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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
National Bureaus Report of Crops.
(By the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press)
Washington, Aug. .2.-The Weather
Bureaus weekly summary of crop
conditions says:
Cotton has made good growth in
the central and eastern portions OF
the cotton belt, the rapid growth be-
ing reported from portions of Ala
bama, Mississippi and Louisiana
Complaints of rust and shedding are
more general than in the previous
week in the Carolinas, Georgia and
Florida. Shedding is also generally
reported from Texas, where most OF
the crop would be benefited by rains,
drought being most serious in the
North central counties Much of the
crop in Mississippi and Louisiana is
grassy. Picking continues in south
ern Texas, where it is expected to he
general by the middle of August and
has begun in Alabama and Florida.
The condition of tobacco is less IA
vorable in the Ohio valley, where
much of the crop is i'm need of rain.
but from Virginia northward tobacco
has made good growth and topping
is in progress. Curing is progressing
in the Carolinas the cron in North
Carolina being much lighter than
usual.
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JUST TALK RUST
AND SEE GRAIN FLY
Two and a Half Cent Above
Saturdays Close.
THAT'S 1T IN COTTON
Dull and Apathetic is the Look OF the
Stock Market. The Cotton Mar
ket in the Late Trading is
Weak and Unset
n
THAT'S 1T IN COTTON
tied.
(By the Associated Press


New York, Aug. 2.--The cotton
market opened steady at unchanged
prices to an advance OF 4 points, and
al first ruled fairly steady, gaining
another point or two on the active
positions on moderate bull SUPPORT and
covering. In response to somewhat
higher Liverpool cables than expected
further report of crop deterioration
in the central belt, rains reported. in
those sections, where grassy fields are
already complained of. and appre-
tensions that the weekly report at
midday would prove less favorable
than of late. But the advance car
rying the new crop months very near
TO tho 10c. mark attracted heavy sell
ing and with bull support less agrees
sive the market soon began to work
loWar.
The weekly report read at midday
proved more favorable than expected
and promoted still further pressure
with the market in the late trading
weak and unsettled, closing at the
bottom.
Receipts estimated at $500 bales.
The decline in the afternoon was as
sisted by reports that the leading
bull interest was attempting to 1iQuf-
date. This party, it is said, had is
sued a market statement to leading
wire houses early in the day advising
covering on the ground that tomor-
rows monthly report would prove
less bearish than expected, and it APP
pears that three houses took this
statement to mean that the bulls de-
sired to make market for covering
and advised sales instead of pur-
chaSeS. At any rate. leading wire
houses with New Orleans and mort
general Southern connections were
leading sellers of the decline, while
the idea that the bulls were unload
ing was fostered by occasional offer
ings by lower Wall Street brokeH
Receipts at the ports today 1850
bales. against 1921 last week and "
last year For the week $4,000 bales,
against 1888 last week and 1,4l
last year Today's receipts at New
Orleans 90 bales, against 2 last year
and ct Houston 70 bales. against
none last year. -
New York, Bug. Cotton spot closed
quiet 20 points tower, middling uplands
~. a. gulf 1873, sales 39l bales.
Futures opened and closed s.e1dy.
Open Close High Low
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
Ware e. I. Glands
Cotton Letter.

Raleigh, N. c., Aug. 2.-There was
an early advance in prices o the high
est level of yesterday but it was evil
aeht during the morning that buyers
We're getting too much cotton to allow
them to force prices very much. AS
soon as this fact developed holders
lhreW cotton overheard waiting for the
Ie8ular weekly report at noon. AS
soon as the professional discovers that
more news is needed to put market
hlSner, it does not take him long TO
act There was no telling today just
what the weekly report would be, and
as prices were any where from 20 to
40 points higher than when the last
report was issued discretion was
thought to be the better part of Valor.
AS II afterwards turned out, the week
~ report was a non descript sort of
document with no mention oC oil
WeeVil. This was rather a surprise
and a lot of cotton came on the mar
ket that wa held by traders, who look
ed for boil weevil damage reports.
Taken as a whole, the report was
fairly good though nothing to boast
of. A great deal now depends very
much if the figures are not higher than
last month. Weather continues good
and we would rather see a decline in
the market before buying again.
WARE q LELAND.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
New OrIeans Cotton.

New Orleans, Aug. Cotton spot
quiet and easier; sales 1900 bales, in
Guiding 900 to arrive. Quotations re-
ducCd Ii.
Futures opened steady with prices
from one to seven points higher than
Yesterdays close. From the open
ing there was an evident desire on the
part of longs 10 hquidate botn III
New York and this market and Shorts
showed more aggressiVeness than they
have for some time. The conditions
sent prices down Cor fairly vide de-
clines during the trading before the
weekly bureau report was received.
The report was about as expected ahd
the trend of prices continued down
ward. The market was fairly actlVe
considering that tomorrow is monthly
bureau day to which great importance
is attached Longs displayed some
nervousness. and liquidated to some
extent through fear that Liverpool
cotton conditions might be better than
expected. In the trading August
opened seven points higher at 1916.
sold down thirty-four points to 1917
and recovered to 1915; October open
cd three points UP at ga and sold
down 26 points to 9.46. The mark
ct closed dull and within a. point OF
two of the lowest prices of the day
The net losses were ~ o 26 points.
New Orleans, Aug. 3, Cotton futures
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
Naval Stores.
Wilmington,

Wilmington, Aug. 2, Iurpentlne ........ 81
receipts i04 casks.
Rosin firm, 2.S5, receipts 3l8 bbls.
Tar firm, l.S0, receipts 81 bbls.
Crude firm, 2.25@3. 75@4.00, receipts 20I bbls
Charleston, Aug, 2, Turpentine firm 523l, sales
quote A, Il, g, 2.30 ID 235, r @2l0
E LIDO; g 2,50@, II 2.65, / $40, X B. 10
1917, 1850, VIC 40, WV 4.45.
Savannah, Aug. 2-Turpentine firm, 531s
ecepts ,ll9, sales 474, exports Isl.
Sosln-hrn, receipts / 1888, sales 1870, exports
Quote A, B, C, 24o@..., ID 2Ij@., E
.o1@. f 2o069......, q 2t0 III 275d, .
5000 K sto. M 3.S.h, N 1896. VIC 54Og
l.30 WV, 4.6oD.
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Cash quotations were as follows:
Flnur- WINS firm and SteadY. winter

Cash quotations were as fOllOWS:
Flour was firm and steady, winter patent
i.s0@5.OO, s'raights 4.25946o, spring
patents 3.30@6.70, straights S.6O@i:Gn,
bakers 25063.30, wheat No spring 93@lO0,
No 3 9O@g7, No. red, 95@95A, corn No.
53k@.; No. 2 yellow No. @e5434, oats 2 S419a35
No. Z white $500, No. 3 white S5@S7;
rye No. 2 $50, good Feeding barley pos
fair to choice mating 42@o50, flax seed No. ]
il7@, No. / northwestern l24, prime timothy
seed 3O5D ...... mess pork per Dbl i2.SO@l2
IIoosel 1901. o2L, dry sailed shoul. (boxed)
- short clear sides (boxed) SOU9S.2o,
whiskey basis of high wines l.2o, clover con-
tract grade l.25C1.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
s. A. T.. Stocks and Bonds.

Baltimore, Aug. 2, S. a. l.. common 9H@H
preferred, l7A@H.
Bonds-1s.........
4. G. l.. common 115@lIt15, pleferred.........
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
Grain and PrOYiSiGnS.

Chicago, Aug. 2.--Wheat for Sep
TENDER delivery sold on the board of
trade here today for 94A, an advance
OF "a TO 2 Il compared with Satur-
days closing figures. The sharp
upturn was due to alarming reports
of rust damage to spring wheat in
the northwest and to almost equally
pessimistic adviceS from foreign coun-
tries. The market closed pract-
cally at the high point of the. day.
Other grains were influenced by the
strength of grain September corn
closing with a gain of PA to 2 4 C,
oats are UP 1 IS to 1 zee; provisions
are unchanged.
lOpenlng. Highest. Lowest Closing
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
Baltimore Provisions.

patents 4.so65.lo Spring patents 4.S5@5l5
Wheat strong, spot contract 90Z@H, do red
western, 924@M July So14@h, southern by
tmple 70hSs, do on grade 75@8S%.
Corn strong, spot 54@5i14, Aug. 5o149%.
Southern white co N 5000.
Oats quiet, No. white 1917.
Rye firm, No. 2 800, UPTOWN 77@l79.
Butter quiet fancy imitation Is, fancy
creamery Is& 4, fancy ladle l4@l5, store packed
lImI2.
Eggs steady Is.
Che csc firm, large S15@54; medium 9@A
small 91sdeJ3S, new l0G.h.
Sugar strong, fine andcoarse, granulated 90
fine 5.-U.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
Other Cotton Markets.
raleigh Spot Cotton Market.

Receipts yesterday .... bales.
Receipts year ago yesterday bales.
trices yesterday ..107s to 11cts.
Prices year ago yesterday. .13 II cts.
Receipts this week IA bales
Reel. same week last year.. bales.
Receipts TO date. $500. .14,S77 bales.
Rect. same date last year 15,057 bales.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
Liverpool.

Liverpool. Aug. Q. 4 p. m.-Cotton spot
was Quit, prices la poin's higher,
American mddliug fair $40, good middlng
6.2s. middling 6.l6 low mlddhng 6.Vu, GO q
Law were 1000 bales of which 500 were for spec
ulation and export and included 5000 Amerl-
can. receipts 1000 bales Including lo'ioO Amer
lcan. =,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
Dry Goods

New York, Aug. market condi-
tons in dry goods remain practically
unchanged with sellers showing in
creasing firmness. BUYERS, however.
are not inclined to operate any more
extensively, the majority expressing
a lack of confidence in the situation
which does not seem to be warrant
ed by the position of sellers and man
ufacturers.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
New York Money.

New York, Ang. 2, p. m.-Money on call
,asy SOL. high -, low, ruling rate -, last
loan closing 7s offered l., time money
drmer, go days f@12.~, so days 2@215 six
months 31acG3A, prime merct'le paper354 @IH
sterling exchange firm. with actual business
n bankers bills at 4S7.S00 for demand
ind at 4S505@0G. for 60 day ILLS, posted
ares 4.S51z GD fSbt@48e19 commercial bills 1870
var silver $50, Mexican dollars 4534, Gov
onds ....... Railroad bond. ...
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
First Tobacco Sold at LAGRANGE.
Especial to News and Observes.

- - anu oDSeFNeT.J
LAGRANGE. N. c., Aug. 2-The open
ng Of the tobacco market took place
5 esterday. About $4,000 pounds were
old at the two warehouses. The to-
1acco was principally low grade-prim-
ngs and brought on an average about
I'VE cents The prices were gener-
tly satisfactory. The yield and
luality promise to be good
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03

New York went off 20 points yes
terday and is now 1850.
The estimated figures in Raleigh by
grades are: Strict good middling,
II Is cents; good middling, II cents;
strict middling, or cents; middling,
01a cents; stains and tinges, 10
cents.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-03
New York Provisions.

New York. Aug. 2, Flour firm, wintel
natents Si.9aa5.50' Minnesota patents 495G5.2o
do bakers, s4.OO@.4.2o.. straights 4.75@490 o.
choice to fancy 4.l59450
Corn meal firm, yellow western llO@ll2
kiln dried 3.00@3.l0.
Rye nom, No. western, 10.
Barley nom, feeding 46%; mailing 55@6}.
Wheat nom, No. 2 red, nom. elevator
May $685. July 1925, September 9SA, Dec
Corn firm No. 571z, July 5i5l, September
j7al. December 81.
Beef arm, family lO5O01l 90. t9mess so
$50 packet 9.0O@l0., beef hams y 2NS24O0
Cut meats steady, picked bellies Sal
i,kled shoulders 61zGA, picked hams loH@
Lard easy. western steamed 735, June *:
No. 7 quiet. refined steady, continent Loo
PnrR STEADY. family I5OOd150O, short clear
i8.5A0I5 ~, mess l4.00MlI2.
Tallow steady, city (s2 per pkg),4%@ country
RoSin steady, strained common to good
Tnffp ptie dull, 5614@57.
Rice steady domestic fair to extra 31s@oh
Molasses steedy, New Orleans open Kettle
good to choice 3l@IS.
Coffee spot Rio steady MOI invoice lilo, milo
sugar raw firm fair refining 4, centrifu.
cal SO test I5-l6@4, molasses sugar : z
refined firm, confectioner's a, 400. mold =
) 40. cut loaf 5.75, crushed $50, powdered 5lo
eranulated sos, cubes 80
Butter firm creamery com. 10 extra lI12G%1
state DAIRY l2@l7. western factory ll@l3M.
Eggs steady, state and Penn. nearby
ancy selected white GA, Southern loZ@I'%4
interiors l30l4
Cheese Cuet state. full cream
small white fancy; 71a0M, small colored
fancy S651S, fair to good ~.
Potatoes easy Long Island 1.2j9l.75. Jersey
.25Cal.75 Norfolk l250l.75, South Jweets 5.5'
@i.50.
Peanuts steady, fancy hand-picked $40, other
domestic 314@6H.
bill. or crate 2j0.lO
Cotton by steam TO Liverpool 12G.
Cotton seed oil market was nrjn
| crude f. o. b. mills 2l%, prime summer yellow
26h or, off summer yellow nominal, prime
white 3l%, prime winter yellow $40.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
Women Take Place Of Horses.

Incredible as it may seem, there are
some places in Europe where women reg
ularly pillow instead of horses. That
women were never intended for work Of
this kind has long been admitted in all
civilized countries, but simply because
a woman is seen drawing a pillow it would
be rash to infer that she is necessarily
working very hard. The plow is not cut
ting deep furrow, but is merely scratch
ing the ground, so to speak, and as it is
very light the woman draws it after her
with ease. There are certain wild dis
tricts where the work is much harder.
but even there the women do it patiently
and never utter word of complaint
The reason why women take the place
of horses is not because the men are cal
lous or lazy, but because horses are
priced very highly and their owners 7sv-
er dream of working them for more than
a few hours each day. If deep burrows
have to be cut through field the horse
does it, but lighter tasks he disdains, and
the woman takes his place as matter
Of course.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
THE CENTURY OF uclINEss
Cities ard Their People Have Been
Destroying the Beauty Of
the World.

Ernest Crosby tells the Craftsman
that though the nineteenth century may
lie known for many things in the future
it cannot we'll escape one uncomfortable
name. the Century OF Ugliness. The fact
is, says Mr.. Crosby. that for over one
hundred years CLristendom has been
busily at work making the world ugly
in every conceivable way, and with the
most remarkable ingenuity. Cities have
grown enormously. and their sordid sub
urbs are forever eating into the country
side. And these cities. everlastingly at
tracing what is best in the country to
themselves-the country people, to be
bleached and enfeebled-their forests to
be scattered about the streets as waste
paper-their lakes and streams. to be
used for any purpose but publication and
cleanliness-these same cities are per-
petually belching forth in return black
smoke, cheap suburbs. Newports, Coney
Islands, cemeteries, summer boarders,
excursionists, vulgarity, false ideals and
every other unnatural monster. Our
mining regions have devastated whole
countries. condemning men to work in
endless night, piling up mountains of re-
fuse. and eventually covering counties
with a sooty pail. Half the attention be-
slowed upon the invention of dynamite
and battleships might by this time have
learned how to store little of the wasted
heat of the SUM- And as for the digging
of gold and silver and diamonds, we
should be much better of without them.
We have wellnigh destroyed the forests
OF the world. No man with a soul can
traverse the Adirondacks to-day with
out suffering more than he enjoys. as he
looks upon the thousands of acres of bar
rem stumps. And in Wisconsin and Mich
igan it is worse. This is the work Of
practical men," save the mark, and l,
who protest, forsooth am sentimental
list! Is it necessary to speak of the ugli-
ness of machinery. with its noises. its
smells and its monotony. Of railways and
blackened railway yards and terminals,
and trolley-wires and gongs, and narrow
25-story buildings interspersed by build
ings of five? The pretty costumes of the
peasant have gone. and chalet and log
cabin give place to shapeless boxes and
tenements. We have robbed the poor Of
their sole wealth, the quality of being
picturesque. Not content with this work
of uglification at home. we have ruth
lessly carried 1t across the sea. We have
inflicted death-wound upon the art Of
India and China and Japan. We are wag-
ing war against turban and galakieh in
the name of top-hat and trousers. We
are converting graceful Orientals into
aping manikins, and the telegraph poles
of Toxic stand as witnesses of our tri-
umph.
This is the story of the nineteenth CEN
fury. There may be items to Our credit,
but they are not in the line of beauty.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
Untrue Story.

There is absolutely no truth in the
report that has been sent out by the
Associated Press in regard to the
melting Of the equestrian statue of
Roosevelt which North Dakota has
had made of butter and is exhibiting.
The statue stands in refrigerator
where the temperature never varies
more than three or four degrees, and
is always low enough to keep butter
SO hard that it has to be worked up
outside of the refrigerator. The story
probably originated from the fact
that Lieutenant Governor Bartlett
was dissatisfied with the first figure
which was made. By the terms of the
contract entered into with the sculp-
tor the statue was to be acceptable to
the executive commissioner or no
money was to be paid. The statue
was not only unsatisfactory to Gov
ernor Bartlett, but was unsatisfac-
tory to the superintendent of the
dairy department, and was ordered
out of the refrigerator unless it was
changed within a specified time. The
first sculptor refused to make good"
and second employed who has pro-
duced piece of work which attracts
a great deal of attention. The Off
Gals of the dairy department are
more than pleased with the new
statue and the crowds which admire
it every day is evidence sufficient that
it will come near the top when the
various pieces are judged next month.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08

\NeW 4OTh WOHSlN WI 4S SOuSulSSO W
Cotton Speculators)
countries in the SOUTH she said. "They
are cotton planters. The real cotton
planter knows to the quarter of bale
how much he is going to raise on an acre.
1t is to his interest to know it, and let
me know what he knows.
This knowledge is sent to- me by
means of a postal card system. Each of
my correspondents sends me report
twice month. send out two reports
month during the summer and fall; dur
ing the spring months and late winter
only one.
'.My first announcement this season
sent the market down more than so
points, because predicted good year.
It is said that it meant a difference of
millions of dollars.
"The first l knew the telephone was
hot with messages all the time, the Of
flee filled with people, and the news
papers came out with the statement
that my report had made the difference.
'"The first time that my report ever in
f1uenced the market was about two or
three years ago."
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
LUBEc's ALCOHOLIC FERRY.
Thirty Maine Men Get Drinks in
Spite Of Uncle Sam and
Prohibition.

In Lubecs international alcoholic
ferry the United States customs officials
and the deputy sheriffs who are trying
to enforce Names prohibitory liquor
law confess that they are up against
scheme that can't be beaten, says re-
cent Bangor report to the New York Sun.
Lubec is a little seacoast town away
down toward the jumping off place, as
Maine people call the easterly tip end of
the state. and directly opposite, sepa-
rated from it by narrow strait, is the
island of Campobello, part Of the prov
ince of New Brunswick.
Recently wave of liquor law enforce
ment struck Lubec, and when the town
became really dry certain enterprising
Yankees conceived the idea of establish
ing a saloon over in Campobello and
ferrying customers across and back. It
was good scheme, and it worked
Any man who had the price of pint,
a quart or lone drink could get free
ferriage, and the business at once began
to boom. The traffic grew and prospered,
until finally the dories and leaky sail
boats were superseded by smart gaso-
lene launch which could go fast and
carry good many passengers.
Competition arose, and other saloons
were established on the island, with
other ferries to carry customers to them.
"A sea voyage and chance to buy the
best imported whisky for ten cents a
drink" were the inducements held out,
and all the thirsty men in that part of
Maine fiocked to Campobelio for their
health.
The Lubec white ribboners became
aroused and called upon the customs
officers to put stop to It, The customs
officers Investigated, but decided that
they could do nothing. Any man had the
right to take drink wherever he could
find it, at home or abroad, they said, and
so long as the voyagers to Campobello
brought back their liquor in them, and
not on them. they were within their
rights.
So the International alcoholic ferry
dourishes gayly, and all the prohibition
lists can do is to stand on the shore of dry
Lubec and wish that some of the wabbly
cargoes may be spilled on the way home.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
4 NORTH DAKOTA ESCAPE.
Sheriff Arrests q Culprit and Then
Goes to Dinner. IL overpow-
powered, Man Escapes.

A wholesale delivery of the prison
ers confined in the Ward county Jail
was frustrated by Sheriff Scofield.
Had the officer been five minutes later
in making the discovery sixteen pris-
oners would probably be at liberty
today, including six of the most des-
perate characters in the northwest.
While returning to his residence
from the business district shortly
after the dinner hour last evening
Sheriff Scofield noticed two bricks
mysteriously disappear from under
one of the windows in the north
wall. He made a hasty investigation
and found a number of prisoners en-
gagged in tearing out the WALL The
men We're ordered into their cells
and confined behind iron doors where
they have since been kept, and will
remain until the new Jail is COM
pleted.
A close examination of the wall by
the sheriff and his deputies disclosed
the fact that bricks from the inside
of the wall had been demoved, maxi
ing a hole sufficiently large for the
body of good-sized man to pass
through. The prisoners when de-
tected had just commenced to re-
move the outside layer of bricks and
in five minutes more would have
made good their escape.
The new Jail will be ready for oc-
cupancy next week.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-09-08
Cent Per Month for Rent.

Anthony Suda, of st. Louis, Mo-, lives
In house for which he pays rental
of one cent month. This rental is
charged by his employers, and Suda's
task is that of acting as Waterman at
the factory, almost adjoining his homo.
His employers state that they charge
Suda one cent a month rent for the
house, in order that he would be en-
titled to 80 days notice before evic-
ton in the event Of the property pass
ing into other hands.