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(GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
■ lIIHM THU TWO STATUS
ST lui.R IN H.VIIWBAPH.
I ... ...i,,.- „f the Second Geor-
Hm Iteginici" O'*'"- Two Nenro
H* |r „<■ ' llyntnnder Hc
„ ff„llet in Hl* Foot—Sant i
ii.-wrllied < a He! " Ho,e ’
H j„ nibb County t nroofed in
H "„ ir i mid -truck by I.l*ll tiling.
;l GEORGIA.
■ , ulll ■ hoofing occurred at Blackville
Hi James Bolin and George
■ Hi,;, h the latter was instant
, shot four times, twice
~, n, Merritt did not shoot,
E .1,.- fiscs say he was the ag-
T r „ 1: .. ic primary in Haralson
~ . r,hod in the nomination of E.
: , r the legislature, G. W. Bul
. r <,,Hft H. O. Head for clerk, E.
u " , ' i.is collector, and H. D.
, r , ax receiver. The race was
• ~r ' i i-i.iture between E. S. Grif-
I iif ; , ,in and M. J. Head of Talla
r;i ,;.,mth won by a small major-
Lmrday night lightning struck the
* . (1 Mr. Collins, on the Columbus
short distance from Macon, and
ore ihc root completely off, and the light
en i;..at ran down into the house, and,
[r ,-.iv, neither set anything on
~ I. , iy one of .Mr. Collin’s eleven
U-, i .n..* other members of his family,
rho tv. t• m the house at the time. The
,„,ur.-.1 h; torrents into the house, the
lnclliru having been entirely unroofed.
judktc James F. O’Kelley died* at his
Kir,, a w ntiies from Athens Friday, in
j f : th year of his life. Judge O'Kelley
tj. ,he oil. t justice of the peace in the
li., of I. rttia. having dispensed justice
B the- rourt ground of Buck branch dis
ji:i for thirty-five years. He was a prin
g fer u while, but gave up that bus-
Je _o t.. l<mn a photographer, at which
fork n. w is engaged lor many years pre
ijous to his death.
Cant. tv. T. Stalling? died from a stroke
Ifparaljsi- tit the home of his son, at
Stum 1 Saturday. Capt. Stallings was
Kjrn it. Morgan county, but for a great
iuni:-r i. ors lived in Coweta. At the
imt et ins death he was 65 years of age.
Hr uns one of tlie most prominent and
mi farmers of the county, and at
ir.t id; ■ represented the county in the
H„! i vi Inure. liming the late war he
to i; mi of a company that was form
ed .i. !:-■ lower part of the county, near
tooia.
FLORIDA.
Postmaster Ritchie will establish the
free dtiivety system at St. Augustine on
Aug. 1.
Col. C. f’ Morgan, justice of the peace,
-is announced himself as a candidate for
the nutnin uion of member of the legisla
tor- from De Soto county, on the Dem
ocratic ticket.
I The Democrats of Walton county have
elected the following delegates to the
slate convention: Senator L. J. Reeves,
Judge Daniel Campbell, J. J. McCullough
and J. L>. McCrimmon.
While playing with knives at Apalachi
t Friday night, Frank Williams acci
'(a.ly stabbed George Daniel fatally.
fl lived fifteen minutes, Williams
ndered to the authorities. Both men
tailored.
At a mass meeting held at Westville Sat
ed >v the following delegates were elected
|® ,h( ' ''■ convention at Orlando, Aug.
il.ii.li. Whitaker: W. H. Brett, and
1,1 ‘ Hills; alternates, John Neel, J. S.
I 1 and Marion Parrish.
} nrmy paymasters, who were recent
ly paying off the trops at Camp Cuba 14-
[ Jacksonville, returned to Jackson
,v' iy from Miami, where they paid
" 1 e- 1 division of the Seventh Army
The total amount paid at Jack
‘ I ' lll 1,1 at Miami reaches $358,000, of
1 bill.'., was distributed at Miami and
" Jacksonville. The paymasters
i 'V . ff the Third Nebraska Keg
'nL "'hich has recently arrived.
C “ S,l '° county claims she will this
” 'he *cad over all other counties
ti l \ ' M ,n ,he °f its orange crop,
"da will ship more oranges and
c*|ii"i 'a.hi any other one point in
I he older trees were practical
ly last winter's cold, and the
I 1 I :bin a measure affected by
1 "i this spring, will be nearly
l ist year. Cos!. T. J. Watkins
i <• largest crop of grapefrmt
i'e. and Lewis Parker the largest
- '''ranges.
McKay, the commodore of the
■J of transports, has returned
' ll" says that Santiago is the
l,nic lie ever saw. and that an
u i"' immtm-. who goes there
■ nig liis dfe in his own hands.
I,u 'he Place is naturally the
IW lever, but that for months
■ i’.. have been in such reduced
•ji that the place has grown
' if is almost impossible for
r'ay in the place.
Dni 3 l *■ . u
moat remarkable incidents of
0: *imy life was experienced by
A .''masters at Miami lait week,
tt, ’ 'he Second Alabama Regl
. 1 Jv refused to accept his pay,
t . *•!.. He said that he entered
<1 1, Iturely through patriotism, and
ivt . ' 1 "iy compensation. This be
-1 ■ ase of the kind the paymas
f .it,.’ ’ biveedent to guide him. After
i" drew a red line through
hf "vh ating that the sum had not
I. should the soldier ever need
government stands ready to
"■count.
For • .
' ' ' vs last week Vernon had
'' ■ political meetings. The
V ’nvcntlon. of which H. Bush
! 1 1 met ' ast Thursday, with a
. .. |ji and nominated the follow
i 1., ‘ ius h for representative,
f"t ... . ,V?r collector: L, Yates, Jr„
Aijfli Parlnh for treasurer.
I l . ° n off quietly. The
n -i , -invention met on Friday
’’ 1 , 'ontinued until about noon
. ' r u a deadlock for county
, f °l.owing county ticket
I . •' ■ l, r. E. Coleman, rep-
I In Jones, collector; John
-?or; no selection for treas
• Mock for treasurer result
b "vo men. R. c. Horn and
Tii 10 run on their
V rr,. i . .’Publicans of Washington
• aturday, 23d, and split. The
The morning News.
regular organization, under R. L. Scarlett,
with 105 followers, occupied the Academy
building in Vernon, selecting a delegation
to attend the state convention, Capt. L.
M. Ware led the other faction of ninety
four followers, and held a meeting in the
cout t house, also selecting a delegation
for the state convention.
Two negro cavalrymen, with pistols in
ttjeir hands, walked into the Saratoga sa
loon in Tampa just before 12 o’clock Sat
urday night, having with them four white
cavalrymen, who were advocating social
■ ijualiiy. As the drinks wore ordered by
the negroes they made a remark-that was
insulting to any man raised in the South.
J. I. Quinn of the Second Georgia Regi
ment was standing near and heard the
remark. Quinn had been discharged from
the regiment li* enlisted in for physical
disability, but he did not feel that this
matle any difference in his fighting abil
ity, so he made a reach for the nearest
negro cavalryman and tried to wrest the
pistol front his hand. The negro cavalry
man puled away, and wvh his colored
companion made a break for the dooi,
with Quinn in close pursuit. One of the
white men urew his revolver and tired at
Quinn, but his aim was had, and W. K.
Cleveland of Dade City, who is an en
gineer on the Florida Central and Penin
sular Railroad, standing near, received
the ball in his right lee, just above the
ankle, making a bad wound. He was at
once carried to the central police station,
where his wound was dressed by T. A.
\\ aiker, a Red Cross nurse, who happen
ed to be near by.
PROF. NORTON IIIT OF PLACE.
Our Colleges anil Iniversltles Are
Nurseries for Heroes nnd Patriots.
Fernandina, Fla., July 25.—Your timely
editorial on Prof. Norton’s anti-war sen
timents are heartily indorsed wherever the
Morning News is read. And this is espec
ially true of the soldiers in camp. We
have never had an army In the field before
in which were to be found so many college
graduates. Why, only a few weeks ago
the president of a college, by proxy, pre
sented diplomas to eleven graduates of his
institution who enlisted and went into the
field before commencement day.
I have before me, as 1 write, a petition
from young men in an Alabama college,
who wanted to join- Gen. Joe Wheeler's
cavalry in the Confederate army, but were
denied because they were not old enough
for service. .And yet the cadets of the
Georgia Military Institute fought like vet
erans when called out to impede Sherman’s
march to the sea. And history nowhere
records a more heroic or daring adven
ture of the Virginia Military Institute in
their famous New Market battle.
There is hardly a college of any size at
the North that has not its “Memorial
Hall” in honor of the dead heroes from its
alumni. And this is true of old Harvard,
where Prof. Norton most certainly is out
of place as a professor. The best blood of
her graduates was poured out upon count
less battle fields in the civil war.
Take your own Georgia colleges and see
what a noble record they made, closing
their doors when required to put every
young able-bodied student into the field.
What an illustrious list of generals the
University of Georgia alone presents: Rob
ert Toombs, Henry L. Benning, Howell
Cobb, John M. Cuyler, (U. S. A.) A. C.
Garlington, Ed. D. Tracey, T. R. R. Cobb,
Francis S Bartow. Then comes Emory
College with Gens. E. L. Thomas,Claudius
C. Wilson, R. W. Carswell and P.•
(Sims, and such heroic colonels as L- Q.
C. Lamar, Wesley C. Hodges, R. A. Hard-*
away, W. H. Ellison and others.
While Mercer University .cannot show
a list of generals, she has published a
“Memorial Record” of her “Fallen He
roes” that puts her in the front rank of
patriotic colleges. Several members of
the class of 1862 died or were killed in bat
tle. Richard Montgomery Preston of
the Eleventh Georgia Regiment, who was
killed at Rappahannock station, Va., Au
gust, 1862, said to his younger brother.as he
went into battle, “Do your duty.’ Ihe
most distinguished of the Mercer soldiers
are Col. R. B. Hubbard, ex-Governor of
Texas, and Maj. H. A. McDaniel, ex-Gov
ernor of Georgia, and Col. R. E. Lester,
member of Congress from Savannah.
During the early part of the present wa'r
an entire school came to Tampa from the
North to enlist, but was ruled out on ac
count of being too young. In fact, the
record of our educational Institutions the
country over, shows that Prof. Norton
would find himself unsupported in any of
them with his unpatriotic,sentiments. The
heroic college boys in Roosevelt’s Rough
Riders have made a record at Santiago
that should bring a blush of shame to
Prof. Norton’s cheek.
Take the generals of the late Confederate
armies and you find many of them at the
close of the war turned to the noble voca
tion of educating the youth of the South.
With Gen. Robert E. Lee at the head of
the list, as a college president, we have
Lieut. Gen. E. -Kirby Smith, Lieut. Gen.
Stephen D. Lee, Lieut. Gen. A. P. Stew
art, Lieut. Gen. D. H. Hill, as the most
distinguished educators. Then follow
Gen. G. W. C. Lee, Gen. W. N. Pendle
ton, Gen. S. L. Ross, Gen. L. L. Lomax,
Gen. H. D. Clayton, Gen. J. H. Lane,
Gen, F. A. Shout), Gen. W. H. Payne,
Gen. M. 11.I 1 . Lowry. Gen. F. W. Capers,
Gen. G. D. Johnsion. Gen. E. M. Law,
Gen. C. A. Battle, Gen, F. H. Smith and
others whose parries I cannot recall But
this array of names ought to Indicate that
our colleges and universities are the nur
series of patriots and heroes.
Sidney Herbert.
THOMASVILLE TOPICS.
I’ear Shipment*—Rain In Time to
Save the Corn,
Thomasville, Ga., Juiy 25.—1 t appears
from the number of barrels of LeConte
pears being shipped from here that some
pears were raised, notwithstanding the
crop was a failure. There are such a vast
number of trees planted out that a dozen
or so pears from each tree aggregates quite
a little crop after all.
The rains came In lime to save most of
the corn crop, and a large yiehl in that
grain Is now assured in this section. Cot
ton and other fielA crops arc also doing
finely.
Preparations are being made for the fall
fair in this city. It promises to be a suc
cess. A number of fine horses are being
trained hire now for the races at the fair.
C. T,’Smart of the Stuart House is build
ing a large dwelling house on the lot ad
joining his hotel.
Much inquiry’ is being made, even at this
early dare, about farm lands, and some
activity in that class of real estate Is sure
to follow during the fall season, when ar
rangements are made lor the coming year.
The demand for farm lands has held up
steadily in this county.
SAVANNAH. GA.. TUESDAY. JULY 20. 1898.
BRUNSWICK’S BUDGET.
City to Make II Hot for Any One Cir
culating Yellow Fever Report*.
Brunswick, Ga„ July 25.—Brunswick’s
City Council has on its reading an ordi
nance which will make it an offense pun
ishable t|y a heavy penalty for anyone to
repeat or* report any rumors concerning
the health of Brunswick, which are not
irue. or to give publicity to any court pro
ceedings in connection with the trial of
such cases.
Alderman Fendig has before Council an
ordinance to convert all the prominent va
cant squares in the business portion of the
city into attractive parks. The ordinance
will go through and it will prove a good
one.
James R. iMinehan, a well-known livery
stable proprietor, died suddenly at his
home in this city this morning. He was
attacked by a stroke of apoplexy. Mr.
Minehan’s health had not been good for
several days. Sunday he remained in
doors all day and had decided to go to
Jacksonville this morning for treatment.
Without a word of warning he fell back
and died before medical aid could be got
to him. Mr. Minehan was a very large
man and the local physicians who have
been treating him state he was suffering
from catarrh of the stomach. The de
ceased had large property interests in
Brunswick He also has a stable at Fer
jiandina, Fla.
STARKE’S MILITARY COMPANY.
Went to the War With Full Ranks
and It* Own OfUeern.
Waycross, Ga., July 23.—Starke, Fla., a
village of about 1,500 population, has the
distinction of being one of the few towns
in the South to send a full company with
local commissioned and non-com
missioned officers. The home military
company simply recruited its ranks to a
war footing and retained its officers.
Capt. Mathews, editor of the Starke Tel
egraph, still leads the company, which
Is now Company M, First Florida, at
Fernandina. Starke furnished about 100
young men for the front, and the little
village feels a just pride in her patriot
ism. When the company passed through
Starke, en route to Fernandina, Thursday
night, they were presented with cakes
and lemonade and other good edibles by
the good ladies of the town.
Lively Senatorial Rnoe.
Waycross, Ga., July 25.—The senatorial
race in this district between Hon. R. G.
Dickerson, Democratic nominee, and W. A.
Ecord, Populist nominee, is already Inter
esting and promises to be a lively one be
fore the campaign Is over. Both candi
dates arc from Homervllle. Coffee county
Populists recently failed to Indorse the
nominee from Clinch. This district is com
posed of Ware, Clinch and Coff. c counties,
and this is Clinch’s time, according to the
customary, rotation system, to furnish the
senator. The Populists are strong in Coffi
county.
Capt. O’Brien at Waycross.
Waycross, Ga., July 23.—Capt. Timothy
O'Brien of Company C, First Georgia, ar
rived yesterday from Brunswick, where he
got some recruits during the past w.-ek
and will spend several days here recruiting
for his regiment. He will probably visit
other towns in South Georgia before re
turning to his regiment. Tf the First Geor
gia goes to Porto Rica soon Capt. O’Brien
will not return to Chlckamauga, but will
catch Up with the command this side tile
water.
South Georgtu Pencil Crop.
Waycross, Ga,, July 25.—The peach crop
in South Georgia this season is much bet
ter in quality and quantity than was ex
pected a few’ weeks ago. The Elbertas
are unusuapy delicious and handsome.
Tifton, Poulan, Willaeoochee, Lulaton, and
Folkston are peach centers, and some fine
specimens have been brought here from
tWuse places.
Waycrin* District Conference.
Waycross, Ga., July 25. —The Waycross
District Conference will be held this week
by Rev. E. M. Whiting at Douglass, be
ginning Wednesday . evening. The first
business session will be held on Thursday
morning.
WiiMliington New*.
Washington. Ga,, July 25.—Messrs.
Whitely and Stoval, revenue officers, raid
ed the still of “Doc” Flanagan last week.
The material was destroyed, but Flanagan
escaped.
W. T. Johnson’s fine new hotel is being
rapidly pushed to completion, all the
stores on the lower floor are already rent
ed.
The last of the vacant places left from
the big fire have been filled, almost all
with handsomer houses than before, and
our main street has resumed its former
solidly handsome appearance.
NEGRO TROOPER’S SHOT.
Killed a Sliarpxlioofcr Who Said He
\Va “Americano.”
From the Philadelphia Record.
New York, July 22.—“ You should have
seen the soldiers of the Eighth and Thir
teenth Infantry -and the Tenth Cavalry
pick the Spanish sharpshooters out of the
trees after the capture pf the San Juan
hill,” said Lieut. Bryan, one of Santiago's
wounded, brought up on the Seneca.
“They hunted for them as we used to
hunt coons in the South. Few of those
chivalrous (Spaniards who shot on the
Red Cross flag from trees lived to brag
about it.
"And that reminds me of a story of one
of the members of the Tenth Cavalry.
Every man In that regiment, with the ex
ception of the commissioned officers, is a
negro.
“Well, this private was hunting for
sharpshooters who were hidden in the
trees. He soon discovered a man perch
ed on a low branch. He was white and
was clad in a United States cavalry uni
form.
” ’Who is you?’ inquired the negro
trooper.
” ‘Americano,’ answered the man in
the tree.
“The trooper was suspicious. ‘What
regiment does you nelong to’? he asked.
“ ’The Tenth,’ came the answer.
" 'Well, ft yo‘ b'longs to the Tenth, and
yo' Is a white mnn,' said the trooper,
slowly, ’yoii'se Jest de gvrnmon Ise lokin’
fur,' and the next minute, according to
the negro, ‘he was the deadest spaniel dat
ever breathed.'
“Avery touching incident happened
during the light." said one of the men.
"Capt. McCiintock was struck in the left
leg, two Mauser bullets entering his leg
Just above the ankle. A private, who had
been sick for some days, seeing Capt.
McCiintock lying on the field, crawled up
to him, and, lying alongside of the cap
tain. betweeh th?- latter and the tir.ng
line, said: ’Never mind, captain. I am be
tween you and the tiring line. They can’t
hurt you now.’ "
YELLOW FEVER.
Tlie Glorious Opportunity to Destroy
It Now firing; Opened to Ux.
From the Medical Record.
The expected has happened, and yellow
fever has attacked our troops at Sami igo.
The fir.-t reports that were permitted to
reach the public were dated July 12, •.t
which day there were fourteen new cases.
Within three or four daj’s after that the
total number of eases to date was ad
mitted to have been upward of three hun
dred, so that it is certain that the disease
has been among the troops for some time',’
probably having attacked them almost im
mediately after the landing was made.
The policy of concealment was wholly
Justifiable at the time, for a confession of
the truth would have served no purpose
in protecting the home ports, and would
simply have encouraged the Spaniards to
deia.v surrender, ana would have caused
unavailing anxiety and discouragement at
home. .
All tlie accounts of the epidemic agree
that the disease is in an unusually mild
form, by far the greater number of those
attacked recovering after the normal pe
riod of not very great suffering. Among
ihe sufferers were rtiany of the lb 1 Fro?.,
suregons and nurses, ell of whom, so far
as is known, have entirely recovered or
are convalescent. Many immune surgeons
and nurses are on the way now to Santi
ago. and will be assigned to the fever hos
piials immediately on tlicir arrival.
Now that there is no human enemy in
our way, our sanitary officers in the con
quered province have an excellent oppor
tunity to give to the world an object les
son in cleanliness. And we are perfectly
confident that, with the filth of Santiago
destioycd, the houses cleaned and disin
fected, the Infected huts burned, anil our
camps removed to the hills as far os they
may be possible, Gen. Vomito Negro will
foiiow the lead of Gen. Toral and yield to
the Inevitable.
We have always believed that the chief
reward to our country for undertaking this
modern crusade against the Saracen, and
one that will fully compensate us for ex
penditure of blood and money, will lx- the
liberation of our Southern states from the
constant menace of yellow fever. We are
lighting not only for the freedom of Cuba,
from Spanish tyranny, but for the freedom
of American from Spanish disease. The
accomplishment of the first object is al
most realized, and that of the second is
plainly in sight.
It is not expected, however, that this
glorious vlctorj' can be won'without a
struggle, and we therefore welcome the
battle which is now on, fearful in.lted that
the loss may be heavy, yet with no misgiv
ing as to the outcome of the contest.
GIFT TO COMMODORE SCHLEY.
Receive* the Compiix* of the Marin
Terexa.t M
#1 -
Correspondence, the AasoNsted .Bretts.
Santiago de Cuba, July 10.—A boat’s
crew with diving apparatus was sent from
the Brooklyn to-day to examine the In
fanta Maria Teresa, the flagship of Ad
miral Cervera. Among the terrible wreck
age made by the big guns and the explod
ed magazines, they found a standard com
pass by which the ship had been steered
and which had tumbled down with the
bridge. It was a heavy thing, but they
brought it over, and, by permission of
Capt. Cook, presented It to Commodore
Schley.
It was a curious sight to see these sea
men, bubbling over with affection for the
commander, shuffle on to the quarter deck,
where Commodore Schley was reading.
One of the men, representing the entire
crew?and two men following him and car
rying the thing, stepped close to the com
modore, and then the spokesman, in a
stammering way, said: “Sir, the crew
would like to make you a present.”
Schley was on his in an instant, his
glasses in his hand and his paper on the
deck. The spokesman hesitated.
"Well, my men,” said th commodore,
with an encouraging smile, and the
s;*kt small, hitching at hla trousers, con
tinued:
“We found this compass on the Spanish
admiral's ship, and we thought as how
we would like to give it j-ou for you to re
member how you whipped them.”
“Well, my men,” said the Commander,
with a tremor in his voice, "i am much
obliged to you, hut the great credit of that
victory belongs to you boys—the men be
hind the guns. Without you no iaureis
would come to our country. Thank you.”
There were three hearty eh. i rs from the
men, and then Gunner’s Mate Donnelly,
thinking that something should be said In
answer, touched his cari and blurted out:
“We ’opes, sir, as how you'll steer a
straighter course than the other fellow
who owned it,” and there was another ap
proving cheer a| the men dispersed.
With the usual twinkle of h!s eye,' the
commodore said, as hi- tur.",< I away:
“I’d rather have a thing like this than
the adulamons of my entire country.”
GETTING THE WAR NEWS.
It Entail* nn Enormou* Outlay—Ad
vertiser* Mix* an Opportunity.
From the Fourth Estate.
The cost of the war with Spain fell al
most as heavily on the newspapers as it
did on the government. The return has,
of course, lx-en small. Increased circula
tion has not meant more advertising, but,
on the contrary, less.
This wat largely due of course to the
fear that the business world would lie de
moralized by war, arid then, too, the ad
vertisers alleged that they wore being
forced to pay more than their share. There
are some things the advertiser should re
member, and It may be of value to call hi*
attintion to thtm. If he needs newspaper
publicity, as he certainly does, then he
should realize that the cost of getting out
the papers hds been and continues to be
enormous.
It Is interesting to note the cost of ca
ble dispatches. From St. Thomas, via
Haytl, Ihc rate is S:M6 a word;from Kings
ton, via Haytl-Mnrtlrilque, *2 13; from Bar
badoee, T2.U4; from Santiago de Cuba, 36
ex nt; from Havana, A3 rents; from Cape
Haytien, $1.48; from l’orto Kloo, 85 cents,
and from Mole Bt. Nicholas, 52'* cents.
This is the amount simpi* for cables,and
It should lie remembered that there are
the dispatch-boats, with their crews and
high-priced reporter!. Then there arc uil
sorts of additional expenses, until the cost
of the war services lias amounted to amaz
ing figures.
The public, however, had to have the
news. It wax the business of the pres* to
furnish stories of the struggle, and It has
dor... so without regard to expense. Some
thinking advertiser* have seen iheirehance
in the increased circulations. Many have
been unfortunate In not realizing the
uation.
LOCAL MARKETS UNCHANGED.
STEADY DEMAND FOR SPIRITS AT
Xt CENTS. .
Only One Unyer in the Market for
Spirits Turpentine—Hoxtn Firm
nml I urbanised—Colton t urbanis
ed—Other Market* Stendy.
Savannah, July 25.—There was a steady
demand for spirits turpentine at 26 cents,
and all of the receipts wore taken at that
figure. The rosiu market was firm and
unchanged. The cotton market was quiet
and easy and unchanged. Other markets
were steady without changes. The follow
ing resume of the different markets will
show the tone and the quotations at the
close to-day:
COTTON.
The local market was quiet and easy
and unchanged, with sales of only 8 bales.
There was very little interest shown in
the market.
The following were the official spot quo
tations, at the close of the market, at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling 5 5-16
Middling k 55*
Low middling 5 5-16
Good ordinary 5 1-16
Market quiet and ea=y; sales, 8.
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Receipts this day 75
Receipts this day last year t.i
Receipts this day year before last.. 185
Receipts since Sept. 1, 18D7 1,186,980
Same time lost year 841.732
Same time j'ear before last 754,736
Exports coastwise this day 173
Stock op hand this day 9,542
Same my last year 9,103
Receipts and Stocks at the Forts—
Receipts this da>" 9u3
This day last week 923
This clay last year 902
This day year before last 1,593
Receipts past three days 1,231
Same days last year 1,162
Same days year before last 2,001
Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1597 8.597,567
Same time last year 6,607,176
Same time year before last 5,156,923
Stock at the ports to-day 269,483
Stock same day last year 104,013
Daily Movements at Other Ports—
Galveston—Dull; middling, 5 15-16; net
receipts, 178; gross, 178; stock, 23.740.
New Orleans .u'.et and steady; mid
dling, 555; net receipts, 391; gross, 745; sales
350; stock, 81,140.
‘Mobile—Nominal; m'ddling, 55*; net re
ceipts. 15; gross. 15; stock, 3,437.
Charleston—Quiet; middling, s',£; stock,
4,471.
Norfolk—Dull; middling, 5%; net re
ceipts, 187; gross, 187; salt's, 61; stock, 14,-
350.
Wilmington—Firm; middling, 5%; stock,
0,017.
Baltimore—Nominal; middling, G*; gross,
(727; stock, 14,896.
New York—Quiet; mil. Ting, 6 1-16; sales,
702: spinners, 109; slock, 101,791.
Boston—Kasy; middling, G 1-16; gross,
496.
Philadelphia—Quiet; middling. 6 5-10; net
receipts, 57; gross, 57; stock. 9.477.
Dally Movements at Interior Towns—
.Augusta—Steady; middling, 6; net re
ceipts, y&; gross, 5; slock, 11,203.
Memphis—Dull; middling, 5%; net re.
eeipts, 98; gross, 517; sales, 100; stock, 22,817.
St. Bouts—Quiet; middling, 5 13-16; gross,
30; stock, 31,815.
Cincinnati—Quiet; middling, 0; net re
ceipts, 42f gross. 42; stock, 10.415.
Houston—Easy; middling, 5 11-10; net re
ceipts, 110; gross, 110; sales, 156; stock,
5,069.
Louisville—Quiet; middling, 6.
Exports of Cotton This Day-
New Orleans—Coast wise, 3CO.
Savannah—Coastwise, 173.
Charleston—Coatwise, 275.
Norfolk—-Coastwise, 75.
New York—To France, 965; continent, 722.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day: To France, 965; to Ihe continent, 721.
Total foreign exports from nil ports thus
far this week; To Great -Britain, 148; to
France, 2,649; to the continent, 822.
Total foreign exports since Sept. 1, 1897:
To Great Britain, 3,452,894; to France, 815,-
20?; to the continent, 2,953,322.
Liverpool, July 25, 4 p. m.—Cotton, spot,
moderate demand: prices steady; Am.ri
can middling, 3 13-32d; ihe sales of the day
were 8,000 bales, of W'hich 500 were for
speculation and export, and included 7,300
lnles American; receipts l,O>o, Including
900 American.
Futures opened quiet but steady, with a
moderate demand, and closed quiet; Amer
ican middling, low middling
' clause, July, 3.21tt3,22d, buyers; July-Au
gust, 3.21fy3.22d. buyers; August-. Septe
mber. 3.21d, sellers; September-October,
3.194 j 3.2nd, buyers; Oetober-Noven her,
3.18#3.19d, buyers; November-December,
Decem'oer-January, January-February,
3.18 1, sellers; February-March, 3.184j3,19d,
buyers; March-April, 3.19@3.20d, sellers;
ApriLMay, 3.20d buyers.
New York, July 25.—There was quite a
stir in cotton futures for a time this morn
ing followed by a relapse. Cables were
about as expected; crop news,while some
what conflicting, was generally favorable
to the short interest. Most of to-day’s
trailing was between room operators, al
though there was some investment buying
during the morning, and some Imying for
foreign account. The later phases of the
market indicated misgivings on the part
of ihe longs. Liquidation was a featu(f.
The market closed barely steady at a net
loss of 2 to 6 points.
New York, July 25, noon.—Cotton fu
tures opened steady; August, 5.83 c; Sep
tember, 5.85 c; October, 6.87 c; November,
5.90 c; December, 5.93 c; January, 5.96 c; Feb
ruary, 5.99 c; March, 6.08 c; April, 6.08 c; May,
6.11 c.
4 p. m.—Futures closed barely steady;
July, 5.75 c; August, 5.77 c; September, 5.80 c;
October, 5.83 c; November, 5 86c; December,
6.89,'; January, 5.920; February, 5.92 c;
March, 6.00 c; April, 6.03 c; May, 6.07 c.
New Orleans, July 25.—Cotton futures
were easy; July, 5.60 c. bid; August, 5.4748
5.19 c; September, 6.464/5.47c; October, 5.47<U>
5.48 c; November, 6.50i?p5.52c; December, 5.55
4/5.56c; January, 5.597/5.60c; February, 5.62
©■5.64c; March, 6.504/5.57c.
New York, July 25.—Paine, Murphy A
Cos. say of cotton to-day: ‘“Nothing new
at home or abroad. Cables showed sp/it
sales of 8.000 bales. Futures quiet. Reports
from South all favorable, and indicate
large and early crop. The liquidation In
August continues, and some notices were
posted to-day, others probably to-morrow
at lower prices."
DRV GOODS.
New York, July 25—Dismal weather has
he ld back progress in the dry goods mar
ket. The demand In various sections of
the country is quite heavy as shown in
advices from jobbers. But as yet the lat
ter class has not seen fit to fill In their
stocks and buying at first hands Is not at
all satisfactory. The steady strength of
the market is remarkable. Even In wool
en goods there la a tendency to stick to
tile standard set early in the season. In
colion goods there is much strength.
VAVAI. STORES.
Spirits Turtvntinc—There was only one
buyer in th. market, and the price hid was
!>’ cents. This was satisfactory to the fac
tor-. and the receipts were disposed of
promp !y. At the Hoard of Trade, at the
tirsi call, the market was bulletined at
cents, will) Si,.. S of 238 casks. Al ill.
last call tiie market closed at 25 cents
with further sale... of 2oi casks.
Rosin—The demand continued steady for
roslu. and although there was no reported
sales at the itoaid of Trade, there were
private sales made. At the iirst and last
call at the Hoard of Trade the market was
bulletined i’.rm and unchanged, with no
sales. The quotations for the day were
as follows:
-A. L. C fd .15 1 $l4O
I’ 0 95 IC 1 45
E I* M 150
It' 1 15 N 1-00
0 1 30 W G 1 75
H 1 40 \V W 1 85
Naval Stores Statement-
Spirits. Rosin.
Stock on hand April 1, 1595... 10,773 13.8,683
Received this day l.gfl# 5,251
Received previously 102,420 350,4"7
Total 180.659 494,341
Exports to-day 2,354 7,3 U
Exports previously 152.068 314,255
Total since April 1, 1898 ...155,022 321,506
Stock on hand this day 25.567 172,775
Receipts same day la.-i year... 1,789 5.063
Charleston, S. July 23.—Turpentine
market steady at 24'-r; sales, none. Rosin
quiet and unchanged; sales, none.
Wilmington. N, C., July 25 Spirits tur
p< litine quiet, 25%0; receipts 71 casks. Ros
in dull. 95c©51.00; receipt* 371 barrels.
Crude lurjienUne steady, SI.OO, $1.50 and
$1.50; receipts 51 barrels. Tar quiet ut
$1.10; receipts 234 barrels.
New York, July 25.—Rosim steady. Tur
pentine steady.
PlXASrut.
Money-Market steady.
Foreign Exchange- The market Is
steady. The following are the net Savan
nah quotations: Commercial demand,
$4.85; sixty days, $1.8!; ninety days,
sk.Bi'i; francs, Boris and Havre, sixty
days, 6.21%; Swiss, sixty days, 5.21%;
marks, sixty days, 91%.
Domestic Exchange -Steady; banks are
buying; at 1-16 per cent, discount, and sell
ing as follows; Amounts up to $25, 10 cents*
$25 to SSO, 15 cents; SSO to $10), 20 cents; SIOO
to $250. 25 cents; $250 to $750, 1-10 per cent,
premium, nud $750 and over, 75 cents ja r
SI,OOO.
Securities—The market is fairly steady.
Stocks and Bonds—State Bonds -Geor
gia 3% per cent, bonds of 1930, 107 bid, 108%
naked; Georgia 3%. per cm*., due 1915, log
hid, 107 asked; Georgia. 4% per cent, bonds.
1915, 116% bid. 117 asked; Georgia 4 per
cent., due 1920. 110 bid. 11l asked; South
Carolina 4%5, 10® bid, 110 asked.
City Bond*—Atlanta 7 per cent., 102 bid,
asked; ’Angusu 4%5, 1925, 105 Md, 106
asked; Augusta 7 p< r cent., 110 bid, 111
asked; Augusta 6 per cent., 112 bldj 113
asked; Columbus 5 per cent. 103% bid, 104%
asked; Macon 6 per cent, 115 bid, 116 ask
ed, Macon 4%*, 1926, SOB bid, 104 asked;
Havnnnah 5 per cent., quarterly October
coupons, 111% bid, 112 asked; Savannah 5
per cent, quarterly August coupons, 111%
bid, 112 asked; Charleston 4s, 95% bid, 96%
asked.
Railroad Bonds—Savannah, Florida nnd
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds,
6 per cent. Interest coupons, 117% bid, 118%
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
first mortgage 5 per cent, gold bonds, due
1924, 104% bid, 105% asked; Central Railroad
arid Banking Company collateral 6s. 91
bid, 92 asked- Central of Georgia Rail
road first mortgage ss, 50-yenr gold bonds,
116 bid, 117 asked; Central of Georgia Hall
way first consolidated mortgage ss, 88 bid,
89 asked; Central of Georgia Railway
fit si 4111 ft 1 rril incomes, 39 bid, 40 risked;
Central of Georgia Railway second
preferred Incomes, 13 bid, 14 asked;
Central of Georgia Railway third
preferred Incomes, 6 bid, 7 asked;
Georgia Railroad 6s, 1910, 113 bid, 114 asked;
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta firwt ss,
108 bid, 109 asked; Charlotte. Columbia and
Augusta second mortgage 7s, 120 bid, .21
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida new
ss. 103% bid. 104 asked; South Georgia and
Florida first mortgage 7s. 102 bid, 103%
asked; South Georgia and Florida second
mortgage 7s, 102 bid, 103% asked; Ocean
Steamship 5 per cent, bonds. 1926, 103% bid,
104% asked; City and Suburban Railroad
first mortgage 6 per cent, bonds, 101 bid, 103
asked; Alabama Midland 5 per cent, in
dorsed, 85 bid, 88 asked; Brunswick ar.d
Western 4s, 72 bid, 75 asked; Soutn
Bound Railway 3s. 68 bid, 72 asked; Geor
gia and Alabama first preferred ss, 103 I id,
104 asked: Georgia and Alabama cons. 5,
90 bid. 91 asked; Eatonton branch, 89 hid,
90 asked; Central of Georgia Middle
Georgia and Atlantic division 6s, 80 bid,
81 asked.
Railroad Stocks—Augusta and Savan
nah. 96% bid, 97% asked, ex-div.;
Southwestern, 96% bid, 97% asked, ex
div.; . Atlanta and West Point
stock, 106 bid, 107 asked, ex-div.; Atlanta
and West Folnt 6 per cent, certificates, 103
bid, 104 asked, ex-interest; Georgia com
mon, 190 bid, 192 atked; .Savannah Con
struction Company, 71 bid. 73 asked.
Gas Stocks—Savannah Gas Light stock,
22% bid, 23 asked; Electric Light and
Power Company, 70 bid, 71 asked, ex
div.
Bank Slocks, Etc.—Citizens Bank, 110
bid, 110% asked, ex-dlv.; Chatham Bank,
46% bid, 47% asked, ex-div.;
Germania Bank, 110% bid, 111%
asked, ex-div.; National Bank of
Savannah 126 bid. 126 asked, ex-div.; Mer
chants’ National Bank, 83 bid, 84% asked,
ex-div.; Oglethorpe Havings and Trust Cos.,
104 bid, 105 asked, ex-div.; Southern Bank
of the State of Georgia, 129 bid, 130 asked,
ex-div.; Savannah Lank and Trust Com
pany, 102 bid, 103 asked, ex-div.; Chuthatn
Heal Estate and Improvement Company,
A, 65 bid, 65% asked; B, 54 bid, 64% asked,
ex-div.; People’s Savings and Loan Com
pany, 93 bid. 95 asked.
Factory Bonds.—Augusta Factory, 101
bid, 102 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany, Cs. 100 bid, 102 asked.
Factory Stock*.—Augusta Factory, 68
bid, 75 asked; Granllevtlle Factory, 145
bid, 161 asked; Langley Factory, 100 bid,
101 asked; Enterprise Factory, common,
90 bid, 94 asked; J. R. King Manufacturing
Company, 100 bid, 101 asked; Sibley
Manufacturing Company 70 bid. 76 asked;
Savannah Brewingi Company, 95 bid. 100
at'ked.
New York, July 25, 3 p. m.—Money on
call 14/2 per cent. Prime mercantile pa
per 3%4i4 per cent. Sterling exchange
weak with actual business in bankers’
bills at $4.85714.85% for demand, and at
$4,838* 174 84 for sixty days. Posted rates,
?4.85<94.86%. Commercial bills, 4.82%@4.85.
Silver certificate*, 68%©59%. Bar silver.
39%c. Mexican dollars, ,40c. Government
bonds easier.
New York. July 25.—There were some
price movements of considerable Import
ance in special stock* to-day, hut the ef
fect on the general list was only slight
The early heaviness in the railroads was
PAGES 1) TO 10.
to some extent corrected and the level of
prU<s generally brought back aliove Sat
urday's close. Outside of the special
cases n fi rred to, however, tin price move
ment was Insignificant and no large de
mand for stocks was perceptible. The
most conspicuous stock in the day's trad
ing was sugar in w in. h there was heavy
buying and prices advanced rapidly un
der vigorous manipulation.
Sonic of the Industrials which have ro
ciiul.v been the objects of bear attacks
sympathized in this rise. People's Gas
and Tobacco rising over a point. The
coalers presented ihelr own particular
inducement for shone to cover In the an
noutc tneni that the leackawanua had re
stored the $1 cut in the price of tuithra
citc iit Chicago, which was the occasion
*>f *he I‘event l>ear raid against these
Mitcks. Gains of I to 3 jtolnis resulted all
through Ihe group. The day's trading re
sulted In largely reducing the outstanding
short In 1 crest without arousing any out
side inquiry for stocks.
Bonds came to a halt again to-day, tho
Northern Pacific 3s being the only Isstio
to show conspicuous activity. The govern
ment s withdrawal of deposits from the
banks has mini, what reduced the available
supply of money, but the demand comm
ie s so lax as to leave rates unaffected.
Total sules, $3,336,000.
1 lm now government 3s were quoted on
eall at the board at 10t%(®101% "when is
sued, and lor the small Imhmlh whleh nro
being Issued 1049/101%. United States as de
clined % in the bid price.
New York Closing Stocks.
Atchison 13V* St. Paul 99,i
do pref 344,1 <k> pref J,'d
Balt, A Ohio .... 13% Hi. P. A On 82%
l an. Pacific 85 | do 4i pf 15:;
U.im Southern .. 53% Ht. I*. M. 4$ M. .156
Cen. Pacific 15 ISo. Pacific/. 19%
1 hes. si Ohio 22'* ( 40. Railway .... 8%
' lii. A: Alton .. .J6O j do pref 30%
£;• R& y 106% [Tex’. At Pacific .. 12%
<lh). At 1 11 56 Union Pacific .... 24
C. C. C. A St. L. 41%| do do pf 60%
Pf * ,U. P. I). A (i.... 6%
Del. A Hudson.. 106%iWabesh 71-
Del., L. A W.... 151%! do r>ref 18%
Den a Rio O. .. 12 Wheel. AL. E. .. 1%,
do Pref 50%| do do pf 10
Erie, new )3 (Adams Ex 101
do Ist pf 34%| American Ex. ...135
Ft. Wayne 170 (IT, a. Express .. 40
Gt. North. Pf....127%(We11s F. Ex U 9
Hoi king Vul. .. 5% Am. Cot. Oil .... 23%
Illinois Uen ins'j do pref 73%
Lake E. A W. .. 13%1Am. Spirits .... 11%
■ ! “ do pf 70%| do pref 33
!*,ale Flnuo 139% Am. Tobacco ....120%
Ixiuis. A Nash. . 53%. do pref 124
Manhattan L ...105% People's Gas .... 99%
Mel. Hi. Ity 161 |Cona. Gas 196
Mich. Cen 106 |Oom. Cable Cos ..170
Minn. A .St. L. ..28 |Col. F. A Iron .. 3)
do do Ist pft ... 82 I do do pref 90
Mo. Pacific 34TVQon. Electric .... 39%
Mobile A Ohio.. 25% Illinois Steel .... 56
Mo., K A. T lOHjLa Clede Gas ... 60'%
do pref 34% Lead 35%
Chi., Ind. A L... I0 | do pref 109%
do pref 32'.. Nat. Lin. Oil .. 13%
N. J. Central .. 89% Pacific Mail .... 2.3%
N. Y. Central ..118% Pullman Pal. ...309
N. Y. C. A Si. L. 15 Silver Cert 58%
do do Ist (if ... 60 |fi. Rope AT 6
do do 2d pf .... 33 (Sugar 136%
Nor. A West- .. 14 j do pref 113%
do pref 60 |T. C. A Iron ... 25
No. Am. Cos 6%|IJ. S. Leather 7%
No. Pacific 29%j do pref 67%
do pref 71%(U. 8. Rubber .. 31%
Ontario A W. .. ll%| do do pref 90%
Ore. R. A Nav. . 48 (West. Union .... 92%
Ore. Short Line 28 | North western ....129%
Pittsburg 17b 1 <lo pref 173
Reading 17%j8t..L. A 8. W. .. 5
do Ist pf 41%i do pref 10%
Ito'k Island .... 96 It. G. A W 26%
81. L. A H. F... 7%| do pref 66
do do Ist pf .. 61 (C. O. W 15
do do 2d pf ... 28% Hawaiian C. Cos. 23%
Bonds,
U.B.new 4s.reg 124%|N0. Pac. lata .. 112%|
do coup 125%| do 3s 84%
U. 8. 4s 109% | do 4s 99
do coup 110%jN. Y. C. A St. L.
do 2ils 97 j 4s 105
IT. S. 5s reg .... Hl%[Nor. A West. 6s 122
do 5s coup ... 112%|N. W. consols ..142
District 3 ’85.. U%( do deb. 5s 117%
Alu. class A ... 108 |O. Nav. Ists .. 11l
do B 105 jO. Nav. 4s 96%
do C 90 jO. 8. L. 6s, t.r. 128
do currency .. 90 |O. 8. L. ss, t. r..KB
Atchison 4s .... 95 (Pac 6s of '95.... 102
doadj. 4s 70%| Reading 4s 82%
Can. 80. 2.1s .. 108%| R. G. W. Ist* .. 89
Chi. Term. 4s .. 86%(8t. L. A Ir. iM.
C. A Ohio 5s .. 114%] Con., 5s 98%
C. H. & D. 4%s 104%|8t. L. & San F.
D. AR. G. Ists 109%| Gen. 6 117%
D. A R. G. 4s .. 95%j Bt. P. Con 145
East Tenn. Ists 105%, St. Paul, C A
Erie Gen. Is ... 73%j P- Ists 118%
F. W. A D. Ists, l do 5a 116%
’t. r 73 So. Ry. 5s 91%
Gen. Elec. 5s .. 105 |Stan. R. A T. 6s 71%
H. A T. C. ss. 104 | Tenn. new set 3s 91%
do 2ds 105 jT. P. L. G lets 106
H. A T. C. 5s ..110%| Rg- 2ds .... 42%
do con. 6s ... 105 j XT. P. D. A Gulf
Iwa. C. Ists ... 102 | Ists/. 73
La. new consols jWab. Ist 5s .... 110%
4s 100 | do 2.1s 108%
L. A N. Uni. 4s 88%j W. Shore 4s .. 108%
Missouri 6s .... KX | Va. Centuries .. 71%
M. K. A T. 2ds 66 | do deferred ... 5
do 4s 89%1M. A O. 4s 77
N. Y. C. lots .. 115%!N. * W. is .... 82
N. J. C. 5s .... 112%jC. of Ga. cons, 5b 88
N. C. Cs 125 ( do Ist inc .... 39%
do 4s 102 I do 2d inc 10%
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Tho following are the Savannah Board
of Trade quotations:
Bacon—The market Is steady. Smoked
Clear sides. 7%c; dry salted clear rib sides,
6%c; bellies, 7c; sugar-cured hams, 9%c.
Lard—Market firm; pure. In tierces. 6%c;
50-pourid tins, 6%c; compound, in tierces,
4%c; 50-pound tins, sc.
Butler—Market steady; fair demand; Go
shen, 15c; gilt edge, 17c; creamery, IS© 19c;
fancy Elgtns. 20c.
Cheese—Market firm; fancy full cream
cheese, 9c; 20-pound average, 9%c.
Flour—Pure wheat, firm; patents, $4.90;
straight, $1.55; fancy, $4.3); family, $4.03.
Mixed flour prl.es according to percent
age of corn product contained in same.
Corn—Market steady; white, job lots,
ssc; carload lots, 53c; mixed corn. Job lots,
51c; carload lots, 52c.
Oats —Carload lots. 39c; Job lots, 37c.
Bran—Job lots, 95c; carload lots, 90c.
Hay-Market steady; Western, Job lots
52’-c; carload lots, 77Vic.
Meal—Pearl, per barrel, $2 35; per sack,
$1.10; city meal, per sack, bolied, $1.06;
water ground, $1.10; pearl grits, per bar
rel, $2 46; per sack, sl.lO.
Coffee—Dull; Mocha. 36e; Java, 26%c-
Peaberry, 12%c; standard No. 1, )o%c; No.
It, 10c; No. 3, 9%c; No. 4, 9%c; No. 6,9 c;
No. 6. B%e; No. 7 Bc.
tii/gar— Equality Prices—Savannah quo
tations: Powdered, 5.80 c; standard granu
-41 led, 5.55 c; cul/es, 5.80 c; confectioners’ A,
5.43 c; white extra 0. 0.12 c; extra C, 6.05 c;
golden C, 4.87 c: yellow. 4.80 c. Tone firm.
Onions—Barrels, new crop, $4.00©4.50;
crates, $1.60<31.“5.
Potatoes—New. $2,754/3.00 per barrel.
Lemons—‘Market quiet; Messina, new
per box, $4.60©4 75.
Dried Fruit—Apples, evaporated, 9c;
common, s<Vis%c.
Nut*—Almonds. Tarragona, 12c; Ivleas*