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? Financial anc COTTON PRICES CHANGE LITTLE Weather Condition*? and Foreign Demand Came Trading To Be Rather Lirwied New York,-May c.-?r.: early 'dd>fl vanee In ike cotton market waa checked by thc favorable average of today's weather news, bat after ratherr a.Lkftri> reaction, prices steadied agr* OQt-a renewed 'demand for old er ! " !?ioa?"?and' th?* eldee, j??.,s?e? net 8 pointa higher to 2 points lower. Houses with Liverpool connections went activo buyers of July during the carly trading sod after opening steady ?kgx^,ch unge/i prices ,t?.an advance,of I a point?, tho market sold about 4 to I? points net higher. July contracts ha?o were selling about ISO points un der July-August in Liverpool at the opening; compared with a diff?rence of. on ly 94 points,, seme two or three v:< '?'.v.; ugo, and tho foreign buying was Mipposeu lo bo both fqr the purpose cr rcrlH^ing on cid straddles and fer fresh Rtraddfa accounts. .Wa crop po:-):'.?ut: sold 3 or .41 points net lower during the mlddlp of thc afloruoon, while the . old. crop reacted . io about.yesterday's tlosint figures, hut tho market waa tseadiec uround (his lovel by scattered cover ing and rallied tfevoral poluta in. bl Jate .trading when lhere was a goo dornend for. July from a house cred?rJ ed with having stopped part of. Ittel ' first May notices for southern, mljl Interests. < Ijosihg ' prices were O'lo 8 points higher on c i crop mouths? Cotton lulim/< closed steady. .". Openl-d ('lo4?4f May'.12.50. ]g.64 July.r..12.21 12,25 August.12.05 12.09 October .K.11.64 H .83, December.11.70 lt.64 Spot cotton quiet-, middling up lands 12.90; gulf 12:15. So sales. New Orleans Cotton Now Orleans, May 0.-Conditions at Liverpool off Set tho Influence of good .weather In the cotton belt In the lo cal rouen market today and the close Wfta"?t au advance of 8.tO:fi points on thsT old crop months, and 2'to 3 points on tho noW' options. The Liverpool market 'showed mod arattx .Accll.ne, but. it also i raiut?ly'dlmi?lfiii?ng'' supplies,' int condition roved sufficient to offset.-the* i-f fort of clearing weather, in the west ern heit und keep price*'iii tkisi;mar-. kel at-? fairly steady range. : <-.t;.v.n (untren closed steady. Close. Moy 12.S1 j July-12.37.1 .August 12.3I?*. October. 11.69;( December 11.6?. Spirt4 cotton steady, unchaagwt. Middling'13vl-?J sales on the spot ??.'.H2m ?to arrivo 775. Liverpool Cotton 7.81; Vr> cpecqh. ?.O?O; :.? ny C.-Cot li. idilttfc 7.S7; middJU ii? R'87- sale lulet; May. $Ml May-Sue* ingusi b.?ri. i-s; ?ug-??pi lober. November 6.32 1-2; annarv 623 1-2: January Cotton ?Seed Oil oil! ul nv wal of support on tl in?rs and scattered Hot 6 A " Vkf r\ Vf? WU To the Wise Is; Sufficient*' I Commercial Sf OtfCS UNSTfe??Y RESULT OF Wi Financial Atna?sphefe Beclouded On Account of Ulster and ,, Mexican Affair* (HyAssociated Press) New York. May 6~The stoek mar ket was atmest a standstill durit most of todays trading. In the for eign i park o ts, as well as at home. inttiatlv*ywas lacking, and Indications were foran Indefinit? period of tnuc tl?h pendln? the clearing up ot some of the more Important problems * which obscure tho outlook. / The English market, lt is expected, will go slowly until the Ulster ques tion'fit disposed of. On account of tito continent, financial conditions aro siill ummtlnfuoory. In this luerkot the Mexican 'situation continues to bc the chief restraining .influence. While tills factor ha? beeii. of ?maller in fluence since the suspension of hos tilities, the uncertainty ?rj? ?ei,t,;o? this score hang? over the market. Forecasts ot the produ?er'o monthly statement, to be made Icier in th< week, call for an in-, i- ts - <,f supplies, estimated variously at fc?O.OOO.OtlO to ir.,000.OO0 . pounds, i i Demand sterling rose to' the highest figure of the year today,: and it was expected that further engagements of JW? Europe would lt? arranged, dc . were steady aside from u 2 ?se in Rock island collaterals, i .otal bales par value*'S^UO.OOO. ! United Stat ox L's reglstcrM i k?fk 1-4 ou call. . ?i?' -'. CHICAGO GRAIN ? ( litcogo. May C.-Chances of . de-] oreased' acreage in the Red" ll!ver Val ley, both on .he Minnesota and Da kota Bides, hay much to do" today with bringing about strength In "wheat. Tho j outcome was a steady rlosd at a shad?; to ?-4 2 tz net.advot?e. Corr, finish- ( ed a slxtoentn off td.'1-? a 3-Sc Up,' pw^arith a gain of ,i-8 to 1-8 ? l-4e? and provisions dearer by 7 1-2 to 20. HEn?r?KT? C?-TTV/? SHOWING (By Associated Press.) .\'?w Ork-?is, May 6.-rThe atate ment. Of Secretary Hester , of the'New j Orleans coltop exchange db weights j of bales of cotton handled, overloud j te Americun manufacturers .o.utslje] eft ?ec oettou>,beU during the r?oht?m I of September io April, Inclusive, show j ah average per bale' of 620.651,100; against 524, ,?41, 100 for the samr \<v nod lost year. ta . - . ' ^ . _.?. '. * D A V I?* CONGRESS * i ' ' ? *f ? . ?. V. >* * * ? ? * * ??'.ted tress.) . Hr.'., it. noon, ! Uroad'c?piUl? ; >>t:oi no^rd. Veratdry Lune, before public land ; vr.rir.nittoc. uuvackT.eU Ferris bli regu lating water powers on public -v4?>?I Judiciary ae^TOominlUee resumed 1 h?arlnK on taapjeachincut charges j against Juktlce .Wright of the District ! ot- Columbia supreme court. | . Secretary of war submitted request J for immediate appropriation of $2f?,000;.j for sanitary caro of military posts! and equipment of Panama canal son?. | War department, adversely reported, ?i: ifi"Oj?OEed feder*? improvement or t Bayou St. John, Orleans parish, Lu. j Adjourned at 6 c. :u. uhtl! . noon j repeal, bill continued. Continued discussion^ ot rgrfcuHural i I appropriation .bill. :" '-I i ' Sassier' Lippltt urged adoption res olution asking, president iptecpluiti Ireports'that He supports Oen?rai Villa. . Continued consideration Ot" agrio a 1 Iturat appropriation bill. :' ?Thuwdav.'Vi ' ' * . ' . Commencement eserolses at ti bPchter High School. On Thur* ! Mb?- MUdc'-ed Wright, Miss Annis SoW j [Strickland, -Miss Gladys Johnson. ?ft?si WaUer? ?od-MUe Ernestlhe W^cV. j aKn? .Miiot-t? cued "Curfew At'>* '.?n pi?**??.- j tatton of tho medal and ? r^iWfitctwnjr f >pyrfi?ht 13I4." by Am< American Bi?ejaclk \4or.v sor,;, after, the guns??f U?e,,? ~Y.?M Crus .thc invading American aa r *Tjtn tile Wprk of restoring order. T p-:g?lMt ijlfs bad fo? tbe mo?t,V?fa?ix ire!' p?>lh?ed by the iack?vs and tuarlr o" f>e empty strer:?. lng help and vim h?ve been rresont at altnost nil, af the social gatherings and hero's hoping that September will return them gil to us. Miss Kell Smith has the sympathy Waa called lo her home in Atlanta on account of the Serious sickness of hor mother. Miss Smith ia hoad milliner at the Palmetto . Dry Goodsi Co., Jind she has iiiade a -number of ? friends dlnce uhg cam^ here.. ? Di, Frank Lander, ot VVI^Uuiistan. was a business vteltor - to the-^city last week. Quite a party- wont' from here to: relton to be present at the Oratorical Conteat at that place. ' The Peisrer peopte ' were very" much excited over' a fire which fAar^wJk1 tho Opsnra V?ouse^ast TK?rs.HV n (iroceiy Col, looked an Sf they would go, but hy tho brave Ugh* that was put up by the flremep, ?ll waa aa ve il ev cept tho Or ?ra House. Tho los&Jxfaa considerable and was only .oartiy?^?y ered by insurance. Among-the WilUamalou people who came ovr-r tor the Behool commence ment last week.were Dr. and Mrs. James Belk, Mayor Vance Cooley, Miasen Lois l?.in?a.??*.. stay W/eihbVn'. ?.-1 ??-??e Mitika barrie and Esther Lauder w?ro ho&iopsea ut the Cloverdale Toim 1<U*1 I n pa zer t So? ft? hin Patrolling the S ^{?lipers" had been silenced nm jjfjWtrt fines, under the direction' ot v*tep was the proper patrol nf tl nu their duties. Mnrtlilvl e plcinre shows a detachment' bf reported a great time and a fine S Mildred Harrison's father und pr of Brushy Creek spent last ; iy_with her. MB^anrvrens spout the last wcnk with tito Misses H-.-.rd. ar/.d'Wrs. Edgar Murphy visited* ive? .hern last week. .i aad;&Lrs. J. -C. Holllday have returned from a pleasant visit1 t?anta.. They left their littio sch, iu OrreuvlUo ' with . Mr. and ?'.. <?? Muiuaax. \ ' . Hudgens and Misses Mary \Hs|horn and .Miss Lois Hudgeijs tl lani st on -vero in tcwn Mondsy ^^^Kp MeMaban .was in town . ?ol closing last : Thursday XWsS McMahon once taught auf COONIZK JACK lislljp I ; pted. > recognize "Jgck" John f?vy weifrht trham<don of l tho fodcrf ls alfi ven'from the city of '-Hear Admiral I'mik F. Fletcher, bc ie disturbed city, luuttutuch na the civil aw. .wasiprnejiilpwd* B-lfl UiejOlty wat ' armed sailors mtwffil^Pl^^ WILSON TO PAY TRIBUTE TO DEAD _ President, Daniela, Di we y and ; Others To Attend Vern Crux ' Vict^ FOn^?? : ___. . WaabinBton. .May (-.--President WU-J son will, voice the nallon'a tribute to tho marines and the bluojacketa killed In the occupation of Vera Cru* pt-the I memorial eervices af. the Brooklyn na vy yard Monday. Sec?rtary Daniela and Ma stafi end Secretary Garrison and Admiral Dewey, will bo umone the chief figures at theS^?monl?>7 I"' Th#?vP,I*K!d*?t ?ruf- leave ; Waahrag hxon for Wew York tate Sunday night; Secretary Dufiie!? will' ?ail ' from Hampton Roads on tte* yacht Mavflpw . er and will escort tho funeral cruiser Montana tb Nev/ York harbor. In the lower harbor tbe battleship Wyoming and the Cruiser Tennessee will meet i the Montana, aud th,s Mayflower and will bo sonTto tb!^hOin? towns oTth'o marines and 'bluejacket on Monday. ????; .*<ii>??iui?ii ?iii-c-tj?j??ntie' to Boston with the three New England dead. IAt the marriage , of Mr. and Mrs. Stnph*n K!s?-. i?.Trpjf,?, lil., ii ssa 1 agreda' that both .should work,* th? wife's earnings to be used for living expor.?e3 and itt* husband's to ?,0 deposited in a Joint bank account; When Mnv, Kitts had learned that her or th? p^h o| t ?orj, Stoned " K- tfr ' ? . . >it? Aa waa announced ??ne tim? ato. Memorial dajr win b?^?baarM*. ?hla year on B?ndhy,M*y 1?*V thai day baa been observed ?to timur yearB in commemoration pf tb* deuth of ; Gen. T. J, Jackson, from which, moment tue flag of tije Confederacy began to droop. The. qraJtor for, the ?pi??|oit ^^ited hy thc Oil lighters o' the Ccniedtiracy ts Riclmrd ?. Manning bf ?iimi ir? who ?iii be inuoduded by Geb. M, ' hr Bonham. Bey, J. H. Glnhoney; will pronounce^ the invocation. The fol lowing ahnc?ncemettt of committees fron? tho Palmetto chafer hoe b>en ntode by Mrs. R. C. Webb, prentd.?!* ?ne first named in each committee be lair the ebairma? and is ashed io or RSnl? ; the committee nt anea. The committee ' la charge " follows:' *. 'Tho Kum??ton T?bM-?Mra' tolson. -.:. .-. Tho <? "Won y ?meat-Mrs. ..? Ola, Mrs. .tojin. Frank. Mrs, ?. il ?hair, MisB'Marger?i femada, "i The Court-ifbhse^Hrt; t?at ?ia? ?; 6. -Dowling; Mr?. Ra Best? Mts. T. E. Hotttrd, Mtja. T McCowa: M% Mt pgyne. . MUBlc-r-MJhfj "Zenobia "WoleOlf? ?.?Pmi1offi.'smi w wv B? Mrs. ?. T/'BMtVn.'Mrs. Bryaop*, ? R., : V?!eWi Mrs,. A?; 8. inflan, i a?iw?l!???;-w Mrs;'J. Rt yadafrer?Wrtf. J. O.T^aftlI hlt?? Mrs. ,J- "p. Suillvsn. Mts. w; B 1 Steel?. Mrs, J. M.*pavia,-Mr?. J. lt. AnnVrnon. Mrs. W, 3. Brock, -SWJ Ola Cooley,' Mrs. fi. "M,' C-Utoer.' Mra asl ?v?. E. t^tgoa ; ' Mrn. Minnie soi rora, Mir-, j. . yt: Payn?i Mrs? Richard Roper. Misses .?S?noMa Welch, ^^dfta Vandiv^r, Edna Broylea, Anna Bob jason- Rosa .-.Payne, not Payntv Eilt ton. i Mrs. J. J-/ - Bak&irai, Mrs. T. H. Crayton, Mre. "WV. Wi. Webb. Mr* Kitti Hammond. Mr?. Pat Major? Mrs,- .T. O, Banders, ""?Sri?, j. H. Marshall,,jjjwi. ( :. J*. St: til van. 'Mrs.: 'JornV-'waaa;' awi^Fri <*ft? : Watson ; Mrs. T. Ev ? ? o v.-. ard. Miss Margerst Evans, Misa IWrW OalUsrd. Miss Julia I"ewiv. IR ^MAStr^G GOftS i"*-"-ses. Neighbor ?; li how Picketts C?aaty J?? cooperation between - thc. landlord nod 1 the tenant has been observed tn i*ivUr I eas County,, lr*, his, latest Aiport, ?.-". { 1 - aislatam, state agent. of j oVmoostratlon ih cooperation with J CieniH?tj college ?av?-. 1 j J!.'gfaddOs'of Norris. S. C. i&f fctwaiisnt' farmer on tbs? term of t). w. Tate. . Mr. Maddox-Ja, known in hts, community as "th* best '?rmer in hte county. (Piches?? Ho began on ti* dead ??or'-. laud' fear -years -ag:.-. Jand being- tull of gnlteya from knee to wMsv *t*p. With deep plowing ter racing and winter covering of rjr?fcey gprctyi this' short Unie brobgu.t the farm up to' where,-last' veer,' he made an average.of ii bushels bf cordante. 1 -pound- rott?p per-aere. He .has no.w more than thr^o-fdutths, a renter can do wheu the ?W/lcrd c? op^r?tea properly. And tl?ts.-, ht the lord. Mr. Tqte tornhV.ice ti :r \ ; ill Qftvir crop s?end and binds htm" heir not to advodeh the chafgft?(;iier4 rent' as long JS Mr, Maddox remains on the farm,. ;M;v Msdjn?ttj^a cer tsln percentage or ell he njake* and ?WMK|iUir??uf..oao in to the in terest of'rite other: Mr. Tate tn do ?Z-.1.? X'.t .-ttV.' . k ?_ ? u- - . -, .is'"" "'W - mmr-. ? mt^ya?vm..^mm^ ?WT? Mhddox is-'delighted'wita *Wr. /Tat,e Such a harmonious coonerattve um*. J<r? Kd^ara Bal fchot Wi? Mr. B? ii, I groin fros?i Holl lng ,that his bi ward- Bannjstev eight hr ?Wade, Or land ts said to hara ??fad*--?-?' i i i-:-mMnitmmtT'^M?t?i \ Kif'?. ?". ' - ..ni. .i: mi j.^wx^ia^-. ffr.:. & ss the Anniversary ail Jackson, ? 8/ J^'?tl, ?JSTH, H. H. ku*s?)L JttHH P. B; Maxwell, Mrc. W. R. Rn?? Mr*, li. s. Vahdjver,' Mrs.; VUklll HanV?. Mrs. Frank u?tUard. ikr 1 Catholic Cewotery~-M>?< M. ?. Bdfc hain.-Mra; d'.-t?.' nutter, 'Mr*; fe Sfiauldln, Mr?. Th4o Vant, Mrs G Prince. Mrs. Pmman. - 1 j .The.?ravos wi? he decorated ita? j ?tedlately after the exercises lo tte* j court housio ??tl everybod)- Ia eorQU i albr fevUtd to unite with the ar&u, jed paughtera Of the Con federar? Ls I ^..i?j???eip ter I) ere rot te a, ;>h' j?irt House-t?'l?rs. Hammond J^^H Ahni?'jp?al'e.v. Bf?iW. Mr* CTrtl-lna b?U?^? 'QwJ Mil ss Amelia ReeaV Mis? Eunice Qi fl*S.;^:MaraS|i?|^Mfiev ?PSift?'ft-'^p; c?an.,Mrs,; m^.jpdtwr?^Mre* Ir; iBfeatl?Vwttf. .tantos ThopiMBoxi. , Mrs. Ry r. Mrs. Wilt Miss Lily Major; eliairman er, Misa Andie Todd Kath HUI'S court i tica ?or a hei sejuwlft?i