The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-03

in planting and production was DeKaIb, with 1A acres and a yield of 34, 4,290 pounds. The other principal tobacco growing counties were. fin the order named ranking, in production. Jackson. Geneva, Walker. Tallapoosa. Blount. Winston. Chiffon, Marion, Limestone, Morgan, Lee and Cleburne. Tobacco cul- in highlands of North Alabama. although it has appeared to be most successfully cultivated In the South Alabama county of Geneva. Geneva had in cultivation 63 acres and raised 26,590 pounds or 422 pounds to the acre. Cullman county was next in yield per acre, the figures being 362 pounds. Def1alb's yield per acre was 255 pounds.
 Treasury Department Figures.
 The near year. as far as Treasury De- partment figures may indicate, has open ed auspicously for the Southern States. One of the most interesting features of the operations of the Treasurer's office during the old year has been the enor- nous shipments of currency to the West and South, particularly to the South. Up to date these shipments amount for the twelve months something over $50 900, while for the same period preceding the shipments were but &21, ,7O0,O00. This is taken to mean that the cotton planters have been making a lot of money the past past few months for the greater part of the money went to pay for the cotton crop.
 Since october l. 1898. the circulation of money per capita in the United States has gone from S24. .A to $30.21. While nowhere else are checks and drafts and like pa- per used to the same extent as in this country. no other people, except the French, which claims $39 22. have so much money to each person. Great Britain's per capita circulation is S1S.2s: Germany's S29 .4s, Canada's $14.3S. and Russia's but $6.5O.
 Money now in circulation in the United States is s2.440,16S, ,0OO There was gain in the total during the year of something like S98, ,000,O00.
 Secretary Shaw predicts that there will be surplus of T4,0OO,000 by the end or the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904. The surplus for the last fiscal year was $SS.- OOO.OO0. The cause for the shrinkage in the estimated surplus is found in the great falling of of customs receipts. Had the receipts kept up to normal hgures the surplus of only g, ,OO00OO with which the year closed would have been about $A,- OOO.OO0.
 Customs receipts have been beginning to grew in volume and, 1t is believed, will continue to grow within the next thirty days. This will be due to the operations of the Cuban treaty. which reduces the duty on imports of Cuban sugar and has stimulated importation. Great quantities of sugar have been held in bond awaiting the enactment of the treaty so that the benefit of the reduced tariff could be ob- tained. While the rate is lowered, the quantity imported will be more than enough to offset the cut and add more besides.
 The gold holdings of the Treasury have for some days been larger than ever be- fore in the history of the country. aggre- Rating considerably nearly S700, 900. GOO. 4 year ago they were at $615, ,0OO, 900, which at the time was the high-water mark
 Treasurer Roberts says there is no eie- ment of danger in the accumulation of this great stock of gold, as 1t is all re- ceived in the legitimate way.
 Rise of Admiral O'Neil.
 It is a very rare thing that a sailor gets to be a Rear Admiral. That rare occurrence is now to be noted in the case of Charles O'Neill, yesterday Captain and today a full rear Admiral through the re- tirement for age of Rear-Admiral Sum- ner. Rear Admiral O'Neil will himself retired for age on March IS, next.
 o'Neil went to sea first as mere lad. the son of veteran sea captain of Bo5- ton. On his second cruise he was ship wrecked in the East Indies and was adrift five days in a small boat with d few companions.
 lie was one of the first volunteers for the Union in the civil war. Of course choosing the navy he was appoitned a masters mate and was so ranked on the famous Cumberland when she was sunk in Hampton Roads by the renowned Con- federate ram Merrimac. or Virginia. For his conduct on that occasion and for his rescue of Lieutenant Morris, ONell was promoted to acting master ana subSe- quently saw active service through the war.
 His career after the war took him all over the world in various capacities. In 1870 he was stationed in Boston as aide to Rear Admiral Paulding. the last port captain of that harbor. Thereafter shore duties confined him to ordnance studies and work He was ordnance omcer at New York anc Charleston and twice su- perIntendent of the big ordnance works In Washington.
 Rear Admirals commission as captain dates from July, 1897, short time after ne was appointed to succeed Rear Ad- mlraI William T. Sampson as Chief of