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18 Jos. A. Magnus & Cos., < INC IN NAT I, O. IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. KEWS AM) VIEWS OF THE DAY IT TWO STATES. fort Valley’s Extensive Canneries. Fruit Men Arrested for Work ing on Sunday—North Georgia Peaches—Col. Wooten About lie covered Cnpt. Bronn to Go to China—A His Phosphate Deal. Change in Plant System Colors. Dublin Courier-Dispat. h\ Savannah’s population is from 8.000 to 15,000 less than the natives thought it would he. but that city continues the most beautiful and most hospitable spot upon the globe. Savannah is alright whether the poulation is 43,000 or 65,000. Col. Wooten Ik Better. Col. W. E. Wooten, of the Fourth Geor gia Regiment, with headquarters at Al bany, who has been ill for the past month at the Southern Sanitarium, on Capitol avenue, in Atlanta, has about recoverd. While able to be out, he will exercise pre caution and will remain in Atlanta an other month. He was prevented by illness from being with his regiment, which is In camp on Cumberland Island. Reunion of Georgia Cavalry. The annual reunion of the survivors of the First Georgia Cavalry Regiment, which was to have been held July 25. at Rome, Ga.. has been changed to Aug. 15- 16. Committees on transportation and speakers for the occasion have been ap pointed, and have gone actively to work. On the same day and at the some- place, the Sixth Georgia Cavalry Regiment will hold their reunion. Every survivor of the First and Sixth Georgia Cavalry is in vited and expected to be present. An In usual Article. Columbus Enquirer-Sun: Deputy Collec tor Hinton returned yesterday afternoon from Marion county, where he made a successful raid yesterday, capturing con siderable moonshine whisky. Two outfits •were captured, one a few miles below Buena Vista and the other northwest of the town. The proprietors were not around when the stills were seized, and were consequently not arrested. Mr. Hin ton captured quite a number of bottles and jugs of whisky. It appeared to be of a very excellent quality. Bronn to Go to Chinn. Capt. Oscar Brown, of the First Uni ted States Cavalry, who Is stationed with his troops in Yellowstone Park, has re ceived orders to sail for China from Seat tle, on July 28. A telegram from Capt. Brown recurved In Atlanta Thursday an- Brown received in Atlanta Thurs day by one of his friends an ed be kindly remembered to his friends there and elsewhere in Georgia. Capt. Brown was formerly stationed in Geor gia and was well-known to the militia men throughout th-e state. Fort Vnlley’a Canneries. Fort Valley now has three extensive can neries running day end night. The ag gregate forcJe employed in the several de partments approximates 50) hands. The average output per day is about 8,000 cans. Peaches form over three-fourths of the material used, the rest being tomotoos and berries. The new cannery of Jones & Miller has been in operation for several day*. The Home Ice Company’s plant Is in working trim and several good freezes of ice have been put on the mar ket. W H. Harris is president of the company and H. L. Harris secretary and treasurer. Carroll** City Court. The City Court established for Carroll county at the special election July 10 will soon have to supplied with a judge and solicitor general. Already the following have announced their intention to be can didates for judge: Col. W. C. Hodnett and Judge W. F. Brown, both of Carrol 1 - ton. Cols. Sidney Holderness and S. J. Boykin have likewise declared their in tentions to run for the solicitor-ship of aaid court. These two last named gentle men are likewise members of the Car rollton bar. Intimation has it that several other lawyers of Carrollton are consider ing contesting with the above named can didates for the places. North Georgia Pearlies. Peach shipments along the line of the Western and Atlantic Railroad ore begin ning to move. It is estimated that there will be at least thirty cars off the main line end fifty cars from the Rome division of the road These consignments whinh •re oil for Eastern. Northern and Wesr ern markets, will move ea h day as the market demands. The entire crop will not be moved before the end of next week. Marietta will furnish the largest shipment elong the line of the road There are n number of tine orchards at that point and freight people know what to expect. Gilmore. Smyrna. Elizabeth, Adairsvllle. McDaniel and Dalton will al io make a good showing. Worked on Sunday. W H. Bridenslein and J. D. Anrrick. president and vice president of Mossy nurseries; J. A. Floyd, agent for Armour & Co.’s Fruit Growers’ Express, • rwi N. and C. Deitzen. proprietors of Deitzen & Son’s canning factory, were ar rested at Fort Valley on warrants charg ing them with violation of the Sabbath. The nurserymen, it was alleged, were loading cars with peaches; Mr. Floyd. Icing refrigerator cars and Mr. Deitzen and his son operating their cannery. The first two named were given preliminary trial Wednesday and released for lack of evidence. The others waived investi gation and were bound over to the County Court. These rases will be watched with Irteresf by those interested in the fruit business. Other arrests mny follow, FLORIDA” In Pensacola (he other day, just before the hour for the ratification meeting. It was discovered that the platform for the speakers had been built by non-union car penters. The committee Immediately had It torn down and rebuilt by union work men. Tried to Kill HU Family. John Edwards, a negro, who has been employed at Orlando for some rime, has become violently insane. Thursday right he had to be confined. He attempted to kill hie entire family, but aid arrived in time to prevent him from doing serious damage. He will probably be sent to Chattahoochee within a few days. Scarcity of labor. Contractors in Tampa are greatly ham pered in their work by a scarcity of labor. They are constantly demanding good car penters, and cannot get them, while brick masons are almost an unknown quantity for new work. A large number of both classes, it seems, could get work here at the present time if they would happen along. A Big Phosphate Deal. Gainesville Sun: The Camp Phosphate Company of Albion yesterday closed a deal with Col. J. J. Barr for phosphate lands in Citrus county, the consideration being away up in the thousands of dollars It is undoubtedly the largest deal of the kind made in several months. The Camp Company is gradually getting a corner on phosphate lands in the state A Change in Color. Tampa Times: A marked change is be ing gradually noticed in the Plant System j\roperties in the past few months. It is the slow and steady disappearance of what was known as the Plant System colors—yellow, with dark red trimmings. All the new freight cars now appearing are painted a different color, and many buildings painted within the past few months have undergone a change from the old style. Soldier* nt St. Augustine. Members of all the companies in camp at St. Augustine expect friends from their hemes to-day. The 22d gives promise of being a gala day. Capt. Foster of the St. Augustine Rifles has obtained the consent of Col. Lovell to suspend the regular or der on Sunday of do toiling ho many men from each company for guard duty, the members of the home company having volunteered to occupy oil the posts, so as to give the visiting soldiers the entire day to devote to escorting the visitors abort the city. The commanding officer has> also been requested to order guardmount end dress parade half an hour earlier on Sunday in order that these features may completed before visitors leave the camp for their homebound trains. TV a* Nut a Suicide. It is now shown by several things that Dr. McLean did not kill himself at Port Tampa city, as was reported. He was found dead, and, as there was a morphine bottle about half-tilled near him, the pre sumption was that it was a case of self destruction. The matter was so reported, and things even went so far as to have a jury make an examination of the case. Later it was shown that his death was due to natural causes, and that heart fail ure was the most direct cause. The prep aration which was found in the bottle was a harmless mixture. This, of course, does away entirely with the self-destruction theory, and his friends are glad to know that he did not suicide, although, they re great his death keenly. drowned vr years. John Oomi'7. Did Not Have tt Chance to Die of Old Age. From the Fort Myers (Fla.) Press. Word reaches us from our Everglade correspondent that old John Gomez, the centenarian, had been drowned while fish ing, on Thursday, July 12, and his body had been recovered the following Satur day much decomposed, and buried on his island, Panther Key, where he had lived for so many years. It is a strange fate that a man should have lived to an age that is granted to but few, to have es caped dis< asfe and accidents for a period of 12.1 years, and at last to meet his death in an unnatural way, by drowning. The fact that he was out on the waters of the Gulf fishii g at the time he m t his death, is evidence that the old mkn was still vig orous enough to get about, and it is pos sible that he may have liv.d another ten years had lie not met with the sad acci dent which resulted in his death. That he was one of the oldest, if not the oldest citizen of (he United States, at the time of his death, there can scarcely be any doubt. His story h3s been known for years to our citizens, and for over ten years he and his wife have been wards of the county, the County Commissioners on many occasions making personal inves tigations abmt the old man, and for over ten years have paid him the sum of $S p r month fr m the county funds. John Gomez, in telling the story of his life to a Press representative in May, 1896, stated that he was a native of Por tugal, and went from the island of Ma deira to France, while very young. After ward he w’ent as a cabin boy on a vessel sailing to this country, but the captain of the bark was so cruel to him that he ran away when the bark arrived at Char leston, S. C. From there he came to St. Augustine, FJa., long before the Spanish flag ceased to wave over the fort. He said while in France he saw Napoleon Bonaparte on dress parade many times. He said he had been married but once, and, looking at hks aged wife, ironically said, “that was once too often.” He had never had any children. He was a mem ber of the Roman Catholic Church, and exhibited his crucifix with pride. The is land upon which he lived was distant about fifteen miles from the Marco post office, which was his address. At the time of this interview with him he was over 118 years of age, which would have made him over 122 years old at the time of his death. He said he had never taken a medicine in his life, and always hadgood health until within the last few years, when he had been troubled with rheumatism. John Gomez In physical makeup, was a .short, heavy set man, with a head of heavy curly hair, which had once been black, but was then silvered all over. He had large, dark eyes, fairly well preserv ed, and bore marks of having been rath er a handsome man. He served in the Seminole War from 1535 to 1837, under Gen. Taylor, and was in the famous Okeechobee battle, which was fought Dec. 25, 1837. at the edge of Lake Okee chobee. His wife hails from Glynn county, Georgia, and is over seventy years old. The remarkable age attained by John Gomez, who spent so many years of his life on his island home on the Gulf coast, is proof that this const is extreme ly healthful and the climate conducive to longevity. TAX RETIRXS ARK SLOW. Report* From County School Com nilaftioiiern Received. Atlanta. July 21.—The tax returns from the various counties are not being sent in by the tax receivers. The last day for receiving the refTirns is Aug. 1. The con troller general hopes to have them in by that time. It is expected that there will he n big increase In the returns this year as the ten counties which have already reported show up considerably better than last year. Nearly all the county school commis sioners of the state have filed their annual reports with the state school commis sioner. Mr. Glenn has not completed ex amining their reports, hut says there will be a big increase in the number of pupils in attendance. W. F~ HAMILTON, Artesian Well Contractor, OCALA. FLA. Am prepared to drill wells up to any depth. We use tlrst-claaa machinery, can do work on short uotlcs and guarantee satisfaction. THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. JULY 22, 1900. THE TENDENCY TO DISEASE,' Dr. Hathaway’s Method the Only One Which Cures. Hi, Rcoord of 20 l ean in rare, of Chronic ni.raae. Place, Him nt the Head of Hl* Speciality. J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D. The Oldest Established Specialist In file South. ent stages, all diseases of the kidneys, b.adder and collecting organs, including varicocele and siricture. To cure a p'.mpl - on the face, a sore on any part of the body, or to stimulate a weakened on-an, is not to cine the underlying cause. iDR. HATHAWAY Treats the CAUSE and rids the whole system of all diseased conditions. His record of cures for 20 years proves that his method is right; that his system of treatment is superior to all others. You can call at his office or write him and have a thorough examination without cost. If he does not think a course of treatment necessary he will advise you what to do without expend. J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D. ° ffl '? m'.'toVpT^. 7 te * Dr. Hflthaufl.v A Cos., 2SA BRYAN STREET. . SAVANNAH, GA. MILITARY CHAT AND GOSSIP. GEORGIA’S PROMOTIONS IN REGU LAR ARMY FROM RANKS. Fitting Up of the Old “Heard House” Rooms—National Air nt Conven tions—Lieut. Jervey of Georgia. Some >i(stakes of Newspapers ns to Well-known Generals Auto graph Letters From Confederate General* Romance of the War Chaplain. % Pine Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla., July 21.—A reader of these letters asks if Georgia has had any promotions from the ranks of the regular army. There have been quite a number, some dating way back, one being Brevet Brig. Gen. George F. B. Dandy and another Brevet Maj. Mason Carter, the latter enlisting as a private under the name of Mason How ard. A later promotion from the ranks was that of Lieut. Lunsford Daniel of Griffin. It is gratifying to note that the “Last Cabinet” Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy at Washington, Ga., have succeeded in tilting up the rooms in the “Heard House,” where President Davis and his cabinet held their final meeting. It i£ to be hoped that many peo ple may be found who will either give or loan the chapter articles and relics suit ed to the rooms and iheir Confederate museum. Single articles in private fami lies generally have little value, the gen eral public seldom seeV them. And yet when grouped together they become relics that educate most effectively. A newspaper reference to Col. Major reminds me that not only family names but given names also become mixed with military and civil titles. Jt has been a common practice to give negroes such names, but it seldom results in a mixture. In the case of white men, however, it is quite different. There was in the Confed eral army a Lieut. Col. Colonel Williams, the Colonel being his given name. There was also a Judge Thomas J. Judge, and a Judge Judge Williams, the second Judge being his given name and tho first one his title. It nap reported that when the band "The Star Spangled Banner" at the Philadelphia National Republican Con vention, Col. Teddy Roosevelt was on his feet in an instant, followed by the vast throng present. But when the band in the Jacksonville Stale Democratic Convention started this national air Jo seph C. Jones, Esq., of Orlando, son of the late Rev. Dr. John Jones, and the writer of these lines were the only persons In that great assemblage to rise to their feet. The English people set the world a line example of patriotism in this direc tion. Whenever a national air is played or sung, they rise instantly to their feet. On all great occasions we Americans or United Statesians—as my friend. G. N. Saussy, calls us, should do the same. The special telegram in the Morning News of Wednesday about engineer corps officers going to China, mentioned "First Eieut. James P. Davey of Georgia.” The name of this gifted young officer is Jer yey, and he belongs to a family formerly of South Carolina. Several of the boys have been star graduates of West Point Military Academy and were given fine positions in the regular army. Dipnt. Jer vey, above referred to, made a remark able record at West Point, and as the family resides, or did reside, In Atlanta, these bright sons have reflected credit upon Georgia as well as South Carolina. Should the war in China be prolonged there will be great need on the part of the allied of first class engineers, and the selection of Lieut. Jervey as one of the officers to be sent there shows that the war department in this instance se lects the right man for the right place. Capt. Henry Jervey is also in the engi neering corps and Lieut. Eugene P. Jer vey in the cavalry corps. Candidate William Jennings Bryan Is not invited to Chicago by the G. A. R., hut by the Citizens’ Committee. Candi date William McKinley is not invited by •he G. A. R.. buf goes as a member of the Grnnd Army of the Republic. The rules and regulations of the G. A. R. forbid any such a li n on its part, but cities which have entertained the en campment in the past have taken upon themselves the right o invite dlstinguish id men of all parties, but these invited guests only porticipate in the social and public exercises that form a sort of en vironment for *he more formal business of the occasion. Gen. John C. Black, chairman of the Chicago Committee on Invitation, is not only a good sound Dem ocrat. but a popular Grand Army man, as many other Democratic Rrnorals are or have been. The G. A. R. Is not in any sense a political organization, although the majority of the. members are Repub licans. An Atlama evening paper prints pic tures of Gen. Andrew P. Stewart and Gen. Stephen D. Lie and Gin. Oliver O. How ard. and refers to Lee and Stewart as major centrals. Every school hoy ought to know that both these officers were lleu t-nant et orals In the Coni' derate a mv. and conspicuous educators since the war In Miss eslppl, the former as president of State A*rh filtural College, and the latter of the State University, until his appointment on the National Military Park Board The impression Is also mad that Gen. Howard left the regular army and was In civil life when the Confeder ate war started. He simply res gned as a first lieutenant In th’ o dnance depart, merit to take the field as colonel of the Third Maine Infantry, he being a native of that state. Howard was a West Point er, and his promo loti to fill Gen McPher son s place—killed at the Baitle of Allan •a, by Gen. Sherman, was recanted by What is called "the t?r:d ncy to disease" —that is to acer ain diseased condition -14 recognized by ail physicians. In some families there is a tendency to consump tion; in others a tendency to nervous dDoide.s; in others a tendency to kidney and urinary complaints, and so on. Jt is this tendency to chronic diseases that Dr. Hathaway cur-rs, as well as the diseases themselves alter they have de veloped. Any sys'em of treatment which fails to take into account this tendency to a particular disease cannot permanently cure. This is why so many physicians fail in the r attempt to restcre the health of a patient. They treat simply the local manifestations of the trouble and go no deeper. Dr. Hathaway treats all cases constitutionally. His method of treatment not only curts the disease itself, but by building lip the constitutionally weakened organs, prevents a recurrence of the trouble. In tids way he cures permanently all nervous diseases from whatever cause, all forms of blood diseases in the and ffer- Qen. John A. Logan, who came from civil lif. and was extr. mely popular with the volunteer soldiers. Howard is a very p ons man. and has been called the “Gen. Havelock” of our army. The going of Gen. T. L. Rosser, “bag and baggage,” over to the Republican party, will not surprise any one who has watch ed his career during the past few’ years. For a time he was “unreconstructed,” and kept his more patriotic Confederate comrades in “hot water” by his rash speeches and imprudent acts. It is hardly probable that Rosser will fare as well as did Gen. Mahone, or Gen. Walker, or Gen. Longstreet, in the matter of politi cal offices. He is now’ a candidate for Congress from his district In Virginia. It will amuse many readers of the Morning News to know’ that ex-Gov. Rufus B. Bullock cf Atlanta, once a Republican governor of Georgia, talks about “we Confederates who surrendered in good faith,” etc. And yet, even before the Civil War fairly opened. Gov. Bullock, then a resident of Augusta, w r as in the Ogle thorpe Light Infantry of that eity when it stormed the Sand Hills heights and after a bloodless battle of words captured the United States arsenal from Capt. Arnold Elzy, U. S. A., later a general in the Confederate service. Governor Bul lock is a United Confederate Veteran and at. present a very respectable Republican. The movement of Camp Benning, U. C. V., of C-olumbus, Go.. to secure autograph letters from living Confederate generals is a good one. But why confine the move ment to living generals, now’ so few and widely scattered? Letters of this kind written by’ Confederate generals before they fell in battle, or died of wounds or disease, would prove equally as valua-the, if not more so, as only a few’ of the fa mous generals are now' living. I would not part with my own collection of such letters and autographs for any amount of money. Col. Charles C. Jones., Jr., used to write the handsomest of letters, . nearly every on? looking l.ke copperplate engraving. Gen. William T. Sherman wrote nearly all of hit? letters, and they were exceptionally neat. He learned the art. so he told me, while a banker In California. Gen. Winfield Scott Han cock's signature was freqeuntly taken for "Miss T. Hancock,” even by expert'* j in the matter of handwriting. Dr. J. C. Pelot of Palmetto, Fla., tells the Tampa correspondent of the Times- Union and Citizen that according to the best informa i ion obtainable, he was the last officer to serve in the Confederate army. He bases 4 his statement upon the fact that he remained tw’o weeks at An dersonville prison as a surgeon, with rank of captain after the Union authorities took charge. Granting this to he true, it would hardly justify the claim that he was the “last man in the procession.” There was no formal muster out of Con federate officers and sollders when the collapse came. Detached commands were scattered everywhere, and they went out of commission pretty much “on their own hook,” at their own time and in their own way. I question very much if "t can be definitely settled what command was the last to be mustered out, much less the last commissioned officer. It was clalmedfor the late Maj. Gen. S. W. Crawford, U. S. A., that he heard the first shot of the Civil War as a surgeon at Fort Sumter and the last shot of the war as a general at Appomattox. Un fortunately, however, the “last shot” was not tired at Appomattox. “We chaplains,” writes Rev. E. J. Har dy, in The Sphere Magazine, “see w’ar lit erally in cold blood. We have not the wild pulsation of the fight to sustain us. Our place is with the wounded on the field after the battle and in the hospitals, and there is no romance in war there.” Now, Chaplain Hardy can speak for himself and the chaplains like him, but he certainly misrepresents the better class of chaplains as I knew them, in actual warfare. He reminds me of an incident or accident in the life of Henry Ward Beecher’s noted father. With other preachers he was once rolled down a bank in a stagecoach. As they all pulled themselves out of the over turned coach a rather “too previous” brother thanked God that they had escap ed injury. Rev. Dr. Lyman Beecher tart ly informed this brother that he could speak for himself, as the others might not view if in the same light. So I say to Chaplain Hardy,he can speak for himself, but the records show that many a zealous and faithful chaplain, of theßlueandof the Gray, went to his death in the storm of battle while ministering to the wounded and dying. “No romance there?” Well, Well! And then, too, recall the brave wo men who as army nurses have been wounded on the field of battle. But Chap lain Hardy very kindly admits that there are chaplains who “considered it their duty to be in the thick of the fight.” Yes. and there is where duty calls every brave and faithful chaplain whenever wounded or dying soldiers need his ministrations. The chaplain is the last man that should .fear danger or death. Sidney Herbert. RESULT OF MISSION WORK. Dr. Anderson’s Views of the Pres ent Trouble In China. Nashville. Tenn., July 21.—Dr. D. 1,. Anderson, a missionary of the Southern Methodist Church at Soo Chow, whose family is now at Shanghai, left Nash ville yesterday, cn route to China. Re garding the trouble Mr. Anderson said: "There Is no doubt that the present trou ble is largely the result of mission work. "For several decades the missionaries have scattered through the Chinese Em pire, not only preaching the gospel, but coming In direct Intercourse with the peo ple, and have also scattered millions of copies of different kinds of books, re ligious. scientific, moral and works on pollilcal economy, all over the empire. "The result this Is that a large party in favor of reform chiefly made up of educated and cultured men, has been reared." TURPENTINE AGAIN DROPS. IVDEB A LIGHT DEHASD THE PRICE YIELDS % CENT. The Fonr Higlier Grade, of Rosin Also Off, tile Market Being Firm at' the Decline*—Cotton tlniet ant] In - changed—lnterior Holder* Decline to Sell f. o. It. for Less Than From >4 to 5-lfl Cent Above Local Price*. Rather Than Accept Less Mill Men Say They Will Spin Surplus Stock:*. Banks to Again Accommodate Farmers—l oral and Telegraphic Markets. Morning News Office, July 21. The turpentine market is going down hill precipitously. Another half cent was lost at the opening to-day, when the mar ket was posted firm on sales of a consid erable lot. To what extent the declines will go is beyond conjecture, of course, but the trade are not inclined to take a very favorable view of the outlook, which is taken to indicate that they will not be surprised to see still further losses before the price strikes bottom. Liberal deliv eries seem to have affected the demand to a considerable extent, and the drop in the market is said to be partly due to this. The rosin market followed suit In the declining movement, and grades M and above went down ten cents each. At the decline there was considerable sales, showing that concessions had been made to unload stuff. Until to-day the rosin market has remained firm, with the indi cations favorable for a maintenance of prices. No change was posted in the local eot to market. Futures were up 9 and 12 points, due to a demand on the part of shorts to cover. Advices from the crop belt during the day were of a doubtful character, some indicating that mild showers In certain sections were for the benefit of the crop, while advices from other quarters were different and had the opposite effect on the market. Locally there is no demand for cotton, at least at the prices holders ask. Brokers find that interior holders. Including mill men, are not willing to sell for less than from % to 5-16 cent above local prices f. o. b. Savannah. They will not make conces sions. Mill men say rather than sell for less they will spin the surplus cotton they offer. The uncertainty of the size of the coming crop keeps consumers guessing, and they are after supplies as cheaply as possible, believing that prices will drop at the opening of the season under the large offerings they anticipate will be thrown upon the market. The few local bears who occasionally is olate themselves to venture an opinion cn the situation do not believe there will be much holding of cotton at the opening of the season, and hence expect prices to go off sharply under liberal offerings. To the argument that the hanks throughout the South will adopt the same policy they did last year in making advances on cotton the bears eav they believe many farmers will not avail themselves of this for the reason that interest and incidental ex penses of holding the cotton Win amount to more than the possible advance above the season’s opening prices. It is known that the banks are preparing to accom modate all comers, however, and the gen eral belief is that the policy of holding which was adopted so successfully last season will be repeated. Last year many banks allowed the cotton that secured their loans to remain on farms, but they have given notice this year that they will make advances only on cotton stored in warehouses. The wholesale markets were steady and unchanged. Produce was quiet and in fair demand. The following resume of the dif ferent market will show' the tone and quo tations at the closing to-day: COTTON. 'rte cotton market closed quiet and un changed to-day. Nothing of local interest developed. The receipts were in fair vol ume. It now seems probable that very little trading in cotton will be done in the local market during the remainder of the season unhss exporters find their way clear to pay from 4 to 5-16 cent above local prices. Advices from interior hold ers are to the effect that they are not willing to make an concessions in price, preferring to hold the cotton. Mill men offering surplus stock decline to accept lower prices, saying they prefer to hold their stocks for spinning purpose!?. Hence it is that little is being done at present. The following were the official spot quo tations at the close of the market at the Cotton Exchenge to-day: | This ] Last I day. | year. Good middling |¥ls-l|6H Middling !94 how middling |9% it'i Good ordinary jS'g 4*4 Market quiet; sales, 126. Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks: Receipts this day 393 Receipts this day last year 4 Receipts since Sept. 1, 1899 1,073,413 Same time last year 1,082 2:9 Stock on hand this day 14,214 Same day last year 8,937 Receipts and Stocks at the PSrts— Receipts this day 6.177 Tills day last year 1,400 This day year before last 328 Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1899 6,453,241 Same time last year 8,297,495 Same time year before last 8,591,061 Stock at all ports to-day 149,507 Stock same day last year 405,885 Daily Movement at Other Ports— Galveston—Quiet; middling, 9Vi; net re ceipts, 86; gross receipts, 86; sales, 11; stock, 5.134. New Orleans—Nominal; middling 10 3-16; net receipts, 2,110; gross receipts, 2,110; sales.loo; stock, 61,847. Mobile—Steady; middling, 9%; stock, 4,416. Charleston—Quiet; middling. 9 E 4; (id re ceipts, 142; gross receipts, 142; stock, 2,841. Wilmington—Nothing doing; net re ceipts, 1,131; gross receipts, 1,131; stock, 3,860. Norfolk—Steady; middling, 10; net re ceipts, 1,771; gTOss receipts, 1,771; sales, 31; stock, 9,224. Baltimore—Nominal; middling, 10; stock 2,351. New York—Quiet; middling, 10; net re ceipts, 200; gross receipts, 938; sales, 131; stock, 37,873. Boston—Steady; middling, 10; net re ceipts, 344; gross receipts, 465. Philadelphia—Quiet; middling, 1014; stock. 2,840. Daily Movement a* Interior Towns— Augusta—Quiet; middling, 914; sales, 24; stock, 2,161. Memphis—Quiet, middling; 914; net re ceipts, 10; gross receipts, 10; sales, 100; stock, 12,077. St. Louis—Quiet and steady; middling, 964; net receipts, 129; gross receipts, 3SI; stock, 21,787. Cincinnati—Quiet; middling, 9V4; net re ceipts, 32; gross receipts, 32; sales, 200; stock, 8.404. Houston—Quiet; middling, 9>j; slock 1,739. Louisville—Quiet; middling, 974. Exports of Cotton Tlyis Day- New Orleans—Coastwise. 300. Savannah—Coastwise, 539. Norfolk—Coastwise, 501. Total foreign exports since Sept. 1, 1899; To Great Britain, 2,248,590; to France, 693,- 029; to the continent, 2,668,770. COTTON FITIREI, Market Opens Quiet and Closes 0 to 12 Points t’p. New York, July 21.—The market for cot ton futures opened quiet, with prices un changed to 3 poants lower, and with new speculation totally lacking. The roora- trade devoted attention to week end set tlements, the South sold the far months, Liverpool purchased the summer and ear ly fall deliveires. Following the call demand from shorts and scarcity of sellers caused prices to advance quite sharply, though business continued to hang fire. The ca bles from Liverpool were no better nor worse than looked for. the crop accounts from the Eastern and Western sections of the belt were fully as good as the aver age for some years past, while accounts from the Eastern division were satisfac tory in the long run. Warm, local show ers were said to be benefiting the crop over the larger portion of the belt. The political news was the main incentive of the room-traders in their endeavor to re duce obligations as a matter of precaution over the Sunday interval of adjournment. 6pot cotton closed quiet with, prices un changed. Cotion futures closed very sieady with prices net advance of 9 to 12 points, the firmness being entirely due to local cover ing on a small scale. FLUCTUATION'S IN FUTURES. New York, July 21.—Cotton futures open ed quiet and close- Prices as fol lows: | Open., High.| Low. | Clos. January 7....p8711" j 8.21~ I~SII~T B - 21 b February ....[ 8.13 | | | 8.22 March j 8.16 | 8.26 j 8.16 ! 8.25 April | 8.17 bj .... | .... | 8.27 May ; 8.21 b| .... j .... | 8.30 June | .... j .... | .... | July j 9.70 b! 9.79 | 9.73 | 9.79 August ,| 9.14 | 9.28 j 9.13 j 9.26 September ...j 8.56 j 8.72 | 8.56 j 8.71 October ' 8.27 | 8.39 ; 8.27 | 5.39 November ...( .... j 8.15 j 8.15 j 8.24 December .... 8.11 | 8.21 S.lO ; 8.21 Liverpool,~July 2lTl P- m.— Cotton, spot small demand; prices lower; American middling fair, 6V*c; good middling, 5 31-32(1; middling, 5 25-32d; low middling, 5 21-320?; good ordinary, 5 17-32; ordinary, 5 11-32 J. The sales of the day were 2.000 bales, of which 200 were for speculation and ex port, and included 1,600 American; re ceipts 100 bales, all American. Futures opened quiet and closed steady; American middling, low middling clause: July, 5.38d, value; July-August, 5.34d, sell ers; August-i September, 5.12#5.13d, value; September-Ootober, 4.54@4.55d, value; Oc tober-November. 4.40@4.41d, sellers; No vember-Decenuber, 4.34#4.35d, sellers; De cern ber-January, 4.31#4.32d, buyers; Jan uary-February, 4.29'a-4.30d. buyers; Feb ruary-March, 4.27#4.28d, buyers; March- April, 4.26#4.27d, buyers. New Orleans, July 21.—Cotton futures steady. July 10. 1S#10.20 ! January 8.05dft?.05 August ... 9.55# 9.s7’February .. .8.07@8.09 September 8.60# 8.61 March 8.09fi8.11 October .. B.lB# 8.19 April .......8.11#8.13 Nove'ber . 8.06# B.o7,Vtay 8.13(5.8.15 Dece’ber . 8.05# B.Of ' ** COTTON LETTERS. New York. July 21.—Murphy & Cos. say: Although Liverpool declined l-16d on spots, 3-64d old crops, and 1-64 to 2-4>4d new’ crops, this market was sustained by covering of local bear sales rather -than carry the interest over Sunday. The trad ing in August delivery cotton also tends to make bears nervous about the statis tical positon of summer end early fall months. The Chronicle’s W’eather reports and crop prospects continue favorable, and a few weeks more of seasonable weather is apt to cause increased crop estimates and bring out liquidating sales, as present prices are based upon an expected mod erate yield. Condition of the goods mar kets,of the world is a marked contrast with a year ago, when manufacturers were making very profitable contracts for de livery of goods from six to twelve months ahead, whereas, it is now’ impossible to sell ahead at any profit. Rumor gained circulation to the effect that European bulls of prominence had formed a strong clique to bulge August to 10 cents. The market during the last half hour w’as up ward and closed about best prices of the day. Expect good Liverpool Monday. New York. July 21.—Hubbard Bros. Cos. say: Our market to-day showed a strange inconsistency in face of the good crop advices, and the small demand for cotton in Liverpool. The strength was due to local buying by operators, who wished to cover their transactions for the week, end who did not care, in the pres ent uncertain markets to have an in terest in the market over Sunday. Their purchases reached stop orders, and an ad vance followed with a firm closing. There was no confirmation of the report current yesterday afternoon that there had been a settlement of the bull campaign in Liv erpool. Receipts continue large represent ing the purchases for shipment to Europe throughout the South, where isolated lots have been held until now*. Traders expect a decided improvement in Liverpool on Monday. KRT GOODS. New York, July 21.—Tho week closes with a dull market on the spot and no business of moment reported in any de partment. Prices all unchanged, but re ductions on leading lines bleached cottons early next week highly probable. Print cloths fair demand for odd goods, lirm prices; cotton yarns in fair demand, and tone of maket firm, especially for lower counts. Woolen- and worsted yarns steady. NATAL STORES. Saturday July 21. SPIRITS TURPENTINE—The market for turpentine opened firm to-day at 43 cents, and closed firm and unchanged. There was only a fair demand. The drop was on sales of a round lot, the opening being 1,350 casks, and the closing 13 casks. The downward tendency which set In several days ago does not seem to have been checked, and while the trade are hopeful it is by no means certain where the price will Stop before bottom is reach ed. The day’s receipts were 1,909, sales 1,363, and the exports 193. ROSINS—The rosin market showed some weakness to-day as to the higher grades, which went off. M and above declined ten cents. There were no other changes. At the decline the market was firm and the demand fair for the offerings. There was not a great deal of trading in progress to wards the early cicging hour at 2 o'clock. The day’s receipts were 3,431, sales 2,064, and the exports 10,335. The following were the quotations: A fl 35 H J 1 55 B 135 I 1 65 c 135 K j 75 D 1 35 M 1 90 E 1 40 N 2 20 F 145 W G 235 G 1 50 W W 2 65 Naval Stores Statement- Spirits. Rosin. Stock April 1, 1960 2,197 142,506 Receipts to-day 1,909 3.434 Receipts previously 139,858 269,898 Total since April 1 143,904 415 iS3 g Exports to-day 193 10,335 Exports previously 110,888 308,501 Exports since April 1 111,081 318,836 Stock on hand to-day 32,883 97,002 This day last year 26,123 12.'’570 Charleston, S. C., July 21 .-Turpentine market nominal; nothing doing. Rosin firm, sales none, unchanged. Wilmington, July 21.—Spirits turpentine nothing doing; receipts. 158. Rosin firm $1 .25; receipts, 317. Tar firm, J 1.40; receipts, 48. Crude turpentine firm, J1.70a 2.70; receipts, 176. New Orleans, July 21.—Rottin receipts 352 barrels; turpentine receipts. 32. Ex ports to Frontera, rosin 20 barrels; port Limon, rosin, 75; Lisbon, 500 barrels rosin, FINANCIAL. MONEY—The demand keeps fairly up with the supply. FOREIGN EXCHANGE—Market Is steady. The commercial demand. 15 8554; slxly days, $4.8364; ninety days, S4.S2V francs, Paris and Havre, sixty days,' 5.20; Swiss, sixty days, 5.21*4; marks, sixty day*, 94H; ninety days. 94. DOMESTIC EXCHANGE - Stead, banks are buying' at par and selling follows: Amount to and including sit? 10 cents: $lO to $25, 15 cents; $25 to SSO * cents; SSO to SIOO, 25 cents; S2OO to s'-joo H premium: SSOO to SI,OOO, .60 premium. $1,0.00 and over buying at 1-16 discount and selling at 1-16 premium. SECURITIES Quotations generallf nominal. The Central issues are firm *2 pecially the incomes. Stocks. Bid. Ask Augusta and Savannah R. R no in ' Atlanta & West Point 125 do 6 p. c. certlfs pjj Augusta Factory gj Citizens Bank 128 Chatham .Bank no n, Chatham R. E. & I. Cos., A $•; do do B i 5544 0614 Eagle and Phoenix Mfg. co 105 Edison Electric Ilium pot ir Enterprise Mfg. Cos * 100 in; Germania Bank v ... 129 130 Georgia & Alabama 27 .>9 Georgia Railroad, common 210 *l2 Graniteville Mfg. Cos ;so J. P. King Mfg Cos j.)* Langley Mfg. Cos j :5 Merchants National Bank 112 National Bank of Savannah 147 Oglethorpe Savings & Trus no m People's Savings & Loan 102 104 Southwestern Railroad Cos. 10914 nrii Savannah Gaslight Cos. 354! Southern Bank 157' jjj” Savannah Bank & Trust 11$ 319 Sibley Mfg. Cos., Augusta, 88 s? Savannah Brewing 95 Bonds. Bid. Ack. Char., Col. & Aug. Ist ss, 1900. ...106 108 Atlanta city, 4!is, 1922 no ni Augusta city, 4s, 1927 104 j(g do 4>js. 1925 no in do 7s, 1903 105 1% do 6s. 1913 ;i7 T 8 Ala. Mid. ss, ind'd, 1925, M. &N. 9S ;o Augusta Factory, 6 per cent.. 1915.103 ro Brunswick & Wcsiern 4s. 1938 SO s> C. R. R. & Banking.collateral ss. 92 33 C. of G. Ist ss, 59-year gold, 1945. F - & A 117 113 C. of Ga. con. ss, 1945, M. & N... 91 9* C. of, Ga. Ist incomes, 1945 44 45 do 2nd incomes, 1945 12% jgu do 3d incomes, 1945 7 C. of G. (M. G. & A. Div.) ss, 1947, J. & J 96 C. of Branch), 5s 1926, J. & D % rjg City & Surburban R. R. Is* 75.. 1094 11014 Columbus city, s*. 1909 106 F7 Charleston city, 4s, 1945 101 102 Eagle & Phenix Mills 6s, 1938...108 309 Edison Electric Illuminating; 65.104 105 Enterprise Mfg. 6s, 1903 101 102 Georgia Railroad 6s, 1910 114 115% G. S. & F., 1945, J. & J 109 110 Georgia & Alabama Ist ss, 1945....104 106 do consolidated 6s, 1915 95 96 1947, J. & J 95 96 Georgia State 3%5, 1930, J. & J... 106 107 do 3%5, 1915. M. & N 104 106 do 4%5. 1915 117% ÜB% Macon city os, 1910, J. & J 117 US do 4%5, 1926. Jan. quar 107 103 Ocean Steamship os, 1926 104 106 Savannah city, 6s, quar. October. 1913 11l 112 do f*. quar., August, 1909 South Carolina State 4%5, 1933...116 118 Sibley Mfg. Cos. 6s, 1903 101 102 South Bound 5s 96 97 S., F. & W. gen. mt’ge 6s, 1934..123 124 do do Ist ss, gold, 1934 110% 11245 do (St. Johns DlvD Ist 4s. 1934.. 94 96 WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT. New York, July 21.—The weekly bank statement shows the following changes: Surplus reserve increased $4,121,775; loans decrease, $3,381,100; specie, increase. $1,651.- 100; legal tenders, increase, $2,111,400; de posits, decrease $1,315,100; circulation in crease $747,100. The banks now hold $24,081,900 in excess of the requirements of the 25 per cent, rule. New York. July 21.—Money on call nom inal. no loans. Prime mercantile paper, 4(^4 3 4 per cent. Sterling exchange steady, with actual business in bankers’ bills, at $4.87% for demand, and at $4.83%(§4.84 for sixty days; posted rates, $4.84%@4.55 and $4.88. Commercial bins. $4,831,4(54.83%; bar silver, 61 %c; silver certificates, 61%@62%e. Mexican dollars. State bonds inac tive; railroad bonds irregular; govern ment bonds irregular. STOCKS ANO BONDS. Few of the Day’s Gains Held to the Hijiliest. New York. July 21.—There were a few sporadic cases of strength in the stock market to-day. but none of the gains held at the high st and seme of them were more than wiped out. In the railroad list. Sou h. rn Pacific and S. Paul were the orly stocks to make any considerab e show of strength. Amongst the specialties. Leather, the New York tractions and Tennessee Coal were the features. Sugar was lifted two points at the opening, but it was very obviously for the pur' o-e of affording a market upon which to realize profits. The stock closrd three joints below the high 1-vel aid dfmnat< and the who e market. As the London exchange was not. in ses s'on to-day and had adjourned yesterday before the receipt at Washington of M nis ter Conger’s message the effect of that n ws on the Engl sh market is still some what problematical. French rentes rosa 35 centimes to-day, but the skeptical tone of che Bid ish pres as to the authentici’y of the Conger message left a doubt in the minds of speculators as to how it would affect the market. The figures of the bank statement are again rather mystifying and they do not “prove.” The receipt this week of $3,50).001 i.i gold which \Vas shipped last week from the Pacific coast accounts for the large increase in reserve. The decrease in the loan item indicates that German borrow ers are still r paying loans of New York capital. Sterling exchange advance! in Paris and Berlin and was firm, though nominal here, and call money hardened in increasing the likelihood of gold exports next week. The much moot ed question of how the large trade bal ance in our favor has been paid or met is partly an wered by the appearance to-day o‘ advertised offerings by New York and Chicago bond dealers and bankers of varied list of foreign government securi ties inc.tiding German, Russian. Swiss. Dutch. Belgian, Swedish and Canadian securities of many denominations. The market closed easy at unimportant net changes. The demands of fore gn governments for capital to conduct military operations in Cidna are expected to keep money rates up to a point that will make it profitable to leave American x capital in foreien loans. The Bank of England has inaugu rat and a p lley of re renchment and recup eration by an unexplained advance of a full 1 p r cent, from 3 to 4 per cent, in its minimum rate of discount and has been able by borrowings from the open mar ket to carry the private discount rate up to its own rate. In *he New York money market the usual July deficit in govern ment revenues which amounts for the month thus fear to about $4,000,000. has been for the benefit of the market and has offset the treasury recall of deposi s from rational banks. The bond market has failed to show any pressure of capital seeking investment. Tho funds disbursed on July 1 are appar ently held in accessible form awaiting de velopments in the money market United States refunding 2s when issued advanced %, and the Ss, old 4s and 6s ■ per cent, in the hid price. The new 4S declined *%. The total sales of stock to-day were 144.500 shares, including Southern Pacific. 161%; Union Pacific, 11.745; American Steel and Wire, 5.483; Sugar, 24,590; United States Lea'her, 13,583. New York Stock List. Atchison 23%!Union Pacific.. W I do ppef COV4I <s® pref 75 1 B. & 0 7v t ; Wabash *’• Can. Pacific .... 89 j do pref I* 1 * Can. Southern.. 49141 W. & L. E S'. C. & 0 27-41 do 2d pref .... 22,4 C. G. W 10fc; WU. Central ....