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TUESDAY. MACH 12, 1907. THE TWICE-A-WEEK TEX/EGFRAPB 3 ’ In r.:- purchased daily new3- :IIknl editor, hi.- Influence the disponed < Tho firs P'- r * . uis Inter- | volume < f hod iPL 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