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2 RAILROADS RARD DRIVEN SHIFTTHE RASE OF ATTACK ! ' im (Continued From First Page.) Bare yon wiH not think the ix-oplo of North Carolina are such as will incur* liornte lies in their laws. They are not im the hahit of writing falsehoods •»n their statute books. Their legislation is an expression of honest and truthful men. "lint they say we have all sorts of men swearing to our affidavits and they did not know what they were doing. Is it possible that those nearly throe thou sand do twit regard the sanctity of an oat'll? I resent the < barge. These men ore jicons of any in this broad land. In selecting assessors and county euniinis nionens the l»est iviwl most intelligent were chosen. They have performed their duty and they say here wittier oath they have performed it honestly. “Hat this question of fraud will not down. The other side is coiUfiellei to charge it or go out of court. The Su preme Court decisions say there mast be something (indicating fraud. or niiseon duct must lie shown. 'They have ten. shown this by evidence, though they ehssirge it in their speeches. “You uill notice in the bill that farm I a mis are said to be undervalue I. There is no suggestion as to other property. Why farm lands are singled out 1 do not know. Perhaps it is because tin* value of lauds dejieuds en the value of cn*ps. lu all other States farmers are bankrupt, and on nearly every farm house sits the croaking raven of failure, where ten years ago there was prosperity. Cotton then was nine emits, now it is five. To 'baeeo was fifteen cents, now it as six. “But no matter whether cotton be five vaults or ten. railroad charges for haul ing ft are the same. Only rai roads are prosperous. “A quarter of a century ago, farmers were contributing of their taxes and sav ings to build these roads and now it is imputed to them for unrighteousness that they dure suggest that the roads bear their just proportion of the burden of government.” Hard driven for evidence the railroads yesterday argued for a special master to take depositions. Finding today that Judge Simon ton would not grant this they shifted their defence to an attack on the Corporation Commission Act, and labored arguments were made by all their attorneys to prove it does net con fer the tax-levying power. Burton de voted his entire speech to this and John son about half of his. IHsiirtcrested law yers say if Judge Sfinojiton decide* with the railroads it will lie on this point. It is to be doubted if any ease in North Carolina was ever, in recent years, better prepared, so far as the evidence is concerned, than has been that for the Corporation Commission. Even the at torneys on the other side express both surprise and admiration at the wonderful preparation that has been shown in this particular. And still every mail brings in more affidavits. Following is a complete accurate sum mary of the Commission’s affidavits this morning: t! m £ 2 5bS « * IS . .2 S £ .5 Counties. J . «, e S 2 £ >, S s « 3 gigs £ O 3 S I I = g fc < w o S o £ Alamance, 131 IV It 7 5 91 % Alexander, 9 4 4 - -1 72,VH 00 Anson, 19 5 1 5 3 5 132,383 58 Beaufor, 7- 2ft- Bertle, 25 fi 8 5 - 6 Bladen, 1-- - -1 20,00 Brunswick, 0 7 1-1 1 Buncombe, 48 28 2 6 6 8 Burke, 67 30 - - 3 34 Cabarrus, l - 5 - Caldwell, 24 ’ 5 2 1 2 47,745 Camden, 26 7 6 6 - 8 10,000 Car>eret, 30 5 1 618 Catawba, f 4 15 4 5 ft 25 Chatham. 61 36 12 8 17 61,050 Cherokee, 21 5 1 4 5 11 Clay, 11 1' - - - - Clevelau 1, 19 14 1 2 - 2 Columbus, 19 6 4 6 - 4 480 00 Craven, 47 23 -11 - 13 200,n00 (0 C urrituck, 13 5 - 5 2 6 SOC'.OJO 0) Davidson, 4 4 - - - Davie, 5 6---- Duplin, 29 25 - 4 - - 12MI1 00 Durham, 4V 17 11 5 5 7 7/00,,.00 00 Edgecombe, 36 32 4 - - Forsyth, 10 10 - - - J ranklin, 68 31 13 6 - 18 90,000 00 Gaston, 3 3 - - - - Oates, 15 13 2 - - - Graham, 20 5 6 4 5 - Green. 18 18 - - - - Granville, 89 23 7 9 - - 06,831 00 Halifax, 28 10 8 2 8 - Harnett, f 0 >9 5 6 1 21 914 2 Henderson, 19 10 1 6 - 8 96,000 10 Haywood, 11 8 6 l -1 Hertford, 7 6 1-- - Iredell, 31 23 -7 -1 400,000 00 Jackson, 19 4 - 4 - 11 15 /47 0' Johnston, 91 29 6 5 1 53 100,000 00 Jones, 3» 6 i) 7- 18 Lenoir, 44 30 9 5 - - Macon, 12 6 2 4 - - 70,987 00 Madison, 11 6 - 5 - Martin, 16 6 4 1- 4 McDowell, 43 31 - - - 12 Mecklenburg, 11 10 1-- Mitchell, 17 9 5 i - - 1,010,800 00 Montgomery, 33 7 12 6 - 8 J 0,000 0> Moore, 71 13 6 7 3 42 587,122 00 Naih, 20 20 - - - - New Hanover, 19 1- 6 2 11 190,07100 Northampton, 24 8 7 9- Onslow, 41 13 7 8 - 13 Orange, 9 6 1 8 - - 200,000 00 Pamlico, 18 7- 6 - 5 Pasquotank, 27 It 11 1 13 Pender, 47 11 8 f* - 28 Person, 41 19 2 9 2 9 32,26 >OO Pitt, 30 23 1 5 -1 345,3 800 Polk. 15 14 1-- - Randolph, 2i 22 1-- - Richmond, 37 29 7-1 Robeson, 71 81 2 7- 31 f61,7*0 01 Pockingham, 46 25 - 5 1 ••> 600,000 0«t Rowan, 32 26 4 2 - Ru'herford, 70 33 5 4 1 26 batrpson, 32 22 - 2 8 - 125,010 00 Stanly, 15 2 3 6 - 4 417,618 00 ktokea. 10 10 - - - Swain, 64 71 8 - 38 176,413 00 Tyrrell, 35 13 6 6 - 11 Union, 6 2 - - - 3 Vance, 17 9 1- 7- ■Wake, 181 50 11 7 6 107 600,C00 00 Warren, Bi 10 -7 - 69 Washington, 45 18 7 5 - 15 Wayne, 10 5 23 - 5 - 77 253, 48 00 Wilkes, 2 2 - - - Wilson, 89 33 - 4 11 Yadkin, 13 13 - - - - Total, 2795 1235 258 313 87 933 SB/21,673 02 Deduct Northampton, 150.000 00 $8,571,(373 02 Co’s reported, 83 84 57 64 27 63 85 No report from other counties. Among the particularly strong affi davits presented by the Commission were tile following: Samuel L. Patterson, Commissioner of Agriculture: “I am now Commissioner of Agriculture for the State of North Caro lina, and occupied that position once be fore. I have also served for several terms in the General Assembly of North Carolina, and have travelled quite ex tensively over the State. From in formation from many sources, l am forced to lielicve that the formers cannot l*e considered as prosper ous, and that the business of farming as a whole has not prospered for some years past. The value of lands has de creased, and the demand for land for ag ricultural purposes at fair prices has al most disappeared. Few men want to buy land for investment. Men with money do not care to invest in land, or to loan their money with real estate as a basis of security. The returns from such prop erty are generally so small and uncertain that little inducement is offem! for in vestment. Lands forced upon the market frequently do not bring tin* amount of their assessment for taxes. “Taking the average farmer in North Carolina, after deducting current expen ses. and allowing fair wages for tin* work done upon his farm, and fair compensa tion for the supervision, hardly anything is left from tin* gross receipts, which may he considered as the net income from the land, hence the rental of lands is un certain and for the most part has boon unprofitable. It would seem that our farm lands, for the time being, have censed to attract investors at any sort of reasonable price." 11. W. Jackson, assistant cashier of the Commercial and Farmer’s Bank, Ral eigh: “1 mill acquainted with market value of following stooks: “Raleigh and Gaston stock was in July. 18!IS. worth s3.”* a share. Raleigh and Augusta stock, in October, ISON, was worth $12.50 a share. North Carolina Railroad stoek, in May. ISON, was worth $135 a share. Southern Railway, preferred, in June, is;is, S2B to S3O a share. Southern Railway, common, in. June, 1898, $S to $0 a share. Raleigh and Gaston stock, in August, 1801), was worth SBO a share, Raleigh and Augusta stock, in May, ISOO, was $45 to SSO a share. North Carolina Railroad stoek, in Au gust, 1899, was SIOO a share. Southern Railway, preferred, in Au gust, 1809, was $53 to $55 a share. Southern Railway, common, was, in August, 1809. sl2 a share. This was introduced to show that while the value of farming lands was steadily decreasing, as sworn to by Com missioner Patterson, the value of rail road stock was steadily climbing up. A further increase in the value of railroads has been brought about by the phenomenal rise in the price of iron within the last year. An affidavit in re gard to this was introduced: C. B. Hart, of the Julius Lewis Hard ware Company: “In the past year there has been an enormous rise in the price of iron and steel and the products of the same. The following quotations are given: Pig iron, standard, Philadelphia— Per ton. September, 1898 $ 10.75 September, 1899 .• 22.25 Lake Superior Charcoal. Chicago— September, 1898 $ 11.50 September. 1899 23.50 Steel billets, Pittsburg— September, 1898, .. $ 10.00 September, 1899, 38.00 Steel rails, heavy, Eastern Mills — September, 1898, $ 18.00 August, 1899 32.00 Old Steel rails, Chicago— September, 1898, $ 7.75 September, 1899 17.00 Old steel rails, Philadelphia— September, 1898 $ 10.50 September, 1899, $ 18.50 Old ear wheels, Chicago— September, 1898 $ 11.00 September, 1899, 10.50 Old ear wheels, Philadelphia— September, 1898 $ 10.50 September, 1899 18.00 James Redmond, a bank director and large taxpayer in Xewbern. "I know many instances of farming lands around New her n assessed for tax above their value. I was a member of the syndicate that some years ago bought the Atlantic Hotel at Morehead. We paid SIO,OOO for it, though the property was valued for taxation at $38,000. In 1897 it was valued at $20,000, in 1898 for $20,000 and in 1899 for $20,500. This year it was again sold for $11,575.” The Stimpsou Lumber Company’s property, in the county of Craven, was valued at $13,500. It sold for SIO,OOO recently. 11. W. Lilly, president of a bank at Fayetteville and owner of a cotton mill: “In this county land is assessed at more than its value. . I own much that I will sell at t.wo-thirds of its tax valuation.” J. J. Thaekston, tax collector in Dur ham county, specified a large number of farms and lots sold for less than their tax valuation. Among them: A farm of 42 acres, valued at S4OO, sold for $325. A farm of 08 acres, valued at $540. sold for $340. Lot in Durham, valued at $3,000, sold for $1,705. Holman residence, valued at $3,325, sold for $3,000. A farm of 1,002 acres, valued at $3,- (500, sold for $2,500. He said he could recall only two instan ces in which property in Durham had recently sold for more than its tax value. Dr. T. A. Allen. Henderson county: “Property valued as near as possible at. its true cash value.” 11. P. Thomas, Hertford county: “Two farms sold since June for less than as sessed valuation. Two others sold a lit tle above. All four taken together sold for $15,000 than their total valuation.” 11. 8. Harrison, of Halifax, member of the Legislature: “The Legislature did not connive at any undervaluation of in dividual property, and I don’t believe any has been intentionally made by the assessors. It was their purpose in this county to arrive at the true value. Of ten they have valued it at more than it would bring on the market. 1 know many property owners who would sell out at their tax valuation and give long credit.” In Harnett and one or two other coun ties, the grand jury signed affidavits set ting forth that no agreement had exist ed among the assessors as to an under valuation of farm property; that as <a rule a fair cash value had been fixed on it. though often it was more than this, or more than could be got for the land at any kind of sale. Next to their 282 affidavits, the rail roads place greatest confidence in the value of Treasurer Worth's anti-bond sale circular and the Auditor’s reports, ft get her with Governor Vance’s and Gov ernor Scales’ comments thereon, to which reference was made in my despatch yes terday. Captain Price, of the Southern, intro THE NEWS AND OBSERVER. SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 16, 1399. dttced the Treasurer’s statement, which, after setting forth the State’s debt and the State’s investment, went on to «av: “The real and personal property in the State in 1898 was assessed at $2115,807 - 198, which is not more than two-thirds its real value.” This they consider some what ns an offset to the Treasurer’s af fidavit in reply to the railroads’ com plaint. . After introducing the Auditor’s re puts. Mr. Burton, for the Coast Line, introduced the following extract from Governor Vance’s message to the Gen eral Assembly of 1879 (Public Docu ments of 1879, page 20), in which lit* said: "It is to be regretted, and 1 have no doubt is very surprising to -the finance committees of the last, General Assem bly, who thought the tax bill would yield sufficient revenue, and so iit would, and more, tinder a better scheme of assess ment. I can not conceive it possible to devise one which would operate more un equally. unjustly or prejudicially to the Treasury. The rule for tin* county, town* and township is different and the values of property situated in the same locality and of the same character, are as vari ant and unequal as the unaided arbitrary and often indifferent opinions of tin* as sessors may chance to he. Very little property is assessed to within the neigh borhood of its value, hut that does not matter; the essential idea is to have the assessment hear the sarnie uniform pro portion to the true value of the property taxed, unless this is secured one man pays a vastly higher tax than his neigh bur and one township or county than the adjoining township or county, anil it is in the {lower and often hapiiens in prac tice of the county assessors and com missioners to defeat the will of the Leg islature by lowering the assessments. It also levies a heavy tax on honesty and compels the conscientious man to pay double or treble the tax paid by his less scrupulous neighbor. A’ remedy for this evil is demanded alike by justice and good policy. What that remedy shall }>e your w isdom must devise. We do not want any increase of taxes, but an equal ization of taxes and a faithful collection of those which are levied.” Also Governor Jarvis, in his message to the General Assembly of 1883, said Legislative Documents 1883, pages 1 and 2): “In the Auditor’s report there is a ta ble never before published, to which I desire to direct your special attention. I refer to the table show ing the assessed value of land per acre in the different counties and of the leading articles of personal property which appeaT upon the tax list. It will he seen that these val ues in all the counties are surprisingly low, and by comparing one county with another they will Ik* found to Ik* very unequal. I beg that each member will examine this table and s<*e ‘how horses and mules are valued in his own county. A stranger looking over this table would think that lands in North Carolina were wretchedly poor and grave doubts would arise whether it is not best to suppress the table, unless its publication is likely to lead to the adoption or some plan by which the property can be assessed at something like its actual value. I know of no subject likely to come before you more important or more difficult to deal with. It is manifest that under the pres ent system, the valuations are greatly below the cash value of the property, nmj, very unequal in the different counties.’’l On page 282 of the Auditor’s Report of 1883, Mr. Burton went on to say, 2(5,- 987.907 acres of land were valued at $84,075,375: town lots $20,007,5315; total $104,742,911. In the annual report of the Auditor (Furman), for 1895, it is said: “I invite attention to statement No. 9, it lieing a comparative statement of the value of real estate in this State, as returned by the owners thereof to the United States census takers for 1890, and the value of the same property as appraised for taxation in 1891. The discrepancy is astounding, and can only be accounted for on the ground that the census table shows the value of the realty ns the owners thereof believed it to be, while the other shows the value placed l iqxm it by the appraisers for the purposes of tax ation following an unwritten law to ap praise property at only 2-3 of what they think its real value to be. In this in stance it is appraised at only about one half of what the owners thought it was worth.” Tin* summary in tin* report for 1895 shows the following for the entire State: Census valuation of real estate, $278,- 399,171; true value, $2(50.191,4(16; value of exempt real estate $18,207,706; value of real estate as assessed $142,0(58,932. By the Auditor's Report for 1898 (Ayer, Auditor), on page 194, Statement 2, it is shown- Acres of land 27,829,773, val uation $110,063,057 Acres mineral, quarry or timber interests, '117,351 . . 430,552 Town lots, 86,196 44,786,560 $155,220,169 In the Auditor’s Report for 1898, page 19, it is said: "The annual reports Issued by this department express the taxable value of real and personal property for the preceding year. The rei>ort for 1897 expressed the taxable value of such property for the year 1896, and this re port (1898) presents the taxable value of such property as returned for the year 1897. The assessed value of railroad, telegraph and steamboat property is ex pressed by each report for the same year for which the report is issued. The ag gregate value of all property returned for taxation in the State for the year 1896 was $257,437,227.99. This is the lowest aggregate vulue of property ever reported for the State. The increase in value for the year 1898 over the year 1896 is $8,429,970. The sources of this increase are as follow*: Real and personal property increase $1,386,198.00 Telegraph property in crease 588,236.20 Steamboat and Canal prop erty increase 112,157.00 Railroad property increase, 6,443,377.80 Total increase $8,429,970.00 “The comparative statement of the values of the same divisions of property for the consecutive years 1897 and 1898 w ill show the following: Aggregate value, 1898 . .$265,867,197.99 Aggregate value, 1897 .. 259,011,508.23 Increase for 1898 over ISDT, $(5,856,(589.76 The sources of this increase an* as fol low’s: Ileal and personal prop- CASTORIA For infants and Children. Tbs Kind You Have Alwajs Bought erty increase $2,392,920.00 Telegraph property in crease, 383,619.72 Steamboat property in crease 16,120.00 Railroad pnqierty increase, 4,063,030.04 Total increase for 1898 over 1897 $6,855,689.76 “A condensed comparison for the years 1897 and 1898 is as follows: 1898, value of real and personal property .. • .$232,247,329.00 1897, value real and per sonal property 229,854,409.00 Increase over 1897 2,392,920.00 1898, value railroad, steamboat and canal property $33,619,868.99 1897, value railroad, steamboat and canal property 29,157,099.23 Increase over 1897 $4,462,769.76 Total increase over 1897 $6,855,(589.76 “During the period from 1892 to 1897. there was from year to year a persistent decrease in the taxable value of real and personal property and the total decrease for that time was $12,595,392.00. An increase in the taxable value of real and personal property for 1898 over 1897 makes a net decrease in the value of sm li property from 1892 to 1898 of $lO,- 202,472. “During the same period (1892 to 1898.) there has been an increase in the as sessed value of railroad, telegraph, steamboat and canal property of $13,- 893.108.43.” This, together with the affidavits, the? substance of which was given in my de spatches yesterdays constitutes the evi dence in the railroad’s case. Notwith standing the value placed on the above as evidence the Commission’s attorneys attach very little importance to it for the following reasons: 1. The Auditor’s report on which it is based is ten years old. 2. The census is neither official nor accurate, and it is a well known fact that the value of property is always ex aggerated to census takers. 3. The utterances of l>oth Gov. Vance and Gov. Jarvis are two-edged swords, cutting both ways. They simply prove the evil of a system which is no more de fended by the Corporation Commission than it is by the railroads. In fact the Commission considers both of these ex tracts as in their favor rather than against them. 4. And as to the State Treasurer’s statement above quoted, it will be noted that it refers to the tax of 1898 and was made in an advertisement for the sale of bonds. Also in reply to the affidavits setting forth that orders had been made by the County commissioners in Bertie and Duplin to assess timber lands at only three-fourths their real value, the State has introduced testimony showing that these orders were made for the reason that the timber men are continually cut ting -timber off these lands and perhaps by the end of another year all the timber will Ik* gone and for this consequent tie crease in value twenty-five i>er cent, is taketf off. This is considered fair in timber counties. Another railroad affidavit to which the ‘‘Commission attorneys made specific re ply was that by A. 11. l’riee. Southern attorney at Salisbury. Price states that lit* was employed by the Southern Rail way Company to visit all the counties through which that road runs anil to se cure affidavits from officers and promi nent citizens, tax assessors and others to be used in this case. He visited counties from Cheroke to Wake, also the counties of Northampton, Nash, Wilson, Wane, Craven and Pamlico. He made it his business to ascertain the mode, manner and custom that prevailed in each counity as to tin* rule of assessing property, both real and personal. A groat many officers with whom lie hail conversation, he said, particularly the sheriff of Madison county, two as sessors in Cherokee county, two asses sors in McDowell county, a member of the board of county commissioners in Iredell county, and several officers in Randolph, Davidson and Guilford, ex pressed a disinclination to make volun tary affidavits as to the rule of assessing property in their respedCive counties. They admitted that if they were placed under subpoena by a court of competent jurisdiction, they would swear that it had been the uniform rule and custom by the assessing officers in these counties to systematically under value property, real and personal, for taxation, and that the assessors had gen erally observed what is known ns the two-thirds rule, and continued to observe it up to and including the year 1899. He stated also that in no county through which he passed did any officer pretend that real and personal property was assessed at its full value, except the county of Durham, and in that county the assessment for property in 1899 had been greatly increased, and there was great dissatisfaction cm the part of tax payers, because they knew that they were paying more than their proportion ate part of the burden of State taxation. And that a meeting of the board of county commissioners had been called at which the matter had been called to the. attention of the commissioners with a view to having them re duet* the as sessment, but the assessment of 1899 was allowed, to stand. In the county of Pamlico, the clerk of the court, had told him that certain af fidavits had been sent to register of deeds and chairman of the county com missioners by attorneys at Raleigh, ask ing them to swear that property in that county had ln*en assessed at its true cash value. The register of deeds had returned the affidavit, stating that prop erty in the county was not assessed at its trite value —not more than two-thirds to three-fourths of its real value. The affidavit was returned to him. and he was requested to have the board of commis sioners make it; two of the commission ers refused to sign these affidavits, and in further conversation with Mr. Price, the clerk of court said it was assessed at its true tax value. In a good many of the counties in which the affiant visited, he was inform ed that it would be a difficult matter to get the assessors and officers to make affidavit voluntarily, that property was not valued at its true value for the rea son that these officers had been informed by attorneys at Raleigh that if they should swear property was arbitrarily undervalued for taxation l>y assessing of ficers, a new assessment would be order- Bears the . eign r a ed and that the taxes would be in creased and assessing officers would lie j arrested and indicted for perjury. Byway of reply to this, all the at torneys for the Corporation Commission made affidavit that they had sent out to the various counties of the State a large number of letters, circulars and communications, but that in no instance hail any letter been mailed by them con taining a threat of prosecution, and that no threat of any character had been held over any county. That on August 4th, a circular letter was mailed to the regis ter of deeds of Pamlico county, but. that it in no wise differed from the letter sent to registers in all the other counties. That if the register stated that he had been in any wise threatened or any threats conveyed to him' by cither of the affiants, he stated what had no founda tion in fact. Further the affidavit stat ed that the register of deeds is now d»*- fendant in a civil action brought by C. A. Flowers, for the office he holds, and that Flowers is represented in that suit by Simmons, Pou and Ward, attorneys in (his case. It is also denied that in any letter sent out a suppression of testi mony has been suggested. It looks like an adjourned meeting of the North Carolina Bar Association here, with a good sprinkling of visiting railroad officials. There are in attend ance the following attorneys: Ex-Judge Henry G. Connor, Wilson; Ex-Congress man F. M. Simmons, Raleigh; James H. Pou, Raleigh; A. D. Ward, Newborn; J. C. L. Harris, Raleigh: Charles A. Cook, Warrenton; J. W. Hinsdale, Ral eigh; Franklin McNeill. Wilmington; Ex- Chief Justice James E. Shepherd, Ral eigh; It. H. Battle, Raleigh—all these for the Corporation Commission. For the railroads, Ex-Judge John (J. Johnson, Philadelphia; Judge. Leigh It. Watts, Norfolk; It. O. Burton, Raleigh; George Rountree, Wilmington; Chas. Price, Sal isbury; Warren G. Elliott, Wilmington; John D. Shaw*, Rockingham; F. 11. Bus bee, Raleigh, and W. 11. Day, Raleigh; For the telegraph company, Robert C. Strong, Raleigh. Visiting attorneys in addition to many members of the Ashe ville bar; Walter Moore, Webster; J. M. Moody, Waynesville; Jas. L. Byrd. Ma rion; Geo. F. Bason, Charlotte; Frank Thompson, Jacksonville; Lewie Wither spoon, Newton. The members of the Corporation Com mission, with their clerk, Mr. 11. C. Brown, are here. President Elliott anil his clerk, Rohert Cronly and Auditor Riaeh, of the (Mast Line, and Vice-Presi dent Andrews, Chief Clerk Miller and Private Secretary Thomas Heartt are the only railroad officials present. Miss Clyde Ellington, of Raleigh, is here as stenographer to the Corporation Commission. The hearing is being held in the hall room of the Buttery Park hotel, which was used on account of the lack of ac commodations in the government build ing, which is undergoing repairs. FRED L. MERRITT. ON IHE DIAMOND. NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES. Washington, 'September 15.—The Cleveland Club played as though they did not care whether they won or lost, and the Senators easily tinik the game. Schmidt, was hit hard and OolliHower replaced him at the end of the third in ning. Freeman made his nineteenth home run. Attendance, 750. Score: Washington ..15 500 00 3 x—l 414 1 Cleveland 000000 03 0— 3 9 4 Batteries: Evans and McManus; Schmidt, Cblliflower and Sugden. Time, 1:45. Umpires. Betts and Latham. Baltimore, Md., Sept. 15. —Wretched support of their pitcher cost the game to the Orioles, the Reds winning the ninth game out of eleven played during the season. Howell pitched fairly well under most discouraging conditions. Hawley was in fine condition and had the birds hypnotized. Attendance, 1,333. Score: Baltimore .. ..000100010 —2 10 i Cincinnati . . ..100102 30 0-7 12 0 Batteries: Ilowell and Robinson; Hawley and Kahoe. Umpire, Dwyer. Time. 2:05. Boston, Mass, Sept. 15. —Boston took a hard hitting game from Pittsburg to day. Stahl’s home run in the fifth was one of the longest hits ever seen on the grounds. Attendance, 6,000. Score: Boston 0110214 0 x-9 11 2 Pittsburg .. ..020 10 1000 —4 9 4 Batteries: Willis and Bergen; Chesbro and Bowcnnan. Umpire.**, Manassau and Connolly. Time. 2:05. New York, Sept. 15.—The New* \orks easily defeated St. Louis by good batting and sharp fielding. Doheny, although he was a hit wild, steadied down when run seemed imminent. The game was called on account of darkness. Attend ance, 300. Score: _ New York.. ..20322010-10 lo 5 St. Louis 00 20 02 01-5 9 6 Batteries: Doheny and \\ arnet, Powell and O’Connor. Umpires, Day aud McDonald. Time, 2:05. Brooklyn, N. Y.. Sept. 15.—Garvin was a puzzle today, holding the leaders down to four hits, two of which came in the last inning. Chicago played fast hall at all times and touched up Dunn in lively fashion toward the close. Attendance, 1,900. Score: Brooklyn 00 0 1 0000 1-2 4 3 Chicago .. ~20100003 2—B 12 1 Batteries: Dunn and McGuire; Gar vin and Donahue. Umpires, Swartwood and Hunt. Time, 1:54, Philadelphia, Sept, 15.—Today’s game was called after the eighth inning on account of darkness. Louisville von after a ■stubborn contest. In which there was considerable wrangling, some heavy hitting and: bad errors. Captain Clarke, who was not in the game, was escorted from the grounds by a policeman for insulting Umpire McGarr. Attendance, 3,500. Score: Philadelphia ...300041 10— 910 3 Louisville 20 103 04 o—lo0 —10 16 <» Batteries: Piatt, Orth and McFar land; Waddell and Steelman. Umpires, Snyder and McGarr. 1511)0, 2:30. THE BEST PRESCRIPTION FOR MALARIA, Chills and Fever Is a bottle of Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteless form. No cure, no pay. Price 50c. wed & sat 6 m & w 6ra A Christian is a man who can stand it to find seme one else occupying his- pew. “I suffered with pile* eleven years be fore using DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve; now my health is fully restored.”—Con rad Stange, Pierz, Minn. A soothing, healing prepartion of standard merit; beware of worthless counterfeits. Bdb bitt-Wyuue Drug Co., W. H. King & Co., Adams & Moye, Win. Simpson. PRICES ADVANCE, EXPORTS EXPAND Promise of Large Balance in Our Favor. BUSINESS VOLUMt GREAT GRAIN’S IMMENSE MOVEMENT KEEPS UP PRICES. COTTON DECLINES ONE SIXTEENTH Extaordinary Efforts to Increase the Iron Out put in August Failed Through the Shutting Down of Some of the Furnaces for Repairs. New York, Sept. 15.—1 t. G. Dun and Company’s Weekly Review of Trade, will say tomorrow: Better than all other news, the record of August commerce shows the relation of United States business to that of oth er countries. Exports were $20,082,875 larger than ever before In August, and exceeded inqiorts by $38,929,699 partly because exports of staples were $9,36(5,- 978 larger than last year, but also be cause exports of other products, mainly manufacturing, were $10,349,000 larger than last year and larger than in any other month of any year. Fears that great advance in prices might shut off exports of manufactured products have not been unnatural, and it is most grati fying to find that such exports still continue and expand. The excess of exports over imports gives fair promise of as large a balance in foreign trade to the benefit of this country during the winter as has ever been seen. That manufactured exports do not fall off, hut are larger than ever is both sur prising and gratifying. The volume of business now in pro gress has never been rivalled. The great movement of grain, in wheat and flour a little larger than last year in August, and in two weeks of September, 5,920,273 busheis. flour included, from Atlantic ports, against 5,- 423,076 bushels last year and from Pa cific ports 755,559 bushels, against 3(54,- 144 bushels last year, is far more ef fective in preventing a decline in prices than any official or unofficial estimate of yield. Government reports indicate a wheat crop of only 51(5,000,000 bush els, but last year the {September re port indicated 585.000,000 bushels, and afterward 1 the official return made it 675,000,000 bushels, and none would be surprised to see a like revision this year. The price in spite of good ex ports has fallen one quarter of a cent, for Eastern receipts have l**en 13,669,455 bushels in two weeks, against 14,663,895 bushels last year, and corn exports 0,- 083,212 bushels, against 4,351,331. The feeling is not unreasonable that foreign needs are. just now well indicated by the corn movement. At this season cot ton shipments* are always small and hopes or fears rule the market, but prices have declined during the week a sixteenth, with u little less buying on foreign account. Extraordinary ef forts to increase the iron output failed in August, partly because stoppage of a few large furnaces for repairs more than balanced the addition of 13 small fur naces to the producing force, and partly because hot weather prevented full pro duction. The reported output, 267,335 tons, against 2(57,(572 tons on August Ist with decrease of 22.347 tons in un sold stiK-ks indicates a consumption of 1,209,920 tons during tin* month. Purchases of 60,000 tons of Bessemer and 20.000 tons other iron are reported with advance of Bessemer to $23.25 at Pittsburg, but quotations are wild be cause of premiums paid for early deliv ery. Plates at the East and common bars at Pittsburg are $1 j>er ton higher and wire nails have again l>een ad vanced 3 i>er ton. Orders for plates include several for export and one for a vessel in the Delaware river with one for Venezuela at Pittsburg, but many for all firms are refused because the works art* unable to fill them on time and some orders of much importance have been withdrawn at the West on account of the delay unavoidable and the high prices charged. The heavy sales of wool, 12,056,000 pounds for the week and 21,282,100 for two weeks, against 3(5,(529,400 in 1897, art* largely due to heavy manufactur ing purchases at Boston, but there as elsewhere, the buying is mostly based on expectation that London sales begin ning next. Tuesday will show an imjior tant advance. Prices here are stiff and the demand for woolen goods of all sorts is strong. Failures for the week have been 140 in the United States, against 174 last year, and 32 in Canada, against 23 last year. TOTAL BANK CLEARINGS. New York, Sept. 15.—The total hank clearings for the week in the United States were $1,710,393,268, per cent, in crease 28.7. Exclusive of New York $(510,600,687, per cent, increase 25.9. Too great a. command of language sometimes lessens a woman’s matrimo nial chances. Headaohe | Is often a warning that the liver is I torpid, or Inactive. More serious H troubles may follow. For a prompt, I efficient cure of Headache and all I liver troubles, take Mood's Pills M idie they rouse the liver, restore §a full, regular action of the bowels, ■ , ° ,u> t gripe or pain, do not H irritate or inflame the Internal organs, EBS but have a nasi five tonic effect. 25c. I at all druggists or by mail of c R Hood A Co., Lowell, Mass. I
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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