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rheumatism and all irregularities of the
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women, regulates bladder troubles In chil
dren. If not sold by your druggist will
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Covington. Ga.. July 23. 1898
This Is to certify that I have used Dr.
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Kidney and Bladder Troubles, and will
say it is far superior to anything I have
ever used for the above complaint. Very
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H. I. HORTON. Ex-Marshal.
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
KEWS AND VIEWS OF THE DAY IN
TWO STATES.
fnncrnl of Col. Trammell—Mrs. IV.II.
Young: of Augusta and Mr*. Georg**
T. Harris of Vnron Dead—Tifton
Cotton Hills Going I p—Key West
Pioneer Dead—Weddings In Flor
ida— Gambling Shops Raided at
Tampa.
Mrs. TV. B. Young, the wife of ex-
Mayor W. B. Young of Augusta, died at
1 o’clock Saturday afternoon in that city,
after an ill ness of eight weeks. Besides
her husband, she is survived by two young
sons.
Mrs. George T. Harris Dead.
Mrs. George T. Harris died at the city
hospital in Macon Sunday morning shortly
nfter 10 o’clock. She was carried there a
few' days ago on her arrival from Atlanta.
The deceased was a noble Christian wo
man, and her death is mourned by a
large circle of friends.
Col. Trammell's Funeral.
The largest concourse of people ever
Been at a funeral in Dalton escorted the
body of Col. L. N. Trammell from the
depot to the cemetery Sunday. The train
arrived about noon, and the avenue lead
ing to the depot and till adjacent lots and
porches were filled with people and car
riages. The line of carriages alone was
over a mile long. Col. Trammell was
dearly beloved in this section of the state,
where he spent so much of his life, know
ing almost every citizen of this and ad
joining counties.
Tlie Tifton Cotton Mills.
Mr. S. M. Cunningham of Griffin, super
intendent of construction for the Tifton
cotton mills, arrived and at once com
menced work, with a force of hands, dig
ging out the foundation for the mills and
constructing cottages for the operatives,
and the work will he pushed as rapidly
as material can be placed on the grounds.
A meeting of the stockholders of the mills
was held in the office of the Bank of Tif
ton Wednesday morning, and after a
short session they organized and elected
the following officers:
President. H. H. Tift.
Vice President, S. M. Clyatt.
Secretary-Treasurer and General Man
ager. L. G. Manard.
Board of Directors. H. H. Tift. L. S.
Shepard, W. W. Banks, E. P. Bowen, S.
M. Clyatt, Briggs Carson, L. G. Manard.
FLORIDA.
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock Mr John
E. Cavender of Macclenny, and Miss Mary
Rebecca, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.
B. Brantonof Bayard, wore united in mar
riage by Mr. A. 11. Wing.
A Key Went Pioneer.
Mr. John T. Barker, one of the oldest
and most respected citizens of Key West,
died last Thursday, after a long illness.
Mr. Barker was a Key West pioneer,
having resided there for many years, and
had held many offices of trust in the
United States, stale and county depart
ments.
Boiler Exploded.
The big cylinder boiler of the McQuag
grist and rice mill at Eureka exploded
last Saturday morning, tearing the fur
nace. steam pipes and everything near
it to pieces. It changed ends and fell
twenty feet from its bed, burying one end
in the ground. Fortunately, no one was
seriously hurt, as everyone was in the
main building at the time of the ex
plosion.
Wale li -Weeks.
A quiet Wedding took place Sunday at
Green Cove Springs at the residence of
the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James
Weeks, at 11 o’clock a. m. The contract
ing parties were Mr. Gerald C. Walch
and Miss Mabel Weeks. The Rev. J. T.
Butler, an Episcopalian minister, of
Jacksonville, performed the ceremony,
which was witnessed by the family and
a few Intimate friends. The bridal party
left oh the afternoon train for St. Augus
tine.
Itnlded Gamblers.
The first gambling raids under the pres
ent Tampa administration occurred Satur
day evening. It watt reported that a place
was running on Seventh avenue, and the
police were ordered to go and stop it. This
was done, and only six men were caught
in the place. Another place was found,
but no one was caught there, as they
knew the officers were coming, and got out
ot the way. They had evidently been
well informed, but a little late, as there
was every evidence left behind to show
that somebody had heen gambling lienvi- !
ly. A large sum of money was left in
sight.
A CONTRAST WITH THJ.
Him Hr,an, a “Dark Horse," Won
Nomination by a Speech,
From the Baltimore Sun.
The near approach of the Democratic
National Convention of 1900 calls attention
to the marked contrast between the situ
ation in reference to the presidential nom
ination now and at the corresponding pe
riod in 1896.
The nomination of Bryan at Kansas City
Is, and has been for weeks, a foregone con
clusion. But it would have been a bold
poetical prophet who. on the day before
the Chicago Convention assembled four
years ago, would have dnred to forecast
the selection of Mr. Bryan lor the presi
dency. .
The convention met In the great Audi
torium at Chicago July 7, 1896. The silver
men were In a decided majority, but were
by no means agreed on candidates. As It,
was desired that the presidential nomlna
nee should be a shining exponent of the
silver Idea, a plurality of the delegates
advocated the nomination of Richard
Parka Bland—" Silver Dick" Bland of Mis
souri—who had won n national reputation
in Congress by championing fie coinage
In the contesting delegation from Ne
braska was a young man, who, during two
terms in Congress, had become noted as
on orator and as a careful, painstaking
public servant. He had dropped out of
Congress In 1899, and when the convention
met was editor of the Omaha World-Her
id. This young man was William Jen-
flings Bryan, then 36 years old.
The National Committee decided In fa
vor of seating the gold delegation from
Nebraska, but the convention reversed
this and seated the silver delegation,
headed by Mr. Bryan.
On July 9 the platform, declaring for
the free coinage of silver and gold at the
ratio of 16 to 1, was adopted by a vote
of 628 to 301. The adoption of the plat
form was preceded by a debate of mark
ed brilliancy, in which David B. Hill, of
New York, made fhe principal speech for
the gold side. Bryan spoke for silver,
and his speech won the nomination for
president. It set the convention and the
immense crowd in the galleries almost
wild.
The speech was delivered in masterly
style and was full of rhetorical passages.
Extracts from it which have been widely
quoted are as follows *
You shall not press down upon the brow
orf labor this crown of thorns. You shall
not crucify mankind upon a cross of
gold.
You come to us and tell us that the
cities are in favor of the gold standord.
I tell you that these great cities rest
upon the broad and fertile prairies. Burn
down your cities and leave our farms and
vour cities will spring up again as if by
magic. But destroy our farms and the
grass will grow in the streets of every
city in this country.
We have petitioned hnd our petitions
have been scorned. We have entreated
and our petitions have been disregarded.
They have mocked at our calamity.
We beg no longer; we petition no more.
We defy them.
The story of the five ballots for the
presidency may be told in the following
table:
Ballots.
Candidates 12 3 4 5
William J. Bryan ..137 197 219 275 448
Richard IV Bland ..235 281 291 241 112
John R. McLean .. 54 53 54 46 46
Horace Hois 67 37 36 38 26
Claude Matthewu f. 37 34 34 35 31
J. C. S Blackburn. 82 41 28 27 1
Robert E. Pattison 97 100 96 97 95
Sylvester Pennoyer. 8 8
James E. Campbell. 1
William E. Russell. 2
Adlai Stevenson ... 6 10 S 8 8
Benj. R. Tillman.. 17
David B. Hill 11111
Hery M. Teller 8 8
Total vote cast 751 770 768 768 768
Absent and not vot
ing 179 160 162 363 162
Number of dele
gates in the con
vention 930 930 920 930 930
Necessary to a
choice 500% 513% 512 512 511%
Before the result of the fifth ballot cou!*l
be announced Mr. John R. McLean chang
ed Ohio’s 46 votes to Bryan; then, ex
Gov. Stone changed Missouri’s 34 votes,
and other states following, the nomina
tion was declared unanimous, amid much
confusion and the greatest enthusiasm.
On Saturday, July 11, Arthur Sewall of
Maine was nominated for Vice President
and the convention adjourned.
011 l FIRST FIRECRACKER.
\ Fourth of July Poem by Joe Lin
coln.
Copyright, IfKW. by Joe Lincoln.
O you boys grown gray and bearded, you
that used ter chum with me
In that lazy little village down beside the
tumblin’ sea.
When yer sniff the burnin’ powder, when
yer see the banners fly.
Don’t yer thoughts, like mine, go driftin’
back to Fourths long since gone by?
And, amongst them days of gladness,
ain’t there one that stands alone,
When yer had yer fust firecrackers—jest
one bunch, but all yer own?
I
Don’t yer ’member how* yer envied big
ger chaps their fuss and noise.
’Cause yer ma had said that crackers
wasn’t good fer little boys?
Do yer member how yer teased her, morn
and eve and noon and night.
And how all the world yelled "Glory!”
when at last she said yer might?
Do yer ’member how yer bought ’em,
weeks and weeks ahead of time.
After savin' all yer pennies till they foot
ed up a dime?
Do yer ’member what they looked like? I
can see ’em plain as plain,
With a dragon on ihe package, grinnin’
through a fiery rain.
Do yer ’member how yer fired ’em, Glow
and careful, one by one?
Don’t it seem like each was louder than
he grandest sort of gun?
Can't yer see the big red flashes, if yer
only shut yer eyes,
And jesi smell the burnin’ powder, sweet
er’n breaths from paradise?
O you boys, gray haired and bearded, O
you youngsters grown ter men,
We can't buy them kind of crackers now,
nor never shall again!
Fer the joys that used ter glitter through
the fizz and puff and crash
Has, ter most of us. been deadened by the
grindin’ chink of cash.
But I’d like ter ask yer fellers, how much
of yer hoarded gold
Would yer give if it could buy yer one
glad Fourth like them of old?
How much would yer spend ter gain it—
that light-hearted, joyous glow,
That come with yer fust firecrackers,
when yer bought 'em long ago?
—James A. Burden, chief owner of Ihe
big Burden Iron Mills at Troy, N. Y.,
has for many years donated $1,500 to be
distributed among the residents of the
lower section of the city, wherein the
iron mills are located. This sum has been
yearly placed in the hands of the fore
men in each of the departments of the
iron mills, who disirlbute the money to
the deserving people in their respective
localities. This year Mr. Burden has sup
plemented his generosity by giving an or
der to supply Ice to all who are too poor
to buy i this summer.
1 speaks lor Ml.
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JOHN GUTENBERG.
THE FIVE 111 NDRIvOTII ANNIVER
SARY OF HIS BIRTHDAY.
Feature* of III* Remarkable Career.
The llur\e.*t of Hi* Labor* Reaped
by Other*.
From the New York Post.
London, June 10.—Towards the end of
the month there will be celebrated at the
Rhenish city of Mainz the Gooth anni
versary of ilie birth of John Gutenberg.
Festive doings, pilgrimages to spots with
whic h he was intimately associated, pro
cessions wherein will be represented
many masters of early printing—there
and other things are promised to those
who, doubtless in numbers, will make
their way Mainz-ward in a few weeks.
During his- lifetime a prophet may have
no honor iii his own country, but if his
voice penetrate to other lands, soon or
late its sound is caught up and swelled
into a song of eager acclaim by his coun
trymen, his fellow townsfolk.
We will not here enter into the vexed
question as to whether or not Mainz is
the real birthplace of printing. On the
one hand are those who incline to the
opinion that the art was really discov
ered by Laurens Janszoom, surnamed
Coster, at Haarlem, about 1440, and that
one Johannes, having robbed him of his
types, tied to Mainz in 1441. there to o{>en
a workshop. The onti-Costerians—and
perhaps the main body of opinion has in
recent years veered in this direction—
maintain that a now familiar passage in
ihe Cologne Chronicle of 1499 alludes in
"the first prefigurement * * * invented
in Holland” to block books and to
moveable types. For our present pur
poses we need take no heed of the con
troversy. but assume that John Guten
berg was in truth the Initiator of per
haps the most potent change which the
world has seen. Printing has been as the
wind whereon the seeds of knowledge
are carried to remote places; by means
of printing the great Demos has been
awakened ro a consciousness of life and
of power. It has opened wide the doors
of evil and of good. No wonder, then,
that the citizens of Mainz are eager to
do honor to the memory of the supj>osed
father of the craft.
John Gutenberg took hi? mother’s name
instead of Iha I of Ids father, Fr'elo sum
Gaunsfielsch. A patrician by li r !>, he
ad hs kind were driven out of Mainz in
142 e. in ail probability, lie alnjost imme
diately afteiwards settled at Strasbourg,
abrut slxtv miles ands ant. Cn the teeall
of iho*nobles to Mainz, he refinei to stir,
ard hence l it pr. petty seems to have
been c:nftscaled. Gut >til>erg, described as
a h gh-spirll. and, thoughtful devout young
man, seized the opp rtunity in 1434 to im
prison at Strasbourg the town clerk of
Mairz rar a debt c ue lo him ly the cor
poration of his native city. The senti
mental may find an explanation of this In
the fact that by that time h- was af
fianced to Emmeline zu Isern -Thure, and
anxious to reaisrri bis claims 'to his pos
srssicns. On the urgent representations
of the .Mayor and Councillors of Stras
bourg however, he r.leased the town
clerk wi houl t ehieving his aim.
Ills love affa rs antecetlent to his mar
riage ate cl udej . n mys ery, but this is
certain, that few stranger stoties could
bo told. According to h.s champions, he
remainrd ttue throughout to h s lianeee.
Moreover, It was his late of h r alone
that c£u ? ed him, a pcor man, to tefuse to
make her his wife. But tho, lady had spir
it. Unable to Voting him to hook, appar
ently. by sof words or appeals to rea
son. in 1437 she Slid him 1 efore the ec
c'eslastiral courts for breech cf j romise
of marriage. John Gutenberg had to sur
rtnder the citadel, and the after happiness
of the two appears to have bo< n complete.
Some chrord brs, indeed, wou and have us
h i eve lhat to Emmeline ttt.d i ot to John
bclcius tlie honor cf having thought of
movah e tyt es. Dull g his 1 ng sojourn at
Strasbourg, Gutenberg, almost certainly,
cairi. and on a series of experiments which
IHi up to his final achievement. Perhaps
It Is all a myth about his having excell
ed as a lapdary, and having made a num
ber of Improved looking-glasses f r which
a large s ale was expected at the pil
gr.mage to Aix-la-Chapell ■. The fabrica
tion of mirro s was far more likely a mere
eioak for the piiiting cf s.nculums, the
I.atin word signifying the same thing.
The art of printing, if in truth he had dis
covered It as earU a- 143.. was at this
time a secret process for multi dying man
user ids, and nalitt.il y every precaution
was tai en to guard tgtinst olscotery.
At the end of the fourth decade of the
fifteenth century Gutenberg associated
himself with two artisans of Strasbourg,
by name Andrew Dritzehen and Andrew
Heilmnnn. Professedly these men were
engaged as Splegelmacljprs, hut a legal
document discovered in 17!D throws light
on the subject. They had Jointly agreed
that it one of the partners died in the
course of*their researches his heirs would
have the right to claim no more titan the
amount Invtstrd in tite undertaking, and
not partnership. As it chanced, Dritze
hen did die. and despite Gutenberg's offer
to carry out his agreement, he was sum
moned before the Judge to show why he
should not make place for the dead man's
brother in the bu.-iness. The evidence of
witnesses—which among oilier things
l>ointed to the probability of Gutenberg
withholding from his colleagues an inner
secrei—indicates lhat experiments were
directed towards the manufacture of me
tallic' characters. A goldsmith, for in
stance. said that he hail received more
than a hundred florins for work apper
taining to printing materials "des zu detn
trueken gehoret." This Is one of the ear
liest occurrences, by the way, of the word
trueken, which corresponds lo typography.
In the result Gutenberg was permitted to
abide by the terms of the agreement.
As with so many inventions, so with that
of printing, the father of the craft, in
stead of gaining ought in money or honor,
was brotight down to penury, and had
finally lo accept the posi of- Varied a-our
tier at the court of Archbishop Adolphus,
where there fell to li is lot every year one
suit of livery. and a fixed allowance of
corn and wine'. But to return to the se
quence of event, Gutenberg retraced his
steps to Mainz about the year 144't. By
this time the Idea of publishing a Bible las
supposed to have taken definite root in
his mind. It may well be that he hoped
to have It ready for the golden year of
1450. But this was not to be. Hampered
, by his poverty, and *llll anxious to pre-
serve hi secret, the fight must have been
an uphill one. Like other inventors, tco,
Guv iiin.l g was not par excellence a man
o. affair . The hundred guilders lent to
him by his kinsman Arno.d Gelthus melt
rd wit hot tangible results, and then it was
that h came Into contact with the astuie
gold-mitii of .Mainz. John Fust. Swift to
see the possibility of profit. Fust advanc
ed 800 guilders on conditions that
might well have given pause to a man
absorbed than poor Gutenberg. Fust
held a mortgage on oil printing materials
to be purchased, so that almost at .Any
moment he was in a position to foreclose
and rob the inventor at once of his secret
and all the tangible fruits of his labor.
Nothing daunted, however, Gutenberg
sei to work on the Bible, but before long
he had to apply for a further loan of 800
guilders to Fust. Jn 1854 the •letter? of
indulgence accorded by Pope Nicholas
V. to the faithful who desired to aid in
funds the King of Cyprus against the
Turks were scattered widely throughout
Christendom. Scribes all over Europe
were busily making copies. At Mainz
the dls• ribtitors found that an extraordi
/ ary number of copies* could be supplied
on the shortest possible notice. This, in
point of fact, marked the initial effort of
which we have authentic record that
came from the workshop of Gutenberg,
and for these letters of indulgence the
type of the Bible was in part used. It
may be remarked in passing that the
rapid production of these letters, and the
ease with which they were sold at a rela
tively small price, was laier fixed on by
Luther as one of the matters calling for
reform—and this is not surprising when
we remember that the sheriffs of Paris
requested the Pope to allow them to
raise money in tins way for the recon
struction of a bridge at the Hotel de Vil’.e.
An early example—printed, if I mistake
not, in 1454—is in Earl Spencer’s library
at Althorp, while one dated 1455 may be.
studied any day In the King’s library at
•he Briiish Museum.
It is now generally allowed that al
though Guttenberg may have laid the foun
dation stone of printing by means of move
aide types, he did not single-handed pro
duce the first groat monument of typog
raphy. to which with a certain poetic jus
tice his name still clings. Exactly when
Peter Schoeffer was introduced into the
Mainz workshop it is impossible to say;
almost certainly subsequent to 1439. how
ev. r, when he is said to have written and
ornamented a MS. in Paris, of whose
"most glorious university," according to
a Strasbourg MS. from his hand, he had
become a student. Gutenberg, the cares
of life lying heavily upon him, pressed on
the one hand by Fust, anxious on the oth
er et all hazards to fulfil his dream, must
have seen with alarm the growing favor
of Schoeffer with the clear-headed gold*
smith. Fust by this time doubtless real
ized that a momentous discovery had been
made, anti that the best chance of Ids
profiting thereby was to keep Gutenberg
supplied with money until such time as
Schoeffer—to whom he had given Ids
granddaughter in marriage—had acquired
an intimate knowledge of the mechanical
aspect of the subject. To what extent, if
any Schoeffer should be credited with de
signing the type of the Bible must re
main a mystery. That he, the skilled
scribe, did design some of the most beau
tiful type that has ever been used, every
person of taste can assure himself by
study of the Psalters issued in 1457 end
1459, and the beautiful Bible In Latin of
1462.
On Nov. 6, 1455, before the actual issue
of the great Bible—now widely known as
die Mazarin Bible, because De Bure first
discovered a copy in the library of Cardi
nal Mazarin—Fust instituted a process
against Gutenberg for the reJoverey of
the 2.020 gold florins advanced by him, and
the interest secured thereon, at the rate
of 6 per cent. Having token the deposi
tions of tne parties, the judges sentenced
Gutenberg to pay what was owing, and
this, of course, he was unable to do. In
lieu of money he was compelled to cede
Fust all the moulds types, presses, and
utensils, which practically meant his un
doing. Within the next few' months the
first copies of the Mazarin Bible were
allowed to go forth. The vicar of St. Ste
phen m Mainz records that he himself
linished the binding and illuminating of
the first volume on St. Bartholomew’s
day (the 13th of June), 1456, and the second
oi* the 15th of August. If only because of
the many hardships he suffered, of his
years of earnest effort against adverse cir
i iimsinnct s, one feels disposed to give full
, redii for it to John Gutenberg, the decay
el nobleman, rather than to Peter Schoef
fer, who in any case came relatively late,
on the scenes, and whose own triumphs
suffice to ald lustre to his name. Soon
afur the success of Fust’s action, Guten
berg retired to a little house outside
Mainz, where, by the aid of foreign help,
he attempted to carry on his w'ork. And
he did actually issue one or two books.
Not the least pathetic glimpse of the end
of his days is given by himself in the colo
phon of a book to whfch—doubtless after
seeing tHo finer type by this time being
used in the productions of Schoeffer—he
did not dare to add his name. To the
honor of his relative, Arnold Gelthus, from
whom he had borrowed money, probably
never ri paid, it may be said that it was
he who s**t up a sculptured monument
near the place of John Gutenberg’s grave.
It is well known that the Mazarin Bible
is one of the mest eagerly sought after
to ks by collectors. The last copy sold
was that of the lab- Rev. William Makel
lar of Edinburgh, which, by reason of de
fects having come to light since the Sys
tem Park and sper-al in 1884, was sold with
all faults, making £2,950. against £3.900 for
me,ly ja and for it, while the 1 ite Earl of
Achbuinham’s line copy, printed on vel
um. a-aln fold, not subject to re urn,
realiz'd; £4,600, in the summer of 1897. In
our Biiti-h museum is a magnificent as
s mblage of early printed books, arranged
in chronological order, of profound inter-
est.
The official programme for the Mainz
celebration includes, 1 understand, an his
torical procession, and on the last day
a visit by steamer to Bingen and Eltvllle,
v. hen the banks of the river will be 11 um
inated on the return Journey. A perma
nent Gutenberg museum is, too, to be
started, the Mainz Town Council and the
government of Hesse-Darmstadt each
having contributed 25,000 marks towards
It.
A Jolly Funeral.
From Household Words.
An Itnllan doctor, named Louis Cor
tusio, who died In the last century, left
tome curious instructions as to the man
n< r of hi* burial. The gentleman, by hts
will, forbade his relations to weep at his
funeral on pain of being disinherited; and
appointed him or her who should laugh
the longest and loudest the principal heir
and legatee. Not a stitch of black was to
he displayed, either in the house in which
he should die or in the church in which he
ehoud be hurled—they were ltoth to be
trewn with flowers and green boughs on
the day of his funeral. Instead of the
lolling of bells, lovely music was to nc
■ ir.pany bis body to the church, and
fifty minstrels were to march with the
e ergy sounding their flutes, tromlones,
and trumpets. The bier was to be carried
twelve marriageable girls, clothed in
nin ,to each of whom the testator be
queathed a sum of money for her dowry.
Lastly, no one In the procession was to
wear black. All these orders were abso
lutely carried into effect.
—Vice Consul Murphy Informs the State
Department that W. F. Reldl, a chemist,
has recently exhibited in London a sub
stitute for india-rubber and gutta-percha
made of cellulose mixed with castor oil.
The name given to the product is "vev
. rll." It resembles Para rubber and Is
hatter than rubber because It does not,
like rubber, injure copper wire coated
with It. To apply It It Is softened with
a solvent which will evaporate. Linseed
oil has been used In piace of castor oil In
producing vevril, hut 14 does not do so
well. The ingenuity of chemists will
doubtless provide us ultimately with effi
cient artificial insulating Substances for
coating telegraph and telephone wires and
cables, • 1
SPIRITS MARKET UNCHANGED.
FACTOHS Dili SOT CARE TO SELL
AT 4314 CEITS.
Rathfr Than Let Go ot Thl* Price
The, Preferred to Apply Receipt*
to Contract*—Rosin* Firm and I n
ehanged-Salr* Reported 5 Cent*
Above Quotation* \fter the Clos
ing—Cotton Steady and Unchang
ed—Local and Telegraphic Mark
et*.
Morning News Office. July 3.—There
were no changes ot Importance in the lo
cal markets to-day, which were rather
quiet in anticipation of the holiday. Spir
its turpentine opened and closed firm at
43V* and 4384 cents, but the disposition
of buyers not to pay over the inside price
restricted business for the reason that
factors preferred lo apply their receipts
to contracts rather than sell at the in
side. The rosin market closed firm and
unchanged. It was said that sales of all
grades were made after the closing on a
basis of a cents above quotations. Both
the Board of Trade and the Cotton Ex
change will be closed Wednesday in ob
servance of the legal holiday.
The cotton market closed steady and un
changed. There was less activity In the
New York futures market to-day than
there has been for several days past. The
market closed higher, the advance being
from 10 to 16 points above Tuesday’s clos
ing, yet the volume of business was report
ed to be small. It is reported the English
spinner is taking a serious view' of all
bullish crop reports because of the fact
that his reluctance to believe' these fore
casts last year cost him a great deal. The
wholesale markets remained steady and
unchanged. The following resume of the
different markets will show the tone and
quotations at the closing to-day:
COTTON.
The cotton market closed steady and
unchanged to-day, with reported transac
tions of 230 bales. The futures market
showed some strength, advancing 10 and
16 points, but the effect w’as not generally
reflected In the spot markets. The crop
reports which are now being received
are of a bullish tone, though it may be
some little time yet before the actual re
sults of the rains are known. The day's
receipts were 749 bales.
The following were the official spot quo
tations at the close of the market et
the Cotton Exchange to-day:
| This | Last
| day. | year.
Good middling |9>4 ;6V4
Middling *—9 5-lsisi
Low middling .*... |8 15-16,4",
Good ordinary [B% |4Vi
Market, steady; sales, 230.
Savananh Receipts. Exports and Stocks—
Receipts this day 749
Receipts this day year before last. 145
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1899 1,063.733
Receipts this day year before 1a5t..1,063,738
Same lime last year 1,078,444
Exports, coastwise 20)
Stock on hand this day 15,545
Same day last year 19.303
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports—
Receipts this day 2,455
This day last year 1,626
This day year before last 3,164
Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1899 ....6,377,732
Same time last year 8,240,517
Same time year before last 8,574.598
Stock at the ports to-day 156,035
Stock same day last year 496.806
Dally Movements at Other Porte.
Galveston—Quiet; middling, 9%c; net re
ceipts, 27; gross receipts, 27; stock. 8,844.
New Orleans—Steady; middling. 10c; net
receipts, 762; gross receipts, 762; sales, 400;
stock, 61,860.
Mobile—Nominal; middling. 944 c; net re
ceipts, 107; gross receipts, 107; stock, 5,151.
Charleston—Nominal; stock, 3,992.
■Wilmington—Nothing doing; stock, 1,752.
Norfolk—Steady; middling, 904 c; net re
ceipts, 317; gross receipts, 317; sales, 52;
stock, 6,519.
Baltimore—Nominal; middling, 9V4c; net
receipts, 496; gross receipts, 793; stock, 4,-
222.
New York—Quiet; middling, 915-16 c;
gross receipts, 701; sales, 1,781; stock, 40,759
Boston—Quiet; middling, 9%c; gross re
ceipts, 158.
Philadelphia—Firm; middling, 10 3-16 c;
stock, 938.
Daily Movements ot Interior Towns.
Augusta—Steady; middling. 9>4c; net re
ceipts. 2; gross receipts. 2; stock, 4,014.
Memphis—Firm; middling, 9%c; net re
ceipts. 10; gross receipts, 10; sales, 800;
stock, 25,034.
St. Louis—Quiet; middling, 914 c; gross
receipts, 443; sales, 673; stock, 33,655.
'Cincinnati—Quiet; middling, 9V4c; net re
ceipts. 134; gross receipts. 134; stock, 9,179.
Houstbn—Firm; middling, 9>Ac; net re
ceipts, 20; gross receipts, 20; sales, 5; stock
8,547.
Louisville— Middling, firm; net receipts
•tic.
Exports of Cotton This Day.
Galveston—Coastwise, 52.
New Orleans—France, 3,800; coastwise,
204.
Savannah—Coastwise, 200.
Charleston—Coastwise, 50.
Baltimore—Coastwise. 800.
New York—To Great Britain, 1,011; con
tinent, 421.
Boston—To Great Britain, 880.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
•lay—To Great Britain, 1.891; to France,
3,800; to the continent, 421.
Total foreign exports from all ports
thus far this week—To Great Britain, 3,-
473; to France, 3,800; to the continent, 4,-
881.
Total foreign exports since Sept. 1. 1899-
To Great Britain, 2,200.288; to France, 692,-
826; to the continent, 2,638,024.
COTTON FITCHES.
The Market Steady at Advance of JO
010 Points.
New York. July 3.—While to-day’s cot
ton market was higher, the volume of
business was moderate and the general
character of the trading was unsatisfac
tory, being specially lacking in the ele
ment of public Interest. Officially the
market opened steady, with prices four
to nine points higher. Subsequently
transactions raised the level of prices
still higher. At the strongest interval
the net gain on yesterday's closing fig
ures was a matter of 11018 ’points. The
demand came chiefly from local sources,
with buying to cover short contract* the
feature of the day’s business. The strong
cables were to some extent offset by a
disposition to fear that the English cot
ton trade was predisposed to take alarm
and magnify the damage to the growing
crop In Mississippi and other sections
of the cotton crop belt, through late ex
cessive rains. It was argued that the
foreigners has been so badly punished for
their disregard of last year's crop dam
age reports that they were unduly in
timidated by the present conflicting ac
counts; and that for this reason the ad
vance of 3-34 In spot prices and >403-64
in futures In Liverpool was probably
more than the situation Justified. On
this reasoning there was some selling
here for a reaction, especially as general
outside speculative Interest was not a
factor.
The weekly weather report, though
bullish, wag hardly os much *0 as late
somewhat sensational reports from pri
vate sources had led the trade to expect.
The official statement therefore, fell
rather flat and left the market to finish
In a quiet, featureless fashion, steady In
tone, with the net advance for the day
reduced ten to sixteen points.
fltiv i'ork, July 3.—Cotton futurta open
ed steady at the advance, and closed
steady. Prices as follows:
| Open.| High.{ Low. | Clos.
January |~8.15~f8.24 r8.12~f 8.23
February | 8.14 b j 8.22 | 8.22 j 8.23
March | 8.18 | 8.27 | 8.18 | 8.27
April | .... | .... | .... I 8-29
May ....j 8.32 | 8.34 | 8.32 | 8.33
June I .... j .... | .... | '...•
July I 9.72 b j 9.75 9.68 9.73
August | 9.39 | 9.45 j 9.34 j 9.44
September ...| 8.69 | 8.80 | 8.67 j 8.78
October j 8.35 j 8.47 | 8.34 j 8.44
November ...| 8.16 b | 8.26 | 8.14 | 8.25
December ....j 8.15 j 8.24 | 8.12 | 8.23
"Liverpool, July 3.—Cotton, spot, fair de
mand; prices higher; American middling
fair, G3-!6d; good middling, 5 29-32d; mid
dling, s%d; low middling, sr4<L5 r 4<L good ordi
nary, 5' 2 d,ordinary, S3-l€d.
The sales of the day were 10,000 bales,
of which 500 were for speculation and ex
port, and included 8,900 American. Re
ceipts, 6,000, including 5.6C0 American.
Futures opened quiet and closed steady.
American middling, low middling clause,
July, 5.35d sellers' July-August, 5.31d
sellers; August-Septc-mber, o.lStSo 12d
sellers; Septembcr-October, 4.600 sellers;
October-November, 4.43$ 4.4 Id buyers; No
vember-Deeember, 4.36<fi4.37d buyers; De
cember-January, 4.33@4.34d selleis; Janu
ary-Februarv, 4.31d buyers; February-
March, 4.29d value; March-April, 4.29d
sellers.
New Orleans, July 3.—Cotton futures
closed steady.
luly .. (asked) 10.08 | January 8.0758.C8
August ... 9.84ft9.85 | •’ebruary ..5.07@8.08
September 8.89@8.90 IMarch 8.095t5.1l
October 8.275)8.28 ] April B.llfftß.J3
November 8.075)8.08 |May 8.185)8.15
December. 8.075)8.08 | '~ '*-
HESTEH’S STATEMENT.
The Cotton Movement for Jnne I,ess
Tlinn Last Yeor.
New Orleans, July 3.—Secretary Hester's
monthly statement, issued to-day, shows
the monthly movement for June to have
been 127,185, against 176,285 last year, ar.d
151,519 year before last.
The movement from the first of Sep
tember to June 30 showed receipts at all
United States ports, 6,564,820, against 8,-
376,643 last year; net overland movement
by railroads across Hie Mississippi, Ohio
and Potomac rivet 5,1,127,233. against 1,260.-
151; Southern mill takings, exclusive of
consumption at Southern outports, 1.316,-
383, against 1,194,783, and interior stocks
show a decrease under those held at the
commencement of the season of 121,590,
against an excess of 172,478 last year.
The total amount of the crop brought
into sight during the ten months ending
June 30, 8,883.843, against 11,094,055 last
year, and 11,023.336 ydar before lOst.
Foreign exports for the first ten monlhs
of the season have been 5,680,336 bales, a
decrease under last season of 1,364,712.
Stocks at the seaboard and the twenty
nine leading Southern interior markets at
the close of June were 270,029, against 792,-
972 same date last year.
Including stocks left over at ports and
interior towns from the last crop and the
number of bales of the current crop
brought into sight during the ten months
the supply to date has been 9,505,744,
Against 11,271,621 last year.
COTTON LETTERS.
New York, July 3.—Hubbard Bros. &
Cos. say: Liverpool paid little attention to
the decline here last evening, the lower
prices on the distant positions being hut
temporary and closing higher. Our mar
ket continues to fluctuate widely, showing
a small interest and no settled conviction
on the part of the trade. Foreign orders
on the opening were both lo sell and buy
large quantities of the distant positions.
The buying predominated and absorbed
the offerings, causing a substantial rally
from yesterday's depression. Weather c< n
ditlons over the cotton belt.are more fa
vorable which caused the poor weekly
government repori to have no effe t upon
the market. Local traders have devoted
ihe morning to closing their open ac
counts before to-morrow's holiday.
New York, July 3.—Murphy & Cos. say:
Liverpool was higher and belter than ex
pected this morning. Liverpool has sent
buying orders for July and August deliv
eries, hence new crops have sympathized.
This has caused some shorts to cover,
pending the holiday to-morrow, not wish
ing to take the chance of something hap
pening while our market is closed. The
South is doing very little. Weather is im
proving and if it continues favorable for
about one tveek. we expect a sagging mar
ket. The weather will govern both Liv
erpool and this market for new crop
months.
dry noons.
New York, July' 3.—Slight improvement
in home demand for brown cottons report
ed in soane quarters, but general business
continues slew. The tone *f the market
without change. Fall River mills are
considering proposal ro shut down four
weeks out of next two months. Print
cloths continue inactive and only limited
demand for prints. Woolen goods market
Inactive and unchanged. Market will be
closed to-morrow,
XAVAL STORES.
Tuesday. July 3.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.—The market
for turpentine o|x>ned firm to-daiy at 4;j4
and 4354 cents, with sales of 301 casks, and
closed unchanged without further trans
actions. Buyers were not inclined lo pay
more than 43'Ac, it was said, and factors
preferred to apply their stuff to contracts
rather than part with It at this price. For
preceding a holiday the day was rather
quiet. The receipts were 2,010, sales 301,
and the exports 225.
ROSINS.—It was stated that after the
closing to-day rosins sold 5 cents above
quotations for all grades. The opening
was firm and unchanged, and the closing
unchanged. The reported transactions for
the day were 1,074 barrels at the opening.
The day’s receipts were 3,947, sales 1,074]
and the exports 3,570. The following were
the quotations:
A, B, C $1 20 I 55
D 1 20 K 1 65
E 1 25 M 1 80
F 130 N 2 15
G.... 1 35 W G o 30
H 1 45 W W 2 50
Spirits. Rosin.
Central Railroad 159 ,351
S., F. & W. Ry. * 1,390 2,186
F. C. & P. Ry 135 470
Georgia and Alabama Ry. 201 594
Steamer Cook 71 145
Naval Stores Statement—
Spirits. Rosin.
Stock on hand April 1 2.197 142,506
Receipts to-day 2.016 3]oi7
Received previously 112,926 216,571
Total 117.139 363,024
Shipments to-doy 225 3,570
Shipments since April 1 95,108 238,199
Total since April 1 95,393 241,769
Stock on hand to day 21,746 121,255
Same day last year 12,388 111,332
Charleston, July 3—Spirits turpentine
market firnj at 42c; sales, none. Rosin
firm and unchanged; sales, none.
Wilmington, July 3.—Spirits turpentine
seady. 4254043 c; receipts. 208.
Rosin firm, $1.10@1.15; recelpls, 260.
Crude turpentine quiet, $1.6002.60; re
ceipts, 53.
Tar quiet, $1,40; receipts, 26.
FINANCI %L.
MONEY—The demand keeps fairly up
with the supply.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE-Market is
weak. The commercial demand $4 85U
sixty days, s4.B3<i; ninety davs, sl.s2U
francs. Paria and Havre, sixty da'ys,’
5.20; Swiss, sixty days, 5.24 H; mark*
sixty days. 94 3-16; nlneiy days 9344 c
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE - Steady
banks are buying at par and selling as
follows: Amount to and including $lO
U cents; SSO to $25. 15 cents; $25 to SSO 20
cents; $56 to SIOO, 25 cents; S2OO to cm
Va premium; SS)O to SI,OOO. .65 premium'
SI,OOO and over buying at 1-16 discoun.
and selling at 1-16 premium. ' 1
SECURITIES—The market is faM .
steady, hut dull and Inactive. Quotafma
inclined to be nominal. ns
Stock*.
Bid.
Augusta and Savannah R. R ijq
Atlanta & Wtst Point 125
do 6 i>. c. certifs 195 jjL
Augusta S5 q
Citizens Bank 128
Chatham Bank 109
Chatham R. E. & I. Cos., A
do do B 55 *
Eagle & Phoenix Mfe. Col 104 -
Edison Electric Ilium 104
Enterprise Mfg. Cos qoi jm
Germania Bank 129 439
Georgia & Alabama 27 29
Georgia Railroad, common 210 ?11
Graniteville Mfg. Cos jgj
J. P. King Mfg. Cos 105
Langley Mfg. Cos 125
Merchants National Bank no ijj
National Bank of Savannah 147 m
Oglethorpe Savings & Trus no m
People's Savings & Loan 100 io>
Southwestern Railroad Cos no ni
Savannah Gaslight Cos 24' 2 o-,■./
Southern Bank 157
Savannah Bank & Trust ng pj
Sibley Mfg. Cos., Augusta gg <;>
Savannah Brewing 9g 1^
Honda.
Bid. ,Ak
Char., Col. & Aug. Ist os, 1900 107 iog
Atlanta city', 4%5, 1922 110 111
Augusta city, 4s, 1927 104 10,5
do 4’-s, 1925 110 in
do 7s, 1903 106 108
do 6s, 1913 117 118
Ala. Mid. ss, ind’d, 1628, M. & N. 99 101
Augusta Factory, 6 per cent., 1915.109 no
Brunswick & Western 4s, 1938 80 S2
C. R. R. & Banking, collateral ss. 91 9414
C. of G. Ist ss, 50-year gold. 1915.
F. & A 117 ng
C. of Ga. con ss, 1945, LM. & N.. 91 911/
C. of Ga. Ist incomes, 1945 41 42
do 2nd incomes, 1945 l\y a 12
do 3d incomes, 1915 5 g
C. of G. (M. G. & A. Dlv.) ss,
1947, J. & J 96 97
C. of G. (Eatonton Branch), 5s
1926, J. & I); 97 3$
City & Surburban R. R. Ist 75..109)4 ItOU
Columbus city', 0 . 1909 IC6 107
Charleston city. 4s. 1945 101 102
Eagle & Phenix Mills 6s, 1928... 10S 109
Edison Electric Illuminating 65.104 105
Enterprise Mfg. 6s, 1903 ~ 101 102
Georgia Railroad 6s, 1910 114 ns'i
G. S. & F„ 1945. J. & J 109 no
Georgia & Alabama ltji ss, 1945....104 106
do consolidated ss, 1915 95 95
Georgia Stale 3>is, 1930, J. & J.. 105 mo
do 3%5, 1915, M. &
do 45.5, 1915 ng 119
Macon city' 6s, 1910, J. & J H 7 llg
do 4>£s, 1020. Jan. quar 107 109
Ocean Steamship ss, 1926 105 K 6
Savannah city, ss, quar., July,
10:3 112 113
do ss, quar., August, 1909 111% n
South Cnroiina State 4>/is, 1933...117 ni
Sibley- Mfg. Cos. ss, 1903 102 103
South Bound 5s 95 9-
S., F. & W. gen. mt’ge 6s, 1934..123 124
do do Ist ss, gold. 1934 llOVj lpu
do (St. Johns Div.) Ist 4s. 1934.. 94
New Y'ork, July- 31—Money on call east
per cent.; lost loan at 15*
cent. Prime mercantile paper, 3%@4V. per
cent. Sterling exchange firm and eav
at close, whh actual business In bankers’
bdls at $4,861* for demand, and at $4 84
llays : posted rates, $4.85 and
commercial bills. $4.83’ 7 *<g4.83t 2 ; ba
silver. 61**c; silver certificate*. 61i£g62 3 *c
Mexican dollars, 4SHc. Government bonds
strong; state bonds inactive; railroad
bonds easier.
STOCKS AXD lIOXDS.
Attempt to Continue Advance Tern
pornrily Successful,
New ork, July 3.—There was an oh
vious effort this morning to continue the
manipulated advance in prices which
was set on foot yesterday by professional
traders. The attempt met with consider
able success for a time, assisted as it was
by special influences affecting one or two
individual stocks.
There was an active revival of olds and
neglected rumors concerning dividend
prospects of a number of railroads, which
ave been pursuing: a downward eourM
lor some time on account of the genera!
supposition lhat surplus railroad earn
ings would be conserved for future needs,
rather than distributed as increased
dividends. Prominent in this class were
Baltimore and Ohio, and Missouri Pa
cific, which was advanced about a point
ot over by an active bidding up process
during the morning. There Was a con
tinuance of the recent unexplained de
mand for tlie Reading and New Jersey
Central stocks, the latter rising at one
time two points. Sugar rose with an ap
pearance of strength, but relapsed on re
alizing with the announcement of a fur
ther rise in the price of the product.
Brooklyn Transit derived some benefit
from yesterday's verdict in the trial for
conspiracy lo discredit the securities of
the company.
The early depression from London,
where the growing seriousness of the
problem in China had Its effect, seemed
to lie totally ignored in this market and
had no influence in checking the opening
advance. Not so with the influence of
tite wheat market, which again demon
strated its dominating power on stocks.
\5 hen prices of wheat were seen to ad
vance railroad stocks turned dowuiward#
and found no effective support for the
rest of the day. The general level of
prices fell below last night In the late
dealings, but there were some stocks
W'hich retained small net gains, though
much diminished fiom those ot the high
level of prices. Although the advance
w r as checked, the gains which were se
cured in yesterday’s movement were not
very largely encroached upon.
The market during the latter part of
the day was dull and almost at stagnation
and t here was no disposition lo put out
fresh contracts on the eve of the holi
day, Rock Island was added to the list
of railroads whose operating expenses for
May have more than wiped out the in
crease in their gross earnings.
The money market was very dull and
not quotahiy changed, but the diffusion
of interest and dividend payments has
evidently commenced. The sub-’treasury
had a debit balance at the clearing house
to-day of nearly $2,000,000 and the day s
excess of expenditures over receipts of
the public revenues at Washington
amounted to $2,372,189. These figures re
flect the payment of interest on govern
ment bonds.
On tlie other hand New York exchange
nt Chicago fell from 20 cents premium
to pur and there was deposited at tha
sub-treasury here $200,000 for payment at
other points. The interior demand for
currency is thns seen to be growing
The bond market moved in sympathy
with stocks, advancing in the early deal
ings, but yielding somewhat with th*
reaction In stocks. Total sales, r'f
value. $940,000.
U. S. old fours and new fours advanced
54 and the threes and fives 54 In the bid
price.
To-day's stock sales were 208.500 shares.
Including the following; Atchison.
Atchison, preferred, 17,680; Baltimore and
Ohio, 7.880; Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy, 10.410; Missouri Pncific. 11
Northern Pacific, 10.2C0; Reading, first P r<> "
ferred. 24,850; St. Patti, 12.120; Brooklyn
Transit, 13,415; Sugar, 17.330.
New York Stock List.
Atchison 23's Union Par JJ *
do pref 7V5' do pref ‘
Bait. & Ohio .. 72m,|Wnbash '*
Can. Tac 89 i do pref *
Can. Sou 4*Vi'W. & L. E ’ ’
C. A- 0 25Vj| do pref
Chi. Gt. W to’VWlse. £
Chi.. B. & Q. ..1244,|Thlrd Avenue --'™
Chi., I. & L 20V.ilAdams Ex
do pref 60 lAmericon
Chi. & E. I. .. 95 jUnited States *• •