The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 17, 1912, Image 8
NKW OH M IL SWOIIN INTO OF
FICK TUESDAY N it.II I'?DIS?
CI'S* ITTl Ri: PLANS.
Ord usance IVrtair?nf. to Mary Simi
Pane* d hrriiii n ..lay <.o to Flor?
ence ? o\oit hargi s from sumter
Lighting t ompany ? Application*
for City Nantmrr'M Job Hcechctl
ami Read?Other Vlatten?.
Sumter Is now under the '-ommls
aion form of city government, with a
olty manager to be elected ai some
time in the future as soon as a good
man for the pisee can be found. The
saw council were aworn into office
Tuesday night and the members of
the old council deserted the council
chamber In apparently high spirits
after a short discussion in the na?
ture of a gjsjg feast was held in which
the departing members showered
beet wishes and congratulations upon
the new members.
The result of the election which
waa held Tuesday was declared af?
ter all old business was disposed of
and Mr. B. H. Rhame. a notary
public, took the oaths of the Incom?
ing members of council. With their
Inauguration Into office eras Inaugu?
rated the commission form of govern?
ment In Sumter, a form in which
Sumter will be the proponent and
leader and which will be watched
with Interest in all parts of the civil?
ised world, especially in those parts of
America where the citizens are look?
ing out for a better form of muni?
cipal government
Cruacll was called to order by
Mayor Jennings shortly after 8
O'clock with Just a quorum present,
Messrs. Wright, Glenn, McKelver and
Wilder being absent. The minutes of
the last meeting were road and ap?
proved and the ordinance pertaining
to the right of way for the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad on Mary street in
the southwestern part of the city was
read and discussed. Very few chang?
es were made In it from the former
ordinance, except as to the distances
from the track and Installation of
pipe. The ordinance was pasted and
the mayor and clerk were instructed
to sign and deliver It during the week.
Mr. D. D. Molae asked council to
grant permission for the South Caro?
lina Western Railroad to lay tracks
and have a right of way down Oreen
street. He stated that while no or?
dinance to this effect had been pass?
ed before, It was generally under?
stood that council would allow this
privilege. Mr. Molse then read an or
diance granting the railroad the per
mlaelon desired. The ordinance was
passed with the understanding that
certain chanhes allowing the road
only one track In the street and the
right to cross Calhoun, Canal and
Hampton streets be Inserted.
Mr. J. H. Forbes, on behalf of (he
volunteer fire department, appeared
before council and requested permis?
sion for the racing squad to go to
Florence on Labor Day. He stated
that eight men. one horse and the
racing wagon would be the equlment
which would be taken. Later council
"In regular order took up the matter
and it was decided unanimously to
allow the firemen to go. Mr. Jen?
nings stated that he was In favor of
encouraging the volunteer tire^ de?
partment in all possible way*, and
Mr. Booth stated that he had form
er!y been opposed to the team going
TtuUtide of the State, but as the trip
th.t time wan so short he v is In favor
of the team going to Florence 1:
wsa understood that any damage done
W the city** fire equipment in the
trip w??a to be ragdaced oy the racing
t'iuad.
The sggsjfi hTOra the hOtlCs commit?
tee was read and <?< hffd i informa?
tion.
* raggdtSi from <hris. Oases for
Perml<?ion |g build a tin ?hed in the
rear of his store was not acted on.
council desiring fuller particulars be?
fore action.
A report from the latei Woiks
Comndaalon wan r?*d and received as
Information.
Mr. Cuttlno, for the fu ggf irtuo nt, 1
made a report that the racing BSJttgd
had lost a set of harness while in
FayettevllNe, which he thought they
should replace. Mr. McL.xurln and
other members of council were of the
?um* opinion. It waa stated that a
part of a ggf had baeg ordered by the
squad already.
Mr Cuttino Stated that he had re?
ceived bflgg from Messrs Ard and Fu
?hee |g install the hagtgf Ig th ? lire
house. As the bid of Mr. Pe**Jg*m
wax tb** ' be tp< r hi* bid should be a- -
t epted.
He f ar that i ? poi lad 'bat gS ggd
ggssjgfgsjfgd lernt Um gejagter Lighting
Companv had been overcharging the
city f??r electricity at the Fire
De pa i ateal Hi tdgnartera, Hs h I
? ggsmunlcated with Mr. K. II. Moses.
? b#? manager of the eomnnajTi s/lth ?'
view t<? ?ett I l a* the matter, bttl had
reached no adjssjlaneat The letters
which bad panned b.fwen Mr. rut
tlno and Mr. Moses were read and
on motion of Mr Cuttlno a rsggfgtlog
was pa?a??<l t ? the effect that tin
shtlng Company would be held re
sponsible for all overcharges. The
difference between the flre eommitt? ?
and the lighting company seemed f"
have urisen over the question a.s to
whether or not the flre department,
headquarters was a part of the city
property and entitled to the same
rates a? the city when it was under
the management of the Monaghan
Hose Company.
Mr. Booth reported the work on
the streets to be getting on well. IK
stated that u:dy routine work wai
going on, the street force being en
ployed In taking up pipe, cleaning it
out and replacing it.
Mr. MoT a Ut In reported for the
ilnunce committe that hin report was
in the hands of the city clerk. He
said that the city had recently bor?
rowed $2.500, of which about *7'?0
was left. This he hoped would prove
as the widow's cruise of oil which
never failed, at the same time he
hinted that he did not think that it
would be as effective.
All old matters being over, the elec?
tion returns were brought in and the
count of the managers taken. Mr.
Hurst read the report of the man?
agers that 152 ballots had been cajsc
In the election. Mr. Jennings had re?
ceived 152 votes, Mr. J. P. Booth 133
and Mr. C. G, Rowland 113. Mr. Jen?
nings was accordingly declared mayor
and Mr. Booth councilman for four
years, and Mr. Rowland councilman
for two years. The oath of office was
then administered and subscribed to
before Mr. E. H. Rhame, one of the
retiring members of council, and af?
ter handshakes all round and be d
wishes, the old council withdrew
I It was decided to pay all outstand?
ing bills against the city upon the ap?
proval of the chairmen of the old
committees and to keep a strict ac?
count of all new bills whica were
made.
A letter from the National Hygiene
and Demography Society , was read
and received as information. The so?
ciety wanted the city to send a rep?
resentative to its convention at
Washington.
A letter from Mr. J. D. Gregg re?
questing a light in front of his store
at the corner of Mantling avenue and
Divine streets was read, but action
was postponed until further informa?
tion could he obtained.
Mr. Hurst then read a number of
letters from applicants desiring the
Job as city manager. Mr. R. J. Cald
well adv<sed the city to consult with
the Municipal Research Society be?
fore choosing a man. Of those who
applied, one is of Sumter, and all the
others are traveling men. A letter
to the Chamber of Commerce
asking that an Associated Press bul?
letin be sent out to the effect that a
man was wanted for the job was read
and received as information. Mr.
Rowland stated that he had discuss?
ed the matter of getting a city man?
ager with several parties, but that
ho had not been successful in decid?
ing upon any one yet. He was on thvj
trail of a good man n jw, however,
and he would report the result of his
search later. He and the other mem
I &TM of council seemed to think that
It would be very much better to get a
home man, if they could get one \> ho
would and could "nil the bill," but
what council wants was "the man.'*
no matter where he might be from.
The matter was discussed fully, coun?
cil deciding to keep on the lookout for
a man at all times until the place Is
filled
Mr. Rowland thought that the
llscal year should end and begin with
the Inauguration of t:ie commission
forgf) of government, so that the
members of council could see how the
City Stood Wheg they took charge and
Its financial condition at any time In
the future. Mr. Hurst Stated that he
would make out a supplementary re
pOlt to the annual report which he
ha* made out at the lirst of April, as
he had been In the habit of doing
and thus bring the books up to Au?
gust 1st. It was agreed that this
nhoUid he done and a balance sheet
given to the members of council to
\% nlch they could refer at any time.
It was decided that no addition
WOUld he made to the watcrwork
( ommission at this time, to take the
place of Mr. Rowland, who was In
eapa< Hated from acting on It by his
election to oonncll, it was further
decided that the water works com?
mission and council would act as
COmmlaston Of five until the legisla?
ture i iet and abolished the commis?
sion. In lids way Mr. Rowland would
havs Ilms to carry Into effect certain
Improvements in the water works
system whi< b he had In ulnd and
the othei members of council would
learn the workings of the system,
Mr. Jennings stated that he had in?
formed tin- police that, white no
changes would be made In the de?
partment, the "Blue laws*' would
havs to be strtotly enforced from now
on ss long .?s they were on the city <
books, er eounell would knoa the
reason win
Mr. Rowland stated that be did n?M
knou exactly how the matter stood
Ion that be was OpPOSSd to the |.
pie of ? ho city paying more than s
jus? per i sntags on stock In public
Utilities und hS thought that COUU<
ell f uKht to look into th? matter
PROMERS 13 BE FREE
FARMERS' l'Xlo.N ISSUES STIH
Kl\(. ADDRESS TU PEOPLE
OF sol TJl CAROLIN \.
liy MmM Of State Aul. TIlUM! -oho,
Create tbe Wealth of the Couu; r)
May Secure to Tliem-olvc? the Pro?
ceeds Of the Sweat of Their Own
Bggssg?New Wgrobonse Bill in
Conformity with Decision of Su
ptesjie Court.
Fellow Citizens:
At the annual meeting of Jhe .State
Union, Iveld In Coluinl)ia on the 22rd
and 24th of July, the undersigned
were instructed to issue an address to
the people on cotton marketing and
to draft a .bill for introduetF .\ at the
next session of the general assembly,
which will i?e in conformity with the
recent decision of the supreme court
on the state warehouse act.
We herewith .submit a measure em?
bracing not only a State owned and
operated warehouse system, but also
intended to standardize cotton grad?
ing and baling, so that the stamp of
South Carolina will be accepted the
world over at its face value as a
guarantee of merit.
It is recognized as a vital business
princplle today, that consolidation,
not competition, is the foundation of
wealth, because it reduces the cost of
production and makes for efficiency
and economy in placing commodities
on the market.
Fellow farmers, it is only in our
business where the old-time brutal
law of "the survival of the fittest" re?
mains of force. We alone are com?
petitors, one with the other, in the
markets of the world. With the sov?
ereign power of the State government
behind them, let the cotton planters,
with due regard to the laws of supply
and demand, market their cotton only
when demand ensures a fair profit,
taking care of the surplus as do the
producers of iron, copper, coal and
other standard necessities of fife.
The marketing of cotton i3 of
world-wide import, because, since the
adoption of the gold standard, cotton
has become the very cornerstone of
International finance. It is through
cotton that the United States controls
the balance of the world's trade, and
the south, having a natural monopoly
of Its production, has it in her power,
through wisely directed effort, to
largely dominate the finances of the
United States, instead of occupying
J the subservient position she does to?
day.
Political economists arc agreed that
the price of commodities always ad?
vances or declines automatically as
the measure of value increases or de?
creases. If the quantitative money
theory then be correct it means that
1^ the supply of gold increases in pro?
portion to the increase in business
transactions, that prices hold steady
and prosperity reigns: per contra,
with u diminishing gold supply, and
an increasing volume of business,
prices decline and hard times come.
Applying these basic principles to
cotton, what do we lind?
1st. Cotton is an export crop, the
?urnlus sold abroad fixing the price of
tha which enters into domestic con?
sumption.
2nd. This being true, ; he price of
cotton iw fixed not In relation to the
supply of gold In the United States
but in the cotton manufacturing cen?
ters abroad.
There is no other great world crop
beating just the relations to the finan?
cial system that cotton does. Wheat
grain, wool and meal are world-wide
products, a failure in one region Is
compensated bj over-production in
another. World-wlds consumption
and restricted area oi' production 's
what makes cotton "King."
After the panic of 1893 and the set?
tlement of the tree silver question,
the great financiers of New York w ? r ?
quick to take advantage of the mon?
opoly in cotton advantage to turn ex?
ports of gold into imports, thereby
"restoring confidence" and prosperity.
New York has steadily each fall
drained Kurope of her gold reserves
by demanding pay for cotton in gold.
Watch the imports during September,
October and November, it is these
which within sixteen years have trans?
ferred the (enter of the Aanclal
world from the banks of the Hague to
the banks of the Hudson and made
Morgan, not Rothschild, its king
Bach year the foreign balance of
trade Is just about equal to the value
..f southern cotton sold abroad,
Has the time come when southern
genius and southern statesmanship Is
when the public utilities were being
put in. II.* did not believe In making
the people pay dividends on $400,000,
?ben the public utilities Itself was not
Worth more than $150,000, In oth?
er WOrdS lie did Hot believe it jllSt to
allow the public utilities to make the
pe.,pi,. pay dividends on watered stock
and be believed it tin- council's
place to look .nit for the people's In?
terest in Ihese matters.
Various other matters were taken
up and discussed by the m w council
and a plan was in a way mapped out
to guide their future actions.
equal to the task offered js of God'
Can we turn to our own advantage as
opportunity greater than any people
have had since Canaan a*.as offered 1
tree gift to the children of Israel.?
At present we "make brick without
straw'' and the hand of the "task
master" Is heavy, our crop is pro?
duced and the expenses are paid, n/>:
in money, but credit paper whose re?
demption in gold is unheard of; at
least nn per cent of all the business
transaction connected with making
the crop Is by check? draft or "prom?
ise to pay." When it come- time to
market the crop abroad where the
price is fixed, payment Is demanded in
gold, and the actual shipment of the
metal itself begins. This goJd does
not enter into circulation, but Is lock?
ed in the vaults of New York to
maintain a commercial supremacy in
which the south is not permitted to
shgffe,
We have a vision of the time in the
near future when, through this sys?
tem, .southern ports w'll become the
cotton distributing points of the world
and southern banks, the channel
through which shall flow this steady
stream of gold, which fructifies the
commerce of the nation.
At present we permit each year the
purchasing power of our customers
abroad to be depleted for an advan?
tage to New York, which is a positive
injury to us, because of the steady
fall in cotton prices resulting. A mere
statement of the proposition reveals
the economic blunder which holds the
south in bondage.
It is as unjust to European spinners
as it is cruel to southern planters. It
is generous only to the gamblers who
exploit both spinner and producer.
The remedy we propose is to bring
the producer and the spinner togeth?
er through a system of government
warehouses, which will, as sure as
fate, become the basis of a foreign
and domestic system of banking,
which will reduce interest rates and
regulate money to its only legitimate
function?a medium of exchange.
The recent decision of the supreme
court is of far-reaching effect, great?
er perhaps, than any of us now real?
ize, for it gives a broad intepretation
of the powers of the State in protect?
ing her citizens from combination-'
which would confiscate nroperty by
destroying the profits ' arising there?
from- The South Carolina decision
marks a new era and will be the au?
thority most quoted in the social and
industrial questions now pressing for
solution.
The objections to the bill were on
technical questions, and the broad
door to the police powers of the State
was opened wide by the court. It
would be historically fit, should the
trust question threatening the secur?
ity of the nation be settled by South
Carolina leading the way back to
"State's rights" and the reserve pow?
ers of the people vested in their State
legislature*.
No better illustration of the effec?
tiveness of the scheme which we pro?
pose could be found than in the crop
just marketed.
In October, under the impact of a
crop estimated at 14,500,000 bales,
cotton declined to eight cents. This
summer, when the crop is known to
be not much under 17.000,000 bales,
cotton has been soling at interior
towns around II? cents, difference of
about $25 per bale. Twenty-live dol?
lars a bale <>n soo.ooo bales so sacri?
ficed Of ttie crop in South Carolina
last year would amount to twenty
million dollars. We call your atten?
tion to the undeniable fact that this
enormous loss has fallen directly up?
on the planters. The banker, mer?
chant and fertilizer factory have been
paid in fall or are getting interest on
balances carried over. The railroads
received the same freight per bale
on carrying the largest crop ever pro
d need.
WI lore loss on Last Crop Pell,
We further call your attention to
another fact in connection with tins
loss: Among the planters it has fall?
en most heavily on the smaller ones,
those least ab'le to stand it. because
the planter with money or established
credit was aide to warehouse his cot?
ton and realize from 11c. to 13c. for
it.
Will Make Consumer Pay Expenses.
We debated in our minds for some
time the feature of a direct appropri?
ation from tin- state ami Anally con
eluded that it was best to let the cot?
ton crop take care of itself in the
manner suggested in the bill.
Heretofore, under our methods of
marketing in connection with each
..tiier. ail charges, including transpor?
tation, have been borne by the pro?
ducer. Under 'be scheine proposed,
the expenses of marketing will be in
the nature < f a tax on consumption,
shared by tin consumers of cotton
the w.uld over, and every economy
which can he Introduced will enure
111 the hen. tit- of both producer and
consumer.
We desire t.? call the spec ial atten?
tion of the hankers 1.. the report of
the banking committee of the State
Cnion, ami we earnestly request the
I assistance of .>ur banks, and su?
I gesl that they arrange now ?<> secure
sufficient funds or gel assurances of
extension which will avert the ?ixas
i ten of Jast fajj, your profits, gen*
tlemen, depend very largely on the
surplus w hirh farmers are able t<
deposit with you after settlement ol
the expenses of the crop; therefore,
we confidently expect your co-oper
a Lion,
To the Manufacturer: We sr that
this bill does not seek t < deprive you
of just profits. We recognize th*
fact that our product is without val
ue until your spindles change it into
cloth. It is to you wo look for that
extension of trade and a development
Of new markets which creates an
ever-widening demand tor American
COtton. The inspection, grading and
lessening of marketing cost, enables
us to give you cheaper raw material
an/1 thereby increase your profits as
we?J as ours.
To the laboring man: We say. the
more money our cotton brings in
from abroad the greater the demand
for your labor, atid the higher wage,
you can demand, whether in the fac?
tory, workshop or the farm.
The tendency is toward congestion
in the city, which means competition
between laborers. Help us increase
the prob us on the farm to a point
where labor from the country will
not seek the town to compete with
you and make still higher the cost
id' living.
Jji conclusion! fellow citizens, as
We revere the past and hope for the
future, we say that the time has
come in South Carolina for an uplift,
political, social and industrial.
E. W. DA BBS, President,
JNO. L. McLAURlN,
Committee State Farmers* Union
A Bill.
A Bill to Regulate the Ginning, Bal?
ing, Inspecting, Warehousing and
Marketing of Cotton and Other
Products.
Whereas, cotton is the great money
crop of this State and annually brings
into the channels of our trade fifty to
one hundred millions of dollars; and,
Whereas, No commodity known to
the world's commerce is marketed in
such disreputable condition as to size
and shape of packages, mixed con?
tents and scarecrow covering.
And whereas, No other commodity
of any importance known to the i
world's commerce is marketed with
such utted disregard of the laws of
trade. j
In the language of the statute of
1789, "Whereas, It is necessary to?
bacco should be in.-v?cted before the
same is sent to foreign markets, as
well as to prevent fraud between the j
buyer and seller, as to prevent that
article (the growth of this State)
from being brought into disrepute j
abroad." Now, therefore, I
Be it enacted. That in the exercise J
of the police powers of the State and J
for the common defense, a State in?
spection and cotton warehouse sys- J
tern is hereby established. j
I. That Richard Roe, John Doe
and Thomas Blank are hereby consti?
tuted and appointed a commission to
carry out the purpose of this act. I
Their terms of service shall be two.
four and six years respectively, and
upon the expiration of their respect?
ive terms, the election of their suc?
cessors shall be for a term ol' six
years each. j
II, It shall be their duty to study]
the conditions under which cotton is
grown, harvested, ginned, baled,
stored and marketed, and as a result
of such investigation, to organize a J
system that will bring about needed
reforms, and provide for the most j
economical and scientific handling of
this great crop from the fields to the
mills.
in. It shall be their duty, when
they have determined upon the best
system of ginning, baling and cover- J
ing. to recommend Its adoption by all J
ginners as fast as practicable without i
undue expense. it being one Of the J
objects of this act to have .a uniform
bale. that Will make South Carolina
cotton distinctive in all the markets j
of the world.
IV. They shall have the power to
appoint as many inspectors aa may
be necessary to see thai the ginner?
ies are kept up to the proper degree
of efficiency, whether they be private
or public gins; that proper bagging
and ties alt being used; that there !?
no false packing or excess tar< being
used, and any other duties found
necessary to carry out the purp '-es
Cf this act.
V. it shall be the duty of this corn
mist-ion to establish by lease, pur-1
? base or building as many warehouses
as may be found ma-cssary to proper- j
lv store and to gradually market iv
cotton ? top of this State, and to ap?
point managers and such other em?
ployes as may be found necessary to
handle the business in an ? conomical
but thoroughl} efficient manner.
\ l. it shall be the dutj of the - <i
commission to receive for storage all
lint cotton properly baled and Issin
Its receipt, serially numbered, clearly
setting forth the weight, grade snd
length ? i staple, so as to be abb- to
deliver the Identical bale en surrender
oi ?in- receipt for ihe same, such re?
ceipt to be transferred only by writ
t. n assignment and the cotton which
it represents deliverable only upon
the production of the receipt, whl< h
is i?. be marked "Cancelled" /hen ike
cotton Is taken from the warehouse.
And the mate of aouui Carolina, In
the exercise of her police powers, wii:
carry out the provlslone heroin set
forth,
VH. The Inspection tags herein*
alter provided for, and the mam
house receipts above named, shall be
00 designed that the brand "South
Carolina'1 shall be unmistakable, the
Palmetto tree, with a hale of cotton
lyini' at its roots, and the shield of
the Scats on either side.
VIII. To provide for tin- estab?
lishment and maintenance of tins sys?
tem an inspection fee shall be paid
of 25c per bale on all short staple
cotton, 50c per bale on all extra
staple cotton, and $1.00 per bale on
all sea island cotton grown or offer?
ed for sale in the State.
Evidence of the payment oi the
fees above stated shall be by an in?
spection tag setting forth the weight,
grade and length of staple >f each
bale of cotton under regulations to
be provided by the commission.
IX. In fixing the charges for hand?
ling and storing cotton the said com?
mission shall bear in mind that it ii
the purpose of this act to establish a
sjstem which shall be self-sustaining,
and provide the facilities to market
the cotton crop of this State at a
minimum of cost to the producer.
X. The inspection fees provided in
this act shall begin on July l 1912,
and shall then apply to all cotton car
carried over from the old crop or
new cotton coming in.
XI. By reason of the fact that the
cotton crop now matures su much
earlier than when the cotton year was
fixed from September 1st to August
31st, the cotton year under this sys?
tem '.s hereby declared to be from
July 1st to June 30th of each year.
XII. The commission shall make
annual reports to the general assem?
bly.
XIII. The commission shall give
bond to the State of South 'Carolina in
the sum of $50,000 each, conditioned
for the faithful performance of their
duties. And shall require good and
sufficient bonds of all employes in
such amounts as they may deem nec?
essary to protect the public interests,
and shall keep fully insured all ware?
houses and all cotton or other com?
modities on storage in the same.
XIV. To encourage a diversified
agriculture the commission are direct?
ed to utilize the said warehouse for
the storage of corn, hay, oats, peas
and other non-perishable farm pro?
ducts put up In commercial pack?
ages during such times as there may
be room, and on such terms as win
cover cost of insurance and storage:.
XV. The said commission are
hereby authorized and empowered to
make such rules and regulations BS
they may deem necessary to carry out
the intent and purpose of this act, not
hereinbefore specifically set forth.
XVI. The salaries of the commis?
sion are hereby fixed at $5,000 each
per annum, payable monthly, and
transportation when in the discharge
of their duties, with actual hotel bills
when away from their homes cn du?
ties connected with their olfice. And
they shall fix the salaries of al em?
ployes with a view of economic but
efficient service.
XVII. All money collected und-r
the provisions Of this act shall be
turned into the State treasury month
ly. and shall be held by the State
treasurer as a separate fund for the
purposes of th I act. All warrants for
salaries and other expenses provided
for in this act shall be accompanied
by itemized vouchers and approved by
the commission and the comptroller
general before payment by the Stan
treasurer.
XVIII. To put this act into imme?
diate effect, the sum of $50.000 be.
and the same is hereby appropriated
out of any money in the State treas?
ury not othewtse appropriated.
XIX. All acts and parts of sCtS in?
consistent with this act be, and the
same are. hereby repealed.
in l nc IHHfcce Court.
Clifton Fay. transporting WhtsfcO)
for unlawful purpose, dismissed.
Jack Johnson, cursing, disturbance
of the peace and resisting arrest, was
lined $25 or 20 days on the first two
offenses, and was dismissed on the
third charge.
Hayward Isaacs, transporting whis?
key for an unlawful purpose, $15 or
30 days.
Clifton Cay. violation of the hack
ordinance, dismissed.
Emma Boyce, storing liquor for un?
lawful purpose. $;?0 or 30 days.
New York Cotton Market.
Sew York. Aug. 15.
?>pen Close
January. 1 1.54?55 1 1.59?til
March.11.41?14 1 1.72 75
May. 1 1.79 ? SO
Aug.1130
Sept.U."7
. October.11. r 2?53 11.S4?59
December ..11.44- SI '1 41?66
11 we were sent after ? doctor for
either <u the three chief Presidential
candidates, we'd at once for s
beauty doctor.?Wilmington star.