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Rrl MkM tb f wd pare, . . wholoai and deliclMi. of ! and rain Nnei Absolutely Pure - : v if - - ? ... -v ROYAL BMCIM F0r.E1t CO., MEW VORK. MARKET REPORT .. ,4. BY Quotation) on Leading Stocks, Cotton, Grain, and Producei . w:L.r p, ker, 53 Patton .venue, fhone 26 " 'vv-:-"Cs New York, July Haven and stout in their review -of the weeK joaay says. Nothing occuf.wmum,w..u-..w sell stocks unless the reports of damage 0 to the corn crop might be regarded as an argument for such action. It is, nnvAltv tn.havel However, uy . - disturbing stories regarding corn c?- ditions at this time of year, and owhers of railroad securities thus far seemto accept the view oi we.nuuww gers that this season will be marked by prosDerous conditions at the west and large traffic and earnings.. While active public buying does not develop and the . ' t ji market stiu laeits specuiauve ui there is no disposition to seu-uu 1 ct" I stocks. ? ;1 The crops , are the factor which -will determine the ultimate course fcf the poInt ut also being Interested in a market. For the present, however, the good share of the list. ; peace negotiations, which Spain has in- go as street is concerned the stituted, haver been the active influence War ia a back number, and speculation in connection with speculative senfi- jg now watching other factions, one of ment and trie range of quotations. Tht most imp0rtant being the cutting of president has : wisely taken ample time spring wheat -in replying to the Spanish request for COTTON No business from. Liver our terms, and it is hoped that the re- that market" is taking aholiday ult of the deliberations shown .at Wash untu Tuesday, and our market was very ington will be an off er which Spain can qulet today during the short session, accept without unnecessary delay, and Tne opning was at a decline of 2 "to 3 which, at the same time; will meet the points, around which price it held to approval of the majority of the Aineri- the close. The crop situation remains can people. Although not unexpected, Spain's action came somewhat suddenly upon the market, at a time when the smaller prof essionals were largely-upon the short side and apparently rested under the impression that slightly low. er values would prevail before siocks took an, upward course. Sorne of the larger interests at once teftk advantage of the peace news to inaugurate an en forced covering movement by the bears, which gave a generally higher direc tion to prices 'during She early part cf the week. As no other considerable buying power beyond that .which the shorts furnished made Its appearance, the completion of the covering resulted in renewed dullness - and unimportant declines. Nevertheless; beneath the surface the undertone is strong, and the prevalent belief of the street Is, that good crops, assured railroad .earnings, the abundance of capital and the pros pective peace are calculated p result in a decidedly higher market tor se -tia A,-,rinr tha latter half of t the bUllild v W i . ; present year. " -, - " TnHnn flnanr.lal authorities now hold that the British public will Juy Amerf- Mti stocks, and that ' conditions - here justify them in. doing so. The foreign doubts about our : large crops or: the demand': foibem other side.' The London money market is completely reconciled to the ldea of having gold shipments to this cduntry. n wpairnesss of the exchange nere Indicates xthat ;they are not far on. , ' X GRAIN. ' - '''r - Wheat in Chicago suffered decline this week, but is now responding to the foreign demands and the comparatively small amount of grain actually in sight. The bearishhess of the trade has been greatly modified by this, ! sa well by u .if."- y PHONE 68. Pure CertLILed Jersey Milk. The only fiafe.mllfc. beihg pro diced f rom the Biltmore herder Severed Jerseysall turcu Un tested, and who -perfect health - to - guaranteed, by t the dally Inspection- ot a quaUflad reterinarian. ,- ' This, milk, is so rich tatoJw fats and solids that, the BUght excess of cost over the poorer milks Is fully made up. -r ioKt tLuvt'ta rir our wagons! of ale " in Beale bottles or on draught at Heinitsn ; druggists, corner Patton avenue and Church street and the Candy Kitchen. West Court quara. " jz ' Biltmore Daily" the accepted belief -that spring -wheat market 'will go lower if jthecrop xdoes W Unlikely to -if uifli . the earlier promises I not . meet with - a serfous setback -soon. a superbundant yield. , .---- I CHICAGO GRAIN .AND PROVISIONS. s "T ' . " ? COTTONl 1 - t ' f Chicago, July. 30, Wheat opened at a TbI cotton market baa been more ac- dlght improvement, fluctuated within tfye and interesting during, the past ce closed barely steady at week. Opening with a decidedly weak opening : figures. ' . V. .:: -,, .. 'J'X . -'..? undertone it has gradually strengthen- IW ed on reports of excessive rains in Miss- servation .concerning winter or. spring issippi,-' Louisiana. Georgia, ' Alabama crop. In the northwest the- ripening South Carolina, and a deficiency of Proc -PP6"8 10 nave. aeyeiopea very fall in'TexaVand ? Arkansas. As j these reports of damage found the' mar- ueavuy oversoia.' :.-xne snorcs. miw Jt&g'tt ket up on themselves. - The bulls have helped along' in this upward movement, and have put in circulation more or less exaggerated statements 'of . the l?V"eu- rnuurrcui damase done. ; As a matter of fact it would appear that no material 0 wide. pstmaDle to e cnces " V - . . o . - i 4 ' Ifthrmt pnnal tft whdt thpv wr it wk spread injury has yet resulted and the crop as a whole, through showing some deterioration, still 'promises very favor ably, Thoman's August cotton report issued Thursday evening, , makes the average 'cdnditlon 92.t per cent, as con' trasted with 94.7 per cent.: on ; July 1, 1898, and 87.5 per cent oh August 1, 1897. It' would thus appear that,' though the. outlook.is somewhat less favorable than one month ago, It is still 5 per cent, bet- Iter than on the corresponding date last year f New Yor July 30.Todays markets d stron for the short two hQ9 a good healthy ad- vanc cioging at the highest for day . except m sugar and one or two othen specialties. TheTCwas a llf- rofit itaking ln evldence Just be fore clog - but it failed to affect the marketf a3 the conservative element seeni aisp0sed to increase their line of 8L3 0 ajf sman 'concessions. There is in circulation an apparantly well rounded story that tne same in ii - terests which started the great bull movement of last summer' have attempt led a similar move again, taking sugar st paUl . and Burlington . as central unchanged and it is now thought that Fall Hiyer Mills, will, resort to shorter time for at least a month, to jrelieve prevailing depression. We think the smnrs OMDAY and TUESDAY, m T'jiomt. ILsifc amidl Sdl. A SACRIFICE We wll place Joh our Monday, and Tuesday 25 pieces ot tine French Oreandies, worth 25c, 33c and 38c, rid 6 letf ttheiri go at ipieslfire 50 pieces fine lapet - i n : j io pieces DiatK diiu woryh 50 to 00c, ior All' summer wash regardless of vialue windows for the "'next clearing out, sales. - I - day; Tuesday.and Wednesday ;idiouf placed on hats for: S5c toepelllli SUMNER. Sc.GO rapidly of late, -and the prevailing ex- Pectation Is.that good resujts with re- : . - v. T- uuitJN Again tne corn market s1 weakness today, as the pre- vailing opinion seems to be that recent reports of hot winds, etc, .were exag- " a wftple; it appears about equal to what they were a week ago, but with a narrowetf margin for saving conditions." We still '.'i maintain that September corn will sell at or below 30cTS CLOSING QUOTATIONS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. ixa. Sugar ...138 ......... 121 8 ...106 roll m.. Tobacco .......... Am. Steel & Iron . Chlo. Bur. A Q.. ionlfTllle & Na8QTille... Slew York Central ooys ., n Northern Pacific , Pfd EUok Island,,,. ...... ..... f eople'i Gas. .. W Mtern Union 3 Sl Southern Ry. Co.,Pfd CHICAGO GRAIN & PROVISIONS. i ....... Sept. whet uy6 Corn . :3 " Oata ....... Pork 9.47H NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE. Aag. Oct. Jan. Cotton. Cotton.... Cotton. . .592 601 JUDICIAL CONVENTION. The fpllowing call was issued Satur day tp the democratic voters of the counties of Buneombe, Haywood,Mad- Ison, Henderson and McDowell: A convention . is hereby called to meet in the city of Asheville on Wed nesday, the 10th day of August, 1898, for the purpose of nominating a judge of the criminal circuit court composed Each county will be entitled to one delegate for every fifty democratic votes cast In the governor's election of 1896, and for everey fraction thereoi wr twntVi-flvp. ' The chairman of the democratic committee of each county will take due notice and xcall the county con- J verition to' select delegates to the above convention. . LEWIS M. BOURNE, Chairman of Judicial Committee. NOTICE. - Will, buy a limited amount of ap proved deposits in the, Western Caro lina bank at 25 cents on the doUar. J. B. Bostic Co. SLE OF FINE mm 0RGW1ES. bargain counter the very low price ot ; Swiss worth i8c, for . TT 1,- I, iiyy JL-niian atigu, tiy . goods to be closed out or cost. Look . in. our ten days 'fbr'somp hig PERSONAL AND SOCIAL TB. Friedman, "who has made Ashe ville his home for the past four years!? leave toaay tor New ;xork;: where Jie wui reside, in the future Mr Fried man came -here in very ill 'health and I returns completely' recovered. - R. R. Rawls is' here Irom German .. ... ? .... Mr.and Mrs.? W; "A. Rile v'. of Tia.T. Derg, . ju., are visiting in the, city; Mr. Lawrence Sycler of .Balttmore. . to J 41. -Ij M. '. m . . . . . .iuu., ia mts ciiy- lor new oays. . Mrs. O. R; ;Van Horn came un ves- terday from Blackwell's Springs. Mr. v an iiorn, vwno ? is . Improving rapidly. win remain tnere-some time. jj.. otiis.eieaxner nas returned frnm n week's visit to Blowlnjr JRock, bringing back Gilliland, who' has been there - for six weeks. s i , . ; i - W. H; McLean, of this citv. who hflq oeen ine re&lmental barber for th Second at Raleigh, is here for a couple of ; weeks, at the expiration nf vthiph time he goes to St. Augustine to serve unaer Major Cotton., tapiain- bam .rS. O'Connor, Ninth Tnur T7y- 1 . . - " awbl, was nere vesternav j en route ro unickamauga to await orders. 'oionei Joseph M. Hull, of Savan nah, an ex -confederate soldier .nd an old West Pointer, who spends his sum-' mers in waynesyille, was in the city yesieraay en route to that point. mien Taylor, of Brevard, is in the city. , ' Professor P. P Claxton of the stat normal, passed through yesterday en route to Glenville. Jackson countv. to conduct an educational assemblage. Mr. Lewis T., Turner and family, of Savannah, Ga., are among the late ar rivals at the Oakland Heights hotel from Mountain Parle nntai TTn- Springs. Mrs. Jane E. Weaver Is here from Weaverville visiting her son, Dr. H. B Weaver, on Chestnut street. Miss Ray Whitlock and Victor Whit lock will arrive today from New York to spend a couple of weeks w'tn their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Whitlock, on Haywpod street. Miss Whitlock is as sistant superintendent of music in the public schools of New York city and has won an enviable reputation in the musical world there. Mr. Whitlock is a promising young lawyer and is mak ing a great success of his work. Mrs. Butler and the Misses Butler came up yesterday from Savannah. Professor Will G. Blake, of Wofford ! college, Miss May Lttlie Blake, Mrs. Arch B. Calvert, Miss Carrie Speights, Miss Cannon, Miss Eppie Blaka, Miss Ansel and Mr. J. P. Young came up yesterday from Spartanburg to visit the Biltmore estate. They returned last night. Miss. Alberta Thompson 19 expected to arrive in a few days from Spartan rorn Spai Heinitsh. burg to visit Mrs. HE Wiley Pickens is .back ;romi; month's vacation, spent visiting around Weaverville. Prof essor and Mrs. r. j. Tighe have" returned from an extended trip north. Mrs Fred Moore is back from. a visit to DJllsboro. Zeb Weaver has just returned from a trip to Yate's Knob., at the head of Ivy, where he killed ah immense rat tlesnake. Miss Love Branner Atkins and Miss Sue Hall came over - yesterday from Waynesville. C. S. Sage, of Middletown, Conn., who has been visiting his brother, H. G. Sage, J returned yester day to his home. Mrs. Game well. Miss Mattie and Miss Mary Gamewell came up yester day from Spartanburg. Miss Stella Daniel and Miss Mootv. of Macon, Ga., are guests at Mrs. Gud- ger's, No.' 83' Montf ord avenue Mrs. Watson and Miss Lucie Steele have gone to Tampa. ,, . Mrs. P. P. Claxton returned "yester day from Greensboro to visit Miss Carrie Furman. Hurst Henderson, of Danville, Va., Is here to visithis uncle, George'Hen- derson. Mrs. J. P. Burke, of Statesville, ar rived yesterday to visit her son, ' Dr. J. W. Faucett. Judge Ewart lett yesterday for his kome in Hendersonville. He will re- turn Monday or Tuesday Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Felix arrived yes terday from Kentucky. - Dr. W. i J. .Weaver returned from I Marshall yesterday. j ss- i VILLE WCi Open September; -..-Jrnof 5vVpKW-ano are ail xpresiaea overjoy spcuiciiibu&. ? ABC v low pnees, including the BatUe' at Manila, Sampson's and Q Z" cwejrs rieevtne Ulowinsr up of the Mairie-V Also ill th 1 n : Y - . . - . - - - -i oenerais ana Admirals m the present war. We alsb keep a xuu une 01 r urniture on hand at very low prices. Cash J 2X or Installment. - v s ; " ' 8 - I2rs. 3L. A. TOHSfSOH. g Vv- 27 North naii Bt. Phone 166. " 0 C uu xiuc ui f-r umiture on nana Installment YOU HAVE EARNED YfWB INDEPENDENCE. Uncle Sam says to Cuba. I4bre and we say to lovers of fine confectionery that we have earned our reputation as man ufacturers of the choicest and most de licious caramels, chocolates of an kinds, and by keeping nothing but the purest candles and selling at a reason able cost. Asheville Candy Kitchen, L. M. Theobold, Prop THoine 110. 5xoooQoooboo6c (Slothing 41 PA TTON A VENUE. Straw Hats at cost. Summer Clothing at cost, Summer Underwear at cost. Extra Pants for men and boys at cost. Children's Wash Suits, sizes 3 to 9, SPECIAL CLEAB1HG SALE. ; at half price. Boys' and Children's Suits at less than cost. In our Merchant Tailoring Department we offer great Inducements to close out the balance of our light weight goods. We propose to save you from $5 to $10 on a suit and make them Just as well as at full price. We make perfect fitting goods or no sale. RESULTS OF PRIMARIES Onnrfided That Fred Moore is a Strong Favorite for Superior Court Judge and H.B.Stevens for Criminal Bencn. The primary conventions to select delegates to the democratic judicial convention to be held in this city on the 6th of August were well attended last night. While the meetings were careful in the expersslon of opinions ,it was conceded that the delegates from the different -wards favor the nomi nation of Fred Moore for superior court judge and Henry B. Stevens for criminal court judge. The nominating convention for a superior court judge will meet at Dillsboro on the 12th of August and that for a criminal jcourt judge at Asheville on the 10th of Au gust. The following delegates were ap pointed last night in Asheville:: FIRST WAKU. The delegates selected in the first ward were C. B. Leonard, A. K. ug- burn, F. W. Thomas, C. A. Kaysor, ju. B. Stradley end D. M. Luther. On motion the delegates were in structed to cast their votes for H. B. Stevens for judge of the criminal cir cuit court. ... . ; In the second ward the list offtete- gates chosen was as roiiows.; mare Erw.in, C. A. Moore, H. B. Carter, B. m. Jones. J. H. wooay. J. x. cynum, B. Burnett. D. L. Reynolds, W. H Young, W. P Brown, B. F. Reeves, J. A. Campbell, " L. P. McLoud, W. R. Whltson, Will Aiken, J. D. Keeley," W. C. Frank, a A. Webb, Charles W. Ma- FOR YOUNG WOMEN, With Enlarged Faculty n ti n rrr H ire . m 3 - ... , .. . .- at verv low i lone, j. M. Smith, R. J. Stokely and W. " P. Pegram. I THIRD WARD. In the third ward Dr. M. H. Fletch er, to end a discussion on the faction ' alism of committees, moved that the -delegates be sent to the convention ; without instructions. Motion carried ' unanimously. On motion a vcommittee - consisting of J. P. Kerr, N. A. Rey-, nolds, F. M. Weaver, J. M. Ingall and Duff Merrick was appointed to select the delegates. 'They submitted the fol lowing list: J. P. Sawyer, G. W. Til-, son, W. J. Alexander, T. C. Starnes, 1 -T. A. Jones, Lewis M. Bourne, Locke Craig, R. Weaver, J. P. Kerr, Duff Merrick, R. M. Weils, George 8. Powell, Rufus Lyerlyr Frank F. Mc- Crary and E. D. McCullum. After adjournment It was discovered that there was an error in selecting sixteen delegates Instead of fifteen. 4 FOURTH WARD. From the fourth ward the following delegates were elected, without in- . structions: F. McJones, E. B. Powell, J. H Lange, W. J, Cocke, J. L. Rich, J. J. Ndland, J. t. Dunphey, Max Van . Gilder, R. P. Foster, L. L. Smith, G. W. Donnan, W. G. Corpening, J. A. , Dowtin, W. E. Jmiiamson, J. W. Dil lon, W. H. Bird, W. J. Hough, E. C. Chambers, L. S. Aldrich and J. B. Er win. Davontc Kemedy ft torn. AIL KmMEV. STOMACH 4f AND UVER TRUUHIiWi Miss Georgiana Parington Has opened a Studia for the in structioa of Vocal and Instrumental Music . at room 16, third floor, Maxwelton buildiDg, Patton Avenue 1-. 15, '98, and Improved Facilities m i - ..y... . LLE8ii; vff - lTf;. ; -rm H PRESIDENT. vallis.ty tie nrsilcd ir: c-cc c : c : c c-c -
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