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Cotton Closes at Four
teen to Eighteen Up.
THE FINAL HOUR FIRM
Other Features in the Market Were
Southern and Wall Street Bull Sup
port, and Covering by Recent
Heavy Sellers. Stocks Recover
From Reac ions.
(By the Associated Press }

New York, Aug 21.-The dry good,
market was still possessed of a har
dening tendency today and operation:
We're limited in goods where buyers be.
leve that advances have gone beyont
the limit warranted by conditions. Al
the same time buyers are very anXiou.
To secure prompt deliveries and are
paying full asking prices.
New York Cotton.
New York Aug. 21.-The cotton
market was more active and firmeI
on increased reports of crop damage
from the Southwest. Southern and
Wall street bull support and covering
by some Of the recent heavy sellers.
The close rs firm a. a net advance OF
14M1S points.
The opening was steady at decline
of points on near months, which
were influenced by disappointing
cables to an advance of points Oh
later positions. which were i'm demand
owing to continued dry weather in
Texas. After bulge of about 3 a 5
points above last weeks finals on bull
support and covering. the estimate for
larger rcceipts at Houston tomorrow,
by suggesting a freeT movement of new
crop cotton. caused temporary weak
ness and prices were depressed to a
net loss of a ) points. but on the de-
cline bulls became more aggressive,
and with reports from Texas indicating
excessively high temperatures and no
material relief from drought, the mar
ket turned very firm in the afternoon,
with October near the close selling
around 1882 or IS points above the
close of Saturday. The market was
finally firm and within point or two
of the top. Sales were estimated at
COO, 900 bales. Southern spot markets
We're unchanged.
Receipts at the ports today Sal
bales, against 12,3Oj last week and 4,
al last year. For the week (estimat-
ed 1000 bales, against 0 1859 last week
and 32.39 last year. Today's receipts
at New Orleans 1903 bales, against
1855 last year, and at Houston, $500
bales. against 2.S79 last year.
New York Aug. p. -Cotton spot closed
II points advance; Middlng Lplands, 1890,
middling gu'f !1.lj. Sales, $500 bales. Futures
opened steady and closed firm.
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are Use down. Provisions are up 5 q
II Lee.
Opening. Highest. Closing. Lowest.
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straightS .i6j@4.l0, spring patents 4.60@525
StraightS 4.G al. ., bakers 330d2.40, wheat No
> l0j04l 10. No. 3Sj@090, No. 2red, 1905, cprn
Mo-, ST. No. Her o" I~, oats No,2 =, No.
white 27@27i ., No. white 26L@E, rye No.
o.. a., good feeding barley 37d fair tc
choice mailing 43ai7, fax iced No, O6
No. / Northwestern, Lie, prime timOtri y
seed 3.l7H, mess pork tcr bbl. 425@l430
lard per 100 lbs. 7.52laa.., short ribs
loosel S.'0G :. %, dry sailed shoulders thoXedl
......, short clear sides (boxed) S.S715@9l2
whSikey basis of high trade wines ., clover
cont act grade l2.-5.
New York Provisions.
New York, Aua. 2I.-Flour steady, winter
patents SI.4OaSLS5, Minnesota ps tents S5.OOa
$3.50. do bakers. S}.75dStl5, straghts S5.256p550
Rye flour steady, fair to good, Si.00@St2i
choice to fancy 4.G0dSI.g0
Buckwncat flour nominal, $2O0aS2l0.
Cora meal firm, yelipw coarse, L3o@l.30,
kiln dried 5000
Rye easy. No. Western 49,
Barley doll, feeding 40, mating 5ja65.
Wheat easy, No. red 49, May eos,
Sentember ,6l}, December S7H.
Corn easy, No. > 81, elevator ..... Sept. 59H.
Oats easy, mixed 2&s0 O.
Beef quiet, family ll50dl20O, packet II 0O@
Il. o, MESS l000alO o. beef hams 2l.O,a2 80
Cut meats steady, dickled hellies SA@l1,
picked shoulders D. on, picked hams lUl4 a34,
Lrrd firm, western steamed, 40, reuned
ste 1dy, continent $50 compound oAd6.
Pork firm. family l.. O. short clear 49, "a
300, mess -. 5t6l62
4}s.
Rosin strained common to good 500
Turpeptine easy 62lamG5%
Rice drm, dom site IA r to extra, 3h651%
Molasses steady, New Orleans open hettle
cd t. cho'ce 22m3'.
c flee spot rio steady, No. ! invoice 81, mild
quiet, COTdaVa luHl3.
sugar raw nom tair rerning 7-l6, cent
tri1ugal ~ test IA, molasses sugar ; a.
re1ned firm cunfecLioner'S Alb, mold A.
5.G5, cut l)at So, crushed 90. powdered $40,
graduated 80 cuUes 81.
Butter strong. creamery common TO extra.
$50 l. state udIry 20 western factory ijGl7h
Cheese frm, State, full cream small .."-
ored fancy 90. small white fancy; 1917
Eggs steady Yves tern best 90. EJStt
and Penn. nearby fancy selecten ~nlte y 2s.
Potatoes easy. Long Island, li5q2C0 Jer.
say l.J0 Ito, So. 60@l50 Jersey sweets 75tdl. 0
South SWeeiE ! % a go.
PEANUTS, quiet fancy hand-p1cked 5A@A,
other domestic .I4@5h3.
Cabbage firm Long Island per bbl., iC06466.
Cotton by steam 10 Liverpool IL Gi5
Cotton seed OH nArket was firm.
crnde T. o. b. mills 2}14, prime summer yellow
$1,000 OF summer yellow nominal, prime
wulIe ga g, prime winter yellow GlGo3.
Baltimore Provisions.
Baltimore, Aug. p Flour quiet; winter
patents 30 d. 0,'prIng patents oo0Go SO,extra
AS.
Wheat easy, spot contract ria spot No :,
sample 81 dcll
Corn weak spot and August ......... asked
Southern white corn j9H
Oats hrmer No. wnIUe 2JG29R, mixed &c.
Ry6 dull 65d66
Butter steady, fancy imitation 1920. do
creamery z2a23 do ladJe io9l7 store packed,
lI0i0.
Cheese steady. large ~, small l2@.,, me
Sugar steady. coarse granulated j As, fine 6.45
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DRAUGHON'S PRACTICAL
BUSINESS COLLEGE
RALEIGH
Cor. Wilmington
and Martin.

it will cntitle you to one months tut
ton free in any department for DAY
or NIGHT SESSION. May quit at
end of month if you desire. If you
have attended another Business Col
lege. we will, we think convince you
that thirty days study of Bookkeeping
with us is equal to sixty days else
where and that we give superior ad-
vantages in Shorthand. etc. Tuition
will cost you nothing while investl-
eating. Call or write for Catalogue.
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for THIRTY DAYS

If you will within fifteen days clip this
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Raleigh. and present it to
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-22
State OF Connecticut

Commissioner.
Hartor
G.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-05
''llaw Against Liquor Selling Has Eccn
satisfactorily EnfOrced Thus Far
Greensboro Record.)

Mr.. A, W. McAlister. president Of
ten to the Daily Record d communica-
tiCn in which he tells what has been
done in the way of enforcing the law
against liquor selling:
'Of the eight individuals arrested
for whisl<ey selling TWO have been
convicted in the Superior Court: t'vo
have forfeited their bonds and left Tor
arts unknown and the community
thereby we'll rid of two diSreputabe
characters; one of those acquitted has
since closed up his place of business
ana advertised it for rent, another OF
those acquitted was given such q hair
breadth escape that lie has locked up
his liquor and thrown the key away. =
Some have been stopped from selling,
others have been deferred from be-
ginning. An ounce Of prevention is
worth a pound of cure. If the law Is
enforced 50 as TO prevent violations.
that is vindication as much TO be
desired as conviction and punishment.
the law has been as we'll enforced
from the very first DAY OF the new or
der OF things as its most Sangulne
friends expected ii could be. Drunk
eHness and disorder have almost dis
appeared as shown by our police re-
cords. The net cost TO the county for
Il all has been the stupendous sum of
5000, as the forfeited bonds amount
ing to $3.50 in the case of the two par
lie5- VINO ran away amount to within
500 of the total cost TO the county"
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cording to the will OF MIR. Rhodes the
minimum age at which a boy can OBJ
tain this appointment is nineteen
years. Well at nineteen or certainly at
twenty most college men in America
have already received their diplomas
and completed their work in the aca~
dcmc branches. but when they com"
here to Oxford they must again be-
come freshmen and read such things
as Horace, Cicero and Plato, unless
they succeed in getting what is here
called senior standing" which eX-
empts them from the preliminary 9X-
animation upon such subjects. To OBJ
tain this senior standing it is neceS-
sary TO show. that you have graduated
from q first class American institI-
ton. With high honors and Drly about
ten have been able To produce certii-
Gates To this effect 1t seems rather
hard lines for 4 graduate of Cornell
wno is DESTROYS of taking law, To b
compelled To spend years prehml-
nary work in Latin and Greek. I.ut
these matters Will doubtless adjust
themselves in time.
There are great tales told by these
Rhodes scholars Of what they did and
saw Christmas; bat they all say thur
they are glad To get back 10 oxford,
for il gems ut least like 4 step-motlar
home, after having been ~ lands az
foreign language. Indeed, ii is very
queer how ones SympathieS broaden
the further he gets from home. II
you are travelling alone up about Bos-
ton and learn that your neiGhbor on
the train is from North Carolina,
that's introduction enough and YOU
are friends on the SDot. If YOU are
sitting in 2 restaurant over here ~
London and hear somebody remark
that he is an American. YOU feel like
he is home folks even if he lives in
Utah But if YOU get TO Paris. all
you want TO know is that he speaks
English and YOU are immediately
ready to fall on his neck Several Of
us Americans We're standing in the
Louvre Art Gallery one day looking
out across the Seine. while the guide
was jabbering along in French, eX-
planning the pictures. We We're close
. d bunch of ladies who were speak
ing English and we all made up our
minds TO meet them. We got up I;
bet as TO whether they were English or
American and | was appointed to find
ut. After apoloeiZing to one OF the
girls for being so forward I asked he~
f she would be So Kind as TO tell me
whether we We're Oh this side or the
other side of the river. She didn'r
know, she said. but she would ask her
mother.
The other fellows heard what she
said and / could tell from their faces
chat they We're fully convinced thai
she wasn't American.
BY this time the Rhodes scholars
nave fully gotten their bearings at OK
ford they have been refreshed by a
siX weeks holiday, they realize the
necessity for earnest work and during
the coming term they may be expected
to buckle TO it.
Christ Church. oxford. England.
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refusal. To an American who is ac-
customed To American college life, the
yearly benefice of $500 seems an am
pie allowance, but the Rhodes schol-
ar vision of luxurious trips upon the
continent, fades into .ruStication III
rural England. when his terms BAT
tells" are presented. ii costs about as
much To live one term at OXFORD as
il does to live one year at the Uni
verSity of North Carolina. Our actual
college expenses, presented as col
iege bill for the two months of Mich
:Lelnlas term, just passed, amounted
10 two hundred and fifty dollars, and
of course outside expenses were cor
respondingIy high. There are three
such terms, which cover tWenty-tour
weeks of the year. and that leaves
twenty-eighi weeks in which, we have
to live. somewhere. Don't let any
body fool themselves that 300 pounds
is extravaganza at Oxford.
Wei, Micha elmaS term passed OFF
without any undue connection. Eng
lishmcn continue to smile at Amer
lear roughneSs: Americans at English
Softness.--good naturedly though. for
they understand that we don't mean
amy harm by talking loud. and we are
beginning To be reconclied to their not
speaking 10 us on the street. for it is
oxford custom. But, for man who
doesn't understand such things, il
takes very close study and much pa
tieDce To endure the Oxford mans
way of doing and at first ii went very
much against the grain not TO be rec
ogniZed by the man, who, the day be-
fore had invited you to breakfast. Men
Of the same college never speak to
each other. when they pass in the
"Ouado" or on the street. For in
sfauce-I WAS introduced to the most
prominent undergraduate of BraSe-
nose College in the rooms of my
friend. Brooks. When, that fellow
passes, Brooks on the street, though
they re quite intimate, he doesn't no
tice him: when he passes me, though
we are but acquaintance. | am COR
daily greeted. He and Brooks are
in the same college, he and | are
i'm different colleges, and that's OK
ior,t custom.
The two months of association has
brought about {. better understanding
Of each others native parlance and
slang. The Englishman has learned
10 slice American hyperbo!e into four
parts and believe half of part. They
have begun TO realize that Massachu-
sets is in no Immediate danger of at
tack from savage Indians and that
very few OF the girls in America carry
nistois for protection. They have
ccased IL get offended because one of
US say that very popular tutor is
!. good egg" but they can't yet an
derstand that it's a joke if an Ar
kansas man. remarks that there ism
q church in his State as old as West
minister Abbey. To The matter of fact
oxford merchant and storekeepcrs,
these wild talking Americans are still
an awfuliy unknown quantity, and
they apparently meet with no success
in locating our category. kieffer, from
Maryland, went with me the other
day. to buy a clock. was looking over
the follows display and picking UP
one asked him, What sort OF clock
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Events of the Rhodes
Scholars First Term.
SOME QUEER CUSTOMS
Oddities Of British Slang. Amusing
SoIemnity OF IoIn Bull Under Amer
lean chaif. SIicing Brother lon
athan's Hyberboie. Athletics
and Study of Albion.
By j. III. WINSTON.

The Rhodes scholars have complet-
cd their first term at Oxford and spent
their FIRST vac" of six weeks scattered
i'm All parts of the country. Ten went
TO Paris, ten to Germany. some staid
in London, two studied at StratfOrd-
on-the-Avon and two Went back to
Coos country. Europe has had amaz-
ing exhibitions Of American habits ana
american disregard of any fixed kind
OF custom.
Ii is now q week before Hillary
term begins. but every train is Bring
ing back To oxford some Struggling
Rhodes scholar, and by this time they
are nearly all here, not with any over
jealous desire. to get back TO work,
hut Tor the very simple reason Lhat
they ''aia't got no happy home 10
leave" and they can live on credit at
oxford. Nor should We be unduIs
ccnsured for cur busted condition,
FOR nobody viii contend that there is
any pleasure TO stay in an eight floor
dark attic and watch your fire burn
Tor six weeks; but to do otherwise
means money. Well the Rhodes Schol-
airs were out to see the sights and
have the fun, and the result has been
that. after they had borrowed and re-
borrowed from one another, until they
all had nothing left. they had TO de-
post :heir watches in London in order
to buy 4 railway ticket back to OK
ford. And we were not eXtravaSant IN
our tastes, either. / believe what
Brooks. from Georgia, said one day in
Paris. best described our financial at
litudc. We were sitting in a reStau
rant and | was looking over the Dill
Of care" said Brooks. do you want
some 'Bifteck and pammes de terre?
He replied. No, that he didn't like
'em very much. and besides they cost
eighty continues 1t is needless TO say
that the last was his main reason Of
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-05
Coming New Books.

The century Co.'S February issues
will be The Smoke Eaters" by Har-
vey j. O'Higgins, and "The Fugitive, :"
q first book, by Charles d. Stewart.
THE Smoke Eaters" il is said. might
we'll be entitled the epic of the New
YORK Fire Department" '"The Fugi-
i've blacksmith" is announced as an
unusual and very jolly kind of tale. In
which the incidents are based largely
apon experiences of the author.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-05
Moral! Stay Away From Prayer Meet
ings.
lFayetteyille Observer


Perhaps very bad fire was averted
by the sudden change of Nfnd of a.
young lady in this city. On Thursday
evening Miss Kate Matthews, residing
on upper Hay street, started to attend
prayer meeting at the First Baptist
Church: but, on account of the severe
weather. changed her nina, and, go
ing up stairs removed her wraps.
She heard sudden cracking noise
in the lower part Of the house. and
ran down, to find that the lamp in the
hall had exploded, and tie hall was in
blaze. part of the oil st1lI burning In
the lamp. With great presence of
mind, she ran up the stairway. UNI
hooked the lamp, and threw it out OF
doors. She doubtless saved the house,
and perhaps other houses.
Before acquiring son-in-law the
girls father should be sure OF his abil-
ity to support the YOUNG man in the
style To which he has been accustomed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-05

There is something wrong with the
eternal fitness of things when you see
q man with a silk hat dining in a
cheap restaurant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-28

the onsequentdemandfo for property is send
ing prices ever skyward. Everybody who
has invested in Atlantic City real estate has
made money and many have made millions.
In the judgment of those who know, the
next five years will see an equal rise in
values in the citys suburban property.
The heart of the city is badly congested
and expansion is absolutely necessary.
There is but one direction-the high land
at Atlantic City Heights in the modern
city of Absecon on the main line of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, six miles and only
eight minutes ride from the Boardwalk.
In this direction is located the only desir-
able high ground available for building
purposes. 1t is seventy-five feet above
the ocean, and nestles in the midst of the
prosperous and beautiful city of Absecon,
with its macadamized streets, electric
lights, good sewerage and pure water ; its
schools, churches and stores. This de-
ightful park-like suburb, SO blessed by
Nature, is the only outlet for Atlantic
City's ever-growing population, and land
values are increasing rapidly.
Here one inhales health from the de-
liCious, life-giving breath of the balmy
pine and the restless ocean. Bay and
lake provide boating, fishing, swimming.
Wooded heaths of oak and pine abound
with game. Trips in motor launches or
sail boats can be made from Absecon
Bridge, the center of the city, via the
inside waterways to Atlantic City, Somers
Point, Ocean City, Longport and the
thriving little city of Port Republic.
Access is easy. An eight minutes ride
from the handsome depot via Pennsyl-
vania Railroad brings one to Atlantic
City's famous Boardwalk. All trains stop,
through express included. Trolley cars
run at frequent intervals between Absecon
and Atlantic City. Six tickets, IS cents.
Another trolley line is surveyed through to
Port Republic on the famous Shore Road
The Seashore Land and Improvement
selling it in building lots, 80 100, at
prices that will seem ridiculous five years
hence. Under such conditions, the lots
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-28

1rouV1lle IN france
are as candles to the
electric light when COM
pared with the varied
and beautiful attractions
of Atlantic City. Its
Boardwalk stands peer
less in the whole world.
In July and August,
during the Sc a SON S
height, the Boardwalk
becomes a magnificent
spectacle of beauty, fash
ion and wealth. More
magnificent gowns, a
more lavish display of
jewels and a greater
number of b e autif u |
women can be seen here
of a summer evening
than in the grandest
court function of the old
world.
= Real Estate values in
Atlantic City have risen
1000 per cent. in the last
years. 1t is the undis-
puted Queen City by
the Sea. 1t has an es-
timated population of
$50, 200. Busy streets,
handsome cottages, pala-
tial hotels cover the is
land from shore to shore,
and its popularity seems
to increase with each
succeeding season ; and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-28

a corner; this is a saving of $40 90, and this
offer is for early acceptance. You can
save $II5o by paying cash within IS days
from date of purchase. making the net price
of these lots only SIo3. so. If it is not con-
venient for you to pay cash they will sell
you lots on easy weekly or monthly pay
ments. You only have to pay s.. 90 down
on six lots and SIoo weekly on the bal
ance. The Company does not charge
readers of this magazine any interest on
the unpaid balance, and there are no
not charge for the deed, and after 1907
the taxes will only amount to about Il
cents on each lot
Should you die before lots are paid
for. your heirs will receive a clear deed
life insurance of a most practical kind.
If you desire to build before July first.
half the purchase price of your lots will
be returned and every assistance given
you in your undertaking. AS to the safety
of the investment; so sure is the Company
of the value of the land that it gives a
written guarantee that the lots will
increase in value at least 80 per cent.
within year, based on the price at which
they will then be selling similar lots;
otherwise. your money refunded with six
per cent. interest. Titles guaranteed by
one OF the large 1TuSC companies.
In making your own selection you may
get the best choice, but as you are not ia
miliar with the locality, it will be to your
own interest to leave the choice to the
Company, and you may rest assured that
they are worthy of your confidence. and
you will get absolutely the best location.
If, after six months from date, you de-
sire to change to another location, they will
transfer you without expense If you pre-
fer, booklet and map from which to
make selection will be sent upon request.
By enclosing 81 with name and address,
as many lots may be secured as desired,
up to six Satisfaction is guaranteed or
the dollar will be returned Address
SEASHORE LAND AND IMPROVE
MENT CO.. 81 N. 18th ST., Philadelphia
Excellent opportunity for good agents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-28
FORTUNES IN LAND
Wonderful Growth of Atlantic City

are going fast, since this is the only
desirable unoccupied land within six miles
of the Queen City Resort where prices
are prohibitive to all but the wealthiest.
This is grand opportunity for the man
of small capital. Here family may live
inexpensively, amid quiet shade and cooling
breezes, within a few minutes ride of the
worlds greatest ocean Sanitarium with its
manifold pleasures, delights and advan-
tages. 1t is certainly most unusual
proposition A bank of earth is the safest
bank on earth for the vestment of ones
earnings. 1t cannot burn, neither can it
be stolen nor suffer from financial panic.
The earth is the source of all wealth.
Mr.. Alfred Adams, Jr., the millionaire
beach front property owner of Atlantic City,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-28

vestment Prominent business men have
also purchased largely. Property is sold
under wise, permanent restrictions, and
to white people only. Every facility is
offered for investigation.
The price of these lots at present is only
$500. Corners $500 extra. Six lots, in
Guiding corner, would cost $4,000. the
regular price. To readers of this maya
zine the Company will make a special price
of SI15.oo for six adjoining lots, including
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-28

surgeons and doctors; but remained in
his room, drinking more and more heav-
ilv, until he died, eighteen months after
the accident.
His was an absolutely useless life,
framed in millions; and there are not
hundreds but many thousands of similar
young men whose lives amount to no
more than did his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-28

TIFTY-ONE years ago Jeremiah Leeds
r. bought Absecon Island for forty
L cents an acre. To-day that same
strip of land is called Atlantic City and is
valued at 90, 900, 600 of dollars. Atlantic
City is the premier watering place of the
world. The most famous resorts of Europe
-Scheveningen in Holland, Brighton in
England, San Sebastian in Spain and