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COTTON CROP OF 1899-1900
AMOUNTS TO 9,436,416 BALES
New Ortesns. September I.—The totals of Secretary Kester's annual report of the cot
ton crop of the t'nited States were promulgated today.
They Show r*,-elpts of cotton at all United States ports for the year of 6.734.364 bales.
against 8.575. 426 last year; overland to northern mills 1.161.189. against 1.345.623;
southern consumption taken direct from interior of the cotton belt 1.540.863. against
1.353.791. making the crop of the United States for 1899-1900 amount to 9.436.416 bales,
nwnmst 11.274 840 last year and 11.199 994 the year before.
Mr. Hester has made his usual investigation Into the consumption of every cotton
mill in the south. Incluiing woolen mills that have used cotton, and the results show a
total of 1.597.112 bales, but at this 56.249 bales u«*re tak< n frt>m ports included In port
receipt*.
This total sh-.ws that the mills of the south have used up 197.713 bales more than dur
ing 1898 99. against a consumption by the north of 2.300.000.
He mak. 5 the actual Cotton crop of Texas. Including Indian Territory. 2.590.512. or
sax 964 579 tales less than last year, and states that the actual production of Indian Ter
ritory was 156.064 hales, against 265.916 last year.
Mr Hester also Rives the actual production of Oklahoma at 73,582 bales, and Mis
souri 15 360 bales.
Ills rei.irt on the cotton crop for the different states is given as follows. In thousands
of bales:
North Car llna. etc 561.000
Routh Carolina . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. „ .. .. 921.000
Georgial.3o9.ooo
, Alabama.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,044.000
FWMs 50.000
Mississippil.23o.ooo
lewiislana.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 625.000
Arkansas 750 000
Tino.-- .. ——........ .. .. .. —— .. 350.000
Texa52.591.000
T-dal 9.436.000
F---tth Car-lina alwe In.-lu l-s Kentucky ami Virginia: Tennessee Includes Oklahoma,
Miss art. Kansas and Utah; Texas Includes Indian Territory.
The Constitution ’n Cotton Crop Contest that < losetl on August 25th will be
decided at on r, Immcdiatt I) upon the receipt of the certificate of Secretary H.
G. Hester, of the New Orleans Cotton Lxchanqc, under the seal of the Exchange.
He hope to publish tbc result in our next issue.
THE COTTON MARKET
York. Aug i*t 31.—Th.- rotten market
or-n«.i l»«5 higher on strong cable*,
but ruled ally qulvt With Fulwe-
qo. nt var--»t’--r« B»*« rally •■•mtlne.l to a nar
•ow rar.c Th-- ea.-eptlot wa« September.
wUh inh-rli.-'l st** - I*l strength ft. an tbs
Atqti't J> al and advanced 14 points, sut-sr
q-. «rtly losing tbr e pxinta of this main. The
Uieiert- nr . f the r-n-enl market was weak. MT-
Irx to a high av-ra<r of crop news an-l an *l
- entire abe-nrv of public speculation.
Bl«.-: of the S il •■■mtlnc.-nts had already
ei.p. J u;> their interests In anti.lpatlon us the
ci. tug t the r* bange Saturday and Man
dat rakiK a tbr r days* Interval for fur
tb- r d«- • :m- nta at Uvt-rpo>4 or In th.- way
o; er.p n . r—The August '-‘mer at Lit
er; -4 finish. 4 at an advance us
12 . 644 in.-rva«.d the anrlrty «*f the short
tr t. rest as I- Ina isnetldy a forecast of the
< -ttrunu-n of lull tactl.-a tn September, to
wh -h Use •v - ptl.atelly low stock and the
st. all rweipts of n* w cotton, with high freight
rat»s and ••nr... t nnstg* I-nd their assistance.
Th. iatv t ,-rnp intelligence was particularly
br-s- ' rn-set. and the mirk-t here
• .<• gg •* net advance of |
. decline of 2 l«>ln’*. Sept.-mb.-r ex
r all;
Spot Cotton Quotations.
Ctt ial < ; tut quotatkmo f--r spot cotton:
Atlanta Nominal; middling 9c.
I r|- 4 In reared d< ma nd. middling
• 29 32X
New T rk- lbdlday.
New ’e-l-nns Firm; ml Idling 9%c.
r.v tainh-Steady; middling 9 I-16c.
. i >• >. n>. idling 9*«c.
. 1> . middling • 3 16--.
M • St. sly. ml Idling 8 9-16 c.
At ■ phis- Steady, middling 9 5-16-.
Au. ••.«-Quiet an-l steady, n." Idllrg 9’*c.
Vharierteti Firm, middling 8 T »>: .'d.
I! ,-r n Mm ly. middling 9'.<"
ft. Urula— lull. middling 9'*e-
Comparatlve Cotton Statement.
New York. Augu«t 31 The following L» the
e n-|arwtlve cwtum statement for the week
3tet”teXlcV for the week 24 273
Borne time last year..... .... ... ... 65 270
Sbcwtar 40.997
Total rreatota since Sept. 15t6.537.3u3
Borne tire ta -t v- ir 8 428 919
Stowing a decreaae of.. •• •• •• —1.891.556
Frturts for tho week .... 13.196
Firr« time lav year 37.684
Showing a drcren«e of ... ... 24 488
Total asports niece Sep*- •»*5.769 372
tame time last year —..-7.181.066
wine a decrease 0f.... .... 1.41 I hu
rt • -k at V. F I-TV- 85.362
tamo time last year.— •••■ .. .. 369.960
Stowing a decrease of 283.598
St- kat interior town*.. .. .... 36.319
S - ‘ time Ust year 229 137
-c . ! r-.re of 182 818
S < .t Urerr .4 272.000
• , 890 000
F wing a decrease ~f 618.009
An rt-an art-at for Great Britain-.. 21.000
Farr- time last year. 20 000
S’ alng an ln-rva*e of..— .. .... 1.000
World’s Visible Supply of Cotton.
- rtMUMk Augrt 31 S-cr-tar- !!■ I !*■
-•-.- ent rt th- w..rld s rlsthl- supply of cot
t • read- up fr- m special cable and t< le
y -i idvlcesi. compared the figures of this
»• - w ith last week, last y« ar and tho yr ar
I- 1 -ws a d-creas- forth- w«—k Just clos—t
* 65 086 ag-i n-t a d-cr -a— of 55 018 last
r -ir-4 a decraae »f 31.016 yar before
"de- total rtd»-l« Is I C 47.227. nralmst 1.1 12.-
213 last w-ek. 2 607 945 last year an-l
. 477 y.ar bes-n- last.
thli the total of At-ertcan eotton la
5s • 227. against 621.313 last w- k. I 972.-
9*5 year and 1.434.477 >ear l-for-. and
• • *:1 o-her kin la. including Egypt. Brazil,
I 478 009. against 491.000 la-t
V 635 000 last year ani 611.000 year be-
1-. -al world** vislMe supply of cotton
tt a d- rra»- compared with last we-k of
f-»*.-ed bales, a dservase compared with last
t ? 1.560.718 an-l a -Icon ase compared
V j ar before last of 998.250
' th- w rid's dslhle supply, as above,
th- r.-w -fl-it *n-l h-14 in Great Britain
r - r. r.tal E ir 612.000 hak». again: t
1 '3IOOO »'t year and 1.354 000 year l-f r--
! • n E«v 40.C00. against 42 000 last
j - and 46.000 v.ar b--f-re last! In India.
2 3O&0 against 405 000 test year and 268 -
C r - •- ar M -r- last, and In the I’nit «1 Stat-s
< -2 f 00. against 628 000 last year and 277.-
Sea Island Cotton.
C» irl-st-n. August 31.-S--a Island cotton: |
It— ■ nune. . *;• rt-s coastwise 58. sale* 38
•«ii.t »h. Anmst 31 —Sea Island cotton I
Be t» 14; sales 81. experts 50; stock
I 688
Cotton Seed Oil and Meal.
N-w York. September I.—Cotton seed oil
d- I*r!m* crude Kimis, uonilral; prime
v rrmer y-llow 335'<34--. spot; off summit
pl ow 33-- rr n.e winter yellow 38 138
pr : - white 37 «371»e ITIm- meal 526
Sagging and Tiea.
Atlankg. »bt»-ember I.- Jkigging Mb 9;
F*ll- \ Ties <»lb steel arrow 31 #>.
Forty Cotton Mills Shut Dorn.
Fall River. Septemb-r I.—Forty-four cotton
it. ;** ■ rat#*J by tw« nty-f» ur
»*i it *n tolay until
n.!li- eii.pi-y 17.500 turn-I*. Ab-Hit thrre-
qxitt **' of thdb will h-ive com-
I let- ! an s nth'i* rurtallm* i«< on that date in
r iance a «th the general agreement*
THE WEEK IN WALL STREET.
Speculation Has Maintained Its In
different Tone.
N-ar York. Fe|*teml«r Ilath»n ban .
r. a ntalmd ita in nt t-.»ne in Wall rtreet
t 1 week At<»at mtdveck th* re «a> an «|»- !
of aw-k. n* i Interest, but it pteved tu |
b due tn nothing more than a recovering de
anand from the Fh/rts»- The ietrrmlnel atw
MKe nr* of capital r*»ia taking any :-u»t in
rt k s-ratl n-
lir- aiTk*»ngft the profewamml tra«l» r» that the
I blk- in!wrs->t |n aecnritlea ha* become J- r
manently impaiir I. Tie-re Is n*» doubt that ,
tb* wh !»-<a|e k*eueF of n«-w capital la«t year, i
th- etr. ; i»h up pn< • n of i
t-n* rs th- n*w In iUFtrlals to • nabh |*r» tnvt
<r* t> realise han*l*-»n*.e;y end the <ul*e*<]u«nt
c-itapre of th*-** Ft*jrks made a m*tly -
for a large* >|-evulat! * c coßtlgg* nt ard
t« wired the c liftdene* *f th* g« r» ral r it
In the vahww of ft - irlth » llowt ver. It l« ©
vl*.-s»|jr <-nl> a q’Mtlofi of time when the 11
rr» n.rnt of cat itai. which ha* bee® large In
tlw pr ej-rouF period ”f the la«t f*-w y* ar*,
mux »e.k a fixture tn high-elaae Fertilities. !
<mmg to the present d!*fwrlty of ®nonry rates*
b*-r- an«t abroad, an-l the c>*ntinulng foreign -
d»nfT>! f.»r our moch »ndl*e pmdu< t«. there la ,
an >4etacle to the -tti* mnt of In:* rnatt* nal I
trade belaid* in gold. In fart, the tendency |
If t*» still further egtmd th*- foreign < r**dlt» .
by export of g*.ld -a a ptm-hax-d c »niino*lity I
to r» ter th* referee requirements of foreign ■
tank*. A c foreign* r * ne*-l* It
our pmdurts rontln.-e greater than
<h n» for their*. an*l cur pro
du* Uon of gold mak*is us at the same time the
aiaiUble s<*ur*e << supply f»w mor*' metal, there
I* felt the |-r ssurs << special Irdw-ement tn
Anirtfii cr« dltors tn refrain fmm calling
>. m* th*ir for* .gn l-alar.c* « The higlw r mon
• «j rat*a in Euio|«e lave caused a process
of in(*rnatlonnl adjustment very Ilk*- llqulda*
ii i. AhHi n.av i •: nafttrk*ntl> b take® *>
••t nt of in f* king to t xpl tln the current
dulli.ess of Rt« M-k iiiarkcts.
!<• nd <!*•;«h-rt* r* i»«»rt u Urge homeward move
nt* nt of jH-curiti* s. ahb-h must have b« *-n trana*
fAr*d through other than attx’k market chan
m If. aa no * vi.fence If M*en there of large
iiai!.>ac:ions Th*- high rate* for money abroad
also teti.pt An.* riean creditor* to keep their
ba'aru-ea over in «-urr* nt loans. Hut those two
pr*M • p«**‘F. alth nigh they have been largely
o| «tw;tive. have not avail***! ’o adjust the dis
parity in in*»fM-y in.irk*-ts. Then- are grow ing
indkatlotta that foreign f*-< uritle* will lin«i
an artlve market In New Yoik a* a con<**
qt<n«e of this «state us atTdre. Already the
Airtrlran Fuberription to th*- ItrltUh war loan
and Um- aubacriptl » ih to Hu w rian railroad bonds
by American financial Institutions form Im
portant hohling.- of for* ign M*vuritk*. Imi Ing
th* |>r*-s« nt u** k overtur* s have l«*en made to
New York l»arik<-rs t«> I luce a l«s.n for th*- gov
ernment *.f Sw«-d* n and there has b< * n aetKe
diM-UFFt*>n of the establishment of h depart
in'nt **f llFt*-*l f-»r-ign government securities
on the New Y rs todi ex bangi it fa «#•
fl*l* re I inev ltabl* th it «’hina mart place a large
Lan to meet demand* for war lii«iemiiltiea. and
An • nc.m capital la expect* I to abaorto X i- t
lion of such a loan. With th* s* attractions i< f
I Ant-roan capital in fort ign fb-kls theie is
r* t:p|* *• the < «»ntlnue*l i«-1 Jonarv tendency
•»f business and industry at hum* which Is not
ended by the appr -« table Incrt as*- in «j* maud
for lr*»n and lr*m products report* ,! triw w* * k.
Th* ultimate effect on burint-s and **m|orialijr
«»n tallr* a*i earnings of the <llmiiiish*-d er ps
nn am to be delta 1. Thus far gru.-*s earnings
of rallroaais ar*- w*-H m antahi* >1 t»y th*- < ! •. *•
<vb>« t vam-e of freight rat« s. Hut tin- state
m»tta ,»f July net earning* publish <1 Utts
W*-» IS *
•vi•r ■ • - t i • i • f : nm i i ! . .
jMt el rails and coal an«l wages. The home
. v«ni course fr*m Eui*»|*v us several men In
due ntlal In |*a>t st«H*k market niov* nt* nt • at«»us-
I * d F« pes among professional <»|»* rat«»rs that the
market was to throw off Its lethargy, but tho
, hofiea went nut ’■••aliled.
NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT.
Surplus Reserve Highest in Several
Years.
N*w York, S* pte nl»er I. The weekly bank
stat* n.< nt shows th* following change.*:
Surplus r* serve in rta —53.189 550
lAM-ns derrt-AF* 553 300
| Specie Incr* as. 3.373.200
1- I • - t • r ■ InCt : • . . . .. 3-*9 000
l»*| .. |t* increa!*u 2 I 30 000
Circulation tacrea.v 316.300
The tanks now hold $27 078 475 In *<-
r* of th*- requirements of the 25 p* r eent
rub*.
The New York Financier say* this vv«« k
At the oi*ening »t a f< a«*»n wh* n demands
1 frrm th*- Interior ’“or <T’»p m »ving in »n*-y are
alvayv encount.-n-d. th*- asb«»«-iated banks of
New York r. . ..rt an addition tu the Min his
I reserve of $3,189,550. bringing th* total j. n-
I plue above !• gal r*-*|’i’rvm* :its to $27 078 475.
• as c* mpar*-d with $9,191,250 for the corre
>l rdlng week in 1399 and $19,901,030 in
1898 Th*- inference is that should int*rior
nteds prove to be m »rc in intent than in the
' previous yearr th I»■ d institutions will
able to meet th» tn and >t!ll le abb to arcum
i mt data other borrowers. In fact, if the re
i located a><urnn«'vs of lutnks In large centem
ure correct, the drain of money from N* w
1 York this fall will l»e l< ss than usual, and
th*r* f«»r»- th** local situation will r*-main
But for all that, a call for $10,000,000 <«f -ash
Ci\*r Feptetrlwr. the am«»un* ship|»e<l last year,
I will have an Irr* sistible cfTt-* ! on rat* - The
r .:* s forth.- bank-, n *w- r, e ling $903 486.
9CO. In one of the dullest speculative seasons
1 ever known, are only reached and any •x
--| trr-.tdlnary demand will op rate to rtdu*‘e this
t- tai. The d.-cre ise of $553 300 in h ans for
the we* k ending Saturday has no f|** « ial >lg-
1 nlii’'*t.ee. Th* whole statement |o-» s anv itn
’ p’-rtan-It might p’»<6-ess oth.» -*%!*•• f. »m the
•a* t that the gain «»f $5 000 000 in s|m .-‘nd
$6 000.000 In depunlta by a sing!*- Institution.
! ofis* ts the changes of the other oanks ax a
Whole.
The clearings Institutions gain*-*! the bulk
rs increased cash holdings for th*- «*•• k from
the Fiibtrensury, but Interior shipments «!-•>
netted them something over SI.OOO 000 Tho
latter Fout»*e of supply, unlesii all pr»***«-«b nt is
at fault, will t*e a minor factor from this line
»m It Is surprising but nevertheless true that
all the money lost to Europe through the • x-
I -rts <-f August has b* • n mad - up t»y receipts
from varl* us sources since, and the effect of
th*- payment of the British loan has then ! r*-
l**-en nil Circulation Is still In<-rras <ig. prub
pl ly In anticipation of Its shipment to th*.
Interior late? un
The Treasury Statement.
Wn*hlnFt<’n. F.pt" nlw-r I —To lay's stale
in, nt of tn- treasury l.alan<---H. exclusive of th
-5150.000 000 soli r»— rv- In th- <1 a I -I->n of
r«•!< nn-th»n. sh>w»: Avatlabl,. ash balance,
$135 419 696. soli. S6B 283.969
Total Coinage at United States Mints.
Washington, September I. Th« .nonthly
ftattm*nt of the dir*-tors of the mints shows
that duiir.g August the total • oinage at tlie
I riled Stat*B mints was $7 774.160. a* ful
l*vv» Cold. $5.050 000, silver. $2,536,000.
minor coiiuk $183,160
McCullough Bros.’ Fruit and Produce
Letter.
Atlanta. Beptember I.—Aa the fall season
t>ivKr«*n-s trudliuc In fruit anil produce be
ccmea mure brisk, consumption ts-liig heavier
and d'tnswl creator.
The banana market i» beglnnlua to show a
drcidc-l inervase loth In receipt* and demand,
and prices are likely to continue to improve
for some time.
A few shipments of Jamaica oranges being
rccvlvtxi. but there are very pour in quality and
color, being almost entirely green.
lx-n.. t.s ary still on the advance, which can
only b< attribut-d to the very warm weather
w.- have been having and light n-eelpts at ail
pai.t* »f Imputation.
There are still a few shipments of Georgia
peach,-* .aiming In wh'ch are bringing extra
g. «mI prt' .s. eonsj l ring quality of stock.
< ahi-rnla fruit has th- bulge OB th- market
at present, being the principal supply. Ship
lit. I ts e.mslst almost entirely ut |-< .o-lu-s, |x-ara
and plums. Hu« -v- r. Tokay gr.ip- s w ill be
gin to < umc In within the m-Xt week or so.
Indiana is shipping melems lo this market,
and th- st.s-k sh-ws up in very tine exindttlon.
Huwqver. the quality Is not to be rompared
with th- G-»rgt» g.-own un ion at all.
Irish |«.tato.» are selling readily at good
prices, the market being tn a guod, healthy
e<>i Cttlon. and has been for some time.
Gi.lons are hulling their own at quotation
price*.
Cablag* are very plentiful; in fact. the
seq Ily lias bon too larg« for the consump
tion. eon. < quenllv Jhe market ha* been ov-r
--rtu.-k.d. causing A- of th- handlers to lo—
money. However, today shows that the mar
ket I* Cleaning up and next week prices will
be better
P ultry I* In F wvy demand with light re
ceipts. Hens selling readily at 25 to 27't
while large fri, * are In gnod demand at 18
to 20. smaller ones In pr-!>' rtlen. I»m-k* are
n'-o |n good niaod. Pekin bringing 25c,
l*uddl« 20 to 22',c
Lit" ar* In g<**i d. mand at 14 to 15- and
all* receipt* are being easily eold at these
’ I l'-re Is scarcely any demand for dried fruit
of any kind, market on this class of go ls
rot having opened up as yet. However, we
b-.k f-r price* to be established and trade to
begin In this line in a few days.
Prime on the Crop.
From The New York Stock Exchange.
Chicago. August 25.—This has been a week
of very little progress in th- growing world.
We have had a fairly normal degree of tem
perature accompanied with a grea tdeal < f
moisture.
Moisture In the far northwest has greatly
Interfered with the securing of the late spring
il harvest. Ratna in this i— aiity have
been dally the present week, so much so that
TTTE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1900.
wheat In shock hn« been very seriously If not
permanently ruined.
How great or how small the crop In North
Dakota was this will have the effect of lower
ing the quantity of merchantable wheat. Far
mers already seem to think that the question
of seed wheat will be a very serious one to the
northwest tn 1901.
Down in the winter wheat belt about three
fourths of the crop has been thrashed and de
liveries from farmers have been falling off ma
terially during the last ten days. This can
be traced to low prices and strong belief In
the future price of wheat
Millers have been fairly good buyers and the
majority of tho mills now have enough stocks
on hand to run them at least thirty days.
West of the Mississippi river the ground Is
still too dry to plow- for whtoat nnd the rains
which have been so heavy in the northwest
have not extended very generally so far to
the southwest.
Information with regard to the corn crop
shows very plainly that corn prospects were
more or less reduced by heat and dry weather
during the latter part of July and the first
ten or fifteen daj’S of August. Corn has done
better during the present week than at any
previous given period during the last thirty
days.
The recent has done corn a world
of good In helping it to fill out, hut we hear a
great deal of talk about “ears not fining out
to the end,” “small ears and stalks without
ears." All these conditions are the result of
th»» absence of moisture In the ground and the
intense heat.
While the trade Is not bothering Itself much
about the present crop there Is a world of
thinking with regard to the smallness of the
reserves which keep steadily running down
and present prices seem to have very little
if any effect upon receipts.
It makes very little difference to the trade
how large this present crop of corn will be,
the country is waiting with great anxiety for
its maturity for the reason that supplies ?or
fattening nf both h<»gs and rattle for early
fall and winter season must be made almost
entirely from the new crop.
Dun’s Review.
New York. August 31. -Il <l. Dun A Co.’s
M»-*kly rv\lew of trad* will say:
Commercial failures during August were 735
In number, with liabilities of $7,323,903
Manufacturing u«re 174. for $2,945,607;
trading 519. for $3,585 667. and other com
nun ial 42. for $792 629
Then* were onh two hanks with liabilities
of $146,000
This is th** best monthly statement for 1900
thus far, but show* an increase over the cur
rer| ndtag month in the two preceding yenrx*
Steel mills in the Cumberland district and
-«*iine hi In liana have shut down* throwing
many lands out. but part <»f these will be
ttar-f* ir I tn other <lepar*Hu nts of the new
<'»ucibh St«* l C-iinpany < Kh*-rwlse the work
Ing fo»< • !< increasing, and hope is expressed
»f an adju tnunt with th<- anthracite coal min-
•r* Bending <’ompanj miners i to be
• »pp"Md to a >trike and some others an- In the
.-ame position.
Another ini|H.rtant Influence of the week has
b« ♦ n favorable w*atlu-r for d**\elopnirnt of
corn over th* gr ater part of the surplus -orn
states, though h.avy rains In the spring wheat
r ;lun have x* tar*!*-*! harvesting.
! •-ott’-n niovemt-nt I** sh> v and late, but
wi ath’-r < onditions average better except in
the t’arol'naM. Price changes are email.
St. a«ly improvement is s«*. n in in th'- Iron
n.ark*-t It !•* not marked by large advances,
but uh* rever a change «><*eurs Is in the right
dlr-rtion. It Is < |ilnu<l by some authorities
that or ! rs eurr ntly book»*.| aggr more
than pr**s.nt production and shipments. Spe
f.. 1 n< d»»n* to secure prospective business
an- withdrawn nnd buyers seek contracts for
prompt delivery. In s« me lines mills ar** a<’-
It. lj « inph* • I with orders for months ahead
I and < mtr.-K-ts running to .lune u* r* placed this
. ’*k Sales of iron bar were made at $1 40
and sl6 Is qtmted for Bessemer pig at Pttts-
I arg W rn stove have be* n
! bu\!ng fr* * ly and more bridge builders signed
contra* n for structural material. Merchant
.. ■ id i, • ox ir. ii r orders, wbttr
:pur hrises .-f <•*■♦! n ties were large, al
though rather late C.tpper exports av* rage
a million pounds p-r day, and the market is In
strong position.
Iron r handlers have mad* trouble at
<'•!* v* land, nn«! the industry will bo embar
rn- .*1 to delay In unloadin': \* ss* Is. Kurth* r
reduction Is sb wn in the output at Connells
ville coke ovens.
it Is not possible tn report progress In the
boot nnd shoe in hrnfrv unless !t can be con
slder*‘d encouraging that continued inactivity
at th* must in Hm. r«-*iuc* st«»eks to a
point wh t»- ofdet< will im an resumption of
operations There Is general quiet nt both rot
t< n and v-«M»|c n m‘lls. The only manufactur-
• i s >w • g any Inter* st in wool at Boston are
those with government contracts that must
! isd promptly i’r■ ■ of wad pre un
b-tng* 1 nd w* * tern holder* have not lost
any of th* Ir rnnfl.l. ncr Kal*-s at the three
«hl* f * .••• ». m markets were only 3 234
I I- .'ll’n‘nd 5,062.5C0 in the pr*-vlous week ,
rd 6.38.700 a y*ar ago
F iliire; r th*- we. k were 175 In the
I'nite! States, against 14 1 last year, and 19
In <’ana*la. aglns* 25 Inst year.
The Live Stock Market.
Chl'iij-. S-| t-'nlx r I Cuttl- re. • Ipt* 200;
r. ji iii <ll\ -t< ii-lj . x—- to prime *t.-er* 5.60 u
6 10. r H.r t. ii .Hum 4 60'<5 60. s« kx't.'d
t. i 4i4 75. r.ilx.d st'.i k. r* 3 25*|3.95;
<. v 280'i -t 50. h. IO ' 3' 5, -aimer* 2'u 2 75.
1 ullx 4 50. <al-. - 5-8. T. x is f. <1 *t.-rs 4 25'«
5. T> xa* grass st—r* 3 25'p4 20. Texas bull*
2 5C 'i3 40
11-2 i.-' ipts 13.000 t-m irrow 33.000 head
•>*llmat*d. 1. ft ov-r 3 000. i.b .iit st.a.ly; top
5 42'. . m'.xrd an-l I uteher* 4 95'i5.45; K'"hl
t . .1 . •»■ ■ ».37’x; rough hravy 480 a
4 95. llklh 5 bulk < t sal.a 5 1
5 30
Sh.'.-p r« <-*lpts 3 000: slu «*p and lamb* gen-
• r .lly sl-a'ly; K-"’! •'■ cholvo w-tli-r* 3 bU'i
380 fair to •li >|. • mix. 4 3 40’>i3 65. woHt. rn
-I .. I 345 ' 3 75. Texas sh.. p 2 50U3 35; n
tiv- lambs 4 25'45 85; western laiub* stf
5 85
Stn| rm-iita of sh. ep this week 33,100. or
3 CCO "ver all proviou* recorils, moHtly in cuun
ttj f-r feetlllm. it.' • pts till* We. k of cat
tle. 49.400. ha.’-, 141.500, shop, 21.700.
East well cattle. 58.000. hog*. 119.0UU.
s> . p. 88 000
St E'.ut I. S' I'temb. r I -•Cattle receipt*
I 200 Market st a ly; native shipping and ex
port st ■. t . s'-i6. dress..| I erf and butcher
st. er* 4 50')5.50. st- er* un.hr 1.000 pound*
3 4b,<5 25. sto k.-r* un.i feeder* 2 50« 25;
c.w* an I heifers 2 '4 60, canner* 1.50'(2 50. I
bu ls 2 65'3 50 Texas and Indian steers 3tt
4 30; < ov s and heifer* 2 10-i3.75.
II « r-e.ipts 1,600. market st'ady; pig* and i
Helts 5.35'15 45. packers 5.25 i 5 30; butch- |
. t s 5 35c 5 10
st:. , p r. Ipts 100; mnrk-t steady; muttons '
3<:o't4. lam;. 4 '5 33. cull* and buck* 2'44; i
stockera 2 a 3 65
Coffee and Sugar.
N-w York, S,pt<mb. r I. Coffee, spot Rio
•lull; Su. 7 in.’.u-*’ fe n. mild quiet: Cordova
9 ,<<l4 Kutui sup iuii quid and unchanged |
and b- ar- •ly varied, whil* bh »w!ng w* ak un
<1*1! n - following nsatlsfmti'ry European «>f
Rio cables uni a b* lief that receipts would b«'
lurg**i next week, th** Canton railroad strike
i»* li.g r*-port* d nf an ••mi, whil* warehouse de
||\*ri* s w< re :mail and spot l»u\ *r- Indifferent;
<-Io:» 1 i • t unchanged; milim 12.000 bags, in
cluding October 7 35. November 7 45; Decem
ber 755 March 7 70; Mav 7 80.
Si gar holld&y.
New orb-am. FcptemlwT I.—Sugar quid;
*q . n kdtle 4 4 . c*ntritugal yellow 5?<5%; «m-c
--onds 3i<4 9 16. Molasncs nominal.
Naval Stores.
Savannah, September I.—Spirits turpen
tine. nothing doing' receipts 1,617; sales
none; exports 475. H>>sln fitnt and un
■ I receipts 4,735; sales 306; exports
2.471.
Charleston, September I.—Turpent’ne, •
nothing doing. Rusin dull and unchanged.
NO CHANGE IN THE CABINET.
Adee Declares McKinley and Hay
Have Not Disagreed.
Washington. September 1.- Mr. Adee. ;
th- acting secretary of state, does not i
he: Hate to set the seal of his disapproval I
bpi-n the stories that have been put afloat
to the effect that there has been a dls
agtu ni' nt of the policy between the presl- I
dent and Secretary Hay us to China In
volving possible changes In the cabinet, i
Mr. Ailee says these stories are absolute- ,
ly lacking In foundation. He feels able
to < nt, r the br ia<l >st denial of the accu- j
m. v of the statements for the reason that ,
h. has lieen in daily and almost hourly ,
c- n inunication with the secretary of stat ,
Ly nail and wir-.
SUGGESTS A REORGANIZATION.
New Orleans. Iri., August 29. —(Special.) 1
The grand jury. In Its report to the dis- I
trlcl Judge today. In speaking of the late i
anti-negro riots In New Orleans, says It '
finds, after a very severe and careful In
vestigation of the riots and hearing the
ti ilinom of some two hundred witnesses,
that the police, with a few exceptions,
ware undoubtedly in sympathy with the
mob un i the reorganization of the police
force of this city, from the police board
down to the humblest patrolman. Is now
In order.
Jones Hanged in North Carolina.
Raleigh, N. C., August 3!.—(Special.)—
Tom Jones, colored, was privately han cd
her- this morning for tho murder of El
la Jones, his paramour, ihnl live of her
children. The drop was six and a half
fi i t. and his neck was broken, yet it was
fourteen minutes before life was extinct.
The crime for which Jones paid with
his life the well-merited penalty today
was committed early in the night on
March 22d. last. His six victims lived
in a cabin In the outskirts of Garver vil
lage. six miles southeast of Raleigh.
The crime was the worst on record in
thia at*»e.
THE WHEAT MARKET
Chicago, September I.—Steady cabe* and
email deliveries were a help to a dull wheat
market today, October closing %c higher.
Ccrn closed %c better nnd oats (4*rl4c lower.
Provisions closed practically unchanged.
Trader* did not wish to load their minds
with any belief which disturb the holiday
Monday and entered Into fresh transactions
very sparingly. The trade was chiefly for the
local acxiunt. October, nltwithstandlng the
dullness, opened ut 753 kc, sold between 75'4
759*1, closing steady Tic over yesterday ut
75)»c. The chief he'p i-anie from lilgh.-r Liv
erpool und Purl* lables and the smull delive
ries on September contracts. Less than a
million bushels changed bunds during the
forenoon. The pit was half deserted most of
the session. New York reported 20 loads
taken for export. Clearances in wheat and
flour was equal to 586.000 bushel*. Primary
receipts were 1,175,000 bushels, compared
with 89.000 bushels lust year. Minneapolis
and Duluth reported 446 cars, against 394
last week and 630 u year ago. Local receipts
wire 47 cars, 27 of contract grade.
Com was firm but trade was on a moder
ate scale. The tone was sustained by higher
caglrs, light country offerings and the fact
that there were no deliveries on Septenil* r
contracts. October sold between 39q39 1 :.<’ and
<li ie<l quiet kdJk* higher at 39 be. Receipts
w< re 207 ears.
Oats opened firm but turned heavy, as there
seemed to be a bearish feeling prevalent le
r) He ths corn flriniK-ss. The receipts of 545
cars and a heavy element for Monday was the
depressing factors. O< tober sold between 214*
<ti2l'b' - . closing down at 2l a fcc
I’rovlsons were quiet and steady, helped by
light hog receipts, small deliveries and de
creasing stocks Th-re was a fair cash de
mand. October fork sold between ill 60 4
II 12* 2 " I I 05 ami closed unchanged at
sll 05. octiber .l/rtween $6.77'2''6 75'.i
6.771*. closing unchanged at 56.77 1 *, anil Octo
ber libs be-w-en $7 10-'705 with the close
2'ii higher at $7 07‘,*t.
Estimated receipts for Monday: Wheat, 410
curs; corn. 386 curs; oats, 602 cars; hogs,
30,000 heal.
Flour, Grain and Meal.
Atlanta. Scplembt r I.—Flour, all wheat,
first putent, $1.85; second patent, $4.50;
straight $3.90 extra fancy S3.SO; fancy
$3.70; extra family $3.35. Corn, white
f>o; mixed 58. Oats, white, 3S.c; mixed
36e; Texas rustproof, 38c. live, Kreor
gla. $1.00; western rye. 90c. Hay. No. 1
timothy, large bal*. Il; No. 1 sma.l bale*.
95c; No. 2. 90c. Meal, plain. SS. Bran,
small sacks, 90c. Shorts sl.lO. Stock meal
95c per 100 pounds Cotton seed meal.
sl.oo |n r 100 pounds. Grits, $3.00 per bushel,
$1.50 i>er bag.
Provisions.
Atlanta. Sept ‘mber I—Clear rib sides, box
ed S; half ribs 7 7 5; rib lielli. s S’>,'.|9; le -
cured bellies 94*. Sugar cured ham*. 11*$
Cf 1.3%, Lard, leaf best leaf 8%.
Groceries.
Atlanta. September 1 Roasted coffee: Ar
buekb . sl3 30. Lion $12.30. Green coff 'e,
choice 11'11 IP*. fair pdprim.. 9 1 2 -(tl0 , <
Sugar, standard granulated. New York.
$6.50. N-w Orleans granulate.l $6.50. Sirup
New Orleans open kettle 25''t40c; mlxel
choice 20 to 18'. Salt, dairy sacks,
JI M 71.40, ralt. I i*r»l bulk. $2.25; UK' .)•
$2 $5; ice c-eam. $1.25; common. 65'®70c-
Cheese. full cream. skim, loi-.'(s
n\fec. Matches. IJos,
800 s, $2.75 Soda, boxes. 6a. Cracker*,
eoda. sc; cream, tie. glnserscan*. I 4c.
Candy, common sti<k 7c. fancy, 1.4}
Candy, common stick, 7 l *je; fancy,
14c. Oy*t*rs. F. W. I, W.,
$1.25.
Country Produce.
Atlanta.S- plember I—Eggs, active at IV®
15c dozen. Butter dull; fancy Jersey 17'iD
2"; choice 12 1 ;. Live poultry, receipts
light; hens 24 to 28; larg<‘ fries 17 to 22;
spring broilers 10 / "12 ,; .; fair sale. Jltieks
nud'He 2e'<i22. Pekin 25'4’>»; Irish potatoes
55(iP'5 per bushel $1..>"u1.75 per barr“l;
pew crop sweet potatoes 7i>'<D'sc per bush
el. IToney, strained. i:'u7e; In comb 6'.f7,
very dull. Onions. 7''.'Mi per bushel; $l5O
'11!.75 per barrel. Cabbage, green, fair
sale. I'll Pi pound. I tried fruit, apples
fit;.; peaches C/'iT. Figs 6'47 Prunes 5'4'7.
California pe« led peaches 11<H5.
Fruits and Confectioneries.
Atlanta. I—Lemons choice $.Vq
ss.f*i f iner $5 >"<<•; r'lgs V> •11 Raisins 13
Ml4c; California $2 Nuts, almonds I.s(<i 16e,
pec ins. 9M4 lii'«.c: Brazil. 12ul2'v: filberts
IP.ic; walnuts. 1" lo 11 cents; mixed nuts
12>.*- I'e.inuts, Virginia, electric light, 4
to sc: fancy hand-picked, 4’ / 2 to 0; Geor
gia 2©3.
SUPPORT FOR BRYAN WANTED.
People's Party Officials Issue an
Address.
Lincoln, Neb., September I.—Vice Chair
man Edmisten and Secretary Edgerton,
of the populist national commltee, have
issued an address appealing for support
of W. J. Bryan and justifying the In
dorsi ment of Adlai Stevenson as vice
presidential candidate. The address says:
“To the People of the United States—
At the direction of the national commit
tee we send you greetings. We are on
the very eve of victory tor the principles
for which we have all so long fought. No
party has ever made such sacritlee or
shown such unseltishness as has the peo
ple's party during the past ten years of
its existence, und that sacritlee and pa
triotic devotion to principle are beginning
to bear fruit. One more charge and the
light is won. L t us ail Join together as
we did in 1892 ami 1596, lor Hie sake of
tile iieopie and the love we beur the peo
ple’s i au.se. We call upon every populist
in the union to rally once more under
tlie banner of reform and to assist us in
winning this culminating struggle of the
century. In nominating Mr. Stevenson
lor the Vive presidency the people’s party
gave a sublime example of the renuncia
tion of partisanship. We had already
nominated Mr. Bryan, the standard beur
-1 r 01 another organization, lor president.
We had nominated Mr. Towne, the bril
liant .voting leader of tjje sliver repub
licans, for vice president. Although
deeply disappointed at the failure of the
democratic convention to ratify this
nomination, we followed the only course
tliat seemed open to us and for the sake
of harmony and unity overlooked all
mere party considerations and made botii
democratic standard bearers our own.
We believe by tiiis net we iiave not only
strengthened the cause, but that in the
long run we have also strengthened our
own party organization. Right never dies
and the principles that brought th- peo
ple's party into existence will spring up
with redoubled vigor und will continue to
grow in the hearts and minds of the
people until they are victorious. We
have laid down much that the cause
might succeed and in its triumph we will
triumph as well. No man ever becomes
really great' until he learns to sacrifice
himself for an idea or truth, und no par
ty can ever b' come really worthy of ac
complishing the high and holy purpose
for which ours was born until it has been
trl.d by the MUM saerilic . Truly did
tile greatest of all say, 'He who lays
down ids life for my sake shall find it
again.'
“W hilc Lincoln did not believe In abo
lition his election meant the ending of
human slavery on this continent. In the
same wav the election of Bryan means
tlie beginning of a new era in American
p ililles. The future victories for humani
ty that will gr<>w out of at no man can
foresee The populist party was the be
ginning of this movement and is the Im
pulse which carries it forward. We have
grown until our principle*! have permeat
ed tlie masses of another great party ana
have thus made them our allies in this
campaign. The seed We planted years ago
has taken root and ha*j grown until now
at the beginning of a new century it is
about to become into victory In the name
of humanity ami for the cause of liberty
which is as sacr> d now as it was In any
of the country's great struggles of the
past w- call upon every people to rally
to tho support of the republic in Its hour
of struggle between the world forces of
monarchy and freedom. There are only
two sides to the contest. There is no mid
dle of the road. He who ’* not for me is
against me. He who does not give his full
support to tho cause of popular govern
ment is Its enemy. There Is 110 room for
sides. On the one hand la the army of
the peonle. on the other are the legions
of privilege and plutocracy rule. Every
man must take his position on the ors»
side or the other. Populism was organ
iz'd as a protest against the encroaching
spirit nf monarchy and mammonlsm and
now thnt success is in sight «> cannot
b-llevc that any people will fall In his
duty, but every one of our 2.<W1.000 voters
will register on election day in favor of
a government of the peonle and for the
preservation of the republic.
“J. H. EDMTSTER,
"Vice Chairman.
"J. A. EDGERTON, Secretary."
Weakened Manly Functions restored by
J. Newton Hathaway, M. D.. 22% E.
South Broad street. sXtlanta, Ga.. In a
few weeks by a method entirely his own.
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS
St. Louis, August 27.—Mrs. Kate Uortl
nez, of Galveston, Tex., who arrived in
St. Louis Monday morning. August 20th
and mysteriously disappeared that after
noon, has been found. She Is a patient
at the Mallenephy hospital, where she la
registered as Kate Cortine. She* entered
the hospital Monday, August 20th.
London. August 28.—“ The present epi
demic of cholera.” said the Simla corre
spondent of The Dally Mall, “is one of
the worst on record. The bubonic plague
is child’s play compared with It. Tho
natives are dying like flies at the rate
or 3.000 a week. The epidemic is undoubt
edly due to tho pollution of the scanty
water supply during tho famine.”
Owenton, Ky., August 27.—Town Mar
sha! Jacob Reynolds, of Jonesville. Kv.,
shot and killed Samuel Graves while the
latter was one of a party of four men
who were drunk and lighting. The dead
man is nineteen years old. Reynolds
says he acted In self-defense.
El Paso. Tex.. August 27.—Louise Booth
royiL of Manchester. England, committed
sulejile here today by swallowing a glass
full of a cyanide of potassium. Booth
royd had served In the British govern
ment civil service and was a relative of
the duke of Manchester.
Marlon, Ind., August 27.—C. C. Beck
was locked up here to escape being lynch
ed at Point Isabel, his home. Beck
is a merchant at Point Isabel, where he
is accused of criminally assaulting bis
two granddaughters, one eight, the other
four years old.
Kansas City Mo„ August 27.—The city
was plung'd into darkness at midday,
causing lights in stores and offices to be
lighted. Tile phenomenon prevailed for
an hour, during which time ram fell la
torrents. Much alarm was felt, many
people seeking cover in fear of a tornado
At the union depot daylight signals could
not bo seen and train service was stopped
for thirty minutes, while waiting women
and children grouped about crying. No
damage resulted.
Akron. August 27.—As a result of the
continued p»<iceful conditions existing In
this city, all of the state troops which
had been on duty here since Thursday
last, ware withdrawn early today. With
the dismissal of the soldiers the saloons
were reopened and the city has prac
tically resumed its usual appearance.
Terry, Miss . August 27.—Professor W.
N Hardee arose about 3 o'clock and
walked out in the back yard of his resi
dence, where he placed the muzzle of a
pistol to ills heart and lired. There Is no
motive known for the deed. Professor
Hardee was an educator of some promi
nence, being well-known in this state.
Washington. August 27.—James A. Sam
ple < hi f of the division of issue, treasury
department, who was one of the special
agents sent to Porto Ried by the secretary
tc make tlie exchange of United States
momy fo.' Porto Rican silver com. has
returned to the city, and reports tnat of
the original sum of s6.tX4).<x>* in I orto
Rican silver supi»osed to have been in <'jr
-1 illation on the island, ail but about ?iW,-
Wt* lias been exchanged.
Guthrie, Okla., August 28.—The census
upon tli.- Osage and Kaw reservations Just
<< mpl< t‘"l, shows the following: Total
Usages in 19"0. 1.783; total in 1899, I.'Ci
increase Uj. Full-bloods. 866; mixed-bloods
817' number of females 889. Total Kaws in
iimt’i 217; total in 1899. 208—increase 9. num-
Irt r' of full-bloods 97; mixed-bloods Uo;
females 89.
Dallas, Tex., August 28.—A telephone
mess ige from Cameron. Tex . states that
Charles Line, a farmer, shot William Mu
son to death and surrendered to the offi
cers. Line accuses Manon of an attempt
at crlmin il assault tn Lane’s twelve-year
old daughter. Mason was a white farm
hand. He recently came to Texas from
Alabama, where he left a wife and chil
dren.
Norfolk. Va.. August 28.—Mrs. Butler
wife of Major General M. C. Butler. <!!•*!
at 1 >l,l Point Comfort, Va . this afternoon
of acute neuramla. She came to Old Point
three or four days <ufo. Mrs. Butler was
slxty-elght years of age and the daughter
of Governor Pickens, war governor of
South Carolina. The body will b® taken
to Edgefield. S. C., for Interment.
Rosenberg. Tex.. August 29 —C. L. M al
ters of LaGrange, was today nomlnt
e,l bv acclamation »>y the pojiullst con
gresslonal convention for the tenth dis-
U Littlo Rock. Ark.. August 29.—1 n the
federal court today the Lesser Cotton
Company and thirteen tire Insurance
companies tiled suit against the bt.
Louis Iron Mountain and Southern rail
way for an aggregate of $195,000 and In
terest. being the amount of insurance
paid on cotton burned at Newport. April
] l>to. It Is alleged that the cotton Ig
nited from an engine spark and the
Plaintiffs seek to hold the railroad li
able. Another suit Is pending ut Isew
port for $125,000.
New York, August 29.—Colonel Kimball,
assistant quartermaster general, said to
day that if suitable contracts could be
made with the Ward line, the Spanish
line and other lines of ships trading be
tween New York, Cuba and Porto Rico
for transporting troops and supplies, the
armv transports now so engaged in this
work would probably be transferred from
tlie Atlantic to the Pacific and used in
transporting troops, ammunition and
other sup! lies to tho Philippines and
China.
New York, August 29.—“ While In In
dia ” a Tribune dispatch from London
says “there is suffering from one of tho
worst outbreaks of cholera ever recorded,
so that people are dying at the rate of
7,000 a week. Great Britain is alarmed
by the prospect of an epidemic of bu
bonic plague within her own boundaries.
Tib medical authorities at Glasgow have
already had several cases under their
own observation. On Monday two died
within forty-eight hours of an illness
which was at flrst thought to be pneu
monia, but after a minute examination
bv the hospital authorities was pro
nounced plague. Another death has oc
curr<‘<l and tvu families were removed to
a reception house for patients suffering
from this disease which the municipality
has hastily established.
Houston Tex., August 30.—1 n a letter
Hon. Jerome C. Kearby declines the pop
ulist nomination for governor of T-xas.
Poor ne.nth and the cost of making the
race are given as causes for the with
drawal. lie devotes most of his letter to
an arraignment of the democracy. 1 lie
executive committee has power to act,
and It is believed will substitute E. W
Nugent, who is now the nominee Xor
lieutenant governor.
San Diego. Cal.. August 80.—Word has
been received from Ensanada that airs.
Rverson wife of the late Governor George
Ryerson, of I*>wer California, had been
found guilty of manslaughter in killing
a Mexican boy and Is serving out her
sentence.
Houston. Tex.. August 31.—Congressman
A. 8. Burlison was today renominated
for congress from the ninth Texas dis
trict.
Galveston. Tex.. August 31.—Tho Brit
ish steamship Mombassa left Sabine Pass
this morning for Liverpool with a cargo
of 3.578,;h>i feet of yellow pine from the
forests of eastern Texas and Louisiana.
This is tlie largest cargo of lumber ever
floated.
Dallas. Tex.. August 31.—Near Geneva
lightning struck the house of William
Arnold. One child was killed and three
badly Injured. The house was burned.
Jucsro, Cuba, August 31.—Governor
General Wood, after a careful canvass
of the island, finds good order prevailing,
and the lai is for the greater part empty.
The reconstruction of the country is
slow, but much is being accomplished.
Now he has seen evidences of suffering
from burger. The health of tho United
States troops at all points Is good.
Havana, August 31.—General Maximo
Gi mcz has declined to accept tne nomina
tion offered him by the national party
to the constitutional convention. He says
he has always kept out of politics and
does not wish to enter now.
Robinson Makes Short Talk.
Mari»tta, Ga., September L—(Special.)—
Sam Robinson paid the penalty of his
crime on the gallows In plain view of
about fifteen hundred people this morn
ing. Tho country people began gathering
in town early this morning and by 10'
o'clock some two thousand were tn
town. The streets were crowded, but
not a sign of violence was manifested.
It was a quiet and orderly crowd of peo
ple. all anxious to see the hanging.
Robinson faced the crowd and walked
steadily to the edge of the gallows and
made his statement, speaking in a loud,
clear voice. He said:
•T<et me tell you all, friends, my col
ored friends and white, never commit
the crime that I have. If I had not
committed it this time I might some
other. Teach your children never to
commit this crime. I am guilty. I com
mitted the crime and don t deny it. I
am going before my God and that is all
I have to say.*'
REMEMBER THE LITTLE ONES
The Orphans nt Decatur Ask That
September 29tii Be Observed as
Work Day for Them.
The pressure vpon the orphans' homes
for more room In which to care for or
phans, nnd to properly care for them Is
not at all realized by any except those on
the inside. Take the North Georgia home
at Decatur. They had 218 applications
for admission of orphans and destitute
children last year, and about the same
number this year. They sift each case
to see If the child can’t be provided for
in some other way. and only r<’c»iit
those who will suffer severely unless
taken. , , .
The home at Decatur now has about
J6O orphan.*, and with the necessary work
ers and their families makes the large
family of more than 180. It takes a
fifty-pound sack of flour for each break
fast. If tho friends will count the hats,
shoes, clothes, food, coal, crockery, bed
ding and everything which has wear and
tiar. they will at once sympathize with
tho management.
The trustees. Messrs. R. A. Hemphill.
George Muse, Asa G. Candler and How -
ard Crumley are asking every iriend of
the orphans in north Georgia to give them
one full day's work. They have selected
Saturday, September 29th, as orphans
heme work day. They feel that every one
cai. give the orphans one days work in
a year, and that they will do it gladly.
For three years this work day lias been
kept up. and its results this ye *r ought to
be gieat. Think if 100.000 children will
that day pick cotton and do other work,
and that lOO.UUU men and women wul
g.ve their earnings what the results will
be! Every dollar Is needed for support
and to enlarge with. ...
This home has no endowment but the
love of the friends. It has God s promise
to the fath ri?ss. It ,s a great blessing,
and is planning a niu< * l greater
blessing by caring for still more orphans.
The orphans ask every friend to make
their "work day,” Saturday. September
29th. a great success.
FRENCH FIGHTING THE BOERS.
British Troops Are Having Frequent
Engagements.
Gelmus Farm. August 27.—General Unle-
Carew came into touch with the B-yers
at their main position at Dalmanutha on
Saturday and shelled a plantation east
of Belfast. The Boers replied with long
range guns. General French, on General
Buller's flank, exchanged shots with the
Boers, but no damage was done. An
artillery duel occurred on the British
front also, the twelve pounders bombard
ing tlie Boers' position and the latter .lis
playing great enterprise in handling their
guns, which were placed in strong posi
tion The enemy evidently intends to
contest stubbornly the ground between
here and Alachadodorp.
Botha May Be Making Last Stand.
New York, August 28.—Lord Roberts's
dispatches announce what many people
here take to be tho beginning of the
last stage of the south African campaign,
says a London correspondent.
Tho commander-in-chief held a council
of war with his lieutenants on Saturday,
and on Sunday began a general attack
on Genera! Botha's intrenched position,
on which no Impression bad been made.
Lord Roberts reports that the Boers are
making a most determined resistance.
Some think this Is real'y Botha's last
stand and that if defeated here he will
be completely crushed.
I.ord Roberts’s superiority In numbers
is so great that he may probably’ attempt
to work right around the Boers and
drive them from their position by menac
ing their line of rent at.
To Judge from previous experience It Is
unlikelv that the Boers would stay long
| enough to permit tho maneuver to be 1
' accomplished. Meanwhile the Boers are
' themselves busy’ in endeavoring to raid
I Lord Roberts's line of communications
I both In tho Orange river colony and in i
Natal.
I To judge by the fact that heavy re-en
forcements have been ordered to prepare
to embark for south Africa In tho next
few days, the British war office does
not believe that warlike operations are ;
drawing to a close.
Buller Is at Machadodorp.
London. August 29—Lord Robert” re
ports, under date of Belfast, August 2Sth,
as follows:
"Buller's advance occupied Machadodorp
this afternoon. The enemy made a very
poor stand and retired northward, fol
lowed by Dundonald's mounted troops,
who could not proceed beyond Helvetia
on account of the difficult nature of the
country and the enemy taking tip a p -1-
tlon too strong to be dislodged by tho
mounted troops It appears tha’. Buller’s
casualties were very few.
“French continued the movement to- •
day as far as Elandsfonteln, front which
he turned the enemy, but with no difficul
ty. The latter retired very rapidly leav
ing cooked food behind.” General Bulb r’s
casualties August 27th were: Killed one
officer and thirteen men: wounded, seven
officers and fifty-seven men.
Buller’s Column Advancing.
Helvetia. August 29.—General Buller’s
column has arrived here, where General
French and General Pole-Carew are en
camped. Both Waterfallboven and Wa
tervolender were found deserted, the
Boers having retreated with their guns
in the direction of Barberton. Comman
dant General Botha has Issued a letter .
ordering burghers to return th' ir Maus
ers to the government military commis
sion until the latter Is able to issue am
munition.
Cyclone at Mafeking.
Mafeklng, August 30.—A cyclone that
visited Mafeklng last evening did more
damage than the seven months' bom
bardment. It blew down or unroofed
numerous houses and leveled the military
hospital, causing much suffering among
tho sick and wounded. One person was
killed and two were injured, and there
were many narrow escapes.
British Prisoners Released.
Lourenzo Marques. August 30.—The
British prisoners nt Moolt Gedacht (on
the railroad east of Machadodorp). have
been released by tho Boers and are
marching to join Lord Roberts's forces
at Waterviilhoven, near Machadodorp.
President Kruger and his chief officials
are at Nelsprult. about sixty miles from
the Portuguese bonier and on the rail
road between Pretoria and Delagoa Bay.
BIDS FOR MAIL ON STAR ROUTES
Advertisements Are Be'jig Prepared
by Postmaster General.
Washington, August 31.—The office of tho
second assistant postmaster general Is ;
preparing the usual annual advertisement
which will be Issued about September 15th
next, for the carriage of mail on the star
routes. The advertisement will boos un
usual importance, as it will check an al
leged proposed combination of star-routo
bidders, and for the first time will require
n guarantee of satisfactory performance
of service, that every accepted bidder,
whateever may be his residence at tho
time of bidding, must agree to live on or
contiguous to the route and personally
superintend the performance of service. I
This general letting will occur in the N< w
Englund states. New York. Pennsylvania.
New Jersey, Delaware. Maryland. Vir
ginia and West Virginia.
Colonel M. V. Moore Very ill.
Auburn, Ala., September I.—(Special.)
Colonel M. V. Moore, of this place, well
known throughout the south on account
of his writings, is at the point of death.
PlUnkßtfsLßtter
(Written for The Weekly Constitution.)
It has come a question in th!i
neck of tho woods whether the great ca*
lamities are worse than tne wear and
tear of everyday life—the little things
that eventually gives us all that we can
sthnd.
I Whoever has escaped being poisoned by
thunderwood has no good right to com
plain of other afflictions of life. Brown
has had nearly everything and I have
had many trials, but I never saw any
thing nor felt anything that equals poi
son from thunderwood. I have heard a
sight said about the agonies of delirium
tremens—they are not in It. Once when
Brown came home off one of his sprees
he took a seat out on the porch and di
rectly he imagined that’ Tom Webb's
Jersey yearling made a lunge at him
right where he sat on tho porch. They
had a terrible tussel and rolled and
tumbled on the floor, but at last the old
man swallowed him—yes, swallowed the
Jersey. I imagine that a man's mind is
in a bad condition when he can find no
other way to dispose of a yearling than
to swallow him, and to feel so certain
that he had that he walked to the glass
to look at himself and asked us If we
saw any difference in I|-> size; but none
of it can cause the same conditions as
being poisoned by thunderwood.
Last week a few little pimples broke
out on my wrist and itched a right smart,
but I thought nothing of the matter. The
truth is, I rather liked It, for it Is not
every man who has lived since the w r ar
that knows just how good It feels to
scratch with the itch, but I will remark
for the sake of innocent humanity that
you had better not 1 scratch much with
thunderwood poison. It spreads as you
scratch and every new place that you
touch on your person becomes poisoned
also.
This has been the trouble with me.
From the few little pfniples on my wrist
I have spread It till It covers me entirely
and I am the most beautiful aspect that I
ever looked in th., glass at —children ev
erywhere run and scream kuklux at my
approach. My own dogs would eat ma
up If my looks did not scare them so
bad that they flee in horror. When a
man’s own dogs go back on him it is
time for that man to give up—especially
an old man. My face Is swollen till I
can hardly get In and out a barn door,
and it is still a-swelling. My nose is as
big as any ear of corn raised in Georgia
and is as red as a turkey's snout. Mjr
eyes are closed, so that if anything ap
pears In tills letter you do not like you
can charge it to Brown, for he writes
while I dictate. If bad looks was all, I
should never complain, but the feeling Is
worse titan the looks, and I shall mako
no effort to describe them.
In great calamities the agony Is soon
over with and then we are comforted. In
most cases, by the thought that wo are
not alone In our suffering. I was caught
in a cyclone once while leading a stub
born mule; the mule planted himself
against tho storm while I waved out from
the end of tlie bridle rein like a ribbon.
I knew the mule w. uld stand the storm,
but the fear of the bri.il.- breaking turn
ed me gray In a minute, but tho agony
was soon over and I was soon helping
others from the wrecks of the storm—
that was not so bad.
Just two miles this side of Barnesville,
in the county of Pike, during the war, I
was in a railroad wreck tnat killed a
great many. Two old engineers of At
lanta stood at the throttles and when
you hear that it was old Unde Bill
Mitchell and Lum Kyle, with orders to
run for all they were worth, you will
imagine that the locomotives were run
ning when they met. Kyle's train was
loaded with provisions for th'- army,
Mitchell's with passengers. No such
collision had ever been known up to that
time, and I doubt if it has had an equal
since, but it was soon over with and
the agony suspended, but not so one of
the happenings of the incident. A long,
lank soldier was thrown clear over tho
telegraph wire and came down with a
swipe right through a small persimmon
tree. There was nothing much in this,
you would say, but 1 had not told about
the hornets' nest that this soldier drug
down from that tree. I venture that
those hornets caused more agony among
i the crowd than this greatest of collisions.
The collision was over In a flash, tha
hornets ling'red.
1 have seen several wars and ig one of
th... sorrow and sgony :-d slmost
every household and was met everywhere
upon the highways. Even in all this
abundance of sorrow th. re was the com
fort of sympathy and in tne knowledge
that the sufferings w>s not alone. The
j sorrows of this \sttr had a. iialo of <’on.>o
latlou that is absent in small matters,
and to it is that at last our little every
day troubles are just as great, it not
greater, than these.
1 have studied in my present disfigured
condition to place the great, st anxieties
and sorrows of man At first I thought
I had it. at least t far a- farmers are
concerned, in the ■ rought'. Every day
for four weeks the thunders have roared
and the lightnings flash, d. but the clouns
moved around us. It is a tact that we
live In a streak that I:.is b. en burning
now for four week s Th. most favorable
prospects for rain would appear from
time to time, but som- how th. y came
not to us. There Is no one can under
stand the anxiety of th old farifier from
the time the clouds I-gin to gather an .
thunder but one of li - own brothers of
the hoe, who have crops a s.-orching. And
non« can understand the depth of the dts
apolntment as the clouds exhaust them
selves and the rain for that day has
when I came to study the mat
ter, it is not
which cause the I error and anxiety It
Is the tumbling of th castles we have
buiided. There is no more pleasant thing
than the building of "castles in the air.
and from my heart I b lieve there is no
more sorrowful thlr.g than to see these
castles tumble Arr it cloud starts up
from tho south and hopes are high, but
the cruc-1 wind ste-'rs ft around to the
east too far for us and a beautiful castle
tumbles to its fall. So It goes day after
day. till all the pretty castles are down,
scattered, uclv tn heir wreckage, and
the loss of prestige In the confidence of
those we most like to please Is an agony
that must be f«!t to halfway compre
hend. . , .
It has been a part nf my life to watch
the tumbling castles Bright hopes
arise wh' '1 give the promise of all our
heart’s desires, but they steer around as
cruelly as the clou Is and leave us burn
ing under the
REMOVE CONFEDERATE DEAD.
New Orleans. Ln., September I.—ln
response to urgent appeals from various
members of the Confederate Southern Me
morial Association, scattered throughout
tho state. Mrs. William J. Behan, presi
dent of tho confederation, has Issued a
circular letter, which will be sent to all
the affiliated associations, the numerous
camps of United Confederate Veterans
and the various state chapters of tho
United Daughters of the Confederacy,
stating that the attention of the Confed
erate Southern Memorial Association has
been drawn to the proposed transfer from
national cemetery at Washington, I>. C..
of the remains of the -60 confederate
soldiers who are burled there. Congress
In the sundry civil appropriation bill pro
vided for tho disinterment of tho bodies
of the southern dead and their reburial
in a special section of the national cem
etery at Arlington. Va.
Tile Confederate Veterans' Association
of the District of Columbia, camp 171,
United Confederate Veterans, has taken
a de. p Interest in the matter of disinter
ment and transfer, and have ascertained
that the states which now have confed
erate dead In the cemetery are North
Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia. Flori
da. Alabama. Mississippi, Louisiana and
Tennessee.
Mrs. Behan appeals to all members of the
Confederate Southern Memorial associa
tion. United Confederate Veterans' and
United Daughters of the Confederacy >.
Co-operate In removing the remains of
these confed. rate soldiers to Hollywood
Richmond. Va.. where they will rest be
sid» 30.009 of their hero comrades.
All answers to this appeal may be ad
dressed to Mrs. William J. Behan. Qod
chcaux building. New Orleans. t
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