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ADVANCE IN WHEAT
1S NOT MAINTAINED
Following Reaction From
Top Prices Close
Unsettled
Chicago. August JO.—Although war fever
today sent the wheat market higher than
has been known since the crisis began,
the trade was shoht of what would a
normal aggregate, and it did not take
much selling to bring a reaction from top
prices. The close was unsettled at 208%c
above Saturday night's level. May wheat
at the climax of the rise touched $1.11%;
a corn finished at a not decline of (<r2%c;
oats off %0%c. and provisions irregular.
■ ranging from 90c loss to a rise of 17%c.
L* Piling up of the domestic visible supply
I of wheat tended to sober buy era who
I had been cheered by plans of British and
) Belgian government guarantees against
war risks on ocean shipments of grain and
! flour.
It was a nervous and erratic market in
corn. The trade was governed chiefly
L by the fact that country selling had in
creased. Profit taking by' longs was tne
main feature of the oats trade. RealTzing
sales by' holders of pork and ribs more
than offset big advances due to hog prices
being at the highest point since 1910. Lard
was inconstant demand.
Future quotations were as follows;
4 Wheat— Open! High! Low! Close.
Bept . 94 9 8*74 94 96*4
Bee . 99 1.03 74 99 1.02
Corn—
Sept . 75 74 70% 76 74 77%
Bee . 69 74 71 % 69 74 69 7s
Oats—
Bept . 4074 42% 40% 41%
Bee . 43% 45% 43% 44%
Pork—
Bept .23.25 23.55 21.90 22.20
Lard—
Sept .10.25 10.27 10.10 10.10
Oct .10.32 10.45 10.25 10.25
Ribs—
Bept.12.85 12.87 1 2.62 12.62
pot .12.77 12.77 12.45 12.45
ij St. Louis Grain
^ St. Louis, August 10.—Wheat: 2>o. 2
red, 9674C0U; No. 2 hard, 97c0$l. Corn:
No. 2, 86087c.; No. 2 white, 86740360. Oats:
No. 2, 41@42c; No. 2 white, 42c.
Kansas City Grain
Kansas City, August 10.—Wheat: No. 2
hard, 90097c; No. 2 red, 93095c. Corn:
No. 2 mixed, 83c; No. 2 white. 82083c.
Oats: No. 2 white, 41c; No. 2 mixed, 400
4074c.
New Orleans Rice Market
I New Orleans, August 10.—The rice tone
| Is unchanged. Rough and clean Hon
duras was active and strong; clean Japan
I strong.
Quote: Rough Honduras, 404.66c; Japan
nominal; clean Honduras, 4%#6%c; Japan,
L»%04c.
I Receipts: Rough. 8551; millers, 1935;
| clean, 5947. Sales: 6874 sacks rough Hon
duras at 4.2504.83; 1063 dean Honduras at
2%@6%c; 200 pockets Japan at 203c. Rice,
polished, per ton, $27028; bran, per ton,
91S029.
Port Movement
.Sew Orleans: Receipts, 576; stock,
49,264.
Galveston: Receipts, 289; exports,
•06; stock, 27,096.
Mobile: Stock. 4727,
Savannah: Receipts, 217; exports, 356;
•took, 10,789.
Charleston: Stock, 1228.
1 Wilmington: Stock, 7918.
Norfolk: Receipts, 3; exports, 361;
I gtgck. 15,561. . 4
Baltimore: Stock. 3689.
\ , Boston: Stock. r»7oo.
; * TMiiladclphia: Stoc k, 2025.
New York: Exports, 2112; stock, 100.
•40.
Minor Ports: Stock. 26 13.
Total today: Receipts, 1085; exports.
9765: stock. 232,24ft.
Total for week: Receipts, 2209; ex
ports. 7488.
Total for season: Receipts, 10,134,367;
sports, 8,878,744.
Interior Movement
I Houston: Receipts, 2422; shipments,
19 10; stock. 25J85.
Memphis: Receipts, 265; shipments,
i 120; stock, 16.327.
Augusta: Receipts 4; shipments, 34,
■ tuck, 10,485.
* St. Louis: Receipts. 163; shipments,
294: stock, 14,558.
Cincinnati: Receipts, 23; stock, 12,
• 99.
Little Rock: Receipts, 6; shipments,
, 156; stock. 6568.
Total today: Receipts, 2888; ship
ments, 264 1; stock, 86.332.
1000 Rales Sold in Liverpool
Liverpool, August 10.—There were
1000 bales of .American spot cotton sold
hero today. The price was unchanged
from the basis of 6.50d for American
middling.
Dry Goods Market
New York. August 10.—Cotton goods
markets were steadier today. Yarns
, 'were quiet. Raw silk for spot deliv
ery was higher, and for contract de
livery lower Dress goods were bought
freely. Many Helling agents for mills
have withdrawn salesmen and will sell
1 late delivery goods only upon the un
derstanding that all oders are sub
ject to confirmation by mills.
Prime Mercantile Paper
New York, August 10.—Prime mercantile
paper, 6 per cent; exchanges, $147,995,929;
balances, $7,168,805.
Rutter Market
Elgin, 111., August 10.—Butter, 2S%«- bid;
Bo sales.
Coffee Market
New York. August 10.—The coffee mar
ket today showed continued nervousness
| Aid irregularity. Trading was le*s-ac
tive on the curb, and after early sales of
| 8.50c for September the market eased off,
closing at 8.15c for December and 8.30c for
1 September There was a continued fair
! demand lor spot coffee, and while Rio
giades were unchanged with 7’s quoted
at 9%c, Santos coffees wbre firm and
higher, with 4’s quoted at 14%#15c. Ar
rivals reported at New Yolk today were
12.301 bags.
Live Stock
Chicago. August 10.—Hogs: Receipts.
16,000; higher; bulk of sales,. $0.8509.90;
light. $9.60010.20; mixed, $9.15010.15; heavy.
$8.96010; rough. $8.8509.10; pigs. $8.2309.80.
Cattle: Receipts. 12,000; Uglier; beeves,
^7.25010.40; steers, $6.50#9.10; stockers, $5.50
cows und heifers, $3.8009.40; calves,
, k8.50@11.75.
Steep: Receipts, 24,000: «teady; sheep,
$5.8006.16; yearlings. $6.1007.25; lambs, $6.75
08.85.
Kansas City, August *i0.—Hogs; Re
ceipts. 2300; higher; bulk of sale, $9,400)
$.75; heavy. $9.6009.75; packers and butch
era. $9.6009.75; light, $9.2009.70; pigs, $8.10
0$.
Cattle: Receipts, 11,500; higher; prime
fed steersfl $9.50010.25; dressed beef steers,
$7.8009.40; southern steers, $5.50#8.50; sows.
$4.2507.25; heifers. $6.2509.75; stockers, $6.35
@8: bulla, $5.2506.55; calves, $6.50010.50.
Sheep: Receipts. 1300; higher; lambs. $8
@8.50; yearlings. $5.7506.50; .wethers, $5.35
05.85; ew'es, $4.7505.35.
St. Louis, August 10.—Hogs: Receipts,
\ <_ 1
^Hubbard Bros. & Co.
ehange. New Orleans Cotton Exchange
ww Tors Produce Exchange. Aaso*
»jat* Members Liverpool Cotton Asso
ciation Orders solicited tor the par*
fhaee and aale of Cotton and Cotton
■see oil (or future delivery. SpeojaJ
attention and liberal terms given Cat
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LOCAL SECURITIES
__ Hate. Bid. Asked.
Ala. F. « l.« 4* ~55 '
5mer. C. Rys.. pfd .. S 64 67
A filer. C. Rys . 30 60
Amer. Tr. & Sav. Bk. 8 170 180
Avondale Mills, com... 8 100 115
Avondale Mills, pfd... 8 100 103
Bessemer C.' & I. .. 50
B'ham T. * S.10 250 275
B'ham Baseball Asso.. 140 170
B'ham ltaalty Co, .... 4 160 176
Cham, of Com., pfd .... 7 70 80
Com. Bank & T. Go. .. 80 f 00
Corey Land . «g 75
East Lake Land . 50 75
Elmwood Cem. Co. 4 60 80
Empire Imp., pfd .... 8 105 108
Empire Imp., com. 6 70 85
Ensley Land . 110 125
First Nat l Bank.13 350 260
Great Sou. Llfs . 9 11
Interstate Casualty .. 1 3
Jeff. Co. S. Bank. 8 1B0 166
Jefferson Fertiliser ... 8 105 120
M. & M. Bank ........ 6 125 135
North B'ham Land ... 15 22
Protective Life . 10 15
Realty Tr. Co., com... 6 100 110
Realty Tr. Co. pfd ..8 100 110
Sou. States Fire . 1 3
Traders Nat. Bank ...» 150 165
Rate. Bid. Asked.
Ala. State i*ZTi(207.7*4 97 100
Ala State Renew. 1958 1U 80 90
Ala. Staie Renew, 1956 4 99 101
Ala. State Fair . ( 40 71
Amer. C. Kya . 5 89 91
Ala. Cons.t 7S 84
Bessemer C. & t.• 102 105
B. R., L. A P.• 91 101
B. R„ L. A P. . 4H 11 tl
B’ham Ice Factory ... 6 100 10*
B’ham It. i E. . 5 100 108
B’ham Waterworks.... • 102 107
City of Birmingham .. 0 100 104
City of Birmingham .. * 106 102
Continental Oln . 5 100 105
Jefferson County . i 101 104
Jefferson County .* 105 110
Jefferson County .4H 89 101
Jefferson Reatly .1 100 105
Milner Land Co. .• 95 100
Nashville Railway ... 5 100 105
Pratt Consolidated ... 5 80 86
Sloss I. A S. . 6 100 102
Sloes I. A S. 4 Vi 92 91
T. C. L gen. mtg. .... 5 99 101
T. C. 1. Tcnn. Dtv. 6 101 101
T. C. 1. Ship Bldg. ... * 100 104
T. C. I. B’ham Dlv_« 100 101
T. C. I. Cahaba Dlv. .. « 102 104
Woodward Cons.* 100 101
SWISS CHEESE IIP !
AS RESULT OF WAR
Meat, Grain and Flour Also
Affected by the Present
European Situation
The European war situation has af
fected local quotations on meats and pro
duce in a marked degree. Grain and
flour prices have al$o experienced de
cided rises in the last week. After the
first few days of the war the market
seemed to have found its level and re
mained stationary for a time; but last
week meat, grain and cheese quotations
gradually rose.
Imported cheese was especially affected.
Before the war began Swiss cheese had
been quoted at 28 cents a pound; the
same article now brings 40 cents on the
Birmingham market. This extra price is
said to be due to a great extent to the
high rate or foreign money exchange now
I in effect.
LOCAL QUOTATIONS
The Iron Market
IF . $11.00
2F .10.60
3F . 10.00
Gray Forge . 9.DO
IS . 11.00
2S .10.50
Poultry and Eggs
Hens—14c.
Fryers—1*4-1^4 lbs.; average, 22V4c.—20c.
Ducks—15c lb.
Guineas—30c.
Roosters—30c.
Geese—40@45c each.
Eggs—Fresh country receipts. 17@18c;
candled, 21c; extra graded candled, 23c,
candled carton eggs, 26c.
Meats
Lard—12c; compound 9Vsc.
Extra Ribs— $15.07%.
Bellies—20-25, $16.32*
Boston Butts—19c.
Pork Loins—20c.
Break!ast Bacon—28c.
Spare Ribs— 12*e.
Regular Haras- 20*3.
Skinned Hams—21c.
Fruits and Produce
Cnntunloupes—$21/2.25.
AV atermelons—16@80c.
Lemons—$6.50.
Limes—7oe@fl. 25.
Home Grown Cabbage—2*: lb.
Northern Apples—Fancy box, $2@2.50.
New Crop Apples—Per hamper, $1.25.
Home-Grown Lettuce—Per hamper, $1.
Peanuts—6@7c.
Imported Peanuts—9V4c pound.
Egg Plants—$2@2.50.
Pineapples—$2@2.50.
Snap Beans—$1.50.
New Sweet Potatoes—$2.25 per hamper.
New Irish Potatoes—in sacks, $1.25(gl.s>0.
Squash—Hamper, $1.
Cucumbers—Per erat£, $1(31.25.
New Corn—Dozen, 15c.
Peaches—Georgia, $1.75@2.o0.
Huckleberries—$2.50@3.
Concord Grapes—$1.50 per crate; 40c
basket.
White Grapes—4-lb. baskets, 30c.
t Figs—$2.50@3 per crate.
ukra, six-basket crate, $2.50.
Tomatoes—Six-basket crates, $2.50$8.
Alabama Tomatoes—Four-basket crates,
$1.
Fish
Perch—8c pound. * **
Salt Water Trout—12\kc pound.
Blue Catfish—7@8c pound.
Red Snapper—8@8^c.
Gray Snapper—5c.
Mullet—7c pound.
Spanish Mackefel—15c pound.
Fresh Pompano—25c pound.
Creamery Products
Country Butter—20@25c; fresh creamery
butter, 31c; process butter, 25c.
Cheese—16* imported Swiss cheese,
40c; German brick cheese, 18c; limburger,
18c; imported Roquefort, 40c; Neufehatel
cHeese, per dozen, 45c; Pimento cheese,
$1.35.
Flour and Breadstuffs
Self rising flour, $5.50; Tennessee flour,
$3.05; Michigan flour, $0.25; pure wheat
shorts, $33; pure wheat brang, $29; C. S.
meal, 7* per cent. $31; Cremo meal, per
ton, $26; No. 1 timothy hay, per ton, $24;
mixed alfalfa and Johnson grass, per ton,
$20; C. S. hulls, 80 lbs., $11.50 ton; mixed
feed. $33: oats, 68c bu.; corn, $1.10; corn
meal, $2.10 per 96 lbs. New crop alfalta,
$24.
Hides and Tallow
Green salted hides, 14@16c; partly
cured, 13@14c; green, 13@13V4c; damaged
and culls, one-half price; dry fliht, 27@28c;
dry suited, 23@26; dry euls, 12%c; goal
skins, 2o@40c; kids, onc-half price; lamb
skins. 25@35; sheep skins, 25@75c; shear
ings, 15@25c; green salted horse hides. No.
2s, $2; glues and ponies, IKSL&O; No. 1
tallow, 5@6c; No. 2 tallow, 4c; beeswax,
28'R60c; wild ginsing, $6@8; cultivated gin
sing, $3@5; golden seal, $3.50@4; clear
grease wool. 16#19c; slightly burry, 15@18;
clear tubwashed wool, 30@33; burry, 15@20.
8100; higher; pigs and lights. $7.50@10;
mixed and butchers, $9.60@10; good heavy,
$9.40@10.
Cattle: Receipts, G100; higher; native
beef steers, $7.50@9.75; "onvb and heifers,
$Wr9.25; ‘stockers, $r*fi7.6J; Texas and In
dian steers, $8@S.25; cojws and heifers, $4
(g«.50; native/calves, $6@ 10.50.
Sheep: Receipts. 2100; higher; natlvs
muttons, $4@6.25; lambs, $7(?fX.55.
Cotton Seed Oil
New York, August 10.—Cotton seed oil
was higher early on covering and the
strength of lard, but later broke sharply
under pressure- from refining interests.
Final prices we~e generality 2 to 18 points
net lower than the previous close on July
31.
The cotton seed oil market closed weak.
Spot. 6.60@6.60c; August, 6.60®6.51c; Sep
tember. 6.48@6.50c; October, 6.45@C.48c;
November, 6.40@fl.44c; December, 6-.42<@j
6.44c; January, 6.4S@6.49c; February, 6.46#
o.52e; March, 6.50@6.57c. Total sales, 12,000.
Nava! Stores
Savannah, August 10.—Turpentine
nominal. 45%c; no sales; receipts, 629;
shipments, 102; stocks, 31,751. Rosins
nominal; no sales: receipts. 1764; ship
ments, 1482; stocks. 120,968. Quote: A.
B. $3.60; C, D, $3.52*; E. F, G, BL I,
$3.56; K, $4.16; M. $4.50; N, $6.00; WG,
*$.25; WW, $6.26. t
STATE FARMERS NOT
EXCITED JER WAR
Movement on Foot to Store
Cotton Until Better Prices
Are Obtainable
•
Anniston, August 10.—(Special.)—"The
farmers of Alabama are not excited over
the war in Europe," said O. P. Ford,
president of the Alabama Farmers’ Edu
cational and Co-operative union, who has
lust returned from a tour of south Ala
bama. He returned to his home at Me
ns'll Sunday.
"One hundred and fifty farmers of
Kenry county voluntarily signed an agree
ment last week to refrain from having
iny cotton ginned during the months of
\ugust and September," '■•aid Mr. Ford,
‘and in this state, at least, they are going
0 heed the injunction of congress to
stand firm.’ ”
There are movements on foot all over «
he state, he said, to build cotton ware
louses where necessary in order to store
he cotton and hold it without its being
tinned in order to keep the price from
?olng down. In addition to keeping up
he price, he said, this will also improve
he crop, as when stored with the seed
:he lint absorbs the oil, enhances in value
ind does not deteriorate.
President Ford was present at the Soys’
Join club meeting in Auburn on last
week and says that the meeting was
argely attended. He says that he ex
perts the largest attendance in the hls
ory of the organization at the ninth an
nial convention of the Alabama organiza
ion. which will be held at Birmingham
m August 19-21.
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Calhoun Negro Will Make
Last Appeal Before Par
don Board Today
Montgomery, August 10.—(Special.)
Ervin Pope, the Calhoun county negro,
five times sentenced to death for the mur
rler of J. B. McClurkin. a white farmer
uf Oxford, and whose case was four times
reversed and remanded by the supreme
court, will tomorrow file, through his at
torneys. an application for a commuta
tion of the death sentence to the state
pardon board. When Pope’s case was be
fore the supreme court the last time, the
pourt affirmed the death sentence im
posed by a Calhoun county jury.
MADAME ISE’BELL
Writes of Puffy Eyelids and How
to Help Them
Effect of III Health on Eyes—Part I
The network of facial nerves and mus
cles lying about the eyes is quickly af
fected by several forms of ill health. Any
eye strain will make a network of tiny
wrinkles over the lids and about the eyes;
1 ertain forms of indigestion will not only
make the whites of the eyes yellow, but
will tinge the skin about the eyeballs,
and puffincss about the eyes and bagging
skin beneath them is generally an indica
tion of some kidney or bladder trouble
0 rthe after result of a serious condition
of ill health. It would be folly to begin
treating locally any one of these beauty
troubles without trying to get at the
cause for it and overcoming that. Un
fortunately. the effects of ill health show
on the face even after the health is re- j
stored to the normal and in such cases I
beauty treatment should be taken up sys- |
tematically.
Puffy Eyelids
Women who burn the candle at both
ends, or even at the wrong end are apt1
to find a reminder of this fact in a puffi
ness about the eyes. Late hours, the
wrong kind of food, breathing Impure air
are all conducive to this condition, as well
as some forms of ill health. As the skin
relaxes puffy eyelids are apt to be fol
lowed by wrinkles and a shriveled con
dition of the skin and the same general
local treatment applies to both. The
skin needB to be fed and It needs to be
strengthened so It will be less inclined to
fall Into wrinkles.
Banish hot or very warm W'ater and
soap entirely from the toilet; clean the
face always with cleansing cream and
follow this with a quick face bath In very
cold water. Twice a week add to this
face bath one-half teaspoon of tlnctuip
01 benzoin .an astringent that will tighten
and harden the skin, but which must not
be used too often.
To feed the skin soften a good, relia
ble skin food or massage cream by rub
bing it in the palm of the hand and apply
this all about the eyes and over the lids,
putting It on very gently and taking care
not to get it in the eyes. Let this stay
on over night and in the morning wipe
off the surplus cream and bathe with cold
water.
Be sure to sleep in a dark. wc)l aired
room, or one so arranged that t{ie morn
ing light does not strike the face. "
(To be continued.)
Typographical Union
Opens Convention
Providence. R. I., August M.—The open
ing of the annuel cmntentlpn of the In
ternational Tyographlcal union here to
day was attended by nearly 300 dele
gatee.
By a vote of 206 to 71 the antl-edininls
tration forces were defeated on their
proposition that the delegates rather than
International President James M. Dun
can should appoint the member* of the
commlttep on appeals.
BIG LAND DEAL IN
Ohio Parties Purchase Over
1500 Acres From the
Illinois Car Co.
«
Anniston, August JO.— (Special.)—The
purchase by Kaye & Wilson of Frank
fort, O., of 1545 acres of valuable land
at Ballplay, Cherokee county, north"of
here, from the Illinois Car and Equip
ment company, through the local attor
ney of the car company, J. J. Willett,
is looked upon with a good deal of sig
nificance by experts in agricultural
lands in the Anniston district.
For many years the big car plant, the
largest south of the Ohio river, whs
the main dependence ot Anniston. That
was in the day when this city was an
exclusively manufacturing oejitet, the
Ballplay lands being rich in timber de
posits and used to furnish lumber for
the manufacture of-wooden cars at the
local plant.
The timber deposits were exhausted
sometime ago, however, and the new
purchasers will use it for agricultural
production as soon as it is cleared. It
is on the banka of the Coosa river, rich
in soil and fortunate in its location.
For sometime it has been used as a
game preserve.
Farm lands in the neighborhood of
Anniston have advanced materially In
the past few years, and rich returns
are being made from the investments,
thus adding to the trade of the city,
w'hich formerly depended almost solely
on its diversified mineral and indus
trial interests.
At a special session of the Anniston
Chamber of Commerce Monday, Pres
ident J. B. Carrington was authorized to
appoint a committee to confer wltn
other commercial bodies of the state in
reference 10 making a concerted fight
on the solvent credit tax.
At the same meeting C. R. Bell, chair
man of the traffic committee of the
club: P. R Hale, president of the Halo
Buggy company, and others protested
against rate discriminations against
Anniston by the railroads, as a conse
quence of which the traffic commit
tee was empowered to employ an ex
pert to classify objectionable rates for
general revision. ,
The president of the club also ap
pointed Mr. Bell. H. R. Rudlslll and W.
S. Kilby, associate members of the
traffic committee, together with Gor
don E. Jones, Fred Me Wane and Hcott
Rol^^s to handle other rate questions
affecting the interests of Anniston.
The recent death in New York of
General Stephen C. Mills of the United
States army, was much lamented in An
niston, where Colonel Mills spent sev
eral months tw’o years ago when the
southern states maneuvers were held
here. He inspected the local environ
ments as to their adaptability for per
manent maneuvers, and made a very fa
vorable report to the federal govern
ment, and it was largely as a result of
his efforts that Anniston secured tho
temporary maneuver camp.
kolbTeavesTor
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Will Attend Meeting, Object
of Which Is to Aid the
Southern Farmers
Montgomery. August 10.—(Special.)
Capt. Reuben F. Kol^, commissioner of
agriculture, left yesterday for Washing
ton, whera he will attend a meeting of
the Association of Commissioners of Ag
riculture.
At this meeting, plans for aiding the
southern farmers during the European
war will be discussed.
After the meeting of the commissioners
is concluded, the delegates will attend
the sessions of the Southern Cotton con
gress. which will be held at Washington
Thursday.
The southern congress will also discuss
measures whlah may relieve the southern
cotton growers during the war.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
AROUND CLANTON
Teachers’ Institute Convenes—Cotton
in Fine Shape—Work on
High School
Clanton, August 10.—(Special.)—The Chil
ton County Teachers’ institute Is to meat
this week and hold a five-days’ session.
Moses Robinson, a prosperous farmer of
Chilton county, says that he never before
knew cotton to be in as good condition in
Chilton county as It is now.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Clanton PreS3, J. P. VaiDeerveer resigned
as secreary and the board elected Eric
Hart as his successor.
Never in the history of Chilton county
has there been as many watermelons
raised as has been this year. Three car
loads were shipped from here recently
by S. E. Buce, D. B. Lowe and Lum
Wilson.
A large number of bricklayers are at
werk on the Chilton County High School
building, and the structure Is being pushed
to completion.
Babe Chatman, the negro who murdered
M. B. Manning of Chilton county, has
been arrested and will be brought here for
trial.
The August term of the county court
adjourned after Judge E. B. Desson ren
dered decisions In 12 eases, fines ranging
from fo to 5100.
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T. B. Lee, one of the best known drug
salesmen that ever made this territory,
arrived from his strawberry farm In
Bowling Oreen, yesterday and an
nounced that drugs were going up al
most every minute. He supplies the
wholesale houses with many lines of
druga and conferred with local men yes
terday. He said that Imports had been
suddenly shut off. the supply waa lim
ited and that prlcea were soaring. At
an example he said that asperln, which
la used extensively, had jumped 15 canta
per ounce and wa* still going up.
"If that was per ton or per case It
would not be much,” said Mr. Lee, ‘but
to think of an ounce going up 15 cents
It beats anything that I have ever ex
perienced during my long life as a
drug salesman.”
Mr. Lee said there was little hope in
sight for any bettermant of tbe oon
4iU«Uk
EIGHT GOVERNORS OF ALABAMA
1874—1901
No. 135—Mr. Bryan in Alabama
Joseph F. Johnston, Governor
The legislature adjourned sine die Feb
ruary 10. 3897. The signal defeat of so
distinguished a democratic leader as Gov
s', nor Oates by General Pettits for sen
ator in Congress, with other events of
the session, was received with disappoiht
ment and protest by that estimable band
of citizens, who, calling themselves “sound
money” ^democrats, had withdrawn from
the national democratic organization* and
held aloof from the state organization,
to the limit that the supremacy of the
local race problem in politics permitted.
Governor Johnston was a positive force.
Tf the “sound money" democrats were
orthodox the “silver loons” must he only
I Opullsts. Certainly personal politics never
ruled In Alabama more desperately than
now.
The governor sought to stop the leaks.
As he jjut it, “stop the cracks where the
nubbins fall out.” He found a telephone
in the office of secretary of state and
ordered the Instrument removed. He let
It out that he was investigating the use
that Secretary of State R. P. Me David
could have for a secretary at public ex
pense. His sound money predecessor bad
tho capitol. This silver loon tenant of
the capital. This silver loon tenant of
the executive office ordered the old fire
places, with their coal grates, restored.
Beginning with the most obnoxious of all
administrations, that of Governor David
Lewis, scalawag. In 1872, it had been the
custom of the governor to dispatch a
messenger to New York to arrange fiscal
matters or to go in person. Thus at a
cost of several hundred dbllars, the semi
annual interest on tho state bonds held
in that metropolis was sent forward. Gov
ernor Johnston arranged to drop this item I
of expense from the budget by requiring
tux collectors to make returns in New
York exchange and by using tho mints to
tive were rigid in their simplicity. The
charges.
The personal habits of the chief execu- ,
signal failure of the bl-nietallic com
uncertain state of tho health of Mrs.
Johnston seemed to compel her to remain
in tlie more bracing mountain air of Blr- i
n,Ingham and in the comforts of her
beautilul home there. The governor with
the chief justice of the state rented a
suitable house opposite the capitol. He
had breakfast about sunrise and then
walked across to his office, which he never
left before sunset. Tie employed no sten
ographer, but answered with his own hand
all letters that would under any circum
stances be answered. Saturday afternoon
he went home io remain until Monday.
Svr day, with unvarying certainly, he at
tended St. Mary’s Episcopal church.
The state examiners of public accounts
made frequent reports to the governor
Which were promptly given to the press.
Tho state back tax commissioner and his
corps of county assistants added millions
to tho assessable values.
In the first year of Governor Johnston
in office, yellow fever raged in Mobile.
The application of strict quarantine at
Montgomery shut the capital off from the
entire state except by mail. The office
of the convict bureau was removed for the
emergency to prison No. 1 near YVetump
ka; State Auditor White moved his office
to his home in the valley of the Tennes
see; the governor moved his office to Bir
mingham. These removals continued in
effect until the autumn season restored
public confidence.
The Chicago national democratic plat
form of 1896 lost, In its national defeat
to the republican party, nothing in Ala
bama.
Marcus Alonzo Hanna, a manufactur
er and speculator of Ohio, grown a mil
lionaire from modest circumstances, and
never before known in politics, not only
secured the republican party nomination
of Congressman William McKinley for
President, but obtained the chairman
ship of the republican convention. He
procured by subscriptions from great
business corporations the most enor
mous campaign fund, said to have
amounted to $14,000,000, ever known In
the United States. The chairman was
exceedingly liberal In the expenditure
of this great corruption fund. A part
of his scheme was to have the demo
crats nominate Mr. Bryan and then to
have the populists In their close fol
lowing national convention nominate
Mr. Bryan for President. He carried
that plan into execution and in various
\ytys paid ready cash to accomplish his
rnirpose.
Nevertheless the vote actually cast
for the Chicago ticket in Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois was generally believed to
have given that ticket the majority in
the electoral college of those states and
thus have secured Its election. Dis
bursement of the Hanna fund was cer
tainly made. The money was spent.
Mr. Bryan after the election made
occasional visits to Alabama, to be re
ceived always with marked evidences of
public enthusiasm. Nothing deterred by
his defeat, however effected, he at once
organized the National Silver league.
A chapter appeared In Alabama, the
president Mr. John W. Tomlinson of
Birmingham.
While Bryan pursued his course In
this country, he was cneourged by the
signal failure of the bl-metallis com
mission sent by Congress to represent
the United States in the commercial
centers of western Europe, ostensibly
seeking to create there a public demand
for the use of both gold and silver as*
primary money.
Bryan had foretold this failure. Mr.
Tomlinson, his lieutenant In Alabama,
encouraged by the leader, organized a
very considerable league. It was re
solved that a great dinner be given by
the league at Birmingham. Leading sil
ver "loons” ffbm all parts of the state
were In attendance. Among the notable
post prandial speeches was that of
State Senator Russell Nr. Cunningham.
The orator congratulated the state that
the democratic organization had elemt
nated by absorption the populists. "We
have got them and we will keep them.'
he said In his usual vehement tone.
Following the dinner, State President
Tomlinson fixed a day for the organi
zation of subchapters of the league In
all the counties. On that day he went
in person to Livingston to attend the
Sumter county meeting.
While the democrats were rejoicing
at the return of the populists, one by
one, to their rangs, certain populists,
unreconciled, held a meeting at Bir
mingham, ostensibly with the purpose,
to restore their disbanded organization.
Meantime the organ of the party, the
weekly Peoples’ Tribune, was sold by
Captain Kolb to Col. Philander Morgan,
and by him soon disposed of and dis
continued.
The meeting, however, nominated Dr.
(Iranilan B. Crowe for Congress from
the Ninth district, really to effect a
fusion with the republicans.
The popularity of the administration
of Governor Johnston, the unprece
dented output of gold from South Africa
and Alabama, and the continuing work
of Mr. Bryan extinguishing the lines
between the dominant factions of (ho
democracy and the populists.
JOHN WITHERSPOON DUBOSE.
OHIO PRIMARIES
WILL BE HELD TODAY
Columbus, O.. August 10.—-State-wide
primaries will be held fn Ohio tomorrow
to nominate candidates for all state of
fices except auditor; candidates for
United States senator, congressmen In
22 districts, members of the legislature
and county pickets in all of the 8S coun
ties.
The race for the republican senatorial
nomination is between former Senator
Joseph Benson Foraker of Cincinnati,
Warren G. Harding of Marion, former
lieutenant governor, and former Con
gressman Ralph D. Cole of Findlay.
Burt Returns to Michigan
Anniston, August 10.—(Special.)—C. W.
Burt,, who has been representing ids
father, C. W. Burt, the Saginaw, Mich.,
multimillionaire, in the lug ore suit with
the W'oodward Ore company here, has re
turned home. It will be (sometime before
Judge John F. Rowan can review the
testimony in the case.
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■—I
American Exporters Turn
Deaf Ear to Plea of
England and Belgium
New York. August 10.—Notwithstanding
Belblum’s and England’s appeal for bread
American exporters may ship no more
(Train to each country for sometime as
the result of a meeting today of the North
American Grain Dealers' association. A
'ommlttee of five, to ho appointed by
the association's president, was empow
ered to take ysuch measures as may b*
necessary to protect the interests of ship
pers in all matters affected by the pres
ent war.*'
Whether shipments os grain should con
tinue on contracts made before the war
was the subject of a vigorous protest by
Ilm Liverpool Corn Trade association,
which had received reports that further
shipments on such contracts would not
be made. Liverpool's representatives
told dealers that they had the assurance
of the hankers that exchange would bo
nearly normal within a week. Tf all
American dealers should refuse to ship
grain, they said, they would be working
against the common good. Nevertheless,
many of the American dealers felt that
the unforeseen conditions warranted the
cancellation of contracts made prior to
the beginning of hostility??.
"Hostilities in Kufope," read the* pre
amble to the resolution, authorizing the
appointment of the committee, "besides
creating wholly abnormal «ondttlons
which render generally Impossible the
performance by buyers of tDo obligation
of pre-existing contracts for the ship
ment of grain to the countries at war
and the ports of certain adjacent coun
tries. also effectually prevent such ship
ments.'*
Two urgent appeafs by (able from the
Belgian minister of xfar to American for
grain were transmitted to the Bel
gian consul here. In the first dis
patch the Belgian Secretary of War re
quested the consul to notify the dealers
hat England assured safe pntrmge of
{tain-laden vessels across the Atlantic
md that payments for wheat were
guaranteed by thr* Belgian government,
rite second cable, more imperative In its
one. rend in part:
"Do make energetic efforts to Indue*
wheat exporters to execute contracts.'*
Both (*ablc dispatches were sent today
*rom Brussels.
John Bassett Moore, formerly counsel
or to the state department, was selected
is counsel to the committee The as
sociation will meet again next Wcdnc®
lay.
Selma Market
Selma. August 10.—(Special.)—After a.
week of idleness because of the European
war the local cotton market opened to
iay. and there was some activity In the
iccal spot market during the day. The
teal dealers will continue the market,
ind spots wore quoted today as follows:
3ood middling. lUfc; Strict middling. lll4c;
middling. 11c; strict low middling, lOVfce;
ow middling. 10c.
Cadets on Road
West Point. N. Y., August 10.—The corpa
>f cadets in two battalions left today for a
ilx-days' maneuvering expedition into
Westchester and Putnam counties. The
Battalions arc made ip of Infantrymen,
cavalry. *» detachment of field artillery
with a mountain gun squad and an engi
neering corps.
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