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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-08
vIrqinia.caroIIna Company.

New York, October 7.--Virginia- Caro- lima Chemical company, 1914; preferred. S6.
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Feed Stuff.

Meal-Bolted. $l 20; water ground. sl.2b. Hay--Per ton. timothy No. l, SIS; clo- yer, mixed $1650; prairie. Si3.00; Johnson grass, Sl4.
 Corn-.Iixed. roc; white. 7sc.
 Cotton Seed Meal-Per ton. s22; Hulls, per ton, s7.50.
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Seaboard Air Line.

Baltimore, October 7.-Seaboard Air Line, common, 12A@12h; preferred. 2S@ 24 As bonds, 6S1kQ69iA.
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Bonds.
Money on Call.

New York, October 7-Money on call steady; lowest, per cent; highest, 2h ruling rate, 2A; last loan, 2A; closing bid and offered. 3; time money. nominal; sixty days 41zG5 per cent; ninety days, 5; six months 5.
 Prime mercantile paper, 6@61k per cent; sterling exchange easier, with actual
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour-Steady.
 Wheat-No. spring, SOlb6S1c: No. 2 red, 775s@7Ssc.
 Corn-No ?. 451sc; No. ? yellow, 467kc. Oats-No. g. 36c; No. 3 white, 351s@3Ss4c. Rye-No. 2. 53c.
 Barley-Fair to choice malting, 46d55c. Flax Seed-No. l, 96; No. 1 northwest ern, s1.02k.
 Timothy Seed-Prime, s2.65. Mess Pork-Per bbl, s10 .95a10. .971s. Lard-Per 100 lbs, $7.O0. Short Rib Sides-Loose. S. .351S. SO. Dry Salted Shoulders-Boxed s6. .5Oa6. 75. Short Clear Sides-Boxed, s. .5Od8. .75. Whisky-Basis of high wines, SPA. Clover-Contract grade, s1O. .75a11. .O0. On the produce exchange today the but ter market was weak Creamery, 151A@20c. Dairy, 1411sc.
 Cheese steady, lie.
 Eggs steady, 1Sd1sc
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MARKET
 CLOSED HIGHER Receipts for the Day Was Heavy and Pressure Renewed SOUTHERN MARKETS QUIET Declining Tendency Was of But Short Duration and Prices Before Midday
 Were Working Upward,
 With Heavy Buying.
SOUTHERN MARKETS QUIET

New York, October 1.-The cotton mar ket opened firm at an advance of 1 to 10 points on better cables than expected and expectations of less favorable wealth CT, including lower temperatures In Txas, accompanied by rains After the call some of the months showed little further gain, but the receipts for the day were heavy and there was soon renewal of bear pressure that eased prices off to within a few points of yesterdays finals. Reports were being circulated, however, that spin ners had been attracted into the market at the decline and private advices in- dicated a steadier tone Into the southern markets. In addition to this 1t was ar gued that the decline had been rather more rapid than the condition of the crop as reported, warranted, and that con- siderable short interest undoubtedly had been accumulated that might, sooner or later, turn for profits. At any rate the declining tendency was of but short dur ation and prices before midday were working upward with several prominent interests heavy buyers. The advance was encouraged by rather lighter eseiii"'So for tomorrow's receipts at leading points and further unfavorable advices respect ing the crop. Bull room longs turned for profits after a net gain of from II to 20 points, and the market in the early ar ternoon eased several points from the best. It was rallied again before the close, however, by more or less general covering, led by houses with southern connections and closed steady, Il to l6 points higher. Sales were estimated at 500, 900 bales.
 Official reports from southern spot mar kets showed them quiet and from 1-32 higher to 1s lower. Exports were heavy, assisting in the late advance.
 New York October 7-Cotton quiet; middling, g GO; net receipts. 15S; gross re- ceipts, SS03; sales 412; stock, 1O3,66S; ex- ports to Great Britain, 8916.
 Total today at all seaports; Net re- ceipts, 44,591; exports to Great Britain 31 ,774; to the continent, s200; stock, SS7,- 0S2.
 Consolidated at all seaports; Net re- ceipts, 21O321 exports to Great Britain, 61, ,241; to France. 1886; to the continent, 24242
 Total since September at all seaports Net receipts S47.3S4; exports to Great Britain, 176,233: to France, s5,S17; to the continent, 2O5,662
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s4,s4s,4s4.9s
s5,s24,57s.5s
s5,s24,57s.5s
W. p. 0. HARol NC, Pres. dent.

W G.. H. WOODWARD, H. BARR VcePresdent w. w. Cashier. R. FORSYTH Assistant Cashier B. F. E. w S. Brown, H. A T. Robert H. M Jackson ]. H. VcePres.dent; w. p. G. Harding, Sresident
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The New Orleans Cotton Market.

New Orleans, October 7.-Spot cotton fin good demand at full prices. Sales 52o0 bales including 220 to arrive. Quotations unchanged.
 In the future market the cold wave pre- dictions of the weather bureau caused a sharp advance. The opening prices were to points higher than yester- days closing, and shorts began to cover with such haste that much higher level was soon reached, notwithstanding the heavy port receipts. In the trading De- tober advanced 16 points to 9.12, Novem- Der IA to 9.10, December IT to 9.15, Janu- ary F to 920. February 15 to 9.24, and March IS to 9.33. The market closed firm. the list showing net gains of 13 points on October, r on March and IA each on the other positions.
 New Orleans. October 7-Cotton fu- lures steady. October, 9.09d9 10; Novem- Der, 910d9.12; December. 9.12@9.13; Jan uary. 9.17d9.1s; February, 9.23@9 .25; March, 932d9.33.
 New Orleans, October 7.-Cotton firm; sales. 52O0. Ordinary, 6lhc good ordinary, 13-16c low midding, 13-16c; middling, S-16c; good middling 9ase; mlddllng fair, sac; receipts, s9s1; stock, T,575.
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CONDENSED REPORT COMP ROLLER The FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Birmingham, Ala
 
RESOURCES.

Loans and discounts. .... $3,53s. .1s2.14 Overdrafts. .... .......... 483.o1 U. S. bonds and premiums 36s,000.0O Jefferson county bonds... 45,0oo % Other stocks and bon4s.. 11,3oo.9o Bank building. ...... .... 51,oOo.U0 CASH In vaults. ...$ 47o,93949 With banks .. 1,321,1 ,10I.55 With U. s. Treasurer 13,554.4O
 
 $1,s1o,6O1.4s
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LIABILITIES.

Capital stock. ....S soo,ooo.oJ Surplus and profits. .... 37O,113.1a Reserved for taxes. 5,o23.45 Circulation .. ....... 3oo,ooD.od
 DEPO3lTS. individual .. $4,282,738.66 Bank ... o16,b96.29
 nited States. 5o,Ooo.00
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27
LIGHT ON wooDMEN FIGURES
Attorney Johnson Says Deception is Used
to Support Increase in Rates.

Recently there appeared slmultan-
eously in the Chicago, St. Louis and
Kansas City daily papers paragraph
calling attention to the fact that the
death claims allowed by the board of
directors, Modern Woodmen of
America, for the month of January,
1903. were s633,725, or $40, 60S.S0
in excess of the receipts for the
month, and this was cited as a strong
argument in favor of the adoption of
the proposed increase in. rates now
pending for consolation in the local
camps of our society. While the
figures given are correct, they are of
no significance whatever where the
facts are known. The collections
each month are uniform, while the
death claims allowed by the directors.
vary considerably each month. That
the amount reported as allowed for
January of this year is away above
normal is proved by the fact that the
average allowance by the directors in
1902 was but s465,710 month, or
S167,913 less than the total death
claims allowed for the month referred
to. 1t should also be born in mind
that the deaths on which claims are
allowed in any one month do not
necessarily occur in this month, but
the monthly allowance may be made
up of claims which have been pend
! ing for several months.
The utter inconsequence of the
statement, as an argument, may be
seen from the fact that during the
month of March, 1902, our receipts
were S513,S72, while for the same
month the directors allowed death
claims amounting to S076, 400, or
S162, 500 in excess of the receipts for
the month. Yet, Notwithstanding
this abnormal record for that one
month, the society paid its death
losses for the entire year with but
eleven assessments and these eleven
assessments produced 100000 more
than sufficient to pay the total losses
for the year.
The publication of the paragraph
referred to was doubtless intended to
influence Woodmen readers of the
journals in which it appears, to sup
port the proposed increase in rates.
1t is to be regretted that those advo-
eating the change find it necessary to
resort to such palpably deceptive
arguments.
]. G. JOHNSON,
Gen. Att, M. w. of A.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27
The Athenian Club.

Inc club met Monday, March 10
at the home of Mrs. Anna Parker
with Miss Georgia Bailey as leader.
The subject of France was con-
tinued.
Roll call-Benefits derived from
the Art Exhibit. Mrs. Minnie Cole
gave very interesting paper on
Richelieu, the cruel tyrant, yet the
one then capable of laying the
foundation for strong nation. We
follow him in his career as Prime
minister. He was all things to all
men, could sit with the most learned
men and in council was often the
peer of all, he was equally at home
with the masses and enjoyed their
frivolity, thus he gained his hold up
on the people of the kingdom.
Religious troubles one after another
arose to test his generalship and at
last the determination of the Hugenot
party which had for one hundred
years divided the kingdom made way
for the events that made France what
she is.
Richelieu encouraged commerce,
agricultural pursuits, and fostered all
the Arts and trades heretofore
neglected. The founding of the
French Academy by Richelieu was
one of the greatest gifts to his country
and today many worship at the shrine
who would then have despised him
A concise sketch of the absolute
monarchy was given by Mrs. Lillian
Grimes.
Miss Bailey made a very interest
ing talk on the life of Napoleon
Buonaparte.
This French hero of the 18th
century depended upon destiny
which he considered superhuman,
to win him his victories, a selfish
man, at times displaying great
brutality yet SO great was his mag
netism his starving soldiers followed
his lead even to death. Retribution
followed him and he was at last
betrayed by his best friend until he
whom we have seen the greatest man
in the kingdom now an exile on St.
Helena. He died May 5, 1921,
venerated by all as one among the
illustrious conquerors of enslaved
humanity.
The club had the pleasure of talks
by Misses Johntz and Terrell, on the
places of interest in France, that
surround the lesson, and recently
visited by them.
The tomb of Napoleon was
described so infinitely you could
almost see the interior. The home
and dairy farm of Marie Antoinette,
also sketched side light views of the
Art galleries. The Tuileries and
many facts about the customs and
manners of the people were told with
such vividness, the hearers viii
remember for some time to come.
The club adjourned to. meet Mon
day, March %, with Mrs. Anna
Moses, subject, Paris.
Roll cali-Facts about France.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27
Notice.

To my friends, patrons and the
public in general. Beginning Satur-
day. March Z, will run three chairs
steady and will be able to serve our
customers promptly. Everything neat
and clean and up-to-date. IF you
want a good haircut or shave, sham
poo or razor honed, or the best scent
cigar in the city be sure and go to-
FERGER's BARBER SHOP.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

Ladies clean your kid gloves with
The Dry Cleaner, for sale only by
Lundblade & Bolinger. Sole agents
or the famous service kid gloves a:
S1.00 and the Force at 81. so. Gloves
fitted and warranted.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

Martin Neidig was in from north
Lakin township last Friday. He was
accompanied by Simon Epp, now of
Manchester, Okla, but former resi-
dent of this county. Mr.. Epp is well
pleased with his location in the new
country, and seems to be prospecting.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

L. Voigt was in from Lakin town
ship Saturday, in company with his
brother-in-law, a Mr.. Widmann, from
New York city. Mr.. Widmann is a
butcher by trade and is DESTROYS OF
securing location in this vicinity.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

New brick crossings east and north
from the post Office, are being put in.
Now if the old board walk on the
north side from the post Office block
was replaced with brick or stone,
Forest Avenue would be presentable.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

Miss Flora Schrepel came up from
Ellinwood, Saturday, to have one of
the Bend specialists treat her eyes.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

w. F. Klein & Co. this week got
in fine lot of driving and draft
horses, at the horse and mule market
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

s1.9S win buy one, dozen Cabine
photos at Wallaee's photo car, as fin
as can be made.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

Mrs. Winterburg and daughter O
the Sd ward, visited in Kansas CITY
last week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

You all will want to send an extra
copy of the Easter edition of the
DEMOCRAT to your friends in the east.
If you mail them from this office we
will pay the postage. The extra
papers will sell for cents copy.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

How about that Riding or Walking
lister you want? Come in and let us
show you what. we have in this line.
The Great Bend Implement Co.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27
Seedsl Seeds! SeedsI

Our stock is complete, all first class.
new seeds; also Alfalfa and Kentucky
Blue Grass. The Great Bend Imple-
ment Co.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

FARMERS-See Neweombe for see,
oats. Get them now,> for they ar
going to be hard to get later.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

FoR SALE-Avery Threshing out
fit, 16 H. P. engine, 32x60 separator,
in good condition, slightly used; will
give easy terms. Write c. & R.,
Box 6S, Heller, Kansas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

I. c. Cork, one of the enterprising
contractors of Hoisipgton, was in
town Saturday, taking a squint at
the new jail specifications, preparatory
to making bid on the building.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

$4,000 Premium. I again offer a
$50 premium on the best colt from
my draft horse, Colonel" exhibited
at the 1904 Barton County Fair.
JAKE ALEFs; Heller, Kans.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

Before you buy that hand separator,
pillow, wagon, buggy or any farm
machinery for spring work, call on
US. Well save you money.
MILLER & HEMKER. -
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

We have at last discovered the
secret of Jake Bakers ability to drive
his nag at "three" gait. Jake cur
ries him every Sunday morning with
hoe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

Mrs. w. r. Brady visited he
daughter. Mrs. Will Woodward, a
Seward, last week.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

Henry Smith and Susan Unruh
both of Pawnee Rock, were marriec
on the 10Th, by Rev. Williams, il
Great Bend.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

Call on Mrs. Stoke for pansy plants
and outdoor bulbs.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

Mr.. A. M. Sipes and family, OF
this city, desire, through these
columns to express their grateful
thanks to the many kind friends who
gave them assistance in a most
neighborly manner, during the illness
and death of father Israel Sipes.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

Having accepted position with
the Hooper Drug Co. as special sales
man of pianos, organs, wall paper,
paint and SO on, I desire all my friends
to call and see meafter March 9th.
Respectfully,
John DURKIN.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27
Resolutions of Coincidence.

WHEREAS Heavenly Father
who doeth all things well, has called
from this life the son Henry Rediger)
of our comrade and. sister Mr.. and
Mrs. Rediger. Therefore be it
REsoLvED:-T the members of
Pap Thomas circle No. Is, Ladies OF
the G. A. r. as a circle we extend
our heartfelt sympathy to those who
so deeply mourn the loss of son:
and commend them to an all wise
Father who knoweth best.
God in his wisdom
Has recalled; the son
His love has given,
Though his body lies resting here:
His soul is safe in Heaven.
REsoLvED:-Thata as a tribute OF
respect copy of these resolutions
be sent to our conrad and sister
and the county papers; and copy be
placed upon our minutes.
President, ANNIE E. MILLER.
Secretary, ALICE GAUNT.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

Jno. Conroy and wife were UP from
Ellinwood last Saturday, taking in the
fire sales, and attending to other
business.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

Pumps, Pipe Cylinder, Windmills,
Lawn hose, Poultry Netting and
Plumbing fixtures, our stock is com
plete and prices exactly right.
The Great Bend Implement Co.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

We can handle all your Poultry
Eggs and Game, at the highest casi
price.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

Have you purchased Cream Sep
arator yet? If not, do not fail to see
our Iowa centrifcal separator, the
best and most simple machine of the
kind on the market. We have nice
line OF Corrugated separators. They
are the Pride of the Dairy. Water is
the principle factor used in separating
the cream from the milk, Both how
ever being separate apartments. For
sale by The Great Bend Implement Co.
Now don't you think that new walk
from the court house straight west
across Main Street, is the proper
thing? 1t will be remembered the
DEMOCRAT published a diagram of
the way we wanted that walk put in,
couple of years ago. Our plans
were adopted.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-03-27

MORGAN, Muller & Co.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-11-13

at a height in the air at which his body with. it's long sweep of wings, will be hardly visible to the eye, his piercing scream hardly audible to the ear.
 But the most joyous and striking scene of all, and that which is associa- ted in my mind most indissolubly with Stafford rectory, is about half an hour before and after sunset, on a bright summers evening, when the clouds are radiant as with glory not of earth. Then, chasing or chased by each other, all the male birds in the little colony sweep round, at what seems to be dou- ble their usual speed and with double their usual screams, in circles now much narrower, now much wider, but always having as their center-for the center indeed it Is to them of all their anxieties, their affections and their hopes-the matched roof in which they themselves and their mates. their an- cestors and their still unf1edged young ones, have been born and bred. Their speed is at the very fastest, and their scream at the very loudest, as they skim along the caves and dash peril
 E ously near to the angles of the house in which their mates are sitting, as though to inquire how they are getting on, and to assure them that out of sight is not out of mind. Sometimes the wife will answer by a reassuring muf1ed scream from within: and sometimes mature will out" and she, too, will dash forth after her husband, and cas- ing her wings and legs, cramped, as they must be, by her long confinement, join fer a few minutes the headlong and jubilant rout. Then, as darkness comes on. each bird will sweep with d sudden and sullen thud, heard rather than seen, into its hole, and all is silent and still, for the all too brief summer night.-R. Bosworth Smith in the Nineteenth Gen. tury and After. ,s5s
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-11-13

out. and before his death was a con- Armed drunkard.
 His conduct practically compelled his young wife to retire from s0oiAtv so great was the disgust he caused. Yet if drunkenness had become so common. he would never have been ostracised in this way.
 Dinners in New York now are shorter than they used to be, and simpler, so far as the wines go. The old pro- gramme of sherry, Rhine wine, claret, champagne and cordials is a thing of the past. Two wines are the usual number nowadays. Last winter there was a fashion for white wine and champagne that put that combination on almost every table at less formal dinners and in nearly all the restaur- ants.
 The number of courses at a dinner is much smaller than it used to be. These changes have all come because men and women not only eat, but drink, less than they did when a formal dinner was species of gorge in both respects. Even at these diminished feats in vogue to-day it is interesting to notice how little woman eat and drink. They value their appearance and their health much more than the satisfaction of eating and 'drinking.-New York Sun.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-11-13

hour, to detect and intercept in it's flight
 an insect which you could only just see
 with the naked eye, as it came craving out, still alive, from her huge gaping mouth, rammed with scores of them;
 the one little white patch on it's chin in the middle of it's otherwise black k-brown plumage; the enormous expanse of wings, looking, when they are spread in flight, like the fiukes of an anchor; and the tiny legs unable to support the weight of the bird for moment on a horizontal surface, but armed with claws sharp enough to enable it to cling to the smoothest brick or stone wall, while it is feeding its mate or it's young in the nest close above.
 It is a question still much disputed whether a swift can ever rise from the ground. My own experiment in the matter-and I have tried the expert ment, not once, but a score of times-is as follows: rop him from a little night on to the ground, and he will often manage with sort of rebound to fiut- ter up at once, or place him, when you happen to have found him on the ground, on a rather steep bank where the grass is short, and he will succeed in rising from it; but lay him gently on rough ground or grass and hold your hand over him for minute; his mus cles will become cramped and he will be quite unable to rise, and, if you do not assist him, will crawl along on his belly, till he dies or becomes a victim of the cat If, on the other hand, when you have examined him at your leis- rue. you toss him into the air, he will circle round two or three times at his leisure and then go back, as if nothing had happened, to the nest from which you have taken him.
 What marvellous powers of flight he has,! From three o'clock in the morn ing of a long summers day till eight or nine at night, the male bird will be on the wing; and in that time, making all allowance for the brief repose he may, perhaps, snatch while he returns at rare intervals, his mouth filled with tiny insects, to feed his mate and the young, he will have covered at least thousand miles. Sometimes he will sweep along the surface of the grass or of river, like the swallow, but never dipping as he goes, and then, after few rapid beats of his wings, will sail forward for a hundred yards or so, by his mere momentum, without any ap- parent movement of his pinions. Some times he will twist and turn from side to side more like bat than a bird, and then again, by a few powerful down. ward strokes. he. will mount aloft with his fellows and circle round with them