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HOPE WRITES
ft RED HOT
LETTER
CAPTAIN OF HORSE GUARD
SENDS COMMUNICATION TO
MAJOR WILLIAMSON. OF SA
VANNAH.
Captain George M. Hope, of the Govern
or's horse guard. has written a second
letter on the much talked of Sea Girt
rifle contest. The last communication
was addressed to Major Williamson. of
Savannah, and deals with some of the
history regarding other shoots at the eas
tern rifle range. He also deals in rather
plain terms with some of the facts rela
tive to a shoot that was held in Savan
nah. The letter of Captain Hope fol
lows:
What Hope Wrote.
ATLANTA. Ga.. Sept. «■ »tt.-Mak>r W W
Williamson. Commander First Battery. G. S.
T.. and Captain Georgia State Team 1339 Sir:
Replying tn yoor favor of the 13th Instant.
At the outset we apologies to make to
you or to any one else for our action relative
to the Sea Girt meeting. We sent a team to
Fea Otrt-we sent it on proper authority-and
our only rdgret is that we came back empty
If We are as fortunate next year In securing
permission to send a team to the meeting we
wtu not come back empty handed, and we
might say here and now. that so strongly are
we fixed tn our opinion, that if it Is poeslb.e
to do so. we will rend a team to Sea Girt
next year to participate, not only in company
matches—to which we confined ourselves on
thia trip—but in the regimental and state events
ft* wdl
It requires but little space to show your Sea
Girt relations up in such a light that the po
sition inomei by your team, as the custo
dial* of Georgia** honor.’* will fade Into the
that air. and indignation at your imperti
nence will result. , . ,
Now, let's have a few facts **»ut ths te
havtor of the Savannah contingent at Sea Girt
—M's set them up in cold#type. •*» that the
"good people of Georgia” may have both rides
of the question; let’s then see what must have
actuated the New Jerseyites to hare participated
in the fraud charged—if in fact they did—and
then let the "good people" see ot Just what the
"honor of Georgia” consisted while in the
hands of the Savannah contingent of the Geor
gia state team at Sea Girt in 1S».
On Skirmish Range.
On the night of September 1899. the night
before the skirmish stage of the regimental
match was to be shot, one of the members of
the Governor’s Horse Guard team had occa
sion to leave his tent, was located on
a camp street cloee to the skirmish range.
The hour was very rioee to midnight probably
after. He was surprised to see occasional
flashes of light out oa the skirmish range near
the point which seemed to have been cleared
for the purpose of locating the silhouette fig
ures for the skirmish stage of the match. He
suspect*! something wrong, and knowing that
this command had a team enters.! to shoot
this match, and fearing duplicity ono *h*
of some team wh’eh was to compete against
himTWnd that some unfair advantage was
about to be taken of other contestants, be
called to a comrade to get up and dress as
quickly as prastble and go out with him to
investigate. Together they went silently for
ward till the light was reached, when. Io! what
was their astonishment and disgust to find
members of the Savannah contingent of the
flea GM teem of 109—that down-trtxi len, op
pressed. robbed (1) portion of the Georgia state
team—with dark lanterns, tape and pegs, meas
uring. marking and Identifying the distances
on the range where they were to shoot a
match the next day on unknown distances,
against not only regimental teams from all
other states represented, but against the team
of the Governor’s Horse Guard, which they
now see fit to censure and malign because it
chose to repro-ent its company-not the state
of Georgia—three years later at the Sea Girt
meeting. But more—the management of the
range discovered the fraud attempted by o«
Orif-consttoned <.envois- these profecWrs of
"Georgia s honor "—on the morning that this
skirmish stage of the match was to be shot,
and after their duplicity had been discovered,
the management, determining that the dis
tances should te unknown, and that no advan
tage should be gained by the Savannah con
tingent. marshaled all the teams that were to
shoot in thia skirmish, and marched them half
a mile away behind a large mess hall and
halted them where they could not see the plac
ing of the skirmish figures, or know where
they were.
Than tt was that you. oar censors, distin
guished yourselves as "custodians of Georgia's
jj, nor—for. in the person of T. G. Philpot
(referred to in your letter), to whom you del
egated the trust. Georgia’s honor keeper, en
compassed with lurid lights, went sprinting
, across the field, dressed, not In his uniform as
a soldier, but in citizen'a clothes, as a spy—
and evil mated the distance from where you had
supposed, when measuring, that the targets
would be placed, and. while the line of skir
mishers yet waited for marching orders, this
spv. to whom the keeping of "Georgia’s honor"
bad been delegated by you. returned, and was
overheard to tell the members of the two regi
mental teams from Savannah only that "the
figures are WO yards beyond where we thought
they would be.” thus giving to the Savannah
team, even after the change of position of the
targets by the management, absolute knowledge
of all shooting distances, which every precau
tion had been taken to prevent their knowing.
and to which knowledge they had absolutely no
right. At this time, the known distances In
this match had all been shot, the leading Sa
vannah team being 21 points behind the lead
ers In the match on the known distances, and
this skirmish was to complete the match. Was
tt the wild waver, or Just -Georgia’s honor”
tn another form which suggested to our men
(the Horse Guard team) that it would be a
good idea tor us to desert our targets, and
shoot on the targets assigned to the individ
ual members of the leading Savannah team, so
that Georgia (Savannah) would win the match.
Well—you won it—but .without at least a part
of the assistance you sought—the Horse Guard
team. ,
Oh. "Georgia’s honor!" Into what hands
hare you fallen! Can tt be possible that you
are still able to maintain your self-respect in
the eyes ot the "good people of Georgia” after
till* dose relation with such company?
As to the Hilton trophy contest of 1599, in
which you claim you were robbed:
This match was shot after the match just
discuss*-!, and while the management of the
range was In full possession of all the facts
relative to it. It is true that you asked for
representation tn the pit In this match, which
you say was refused. -««. what reasons were
assigned for the refusal? First, because the
rules provided that representative*. If desired
should be placed tn the pits before the begin
ning of the match, while as a matter of fact,
you requested representation only after the
seer nd stage ot the match had been shot, and
the ®OO yard, or last stage of the match, was
about to begin. Second, because the match had
continued until late in the afternoon and dark
ness was rapidly approaching, and the proba
bility then was that the last men to shoot
would be hurried to finish before night, and
that If representatives were placed In the pit
at that time, at least fifteen minutes of the
va!uable daylight remaining would be required
in which to do so, during which period all
firing on the range would have to cease, if
you felt that you had been denied the priv
ileges of the rules, that was the time to have
acted, and withdrawn your team from the
field—but you didn't do this—you shot the next
and last stage of th* match In the hope of
winning—but you didn’t win!
You were satisfied you had been defrauded—
yet every man of you. with one or two ex
ceptions. cheered the victor* when they were
announced.
You protested the match; you were given a
bearing; we are informed that after the decis
ion was rendered against you. you were in
vited to dinner with those who opposed a
decision in your favor on the protest, and you
accepted this Invitation, at which time the
matter was referred to by you as closed. So
far r" h*d acted like thorough sportsmen
The baby act came on after your return to
Georgia Instead of sending a team hack the
following year, when you knew what would
be uecsesary to properly care for your inter
ests and protect yourselves against fraud and
then showing your superior shooting. you
must needs stay at home and roast everybody
and everything suggesting Sea Girt to you.
The baby act is what you call "sportsman
like.” We don’t have to say here that we
don't agree with you In your Interpretation
of the terra —that’s patent—and the vast ma
fcrity of the “good people of Georgia” will
agree with us So much for Sea Girt in
U9X
■Unfair Treatment.
Tour mention of the fact that we did not
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attend your shoot at Savannah in August of
this year recalls to mind the unfair and dis
courteous treatment accorded us on our last
visit to vour range in 1900. most notably in
the carbine contest. Our team had decided to
give its entire time on the day this match
was to be shot to the preparation of our five
men for this event. Your management desired
to have a regimental team match with rilles—
ten men—and you didn’t have enough teams to
make the match interesting without a beam
from the First regiment of cavalry, to whlcn
both the Horse Guard and the Hussars are at
tached. The Hussars we considered our most
dangerous opponents. Your management so
licited us to join with the Hussars, and put
In a regimental team, which we refused to do
for fear of fatiguing our carbine team, thus
giving the Hussars an advantage over’us in
the carbine match. After persuasion, however,
our team captain consented to enter his car
bine team (which was to oppose the Hussars
later In the day In the carbine match) as half
of the regimental team. If the Hussars would
enter as the other half of the team the five
men they Were to use against us In the car
bine match, and If the management would give
us a recess of at least two hours between the
regimental and the carbine matches. Both the
Hussars and the management agreed to these
stipulations, and we entered and shot the
match. In less than half an hour after the
regimental match was completed, we were or
dered into the carbine match by me manage
ment. and the Hussars, * Savannah company.
Instead of standing to their agreement as we
had done, and uelng the *ame men we had
shot for them on the regimental team, substi
tuted either two or three fresh men to shoot
against our jaded ones —and won the match,
but not on known distances. All this after
your kind Invitation to us to attend your
shoot!
This dispensation of "honorable' treatment
on your own range was calculated to at least
put vou on a par with your version of Sea Girt,
and of the evils—if either is to be so con
sidered —we chose Sea Girt.
Williapison Esteemed.
For vou. Major Williamson, and some others
of your team, all of us. individually and col
lectively, entertain tHe highest regard and
esteem, both as soldiers and as gentlemen.
You. personally, were not present at Sea Girt
during the midnight maneuvers mentioned, and
we believe that If you had been and had known
of them they would have been stopped: and* In
this connection, neither do we charge Vic*
Captain Brooks with this knowledge; but th*
occurrences we do charge without equivoca
tion and without fear of contradiction.
As to the respect of the team whose senti
ment was voiced through you as team captain,
we will reply that we have lived for a goodly
number of years without even a suggestion
of their existence, and no anxiety Is felt by
us pending Its early forfeiture.
We are sorry that you have compelled us to
make these disclosures, but your attempts to
belittle us In the eyes of the people of Georgia
have forced us to divulge facts showing your
attitude as soldiers at Sea Girt, and New
Jersey's probable motive for treating you badly.
If. under the circumstances, the treatment you
received Is not adjudged to be about what
you deserved.
During our stay at Sea Girt, the tendency
of all discussions on the part of disinterested
contestants relative to your position was that
after your protest in the Hilton trophy con
test and the decision against you, you should
have acted like sportsmen and returned to th*
range and demonstrated your superior ability.
Now. Major Williamson and team of 1899,
you know our reason and- feeling on th* sub
ject. and we trust they will prove satisfactory
to you. They are to us. Yours very respect
fully. GEORGE M. HOPE.
Captain Governor's Horse Guard. Troop ■L,
First Regiment Cavalry, G. 8. T., and Cap
tain Horse Guard Team, Sea Girt, 1899.
WEmHOLK
WILL PRACTICE
ECONOMY
RIGID ECONOMY WILL NOW BE
SCHEDULE IN THE MAKING OF
• TURPENTINE FROM FOR-
ESTS OF THE SOUTH.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
BALTIMORE. Md.. Sept. 19.-When Dr.
Charles H. Herty, who has been conduct
ing under th! auspices of the national de
partment of agriculture experiments in
£e turpentine forests at the south an
itincefl to the Turpentine Operators’ as
sociation that a compartlvely simple
change In the methods of handling the
trees would have added millions of dollars
during the past year to the earnings of
the operators, he gave a decided impetus
to the movement toward greater econom
ics in the handling for commercial pur
poses of the natural products of the south.
The most marked manifestation in that
diflection, perhaps, has been in the case of
cotton seed, fifty years ago practically a •
waste product, but now gradually ap
proaching in the markets the value of the
cotton fibre. Bpt in lumbering and tn
mining, as well as in divers manufacturing'
industries more and more attention is be
ing given, not only to deriving the best
results from the main product, but to con
verting former wastes into valuable by
products. In this respect the south enjoys
the practical results of experiences in
other parts of the country not as richly
endowed as it with the raw material for
industry. What necessity has induced
elsewhere the south is adopting as a
strictly business proposition. At the same
time it is pushing the development of its
many resources of timber, coal, iron and
other minerals, and is steadily opening up
new fields. For example, the Manufactur
ers' Record publishes this week a state
ment from President J. P. Pelham, of the
Dothan. Hartford and Florida Railway
company, that the company has just se
cured nearly 1.000.0C0 acres of timber land
from the board of the internal fund of the
state of Florida an- that with this pledge
of lands the company will be able to com
plete its lines in the near future. Mr.
Pelham adds:- ,
"This land is to be deeded by the board
in sections of five miles—that is to say.
when the company cross ties and irons
five mliea v. the road the board will deed
it fifty thousand acres of this land and so
on, for each succeeding five miles. The
company's line extends 100 miles through
the state of Florida and it hopes to have
the road completed in the near future.
This land upon which agricultural pro
ducts of all descriptions do* well can be
sold at 11.00 an acre and when the timber
is removed from it'it will become an agri
cultural district.”
Somewhat similar development is ex
pected from the construction of the Ten
nessee. Georgia and South Carolina rail
road which is to traverse a country con
taining gold, copper, mica, asbestos, iron,
manganese. marble, talc, soapstone,
grapnite, kaolin and ochre. Mr. C. G.
Baugh, of Mineral Bluff, Ga., a surveyor
and one of the incorporators of the road,
writes:
"The proposed railroad is sure to be
built by Chicago capital a-lthin two years.
Then it w .1 be completed from Charleston.
Tenn., to Anderson, S. C.. byway of
Ducktown. Tenn., Blairsville, Mineral
Bluff, Hiawassee and Clayton. Ga., and
Walhalla, S. C. The road will be 330 miles
long and will run through the best unde
veloped timber and mineral country in the
south.”
MISSING CHAPLAIN MOOSE
HAS NOT BEEN FOUND
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., Sept. 30.—The
mysterious disappearance of Chaplain
Moose, of the Seventh cavalry, remains
unsolved. Dr. Moose, brother of the miss
ing man. is now in the city, but can throw
no light upon thet matter except that the
chaplain has been subject to temporary
mental aberration.
. From all indications the disappearance
is the result of one of these spells, though
the length of time he has been absent
seems to discredit this theory and leave
an Impression that there has been foul
play. It is known that he had quite a sum
of money and a check for a large amount
upon his person at the time of his disap
pearance. •
Nothing is missing from his tent and
there is no Indication that he made any
preparation for his departure. All who
know the chaplain have only the highest
praise for him. and any suggestion of any
thing criminal on his part connected with
the disappearance is warmly repudiated
by the men that knew him.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, A a ANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAf, SEPTEMBER 22. 1902.
SILK CULTURE
STARTED IK
GEORGIA
COMPANY ORGANIZED WITH A
LARGE CAPITAL TO REVOLU
* TIONIZE CULTURE AND MAN
UFACTURE OF SILK.
An application for a charter for the
Seri-Culture and Manufacturing compa
ny, with a capital stock Os a quarter of
a million dollars and the prospects of an
increase to a million dollars in the near
future, was recently filed in the of
fice of the clerk of the superior court.
The company proposes td introduce and
foster the cultivation of raw silk in this
country and to manufacture the raw ma
terial into the finished products. The
home office of the concern is to be in
Atlanta and branch plants and colonies
are to be established in any county in
the state and later in other states
throughout the south. The first, located
at Tallulah Falls, is now under way,
60.000 mulberry trees having already been
planted.
The incorporators named in the charter
are: Louis B. Magid, of Habersham coun
ty, Georgia, and W. R. Sweet, of Rabun
county. Brown & Randolph, the attorneys
filing the application for the charter, are
also interested in the company. Other At
lantians are to take an interest in it in
the near future though the bulk of the
capital of the company has been put up
by eastern capitalists.
Louis B. Magid, who now makes his
home at xallulah Falls, is to be the pres
ident of the company, and is the guid
ing spirit in its organization. Mr. Magid
is a German by birth. He has studied
the silk industry abroad for years and is
a recognized authority. The company
proposes an industrial revolution in the
United States, especially in the south,
which is well adapted for the silk .cul
ture.
At Tallulah Falls, the company already
owns 2.100 acres of land. On this 50.000
mulberry trees have already been planted.
In a year or two, the trees will be ready
to support the silk worms, More land is
to be bought in the near future and it is
all to be divided into 25-acre farrfis. On
each of these five acres are to be planted
■n trees at once. Soon foreigners, French
and Italians, masters of the industry, are
to be brought over and put on the farms.
Every inducement is to be offered to the
farmers in the vicinity to set out trees
also.
Two water powers on the place are to
be developed for the generation of elec
tricity to be used in the plant that is to
be erected for- the unwinding of the
cocoons. A book is now being published
by -»r. Mag.d for d trlbution among the
farmers of the south, treating of silk
culture and the possibilities for It here.
Everything possible is to be done to urge
the cultivation of the silk worm.
The right for every possible business
in connection with the silk Industry is
sought in the charter filed today. The
company starts with its land near Tal
lulah Falls, on the Tallulah Falls
rairoad. An office will be later
opened here in Atlanta and when sev
eral colonies have been successfully es
tablished a central manufacturing plant
is to. be erected here in Atlanta.
The raising of the silk worm tin the
United States is an entirely new industry
now, though years ago it was quite an
occupation in the south. To foreign coun
ties, >75,000.000 is every year sent from
the United States for the raw silk to be
manufactured into the finished product
here. It is the purpose of the company
to awaken the country to the fact that
this can be raised here. ■
Mr. Magid is very much in earnest about
the matter and has already appealed to
the federal authorities. Last year, the
government appropriated 110,000 for the
purchase of mulberry trees in foreign
countries to be brought here for distri
bution. This was owing to Mr. Magid's
efforts. But, as he put it, the govern
ment can never establish the silk indus
try. The silk industry will have to be es
tablished by private people and then
these people may establish a silk de
partment of government.
In a recent lecture on the subject Mr.
Magid gave the following instance of the
possibilities of silk culture in Georgia:
"There are more than 224,100 farms in
the state of Georgia, and if only one-half
of the farmers would take up silk cul
ture based on scientific methods, they
could easily produce more than they today
get from their cotton crops. For example,
suppose that .each family in the smaller
half of Georgia's farmers would enter
Into silk culture, and only produce SSO
worth, it would be a play or avocation
for children, as the wor.t is pleasant and
it is interesting to watch the little worms
eat the mulberry and later imprison them
selves in their own builded cocoons; and
in that way if only 10,000 farmers would
produce the silk, it would add to the
state's yearly income $5,000,000 and if the
cocoons should be unreeled in the state
it would nearly double the value.”
The United States is said to be using
more than one-half of the world's pro
duction. The company expects in time
to revolutionize the silk business of the
world. It will at once build up a wonder
ful industry in Georgia and the south.
MACHINERY WILLBEA BIG
FEATURE OF STATE FAIR
VALDOSTA, Ga., Sept. 20.—The man
agers of the State fair closed contracts
this week for exhibits of machinery which
will occupy more than ten thousand
square feet of space, and the improved
machinery exhibit is to be one of the
best features of the next fair. Theije
will be a large exhibit of heavy machin
ery such as steam engines, threshing ma
chines, etc., while the exhibit of wire
fences, gates, etc., farming Implements
of all kinds, will be superb. A complete
saw mill will be in operation upon the
fair grounds, together with a turpentine
still and syrup making plant.
IThe numerous applications for live stock
exhibits makes it necessary for more
space to be provided for these, and work
is now under way for a large increase in
the number of stalls for live stock. The
government will send an expert to look
after the health of the live stock on ex
hibition here and if any sales are made
they will be only for cattle or other stock
which has passed examination by the ex
pert. •
The managers of the fair are doing some
very attractive advertising all over Geor
gia. Florida and portions of Alabama.
They have arrangements with the Sells &
Forepaugh circus, which shows in the
fair grounds on the opening day of the
fair, to distribute much of their matter,
while the bill posters in all of the cities
will distribute other pieces of advertising.
Perhaps, the most attractive advertising
which will be used arc the many small
banners which have been bought and
the large streamers which are to be used
in different cities. These are on long
sheets of cloth and are intended to
stretch across the streets. One hundred
of them have been painted and they are
to be strung in all of the important towns
of Georgia and Florida during the next
few weeks.
Letters received here indicate that the
fair will draw by far the greatest crowds
ever seen in this city and preparations to
entertain them are being made according
ly.
SEMI-WEEKLV MMET BEPOBI
Soot Cotton Market.
Atlanta, steady. B%c.
New York, steady, 9c.
New Orleans, steady. B’4c.
Liverpool, steady, 5 l-16d.
Galveston, firm, B%c.
Norfolk, steady. 8 11-16 c.
Baltimore, nominal, B%c.
Boston, dull, 9c.
Wilmington, firm, 8 3-Bc.
Philadelphia, steady. 9%c.
Savannah, steady. 7%c.
Mobile, steady. B%c.
Memphis, steady, 8 7-16 c.
Augusta, quiet, B%c.
Charleston, quiet, B%c.
Cincinnati, quiet, e l-2c.
Louisville, firm, B%c.
St. Louis, steady. B%c.
Houston, steady, B%c.
New York Cotton.
NEW YORK. Sept. 20-—Cotton opened steady
2 to 6 points lower on general sellins based
largely upon unfavorable Liverpool cables,
heavy receipts and good weather map. Includ
ing the call, Wall street faction started In to
rally the list and quickly bid January up to
8.74 or within one point of the close of last
night. But ti)e commission house contingent
had large selling orders of the Saturday profit
character from their constituents and the
bulls were compelled to absorb this even to
hold the market from further decline. The
private crop reports, nevertheless, were still
very pessimistic and a short crop in many
sections was said to be a certainty. The
southern spot markets were holding firm ac
cording to private telegrams with exporters
and domestic spinners liberal buyers. The
weekly statements from dry goods and cotton
goods centers were most encouraging and the
room element was slow to believe In much of
a reaction at this time. As the session wore
along speculation quieted down considerably
and the bull leaders experienced less difficulty
in holding prices steady. January was tne
bone of contention, the scalping contingent
was disposed to risk ventures in March and
May along conservative lines. Another cold
wave was shown on the map for the extreme
northwest, but as yet this caused no uneasi
ness in local trade circles.
NEW YORK COTTON.
Following were the ruling quotations in th*
New Orleans cotton exchange today:
Tone, steady; middling, 9c, steady.
, Last Close
Open • High Low Sale Bld
January..B.73 8.74 8.66 8.71 8.72
February.. •• ..8.50 8.51 8.49 8.58 8.94
Marchß.sl 8.52 8.45 8.49 8.49
April' 8.49
May. 8.52 8.52 8.47 8.50 88.50
Septemberß.67 8.70 8.66 8.68 8.68
Octoberß.67 8.69 8.62 8.65
Novemberß.6s 8.67 8.62 8.65 8.65
Decemberß.7l 8.71 8.64 8.68 8.68
New Orleans Cotton.
NEW.ORLEANS, Sept. 20.—The demand for
spot cotton was fairly medium, but the move
ment was curtailed by the difference In the
views of buyers and sellers as to the proper
trading basis, buyers being influenced by the
somewhat bearish sentiment shown by Liver
pool, demand concessions which factors declined
to make. Sales 1,950 bales, including 1,500 to
arrive. Quotations unchanged.
A very fair business for a Saturday short
session was done during the forenoon In the
line of contracts with floor traders having all
the best of the transactions owing to the
frequent and moderately wide fluctuations. The
market at Liverpool was down l-16d on spots
and 3H 64d to 4H 64 on deliveries, which nat
urally exerted a somewhat depressing influence
on this side and brought about a responsive
opening decline of 3 to 5 points here. Prices
were well supported after the morning call,
however, by the long element and not with
standing an evident growing confidence.on the
part of' the bears the decline was checked.
Thereafter prices moving back and forth over
a range of four to five points without any very
definite tendency in either direction until just
prior to the closing when a rather sharp ad
vance was recorded. The net result of the
day’s operations showed in gains over yester
day’s closing prices of ’i to 6 points on all
months. 1
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
The following w’ere the ruling quotations In
the New Orleans cotton exchange today:
Tone, firm; middling. ST46, steady.
Last Close
Op*". Hlsh. I-ow. s*i*. Bid.
Januaiyß.3s 8.43 8.34 8.43 8.43
Marchß.42 8,48 8.39 8.48 8.48
Mayß.43 B.PI 8.42 8.51 8.51
Septemberß.34 8.84 8.33 8.34 8.39
Octoberß.26 B.M 8.24 8.34 8.34
November.. .. ~«■ , »...- .... 8.37
December.. .. ..8.32 8.40 8.31 8.40 8.39
3 .IVERPOOl" COTTON.
The following were the ruling quotations tn
the exchange today:
Tcne, quiet; sales, 5,000; middlings, 51-16 d.
Opening. Close.
January and February..'. .4.39 4.37
FebHiary and March....’'4.3B 4.37
March and April-4.38 4.37
April and May 4.37 4 36
May and June.-4.38 4.36
August and September.4.s7 4.56
September end October 4.47 4.46
October and November.... .. .. ..4.42 4.42
November and December.'.4.4o 4.39
December and January 4.39 4.38
COMPARATIVE PORT BECEIPTS.
1899-0 1900-1 1901-2 1902-3
Galveston 8.517 7.296 11,354
New Orleans 9.319 12,426 5.639 . 6,145
Mobile 337 212 1.219 234
Savannah 8,772 11,347 4,865 6.406
Charleston 2.094 2,566 469 3,279
Wilmington4.3B3 4,316 482 3.092
Norfolk 2.088 2,478 617 1,316
New York 117 350
Boston 254 6
Philadelphia 50 50 1
Total at all p0rta...36.314 33,399 21,154 33,283
Estimated Cotton Receipts.
Houston expects Monday 13,000 to 14,000 bales.
New Orleans expects Monday 9,000 to 11,000
bales, against 5.699 bales last year.
Galveston expects Monday 13.000 to 14,000
bales, against 8,056 bales last year.
Sea Island Cotton Market.
SAVANNAH,, Ga.. Sept. 20.—Sea island cot
ton market steady. Full fancy, Georgia. 18*4
(219 c extra choice, Georgia, 17*4@18c; choice,
Georgia, 164216Hc; extra fine, Georgia, 15Hc;
fine, Georgia, 15c; common, Georgia, 14c.
Southern Exchange Cotton Letter.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.—The trading In cot
ton today was almost equally divided between
the two factions and In consequence fluctua
tions were within narrow limits. The market
was very active all day, the sellers getting a
little the best of the argument just before
noon. The staunch believers in high prices
were notably nervous at this juncture but
managed to instill a sufficient amount of bull
sentiment Into the sellers to cause them to
throw away their hatchets and Jhe leaders
assumed command again.
The opening was well nigh a repetition of
yesterday’s bids and the close furnished no
variations In values.
♦Liverpool lost 3 to 4 points from yesterday
on futures; spots were weaker at l-6c de
cline. with sales of 5,000 bales.
The New Orleans played the part of mimic
to the geenral satisfaction of that market's
following. Suffice It to say that It followed the
trail of the Now York crowd up and down,
closing the same os yesterday. Port receipts
estimated at 32,000 bales, against 21,154 last
year. Estimated New Orleans receipts roe
Monday 9.000 to 11.000 bales, against 5.699 last
year: Galveston, 13,000 to 14,000, against 8,056
last year. New York spots, 9c.
There seems to be a genral Idea amongst
the experts that we will witness a heavy liqui
dation next week and If some authoritative
member would set an example of this kina we
are of the opinion that he would find a reaay
following.
New Orleans Weekly Cotton Letter.
NEW ORT.EANS, Sept. 20.—As against a clos
ing at 816 last Sunday. March cotton closed to
night at 848. Other months up In proportion
with sentiment ruling very bullish. On Mon
dav, light frosts reported at several points in
belt, but no damage to crops reported. The
tightness of money early In the week in
New York acted as a damper on bull enthusi
asm, the rate going to 20 per cent at one time.
But continued bad renorts from fields swept
aside 'his and other bear factors, such as a
verv large Intoslght movement of 284.000 as
against 170,098 corresponding week of 1901, and
prices kept upward course save for a tempo
rary few nolr.ts reactions. The range of the
March option here of the week Is low, 817 and
high 854. Nine cents for March cotton here
looks reasonably certain, considering public
sentiment Is so bullish, but this very unani
mity of sentiment on bull side may. as In 1895,
be Its own enemy. The cliff-dwellers, 1 e: doc
tors. lawyers and outsiders generally now are
buvlng and clamoring for more when they
wouldn't buy one hundred points lower. This
Is a bad feature In the market. As a matter
of fact, it may be said that spinners are not
free buyers of spots, and are still holding oft
plavlng th* waiting game. The public buying
now Is based on theory that the damage re
ports are all true and that spinners all at once
are going to get and take cotton at
anv price. As Mr. Ashton Phelps says In hts
matchless article today, the situation may be
summarized as follows: "The bulls In cotton
have once more declared that, come what may,
their faith will remain unshaken. Against such
dogmatism, receipts and th* Ilk* count for noth
ing. In th* ver)' nature of the case, the 'Rings'
must absorb a vast quantity of 'Hedges’ from
day to day. The sponge has so far proved more
than equal to the work, and the cry is still
for water. Now. as before, the practical unani
mity of the trade is the salient feature. It
has been thought that the converts would
make haste recant, but they seem, on the con
trary, to be more and more in love with new
creed as time wears on. It is Inherently prob
ably that figures of movement and visible sup
plies will be bearish, but one must remember
that developments of this character have been
discounted. If It be assumed that the crop
is a small one, then no pasolne’ phase of the
problem need be taken greatly to heart. Within
a few days, the agricultural bureau will give
out its report. The tenor of the weekly bulle
tins leaves no escape from the conclusion that
a sharp decline from the September condition
will be shown. In that event an absolute dis
aster will be foreshadowed. From this point
of view very much higher of range of price
are not to be solved along fines so simple. In
deed veteran operators know perfectly well that
information is usually more deadly than ignor
ance. At such a juncture, the Instinct of self
preservation suggests that the brake be reso
lutely applied. The right to speculate on ones
own money is inalienable, but the right to
play with other people's funds must always be
challenged. Time should be allowed to do a
little talking now and then. The old fellow
stammers, to be eure. but he tells the whole
story at last.
Murphy & Co.’s Cotton Letter.
NEW YORK. Sept. 20.—Cotton had a tired
look this morning and prices opened 2 to 6
lower cn small transactions, cables being below
expectation and holders of the weaker class
being Inclined to let go. The weather in the
south was too mild to keep in longs who had
been confident of a cold wave giving the market
a still further sharp lift, although the pres
ence of a cold wave of Importance In the ex
treme northwest was a source of comfort to the
mone hopeful element. As regards the weekly
trade reports, they were lacking In decisive
features and since the market has had a good
rise opinion generally favored taking the selling
side when profit was in sight and avoiding
short sales. Private crop accounts continued
bullish with few exceptions, the latter in some
Instances claiming ridiculous high crop figures.
The weather map showed light rains at Augus
ta. Savannah and Abilene with extreme tem
perature for the entire belt of 60 to 80. Receipts
at ports estimated 35,000 against 21,000 last year.
The bull clique undertook to sell out January
around 11 a. m., which broke the market 7 to
8 points. The decline was hailed with satisfac
tion by many belated bulls who favored a still
lower market, being confident that broadening
speculation and a much higher level ould fol
low.
Cotton Seed Products.
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 20.—Cotton seed oil,
.prime refined in barrels, 36'4c; oft refined In
barrels 35)tc; price crude, loose, 30c.
NEW YORK. Sept. 20.—Cotton seed oil offer
ings and demand unimportant. Market closed
steady. Price crude, t. o. b. mills, 29@30; prime
summer yellow 40@41; off summer yellow 39;
prime white 45; prime winter yellow 46; prime
meal $27@28.
Grain and Provisions.
CHICAGO. Sept. 20.—Manipulation abetted by
rains worked for advances In grains today. Re
gardless of Injunctions against corners and fic
titious prices the shorts in September wheat
became frightened and put the price upon them
selves. Other commodities felt the influence of
heavy wheat demand and in sympathy ad
vanced. Higher prices were attractive to some
holders and there were recessions from top fig
ures. but i nthe end the close was strong with
September wheat 1c higher, December wheat **c
up, September corn *4c up. December corn *4c
higher, September oats %c higher, and Decem
ber oats unchanged. Provisions closed 2’4 to
40c higher.
Wheat—ln contract with recent business in
wheat the opening showed strength about which
there was no doubt. Whereas advance of late
has been halting today the sentiment was
strongly bullish from the start. The cash mar
ket In the northwest was advancing with Du
luth offering He a bushel for cancels. The
stocks everywhere were small, there was a
premium for cash grain and an excellent ex
port business wa* developing? Added to this
were the rains northwest and predictions of
more to follow to retard the spring movement
that has only just got under way. Offerings
were scarce and small purchases had a tell
ing effect on prices. The amount of bread
stuffs on passage Monday was expected, to be
decided although shipments were fairly bear
ish and cables were easy until local bullish
news improved them. The shorts were fright
ened into covering September heavily in the
opening half hour. Six commission houses
jointly took in 2.000.000 bushels. New York was
taking September freely. Grading was poor.
Business was broad and active all session,
but some stuff came out at 'top prices. Even
the leading elevator, which is conceded the rul
ing hand in September affairs, let go fair quan
tities in order not to let the market run away.
September opened unchanged to %c up at 73%
to 74%. jumped to 75%c, slipped back to 75c and
closed strong %c higher at 75%c. December
trade was largely sympathetic, the price open
ing % to %c up at 69% to 69%c, advancing to
69% and closing firm %c higher at 69%c. Local
receipts were 200- cars, only five of contract
grade; Minneapolis and Duluth reported 925
cars, making a total for the three points of
1,125 cars, against 962 cars last week and 1.422
last year. Seaboard clearances in wheat and
flour equaled 475.000 bushels. Primary re
ceipts were 1.387.000 bushels, compared to 1,116,-
000 bushels last year.
Corn—Trade was active only iin a measure.
Rains which would retard movement acted
bullishly on« the market, as did the bull activ
ity In wheat. There was fair covering at times
In spite of big receipts; 446 cars today with 113
of contract grade. After the early upturn
there was some realizing, which took off much
of the gains. The sentiment was quietly bull
ish. October made the best gain closing %c
higher at 54%c. September was %c up at 59%c.
After selling at 59%c, December closed firm %c
up at 44%c.
Unfavorable weather, small receipts and poor
grading, together with a fair demand from
commission houses, kept oats somewhat firmer
today. Offerings in September were small and
fair advances resulted. After some buying In
December and May by commission houses, the
trade turned dull and prices held only slightly
better. September closed %c up at 32%c; De
cember was unchanged at 30%c; receipts 180
cars. 14 of contract grade.
Provisions were quiet, but showed marked
strength. Small receipts of hogs and steady
prices were the incentives. Floor traders and
brokers bought fairly at times and covering
In October products brought a sharp rally from
the slump early In the week. October pork
closed 40c higher at $16.65: January pork 5* up
at $15.05; October lard 20c higher at $9.85; Jan
uary lard 12%c advanced at $8.50; October ribs
22%c up at $10.37*4 and January ribs 5c higher
at 37.95.
Estimated receipts for Monday: Wheat, 210
care; corn, 340 cars; oats, 190 cars; hogs, 18,000
head.
Chicago Quotations.
CHICAGO, Sept. 20.—The leading futures
ranged ns follosvs:
Articles. Opening. Highest. Lowest. Close
WHF’AT* -
’ September 73%©74% 75*4 73% 75%
December69%iß>69% 69% 69% 69%
May70*4070% 70% 70% 70%
CORN—
September 59 59% 59 59*4
December 44 ©44% 44% 43% 44
May4O%@4l*4 41)4 40% 40%
OATS—
September old .. 26% 26% 26% 26*4
September new.. 32*4 32*4 32% 32%
December new... 30% 30% 30% 30*4
May 31*4 31*4 31% 31%
MESS PORK—
September 16.17*4 16.62*4 16.17 16.55
October 16.30 16.70 16.30 16.65
JanuaryJs.O2*4 15.10 15.02*4 15.05
Mav14.20 14.22*4 14.20 14.20
LARD—
Septemberlo.B7*4 10 95 10.87*4 10.95
October 9.67% 4 9 92% 9.67% 9.85
January .. .. .. 3.50 ’ 8.55 8.47% 8.50
May 8.07% 8.12% 8.07% 8.07%
SHORT RIBS—
Septemberll.oo 11.02% 11.00 11.02%
Octoberlo.ls 10.50 10.15 10.37%
January 7 92% 7.97% 7.92% 7.95
Chicago Closing Quotations.
CHICAGO, Sept. 20.—Wheat—September,
75%c; December, 55%c: May, 70%©70%c.
Corn—September, 59%5j%c; October, 54%c: No
vember, 49c; December, May, 40%@
40%c.
Oats—September, 32%c; old, 26%c; December,
30%c: old. 26%c; May. 31%c.
Pork—September and October, $16.55; Janu
ary. 815.05; May, $14.20.
Lard—September, $10.95; October. $9.85; De
cember, $9.92%; January, $8.50; May, $8.07%;
November, $9.17%.
Ribs—September, $11.12%; December, $10.07%;
January, $7.95; May. $7.65.
Flax—Cash, northwest and southwest, $1.36;
September, $1.34; October, $1.32.
Barley—Cash, 38'’»62c.
'timothy—September. $3.80.
Clover—October, $9.00.
Receipts and Shipments.
Articles. Receipts. Shipments.
Flour, barrels 18,000 1,000
Wheat, bushels 174,000 229.000
Corn, bushels 310.000 202.000
Oats, bushels 231,000 180,000
Rye. bushels 23,000 28.000
Barley, bushels 63,000 15,000
Murphy & Co.’s Crain Letter.
CHICAGO, Sept.’ 21—There has been noth
ing but strength to wheat today and some
heavy and most influential buying took place.
Armour bought a million December, and Bart
otherlett. Slaughter, Wrenn, Harris, Gates
and other big commission houses were promi
nent buyers of these options. September was
strongest, advancing 1% on buying credited
largely to New York interests but at the top
the local crowd sold liberally causing some
reaction. Selling was largely profit taking and
shorts covering. Sentiment generally bullish
The market closed firm with the greater part
of the advance held.
Coin was firm but Inclined to dullness. There
was a fair upturn early on wet weather but the
local crowd offered liberally at the advance
causing the market to ease off but holding
steady at a small advance. Interest In whtar
detracted to some extent from corn. Outside
trade was light and sentiment in the pit divid
ed. The close was steady. Commission houses
were good buyers of December and May oats.
Armour was the best seller. There was a good
demand for September at the opening with no
offerings. The market ruled firm as a whole.
Receipts were small and weather unfavorable
for movement.
Provisions were strong on a fair demand and
light offerings. Trade was dull and aside from
its strength the market presented no feature.
Hog market was a bullish factor.
New Orleans Sugar Market.
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 20.—Sugar strong.
Open kettle 2%«i'3 3-16 c. Open kettle centrifu
gal 3@3%c; centrifugal yellows 3%@4%c; sec
onds 1%@3%c.
Molasses dull; centrifugal s@loc.
Naval Stores.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 20.—Turpentine firm.
46%c; receipts 1,157; sales 589; exports 2.019.
Rosin firm; receipts 3,290; sales none; ex
ports 2.292. Quote:
A. B, C. D. $1.23%: E. sl-27%; F. $1.32%: G,
$1.37%; H. $1.62%; I. $1.82*4; K. $2.42%; M.
$2.92%; N. $3.37%; W G. $3.57%; W W. $3.87%.
Live Stock Market.
CHICAGO. Sept. 20.—Cattle receipts 200.
Steadv. Good to prime steers 7.50@8®>: poor
to medium 1.00«7.00; Stockers and feeders 2.50®
5.40: cows 1.50©’4.75; heifers 2.23©5.75; canners
1.5002.50; bulls 2.25@5.00; calves 3.00@7.50.
Texas fed steers 3.0004.50; western steers
3.7505.75. • „ J
Hogs receipts 9.000; slow. Good to choice
heavy 7.5007.80: light 7.3007.70: bulk 7.35©7.55
Sheep, receipts 2,000. Steady. Good to choice
wethers 3,40©4.00; fair to choice mixed 2.50<®
3.35; western sheep 2.5003.80; native lambs 3.10®
5.50; western lambs 3.75©5.25.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Sept. 30.—Cattle receipts
525- calves. 36. Market unchanged. Choice
dressed beef steers 7.1008.00; fair to good 4.250
7.05; western fed steers 3.5004.75; Texas and
Indian steer* 3.4004.00; Texas cows 2.2503.00;
bulls 1.5004.00; calves 2.0003.50.
Hogs, receipts 1.650. Steady. Heavy 7.3507.50;
lleht 7.2507.42%;'pigs 5.5007.35.
Sheep, receipts 230. Steady. Native lamb*
$2004.10; western lambs 3.00fj4.00: native weth
ers 2.9505.00; western wethers 2.6003.90; Texas
clipped vearllngs 2.7503.70; Texas clipped sheep
2 7.303.00; stockers and feeders 2.00@2.9a.
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 20.—Cattle receipt* 800,
Including 500 Texans. Steady. Native ship
ping and export steers 6.0607.50; dressed beef
and butchers' steers 4.1007.35; steers under 1,000
pounds 3.0005.50; stockers and feeders 2.30©
4.80; cows and heifers 2.2506.50' canners 1.750
2 75; bulls 2.2564.50; calves 5.0007.00; Texas and
Indian steers 2.9004.85; cows and heifers 2.500
3.40.
Hogs, receipts 1,500. Market 5 cents lower.
Pigs and lights 7.2507.45; packers 7.2507.50;
butchers 7.5067.80.
Sheep, receipts 300. Steady. Native muttons
3.4P04.00; lambs 4.2505.25; culls 2.5004 00; stock
ers 1.50@3.50; Texans 3.0003.60.
McCullough Bros.’ Fruit and Produce
Letter.
ATLANTA. Ga.. Sept. 20.—Fruit and pro
duce conditions continue to Improve as th*
season progresses. . '
The activity tn bananas is more noticeable
than at any time since the trade has opened up
the present season.
The quality of apples continues to Improve.
Prices have declined to some extent, and will
no douot be even cheaper when the shipping
season is In earnest.
borne few inquiries now being made for
oranges, but the early crops will be In th*
market during the next ten days.
California fruit, especially grapes, are in
light supply, with a strong demand and unusu
ally high prices prevailing.
These same conditions apply also to Ohio
and New York state basket grapes.
Lemons have advanced at all polfits of im
portations during the last en days, but as
our local market was abundantly supplied
prior to the advance, prices have not been
effected.
There is quite a strong demand now for
celery and cranberries at good prices.
Onions showing more activity, as are also
the best varieties and quality of Irish pota
toes. .
Sweet potatoes have been a drag on the
market during the entire week at greatly re
duced prices.
The first car of New York state Danish cab
bage arrived this week, which are being given
the preference over Virginia stock by reason
of the fact they are green, hard and thor
oughly sound. The cabbage market, generally
speaking, however, is p6t in good condition.
The decline In liver poultry has been very
material during the last week, in fact prices
are off about 20 per cent.
Eggs, also, showing some little weakness.
However, we doubt if any material decline
will exist during the near future.
There is a far demand for butter at good
prices.
ATLANTA MARKETS
Cotton.
ATLANTA, Sept. 20.—Middling cotton steady
at 68%c.
Meat, Lard and Hams.
Rea. R-. 10c; half ribs. 10*4c; rib 8.. He;
fat 8.. 9c; lard, best. 12%c; 2d, ll%c; break
fast bacon. 13015 c; hams, 11016 c, according to
brand and average; Cal. 11.. 12c; lard com*
pound, B%c.
CracKers.
Standard soda. 7c: milk, 7%e: XXX cream.
(%c; lemon cream. 9c; cornhll’3. Sc; assorted
penny cakes, 8c; assorted .‘utnoles, rOc; lunch
milk., 7%c; XXX soda. 6%c; X>vX gln( er snaps,
6%c; pearl oyster, lot excelsior.
Fruit.
Melons, $750100 per car;' peaches, Missouri,
small crates. 90c; 6 basket crates, $1.5001.75;
apples, fsqcy eating, $3.0003.50 per barrel;
cooking, $2 2502.75 per barrel; pears, per
crate, 75©51.00; cantaloupes, 60075 c per crate;
lemons, cho'**. demand good, $2.25 box; lime%
60075 c per 100; pineapples. $2.50; bananas,
straight, per bunch. $1.2501.50; culls. 90c051.35;
per bunch; prunes. 6©6c par pound; currants.
tfilOc per pound; pie peaches. 3 1b.X52.59 per
crate; table 21b.. $2.50: table. 3Tb, $3.00; raisins,
$1.5001.60 per box; New York state grapes,
5 lbs. Concord. 17%c; 10 lbs. Concord, 27%c;
5 lbs. Delawares, 22%c; 5 lbs. Niagaras, 18c.
Hides anu Ok ins.
Green salted hides, 60 lbs and up. per lb
No. Is, 9*4c; green salted hides. 40 to 60
lbs. per lb. No. Is, Bc, No. 2s, 7c; green salted
bides, under 40 lbs. per lb. No. Is, 7%c; No.
Bs, 6%c; dry flint hides over 16 lbs. 14©13c; under
16 lbs. No. is, 13c; No. 2s. 12c; dry salt hides,
over 20 lbs, per lb. No. Is, 12c; No. 2s 11c;
dry salt hides under 20 lbs, per lb.. No. Is, lie;
No. 2s. 10c; tallow In casks. No. 1, 6%c; No.
2, s*tc; tallow in barrels and tubs, per lb
No. 1,6 c; No. 2 sc; beeswax, per lb. 25c;
green salted hors* bides, each. 11.5002.25;
green salted colts' and ponies' hides, each
?s®Wc.
Groccriex
Coffee—Fancy, 10011 c; low grades, 7010 c; Ar
buckle, roasted, 810 80; Lion, $10.30. Sugar—Cut
loaf. 7%c; cubes. 6%c; powdered. 6%c; grants
la ted. New York. $5 00. New Orleans. $4 90;
extia C, 4%c; refined yellow. ;%c; New Orleans
clarified, 4*4**sc. Candy—Asaortea sttex, per
box. 6c; per barrel. 5%c. Matches—29o In box.
$1.1002.00; (is, 45055 c, owing to brand. Soda-
Box, $3.45; keg. 2®2%c. Rice—Head, 6c; fancy
heal, 7c. Starch—Pearl. 3%c; lump. sc. Cheesi
—Fancy, full cream, 14c.
Powder—Rifle. $4.00 oer keg: drat, shot. $1.60.
Fish.
Pompano. 12c; Spanish mackerel, 10c;
trout, salt water, 607 c; fresh water, 707%c:
blue fish, 6c; snapper. 7c: bream. sc; mixed
fish, 4c; grouper, 4c; mullet, $6.5007.00 p«r
barrel.
Vcjstables.
Cabbag*, 75©51.00 per hundred; tomatoes, (
basket crates, 75c051.00, also peck crates 25030 c;
green beans, 60c per bushel.
Wooaenw-.re.
Two-hoop pine pails, per dozen, $1.40; 3-boop
pin* pails, per dozen. $1.55; 3-hoop brass bound
calls, white cedar. $3.75; shoe brushes, 85c to
$1- brooms, from $2 25 to 14.50; clothes pins,
per box of 5 gross, 75c; washboards, from 85c
to $3.00: pine tubs. 8 in nest, per nest. $2.50;
galvanized tuo», 4 in nest, per nest. $2.40;
bin 1 trays, from $2.(0 to $4.50 per dozen; wood
rim sieves, per dozen. 90c; axe handles. 6oc
to $1.25 p*r A"zen; 1 chimneys, per case ot
$ dozen, $2,40; No. 2 lamp chimneys, per case
of 6 dozen. $3.30; No. 1 pearl top chimneys,
per case of 0 dozen, $4.80; No. 2 pearl top
chimneys, per case nt 6 dozen. $5.49.
Country Produce.
Butter— Georgia Jersey, 20®22%c: Tennessee
Jersey, 20©22%c; Tennessee choice, 12*4©lac;
Irish potatoes, new crop, 65c per bushel; sweet
potatoes. 75©80c per bushel; onions, 90c©$1.00
per bushel; honey, new crop, strained. s©6c
per pound; comb, bright, B©9c per pound; eggs
stiff at 18019 c.
Cotton Seed Products.
Cotton seed oil nominal, 29c per gallon;
cotton seed sl7 per ton f. o. b station; cotton
seed meal. $24 per ton: cotton seed hulls, bulk.
$7.00 per ton: bale hu’ls, $7.50 per ton; sacked
hulls. 28.50 per tot.
Flour a#*! Grain.
Flour—Oil wheat flour: Fancv Diamond
patent. $4.75; first patent. $4.25; stratgn*. $3.80;
extra fancy. $3.75; fancy. $3.70: opring wheat
flour, first patent. $4.75; bran, large sacks,
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STATE RETD RM
SCHDDL IS
NEEOED
SO SAYS GOVERNOR CANDLER
AND SENATOR PARK—GOV
ERNOR WILL RECOMMEND
ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL
A bill to establish a state reform school
for juvenile criminals will be introduced
into the next general assembly. Gov
ernor Candler will strongly urge the
passage of the bill in his message to the
legislature and every effort will be made
to secure such an institution for the
state of Georgia.
Senator W. G. Park, of Troup county,
is one of the strongest advocates of the
measures, and while he cannot introduce
the measure in the senate, because it
carries with it an appropriation, he will
work (very hard in its interest. Senator
Park was in Atlanta yesterday, and in
speaking of the proposed bill said:
"We need such an institution in this
state, where boys between 5 and 16 years
of age can be sent when they violate
the law of the state. It is not right
for Georgia to confine young txjyt with
older and hardened criminals in the state,
and I, for one, am in favor of a reform
school, where the youngsters can be
impressed with the idea of right and
wrong, and where they can be kept out
of the way of the contaminating in
fluence, so that when they are released
they will make useful citizens."
Governor Candler Is very much in fa
vor of such an institution, and said:
“Yes, it is my intention to recommend
such a measure to the general assembly.
We need a reform school in Georgia. Sev
eral counties of this stale have tried
reformatories with great success, and ’
there is no reason why a state institu
tion should not be made a greater suc
cess. The state of Florida has had a re
form school for several years, and it
has done a. great deal of good.”
Senator Park said he had talked with
several members of the next legislature
about the matter, and they all seemed
to be in favor of it.
[NfiOifiMED
(IYER COTTON
CONDITION
TOO MANY MANUFACTURING
PLANTS IN THE SOUTHERN
STATES TO PLEASE ENG
LISH SPINNERS.
LONDON. Sept. 20.—England's great
cotton Industry is filled with alarm by
late reports of the growth of cotton man
ufacturing in the southern commonwealths
of the United States. The announcement
that no less than half a million looms are
to be built, and that under a single roof
are to be placed more looms than the en
tire south possessed twenty years ago,
affords the last evidence necessary to
convince Lancashire that its long monop
oly has been effectively broken.
Slight comfort is derived by English
mill owners from the probability of the
early introduction of the American Nor
throp loom, which is already in operation
in some places. British labor .conditions
in the mills are Rot satisfactory.- The
gloom is still further increased by the
prospect of a short American crop. The
impending breach between employers an(J
workmen threaten the disruption of the
agreement which has prevented strikes in
the British cotton mills for the last de
cade.
W. Tattersall, secretary of the Master •
Cotton Spinners' federation, of Manches
ter, said today;
"Lancashire is deeply concerned in the
important development of the cotton in
dustry in the United States, upon which
country we have been accustomed to look
merely as a source of raw material.
"We have just discovered that the New
England mills have been helped to invade
our once exclusive Chinese market
through cheaper freights to Shanghai than
we have enjoyed, notwithstanding that
Boston is considerably further from China
than is Liverpool. Strong representations
to England ship owners have now re
sulted in putting us on an equal footing
with the Americans. Lancashire has little
faith in the short-crop report issued by
the government bureau at Washington.
Trustworthy private’ advices assure us
that the government is deliberately pessl- .
mistlc. We look with confidence for a
yield of 11.600,000 bales.”
$1.00; small sack*. $1.00: corn meal, plain, 80c;
bolted. 72c; Hudnute. »2-p*unds, $2.00.
Corn—Mixed, 82c; whit*. 84c; Texas rust proof
oats, 60c; white oats, 50c; No. 2 mixed, 45c;
hay, timothy, No. 1 large balee, $1.09; small
bales. 95c; No. 2. 85c; Georgia rye, $1.10;
Tenneoae* ry*. $1.00; barley. $1.00; victor fe*a.
$1.50 P«r 100 pounds.
- Nuts. -
Mixed nuts. 12%c; Brazil nuts. 16017 c; Eng
lish walnuts. No. K 12%c: No. 2. 9--0ioc;
North Carolina peanuts 4%c: hand picked.
Virginia, 5%c; extra fancy Virginia, 6©6%c; al
monds. 13014 c: ,-scwae. ’t«l2%c. '
CALIFORNIA FRUIT.
Bartlett pears $2.75; Tokay grapes $2.25
©2.50: black grapes $1.7502; peaches, clings,
sl.ls©l.ffi: peaches, free, $1.00©1.25; assorted
plumbs, $1.2501.50.
Bagging ana Ties.
$% lb, per yard. 7%c: 2 lb. per yard. 7c; 1%
lb. per yard. 6%c; ti*s 45 lb. at*el arrow. pe»
bundle. sl.lO
Live Poultry.
Hens 32035 c, active; fries, large. 22025 c;
mediums. 18©20e; small. tt%©l3c; cocks, »c;
guineas, 18020 c; geese, full feathered. 3ac;
ducks, puddle, 20c. Pekin aucks, Zsc; turkeys,
live, no sale.
Feathers.
Geese feathers, new. white, 55©«0c p*r lb;
old geese feathers, 15025 c; duck *nd geuig
OLlxea. 30@40c-
According to the new list of Qualifica
tions for Chinese array recruits each ap
plicant must be at least four feet eignt
inches in height and able to run seven
miles in an hour. The speed gratification
Is. undoubtedly a wise provision.
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