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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-05
An Astounding Assertion.

A prominent Rhode Island lawyer said a
short time ago that there could be no
wholesale conviction of those, rumsellers
who are breaking the State liquor laws
because the State institutions are, so crowd
ed with criminals, insane and Paupers
whom the rumsellers have sent there, tnnt
there is no room for them to follow.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-05
Health and Wealth.

A gentleman, writing to us, says; My
health has improved hundredfold, and
my purse, though scanty. has augmented
fifty per cent. from the day l torsook
wine and beer"
Does not this show you that the man nan
who does not drink can have both health
and wealth in larger measure than he who
is in the habit of using strong drink!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-05
the E@l@TS OF fRSAI0N.

ative trifle. Three yards Of chiffon,
chlffonette. mousseline de sole or Lib
erty satin. edged entirely with a knife
pleated ruftle Of the same, with OF
without lace, is all that is required.
The Persian OF floral designs in silk
gauze ere especially chic
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-05
The Bead Dog Collar.

Tile fashioned bead dog collar
has been revived. 1t is from one to
two inches high, and is fashioned over
the stock by q ribbon or velvet bow It
the back. 'S
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-05

It is your duty not only to be good, but
to shine: and Of all the light which you
kindle on the face, JOY will reach fur.
thest ont to sea where troubled mariners
arc seellins; the shore.-H. w. Beecher.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-05
Idaal Traxelfnr Gowna.

Modest gray and fawn tints in wool
and nohair batiste are used for max
ING beau ideal travelling gowns.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-05

New York City.-Shallow square
yokes make the feature of the latest
imported gowns. The chic May Man
:on bodice illustrated shows its use to
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-05
Siberia Filling Up.

The population of Siberia is now esti-
mated at close 10 8,000,000.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-05

if3 Two Popular Skirts.
The flvesgored skirt holds q asperma-
nent place. It suits many materials
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-09-05

Oh, if the eternal Spirit Of God would
now come down upon you and tnow you
the vanity of this world and the immense
importance of Christ's religion and the in
finite value of your own immortal souls,
what a. hour this would be-
What moment this would be! Do you
know that Christ has bought your soul?
Do you know that He has paid an infinite
price for it? DO you know that He IS
worthy of it? Will you give it to Him
now?
l was reading lately OF sailor who had
just get ashore and was telling about his
last experience at sea. He said: "Ih. last
time l crossed the ocean we had terrific
time. After we had been out three or four
days the machinery got disarranged, and
the steam began to escape, and the cap
tain, gathering the. people and the crew
on deck, said, Unless some one will go
do, and shut off that steam and arrange
that machinery at thu peril of his life we
must all be destroyed He was not will.
ing to 90 down himself No one seemed
wiling to go. The passengers gathered at
one end of the steamer waiting for their
fate. The captain said: II give you last
warning. If there g no one here willing
to imperil his life and go down, and NIX
that machinery We must all be lost, A
pain SlllOt 10. IL So, Sit' "'tu HS
wrapped himself il coarse piece of can
vas and went down and was gone but
few moments when the escaping steam
stopped. The captain cried out to- the
passengers: All saved! Let us go down
below and see what has become OF the
poor fellow They went down. There he
Law dead" Vicarious suffering! Died for
all! Oh, d. you suppose that those people
on the 81 p ever forgot, ever can forget,
that poor fellow? No" they say; 1T
was through his sacrifice, that l got
ashore" The time came when our whole
race must die unless some one should ,t en-
dllre torture and sorrow and shame, who
shall come to the rescue? Shall it be one
of the seraphim? Not one. Shall 1t pc
one of the cherubim? Not one. Shall i It
be an inhabitant of some pure and unfalI-
en- world? Not one. Then Christ +, sald;
"Lo, leone to do. Thy will, o Cod! and
lie went down the dark stairs OF our SIN
and wretchedness and misery and woe,
and Hesstopped the peril. and he died
that You and I might be free; Qh, tne
love; oh, the endurance; oh, the horrors
of the sacrifice! Shall not our souls go
out toward Him, saying: Lord jesus
Christ take nv soul. Thou are worthy TO
have it. Thou hast died to save it" -.
God help you rightly to cipher out {; th:s 3
sum in gospel arithmetic: "What snail IL
profit mar if he shall gain the wno1s
! world andlose his own soul""
New-York tribune., 1900-08-04
THE TRADE IN CHICAGO.

Chicago. Aug. 3 CSpeciaD.-In spite OF speculative
duiness and large Western receipts and good
weather to-night's wheat prices &c better than
on Thursday. September sold at 753sc and at 74l4s
and closed at 75Ac 7J7sc; August closed at Tfse
Early the pit influenced by the cables. which
were firm Paris and Liverpool up unexpectedly a
fraction although there had been such weak
market here Thursday About midday there was
a break in prices on large receipts There we're
939 900 bushels at primary points, compared with
671 900 bushels last year. In the last hour the big
receipts in the West were supplanted by the
appearance Of a shipping demand, and the market
closed at about the top Duluth reported 10000
bushels sold there The business here was about
100000 bushels. and the last minute the seaboard
reported 9S loads for export The mood here IS
getting buIIish. Statistician Snow estimates ths
three Northwestern States at only s6OOOOOO bush
els and It IS assumed the Government report a
week from to-day will be as bullish as 1t was IN
July Argentine shipments were lI6OOOO bushels.
Corn was weak with a good deal OF important
Iioudation The pit took it for granted that
Cudahy was seller. Prices lost almost cent
and recovered only half OF it. September opened
at s7ssc sold between Ssc and 26sc, and closed az
&c st Iers August closed at 367sc- Western offer
ings do not increase, but the shipping bids are
not as good as they were; the Western weather
keeps favorable. the assumption is that the crop
promises at least 2.0000O0,0O bushels Shipping
sales were $4,000 bushels The seabOard reported
ffty-eight loads for export; Liverpool was sd 70
I'd higher CIearances $50. coo bushels; Argentine
claims OF damage from heat in Kansas, but the
hot weather is assumed to be, on the whole. a Ia
vorabe condition
Oats were firm all day. with improved ship
ping demand. The last prices were the same as
Thursday 'sSeptember. E1c and August a94c.
There were large receipts 452 cars, with 40 est-
mated for Saturday. Shipping sales were II000
bushels: the seaboard reported $4,000 bushels sold
for export. The seaboard was the best buyer here
Flaxseed easy, to-ntghrs close &c 70 li@c
under Thursday; September closed at 81 SS12; OctO-
ber 81 80 and August, 81 351z. There were forty
two cars of seed at the three points, compared
with forty-six last year
Provisions were weak the announcement from
Tampa Of the appearance there Of cases Of yellow
fever There was a spilling out Of product by all
classes as there always Is on this sort OF scare.
Armour and the other packers were the best buy
ers Armour notably. The market. IN view OF the
news and the scare. displayed steadtness- Pork az
the close showed loss Of 1212c 70 15c; lard and
ribs Of PIC to SC. There were 10000 hogs. with
1900 estimated for Saturday Prices at the yards
closed steady
New-York tribune., 1900-08-04
RECORD OF FAILURES.

The slight gain in the number of failures indi-
Gated by the weekly advices to ''Bradstreet's' Is
reflected the July returns in total &C per cent
larger than that in June and 9S per cent larger
than in July year ago. a month of exceptionally
active trade for n midsummer period AS COM
pared with July 1898, however. sthere is a falling
off in the number of failures shown of II cent;
as compared with 1897 the decrease is 26 per cent,
and compared with 1896, year of Presidential ex-
citernent and OF interruption to trade, there is
shown a falling off Of 400 failures. or fully one
third The volume of liabilities shows similar
tendency, being 40 per cent larger than in June
and 50 per cent larger than in July year ago. but
they slightly smaller than the liabilities in
July 1895 only slightly larger than in July 1897,
and 43 per cent smaller than they were in 1896.
Touching the relatively larger increases in liza
bilities, it Is to be noted that, IN previous
months a few large failures in different lines of
business account for large proportion of the fail
In fact. mfteen failures in July furnished
one-third of all the liabilities, and with the possi
Bile exception of number of failures OF speculative
builders, there is nothing like distinct tendency
perceptible in any particular direction line OF
business.
The expansion in the number Of failures is found
to have been fairly general the country over,
cept in the territories but relatively greater in
crease is found in the metropolis, where the num-
ber of failures is double what It year ago,
while liabilities are thirds larger 1t Is inter
esng to note, in fact, that the Increase in number
of failures July year ago is 73, and of this
the metropolis contributes r. practically the
entire number The expansion in liabilities is bet
ter distributed than are the failures, the smallest
increase being tP aYestern States Liabilities in
Eastern States have more than doubled, owing to
one or two heavy failures, and those In the Middle
States SlOOo0Oo greater all of which is ac-
counted for by New-York City alone Liabilities in
the Northwest are so cent heavier and those in
the South are one-third larger while the liabilities
in the Territories four times as large. though
the failures are only one-half those of July 1899
na,,, -I;0.
late, the showing for that portion of the year
which has elapsed is a most favorable one.
In number, failures for the seven months ending
with July are the smallest there is record Of while
as regards liabilities The increase is "a per
last year, but with that exception this years liza
bilities are the smallest recorded for many years
New-York tribune., 1900-08-04
BONDS.
THE DAYS OPERATIONS IN STOCKS.

Dealings in stocks were again on reduced
scale yesterday, but the general tendency Of
frices continued to be upward. Little opera
tors for an advance in stocks are doing, opera
tors for a decline are doing less Efforts in the
recent past TO put down prices proved so in
effective that they have been abandoned at
least for the time being. On the other hand
there is enough Of uncertainty in the situation
10 deter anything like Org ganized campaign
for upward movement The steady accumu-
iation Of cash at this centre keeps money un-
usually easy for this season Of the year. 1t is
expected that to-day's bank statement will dis
close further considerable increase in the bank
reserves Gold is flowing into the country from
Australia and Alaska, and is being transferred
by check and otherwise to New-York. It still
IS toe early to determine the extent OF the de-
x1land upon New-York and other Eastern points
for funds to move the crops. but as the West
and South are better provided with funds than
fhey were last year it is presumed that this de-
slaand will be smaller than it was in 1893
While it is natural TO look for higher rates when
the movement OF money TO the interior gets un-
der way, it is not regarded as likely that there
will be any serious pinch IN money this fall.
The course Of the steel stocks would seem to
snply belief that the establishment of the new
wage scale will be followed by a restoration Of
normal conditions in the iron and steel trade.
II is usually the case that prices are irregular
while an agreement on the scale is under nego-
ttstion. There is no apprehension OF a collapse
IN the trade The consumption is large
ever but II is doubtless true that in some de-
partments prod action has been excessive. This,
however, is something that may be corrected.
Business at large does not show decline. There
has been something Of an increase in the num-
Der of failures as compared with year ago, but
the failures are without special significance, as
they are stated 10 be not the result Of depres-
sion but in the main, Of inability to carry out
undertakings. particularly in speculative build
ing. For another thing it is reasonable to sup
pose that the great expansion in business of all
kinds should be attegae4Tith not few individ-
uaI eInbarrassments.
Buying Of Union Pacific common was feat
ure OF the market It based on the belief
a 4 per cent basis. There also was q steady alb
eorption Of Atchison preferred and Baltimore
and Ohio common. Burlington and Quincy,
Rock Island and ST. Paul were in request, and
the leading railroad stoGks generally displayed
strength. The dealings in Brooklyn Rapid
Transit resulted N a fractional loss. The sell
ing Of Continental Tobacco preferred was not
renewed, and it recovered moderately in price
American Tobacco was quiet and firm. Sugar
Refining was steady In the trade II doubt
ed If there would be any Immediate decline in
sugar prices. Rates for sterling exchange were
moved up u Of one cent, and it thought
this might foreshadow resumption Of gold ex-
ports Railroad earnings continued favorable
New-York tribune., 1900-08-04
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

STOCK LOAN QUOTATIONS.-Stoc loan quo
tations were: Continental Tobacco preferred fiat "a
/; American Steel and Wire Missouri Pacific
Northern Pacific preferred, Rock Island, ST. Paul
Union Pacific common and preferred American
Tobacco Continental Tobacco Brooklyn Rapid
Transit and Federal Steel common and preferred
1@l12; American Steel and Wire preferred, Atchison
common and preferred, Peoples Gas. Consolidated
Gas Reading first preferred Manhattan, PennsyI-
vania, Delaware and Hudson, Tennessee Coal and
Iron and Louisville and Nashville, /; Chicago Bur
lington and Quincy and New-York Central fiat G16:
Third Avenue Northwestern Northern Pacific
common, Western Union and Jersey Central fat.
Sugar Refining, y; Southern Railway preferred
IL; Baltimore and Ohio common, 1-256Q1-I2S
ANACONDA.-The advance in the stock of the
Anaconda Copper Company is based on the cor-
dition OF the copper market. The output of copper
is being regulated to meet the worlds requirements
and there is probability Of an oVerproduction
RATES TO CONTINUE.-Present rates for carry
ing btuminous coal to the Northwest are to be
maintained after September L
AMERICAN TOBACCO.-The statement of earn
ings of the American Tobacco Company for the
quarter ended June 80 probably will be given out
next week.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-04
REPORTED OPPOSITION.

The weakness in the stocks of the tobacco COM
panies was accompanied by a report that a move
rncnt was on foot to form opposition company
to engage principally in the plug tobacco business
It was said the company would include some
of the companies that were to have gone into the
International Tobacco Company, which was started
anG then abandoned A director of the Continental
Tobacco Company said that his company not
alarmed about the proposed opposition. and he
predicted that the outcome would be the same as
befel the International company. He added that
the Continental company had experienced no dim
Guilty in maintaining the advance made most Of
it's brands on June 90
New-York tribune., 1900-08-04
BUYERS AND SELLERS.

The principal buyers and sellers of stocks were:
A. A Housman & Co. and j. r. Williston & co
bought BaILimore and Ohio common; j. H GrieseI
& Co Q,0U0) and Andrews & Criss QOOO sold F.
d. Porter and Halle & Stieglitz bought Brooklyn
Rapid Transit; f. w. Savin & Co. sold. Bell &
Co. q,OOO, A, A. Housman & Co. and w H Goad-
ley Co. bought Union Pacific Pepper & Stern
bought Atchison preferred. r. II. Bisseu & Co
and A. H. Caspary sold Brooklyn Rapid Transit
l. II. Waggoner bought Continental Tobacco COM
mon; c. l. Hudson & Co sold. l. & S Wormser
QVOO bought Sugar; r. II. Bissell & Co.. B. j. Har-
rison and A. H. Caspary sold. Van Emburgh g. At
terbury bought St Paul, Ornis Brothers & Co
bought Rubber common; Wassermann Brothers ]
b Bache q Co. and Rolston q Bass sold Bell a. Co
and w. d. Hatch bought Northern Pacific com
mon l. a S. Wormser and Charles b. Ketcham
bought st. Paul Halsted & Hodges q 5OO F. w
Savln d Co, Post Flagg and II. Content & Co
uOVO bought Union Pacific; j. b. Wilson, MeKin-
ley q Sherman, e. c. Anness G,500, Hoister &
Babcock, keech LoeW & Co. and White a. Banton
sold +. w. Savin & Co. GOOD II. Content q Co.
GOOO, II. c. Campbell & Co. and A. V. De Goicourie
New-York tribune., 1900-08-04
OUTSIDE SECURITIES.

The outside securities market opened steady clos
Ing dull. with little business doing Standard Oil
closed at 529q532 against 59a532 on Thursday Last
prices Of other prominent issues were: Havana
Commercial 812q.15; preferred S7QA: Baking
Powder, 90d92; Bay State Gas, 11sQ1h; Markeen
Copper. 41206 Amalgamated Copper S8qS9; Inter
state OIL 53Q53la; National Salt, 3SG39; preferred
6OQ6S: Amsterdam Gas 1st 5s, 9a1O64; Rubber
Goods 261zQ27a; preferred, 761AQ714 Distilling of
America, 5Q51a; preferred, 2Oq2O1a; Storage Power
15Q17 General Carriage. 514q6; New-York Trans
portation, 7l24& General quotations follow:
STOCKS
FURNISHED by Frederic H. Hatch. No. 80 Broad-st)
New-York tribune., 1900-08-04
AMERICAN SECURITIES ABROAD.

London, Aug. 3.-American securities were irreg-
was slow. and prices, after opening steady, moved
within narrow limits to the close. Last prices
were: Atchison, 267s; Canadian Pacific, 9015 St.
Paul L4k Illinois Central, 119; Louisville and
Nashville. 1874: Union Pacific preferred TN; New
York Central, l3l%; Erie l13s; Pennsylvania 65sz
Reading, S5s; Erie first preferred, 33A; Northern
Pacific preferred, 1874; Grand Trunk 6lz, and Ana
conda ga
New-York tribune., 1900-08-04
Bankers posted rates were:

DOMESTIC EHCHANGE.-New-Orl Orleans = Com
mercial. 50c discount bank, 81 premium. San Fran
cisco-Sight, l0c: telegraph, n1c. Cincinnati-Be-
tween banks, par; over the counter soc premium
Boston-Par and 5Ql0c discount Chicago-lOc dis
count ST. Louis-50c discount savannah-Buying
l-16c; selling, 1-l6c premium. Charleston-Buying
par; selling. &c premium.
BANK CLEARINGS. - NeW-YoTk - Exchanges
ts7, $50 G32; balances. $813l,41. Philadelphia-Ex
changes. $l5,6O25Sl balances, e. 1863. Boston
Exchanges. so 1882 balances, a.s0.a2 Balti-
naore-Exchanges s, ,8s2 s67; balances Si73lO Chi
cago-Exchanges. 81, ,5s2; balances, S,l554 49,
BANK OF GERMANY STATEMENT
weekly statement Of the Imperial Bank Of Ger
many shows the following changes: Cash IN hand
decreased 2sI20OO0 marks Treasury notes decreased
10000 marks; other securities increased 1900 900
New-York tribune., 1900-08-04

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS-Customs receipts
reported from Washington, $924,2O5; internal reve-
receipts, $,425,662 miscellaneous receipts $56,-
1852 Total receipts for the day $25O663O: expendi-
lures 600. Receipts for the month to date,
Sc S0S SOC; expenditures, S7610OOO; excess of ex-
penditures, $30 1874. Receipts for the fiscal year
date $50 263S ST. expenditures s6l $685. excess
of expenditures S5325,S26 Receipts of National
bank notes for redemption $42S, ,0S2
SUB-TREASURY.-Th Sub-Treasury was debtor
the Clearing House sS53 S93 net gain on bal
81 1459 O00 made up by loss in currency of
900 and a gain in coin of $15150O resulting III
general balance of $241, 900 consisting of $685.
232 900 coin and $3.50 900 currency The business
for the week ended last night included receipts of
$50 S75. 900 and payments of s3l,974OO0. Deductng
from the receipts $SS20,00O and from the payments
S. $4,000 for items which affect its with
the general Treasury only its loss affecting the
banks was 3,124OO0.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-04
RANKS GAIN CASH.

The bank statement to-day should show large
gain in cash by the banks. Receipts by express
from the interior have been substantial, and the
gain from the Sub-Treasury has likewise been
large. 1t is considered not improbable that the
cash holdings of the banks may be increased ST.
600 600 The receipts of mutiated notes at the Sub
Treasury for redemption have averaged from $780,
600 to 100000 day The bills have been mostly
of small denominations and they have largely been
transmitted by interior banks through their New
York correspondents.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-04
THE BALTIMORE AND ONO DIVIDEND.

In view of the various interpretations placed upon
the dividend on Baltimore and Ohio common stock.
it is officially explained that the charter Of the
company requires full per cent dividends on the
preferred stock in any fiscal year before the COM
mon receives ANYTHING Had a semi-annual Civ!-
dend of > per the common been declared
nothing more could be declared until another full
fiscal year had passed. Semi-annua dividends are
much &c be preferred to annual payments. Hence
the directors made an annual declaration IN semi
i1,eta alr1nnn
New-York tribune., 1900-08-04

RAILROAD BONDS.-Marl1et firm Total sales
amounted in par value to S94O500 against ss4ss0O
on Thursday. The heaviest dealings We're in the
Atchison and Baltimore and Ohio issues, Baltimore
and Ohio Southwestern division 31as Central of
Georgia 5s Central Pacific As, Chesapeake and
Ohio 41zs. Erie first consolidated As Norfolk and
Western IS, Northern Pacific As Reading general
Is St Louis and Iron Mountain IS, st. Louis South
western Is Southern Railway lst IS, Union Pa
cihc A. and Western New-York and Pennsylvania
general
New-York tribune., 1900-08-04
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

MONEY RATES.-Money on call, u per cent IL
per being the ruling rate. Time money, per
cent for sixty Gays per cent for three months
per for four months and 4414 per cent for six
months on railroad collateral Commercial paper
zq454 per cent for three, four and six months for
the best names, and above for names not so well
known.
closing rates follow:
New-York tribune., 1900-08-04

q OOO bought Union Pacific common. A. III. Cas-
parry q 500 in alb sold Brooklyn Rapid Transit F.
w Savin & Co. q OOO) bought Atchison preferred;
r. b. Holmes sold. j. r. Williston & Co. Q,5OO
bought Atchison preferred. F w. Savin & Co. and
H Content & Co. bought Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Halsted Hodges d,OOO bought Union
Pacific common
New-York tribune., 1900-08-04
no TERRITORIAL AGREEMENT.

Chairman Miller of the ST. Paul road said yes
terday that there never had bCCn any agreement
between the st. Paul and the Chicago and North
western railroads that would prevent road from
b1IiIdug lines in the territory o. the other. The
Northwestern displayed some activity in St Pam
territory last year but this yea was doing less
New-York tribune., 1900-08-04
STOCKS RETAIN STRENGTH.
RAILROAD SHARES BOUGHT.
AN ADVANCE IN STERLING MAY FORE
SHADOW GOLD EXPORTS
STOCKS

Closing prices yesterday of the principal ac-
prices Were
New-York tribune., 1900-08-04
marks. notes in circulation increased 26.O6OOOO

marks.
FOREIGN MONEY MARKET.-Call money in
London. Sq3A per cent. Open market discount
rate for short bills As per cent and for long bills,
4%q4h per cent. Berlin discount rate per cent.
Berlin exchange London 20 marks 5O94 pfennigs.
Paris exchange on London 20 francs 16 centimes.
Paris discount rate. 2Is per cent
FOREIGN SECURITIES-British consols for
money 81 9-16: for the account, 81 1916. Spanish
4s closed at a. French rentes 100 francs 17la
times.
THE SILVER MARKET.-Bar silver, 60}lc-
Mexican silver dollars, 4S14c. Bar silver in London.
q l5-16d.
GOLD PREMIUM-In Madrid, H.S5 Lisbon, 80;
Buenos Ayres, 1SS7O Rome $40
New-York tribune., 1900-08-04
THE FEDERAL TREASURY.

Washington, Aug. 3.-The condition of the Treas
ury divisions of Issue and Redemption at the be-
ginning of business to-day follows:
RESERVE FUND.