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PART TWO.
f j GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
* OF THE TWO STATES TOLD 1%
FAR AGR UMIS.
GEORG I V,
'r ; mis D. Jackson of Brunswick, Ga.,
t . in appointed manager of the West
; mion Telegraph Company’s office at
to succeed the late Arthur H.
Kemp.
Orders for tags continue to pour into the
- aural department at Atlanta so lajv-
j f i)v > t Commissioner Stevens is unable
are tlie tags from the manufactur
frs !,i-r enough to supply the demand.
u -Iles this year will go far beyond
Ijsose of any other year,
r .), Saunders, the oldest citizen of In-
Spring;. and perhaps the oldest in the
county, died ‘.Sunday at t‘he hotne of his
daughter. Mrs. W. A. Elder, at the ad
■vanetd age of 91 years. Mr. Saunders
w i- known as a man of sterling integrity
ami had many friends. He spent fifty
t’.rce years of his life in mercantile busi
2vss. most of that time at Indian Spring.
Sunday afternoon at Lone Oak. a little
country place about four mites southeast
o Monroe. Seaborn Fambrough shot and
Instantly killed Charles Austin, besides
putting a bullet in the neck of Austin’s
younger brother. There are several the
erics as to the cause of the killing. Fam-
Io .i waf >rought to the city by Sheriff
Arnold Sunday evening after he commit -
fad ti'tj crime.
It is stated as a fact that the Griffin
mills will further enlarge their plant just
as soon as the work can be done. This
move is Imperative in order that this mill
may k< • ;> up with the increasing demand
for its goods. This will make the third
enlargement of this plant within the last
five years and the second within the past
two. The extent of this enlargement has
not been fully decided upon yet. but it is
p.obabte that it will be on a scale to meet
all ihe demands for the next several
years.
A dispatch 'from Walthourville says it is
understood that Judge John L. Harden,
•who represented Liberty in the last gen
eral a-sem'bly, wlll be a candidate for r**
election to that office at the election in
October. It was through the uniting of
tlie two parties. Democratic and Poputtst,
upon Judge Harden for this office that
the county elected a white representative
In and thus rescued it from negro
supremacy, they having elected the repre
f nr.i’ivc with but one or two exceptions,
ever since the Civil War.
<"*ap:. K. Lee Byrd, a brother of Act
ing Adjutant General Byrd, was in At
lanta Saturday. He had returned from
Colombia, South America. He says that
the revolution which has been going on
-for several months is stilt in progress.
. ! it is now very difficult to tell which
U will win In the war. Little fighting
i being done excejrt in the province of
> i andra, in the southern portion of the
country, and there Is little interference
o business in other portions of the cour.-
During the revolution Capt. Byrd,
whh Col. Withrow of New York, were ar
j-->ted by the government officials for hav
v - firearms on their persons. They were
1 n before the alcardo. or magistrate,
• the district, but nothing could ’be
proven against them.
A party of distinguished Georgia edu
e.dors left Atlanta Saturday morning to
-Mend the annual session of the National
Educational Association, which convenes
n Chicago Feb. 27, and adjourns March 1.
Hie party left over the Western and At
lantic Railroad at 8 o’clock. Among
those wly> made the trip are Prof. Wil
li-m F. Slaton df iho Atlanta Public
S- . State School Commissioner G. R.
Gb-nn. Maj. R. J. Guinn, L. R. Robson
and F. O. 'Spain of Atlanta. Prof. S. D.
TANARUS: dwell, president of the State Normal
School at Athens; Prof. D. Earnest and
Prof. G. G. Bond, superintendent of the
public schools of Athens; Supt. S. V.
Sanford and County School Commissioner
<1 R. Power of Marietta, and County
8 >1 Commiwrtoner J. N. Rogers of San
dersville.
Atlanta Journal: Mayor Woodward ap
proved two important franchises this
Morning. One was a grant to the Atlanta
Railway and Power Company. The grant
allows the street railway com
pany Die privilege of laying temporary
\ racks along Piedmont avenue and Butler
street, from their tracks on Decatur
street, for the purpose of hauling ma
chinery to the new power house of the
• ompany on the Georgia Railroad.
t rant is for a period of twelve months
°nly. The other grant was the steam
boat ordinance, which the Mayor vetoed
• veraJ weeks ago, but Which came laek
through Council in an altered form from
t )ai which received the Mayor’s disap
proval. The original ordinance gave the
privilege of laying conduits for steam
• -ting purposes to the Atlanta Railway
an ‘l Power Company. Mayor Woodward
v ' ,( >ed It for the reason that the company
I 1 no authority under its charter to op
• rare such an enterprise. The ne-w peti
' ■ to Counoil asking for the same priv
ii u- s as those asked for by the street
' way company was signed by A. E.
Thornton, E. Woodruff. R. J. Lowry. J.
' roll Payne and others. All cf these
TANARUS" uloners are directors in the street rail
v'; .v company. In granting the petition
1 ’• incil affixed us restrictions that the
pany should pay into the dty treti
'> it the expiration of twenty years 2
l" i cent, of the gross receipts, and that a
"■u vfer of the franchise could only bo
1 de to a corporation authorized by chnr
• r io operate such an enterprise. The
! t tinners have not announced whether
1 will accept the steam heating fran
under the conditions imposed by
Council.
FLORIDA.
Sunday afternoon the dwelling of J. T
r ‘ r roU, one of the handsomest in Liv
was destroyed by fire. The loss i*
nbout $6,000, with $3,000 insurance. Th
orlKin of the Hre in ; mystery, as not
, the family had been in the house sin •
n m.. and nil the tire was extinguish'd
before leaving.
George. A. Verrault, president of >'
errault Lumber Company nt Pensac< 1
J ’** a i rc s*< and Monday on a Charge of r
iSr ,af * throat of n negro boy. Hystfl J
elnlm that tue negro said that V*r- j
it hid cut him. yet the negro rush
‘ * a drug More uml seizing a knife,
i o cut at his already bleo img
• ir, r Haney of Jacksonville on Mo dy
•nlng issued a permit to the stew rd
) Churcll of the Good Shop rd,
''K'kiva, to erect their new church <i!
,' ' . 1 P* building 1h to cost SIO,OO nd
l< > of brick. I< will be very artistic
* aefil w and a credit to the good
illjt JHofning
file who hove labored so hard to raise
t e motley for its construction.
I'he value of exports from Pensacola to
foreign ports last week was $250,961, dis
tributed us foliows; Havre, $100,206:
Ineste, $60.9X2; Havana. $44,173; Bordeaux,
> " 81 : Spezia, $11,974* <’aen. $11,105; Bahia
Luanca, $7,050; Mafanzas, $2,300; Coatza
coalcos, $340. During the week six steam
and five sailing vessels of an aggregate
tonnage of 13.226 arrived from foreign
port®, and five steam and five sailing ves
sels of a total tonnage of 8,928, cleared.
Sheriff Broward of Jacksonville has re
ceived a letter from W. H. Milton, su
l>erintendent of the State Reformatory,
stating that he would not receive the ju
venile criminals now under sentence to
that institution from the Criminal Court
unless he could fum <h a health certifi
cate with them. Thi< is the result of a
telegram sent by the sheriff to Supt. Mil
ton stating that ther were two cases of
small-pox in the county jail. These pris
oners have been in t ie Duval county jail
for some time awaiting such time as the
reformatory would b. in readiness to re
ceive them, and it was only last week
that Sheriff Broward received word from
Supt. Milton that he was ready for them.
Deputy Sheriff M. A. Brown stated Mon
day morning that the representative of
the State Board of Health had informed
him that he would furnish a certificate,
providing -the clothing of the prisoners was
properly fumigated, or that they were fur
nished with clothing.
Steps are being taken, through the ener
gies of one of St. Augustine’s local organi
zations. to preserve the historical city
gates, which star.l ut the intersection of
St. George street and San Marco avenue.
The city gates and old Fort Marion ore
the two most interesting landmarks of
old St. Augustine, especially of historical
note, and for some time past the gates
have shown signs of decay. Trees and
shrubbery have sprung up ond taken root
within the walls adjoining the gates, and
have made roots to such an extent as to
crack the walls, and were fast forcing
them from their foundations. This growth
has all been removed from <he premises
within the lost few days, and now the
roots are being dug out. After this has
been completed. steps will be taken to re
store the walls to their former safe con
dition. This work, when finished, will
be one of the most commendable that has
been undertake n there for some time.‘and
will be the means of preserving one of
St. Augustine's most interesting relics
ond landmark®
Several months ogo a special from Tal
lahassee was published describing a real
1> wonderful deposit of cement rock, near
River Junction. Fla., forty miles west of
Tallahassee, mi the Apalachicola river,
nenr the junction of three great railroad
systems, the Louisville and Nashville,
I’innt System and Florida Central and Pe
ninsular. Tb- article attracted very wide
attention, as is evidenced by the large
number of inquiries elicited. Many of the
largest and richest concerns In this coun
try. Canada and England, and even the
kingdom of Belgium- itself, after writing
to the state authorities.and receiving con
firmation of ihe facts printed, sent experts
• o the deposit to make thorough tests and
submit reports as to whether the beds
were as rich as they were claimed to be.
These experts are still coming, and every
man of them has expressed surprise, even
amazement, to find such extensive and
rich deposits of higli grade cement rock
in a condition to be handled at small cos.
An expert of the T'nited States geologi
cal survey has estimated that in this re
markable deposit there are at least two
billions of barrels of the best quality of ce
ment rock to be found anywhere, and it
is selling at present at $1 per barrel. The
present owners of the deposit have felt for
several years that they had a good thing,
and now that they know it. they ore hold
ing off to make good terms before selling.
The deposit in question covers about 2,000
acres. The discovery of this rich cement
bed has iccentueted the need of a scien
tific and complete geological survey of
Florida. Persons' who have investigated
Hie matter assert that Florida is rich in
mineral deposits, but the Legislature has
never provided for a geological survev.
hence practically ail of whatever mineral
riches there may be under Florida soil is
as yet undeveloped. Commissioner of Ag
riculture Wombwell has for the Inst ten
years recommended the establishment of
a geological bureau in his department,
but tie Legislature has always failed to
provide therefor. It is understood that in
his report at the close of this year Mr.
Wombwell is going to renew the recom
mendation with more vigor than ever.
imrNSW U K’S MOWS 111 DGET.
First Gun of the Political < iinipflign.
Other \pw| Items.
Brunswick. Ga., Feb. 27.—The first gun
of the coming political campaign in Glynn
wa- fired last night by a meeting of the
Executive Committee of the Good Govern
merit Club, which has issued a call for a
meeting of the friends and sympathizers
of the club to assemble at the county
Court House next Friday night, for the
purpose of outlining a plan of work for
t 1 • coming elections, and also to hear a
p ort from the County Commissioners as
t the work they have done during the
[ i t year.
There is a well defined rumor afloat to
i * effect that the famous Cumberland
I-band Hotel resort will be under the con
• rol of the Bunkley heirs during the pres
ent year, and that former Manager Lee
Shackelford will be the main man in
ibe management of the hotel proper. The
tumor comes in a round-about way from
\flAiita. but it is from such a creditable
ource as to make it worth printing. The
Bunkleys seem to have taken the property,
out of the hands of the Macon people*
and with Manager Shackelford will make
il a popular resort. The details of the
manner in which the property reverted to
thq Bunkleys is not given.
Additional currency ha* been given to
recent rumor in the past few days to the
effect that (’apt. A. F. Churchill, the well
known cotton exporter, would return to
Brunswick, by the fact that work on the
Plant Syptfcm property has been trans
ferred from the upper edge of their docks
to the lower part, where Capt. Churchill
lifted to load his ships. Since Capt.
Churchill moved to Savannah. Brunswick
has sadly missed him and the SIOO,OOO a
year pay roll he used to distribute through
his hands to the Brunswick merchants,
and It would be pleasurable news to
Brunswick to learn that the rumors of his
return here next fall were true. When
he left for Savannah it was predicted that
someone else would shortly take his
place, but the “someone else” has failed
to materialize, and he is wanted badly
here now. ('apt. Churchill was in Bruns
wick during the past week, but denied
thai he was contemplating moving back
here.
The removal of Manager T. D. Jackson
of the Western Union Telegraph office to
Macon to talw charge oX that office, will
i
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28. 1900.
WHY HE CURES.
j Tin* (irentPHt Specialist of tlc Tluioh
Given Every (rkc Ills Personal At
tention.
Most dodo s have a certain number of
stock ~remedies which they use in all
< ases which seem at all similar. This is
j not Dr. Hathaway’s method. Every case
with him is most carefully diagnosed
and the exact poai-
RrjV tion of the diseased
condition determin
-0 ed. I)r. Hathaway
M is a specialist in the
v V best sense of the
y word—he treats spe-
SrM. cial diseases in a
j&yfl special manner of
st'Udlcd out years
ago while in college
Y ‘d and hospital prac
tice and improved and enlarged upon
constantly during the twenty years since
—twenty years of the most extensive
practice enjoyed by any specialist In
this country. Dr. Hathaway’s great and
uniform success is due to this individual
system of treatment.
Exclusive T real meat.
In spite of hundreds of requests yearly
from doctors in all parts of the world,
asking for the privilege of using Dr.
Hathaway's method of treatment, he be
lieves it wiser to allow none beside him
self the knowledge of his remedies, as
ho is too well aw*are of the mischief
whjch may I e done by the unskillful use
of any system/ never mind how perfect.
Illood mid skin Diseases.
Dr. Hathaway’s treatment for blood
diseases in whatever stage cures all
forms of ulcers, sores, blotches, pimples,
etc., and not only restores the skin and
scalp to their natural condition, but so
pur.fies the blood that the disease is per
manently and completely driven from the
system and all this without administer
ing poisonous or dangerous drugs.
Varicocele and Stricture.
His treatment of Varicocele and Stric
ture is a method exclusively his own and
in IK) per cent, of all cases result* in a
perfect and permanent cure. No opera
tion is required and no pain or incon
venience are experienced by the patient.
The expense of this treatment is much
less than that of any operation, or hos
pital or institute treatment, and Is both
safe and sufe, restoring the organs to a
condition of perfect, normal health.
Consultation Free.
Dr. Hathaway makes no charge for
consultation and advice at either his
office or by mail. *
J. M:\\Tl>\ hath % \\ \ Y, M. 11.
, Dr. Hathaway & Cos.,
23A Bryan street. Savannah.
Office hours—9 to 12 m., 2 to 5 and 7 to
9 p. m. Sunday 10 to 1 p. m. X
i>e the occasion of much regret to Bruns
wiek'lans, and it will also jxy with regret
that the people learn that his brother
will probaWy .Accompany -him to his new
tie 1. Both of the Messrs. Jackson have
proven courteous and accommodating to
the Brunswick public.
Dr. Nicholas B. Wallace, who has been
vaccinating the people In the country dis
tricts for the County Commissioners, will
complete his labors in about tw r o weeks,
and during that time he will have inocu
lated several thousand people. He has
been actively on the go for about two
weeks, and is making quite a record for
prompt and satisfactory service. While
this work is going on in the country dis
tricts the town people arc being vaccin
ated by City Physician Butts and Dr.
Hatcher, and before these three physi
cians get through about every one in
Glynn county will have been inoculated
and rest comparatively free from con
tagion.
Brunswick’s City Council, realizing that
the city is paying more for water than its
reduced revenue will stand, has taken the
subject up with the water works company,
and efforts are now being made to adjudi
cate the differences between what the
company asks and what the city can pay.
fx>ok!ng to that end, there was a confer
ence at Hall to-day between May
or Atkinson and the Water Committee
from Council and Mr. Joseph Packard of
Baltimore, representing the bondholders
of the company. It is probable that the
matter will be amicably adjusted, as l>otri
sides seem to want to do the right thing.
| Stonge the local management has been in
the hands of Maj. W. 3. Greene, the serv
ice and treatment accorded patrons has
been such as to bring about a more cor
dial feeling between the company and t .
city and people generally, and this feeling
is in a great measure aiding the present
conference to a successful end;
The new arrangement by which the
Southern will run its trains into Bruns
wick over the riant System tracks, has
wot gone into effect yet, but is expected
about March 1. It will prove n great
saving in time to the Southern, and much
better on the traveling public.
XEWS FROM inULIV.
Superintendent > anted for tlie Dub
lin Cotton Mills.
Dublin, Ob., Feb. 27.—At t meeting >f
the hoard of directors of the Dublin Col
ton Mills yesterday Mr. J. Wheeler
Mears of Monroe was elected superin*
undent and Mr. John B. Caldwell of this
, ity was elected bookkeei*r. It was do*
t ided to give the D. A. Tompkins Com
pany ten days to agree to the* contract
recently signed by its agent to furnish
machinery for the mili, and which the
machinery people ore nbw trying to re
pudiate. If a refusal is met with r suit
for damage will be the result.
The Hotel Hilton will change hands to
morrow. Mr. F. H. Robeson, who recent
ly purchased the hotel from Mr. L. if.
Hilton of Sylvanla, will own it in the fu
ture. Mrs. G. 8. Hooks will retire from
the hotel business permanently.
aSpP
UPPMAN BROS., Proprietor*,
Oruggliti, llppman’a Block, SAVANNAH, QA- I
meetings. .
RAILROAD COMPANY.
Notice of .Annual Stockholder*’ Meet
in ar.
The annual meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Florida Central and Peninsu
lar Itliilroad Company will he held at tht
otiloe of the company in the city o\
Jacksonville, Fla., on Thursday, March
1, A. D. 1900, at S o’clock p. m . for the
election of Directors anij the transac
tion of such other business as may be
brought before the meeting.
Transfer hooks will he closed from Feb.
14 to March 2. Ifo3, both inclusive.
JOHN SKELTON WILLIAMS.
President.
D. C. PORTEOUS. Secretary
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. IS, 19 0.
RECEIPTS OF COTTON HEAVY.
i HAWES ARE THE SEASON’S SHOW
ING WILL HE GOOD.
\t the Opening C’ollon Went I p 1-10
Cent on Good Advices—Xcn York
Firm, mid Liverpool t'p l-.'tiJ on
SpotN mid I to 2-1 H on Futures.
Naval Stores Firm—Spirits .Nil Cents
a Gallon—Loral and Telegraphic
Markets.
Morning News Office, Feb 27.—The cot
ton market advanced l-16e to-day. Out
side advices were fairly good, but not
what was expected in some quarters. New
York scored a net rise of a points to n net
decline of 1 point. Liverpool went up l-32d
on spots, and from l-64d to 2-64d on fu
tures. The local receipts were large, be
ing over 8.500 bales. A faidy good busi
ness was done, and the demand continue*
good for all grades. Spirits turpentine
went off *£c, closing firm at 53 cents, but
it was said factors were n4t inclined to
sell at this price. Rosins were flint ami
unchanged. The wholesale market was
firm and active. Produce was firm. The
following resume of the different markets
will show the tone and quotations at the
close to-day:
COTTON.
The cotton market advanced l-160 at
the opening call to-day, and there was a
fair demand for a few grades. The tone
was steady, and the transactions for the
day 337 bales. The receipts were large,
being 8,500 bales, and promise to continue
in considerable volume for several days
yet.* They are coming in just now at a
rate wlfich does not admit of anything
like an accurate estimate of what may
follow.
The following were the official’ siot quo
tations, at the close of the market, at
the Cotton Exchange to-day:
This Mon- {Last
Jdayj day. [ year
Good middling 9 1-16J9 16 5-16
Middling '5% ,8 13-16|5 13-16
Low middling 8 9-16 8(3 |5 5-16
Good ordinary 8 1-16 8 |4 13-16
Market— Steady; sales, 337.
Savannah receipts, exports and Stock-
Receipts this day 8.598
Receipts this day last year 1,406
Receipts this day year before last. 4,0.1
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1899 920,118
Same time last year 977,727
Same time year before last 1,046,660
Exports, continent, this day 10.350
Exports, coastwise, this day 3,358
Stock on hand this day 141,058
Same day last year 56,874
Receipts and stocks at the ports—
Receipts this day 30,670
This day last year 29.542
This day year before last 210.460
Total receipts since Sept. 1. 1899 ..5,413.630
Same time last year 7.098.075
Same time year before last 7,823,413
Stock at the ports to-day 959.310
Stock same day last year 809,241
Sen Island Cotton.
The market for sea Island cotton closed
firm. There were sales of 912 bags for
the week ending Friday, against sales of
2,278 bogs for the corresponding week last
year. The receipts tvore 1,311 bogs, against
322 for the same week last year. The fol
lowing were the quotations at the closing
Friday:
Fwy Florida s 20
7 Mia choice Florldas 19 sll%
Choice Floridas 19
Fancy Georgias 18%$ 19
Extra choice Georgias 18%
Choice Georgias ...18
Extra fine Georgias 18
Daily movements at other ports—
Galveston—Quiet and steady; middling.
Br*4o;8 r *4o; net receipts, 2.399; gross, 2.399; stock,
160,770.
New Orleans—Holiday; net receipts, 9,-
085; gross. 9.263; stock, 362.943.
Mobile— Holiday; net receipt**, .395; gross,
395; stock. 18,917.
Charleston —Firm; middling, B%c; net re
ceipts. 997; gross. 997; stock, 38.397.
Wilmington—Quiet and steady; middling
B a ic; net receipts. 260; gross, 269; stock,
15.013.
Norfolk—Firm; middling. 9c; n t receipts
1.741; gross, 1.741; sales, 83; stock. 46,238.
Baltimore—Nominal; middling, 9%c;
gress, 1,120; stock. 15,696.
New York—Dull; middling, 9 3-16 c; net
receipts, 1.619; gross. 3,840; stock, 131,356.
Boston—Dull; middling, 9 3-16 c; net re
ceipts. 1.328; gross. 1,328.
l’hiladclih*H— Steady; middling, 9 7-16 c;
net receipts, 48; gross. 48; stork, 12,485.
Fensacola—Net receipts, 4,210; gross, 4,*
.? n
Daily movements at Interior towns—
Augusta—Steady; middling. 9-; net re
ceipts, 215; gross, 295; sales, H 54; stock,
29 017.
Memphis—Firm; middling, B a 4c; net re
ceipts, 233; gross. 818; sales, 1.8 0; stock,
116.316.
St. Louis—Firm; middling. S' 4 c; net re
ceipts, 761; gross, 4.758; sales. 57; stock,
8! ,725.
Cincinnati— Strong; middling. 9c; net re
ceipts, 599; gross, 599; sales, 59; stock, 12,-
599.
Houston—Steady; middling, 8 13-16 c; net
receipts. 9.0®2; gross, 9,032; sales, 296;
stock. 78.103.
Louisville—Firm; middling. 9c.
Exports of Cotton This Day.
Galveston—To Great Britain, 2.500.
Mobile—Coastwise. 178.
Savannah—Continent, 10,350; coastwise,
3,358.
Norfolk—To Great Britain, 841; coast
wine, 1,846.
New York—To Great Britain. 771.
Boston—To Great Britain. 5,687.
Itensacmla—To Great Britain. 4,200.
Total foreign export* from all |>ons this
day: To Great Britain, 13.999; to the con
tinent, 10.360.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week: To Great Britain, 88.900;
to France, 11,092; lo the Continent, 33,700.
Total foreign exports since Sept. 1, 1899;
MURPHY & CO., INC.,
Board of Trade Building, Savannah.
Private leased wires direct to New York.
Chicago and New Orleans.
COTTON, STOCKS \\D GRAIN.
New York office, No. 61 Broadway.
Offices in principal cities throughout the
South. Write for our Market Manual and
book containing Instruction* for traders.
To Great Britain, 1,679,299; to France, 581,-
619; to the continent, 1,777.933.
4
< OTTOS FI T 1 Rl’>.
New York. Feb. 27.—Public speculation
in cotton was resumed -to-day ami fur
nished the main support of the market
most of the time. At the opening prices
were generally 1 to 5 poinds lower, but
there was a prompt rally following favor
able turn in cables. The local trade start
ed In to undermine long cotton, but there
was a steady stream of buying orders
from outside sources, which promptly ab
sorbed all offerings. Prices steadily ad
vanced, the early loss was soon ohilter.it
ed. ond a little Inter a net advance of 6*&Tl
points was apparent.
The principal activity was in May. Au
gust anl December. The feat of manipu
lation of (he summer months held trading
In check somewhat, so far as the pro
fessional contingent was concerned, while
local sentiment was Inclined to Ik? par
ticularly bearish respecting the new crop
positions on talk of very heavy contracts
for fertilizers. In the afternoon there
was some liquidation and realising, which
causa u partial reaction. The market
waa finally steady at a net rise of 4 points
to u net decline of 1 point.
New York, Feb. 27, Noon.—Co<ton fu
tures opened steady.
March B.BpSeptember 8.15
April 8.85 October 7.79
May-June 8.81 j Nov.-Dec 7.63
*l u ly 8.82 j January 7.63
Augusta 8.73f
4 p. in.—Futures closed steady.
Feb.-March 8.8.SJ September 8.55
April-May 8.57; October T.sj
June B.96|November 7.61
July 8.87 J Dec.-January 7.70
Augusta B.SO*
Liverpool, Feb. 27.—Cotton, spot, quiet;
price® l-32d higher; American middling.
5 13-32(1; good middling. 5 7-32 U; middling,
5 5-32d; low* middling, 61-32d; good ord -
nary, 4 27-32d; ordinary, 4 21-3&L The sales
of ihe day were 7,000 'bides, of which 500
bales were for speculation l and export,
and included 6,700 bates American. Re
ceipts, 6,000 bales, including 1,200 bales
American.
'Futures opened quiet at the decline and
closed steady; American middling, low
middling clause, February, 5.05d sellers;
February-March, 5.02d buyers; . Manch-
April, 4.63d buyers; April-May,
buyers; May-June, 4.56(h4.57d buyers; June-
July, 4.54d buyers; July-August. 4.&14H.02d
sellers; August-September, 4.46(ji4.46d val
ue; Septeqiber-October, 4.27d buyers; O*-
tober-November, 4.17d; November-HJecem
ber, 4.12d buyers.
< OTTON LETTERB.
New York, Feb. 27—Hubbard Bros. A
C’o. say; Liverpool was affected by the
falling off in the demand in Manchester,
and our cables state the disposition there
Is to fall back on their surplus stocks ac
quired during the recent advance. This Is
because cf the unknown extent and effect
the India famine may have upon Man
chester trade Locally the temper is very
bullish in face of these foreign advices
and the movement of the crop which con
tinues on a scale beyond anybody’s ex
pectation. This local buying carried the
market to the highest point touched this
season from whence there has been a
slow recession. The South Is selling the
new r crop on a scale upwards securing
thtse high prices for their new crop.
New York, Feb. 27.—Murphy & Cos. say:
Advices from Liverpool this morning of
l-32d advance on spots and 1 to 2-64d de
cline on futures being poorer than ex
pected caused this market to open irreg
ular 8 to 6 points lower. Price, McCormick
6 Cos., came in as heavy buyers of July
and August and prices ie overed 8 points,
but reacted 4 points when they got
through only, however, to be regained
when Idverpool recovered the early de
cline which encouraged local buying. Port
receipts continue large but confidence in
an early falling off in the market remains
unshaken. Exports arc* large and partic
ularly to Great Britain. The estimates for
New Orleans and Houston to-morrow* arc
very large and this influenced considera
ble liquidation, which caused a decline
during the afternoon session of some 8 to
10 points.
Dll A GOODS.
New York. Feb. 27.—The strength of the
dry goods market has been further demon
strated to-day by a number of advances
in staple cottons. Advances of %c have
been made in leading lines of brown and
bleached drills, Wue drills, brown sheet
ings, coarse jean®, hickory stripes, ticks
and denims. The demand for staple cot
tons is improving and keeping the mar
ket bare of ready suppl es. There has
been no change in print cloths, either reg
ular or odd good*. Prints In fair request
for staples and more doing in fancies.
Ginghams continue strong. Men’s wear
woolens and worried quiet without mate
rial change in prices.
RICE .VNRKET.
There has been a good demand for rice
since the new year opened, with a hard
ening tendency. The better grades and
lower grades have advanced %c to %c per
pound, while the medium kinds have firm
ly held their own. There Is a strong be--
lief that strictly prime and fancy rice will
further advance, owing to their scarcity.
Quotations are:
Prime 4%fM%
Good 4 ©4%
Fair 3%@3V 4
Common
Rough Rice—Tide water. 60n to 90c per
bushel; upland, 40c to foo per bushel.
NAYIL STORES.
Spirits Turpentine—Tlie market for
turpentine went off %c at the opening
to-day. This did not seem to Induce a
great deal of business, however, as the
total sales for the- day were only 77 casks.
It was stated factor® did not consider this
price enough, and for this reason *om*
refused to sell at quotations. The receipt*
to-day were 97 casks, sales, 77 casks and
the exports 300 casks.
Rosins—The rosin market closed firm
and unchanged, with nothing developing
to change the situation. The demand t*
light, and there Is no disposition in any
quarter, apparently, to do business. Th*
receipts were 2.490 barrels, the snles 166
barrels and the exports 5.100 barrels. The
following were the quotations:
Rosin—Firm; sales, 165 barrels.
A. B. C II 50 I $2 05
D 150 K 2 25
E 1 60 M 2 60
F 1 > N 273
0 1 70 W G 3 50
H I*l W W 3 63
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Naval Stores Statement—
-IS!>. 1899.
Spirits. Kosin.
fliock on hand April 1, 1899 . 3,59.! 111,390
Keceived this day 97 ' li.tsK)
Keeetved previously 303.699 1,030,891
Total 307,392 1,144,777
Exports to-day 300 5,100
Exports previously 297,590 982,752
Total since April 1, 1899, .297,890 987,852
Stock on hand this day... 9.502 136,925
Stock same •rty last year... 8,041 182,591
Receipts this day last year. 115 2,215
Charleston, tS. C., Feb. 21.—Turpentine,
market llrm at 58e; sales, none. RoMiti,
firm and unchanged; sales, none.
Wilmington, N. C., Feb. 27.—Spirits tur
pentine, steady at S3Si53V4c; receipts, 21.
Rosin, firm at rece.pt*, 295.
Crude turpentine, firm tit 32.0*8f73.25; re
ceipts, 37. Tar Hint at 31.30; receipt*, 346.
FINANCIAL.
Money-Market steady, but in bountiful
supply.
Foreign Exchange—Marks I weak. Tim
following are. the Savannah quotations:
Commercial demand. 14 80 7-16: sixty days.
34.82 15-16, ninety days, $4,817-16; frailed,
Paris and Havre, sixty days. 35.21%; Hwlss,
slxey days, 5.23%; murks, sixty day*,
93 15-16, ninety days, 93%.
Domestic Exchange—Steady; Tanks are
buying at .75 per 31.0(10 discount, and sel
ling as follows: Amounts to and including
$25, 10 cents premium; 325 lo SSO. 15 cents;
SIOO to S2OO, 25 cents; S2OO to S6OO, % pre
mium; S6OO lo SI,OOO. 75 cents; SI,OOO and
over, 75 cents per SI,OOO.
Securities-Central of Georgia securities
are pressing sales and weak.
Stock*.
Bid. Asked.
Augusta and Sav. R. R 107 108
Atlanta & West Point 123 126
do 6 p. c. certlfs 106 106
Augusta Factory 83 85
Citizens Bank 125 126
Chatham Bank 108 100
Chatham R. E. & I. Cos., A 57 68
do do B 56 57
Eag> & Phenlx Mfg. Cos 106
Edison Electric Ilium 104 105
Enterprise Mfg. Cos 99 102
Germania Bank 127 121
Georgia and Alabama 24 25
Georgia Railroad common 205 207
Gronitevllio Mfg. Cos 165 170
J. P. King Mfg. Cos 104 106
Langley Mfg. Cos 115 120
Merenants Natlnal Hank 105% 106%
National Bank of Savannah ....141
Oglethorpe Savings & Trust 109
People's Savings & Loan 100 101
Southwestern Railroad Cos 107 107%
Savannah Gas Light 25 26
Southern Rank 145 146
Savannah Bank and Trust 113% 116%
Sibley Mfg. Cos.. Augusta 90 92
Savannah Browing 102 104
Bond*.
Bid. Asked.
Atlanta city, 4%5, 1822 11l 112
Augusta city, 4s, 1927 105 106
do 4%ft, 1925 112 113
do 7s. 1903 107 108
do Os, 1913 118 119
Ala. Mid. ss. Ind'd, 1828, M. & N... 98 100
Augusla Factory 112 113
Brunswick & Western 4s. 1938 62 84
C. R. R. & Banking, collateral 5. 90 91
C. of G. Ist ss, 50-year gold, 1945,
F. & A 117 118
C. of O. con. ss, 1945, M. & N 90 91
C. of G. Ist Incomes, 1945 33 34
do 2nd Incomes, 1945 9% 10%
do 3d incomes, 1945 5% 6%
C. of a. (M. a. & A. DiV.) ss. 1947.
J. ft J 94 95
C. of G. (Salomon Branch), os,
1926. J ft J 97 98
Char., Col. A Aug. Ist ss, 1909. ...107 108
do do 7s. 1910 113 116
City ft. Suburban R R. Ist 7*. ..109% 110
Columbus City ss. 1909 100 108
Charleston City 4. 1945..*. 108 104%
Eagle ft- Phenlx Mills 6s. 1928 ..103 107
Edison Electric Illuminating 65.105 106%
Enterprise Mfg. 6s. 1903 103 104
Georgia Railroad 6*. 1910 115
O. S. ft F„ 1946, J. fc J 108 109
Georgia A Alabama Ist 3s, 1945..103 105
do consolidated ss. 1945 80 92
Georgia state B%s, 1930, J. ft J 107 109
do 3%5, 1915, M. ft N 105 106
do 4%, 1915 119 120
Macon city 6s, 1910. J. ft J 116 117
do 4%5, 1926, Jan quar 106 107
Ocean Steamship ss, 1926 106 108
Savannah city sa, quar. April,
1913 112% 113
do ss. quar., May, 1909 112 113
South Carolina state 4%5, 1933....117 119
Sibley Mfg. Cos. 6, 1908 IQ2 103
South Bound 5s 95 96
S„ F. ft W. gen. m'tge os, 1934..123 124
do do Ist ss, gold, 1934 110% 112%
do (St. John s Div ) Ist 4s. 1934 . 94 96
New York, Fel>. 27.—(Money on calf was
steady; actual transactions ranging from
2 and 2% per cent.; (he lasi loan was at
2 per cent., and at the close was offered a*
2 per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 4%
4*6% per cent* Sterling exchange, dim.
with actual business in bankers' hills al
$4.96%4f4-87 for demand, und al s4.B3'.(S>
4.83% for sixty day*; posted rates, s4.B!{f
PAGES !) TO 10..
I.KT, and Commercial bifs,
$4.83^4. Silver certificates, 09%fn>50%e.
li.ir silver, 59%c. Mexican dollars,
Government bonds, buoyant; state bonds,
inactive; railroad bonds, Irregular.
STOC KS %\f> lIOVDS.
New York. Feb. 27.—The violent fluctu
nliouM of prices of a limited number of
stock* on the Exchange to-day realized
the professional trader* dreams of Ely sl
um. Handsome profits were realized with
in a space of ten minutes and necessarily
heavy losses had to be pocketed. But It
all .ekled to the excitement and Interest
of the hazard and the board room traders
kepi th-* speculation at the boiling point,
working in and out of the market, many
times during the day. The commitments
were made almost entirely on the benr
side of the market, but the frequent tak
ing of profits by covering* of shorts work'd
frequent and violent rallies, keeping the
market for the specialties in ,i state of
feverish uncertainly with erratic fluctua
tions. whose end It was impossible to sec.
Third Avenue w is stiil the renter of in*
r crest, ns on previous day* of thl* week.
On the sale of 2,100 shares at the opening
quotations were practically lost, simultan
eous sales being made all the way be
tween 458 and 63. aguinat 71 ‘4 at last night's
close.
The limits of the total Htoek issue seem
ed to be no bar to the volume of the
transactions. The detailed record of the
stocks' erratic course during the day wou'd
be without interest. At the lowest pri <?
it wns 20*4 |k>liits Isdow last night's quo*
t. it ion. and n final fractional rally was
spasmodic nnd without significance.
Sugar maintained Its prominent, place In
the market, but reflected much doubt and
uncertainty on the pai l of large outstand
ing short interest. It was forced down to
101 Vk. and in the late dealings rallied
strongly, to 106*%. with only fraction
al reaction. There wes much disorder
nnd weakness manifest at other points in
the list of specialties, notably in the lo
cal I motion grout) and Tobacco. But an
Btrlve* demand for some of the railroa 1
stocks on reports of large earning* and
covering of short* in the** specialties
brought the market to a high level and a
quiet tone. Billing the hour after noon
the market seemed to have hvorced Itself
entirely from the demoralizing Influence
of the movement in Third Avenue. But
in the ik*x4 hour the bears fell upon the
whole list, tooth find nail, forcing down
Western Union- an extreme .3% and Balti
more and Ohio 2%. Wenkness spread
from these to other points in the milroad
list and wide losses were effected amongst
tlv* Industrials.
The local traction group were down from
2*/4 to 5*4. Beat her over 2, Rubber pre
ferred 3. American Hoop more than 4.
New York Air Brake f and many rail
road wtocks from ! to 2 |>oints, the latter
Pennsylvania. Pittsburg, Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Chicago and Ht. Tuis dropped
4. The Isurs rushed to cover r the de
cline, causing a rally of from 1 to 2*4 It*
the stocks, which had shown greatest
weakness. The final downward plunge in
Third Avenue was offset by the sudden
rise In .Sugar, leaving the tone in th*
general list confused and unsettled, but
With losses In some j>olnts in the railroad
list practically recovered. Strong show
ings of net earnings for January wera
made by Atchison, with an increase over
last year of 71 i>er cent.; Erie with an
increase of 4t per cent, nnd PWtsburg,
Cincinnati, Chicago nnd St. Houl*,
and Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg,
Southern Railway made a strong showing
of gross earnings for the third week In
February. Ix>ndon bought stock* here,
hut not on a large seale, the surrender of
Gen. Cronje having apparently been dis
count cd.
The money market wns firm. The face
that the sub-treasury had absorbed sine*
Wist Friday nearly $6,000,000 of cash can
not lx* without influence in the stock mar
ket. . I *
Railroad bonds W’ere dull and irregular.
Total sales, par value, $1.6fi0.000. Govern
ment bomb* continued their buoyant ad- '
\ance. Fnited States new 4s advanced I*4
nnd the 3s. old 4 nnd 5s in the bid price.
The total soles of stocks were 625.100,
Including the following; Atchison prefer
red. 32,273; Baltimore and Ohio, 10,255;
Manhattan. 12.370; Metropolitan,
Missouri Pacific. 7.950; Norfolk and West
ern. 2.795; Pennsylvania. 13.000; Rendinj?
first preferred. 6,900; Reading second pre
ferred. 8.000: St. Paul. 8.460; Southern- Pa
cific. 16.100; Southern Railway, 37.160;
Southern Railway preferred. 12.700: Union
Pacific. 18,845; American Steel ami Wire,
7.000: American Tolxn co, 32.120: Brooklyn
Rapid Transit. 47,342; Federal Steel, 5,960:
Gas. 10.470; Sugar. 110.695; Tennessee Coal
and Iron. 5.080; Leather. 23.380; Western
Union. 18.382.
New York Stock Li*t.
Atchison 20%!T. A Pa 16
Atch. prof 04 (Un. Pa 50
B. A O i*4(Un. Pa. prf. .. 76*4
Can. Pa Wabash 6U
Can. Ho 47*4 Wabash prf 20*-^
C. A U 28% W A U. B. ... 10*4
C. O. W 13*4 W. A L,. E. 2nd
<\, B. A Q 1227 m prf 27^
C., Ind. A L. .. 21H!Wl*. Gen 17
C.,Jnd. A U prf. &4y 2 |AdamB Ex U& I