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A TEXAS WONDER.
Hull's Great KHscsrery.
On© small bottle of Hall’s Great Dis
covery cures all kidney and bladder
troubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes,
seminal emissions, weak and lame backs,
rfieumat'.sm and all irregularities of th©
kidneys and bladder In both men and
women, regulates bladder troubles In chil
dren. If not sold by your druggist will
be sent by mall on receipt of sl. On©
small bottle is two months’ treatment,
and will cur© any case above mentioned.
Dr. E. W. Hall, sole manufacturer. P. O.
Box 629. St. Louis. Mo. Send for testi
monials. Sold by all druggists and Solo
mons C<\, Savannah, Ga.
Read Thia.
Covington. Ga.. July 23. 189A
This Is to certify that I have used Dr.
Hall’s Great Discovery for Rheumatism.
Kidney and Bladder Troubies. and will
say It Is far superior to anything I have
ever used for the above complaint. Very
respectfully,
H. I. HORTON, Ex-Marshal.
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS AND VIEWS OF THE DAY IN
TWO STATES.
Miron to Hove o Tuhllc Wnldlns.
Train Daihrd Into Negron and a
Wagon Near Madison—Police I.len
trnant Pleased With 111* Visit to
Savannah—Man Killed by on En
gine at Fer no adi no—N> of the
CominE Encampment— New Fire-
Fighting Device.
Maj. Prather of the Franklin Printing
Company of Atlanta, has received a letter
from Gen. Joseph Wheeler, which states
that the General will retire from the army
In September. Maj. Prather was on Lien.
Wheeler's staff during the Civil War. He
is expecting Gen. Wheeier to attend the
reunion of the Blue and the Gray.
A Public Wedding.
A young man whose wedding was to oc
:ur on Sept. 20 has notified Mayor Smith
of Macon that he will get his affianced to
postpone it until the twenty-fourth, so as
to marry in public at the street fair, aud
get the prizes that have been offered by
Macon business men for the man and wo
man who will do this. Another man has
the option, however, provided he. can find
a girl to marry him. He is trying, and has
a short while longer in which to settle
the matter.
Jnmcs nnd Ills Crop.
Macon Telegraph: Mr. T. J. James, the
most extensive farmer and developer in
South Georgia, passed through Macon
yesterday, returning to his home at
Adrian. He says the cotton prospects are
not so good down his way this year, but
he is paying very little attention to that
crop. He is not certain, that he will make
as much as a thousand bales. Mr. James
runs 125 plows, and looks after them him
self. He says the farm is the only place
for a man to live.
Georgia's Censns.
Atlanta Journal: The census of the
state of Georgia will probably go far be
yond the 2,000,000 mark. The census of
the state In 1890 1,837,353 people,
which was an Increase of 18 per cent, over
the census of 1880. If the same rate pre
vails this time the population of Georgia
will be about 2,500,000 as a result of the
census recently. Gov. Candler made the
estimate this morning. He, says he thinks
there has been a great Increase in the
population since 1890.
NVnnt n Company.
Moultrie Observer: An effort Is being
made to organize a military company In
Moultrie. A number of young men have
signed an agreement to go In it, and the
required number will be easily obtained.
It is probable that the organization will be
perfected before may days. There is no
reason why we should not have a crack
military company. We have any quantity
of young men, nnd physically they are
as fine a set of fellows as any town of a
like size can produce. A good many of
them have been members of companies
In other places, others have been to mili
tary schools, while a few saw service in
the late Spanish-American war.
Killed Near Madison.
The fast Georgia train from Atlanta to
Augusta dashed into a wagon in which
were three negroes Sunday afternoon, a
few miles below Madison, killing one negro.
Injuring one, completely demolishing the
wagon and killing instantly Ihe horse.
One negro escaped by jumping just before
the engine splintered the wagon.' The
scene of the accident is in a deep cut,
about half a mile long. About the center
of the cut the road drosses. The negro
who was killed was Lige Johnson, a farm
hand. It Is supposed that the negroes did
not hear the approach of the train on ac
count of the cut. Engineer Ewing was in
charge of the engine. He says he blew
his whistle at the signal post for the
road crossing.
flnrke AVas Pleased.
Ueul. Walter Clarke of the Macon po
lice force has returned from Savannah,
where he went to attend the Clerks’,
Chiefs' and Sheriffs' state convention, rep
resenting Chief Boifeuillet, who could not
attend. Lieut. Clarke says while the con
vention did very little in the way of bus
iness, those who attended had a rat
tling good time. The people of Savannah,
who are famous for their hospitality,
royally entertained the members of the
association, and Lieut. Clarke says he
never had a better time in his life. The
convention was a big success, the attend
ance being unusually large, and all of the
members were delighted with the recep
tion they received.
A Brntnl Assault.
D. W. Dobbs, one of Cobb county’s most
prosperous and energetic citizens, was
painfully and probably mortally wounded
Monday afternoon on his farm about five
miles north of Marietta by one. of his
farm hands, a negro man. Mr. Dobbs re
proved the negro about some trivial mat
ter whereupon the negro drewr a long
keen-bleded knife and began to advance
upon Mr. Dobbs, who is quite old, and was
unarmed at the time. Mr. Dobbs turned
around ar.d started away from the negro,
whereupon the negro ran up behind him
and cut his throat, and not satisfied at
the already brutal, llendlsh and cowardly
assault, knocked the feeble, grav-headed
man down upon Ills face and got on his
back and cut him and fled for the woods,
thinking he had killed him. The negro es
caped. , ,
FLORIDaT
The Anson M. Bangs, one of the largest
and most substantial tugboats ever seen
at Jacksonville, is making preparations
for a trip to Wilmington. Del., to which
point It will tow one of the large barges
recently constructed at Talleyrand by
Hughes Bros., & Bangs. The building of
these scows has given employment to 200
skilled laborers and mechanics.
Killed by nn Engine
A workman named J. J. McDonald, em
ployed In the tailoring establishment of
Horry Goldstein at Fernandina, was run
over and killed Sunday morning about 3
o’clock by a switch engine of the Sea
board system, on the beach read, near the
Intersection of Beach and Third streets.
His head was entirely severed from his
body, and his body was badly mangled.
The OruuKr Outlook.
Mr, Harry Bums. th<* Florida passenger
agent of the Georgia and Florida Rail
road. in speaking of the outlook for
oranges this year, ©aid Florida, would ship
r®ore of them than ever before. He says
he crop Is exceedtngly fine. “Capt. W.
W. Carnes, formerly of Macorv, but now
of Memphis, Tenn., bought an orchard or
grove in Florida last winter,” said Mr.
Burns, “and paid $25,000 for it. He has al
ready ■ been offered SIO,OOO for the crop of
grapefruit and oranges he will gather
from it this eeason.
YV* M. Houghton Dead.
Mr. W. M. Houghton, a well known
citizen of Palatka, passed quietly away
on Saturday. Mr. Houghton, the grand
son of the late Gov. William D. Moseley,
find the son of the late Judge T. S.
Houghton and Elizabeth Moseley Hough
ton. was born in Palatka Nov. 11. 1858. As
a young: man, he was a student of the
Virginia Military Institute, where he left
an enviable record. In addition to his
mother and brother and sister, Mr.
Houghton is survived by his wife and
two children.
Branch Killed by Jones.
At Newberry r , Emory Jones shot and in
stantly killed B. K. Branch Monday night.
Jones and Branch with some others, wer©
on their way home from Gainesville, and
were drinking. It is alleged that Branch
went to Jones’s buggy to getadrink, when
Jones drew his pistol and went to shoot
ing Branch. Jones is a young man. Branch
has a wife nnd one. child. Both of these
are ex-convicts, having been con
victed for murder, and were pardoned
out. Jones has been captured by Justice
Bailey and Constable Avrielte.
Life Sentence©.
The three condemned Hewitt brothers,
who left Jacksonville last week for the
state prison camps, stopped a short titn*
in Stnrke. and there met many acquaint
ances. These young men were tried and
convicted in Jacksonville for killing their
brother-in-law in Bradford county, nnd
they are under life sentences. The eldest
is scarce 36 years qf age, and the youngest
only 21. Moss, the elder brother, leaves
. wife and children; Dick leaves a child,
his wife having died while he was In
jail, nnd Bum a widowed mother, who was
dependent upon him for support.
A Horrible Denth..
A terrible accident occurred Monday at
Seymour & Smith’s sawmill, at Ocala, tbit
cost Hilliard Woodard, colored, of Lowell
his life. It seems Woodard went to the
mill to grind his ax on a stone turned by
power. The belt that extended from the
main shaft to the grindstone became de
tached and the man. in attempting to put
it back, cought his hand in it. Before the
engine could be stopped he was whirled
around the shaft. His arm was literally
torn out of the socket, and he was almost
instantly killed. The body was sent to
Howell for interment.
Gen. Wm. P. Ilar.cn Dend.
Gen. William P. Hazen died at his ho-me
at I>ake Thonotosessa Monday afternoon.
The General’s death was due to his ad
vanced age. coupled with the fact that he
had recently been much debilitated. De
ceased was a brother-in-law of Dr. L*. W.
Weedon and an uncle of Mrs. Claudia Ha
zen White, who was born in the General’s
home and adopted as his own daughter.
He also leaves three sons, Edward and
Philander, at the Lake, and Martin in
Marion, O. He has a married daughter
in California. The remains will be taken
to his old home at Marion, 0., for inter
ment, being accompanied thither by Mrs.
Hazen and daughter, E. E. Hazen and C.
11. McNair.
Encampment JVctt*.
A telegram has been received by the St.
Augustine Encampment Committee from
the captain of the Chipley Light Infantry,
Pensacola, to the effect that a sufficient
number of the members of the company
cannot get away to justify their going to
the encampment. While this is regretted,
the place assigned the Pensacola compa
ny will be given to the Miami Rifles. Car
penters have 'finished the mess sheds and
kitchens on the camp grounds. The mesa
sheds are ranged along the sea wall, and
w'hile at meals the soldier boys will be
fanned by delightful breezes direct from
the. ocean and river. Water pipe© have
also been laid, and all that remains
to be done is to erect the tents, which
task wiil be accomplished by the compa
nies as they arrive.
An S. P, f. A. Formed.
Quite a number of Key West citizens
called a meeting a few days ago to or-
"FREE TREATMENT
FREE SAMPLES.”
A ‘‘String** 1© Always Attached to
These “Cienerou©** Offer©—the Ulti
mate Cost I© Lesn nnd Result©
Certain When You Are
Treated by Dr. Hathaway,
the Master Specialist.
If your house needs repairing you do not
get a blacksmith to do it; why, then, when
you ore sick, do you buy a hit-or-miss
Js*ome man or
pany” or “insti
tute” rather
graduated and
ician and spe-c
--i, p Another class
[ ©? of men and “in-
Tijjß * • stitutes,” etc.,
J.Nrwton Hathawav.lii.D. be avo j df <l * s
The Longest Established *£*** ” a^'
Specialist in the Sou.h, '* r J “ f r „ e !
treatment and
"free remedies." You may depend upon it
that there Is a very strong; "string" at
tached to all these offers, and that In the
end you pay more than you would to a
real doctor—one capable of understanding
your case and one whose reputation de
pends upon the cures he makes. Most of
these "free treatments" consist simply of
a few doses of a very powerful stimulant,
w'hich, when the effects have worn off,
leave the patient In worse condition than
before the "treatment."
Dr. Hathaway has never resorted to
these methods. For twenty' year* he has
been h practicing physician—a specialist
in the treatment of chronic diseases of
men and women. Y’ear by year his prac
tice has grown until to-day It is larger
ten times over than that of any other
specialist in his line in the world.
By his method of treatment Lost Vital
Forces, Weakened Manly Functions. Vari
cocele, Stricture, Syphilitic Blood Poison
ing. Kidney nr.d Urinary Complaints, and
all other forms of chronic and lingering
diseases are cured, and cured to stay cured
Dr, Hathaway s office ts permanent; It is
not here to-day and there to-morrow. He
practices in the community where is
known.
Consultation and advice free al office or
by mail. Always call at office whenever
possible
J. NEWTON HATHAWAY. M, D.
Dr. Hathaway A Cos.,
24A Bryan street, Savannah, Ga.
Office houts—9 to 12 m., 2 to 5 and 7 to
9 p. m. Sundays 10 a. m. to 1 p, m.
W. F. HAMILTON,
Artesian Well Contractor,
OCALA. FLA.
Am prepared to drill wells up to any
depth u e uao tlrat-clasi machinery, can
do stork on snort notice and guarantee
satisfaction,
THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY. JULY 10, 1900.
CASTORIA
for Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought has borne the signa
ture of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his
personal supervision for over .‘JO years. Allow no one
to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and
“ Just-as-good” are but Experiments, and endanger the
health of Children—Experience against Experiment.
The Kind Yon Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THC C-CN-ftPH COMPANY, TT Mu* Wji* STBUT, mwVOUS CITY
ganize a society for the prevention of
cruelty to animals. Mr. W. W. Thompson
was elected president, Edward L Dome
vice president. William Shuman secre
tary. and William A. Thompson treasurer.
This society was greatly needed, and since
its organization has done plenty of good
work. The police Justice has sworn in
special police, and about forty broken
down and sore-back horses have been or
dered off the streets in the last few days.
The drivers are first warned to lay up
their horses, and if they do not heed the
warning, they are then taken before the .
police justice.
Fire-Flftlitint* Dev-lee.
Chief A. J- Harris of the Tampa fire
department has just completed a simple
device which will work a wonderful
change in fire fighting. It is an addition
to a nozzle that will spread the water
and at the same time allow it to have
full force. This will be of especial ben
efit in fighting a fire in a garret. With
the old style straight pipes or the bail
nozzle, great difficulty was experienced.
The straight nozzle had the power, but
thefstream did not spread and had to be
moved. The bail spread the water, hut
made it into mist and it fell short of the
requirements. The simple device Chief
Harris has is practical, and is already in
good working order. It spreads the wa
ter from an ordinary pipe over an area
of twenty feet, perhaps, and it all takes
with it the same power that a straight
nozzle has.
VALDOSTA'S COMING FAIR.
Committees Organized nnd Uently
for Active Work.
Valdosta, Ga., July 18.—The citizens
here have taken active steps to make the
coming state fair a great success. A
meeting was held recently at the City
Hail, and Mayor Ashley was put at the
head of a Citizens' Committee, to solicit
subscriptions, and to act as an advisory
board with the exposition managers from
norv until the fair opens.
Mr. T. G. Cranford, who !s president
of the Exposition Company, made a brief
address showing just what the Exposition
Company has undertaken, and asking the
citizens to shore the burden with them.
Mr. Cranford stated that they were
pledged to offer SIO,OOO in premiums, and
that other necessary expenses would make
a demand upon them for $15,000. He stated
that his company stood ready to take
510,000 of the risk, but that he warned the
citizens to contribute the other $5,000. The
committee to solicit subscriptions and
act as advisory board, consists of Mayor
C. R. Ashley, A. TANARUS, Woodward, Charles
F. Clarke, C. B. Peeples, J. N. Griffin,
S. B. Godwin and J. A. Dasher, Jr. The
committee met at the Mayor's office yes
terday morning and began their work.
Reports from all of the counties around
here indicate that this entire section of
the state is feeling a local pride in the
fair, and that the people stand ready to
aid Valdosta in making it an epoch-mak
ing event in the history of South Geor
gia.
A hotel company was organized here
yesterday, and work Is to begin In a
short time upon a sixty-room hotel. It
to to cost $36,000, and will be built by a
stock company of home capitalists.
Another movement Is on foot to build
a 200-room wigwam to accommodate vis
itors to the state fair. It is to be erected
between here and Pine Park, and will be
ready when the fair opens. In a week
from now, arrangements will have been
perfected for accommodating five thous
and visitors every day and night.
A NEW ARTESIAN WELL.
Valdostn Connell to Inerense the
Water Supply.
Valdosta, Ga., July 18 —City Council has
agreed to bore another artesian well as
soon as the preliminary arrangements can
be made. The well is to be bored on
the lot near the present water station,
and another reservoir Is also to be built.
With the Increased demand there has been
danger of a water famine once or twice,
and now the question of more water has
become a very Important problem. It will
be solved, however, by more than doubling
the supply.
The farmers of this county have been
called together to organize a branch of
the Georgia Cotton Growers’ Association.
They will meet here next Saturday lo
take steps toward a permanent organiza
tion, which is to be perfected on Aug, 8,
at which time Mr. Harvte Jordan, pres
ident of the state otganization, is expect
ed to be here.
Iverson Cook, won of Mr. A. T. Cook,
died here yesterday of consumption. He
had been n sufferer tor a year or more.
Mrs. Preston Hull died suddenly at her
home In the western part of the city last
week. She was seized with a congestive
chill and died before medical attention
could reach her.
‘ MOEHKEH'S RPEER STORY.
Turned I p Attain After Iloingr Lost
for Four A'rars.
Phoenix. Ariz., July 18.—John Moehker,
who disappeared from here four years ago
and who owned considerable land at the
i time, has been heard from In Arkansas.
At the time of his disappearance blood was
I found in his ropm and his wife was sus
pected of murder. Proof was not sufficient.
Hut she lost the property to Eastern heirs
after a bitter fight. Moehker says he
was suffering from sunstroke when he left
home and knew nothing until a fewr
months ago, when he found himself In a
California Insane asylum.
—Glasgow, which Is famous already for
Its experiments In municipal ownership
! of public utilities, Is to inaugurate a mtt
| niclpal telephone exchange for o.OhO sub
scribers. The plant Is to be of the most
j modern kind. It ie expected to pay for
] itself nnd Its running expenses at an
Annual charge to each subscriber of about
| 127.25. The charge by the private corpora-
I tion noiv doing the business ts SSO. But,
as a cynical writer suggests, In Glasgow
i they do not mix politics and municipal
1 business.
OMENS OF PRECIOUS GEMS.
P< ople In All Ages Hnve Had Super
ntltlnns About Them.
From the Baltimore American.
Preseious stones in ell times have had,
however, more than an intrinsic valuf.
for about each of the many kinds have
been woven strange and interesting ,su
perstttions, many of them dating from
times of which history Is silent. Since the
Jove of Jewels was born in the East, and
since this wonderful world is as well the
birthplace of most of the world’s supersti
tions. it is from such a fruitful source
that many of the oldest and strangest
of these come. Many of them have suf
fered changes since their introduction to
the wefsern world, but there still exists
traces of Indian handiwork in the le
gends, and where the ancient story has
disappeared altogether some narrative of
it has been found, to come all the stranger
to modern-day readers.
Of the many precious stones that are
worn to-day, most all of them have lost
any odium that may have belonged to
them, and the wearers tn many cases
have chosen the sparkler merely upon
its merits as an ornament. Time was,
however, when he who went about the
task of choosing a gem. particularly if it
was to be worn about the person contin
ually, made his way through the maze
of clinging superstitions as carefully as a
scout through an enemy-infested woods.
His decision meant weal or woe, and as
the greater number of the stones had
omens of ill fortune the chances tn favor
of woe were far too numerous for com
fort.
Gems Held in Disfavor.
At this day belief in the potency of these
stones to cost gloom or sorrow or to bring
fortune and happiness, as the case might
have been, have weli-nlgh passed away,
nnd now the old stories are only valua
ble to amuse. There is, to be sure, a lin
gering dislike for the opal and in some
minds a prejudice against the pearl, since
superstitions cling about them, but the
class entertaining these ie a small one,
nnd os a mark of the progress of the age
is growing smaller.
The disfavor into which the opal has
fallen is of modern birth, strange to say,
and is said to have been due to the use
which Sir Walter Scott made of the stone
in one of his novels. The Hindoo, who
reduced the reading of gem omens to a
science, hod only kind words of the opal.
I: was supposed—and, for that matter,
is to-day among the Hindoos—to influence
for good upon the travelers, protecting
them from danger while away and bring
• ing them safely home again. As the opal
combines in itself the colors of all other
gems, so the ancients credited It not only
with this distinctive virtue, but with
all of the virtues credited to other stones.
Opals were, therefore, prized most highlv
and those ntjt able to own a great variety
chose th'is ,to have full value of its wide
range of powers.
That the pearl is in some disfavor is as
well a product of modern times and can
oniy be traced to its resemblance to n
tear, a fact that has credited it with
bringing sorrow. The ancients in ascrib
ing the generation of gems to lapidific
spirits accounted for the pearl in the
most poetic way—that it was formed of
the morning dew', drunk in by shellfish,
and naught but good fortune came to the
wearer, a necklace of pearls being above
ail things a good-omened gift for bride
groom to give his bride.
There Is Luck tn Diamonds.
The diamond has enjoyed the unreserved
, avor of the ages and to-dav is the peer
of all. According to BoetlusT the diamond
was regarded as symbolical of justice, and
i the Judges in hades were described as
having heorts and bosoms of adamant,
while the clouds of destiny were shrouded
in the same substance. Among the va
; >ious stones the sapphire stands forth with
perhaps the greatest amount of supersti
tious interest Centered In it. Among the
j Hebrews it seems to have been regarded
with the highest veneration, n tradition
asserting that the vision which appeared
[ to Moses on the mount was in a sapphire,
and that the tablets of the law given there
tvere engraved on this substance. The
Hindoo ascribes many powers to this gem.
among them that it purifies the blood,
strengthens the system, quenches thirst,
dispels melancholy, overts dangers and
assures honor and prosperity.
A strange belief in regard to this stone
was that it reproduced its sneezes and
hence the title of “male" and "female
sapphires, used to-day In the East, as the
s, “" es are of a dee P or a light color.
lhe emerald is another about which
many curious beliefs have been formed.
According to Pliny, the ancients atlributed
to it the power of healing weak sight its
soft green depths having great potency
o\er the sight. In addition to this it die
. TL falSe witnesses by changing color
in tnotr presence.
Pliny nnd the Emerald.
One of the most curious stories ts re
; lated In all seriousness by Pliny ns relat
| mg to the emerald. Says he: "In the Is-
I land of Cyprus there Is placed on the
! tomb of King Hermans a lion sculptured
i in marble nnd for eyes emeralds were set
I in which shone so brightly on the sur
rounding sea that the fish were frighten
! ed away, and the fishermen, observing
this with dismay, removed the emeralds
from the tion. replacing them by stones
| not having so much brilliancy." The Pe
ruvians considered an emerald th>
choicest gift that could be made to one
of their Idols, anr) Pizarro mentions one
as large as an ostrich egg that was ex
hibited by the high priest only at the
greatest festivals and was worshipped as
the goddess of emeralds.
Boctlus. in speaking of other stones
! says that the amethyst dispels drunken^
| ness and sharpens the wit; the Jacinth ‘if
! worn on the finger. Induces sleep: the tur
; quoise preserves from eontnglon, draw
| ing upon Itself the threatened sickness,
j though only if the stone be present; the
I heliotrope renders lee wearer Invisible and
and the chrysolite loses Its brilliancy If
placed In the vicinity of poison
In the East, and particularly to the
Hindoo, the cat’s-eye is most highly
prized ns a rare talisman that has the
power of warding off sickness, and only
misfortune can follow the loss, whether
accidental or compulsory, of one of the
atones.
ROSINS CLOSE AT ADVANCE.
PRICES JUMP TO AN OUTSIDE FIG
URE DURING EARLY HOURS.
The Trading Was tn Fair A'olnme In
Both Markets. Thongti the Fact
Two Prices Were Quoted Caused
Hesitation—Cotton Futures Jump
11P33C Points—Neill's Bullish Re
port Causes a Rise In Liverpool.
Local and Telegraphic Markets.
Morning News Office, July 18.
The feature of the local markets to-day
was the advance in rosins, which went
up at the opening call. (This was due
largely to the light receipts, and
further evidences of a decrease In the
yield as the result of many drawbacks
which have hindered farmers in gathering
stuff. The turpentine market was strong,
but no advance was scored, the cloelng
being firm at 44(4c, and 4414 c. There was
a fair demand. The fact there were in
side and outside prices In both the spirits
and rosin markets, caused the usual hes
itancy on the part of buyers, pending the
fixing of prices for a trading basis. Two
prices means a backwardness on the part
of buyers to enter at the outside.
It was a jubilant day for the bulls in
the cotton market. Everything seemed to
be with them, both at the opening, when
strong cables and an advance in Liver
pool was reported, caused by Neill's re
port to the English trade, which was very
bullish. The New York market went up
16 and 36 points, the biggest gains being
scored In the July and August options.
October and November advanced 18 points
each, September 17, and all others 18
points. The bears were panic stricken for
a time, and when the advances began
pouring in were frantic in their efforts to
cover.
The wholesale markets were eteady.
Lemons jumped to-day in response to an
advance of a dollar a box in New York.
The following resume of the different
markets will show the tone and quota
tions at the closing to-day;
COTTON.
The cotton market closed unchanged to
day. There was very little of local inler
est to attract the attention of the trade.
The rtse in futures was of a sensational
character, the market advancing during
the early hours from 16 to 36 points. This
was due largely to the improved Liverpool,
which showed an advance, and the bullish
crop report sent across the water by
Nelli.
The following were the official spot quo
tations at the close of the market at
the Cotton Exchange to-day;
[This | Last
I day. | year.
Good middling ~|9 15-16*6(6
Middling ,'.|9% jo%
Low middling |9% |4%
Good ordinary |B% 444
Market, nominal; sales, none.
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks;
Receipts this day 363
Receipts this day last year 190
Receipts this day year before last.. 33
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1899 1,071,894
Same time last year 1,082.027
Exports, foreign 5,916
Exports, coastwise 738
Stock on hand this day 13,977
Same day last year 9,328
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports—
Receipts this day 10.122
This day last year „ 2,090
This day year before last 2,097
Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1899 6,433.573
Same time last year 5,259,305
Same time year before last 8,590,242
Stock at the ports to-day.' 158,131
Stock same day last year 410,585
Dally Movements at Other Ports—
Galveston—Quiet; middling 9*4; net re
ceipts, 1; gross, 1; stock, 8.508.
New Orleans—Steady; middling, 10 3-16;
net receipts, 4,572; gross, 7.295; sales, 200;
stock, 67,309.
Mobile—Nominal; middling. 9 1 *; net re
ceipts, 2,726; gross, 2,726; stock, 4,416.
Charleston—Quiet; middling, 9%; stock,
3,769.
Wilmington—Nothing doing; net re
ceipts, 3; gross, 3; stock, 1.590,
Norfolk—Firm; middling, 10: net re
ceipts, 1,224; gross, 1,224; stock, 10,041.
Baltimore—Nominal; middling, 10; gross
receipts. 200; stock, 3,923.
New York—Quiet; middling, 10; net re
ceipts, 971; gross, 1,259; sales, 200; stock.
39,902.
Boston—Quiet; middling, 9 13-16; net re
ceipts, 42; gross, 582,
Philadelphia—Firm: middling. 10(4; net
receipts, 220; gross, 220; stock, 2,840.
Daily Movements at Interior Towns—
Augusta—Quiet; middling, 9%; net re
ceipts, 148; gross, 148; sales, 406; stock,
2,c60.
.Memphis—Steady; middling, net re
ceipts. 10; gross, 10; stock, 13,159.
St. Louis—Steady; middling, 9%; net re
ceipts, 100; gross, 301; stock, 23,583.
Cincinnati—Quiet; middling. 9%; net re
ceipts, 161; gross, 151; stock, 8.653.
Houston—Quiet; middling, 9(4; stock
2,100.
Louisville—Firm; middling, 974.
Exports of Cotton This Day-
New Orleans—To Great Britain, 5,200;
continent, 2,300; coastwise, 3,633.
Savannah—Continent, 5,916; coastwise
738.
Baltimore—Coastwise, 15.
Boston—To Great Britain, 2,466.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day: To Great Britain, 7,665; to the con
tinent, 8,216.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
far this week: To Great Britain. 20,916; to
the continent, 13,239.
Total foreign exports since Sept. 1, 1889:
To Great Britain, 2,232,958; to France, 693,-
029; to the continent, 2.064,101.
■
COTTON FUTURES.
Ilnlls Jnbllnnt Over n Jump of From
It! to tIG Points.
New York, July 18.—It was a day of
great anxiety for shorts on the Cotton Ex
change, and while the general course of
events favored the bull faction, there were
several periods when they, too, were
much at sea as to just which way to
turn. A glance at the Liverpool cable
hoard this morning, showed that the Eng
lish market had scored one of the most
remarkable upturns in many months, If
not years. Futures abroad were 8 lo lit,
points higher on the active months, and
at the time of our opening were soaring
at a nerve-trying rate at the best figures,
showing a rise of 714 to 15 points. A hasty
comparison of information from Liverpool
showed that shorts abroad had been
thrown into a veritable panic by a clrqu
lai of Neill’s, said to claim that the crop
had been Irreparably damaged, and that
fields were being deserted. Large foreign
buying orders helped to increase the con
sternation of oversold parties and Imms.
diately after the market opened there
was a wild scramble to protect short ac
counts, and to buy cotton for Investment,
the latter being limited almost exclusive
ly to European Interests. First sales
showed an advance of 12 to 17 points. A
brief halt for a better view of the situa
tion was followed by renewed efforts of
the bears to reach safe ground. By leaps
and bounds prices Jumped upward, until
August had reached 9.40 c and January
8.31 c. Then came a partial relapse under
heavy profit-taking, and moderate selling
on the reaction belief. But soon after
mlddny stop loss orders began to pour in
from outside points, and prices again took
the up course at a brisk pace. This spurt
of buying carried August to 9 52c, but
failed to materially advance the new crop
options, which were influenced by excep
tionally fine crop reports, and an ideal
weather forecast. In mid-afternoon sell-
Atig tot both account* became
popular, under which prices crum
bled rapidly. During the last hour
the movement of prices was fitful, though
in the main toward a lower level, shorts
having pretty well thinned out unprotect
ed accounts, while longs, who had held
out for still higher prices, became fearful
of a bear turn under the encouraging
tenor of advices from the cotton belt.
The market at the close tvas steady with
prices net, 16 to 36 points higher.
FLUCTUATIONS IN FUTURES.
New York, July 18.—Cotton futures
opened firm and closed steady. Prices as
follows:
| Open.| High.| Low. | Clos.
January \~ 8.23| gTsT~j~B 2)' |" 8724
February ....j 8.22 b | 8.25 i 8.25 | 8.25
March | 8.27 I 8.31 I 8.27 j 8.29
April I 8.28 | 8.28 | 8.26 | 8.31
May j .... I 8.34 | 8.33 I 8.34
June | | •••• I•••• I••••
July I 9.58 b | 9.95 j 9.73 | 9.86
August | 9.16 | 9.62 | 9.16 j 9.40
September ...| 8.70 | 8.79 | 8.67 j 8.72
October | 8.40 j 8.47 j 8.38 | 8.42
November ...j 8.24 j 8.34 j 8.23 | 8.28
December ...| 8.21 | 8.30 | 8.20 | 8.24
January closed up 16 points; February 16
up; March 16 up; April 16 up; May 16 up;
July 36 up; August 36 up; September 17
up; October 18 up; November 18 up; De
cember 16 up.
Liverpool, July 18, 4 p. m—Spot. limited
demand and prices higher; American mid
dling, 6%d; good middling, 6 3-32d; mid
dling, 5 29-32d; low middling, 5 20-32d: good
ordinary, 5 21-32d; ordinary, 5 10-32d. The
sale* of the day were 5,000 bales, of which
500 were for speculation and export, and
Included 3,500 bales American; receipts,
1.(00, no American. Futures opened firm
and closed steady; American middling,
low middling clause; July, 5.45d value;
July-August, 5.43d buyers; August-Sep
tember, 5.19®3.20d value; September-Oeto
ber, 4.59<g4.64d sellers; October-November,
4.46@4.47d sellers; November-December,
4.394j’4.40d buyers; December-January, 4.37d
selelrs; January-February, 4.33d sellers;
February-March, 4.33d sellers; March-
April, 4.32d sellers.
New Orleans, July 18.—Cotton firm and
steady.
July (bid).lo.l7!December ..8.10(58.11
August 9.7l].January 5.11@8.12
September 8.72® 8,7.:! February .. ,5.12@8.13
October .. .8.26® 8.27; March 8.14@8.13
November B.ll®' B.l2;April 8.16@8.17
COTTON LETTERS.
New York, July 18.—-Murphy & Cos. say:
Cotton closed in Liverpool at an advance
of 3-16d on spots, futures, 16-64d higher on
old, and 7-64d on new crops, which is very
much better than expected here (due to
Neill's bullish circular), and caused cov
ering of bear sales for local account and
an advance of 36 points on August and 21
to 22 points on later months. Europe also
bought, realizing sales influenced by fa
vorable weather and the complications in
China, led to a reaction of 7 to 10 points.
The South was the pA’dpal seller, it is
rumored that Neill circular was principal
ly in the interest of New Orleans bull
clique.
The bull faction had things Its own way
on the Cotton Exchange to-day. Extreme
ly favorable cables accompanied by large
buying orders in Liverpool and the conti
nent, coupled with covering of bear sales
by locals caused an advance here to-day
of about 4 to 6 points on the near and 2 to
10 on the far months. The bull contingent
was favored by a very bullish circular
from Neill. Rumors gained circulation
that this circular was Issued to affect ma
nipulation going on at New Orleans. Cot
ton goods market of the world shows
slight improvement and if the weather
conditions should not continue favorable,
in the face of the bullish statistical posi
tion, we look for still higher prices.
New York,July 18.—Hubbard Bros. & Cos.
say: Liverpool advanced sharply, our ca
bles stating the improvement to be due
to the publication of a very bullish crop
statement from Neill, and sharp manipu
lation on the nearby deliveries. The
strength of that market was most marked
on these positions. These advices came
as a surprise to the markets after yester
day’s government report stating there had
been a general improvement in crop con
ditions. Large buying orders from Liv
erpool and New Orleans appeared at the
opening of the market, absorbing all the
offerings and advancing prices rapidly.
Such sharp fluctuations indicate a market
without a large interest as It is difficult to
; execute ordefs to advantage. Weather
conditions continue favorable and receipts
are heavy, but natural conditions were
not considered in a market of this char
acter.
DRY GOODS.
New York, July 18.—The spot market
Jor dry goods continues inactive, tew
buyers caring to visit the dry goods dis
trict during the present hoi spell. Orders
have been of about average character.
Cotton goods division shows no change in
any direction. Woolen goods division
slow, some lines of men’s wear light
weights for next spring recently opened
withdrawn, owing to lack of demand.
Dress goods inactive.
NAVAL STORES.
Wednesday, July 78.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE—The market
for spirits showed strength to-day, though
no advance was scored. The opening was
firm at 4474®44V4 cents, with sales of 406
casks at these prices, and the closing firm
and unchanged, with further snles of 100
casks. Business was on a light scale
after the closing, and it was not under
stood much was done owing to hesitation
on the part of buyers to get in at the in
side price. From the standpoint of buyers
the market was firm at 44(4 cents. Factors
are holding for the outside. The day's
receipts were 1,377 casks, sales 506, and the
exports 30 casks.
ROSINS—The advance in rosins was the
day's feature in the naval stores market.
At the opening call grades E and below
advanced 5 cents as the outside price, G,
H advanced 5, and I, K went up 5 as the
outside. It was currently admitted that
the market was firm at the outside prices.
The demand whs fair, but trading was
slow, owing to the hesitancy shown by
buyers to enter a two-priced market. The
day’s receipts were 2,208, safes 3,838. and
the exports 8,242. The quotations were as
follows:
A $1 30® 1 35 H .’. $1 55
R 1 30®1 35 I $1 60® 1 65
C 1 30@1 35 K 1 70®1 75
D 1 30® 135 M 200
E 1 35® 1 40 N, 2 30
F 1 45 W G 245
G 150 W W 270
Receipts Wednesday-
Central Railroad 147 457
S., F. and W. R. R 1 064 1,427
F. C. and P. and Georgia and
Alabama ]6 324
Shipments Wednesday—
S. S. Alleghany, Bahlmore 2,397
S, S. Alleghany, Philadelphia 100
S. S. City of Birmingham, N. Y. 30 1,776
Italian bark Leopold, Buenos
Ayres 3,969
Naval Stores Statement-
Spirits. Rosin.
Stock April 1, 1900 2,197 142,5*6
Receipts to-day 1,377 2,20s
Receipts previously 134,975 2rf0!076
Total since April 1 138,549 404,790
Exports <o-day 30 8,24?
Exports previously 110,858 290J97
Exports since April 1 110,888 298,439
Stock on hand to-day 27,661 106,351
Thts day last year 24,670 119J01
Charleston. July 18.—Turpentine market
firm at 43c: sales, none. Rosin firm; sales
none: unchanged.
Wilmington, N. C., July 18 —Spirits tur
pentine steady, 4354@43%ic; receipts, 16
casks. Rosin firm, $1.2C®1.25; receipts,
354. Crude turpentine quiet and
ed; receipts, 78. Tar steady, $1.40; receipt*.
financial.
MONEY—The demand keeps fairly up
with the supply.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE-Market ,
steady. The commercial demand 15
sixty days, $4.53(4; ninety days $4 Ph
francs. Paris and Havre, sw!„ i *' i:
5.20; Swiss, sixty days.
sixty days, 94(4; ninety days 94 8 ’
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE _ Stead
banks are buying at par and sHlte* '
follows: Amount to and Including
10 cents; $lO to $25, 15 cents; $23 t o Wi
cents; SSO to SIOO, 25 cents; S2OO to “vj*
H premium; SSOO to SI,OOO. .65 premtn-?'
$1,600 and over buying at 1-16 d;™!.™;
and selling at 1-16 premium Un *
SECURITIES—The tone of market
dull and quotations are nominal. *
Stock,©.
Bid. Az]m
Augusta and Savannah R. R....ii 0 1
Atlanta & West Point ’s■>*■ rf 1
do 6 P. c. certifs .""us £
Augusta Factory gj *7*
Citizens Bank ...12S iv
Chatham Bank ...Ho in
Chatham R. E. &I. Cos., A... ’ 55
do do B "
Eagle and Phcenix Mfg. co .....105 _
F, Electric Ilium 104
Enterprise Mfg. Cos .100 ioj
Germania Bank 133
Georgia & Alabama 27 19
Georgia Railroad, common 210 iy>
Graniteville Mfg. Cos jgq 7.1
J, P. King Mfg. Cos .'.102 jS
Langley Mfg. Cos 12 0 125
Merchants National Bank no -fj
National Bank of Savannah ....147
Oglethorpe Savings & Trus jio j,.
People’s Savings & Loan 102 ;(u
Southwestern , Railroad Cos no ni
Savannah Gaslight Cos. 21U 2514
Southern Bank "!157
Savannah Bank & Trust ,””u8 119
Sibley Mfg. Cos., Augusta 8g g.
Savannah Brewing 53 Ift !
Bid Afk
Char., Col. & Aug. Ist ss, I*oo. ...106 ,7
Atlanta city, 4>£s, 1322 no in
Augusta city, 4s, 1927 "i fl4
<"> *'*■ I*3 „
Ala. Mid. ss, ind'd, 1928, M. &N. % ,fn
Augusta Factory, 6 per cent., 1915.100 ro
Brunswick & Weslern 4s, 1938.... SO 3.
C. R. R. & Banking,collateral 5s 32 <u
C. of G. Ist ss, 50-year gold, 1945,
F - & A 117 lit
C. of Ga. con. ss. 1945, M. & N... 91
C. of Ga. Ist incomes, 1945 44 4,
do 2nd incomes, 1945 12% 130
do 3d incomes, 1945 g ‘ 7
C. of G. (M. G. & A. Dlv.) ss!
1947, J. & J 93 gg
C. of G. (Eatonton Branch), 5s
1926, J. & D 38 3^,
City & Surburban R. R. Ist 75..10914 1,044
Columbus city, ss, 1909 ,06 ,07
Charleston city, 4s. 1945 16, 132
Eagle & Phenix Mills 6s, 1928... 108 109
Edison Electric Illuminating 6s. 1M 106
Enterprise Mfg. 6s, 1903 101 102
Georgia Railroad 6s, 1910 114 11544
G. S. & F„ 1545, J. & J 100 no
Georgia & Alabama Ist os, 1945 ..104 196
do consolidated ss, 1915 95 96
1947, J. & J 93 96
Georgia State 3(45, 1930, J. & J... 106 107
do 3>4s, 1915, M. & N 104 106
do 4(49, 1913 117(4 1-H
Macon city 6s, 1310, J. & J 117 118
do 4(45. 1926, Jan. quar 107 109
Ocean Steamship 3s, 1926 104 105
Savannah city, ss, quar. October.
‘ 1913 11l ill
do ss, quar., August, 1909 111% 112(4
South Carolina State 4(6e, 1933...116 118
Sibley Mfg. Cos. 6s, 1903 101 102
South Bound os 96 97
S., F. & W. gen. mt'ge 6s, 1934.. 123 124
do do Ist ss, gold, 1934 110(4 112%
do (St. Johns Div.) Ist 4s. 1934.. 94 96
New York, July 18.—Money on call easy
at 1(4®1(4 per cent. Prime mercantile pa
per at 3%@4>4 per cent. Sterling exchange
easier with actual business in bankers'
bills at $4.87 for demand and at $4.84@4.84'4
for sixty days; posted rates. 4.85 and S4.SS.
Commercial bills, $4.53%@4.83-%. Silver cer
tificates, 61*i®62(4c. Bar silver. 61(40.
Mexican dollars, 48(4c. Government bond*
were irregular, state bonds were inactive,
and railroad bonds were irregular.
STOCKS AND BONDS.
V '
Trace in the Dull Rank© Leaves
Stock© Inactive.
New York. July 18 —The bull party fle*
■istfd from their efforts to advance prices
to-day and the r3cent appearance of ac
tivity, due to their operations, promptly
gave place again to semething near to
stagnation. While the pressure to realize
was not severe, it was evident that the
recent demonstrative buying by the bull
party has failed utterly to attract any le*
mand from outside sources, so that no
market is offered for the taking of pro
fits.
Predictions of dividend action on Bal
timore and Ohio are so far discredited
that stock went backwards to-day. arid
even Union Pacific, which has been ad
vanced by much mere aggressive man
agement, fell back almest as much, tha
latter losing 114 net and the former IV
The increase in the dividend rate of Illin
ois Central apparently did not add to the
credence to predictions of other div
idend increase. Yesterday’s violent rife
of 4 points in Pariflc Mail and the strength
of the Pacific Railroad stocks was more
fully explained by to-day’s detailed re
ports of the chartering of steamship© in
the Pacific by the United States govern
ment, and in the Atlantic by the German
government for use in the Pacific to trans
port military supplies to China. But the
inviting prospect thus offered of lucrative
traffic for the trans-continental railroad
lines was offset to-day by some other con
siderations of the results to accrue from
war in China. Wall sfreer has not given
much attention hitherto to the check in
expert trade in textiles caused by the un
settlement in China. The uneasiness caus
ed abroad by reports of Boxer inroads
upon Russian territory brought sales of
securities in New’ York for foreign ac
count and a reminder that forced liaul
dation abroad might throw considerable
burdens upon the New York stock mar
ket.
The day’s shipments of gold were a re
flection of the money needs of foreign
marke s, which are not unlikely to grow
acute if fhe government expenditures for
war preparation should become large. To
day’s engagements, amounting to $2,000,000,
were more than a million l?ss than was
anticipated.
The immediate continuity of the gold ex
pert movement is felt to be in some doubt.
But If military operations are to be car
rfed on In China the needs of foreign gov
ernments for capital will pretty certainly
converge upon New York, as this is no©r
the cheap st money maikot in the world.
Bit is caused by the conjec
ture as to the effect upon lhe New* York
money marker when the interior deman-1
for moving the c*ops is added to the for
eign demand. The money market in New
York continues very dull, but funds for
time loans for the longer periods are
s arce.
The bond market continued very dull
and the fluctuations were uneven. Total
sales par value $903.C00.
Unit'd States 3s reglsierfd declined
and lhe n'W' 4s in the bid price; the 3
coypon advanced Vi and old 4s %•
The total sales of stocks to-dav were
20),700 share*, including Atchison prefer
r and, 7.720; Baltimore and Oitfc, 6.236; Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy, 7,59°; Illin
ois Oen'ril* n.STifl: Ontario and Western.
7.*00; Ft Paid. 6,330; Brooklyn Transit. 27,-
986; Sugar, 38,930.
New York Stock Hist.
Atchison 25HST. & Pa
do prf €314 t r n. Pa.
B & 0 75H Un. Pa . prf
Can. Pa 88 |VVabash
Can. So 48 jWabash prf. •••
C. A- 0 27*4 IV. A L. ®
r. (}. W 105$, VV. & L, E. 2nd
r\, n * Q I ps prf
C„ Incl & L... 23 (Wit-. On H's
C.. In*. Sr L.prf. 50 Third Av.-nue • 1< ”
c. fr E. 11l 95 lAdaras Ex Id
C & Nw 158-4 Am. Ex
C„ R. I. & Pa.lOGti u. S, Fx ** '
C.C.C. * St. L. 5$ I'Wells Far*o
Col. So 6 jAm. Cot. Oil
Col. So. Ist prf. 41-4! do do prf **
£ot. So. 2nd prf. 16Vz,Ara. Maltinfi ...