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Irwin County News
Official Organ of Irwin Comity.
G. A D ,LOACH, Editin’ ami Prajristt.
iimOUGII GEORGIA.
SITS OF NEWS GATHERED FROM
I OVER THE STATIC,
Being a Summary of Interesting Hap¬
penings From Day to Day.
A party of South Dakotans have
been land prospecting in middle Geor¬
gia for the past week. They have
made Macon a central point, from
whicb they have made tours into
neighboring counties inspecting offer¬
ings of land. They aro highly pleased
with the section and will probably
moke heavy investments.
Twelve thousand teachers will be¬
siege Atlanta the last week of Octo¬
ber, and they will come from all over
the country. Teaohers from Maine
and California will meet and shake
hands. Teachers from the bustling
city of Chicago will mingle with the
pedagogues of the sunny land of flow¬
ers. They are coming and their trip
will be a notable event in educational
circles.
Governor Atkinson has granted
thirty more days of life to John Ford,
who is under sentence to die at Bain-
bridge Friday, and who was granted a
respite of thirty days while the gov¬
ernor was at the point of death. The
further respite was granted in order
to give the governor plenty of time to
investigate the merits of the ease and
grant executive clemency in case the
facts warrant it.
The talk of the day in Atlanta is the
probable removal of the headquarters
of the Southern railway to that city
from Washington. Every loyal citizen
is eager to do something that will help
bring the general offices of this splen¬
did company to the city and it may be
safely predicted that if pluck and
perseverance can accomplish it the in¬
vitation of Atlanta to the Southern
people will be urged with such great
emphasis as will prove convincing
that she is the place of all places for
- the headquarters to be planted.
The Chatham Artillery, the oldest
artillery company in the United States,
having been in continuous existence
for 109 years, completed its reorgani¬
zation last Monday night by electing
George P. Walker captain; W. G.
Cann, first lieutenant, and J. A. G.
Carson, first junior lieutenant. Mr.
J. B. Saussy remains as second lieu¬
tenant. Capt. J. F. Wheaton, who
was the company’s captain during the
war and to the present time, recently
tendered his resignation, and the other
commissioned officers, with one excep¬
tion, followed suit.
The Southern Pine Company' of
Georgia was formally organized at Sa¬
vannah last Monday. The meeting of
the lumbermen was held at the DeSoto
hotel, with Messrs. J. J. DcDonough,
W. B. Stillwell, of Savannah; J. K.
Clarke, of Darien; L. B. MilleD,
Henry P. Talmadgo and C. C. South¬
ard, of New York, present, and repre¬
senting their respective firms. The
company is to take in all of the largest
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lumber mills in south and southeast
Georgia. It will do a general lumber
and naval stores business, and has a
paid in capital of $1,250,000. The
headquarters of the concern will be in
Savannah.
Soldiers at the Seashore.
The Fifth Regiment of Infantry,
Georgia Volunteers, is holding their
encampment on St. Simons Isladd.
All the Atlanta companies, the Mari¬
etta, Barnesville and LaGrange com¬
panies, with their full strength, are in
the party. In addition to these the
regiment’s band, under the leadership
of Mr. Sam H. McAfee, and the Ma¬
chine Gun Platoon were on the special
train which bore the happy party to
the seaside resort. The boys will re¬
main in camp a week, but will have
very little work to perform.
By geueral order tho camp has been
called in honor of Colonel George A.
Mercer, of Savannah, the ranking offi¬
cer in the state militia. So “Camp
Mercer” it is and a chorus of cheers
echoed along the beach when the col¬
ors of the regiment wont up.
• Tho daily concerts of the regimental
band is a feature of the occasion. The
band is one of the best organizations
of its kind in the south. It numbers
twenty-one men, all of them having
reported at Camp Mercer.
The Slump in Tax Values.
Georgia tax returns for the period
dating from April 1, 1894, to April 1,
1895, do not promise a very The encourag¬
ing showing thiB year. counties
which have made returns to Comptrol¬
ler General Wright up to date sfiow an
alarming decrease in value, and Cap¬
tain T. C. Furlow, of the comptroller’s
office, who keeps in close touch with
gil the tax receivers, says that this dis¬
couraging shrinkage will be shown by
a great many counties in the state.
Exactly six counties have been heard
from up to date, and without excep¬
tion they show a decrease in taxable
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SYCAMORE, IRWIN COUNTY. GA„ FRIDAY, JULY 19. 1895.
values. Within the next twenty-five
days tax digests will be returned from
every county in the state and the
gloomy story of continued shrinkage
will be added to.
“The counties hoard from are
Towns, which falls $21,581 behind last
year’s returns; Hancock, which shows
a shrinkage of $115,735 since last
year; Piilaski, which has lost in values
$52,669 in the same time, and Madi¬
son, which falls behind to the tune of
$76,873.
Distinctive Exposition Features.
The fair uecd not, and we aro sure
will not, be a reproduction in minia¬
ture of the Columbian. It will have a
great and original field of itB own in
the exposition of southern life and
southern resources. The state depart¬
ment collection, for instance, can be
supplemented - with Georgian relics
from the time of Oglethorpe down,
nnd with similar objects of historical
interest from the neighboring states
that were members of the colonial
confederation or which,like Louisiana,
were settled during the same period.
The colonial part of the fair, it is
promised, will be one of its principal
features.
The chief merit of this fair must be
as a southern and not as a national or
internation exposition. Atlanta is, in
many respects, better situated than
New Orleans for such an undertaking.
The city is vastly more accessible to
the south as well as to northern visi¬
tors. The managers, if they keep this
in mind, will see that it will be wis¬
dom to make the southern feature as
prominent as possible, both for the
better education of their own people
and the better entertainment of
strangers from the north and from
abroad. The negro building and is whole one
step in this direction, the
scheme should bo developed as far as
possible along this line .—Louisville
Courier-Journal.
RAPIDLY IMPROVING.
Governor Atkinson Will Soon Be Up
From Ills Sick Bed.
Something over four weeks have
passed since Governor Atkinson was
stricken with appendicitis. During
that time he has occupied a couch on
the fourth floor of the sanitarium
where the operation was performed,
and has passed through one of the
most trying ordeals ever known m the
history of Georgia.
No one expected Governor Atkinson
to be alive today. It was thought by
every one, including his physicians,
that he had made his last appearance
in public, aud that his brilliant career
in politics was at an end. However,
the govereor entered the struggle as
he would a political campaign, deter¬
mined to win the fight. The people
of Georgia are familiar with the story
of his illness as furnished by the daily
press. In the reports from the sick
room the marvelous will power of the
governor has been displayed in such a
measure as to elicit universal admira¬
tion. The patience of Job is the only
instance that can afford a parallel. By
virtue of this plucky determination on
the part of the governor he has rallied
sufficient vital energy to overcome the
ravages of disease, and in a few days
this fact will be attested by his return
to the Btate capitol.
The governor has lost much of his
flesh by reason of his illness, but his
face is free from any indication of
disease and has a bright, healthy color.
If the weather is good the governor
will no doubt be able to leave his room
within a week. His appetite is good
and his general health is rapidly im¬
proving. He suffers very little from
the stitch in his side produced by the
operation and feels that he will short¬
ly be himself again.
The governor’s convalescence will
be gratifying news to the people of
Georgia and they will lose no timo in
giving him a practical demonstration
of his popularity.
EXPLANATION WANTED.
Southern Railway Officials Cited to
Appear Before the Commission.
A letter has been sent by tho board
of railroad commissioners to the offi¬
cials of tho Southern railway, asking
them to appear before the board and
show cause why the Southern, the At¬
lanta and Florida and the Georgia
Southern and Florida should not come
under rule one of the commission in
regard to the charges upon freight.
This rule sets forth that all separate
lines which are^leased or owned by the
same company or controlled by it shall
he considered as one company and
rates shall be fixed accordingly.
As it is st . loci rats is
Z'ss.'iss.'iVZi'Jrsi
East iU o“r TennsMOS, t.“ Virgini. .nd^Georp.
S Sootte. to Cordele Iron.
"“irfi.r^sVisiuo.. working oi .bo
Southern are put under the
of rule one only u through rate will
be charged. Ttiis will be a consider¬
able saving to shippers.
That is the most perfect government
under which a wrong to the humblest
is an affront to all.
“In Union, Strength and Prosperity Abound.”
CAPITAL GOSSIP.
ITEMS OF NEWS PICKED UP AT
THE NATIONAL. CAPITAL.
Sayings and Doings of the Official
Heads of the Government.
Saturday’s statement of the condi¬
tion of the treasury showed available
cash balance $19,297,960; gold re¬
serve, $107,259,003,
First Assistant Postmaster General
Jones, has issued an order to post¬
masters throughout the country, for¬
bidding the issue of money orders
payable on their own offices. The
order can be issued on a sub-station.
The United States battle ship At¬
lanta has sailed from Santiago de
Cuba for Key West, where she will
pursue her work of looking after filli-
bustering expeditions and probably
relieve the Ealeigh of that task on the
Florida coast.
The comptroller of the currency has
declared dividends in favor of the
creditors pf insolvent national banks as
follows: Ten per cent, the First Na¬
tional bank of Middlesborougb, Ky.;
5 per cent, the First National bank of
Wilmington, N. C.
The treasury department has re¬
sumed the issue of gold certificates,
which had been suspended during the
period when the treasury gold reserve
was below $100,000,000. Since June
25th last, when the gold reserve again
became intact, the treasury has is¬
sued about $200,000 gold certificates
on gold paid mostly at United States
mints. There are now outstanding
$43,376,000 in gold certificates, with
$172,180 in the treasury, the remain¬
der being in circulation.
Secretary Herbert says be has a
cablegram from Captain Sumner, com¬
manding the Columbia, at Southamp¬
ton, stating that the vessel in the dry
dock appeared to bo straining and
that he ordered the water admitted.
Upon floating the vessel all evidences
of straining disappeared and the Colum¬
bia is uninjured. When the purport
of the cablegram became known about
the navy department, as it rapidly did,
the gravity of the matter became ex¬
aggerated and rumors were circulated
ttmt the famous cruiser had been ma¬
liciously injured in the docks and that
a surreptitious attempt had been made
to ruin her.
Milliken May Surrender,
It is more than probable that Ben¬
jamin H. Milliken, who was indicted
some days ago for breaking into and
entering the residence of Judge Sam¬
uel F. Phillips, with intent to feloni¬
ously assault the latter’s daughter,
Gertrude, will surrender himself to
the authorities in a few days. Mr.
William A. Milliken, of the postoffioe
department, a brother of the indicted
man, called upon District Attorney
Birney in relation to the case. Be¬
yond admitting that much, Mr. Bir¬
ney would say nothing more as to the
object of Mr. Milliken’s call upon him,
but the distriot attorney remarked sig¬
nificantly that he would not be the
least bit surprised if the accused man
surrendered himself within a short pe¬
riod.
Yellow Fever in Cuba.
Eeports received Tuesday by the
marine hospital service from Cuba
show an alarming increase in tho num¬
ber of deaths from yellow fever. Re¬
ports have heretofore covered a period
of two weeks, but the one received
Tuesday covers but one week and shows
that from June 30th to July 6th
there were twenty-five deaths re¬
ported from Santiago de Cuba,
and for the week from July fourth
to July 11th, twenty cases and eight
deaths at Havana. The great increase
in the death rate in the neighborhood
of Santiago is said to be due to the
military operations which are in pro¬
gress in the vicinity of that city and
presence there of large numbers of
unacclimated soldiers. For the week
from June 28th to July 4th there were
nine deaths reported from Vera Cruz.
Receipts and Disbursements Heavy.
Treasury receipts and expenditures
have both been running so far this
month. The former have attained the
aggregate of $10,979,000, or nearly
$1,250,000 a day. Sundays and holi¬
days excluded, and the expenditures
foot up $23,318,000, making the de¬
ficit $12,338,000. Since July 1st the
general treasury balance, according to
the printed daily statement, has de¬
clined $2,000,000, standing at $191,-
518,000. From this there is to be de-
dus.sd S0,587,616 lor to.d. ..dtaW-
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XrUHlJ loXSS*
Foreign Gold Shipments.
Secretary Carlisle has no opinion to
express on the financial situation or as
to the resumption of gold shipments
abroad. The general feeling among
treasury officials is that the small ship¬
ment- of last Saturday, $259,000, of
which but $125,000 was taken from
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tbo New York sub-treasury, is not the
beginning of .continuous and larger
shipments, and that the Belmont-
Morgan syndicate will continue to
supply sterling exchange according to
the terms of their contract, which
does not expire until October 1st next.
Sinoe Saturday the treasury gold re¬
serve shows a loss of $232,000, stand¬
ing at the close of business Monday
at $107,027,413. Mint Director Pres¬
ton reports tbo total coinage at United
States mints during the past fiscal year
at 59,611,112 pieces, at a value of $53, -
715,549, as follows: Gold, $43,933,475;
silver, $3,069,480 ; minor coins, $712,-
594. Of the silver coined, $3,956,011
- were in standard silver dollars.
BLACKBURN IS FIRM.
The Senator Says He’ll Stump the
State In Spite of Opposition.
An important conference of demo¬
cratic candidates for the United States
Semite and state officers, tbo democratic
state committee and prominent party
leaders, was held in Louisville, Ky.,
Friday. Among those present were
Senator Blackburn, Hon. J. B.
McCreary, General S. B. Buckner,
General P. W. Hardin, Lieutenant
Governor Alford, Attorney General
Hendrick, Auditor German, John S.
Bhea and other prominent democrats.
The relation of the candidates for
senator to the state campaign was the
principal topic of discussion. Senator
Blackburn, as the leading candidate,
took an aggressive part in the confer¬
ence. He made a sensational seech at
an open meeting this afternoon, ques¬
tioning the right of the state commit¬
tee to call him off the stump or to dic¬
tate his policy. He declared that the
state platform, by endorsing the
national democratic platform did not
eliminate the silver question from the
campaign, Cleveland and Carlisle
construed that platform in favor of a
gold standard, but he and many other
democrats refused to accept that con¬
struction.
In a secret conference that followed
the opening meeting Senator Black¬
burn is said to have intimated that he
would ignore the state committee if it
sought to muzzle him, and his friends
sky he is confident that a majority of
the nominees on the state ticket will
repudiate the platform and follow him
in his fight for free silver. It had been
reported that at a conference a few
days ago all the state-candidates unan¬
imously agreed to ignore the currency
issue, but this was denied.
The committee finally . adjourned
after reorganizing every county com¬
mittee in the state without regard to
the currency question.
The Louisville city and county ex¬
ecutive committee was fired bodily on
a motion to declare the offices vacant.
This was a thunderbolt and will
greatly entangle local politics.
A WASHINGTON SENSATION.
Senator Harris’ Private Secretary Ar¬
rested for a Grave Offense.
Agreat sensation was caused at Wash¬
ington Friday by the indictment on the
charge of felonious assault aud house¬
breaking of Benjamin C. Milliken, of
Memphis, who is private secretary of
Senator Harris, of Tennessee. The
story beneath the indictment is a curi¬
ous one. It is alleged that he broke
into the house of ex-Soljcitor General
Samuel F. Phillips, of North Carolina,
and made a brutal assault upon his
daughter, Miss Gertrude Phillips. Miss
Phillips is one of the many beautiful
and accomplished girls in Washington.
She has been a belle of no small mag¬
nitude, and for the past three seasons
one of the most popular favorites in
Washington society.
Among her recent admirers was Mil¬
liken. His calls upon Miss Phillips,
until recently, were quite frequent.
The friends of the young lady did not
approve of Milliken, and she was ad¬
vised not to receive further attention
from him. - A few weeks ago, however,
it is said, Miss Phillips was alone at
home. Milliken called, and hence the
indictment. The particulars of the
alleged outrage are known only by
Miss Phillips and the man who now
stands indicted. The indiotment has
been treated in a very ourious way.
The witnesses subpoenaed before the
grand jury were aU requested to keep
the matter quiet, and every effort has
been made to keep the affair as great
a secret as possible. All the parties
involved in the affair are of the highest
prominence.
THE LONG FIGHT ENDED.
And the Mergentbaler Company Gets
the Rogers Patents.
A deal of great magnitude was com¬
pleted at Detroit, Mich., when Don M.
Dickinson, representing the Mergen-
tholer Linotype Company, paid to
Colonel Frank J. Hecker, in one
chock, the sum of $415,000, which
gave to the Mergentbaler people all
rights, title and interest of every name
and nature in the patents in the ma¬
chine of the Rogers Typograph Com¬
pany. This deal ends a long and
hard-fought legal battle, which lasted
for many years. This deal will have
no effect on the users of the Rogers
machines. All the indebtedness of the
Rogers company will be paid out oi
the money, and the stockholders will
receive the balance, amounting to
.
about 10 cents on the dollar.
VOL. VI. NO.21.
MINISTERS AROUSED
THEY WILL TRY TO PREVENT
THE PRIZE FIGHT IN DALLAS.
An Appeal to the Public to Co-Oper¬
ate With Them.
The pastors of Austin, Texas, have
met and inaugurated a move against
the Corbett-Fitzsimmons prize fight
being pulled off in Dallas in October.
They issued an address of 1,000 words
tp the citizens of the state, calling up¬
on them to rally and fight to the bit¬
ter end the pioposed pugilistic en-
oounter.
The address reads in conclusion: “If
the people in Texas friendly to low and
order aro now neglectful or apathetic,
the abettors of vice will succeed in
setting aside and defying our law and
our state becomes at once the chosen
arena for the brutalities of all the
‘roughs’ on the American continent.
Precluded from other states, they will
resort to our borders, thus become so
hospitable to barbarism and in¬
famy. From time to time on
then other of our towns will be
invaded by the prize fighters of
the whole continent with their hordes
of debauched followers. Our excita¬
ble and inexperienced youth will be
induced into imitation. Their ambi¬
tion will be fired to seek the brutal
honors of the ring instead of the sober
pleasure and credit of scholarship, in¬
dustry and domestic virtue. Our
other wholesome laws for restraining
vice will be trodden in the mire. Our
state will sink beneath Mexico in dis¬
repute, poverty and decadence.
( We therefore, beg you to join us,
first, in the vigorous expression of
your opposition to the projected out¬
rage, and next in a respectful repre¬
sentation to the governor and other
officers of the commonwealth—the
lawful guardians of public order—as¬
suring them of our full support, moral
and physical, in every laudable
effort to prevent this and simi¬
lar offenses. While we desire
the co-operation of every friend
of virtue of every condition or of
either sex, we especially wish the vot¬
ers of the state to give expression to
their patriotism in this juncture ; be¬
cause they n^e the individuals to whose
hands the sovereignty and power of
making and upholding right laws are
committed by the constitution. We,
therefore, request you, dear sir,
to secure. from all your fellow
Christians and fellow citizens a writ¬
ten expression of their will touch¬
ing this threatened disorder and re¬
mit to ns. We offer ourselves to exe.-
oute this laborious work of collecting
the memorials and publishing their
results in proper manner and we beg
that each person will sign with the
word voter appended to his name, who
is lawfully entitled to that franchise.”
STAMBULOFF WAYLAID.
Attacked by Four Men Who Shoot
and Stabbed Him.
Advices of Monday from Sofia state
that while ex Prime Minister Stambu-
loff, accompanied by M. Petkoff, was
walking home from the Union Club, he
was attacked by four unknown men.
Two of them shot him with revolvers,
while the other two stabbed him. M.
Stambuloff fell to the ground groan¬
ing. He was removed to his residence
and physicians were summoned. After
an examination of the wounds the
doctors announced that there was little
hope of M. Stambuloff’s recovery.
The assassins escaped and there is no
clue to their identity.
M. Stambuloff was wounded in more
than twenty places. He raised his
band to guard his head, and his wrists
were nearly severed. Both hands had
to be ampntated. M. Petkoff was
slightly w'ounded. The first report
that all four of the assassins escaped
was erroneous; one of them was ar¬
rested.
FALL OF THE BASTILE.
The Anniversary Celebrated In Paris
by Great Throngs of People.
A Paris cablegram says: Sunday
was the one hundred and sixth anni¬
versary of the fall of the Bastile, and
falling on Sunday the holiday was more
generally observed than usual. All the
public buildings and many private
residences were deoorated and] the
day was celebrated in the most
fervid manner. Tens of thous¬
ands of persons strolled about the
streets, while thousands of others vis¬
ited the various resorts in the vicinity
of the city. Many Parisians went in
carriages or on bicycles to Long
Champa in the afternoon to witness a
review of troops. In the evening the
city was brilliantly illuminated. The
open-air resorts were crowded with
dancers and onlookers and the merri¬
ment promised to last all night.
Humbert Thanks the Queen.
King Humbert, replying to the mes¬
sage sent him by Queen Victoria ex¬
pressing her pleasure at the visit to
England of the Itolian fleet, has sent
her majesty a dispatch thanking her
for tho recognition accorded the squad¬
ron by the British naval officers and
people.
1.00 A Ye*r.
GEORGIA
IMMIGRATION
AND
INVESTMENT BUREAU
ATLANTA, GA.
ExMJ.Nortta J
MANAGER.
PROPERTY
FOR SALE IN
IRWIN COUNTY
1.-2,940 aores in the 3d district
with 125 acres in a high state of culti¬
vation, produces 30 to 40 bushels of
corn or bale of cotton per acre. Bal¬
ance of land the best timbered in the
state. Thirteen npiles east of Syca¬
more and four miles west of Irwin-
ville. Prioe, $13,500 cash.
2— 245 acres one mile north of Ir-
winville and six miles from Tifton &
North Eastern E. R. 60 acres in cul¬
tivation with good new residence and
other improvements; balance land
thick with fine yellow pine timber.
Prioe $3,500 cash.
3— One 3-room house and acre lot in
town of Sycamore, convenient to
Methodist ohurch, institute and depot.
Best location in the town for resi¬
dence. Price only $350 cash.
4— One 5-room house and lot 200x200
feet in town of Sycamore, close in.
Price $425 cash.
5— One 5-room house, new, and sev¬
en acres land in town of Sycamore;
ample quantity and variety of ohoioe
fruits for family demand. The very
place for small truck farm. Can get
more land adjoining. All in 3 min-
utefc walk of the depot. Prioe $1,700,
on easy payments.
la Worth County,
6—Lots of land Nos. 12 and 13, in
the 7th district of Worth county, con¬
taining 490 aores each; no improve¬
ments, but well timbered. Only 3
miles from Inalia, G. S. & F. B. B.
Prioe $2,100 cash.
All of the above properties price are very
desirable and well worth the we
ask.
It is not our purpose to “skin” you
but to give you a warrantee deed to
the property when you inspeat it and
pay the price agreed upon. this
For fuller information abont or
any other property in south Georgia,
write to A. G. DeLOACH,
Immigbation Agent, Sxcamobe, Ga.
ORDER OF ELKS.
Articles of Incorporation Filed at
Washington.
Articles of incorporation of the Be¬
nevolent and Protective Order of Elks
of the United States of America were
filed in the district court at 'Washing¬
ton Friday by Edwin B. Hay, Joseph
Y. Potts, John 0. Maxwell and Thomas
J. King, of tho District of Columbia;
Willard C. Van Campbell, Derlip, of Boston,
Mass.; Peter J. of Baltimore,
Md., and Joseph W. Laube, of Rich¬
mond, Va. Theobjectsof the associa¬
tion are set forth to be benevolent, so¬
cial and altruistic; the promotion and
encouragement of manly friendship
and kindly intercourse, and the aiding,
assisting and protection of its mem¬
bers and their families. Willard C.
Vanderlip, Peter J. Campbell and
Joseph W. Laube are named as trustees
for the first year.
PLACED UNDER THE BAN.
Satolli Gives Notice That the Edict
Must be Observed.
Catholic members of the Knights of
Pythias, Odd Fellows and Sous of
Temperance have been authoritatively
placed under the ban of the Roman
Catholic church by a published order,
which went into effect last Sunday and
was read from all the pulpits o£ that
church in the Chicago diocese. Arch¬
bishop Feehan has been notified by
Mousignor Satolli, the papal delegate,
that the edict is to be observed to the
strictest letter. It affects some eight
thousand Knights of Pythias and sev¬
eral thousand Odd Fellows and Sons of
Temperance.
FIRST BALE IN TEXAS.
Classed as New Cotton and Nets One
Hundred Dollars.
The new bale of cotton from San
Digo, Duval county, Texas, was sold
at auction at noon Saturday at the Cot¬
ton Exchange in Galveston for onejhun-
dred dollars. It weighed 523 pounds
and classed by the classification com¬
mittee as cotton of this year’s growth
and strict middling of good, strong
staple. Albert Kuhn was tho York. pur¬
chaser, who will ship it to New