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A TEXAS WONDER.
Hall** Great Diaeorery.
One small bottle of Hall's Great Dis
covery cures all kidney and Madder
troubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes,
pemlnal emissions, weak and lame backs,
rheumatism and all irregularities of the
kidneys and bladder in both men and
women, regulates bladder troubles in chil
dren. If not sold by your druggist will
be eent my mall on receipt of 11. One
email bottle is two months' treatment,
and will cure any case above mentioned.
Dr. E. W. Hall, sole manufacturer, P. O.
Box 629, S. Louis. Mo Send for testi
monials. Sold by all druggists and Solo
mons Cos., Savannah, Ga.
Rend This.
Dr. E. W. Hall. St. Louis, Mo.: Dear
Elr—Please ship me three dozen Hall’s
G.eat Discovery by first express. I have
o!d over one gross. It give* perfect sat
isfaction. and I recommend it to my
customers. Yours truly, •
H. C. GROVES.
Prop Anti-Monopoly Drug Store.
Ocala. Fla., Dec. 13. •
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
SEWS AND VIEWS OF THE DAY IN
TWO STATES.
Wilcox'. Primary Rrtorn* Were
Stolen—Georgia's Fund for Famine
Eaffprrr*—Prominent Cou|>lc In the
Divorce Court—floating at Worth.
Two More New Hale.—Mr. llarr'a
Contest l.ee County lion Wet.
Tnte Hn<l Two Wivri.
It has just been discovered that all of
the returns of Tuesday's primary In Wil
cox county have been stolen from the
County Court House vault at Abbeville.
The community is thoroughly aroused.
Bomo Fine Cotton.
Mcßae Twin City News: Mr. R. B.
Cooper, who is farming with F. E. Mc-
Rae in town, has some of the best cotton
perhaps in the county, considering age.
He has thirteen acres, and If no accident
happens, he will get a bale to the acre.
His cotton is the African limbless, and
' is as full as it can be—many stalks bend
ing over with their load of fruit. The en
tire crop is clean, and shows that it never
lacked for work. Mr. Cooper is a first
class farmer. His corn is very fine also.
Two More Halm.
Albany Herald: Albany received two
more bales of cotton this morning. They
were brought in by Deal Jackson, the en
terprising negro farmer of West Dougher
ty, who made Albany the first-bale town
of Georgia, on July 28, just six days ago.
The two bales were carried to the ware
house of Messrs. A. W. Muse & Cos., where
they have been offered for sale. At last
reports they had not been bought by any
of the local cotton merchants, though they
will probably be disposed of some time this
afternoon.
Offices In Moultrie.
Moultrie Observer: The Georgia
Northern Railroad’s main offices are now
In Moultrie. They occupy the new' build
ing on South Broad street, out beyond the
Baptist Church. This building was erect
ed by Contractor Marian and was designed
for a residence, but has very easily been
transferred into a neat and very conve
nient suite of offices. The large safe,
the mammoth books and all the appurte
nances came up Tuesday. The offices of
the president and general passenger and
freight agent have been here for some
time. The superintendent, general man
ager and auditor now' have headquarters
here. Moultrie is glad to welcome this
valuable addition to her business strength
Famine Fund In Grorringr.
The Georgia fund for the India famine
sufferers has now passed the two thou
sand dollar mark. Georgia is nobly doing
liar hare in the relief work. An effort
will be made at once to organize the other
Southern States as has been done in this
ctate. In the past few’ weeks Georgians
have given over 32,000 and, from the in
terest manifested in the movement, much
more will be given In the rear future. The
children s fund continues to grow’. These
little ones, nurtured in their Georgia
homes of plenty, have opened their hearts
to the pleadings of the starving children
across the seas. Gov. Northen is grati
fied at the continued increase in the funds
end hopes even greater interest may be
manifested in the work.
She AYant* Total Divorce.
Suit for divorce has been brought by
Mrs. Lizzie Lemon against her husband,
Jesse I* Demon, of Acworth, Ga., which
is in the northern part of Cobb county,
where the parties are now living, and
where they have lived for a number of
years. The petition states that they were
married in 2880. and that six children have
been b orn to them. Cruel treatment, in
toxication and infidelity are the grounds
upon which she asks a total divorce from
tier husband, alleging that he inherited
from hi* father’s estate ten years ago
about $1)0,000; that sirrte July, 1898, has
been constantly under the influence of
whisky; that he has been unkind, cruel
and unfaithful to his wife, neglecting his
wife and family, and paying )arge sums
of money to a woman. A schedule of the
property belonging to Mr. Lemon is at
tached set ting up that the estate is worth
nearly $75,000, of which amount, Mrs.
Jjemon states, she owns only about S2OO
worth of household property. Mrs. Lem
on, in her application, asks that she be
totally divorced; that she have temporary
and permanent alimony, counsel fees and
asks the custody of her children. Mr.
Lemon is one of the most prominent and
influential citizens of Cobb county, and
owns a large and valuable property inter
ests in and near Acworth, Ga.
Shot by Doctor.
Cordele Sentinel: Last Monday after
noon, Just as the southbound Georgia
Southern and Florida train arrived at
Worth, about 3 o'clocfc p. m., everything
was excitement. Dr. C. W. Johnston, a
young practicing physician of that town,
bad Just shot Mr. Pete Domer, the su
perintendent of the Enterprise Lumber
Company. Accounts differed somewhat as
to how the shooting occurred, but the facts
in the main are about as follows: Both
parties were in the commissary of the
Enterprise Lumber Company, when Mr.
Domer proceeded to thrash the doctor for
gome remarks he had hoard that the lat
ter had made about his family. The fight
bad Just begun when the doctor, who was
a much smaller man. pulled a pistol and
fired upon his antagonist, the bullet en
tering the right chest, passing through
the lungs, stopping just back of the
shoulder. Mr Domer, after being shot,
threw Dr. Johnston upon the floor, and
with his fist, bruised him up considerably.
All the parties who witnessed the shoot
ing directed their attention to getting doc
tors and aiding the man w’ho was shot to
bis house, while the young man who did
the shooting left the crowd, went to his
office, got his shotgun and left the place
on foot. A few minutes later a telephone
message to Dakota secured the blood
bounds of Greer Bros., and in thirty min
ute* were on the track of the fugitive,
who was caught about eight miles away.
He was landed in Worth Jail. At last ac
counts Mr. Dorner was resting well.
FLORIDA.
The building on th Flagler property
at Weit Palm Beach la progressing sat
isfactorily. Something over ten thouaand
dollars was the amount of the pay roll
laet week. More them (10,001) turned loose
(a a small town bi-weekly baa a tendency
fa enliven things somewhat in a business
way. The foundation for the Flagler
! mansion to be erected on the southwest
corner of the hotel grounds is being laid;
$2.50.000 i to be the cost of the structure.
The design is said to be unique for this
country, being Spanish in style. It will
be on a scale of grandeur unequaled by
any private residence in the South.
Spnrkmfln'N Committee.
It is reported that Congressman S. M.
Sparkman will appoint as the member of
the Congressional Executive Committee
from Hillsboro county. Hon. W. 13. Hen
derson, and that this gentleman will again
be made chairman of the Executive Com
mittee. Coi. Henderson has served in
this capacity several times, and is well
known to the people all over the district,
ns well as ail over the state. He is a
political wheelhorse. When the congres
sional convention met nt Tallahassee it
carried out the time-honored custom, and
allowed Congressman Sparkman to name
his own committee.
!Vot Working for Jacksonville.
Orlando Sentinel-Reporter: A number of
our citizens are receiving letters from the
Jacksonville Capital Removal Committee,
a king' that they fake an interest in the
matter in favor of Jacksonville. The re
plies bting sent indicate that our pope
still remember the state convention and
Jacksonville’s part therein. As one corres
pondent put it, "Orange county will prob
ably take as much Interest in the capital
removal to Jacksonville as Duval county’s
delegation did in Judge Beggs’ candi
dacy." Another returned the letter with
the following indorsement: "Respectfully
•submitted to Duval county's delegation.
Orange county has rot forgotten their a
- in the late state convention."
Mr. niirr*' Contest.
Jacksonville Metropolis: The Democrats
of Florida will await with much interest
the result of the controversy over the ’
right of J. M. Barrs to be a city attor
ney and rational elector both at the same
time. Barrs has generally succeeded in
landing on his feet in contests in th<? city,
but this is the first time he has ever
taken issue with a r*al, live chairman of
a national committee. Of course, Barrs
will net in der any o rcumstance cake any
rDk. He only wants to convince Chair
man Jones that he. (Jones) is not as well
posted on certain lines as a certain city
attorney in a progressive Southern city.
If Barrs is knocked out, however, he will
be just as enthusiastic for Bryan, and
whether lie is an elector or not, he in
tends to do much active work for the
national ticket.
Two Mrs. Tote*.
It has been discovered that Herbert
Tate, the Pensacola man who commit
ted suieid in Malden, Mass., last Tues
day, had two living wives, one a Miss
Mary Bell, who now’ lives with relatives
in Pensacola, and the other a woman to
whom Tate was married at Bainbrldge,
Ga.. some three years ago. The Massa
chusetts wife, the one who was with Tate
at the time of his death, left Boston for
some Southern point last Friday, and if
Pensacola was her objective point, should
have reached her destination by Monday
or Tuesday, at the latest. It has become
known that Mr. Tate’e life was insured
for $20,000, but in whose favor is a mas
ter of conjecture. Immediately after his
tragic death a search of the effects of
the deceased failed to bring either the
insurance policy or will to light. Mrs.
Tate "No. 2” Is said to have secured
possession of both documents and started
southward.
Hear After the Negroes.
The colored population of Lincoln City,
a suburb of Starke, are in a terrible state
of excitement over the fact that a large
black bear is running rampant through
that neighborhood. The bear has made
several attacks on people lately. Last
Saturday night as Andrew Elbert, colored,
was going home he came across the bear
in a dense swamp near his place. The
animal chased him to his door and came
very near catching him just as he jump
ed through the door. He ran into his
house and secured his revolver, but by
the time he had returned the bear had
departed. Sunday night the bear came
into another colored man’s yard and
chased his children in- the house, killing
a large dog that was in the yard. Several
other parties have seen the animal and
describe it as being the largest bear that
was ever seen here. The colord people
are afraid to step outside of their doors
at night, and won’t think of coming to
town through the swamp.
I.ee County Is “Wet.”
Fort Myers Press: The large majority
for selling liquors in yesterday’s election
assures a majority in the county for that
ticket. The vote cast in Fort Myers yes
terday (Thursday) was 99. Of these €3
voted "wet." 21 "dry,” and 15 tickets were
thrown out for being improperly marked.
This gives a majority for the "wet" tick
et that cannot be overcome in the county,
in fact it is likely the majority will be
increased. Buckingham .the banner "dry”
precinct in former elections, tied with a
vote of 7 to 7 yesterday. Two years ago
this precinct voted 17 "dry," and 2 "wet.”
Frank Hendry arrived from Estero this
morning and reports the vote there 2
"wet," others not caring to vote. New
rrospect gives a solid "wet” vote of 7.
The four precincts heard from give a
majority for the "wet" ticket of 51. At
Pun.ta Ressa no election was held. De
naud and Alva are “dry" precincts, while
the Allen Place, Sanibel and Marco are
"wet" precincts, so that the majority for
the "wet" ticket in the county will likely
rea h 60.
I,FAIO\B AS MEDICINE.
They regulate the liver, stomach, bowel*,
kidneys and blood as prepared by Dr. H.
Mozley, in his Lemon Elixir, a pleasant
lemon drink. It cures biliousness, consti
pation, indigestion, headache, appendici
tis, malaria, kidney diseases, fevers,
chills, heart feailure, nervous prostration
and all other diseases caused by a tor
pid or diseased liver and kidneys. It
is an established fact that lemons, when
combined properly with other liver tonics,
produce the most desirable results upon
the stomach, liver, bowels, kidneys and
blood. Sold by druggists. 50c and $1
bottles.
REV’. JOHN P. SANDERS WRITE*!
Dr. H. Mozley, Atlanta, Ga.: I have
been relieved of a trouble which greatly
endangered my life, by using Mosley's
Lemon Elixir. My doctor declared my
only relief to be the knife, my trouble
being appendicitis. I have been perma
nently cured and am now a well man. I
am a preacher of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, located in the town of
Verbena, Ala. My brother, Rev. E. K.
Cowan, recommended the Lemon Elixir
to me. Ship me a half dozen large bot
tles C. O. D.
MOZLEY’S LEMON ELIXIR.
Cured me of a long-standing case of chills
and fever by using two bodies.
J. C. STANLEY,
Engineer E. T.. Va. & Ga. R. r.
mozley** lemon elixir.
Cured me of a cose of heart disease and
indigestion of four years’ standing. I
tried a dozen different medicines. None
but Lemon Elixir done me any good.
TULES DIEHL.
Corner Habersham and St. Thomas St*.,
Savannah, Ga.
v MOZLEY’S LEMON ELIXIR.
I fully indorse it for nervou* prostra
tion. headache, indigestion and constipn
tion, having used it with most satisfac
tory results, after all other remedies had
failed. J. W. ROLLO.
~ End, Atlanta, Ga.
THE MORNING NEWS: SDN DAY, AUGUST 5. 190 Q.
MILITARY CHAT AND GOSSIP.
OLD SOLDIERS WHO LONGED FOR A
REUNITED COUNTRY.
; Copy Of LMt Order Valueless
Except a. n Hello—The Oglethorpe
Infantry Another '*La*t'' War
Relic—fien. Joe Wheeler’* First
Service—Gen. Alexander'* Medal.
Enil.tmenl of Segroen-Territory
of Ariion*-' The Confederate Flair.
Pine Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla., Aug.
4—Thinking to-day of the brave Southern
heroes of the Cuban and Porto Rican cam
paign. and in the latter campaigns of the
Philippines and China, in nearly all of
which many lost their lives wearing the
blue and upholding the ‘‘Old Flag,” my
thoughts also went back to the eloquent
words of Doniel Webster, the expressed
wish that his eyes when closing in death
might behold an undivided, indestructible
union of states. Ah! what an inspiring
view would to-day be presented to his pa
triotic gaze.
And that grand old educator, Prof.
Charles Davies ("Old Tush"), for almost a
quarter of a century the honored professor
of mathematics at West Point Military
Academy, expressed a similar desire.
“When my eyes,” he said, at a reunion
of graduates, "shall behold for the last
time the fading light on the mountain tops
of the highlands of the Hudson, next to
the hope of a better life, would be the
consciousness, that union, fraternity,
peace and mutual regard had reached the
heart and would regulate the life of every
graduate of this institution.”
What a thrill of emotion would gladden
the heart of this grand old patriot and
scholar if to-day he couid revisit West
Point and, looking over our recent volun
teer military roster, see the names of
Gens. Joseph Wheeler, Fitz I.ee and
Thomas L. Rosser among the wearers of
the blue, and learn that Gen. Wheeler
had been restored to the regular army.
And on the army roster he could see such
old and once familiar names as Robert
H. Anderson, Fiiz Lee, Joseph Wheeler
and other®, sons of fathers whom he once
Instructed in the military academy. Truly,
can it be said the day Prof. Davies so
earnestly prayed for, so far as the gradu
ates of West Point are concerned, has
dawned in full-orbed glory. God be prais
ed for a consummation so devoutly to be
wished.
A young man in Southwest Georgia
writes me to ask If I know where he
could sell a copy of the last order issued
by Gen. Dee at Appomattox, but incloses
no stamp (a common fault) for a reply. I
will say. therefore, that the order pos
sesses no money value, hut should be
kept as a family relic. As his father, a
senior captain, commended the regiment,
this order came to (him. Granting that it
was a copy of Gen. I.ee's last order, it
had to pass through other hands to reach
the young man's father, conseequently,
it was no doubt a duplicate copy of an
order that went to many other com
mands. If not valued by the soldier's
family as a relic, it could hardly find a
purchaser.
I am somewhat surprised that so learned
a man ae Gen. John W. DePeyster of the
noted New York DePeysters, should nt
tills* late day, come out and oppose the
theory that the earth revolves on its
axis. Some years ago I was associated
Intimately with the General as a writer
for military publications, and came to re
gard him as a man of uncommon mental
powers and a ripe student of the sciences
up well as military and civil history. But
in these days of cranks and startltngisms,
to be found in all grades of society, noth
ing ought to surprise us.
A former citizen and active member of
the Oglethorpe Dight Infantry of Savan
nah, takes me to task for calling the Ogle
thorpe Infantry of Augusta a "Dight”
Infantry. He says "any school boy ought
to know" better. Well, that depends
upon whether the school boy lives in Au
gusta or Savannah. As I located the
company in the former city it certainly
could not he credited to the latter. Then
it did "light" service when it marched up
the Sand Hills and captured the Arsenal,
without firing a single gun, so it was then
realiy the Oglethorpe (Dight) Infantry.
And now comes Mr. M. Meyerson, the
Jacksonville J-wrier, with another "last”
war relic—a shell t said to be the last shot
fired in the late Spanish-American war.
Now we shall have anew controversy
about who fired the last shot, and when
and where It was fired. This shot Is said
to have been sent faith from the U. S.
S. Mangrove (light house tender. I think)
on Aug. 14, 1898, and aimed at the Span
ish gunboat Hernan Cortez, then near
Coyharieri. Island of Cuba. Now let the
other "last” shot men be heard from.
A recent biographer of Gen. Joe
Wheeler, says "his first service was un
der Old Glory at Fort Union. Mexico,” and
that "he resigned his commission in
March, 1*61.” Now, the General's old army
record is very brief. He graduated num
ber nineteen in the class of 1859, and be
came brevet second lieutenant of dragoons
and was assigned to duty at the cavalry
school for practice at Carlisle. Pa. In
June, 1860, he was transferred to the
Mounted RifPm n, and In September fol
lowing. was made a full seecnd lieuten
ant. Th< n came a leave of absence, during
which, April 22, 1861, he resigned to enter
the Confederate service. This Is the of
ficial record without any stuffing or fril e.
The presentation of a gold medal to Gen.
E. Porter Alexander by President Zelaya
of Nicaragua, for his valuable services as
an arbitrator in the boundary dispute be
tween that country and Costa Rica, is a
tribute justly deserved by one of West
Point's most meritorious graduates. Ire
having graduated number three in a class
of thirty-eight. In 1857. into the corps of
engineers. When the Civil War begun he
was assistant engineer to Gen. James B.
McPherson (killed in battle of Atlanta,
July 22, 1864.), who had graduated at the
head of the class of 1853. They were in
charge of coast defenses in San Francisco
harbor, and so deeply was Gen. McPherson
attached to Gen. Alexander that he begged
of him to stay in the army as a non-com
batant and he would have him assigned
to duty where he would not be called Into
the field to fight his Southern people. But
Gen. Alexander was made of different
stufr. and he promptly resigned on May
I. 1861, came home to Georgia and entered
the Confederate service. Although well
deserving of and capable of filling the
highest ranks in the service, he confined
himself to the Important position of chief
of artillery In Dongstreet's Corps with the
lesser rank of brigadier general.
A correspondent seems to doubt my
statement that President Davis favored en
listing negroes in the Confederate army
as soldiers. It is true that in the earlier
part of the war he was not favorable to
such a step, but later on he changed his
views, and on Feb. 21, 1860, he wrote as
follows to HOll. John Forsythe, editor of
the Mobile. Ala., Register: "The article
enclosed from the Register and Advertiser
is a substantial expression of my own
views on the subject of employing for the
defense of our country all able-bodied men
we have, without distinction of color. It
is now becoming daily more evident to all
reflecting persons that we are reduced to
choosing whether the negroes shall fight
for us or against us and that all argu
ments as to the positive advantages or dis
advantages of employing them are beside
the question, which is simply one of rela
tive advantage between having their fight
ing element In our ranks or in those of
our enemy. On the other topic suggested
by you. making use of this subject as an
nid for negotiation*, you will appreciate
the obligation of reticence Imposed on me
in those matters, and I can only say that
I perceive no discordance In the views you
express from what wise policy would dic
tate." But the final decision in regard to
the use of negroes as soldiers came too
late and was never put into actual prac
tice. Earlier in the war some of the heat
general* were in favor of It, but were
overruled by the higher powers—military
and civil.
Cap*. Robert D. Rodgers, formerly of
Saniersvilie. but now of Atlanta, the his
torian of the United Confederate Veierans
of that city, contributes to the press an
In:reating article, showing how the Con
federate states organizer) the territory of
Arizona, In which one John B. Baylor
of Virginia, was a prominent actor. Now
the official Confederate records show that
it was not until Jan. 24, 1865, that Baylor,
then in Richmond, Va., tendered his ser
vices to Secretary of War J. A. Seddon,
in a somewhat lengthy epistle, in which
he says: "Impressed with the importance
of placing in the army, every man capa
ble of bearing arms, and of recruiting our
forces from any source where recruits
can be had, and believing it to be the duty
O- those who advocated secession and
war, to prove their faith by their works,
I would most respectfully ask that I may
be allowed to enter the Army of the Con
federate States, with such rank as tire
President may think proper to confer. I
would prefer as the field for my opera
tions, Arizona and New Mexico, where 1
feel assure*] troops In considerable num
bers may be raised. In my opinion the
surest and speediest means for recruiting
in those territories would be to organize
a force in the spring and make a sudden
move upon Arizona, and occupy it." He
expected then to get Southern men from
the mines as recruits for the Confederate
army.
A Savannah reader of these articles, and
one who takes a deep Interest in promot
ing historical research and accuracy
in Confederate and other war histories,
sends rfre a clipping from a newspaper
about the changes in the original Confed
erate flag It is substantially correct, and
worthy of preservation In historical scrap
books. After the first battle, Bull Run,
or Manassas, as some prefer to call It,
changes were made in flags, names and
uniforms. The Second Maine Infantry
went Into battle wearing gray uniforms,
and, consequently, got badly mixed with
the Confederates, which resulted in the
immediate discarding of gray uniforms on
the part of Union troops. So, too, the
Confederate flag and “Old Glory" got mix
ed up and mistaken for each other. This
suggested state colors, but as few states
responded, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston called
for designs for a Confederate battleflag.
One was chosen from Gen. Beauregard’s
designs, which was changed only in shape
by Gen. Johnston, beind made square in
stead of oblong.
Lieutenant General W, D. Cabell of Tex
as. commander of the United Confederate
Veterans of that region, then a major
and chief quartermaster, was put in
charge of the manufacture and distribu
tion c-f thise flags to the various com
mands in the Army of the Potomac. And
here was another change that had to be
made. When Gen. George B. McClellan
organized the Union Army of the Poto
mac, the Confederates changed theirs to
Army of Northern Virginia. Change is
w-rltten in order of nature and stamped
upon all rarthly things. "Old Glory"
passed through some changes before it
became the “standard sheet" so eloquent
ly immortalized by the poet Drake, as the
"Flag of the free hearts' hope and heme,
By angel hands to Valor given.”
The original Bars and Stripes flag was
adopted by 4he Provisional Confederate
Congress in session at Montgomery, Ala.,
on March 4, 1861, and at 3 o'clock on that
afternoon it was given to the breeze above
the then Confederate Capitol in that city.
The next flag made of this design is claim
ed to have been first floated in the breeze
from the armory of the Floyd Rifles, at
Macon, Ga., under command of gallant
Capt. Thomas Hardeman. His noble
wife, full of patriotic zeal, sat up all
night and made the flag from a tele
graphic report of its design sent from
Montgomery late the day before, and at
daylighe the company turned out and
flung it to the breeze, giving it the usual
salute. Not long after the Rifles and
the Volunteers marched under this flag
on the soil of Virginia, as part of the fa
mous Second Georgia battalion, command
ed by Maj. Thomas Hardeman, being the
first Southern troops to reach that state
and Join the Virginians in defending their
homes and their firesides. Georgia is
seldom far behind in coming forward in
any crisis. Sidney Herbert.
USED CHILD AS BAIT.
1,1 Hie Girl Attracted Eagle and Her
Father Killed It.
From the New York Journal.
Hartford, Conn., Aug. 2.—lt was the
good old drama of Wjlliam Tell enacted
once again, in the peaceful valley of the
Connecticut. But the "Tyrant Gesslier"
of this modern instance was a wicked
old bald eagle, and the crossbow of the
William Tell was an up-to-date rifle In the
hands of a man who knows how to shoot
and has the courage of his skill.
F. H. Woodworth, who lives at Wilson
station, Just over the city line, is a great
hand with rod and gun. His 9-year-old
daughter. Helen, is his inseparable com
panion. She is abotu as good at fishing
as her father, but cannot equal him as a
hunter.
The two went fishing yesterday and Mr.
Woodworth had his gun along as usual.
“There had been talk of a big bald eagle
about for some lime," he said. "I wanted
to be prepared if he favored us with a
call.”
"I saw the big bird first,” said Helen,
proudly. "Papa and I was on our way
to the river when I said to papa: ‘Oh,
what is that?' Then I saw it was a bird.
I just said: ‘What a darn big bird.’ It
made a big shadow T on the field.
“ ‘You go out there in the field and I
will shoot It.’ said papa, and he pushed
me out all alone. I was scared, but I did
not cry. I knew papa would shoot the
bird before it could hurt me. He never
misses.
"I was so seared I sat right down on
some poison ivy. I saw it swooping down.
Then it settled down on a branch and
looked at me over its shoulders—so.
“My! what a look it gave me. Then it
spread its wings again. And Just then
papa shot. I could see the feathers fly
out of the neck. But he was still spread
ing his wings, and I shouted to papa to
shoot again. 'He's going to fly away,’ I
said. So papa fired again and struck the
eagle in the wing, and he did not fly, but
fell down.
"Papa and I ran up to where he lay, and
papa poked him with his gun, for he was
afraid ihe bird might be playing ’possum
and would hurt me with his wings. But
it was quite dead."
"No; I had no fear,” said William Tell
Woodworth with a smile. "I Just sent the
gal out for a bait, while I hid In the brush
end popped nim. I had no doubt about
hitting him. All I was afraid of was
that he might get near and claw her before
he died. That’s why I put a seebnd bul
let in his wing. The one in the neck was
sufficient. It's what I aimed at."
The eagle measures six feet three inches
from tip to tip. It is the largest seen in
this port of the country In many years.
Mr. Woodworth has sent the carcass to
this city to be mounted.
—A Memphis (Term.) court recently
granted a divorce to Pauline Krumpner
from Joseph Krumpner. The terms of the
decree are most peculiar. The home ef
fects are granted to the wife, but one
room of the house is left to the husband.
The furnishings of (his room are to be
removed by the wife, and the husband, af
ter having secured oiher furnishings, will
remain In the same home with the spouse
from whom he has been divorced, but hav
ing no communication with her. The cus
tody of a child also goes to Mr*. Krump
ner.
YV. FT HAMILTON,
Artesian Well Contractor,
OCA-DA, FDA.
Am prepared to drill walls up to any
depth, we use first-claae meohlnery, can
do work on share notlo* Sod guarantee
satisfaction.
DROP IN THE COTTON MARKET
A DECLINE OF % CENT OX ADD
GRADES REPORTED.
The Drop* a Response to the Down
ward Tendency of the Fntnre*
Market—Fair Sales Reported for
the Day—Spirits Turpentine Firm
nt AO Cents—Roelus Firm and Un
changed Local and Telegraphic
Markets.
Morning News Office, Aug. 4.
The cotton market went off % cent to
day In response to the big losses in the fu
tures market during the past two weeks.
The closing in the futures market to-day
was net unchanged ,to 11 points lower,
which is the continuation of a tendency
which has prevailed for several days past.
It teems there is very little encouraging
news from the consuming centers at pr.w
ent, and this added to the fact that numer
ous bearish advices are coming from the
crop belt to strengthen the bearish ele
ment. At the decline In the local market
sales of 113 bales were reported.
Spirtis turpentine closed firm at 40 cents,
with a fair demand for the offerings. It
Is not understood that factors are very
anxious to put stuff on the open market,
as the price Is Just at a point which It is
claimed makes it to the interest of pro
ducers to fill contracts. The rosin mar
ket was firm and unchanged. In the pro
duce line efforts were made to unload per
ishable stuff, which it was not desired to
carry over to Monday. The wholesale
markets were steady and In the main un
changed. The following resume of the
different markets will show the tone and
quotations at the close to-day:
COTTON.
The cotton market went off 44 cent to
day in response to the big falling off in
the futures market, which has been drop
ping off for the past tw-o weeks. Sales of
113 bales wefe reported. The day's re
ceipts were 41 bales, against 230 last year.
The demand for cotton is still reported to
be light.
The following were the official spot quo
tations at the close of the market at
the Cotton Exchange to-day:
| This I Last
| day. | year.
Good middling |9 13-166% _
Middling \9% |5%
Dow middling [9% {4%
Good ordinary |B% |4%
Market quiet; sales. 113.
Savannah Receipts, Exports and Stocks—
Receipts this day 41
Receipts this day last yea.r 230
This day year before last 5
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1899 1,081.624
Same time last year 1,082,824
Exports, continent 6,377
Stock on hand this day 9,187
Same day last year 7,348
Receipts and Stocks at the Ports—
Receipts this day 612
Receipts this day last year 678
Receipts this day year before last.. 287
Total receipts since Sept. 1, 1899 6,491.477
Same time last year 8.312,043
Same time year before last 8 8,618,204
Stock at all ports to-day 100.237
Stock same day last year 357,817
Daily Movements at Other Ports—
Galveston—Dull; middling, 9(4? net re
ceipts, 4; gross, 4; stock, 4,993.
New Orleans—Nominal; middling, 9%;
net receipts, 193; gross, 239; stock, 39,515.
Mobile—Nothing doing; net receipts, 47;
gross, 47; stock, 4,243.
Charleston—Quiet; middling, 9%; stock,
2,285.
Wtlmlngton-Nothing doing; stock. 3,275.
Norfolk—Quiet; middling, 9%; net re
ceipts, 135; gross, iSg; sales, 2; stock, 3,367.
Baltimore—Nominal; middling, 9%; stock,
2,967.
New York—Quiet; middling, 9%; stock,
25,877.
Boston—Quiet; middling, 9%; net receipts,
92; gross, 1.131.
Philadelphia—Quiet; middling, 9%; stock,
21,321.
Daily Movements at Interior Towns—
Augusta—Quiet; middling, 9%; net re
ceipts, 3; gross. 3; sales, 72; stock, 748.
Memphis—Steady; middling, 9 9-16: net
receipts, 52; gross, 52; sales, 150; stock
8.765.
St. Douis—Dull; middling, 9 9-16: net re
ceipts, 35; gross, 120; sales, 39; stock, 16,675.
Cincinnati—Dull; middling, 9%; stock,
7,989.
Houston—Quiet; middling, 9% net re
ceipts. 68; gross, 68; stock, 909.
Louisville—Firm; middling, 9%.
Exports of cotton this day—
New Orleans—To Great Britain, 4,509; to
the continent, 635; coastwise, 198.
Mobile—Coastwise, 47.
Savannah—To the continent, 6,377.
Charleston—Coastwise, 37.
Norfolk—Coastwise, 200.
New- York—To Grert Britain, 1,432.
Total foreign exports from all ports this
day: To Great Britain, 5,932; to the conti
nent, 6.742.
Total fo-eign exports since Sept. 1, 1899:
To Great Britain, 2,!U5,253; to France, 693,-
876; to the continent, 2,694,611.
COTTON FUTURES.
Market Closed Steady Xe# Unchang
ed to 11 Points Lower.
New York, Aug. 4.—Tire market for
cotton futures opened steady with Au
gust one joint higher'and later deliver
ies 1 to 3 points lower, and immediateiy
showed emphatic weakness under ag
gressive selling by the bear forces In con
junction with active liquidation of local
and foreign holdings. Throughout Ihe
forenoon the market was feverishly ac
tive, with the general undertone steady.
There was occasional flurries of profit
taking. causing upward spurts In values.
But In the main brills showed upward
spurts In values. But In the main bulls
showed a lack of courage and organiza
tion. All the regulation Influences on the
bear side of late were still extant, while
in addition to this hacking, shorts had a
very tine crop and wtather statement by
the Chronicle, and nothing in the way cf
bull news of any sort from the other side
of ihe ocean. The speculative public and
the room trade were the leading sellers
most cf the forenoon. The near months
continued to show relative weakness. The
market olesed steady with prices net un
charged to 11 points lower.
FLUCTUATIONS IN FUTURES.
New York, Aug. 4.—Cotton future* open
ed steady and closed steady at the de
cline. Prices as follows:
|Open. |Hlgh. [Dow." |Closed
January | 7.95 [ 7.95 | 7.86~j~7.87
February ~..| 7.96 [ 7.96 | 7.90 j 7.89
March | 7.99 j 7.99 | 7.93 | 791
April | .... | .... | .... | 794
May | 8.01 | 8.02 | 8.00 | 7.97
June | .... | .... j .... | 7.99
July I•••• I•••• I•••• | ....
August | 8.47 b | 8.54 | 8.50 | 8.52
September ~| 8 28b I 8.28 | 8.13 j 8.20
October | B.OS | 8.09 j 7.99 j 8.(0
November ...| 7.97 b | 7.93 | 7.96 j 7.90
December ~..| 7.95 | 7.98 j 7.86 j 7.86
Holiday In Liverpool.
Live-pool, Aug. 4 —To-day is a holiday
on the Cotton Exchange.
New Orleans, Aug. 4.—Cotton futures
steady.
August 8 0658,68 | January ....7.6*87.67
September 6.0288.01 I February ..7.68(87.70
October ~..7.74®7.7S | March 7.73®7.73
November .7.1*97.68 j April 7.7*87 77
December . ,7.4@7.65 j May 7.7707.79
COTTON LETTERS.
Uew York, Aug. 4.—Hubbard Bro*. A
To the Mountains.
%
In the nick of time.
Just when you are yawn
ing and feeling tired out
and broken down, a bottle
of Graybeard is better than
a trip to the mountains.
Are you constipated?
Take Graybeard Pills.
Little treasures.
25c the box.
Respess Drag Cos„ Proprietors.
Cos. eay: D T nder the Influence of good crop
accounts our market slowly declined, clos
ing barely steady at the lowest point of
the day. August was the strongest posi
tion, as the recent tenders had fallen into
the hands of exporters, and the proba
bilities are that a large portion of the
contracts will be exported. Liverpool was
closed for the annual midsummer bank
holiday and will not open until Tuesday.
There is no Improvement in the demand
for cotton goods, the opening of the fall
trade being slow, owing to the conserva
tism of the retail houses throughout the
country. Under these conditions specula
tion will pot be attracted to cotton until
there is a change in the crop outlook.
Shorts have been the best buyers and the
largest portion of their interest has been
closed.
DRY GOOD*.
New York, Aug. 4.—Spot business In dry
goods to-day has been dull In all depart
ments, but in wide sheetings and prints
there has been more doing on mail orders.
Bleached cottons are quiet, but steady.
Brown goods and coarse colored cottons
are quiet. Prints and ginghams steady.
Moderate demand for woolen goods. Cot
ton yarns steady, but demand moderate.
Woolen and worsted yarns barely steady.
Print cloths quiet, but firm.
NAVAL STORES.
Saturday. Aug. 4.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.— The turpen
tine market opened firm to-day at 40
cents, and closed firm and unchanged. At
the opening at the Board of Trade there
were reported sales of 523 casks, and at
the closing call further sales of 290 casks.
It was understood the demand was fair.
Trading closed as usual at 2 o’clock, it
being Saturday. The day’s receipts were
I, sales 813, and the exports 3,718.
ROSINS.—The rosin market closed firm
and unchanged to-day. Sales of 931 bar
rels were reported at the opening call,
and these constituted the day's official
business. The day's receipts were 3,889,
sales 931, and the exports 8,485. The fol
lowing were the quotations.
A, B, C $1 35 I *1 €5
D 1 35 K 1 75
E 1 40 M 1 85
F 1 45 N 2 15
G 1 50 W G 2 30
H 1 55 W W 2 00
Naval Stores Statement.
Spirits. Rosin.
Stock April 1. 1900 2,197 142,506
Receipts to-day 1,881 3,889
Receipts previously 161,607 319,069
Total since April 1 165,685 465,454
Exports to-day 3,718 8,485
Exports previously 132,746 372.475
Exports since April 1 136,464 380,960
Stock on hand to-day 29,221 84.194
Same day last year 23,293 121,115
Charleston. S. C.. Aug. 4.—Turpentine
market steady at 40%c; sales, none. Rosin
firm, sales none, unchanged.
Wilmington, N. C., Aug. 4.—Spirits tur
pentine nothing doing; receipts 124. Rosin
firm, $1.20@1.25; receipts 401. Crude tur
pentine quiet, $1.5082.50; receipts 171. Tar
steady, $1.40; receipts 60.
New Orleans, Aug. 4.—Receipts: Rosin.
258 barrels; turpentine, 67; exports, Liver
pool, rosin, 1,000 barrels.
FINANCIAL.
MONEY—The demand keeps fairly up
with the supoly.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE—Market Is
steady. The commercial demand, $5.85%;
sixty days. $4.83%; ninety days, $4.82%;
francs, Paris and Havre, sixty days,
5.20. Swiss, sixty days, 5.21%; marks,
sixty days. 94%; ninety days, 94c.
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE - Steady;
banks are buying at 1-16 discount and sell
ing as follows: $25 and under, 10c; $25 to SSO,
15c; SSO to SIOO, 20c; SIOO to S2OO, 25c;
SSOO to SI,COO, .65 premium; SI,OOO and
over at 1-16 premium.
SECURITIES—ScarceIy anjghlng doing.
Quotations are generally nominal.
Stocks.
Bid. Ask.
Augusta and Savannah R. R lio ill
Atlanta and West Point 125 126
do 6 per cent, certificates 105 106
Augusta Factory 84 88
Citizens Bank 128 130
Chatham Bank 110 111
Chatham R. E. AI. Cos., A 66 57
do do B 55% 56%
Eagle and Phoenix Mfg. Cos 105
Edison Electric Ilium 104 106
Enterprise Mfg. Cos 100 102
Germania Bank 129 130
Georgia A Alabama 25 27
Georgia Railroad, common 210 213
Granltevllte Mfg. Cos 160 165
J. P. King Mfg. Cos 102 104
Langley Mfg. Cos 120 125
Merchants National Bank 112 113
National Bank of Savannah 147 151
Oglethorpe Savings and Trust..llo 111
People's Savings and Doan 100 105
Southwestern Railroad Cos. 109 110
Savannah Gas Light Cos 24 25
Southern Bank 155 158
Savannah Bank and Trust 118 119
Sibley Mfg. Cos., Augusta 85 90
Savannah Brewing 95 100
Bonds.
Bid. Ask.
Char., Cos). A Aug Ist ss, 1900....10* 108
Atlanta city 4s, 1922 HO 111
Agusta city, 4s, 1927 104 106
do 4%5, 1926 110 111
do 7s, 1908 105 106
do 6. 1913 117 11S
Al*. Mid. ss. ind'd. 1923, M. A N 98 100
Augusts Factory, 6 per cent., 1916.109 110
Brunswick and Western 4s. 1918 ..90 82
C. R. R. & Banking collateral 6a 92 93
C. of G. Ist ss. 60-year gold, 1946
F. A A 117 IIS
C. of G. con. 6s, 1946, M. A N 91 92
C. of Ga. Ist incomes, 1915 44 45
do 2d Incomes, 1945 ” 53
do 3d Incomes, 1943 ” g j
C. of G. (M. G. & A. Div.) ss,
1947, J. A J
C. of G. (Eaton Branch), ss, 1926.
J- & D 96 96
City & Suburban R. R. Ist 75....109% nmc
Columbus city, ss. 1909 jog
Charleston city 4s, 1945 "303 102
Eagle & Phenix Mills 6s. 1923 ."Jog 109
Edison Electric Illuminating 65.. 104 105
Enterprise Mfg. 6s, 1903 101 102
Georgia Railroad 6s, 1910 H 4 115:4
G. S. & F. 1945, J. & J jjg
Georgia & Alabama Ist ss, 1945 ..104 log
do consolidated ss, 1915 %
do do 1947, J. A J 95 qg
Georgia state 3%*, 1930, J. A J. log 107
do 3%5, 1915, M. & N i M la g
do 4%5, 1915 117 U ustc
Macon city 6s, 1910, J. & J ug jjg
do 4)4*. 1926, Jan. par 7(77 109
Ocean Steamship ss, 1926 10s 104
Savannah city ss, quar. October
do ss, quar, August, 1909 '..111% 112%
South Carolina state 4%5, 1933 ..ug ug’
Sibley Mfg. Cos. 6s, 1903 , 'ioi 102
South Bound 5 93 9X
S., F. & W. gen. mt'ge, 6s, 1934!]123 lit
do do Ist ss, gold, 1934 no% ugit
do St. John Div. Ist 4s. 1934 94 9g’
WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT.
New York. Aug. 4.—The weekly bank
statement shows the following changes:
Surplus reserve. Increase, *1,608,900; leans
Increase $2,596,200; specie. Increase, 12,198,-
9)0; legal tender Increase, $1,C80,200 de
posits, Increase, $6,640,803; circulation In
crease, $1,357,700.
The banks now hold $29,144,875 In excess
of the requirements of the 25 per cent
rule.
New York, Aug. 4—Close: Money on call
steady, 1% per cent. Prime mercantile pa
per 4@5 per cent. Sterling exchange firm
with actual business in bankers bills
$1.88@4.88% for demand, and at $4.84@1.8.%
for sixty days. Posted rates *4.85 and
$4.88%@4.89. Commercial bills. $4.8354.83%.
Bar silver, 60%c. Silver certlficatesT 61%®’
£2%c. Mexican dollars, 48%c. Government
bonds steady. State bonds inactive. Rail
road bonds steady.
STOCKS AND BONDS.
The Scanty Offerings Made the Tone
Firm.
New York, Aug. 4. nothing
important In to-day's dealing In stocks.
The tone Vas firm, owing to the scanty
offerings of stocks, but the efforts to
arouse any speculative enthusiasm wer*
quite futile outside of a moderate demand
for the iron and steel shares, which gen
erally advanced from 1 to 1%, the latts*
figure representing the extreme gain by
Tennessee Coal.
The motive of the movement was the
encouraging opinion expressed by the
commercial reviews of the week on the
condition in the iron 'trade. The report
of yellow fever in Florida caused heavi
ness in one or two Southern railroad lines,
and Brooklyn Rapid Transit was affected
by reports of labor disaffection. Sags*
continued on Its course toward reoovssr.
and the upward movement in Union Pa
cific wns continued, the other trans-con
tinental railrpads showing some sympa
thy. The list yielded somewhat on the
bank statement, but nothing like Import
ant liquidation, was in evidence. The
closing was dull and rather heavy, with,
the steel industrials and a few other spe
cialties showing the only notable net
changes. The growth in banking reserve*
was less than expected, and the loan ex
pansion made increased reserve require
ments, so that the increase in surplus
failed to do more than anticipated. The
reserve item of the banks was of addi
tional Importance from the fact that the
American subscriptions to the new Brit
ish war loan are seen to insure an out
ward movement of gold. Interested bank
ers estimated that the demand for gold
to export on this account may amount to
from $16,000,000 to $15,000,000.
The exchange market was nominal to
day,e hut posted rates were advanced %r.
Dullness in bonds Is even more marked
than in stocks, the average volume of
dealings being considerably less than half
those at this time last year.
United States refunding 2s, when issued,
have declined 1 and the 3s, old 4s and 5?.
% per cent, in the bid price on call.
Total stock sales 40-day were 911*
shares, Including Atchison preferred, 10,-
525; Union Pacific, 11,785; Sugar, 10,880.
New York Stock List.
Atchison 26%JU. Pacific 60 |
do pref 70%j do do pref .... 76'il
B. & Ohio 74%|Wabash 6>
Can. Paclflo .... 87%i do pref 18'.
Can. South .... 48%|Wheel. & D. E. 8%
C & Ohio 27% 1 do do pref 23%
Chi. Gt. West.. 10%jWls. Central ..13
C. B. & Q 126%: Third Avenue ~HW
Chi., Ind. A L. 23> : |Adams Ex 125
do do pref .... 51 |Am. Ex 154
Chi. *E. 111... 95 |IT. S. Express... 45
Chi. & Northw.lsß |W.-F. Ex 123
C., R. I. A P... 107 |Am. Cot. 0i1.... 33%
C. C. C. A St. L. 58%! do do pref .... **%
Col. South 6 [Am. Malting .... S’*
do do Ist pref. 40%| do do pref
do do 2nd pref. 16 |Am. S. AR— 36%
Del. A Hudson.ll2 | do do pref .... 88
D„ L. A W 176 |Am. Spirit* Vi
Den. A R. O ... 18%l do do pref .... 17
do do pref .... 67 iAm. Steel Hoop. 19%
Erie 16%' do do pref .... 67%
do Ist pref ...
Gt. North, pref.ls2 | do do pref .... 73%
Hook. Coni ....13% Am. Tin Piste. 22%
Hock. Valley ... 34 I do do pref .... 77%
111. Central ....116%!Am. Tobacco .. *3
lowa Central ... 19 do do pref
do do pref .... 44 !Ana. Min. C 0... 46%
K. C., p. A0... 15%|Brook. R. Tran. 67%