SiOCKliHFT and Losses Mixed in Ecrly Trading i Southern Rallwn v i i Tennessee-Coal and Iron - J'exas Pacific ; Unioni Pacific ... " Union, Pacific pref . X'nited" States Tn. w IJ"n!!efotate3 Rubber PMH L-n!td-States Steel ......... 37 United Ktafa cti '' .7 J-;Cr. Chemical pref 103 Wabash n'f Wabash pref ...... " A 2 u heehng and Lake Erie 17 Western Union 9314 . Wisconsin Central 30 Wisconsin Central pref 60 Money on call closed 4 p'Jr cent THE MORNING POST, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER, 27, IQ05 MET RESULT AN ADVANCE G eneral Selling After the Opening Resulted in Lower Prices A Re bound Followed There Was Al ternate Sagging and. Stiffening. TractionsWere a Sustaining Factor ... 9912 . .. 6 ... 35 ...132 ... 96U 0514 Government Bonds - per cent, registered. 1930 2 per cent coupons, 1930.... 3 per cent res-., 190S-18 S per cent coup., 1903-1S..!. 3 pr. ct. coup., srru, 1908-18 4 per cent registered, 1907. 4 per cent coupons, 1907. 4. per,, cent registered. 1923 4 Per Cent rmir.A mn- uumiu, . 35 ?4 1S212 96Va 55ii 111 38 ' I 104' j 22 V ' 42 171.4 93 : 29 i 59 EldAsked. .161 .104 .304 , .104 .103 .104 .105 .134 Tork, Sept. 26.-MDpening deal- ! -rs in the stock market were on a ..- .1 ! scale and the movement of prices hesitating "and narrow. The ma : y of stocks showed small declines, :: : re was a fair mixture of equally : gains, including some of the . :pal stocks. There, was no special TuVt in the trading. -. interval of general selling fol ; .; !. tire opening. The , resultant : prices stimulated a . demand and if v. as a rebound wMch rarripil : market Aa fraction .. above yester- , ? ; losing, -tter tms nacl been es- -r.va uie .inquiry became . less ur ; and prices eased off again. Cana . L Pacific, Wisconsin Central pre i ' .i and Tennessee Coal gained a and Denven & Rio Grande pre-' : .1 and United' States Rubber pre X -ivd; sold much? lower.- ; ):tyins orders appeared for Brook ; Transit, carrying that stock up ' Metropolitan Street Railway and Metropolitan Securities followed with point gain. Chicago Union Tran ; rose 1 and the preferred 24 ift rast with the slump of 9 in ,Chi--... iro Subway on the curb following stordays break of equal amount. The , r.il market stiffened in "sympathy ':: the Brooklyn Transit movement, ; sagged back again before noon. ' .rn Products preferred lost I1,. Re ;:'Iiv Steel preferred iU, and -New ' V.---.-. TTnvn X VTnrtforrt ami T.in-' ;v . - - . . , . . . - f t - ' 11: Bonds were hrm at noon. Kenewed buying of the local traction Aoeks again proved a sustaining fac--r in the market and the general list adiiy made up the ground lost, uthern Pacific, Louisville & Nash i.!e and Amalgamated Copper were virably firm, Northwestern yielded a, :..int, Atlantic Coast Line improved 1 i -1 Colorado Fuet-pief erred 7. ...'.. In the late trading little business was r.sactedi but. prices continued to .,-1.-. Dtr.' fVolrwoTr the mnrlfPt avrt"- '3 s'- d about as much above yesterday n did in the early selling. Great .'.. 1 them, Amalgamated Copper, Amer ican Grass ; Twine-and Allis-Chalmers tiose 1 to H4 over last night and Allis : h aimers " preferred 2U. The closing ...-. ; irregular. ! New York Stock and Bond Quotations OrenVOose. 4,pr. ct. Philinninps 'inu-ji im New York Spot Cotton nTo.rk--SePt -Suot cotton w ""uaiigea; Middling leans and Gulf H.35 for spinnings Mos. 104 105 104'2 1041-2 104 105 13iy2 134V2 IIO14 49,o-849 5-9; May 49 3-450; steamer mixed 5656 1-4. Receipts 5,444 bush els; southern white corn 57QC0; south-: vi n yeiiow corn 58060. j Oats Firm; No. 2 white 33 sales; I ,Q:JmiXed 31 '.1-231; 3-4. Receipts1 38,567 bushels. A Rye Finn; receipts 10,266 bushels. Hay steady, unchanged. Grain Freights-Firm, unchanged. Butter Steady; fancy imitation 10(g) -0; fancy creamery 2222 1-2; fancy ladle 1819; store packed 1516. Eggs Steady 21. Cheese Steady; large 12 3-4; me-1 fjrA uilu 1s' Sugar Strong; coarse granulated and fine $5.20..- FIRE IN OTEY'S SHOP Little Blaze Last Night Created a Commotion 11.10; New Or Salss 171 bales Of the southern spot markets were unchanged. Futur xew Orleans were as follows- , October WHEAT: September December May . . . CORN: September December May . . . OATS: September December May . , PORK: October . January . LARD; Chicago Produce Markets Open. High. Low. Close Outsider Yelled "Water" and This the Loss $100 Instead of Only $10 Woke the Hotel Guests S4 84 y2- 84 S4 j . . 85 85 84 85 ! - . 87 87 S6 -3 j . .B2 52 518 52 j . . . 45 45 44 45 j 44 44 44 .44 27 28 20 15 00 12.30 28 30 15.00 12.35 2S, 30 14 95 "12 30 27 30 14.9S 12.33 84 53 35 99Ts Amalgamated Copper American Locomotive. ..... Am.'. Car and Foundry .... At.." Car and Foundry pref :r erican . ice Sec 27 . ...riica:i Smelting .........126 i-ziican Smelting pref 121 A -nericari Sugar ...,.......138 . -r.erican Tobacco 4s... American Tobacco 6s . A .erican Woolen American Woolen pref A . erican (jotton Oil .. A "m tic .Coast Line .. .' ; ntic Coast ' Line 4s. h.. Top. and S. Fe ' " . ..116 .. 36 i , .104i2 .. 29 ..1661 2 ..101; .. 89 October . . . . December , . January Open High Low Close. . 10.71 10.72 10.60 10.62 . 10.SS 10.S8 10.78 10.78 W.li 10.37 10. S5 10:tt SHORT RIES: October . . . . . January 7.47 7.50 7.30 7.30 8.60 6.45 3.60 6.47 S.47 6.4S 8.5C 6.47 0.1 a; Jan.- Futurcs here advanced 3 to 12 tmint early, then reacted and declined S to 13 points from the highest prices of the day and closed steady, with estimated sales of 400,000 hales. In Liverpool spot cotton advanced 8 points. Middling 5.S2. Futures closed barely steady, with prices showing a ixvl usenne cr l point. Oct.-Nov Nov.-,Doc. 5.7S; Dec-Jan. '&S1;' Feb. ;5.S1.. In cotton it was an irregular mar ket, now depresed by bear attacks, pa.riic-u;;;vy by the Wall street i bear, a favorable interpretation of the sum mary of the 'government weekly report and by a rapidly increasing stock here, and then again strengthened by bull report and some aggressive buying of January by several New Orleans ope rators here. Moreover, there was a good deal of board room covering at one time, and commission, houses exe cuted a good many buying orders for the general public. The market here and in New Orleans, if not in Liver pool, has, latterly, however, ' become congested with long, cotton and this accounts as much as anything for the wavering of prices both at home and abroad. December Wheat May Wheat Cotton Future S? futures opened firm. , ' : Open. High, Low. Close. September . 10.63 10.64 10.53 10.56 October . . . . 10.73 10.74 10.63 10.66 December'. . . 10.90 10.92 10.S0. 10.87 January . ... . 10.98 11.00 10.86 10.94 March . . . ... 11.12 11.13 11.00 14.03 May . ... . . . 11.22 11.23 11.10 11.15 Market closed steady. Open. Close. New York .. St. Louis .. . Toledo Duluth . . ... Detroit . Milwaukee . Minneapolis j "" Z-'ew Tork .. St. Louis ... Toledo . . ... Duluth . . .. Detroit . . .. , Minneapolis 85 December Corn New York St. Louis 42 May Corn New York St. Louis 42 Naval Stores NAVAL STORES J New York, Sept. 26. Stocks Rosin, 23.819 barrels; spirits turpentine 1,726 barrels; tar 1,247 barrels. The market for spirits turpentine was about un changed with tone dull and machine- j made barrels were quoted at 67 1-2. 1 Rosin ruled steady at the unchanged ranged of $5.75 to $5,S0 for common to good strained, and business in tar was quiet on the basis of $5.50 for oil bar 90 89 83 S3 86 86 79 78 83 S6 85 85 82 82 91 90 86 S5 S8 SS 82 83 '88' 85 85 53 53 42 42 50 50 42 42 Co'.ton Receipts New York, Sept. 26. Receipts of cot ton the ports for the day: New Or leans 4,338 bales; Galveston 25,542; Mobile 14S; Savanna 16,407; Charleston 1.952p Norfolk 9,238. Raleigh Cotton Market Receipts yesterday 79 bales. Prices yesterday 10 1-2 to 10 ll-16c. Condition of the Cctton Crop Washington, Sept. 26. The weekly crop report issued by the government today says: - ' The reports indicate but little change in the condition of cotton In South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Okla homa and Indian Territories, a slight improvement in North Carolina, Mis souri, Arkansas . and northeastern Texas, and more or less deterioration in other portions of the cotton belt, although there is decidedly less com plaint of rust and shedding in the cen tral and portions of the eastern dis tricts. Picking in Texas was inter- Top. . and S. Fe pref.. 105 Atmore and Ohio ...... .'klyn Rapid Transit .. ,v!';.:an Pacific .. .. .... : sapeake and Ohio .ago Great Western .V : in M. and St. P r-.rado Southern .... rrolo Southern 2d pref rrado Fuel and Iron .. ii. Gas, Ex. Rights :. iv. are and Hudson .... v. .r and Rio Grande . . .112 . 70 .17414 . 57 .121: .181. . 28 .A3 . J 43 .181 .216 . 35. :. v-r and Rio Grande pref 89 A::ersSourities . . . !'.; Co nvmon ........ j : : First pref ....... ; . o.-cond pref ..... 'ial Electric ' 't Northern pref ..... A',v:ois Central A - i iiational Paper Co. . V -as City Southern ... 1 o-ii.Wille and Nashville - : hattan Elevated .... r n-opnlitan Sees. Co. ... M; '.v-ioan Central ."' :r.politan St. Railway A - .Kan, and Tex. Common 34 -.. Kan. and' Tex. pref ... 69 AAi?ouri Pacific ,...10o- ? k.aal Lead 46 Y., Ontario and Western 53 43 . 50 . 81 . 74 .151 .322 .180 .20 . 26 .153 .165 . 80 r .23 .125. r I"' 'A.k and Vest,ern A hf rn Pacific ......... it:"- Mail Steamship n sylvania Railroad. ;' Gas of Chicago '-!'ir:g Coal 1 Steel Car -. m U Steel Car pref .. ....210 .... 44. ...143 ,...103 ... 15 ...44 ,...,Y5 ,...122 First pref 91 V'ic Steel and Iron A... 23 "o'ir Sool and Iron pref 91 Ilaml Common Island pref IJ and S. F. 2d pref., l.K'.'is Southwestern r- .-- Siic-ffield ' 'k-i ii Pacific .. . . . AlL-rn Railway Tiyoai d Air Line 4s . A- VS ..70 .' 6 8 .24 .6S . 68 - rzt . 91 83 53 36 ,90 27 .127 . 121 139 A 76 '36 104 29 if 102 50 105 112 72 174 57 21 1S1 28 43 4414 181 216 35 S9 42 50 82 73 182 323V4 130 20 26 154 163 80 23 126 34 '2 69 105 46 54 85 210 45 143 103 15 4i'3 96 122 91 23 91 33 79 C8 "24: 69 68 27 Receipts this date last year 4S bales, rupted to some extent by rain, but this Prices this date last year 10 1-4 to work has. been active under generally 10 Tc 16c. - j favorable conditions in all districts, New York Provision Market New York, Sept. " 26. Rice Firm; domestic 3 l-2(??6; Japan nominal. Rye Firm; No. 2 western crop 67 c. Ii ,f. Buffalo. Barley Steady; new crop feeding 39 1-2 to 40 c. i. f. Buffalo; new malt ing 43 to 52 c. i. f. Buffalo. ; Flour Quiet but steady; sales 8,000 barrels. Receipts 41,765 barrels; ex ports 1,617 barrels; spring patents $4.70 5.25; clears: $3.653.S5; winter straights $4.104.20; clears $3.503.80. Rye Flour $1.5'S5.25. -; Wheat Spot steady,v unchanged; sales 64,000 bushels; No.' 2 red 80. Fu tures closed 1-8 to 1-4 lower; sales 1,--200,000 bushels; Se.ptember 90; Decem ber 89 3-1- May 90 3-4. Oafs Steady on the spot; sales 21, 500 bushels; natural white, .'30 to 32 lbs., 30 to 33. Corn On the , spot was steady; No. 2 mixod 58 1-2A Futures closed 1-4 to 1-2 lower; no 'sales; September 58 1-2; December 53 1-4; May o0 .1-2. Lard Was weaker; prime $7.73; refined continent JS.00; American $8.80. " Tallow 4 l-84 3-16. Dressed Hogs 7 l-23 3-8. " Butter Creamers'' firsts 20. ! except in the north central portion of the belt, where it is not general. Pick ing, is nearing completion in portions of Georgia, Louisiana and extreme southern Texas. Some injury to housed tobacco by moist weather is reported from por tions of the middle Atlantic states and New England, but elsewhere the re ports respecting this crop are favor able. ; COTTON WEIGHTS AT GIN A small fire occurred last night in the rear of Otey's barber shop in the Yarborough Hotel building and but for the fact that some one yelled water and. caused a violation of Chief Man-r fOim s orders, the loss, which is esti mated at about $100, would not have exceeded $10. The fire was cUeovered shortly after 11 o'clock by Policeman Alderson on his rounds. He tried the door to tha place as usual and a3 he did so thought' lhat he heard a noise inside and de tected the odor of smoke. Instead of turning on the alarm then he went into the Yarborough and told the clerk. A messenger was sent to the fire station across the street, but returned saying he could not get no response to his calls. The barber shop was revisited, the front glass was found to be grow nig warm. Then Mr. E1. EA Brltton turned in the alarm from 312, corner Salisbury and Martin streets. A crowd was quiclSy gathering in front of the barber shop. The commo tion in the street and the clatter of the hose wagons as they arrived roused .( some of the hotel guests sleeping above j tho place. A man in pajamas stuck j is head from the third story window land a moment later Assistant Chief J Lumsden smashed with his axe a glass iin order to open the barber shop door. A volume of smoke darted up and the first whiff sent the pajama man dash ing down the hotel corridor rousing those sleeping 'on the third floor. On the second floor a "bell boy woke the guests or told them what the trouble was. Most of them dressed and came quietly down, bringing fheir dress suit cases or other baggage. One man, how ever, clad in his night shirt, scurried down the hall bearing his trunk on his shoulder. Chief J. W. Mangum of the fire de partment gave strict orders not to turn on the water until he ordered it. Then the chief and Assistant Chief Lums den started in to discover the fire. Entrance by the front door I possible on account of the smoke, so j they went by different routes through j the Yarborough cellar and met at the ; fire. They found that a cupboard was burningrin the rear of the barber shop and a minute later would have put out the flames with the fire extinguisher, when suddenly the water shot from the hose at the front door and flooded the floor. Some unltnoyrn . person, not a fireman, had given -the order and the men at the nozle thought . the com mand come f ron&tKT "chief. The main damage resulted Afrom the water. A The- origin of yhe fire is a mystery, unless the rat tneory is accepted. It was confined to a small stand which contained soap and other, shaving paraphernalia. The gas had not been lit in the back room last night and the litvle oil stove was fully six feet from the fire. The explanation is that rats cabled matches into the drawer of the stand. But for the fact that water was turned on Chief Mangum does not think the loss would have been $10. As it is the damage is not placed at more than $100. Some plastering fell, though, and -some of the wall paper was ruined. , Henry Otey had $600 in surance in the Hartford Company, of which Mr. W. W. Smith is agent. Complaint of Serious Discrepances : From Several Sources A farmer writing to the North Car olina department of agriculture says: "I write you in regard to a certain j matter as a state officer as well as a ! man Interested in all that concerns the i farmer. This morning I carried a bale i of seed cotton to anj oil mill for gin- J ning. This seed cotton was carefully j weighed as it came from the field by ; western myself with steelyards, tested by the South standard keeper. The bale weighed A here at home in the seed 1,376 pounds. ; The oil mill fibres were', after deduct j ing five pounds for evaporation, 1,304 ' pouVida. Bale weighed 4G2 pounds; seed 842 MRS. ALBERT JOHNSON ( .v ' Death of One of Raleigh's Oldest Citizens Funeral Today Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, widow of the late Albert Johnson, died yester day evening at 8 o'clock at her home, 329 Hillsboro street. She was in her 89th year, one of the oldest citizens of Raleigh. The last illness of Mrs. Johnson lasted only a wreek. A slight scratch on the Viand led, on account of her feeble condition, to blood poison and produced her death. Mrs. Johnson was, before her mar riage in Washington City nearly 70 years ago. Miss Brumley of Virginia. Her late husband ran the first locomo tive into Raleigh over the old Raleigh ct Gaston Railroad and he remained BASEBALL GAMES Sugar Raw was fiirp at 3 11-16 for pounds. centSfugal 96 test and ll-ie for mus- "The proper figure, cotton in seed de cofados 89 tes; refined was in moder- ducting five pounds for evaporation, p-mrmla tea x.oijl. uaic kcisucvi j "j o with same road or Its successor until 1 a short while before he died, i Mrs. Johnson was a devout Chris- tian. She is survived by three daugh i tors, Mrs. Ellen Richardson, Mrs. Har riett Andrews and Mrs. Joanna Bel- sey widow to an extremely handsome man. It was a runaway match to New York and I tried to dissuade the wo man. My "plea was in vain. Three weeks later the bride wrote me a tear- xui uCi, uCBSi& me recorus re National Leaouo CTllVWVACCA TTn J 1 I toocu. xxci gcijr ciiiu aanusuniB : Lothario was a burglar. He married .: At St. Louis er to get the run cf the house, stole I Philadelphia ...... 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 59 15 0 $10,000 and left for parts unknown." ; St.Louis ...0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 8 . a ! Batteries: Pittinger and Dooin; Mc- Dougal and Grady. Umpire, Pearce. At Chicago: ; R.H.E. ....0 000 0001 01 7 2 partment of the state auditor to reg- '-nicago ..u r uu o u ou ?-u s yz Batteries: Eason and Bergen; Wei- , mer and Kling. Umpire,. Kle.m. At Pittsburg: R.H.E. 13 0 0 0 410 09 7 0 ..........1002020005 12 1 Batteries: Ames, Mathewson and v - To Registers of Deeds There are being issued from the de- ; Broklyn lster of deeds in the various counties letters reading as follows: "Dear Sir: T am enclosing herewith two clank : Nevv York abstracts of listed taxables for your ; Pittsburg use in making returns to this depart' ment for 1905. This abstract should be returned to me on or before the Bresnahan; Lynch, Llefield and Gib- M r t ; . j a -i 1 1 ned to me on or before the ; suu- umpires, vuay ana rmsue. first Monday in November. Please let At Cincinnati: R.H.E. It reach me bqy that time. (See sec- I Boston .....0001000001 8 4 tion 76 of the Machinery Act of 1905.) j Cincinnati 0 0 0 2 7 0 1 3 13 13 3 "Your abstract of unlisted taxables i Batteries: Young and Needham; ' - Deaths in Kinston ' Kinston, N. C, Sept. 26. Special Samuel ,Dunn, Jr., the 20-months-old son' of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Dunn, was j Tound dead in bed yesterday mornina t tt -cr ' Cholera infantum is supposed to havt K-tl.llr. , . , v, mi.- i ucii mc uausc. ll3 iune.ai IOOJI place today. - - Mrs. Lydia Pugh, aged 68, died sud' denly Sunday night from heart troubtt at the home of her daughter, Mrs. "W, , J. Laughinghouse. Chas. VV. Barrett, i a I c i g h, is due to be filed here on or before the. second Monday in December and blank on which to make this report will be sent you about November 1st. (See section 90, Machinery Act, 1905.) "Statement of your sheriff's settle ment is due to be filed here on or be fore the second Monday in January and blank for this purpose will be sent you about December 1st. "Two copies of each of the above blanks will be furnished you in order ! that you may keep on file in your j office, copies of the reports made to Chech and Street. Umpire, Johnstone. The Eternal City" Tonight - "The Eternal City," Hall Caine's dramatization of his widely read novel of the same name, with the complete musical setting written expressly for it by Mascagnl, composer of "Cavalleria Rusticana." When it comes to the Academy of Music Thursday, Septem ber 28, with Jane Kennark in the lead ing role, supported by W. El Bonney, Emmett C. King, R. V. Ranous and Jefferson Lloyd, will give local play goers an opportunity to see an eveq stronger and more interesting play than the author's earlier drama, "The Chris tian," the success of which has been greater than that of any other play for a decade. The massive scenic pro duction is the same which attracted unusual attention at the "Victoria the atre, New York, where "The Eeternal City" was presented for five consecu tive months, and the cast even excels that seen in the metropolis. The man agement in obtaining Miss Kennark lor the role of the fascinating Donna Rome Volonna have secured one of th-3 most talented actresses in America. Eac of the twenty-eight speaking part3 are excellently cast. American League . At Boston: R.H.E. Chicago .....1030 4 0 0 0 210 15 3 Boston 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 6 Batteries: White and Sullivan; Win ter and Armbruster. Umpire, Connol ly. ' A Second game: R.H.E. Cicago ...10000000 23 7 3 Boston 00 10000001 4 1 this deDartment. ' "It win greatly assist us in our work rls and Crlger. Umpire, Seridan. if these returns are furnished promtply At New York: R.H.E. when due, and your assistance in this j St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 36 10 3 matter will be greatly appreciated." i New York 0 03000000 03 10 3 Batteries: Powell and Sugden; New ton and Kleinow. Umpire, O'Lough lin. Second game: R.H.E. St. Leuis 3 00 3 301010 11 7 New York '.. .0 .0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 8 2 Batteries: Buchanan and Spencer; LeRoy and Kleinow. Umpire, CLough lin. At Washington: R.H.E. Cleveland ....00010100 02 7 0 Washington .. 000000000 0 6 3 Batteries: Hardy and Heyden; Roade3 and Wakefield. Umpires, Hurst and McCarty. ; Second game: R.H.E. Cleveland ...... ..1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 10 4 Washington ...... 30008Q02 13 16 5 Batteries: Moore and Clark; Falk enburg and Heyden. Umpires, Hurst and McCarty. At Philadelphia: R.H.E. Detroit 0 0 2 1010 0 0 26 11 1 Philadelphia ....200000:01104 4 5 Batteries : Mullen and Doraf; Coak ley and Schreck. Umpire, Connolly. Deposits Over a Million The Citizens National Bank had the proud distinction Monday of breaking the record ' for financial institutions here when its deposits passed the. million-dollar mark. At the close of busi ness on that day this bank had on de posit $1,017,000. This Is indeed a nota ble achievement in the city of Raleigh, with Its seven strong " banks, each showing a steady increase of business. A few years since, in another city, when the deposits In one of its banks had climbed to the million mark, the citizens turned out with a brass band and serenaded the president of the In stitution. While this wras not done here, President Joseph G. Brown and the officers in the bank received hearty congratulations from the public, M pni luu . N C. HOTEL JNO, A. TUCKER. Greensboro, N. C, New and modern in everj particular and a model oi neatness and comfort. A share of your patronage will be appreciated. WHEN AT THE FAIR. CALL ON JOHN P. HAYES 124-1-2 Fayett evil t Street. See and hear the Edison and Victor Machines. I carry a large line of both kinds ot records; also a line of horns and sup plies. Write or call on me for further par tlculars. You are always welcome. I also control two Photo Studlosi where you can get any style and pric. photographs. Tlie Merchants Journal . ' ' Official Organ North Carolina Retail Merchants Association, Association of Wholesale Dealers, Millers and Manu facturers of North and South Carolina . NORMAN H. JOHNSON. EDITOR. It has the largest bona flde circulation of any merchants paper publlshei . In the south. ' - - Every merchant should -?ad It. Special features: Commercial Law Points, Advertising Hints Window Decorations and Cards, National Bulletin. Association News, Fashion Notes, Made Reports, Hints for the Clerk, Legis lation, Vrade Evils and Abuses. News Notes Concerning Commercial Enter prises. Published in the interest of anfl for the Merchants of the South. Semi-monthly subscriptions received prior to July lat, $1.00 the year. A Busi ness Man's Journal. v Sample Copy Sent oil Request E THE MERCHANTS JOURNftt PUBli SHiHG CO;, I. RALEIGH. NORTH. CAROLINA. jf No Vacation. Enter'any RPO RATED! Time. Individual Instruction, ;i "'"' It is a CONCEDED FACT known everywhere in North Carolina by those who are INFORMED, that KING'S is THE SCHOOL the Right School, viewed from every standpo int of MERIT and WORTHINESS. The best faculty. BEST EQUIPMENT. THE LARGEST. More graduates in positions than all other business schools in the state. . So get the BEST, it is the cheapest. Write today for our SPECIAL OFFERS, COLLEGH JOURNAL AND FULL INFORMATION. King's Business College, RALEIGH. N C, or CHARLOTTE. N. C. AGENTS WANTED PENN 1U ire ate demand and .steaay; $4.704.85. : " .-' " A . ' -V '- Coffee Rio spot steady at 8 7-8 for j0 7. Iitures here closed steady with prices unchanged and sales of 23 000 bags. October $7 207.25; De cember -7.407.45; , January $7.r07.55; March $7.607.55; May- $7.707.75; Au gust $7.S57.90. Potatoes, weak on heavy receipts. There was poor demand for southern sweets. Long Inland in bulk per ISO pounds $1.75?2,00; per bag $1.751.90; state in bulk per ISO pounds $1.50 1.75; Jersey per-barrel or bag $1.50 1.75; Jersey per barrel or bag $l.e(W? 175- sweets, southern, yellow, per bar rel $1.12(1.50; Jersey per basket 40a 85; Jersey per barrel $1.502.00. Baltimore Provision Karke'. Baltimore, Sept. ' 26.-Flour-Steady, unchanged. Receipts 13,802 bailers Quiet: spot contract o v 2 red western ..asva -i September -82 3-4(583; October December 8585 1-2; steamer No. 2 red 74 3-4. Receipts 19,224 bushels, southern; by sample 6380; southern on erraae o lomv all T rt Toi cry .CViz county cotton weigher, 455 pounds, seed nume'rous cnildren 81LpOU.n.d"- . J erand children. leaves too and great bagging and ties is given to the mill as they claim they lose this much from dirt, motes, etc., which is riot true. Note, not only the difference in weight of the bale, not more than a couple of hours apart, and also the difference in weight of seed 74 pounds, arid in the bale 7 pounds. . ' "The legitimate inference is that there is 'something rotten In Den nmrk,' and that the farmers will be pulled to the tune of fifty cents a bale, or more, for the several thousands of bales ginned there. "The same conditions may exist else- The funeral will be held at the First Baptist church at 5 o'clock this after noon. The services will be conducted by Rev. W. C. ' Tyree and the inter ment will be in Ookwood cemetary. ... Puloit and Playwriting Thomas Dixon, Jr., the author of "The Clansman," declares that his ex perience of fourteen years in the min istry were his best preparation for the work of playwriting. In the work of a pastor he says: "I. swept the gamut of human emotions, passing, in the same day from pitiful scenes of star- Wheat- J. -VTa, bit PpOL MMi. fi , A t J J, 1 1 t M i.1 J t where, and as the great majority or nation to tne prouu,nomes oi me ncn farmers trust these matters to others, est. men of America; coming in contact this is intended to urge them to look with people in every walk of life, in after the weights carefully; it does not every conceivable a mount to a great loss individually, body. I have but the aggregation the state would be between two and three hundred thousand dollars." crisis of soul and more than once been summoned between 2 o'clock in the morning and daylight to perform a belated marriage ceremony by the bed side of a dying man. "In all my rounds . I never found a :Corn-Easy; spot ioa fimbef 5S(??oS 49 7-8.; February 49 3-449 1-4; ! -vrc,-c T-V.t W TTtlll and C. R. Ed- ! n-nman sn iwirAKft fsdpd or so homdv Sep- wards of this city were guests yester- that she did not believe -in her powers dav at a -barbecue given at Auburn of fascinating men. "i onco unuea a nomeiy .Mew jer- teinber 5S!3o8 - JU"U"' n:rX wvS. Sam Watts and Jack Allen D-S, Atitil." ; Insurance Company, o Philadelphia. AMOST POPULAR AND CONSERVATIVE COMPANY g-Now in its fifty-eighth year of uniformly successful business. MOST LIBERAL ANNUAL DIVIDENDS Most Approved Forms of Policies, Exceedingly Liberal Agents' Contracts with full control of all well canvassed territory The above facts, together with the influence of 5,000, or more, prominent North Carolina policy-holders cause Agents to find it unusually EASY AMD PROFITABLE to write insurance for the PENN MUTUAL. Experience is of advantage, L .:c it is not absolutely neegssary. Address promptly, : v Raleigh N. C- GEN SLR A L. AGENT FOR NORTH CAROLINA S !