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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-28
RALEIGH COTTON.
NEW YORK MONEY.

New YORK, July z7.-3 P. M Money on call
steady at l-204 per cent? last loan at
DER cent Prime mercantile paper l-2ai per
cent Sterling exchange easier, with actual
business in bankers bills at $4.S74a4.s7 IL for
demand. and at $4.83AM4.8f for sixty days.
Posted rates A.s5@485 IL and s4.Ssa4.SS Ia.
Commercial bills "a e3 I-2. onver certificates
go AL. Bar silver 60k. Mexican dollars AZ.
Government bonds weak. State bonds inactive.
Railroad bonds weak.
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WHEAT DROPS AGAIN
It Falls a Cent on Improved
Weather.
A DULL DAY IN STOCKS
BURST OF ANIMATION IN THE
FINAL HOUR
STRENGTH STARTED IN EASTERN ROADS
Quiet and Active Demand Sprang up for ihe
Changers but activity Did not Be-
come General and tn Gains
Were not Uniform,

New York. July A27.-General demand
for cotton goods improving at first hands
and jobbers doing a good business
Bleached cottons We're unchanged on the
price and in good request. No further adj
vance expected. Low grade bleached
cottons selling freely. Heavy browns
and drills continue scarce and very firm
in both eastern and Southern makes
Print cloths firm. Bids under 2Ac for
Wide goods in gray stuff steadier with
more doing. DENNIS firmer and occasion
ally "a higher. Cotton Innings in sile-
sias, satins and similar goods very firm
with fair sales. No change in the wool
en- and worstcd goods divisions.
COTTON.
New York. July 27.-The feature of
the day in the cotton market was the
strengthening out of ventures in the Au-
gust position. Before the market open
ed there was a confusion of ideas as to
the probable amount of notices to be put
out, some estimating not more than To-
600 while others were confident that fully
$4,000 were to be circulated. Prices
opened ! to 2 points lower and further
sold off under pressure from the bear
side; together with some liquidation.
Scalpers and the European contingent
favored the short side of the market for
a time. A number of investment orders
appeared and before the end of the first
hour the weakness had been supnlantcd
by marked firmness and the decline by
IN advance of 2M3 points. As the mar
Bkct rallied Wall street bought and the
nNl interest recained confidence. Ac-
companying the hardening of the market
came reliable reports that number of
the houses which issued most of the Ar-
gust notices had reconsidered their action
and were making efforts to recover pos
session. Later the demand from Wall
street having been satisfied. prices slow
ly went off with August at one time
even showing positive weakness under
realizing. Speculation subsequently,
dwindled down to a small Interchange by
the talent with the market finally
steady. net unchanged to 2 points lower.
INV YORK.
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ThOS.P esCud,
CROc Err.
In new quarters-303 Fayetteville ST..
opposite the postoffice.
ICE.

Our delivery wagons deliver ice each
morning and evening to all regular GUS
toners who will get tickets and let US
know their names and places half day
in advance.
Drivers will sell tickets and Ice for
cash at same old low prices. We cannot
ill orders for small lots promptly unless
such orders are given before wagons
leave Factory. Those wanting small
lots quickly, can get them at cellar,
under our office. 107 Fayetteville street.
Tickets for sale at from 60 cents per
100 pounds down.
Ice well packed for shipment at so
cents per 100 pounds per Express.
Raleigh, N. c., April IA, 1899.
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Only Pure Food,

and demonstrating it by analyti-
cal and other scientific tests, and
we think that everybody should
read Prof. Withers lecture on
this important question. We adj
vocate pure food buying and
pure food eating. in the only
practical way by buying and sell
ing only that which is pure.
Our prizes may not always be
the lowest, but they are as low
as the class of goods we deal in
can be bought at.
PURE FOOD is OUR MOTTO
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, ILL.,, July 27.-Improved
weather for the crops caused the down
1ail of the grain markets today. Wheat
dropped cent and the market closed
weak at 702s for the September option.
Corn lost q and oats II. Provisions re-
covered from spell of weakness and
Closed without material change.
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New York, July 27-ootton futures opened
LIVERPOOL

SpOC QUItUs upI2HuF
6k; middling gulf 65ss sales 90 bales.
LIVERPOOL.
LTvERPOt L, July 27.-4 p. M.-spot cotton,
good business done; prices hardening. Amer
lean middl,ng fair 8 l5-l6d; good middling
l9--32d; middling 32sd; low middling 3-l6d
good ordinary Sd; ordinary 2 13-i6d.
The sales OF the day were IL, 0UO bales, OF which
1000 were for speculation and export, and in
Guided II 800 American; receipts 10000 bales, in
Guiding $500 American.
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Sale of Stock of DRUGS

Inc entire stock Of drugs. chemicals,
goods, wares and merchandise Soda
water apparatus. fountains prescription
case and drug fixtures of the firm of
Heartt and Ileartt. will be sold at pub
lie auction to the highest bidder for cash
at 10 O'Clock a. m. Monday. September
18th, 1899, at the present stand on the
corner of Wilmington and Martin streets
i'm the city of Raleigh
These goods are now being offered for
sale privately, and stock viii be sold
privately in bulk or lots to suit pur-
chasers. Entire stock will be sold at.
auction if not disposed of by private sale.
Il. NJ. ARGO,
A. b. ANDREWS, JR.,
Commissioners.
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Southern Mutual Investment Co..
OF Kentucky.

Paid over sl6) 600 Living Bnes passed $685.
Living Benefits for June 1899 Special Redemption.
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CHURCHES AND PREACHERS.

Plans have been accepted Tor a new
Christian church building at Cynthiana
10 cost s20,OOO.
Dr.. whitsltt will go TO Europe for
special historical studies, preparatory
TO writing u church history.
The latest statistics Of church mem
bershlp In this country show 1880
ministers, 1873, 100 churches aud 26,6jl,-
e6q members.
There will be no preaching at the
Methodist church next Sunday. the
pastor being at the Wilmore camp
meeting. There will be sunday school
at the usual hour.
Rev. John Jasper, Of THE Sun DO
Move" fame, has just celebrated bis
s7th birthday at his home In Rich
mond, Va. He says he hasn't much
book learning, but Is satisfied that he
IL inspired.
Rev. w. NJ Britt, who has been at.
tending the Holiness meeting at VII.
more, Is perfectly charmed with DR..
Carradiue's preaching and says he is
going 10 preach a sanctihcation sermon
here Sunday week.
The committee, NJ. w. Jones aud W.
II. Gooch. send US program of the 9TH
Sunday school meeting OF Circle No. l,
TO be held at Calvary Baptist church,
Casey county. July 80 aud 80. Rev. Il.
Il. Mahouy will preach the missionary
sermon.
The date Of the annual Louisville
conference OF the Southern Methods,
church, which emit races the western
part OF the State. has been changed by
Bishop Key from Sept. q to Oct. In
order that the churches may ,bring up
their conference collections.
Rev. John NJ. Grove, OF Louisville
declined TO ride in the carriage with
the Hou. william jennings Bryan a,
Parkersburg. W. Va. parade. We do
not know his reason. but we should
Judge by the act that Bror Grove IL a
bird Of another variety. He seems To
be Jackass.
Without doubt the attendance at the
Detroit convention has very much ex'
ceeded that OF any other Christian En-
deavor convention ever held In the
matter OF those present at the various
meetings. This estimate takes Into ac-
count the great convention Of Boston
IN is95. Thirty Thousand aud 300 per-
sons simultaneously attended strictly
Christian Endeavor meetings. These
figures do not include the 66 noon evar-
gelical meetings, which had total at
tendance Of 1900, and 100 professed
conventions
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NEWS OF the vlCINAGE.

Jesse Fields was acquitted at Bar
bourville OF the murder of Judge
Combs.
General" Wilson, a wood-chopper,
was killed by falling tree near Rus
sell Springs.
The farm In Marion with gold ore on
it, said to assay 1853 a ton, has been
bought by Lebanon parties.
Mrs. Orville Tucker died at Parks
vile this week of consumption. BE
sides husband six children survive.
A half dozen Monticello lawyers
have formed partnership for mutual
advancement and they meet every Fri
day night.
The first oil we'll IN the U. 5. was
drilled in Wayne county, 2s miles from
Monticello, in 1918, by Martin Beat
ley. 81 AVS the Record.
Wiley Baker and Jim Baker, the
Clay county feud leaders charged with
the murder of Wilson Howard, will be
tried at Barbourville, July "a,
Articles of Incorporation were filed
at Frankfort OF the London, Livings-
ton and Manchester Telephone Com
pauy with capital stock of $1,000.
"Bev" White, Jr.. sheriff of Clay
county accompanied by John f.. White
his uncle, ex.County Judge Eversole
of Clay county, and County Judge
Wrigh:, OF Clay county, attended the
republican convention at Lexington
aud the newspapers say had Winches
tiers with them.
Ed Gaines, Steve Givens, Ed Coulter
and bud Fisher, Junction City Ne
groes, were tried before Magistrate
Grubbs for selling liquor without IL
cense aud given sentences in the work
house as follows; Coulter, 3Ss days
Fisher, pa days; Givens, 266 days
Gaines, l3S days.-Advocate.
Engineers are at Cumberland Fall
making preliminary surveys for the
erection Of vast power house, the dy
namos TO be furnished with their pow
err by the falls. The first object Is Il
light the summer resort and connect Il
with the q. s. railroad, distance OF l:
miles by an electric railroad. They
also propose To transmit the power
lthroughout the towns OF Central Ken
lucky for lighting and manufacturing
purposes
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LAND AND STOCK.

A. ]. Thompson sold TO 5. Morgan 40
fat hogs at 3 37i.
Ia number OF sales OF export cattle at
SC are reported In the Paris ,Kentuck'
ian. 40
A Jefferson county man raised Ito
bushels of potatoes 10 the acre and sold
them at sl.3o.
J. w. Parrish sold IS fat cattle a. .
cents. n. b. Coy sold 81 at same pr Ice.
Richmond Climax.
Moore Montgomery, of Adair, has a
Jersey calf whi,h only weighs IL lbs,
that is as lively as a cricket.
John Cook sold the six sows, 81 pigs
and n shoats that he advertised In
this paper, at 3ic two hours after 1t
was Issued.
Anderson & Spilman are Offering 81
cents today for wheat. They have
handled about 1000 bushels 50 far this
season. -Adyocate.
The Hopkinsville Kentuckian says
the wheat yield in Christian is not over
10 to II bushels per acre, though ex
Congressman Clardy made an average
of 81 bushels on 80 acres.
Polk Bond recently purchased for
the Southern market car load Of
sugar mules at $50 TO sll5.-George-
town Times, which paper reports sew
eral sales of l,OOO-pound cattle at 4 u
ifc.
ii. G. Lowry, prominent farmer o.
Cherokee county, Ga, and an informel
on Illicit distillers In that district. wal
shot aud killed while riding home, by q
woman or a man dressed In women''
clothes
At Detroit, Mich, John II. Gentry''
mile in 2:02i was the feature OF the
harness races at Highland Park. He
went against the track record OF 2:02
and while he failed To beat IL, paced 4
magnificent mile. His time by quar-
tiers was 3li, l;Oli, 1884,, 2'02f.
The yield OF grapes this year, accord
ing TO the vine growers, will be th'
largest known In years. Grapes VIII b.
about the only fruit TO do any especia
good this observation-disclosures Demo
crat. This is not the case here. Grape
are as scarce as other fruit, many o
the vines being killed.
n Col. J. T.. Chandler, who cried th'
sale, hands US the following; AT th
sale OF William Gooch's effects Wed
nesday, horses sold at $50 to. go, COW
s27 10 s6i, sows and pigs $40 TO s2S
stock hogs 3.45, yearling heifers s2t
yearliDg steers s27, 1000 to !, loo-poun
feeders, 8 40, corn sl.s5. Other thing
sold we'll. A good crowd was presen
and the splendid dinner was great
enjoyed.
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MATRIMONIAL MATTERS,

John Never, aged 81. and Mrs. Lucy
Granger, go, we're married at Simpson
Vile this week.
Mrs. Mary Darlan, 81, Miss willette
Vanarsdale, -. and Mrs. Sarah +
Thomas, 70, died in Mercer.
Mrs. Henry James, Of Toledo. o 4,
who recently became the mother OF
four boys, has named them Matthew,
Mark. Luke and John.
Mrs. Laura vau Armep, wife Of a
Louisville man, sued a woman at Co
lumbus, o.. for $4,000 damages for
alternating her husbands affections.
Robert Washington, of Bowling
Green, o., ran of with aud married his
brothers wife. When the deserted
brother heard the news he sent bullet
through his heart.
Negotiating a marriage by a third
party for a consideration was declared
by Judge Shepard. OF the Cbicsgo APP
peal court, TO be ''vold at law aud equi.
~ rs being opposed to morality and
public policy"
Speaking OF the divorce laws Judge
Sterling q. Toney, of the Louisville
Law and Equity court, says: taking
a woman in marriage lin Kentucky Is
like buying COW. Ifvou like her you
keep her. II you are not pleased you
call of the deal"
G.. G. Bishop and Miss Florence Will
liams, of Hickman county, eloped in a
buggy FOR Gretna Green, but on the
way the vehicle overturned and one of
her arms was broken and the other
sprained. This did not deter her
though and she was married an hour
later with both arms In slings.
Mr.. +. II. Beazlev stole march on
his friends and a mighty pretty girl at
the same Time when he slippeds.of TO
Jellico with Miss Kathleen Grinstead
and made her his wife. They have been
lovers for long time and could not
see the necessity OF waiting for the old
peoples consent when they thought
they were old enough to act without IL.
The groom is an excellent tyoung man
aud leading member OF the christian
church, who stands high,in the estima.
tion of everybody. The bride is a
petite brunette, ,pretty aud attractive
and Is daughter OF the swell-known
Methodist minister, Rev. w. S. Grin
stead, OF Millersburg. We, congratu-
late the happy pair aud hope that their
present happiness will know no dimin'
ution.
Mr.. and Mrs. Beazley returned this
morning and tell us that they were
married at the Jellico Hotel by Rev.
Emmett, of the Methodist church, Miss
Jennie Pence, who accompanied them
standing with them during the cere.
mony. Afterwards they went TO Will
liamsburg and staid couple of days
Robert Mattingly and Miss Fannie
Spoonamore accompanied them 10 Graf
orchard where they took the train
The happyspair have taken rooms al
the Myers House, where they will be al
home to their friends for the present
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CLARENCE CoLEMAs

A l5'year-old Indiana boy attempted
TO drown his father. locked his mother
In the cellar, stole basket of eggs she
had waiting for huckster, sold them
and bought whisky, got drunk, was ar
rested aud locked up tried to hang
himself with his suspenders, was cut
down in time To steal hat and vest
from II fellow prisoner and was finally
ent 10 the reform farm.
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MlDDlESURG.

The protracted drouth OF several
weeks duration was brought To close
by heavy down pour of rain wednes-
day evening Another good shower
fell Friday.
Some much needed repairs have late
ly been made on Middleburg Academy,
formerly JAMIE Wash Institute. WIN.
Warren has returned 10 his Hoosier
home. Mrs. Betsy Edwards is lying
very low at her home on Indian Creek
Burglars entered the residence Of
James Martin, Of the Rich Hill couu-
try, few nights back and carried
away something like $500 In booty, in
GLIDING notes. Over half the amount
was In cash, mostly bills. The money
was In a machine drawer, the drawers
being locked. No clue.
| have just returned from few days
stay la Washington and Mercer coun-
ties. IL was In the above counties,
where Hardinism was so rampant, yet
they are democrats and for the most
part will vote the ticket straight. Nat
urally though there Is some dissatis-
faction existing vanish away Ia the
ldes OF November next.
Farmers are busily engaged in plow-
Ing over their corn now for the last
time. Some few have been done for
some time. The corn crop looks far
more promising than IL did few wee k
ago. White top seems to have played
havoc with most meadows. Oats are
fair, while the wheat crop just lately
harvested was hardly third of a crop
The republicans seem To be jubilant
over the nomination OF WIN. Gocbel by
tue democracy. La fact they Try "a
impress on their deluded followers tina,
there y a serious breach 10 the demo.
cratic ranks. IL matters not who had
been nominated AT Louisville there
would have been few boilers. but the
nominee will be Kentucky's next gov
ernor. Time will heal these wounds.
aud II Will suffice for us TO say that all
true democrats will be- found logally
supporting the ticket when the election
comes around. Where Goebel loses a
democratic vote. II will only be a loss
OF one a. no man OF democratic procl!v.
i.ies will mark his ballot for the tor
ney gineral."
Tue democracy welcomes with out
stretched arms the return OF the Cou-
rier-Journal, at the same time hurl.
Ing villaInous epithets at that rotten
and damnable sheet otherwise known
to lie measly list OF patrons a. the Lou
isville Dispatch. The writer has been
correspondent for the latter named
sheet ever since its initial issue, has
gotten scores OF subscriptions for the
weekly edition. has acted a. agent. got
ten agents for it--in fact we have done
all we could In our humble way TO hell
what we thought was, what IL claimed
TO be, democratic. But we Quit. AM
one wishing the Semi Weekly Courier
Journal one year for 80 cents viii pleas,
give US his subscription.
| CLARENCE COLEMAN.
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pEAF NEsscANNor RE crEEp

by local applications a. they cannot reach the d.-
easel portion Of the ear There Is only Que way IA
cure deafness and that Is by constitutional rrrne.
oies Deafness l. caused by an inhamed condition
of the mucous lining of the Eustsshian TUBE
When this tube gets In hamcd you have a umhling
spund or imperfect heai ing. and when u i eutirely
closed deafness Il the result add unless the n an
nation eau be taken out aud this tube restored
10 Its normal condition. hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine out Of ten are caused by caarfh
which l. nothing but an inhamed condition of IA,
MUCOUS surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case
Of Deafness Caused by catarrh that cannot h,
be cured by Halls Caiarrh Cure Send for crcu
lars, free. y. J. Cheney a Co., Toledo, %.
sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family PMS are the best
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A TRIBUTE TO W. n. KINNAIRD

Whereas. II has pleased our esteem
ed Cashier w. II. Kinnaird In view of
his advanced age and laudable desire
TO spend the remaining years of his
life In the enjoyment of we'll earned
rest after over 40 years OF labor in the
Deposit and National Banks OF Laneas-
ter, both OF which by his business ca
pacity and energy be advanced to the
front rank among the banking insti-
tutions OF the State,
Resolved LIST. That while we APP
prove the motive which prompts his
resignation, yet we accepted IL with
sincere regret, fully realizing the great
loss which this Bank sustains in sever
ing his connection with IL.
Resolved 2nd. That we tender 70
him on behalf of this board the use OF
the Bank offices for the transaction OF
his business where his presence and
advice will always be pleasant and ac-
ceptable.
Resolved 3D.. That our best wishes
follow him into his voluntary retire
ment, hoping that his life may be long
spared To his family, his church, the
town aud the community To which he
has been 50 long a valued member
And We pray God that when life with
its labors and cares are ended, be may
ente. upon that rest that remains foI
all Gods faithful children.
Resolved ith. That this minute b,
spread upon the books OF the bank ant
published 10 the Record, the Danvill,
Advocate, the INTERIOR JOURNAL ant
a copy rendered To w. II. Kinnaird b,
our secretary.
On behalf OF the Board
ALEX. II. DENNY, j. L. SToRMEs
Com, Lancaster, KY, July 10, 1899.
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The phenomenal consumption of cop
per for electrical ard other trade pur-
poses has required such enormous guam
titles OF the article TO satisfy IL that
producers have OF late been frequently
obliged to decline orders. The market
has risen from liz for Lake Superior
copper In August, 1898, to the present
figures OF Is cents per pound.
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LANCASTER.

lNVvNoiln
a. G. Robinson a sons sold rs extra
export cattle TO Jake Yerkes at cents.
Read Romans leo, aud, II you belong
to the last named class, abandon the
cursed habit at once.
! have a letter from ex-Gov. Bob
Taylor stating that he will try to come
TO Dripping Springs the latter part OF
the summer
A woman's mission auxiliary mas
been organized by the ladies OF the
Christian church, and good il certain
TO follow their work.
A company Is building stock pens
near the depot Ia be used BY traders on
public days. This Is a much needed
improvement a. I; will take the stock
from the public SQUARE and the streets
The walls Of the old opera house block
are being rapidly put up. and they are
very substantial DR. Owsley IL to be
congratulated on his prospects for hav-
ing ore OF the best blocks In the city
The survey for the Southern railway
runs through Preachersville by
Whites Mill and half mile East OF
Crab Orchard The surveyors are now
camped at Brown Spring. near the las,
named town.
The Lancaster Record Is strictly
democratic this week Editor Landram
went 10 Henderson and left IL In my
charge. As | can't work 10 any other
harness the rooster aud the ticket are
10 position.
| venture the assertion that there are
not 20 voters 10 Garrard county, who
have regularly voted the democratic
ticket, that will fail to support the
ticket In November. They can not be
induced to iorsake their principles for
minor causes.
Our gallant young men gave hop
Tuesday night in honor of the many
Visitors in the city. II was given at
the Simpson House Huck's orchestra
furnished the music aud the occasion
was so enjoyable that gray eyed morn
began to peep before the crowd dis
persed.
The corps Of civil engineers, who are
surveying the route for the Southern
railway, gave our people a reception on
Monday night on the college grounds,
where they were camping, which was
highly appreciated and which will live
long Ia memory. The ladies OF the
Presbyterian church furnished the
refreshments, and they were delicious
Our people found them TO be worthy
and Intelligent gentlemen, and hac
shown them many courtesies, which
they richly deserved. This fact caused
the gentlemen TO give the reception
referred TO. Crab Orchard should treat
them nicely.
Our city is full OF visitors who know
where TO come for genuine hospitality
during the summer months. Mr.. aud
Mrs. W. IL. Wherritt are entertaining
a number OF relatives from distant
cities. Mrs. j. IL. Garrison, Mrs. +
II. Smith aud Miss Mamie Henry, o
Arkansas, are visiting relatives here
Miss Sallie Elkin has gone TO LAX,
Chautauqua. T. J. Hatcher's family
has returned from Wayne county. Mrs
Louis Landram is visiting in Nashville
Mesdames Matte O'Neal and l.. f
Hubble are visiting in Tennessee. MIR
and Mrs. Robert Kinnaird entertained
in honor of the civil engineers, wht
were camped here, Misses Mary Burn
side and Annie Austin are at Drippinl
! Springs.
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The North German LLOYD steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. lowered
the east-bound record from New York
10 Cherbourg 10 i've days, 20 hours and
So minutes, breaking all records.