The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-02-20

Srn exposure room In tho Bachelors
Domain. makes IL one OF his principles
OF life TO have nip OF eggnog when
he rites In the morning. But Friday
when he looked into the little box he
keeps over next to the washstand, he
found 4 empty and bare.
''Dtre aint CIR egg on de place
bces. the negro bell boy explained.
So ne took 4 raw. and went down
tho stairs feeling that he had made
one az the FIRST serious; mIs-steps OF
HIS kfe. RE Is as firmly addicted to
ham and eggs for breakfast as to
egEncx for a morning bracer.
rHam and eggs he said at the
lunch counter where he has eaten
ham and eggs regularly every morn
ing Tor the last twenty years.
The girl looked confused and went
away with guilty expression. She
( returned with platter OF ham. but
no eggs.
Eggs all out" she said.
Hi toyed with his ham for awhile
, then got up and walked away with
a dszed look. rs telt as though
something had happened to life and
charged II sadly. Mechanically he
wenk towards barber shop. Since
time immemo,isl he has had an egs
shampoo every Friday.
Az ne ciambersd into chair. the
barber coughed embarrassedly.
''sshavey"
shampoo" he said.
mot an egg In the shop" the bar
ber replied.
He walked blIndly by the manicure
gIrl without even smiling, and totally
isnor3d the morning paper. Dowr
the street ne went. round the block
cnd into grocery store.
"Have you any eggs?" he dernand-
Cd.
AZ Tho clerk shook his head.
q IAN out. You might as we'll hunt
for pearl, In this town today as FOL
4gxs A fellow shipped away the last
one yesterday''
Corner In Eggs. :.
Owing to conditions existing In
the east. an effort has been made to
corner the Atlanta egg market. Har-
'ry We'll. Of Birmingham. reached here
the first OF the week and has since
been buying every esq In sight
Thursday afternoon ne shipped away
4 Ia carloads. which is equivalent to
1s,seO dozena or 1ss.s2o eggs.
IL is probable that such an amount
Of eggs was never before bough: here
The price they brought was between
$s, 600 and $4,000. And now Atlanta
stands eggless. Every egg purchase
hie has been bought. and the market
Is fairly stripped. The commission
merchants are dependent or, ship.
ments and the supply of the retail
dealers In small.
There has been an egg famine II
Cincinnati, Chicago and other western
cities. and spectators have bough
all the eggs obtainable In Atlanta e
secure the high prices existing else
whese.
Monday and Tuesday eggs sold In
Cincinnati at 10 and is cents apiece
and we're scarce at that price. Ii
Chicago the famine was just as keer
and was felt just an heavily.
Al soon az the news OF these condi
tons drifted south an effort to cornel
the entire southern egg market wa
tegun. Eggs were bought right ant
left. the markets were stripped. not ,
one was left. Monday operation
were started against Atlanta's ee,
supply. The last crate that the com
mission merchants possessed was Ia
lien. even the retail market was In
vaded. and Atlanta stands today In
more eggiess condition than 1t ha
been for years.
Ships ON fee,320.
BY Thursday Mr.. Well had bough
every egg to be secured. and he ship
ped away his total purchase-tw
and one-half carloads. or 1852
eggs. The number was great enouel
20 have supplied every resident of At
ianta with at least one egg apiece.
A. a result OF the enormous mum
ber bought. the wholesale price q
eggs has advanced six cents since tn
first OF the week. Before the effort a
cornering the market was begur
eggs were selling at about % cents
The retail price Is over 35 cents.
Most Of the eggs shipped from her