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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-12

From unquesuonsd sources u ta-
formation we reitsrate our FORMER %
lief that the actual crop Of nsn cotton
will De nearer to 100000 bales than
IL will To l~a.on0.0a bales aud furth-
ermore the staple was never better OF
the color mere perfect There mas
been splendid growing weather ana
the time has passed when frost san
make serious injury. except "a the fta
a~gfnatIon 81 the spectators
To within a :ew weeks there has
been a S~ell-d.1ned purpose among tas
TO hold cotton for afte~n cents
: pound. ana FOR a time X seemed a
II their efforts would prove successful
- the extent 81 maintaining the pres
snt scale Of prices. hut condition.
have changed considerably during Inc
past week or t@o. and what Is u %
feared now j. "a landslide ~ cottoh,
and a low price that Vii not
long standing enough - IS beneficial
and which Viii have a tendency 10 NJ
set manufacturing conditions - much
or more than a uniform level Or nigh
er prices
With raw cotton AZ ten sentS =
pound. there would not be a wore IA.
protest from the manufacturers. pro
vtded there could be some assurance
that sllch a price would remain for a
season. but anything higher than ten
cents is disturbing. and 50 y the pros
pect OF a price very much btloW the
latter TEUTe. 1S tntH lEttt = tHf F@
portunity Tor the Spectator - get
in his work and demorahze the manu-
~acturin end Of the business
.Ten-cent cotton IS the ideal article,
and il Their averages "A handsome pro-
fit TO the grower. as under the most
adverse circumstances the cost ~
growing cotton does not exceed SIX
cents a pound. and the cost Is pr'ba
blv nearer TO five cents that TO SIX
cents.
some Of the manufacturers are now
in operation IN new cotton exclusively
and the difference in the yarns 4nd
enauv in the fabrics Is very pro-
nounced. Other mills with old cotton
an hand are working it OF IN mixture
with the new cotton. and tnclr output
is not o. such high standard rs where
the new stapl, is used exclusively. the
difference beng so marked that the
ipexperiencai eve can detect the new
from the old. and this is evidence
enough OF the fine quality Of the new
CrOp.'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-12

Cotton IS today more Of a King than
ever before. but greater monarchs than
this have suffered -dethronement
through attempts 10 use their power
tEFannlcaliN southern planters
would do well to heed the warning in
time-Nirginian-PiIot.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-12

W. H Robbins. (RaIeigh) sheaf
Grains and Forage Crops.
r. z. Watson & Co, tWilson) Lear
Tobacco
Snow Lunber Co. tHigh Poinc yell
low Pine and Oak
Kincaid Veneer and Lumber Co.
Salisbury Quarteref oak and Syca-
more Veneers.
ID. A. putnam & Son. (spruce Pinet
Pipe Blocks OF Kaimia and Rhodo-
dendron.
fish and Game
". r. Baum. CManteo) Model OF
b F. creef. CManteo) Model Of
Geo. L s~carboro, fAvon) Models Of
Schooner and Skif;
a. d. Wills. Csforehead city) Shar-
pie Model.
SLUG ONES g s.. S.. g &
Mines and M~etaIlurgy.
American Gem and Pearl Com
pany. tNtw York city, rough ana cut
North car DINA Gem Minerals
Balfour Quarry Company, CSalls-
Carolinas Monazite Company, CShei-
bury) Pink Granite. !,
Monazite, Crude and Refined and
Associated Minerals.
Harris Clay Company, tDHlsDoro)
anG its manufactured
Howard & Morse Laboratory Test
Sleeves.
Ecorom Surrey. tChapeI HID Lab
oratory Testing Sleeves
Rowan Granite Company, tGranlte
Quarry Gray Granite.
school Of Mines, University Of y.
e, (Chapel HID Copper ores OF y
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-12

10 slri treats a young man bat,er
man ne sees her treat her mother
~ biggest liar IL the man who saws
good for him. De
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-12
Movement of Cotton.
ny the Associated Press

IIN TIC AssoolaIeN Pfoasl
New york. Nov. THE following
statistics on the movement OF cotton
for the week ending November Sth.
were compiled BY the Now York Cot
ton Exchange:
WnnklN MnNnnnGnf--
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-12

Again we say. the pest time in he
world to hold cotton is when it Is
bringing 10 cents and under.-Char-
Lotto News.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-12

~ESsnt. move swiftly n these his
~nrw-rwakfrz jASa The overs whist
have hsea moving heaven and oaFia
20 tn. aralr ~ daposssorS have turn-
- their attention from the ~eonsNsts1
cotton situation IN the South 10 th~
stock 81 cotton here ia $eN YORK
They a>rge that here are ~Ss.@0o.ea0
WORTH 30 cotton. unlch. II released
would immediate draw an "2uAi
amount OF gold from Europe Thc ne
r~~~lr~~ 90 the December situation
prey eat 80 voluntary ve4ca~~ bat the
financial giants. naw tu c0utrot Do not
usually hesitate at obstacles ~ sc
have bad ample OCCASION g notice dnT-
f~r the past tWu UT~k@ II @~ok~ az
the p~remp-r M4ur~n~ IN cotton e
fast approaching a climax Edward
Noyse & -
Thso II price continues 90 zas tae
crop vail be I1.Soo.spe haIss and u
hc xaas ~ regards cotton | am
beginning 70 think W rnusi Is al
wrong in our ideas oF consumption. A.
! cannot updet~tAn G otherwise e thr
mills q Lancashire have occp ADJ" -
keep goirE with such small sales herr
our own mills are lpins business from
hand IL mouth. and have n0 4nitahoa
Of ~augncnUug stock until the condi
t4oa= change In fGe meantime. the
prospect Is not 4 brilliant enc
hNksNE AN &EA# &s&AtAfttB&M = ia kfFA#
tfut John swanson. of %ers orleans.
comes TO the aid II Mr. Eu~ton With
crop estimate 81 Il.S40. oo0 bales
This recalls the season ~ tao years
ago Mr. BuStou estimated the crop
ia that year at 100000 bales My
estimate was 1l.S4S GOO bales and the
commercial crop turned out if-34s. 600
bales There j. no~ only needed aH
estimate from Mr. Diets to reproduce
he famous small crop trilogy OF 1905 -
4 telegram from N~axahachte. Tex
SAYS Farmers holding tight aud
say they are not going To turn loose
NJ these prices at all Claim u II =
strange situation hat the secretary
Mil not put money ia the South -
hat IDLE some Of the Comulodi ties raised
here. and viii loan everything -
those people up through that section
to gamble on stocks and FOR YOU pro-
Pie To hammer cotton with They are
or the opinion that every man that
haral.s cotton in New York - "a
bear. claim hat thel have plenty n
hogs al home 10 make meat and plenty
corn in bins FOR bread. and that mills
VIII have 70 shut down or buy their
cotton
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-12

Weekly Movement
This Last
Year. Yenr
Perth Receipts. .364.O33 423.2Is
overland to mills and
canada ....... 23.741 $4,000
Sou. Nill takings tes-
timated) .......... $1,000 $4,000
Gain OF stocks at in
terror towns. ...... 1929 1854
- -
Brought into sight for
the week. .454.O43 5s1.152
Total crop MovemGnt-
Port receipts. .2.210,036 3,073,b51
Overland to mills
and Canada 8G.814 1882
Southern mill TAX
ings (eStm.) $500. 1886, 600 AL, 900
Stock at interior
towns in excess
of Sept. l..-.. 308.030 319.I0s
brought into sight
thus far for sea 2, 900, $50 4.028,014
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-12

HI farmers in Wake are selling
very little cotton. They believe the
crop il short and when the money
famine comes to an end they will get
over twelve cents for their cotton.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-12
Don't sacrifice Your Cotton.

The Progressive Farmer prints brief
letters in response TO questions az 10
the probable cotton crop and the cot
ton situation in half a dozen cotton
States ana thus sums up the informa-
ton ELECTED. with its advice to farm
ers.
"dD Texas, the greatest cotton
growing state OF all. is reported by
President NELL. Of the Farmers Union.
as having a yield only so or SIS per
cent OF normal. Farmers Union men
and the Union numbers It's members
by hundreds OF thousands in Texas
are holding 20 per cent OF their crop.
"(2D south Carolina eports good
crop. a yield OF 1000 900 bales. farm
ers holding.
"C3D Arkansas crop is IS per cent
OF last years yield.
% tennessee reports three
fourths OF the usual crop.
"C5) Louisiana's usual crop Is l.
000,0 bales: this year il will not be
over 500. 600" say the Farmers Union
authorities.
90 Mississippi's crop is practically
the same as last year.
altogether these reports from men
who are in closest touch With farmers
and farm conditions indicate that the
crop is materially shorter than the
buying world mas yet come to believe,
and In this review Is yet another
strong argument against rushing the
crop to market under present condi-
tons. AS the large facts regarding
the crop yield become more generally
recognized. a strengthening of prices
must inevitably result.
Don't sacrifice your cotton for what
the bears arc NOW Offering
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-12

We are not a prophet nor the son
Of a prophet. nor do We, claim 10 be
cotton-wise. but give il as our opinion
that the farmer who holds his cotton
until the threatened panic has Gained
and hnanciers regain their reason bet
ter prices will be Decentralization
NeWs-Reporter.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-12

It's easy for the average woman to
keep q secret-going.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-12

Somebody having criticized the Shell
by Star for advising the farmers not
TO sell their cotton at the present de-
pressed prices. quotes Wn1. Tattersall,
Of Manchester. and A. j. Buston. of
Liverpool. and other eminent authority
in support Of his position. SAYS:
W believe that the present Situa-
ton i directly the result of the mis-
cradle graft and greed of the gamblers
and stock iobbers OF Wall Street who,
in their frenZied gambling operations
and ma~ripulations Overstepped them
selves and precipitated a panic, with
the inevitable result Of such a strin-
gency in the money market as to
cause a serious decline not only OF
the cotton market, but the yarn mar
ket as Well. That his unfortunate
and undesirable situation will be re-
lieVed at an early day. we have little
doubt. 1t is only too true that husi-
ness has suffered. We have felt it
mere in shelby, merchants have too
IDLE behind their counters, all classes
and professions have felt keenIy the
depression in the cotton market. Eve
the newspapers. his paper, has felt
this business s~taguation in lack Of
subscription receipts. but it hasn't
WhiEed and cuseed its farmer sub
scriberS for not settling subscription
arrears. 1t was. and is, honest and
sincere in the belief that better prices
Will prevail, the gamblers and maniDu-
iators to the contrary n~otWithStand-
ing"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-12

As conservative and well posted a
man as Max Block Of SelIar. Wilson &
Co. said yesterday: Il am a commits
sion man, and commission men ALWAYS
want business: at the same time. If 7
were a newspaper man should Ger
tainly not advise my readers to trade
at a time like the present"-New
York Commercial.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-12

Monday was a day in the cotton
market that viii long be remember
ed. Ii ave to the public the an
n~ouncenAent that as bitter a fight as
the cotton market ever know is now
fairly on.-N. Y. Commercial.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-12

J ~ Aver * ''H
tho cancellation - aEI.s.
partmcnt Of the dry 1#
railroads and every
poration laying orr wsr
Soluteiy nothiag in tMa
which to bull cotton
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-12

The gluners rtgaff
Say II VIII compare
bales on NuNtmhrr
6.4tT.h95 to Npy. i EH Es
was ginuci O. October
4~.40T.0t5 bales - ~.
October IS aud Nusar
i.aT41si bales n,fe
the same period tRa .a...
U29 bales ere ElGue.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-12

It brsiur
axht The fet
T. ~ ~
Theodore ~
~r ard 81 .s
thsi these tua
cicse igrfts
market SEES
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-12
Don sacrifice your cotton for what
the bears arc now Offering

biggest cotton buyers in North Caro-
lima said in Raleigh yesterday that he
believed cotton would go to 10 IL
cents and that those farmers VINO
could il would realize at least that
much il thet held it.
DR.. K. H. Speight. of Edgecombe.
who was in Raleigh yesterday, said
the EdgecOn-be cotton crop was very
short-that the wisest farmers We're
holding their crops and not sacrificing
them at present depressed prices. II
see that the bankers are keeping the
money in their banks, paying out only
fifty dollars at q time. If they can
do that. the m can hold most
Of Their cotton for better prices and
pay their Obligations in likewise small
inStallnentS.'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-12

A telegram was handed around o,
the floor Monday which said tina
money was so scarce in the south tina
pickers could not be paid. and tha
therefore the unpicked portion of IL,
crop would have TO rot in the fields
This is probably the most UNIQUE bul
argument yet inEented.-N. Y. Com
mercial.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-11-12
Brought into sight for
tho HY2nf
Clearing House Statement.

Brought into sight
thus far for sea 3.O0O,93O 4.028,014
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-28

brain into sections, classify them and lo- cate them. Now l. by putting a mans head into that machine, can enlarge or reduce these organs and make the mans nature over | like. l myself am sui fering from two large a bump of benexo- fence, but since I have been putting my self into the machine to compress 1t [ find l am rapidly improving
 There was no doubt about it. Mr. Easy was mad. Jack sent for Dr. Middleton. who came over the next morning and brought a solicitor with him. As gently was possible the management of af- fairs was taken out of MT. Easy's hands and given to Jack. who at once began to restore order in his fathers estate and straighten out his involved finances.
 One morning Mr. Easy did not appear at breakfast. They found him hanging dead in the machine which he had invent ed to bring about the equality of man. Some of the mechanism had gone wrong and killed him.
 Six months later saw Jack in Peermo arguing with Don Rebicra and his lady the pros and cons of an immediate mar riage with Agnes. Jack won the argu- ment and took his bride back to England. where he lived ever afterwards upon his ancestral estate surrounded as the years went on by amanY sons and daughters. And he was the most conservative coun- try gentleman in the three kingdoms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-28
Wives Who Never Speak.
From Tit Bits.

T
 The Corean woman who speaks or even mods on her wedding day Immediately be- comes an object of ridicule and loses caste Neither threat nor prayer must move her. for the whole household is ever on the alert to catch single muttered- syllable. Her period of silence often lasts for a week or more, and when complete silence Is broken she only uses her tongue for the most necessary uses
 Some sixty years ago a native of Penn sylvania undertook, for a wager of sl50. to remain mute for the first month of her marriage. Her husband, not being in the secret, left her, only to return later, when he was apprised of the real reason of her silence.
 Brussels couple. named Dupont, quar- reled so bitterly on their wedding day that the wife vowed that her husband should never hear her voice again. His entreaties went for nothing, and to her dying day she kept to the letter of her oath.
 Brunn woman. whose husband was in hiding from the authorities, inadvert- ently betrayed his whereabouts to a po- lice spy As a result the man was taken and received a term of imprisonment. So much did she take to heart this msfor- tune, brought about by her gossip, that she resolved to remain mute to the end of her life
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-13

one year in tho capacity. Mr.. Curtis
has been OH the force eighteen years
and Is most capable and obliglng
officer.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-13
OLD POINT ODD FELLOWS
HAVE a FINE MEETING
After An Initiation There Was a
Banquet and Splendid Speech
by MIR. Wise.

On Wednesday evening the Odd
Fellows of Old Point Lodge No 144.
after the regular weekly meeting of
the order, the initiation of new mem
bers and the degree work. held a
banquet in the Social Hall of the
lodge building. There was large
and enthusiastic attendance of mem
bers and visiting brothers.
The feature of the evening was an
address on 1.-The Cause of Odd Eel
lowship," delivered by Mr.. Ivan III.
Wise, of Old Point, va. This was a
most able and eloquent address and
evoked long and continued applause,
There were present several gentlemen
who were old in Odd Fellowship, who
pronounced the remarks of Mr. Wise
to he the most brilliant ever heard i'll
that lodge
Old Point Lodge is one of the larg-
est and most splendidiy equipped i'll
means and members of any in the
State. The lodge appointed com.
mittee to investigate and CO.
operate with other lodges in
Norfolk, Portsmouth, Hampton
and Newport News. and tc
make arrangements for the entertain
ment of visiting Odd Fellows and the
dignitaries of the order that will at
tend the jamestown Exposition.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-13
Baltimore Produce Market.

BALTIMORE, MD. April 12,-Flour
quiet, unchanged
Wheat-strong; spot contracts so;
southern by sample CT H.
Corn-strong: sn0t mixed SO Ia a
IL; No. 2 white "a. Southern white
corn 53 55 1-2.
Oats-firm; No. . mixed ~.
Rye-firm: No. western domestic
rs &c; choict so bid.
Butter-firm, unchanged.
Eggs-steadv. 16 1-2.
Cheese-active and strong, I'M
changed; large Is; medium 10 IA a
1-2; small Is Ia a 1-2.
Sugar-unchange
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-13
Money Market.

NEW YORK, April 12.-Money on
call easy TX "; ruling rate ga;
closing Dir 2; offered at 2h. Time
loans steady; GO days 3% and 80
DAYS AZ per cent, six months 8
per cent. Close: Prime mercantile
paper a 61s. Sterling exchange
easier with actun. business in bank.
ers bills Mt 4S5.45 n 1850 for de.
mand and, at 4S2.55 and 4S2.6O FOR
90 da Willis. Posted rates 4S3 n
4S3k. Commercial bills 4S21s n 1921.
Bar silver G5fs. Mexican dollars
50R. Government bonds steady.
Railroad bonds heavy.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-13
Garrett Denies Report.

NORFOLK, April 12,-ProsiGent
Garrett, of tho Seaobard Air Line
railway. upon returning 70 the city
today said: "T'he report from Ha
leigh TO the effect that the Scaboar,;
contemplates spending S12,000,0OO IN
improvements Is without foundation.
While In Raleigh the Corporation
commission were told that since the
present owners acquired tho Seaboard
property $12,000,000 had been spen
for now power and equipment.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-04-13
Prices HGsed Irregular and at
Close Of Day Market Mas
Devoid Of Pressure.
GREAT WEAKNESS IN THE CopPERs
Professions of Apprehension Over the
Prospects of Crops Were a Factor
in The Depression Which Prevailed
Bears Encourased-rotal Sales
and Closing Quotations.
(By Associated Press1

NEW YORK, April 12.-Prices
moved irregularly downwaris in the
STOCK market today on narrowing
oamsactions of a professional kind
me decline was said to have III
uuced some liquidation of long stocks.
out Importance was assigned to the
ACTIVITY of the bears in the market
Inc news of the day was not of
great apparent effect outside few
specFl stocks. In the coppers there,
WIS Weakness both here and abroad
rms was In connection with the
Tall in the prices in copper warrants
IN the London market and tho mark
ing down of the price of copper OF
tho New York Metal Exchange.
The denials by the agents of the
great copper producers of the re-
liability Of these quotations as an
index of the actual market for cop
per are given a good deal of discus
zion but they do not prevent the
stocks of the copper companies from
being depressed by the lowering quo
tations.
Professions Of apprehension over
the prospects for the crops We're Il
factor in the depression. These
We're founded on reports from crop
experts travelling in the crop re-
gfons and their influence was In
creased by the firm tone perceptibie
IN the wheat market.
The continued decline OF money
rates both here and abroad seems to
have failed to incite any active de-
mand for securities. The failure
of the market to respond to this
DEVELOPMENT has much TO do With! en-
couraging the bears to make the at
lacks on the market which have been
noticeable for two days past.
Preliminary estimates of the weeks
currency movement with the interior
Indicate a balance in favor of New
York Of less than million dollars.
t The market was not under i'm
mediate pressure at the closing, but
th'rre was M recovery. Bonds We're
heavy. Total sales par value $1,204,-
600. II. S. bonds were unchanged on
call. Total sales today 766.2Uo
shares including Copper 9SO.90U:
Smelling 4S,900: Sugar 700: Atnhi-
son $1,000: A. c. u. 800: C. 80.
1.400: l.. &, n. 1900: n. G. w. 500:
penna 81 700: Reading 167.1O0: So.
Pac. 2S.S00; U. p. $4,000; u. g..
Steel $4,000: V. c.. c., 600