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VOL. XVI.
FAYETTEVILLE. GA.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1904.
NO. 25.
A BREAK IN GOTTON
The Long Expected Reaction
Comes and Prices Tumble.
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THE BULLS ROUT BEARS
?<!l M 5 Off <8 /I
Excitement on New Orleans Exchange.
Country jLpn|i
try Mn| s Make a Wild Rush
Liquidate—Break' Xlso at
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The long expected reaction in the
cotton market occurred at New Or
leans Friday and country longs went
wild in their efforts to liquidate. The
offerings swamped the market for a
while and prices went down from 45
to 86 points. The prominent bulls
were heavy buyers at the decline and
even at the lowest buying offers of a
few hundred would send the market
up 10 points. The alarm was sounded
Thursray when the brokers com
menced to ask $10 a bale margin.
It is generally conceded that the
false reports concerning the situation
in the Far East; spread about Thurs
day night, were responsible for the
liquidation by the weak long interest.
All futures remained bullish. The
movement was light and the, weekly
(in sight) figures were smaller , than
were expected by the irfbst*enthusias
tic bulls.. At one time the May op
tions were 80 points under the high;
est level of the morning, lait a .quick
recovery brought ttigm-ifpi'uritiT the?
were only 41 points below the highest
level, and only 21 points lower than
the close of Thursday. The leading
bulls said the,-..drastic, iquidation had
left the mdSfteet in' a healthier oondi-‘
OUTBREAK IS AWAITED.
Russians and Japs are Moving Rapidly
Toward Crisis and Action is
Daily Expected.
tion than ever and more open to fur
ther advances' than for several days
past.
Weaty Interests Closed Out.
Opening prices in the cotton mar
ket at New York were higher than
Thursday night’s close. Trading was
active and excited. The friitia'l ad
vance was on better cables than had
been looked for and reports that cot
ton was selling all through the inte
rior Thursday at 15 3-4 cents for fnid-
dling. It became evident, however,
soon after the opening that enormous
profit taking was going on and prices
were depressed several points from
the best, after which they were rallied
by the firmness in New Orleans and
aggressive bull'' support.
’ The rally did not bold, and shortly
after noon there was a rapid break of
from 55 to 65. po'nts.
The brhak was supposed to be due
to selling by two large commission
houses with out-of-town ebn'nectibns,
which held long cotton for southern
and western interests. It Is said the
rales wer.e made becaue of failure of
correspondents to forward necessary
margins. The decline attracted a
fresh demand from scattered sources
and with the weaker long interest
shaken out the market rallied several
points The close Was ScnsaWonAt."
just at the last moment a local specu
lator went into the ring and bid for
all the July cotton in sight, running
that month up to 16.18, while the
points of "last night’s prices, while the
other crop positions were net 13 to 15
points low*.r and.lhe new crop months,
from 10 to 38 points b«J#,w Thurs^yj
Advices from St. Petersburg state
that in spite of the expressed hope of
the Russian authorities that the pres
ent crisis will be passed and that a
pacific solution of the RuksoJapanese
negotiations will be reached, it is' no
longer concealed that Russia is prac
tically prepared for eventualities. Mon
day the mobilization of the Manchu
rian reserves was announced.
It has been 'well known for months
that Russia has been steadily strength
ening her army and navy in the Far
East to meet the preparation which
Japan was openly making. The avail
able warships were dispatched to the
Far East and fhe last division which
left the Mediterranean a month ago is
now nearing its destination quietly,
but surely. It was necessary that
Russia’s preparations should keep pace
with those of her diplomatic adversary.
The feverish activity of Japan dur
ing the last few weeks naturally in
creased .the distrust of her ultimate
intentions, and the Russian authorities
have been pushing their precautionary
measures with more vigor. It is under
stood that six or seven military trains
daily have been going east over the Si
berian road, and the charters of some
ships’ cargoes for the Pacific have
been canceled because the water
route was considered too slow.
The authorities now feel that the
situation is secure should Japan reject
Russia’s proposition.
The Associated Press is assured that
the draft of Russia's reply will be pa
cific and should ,r iead”«to a settle
ment. Tiber Afs^rclated Press-'inform
ant reiterated what he said a few days
ago:
"We have conceded much already
and we are ready to concede more, but
sbme'"things we cannot grant. From
our standpoint, the Manchurian ques
tion was settled by Russia’s circular
note to the powers recognizing all the
Chinese treaties. Why should Japan
demand more than the other powers?”
y The^ Russian papers agive that the
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Epitomized Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Grand Jury Indorses Dispensary.
The Floyd county grand jury in thgl
general presentments recently made,
indorse the rum shop in operation at
Rome. ,
New Railroad Completed.
The Flint River- and - Northeastern
railroad has been completed from Pel
ham to Ticknor, a station on the Geor
gia Northern, near Doerun. Only a
freight schedule will be operated over
the new road at. present. '
Park and Mobley Reappointed.
J. B. Park, Jr., of Greene county, and
J. H. Mobley, of Harris county, have
been reappointed as directors of the
state experimental farm, located at
Griffin, Ga. The appointment was
made Saturday by Governor Terrell.
The terms are for five years.
Cotton Bale Sold for $121.(0.
All local records since the days fol
lowing the civil war were broken at
Columbus one day the past week, when
O. S. Barnes, of Hamilton, sold a bale
of cotton weighing 787 pounds for
$121.10 net. The cotton was stained
and classed low, but nevertheless
brought 15 1-2 cents per pound.
firms who were burned out have made
arrangements to open up again in
new buildings.
It is generally thought at present
that the fire wa3 of incendiary orig'n
as when it was discovered it appeared
to be in the rear of three stores de
stroyed at the same time. Some be
lieve it was caused by burglars to cov
er their tracks.
State’s Cotton Is Sold,
tttibafrman J. S. Turny.'^^he state
prison commission, Is very much grati
' fled'Over'Thtf high price at which the
state's cotton sold a few days ago.
There were,*-805, bal.es jalsed on the
state prison farm this year, and they
were sold to George Smith, a Milledge-
ville buyer, at an average price of 15
1-2 cents per pound. This is a total of
more than $23,GOO.
The foregoing figures are in striking
contrast to those received by the state
last year for the cotton raised on the
farm. There were 450 bales raised
last year, and it was sold at an aver
age price of a little more than 9 cents,
the total amount received for the 450
bales being about $19,00o. The money
received from the sale of this cotton
is turned into the state treasury. By
the raising of, this cotton annually the
prison farm more than pays the ex
pense of operating it.
Method of Improving •cattle. Prof. C.
L. Willoughby. 11:30. Food crops for
hogs and cattle and th<*ir production.
Prof. J. M. Johnson.
Wednesday, February 17tli—10:30.
Economy in meat production. Prof.
C. E. Willoughby, of the Experiment
Station. 11:30. Principles and prac
tices of stock breeding. Prof J. M.
Johnson.
Thursday, February 18th—10:30 to
11:30. Stock judging—practical dem
onstrations from the animals. Prof.
J. M. Johnson.
Friday, February 19th—10:30 and
11:30. Slaughter tests and carcass
demonstration. Prof. J. M. Johnson.
Any citizen interested in these sub
jects is cordfailyl invited to attend.
Farmers from a distance will be giv'jr
every aid in securing boarding placsp.
May Borrow for Legislature.
Governor Terrell stated a few days
ago that it was too early to state deftn-
tely, yet he thought that It would be
t£7 -
Last year it was neces-
pay
ing session,
sary to borrow $50,000 to .help defray
the expenses.of the first summer ses
sion.
'treaty .guarantees'covering Manchuria
an& 'permission for Japan' to fortify
southern Korea, making a closed sea
of the sea of Japan, are impossible.
Japanese Not Idle.
The correspondent of The London
Daily Mail at Che Foo cables that he
has learned that the Japanese naval re
serves were mobilized ■ last week and
that the first army reserve was partly
mobilized with great secrecy, the
troops arriving at. their destinations
disguised as coolies.
Over 100 transports have been re
quisitioned, the • correspondent con
tinues, and 23 transports and 38 war
ships are lying at Saho, 25 jniles north
by west of Nagasaki. ■
.-night’s final figur§|,.‘-#lTO®pBi(.. lsr .- S v /
were estimated at ‘f,20Q;000 bales, -f
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c jCoast Lifie lias estab-. con tih U e to be prosperous. Many of
nsion’ department, with them.have money to loan’and meat to
All Employes Seventy Year* Old to Be
Retiredvon Regular Pay.
The Atlantic w — W ' T
lished It s pe ^
headquarters at Wimlington, N. C. The
board of pensions will conduct it.
All officers and employes 70 years
' old will be retired. Those who have
been ten years in service will be pen
sioned. Engineers, firemen, conduc
tors, braltemen, yard masters, switch
men, bridge foremen, section foremen
and supervisors 65 years old may re
tire with pensions where they have
been ten years in service.
STEVENS ADVISES FARMERS.
Georgia Agricultural Commissioner
Fears Overplus of Cotton Planting.
Commissioner, of Agriculture O. B.
Stevens, jd^G^Orgia.’-is of^ the opinion
that thjB^jjrjcer, of ; cotton’-jftext fail
will continue high- -He thipks, how
ever, th$t theJafjUprs'shouldt^ot'allow
themselves to godii too'jieayy for cot
up
tpn, and advises that they raise Iheir
supplies at home.
■ In speaking of the situation Mr.
Stevens said< r • -
Agents Named for Gordon Fund.
More than $1,000 has already been
subscribed toward the memorial monu
ment to be built in Atlanta to the
memory of General John B, Gordon,
and that, too, before the committee in
named to solicit subscriptions have
gone actively into the field.
President W. L. Calhoun has com
pleted the list of agents named to
represent the John B. Gordon Monu-
_ , _ ICJJlCcClll Lilt- tJUUIl XJ. UL1UUU ItlvJilll*
necessary to borrow money w. h wh^ch Association in the various south-
to pay the leg,slaters during the.qom- estates. aV well as the committees
which will be requested and authorized
to canvass for subscriptions in the va
rious .cities of Georgia.,. The agents
Saturday for an, indefinite period. The
company manufactures goods and the
high price of cotton is the reason for
closing down. The idle forces will
suffer, and the community will be hurt'
Black’s Tribute to Gordon.
Commander in Chief John C. Black,
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
has written a letter to Colonel Jamo3
P. Averill, of O. M. Mitchell post, G.
A. R., of Atlanta, in wRieh he express
es warm approbation of the resolu
tions relating to the death of General
John B. Gordon, recently adopted by
the post, and his admiration of General
Gordon as a soldier and a statesman.
Toomcr is Greatly Interested.
A Washington dispatch says: When
the Sibley bill to prohibit the purchase
by the government of convict made
goods was the subject of a hearing be
fore the house committee on labor, W.
M. Toomer, of Georgia, who said that
Tie-held a contract for the labor of 500
convicts for five years in that state,
opposed the bill. Mr. Toomer said that
the state received from $220 to $250
a year for its convict labor, and that
'tl}is money went into the public school
. f&und.
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: Wiil®:LB»lalls‘''trfie, the
eorglfc, should no go in too
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heavyjfpr. cotto.hLkJ ,
and gpain cropgjj** ",
A •li*he i |i*rm^B’;'Of Georgia are in bet
ter condition now than at any time
Since the war.iahd I believe they will
'negl®pfr,thdi $co rn
Have Money to Loan.
Farmers of Carroll and, Heard coun
ties, Georgia, and Cleburne and Ran
dolph counties, Alabama, who market
heavy crops from their wagons in
the streets of’Carrollton, are.realiz
ing handsomely from their crops of
eStton Which have been held. Since
cojfton reached the approximate price
o 15 cents pen pound, unheard of re
serves of ’cotton fiave been hauled in
for the past week, and an immense
fund of .cash for the'' section is being
deposited.
sell, and I woulcj.like to see this state
of affairs continue. If they have to
buy corn, howjsSer, I don’t think they
can make money, even if cotton was
bridging twenty cents.”
Mr. Stevens ha's just returned from
a trip through the southern section of
the state and he finds that a majority
of the people are well fixed, and that
they are satis'fled with last year’s
wtork.
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NO REMEDY FOR PNEUMONIA.
Chicago Doctor Confesses io Public a*f'
Secret cf tHe . Professiqn y
"Drug treatment 'i's us{slefi$$n cases
of pneumonia. ’ T.|e medical profes
sion, so far aSfcjfee&lclajfa ape conceit?!
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TO MEET IN SEPTEMBER,
ed, can ho
fight against thi
the profession'
to the public ai
cover some spec
patients, the be]
This startling^
van, who sta
slon, has sj.j
the Chicago
to admit, ho
definite remedy !r
Nashville Names Fall Month.
At..a'meeting in Nashville, Ten-
Friday nighty of the jtrfnt committee r
confederate.'reuhion,' It- wps decider,
-io &oltj in-September, the exact date
j be lat<5^. This is a depart-
ire^p'a'&t’.'reunions',"having been held
er'nedjt'l Canton Observes McKinley's Birthday.
fsment-Jby >Dr. ye-l-.^Canton people'informally but geg^r-
'"ho kotos* ally observed Mcfcihley'abirthday Frl-
'embenj of! dayy Special patriotic.programs were.
All have ■ hold In most of the fechools
that : -There Is no pigjc carnaMon'WW everywhere i.
uwn. " , denfe.
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COURT F|Rq&fA^L3J3
Company is RestrainedTr$ni Changing
Status ofj;Bu«lnese in- Georgia.
•A. B. Baxter 4 ‘has bFcn re
gained from changing .the status of
\business in Georgia, (lie Lowry Na-
filial bank tad -^he Fourth National
giV at AtlaimL'iMvA been restrained
1 paying out any money belonging
chLxter & Co., in application for a
tjuU lias been made,
• qraft^seemingLy eFioemic.
•ipeprjfWhlat'^® front Vd^lahoma is
Charged With Violation of Law.
. Charges have been filed at the inle-
.rior department against Bird S. Mc
Guire,'the delegate in the house from
Oklahoma, charging that in violation
of the law he lias beeu prosecuting
claims In behalf of Indinns and accept
ing fees therefor while serving as sen-
; ate delegato in congress,
Pacolet Mills Close Down.
The Pacolet Manufacturing Company,
whose plant at New Holland cbnsdmes
annually 30 000 b^es of cotton and oju- , ,, e ask)d-Lo report to the central cam-
ploys about 1,000 hands, closed down ■ ■ *
to represent the association
other southern states are authorized
to associate with them such commit-
flemen as they may see fit to canvass
their respective fields, and they will
mittee in Atlanta at such times as may
be m&st conveptentk and suitable to
them.
Held Cotton for Twenty-Two Years.
Homer Williams, a cotton buyer at
Vienna for E. L. Harper, of Cordele,
purchased there a fe\y days ago three
bales of cotton from D. B. Leonard
which were ginned in the 'fall of 1SS1
The three bales were just twenty-two
years old, and were probably the old
est in America. This venerable lot of
fleecy staple graded as good middling
and sold at 15 cents.
Cotton in 1881 was selling at a low
figure, and Mr. Leonard stored three
bales away in a little house in Vienn
declaring be would hold it until it
brought 15 cents. Though it seemed
hopeless task, he hold out in liis d
termination.
No Former Jeopardy.
The plea of former jeopardy entered
in the ease of J. B. Oliveros, former
cashier of the Atlantic Coast Line in
Savannah, and charged with larceny
after trust of about $5,000, was over
ruled by Judge George T. Cann.
He said that the late Judg'd Pope
Barrow had been moved by a legal
necessity to declare a mistrial. Judge
Barrow had declared a mistrial be
cause he had expressed an opinion as
to certain evidence The next day he
found ho was wrong in having done so.
Unless the supreme court reverses
Judge Caun, the cast must go to trial.
State to Sue Railroads:
‘Attorney General John C.’Hart, air
the rpqiiest of the railroad commission
of Georgia will file suits in a few days
against the Southern railway bud ^he
Seaboard Air Line railway for failure,
on part of hose companies to comply
with’the orders of the railroad com
mission.
... .- JJSoma time ago the roads were ordbr-
, and tjj®, the coiiipiission to construe?
ire In evl pptg ascertain stations on their lines,
b’iu-so far the railroads have ignored
the orders of the. commission and hate
taken no steps towuVd the erection pt
the buildings \yWcli.'4bey.,wei'e PJderbil
to construct.
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Fire BugsYltaae(t*EH>ertcr) Blaze.
The debris of Elberton’s btg fire is
being rapidly removed, preparatory io
rebuilding the* burned district. Colonel
T. M. Swift hag already placed an oi^
der for material to repair the injured
fronts of his block, and W. O. Jours
who owned the block burned, is pre
paring to haul material to relmild. Tlu
College Arranges Agricultural Course.
The Agricultural School of the Uni
versity has arranged a two weeks
course in Agriculture, February 8-20,
for the special benefit of farmers. Tne
lectures and experiments will be held
in the Agricultural Hall, free from any
interruption from the regular classes
of the University, and at hours con
venient for many farmers ..who . come
from home each day. T.he lectures are
•absolutely free. It will be a two weeks’
Institute in Agriculture, open to all
the citizens of the state interested in.
that subject. The most expert lec
turers on agricultural subjects will
be in atendance. Ample opportunity
will be given for questions for practi
cal study of the cotton plant, the corn
plant, for examination and comparison
of the best types of cattle and ho
Every afternoon from 2 to 4 the
dairy will be running where farmers
and their wives may see and study the
best, processes of testing the milk
separating the cream, making the but
ter and preparing the same for market
Those who can stay the two weeks
can get board and lodging for the en
tire time for $10. Below will be found
the different subjects to be studied
the lecturers and the date of each lec
ture.
Monday, February 8th—10:30. Mak
ing a cotton crop. Prof. J. M. John
son. 11:30. Fertilizers for cotton and
their application. Dr. II. C. White.
Tuesday, February 9ih—10:30. Grow
ing a corn crop from preparation of
soil to harvest time. Prof. J. M. John
son. 11:30. Insects injuring the grow
ing crops and mature ear, and their
control. Dr. J. P. Campbell.
Wednesday, February. 10th—10:30.
Cotton improvement by seed selection
nrW giant breeding. Prof. J. M. John
son.. ; H*30: Types and varieties of
cottoi\, which have given the best re
sults. Director R. J. Redding.
Thursday, February 11th—10: SO.
Types of corn best suited for Georgia.
■Director- R. J. Redding. 11:30 Seed
'sf’Ytfetlon'and plant breeding ns a
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COTTON 17 CENTS!
Brief Summary of Mosi
Important Events
of Each “Day.
MRS. L0RENZSHED TEARS
“Briny” Incident During Trial
Alleged Postoffice Grafters ir»
Washington Court.
The defense in the postal trial at
Washington opened Thursday. Mr.
Maddox, on behalf of the Groffs, sail
he would prove that George E. Loren/,
in 1895 had purchased for $500 a one-
half interest in the Groff fastener.
He was followed by Mr. Kumler for
the Lorenzs, who asserted that as far
back as 1888 Machen, George E. Lo
renz and his brother engaged in the
oil business in Ohio, and that as a re
sult of their various transactions Geo.
E. Lorenz owed Machen $25,000, and
that whatever money Lorenz paid to
Machen was in settlement of an honeg.
debt.
Conrad Syme, on behalf of Miachen,
agreed with what Mr. Maddox and Mr.
Kumler said, and added that he would
prove there was no conspiracy when
Mr. Kumler, in the course of his open
ing remarks, said that Mrs. Lorenz
had been scandalized by the govern;
inent, which had treated her with
cruelty, Mrs. Lorenz broke dowii and
wept bitterly. She was led from the
room by Mrs. Machen and Mrs. Phil-
—Dishop Thomas F. Gallop, of Tq&j.
nessee, will preach the baccahiureV^
sermon at the University cf WJotgia
at the next commencement.
—In Buncombe county, North Caro
lina, a suit for divorce has been filed
by Mrs. Elizabeth Gudger against Dr.
ID. M. Gudger, in which sensational
charges are made.
—One hundred and fifty thousand
Texas voters have lost their franchise
under the new law, having failed pay
poll tax.
—Every building except two in Hol-
landale, Miss., was burned by a fire
Saturday, whicli inflicted a loss of
$200,000.
—Former cashier of the Franklin
hank, Cincinnati, has given a power
of attorney to sell his securities,
amouunting to $2,000,000, in order to
pay his shortage of $241,000. There
will be no prosecution.
—Six more arrests of ex-aldermen at
Milwaukee, Wis., on indictments re
turned by the grand ujry.
—The threat of Grand Army men to
nominate General Black for the presi
dency unless a service pension is pass
ed is not relished by President Roose
velt and his friends.
—Five men are intantly killed by an
explosion of powder in Maple Hill col
liery, of the Philadelphia and Reading
Coal Company, at Mahony City, Pa.
—Personal injury suits amounting to
$38,666,592 are pending against the
city of Chicago, on account of injuries
caused by bad sidewalks.
—Mrs. Maybrick has been released,
but there is a mystery surrounding the
affair, as the government seems to be
hiding her out. Conditions of her re
lease said to be that she must not ap
pear on;the stage or write a book
about her trial and imprisonment.
—Despite the “optimistic" talk ema
nating from all sources except the
Higher and Higher Fleecy
Staple Continues to Soar.
ADVANCE PHENOMENAL
It Has Been Twenty-Nine Years Gincc
Such a High Water Mark Has
Been Reached on Nev/ York
Exchange.
lips, Mr. Machen’s sister. She recov
ered her composure during the recess, j most authentic.. Japan is getting into
and occupied her accustomed place in • fighting trim. The mikado will not
court. i be caught napping by the czar.
The first witness for the defense j r ov jj. M. Morrison, pastor of the
was Miss Ina S. Liebhart, chief clerk , jiethodist church at Quitman, has
of the special free delivery division, j oeen appointed presiding elder of the
Valdosta district of the South Georgia
and Machen’s former stenographer.
She described Machen’s various duties,
which she said made it physically im
possible for him to personally attend
to everything. She said that from
July, 1901, she personally initialed all
the mail with Machen’s initials and
prior to that date she placed his int-
tials probably on one-half of the mail.
She said she herself determined tbv
question of what papers she shcoid
should not initial. She declared
succeeding Dr. J. O.
conference,
Branch.
—The plant of the Towalaga Elec
tric Power Company at High Shoals,
Ga., is nearly complete, and by next
fall the company will furnish power to
the mills of Griffin.
—A negro normal school modeled
after Booker Washington's institute at
Rat i Tuskegee is to founded at Albany,
The speculation in the cotton market
carried May and July cotton options
above 17 cents a pound on the New
York market Monday for the first time
in twenty-nine years.
Cotton has not passed 17 cents per
pound in New York since 1875, when it
went to 17 1-8 cents. It touched 18
7-8 in 1874, 21 3-8 in 1873 and 27 3-3
in the year of wild speculation, 1872,
when the crop, as aganst 1,347.009
bales in the previous season, turned
out only 2.974,000. The high price of
war times, when the south was block
aded, was 81.90 per pound, in 1864.
The rise on Monday’s market was
scored in spite of heavier receipts and
the failure of southern stopt markets
(save New Orleans) to advance.
There was the same wild and over
burdened market as on Saturday.
Brokers despaired of executing their
orders according to book. There was
intense confusion and enormous vol
ume of trading.
The market opened excited and
higher. Notwithstanding the sensation
al advances of Saturday Liverpool
again cabled higher prices than expect
ed and the opening was strong at an
advance of 6 to 20 points, carrying
July through the 17 cent mark and
making new high records it this sea
son. Following the call the market
advanced still further, though in a
somewhat irregular fashion.
Notwithstanding the heavier receipts
indicated for Tuesday, the market af
ter reacting to within a few points of
the .opening figures, was rallied again
cmeRy as a result of aggressive buy
ing by New Orleans and was soon
selling at a level still higher than that
of the early morning. March in the
late trading soid at 17.04: May at
17.46 and July at 17.55. a ne-t gain of
63 to 70 points and an advance since
Friday’s closing of nearly a cent and
a half a pound. Trading was active on
the second advance including contin
ued buying for public accounts. The
close was firm at nearly the best, with
the more active months 47 and 82
points higher.
luate of Washington's
the Groff fastener was never the sub- • Ga-. by
ject of any conversation between, her | school.
self and Machen. In writing Ma .'hen's j —Hereafter all washerwomen doing
initials she said there was no secrecy t business in Macon, Ga . must provide
about it, that First Assistant Prstmas- j themselves with tags which can be
ter General Wynne knew as well as his 1 procured only from the board of
chief clerk, Mr. Hawley. A recess was . health,
taken at this point.
Continuing her testimony when the
trial was resumed. Miss Liebhardt said
that a great deal of Machen’s time was
taken up in interviewing congressmen
and postmasters regarding the exten
sion of the rural free delivery. Asked
specifically about .Gioff fasteners, Miss
Liebhardt saffl” ?hat* spefial orders
—D. B. Leonard, of Vienna, Ga.. has
just sold three bales of cotton ginned
in 1SS1 which he has held since, then
for 15 cents.
—Representatives of the Tennessee
Coal, Iron and Railroad ConmajjJ^ftSe;
Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Com
pany. and the Republic Iron and Steel
. Company, met in Birmin'gt$ijr Monday
were not brought to Mai. t n s aaen 1 to discuss the advisability of a merger
iion .because the fastener was a fixed . . XT _
supply.” in cases involving a new nr- ! -At Wilmington, N. C., Friday, m
tide however, she said she would. ! the case of S. Hid Terry. cliarg ? d
speak to the superintendent about it. the murder of his son-in-law.
It was brought out that the order giv- j George T. Bland, only seven jurors
en the Groffs for fasteners at the re- S were accepted though a special venire
duced price of $1.25 each, was dated, t of 230 men were exhausted.
July 15. 1S99. and was signed by Ma- j —Governor Vardanian, of Mississip-
chen himself. Pi- asks the legislature to appro-
The witness had not concluded when
court adjourned until Friday.
NOVEL RECEIVERSHIP CASE.
in 1
priate $200,000 to complete the fur
nishings and beautify the grounds of
the new million-dollar capital.
—A fight has been launched in the
Mississippi legislature against the
George bill, which seeks to ratify the
merger of the Mobile and Ohio with
the Southern.
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, address
ed the senate Friday in advocacy of
his resolution looking to a satisfactory
adjustment of all claims Colombia may
Prof. I.
jnjjjans corn improvement.
_M. JvVnsyn.
Friday, February 12th—10:30. Mar-
'fcetin’g the cotton crop. Institute ,Di-
reftor’ Harvie Jordan. 11:30. Corn
judging— laboratory work. Prof. ‘J. M.
Johnson.
Saturday. February 13t)i—10:30 to
13. Farmers' question box. conducted
•by Senator Harvie Jordan.
Monday, February 15th—10:30.
Types of beef cattle. Prof. J. M. John
son. 11:30. Common ailments of farm
animals and their treatment. Dr. T.
E. Jago.
Tuesday, February 16th—10:30.
Woman Puts Affairs cf Husband
Hands of Court.
Thomas M. Henson, a prominent
merchant of Union county, Ga., has
been placed in the hands ot a receiver
at the instance of his wife. Hanson’s
property includes a Large mercantile | ] iave against the United States on ac
establishment, valuable merchant milH» ; count of the secession of Panama,
and other property, and aggregating
about $6,000.
Henson's wife some time ago enter
ed suit against him for alimony. In
her petition she made some very sen
sational charges, one-of which was
that her husband would not allow her
or her children to attend any religious
services, and when they disobeyed
him they were whipped severely.
At the last term of Union superior
court Judge Kimsey ordered Henson !;]; CHts * lla ti V es.
to pay Mrs. Henson $50 per month
temporary alimony. This Henson lias
paid promptly, but Mrs, Hensou, in
her application for a receiver, states
that her husband is rapidly winding
up bis business, and that where par
ties can’t pay him Insianter he marks
ihoir indebtedness settled.
—Nearly every member of the house
wore a carnation Friday in commem
oration. of the birthday of the late
President McKinley.
—Captain Pan. of Louisville, Ky..
has left his estate, valued at about a
million, to found a home for aged and
infilm women.
—Dispatches from Southwest Afri
ca Indicate that the German garri
sons are hard-pressed by the rebel-
■A— Unite*'States Consul General Ma
son'.' at"BeiftW- Ifas written the state
departfi^entv statl-ng - -that there is a
gen.eral-revolt.in.Europe against Amer
ican, cgttou.
REQUESTS TO RATIFY TREATY.
Petitions from Philadelphia and-Bruns-
vvick, Ga., Reach the Senate.
A Washington dispatch says: Among
the petitions presented in the senate
Thursday was one from the members
of the board of trade of Philadelphia
and Brunswick, Ga., for the prompt
ratification of the etuinl treaty,
■—’Staford’Jacobi, serving a twenty-
years sentence in the Alabama peni
tentiary for assaulting a young white
woman, has been pardqnerf by the gov
ernor. Jacobi has served three years
of his sentence.
—John B. Lipscomb, who was re
cently ordered to leave Hall county.
Ga., by the Law and Order League,
for running a “blind tiger,” was arrest
ed at Greenville, S. C . on request oi
his bondsmen, carried back tp Uaines-
ville, tried and fined ?l,0fi0,
Pandemonium in New Orleans.
A New Orleans special says: Mon
day was a day of unusual excitement,
even in this season of extraordinary
occurrences in the cotton future mar
ket. When the opening of the session
of the cotton exchange was announced
pandemonium apparently broke loose.
Advances in Liverpool and New York
bad already been posted on the boards,
and the first call of the local market
showed an advance of IS to 41 points.
The fluctuations during the session
were frequent and at times very wkle,
but prices were always well above the
closing figures of Saturday, with an
upward trend.predominating, the day’s
trading resulting in net gains of SO to
84 points. The market closed very
firm. Although the range of prices ap
peared to create an ideal condition for
the scalper, it was said about the ring
that this class of traders l'or the day
from some cause almost invariably
“caught on the wrong way.”
The bull leaders in New Orleans ad
vise buying, notwithstanding the pres
ent high levels.
Leading houses have reports from
their traveling men in Texas, who now
express the opinion that the Texas,
crop will not exceed 2,500,000
bales, and that there is now but little
cotton in the interior of the state.
A cable from Bremen reports that
spinners in Germany and AuustrU
were carrying very light stocks and ex
pressing the opinion that this crop or
its equivalent has already been sold.
KENTUCKY CAPITAL SAFE.
Legislature Votes that Seat of Gov
ernment Remain at Frankfort.
The passage through the Kentucky
senate Thursday by unanimous vote
of the house bill appropriating a mil
lion dollars for a new capitol at Frank
fort, marked the end of a fight which
had been waged for the removal of the
seat of government since the days
when Henry Clay, as a representative
from Lexington, started a fight which
has been the cherished ambition of
that city since, till the present ses-
s’on, when Lexington, Louisville and
other towns joined in and aided Frank
fort l'or the present bill.
FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER.
Prominent Citizen of Florida Convicted
Without a Recommendation.
At a special term of the circuit court
at Braidentown, Edward Lamb, a
prominent white man, was indlctild,
tried and convicted of the murder of
Christopher Kennedy, on the 4th of
January.
The jury brought in a verdict of
murder in the first degree, without
recommendation to mercy.
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