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which the south has been ex-
periencing for the past three
weeks had prevented the moving
of the crop, and thus reduced
the cotton centers, such as New
Orleans, Charleston, Savannah
and Houston.
Not at all. Bad roads have
had nothing to do with the de-
creased receipts. One half of
the cotton crop is already in
warehouses along the railroads
aud in railroad depots, and the
crop could be easily moved. But
the crop has not moved because
the farmer is holding for higher
prices.
Il tell you this is a history
making epoch in the south. Oh
course 20 man can tell what the
outcome will be. Ii all til farm
ers now boiling cotton retain it,
l am of the opinion that they will
secure the price they demand,
Naturally, however, we cannot
| tell lust the extent 10 which the
Farmers will hold, but one thing
is certain, and that is that we
can't get spot cotton for Wal
street prices.'
MILLS NEED COTTON.
AS a large portion of the cot
ton is now being made up in the
mills of America and then ex'
ported before being made up
| Mr., Nicholson was asked when
he thought the mills would be IN
the market for more cotton,
many of them having bought
large supplies at the first slump
of the market, and before the
holding movement on the part OF
the farmers was begun.
Il think" be said, THAT ma
jori,y of the mills will have to &c
Lotto the market for cotton by
tae first of March, though, OF
course, some of them have
enough cotton on hard TO last
longer. Bot think two or three
| weeks will see the mills IN the
market"
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Russians Taking the /
Offensive in MdnChuf1

Atlanta last night, reaching here
this morning.
After a caref denomination it
was determined to risk an opera
ton and he was put on the sur
geon's table at 2:3O o'clock this
afternoon.
DR.. McRae, assisted by Dr's.
Brad6eld, Dorminey and Ware
finished the operation and had
the patient back in bed by $3.50.
He is doing we'll as we go to
press at 400 O'Clock.
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Evidences hat the Rus
Have Assumed the A|
gressive In a Deter
mined Manner at
Many Places.

Toxic, Feb. 15.-3 p. m.
Russians have begun an ex1
sive C: valry movement aga
Field Marshal Oyama,s extre
left. Last night they were
tempting to cross the Hun r1'
west of Lao Yang with I'll
horsemen. The operation
gan west of Chitatizu.
force of cavalry stole into Il
Hunshi and simultaneous
another cavalry force approacz
Tacha, which is situated
miles southwest of Chitaitzu !
twenty-seven miles west of u
Yang. Nine thousand cava
and artillery approached
river mile below Tacha 4
attempted to cross at 6 o'cle
10 the evening, advancing
Heikoutai (Pekowtai. r
Smelling of Oyama's center a
tinues.
St. Petersburg, Feb. IS.
Lieut.. Gen. Sakharoffs
Knropatkin's chief Of staffs
graphs thatthe Russian artille
February Is destroyed the blu
ings and walls of Nan Gazi fro
which the Japanese had be
bonn harding the Russians trf
ches. The Japanese were driT
out.
In regard to the attack on
bridge between Guaplin 81
Frantziatun February ", CT
eral Sakharoff says the Japane
force comprised one hundr
cavalry and two hundred Chine
bandits. Russian frontier guar
drove off the attackers who 50
sequently destroyed a few r.
aud telegraph poles southwa
of the bridge and then fed. 81
Russians were reinforced al
pursued the Japanese Is mil
GENERAL ATTACK EXPECTED.
Mukden, Feb. l5.-Tne ia
ane~e began a heavy cannona
T uesday afternoon on the Ri
sian right flank, and the fri
continued all through today.
is thought the japanese are pI
pairing for a general attack. e
Russian guns are replying.
RUSSIANS VERY FIERCE.
Russian Headquarters, Hu
Mountain, Manchu' ia, Feb. Isl
During the Japanese bonn bal
ment of Poutiloff Hill, proje'
lie from a siege gun entered
underground hut, bursting
side, and tore off the head d
lieutenant and wounded a coloi
and two staff captains who we
pla ying cards.
In front of Koudezi on the RIG
flank, the Russians are tryi
the effect of concentrated sic
and mortar batteries with 60
results, firing as many as TWEEN
mortars simultaneously. 4
cording to the Chinese, the JaI
nese reserve brigades are bel
| moved eastward, indicating t
direction of the Japanese off
>ive when it begins. Repol
from the same source say Il
Gen. Nogi will com mand the I
IRENE right.
While the nights are still ID
he days are warmer and
time is approaching for
campaigning. Spring in
churi is not marked by "a
The great battle which
pectIng, and which
ruin to either arr
within ! uzun
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Peach Bloom Buds
Are Partly Killed,

Marshal,ville, Ga, Feb. 15.-
Twenty-Five to Is per cent of the
peach bloom buds are killed.
Elbertas, Mountain Rose and
Bells suffered most.
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SPOT Cotton Prices
Above Quotations
Holding Movement on Part Of
the Farmers Has Divorced
Spot Market from Wall
Street Prices.

For the first time in the his
tory of the cotton market, the
spot cotton market has been d1-
vorced from Wall street, and
while the bears on exchange
have apparently ham mered down
the price of the staple to less
than seven and a half cents,
actual cotton cannot be bought
at that price. That the holding
move ment begun by the farmers
is having some effect on the
market is shown by the fact that
most dealers in actual cotton are
holding for eight cents, and are
unable to secure more at even
that price.
With two million bales less of
cotton raised last year than this,
the amount held in the larger
cities of the south is far below
the amount held during the same
year, and the amount marketed
thus far Is below the amount
marketed last year, despite the
| fact that millions of more bales
were raised.
WALL STREET PRICE DELUSIVE.
Mr.. George A. Nicholson. in
charge of the cotton department
OF the Maddox-Rncker Banking
company, which does an i'm mense
business annually 10 real cotton
not the fc itious paper" cot
ton of Wall street-Wednesday
morning made the sensational
statement that for the first time
in his experience as a cotton man
real cotton is not valued by the
price set by Wall street; that his
house would not sell spot cotton
for less than eight cents; and
that this action on the part of
the farmers in holding their cot
ton is history making"
1T has for years been my ex.
perience that the prevailing price
of spot cotton was set by con-
tract prices of Wall street.
Now, for the first time since l
have been in the business, the
TWO markets are distinctly apart
and have little, if any bearing on
each olher."
What is spot co ton in Atlanta
being quoted at?" Mr.. Nichol-
son was asked.
About seven and a half
cents"
will You sell the cotton your
firm has on hand at that price?"
was asked him.
I'VE will not. am not going
to sell cotton for less than l can
buy it, and l can't get it from the
farmer for eight cents"
"At what price would you
quote 1000 bales of spot, deliver.
ed in Atlanta?" he was asked.
FARMERS HAVE WHIP HAND.
mot less than eight cents, ="
he replied.
And though the bears in Wall
street are holding down the price
for speculative purposes, the
farmers are going them one bet
ter on the holding proposition
they are holding the real cotton.
Paper" cotton, which won t run
looms and spinning frames can
be bought at less than seven and
a half cents; real cotton, if it can
be bought in large quantities at
all, will bring eight cents or even
more.
MIR. Nicholson was asked if he
thought the severe weather
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might need it before I was through.
Then at last he broke out at me, spit
ting and cursing, with murder in his
eyes and a great clasp-knife in his
hand. He had not time to get it from
the sheath before I had the harpoon
through him. Heavens! what a yell
he gave! and his face gets between me
and my sleep. / stood there, with his
blood splashing round me, and I wait
ed for a bit, but all was quiet, so
took heart once more. / looked
round, and there was the tin box on
the shelf. I had as much right to it
as Peter Carey, anyhow, so ] took it
with me and left the hut. Like a fool
l left my baecy-pouch upon the table.
Now Ill tell you the queerest part
of the whole story. I had hardly got
outside the hut when [ heard someone
coming, and l hid among the bushes.
A man came Sinking along, went into
the hut, gave a cry as il he had seen
a ghost and legged it as hard as he
could run until he was out of sight.
Who he was or what he wanted is
more than can tell. For my part |
walked ten miles, got train at Fun-
bridge Wells, and SO reached London,
and no one the wiser.
well, when I came to examine the
box 1 found there was no money in
it, nothing but papers that I would not
dare to sell. l had lost my hold on
Black Peter. and was stranded in
London without a shilling. There was
only my trade left. I saw these adj
vertisements about harpooners, and
high wages, so 1 went to the shipping
agents, and they sent me here. That's
all I know, and l say again that if
killed Black Peter, the law should
give me thanks, for / saved them the
price of q hempen rope"
"A very clear statement" said
Holmes, rising and lighting his pipe.
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mot at ALL" said Holmes. Let us
hear what you have to say"
Its soon told and, by the Lord,
every word of it is truth. I knew
Black Peter, and when he pulled out
his knife I whipped a harpoon
through him sharp, for I knew that it
was him or me- That's how he died.
You can call it murder. Anyhow, I'd
as soon die with a rope round my
neck as with Black Peters knife in
my heart"
"How came you there?" asked
Holmes.
"TlI tell it to you from the begin
ming. Just sit me up a little, SO as
can speak easy. 1t was in 'SS that it
happened-August of that year. Peter
Carey was master of the Sea Unicorn,
and l was spare harpooner. We were
coming out of the ice-pack on our
way home. with head winds and a
weeks southerly gale, when he picked
up a little craft that had been blown
north. There was one man on her
a landsman. The crew had thought
she would founder. and had made for
the Norwegian coast in the dinghy. /
guess they were all drowned. Well
we took him on board, this man, and
he and the skipper had some long
talks in the cabin. All the baggage
we took off with him was one tin blk.
So far as / know, the mans name was
never mentioned, and on the second
night he disappeared as if he had
never been. 1t was given out that
he had either thrown himself over
board or fallen overheard in the heavy
weather that we were having. Only
one man knew what had happened to
him, and that was me, for, with my
FL e-1xS L,
heels and put him over the rail in
the middle watch of a dark night,
two days before we sighted the Shet-
land Lights.
''Well, l kept my knowledge to my
self, and waited to see what would
come of it. When we got back to
Scotland it was easily hushed up, and
nobody asked any questions. A
stranger died by accident, and it was
nobody's business to inquire. Shortly
after Peter Carey gave up the sea, and
! it was long years before I could find
where he was. I guessed that he had
done the deed for the sake of what
/ was in that tin box, and that he could
afford now to pay me well for keeping
my mouth shut.
ST found out where he was through
a sailor man that had met him in
London, and down I went to squeeze
him. The first night he was reason
| able enough, and was ready to give
me what would make me free of the
sea for life. We were to fix it all two
nights later. When I came I found
him three parts drunk and in a vile
temper. We sat down and we drank
and we yarned about old times. but
/ the more he drank the less / liked the
/ look on his face. I spotted that har-
poon upon the wall, and thought
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81 think, Hopkins, that you should
lose no time in conveying your pris-
oner to a place of safety. This room
is not we'll adapted for a cell, and Mr..
Patrick Cairns occupies too large a
proportion of our carpet"
Mr.. Holmes, said Hopkins, st do
HOLM E,s-SEVEN
not know how to express my graft
tude Even now / do not understand
how you attained this result"
Simply by having the good fortune
to get the right clue from the begin.
ming. 1t is very possible if I had
known about this notebook it might
have led away my thoughts, as it did
yours. But all / heard pointed in the
one direction. The amazing strength,
the skill in the use of the harpoon,
the rum and water, the sealskin to-
bacco- pouch with the coarse tobacco
all these pointed to a seaman, and one
who had been a whaler. I was con-
vinced that the initials p. c. upon
the pouch were a coincidence, and not
those of Peter Carey, since he seldom
smoked, and no pipe was found in his
cabin. You remember that asked
whether whiskey and brandy were in
the cabin. You said they were. How
lmany landsmen are there who would
drink rum when they could get these
OUner SplflJS SS, was certain II
was a seaman"
"And how did you find him? ?"
my dear sir, the problem had be-
come a very simple one. If it were a
seaman, it could only be a seaman
who had been with him on the Sea.
/ Unicorn. So far as I could learn he
had sailed in no 1other snip. I spent
three days in wiring to Dundee, and
at the end of that time had ascer-
/ tanned the names Of the crew of the
Sea Unicorn in 1888. When / found
Patrick Cairns among the harpooners,
/ my research was nearing it's end
argued that the man was probably in
i London, and that he would desire to
leave the country for time. / there
1 fore spent some days in the East End,
devised an Arctic expedition, put
! forth tempting terms for harpooners
who would serve under Captain Basil
and behold the RESULT
/ Wonderful" cried Hopkins. won
derful!"
'.You must obtain the release of
young Neligan as soon as possible"
i said Holmes. 81 confess that I think
you owe him some apology. The tin
/ box must be returned to him, but, Of
4 course, the securities which Peter
Carey has sold are lost for ever.
i There's the cab, Hopkins, and you can
4 remove your man. If you want me
7 for the trial, my address and that of
i Watson will be somewhere in Norway
Ill send particulars later"
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The Return of Sherlock
Holmes.
Continued From page Fonrteen.)

Holmes smiled and shook his head.
"It seems to me to have only one
drawback, Hopkins, and that Is that it
is intrinsically impossible. Have you
tried to drive a harpoon through a
body? No, tut, my dear sir, you must
really pay attention to these details.
My friend Watson could tell you that
L spent whole morning in that ex-
ercise. 1t is no easy matter, and re-
quires a strong and practised arm.
But this blow was delivered with
such violence that the head of the
weapon sank deep into the wall. Do
you imagine that this anaemic youth
was capable of so frightful an assault?
rs he the man who hobnobbed in rum
and water with Black Peter in the
dead of the night? Was it his profile
that was seen on the blind two nights
before? No, no, Hopkins, it is anoth-
er and more formidable person for
whom We must seek.
The detectives face had grown
longer and longer during Holmes
speech. His hopes and his ambitions
were all crumbling about him. But
he would not abandon his position
without a struggle.
you can't deny that Neligan was
present that night, Mr. Holmes The
book will prove that. / fancy that /
have evidence enough to satisfy a jury
even if you are abletto pick a hole in
it. Besides Mr.. Holmes, l have laid
my hand upon my man. AS to this
terrible person of yours, where is hep
81 rather fancy that he is on the
stair" said Holmes, serenely. II think,
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Watson, that you would do we'll to
put that revolver where you can
reach it." He rose and laid a written
paper upon a side-table. Nov we
are ready said he.
There had been some talking in
gruff voices outside, and now Mrs.
Hudson opened the door to say that
there were three men inquiring for
Captain Basil.
"show them in one by one" said
Holmes.
The first who entered was q little
ribston-pippin of a man, with rudy
cheeks and fluffy white whiskers.
Holmes had drawn a letter from his
pocket.
What name?" he asked.
James Lancaster"
81 am sorry, Lancaster but the
berth is full. Here is half a sovereign
for your trouble. Just step into this
room, and wait there for a few min
utes''
The second man was a long, dried
up creature, with Iank hair and sal
low cheeks. His name was Hugh
Pattins. He also received his dismiss
sal, his half-soyereign, and the order
to wait
The third applicant was a man of
remarkable appearance. A fierce
bull dog face was framed in q tangle
of hair and beard, and two bold, dark
eyes cleaned behind the cover of
thick, tufted, overhung eyebrows. He
saluted and stood sailor-fashion. turn
ing his cap round in his hands.
Your name?' asked Holmes.
Patrick Cairns"
"Harpooner?"
eyes, sir. Twenty-six voyages
Dundee, I suppose?'
yes. SIR
"And ready to start with an explor-
ing ship"
Eyes, sir
what wages 2"
Eight pounds a month"
Gould you start at once?"
''As soon as get my kit"
"Have you your papers?"
Eyes, SIR He took a sheaf of worn
and greasy forms from his pocket.
Holmes glanced over them and return
ed them.
"You are just the man 1 want"
said he. Here's the agreement on
the side-table. If you sign it the
whole matter will be settled
The seaman lurched across the
room and took UP the pen.
"Shall I sign here? ?" he asked,
STOPPING over the table.
Holmes leaned over his shoulder
and passed both hands over his neck.
This will do said he.
1 heard a click Of steel and a bel
low like an enraged bull. The next
instant Holmes and the seaman were
rolling on the ground together. He
was a man of such gigantic strength
that, even with the handouts which
Holmes had so deity fastened upon
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RIILLIAM w. HOLDEN, THE
GOVERNOR. AND THE MAN
BY REV. r. H. WHITAKER.

have been thinking for some time
that I would be unjust to one of the
most distinguished citizens of North
Carolina, did l fail, in these reminis-
cencies, to give a chapter to Governor
William w. Holden, who, for many
years, was not only in the worlds eye.
hut took a prominent and a most con-
spicuous part in the affairs of his
state. as the editor of the Raleigh
standard, before the war; and, after
the war. as Governor, during the days
of reconstruction; in which positions
and periods he did not fail 10 max
the impression that he was man OF
more than ordinary ability and force
of character He made some mistakes
and thereby drew down upon ms nedu
the wrath of a people who in other
DAYS had followed his lead; and for
time the great majority of the white
neonle of North Carolina cordially
hated him, because, as they thougnl,
he was their enemy. But we, VINO
knew him best-hiS neighbors, mere III
the city, who had known MN 1or
more than a quarter of a century
could not believe otherwise than that
the mistakes he made were the out
growth of circumstances, and not OF
intent aforethought. While we con-
demned his reconstruction policy es-
peeially the suspension of habeas cor
pus. and the extreme measures to
which he Notwithstanding and inn
prisoning men because they criticized
and denounced those extreme meas
ures-we could not believe that, at
heart. he was the enemy of a people
for whom he had spent SO many years
i'm hard labor trying, with pen and
tongue, to advance their interest.
Circumstances have much to do with
the lives of men. be they ever SO care
full, or ever so upright. l was an adj
mirer of Mr. Holden in my boyhood
days l used to go to the Standard Of
flee to spend many of my leisure hours
for the reason that, though boy as |
was, Mr. Holden would take time to
talk with me, and seemed to be pleas
ed at my visits; always discussing such
topics as, he thought, would interest
and instruct a school boy. Sometimes
he would say, as | would be leaving:
Here's a book perhaps you'd like to
read" and, sure enough, I'd find 1t to
be a book that not only pleased but
instructed.
When i grew to young manhood and
became the editor of a Democratic
paper, Mr. Holden and / drifted apart.
But, as | see it now, / do not blame
him so much for any hostility he mani
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his wrists, he would have very quick
ly overpowered my friend had Hop
kins and I not rushed to his rescue.
Only when pressed the cold muzzle
of the revolver to his temple did he
at last understand that resistance was
vain. We dashed his ankles with cord,
and rose breathless from the struggle.
ST must really apologize, Hopkins, !"
said Sherlock Holmes, II fear that the
scrambled eggs are cold. However,
you will enjoy the rest of your break
fast all the better, will you not, for
the thought that you have brought
your case to a triumphant conclusion"
Stanley Hopkins was speeches.
with amazement
"I don't know what to say, Mr..
Holmes, he blurted out at last with a
very red face. 1T seems to me that
/ have been making fool of myself
from the beginning. l understand
now, what / should never have for
gotten, that I am the pupil and you
are the master. Even now / see what
you have done, but don't know how
you did it, or what it signifies"
"WelI. WE'LL" said Holmes, good
humoredly. 1--WE all learn by expert
ence, and your lesson this time is that
you should never lose sight of the al
tentative. You were SO absorbed in
young Neligan that you could not
spare a thought to Patrick Cairns, the
true murderer of Peter Carey"
The hoarse voice of the seaman
broke in on our conversation.
"See here, mister" said he, ''I make
no complaint of being man-handled in
this fashion, but would have you call
things by their right names. You say
/ murdered Peter Carey, / say 1 killed
Peter Carey, and there's all the differ
ence. Maybe you don't believe what
1 say. Maybe you think L am just
SJiY oiDcr Won q uar, -
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"Whitaker's "Reminiscences the
publishers tell me, will soon be ready
for delivery. Orders, with the cash.
are coming in and the prospect is that
by the time we are ready to fill orders.
at least three hundred copies will
have been subscribed for. If any one
else wants copy let him now speak.
One dollar and fifty cents is the price
of the book-a book of five hundred
pages and twenty illustrations.
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REAL ESTATE!

If it is timber lands. a home. or
farm you need in any location let me
show you what L have 500, 900
worth of timber land for sale.
r.. E. PRINCE, Raleigh. N. C.
Real estate and fire insurance.
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Royster's Candy.

Wholesome for the children, ap-
proved by the crown folks, and en-
joyed by all.