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THE MACON TELEGRAPH j MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1901
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The month of all tho year whon you have to •'}-
spend tho mo3t money, tho time when you
must make the largest variety of purchases ^
and stretch your incomo to the last limit.
CARTER’S STORY
A BIG BLUFF
So Says Assistant Attorney-
General Marion Erwin
SCHEME FOR SYMPATHY
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1 We Want You
$5
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to onjoy tho holidays, and wo will help you to
do it if you will give us tho opportunity. Wo
will give you clothing, shoes, hats, furnishings,
etc., of a standard quality, at prices of the poor
.Now That Pnpn-f n-I,a
Dead, Mr. Erwin
Think* the Evidence (About tin
Gift to Carter Can He Kept Oat o
Coart—f 123,000 In Sight—Third Ho
hrn* Corpus Writ.
Wcitaott i*
inym Carter
FIGURES FROM
THE CHRONICLE
Showing Amount of Cotton
in Sight to Dee. 6
PRICE FOR FOUR YEARS
clal
kind. Trade with us and wo will help you to qa
keep expenses down and put you on tho road gg
to prosperity.
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410 Third Street. ms
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(Lowney’s
: Chocolate Bon-Bons
♦
• aro put up in sovoral stylos, especially for thohol-
* iday soason, ovory 0110 of tho following stylos aro
♦ beautiful containers, filled with tho host chocolate
J bon-bons that money, material, brains and oxpo-
* rionco can possibly produce.
ml Mnrie Antoinette.
11I 4-1
Ilo
, .1-2. 1, 2, :i 1
,.1-2, 1. 2, It 1
>. .1-2, 1, 2, a
tirnutlfnl gift hose*,
alum mill fancy groccrlc
id 4-lb. Ilo
nd 0-1 h. Ilo
...1 B*lb. Bo
mil O-lb Ilo
JOHNSON, KING & CO.,
464-466 Second St. MACON, GA.
*
Speculation for the Week—Stock* at
Interior Town* — Taking* of the
Mill*. Both Northern and Southern.
The Average Weight of Hale a*
Reported by the Hnrenu, Compared
With the Chronicle and Latham,
Alexander & Co,
JZlELD
We Are After
Tho patronngo of all who
liavo money to invost, with
absolutely safu socuritios,
paying from (i to 12 por cont.
por annum. Call or adross
Equitable Banking Sloan Co.
GEO. A. SMITH, V.-P.
41U Timm street
Assistant Attorney-General
Marion Erwin returned yesterday from
another tour In behalf of the govern
ment and it* claim against Oberlln M.
Carter, the Imprisoned engineer who
was convicted of stealing* funds while
in charge of harbor work at Savannah.
lie says the reports published from
Chicago a few days ago to the effect
that Carter had agreed to give up $700,-
000 of his property on condition that
he be given a new trial Is all a mistake.
"It Is ridiculous," says Mr. Erwin, "be
cause in the first place I have no au
thority to give him a new trial. H<
£]£ i h®* recently had argued before the su-
' Preme court of the United States his
third application for writ of habeas
corpus. I do not know what the out
como will be. I appeared before the
supreme court last Monday to argue
against the. appeal taken by Greene
and the Gaynors from the ruling of
Judge Brown In New York, wjio or
dered their removal to Georgia. The
decision tn that matter has not yet
been handed down. I now traced $423,-
000 qt the government money into in
vestments made by Carter. I traced
$400,000 of this into the hands of h!s
uncle and brother in Chicago. I had a
contempt rule issued against them re
quiring them to produce the property,
which they denied they had. After I
showed them the receipts they had
given to a New York broker they ad
mitted having $75,000; and'I have lo
cated the other $450,000. Carter claims
tho title to the property, but says his
father-in-law, H. F. Westcott, gave It
to him. Westcott denied this, but now
I that Westcott is dead, Carter perhaps
' thinks wo cannot get his testimony,
j We are not embarrassed by that, how
ever.
“The story About the new trial agree-
| ment was simply a grand stand play
on Carter’s part," continued Mr. Erwin.
* "Ho wanted to create the impipin’ion
that he was seeking a chance to vindi
cate himself, and that the chance had
hitherto been denied him. Ilfs Idea is
that he can now claim In court that his
father-in-law gave him the money, that
we allege he misappropriated from the
government, and we cannot Introduce
the father-in-law's testimony to*the
contrary, It would help him greatly to
ward vindicating himself." /
ONE BOTTLE CT'RBD LA GRIPPE,
I hive hern suffering for some time
Jrlpbe and purchased onS'bot-
Pine-Tar-Honey, and It
Crop in Sight,
Total crop in sight Dec. 6 5,187,556
Same time last year 5,264,430
Stock* at interior towns 685,780
Same time last year 692,525
Southern consumption since
Sept. 1 475,000
Same time last year 415,000
Northern spinners’ takings ...» 703,481
Same time last year 782,069
JUST BIGHT
Tlia little difference Between
that which is right and that
which is not quite right is a big
difference.
Whatever fabrics are right,
•whatever colors are good, are
the ones now heaped up for
you.
Come today and sit down at
the first table of the feast.
Prior* In New York.
Middling cotton In New York... 8 5-16
Same time last year 10 3-16
Same day In 1899..... 7 11-16
Same day in 1898 5 5-8
’S SUITS, BOY’S suns
OVERCOATS
for everybody, every style. •
BENSON&HOUSER
The Up-to-date Clothiers
- 0-0-0 o-c^-o-o-o-o-o*-c-o,
Speculation in Cotton.
Speculation In cotton for future de
livery has been active at a considerable
advance in prices. The feature of the
week has been the bureau report,which,
a* Issued at noon Tuesday, estimated
the yield of the present crop at 9,674.000
bales of 468 pounds average weight.
The report was a decided surprise to
tho trade, the estimate made being
much smaller than was generally ex
pected, and caused consternation among
the bear interests. Immediately follow
ing the announcement of the estimate,
prices made a sharp upward turn.
There was active buying by short* to
cover theii contracts, and outsiders
came Into the market os fairly free
buyers for investment account. . The
foreign speculative markets also were
greatly Influenced by the bureau's esti
mate, prices for futures In Liverpool
making a *harp advartce, with the con
tinent reported buying freely in that
market. During the latter part of the
week there was some reaction from the
high prices reached. Recent buyers
took advantage of the advance in prices
to realize profits and were free sellers.
The movement of the crop continued
fairly full, receipts being in excess of
those for the same week last year, and
among some of the trade there devel
oped a disposition to accept the bu
reau's estimate with much reserve. The
South ha* been reported a fair seller of
cotton at the advance in prices. Today
there was a slightly easier market early
but on outsiders and shorts buying
there developed a steadier undertone,
and the close was firm, with prices 1
point lower to 1 point higher for the
day. Cotton on the spot has advanced,
closing at 8 6-16c for middling uplands.
During this year we have sold about
Two Million Pounds of Candy
and we are now working day and night
to supply the Christinas demand. This
would not be so if we did not make the
very best the market affords.
It will pay you to visit our factory dur
ing the next two weeks. Our special
display of Christinas Candies will be a
revelation.
Winn=Johnson Co.
Stein way Pianos
AND OTHER CI2I.EUR. 1 1TED MAKES.
Weber,Soli mer.Kranich
& Bach, Lester, and
Ivers & Pond.
A. GUTTENBERQER <X CO.,
Iccuih! fcttart. Mucou. Ck.
from
tie of Dr. Bell'
gave mo Immediate relief. I can ffliecr-
fully recommend it to nny one suffering
from this malady.—Clarance B. Borne,
M«r„ Horne ft Trace Sign Co., Louis
ville, Ky. , v
1.IEUT. THO MAD ASSIGNED.
An Onicer WflUKnoirn In Macon
Get* Good Place.
Lieut James A. Thomas, accompanied
by Mrs. TJhnmn*. arrived in the city
terdny afternoon from Savannah
and are the guests of Capt. and Mr*.
W. A. Davis on Orange ntrect. Lieut.
Thomas was with Italy’s Immune* dur
ing the Spanish war and hi* record ns
a soldier is a brilliant one. He has Just
received orders from Adjutant General
Corbin assigning, him an second lieu
tenant In the regular army to the aix-
tv-elgHth company of coart nrtlllery at
Fort Bakgr, Angel* Island. California.
Lieut, and Mr*. Thomas will leave to
day for Fort McPherson, Atlanta,
whero he will remain temporarily be-:
fore going to his Pacific coast assign
ment.
Lieut .Thomas has many friends in
Macoii who congratulate him upon hi*
excellent examination and important
assignment and predict for him a bright
future as a gallant soldier.
PATE—Tl’ItN Kit.
The following Invitation Is being re
ceived by the many Macon friends of
the contracting parties:
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Oscar Pate
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter,
Eugenia Moreland,
to
Mr. Marion Turner.
Wednesday. December the eighteenth,
at home.
llawklnsville. Georgia.
Persons Suffering
With Chronic Disease ,
i will novE JANUARY 1st
to my New Store,.
POPLAR STREET,-
420
Tour doors below old stand.
J. W. AMASON.
Amason’s Price List
of NpcdalUt* Who II
Their CIOlc
iderthe
vc Hail
it Their
llrltUh
A staff of eminent physicians and
surgeons from the British Medical In
stitute have, at the urgent solicitation
of a large number of patients under
their care In this country, established a
permanent branch of the Institute In
this city at No. 354 Second street.
These eminent gentlemen have de
cided to give their services entirely
free for three months {medicines ex
cepted) to all invalids who call upon
them for treatment between now and
December 15. These services consist
not only of consultation, examination
and advice, but also of all minor sur
gical operations.
The object In pursuing this course
Is to become rapidly and personally
acquainted with the nick and afflicted,
and under no conditions will any
charge whatever bo made for any
vices rendered tor th
who C*T
Weight of Hale* Douhlitfnl
Cotton Is also advancing. The agri
cultural department issued a report late
Tuesday giving the probable cotton
production of the United States the cur
rent year at 9,674,000 bales, of the aV-
age net weight of 468.2 pound* per bale,
which would be equal to 9.245,000 bale*
of last year's average weights. If there
figures are to be credited, the crop is
smaller than nny of the estimates here
tofore put out, and will command n
higher price than has lately ruled, for
the world's yield of cotton would In
that case furnish a scant supply to
meet the world's wants for current con
sumption. Indeed, according to Mr.
Ellison's estimates, which wc published
in our Issue of October 26, pages 877, 878
the probable aggregate of the new crops
In all producing countries would fall
about one million bales short of meet
ing his figures of mill requirements.
Consequently It Is no surprise that
prices should have advanced this week,
especially as the department estimates
the last two years have come very do#?
to the actual output. We can, however,
hardly help questioning the accuracy of
the result. The estimate Is certainly
smaller than our idea of the crop, gath
ered more from following Its develop
ment pretty closely, us we always do,
than from the data secured now. It
It should be said, however, that Mr.
Hyde,statistician of the agricultural de
partment, seems to have been very dili
gent In his investigation. Wc give In
our cotton department a pretty full in
dication of his methods, processes and
conclusions. What authority he ha* for
taking 468 pounds as the average weight
of b iles we do not understand. No such
result has become manifest thus far
through the marketing of the crop.
Weight of Ilalr Last Year,
On the basis of average net weight of
468.3 pounds as reported by the depart
ment. the indicated crop would be. cs
stated above, about 9.674,000 bales. For
the season of 1900-01, however, tho av
erage net weight per bale was
pounds, and. applying that figure to the
foregoing tolat in pounds, we reach an
Indicated crop of 9,244,800 bales. Thus
far this season, the average net weight
Is about 488 pounds; upon which basis
tho above aggregate would give a yield
of 9,282.700 bales.
Lntlinm, Alexandre A Co.
Latham. Alexander ft Co. show* the
net weight of the bale In 1867*88 v.
467; the next year It was 470, and has
gradually Increased to 485 In 1900*01.
Like the authorities quoted above, w<
are disposed to disagree with the gov
ernment statistician and* fear he has
inadvertently counted the.round bale In
the average. MARKET.EDITOR.
MANCHESTER CLOTH MARKET.
MANCHESTER. Dec. S.—The cloth
market was unsettled during the last
week owing to the Irregularities of
American cotton. The event of the
week was the low* official estimate of
the current crop In the United States
with the restricted operations In cloth.
There has been considerable discuo-
■lon concerning the cotton position, and
much diversity of opinion. The bull*
are of the opinion that the crop will not
exceed ten million balea.whlle the bears
firmly believe it trill amount to 16.506
bales. It Is worthy of notice that the
[stock of American cotton at Liverpool
I and the quantity afloat of ail kinds ex-
I ceed the records for the same period of
1900 by 45,000 bales and 68.600 bates re-
I spectlvely. ‘
I The demand for cloth from China was
restricted to sirtin
CHRISTMAS CHEER...
If you want a Christmas tone nil through
your system you must have good liquor.
GREEN RIVER
(The Whiskey Without a Headache)
will make tho weak feel strong, the sick
feel well, and tho well feel hotter. Whether
you take it straight or use it for some of the
Christmas special drinks, it’s still the same
—decidedly good clear through.
We have any and all the best brands and
at any and all prices. Wo can suit any taste.
A. & N. M. Block,
Distillers and Wholesale Dealers, MACON, GA. ^
-o-o-o-o-o-oa
Don’t Celebrate Old
Santa Claus’ Coming by
“Painting: the Town Red,”
hut get a few gallons of our
Best Paint for walls or
floors or for any other wood
work and brighten up the
dark or’ unsightly places
about your homo bofore
Christmas. For tho best get
Tinted Gloss,
for sale by
flassee& Felton Lumber Co,
POPLAIl STREET, Fourth to Fifth.
TELEPHONE, No
MOTT’S
PENNYROYAL PILLS
They ovcrcomo Weak
ness, irregularity and
omissions, increase vi£-
or and banish "pains
of menstruation.” They aro “LIFE SAVERS” to girls at
womanhood, aiding development of organs and body. No
known remedy for women equals them. Cannot do harm—lifo
becomes a pleasure. $1.00 PER BOX BY MAIL. Sold
by druggists. DR. MOTT'S CHEMICAL CO., Cleveland, Ohio.
Christmas Presents
Harness and
Saddlery, Robes
and Whips.
Our entire exhibit mado up especially for tho Stato
Fair and which carried off every prize offered is now on
on exhibition in our store and will bo sold during the next
two weeks at extraordinary low prices.
Corner j a /T
gs»sgu. Bernd & Co.
mdered for three months, to all {small and mi inly restricted to ftmtng
II before December 15. I up. The Indian demand was Irregular,
vat an
interview a n
i made. and. tf
ikly and kindij
against ependii
ns of dls
i \
402 POPLAIl
jr numerous, but t
were usually unacceptable.^being
uated by the advance In coUon.
tr quantity of light printing and
King cloths was placed with pro-
led work. The markets
nd South America were
stated that the Brazil-
re honeful. The position
A
hies
duct?re who
of the Lev
Inactive. It Is stal
Isn trade is more ho
of yarns was strong'
to do businews exet
tained a reduction.
full
SNOW DRIFT FORMS IN THE AD
IRONDACK?.
On a good drift-making day the
snow comes, not In the star-shaped
flakes that look so pretty when por
trayed on a page of the dictionary, but
In small pellets. There pellets are in
shape like tiny white footballs, usually,
and they come rolling and tumbling
down-wind as tf they had been "kicked
for fair" by the half-back gods of the
gale. And yet while they roll and tum
ble and bound, they find lodging-places,
and as the idler gases he sees them pile
up In a wall on the crest of the read
cut. Higher and higher grows the pile,
forming at first a vertical wall, but
before this has risen three Inches it is
seen to overhang the gulch. Though
round and easily rolled theee pellets in
some way fit to each other as brick*
would until the overhang is perhaps a
fifth as great as the elevation of *he
wall, and then, marvellous and impos
sible a? it would seem to the unseens-,
tomed observer, a lip forms on tho
crest of the wall, and soon it begins to
droop and hang down. Wider and
longer it grows; farther and farther It
THE SOFTIES EVER-INCREASING
COTTON* CROP.
Some months ago Wu Ting Fang, thd
able Chinese minister at Washington,
was Invited to the 8outh So tell thO
people how best to sell their cotton
goods to his countrymen. A southern
humorist, after reading one of the min
ister's speeches, remarked that the most
practical thing for the Southern people
would be to get Mr. Wu to petition his
emperor to issue an edict requiring each
of his four hundred million subjects to
lengthen his shirt an inch, and the
South could then safely go on build
ing cotton mills and rolling in prosperi
ty. The supreme purpose of the ex
position at Charleston, 8. C.,ls to throw
light upon this great commercial prob-
lenj,—how to sell to advantage the ever-
increasing surplus of cotton goods be
ing piled up in the hundreds of new
mills. Outside of our home demand,
China has furnished practically * th**
only market for the coarse goods of
the Southern mills. The recent dts-
droop*, until Its shape is precisely like I turbances there have so paralyzed that
the Up formed on a huge wave wben.lt *
breaks on a shoal-water beach. Lins
that are ten feet wide, and hang down
three feet, clear of all. though but six
or eight inchee thick where they Join
the chin of the wall, are not uncom
mon. By what magic is it that the?
market, and it Is recovering so slowly,
that the South must either call a halt
In the steady progress of cotton man
ufacturing or find other markets. Even
with an active Chinese market, and
every Chinaman's shirt an inch longer,
markets must be found to carry
frosen. oblong pellets, that go bound- forward the gigantic developments of
fng along at merrily as footballs, form ! cotton manufacturing begun In the
into such shape a$ that? Of course. If
the 4 torm continues, a time usually
come* wm-n the lips break off because
of their growing weight. And then no
replace the lo*t one.
'y drops over into the
and gradually fills the
' cott<
South.—Governor
of South Carolina, in '
cember.
lip form?*
The snow mer
lee of the wal
cutting.
Another curl
Is seen when t
feature of thM* lip*
do not fall. A thaw
may come-and
spread a hardened skin over the lip to
bold it in.—From "When the Snow
Fads *8 tbeAdirondacka.** by John R-
Speart, tn Chriaunt* Scribner *
DOCTORS SAID I HAD CONSUMPTION!
I bare been nstng your Dr. Bell's
Ptne-Tar-Honey for three months snd
ft has done me more good than any
thing I have ever unfed. The doctors
all said I had consumption, but I am
a great deal better, and I am sure your
Pine-Tar-Honey did it. I am able to do
ail my work now. for the first time in
six months.—Lizzie Rlchardvllle, Yin-
lod*