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PART TWO.
J GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
SEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLU
IX PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.
Jackson county* hns anew enterprise.
A complete roller flour mill is now being
put in at Hoschton by Braselton Bros. Sc
Cooper. The daily capacity is fifty bar
rels of flour and 300 bushels of meal.
Charlie Hearn, a young white man who
lives about five miles out in the country,
near Norwood, was found in the woods
' sday morning near his home with his
g l cut and in a precarious condition.
113 p; ester Chronicle: The peach crop in
Alb.t n county cannot be excelled. With-
J m '*’ few days the most luscious peaches
l* i ever tickled a palate will be ship
‘‘r 1 from here to the North by the car
r /ad.
One of the most startling discoveries
€ round Gainesville is the mammoth bed of
garble on the New Holland proj>erty,
rhich was recently purchased by the Pa
tolet Manufacturing Company for the pur
pose of building a $3,000,000 cotton mill
on it.
Chautauquns have grown in favor with
the people of Georgia, Albany, Hawklns
vllle, Barnesville, Tennille and other
towns have held them successfully. Now
•Vrightsville proposes to hold a chaulau
iua session from June 3 -to 8, 1900. The
programme is most inviting. Wednesday
will be military day, and the Second
Regiment will have a competitive drill.
Thursday is designated ns Gordon's day,
and Gen. Gordon will lecture. Subject,
"The Last Days of the Confederacy.”
Columbus Enquirer Sun: The farmers of
this section are planting more sugar cane
than ever before this year. The farmers
now have a market in Columbus for all
the syrup they can make. The demand
has been greater than the supply for sev
eral months past, but the farmers say that
they will make all the syrup the local re
finery can handle this year. The entire
syrup trade of a large section of Georgia
and Alabama is being concentrated at Co
lumbus, because a refinery is located here.
It will not be many more months be
fore LaGrange will hear the whirr of lp,ooo
spindles as they twist the fleecy staple
into beautiful white yarns. Last week
Troup Superior Court granted a charter
for the Unity Cotton Mills and temporary
organization was perfected by electing Dr.
T S. Bradfield temporary chairman: Mr.
N. R. Hutchinson, temporary secretary,
and Col. Joseph E. Dun, president of the
LaGrange Banking and Trust Company,
•temporary treasurer. A little over $100,(MX)
was subscribed hi the way of stock, 10
per cent, of which is to be paid in on
or before June 1.
Dublin Courier-Dispatch: On Tuesday
last Mr. Jerry H. Yopp, encouraged to
CiO so by the spirit of the resolution in
troduced by Mr. H. M. Stanley in the
mass meeting of the Democratic party
ii;Vt morning and which was unanimously
adopted, went before the Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee and pledged his sup
port to the Democratic ticket for the rest
of his life. For the post eight years
Hr. Yopp has affiliated with the Populist
party and four years ago was elected a
('ounty Commissioner on that ticket. All
• hiring this time, however, there was no
one but believed him conscientious and bis
opinions were respected accordingly. As
a County Commissioner his every act has
been for the good of the countly, and
•hough he may have made occasional mis
takes. all knew that they were only hu
man once and not Intentional. Seeing that
there was no longer need of the Popu
list party, Mr. Yopp leaves it and returns
to the folds of democracy.
FLORIDA.
Palatka Advertiser: George Weller and
family ieft last week for Savannah, Ga.,
where they will in future reside. We are
sorry 10 lose them from our citizenship,
n- their long residence here identified
them with a large circle of friends who
exceedingly regret their departure.
Ernest E. Moses of Atlanto, who at
tempted to kill hlmse'f at Jacksonville
some months ago, is mysteriously missing
on! friends think he has succeeded in end
ing life. He left the Jacksonville Hos
pital two months ago and went to the
Windsor Hotel. Sunday night he appear
ed 'o be in low' spirits, telling friends of
hD sickness, etc., and hasn’t been seen
since.
The vegetable shipping season Is fast,
drawing to a close. From the Miami of
b •• there are about four hundred erotes
I" r day going forward. At Hallandale
th.rf is from one to two cars going for
warj each day. On the whole the sea
-540,1 has been a fairly prosperous one.
The orange and grapefruit trees planted
otl the pine lands are making a most
wondrous growth. The continued rainy
weather has been favorable for them..
Monticello Constitution: Quite a num
or °f counties have selected delegates
the State Convention, and others will
fl in :he near future. In fact all of lli*m
will have selected delegations in a short
time. The outlook nt present is very cn
oouraging to Mr. Mays ami his friends
has more instructed delegates - than
ftr,\ other candidate, while several other
counties, that did not instruct, have ge
' "'d delegations that are supposed to
b * for him. ,
Hie coroner’s jury investigating the mur
der of John L. Cleland, near Brooksville,
•‘'•l the two negroes found In the Dean
! üb. adjourned Tuesday. In regard to
* Gibing of Cleland, the Jury returned
J v * rdict that Cleland ctnme to his death
r ° m Runshot wounds In the hands of per
unknown to the Jury. The Jury was
’’‘ e 1° find who carried the negroes In
,,i:' scrub and shot them.but several per
' lrom Pasco county arc implicated,
■ ! i the matter will be investigated by the
grand jury.
and daughter, were in Jacksonville
T 1 ,iay on their way to Colorado. There
ihng remarkable in the statement un
'he whole story be told. Miss Grace
ugh claims to be a clairvoyant with
t’kable powers, which she has been
1 1 for her father’s benefit for almost
1 year*. She is not quite 13 years old,
f * 11 * 'ems to control the destiny of h**r
.* Jrn| ly. and the immigration to Colorado
1 1 result of her revelations, while in
Ir *ince t that she would find gold.
•f H. Tuck, a young whltfe man, was ar
’"l Wednesday at Hanford by Marshal
'••ml. on the charge of assault with in
e,,t to kill Frank Evans. Young Evans
a son of Dr. W. H Evans. Mayor of
T' 1 :, f°rd. He j.q employed by the Sanford
ICc Compauy. Tuck and Evans had some
Up JHoftttng peto£
boyish quarrel on Tuesday, which resulted
in the assault by Tuck. He used a revolv
er, which failed to discharge, and then cut
Evans in several places with a pocket
knife. Tuck lives in Sanford with his
mother. He was taken before Justice of
the Peace Manly, who bound him over to
the criminal court at Orlando. Tuck gave
a s2ou bond.
At the Democratic County Convention
held at Titusville Tuesday for the pur
pose of selecting delegates to the state
and congressional conventions, the senti
ment of the voters of Brevard county was
voiced in their resolutions instructing the
delegates to cast their votes for Hon. J.
D. Begga for Governor and W. B. Lamar
for Attorney General. Some amusement
was aroused in an otherwise dull session
by the wording of a resolution offered by
J. Frank Wooten, that the delegates to
the Congressional Convention bo instruct
ed to vote for Robert W. Davis “so long
as there seemed to be any chance of his
securing the nomination.”
That steamship line between New York
and Tampa now seems to be an assured
fact. It will be remembered a short time
ago the business men of the city discusse 1
the matter, and decided to make an ef
fort to secure a line. E. P. Rose, general
manager of the West Coast Naval Stores
Company, took the matter up, and has
received a letter the officers of the
Hollander Line at New York, saying that
they wou4£ place a boat in that service as
soon os they could get one that would be
suitable. Realizing that this might be a
difficult motter, and not desiring to wait
until the new channel is completed, there
Is a movement on foot to establish at
least temporary docks at Ballast Point.
There is as much water at that place as
there is on the Egmont bar, and •the ves
sels can come up there and load. This
will be done if the proper arrangements
can be made with the Tampa Electric
Company to haul the freight to and from
the point. The Hollander Line has guar
anteed Tampa the Savannah rate on
ft eight going there, atiu on all freight
going out.
AGAINST SOUTH CAROLINA.
Government flakes n Rig Claim for
Seizure of nn Arsenal.
Columbia, S. C., May 18—The natioml
government has sprung a brand new prop
osition on the state of South Carolina, anl
It is one that is worrying the officials It
is a claim for $310,479.83, with probably ac
crued interest, "for the value of crclnance
ordnance stores, clothing, camp and gar
rison equippage taken by force from Fred
erick C. Humphries, military storekeeper
at Charleston Arsenal, by Col. Cunning
ham, Seventeenth Infantry, South Caroli
na Militia, Dec. 30, 1860, acting under the
order of Gov. Fickens of South Carolina,”
The national government made demand
on the state last fall for the payment of
about A quarter of million dollars due
for bonds. The state made a counter claim
for about $300,000 for Indian and Mexican
war claims. Through the influence of Sen
ator Tillman, the treasury depnrtment re
cently admitted claims in favor of the
state for $178,000. It was after this that the
new matter referred to was brought to
light and Gov. McSwwney notified.
The controller, in his lengthy letter to
the Governor, states the circumstances of
this charge being made against the state,
and the Governor is invited to submit rny
counter evidence at his demand b fore ac
tion required by the statutes Is taken to
collect the claims from the state.
It appears that ‘until Dec. 17, 1879, the
charge of $340,479.89 u l as carried against
Capt. Humphries. At that time it b came
necessary to settle his accounts and o t th a
evidence of copies of certain orders and
reports bearing on the seizure, fnrni-hed
the treasury by the Adjutant General
United States Army, (he charge was trans
ferred to the state of South Carolina.
Copies of all these orders Controller
Traswell submits to Gov. McSweeney as
showing that the action taken was an act
of the state in its sovereign capac ty. Fir t
is a telegram from Capt. Humi hri s. dated
Charleston, Dec; 30, 1860, to 'he ordnance
bureau, saying: “This ars nal las b
taken by force of arm-'. What dispos’tlon
am I to make of try command?” The cr er
for the surrender of the arsenal follows:
Charleston. S. C.. Dec. 29. 18(10.—Sir: I
herewith demand an Immediate surrender
of the United States at stria] at this place
and under ycur charge, and a delivery to
nte of the keys and contents of ihe ar
senal’s magazines, etc. I am already pro
ceeding to occupy it with a strong armel
detachment of troops. I make the demand
in the name of the slate of South Caro
lina and by virtue of an order from the
Governor, a copy cf which is enc os.d.
Very respectfully. John Cunningham,
Colonel Seventeenth Regiment Infantry
S. C. V.
The most interesting order in this affair
Is from X)ov. P.ckens. It is as follows:
Headquarters, Charleston, S. C., Dec.
29, 1860.—C01. John Cunningham, Charles
ton, S. C. Sir—ln the morning, after re
porting yourself to Maj. G< n. S- hn> 111 anil
informing him cf thi - order, you are di
rected to get fiom him a detachment of
s fleet min, and In the mest dlscreot and
forbearing manner, you will proceed to
th ■ Unit and States arsenal 'n Char'cot'n
end there demand. In my name, Ps entire
p ss ssion and state dlS' In-tlv that you
do this with a v’ew to prctleni any de
struction ot public property that may
occur in the present exejied fctate of the
public mind, and a’so as due/to the public
safety. • • *
I do not apprehend any difficulty in giv
ing up the arsenal, hut. If refused, then
you are to take it, using no more force
than may be absolutely necessary, and
with the greatest discretion and liberal
ity to capt. Humphries, who is at perfe t
liberty to remain in his present quarters
as long . s it may lv arr cable for h’m
self, and he Is requested to do so. Re
pom as soon as possible to me
F. W. Pickens.
Capt. Humphries’ rep y to the demand
for surrender was brief: ’Sir-1 am con
st! atned to comply with your request for
the surrender of this arsenal from th 3
fac t that I have no force for its defence.
I do so. however, solemnly protesting
against the Illegality of this measure In
the t.nme cf my government.”
Verbally, Capt. Humphries demanded
and obtained permission tn salute his flag
beloie lowering It, and for his command
lo occupy its quarters until Instructions
arrived from the war department.
The state authorities have net yet and
- on thA course to pursue. It seems
to be considered that the signature of the
Governor to the order for the taking of
tho arsenal Is ground for the position of
the general government that It Is a claim
against the
W. F. HAMILTON,
Artesian Well Contractor,
OCALA, FLA.
Am prepared to drill wells up to any
depth. Wo use first-class machinery, can
do work on snort nous# ana guarantee
satisfaction
SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1900.
Hunter
Health K
Hospitality |g
Hunter is the well-known title of the purest type cf the
Hunter Rye is universally prescribed by physicians as a tA
pul
tion for health Is recommended. J*
The fixed and uniform standard of quality of Hunter
Rye, Its mellow age and rich flavor, make it the favorite
Hunter te|§Sj
Baltimore Rye jBI
Is the American Gentleman’s Whiskey PSSiilliiliP
\
HENRY SOLOMON & SON, Sole Agents, Savannah. Ga.
\V HHi UTS V 11.1.F. CII AI TAI QI A.
It AVill lie Participated In by Teach
er, From Nine Counties.
Wrightsville, Ga.. May 18,-From June
3 to 8, inclusive, will be a gala week
in Wrightsville. Extensive preparations
have been made for holding a Chautauqua
her at that time, nine counties being rep
resented, thus having about 400 teachers
in the combined institute. The institute
will be conducted by Supt. G. G. Bond of
Athens, Supt. Lawton B. Evans of Au
gusta and Mrs. G. F. Alexander of Wes
leyan Female College, all of whom are
among the leaders of educational thought
and development in the state.
An excellent and well appointed pro
gramme for entertainments has been ar
ranged. For Monday and Tuesday the
programme is replete with good lectures
and excellent music. The best vocal tal
ent has been secured.
Wednesday will be military day. There
will be a competitive drill between the
Dublin, Eastman, Hawkinsville and San
dersville military companies, all of the
Second Georgia Regiment.
Thursday will be Gen. Gordon’s day. He
will deliver his famous lecture on "The
Last Days of the Confederacy.” A large
number of Confederate veterans will
greet him.
On Friday George W. Baine will de
liver his noted lecture, “The New Wo
man and the Old Man.”
COMMENCEMENT SPBAKBRS.
Snccessfnl Students of the Gordon
iNNlltHlt*.
Barnesville. Ga.. May 18.—The following
are the speakers for commencement. T'.ey
are chosen according to class standing;
Seniors—Salutatory, William Tuner of
Barnesville; historian. May Ella Coppelg *
of Barnesville; prophetess, Bessie Glasgow
of Barnesville; essay, Emmie Crowder of
Barnesville; essay, Florence Jones of Zeb
ulon; valedictory, Ralph Graves of Bain
bridge.
Junior Spoakers-Essie Harris. Fllppen
Ga.; Nettle Matthews, Barnesville, On.;
Maude Sheffield, Cedar Spring. Ga.; Em
mie Woodward, Vienna, Ga.; Heidt Sh, ar
ouse, Barnesville, Ga.; Edith Seltzer.
Barnesville, Ga.; Lois McWhorter, Greens
boro. Ga.; William Ellis, Oakland, Ga.;
Dora HUsuKin, Culloden. Ga.: Byron Hill.
Silverdale, Ga.; Myrlis Franklin, Bames
vllle, Ga.
Sophomore Speakers Lillian Spier,
Barnesville, Ga.; J. D. Wright, Oakland,
Ga.; Walter Middlebrooks, Barnesville,
Ga.; Henry Lewis, Sparia, Ga.; Frteman
Llfsey, Barnesville, Ga.; Ella May Har
ris, Flippen, Ga.; Warren Woodward,
Barnesville, Ga., Henry Covington, Fenst
cola, Fla; H. <J. Fletcher. Ja ktoi, Ga.;
W. J. Dickson, Lovejoy, Ga.
SAYS THE AMIS WILL Wits'.
Man Who Hn* Ftnured Out Thnt
Side of the Election.
Atlanta, May 18.—A prominent antt
prohibitioniist, who kept in full touch with
the recent primary, says that -of the twen
ty-eight senators nominated last Tuesday
eighteen are antis and ten prohis. The
remaining sixteen are to be elected later
on, and the antis are confident of cap
turing a comfortable majority of these.
The nntis were thoroughly organized for
the fight this year, and knew the pro
clivities of every man thnt offered for
either branch of Ihe general assembly.
The prohis ran up against some very
hard surprises even in legislative races
in what v.fre known to be prohibition
counties. This was due to the compact
organization of tin amis, Ihe result. It
Is sold, of several conferenccti held over
the state. _
FRATRICIDE AT ARLINGTON.
J. W. Cowart Shot and Killed by His
Brotlief.
Arlington, Ga., May 18.-Th!s / town was
thrown into n fever of excitement at 8;30
o'clock last night, when it was announced
that J. S. Cowart had shot and killed his
brother, J. W. Cowart.
They were partners In large turpentine
interests, and also mercantile interests.
The trouble grew out of business affairs.
It is generally conceded that J. S. Cow
art acted purely In self-defense, as his
brother was advancing on him with a knife
when he shot him. Three shots were fired,
only one taking effect, and that In the
heart. Mr. Cowart expired In about a
minute.
W ILL CAMI* ON TYIIKE ISLAND.
Fifth Regiment Looking for n Camp
ing Site There.
Atlanta, Slay 18.-MaJs. J. Van Holt
Nash and W. W. Barker left to-night for
Savannah. They go to select a camp
ing ground on Tybee Island for the two
weeks' encampment of the Fifth Regi
ment. which will take place about the
middle of July. The entire regiment will
go accompanied by It# band.
THU SI LI SLAVES.
Their Lot Is Fur Happier Than the
AVestem World Imagines.
Henry O. Dwight, in the Forum.
Our arguments on the Injustice of slav
ery or our proofs of its ruinous effects
upon the people who maintain it cannot
even be heard by Mohammedans. We
may by force stop slave-raiding in Sulu;
and the Moros will admit that we have
the right to do so. as we have the right
to stop other forms of war, if we have
the power. But any attempt to release
by force, from the houses of the people,
slaves whom these Mohummedants have
obtained in regular conformity to their
religious law, and who form part of the
family life which that law has conse
crated, would be an attack upon the Mo
hammedan religion Itself, to be resisted
with the fiercest wrath of fanaticism by
a general appeal to arms, whether made
in Central Africa, In Turkey or In the
Sulu Islands.
Clearly, then, a larg-e army will be
needed if we seek to coerce the Moros Into
freeing the slaves now in their hands.
But some who have had dealings with
the Moros say that all his anxiety to
clear ourselves from reproach Is need
k lees. Mohammedan slavery is not slavery
as we understand it. Much can be said
in favor of this opinion. Glimpses of
slavery in Mohammedan lands are far
from repellent. I once asked a Turkish
friend with whom I was walking to point
out to me some .specimens of slaves in
the crowd on the streets. We met a
party of veiled Turkish women. Walk
ing behind them was a girl of 10, plainly
but comfortably dressed, and carrying a
bundle W'rapped in nn embroidered cloth.
The bundle was so large that the slender
little arms could hardly encircle it, and
there was a sense of relief when the la
dies hailed n cab and entered It—little
girl, big bundle and nil. "That little
girl is a slave,” said my friend. “It is
the cheapest way of getting help for the
house. She is treated almost like a
daughter; does what work she can about
the house; carries parcels In the street;
runs errands to the baker and the grocer
and goes to school when she has nothing
else to do. Her work pays for her keep,
and when she has grown there is sure
to be someone willing to buy her.” The
iot of that little slave was certainly bel
ter than that of many a child of the
slums in our cities.
A carriage came whirling by, drawn by
a pair of nolle horses, and with two ser
vants rising on hors hack behind. It
: to; pda lltt'e In r.'ont of us. The coach
man leaped to the ground, and the ser
vants hastily clitrn, unted. one of them
< perir g the doos of (he ar iage, A negro
rp >ed out and pa sand Into a shop, pro
foundly salutfd by pissers In the street
as well as by the three servants. He wan
black as ebony, with very high cheek
I on s, very small eyes and very thick lips.
But he was tall and he’d his head like a
field marshal. "That man is a slave.”
said my friend. "Which one?” I asked,
!o king from one to the other of the
three servants. "Why, the negro who
came in the carriage” said my friend;
" these fellows are his servants, but he
hirrs If b dongs to some very high per
sonage, and has charge of the women;
probably he Is chief of the sltves In some
very great house.” One can net And much
to piiy In the lot cf a Gave who rides in
his conch.
A little farther cn we were crowded to
the wall of the ill-paved, r a-row street hy
another carriage, octupbd by three Turk
ish ladles. The.r faces were covered by
the thin white “yashmak,” now used cn
full-dress occasions only. Tne one who
sat alone on the back seat might hove
1 e n a Scotch lassie, so fair was hr ha'r.
Di imonils flashed from somo ornament
adjusted among the pretty tang.es. Her
ey. s were blue as the placid Bosporus; her
complexion was like alabaster, and on her
wdl-alovel hands diamond rings were
corap'< uomly placed. Af er the carnage
had left us more (pace, my friend re
marked: “These thr e women arc proba
bly all slaver. Tire one behind is untie
b dy s fa.or.te, and the two In from are
he' rnai s. And he e Is another slave,” h
added, nodding with a smile toward a
wrinkled oil negrc-ss d.esed In faded
rT thing and wta-lng a white veil thrown
lonely over her head. Hie sat on a hit of
carp t spread by the wayside, Hnd offere I
for sale w hat c m and :o I e moss et < au
dy, arranged round the sides of a small
flat basket. "She is too old to be of fur
ther use. and she has hired herself f.om
her master. She is glad to pay him a
dollar or two a month f r the sake of ly
ing free from his control, and he Is glal
to be rl 1 of her." This slave, too, poor oil
wreck of a gilded yeuth as she was
seemed content with h>-r lot. At least she
could breathe out in peace the remaining
years of her life
These are typ of Mohammedan slav
ery, and such a type alto was the woman
who 1 aped Into the sea rather than leave
for a strang r the man whrim perhaps
she loved Th experience of these slaves
may be duplicated In any Mohammedan
country, and even arneng the Moros. af
ter making al’owsnce for peculiarities of
local usage. So far as they go they Illus
trate the character of lire Mohammedan
pre-’epts relating to Hie treatment of
slaves.
GREAT DECLINE IN BUSINESS.
NOT ANY WHERE NEAR WHAT IT
WAS A YEAR AGO.
Tliert* Sopinn to Have nn Ex
ecutive Output of l , pcHluct*—Some
1 mlu.itrinl Stock* Have Fallen Oft
One-Half—ln Some Lines Consump
tion Hus Hoc*n Checked by the
Holding Ip of Prices—Shipments
of Cereal*.
New York, May 18.—R. G. Dun. & Co.’s
Weekly Review of Trade to-morrow will
say:
Business is not what It was a year ago,
but men do not agree In defining the dif
ference. The working force, then increas
ing fast, is now decreasing. Works tire
stopping to relieve excessive output in
manufactures of cotton, w r ool, leather and
some forms of steel, while prices are sud
denly reduced for the same purpose in
lead, wire and nails. What seems to some
“merely spring dullness,” others think
“the beginning of reaction.” The remedy
for one difficulty does not fit the other,
and there is more need than usual for
close attention to the meaning of events.
In place of the wild speculation in se
curities which swelled exchanges a year
ago, there has come such liquidation that
twenty preferred industrial stocks have
sold this wo k at prices averaging $83.14
per share, though the same stocks sold in
April last year for si9.6t> per share, and
twenty common have sold this w f eek for
$38.49 per share which sold last year for
$76.99, double the price. Yet many of these
have earned and paid good
dividends and all have enjoyed a year of
extraordinary business. The industrials
havo reached the lowest average they
have ever known, while the sixty most
active railway stocks, though depressed
about $4 per share since early in April,are
higher now than in most of January or
February, higher than early in December
and higher than a year ago.
Checking of ton mu nipt ion.
Business in some lines has been hinder
ed by the holding of prices so high as to
check consumption. The closing of works
by the Steel and W'ire Company* followed
by the reduction of S2O per ton In the
prices cf its products; the closing of many
paper mills because of overproduction; the
sudden reduction of 70 cents per 100
pounds in had from the price to which it
was raised late in December; the report
that tin plate works may be closed a while
for similar reasons, create a feeling that
seme business no longer has the guarding
and guiding influence of prices answ’ering
quickly to the demand for consumption.
But progress toward a healthy adjust
ment has been rapid within the past
week.
Transactions at Pittsburg in Bessemer
pig seem to be largely at “guaranteed
prices,” so that definite quotations are
avoided, though much Bessemer from the
East is offered at very low figures. Grey
Forge is a shade lower there, and local
coke at Chicago, while number one
hlgh la quoted at $21.50 beje. Bara sell at
Philadelphia for $1.73, white the Pittsburg
Association reaffirms its quotations of
two cents, which Is shaded. Plates also
sell there at 1.7 cents, with 1.75 quoted
at Philadelphia. The demand for struc
tural and other products has been much
reduced in part by building strikes.
Cotton nml Wool Mnrket*.
Woolen manufacturers are not meeting
a vetjy satisfactory market at the ad
vanced prices asked, and until a change
appears In that respect, the holders of
wool will need patience. Cotton has
broken In price, and may go lower as the
time comes for new crop prospers lo have
weight, but the decline of an eighth to a
quorter in brown sheetings and drills, has
been largely due to opportunities in fhe
export trade, which have been promptly
met I.arge contracts for shipment to
China have been effected, said to cover
15,000 bales, and for the first time since
August, the American outlook in that di
rection Is cheering.
The movement of grain continues large,
corn still rivalling wheat in quantity ex
ported. Atlantic' exports of wheat In
three weeks of May have been, flour In
cluded. 8,232.011 bushels, against 7,016,540
last year, jnd Pacific exports 2,203.909
bushels, against 1,367,906 last year, while
exports cf corn In ihe same weeks have
been 10,382,958 bushels, against 6,914,536 last
year.
Wheat has advanced over a cent, and
corn shows no change for the week, but
in both grains the prospect for thb com
ing crop is excellent.
Failures for Ihe week have been 117 In the
United Slates, agalnsit 147 last year and 30
In Canada, against 17 last year.
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THANKS TO EX-GOV. H’CORKLE.
Negroes Appreciate the Speeeh He
Haile nt Montgomery.
Macon, May 18.—The following letter,
prepared by the colored pastors of Ma
con has been sent to ex-Gov. McCorkle
of West Virginia;
"To the Hon. William A. McCorkle,
ex-Governor of West Virginia: Honora
ble Sir—The Evungellcal Union of Col
ored Ministers of this city has read wth
pleasure the speech you delivered before
the Alabama race conference. The thanks
and lasting good wishes of this union
are yours. The two races of this coun
try find in you their most exalted type
of the true statesman and the best ex
ample of patriot and friend."
Doctors 7 Say;
Bilious and Intermittent Fevers
which prevail in miasmatic dis
tricts are invariably accompan
ied by derangements of the
Stomach Liver and Bowels.
The Secret of Health.
The liver is the great ’’driving
wheel” in the mechanism of
man, and when it is out oforder,
the whole system becomes de
ranged and disease is the result.
Tutt’s Liver Pills
all Liver Troubles.
$500,000
- - OF THE
PREFERRED CAPITAL STOCK
OF THE
B. F. Johnson Publishing Cos.
ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
CHARTER DATED APRIL 24, 1900.
After a careful Investigation of the affairs of tho Company, and an examina
tion of the legality of Its organization, we now offer to the public tho above stock
on favorable terms.
This stock is 6 per cent, cumulative, anil is preferred both ns to assets and divi
dends. After each of the different classesof the stock has received a dividend of 8
per cent., it shares In any additional profits that may be realized by the company.
The Capital Stock of the company la fixed at $1,250,000—12,500 shares of SIOO paa
value, full paid and non-assessable.
"Another great Richmond enterprise “It Is understood that the plans for thk
has been compelled to enlarge its capital development of the company’s business
in order to meet the demands of a rapid- „ r ,. no Benge of an ~x pori mental char
ly growing business. This, it Is under- “
stood, is the meaning of the reorganiza- octer, the chief object being to provtdk
tton of the B. F. Johnson I’ublishing for Its rapidly increasing school book
Company, which has recently developed trade, the growth of which is perhaps onk
an extensive school book trade in addl- of the greatest marvels of recent South
tion to its regular subscription book ern progress."—Richmond (Va.) Dla
btls 1 ness.”—Richmond (Va.) Times . patch. /
1. The Company is endorsed by a committee of disinterested business men (In
cluding leading financiers of Richmond), after careful Investigation of 11s affairs.
2. Founders’ Slock taken by three hundred of tho most prominent buslnesf
men of twenty-two States.
3. Growth of business rapid and regular. Last year’s profits double profits o|
the year before.
4. The light which the Company has made for better school books has given
it a strong hold upon tho affections of the people especially in tho South. “Na
other house,” says the President, “has so many friends and In so many different
States.”
6. "The business nlready In sight Is amply sufficient to make tho house one ol
the largest publishing concerns In the country The Company,has al
ready secured business amounting to over one million dollars, and nego'tlatlonk
are now in progress for contracts amounting to more than s3,ooo,ooo.”—Dispatch.
G. Conservative Board of Directors. Economical management.
Subscription books will be opened nt the offices of tho undersigned at K|
o’clock a. to. May 14, 1900, and closed thereafter at tAe pleasure of the Directors.
Prospectus on application. JOHN L. WILLIAMS & SONS,
DAVENPORT & COMPANY,
Richmond, Va.
MECHANISM EXPLAINED.
LADY INQUIRES AS TO WORKING
OF THE ME It GE NT HAL ER.
Lucid Explnnnlltin I. Given tier mid
All Others Interested in This Com
plex Piece of Machinery.
From the Pensacola Press.
Mr. Editor—lf It does not take up too
much space in your paper will you kindly
explain the mechanism ol your Mtrgen
thaler Linotype, and give a' b let account
of the practical working of the ma htne?
I was with a company of ladles at your of
fice one afternoon to see the machine, but
I came away, I confess, as mtyh mystified
about Its operation, as previous to my see
ing It. My husband maintains that the
machine Is so complex, that It Is Impossi
ble for anybody, but the Inventors of tho
linotype, to make the average human min i
comprehend the modus operandl (as my
husband calls it) of this most wonderful
piece of man’s artistic skill. If this be
true, an;) my request be a foolish one, I
beg you will pardon me. Very respect
fully, etc., Mrs. G.
Madam, your request Is not a foo'lsh
one. While as your husband truly re
marks, the linotype Is exceedingly com
plex, and while It appears so difficult cf
comprehension, it Is possible for us to
make any one of average nn lerrtnnding,
fully comprehend the practical operation
of this marvel of man's handiwo-k.
Hundreds have been to our office to see
the Mcrgenthaler, and we believe all have
gone away, appearing to undi r t aid iis
workings, when, as a mateir of fact, th ra
last one we have no doubt, off as
completely mystified as your excellent
husband. Consequently, we are gird of
an opportunity to enlighten i ot oniy your
self, madam, and your friends, but iho
public generally, upon a topic, that tome
thoughtless persons have asserted, none
but the Inventors are quallfltd to discuss.
Our critical examination, for over fifteen
minutes, of the llnotyiw, together with our
profound knowledge of mechanics, we be
lieve, empowers us to speak ex cathedra
upon Its mechanism. Accordingly, as
briefly as well as succinctly as possible,
we will proceed with our explanation;
In tho first place we will state that the
Mcrgenthaler Linotype Is somewhat of a
cross between an improved McCormick
thrashing machine and a steam sausage
mill. It is entirely automatic, and is drlv
on by a dynamo of 501 ohms resistance,
capable under high pressure of making
twenty-four knots an hour, carrying forty
tons ot Associated Press matter, together
with a full cargo of cable messages.
11l US abdominal cavity there are, by
actual count, 847,000 capillary tubes, per
meating every portion of Its Interior or
ganism, filled with an effervescent gas
eous substance, easily assimilated, which
volaltizes at abnormally 'high pressure,
and makes delinquent subscribers waltz
up to the captain s office and Hettle up,
before you can tie your four-in-hand.
Just behind the dashboard there Is an
upright diaphragm with ninety-one stops,
with patent annunciator, which keeps ac
curate tab on the local reporter, perpetu
ally reminding that Item culler that the
office is on to his racket very mueffily, in
toto.
The operator, like any expert diver,
gets $lO an hour, and sits before a double
geared switchboard somewhat like a Rem
ington typewriter, and plays on It like he
would a calliope. He Is enveloped In rub
ber armor, and all portions of his body is
completely Insulated, except his head and
the soles of his feet. The operator's foot
rests on a |>e‘dal, which has a wire con
nection with the main battery, and by
pressure he makes or breaks the circuit
as occasion requires. The switch-ward Is
studded with pegs representing all the let
ters of the English alphabet, both capital
and small, the Arabic and Roman numer
als and such oft-repeated phrases as "and
so-forth,” "yours truly,” “here's luck,”
“horse-on-you,” “two beers," and such
like familiar expressions.
In operating, the manipulator merely
presses down on one of these pegs, for
Instance the letter B, ond Instants neons!y
the salivary gland of the diaphragm,
coughs U|> that letter, and sets It vertically
on the matrix, with a celerity and accu
racy, no human hand can rival. The
matrix Is nrrungfd to hold only one line,
equul In length lo a line in a column of
the IVnsacola Press, and slmultnneously
with the completion of the line, the tre
molo stop of the battery, anounces the
fact to the operator, by a gentle electric
thrill through his nondnsulated foot,
warning him to break the circuit, by re
moving his lanyards from the pedal.
And right here comes in the most mar
velous uitachmerK of tha entire wonder-
PAGES 9 TO 12.
ful apparatus, and which required of Mew
Ken thaler over nine years of solid think
ing, together with seven hundred cases o|
Milwaukee beer, to work out the problem}
for If, perchance, the operator has been!
out with the boys decorating the town)
with vermilion, the night previous!, ami
consequently oblivious of the warning htf
has Just received, there is a contraption!
suspended over his head, after the man
ner of Damocles' sword, which the sub
maxillary alveola process of the negative
eleotropede, automatically releases, and,
the lever descending like an avelaiuhe
from Alpine hlghts. a<lminister:. t.de
swipe on the operator’s head, which me Res
him see not only the seven stars, but all
the constellations of the zodiac, and awak
ens him to full realization' of the fact that
he has to play Itall while your Uncle Mer
genthaler Is in the box. So soon as tha
matrix 1s full, a Keeiy motor racks oft
with the layout and turning over like a
flapjack, stamps all the type on a thlr
metal sheet: then flopping over again tha
matrix vomits till the type In an upper
tier, and races Ivaek to headquarters to
receive another batch. .
At this point an arm Oif^a derrick, on the
end of which there Is a pair of grubbers,
like oyster tongs, reaches solemnly down,
and seizing the whole caboodle of type,
yanks It up on the starboard quarter, ami
places the batch In a little grooved alley;
instantly, beneath, a trap door rises, and
out pops a small wheel like a Jack-in-the.
box. and before you can say "scat" with
your mouth open, the wheel pushes tha
whole shooting match before It, Into art
aluminum turret, the bottom of which is
divided Into exactly as many compart
ments as there are characters on the key
board. Right over these chambers all the
types are carried by an endless cable; and
by an Ingenious contrivance which nolKXly;
hut ourselves or Mergenthaler would even
have conceived, each letter drops into Ita
own cell every time; and on no occasion
has any leucr, drunk or sober, been
known to drop Into the wrong berth,
which cannot he claimed for Pullman
passengers on some occasions. The cabin
n<?v<;r slops for an Instant, nor does it
ever nudge a letter to Inforfn It that tha
cell bejow Is its hopping off plnce, Ilka
the street car conductor has to do oecaa
lonully, in warning some young fellow,whrt
went out too many times during the acta
and came back eating cloves. Man muketj
mistakes, the Mergenthaler never. In con
clusion, we will divulge the sceret of that
automatic distribution of the type.
Kach one of the little vertlcle cells con
tains a very attenuated metal rod which
acts as a piston, and rises up exactly;
at the Instant a type passes over; conse
quently each pistol rakes up and down
the front of each type as It passes over-
But the reason a piston does not rake otß
the wrong letter sometimes, (and if oun
friend Mergenthaler were still living wg
would not give It away) Is, that on that
end of each pistol Is a little proturberanc*
—the p oturberance of no two pistons be
ing alike—and on the front of each typa
there is a slot or small cavity Into which!
the protuberance of the piston correspond
ing to the particular letter, exactly lita
and Into no other.
nuts when the TANARUS, type passes over thd
B cell, the piston of the latter will pas
over tha surface of the former but will
not take TANARUS, (no pun Intended) and so pis
ton B rejects every type except B, but
when that Individual passes over the B
cell its piston hooks Into the slot and Mr.
11 lets go the trolley, plunges down hit
cell, rans down the gangway, rushes ta
the roundhouse, washes Us face and re
ports to the o-ntial ready for another
trip. Such Is life In the buy hive of tha
Mergenthaler.
Let the readers of the Press cut out
this lucid explanation of ours, and when
they come In prion to the office, If they
And that we have not described the ma
chine i erfeetly, we will give each one a
yeur's subscription to the Pensacola l’resd
for six dollars.
—His Apprehension—Do you mean to telj
me you do not regard a public office as a
public ttust?” "Well,” answered Scnatot
Sorghum. "I don't like to hear It said In
Jut that way. Whenever you say any
thing about trusts and office-holding In
the same sent* nee people aro so likely to
get suspicious.”—Washington Star.
—"lt almost kills me to stand,” moaned
the lady In the street ear. "If I don't gat
a seat pretty >o :i I shall Just dop." And
It was only the next day that she stood
up two hours and a half while she had a
diess titled. But then that’s a different
thing.—Boston Transcript.
I0 t I
—Over the lAmlt—"Tour greatest enemy
Is whisky," sail the pirson to an Incor
rigible member of his floek. "But," said
the wayward one, "you have always told
us to love our enemies.” "Y. s,” answered
the good man, “but not to swallow them.’'
—Chicago News.