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THE WEEKLY TKLEWRRPH; TUESDAY. MAY l. 18S8.—TWELVE PAtiBH.
NOT PROSPEROUS.
larger relative number of white.) in the
higher portions of the cotton area.
■ — i J lie increased crop, therefore, is not on
__ „ , , the old area, with the old forces, lint on a
lion, banmel iiarnett Makes larger area, working more labor and
, more mules, etc.; especially, aim, among
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a Comparison.
CEORCIA’S WEALTH IN I860 AND 1887
Tii« Farmer Hi* Principal Victim of Un-
ju»t Taxation— 1 The Itccrenne in
ilcullural Wealth and
Production.
Rose-colored statement are current,
comparing the South of 1870 and of 1887.
These statements are partial and mislead
ing, To understand tlie case aright a larger
range is necessary, embracing times of real
health and prosperity, as well as mere
the expense of making it the addtd
fertilizers—one of the biggest items of
farm expenditure. In Georgia from 150,-
000 to 180,000 tons are used—making an
annual charge on the cotton crop of irou ,
$•1,000,000 to $4,50u,000—chiefly used on ;
cotton. I ^
j And yet, after all this, Including im-!
i proved methods, the increase over the. *^
\ gross yield of cotton L is not kept up with i
! the mere increase of population 1 In I860 ET ugINO the tawmm
the yield was HOC pounds per head; in 188/, l
225 pounds. .Say that it yields I he farmer, ffb
8$ cents ii pound, and we have hut $22 aj WRwU. IOTOMm«t«U
head gross receipts- charged with all ex-j ra.»mCSlEBRATED—»«'
p uses of land, labor, mules, fertilizers, i ___ -...erswrms „ ,, _
Lagging, ties, e.’e . ,! ^SLIVER PILI.81
Meanwhile, a larger use is made of pub- j pptpakfp only by
i860, Lotion X charged wlih^more sup j FLEMING BROS., Pittsburgh, Pa.
stages of convalescence. Take 1850,
1870, 1880, 1887 (a;hort period ill a peo- plies and provisions than before the war. j ^-Beware of CouxiEaraiTa made in St. Loola,-gi
pie’s history) and you will see the true run i , .. . , , , , ,
r tl . , . . f i 1 lie coru supply in 1887 is only IS bush-
of ..thing., and get real t: formation con- . ^ ( ^Lpared with SO truahels iu
cernmg our past and present condition. j i860. We would need to add 12 bushels,
In June 1870, the census date, eonvahs- or 07jj per cent, to the present crop to have
cence after war had scarcely hfgun. Geor- eona] sopp y with that before the war.
. c. . i , The wheat supply is also le-tier capita.
R.a was not even a .Stale; .he was only The oat supply aloiie is greater; but there
part of the military district, Gen. Terry, art . , n „ re milieu to feed,
commanding. The patient, eo to .peak, wag ‘ The stock of hor.-cs bn* actually d<-
not yet allowed iven to go at large.' 'j creased in absolute number, and yet more
Compare present progress with progress
apr-'-mi wed trl wkly 2w Pip col
in times of health—and adversity still char
acterizes our present condition, not pros-
in number compared with population.
The increased numlier of mules is more
favorable in a]ipearanee than. in fact, be
cause lliey are not hdme-raiseu. Imported
mules are really a large item of annual ex
pense. It is estimated that not far frum
one-eighth of the numlier has to bo
penty.
This whole subject was carefully con
sidered in the report made Inst year to the , „n„„n 1
Inter-State Convention of Farmers. The bought yearly, i. <-., lu,(JOO to _0,OUO muKs
figures then given do not change from a at a cost ot nearly 5.,000,000.
week to wtek; they are constant; they do ! t he cattle are (ewer in actual number
not “Hop.” They show the following state I a . n< * * Iir fc''C|" 1,1 P r portion to the ponuia-
of facts- ' j tlon. In lbOO there was about one head to
The wealth of Georgia in 1850 wns$335,- every two persons; now about one head to
000,000. In 1800 she paid taxes on $072,- four persons. Of sheep in 1800, over one
000,000. T he increase in ten years ex-1 lie ? d •" two P er80n i 0,10 1° lour. Of
ccetled 100 per cent. Her wealth more j * wlne 1,1 ‘wo to one person; now less
than doubled in the decade preceding the j ‘"“V one ' , , . . , ,
The actual number of hogs has de-
Excluding slave property, we have for; creased and the number per capita slid
1850 no data, but in 1857, exclusive of i ““IT 1 , . . , , . .
slaves, the wealth of Georgia was $305,-j These things indicate decrease of home
000,000. In 1800, three years iater, $370j com.ort and ample supply.
000,000, a gain in three years of $05,000,- kven on vaunted coiton there are fewer
000. In 1870 the wealth, in gold, had fallen pounds per head and charged with far
from $370,000,000 to $180,000,000. In
Of. tijei
*■ V tu.
i -.-11
5 22*61
v'f.iij May V.
>• i’uh**
ily
5 21-64—22-C4
iUly-ARffUZt
1 n c^t-^pU'inbcr..
■‘•»V>t.’ii'.bor-Octo >, er..
OeltiVrir-Nuvf’inbcr..
.»22 r. i
*» 2-^—231-61
513-64 -1 M*4
ifiiw-niHr
1880 it was $230,000,000, a gain in ten
years of but $50,000,0' 0, being $15,000,000
less than the gain in three years from 1857
- to 1860.
We sec thus the contrast between pros
perous times hnd our present arduous
struggle with poverty.
How nbnut farmers?
Land in farms was returned for taxes
thus:
A gain in three years of $35,000,000, be
ing over 25 per cent., thus showing the
marked agricultural prosperity.
Compare, next, wealth per capita for n
scries of yearn:]
PER CAPITA.
| Popnlatli
Wealth per molt.
Markets by Telegraph.
Cotton.
Ijvsxro U, AprH 28—Noon.—Cotton
itjady with fair demand; Uplands 55*; 0.-
Irans 5 <-16; gales ia,0 K); for tp^cnlfttion find
export 1,000; receipt** 7,000, of whi h 4,700
d-re American. Futures firm. 1 n. tu.—
Sr.lps included 7,3U0 American. Futures
closed firm.
|3.00a3.76, Rio brands $4.70a5.00. Wheat— 1 Tomatoes—2 lbs, per doz, 9dc, 8 lbs $1.26
8rrnthem firmer; Fultz 1*2197; Lougbcrry per doz.
93 '.99; Wesioro quiet, oloeiug steady; No. J
winter red spot (lorn—Southern
quiet and easier; white H3afi4H> yellow 03a
04. Western quiet and easier. *
Nkw Yo&a, April 28.—Southern flour
unchanged; Southern common to fair extra
$3.3Qa4.u0; good to choice $3.90a4.40. Wheat
—Options varied very little to day; No. 2 red
April 94%h95%, May 93^a94^. Corn-
Cash quiet; options ruled stronger but
dull; No. 2 May 64n64^, June fl'2%a62%.
Oats—Cash rather weak; options x Au% bet*
Ue f closing fi■ m; No. 2, May 37j^a37%, June
3H; mixed Western 37b39. Hops heavy.
Co flee—Spot, fair rio steady at $14.75; options
lower and dull, closing steady; No. 7 rio,
April $11.60, May $11.GOal 1.85. Sugar firm, P or L
quiet; fair refining 4 13-16; centrifugals 96 7J<c
test, 6K» molasses grades 4;t4%; refined quiet v ‘
and steady; C 6H» extra C 6^;i5^,
extra C veil
Brvni Shirings—Waynmanville, %, CJtfc;
Avotmla, J;i, f»Rc.
Brown sheetings — Waynmanville, 4-4,6i^c;
Avonala, 4-4, 6%c.
Bleached Shir tings—Fruit of Loom, %,
8Kc; Cabot, %, 7Kc.
Bleached Shirtin^b—Yanl wide, Fruit of
Loom, 9 l 4c; Wamsutta, llj^c; Lonsdale, 9:
Cabot, 8J4c.
Osnoburgs—Corinth
brands, tf oz, 8c; 7 or., 8V4c; 8 oz, 9c,
BAIvGAI K 8
O'GORmTmgOI
Instea.l of paying the Teleobapu
extra space and having a large ad
we are going to contribute this amount
and other slandaril j ,|, e trade in the way of Bargains. u
/.c: 8 oz. »c. I The people have confidence in our ad-
announce
CrJlO -til
S'sa-AT
6 22-61
5 21-61
5 24-61
6 V3-6I
6 d* f> -6i
6 9-61
6 21-61
.saw i oidt, April 28.—Cotton firm;
•vies- 1,675: tiple.nd‘9 13 16; Orleans 915-16.
Futures opened ami closed steady.
Evening—Net refetpta : gross 27
Future'' closed steady; sales 2,000.
I he following wide shows the opening
*n*’ rInsm?qorations.
VjjH
Aug..
J crt
J Q 91
9.93
10.00
u 7-*.7R
Oct
Nov
Deo
'nil
Feb
Mar. ..
open'd
S.9S
lll.UO
'J.70-72
heavier expenses It is almost our sole
money crop. In I860 it yielded 367 pounds
per head; now about 235 pounds, charged
with extra expenses of fertilizers, taking
learly one-eighth of the crop; of bought
mules, bought corn anti bought meat, heav
iest items of all.
Kven before the wnr wc exported no
grain and no meat. Now, we fall tar short
of meeting our own needs, much less of
supplying the borne market.
'finis the comparison of productions
.bow. litre resolts with lire comparison of
wealth. The foregoing are average re
sults. Of course there arc exceptions to
the general depression, sav, in special pur-
Hiiits. such as those of iluirymen, truck
farmers, stock-raisers, etc.
Exceptional counties have been such ns
were pc pled chiefly by whites, who did
their own work and raised their own sup
plies. These counties show also the high
est priced lands, though often less fertile
than their neighbor counties, poorer in
point of wealth.
Cash prices are lower, but time prices
-=- — —— are paid and high rates of interest.
« wES; * slaves, Again, the standard of comfort ought to
in I860, was .350, in 1.85 .171 not ijuita uuvubcc with civilization, and farmers are
half. This t. our vaunted general pros- entitled to share it.
'i’ orl v • j The important part which
tub valcb ok i.And _ J taxes pay in this depression
in farms for every man, woman and chihl j yre have not referred to, bui while wealth
in Georgia was, in 1800, $163, in 1886, $01. j and production per capita have decreased
How is our agricultural prosperity j Federal taxes have increased in yet greater
iaade the bafts of an argum nt that tho j ratio.
South is enriched by feeding parasites. I l n i860, 31,440,021 people paid taxes,
"Wo are fighting our way Mowly against $50,059,200, less than $2 per head. In 1887,
-Wind and tide, lax and tribute. Hucli is 00,000,000 people paid $371,403,277 laxes,
the study of relative wealth and rate of I or more than $0 per head,
progress before and since the war. Hut it! The disparity in tribute was far greater
u said just look at our productions! Well, j still, for the tariff in 1800 was mainly lor
i-. ._.i_ re— j n t | lc (jiobe 0 { reTenue| a t 10 pci* cent., while in 1887
Year.
Thousands.
Including
Staves.
Excluding
KlftYUM.
IKK)
900
$IW
I860
10,47
ftK)
kwo
1B70
11M
IM
IKSf)
1M2
IM
1HH7
1750 (Fat)
171
let us study them, too.
April 7,1888,a comparison is made of 1870
and 1887 which will serve os a sjiecimen.
The Ulohe gives cotton, corn, wheat and
oats, and shows great improvement on
1870. Let us include soma other years
anil some other particulars and have more
data for comparison. Here arc the de
tails :
STATISTICS or OEOBOIA
IHfAl
two
nnu
Man
1SH7
Cotton.
Bales.
Bushels.
Wheat.
Bushels.
Oats.
Bushels.
4W.UMI :»».< SU.UUil 1,(MH.UU|
7oi.mo ao.fta.aia z,Mi.m:i|
S3l.RO i7.A46.S5ii 2,i27.017
ats.stt 23.azt.oie somi.tti
■J15.r*W»| W.IW7 oool 2.522,i»sj|
a.Kji.on
1,231,817
1,90t, <Wt
5, MS, 742
v.ots.oto
1 Horses.
Mules.
Celtic.
Sheep.
Swine.
lNamber.1
Number.
No.
No.
Year.
UfitL
1*0
1H70.
1SU.
11817
it was largely protective, nt 471
tier cent. The average tribute laid
by a citizen of the United Stutes
lias been estimated to he nearly $10. Wc
are so poor that we probably fall below
the average, but we are llie worse able to
bear it.
Taxes and tribute bcingon consumption,
are on gross expenses—notion net income—
and on gross expemos not of family only,
but of farm and family botb.
The chief money crop of Georgia Wing
cotton, and the annual value being about
$22 per head, wc can easily see whether
tax and tribute liear a considerable ratio
to the entire income and poshible savings.
No wonder that there has been immense
ly increased work and anxiety and that
llie farmers show care-worn faces.
But sitmiosc things were really prosper
ous, as is falsely claimed, instead of ad
verse and depressed, the removal of un-
l.M,Ml f,7,:t?J|l.<»7,Ms| Vo,4:g.|»,168.617 necessary burdens of taxation would still
jlJ'IIl 'JjJSf'w;Srij Sn!w t%M ** perfectly in order, and would increase
w>!saw i.taots swill a«!5so 1,475000 prosperity.
t’ould we save of what we make the part
which goes now into unnecessary taxation
—say one-half the tax and ail the tribute
—we should soon begin to see results and
enter upon thegood time coming.
4.3> The right resource for all these nntici-
l 15! pated blessings is to lie found in
our own savings, not in
from outside. Our possible
savings are now wasted in extravagant
I government and in the “protection” of
I monopoly.
All artificial ami remedial burdens
■tmiild ha aamowpit nnd that’s the way to
i accumulate capital, e-tahlish hanks, littild
' factories, diversify industry and restore
real, honest pros;ieritv.
We ask no favors of government. If it
will but protect us in our rights, and not
stand guard over monopoly ip its work ot
plunder, we will take care of ourselves,
Sami-kt. Barnett.
Washington, Ga., April 20, 1888.
Why Macon Bejoieea,
From tha IMetka New*.
On Monday the business community of
steady; middlings 0 O ld; net receipts 402,
gross -tO# sales : stock 9,416.
Nnw Yokk, April 28.—Cotton market
firm; sales 1,675; middling uplands 9 13 16;
Orleans 9 15-16; net receipts at all pons to
day 2,985 bales; stock 517,328.
COTTON SUPPLY.
New York, April 28.—Total visible sup
ply of cotton for the world is 2,406,451 bales,
o( which 1,796,'431 is American; against
2,518,098 and 1,837,098 respectively last
year. Receipts at all interior towns,’14,923
boles; plantation receipts 13,230. Crop in
srerlit, 6,600,889 bales.
GaLVBstok, April 28.—Cotton market
nuict: middling uplands 0%: net receipts
407; gross 407; sales 25; stock 8,691.
Nobeolx, April 28.—Cotton market
firm; upland 9 11-16; net receipts 754,
gross 754; stock 14,763; sales 234.
ItALUUOBl, April 28.- Cotton market
steady; middling uplands 913-16; net receipts
, gross 457; sales 400; stock 18,478.
Boktoh, April 28.—Cotton market quiet;
middlings 9J4; net receipted?, gross 1,565;
sales—; stock—.
Wilmington, April 28.—Cotton market
steady; middling! Uh; net receipts —, gross
—; sales ; stock 3,306.
’Philadelphia, April 28.—Cotton market
dull; middlings 10 1-16; net receipts —;
gross —; stock 18,907.
dAVANNAn. April 28.—Cotton market
steady; middlings 9 7-16; net receipts 478,
gross 478; sales 395; stock 19,357; exports
coastwise 1,440.
New Orleans, April 28.—Cotton market
quiet; middlings 9 7-16; net receipts 575,
gross 742; saie» t,000; stock 183,985; exports
coastwise 1,206.
Mobile, April 28.—Cotton market steady;
middlings 9 9-16; net receipts 52, gross 53;
sales 200; stock 10,369; exports coastwise
312.
Memphis, April 28.—Cotton market
firm; middlings9%-, net receipts 99; ship
ments 1,867; sues 2,250; stock 59,739.
Augusta, April 28.—Cotton market
firm; middlings«K> net receipts 130; ship
ments—; sales 69.
Charleston, April 28.—Cotton market
white extra C 5%, yellow 5%a5J^,
oil A 0a6!-£, mould A 7, standard A
6!4, confectioners’ A 6%, cut loaf and
crushed 791, powdered 7, granulated 6%,
enbes 7. Molasses steady; 60-test 20. Rice
steady. Petroleum steady; refined 1% at all
ports. Cotton seed oil" steady at 37 for
erode, 42a43 for refined. Tallow easier at 4?^.
Eggs dull imd weaker; Southern 12K«'3!f.
Hides steady. Pork firm; mess $15.<io lor
dew, $14.25,il4.50 for old. Tierced beef dull.
Cut meats firm; pickled liams$11.25; middles
dull. Lard—Western steam spot, $8.25, May
$8.12, June $8.11; city steam $8.19. Freights
dull.
New OBLKAN8, April 28.—Coffee in light
demand, holders firm; Rio cargoes,
common to prime $H.50al5.75. it i- e
nominal; Louisiana ordinary to prime
4^iv5J4. Cottou seed oil steady. Sugar
active; Louisiana open kettle, strictly prime
5%, prime 4 11-16, common to good common
, 4%ulJi; .Louisiana centrifugals, choice
- white 6%\ choice yellow clarified, 5 15-16;
yellow clarified 574; prime yellow clarified
594;. off white 6j^a6 3-10. Molasses steady;
Louisiana, open kettle choice 33a35, strictly
prime 29it3U; Louisiniiacentrifugals, inferior
iogood common 13al6, strictly prime 20x22.
N vhI Uteres.
New Yobk, April 28.-Turpentine dull at
38. Rosin dull at $1.20nl.22&>
Hharlbston, April 28.-Turpentine steady
at 33. Rosin nominal.
Savannah, April 28.—Turpentine steady
at 32J4. Rosin firm at9714*
W’ilmington, April 28.—'Turpentine firm
at 32H- Rosin quiet) strained 82J4, good
strained 87Tar firm at $1.05. Crude
turpentine firm: Hard $1.00, yellow dip and
virgin $2.00
Wool,
New Yobk, April 28.—Wool dull; do
mestic fleece 22a37; pulled 18a40; Texas
13o20.
MACON MARKET -REPORT.
Stocks oho Mmtds.
lor retted dBtly by 8olomon A Brown.
Good demand for money. Securities
very dull
BTATB BONDS.
Bid. Asked.
Georgia 4 Ja per cent, due 1915,
January and July 10634 107 'A
Ha. 6 per cent. 1889, January
and .fuly 10114 10234
Oeorgia 7 per cent, gold quar-
Conet Jean.—Androscoggin, 634c; Eoeh- vertisemen'to, nnd whe
?£ 7Hc; l ‘ AC ' nni ' N^'Dakeagsatteen,, HAnGAIN’.S they know that there i 8 ^
Kentucky Jeans, 2534 to 40c per yard. | thing good in store for them. The i;,tr.
Prints—Pacific, 6}4«; Windsor, 6)4o; j gams wilHiejnnnmbersju follows:
Allens, Ameriuuns, 5|^c; Hamilton, (
5Kc; Couestogu, 6Ke; Lodi, 5c; Charter j
Oak, So; Berwick, 4lie; Rampapo,
6^’A^bor’ac _Merrinia,! ’ 6yi ’ !;AlUeriC ‘ lU ’ 1 5 ' 000 «f 27-inch White Lawn ,i
Checks—Rescue, 634c; Auburn, 634c; Mus- J!^ rth 10 wnU i 0I,1 . V 12
flobsja.
T4(V47
9.30
9 89-40
9.46
9.3.V:W
cone*,
TickH—Conesta, extra, 11c; Coneata, ex-
tra, %, 7^c; Shetucket, 1, he; SFS, 10c;
Country Fruttuce.
Apples—Dried 4Vic; evaporated 8c.
Cahbntre—5 to 12c per head. ; ivo.se uieuemng at iu cents. Tiie ladies all
Dried Peaches—Strictly No. 1 peeled, 10. know the reputation of this beautiful
to 12c per lb. - I Bleaching. Only 10 yards will be bold i 0
BARGAIN 1.
,-urds of 27-inch White Lai
i yard, worth 10 cents; 01
yards to a customer.
BARGAIN l
5,000 yards of the celebrated Alpine
j Rose Blenching at 10 cents. The ladies
107
119
111
Cotton.
Macon, April 28.—Cotton market quiet;
good middling 9)4; strict middling 9)4;
middling 9; strict low middling 8J4; low
middling 8)4: strict good ordinary 8)4; good
ordinary 8, sales 90.
BECS1PT8, SHIPMENTS AND STOCKS
Received to-day by rail 2
" “ by wagon 4
Stock on band Sept. 1, 1887... 531
0"celved previously 61,229-61,706
8ldpped to-day 17
8hipped previously 49,619-49,711
Stock on hand
2,049
rain and Provision *.
936.259! 4l2.27tll.53t.189
GEORGIA HTATISTIca—PER CAPITA.
Pounds
Bushels
Ilmhels
Busehts
1 sa
3.ia; . .
4.«2, he l(i
■TUCK OWNED DY 100 PERSONS
Chicago, April 28.—Cash quotations ire re:
iFlour quiet and unchanged. Wheat—No. 2
spi.ag 80)4a80)4; No. 2 red 83)4. Corn—No.
2 65)4. Oats—No. 2 32)4a32)4. Pork—Mess
$13.60. Lard $7.8234. Short rib side*, loose
$7.15; shoulders $5.75a6.00; short clear sides
$7.,0a7.75. Whisky $1.15.
Leading futures ranged:
Opening. Highest Closing.
Wheat, No. 2—
8U4 80)4
81)4 82)4 82)4
i
8
5
i
c
s
s
s
&
&
I860
12
10
ioo
DW7
6
H
•r>
M
fc
Corn, No. 2—
May
June
Oats, No. 2—
June
Mess Pork-
May
June 13.67)4
Lard—
111
107
HO
ioa
no
107
104
no
117
104
55)4
64)4
$2)4
32)4
13.55
66)4
55
32)4
The change in relative agricultural |x>pu-
lation, as compared with entire popula-
tion, is small.
These figures speak largely for them-
reives. Let us observe them careful-y.
COTTON.
Great stress is laid on this particular
crop, which, in the United Htale*, ha* in-
c re.«..l from 4 660.770 bales in I860 to I,,'
6,800,000 in 1887, ami. in Georgia M'
■mi tin i Uii/h ir.tri k'iji kat M ■ncirdiniF $«», “ a - 1 * Kar f?cl/ ievt inti reft for I aiatiiA th
\u
Juue
Short Ribs—
June
7.80
7.83
7.15
7.20
13.60
13.70
7*912
7.87)4
55)4
64)4
32)4
1S2>7)4
13.70
7 ««
7.85
8t. Louir, April 28.—Flour unchanged.
Wheat closed 54 ab.ive yesterday; No. 2
red, eash 85)4; May 84)4*85)4, closing
at 8134. Corn steady; cash 60; May 60)4
Oats Ifgher; cash 3>*3234: May 3194.
Whisky ,1.09. Provisions easy. Pork
$14.00. Lard ?7J0. Bulk meats—
Shoulders $5JI7 : ; lono ,-lrars $7.10a
, ,7.25; clear ribs $7.23*7.30; short
jlirb ! Hear* $7J17!4a7.40. Bacon, boxed shoulders
$6.37)4; long clears $7.7Sa7.95; clear riba
lies, uue 1S3G.......
Georgia 7 per cent, due 1892,
January and July 106
Georgia 7 per cent 1896 Janu
ary un'd July 117
RAILROAD BONDS.
Augusta and Knoxville 1st mort
gage 7 percent due 1900, Jan
uary and July _109
Central railroad joint mortgage,
7 per cent due 1893, Jan. and
July 109
Coiambus and Rome 1st mort
gage endorsed 6 per cent 1914,
January and July 105
Columbus and Western Ut mort
gage endorsed 6 per cent. 1911,
January and July 108
Georgia railroad non-mortgage
6 per cent 1922, January end
Julo 105
Georgia railroad non-mortgage
6 per cent 1910, January and
July 109
Georgia railroad non-mortgage
6 per cent 1922, January and
Julv —
Marietta aud North Georgia lit
mortgage 6 per cent 1911,
January and Jnlv— 105
MobUe and Girard 2,1, 1889,cn
ilorsed 8 peret. mortgage Jan
uary and July 103
Montgomery and Eufaula 1st
mortgage endorsed 6 per cent
1909, January and July 108
North Eastern 1st mortgage en
dorsed 7 per cent 1896, May
nnd November 115
Ocean Steamship Companv en
dorsed 6 per cent. 1892, Janu
ary and July 102
Western Railroad of Alabama,
2d mortgage 8 per cent 1890,
April and October...... 104 ■ X>
Georgia Southern and Flmtds
railroad 1st mortgage 6 per
cent 1927, January and July... 85 86K
RAILROAD HTOOKR AND DEBRNT
hid. asked.
Atlanta and West Point stoek...l08 110
Atlanta and West Point de
bentures 102 104
Georgia railroad stock -194 200
Central.railroad stock 115 115)4
Central railroad debentures 100)4 101)4
Augusta and Savannah railroad
•took -130 132
Southwestern railroad stock 127 128
LOCAL HRCUB1TIRA.
Macon 6 per cent bonds, due
1910 Ill 113
Macou gaslight 1st mort 6 per
cents, 1910 104 10S
Macon gaslight 2d mort 6 per
cents, 1902 100 102
Macon gas and water consoli
dated 1st mort 6 per cents,
?4 95
Macon gas and water stock. SO 82
Wesleyan College bonds 106 116
Macon Fire Im Co. stock- - — 100
Macon construction stock 106 110
BANK RTOCKB.
Capital Bank stock 70
Central Georgia Bank stock .....
Exchange Bonk stuck 165
First National stock 160
Merchants’ National Bank 100
Macon Havings Bank - 90
Central City Loan and Trust C».
stock - 94
Chickens—liens, 35e; frys, 25 to28c; ducks
25c; geese, 40c.
Eggs—13 to 15.
Feathers—Choice guess, SO^o 55; mixed 25
to 30c.
Onions—Yellow, $4 50 to $5 00 per bbl.
Poultry—From first hands; young chick
ens 2005 to 25c; hens 30c each; live turkeys,
$1 60 to $2 00 per pair; live geese 50e; ducks
25c.
Hey—Choice Timothy, $1 15.
llrngs, l*i,lilts anil Oils.
Drugs anil Hyehtulls—Indigo, best, 75 to
80c; madder, 11 to 12c; salts, 334 to 4a; coch-
ineal, 38 to 40c; magnesia, flour
sulphur, 434 to Sc; roll sulphur, 3 to 4c;
camphor, 28 to 36c; copperas,2 to 2)4c; assa-
feetida 25 to 30c.
Medicines—Opium, $5 to $5.50; quinine,
80 to 90s; ,85 to 40c; iodide potash,
$1 to $2.50; rhubarb, 75c to $2; inecac, $1.25
to $1.50; aloes, 95c to $1; calomef, 75c to$l;
blue mass, 45 to 50c; surphine, $4 to $4.25;
chloroform, 60 to 75c; castor oil, $1.76 to $2.
Oils—Linseed, raw, 58c; linseed, boiled,
31c; oil, $1 to $2.50; turpentine, 46)4o;
cylinder oil, 40 to 55c; Signal, 60 to 60c;
West Virginia black, 17c; lard oil, 30 to 6oc;
cotton seed, 60c; heauiigin, 75c; kerosene,
15c; ueatfoot, 78c; machinery, 25 to 35c;
mineral seal, 48c; cotton seed, refined, 55c;
Tanners, Newfoundland cod, 6i)c.
Paints, etc.—White lead, strictly pure,
$5.50 to $7! furniture varnish, $1.60 to $2;
coach varnish, $2.50 to $3; cabinet glue, lOo
to 40c; white glue, 30c to 36c.
Thorndike, O O, 9c; Thorndike, O O, No.
130, fancy, 10)<c; Amosaca USA, l-lc,
Yarns—Fi'nt River, 8234c per bunch.
Fruits mid Nuts.
Apples—6.00 to 5.60.
Bananas—1.60 to 2.00 per bunch.
Citron—50c.
Cranberries—Cope Cod $8.00.
uurranta—7c.
Dates—3 to 10c.
Figs—Dryer choice 12 M to 16c.
Grajies—Malaga, per bbl $6.00 to $9.00. Na
ive 10 to 12c per lb.
California raisins—I* L. -boxes $2.50;
half boxes $1.40 qnsrter boxes 80 to 90c.
Lemons—$3.75 to $4.00 per box.
N Uts—Tarragon* almond* IS, .per lb: Prlu
95
Caanrd Goods.
Apples—1 lb eras, $1 per dos.
Blackberries—2 lb cans, $1 per dos.
Chetries—2 lb cans, $1.15 per dot.
Corn—2 lb cans, $1.25 per d,is.
Potted Ham—70c. for and $135 for 34s.
nua—iaiioguiia aimviiu* toc.per id: i nn
ccss paper shell, 25 to 26c per lb; Naples
walnuts 16c per lb; French walnut* 12c
per lb; filberts 13c per lb; Brazils 12c per
lb; pecans 10 to 13o per lb; cocoanuts 40.00 to
$45.00 per 1,000. I
Prunes—9 to 12)4e.
Oranges—Florida $2.50 to $2.75 per crate.
^Raisins—New layers $2.50 to $2.75 per box;
New ijuuuuu layers $3.00 to $3.25 per bva;
loose museatel $5.00 :>cr box.
Hardware.
Axes—$6.00 to $7.00 dozen.
Bar lead—7c per pound.
Buckets—Painted $1.35 per dozen, oedat
3 hoops $3.25.
Carels—Cotton, $4.50.
Chains—Trace $4.00 to $6.00 per dozen.
Haines—Iron-bound $3.50 to $4.00.
Hoes—4)i to 4)4c per lb.
Iron—Swede 5 to 5)4c per lb, refined 2)4c
basis.
Measures—Per nest $1.00,
Nails—(2.40, basis of 10,1.
Flowstocks—Usiman’e $1.00 to $1.10.
Rope—Manilla, 16c; Sisal 12c; cotton 16c.
Washboards—$1 25 to $1 60 p r dozen.
Well Buckets—$3 75 per dozen.
Wire—Barbed wire 6e per coil.
Shoes—Horse $5 00 per keg. Mule shoes
$6 00.
Shovels—Ames $9 00 per dozen.
Shot—Drop $1 50 per hag.
Sifters—$1 25 per dozen.
8teel—Plow 4)fc per lb.
Tubs—Painted $2 40; cedar $4 60 per doz.
Heavy Groceries.
The following are strictly wholesale prices
Bacon—None in market.
Bulk aides—Market steady. We qnote to
day at 8.
Bran—Per hundred $1 25; by the car-load
118.
Butter—Oleomargarine 18c to 20c per lb,
giltedge 26 to 30o per lb; country 20c per
lb; Tennessee 20 to 25 per lb.
Cheese—Full cresm 13)4o per lb; Other
grades 12% to 12)4c per lb.
Coffee—We now quote fnnev Rio at 17 to
18c; choice to fair 16 to 17c; good 16)4c
common 14 to 14)4c.
Corn—White car lots 74c, less 75 to 76c
mixed csr lota 72c, leas 74c.
Fish—'The catch ol 1887 being to slim,
. thereby causing prices to advance to greatly
with packing, the demand this season has
been bnt small, we may say comparatively
nothing. We quote nominally No 1 in tibfs
$17sl8; No 2 in bbls I4al6; No 3 in bbls
$12alS; smaller packages in proportion.
White or lake fisn in half bbls $4 60a5 per
hslf bbl, ius to size. Can mackerel ln cases
$1 25al 35 per dozen for 1 lb cans.
Flour—Common $3 75s3 85; extra family
$4 50; straight fancy $4 65a4 76; second
100 patent $4 90a500; first patent $S25a6 35.
1C* : un, of course, lu job !— to dealer*.
.... j Retail prices are higher.
102 Grist—Per l,bl $4 10.
92 | Homiay—Per bbl $4 10.
Hams—Plain ft!al2)4c per lb. •
I Hay—Hay is higher and scarcer on so-
, count of drouth out West We quote to-day
j No 1 timothy at $23, and prime al *21 50 to
! $22 per ton,
[ Lard—Tierces family 8c per lb; cans 8)4c
per lb; 10 lb cans 8)4c per fb; 5 lb cans 8So
! per lb; 3 lb cans 8)fc per lb.
Meal—We quote al 74 to 75c for plain;
one person.
BARGAIN 3.
1,000 yards of Zephyr Cloth at 8 cent.,
worth 15 cents.
1,000 yards of Crinkle Dress Goods,
regular price from 15 to 20 cents, wi 1 (*
closed oirt at 8 e. Also, 1.000 yards Fig
ured Crepe Cloth, beautiful good,, former
price 20 cents, will sell at Scents. Only
12 yards of each of the above Bargains
will be allowed to one person.
Be sure, ladies, you get Bargain 3oa
your list.
BARGAIN 4.
100 White RobfR
AT HALF PRICE.
AT HALF PRICE! -We repeat it to
niako it more emphatic, lor we mean just
what we tay.
20 Robes at $5, worth $10.
19 Robes at $4, worth $8.
17 Robes at $3, worth $6.
21 Robes ut $2.5 ','worth $5.
12 Robes at $2, worth $4.
11 Robes at $1.50, worth $3.
This is certainly a grand opportunity to
purchase a nice white dress cheap. Each
suit is in a separate box, with the material
and trimmings to match.
The same material and trimmings that
are in these suits can’t be purchased ior
twice what we ask for them.
Ladies, you can’t afford to miss this
bargain. The warm seasou is already
here, and nothing is prettier or gives mere
comfort than a nice white dress7
The bargains advertised will be placed
on bargain counters, arranged especially
for the sale, and the price of every article
will he marked in plain figures.
WCHiNULTLldS!
Wo received last night twenty fivepieoes
of new Chantilly Iaiccs, the loveliest pat
terns ever seen, which will lie on sale to
morrow.
We have sold more Lace Suits this sea
son than all of the town combined. We
attribute this ion superiority hi styles tod
to our prices, which have been the lowest
in the city.
FOR INSTANCE,
Pretty Chantilly Flouncing, 40 inches
wide, $1.00
Better quality of Chantilly, 40 inches
wide, $1.25.
Beautiful quality of Chantilly, 40 inchee
wide, $1.50,
I-ovcIy quaiitv of Chantilly, 40 inches
wide, $2.00
OurChantillies at $2.50 and $3 can’t be
matched elsewhere for less than $3.50 and
$4.60 Excellent values in prices from $3.50
O’GORMAN l CO.
PRETTY ASA GIRL
701,840 in 1860 (623,850 bales, according to j .ntorest ior raiaua than . £So3i M " short el,,*
.... :„i,..i ... <115 non •>. it has lor ih* Georgia city. v)n that day ; ixOAMaUjob.
present average »eights)'to say 915,000;
m 887.
Observe some facts concerning this in
create.
By the use of fertilizer*, coiton culture
baa been extended largely in ares.
Poorer land is embraced in the old area
and new area is added, in latitude r.ml
in ahitnde.
More cotton i* thus grown in Virginia,
North Carolina. Tennessee, etc., than for
merly. In Georgia the enlarged area of
cultivation was estimated to be a territory
k of about 8,000 square miles (so estimated
»lkt IsaWiltd Cspiatu A. K. McCulcueu,
wi ,V ! , t ,
IRB «'»!•
Covering thus* larger area, it is call!-
vstol by a larger number of
was run til,.- tint ps-senger train that ever, Cincinnati, April 28,-Ftour quiet Wheat
mad- us way direct t - Madison, on the-firm; No. 2 red 88. -Corn easier—No. 2
Georgia iaitrooii. In about sixty davs the i mixed 5634. Oats—No. 2 mivnl 34)4.
Raspberries—2 lb cans, $1310 per dos. 78 t» 78c fornoited.
Salmon—1 lb cans. $1.70; 2 lb cans, $2AO. Oats—Are very strong and firm at quota
ritrawherrries—? In cans, 51.50 per nos, tations: Western feed 48 to 50c; fancy white
Rtring Rpvuin—2 K ouni, p*r tlot, M to 52<».
Head How Tills Beautiful .topnnes*
May Be Had Free of Cost.
Tho Metropolitan, America's low-priced LIU*'
ary Monthly, now nearing iu fourth »e* r -*'!.
over a half million circulation, want->0*28
one hundred thousand more lUbscrlDSts-T
present summer. To facilitate this the J“.
Ushers have purchased a large Ipiportstloa
a- tinleally decumtid Japanese fun* of tuptn
quality, to present os •iibscrlp'ton premia*
For only 30 cents we will send this chans***
I Iterarv monthly for one year, and one oi oer;
beautiful fans, by mall, post p;ii l. Think on ^
Over TOO large pages of cboli-e reading. »“
valuable fau, lor only 30 cents, fiend posw
stamps or iiostal note. Address , v
THE MKTIIOPOLITAB.
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Or tlio I.lqnor IlnbH, Positive!*
by Administering Ur. Ualuea
Golden Specific. ■
llcan fie glvsn In a cup of eptfeeor
IhalrnnwIcU good he person lsklogll;l*to<“ 1 ij!
hsrmlesmaad will trf-ei a permsn—i *'J.’gVV
sure, w heiuer the panes t is a moderate ”ttf ‘J lT |
an ateoholle wreck. Thousands"! d™"**' LS-pe
JfM.rs wn»tM will* lh* Specific. AjE m
lmpo<alblUty tor Ui« liquor »;q»«UU U e\»
uUbf
Lauimr, llaakln A Jwunar,
Ft neon, Ga.
* rnf»p Orip'iml ! bring pirfxv vcobtabicB
O ’ LU O In their composition. Dr. Pierce's Pellet* operate without disturb-
s AwvsltSvw _ __ anrn to the system, diet, nr n—utiullnn. Put un In alas* vtalA
\jvu bZF T Tflirj 1 I Tjl hermetically waled. Always fresh and re-Habl-. As a tenfif
* If S S i If Pi ! laxative, alterative, or actlro piirgallvc, these lluloPtU '•$
1 ** give the most perfect satisfaction.
lion with the North and East. Without I •"? $<a$4.l0; packing and batch
U.- -«1 >gtg
« “* 'If "2V ,, . a "T;i 1 - 1 " 1 w. Kc, ».'*b^5Esi“U. 5? ri
Macon, and conv-qiieotly Pslstka, will I Baron—clear ribs$8 12J4;clraraide-28 "!-ri I Q O
have ft < .rei-t route to the North and East,»rilesMen MJHir. Bulk meats—el-ar r.n si-Ii •
shortening the old route by many mil**. 47.75; tksrrdera $5.75. Pork Domil Hams
daTr£ ■
tsS PILLS.
PURELY VEGETABLE I PERFECTLY HARMLESS I
As a LirCff FII.Io they are CncquaUd!
SMALLEST, CHEAPEST, EASIEST TO TAKE!
Ileware of Imitations.which contain Potsonona Minerals. Always
ssk for Dr Pterea's P- Lets, which are Ittlle .turar-eoated Pills, or
Antt-l...;ou* Granules. ONE PELLET A BONE.
SSCK HEADACHE,
HI lions Ileadnehr, Itlzzlne-a, Constlpoe
tlon, Indigestion, Hlllotu Allneh-, und
all derangements of tho stomach and bowel*
are- promptly relieved and permanently cured .
by tho use of Dr, Pierce’s Pellets. In et-sr A
retaliation of their remedial power over i
great a variety of dlsrear*. It may truthfully -8 \
be reid that their aetton upon the system fas
iinirr real, not a gland or tmur —peer their eenative taSn-mee.
25 cents a vial; by dniffletf.
Eaaafactarsd by WOOLITS DUrFSSAUT XEStCAL ASSOf I1TJUJ.
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