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SATURDAY AUGUST 19, 1893.
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Financial
Demanded.
Relief
but little cotton can be moved and the
market will be depressed.
When they know wliat the condition
of affairs is at home, the Southern
Congressmen will surely see the Im
portance of the immediate repeal of
the Sherman la'w, which is held ac
countable by business men everywhere
for the prevailing flnancial depression
and want of confidence, and act ac
cordingly.
THE GEORGIA COTTON CO
SIB. B. MI91KIKS SUCCEEDS TUB
I.ATK C. Cl CAinPBEU. AS
' PRESIDENT.
ThoCJnpt.nl Slack Increnacd n) Iho An
mini Election of UOIcera.
TMB EFFECT OF THE BBFCSAI,
OF TIIE WEST TO ACCEPT 1,0-
CA1, CHECKS OK NEW YORK
EXCHANUE.
THIS AND THAT.
OBInrd on Soulhern Bnnka nnd n Blow
«l the Cotton lulereal—Curroncf
Needed to More the Cotton
CJrop.
The Savannah News of Friday says:
A meeting of the board of trade has
tie on called tor to-morrow morning at
11 o’clock to consider President Cleve
land’s message to Congress. The cot
ton exchange has been invited to par
ticipate.
Resolutions will be presented, urging
Representative Lester and the other
representatives from this State to as
sist in tile repeal of the Sherman law,
and representing to them the financial
•distress which threatens tho country,
and which is growing more imminent
•every day.
J is no doubt that strong reso-
There
lutions will be passed by the meeting
showing the necessity for immediate
relief for the country nnd the cer
tainty of immense disaster to this sec
tion if Congress does not take steps at
once to relieve the situation. It is the
unanimous conviction of the business
men of Savannah that the immediate
repeal of the Sherman silver law is the
only measure which onn give relief,
and that if such action is not taken at
•once the country will soon be involved
in the greatest financial panic that has
over occurred In its history
STRIKKS SAVANNAH HARD.
The condition of the finances of the
country at large has coine nearer home
tto tile Savannah merchants in the last
few days than at any time since the
stringency of the money mnrket first
begau to be felt. A number of the
prominent wholesale merchants and
grain nnd provision dealers, probably
allot them, have received notices by
telegraph and mall within the last few
days from their correspondents in
Louisville,Chicago and other Western
cities that all orders must hereafter be
-accompanied by currency or checks
upon the banks of the cities from
which tlie goods nre ordered. Local
•ebooks and New York exchange will
no {onger be received. Similar no
tices have been received by the mer
chants of Charleston and other South
ern cities.
This action by the Western business
men will have a very serious eil'ect
upon the business of tills section. All
the exchange from this section is with
New York and there is practically .no
•exchange on Chicngo from the South
east,all dealings usually beingthrough
New York.
The Savannah merchants have here
tofore paid their Western bills ill ex
change on New York or by checks oil
the Savannah banks, which was pretty
much the same thing, as the checks
when returned for collection were
•paid by New York exchange.
The exports of cotton nnd naval
•stores nre paid by drafts on New York,
which always gives the Savannah
bank a preponderance of exchange on
New York, enabling them to settle ac
counts in other cities by drafts on
-New York.
ALMOST UNPBKCKDENTKD.
This is the first time in the history
•of tho country since 1873 that New
York exchange was not good in any
•paxit-of the country. The effect of this
•refusal to accept New York exchange
\by the Western banks is to reduce all
tranaaot/ions between this section and
the West to a-curreucy basis, requir
ing bbe shipment of cash by express
with orders.
The action of the Western banks is
•caused by the refusal of the New York
banks to give currency in exchange
•for drafts. What mofiey the New
"York banks have they propose to keep
and they will only pay drafts ill certi
fied checks on the clearing house or
checks on banks in those cities where
they have deposits. While the cheeks
are good for the amount they repre
sent, they are as useless as waste paper
to the business man who must have
•currency with which to transact his
bushiest.
As the refusal cf the New York
bangs to sepd outcurrency applies in
(IRC banks South as well as West, the
Southern merchants will not find it an
«tsy matter to secure ctirrenoy suffi
cient to pay for Western grain nnd
•provisions, and a general decrease in
business in these lines is likely to be
'the result.
Many merchants regard the situa
tion as threatening and the prospects
Tor the future as very gloomy indeed,
unless Congress affords immediate re
lief .by the repeal of the Sherman sil
ver law.
The situation in Savannah, as set
•forth in the above, is the same in Al
bany and in every other cotton mar
ket an <tbe South.
Never before lias it been so our
brokers and merchants could not pay
for meat and grain from the West
•with New York exchange. But notice
bas been served on them during the
last few days that they must remit
currency.
The New York banks honor the
drafts of those of their correspondents
who Slave money to their credit with
«hein, but they absolutely refuse to
•seadauy money out of New York. It
•tabestuoney to move the cotton crop,
and, if it cannot be had, the wheels of
trade will be stopped at a very critical
time. U will be useless for our local
banks to pay out what money they
have for cotton when they know they
can get po more, and until something
is done to itart currency Southward
The event is being looked forward
to with considerable interest all over
the country, and right along on this
line comes this gossip, whioh says “all
of Washington Ims been much inter
ested during the past month in specu
lations about what might bo going on
was possibly to be expected and what
at Gray Gables. And in connection
with this discussion there has been a
bit of Interesting gossip lloatingabout.
It seems to settle one question pretty
definitely. Whatever may oocur at
Gray Gables, there will be no second
Grover Cleveland in the world at the
end of tho summer. Mrs. Cleveland
is quoted by several or her friends in
Washington as having said to them
that she would never name a child of
hers after her husband. “There shall
be no second Grover Cleveland,” she
said. “There was only one George
Washington, only one Abraham Lin
coln; there shall be only one Grover
Cleveland.”
The vaoanoy caused in the Presi
dency of the Georgia Cotton Company
by the death of Mr. C. C. Campbell has
been tilled by the eleotion of Mr. E
Slqikins, of this city.
At a meeting of the stockholders
held in this city a few days ago the
following officers were eleoted :
President—E. Slmkins.
Vice-President—W. It. Howie.
Secretary and Treasurer—Jno. B,
Whitehead.
The capital stock of the company
was also increased from if 10,000 to $15,*
000.
Tlie Georgia Cotton Company owns
and operates tlie Campbell compress
ill this city, and buys cotton through'
out this part of the State, The coin
pany is oomposed of thorough busi
noss men who have had long expert
once in handling cotton, ami has been
nn important factor in making Albany
the leading cotton market of South
west Georgia.
XVIIV liHO\V 01,11 AT aof
Nralemetlc Exercise (he Real Elixir or
Eire.
Here is the opinion of nn all-wool
nnd a yard-wide Southwest Georgia
Democratic farmer as to tho Presi
dent’s message:
I've been reiidin’ of tho incssjigo that you’ve
board go much orient
Ani I think us to its moanin' there shouldn't
ho any doubt
Fur I came to this conclusion before I’d gotten
through:
There ain't much m it, brother—not much for
mo mid you.
Cleveland's gone back on tho South—tho solid
rank nnd file—
Instead of puttin' money In ourpockots itsgoin
nut tho wlillo;
For ho kinder lonns to Wall street, which, of
oonrso is wrong,
For it’s tlie South's worst onomy, and has boon
all or long.
lie kindly fondles gold and slaps silver In the
fnec,
Ho throws away the platform upon which ho
won tho race,
And lie doesn't offer a romody for tho torrlblo
Sheri mm law,
Which the pooplo have boon cassia’ from New
York to Yamaoraw,
Hut I ain't or kicking much—though a little hit
put out.
For Georgia lias iior corn cribs full, nnd pigs er
namin' 'bout;
So, if Congress doesn't help us, nnd show Hint
tliey’ro mon,
I'll fling iqi all my polities nnd swenr oil* there
and then.
We have heard of a great many in
stances where the currency stringency
was pretty well illustrated, hut the
following from the New York Tribune
beats them all: “A mail entered a
pawnbroker’s shop in the Bowery, and
laying down a twenty-dollar bill asked
if lie could be accommodated with a
dollar on it, Tlie broker was an ex
cellent judge of money, nnd saw at
onoe that tne bill was genuine. So
lie turned and said to tlie stranger,
shoving tlie bill toward him as
lie spoke, timt lie was in no mood
for nonsense. But tlie stranger
shoving the bill back, rejoined in earn
est tones that he meant business; tiiat
he couldn’t get any conductor on a
horse car to change the bill; that he
had already been put oil' three cars;
that his boots were awful tig-lit, nnd
that unless he could get a dollar oil
the bill he, would be compelled to walk
to tlie battery. Well, the pawnbroker
couldn’t but feel that the stranger
meant what he said. So he took up
the twenty-dollar bill, toyed with it a
few moments, and then said to him :
“Well, my friend, I’d like to accommo
date you, but owing to the llnancial
stringency I can only give you 75
cents.’ ”
From the Health Jonuml.
If we want to see good health in old
age, we must look for it ill the men
who are noted for their physical and
intellectual vigor, and these are men
who have always taken active exer
cise—it matters little whether it bo in
felling mouarohs of the forest, brisk
walking or other physical exeroise
with a large amount of brain work,
If systematic In their work, they will
enjoy tho pictures of life
long after they have passed their
three-score years and ten. Of
such material are the men who
control tlie destinies of nations, men
who give indications of mental and
bodily vigor timt would shame half
their age. The wiry frame will be
vigorous when the obese and sedentary
Individual of the same age has drifted
into senility and premature decay.
A New Game*
According to tho Savnnnali Press
“tlie young ladies of Anniston, weuried
by amateur love-making, have invent
ed a new game calculated to give the
bashful young men experience suffi
cient to make them adepts in the art
before the crucial test of proposing
eomes, It Is known as “progressive
love,” and consists in each young gen
tleman of the set making love to a
young lady present for ten minutes.
After this interesting proceeding is
over the young ladies vote as to which
of tlie young gentlemen was the most
eloquent pleader in the cause of love.
A prize is awarded to linn and another
prize is given to the worst love-maker,
It is not probnble that such a game
will And favor in Albany as it is pre
sumed that past experience will pre
clude the idea of such a thing. If our
Anniston neighbors are anxious for
rapid advancement a trip to the Ar-i
lesian City will be advantageous.
They can get pointers here.
Keep Clean Vonr Premises.
We all feel reasonably safe as to the
cleanliness of Albany, while the yel
low fever scare is abroad, still, as' the
IIkrald has before admonished its
readers, there can be no overstep
ping the bounds of precaution in sani
tary matters.
In addition to the qurantine, and
the general efforts that are being
made to keep away the epidemic,
there can be no more satisfactory
labor spent than individual efforts of
Albany’s citizens to purify the sur
roundings of their homes. Wherever
there is an indication of dampuess, a
place where the germs of fever could
multiply, besprinkle it with a copious
coating of lime and endeavor to kill
the source from whence the moisture
comes.
There is every reason to believe that
Albany will not be visited by the Yel
low Jack, even though it should be
come epidemic in neighboring cities,
but as we are all aware, ’tis too late
to lock the stable door after the horse
is stolen. So clean up, and right now.
The Herald learns that Messrs.
Dees Sc Cochran, the enterprising
merchants at Acree, will soon estab
lish a branch house at Dublin, Ga.
An advertisement in the Herald
does the business every time, and the
fact is becoming more apparent every
day. This is a pointer on our circu
lation.
Wonderful Coolucaa.
Editors are wonderfully cool nnd
collected sometimes, as was illustrated
in the new York Times office a day or
two ago:
A lighted match carelessly dropped
into a pile of tissue paper in the office
of the managing editor started a sud
den blaze. One of the editors with
rare presence of mind seized a port
able lire extinguisher and attempted
to pour out the contents on the lire.
This failing, he called for a corkscrew.
An office boy respectfully suggested
that the stop-cock be turned and the
nozzle of the short hose attached to
the apparatus be used. The editor
followed the suggestion and soaked a
reporter with a gallon of green soup.
The reporter stood about ten feet away
from the burning paper. While he
was spitting out a quart or so of the
liquid the blaze went out. So did the
reporter. It is reported that $009,000,-
000 wortli of rejected manuscripts was
destroyed.
Killed by Lightning*
Mr. G. M. Bacon, of DeWitt, had the
misfortune to have three fine mules
killed by lightning and another crip
pled, last Friday. The mules were
working at the gin when the deadly
bolt came, and two were instantly
killed, while tho third one was crip
pled, and died afterwards. Whether
the lightning did any other damage
the Herald was unable to.ascertain.
WHEN DOCTOR!) DMAORBB.
A qiiMilon XVhich Ilna Cnuaed n (food
Ulnnr to Don Their Thinking
Cnpa, nnd Una Afforded
much Amusement.
A question was sprung on an un
suspecting friend by one of Albany’s
legal lights, a few days ago, nnd he,
in turn, asked it of some one else, and
so it grew until it has afforded much
amusement to x great number. The
question, mention of wliioh wnB made
In Saturday’s Herald, is “Under tho
laws of Georgia, oan a man marry Ills
widow’s sister."
A few saw through it at a glance,
many hesitated and were lost, while
some pondered over it, oarried it home
with them and thought ovei it all
night, to the banishment of the
drowsy god.
Capt. Richard Hobbs said that as far
as the laws of the United States went,
he was not quite cleur, but lie knew
tlint such nmrriagis have occurred in
tlie. old country.
Knbbi C. Wessolowsky snld he was
not familiar with the laws of this
oountry on the subject, hut in his na
tive country such marriages were con
sidered perfectly legal.
Mr. S. B. Wight said lie know n man
who had oontraoted suoli a marriage
twice, and offered to produoe tlie man
to confirm his statement. It began to
look like Albany had been entertain
ing a spiritualist, unawares ail these
years.
Mr. Fleischer, the oiever properietor
o[ the Washington street barber shop,
was willing to bet his shop with his
horse thrown in, that such marriages
were perfectly legal and many such
hud occurred.
Dr. W. W. Baoon—“O, yes. I know
several men who have done It.”
Mr. W. O. Watson passed a very
restless night in studying the ques
tion.
Mr. L. B. Williams had not thought
about tile laws of Georgia on tlie sub
ject, but in Alabama such marriages
were permitted and often happened.
The erudite editor of one of Albany’s
dnilies settled the question finally
by announcing in IiIb most foroiblo
manner, “It has often been done.”
There is a strong suspicion that
Mayor Gilbert delivered a magisterial
opinion on tlie subjeot, but what it
was could not he ascertained, as an
oath of secreoy was sworn over a glass
of ooca-cola.
RUNNING A NEWSPAPER.
Jlia Jones, ho was an oditoi-, that Is, ho tried
to bo;
lie bought himself a hund press an* started in
to seo
Jos* what there was to editin', but when ho
cnnvnssod, ’round,
Some fifteen hundred editors in timt same town
Ito found.
-AND GREATEST-.
They all know nioro nbout it than Jones could
hope to know;
They told him: “You must run hor, Jones, Jos’
so an’ so nn’ so!
Bo sure and boom tho Baptists, they’re bound
to help you out,
An’ give tho good old Mothodists a big salva
tion shout!
SHIRT
-OF THE-
notlco; bo sure an’ put it
‘ Give every man ,
down
Whenover Major dinks is seen to pcramhulato
tho town;
Put in a fow froo locals toy all tho stores; an’
give •
Kach man a free subscription, if yon want your
sheet to live!”
-AT * '
Woll, Jones; he done Jos’ as they said, for fear
they’d make a row;
But tho more ho tried to ploaso ’em nil, tho
move they told him how!
Until at last lie took his honk an* laid it on tho
shelf;
Then run tho pnpor in tho ground an* follorcd
it himself!
HOFMAYER N JONES’
'M
A Livrlr Rltnnwny.
Little Miss Millie Flasher, daugh
ter of Mr. nnd Mrs. S. Flnshor, hnd
rather lively experience Sunday af
ternoon about 0 o’blook.
She had been left alone in her fa
ther’s buggy which was standing near
Mr. 8. Farkns’ residence on Broad
street, when suddenly the horse star
ted toward home. Tlie usual orowtl
was present and when they began to
hollow “whoa” tho horse beoamc
frightened and started to run. Near
the corner of Broad and Jefferson
streets the veliiole struck an obstacle
and tho little girl was thrown violent
ly to the ground. She was immediate
ly pioked up when it was discovered
that, almost miraculously she had re
ceived no injuries at all.
The horse continued his lllglit not
stopping until the buggy had been
pretty well demolished.
We arc determined to close out v—
Shirts ns we do in all kinds of stock in
our different departments.
I) o offer now tfie greatest Bargains
> olosn out our entire stook of Negli
gee, Puff and Full Dress Shirts.
Our $1.50 Pink and Blue Shirts,
which we had reduced to DOo. nnd !
will bo sacrificed at this sale at 75o. f
bound and unbound.
PDFF SHIRTS
wer
In White and Colored, whioh .
sold early in the season at 78o. and _
we close out to-day at 50o. and 65o.
Tlie HBo, Sateen Shirts go with *’
sale at GOo.
Gentlemen Full
Dpess
The oompresses nre getting ready
to embrace the large ootton orop.
FROM THE OTHER WORLD.
A Nplritnnlut Prepnrlux In Telegraph
lo Hie Frlcmle After Hie Denlh.
George Francis Cobson, a spiritual
ist, says a Bpocial from Muskegon,
Mich., has perfected a soheine,
by whio he hopes at death to
he able to prove positively to
those still In the nmteriul state
that his spirit still exists. He
went to Pittsburg a short time ngo
and obtained a largo glass cylinder so
constructed that it can be sealed air
tight quiokly. In this cylinder he has
suspended with fine copper wires two
pieces of metal so light that they may
be brought in contact with the slight
est motion of air within the cylinder.
Wires pass through the cylinder, one
being connected with a battery and
the other with a telegraphic instru
ment.
He has inado arrangements for his
friends just before the spirit leaves
his body to seal him in the cylinder so
that his spirit may be kept from de
parting, and at the same time is en
abled by a series of systematio dis
turbances of the air within the cylin
der to communicate with his friends
through the telegraphic instrument.
He is dying with consumption, and
the public will not have long to wait
for the test of hla experiment. If it
should prove successful his friends are
pledged after three days to unseal the
cylinder and allow the spirit to de
part, and then seal up and bury the
remains.
Nancy Hanks failed to lower her
record of 2:0l last Saturday. 81m
seemed to he in bnd slmpo and finished
the mile ill 2:08W.
Wortli $2, will be olosed out at $
There are only a few.
During this sale, positively
during this sale, we will sell our
ttnlaundered Shirts at 90o. and tho 1
Unlaiindered Shirts at 85c.
If. & J. 15c. •
The Herald has the largest daily
oirculation of any paper ever pub
lished in Albany. And the advertis
ers are finding It out, too.
*
COliLifl^S
Not quite a mouth now and the Al
bany High School will bo claiming the
attention of the children and those
who are not children, also.
For tills sale only, at lOo. m
Windsor Scarfs greatly reduoed
Fancy Windsor Scarfs at 3o.
Electrician l)ARFOOT,of the Electric
Light Station, sayB he intends to make
the Albany plant one of the very best
In every resp'eot to be found in Geor
gia, and It Is evident to an observer
that his intentions will be carried ou(
to the letter if the present rate of im
provement is kept up. Everything
HOFMAYER
will bo arranged with an eye to con
venience, and the stntion will bo fully
equipped with nil the modern eleetrio
lighting improvements.
J. L. RAREY,
MIRCIIT
That oily and rough skin cured and
the face and hands beautified by John
son’s Oriental Soap; medicated and
highly perrumed. Sold by the Sales-
Davls Drug Uo.
f have just received a very fine i_
tion of Fall nnd Winter Samples
from which I am ready to
take orders. Anybody
wunting a
The hustling business man is doing
the least croaking.
Silver dollars are growing so scarce
in this part of the moral vineyard that
one looks as big as a cart wheel.
Mr. J. C. Mason, the live grocery
merchant, gives notioe in this week’s
Herald that be will move from
his present stand in the Carter Sc
Woolfolk warehouse burning on
Washington street to No. 49 Broad
street, on the 1st of September, and
that he proposes to carry a full line of
family and fanoy groceries and some
specialties. Mr. Mason 1, a thorough
going ydiiqg business martj and mor :
•r on,
i more ca
'•-« Cm «*
Impolite Tbingq#
Selected.
We give a few of those impolite
things in which young people render
themselyes disagreeable;
Loud and boisterous laughter.
Reading when others are talking.
Reading aloud in company without
being asked.
Talking when others are reading.
Smoking about the house.
Cutting finger nails in company.
Leaving church before public wor
ship is closed.
Whispering or laughing in church.
Gazing rudely at strangers.
Leaving a stranger without a seat.
A want of reverence and respect ior
seniors.
Correcting persons older than your
self, especially parents.
Receiving a present without an ex
pression of gratitude.
Making yourself the hero of your
story.
Laughing at the mistakes of others.
Joking of others in company.
Commencing talking before others
have finished speaking.
Answering questions that have been
put to others.
Commencing to eat as soon as you
get to the table.
The Tailoring* End tlio Illffgeat.
Old Charlie Arnold lived in Quit-
man and took his toddy often and
took it strong.
“Brother Arnold," said tho preach
er ono day when Charlie was rather
remorseful, “why don’t you quit
drinking?”
“Can’t,” answered Brother Arnold
laconically.
“Yes, but you can. Why don’t
you get you a bottle of good whisky
and taper off, a little less and a little
less, till you get so you don’t need it
at all?”
"Taper the old Nick?, I’ve tried
that often and ag’in afore now, and
every time I tackle it that way the
taper end gits to be the biggest.’’—
Atlanta Journal.
pocooacooa.oooopoooco'ooc
NICE SUI
i oeeeeo.abooceo'gVofed.eh'd
The b{ill collector who is invited to
• oall again, these days, generally does
only to have the invitation repeated.
A Largo Cron. In nn Engll.h Church.
The largest croBS in any church inthia
country is the “Great Rood," which the
Duke of Newcastle presented to the
Church of St. Albans, Holborn. It is an
enormous crucifix, the cross of which is
over 25 feet in height, and hangs sus
pended from the chancel arch. The cross
itself 1b colored dead olive green, and
the arms have terminals of fioWer-de-luce
and Tudor roses. The sacred figure is
painted and gilt, while on either side
stand presentments of St. John the Di
vine and the Virgin as "the Mater Dolo
rosa.” The idea of the work has been
chiefly borrowed from the rood crosses
to be seen still ut St. Peter's, Lonvain,
and at Oplinter in Brabant.—London
Tit-Bits.
In Kentucky Jurors Must Be Able to Itead*
Circuit Judge Green in a murder trial
at Williamstown decided that not being
able to read disqualified a person from
Bitting on a jury. It is the first time the
question has been raised we believe.
Section 225 of the criminal code pro
vides: “The conrt shall, on motion of
either party, and before argument to the
jnry, instruct the jury on the law ap
plicable to the case, which shall always
be given in writing." Congressman
Dickerson made the point that each jury
man should be able to read the instruc
tions himself, and if he conld hot do this
he was disqualified. The judge sustained
the objection.—Greennp (Ky.) Gazette.
W. P. Drop, Dniggist, Springfield,
Mass, writes: “Japanese Pile dure
has cured a lady seven years afflicted;
oould pot walk half mile In last three
■ears: now walks any distance.” Sold
>y Sales-Davis Drug Co.
OR OVERCOAT
Made, would do well to give me th
■UP* . gi
orders now before the ruBb. All
guaranteed and satisfaction given
Remember, the old stand.—Veti
Block.
CRAIN & SOI
-ARE MOVING TO
NO. 94 BROAD’
THREE DOORS EAST
OF THEIR PRESENT
STAND, AND WILL
OPEN UP THERE ON
SEPTEMBER FIRST.
MEANWHILE YOU
WILL FIND THEM AT
THEIR OLD HEAD
QUARTERS READY TO
SERVE YO
8. B Brown, Eo. L. Wight, A. P. i
President. Vice-Prcs.
EXCHANGE 11
OF ALBANY, GA.
Opened business April 17, ’1
PAID UP CAPITAL,
‘■'liiFjiPiJM/A.Kl'lii.kl
Cash deposits
drafts: Exohang'el
current rates; mon
proved time pa
solicited. (