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, alone. 'nakh or "tiger claw, or yet according From the Wasnlngton Herald.
stvle of the negro tribe? of the Gov. Edwin Warfild, of Maryland, is
mpted by the Civil
consequent depression
fostering of charlta-
etc., the grand lodge
islv Involved flnan-
tifne the annual
away with,
biennially In order to
Ion from debt. This |
id In a few
William George Jordan, editor and to the _ w ._ -- — „ - ■
public!?:, i? the father of a new id-a White N.le. who used a ?piked ring the latest to be entered in the Presi-
:n American politics the establish- 'round the wrist for the same purpose. dential running. Some of the Demo-
rnent of a House of Governors. Mr. Mariner’s hero was more heroic in his ratio weeklies of his State are sound-
j.would have the head? of the method. His custom was to rush at , ing his praises and insisting that he
I various States meet at stated Inter- on<- of the enemy, seize him with one would make a winning race. In their
v M? to di- -us- divorce capital punish- gloved hand, throw him violently on advocacy of him. they point out that
roent corporation? and iru=ts Incur- |his face, steady his trunk with one first a farmer, he knows the condl-
L. C..'Child ab'.- d<-~ • .pa-l’e? ■r- f-ot. and • at Ur.g him .T-ur. l :he n- it t!->ts controlling agricultural life, pa?t
ar. i the vict ’ labor, prison reform! inheritance with both hands, bend his backward 1 and present: a teacher, knows the
lax and income tax. and he believes - until h e broke. ESJlP, 0 * f b e country schools, a county
j their recommendations to their Log:?-! This was his way with equals, but j official, gaining the knowledge of the
ar.?. a would result in uniform law* I with inferiors he merely took his vie- wants of the plain people: a State offi-
>f prosperity cams to the or- believes moreover that such a hod* I tlm across his kr.ee and bent him rial with the practical knowledge of
the annual sessions of the i ”j _ ‘ ’ _. q>ui> Hrhtu (backward like a stick until he snapped ! where State rights end and where
!-e were resumed. centralisation, secure a fuller, freer jfomewhere in the spine Ir» order to Federal influence should begin: a
An
_ . . - voice of the people,
er today is a .cere . socla- s t. ron g er nation,
dzed for the purpose of so-
■ourse and mutual assist- J
horlty says that a very
and make
SOME DEADLY WEAPONS.
* 8 °fi* n claimed for It | Ingenius Arms of Defense Designed
i writers maintaining that It I “ _ ... .,
rlgln from the “Dlonyslae
by Savages—How Wild Tribes
rnlty.” an association which was I Poison Spears and Arrows,
d in Asia Minor by the archie In such weapons as do not involv
and builders engaged In the |the use of explosives savage races
irueiion of temples and theaters have from ancient days been very in
when the Greeks migrated
rnm Attlea thither. The association
? supposed to have been In existence
n Tyre when Solomon undertook the
iu!!(!ing of the temple, and the story
fur . that the fraternity sent a band
•f workmen from Tyro to assist Solo-
r'or In Ihst work. Freemasonry, ac-
ordlng to this account Is said to have
>een originally organized by the lead-
•r of the band, who was a widow's
on: and In this way Is explained the
treat prominence which Is given to
Solomon’* temple In the ritual and
vmboJs of the order. The building of
h arches was the great work of the
I me?, and the masonic associations
\ er. held In high esteem because of
'ic importance of their services In
his work. They enjoyed the especial
ivnr and protection of the Pope, and
mils were Issued by which peculiar
•rivlleges were granted to them. They
\arc exempted from burdens Imposed
,i;>on other workmen and hence were
y sled "free” masons.
What is a Democrat?
Anm the Milwaukee Sentinel.
"What Is a Democrat?” queries the
\Vu York World. How long Is a piece
ff string?
k '-'r»m the Buffalo News.
T e New York World was making
.iomethlng like progress In Its Inquiry
Is to what constitutes a Democrat, but
he Jefferson dinners have thrown all
Sts fat Into the fire again.
•'rom the Toledo Blade.
The New York World’s query. "What
s i Democrat?” has received no satls-
'art- ry answer. Most people would
-nthcr guess on the number of beans In
1 Jar.
!Yom the Portland (Me.) Express.
I A lot of people are trying to answer
he New York World’s question. "What
• s a Democrat?" but none of them has
r sally given an atfswor yet.
T: 'Chester Democrat and -Chronicle.
The Xew York World keeps right on
>sklng "What is a Democrat?” Just as
hough it really hoped some day to find
omebody who could give the answer.
From the Knoxville Journal.
The New York World has asked
What la a Democrat?" but up to the
present none of Its able correspondents
answered Its feeling Interrogatory.
>m tho Denver Post.
Te hag leave to suggest that it would
a good idea to nsk President Roose-
t to settle this interesting and 1m-
tnnt miestlon, "What is Democ-
y?” No Democrat appears to be
* hie to determine It to the satisfaction
democrats generally. The New York
■World, which has ns good right ns any
be known as a Democratic newspa
per and which is positively opposed to
Roosevelt Ian regime, asks "What Is
a Democrat? 1 ' The confusion was om-
sized by the conflicting attitudes of
prominent so-called Democrats at Sat
urday's Jefferson day banquets.
'rom the Troy Press.
"What i? a Democrat?” asks the New
i’ork World The happy medium bo-
ween a Socialist and an Imperialist,
'rvo tile Tto -h---': TVs: - Express.
The New York World is being del-
igt 1 with answers to its question.
'What Is a Democrat?'’ That question
? easier to answer than "Why is a
democrat?"
■'ram the Charleston News and Courier.
"Wh.at Is a Democrat?" asks the New
fork W rid. A Democrat is a creature
hat once haunted WoKct's Roost,
mm the Minneapolis Journal.
The New York World has reopened
? puzzler department with the query,
What Is a Democrat?"
Prom the Wilmington Every Evening.
"What is a Democrat?" the New
fork World 'has long been ■ anxiously
M)hiring. ■ How Is this for a guess?
Vmocrat Is a voter who believes in
iard money, home rule and free trade,
nd does not believe In permitting any
ide Issues to crush out these cardinal
ncs.
'rein the Cleveland Leader.
What is a Democrat?" asks the New
'ork World. Can It be that David B.
till, of WnlfnrT's Roost, hns been for-
otten so soon?
ventlve. Ever since the time when
Samoese twin divinities split a great
rock in two for the giants of those
days the Samoans have been well
skilled in the art of making and using
heavy clubs. Long before bayonets
came Into general use In European
warfare the idea of a gun and spear In
one was elaborated In the form of the
Dyak's sumpltan, which we shall pres
ently describe. It is even possible that
before the sword was well developed
ns a weapon In England the Polynesian
savage had brought his shark's teeth
that the weapons of savagery are of
blades to perfection. Considering.thcn
no mean order, and compare well in
ingenuity with similar instruments of
offense and defense In the present day.
they may have a fan- claim to con
sideration.
Most remarkable and perhaps most
deadly of all savage weapons Is the
sumpltan of Borneo, mentioned above.
It is extraordinary that the Dyaks
barbarous and uncultured as they are,
should have anticipated the Idea of our
rifle and bayonet it is not known how
many centuries before the secret of
gunpowder was discovered. Their gun
Is a blow-pipe of hard, light wood,
some eight or ten feet in length and
about an inrh In diameter: and their
bayonef is a kind of broad, sharp-
edged and pointed spearhead. This Is
hound to the head of the blow-gun by
means of strong rattan or brass wire,
and It is so arranged that it does not
interfere with the flight of the darts.
This, at first glance, is a deadly
weapon at close quarters, in the hands
of a dashing warrior like the Dyak:
hut it is even more effective at a dis
tance. for the little arrows made from
the spicules of the sago palm are
tipped with the poison of the upas tree.
The arrows are so small that thev In
flict only a puncture like that of a pin.
but by virtue of' the poison, many a
| man has died five minutes after being
ihit. This fact. coupled with the.
marvelous delicacy of, construction and
consequent accuracy of the sumpltan
in the hands of the experienced Dyak
marksman makes it a most formida
ble weapon.
In the attack led by Johnson in 1859
against the Davks of the interior he
lost upward of 30 men under the fatal
Are of these weapons, and not one of
them showed any wound more danger
ous-looking than a mere pin prick of
the skin. The advantage that this
weapon has even over the rifle is that
in the dense foliage of Dyak marksman
may lie concealed and pick off his
enemy without betraying his where
abouts either by the sound of a report,
by flash or smoke. Altogether it re
quire? a very' Intrepid soldier to face
the silent and deadly sumpitan. War
fare by poisoned missiles is nowhere
so perfect as in 'Borneo, but various
savage races do what they can in the
art. The Fans use a small poisoned
arrow, which thev discharge with a
cross-bow. but, though the poison is
very deadly. It Is neither so carefully
made as the sumpitan arrow of the
Dyaks.
Indeed, is Is so blunt that it fre
quently hits without penetrating the
skin. The ?nvage tribes of Guiana also
use a poison known ns wousall on their
arrows, which are not only multibarbed
with the tail of the stinging ray. but
have cunningly detachable points. The
Maoris of Now Zealand, and many
Polynesian tribes having no poison
which they can use for the purpose
adopt the next best thing, and tip their
?oears and darts with hard wood from
the trunk of the ponga, or tree fern,
the beauty of this wood, from the sav
age warrior's point of view, being that
it is of a highly irritant nature, and sets
up festering In wounds very quickly*.
Next to blow guns, provided with
bayonets or otherwise, come those sav
age weapons which are designed to
pierce, saw. lacerate and inflict wound?
almost beyond healing. For these sav
age man is indebted to nature, who has
placed within the mouth of the shark
such' a set of formidable incisors that
the weapon-maker could scarcely fail
to notice and apply them in his art.
The two Jaws of a full-grown shark
p-.!;*;-. usually contain about 300 teeth. large
MrfSgllw*! » u T nnd sma ”- that the Pacific Islanders,
nf ?nJ' who can kill a shark whenever he hap-
i... V iTi'fiJ" * pons to want one. can find ample ma-
r ' ‘, h nrv?" '"Pi® terlal for swords and clubs of all sizes,
ext rear and til#' Pm -nda..t-hcarcr Ki nsrsm iii islander is particularly
“ 1n " a " d ,‘ h « ica " part - v apt at the manufacture of weapons
* '' ^*£ n< Lr, a . " n edged with shark?’ teeth,
ttmnprntl- '*' 7. ***7 the He is not content with the some-
, th Tvni-o linns, v.',. ' leader what blunt and heavy ideas of many*
taloritv ' ' n ha ndsome Polynesian peoples, who swing great
-e° h, °' Ta hlo£ ‘fl/LTf keen
-ns one of the nartv of'fifty Congress- ! pl( 'E,'![ C of ,nfl, . ctta * pain fl on the . foe -
I S? death-dealing* 53& "T Ms
Chautauqua circuit as a lecturer - ' vw * p ?? : ind Tl: one , ml ~ ht f .«*£)-
hi? summer • ■ er a thousand fine points, for It is his
Adi.it E. Stevenson, one of the two ! custom to serrate the cutting edges of
ving Vice-Presidents of the United ! » words ' maces and s P ears with rows
fates, puts in the most of his time °i n ’" rd «rous sharks teeth, each one
raveling about the country visiting of ''' n!ch , is so sharp as *»»*»*» ‘ hp
el.1t vos whos ! s icMon par- wea P° n dangerous even to handle for
Irulnrlv in the South He stavs but the rurposes of examination. It ap-
ttle it hi? comfortable but unpreten- pears ,hat sorne of the s ^ orda th t
oh? home in B!' mlngton III Klngsmlll Islanders are quite works of
Daniel a. Campbell 'w'io hi? been -' r ' " f '' •>”'* H ' v - J <’■ ' V v " :
ppoint.-d postmaster of Chicago re- c,ves a description having no less
ng Mr. Bussc. recently e'ectod than four blades on one handle—one
w. is a State Senntor and a prom- ■ central blade nnd three auxiliary. On
• lawver of TMinoi? He Is known I ’’ a ch blade there arc four distinct rows
s "the silent man." and leadership : sharlw' teeth, making In nil over
the State Senate of 'ate years has *00 formidable sharp points carefully
icon absolute. ' , graduated in regard to size. The
The friettd? of Senator Fora her are 1 smiting and sawing power of these
».«ponstblo f r the statement that the 1 fourfold swords was so great that they
aft program In Ohio Includes the wip-
protect themselves against the cutting United States official with the prae-
power of those gauntlets the Samoans ] tical knowledge of the customs house
provided themselves with a broad belt service controlling Imports and ex-
of plaited cords flrmly fastened to- • ports: a Governor whose administra-
gether with twisted cocoanut fiber, j tlon has been fair and just: a finan-
Thls reached from the armpit to the ‘ cier. not only having been eminently
hip and completely covered the left • successful in handling large financial
aide of the body, that side being the : concerns with invests in every State
most open to tho enemy. Through this in the Union, but with especially large
plaited armor, the shark’s teeth could
not penetrate. However, the arms and
legs were still open to attack, and It
seems that because of the fact the art
of armor making made great strides in
Samoa to Judge by some complete
suits of cocoanut fiber armor still ex
tant, which appear as tough and im
penetrable as the famous leather suit
of George Fox.
Kink Charles’ Visit to Brazil.
King Charles of Portugal, when he
visits Brazil next year, will leave Lis
bon on the first ship of the new Por
tuguese Line to Brazil, which on that
occasion, will make her maiden voy
age.
As a result of the treaty between
France and Spain providing for the
partition of Portugal, and the invasion
of the latter country by a French army
under Marshal Junot, the royal family
of Portugal fled to 'Brazil on November
29, 1809. and in 1815 the colony of Bra
zil. as It had been termed, was declared
a kingdom. The Portuguese court re
turned to Europe in 1821, after the
death of Napoleon I., and a national
congress assembled at Rio de Janeiro
the following year, when, on Slay 13,
Dom Pedro, eldest son of King Joao VI
of Portugal, was chosen “Perpetual De
fender" of Brazil. Dom Pedro pro
claimed the independence of Brazil on
September 7, 1822. and was chosen
Constitutional Emperor and Perpetual
Defender” on October 12 of the same
year. He abdicated the crown in 1831
in favor of his only son. Dom Pedro II.
who reigned as Emperor until Novem
ber 15, 1889, when a revolution broke
out. the Emperor was dethroned, and he
and his family were exiled, and Brazil
was declared a republic under the title
of the United States of Brazil. The
ex-Emperor. Pedro II.. died In Paris
on December 5. 1891. There is a mon
archist party In Braz'l. The offices of
monarchist newspaper at Rio de
Janeiro were destroyed by a mob on
March 8. 1897, and the proprietor of the
paper. Senator Gentil Castro, was as
sassinated.
THE VICE-PRESIDENCY
No Longer Regarded as a Refuge on
The Road to Oblivion.
From Leslie’s Weekly.
Under the theory of a dozen or two
dozen years ago the vice presidency
was. for the ambitious statesman, the
last refuge on the road to oblivion.
The incumbent of that office shows
that this conception is essentially
wrong. Charles W. Fairbanks, as Vice
President, has been so successful and
has made himself so popular that ho
has not only strengthened himself,
but has aided his party.
When held by the right sort of man
like Mr. Fairbanks, the vice presidency
is a great office. In the even divisions
in the Senate consisting of the mem
bers of only thirteen States, Vice-
President John Adams gave the cast
ing vote which put twenty-two meas
ures, most of them of very great im
portance, upon the statute book. Cal
houn. while Vice-President, gave Sen
ator Hayne of his State the points by
which he figured in that memorable
debate with Webster, which was the
prelude to nullification. Van Buren's
tact, and urbanity in the second office
aided powerfully in winning for him
the first office. Breckinridge, who
held the second place on the Bucha
nan ticket, made such a popular offi
cial that the Southern end of his par
ty put him at the head of its ticket
in the Douglas split of 1S60. If Ham
lin had been renominated for Vice-
President in 1864, as many Republi
cans at that time believed he ought to
have been, and as the whole country a
ear later wished he had been, the
fight between President and Congress
in 1865-68 when Lincoln’s death sent
Andrew Johnson to the Presidency,
would have been averted and the
country would have been spared
humiliating scandal.
By his service of eight years in that
body as a Senator. Mr. Fairbanks be
came acquainted with nearly all its
members, and got a very valuable
knwoledge of its atmosphere and its
traditions. Thus he was particularly
well equipped for the position of its
presiding officer, which he gained in
the election of 1904. He is as skillful
a parliamentarian as was Colfax, who
went to the second office in Grant's
first term, and he has won a popular-
Ily among his associates and among
the leaders of his party In and out of
Congress equaling that which Hobart
acquired in the first term of McKin
ley. Mr. Fairbanks' experience in
the past two years shows the great
possibilities for an able, tactful and
ambitious statesman which the Vice-
Presidency offers. It is not remarka
ble that at two recent notable public
demonstrations, one in Baltimore and
the other in Chicago. Mr. Fairbanks
was acclaimed as the next President.
P
ng out of
nizst’on
on of
sentntive N'ch' las
ucceed Mr F'rakcr !r
te. and Ttopresentnti
i succeed Senator D!
Theod.-re S. Wilke-?
ew Orleans, an 1 nr<
Republican or-
c. and the elec-
lon-in-law. Rep-
Longworth. to
rltt
the
ed
ians. ha? prnet!
indldnc' - for the
oui'Iana on the I
said to be the
onstruction d'v?
resented h'rrse'f
State for first
Oners n Louisii:
The mayoralty r
ecorah. Iona i?
ara'.lel anvwheno
F Dabney ha?
iv'r far the sixth cense.'
nd each time that he h >? rt
ffice his opponent hns b en i
•ard. in o!d schoolmi'e. 1
q cor.to?T between the two
eon execiMinclv ■ lose.
W. H. Haskell, of Musk a
homos Dovlo. of P rrv tr
and'dates for tho Dem.errTj
for Governor of Oki.F
ow engage'! in a series of
ate.? Lee Cruce. of An!— r
omirent asmr.ant for th? m
Burton
tdentl-
r Lou-
shlp of
tet. It
re Re-
pec
k
never used for thrusting and
from this fact were hare of teeth for
several inches toward the point.
Rut these warlike savages had an
other weapon which could inflict the
most terrible thrust wounds, and that
was the shark’s tooth spear. This is
made of light wood. : s from 12 to 15
feet in length and is furnished with
serrated teeth for nearly 10 feet from
the point. To make It still mono
formidable there are side fins or small
auxiliary blades sticking out at Inter
vals of two or three feet: these also
are bristling with teeth. All these
weapons—swords, spears and mace?—
are used principally with a sawing
n political j motion which especially when
combatant? are almps: naked, is
efficaci' us and yet It i
In what a skillful way the
Islander will defend hlm-
combat with these murderous
fme I things: indeed, he frequently comes
the ■ ft without a scratch. In Samoa a>o
ad- j the shark's tooth is utilized in war-
line fare.
has Mariner in his “Voyages of the Pa
cific." makes mention of a pair of
mi | gauntlet? made of cocoanut fiber and
'he furnished on the palmar side with the
r.a- ' shark's teeth set edgewise. He tells
ere a remarkable tale of a chief of giant
de- proportion? who always fought with
her these terrible gauntlets; but. he de
tained to rip open the bodies of the
Disease of Glass Vessels.
From the London Globe.
The authorities of the Royal Mu
seum at Dresden have discovered a
glass vase in one of their showcases,
dating from the eighteenth century,
which shows every sign of suffering
from a wasting disease and not only
is it wasting away, but the authori
ties declare it has infected the other
glass vessels In Its immediate neigh
borhood. The vase has been carefully
examined by experts, and various
medicines, externally applied, have
beer, prescribed to stay the progress
of the malady, but all to no purpose.
Uses Of the Polecat.
Don't abuse the skunk. According to
an official bulletin on the “grasshopper
nrohlem." prepared by F. M. Webster and
Issued by the Agricultural Department,
the very highest praise should be given
this much shunned animal. Mr. Meb-
stcr does not contend that the skunk
* * taken into the bosom of the
interests in New York: “in the prime
of life, with a very attractive person
ality, courteous but forcible.”
It is recalled that when Governor
Warfield, seated upon a rearing char
ger, led the Maryland contingent in
the Roosevelt inauguration parade, he
was more generally and more loudly
applauded than any other State exec
utive in the glittering pageant. He
looked so much like the late General
Fltzhugh Lee that many of the ap-
plauders thought that they were com
plimenting the Virginian.
This is English; What Does it Mean?
From the London Times.
That concluded the case for the
plaintiff.
Mr. Levett then stated the case for
Mrs. Jalland from a legal point of
view. This was a life estate with a
condition subsequent and if the condi
tion could not be fulfilled the gift was
good. She could not become a widow,
therefore the gift remained. In Shep
pard's Touchstone, vol. 1. p. 122, there
was a definition of a condition which
covered this case. Here there was a
true condition subsequent. In Feafne’s
Contingent Remainders, vol. 2, p. 4. a
mixed condition subsequent was de
fined. In the same volume, at page
3S4, there was a passage which took
him all the way home. It was this:
“If the condition is subsequent, as tho
estate to which it is annexed cannot
be defeated by it, such estate is abso
lute in the first instance or afterwards
becomes so. If the void condition is a
mixed condition, the preceding estate
intended to be annihilated by it is ab
solute in the first instance or after
wards becomes so: and the estate to
arise or to be accelerated on the ful
filment of the condition cannot arise
or be accelerated."
The hearing was adjourned
Monday.
COITOI WHS ACM;
PRICES RULED FIM
LIVERPOOL spots closed 6.40
NEW YORK spots closed 11.30
NEW ORLEANS spots closed 11 Fa
THE LOCAL COTTON MARKET.
The local cotton market yesterday
was dull and unchanged at the following
quotations:
Range of Prices.
Good Middling 11«4
Strict Middling KFs
Middling 10H
Spot Cotton Movement.
Recta. Ship. Sates.
April 20, 1907 27 74 74
April 22. 1907
April 23. 1907
April 24, 1907 ,..
April 23, 1907
Stock on Hand.
Sept. 1. 19-Jt'. 2.574
April 25, 1907 846
till
NEW VORK.
NEW YORK. April 25.—The cotton
market was more actiev today with busi
ness better distributed than for some
weeks past, and prices ruled generally
steady to firm. Sales for the day were
estimated at 225,000 bales, and the close
was steady at a net advance of Sal points.
The opening was steady at an advance
of la4 points in response to higher cables
and big English spot sales. At first there
was some llttile hesitation and irregular
ity on account of tho favorable showing
of the weather map so far as the day'
conditions were concerned, but the out
look was for colder weather in the
Southwest, receipts ran light, bullish
week-end figures wore expected, the big
bulls were supporting the near months
which were also in demand from shorts,
and the - market gradually rallied, with an
advance accelerated around midday by
fresh batches of bullish new crop reports
from the South.
During the afternoon prices sold up
to n net advance of 6a9 points on the
active months, making a new high record
on all positions for the current bull
movement, but there was enough realizing
and bear pressure to ease the market
off a few points toward the close. Ex
ports for tho day were some six times
the port receipts. but«benrs are predict
ing a slightly heavier movement wrath
er permitting between now and the end
of tho month. Southern spot markets
were unchanged to . He. higher.
Receipts or cotton at the ports todav
were 7.985 bales 'against 12.192 bales last
week and 7.425 bales last year. For tho
week (estimated) 75.000 bales against
83.195 bales last week and 84.S44 bales last
year.
Today’s receipts at New Orleans were
3.120 bales against. 1.4-15 bales last year,
and at Houston 1,018 bales against 1.118
bales last year.
Spot Cotton and Futures.
NEW YORK, April 23.—Spot cotton
closed steady; middling uplands 11.30
Middling Gulf 11.55; sales 200 bales.
Pensioning Teachers.
From tho Boston Transcript.
The movement for the pensioning of
public school teachers is not confined
to this city or this State. In New
York city this practice is already in
force and in Chicago it soon will be.
In Connecticut there is a bill before
the General Assembly that applies to
the whole State. This bill provides
that every teacher who has already
taught three years must be enrolled
within one year after the passage of
the act in order to be eligible. Any
teacher beginning’"service within one
year after the passage of the act must
be enrolled as a participant under tho
fund before receiving any part of the
designated salary and shall contribute
one per cent of the class amount of
that salary annually.
Participants arc to be enrolled in
classes from the $400 to the $1,600
class, and every teacher on the roll
must pay annually to the State Treas
urer an amount equal to 1 per cent of
the amount of the class in which he
or she is enrolled. This payment in
creases by a half’ per "cent every five
years, to 3 per cent after twenty years
of service, but “no teacher shall re
ceive a pension from the fund until
Ije has paid an amount equal to 1 per
cent of his class amount for thirty
years."
A11 teachers included in the provis
ions of the act, who shall have reach- |
ed the age of sixty years and have j Boston
taught thirty years, the last fifteen at
least in the public schools, shall be
entitled to retirement on application
to the trustees of the fund, and re
ceive an annuity corresponding to
their class. That annuity, however,
appears to be an indefinite quantity.
It is to be “such as the funds will al
low," that to be determined by the
board of trustees.
Futures closed steady at tho foliowing
quotations.
January ....
Open.
High.
Low.
Clos.
...10.2S
10.35
10.29
10.32
February ...
. . .
—
.
10.37
March
...10.42
10.41
10.41
10.45
April
...
9.S3
9.85
9.S3
May
... 9.89
9.93
9.S6
9.8S
June
9.85
July
... 9.8S
9.95
9.88
9.91
August ....
... 9.SS
9.91
ir.s?
9.S7
September ..
... 9.S9
9.93
9.89
9.S9
October .....
...10.09
10.12
10.07
10.09
November ..
. . • —
10.12
December ..
...10.14
10.20
10.14
10.12
Movement at
the Ports.
Receipts and Exports. Today. Week.
Consolidated net receipts.. 7,985 58.035
Exports to Great Britain.. 13.0S3 52
Exports to France 12.213 20
Exports to continent 17.319 51
Exports to Japan 1,108 1
Stock on hand all ports....612.642 —
Since September 1. 1906—
Consolidated receipts 9.3T2T3I8
Exports to Great Britain 3,443.153
Exports to France. 838 784
Exports to continent ....3.094.174
Exports to Japan 21S.S27
Price, Net Receipts, Sales. Stocks.
Dry Goods—Wholesale.
SHEETINS—4-4. 6 to 6c.
DRTLT.TNOS—7 to 7He.
TICKINGS—4U to ISHc.
CHECKS—4 to
BLEACHIXGS—4 to 8c
PRTNTS—4>; to 5c.
Government bonds steady: raiii
bonds heavy.
Hardware—Wholesale.
The Ports.; | Prlce.|Rects.lSaIes.| Stck.
Galveston . . .111%
1644
1001149329
New Orleans .111%
3120
13001138389
Mobile . . . .710%
278
150
204S0
Savannah . . .110%
1133
100
65910
Charleston . .110%
■Wilmington . .|10%
Norfolk D%
19
9032
474
1057
25124
Baltimore . . .111%
New York .....'11.30
10601
200
165S39
Boston . . . .111.30
75
Philadelnhia ...111.55
SO
3191
San Francisco.
110.3
Brunswick . . .|
, 2801
Interior Movement.
1 Prlce.'Rcets.iSales.l Stck.
Houston . . .
11%
10181 17571 42952
Augusta . . .
11%
7611 1521 2637S
Memphis . j .
10%
950| 22501141126
St. Louis
10%
! 53601 39439
Cincinnati ....
4601 10586
Louisville . . .
11
LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL. April 25.—Good business
done in spot cotton: prices 5 points high
er: American middling fair 7.48; good
middling 6.95: middling 6.40; low mid
dling 6.01; good ordinary 5.40; ordinarv
6.02. The sales of the day were 12.000
bales, of which 1.000 bales were for spec
ulation nnd export, and included 11,500
bales American. Receipts were 26.000
bales, including 23.10' bales American.
Futures opened steady and closed
steady; American middling G. O. C.:
(Corrected hv Danina Harware Co.)
WELT, BUCKETS—$4 per rtoz . . ,,
P.OPE—Manila. 1484c : Seel. 11c.; cot- | R^yijune .\\\.\V..V.V.V.V.V.V~:: Ff
April
Anrii-May
ice BUr
WIRE—Barb. 2'Je. per lb.
PLOW STOCKS--Harman. 90c.: Fergu
son. soe.
■pijis—Painted. $2.80; cedar. S3.00.
POWDER—$4.50; half kegs. $2.75; 4J
kegs. SI.50: Dupont and Hazard smoke-
'e?s. half kegs. $11.33: H kegs. $5.75;
i-ib canisters. $1. !ess»25 nx cent.; Trols-
ssn-olcelef.? powder. 1-Ib. cans. $1.
SHOVELS—*0 in *11 per doz.
CARDS—Cntton. $4.50 per doz.
rar nrU TIT . 1 EiP"^ Hr* n«*r Ih
SLOW BLADES. 5e. per lb.
IRON—25ic. lb. base: Swede, 4$Jc.
pound.
AXES—$6.50 dozen, base.
LEAD--Bar "84c. pound.
NAIT.S.—Wire. $2-.60 keg, base: cut,
■‘sit V«cr. base.
SHOES—Horse._S_4.25 to $1.75 keg; mule
shoes. $1.2a to $1.*d.
BUCKETS—Ps'-ir. 81 70 doz.; white ce
dar. three hoops. $4.25 dozen.
CHAINS -Trace. S» to $6 dnz.
GUN POWDER—Per peg. Austin crack
$4.50.
SHOT—S2.2o sack.
Railroad Bonds.
Close.
6.96
5.90
90
.Tune-July 5.S4
July-August 5.8084
August-September 5.74 ”
Septembcr-Oetober 5.6S84
October-November 5.65
November-December 5.R4
December-January 5.64
January-Februnry 5.64
February-March 5.63
Central of Ga. 1st irort. 5 per
cent.. 1935 115 116
Central of Ga. collateral trust
5 per cent. 1227 103 106
Central of Ca. consolidated.
1943 107% 108%
Central Ga. 1st Income. 1945.. 84 85
Central Ga. 2d Income. 1945.. 73 74
Central Ga. 3d income. 1945.. 61 62
Central of Ga. Macon & North
ern. 19*6 105 106
Central of Ga. Middle Ga. *
Atlantic. 1947 106 107
Southern R. R.. 5 nc.. 1994....110 111
Gn. R. R- *• Banking Co.. 5
per cent. 1022 105 106
a. R. R. .8- Ranking Co.. 6
per cent. -1910 102
Ga. Soil .8: Fla. 5 ar.. 1915....10S
NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS. April 25.—Spot cotton
closed firm at nn advance over yester
day of Tic. on all grades: middling 1114.
Sales were 850 bales on the spot and 300
bales to arrive.
Futures opened easy at an advance of
from 3 to 8 points over the elo?c of yes
terday. Considerable buying followed'the
] opening and was continued on official
prediction for rain and colder weather
in Texas nnd the strone soot rltmi'd
in Liverpool. Prices were further ad
vanced by reports of general crop dam
age in Louisiana. The close was steady
prices ranging from 6 to 11 points above
the clnso yesterday.
Cotton futures closed steady at the fol
lowing Quotations:
January, bid 10.4?
April, asked 10.76
May. bid 10.76
June, bid 10.74
July, bid lo.si
August, bid 10.52
September, bid lo!46
October, bid 10.42
November, bid 10.42
December, bid 10 4-’
SMS UIABE FEEBLE
RESPONSE TO BS
NEW YORK. April 23.—The stock mar
ket made but feeble response today to
any new developments, the determined
abstention of operators on any important
scale alone marking the state of specula
tive sentiment.
That remained vaguely formed, and hes
itating in the highest degree. An Import
ant factor In making this condition is the
unsatisfactory news from the wheat crop.
Present conditions in the winter wheat
belt are generally recognized as unsat
isfactory and the news from day to day
is watched for developments which may
change that condition. No such news
was received today, and the evidence of
strength in the wheat market was a bur
den on the stock market.
The reduction in the Bank of England
discount rate was of no effect, probably
because it had been foreseen with prac
tical certainty. The announcement was
made during the dav of the coming dis
solution on May 1. of the syndicate which
underwrote $35,000,900 of Lake Shore be-
benture bonds In February. 1906. These
bonds have been quoted well below the
underwriting price and receded sharply
today on the understanding that the larg
est part of the issue had bren unmarketed
and will be distributed to syndicate mem
bers. The incident served as an unpleas
ant reminder that much remained to be
accomplished towards the absorption of
congestion in the bond market.
Some special significance was attached
to the notable weakness of the Chicago
Great Western issues, which was attrib
uted to the critical report on its capital
ization by the Minnesota Legislative com
mittee. Some anxiety Was expressed lest
the Minnesota example should be used as
a precedent in other cases. The day's net
changes are trivial, almost without excep
tion.
Bonds were heavy. Total sales, par
value. $1,527,000. United States bonds
were unchanged on call.
The total sales of stocks today wej
460.000 shares.
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK. April 23.—Money on call
easy at l%a2 per cent: ruling rate 2 per
cent; closing bid 2 per cent; offered at
2 per cent. Time loans easier, and very
dull: 60 days 3% per cent: 90 flays 4u per
cent; six months 4% per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 5%a6 per cent.
Sterling exchange easier, with actual
business in bankers' bills at 4.S605aS611
for demand and at 4.8335a8340 for 60-day
bills. Posted rates 4.83%aS4 and 4.86%
to 4.87. Commercial bills 4.82%.
Bar silver 65%; Mexican dollars 50%.
Lumtier.
(Corrected by Maasee-Felton turn. CVx>
Common framing at $16 to $20 pet
thousand.
Sized framkrg at $87.50 to $22.50 per
thousand.
Storm sheathing at S16 per thousand.
No. 2 eommuo flooring at $20.00 pcs
thousand.
No. common celling at $17.50 per thous
and.
No. 1 common flooring celling at
$22.30 per thousand.
“B" grade square edge weather Board
ing at 322.50 per thousand.
No. 1 common weather hoarding at 3*9
per thousand.
No. 2 pine sblr.glcs at $2.25 per tlioua*
and.
No. 1 pine shingles at $4.25 per thous
and.
No. 1 cypress shingles at $5.00 pel
thouar.d.
City Bonds.
Macon 6 pc., 1910 106
Macon 5 pc.. 192$... 112
Macon 4%. 1926 106
Macon 4. 1910 to 1934 101
On a S.So per cent, basis.
Savannah 5 pc., 1909 100
Savannah S pc.. 1913 105
Augusta 3%. 4. 4Vi. 3 & 6 pc.. 98
Price as rate of interest and maturity.
Atlanta 4. 4's. 4 * 6 pc 102 115
Price as rate of interest and maturity.
Columbus S pc.. 1909 103 404
103%*
101
106
113
State of Georgia Bonds.
Ga. 4%. 1922 117 IIS
Ga 4%, 1915 110 111%
Ga. 4. 1926 114 115
Ga. 3%. 192S to 1933 107 10S
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
CHICAGO. April 25—An official forecast
of snow in Kansas, followed by a partial
fulfillment of the prediction was the
predominant influence in the wheat mar
ket today. July closed with a loss of
M.i'«c.
Corn closed with a gain of %c.. and
oats were %c higher.
Provisions on the close showed but
little change.
Wheat—
Open.
High.
Low.
Close
May .
78%
79%
78%
78%
July .
81%
81%
81 % ,
81%
Sept. .
83
83%
83%
83%
^ Dec. .
85
85%
84% '
S4%
Corn
May . .
July . .
Sept. . .
Oats—
May . .
July . .
Sept. . .
Mess Pork—
May . .15.60
July
Lard
487',
49%
49%
43%
41%
35%
49%
50%
44%
41%
35%
48%
49%
49%
43%
41%
35%
491.
49%
50
44%
41%
35%
15.62V* 15.57% 15.60
.15.87% 15.8?% 15.82% 15.85
May .
. 8.55
8.57%
8.55
8.57%
July .
. 8.70
8.70
8.67%
8.70
Rent. .
. 8.80
S.82%
S.SO
8.82%
Short Ribs
May .
Ts.so
S.50
8:47%
8.50
July .
. 8.65
8.67%
8.62^4
S.6 r »
Sept. .
. 8.75
8.77%
8.72%
8-77%
DRY GOODS MARKET.
NET* YORK. April ’ 25.—The dry goods
market was steady and generally firm to
day. Sales of some wide cloths of print
cloth yarn construction were made at
%e. a yard decline and contracts for late
delivery are selling at concessions of 1c.
a yard from spot sprices for the same
goods. In the Jobbing houses an active
trade Is being done in cotton goods, prin
cipally wash goods for quick delivery.
Raw silk is very firm and it is reported
in this market that the spot supplies are
exhausted. Duplicates of men’s wear
lines are coming forward slowly. The
local retail trade for the day was better
than it has been for some time past, due
to the improved weather conditions.
COTTON SEED OIL.
NEW YORK. April 23.—Cotton seed oil
was quiet for spot, but firmer for futures
following the advance -in cotton.. Prime
crude in barrels f.o.b. mills 36a37; prime
summer yellow 46; off summer yellow
32a33; good off summer wellow 41%a43'%;
prime summer white 52a53; prime winter
yellow 51a52.
NAVAL STORES.
WILMINGTON. April 25.—Spirits tur
pentine. nothing doing; receipts 5 casks.
Rosin, nothing doing; receipt? 68. Tar
firm at $2.30: receipts 169. Crude tur
pentine firm at $3.50, $4.90 and $5.25; re
ceipts 5 barrels.
CHARLESTON. April 25.—Turpentin
and rosin, nothing doing.
SAVANNAH. Ga.. April 25—-Turpentine
firm at 65%; sales 571; receipts 630: ship
ments 310. Rosin firm; sales 1.587: re
ceipts- 1.186: shipments 200; stock 21.668.
Quote: A. B. C. $4.35: D. $4.45; E. $4.50:
F. $4.60: G. $4.65: H. $4.80: I. So.00: K.
$5.35: M. $5.45; N. $3.50; W. G.. $5.55;
■“ W., $5.60.
made on
..$1.30
.. 1.23
.. 1.20
.. 1.20
.. 1.25
.. 1.30
.. 63
.. 1.35
.. 1.23
1.25
1.13
1.10
unfly. but he maintains that they are ~_• « *u. 5 pc.. 1945 105
rrv fond of grasshoppers and arc deemed c$ P abcnrd I “
r -
'Tvn of
as-
by the Bureau of Biol- vleal Survey as
nio?t useful of animal?. While they are
not recommended far flat dwellers nor a?
a dr'i-abi? acquisition to the average
household Mr. Webster says they deserve
| protection, rather than destruction bv
the farmer, so save your skunks.
intr'
Kingsmill
self in a
ach
lined to enter the joint debates on iantagonists either after the fashion of
A MOUNTAIN VIG'L.
Homer E Woodbridge. in McClure's.
Tho birds are in the tree-tops.
The firelight falls to gray,
in/) the tents glenm white
in' tl e pale starlight
As I wait fo r thee and the day.
Thou wilt come with the flush
of tho morninc.
Tho woods shall stir and wake.
Ar. 1 -ho day-: tr rl? to green thine eye;
And the thrush h<*r silence break.
O. dark are *he hills.
Thev arc dreaming
And the tall pin- - -<
do'-p.
None watch but the
of dawn nnd. t‘-<
eep in the still
stars and me.
Fenbo.ird R- R.. 4 pe.. 1930.... 73
Seaboard R. R.. 5 pc.. 1911.... 97
Southwestern R. R. stock 113
Augusta & Savnr’-.oh stock..113
Crutral Ga. 75 R- ?to~k......1.254 :
Atlanta .8- West Point 160 ;
Atlanta & V\--t Point deben..l0S 1
Ga. Sou. & Fin., com 39
n a . Sou & FD. 1st nref...- 97
Ga. Ron. 8: FI?.. 3d pref 72
South rn R. R- pref 64
Southern Ry.. com 20
Local Stocks and Bonds.
Macon Gas & Water Consuls.. 93
Macon Gas i Water 1st pref.
10.)
109
107
70
Macon Gas & Water 2d pref.
Wesleyan Female College
bonds. * and 7 p“r cent., price
*twi-g to percentage and ma
turity 103
M icon P.y. & Light, 3 pc 93
Macon P.y. -t Light, pref 97
Macon P.y. & Light, com 45
Hubbard Bros. &. Co.’s Cotton Letter.
NEW YORK. April 25.—The cntton
market has again shown considerable
local activity with constant buying of
May and selling of July deliveries at
about a parity. The future of May prices
being an unknown quantity . the dlsno?!-
tlon to liquidate creaf°s the business
which is confined to the trade Intcr-’st.
Dursid.-rs deeljre *o rnt.--r r'-r-
Generally the tendency is bullish, weather
condition? are not quieting. Cold weather
in the Panhandle section of Texs? 13
not reassuring and for the tlra= prle-s
have an upward trend. But the public
falls to Interest itself in the course of
prices, trading being almost entirely pro
fessional and clrcumscrib-d the necessity
for replanting in some section.? overshad
ows the largely increaged acreage.
Crackers.
(Corrected br TVinn-Johnson Co.)
T3aroTia .«odn*. 5c.
■Rarona nicnaca. 7Uc.
Barona cyster crackers. 64£c.
N. 13. C. sodas. ?c.
Glnrrer snaps CS. B. C.i 7o.
Assorted cakes. 10c.
Sugar cakes. 8c.
Candy.
Cream mixed candy In palls, 10a.
Stick candy. In barr.ls, 6%c.
Grain, Provisions. Groceries.
These prices are at wholesale and not
(Corrected by S. R. Jaausa & Tinsiey Co.)
to consumers:
CORN—Sacked white '. 70
Sacked mixed 63
Ear corn 70
Car lots, either sacked or bulk,
made on application.
ATS—White clipped 60
No. 2 white 59
No. 3 white 58
Special quotations
car lots-
HAY—Choice timothy
No. 1 timothy
No. 2 timothy
No. 1 clover
Timothy and clover hixed.
Alfalfa hay
Bedding straw
BRAN—Pure wheat
Mixed bran
Jersey stoek feed
Reliable feed
Standard feed
FLOUR—Private’Stoek. fancy past.. 5.25
Royal Owl, test pat 4.30
Top Notch, first patent 4.20
New Constitution. % patent. 3.60
Orange Blossom, straight.... 3.50
MEAT.,—Water ground Juliette 68
Other brands 67
MEATS—Dry salt ribs : 9%
Extra half ribs 9%
is.eft-lb. D. S. bellies 103>.
Bulk plates 8%
Smoked meat? a;r. over nbev*
HAMS—Fancy sugar cured 16
Standard sugar cured 15%
Picnic hams li
LARD—Bure tierces
Pure, in 80-lb. tubs 11
Pure, in 50-lb. tins ...11
Pure, in 60-lb. tubs iftt^
Purm in 10-ib. tins n%
Pure, in 5-lh. tins 11%
Pure, in 3-Ib. tins 11%
The same additions for other
?l?e? a? named abn**?.
SYRUP—Georgia cane fnew) S3
New Orleans 28
p-aek sirs*- 1$
SALT—ion lbs. White Gotten ?ek....3a
la.I-tb Rnrlnp *Tiex«..........43
Special nrlces car lots.
tmnnr'ed Rork Salt, lb 7%
CHEESE—Full cream 17%
Sr.eelai prices ear lots.
GRISTS—Hvdnuts. in bbls $8.65
H’tdnuts. In 36-lb. sacks..... 1.70
SUGAR--Granulated, in hb's or sck. .5.05
New Orleans clarified 4%
New York yellow.... 4%
COFFER—Choice Rio 14
Prime Rfc 13
Medium Rio 12
Common 11
Arbuckle’s Roasted 1C.04
RICE—Choice head ^
Medium 6
VERDICTS AND DECREES GIVEN
IN SEVERAL CASES YESTER
DAY
A goodly share of the attention of
the Superior Court yesterday was di
rected to divorce suits, and as a re
sult the following verdicts and de
crees were given:
Hattie Howard vs. Tom Howard,
desertion, second verdict and decree.
John F. Harris vs. Annie May Har
ris. cruel treatment, first verdict.
E. D. Redding vs. Mary Redding,
unfaithfulness, first verdict.
J. M. McMichael vs. Mrs. Florence
H. McMichael desertion, first verdict.
Mrs. Ada Wilson vs. W. A. Wilson,
unfaithfulness, second verdict.
JURORS FOR
THIRD WEEK
The following traverse and tales
jurors have been drawn for the third
week of the April term of Bibb Sttpe-
rlor Court. commencing Monday-
morning:
Traverse Jurors.
J. E. Gilford. S. S. Halliburton. R.
E. Morgan, Chas. C. Black Lee Wages,
C. C. Wilder. J. S. Tabor, Geo. S.
Snowden. H. C. Bond, W. C. Sego. J.
B. Corbin. A. A. Johnson. H. J. Brown,
H. G. Hollingsworth, J. A. Daly, Kelly
P. Allen, J. W. Brooks, Jno. H. Gar
field. G. R Rumble. Arthur E. Wil
liams, Melton E. Johnson, T. D. Ous-
ley. Jr., N. J. Ethridge, T. O. Sande-
ford. T. J. Simmons. Morgan K. John
son; Reb. Massenburg, Jno. C. Cal
houn. F. E. Bruhl, Tbas. P. Bunkley.
J. W. Mims, C. P. Long, W. R. Higgi-
son, Wilson Edwards. J. B. Wilder.
Jno. W. Blount.
Tales Jurors.
C. R. Petit, Melyauer Emerson. G. F.
Ellis. W. L. Means. S. B. Merritt. J.
W. Shinholser. A. S. Hatcher. C. D.
Harrison J. Campbell Edwards, J. A.
Jarrell, J. M. Pettigrew, and C. S.
Cason.
Chief Conner Has Instructions
to Break up Loitering' on
Streets. ”
Liquors—Wholesale.
(Cowecml by Weich?elbaum 6c Mack.)
WHISKEY—Rye. Jl.m to $2.50; m r *i.
$1.10 to $1.39; gin. $1.19 to $1.75: North
Carolina corn. $1.10 to $1.59: Georgia
cerr .'1.69.
WINE —75c. to $3: high win's. $1.29.
port and sherry. 75c. to $4; claret. $4 to
$10 a rase; American champagne. $7.50 te
tomorrow. ... . *
INDISTINCT PEINT
The overall plays a high part In
this vagrancy question," said a polios
officer yesterday, “because the aver
age loafer wears them simply to make
people believe they are-at work.”
Now that the weather Is warming
up and blackberries will soon be ready
for the picking, the man who wouldn’t
work i( he cquld is ready for loung
ing and loafing on the streets. The
police are determined that from this
on the streets will not be used by tho
loafing, idling class, and- the dens and
dives must have legitimate patrons or
none at all.
The contractors for preparing tho
ground for the erection of the big
Central shops say that although they
offer $1.50 per day, they find it the
most difficult matter to secure suffi
cient labor, and yet hundreds of
negroes can be seen apparently loafing
on the streets all the time.
Chief Conner has taken up the mat
ter in earnest. He will in no way dis
turb the man who is working, or who
may be disabled from working, but l'
he is sound of body he must either ge
to work, leave town or go on the gang
here he will be made to work.
Late Wednesday night a haul wat
made through the city and '.hirty men
nd women were locked up. These
ere either loitering on the streets,
or congregated about the eating
houses some of them as late as after
midnight.
Yesterday morning the recorder
dismissed fourteen of the cases, and
Imposed fines amounting to from $2.50
to $18 on the others.
In the lot were some who, while on
the streets at a very late hour, were
unknown to the police, and hence
could not be classed as vagrants.
That the ciiv must be rid of the
Idlers, the following instructions were
given to Chief Conner yesterday by
the Mayor:
“Following previous orders nn same
subject, you will impress upon the
lieutenants, and through them the
members of the force, to arrest every
loafing, idling person white or black,
on the proper charge of loitering or
vagrancy.
"The officers have been on their re
spective beats a sufficient length of
time to become fully acquainted with
the Individual members of the Idle and
loafing class, and thus it is not neces
sary always to make raids, which only
serve to scatter the crowd for a short
time. Let the officers make it their
special duty to look after the men
who are able to work but will not. The
■working man, white or black, should
not be disturbed, lhe object of this
order being to force the vagrant to go
to work. There is plenty of work for
all of them.
"I appreciate j’our past efforts on
this line, and am aware of the fact
that you and your officers are some
what discouraged by the dlfficulUes
that often lie in the way of conviction
in spite of knowledge that these men
do not regularly work: but the fact
remains that there are hundreds o_
men in Macon who do not do but few
days of work in the year, and conse
quently must live dishonestly. You
will, therefore let the officers under
stand that they are-not to wait for
raids, but to constantly clear their re
spective beats of all persons known
to them as loafers and idlers, and to
keep it up for all time, and not to
weary of well doing."