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The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25

From the New York Medical Journal.
A man was walking along the Boule-
ward Saint Michel, Paris, one day re-
Gently, and stopped to light cigarette.
Suddenly his nose burst into flames,
which spread to his beard. A crowd
assembled, while the unfortunate man
danced with pain until a policeman
took him to a pharmacists shop, where
his burns were, treated. An examina-
ton of the nose showed that it was
made of celluloid, the INSCRIPTIONS
dealer who sold it having foisted it on
his client instead of the horn nose,
which had been prescribed.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25

color OF pathos to the hearing seldom
seen in criminal courts.
call Me Back Again." was the song
pretty little Laura Biggar just seven
teen years old, sang in juvenile role,
and IL touched the heart of the leading
man in the play, James Willis McCon-
nell 1t was in the Grand Opera House
in New York that the stalwart. fine
looking. forceful follower of John Nc
Cullough met the demure little girl
in her teens and fresh on the stage
from her mothers home. in Washing
ton. Delaware. They first met one Sun
day afternoon for rehearsal in the
drama, Called Back" when the IA
nous book of that name had been
dramatized. The song. Call Me Back
Again" was interpolated for effect, the
sentiment suiting the motive of the
play. Laura Biggar's rendition of 1t
was enchanting. Mcconnell surrender
ed completely and made love to her.
She was a mere child and her mother
would not consent to a marriage.
Eventually they were married with
out the mothers consent.
Later they became aspirants for bet
ter work and separated. A great chasm
had come between him and his wife.
She sued for divorce on the ground
of non-support and obtained II.
"One night we were in a little town
out in Wisconsin about two weeks
ago." said the actor. Il was sitting near
the stove of little hotel waiting for
supper when a telegram was handed
to me. 1t was from Laura Biggar.
81 knew that old man Bennett had
told me that he was married to her
when I went to his house once to get
my boy Willis from his mother. When
/ received her telegram asking me if
4 i
said yes, I'll go back to her right now;
it may help her out. It may be the
only means of shielding her name and
bringing justice to her and my boy,
her child And here l am. Would you
say that l have been called back?'"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25

mAhAETSs
Note-These quotations are revised
daily and are kept as near as possible
in accord with the prevailing whole
sale prices. Official quotations are
not used when they disagree with the
prices wholesalers ask.
POULTRY-Springers. 25950c; hens,
60@7oc; ducks, COO.
EGGs-Tennessee, 25@26c; Georgia,
country, 21Q24c. ~efas4
BUTTER-The tone of the market is
firm. Quotations: Cooking, 24c; New
York state, 2sq29c: Elgins, S0@31c.
CHEESE-Market firm; fancy, full
cream cheese, 13%Q14c for 20 to %
pound averages: 2S to 30-pound aver
| ages, 1916
White Pea Beans, $265 bushel.
Potatoes. s2.00@2.50 per barrel.
CABBAGE-$125@ 1.50 crates or bar
rels. .
Breadsrufs. Hay and Grain. ,
| FLOUR-Patent, s4l5; straights
$3.50; fancy, 1910; family, So. 40;
spring wheat. best patent S4.S5.
| MEAL-Pearl, per barrel $40; per
sack, S1.55; city meal, per sack. bolted.
city grits, sacks, s1.45; pearl grits.
Hudnuts, per barrel. $40; per sack,
$50.
CORN-The market firm: white, Job
lots, soc; carload lots, 79c; mixed corn.
job lots, sOc; carload lots, 7Sc.
OATS-No. mixed. carload lots.
42c; job lots, 40; white clipped, cars
45c; job lots, 47c.
BRAN-Job lots, s1.o5; carload lots.
s1O0. 0'
HAY-Market steady; No. timothy.
Job. 95c@s1.OO; cars. 9oc; No. 2. GOO job.
cars, $50.
RICE-Market steady; demand good:
fancy head, &c; fancy. SIC.
Frline ......................5
Foir .'.'''''''''''''........'....-4hg4%
, ar ...'''.'''.. ................ Az Q41A
common ................,.3M
Rough rice, 75c@s1.O0 Fer bushel. ac-
cording to quality.
Fruits ana Nuts.
APPLES-Fancy reds, $S.50Q4.0o.
BANANAS-$12 501. 70.
PINEAPPLES-s rs crate.
ORANGES .0O@3.25.
LEMONS-Market steady at $3.50.
| PRUNES-20s to 30s. 1O11c; 3Os to 40s.
9Ac; 4Os to Sos, TIC; sos to COS, lie:
Cos to 7Os, SIC; 7Os to sos, SIC: sos to
Dos, oAc; 90s to zoos, 419c.
PEANUTS-Ample stock, fair de-
mand; market firm: fancy hand-pick-
ed Virginia, SIC; extras, Axe; N. G.
peanuts. 415c.
NUTS-Almonds, Terragona, 15kc;
1NISdS' 1f72C, WalnutS, French, 121%c.
naples, 15c; pecans. 13c: Brazis, 10c:
filberts, 111kc; assorted nuts. 50-pound
and 2o-pound boxes, 12hc.
Dried and Evaporated Fruits.
APPLES-Evaporate &c; sun-dried
| &c.
APR1CoTs - Evaporated, lie
pound; nectarines. 1Okc.
RA1SINS l.. L., 2-Crown.
S1.9O; 3-Crown, $500; 4-Crown
clusters, $275; loose muscatells. .7A g.
lro seeded, 914c; imperial cabinets, =:
loose, 5O-pound boxes, - pound.
REACHES Evaporated. peeled,
PEARS-Evaporate lie.
CITRON-A. F. drums Fancy Cor
sican, in 10-pound boxes, 13c.
CURRENTS-Barre SIC; 25-pound
boxes. &c; 1-pouhd cartons. TIC.
Sugar and Coffee.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25
GRAIN, PROVISIONS. ETC.

New York. Dec 24.-Holiday in grain
markets. Rice, quiet.
Molasses, quiet.
Coffee-Spot Rio market. quiet: No. Z
invoice, SIC. Mild, quiet; Cordova.
l1z0l2c. Sugar steady, The market
Tor coffee futures opened duh and un-
changed inactive. The close was quiet
az a partial decline of points. Sales,
$1,000 bags.
Butter. steady; extra creamery. 2scs
state dairy. zOQ2Go.
Cheese, hrIn; state full cream. fancy
small colored. fall made. i3& @l4c.
small white fan made. 1874 ai4c.
i-gRs, steady, average. 2Sc
Potatoes, steady Jersey. f.T5q2.oo;
state ana " eetern. per 100 pounds.
ll01AlG Lone Island. 10000 Is.
south Jersey sweets. f2509375
Peanuts, steady, fancy hanapicked,
tbH4@ci ether domestic, s9t& 2. cab
hnEfs quiet n0nfafff. ner 100 white.
5000 400 Fse. lido9BOo.
Cotton ~ steam q LAyerpocls La
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25

| LIME, CALCIUM, PLASTERS AND
| EMENT-Alabama and Georgia lime
| in fair demand and sell at S5@90c a
| barrel; special calcined plaster, $1.4O0
1.50 per barrel; hair, 4@5c; Rosedalc
! cement, $1.20@125, carload lots. spe-
cial; Portland cement, retail, 32.T5:
! carload lots. $1.90Q2.00.
LUMBER-Market firm. Quota tons:
Sawn ties, per NJ feet, $12; hewn ties.
| (7x9xS15). 40c each; switch ties, $3.50:
minimum, easy size yard stock. $i450
| Q15.O0; car stills, $16.00419.00; ship
! stock $780,
oIL-Perfection Signal Oil, 42c in
barrels Pratt's Astral, 15Kc. in bar
rels; Aladdin S Security, 14hc in bar
rels; Water White, 141kc, in barrels:
Standard White, 1315c, in barrels; D,
s. Gasoline, in barrels. Ice; D. s Cas-
oline, in drums, lac; So degrees Gaso-
| line, in drums, 1Sc: GO benzine, In
drums, tS15c; linseed oil. raw. 55c:
boiled. Sic; lard oil. Gle.
SHOT-Drop, $1.45: B. B. and large.
| s1.70; chilled. $1.7O.
IRON--Market Arm; refined. $3.50:
| Swede. &c.
NA1Ls-cut. $40 base: wire, $40
base.
BARRED w1RE-ss4o per 100
GUNPowDER-Per kex. Aust,n
crack shot, $3.50; half key, $3.50: quar-
ter kegs, $1.40; champion ducking,
quarter key. 1925; Austin smokeless,
half kegs, SIS As; quarter, $3.50; three
pound. $40: one pound, 75c; less 20
per cent. on smokeless.
Cotton Bnggfng and Ties.
BAGGING - Market firm: tute, a
pound. 6Ac; sea island bagging, lie.
TIES-Standard 45-inch arrow, largs
lots. s1.1O: small lots. s1.20.
Bacon. Hams and Lard.
ID. s. butts Observation-Disclosures. 7Ko
u, ,. plates .-.............-. SIC
Western heavy bellies ...... .101hc
Eastern light bellies ..........-.11 c
Eastern medium bellies ........... .10%
Eastern heavy bellies ............. 1913
ID. s. G. r. sides ..................10 Ac
Smoked c. r. sides 1880
HAMS-Sugar cured, 14@15c; picnic
hams, 10%@1OAc.
LARD-Pure, in tierces, Ike:
50-pound tins and S0-pound tubs, 12c;
compound in tierces. sac: 50-pound
tins. and 80-pound tubs. 8ssc.
miscellaneous.
FISH-Mackerel, half-barrels, No. 1.
$3.50: No. g., $S.75; No. 3, $500; kits.
No. 1, $1.35; No. 2, s1.20; No. 8, s1.o5; cod
fish, 1-pound bricks, &c: 2-pound brick,
5hc; smoked behring's, per box, 800
tic. Dutch behring's, IN kegs. $1.10:
new mullets. half barrels. 1878.
SYRUP-Market quiet: Georgia and
Florida syrup, buying at 26@27c:
selling at S2@3219c; sugar house at 15h
DISC.
HIGH WIN ES-Basis, $1.S1.
HONEY = Fair demand; strained, In
barrels, 40c gallon.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25
Shipping Memoranda.

Charleston, S. c., Dec. 24-Arrlved
steamers Apache. Bearse, Jacksonville
and proceeded for New York; Comal
Woodward, Brunswick, bound to New
York with shaft broken; bark Charles
Loring, Blatchford, New York.
Fernandina, Fla, Dec. 24.-Arrived
schooner Belle O'Neil, Barter, New
York.
Sailed, bark Montornes (Urug)
Riera, Valencia. Spain.
Jacksonville, Fla. Dec. 24.-Cleared
steamers Comanche, Plat, New York
Seminole. Rich, Boston, ole Bull (Br.)
Mattheson, Kingston, jamaica schoon.
er Percy and Lille, Anderson, Provi.
dence.
Antwerp. Dec. 24.-Arrived, steamer
Dora, Savannah via Havre.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25
FLOYD RIFLES ELECT OFFICERS.

The Floyd Rifles at Macon have
nominated first and second lieutenant
to tll vacancies caused by the re-
moval of Captain Corbin and First
Lieutenant Floyd Massenburg from
Macon. Second Lieutenant w. L..
Starr was nominated for the captaincy
and Walter Harris and j. w. Domin-
goes, Jr., first and second lieutenants.
Eugene Stetson, quartermaster SER
geant of the Second Regiment, was
elected second lieutenant of the Hus-
sarS by d unanimous vote.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25
1000 BALES ARE SOLD.

One thousand bales OF cotton, which
have been stored in the warehouse of
the Cotton Growers Association at
Alachua, have been sold to Brantley &
Co. of Blackshear, Ga, at uniform
rate of 215z cents pound. This cotton
was the property of various growers
throughout the northern end of the
county, who are members of the asso-
citation, and the sale means the imme-
date distribution of about $4,000 in
Alachua county. There yet remains
], 300 bales in the warehouse, which may
be sold at any day
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25
PARDON FOR nLouNr.

Il. H, Blount. sent up for life from
Polk county thirteen years ago for
murder has been pardoned. Although
bitter opposition to the pardon of
Blount was expressed before the Par
doning Board by the people of Polk
county, who claimed that the murder
committed by him was atrocious and
cold-biooded and that he was too dan
gerous man to be at liberty his adj
vocate succeeded in securing an order
for the release of Blount. and he will
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25
GLASS WORKS IN FULL BLAsT.

The newly completed continuous tank
at the Dixie Glass Works, in ITALIA
poosa, has been put into operation with
full complement of blowers" so that
hereafter the works will be run night
and day without any intermission. The
full complement of boys required in the
running of the twelve shops, which are
now in full blast, are not yet in evil
dence. About sixty are required Near
ly $4,000 have been. expended in the
construction of this continuous tank
and some few minor repairs or changes
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25

be freed. The pardon was conditional.
however, and BIount is to be immedi-
ateIy re-arrested and returned to the
penitentiary should he ever enter. Polk
county or even resume his old habit OF
drinking The man is now at Reason
Henderson's camp at Odessa, and the
news that. after thirteen years of
penal servitude. he is to again breathe
the air of liberty, was telephoned to
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25
SATURDAY HALF HOLIDAY.

a movemnt looking to the establish
ment of a regular half-holiday on Sat
urday among the Columbus cotton
mills has been inauglrated. The mills
have proposed to the operatives that
they work forty-five minutes LONGER
each day, so that the factories can
close at noon on Saturdays. thus giving
operatives opportunity for shopping
The operatives now have the sugges-
ton under consideration.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25
MISS BIGGAR's FIRST ROMANCE

A. Child Actress Singing eCalI Me
Back Again" she Won Her First
HnsbnBd-After Years She Calls
Him Back.
From the Philadelphia Press.
New York. Dec. 22.-Whetner or not
Laurn BlEgaF. the actress, must go 70
STATE prison Tor two years the jury
"a Freehold, y. J.. must decide. The
epminf back into the lifs ~ the NO
man "a this critical turn q James
WINS Mcconnell. the actor. who xas
nef hffi husband. long since forgot
'n' - swear 90 her behif. gave .
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25
Coa.twise exports.

Per steamship Allegheny. for Phila-
delphla, Dec. 1916 barrels turpentine,
1876 feet lumber, 3.169 boxes oranges
and fruit. $50 tors pig iron, 2S3 pack
ages vegetables, 219 packages clay, 351
packages yarns, 25 bales linters. S57
packages merchandise.
Exports per steamship Kansas City
10 New York. Dec 24-24S bales upland
cotton, 1879 bales sea island cotton. 421
barrels naval stores. lao tons pig iron
2IS.576 feet lumber. S.337 packages gen.
eral merchandise.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25
GEORGIAAND FLORIDA
FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED.

A freight train was wrecked on the
Columbus division of the Central Rail-
road about thirty miles from Fort VAL
ley Monday night. 1t was special
train due in Macon at s p m. 1t con-
sisted of ten box cars, seven of which
were derailed and smashed. No one
was hurt, so far as could be learned.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.


steamship Gledhow (Br.), weatherill,
Norfolk. light.-A. f. Churchill
Steamship Castleventry (Br), Dor
nond Charleston, light.-A. F.
Churchill.
Schooner Orlando V. Wootten, Steel
man. Charleston, light.-Wylly G. Cab
bett.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25
FLORIDA.
on TRIAL FOR MURDER

Charles Coleman, who. with one
well-directed blow from pocket knife,
inflicted a death wound upon Joe Ly-
ons, at the Atlantic Coast Line freight
depot in Tampa. in September last, is
on trial for murder in the Circuit
Court.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25

Steamship Kansas City, Smith. New
York
Steamship Allegheny, Ryan. Phila-
delphia-
Steamship Hesleyside (Br), Faux
ner, Bremen.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25
Passengers by steamship..

Passengers for New York by steam-
ship Kansas City. Dec. 24-W. c. Cock
ms and wife. Mrs. w. H. Mason, Miss
Mary Irvine Miss Lucy Sims. Miss
Emmie Fickton. Mrs Bell Hill King,
Miss j. A. Muslin, Geo. B. Britten, c.
A. Britten, 1. Beckett, Mrs. c. d. Gin
der, w A. Fair.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25
SHOOTING NEAR COCHRAN.

The Morning News published the
shooting ARRAY between Charlie Hogg
and Jent Grantham, near Cochran. A
full account from Cochran says Char
lie Hogg is dead and Jent Grantham is
lying at deaths door with a bullet hole
through his body as the result of a
shooting ARRAY near this place to-day
Both are well known in this community
and prominently connected They have
always been known as friends, and this
afternoon left Cochran together. Grant
ham was going to take supper with
Hogg. While on their way to Hogg's
home the two men became engaged in
a dispute, which grew in heat until
Grantham gave Hogg the lie Hogg
resented this by slapping Grantham's
face. At this Grantham drey his pistol
and fired. The ball pierced Hogs body,
but as he fell he proved his aim true by
sending a bullet through Grantham.
Hogg died almost instantly without
speaking a word. Very little hope is
entertained for Granthams recovery.
The affair is universally deplored here,
both on account of the prominence of
the men involved and the belief that
they really had nothing to fight about
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25

nAll Aaf lots 100 pounds burlan
SEC ~. ks' ssei lo0-pouad cotton sacks. o..
lt.. pound buiinp sacks. fsci i25-nound
sDltoh SACKS SOC, zo9-pound burlap
HIDES Market fns; dry aint 49,.
afg SAT-, sifc. green sailed eiLc %F
WOOL Firm. prime i,eorsta f,s.
~ fHnq bpff ana black wool a..
.lets 49, bury iQ9iae. War -.
tsiigH, &C. Lrsr fkint, zoe. -"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25

Vessels Sailed Yesterday.

Steamship Bedouin (Br), Croskery.
Liverpool.--A. f. Churchill.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25
SHE WAS NOT INSANE.

The writ of lunacy sworn out against
Mrs. w. ]. Wood, who shot at Mrs.
Mary Ballinger on Saturday morning at
544 Peachtree street, Atlanta, has been
withdrawn because no physician would
sign a certificate of insanity.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

Rapid Transit, and gained about half
as much. Total sales, 1900.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25
Americanism faster than he is at

Amerlcanlsm faster than ne IS at
present.
When I speak of assimilation as a
means of solving the Jewish question
/ use it only with reference to the rela-
ton of the Jew to. general matters.
In religion the Jew is to maintain his
distinctive character. He is unique in
this above all things, and must for
ever retain his Jewish religious beliefs
and practices"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25
Steamship Jessie Burns.

At the Atlantic Coast Line wharf
the British steamship Jessie Burns is
loading phosphate rock preparatory to
shifting to the old Philadelphia slip to
complete her cargo of cotton. The Jes-
sic Burns is practically a new ship,
having been built in Sunderland, Eng
land about two years ago by Short
Bros. Her engines are of the latest
make, being built and installed by the
we'll known firm of Dickinson & Co.
She carried a cargo of pig iron from
Middlesborough to Boston.
The Burns is in command of Capt.
Robert Hutton, who has been in this
employ for over twenty-five years, his
last ship being the steamship Whit
burn. which was sold a few years ago
to the French. The Burns is 2,221 tons
net registry. She is owned in Sunder-
land by the Whitburn Steamship Co.
burn and the chief officer Mr.. Geo.
Galley.
The British steamship Gledhow,
which arrived late Tuesday night from
Boston, is loading phosphate rock at
the Atlantic Coast Line wharf. The
Gledhow will take on other cargo be-
fore sailing.
The Norwegian bark Hertha has al
ready taken on her part cargo of lum-
Der and has been shifted to the At
lantic Coast Line wharf to finish her
cargo with rosin. The Hertha is load
ing for Pernumbuco, Brazil.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25

Sun rises at 1921 a. m. and sets at
5:27 p m.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25
Notice to Mariners.

Pilot charts and photographic in
formation will be furnished masters of
vessels free of charge in the United
States photographic office. in Custom
House. Captains are requested to call
at the office. Reports of wrecks and
derelicts received.
Notice is hereby given that, on Dec.
20. the structure from which this fixed
white post-lantern light is shown. on
the northerly side of the channel OF
the Wadmelaw river, previously re-
ported carried away and the light ex-
tinguished. was rebuilt and the light
re-esta hlished
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25

High water at Tybee to-day at 4:19
a. m. and 4:46 p. m. High water at
Savannah one hour alter.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-25

Baltimore, Dec. 24.-Seaboard Air
Line, common, %; do do preferred.
421s; do do As. S2h.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-06
MCCARTHY SHOWS GENIUS.
Strides of an Augusta Boy I'm His
Profession of Music.

Strides of an Augusta Boy I'm His
Profession of Music.
The many friends of Mr. John F. Nc
earthly, an Augusta hoy, and a musical
genius will be pleased to learn of the
wonderful strides he has made lately
in his chosen profession as violinist.
Mr.. Mccarthy is in charge of the de-
partment of violin instruction in the
Zelpha- Barnes Wood school of music,
of Cincinnati. Ohio.
He is considered a most efficient and
intelligent instructor as the eminent
position he occupies will amply testi-
fy. He distinctly belongs to the class
of leading representatives among the
younger members of his profession.
MIR. Mccarthy is a native Augustan.
who exhibited exceptional talent at an
early age. He placed himself under Mr.
John Wiegand, a pupil of Spohr and
David
In the summer of 1894 he went to
les for four years at Leipzig under
Carl Rothe (of the celebrated Gew-
andhaus quartette) Unkenstein. and
later with Hans Becker ut the Leipzig
conservatory. Under these eminent in
structors, he acquired superb technical
facility and breadth of musical knowl-
edge. which eminently fitted him for
teaching.
Mr.. Mccarthy has lately assumed
the duties of his new position and will
receive the congratulations of Angus
ia admirers who feel justly proud of
him.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-06
NO FAMINE OF COAL
NEED BE FEARED BY SAVANNAH,
SAYS MIR. JOHN VI. EGAN.
THE FIELDS OF ALABAMA
WILL FURNISH ALL THAT MAY BE
NEEDED IN THIS SECTION.

Recent Rise in Alabama Coal Due TO
Increased Demand and to Fact
That Miners Are on Strike-Great-
er Part of Central Railways Sup
ply Secured in AIabama-Mr. Egan
Just Back From Trip over Line OF
CentraI-Says Cotton I'm Good Con-
ditIOn and Outlook for Heavy Top
Fruit Is GoOd-Annual Meeting of
CentraI's Directors and StOckhOId-
ers Oct. a.
Savannah need have no fear of a
coal famine, says Mr.. John NJ. Egan,
president of the Central of Georgia
Railway, who has just returned to the
city, after a trip over the Central that
carried him as far as Chattanooga.
The coal fields of Alabama, Mr.. Egan
says, are abundantly able to supply
all the coal that will be needed in this
part of the country, and these helds
are reached by the Central and other
lines that enter Birmingham.
1t is true that the price of this coal
has risen along with that of the hard
coal mined in Pennsylvania and West
Virginia, but this, Mr.. Egan thinks.
is but natural, being due to the in
creased demand for it and also to the
further fact that there is now strike
on in the Alabama fields.
From the Alabama fields is supplied
the greater port of the coal that is
used by the Central, but the increased
price will not affect that cad as all
coal needed is contracted for, at a
specified price by the year. The Ocean
Steamship Company makes similar
terms, though its boats are coaled in
New York. This is done because the
freights southbound are always lighter
than those going the other way, and
the vessels are, therefore, the better
able to lay in a supply of fuel that
will last for the round trip by taking
it on in New York.
During his trip Mr.. Egan paid a good
deal of attention to the condition of
the cotton crop. The plant, he says, is
in fine condition, being even greener
than 1t was in August-in fact, now be-
ing in the condition that it should have
been in during that month. Unless
there is frost shortly, Mr.. Egan
thinks that the top crop will be much
heavier than was anticipated some
time ago.
The annual meeting of the board of
directors of the Central of Georgia, as
well as that of the stockholders, will be
held in this city Oct. IA. 1t was i'm
tended to have the directors meet Oct.
10, and the stockholders the day fol-
lowing, but this plan has been changed.
Mr.. Egan knows of nothing other than
routine business that will be brought
before this meeting.
The annual meeting of the directors
of the Ocean Steamship Company will
be held later in the year, probably
some time in November.