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PAKT TWO.
GEORGIA END (g)
U ® FLORIDA.*
GEORGIA.
~,, | i on to secure a national
' m .. . , . for Atlanta which will be
fr.ilitarj ,
„..-or-ttive of the battles fought
ei v during the civil war.
Tht Dooly County Bar Association will
, V it Hit court house in Vienna on
w'.lnMtlav. Jan. 25. for the purpose of
' ' . for trial during the first
wetrit of'Dooly .Superior Court in March.
Dr G \v. Shackelford of Lincolnton
took a dr:v> the other day. He put under
... „. at of the buggy his purse containing
<7 He forgot to remove it when he
"o pi'. hoi his drive. It has not been re
covered.
The committee of Atlanta citizens ap
pointed to at ;oir before the public build
ln7 md grounds committee of Congress
,0 urg. in appropriation for anew fed
cril buiai. ig iu Atlanta, has returned. The’
genera!opinion of the committeemen seems
lobe tha* the appropriation will be made.
In putting down anew floor in the un
j,n p:lfS , ngc r dt pot at Macon, it has been
discovered that all of the crossties that
i7r. put down only a few years ago had
comphtely rotted. Not a sound tie could
I*, found, and there was not one that
co;il 1 not he crushed into dust between
the fingers.
Cordele Hornet: Cordele's next admin
i. ration can do nothing more beneficial to
the city than to bore an artesian well or
remedy the one we now have. Our spring
water is good, but it can be improved U]x>n.
We believe that in less than a year a well
with suffice ut flow for drinking purposes,
hi . be put in operation.
The election of officers of the Macon
Volunteers occurred Tuesday right. Mr.
Granville Connor, formerly first lieuten
ant, was I. led captain, vice Capt. Sam
Hunter, rt signed. Lieut. Robert Hazie
hursi was eh nd first lieutenant, and
S. rat. Lawson Brown, second lieutenant.
The election of Lieut. Brown was unani
mous.
Tin register of the University of Geor
gia. at Athens, shows, at the opening of
the second term, a decided Increase in the
attendance. Already about fifteen new
names have been enrolled and the list
continues to grow each day. While the
lota! attendance will hardly reach that of
last year, still there is an increase in the
law class, which now has over forty-five
members.
Two Misses Bryan, who live with
their mother two miles east of Adel, died
of la grippe last Tuesday night and were
buried on Wednesday. Their death ocear
ivd within a few hours of each other.
Their funerals occurred at Adel and both
were buried in the same grave, a coffin
bring mule to hold both bodies. Their
ni 'lur is also reported very dangerously
ill, with little chance of her recovery.
Athens Banner: Hon. William C. Oates
and son left yesterday for their home in
-Montgomery. On March 10 Gen. Oales
will, at his own requesl, retire from the
s’rv;ee of the Vnited States. He has al
ready resigned his commission, as a brig
adier general in the volunteer service and
ha resignation lias been accepted, to take
efficf on March 10. He received orders
from the war department Saturday to re
tarn to his home in Montgomery.
Covington Star: The Star is in favor of
Lvng pistols $1 .COO a year. That would
**■ a prohibition on their use. It is what
wghi to be done with them. We do not
”" IVI any man is justified in carrying a
I'-' id in a civil and quiet community like
ours. rn,. "toting" of a pistol has been
1 ‘'ans" of many a man getting into
ser to°j trouble, and the practice ought to
be suppn .-■ <,l. Jt seems to us the carry
-7“ " f a p ; -i"l ought to be prohibited as
a "ulind tiger” ought to be sup-
U;'' 1 and all are agreed that he ought
Albany Herald: It seems as if Albany
* 1 going to have any more weather
'"■i-i-. lor some time past the boys at
lb io.- 1 .:, telegraph office have been re
,7 mg ,ne messages from the Western
1 ’* tl:,ve been hoisting the proper
Tri' 77 1 " Ma yer & Crtne building.
ai. ,7 '' r ' to do this any longer,
, " ' ' ' “ p would take the trouble
f o „ m ' 77' ,!h ' fla gs, Manager Rust so In
-1,, 77 : 7" " hpr man In Atlanta and
] 0 ,,, r * 1 to send the forecasts any
l.h*. t, ' l ' cw,y OURht to take hold of
7, 1,777)'. i ' kvrp the weatller <l:ga fly
, ‘ oily Citizen: John Ham, a
j. ~ "' 1 m -in, who lived in the upper
, Wl( county and killed u negro
Hu ' las been in the county jail
Com, ,7, , ,y I be coming May Superior
ham,, i-7 'l'."'' 1 ". was captured in Al.i
--u v s |V umii Tuesday, when Dep
for .j, 111 i 1 1 y took him to Americus
his * r; ,, ~" |MI '• Ever since his arrest
Ir. t.i 1 :ir *'‘ s °‘'l homo, and also
llritous 7, hi, ve been unusually so
fiay up, , ' lo h,s welfare, and Mon
<l*pu y 7 ‘ '"-I number came here, the
IK..- u , ::l , " hlnt ‘hat their pur-
Irotn " ioicibly rescue the prisoner
ft- v. • " ~ilou‘ any delay he set out
ever,,7-. ' "*' h Jla m and turned him
ir - ; untii ,i ' cs*" of for safe keep
oupertor Court convenes.
T|, FLORIDA.
Ir- r " of Alachua county are hav
w,, rit 1 bde In obtaining laborers to
ti• 1 "..is this year. .Croppers, as
, °' vn > are hard to find.
1 from Tacoma that the
Mi,,, in "’at section are looking
,- , u< h and that there is a pros
it'- , '" 1 1 able fruit next year. The
J r , -'own considerably the past
t°, , ' next year be in condition
.. toe ordinary cold.
t. day's proceedings in the
Ir , , lit on trial at Tampa,
Mary j. Cull wood
• , ' 1 'o h-,7 " * Syst£ m for Injuries al
" i- received at Leesburg,
- ■T, l K hoard a train on May
T ‘ uC * a non-suit.*
* itv fi r Lincoln, Cocoa and
* tr Urinal d^ k WW * aU ot the
-a at Aliami on Sunday; also
gthe IHorfning Ifetoi
tile United States steamship Mangrove.
This gives an idea of the extent of the
Miami wharf, five large ocean-going
steamers finding berth there at one time.
Sanford Chronicle: A careful estimate
of the acreage in truck around Sanford
this season is as follows: Potatoes, 150
acres; celery, 20 acres; miscellaneous, 60
acres. This, with a good season —such as
we are now having—will make a good
many thousand dollars turned loose in the
spring.
It is probable that Gainesville and Ala
chua county will secure a number of set
tlers this winter. The pamphlet descrip
tive of the county recently Issued seems
to be attracting wide attention, and in
quiries are being received from all sec
tions of the United States. Several pros
pective settlers are already there and
seem to lie well pleased.
Ocala Star: Count de Beaumont, who
has been visiting in Paris for the past six
months, accompanied by his friend, Baron
de Covarman, with their servants, arrived
at the Ocala House Saturday. Count de
Beaumont is associated with Air. M. A.
Riche, and will remain in Ocala, and
Baron de Covarman is touring the state
and will spend some time in Ocala.
The seventieth session of the Grand
Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of
Florida convened Tuesday in Masonic
Temple, In Jacksonville, and at once pro
ceeded to business, with all the grand
officers present, except A. W. Gilchrist,
grand marshal, who is in Cuba' with the
army. Secretary- Webster reported, on
call of the roll, that 120 of the 147 active
lodges were, represented.
At this time it is impossible to estimate
the actual loss by the big fire at Brooks
ville, but it is believed that $50,000 will
cover everything. Thirty-one buildings
were destroyed, leaving only three store
houses and the postoffice buliding, whjch
now- constitute the business portion of the
town. The Town Council has established
a fire limit, which covers the entire burned
district and other parts of the town.
Jacksonville Metropolis: The fight be
ing inaugurated to unseat Congressman
elect Brigham Roberts is extending over
the entire country. At the rooms of the
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
this morning a Metropolis reporter was in
formed that steps would be taken at once
to organize an opposition to the seating of
the polygamist. Protests will be sent to
the members of Congress and denuncia
tory’ resolutions will be passed. Roberts
has three wives in Utah, and the ininis r
tors and ladies have taken up the fight
against him.
The municipal war at Tampa came to
blows Sunday and blood was spilled. The
encounter was between Alderman Ramon
de Armas and Een Torres, and the former
was rather severely punished. The fight
occurred at a coffee shop on Fourteenth
street, between Seventh and Eighth ave
nues, and was the direct outgrowth of the
Council meeting on Friday night. Ramon
de Armas is a member of the Council and
Jose R. Torres is justice of the peace for
the Twentieth district of this county. Ben
Torres, who punished the alderman, is a
young son of the judge.
Alligator Joe and the Indian, Little
Tiger, brought a twelve-foot crocodile that
weighed six hundred pounds and was land
ed at Black Water bay, into Palm Beach
the other day. Joe’s camp is located on
Blseayne bay, near the Everglades, and
he has just made a two-weeks trip down
there for the express purpose of capturing
a 17-foot crocodile, that he discovered last
summer. He says that he got its head
in the boat, but it was so heavy- he-could
not manage it alone, and will try it again
when he has help. He is very anxious to
take a party out on his next hunt.
Belleville Correspondence Times-Union
and Citizen: First Sergeant Clifford E.
Stapler, Company A. Col. Ray’s regiment,
who is now here, gives a graphic descrip
tion of their situat on in Cuba. The regi
ment was severely afflicted with malarial
fever shortly after its arrival, but the
men were well cared for. Sergt. Stapler
’eft his regiment at B.ttacoa Dec. 15 for
Santiago, and shipped from there on file
Obdam for Savannah. He arrived at his
father’s home, two miles from here, two
weeks ago. He is a fine type of the
American soldier, six feet two inches in
hight and qs straight as a dart.
TIVO NEGHOHS SHOT AT NAYLOR.
A White Trump Can a lit Bobbing n
Chicken Coop.
Valdosta, Ga., Jan. 18.—Nows has been
received here of a shooting affray’ at Nay
lor, in which two negroes were brought
to tile ground by Air. Charles Hotchkiss.
The negroes were Leonard and Aaron
Carroll and they had gotten in debt to
Hotchkiss. *
The negroes met Hotchkiss at the depot
station and Hotchkiss got after them
about the money’. The negroes used offen
sive language toward him and Leonard
Carroll started toward him with a drawn
weapon. Hotchkiss pulled his pisto! and
shot Leonard, the bail entering the negro’s
shoulder. Aaron Carroll Joined in the
tight and Hotchkiss fired at him once
bringing him down with a flesh wound.
Leonard Carroll is said to have started
the row and was put under arrest. The
case was settled afterwards and no furth
er arrests are looked for.
The people along the line of the Plant
System have recently witnessed a right
novel sight to them. The officials of the
road have been moving some of the sec
tion houses and these have been hauled on
flat cars. In some insttmees houses with
four or five rooms and one and a half sto
ries, have been drawn on flat cars and
hauled a hundred miles down the'road to
some ot in r pi it e. *i he wot k his bt ■ f
done remarkably quick considering its
character.
A while tramp, who struck the town
from the frozen North, got into trouble
here last night by robbing a chicken coop
behind one of the stores. The trmnp did
not know that any one was near him, but
It happened that a policeman was stand
ing by when the coop was opened and the
chicken was silenced by having its head
quickly wrung off. The tramp was watched
SAVANNAH. GA.. THURSDAY. JANUARY lit. 1899.
and it was found that he stoic the chicken
to swap off for a supper at a negro res
taurant. While enjoying his meal, he was
pulled by the policeman and put in the
city prison to answer for the theft.
Air. J. A. Touchstone was here yesterday
exhibiting a ten-pound turnip as a sample
of what the soil In the Northern part of
the county will make. Mr. Touchstone
says that he has made thirteen barrels
of syrup on three-quarters of an acre of
land and it cost less to cultivate the land
than it would a similar place in cotton.
ECHOLS* COMING ELECTION.
V Real Estate Deni anil n Business
Clinnge nt Valdostn. _
Valdosta, Ga., Jan. 18.—The county of
Echols is just now’ in the throes of a'very
heated campaign on the question of mov
ing the county site. The campaign is
said to be a red-hot one. The election
Will occur Feb. 23.
Mr. Al. A. Briggs has closed a trade
for the vacant residence lot in the north
ern part of the city, oil Patterson and
Gordon streets. The lot is one <M the most
desirable in the city, and Mr. Briggs ex
pects to build a handsome hom upon It
at once.
An important business change here this
week Is that by which Mr. M. A. Briggs
becomes the sole proprietor of the busi
ness formerly operated by Converse &
Briggs. The store is one of the largest
in ihe city and the business of the Arm
has been very largo. Air. Converse ox
!>ects to retire from active business anil
give his attention to private affairs, that
are very large, he being the largest prop
erty owner in the city.
Louis Cook of Berrien county, while
visiting Jack Boyeit’s family, in that
county, let a pistol fall from his pocket
accidentally, (he weapon being discharged
and making a bad flesh wound in Boyett’s
thigh.
DOUGLAS HAS TWO MAILS A DAY.
Sontliern Pine Cos. Has no Order for
1,500,000 Shingles.
Douglas, Ga., Jan. 18.—Douglas now gets
two daily mails over the Waycross Air
Line Railroad, one arriving at 11:45 o’clock
a. m., and one at 6 o’clock p. m., which
prove quite a convenience.
It is stated that the Waycross Air Line
Railroad has just been sold to a syndicate
represented by Cashier Wadley of the
Waycross Bank, and that the road will be
completed to Fitzgerald in the near future.
The Southern Pine Company of Georgia,
owners of one of the largest saw mill
plants in the St a te, located at Nichols, in
’Coffee county, in addition to crowded or
ders for lumber, has an order from one
firm for 1,500,000 shingles.
To-day Contractor Darling turned over
to the building committee the new Union
Bank hntlding foglplctp. This building
would be an ornament to any city, and
the contractor deserves great credit for its
substantial workmanship and interior fin
ish.
Mr. and Mrs. Giles J. Lott have returned
from Florida, and are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Sapp. Jr.
AJrs. Albert C. Sweat and children have
returned home, after a month pleasantly
spent with relatives in Blackshear.
MAKING BOOKS SOCIETY’S FAD.
They Are for the Blind and Wash
ington. Girls Like the Work,
From the Washington Post.
In the pavilion for the blind in the con
gressional library are about 250 volumes,
the standard authors most of them. These
are for the most part in New York point,
or American Braille system. The great
cost of the books makes it impossible to
have at this time a very large library, a
single prayer book costing sls or S2O. Con
gress has been libera! in contribution, and
will be much more so. The public outside
is becoming interested, and private par
ties have added somewhat, so the low
book shelves running around the room are
choicely tilled. But there are more per
tinent needs.
Save for the Kneass Philadelphia Alaga
zine for the Blind, published every month,
also the Point Print Standard, published
in New York, there is no current litera
ture for the sightless. A little Point Print
anil American Braille Magazine will be
put in the pavilion. This will contain
some current literature. But there are
greater needs. To these the Washington
society girl is giving all of her spare time.
Through the enthusiasm of Miss Etta
Josselyn Griffin, a number of girls have
become sufficiently interested to buy them
selves "New York point desk slates,” with
simple instructions, that those who are
blessed with a visio’n of ail the beauties
of the earth may learn this simple sys
tem and through its medium give little
gems of literature to the blind, who must
otherwise miss them.
The A. B. C. of the system is as In
tensely interesting as it is simple, a slate,
stylus and sheets of paper being the only
necessary medium. The girls first to take
up the beautiful fad pronounce it entranc
ing, and have acquired such speed and
knowledge of the alphabet as to be well
under way with the reproduction of books.
New books, those not In the library, are
chosen, and It is but to copy the pages,
word for word. One ambitious girl is do
ing ‘‘Cyrano de Bergerac,” and making
such fine progress that, though she did
not offer it as a Christmas gift to the pa
vilion, as she at' first hoped, she will fin
ish it shortly. The extent o* this work
of women supposed to care only for the
gaieties of the capital can best be appre
ciated when one recalls that in the lives
of but few of the blind is there some
one to read a long story like this to them.
And even at the daily reading of one hour,
a book cannot be undertaken, as the at
tendance is unavoida Ay irregular, and a
whole season would be consumed with a
single book, and but little comfort. These
they will have bound and placed in the
pavilion, to remain as records of their zeal
In the noblest possible cause.
Other girls who have had less time, and
maybe less zeal, have printed short sto
ries and poems, with the breath of holly
and tinsel and the jingle of Christmas
about them, that would otherwise be de
nied the children of the pavilion. The
N< w York point Is a system read by about
two-thirds of the blind of the. United
Slates, and taught In thirty-two of the
blind schools, while the American Braille,
which really looks simpler, Is taught In
tin schools, and to one-third of the blind.
For this reason those who have under
tak< n the task principally use the former.
This lad is developing into great piopor-
tions, and the outcome of It Is that the
girl who in former winters went to lunch
eons with friends, and afterward sat with
her toes on the fender talking of past and
future conquests, while cupel was scorch
ing his back on the andirons, now gives
“stylus luncheons," when each girl takes
along her dainty elate, ami, like the Grec
ian maidens of old, who astounded the
world with their genius, they sit with
their trailing rpbes about them and with
nimble Ungers setiel the bl< ssings of beau
tiful eyes out to the sightless. To be very
material in the matter the girls say it’s
exceedingly fetching work and looks so
awfully pretty when It is done-. They
further say It Is better than perishable
jim-eracks for charity bazars, where one
siH tids the price of the article In materials
and robs the poor for six months at a
time while watting to complete It.
Nor does their philanthropy stop here.
Under the arches of the great Liberty
building, in a room where soft, pink and
cream wails blend Kito the huzy grSen car
pet strewn with pink roses, where flowers,
music, books and historic furniture unite
into an artistic whole, where sunshine
runs riot the whole day through, it is
here their voices provide a pleasing pro
gramme varied as the days themselves.
For one hour each day, from 2:30 lo 3:30
o'clock p. m., someone reads from a stan
dard wofk on current literature. Then
music and recitations fail into the pro
gramme, and render a joyous hour for the
children of the pavilion. No woman of
society feels that she has done her duty
until she has contributed some mite of her
especial gift to this intellectual hour. The
violin is one of the happiest mediums of
entertaining, and a violin solo is always
applauded. The reward is in the eager
faces turned toward them, and the ap
plause itnd thanks that follow.
The picture is a beautiful one in the pa
vilion at this hour, and one- who comes to
the great library and sees it will never for
get. The room is hushed save for the one
voice droning softly through the story,
while facing her sit these sightless chil
dren of the pavilion, their faces beautifully
radiant, or softening into sadness as the
story goes, while their motionless heads
alone proclaim them blind. •
Another branch of the philanthropic
work springs from these readings as nat
urally as the flowers from the wayside in
springtime. To this women turn tenderly,
and by going but a little out of their own
way find another stepping stone. The blind
must be gotten id the library on time.
Many of them have gome member of their
family to take them, most have not. Near
ly all are grown people, and some far on
the road to the shady side; some are fee
ble, as well as blind. Many are strangers,
brought here by the good news of the
library for the blind.
Again, the women of the capital go to
the homes of these unfortunate ones and
bring them to the library, anil either stay
and hear the reading or call for them
after It is over, seeing them safely home.
Those who have carriages use them; those
who have not use the cars. It is pathetic
beyond measure to see these grown people
led around like little children,, but they
are cheery, sunsniny - Companions. Among
those devoted to this branch of the work,
indeed to all of it, is Miss Brlnkerhqff of
Netv York, a woman of most charming
personality, which so gracefully blends
with the work that all who see her must
admire it.
WARNING BELLS ON HORSES.
A Growing Custom Dne to Rnblier
tlres nnd Noisles* Horne Shoe*.
From the Philadelphia Press.
The growing custom among the physi
cians of Philadelphia in having bells at
tached to the collars of their horses has
given rise to comment. The practice
originated abroad, and, with the introduc
tion of rubber tires here, it was found
necessary to return to the old street car
fashion of having bells on the horses, the
idea of their use being more to warn pe
destrians of the approach of the Vehicle
than to clear a way in the crowded streets
for the busy man of medicine.
The fashion of shoeing the horses with
rubber to prevent slipping on the asphalt
taken in connection with the introduction
of rubber tires, makes a doctor’s gig as
noiseless as a bicycle. Pedestrians were
more In danger of being run down by the
doctors than by the bicyclists, so the use
of bells became imperative. A sieigh bell,
about one inch and a half in diameter, is
the size most generally used and it is
fastened on the collar, just over the
horse's chest.
Several private coupes were also noticed
with bells, and a visit to several of the
large livery stables developed tho fact that
bells ,wcre gradually taring introduced on
rubber-tired vehicles.
As yet the custom is very English, but
unlike many of Ihe customs imported from
the other side there is some basis of com
mon sense for the use of bells on noise
less carriages. In New York It Is quite a
fad to have beds on private coupes.
Airs. Stokes of that city, who startled
Bar Harbor last summer by her very
smart equipages, always used bells on her
horses. It is an undecided question in Phil
adelphia as yet whether society leaders
will place the seal of fashion upon the
use of bells on private carriages.
CANNED BEEF KILLED A CAT.
Experiment nt Newport After Fifty-
Men Hitil Been Made 111,
From the New York Time*.
New’port, Jan. 16.—The "embalmed beef”
controversy in the army recalls the sick
ness of half the mttnbe-rs of a battery of
the Fourth Artillery, which returned early
last fall to Fort Adams from Santiago, via
Montauk Point. A few weeks after their
arrival at Fort Adams, the battery mess
was served with canned roast beef at one
of its noonday meals, and before 4 o’clock
the same day,about fifty members were
either under treatment at the post hos
pital or had been supplied with an anti
dote.
After the patients had suffered from
various maladies, supposedly the effects of
Cannes! beef, a number were discharged
from treatment during the same evening,
vvhild others were carried a longer time ori
the sick list. A test of the canned beef
was made at the post hospital by confin
ing a cal over night with a good-sized por
tion of the same beef which had made so
many of the battery men til. The next
morning the cat was found dead, and quite
a portion of the beef had been eaten by
the animal. At the time of this incident
It was currently reported that the artil
lerymen’s Illness was due to overloading
their stomachs while In their weakened
condition after the Santiago campaign.
ADVANCE IN COTTON.
FITCHES AND SPOTS ON TIIE P
AV’ARD TREND.
Another Decline of :1 Cent In the
Spirit* Turpentine Market—Roklii
Firm nnd I itelinngetl—Other Mar
ket* Steady.
Savannah, Jan. 18.—An agreeable sur
prise happened in the cotton market to
day. Futures advanced about 11 points
and the local spot market was firm al
1-16 cent advance. The offerings were
quite light and consequently the sales
were limited. The spirits turpentine mar
ket declined 1 rent and closed firm at 41U
cents. Rosin was firm and unchanged.
Other markets were steady. The Colton
Exchange and Board of Trade will be
closed to-day, on account of the an
niversary of Lee's birthday. The rul
ing resume of the different markets will
show the tone and the quotations at the
close to-day:
COTTON.
There was a strong demand for spots af
ter the advance in futures and the local
market became fil m nt 1-16 cent advance.
Thtv reported sales, however, were light,
being only 624 for the day. At the first
call at the Cotton Exchange, the market
was bulletined unchanged, with sales of
98 bales, At the second ctjll the market
was also unchanged, with sules of 388. At
the lust call the market closed firm at 1-16
cent advance, with sales of 140 bales.
The following were the official spot quo
tations al the close of the market at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling 5 7 4<
Middling 5 5-16
Low middling 4 7 6
Good ordinary 4 7-16
Ordinary 3 16-16
ALirket firm; sales, 624.
Sea Island Cotton—The market remained
quiet and steady at the following quota
tions:
Fancy Florida? 14<4
Extra choice Flortdas .’ 14
Choice Flortdas 13
Extra tine Flortdas 12
Fancy Georgias 13
Extra choice Georgias 12y,
Choice Georgias 11
Extra fine Georgias lO'/a
Fine Georgias 9'/a
Medium fine Georgias 9
Common Georgias BV6
Savannah receipts, exports and stock—
Receipts this day - 1,925
Receipts this day last year 4,582
Receipts tills day year before last,. 2,02 t
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1898 ...876,813
Same time last year 926,606
Exports, coastwise, this day 2,135
Stock on hand this day 116,341
Same day last year 125,511
Receipts and stocks at the ports—
Receipts this day 24,069
This day last year 35.409
This day year before last 47,926
Receipts past five days 157,208
Same days last year 173,065
Same days year before last 98,698
Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1898 6,392,117
Same time last year 6.238,196
Same time year before last 5,329,136
Stock at the |>orts to-day 1.157,549
Stock same day last year 1,322,002
Daily Movements at Other Ports—
Galveston-Quiet, middling, 5%: net re
ceipts, 4,135; gross, 4,135; sales, 200; stock,
291,124.
New Orleans*—Firm; middling, 3%; net
receipts, 7,909; gross, 7,91)9; sales, 3.800;
stock, 475.320.
Mobile—Firm; middling, 5*4; net receipts,
951; gross, 951; sales, 1,000; stock, 33,540.
Charleston—Firm; middling, 5*4; net re
ceipts, 536; gross, 536; stork, 26,547.
Wilmington—Firm; middling, 5*4; net re
ceipts, 382; gross, 382; stock, 18,549.
Norfolk—Steady; middling, 6%; net re
ceipts, 1,242; gross, 1,242; sales, 200; stock,
31,841. ..
Hallimore— Nominal; middling, G; gross,
3,156; stock, 33,141.
New York—Steady; middling, 6*4; net re
ceipts, 291; gross, 563; sales, 520; stock,
99,537.
Hoston—Firm; middling, 6; net receipts,
1,658; gross, 9,583.
Philadelphia—Firm; middling, 6%; net
receipts, 273; gross, 273; stock, 8,238.
Dully Movements at Interior Towns—
Augusta—Steady; middling, 5 7-18; net
receipts, 322; gross, 322; salts, 893; slock,
48,552.
Memphis—Quiet; middling, 5*4; net re
ceipts, 1,390; gross, 2,372; sales, 1,500; stock,
135,471.
St. Ixnii*— Firm; middling, 5%; net re
ceipts, 1,031; gross, 4,433; sales, 674; stock,
81.595.
Cincinnati—Steady; middling, h%\ net re
ceipts, 1,993; gross, 1,993; sales, 50; stock,
17,286.
Houston—Quiet; middling, 5 9-16; net re
ceipts, 2,327; gros*, 2,327; sales, 426; Block,
171,405.
Louisville—Firm: middling, 5%.
Exports of cotton this day—
Galveston —To the continent, 10,074.
Mobile—Coastwise, 400.
Savannah—Coastwise, 2,135.
Charleston—Coastwise, .794.
Norfolk—Coastwise, 914.
New York—To the continent, 611.
Boston—To Great Britain, 1,299.
Total foreign exports from all itorts this
day—To Great Britain, 6,066; to the con
tinent, 10,685.
Total foreign export* from ail [torts thus
far this week—To Great Britain, 73,163; to
France, 13,810; to Ihe continent, 58,435.
Total foreign, exports since Sei>l. 1,
1898—To Great Britain, 2,529,996; to France,
545,512; to the continent, 1,749,065.
Liverpool, Jan. 18.—Colton, spot, good
business done; itrices steady; American
middling, 3*4d. The sales of the day were
15,000 bales, of which 3,000 bales were for
speculation and export, and included 14,200
bales American. Receipts, 14,900 bales, In
cluding 13,100 bale* American. Futures
opened quiet, with a moderate demand,
and closed firm; American middling, low
middling clause, January, 3.0603.07d sell
ers; January-February, 3.08®3.(/7d sellers;
February-March, 3.065e3.07d buyers;
Mareh-April, 3.07®3.08d buyers; Aprll-May,
3.05Q3.00d buyers; May-June, 3.09®3.10d
buyers; June-July, 3.10@3.11d buyers; July-
August, 3.11ff3.12d buyers; August-Septem
ber, 3.12 1 buyers; Septemi>er-Oetober, 3.12
412.13d sellers; October-N ovem ber, 3.124 v
3.13-1 buyers; November-December. 3.13d
sellers.
New York, Jan. IS.—The market for cot
ton futures seems to have contracted some
of the bullish fever prevailing In the stock
market, prices to-day advancing 12 points
with trailing on a larger scale than has
been noted In some time. The bulls were
energetic throughout the day, being sup
ported by bullish news from neftrly all
quarters, and Liverpool in particular. The
start was at about last night’s prices, but
bull supremacy soon asserted itself, anti
by mid,lay a rise of 7to 9 points had been
scored With shorts displaying great un
easiness. The later, phase of the market
w,re still more favorable, although at
times there w, re reactionary periods, un
der profit taking and concerted efforts by
a few of Hi,- leading bears to start liqui
dation, The market was finally firm at
u net gain of 7 lo 11 points.
Public ami private cables alike Indicated
a bull turn of sentiment In the English
market, the belter feeling abroad result
ing directly from reduced crop estimates
and generally bullish news from this side.
Futures advanced all day in thut mar
ket, while sales spot cotton were the
largest in some time. Southern dispatches
were practically reiterations of advices re
ceived earlier in the week, noting tardy
farming oi* rations, rapidly dwindling re
eelpts, small stocks in planters hands,
hardening markets for emit cotton, more
brisk demand from New England spinners
anil bad weather for gathering the staple
still in the Held.
Perhaps the most encouraging feature of
the day’s developments was the marked in
crease in speculative interest on the part
of outside public. An advance of % in
spot cotton, to 6*1,1’ for middling, the high
est price touched thus far this season was
a factor of ho small importance in sus
taining the late market,
New York. Jan. IS, noon.—Cotton futures
O!” ned steady; Janunry, 5.680; February,"
5.68 c; March, 5.69 c; April, 5.72 c; May,
5.75 c; June, 5.77 c; July, 5.71k’; August, 8.82 c;
September, 5.76 c; October, S.BGc; November
5.87 c.
4 i>. m.—Futures closed firm; January,
5.78 c; February, 5.77 c; March, 5,79 c; April,
5.8‘2e; May, 5.82 c; June, 5.87 c; July, 5.89 e;
August, 5.92 c; September, 5.84 c; October,
5.84 c; November, 5.84 c; December 5.86 c.
New Orleans, Jan. 18.—Cotton, futures
strong; January, 5.34 c blit; February, 5.374 1
5.39 c; March, 5.4065.41 c; April, ~6.45Q.V46e;
May. 5.50®-5.51c; June, 5.55®5.56c; July,
5.597t5.6i)t’; August, 6.61Q5.62e; Soptrmlter,
3.56416.57 c; October, 5.55013.57 c.
New York, Jan. 18.—Hubbard Bros. ft
Cos. say of cotton: “Europe paid no atten
tion to the steadiness of American mar
kets yesterday but oiiened easier. When,
however, it became apparent (lie move
ment would he very light to-day and to
morrow, they recovered their decline un
der the lead of this market, some tV,Rising
having lin noticeable, lint the entire
trade feels that prices must res|>ond to
tills sharp falling off in the movement,
which, while partially due lo the bad
weather conditions of past month, cannot
altogether lie explained away and will
modify crop estimates. Orders to accept
profits on the basis of 5.90 c for August
were apparent at noon, preventing the
morning’s advance from passing that fig
ure. The trade are convinced that unless
the movement increases higher markets
will follow."
DRY GOODS.
New York, Jan. 18.—The spot demand
for cottons lias been moderate to-day In all
departments. Mall orders show some Im
provement. Staple brown and bleached
cottons very firm and full prices well
maintained. Coarse colored cottons quiet
at previous prices. Prints Arm and
against buyers. Ginghams steady. White
goods tending upward; men’s woolens
quiet and Irregular. Silks show upward
tendency. Print cloths quiet but Arm at
previous prices.
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits Turpentine—There was n decided
drop in the price to-day, the reported sales
being 1 cent lielow yesterday’* quotation.
The reeeiids were very light, but the de.
maud was lighter. At the Arst rail at the
Board of Trade the market was bulletined,
"nothing doing.” At the last call It clos
ed Arm at 41*4 cents, with sales of 194
casks.
Rosin—A good demand continued for
rosin to-day and the prices remulned un
changed. At the Arst call at the Board of
Trade the market was bulletined tirm and
unchanged, with sales of 3,135 barrels. At
the last call there were no sales reported.
The quotations at the opening and eloping
were' us follows: *
A, B, C II 90 X $1 40
D 1 00 K 155
E 1 00 M 1 65
F 1 00 N 1 73
G 1 05 W 0 2 05
H 1 20 W W 2 30
Naval Stores Statement—
Spirits, Rosin
Stock on hard April 1, 1898... 16,773 138,683
Received to-day 343 4,101
Received previously 314,532 931,25S
Total 331,648 1,091.075
Exsxtrts to-day 12 705
Ex[iorts previously 317,919 846,920
Total since April 1, 1898...317,931 847,673
Stock on hand this day 13,717 246,400
Stock same day last year... 42,092 202,6>)0
Receipts this day last year. Holiday.
Charleston, S. C., Jan. 18.—Turpentine
market Arm ai 42c; sales none, ltosin
Arm, unchanged; sales none.
Wilmington, N. C., Jan. 18.—Spirits tur
pentine, nothing doing; receipts, 43 casks.
Rosin steady; 97*4c®51.02>4; receipts, 4 X
Crude turpentine quk’t; 21.35 and $2.10; re
ceipts, 37. Tar Arm at $1.10; receipts, 343.
New York, Jan. 18.—Rosin dull; strained,
common to good, $1.3714. Turpentine dull’
4l’4c.
FINANCIAL.
Money-Market steady.
Foreign Exchange The market is
steady. The following are the Savannah
quotations: Commercial, demand, $4.84*4-
sixty days, $1.81*4; ninety days, *4.8)64;
francs, Baris and Havre, sixty days, 3.2364;
Swiss, sixty duys, 5.2914; marks, sixty
days, 93 13-16.
Domestic Exchange—Steady; banks are
buying at par and selling a* follows:
Amounts up to $25, 10 cents; *25 to SSO, 15
cents; SSO to SIOO, 20 cents; S2OO to SSOO, 14
per cent, premium; S2OO to SI,OOO at •/* per
cent, premium; SI,OOO and over, $1 per sl,-
000.
Securities—The market tone is steady
and the demand Is excellent.
Stocks and Bonds—State bonds—Georgia
3*4 per cent, bonds of 1930, 1)0 bid. 111 ask
ed; Georgia 314 per cent., due 1915, lug
bid, asked; Georgia 44 per cent, bonds
1915, 121 bid, 122 asked; Georgia 4 per cent’
due 1920, 116 bid, 119 asked; South Carolina
4145, 115 bid, 116 asked.
City Bonds—Atlunta 4'4 per cent., 19*3
106 bid. asked; Augusta 3*4. 1928, 101 >4
bill, 102 asked; Augusta 4145, 1925, 107 bid
108 asked; Augusta 7 per cent.. 11l bid, 112
asked; Augusta 6 per cent., 11l bid, 113
asked; Columbus 5 per eqnt., 107 bid, 108
asked; Macon 6 i*r cent., 115 bid, ask
ed; Macon 4145, 1926, 105 bid, asked; Sa
vannuh 5 per cent., quarterly April cou
pons, 112 bid, 113 asked; Savannah 5 per
cent, quarterly February commons, 112*4
PAGES 9 TO 10.
hid, 113 asked; Charleston 4s, 100 bid, 101
asked.
Railroad Bonds—Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds
6 per l ent, interest eoupons, 118 bid, 119
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
Arst mortgage 3 per cent, gold bonds, duo
1924, 110 hil, 111 asked; Central Railroad
and Banking Company collaterals ss, 94
bid, 95 -naked; Central of Georglu Railway
Arst mortgage ss, 60-year gold bonds, 118
bid, 119 asked; Central of Georgia Railway
Arst consolidated mortgage ss, 93*4 bid,
91 asked; Central of Georgia Railway
Arst preferred incomes, 40Vi bid, 41*4 asked;
Central of Georgia Railway second pre
ferred Incomes, 12*4 bill, 13',4 asked; Cen
tral ol' Georgia Railway third preferred In
comes, 6 bid, 6*4 asked; Georgia Railroad
6s, 1910, 114 bid, 116 asked; Charlotte. Co
lumbia and Augusta Arst 6.*, 106 bid, 107
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
second mortgage 7e. 117 bid, 118 asked:
Georgia Southern and Florida new ss, 109
bid, 110 asked; Soul It Georgia and Florida
second mortgage 7s, 100 hid, 101 asked;
Ocean Steamship 5 per cent, bond*, 1926,
]OS bid, 106 asked; City and Suburban
Railroad Arst mortgage 7 per cent, bonds,
102 bid, 104 asked, Alabama Midland 5 per
cent., Indorsed, 92 bid, 93 askul; Brunswick
and Western 4. SO bid, 82 asked; South
Bound Railway ss, 91*4 bid, 93 asked; Geor
gia and Alabama Arst preferred Gs, 10S
bid, IOC asked; Georgia and Alabama con
solidated ss, 100 bid, asked; Eatonton
branch, 97 bid, 100 asked; Central of Geor
gia. Middle Georgia and Atlantic division
ss, 94*4 bid, usked.
Railroad Stocks—Augusta and Savan
nah, 105'.2 bkl, 106*4 asked; Southwestern,
1033* bid, 106*4 asked; Atlanta and West
Boinl slock, 117 bid, asked; Atlanta
and West Bolnt 6 i>cr rent, certificates,
101*4 bid. 102 asked; Georgia, common, 200
bid, 203 asked.
tins Stocks—Savannah Gas Light stock,
25 bid, 26 asked; Electric Light and Power
Company, 85 hid, 90 asked.
Hunk Slocks, Etc.—Cltlxens Bnnk, lit
hid, asked; Chatham Rank, 98
bid, 100 asked; Germania Bank, 111 bid,
asked; National Bank of Savannah,
126 bid, 12S usked; (Merchants' National
Bank of Savannah, Bi*4 bid, 86 asked;
Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Company,
104*4 bid, 10544 asked; Southern Bank of
the Slate or Georgia, 127 bid, 128*4 asked;
Savannah Bank and Trust Company, ltd
bid, asked; Chatham Real Estate anil
Improvement Company, A, 53 bid, 54 ask
ed; H, 52*4 bid. 53 asked; vX-dlv. People'*
Savings and Loan Company, 93*4 bid, 94
asked.
Factory Bonds— Augusta Factory, 103
bid, 106 aafe’d; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany (is, too bid, 102 asked; Eagle and
Bhenix Mills 6 per cent, bonds, due 1928,
101',2 bid, 103 asked; Bibb Mfg. Cos., 105 bid,
110 asked.
Factory Slocks—Augusta Factory, 55
bid, 65 asked; Granltevllie Factory, 140
hid, 145 asked; Langley Factory, 100 bid,
101 asked: Enterprise Factory, common. 90
I)i<3, 94 asked; J. R. King Manufacturing
Company, 100 bid, 101 asked; Sibley Man
ufacturing Company, 70 bid, 76 asked; Sa
vannah Brewing Company, 1034 bid, 104'4
asked.
New York. Jan. 18.—Money on call was
steady at 2>4 per cent; the last loan was
at 2 [ter cent. Prime mercantile paper, 3
QJ*4 per cent. Sterling exchange firmer,
with actual business in bankers bills at
$4.83('(f4.834 for demand, nnd at *4.8264®*
4.83 for sixty days. Poted rates, *4.83®
4.83*4 and $4.86*4. Com mortal bills, $1.8144.
Silver certificates. 59*4Q60*4c. Bar silver,
59%c. Mexican dollars, 47%c. Government
bonds firmer; state bonds strong; railroad
bonds strong.
Now York, Jan. 18.—The stock market,
except for an initial heaviness in sym
pathy with London, which in turn reflect
ed the weakness of the New York closing
yesterday, made practically an uninter
rupted course upward. The gains wore
fractional in the general market, while the
Grangers and minor specialties made sub
stantial advances. Investment purchases
were very heavy and largely concentrated
In tho Grangers.
Early efforts to cause a continuance of
yesterday’s reaction lasted but a short
time, as there was no evidence of import
ant liquidations and Igmdon sales of somei
25,000 shares were well alworbed.
Commission house buying was renewed
and the shorts were forced to cover in a
nuinlier of stocks. The market was com
paratively dull in the forenoon and then
gradually increased In activity and
strength tip to the cloee. The feeling in
London improved and there were somo
purchase* oif stock for that quarter.
Ht. Paul's Increase of *144,000 gross for
ttie second week in January inspired
more confidence In that group of stock*
anil there was an increase of Western
orders to buy compared with those of tho
last day or two. which had diminished.
The possibility that Burlington might
presently refund some of its bond* on a
lower basis, thus lienefltting the stock,
which was much discussed, and Burling
ton rose 5 points.
Traders seeing the support extended to
tho market successfully bid up prloea
whenever opportunity offered. Sometime*
it was Federal Steel, other time* Sugar,
or Manhattan. There were purchases of a
number of the low itrices, including Wa
l>ash, St. lamils, Southwestern' preferred,
and Minneapolis and St. I etuis.
Among the Inactive stocks which show
ed substantial improvements were Chi
cago Great Western first preferred and
Norfolk and Western preferred. Current
rumor that Tennessee Coat and Iron was
negotiating for the sale of some of it*
property, prestimbaly some of the rail
road holdings, was accompanied by mark
ed strength In that stock.
There were a numlter of improvement
movements in tho bond trading to-day,
conspicuous among which was a rise of
B's in Fulton Elevated 6s nnd 4 points in
Burlington convertibles. The general mar
ket showed decided strength all round.
Total tales, $5,106,000. Government bonds
closed unchanged for all issues.
The total sales of stocks were 845,100
shares, Including 11,820 Atchison, 57,720 do
preferred, 32,720 Central Pacific, 94,420 Chi
cago, Burlington arid Quincy, 6,490 Ixtuis
vllle and Nashville, 38,220 Manhattan, 25,.
520 Reading first preferred, 5,700 Minne
apolis and St. Louis, 18,420 Northern Pa
cific, 10,425 do preferred, 6,530 Northwest
Terminal, 34.420 Rock Island, 14,720 I T n.ion
Pacific, 39,120 St, X’aul, 8,920 Southern Pa.
Clfic, 13,<J00 Southern Railway, 15,220 do
preferred, 7.730 Enion Pacific preferred
21.180 Wabash preferred, 5,490 Internation
al Paper, 13,290 American Tobacco, 13 60J
Bay state (las 29.850 Federal Steel, 9220
People's Gas. 55,240 Sugar, 13.320 Leather
preferred. 36.020 Tennessee Coal and Iron
New York Closing Stocks.
Atchison 21'4| St. L. ft S. w. B*4l
do pref 576*1 do do pref.... 21041
Balt. ft Ohio ... 68 [St. Paul 12664
Fan. Puc 84)41 do pref .....".Hffuf
Can. Sou 5564} St. P. ft 0m... 9744}
Cent. Psc 47t4| do do pref ... 159
Ches. ft Ohio .. 26K| St. P. .M. ft M.. 180
Oni. ft Alton .. 168',4;50. Pacific , 37
C„ U. ft Q 137*4! So. Ry, jjg