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TAUT TWO.
rj BORGIA AND ®
*UI © FLORIDA. *
GEORGIA.
Thfrf are thousands of doves in the
h ; ,,,| rie. fielcTnear Brunswick and
, hl gporism' n are taking advantage of
their presence.
The =tre< I pavement question tn Athens
J.iy been debated and settled. The
~, sti* ■is have clinched the argu
:u.,i the people will vote for the
bowls.
ej, , Mi - Carrie Tolbert has been ap
'! u ,| .. mt postmaster at Lindale, it
' | ~, 1? a certain fellow who asks
. nnil dx times a day and he never
receive- more than about one “dun” a
month.
It i- reported that there are not less
(han jo cases of small-pox in Jasper
! untv and that many have died from
! Madison authorities are in
' |j, lfr ti„ matter in order to adopt a
Bt'oi'c qua! .line, if the report be true.
Tu , ,!„y , 11 load of factory hands was
carried fr-m Cordele to Augusta to take
• -of the strikers there. The night
line of th'i mill at Cordefe closed down last
week • ' •I'lently there was quiie a large
Hum'., people thrown out ot employ
ment.
The stockholders of the Moultrie Bank
ing c'on!i’ , y met tn annual session Tues
,ln' T■' found the affairs of the bank
iii rid.! ■ • uid it ion. Besides declaring a
j-> ,', vr , , 11\ i .Mid out of the earnings of
iy.i .] ■ was carried to the surplus
Th- ,-t. k Times-Enterprise: We un
derf.n; i that Mr. Mel Hanna intends
[mil...i -i race track out at his country
pin., i which to train and Jog his fast
h,,.... - Hi. Hanna is a great lover of fine
how - .0"i hi has some of the fastest
out? in the country.
Mr. R. M Raines died at his home in
the or part of Dooly county Thursday
mou - o'clock, after a short illness
of | . i>. uia. His remains were burled
at z. 1l pic Church. Mr. Raines- was a
go.-1 .r.p .. a peaceful citizen and leaves
a -ic lives and friends who mourn
his ci 3th.
The addition to the Massachusetts mill
at Lin.it.i. near Rome will be ready for
the m: , . ry in a short while, and the
plant b . -.i and to ire in operation early
in ll„r ; i Her ;i hundred new tenement
housie itu v■ been and are being built, and
the ihi .a . of Lindale has increased
over l.iv'i since Dec. 1, 1898.
Demor. si i. lo have anew Institution of
learning to he known as the Mary J.
Ore. ee for Girls. Prof. C. C.
Sper ... : • i.r.l of the J. S. Green Col
is. located there, will serve this
one in ift,- same capacity. Work will be
h. [tut: on the college buildings as soon as
the material can be laid down.
A -fecial to ihe Morning News from
Washington says: Ed Perry and Will
Taj [or. ihe two negro convicts who are
(harred with the murder of Jep Denward
at W. J. Adams’ convict camp last Sun
day. inn i tuigned before Judge Toombs
court and hound over to the Superior
Court for the crime of murder.
Columbus Ledger: Mr. Emmett Ed
war - brought a curiosity to this office to
day in th. -hope of a young puppy without
forelegs. The puppy was the offspring of
a mix..l breed of Water Spaniel and Shep
herd, ;ui<] was out of the first litter bom
to her. The puppy was perfect in every
other w y except being entirely minus
of forelegs, the other parts of the body
bit g perfei i!y formed in every respect.
R M. Rose of Atlanta was convicted of
staling intoxicating and malt liquors on
an election day within two miles of an
election precinct Tuesday in the Fulton
Criminal Court. J. H. Spillman, W. A.
Long Joseph Jacobs, W. P. Avery, E. H.
< arroll anil Henry Potts pleaded guilty to
’eta offense as soon as the verdict
against Mr. Rose was read by the solici
” ’ tees will be appealed to the Su
preme Court at once.
stockholders of the Barnesville Man
lunn? Company held their annual
meeting there Wednesday. This is the
argest enterprise in Barnesville, being
J ” a ' eott<*i mill. The reports
ne officers were very gratifying, show
m*' 10 ke * n the most prosperous
of , ' 10 " since Its organization. The board
tent'* " S <^ a dividend of 8 per
and s','? oommon and preferred stock,
the , a handsome surplus from
operations of 3S9S.
~ournal:n al: Mr. H. A. Boyd, with
1 t. four mules and a T£xas pony,
en rnm'"" "*f h Marietta Sunday morning,,
left ,-orß y‘h county, Georgia. He
asn wii K county, Texas, six weeks
ah, ls tf ‘am. His family came
Carter?'" i m , on th 0 train and got off at
v,.,.. ' R°y<l left this section eight
TANARUS, ( u " became dissatisfied with
now' V?, has r turned to Georgia, but
is,, , " unding in Georgia, he says he
lih, ' lo Texas. There is nothing
11 'V one’s life traveling.
. I! ! 10-day of Marlon Winter, an
old negro m
0 , ( Marion county, on the charge
H cv counterfeit money, brings to
uue ease. A few days ago
a r , ' ~ ‘°ins mode their appear
eoii . I ' a ' lsta . Winter’s home. The
Win th?.' w S ‘ at 2? money, were dated
new , They were suspiciously
them, ,", honks refused to take
tlev. ; 1 118 to an investigation. It
Bpons,:,j, f f , f h iflter Was the m n re-
O' circulation of the new
'V;i"nd his arrest ensued,
try ,;., rk , unsophisticated looking oun
■ u s ays that some of the
tki: : . , him by his father, and
11, , , *.,| some when a young man.
at lb , a " a ? ,r> feserve it for old
o j.u i bright half dollars In a
•••!.,i .• . under his house. With
“hd U K ( ' he needed the money
dUi °'u.v o.' t uu U in to hi t 8 ro t^e ßUre the °‘ her
E, Mod, y™?* 7
to n vi l^or factory is preparing
Wiihin- Jacks °hville to Tampa. The
m*n. -u are being packed for ship-
Jlofnmg ffetojS.
The heaviest rainfall ever known around
Jasper occurred on Monday afternoon.
About three inches fell in less than three
hours.
Alexander Maleom Smith was united in
marriage to Miss Mamie Sparkman at Ar
cadia on Sunday at the home of the bride's
parents. Rev. W. D. Mahon performed
the ceremony.
The assistant internal revenue collector
was in Gainesville this week and pulled a
number of the business men of Gainesville
for the war tax. Brokers were asked to
pay $lO, a tax none them had before
thought of.
The strawberry shippers of Plant City
are netting quite good prices for their fruit.
First regular sales are said to have
brought $1.25 per quart gross, others sold
at SI.OO per quart, which prices, if contin
ued, will be paying very well indeed.
Gainesville Sun: Dr. Gordon Dupuis,
son of Judge Dupuis of Alachua, will re
turn home from Kentucky Sunday with his
bride, who is one of the accomplished
daughters of the Blue Grass state. The
Judge will tender a big dinner to.the happy
couple Sunday in honor of their union.
Gen. Julio Sanguilly, the Cuban army of
ficer, who was ordered by the military gov
ernor of Havana to keep out of that city,
is still at the Tampa Bay Hotel. He has
not yet announced when he will start from
Tampa to Washington to make complaint
regarding the manner in which he was
treated.
Orange county has in her public schools
about 160 teachers. Wages range from
$11.25 losloo per month. The disbursements
of the county school board for the month
ending Jan. 3, reach the aggregate sum
of $5,047.48. This Includes salary of county
superintendent and wages and expenses of
the county board.
Church officers of nearly every church
in Gainesville report that they are experi
encing more difficulty this year in raising
money for current expenses than, for the
past several years. Nearly all of them
have been canvassing among church mem
bers the past few weeks and have found
it an up-hill business.
George C. Floyd, well known throughout
the entire state of Florida, has been se
lected by the Florida East Coast Rail
way to personally conduct the Jackson
ville business men upon the excursion to
Havana and return. The excursionists will
leave next Sunday, returning to Jackson
ville on Saturday, Jan. 28.
Earl, the young son of W. D. Mcßae of
Lakeland, has been suffering for ten days
from a severe attack of tetanus, caused
from stepping on a rusty nail, about two
weeks previous to the attack. Dr. H. H.
Henly hag been treating the little suf
ferer, and the improvement in his condi
tion is now so marked as to Justify a
hope for his recovery.
William Ramage, formerly of New York
state, was found dead in his
house about two miles east
of Hampton on Friday morn
ing last, and was buried at the Methodist
cemetery Friday afternoon. The burial
rites were administered by a Catholic
priest from Gainesville. The cause of his
death was cancer of the face and nose.
The Ocala Rifles, at their meeting Mon
day night, made requisition for guns, uni
forms, tents, etc., needed to equip fifty
men. The announcement of Capt. David
son’s resignation caused unusual regret,
but, upon urgent request, he agreed to re
main until the company was thoroughly
organized. Lieuts. Sam Birdsey and Ern
est Roberts also tendered their resigna
tions, but the boys would not hear to it,
and so they consented to remain.
Stephen Milton, a negro boy about 17
years of age, went to the house of Bob
Coleman, another negro at Williston on
Monday morning, and, finding Coleman
and his wife away, engaged the children
of the family in talk. At the end of a
few minutes he pulled a pistol from his
pocket, shot David Coleman, a lad of
about his own age, in the left breast, kill
ing him almost instantly. Then he fled to
the Wacahosta hammock, where he is in
hiding.
Gainesville Sun: There is less wrangling
in Florida over politics than ever before,
and the beneficial effect of a cessation of
hostilities between contending factions is
plainly discernable in ail parts of the
state. The people have apparently come
to the conclusion that there is a great deal
of nonsense in permitting themselves to
become divided and distracted over the
claims of this, that or the other candidate
for United Slates senator or any other of
fice. A cool, calm and reasonable policy
will not disturb the business interests of
the state, and will do more to secure the
services of a competent man for United
States senator than any other policy that
ceu.d be pursued.
Will Hun Thriiikli Washington.
Washington, Ga., Jan. 19.—The Seaboard
and Gulf Rahroad, which is projected
from Anderson, S. C., to Carajpellc, is to
come by Washington, and the people here
are very much inti rested in the success
of (he project, as it will put the (own on
a regular trunk line and g.ve it advantage
ous connections with the West. The pro
ject is backed by some of the state’s best
known business men, and it will be a most
valuable piece of railroad property when
completed.
TnllnlmsHee News Notes.
Tallahassee, Fla., Jan. 19.—C. B. Smith,
editor of the Jasper News, has been elect
ed first lieutenant of the Jasper Blues.
Twenty-seven members of the Island
City Guards. Key West, who enlisted in
the state troops for the purpose of en
tering the service of the United States
for the recent war, have been honorably
discharged.
The Jasper Blues report eighteen new en
listments. _
—"Excuse me, sir,” said Barker to a
boorish traveler, "but what Is your busi
ness 7”
”1 am a gentleman, sir—that’s my busi
ness.”
"Ah,” said Barker, "I see. You are fak
ing a holiday.”—Tit-Bits.
SAVANNAH. GA.. FBI DA V. JANUARY 20. IS!)!).
FORETOLD BY THE PARROTS.
THE FEATHERED EARTHQI AKE
SHARPS IN l ATEMALA.
Excitement Among tlie Birds .lust
Before tlie Shock Cniue —Respeet
inspired in Native* by Their Deal
tug* With Satan—A Forest Duel
Between Parrots.
From the New York Sun.
“You had best-not ride the black mule
10-day, Do.i Carlos," said the old Indian
on the Guatemalan coffee finca to the
young American. The latter was prepar
ing to take a nine-mile ride to the post
office and return before the noon break
fast. “There is going to be a bad earth
quake,” the Indian continued, "and the
mule will be frightened to death. Take the
little instead.”
“Don't you think 1 can manage the mule?
I’m not afraid of her,” replied Don Car
los.
“It's not that, senor. If the quake comes
when the mule is tied, she will break away
for certan. Nothing will hold her, and I
know there is going to be a big earth
quake.”
"How do you know that, Manuel? Did
the spirit in the Takana volcano inform
you or are you a good guesser on the , üb
jecl?” asked Don Carlos incredulously.
"Are you an earthquake expert?”
"The parrots have been making much
noise this morning, Don Carlos. I know
there will be an earthquake, and a bigger
one than usual. The parrots always raise
such a rumpus when a heavy one is com
ing. You will see I am right, senor.”
The parrots had been keeping up a ter
rible racket ever since daybreak that morn
ing, so much so that Don Alejandro, whose
English b!6od had resented deeply their in
trusion on his plantation without permis
sion, had risen wrathfully in his pajamas
and fired a load of shot at the birds near
est the house. This only had the effect
of driving them to a safer distance in the
tops of the tall, sentinel-like trees scat
tered sparsely among the coffee plants.
From these points of vantage they jeered
and hooted at Don Alejandro for an hour
or more in the native parrot language. The
parrots were wild and knew not the speech
of man—only such profanity as was direct
ed at their heads on account of their noise
and clamor. They made such a discord,
flying from one tree to another an! tell
ing their stories in harsh, strident tones,
that sleep was out of the question. Don
Alejandro was forced to forego his morn
ing nap. He therefore got under the re
freshing shower bath and ordered the
morning cup of coffee, with the slice of
bread accompaniment, which in the trop
ics does for breakfast.
Don Alejandro and Don Carlos drank
their coffee and then the younger man
orderer the mule saddled. He took the
advice of Manuel and rode the steady
mule. The parrots must have had some
sort of a tip after all. Don Carlos had
ridden scarcely two-third of the nine miles
when the earthquake came and proved
to be a big one. It was, Indeed, much
worse than the imaginary earthquake
seemed to oe on the night when the big
house dog sneaked under the lone bed,
and, rising, made the sleeper think the
world was coming to an end. This time
the quake was so pronounced that the
pools of muddy water in the road—it was
in the rainy season—were greatly agitat
ed. The mule spread her legs apart tike
the supports of a particularly bow-legged
dachshund and waited until the thing was
over. The animal swayed and rocked un
der Don Carlos as if she had been a
ship In a heavy sea. When the quaking
had ceased, the mule gave a sigh of relief,
a snort, anil proceeded. All the time the
parrots had been flying overhead, shouting
out in their jarring, discordant tones, “1
told you so! I told you so!”
Don Carlos scratched his head and mar
veled. “I wonder how those birds knew
what was coming,” he said, to himse.f
"They must be in league with Old Nick.”
In Guatemala the parrots have much
the same reputation among the natives as
the blue jays possess among the negroes
of the states. Like the jays, they are
popularly supposed to have private deal
ings with satan. On this account they
are respected to a certain extent. Though
the Indians and country people are fond
of making pets of them they seldom kill
the birds. The most sought after are not
the pure green, but those with yellow or
red marks on the neck and crest. From
being feathered boiler factories in sound
when in their wild state, they become
honey-voiced creatures when tamed and
educated. They lisp In the soft melliflu
ous Spanish tongue, with the accent of
the pure Castilian. They even shrug what
shoulders they have in keeping with this.
When one of them is told, "Actios, chico”
(good-by, little one), it will respond quick
ly and cheerfully with “Ad ce. Senor
hueno,” followed by a siring of felicities a
yard long with, as fitting ending, a kiss,
which expresses the essence of bliss.
The parrots of Guatemala are something
of birds of passage and pleasure. In the
early morning they can he seen flying
from the lowlands, where t hey make
their roosting places, to the high ground.
They frequent the coffee flneas situated
at an elevation of from 2,0 X) to 4.000 feet
above the sea level, in the day. They
feed on bananas, plantains, and other
fruits. Always cheerful, ever restless,
they skip from one to another of the tad
tiers, enjoying ( thfmselves by shinning up
in true, parrot style the smooth, white
shafts of the tropical forests. They fin
ish up their business in the highlands reg
ularly about an hour before the sun sets.
Then they depart, never singly, but in
couples or flocks of six or seven, for their
roosting places further down, where it
is warmer at night. They fly high, re
sembling somewhat pigeons on the wing,
but not moving so swiftly. While in
flight they utter their accustom,d cries.
So regular are the parrots in their com
ings and goings that the native keep the
time of day by them. If an Indian Is ask
ed the hour in the early morning, he will
respond:
“It is not much after sunrise, senor.
The parrots have not long come.” If at
noon, or thereabouts, he will say: "It
must be midday, senor. The parrots are
quiet.” Like the rest of the inhabitants
of the country who can do so, the parrots
take a siesta at noon. At any rate, they
are silent.
It was the writer’s fortune to witness a
novel conflict In the heart of a Guate
malan forest between two parrots. It was
in the afternoon, and the long wait for a
deer, which never came, by the side of a
mountain stream had been fatiguing.. It
was warm in the forest. On one side of
the stand a little river rippled over the
stones. Save for the drone always neard
in such a place, the occasional chirp of
an insect, the rustle of an animal, prob
ably a peccary, in' the foliage, ad was
still. The gigantic ferns and vines mat
ted together effectually concealed the
watcher, as he leaned his back against the
smooth, white trunk of a tree, which ran
straight up in the air, without a limb,
for seventy-five or eighty feet. The
hunter had almost fallen asleep. Sudden
ly, screaming shrilly and fiercely, two t>ar
rots darted out from the surrounding foli
age, apparently so intent cn their quarrel
as to be totally unaware of tie presence
of a man. Up and down, around the trie,
first one in pursuit then the other, they
flew with feathers ruffled and every evi
dence of parrot rage. Several times they
van shed into ihe dark depths of the for
est, their cries growing falnier and fainter.
Then as quickly they appeared, and the
chase about the white lody of the tree
began again.
Apparently with one accord the two birds
alighted. They were tine specimens, both
males, from their brilliant plumage and
their size. The deer forgotten, the hunter
watched the two contestants. They rested
wiihin a fool or so of one another, bills
open and neck feathers ruffled, like two
gamecocks. Then, as if sparring for an
opening, they advanced on one another.
Feathers flew, and both retreated. They
were too tired from their efforts to utter
more than an occasional cry. As quick as
a flash one darted at the other, seizing its
neck In the powerful beak. There was a
snip, like that of a pair of shears through
a thick piece of cloth. With its neck hang
ing limp and striving to retain a foothold
by one clan, the injured bird fluttered tb
the ground, catching here and there an
outstretched branch or vine tendril. With
a cry of triumph the victor flew swiftly
into the forest and was gone. When ex
amined the dead bird was found to have
had its neck almost severed. Those who
have experienced the force of a bite from
the strong bill of one of the birds can
recognize how readily the feathered con
querer disposed of Us rival. Asa genera!
thing the Guatemalan parrot is considered
to have an excellent disposition, compared
with those of some <*f the other Central
American states. It is asserted, however,
that such conflicts are not infrequent
among them.
The best parrots on the Pacific coast, at
least from Panama to San Francisco, are
said to come from Corinto, Nicaragua.
Every north-bound steamer which stops
at that port takes on board dozens of the
birds. The occupants of the forecastle do
considerable speculation in that line, dis
posing of the birds in San Francisco at
200 or 300 per cent, above their cost price
In silver or tin money. It was this which
led a traveler on a ship to San Francisco
to remark sapiently that after leaving Co
rinto there were far more parrots aboard
than passengers.
The birds build their nests in hollow
trees, and they must be taken young in
order to be properly educated for pete. No
parrot having attained its majority with
out having become acquainted with a hu
man can be tamed.
BOUNCER FOR ROOSEVELT.
Rongli Rider From Arizona Wanted
to Re Official Thrower-Oat.
From the New York Press,
Albany, Jan. 17.—“ Happy Jack” Ari
zona, is one of the names in Gov. Roose
velt's registry for visitors, which is kept
in the entrance to the exeeutice chamber.
Happy Jack” was asked what his real
name was.
"That’s all I know,” he replied.
He was one of the most daring of Roose
velt’s Rough Riders, and after his co.onel
was inaugurated Governor he came to Al
bany to “get a job.” The Governor asked
him what kind of a place he wanted. He
replied at first that he would like a clerk
ship in some department, or anything like
that, so he could earn an honest Jiving.
But on a second visit he said to the Gov
ernor:
"I know what I want. I want to be vour
bouncer-out, right here in your office. You
know me.”
That was too much for Gov. Roosevelt,
who knew “Happy Jack’s" characteristics!
He is a born fighter, was the middle-weight
champion pugilist of Arizona, and was one
of the crack shots among the Rough Rid
ers. Whenever he could not agree with a
man, the only argument he would give him
was a fight.
Visions of some machine boss, an argu
mentative senator of the head of a state
department flying through the door of the
executive chamber, assisted by “Happy
Jack” as bouncer-out, arose before the
Governor, and he had to laugh, despite the
dignity of his office. But tie has decided
that “Happy Jack" might become too use
ful as a bouncer-out. and instead of mak
ing a shooting gallery out of the executive
chamber he has got his Arizona admirer
a Job as brakeman on Chauncey M. De
pew's New York Central Railroad.
When the Rough Riders reached Cuoa,
“Happy Jack" wanted to get into action at
once, and when orders came for the troop
to wait awhile, he exclaimed:
“Now we re on the same island with the
Spaniards, why in hell don't we start in
anil liqk ’em?”
He got his chance later.
1,000 MILES TO GRIP HANNA’S HAND
Neliranknn Surprise* Senator liy
Tcllinw of Hi* Long Journey.
From the New York World.
Washington, Jan. 17.—A tall man from
Nebraska, wearing ,ong hair and a closely
cropped, wiry beard, dressed In the garb
of a countryman, sent his card into Sen
ator Hanna to-day. The! Ohio senator,
who never turns any one away, invited
him into the marble room. This U the
conversation that fo.lowed:
"Are you Mr. Hanna?”
“Yes," replied the Ohio senator, as he
looked his caller over with a searching
eye. “What can I do for you?”
The visitor chuckled, extended his hand
and said:
"Nothing, sir. I have come all the way
from Nebraska to shake hands with you.
I don't want anything ,but your hand."
Hanna shook the Nebraskan’s hand ap
parently flattered by the honor the man
had bestowed upon him, and the two sat
talking for several minutes.
Death of Roht. L. McAteer.
High Springs, Fla., Jan. 19.—Robert Lee
McAteer, division road master of the Plant
System, died here yesterday of tubular
meningitis. He was unconscious during
the day, and death came without con
sciousness begin regatped. The remains
will be carried to Leesburg, accompanied
by. a large delegation from the High
Lodge Knights of Pythias and railroad
officials, for Interment.
HOLIDAY MARKETS.
LOCAL HOI.IDA V CAUSES qIiET
TRANSACTIONS IN BUSINESS.
The Local Bnslnex* of the Cotton 11*-
eltange Suspended—The Board of
Trade Closed—\Vholesale Market*
tfuiet and Steady.
Savannah, Jan. 19.—The observance of
Lee’s birthday interfered to n considerable
degree with the regular business of the
city to-day. The Cotton 'Exchange and
Board of Trade were closed. Transactions
in cotton and naval stores were not report
ed. The wholesale markets wore steady,
with a fair amount of orders from the
country to he attended to. The regular
telegraphic markets were received and
are published Itelow;
COTTON.
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports—
Receipts this day 15,917
This day last year 24,07 j
This day year before lost 34.673
Receipts past six days 173.155
Same days last year 197.13(1
Same days year before last 112.cii
Total receipts since Sept. 1, 189S. .6. It'B.ti64
Same lime last year 6,262,271
Same time year Itefore last 5,342.706
Slock at the ports to-day 1,140,565
Stock same day last year 1,301,99s
Daily Movements at Other Pons—
Galveston—Quiet; middling, s'; net re
ceipts, 3,052; gross, 3,052; sales, 854; stock,
271,140.
New Orleans—Steady; middling, 5 7*16;
net receipts, 4,943; gross, 4,943; sales, 5,450;
stock, 469,262.
Mobile—Firm; middling, 5 5-16; net re
ceipts, 610; gross, 610; sales, 1,20t>; stock,
34,050.
Charleston—Firm; middling, 5'4; net te
ceipts, 319; gross. 319; stock, 24,586.
Wilmington—Holiday; stock, 18,549.
Norfolk—Holiday; net receipts, 1,558;
gross, 1,358; stock, 34,310.
Baltimore—Nominal; middling, 6; gross,
3,330; slock, 36,470.
New York—Firm; middling, 614; net re
ceipts. 116; gross, 8,132; sales, 765; stole,
103,803.
Boston—Steady; middling, net re
ceipts, 2,109; gross, 2,333.
Philadelphia—Firm; middling, 6%; net re
ceipts, 352; gross, 352; stock, 8,590.
Savannah —Receipts, 3.WS.
Daily Movements at Interior Towns—
Augusta—Steady; middling, 6; net re
ceipts, 161; gross, 186; sales, 805; stock,
47,429.
Memphis—Firm; middling, 514; net re
ceipts, 1,294; gross, 1,674; stock, 135,946.
St. Louis—Firm; middling, 5 9-16; net re
ceipts, 618; gross, 4,944; sales, 1,6C0' slock,
81,641.
Cincinnati—Firm; middling, 54; net re
ceipts, 1,753; gross, 1,753; stock, 16,592,
Houston —Firm; middling, 0 5-16; net re
ceipts, 3,603; gross, 3,603; sales, 175; stock,
171,314.
Louisville—Firm; middling, 5%.
Exports of Cotton This Day—
Galveston—To Great Britain, 6,501; con
tinent, 8,036; coastwise, 9,494.
New Orleans—To Great Britain, 5,000;
continent, 6.100.
Mobile—Coastwise, 100.
Charleston—To the continent, 2,280.
Norfolk—To the continent, 400; coast
wise, 1,489.
New York—To Great Britain, 508.
Total foreign exports to all |s>rts this
day: To Great Brituin, 11,000; to the con
tinent, 16,717.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week: To Great Britain, 84,172; to
France, 13,810; to the continent, 75,150.
Total foreign exports since Sept. 1, 1898.
To Great Britain, 2,539,005; to France, 545,-
512; to ihe continent, 1,765,782.
Liverpool, Jan. 19.—Cotton, spot, active
business; prices l-16d higher. American
middling fair, 3 23-32d; good middling,
3%d; middling, 33-16 J; low middling, 3d;
good ordinary, 213-16d; ordinary, 2-%d, The
sales of the day were 15,000 bales, of which
3,000 bales were for speculation add ex
port, and included 14,100 bales American.
Receipts, 45,000 bales, Including 35,300 bales
Americans.
Futures opened steady with a fair de
mand and closed steady at the advance.
American middling, low middling clause,
January, 3.09®3.10d sellers; Januafy-Feb
ruary, 3.097/3.10d sellers; February-Mareh,
3.097/3.10/1 sellers; March-April, 3.107)3.1 id
sellers; April-May, 3.11d buyers; Mny-June,
3.12d buyers; June-July, 3.13d buyers; July-
August, 3.lid buyers; August*S< ptomber.
3.14Q3.15d sellers; September-October, 3.14
@3.15d buyers; October-November, 3.15d
value; November-Decetnbf r, 3.15d buyers.
New York, Jan. 19.—The cotton market
again took a higher level and showed
well sustained, If not greater activity. The
leading bullish impulses were the strong
cables and smaller receipts. It was ex
pected that the market would open high
er than it did; but some of the smaller
local longs took advantage of the strong
situation to liquidate, and the selling by
this class, added to some outside disposi
tion to realize, checked Ihe advance on
the opening call at 4(q6 points. Later bus
iness increased the advance 74/9 points, the
higher extreme being confined to Decem
ber contracts. August came within one
point of selling at 6c, hut at 5.99 c there
was a selling movement that turned the
market a little; a reaction of 24/4 points
followed.
On the whole, the feeling throughout the
session remained bullish. Without quota
ble advance the market for spot cotton
showed positive firmness In the local mar
ket and a)so in the leading markets of the
cotton heir, which were from firm at
unchanged quotations to 'Ac higher. Thera
was no let up in the reports from Ameri
can spinners and from spinners indica
tive of encouraging present and prospec
tive conditions. New Orleans and other
Southern markets sent in buying orders.
In the afternoon Ihe market was less en
ergetic. Cautious local traders were In
clined to take profits, and outside support
had a subsiding tendency with the market
finally steady at a net goin of 41/7 points.
N-w York, Jan, 19, noon.—Cotton futures
opened firm. January, 5.80 c; February,
5.82 c; March, 5.84 c; April, 5.86 c; May, 5.90 c;
June, 5.94 c; July. 5.96 c; August, 5.98 c; Oc
tober, 5.89 c; December, 5.94 c.
New York, Jan. 19, 4 p. m.—Futures clos
ed steady; January, 5.84 c; February, 5.81 c;
March, 5.83 c; April, 5.86 c; May, 5.89 c; June,
0.91 c; July, 5.93 c; August, 6.96 c; September,
5.90 c; October, 5.91 c; November, 5.91; De
cember, 6.93 e.
New York, Jan. 19.—Hubbard Bros & Cos.
say of cotton; "Though European houses
have been sellers here, Liverpool prompt
ly advanced, in answer to our Improve
ment of yesterday, closing steady at the
best prices. Realizing by the local longs j
and continued outside buying was the
features at the opening, with the selling
noted for foreign account. Receipts at the
ports arc very light, though some of the
interior points show a slight Increase over
[%'"• ■ i< tho gh, as aml , t hej are lei ■
There seemed to be a large number of
August for salt- on the basis of 5.99 c and
tic, which demand could noi be absorbed
during the morning session. Wall street
was not so marked is >, i rday, but there
was little pressure from any source, bocal
traders feared the statement of Blverpool
stocks to-morrow would prevent any ma
terial advance there, and a portion of the
realizing was caused by this feature. At
the close Liverpool was again the seller,
which leads the trade to oxitcct higher
iu'li to-morrow from abroad, as the
South Is not making offers for shipment to
thru market on a basis."
nnr tainns.
New York, Jan. ID.—The tone of the
cotton pools division of the dry goods
ni. rket continues gen* ral'y strong. No
further advances tit prices are recorded,
•but previous advices are fully maintained.
The demand was not spirited, but of av
erage proportions. Jobbers arc reported
doing a good business, and their re-orders
numerous for quick shipments of moder
ate quantities.
YA V 41. S'l'OltF.H.
Charleston, R. CV, Jan. ID—Turpentine,
market lirm at 42r; sales non-. Hosin
firm and unchanged; sales none.
Wilmington, N. C., Jan. 19.—N0 naval
stores; holiday.
New York, Jan. 19.—Rosin quiet; strain
ed. common to good, t1..1.V((1.37Vb. Turpen
tine dull and easy, Tin tic.
riSAMIUI,
Money-Market steady.
Foreign Exchange The market Is
steady. The following are the Savannah
quotations; Commercial, demand. $4.81';,;
sixty days, $1.84%; ninety days. $4.80%;
francs, Paris and Havre, sixty days, 5.23% ;
Swiss, sixty days, 5.29%; marks, sixty
days, 93 13-16.
Domestic Exchange—Steady; banks nr.,
buying at par and selling as follows;
Amounts up to $25, 10 cents; $25 to SSO ]5
cents; SSO to SIOO, 20 cents; S2OO | SW(
per cent, premium; $2K> to SI,OOO nt ' H pe r
cent, premium; *I,OOO and over, $t pep $t _
000.
Securities—The market tone is steady
anti the demand is excellent.
Stocks and Honda-State Ixmds—Georgia
3% per cent, bonds of 1930, lit) bid, 111 ask
ed; Georgia 3% per cent., due 1915,
bid, asked; Georgia 1% per cent, bonds
1915, 121 bid, 122 asked; Georgia 1 per cent,'
due 1920, 116 bid, 119 asked; South Carolina
4%5, 115 bid, 116 asked.
City Bonds—Atlanta 4% per cent., 1923
106 bid, asked; Augusta 3%, 1928, kjjC
bill, 102 asked; Augusta 4%5, 1925, 107 bid
108 asked; Augusta 7 per cent., ill bid, 112
asked; Augusta 6 per cent., 11l bid, 113
asked; Columbus 5 per cent., 107 bid, 10s
asked; Macon 6 per cent., 115 bid, ask
ed; Macon 4%5, 1926, 105 bid, asked; Sa
vannah 5 per cent., quarterly April cou
pons, 112 bid, 113 asked; Savannah 5 per
cent, quarterly February commons, 112%
bid, 113 asked; Charleston 4s, 100 bid, 101
asked.
Railroad Ronds Savannah, Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds
6 per cent, interest coupons, 118 bid, 119
asked; Savannah, Florida und Western
first mortgage 5 t r cent, grid bonds, due
1924, 110 bid, 111 asked; Central Railroad
and Banking Company collaterals ss, 94
bid, 95 asked; Central of Georgia Railway
first mortgage ss, 50-year gold bonds, 118
bid, 119 asked; Central of Georgia Railway
first consolidated mortgage ss, 93% bid,
94 asked; Central of Georgia Railway
first preferred incomes, 40% bid, 41% asked;
Central of Georgia Railway second pre
ferred income?, 12% bid, 13% asked: Cen
tral of Georgia Railway third preferted in
comes, 6 bid, 6% asked; Georgia Railroad
6s, 1910, 114 bid, 116 asked; Charlotte, Co
lumbia and Augusta first ss, 106 bid, 107
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
second mortgage 7s, 117 bid, 118 tiski-1;
Georgia Southern and Florida new ss, lu9
bid, ill) asked; South Georgia and Florida
second mortgage 7s, 'OO bid, 101 asked;
Ocean Steamship 5 per cent, bonds, 1926,
105 bid, 106 asked; City and Suburban
Railroad first mortgage 7 tier ceni. bonds,
102 bid, 104 asked; Alabama Midland 5 per
cent., Indorsed. 92 hid, 95 asked; Brunswick
and Western 4s, 80 bid, 82 asked; South
Bound Railway ss, 91% bid, 93 asked; Geor
gia and Alabama first preferred ss, 105
bid, 106 asked; Georgia and Alabama con
solidated ss, 100 bid, asked; Eatonton
branch, 97 bid, 100 asked; Centrft! of Geor
gia, Middle Georgia and Atlantic division
ss, 94% bid, asked.
Railroad Stocks—Augusta and Savan
nah, 106% bid, 109% asked; Southwestern,
11)5% bid, llfi’A asked; Atlanta and West
Point slock, 117 bid, asked; Atlanta
and West Point 6 per cent, certificates,
101% hid, 102 asked; Georgia, common, 200
bid, 203 asked.
Gas Stocks—Savannah Gas Bight stock,
25 bid, 20 asked; Electric Bight and Power
Company, 85 bid, 90 asked.
Bank Slocks, Etc.—Citizens Bank, 111
bid, asked; Chatham Bank, 98
bid, 100 asked; Germania Bank. 11l bid,
asked; National Bank of Savannah,
J 26 bid. 128 asked; Merchants' Naitonal
Bank of Savannah, 84% bid, 86 asked;
Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Company,
104% bid, 105% asked; Southern Bank of
the State of Georgia, 127 bid, 128% asked;
Savannah Bank and Trust Company, 104
bl'i, raked: Chatham Real Estate and
Improvement Company, A, 53 bid, 54 ask
cd; ft, 52% bid, 53 asked; ex-d!v. People's
Savings and Eoan Company, 93% bid, 94
asked.
Factory Bonds—Augusta Factory, 105
bid, 106 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany 6s, 100 bid, 102 asked; Eagle and
Phenix Mills 6 per cent, bonds, due 1928,
101% bid, 103 asked; Bibb Mfg. Cos.. 105 bid,
110 asked.
Factory Stocks—Augusta Factory, 55
bid, 65 asked; Granitevißo Factory, 140
bid, 145 asked; Bangley Factory, 100 bid,
101 asked; Enterprise Factory, common, 90
bid, 94 asked; J. R. King Manufacturing
Company, 100 bid, 101 asked; Sibley Man
ufacturing Company, 70 bid, 76 asked; Sa
vannah Brewing Company, 103% bid, 104%
asked.
New York. Jan. 19.—Money on call was
steady at 2(ft3 per cent; the last loan was
at 3 p< r cent. Prime mercantile pal>er,
3tfr3% per cent. Sterling exchange firm,
with actual business In bankers bills at
$4.84%fi'4.55 for demand, and at $1.82%tr4.83
for 60 days. Posted rales, $4,83ifi4,53% and
$4.85%. Commercial bills, $4.82®4.82%. Silver
ccrtiilcatc-s, 59%'ff60%c. Bar silver, 59% c.
Mexican dollars, 47%e. Government bonds
firm; stale bonds Inactive; railroud bonds
strong.
New York, Jan. 19.—The stock market
was strong and active all day, except for
a realizing movement around delivery
hour, when prices receded about 1 point
In many stocks, but toward the close pick
ed up sharply, and the closing was strong
with material net gains in all the leading
shares. The volume of business was above
the million-share mark, and Bondon, after
being a seller for a long time, to-day re
PAGES 9 TO 10.
versed her position, and purchased about
35,000 shares. Following the example of
the Imperial Bank of Germany, the Bank
of England reduced Its rate of discount.
A continuance of easy money conditions
here was another factor in the confidence
shown to-day. The Grangers made new
high record prices for the current move
ment, and the average price of activity
shares was also the highest. The strong
Bondon tone encouraged a high opening
lure, and there was a large accumula
tion of buying orders over night, the short
Inter* st was compelled to retreat in many
stocks. There was heavy realizing at the
advance, but the stocks sold were well
taken, anti the market broadened out.
The greatest activity anil strength was
shown by Manhattan, Burlington, St. Paul,
RtiK.it, Atchison preferred, Reading first
preferred, and Northern and Union Pa
cifies. The advance in Sugar was credited
to a rounding up of the shorts. The ad
vance In Burlington seemed to be accepted
as meaning that something was under
consideration in regard to a refunding
scheme, although negotiations under way
were said to apply to the Issue of only a
small amount of bonds. The Interests con
cerned were non-committal and there was
no definite development one way or the
other.
The advance In Manhattan was accom
panied by a story connecting the name of
a large outside interest as likely to take
part in the financing of electrically equip
ping the road, but the denials of this were
emphatic as hitherto.
The increase In the Omaha dividend of
1% per cent, seemed to have been discount
ed, as the stock was Inactive after the an
nouncement. and then dipped In sympathy
w ith the realizing mov< ment In the rest
of the market. Favorable earnings for the
second week In January lent strength to
.Bou Is vi lie.
Bake Erie and Western stocks advanced
on covering by the short Interests. The
preferred advanced 6%, and the common
2% on the dissemination of rumors of a
deal with the Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chi
eag anil St. lauds. The rumor of the pros
pective retirement of the Minneapolis, St.
Bonis first preferred stock resulted in an
advance In (he second preferred stock of
over 3 points. There was an advance lfx
mo-r of the Gould propcriles, some of
which have been inactive of late, Manhat
tan rising 4 : % and Missouri Pacific 2 points.
Among the investment stocks, New York
Central rose 1% points. There was con
siderable liquidation In the Kansas, Pitts
burg and Gulf slocks and bends.
Tho bond market showed relatively more
activity than the stock speculation, mark
id advances wore scored all around, with
the undertone aggressively strong. United
State s 5s registered advance % In the bid
price.
The total sales of slocks were 1,070,800
shares, including 33,820 Atchison, 75,000
Atchison preferred, 15,560 Central Pacific,
50,(20 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, 6,170
Illinois Central. 36,620 BoulsvlUe and Nash
ville, 44,860 Manhattan, 33,600 Reading first
preferred, 19,000 Missouri Pacific, 13,320 New
York Central, 7,200 North American Com
pany, 53,400 Northern Pacific, 43,900 North
ern Pacific preferred, 7,720 Rending, 40,820
Rock Island, 23,060 Union Pacific, 31,820 St.
Paul, 8.452 St. Paul and Omaha, 4M70
Southern Pacific, 18,220 Southern Railroad,
13,820 Southern Radio,id preferred, 46,075
Union Pacific preferred, 10,600 American
Cotton Oil, 6,350 Bay State Gas, 8,202 Amer
ican Tobacco, 29,920 Federal Steel, 8,200
Fed* ral Steel preferred, 11,920 People’* Gas,
23,100 Brooklyn Transit, 68,620 Sugar, 31,-
220 Tennessee Coal and Iron, 18,820 Beather
preferred, 5,385 Rubber, 6,825 Chicago Great
Western.
New York Closing Stocks.
Atchison 22%| do do pref tWI
do pref 59 j do do 2d pref.. 35%
B. A- Ohio 68 | St. B. & S. W„ 8%
Can. Pacific 84%| do do pref .... 21%
Can. Southern . 55%|8t. Paul 127%
Cent. Pacific ... 47%| do pref 167
C. & Ohio 26% St. P. & 0ra.... 98%
Chi. & A1t0n...169%[ do do pref 169
Chi., B. & Q... .139%; St P., M. & M.IBO
Chi. & E. 111. .. G4%jSo. Pacific 37%
dp pref lll%jSo. Railway .... 18%
Chi. G. W 16%| do pref 48%
Chi., I. & 1t.... 9 | Tex. A Pacific .. 17%
iie do pref .... 30 | Union Pacific ... 46%
Chi. & N. VV. ~147%| do pref 74%
do pref 188 jU. P. D. & G... 12%
C. C. C. & St. | Wabash 8%
1 46%i do pref ..T 23%
do do pref 94%| W. A B. E 6%
Del. A Hudson.ll2 j do do pref .... 26%
Del.. B. & W.... 155 | Adams Ex. 106%
Den. A R. 0.... 20%| Am. Express ...1M
do pref 71%; United States
Erie (new) 15%| Wells Fargo ....127
do Ist pref ... 40%. Am. Cot. Oil .... S%
Fort Wayne ....182 | do pref 89%
Gt. Nor-pref ~163%|Am. Spirits ....13%
Hock. Valley .. 2%| do pref 36%
Illinois Central. 117 |Am. Tobacco ..148%
B. E. & W 19 j do pref 137
do do pref .... 68 j Cons. Gag 189%
Lake Shore 199 |Com. Cable C 0.175
B. & N 67 | Col F. & Iron.. 34%
Manhattan B. .112741 do do P ref •••■ *3
Met. St. Ry. .. 193%,1 Gen Electric ...94%
Mich, central ..112 j Haw. ComT. Cos. 67%
Minn. & St. B. 40 j Brooklyn R. T.. 92%
do do Ist pref. 98%) Int'n’l Paper ... J 4
Mo. Pacific 46%| do pref 93
M. & Ohio 36% 1 BaClede Gaa .... 52%
Mo., K. & T. ... 13%: Bead 38%
do pref 37%' do pref 113%
N. J. Central „102%j Nat Bln. Oil .... 8
N. Y. Central ~126%j Pacific Mall .... 45%
N. Y., C. & St. | People’s Gas ....111%
B 14*4| Pullman Palace .169%
do do Ist pref. 20 ; Silver Certif. ... 69%
do do 2d pref. 36% 8. R. & T 9%
Nor. & West. ..19 j Sugar 132%
Nor. After. Cos.. 7 | do pref 112%
Nor. Pacific .... 48%} T. C. & 1r0n.... 40%
do pref 79%|U. S. B 7%
Ont, A W 19%! do pref 72%
O. R. & N 47 |U. S. Rubber.... 47%
O. 8 B 45 | do pref 114
Pac. Coast Ist West. Union ....94%
pref 85 Federal Steel ... 54
do 2d pref .... 65 | do pref 83%
Pittsburg 180 |N. & W 65%
Reading 22%jU. P. pref 74%
do Ist pref .... 67%|Ore. Nav. pref.. 71
R. G. W 31 ; Pacific Coast ... 47
do prof 71%|C01. Southern .. 7%
Rock Island —120%| do Ist pref .... 53%
St. B. & S. F.. 9% do Jd pref 22%
Bonds.
U. S. 3s 107% | do 4s 104 I
U.S.new 4s, reg,l29%|No. Pac. Isis ...113
do coup 130%} do 3s 69%
U. S. 4s 122%} do 4s 102%
do coup 112% I N.Y.C. A St.B. Is. 107
do 2ds 99% Nor. A W. 63 ..125
U. 8. ss, reg. . .112%; Northw. con. ...142%
do 5s coup. ..113%} do deb. 5s 122
District 3 65s ~llB%tO. Nav. lsts ....113%
Ala. class A ...107 |O. Nav. 4s 102%
do B 107 (O.S. Bine 6s, t.r.,131%
do C 100 jO.S. Bine 5, t.r.,110
do Currency ..100 [Reading 4s 86%
Atchison 4s 1007*} It. G. W. lsts .. 91%
do adj. 4s 80%! St. B. A I. M.
Can. So. 2ds ...111*4} con. 69 107%
Chi. Terminal ..95 ; St. B. A S. F.
C. A O. 4%s ... 93 ; gen. 6s 123%
C. A O. 5s 118%|St. P. coo 161%