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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-09
Wall Street Gossip.

tspaciaI 10 The Times Dispatch.)
5 Nt,wFrYDRK,FyCct OCTOBER stS.-xtT the OPENING
The Stock market :sas ,fai-,yiaotive ind shovel
definite trend. hut traders were Tor the most
= lE,rt buliish believing that the, large nnan-
q rial interests were concerned IA keeping the
market up. Commission orders were light.
Although 1t Is thouEht.a good deal Of tho
heavy. trading In Reading on Friday was In
tie nature Of matched 5orders house ,, which me-
\ , ,p a Thought their stock Was rather well
g taken. & & S 81 ss
Il traders in tho market. are selling tEsir s.eel
preferred. ana buying the common. Ihey say
"a over. while the latter could be advanced II
a other conditions were favorable. 3t
Even In tho first hour ransactions became
lighter in general volume, while trading was
more and more centered in q few sto ,: anu
he ,' ns ,h
+ ing anywhere. but the only attempt at \ con-
certed movements was e In such ISSUES az
Missouri, Kansas and Texas.a
,1be hank statement made even weaker
showing than had been gensras u ,Rs oan
which was about 100000 in excess Of the
average forecasts. Z. III u,
posits decreased sl.Jsl 900. In consequence d
/ lie changes noted, surplus reserve decreased
s727s, 900. whlch reduces the oahxs sEsf ~
cash holdings above the lesal ~
Il si2,Gs7poo.
rhe stock market paid no attention 70 the
L,d ha- II statement, and the closing WAS
hard at the highest prices for the ms
action OF the market az the slosf s,,en..
hands and tho decreasetln the reserve has no
eject upon the prlcctoi stock IS. 81
snou,,s final returt,sy OF threshins Indicate
wheat crop OF 55.0o0.oo0 bushels Seeding
NJ 5fall wheat has made good progress me no
screarc is materially larger.
= Duluth and Minneapolis wheat stocks IN
creased nearly two million for the week !
,,rh,in Company, Of Chicago, Says
~ soh bIs IMPROVEMENT In demand for steel Iro-
d"cts still holds. and viii not last the year e,
,rhe cut in e-prces helped but much OF the
4 activity is natural. lsil M .a ~
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4 u 4. Es~.1~H
tinue very light and market actiye CORY
Active; light receipts. OATSEtirm, At au ana.
receipts moderate. IIAY-Receipts equal Y! de-.
mend. and we. continue last weeks quotations.
B EGG Gs-Dull; receipts somewhat IN excess ssI
OF demand. 3i3I5t q ~ ~
BUTTER-Unchangcd; good fresh sweet stock
continues in demand !; all other grades DUH
POULTRY-Markct fairly active at prices
quoted: receipts libet al. u, x
VIRGINIA. BAcoS-con 3 IN IN good s'1 o.
!, PEAcHES-Yhite heath and fancy free stone
wanted. and comets selling well at prices l
= et1P5oTAToEs-steady at to-day,s quotations:
but wo . anticipate heavy receipts andS look
for low err prices. 80, La
asONICNS-Continue dull heavy o11 ply
YPPLEs-Fancy red varieties want ted 7, go =,
4 KEtEIPTS FOR THE WEEK-Wheat, 50. az
bushels: corn Il Az bushels; oats. Iii bush
es rye. 4, 7ss bushels flour. d5ss barrels; hay.
Js2 tons: mill of1al ~ topz. "a sid
bushels corn 7s3 bushels; oats. 59.s6i bushels.
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DRY GOODS MARKET.

NEW YORK. Oct. Sin the dry goods mar:
both first and second hands report a disinclina-
ton on tho part OF buyers to operate with Tree.
eral disposition to hasten deliveries Is evident
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pounds; sold week ending October 7th. 80 go
Sold from September i 1903, 10 october I,
1911 3g;. 900 pounds; sold from September l.
1908. 10 October I, 1908. 72f,eD pounds; de-
crease for 1904. 900 pounds.
Receipts this weck was very light caused
largely by the dry weather. There has not
been any, new tobacco offered yet, though the
Prices continue about as heretofore quoted.
fntIa
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Atlantic Coast Line corn y. 4. 100 13s -.
Aiiamfic C,1nHt Line NJ Conn. 100 rs
vicI, FIRED n nd Isot A com Z. 100 2Go -.
II ~ II ava p 80 Only .... Y. it1 go ).
m ;;nsI - a gun 100 20 US:
N = I, and r. = r ~ quar- 100 275 -.
Scatn,rd Air Line nd 100 s2it
SeaIoard Ar L.nc com 4. 100 15i5 -.
a BANK AND TRUST COMPANIES MP. -. I "a
tnro. 4 street TanI. Y. .....,.25 90 $3.50
Etrst MAJ jonaI 49,. 100 20
Union Bank OF Richmond. 20 l6s 1Ss
Virginia Trust Co..............,...LO: e: Ivy
Bank OF Richmond lo9 10 ss ils
MiSCELLASEOus. 81 ~ 55S
American Locomotive pfd.......::..leo e5a So
North Birmingham Land Co....,.. loo "a 80:
Old Iont Mon s. s. CO.. 100 Il
81 Fnnd 81 co. list bonds. O p. c..... 1lo
yh.-car. Chem. pfd !. p. c. ,ieg l.h
Wa Carolina Chemical com. .....lN "a =:
Va Car C. Co.. Col. fTr. 8 p. c..... a!E *s
Yves. End Land anr Imp. Co.......sSS 70 go
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKErS.
1,1rAA.1rr AfAnk1r 4.

PEANUT MARKET.
PETERSBURG, VA. Oct. PEANUTS
Spanish Market steady at s0c:; light offerings
nominal al 4,sc. for fancy stock; machine
picked. 2A aaAc.: Smelling stock, 2asc. Market
here literally bare OF stock. ~
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Rushing Work on the Capitol.

NllSHIIB VVU1N UT tttC Va E1Ke01' z
Fine progress is being made ON the
work or Improvement Mt Tho Capitol ana
10th Contractor Ghesterman and Inspee-
tor Gibson nre pleased With iheEiTospecls
FOR Keeping within the time limit Of the
contract #
'rhe brick work On tho foundations IS
going llp,rapidlN, and the force iuf LANDS
las becn rcccn,iY doubled
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IN.ortherr rocinc sc 73la
Sorsnit md Western con 4s .............. 10IFi
tSraao, shn,.t Tinc q. and partic. ........ 03.
psnnsvxanIa COW Observation-Disclosures. 1oo&
r,adISr T;nneraI IA Observation-Disclosures. 10l +
e. ~ n,,,a md iron Mountain con- 49, 115
e. io,,is and san Francisco t. 4s...... sG9is
al. Inmi. Snut western lists .,...,,...,... %
seahnard AIR I.ire Observation-Disclosures. 5os
s,o~,bcr,, r,arinc "a Observation-Disclosures. VA
Sout,ern failway5s OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 117A
~ ~. ~ % c,Cc 1sts 121 Il
,raiaEn az g. - and Western 4s,,...... 10
i!nion r;ncrc' 4s 1854
f.nion pacjuc COW 4s..,., I. !. 1074
rs Steel "a Is ..........................s S!s
1v.h -, Is, iats .s......... 11S{
WaHash Deb: ~ = ......................... H
1vheaiinr and Lake Eric 4s............... 90It
wisconsin Central IS .............. glia
Colorado Fuel and Irnn conv 5s............I 20
Central .of Georgia I'd 1nc.,............... t3is
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RICHMOND PRODUCE MARKET,

corrected Every Frlday3 81 Il "
3 FLOUR Market eonttnpss slow and 1uie
with heavy receipts EAf-slieceiVts c"n'
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I.yncllkurg Tobacco Market.

LynGhburg,. Va, Oct, s. 1901
q Tile sales of loose tobacco oil the Lynchburg
market for the two weeks ending October tn,
az reported by John L. EOglesby, 81 &tynca'S
Warehouse Is asf follows: 9t
Sid Wctk ending September 3,tli, ei,0I3
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u. S. refnndlng 2s registered. ]
u. S. refundlng %. coupon..... MINIMUM.
u S. 81. registered. .,.................,.. ~.
y s. ~, coupon. ...........,.....,.....
u. s. New 4s. registered ..................
u $. New A.. on.......................
u. s. Old 4s, registered.
U. s. Old As. coupon. Observation-Disclosures.
Atchisoa general As 3...............,....s..
Atchison general Observation-Disclosures.
Atlantic Coast Limo Observation-Disclosures.
baltimore and Ohio = .
Eatln,ors and Ohio s,ss.....
Central OF Georgia 5s.....;. ss.-!s....,....
Central, OF Georgia LIST Inc. ..,...,...,,,
Chesapeake and Ohio Aye. -. .s.tI.,.. ....s
Chicago and Alton Observation-Disclosures.
Chicago. y. and Quincy new IL. .........
Chicago. N. and ST Paul gen. 4s......,...
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104s; mlddling gun. WY. IS
Cotton Quiet: lnidd!ing. 1915: E1oss rece!ptlss,
. s57 haies: stock. II ct. bales.
total to-day AT all seaports,Se,t ~
bales: to the Continent, a. bales e
80 bales: 70 Mexico. bales; stock ato .
bales. ~, n rccetnf.
q, Si9 SbnIes: export to Great Britain lsVi1
las 10 tho Continent, si 7l3 bales 70 Japal''
80 bales.5 TO Mexico 10 bales.
TOTAL since September LIST at all seapotteI.5
Net receipts 1851, 7G5 bales; export 70 Grea.
Hriiain 5S55bS bales; to France. pa!es 81
10 he Continent o222 bnles;5 TO Japan. o'sU
bales 10 Mexico, :. 935 bales. 81
SEW ORLEANS. La. Oct S.-C0TToS-l
snot ton au!ct and steady. Sales ..'o2 baes,
includins Loo to arrive. Quotations 5.i3 uH-
Futures opened quiet and 3a5 points higher
ana gained lGa points additional ~ the carry
i ralIng. Enfavornbc cables later nad q soe-
nressing effect on the market and prices reaec.
~ rai poln,s. remaining quiet 70 the end OF
the hai,-day session In the trading pseeDe ,e
~ Is and declined to 1000, The marker closeu
6vere5 uiliet mel point up to- aoMn. 4 az, a ~.
Cotton futures steady: Octooer' coes,o -
&Sovs,nhe, q I1e IS; December. y. Gonio.o y!
Jnnuary i0Ml0l1; February, 4 ~ n loa ~
March, l0,aoa 1921; April, W 'hp =
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100 a. G. IT,, com.............. "a
1920 Amalgamatcd Copper...a. 6
400 Amer. Car and Foundry..,

1890 Amalgamatcd Copper......
400 Amer. Car and Foundry...
Amer. Cototn Oil...........
Amer. Snuff ..............
Amer. Snuff, pfd........
5oo Amer. Can, pfd.............
400 Amer. Locomotive, com....
zoo Amer. Locomotive, pfd.....
200 Amer. Sugar ..............s
blo0 A., r.. and $. Fc, com......
300 A.. y. and S. Fe, pfd......
% Baltimor and Ohlo.........
400 Brooklyn Rapid Transit. -.
Canada So,ithrn ...........
700 Canadian Pacific ..........
1900 Chesapeake and Oliio......
800 Chi. Grenk Wcstern.......
100 Chi, Nil. and s.. P........
400 Colo. Fuel aud Iron........
500 Colo. Southern, com...,..
Colo. Southern. LIST pfd...
300 Colo. Southern, I'd pfd .....
z 900 Clet., Gin. Chi. and 8. Ii.
Cont. Tobacco pfd..........
$500 Consolidated Gas .........
12O Delaware and HudsOn.....E
Del, Lack. and West. ......
1900 Eric, Com...... ............
200 Eric, lat pfd .................
700 Erie. I'd pfd. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
100 GencrG Electric ............
4 400 Illinois Central ..............
1000 Lot,isvillcsnnd Nnshvlllc.....
200 Mnnhnttan........ ...4r,s....
1900 Metro. Street Railwny.....
900 Mexican Central .n..s.......i
1850 Mo-, Kan. and Tex. conf,
900 Mo-, Kan. and Tex pfd..
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CLOSING BOND QUOTATIONS.

Chjcapo and western con, I7s.,....... 12s5s
china 81 u r and Pacific Is.,,,,........ 1873
f,hicasn Il, I and rac COL 5s.,......... Ssss
c. r.. q. md ST Louis gen, 4s.......... 1918
.C,h,ca - >rcrminai observation-disclosures. 77is
I'd 1,oh,eco Observation-Disclosures. 1914
S,oinrn dnA and Southern is..,,,........... S6la
Denver and Rio f;iande lys1
i;rio General Is STA
Tnrt Worth and Denver CITY 1sty........ 1l0,a
1incrinp IValiey l0si.
1nnisviii, and Nash. Unifed ls............ 1919
Manhattan consoi gold acknowledgements 047s
Mexican Central ........ ~ IA
MIMI and 1t. Louis as g4M
Miesosiri Kansas and Texas - IS " y
MatIonaI I :, = :, n Mexico con- 1854
Na,s Central gen :Is 1914
= 20 1nrsev Central gen 3ias 13sh
Sorthern PnciHc Is 194s
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= RICHMOND GRAIN MARKET.
Richmond. Va, Oct, S, 1904.
~: sG3 QUOTATIONS.
CATTLE MARKETS.
5RICIIAiO-ID@LIVE STOCK MARKET.
We iSales at Union Stock Yards q

a. Richmond: Va, Oct. s. 1904
/. There was q fair run Of Cattle on the ma r.
ia rs ssasn ssasm e fsl9
sr aae e ba EGsa extra
&C.; Oxen 2lls.sc.. as TO age and DUAL ty; dry
Eeswss ea3He::; top hogs &C.; rough hogs. 4,slp
: s! Good run Of sheep ana lambs. Fat sheep,
resS cows ealvss sSsS
selling St6c Heavy, fat calves, 4ai,ac,; thin
Prospects :Isf fair for next market.
CHICAGO, I'LL, Oct. S.-CAITLE-R Receipts,
Ma paer t Is aeaS ssod 9s
hsirers see z6n ae Lulls
1000 head. Market steady, Good to choice
heavy, $5,aog610; mixed and butchers. 5000
bulk Of sales ERE so
head Sheep and I,alnhs-,steady.. Good to
tci,ocs Methsrs. so; fair to choice. mix
NEW YORK. Oct. s:-BE EWES celpts.
feeling steady City dressed veais Selling at
o5 Pen P1us Market saes sevs and n or
both sheep and lambs. Sheep sold at 81 500,
sm ma,ioa stesdy s sa as1s sI
dressed lambs. SO lo'4c, per pound. Hogs
Y UNION STOCK YARDS. PTTTsBURG, PA,
Oct. S.-CATrLE--Suppy lights market slow
Choice, s5.4oao. So prime. g. loao. 3o fair, $3.50
81. Hogs-Keceip.ss, light and market active.
Sc. 5000; light workers. s.. s0Rs 10; pigs S. 400
$50: roushs, si.sod5 90 sheep..Prlme wethers.
sst % tSsn veal s caves @ spF''s en0s
;i CINCINNATI, o., Oct. IoGs-AIarket 1oCa
15c.. lower. Butchers, 4, s5.05 I'd 10; common,
$500 5,e5. Cnttle--Strong. Fair to good ship
pers.E s49f4, SIS; common. $oa25O. Sheep-Steady
at s1diS.50 FLambs-Strong at $4,000.
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Steamer Brandon. Harvey, Norfolk, merchan-
disc and passengers. Old Dominion line. 3
jf5s ARRIVED. r ;.
Steamer Old Point Comfort. Graves, James
River landings and Norfolk. merchandise and
passengers Virginia Navigation Company. 5
1,tt9s5 aEtfa9s SA IL ED lstS
Il Steamer Brandon, Harvey, Norfolk, nerchan-
disc and passengers, Old Dominion limo.
PORT OF WEST POINT, OCT. 8. 1901
ARRIVED 5ss "
Charlotte. Murphy. Baltimore, passengers and
general cargo. .5 M q H
SAILED.
= Charlotte. Murphy. altltnore,s passengers and
general cargo.
PORT or NEWPORT NEWS. OCT. $. 1904
ARRIVED.
~ Steamer Theodore Do LARA naga, Pensacola.
Il Steamship A1anstry, Fernandina-
+ Schooner Ulriken. Tyne. X
Steamer Osciola, Boston,. rs. i5&
Schooner Kate b. Ogden, New York.
II Barge Kentucky, New London.
4 Barge Iowa, Providence. t#t
y Barge George II. Skolheld, Boston.
$3ttI5sls3 III SAILED. NTYs5f sia5
Y Steamer Theodore Do Larranaga, Rotterdam.
Steamer Manningstry, Hamburg.
u Bark baltimore, Charleston. I'd 53 IL
s Schooner a. e. Holmes. Boston al.
Schooner Edith Olcott. New Bed ford.
y Schooner r. 7. Barnur.s New Haven. sa27 ess
4 =
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coTToNsEED OIL MARGET.


NEW YORK Oct. s.--Cottonseed oil nrm
with fair demand Prime crude. {. o. b. mills,
23Ac. prime summer yellow. 299i Doc: of sum-
iner yellow. nominal !: primo white, S2lac.; prime
winter yellow, 22isc.
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STOCKS MAKE
STRONG Pull
Dragged Market Up Again and
Dissipatcd Rcactionaiy
Movement.
A SMALL SURPLUS RESERVE.
Reduction Has Continued Until
! >cscnt Figure Is Below
That Of Last Year.
"A SMALL SURPLUS RESERVE
Reduction Has Continued Until
tpx. Associated press,


NEW YORK, Oct. S.--Tho stock market!
made strong demonstration to close tho
week and disspated the reactionary APP
pcaranco which had Followed tho weeks
opening strength. The features to-day
we're U. S. steel preferred ana the SOUTH
westerns. The movement ~ the = fo e f,'
sanglline forecasts by persons having
7 former official connection with the trade.
The riso In the southwcsterns was ut.
rbuted to the ncreaslg ,; and our, o.
/, rencys In financial circles. Union "a Ky
cifc's showing OF net earnings e, 10. Aus,
unt was helpful thai stock TIC m arr g
the appearance Of the bank statement
removed apprehension Of what ITS effect
would be, and prices wavcred about inc
brought t,rt, Considerable buying, and the
market clicked strong and active. The In.
crease In loans. although small. served g
to dscuntehanee the view OF hsayy st SSe
enormous credit balance of over Sll,t
+ 10000 at the clearing house to-day OF one
OF the great banks rcawakened the SUI
nlses OF great transactions between the
i controlling interests In the railroad #sleld.
I .rhc reduction In surplus reserves to sls:
s 63G90o brings that Item below that FOR
the corresponding period last year Tor
4 tho first time this season. the flgurc Tor
( last year having been sl6,o77.l2
The total gales or bonds. par value were
The total sales. stocks to-day amounted
to .Sf,6o0 shares. X IA
MONEY AND EXCHANGE CLOSE
Money on call, nominal: no leans; time
q loans, steady: 60 Edays, 3 per cent; 20
days. s1-l per cent: six months, 3 g.; per
cent. Sterling exchange. barely steady.
With actual business in bankers bilisiat
s5aosi4S5. 40 for demand. and nj. siS3.Sc
$3.50 for 60 day bills Posted rates,
3lS4Qi4S4 10 and s4S6 H.: commercial bills.
+! xiS2 i-2auis3 la Bar silver, Sill Next
can dollars ISL 81. f ~
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BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET.
BALTIMORE, Nd. Oct s.-Scaboard All
Line common. 15S; Q1s: do. preferred s2.slSS.
Atlantic Coust Line common. lS3fiss %. 80
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
{ I.l: N ~ ARRIVED.

BIN PORT or RICHMOND. ocr. 81 1904.
Steamer Brandon. Harvey, Norfolk, merchan-
disc and passengers Old Dominion line.
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.cIearing-Hous,e.. Averages.

Clearinghouse Averages.
NEW YORK, Oct. s.-Thc sta tement Of
averages OF tho clearing house banks OF
this city for the week shows: .$
u Loans, sl.l4b. $4,000; Increase, So.9s3. 300.
Deposits, s1.ot5. 1850 decrease, S7.52l,,-
Circulation, .il.Ial,ooo; increase. 'l,2i5-
O0. sd.
Z 2o93. 200. .i Ell Il - ~ II, #
reserve s3l3, SIS go: decrease. s9,156, 500.
Reserve required, s3fn. sio.oo9; decrease,
i 81 .Ss0.e75. = =. ~
y Surplus. 81. 6s6. 800: decrease: sls,6.Ss5 @
Ex-T.S s. deposits. .is,4iL525: decrease,
! 37,es7, 900.
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BY Thomas Branch & Co. Bankers and Brokers.

k9<hA}ItSs 5s7s |It.3s55 go.
2o1o0 Missouri Pacific ......."..
Nash. Chat. and s. b......
1900 New York Central. ............
400 Norfolk and Wester,l.....S
600 N. ", Ont. and West......l
100 Pacific Mall .................
S70O Pennsylvania Il. Rs ..,.....'
200 Peoples Gas (ChicFNo).,..3
zoo Pressed Steel Car...........
COO Pressed Steel Car, pfd.....
400 re public l. and s., com....
800 Republic I. and s.. pfd....
$500 Reading. coln........ .......
m Reading, 1st pfd ...........
Reading, I'd pfd.............3
8IO0 Rock Island, Com..........
400 Rock Island, pfd............s
Sloss........ ......... ...,...
Sloas, pfd....... ...........
100 S. i. ana S. f.. I'd ptd......
800 s.. j.. and Southwest, pfd.y
il200 Southern Pacific ...........i
200 Southern Railway, com. go
200 Southern Railway. pfd......
!, 500 Scaboard Air Line, co1ll....
9 100 Scaboard Air Line, pfd
200 Tenn. Coal and Iron.
1850 Texas Pacific ...............,
2o4OO Union Pacific ...............l.'55
zoo United States Leather......
lU7OO United States Steel..........
254oO United States, Steel, pfd....
900 Va.-Car. Chemical, COME.
200 Va. Car. Chemical, pfd....
* GOO Wabash, cOn1........ ...1....'.
500 Wabash, pfd ......... ........S
200 Western Union . ,.....r.t.{....'....
wisconsin Central -. $3.50
yyisconsir1Ce Central, pfd.....l
Total snleS 1880.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-01
Persuasion and Confession.

Dld L understand you to say that
mis- boy voluntarily confessed his
share in the mischief done TO the
school house," asked the magistrate,
addressing the determined looking fe-
male parent Of a small and dirty bow.
says Casselrs Saturday Journal.
YES, sir, he did" the woman re-
sponded. Il just had to persuade him
a little and then he told me the whole
thing voluntarily.
How did you persuade him ?" ouer-
led his worship.
well, first I gave him a good
thrashing," said the firm parent, and
then 1 put him to bed without any
supper and ook his clothes away and
told him he'd stay in bed till he'd
confessed what he'd done, if twas the
rest of his days, and I should thrash
him again in the morning. And in
less than an hour he told me the
whole story voluntarily"
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THE MAN.
A True Account of the way his Wreck
in. Happened.

There is a sequel to the story Sun
day of the man who said he was a
railroad fireman and that he had been
hurt in q railroad accident. What
really happened to him took place in
this way. The man had been staying
at h Queen City Hotel, saying that
he was working in a foundry. He met
up with Conductor George Misenheim-
er, of the Southern. and told him he
was a railroad man. Then he became
explicit.
Il am an engineer on the Southern"
said ne.
"Uh-huh,' said Mr.. Misenheimer,
Who's the conductor on your train?"
"Oh, George Misenheimer," respon-
ded the willy one.
Well, things began to happen shortly
after Mr.. Misenheimer was able to re-
cover from his establishment. And the
poor fellow vent into a drug store
seeking a physician to bind uD w or
three wounds on his forehead.
Yes, indeed. in a way he had been
in a wreck-a railroad wreck.-Char-
lotte Observer.
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NORTH CAROLINA.

Tarbo Southerner: The Southerner
adheres 10 its prediction of 1000 bales
of cotton for this county. All the in
dieations point TO a crop OF this size
II only the prices would remain around
ten cents. the Edgecombe farmers
would be strictly in it.
NORTH CAROLINA
Newton Special to Charlotte Observ-
er: A small white boy sauntered by a
warehouse of the Newton cotton mills
about 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. idly
applied a match TO an exposed bale OF
cotton, and in less than an
hour about $4,000 damage had result
ed. The warehouse contained some
500 bales and a large proportion of it
was destroyed. or badly damaged.
Three employees Of another mill who
were standing a short distance away
saw the boy fire the cotton.
Monroe Journal: Mr.. J. VI. Farley.
the veteran cotton man. was reported
in The Journal last week as advising
the farmers to hold their cotton for 10
cents. When the price skept going
down Mr.. Farley was accused OF be-
ing a false prophet. One farmer VINO
brought cotton tackled him, and MI
Farley said: why, o haven't waited
long enough. / can all the farmers
must wait patiently awhile, not just
a day or two. But to show you that
i believe what 1 said. III guarantee
you 10 cents If you'll wait How
much will you give me to guarantee
it?' why was the reply, 'Ill give
,ranoa ~ Fha onftnn yVhnn T
bring it." Mr.. Farley still holds 10
his opinion thai the farmers can raise
the price If they will all hold back
their cotton long enough TO show that
they mean business.
Carolina Fruit and Truck Growers
Journal: already the fall crop of let
tuce in this territory has begun to move
porthward. and the growers are by
n , means discouraged over the prices
they are receiving. The quality of the
stuff shipped is fully up to the stan
dard, and prices are correspondingly
satisfactory. The acreage is largely
increased this year over last, not only
in the district tributary to Whining
ton, but likewise at many of the prin-
cipaI shipping points along the Will
mington and weldon between Whining
ton and GOldSbOrO, also at .Fayette-
vile and points on the Coast Line be-
tween Fayetteville and Florence. Mr..
Giles WestbrOok made the initial ship
ment from this place last week, and
since that time several shipments have
zone forward. OF curse it will re-
quire cooler weather for lettuce to head
properly, but the crop is growing beau
tifully, and the outlook is promising
for a bOuntifuI yield.