distin
guished speakers were invited to address
the people of the district during the cam
paign.”*
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