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4 i V f I ti * < . i Fayetteville News. VOL. XVI. FAYETTEVILLE. GA.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 5. 1904. NO. 25. A BREAK IN GOTTON The Long Expected Reaction Comes and Prices Tumble. NTTJ 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 If N<»\a/ Vm, a— ► 'if 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 S GEORGIA NEWS! rj-4 ,, M"i"H"M"H i 4"M l 4"l'4"M"M i 4"M'4 i 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 $50,000 to .help defray the expenses.of the first summer ses sion. 'treaty .guarantees'covering Manchuria an& 'permission for Japan' to fortify southern Korea, making a closed sea of the sea of Japan, are impossible. Japanese Not Idle. The correspondent of The London Daily Mail at Che Foo cables that he has learned that the Japanese naval re serves were mobilized ■ last week and that the first army reserve was partly mobilized with great secrecy, the troops arriving at. their destinations disguised as coolies. Over 100 transports have been re quisitioned, the • correspondent con tinues, and 23 transports and 38 war ships are lying at Saho, 25 jniles north by west of Nagasaki. ■ .-night’s final figur§|,.‘-#lTO®pBi(.. lsr .- S v / were estimated at ‘f,20Q;000 bales, -f — V ' "" ' COAST LI NET GIVES- PENS) . j,- 4--. iU c jCoast Lifie lias estab-. con tih U e to be prosperous. Many of nsion’ department, with them.have money to loan’and meat to All Employes Seventy Year* Old to Be Retiredvon Regular Pay. The Atlantic w — W ' T lished It s pe ^ headquarters at Wimlington, N. C. The board of pensions will conduct it. All officers and employes 70 years ' old will be retired. Those who have been ten years in service will be pen sioned. Engineers, firemen, conduc tors, braltemen, yard masters, switch men, bridge foremen, section foremen and supervisors 65 years old may re tire with pensions where they have been ten years in service. STEVENS ADVISES FARMERS. Georgia Agricultural Commissioner Fears Overplus of Cotton Planting. Commissioner, of Agriculture O. B. Stevens, jd^G^Orgia.’-is of^ the opinion that thjB^jjrjcer, of ; cotton’-jftext fail will continue high- -He thipks, how ever, th$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. ' ■ ’ vffigh yW.ilL,be,li: : Wiil®:LB»lalls‘''trfie, the eorglfc, should no go in too era.. 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. h 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?! -<f'’ 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. * 1J Vi /•;' .£4 , BAXTER. i. 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. J *’ •- * "*»_'• •' >" 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 •».*?*** «... x ■f + * VI t ?Cream of News.! 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. Ml;-* I-