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PART TWO.
Georgia nd ®
® FLORIDA.
GEORGIA.
I'r. Young of Athens Is now in a series
of sermons explanatory of the peculiari
ties of the Baptist doctrine.
The railroad depot at Boston was broken
into Sunday night. The robbers failed
to obtain anything of any consequence.
Antioch camp meeting will begin Thurs
day night. Sept. 22, and continue until
Tuesday, 27th, embracing the fourth Sun
day.
Rev. D. F. Riley’ of Statesboro, South
Otorgia conference, will dedicate the Mox
jey Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
t ie second Sunday in October.
News has reached Boston that the re
mains of Lieut. Walter Tay|,or of the
Twenty-second Infantry, who died of ty
phoid fever at New York, will be taken
to Thomasville for interment. Mrs. J. W.
Taylor of Boston is a sister of Lieut. Tay
lor.
A “yearly meeting" was held Sunday at
Sniloh, a "Haid-shell Baptist" Church in
fierce county, and many people attended
from Waycross. The washing of feet, an
institution peculiar to the church, was in
dulged in by the members present. A
number of sermons were delivered and
tiie services lasted nearly aii day.
The franchise for the erection of a tele
phone exchange in Washington was
awarded lust'Thursday to Messrs. Ben A.
Neal of Eiberton, Ga., and Clark Grier
of Dublin, Ga., who will commence at once
10 build the system. They have made ar
rangementss to connect Washington with
the telephone exchange in Elberton, Ga.
R. E. Norman says he will operate a
small brick plant on his place, in the
northwest suburb of Waycross. He says
he has an inexhaustible supply of clay,
which is suitable for brick and earthen
ware. He pronounces it a very fine clay
.did says he might interest some capital
ists in the enterprise some time during the
fall.
Oeilla Dispatch: Joe Shipp of Rhine, Ga..
r ime to Oeilla Wednesday and spent the
night with Mr. Turner. During the night
he stole $l3 and a pistol from Mr. Turner.
Thursday morning he was arrested at Mr.
Ed Thomas' mills, brought back and had
a commitment triai before Judge William
Henderson. The evidence was conclusive
•as to his guilt, and in default of bond he
was sent to the county Jad to await trial
at Superior Court.
The county ticket recently nominated
by the Republicans of Ware county can
not be elected. There are 1.386 whites and
256 blacks registered, and the Democratic
majority will be from 800 to 1,000 over the
Republicans. The Republican nominees
are all black men. They realize, no doubt,
that (hey have no chance of winning the
< lection, but will not let up on that ac
count. Dr. G. P. Washington, colored, is
the Republican nominee for representa
tive.
Lindsey Howren, a while man, aged 43
years, met his death in Gainesville Satur
'i iy morning at 11 o'clock. Whiie at work
at Walker’s carriage shop his hand got
into too close proximity with a circular
mw and was badly cut, several fingers
having io be amputated. Dr. Ham was
called to give him medical assistance,
and as the patient was suffering intense
fun, administered ether. Howren soon
passed into a deep sleep, while undergoing
ah operation, and it is thought that the
• ther had such powerful effect upon his
heart that death ensued in a very short
time. Howren was an unmurried man,
and had resided iu Gainesville for about
six years.
It is reported at Atlanta on good au
thority that Dr. X. S. Hopkins may go to
St. Louis as pastor of St. John's Church
in that city, one of the richest and largest
Methodist Churches in the West. Bishop
Warren A. Candler is said to have recom
mended Dr. Hopkins' appointment. The
bishops of the Methodist Church will meet
in tit. Louis on Wednesday of next week.
R is believed that at that meeting the
name of Dr. Hopkins will be presented
i'V Dr. Candler for the place, and that he
wid be selected. The appointment of pas
tors in Missouri comes under the depart
ment of Dr. Candler this year, his terri
tory extending through several Western
states, one of them being Missouri. His
tecommendation to the bishops means an
election.
FLORIDA.
Walter Graham, editor of the Sumter
County Times, intends locating in Porto
Rico, and will leave for that place within
u few days.
Hon. Robert W. Davis, congressional
candidate in the Second district, will speak
f Titusville to-day, at Fort Pierce Wed
iesday and at Daytona Thursday.
w. H. Towles of Bartow lost 215 of the
470 head of cattle he shipped from Char
lotte Harbor to Havana last week owing
Jo the excessive heat and a layover in
Ley West thirty hours.
The town council of Kissimmee has
passed an ordinance prohibiting the keep
ing or importation of animals suffering
from contagious dlseuse, and requiring
owners of diseased animals to report ail
eases to the authorities.
Republicans of Clay county have nomi
nated tiie following ticket: For represent
ative, Goold T. Butler; for tax collector,
■t. C. Cook; for tax assessor, Thos. Green;
for treasurer. 11. E. Bemls; for school
board, M. M. Sparkman, district, 1; A H
Moss, district 2; J. E. Hall, district 3.
Maurice Hunter of Charleston, 8. C.,
■has at Titusville recently, with headquar
ters at tiie Indian River notch He repre
sented the government, and was making
t ie preliminary arrangements for anew
tup hone line to oe constructed oetween
*P e Canaveral light station .and Oak
Dill, so that complete communication can
be made direct with Washington.
Capr. E. Q, Brainerd of Eau Gallie will
soon take command of tiie steamboat be
lt - r bull! at Apalachicola (o navigate the
voters of the Chattahoochee river. The
■ Ki.it is H 6 ftot long, with 25 feet beam.
1 o' machinery is now being placed in this
boat. Capt. E. L. Magruder. formerly of
Ruckledge, has been manager of this
steamboat line for several years.
It. Uugge of Tampa has arranged a
Ipje Jltofttmg ffrtagl
compromise with Black Diamond, the de
faulting Port Tampa city clerk of his
establishment at that place. Diamond re
sides in Tallahassee and his brothers, who
are in good circumstances, told Mr. Mugge
that they would pay the amount of the'.r
brother s shortage, rather than see him
prosecuted. As all Mr. Mugge wanted was
his money, he agreed to their terms, and
will get his cash or a big law suit.
■ The wrecked bark Lofthus, which was
purchased several months ago by W. M.
Brown and L. C. Oliver of Miami, who re
moved the deck load of lumber from the
vessel at Hypoluxo, where she was strand
ed, has latey been inspected by Mack
Lee. representing L. C. Oliver Company.
It has been decided to blow the ship to
pieces with dynamite to liberate the lum
ber in the hold and secure the same. It
Is estimated that there are yet in the ves
sel about 300,000 feet.
Titusville Star: A company with $2,-
000,000 capital has been formed to reclaim
the Everglades. The Baltimore Manufac
turing Record states that it proposes io
construct a canal system 144 miles in ex
tent to drain 800,000 acres of land secured
from the state. Among the directors are
J. R. Parrott, vice president of the Flor
ida East Coast Railroad, and J. E. In
graham, land conlmissioner of the same. It
Is understood that operations will begin
Immediately under the title of the Florida
East Coast Drainage and Sugar company.
Tampa Tribune: J. C. Townsend of the
Big Cypress Lumber Company called at
the Tribune office yesterday and stated
that C. R. Nesbitt, who has been in his
employ quite a while, came jo Tampa
on last Wednesday to purchase feed for
the stock at the mills, and has not ye-t
returned. Mr. Nesbitt purchased the feed
from J. Q. Brantley and left there In
the company of a strange man, which is
the last that has been heard of him. The
mules to the wagon which he was driv
ing turned up at the mills Thursday, and
were traced back to Cottage Hill, where
the wagon and feed was found, with noth
ing missing. Mr. Nesbitt was considered
to be an honest and valuable man, and
all signs indicate foul play has been done
him. All of his personal property was
left at the mill.
A few evening ago Capt. R. A. Shine
of Tallahassee sat on his front porch en
joying an after-supper cigar before retir
ing for the night. His pet cat had been
frolicking to and fro on top of the front
(once. He bad finished his cigar, the eat
had disappeared and was ready to retire,
when he noticed another animal on the
fence. This animal did not move as nimbly
as the cat. He watched it pass north
ward on the fence. Finally it halted,
turned around and began to retrace its
course. Capt. Shine walked out and met
this animal at the gate. He called for a
stick and one blow rendered the animal
hors de combat on the ground. The next
day the captain had a large, fat 'possum
nicely baked with 'taters for his dinner.
STORIES SPICEO WITH ODDITY.
Manatee W. J. Drumright
has made 8,000 pounds of honey the past
season, 1,600 of which was comb honey.
Dry weather does not hurt palmetto blos
soms, and we have had the largest pal
metto berry crop ever known.
Madison Recorder: E. H. Tuten pre
sented the office with a mammoth corn
stalk last Saturday morning, which was
grown on the plantation of Mrs. Sanders.
The stalk was indeed a large one, measur
ing over eleven feet in length and six
inches in cift-umference.
Sanford Chronicle: “Shad” (known to
all herabouts) killed what is known as a
“horned” snake, Saturday last. It was
six feet three inches long, and was found
near the Ginn grove. This reptile has a
bone in the end of its tail, that it strikes
with, and it is as poisonous as a rattler.
Very few have ever been seen in this
section.
The Green Cove Spring: Bruce Rivers
brought to the Spring office last Monday
a sample of very fine Florida chestnuts
grown by him. They were almost as large
as a hen's egg, sound, sweet and rich. He
neglected to tell us about the yield, but
if it is anything like prolific a man could
make moiley In Florida by growing
chestnuts.
Fort Myers I’ress: As the eighteen-ton
schooner Three Brothers, plying her voca
tion between Tampa and the superb little
tropical city of Myers, as freight and pas
senger carrier, four miles down the ro
mantic Caioosahatchee, a silver king
bounded over the schooner’s bow with all
the agility possible, striking the dish
washer in the back, knocking the stove
pipe down and breaking a lot of dishes.
He then got terribly mixed up between a
man’s legs and at last floundered oft on
the deck, where he was quickly dispatched
by the steward. The estimated weight of
the fish was UK) pounds.
THIEVES DOWN IN FLORIDA.
De Land Record: A. 'McKenzie was up
the Osteen section Monday. He says the
cattle thieves have stolen, lately, not less
than SIOO worth of beef cattle from his
small herd.
De Funiak Springs Rambler: Curry
Cawthon, who went in pursuit of the
thief who stole his father’s horse, has re
turned. He went about fifty miles be
yond Marianna and received news that
the thief had been heard from, making
for Eufaula, Ala. Curry's father is still
in pursuit of the thief.
The greed of cattle thieves in Volusia
county is about to cause the abolishment
of their nefarious business. During the
past year they have so increased their
operations that the cattlemen have been
thoroughly aroused, and Judge Stewart is
now determined to bring the guilty par
ties to their merited punishment. Some
arrests have been made lately and the
probabilities are that others will follow.
The De Land Record has taken up the
cause of the cattlemen and is loudly call
ing for a suppression of the thievery.
The Kissimmee Gazette, in speaking
about the increased cattle thievery in that
section, says: “The best and most prom
ising plan to put a stop to it is the one
W. B. Makinsoo is working upon, and
that is to get twenty stockmen to sub
scribe fifty dollars apiece, ar.d offer a re
ward of one thousand dollars for every
conviction. This would be bound to re
sult in several convictions, and the send
NAY ANN AH. 01 A.. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 20. ISOS.
ing of the worst offenders to the peni
tentiary, and would do more towards
stamping out crime on the range than
can be done by individual effort. It might
cost the twenty stockmen several hun
dred dollars apiece, but the price would
be cb ’ap if they could thereby gain im
munity for their cattle.
DOESN'T W ANT JOINT DERATES.
Mr. Brantley Gives Ht* Reasons For
Not Favoring Them.
Brunswick, Ga., Sept. 19.—Yesterday be
fore leaving for Baxley, Congressman
Brantley, in regard to the question*of joint
debates which has been suggested by some
member of the press, said:
“I do not intend to indulge In joint de
bates for several reasons. One of these Is
that Joint debates are not generally pro
ductive of much good. Two candidates
get on the stump and deal in questions not
in line with the issues before the people.
I have some issues io present to the peo
ple of the Eleventh district and desire to
spend all the time they give me on ihe
stump to presenting them. There are oth
er reasons, one of which is that the man
ner of Mr. Wilkinson's campaign, and
circumstances connected with his nomina
tion do not, in my opinion, and in the
opinion of my friends, justify me in ac
cording him a joint debate.”
Mr. Brantley's dates for the week are:
Tuesday. Mcßae: Wednesday, Wrights
vllle; Friday, Fitzgerald and Irwinvllle;
Saturday, Valdosta and Lake Park.
OI H TR ADE ISSUE.
What a Trade Journal of Brunswick
Says of It.
From the Lumber Trade Journnl.
Brunswick, Ga.—The Savannah Morning
News has just issued its Irgde edition, and,
like previous issues from ihat source, the
commerce and resources from the Forest
City are shown up in the most instructive
manner. The Morning News is a bul
wark of conservatism in the newspaper
field, and a publication In its columns is
regarded as reliable in every sense. On
account of its know reliability I quote
herewith some figures and statements from
Its trade issue which will be of interest
to the reader* of the Lumber Trade Journal
generally.
They can be accepted as Indicating'in a
large measure the trend of trade In this
part of the South Atlantic States, and
'while it is Impossible, for various reasons,
to quote but briefly, sufficient can be
learned from what is here given to con
vince all classes of trade that business over
this way is not lagging. * * *
News From Pembroke.
Pembroke, Ga., Sept. 19.—Several of the
young men of this community nave Dcen
having sport on Sunday by having "bull
fights.” Some of the good neighbors have
threatened to report them to ihe next
grand Jury.
There is a good deal of sickness through
this section now on account of the rainy
weather.
J. H. BlHch of Blttchton says that he
will not rebuild the bridge at Blltchton,
on the Ogeeehee river, that was washed
away during the recent freshet. He says
that it would cost SI,OOO to rebuild it and
that the tole would not amount to that
much in ten years.
W. J. Butler's bridge near Eliabelle is
also partly gone. Mrs. Butler says that
$2,000 will hardly cover their losses of cat
tle, bridge, etc., caused by the recent
freshet.
A Woman Preacher.
Waycross. Ga., Sept.. 19.—A woman
preacher has been holding open-air ser
vices in the streets for several evenings
and curious crowds of whites and blacks
flock to hear her. She takes up a collec
tion each evening for her own lienefit and
makes some fiery addresses. The churches
here would not countenance her when, she
applied for the use of the pulpits.
THREW MONEY AT THE CROAVD.
Retnrned Klondiker and His Alas
kan AVife Amuse the People of
Seattle.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Seattle.—People who come west with the
idea that gold can be picked up in the
streets would not have been disappointed
had they happened to be in the vicinity of
the Seattle Hotel yesterday when George
Carmack, who has just returned from the
Klondike country with many sacks of nug
gets—and also an Indian wife and several
of her Alaskan relatives—decided to have
some recreation. The sport he decided on
needed lots of ready cash, but Carmack
has it “to burn.”
Carmack and his wife and retinue wend
ed their way to the top of the Seattle
Hotel with a large supply of coin and then
proceeded to have what they very evident
ly considered a good time, and unques
tionably the effect of the first shower of
coin into the streets Was amusing. In
a few moments there was a scramble that
would have put a college cane rush in the
shade. As the merry jingle of coins re
sounded, the pieces bounding from the
pavements on to the street, men dived
from the sidewalks and off the passing
streets cars and butcher carts, ami team
sters hurled themselves into the air from
seats, conductors and motormen forgot all
about their charges, and policemen forgot
to say “Move on!" The street became a
seething mass of struggling humanity.
Hals were broken and lost, faces were
bruised and bleeding, coats were torn and
linen soiled.
A barber who had been standing on the
corner when the golden deluge begun was
one of the first in the scramble and the
last to emerge after the "storm” was
over. He went in spotlessly clean and
came out soiled and torn. But in his
hands he had sll, which he thought would
recompense him for his experience. One
man went into the scramble with a gooc
hat and came out bareheaded and empty
handed.
All this time Carmack and his
native Alaskan relatives were split
ting themselves with laughter in
their apartments at the top of
the hotel. Having nothing but money,
they knew of no better way of becoming
popular and having amusement than by
distributing it In the street. Carmack, who
arrived from the Klondike only a few days
ago, brought out about $33,000, and two
of his wife’s brother are credited with
each having an equal amount. They are
proceeding to diminish their bank account
ai a goodly speed.
—Report has It that Mrs. Langtry Is try
ing to sell her California ranch. It is sup
posed that she has ssjiciu quite SIOO,OOO
, on It,
LOCAL MARKETS UNCHANGED.
SPIRITS Tl HPFMTNE IX GOOD DE
MAX It AT SO CEXTS.
Snle of the Offerings Said to He
Made nt the Quotation—Ho*in Mar
ket Firm mill lucbaiigeil With
Fairly I,urge Sales Wholesale
Markets Steady.
Savannah, Sept. 19.—There was nothing
especially Interesting in the leading local
markets today except the firmness of
spirits turpentine, which was in good de
mand at 29 cents. The rosin market was
also firm, with reported sales fairly large
nt unchanged quotations. The cotton
market remained unchanged with sales of
222 bales, the tone being quiet and easy.
Other markets were steady and generally
unchanged. The following resume of tiie
different markets will show the- tone and
the quotations at the'close to-day:
COTTON.
There were steadier markets nt I.lver
pool, due to the fact the price has dropped
to a point where spinners have concluded
to buy enough to till their requirements.
The local market remained unchanged,
with the tone quiet and easy at the three
calfs at the Cotton Exchange. The report
ed sales at the first, second and third calls
were 27 bales, 192 bales and 3 bales respect
ively.
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 5
Low middling 4 11-16
Good ordinary 4V*
Market quiet and easy; sales, 222.
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks:
Receipts this day 5,012
Receipts this day last year 8,395
Receipts this day year before last... 5,411
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1898 26,181
Same time last year 76,499
Same time year before last 92,323
Exports, coastwise, this day 1,903
Stock off hand this day 31,982
Same day last year 59,501
Receipts and Stocks at the Torts—
Receipts this day 39,101
This day last year 46,504
This day year before last 32,162
Receipts past three days 59.575
Same days last year 84,158
Same daVs year lie-fore iast 95,477
Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1898 236,525
Same time last year 376,158
Same time year before last 549,128
Stock nt the hort to-day 276,576
Stock same day last year 302,99 u
Dally Movements at Other Boris—
Galveston—Quiet; midling, 5 1-16; net re
ceipts, 15,116; gross, 15,116; sales, 340; stock,
63,962.
New Orleans—Quiet; middling, 5%; net
receipts. 13,183; gross, 13,183; sales, 1,500;
stock. 83,105.
Mobile—Easy; middling 5; net receipts,
768; gross, 768; sales, 300; stock, 11,277.
Charleston—Easy; middling, 6; net re
ceipts, 2.724; gross, 2,724; stock, 11,479.
Wilmington—Dull; middling, 5>6; net re
ceipts, 2,036; gross, 2,036; stock. 15,385.
'Norfolk—Quiet; middling, 5*4; net re
ceipts, 496, gross, 486; sales, 224; stock,
3,989.
Baltimore—Nominal; middling, 5%; stock,
1,864.
New York—Quiet; middling, 5%; net re
ceipts, none; gross, 2.8C7; sales, 344; stock,
50,390.
Boston—Weak; middling, 5%; net re
ceipts, 06; gross, 646.
Philadelphia—Dull; middling, 5%; stock,
3,143.
Daily Movements at Interior Towns—
Augusta—Quit t; middling, 6*4; net re
etipls, 2,926; gross, 2,926; sales, 712; stock,
10 651.
Memphis—Quiet; middling, 5%; net re
ceipts, 3,166; gross, 3,166; sales, 500; stock,
18,212.
St. Louis—Duil; middling, 5 3-16; net re
ceipts, 613; gross, 613; sales, 515; stock,
22,878.
Cincinnati—Quiet: middling, 544; net re
ceipts, 120; gross, 120; stock, 11.216.
Houston—Easy; middling, 5 1-16; net re
ceipts, 12,388; gross, 12,388; sales, 1,183;
stock, 23,697.
Louisville—Quiet: middling, 5%.
Exports of cotton this day:
Galveston—To Great Britain, 14,428.
New Orleans—Coastwise, 119.
Mobile—Coastwise, 214.
Savannah—Coastwise, 1,903.
Charleston—Coastwise, 933.
Norfolk—Coastwise, 114.
New York—To France, 100; continent,
497. ,
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day: To Great Britain, 14,423; to France,
100; to the continent, 497.
'Dotal foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week: To Great Britain, 31,097; to
France, 597; to the continent, 8,400.
Total foreign exports since Sept. 1, 1898:
To Great Britain, 68.772; to France, 25,566;
to the continent, 16,519.
Liverpool, Sept. 19, 4 p. m.—Cotton, spot,
fair demand; prices easier; American mid
dling, 3 19-32d; good middling, 3%d; mid
dling, 3 3-16-1; low middling, 3 1-32d; good
ordinary, 2VI; ordinary, 2 11-l Gel. The sales
of the day were 10.000 bales, of which I.OOu
were for speculation and export, and in
cluded 9,500 bales American. Receipts, 10,-
COO bales, including 9,590 American.
Futures opened quiet, with a moderate
demand, and closed barely steady; Ameri
can middling, low middling clause; Sep
tember. 3.05573.06d sellers; September-Oc
tober, 3.037(3.01d buyers; October-November,
3.02d sellers; November-Decern her, 3.01d
sellers; Decern her-January, 3,oid sellers;
January-February, 3.01(1 sellers; February-
March, 3.1®3.02d buyers;. March-Aprll,
3.02(h3.03d sillers; April-May, 3.02fc3.03d sel
lers; May-June, 3.04d buyers; June-July,
3.05d value.
■New York, Sept. 19.—The net results of
to-day's transactions in cotton futures
were not particularly gratifying to either
bulls or bears. Fluctuations were narrow
and sluggish and the professionals were
in control from the start. Whereas a sharp
break had been looked for In futures at
Liverpool in response to our weakness of
Saturday that market showed indifferent
sympathy, opening only one point lower,
which was partially recovered before the
'■ ole. ' )n this news the more •
In the local market opened points
higher with short conspicuous buyers.
European representatives purchased In a
small way and around the opening buying
orders were received from the South.
From time to time during the session com
mission houses were noticed to be taking
small lots of the January and later op
tions, but this class was small In the ag
gregate.
Following the improvement at the
opening the markei sagged off point by
point and showed no positive leaning one
way or the other. The close was steady
with prices net unchanged to two points
j lower.
Among the factors which Intimidated the
hull crowd mid correspondingly encour
aged shorts, were favorable weather re
ports from all sections of the belt, fewer
advices claiming damage by shedding, rot
and worms, and a decided increase in re
ccipis both at the ports and interior points.
Showers to heavy rains during the past
twentv-four hours were said to have
greatly improved the outlook in Texas
and other sections of the Southwest, while
in the central and eastern portions of the
belt clear weather and normal tempera
ture were greatly benefit ting the plant.
New York, Sept. 19, noon.—Cotton futures
oiiened steady at the advance. October,
5.30 c; November, 5.36 c; December. 5.39 c;
January, 5.44 e; February, 5.49 c; March,
8.53 e; April, 5.57 c; May, 5.60 c; June, 5,64 c.
■4 p. m.—(Futures closed steady; Septem
ber, 5.27 c; October, 5.28 c; November, 5.31 c;
December, 5.37 c; January, 5.42 c; February,
5.46 c; March, 5.50 c; April, 5.54 c; May, 6.57 c;
June, 5.60 c.
New Orleans. Sept. 19.—Cotton futures
quiet and steady; September, 4.95 c bid;
October, 4.9604.97 c; November, 4,99©5.01c;
December, 5.0506.06 c; January, 5.0905.10 c;
February, 5.1305.15 c; March, 5.1903.20 c;
April, 5.21 @5.22c; May, 6.24®5.2i!e.
New York, Sept. 19.—Hubbard Bros. &
Cos. say of cotton to-day: "Steadier mar
kets abroad are due to the quotations ap
proachlng a point which is inducing spin
ners to buy a portion of their requirement.
I’p to now this support has been lacking
but Ihe trade believes it will
not be a constant factor increas
ing If prices decline, tint not
following an advance unless the Improve
ment is predicted upon unfavorable weath
vr conditions. This conservative opinion
has gained ground during the day and re
sisted the increasing movement In the
Southwest where the receipts are equal
ing and it instances exceeding the receipts
of last season. The trade is disposed to re
gard the anticipation of a further decline
as hazardous, but the investment demand
which so marked a feature last year has
not yet appeared.”
DRY GOODS.
New York, Sept. 19.—Mail orders wore
light to-day In the dry goods market, and
buyers were not nearly so numerous as
they have been heretofore. Trading in
both woolen and cotton divisions were
light.
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits Turpentine—There was a steady
demand for the offerings to-day at 29
cents. At the first call at the Board of
Trade the market was bulletined firm at
29 cents, with sales of 595 casks. At the
last call Ihe market closed tlrm ut 29
cents, with further sales of 137 casks.
Rosin—There was no change In the quo
tations of rosin to-day, the sales reported
nt Ihe Board of Trade being 641 barrels at
ihe first calf and 762 barrels at the close.
There was an actual count made of the
slock to-day, which showed 2,509 barrels
less than the running count. This amount
was deducted from the stock and added to
the sundry shipments. The quotations
were as follows;
A, B, C $1 00 I $1 40
D 100 K 145
E 105 M 1 50
F 1 15 N 1 65
G 1 30 W 0 1 80
II 1 85 W W 2 15
Naval Stores Statemkit—
Spirits. Rosin.
Stock on hand April 1, 1898.... 16,773 138,683
Received this day 1,319 4,137
Received previously 220,192 546,506
Total ..238,284 689,326
Exports to-day 821 4,549
Exports previously 229,159 *525,469
Total since April 1, 1898 229,980 530,018
Stock on hand this day 8,304 159,308
Stock same day last year 40,817 *187,268
Receipts this day last year... 960 2,997
•2,509 barrels rosin deducted from stock to
agree with count, and added to sundry
shipments.
Charleston, S. C., Sept. 19.—Turpentine
market firm at 2714 c; sales, none. Rosin
firm; sales, none; unchanged.
Wilmington, N. C., Sept, 19.—Spirits tur.
pentine dull: 28%@29c; receipts, 104 casks;
sales at 2:55 p. in. at 29029%c, Rosin firm;
SI.OO and $1.05; receipts, 291. Crude tur
pentine firm; sl.lO and $1.60; receipts. 14.
Tar firm; $1.30; receipts, 375.
New York. Sept. 19.—(Spirits turpentine
steady at 31%©32c. Rosin steady at $1.30.
FINANCIAL.
Money—Market steady.
Foreign Exchange—The market Is
weak. The following are the net Savan
nah quotations: Commercial. demand,
$4.82%; sixty days, $4,80%; ninety days,
$4.80%; francs, Paris and Havre, sixty
days. 5.25%; Swiss, sixty days, 5.27%
marks, sixty days, 937*.
Domestic Exchange—Steady; banks are
buying at % per cent, discount, and jell
ing as follows. Amounts up to $25, 10 cents;
$25 to SSO, 15 cents; S6O to SIOO, 20 cents; S2OO
or over at par.
Securities—lnactive. Desirable securities
are difficult to obtain, and yet good invest
ments. readily taken at quotations.
Stocks and Bonds—Slate Bonds—Geor
gia 3% I>er cent, bonds of 1930, 107 bid, 108%
asked; Georgia 3% per cent., due 1915, 105
hid, 106 asked; Georgia 4% per cent bonds,
1915, 118% bid, 120 asked; Georgia 4 per
cent., due 1920, 114 bid, 115 asked; South
Carolina 4%5, 111 bid, 112 asked.
City Bonds—Atlanta, 4% per cent, 1923.
106 bid, asked; Augusta, 4%5, 1925, 107
bid, 108 asked; Augusta, 7 per cent., 110
bid, 111 asked; Augusta 6 per cent., ill bid.
113 asked; Columbus, 5 per cent, 105 bid.
106 asked; Macon 6 i>er cent., 115 bid, 116
asked; Macon 4%5, 1926, 105 bid, 105 asked;
Savannah 3 per cent., quarterly Octo
ber couisHis, 111% bid. 112 asked; Savan
nnh 5 per cent., quarterly November cou
pons, 111% bid, 112 asked; Charleston, 4s,
95 bid. 96 asked.
Itailroad Bonds—Savannah, Florida arid
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds,
6 per cent, interest coupons, 118 bid, 119
asked; Savannah. Florida and Western
first mortgage 5 per cent,, gold bonds, due
1224, 107 bid, 108 asked; Central Railroad
and Banking Company, collateral ss. 91
bid, 92 asked; Central of Georgia Rail
road first mortgage ss, 50-year gold bonds,
115 bid. 116 asked; Central of Georgia Rail
way first consolidated mortgage ss, 89
bid, 90 asked; Central of Georgia Rail
way first preferred Incomes, 40% bid, 41%
asked; Central of Georgia Railway second
preferred incomes, 13 bid, 13% asked;
Central of Georgia Railway third
preferred Incomes, 5% bid, 6 asked;
Georgia Railroad 6s, 1910, 113 bid, 114 asked;
Charlotte, Columbia and August first ss,
105 bid, 106 asked; Charlotte, Columbta’and
Augusta second mortgage 7s, 117 bid, 119
asked; Georgia Southern and Florida new
ss, 106 bid, 107 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, 105 bid,
106 asked; City and Suburban Rniiroed
first mortgage 6 per cent, bond*, 100 bid,
102 asked: Alabama Midland 5 per cent., in
dorsed, 92 bid, 91 asked; Brunswick and
Western 4s, 72 bid, 75 asked; South Round
Railway ss. 80 bid, 82% asked; Georgia and
Alabama first preferred ss, 103 bid, 104 ask
ed; Georgia and Alabama cons. ss, 89 hid,
91 asked; Ealonton branch, 91' b!d,9lasked:
Central of Georgia, Middle Georgia and
Atlantic division ss, 82 bid, 84 asked.
Railroad Stocks Augusta and Savan
nah, 98% bid, 99% asked: Southwestern. 98%
tiid, 99% asked; Atlanta and West Point
Stock, 106 bid, 107 asked; Atlanta and West
Point 6 per cent, certificates, 104 bid, 105
asked; Georgia common, 192 bid, 193 asked;
Savannah Construction Company, 93 bid,
97 asked,
(las Stocks—Savannah Gas Light stock,
22% DIG. 23 asked; Electric Light and Pow
er Company, 73 bid, 75 asked.
Bank Stocks, Etc.—Citizens Bank, 110%
bid, 111 asked; Chatham Bank, 48% bid,
43% asked; Germnnla Bunk, 110% bid, 111%
asked; National Bank of Savannah, 125
bid, 126 asked; Merchants' National Bank,
83 bid, $4% asked; Oglethorpe Savings
nnd Trust Company, 105 bid, 107 asked;
Southern Bank of the State of Georgia.
130 bid, 132 asked; Savannah Bank and
Trust Company, 102 bid 103 asked; Chat
ham Real Estate and Improvement Com
pany, A, 55% bid, 56 asked; B, 55 hid. 55%
asked; People’s Savings nnd Loan Compa
ny, 90 bid, 93 asked.
Factory Bonds Augusta Factory, 105
bid, 106 asked; Sibley (Manufacturing Com
pany, Gs, 100 hid, 102 asked.
Factory Stocks—Augusta Factory, 55
bid, 65 asked; Granitevtlle Factory, 140 bid,
145 asked; Langley Factory, 100 bid, 101
asked. Enterprise Factory, common, 90
bid, 94 asked; J. R, King Manufacturing
Company, 100 bid, 101 asked; Sibley Manu
facturing Company, 70 bid, 76 asked; Sa
vannah Brewing Company, 99 bid, 101
asked.
New York. Sept. 19, 3 p. m.—Money on
call was firm at 404% per cent,; the last
loan was at 4 per cent.; prime mercantile
paper, 405 per cent. Sterling exchange
steady, with netual business in bankers’
bills, at $4.8394(24.84 for demand and at
$4.81%®4.82 for sixty days; posted rates,
$4.83044.83% and $4.85(44.85%; commercial
bills, $4.81. Silver certificates, 60%©61%c;
bar silver, 60%c; Mexican dollars, 47%c.
Government bonds were steady.
New York, Sept. 19.—The market start
ed oft this morning ns though it had
shaken off the Incubus of the recent tight
money scare, but the marked weakness of
Sugar, which made up two-fifths of the
total transactions, unsettled the tone
early and carried prices below Saturday's
level. The decline was quite steady and
general for the remainder of the day.
Evidently last week’s sharp recovery was
the result of extensive covering of short
lines by speculators. It Is more and more
evident that the late apprehension over a
squeeze in money was largely fictitious.
The problem of to-day’s speculator 4s
whether the reaction has carried prices
below their value or whether conditions
have so far changed as lo have Increased
their value.
The monthly report of the treasury bu
reau of statistics just issued throws light
ou file money question. The amount, of
circulation, after deducting sums in the
treasury on Aug. 1, was $162,727,205 greater
than one year before. Saturday’s treas
ury statement showed that the cash bal
ance in the treasury had Increased since
that time a little over $63,000,000. This
would leave an increase in the circulation
for the year of about $100,000,000, not count
ing the imports of gold and the Increase
in bank circulation since Aug. 1. Neither
doe>s this take account of the lnrge in
crease In the last few weeks of govern
ment deposits with the banks. There is
room, therefore, for a very largely In
creased use of money in the country, 4n
spite of the treasury’s absorption by the
loan.
To-morrow the treasury will disburse
nearly $5,000,000 of the anticipated Interest
duo Oct. 1 on the registered 4s of 1907.
Ronds were dull, but yielded slightly In
the late trading. Total sales, $1,966,000
Government bonds were unchanged.
The total sales of stocks to-day were 398,-
400 shares, Including Atchison preferred,
5,593: Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, 10,-
105; Louisville and Nashville, 3,606; Man
hattan, 5,470; Reading first preferred, 7,-
285; Missouri Pacific, 6,625; Northern Pa
cific, 36,268; Northern Pacific preferred,
7.506; Union Pacific, 10,590; St. Paul, 14,845;
Union Pacific preferred, 15,430; American
Tobacco, 21,960; Chicago Grout Western,
9,255; People’s Gas, 8,900; General Electric,
6,370; Sugar, 149,465.
New York Closing Stocks.
Atchjson 13 I do pref 157
do pref 34%jSt. P, & Om. ... 81
Balt. A Ohio ... 44%] do do pref. ...159
Can. Pacific ... 86VSt. P., M. A M.. 166
Can. Southern . 63%|50 Pacific 22%
Cent. Pacific .. 23 So. Railway .... 8%
Chce. & Ohio ... 22%| do pref 33%
Chi. A, Alton ..156 |Tcxas & Pacific. 14
C., B. & Q 115 lu. P. pref 66
Chi. AE. 111. .. 54%| U. P„ D. A G... 6%
C. C. C. A St. L. 41%| Wabash 8%
do do pref. ~85 j do pref 22%
Del. A Hudson..loß Wheel. & L. E.. 2%
Del., L. A W. ..149 do do pref. ... 17%
Den. A Rio G... 14 Adams Ex 113
do pref 55% American Ex 136
Erie (new) 14% U. 8. Ex 40
do Ist pref. .. 36% Wells Fargo Ex. 120
Ft. Wayne 171 A. Cot. Oil 35%
Gt. Nor. pref... 136% do pref 83%
Hocking Valley. 5% Am. Spirits 12%
111. Central 112V* do pref 35%
Lake E. A W. .. 17% Am, Tobacco ..152%
do do pref. .. 73%| do pref 130
Lake Shore ....192% People’s Gas ....104%
L. A N 66%| Cons. Gas 180%
Manhattan L.... 95%!C0m. Cable C0...170
Met. St. Ry. ..155%|C01. F. & Iron.. 21
Mich. Central ..105 | do do pref 80
Minn. A 8(. L.. 27 Gen. Electric .. 46%
do do Ist pref. 89%1111. Steel 69%
Mo. Pacific 31% LaOlede Gas .... 49
Mobile A Ohio.. 27%!Lead 34%
M. K. A T Jl%! do pref 11l
do pref 32 [Nat. Lin. Oil ... 2%
Chi., Ind. A L.. 8 (Pacific Mai) .... 32%
do pref 30 il’ullman Palace.lß7
N. J. Central .. 92%;511. Certificates.. 60%
N. Y. Centra) ..116%;Btan. R. & T. .. 7%
N. A St. L.. 18 (Sugar n7%
do do Ist pref. 65 j do pref 109
do do 2.1 pref.. 32 IT. C. A Iron .... 28%
Nor. A West,... 14 ju. 8. Leather .. 7%
No. Amcr. C 0... %' do pref 69%
No. Pacific .... 41%'1T. 8. Rubber ...45%
do pref 77% do pref 104%
Ontario A W. .. 16%:West. Union ... 93%
Ore. It. A N. .. 56% Northwestern ...131%
O. Short Line... 30 j do pref. 173
Pittsburg 169 jSt. L. A S. W... 4%
Reading 18%| do pref jju
Rock Island ....102% R. G. A VV. .. *7
St. L. AS. F. .. 7% do pref "" 65
do do Ist pref. 65 C. G. W 45%
do do 2d pref., 32% Hawaiian C. Cos! 28
St. Paul 109%
Bonds.
U.S. new 45,reg.128 | do 4 101
do coup 128 jN. Y. C. A St
U. S. 4s 11l j- L. 4s 108
do coup 112%|Nor. A. W. 65..123
do 2ds 99 ,N’west cons. ...142
U. S. ss, reg... 83 j do deb. 5s ....120
do 5s coup. ..113% O. Nav. lsts ....113%
District 3 65tt . .117%i0. Nav. Is 99
Ala. claes A. ..108 |G. S. Line 6s, t.r.125%
do R ....108 jO.S. Line ss, t.r.,105%
do C 100 |Pao. 6of 95 102%
do Currency ..100 | Reading is 83%
Atchison la .... 95% R. G. W. lsts.. 88%
do udj. 4a .... 72%jSt. Louis & ir. AL
PAGES 9 TO 10.
fan. So. 2d5....108%| Con., 5s 98%
Chi. Term. 4s . .88% St. L. & San.
C. & Otilo 5s ..113 Fran. Gen. 65..119
C. H. & I). 4*i*.]ol%|St. P. Con 162
I>- & R. . Ist* ..110% St. Paul C. & P.
n. & H. G. 45.. 96%i lsts 120
East Tenn. 15t5.105% <li> 5s 11714
Erie Gen. 4s ... 72 So. By. 5s 97ft
f\ W. & 1). lsts Standard Rope ft
•• r 74>4| Twine 6s 79
Gen. Else. Gs ..108% Tenn. new set3s. 93
G. & S. A. 6s. 105 Tex. Pae. L. G.
do 2nd* 102141 lsts 107
H. & T. C. 55..110%| do ret?. 2ds .... 46
do con. 6s ....108 u. P. D. ft Gulf
Iwa. C. lsts ...103%j Ist* 77
Ea. new eons 4s. 103 |Wab. Ist 5 111*4
E. * N. Uni. 4s. 89%! do 2nd* 89%.
Missouri 6s ....100 W. Shore 4* ....1014
M. K. & T. 2d*.. 62*4iVa. Centuries ... 76%
do 4s 88 do deferred .... 7
N. Y. C. lsts ....116 M. & O. 4s ....77%
N. J. C. os .... 113*4 N. & W. cons. 4s. 85%
N. Carolina 6s. 126 C.of Ga. cons. ss. 89%
do 4s KB | do Ist. inc. .. 40%
No. Pac. 1515...112-i| do 2nd inc 11%
do 3s 67% i
MISt KI,I, AN KOI S H.4HKKTS.
The following are the Savannah Board
of I'iade quotations:
Ilaeor. -The market Is steady. Smoked
clear sides, 6%e; dry salted clear rib aides,
6%c; bel'les, 6%c; sugar-cured hams, 9%
8 lO'l.c.
Eard—Market firm; pure, in tierces, 6c;
50-pound tin*. 6*ic; compound, In tlerce%
l%c; 60-pound tins, 4%c.
Butter—Market steady; fair demands
Goshen, 16c; gilt edge, ,18c; creamery, 19cJ
fancy Elglns, 20c.
Cheese—Market firm; fancy full cream
cheese. 9%e; 20-pound nvi-rage. 10c.
Flour—Market steady; patent, $4.35j
straight, 24.00; fancy, $3.75; family, 23.50.
Corn—Market steady; white. Job lots,
51c; car load lots. 49c; mixed corn. Job
lots, 60c; car load lots, 36c.
Oats—Car loud lots. 34c; Job lots. 38c.
Bran—Job lots, 85c; carload lots. 80c.
Hay—Market steady; Western, Job lota,
75c; ear load lots, 70c.
Meal—Pearl, per barrel. J 2.45; per sack,
21.00; city meal, per sack, bolted, 11.00;
water ground. 11.10; pearl grits, per bar
rel. 22.45; per sack, $1.12*4; city grits, sacks,
$1.12%.
Coffee—Dull; Mocha. 26e; Java, 26%c|
Peuberry, 12%c; standard No. 1. 10%c; No,
2,10 c; No. 3. 9%e; No. 4, 9%c; No. 5,9 c;
No. 6, B%c; No. 7, Bc.
Sugar—Equality Prices—Savannah quo
tations: Powdered, 5,92 c; standard granu*
lated, K.6Bc; cubes, 5.93 c; confectioners’ A,
5.56 c; white extra C, $5.30c; extra C, 5.24 c;
golden C, 4.43 c; yellow, 4.860. Tone firm.
Turnips—Barrel, $1.65.
Onions—Barrels, new crop, $2.25@>2.50f
crates, $l,OO.
P0tat0e5—52,264(2.50 per barrel.
Cocoa n u t—53.504(4.50.
J^-tnons—Market qutet; Messina, new,
per box, $5.75.
Dried Fruit—Apples, evaporated, 9ci
common, 685%c.
Apples—. Barrel, $3.25463.50.
Nuts-Almonds, Tafrangona, 13c; Ivlcas,
12c; walnuts, French, 10c; Naples, lie; pe.
cans, 8c; Brazils, 7c; filberts, 10c; a sort
ed nuts, &0-|K)und and 25-pound boxes,
9%8'10c; eocoanuts. $3.75 per 100.
Raisin—L. U, $1.65; %-box, $1.00; loose,
60-pound boxes, 6%e i>er pound.
Peanuts—Ample stock, fair demand;
market steady; fancy hand-picked Vir
ginia, per pound, 5%c; hand-picked, per
pound, sc.
Eggs—Market firm; full supply; can.
died, |>er dozen, 17c; country, 2c less.
Poultry—Steady; fair demand; half,
grown, 35c per pair; three-quarters grown,
40c per pair; full-grown fowls, 45860 c per
pair.
Fish—Mackerel, half barrel. No. 1, $8.50*
No. 2, $7.00; No. 3, $6.00; kits, No. 1, $1.25;
No. 2, $1.00; No. 3,80 c. Codfish, 1-poutxl
bricks, 6%c; 2-pound bricks, *c. Smoked
herrings, per box. 17c; Dur e i> herring, id
kegs, $1.10; new.mullet; half-barrel. $3.50.
Syrup—Market quiet: Georgia and Flor
ida syrup buying at 20822%e; selling at
22%©25c; sugar bouse, at 19822 c; Cubs*
straight goods, 23830 c; sugar house mo
lasses, 15®20c.
Salt—Demand Is fair and the market
steady; carload lots, f. o. b„ Liverpool,
200-pound sacks, 68c; Job lots, 764t,90c; com
mon fine salt, 125-pound, in burlap sacks,
carload lots, 43%c; common fine salt, 110-
pound burlap sacks, carload lots, 38%cj
common fine salt, KQ-pound burlap sacks,
35c. Same in cotton sacks. 2c higher.
Hides, Wool, Etc.—Hides—The market
firm; dry flint, - 14c; dry salt, 12c; green
salted, 6%c. Wool—Nominal; prime Geor
gia, free of sand, burrs and black wool,
17c; blacks, 15c; burry, 8810 c. Wax, 22c.
Tallow, 2c. Deer skins, 15c.
Oil—Market steady; demand fair; sig
nal, 45®50c; West Virginia black. 9862 c;
lard. 58c; neatsfoot, 00©75c; machinery, 15
825 c; linseed, raw, 47c; boiled, 50c; kero
sene, prime white, 8c; water white, 9c;
fire-proof. 10c; deoderlzed stove gasoline,
barrels, B%c.
Gun Powder—Per keg, $4.00; half keg,
$2.25; quarter keg, $1,25; Champion duck
ing, quarter keg, $2.25; Austin, Dupont end!
Hazard smokeless, half kegs, $11.25; quar
ter kegs, $5.76: 1-pound canisters, $1.00; less
25 per cent.
Shot—Drop, $1.25; B. B. and large, $1,50J
chilled, $1.56.
Elme, Calcined PJaster and Cement—
Alabama and Georgia ljme in fair demand
and selling at 76c per barrel, bulk and car
load lot, special; calcined plaster, $1.50 per
barrel; hair, 485 c; Uosedale cement, $1,104$
I. carload lots, special; Portland ce
ment, retail, $2.20; carload lots, $2.00.
Iron Market very steady; Swede, 49
4%c; refined, $1.56 base.
Nalls—Cut, $1.50 base, wire, $1.90 base.
Advanced national list of extras, adopted
Dec. 1, 1896.
•Lumber, F. O. B. Prices—Minimum yard
sizes, $9.50; car sills, $10.00; difficult sizes,
$11.00??,12.00; ship stock, $15.00816.50; sawn
crcsstles, $8.25; hewn croesties, 30831 c;
per tie. Market quiet and steady.
Bagging—Jute, 2%-pound, 7%@Bc; 2-
pound, 78-7%c; 1%-pound, 6%c. Sea island,
B%c.
Cotton Ties—Standard Arrow Steel, 43
pounds, large 4'ots, 80c; small lots, 90c.
OCEAN FREIGHTS.
Cotton—Market steady; rate quoted
are per 100 pounds: Boston, per bale. $1.25;
New York, per bale, $1.00; Philadelphia,
per bale, $1.00; Baltimore, per bale, $1.00;
via New York—Liverpool, 40c; Bremen, 40c;
Genoa, 15c; Reva), 65c; Riga. 55c; St. Pe
tersburg, 55c; Havre, D6c; Hamburg. 45c;
Direct—Genoa, 48c; Bremen, 38c; Hamburg,
43c; Keval, 56e; Liverpool, 35c; Barcelona,
62c; Havre, 44c; Rotterdam, 44c.
Lumber—By sail—Freights are quiet. Fo
reign business is dull. The rates from
this and nearby Georgia ports are quoted
at $4.00#4.75 for a range—including Balti
more and Portland, Me. Railroad ties,
base 44 feet, to Baltimore, 13%c; to Phila
delphia. 14%c; to New York, 16%c; Timber
rates, 50c851.00 higher than lumber rates.
By Steam—Lumber—To Baltimore, $6.00;
Boston, $7.00; New York, $7.75.
Naval Stores—The market Is steady.
Medium-sized vessels. Rosin—Cork for
orders, 2s 9d for barrels of 310 pounds, and
5c primage. Spirits, 4s. Larger vessels.—
Rosin 2s 6U; spirits, 3s 9d. Steam. 12c per 100
pounds 00 rosin, $l.OO on spirits to lioston