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PAKT TWO.
A TEXAS WONDER.
Hnll's Great Discovery.
One small bottle of Hall's Great Dis
covery cures all kidney and bladder
doubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes,
seminal emissions, weak and lame backs,
rheumatism and all Irregularities of the
kidneys and bladder In both men and
women, regulates bladder troubles In chil
dren. If not sold by' your druggist will
be sent by mall on receipt of sl. One
small bottle Is two months' treatment,
anil will cure any case above mentioned.
Dr. E. W. Hall, sole manufacturer, P. O.
Box 629, St. Louis, Mo. Send for testi
monials. Sold by all druggists and Solo
mons Cos., Savannah, Ga.
Read Tills.
Vicksburg, Miss., Jan. 8, 1900.
I have used Hall's Great Discovery for
bladder and kidney trouble, and would
not take a thousand dollars for the bene
flr received from using one bottle. I feel
that 1 am permanently cured. I make
this statement from a sense of duty that
I owe to those likewise afflicted, and trust
that they will take advantage of the In
formation and realize .the truth of my
ecyrtton. G H. Foe tar.
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IX PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.
At present there is every reason to be
lieve that Tennllle will have a knitting
mi;i in the near future. U is stated that
more than $15,000 had been subscribed to
th it purpose. It is necessary to raise an
additional SIO,OOO with which to build the
mill-
Albany Herald: Capt. R. Hobbs, of
th ? city. Judge W. D. Kiddoo, of Cuth-
U rt. and Capt. John Triplett, of Thorrms
ville, are entitled to be called the three
•v.ld reliables” of the Democratic Execu
te. Committee of the Second Congres
sional District.
A large number of young men and boys
left Macon Tuesday afternoon for the
; ach groves, in South Georgia, where
iruii growers are offering $1 h day for
boor while gathering their crops during
June and July. The crate factories are
rushing night and day.
The Indiana Fruit Company made the
first shipment of poaches from Sylvester
Tuesday. They were a beautiful speci
men of the. Sneed variety and were ex
pressed to New York. Shipments wii
i. rnue from now on, the Indiana com
pny expecting to handle 150 cars. Those
shipped Tuesday witl precede any other
peaches from this state by ten days.
Col. W. S. Wallace, one of the oldest
and most prominent lawyers of Butler.
and at his home Monday. He
hid been in feeble health for the last
two years, during which time he suffered
a great deal. He was about 75 years old.
( *i. Wallace was n gallant and devoted
• •fender of the South during the Civil
"dr. He entered the war as a priva’e,
tmd by his gallant and courageous *xm
- jet rose to the rank of colonel of his
i He was eminently successful
as a lawyer and one of the most widely
known of the profession in Georgia.
Georgia Sons of Confederate Veterans
a:e interested in the election of a com
v. ,;nder-in-chief of the organization to suc
,Jd Judge Walter Colquitt of Atlanta.
The election occurs in Douisville during
tne reunion of l/nited Confederate Veter
*,ls - Judge Colquitt will not be a candi
oue for re-election. Robert W. Bingham,
n promine.nt young attorney of Douisville.
■" mentioned as a probable commander
■■"•hief. He is well known to many Af
na Sons of Veterans, and will perhaps
- t the votes of the* Georgia delegation,
ih is a member of John A. Broaddus
cimp.
Kcv. P. S. Whitman, D.D., of Toccoa,
dird Tuesday in Elberton, Ga., at he
r > -idence of Jaipes Wilson. For the past
two weeks Dr. Whitman has been vlsit
itii; in Wilkes county, the scene of his
labor as a teacher before the war be
tween the States. He returned to Elber
ton last Friday, driving thirty miles
through the country. While making this
trip he was caught in a rain, from which
he could not thoroughly protect himself.
Asa result, he took cold, and though he
suffered no serious inconvenience from it
utmi an hour before 4 he died, yet
shock was too great for his feeble system
and advanced age. He was 85 years old,
and was one of the best know’ll educators
in North Georgia.
Pennine News: If their efforts are
no: unavailing it Is almost certain
Republicans will put out a
against the nominees of
I!,, recent primary for the low’er branch
' ;I state lawmakers. It is the inten
sion of those at the head of the movement
u> I- rsuade some prominent while men
0 a^ree to the use of their names as the
nominees of the n*gro party for the ex
- I . r- Purpose of defeating Mr. Hardwick,
1 'Uthor 'of the bill to disfranchise
Tactically all of their race. Mr. Franklin.
[J 0 1 1 lot with Mr. Hardwick, and
ho - hared his views upon the issues of
the campaign, is also to be fought. It is
nderstood that two gentlemen have the
inner now’ under consideration and that
' arc expected to give an answer the
ar ’ v . l' ,rt of next week. One of them has
Positively stated tha< he is opposed to the
1 ‘ 'ey of local option on the whisky
u ‘ tnion. He is also against the bill to
the negro.
The Executive Committee of the Georgia
I. 01 * 011 Growers’ Association will meet in
,con Saturday, and President Jordan
that all of the members of this
ipmitt. e be present, as now is the most
1 il time for the organization Pre
tv!lt r,) fdan has written to the heads of
ti'l ‘ Ml ‘cultural departments in all of
■ her cotton growing states in the
* urging them to call convention*
to that held in Macon on
c nd hopes to have the entire
organized by the time this
?h F s ' 10 P Is ready for the market. At
• nv.-tirig Saturday a definite plan of
. Vlll be mappid out iim'l the plans
inn proposed at the convention here
week* ago will be considered,
rri < n Executive Committee was elect
v Wo * empowered to act without con
‘ ‘‘ :nfr ’he main body of the association,
j. . uitever steps they will take Sat
-1 ,u ' W M Qt once be n basis of the Geor
‘ utton Growers’ Association.
‘ ir 'crsvllle News: Since Tuesday, cain
• ‘ i:n -ories have been cropping out, some
’ r Mlculous and all ot the expense of
j 'bdidotes. The best so far is on Mr.
• Ib'cves, the nominee for clerk of
superior Court. It is told as on ab
lact whlio oo on electioneer-
She Mofitiitg
* * i
mg trip. around Taylorsville, he ran upon
a prominent citizen of the neighborhood,
sitting on the creek bank fishing. Mr.
Reeves struck him for his vote and was
informed that he was pledged to another.
“Well,” said the fisherman, ‘‘as my mart
w'on’t run in the'primary I tell you whai
I’ll do. This fish has b>en biting at my
hook for an hour and j c'.u’t catch him.
If you’ll catch him I” for you.” The
bargain was struck ; Reeves pulled
h 4 coat off nn-l v. work to catch
that fish and a vote. He had hardly cast
his hook in when the fish grabbed it. It
was with a most satisfactory yank that
Mr. Reeves yanked that fish. He car
ried out his contract and the voter swelled
Mr. Reeves majority nt Taylorsville.
FLORIDA.
Hon. W. K. Zewadski of Ocala has an
nounced for the Legislature from Marlon
county. He is a number of the present
Legislature, and was one of the candi
dates for speaker of the House.
Lafayette count > jms instructed its del
egates in the State Convention to vote for
Jennings. (Sumter county selected a ma
jority of Jennings delegates, with instruc
tions to vote as a unit. These were the
only tw’o counties holding conventions on
the 19th.
One hundred and thirty ballots were
taken Wednesday in the Ninth Senatorial
Convention in session at Inverness, the
last ballot being as follows; Dr. Shelton
Stringer, Hernando county, 2 votes; Dr.
J. F. Wallace, Pasco county, 4 votes; Hon.
James Mason Young, Citrus county, 3
votes; total of 145 ballots taken and no
choice.
Bartow Courier-Informant: We are glad
that a considerable acreage of velvert beans
will be planted this season for the pur
pose of feeding beef stock this fall. Mr.
Jasper Summerlin will fatten four hun
dred head of beef cattle the coming win
ter on these beans, for our home use, and
says he would like to contract for 4,000
barrels if he could. This is a crop our far
mers should give their attention as we be
lieve theic is big money in it.
In the naval appropriation J>ill, which
passed Congress last week, Key West gets
a good share of the appropriations. The
naval station gets SIOO,OOO, which will give
considerable work to laborers; at the ma
chine shop the following amounts are en
tered: Building and equipment, $47,000;
construction and repair shop, $50,000; floor
in new machine shop, steam engineering,.
$3,0C0. Only a small number of men are
employed' at present, but after the first
of July, the beginning of the fiscal year,
more will be employed.
Odet Grillion of Tampa has gone to Key
West and will run on the Plant steamships
between that city and Havana in the ca
pacity of customs officer. This is done
so that there will be little or no delay for
the passengers. It is a custom which has
been in service for years, except that it
was discontinued last season. Mr. Grillion
will be kept on that run until the quaran
tine season closes. He is an immune, and
popular with all who have ever traveled
i)etween Tampa and Havana. Owing to
the fact that the line now has three trips
a week, one man can only make this trip
by leaving the boat at Key West each
time.
Three very Important land deals have
been made in Brooksvllle during the week
in which large sums of money exchanged
hands. W. N. Camp, the well-known
phosphate magnate, purchased a large
amount of phosphate land, In which the
consideration was up in the thousands of
dollars. A tract of land containing 17.000
acres was sold to Cranford A Lastinger
by the Florida Naval Stores Company.
Dr. Hartshorn has leased his large phos
phate interest to J. Buttgenbach A Cos.,
tho consideration being SIO,OOO. All of
these transactions were made through W.
9. Jennings, which proved that the genial
Judge never neglects a client, although
his time is now occupied by political af
fairs.
Mrs. Jack Weeks, a very pretty young
married woman of Pensacola, was taken
to the insane asylum at. Chattahoochee
Tuesday morning, having been adjudged
insane Monday. Tlds is a climax to a pit
iable case. Last Thursday morning she
was seen to leave her home in Pensacola
and wandered about in the woods for two
days and a night in a melancholy state.
She led her 6-year-old daughter by the
hand. They were found early Saturday
morning In the northern portion of the
city, half famished. After being given fool
the woman was taken to the police sta
tion anil locked up for safekeeping Her
little daughter stayed in the c 11 with her,
and Monday the mother became violently
Insane, making an attempt to murder her
daughter. The child was rescued before
being badly hurt. The woman’s husband
was In Cuba during the war two years.
Si- ce he is alleged to have smtieg e I rum
and cigars on the , ast coast, and btcause
of the husband’s continued absence the
woman became melancholy, even in her
wildest moments mournfully calling for
him. The child will lik.ly he taken charge
of by charitable lnst:tu ioi s
T. It. Moore Sfridimly Hurl.
Hazlehurst, Ga., May 24.—T. R. Moore
of the firm of Moore Bros. here, was se
riously hurt yesterday..ln a runaway nine
miles out in the country. He and his
brother. H. G. Moore, were driving a pair
of Voting horses, which they had raised
and trained. One took a scare and jump
ed, breaking some part of the harness.
They dashed off running. H. G. Moore
jumped out of the buggy unhurt, but
when T. R. Moore jumped, the reins
caught around one auk e end he was
dragged a cons'tterable distance. The
reins finally broke and relieved him. lie
la badly hurt, but will re 'ov r.
—A French paper recently charged that
an atlas used In English schools con
tained a map of France In 1910, “showing
the departments from Calais to the Py
renees as belonging to England.” An
English school master, James Keating,
gives a plausible explanation. He says
that this stretch of country as belong
ing to England Is shown in a school his
tory, and adds: "Our French friend has,
wittingly or unwittingly, transferred this
map from a remote past to an Immedi
ate future. The map In question repre
sents English territory in France at the
beginning of the reign of Richard I,
when the whole of the western side of
France appertained to England and Its
Norman kings. Note, too, how easily
the error Is made—ll9o Is the date of
the map; transpose one figure, and 119)
becomes 1910, the date alleged.”
W. F. HAMILTON,
Artesian Well Contractor,
OCAL.A, hi.A.
Am prepared to drill wells up to any
depth. We use first-class machinery, can
do work on snort nodes and guarantee
satisfaction.
bAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1000.
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COTTON FUTURES AGAIN OFF.
l-HENOMINAL DECLINE IM MAY' AND
AIGtST.
Tlie Drop Due Largely to tlie Failure
of Efforts to Corner These Posl
tions—May Drops 78 Points—Drier,
McCormick <Sfc Cos. Go to the Wnll.
Turpentine Firm at 48(4 Cents.
Lochl and Telenraphte Market*.
Morning News Office, May 24.—The de
c-lints of yesterday in cotton futures was
a mild forerunner of the remarkable slump
to-day. which created a panic on ’change,
and carried down with it the firm of
Price, McCormick & Cos., the New York
#nd brokers, who have taken
such an active hand in the market for sev
etal months past. This firm was heavily
long of cotttcn. particularly May and Au
gust contracts, and when the bottom
dropped out of prices it brought the crush
that carried not only this firm, but prob
ably a number of others. The full effect
of the failure as to other firms and indi
viduals will not be known until later.
As was the case yesterday, the reports
state that many of the selling orders were
from the South in accordance with the
position many of the trade took long ago,
that favorable conditions were sure to
cause a break later in the season. Full
accounts of the declines and transactions
appear in the local and commercial col
umns of the Morning News.
The day's volume of business reached 1,-
000, too bales.
Chief of interest in . the naval stores
market was the strengthening In the de
mand towards the closing, which had the
effect of ruffing the market on a much
firmer basis than the opening. There was
practically no and. raand at the opening, and
tone was posted steady at the Board of
Trade. Later In the day buyers entered
the market, however, which had the efTect
of imparting considerable strength to, it.
The doring was firm, with buyers willing
to pay. the market price. The following
resume of the different markets will show
the t ne and quotations at the closing to
day:
COTTON.
All Interest In cotton was centered to
day in the remarkable slump In futures.
It surpassed anything In the memory of
the oldest members of the Savannah Ex
change, and to the newly raised it was a
revelation. Especially was the break re
markable as to May contracts, which
showed a decline of 78 points, or more
than %c for the day. August dropped to
8.35 c, a decline of 125 points from the top
of the bull movement. Of course, after
such losses' a reaction Is to be expected,
but the local trade were not generally
willing to give an opinion, as to the proba
ble outcome.
The following were the official spot quo
tations, at the close of the market, at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
|This J Last
| day.| year.
Good middling |9 7-16]6%
Middling |9% |3%
Low middling I* |3%
Good ordinary |B% |4%
* Market— Nominal; sales, none.
Bnvannab Receipts, Exports and Stock.
Receipts this day 232
Receipts this day last year 559
Receipts this day year before last.. 351
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1899 ...1,064.881
Same lime last year 1.059,897
Same time year before last 1,173,531
Stock on hand this day 21,502
Same day last year 28,395
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports.
Receipts this day 2.485
This day last year 4.705
This day year before lest 4,142
Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1899 ..6,293.560
Same time lust year 8.076.031
Some time year before last 8.444.215
Stock at the ports to-day 25J,21.T
Stock same day last year 705,376
Daily Movements at Other Ports—
Galveston—Quiet; middling. 9%; net re
ceipts. 99; gross. 99; stock. 20,249.
New Orleans—lrregular; middling, x 13-16;
net receipts, 909; gross, 909; sales, 2,750;
stock, 114,310.
Mobile—Nominal; middling, 9; net re
ceipts, 5; gross, 5; stock 8.701.
Charleston—Nominal; net receipts, 434;
gross, 434; stock. 8,858.
Wilmington—Steady; middling. 9%; net
receipts, 13; gross, 13; stock, 10,935.
Norfolk—Nominal; middling, 9%; net re
ceipts, 383; gross, 383; stock, 11,023.
Balllmare-Quiet: middling, 9%; net re
ceipts, 111; stock, 6,477.
New York—Nominal; middling, 9 5-16; net
receipts, 310; gross, 1,868; sales, 500; stock,
77,053.
Boston—Easy; middling, 9 9-16.
Philadelphia— middling, 9 9-16; net
receipt*. ICO; gross, 100; stock, 5,839.
Dally Movements at Interior Towns—
Augusta—Nominal; middling, 9%; not re
ceipts, 2; gross, 2; sales, 37; stock, 8.078.
Memphis—Quiet: middling, 8%; net re
ceipts, 50; gross, 567; sales, 100; stock,
41,381.
St. Louis—Dull; middling, 8 15-16; gross,
1,114, stock, 43,271
Cincinnati—Steady. middling, net re
ceipts, 101; gross: 104; stock, 10,925.
Houston--l.mil; middling, 9 3-16; net re
ceipts, 6; gross, 6; stock, 13,609.
Louisville—Firm; middling, 9%.
Exports of cotton this day—
Galveston—Coastwise, 270.
New Orleans—To Great Britain. 1.700; to
France. 2,756; to the continent, 7,880
Norfolk—Coastwise, 3,127.
New- York—To the continent. 200.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day: To Great Britain. 1,700; to France,
2,756; to the continent. B.OSO.
Total foieign exports from ail ports'
thus far this we. k: To Great Britain 37 -
789 : t 0 France ' 2 ’ 7X ‘ t 0 lhe continent! 28’,-
Total foreign exports since 1 1899-
To Great Britain, 2,108,110; to France, 686.-
508; to the continent, 2,529,374.
COTTON FUTURES.
New York. May 24.—The wildest excite
ment prevailed at lhe .Cotton Exchange
to-day with phenomenal activity, follow
ing unprecedented liquidation of long cot
ton supplemented by heavy sales for short
account, the latter in good part on orders
from the South. The market opened
steady with July contracts, 1 point higher,
and the rest of the list from unchanged to
9 points lower. The selling movement
was not sq marked on the opening call
and some of the local traders .prepared
a little upward movement; but they soon
saw their mistake when an avalanche of
long cotton came on the market, and car
ried the smaller traders off their feet.
It was evident that some house or houses
h<l reached the distress point; but it
was not until 12:34 p. m. that the prime
factor of weakness was definitely known,
although pretty generally suspected. At
that hour the failure of Price. McCor
mick & Cos., was announced. This sus
pension was not wholly unexpected; never
theless it threw the market Into a panic,
and for a time pandemonium prevailed
on the exchange. August contracts which
this concern originally undertook to ad
vance to 10 cents, and did advance to
9.60 c, sold off to 8.35 c, this, being a decline
of 125 points from the top of the hull
movement, and a decline of 19 points from
the closing price of yesterday. May con
tracts, In which this concern also had
a heavy interest, broke 78 points, or more
than 4.C for the day. Rumors of other
failures were rife, but later it was an
nounced that no more failures were look
ed for. It was thought on 'Change that
while the failure of Price, McCormick Ac
Cos., had crippled some overconfident
houses who had been .Indulgent on tho
score of margins, there was no cause for
further apprehension.
_ The greatest decline of the day wag 10if
78 points. The market closed Irregular
at a net decline of 11@78 points, having
failed to recover from the extreme depres
sion of the day. Iq addition, to the heavy
loss in May, July went off 46 points. Tile
fact that the English market was closed
on account of the Queen's birthday, add
ed to the aciivity of the local market,
enormous selling orders to protect ac
counts having been sent over from
pool and elsewhere it) Great Britain. Con
tinental selling ordeh-s were also a fac
tor. While there Is,' no official record tf
the sales of cotton futures to-day, and
therefore no means of knowing the exact
extent of the transactions, it is known
that the volume of business reached some
thing like 1,000.000 bales, if not actually ex
ceeding that enormous total.
New York. May 24-Ootton futures
opened steady at the decline and closed
irregular. Prices as follows:
|Open.; High, j Low. | Ck*.
January .. ~| 7.71~| 7.76 | 7.60 I 7 m -
F “ h -' I 7.72 b 7.75 | 7.62 ] 7.63
March j 7.75 h i 7.77 7.67 |7 65
April | .... j
May I 9.29 b i 9.25 BAB 848
June | 8.89b] 8.87 8.45 8 45
July I 8.88 j 8.88 8.40 8 43
|Aug | 8.46 | 8.53 8.35 8.39
Sept | 8.00 j 8.08 7.90 7 9">
Oct | 7.89 | 7.87 7.72 7.71
Nov | 7.70 | 7.75 7.59 7.60
Dec | 7.70 | 7.75 7.57 7.59
Jan | 7.71 i 7.)
Feb 7.72 I 7.03
March j 7.76 j j 7.(55
Liverpool, May 24.—The cotton and grain
and provision exchanges were closed to
day on account of the Queen’s birthday.
New Orleans, May 24.—Cotton futures
steady.
May Nominal November .7.33717,34
June (bid).B.lo December ..7.33<h7.8l
inly (askedi.S.4o January ~7.347(7.35
August 8.097/8.10 February ,7.35@7 37
September .7.691/7.10 March ..’..,.7.8767.10
October ....7.447/7.45
COTTON LETTERS,
New York, May 24.—Hubbard Bros, A<
Cos. say: With Liverpool closed, the mar
ket has been subject to local conditions
and they have been of a nature to cause a
sharp decline In values. The failure of the
house most prominently Identified with the
movement to corner the market complete
ly upset the trade and the fluctuation*
have been caused by the sharp rr adjust
ments of acd,tints made necessary by this
suspinslon. It will have the effect of dis
tributing the holdings of cotton among
large numbers of people whose views as
to the future course of prices are not
yet known, nor can the effect of this fail
ure In Liverpool or tho Interests the firm
ha* In thnt market be foreseen. The un
dertone is naturally Irregular and unset
tled.
New York, May 21.—Murphy & Cos. say:
There was po Liverpool market to-day.
Our market/opened about 9 points' lower
than the close for the summer months,
but the next crop deliveries were only 1
to 2 (v>ints lower. There was a rush made
by longs to cover their long July and Au
gust cotton and prices declined rapidly
some 30 points, but the next crop months
were strong and had advanced some C or
B'points, while the bears were hammer
ing July and August down rapidly. Short
ly after noon it was announced that the
leading bull firm, Price, McCormick & Cos.,
had failed, and this started fresh liquida
tion, and in this rush the fall months suf
fered, but not to the extent of the sum
mer months. The market closed irregular
and excited at about the lowest for the
day. Liverpool will be open to-morrow
and quotations from there are anxiously
awaitedf
DRY GOODS.
New Y’ork, May 24.—There has been a
slight improvement in the volume of bus
iness doing in some quarters In cotton
goods, but general buying continues light
on home trade account. Sales for export
to-day have been moderate at previous
prices. Print cloths continue Idle in regu
lars and unchanged In odd geods. Prints
steady for staple lines. No change in gtug
haina.
Cotton linings in quiet request and ineg
ttlar.
THE HICK MARKET.
The following are the Savannah quota
tions:
Choice None
Prime 4Vi4%
Good 4 @4(4
Pair 3(4@SH
Common 2 @2(4
Rough Rice—None offering; season over.
Advices from the South vary some
what. Along the Atlantic coast there is
increased activity, largely resales from
points which are not dominated by re
cent "skyey influences.” The majority,
however, are very firm; claiming that lo
cal requirements ran easily absorb pres
ent scanty holdings and that there is war
rant for higher prices as neither foreign
nor domestic can be laid down at com
petitive figures.
In Louisiana, the movement is free; all
mills report turn-out promptly taken up
by waiting buyers. Much of the businesses
Is In fulfillment of contracts entered into
weeks ago; some speculative account, and
therefore to be returned to the market
for distribution, but in the main Is going
Into the hands of dealers and Intending
shippers.
Cables and correspondence from abroad
note continuance of firm conditions with
market more active at European centers.
Shipments from Burmah during past
three months have taken one-half of the
available supp'y for the year—largely for
famine distribution In India.
Talmage, New Orleans, telegraphs Lou-
Is nna crops movement to date; Receipts,
rough, 915.125 sacks; last year 703.449 sacks.
Sales, cleaned (cst), 239,180 barrels, last
year 173.576 barrels. Market very strong
and advanced.
Talmage, Charleston, telegraphs Caro
lina crop movement to dote: Receipts, 57,-
496 barrels. Sales, 56,720 barrels. Market
stiong.
NAVAL STOHICS.
Thursday May 24.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE—At the open
ing to-day turpentine showed a weaken
ing tendency, and It appeared that the
market was to suffer a decline. The tone
was steady at 48% cents, with the demand
against the market. Later in the day buy
ers entered, and the brisk demand had
the effect of entirely changing the as|>ect
of the sltuntton. All who Inquired for
stuff were ready and willing to pay the
market price, and the closing was very
firm at quotations. The receipts wero
1,643, sales 1,087, and the exports none.
ROSIN—Very little doing In the rosin
market to-day, which closed firm and un
changed. The demand was light, and for
this reason the day was without feature.
The receipts V’ere 3,829. sales 1,473, and the
exports none. The following were the quo
tations;
A. B, C $1 20 I $1 55
D 1 20 K 165
E 1 25 M 1 80
F 1 80 N 2 to
G 1 35 W G 2 25
H 1 45 W W 2 45
Naval Stores Statement-
Spirits. Rosin.
1900 1900
Stock on hand April 1, 1900.... 2,197 142,506
Receipts this day 1,643 3,829
Received previously 52,289 100,075
Total 56,129 246,410
Exports to-day .. ..
Exports previously 37,034 141,753
Total since April 1, 1900... .37,034 141,753
Stock on hand this day 19,095 104.657
Stock same day last year ....17,985 97,260
Same day year before last .. 2.328 4,449
Charleston, S. C.. May 24..—Turpentine
market quiet, at 47%c; soles none. Rosin
quiet, unchanged: saies none.
Wilmington, May 24.—Spirits turpentine,
nothing doing; receipts. 11. Rosin steady,
$1.0601.10; receipts, 498. Crude turpentine
fltm. $1.8582.90: receipts, 150. Tar firm,
$1.40; receipts, 78.
FINANCIAL.
MONEY—The and mand keeps fairly up
with the supply.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE—Market Is
steady. The commercial demand, $4.57%;
sixty days, $4.84%; ninety days, $4.82%;
francs, Paris and Havre, sixty days, 5.19%,
Swiss, sixty days, 5.25%; marks, sixty
da vs. 94%; ninety days. 94.
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE - Steady;
banks are buying at par, arid selling aa
follows: Amounts to and including
$25, 10 cents premium; $25 to SSO, 15 centa;
SIOO to S2OO, 25 cents; S2OO <0 SI,OOO, %
premium; over SI,OOO, $1 per thousand.
SECURITIES—The market Is fairly
steady.
Stock*.
Bid Asked.
Augusta and Savannah R. R 11l 112
Atlanta A West Point 125 126
do <p. c. centra 105 ll
AugusM Factory 85 90
Citizens Bunk 130 131
Chatham Bank 111% 112%
Chatham R. E. AI. Cos.. A 57 58
do do H 56 57
Eagle A Phenlx Mfg Cos r. 103 100
Edison Electric Ilium 104 106
Enterprise Mfg. Cos 100 103
Germania Bank .730 111
Georgia A Alabama 29 30
Georgia Railroad, common 2 9 211
Granltevllle Mfg. Cos 165 170
J P. King MTg. Cos 105 106
Langley Mf* Cos 115
Merchants National Rank 11l 112
National Bank of Savannah ....150 155
Oglethorpe Savings A Trust ... 112 113
People’s Saving* A I>oan 101 105
Southwestern Railroad Cos HI 112
Savannah Gas Light 24% 25%
Southern Bank 158 160
Savannah Bank & Trust 12 121
SR ley Mfg. Cos., Augusta 90 95
Savannah Brewing 100 101
Dunaa,
Bid. Asked.
Char., Col. & Aug. Ist 6s, 1909..106 107
Atlanta effy, 4V4 1923 11l 1U
Augusta city, 4s, 1927 105 106
do 4(45. 1925 11l 112
do 7s, 190! lit 112
do 6s, 1913 IIS 119
Ala. Mid. ss. Ind'd. 1928. M. A N..101 103
Augusta Factory, 6 per cent.,1915.110 111
Brunswick * Western 4s, 1938.... 83 84
C. R. R. & Banking, collateral 5s 92(4 93(4
C. of G. Ist 6s, 60-year gold, 1945
F. & A 118 119
C. of Ga. con. os, 1946. M. & N.. 92
C. of Gn. Ist Incomes, 1945 43 44
do 2nd incomes, 1945 13 14
do 3rd Incomes, 1945 6 7
C. of G. (M. G. & A. Div) 03,1917
J. & .1 95(4 99(4
C. of G. (Ealonton Branch), 5s
1926, J. & J 99 100
City & Suburban it. H. Ist 7s. .109(4 110(4
Columbus City ss, 1909 106 108
Charleston City Is, 1945 103 104
Eagle A Phenlx Mills 6s, 192S ...108 109
Edison Electric Illuminating 65...104 106
Enterprise Mtg. 6s, 1903 101 103
Georgia Railroad 6s. 1910 115 ...
G. S. &F„ 1945. J. & J 11l 1U
Georgia & Alabama Ist 6s. 1945. .105 107
do consolidated ss, 1915 96 98
Georgia state 3(45, 1930, J. & J.. 106 107
do 3*4". 1915, M. & N 104 1' 6
do 4(45, 1915 118 119
Macon city 6s. 1910, J. & J 118 119
do 4(45. 1936, Jan. quar 108 110
Ocean Steamship ss, 1926 106(4 108
Savannah city 6s, quar. July.
I*l3 113 113
do 6s. quar., August, 1909 111% 112(4
South Carolina state 4(45, 1933 117(4 119
Sibley Mfg. Cos. 6s, 1903 102 103
Sou<h Bound 5s 88 99
S., F. & W. gen. mt'ge 6s, 1934...123 131
do do Ist ss, gold, 1934 UO% 112(4
do (St. Johns Div.l la> 4a. 1934... 94 M
New York, May 24.—Money on call easy
at 1%@2 per cent.; last loan at 2 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 3(4@4(4 per cent.
Sterling exchange steady, with actual bus
iness In bankers’ bills at $4.87(4 for demand
and at $4 544@4.84 7 /f t for sixty days; posted
rates, $4.65 nn<l $4.68 , 4fci'4.E9. Commercial
bills, $4.84©4.84(4. Sliver certificates, 60®
61c; bar sliver, 60c; Mexican dollars, 47(4c.
Government bonds strong. Slate bonds
inactive. Railroad bonds inactive.
STOCKS AND BONDS.
New York, May 24.—Interest was still
further constricted In the stock market
this morning and the market had fallen
near to a point of stagnation when pre
monitory systems began to appear of dis
tress on tho part of some speculative In
terests. Tho market sold off sharply on a
largo volume of dealings than for some
time past. This was explained soon after
noon by the announcement of tho suspen
sion of Price, McCormick A Cos., which
was made first on the Cotton Exchange
and soon afterwards from tho rostrum of
the Stock Exchange. According to the
rule of the exchange, the suspension was
followed by the clotting out of the out
standing contracts of the suspended firm
on the floor of the exchange. The rest
of the day was practically devoted to this
selling and buying under the rule, other
operations being aim st entlioly given over.
The dealings for tho-2rm's account footed
up to 33.950 shares before the close. A
heavy outstanding short account was in
evidence In the settlement and the move
ment of prices resulting wus exceedingly
confused and Irregular. In ma-ny stocks
for which there was little market, the forc
ed sale caused some sharp declines and
lhe active railroad list was at one time
from 1 to 2 points oft from the best. The
steel stocks were also much affected.
There were decided recoveries from the
lowest prices, and the closing, while al
most stagnant, showed the net losses in
(he railroads generally reduced to frac
tions. The failure was primarily due to
commitments in cotton and the violent de
cline In thnt staple of the last two days
was the cause of the firm’s difficulties.
Sugar continued the most ahtlve stock in
the market and moved In a feverish and
erratic manner all day. Its extreme net
decline was 2%, and Its loss on the day
Is 1%. The movement of the stocks was
not accompanied by any news, and seem
ed purely speculative In character.
The steel stocks were depressed by the
rather discouraging view expressed by the
Iron Age of prospects In the trade, that
authority advising a sharp curtailment of
production. Rumors were circulated dur
ing the day that the Illinois Bteel Com
liany'a Joliet plant was to be closed down.
The prospect thus offered of possible re
duction of buying power In the commun
ity and of probable strikes and labor trou
ble* caused rather acute uneasiness. A
break In the Lake rates on grain renewed
the fears that railroad rates could not be
held, although the railroad earnings re
ported showed good lndr-eases, St. Paul
being included. The reduction In the Bank
of England rate of discount was expected
and produced little effect either In the
London stock market or here. Rales for
money continue very easy and the passage
to-day of checks for $35,000,000 through the
clearing house for the Third Avenue Rail
road bond payment caused not even a rip
ple. The proceeds are supposed to have
been promptly redistributed among the
banks. In view of the foreign exchange
situation and outward movement of gold,
much Interest attaches to the question
whether Liverpool will buy cotton heavily
after 10-day'e severe break, while the Liv
erpool Exchange wus closed for a holi
day.
A feature of the day was a sale of
Standard Oil in the outside market at 566,
compared with 550 yesterday, which was
then the highest price on record.
The bond market was exceedingly dull
and changes were mixed. Total sales, par
value, $1,360,0(81.
United States old 4s advanced %, and 6s,
new coupons, 4s and 3s, coupon, %, arid
the 2s % In the bid price.
Total sales of stocks were 414,500 shares.
Including Atchison preferred, 21,240; Burl
ington and Quincy, 9,750; Missouri INtelfle,
18,850; Northern Pacific, 12.640; St. Paul,
13,666i; Southern Pacific, 13,190; Union Pa
cific, 26,650; American Steel and Wire, 12,-
845; American Tobacco, 40,280; Brooklyn
Rapid Transit, 16,275; Continental Tobacco,
11,595; Federal Steel, 19,595; Sugar, 83,075;
Tennessee Coal and Iron, 7,300.
New York Closing Stock*.
Atchison 25%] Union Pac 53%
do pref 70% ! do pref. ...... 73%
Bait. A Ohio .. 76%j Wabash 8%
Can Pac 93%| dh pref 21
Can. Sou 52 ] Wheel AL. E.. 9%
Che*. A Ohio .. 27%j do 2nd pref ... 26%
C. G. W 12% Wls. Cent IS
C.. B. A Q 125%; Third Ave 113%
C., Ind. A L. .. 23 j Adams Ex 113
do pref 52 I Am. Ex 150
Chic. A E. 111. ..100 ju. 8. Ex 46
Chic. A Nw. ..165 I W(6l--Fargo JCx.ll6
('., R. I. A P. ..106% Am. Cot. Oil .... 34%
C. C. C. A St. L 59 i do pref 90
Colo. Sou 6 ]Am Mailing .... 3%
do Ist pref. ... 42 | do pref 21
do 2nd pref ... 10%! Am. Smelt. A R. 37%
Del. A Hudson 112%! do pref 89
Del.. L. A W... 177 j Am. Spirits .... 3%
D A R. G 18% ] do pref 17
do pref 67% Am. Steel Hoop. 2*2
Erie 11% do pref 69%
do Ist pref ... 35%: Am. S. & W. .. 33%
PAGES 9 TO 10.
Great Nor. pref.ls3 | do pref 73%
Hocking Coal.. 16 | Am. Tin-Plate .. 221*
Hocking Val. .. 37(4| do pref. 74(4
111. Cent 112(4, Am. Tobacco .... 93
la. Central .... 17(i| do pref 128
do pref 48 | Ana. Mining Cos. 41
K. C. P. & G... 17 ! Brook. R. T. .. 70(4
L. E. & W 274| Col. F. A 1 3644
do pref 93 (Cont. Tobacco .. 24
I.ake Shore ....212 | do pref ?7(4
L. & N 79U Federal Steel .. 33(4
Manhattan L. .. 89(4] do pref 66(4
Met. St. Rv 155 j Gen. Electric ...134
Mex. Cent 12(4| Glucose Sugar .. 46%
Minn, A St. L.. 61(4| do pref 99%
do pref Mi*i Inti. Paper 22
Mo. Pac 56(4| do pref 64
Mobile & Ohio.. 40 | HaCletlge Gas .. 68
M. K. & T 10(4, Nat. Biscuit 29
do pref 33(4| do pref 80
N. J. Central. ..116 | Nat. Lend 19'i
N. Y. Central ..181(4 do pref 95%
Nor. & West. .. 35%|Nat. Steel 28%
do pref 78%| do pref 86
Nor. Pac s<>%| N. Y. Air Brake 124
do pref 71 1 uj Nor. Am 14%
Ont. A West. ... 21 | Pac. Const 47%
O. R. A- N 42 I do Ist pref SO
do pref 76 | do 2nd pref. .. 57
Pennsylvania ... 120 :, j Pac. Mail 29
Reading 16%| People's Gas .... 98%
do Ist pref. .. 55%j Pressed S. Car.. 43
do 2nd pref. ... 28 | do pref 76
R. G. W. pref. 8714] Pul. Pal. Car,..180
St. L. AS. F.. 9%: BR, AT 6%
do Ist pref 67(4] Sugar 113%
do 2nd pref. .. 33(4] do pref 11l
St. L. Sw 11 ] Tenn. C. A I. .. 73
do pref 27 | IT. S. Leather ..10%
Si. Paul 115'4] do pref 68%
do pref 173% U. S. Rubber .. 28%
St. I’. A 0m... 112 ] do pref 94
South. Pac 33%| West. Pn’on .... 79%
Sou. Ry 12%|R. I. A S 11%
do pref 54%. do pref 56
Tex A Pac. .. 16% P. C. C. A St. L. 68
Bonds.
U. S. 2s ref. ...103% L. A N. Uni. 4s. 99%j
do 2s, reg. .... 99 7 :,; Mo.,K.AT.2nds. . 68%
do 3s. rag 109(41 Mo., K A T. 4s. 93
do 3s. oou. ..109% M. A O. 4s. ofd.. 86%
do new 4s, reg.l34%] N. Y. C. lsts ...110%
do new 4s,ct>u.l*4%] N. J. C. gen. 55..121%
do old 4s, reg. 115% N. C. 6s 130
do old Is, e0u.115% N. C 4s 118,%
do ss, reg 113% No. Pa. 3s 67%
do ss, coup. .113% No. Pa. 4s 101%
D. of C. 3 65s ...121 ; N. Y., C. A St
Atch. gen. 4s ..101 | L. 4s 106
Atch. adjt. 4s . 84%! N. A W. con. 4s. 96%
Can. So. 2nds ..106(4 N. A W. gen. 6s 130
C. of G. 5s 92 iOre. Nav. lsts ..110
do Ist Inc 42 ]Ore. Nav. 4s 104
do 2nd Inc 12 |Ore. S. L. 6s —129
C. A O. 4%s .... 99 | Ore. S. L. C. 5*114
C A O. 5s 117 Read. gen. 4s ... 88
C A !w. C. 75.141% R. O. W. lets .99
C. A Nw. S. F. ! St. L. A lr. M
Deb. 6s 119 | con. 5s 110%
Chi. Term. 4s .. 95 ] St. L. A S. F.
Col. So. 4s 86% gen. 6s 124%
D A R. G. lsts.lol%] St. P. cons 170%
1). A R. O. 4s . 99%, St. P., C. A Pa.
E T.. V. A G. | lsts 120
lsts 103 |St. P., C. P. 65.121%
Erie Gen. Is ... 71%] So. Ry. 5s 112
F. W. A D. C. | So. Pa. 4s 83
lsts 72 ]S. Rope A T. 6s. 71
Gen Elec. 6 .120 | Tenn.new set.Ss. 96%
c, H A S. A.65.111 |T. A Pa. lsts ....114%
G. H. A 8. A. |T. A Pa. 2nds ... 67
2nds 108 |I T b. Pa. 4s 106
H. A T. C. 55..110 | Wabash lsts ....116
H. A T. C. C. IWabash 2nds ....102%
6s 110 ] West Shore 4s ..112%
la. Cen. lsts ....114%! Wls. Cen. lsts .. #O%
K. C., P. A G. |Va. Centuries ... 93
lsts 71 jVa. Deferred ... 8
I, new c0n5.45..106(4|
New York, May 24.—Standard Oil, 545@
548.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Note.—These quotation* or* revised
dally, and are kept as npar as possltila
In accord with the prevailing wholesale
prices. Official quotations are not used
when they disagree with the prices whole
salers ask.
Country find Northern Produce.
POULTRY—The market Is steady. Quo.
tatlons: Half-grown, 35050 c per pair;
three-quarters grown. 55060 c per pair;
full-grown row In. (hens), 65@700 per pair;
roosters, 40c per pair; turkeys, *1.2502.50
per pair; geese, 76c0*1.00 per pair; duck*.
10065 c per pair.
EGGS—The market (s steady at 11012.
BUTTER—The tone of the market la
steady. Quotations: Extra dairies 20c;
extra Elglns, 22c.
CHEESE—Market firm; fancy full
cream cheese, 12013 c for 25-pound aver
age.
ONIONS— Bermuda, 11.7502.00 crate;
Egyptian, 13.25 sack; crates, *1.0).
PEAS— Black-eyed, *1.8502.00 per bushel.
POTATOES—Northern, old, sacks, *1.71
ei.o.
BEANS— Navy or peas, *2 2502.50 per
bushel.
Early Vegetables.
TRIBH POTATOES—New, No. 1, *3.M
per barrel; No. 2, *2.0002.50; culls, *1.009
1.25.
SNAP BEANS—Round, 75i?@1.00 crate;
flat 50075 c; wax, 50075 c.
CUCUMBERS —Per crate, 11.0004.25
EGO PLANT—HaIf barrel, crates, *1.50®
2.00.
SQUASH— Dull at 75c0*1.00 per crate.
CABBAGE —Per barrel crate. 12.0002.73.
STRAWBERRIES— Local stock, 70190
per quart; Florida stock, 5010 c.
II rends tuffs. Hay and Grnls.
FLOUR-Market easy; patent, *4 20;
Straight, *3.90; fancy, *1.60; family, *3.40
MEAL-P*-url. per barrel *2.50; per sack,
*1 20 ■ city meal, per sack, bolted. *1.121401
115 ’water ground. *1.123401.15; ey grist,
cks *1 1734; pearl grist, Hudnuts’, per
barrei. *2 75; per sack, *1.25; sundry
brands. *1.20 sack. .
CORN— Market Arm; white, Job lota,
GO,-- carlood lots. 59c.
OATS—No. 2 mixed, carload, 36036 c; Job
ots, :i7038c; white, clipped (37 to 42 pounasj,
42c.
BRAN—Job lots. *1.00; carload lots, Ro.
HAY—Market strong; Western, Job lota,
97c; carload lots, 9234 c. ,
Bacon, limits und Lara.
BACON—Market higher and advancing;
smoked clear sides, B<,ic; dry salted clear
sides. BV4c; bellies, 834 e.
HAMS Sugar cured, 1234015‘4c.
LARD—Market firm; pure, in tierces,
*Bjc; 50-pound tins, B%c; compound, It*
tierces. 7Vic: 60-pound tins, 7Hc.
sngur uml toffee.
SUGAR—Board of Tracie quotallons;
Cut loaf 6.9BiDJamond A 5.58
Crushed 5.98 (Confectioners A.5.38
Powdered ~• • •. 5.08 jWhite XC ~...5.12
XXXX i>owd ...5.73 Extra C.. ......5.03
Stand, gran. A. .5.58 Golden C 4.93
Cubes 5.73 (Yellows 4.83
Mould A 5-83
Hardware and Uulldlng Supplies.
LIME CALCIUM, PLASTER AND
CEMENT—Alabama and Georgia lime In
fair demand and aell at 80c a barrel; spe
cial calcined plaster, *1.19 per barrel; hair,
load lota, special: Portland cement, re
tail. *2.25: carluad lots, (2.0002.20.
LUMBER. F. O. B. VESSEL SAVAN
NAH—Minimum yard sixes. *14.00016.00;
Car sills. *10.00016.50; difficult sites, *10.59
026.00; ship stock, *25.50030.00; sawn Uea.
112.50011.00; hewn ties. 13036 c.