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Notwithstanding the lull which pervade social circles during the "Lenten period, a anmifber of charming enterbainmen bs , have taken plaice dicing the week. The prin cipal events of the ' week' were the golf tournament and luncheon, given at the Swannanoa links. Tuesday afcernoon, and the german at Battery Park Friday, even ing,; Ibwtai sjf. (which were highly successful and laslyr&tLisi,an!d aa informal dance Wedmesd&y : nia'li':. 'A niumlber of dflii-bt- zu-1 borne entertainments have alsd been given during the 'week. With, the advent of such charming weather as Asheville is now-experiencing mere nas oeen a notaoie increase in arrivals and our city is now entertain'irug a large number of visitors. :-.- " The golf season is progressing in Ashe viile. "With such charajing weather. as our -visitors are now enjoying, almost! daily practices, are ' (bedel : Ut .the links '' of the Swannanoa Club and a series of tourna ments are announced by that club next wetek in whic'h tnree games WiJI be played, Monday, Thursday and' Saturday The prizes are very handsome. They include an elegant eugraved sliver cup for the succtessiul Jady . participant and ' a set of golf, sticks .for the genSieman, both of which rare on exhibition, at Fields Mr. ' MoOiosy, secretary and treasurer, announces the terms of the tournament as follofws: .' ; ' (First. Gentlemen choose partners. All those desiring to play and not having part mers will be drawn by tot at the links on March 14. - ' Second. First day, Monday, open games. TCn handi.Cfln. Third. Second day, Thursday. Handi cap decided on play of March 14 and pre vious record. Fourth. Third day, . Saturday.' Handicap same as Thursday. Fifth. Winner, best two out of three. If no one wins two out of the three games the same conditions and handicaps -to nold good till won. ; ''Sixth. -Eighteen' holes to constitute a igame. Delightful entertainments are provided at 'the club house by the genial secretary, Mr. MoClosky. Weekly teas are served Thursdays . which are a . feature of this popular club. The german at Battery. park: .Friday evening was decidedly the pfettiesV--d'ance off the season, ia vh.tJ irVMetmh't of new figures was introoMicad led by Dr. Charles S. Jordan in his usual graceful jmanner. Among ine junaque uksikus were the? golf "seaSf? WBiffle, driving, fishing. ribbon. ax.'ii" ua..iii.:s.c amttru Mi-rvS, chw, latterne in- whim.h)e electrjfc ngnts were extinguish'ed arid pretJby colored lanterns carried by the ladies, winding throuighout ;the row of gentieanen wh'ich -c extended , the entire length of the 'ball roeta.1- Two vety hovel arrangements were ithe candle and fishing figures. In the footmer one the la dles stood ipon chairs "holding : candles above beim -and the gehtlemen' whio couild blow out the candle claimed .the dance. Marsbimallows were the bait in the fishing figuire, whatch were tied to a 'string sus pended from a pofle. -The fishes were the gentlemen who bit at the bait and the suc cessful one claimed the angler as his part ner. The attendance was very large, ihert being several hundred! -persons present, (Notable among the bandsome costumes were: (Mrs. Gordon, Bailtim-ore, white mousse laine OTer white . silk. ':'' Mrs. Wagner, PhiliadeipMa, white silk. Mrs. Osborne, -Toronto, red brocaded silk. (Mrs. Butler, Savannah, white satin, pearl trimmings. Mrs. Bond, Washington, blue silk, chif fon trimmings. Mrs. Bourne, tan cloth,v block trimmings. Mrs. Hauser, "black brocaded sidk. Miss F'hoff, Boston, green' mousseline. iMiss SulliTan, Savannah, white silk, me teor roses. Miss Boggs, Pittsburg, black mooisseline de soie over pink s'illk, La France roses. IMiss Butler, Savannah, black silk, vio lets. - Miss Moore, Fhilad'elphia, pink silik. (Miss Wagner, Phi'ladelpMa, pink silk, mousseline de soie. 'Miss McKeen, New York, black silk. Miss Garner, Keaituciky, cream silk, pearl trimmings. " . IMiss Louise Branch, . black- satin sikirt, yellow silk waist, yellow trimmings. Miss Mason, white silk. Miss Reynolds, yellow organdie over silk. . .. .v. , Miss Johnson, pink."ongandie over silk, green trimmings. - Miss CartoneM, pink taffeta, white mous seline de soie trimmings. Miss Dickson, cerise organdie over white ilk. 'Miss BaHance, pink brocaded silk, pearl trimmings..,, X 'Among the gentlemen present were: Mr. HoKissick; "iMr..; Gordon; iBaSUmore ; jMn wagner; Philadelphia; Dr. Sherman, xsew fork; Mrt Owen, -Virginia; .Mr. . Conrad, Vfaynesvjlle; .Mr. Grayson, Knoxville; Mr. !avis, Kentucky; Messrs;' Jarman Erd an, O'Neal, .Chapman,' CSLayton; 'Bourne, Coeke, ' IDaMdsdn, - wya, ' Bach.,? Jones, RanMrij Sawyer,.Ray, Studer, Webb,' Hunt, Dr. s. Westray Battle, Dr. Jordan, Dr. Pearson, Dr..Sawyer. ." ," , .". . X ' 'For several weeks the ladies auxiliary, of tie y. 'M. C-A. "has been:pl'inning f or th ntertaiinmt-ntfc of l!he'ja'lce-tea to ab.e Y. M. C A. oon'ven'tion "wh'kih meets : here "March W-13. 'Instead of .giving a Ibanquett. to tine delegates xxn the n'ilght- of" their arrival as been the custom bereofGire, a reception Will be 'given in the foaxlcrs cl ;the associa tion from 9 -tp n fliae memibers of the ar(i of directors,' the ladies auxiliary and the various pastora Ot , thft cfi'ty viH be Teoted to be ipresen't. IRef reohments will w served dn-irinig the evening and penoiaps a muss al program .rendered. The dele Sates are expected to -arrive Tlhursday. " '- 5'he managers of -'XJoiumbia," wMcfli: was Bivena recently -in tih-e- opera tov.se by the awtrora aivera-e school children (for the J 'their, library expect to repeait 'Uxe w "iijitnt alter 'Lena.' K - ?2e is whe' for the; organization teiLr? du1) mhk!h Promises to be of Iri ierst "to. i0Ver of thafsport.: X danc U announced fori Tiestfay?'eveninig at the Battery Park..vi h Sr i . t . ; Tne En tre Nous" club is arramging for J a trip to net eprimgs where a german will be given to the club by -Mr. Thomas D. Green, manager of the Mountain Park hoitefl. . - :.. r, ,- J -,...". - ' ' " ' Mr.- and Mrs. H. S. Courtney, entertained friends at luncheon yesterday in honor? of their -visi tnig friend Mr. - A: S." Jarman of New York. -: persOAD" ' ' " v ; H. E. Finney, of Chicago, and 'W. F. jimiith, Jr., ! ' Kansas CL'ty, were among y esterday's 'arrivals at the Battary Park. - "Henry "Brawn 'will" leave tomorrow for a 'justness 'trip 'to Salisbury. - 'Daipt. W. !M. IMoore and I H. Smitb, of Yancey, are in the city. j-cmu -i. jcraan ana- .a. pucn&is re tairneid yesterday from a successful 'hunt in 'M'iduson county. They broughit baekl seventy partrictlges and one woodUihuick. CB. L. iMarkey and JMrs. 'Markey, of Battlef '7reeik,.. 'Mich., are giuests a-t the .Battery Park. , ' Thomas F. Hunt and"Franols Burk; of Bcston, are a)t the 'Battery 'Park. ' ' "- ' '-;: --''-'.--.:- tA. K. Barton ,of NasbviUle, is visiting in. the cd'ty. . Jaimes Keor Osborne, of Toronto, arrived es-Lerday 'afiemoonv F. 'R. Hewitt, from Hewitt's, is bjere. ' ;Mr.C G. .Raoul, of New York, is in he city. Miss Annie Rouser, of Knoxville, is vis .ting M.ts. J. C. Brown cn Bearden avenue. Col. W. H. S. Burgwyn," national bank xamiiner, is here from Hendeisoh, N. C. 'Oharlea E. Oreager, of Springfield, O.', ind O. F. B. Verne, of Richmond, are at .he Asheville. Mrs. iReno, -acocrarpanied by fldrs. Wal ter and Mrs. Hilil,. went to lAslieville Fri--'ay, f eturning Sa turda-y eyening. (Clyde Dor. WaynesviHe "Oooirier.r -. r't !'MT. J. -B. MidNeelj latqSly cnored ibis veek 'tq Asheville, where ite "bas ompioy- "sen" in the' railroad . yard. MarioaiMes,; 3enge& . I. .' I. .. r Hon: sWilliam. Cocke, ex-mavtor csfMAshe1 -ille, amd a prominent dldateJ fo ; thg lemiocratc n'oniinat-ipn for 'Congress, wais in owm thiis week. Ho was- a'ocompanied by ox-staite Senator Jack ,Camell. 'MiaDow beDctoewtt...'. "' ' ; ' -'-r-i' -:; J. H. Barney iwent.-to.Asieville yesterday "o spend several days. iCharloLte Observer. ' Wi T. Herri tage has returned " from a "eek'S visit ro bits olJ ; home; New;Berne, tnd ;t;o the fair. . Col. George 'B. Olark, superintendenit of he revenue raiding force for 'outh 'Carolina, stationed' at vas here yesterday. North and Greensboro, Mrs. S. H. Reed has returned isit to Gainesville, Ga. from a Fvgrarelist Len G. Brougbiton; wife iand iVi'ldren, who have been pendiTi . some 'ays v'sitin'g in 'the city, have returned to heir home in Atlanta. Favid Dows, Jr., left yesterday for New Tork. . . Mrs: Holmes Conrad, Jr., who was Miss GET YOUR GARDEN SEED FREE. The Knoxville Weekly Tribune wants 20.000 new subseribera' during '98. In or der to pet 'them it has made arraugemerj with t!he largest and rrost reliable s&ed house im the south whereby -it baa make an off er which is wapreeediented in its lib'iral ity. This seed concern sent out s? el' for the United Ptates Department of 'Agricul bure to nearly 1,000,000 people last year. Guiaraimteed to ffive satisfaction. The Weekly TrJhune (a 12-pig. Ipapr the biggest in the' south, containing depart .nSenits for the Home, the Farm, Agricul ture, HortlPcrulture, llhe 3arden and-' the uaiiry, ama- an the latest' scane, neignoor hood and teleigraphi(3 news) for one year aid IJhis lot of seed for only $1.00. - v , 1 Packet BEANS !B:usfh ImproYed- Round Pod Valenti'ne. . ' - 1 Packet BEET The New Ec'lpse. , - . 1 Packet CORN-The Country ! Gentler man,' - r 1 Packet OABBAGETrue ' Early; 'Win nlnigstad't. - ! ' ' ' ' " ' ' ' Is Paidket . OAOaCKAGE Premium Late Fiat "Dutch. - - - . 1 Packet OTCUMBBRS-Peerlfesa Whle Spine. . ' 1 Packet LETTUCE Five of the best American varieties, mixed. , ., t? ...- -.' 1 Packet OANTELOUPE' or lUSKMEL on The Chicago "Market. 1 Packet ONION Mammoth Silver King. 1 ; Packet - HADISH Long, - Brightest Scarlet. ' ' ' J ' ' 1 -Packet - SQUA Mtomoth' ; White Bush. . . . , - . , 1 Packet llOMOTOmproved EBsex, Hy-' brid, arad one Packet each ' of nr "SOLID South' ?QA!BIBAG!B and MEMZPHI W1ATJJR-MELON.- . . Vs t :- v end all the above,'' wh'iohvwoul'd cost, at regular price, $1.00; neatly, packed," post-.. paid, by mall, and the Weekly ..Tribuaie ror one year, for only $1.00 In Stamps or Cash. Or seed sent and Weekly Tribune and, the Ashevt'le Weekly Gazette for one year, all ror$L50.-- ' . - They will have the. seed-mailed at onfe on rece'ipt of the cash or stamps ( cash- or money, order preferred.)' ; Hand this paper to your neighbor and show him 'what a big offer tlhey are cnaking. - These offers Vare open to subscriibeTs.or renewals, rfenq In your suibscription rfght away" and get eeed In aimiple time for early, plantrar. Adlresa KnoxvCae, Ten,5 Janie Love, of Waynes ville, will arrive iiond'ay, to-make AsHLeville.ner "hocne. Mr; -uxd 'Mrs. 'Conrad will board at Mrs.'-Balids i 3a College .street. ' ' . . . ' :r . Albert Summer was here from OnarlotW esterday. . -. : The Misses Westfeldt are visiting in the ity. 4; . . Hardy Lee has. returned from a several veek's trip to 'Chicago and points in Ten leasee. ' . J. S3. Dame, traveling passenger agent for "he 'Chesapeake and Ohio railway is her from "Richmond. .: tyu -Miss tMay and , 'Miss VRose s BlavOck, of Wahimgton State, who 'have been visiting he Misses Weaver, on ,;Ch'es.tnu!t street, save 'to-morrow for ;CMcagb.;' - VCharlie 'Nichols,' David Morgan, ? Jesse 't-orffan and Homer 'Rogers leave to-day on their wbeels for Brevard. . , HOTEL ARRIVALS: -" - -;' HOTEL- BERKELEY. IHl L.t Day. . IMin- aeapolis C.-Vaughan, loiiisvllle; W. W. naim, ivawporc, ivy. ; j. janre, - tticn- mond ; Oliver Lund and' wife," Philadelphia C 'ML KjSper, -Baltimore; J. F. Osbsr, !Mur hy J. bl, Brown, Virginia; F. D. Bri tain Oouin tfiyyw. A. ; "Rives,- tWinston; H. Be 'Uva, FMladelphia ; W. A. tPearce, Wil miinigton. ; v-' f - '. SWATJNANOA . HOTEL. Jeo. B. Clark, Greensboro; P. L. iLance, Baltimore; Harry C. Parker, Providence, R. I.; 'R. E. Steere NorUbf M rolina ; Theo L. Leip, Allento wn . Pa, : W. fMr iMcore, Kentucky : -Mrs. Thos.: F. HougfitonC 'Boston; Miss Pritt, Ltfidbm H. C. Ames, -Cleveland; W. C. Niebaum, New rofk-, Miss L. Hauick. Jersey Citv. STATE POL'T S. :'jleveland Star: -Fusion is naturally re pulsive to democrats and a bargain -driver'; He;Butler, is not the sort of a fellow to effect " a 'high and honorable co-opera - tionn"-., . , . , . . ... . A correspondent who signs "Tinker" has I -11 ! 1 ii r 1 t . .1 he following in the M'dDowell Democrat: Urlast, weelk's issue of the Democrat Tom Jefferson, with a very level head, booms Locke Craig for congress. I thin Tom hi;s he nail on 'the head exactly so let us ail xxme together and give Craig a heavy push ram .this county. We 'have a go;d claim n 'Mr. 'Craig for the best part of his house hold is frcca this county." North Wilkesboro tHustler : The na: lor al hainmen ci the democratic, populist and silver republican parties may issue as nany fus'ion manifestos -as they please, but there are . dead loads "of good ' democrats A-ho will not be driven -into thii fusiufn bus- Jiess rrhey. are heartily sick of the litt e iste. they :had in 18S6,' when the crowd hey .sfusedwith helped to put-Nontax Caro- ina in tlhe : unem iable shape she ' enjoys v?) at present. . ' New1n.,En.terpr4se : Fusion- with am odd :oe dOAs hob onlv mean -defeat, but: it 'means jzrTeB4erIanciIAeckf jsadiglNf fight defeat 'in 1 a- ifieht simeie-handed and-alone ,iye have 'the comforting assurance that) we vwi rise again wlttt teTean bands, saad ;udx soued garments. We don't want any mix- ri.2 iu outs and we don' .inBnd ht a handful' of politicail directors. eha.H,'teH u .yiaat we soait or suau llui uo -m tne apl iroaii contest. -Wliimlnfeton .Revfew: There is no use in calking about it. There will be no fusion n SNorth Oaroliua this year with anybody iut those who want to see 'North Carolina -edeemed from he clitt'tches of the unholy ganig who have their grasp on her thrjat r ut there should be, it' wirr beMmpossibie -io ioiil the fuil Tianty - strength. There ar thousands of good, old-fashioned democr t in iNorth Cafolina who will never, under my cSroumstances, vote, for anybody but a 1 eurocrat on a democratic ticket. . You naight just as well light' this pipe at once. gentlemen, for-you will have to' smoke it. Milton Herald: There are, .we belijeve, enough good citizens in this state. 'to cast a safe majority for good government and leteent candidates. As we have saud on an other occasion, many of these citizens will not voteJor a "fusionist" because a -fu- sionist" Is to some extent related to the orrupt element now in control of our s ate -jovemmen't. !Many of theie good citizens vould not vote for populists or republicans jvho serve-under the crack of Butler's whip, and who are traded like sheep. Many of them can not be "induced" to vote for democrats who would co-operate with the followers of him who slandered and dis graced the fair name of our state. Campbell's Bu'lefcin : Last week we pub lished a communication from C. B. Wike a brilliant Jacksbii -county, rising young man. whose headouarters are in Washing ton, with the Southern 'Railroad xsomprny We endorse what he says is -the duty of the reoublicans Of the' "Nanth district in select iniga. man'to'represent us in congress and 'rrrr . ;.f..rJr".-:.. irrIL market. The short- interest formed on ai. .uMooar. oi naywwja coumy. 'we o n waart if'unAerstoodr that he is our first choice for the nom'ina.tion.,-' We think there are other gentlemen 'Who nnave always been reDubll-tans: and' who 'are as capable to ren- resent us in congress as Col. Moodyi and :,,vii.- v-oy- r- r . . MORE KNEIPP CURE NEWS FROM PROF. KLOSS INST; 7 and 9 Patton Ave 2 fdor. 1 -How to Get Rich! : First, get well and then attend to your bus-mess properly. x .-.f - . This is just 'what Mr. M thought, and therefore -called; s in 'my -services - when he was.taken . sick last month., '-v; , . la the short . space - of : five days, making Judicious use. of healing and strengthening power, of :water, . he became.- stroager, more vigorous amd healthful . tban he -had ever been before. In: consegufinice -he is now aibde to attend icuhis business better than before his illness and)ad no-cause toare gret the money spent. ,- -r'; . r :'v Mr. ,' the proprietor of a we!! ' knrown pharmacy, "hearing of. -Mr. 01 'a. illness, proposed to cure him vwith a patent medi cine, -saying - it would take proL Kloss'a month ito cure -hiim. , - J T ; " This, I disproved by curing said patient ..--!...-. " . , . J- ... ' ' ' FIVE IATS. vNaanes: In iblank Vhefnl fnrnArT ii.pon .applicatron at "Knelpp Cure Iflstitu e; tlom free.; !3-3 THE; PJIARltETS BY TELEGRAPH Yesterday's Fluctuations on the Exchanges. Cotton Market Showed Improvement Yesterday. Quotations of the New ;Yort; Money Market-Chicago Grain 1 and Live Stock - Country Produce. New York, March. 5. Haven & Stout in their weekly review, today say regarding li'e financial outflook that speouHation lias qule.ted, and ajfter a recovery from last week's depression the stock markdt shows ja decided ten'd'emcy to wtalt if or . devePop menta in connfifitJnTi rarifh m,.-. . quiry and the 'policy of the tadmlinistratioa in regard to Spain and Cuba. There is once more a grawing.feeling ifchat what ever the ou tcome it-will be War, and It is regarded as settled that -the admlinistration will -hot take hasty adtiom. Congress is behaving tumexpelct'e'dily Well and exh'ibits a- praisaworfchv d!s,Tni!Hirtn n laTro. tors to ..; the executive. This aids in calming Itfhe public temper and repressing manifes'ta-tions of any war -spirit which is not without a good, effefet upon the mar ket, althouigh of- course the- uncertainty Uaffprds a chance -for reports and rufmors tto ifvrod'u'ce temporary -effects ujpom the mar ket -and more or less variability of prices. (London has sold at tbe improvement 'a con'sideralble portion of the stocks which. it (b-ou'ght on the break last week. The same may be aldt,of the large interests here whese buying support aMed in stead ying the market. Of th-e stocks which have attracted at- ?ntion- this Week suigar may be regarded ' " as absorbing a large share of speculative interest. There i3 a great deal of bearish feeflhig on the stock Just now, based on the accumulating evidences that the fight between the trust and the new refineries will be a severe on. The Vanderbilt shares tended to New York "CentraJl was one of the chief reasons for, "the readiness with which ithe general markeit recovered from its ''depression. v , .: GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. The principal factor in the wheat mar ket- is the continuan.ee of the European . Stacks abroad are viptually of the hand-tOTttnouth kind and the depend ence of both the Ocntlnent and the United I Kin'gdom.on the United States- is too evi I . " , . I 'are reports of further damage to the Ar- I eentine croo aftaiouisrh little attention is .. .w, T 1Vi w mum. jixh, w-wtw mW-; xt..ia. wu I sldered very sdgniflcaint that the Continen i tairimc noTfl-c- all 'rti. iM-nuw nt wfmo from' the Atiamidc Coast tnd news has Just come; forward within a day or -two that the wheat goinig forward at 'present from -5. the" Pacific Coast, instead- of being con signed to the United Kingdom as it almost invariably is, is being divided with -the Continent. These and other similar bid! cations are considered -to have a much greater bearing upon the present situation and future of 'the market -than the failure of Liverpool to keep pace wfth the rise in cash prices here, although it must be ob served that that market h'as maintained a fair advance over our option prices. Mr. Leiter'a wheat continues t'o move out and manipulation i's very apparent in thfe en tire Chicago market , Com has been decidedly strong this week. The inclination of 'the bulls to real ize small profits creates a good. deal of n'arrow fluctuation in -the price. The fall ing off of receipts and the continuance o a good export demand with heavy domesti lonmsnimotion create a feelimg that it i goin g higher, COTTON. The co'tton market has been compara tively dull and ' baa shown, especially at ilbe end otf the week, more or less pre- I ponifitTance of professional trading In thas : - . . the war scare la'st week bias, However, cov J ied; and the class of professionals who , . ... nAxran 'DU7 BuWt,vu.i ujr I tage of the rallying tendency thus causea 1 10 rize prants.-it can ie nwocea, nuw ever! thait at any concessions the market displays marked resistance to pressure, and that what may be' termed speculative investors in" cotton are prompiti "to take advan:tage of srusch drcumstiainces. Another underlyiaig bullish factor 4s the ; continued confidence with" which- the Southern holders of: the staple-regard the sltMatlon and their apparent ability and disposition to wait for th" Mghier prices which it now generaMy believed European maaiufactUTers wTJ have to pay for the supplies which 'they, evident ly; require. --. V - , . ' - i This last is Indeed a controlling factor T-i . .- . , . v" ' ! ; ,;i ; , : : . -. ! , r-.y j " -.- . 1 . . L - Jn the slbuation. : The latesc jnaicauou In' this xonnection are' certainly, calculated t f-noooiraee bulls on cotton. The opening of new districts of China- to foreign trade is Jikely to create Increased tremands1 and to give ' the iLancashire spinners an active season. It bas 1 been pointeu out uiai. maxJmiuffli' of. monuf ajetorimg production is necessary to insure fcne absorpcron oi cui.- " :J ' . : ' " - " ' ' h ' ' - M .- '"ton "that would enable this country, to mar- iftff VUIV 'U4IM1W W mmmmw'- crop at any material . advance in prices. It would seem as kcdlcate'd above that in "Oiis Instance ; the "good f ortune which for J a year -past 'has attended tall classes of American, producers Is not Jifcely to make an exception -of cotton ' 'Iriterior and port receipts contmue to ba aceptlonQflry : large, (but tMs Is offset toy the foeavy" export -movement. It may la deed be sliid that the moveineot oT "the crop at the moment i on the whole calculated to isveiport the bull side of (the market, The Wtenmlnajjle discussion ctf a pssibls prospectBve reduction of acreage' continues to drag along, but as usual without any very definite basis -lor conclusions in this respect. It Is worth considering, how--ever, that the present esse of money and large 'supplies of capital are calculated to encourage, planters rather than to restrict tJh'eir operations. It will be remeimibered that the reduced acreage in 1895 was large ly the result of financial stringency, and th)at in this reaipect conditions this year are entiirely reversed. For the time beimg however 'the favorable factors oirOTeigh. the 'bearisah ones in -the cotton markelt. Even the New England mill trike seems to be on its last legs and the promise of an extraordinary consumptive demand for the staple abroad gives a solid foundation for expedtations of ifuTther bull movemem-ts. RI0RD0N & CO'S OUTLOOK. New York, March 5. -After a week of quae-x trading cotton price are -wiihout tn-iortaint change. In spite of bearish factors consisting of the usual heavy mcsvetmen't a falling off in the aggressive support from Liverpool and Teporta that 'there will be no (important reductions in acreage prices have been Weill sustained Liverpool sold the new crop heavily and Wall street inves'bors have done most of the buying. Today 'there was a little ani mation but the market wtafc unchanged and the opening here was about the same as proved after the opening. (May opened at 6.16, advanced to 6.19 and closed at 6.18 6.19, with the tone of - the market steady. With the exception of fbs natural tendency to add to the caution of operators the possibility of trouble between Spain and -the Unl't'ed States has had immaterial effect on values this week. The matter continues, however, to attract the closest attention and may at any time develop in to the principal factor in the market. Pending the solution of 'this matter and the the course of prices hangs entirely onthecontinuace of the demand for spots. The movement cer tainly does not justify any eagerness on the part of buyers, tout nevertheless there Is no indication of any let up in the de mand and it remains the chief bull card. The immediate ou'tlook, therefore, Is rath er favorable. The South keeps firm, sellers are Indifferent. The feeling, is inclined to be hopeful and somewhat higher prices Between Swannanoa Hotel Hotel and Episcop il Church. We handle the best people, therefore come and see us. PHONE 18, i 41- Patton Ave. Great G ufrafe We Offer this Week : 2o, Dozen high grade negligee shirts, all - sizes at:5e 2 oo Pairs boys' knee pants, all wool 5B4 i oo , Pairs extra pants all wool, S.SXD) 30 Black clay worsted suits, 'SXID ,1. ? : . t ., ; , - - - - - . 2$ FarTcy cheviot siiits, SdD 30 Heavy weight boys' suits, 2 55 -These goods. are manced down 7 below cost:to close out." - Call arid see these' extra bargains before purchasing. ; , . seeesn quite probable. But when the new crop get underway we fear 'that unitovorr- aWe weather will be necessary to support, the market for, the South does not seem Inclined to add by emaller planting to the i chances of a moderate yte-M.- RIORDAN & 00. NEW YORK STOCKS. New York, May 5. The ct:ck market continued on the down grade to-day 4hough the net Uc&ses- were not so great cts yester day. For most of the day the tradinar was man'krate and brslnesa wss con.red to a few leading stocks. Ihe uncertaizity over the Ovban sltcation continues -Jo have fts effect on the market. FoIlowixK are clce- ing prices of the day: American Sugar ..'..... Amcr-oan Tcbioco Bal'timore and Ohio Ch-esapeake and Ohio . . . 12 Wk . 26 20 92 1C9 1E0 ,31 C2 18 Si 51 Chicago, Burlrngton and Quinsy Delaware and Hu-fssnr. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western. General Electric Northern flPacif Is pfd FhaSadelp;riia and Reading U(nion Pacific, pfd GRAIN. lOhicago, March 5. FoTlowtiiff are Cl 3- ing prices to-dry: Wheat July. 90; 'May, $1.05; .Mar.h, $!.04. Co n Mar h. zs; jiay, 30; Jury, 31. Oats March, 26. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Atlanta, Mar. 4. Eggs 910c. Butter, western creamery, 2023c; fancy Tennes see, 1415c; choice, 12; Georgia, 12 5c; demand light with maarke glutted. Live poultry Turkeys, 10llo; hens, 25 27c; sprting chiJiens, large 2022c; smail, 1520c; ducks, puddle, 1822c; Peking, 25i27c; dressed poultry, .tur keys, 1214c; hens, 10llc; chickens, 11 12c; geese, 810c; ducks 12c; Iriih po tatoes, 95$1.00 bu.; sweet poitatots, 60 5c bu.; honey, dull; strained, 67c; in the comb, 78c; onions new crop, $1.151.25 bu.; $3.003.C25 bbl. FREE PILLS. Send your address to H. E. Bucklen ft Co., Chicago, and get a free sample box of Dr. King New Life Pills. A trial will convince you of their merits. : The pill are easy in action and particularly effec tive In the cure of Constipation and Sick Headache. For Malaria and Liver troub les they have been proved invaluable. They are guaranteed to be perfectly free from every deleterious substance and to be purely vegetable. They do not weaken by their action, but by giving tone to the stomach and bowels greatly invigorate the system. Regular size 25 cents Der box. 1 Sold by T. C. Smith and Pelham's Phar r macy. a The Asheville Tailoring company, "No. 5 East Court, square, are now taking orders for spring suits. North Carolina, Buncombe County. . - The undersigned having qualified as ad ministrator of Mrs. MatJtie J. Cook, de ceased, hereby gives notice to all persons having claims against the said estate to present them to the undersigned for pay men within one year from this date, of this notice will be pleaded in bar of their re covery, -, J. T. COOK, Administrator. This Jan. 13 1898. Chambers, Weaver & Co., LIVERY AND FEED STABLES Fine Saddle Hnrsps a Specialty. 15, 17 & 19 WILLOW ST. i Sale This Week y . - - ;. ' ; -" ; ' .- ..
The Asheville Times (Asheville, N.C.)
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March 6, 1898, edition 1
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