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OUR WEEKLY LETTER
FROM WASHINGTON.
(From Our Regular Corrosj ondent.)
Washington, August 16, J9Ol.
The adage about birds that can
sing and won’t sing should be
equally applicable to public offi
cials. At least, that is the unani
mous verdict of a joint committee 1
from the American Anti-trust Lea- I
gue and the Knights of Labor, and
most unprejudiced men are likely
to vote aye. These gentlemen
know that the attorney general of
the United States can do his duty,
by proceeding against the big steel
trust for having violated the Sher
man anti-trust law, and they are
determined to make him do it or
know the reason why. They are
proceeding in a business-like way;
Have employed two lawyers—ex-
Attorney General Monett, of Ohio,
and Mr. A. A. Lipscomb,of Wash
ington—to collect evidence of the
violation of the Sherman anti trust
law and submit it to the attorney
general with a demand that he be
gin legal proceeding in the name
of the United States against the
trust. Speaking of their inten
tions, Mr. H. B. Martin, chairman
of the joint committee, said: “In
the event of the complaint being
blocked in the attorney general’s
office, or if he does not consider it
advisable to act in the matter, we
have decided to lay the papers in j
the case before the president of the
United States. 111 fact, we are
prepared to take steps for a manda
mus proceeding if we are pushed
to extremes, but it is dtmb‘ful if
either of the lastt.vo named ac
tions will be necessary, and we are
proceeding with the idea that there
will be no hitches of any descrip
tion.’’ They are also preparing to
bring legal actions against the
steel trust under the laws of the
states in which it carries on its
business. The action of the com
mittee is receiving endorsements
from every direction and some of
them have been accompanied by
the s rongest evidence of genuine
ness —cash contributions to aid in
paying the necessary expenses.
Strong pull is being brought to
bear on Secretary Root to save
Capt. J. C. Read, a son of a rich
iron manufacturer of Pittsburg,
who was convicted by a court-mar
tial of complicity in the comissary
frauds at Manila and sentenced to
three years in the military prison,
at that place, to be dishonorably
discharged from the army. Read’s
lawyers have secured a promise
from Secretary Root to review the
case. One of the claims of the
lawyers is that the court martial
was irregular because nine of its
members were officers of the reg
ular at my; that Read being a vol
unteer officer was entitled to trial
by a court composed exclusively of
volunteer officers. But the strong
est claim in Read’s behalf is that
represented by his daddy’s dollars.
If the story that Sampson might
not appear before the Schley court
of inquiry was put out as a feeler
by the anti-Schley gang in the navy
department to ascertain how the
public would take some sort of of
ficial juggling that would enable
Sampson to avoid the trial which
his cross-examination by “Jerry”
Wilson, Schley’s chief counsel, is
certain to be, as many suspect,they
must be thoroughly convinced by
the howl it raised that the public
will not stand for any such bus
iness as that. It was Sampson
who was Schley’s first accuser and
who was mainly instrumental in
the formation of the naval clique,
which has so persistently sought
to ruin Schley, and it* is Sampson
who must either clear himself or
forever condemn himself. Al
though the clique pretends to talk
as though Sampson had no more
interest in the court than any oth
er officer who happens to be a wit
ness, every mother’s son of them
knows that as soon as that court
gets started it will be plain to all
the world that it is Sampson, and
not Schley, who is on trial, and it
is a great deal more likely that the
report and recommendations of the
court will be against Sampson
than against Schley. In view of
these things it is absurd for any
body to talk about Sampson not
appearing before the court.
Senator Tillman, of South Caro-'
lina, passed through Washington
this week. In reply to questions
he expreesed the opinion that
Senator McLaurin was losing, in
st.a lof gaining strength; that if
the primary election were to be
held at this time he could not get
more than 10,000 of the 95,000
votes of the state, and that he has
absolutely no chance of being
named for senator at the primary
election to be held next year.
Senator Culiom, of Illinois, will
not figure in history as a great
statesman, but when it comes to
political dickering he can hold his
own with the slickest of fhetn. T!£
has as good as landed the nice pos
ition of comptroller of currency for
| his son-in-law, W. B. Ridgely.and
j the way he did it was as pretty a
j bit of political dickering as any
I politician could have done. When
Mr. Dawes, who is after Senator
“Billy” Mason's seat with the
backing of the administration, rg
signed the comptrollership, to take
1 effect October rst, he got Mr. Mc-
Kinley’s promise that an Illinois
man should have the place. Then
j Cullom got Dawes to endorse his
I son-in-law, and afterwards got
Mason’s endorsement, thus com
bining the heads of the two fac
tions among Illinois republicans,
and practically assuring the ap
pointment.
COTTON TIES GO UP-
Farmers May Haveto Pay Very
Deadly Next Fait.
Memphis, Aug 15.—There are
five agencies here for the sale of
cotton ties. One firm sells for a
tie lactory at Atlanta, Ga., another
for a factory at Cleveland, 0..
another for a factory at Youngs
town, 0., and others for factoiies
at Pittsburg, and Pomeroy 0., on
the upper Ohio river.
The ties from the last named are
generally brought here by barges.
In the large tows that are brought
from the upper Ohio river during
the period of high water naviga
tion; it has not been infrequent
that barges fully laden with iron
cotton ties and other manufactured
iron goods, are consigned to a sin
gle merchant of our city.
Each bundle of iron cotton ties
brought here weighs forty-five
pounds, contains thirty ties, eleven
feet long, and will cover five bales
of cotton, therefore a hundred
thousand buudles of ties will cover
a halt million bales of cotton.
Many of these ties are sold and
shipped from here to Texas and
elsewhere, and it does not follow
that the cotton upon which they
are bonded, is shipped to Memphis
for a market. 111 fact many ties
sold here are used on cotton that
does not pass through Memphis
on its way to consuming point;.
The present quotable value of
ties in this market is $1.50 per bun
dle. This may be regarded as a
little steep, but iron goods have
been nervous and excited of late
and the value of all iron is more or
less unsettled. A short time since
they were quoted at sl.lO per bun
dle here; then they went up to
$1.25 and a few days since another
quarter was added. The advance
is not particularly due to the scar
city of supplies. The merchants
oLMemphis are well supplied just
now, but the demand will soon be
very large, for early next month
the cotton crop will begin to more
to market. Every bale of cotton
now worth S4O or more must have
six iron ties on it that cost the far
mers about 30 cents. In some mar
kets a cent or so on each tie might
be saved to the buyer and mer
chants here might also be induced
to make a similar concession.
The fact is that the wholesale
p;ice of ties between merchants
here in Memphis has not yet risen
above $1.27 and a half per bundle,
and numerous sales have been
made of late at $1.25 per bundle.
Last February ties were sold here
as low as 79 cents per bundle.
They steadily rose in value after
that date, reaching 94 cents in
March and 1.14 and one quarter in
July. Since then the steel strike
has affected the situation and
caused many who use ties to get
nervous when ties are talked of.
The present contracts with fac
tories are ample to supply all de
mands, but factories all include a
clause exempting them from pen
alty in the event of strikes, of fire
or by losses by acts of Providence.
In the event of the strike now on
preventing the shipment, the fac
tories would not be liable.
SAVES TWO FROM DEATH
“Our little daughter had an
almost fatal attack of whooping
cough and bronchitis,’’writes Mrs.
W. K. Haviland, of Arrnonk, N.
Y.,“but, when all other remedies
failed, we saved her life with Dr.
King’s New- Discovery. Our neice,
who had Consumption in an ad
vanced stage, also used this vv on
derful medicine and to-day she is
perfectly well.” Desperate throat
and lung diseases yield to Dr.
King’s New Discovery as to no
other medicine on earth. Infallible
for Coughs and Colds. 50c and
SI.OO bottles guaranteed by Young
Bros. Trial bottles free.
Your Druggist will leturn you
25 cents if you are not pleased
with K.K.K. Pills. They are
guaranteed to cure constipation
and liver trouble.
A Woedtrfnl Discovery.
The last quarter of a century records
many wonderful discoveries iu medicine,
but none that have accomplished more for
humanity than that sterling old household
remedy, Browns’lron Bitters. It seems to
1 (wauin the very elements of good- health,
and neither man, mman or child e*n take
it without derivi* the greatest benefit.
Browns’i r o> niirW' is sold Ly all dealers.
COTTON IN GEORGIA
FOLK I*KK (KXr I.NttIiKASK IK
ACKICAtiK AMD IKK CUOl*
K A 111 Kit LA IK.
COMPARATIVE CONDITIONS
To® Best Showi/13: Jlade In the South
ern Section of the State— Other
St;.pie Crops.
The Department of Agriculture has
just completed the work 01 making up
the average, acreage and condition of
Georgia crops, using June 1 as the basis.
The result is herewith presented:
Perhaps the most important point
shown in the report is that the increase
in the cotton acreage is only frytn 2 to 7
per cent in the different sections, but
the loss in the condition of the crop, it
is believed, will more than compensate
for this gam.
The Department of Agriculture 6ent
out from six to ten circulars to each of
the 137 counties in thesrate. These cir
culars contained 34 questions, asking as
to the comparative acreage and condi
tion of the various crops, and replies'
Were received from between 000 and
1,000 of them, or an average of seven or
eight from each county in the state.
The letter accompanying this circular
sent out by the department is as follows:
"Questions tor May crop report, 1901.
Rvtuenable June 1, 1901.
"Department oi Agriculture. Atlauta,
Ga., May 15. 1001*—Dear S.r: Please
answer the following questions on June
1 or as early as possible after that date,
and mail promptly so as to reacn my
office by the third.
"Au averase crop, or average condi
tion, or any tiling with winch compari
son is made, is always taken as 100.
Thus, if the corn crop at any time is 10
per cent better than last year, or 10 per
cent better than an average, it should be
reported as 110 in each case, and if 10
per cent belo w these standards, it should
be reported 90. Avoid vague compari
sons, such as ‘some better,’ ‘hardly as
good’, 'above an average,’ ere.
"In making up your answers let
them apply to me whole county in
which you reside, not simply to your
own farm.
"If a crop about which questions are
asked is not grown in your oounty, use
character X It you have not sufficient
data to make au approximate estimate,
leave the space blank.
"Very respectfully,
"O. B. BTEVENS,
“Commissioner of Agriculture.
“R. F. Wkjo-rt, Assistant.”
Average Kor the Stilt*.
The reports received from every coun
ty in the state show an average increase
in the cotton aoreage over last year of 4
per cent, the smallest increase being 2
per cent in North Georgia and 7 per
cent in South Georgia. The Georgia
department ot agriculture, however, has
gone more into detail and the officials
here believe it is nearer oorrect. The
condition and pvospeot of the orop com
pared to last year are 84 per cent and
the crop all over the state is an average
of 17 days late. It'was necessary to re
plaut an average of *6 per cent of the
crop on account of frost and storms.
The average stand over the state as com
pared to a good stand is 78 6.
The fruit crop at this time is looked
upon as next almost m importance to
the eottou crop. The,percentage of a
full peach crop throughout the state
that escaped the frost is put at 74 per
cent, apples 57 per oent and pears 56 7
per cent. The grape crop throughout
the state as compared to last vear is 87.7
per ceut. The oondttfion and prospects
of the fruit crop are 73.8 per oeut, an
outlook muoh better than was expected
in view of the many setbacks with
which the fruit has had to contend.
The figures from all over the state
show the following averages for grain
and other crops:
Corn—Acreage compared to last year
100.5, condition and prospects compared
to last year 89.7.
Oats—Acreage-98.-5, condition 100, per
centage of crop sown in the fall still
standing 55 7.
Wheat—Acreage 9A. 3, condition 97.7.
Sugarcaue—Acreage 94, condition
44.6.
Bice—Acreage in southern jGfeorgia,
lowland 98. condition 95. \
Sorghnm—Acreage 96, condition 84.
Clover and Grasses—Acreage 88.8,
condition 85.
Condition of sheep as compared to
last year 78.9, work stock 95.7, hogs 106.
The percentage of disease among stool
is from 2 to 6 per oent.
The average cash price for corn May
1 all over the state was 68 cents pel
bushel, credit price 83.8 The percent
%ge of a full supply of qorn on hand it
50 per oent; of'hay per cent.
The Northern Section.
The northern section is made up ol
the counties of Banks, Bartow, Camp
bell, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee,
Clarke, Cobb, Dade, Dawson, DeKaib,
Douglas, Elbert, Fannin, Forsyth,
Franklin, Floyd, Fulton, Gilmer, Gor
don, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Harr,
Jackson. Lincoln, Lumpkin, Madison,
Milton, Murray, Oconee, Oglethorpe,
Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Rabun, Rock
dale, Towns, Union, Walker, Walton,
White, Whitfield and Wilkes.
The report of crops for this section is
as follows:
Cotton—Acreage compared to last year
103, condition and prospect compared to
last year 84, 14 days later than usual,
per cent of crop which had to be
planted over 15, stand compared to a
good stand 87
Corn metes a good showing, its aver
age as o apared to la*t year being 100,
and its condition and prospect 93. Fig
ures for the otner gram crops are as loi ;
lows:
—Average compared to last year,
97; condition and prospect, 92; percent
age of the crop now standing which
was sown last fall, 43.
Wheat—Acreage compared to last
year 103, condition and prospect 102.
Rice (planted only in Habersham and
White couuties) —Upland acreage as
compared to last year 85, condition 86.
Sugar caue—Acreage compared to last
year 98, condition 99.
Sorghum—Acreage 108, condition 85.
Clover and grasses—Acreage 105; con
ditio* 108.
The fruit crop in the northern section
shows considerable falling off. Of the
i peaches 77 per oent of a full cron has es
caped frost, apples 56 per cent-, pears s^,
and the grape crop compared to last year
is 92 per cent, lhe average condition
of the fruit crop is 75.
The condition of sheep in the northern
seotion as’compared to last year is 98.
working stock 93 and hogs of all ages
97. There is only 2 per cent of diseases
among the stock iu this section. -
The average cash price for corn May 1
was 70 cents per bushel, credit price 85
cents. There is 40 per cent of a lull
supply of corn now on hand and 35 per
cent of a fall supply of hay.
In tne Middle Section.
ft
The counties comprising the middle
section are Baldwin, Bibb, Burke, Car
roll, Clayton, Columbia, Coweta, Craw
ford, Emanuel, Butts, Fayette, Glas
cock, Greene, Hancock, Harris, Heard,
Henry, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson,
Jones, Laurens, Marion, McDuffie, Mon
roe, Morgan, Newton, Pike, Putnam,
Richmond, Screven, Spalding, Talbot,
Taliaferro, Troup, Twiggs, Upson, War
ren and Washington. This section is a
most important agricultural belt. .
The report of crops for this section is
as follows: * .-•
CottoQyAcreage compared to last
year iu3, condition and prospect com
pared to last year S3, 17 days later than
usual, per cent of crop wmch had to
be planted over 36, stand compared to
a good stand 64.
Tne condition of the grain crops iu
the middle section is as foilows:
Corn —Acreage compared to last year
CB, condition and prospect as compared
to iast year 84.
Oats —Acreage compared to last year
96, condition and prospect 102, per cent
of Ihe crop now standing planted last
fall 63.
Wneat Acreage compared to last
year 88, condition and prospeot 89. ',
Clover and grasses—Acreage compar
ed to last year 33, condition and pros
pect 36.
Sugar cane—Acreage 82, stand com
pared to average 80.
Rice—Acreage in lowland compared
to last year 15, upland 17, condition and
prospect 84.
Sorghum—Acreage 77, condition 71.
The fruit crop in the middle section is
not quite so goon as that in the north
ern. Only 66 per cent of a full crop has
escaped the frost; apples 50 per cent and
pears 54 per cent. The grape crop as
compared to last year is 73 per cent.
Condition and prospects tor fruit 68 per
cent.
The condition of sheep is 41, work
stock 95, hogs of all ages 90; the amount
of diseases among stock is 3 to 4 per cent.
The average cash prioe for corn May 1
was 63 cents a bushel; credit price 77
cents. The percentage of a full supply
of oorn on hand is 48; of hay 49.
The Sou t-liern Section.
The counties comprised in the south
ern sectiou are Appling, Baker, Berrien,
Brooks, Bryan, Bulloch, CalSoun, Cam
den, Chatham, Cnartahoocfiee, Clay,
Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Decatur, Doo
ly, Dodge. Dougherty, Early, Echols,
Effingham, Glvuu, Houston, Irwin, Lee,
Liberty, Ljwudes, Macon. Marion, Mc-
Intosh, Merriwether. Miller, Mitchell,
Montgomery, Pierce, Pulaski, Qaitmag,
Randolph. Schley, Tatuaii,
Taylor, Telfair, Terrell, Thomas, Ware,
Wayne, Webster, Wiloox, Wilkinson
and Worth. •
The report of crops for this section is
as follows:
Cotton—Acreage as compared to last
year 107, condition and prospect com
pared to last year 86, 19 days later tbau
usual, per cent of crop which had to be
planted over 27, stand cein pared to* a
good stand 84.
The following are thoftgnree showing
the condition of grain and other crops:
Corn—Acreage compared to last year
103.5; condition and prospect as com-,
pared to last year, 93. *-*•
Oats—Acreage 108 5; condition
percentage of the crop now staudHg
that was sown in the fall, 61.
Wheat— Acreage 96; condition 102.
Sugarcane—Acreage 103; condition
96.7.
Rice —Acreage, lowland, 96; upland,
96; condition and prospects, 95.
Sorghum—Acreage 104; condition 67
Clover and grasses—Acreage 110.5;
condition 111.75.
The fruit crop makes an average show
ing in the southern sectiou. Of a full
crop of peaches au average ot 79 per
cent escaped the frost; apples, 66 per
cent, and pears, 64 per cent. Th® grape
crop compared to iast year is 98 per
cent. The condition and prospects of
the fruit crop are 78.6 per cent.
The condition of sheep is 97.8 per
.ant; work stock 100, and hogs of all
ages 115 per cent. Thera' is Bso 6 per
cent of disease among the stock.
The average cash price for corn May
1 was 71.8 cents per bushel; credifprios
89.6 cents. The percentage* of a fall
supply of corn on hand eras 62.5 per
cent and of hay 61 per cent.
If you have a baby in the house
you will wish to know the best way
to check any unusual looseness of
the bowels, or di'irrhaea so com
mon to small children. O, P. M.
Holliday, of Deming, Ind., who
has an eleven months’ old child,
says: “Through the months of
June and July our baby was teeth
ing and took a running off of the
bowels and sickness of the stom
ach. His bowels would move
from five to eight times a day. I
had a bottle of Chamberlain’s Co
lic, Cho’era and Diarrhoea Rem
edy in the house and gave him 4
drops in a teaspoonful of water
and he got better at once.” For
sale by Hall and Greene
A Sustaining Diet.
These arc the enervating davs, when,
as somebody has said, men drop by the
sunstroke as If the Day of Fire hud
dawned. They are fraught with dan
ger to people whose systems are poorly
sustained; and this leads us to say, in
the interest of the less robust of our
readers, that the full effect of Hood’s
•Sarsaparilla is such as to suggest the
propriety ot calling this medicine some
thing besides a blood purifier and tonic,
- say, a sustaining diet. It makes it
much easier to bear the heat, assures
refreshing sleep, and will, without any
doubt, avert much sickness at this time
of year
To Cure a Cold. In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
,Tablets. All druggists refund the
money if it fails to cure. E. \V
g r- ves’ signature is on each box
CASTORIA
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
iu use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of—
and has been maftlo under his per
sonal supervision since its infancy.
* ASow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and “ Just-as-g-ood” are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment.
V- ■■*&:; uaJtfgafty- *- -
What is CASTORIA
©astoria is a harmless substitute for Castor OH, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor oMter Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It deatrays Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates tle Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
The Kind You Me Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
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PULLMAN SLEEPERS ATLANTA TO ST. LOUIS
WITHOUT CHANGE.
CMIOAOO Amo the MORTOWEST.
PULLMAN SLEEPERS ATLANTA TO CHICAGO
WITHOUT CHANGE.
NEW TRAIN to LONISVILLE 4 MMINNATt
PULLMAN SLEEPERS ATLANTA TO LOUISVH.LE AND
CINCINNATI WITHOUT CHANGE.
Clwap Rafts to Arkansas and Taxas
ALL-RAIL AND STEAMSHIP LINES TO
NCW YORK AND THE EAST.
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tcaeral Manager, Traffic Manger, Central Paaa. Agent,
Maakville, Taan. Nashville. Taaa. Atlanta, Ga.
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