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man." in the 1 people of Ma on to the Georgia Meth
od!-: Conference when that body
convent d in this city in January. 1836,
and the same was accepted. On this
reserve stands the Wesleyan Female
College today. As already stated, the
P-v-nt:,,- tr.« proj » • •• coalition or . ltl;r ., ;.. ;!n: .d a charter t- ••The
'! ' I *‘Tiioc:.i v.it.-i ... • .i. ant.- ,-; eor _| a j.\. nia le College.” in 11=36 and
G uj-.i ir.s and maintaining • { j,_.; t v.,. name was changed to
.i.c fundar: -rfi'-l principles of Iierr.oc- , ,. TJ , e ^- CE leyan Female College.” In
racy. I ti.tnk it vvae In the cinj part i;15 p re g]j en t an d faculty were
ted. Rev. G. F. Pierce was the
first president. I believe. On Jan
uary 7. ' S39, the doors of the institu
tion were opened to the public, and
th<- "Mother of Colleges” started out
on her glorious mission “to burst the
shacklet of Ignorance and supersti
tion which had bound woman for three
thou=and years, and kept her in the
false position of a slave; whereas,
she. of right, and by the command of
i God, should be man’s equal.” The
I record of the college shows that on the
! first day ninety young women were
j enrolled and during the term in-
I creased to one hundred and sixty-
| eight. The original building and fix-
| tures cost $>3.000. This structure
! has been incorporated In the present
: imposing edifice which crowns Col-
j >ge Hill, and, in the language of Alex
! Stephens, is a “brilliant luminary,
vis -,s yet been j “ending forth Its cheering beams in
be made unles-a wery direction, like a new star In the
firmament above, just brought Into
existence In the progress of creation.”
dally
5. and the sec*
i : n 1870
f t.ie Constitu-
Mr. Stephen*
J on various
on account of
of
of 1
eat
his Caps
was publ
ond volume
When the lire
Oonai View
was severely
prrounds, “but
what aome imagined to be t
upon tlie subject of th< ratifl
the Constitutional Am’-ndment of
Congress by the Radical Legisl ture of
Georgia.” Mr. Stephens replied to his
critics In a volume entitled The Re
viewers Reviewed.” Mr. Stephens said:
•The truth is. there seems to be a
great covert spite against me hv a cer
tain class of our polith i : ns." Tho
London Saturday Review concluded an
ertclo on the Constitutional View in
these words: “On the whole, no con
tribution to the history of the Civil
Wor of equal value
made, or is likely to
some one of General Lee’s few surviv
ing lieutenants should one day do for
the military history of this struggle
what Mr. Stephens has done for Its
politlni aspect.”
One of the ablest lawyers and most
eloquent speakers In Georgia lias ac
cepted the Invitation of ■»"President
Guerry, of Wesleyan Female College,
to deliver the annual addre- ■ at the
commencement exercises of this time
honored Institution this year. Col.
George M. Napier, of Monroe. Ga.,
will perform this very interesting
service, and he will spread a rhetori
cal banquet of the richest viands of
poetic thought and finished eloquence
for his auditors.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
r delivered by Dr. J. P. McFerrin, late
of Tennessee, but now of Columbus,
Ga.. a member of tho South' Georgia
Conference, and well remembered in
Macon as the former pastor of Mul
berry Street Methodist Church, a
preacher of power and eloquence. The
minister to deliver the annual mis
sionary sermon has not yet been, se
lected.
The authorities at Wesleyan and the
young Indies are all very busy doing
their regular work, and getting ready
for the various' musical and other
recitals during the spring: and for
the music festival and art exhibit
during the latter part of April. It is
the Intention of Dr. Brown to arrange
at least two of the entertainments
during the festival so that such of the
delegates and visitors of the Georgia
Teachers' Association as may desire
to do so can attend. He has about
engaged the out of town artists. There
will he four distinguished soloists and
an excellent orchestra of thirty.
Sunday, the 12th of May, will be
fieney day at Wesleyan, and the-same
will be appropriately celebrated. The
orator for the occasion Is yet to be se
cured. Tiie occasion Is so called in
honor of the late George I. Seney, of
New York, by whose munificence
Wesleyan was greatly benefited May
32 Is the anniversary of the birthday
of the college's benefactor, and Seney
day hns been set apart ns one of the
fixed and memorable dates and events
in the life and history of the Institu
tion.
This evening Miss Jessie Wlieelef
and her expression class will give to
all the friends of the college an ex
pression recltai. There will he an
excellent musical program also at the
same time. The usual very large at
tendance Is expected.
“O! if I can do no more for the land
of my love—the land which gave me
birth and in whose generous bosom I
hope to sleep at last—let me wave a
flag in the day time or swing a light
in the darkness, for the safe and swift
passing of her ear of triumphal prog
ress down the track of the centuries.”
September-Octob»r ..
Octobcr-November ...
Novcmber-December
December-January ..
January-February ...
5.64*4
5.64%
5.65%
There was a mortgage debt of $20,-
000 on the building when the same
Was completed. This had not been
paid in full when 1842 arrived, and in
this year the creditors sold the prop
erty to satisfy their claim of about
$18,000. But Wesleyan had friends
who generously came to her rescue.
They were George Persons. William
Bailey, John Rawls. James Dear,
William H. Ellison and Ambrose
Chapman. who subscribed $1,000
each, and James A. Everett and Wil
liam Scott who gave $2,000 each, mak
ing $10,000. The remaining $S,000
Was advanced by James A. Everett
with the condition that four perpetual
scholarships in the college should be
given to him. With the $18,000 thus
raised the claim was bought and
given to Wesleyan, and forever after
wards she has read her “titles clear.”
The above reference to Wesleyan
reminds me that Alexander H.
Stephens was a warm friend of the
college, and an especial champion of
female education. When Mr. Steph
ens first espoused the cause of Wes-
levan tho proposition of the higher
education of woman provoked consid •
etahle ridicule on the part of some
of Georgia’s public men. But Mr.
Stephens believed that woman has an
'ntellectunl nature capable not onlv
of indefinite Improvement, hut bound
less usefulness. :Hp was just serving
his first term in the Legislature -»*
Georgia. 1836, when the hill was in
troduced and passed for the incorpo-
I'atlon of "The Georgia Female Col
lege,” now known as the Wesleyan
Female College. In the farewell
speech of Mr. Stephens delivered in
Augusta, Ga.. on July 2. 1859. on the
occasion of his retiring from Congress
and from public life (but he was soon
brought back into active political
warfare), he said:
“Contrast, for a moment, in your
minds, the condition of Georgia, phys
ically and intellectually, in 1836 when
I first entered the Legislature, with
her condition now (18591. The change
seems almost equal to the works of
magic. Passing by those material de
velopments which have given us the
honor of being styled the Empire
State amongst our sisters of the
South, take but a glance in another
department—that which embraces
higher and nobler improvements.
Then, there was but one college in the
State, ami that, for the education of j patriots
men. Now. we have five times that : room.”
number, of the same character. Then, j istor w
there was not in the State, or ill the
world. I believe, a single chartered
university for the education and reg
ular graduation of women: I mean
such as conferred the usual college
degrees. The Georgia Female Col
lege. at Macon. Incorporated in 1836
The visit of Bishop Nelson yesterday
to the Appleton Church Home in Ma
con. prompts me to say, this institu
tion is one of the most worthy of the
kind in Georgia. It has been a cup
of joy to many friendless < children—a
ministering angel to the wants of the
destitute orphnn. It is a rainbow to
the dark life of the homeless child—
“an evening beam that smiles the
clouds away.” Under its sheltering
roof little ones find succor and com
fort, who otherwise might grow up in
poverty and misery. The institution
was established as the result of
suggestion of the late bishop of the
Episcopal diocese of Georgia. Rt. Rev
John W. Beckwith, olf blessed mem
ory. His heart was no less benevolent
and kind than his spirit was loyal and
patriotic. The one beat in sympathy
and love for helpless and dependent
children, and the other breathed in
trueness and devotion to the South
and the memories of the Confederacy
My recollection is. he became bishop
of this diocese in 1867. He and Mr.
William H. Appleton, of New York
were warm friends. The bishop de
sired to have erected in Georgia, un
der the control of the Episcopal
Church, an institution for the care
and education of indigent orphans of
Confederate soldiers. He communi
cated his idea and wish to his' friend
Mr. Appleton, and that benevolent
gentleman readily and liberally donat
ed $12,500 for the noble purpose, and
in 186S the Appleton Church Home
was founded In Macon, being called
In honor of the man by whose gener
osity the institution was made possi
ble. In 1870 its friendly doors were
opened and the home started out on
its mission of mercy, kindness and
usefulness. In keeping with the ori
ginal intention of Bishop Beckwith,
an attire of Confederate gray was se
lected for the inmates. In the course
of time, and in the progress of events,
the scope of tho institution was en
larged. and the reception of children
was not confined to those of the Con
federacy.
A variety of local topics were be
ing discussed yesterday by a party of
gentlemen when one of them said.
Macon's name, so far as fairs are con
cerned will be Dennis if she doesn’t
pay the fair debts.” This remark
started the inquiry: "Whence the ori
gin of the phrase—"His name Is Den
nis?’ ” Several explanations were giv
en. A printed authorlt)’ says: “I have
a vague idea 'hat some fellow whose
name was Dennis got hung. Some
body who did not know of this tragic
fact a*ked afterward what had became
of ’Mister’ Dennis, and the answer he
got was: ‘His name is Dennis.’ ” An- j
other says that in his search after the I
origin of the phrase, he came upon
the record of a certain John Dennis. !
an English critic and poet In a small
way, who lived In the eighteenth cen
tury. In his cap&c : ty of critic lie,wrote j
a savage review of Pope’s "E-say on !
Man.” and the revengeful poet replied ]
by immortalizing Mr. Dennis in “The
Dunciad” after this fashion:
“Should Dennis publish you had
stahb’d your brother.
Say, what revenge on Dennis can be
had?
Too dull for laughter, for reply too
mad;
On one so poor you cannot take the
law;
On one so old your sword you scorn
to draw.
Uncaged then let the harmless mon
ster rage.
Secure in dullness, want and senile
age.”
This was the same Dennis who had
invented a new way of imitating thun
der for his play of "Appius and Vir
ginia.” which was brought out an'd
failed In 1708. Shortly afterward, so
the account goes, during^the perform
ance of "Macbeth.” hearing the thun
der produced by his apparatus, he rose
in tho pit and denounced the managers
for "stealing his thunder.’’
NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS. March 11.—Spot cot
ton closed quiet and unchanged, middling
1 1-15. Sales on the spot were 1,850
bales and 500 bales to arrive.
Futures opened steady at an advance
of l point to a decline of 4 points. The
eariy market was weak on reports from
New York that the long Interest was
obtaining but a small following. The
National Ginners’ report caused prices to
become firmer on the supposition that
the number of bales ginned indicates that
a 13,000.000-bale crop will not be made.
The closing was quiet, 4 to 8 points under
Saturday.
Cotton futures closed steady at the fol
lowing quotations:
January 10.57
March 10.44
April 10.52
May 10.5S
Jtir.e 10.67
July 10.76
August 10.59
October '. 10.46
November 10.4S
December 10.51
....59
....5S
made on
$1.30
1.25
1 20
with such objects, purp
ers. I believe, was the first of its
kind anywhere. The movement at
the time was the occasion of amuse
ment to some. I may be pardoned In
this presence, in saying that it met
my warm support. The experiment
proving successful beyond the ex
pectation of Us most sanguine friends,
i the example became contagious—not
only in our own State, but In adjoin
ing State?—and we now have a perfect
galaxy 'of these brilliant luminaries,
sending forth their cheering beams
in every direction, like now stars in
the firmament above. just brought
Into existence in - the progress of
creation. Whatever honor, therefor".
Georgia Is entitled to for great works j Inspiration
of Improvement and achievement: I think every
sub-
A day or so ago I stated in this col
umn I knew that up to a few years
since the house In which Mrs. Ross
made the first American flag. In 1777,
was then standing in Philadelnhia.
but I could not say positively if it
was yet preserved intact. I am in re
ceipt of a note' from Mrs. M. E. Bitt
ner. one of Macon’s accomplished and
highly esteemed ladies, in which she
says: “In reading your article in
The Telegraph. I am gild to be able
to confirm the fact of the existence of
the original Betsy Ross house, from
having visited it. in company with
my friend. Mrs. Buford Davis, sum-
last. It stands on the
a little two story build-
rooms deep. We »were
little back room, where
and the Congressional
committee of three, sat. There was
the same well worn floor, around the
little blue tiled hearth, and firo place,
likewise faced round with tile. The
high wooden mantel shelf remained
just the same as when those noble
sat there. In tho "front
i a counter, was a large reg
ister where all visitors inscribed their
names, in charge of this was a de
scendant of John Quincy Adams, who
very pleasantly explained the scheme
to complete a large fund partially
then in hand to purchase sufficient
adjacent property on Arch, street to
convert into a good sized park to in-
mor before
same spot,
ing. two
shown the
Mr.?. Ross,
STOCK LfQUlOATIOiS
HAS RUN ITS COURSE
LIVERPOOL spots Cosed 6.22
NEW YORK spots closed 11.35
NEW ORLEANS spots closed 11 1-16
THE LOCAL COTTON MARKET.
Tho local cotton market yesterday
was quiet and unchanged at the follow
ing: quotations:
Range of Prices.
Good Middling
Strict Middling
Middling
Strict Low Middling
Low Middling
Good Ordinary 9%
Spot Cotton Movement.
Rects. Ship. Sates.
March 9. 1907 *
March 11. 1907 10
Stock on Hand.
Sept. 1. 1906 2.574
March 11, 1907 ......4.131
11%
11
10*1
10%
in
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK. March 11.—The cotton
market was fairly active during today's
trading, with prices lower as a result of
liquidation and local bear pressure. The
close was steady at a net decline of 2al2
points, lowest on the old crop months.
Sales wero estimated at 275.000 bales.
The opening was steady at unchanged
prices to a decline of 4 points, although
the cables were . shade better than due.
and during the forenoon the ma~ket
showed a net lo=s of about 17al9 points
on the active old crop months and of
about 9all points on the new crop under
heavy Wall street liquidation, pressure
from the local hears, and rumors that
the local bull leader was unloading.
Around 9.76 for May and 9.84 for
July. the market ' was steadied l>y
covering and buying of the near months
by spot people, and after the report of the
National Ginners' showing 12.716.000 bales
ginned to March 2 was received, prices
work' d up several points from the low st
some of the fresh buying for long
account and a better demand from shorts.
The close was 7 to 8 points up from the
bottom, and there was some buying on
tb" theorv that Liverpool would take a
bullish view of the ginners’ figures in
the morning. The local bull leader is
sued a statement during the day denying
that he was selling through a local house
and claiming that he had a moderate
line of long cotton on which he expected
to realize handsome profit. Weather re
ports were without influence and receipts
continued large. Southern spot markets
were unchanged to *jc. lower.
Receipts of cotton at the ports today
were 2S.OOO btl-S against 27.015 bales last
week ond 15.789 bales lost year. For the
wee*- (estimated) 160.000 bales against
175.433 bales last week and 117.2S6 bales
last year.
Today's receints at New Orleans were
S.0S3 bales against 6.569 bales last year.
nd at Houston 5,209 bales against 3,190
bales last year.
NEW YORK. March 11.—The action of
today's stock market served to strengthen
materially the impression that he long
period of liquidation had run its course.
This supposition was already forming it
self in the, speculative attitude towards
the market last week, owing to the ob
vious absorption going on at various
points in the stock list, even while the
most acute weakness was susceptible at
others.
Saturday’s strong closing left the bears
uneasy over their uncovered position and
prices opened with quite an upward spurt.
The market had its periods of uncertain
fluctuations during the day and closed
distinctly easy. This did not obscure
the fact that speculative sentiment was
substantially improved and much of the
gloom which hung over the market last
week was dispersed. No striking change
in conditions was cited, as the occasion
for the change in the current of price
movement, but the extent of declines al
readj- forced, could argue go far towards
a readjustment of prices to a wide pos
siblo deterioration from present Indus
trial conditions.
The mercantile agencies report a full
tide of demand for all lines of mer
; chandise with business above last year’s
j corresponding period. The country's bank
clearings last week allowed a material
expansion over botli the preceding week
and the corresponding week of last year.
Rrailroad traffic officials continue to com
plain of the lack of cars to move freight
which is offering still in unabated volume.
Authorities in the steel trade insist that
demand for all the lines of finished prod
ucts continue at flood tide.
The tone of the call money market was
perceptibly easy today, in spite of tho
weak showing of the Saturday bank
statement. Time money was strong here,
with loans at 6 per cent for periods up
to six - months. The banks, however, are
making large pavments to (ho Sub-treas
ury for retirement of circulation. Jt is
reported that the full $9,000,000 quota of
the monthly retirement allowed under the
new law has been already applied for at
Washington for this month.
The day’s extreme advances were ma
terially reduced by the profit-taking of
the final hour, but substantial net gains
were left. The closing tone, however, was
easy.
Bonds were irregular. Total sales, par
value. $2,540,000. United States bonds
were unchanged! on call.
The tatal sales of stocks today were
1.19S.900 shares.
New York Money Market.
-NEW YORK. March 11.—Money on call
easier at 3%a4 per cent; ruling rate 4%
per cent; closing bid 3% per cent; offered
at 4 per cent. Time loans strong; 60 days
6a*4 per cent; 90 days 6 per cent bid; six
months 5% per cent. Prime mercantile
paper Ga% per cent.
Sterling exchange quiet with actual
business in bankers’ bills at 4.8420aS425
for demand, and at 4.7985a7990 for 60-dny
bills. Posted rates 4.Sla81% and 4.S5%5.
Commercial bills 4.79%.
Bar silver 69; Mexican dollars 53%.
Government bonds steady: railroad
bonds irregular.-
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS,
Sno‘ Co*ton and Futures.
NEW YORK. M->rch 11 —Spot cotton
closed steady. 10 points flower- mid
dling unbinds 11.85; middling gulf 11.60;
sales 6 500 hales.
Tho Cotton Exchange here will be closed
March 29 (Good Friday) and 30.
Futures opened steady and closed steady
at the following quotations:
es and pow- elude this much treasured historical
building. The street was built up.
The buildings were to be removed,
nnd of course everything was to be
done to make it beautiful nnd attrac
tive ns a show place in this most in
teresting old city, abounding as it does
in so much old historical lore that you !
can hardly step without walking on j
Open. Hich.
Low.
Cl os
January ...
....10.46 10.
4S
10.40
10.
48
February ...
....10.5.1 10.
53
March
.... 9.71? 9.
75
9.62
9.
70
Anrii
.... 9.81 9.
$4
9.69
9.
74
93
9.76
9.
£4
Tuno
9.
87
Jldv
....10.00 10.
)0
9.S4
9.
93
Auerust
....10.02 9.
99
9.90
9.
97
Fonfomber .
....10.05 in.
)0
9.92
10.
Of
October ....
....10.23 10.
24
10.14
10.
November ..
....10.-jo _
December ..
....10.30 10.
26
10.23
10.
20
CHICAGO, Ill., March 11.—The partial
abatement of the crop damage scare had
the report that farmers are still holding
large reserves of wheat, weakened the
local market today, the May delivery clos
ing %a%e. lower.
Com was down %c., and oats were %
to 'He. lower.
Provisions on the close were from 7%
to 20c. lower.
Wheat—
Open.
High.
Low.
Close.
May ,
• ..T‘%
78
77%
77%
July .
fSH
79
7S%
78%
Sept.
Corn—
. 78%
79%
78%
7S%
May .
. 47%
47%
4674
47
Julv .
46*6
46%
45%
46 U
Sept.
Oats—
. 46%
46%
46%
46%
May .
. 42%
42%
41%
4174
July .
. 37%
3794
37*4
37%
SCDt.
Mess Pork
. 32-4
33
32%
3274
May .
.10.45
6.42%
10.20
10.30
July .
.16.52%
16.55
16.33
16.45
May . ,
July . .
Sept. .
Short Rlbs-
May . .
July . .
Sept. . .
9.45
9.45
9.35
9.40
9.50
9.82%
9.40
9.45
9.60
9.60
9.55
9.55
9.05
9.10
9.00
9.10
9.15
9.17%
9.07*4
9.17%
9.20
9.22%
9.20
9.20
Movement at the Ports.
almost consecrated ground to the
memories of ‘the days that tried
men's souls:’ nnd so few were found
wanting in those days, when so many
now are ‘departing from the teachings
of their fathers.’ notwithstanding there
abound so many tangible evidences
and so mam* grand old faces on those
old walls to look at. and studv. as an
nobler achievements. I
iHI whoso, parents-can
afford it. should t
and
Receipts and Exports Tnihr,
Consolidated net receipts.. 2S.071
Exports to Great Britain.. 21.72S
Exports to France.. —
Exports to continent 24,S7
Exports
Stock on hand
Since September 1, 1906-
66.933
27.4.88
17.879
V I
DRY GOODS MAKET.
NEW YORK. March 11.--Further ad
vances were .announced in cotton goods
today, both in bleached and printed cot
tons. Raw Silk is advancing rapidly as
stocks are exhausted. The primary mar
kets were less active than last week, but
jobbers are still doing an active trade.
COTTON SEED OIL.
NEW YORK. March 11 —Cotton seed oil
easy under liquidation .and in sympathy
, with hog products. Prime crude in bar
rels f.o.b. mills 40: prime summer yellow
(47: prime summer white 54: prime win-
i ter yellow 53; off summer yellow 42%a44;
' good off summer yellow 44244%.
NAVAL STORES.
WILMINGTON. March 11.—Spirits tur-
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Examine label on your pa
per. It tells how you stand on
the books. Due from date on
the label. Send in dues and
also renew for the year 1907.
Grain, Provisions. Groceries.
These prices are at wbo!»saie and not
(Corrected by 3. n. Jaaues & Tinsley Co.)
to consumers:
CORN—Sacked white 70
Sacked mixed 63
Ear corn 70
Car lots, either sacked or bulk,
made on application.
OATS—White clipped 60
No. 2 white
No. 3 white
Special quotations
tear iats-
HAY—Choice timothy
No. 1 timothy
No. 2 timothy
No. 1 clover 1.20
Timothy and clover hixed.... 1.25
Alfalfa hay 1.3<>
Redding straw 63
BRAN—Pure wheat 1.35
Mixed bran 1.23
Jersey stock feed 1.25
Reliable feed -.. l.io
Standard feed l.io
FLOUR—Private Stock, fancy past.. 5.25
Royal Owl, best pat 4.so
Top Notch, first patent 4.20
New Constitution. % patent. 3.69
Orange Blossom, straight.... 3.50
MEAL—Water ground Juliette C8
Other brands ..J 67
MEATS—Dry salt ribs.. 9%
Extra half ribs 9%
lS-20-lh. D. S. bellies 10%'
Bulk plates 8%
Smoked meats %r ever above
HAMS—Fancy sugar.cured 16
Standard sugar cured 15%
Picnic hams 11
LARD—Pure tierces 10%
Pure, in RO-lb. tubs li
, Pure, in 50-'b. tins.., 11
Pure, in 60-Ib. tubs 10%
Pure, in 10-lb. tins 11%'
Pure, in 5-lb. tins 11%
Pure, in 3-!b. tins 11%
The same additions for other
sires nr named above.
SYRUP—Georgia cane (new) SS
New Orleans 28
Black strap u
SALT—169 lbs. White Cotton -ok.... 50
liW-lb. Rtvflap mexs 48
Special nrlces car lots.
tmno’-ted Rock Salt, lb 1*4
CHEESE—Full cream 171/.
Special prices car lots.
GRISTS—Hudnuts. iq bbls $8.65
H'idnuts. in 29-lb. sacks 1.70
SUGAR—Granulated, in bbls. or sek..5.05
New Orleans clarified......... 4%
New York yellow 4*i
COFFEE—Choice Rio 14 ~
Prime Rio 12
Medium Rio 12
Common --,
Arbuckle’s Roasted '.’.16.04
RICE-—Ciuuci- head ..
Medium
that they were entitled to $18,912 ad
ditional.
ATLANTA. March 10.—F. HllMs was
stabbed tonight by Gallaher Neal, of
Warrenton, on the fourth floor of the
Grand building. Affray resulted from
an altercation caused by an alleged re
mark of Hillis that Neal was a dope
fiend. Both are medical students.
ATLANTA, March 10.—Charles Da
vis, who was arrested several nights
ago. is held at the police station, on
suspicion of being wanted for murder
in Lynn, Mass. An Eatonton citizen
states the same man was arrested for
crime in Eatonton one year ago and
escaped.
ATLANTA. March 10.—The Southern
Railway, it is stated, has determined to
drop a number of passenger trails.
This action is to be taken by the rail
way March 24. Increased expenses,
without adequate increase of receipts,
is said to be the cause intluencing this
action.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 10.—At a
meeting today 'of the Japanese and Co-
rean Exclusion League, after a spirited
debate, resolutions were passed censur-
the action of Mayor Schmitz and
the Board of Education at Washington
in reference to the San Francisco
school children.
I onies during the Revolutionary War?”
The reply was: “A damn sight more
than ever went back.”
Lemuel Eli Quigg and James Ham
ilton Lewis, two of the most pictures-
! quo men ever in Congress, were hav-
i ing a heated debate on the trust ques
tion. Mr. Quigg. who was from New
1 York, was openly defending the trust/..
At the closer of one of his fiery pe
riods. J. Ham interjected with fine
i intonation: “For the ox knoweth his
owner and the ass his master's crib.”
Senator Ingalls was always quick in
retort', although he was himself a
subject of some sharp shafts. Once
he was attacked by Senator Eli Salis
bury. of Delaware, the second smallest
State in the Union. He disposed of
the whole matter by saying: "I thank
the Senator from that great State
which has three counties ,11 low tide
and two counties at high tide for his
a'dvice.”
CONSTANTINOPLE. March 11.—
The state educational establishment
founded during the time All Pasha
was grand vlsier and organized by
the French diplomat, M. Bonree,
which was known as the Lyceo Em-
perial DeGalatah-Serai, was destroy
ed by fire today.
OMAHA, Neb., March 11—It was
authoritatively announced in a private
report of official character from Chi
cago that the railroads of Nebraska
will contest the 2-cent fare law, which
the Legislature enacted a weel^ ago,
and the Governor signed last Wednes
day at midnight, placing it in effect
at once. The roads will contest the
validity of the new law on the ground
that it is confiscatory.
QP’T
UUliiL
Hardware—Wholesale.
(Corrected bv Duniap Harware Co.)
WELT, BUCKETS—$4 per floz
P.OPE—Manila. 14%e; SeFel. lie.; cot
ton ' *%e
WIRE—Barb, 3%c. per lb.
PLOW STOCKS—Harman, 90c.; Fergu
son. R9o.
•TUBS—Painted. $2.30: cedar. $3.00
POWDER—$4.50; half kegs. $2.75; '%
kegs. $1.50: Dupont and Hazard smoke
less. half kegs. $11.37,; % kegs. $5.75;
1-lb. canisters. $1. less«25 per cent; Trois-
florf smokeless powder. 1-lb. cans $1.
PHOVELF—$6 to $11 per doz.
CARDS—Cotton. $4.50 per doz.
PLOW BLADES. Dc. per lb.
IRON—2%e. pound, base: swede, 4%e.
pound.
AXES.—$6.25 dozen, base.
LEAD—par. 7%c. pound.
NAILS.—Wire. $2.CO keg. base; cut,
$2.60 keg. base.
SHOES—Horse. $4.25; mules. $4.25.
BUCKETS—Paint. $1.70 doz.; white ce
dar. three hoops. $3.20.
CHAINS—Trace. $4 to $8 doz.
GUN POWDER—-Per peg. Austin era2k
$4.59.
SHOT. $2.00 a sack.
Liquors—Wholesale,
•rnnee... _ “■ ! Dent * no at 72U: receipts 17 cask.*?
B, I i, t an ent ~ 4 ' S “ : Rosln firm at- $1.12% bid; receipts 629
Japan12.81, i Tar firm at $2.30: receipts 333. Crude
id all ports. .1.0v_.Sa0 j turpentine firm at $3.35. $4.50 and $4.50:
Consolidated receipts 8.517.266
Exports to Great Britain 2.993.137
Exports to France 75n.7‘>7
Exports to continent 2.653 675
Exports to Japan 164.10.3
Price, Net Receipts, Sales. Stocks.
receipts 2 J,
I CHARLESTON. March 11.—Turpentine
; and rosin, nothing do.ng.
RA5ANNAH Ga.. March 11.—Turpen
tine firm at 73%a%: sales C03: receipts 54-
shipments 362. Rosin firm: sales 155.3- re
ceipts 32.3: shipment? .3 S5n : stock 52’902
Quote: A. B. C. D. $4.?5; E $* 20- F
84.23: G $4.10: H. $1.63: I. $4'.63;’ K
M 3.60: X. $5,575: W. G. $6.10;
The Ports. I Pr!ee.|Rects.iSales.| Stck.
W. W-. $6.25
however broad, massive and
stantla.1 the materials may he that i phia nnd carefully instructed in the
enter into the monument reared to meaning of these old historical relics
her 4ame: and however high they in Independence Hall, the State house,
may b, piled up. let this still be at Carpenter's hall, and the art and ed-
taken to Philadol- ■ Galveston . .
New Orleans
Mobile . . .
Savannah . .
tlu-
Int
top. the
her t
filling
■>rv.
and
thn
ma
education."
crowning
took and
world in fe-
Tn 18.35 certain progressive and pa
triotic citizens of Macon determined
to build .i seminary for the education
of females. They heard that the
Georgia Methodist Conference had in
contemplation a similar project. A
citizens' committee consisting of
Rob:. A. Beall, Jerry Cowles. Robert
Collins and Henry G. Lamar, and a
remmlttee from the conference, com
posed of Bishop Andrews, Loviok
Pierce. I. A. Few. Wm. J. Parks.
Charles Hardy. William Arnold and
Benjamin Pope, conferred on the sub-
TV hat Is now Known as College
hose days called En-
and there five acres
by the Mayor and
college or some build-
ic character. Applic.i-
by the citizens to th»
II for a grant to
college. The Coun-
ucational building. Science hall is
wonderful in its treasures. I think
our children should be taught to rev
erence these earlv events in the his
tory of the grar.d country which was
won for them at such a great sacri
fice.”
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk . .
Tt-'nmo-.v .
New York .
Boston . .
Philadelphia
Jacksonville
!19i
. .11934
. .111%
. .11144
...111.35
. .111.35
-. 11.60
6941.
21191
109 33?r.39
2350(2*3997
409 2-052
31S 938*4
I 13157
.....I 72935
396! 3571$
■M50
Lumber.
(Corrected by Tvetchselbaum Sc Mack.)
WHISKEY—Rye, $1.19 to $3.50; corn
$1.10 to $1.30; gin. $1.10 to $1.75: North
Carolina corn. $1.10 to $1.60; Georgia
corn. $1.60.
WINE.—.75e. to $5: h!sh wines. $1.S0.
port and sherry. 75c. to $4: claret. $4 to
$10 a case; American champagne. $7.50 to
tomorrow.
Gandy. T
Cream mixed candy In palls. IOC,
Stick candy. In barrels. 6%c.
NOTICE TcTSUBSCRIBERS.
Examine label on your pa
per. It tells how you stand, on
the books. Due from date on
the label. Send in dues and
also renew for the year 1907.
News in Paragraphs
EATONTON, Ga., March 11.—'While
coupling cars in the Central yards, Tom
Brantley, a brakeman, was seriously
injured by being knocked down and
run over by a box car. B'oth legs were
badly mangled and a surgical operation
as necessary to relieve his sufferings.
_ is not thought at this ivriting that
his injuries will prove fatal.
AMERICUS. Ga.. March 10—The
Americus Light Infantry, Company
L. Fourth regiment, has just receiv
ed ten new enlistments and is now re
cruited up to the strength required.
The company will be officially in
spected on the 21st Inst., and Capt.
Van Riper confidently expects to
make a satisfactory showing. The
Light Infantry is one of the oldest
commands in South Georgia, as well
as one of the best.
MUKDEN, March 11—Japan Is
withdrawing all her troops from Man
churia, except 15,000 railway guards.
The foreign consuls are strongly pro
testing against the non-settlement of
the Likin question.
NEW YORK, March 11.—Prof. John
Krom Rees, who held the chair of
astronomy in Columbia University for
twenty-two years, and was director of
the observatory at that institution and
well-known in scientific circles gener
ally. died last night at Summit. N. J.
NEW YORK. March 11—Four per
sons were burned to death in Brooklyn
today, three In a tenement fire on
Bushwick avenue and a woman in her
home. One man was mortally injured
in the tenement fire.
NEW YORK, March 11.—Commander
Miss Booth, of the Salvation Army, as a
result of an analysis of the work accom
plished during the ten days of its exist
ence in this city, announced today that
the anti-suicide bureau of the army has
successfully passed the experimental
stage, and that it would now be added as
a permanent feature of the organization
in this country. Since its inception the
new departure, it was stated, had saved
many men and women from self-destruc
tion and proved of assistance to a large
number.
NEW YORK. March 11.—Foster L.
Backus, formerly district attorney of
Kings County, and a criminal lawyer
of note, died today. Mr. Backus had
been suffering from nervous break
down brought on by rheumatism.
AMERICAN WIT.
From the New York Sun.
William Shakespeare, who codified
our English-speaking, conversational
laws, made his admirably wise fool
Touchstone divide the more or less
pleasant custom of giving one’s adver
sary the lie into seven classes, ranging
from the Retort Courteous tio- the Lie
Direct. The field of politics is mori
prolific in famous instances of retort
than any other.
An illustration of the nimble and
causti" wit of Alexander H. Stephens,
of Georgia in a senatorial debate, oc
curred on the floor of the Senate in a
heated argument with Robert Toombs,
also of Georgia. Stephens, although
possessed 'of one of the most powerful
brains of his time, was lame and had a
wizened little body. Toombs *vas one * f
the largest men in tile Senate, nr.d was
of a blustering, spluttering type. He
had argued with Stephens until he was
hoarse, and became so exasperated that
he threatened to fight. However, con
sideration of the size of his opponent
deterred him. and. turning, he said: “I
won’t fight you, but I dould swallow
you whole.” Stephens quickly retorted:
“If you did you would have more brains
in. your stomach than you ever had in
your head.”
Gen. Charles H. Grosvenor is the
hero of a hundred wordy battles in
the House. He has a luxurious -sn'ow-
white beard and a caustic tongue. One
day, William D. Vandiver, now In
surance Commssioner of Missouri,
launched into a furious attack upon
“the gentleman from Ohio.” And Champ
Clark innocently inquired. “Which gen
tleman from Ohio.” The Missourian
shook his finger at Gen. Grosvenor and
replied: “I mean the gentleman from
Ohio who looks like Santa. Claus and
j talks like Satan.” Grosvenor. white
j with rage, shouted back. “But my plc-
I ture has never served as a warning on
I poison pots in pharmacies.” Vandiver
had such a thin face and benv frame
that he had been nicknamed “Skull and
Crosshones ”
The late Senator Ingalls, of Kansas,
was attacking Gen. McClellan and Gen.
SOLAN Ohio, March 10.—Richard Hancock, two Federal generals of the
Kennedv 'jr.. 20 vears old. struck his 1 Civil War. who were afterward Demo-
father todav with’a baseball bat, kill- i eratic candidates for the Presidency,
ing him instantly. His father and j Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky, arose
mother were quarreling and the son [and interrupted: "When Gen. Ge*;r
came to his mother's rescue, dealin;
his father the fatal blow. The boy
surrendered to the police.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.. March 10.—A
demand that publ'e service corporations
should pay their just share of the bur
dens of taxation in municipalities was
made by former Mayor J. M. Head
B. McClellan was leading the armies
of his country, and when Gen. Win
field Scott Hancock lay wounded by the
enemy’s bullets under the flag of his
country, the Senator from Kansas, in
the canacitv of judge advocate general,
was prosecuting noncombatant Jayhaw-
kers for robbing hen-roosts.”
In the old days Tom Marshall and
of Nashville. Tenn.. in ail address at | one Graves were rival candidates for
(Corrected by Maesee-Fetton turn Co)
Common framing at $16 to $20 per
thousand.
Sized framing at $27.59 to $22.50 per
thousand.
Storm sheathing at $16 po r thousand.
No 2 common flooring at $20.00 per
Woolsey Hall today as guest of Yale
University, and before the associated
civic societies. He spoke after the
general subject of “Civic Betterment.”
President Hadley, of Yale, presided.
j,
Hill was in
campment Hi
were reserved
Council for a
ing of a pub
tion was made bv
yv».yor and Coun
the five acres for i
cil
J.i!>
ffered
sell
it for $2,500. On
8. 1835. at a public meeting.
0 were promptly subscribed to-
the institution, and the reserve
obtained and tendered by tho
There is much discussion the=e days
in the newspapers and magazines, and
elsewhere about the frequency of rail
road accidents, and numerous are the
suggested preventives. If the system
which is said to prevail on the great
Siberian railway was in vogue in
America there would be fewer catas
trophes on the rail. It is stated that
on this road men are stationed at
certain short d'stanees. each furnished
with a green flag bv day and a green
lantern at night. By the waving of
these, the engineers are assured of a
clear and safe track, and confidently
flv over the steel rails with the speed
of the wind. They are never out of
sight of a waving flag or a swinging
light. Bishop Galloway, of the Meth
odist Church, one of the most eloquent
pulpit orators in this country, refer
ring. or. a certain oatriotie occasion,
to the “medest and monotonous, but
most momentous service" of those men
on the Siberian Railway, gTandly said:
Interior Movement.
30 per ‘nous-
flling at
Houston
Augusta
Mcmnhis
••••; 6o00'157903 j thousand.
:>n i: ! { No. common ceiling at SI
i 20*34 ! and.
34 j I No. 1 common flooring 1 nnd
nr r thousand.
“B" rrraui* square* edrre «rcather hoard-
— Ins -it 322.50 per thoMspnd.
Stck. [ No. 1 common weather boardlr# at S20
1 per thousand.
miss No. 2 pine shimdG
j and.
pine shlnsle
I/O
.111
3f.7SO | and.
S53S I No
cypress
lingics
at ?2.23 per tlious-
at $4.23 per thous-
00
per
LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL. March 11.—Spot cotton in
fair demand: prices 1 r.oint lower; Ameri
can micidiimr fair T.'M: good middling'
6.5S: middling 0.22; low middling 5.SO;
good ordinary 3.24: ordinerv 3.26. The
sales of the day were 10.000 balr-c. of
which 1.000 bale* were for sneeulation
nnd expor- and included 9. Son b rglos
American. Receipts were 16.000 bales, in
cluding 14.100 bales American.
Fut ;**es opened steadv nnd closed bare
ly stead'*: American middling G. O. C.:
March
A oril-Mav
May-June
June-July
July-August
August-September
5.7614
5.75H
5.7414
5.71%
Crackers.
soda
Rar
Bar
Bar
N. E. C. sod-is
Ginger snaps <N. B. C.)
Assorted cakes 10c.
Sugar cakes. 8c.
Winn-Johnson Co.)
Lc.
tex crackers. «%C
FITZGERALD. Ga. March 10.—Ar
thur Mobley was b^ld to the crimi
nal court under a $1,500 bond at tho
rrellminarv hearing before Justices
Paulk and Harvey. The case was
concluded at a late hour last night.
Mobley shot Bud Walsh last July, and
has been a fugitive from justice un
til a reward of $150 offered by Gov.
Terrell secured his arrest in Florida
some two weeks ago.
ATHENS. Ga.. March 10.—Athens will
maka a. determined effort to secure the
next annual session of the Geor;
day cehool convention. This convention
I holds Us meeting this year in Marietta. I
and at that meeting Athens will endeavor
to secure the decision as to the next |
place for the convention,
school workers in this city
resolutions to this effect, all the Sund
Schools are behind the mvement and all
interests ir. the citv. business, educational
I and otherwise will get rizht behind the
Sunday school people in this work.
Dry Goods—Wholesale.
SHEETINS—4-4, 5 to 6c-
DR’I-LINGS—7 to 7V*c.
TIC ICINGS—4% to 1S%C.
CHECKS—4 to 5%c.
BLKACHING3—I to 8c
PRINTS—»% to 5c.
WASHINGTON, March 11.—The
comptroller of the treasury, today de
cided that the State of Georgia is en
titled to $29,382. as pay for the serv
ices of the Georgia volunteers in the
war with Spain. The State authori
ties presented a bill for $62,824. nnd
were allowed $10,470. They appealed >o
Comptroller Tracewell, who decided
Congress in the Blue Grass region of
Kentucky. Marshall was an aristocrat.
Graves was the son of a cooper, and
he was always making an appeal to
the “peepul” by boasting of the hum
ble occupation of his father. Marshall
found It was hurting his chances, and
he decided to stop it by the Counter
check Quarrelsome. In reply to Graves
he said: “My opponent boasts of the
humble calling of his father. For
aught I know his father may have been
a g?od cooper, but it is easy to see that
he put a mighty poor head on this
whisky barrel,” clapping his hand on
Graves’ head.
Tonuo=-oe bred two great orators in
the olden days—Andrew Johnson, a
Democrat, once President of the United
States, and Gustavus A. Henry, a
~ IWhig. known as the “Eagle Orator of
the South." They ran aginst each
other for Governor, and when a long
_ series of joint debates had reached its
Tiie Sunday j o'ose Johnson addressed the Whigs in
passed the audience: “I have spoken with
the boasted eagle orator from the Mis
sissippi riven to the Unaka Mountains,
and as yet I see no flesh in his talons
nr .blood on his beak.” Quick as a
flash Henry was on his feet, saying:
‘ The American eagle is a proud bird,
and feeds not on carrion.”
Champ Clark, in a speech on civil
service reform, told a.story of a sharp
retort to an examination question pro
pounded by the civil service board. A
man applying for a position to run
an elevator was asked: “How many
troops did England send to the col- i
The story of the precocious youth,
which, like the Phoenix, alternately
dies and revives, is again enjoying a
brief existence in the newespapers,
says the Portland Oregonian. This timo
it tells of a New England baby who
can speak the classic tongues and
solve the problems in the calculus, to
say nothing of a facile acquaintance
with Herbert Spencer and Emanuel
Kant. To this gifted but apocryphal
youth Newton's “Principal” is but a
jest and Hegel’s philosophy the past
time of an idle hour. He lisps Plata
and goo-goOs the Vedas.
His earliest toy was a table of loga
rithms. When his mother takes him
to the bargain counter in a perambula
tor she give? him a copy of tiie Sans
krit grammar to keep him quiet Hi*
unparalleled intellectual feats recall
the accounts which abound in biog
raphy of others less amazing, but also,
one may guess, less imaginary.
Zenah Colburn, who was born in
Vermont in 1S94, is perhaps th. most
noted genuine prodigy who 1 ,s ever
appeared in America. At ike age of
six Zerah could multiply nine figures
by nine others in his head and recite
the correct answers instantly and so
rapidly that expert writers could
scarcely take it down.
Those who know how painful it is
to multiply one figure by another and
get the answer anywhere near right
can appreciate this accomplishment of
the infantile Zerah. but it was by no
means his greatest. He would come
downstairs in the morning ir. his night
gown, computing an eclipse on his
slate. He calculated a table of loga
rithms and evolved problems in his
head so complicated and difficult that
the most expert mathematicians would
give them up.
Zerah Colburn’s gift never actually
deserted him, but it gradually faded,
as it were, when he approached man
hood. and in spile of the wonderful
things he could do with figures as an
infant, he acoamplishe nothing worth
while in mathematics. He died at al
most the same dge as Byron, a pitiful
confirmation of the common belief that
precocity is the usher to death. Still,
the belief is sometimes, mistaken.
The poet Bryant. In some respects
the best of all the singers in our some
what inharmonious national choir,
could read the classics at 9 and ho
wrote “Thanatopsls” ten years later.
From almost every point of view
‘Thanatopsls” is a great poem. Tiie
thought is stately and profound, with
a deep religious import. The music of
the lines approaches the best in Mil-
ton. The conclusion is a grand burst
of the highest optimism. Bryant
never afterward equaled this preco
cious effort, though “The Melancholy
Days Are Come" is a pastoral lyric
which expresses the sweet sorrow of
autumn ns no other poem ever did.
Certainly Bryant’s precocity was no
premonition of early decay. He lived
to a gdod old age and kept his powers
unimpaired to the end. The poet Pope
wrote divine verses at 10 years of age
—at least as divine as he ever wrote
afterward. Perhaps the adjective
“divine” is a trifle out of place applied
to Pope, w’ho had little kinship with
celestial affairs and whose poetry is
more like college rhetoric and plaster
of paris birthday cake than anything
else.
Precocity is not confined to intellec
tual matters. Cecil, Lord Burleigh.
Queen Elizabeth's great counselor,
whose mind was deep enough to baffle
Philip of Spain and the inquisition,
was a father at fourteen. His exper
ience is altogether in favor of early
marriages, ond leads one to question
the wisdom of those statutes which
interpose obstacles in the path of
youthful love. It may plausibly be
surmised that such laws perceptibly
augment the sum total of evil in the
world ' and increase the difficulty of
solving some perplexed social ques
tions. At any rate his premature pa
renthood did Cecil no harm, and the
family which he first distlnciiished
has flourished and ruled in England,
to this day. and is likely to keep or v
ruling for’ a long time to come.
marriage is a good thing, why not’.,
encourage it?
Why not reward the young man
who desires to enter the holy estate
rather than burden him with fees
and legitl ceremonies? Why not help
him to establish a household rather
than hinder him by extorting a part
of his savings?
The most famous example of allv
round precocity is that of James
Crichton. a Scotchman, surnamed
’the admirable” on account of his
physical and intellectual perfections.
His skill in philosophy almost oquair-d
that of the Boston habv rvhose mythi
cal career now engages the newspa
pers’ attention nnd imperils the souls
of space writers. Without having to
study it he defeated all of the most
! profound professors of Europe in
; metaphysical debate, while in feats of
'arms ho had no rival.
| His death was characteristic. He
became tutor to a Mantuan prince in
! the course of his adventures, and his
! pupil, doubtless enraged at the con
stant spectacle of so much perfection,
’ attacked him one night with a band
I of comrades. Crichton put his assail-
| ants to rout, hut perceiving that one
of them was his pupil he loyally gavt
! up his sword.
This was adding insult to injury,
and the outraged youth plunged the
weapon into his preceptor’s heart. In
this world it does nf” pay to be eithe.r
* too good or too nearly perfect.
DENATURED ALCOHOL CHEAP.
From the Buffalo Commercial.
A good deal of curiosity has been felt
in the business and industrial world as to
the effect of the so-called Free Alcohol
law on the prices of wood alcohol and
of the first output of the denatured article
It is worth while noting, therefore, the
arrival in New York of the first large
consignment of denatured alcohol from
. the distilleries in Peoria and the mar
ket quotations.
This first shipment is a lot of 8,000 bar-
j rels. or 400.0000 gallons. The prices
i quoted are for single barrels. 37 cents a
! gallon, with a cash discount of 1 per
I cent.; in five-barrel lots. 36 cents a gal
lon, less 2% per cent., with a cash dii-
! r-ou'nt of 1 per cent. This would make the
I product cost about 31 cents a gallon free
on board at Peoria. Figuring that the
' barrel is worth $1. the actual cost of the
! alcohol would he 29 cents. As the opin-
! ion prevailed that the
1 aicohol would not fa
cents a gallon.
joods has occasioned
and commeug.
As th
price of the hew
":1 much beow 40
.ice list on these
no little surprise