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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12
COTTON LETTERS.

New York. Sept Hubbard Bros. &
Co. say: Liverpool opened this morning
unchanged for spots. but strong for flu
lures at 10 II points advance. fiuctuat-
Ing rapidly and finally going away under
the pressure OF realizing orders. closing
feverish points decline on nearby months
and 90 AZ on the latter from the OPEN
ing. our market opened az Il 10 is points
advance, but soon begun to give way on
realizing sales and declined In a short
time 80 polats on September. % on octo-
Der AMI Is to 10 on on he remaining months
and has since been rather quiet In tone
II Is reported from Augusta. Ca. that
several OF the large mills have shut down
From the East we hear 81 other large
mills closing. From Liverpool we hear
that Spectators are heavily loaded at
high prices. Ia this market We think the
shorts have cornered. The movement Of
the market from now on will depend
on receipts and the demand from spin
ncrs
New York. Sept. li.-Murphy & Co. say:
Cotton In Liverpool reacted from 10 to IA
Gid from highest prices OF the day and
81 M orders here to sell. AS Liverpool al
vices at opening were better than ex-
pected. 20 i0-sid higher. II started fur
Their covering by anxi7us shorts at an ad-
vance OF 10 10 10 points. but II brought
out very heavy realizing and caused a
reaction Of Is 90 - points during the fore
noon. II Is a very erratic market and all
hands appear to be nervous and uncertain
with the shorts In a serious condition on
account OF heavy losses. but still cling
Ing with all hope OF a reaction.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12

Opening at an advance OF 4 cent to-day
the cotton market ruled easier. The clos
ing was unchanged. Sales OF 725 bales
were reported. Receipts were s,is7. against
5.5si last year. The demand was good
throughout the day. Exporters bought
readily during the early hours but later
there was some hesitancy shown on their
part. Good middling. T. o. b.. ranged from
u TO II lie. aud middling, 10 li-l6 to l04.c
The T. o b. sales embraced cotton in
Georgia. Florida. Alabama, south Carolina
and North Carolina In North Carolina
there Is promise of considerable business.
The following were the or.cial SPOT quo
tations at the close OF the market at
the Cotton Exchange to-day:
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12
HAzLEnUnsT NEWS NOTES.
Negroes Vacated Two stores when
the whites Objected.

Hazlehurst, Ga. Sept. 1.-THE Citizens
Bank. which Is now assured. will com
mence business at this place IN few
DAYS. The workmen will commence build
ing the vault tomorrow. The bank safe
and stationery have been purchased
The Masonic lodge here Is planning for
the erection OF a commodious and up-io-
date lodge hall and school building COM
bined.
Ben 4. Girtman. son OF II. c. Girtman.
died sunday and was buried Monday-at-
tended ~ the Knights OF Pythias Lodge,
he being a member OF the order. lie was
one Of the most popular young men in
town and great favorite OF all the
young people.
Mr.. Lewis. Of the firm OF Lott q Lewis
OF Brunswick. some time ago rented Two
of his brick buildings. situated on the
front OF the business part OF town, TO
two negroes. aud the white merchants re-
sented 1t. and failing TO have the negroes
moved. hoycotted the firm OF which MT
Lewis is a member. MIR. Lewis reconsld-
cred the matter and came UP ana asked
the negroes 20 vacate the houses. All
parties are pleased that the matter mas
been amicably adjusted.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12

New York. Sept. 1.-THE second DAY q
a.. Grand Circuit meeting at the Empire
,-,tv trark had a frst class card which
resulted in fast time and sensational
racing. summaries: >,,,,
zoo pace. purse. $500 Fanny Diilata
won third. fourth and sixth meats "ha
80. Harry o. second. winning first and
second heats. viii LeyDurn, third, WIN
ming flf,h heat. Time. zoos: 2:os; 2'csbs;
2.GA: 2.o9. zee
$50 trotting. purse. si.9oo. Major Greer
won three straight heats and race; Dolly
pidwell. second, Twerton, third line,
2.l4: 2.iits. 2sA
EOS pace. purse $500. Common won nrst
and third heats and race ROYAL X shel-
don. secoud, winning second heat; Frank
Bogash. third Time. 2.o3ia. 2.o5. 2W.
Free-for-all PAGERS 20 wagons Hontas
Crook won. with Silvermaker second and
Inadriga third. Time 2.i2.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12

Fort Lauderda,e Is enjoying unusual
development a number OF new buildings
are going up there Among the most inn
posing Is one for J. McCreger Adams.
well known Chicago manufacturer OF con-
siderable wealth. II Is large cottage on
the beach ~ feet in length and IS feet
wide II will be built OF concrete made
OF the beach sand. for the frst story. The
other three stories viii be constituted Of
brick. lumber and shingles. The latter
will be used for siding The plans show
thirty-aeveu rooms OF which twenty-three
will be on the first .foor. II will be nicely
furnished and sps esiily completed. at n
cost OF si0D0la. =. NJ. Bryan formerly Of
New Smyrna. will build a nice eight-room
dwelling near the depot.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12
COTTON AT THE ADVANCE.
MARKET OPENS uP AND CLOSES
EASIER AND UNCHANGED.

The Demand for Cotton at Prevail
ing Prices Coed During the EARLY
Hours. but Exporters Later show
ed He.ftancy Ana Paying the Prices
Asked-spirit. Turprntine Firm at
30 Censs-Rosins Firm and Tn
chanEed-LocaI and TeIegrnphic
Markets.
Morning News ONCE. Sept. II.
The cotton market advanced = cent to-
day. closing easier with a good volume Of
business reported. The demand WAS APP
parently good during the early houn, but
later in the day some hesitation was
shown by exporters. and transactions
were consequently on Q smaller scale The
futures market closed steady Sd25 points
ret lower. The turpentine market closed
flrm az IS cents. a gain OF y cent above
yesterday. The demand was not brisk to-
wards the closing and il was reported
considerable stun wac carried over IN fac
tors hands. The following resume viii
show the tone and quotations OF the DIFF
ferent markets at the closing to-day:
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.
Matters of Interest In savannah and
Elsewhere.


SIR. II. c. Duval has Just returned from
Europe. While he was abroad he inspect
ed the Underground railroad systems Of
Paris and London. In speaking Of the re-
suits Of his Investigation. he said: Il in
spected and went over the systems N
Porfs and in London. and found much
there that was of interest. The road n
Paris has been la operation only few
months. They have different ways Of
running things over there which would
not go here. In Paris the cars seat thir-
ly-six persons, and there e standing room
IN each for eight. when this number have
entered car che gates are closed ana Toe
crowd on the platform are forced to wait
for the next car Then there Is another
rush, and when the forty-four persons nre
~, the car starts. and there is another
wait
Imagine such a thing being done here.
II the officials over there had the same
system thai r. IN vogue here they would
not know what 10 do. IL they had to han
die O'Clock crowd az the Bridge en-
trance. as II there any day, they would
nand In their designations In twenty-four
hours or end up In a madhouse Many
Americans who have been on the under
ground road and had TO wait for A car
80" ~ AfNiHe On tut Aues ana are
content TO ride on the buses. The AmerI-
can crowd would nos tolerate the system
OF waiting for a car TO come along with
less than foriy-four aboard before they
couId get on. / do not think that the
Faris system Is very great success. In
LONDON you have TO go down many feet
Z" the tracks. and then there Is the same
wait for car that there Is In Paris. In
noth cities there are sometimes a shous
a.a persons at station waiting for a
chance TO get a car
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12
OPENING DAY AT GnAvEsEND.
Large Crowd Gathered and witness
ed some Coed Racing.

Large Crowd Gathered and witness
ed some Coed Racing.
New York. Sept ll.-Bright skies. a fast
track ard good sized crowd were the ae-
commandments TO the opening day OF the
BROOKLYN Jockey Clubs fall meeting to-
aay at Gravescud. Commando. the IN
beaten colt Of the Keene stables won the
Junior Championship stakes easy. sum
marias:
First Race. about six furlongs Mon'an-
ic 10 /. won. with Meehamus. to J.
and even, second and Gold or, 20 l.
third Time i.l0 rs.
second Race. steepiechase. two miles
Cock Robin. S to !, won. with PeF1on' :
10 /. ana 20 S. second and George ksene'
: TO /. third. Time 3.5s.
Third Race. Junior Champion, six fur
longs. Commando. l 10 z. won. Win bel-
lario. 10 I. and to 5, second. ana oiSth-
nan. 10 3. third. Time 1913 80
Fourth Race-First special. one ana
quarter miles Kinley Mac. TO ]. won
r,Ith MeMeekin, 3 10 /. and 10 5. second
ana INN 10 10. third Time 2.os 10
Fifth Race-F1ve furlongs, selling. Ger
trude Elliott. Is 10 /. won. with Anlmos-
ttv. 10 and 10 !. second anu L'eN'
~ TO /, third. Time Ice 10.
sixth Race-Five furlongs, seiling' M
shot even. won, with Cherries, TO :, ana
10 8 second, ana Llet AA'oe' ~ =
third. Time Zoe 20.
seventh Race-One and one-siSteenth
r,fiem selling. Caudleblack. 60 = won.
with Flaunt, to and 10 ,. secoho, anu
THE Chamberlain, % 10 !, thira' Ah'e
lis
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12

jacksonville Metropolis. Ju chong. one
OF the eleven Cinnamon arrested here for
not having his certificate emitting him
to reside IN the United States. was given
a bearing before United States Commits
sioner 6oodell last Saturday afternoon,
aud was ordered held FOR deportation with
six other Of tho Celesgials arrested here.
There Is only one more case awaiting dis
position and then the order for deporta-
ton wisl be made b. Commissioner Good
ell which will be done within the next ten.
days. unless there is an appeal made IN
the case By counsel for the defendants.
Some II the Cinnamon viii be sent to the
kingdom and others viii 30 TO England
and Canada.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12
NAVAL STORES.

Tuesday. Sept. II.
SPIRITS TURPENTiNE-The turpen-
tine market closed firm al IS cents. n gain
OF a cent above yesterday. There was
a fair demand but Il was not sufficient
10 abolish the entire offerings IN factors
hands The days receipts were 1875. and
The exports io3 Sales at the opening OF
SIS casks at 3sA cents. and further sales
az the closing OF 77S casks. nj IS cents.
ROsIN-The rosin market closed firm
and unchanged A coed demand prevail
ed. and the feeling at the closing was IA
vorabie to the market Receipts for the
day. 1858. sales. l.oi2. and the exports II.
A.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12

Tampa Herald: There were probably
more than two thousand cattle IN the
pens az Port Tampa and on the ranges
yesterday. They we're waiting for the
vessels 90 b. loaded FOR shipment to Cuba
The vessels we're unexpected detained IN
quarantine at Mullet Key and the ami
mails had 20 spend a long day waiting
The shippers we're very much put out by
the detention of the vesscls and claim
they DO not see any necessity for such a
step.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12

In connection with the growth Of cigar
business in Tampa the Importation OF Gig
also interesting The figures show that so
far this year there have been zoos cases
imported from that country. while Tampa
alone has shipped iS.T09 cases OF goods.
In the same period Key West has also
shipped s.s3s cases. which Is just ans
cases less than have been shipped from
Tampa this year. In round numbers this
IL q difference OF 6.2250o) cigars In favor
OF the Tampa shipments for the year.
These few figures show why Tampa is
considered the center Of the clear Havana
cigar manufacturing business.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12
sraucr< ny souTHEnS TRAIN.
Miss Matte BuIIard Instantly KILLED
Near Grimm.

Grimm. Ca. sept ii-whlle walking
down the railroad track this afternoon re-
turning home from her days work IN the
Grlnin Knitting Mills, Miss Matte Bullard
was run over and instantly killed by the
o'clock southbound southern train. She
was in company with a friend who was
walking by the side Of the track. and who
asvs the engineer did not blow his wills
te until after the engine had struck its
victim Her head was burst open and
her body badly mang,ed. She r. now At
the Southern depot here. ana what dlspo-
sitlon will be made Of the body is not
known yet. Her parents live near Mo
lena Ca.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12
FOR THE ELKs CARNIVAL.

railroads WIN Probably oner a Low
Rate 60 the city During It's contin-
unnce.
A meeting Of the passenger agents of
the various railroads entering Savannah
has been called for Friday 20 consider the
advisabl!ity OF giving CHEAP rate 10 tha
city during the period OF the Eiks' Carni-
val, which viii be held during November
II b expected that all OF the roads will be
represented In the meeting and there is
httle doubt that low rate will be de-
cided on.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12
ATLANTA.s wArERwoRKs.
Important improvements Urged by
Citizens Committee.

Atlanta. Sept. 1.-THE Citizens Com
mlttee OF Ten. appointed by the mass
meeting in the Kimban House to inves-
tlgate and report on the waterworks sit
uation when the machinery broke down
recently. made public It's report to-day.
The report gives in detail the invesliga
ton the committee made and suggests
remedies for the imperfections which ex-
lst in the waterworks system. Briefly, Il
recommends:
First-That authority be obtained from
the Legislature for a bond issue of S301,-
Geo.
gecond-The increase Of water pipes.
Third-The increase Of boilers
Fourth-The increase OF filters
Flfth-The third engine.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12

The banks. stockholders and merchants
who do a general credit business say that
they have never known collections to be
better AZ Fort Valley than this season.
Many Of the farmers. on account OF the
high price being paid for cotton. are set
ting their obiieations before maturity.
Fort Valley T. enjoying season 81 unu-
eual prosperity. The cotton season al
ways brings about the circulation Of con-
siderable money. bat IN addition 90 that
this year All Of the manufacturing enter
prises there are running on full time ard
Their weekly pas rolls augmeuts the cash
trade considerably.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12

New York. Sept ii.-Good general de-
mand for staple cottons on home trade
account and market decidedly strong.
Numerous OF brown sheeting and drills
held for advances OF 4 10 &c over re-
cent lowest prices.
Advances TO Il 10 nc In coarse colored
cottons Print cloths unchanged. More do
ing IN prints. Staple ginghams recovering
recent decline. Auction sales OF 500
pieces OF silk went on better than was
exoected
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12

Saturday night at ! O'Clock. in West
Rome. family quarrel resulted IN the
death OF Henry Llass@ Gadsden Cswley
e. IN Jail charged with murder and Lusk.
the victim. wos buried sunday. Cawley
went to Lusks home and while there
broke "a lamp chimney and Lusk demand
ed payment for the property A general
fight took pace. Cawiey drew his knife
ana severed Lusk's jugular vein. The
wounded man died IN a few minutes. cav
ley was asleep on the front porch when
Officers went TO arrest him LuHk was
the etep-father Of Cawiey and there had
existed bad feelings between them fOg
come time.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12
a scHUETzEx cLUB INCORPORATED

=" encourage shot Guns. Health and
social Intercourse.
Judge Falligant passed an order ves,er-
day Incorporating the schuetzen Club for
term Of twenty years. with the usual
privilege Of renewal at the expiration of
mat time. The order recites that the pur-
poses OF the club are the announcement
OF an interest in practice with the shot
gun the bodily health and social inter
course OF the members. The club Is not
Vfsahlzea Tor any purpose OF pecunlary
gain or profit. and therefore there Is no
provision Tor capital stock
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12
COTTON FUTURES.
Market Closes steady with Prices \
d25 Points Lower.

f@"EhSt tioNcS Steaay Win Prices
AIS Points Lower.
New York, s5pt. n.-Thsre was decid.
edy less excitement IN the cotton mar
ket although the volume OF trading was
stlll heavy and the action OF the market
s,ill very irregular. Liverpool at one time
was i2ais points higher. instead OF the
sal points advance expected. Later. how
ever, the English market gave way. ana
closed fevsrish with the net decline re-
duced to isui0is-Gid. Our market made a
reluctant response. opening az an advance
OF Gals points after which there was a
break OF 20 points on September. and q
TO Is points on the remainder Of the list.
The situation had some support from
eleventh hour pubic buying but the larg-
or local traders were inclined TO realize
II not TO sell for short account Natur-
ally, the trade was cautious: as the news
from Texas failed TO give positive lnfor-
nation regarding the extent Of damage
from the late disastrous storm. Respect
ing this feature views here were inclined
to be moro conservative than heretofore
As a rule crop accounts were fairly ia
vorable. By noon the trading level was
some to u points lower as
compared with the closing Of
the previous day. The course
OF tho market later was varied with
weakness, the most conspicuous feature
Liquidation became active following re-
ports that Liverpool shorts had effected
a settlement and that the damage to the
crop tn Texas by the late storm would
not exceed 10000 ba.es. The early after
noon government report proved bullish
rs expected. but did not long arrest the
downward course OF prices. The market
closed steady to Is points net lower
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12

Albany Herald: Albany's wagon re-
ceipes Of cotton on Saturday reached the
total OF one thousand aud two bales. n
was the biggest day of the season up to
date with the warehousemen aud cotton
men generally. and will 20 on record as
one OF the biggest OF the entire fall
Wagons from the country we're rolling
into the city Saturday morning before
da yiight. and they kept coming until az
ter dark. The warehouses were kept busy
from early morn till dewey eve. and there
was an aifof hustle and life throughout the
whole business section Of the city. one
thousand bales OF cotton, sold at prevail
ing prices. put into circulation SOM hing
like 10000. While all the cotton received
Saturday was cot sold at once much OF
II passed into the hands OF the buyers
without delay. ana those who did not
sell were able 10 gel whatever advances
they desired from The warehouses. Mer-
chants found the day one OF the livellest
they had experienced IN several years.
ard an immense voiumn OF business was
transacted. Independent 81 the wagon re-
ceipts the railroad receipts amounted 10
nearly go bales.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12

MoNEY-The demand keeps fairly IN
with the supply. -
FOREIGN EXCHANGE Nark.. a.
steady. Commercial demand =. ca
sixty days. A.s2h ninety DAYS. 4, 50
francs, Paris and Havrr, sixty a.
5i9ss. Swiss. sixty days. 52gG.. ynart.
sixty days, 9ic; ninety days. saac
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE : SD.
hanks are buying at u discount ana ~, !
ing as follow: s25 and under. i0e nrs-
MUM; SO TO $50. i5c premium; SO 20 s,oo
2oc premium: 500 90 800. Sc premium. sSoa
and over par Checks must average S2p
10 get the par rate
SECURITlES-Th market Is VERY, inac
tive. scarcely anything doing. Quotation.
are rather nominal
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12

Macon News: Several farmers from
down the Georgia Southern and Florida
Railroad were IN Macon this morning az
ter cotton pickers. and when the morning
train pulled out Il carried about seventy
five women ana girls. The price paid for
picking cotton a. 20 cents per hundred.
and a good hand can make from 81 TO Sl.s0
per day. which IL several times more
than the average farm hand makes. Many
farmers say that they eennot GET their
cotton picked out. and that they viii lose
much money on that account. Nearly all
the negro men hive left the farms for the
new railroads that are being built the tur-
pentine stills ana saw mills and the
kaolln mines. and the negro men in the
city will not leave 20 do farm work. al
though many Of them are Idle. one OF the
farmers who was here after hands this
morning said That he found lots OF idle
negroes, both men and women. but that
none of the men and comparatively few
OF the women wanted TO work
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12
CITY BREvITIEs.

The guessing contest at Barbse & Ban
dy's at Isle OF Hope last night was won
by Miss julie Michels on a guess OF lSs
The pr ze was five pounds OF candy. do
mated by Conida. The evening was a de-
hghtful one, and was eajoyed by every
one who went out TO the island. The sun
per was fine and Messra. Barbse a Bandv
made their guests feel at home.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12
FULTON couSTY's TAX RATE.
u wui. In All Probability, ne 1910
ON the Thousand.

Atlanta. Sept. ii.-Fuiton counsy's tax
rate will in al probability. be 1910 on
81, 900 for this year. This. contrary 70 sN-
pecta,ions. will be four points lower than
the rate OF last year on this basis. too,
certain members Of the county board de-
elared that there will. OF necessity. be
shortage and the county vii have 10
borrow from $50 00 70 $4,000 about the
middle OF next year.
Last years expense reached about S222.-
eol while the estimate OF $40. which will.
IN all probability. b, voted this yesr. win
make the revenues only about $4,000.
Some OF the members OF the board want
q make the tax rate high enough to
meet all expenses as they come. but 9TH
ers insist upon holding them down, ac-
oording 10 campaign promises
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS AND VIEWS OF THE DAY IN
Two STATES.

Great scarcity OF Cotton Pickers.
Good Times an Houston County
walden 90 lie Tried M0ndas-Ai-
bangs BIg Cotton Heccipis-mur-
der over 81 broken Lamp Chimney.
Tampa's Growing CIGAR Trade
other Florida News Notes.
The three prison commissioners, J. II.
Turner. C. a. Evans and Thomas Eason'
ere Inspecting convict camps IN various
sections OF the stsse. Chairman Turner
has been OF Milledgeville for several days
superlntending the constructing Of the
waterworks plant.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12

London. Sept. ii.-At the Wonderland
Gymnasium. Whitechapel London. IN a
contest for the middleweight championship
Of England. Frank Craig. the Harlem
Conee Cooler" was defeated in four
rounds by George Gardner of Lowell.
Mass The fight was spoiled by hugging
and Craig was finally disqualified for
throwing hts opponent,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12

Philadelphia. Sept ii.-Leever pitched
great ball Tor PittsDurg to-day. only al
lowing the home team three singles. Al
tendance. 2.ai2. Score: RHE
Pittsburg 20 . 0 o oil o. $ /
philadelphia @ 0 0 o o o % . o
Batteries-Leever and o'Connor; orth
and Mcfarland.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-12

Jerre Walden and Mrs. sara Dixon win
be put on trial for the murder OF the lat
ter's husband AZ wrightsville IN johnson
county. next Monday. Sept. i6 Mr.. John
X. Cooper has been retained as counsel
for Walden. while Mrs. Dixon will b. rep
resented NJ the trial by MIR Luther Kent
OF wrghtsvilie. Considerable interest mas
been displayed throughout the entire
state IN this case ami the trial bids fair
TO result In the biggest legai battle that
ever occurred in the courts Of GeoFgia.