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NET CHANGE SMALL
Developments During Week Have Not
Been of Important Character.
SOUTHERN HEWS IS BEARISH
Last Six Weeks of Fino Weather
Worked Wonders and Crop Will
Be Record Breaker.
Official closing quotations for spot cotton:
Atlanta W*'.ik; middling' 5 3-l Cc.
Liverpool Demand fair; middling 3’i<l.
New York- Easy; middling 5 13-lGc.
New Orleans-Quiet; middling ntic.
JO \ annuli Steady; middling s’ke.
Galv. sfon Steady ; middling 5 7-lGc.
No-folk -Firm: middling 5 7-16 c.
Mobil* Quiet; middling s!se.
M inpi* Steady, middling
Augusta Steady; middling 1 5 7-IGc.
Charbsto" Steady; middling 5 3-16 C.
II melon- Steady; middling 5 7-16 c.
•" 5
MONTH! e X!tS ! I’ 8
C M F r* 32
r_ gI © ! rt 7-
- - :
November 5 <>■"> 5 6’6 5 »>3 5 f;»-C4 5 65-66
December. ..... • 65 <’>; 5 63 5 63-64 5 65-6 fl
»a;ti.iry 5 70 71j ft (»■* ft I’4 J 5 70-71
IctTuarj*. ■'» 75 5 75 5 73 ft 72-74 5 73-76
Mr.rob 7‘ SO ft Ml ft 7*- ft 7s-. 9 .5 70-81
Apr • bft ft S 5 ft S 3 ft R3-S4 ft Hft-stf
Mnv ft *!» 5 901 ft F7 ft K7--'S * 90
Jr.i.r ft PA 6 -4 3 C? ft 92-63. ft 9 1-95
J jlv r> 99 6 00 .5 98 ft 97-98 ft 9.•--.<•
fcri'iernber .. ‘ ■. .. i ; ,
Closed 11.1 re ready: sales .54.3U0 0a1e.%
Riordan & Co.’s Cotton Letter.
New York. November 20.—(Special.) -Tho
de\e!**p:n nts in the cotton market till* 1
we*’, haw not been of tin important elmr
tteier aiid [lie n* t change in prices sin* I *'
1.:-*. Sai :rd *y ; small. The most encourag
ing feat nr at the moment is the indication
given by the week's trading that prices
i'.iv at li. t reached a point at which
1 ■ biers .r. appar* ntly not willing to pre-a
rales and at which a fairly good lnv<*st
i <1 nd has sprung up. Todaj the
market was very dull. Liverpool broke 2’i
pi;n;.- < "ar market opened unch.mg. d.
’1 •• trading was narrow and featureless.
J mu. i y opened at 5.7". advanced to 6.71,
d* • I t*d to S.CS and closed at that figure
with :■ . tom of the market barely steady.
The adv:* • s being received from th.* Booth
nre now as bearish as they w • re bullish
tv.,* month; ago. At that time it was -i id
t mdlt ions had cut tin yield
to -ach an extent that there was n*> po<-
f.lol'.’y of anything but a moderate out
t'i *i Now tlie reports say that th* las
six weeks of fine, open weather has work
ed wonders; that in many sections an e<
ce'dent second growth has develop, d and
that the ’t’op iftei all is going to in tin
re.ord-l>r<-.'iker which was promhed early
In •>:*' sea -m. Tic's** ndv.es and the v**ry
heavy movement supplies ar** themain
, :*. of tin bears. Decidedly better trade
reports from th** continent. some improve
hi in th*- situation at Manchester, he vy
exports, th** result of large buying by
mills .- nd less pi -sure in the
( are the ci. ■ tirag'ng factors, and
t> * that have been responsible for the
co a*;.*..*:•■ advances that have oe urred this
.... I:. It ].■•>!;.*. now as if the market will
f; tuat mod* rnb*ly for some time before
i kin.- a decided movement in one direc
tion or th* ot’i r. We think that at ap
... xim '*•!) '!'* prices an immense quail
l *,* .... . ■ ..** -.•.:*! I o absorbed. aixl v. *• a***
pot in< ve that wl the d.
l ined m *s - merit comes it will bo down
ward w. * 1;, ft Is pr< dieted,
will ag..:u be mggerlng.
Weekly Cotton. Crop Report.
N. .v <'l l* N. vemb, r lh. -Secretary
Jl* .tor's weekly New Orl. ans cotton <x
ebama . ' 11* in*nt. issii* <i before tile close
of be, * today, shows an increase in
the inov* inc* I in o sight <■< mpured with
tl*:. ■ v <■’! *i. .* s ending ibis date last y**ar
! r* us ' ).;■'*r s ot l*S; ! .' ;l >o bales, an Inc- as.-
Ov* r (I.* 1 ame da; s. y-ai b'tott last of
. * and over the same time in 18'.iI of
I'or the nineteen d"ys of November ihe
how an inert o* - over last year of
477. ' >t Incr -a >- over th.* same period
y.- r b. P • last of 'jjtl.tfiO and over 1.V.14 of
I'or t o e ahtv days of the season that
h.**v.. *-l ■ - *1 tile aggregate* is in excess of
the < glity days of last year 268,000, ahead
of th *:. ■• * -■ ar b* for. last 1,2'.'4,(*u0 ami of
l‘f'4 I y 2<k,000.
T!.* a,mount br* light Into sight during
th** p.*s: w*ek has been MI.IM. ’gui'ist
’.*■■* '. ■ t * * ■ days ending this date
1.-, i y. ■r, ;.12,''**i y. ir before last end
4*"'.75<» ’ *■ san:* time in IS'.*4. and forth?,
fi.-’ r.*m ten <l.-i*. s of N *v* mb*r It las
' on 1.172 - mt yea r, 553,-
year b- for. last and 1.!"* , .77<’> same time
in I'si'l. *1 •* make t i* total movement
September Ist
t > dal. i. 71. ar ilnst ■ljh"'**7 last year,
?,.'C -o" ■> * a r lief' '** last and 4,212.3c!' r ime
tint*, in l!*!d.
*:■■.*■ ft. ptember Ist ■■ ws
rr-f •pt •; • .-ill I’ni-• ’ Slap s ports to bo
I.4*‘.’‘, a.c .’.l, ’ '.4 y<ar, 2.145,.'184
y. ,r b.Tore las' arid 3.b'.T'el s.,m* t'm*- in
1 !1. ..-..elat'd across th** Mississippi. Ohio
ai. I’otonia*- rivet- to northern mills and
Canada .W**..".CB, against ,‘'.29.2Si', last year. 320,-
37’ •, • ar !*'■ f ire last I *183.161 same limo
i*i !'■: I; int*-* -*»r s'* 'ks in * xc*-ss of those
1 **l*l at the end of the commercial year
JI! I' '.', am.ins' ftr.fi 703 last year, *121,223 y**-ir
I*. '■■ ’• • 1 aa* : : ’*!*; me t' me ill I’M;
(■-. oil here mill l ikings, exclusive of amount
* in *1 • *■ 111*ci n 'itports. 2.54.T9,
;i) ■ S’ 2720 last veer. 237.607 vear b fore
n * . •'*■ in 18'94.
a*. . vi '.rts for tl:** w* • k have been
' '. ('.it st 239,019 last year, making
tin- uta I * :: ■ far for the season 2.142.686.
r'i *in 1.9’8,873 last year, an Increase of
i - !. rn mil takings during t!-*’ past
s* '.’* .i c . - :-! *w an Inor.-at-'c of 7,7.,262, as
‘■■'.a *■ 1 wit!’ tb<- c* rre-ponding period
)*i t v*:.r. ami their total takings s..nee
J'** '* m>.* - Ist Ini • incr* asod SB,7W>.
'('■•' total vikings of American mills.
• i ' a■ * y I <'a teal a 111 ns far for
tl *.s.i, ■>;■. have been 1.002.925, against
' . ■ • r. Those Irm'mle 713,897 by
m ' t'mTti spinners, against 625.11".
1; ■ : th.- s-.oboard . the twenty-
Im re.-is'i d during the ’week 53,7.70 hales'
.*:*.: '* * .-in In." .: ** during (In- <■*irresp iml-
I ■ ' • season of 75,257 and are
now 5 less than a' this date last
1 • ■ -a * ■ I: ' >< f ov<‘ r a • ports ,*-, nd
jrit. * **r towns from the last crop and the
t ii’i* r of b.*ii , '*s b-ought Into sight thus
J-- 1 735.228, ae.'inst -i,459,356 for the Same
p • ■ * > 1 Ist v,...!-.
I: m ist be r* tnomb.-red that the we< kly.
ir * :' *ll 1 : • *s*,n'.'. comparison ftt See-
i*. ■ ir* Hosp r’s " port are mad * to corre
s' *' t* I ’ ’■a r. VC, *r ' I for*. 1: *t
a**’ in PM e.unparis.ms ,*, .-lose of <*>r
-1 ponding v *■* 1' ■ are misleading, a i totals
to the close of th's " ■'* k l i t y**rir would
tiib:*- in o'yli t v-om* days of the season,
t eight: ' ■ * **. : '
Pt’l 11 y .'*•’>r days, against only eighty
days this year.
Visible Supply of Cotton.
V*mv York, November 19,- -Secretary Tles
sef's t * nt of the world's visible sup
mi of **ot: *i.* shows :.n in**r"as** • itmg
the w ’ok .1- ’■ ■ '"s***l of 217,785 bales,
im.iinst an i* a* use during th.* same time
t, *,e.'ir of 1T*.75! am! an increase year
) * - * ■ <,f 1i.u.l '
', oe l*n.il risible is 2.211.366 bales, against.
"!.*1 last w* k and 3,556,841 last year. Os
th the ’ Ann’r can cotton Is .*! 'of,
■ w< ■I: i .*i 3,211,( il lasi
•: . : other ‘ gainst
* *; ih>i last w*eJ: and 315,200 last year.
'i'll * total world's visible supply of ectton
, , . teas compar.ll w Ith last
v,< * k of 217,7.-5 bal.-s and a decrea.se com
pared with last year of 3-15,*175.
Comparative Cotton Statement.
N.*W Yol k. .**■*■' mo. :■ 19. The following
is the l omparat ivc cotton statement lor
the week ending today:
Net receipts !'■ s. ports
Same time last y* ar ;l ' 'mh
Show eg an mer* use ot ' **■ - 1
- - .-if -
Showing an inci. use of 1 ■_* >_ * * *.* '
Imports for the w. *. k ll'o'?,'.,’
Same time last y-ar
Sl.own.d an ill' ** use ot „ 1-." i
Total < xports to date
Harm ■ '-a y**ar
Showing an increase o<.
Sfo.’k ar I S. P"'t« , s ,‘’ 11
Sime time 1. ' M >r p '•I'o i.i;?
Stock at int• towns Kexi
Same time last year
Showing a decrease of 6.315
Stock at I.iv. rpool 505,(;<i0
Same, time last yenr 597,‘W
Showing a decr< ase of 92,<i()0
American afloat for Great Britain.. 352J*<H)
Same time Inst year 380,110)
Showing a decrease of 28,000
New York Bank Statement.
Now York, .November 20. —The New York
I'inaneier says: The statement of Ihe New
York clearing house banks for the week
presents no features of importance be
yond the plain cveidence that money, is
still acciftnulating at this center. The
Week’s changes, however, arc so compli
cated with the Union J’aeili' - for. closure
settlements, which begin Monday with the
transfer of the sinking fund bonds to the
syndicate, th i a definite interpretation is
somewhat dillictilt. The first payment of
$13,000,000 is to be made through the de
pository banks, and prepareti«)ns to that
end have been finally completed. The con
suivtinallon explains the heavy balaiiei*s by
some of the banks at the cieariiig hour.*.’
during the past day or two. and also the
increases and decreases in tin* totals ot
tiie statement. Thus, tile actual Increase
in deposits can la* traced t*> eight or the
larger banks. The accumulation of cash
for the wei-l. was no less than 5'::.589,500, but
it is noteworthy tii.it the reserve of th"
bank v> b!eh lu.s taken the b ..ding p rt In
the Un.on I'a.*llie .1* al. Ml off $1,580,309.
Sonic of (ho more prominent banks mcn
t'.'iied >n eonn'.i'tion with the plan h ive
gain'd in <•; -!i, but there, is no doubt tliat
the expansion was due, in a perceptible
degree, to the flow of funds from the inte
rior. Tile loan increase is also involv'd in
flu* causes already mentioned. The gain
for tin* week cannot be attributed to mer
cantile needs from the fact that the. . xpau
slon of one week, which lias lieen advanc
ing money to tiie Union L*ac fie syndicate,
was over $5,500,000. The truth ol tin mat
ter is, that th* loans of th.* rest of the
banks have cons ra< ted $728.0 K> i nee the
previous Statement. As maiteis stand til"
total ia*■ *. 1 in i ■ * of 11 18 •■'.*. York
banks since Not .;.' ■ r 6th I* en $lO.-
774,3V(>, but as tin loans of th
mentioned have in lite san*-* time grown
about $12.0’i',o*io. the only r<*f< f' li ' is that
th-* d ni.irid for money for Ii .. iaess tn **ds
has fallen off. nd that ni tiiri g loans
are being II pt 'J * * ' .*•’ *ns the
pr* seat ease in money r■,'.*:. Good eom
mercial paper it; ar**, and but lit tie
money is living loan* *i in the west In chan
nels wlii*'h i. " illy uii 'orb lara" takings at
tlij . Tin . ■ nward tl. w
of mon*'.' i' *'t Ii .i’l. i'*l iinl'-s s mi**t.liPm
i! *. i * *:: . '.h* ■ nd it for eon
tinmd !>* nioH'-y. I’.ar.k* rs :*>*■ 1 illtina
of a radii*'ll interest on country beak
bal'o *s. but nothing definite : yei forth
c imine on this p**.nt.
'III.* weekly bank statement shows the
following <*!* . t ge.-
Surplu > s. iv.* increase «1.6f3.|e*0
Loans ini r. *).S;>3.2U'i
Specie increase '.«)0
I.* g. ! I* i* !* rs iner.a *■ 2,7! *'■ ■ *
I>* posits im r* use ■
Ciiculat on ■h.cre.me -I!t.:'"i
The banks now hold 250 in . *,* * *
Os tin* r< qu-r* t .ents o! the 27. p* r cent rule.
Atlanta Clearing House Statement.
J r\v iii tl. J< >i l •s. I si■ : • r
Mo id y -1 i'* *'• ’I $i’".0.7!0 21
'?’ib 3 . ’i36 25’’.446 »7
v. ■■ '. .......... '■ '- 1 ‘ ■ : ''"* ;
Thursday -6. M!! .7 320,0.,. 17
fi* h,v I"**.' Q !'• 2*6*’ll i '
Sattir.iay :; * ,; 21 id 2*11.0*19 18
Total for v.'i.k .. . .!'iil,s;:ti 12 sl.'*:!!.. 162 !.*,
Tip '".'l', mark": >i is I a a trivial af'f.'v
nil the week, tfading being if mall volume
.•md tiie mowmeat of prie*. a sliirn:. ' ':*
Thur.’ day tiie tot il sale: of all . took * t 11
to le-s thin 15'.'*0 .-h.iri.-. This apitiiy of
speculation Is the more notable in view o
the ampii tilde and the ein I ie
.*. . ..* . mone. in<l the ! ' res * *
■. .*..*.. -.*'!* I th heir. ■'
trad** l>:d:in<i.* i'l : vet ■ in**' cornirv. 'lie*
1. m sp. eii'at:**'! ■. an* :. I■■ " i d.'iti *1 t *
e’ ■ ;lng c.-noitl'i'is. wi> Ch ..ontimte :o b**
V ■* * but rati * to doubts re-
garding th* future, ’t _■•*■•;: .1 l*>r \\ a**
in Nov.-mber i <*.id ’ - tin* as **m*•! '* ,ir' *J
congress, tiie pid m of ti.e pr< '
m. age and tin* p-reept on *:•*'**
and intention of tb ' i ; ;* : i ,'•* <• .■•*iy...
• fl »-d <.;i rising*
b. in ■ ' ■.'*:■*'.■
11, (t tiie abno m i gr in m< * ene nt has
abal d The week’: : * turn ■*" tne se< ■ ■
week in Novembi r sli *w * ivi ng: li t
to the best record :In forr.a y* rs. "I ai
the ca*-** i*i some s '1 m *t s ’ ■'
,rn roads, wlier.’ ari r ol tr.iiii *. ■ ■
from *■'.'■.■ ■ : .■:* -
p ...v, :i r.l, til'* .- '* V. :*■*.. **: * * '. ■
blit Illi* e.' |>: *" Iti-.m is H* -• tl* ’* 'I W* **■
, . 1 will not be full: . tain, d
the n ent iiigh level. ’ ret
: * *... * ;.*:■■ c
ted ■ ' ' ow a very
large prop.irtion of r* ■* • I * '’* Increa io
in gross earnings absorlxd by operating
exp.-uses.
Exports and Imports for V7c?k.
New; York. November 2n.* Exports ot
«t’i <j.' fjorn thi- p *‘i ’>>■ \\ ■ '■ j ■
SNxi.t ■*. <)f W : "< 1 ■ • • ■'
S.’ 1 1 ;,V> s<t iin 1 w< k .-1 > • *r.
luii’or: . ->f sj-for 100 w <-k \vor--
SIU*; '"►B. of whb-'.l sl2 »..*!’*» V' l ” "I :'■■■ •. .’ig.'ilr -t
$!;>6,7]7 last y-ar and 317 in the corre
spond iru riod <
Tl-- imports of dr.v ami gem raj
nn • t t •
wre $5.60'? .''6l. t J:!.::' I ■'t v-• •
36 in tin rrvsi 1 iveel
last year.
Bra dstrent’s llevicw.
Now York. in'o- r I’ 1 I ’»ra«l. * r. • t
tomorrow will t-y:
“TVa-re is *i mod- rate improv m -nt in
staph' yri'.a s ami in di.--1 rdn:hen ot woua.m
goodn, shoes, hit and !.. rdw.no in t.-"
lti,.iii ;i .'*>l.: : y .■> ’. ; ' l.'o’ ,
Jn'ilisus Citj Omani, in S'lUtii C tio-
limi. Tt nr.* s.- $• and !.<»!• isjana jobia r.s r»-
■ ■ 1 '
[ay *1 i*. ■ vet **. ramin. Trail,
r.-ports from Georg.a and i*..* arc qc.te.
s .* * ,
(i 11 i ( • i i
siuplus will
* • ■
some s< ctioi h an in :■* or ■ ■ inllui nee.
Colder weather nortliWe:-'i and nti een
tr.d .UosisMpm and 51 ssouri liver valleys
|., |p.*.l retail trade.
; . : ii irei sos iron, steel, agricultura 1
Inipl* tn* al.’, siov ;. rai.w.iy e rs and *,'... * co
t ~>*. j ~(■•. an a.*t!w o, maud .md large
output. aCi ioUgh the app* : mne.* of sp*'cii
lat,, stv' l lias r< *.ilt*al in w* likening th**
pri,*.. of billets and * i’.ke o.ndeiicy on the
part of I T..e • tn* r pig iron.
•*H lg i* pi . , .*.,.* r. * *,rd. *1 for wb**:it
corn, oats, sirup, hkles, k.ith*.r, sho* u an!
for turn* nt m* • Th.* reaction non and
steel is likely to be followed by un ad
vance if th*.* present rale ol consumption
continues. Low s' p: *.*.- In. win .t, ll.*ur
and pork an* expected to 1 * • :*■:* the ad
vul.ee on uli' il and liidi.i l '*>l'*. so tliat
the low* r price .*,r , opp* i !s praetleally the (
only important d» cl!i.< i r t'• w< R.
....
all!;... over last w* *k and lasi y* .r, :*i:*'.
with on.* exception, that of the seconil
Week in September, is til'.* iar:;.*st sin;;!:
w. *'k ■> total ell ’■ cr.!. Th,* toi *1 . xport :
of wheat, flour in.nu.led as wheat. li'ota
both eoasts of tiie * ' * ed St . and .Mon
treal i his W"<*k aggrega i* ■ 6.fi.',3,. > !
against 5.113..742 bus! * is last, w* **k. ■!■ .' *' >
bushels ill th'- v.***k a par ago, 2.Mt;,11i*.l
bushels is 18! ~ 3.312.675 bu m< Is in 1894 (nd
2,761,<::■)> bushels in 1893. Che tot.'.! exports
in lie s. eond week in Sepi. niber, 1891, Were
G.91’71,Ui)9 bushels.
"Corn exports also show a gain nggreg it
ing 3,209,790 bu.'ii i ' tor th.* week, against
2, .21 last year, i,743,«)0 ill 18;.5 and 150.099
In 1894.
"Tin re ar* 235 l>usin**s-s failures reportid
throughout t’.** Uniied Ht •'* •; t its week
compar- d with 273 l.*st w* k, 3 ’ m fa.* v * k
a y.ar ago, 323 two years ago, three
years SCO and ns .'o.npa rid with 35,S in the
like w* ek of js.i'*.
The Week in Wheat.
Chicago, Nov<*ml** r 2". - I p to Tonrsday
the wheat market *.*...: : markable so) the
extreme nail 'Wiles- a 1: !::■ , I, :-.a*
was probably 1 in* <1 uI *r Ic. *, ;.'. *r.s. and
the interest taken *> small that scalpers
at times ran tin markets to suit them
elves A i' tin t to a
man 11" in ** ' i M
ti.'ii, ,*!owly .b. liii *i nn: 1 it v.-.m i,r.*u:.*,iit
up with a sharp upturn on V. ***in* **i' y by
tiie Hmld' ii str* ic.*''! .lisp! iy* d by or.** of
tiie coarser gra in m rket s Th. w ■ km
was not so marked i'l the lae. inbe. In •
t nr,*. In which t here was .. real deal of
quiet, but |* r nt ■■ all the week.
Tli'**. was , -p* .Bi!;;. neiaiilc* during th*
<*ariy part **'' lite w. **!•'.. wh. n th. strietn* *s
wi li v liieh the !ii*'*-m i i:;f we.-k was lieim;
Insp.'.'P ■’ caused the short s some uneasi
ness. Tin* r. suit was tli. v.'id. niiig of the
spread l..'w..>i th** two option: tl:** dif
f* rene* a n.otini !m; to I',*' at on. tit.-n* and
closing file w* <*k at by ■••«.*. The D* -
c»*mb< r : tuation, Ii* ■ w **v.■•'. is less acute
on account of th" gr.-idv il ln<T"as" In • *,n
ir;. * • * *. * ■'* ' ' to 1 606,-
(><**o hush, is, .in iimr* ;*.-"e of 672.009 bushels for
the week. The bearish features were the
TIIE WEEKLY CONSTTTETTOX: ATT.YNTA, GA., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1897.
immense receipts at primary points, which
on some days were treble thos" of last y.*ar
end the northwest receipts, which as yet
show no signs of a let up, notwithstanding
reports of a falling off in country deliveries.
Not a little of the December buying, in
which the shorts were so conspicuous, and
which sustained that future, even when
May was weak, the sudden jump in De
cember oats caused, it is said, by fear of
•S' squeeze in that option. Reports of short
age in the Russian crop were Influential in
creating tiie strength which marked the
close of yesterday. Tiie range of May dur
ing tin* week was between 91%c and 89*’!»c,
tiie highest point being reached Thursday
and the lowest Tuesday.
McCullough Eros. Fruit and Produce
Letter.
Atlanta, November 20.—Sales along these
lines continue to improve with tile season.
The weather is as tine as if it were made
to order, and with the continuance of same
the outlook for a heavy business from now
throughout tiie holidays is very bright.
Finances are -very much depressed .-md col
lections are far below par. which makes a
very burdensome hardship for the jobber.
Commission merchant.--., as a rule, handle
a line of goods, especially apples, bananas,
oranges, nuts, raisins, potatoes, etc*., for
which cash is promptly required and sliip
motifs, as a rule, arrive with liill of lading
attached. Atlanta, is very much in need
of an organized collection bureau, which
•she will finally be compelled to adopt be
fore the results to tbo jobber and better
class of retail merchants will be satisfac
tory. Such an organization will readily
dispense witli the petty competition that is
demoralizing in a great many different
w.”s to (he conimerclal Inierests of our
city.
The receipts of apples at present arc be
ing Well regulated and are about equal to
tiie consumption at fair margins to the
handler. The stock and assortment are
also very much Improved.
Bananas have - tifl* n. d up considerably
from the fact that tiie demand has been
very much streagthin* d on account of
Thanksgiving.
L. mons .-how >me little wc.'ikn** wlif.-li
Is customary with the cold weather. Tlio
re< ipts for the last ten days have been
exceedingly light, but sufficient to fall'll
the r. quir. inents of the trade.
N**w York state grapes continue to ar
rive with tile stock :* little soft and at
ndv.'inced price-.. I’l:.* sca- ; on is practically
over. A s* mt supply of California, toknys
and other varieties of U.ilifornfa grapes
nr.* bc!ii‘; from Chicago. Direct
shipments in c ir load lots from California
have ended for the season.
Cranberries continue to advance. How
ever t ,*■ ir. de does not hesitate to tak**
th. ni, as tiie turkey season is on in full
force.
The quality of Izniisiana ortinces ar
riving at pri sent are very much inferior
to ,lu,s * re’elvc.l ten days ago. The pa. k
ei - ir.* for *lng tn stock that is n *■ f*i !■•
m ittir. 1 and on the green oru.-r. This 1<
lie, *. *y. it ; -opposed. In order to meet
th;* r* *' 'ir. 'm ii!- of tip’ Thanksgiving
ti-.id. . I’rl -cs ci,nt . ne 1' tii with light ro
ot ipts a' $3 75 to $1 25 per box.
i'.’. iiaimt a r* m;im high with light re
ceipt-. \Vo look- for no decline in price:; of
sii'ui lie:* pec nut.’ after the holidi'■ s.
t’.mad' in turi os are in good supply with
no change In prices.
Th* Irish po:-.’o market is very much e' -
c ■ : "a stiff advances at ail points of
shipment.
Onions ire nb atiful with prices r.inein:.'
from $2 10 to ;-' ,*■ per barrel, owing to
tp.i'iiity.
Tin* .irrlviil- of Virginia cabb.-me ar
r* 1 i.ir *1 :. Illeic.iit to meet all re -in *
in.'ills. 'Stock :irrt'*:ng in pool condition
and Sellin *, ot I to l’,e p.*r pound.
The lotb.m lias dropped our on llv"
turkeys, .*ii>d t’oy go b***.:gtng *t ’’ t" '•*’
per pound. Receipts **' llv.* < ilckens nt
n... tin:- v th r. "Iv s.i'.e at good pr *••.
< :: ■ Th re ia also an active de
ni: nd I* I'-. <. * *■*.' -low :* ll .
Quail ■ ready sale at i‘! : .* to 15e. Drt
tin k *:■ *. in abundanee with prlc :
v .*. *.*■•:> inywhere from 10 to 12 c per
I ~o*i 1. .* io .*.>•!,P’i.m. \.s v* t : lie
y*. in ■ t i. k. ' . "r this y. ar's crop, ar. i o
sntrn **i'lv ■ ' to present a good apneir
q t ; rt y t’s of dr< sst d chickens
h tve I ( on light and readily <1 sposed of at
g* **l pr *
■ .• >. to advance. In fact, they
:i•*.* peat * * ' ' at any time thi: Bea on,
;,ii*i I**:* *:i.'*r price ol 2*l** per dozen will
,1. ;il, t be .ii force within tin* next I* w
Hutter is mer.* plen’.ifi:! wllti yrlces a
111 tie off.
C'lff'?? ar.d Sugar
New Y *rl(. Nov* tnb' t I.’ 1 , -'’.iff.*", options
op. ii*, l si* .*!'■ t tli'lr,' v* *1 pr* * ■ ill *1
, t e and notnina! wit!) sear<’< ly
any variatioi : c ecked by smnllt r
. *,,' . I*.*) I, r. * .:>l*'. but tn.-i rlt* t . 1 ** *w- d ii
■. , * *. *. ippll-s and
,*l'u>:iil. . pot prie.*, elo *•*• quiet :m<l un
,.i, , ~*.. ,) * . 5 iit.s lower; sales 1: s"*’ bags,
p.,.* ,!*,.. ! , , : ... ,* 5.25. Spot coff, ... Rio.
V,. il,; No. 7 lit*-:*'.’. I* 1 .: No. 7 jobbing, 6\‘ t ;
, . * easy; Cot lov *. 11.
Sugar, rtiv * ' ''• Ing, 5-16; cen-
~*..,* t. 3 retin-< firm; n old A,
f,i, * . t loaf. 7 gr nulat. *l. 5.
N<>v. •- ‘ • r. op n
i. •" " ' ■ '
eranolate*!. , I * lu* I 7-1"; whites 3
I * . |3 |*: ■ .*!' *., s, 3'. : :-* eon.l ; ! '
Molass.s. open k'*'t!e. steady at H ■
. .!* .lir-aj, Cisy at Y'i’L; sirup .-•:•*.idy at
17' .'2'.!.
GRAITL PROVISIONS, ETC.
coxs'riTr’Tios’ office.
/p-*p*,. da. N i’...r 20. I D.'
Fleur, Grain and Meal.
yi t» R • n X«> \ f-tib • i ’’•> ' r r” Ts t *. e ' 09;
-.1 r t’*nt ft ('<> ~tr;> ur t 17' 'aicT 4'ft ; rxtr.i
f r> . Uy 4 0. •■<<”. white 44c. icixed <‘ats.
v : * * m'»> U»'J« 'I < ' HIM t'■ '•' 87 ' - ’ U'*'*.'*
, . , -j:, Xn 1 tini.’tliv larx" I■> x ’’< ’
~ , ' * * ’e .■ , '■* 70 Mi
i •,*.. 4 7c. I o’l'■.) A:.'*’ U'l**’U bran. .1 rp" x.*>>’r» .’,*. >
O* .neks SOr Sheris *.'.*- Sloe< m»s.l 8"r < '<>».-
i. , ; I ''*' |.<— J 0 > :>»: >u b sr,.r.o per toa.
j*, , s i'll* *1 ' I’L.r bu.siioi, loklinl auJ
<p.alltj. Gr’,t<*s’2.T.>.
Provisions.
X.<A ,- P’)i' F ‘.'o rib 1 ?
r't ■■ - * itMc® ft ; d-cih cO brrtlies Sucar-nuro !
i i j : I >,I -. t aH f r H'a 7\c; breakfnst t aeon If>
(, ; ;*• i.;nl. dcm quality it-t-vtiu qua.itf s‘iC,
compound 4>g ». j
Grocerl.js.
Atlanta. Nove’’ 1 »r 20 Boa^tni 4 ! rn’Ti*** sll flO r rt r
10 ’. rase*, Gre»'n <nfleo cholen fair 10
tI ; mA o. Sus»ar *1 an'la' '< craunlatc-l s'mi; Nor
( 1 ' 11
*. •.,'.*
•
; Ijcril • >.».(• < ( "» 46c. >alt. 6a!ry
j•- . t , bb’». "• . i?o rm:n 90c. common 63).
( )'<\-r fu cr.'-om lIM. lA’e. Matches 65s ftO.i,
t*j» "tKj.a d l -) . erv ■-'») 7c; ffingor«nap* 70. < andr
.0-1 II.ol! Nli’K 6u. trncy Oysters, r. W.
J Cft; L. W 1.15.
< hl< auu, .November 20—Sugar, out loaf 5.84 i sranu
ati u u. 21.
Naval Store*.
Favannnh. N ■ » mber Turpent’ne flnnnt3o’f|
sn . s i ,03 casks: receipts 11,357 casks. Bosln
!<■ • q no i»* I -Is: receipts 4.3-'3: A. H < . I>
s i lb: r”1 - 1 ft :I- ./I -1 ft • .Tl.ro: H
K‘l ‘ M x 1 > $2.20 window ulass 42.4 f-
water white S2.K j.
: < linrlcr.t <»ti . November 20—Turpentine Orin nt 29;
in is jump. Bnaln firm: A. B. ('. I’. $1 00 bld: E
<; #1.10; II ' 0 K
$1 4ft MSI 70; N #2.10; window#2-35; water
w hit*? s?*.!.*.
V. Unilnuton. \'<*-. ember 20—Rostu steady t stratnoa
$1 i . f 1 Strained $1.71): re**.itpis 1.23 1 barrels,
tplrlta turpentine lirm at 2'* *.*■;.'"; receipts I'l?
~*.:*., Tur Urn at 1.0 receipts bbl* Crude
turpent'lnu 11 n,i ut.vl. il.'": st, 1*0: receipts 42 bbls,
Fruits and Confectioneries.
nnln .X'nv 20 Apples fairer S'"ft.).3O bbl. T.om
it,. ’ ~*,* y** 'ft ~3.00 . faney r-'S >o'C’...’,r). < minces.
Mo SH'lr 11 ,OO* ■ 4.. 0 per b"X : Louisiana 83 .■* ‘ 4 .00
|.,*: '. b*,.\ I-'lot I'!:: 4- i 0 ' per I,"X . Ifaniinns. I trulxirl
tfc * .*.1.1 r,I, **,!,. Iwr 10<*sllA»'.owing io
Ual.-dns new California#! r s
,’e . ~„*. Curranls ,tA**7i I ..-ph *ru oil rob IZtciMto.
.Xut llmonds 11* . pecans. i*u"hi'': llra/il *'*i9e:
II tors Ilk', walnuts ton. lie; mixed nuts B'k.lOo.
.... . *.. light • ■ -3**. funoy band
l I*. Leu 4*-.<'u.uCeoraia ii tSL.
Country Produc#.
Atlanta. Nov. '2O Eggs 13<*i20. Butter, west
ern creamerv : 0 ; : 1 •- • Tennoss *■■ 1 4 * 2<'**;
. I r.tor. 1 '2'4,0. ' " "It ■'». 1 2'» tl’** l.lte poultry turke) s
,s 0... y,*ns ■_*;**..‘J < --H". spring <-Ideke:***. large I.- *.
• i 14c: oucki puddle t •*./.'"<•: Pekin;
i .'*■ c 2 7 \ |*. 11 ...I* polalo'. s. par bushel S’.' u,:*oc. Sw,*.*:
I oral. '■’* .’*o*. tide per i*u. lioney.duli: Mmined •"•■•*7tf:
in tbo roin'.i I**.be. Onions, new crop, 35e.:k5*Lu >
per bu *. »2.Z r ’<3,Z.sO per
NEW COUNTERFEIT BILL FOUND.
Photographic Reproduction Passes for
a California Bank Note.
W. November 20. A new coun
t. rt'eit t.*n-<lo!l:ir national bank note has
l*» * t: tli“r i>vei’i d on I'm* la's Angcl. s Na
tional bur:l; of Los Angeles. Cal.
11 is a photographic production, printed
on two piper's of paper pasted togetlier,
containing no silk or Imitation of It. On the
whole the note has a good appearance.
Ev. ry man should read the advertisement
of Michigan Medicine Co. on page j ot
this paper.
ARP READS EPITAPHS
Visits an Old Ceiuetsry Wfeera Illustrious
Hon Were Buried.
THE TRIALS OF A LECTURER
Missing 1 a Passenger Train He Has To
Board a Freight in Order To
J Fulfill Engagement.
Charlotte, N. C., Is a growing city of
20,000 people. Charlotte has the best ad
vertising sketchbook I ev* )• saw. It is
beautifully printed anti Illustrated and
seems to bo founded on facts. They are .
distributed from all tin hotels anil me
pleasant reading on th" train. 11 tells nil
about the h< alth and climate and altitud s
and basin s.s and r.-sources and public mor
als, but wh it amazed and impressed mo ,
most was the circle map tliat shows tiie
number of cotton mills within a. r.idlu.s <>’*
IB) miles from Charlotte. On this map are
black .lols iiumiu i aig tire mills at .v< ry
town anil tne aggl'eaie is 210. or about 62
per emit of ill th ■ mills in th" south.
These mills operate Ij*:’ ,<>•)!) spindles an<l 11.-
09 looms anti are capit'ilized at ss'>,i*o.t!B).
This little book c.mt iins a tabular state- j
ment of all th'se mills by n.-im.- and mipae- i
tty. Charlotte has el ven ot her own.
Now, 1 was r'lminatiny about this in con
nection with liv.'-C 'Ut cotton. And there Is
some comfort In it, for we keep at home
al] the profit there is in manufacturing and
we give rmploym. nt to thousands of our
poor and <l*■; *. n<’■ nt ]• •■;>’•'. Suppose ta.it
ev. ry towns’iip ia <:• in•!.*. had a. <<>tton mill
and that, ail its .'.'tilings war.' spent and
scattered in the c immunity, then we would
<*nt feel so bid ovm' tile low prir *■ of tho
great staple. ¥»’ would linllretly share In
the prolits of manufacturing.
tine.* again 1 visit..l tiie old t Im. * ’.ion* *r* d
cemetery tiie. fir.- l i: i i'. * y 'rd of <*:*! M* . lt
lenburg county. I was orr> to * * that it
lias of late been neg!*. '•<! and lias grown
up In briars and w* **ds. I took not" of
some of th" rrlil Inscriptions and tills one
especially attracted try att.-ntl"* r:
‘‘Oil, Crux* av • <p.*s nm.’ i.
•‘Sacred to th • Memory of I‘atr!.*l< Harty,
Who was born in Tip* rrary. Ir.s rml.
•'lt is a holy and * wholr - >me ih night
to pray for the a*l tl.*t they may b**
loosed from their sins.-11 Mace. I..*■ s 12.
Tlx re lies a good Roman Cat 1 :.
thought I. He w nt to purgatory rrn i t!.
pri.-st pr*.,.’,-.] for hi e. Tlimi 1 re.mia *t *1
about M . ibe - i*e b* * - tn th" : ■ ' ■ I
canon, but was In the Apo ryp! :i. md '.;
Apoeryp'i.t. w *.: rtil* <1 our of ti..* King
J inn s v t.-!*'ti :i Tia n 1 tnrin d Io i
an .I*l Bl!'!** th t I: •! th* Ap * ry: Ira an.l .
feim.l tliat tin i'Jth enapn. r *f 11 .71 "•*-.,be.
Ir id only fo.'ty-liv.* v. : '. bit th l.i :t
three h*,d the . *:"■■ lnJi:H." *>n i* pray !"r
tli. ’ll W.. 0 . r* d* •). n::.l fv a. rm r* . t'. it ‘
.1 "• i : M 1,. ■sl: :■ *1 among !.! '• * ‘*! ..
2,000 drachma a i i ’. o ••■!::•*. for thos :
who were -Bain. I malic no comment on .*
this. M irtin Indi: r Ira: in' *1 tlx* it ■*:.* .
an.l I.*: i in It tin t v*. bo ■?..*. .is 1. . a'd.
for hum 'ii . or.- .b all >n.
There j m:!,. ~*mi. *.m* -t Cheraw
tint il.t. r* ' d me. for :• :e rk . ti e r.!:■■•■ ;
of no min or woman :.<>w known. It r.-mis
as follow.-:
'My la.m. my enun:ry— what arc they i
to thee
Wh.T. wh :hcr high or low my pedigree;
I'*1: ap ■ I '—so ! I ■* ■! .. ■ m
1* H
Suffice tl. stram* r, t* e ti m ■*.*-> i tomb,
Thou I<..'-,v,*.-t ns u it hid. no matter
'I he otii. r morning :*!.out <1 !,r.-:k I h*ft
Charlotte i.*r l.aml. ,i. W.irnlng-
tou road. Tho br ; I***' ■
.-nty mil.s away 11 mlei and when wo
got t!n*re 1 heard th * . , ductor my:
■ i wenty m miles tor I r.-akl *.st.” B u 1
rlident 1,. .it* liim t*.• :r- tor Wil-
mington ..*: *1 points t'i * * . You :■ e I
am getting quit** *l* . ! in on*- ear and <*:mt
hear at all out of tin* ot.:**r, but my wit *
says it is astonishing br.*.v ipi airly i I:.*ar
tie* bt'o.lkf.a.- : heli. '*.'*■ lad -o'* *l*l
meal, and I r-.*,galn* <1 mv .- *: in ti.* ; ,n. ■
car. Wix ti al. rut a mile from town the
conductor called for * y ticket, . ■
n - • r Lum!.,
f. .nt i*- fi y r•:.’•<l ti * I*ll .■*:*: i*.i t ■ •:* i
m** to ■ <* md 1 ■ : ■■ I ek, for mayl ■■ I
could catch the Wilmington trad". Right :
then 1 w-.s .: : -ed, for 1 knew th. r. was
m> mlx r tr .in rl.ai da.* and 1 w bi t .1 i
to ba-ture that night. Th*' sand was sh*,e
moutii d p, bu: I gr!( p.‘l my l.i.igga;;*’ and
foxtrottGl about 269 yards anu su denly :
discovered tnat 1 ** oulil have to ’ ; *
brakes for my wind was t *’. ing otu. An
other hundred yard..* at..l In *,l t.> st**p an.l
blow, for my heart was ’a a ...;*.’ ; like a
ba s <1 rum, .*.:•! there so me. h ht rrt
failure nowadays tiia; 1 got armed and .
put down my valise . :
tin u 1 siw my train st. am.i.a away Hl:*
a snake in tix 1 gra-s. rm I 1 involuntarily 1
home." So I t-.. 1-: iiy tin* ■ an.l made .
haste slowly, and wl.. n : r* -led th.* sta- I
tiou was tli. p.**ture o’ <i: *:: ,*| *■ >in: ment an.l !
d* .-pair. ‘‘What < in :m oi l man oo but ,
,: . 1 n irniui*.:. \ h now 1 had my |
pliotograpb :r- 1 was foxtrott.ng through i
tli.'it .-.*!■:. 11l *1 then ;.i: th* ras 1 , w that !
tr .in steami.:;: av. ii wit ;■ *t m**. tint all’:- ;
well that ends w* 11. 1 .ouiid ;i fr -.giit I
tr; ii tha o * >r L
ton. at 11 o‘clo< k. but the cond ould< nt
say when it would ge; liter* . 1 wired my i
friend that 1 wa ; left, lit > hold ll:*' fori,
for 1 was coming ami h*-d d. It was only
forty-four mil hnt it t*- ; ns ot* r eight
long hotn t.< t tlx re. 11 Ion!
to wash up ami brm !i 'ip ::inl *at sli! I r. i
but I sou id a good ho t ' *, mi
My subject was “Tho Cracker ami the i
i ,“ and my I I me by
saving: “Lm'iee. and ;•* n:h nn n, 1 ha v * tl *
pl* isure of introducing to you the* distm
,■*:*.. Georgia ca ■ ill now
l>r<K’. .»l to* i, • dress th* North t' lr.ilir i i
crackers.” Well, tl ’ ■ down the |
house to start on, ami put . v. ry l * dy In a
good him.* ■ 1 I npol<
for my delay ami portrayed my trials and !
tribulations. Luni'm rton is a good old
town, and has the best waterworks taat I
have si :> anywher.,. Th.*y have four ,
blowing .artesian wells for public use, and '
mori i■'* * 1 '■ ‘ e public on<
in.’luding pipes an.l everylbim,, cost 1* ■<' :
t'i'iii SI,OOO, uiH.l I know <6 inany it town '
that would give sto,o(’) for similar privi
leges. Lumb. rton do. s not realize what a
tr. asulo that water is, for it is cold and
pure.
Tiie next stop was nt Weldon, tn Halifax
county. I don’t know what those people
have done to McKlnb y. but he has already
app"!i.t.d eight negro postmasters In tli*
county and six of them have ac 'epted and ,
ar * in office. The pe ':*■" "re iiot, I toll .
you, for tiie negroes outnumber the whites :
and br.i.g that "their time has come at .
last, thank the Lord.”
It used to be that when a man wasont '
irreverent enough to t* 11 a man to "go to :
hell’’ lie would tel! him to go to “Halifax. ’ |
I understand now what he meant. It has |
b* > n nearly fifty years since T stopped at
Weldon ami the town husent changed
much. The people are high-toned and have
good manners, for they live close to th"
Virginia line and come from aristocratic
Block. From W. ldon 1 journeyed to \V*isl -
ington, on l*amlico sound, a. lively c.*ty of
(i.tOO people. I was escort**.! to tho Rieks
house, where al! the drummers congregate,
for Mrs. Rieks is a mother to them all and
tli-y love her. 1 found her house full of
them. They come ami they- go .hi every
Diseases of Women Cured.
Ladies afflicted with any Womb Trouble.
1 * i... * i Oval *. I’ainful I*eri<>ds or Kld
ix \ and Bladder I is* is*', win, will write
: :aing ea .«'*, 1 will s. nd a spe i ill.v )>;■ par I
treatment suited to iheir condition on trial
-imply to establi: !i its merits. Use it am!
piy If satist*. *l. p.v. ry thing sent sealed and
all confidential. Address Mme. Dr. Mary
xl. Brannon, 102 Capitol ave., Atlanta*, Ga.
train. I like tho drummers and sympathize
with them, for they are far from home and
many of them have families and have to
leave them, as 1 do. to make a living. I
am a drummer myself, but 1 don’t like the
name. It Is slang and does not fit such a
respectable class of gentlemen, it origi
nated from the old militia musters when
drum and fife were used to call up the
boys and get them in line. The sergeant
would cry our: ”011, yes; oh, yes; all who
belong to Captain Jones’s company pa
rade here.” Then the drum would rattle
and the fife would whistle and the boys
would gather and fall into line. Drumming
now means come right hero and buy my
goods and the drummer rattles his tongue
with earnest alacrity. 1 feel sorry* for
them now. for 6-cent cotton has nearly
ruined their business. But they keep go
ing. They are everywhere. They get on
and off at. every station by night and by
day. They keep up the hotels and largely
help out the railroads. They ;a's smart an.l
good looking ami well behaved and know
more ab'out everything than any other
class. They are continually rubbing
against the world and ; bsorbtng knowledge.
Well, this is thi historic region where
Sir Walti r Raleigh's lost colony was p anted
and when Virginia Dare was born. 1 «aw
Virginia'. Her nan, * ’ beautiful
s'eamir tint w *.*> lead er t th.* wharf. A
sweet little girl lam' *.*! :*t me for not
knowing all nb'.ilt Vi la Darc a long
time ago. Her father *...s tliat Mr. Mc-
Millan, of Red Springs, has written a book
about the lost colony and that the (’rm
tans now have fr. s bools that are sepa
rate from both wh .■ an.l black race.-’. The
lost colony amalgamate*! anil miscegene
rated with these Croatans and no doubt
but that Virginia Hare’s blood flows in
some of their veins.
From here I am homeward bound and
am happy on the way. BIT.I, ARP.
WAS KELLER THE BRIDEGROOM?
Suspicion That Millionaire Ketcham
Eid Not Marry Mrs. Wallace.
Chicago, Nov. mb* r 17.—Additional mys
tery is thrown about the case of ■Million
aire John B. Ketcham with evry develop
ment brought forth by tlx* police in their
* ,'t'" '.a to ascertain the facts surrounding
tlx* home of .Mrs. Minnie Wallace Walkup
or Ketcham.
Jos ph Keller, the butler nt tho homo of
tho woman who now claims to bo the
widow of Ki'teham, disappear* d Tuesday
■ t ening aft. r having been held for some
time by I’olii ■ Lieutenant Creighton, un
der <■(■(.*■ •.•xnmlnation ot’ the most severe
* • .".r.'ieter rtgar.iing the circtim:" tnces of
th . .•:!! ;’*•<! m.tiriage of Mrs. Wallace to
K**'i ham last Septon'oer.
T!. alleg'd wife of Ketcham ts ill In b* *1
w.'h ix t w>us prosiration. the ordeal wh;cl»
s! h . uml* I'.; ,*x* since tho death of
K m having b* ea too muili lor her
' •'.mi:al proc* . dings are threatened
a: aiast Mrs. Minnie Wallace and several
ot her persons wllose names have not been
d *. i:!. i .i but wil l Jol.n Bm'deii Ketebam’s
r lativt w 111 charge w< re as: o< iated in
w lat 'b* y charai terize as a conspiracy.
Ah.is.v J.mi*:. E. I’ur.'i'll, r**pr**s**nt
ixg th: <; i I banker’s family, said tonight
: .. t i mmgh evidence relative to John 11.
]• ■ tchatn’.- life in th*. Indi.'.na avenue hot; .o,
a■■ will ;:s tin* marriage that was perfurm-
* .*. ■ last Septet 11
<■ *:;. * *l by deteetiv s to make a clear
i * • of conspiiac; against several p. t-
"I do not care to mike cl,arg**s at this
till’.* ," said Mr. I’urn*!'. ’f-.r v.** are along
way ft m th* court pro,** • d!: gs that will
necessarily arise from Ketcham’s death,
b'.it I will si*.' ho was a vie'im of a d*
p*< ;■ i ,o c".*i.*!;.r..i*j. I do n*>t m* an by this
tliat he met foul play. His fiionds *l*> )i**t
c** it* ini that he did not db* from na'.mal
can. * >. Wl.at we do . l.;:m is that att *r
Jol::i w at to th. hon.-e to live last S :>-
tember lx* wis \erutally :*. pri.-oiv r. Ills
fr *'els wi re r. peat. dly denied admittance
up n th* pr.*t. xt that ho was not at home.
*mn*:’.m* s tin* butler would app ar at the
d.>. I- ami toil them John was out; a: ~(':> r
t.m. s tho woman who sax- six* ia Ids wlic
w**i:ld ins’.v. r to ti e same effect. ll* wa.-
alv. :•■ ■; out. ac. ording to their v* rslon of
1 het tbonls, but we know * • mtrary
~*■ , ■.* . case. Mrs. Wallai ■ did not ktiow,
’ chile-. Ii .it she was shadow.*! n ghl . ml
.’:, *. du ing tu* **nt ii ■ p**r*. d v*a ■ John was
in ii.*r ’mi*: and that h** .v ry mov.*m.*:i'.
v. ..*: made known to her broth rs am! sis
ter.. wt ■ hitv*- mid.* up tlelr minds ‘o
contest the tny t* r.on. will.”
COTTON GROWERS TO MEET.
Meeting of Importance To Be licit! in
Atlanta Next Month.
Great preparations ar., under way for the
Cotton Growers’ < ot* v.-nt ion which will !,*•
lx*;*l in Atlanta I>. <’• mb.r Itth, anti tho
convention promt-es to be a grand am -
J. C. Wilborn, president of the South
Carolina Cotton Growers’ Assoc.atloti has
s. nt out a circu'ar i”. v.'hb*h in* c-ills tin’
convention ami git**: the olij* "ts which It
1. :.-i in view. IL* will addr. s-. a letter to
th*- c- v* rm:rs of tin- cotton growing states
and i.'im-t them to send delegates. Ail
e Otg inizat ons intere<tcd In tho pr >p
erty of tho cotton growers and all inter
< -t **l ii. t!.; -' '■ itiso will I*** leg: * st* .1 to ■•')-
operate.
Th. ;*!.-a of holding this convention tn
Atl nt i originated at th. recent convention
h; *' rill a, S. I'., ami the plans W.i’o
1 Irn ■ I ::. d t .
Tlx. following pr. ss dispatch from Co
-1 im’ila t. Us of tho cont ention and the
obj l It has In view;
<'olumbia, S (*.. November 19. J C. Wil
ier:. pr !. nt of th.* stat* alliance, and
i*;' ::.* rn .nt cott*m growers’ convention
h.-Id ill this city, has is-med th.* following”.
>ia. S ' . N ivembcr 19. 1897 To
th.* t'oiton Growers er thSouth: At a
large and entbn-last:" meeting of th.* cot
ton growers of the state of South Carolina,
wherein all etions of this state w< re rep
resented. it was resolved that everj stat«
I*l th** .‘*mth Is* invited to semi delegates
to a convention to b* calle*! to meet in
Ati.inta. G u, D .ember It. 1897. The pur
)**. -.* of this conv-ntion is to organize the
cotton growers of tho south, thereby se
curing unity of action in the marketing
nml sale of this great staple; also to de
vis*. ways ami means by which w.* may
1 * able to break aint throw off th.* shackles
of business slavery t! at now birds us.
’’With foreign exchanges dlstating the
price, w<* .an only <xp *et ruin and dis
t r **-i In the future. W e can achieve In
dependence only by organization.
"With a vl. w <*’ securing an exchange of
Ideas and peifeeting an organization which
It is hop. .! will result in good, I h ’.vc been
instruct, d to eail :-i convention of delegates
from all the cotton growing states to meet
In Atlanta, Ga., on the 14th of December,
1897.
"All who arc interested In this cause,
ore most earnestly requested to co-operate.
The gov* rtiors of the cotton growing states
have been ask* d to select delegates and
all state organizations interested in tho
prosperity of tiie cotton growers are re
qu<*Pt.'*l to name ami secure the attendance
ol delegates at this general convention.
"J. C. WILBORN.
“President South Carolina Cotton Growers’
Association.”
Governors of the cotton states will be
apjH aled to in order to get farmers inter
ested to send the plan being
to hu'’e one delegate from each congres
sional district and two from each state at
large.
WANTS ESSAYS ON TOBACCOS.
Secretary of Agriculture Will Issue a
Series of Farmers’ Bulletins.
Washington. November 19 Tho secretary
of agriculture propose- Issuing a series of
farmers’ bulletin on tobacco and has is
sued a .'lieular : olle.lting contributions from
e;;p.. rts on the m thod:; of cultivation on
the exp. rt tobaccos of K* ntucky and Ten
nessee and the mark -ting of tobacco. He
promis.'S to reward those whose contribu
tions are accepted, at the rate of sls j u .*r
thousand words, but suggests tliat no on..
es-'ay should contain more than 10,COO
words. The papers ero to be submitted
to the secretary not later than Marc!* 31,
lx*, ;. The circu’ar issued gives the follow
ing directions for preceedirg with tho
work:
1. Method of cul ivation—Tills should treat
of practical work as done in tile different
ti ts as follows: Sei. ctlng th., seed;
the seed bed and how prepared In the differ
ent tobacco districts; the time and manner
of sowing the seed; the time ami manner of
setting *>ut the plants; the cultivation fer
tilization, topping ami cutting, protection
from Insects and disease.
2. Export tobaccos of Kentucky and Ten
nessee—This should treat particul iriy of th"
typesand <*lm r icterist Ts of tobacco- adapt
ed to each of the different for**i:;n mark- ts;
tho methods of curing, sorting, f.*: a:* at i:-,g
and packing with recom.mi ixla: io:*.:-- for
such changes in these methods as* w.ll in
sure an increase in the price for the pro
duct.
3. Tho, marketing of tobacco-This should
be treated! from tlv* commercial 5!,),.. (A)
cigar leaf; fit) manufacturing, simkiug,
plug, cigarettes; (C) export. This : Irnuld
Include particularly the grmliie, and p u l-:
lug of the different typos, wit it mgg
as to Imjirovem* tits in existing m,*t'..o ’ . ti
prii'e offered Is a third m*,r* than D u:-
ualiy paid by tho department .i’ *l it is
hoped that the Increased i a to v
practical men to take up tiie work.
Cotton Baling Discussed.
Boston, November 17—The Arkwr'ght
Club, tiie n cmi.er,shio of which is al' io'-t.
entirely composed of tri. a rarer.’: am! mai.-
ngers of New England cotton mill-, b I*l
a largely attended meeting tli:-' *. I tern*,* >h.
The topic discussed was the baling of cot
ton, .'.nd the following was unat ■
adopted.
“Cotton manufacturers have for a long
time .suffered in their blisim-s by i* : >u
ot the poor condition in which cotton ii;; :
been delivered to them. It L poorly ginned,
poorly handled, poorly l»:il< I, ...,i: k<*.
■ami subject to lobbery from the tinx it
lei ves the planters' hands until it !* ach*':i
the mills. Nearly all of ■ * . arc en
couraged and fostered b.y tiie practx'" ot
dialing in cotton at gro.-s ra'e
"The advent into the maiki t of cotton
put up in new lornts ot bibs In prop*
condition gives ar* opportuni:. to remov
thesi evils and their < uu The
Os bn les can be made ent ir<
if put In like manner to the Egyptian.
“As a large amount of cotton this sea-o i
will bo put up in th*- new b il* s, the tluie
has arriv'd when users are tn n 1 "■ 1 '
to take a decid' d stand on tin.* question of
baling and weighing.
"We. therefore Insist upon b'ttor '..ding
ami handling of cotton ami upon a s'.Tt*;n
of dealing at net rate. . ■*! wo phdg** • nr
selves to glve tho stronge'st pos ibb .* 1 1 ‘ ;
once to cotton so baled, handb'! and sol.l-
It was stated in tlx co ■ ■ ' 1
slon tliat at least two new forms of cylin
drical bales have been Invented and are
actively promoted, as well as on new
form of tlx* square bale, ami that the vast
ly * ipcrior means In which sot
reaches the mills have mad** nianuL’i'tiircrs
much mote *' tti
manner in which American cotton is put
up.
The members showed a firm resolution
to Insist on better iixtl:*'<l of :n *
t’on. Their id**:. Is no’ . " mm h to 1 iv.ir
th- adoption of any p.irtlmmi.- form of I* 'l*',
or even the abandonment o the old. bu o
s.*onro "*uch impr**x *■'! m** ’ oil ■*■**:
will assure them tliat tlx-.* "ll r« *“* ve tit
tho mills the cotton wh;*’!i tlx Imy.
VIRGINIA BAPTISTS IN SESSION.
Seventy-Fifth Annual Meeting Being
Hehl in Roanoke.
Roanoke. V;i., Novembi ’' I''. 7he seventy
fourth annual session < ' * *.* *'
* ■ \ssociatlon of Virginia or.vcned n
Calvarv B iptist clr-Tch ).**re tonight wi’h
K* v. Dr. Tnomas S. Dunav iy In t! *.*;•:
Ti.i r.. wer .* several hundr 1 *! d !• - '•
pr. si l t uml they completed the <h hi' ’.-
tlon of the b.>dy by the election ot file. ■
to s. i'e until tho next iniiu tl m’ctlng of
tlx* rn- * . ia'ion.
Dr. A. E. owen. of Portsmouth, wis
elected pre- .1* nt and tho h•bowing well
known members of th*. a.-' *oel:;t:.>n v!e i
presidents: Rev. It. W. Crldlen, Burk ville;
Deacon J. B. Wood, Richmond; Dr. M. B.
Wharton, Norfolk; Rev. Dr Ji lan Br td
du. . Bersyvlll . Hugh C. Smith. .Martins
ville, i ■ ■ i .•:*.■*.; ■■-■*'.■. *i"■ i it. a.
Jacobs. Richmond, tr.*asur< r J. B. Mont
gomery, R.enmomt. w.is mmle a'.tditor of
tuc u.-it.- wlu-n th.* <>rgmlzation was < om
pli-tt.l
Lev. Dr. Bromrhton w. 1* *,;;x*.| th* visitors
to Ro tnoke. 11... au.lre: s was re.*.poni d to
by It. v. I >r. Dul. I'-* 'I. . *'U i* ■ ■
of the v:■ ■:*>:'.■. Th ■ f*,!! iwitr.*. < omm’tt *.■
<m order ,*f busln. is was announe* <1: V. . 11.
Hatcher. M B. W xirt m. F. C M.*<’*.nn 11.
h. w ;; nth*, w. M i :i... ■■-*. t. ii. il.t.
.1, Taylor Elb ton, .1. W. Hut ~l'ey and C. 1.
Ryland. T!. committee repot ti d that min
isterial education would b discus d from
in to ll a. m. t'.m *r .IV an.l ."ate .-! ns
would be dlseus.-ed from 1! '. m. to I p. tn.,
which l.i t. r was named as th* adjourning
The opening sermon was preached by Rev.
A. B. Dunaway.
BAPTIST CONGRESS IN SESSION.
Interesting Papers and Discussions
Occupy the Time.
Chicago. Nov. ml r 17.-The second day’s
session of the Baptist congress was det
to a discuss on of the qu*.*s'fon: “Shorn I
denomtnat on tl b* 1!< * Impose Iml itlons
upon t. a.'lx r:
Tlx :*■ were some differences of opinion aS
to what »O” it it nt'*<l the limit an.l v. a :.
•Should b.* obs< .v> *l I*. t.nieh* rs of tl:.*
church. Th.* papers snow,.l th it a lib* rai
view of the matter li.'.d been taken b- t ■*■
writers, but .*!! .-•*. m. d to a ’.* t it ;n
t< aching the Baptl: : f ilth. it wa
to Pillow the fun I .ment .1 pr! . -Ipi.-s of t i*.
faith, and tha 1 n t ons wero 1m-
po: d this could not b< do:
The first paper was ■ dby Presl I* nt C
A deBloi). ol Shurtli ts colli ge. upper Al
ton, 111., who discussed the matt, r from thi
stlpoint ot the ■ h< r. It v
Parker read a pip I ■ .
from the ministerial pomt ot view.
Dr. Georg*. A. Lofton re el a ;* *per on
the same subject, and .*. ;■ i? *al .li.seussloa
followed.
Baptist Congress Adjcurr.s.
Chicago. November IS. This '.’..is tho 1 *. *■■•.
day of
and afternoon sessions vv» •* <• voft'ti ' » .»
di ctl ion of two subj ts "Tl o P
of Conversion.’ and "The Dower o* the
Cross in the Life of the. I’. Uever.”
Six of the leading lights of the church
wero appointed to speak on the two ques
tions.
“Tho Psychology -of Convtrs'on*’ w.is
discuss.<l by i’rof.'SS'.r N< *!i I vis <*f tic*
University of Virginia; Nathaniel liuthr,
president of Colby a.:i\■ *r it... W X ) il. ■.
Al**.; ITesld'-nt W. S. Ryland. . ’i:.*l
colli ge, Russellville, Ky., an 1 Frol r J
H. Harrl . of I.* wisburg
At tho afternoon session "The Power ol
the’ Cr
dlscusst d In papers by Rev. J. T
son. of Orange, -N. J., and Rev. Doi d.i I’.
MeLauren. of Detroit, 'ihe latter whs not
able to be present and his pa:**r wa.s r* .id
by a substitute. No place was selected
for tbo congress of tx xt y. *r.
VIRGINIA CONFERENCE MEETS.
One Huncired and Fifteenth Session
Convenes in Danville.
I lanville, Va . Novel
session of the Virginia annual conf* renco
M ‘thodlst Kplscopal chun h, Fu'Uth (•
menceil in this city this morning and w .ll
continue a week or more.
Tho roll call revealed the fact that situ ■'*
Its last meeting fit m d ■1 ■ i
to-wit. H. I*. Mitchell. Charles T. Gtbhs.
Dr. E. M. I'cterson, J. 11. Droctor and T.
P. Wise.
Dr. A. G. Brown submitted a. report from
a plan by which smaller towns can ac
commodate the session of conference. Th*,
appilants for ministerial orders reported
today are:
R. H. Marks, Frank Burrusr-, W. R.
Evans and J. C. Harry, of Richmond di * ■
trlct; R B Ingram, Farm
J. T. Sewell and J K. Clay urn. I*t. .<-
burg district; J T. Meadows, Danville *l.
tret, J. D. Langley. Portsmouth distriet;
W. L. M urph y, Norfolk .1
Brooks and \V. E. Smith, of Eastern
Shore,
Over 300 delegates are In attendance up
on the conference.
North Carolina Methodists.
Charlotte, N. C., November 18.—Tho
western North Carolina conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, south, contin
ued its sessions today at Asheville. Bisho:.'
Key, of Texas, presiding.
It was decided to hold the election for
delegates to the general conference tomor
row morning.
Rev. Dr. Hoss, editor of Th*' Nashvd’e
Christian Advocate, urged the claims ol
tliat periodical of the church.
President D. Peacock’s report showed
the Greensboro Female college to bo in
better condition than for seven years pas:.
A great deal of routine business was trans
acted.
WAKEFIELD WINS
South Carolina and Mississippi Agsnts
Win Frizes.
The small prizes offered for the l*ost
clubs from Individual agents from Novem
ber 15:11 t,, 20th. both incimive, made a
very inter, sting contest. Tho prizes wero
for $lO, $5 and $2.50 and art* called part
ridges by tho agents b* cause they aro
quick and plump and it takes a wi: :-
shot marksman to capture tlx m.
The prizes were won as follows:
Mr. Lafayette Wakefield, Green
ville, S. C.. 94 subscribers, lj>lo.
Mr. A. R. Gossett, Facolet, S. C., 39
subscribers, $5.
Mr. E. M. Eagan, Zaiglervllle, Miss. f
18 subscribers, 32.50.
-Mr. Wakefield, one of tho veteran agents,
who wins first prize, won th.• third prize In
.y.',- '/.*>■
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MR. L’FAYETTE WAKI IFHU.D.
' Greenville, S. •• R * i the First
Partridge Prize.
th& October cont
j that ho will not submit 1 '.ng to anything
less than first jilm.e.
.Mr. iGossett is a good agent, usually
I sends in a nice club of 20 t 30 I
j homo office '•
His Inter* *T In The Constitution t P.ieol<*t
I is proverb il and It i ,■ r, atlv ppr.’,*,a.te I.
.Mr. Eagan, who < onx s in Laird, i as been
k< pt be k from h's w.c'l: 1 ■ ■ : v by t o
presence and the dread of t* r in bls 10-
calltv, and a! o by the action of 1,
•-..•1f-, ppolnt.’d agent who r antly r.*.v.*',d
through t . '***tion. One J A. M Nutty
swindled a number of the 1 p.-ople, who
paid him for tho paper and *.*■.'*r heard of
tlx* man i*. iln. Tha Con t tutlon ha.)
Offered ?5() , .'■.v.-irl fur the ..*:,:i:ro *>f t!..s
McNulty and hop**s yet o g.*t h■> ; U on
him. However, Mr !■! .gan !.*• well-known
and sent In ills club of < „-ht. *:i and wins
his prize. Ho will do’P'tl" ) take the lead
In th*.* subseqm nt off< rs of th< sea on.
This w* * k, Horn Nov. mt'er ;."d to 27th,
both lliclu,-.'.'. *. -rt r!.;*.;*■" V ■ k, Bimo
amount of prlz* s, and v . trust w. may
and oth r parts of our tenitory.
In tho prizes just closed we aro pleased
to mention as prominent cent* tant.■:
Mr. John S. Richardson, Sumter, S. C.;
-Mr. J. M. Jaek.-on. L. • sil.i!", Ala.: Mr. G.
I'. W.ll, . Dothen, A1,., Air. AV. <>
don. ll.;: '! on. Ga.; Mr ' F. Co ■■. I ■
Glum- Mr .J. T. il.rn . ll* ■ e.: . A*.,.;
Ml J. I I*: .'. !-• try, T< Mr. D. M.
H hi: *. b'iinn ■*■ v 'll* . Ga,, ar*l Mr. A L
Abileom. Ind. Ga.
Renx inl" r the pirtridge ; that fly <
we< I . H . *'U ..n .*nd twent'. .u. rib
or p.'Hi ip *V* n i* - s you ma. 41" I ' i"
list. The ml:.-Ing word tuna Is grew;:.;:
and w* will I,* .'in with tie fir:, fs.sm* in
December to announce tho amount that
H ‘the ATLANTA CONOTITUTION.
YELLOW JACK DIES HARD.
New Orleans and Mobile Reported a
Few Cases Last Week.
The good ef’ects of tl-, frost.; reported
tl >ut the
returning t ' ■
. .**: "
feels mor< ■
Mobil., : * open to the world and, H"twl.,i
aro report *1 < le. i r ,;L *’ * ■ * * " '■'•
MOODY PUTS END TO HIS LIFE.
Mr. William 1
■
'tie repi'e.s..;:. i .11; lb: ■ .\ *' ’
times, and "Bill . * 1 ■
story joll\ .il *’ : %• '■.) * * *••
But It
•;7‘r;, i 77 : ::;,77 b
press. <t whin be ', :d :.;■* bile-
on the lltl. of A"- '.''l* i*' ■ ' ' 1
*. * '* * • ;
< ; ■ '■ ■ ■'■-
homo
Ing lx* was not at * ■ ■ '
supposed tliat Jx* .11*1 A * * • I > ■:■ '
t ■.*,. ,*■:*• : Ir. M
self. Wh* a I ' « >" I ' *i" *
shooting, v a ■ ■
of r< e *'■ *iy. '!’, ■■ ■ <.'<•' 'i*. : ',*■* '.*■ ■■at.
one shot had I* • '*'* !U'*i* *' >'! vU it I* ; I
taken effect in the rigat temp
downward u lit tie au,i .*:*,, :,.u .*ix'ii t tie
skull con pleti *.* The ba went t hrou t his
head and lodged In th, ’itin on tm hit
S "l: 13 the worst b * :k up I b* IV* ever
•men” said Dr, Morgan, "fa* .ne.is. meat
of the brain and .-k d is broken up l.lio
an egg shell would in. ik. ’ ,
Ing ■ : ■ ho died *' * ■ * '
of explanation writ ten to but,
1:. s.-ems that, for s'. -■ .•;,t:.* ■■ M'-' .'l"*ly
I ,ft him l ist to lx P
parents’ home. What th**y quatreb.l about,
, ■■ yv. she left her ■;■. *. id went
home :s a secret th at Airs. Moody lias not
divulged.
W. D. Hewells has written a bun *:*ms
Story of West, rn life. , itl’l *1 "The .\!' in
m .*..', I Watermelon I’at. t the leXt
volume of The loath':'. 'ii*m. .ui,, -
articles and stori. ill ■■ ntributed to
.
Rud ya rd K 11.
Stockton. Professor Bi. I’. rry, .1 *.
Lynch Wil ; mis. I. /’ inu vill, <’ A. Sp '■li
ens, Max O’Rell and ”(>"tive Thanet.”
Files and Fistula.
Cures guaranteed. Free pamphlet. Dr.
Tucker, Broad street, Atlanta, Ga..
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