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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-28

Ing an almost worthless blockade still
and was sentenced to the pcnitentiary
for five years. He served two years
and escaped, making his way to VIM
ston-Sa lem. where he went to work.
Later he married. and there were
children. the father leading circum-
spect life and providing we'll for those
dependent on him. and no one suspect
ing that he was an escaped convict. A
few months ago some neighbor dis
covered his identity. and for the sake
of the $40 reward reported him to the
prison authorities, thus bringing about
his return to the penitentiary. long
petition signed by large numbers Of
the citizens Of Forsythe and Stokes
counties came to Governor Glenn. and
this afternoon he determined to grant
the pardon.
1t was on the receipt of this docu-
ment at the prison that Westmorcland
was given his freedom and sent Oh
his way to his home and family SO
happily. The prison officials say that
he was one Of the happiest men who
has gone out of the prison in many
do,
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NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK, December e7.-FLouR--
Steady. bu, dull Rye Flour and Buckwhcat
Fiour-Steady. Cornmea-Firm. Rye
rul. Wheat-Spot easy; No. !? red. sl.0sh
elevator. Options. aaic. ne, decline. De
crmter, s1.o7S.; May. s1.l?A.: July. $lo5Is.
Corn-Spt firm: No. ;, 7sc.y elevator OPP
items &c. net higher. December. 73Nc.:
hay. s.ssc. Oats-Spot. easy: mixed, sac.
Beef and Cut Meats-Steady. Lard
Barely steady. Pork-Easy. Tallow and
Fundamentally. Ros!n-Qnet; strained.
common 10 good. s3.25 Turpentine-Quiet.
Fice-Quet. Enthusiastically. Sugar
Raw. quiet: fair refining. SO 1885: Gems
,fituEal, sc test. $3.50; molasses sugar. $50,
COS: refined. quiet Conee-spot quiet:
no. No. !. slide: santos. No. 4. Sc: mild.
quiet; Cordova, sEIl3c. Futures net VII
nlsased to 10 points lower. Butter-Steady'
ond unchanged: receipts. $3.50 kegs
Cheese-Firm and Unchanged: receipts.
2242 boxes. Eggs-Weak: receipts, l,71b
crates Good to choice. 23T 32c.; brown
and mixed. fancy, asa 3Oc.: special extras.
fists. e5T25hc.; Western. hrsts. 24124f:c.;
seconds. 22q ,3Ec. Fre!shts and Peanuts
Steady and unchanged. Potstoes-Irisl.
easy; State and Western. per sack. $l.S0f
20: sweets, firm and unchanged. Cottages
Easy: domestic. sef97 per ton. Cottonse"d
oil-Easy under freer offerings and local
bear pressure. Prime crude. 29c.; prime
suumc, Yellow. 3si. a a7c.: off summer yell
low. SEX q 36i.c.; good of summer yellow,
81. q 3Sc.: prime white, 36i:I42Mc. primo
winter yellow. As a soc.
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Cburrb Rotires.

BAPTIST.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH tBROAD AND
Twelfth Streets)-The pastor. Rev. GEO. W.
MCDANIEL, Will I'LL his pulpit at both SER
vlces-l1 A. NJ. and p. NJ. Sunday School
%. S. Mccarthy. supt.) at $3.50 a. NJ.
SECOND BAPTIST CHuRcH-DR. w. r;
sP. NJ. Sunday schoolae:so A. NJ. Thomas
= Craze RACE sTREEr BAPTIST CHURCH
Geerner Grace and Fo4shes streetsl-i.ey
nAviD Nj RAns s. d pastor s sqn
Surcrintendent) Preaching by the pastor
az II A. NJ: subject, Saved by His Life"
and at 2. NJ. subject. EMishty to De-
i, Il. rr'yer-mss'''s Wednesday at $
GROVE AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH
{Stoye Avenue and Harrison stree..-ReY
M. and IS p. NJ. Sunday School at 9:l5 a.
NJ. John Garland Pollard. supt. Midweek
prayer. service Wednesday at P. n. visi.
THE TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH
Grove Avenue and Meadow Street)-WM.
g. H. and BSe sesee At
"a. NJ. prayer-meeting Wednesday at 5 r.
NJ Everybody w T1,mfln,e~r
AT cENrEsXR K n. Z. CHURCH THE
il A. NJ. and r. NJ. Morning subject.
ssa avg ss Thsss i
BROAD STREET METHODIST CHURCH
}tctrner Tenth and Broad)--Dr. G1LBY
s: II: NJ Public worship y = NJ and s
PRESBYTERIAN.
FIRSTsPRESBYTER1AN CHURCH (COR-
ner Grace and Madison Streets)--F T. Me-
FAEEN. D D. pastor.-scrvlces tat.11 a.
NJ and r. NJ. sunday School at $3.50 a.
SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Tho pastor, Rev. RUSSELL CECIL D. r.,
Will preach at both the morning and ning
a A a nd Inv
at p. NJ. All are cordially Invited to be
present at these services.
SERVICES AT GRACE STREET PRESBY-
te:ian Church at II a. NJ. and S r. NJ. con-
Quoted By the pastor Rev.2JERE W1THER-
c GnNc srs 81 H5 6oYpSsaSTERbXi
services to- morrow at II A. NJ. and 8 P. NJ.
conducted by the pastor Prayer service
'W, Wednesday at at ',T Il; ~ ~ welcome,
SEVENTH STREET chi RisTIAN CHURCH.
Preaching at u A.: \, NJ, and $ !; n. by the
n aseyi service the committee appointed to
MA MAR { i;i,I' STREET, CHR SIT AN
se nuisa 1t Il T. NJ aud +. IL, pgraaehng
FIRST eSSRSH SS sqRiSSi Sc,psr,sr
3tsluteh .sdaeel Park Avenue and Meadow.
sSs I
every Wed nesday evening al s:5ao. Ths
ireuGing- room Is located In the Chamber nr
Commerce Building. and ia open every week
day from 10 to 9. Al are cordially invited,
NEW JERUSALEM, vs.
NEW IERUSAI4EM MISSION AND
Spedenborg Gree library 30l 3, Pine StrNntl;
8E,sN. LlISIIlS Sellers, pastOr,2 Will preach
at n Z "A Al. K All welcome, +
LUTHERAN.
FIRST P,NGLISII LUTHERAN {, lURCFI
}lSeysnth Street ,ileNri Grace stroctl,- I,
y r., misunderstanding ate l
IA NJ, and y, Sunday School at 900,
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Mr. Meyer on Hunting Trip.
Special 10 Tho TIu.s r,,,n,t,.

SALISBURY, N. G.. December o7-
Hon. George v. Meyer. postmaster
general of the United States is spend
ing. this week on a hunting preserve in
iredell county, He is the guest Of
-, Houst1nNille Hunting Club. ten
or all kind abounds.s He was met al
me railway station at Statcsville upon
MS arrival, Tuesday by number Of
conservative. citizens and drove at
esompanted by son and the people Of
North lredell are sparins no pains this
week 70 see that THE Postmaster
General is made welcome.
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OFFICIAL RANGE AND SALE OF STOCKS in NEW YORK
BY Ihoma Branch g. CO. Banker. md Rrok-.
SALES.

Allls- Chalmers ....,.....
100 Allis- Chalmers. pfd.......
81, 400 Amnlgamated Copper ~.
800 American Can .............
American Can, pfd. .....
800 Amer. Car and Foundry.
Amer. Car and Foun., pfd
&l American Cotton Oil......
1890 American Locomotive ~.
400 Amer. Locomotive. pfd.
23,s2S American Smelling .......
Hoo American Sugar ...........
American Tobacco, com. .
American Tobacco, pfd..
LILO Anaconda Copper .........
500 Atchison .................,..
Atchison, pfd. .......,...
$40 Atlantic Coast Line......
zoo Baltimore and Ohio.......
$3.50 Brooklyn Rapid Transit.
900 Canadian Pacific ..........
400 Chesapeake and Ohio....
Tr5 Chicago Great Western.
1890 Chi, Mil. and st. Paul -.
800 CHI. NJ. and st. Paul, pfd
900 Chicago and Northwest. I.
100 Cicv., Gill, Chi. and st. L
100 Colorado Fuel and Irop.
2,Ss6 Colorado and Southern.
7S0 Col. and South, LIST ptd. /.
40 Col. and South. I'd pfd..
600 Consolidated Gas .........
7+5 Delaware and Hudson. j.
eco Distillers' Sec. Cor........
400 Erie neutrality-suspicious..
400 Erie, 1st pfd. .............
Erie. I'd pfd. Accommodations.
500 General Electric ..........
1886 Great Northern. pfd.......
l.150 Great Northern Ore ctfs.
SEQ Illinois Central ...........
100 Int. Metropolitan ........
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ARE HELD FOR MURDER
Russ Gatewood and Nose Mcknight I,
Answer for Killing Swain.
Special TO The Times. Dispatchl
WIN NJ - U.s. loaca ~, !, r

speclal 70 The Times. Dspatchl
WINSTON-SALEhI. N. c., December
27.-Rnss Gatewood and Nose Nc
Knight, aged eighteen and fifteen years,
irespectively.Etw were given preliminary
hearing before Recorder Griffith to-
day on the charge of shooting ana kill
ing Mr.. Bennett Swain In his wagon
last Monday evening. The evidence
aaginst the defendants was such that
the recorder ordered the boys commit
ted to Jail to await further hearing at
the February term OF the Forsyth SUI
perior Court.
Ed. Hunt. a desperate negro. wanted
at Whitney, Stanley county, for kill
ing Amos Lilly. colored on October
18th, was arrested here to-day. Hunt
has confessed that he is guilty OF
shooting Lilly, but claims that he kill
ed him In self-defense.
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Cash quotations We're as follows: Flour
Firm Firm no !: spring wheat. sI.o7a l.oeN;
No. B. eoc g sl.os; No, red, esN9sSc No.
corn. 5Sl2 q sec; No. yellow. 6a662,:c.
No, oats, 49c.: No. white. 5Oc.; No. 2
white, an talsc. No. rye. 7sc. Fair to
choice mailing barley. sSAa5c. Flnxseed.--
seed. S4.a0ai,S5. Glover, contract grades,
slt..s Short ribs. sides Uoosel s6.5od7,
!ness pork, per barrel. sl2ala,l2Ia: lard. per
tbo>edl, se.Sii:HII2n. Whslsey basis Of
htSh wines, s1:$5. Butter--M.rket steady;
cresmcrles. 2on2 ic. da!rics, lSn csc. Eggs
lLs's, a2c.; prime rsts, 2Ac,; extras. 97c
Checse--Steady at lll.Il3c.
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Comforting ChrI.tmas GIFT.
Especial to The Tines-Dispatch !

SPENCER. N. G., December 27.-At
2 special meeting OF Spencer Lodge, a.
master, w. p. Pcthel, was presented
with handsome overcoat as a Christ
mas gift from the members Of the Ma
sonic fraternity In Spencer The pre-
Sse ser speech, was happily made by
the Southern Railway at Spencer. The
lodge. which was organized in Spencer
. y, years ago. has grown rapidly un.
~ u Is one of the strongest in tile
S S and has apartments among the
pest IN North Carolina.
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Colored y. NJ. g, a,

The colored Y. M. 20. "A. will hold a
meeting for boys to-nlorrow at 4 r,
NJ, at the y. NJ. G.. a. Building.
a meeting for men Will be hid at
$50 F, NJ, j, Henry crutchneld will
address the men ont the subject Per
suasion, Is Move Powerful " Than the
Sword. Dynamite or the Cannor.v
Solos will he sung by Joseph Voolfolk
d. The Woman's Auxiliary OF the Y. AT
CA. VIII give a surprise to the In
mates OF. the Almshouse on Tuesd4y
mt 9 re, NJ ElYerybodyl,ls asked to help,
anu to send contributions h to the 4.
n Il. q a.. Third and Ne gh Streets,
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Marriage at Spencer.

e,,, IsI,sElhI 10 The Times. Dispatch.]
SPENCER, N. c., December e7,-Ariss
anne fS,it E!ium. daughter Of Mr. b. II.
Eililn OF Spencer. was on Tuesday
night married to Mr.. William p. Beav-
way. at Spencer. The ceremony wns
performed at the residence Of Tie
brides father by Rev. r. D. Sheriff.,
pastor OF Spencer Methodist Church,
ai.er me marriage. a sumptuous sup
per was served. which was greatly en-
1oSed BY the guests In attendance.
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PERMITS 10 BUILD

II. G. Brown to Erect Frame Tcneme MT
on West Grace Street.
permit was issued by Inspector
Beck yesterday to II. c. Brown for the
erection Of frame tenement at Nos.
1897 and 1929 West Grace Street. The
value was not stated.
Other permits were as follows:
Preston Cooke, receiver of the II a.
sBelvtn estate. to repair brick print.
ing mandatory at No 1900 East
Franklin Street; cost, $500, Joseph u;
Bickerstaf, to repair. brick workshop
and dwelling, No. 1911 East Main Street;
cost $3.50 49,, NJ -
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Weekly bank Statement.

NEW YORK. December o7.-Total
$4,000, against 2.19S,s6S.oO0 last week,
and. s2,S1G.9e9.000 last year.
Richmond. $5.16soo0: decrease, 6.7.
Savannah. s4.75o.o00: increase, 27.3.
Atlanta, s4,565,000: decrease, 1912.
Norfolk. s1.99l.0O0; decrease, 1876.
Augusta $1.a77,000:. decrease. 25.S.
Knoxville. 1921. 900: decrease, 17.2.
Charleston: sl,257,00o: Increase. So
Jacksonville. s1.11S.00O; decrease. 3.3.
Macon. S633.OOO; decrease. .24.9.
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To Lay ON Opcrntor...

Especial 10 The Timcs- UlsINtch
SALISBURY. n. c.. December d.
In keeping with the retrenchmcnt pol.
Icy of the Southern Railway Company
it Is announced that there will be q
general cut of the telegraph opera tors
employed on the system. The Ashe-
Vile division is the first TO feel the ell,
In North Carolina, where 1t Is said
about twenty men have been laid OF
Indefinitely. Other changes are con.
tcnplated by which it is expected that
a number of additional operators will
be suspended until business increases
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ARCHITECTS in SESSION
Semi-.Annual Meeting Being Held In
Chnrlottc-Spcclnl Features.

[Specalto The Times. DIsratch.]
CHARLOTTE. N. c., December 27.-
The North Carolina Architectural Assoc
citation convened at the Selwyn Hotel
this afternoon, this being the regular
winter meeting Of the association,
which convenes twice annually. The
local architects have planned a pleas
ant two days for their brother archl-
tects from other parts OF the State who
are In attendance, aud there will be
special emphasis placed on the social
features both to-day and Tomorrow,
Tonight there will be a theatre party
at the Academy OF Music to witness the
presentation OF the play "Brewster's
Millions" while for Tomorrow a Sec
ond gathering will be held In the ma
ture Of a banquet.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-28
REVENUE OFFICERS HAVE BATrI, II
WITH DESPERATE MOONSHINEltS
Especial to The Tilnes-Dlspatch. /

SALISBURY, n. c., December 27.-
Deputy Collector.J. NJ. Davis and j. r.
Albea. OF the United States revenue
service. had frightful battle with
moonshiners in the western section Of
Dayie county last Saturday, when they
Ialded three counties In search OF
upon from ambush with shotguns and
the fire was returned by the officers
with revolvers. large number Of
shots were fired. but no one hurt. The
mnonshlners soon retreated and the
officers destroyed several plants and
hundreds of gallons of beer.
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RALLY IN PRICES
EXPANDS MARKET I
Demand Generally Ascribed to
Operations by Bears to
Cover.
DAYS GAINS MAINTAINED

NEW YORK. December 27.-Prices
OF stocks had comprehensive and
substantial rally to-day and the volume
Of the market expanded considerably.
Tho Increased business was poorly
distributed and was concentrated IN
the favorite stocks of the speculative
element. indicating. the professional
source of much of the buying. The
demand was generally ascribed to COW
ering operations by the. bear element.
which has sold the market freely dur I.
ing the high money per cent. OF !, ne !,
dents offered positive. factors towards
betterment OF sentiment. One was
the falling off In the premium on
currency and the inference Of q sub
sidence of the. demand IN the field.
The figures Of the weeks currency
movement offered confederation for
this Inference. The days gains In
prices OF stocks were nearly all main
tanned. in spite of n late rise In money
rates. Bonds were steady. Total
sales. rar value, si.914.ooo. United
States bonds were unchanged on call.
Total sales to-day $4,000 shares.
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Indor.c ne eaton RilI.

{. ALEXANDRIA. VA, December o7.-
Members of both branches OF the Alex
andria Council and Chamber OF COM
MERGE will meet in the. rooms Of the
chamber next Monday night to fornu-
late plans to urge the massage by
ing stock bill. Delegate Cation. Of
Alexandria. will Introduce the meas
ure at the coming session OF the Leg
tS1atllra u
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Lucns--Hnrdy.

Announcement has been made OF thu
marriage of Miss Lottie May Hardy
The ceremony took place Wednesday
at Weldon. n. O., the Rev. Mr. stain
back officiating,
Miss Hardy is the daughter OF Mrs.
Mary Lipscombe, and Mr.. Lucas is the
son OF Mi, and Mrs. a. I" Lucas. OF
Richmond, Mr. and Mrs. Lucas are ~
the home to theirl friends ut No. COS
North 4Y'Wenty-seYcnth Street,
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place. The corkage shops on either
side OF the dispensary will. OF course.
have to go out OF business also. All
during the forenoon these We're serving
drinks. as usual, but only until the
official announcement of the result Of
tic election.
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Lancaster e Lucke
Bankers and Brokers,
RICHMOND. VIRGINIA.
Investment Securities.
Correspondence Solicited

little ahead Of time, and his rouslna
gronns sent CONSERVATION throu shout
/ me entlre audience, who did not ex-
pect the awakening at that moment.
The thing came near breaking up
whole play. as the negroes were scared
out OF their wits.
Efforts Will be made by Professor
SCorasso, IN charge. to restore the n,au
to his slumbers again. 49,. N
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Wedding In port.n,o,,th.

PORTSMOUTH. VA. December 27.-
Miss Edna Mary Owens, daughter OF
Colonel Edwin w. owens, member OF
the State Legislature from Norfolk
county. and Lemuel Edward Mayo were
married at o'clock last night in st
Johns Protestant Episcopal Church.
nlatron of honor Mrs. Emmett A.
Hutcheson, her sister. The BRIDE
sroom's best man was Arthur L. vii.
ilIams.
The ushers were Herbert NJ. Berry
Hinton 3. Kraft. John w. Owens and
C. w. Walker. ,Jr. 49,
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Motor compuny Chartered.

= 7 SpPCIHI 10 IN' 7 IfntS- D!STiafcH.I
RALEIGH, N. c., December ga
charter was issued to-day for. the Car
DINA Motor Company. of Greensboro,
capital 10000. for dealing in and man.
ufacturing motor cars of all kinds. The
are L. "A. Folger. G. w.
Painter, a. R. Perkins and T. T. An
.1r
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-28
TcrrItcd tho ..nhlcs.n,Ic, ~,

When ,thc#man who has hecn IN a.
trance at tile gcalored Empire Theatre
an,yokc last nj SHIT during q vaudeville
performance witnessed bvn fnll house,
! ha sprung n surprise m audience
sana tl1e4natnrs nils q The man al 10 keA g
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orn sa.aaa.,5o sheer and Lan,b.-.Re.
ceirts, Sss head Sheep. ss.5oa4.5o; culls,
$500; lambs. S6.1oR COS. fIoes--Receipts.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-28
.S|SK ARRESTED FOR
MURDER OF HENDRIX
Noted Stokes County Moon.
sinner Charged With Killing
Popular Deputy.
ARE SEARCHING FOR OTHERS
Especial to The Tlmes-pisna,c,,

GREENSBORO. N. q. Decemher 81
l'hited states Marshal Mill.kan was
notited this evening that Oscar Sis,s
me noted Stokes county moonshiner.
Gharged with killing Deputy Collector
J. W. Hendrix during the raid of a
p"sse on MS dlstillery last Friday. and
lot whose capture the government has
oifered a reward of $1,000, was ar.
rested during the afternoon. ana was
in Danbury Jail awaiting the mnrshaI,s
OF ders~ '' ?
Marshal N1illikan Immediately mott
ned the officers to bring Sisk TO Green's
ooro jail Saturday. and he is expected
u arrive here on the noon train. AS
a precautionary measure q speciaI
posse of officers have been sun,moned
to accompany the party. TO prevent
efforts that may be made by sisk's
friends to release him. Should the
evidence Justify the binding over. of.
Sisk without bond, he will be kept until
ms trial in the Greensboro Jail. await
ing the next term Of United States
court. This term not being due until
April. special term may be called to
Try Slsk and others implicated in the
alleged murder. whose arrest have been
expected for several days,
On the day following the murder the
government offered reward Of 81 900
for Sisk, and two rewards of $500 each
for the arrest of two alleged conspira-
tors, jim Smith and John Hin. There
are seven other moonshiners alleged
to have been implicated in the mur-
GER, and rewards will be offered for
these next week If they are not sooner
caught.
The whole section OF the county in
which this terrible antu-Christmas KILL
ing of one of the mast popular and
efficient of deputy collectors occurred
has been long dominated by illicit dis
tillers, and thirteen were arrested and
captured In "a sensational raid the last
summer, most of whom are now serv-
Ing terms in the Atlanta government
prison.
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Cotton steady: middlinE, ll.sO. gross ra.
ctirts 7s3 bales; sales, 1900 bales; stock
1890 bales.
Total to-day at all ports--Set receipts
a. 4sS bales: export to Great Britain Z 1850
tides; To France. l,5oo bales; to the Cont.
n'at -,.:+ bales: stock. i.o51.lls bales.
Consolidated at all ports-Net receipts
3i.sSa bales: export to Great Britain, o.
30" bales: to France. o.5l4 bales: to the
Continent, 1850 bales, to Japan, 7,l03
bales
Total since September lst at all ports
Net receipts. i.So3,0Go bales; expor, TO C;rea,
britain, l,s25,2ll bales: to France. .c7,53!
bales; TO the Continent. l.s39.7as bales: tc
Japan 3l,"ii bales; TO Mexico. loco bales
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GOES HOME HAPPY MAN !
Governor PardOnx Wcstmorclnnd. Il
Prison Under Peculiar Conditions.

PrtNOn Under PeeulIar COnditlOns,
Especial to The Times plsratch.l
RALEIGH, ~, c.. December a7.-Onc
OF the happieet men who has gone out
of Raleigh in many a day! was Calvin
Westmoreland, who left here. Tonight
bound for Winston-Sal tm to join his
wife and children after, spending thre,,
months In the penitentiary under, re-,
imnrknble circumstances.
Twenty years ago, when e !. 2
.Youne man lie was con ted OF tenl-
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

CHICAGO, December a7.-Favorable con-
o!tlons for harvesting in Argentina caused
decline of more than lie. IN the"price %
wheat here to-day. AT the close wheat for
May delivery was 1c. below the Anal quota
t'ous yesterday. Corn and oats were each
unchanged. Provisions were q shade higher
to 2tac. lower.
Tie leading quotations ranged as follows:
. ID (lTIsn Jtu1,
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NEW YORK. December 27.-Money
on call firm. l0I1S per cent: ruling
rate. H. closing offered at Is per cent;
time loans, quiet, but firm: sixty days.
to 10: six months S. Close: Prime
mercantile paper. Z 1-2Gs per cent.
Sterling exchange. easy. with actual
business In bankers bills at s4.s455M
sl.S46O for demand and at $3.50
s4.7s1o for sixty days bills. CONNER
cial bills. s4.7s: bar silver. SO l-2. Mex
lean dollars. ~ IL. Government bonds
steady: railroad bonds steady.
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RICHMOND STOCK MARKET.

Richmond. Va. December 81. 1907.
STATE SECURITIES. Bid. Asked
Va IS. Old C. and r.. 1854. Gig -.
Va. Centuries. ?.S C. and r.. % 90
RAILROAD BONDS.
A. G. L. r. r. Con TT. p. c.. Sc -.
Georgia PACIFIC 1st s.. c. 1922. los -.
Georgia. Sou. and Fla. 1915. 10: -.
Gu. and Ala. Con 5s. 1875. 90 -.
Nor and West. RS. 4s. 1895. .? -.
Not and West Ry. Poca As. IS -.
Pc. Glass b IS. II. c.. 1895. III -.
Western n. C. LIST IS. C, 1914. loS -.
RAILROAD STOCKS. Far.
Atlantic Coast Line com. 100 SIS -.
cles. and Ohio. >. Now. 100 aais
Norfolk and West com. -. 100 sius -.
BANK AND TRUST CO. STOCKS.
Merchants National. 100 $40 -.
National Bank of Va. .....loo IL, 80.
National State Bank. 100 173ls -.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Amer. Locomotive pfd 80. -. Sc 80.
Amer. Tob. p. CT bonds. -. 60 -.
amer. lob. p. CT. bonds. SO sS -.
Na--Car. Chem. ptd. p. ct. 100 Sc -.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-28
CLOSING BOND QUOTATIONS.

Chicago. r. T. and Pac. II. r. col. SIS.
&C.. c.. @. and ST. l.. gen. IS tbidl....
Colorado Industrial 6s. series a tbi,D.
Colorado Midland As tbid) ..........
Colorado and Southern Is. ...........
Cuba 5s. ................
Denver and Rio Grande As (bid)...
n.stillers' Securities 5s...............
Erie prior lien Is.
looking Valley ins.
iptcr. Met. 4tas. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Japan IS (bii) Observation-Disclosures.
Japan i'ss. certificates.
Jaian t'.s. certificates. End serics....
LcGis. and Nash. UnincG As thid)....
Manhattan consoi gold IS tbid) ......
MeSican Central Is tbid)..
Mexican Central LIST Inc. (b,d) .....
MINI. and ST. Louis Is tAsked). $50.
Missouri. Kan. and Tex. Is (bid)....
Missouri Kansas and Texas :nis....
Natl f. Il OF Men. con. Is (lskcd)..
New York Central gen. 3i:s........