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Tuesday, July 2, 1907
THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
THE REUNION AND THE
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION
COTTON WAS NERVOUS;
CLOSE WAS STEADY
STOCKS AND BONDS
By H. M. CUTTER.
»• ■ many Exposition buildings, where we j peake and Ohio. Oklahoma and New
• ! camped forty-six years ago, and finally I Hampshire are fast installing their ex- 1
J | getting a g!>od sight, of the Ripraps, hibits, which I think tills all the space
• | from which the enemy was wont to | in a very large .building. Going ihroug.i
• I pitch a shell from its long-distance the transportation building, the Stude-j
• I gun at us to remind us that we were : baker wagon display, I saw the coach |
J j not out for play. Getting into the, of Lafayette used by him when a guest]
• Elisabeth river, in a few minutes we, in the years 1S24 and 1S25: also Presl- j
••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• i quietly stepped onto the dock and were i dent Lincoln’s state carriage in the I
! soon out hunting our houses. I went I same collection. In the Educational LIVERPOOL spots closed 7.22
band, some twenty-five in number, [out to the Monitor House, on the ex-j building in the Georgia rocni, I found j
__ . dressed in Confederate jackets and ! treme suburbs in the direction ■ of the ■ Mr. and Mrs. IVeir on Georgia day. j NEW YORK spots closed 13.25
These institutions, both of so much | military hat. Exposition, where an incident hap-; The room had just been gotten ready: .. -
Interest to the South on the one side' On Sunday morning I attended di- I pened which did not favorably impress ■ for the exhibit to be installed. There : Ntw Orleans spots closed....
end to our common country on the . vine service at the Broad street church me, though to give justice to the house. , were far more visitors on Georgia day ; TH e LOCAL MARKET. I failure of call monev to relax at once
other side, has induced the writer to ^ ar *>' « ad heard Rev. J. H. Ellis.! the accommodation was good and the : than on any day not excepting Tide- The MtUm cotton marktl vefterday wa, Somv mtes reSd^in fo^g. marked
_i,._ hi. , . of Washington, Ga.. in a line discourse price fora room and meals was not ex- • water day, and I was told toy others quiet and unchanged at the following , as is usual with the passing of a scttle-
g.\e bome oi ms experiences, conciu- on Hebrews. 4: 1.7-16. The sermon was _ cessive. The incident was a collusion; that it exceeded opening day in at-; quotations; ment period, but as is a^o usual, the
Mons and incidents of the journey and : directed principally to the veterans, .between the negro agent of the house • tendance. I saw the President several 1 Range of Prices* j effect was belated hero. Money on call
the visit. | who composed about two-thirds of the and the negro hackmun to deliberately times, especially a good view when the! S2S®, H,, I eomanded a higher rate today In fact.
On the afternoon of the 28th of May, ' congregation. The singing was con- l swindle me out of 73 cents, which I exercises were over in returning I w^ Middling .'!!.'.7!!.‘ ‘.*. 1S% °lnhe Tiay'whentocfcs
taking the special for Richmond with. *regatlanjl and spirited led ; by an failed to work . Having paid for my : close to the dock tvhere he embarked, strict Low Middling Jig wilted. An installment of subscriptions
r\fr ♦ ». , .. , , ,, organ and fine ch.dr of eigat voices. I room In advance, I f und in the direc-.going on to the same kind of launtp Low Middling 11% 1 for Northern Pacific stocks calling for
LMT. nieum, or tn< central, a.hi * , waa glad to see so manv veterans stay torv the location of my old friend and j used by the poor fellows that went Spot Cotton Movement. Sli.6J5.000. was payable today, and this
Pettit, of the Southern, to see the trip : to the celebration of the communion comrade. Mr. Orrie C. Tuffts, a member | down that night to the bottom, canvas | nn Reefs. Shir^ Saie^] aggravated the pressure Incident to th
properly managed, having some time which followed the preaching. , of the F. Rifles. Of
beforehand our aleeping berths en- | In riding on the street cars I fell into | introduce myself to h
NEW TURK. July 1.—The first of July
has been looked forward to as an im
portant period in financial circles and
been the immediate objective of quite a
modest campaign for rise in nrices of
stocks. There was in consequence a pood
deal of taking of stock of opinions and
feeline: of the pulse of sentiment in the
neighborhood of the stock exchange to
day. Judgment of the outcome was not
final, and was suspended to some extent.
197 on ’- n " 10 one or two complicating fac-
• 12 s tors in the situation.
The most important of the
use DID DO!
ESHBUSH CUSTOK.
gaged, were on sure good time to make I conversation with a gentleman who I
® j found was «. citizen, who kindly prof-
«he paeeage to the reunion. Our party j ^ re( j t0 ahow me some interesting
vvaa made up of the following in part, j p] aces jf j W ould make an appoint-
Mr. A. A. Sobers, well known as Old , ment. So we appointed 2 p. m. at our
Rarge.” who with n fund of re-minis- ; lodgings. I had made up the following
cences, itatlstics, anecdotes and his- party: J. G. Postell. Chris Wilder, Al-
tory, with a memory most remarkable, bert Ayres. Mr. Leitch and wife and
entertained the party delightfully. The , myself. Mr. Murray met us on time,
party that Includes "Old Sarge" as one 1 At Broad street, taking the car. we
of its members has made no mistake. I proceeded out to Twenty-fifth street to
Then there wus Adjt. Postell, with va- j gt. John's church, a noted landmark,
r ed gifts and a penchant fob fathering | where the Virginia State convention
all the good-looking young ladies, with 1 0 f 1775 -was held, and.lt was hero that [good sense in courting and marrying
an extraordinary knowledge of lithla j Patrick Henry delivered that noted ; this elect lady. The family Includes
■water.-, as was afterwards demon- speech that ne schoolboys of the an- 1 one son and 'ais wife and their little
et rated. Mr. Rush Lumsden, who could clent time learned. "Give me liberty or daughter, about two months old. Sure
give a dlsserlatlon on how to make two ; give me death. Of course we all stood
time we had met I did not have a gray
hair in my head and lie was not bald,
either. It nad been forty-five years.
He called his wife in and introduced
her to Pap Cutter. I found she was a
near neighbor to the Second Georgia
battalion when it camped at Tanner’s
creek road when the hospitality of her
father, Mr. Hancock, and her uncle.
Mr. Denov, had been extended to us.
and the flavor and juiciness of the
strawberries of that day still remain,
as I can testify. Orrie has shown his
course I had to 1 covered like a prairie schooner with a j jJJP*ji«07 * -
im. for the last slit in the side to get on and off and! 5 ’ '’st'ock’on’Hand.
open in thejfront to see how to steer, i Sept. 1, 1906 2.574
so gotten up on account of the dls-jJuiyl, 1307....!!!!!!!!!!..!! 403
agreeable wet and qold weather that
prevailed. : ’ NEW YORK.
There was a great deal of interest to! NEW YORK. July 1.—The cotton mar-
see here. Want of space in this article ! k °t was rather nervous today and fitict
blades of grass grow where only
grew before an 1 thus be a benefactor
to mankind, and whom we knew from
experiences of forty-odd years ago was
u bos'- hand at finding something good
t
in the marked place where Patrick
Henry stood when he delivered the
speech. With the exception of re
pairs and lengthening out one of the
, wings, the church remains as when
eat. not digging it out of the ground built. I noted a tablet on the walls to
now. but with certain insinuating ] the memory of Robert Rose, died Oc-
ys known only to the forager. Then | tober. 1761. Rectory of the church.
there was Ab. Holt, who was circulat
ing around generally to keep things
lively and who continually trampled un
der foot that good old Injunction.
"Children should be seen and not
heard." Mr. Lamar Williams, who was
qualified to fl'.l even the place of a Gov
ernor when .a speech was to be made.
His friend, Mr. Sam G. Walker, of At r
lanta, was kept busy holding up the
Atlanta end of the pole against great
odds. With these of varied gifts
and with such good listeners ns Mr.
Chris Wilder, Mr. James Gantt and
others, Including the -writer, we were
fixed for a good time—so pleasantly
situated that before we were aware of
ll bedtime a ad arrived. With varied
experience of sleep through the night
on account of some strong decoction
which Brother Postell had brewed, we
awoke the next morning clipping over
the hills of Carolina with the evidence
of progress on every hand In the build
ing up of towns and factories on all
aides until In some of these States,
especially North Carolina. It Is said
that she consumes more cotton than
*he raises. The last part of our run
Into Richmond was slow on account of
the train having run over and killed a
flagman—mysterious ‘because we met
no train in the vicinity. About 5 o’clock
g>. m. wo ran Into Richmond’ and
walked to our lodging place at Mrs.
Nightingale's. No. 321 Eleventh street,
where Mr. Lamar Williams had en
gaged with himself places for the fol
lowing: Mr. James Gantt nnd daugh
ter, Mrs. Lane. Mr. A. A. Subers, J. G.
Postell. Mr. Sam G. Walker, of At
lanta. Mr. Chris Wilder aL.fi the writer,
the four last being quartered in one
room. That night disclosed some boss
anorers sure. After that I was early
to bed. knowing if I hnd the start In
getting to sleep first I was all right:
they might then fight in out among
themselves. The next morning was
spent, at division headquarters, which
was near our lodging place. Here we
registered, looking out for friends while
? waiting the arrival of the reunion and
he delegate badges. We met Mr.
JLenvls Andrews, son of Mr. L. F. W.
. .Andrews, editor of the old Georgia
•Citizen, a citizen of Richmond; Capt.
R. e. Park, State treasurer: Mr. Bugg,
pn old member of the City Light
Guards of Columbus, one of the four
companies that composed the battalion.
He was accompanied by his daughter
and others. It was afternoon before
the badges arrived nnd I lost the first
morning of the convention. We went
out to the unveiling of the statue to
.1. E. B. Stuart in the afternoon. I
could not get within hearing distance
of the speaker. The crowd was large
nnd the afternoon hot. After a long
wait the ceremonies were completed
amid much enthusiasm. The next
Passing through the churchyard, we
saw many old tombstones and evi
dences that even marble -will give way
to the elements in time.
Taking a car. we were dropped at
Chimborago Heights. and passing
around the old hospital ground in the
soil of which thousands of arms and
legs were deposited. The whole plot
is about sixty acres and is now a
beautiful park. As we made the clr-
•"iiit of :t -.‘.•e came to the heights that
overlook the James river. Here the
eye can take a sweep of many miles
on the horizon line of fifty or seventy-
five degrees. From here we passed
into the Hollywood’cemetery. Not far
from the entrance is the famous four
sided pyramid of unhewn stone with
out mortar, in memory of the 12.000
Confederate dead burled here. It is
ninety feet high and about twenty-five
feet on the base. We saw the tomb of
President James Madison. The grave
of Miss Winnie Davis is here, and
many illustrious dead have their last
resting place in this consecrated
ground. While passing through this
place one of those ridiculously ridicu
lous things happened which went to
Demonstrate that even a bishop could
be knocked oft tits balance. It did
not concern our party. We. or at least
the most of us, were spectators. Ask
the bishop about it privately.
Two of the party here becoming
broken down, we parted and the five of
us took passage for the Soldiers’ Home.
A long ride brought us here on the op
posite side of the city. The buildings
and park are extensive. There was a
large lot of veteran artillery parked on
the grounds and a fine musemum of
antiques, war relics, etc., among them
tlie horse of Gen. Stonewall Jackson,
the skin stuffed and mounted, with the
original battle saddle and bridle. We
happened here -when the supper bell
rang. There was some dissatisfaction
among them, but I think from what I
saw that they are in the mfiiri com
fortable and well cared for. Our party
broke up on the return car. wliere we
separated to our home, and Mr. Mur
ray given many thanks for his kind
ness In chaperoning our party, under
whose care we had spent so pleasant
an afternoon. I found at the exposition
a few days after a souvenir whicji I
sent to him. and today, the 17th, I
have received notice from him of its
reception, with many thanks.
Monday was the large day of the
reunion on which was to be the un
veiling of the statue to Jefferson Da
vis. and the marching day. The march
ing day is a great day with the veter
ans. When the marching day Is left
out of the program then the reunion
stops sure. The number of veterans
was large and when added to the local
and visiting military it made a good-
mornlng we were carlv out to the co\- sized army strung out for some d\-
Tenlion. which is he’d In the building , tnnee. The numbers of citizens on the
r nl’ed the Horse Show. The cars : ji ne of march was simply Immense. I
marked Horse Show and those marked have never seen such a turnout. Rlch-
Auditorium make some confusion tojmond certainly covered herself with
stranger, as he would naturally | glory in this ovation. We were among
conclude the reunion exercises would
be at the Auditorium, but that is an
other building in the same quarter.
Georgia bad the picked place in the
convention hall, being directly at the
speaker's stand, so that everything said
ly the lines to me have fallen in pleas
ant places, for I became'one of the
family for nearly a week, and I am in
debted to them for many other kind
favors. Going out to the Exposition
the first morning with the son, Orrie
Jr. who has employment out there with
the R. C. Strehlow & Co., a large con
tracting firm, as its stenographer and
paymaster. This firm had already fin
ished the two main Government build
ings, A and B—Fisheries and Museum
—State Exhibit building. Mines and
Metallurgy. Pure Food building, Marine
exhibit. Palace of Commerce, Aero
nautic. Power. Fuel and Alcohol and
New Jersey State buildings, and, to
their credit, finished them all up, and
where the Government is concerned,
they have gotten the exhibit installed,
I usually arise in the morning at
home time, and walk out into the city
our location being. 212 Westover ave
nue, in the new part of the city. On
one of these mornings I went out to
locate the old camp at the fair ground
I found the place occupied by the
Standard Oil Works' and the car barn
of a city street railroad and the tracks
of the Norfolk and Western Railroad
running through it. At this place wg
built quarters some time in the fail
.and passing the winter here, doing
guard duty in Norfolk. Some of the
old trees are still standing on the road
way to Sewell's Point, which roadway
has been adopted as a street.
The fare from the house to the Ex
position by the short route is 10 cents
which route we took the first morning.
The other, by Ocean View, is 15 cents
being longer. Both go to the principal
entrance. On entering the gate Lee’s
Parade is before you. a large plat of
ground, sufficient to maneuver a brig
ade. The stand for review or speetar
tor or speaking on the further side
facing you. the buildings disposed on
either side and your front to the water.
We pass on through to the first tier
of buildings near the water, where we
entered one of the Government build
ings. where Mr. Orrie had his office.
I passed on through to the exhibit,
which proved to be the Military and
Naval' exhibits. Tho first thing that
struck me was the wealth of white
and yellow bunting in festoons that
hid the unsightly ceiling and brought
beauty Out of it to the clusters of flags
on the posL giving it a finishing touch.
The .Government buildings were all so
decorated.
Among the model of guns I measured
one which 1 found to be 50 feet -long:
diameter at the butt, 48 inches; bore, 13
inches; cost, $53,000; weight of pro
jectile. 1.100 pounds; smokeless pow
der, 245 pounds: cost of each dis
charge, $60; range at 17 degrees. 1%
miles; muzzle capacity, 2,000 feet per-
ond. This model -has a section cut
through its entire length showing the
grooves In rifling the bore and an ex
act reproduction of one-half of the
charge, all of wood, so well done that
it would take an expert to tell it was
not metal. In another Government
building the postoftice department was
always patronized. The collection of
articles from the dead letter depart
ment' was wonderful—anything from a
pin to a hand spike. It was astonish
ing to see how many cases it took to
hold these articles. X was standing
looking in one of these cases when I
heard Macon. Ga.. called. I tprned
and saw a man reading the following
instruction:
"Postoffiee Department, Washington,
Dec. 28. 1901.—Hon. J. U Bristow,
Fourt Assistant Postmaster-General:
This reference covers some' locks and
pieces of mail which were raked up out
of the ashes of the postal car burned
at Macon, Ga., on the 5th inst. It is
probably the only use which can be
made of the pieces is to place them in
the department museum.”
The mass had melted together and
weighed about two pounds. The mov
ing pictures in this department is a
never-ending source of pleasure to vis
itors of all sizes. In this building are
the following departments: Agricul
ture, Postoffiee, iBureau of Education.
Weather Bureau. Bureau of Indian Af- I Picket having some hundreds of feet
fairs. Department of Interior, Patent °I land which has gone into the
Office. Treasury, Pension and Library (. water, all of which is verified ‘by what
of Congress. Do not fail to give this 1 have ^een and what I know,
building a careful inspection. The! being lunch time and being near
Government has spared no pains or ex- , the Japanese restaurant place, we re-
pense in furnishing an interting and : freshed ourselves with lunch and sure
instructive displav. Exhibits were be- 1 enough ice tea. Here we parted, hav
ing fast installed in the following in S spent a most pleasant and profita-
would forbid me telling of all I saw.
Suffice it to say, it impressed me ns a
great exposition. The proximity of so
fine a body of water as Hampton
Roads, furnishing a place for naval dis
play alone added additional interest to
all former expositions. I had more sat
isfaction in my visit to this than to
either the Columbian or the -St. Louis,
although this was in an unfinished
condition. I spent some time in trying
to locate our old camp on these
grounds, but on account of the great
changes in forty-six years I could not.
Fina'.lv I went to the Virginia building
to find some old resident who probably
could assist me. Interviewing several,
among them the Governor’s wife, I
found a gentleman who referred me to
Col. Sam Hodges and told me where
I could find him. After some search.
I found the colonel, who thought he
could assist me. Recollecting a gen
tleman who was connected with the
sanitary department who was reared
near here, and he was now on jhe
ground, and kindly proffered to go with
me to the office of Dr. Rupert Blue, of
the United States Public and Marine
Hospital Service, who was In command
of this department, and Capt. Consolvo.
the gentleman wo were hunting, was
under him. After Col. Hodges stated
the case to the doctor he kindly con
sented to let me have the services of
Capt. Consolvo and directed me to
where he probably could be found. The
doctor, on learning that I was a mem
ber of the Second Georgia battalion,
reached over on his desk and picked
up a grape shot about one and a -half
inches in diameter and said: “Here i
something that will interest you. This
was fired at you fellows from the Mon-
ticello in that first attack on Sewell's
Point forty-six years ago.” I have that
shot in my possession. After walking
up to the west of the ground I found
Capt. Consolvo I suddenly thought 1
had no written order from the doctor,
but remembering the shot, stated my
case and produced the shot, which was
more effective than a originally pre
sented forty-six years ago. Capt. Con
solvo proved to be a genial gentleman
and a member of the Forty-first Vir
ginia regiment, which camped near us
and within a half mHe of whore we
were standing. It being too late in the
day. we appointed 9 a. -m. at the ml in
entrance next, morning as the place of
meeting. IVe were both .on time, when
we took up the outside of the hedge
inclosing the ground until we came to
the wagon gate near the southwest
corner of t-he ground and showed me
about 200 yards south from the gate
when our old ■ camp was it fac'111
west the blind ditches marking the
roadway which passes in to the gate
which led to the Doyle farm -house
and the part of the other road which is
cut off by a corner of the Exposition
ground leading to IJomphrey House,
where we mounted giferd. We after
ward went some half a mile farther
west and nearer the water to the re
mains of the old earthwork?, where
the battery was located which was
engaged in the Merrimac-Monitor fight
and in which a gun had burst, which
providentially' did no damage.
Returning to the corner of the Ex
position grounds, we entered Pine
Beach (an institution of the Cony Is
land v-ort, with a reputation unsavory,
according to the captain, and appear
ances warranted the assertion). He
pointed out the place where the Pom-
phrey House stood, locating it by an
old apple tree and some locust trees, it
being now a part of Pine Beach, which
place is occupied by the ground on 'this
southwest corner outside of the Ex
position grounds and facing the water.
From this Pomphrey place I bad got
ten cuttings of a fig tree which I had
sent home, which were growing up to
a few years ago in several places, when
an unusually severe winter killed them
out. Continuing our way around the
outside of the grounds and on the
beach to Commercial pier, the captain
pointed out about where the battery
commanded by Capt. Colquitt,headed
off the gunboat Monticello on May 19th.
The place is nearly 100 yards into the
water, the continual beating of the
waves making inroads to the land after
the lapse of so many year?. Being al
ready inside, we came to the front of
the Inside Inn. and at its west end the
captain pointed out an old tree which
on the dividing line between tbe
Doyle and Pomphrey places and in
front around this on the beach is where
the Second Georgia battalion stood
nations were irregular. The close was
steady, net unchanged to 2 points lower,
the market having lost an early gain dur
ing the late trading. Sales were esti
mated at 300,000 bales.
The opening was firm at an advance of
"all points and shortly afterward the
active months showed a net eain of about
llal2 points on higher cables than ex
pected. reoorts of a very high temperature
in the Southwest and bullish private con
dition reports. A Southern organization
reported the average condition of the
crop as 72.8 per cent, no comparisons
being available except with Government
93 | re-mlar dividend and interest payments.
— J which are very large.
The Saturday bank statement was a
clear exhibit of the narrow margin to
which the available resources of the banks
have fallen. The redemption of the ma
tured 4 per cents was due today, but the
effect was not felt in the money market.
The news of a failure of a banking house
In Baltimore, although not deemed im
portant. was not a help to stocks.
The renewed strength in commodity
nrices cave some point to reports of cron
damage. Railroad net earnings reported
for May showed -"ood increases over
May of last year. It was found ease to
bid up prices late In the day after selling
to take profits nnd subsided, and the last
prices of tho dav were generally the
highest. .
Bonds were steafly. Tots] sales, per
value. $1.240.000. T’nifed States bonds
v.-c-c unchanged on call.
The to*ai sales of stocks today were
525.100 shares.
figures of 70.5 per cent last month.
local statistician reported a condition of I __ . ___ ,
09.9 per cent against OS.4 per cent two | GRAIN AND PROVISIONS,
weeks ago and 03.4 per cent last year.
buildings: Graphic Arte, Machinery.
Transportation. The State Exhibit
building was one of the buildings to
which I was more than once attracted.
The wealth of products and their va
riety so wonderfully picture the re
sources of our common country. Of
ble morning, he saying: "When you
write this trip up send me a copy of
the paper." I answered, “Sure.”
Should any of the old Second Georgia
battalion visit the Exposition I will
show them by a diagram which I,have
preserved all these localities: or, any-
last to get to the unveiling. We
could not get to hardly seeing dis
tance. So taking advantage of, the op
portunity. I started on a trip to the
old fortifications to the south of Pe-
tersburg. After three transfers, going
distinctly heard. I had the plea3- [ through Manchester across the James
nre of hearing the speech and seeing, river and thence through Petersburg.
1110 presenting of the loving cup to tb e cars put us within three-quarters
Grand Chnplain Jones and tne happy | of a mile of the crater which will Be
response; also the speech of welcome remembered as the place on the lines
by Hon. John W. Daniel, Senator from I where grant tunneled the ground to a
Virginia, which was certainly fine: hut • point under our lines and on the 30th
one of the finest, if not the finest. J of July. 1864. touched off the mine,
speech I ha\-e ever beard was that of j which blew up a battery and a portion
oil R. E. Lee, grandson of Gen. Lee, j 0 f a regiment. Although forty-four
» fine looking portly young man of he- years has elapsed and large trees are
t -wcen 20 and 25 years old. The speech • growing on the fortifications, yet the
Wi1 , noted as much for Its historical p] aC e shows for itself just what you
teaching as for the fervent spirit of might expect. I wanted to locate other
patriotism which was breathed out in . points, but it was so late I could not
every sentence of it. It captured the. an( j determined to return the next day
convention as I never saw the thing; investigate. I told Mr. Lane, the
done before. It would *e a good thing! owner c f t be place, and he kindly of-
for every young man to get and read : f Pr ed to take me in his buggy further
t; la t speech. south by the road where it touched
And now comes some days of that other rortions of the line, which he did
old Virginia weather called nasty—a next day. I located the place of the
misty rain driven by an easterly wind, -well about one mile south of the crater,
searching and cold. My landlady the point where in the first formation
kindly came to mv assistance and let , 0 f j},e lines of breastworks I came di
me have an overcoat and rain coat of ; ra^tly to the well on a prominent rise
one of the sons, he being absent from ; D f ground. The fire of the enemy was
home. The time was utilized hv a visit S o concentrated on this point as to
m the Confederate Museum, the State' ma ke It death to try to get water. The
House and the Lee Camp Hall or. ; \y P |] house was finally shot away. The
r’rond street, between Fifth and Sixth pi aC e was identified by the vines and
streets, all three of these places being ■ domestic shade trees on the farm lot.
near our 'edgings. At the museum we j j remembered that in the early occu-
siw many things of interoest. Among panc y 0 f the ground there was a sim-
them wn: the shaft of the old Merrl- ; ]| n e of breastworks. In the course
mac. the Irst ironclad which we saw ; 0 f time every prominent point was fur-
do such wonderful execution against | t her enlarged to a regular fort with
the enemy’s vessel while we were j redoubts and bomb-proof, and this
.■-landing on the shore of Elizabeth I W ell -was so enclosed as to be perfectly
i iver forty-six years gone by. At the 1 sheltered by the earthworks. Mr. Lane
museum this day Mrs. Hayes and the 1 took me a mile and a half further south „ „ =
children held a recention and we had , w hen he left me to make further in- j rating the rough beams, rafters and 1 seen ‘ but ls - if possible, more noisy
the pleasure of shaking hands with the , yestlgation on foot. The works for | posts with different kinds of grain so i t,: ’ an ever - 1 » Ive hlm U P a hard
whole party. In the Georgia room Indent stretches had been levelled to be | as to make the whole a thing of beauty P ob to straighten out.
this building are some fine portraits of | cultivated and the face of the country j The display of apples in this collection ■ Should any friends want a good place
Georgia's sons and interesting relics of ( so changed that It was hard to locate j„ wonderful in variety and appear- ! to en ^ e rooms on visiting the Ex-
war. The next place visited was the; old places, but I thought I could, find ance for this time of the vear. North j Position, I can confidently recommend
Ntate Capitol building, where among i the old spring in the ravine in the rear | Carolina probably excels for the size of tbe Tutts home as a pleasant place, out
thlnrs of great interest was a statute 0 f our lines about a half mile where we [the exhibit and possibly the variety j of the crowd and jam; is a large house,
of Gen. Washington, said to -be the our water. After traveling over The finest specimens of fine woods are ' can accommodate twenty to twenty-
onlv one in existence designed from | much ground I was much disappointed j hero displayed, not excepting the Co- flve Meals can be had near .by. con-
life. In passing through the Capitol , t h a ; I did not find the old spring, and. ! lumbian or St. Louis. I have seen both j venlent to street cars. Accommodation
ground I had seen three statues, one ani cut ting two sticks from the old fortifi- Georgia has a verv prominent position perfect for S 1 eacb per pi Sht.
equestrian statue of George Washing- ' cations, I returned, getting to Blanford , though the space is small for the State’ ’ 1 wisb to record here that which was
ton on the base and surrounding it cem etery. which is near the crater and 1 Therefore the exhibit is not as large I ,eft out in its Proper place. I refer to
were the figures of Patrick Henry on tbe road to Petersburg, about the 1 as I expected. Georgia I think is the' tbe tnanner in which the school chiid-
Georgta Mason. Thomas Jefferson ] tlme 0 f the memorial exercises which most richly decorated. The designer 1 ren rendered their part in the manip-
Thomas Nelson. Andrew Lewis and j were being held that afternoon. is no mean artist in his line. What- “lation of the colors of the flag at the
Chief Justice Marshall. A statue of! R y Wednesday morning our party ever Georgia is lacking is redeemed i n convention room, and of the fine Sing-
Henry Clay occupies an-ther place, and had broken up. some going to Wash- mines, metallurgy and the exhibit of| in ^‘ !bat proved to be an orchestra
a statue of Stonewall Jackson Pre- j Ington. some to Baltimore, some to the j marble and granite, which I think sur-I gran,J - and no mcam factor in the suc-
aented bv his English friends and ad.- | Exposition and some home. Chris i passes anything yet on exhibition 1 cess of the reunion,
mlrers. occupies Still another place. At wilder had gone to Jamestown the There are fine exhibits from the States
the Lee Camr> Hall. Broad, between . day before. I followed on Wednesday, j of South Carolina. Missouri and Ohio
Fifth and Slxt"
and a canvass of the trade showed that
SO members of tho exchange expected a
showing by the Government Bureau to
morrow of 75.9 per cent on the average
with inidvidual guesses ranging from 73
to 81 per cent.
There was considerable realizing at the
advance under which prices gradually
eased off 5 or 6 points from the top with
trading very quiet, until near the close
when there was increased activity and
the market ruled easier under realizing or
liquidation by recent buyers who seemed
unwilling to carry their commitments over
tomorrow's report. The close was a point
or two up from the lowest on the active
months. Private cables reported short
short covering in Liverpool on hot weath
er in the Southwest and detailed weath
er reports showed many points In Texas
with maximum temperature of from 109
to lie degrees.
Receipts of cotton at the ports today
were 1,893 hales against 4.7SR bales l-st
week and 4,183 bales last year. For the
week (estimated) 20,000 bales against
23 532 bales last week and 28,599 bales
last year.
Today’s receipts at New Orleans were
108 bales against 295 bales last year,
and at Houston 777 bales against. 1,214
bales last year.
Rev. Louis Warren, pastor of tho
Tabernacle Baptist Church, of Chi
cago. who is at present in the city
visiting his parents, while sitting on
was the I the veranda of his father’s home Sun
day night enjoying the evening with
his pipe and an old friend, was inter
rupted while in the midst of his talk
by a young couple who desired to bo
united in the holy bonds of matri
mony.
Accordingly the pipes were laid aside
and the young minister and his friends
put on their coats and proceeded with
the ceremony. After the knot had been
safely tied, Mr. Warren stated to the
happy young couple who cast a glamor
of light around them, “it is a custom
in the West and East where I have
been working for the minister to sa
lute the bride with a kiss. Now I do
not know whether it is a custom here
or not, but if it does not break any
ostablished vogue of you people. I
would like to inaugurate the custom
here and now."
The groom, who was In love with all
I the world, being taken off his guard by
1 the mock seriousness of the young
' minister, said: “Well, I feel so thank
ful for whnt you have done for us
that I am not going to raise any ob
jections."
The laugh was then on the minis
ter. but he got out of it by saying: “I
shall not insist on this, as tho blush
ing bride might not take so kindly tn
the custom,” and thus it was turned
off.
CHICAGO. July 1.—Influenced by higher
prices for wheat at the principal Euro
pean grain markets, the local market
was strong, the September dcllverly clos
ing .'It P r»t gMiP of I'.-e.
Corn was up and oats Were from
a? to Ale. higher.
Provisions on the close were from
to 10al2Uc. higher.
Open. High.
92i{,
mu
99%
53-a
53%
41%
S7U
38%
40%
Low.
93%
Close
Spot Cotton and Futures.
XEW YORK. Juiv 1.—Spot cotton
closed steadv; middling unlnorts 13.25:
middling gulf 13.50: sales 20 300 hales.
Future? opened firm nnd closed steady
at tho following quotations:
Low. Clos
January ..
n
.96
12
00
ii
S5
11
87
February .
12
.00
—
11
91
March ....
12
.07
12
os
ii
97
11
K7
Juiv
12
.08
12
18
12
00
12
on
August ...
12
.10
12
10
11
97
11
97
Sentomber
11
.6 S
11
74
11
60
11
62
Cctober ...
H
.81
ii
89
11
79
11
7”
November,
offd.1l
.82
11
7°.
December
11
.85
ii
89
11
73
11
76
Me
/ement
at
the Porta.
Receipts nnd Exports. Todev.
Consolidated net receipts.. 1.88.7
Exports to Great Britain.. 114
Exports to Franco
Exports to continent 694
Exports to Japan
Stock on hand all ports... .330,237
Week
6.021
1.304
50
4.016
26S
Since September 1. 1905—
Consolidated receints
. .9 764.957
Exports to Great Britain
. .3 723.695
Exports to France
.. 890.064
Exports to continent
.3.341.554
Exports to Japan
.. 245.266
Wh en t—
.Tilly . .
Sept. . .
Dec. . .
Corn—
July . .
Fopt. . .
Dec. . .
May . .
Oats—
•Tttlv . .
Feet. . .
Dec. . .
Mai- . .
Mess Boric—
Juiv . .16.22% 16,3". 16.22% 16.23
Sept. . .16.45 16.57% 16.45 16.47%
Lard—
Juiv . . 8.82%. 8.92% R.JP»% 8.87%
- Rent. . . 9 07% 9.13 9.07% 9.10
Oct. . . 9 .'i ' 9.17% 9.12% 9.15
Sho-* Ribs—
Juiv . . 8.65 8.65 8.60 8.60
Sept. . . S.85 S.92% S.S5 8.85
1.01%
53 V.
54%
11U
38%
39%.
41%
53%
49%
38%
40%
94%
98 ’
1 0074
53%
62---:
41%
..81.40
.. 1.85
.. 1.30
1.25
DRY GOODS MARKET.
NEW YORK. July 1.—The dry goods
market is firm, hut geoer.nily ouiet. Cot
ton goods nre selling for forward delivery
with considerable freedom. Leading dress
goods mills report a largo trade. Reports
show a material decrease, while imports
are increasing. The lines of fancies in
men's wear are being opened.
COTTON SEED OIL.
NEW YORK. July 1.—Cotton seed oil
was dull and lower. Prime crude in bar
rels f.o.b. mills, nominal: prime summer
yellow 57%: off summer yellow 54%a56%:
good off summer yellow 55a56%: prime
s'‘rpp-ier white 63aC5: prime winter yelow
63a63.
Price, Net Receipts, Sales. Stocks.
The Ports. I Price.|Rects.|Bales.) Stele.
Galveston . . .112%
New Orleans -.112%
Mobile
Savannah .
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk . .
Raltip-’ore .
New York
Boston . .
Philadelnhia ..'13.50
Pensacola . . .j |
11
.1 1
.113% |
.113% : |
.113.23 I
.113.2.5 I
4931 1 38011
1681 1400! 5924
191 | 607
2411. I 2621
2! I 5356
21 791 4C7
3351 1 19670
....!.......I 541
....I 20300T677S9
1151 1
301 | 909
34S| |
interior Movement.
Price.iReets.!Sales.| Stole
Houston . . .112% I
Augusts . . .113% 1
Memphis . . . 11215-161
St. Louis 112% I
Cincinnati 1
Louisville . . .|127& 1..-.
7771 1 15991
77I 38! 19794
2701 4501 63976
6731 1 18066
6731 ! 7142
LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL. July 1.—Soot cotton quiet
and unchanged: American miadiin-r fntr
8.26; good middling 7.72; middling 7.32:
low middling 6.86; good ordinary 6.12:
ordinary 5.52. The sales of the day were
4.000 bales, of which 200 halos were for
peculation and export, and included 3.son
hales American. Receints were 1,100
bales, including 4 ooo bales American.
Futures ouenofl firm and closed steady:
American middling G. O. C.:
these exhibits of the States there is ho ' v ‘ flnd Capt. C. W. Consolvo. He
not a poor one. If there was a pre- ! bas a remarkable memory and will en-
mium to be given I think I should de- i iertain you. He was reared here and
cide for Virginia, inasmuch as she has ! bas lived here since the war and knows
not only a large and varied number of! wbat '-e is talking about,
products. But she has used these so j My time being out and bidding my
artistically to decorate the several: kind friends at the Tuffts House good-
booths, especiallv used the tobacco I b >' e ‘ 1 seek the boat -that crosses the
plant with its varied shades of rich- rtver to tbe train that takes us to At-
ness and by the use of bunting covered j ' an ta. I fall in with Ab. Holt and find
the rough celling of the building, mak- that Ab. has not been at all subdued
ing beautiful panel work, and so deco- I b Y the greatness of the things he has
Cl-we.
.Tilly 6.82
July-August fi .79%
August-Reptemher 6.69
Rentember-Oetober 6.59%
Oetober-Novomber 6.51
Xovember-Recemher 6.47
December-,Tanuary 6.45
Jinunry-February 6.43%
Pehruary-March 6.42%
March-A.nril 6.44
Anril-May 6.46
May-June 6.45
NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS. July 1.—Spot cotton
closed firm and unchanged; middling 12”&.
Sales were 1.400 bales on the spot.
As a result of the continued hot and
dry weather in Texas, futures opened
steady with the active months 9 points
above Saturday’s close. The usual hesi
tancy which precedes the publication of
a Government crop and condition report
prevailed with the result that a certain
amount of dullness characterized the mar
ket as the day wore on and prices eased
off somewhat. At the close, which was
nuiet. the active months ranged from
3 to 5 points below the close of Satur
day.
NEW ORLEANS. July 1.—Cotton fu
tures closed quiet at the following quo
tations:
January, hid 12.92
March, hid 13.19
July, hid 1.1.96
August, bid 13.62
Rentornber. bid 12.59
October, bid !■> 95
November, bid 1196
December, bid 11.98
NAVAL STORES.
CHARLESTON. S. C.. July 1.—Turpen
tine and rosin, nothing doing and un
changed.
SAVANNAH. Gn.. July 1.—Turpentine
firm at 57%a%: sales 1.123: receipts 304:
shipments 120. Rosin firm; sales none;
receipts 1.071: shipments 940; stock 68.311.
Quote: A. B. C. 33.65.s95; D. $4.20a30;
E. 34.55-160: F. $4.30a95: G. O.90a5.90; H.
35.10: I. $5.15; K. $3.23.- M. 83.30; N.
9.5.50: Window Glass. $.60a95: Water
White, ?5.75a6.00.
Now York Money Market.
NEW YORK, July 1.—Money on call
firm at 7%alo ner cent: ruling fate about
13 per cent: closing bid 8 per cent: of
fered at 0 per cent. Time loans steady:
60 days 4% per cent, nominal; 90 days 4 3 j
per cent: six months 591 per cent. Prime
mercantile paper 5%aC per cent.
Sterling exchange strong, with actual
business in bankers' bills at 4.S67oa8GS0 for
demand, and at 4.S360aS365 for 60-day
bills. Posted rates 4.S1% and 4.87%aSS.
Commercial bills 4.83%.
Bar silver 67%: Mexican dollars 53%.
Government and railroad bonds were
steady.
Grain and Provisions.
These prices are at wholesale and not
to consumers.
(Corrected by S. R. Juqaes & Tinsley Co.)
CORN—Sacked white.' 79
Sacked mixed 78
Ear corn S5
Car lots, either sacked or bulk,
made on application.
OATS—White clipped 63
No. 2 white 62
No. 3 white 60
Special quotations made on
car lots.
HAT—Choice timothy
No. 1 timothy
No. 2 timothy
No. 1 clover
Timothy and clover mixed... 1.25
Alfalfa hay 1.30
Bedding straw 7o
BRAN—Pure wheat 1.45
Mixed bran 1.35
Jersey stock feed 1.40
Reliable feed 1.30
Standard feed .* 1.30
FLOUR—Private stock, fancy past.. 6.00
Royal Owl, best patent 5.00
Top Notch, first patent 4.on
New Constitution. ^ patent. 4.20
Orange Blossom, straight.... 1.10
MEAL—Water ground Juliette 78
Other brands 77
MEATS—Dry salt ribs
Extra half ribs 9?*
18-20-Ib. D. S. bellies 10*£
Bulk plates S-%
Smoked meats vie. over above.
HAMS—Fancy Sucrar cured 35
Standard Sugar cured 15H
Picnic hams 11
LARD—Pure tierces 10^,
Pure, in 80-lb. tubs 10
Pure, in 5o-lb. tins 10 3 *
Pure, in 60-lb. tubs lO 8 *
Pure, in 10-lb. tins 11 Va
Pure, in 5-lb. tins ll a i
Pure, in 3-lb. tins 11^
McCaw’s compound lard 87s
The same additions for other
sizes as named above.
SYRUP—Georgia cane (new) 37
New Orleans 2R
Black strap 12
SALT—101 lbs. white cotto n sck...
100-lb. Burlap sacks
Imported rock salt, lb
Special price car lots.
CHEESE—Full cream
Special price car lots.
GRISTS—Hudnuts. in bbls S4.nn
Hudnuts. In sacks 2. no
SUGAR—Granulated, in bbls. or 8ck...SVi
New Orleans clarified 5
New York yellow Fi
COFFEE—Choice Rio 14
Prime Rio.* 13
Medium Rio 12 •
Common 11
Arbuckle's roasted 16.04
RICE—Choice head 7
Medium 6
.. 4S
..16
NEGRO STRUCK ON
HEAD AND KILLED
The remains of Tom Pittmen. a
negro workman at Stevens’ Pottery,
were shipped to Atlanta last night.
While at work at the pottery yes
terday morning Pittman was acci
dentally struck on the head by a heavy
piece of iron falling on him, crushing
the skull and killing him almost in
stantly.
The witnesses to the occurrence
unite in saying that no blame can be
attached to anyone, the death b‘eing
accidental.
TRAIN WAS SAVED
BY ALERTNESS
BURNING TRESTLE WOULD HAVE
HURLED TRAIN TO DESTRUC
TION.
But for the quick eye and nerves of
Engineer Russell, the southbound pas
senger train. No. 14, over t'ae South
ern would have been wrecked at an
early hour yesterday morning.
Coming around a curve near Stocl^-
bridge '-before getting to the trestle
Engineer Russell caught sight of
smoke and brought his train to a stop
in the nick of time, only a few yards
from the trestle which was burning
and which would have given way to
the weight of the locomotive and al
lowed the entire train to plunge into
the stream.
The train was sent back to Atlanta
j and came in a few hours late over
j the tracks of the Central of Georgia.
Both passengers and train crew re
ceived a good scare by the narrow
escape.
Lumber.
(Corrected by Massee-Felton Lum. Co.)-
Common framing at $16 to $20 per
thousand.
Sized framing at $17.50 to $22.50 per
thousand.
Storm sheatliing at $16 per thousand.
No. 2 common flooring at $17.50 per
thousand.
No. 2 common flooring at $16 per thous
and
No. 1 common flooring clling at $25 per
thousand.
*'B” grade square edge weather hoard
ing at $22.50 per thousand.
No. 1 common weather boarding at $20
pe- thousand.
No. 2 pine shingle:; at .$2.50 per thous
and.
No. 1 pine shingles at $4.25 per thous
and.
No. 1 cypress shingles at $5.00 per
thousand.
Crackers.
(Corrected by Wi»n-Johnson Co.)
Barona sodas. 6c.
Barona nicnacs, 7 J /^c.
Barona oyster craekers.* 6’-*4o.
X. B. C. sodas. 7c.
Ginger snaps (N. B. C.), 7c.
Assorted cakes. 10c.
Sugar cakes. 8c.
City Bonds.
Macon 6 pc.. 1910 105
Macon 5 per cent. 1923 112
Macon 4%. 1926 106
Macon 4, 1910 to 1934 101
On a 3.80 per cent basis.
Savannah 5 pc.. 1909 99
Savannah 5 pc., 1913 105
Augusta 3^4. 4, 414. 5 & pc.. 98
Price as fate of interest and maturity.
A1 lanta 4. 4%. 4 6 pc 102 115
Price as rate of interest and maturity.
Columbus 5 pc., 1909 103 104
100%
106
113
Hardware—Wholesale.
GREAT BIG ELK WAS
IN MACON YESTERDAY
Hon. J. E. Pottle, of Milledgeville.
(■Corrected by Dunlan Hardware Co.) president of the Georgia State Asso-
5VELL BUCKETS—14 per dozen. I elation of Elks, was in town yesterday j
ROPE—Manila. 14%c.; Sesel, lie.: cot-I visiting Mr. C. R. Wright, secretary
ton. 20c. j of the association. Mr. Pottle came to
WIRE—Barb, 3%c. per lb. ‘discuss the Elks trip to Philadelphia
PLOW STOCKS—Harman. P9c.: Fergu-! lind some other matters connected
with the order.
Dry Goods—Wholesale.
SHEETING—6 to 8c. *
DRILLING—7%c.
TICKING—4?; to 14 %e.
CHECKS—5% to 6»ic.
-RT.H ' OHING—5 to 11%C.
PRINTS—5% to 6%c.
YOUNG MEN GOT HEADS HURT .
SHOOTING THE CHUTES.
Messrs. Arthur Griffith and Percy
Williams, well-known young men of
the city, met with an unusual accident
at the Outing club Sunday. While
sliding down the shoot-the-chutes to
gether their heads came in violent
contact with each other in some man
ner. both sustaining painful but nqt
serious injuries.
PENKNIFE SLIPPED AND
MR. WALLACE CUT HAND.
Sixt'.i streets, is probably the After a pleasant run from Richmond to California has a small but rich display!
largest collection of portraits of dis-jxewport News, we took the Southern I consisting more of fruits in glass i
tinguished Confederate, both military Railroad Company's steamer for Nor-| note silk in all Its forms, from the co-
navai «nd civilian. I spent a very j folk, passing out into the James river. I coons to the finished fabric: crowning
pleasant hour in Shis room. T visited, We soon began to see somewhat fa- ail an elephant, life size, with a coat
also the New Jefferson Hotel, probably | miliar scenes—Hampton, and as we of English walnuts. The following
1he finest in the eltv. Here l heard , passed into the Roads Old Point and 1 railroads have fine exhibits: Norfolk
pome ffejr music and songs rendered . Fortress Monroe, and looking over to (and Western. Southern. Atlantic Coast
g»y the (Daughters <*f the Confederacy | Sewell s Point, now crowned with the [Line, Norfolk and Southern. Chesa-
Liquors—Wholesale.
(Corrected bv Welchselbaum & Mack )
WHISKY—Rye. $1.50 to $4.50; corn.
*1.10 to *1.50; gin, *1.10 to *1.75: North
Carolina corn. $1.10 to $1.60; Georgia
corn. *1.60.
WINE—75c. to *5.00: high wines. *1.35;. „„„
port and sherry. 75c. to $5.00; claret. *4 | GUN POWDER—Per keg. Au
to *10 a case; American champagne, *7.50 |shot. *4.50
to $1* per case. | SHOT—**.25 sack.
RAILROAD MEN WERE IN
CENTRAL CITY YESTERDAY
son. 80c.
TUBS—Painted. *2.30: cedar. 35 00
POWDER—*4.50: half kegs, 32.75: %
kegs, 31.50; Dupont and Razard smoke
less, half kegs. *11.35: % kegs. *5.75;
1-lh. canisters, $1. less 25 per cent. Trois- I Travelino- Passen-ar Wonts T T>
dorf smokeless powder, 1-lb. cans si _ iravelin„ P' a sseng t r Agents L. p
SHOVELS—*6 to *11 per dnz. Smith, of the Cotton Belt route, and
CARDS—Cotton. *4.50 per doz. H. H. Hunt, of the Rock Island and
PLOW BLADES. 5c. per ib. '’Frisco lines, both v.’ith offices in At-
IRON—2?ic. per lb. base; Swede, 4}4c. lanta. were in the city yesterday in
PO AXES-*7.00 doz.. .base. | tho interests of their lines.
NALLS—wire?^$2 'ePkeg. base; cuti PRES - GUERRY ON TRIP
J2.60 keg. base.
SHOES—Horse. *4.25 to *4.75 keg: muli
shoes. *4.25 to *4.75.
BUCKETS—Paint *1.70 doz.: white ce
dar. three hopss. *4.25
CHAINS—Troee. S4 to *(• dOZ
rack
THROUGH SOUTH GEORGIA.
Francklyn Wallace, the well-known
proprietor of the Theatorium, met with
an unpleasant though not serious ac
cident last night. He had an open
penknife in his hand and in some way
it slipped and laid the entire back of
his left hand open from one side to
the other. The wound was soon sticth-
ed up.
DAMAGE CASE DELAYED AS
WITNESS IS ABSENT.
.Owing to the fact that an important
witness was absent the city the
city the case of Mrs. Lewis against the
Macon Railway and Light Company
for damages, which was to have been
heard in the City Court yesterday was
President Dupont Guerry. of Wesley-I postponed until September. An inter-
an College is (J ff this week on a trip Jesting feature expec:e! in the hearing
in the interest of h:s institution. He of this case will be the conflicting tea-
first wen! to Statesb round from there timon.v of certain physicians as to the
he will go to Savannah, returning to alleged injury sustained by the plain-
Macon about the last of the week. I tiff.