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oer YOUR RAILROAD TICKETS

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tains. Teachers Institute week Price
q N FOR the round trip, good for return
until July 1st AZ Daily News office
Train leaves Providence at 5.O7 Tuesday
morning, July 9TH Enjoy tho privileges
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HOLDING CONVEN T|ON.

CHRISTIAN UNION OF THE uNVERsALisr
CONVENTION IN THIS
TODAY SUNDAY
ARRIVED FROM ALL OVER THE
ATTENDANCE AMOUNTING TO SOME
WILL HOLD ITS EVENING SESSIONS
IN The STREET ITS
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reAcHeas, INsrlruTE EXCURSION

Mountains Tuesday. July bth Teachers
Institute week. should get their tickets
OF J. u. HALL, JR.. at the Daily News
Office. corner Mathewson and Washington
streets Price for round trip. 81 65. good
10 return until July sist. Mr.. Hall will
conduct the party. which leaves Pr0w-
dence 7W Tuesday morning. going via
Boston. through the famous Crawford
Notch down the Ammonoosuo valley. ar
riving In Bethlehem at $50. Returning
via Concord Hotel rates reduced 10 $50
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carly and enjoy the privilege OF a special
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FINANCIAL
The New York Stock Market.

Reported for The News by N. CURTIS
FLETCHER & CO., street fioor, Banigan
Building.
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The Cotton Market.

Reported for The News by DAVIS e.
DAVIS, Banigan Building.
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IIAs No POLICY.

Support the presidents policy. ehi VIII
some gentleman please tell vas what that
policy isg Has he any7 II 80. why doesn't
he say so9 The truth Is he has none
lie IL an opportunist waiting FOR some
thing TO turn up. He Is letting things
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-16

The bricks are here to build the nav
vaults. for the county records safe keep
ing. A good thing and is much needed
Bayboro Sentinel.
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BALTIMORE PROVISIONS,
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, Feb. 15.-The stock mar
ket today marked time and at intervals
came to halts, but slight as was the de
mand for stocks, it was sufficient to main
tain prices as the offerings were entirely
insignificant. There was no sign Of liqui-
dation, nor did the professional trades
venture to take the short side of the mar
ket in spite OF the stagnant condition OF
the trading. condition that usually in
yitcs 10 some aggression by professional
bears There was nothing in todays news
that seemed to have any influence upon
the market beyond the negative influence
of the relief felt at the absence OF selling
pressure. The special demand from Bal
timore last week for funds, which coun-
teracted the currency movement TO New
York is expected TO continue this week,
some estimates OF the probable shipments
to be made this week running to lmproD-
able figures The financial world, how
ever. is in a very composed frame OF nina
regarding the money outlook, in spite OF
the Baltimore demand, the coming Pana-
ma Canal payment and the continued
temporary borrowing by railroads, which
receives a greater or less addition every
day. OF today's few noteworthy move
ments that in Amalgamated Copper was
attributed to an advance in the price OF
Copper. Reports were current that an
sgreement had been reached between the
largest individual holders OF New York
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J. y. BOUsHALL, General Agent,
Tucker Building Opposite Post Office, Raleigh N. c.

Central stock and withhold it from the
market and the shorts in the stock were
made uneasy thereby. Rumors of the Sc
rious illness of the German Emperor and
the Car were without apparent effect.
Reports >of rate cutting on grain, the
failure of railroad earnings to show i'm
provement and rumOrs of a coming strike
in the soft coal fields were equally with
out effect The closing was firm but
nearly stagnant. The days business was
the smallest in nearly four years.
The bond market was also exceeding
ly dull and the tone was steady Total
sales par value s1,21S,500
U. s bonds were unchanged on call.
Total sales of stocks ia. 300 shares, in
Guiding Atchison, 10000 Baltimore and
Ohio, ZOO, Chicago. Milwaukee and St
Paul, 1000; New York Central, 5000;
Pennsylvania %. 800; Union Pacific, 400;
Copper, 81 400; Brooklyn Transit, 1880;
United States Steel preferred. $4,000.
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Ware IL L. Glands
Cotton H. etteT

Raleigh n. c., Feb, 15.-It was a en-
cluSion that could not be escaped that I:
market advancing 40 points in no time
should decline about as rapidly as it went
Up. Over IA cents there was nothing to
buy cotton on. On break towards 12bc
there are many claims to BE considered
The situation is rather peculiar and those
who buy cotton must trade on a moderate
scale to make money There is no reason
to look Tor crop under 10, 100000 bales, and
it may be over that by 100000 bales.
What is there to buy cotton on at lac.
under these conditions? Nothing After
il break of a cent, why things are differ
emit But it must not be forgotten that
the bull cause has received a severe blow.
When this is the case one is tempted to
look more at legitimate factors ana these
are hardly of bullish nature. The
crop is not small crop And, prices
have been, sent to artificial figures on
brute force Of speculation. not on legiti-
mate conditions. When the real size OF
the crop is known we may see some very
decided developments. For the time be-
ing things are not very encouraging. We
would take aboard a little cotton as the
price works to 1212c. This is the only
way to do anything in the market. Do
not buy ON advance. and only buy on big
breaks. The market looks like working
lower to the rank outsider
The New York spot market was los
points lower today; middling 1915.
Port receipts 10000 bales today, against
26.387 bales last year. The market for
cotton futures closed weak.
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WHAT A TUMBLE,
OH, MY BRETHREN!
A Net Decline of 40 to
1903 Points.
JULY STRIKES MlRE
At the Lowest it Sold at 1898 Which
is in Fact the Lowest Point
Reached Since the Down
ward Movement
Began.
(By the Associated Press.y

New York, Feb. 15.-The dry goods
market was uncertain owing to the decline
in raw cotton. Buyers were taking moth
ing that is not actually needed for cur
rent requirements and are awaiting de-
velopments. Jobbers continue to report
very satisfactory store trade.
NEW YORK COTTON.
New York, Feb 15.-The cotton market
opened quiet at decline of 5@12 points
ON liquidation, and room selling in the alb
sence of bull support. Cables were a
little below expectation, and receipts
for the day were rather heavier and there
was further expectation of European
complications in the Far Eastern trouble
These factors seemed to- restrict outside
buying orders and later the heavy esti-
mate for Houston exerted hearish in
tuence so that prices continued to work
downward until shortly after midday
stop loss orders were reached, and well
directed bear drive brought about heavy
liquidation, while sentiment was further
unsettled by rumors of disagreement
among New ORLEANS bull leaders. The
report of the Census Bureau also had a
the average weight of the bales was
about 90 pounds in excess of last year.
Trading was not more than moderately
active, even on the break, but there
seemed little or mo demand except for
shorts taking profits, and the market
closed at the bottom; net decline of 49@
100 points, with the tone weak. At the
lowest July sold at 1898, closing 1892
bid, this being the lowest point reached
since the downward movement began
about two weeks ago, and which has car
ried the July option down from 11.55 to
today's price. loss of about AGO points.
1t is reported that a strong bear clique
has been formed under the leadership OF
a prominent Wall Street operator, who
has not been active in the market since
about this time last year, and the opera
tions of this party We're believed to be IN
some measure responsible for the day s
decline The local bull leader was pres
ent. but appeared to be taking no active
part in the market with rumor circulat-
ing Of selling quietly through the session.
The report OF the Census Bureau
caused some confusion. The weights
given are gross and comparing with the
same character of figures last year the
average weight, counting round bales, is
practically identical with last years fig
ures; this season S weight being placed
at 502.1 pounds against SOP last year. APP
plying these weights to the Ginners' Re
port of last week, it indicates that 1925
800 bales of SEQ pounds each had been
ginned to January 16.
new YORK. Feb Is Cotton spot closed
......, los points lower. middling uplandS.
1875, gulf 400; sales III bales;
Futures opened easy and closed weak.
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LIVERPOOL

mod business. u,.ses ioa points lower.
American middline fair, 7.52; good middling
1885; middling, %; low middling, 20: good
day were 1900 bales, of which 500 were for
speculation and export and included $500 Am
erican. Receipts 1900 bales, including 1000
American.
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OTHER COTTON MARKETS.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, Feb. IA new high record
price was reached today by wheat for
May delivery, So cents bushel With
the war advancing foreign grain markets
the visible supply diminishing and with
crop prospects in the Southwest threat
ened by the cold weather, short selling.
May option was practically abandoned,
July absorbing most of the new business,
closing prices were near the top with
May 19s above Saturdays final figures
July closed 15s01Mc up. May corn was
1ss@11ac higher, oats unchanged and pro-
visions 10@271a higher.
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Cotton, Wheat, Corn and
Coffee Losses.

Claims against brokers and commission
merchants Tor unauthorized closing of
contracts on New York, New Orleans.
Chicago and other Exchanges, collected
by THE CREDIT CLEARING HOUSE
Correspondence invited. No fees
charged unless service rendered.
Address, The Credit Clearing House
Collection Department, 346 Broadway
New York, or 200 Monroe ST., Chicago
Illinois
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NAVAL STORES.

WILMINGTON, Feb. l5-Turpentine firm,
rs; receipts 30 casks
Rosin--firm at 2.60 receipts 245 bbls
Tar-hrm, Lao; receipts 81 bbls.
Crude-hrm, pi.2594 %; receipts Ii bar.
rels.
CHARLESTON, Feb. 15-Turpentine NOM,
......, receipts sales exports.
Rosin--nom.
SAVANNAH, Feb l5-Turpentine firm.
81; receipts 9j. sales 49, exports no,
Rosin firm receipts ! ,5bS sales ,~., exports
6,774.
Quote A. Be, j, 27Oa; f, 2.75 F.2SG q
2.85; Fl, S5j !, 20; K, 3.25; M, 30; N, 335 We
3.I5: WV. 4@93.75.
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Our Gut Flower
49, DEPARTMENT

We make a SPECIALITY of HAND
SOME FUNERAL DESIGNS. We make 10
different shapes and over 100 different
sizes ranging at any price from 81 TO
$40 each. We ship same to any point
that can be reached by express in 81
hours and pack them to arrive in good
condition. Order designs by telegraph or
telephone. We furnish flowers for we'd
dlnes, etc. Roses, carnations violets, etc.
Command us,
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON

New Orleans. Feb. 15.-Spot cotton in
better demand
Futures opened steady with prices from
2 to 8 points lower. Liverpool cables were
not favorable while New York early be-
gan to use sledge hammers freely. Large
selling orders at the opening sent prices
down few points additional. This was
followed by slight short-lived recovery.
but by noon March, May and July had
lost 40 points. During the afternoon
there was sensational decline. started
on the rumored death of Mark Hanna.
Commission and private houses sold heavi-
ly and prices went down rapidly, closing
at about the lowest figures of the season,
the net losses being 1OS to 100 points on
the active positions.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-16
Sale OF Bonds

BY authority of judgment Of the su-
perior Court of Wake County, made at
January Term, 1904, in an action entitled
Mechanics Dimes Savings Bank VS.. San
ford Furniture Manufacturing Company
and others, we will, as commissioner, on
Saturday, February goth, 1904, at y
o'clock NJ, at the Court House door of
Wake county, Raleigh, N. c., sell to
the highest bidder for cash six bonds Of
the Sanford Furniture Manufacturing
Company, Sanford, N. c., each of the de
nomination OF $500, maturing April 1st,
1907, bearing 6 per cent per annum pay
able semi-annually, said bonds being
numbered from rs to 80 inclusive. For
further particulars, apply to
w. N. JONES,
d. Z. McIVER,
Commissioners.
Raleigh, N. G. 1-31-tds
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Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing
Cash ouotat1ons Were as Follows:

Fiou,-steady: winter patents, 81 100 81
straights $500 0:bakers s3eOas. iO;wheat, No
, spring Ss@97, No B. $685.: No. red,
95AaloO: corn, No. 2, 81. No. 2 yellow
81; oaIs. No. I49 .....: No.2 white. No.3white
L,}z@l51a. rye, No. 2, a, good feeding bar
ley, 40df2; fair to choice mailing, ISCG5S ia X
seed, No. l. Liz; No. northwestern, IL :,
prime timothy seed, BIO, mess pork per Dbl,
ribs sides (loose), S)g7.l0; dry salted shout
ders lboxe6), No.; short clear sides
(bo3ed) l21s972,, whskey basis OF high
grade wines, III; clover, contract grade. 1919
q go.
NEW YORK PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK, Feb. i5-Flour-firm, winter
patents S5.75G5 90: Minnesota patents $4,000
). 20 do bakers 3.90Gi:2j
RYE 1our--drmer fair to good S3.5003'7o;
choice to fancy s}:5003.95.
saelSwhsat Hour quiet; s2-o9@2-25.
Corn-meal firm, yello"w estern sl.o6
kiln dried SOFAS,
Rye-nom, No. 2western Y.
Barley hrm; feeding 81: mailing 550S5
Wheat-strong, No. cred, 1000; May, s91s' July
1915, SEPTEMBER, 50.
Corn-spot strong, No. 2 SO; May, 6O>si July
5S5s. Apg. 57$4@ q, Sept, 57%,
Oats-firmer No 2, 1917.
Beef-steady, family slU.OO@ll ~: mess 5000
800: beef hams 20.50122. 00:packet J.@l0.
Cut meats-quiet; picked bellies 14@@4,
picked shouIders6@; picked hams. l0@u
Lard-steady western steamed $780, refined
quiet: continent 500; compound,
Ii.5061l6.25, mess 15.50Dio.25.
Tallow-quiet, city (S3 per package country
Rosin-qui9t: strained com to good 295a 49,.
Turpentine-qu 6IDbS.
Rice-steady; domestic, fair to extra, 4051a,
Japan nominal.
MolaSseS-nrin New Orleans, open kettle
good to choice, 3l@37.
Coffee-spot Rio nom; No invoice rs.
mid steady cordova S54@13l9,
Sugar-raw steady, fair refining 22l-2, cen
trdllgal 10 test } il-32, molasses sugar, z - $40
fined steady, confec. i:3o, mould 1.S0 cut
loaf j. 10. crushed 5lJ, powderedi.5o, granulated
/. -, cubes 40,
potatoes-steady;Long Island30093.5O Jerseys
275a325 Jersey sweets l.50@37o state ana
western sacks 2.50@2.70
Peanuts-hrm; fancy hand-plcked, @oI2'
other domestic 3A@6.
Cabbage-steady; domestic per ton zo.ooe 3o.oo.
per 100 5cGl0
Butter-frm: extra creamery 70, state
dairy l4@2l factory l2@4.
Cheese-steady: state futl cream fancy small
colored Sept. Y, late ,o, made lo>a' Sfiah White
fggs1firm: state aud Penn. nearby aver
age finest 800.
crude +. o. b. mills 301a93l, prime summer yel-
low 3S@s,% off SUM. yellow n 10 prime "hi'e
il@; prime winter yellow lo92,
BALTIMORE PROVISIONS.
baltimore, Feb. lj-Flour strong, winter
extras BOO l00 do patents, Soe5.Zo.
Wheat-StrOng and $3.50, spot contract
Corn-strong spot $40, Fec oU1s@%,
Sou them White 1902.
Oats-hrm, No lite as
Rye-strong; No. ., 20, cX elevator Is, uptown
69ea10
Butter-steady fancy imitation 1920, fancy
creamery 2t1a as, fancy ladle l6gI7.
Eggs-weak $50
Cheese steady, small 12GH for Sept and
carly Oct l0a@II Nov, Small l294 for Jept.
sugar steady; Tine and coarse sfanuIated
1861.
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NEW YORK MONEY

Jew York Feb. 10, ? p. m.-Monev on call
easyl1%oA closing Il offered IA time loans
steady; 80 days 3A al: 30 days, A@4; months,
sterling excb steady with actual bus. in bank
ers bills al Is5 6O@4S565, for dem, and at $3.50
1890 for 80 Gay bills, posted rates 4o3%44.4
1867: com. bills $3.50, bar silver 50. Mex
can dollars 4519, GOV. bonds ........., Railroad
bonds .......
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important Notice

We
territory
resentate business
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-09-30
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

AS the result of the heavy move
ment Of cotton toward Charleston
within the past few weeks the rail-
roads have had to press into service
all available cars and are even using
express cars in which to haul cotton.
Governor Hayward has written to
Solicitor Sease advising him that he
had read in the newspapers that there
had been a lynching in Greenwood or
Laurens county, and that he wished
him to make a careful investigation
into the facts of the reported lynching
and make q report to him upon the
case. Governor Hayward impressed
Solicitor Sease with the gravity Of the
report and the seriousness of such
lynchings going without punishment,
and begged him to do everything pos
sble to get at the facts.
Columbia State: Colonel NJ. P.
Tribble has finished the work Of COL
lectng and collaborating the Confede-
rate rolls, and yesterday forwarded
them to the war department at Wash
ington. 1t is the purpose Of the ma
tional government to publish these
records, which are the original rolls,
and every care will be taken Of the
The rolls will be pub
lished in the alphabetical order Of the
states. and 1t may be some time be-
fore South Carolina is reached This
work has occupied Colonel Tribble
several months. and the publication Of
the records will be matter of graf
ification to the people of South Caro-
lima.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-09-30
MERE-M ENTlON.

H. C. Cash, town marshal Of oliver
Springs, Tenn, was shot and killed by
William West, a citizen Of the town,
Wednesday night. Cash had several
times arrested West, and West killed
him in revenge. up to Sept. "a.
the Atlantic Compress company OF
Savannah, Ga, has handled 232,0oO
bales as compared with 111,00O up to
the same date last year. An ex-
plosion of gas in the Mount Jessup
colliery near Peckville, Pa, Wednes-
day, caused the death Of two miners,
and severely injured f1ve.. Russian
official reports give the number or ia
panese killed during the night attack
on Port Arthur, Sept. 1S, at 1900. 49,.
Reports are being circulated that the
Boxers Of Shantung, China, have de.
cided upon October II for general
exrermination of all foreigners In that
place. An east bound freight train
on the Grand Trunk railway collid-
with another freight train near East
wood, Ontario, Wednesday, killing four
trainmen. ..... Thirty persons were In
jured in a wreck on the Iron Mountain
road, near Vulcan, Mo-, last Tuesday,
none Of them were seriously hurt. -.
Tom Watson admitted at Jackson,
Miss, the other day that the principal
object Of his campaign Is to draw
votes from the Democrats. .... .Sena-
tor Hoar, Of Massachusetts,, died at his
home at Worcester, Mass, this morn
ing at 1.35 o'clock.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-09-30
ANNUAL SETTLEMENT.

Comptroller General Jones was IN
Yorkyille last Tuesday, according TO
appointment and made his annual set
tlement with the auditor, treasurer,
supervisor, school commissioner and
foreman of the grand jury.
The books Of the officials named
were gone over in a business like
manner and checked carefully. After
the settlement was finished, the comp
troller general complimented the var
ious officers and assured them Of the
pleasure 1t gave him to find their bus
mess in such satisfactory shape.
The only criticism Of special I'M
portance that the comptroller had to
make was with reference to the man
ner in which the law requiring mag1s-
trates to file their monthly reports
with the county auditor Is observed.
The law REQUIRES that each magistrate
file with the auditor each month an
itemized statement of all the business
transacted with him during the pre-
ceding month. The statement must
include the titles Of the cases tried, the
amounts Of the various fines collected
and the names of the defendants by
whom these fines were paid.
It develops that except In the case
Of the magistrate for Bullocks Greek
township the law has not been Cd,
served. Magistrate Duncan has all
along been filing monthly reports CIV
ing the titles Of the cases in which
fines were entered and the amounts OF
the fines collected. The other magis-
trates have merely been filing the
treasurers receipts for the moneys
they have been paying over to that
official from month to month.
Comptroller General Jones called the
attention of Mr.. J. o. Walker, foreman
Of the grand jury to the delinquency OF
the magistrates in the matter ana
suggested that hereafter full and COM
plete reports should be required.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-09-30
NOTE AND COMMENT.

The state board of control Is sending
out instructions to dispensers to be
more careful about the law requiring
liquor purchasers to file requests, and
requiring that such requests be kept
on record in the office Of the auditor.
When the law was first enacted, dis
pensers required every purchaser OF
liquor to make out his request regu-
larly; but later on this regulation was
neglected until now 1t is observed on
ly to a very limited extent. The dis
pensary at Yorkville, however, has
been observing the law closely all the
while and there are thousands Of re-
quests filed up In the Office Of the au-
ditor.
It is generally understood that the
southern cotton mills have not yet
gone into the market except for such
cotton as they actually need for daily
consumption. The present demand is
from exporters principally. The mills
think cotton is too green and then
they have an idea that they will be
able to buy 1t cheaper. Many Of them
thought the same thing last year, and
they paid a big price for their notions
on the subject. Just at this time, 1t
looks as If things are going the way
the mills would like.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-09-30

Cotton opened rapidly in all sections,
prematurely in Georgia and Mississip-
pi, and picking is being pushed, but
was delayed somewhat by rains IN
Florida, Mississippi, Oklahoma ana
Texas, and scarcity of pickers Is re-
ported from localities in central and
eastern districts. Reports indicate
that a very light top crop may be ex-
pected. The salient features of state
ments from the principal cotton pro-
ducing states are summarized as 1oi-
lows: Georgia, bulk Of crop gathered
and marketed in central and southern
sections: Alabama, continues to rust
and shed, but these adverse conditions
are not so general as previously re-
ported; Mississippi, open cotton injur-
ed in east by heavy rains and boil
worms are causing damage in south
west; Louisiana, worms and caterpil-
lars damaging, boil weevils locally
numerous in one parish and spreading
in another crop deteriorated; Arkan-
sas, very light shedding but the crop
made only slight improvement; Texas,
little injury to staple by showers and
the crop too far advanced for further
damage by boil weevils.