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VAUGHN GETS HIMES MEO 0 JOHN W. VAUGHN, OF 8188, SEEKS $lB9 GIVEN TO JOHN W. VAUGHN OF THE COUNTY OF „ CATOOSA. • Jokn W. Vau*hn, of Bibb county, called at the office of the prtoon coramiMlon yesterday and demanded SIS 9 from the state of Georgia for weeping him one year over time after he had been pardoned. He did not get the SIBB and the fact was dearly demonstrated to him that he was not kept over time, and that he was re leased from the ®*nltenUary exactly one day after his pardon was received. He then admitted that bo had made a mis take. and that he had been informed by hto friends that the legislature of I*o had appropriated ESB to him for working over time as a result of his being Illegally de tained. Ho was Dot the man. however. John W. Vaughn, of Catoosa county, who was par doned in UM and who was not released until UM. was the unfortunate and for tunate ms", because he was kept a year by mistake after ho had been legally par doned. and was later on paid $lB9 for the extra work he did. The Catoosa county Vaughn was sentenced to the penitentiary for voluntary manslaughter and was par doned by Governor Northen. By some error the papers were kept for a year be fore being discovered, and when they were f>«ntf*Veu»kan was Immediately releas -ed Last year a friend of hla Introduced a resolution tn the house to pay him for the work he did while illegally confined. A f<w d&ys John WVsughnn, of Bibb county, who was also pardoned In ISM. heard that such a resolution had been cinrs. and got the Mea that he was the man tn whom the money was appropriat ed. Ho came to Atlanta yesterday entered the office of the prison commit •lon and announces that he had Sil. 000 to soerd in getting that D«9 and would spend every cent of his SU.<X» to get It. Secretary Yancey looked up the reoords. end showed Vaughn, who ’ranted the DM. where he had been pardoned lr * N ISM. and that he was released after the pardon was granted. Then Vaughn said he was mistaken and left commission officials are of the opinion that he made an honest mis take. SENATOR SEV^- EST|NG CAMDIN. X. J-. Dec. ».-Senator Wil liam J- Sewell Is resting easy this morn ing and his physicians say there Is no im mediate cause for alarm, unless he should have another sinking spell, such as oc curred late yesterday afternoon. . Dr Paul M. Mecray made the following statement for the Associated Press at • ;IS this morning: ••Senator Sewell passed a fairly night and is resting easy this morning." Foremost In the South. Dr. Haffiaway has iong been acknowledged Che leading specialist tn the south, and has eiowd more chronic diseases than any ten other physicians. Write him about his suc cessful system of home treatment. J. NEW TOK HATHAWAY, M. D.. *» Inman Bldg., AOanta. Oa. | THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL | ’tx The creat twice-a-week weekly, printed on Monday r? and Thursday of each week, presents the following list ® of premiums to subscribers. ÜBS Subscribe now and make your selection of a pre- mium so we can begin your subscription to the paper fA this month. Rand, ilcNallay & Co's. Atlas of the World. Two descriptive pages and one page devoted to the map of Vu each state and country, with THE SEMI- WEEKLY one Gn year only 51.50. Atlas alone SI.OO. @ Rand, McNallay & Co's. 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For $l4O will send THE SEMI-WEEKLY one GA year and any one of the papers offered with THE SEMI- WEEKLY at SI.OO, and the Vaseline Tsilet Articles. y? This is the offer of the day and you should take advan y? tage of !t at once. . tib -FEMALE" BARBER WAS NOT A WOMAN ARTHUR L. CARVER MASQUERAD ED FOR THIRTY YEARS IN HIS NATIVE VILLAGE. BOSTON. Dec. 20.-The trite saying that "truth la stranger than fiction” was nev er better exemplified thgn in the case of Arthur L. Carver, of North Haven, Me , says a special to the New York Times, who for SO years has paraded before the public as a woman under the name of Lilian G. Carver. The case of “Miss Car ver” was brought to the attention of the public thio morning by the publication of a dispatch from Rockland. Me., saying that the person who was supposed to be Lillian Carver, of North Haven, Me., for the past » years to In reality Arthur L. Carver. This morning’s dispatch states that "Miss’ Carver for a number of years conducted a candy store and barber’s shop. "Mias’ Carver was an expert bar ber and was quite popular with the per manent residents and the growing sum mer colony of North Haven, and was well and favorably known. "Her” barber shop was a popular resor*. of the village gossips and "Miss’ Carver to said to'have bad a prosperous business. "Her” soft white hands were much admlredXiy the patrons of "her” barber shop, and many tales are told of village swains who tried to capture the "female” barber with their winning smiles. "She” never refused a tip from the village folks, the ricb Bostonians or the New Yorkers who make North Haven their summer home. "Miss’ Carver dis pensed soda to the young ladles of the village and passed out the candy to the school children for many years, taking their pennies In return, but nobody ever suspected that “phe” was he. In the morning dispatch from Rockland to made public a sworn statement signed by Mr. Carver, his parents and the Rev. Lyman R. Sweet, pastor of the Blaney Memorial Baptist church, CT Richmond street. Dorchester, and to as follows: “Having been known in North Haven, Me., (my birthplace and home for 3-3 years), as a female by the name of Lillian O. Carver, I do hereby publicly declare that I have been masquerading, and for more than ten years against my wishes. Force of habit, filial regard and dread of the necessary sensation attendant upon such a step have prevented me from doing my duty, which now. as a Christian, I un dertake to do. My real name to Arthur Leslie Carver. I am a man. and since September, this year (1801), have dressed and have been known as such.” DEMURRERS ArFOVERR”LED BY JUDGE LUMPKIN Judge J. H. Lumpkin has overruled the demurrers to three of the four cases brought in the Cobb county superior court by Mayor T. M. Brumby, of Marietta, against the securities on the bond of R. E. Lawhon, clerk of the city council of that town. The decision to the demurrer In the other case has been reserved until Monday morning to give the plaintiff time to meet a certain'point raised by the de fendants. The three cases, under the ruling, will now proceed to trial. It was sought by the defendants on the demurrer to throw MOTHER AND CHILD PERISH IN FLAMES JACKSON, Miss., Dec. 19 —The home of Henry Davto, six miles south of Jackson, was destroyed by fire this morning and his wife and 2-year-old child cremated. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1901. MORE VETOES Pill 01 BILLS THE GOVERNOR REFUSES TO SIGN OTHER RESOLUTIONS FOR PEN SIONS—REASONS ARE GIVEN. Governor Candler Friday vetoed some more of the pension resolutions which were passed by the general assembly, and assigned as his reason, that they were contrary to the constitution of the state. The following statement was made by the governor Friday. ’’l have vetoed the following resolu-j tions: . "No. 63. A resolution authorizing the payment of pension of T. C. Williams, of Jackson county to his daughter, Mrs. Mittie Bigham. "The records in the office of the com missioner of pensions show that Captain Williams was paid a pension of IW for the year ending December 31. 1599, and that ha died before the end of that year. Hence, he being dead no pension was due him for the year 1900. Hence the resolu • tlon if approved would grant a donation to Mrs. Bigham in violation of para graph 1. section 16, article 7 of the con stitution, and for this reason is disap proved. "No. 227. A resolution to pay Mrs. George G. Johnson the per diem accruing to her husband. This resolution provides for paying to the widow of the late Hon. George W. Johnson, representative in the legislature from Jefferson county, the per diem to which he would have been entitled had he lived and served as representative of his county through the session just closed. But, in fact, he died and his successor was elected before said session began and this successor has sat as the representa tive Os the county and received the pay due the said representative for the entixe session. Hence the resolution seeks to grant a gratuity to the widow of the de ceased member and is in violation of para graph L section 16, article 7, of the consti tution, which declares that “the general assembly shall not by vote, resolution or order grant any donation or gratuity to any person, corporation or association,” and for this reason the resolution to dis approved. No. 376. A resolution to pay Mrs. Jo seph H. McWhorter the per diem accru ing to her husband. This resolution provides for paying to the widow of the tote Hon. Joseph H. McWhorter, representative in the legisla ture from Oglethorpe county, the per diem to which he would have been entitled had he lived and served as representa tive of his county through the session Just closed. But, in fact, he died and his sucessor was elected before said session began and this successor has sat as the representative of the county and received the pay due the said representative for the entire session. Hence the resolution seeks to grant a gratuity to the widow of the deceased member and to in violation of paragraph 1, section 16. article 7, of the constitution, which declares that "the general assembly shall not by vote, reso lution or order grant any donation or gratuity to any person, corporation or association,” and for*this reason the reso lution is disapproved. The resolmion by Mr. Flynt, of Spalding, Appropriating $447 to the widow of the late John Mclntosh Kell, as the salary for the balance of the term of the late adjutant general, was also vetoed by the gover nor. In vetoing the resolution Gover nor Candler said: "No more gallant officer ever fought under any flag and no son of Georgia ever reflected greater honor on the state of his birth than General Kell, and If It could be done without violating the con stitution no patriotic Georgian would ob ject to the provisions of this bill. But article 7, section 16, paragraph 1, of thd constitution, declares that ‘the general as sembly shall not by vote, resolution or order, grant any donation or gratuity in favor of any person, corporation or asso ciation.’ “General Kell’s salary as adjutant gen eral was paid to him up to the date of his death and since that date it has been paid to his successor In office. Hence, no part of the salary Is due to anybody. To pay 744” to the widow of General Kell would be to grant a gratuity which Is for bidden by the provision of the constitution quoted above, and for this reason I am constrained reluctantly to disapprove this bill.” The following pension resolutions were also disapproved on the ground that they were unconstitutional: A resolution that the pension of William J. Watkins be paid to his four children. A resolution to pay the pension of H. S. Taylor to his widow, Mrs. 8. R. Taylor. A resolution to pay the pension of Mrs. Ruthy Kitchens to her son, Richard Kitchens, of Emanuel county. A resolution to pay the pension of John T. England to his widow, Mrs. John T. England, of Oglethorpe county. Governor Candler vetoed the bill estab lishing dispensaries In Webster county, and gave as his reasons the following: "This bill provides that the dispensary commissioners named In It and their suc cessors In office shall, without submitting the question to a vote of the people, es tablish a dispensary, not only In the town of Freston, the county site, but also In such other place or places In said coun ty as may hereafter become Incorporated. This opens the gats too wide. Any cross roads settlement with twenty-five voters, white and black, may, by becoming In corporated as a town, qualify Itself for a dispensary and upon request of the ‘mu nicipal authorities.’ the dispensary com missioners of the county, it may be In ut ter disregard to the wishes of nine tenths of the people of the neighborhood, ‘shall at once take steps to locate a dis pensary at some suitable and convenient location In said place.* The people are not to be consulted and the commissioners have no option, but are obliged by this bill to plant In the community a dispen sary. For these reasons the bill is disap proved, 18th of December, 1901.” Last night Governor Candler vetoed the bill making the judge and solicitor of the county of Coweta county elected by the people. A large delegation of the people of Coweta county called on the governor yesterday morning, and were In his office nearly three hours. In declining to ap prove the bill Governor Candler says: "Both the representatives in the general assembly from Coweta county and a con ceded majority of the qualified white vo ters of the county having petitioned me In writing to veto this bill, it is In con formity with their request, disapproved 19th of December, 1901.” WAKEMAN IsTeMOVED FROM NEW YORK JOB WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-It was an nounced at the white house this after noon that the president has removed Ap praiser Wakeman, of New York, on the recommendation of Secretary Gage. He will be succeeded by George White head, of New York. At a conference today between the pres ident and Secretary Gage It was decided to summarily remove Appraiser Wake man, of New York. Official announcement to this effect was expected today. Wakeman, it is said, wrote the presi dent, attacking Secretary Gage. The president refused to entertain the charges or overlook the offensive charac ter of the letter. ILL CLUMDfi FORREVEUGE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS IN RE DEMPTION CO. AFTER PRESI DENT MORGAN—OTHER ALABAMA NEWS. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 20.—Many of the certificate holders in the Continental Security Redemption company, now In the hands of a receiver, are clamoring for revenge and the preliminary hearing of President George W. Morgan, who was ar rested in Georgia last week and brought back here on charges of embezzlement and making false entries, to being attended by a large number of people. Some very Interesting evidence is being brought out at this hearing. Morgan has strong attorneys and every step is being fought desperately. The new turn taken in the case by the issuance of warrants from a United States commissioner's court charging the use of malls for fraudulent purposes, one of which was served last afternoon on W. L. Dodd, who was secre tary of the Birmingham Debenture com pany, which concern was absorbed by the Continental Security Redemption compa ny, has added to the sensation. Dodd made bond easily for his appearance be fore Commissioner Cornish on next Mon day morning. One of the allegations Is that the certificates of the debenture com pany were similar to lottery tickets. Dodd's attorneys deny all the allegations. Other warrants of this kind will probably be served In a day or two on other de fendants. Many of the men who held cer tificates In the Security Redemption com pany and the concerns which were ab sorbed having banded together to pros ecute officers of the concerns Interested. Many people In Georgia are bond or cer tificate holders, a Gebrgla concern having been absorbed among others. SEVERAL THOUSAND GALLONS OF OIL BURN BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 20.—8 y the dumping of a hot pot with furnace slag at Ensley fire was ignited in an oil house and several thousand gallons of oil were destroyed, entailing quite a loss. The oil was the property of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company. The hot slag exploded while being dumped out and this got on to the oil house with the above re sult. ALABAMA POULTRY SHOW • DRAWS LARGE CROWDS BIRMINGHAM, Ala Dec. 20.—The at tendance at the seventh annual show of the Alabama Poultry, Pet Stock and Pig eon association Is Increasing dally. The show will come to a close'tomorrow night. F. J. Marshall, of College Park, Ga.. Is scoring the birds and some very high av erages are being made. There are more than five hundred birds on exhibition, while a large number of Belgian hares and rabbits are also being shown. CARGOOFCOAL SINKS IN THE OHIO RIVER LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 21.—The steam er Joe B. Williams, belonging to the Mo nongahela Coal and Coke company, of Pittsburg, met with an accident In the Ohio river near Carrollton, Ky., just be fore daylight yesterday, which re sulted In the loss of 175,000 bushels of coal as well as seriously injuring the machin ery of the boat. The Williams was on her way from Pittsburg to New Orleans with a large tow boat of coal and when she reached a point on the river near Carrollton her machinery became unmanageable and she ran Into the Kentucky bank. Seven of her barges containing 85,000 bushels of coal each were sunk and the greater portion of her tow was scattered. The steamer Hattie Brown, which was passing, went to her assistance and the scattered barges were recovered and the Williams was taken In tow. A number of the crew who were at work trying to save the coal suffered severely from the cold, several of them being badly frozen. BODY IS SEARCHED FOR WITH SUBMARINE LIGHT NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 20.—At Elizabeth City, N. C., today as a last resort a sub marine lighting apparatus was employed to find the body of 18-year-old Nell Crop sey, who has been missing from her home one month tonight. The apparatus was sent by Lawyer An drew G. Cropsey, of New York, uncle of the missing girl, who gave Instruction that the river be searched frorp end to end. -) Justice Cropsey, father of the girl, still believes that she to alive and that she has been abducted at the Instigation of James Wilcox, former suitor of Miss Cropsey. Wilcox says that Justice Cropsey false ly accuses him and he swears he does not know the whereabouts of the girl, al though he was last with her. Wilcox Is awaiting the grand jury’s ac tion on a charge of abducting the girl. < The case has attracted widespread at tention. A New York detective who was working on the mystery, has given it up, saying that in 40 years’ experience he never handled such a puzzling affair. russiaTtaggered AT RAILWAY FIGURES NEW YORK, Dec. 20.—'the Odessa cor respondent of the London Times and New York Times says reticence 1s shown by the Russian official publications In regard to the actual cost of the trans-Siberian railway. Acording to the Odessa corres pondent, the line, when It was begun ten years ago, was estimated to cost 350,000,000 roubles (280.250,000), but the difference, es timated and actual, up to a year ago. was over 430,000,000 roubles. Before the line can possibly be put In working order, says the correspondent, there is reason to believe that the total cost will be over one billion roubles ($515,000,000). )i Soft 1 Harness B You can make your bar- Rl ness as soft ua a glove jEßjyf&h Si and na tough ns wlru by Si Ml using EUR EKA Ilnr- JK bl nos a Oil. You can W yl lengthen its life—make it |W ZkHM JS last twice a.i long as It W ordinarily would. EUREKAF i Karacss | ' makes a poor looking har- I ne«3 like new. Made of I pure, heavy bodied oil, es [ pecially prepared to with stand the weather. Sold everywhere In cans—all sizex I ctL q Made bj STANDARD OIL CO. W SEMI4KEKLY MARKET BEPfIRT Spot Cotten Market. Atlanta, quiet, 713-16 c. New Orleans, steady, 8 l-16c. New York, steady, 8 9-16 C. Liverpool, quiet, 4 21-32 d. Cincinnati, quiet, B%c. Mobile, normal, 713-16 c. Saiannah, quiet. 7%c. Augusta, dull, B%c. Wilmington, steady, 7%c. St. Louis, quiet, Bc. Cincinnati, quiet, 814 c. Norfolk, steady.- Bc. Galveston, steady, Bc. Baltimore, normal. 814 c. Boston, quiet, B%c. • Philadelphia, quiet, B%c. Memphis, steady, Bc. New York Cotton. NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—The cotton market opened quiet and firm with prices 2 to 5 points higher on a continuation of bear scare which started in the last hour yesterday. Ths alarm of the shorts was Increased by a rise of 2 1-2 to 3 points In futures and l-16d in spot cotton in Liver pool. and by official reports of freezing weather over practically the entire belt, this making the eighth day of the cold waves' reign In the cotton country. The first, spurt of buying carried March to 8.25 and May to 8.29, after which there was some slight reaction, under profit taking by scalping longs. Stfll later prices sprang back to high point of the four hour and, in fact, for the season thus far, on renewed demand from shorts. Trading was more active than the aver age of late with the commission contin gent liberal buyers at the higher prices. Wall street, the south and Europe bid for late months which were relatively firmer than near positions. A firmer ruling of southern ?pot markets and glowing ac counts from cotton goods centers helped to check any serious reaction In the first hour. The port receipts were larger than the same time last year, but not enough to materially Influence the course of the market. nkw YOna cotton. ■ The following were the ruling prices tn the exchange today: Tone, firm; middling, 8 9-16 c, steady. T_4Lst Cloib Open HUb Low Rale Hid January 8.15 8.17 8.14 8.16 8.18 February «-21 J. 20 8.20 March 8.25 5.25 8.23 3.20 3.16 May* ” “ L' 3-27 842 527 AM «’»1 June ... " 8.33 8.83 8.33 8.33 8.31 Ju"y .8.30 8.34 8.28 8.34 8-84 August 8.14 8.21 8.13 8.21 8.20 December .. .. 8.15 8.15 8.15 3.15 3.15 NEW ORLEANS COTTON. The following were the ruling quotations In the exchange today > ■ Tone, very steady. January.. J. 07 February .'. .. ..’ 8.03 March: 8.15 April.. .. ’-I* May 8.20 June 8.21 July..' .. 8.24 December ’ 8.08 LIVERPOOL COTTON. Bv Private Wire to , Murphy A Co. The following were the ruling quotations it the exchs—z— today: Tone, steady; sales, 6,000; middlings, 4 21-32 d. Open. Close. January and February 4.35 4.35 February and March 4.84 4.30 March and April 4-84 4.34 April and May 4.34 4.34 May and June ... 4-34 4.34 June and July 4.34 August and September * .... 4.28 November and December ... ... .. 4.36 ..8. December and January 4.25 4.35 COMPARATIVE PORT RECEIPTS. 1898-9 1899-0 1 900-1 1»M Galveston ... .. 19,586 5,631 12,532 13,279 New Orleans 14,351 12,202 14,199 12,899 Mobile .; «38 966 925 Savannah «,728 3,621 6.555 8,177 Charleston 1.006 581 823 Wilmington 1.683 834 321 Norfolk 2.088 1,937 3,285 New York 509 750 -»•••. Boston 1,635 1,215 714 520 Philadelphia 814 40 Total at all ports. .60,663 17.310 40,144 *50,000 ‘Estimated. Estimated Cotton Reeelots. Houston expects Monday 10,500 to 11,500 bales, against 11,860 bales last year. New Orleans expects Monday 14,000 to 15,000 bales, against 17,539 bales last year. Murphy & Co.'s Cotton Letter. NEW YORK. Dec. 21.—The market advanced 3 to 5 points the first hour. The advices from Liverpool were quite satisfactory, price there showing a fine advance despite indications of heavy receipts estimated at over 50,000, as against 40,000 last year, but as this Is regarded simply as Christmas cotton neither New York nor Liverpool attaches much Importance to heavy receipts at this time. According to Man chester reports trade with India was bettar and the fact that no advances were at hand tend ing to disprove small crop estimates is making bears less tenacious in their views. Four leading Texas towns show a movement to date for the season of 9 per cent under last year and as facts are stubborn things comment Is unnecessary. The. advance was well main tained. Local shorts' covered. The Chronicle says that the weather in the south during the week has been quite wholly unsatisfactory. Temperature has been very low as a rule, below zero at some points. Rain has been quite general and excessive In a few districts. Picking has been Interrupted where not already completed, and the movement of the crop to market has been Interferred with. As an evidence of the shortness of crop we have reports from Texas that parties in that state are buying cotton seed hulls In New Orleans for the purpose of feeding their stock. This Is conclusive evidence that the crop is short in Texas, and we give the report for what it is worth. Southern Exchange Cotton Letter. NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—Continued low temper ature in the south, higher cables and a bullish weekly Chronicle report contributed to a more bullish feeling this morning. Opening figures showed an advance of 2 to 5 points, and al though transactions were limited, prices con tinued to harden during the short session, and the last transactions were at the highest point of the day. Spot markets were reported very firm, and the movement showed signs of fall ing off. Estimated port receipts for the day were 50.000, agginst 40,000 last year. The close was firm at the best prices of the day 3 to 6 points net higher. W. E. Small & Co.’s Cotton Letter. NEW YORK. Dec. 21.—There was a scarcity of cables explaining Liverpool’s advance of 3-64 d. In deliveries and l-16d. In spots. But explanations were quite unnecessary as it Is evident that continued moderate tendency of the movement Is causing considerable doubt regarding late crop ideas abroad,, and con sidering the general impression that foreign spinners are pooly supplied with raw cotton it would not be surprising if the English mar ket developed greater strength within a brief period. On this side the good felling was supplemented by an Increased speculative de mand that gradually forced prices up not withstanding the liberal profit taking by .hold ers of old contracts and the closing tone is very steady with quotations 5 points higher, than yesterday. Traders are generally disap pointed at the absence of the customary easy tone of prices that was expected to result from liquidation of both spots and contracts before the holidays. Heavy liquidation has been ac ceptable, but developments have been of such a nature as to cause a ready absorption of all offerings and Instead of becoming easier, prices Improved in the process. With the expanding growth of sentiment In favor of the market, if receipts show no In creasing tendency In the near future, it is sure that prices will be forced materially higher. World’s Visible Supply of Cotton. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 20.—Secretary Hes ter’s statement of the world’s visible supply of cotton, made up from special cable and telegraphic advices, compares the figures of this week with last week, last year and the year before. It shows an Increase for the week just closed of 196,921 bales, against an Increase of 130,409 last year and an Increase of 70,490 the year before last. The total visible Is 3,991,368, against 3, <94,947 last week. 3,990,224 last year and 4,299,327 the year before last. Os this the total of American cotton is 3,446,- 868, against 3,285.947 last week, 3,276,624 last year and 3,648,327 the year before last, and of all other kinds, Including Brazil, India. Egypt, etc., 545,000, against 509,000 last week, 624,000 last vear and 651,000 the year before last. The total world's visible supply of cotton shows an increase compared with last week of 196,921 bales, an increase compared with last year of 91.644 and a decrease compared with year before last of 307,459. Os the world’s visible supply of cotton as above, there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and continental Europe 1,935,000, against 1,704,000 last year, 1,902,000 year before last; in Egypt 203,000, against 174,000 last year and 180,00 year before last; in India 149,000, against 240 000 last year and 245,000 year before last, and in the United States 1,705.000, against 1,782,000 last year and 1,972.000 year before last. , Comparative Cotton Statement. NEW YORK, Pec. 21.—The following Is the comparative cotton statement for the week ending yesterday: _ _ Net receipts for the week ... ... ... 289,477 Same week last year 265.959 Increase ... 23.518 Total receipts since September 1 4,270.931 Same time last year ...4,227,766 Increase ' ... 43,165 Exports for the week 1 “ 5,8 12 Same time last year 148, 11 5 Increase ... 7,674 Total receipts since September 1... ...8,107,945 Same time last year 2.931.133 Increase * 178,812 Stock at U. S. ports ... 986.758 Same time last year 986.578 Increase lso Stock at interior towns 686.9<4 Same time last year 766,384 Decrease .1. ... ... .. 79,410 Stock at Liverpool 620,000 Same time last year 542,000 Increase ... f .. ... ... American afloat for Great Britain 353,000 Same time last year ... • ... ... 314,000 Increase ... .'I. : 39,000 Weekly Cotton Crop Statement. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 21.—Secretary Hes ter’s weekly New Orleans cotton exchange statement shows a decrease In the movement into sight compared with the 7 days ending on yesterday last year in round figures 6.000, an increase over th« same days year before last of 60,000 and a decrease under the same time In 1898 of 85,000. For the 20 days of December the totals show a decrease under last year of 40,000, an In crease over the same period year before last of 190,000 and a decrease under 1898 of 179,000. For the 111 days jof the season that have elapsed the aggregate is behind the 111 days of last year 74,000, ahead of the same days year before last of 451,000, and behind 1898 of 1,000,000. The amount brought Into sight during the past week has been 381,569, against 387,357 for the 7 days ending this date last year, 321.211 year before last and 466,225 the same time ' In 1898, and for the 20 days of December it has been 1,204,104, against 1,243,833 last year, 1,013,973 year before last and 1,382,842 the same Mme In 1898. The movement since September 1 shows re ceipts at all United States ports of 4,325,565, against 4.196,389 last year, 3,687,970 year before last and 5,306.949 the same time in <S9B; over land across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada 500,382, against 639.156 last year, 762.853 year before last and 631,178 the same time in 1898; Interior stocks in excess of those held at the close of the commercial year 525,713, against 693,094 last year, 540,562 year before last and 570,460 the same time In 1898; southern mill takings 633,000, against 530,252 last year, 542,248 year before last and 475,647 the same time In 1898. These make the total movement lor the lu days from September 1 to date 5,984,660, against 6,058.895 last vear, 5,533,633 year before last and 6,984,239 the same time in 1898. » Foreign exports for the week have been 169,138, against 147,110 last year, making the total thus far for the season 3.158,160. against 2,922,531 last year, an Increase of 235,629. Northern mill takings and Canada oon"* the past seven days show a decrease of 36.426, as compared with the corretpondln< period last year, and their total takings since Sep tember 1 have decreased 107,438. The total takings of American mills, north and south, and Canada, thus far for the sea son have been 1,520,077, against 1,520,265 last year. These Include 878,881 by northern spin ners, against 986,339. _ . _ Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leading southern Interior centers have increased during the week 122.301 bales, against an Increase during the corresponding period last season of 115,125, and are now 71,911 smaller than at this date In 1900. Including stocks left over at ports and in terior towns from the last crop, and the num ber of bales brought Into sight thus far for the new crop, the supply to date to 6,344,347, against 6,181,429 for the same period last year. New York Stock*. NEW YORK. Dec. 21.—Stocks were firmly held at the opening and small fractional gains were the rule. Amalgamated Copper ad vanced 2 and then reacted as much. Deal ings were on a very small scale and were re stricted to the principal stocks. Important advances were confined to yester day’s leading stocks, mainly'the coalers and local tractions. Hocking Valley was pushed up 3% to 69%c. and the Reading common rose well above 5 and led the rise in the hard coalers. Manhattan and Metropolitan Street Railway gained a point. Sugar was heavy and fell 1%. while Amalgamated sold alter nately a fraction above and below yesterday. There was some realizing In the grangers ana Pacifies and the market fell into dullness. Northwestern preferred rose 9% below the previous transaction, and Wheeling and Lake Erie first preferred a point. There was some selling before the bank statement appeared which carried Hocking Valley back 1U and Atchison and Union Pa cific a fraction below last night. Buying or ders came Into the market after the favorable bank statement and prices rallied, led by Brooklvn Transit. That stock. Metropolitan Street Railway. St. Paul. Missouri Pacific and a few less prominent stocks rose a point or more over yesterday. Liquidation of Sugar and covering strength carried It to“15(i and checked the rise elsewhere. The closing was moderately active and about steady. Grain and Provision*. CHICAGO. Dec. 21.—May wheat opened %OHo higher today at 80%@80% on firmer cables. There were few offerings and the bull inter ests were active both here and outside. Receipts were very small and prices at once advanced. May soon selling up to 80%. At this figure offer ings became more liberal, but prices held well. Local receipts were 18 cars, ene of contract grade. Minneapolis and Duluth report 530 cars, making a total for the three points of 648, against 540 last week and G6O a year ago. Corn opened firm on cables and In sympathy with wheat. May starting up at 67©«7%c. Trade was small early and the early advance was only to 67%c. Receipts were 104 cars. Oats were firmer at the start In sympathy with the other grain*. There was a small out side demand at the start with very little offered in the pit. May opened %@%c up at 45%@45%c, and advanced to 45%@45%c. Receipts were 56 cars. Provisions were dull and steady at the open ing. The grain'firmness Influenced a small ad vance. May pork opened unchanged at 316.79 and sold up to $16.80; May lard unchanged at $9.72 and advanced 2% and May ribs unchanged at $8.57. Chicago Quotation*. WHEAT— Open. High Low. Close December.. .. .• ..... 77% 77% 77% 77% May 80% 81% SO% H July 80% 81 80% 80% * CORN— December 64% *4% 63% 64 Mav 67 67% 66% 67 July 66% 66% 66% 66% DecembM.'.. .. •• »• •• 44% 44% 44% 44% May <5% 45% 44% 45% July 39% 39% 38% 39 PORK— „ MayT\ 16 72 16.85 16.70 16.82 January 9.67 9.72 9.67 9.72 May.. .. :. 8.72 8.80 9.72 9.77 January 3-37 8.37 8.87 8.37 M&y.. •• e« ee ee ee ..8.57 8.60 8.05 8.60 .. 1 RECEIPTS IN CHICAGO. Today Eat. tomorrow Wheat 18 cars 22 car* Corn I°4 car " 90 CB " Oats 56 cars 60 cars Hogs 32,000. head Chicago Close Quotations. CHICAGO. Dec. 21. Wheat—December. 77%c; January, 77%c; May. 81; July- Corn—December, 64c; May. 67c; July. 66%v% c - Oats—December, 44%c; May, 45%©%c; Sep tember, 43%C%c. » Pork—December, $15.15: January, $16.27%. May. sl6 82%; July. $16.90. Lard—December, $9.72%: January, $9-72%» May. J9.77’£ „—, „ Rbs—December and January. $8.37%; . May, $8 60. Flax—Cash northwest, $1.59; southwest, $1.57; May. $1.58%@159. Rye—December. 63%c; May. 67. Barley-'Cash, 56@63c. Timothy—March. $6.60. Clover —March, $9.50. Chicago Cash Quotations. CHICAGO. Dec. 21—Wheat—No. 2 red. 83® 85c: No. 3 red. 79®83%c; No. 2 hard winter. 78<®79c: fio. 3 hard winter. 77@78c: No. 1 north ern eprlng. 78® 79c: No. 2 northern spring, 77® 78; No. 3 spring. 74@77c. ■ Corn—No. 2, —: No. 3, 6%®%c. Oats—No. 2. 46@’.ic; No. 3, 45%@46c. LIVERPOOL GRAIN. Following are the quotations la the Liverpool krstn market today: WHEAT- , Cloae- March 6s 2%d. CORN— . January " "’J., ’’’ As 3%d. LIVERPOOL. Dec. 21.—Wheat—Firm; No. 2, red, winter, western, 6s 2d.; No. 1 northern spring. 6s 2%d.; No. 1. California, 6s 4d.; fu tures steady: March, 6s 2%d.; May. 6s 3%d. Com—Spot, firm: American, mixed, old, 5s 9d.; futures inactive; January, 5s 5%d.; March, 5s 4%d.; May, 5s 4%d. Liverpool Cotton Seed Oil. LIVERPOOL. Dec. 21.—Cotton seed oil dull; refined, spot steady, 22s 6d. Turpentine spirts firm, 28s. Rosin, common steady, 4%c. Petroleum, refined firm. 7%d- ' ’*'? \ .• Linseed oil ' dull. ' 31s 6d. -- V LIVERPOOL. Dec. 21.—The produce exchanga • will be closed December 25th and 26th. Naval Store*. SAVANNAH. Ga.. Dec. 21.—Turpentine firm. 36%; sales 63. Rosin steady; W W, $3.85: W G, $3.60; N. $3.25; M, $2.65; K. $2.25; I. $1.70; 1% $1.45; G. $1.25: F. $1.20; E, $1.10; D. C. B, A, $1.06. Receipts turpentine 404; rosin. 1,795. St Loui* Quotation*. ST. LOIUS, Dec.-21.—Wheat—No. 2 rad. cash elevator, 84%c; December, 84c; May, 84%c; July, <9%c: No. 2 hard. 79®80c. Com—No. 2 cash. *7%c; December, «T%e; May, 69%®%c; July, 68%c. Oats—No. 2 cash, 48c; December, 41c; May, 47%©%c; No. 2 white, 51%c. Oats—No. 2 cash. 48c; December, 48c; May, 47%®%c; No. 2 white, 51%c. • Rye better, 66c. Pork better; jobbing, $16.10. Lard higher, $9.57%. nominal, $3 95 Spelter quiet, $4.17%. Poultry firm; chickens, old. sc; young. Bo| turkeys, B%c; ducks. 6©7c; geese, 3®4c. Buttes steady; creamery, 20025%c; dairy. 150 20c. Eggs steady. 25c. ■ Wool Quotation*. ST. LOUIS. Dec. 221—W00l steady; terri tory and western medium. 15017 c; fine, 11016 c: coarse, ll®lsc. Sugar and Coffee Quotation*. NEW YORK. Dec. 21.—Standard granulated, $4-90. Coffee—Jobbing, 7c; invoice, 6%c, NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 21—Standard granu lated. $4.60; fine granulated same as standard.- ATLANTA, Dec. 21.—Standard granulated, $5.15. Roasted coffee—Arbuckle. 100-lb. cases, $11.80; Lion. 100-lb. case*. $11.30. ATLANTA MARKETS. Cotton. ATLANTA, Dec. 21—Middling cotton quiet At 713-16 c. Stock* and Bond*. The foltewlng are bld and asked quotation* for state and city bonds: Bid. Asked. Georgia 3%5, 27 to 39 years 108% 109% Savannah sa. 190* 10T. 108 Georgia 4%5. 1915 .1..........115% Macon 6s. 1910 11$ Atlanta 7*. 1904...... 107 Atlanta 6s, 1914..., 121 , < Atlanta 6s. 1911 114 Atlanta 4%*, 1922.. Augusta is, 1906.... 107 > Newnan 6s ...110 , Columbus 5s ~ 106 ' Railroad Bond*. Georgia 6s. 1910 Georgia Pacific Ist ..127 , C., C. A A., 15t....- 107 Atlanta and West Point Debts....los 108% C. R. R. of Ga. tot Incomes 75 78 2d Incomes 32 83 Railroad Stocks. Georgia 838 Southwestern 117% 11$, Augusta and Savannah 115 116 Atlanta and West Point... 158 I*o Atlanta Clearing*. Darwin G. Jones, manager of the Atlant* Clearing House Association. Clearings today, December 21, 1901..8 399.393.6$ Week endi’.ig December 21. 1901...... 2.927,275.81 Same weet last year... 2,600,689.18 Clearings lor week* ending nearest to December 7, in the following years: 1893 1822.018.28 1895 1.987.949.27 1896 1746,8*7.28 1897 1,876.204.26 1898 ... 1,688,617.01 1899 2,135.047.41 1900 2.870,110.70 7901 8.ML3C2.4* Cotton Seed Product*. Cotton seed oil strong, 32%©33c per gallon; eotton seed, sl2 per ton t. a. 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: Tennessee Jersey. 18020 c; Tenr.essee choice. 14015 c; sweet potatoes. 40®60e; Irish potatoes, $1.15® $1.25 per bushel; onions, $1.7501.99 per bushel; honey, new crop, strained, 7©Bper pound; comb, bright. 9010 c per pound; $3.00 per bushel; chestnuts, $1.75® 1.85 pee bush el; white peas, SL6OOI 75 per bushel; mixed peas. $1.0001.10 per bushel; stock peas, SIOO pet bushel; eggs, 22023 c. Nut*. Mixed nuts, 12%c; Brazil nuts. 16017 c; Eng lish walnuts. No. L 12%o; No. 2 walnuts. 10%c; North Carolina oeanuts, 4%e; hand picked Virginia. 5%c; extra fancy Virginia, 6%c; almonds. 13014 c; pecans. H012%c. Poultry and Game. Hens, 22%0 each; fries, large. 16c; me dium. 12%o; small. Wo; oocks. 15017%0.' guineas, 15c; geese, full feathered, 40c; ducks, puddle. 22%c; Pekin ducks, 27%©30c; turkeys live, 8c per pound. Quail, 10c each; wild ducks, 25035 c each; wild turkeys, 12%c pet pound. Dressed rabbits, 10c; dreeeed turkeys, 10O12c; dressed fries, 14016 c: dressed hens, 10011 c; dre: ed ducks, 11%012%c. Live opossums, 25235 c euch; dressed opossums, 10© lie per pound. Fi*h and Oyster*. Pompons, 15c; Spanish mackerel. 9©loc; trout, salt water. *c: trout, fresb water, 7c; blue fish, 6c; snapper, 6%©7c; bream. 6c; mixed, fish. 4c; Grouper. 4©sc; mullet, $4.0006.00 per barrel: market dull. Oysters—Extra selects, $1.2001.30 per gallon; selects, sl.lO per gallon; stews, 75080 c per gallon. , - . Flour and Grain. Pure .inter wheat flour—Fapcy Diamond pat ent. $5.00; first patent. $4.60; straight. $4.06; extra fancy. $3.95; fancy, $3.60; choice family, $3.25; family? $3.15; spring wheat flour, fltol patent, $4.75; bran, large sacks, $1 20; small sacks, $1,25; corn meal, plain. 85c; bolted, 78c; grits. $3.70; bags, Hudnuts, $2.15. Corn mixed. 88c; white, 90c; Texas rust proof oats, 75c; white oats, 60c; No. 2 mixed, 58c; hgy, timothy No. 1, large bales, *1.10; small bales, $1.00; No. 2,90 c; Georgia rye, $1.10; Tennessee rye. $1.00; barley, $1.00; victor feed, $1.35 per 100 pounds. Fruit. Florida oranges, $2.3502.50 per box; grape fruit $4.5006.00 per box; lemons, choice, de mand good. $4.00 per box; fancy apples, $6.00 ©5.60 per barrel; pears, $2.7608.00 per barrel; plneanplee. $3.2503.50; banana*, straight, per bunch. $1.6001.15; culls- *1.0001.26 ner bunch: prunee. 506 c oer pound; currants, SOWe per pound; pi* peacnes, 8-lb.. *2.60 per crate; taoie. 2-lb.. $2.50; 3-Ib., $3.60; raisins, $1.5001.60 per box, cranberries. 54.0ii010.00 per barrel. Vegetable*. Cabbage, New York. 1%01%c per pound; tomatoes. $3,000X60; egg plants, $1.2501.50 per dozen; celery. Kalamasoo. 30©40c per dosen. Meat, Lard and Ham*. ' Reg. R.. 9c: half rib*. 9%c; rib 8.. 9%09%e; fat 8.. B%c; lard. best. H%c; 2d, 10%c; break fast bacon, 13015 c; hams, 12©14c; according to brand and average. Ca. H.. 5%©9%c. Groceries. Coffee—Fancy, 10%c; law grade*, 7® 10c; Ar buckle roasted, $11.80; Lion, $ll,BO. Sugar—Cut * loaf, 7%c; cubes, 6%c; powdered *%c: granu lated. New York. $5.45; New Orleans. $5 10; extra C, 4%c; refined yellow, 6c; New Orleans clarified, 4%©5c. Candy—Assorted stick. box, 5%c; per barrel, 5%c. Matches—2oo*. $1.1002.00; 6s. 45056 c, owing to brand. Soda- Box. $3 45; keg. 2®2%c. Rice—Fancy head. B%c; head, 7%c. Starch-Rearl, s%c_; lump. sc. Cheese—Fancy full cream. 12%©13c; full cream, 12%c. Powder—Rifle. $4 per keg: drop shot, $1.60. Cracker*. Standard soda. 7c; milk. 7%c; XXX cream. 7%c; lemon cream, 9c; comhllls, Bc. assorted penny cakes. 8c; assorted jumbles, 10c; lunch milk, 7%c; XXX soda. 6%c; XXX ginger snaps *%c; pearl oyster. 7c: excelsior. 7%c. Bagging and Ties. 2%-lb., per yard, 7%c; 2-Ib., per yard, 7e; 1%- lb., per yard. 6%c. Ties. 45-lb. steel arrow, per bundle, sl.lO. • Snuff. Railroad mills. 7-lb. jars. 47%c; 1 os. Macea- boy. $5.70 gross; one ounce bottle, $6.60 per gross; 1 2-3 ounce Maccaboy, $9 50 gross; 1 ox. Sweet Scotch, $5.40 grose; 1 2-3 ox. Sweet Scotch, $9 25 gross; Lorillard’s l-!b. jars, 57%e; extra fresh Scotch, per case 1 gross, 1 2-3 ox, $6.00; extra fresh Scotch, per case 6 dosen, 1 os., $6.00; Ralph’s Scotch, per case, *• dozen, 1 oz., $2.90; Ralph's Scotch, per case, < dosen, 1 2-3 ox., $5.10; Bruton’s Scotch, per case, * dozen, 1 ox.. $2.75; Bruton’s Scotcli, per case. * dozen, 1 2-3 ox. $4 80. Feathers. Geese feathers, new. .white, 55060 c per 7b.: old geese feathers. 15025 c; duck and geese mixed, 30040 c; duck feathers, pure white, 360 40c lb.: duck, colored, 25c lb.: chicken. 10c. Hides, Skins ana Uld Metals. Hides—Green oelted hides. No. I, 40 lbs., and up, 8c; No. 2. 40 lbs. and up. 7c: No. 1, un der 4n lbs., 7c; No. 2, under 40 Ibu. 6%c; No 1 and No. 2, ary flint hides, all weights, 12c; No. 1 and No. 2 dry salt hides, all weight*. 11c; green end salted shearlings, 25c each; green salted lambs. 35045 c each; green salted eheep, 45075 c each; green salted goats, 25c each; green salted horse hides, $2.00 each; green salted mule hides, $2.00 each; colts and ponies, SI.OO each. Tallow—ln cakes, 6c; in barrels and tubs, sc. Beewax, 25c. Old Metal—Heavy red brass. He; heavy y«- low brass. 8c: light brass, 6c; copper, toe; light copper, lie: bottomx 10c; xlnc, 2%c. . Scrap Iron—Mixed scrap, $9; stoves and pots, $6 per gross ton. Woodenware. r • ' Two-hoop nine palls, per dozen, $1.40; 3-hoo* pine pails, per dosen. $1.55; 2-hbop brass palls, white cedar, $2.75; 3-hoop brass bouna pails, red cedar. $6.00; shoe brushes, 85c to $4; brooms, from $2.25 to $3.00; clothes pins, per box of 5 gross. 75c; washboards, from 85c to $3.00; pine tubs. 8 fn nest, per nest. $2.40; galvanised tubs. 1 in nest, per nest, $2.40; bread trays, from $2.00 to $4.50 per doxen; wood-rUn sieve* per dozen. 90c; ax handlex *o* to $1.26- per J. dozen; No. 1 chimneyx per case of * doten. SJ; No. 2 lamp chimneys, per case of 6 dozen, $3; No. 1 pearl top chimneys, per case of * dozen. $4 20; No. 2 pearl top chimneys, per case Os ( dozen, $5.40, 7