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GdVEFNDR
SIGNSBILI
measure providing for the im
provement OF THE STATE’S
PROPERTY SECOMES
A LAW.
Governor Candler Tuesday signed
the Atlanta depot bill which passed the
last session of the legislature, and the
measure is new a law.
The commission which Is provided for
In the bill will be appointed by President
Howell, of the senate, and Speaker Little,
of the house. The bill provides that two
members of the commission shall be ap
pointed from the senate and four mem
bers from the house.
Governor Candler is made a member of
the commission.
The bill was sent to Governor Candler
Tuesday with a batch of other meas
ure* which passed during the last hours
of the session. The governor being famil
iar with the contents and provisions of the
bill, lost little time in the constueradon
of it. and immediately affixed his signa
ture. which completed the course of the
bill before It could become effective.
Chairman Gress of the special legisla
tive depot committee. It is believed, will
be chairman of the new depot commis
sion. As soon -as he and other members
of the commission are appointed, a meet
ing will be called and the work of organ
ising and preparing the preliminary plans
will begin.
CUBA INCREASES”
ALL HER EXPORTS
WASHINGTON. Dec. If.- A compara
tive statement of the commerce of Cuba
for the fiscal years. IMO and IMI. Issued
by the division of insular affairs, war de
partment. today.shows that the total
value of merchandise imported during the
fiscal year IKI was P 3.050.141. as against
tn.Ml.lS7 for IMO; and the total value of
tnerenandise exported during IMI was $83.-
115.5 n. as against S4S.2SMS for 1900. This
indicates a decrease of 9.S per cent in the
value of Imports and an increase of 39.5
per cent In the value of exports.
The value of imports of merchandise
from the several countries respectlvely
during th* fiscal year IM was as fol
lows:
United States. $25.C75705. a decrease of
6.7 per cent; United Kingdom. $9,280,949.
decrease $2.4; Germany. 8.4M.051. increase
$9.4 per eent: France. $2.922 629. decrease
14.8 per cent; Spain. »538.045. decrease IX4
per cent; other countries. $11,888,68®, de
crease 4.8 per cent.
The value of exports of merchandise to
the several countries respectively during
the fiscal year was as follows:
United States. $45,497.4®. an increase of
yi.4 per cent; United Kingdom. $5,871,717.
Increase 34.9 per cent; Germany. $6,730.-
480. increase 19.2 per cent; France. $1,402.-
465. increase $2.4 per cent; Spain. $579,302.
decrease 30-2 per cent; other countries, $3.-
044.380. increase 53,9 per cent.
LIEUT. WINSHIP WRITES
OF BATTLES IN VENEZUELA
MACON. Ga.. Dec. It—Lieutenant Em
ory Winship. of Macon, is aboard the war
ship lowa at Panama. He writes that the
battles between the insurgents and the
government of Venezuela are frightful,
the average of killed being 40 per cent.
He says the armies on each side are com
posed principally of little boys. Mr. Win
ship says efforts are made to take ad
vantage of the presence of the Lnited
States warships to make the insurgents
believe Uncle Sam has come to protect
the government of Venezuela in the pos
session of the isthmus, whereas it is there
only to protect the American interest*,
regardless of which party is in power or
in control of the Venezuelan government.
He ssys the clerical restrictions in mar
- riage and the consequent expense attach
ed to church marriages is the principal
cause of the Insurgents’ complaint against
the government.
GOOD ROADS TRAIN
WILL GO TO AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA. Ga.. Dec. 17.—The good
roads train of the Southern railroad will
come to Augusta. This was settled at a
conference between Mayor Phinizy and
Commissioner of Roads Eve yesterday.
Judge Eve ha* agreed to furnish 32 mules
and the convict force to assist in the
work, and the city will foot the other ex
penses. estimated at about SSOO. Superin
tendent H. H. Moore, in charge of the
good roads train, was notified and ac
cepted the invitation. The exact date it
was not possible to arrange, but it will
be some time the latter part of January
or the first of February. The section of
road on which the work will be done will
be the old Exposition avenue and a por
tion of Crawford avenue, lying between
Augusta and Summerville and easily ac
cessible by rail and trolley lines.
TOM EASON MAY ”
HAVE OPPOSITION
Representative W. J. Walker, of Web
ster county, announced Tuesday that
he would be a candidate for prison com
missioner against Hou. Thomas Eason,
provided that Representative Mark Ever
ett, of Stewart county, did not enter the
race.
Mr. Walker is a close personal friend
of Mr. Everett, and as they live in ad
joining counties, he says he would not
like to oppose him. Mr. Everett entered
•he race two years ago. but withdrew.
Now he is considering making the strug
gle again.
He will make known his intentions to
Mr. Walker some time this week and if
he decides that he will not be a candi
date. Mr. Walker will enter the race at
once. Mr. Walker is well known in Geor
gia. and has served several :erm* in the
legislature.
INSANE WOMAN HANGS~
HERSELF WHILE ON BOAT
NEW YORK. Dec. 17.—Her mind unbal
anced by business reverses of her hus
band. Mrs. Una R. Perry, of thl* city,
killed herself on the Fall River steamship
Priscilla, at the Pier here.
She and her son Ralph, six years old.
were being taken to Boston by Mrs. Red
man. her mother.
While the grandmother and boy were
on the deck of the vessel watching the ac
tivity on the pier. Mrs. Perry hanged her
self to a clothes hook in her state room.
Her mother and sen found her dead.
The wontan’s husband, George H. Perry,
came from St. Lou's about a year ago
sad started in business here, but •vol un
successful. Mr. Perry I* said to be in the
west at present ard Mrs. Perry worried
. over bls aLser.ee.
I Cure Men and Women
of ear fora *f etuoclc aervovs diseases, n
matter baw obstinate er deep Mated the cas»
Twenty years at my Use hav* been devoted t
their etady and treat u.ent I have eure
headreds of totients at their Lome* Writ
-5« fuSy. X NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D.
1$ laman B'dg. Atlanta. Ga.
GRESS AFTER
LEASE Sf STEM
SAYS THAT STATE CAN LARGELY
INCREASE ITS REVENUE FROM
THE LEASE OF CON-
’ VICTS.
G. V. Gress, of Wilcox county, author of
the bill which gives to Atlanta and the
state a niw union depot, announced to
day that he would again boa candidate
for legislative honor*, and his friends say
that he will be elected without opposi
tion.
Many of the legislator* were under the
impression that Mr. Gress would not be a
candidate again, and those who expected
to return were regretting that they would
not have the pleasure of seeing Mr. Gress
in his accustomed scat. But strong pres
sure has been brought to bear on Mr.
Gress during the past few days and he has
consented to run.
Mr. Gress says that the main plank in
his platform for the legislature will be the
revising of the system of leasing the con
victs of the state. Mr. Gress is of the
opinion that the state will receive $175,000
more every year than it does now. if the
*y*tem of allowing sub-leasing is abol
ished.
It will fall io the next legislature to
provide for the leasing of the convicts,
as the present lease will expire in the next
two v ears. Mr. Gress states that he has
in mind a bill that will make money for
the state out of the convicts, and he is
going to work as hard to have this bill
passed as be did to get the depot bill
through.
Mr. Gress has worked convicts on his
lumber mills for a number of years, but
he always divides his labor. At a ma
jority of hts camps he has free labv
altogether, but at several he has ha-jf
convicts and half free labor. He is thor
oughly acquainted with the convict sys
tem and his knowledge on this line Will
no doubt have considerable weight tn the
next legislature when the question come*
up.
soldierThome
80AR0 MEETS JAN. 8
TRUSTEES OF HOME WILL DECIDE
UPON REBUILDING PLAN
NEXT MONTH.
Finding that it would be impossible to
have a full meeting of the board of trus
tees of the Soldiers’ Home at an earlier
date, Col. W. L. Calhoun, the president,
has called the meeting for Wednesday.
January Bth. The committee on building,
consisting of Colonel Calhoun, chairman;
H. W. Bell. C. M. Wiley. William T.
Gary and John Triplett, will meet on the
7th and prepare a recommendation to
make to the board upon plans for re
building of the home.
At the board meeting the plans for re
building will be selected and arrange
ments made fa* letting the contract at-the
earliest possible date. President Calhoun
now has four plans. One is the cottage
plan, two of the other combination plans
of both cottages and larger buildings and
a fourth, which provides for the erection
of a two-story building on the old foun
dation will save a considerable sum in
the cost of erection and President Cal
houn is Inclined to favor it.
"I have modified my views about the
cottage plan considerably,” he says. "It
would.be very inconvenient for some of
the old men to have to go from one build
ing to another in all kinds of bad weath
er. A combination of the cottage plan
and a larger building will be better, I
think. If we rebuild on the old foundation
we will save a good deal, and in view of
the fact that the legislature cut our ap
propriation $5,000 this will be a material
consideration. We can rebu.-d two stories
on the old foundation and add what cot
tages are necessary.”
The contract will be let almost immedia
ately after the selection of the plans on
the Sth of January, and the work pushed
to completion with an possible rapidity.
The old soldiers will return to their home
by May, says President Calhoun.
The present quarters on Marietta street
will be retained for the old soldiers until
their new home is completed. President
Calhoun say* some of the men need ex
tra clothing during the cold weather, and
that any contribution in this direction will
be appreciated.
GEORGiTEXHIBiT
UP AT CHARLESTON
Georgia’s exhibit at the Charleston Ex
position is almost completed. State Geol
ogist W. 8. Yeates, who is the special
commissioner in charge of the work, re
turned Tuesday from Charleston for
more material for the exhibit. He
left again last night and by Sat
urday will have the Georgia display in
splendid shape.
Mr. Yeates says he is surprised at the
magnitude of the exposition at Charles
ton. He states that the buildings are
much prettier than those at the Pan-
American and the electrical display is as
good, with the exception of an electrical
tower. This tower, which attracted so
much attention at Buffalo is lacking at
Charleston.
Nearly all ths exhibits have been slow
in arriving, but Mr. Yeates is of the opin
ion that everything will be in readiness
by next week. So far. according to Mr.
Yeates, the crowds have been very good,
but larger ones are expected when the
railroads begin the operation of winter
schedules and rates.
Mr. Yeates says the Georgia exhibit will
compare favorably with any exhibit on
the grounds, and that he hopes to win
another prize as he did at the Buffalo
show.
roster"6fgeorgia
TROOPS IS NOW READY
Inspector General William G. Obear
Monday completed making the roster of
the state troops, which roster will be
forwarded in a few days to the United
States war department by Adjutant Gen
eral J. W. Robertson.
The roster shows 4,772 members of the
state militia, an increase of 591 soldiers
over last year. Os this number 616 aro
negroes. There are S 3 companies of in
fantry. artillery and cavalry. There are
3,179 members of white infantry. 616 r.icin
■ bets of negro infantry, 552 members of
white cavalry, 224 of heavy artillery. 159
of light artillery 21 of general staff and M
of the hospital corp*
This roster does not include t»*e naval
reserves. The report is regarded as a
very creditable one in every respect. Geor
gia ranks along with the other states of
the Union in its state militia. Ait of the
troops are equipped with guns and uni
forms and are said to be in splendid con
dition.
The Increase of 591 is regarded ns re
markable for one year. Adjutant General
Robertson will have an unusually interest
ing report to submit lo the war depart
ment next week.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1901.
Hfffl ORAIN
»»TREASURY
MANY OBLIGATIONS ARE TO BE
MET BEFORE JANUARY FIRST
BY STATE OFFI-
CIALS.
That $200,000 borrowed by Governor
Candler, on behalf of the state last April
will fall due on Christmas day. and
Treasurer Park Is now making arrange
ments to pay back the banks the money
which they advanced.
Interest to the amount of $2,000 will
have to be paid on the loans, but It is
considered a very small amount when the
sum borrowed is considered. The loan
was made on account of the decision of
the Supreme court that the public prop
erty fund could be used for no other pur
pose. The money was borrowed to pay
the school teachers. The Southern Bank
of Savannah furnished $50,000 of the
amount, the Citizens Bank of Savannah
furnished $25,000, the Neal Loan and
Banking Company of Atlanta furnished
$75,000, the Fourth National Bank of At
lanta furnished $25,000 and the Atlanta
National Bank of Atlanta furnished
$25,000.
Treasurer Park will also have to depos
it next week SIOO,OOO of the state money
as a sinking fund, and on January 1 will
have to pay out $155,000 as interest on the
public debt. If the supreme court should
hold that the Howell resolution is con
stitutional the money could not be used
on January 1, as the decision will not be
forthcoming until January 10.
WANT THE RELATIVES .
OF JAMES THOMPSON
Postmaster W. H. Smyth has been ask
ed to locate the relatives of James
Thompson, a young man, supposed to
have lived in Atlanta, who was acciden
tally killed in Morton, Ark., October 3d
las* by falling timber.,
A letter has been received by the post
master from A. S. Dlsha, of Morton, Ark.,
in which he is asked if there are any par
ties who get mall at the Atlanta office
by the name of Thompson flhat have a
missing son. It is stated that a young man
who gave his name as James Thompson,
apparently 23 or 34 years of age, was killed
by falling timber, but no particulars are
given as to how the accident occurred. He
claimed to be a loom repairer. There was
nothing on his person, the letter states, to
tell anything about his parents, but the
writer says the young man told him his
parents lived in Atlanta.
The writer of the letter, A. 8. Dlsha,
states that he will be glad to furnish the
parents of the young man, if they live in
Atlanta, the particulars of their son’s
death. His address is Morton, Woodruff
county, Arkansas.
CHARLES R. WHITE
. ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE
MACON, Ga., Dec. 17.—Twelve Jurors
and a house full of interested spectators
are listening today to the details of the
killing of Armand Huguely by Charlie R;
White.
White and Robert Logue are charged
with murder. They have {Headed not guil
ty. White admits the shooting, but says
it was done in self-defense. Logue says
he was present, but had no hand in the
affair.
The state contends that Huguely was
shot down In cold blood while working
with one of his horses In his wagon yard.
In the rear of the Pulaski bar on Mul
berry and Bridge Row. White and Logue
claim that they had a right to be In
the wagon yard, although It was Hugue
ly’s and that they were attacked by
Huguely and his father and the shooting
was absolutely necessary. The state
claims that the two men went into the
wagon yard foY the purpose of commit
ting murder and that they had no thought
of giving Huguely a chance for his life.
A quarrel had previously arisen over a
game of cards, when Huguely protested
against the alleged cheating of Mr. J.
Q. Adams, of Pulaski ' county. Adams
now claims that he was not involved in
the game of cards, however, and the
questions that arise in the case are very
difficult to determine.
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NEW CHINESE PORT
OPENED TO TRAFFIC
TIEN TSIN, Dec. 16.—Chin Wan Kao,
the gulf of Liao Tung, south of San-Kai,
Kwan, was formally opened to trade De
cember 14. A staff of customs officials is
stationed there.
Negroes Flee From the Lash.
JACKSON, Miss.. Dec. 17. Whitecaps
have made their appearance again in
Newton county and are making things un
pleasant for the negroes In that section
of the state, and as a result of the out
rages that have been perpetrated upon
them a number of the negroes have ieft
the surrounding country and gone to
Meridian to find protection in the crowds.
Several nights ago a party of White men
went to the home of Ben Butt, a negro
employe of the Newton Compress, took
him out of his little cabin and beat him
unmercifully with a stick and a leather
strap. The affair caused considerable ex
citement and resulted in the temporary
cessation of the compress work, because
a great many of the negroes left for more
peaceful parts.
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DIES IN PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 18.-Dr. Rush 8.
Huldekoper died yesterday at a hospital in
this city from a complication of diseases
said to have been contracted during the
Spanish-American war. in which he serv
ed. Dr. Huldekoper was United States
commissioner general to the exposition at
Hamburg tn 1883 and in 1893 was appoint
ed chief surgeon in the army with the
rank of lieutenant colonel. He was 47
years of age
Miscellaneous.
Co per month to ladle* for an hour or two
writing each day; send mo self-addressed en
velope and get full particulars. Mrs. A. T.
Moreland. Crawford. Ala.
$23 PER MO. for ladles to do writing at home.
Send self-addressed stamped envelope for
particulars Mrs. M. S. Davenport, Green
wood. 8. C.
s2u PER MONTH to ladles and men for an
hour or two writing each day. Mrs. S. W.
Adams, Mallory & villc, Ga.
WORTH WILL CASE
takes another turn
RECEIVERS ARE APPOINTED FOR
MILLS OF COMPANY—FED
ERAL COURT ACTS.
CHARLOTTE. N. C„ Dec. Is.—A spe
cial from Greensboro, N. C., says: The
Worth will case, from Randolph county,
continues a source of Interest to the pub
lic. Decidedly the most sensational turn
in the litigation was taken Saturday af
ternoon, when Judge James E. Boyd, of
the United States district court, appoint
ed Dr. John 11. McAden, of Charlotte,
and Mr. W. H. Ragan, of High Point.
N. C.. receivers of the Worth Manufac
turing company, owning and operating
cotton mills at Worthville, Central Falls
and Randleman. The motion for the ap
pointment of the receivers was made by
Jones & Tillett, of Charlotte; Captain
Charles Price, Os Salisbury, and C. B.
Watson, Esq., of Winston-Salem, attor
neys for Mr. Robert W. Bingham, of
Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Mary McKee, of
Clarksville, Tenn., heirs of the late Dr. J.
M. Worth. Judge Boyd directed the re
ceivers to take immediate possession of
the assets of the Worth Manufacturing
company. Immediately after the order
was signed, shortly after 3 o’clock Satur
day afternoon, Deputy United State*
Marshal Millikan left for Worthville to
serve the papers.
The motion for the appointment of re
ceivers was based upon the alleged In
solvency, or Imminent Insolvency, of the
company. The book* of the company
according to the allegations in the bill of
complaint, show that the Worth Manu
facturing company now owes a consid
erable sum of money, amounting in the
aggregate to $125,000, due and payable
within the next 90 days. The complaint
further alleges that the company lost
$33,000 during the last fiscal year, and that
it is now operating at a loss of about
SB,OOO per month. It is understood that
the bulk, or a large Share. of the estate
of the late Dr. Worth consists of stock
in the Worth Manufacturing company,
which is capitalized at $200,000. Judge W.
P. Bynum, Jr., has been designated as
counsel for the receivers.
The case gets into the Federal court
for the reason that Mr. Bingham' and
Mrs. McKee are non-residents. The
prominence of the parties Involved, the
number of counsel employed, Including
some of the ablest and most brilliant In
the state, the fact that every inch of
ground within the state and Federal ju
risdiction is being resorted to and con
tested with unusuil zeal and ability,
promise to make this the most cele
brated case of its kind in the history of
North Carolina.
MAN ISIBESTEDi
. HELD FOR MURDER
WASHINGTON, Pa., Dec. 17.—As a re
sult of the inquest on the remains of Mrs.
Elizabeth Shannon, who was found dead
.in a. field near yesterday.
David Hoge has been placed under arrest
charged with her murder. It is alleged
that Hoge was last seen driving out of
Waynesburg with the woman and both
..were said to have h«»n prinking, r
At the inquest finger marks were found
on the woman's throat, and it is thought
she was choked to death and left dying
in the field,. Hoge is a member of an old
and well known Green county family.
littleboy mangled
UNDER CAR WHEELS
GAINESVILLE, Ga., Dec. I?.—Little Joe
Logan, while driving a wagon across the
tracks of the Southern railroad yesterday
evening, was struck by a freight train
and his body, with pipces of the wagon,
were dragged quite a distance before the
train could be stopped.
The little boy was terribly mangled, his
body being cut in two. . .
He was returning from the mill in a
wagon which was drawn by one horse and
did not see or hear the approaching train
as he drove onto the crossing and the
wagon was struck by the engine Just as
it reached the center of the tracks.
The dead boy was the son of Mr. J. R.
Logan, a very prominent citizen, and the
accident Is deplored by his friends.
CHECK GOODS WEAVERS
ARE STILL OUT ON STRIKE
AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 17.—The strike of
the check goods weavers at the Sibley
mill still continues, and although several
conferences have been held between the
mill authorities and representatives of
the strikers, no agreement has been
reached. Both sides profess to be very de
sirous of ending the strike and the point
of difference between them is very slight,
yet neither side seems willing to make
the slight concession necessary to reach a
settlement. Some alarm was caused
among merchants Saturday by the rumor
that had been spread that all textile
workers would go out this week if a set
tlement was not reached, but investigation
showed this to be merely an idle rumor.
The strike is not an organized strike, and
union and non-union weavers are engag
ed in it. There is no probability that the
textile union will take any action what
ever.
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Ships Collide and One Is Sunk.
BOSTON, Dec. 18.—The British steam
ship Isle of Kent, of Newcastle, Englani,
frem Savannah for Bremen, pul in here
yesterday with bows crushed in and her
stem battered. She brought the entire
crew of the Spanish steamer Amesti,
bound from Bilboa, Spain, fcr Philadel
phia, the, latter vessel having sunk in
half an hour after a collision with the
Isle of Kent on Saturday last when about
328 miles east of Cap* •Cod.
SEMI-WEEKLIMIBE KPC'fl
Spot Cotton Market.
Atlanta, quiet, 7 13-16a.
New Orleans, steady, Bc.
New York, steady, Hie.
Liverpool, quiet, 4 19-32 d.
Cincinnati, quiet, BHc.
Mobile, normal, 713-16 C.
Savannah, quiet, 7%0.
Augusta, dull, 814 c.
■Wilmington, steady,
St. Boule, quiet, Bc.
Cincinnati, quiet. 814 c.
Norfolk, steady.. Bc.
Galveston, quiet, 8 l-16c.
Baltimore, normal. 713-l Cc.
Boston, quiet, B%c.
Philadelphia, quiet. B%c.
Memphis, steady, Bc.
New York Cotton-
NEW YORK. Dec. 18.—The cotton mar
ket opened steady with prices 1 to 5
points higher on scattering demand from
shorts and some buying on foreign orders.
But taken as a whole, this advance was a
very poor response to firm Liverpool,
small port receipts and another Intensely
cold weather map of the. entire cotton
belt. Soon after the call liquidation sent
January off to 8.13, March to 8.18 and May
to 8.20, with the undertone heavy. Sup
porting orders were seaxee and there was
not concerted bull reslstence to the sell
ing pressure. Liverpool followed our reac
tion and foreign buying orders soon ta
pered off. Commission houses and the
south sold in a small way all the first
hour. While there were occasional pe
riods of steadiness the market lacked
snap and energy with the trade devoid of
enthusiasm. Spot market news from the
south was a trifle cheering, in that larger
offerings were reported with a correspond
ing decrease in demand from exporters
ana northern spinners.
At noon the market was Inactive but eteady,
with prices net I®2 points higher.
Spot cotton quiet, but steady; middling up
lands, B't4c; middling gulf, B%c.
NBW TOltR COTTON.
The following were the ruling price* In the
exchange today:
Tone barely steeuly; middling BHc, steady.
Bast Close
Open Hixh Bow Sal* Rid
January ..8.14 8.16 8.11 8.11 8.11
February.. .. ..8.15 8.15 8.15 8.15 8.13
March 8.22 8.22 8.14 8.17 8.18
April
May 8.22 8.23 8.18 8.19 8.18
June 8.21 8.21 8.20 8.20 8.18
July 8.20 8.21. 8.15 8.15 8.15
August.. •• ..8.08 8.08 8.01 8.01 8.01
December ..8.18 8.16 8.13 8.18 8.10
NEW ORBEANS COTTON.
The following were the ruling quotation* in
the exchange today
Tone steady.
January 7.93
ebruary , *-w
March £.05
April $ 05
May 8 0S
June 8.08
July BJO
August 7.95
December ... >.OO
LIVERPOOL COTTON.
By Private Wire to Murphy & Co.
The following were the ruling quota
tions tn the exchange today:
Tone, quiet and steady; sales, 10,000;
middling, 4%d.
Open. Close.
January and February 4.32 4.32
February and March .. .... .1..4.31 4.32
March and April 4.31 4.31
April and May 4.81 4.31
May and Jun* ; 4.30 4.31
June and July 4.30 4.30
July and August 4.2) 4.30
August and September 4.25 4.25
December <-33 434
December and Janury 4.32 4.33
COMPARATIVE PORT RECEIPTS.
Uli > 1899-0 ’ 900-1 1901 -1
Galveston 24,515 8,298 16,638 15,150
New Orleans 14.506 14.109 18,007 15.152
Mobile 1.W5 634 1,409 969
Savannah .... .w 6,227 7,982 6,271 8.170
Charleston 2,628 248 688 1,307
Wilmington 1,340 1,351 904
Norfolk 5,489 2,293 1,700 3,243
New York 57 50 1,051 524
Boston 3,222 590 2,323 1,025
Philadelphia 417 131 385
Total at all p0rt*..71.382 38,942 55,126 *50,000
•Estimated. .
Murphy & Co.’s Cotton Letter.
NEW YORK. Dec.' 18—Cotton opened a shade
higher and moved within a narrow range most
of the morning. There was next to nothing
new beyond the fact that cable* wer* more
than up to expectations. Bears made futile
effort* to break the market and met with de
termined resistance. While there was little
doing bull confidence was on the Increase, and
nothing now stands in the way of broadening
market except the holidays. People as a rule
do not care to take much part at this season
of the year. Receipts are being watched with
great interest, and for a little while they will
have more or less influence in the dally course
of prices, although the morw confident bulls
are picking up cotton in confidence of good
profits. The continent *o!d here against pur
chases in Liverpool, where prices were one
point higher. Port receipts 60,000, against 65,-
000 last year. The more confident bull* are
holding on to their cotton, and those who want
to buy are simply holding back for a favor
able opportunity or rather for the movement
when more convincing evidence of the crop
shortage is apparent It is not improbable
that we shall witness the abandonment of all
such ridiculous estimates as ten and a half
million bales before a great while, and it will
be surprising if the trade doe* not soon regard
ten million as the maximum. Some Missis
sippi accounts asseft that 30 per cent is yet
unpicked in the hill counties, and we believe
this statement to be correct, but the snow in
that section referred to has changed the situa
tion there and planters there state that the
cotton will fall out as a result of the snow
and causes still more damage than that caused
by rain.
Grain and Provisions.
CHICAGO. Dec. 18.—Light offerings and good
cable list helped wheat at the opening today.
May started a shade to He higher at 80080% c.
Trade early was small and about evenly di
vided. Local and northwestern receipts, how
ever, were so small that the strength soon de
veloped. The cold weather and shortage of cars
make very hard railroading and traders fear
there may be a shortage of stocks here.
Liberal selling by early buyers in wheat
brought a sharp sag late in the session and
May sold off to 79%c,- closing weak %c down
at 79%@79%c.
Corn added some small strength to wheat.
May advanced to 80%c and at the end of the
first hour was selling at 80%c. Local receipts
were only 14 car*, none of contract grade.
Minneapolis and Duluth reported 516 cars, mak
ing a total tor the three points of 560 cars
against 805 last week and 463 a year ago. May
corn opened a shade higher to a shade lower at
67*4@67%c on a smal trade. Offerings, however,
were scanty, the cables somewhat higher and
n firm feeling began to develop. Professionals
were doing some buying and short* covered.
This carried May up to 67%c. At this figure
more stuff was put on the market and prices
eased to 67c. Receipts only 37 cars.
Corn showed a tendency to follow wheat on
the decline and closed weak lower at
66%c.
Oats had only a small trade, but the usual
small offering*. May opened a shade lower at
45%c, but sold up with other grains to 45%@
45%c, easing later on better offerings to 45%*.
Receipts were 96 cars.
Hog products all opened unchanged, regard
less of lower prices for hogs. Trade was dull,
but prices held steady. May pork opened at
sl6 80 and sold to $16.87016.90; May lard at $3.90
and advanced a shade and May ribs at sS.<2ls
and sold up 2%c.
Chicago Quotations.
WHEAT— Open High Low Cl™**
December.. 76% 76% 75% 73%
May 80% 80% 79% 79%
July 80% 80% 79% 79%
COKN—
December €4% 64% 63% 63%
May 67% 87% 66% 86%
July 66% 67% «<l% 66%
OATS—
December 44% 44% 44% 44%
May 45% 45% 44% 44%
July 38% 39% 38% 38%
PORK “ -» -A
January
May 18.87 16.87 16.75 16.75
January.. •• •• •• •• 9.37 9.92 9.85 9.85
May.. 9.90 9.90 9.85 9.85
SIDES -
January 8.45 8.45 8.40 8.40
May 8.62 8.65 8.60 3.60
Chicago Close Quotations.
CHICAGO. Dec. 18.—Wheat—December,
75%c; January. 75%c; May, 79%079%c; July,
J Corn—December, 63%c; May, 66%c; July,
66’ie.
Oats—December. 44%c; May. 44%5; July, 38%c;
September, 33%c.
Pork-December, $16.60; January, $16.30; May,
$16.75016.77.
Lard—December, $9.35; January, so.Ba; May,
$9.65.
P.lbs—December, $8 40; January, $8.40; May,
$8.60.
Flax—Cosh northwest. $1.56; southwest, $1.54;
December. $1.35%; May, $1.56.
Rye—December, 62%c: May, 66%c.
Barley—Cash, 56063.
Timothy—March, 65c.
Clover—March. $9.50.
Chicago Cash Quotations.
CHICAGO, Dec. 18.-Wheat-No. 2. red. 80%
®B2%c; No. 3, red, 77%082c; No. 2. hard, win
ter, 76077%c; Na 3. do.. 75%076%c; No. 1,
northern spring. 76%078c; No. 2, do., 75%0
76%c; No. 3. spring, 71%075%a
Corn—No. 3, 46%®65c.
Oats—No. 2, 46%c; No. 3. 46a
RECEIPTS IN CHICAGO.
Wheat today, 14 car*; estimated tomorrow,
3C cars.
Corn today, 37 cars; estimated tomorrow, 47
cars.
Oats today, 96 cars; estimated tomorrow, 100
cars.
Hogs today. 32,000 head; estimated tomorrow
head.
LIVERPOOL GRAIN.
Following are the quotations In th* Liverpool
train market today:
WHEAT— Opening Close.
March 6s 2%d. 6s 2%d.
CORN—
January 5s 3%d. 5s 3%d.
St. Louis Quotations.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. IS.-Wheat—No. 2, red.
cash, elevator. 82%c; December, 82c; May,
32%c; No. 2, hard, 78%'S’79c.
Corn—No. 2. cash, 67c; December, 67c; May,
€B%c; July. 68%068%c.
Oats—No. 2, cash, 47%c; track, 49049%c; De
cember, 47%c; May, 4C%c; No. 2, white, 60%
051 c.
Rye—Steady, 65%c.
Pork—Steady; jobbing, $16.00.
Lard—Lower, $9.70.
Lead—Unsettled, $4.15.
Spelter—Quiet, $4.17%c.
Poultry—Steady; chickens, sc; springers, 8c;
tuikeys, 607 c; ducks, 607 c; geese, 304.
Butter—Steady; creamery, 20025%c; dairy,
15020 c.
Eggs—Steady. 24c.
Wool Quotations.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 13.—W00l strong; territory
and western mediums. H%016%; fine, 11015 c;
coarse, 11@14%.
Sugar and Coffee Quotations.
NEW YORK. Dec. 18—Standard granulated,
$4.90. Coffee —Jobbing, 7c; invoice, 6%0.
NEW ORLEANS, D»c. 18.—Standard granu
lated. $4 80; fine granulated aame as standard.
ATLANTA, Dec. 18.—Standard granulated,
s%c. Roasted coffee—Arbuckle, 100-lb. cases.
$11.80; Lion. 100-lb. cases. $11.30.
Naval Stores.
SAVANNAH, Dec. 18. —Spirits turpentine
firm, 36; sales, 259. Rosin steady, W W $3.85,
W G 83-60, N $3.25, M $2.65, K $2.25, I $1.70,
H $1.45, G $1.30, F $1.25, E $1.15, D. C, B. A
$1.10; sales. 1,050. Receipts: Spirits, 863;
rosin, 2.703.
New York Produce Market.
NEW YORK, Dea 18 —Butter-Receipts, 4.484
packages; firm; creamery, 16025 c; June cream
ery, 15021%c; factory. 12%015%c.
Cheese—Receipts 1,858 packages; fancy large.
September. lO01O%c; fancy small September.
lO%011c; late made best large, 9%c; late made
best small, 10@10%c.
Eggs—Receipts 4,553 packages; strong, state
and Pennsylvania, 29030 c; western at market,
23029 c: southern at market, 22©28c.
Sugar—Raw steady; fair refining, 3 9-32 c; cen
trifugal 96 test, 3%c; molasses sugar, 3%c.
Refined barely steady; crushed. $5.40; pow
dered, $5.00; granulated, $4.90.
Coffee quiet; No. 7 Rio, 6%c.
Molasses steady.
Kansas City Quotatlonx
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 18.—'Wheat—December.
73%c; May. 77%; cash No. 2 hard. 74%©75%c;
No. 3, 74%c; No. 2 red. 86086%c; No. A 84%0
85%c; No. 2 spring, 73074 c; No. 3, 72®72%c.
Corn—December, 68%'868%c; January, 68c;
May, 68%c; cash No. 2 mixed. 67%068%c; No.
2 white, 68%c; No. 3, 67©«7%c.
Oats—No, 2 white, 47%c.
Rye—No. 2,65066 c.
Hay—Choice timothy, $13.50; do prairie, $13.75
@14.00.
Butter—Creamery, 17022 c; dairy, fancy, 18a
Eggs—Fresh. 24c.
Live Stock Market.
KANSAS CITY. Dec. 18.—Cattle— Receipts
8,000, including 300 Texans; market steady to
a shade lower; native beef steers, $4.75416.50;
Texans and Indian steers. $3.0004.75; Texas
cows, $2.2503.75; native cows and heifers.
$2.7505.25; Stockers and feeders. $3.0004.25;
bulls, $2.2504.25; calvee, $3.2504.50.
Hogs—Receipts, 15,000; market steady to 10c
lower; bulk of sales, $5.5006.65; heavy, $6.66@
6.75; packers, $6.3506.65; medium, $6.25@6«65;
light, $5.4006.45; yorkers, $5.2506.25; pigs,
$4.2505.15.
SheejP-Recelpts, 2,500; higher: muttons,
$3.0004.25: lambs. $4.5005.30; western wethers,
$3.2504.10; ewes, $3.0003.85.
CHICAGO, Dec. 18.—Cattle—Receipts. 20.000;
10c lower; good to prime, $6.2507.50; poor to
medium. $3,800'6.00: stockers and feeders,
$2.0004.25; cows. $1.0004.50; heifers. $1.5005.15;
canners, $1.0002.50; bulls. $1.7504.50; calves,
$2.5005.75: Texas fed steers, $1.3005.40.
Hogs—Receipts today. 48,000: tomorrow,
40,000; left over, 949; steady to 5c lower; mixed
and butchers. $5.8506-50; good to choice heavy,
$6.30@6.70; rough heavy, $5.8006.10; light, $5.30
@5.90; bulk of sales, $5.8506.45.
Sheep—Receipt*. 22,000; steady to 10c lower;
lambs. 10015 c lower; good to choice wether*,
$3.7504.40; fair to choice mixed, $2.8003.50;
western sheep, $3.0004.00: native lambs, $2.50
“..50; western lambs, $2.0004.25.
ST. LOVIS. Dec. 18.—Cattle—Receipt*, 7,000,
including 5,200 Texans, native* steady; Texans
slow, lower; native steers, $3.40@6.40; choice
fancy. $6.5008.00: cows and heifers. $2.0004.?5:
stockers and feeders, $2 4003.80; Texan* and
Indian steers. $2.00@4.50 fed; grass, $3.0004.30;
cows and heifers, $2.4002.50. •
Hogs—Receipts, 10,000; market steady on
best. 5c lower on other*; hogs and light, $5.95
6.15; packers, $6.1506.40; butchers. $6 3506.55.
Sheep—Receipts, 2,000; market steady; na
tive muttons, $3.4004.50; lambs. $4.0005.75.
CINCINNATI. Dec. 18. —Hogs-Generally low
er; butchers and shippers, $6.2006.40: common,
$4.0005.75.
Cattle—Steady; fair to good th'ppers. $4,650
5.35; common, $2,250X15.
Sheep—Strong, $1.2503.25.
Lambs—Strong; higher, $3.25@4.5s
ATLANTA MARKETS.
Cotton.
ATLANTA, Dec. 13.—Middling cotton qul«t
At 713-16 c.
Stocks and Bonds.
The following ar* and asked quotation*
for stat* and city bonds:
Bid. Asked,
aaorgla 3%«, 27 to 39 years ...108% 109%
Savannah s*. 190$ ...107 108
Georgia 4%*. 1915 115% 116%
Macon 6s. 19W 115
Atlants 7s, iyO4 10?
Atlanta 6s, 1914 121
Atlanta ss. 1911 ..........114
Atlanta 4%5, 1922 .116
Augusta Is, 1906 107
Newnan 6s HO
Columbus 5s 104
Railroad Bonds.
Georgia 6*. 1910.... 115
Georgia Pacific Ist.. 127
C., C. A A.. Ist 107
Atlanta and West Point Debt5....105 106%
C. R. R. of Ga. Ist Incomes 75 76
2d incomes ......... 32 33
Railroad Stocks.
Georgia ...... 233
Southwestern ....... ...............117% 113
Augusta and Savannah 115 116
Atlanta and West Point *..150 160
Atlanta Clearings.
Darwin G. Jones, manager of th* Atlanta
Clearing House Association.
Clearings today, December 18, 1901..$ 509,253.64
Week ending December 14. 1901..,. 3,230.501.06
Same week last year 2,738,682.81
Clearings for weeks ending nearest to
December 7. in the following years:
1893 1,623.018.28
894 1,643,482.71
1896 1,997.949.27
1896 ‘ 1.745.667.28
1897 1,676.204.26
1898 : 1,699.617.01
1899 2.135.047.48
1900 2.870,170.70
J9Ol 8.541.3G2.46
Cotton Seed Products.
Cotton seed oil strong, 32%@33c per gallon;
eotton seed, sl2 per ton t. o. b. station; cotton
seed meal. $23 per ton; cotton seed hulls, bulk,
$6.00 per ton: bale hulls. $7.00 per ton.
Country Produce.
Butter—Georgia Jersey. 18020 c: Tennesse*
Jersey, lS@2oc; Tennessee choice. 14015 c;
sweet potatoes, 40061 c; Irish potatoes. $1,150
sl-25 per bushel; onions. $1.7501.90 per bushel;
honey, new crop, strained. 7@Sper pound;
comb, bright, 9010 c per pound; chinquapins,
$3.00 per bushel; chestnuts. $1.7301.85 per bush
el: white peas, $1.600173 per' bushel;«mixed
peas. $1.0001.10 per bushel;- stock peas, SLOu pet
bushel; eggs, 22&23q.
: t Nuts.
Mixed nuts, 12%c; Brazil nuts. 16@17c; Eng
lish walnuts. No. 1. t2%c; Na 2 walnuts,
10%<s; North Carolina , peanuts, 4%c: hand
picked Vlrc'.ni*. 5%c; extra fancy Virginia,
5%c; alifaonds. 13© 14c; pecans. 11012%c.
Meat, Lard and Hams.
Reg. R.. 9c; half rib*. 9%c: rib 8.. 9%«9%c;
fat 8.. s%c; lard, best, ll%c; 2d, 10%c; break-
fast ba'con. 1301ic ; hams. 12014* according M
brand and srverage, Ca. H.. B%@»%c. \
Poultry and Game.
Hens, 22%c each; fries, large. 15c: me
dium, »%<rt small. 10c: cock*. _
guineas, 15c; geese, full feathered, 40c: queka.
puddle, 22%c; Pekin ducks. 27%@30c; tuflteya
live, 8c per pound. Quail. 10c each; wild
ducks. 25035 c each; wild turkeys, 12%c p«
pound. Dressed- rabbits. 10c; <l***ed
turkeys, 10012 c; dressed fries, 14015 c; dressed
hens. 10@llc; dressed ducks. 11%@12%*. • Live
opossums. 25035 c each; dressed opossums, ICO
lie per pound.
Vegetables.
Cabbage. New York. !%01%e per pound:
tomatoes. $3,000X50; egg plants, $1.2501-50 per
dozen, celery. Kalamasoo. 30040 c per dosen.
Fi»h and Oystera.
Pompons, 15c; Spanish mackerel. 9010 c; trout,
salt water, 6c; trout, fresh water, 7c;.Mua
fish. sc; snapper. 6%@7c; bream. sc; mixed,
fish, 4c; Grouper. 405 c; mullet, $4.0005.09 per
barrel: market dull. _ . „
Oysters—Extra selects, SI.2OOLM per gallon:
selects, sl.lO per gallon; stews, 75080 c per
gallon.
Groceries. • -c
Coffee— Fancy. 10%c; law grades, 7010 c; Ar
buckle roasted. SII.M; Lion sll >O. Sugar-Qnt
loaf. 7%c; cubes. 6%c; powdered, 6%c: granu
lated. New York. $5.15; New Orleans. $5.10:
extra C. 4%cl refined yellow. sc: New Orlean*
clarified, 4%@5c Candy—Assorted stick, per
box, 5%c; per barrel. 5%c. Me tehee—2oo*.
$1.1002.00; 6s 46055 c, owing to brand. Soda-
Box. $3 45: keg. 202%C. Rice—Fancy head,
6%c: head. 7%c. Starch— Pearl. B%c; lump.
sc. Cheese—Fancy full cream, 12%@13c; full
cream. 12%c.
Powder—Rifle, $4 per keg: drop shot, 81.<0.
Crackers.
•Standard soda, 7c; milk, 7%c; XXX cream,
7%c; lemon cream, 9c; cornhill*, Bc, as»orted
penny cakes. 8c; assorted jumbles, 10c; lunch
milk, 7%c; XXX soda. 6%c: XXX ginger snaps
6%c; pearl oyster. 7c; excelsior. 7%c.
Bagging and Ties.
2%-Ib., per yard, 7%c; 2-lb., per yard, ”c; 1%-
lb., per yard, 6%c. Ties. 45-lb. steel arrow, per
bundle, sl.lO. * ' v ’
Snuff.
Railroad mills, 1-lb. jar*, 47%e; 1 ox. Maeca-
boy. $5.70 gross; one ounce bottle, $6.08
per gross; 1 2-3 ounce Maccaboy, $9.50 gross;
1 or.. Sweet Scotch, $5.40 gross; £ 2-S os. Sweet
Scotch, $9.25 gross; Lorillard** 1-lb- jars, .57%*;
extra fresb Scotch, per case 1 grbss, 1 2-2 os.,
$6.00; extra fresh Scotch, per case 6 dosen, 1
oz., $6 00; Ralph's Scotch, per case. 6 dosen. 1
ox.. $2.90; Ralph's Scotch, per case, 6 dozen. J
2-3 0z.,45.10; Bruton’s Scotch, per case, 6 dozen.
1 oz., $2.75; Bruton's Scotch, per case. < doz*n,
1 2-3 oz., $4.80. -i ■
Flour and Grain.
Pure winter wheat flour—Fancy Diamond pat
ent. $5.00; first patent. $4.60; straight. $4.05;
extra fancy, $3-95: fancy. $3.60; choice family,
$3.25; family, $3.15; spring wheat flour, first
patent. $4.75; bran, large sacks. $1.20; small
sacks, $1.20: corn meal, plain, sßsc; bolted,
78c; grits, *3.70; bags, Hudnuts. $2.00. Com
mixed, 87c; white, 88c; Texas rust proof oats,
75c; white oats, 60c; No. 2 mixed, 58c; hay,
timothy No. 1, large bales, $1.10: small bales,
81.00; No. 2, 90e; Georgia rye. sl-10: Tennessee
rye, $1.00; barley, $100; victor feed. $1.35 per
100 pounds.
Fruit
Florida oranges. $12502.50 per box; grape
fruit $4.5005.00 per box; lemons, choir*, de
mand good. $3.50 per box; fancy apples, $5.06
@5.60 per barrel; pears, $2.7503.00 per barrel;
pineaoolee. $3 2503.50: bananas straight per
bunch. $1.5001.75; culls- 61.0001.25 ner bunch:
prunex, 60A- oer pound: currants, BOloc pa*
pound; pie peacnes, 3-lb.. $2.50 per crate; taoia,
2-lb., $2.50; 3-lb., $3.50; raisins, SI.SO@LW PW
box; cranberries, $9.00010.00 per barrel..
Feathers.*
Geese feathers, new, white, 56060 c per lb.:
old geese feathers, 15025 c; duck and gees*
mixed, 30040 c: duck feath»rs. pure white. 350
40c lb.: duck, colored, 25c lb.: chicken. 10a
Hides, Skins and Old Metals.
Hides—Green salted hides. No. 1. 40 lbs., and
up. 8c; No. 2. 40 lb*, and up, 7c: Na L un
der 40 lb*.. 7c; No. 2. under 40 Ibe., 6%c; No. 1
and No. 2. dry flint hide*, all weight*, 13c;
No. 1 and No. 2 dry salt hides, all weights,
11c; green and salted shearlings. 25c each
green salted lambs. 35045 c each; green salted
sheep. 45075 c each; green salted goats, 15c
each; green salted horse hide*,. $2.00 each;
green salted mule hides, $2.00 each; colts and
ponies, SI.OO each.
Tallow—ln cakes, 6c; in barrels and tubs, 5a
Beewax, 86c.
Old Metal—Heavy red brass, lie; heavy yel
low brass, 8c; light brass, 6c; copper. 13c; light
copper. 11c: bottoms, 10c; zlna 2%c.
Scrap Iron—Mixed scrap, $6; stove* and pots,
$6 per gross ton.
Woodenware.
Two-hoop cine palls, per dozen, $1.40; 8-boo*
pine palls, per dozen. $1.55; 3-hoop brass bound
palls, white cedar, 82.75; 3-hoop brass bounn
palls, red cedar, 86.00; shoe brashes, 85c to $4;
brooms, from $2.25 to $3.00; clothe* pin*, per box
of 5 gross. 75c; washboards, from 85c to $3.00;
pine tubs, 8 in nest, per nest, $2-40: galvanized
tabs, 4 in nest, per nest, $2.40; bread trays,
from SB.OO to $4.50 per dozen; wood-rim sieve*,
per dozen, 90c; ax handles, *oc to $1.25 per
dozen; No. 1 chimneys, per case of 6 dozen,
g; No, 2 lamp chimneys, per case of 6 dozen,
; Na 1 pearl top chimney*, per c**e of 6
dozen, $4.20: No. 2 pearl top chimney*, per ca**
of 6 dozen. $5.40.
KEPT MARRIAGE SECRET
FOR TWO MONTHS
VALDOSTA. Ga., Dec. 16.-This has
been a week of romance* in thia and ad
joining counties. There came to light
yesterday the story of a marriage which
occurred here two months or mon ago,
the parties keeping their secret until now.
The parties were Miss Rosa Lae Caw
thorn and Mr. M. L. Martin. The cere
mony was performed on September 26 by
'Squire T. M. Cook at the home of Mr.
Ratteree, on Troupe street. After the
marriage the couple took up the even
tenor of their way, informing no one of
their secret. A day or so ago the groom
went to claim his bride and the parent*
of the young lady objected. The groom
'flaunted the signed license in the face of
the old folks and they relented, extend
ing the young couple the parentaL bless
ing.
DETERMINED TO MARRY.
From Statenville, in Echols county,
comes a story which, indicates that "love
finds the way” in that bailiwick as well
as In other parts of the world. Birtie C.
Prine, a youthful son of Hon. G. W. Prine,
applied to the ordinary there for llcefrse
to marry Miss Maggie McKinnen, the ac
complished young daughter of Mr. J. C.
McKinnen. The ordinary refused to sell
the license and the old folks of the young
people began to lay schemes to frustrate
their plans. The young man hurried a
messenger to Valdosta after a license and
at a specified time the young couple met
beyond the town limits, where a buggy
was in waiting. They got in the buggy
and drove to the home of Elder Pearson,
in this county, where they were made man
and wife, returning home later in the
evening to face the old folks.
RODE MAYOR ON RAIL.
Down at Jennings, Fla., 15 miles-beLiw
here, the populace turned out yesterday
to administer a “rail-riding” to Mayor
Robert Averiett, who returned from ad
ley. Ga., the evening before wlfti ,hls
bride, formerly Miss Battle, of that place.
Mayor Averiett told no one of his secret
and the penalty for such doings at Jen
nings is a ride on a rail. Half the town
was out yesterday morning with a rail
saddled and adjusted to the shoulders of
four stalwart men. They approached
Mayor Averiett’s store and by ridlqg Wm
a couple of hundred yards through the
streets Initiated iiim into the “benedictlne
corps.” He enjoyed the fun and after it
was over the crowd extended to himself
and his charming bride their best wishes
and congratulations.
GOOD ROADS SPECIAL
WILL NOT GO TO MACON
MACON. Dec. 17.—Macon has decided
that she’ does not want the good roads
train, and on yesterday afternoqp. the
committee having the matter in charge
withdrew the invitation that had hitherto
been extended.
The reports brought back' from Atlanta
by ’ the county commissioners, Messrs.
Ed and John E. Bailey, who went
up there to inspect the work, in company
with their road superintendent, Mr. Lon
Whnbish. fell like a barrel of ice water
on the committee, and they were anxious
to let the matter drop. The commission
ers reported that the road congress or
convention held in Atlanta was a good
thing, but that the demonstrations fell
far short of expectations, appearing to
them more like a scheme to sell road ma
chinery than as a bona fide effort to teach
the people anything about road building.
They agreed that Superintendent Wim
bish could take "carts and spades” and
beat them building roads, with all of their
machinery.
The committee agreed to hold a con
vention in Macon at some future date, and
invite the people of the surrounding coun
try to come here and see how Bibb man
ages to build and maintain such perfect
roads.
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