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The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
GENERAL MARKETS.

New York, Dec. 17.-Flour, quiet;
Minnesota patent, $5.S5@6.10; Mime
sofa bakers, $4.4004.75.
Rye -four, steady; $4.45@5.00.
Buckwheat -four steady; $2.10@2.20.
Corn meal, firm; fine, $1.30@1.35; kiln
dried, $2.90@3.10.
Rye, nominal.
Barley, steady; mailing, 44@51c.
Wheat, easy; No. red, nominal. OPP
tions closed A0Ac net lower. May,
$112h; July, $1.02%; December, $1.16%.
Corn, firm; No. 2, &c asked, elevator.
Options, h@9sc net lower; 81 Lice;
December. 54Ac.
Oats, steady; 34k@351zc.
Beef, firm; family, $11.00@12.00; mess,
$9.OO@9,5O; beef hams, $22.OO@2S.5O
Cut meats. quiet; picked bellies 7A
@7%c; picked shoulders, SIC; picked
hams. &c.
Lard, quiet; Western steamed, 1920;
refined, steady; continent, 1920; COM
pound, 5h@51Ac.
Pork steady; family. $14.5o@15. 90;
short clear, $1S.75Q16.5O; mess, $4,000
1880.
Tallow. quiet; city. 45sc; country.
4%c.
Rice, quiet.
Coffee. spot Rio, steady; No. 7 in
voice, SIC; mild firm; Cordova, 100
12c.
The market for coffee futures, after
opening points lower on July and un-
changed to points higher on other
months, ruled generally active and
firm. The close was firm at net gain
of SOLO points. Sales, $4,000 bags.
Sugar, raw, firm; fair refining, 43sc;
centrifugal, 47sc; molasses sugar, 41sc;
refined, firm; confectioners' A, 5.50c;
mould A, 5000; cut loaf, 6.35c; crush
ed, 6.35c; powdered, 5.75c; granulated
5.65c; cubes. 5.70e.
Butter, weak; creamery, 17@26c; held
state dairy. 15@24c.
Cheese, quiet, unchanged.
Eggs, weak; nearby, fancy, S6@3Sc;
Western fancy, S1@92c; Southern, 22@
29c.
Potatoes, steady; Long Island, SIZE
@2.00; state and Western, $1.25@1.50,
Jersey sweets, $2.00@3.25.
Peanuts. steady.
Cabbages. firm; fiat Dutch, per hun
dred, s2.0OQ3O0.
Cotton by steam to Liverpool, $50
zoe,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
LIVERPOOL'S ADVANCE
PUT NEW YORK UP.

New York, Dec 17.-The cotton mar
ket opened firm, at an advance of so
IA points, in response to higher Liver
pool cables, and coverings by scatter
ing shorts for over the week end and
in preparation. possibly for the ginners'
report, expected early next week. Some
of the larger professionals appeared
to be selling, however, on the theory
that this report would make a bearish
showing, and following the call, the
market was more or less irregular. But
the selling movement did not attract
popular support, being restricted to
some extent by the small receipts for
the day, and prices during the middle
of the session were well up to the
initial figures. Trading as a whole was
quiet, and evening up for the week.
end seemed to be the chief trading
motive
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18

Daily Cotton Market
Savannah-Quiet: middling, 75kc; net
receipts. S,65S; gross, 1888; sales, lis;
stock, 151,741.
Galveston-Quiet; middling, 7ssc; net
receipts, 10,3S5; gross. 1925; sales, 1913:
stock, POI ,ss5. Exports-Great Britain.
1885; coastwise, 1914.
New Orleans - Quiet; middling,
9-1sc; net receipts, S.105; gross, S,1O5;
sales, 1850; stock, 395,S51. Exports
Great Britain, $500: France, 2S,6S1;
continent, 571; coastwise, 1913.
Mobile-Steady; middling, 7%c; net
receipts 2,SO1; gross, 2,S01; stock, H.
O69. Exports-Coastwise. $50.
Charleston-Quiet; middling, 7ssc;
net receipts, 99l: gross, 991; stock. 81
1876. Exports-Cdastwise 231.
Wilmington--Nominal; net receipts,
744: gross, 744: stock, $3.50.
Norfolk-Net receipts, 1917; gross,
1,9l7; stock. 27,S75
Baltimore-Nominal; middling, TIC;
stock, 1881.
New York-Quiet; middling, s.o5c;
net receipts, 1856; gross. zoos; stock,
Boston-Quiet; middling. 7.95c; net
receipts. 1888; gross, 4,771.
phia-Steady; middling, s. soc;
6,OeS.
Total to-day at all ports-Net re-
ceipts 35.5l6: Great Britain, %. S65;
France. 2S,6s1: continent, 571: stock,
1010.2S2.
Consolidated at all ports-Net re-
ceipts, 1856; Great Britain, POSES:
France, 23,6s1: continent, ST..
Total since Sept. /. at all ports-Net
receipts, 5,360.962; Great Britain, l.
904,054: France, 431, 407: continent. l..
1854
Interior Movement
Houston--Quiet: middling, 7Mc.
net receipts. 1924: gross, 1924: shin.
O29. 'N' 49,
Augusta-steady: middiing. if-1ee.
net receipts, 1858. gross, 1858; shin.
1l3. ''''
Memphis-Quiet. mlddling. INC; net
receipts. 2,l2f, gross. 1873. shipments
b,403i sales, 1000. stock. l3g,3fs.
-. bouis-Quiet; middiinR, TIC; mel
receipts 800, gross, 2.7Gb. shipments
z,iy5 sales, 10, stock. "a, l2e.
finciunati-Nei receipts. ss2. gross
~ shipments, 2ss. sales. 200. stock
Louisville Firm. mlddiing. fNc.
Total tO-day-Nef receipts. ia 2s2
gfQse 5000. shipments. III l3s. eaies
sle1li stock. sfg6lT.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18

WARE g. LELAND
Say LiverpOors Advance Gave Trade
a Surprise.

New York. Dec. 17.-Liverpool gave
trade a surprise this morning, and
one that found the market bare of cot
ton. Yesterday nearly every one look
ed for a weak closing and then break
In Liverpool this morning. But there
seemed 10 be cotton wanted yesterday
before the close. and this morning Llv-
erpool shot up z points. The action
Of the market goes TO show that a
further break below 7h cents IL not
TO be relied upon. We are now run
ming into a period OF light receipts, ow-
ing 20 the holding policy In the South.
IL Will not take many weeks OF light
movement 20 render shorts uncomfor-
table, and as soon as this happens the
demand viii be sufficient TO prevent "a
break below "a cents for some time
10 come. A. long as the market stead
les just above zoe for January and
fails 10 get weak on heavy selling,
there II no inducement 10 90 short for
further break. Rather there Ia
every reason 10 buy IN hope that hold
Ing by the South viii lead 10 such a
small movement that the price Will
have 10 be raised aoma IN order 10
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
J. S. BACHE q CO.'S
Daily Cotton Letter to Hayward,
Wick g. Co.

Wick g. Co.
New York, Dec. 17.-Liverpool show
ed rather surprising hrmness as a re-
suit, it is said, of covering by shorts
and a demand from the continent.
Futures were to points higher.
Spot cotton advanced points with
sales of 5000 bales. The local mar
ket responded to this showing with
a net gain of s to IA points, and while
there was considerable cotton Offering
from some of the larger speculative
sources, covering by smaller shorts
and commission houses was sufficient
to maintain the advance during the
best part of the trading with prices
in some instances working a little
higher. Business as a whole was
quiet, with evening up for over Sun
day accelerated by uncertainty as to
the ginners report next week which at
best is a short one owing to the close
of the market on Friday night for over
Christmas. We cannot see any change
in the situation worth mentioning ex-
cept that it seems that at the present
/ vel soma of the bear operators are
inclined TO take on fresh short lines
in anticipation of a bearish showing
by the Census Bureau. If this shows
II 400, 900 bales ginned to Dec. IA, we
shall be inclined to consider it con-
frmatory of the governments esti-
mate, while if it should be over H.
100000 bales the tendency will be to
increase confidence in even larger es-
Inmates of the crop.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.

Liverpool, Dec. 17.-Spot cotton, quiet;
prices, points higher; American mid
ding fair, 4.57d; good middling, 4.33d
middling, 4.23d; low midding, Aid
good ordinary. 9.97d; ordinary, S.S1d.
The sales of the day were 5000 bales,
of which 1000 were for speculation
and export, and included $500 Ameri-
can. Receipts. 81 900 bales, including
$4,000 American. Futures, opened quiet
and closed steady; American middling
6. o. C. December, 4.16d December
January, 4.16d; January February.
4.1Sd; February March, 4.22d; March,
April, 4.26d; April May, 4.29d; May
June, 4.S2d; June-July, 4.34d; July
August, 4.36d; August September.
1850; September-O October, 4.33d; Oc-
tober-N November, 4 SD
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
NEW ORLEANS SPOTS
CLOSED AT ADVANCE.

New Orleans, Dec. 17.-Cotton flu
lures steady; December. 1907 SOC;
January, 1901 SIC; February, 1870
1850; March, 1901 Csc; April, 1880
7.75c; May, 7.S1@7. SIC; June, 1870
1880; July, 7.91@7 93c.
Spot cotton responding to the ad-
vances in Liverpool and New York, i'm
proved 1-16c. Sales, 1850 bales, includ-
ing $50 to arrive.
Futures opened quiet with prices s
points up. The usual Saturday dull
ness was apparent almost from the
first call. Transactions were very light,
with fluctuations OF but to points.
In the trading January opened points
higher at 7.57c. declined to lac, and
finally gained 2 points to Isle. The
market closed quiet with net gains of
to points
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18

Liverpool cables proved better than
expected yesterday, with the result
that fair improvement was shown in
both the New York and the New Or
leans futures markets, and advances
were also made in the spots markets
of those trade centers, New York clos
ing at an advance of 10 points and
New Orleans showing a gain of lie
of a cent. In the futures markets New
York showed gains of to s points
at the close and New Orleans gains of
2 to points.
The local spot market was practically
unchanged the opening and the close
being quiet at unchanged figures from
the close of the previous day. Sales
were again very light, amounting to
but lis bales, which were posted at the
opening.
The tone, prices and sales for the day
follow:
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
COTTON MEN THINK
THIS ADVICE A JOKE

Burn 100000 bales of cotton and
put the price back to 10 cents, or
higher" is the caption under which an
open letter to Southern farmers has
been sent out by William c. WHITTIER,
of River View Farm, Rock Hill, S.
C.
The letter, after an analysis of what
the writer conceives to be the present
condition of the cotton trade, advises
the burning of what he believes the
surplus amount of the present crop to
be, and says that he has talked to
the farmers of his vicinity and that
they concur in his view. The letter
was shown to number of the men,
bers of the local cotton trade yester-
day, but they refused to consider the
matter seriously or to discuss it from
other than the standpoint of joke.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
SPIRITS PRICES UP
ADVANCE OF Il OF A CENT MADE
IN LATE TRADING.
OPENING AND CLOSING FIRM.
AT OUTSIDE QUOTATION OF PRE-
VIOUs DAY, 49, CENTS.

ROsin Market Also Opened mt Adj
vance on Two Grades and Made
Further Advances After the Close,
Prices in Afternoon Showed Adj
vance on Commons which Recent
Iy Have Borne Brunt of Pressure
on Market.
The spirits of turpentine market
not only held yesterday the gains of
the day before despite the rather large
jump in price that it made, but even
gained a little again in the late trade.
The opening was firm at 4S1s cents,
when the sales were 279 casks, and
the close was unchanged as to both
tone and price, but with no additional
sales. In the late business, however,
all sales made were at an advance of
1s of cent and the demand was pref
ty good even at that increase. The re-
ceipts were AL casks, and the ship
ments 418. The New York market was
steady at 50 cents. London was quot
ed at 37-9.
The rosin market also shared in the
upward trend of prices, though the adj
vance did not come during the mar
ket hours. The opening was firm at
an advance of 10 cents on K and 21a
cents on G, with the remainder of the
list unchanged from the prices of the
previous close. The sales were 1924.
The close was firm and unchanged and
without additional sales. In the post
market trading sales were made at
21zc up on G and sc up on F and be-
low. The receipts for the day were
1889 barrels, and the shipments S,2S7
at S2821h
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18

Fancy No. / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS c
Choice No. ......................1 212c
Prime No. ...................... ..1l12c
ar NO. .....'... '..'''....'.....l IL c
Ordinary No. ....................1O c
Common NO. Z ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 912c
SALT-Car lots, 100 pounds burlap
sacks, SIC; 100-pound cotton sacks, SOC;
125-pound burlap sacks, Acc; 1876 pound
cotton sacks, 48c; 15O-pound burlap
sacks, soc; 2OO-pound burlap sacks,
lLiverpooD. 7Sc.
HIDES-Market, firm; dry flint.
1910; dry sailed, 141zc; green sailed,
sc; green, 71bc.
WOOL-Firm; white prime, 25c;
prime Georgia. free of sand burrs and
black wool. at 23c; bury, 12@16c; wax,
28c; tallow, 4c; deer skin, &c; goat
skins. Csc each.
Hardware and Building Supplies.
LIME, CALCIUM PLASTER AND
Cement-Alabama and Georgia lime in
fair demand and sell at S0@S5c a bar
rel; special Calcined plaster. S15001. SO
per barrel; hair, 4@5c; cement, $1.10@
1.20; carload lots. special. Portland ce-
ment. retail, s2.00q2.25; carload lots
special.
LUMBER - Railroad ties, 2702sc:
hewn ties (7xaxS1s), 3S@4Oc; hewn
ties (6xS), 26x2Sc; switch ties, $1O.50
l1.00; easy yard stock, S11.O0612.O 90:
car stills. $13.09Q15.00: ship stock, $500,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
Two Trains Daily TO Eastern Cities
via Southern Railway.

Southern Railway has resumed
double daily train service be-
tween Savannah and the East.
leaving Savannah y. m. and 1915
a. m, Central time. Both trains car
nv pullman drawing room sleeping
cars 10 Washington and New York
elegant day coaches and the finest din
ing cars in the world. All trains now
operated over the new double track
through Virginia and the Southern
railway double-track bridge across the
Potomac. Pullman reservations glad
ly made or information furnished upon
& T. A., 141 Bull street; phones $780,
ad
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
Fruits and Nuts.
ApPLEs-sS.OO TO $3.50 barrel.
PANANAS-s1.75Q2.00.
nr.c -Mnlapa SA.h01h- 20.

.ppr Es-ss.OO to $3.50 barrel.
ANANAS-$175Q200
PAPES-Malaga, s4.50Q5.50; ia
.etca orange. S3.25.
iii ar t0SRIDA ORANGES-$2.7593.00.
PP1fNES-20s to 30s $15; S0s to 4Os.
~. aos 40 sos, Sc: 50s to COS, 7l5c; COS
~ 7o s' eNc; 7Os to SOs, &c; sos to Dos,
80 ~ =. aos 10 zoos. 4lac.
EANUTS-Ample stock, fair de-
.,and. market Arm; fancy hand-picked
Wirginias, &c; " c. peanuts. 6Isc; ex.
virginias, &c.
ny9iTs- Terragona. l4hc;
,.,tcss l2ihc: walnutJ. French. 12ibc:
ssanIes. l4lsc; pecans, i0c; BrazilS.
81. dlberts. lie: assorted nuts, So
s.s,,nd and 25-poGnd boxes. 12c.
Dried and Evnporated Fruits.
APPLES 49, Evaporated. TIC; sun
iHaIPRicoTs-Evaporated. fancy. lse;
choice, 10hc.
RAfsINs-L L.. 3-crowu, si.sB; T.
crown. $500. 4-crown cfusters. SAFE,
loose muscatells. SCI i-pound seeded.
i0Nc, Imperial cabinets. 50 per box.
PEACHES-Ey aporated. peeled, I6c:
unpeeied, SIC.
PEARS Evaporaied. i0Nc.
CITRON-A. s. drum. ifKe; fancy
corsician. IN io-pound boxes. ifnc.
cURRANTs-Rarrels. 7c.
Goffaa.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
A New Train 90 washington ana
New York.

Southern Railway announces REIN
auEuration OF its paiatiai noon train
out Of Savannah for the East. leaving
4 pm. Central time, daily. This. a solid
coaches, Pullman drawing room sleep.
inR cars ~ latest design, and the IA.
nous unequaled dining cars ~ the
southern Railway, Any desired infor-
h.afion given Or Pullman reservations
made W rliY Ticket once, ~ Bun
street phones 400 ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
may GnOnS MARKET.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE week
ends with continued firmness in
all directions, and although buy
ers are not operating to any
increased extent, the sales which
are being made are generally at top
figures, with little disposition to grant
concessions in order to force business.
Jobbers are operating very conserva-
lively.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
IN OTHER MARKETS.

New York, Dec. 17.-Rosin, quiet;
strained, $2.S002S215.
Turpentine, quiet; 51@511sc.
Charleston. S. c., Dec. 17.-Turpen-
tine and rosin. nothing doing.
Wilmington, N. c.. Dec. 17.-Tur-
pentine firm, 47%c; receipts, 2. Rosin
quiet, $24 40; receipts, 10. Tar firm,
81 co. receipts, 80. Crude turpentine
firm, $3.50 and $50; receipts, As.
New Orleans. Dec. 17.-Exports:
Glasgow. rosin. $50 barrels.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
CHICAGO MARKETS.

Chicago, Dec. 17.-Moisture in the
Southwest was partly responsible for
the decline here to-day in wheat. In
creased receipts Northwest made the
bearish tendency more apparent. At
the close May wheat was down %0Bc.
Corn is off BQAc. Oats are unchang-
ed and provisions sc to Toe lower.
The leading futures ranged as fol-
lows:
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
COTTON MADE GAINS
ADVANCES IN LIVERPOOL PUT
AMERICAN MARKETS UP.
BOTH FUTURES AND SPOTS
CLOSED AT HIGHER BASIS IN CHIEF
AMERICAN MARKETS.

LocnI spot Market showed Improve
ment in Tone, But Opened and
Closed at Unchanged Figures
Sales for Day Again Very Light,
Amounting to But 115 Bales, Post
ed at Opening-F. o. II. Market
Quoted at is Cents, Basis Good
MiddIinE.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18

New York, Dec. i7.-Cotton seed oil.
unsettled and barely steady. with a
moderate demand. Prime crude. +. o.
b. mills, lIMW1hc; prime summer yell
low, zoW10hci on summer yellow, nom-
mat. prime white. 2sa29c. prime win-
ter yellow. 2pc.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
A Fall Medicine.

Now is the time to take Graybeard
20 fortify your system against ALL
ments likely to prey upon you when
cool weather takes the place OF warm
weather.
Graybeard tones up your system
makes you eat and digest.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
Total sales yesterday, lis


Time. l p. M, day before, lis.
The f. o. b. market was steady at
rs cents, basis good middling. Fol-
lowing the rule recently adopted for
Saturday quotations only the opening
figures were posted in the f. o. b. mar
ket, while the spot market closed with
the / o'clock figures.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
SPOT COTTON AT NEW YORK.

New York. Dec. 17.-Spot cotton
closed quiet; middling uplands, S.O5c;
gulf, $500; sales, none.
Cotton Futures at New York, Dec. II.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18

bring cotton out. This is an interest
ing time, and we may have frequent
upturns before going lower.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
AT TIE CLOSE.

FUTURES.
Liverpool, 6 to s points higher.
New York, TO s points higher.
New Orleans, to 4 points higher,
SPOTS.
Liverpool, points higher.
New York, 10 points higher.
New Orleans, Lice. higher.
Savannah, unchanged.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour. steady; winter patents, $5.10@
$780, straight, $4.S0G5 90; spring pat
ents, S.9OG5.5O straights, 81. 60d4 80;
bakers, $3.70@4.SO; No. spring wheat,
$1.0SG1.14; No. 3, 95c@$1 10; No red,
81 .12@1. 14l9; No. 2 corn, Asa a46c: No.
yellow, ASA @46c; No. oats. 29Ac;
No. white. 30d3O%c: No. 2 rye, 100
14c; good feeding barley, S7d9Sc fair
seed, N.1S; No. l Northwestern, 81. 20;
prime timothy seed. S2.72is; mess pork
per barrel, 1i.25d11. 37l5 lard. per 100
pounds, S6.75. short ribs sides Ooose),
S6.25M6 so; short clear sides (boxed),
So .62h@6.75; whisky, basis of high
wines N.24; clover, contract grade,
si2.75
Receipts-Wheat, 90 900 bushels: corn,
52i 300 bushels; oats. 75.4OO bushels.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
SPOT COTTON MARKET.

The following were the official spot
quotations at the close Of the market
at the Cotton Exchange Yesterday.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
LUMBER MARKET.

Exports of lumber and cross-ties
from Savannah for the season begin
ming July l, as posted at Board of
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18

Graybeard may be had at all drug
stores for 800 a hottle.-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18

OLD HEwsPAPERE. 200 FOR IS
cfne. "a Business once. hoTnina
NsWa
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18

DE SOTO HOTEL, Savannah, Ga.
Open all year. Large airy rooms;
1000 feet piazzas; 100 rooms with pri-
vate bath. Telephone service in every
room. Liberal inducements to fami-
lies desiring permanent board.
WATSON & POWERS. Projectors.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18


s1.90; chilled s1.90.
lRON-Market Arm; refined. $3.50;
Swede, 4c.
NAILS-Cut, 1926 base; wire, 50. 25
base.
BARRED WIRE - s2S5 per 100
pounds
GUNPOWDER - Per key. Austin
crack short. $3.50 key; half key, $3.50,
quarter keg, $40; champion ducking
quarter key, $2.25; Austin smokeless
half kegs. SS45, quarter, $3.50; thres
pounds, s210; one pound, 75c; less %
per cent. on smokeless.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
Cotton Bagging and Ties.

BAGGING-Market arm; IL pouna
7AG7%c; 2-pound, sdS1sc; sea island
bagging, 10h611c.
TIES-standard 45-inch arrow. s4c
6$1.OO. ''S
COTTON PICKING sHEETs-22@
25c each.
TWINE-Per pound. or hank. IAN
i5c ~
HAMs-sngar cured. 1201shc; pic
mics, SdShc.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18
NAVAL STORES STATEMENT.

The following are the figures and
quotations of the naval stores mar
ket, as posted at the Board of Trade.
Shirts ROSin
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18

Futures opened firm; closed steady
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18

Options. Open.l High Low / Clos
The Savannah morning news., 1904-12-18

pounI IInH Hnd 6U-UOund tubs. m
compound I'm tierces, 5hc: 5O.ponnd
tins and S0-pound tubs. 6ikc.
miscellaneous.
FIsH-Mackerel. haifbarreis. Ne
4, SO; No 2, $3.50; No 8, IS: kita ~
]. ti.i0. No. 2, $50; No. 3, $40. cod.
fish. i-pound bricks. &C.. 2-pond brick.
b4o. smoked ncrrlngs, per box. isi9oc,
Dutch behring's. IN kegs, gii0, new
mullets, hair barrels, 81.
sYRuPmMarkct quiet, OeorFia ana
Florida syrup, buying AZ 22Q2Sc. SELL
ing az sb0H4e, sugar house, "a iehQ
WAx~2sc.
HIGH WfNEg-nnsiH. tiaa
HoNEf-Duili strained. "a barreia.
ttc gallon,
Amador ledger., 1904-01-22
Joint Installation.

On Tuesday evening of this week
jackson Lodge No. 1873, A. o. U. W.,
and the ladies auxiliary of the order,
the Degree of Honor, jointly installed
the officers respectively elected by them
to serve during the ensuing year. After
the regular business was disposed of the
installation ceremony was taken up,
which was followed by time devoted
to social pastimes. Those receiving
the obligation oil Office were as follows:
w. H. Willis, Master Workman: J..
B. Washburn, Foreman; w. J. Nettle,
Overseer; G. W. Freeman. Financier;
G. A. Gritton, Receiver; A. T. Sey-
mour, Guide; G. L. Wishard, Inside
Watch; L. Poggi, Outside Watch.
Degree of Honor = Mrs. Hannah
Kohler, L. of H.; Mrs. M. G. Barker,
c. of H.; Mrs. Sultana Goss, Receiver:
Miss Gertrude Barker, Fin; Miss Eta
White, Usher; Mrs. p Guerard, 1. w.
Amador ledger., 1904-01-22
Amador Press Association.

A meeting of all the newspaper pub
fishers in Amador county was held in
Jackson in the early part of the week,
and organized the Amador Press Assoc
iation. The object of this organization
is to protect the publishing interests of
Amador county; to secure fair prices
for all public printing, to prevent
ruinous competition in prices, and in
every way to work for the mutual bene-
fit of the local newspapers. The meet
ing was organized by the election of r
Webb as president, and H. D. Wood as
secretary. Various matters of interest
to the publishers were discussed, es-
peciallY along the lines of needed re-
forms. 1t was conceded that the news
paper business in Amador county has
seriously suffered in the past, and is
still suffering, owing to the lax methods
adopted, and the lack of harmony
among the publishers. 1t is to remedy
these evils that the association has been
organized, and it will certainly accom-
plish that end, provided it is wisely and
conservatively managed. No definite
action was taken beyond effecting an
organization. Another meeting will be
held early next week, when it is likely
that a decided move will be made in
the direction indicated.