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10 I. An Attractive Combination Offer to Every Household. | y THE IDEAL HOME READING FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY—BOTH NEWS AND FICTION FOR A YEAR. || Z ' Bow one year for only $ 1.25 The South's Greatest Literary Weekly, ) lj || —.- ■ - ~ ~ . IT- t— RfiSl -.—... . - - ■ — - The advamtages and the complete ness of thia splendid offer can hardly be realised. The Weekly Constitution Is a thor ough newspaper. It gives each week a report of alt events of world-wide •*, and of genera! southern interest. Its j correspondents at all news centers, the national capital, the state cap itals, points of Interest in the finan cial and commercial world, and the capitals of Europe and the east, keep the paper Supplied with reports of all happenings ’All the news of Dixie," I special articles on southern develop- j ment. railroads, handling of crops from the Initial plowing to the day "he cash Is paid for the product, from seeding to selling, the political move ments within our radius, the advan- ; ORDER BLANK for Constitution or Sonny South, or Both, With Estimates. PUBLISHERS THE CONSTITUTION, Atlanta, Georgia: Enclosed find $. . f nr which. send Indicate The Weekly Constitution one year $!.OO, with ONE Your Choice Estimate. The Sunny South one year SOc, with ONE Estimate, f Except the I I The Weekly Constitution and Sunny South both one ■ Q n , y Pa year $1.35, with TWO Estimates. I Take. SUBSCRIBER’S ESTIMATES Upon Total Port Receipts of Cotton at All U. S. Ports From 1 September, 1903, to 12 January, 1904, both inclusive. CT I ZLZ 2 1...-J 1 Subscriber's Name Address State Send only one estimate If ton take only one paper, fill out both estimate blanks if you take both papers. » - MARKET QUOTATIONS Spot Cotton Prices. Atlanta Nominal 12% Galveston ...... -Steady 12% Norfolk Stea.lt I 2% Baltimore .Nominal 13 Boston Stea l.- 12 75 Wilmington Nomina’. 1 Philadelphia Quiet 13 Savannah Nominal I 2% New Orleans . Quiet 12% Mobile Nominal Memphis Quiet 12 9-16 | Augusta Nominal 13 Charleston ....... -Quiet 12% Cincinnati Nominal ■ Ixtuleville Firm 12% St Ixniis Steadv 12% Houston .Quiet 12 N< w York Dull I 2 75 | Liverpool Weekly CoCtton Statistics. . Liverpool, August I 5 —Following are the weekly cotton statistics: Total sales of all | kinds 37.000 bales; total sales American I 29.000 bales; English spinners' takings 37.000 bales; total export 13.000 bales; import of : all kinds 7,000 bales; import American I.COO; j st. i-k of all kinds 229.000. stork tmerl. 'in • 227,000; quantity afloat all kinds 20.000; I quantity afloat American 7.000 bales, total ■ sabs on speculation 2.300. total sales to ex porters 9.200. Review of the New Orleans Market. New Orleans. August 15.—The spot cot ton market was very quiet. Salos today. : 25 bales; delivered on contract 400. Quo- I tations unchanged. Futures opened quiet and from 3 to 5! points below yesterday's closing. Liter prices receded still further on mor,- fa- i vorable crop reports and a somewhat' easier tendency in Liverpool market. ! Offsetting the bearish features to some j extent were the insignificant and ; small receipts and an uneasy L l ing about the tropical storm nflw .-.aid tn | be central in the Gulf of Mexico. The ; market closed steady, with a portion of | the early decline recovered, the list at i ®b®b®9i®b | TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR OASH OFFER g £1 _____ ___________ . _ —— • statistics for the Last six Crops Further General instructions g M 3 dfe-Ji* b®f - ra *** ■ ■ , ,™’2T P ~t r.w 7 ~r. tember. 1908, through Jan. 12 1904. Is that each and every entry of estimates must' ® For the exact, or noarest to the oxact, estlmato of the total ”°'° n - • r " , ‘ r r ,rs »" n ‘’T™* ” ms ~d In fl gnrM on iy. wt m«k« w be accompanied by a vear's subscription to the Weekly Constitution orThe Sunny gg number of boles es cotton received at nil United States " n ™; *’*-eC South or the remittance provided for estimate, without subscription.. They must ® Ports from ifjptembdf Ist, 1903, to January 12th, 1904, be sent in the identical envelope that bring? the money that pays for the estimates K&3 ®F both Inclusive $3,000 OO Cotton ru. itn»o«»er»tii» context with apir 0 « ot fornert Total Bale# in or the subscription. You cannot subscribe now and send your estimates afterwards. £hA E3 For the nex*. nearest estimate 1,500 00 Year. bcuHncin’'’*?** B *’”'‘ r "’” r *“ lath ' ° ” w Crop for Season In sending your estimates by an agent of the Constitution you make him your ■ For the next nearest estimate 000 OO 1597-IS9S n. 070,773 11,100,n0t agent and not ours, in forwarding your estimates, both as to the correctness of the KS For the next nearest estimate 200 00 189S-11»9»'.2.2222.'22'2..'.2 «,’000,i7S I n , 43fi'4i4 figures as you intended them and the certainty of the forwarding of them. @ For the next nearest estimate , 123 OO iSoxUioot 22 22 ' ■ For the 6 next nearest estimates, 950.00 each 250 00 i»0i2i»0822_..22.22222' 2".25’.g7t»',»07 i 0,050,750 a share of the prize fund for every time that it may represent a successful estimate. S 3 For the • O next nearest estimates, 25 OO each 250 00 1002-1 won-r>,3i»,879 Persons may enter the contest as many times as they send subscriptions, and under /a A For the 20 next nearest estimates. lO.OOeach 300 00 „rth« New ortcan, Fteiunr- certiflo# to th" »t>»« will farnUh the rules the same person may receive a prize with each of the propositions. W X For the 50 next nearest estimates, 7.30 each 375 00 t . n 7". * thuLnte.t C c ' rt In making yonr answer just state simply t "I estimate the Port Receipts Ist of £3 D® For the 100 next nearest eat mates, 5.00 each SOC OO " ” September, 1903, through January 12, 1904, bales.” Makeyour figures plain. @ 000 no Conditions of Sending Estimates in This Contest We will record them as received every day, EXACTLY AS THEY LOOK AND 03 4 r , 5>.,00000 WILL ALLOW NO CHANGE WHATEVER If you want to make estimates O ■K addition u ora tor Best Estimates Made During (j). Send SI.OO for the WEEKLY CONSTITUTION one year and with it later, or if you want to repentthe estimate you have made, send other subscriptions. @ Different Periods of the Contest. cue estimate in our contest. Don’t forget every subscription for yourself or your friends will entitle you to Hi F °u C K ,V .h n,e r CC V.? ' , . rao °. f is divided Into estimates (2). Send 50 cents for the SUNNY SOUTH one year and with it one es- an estimate Greatest Weekly Newspaper in the world. S A received bv the Cons hution during five periods—the first period timate in the contest. The Weoklv Constitution for SI.OO, or with the Great Southern Weekly Literary W X covering tho months of July an i August the other four being one (8) Send $1.25 for the WEEKLY CONSTITUTION and SUNNY SOUTH Periodical, the Sunny South, both for $1.25, or if you have both or do not wish H ™ November,, 3th perted 1 tece‘ufo (^ mb< ‘ r ' P ’ Octoher ’ 4fh perlr,<l both one year and send two estimate. In th.- contest—that is, one estimate for the either of these great papers, send on the price of your estimates in this SIO,OOO ® " We will give to the best estimate received during each period, CONSTITUTION nnd another for the SUNNY SOUTH. contest. HI (In addition to whatever other prize h may take, or if it take no (4\ Send 50 cents for one estimate alone in the contest If you do not want a □scrr-rrirr 0 other prize at all; the sum of s 200 CO subscription. Such a remittance merely pays for the privilege of sending the es- M The five prizes thus offered at 9200.00 each amount to 1,000 00 timnte. If you wish to make a number of estimates on thi« basis, you may send Ati,anta, Fur,ton Co., GA , June 2.5th, 1903. ■*» Turn Grand Consnl'ilirtn ftffsxftt three estimates for every SI.OO forwarded at the same time estimates are sent. If To The Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. 0 ® vrrers. asmany as ten estimates are received at the same time without subscriptions the Dear Sirs:-Replylng to yours of this date enclosing copy of your new ks of tbe abo ten estimates in one order. A postal card receipt will b? sent for all estimate-* re jam advised by the Assistant Attorney General for the Post-office De- eX Mecond—For distribution ninons tho<e estimate* (not taking UOOO OO celved without subscriptions. Where subscriptions are ordered the arrival of the partinent that the’provisions contained therein do not introduce into the ©anv of the above 195 prizes and not sharing the first consolation paper itself is an acknowledgment that your estimate has been received and is scheme the element of chance within the meaning of the lottery law. and Qc# ofler) coming within IJiOO bale- eliher way of the exa-t figure ~0 0 0 OO careiully recorded. ’ thttt the matter ,s theretore ma,lab,e V Postmaster ■ Grand Total s | o 000 oo The money and the subscription and the estimate must come in the same • ... . .. .., ’ „ envelope. The estimate, the money and the subscription go together. This rule address ait Orders To ATLAIVT/l CONSTITUTIOfM. O PH In CBB® Os 8 tl9 02 3ny prlzi BSiiE?t3 tn? R17!l0y will bo 6tJ'JBUy dlvidsd. Is positive. Atlanta, Georgia. r — ~ ' ■ ~~ *- j B®S®B®E® B®E®B®B®B®B®a®Bl®B®B®B®o<SO' tages and attractiveness of the south 1 as a home for the industrious and the I questions related to these and other general purpose newspapers will be found in its well filled columns. Frank L. Stanton. the south’s j sweetest singer, always has his "Just From Georgia” column full of his poems that sing themselves, and the quaint w'isdom of humor that per vades his genius and geniality. Bill Arp and Snrge Plunkett, known everywhere, present their home-made philosqphy and strong common sense i In each week's article These fireside talkers, addressing the people in their own homes, preach plain and whole some sermons as they spin their reveries and add to their hosts of ; friends. the close showing net losses of 3 to 4 points in the new crop positions. Futures ranged as fojlows in New Or leans yesterday: Open. High. Low Close. August 12.98-02 September 10.94 1 0.95 1 0.99 10.94-95 October 9.81 9.82 9.79 9.81-82 ; November 9.61-63 December 9.60 9.61 9.59 9.60-61 ' January 9.62 9.62 9.62 9.61-03 ! February.. .. .. 9.62-64 • March 9.64-66 World's Visible Supply of Cotton. ■ New Orleans. August 14.—Secretary 'Hester's statement of the world's visible supply of cotton, made up from special I rallies and telegraphic advices, compares the figures of this week with last week. ; last year and the year before. it shows a decrease for the week just i closed of 108.405 bales, against a decrease I of 123.281 last year and a decrease of 145,- | 500 year before last. The total visible is 1.450,438, against 1,567,- 8411 last week. 1.511.839 last year and 1,861.551 l .year before last. Os this the total of American cotton is i 672.438. against 712.843 last week. 903,839 last ’ year and 1.096.551 year before last, and of . all other kinds, including Egypt. Brazil, , India, etc.. 787,000, against 825,000 last week, I 608,000 last year and 765,000 year before i last. ■ The total world's visible supply of cot ton. as- above, shows a decrease compared i i with last week of 108,405 bales, a decrease compared with last year of 52.401 and a decrease compared with year before last | of 402,113. Os the world s visible supply of cotton, i as above, there is now afloat, and held in i Great Britain and continental Europe : 739.000. against 887,000 last year and 929,000 | year before last; in Egypt 8.000. against 17.("10 last year and 75,000 year before last; ! In India 471.000, against 366,000 last year i and 441,000 year before last, and In the > United States 221.000, against 212,000 last i year and 414,000 year before last. The Dry Goods Market. New York. Augu.jj 15. Activity ip the j ibbing division of the dry goods market has continu'd up to the close of the week, while with the noginring of the now I week it is believed that a better business THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. AUGUST 17, 1903. Woman's Kingdom and The Constl tutlon, Jr., continue under the direc tion of Mrs. William King, who as Aunt Susie has charmed the children and their mothers for quite a genera tion. Her pages take on the flavor of TTbr charming personality and are of greatest Interest to the wide circle so addressed. Colonel R. J. Redding, the director of Georgia experiment station, con ducts the Farm and Farmers' de partment. Ills sensible answers and scientific advice come from long years of theory and practice, nils page alone is often said io be worth many times over Ihe price of the paper, even for a single issue. The Constitution has long and al ways and ever stood upon democratic principles and hns never taken nn equivocal position. It is the people's own newspaper, live and up-to-date in all respects. This Great Combinatkin : The Weekly Constitution, for news and for the special feature it gives; The Sunny South, for all that is best in current Southern Literature, Only $1.25 per Year. Double privileges to subscribers in the SIO,OOO Port Receipts Contest. Every combination subscription to The Weekly Constitution and Sunny South entitles the subscriber to TWO estimates in the contest. Send subscription, estimate and remittance by safe method to n® Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Goorgia. FOR DETAILS OF SIO,OOO CONTEST, SEE AD. BELOW. will be transacted. With first hands, however. ..conditions show a continued desire on the part of buyers to await developments. Prices remain firm and,un changed. Flour. Grain and Meal. Atlanta, August 15.—Flour: Diamond patent, $5.25; fancy patent. $4.60; straights, $4.35; extra fancy. $3.60; fancy. $3.30; first patent spring wheat. $4.75. Corn, choice white. 75c; No. 2 white, 74c; No. 2 mixed, 72c. Oats, white clipped, 54c; No. 2 white 52c; No. 2 mixed 50c. Bran, $1.15. Blown shorts, $1.20; white shorts, $1.40. Victor food, $1.35 per 100 pounds. Quaker food, $1.25. Hay. choice large bale $1.20; No. 1 small $1.10; No. 2 small sl. Plain corn meal, 74c; bolted GSc. Pearl grits $1.60. Provisions. Atlanta, August 15.—Regular rib sides, boxed 7.90; half ribs 7.80; bellies, 20-lb. average 8.65. Star hams 14 l-2c. Banquet hams 13 1-4; California hams 8 3-4; Simon pure kettle rendered leaf lard 9 1-4; Shield brand leaf lard 8 1-2; white cloud com pound 7 1-2. Country Produce. Atlanta. August 15.—Eggs, fresh 16@17c. Country smoked bacon. 11012>£c; hams, 13015 c. Butter, Georgia fresh table 180 20c; Tennesse table 18020 c; Jersey, 18@20c, cooking flutter, 12 1-2 to 15c; supply plentiful with demand slow. Live poultry, hens 27 1-2030; frlest, large. 22 1-2026; medium 15@16c; small' 10012 l-2c. Duck, puddle, 20022 l-2c; Pe king 27@30c. Dressed poultry, hens, 12 1-2@13 i-2c per pound; fries 100 per pound; cocks 8010 c pound; turkeys 12M>@14c. Onions, new crop. 65@75c bu Cabbage, Florida green. 101%c. Street potatoes, new crop, 75@85c per bushel. i J :. . bite, t1.i10.. tiu.; do. <ady, >l.'t» 02.00; stock $1.0001.28. Dried fruit, Geor gia apples 5c Ih.; do peaches 405 c. Groceries. Atlanta, August 15.—Coffee, per 100 pounds, Arbuckle's $10.30; Lion $9.80 Cordova, $10.05; Blue Ribbon, S '-2; green cbffee. choice, 10c; fair 8c; prime 6c. Su gar, standard granulated. 5.35. Sirup, New Orleans open kettle, $3.0004.65; mix ed. choice 20028 c; south Georgia cane, 360. Salt, dairy sacks, $1.3001.40; barrel, bulk. Ar with theaa great specialties, which can be enjoyed only in The Constitution, so with all the new and newsy or transient features of The Weekly Constitution. At present tho great historical serial, "The Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson,” by Hon. Thomas E. Watson, bolds a wide in terest. It is the first volume of a history of the United States, written around the life and times of Jeffer son. in which 7dr. Watson purposes to have the south properly represent' ed in our written history. Heretofore the south has worked with her right hand and. written only with her left, now the uay of justice dawns and her great deeds shall b» duly recognized. This great feature prepared at the suggestion of Tho Constitution's ed itor. Hon. Clark Howell, and secured for The Constitution by the payment of the highest price ever paid by a southern paper for serial rights, gives to The Constitution's readers the first opportunity to read the new history. $2.50; I'ce cream, $1.00; common 650>69c. Cheese fancy, full cream, twins 14 3-4 c; singles, 15c. Matches, 15, 45 3-4055; 300», $1.5001.75. Soda. Arm and Hammer, $1.75. Crackers, soda, 6c; cream, 7c; ginger snaps, 6 l-4c. Pie peaches, $1.75; table peaches $2.7503 Canned tomatoes, $1.60. Canned corn $2. Best mince meat 10c lb.; choice, 7e Th. Oysters, F. W. $1.75; L W., $1.20. Fancy head rice 7c; head rice 6c. White fish. 60-Ib. keg. $2.90; white fish. 100-Ib kegs $4.40. mullet fish 80-Ib kegs, $4.50; macaroni. 7r tb.; pork sausage 8 l-2c lb. Sardines, rll, case $3.75; sar dines, mustard, $3.50; salmon, case. $3..>00 5.60. Pepper sause, dozen, 60c; catsup, pints, dozen, 85c; mustard, dozen, 90c; Pickles, 10-gajlon 600 s, $5.50. Fruits and Vegetables. Atlanta, August 15. Tomatoes: 6-basket 76c01; 4-basket crate 30035 c; peck crate 20@25c; peppers 75c and $1 per crate; egg plants. no demand, lettuce 75c@$l per crate; beans 25 to uO per crate; peas $1.25 to $1.50 per crate: celery $2.50 to S3OO per crate. Now Irish potatoes. No. 1. 87,e to 90c bushel; per barrel, No. Is $1.75 02. No. 2s .to sale. Cantaloupes $1,000) 1.25 per crate. Cucumbers $1.1501.50 per crate. 'Watermelons, no sale; won't bring freight. Goose berries, 11012 l-2c. Black raspberries 7010 c quart. Georgia peaches Elberta, $2@2.50; clings. $1 bushel. Fruits and Confections. Atlanta, August 15.—Oranges, $303.25. Lemons, fancy $4.2504.50; choice, s OO to $4.25. Banaanas, per bunch, culls. 75051; Stralgtn $1.5001.75. Nuts: Walnuts. No. 1 12 1-2; No. 2, in 1-2; almonds 13; pecan 9 1-2 to 10; Brazil 12013; mixed nuts 12 l-2c. Peanuts, Virginia, 4 1-2 to 6c; Georgia. 4c. ‘locoanuts, per 1(4), $2.75. Pineapples $1.7502.25 crate. Dates. GOrb boxes, 6@6V4c; packa<a», <kic lb. Figs 13 1-201 So. Citron 15c. Ralsitia xx $1.65 per box. xxx $1.85 per box. Prunes small 506; large 607 1-2. Candy, common stick 6c lb; mixed 6 l-2c. Coffee and. Sug-ar. New York. August 15.—Coffee futures opened steady but at a decline of 5 points, following disappointing German cables and a general tendency to dis credit yesterday's crop damage news. Later, however. It turned a little firmer, recovering part of the initial loss on Back Installment.» Watson f s History. AS A SPECTAD INDUCEMENT WE OFFER BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER 15 TO ALT, SUBSCRIB ERS TO THE WEEKLY WHO TAKE NO OTHER PREMIUM OR CLUB BING OFFER A SPECIAL PRINT. CONTAINING AJLL THE BACK NUMBERS OF THIS GREAT JEF FERSON HISTORY. THIS HIS TORY WAS BEGUN IN JULY. IT WILL RUN WEEKLY UNTIL THE EARLY WINTER. WE WILT, HAVE PRINTED BY SEPTEMBER 1 A SPECIAL ISSUE CONTAINING ALL THE BACK INSTALLMENTS. THIS WILL BE SENT FREE TO EVERY SUBSCRIBER ASKING FOR IT BY SEPTEMBER 15. PROVIDED NO buying by brokers supposed to represent the leading bull interest, but toward tho close was rendered weak by free offerings by importers and room interests which in the scarcity of buyers, closed the market barely steady not 5 to 10 points lower; sales 33,500 bags, including August at 3.80; September 3.80@3.85; October 3.95; No vember 4.00@4.10; December 4.3504.45; Jan uary 4.45@4.50; March 4.600)4.65; May 4.800 4.85; July 4.8504.95. Coffee, spot Rio No. 7 invoice 5 1-8; mild quiet; Cordova 70 11. Sugar, raw strong; fair refining 3 1-4; centrifugal 96-test 3 3-4; molasses sugar 3. Refined firm; No. 64.70; No. 7 4.55; No 8 4.50; No. 9 4.45; No. 10 4.40; No. 11 4.35; No. 12 4.30; No. 13 4.25; No. 14 4.20; confec tioners' A 4.85; mold A 5.25; cut joaf 5.60; crushed 5.60; powdered 5.10; granulated 5; cubes 5.25. New Orleans, August 15. -Sugar dull; open kettle 2 5-B@3 7-8; open kettle centrif ugal 3 1-803 1-2; centrifugal whites 4 5-16; yellow 3 5-80'4; seconds 203 3-8. Molasses, centrifugal dull at s@lß. Comment on Bank Statement. New York, August 15.—The New York Financier says: "The disappointing feature snown by the official statement of the New York associated banks last week were tho de crease, Instead of the quite confidently expected Increase in the loans, and the loss in cash reserve instead of an impor tant go in, which was foreshadowed by the preliminary estimates which were based upon »’the traceable movements of money during the week. An increase in loans was expected to be shown as the natural result of tho important re versal of the stock market conditions from those of extreme depression to buoyancy. It is evidence that there was very large buying of securities by capi talists and other speculators who had confidence in the efficacy of the meas ures which had been taken for the re lief of the embarrassed houses, and this removal of the cause for further dis turbance to the market brought about so great a demand for stocks as to make necessary large borrowings from the banks anti other financial institu tions. An Increase In loans was also expected, in part from the extension by banks of accommodation to embarrassed firm’s v[lth the object of enabling these OTHER PREMIUM IS ASKED. THUS THOSE WHO SUBSCRIBE NOW CAN GET THE WHOLE HIS TORY WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE. EVERY SUBSCRIBER WILL ALSO HAVE FREE HIS ESTIMATE AT THE $19,000 COTTON CONTEST. Only SI.OO per year, twelve pages every week, sometimes double num bers appear if news and other fea tures demand. Yenrly subscribers now will read, before the time expires, the great po litical struggles of 1904 and the selec tion by the democrats of the great leader who is to successfully meet the issues of the pending presidential campaign. The Sunny South. The Sunny South, the south’s great literary weekly, stands without a peer in its preud position. The stories, sketches, serials and special articles. ORDER BLANK For Estimates Only WITHOUT Subscriptions. ffl PUBLISHERS T-HE CONSTITUTIONTAtIanta, Georgia: Enclosed find one dollar, for which enter three Estimates In 6?!s your $10,000.00 Port Receipts Contest, upon total receipts of cotton at all U. S. Ports from September /, 1903, to January 13, 1904, both gtffi inclusive as follows: (If only ONE Estimate, without Subscription, is desired send SOc and fill ONE blank.') CONTESTANT'S ESTIMATES 1 2 3 ~ H Contestant's Name gy odddress State If as many as ten estimates are received at the same time without subscriptions the sender may W'jH forward theni with only S3.O<l—this special discount being offered for ten estimates in one order. A postal card receipt will bo sent for all estimates received without subscriptions. Where subscrip- tlons are ordered the arrival of tho paper Itself Is an acknowledgment that your estimate has been received and is carefully recorded. MijM houses gradually to liquidate their in debtedness; mercantile borrowing through discounts was likewise large The de crease in this item, however, has been due to the fact that the liquidation ot the loans in the early part of the cur rent bank week was so large as to more than offset the Increases resulting from the changed market conditions above noted, and therefore the average showed a decrease. The loss instead of gain in cash cannot be explained in any other way than that there was an unreported withdrawal of money by interior banks, or by trust companies during the week. The cash reserve decreased $2,257,000, while the estimates called for an Increase of $3,442,700. The loans decreased $4,351,500, which sum. added to the loss of cash, would make $6,609,300 less deposits. This item, however, decreased $3,937,200, or $2,- 327.900 more than the total decrease of loans and of cash; hence the statement did not balance. The required reserve was diminished some $2,234,300 through the decrease In deposits. Deducting this sum from the aixive noted loss of cash, leaves the' almost insignificant reduction of $23,500 In surplus reserve to $21,563,575. This slight change in surplus is, there fore. an offsetting favorable feature to the somewhat adverse Influences of the other items of the statement. Computed upon the basis of deposits, less those of $3,235,500. public funds, the surplus re serve is $30,872,450. The loans last week were $5,010,300 th excess of deposits against $424,600 in the previous week- Notwith standing the larger business on the stock exchange the dally average of bank clearings was $190,000,00(>, or $18,0(10,000 be low this average in the previous week. The clearings on Saturday, reflecting Friday's business, were $214,895,606. Com paring changes in loans, nine of the larger banks show a net gain of $1,600,000. One of these Institutions increased this item by $3,000,000. The changes in specie by seven of these banks Indicate a net gain of $2,200,000. One institution lost $2.- 000.000 and {mother $1,500,000, while three bankd gained together $3,900,000.” New York. August 15.—The statement of tho averages of the clearing house hanks of this city for the week shows the following changes; Loans $98,345,600; decrease $4',351.500. Deposits $903,335,300; decrease $8,937,200. Circulation •43,950,900; Increase $13,400. its columns of sunshine and singing. Hi its splendid Illustrations and the wholesome air of all its issues have put it at the head of all the story |Km and home papers. EQ "The Filigree Ball,” a thrilling de tectlve serial, by Anne Catnerlne Green, to begin in September, is one KH of the best stories of this charming Re] writer. The prize stories of the short story contest, soon to be decided, will wSf be given in the early fall numbers. ft® Mrs. Mary E. Bryan's department mq will remain under her splendid dlrec- KS tlon Mr R. W. McAdam will present Kg each week a page of reviews of new books, a forecast of coming literary events nnd general gossip of the world Bya of letters. Hundreds of items all wor thv a place in Its columns, will liven Hffl the Interest of its readers. Every LM number is a gem, all numbers may s9l enter your home safely. Efts Only 50 cents a year for this excel lent southern literary weekly. Ten pages every week, more pages if nec- Erj| essary to properly carry its matter. l,egal tenders $76,766,500; decrease sl,- 046 800 Specie $170,650,900; decrease $1,211,000. Reserve $247,397,400: decrease $2,257,800. Reserve required $225,833,825; decrease $2,234,300. Surplus $21,565,575; decrease $23..7'0. Excess United States deposits $30,872,4.7'; decrease $38,150. # The Treasury Statement. Washington, August 15. -Today’s treas ure- balances, exclusive of the gold re serve. show: Available cash balances, $229,734,932; gold, $100,664,625. Naval Stores. Charleston. August 15.—Turpentine nom inal. Rosin steady; A B C D $1.55: E $1 60; F $1.61; G $1.75; H $2.10; I $2.20. K $2.75: M $2.85; N $2.95; windowglass $3.10; waterwhite $3.30. Dollar Wheat in Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Minn., August 14—Dollar wheat was at last seen on ’change today for tho first time since the Leiter cor ner in 1898. 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