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iERTONE FIRM IN COTTOII MARKET Bullish February Exports and Small Receipts Sus taining Factors. TRADING WAS ACTIVE Liverpool Did Not Fully Res|M»nd—Ignored in American Markets. New Tork, Morrb l.-Thr rollon marlin epwil Orm ami hlibrr, with tradr drrldM ly mnrr arlltr In all luonlba I'oniml.- rid* Uonar hnalnraa oa a rranlt of Ik* run ttaued adranrr for tb* taat f*w day* voi Berk bntrr tbla morning. The Engllah mark*! for ftituret did Dot respond to the extent aa «ip«rt*d. Flrat price, ahnuld hav* been 4 1-1 In • 1-1 hither In reaponae lo the at rant doting In New Tork on Thuraday. Opening quotation# were 4 higher on the near-month* and 1 up on the late.' The late month* developed conalderabl* atrength later and at II:It t>. m. were aelllng at t 1-1 to « 1-1 higher, aa Compared with Thuraday'a finale. Prom top flgurea there waa a alight recea aton. the doae being ateady > 1-1 to 6 polnte higher. ' The fallowing la the range In tka active ■ontha la UrrrpooL Open NEWS AND GOSSIP > .. A)t the Fleecy Staple. MprrtxL'te Tk* Georgian. tPmiu llaywanl. Vtrk a Clark.] sm z gzs&Jmz middling 1101; aalen 1.000, 4 latlon aad raport toO; eprrulaflun aad raport all Ameriraii. Pori r*ret|iti today call 000. attain*! tl.Ttt teat week 7 Mr. Price tent a Iwlllth cable to Mr rrpuol (gut night, t>rs<*t (rally g summary of his rr«Ti»t Hsborsts circulars, tb* points twine a r*|4dtf marketed crop, • I6g row- •um |ti Ion. and rhraprolB* of foht through Many think that a fraction la due in view nf recant advances. ami mar a radar ttrm nf tong Itnvs might raapmutiiy ba r* ■ay tad. Attention la tiring drawn to speculative r*HMllttoM at this lime ls« fair. Tiara waa thru a strong hull clique. tbs hull rlaro dlsanter. and inanjr Mtndents of the •ItustIon itfllrrr that the hul* deal waa wound up lirforr It had l*eeu carried to Its contemplated ronrlnalon. Thr ft that all ... ,— — __ thin market up with cotton for May de livery ar«» working with the bulla, and G**^ CO it Oil will in* **-|fi aWi; from orn In View of olNtorat* boll manipulation la ur market «t the close yesierdsy. Wear- immiI cable* arc strong, with spots showing great activity. Week end figures ware etpectad Ut ,1* 6.;« 1.74 II Hov-Jeec . Mf lapm OeleberNovenilier ....1.(1 In the spot deportment the demand waa only moderate, eales aggregating 1.000 bales at unchanged - price*, mlil- “ dllng 0.14. Futures In New York were reported Arm et the opening, with trading de- • ctdedly more active than for a .long while, coriunlaalon heuieg reporting ft much better bualneee. Indicative tntit’ the public Is entering the market more freely. Flrat prtcee were 1 to t points higher, further gaining about 4 points when the advance waa checked on pro fit-taking sale* by recent buyers, who art apparently amt tailed with small profits. • Speculation stems to be broadening, and ae new feat urea will likely go to the long aide. Influences now shaping for a bull movement of moderate pro portion!. the Improvement. It la thought by Insldera, will continue. It has been a generally accepted fact that the Interior, counted and uncount ed towne. held an enormous quantity of cotton yet to be marketed. On In- Teatlgalton by r«U»M« parties It has In fact. In some sections there la actual scarcity, ha Is ahown by the fol lowing Item In The Savannah Press of last Monday: "Mr. E. A. Cutla, who haa been on a hnilnaaa trip 1- Mamn Atlanta and Zt Columbus for the past several daya. wv, mxi there 1* little cotton toft In J the country. * "From (ttformatlon • >01** 11 the “"TiJiiHrT Tint*#'AaSag "the paat f*w . jteycol waa Impraaaad with the small remaining In the amount or cotton country unsold at this time.” said Mr. Cutla. “Where 1 expected to And cot ton, thera waa none, and In every eec- ' tlon visited the crop was ahown to be very nearly marketed. I look for very much higher prtcee." vf."vsa«s -s' a -saagfryss « t-Xiih Heater’s tala sight movement for thr *k: fereriaad. week... Mac* Sent I In sight for week. Mnee Mepi. 1. .. ll.lM.tW “5STT —5TST «.» tta.ni Aiii.tta -rar sm T11.47* HAMS I.UIK Comparative receipts al all V. *• P*ri* 1**1 year Increase t receipt* since Oep'.emlier 1.. me time last year •Total race Mam* Um Estimated receipts tomorrow^ New Ortaaoa 4.100 to 6.600 Galveston 11,000 to 11«» Uoaaton J-Wto 6.50U Movement at Atlanta: Baralpta todav * Bam* day laat year Increase Shipments today St, 37 4.111 .. T7.33H ..8.270.2J6 .6.235.7*' ..•.\«34.4* 1M6. 6.066 4.3* :,:4t Non* Nom* 1*17* •POT COTTON MARKET. Liverpool, barely .leady: middling upland. -,0V nit ll.A*; middling W*; New York, *tend . .. •red on contract 14,'**'. New Orlenu*. firm: i •flit on vtkfltrai't f*'. Savannah, steady; middling !%’• Norfolk. Ann: »iihl.HI. , «i 1«V- Baltimore. nominal: wfiblllM HV Itoatnu. ateady: middling 11 Iw** , Little kovk. ateady: inhldltnit 10V* TODAY'S PORT RECEIPT8. New Orleans. Galveston. . . Mobile - Karannth. . Charleston. . . Wilmington. . Norfolk- - Haltlniore . . Boston. - * • Brunswick . JavkaonUilv Kewpoit Nvwi Total INTERIOR RECEIPTS. The followlbk table ahowe receipts at the towua today. compared* with the same day laat year: rather tniltlsb. and dry foods rhntlnue to report strong and arttre markets. We ea* peel still letter prlrla. ir now * .Or. Ur d. nud we will pro , tlon Inmi the top, but tb era la bulMsb fever In the Mr. AImiiiI 2.to) unlives acid to lie out. Weld bidding 9.*2r for k.000 May. ‘ ealde anys: ••Manchester atroug and The liulllah exports for Fetiruary. aumll ulllah — Niutiiltilnff factors and avemed to sweeas- fully opjNMM* the aellltia for a reaction ami rvallsltig for the week cud. It la Mild that the hulk of the New York •tiN-k Is held hy people who will not deliver It on contract, nut who will cover their they *h4p cotton out t» (HI *n- ■nfpuewk Ylny his nrtmnml <4 points within the In at week nud conservative tmdera it re In clined to cfinatder the progress over-rapid and to predict a reaction. New Oricuna. Slarcb l.-HaywSfd. Tlrlf k nark: ttvi»rp«inn»rTpitnrTig good ■■ *x- |iecte«l. Futures were due € up. They lire only 4tf& higher. Hpot pries* tin changed. Weather map shows very heavy rain# njrklii In the c«*titnil states. Hslu In tb* delta lasted for five days. Farm work lui- possible. Indications sre for clearing ami colder tomorrow. FEBRUARY AT THE TOP AS A BU8INE88 MONTH The Now York fomuuTHnl: Aa tUd week of the season. m« t created a feeling of uncertainty In I uarters. The manner In which mannfae- urera have defaultetl on many ahlpmenta haa Iteen taken aa an Indication or what may he expected during tk« spring months •nil buyers are taking no chances T»y delay-, inn the placing uf du|dlai te hnstueaa. Jobhera report thwt they ary havfng mora ^ ttSpS?*!? buyer In many In at a neea mnntifacti copied-order* 4»ver *ud wU*vm| tlurtlou of the plants aar^ for tke present delayed shortage of goods la *p|* all litis* for the aptiug and summer fh and turn whichever way he will, the ta confronted l»y Inability mi the p •client to ntike the shipments which he requires. At the Iteglnnlng of t)m season It was * re wkuld lie any •lusrt- it time lines _ » taken well _ Jmttba are now alMtiit the shortest tiling In the market, and the buy- r la only too wllllug to pay top prices provided the manufacturer ran guarantee the deliveries called for. Wash dress fab rics ami tires* llneus are also remarkably •carve and prices an* steadily advancing on the popular ami fnvoflte Hues. The month of February lit Jobbing houses ahows the volume of business' put through to bo considerably larger than that for the Name perhid last year, while the manner In Which buyer* an* winding up their pur chssea for the mouth la rnnldly placing February at the top of the list us n bust* liens mouth. ft peels I to The Georgian. (From llerwinT. Vick A Clark.l Chlrago. Malyh l.-llartleti. Frailer A ' " rrlu # , '" 1: Believe wheat la a piirrhnae oa ?!.U-.ll,* t> ° 1 * *" d ,00 '' ,or dSov price* Hecetpia of win and oat. prooilse ,o continue quite mwlerate from now on. !>*- Wind for both continue, rery good. Think them Imth n nurrhase. Would prefer to tell provisions ou th* hard a|iots. Private wire houaea all hav* linking or- tejakt 17. Henlpert tnrned liujrera at !i ■hibu t adahy bought n half million Mar rlh* at IHri.OlH. Helling preseure uut aa.flaavy *1 the mouieut. i The .Northwest bee lieen sending verjr liearlah news nil tnnrnlng, and pr.-lletIn* Inwrr price.. Ther *nv their r™ eli.l! Would TUh ’Vrrf hew I r *uiT pre-TIei Targe' Increase clean up la Ilia opening of navi- gallon. . Tke Chicago Evening Foot: W. S. Krk. harilt. of l'upa A Krkbardt Co., nera that People who are afraid of a scarcity of con tract porn this season are only those who »r* unaware trf the oxrrlleoee of th* qua! it*v man maisfure nmn any crop or Tae tutr mrr**tt Ih fh* spring there wHI be nd^ dagger uf people who hare lmugkl corn tor ♦'OfpYorrad-upua twain at &c diaciuiut, #» buyer*.-are paylug uu Ike call now wlfhln A* of the Slay prim Tor rorn to he dettremt here tu April. fthearaon. Ilammlll k Co. reported sale of 21,000 huahela No. 3 red wheat at *wc uu- der Ylay price for ahlpmeut to Mlchlgsn. Another. 2B.OOO bushels waa sold at *- urnler May by another bouse. It also tielng for thlpmeut to a country miller. Iwrtlett-Frasler said: * , l«nto laat night Uo.000 huahela Manltohn wheat now In But* falo was sold for export. Tbla virtually cleagj up that grade of wheat nt that NAVAL 8TORE8. . viiiiunh. tin.. March 1.—'Turpentine firm Idd; sale* 64: receipt* 19: ahliuuenta l.fiSk. Ilotdn Arm: aalee 7l6; rewdpia €77; ablp mclit* 9.194: stock €0.994. Quote: ABC 14.15; I> »4 20; K 94.25; P It SO; <1 94.16: II H€0; I t4.CS; K 15.45; M IS€0; N W.lO; window glass, S6.40; water white 9CS5. HAYWARD. VICK A CLARKE'8 DAILY COTTON LETTER. ah Liver loual advance In Aui'Tlmii niarkvtN yeatenlay. a new high level wa* nttnlmtl here thl* mornlnu. the present movement In olil much bulllth literature, which hroufht *0104* out title *upport In the mar ket. *nd trailing In lir«»adenliig Into uiiler •plierra. Short« In New York. fi*arlng a profe«Nt«>iml iNitteese. rowwl freely, am! . ik.^ ai • )t|«|Mtm|tloii Kiintliiy. and Uotisto*. . ntriloiteil t«» the NtesdlneN*. fe«*enit*4| to Ih* to retrench ovei tin* Ural tuiyliu rush over, oricei* Uecaine eMklei. Aiconllng ti» cr»*dltal»b* Jnforiniitloii urk. then* »•* everv Intention In leading quarter* «•* put It higher. Thl* ad vance *o far l» admittedly ilue largely t«* profe*»lonal tactic*, but thould the wet *■(»«*!I emit Inin* lu the belt, the bull move meiit will Ih- brought on n *nntid InisI*. Mont crop fnllur»*H h*d their origin In A wet Hprlug. for which thl* year clrcum at a lice 4 nr»* favorable. Heavy ralu* oecnr again In the eeittml l*elt. The weather slionkl Ih* cbMH‘lv 4 i»iiMblere>l In cabMilatlou «f tin* market New crop* are sternly, and here U nlrady a I'onwidrahl eotiNninr** long uteicut. to whbli xarlmiN ln*nr Interest* litre miPHcrtbcd for illfTerent Imllvldunl ren- Mill*. Iteivlpt* are decidedly more nuHler ite. The «p4>t market t* quieter. »*uf Nteaily. vlib no m*w feature*. Steady regular bind lekR tbdng New York. Mnreh I. I- H Itaehe A fo.: V further adraiuv tHvnrrcil till* morning n e4iiton. |.lv4*itHH*l. rliluMigh opening low ■r. 1*4** 4ii»ie stronger and more active Imfore air op«*ulnK, Tin* *|hii market «»i» the 4ither •bb* wa* a feature. Soule *.*|i;ng «H*curre«l lit lio* earli morning »e*»t«ni. 4bu* to real jgJltg and i»r»»ftt faking Tin* mint lice the uiatket ha* enjoyetl woiibl warrant a alight n-t li.uk from thl* level. Ia»t we Imlteve th** tltlty will Ih- .TIPS FLASHED ’ ITNNI WAlf laNS.- s'-" reported yeifecday, amt (.’uppers are es- gjejed to bo leader# oa any upward move- Thera are good proapeds of favorahlo hook alatetneut tomorrow, i rmtkatlon of the oeeotoa of tke In- la New York, assn ned WEWJN STOCKS General Declines Were Re corded Throughout the List. _ wttk jaag a • „ mark more rhoerfkl feeling lu Wall afreet, and tklnk slacks should eiuojr a further ral ly today. ’ ’ling o| stork, has again ai S ll likely dertlns farther. However, lie- re the market a purchase on all the drives. New York Flnaarlal Bureau: I’nlim Fa- rifle la now In shape to rally well toward 1*4 before meeting any offerings of roue*. ‘TSln" NOTES ON GRAIN. Pointers on Provision#. bear house report*si the pmrtiass of a round lot of No. 3 hard winter lu N>- hraaka to conn* to Chicago; thr demand In the West from northwestern buyers la anld to have fallen off. ffulufk measags to Frtngle-Fitch*Rankin: "We.lnwgbt durum wheat from NeW Y’ork re ••(•flora lierause It wwa the only durum we could get for our^export business. The country la offering nothing here at the i — . *Bri * *- ‘ 121 cart wen* durum. low: Feh. 24. Felt. 58 Feh. !«. 190€. No. 1 hard 151.450 121.469 No. 5 hard 946.VW 947.FW 2.2S7.W8 No. 1 red 107,602 107.502 No. 2 red H.290.2M 8.316.902 1.495.711 No. 1 northern .... 7.687 S2.f87 rq.773 WHEAT DECLINED HALEJENT EARLY Warm Weather and Larger Receipts in Northwest Earl} r Factors. Chicago. March 1.—Wheat cIowmI Ht>?*e btwer. Corn ki«V' off; Mt > V* lower; pro yisloua iVHflTHc lower. Cash traumctloua nt Chicago Included 25.- HOP bimhHfi wbfeb 76.000 bunhcls of corn, lUii I’-l.-nnil IhtiSpi^TM bwtH. ' ~ ~ The seaboard reported sixteen load* wheat, blue, loud* eoru and 200.000 bushels Primary receipts of —.— —-- 91S of wheat. 679.0UQ of coro. compared with 172,000 aud 6T2.600 bushel*, respectively, u year ago. _ Ctro ranee* for the day M6.000 “1,000 bushels of corn nod uoi*. clearances >4mU wheat 767,009 busheta, respectively, a year ago. THE CH1CAQO GRAIN MARKET. Chicago grain and provisions quotation* for today follow:' Previous Open. High. Low. Close. Close. WHEAT- . SEl H I 9 COHN— ‘ T May n :e1 July Kept UAItl May. July Kepi i'OHK — May... 16 60 July... 16.60 (.Alt Lb- May... 9.724 July... 9.70 •spt rolUtCB May... 9.15 July... 9.074 47% 46% 46’* 474 t 324 9.76 9 774 9.824 Totals ..9,472,718 9.626.765 4.598.80? ,. KAMI 666.937 3.224.651 .. 73.526 749,286 8.W2.2B CLEARANCES. Clear*no**: Wheat V.ifti bushels; flour Cl. (VX) Iwirrcl*; corn. 439.<XO lut*ln*U; t»at*. I6.un0 biiHhel*. Wheat and flour (npuil 364. 1*0 bushel*. PRIMARY MOVEMENT. islice*, while iirlc ilU bvcohtf (bill healtntt* to bin » ture I* the del !*|.b* ami abi’»i I keeps up. «•• 1 trinb'd mtclloi W. mild mi a»l small i|t|Hi Tlie fea mini for •>»!••)*. U*th uu thl* til, and while till* ilentun I net* no rea*uu lor any ex i ALONZO RICHARDSON & CO., PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS ie following figure* give the primary jtimxement of wheat and corn: f7 Wheal - l(ee.*elptN ttrilm 763.0>' bualieU. kgiiliiNt 372.006 laiNlieb* la«t yaar: alilnmeiii* »*l«v bushel*, against 194,0*) lni»h eK laat year, * Corn lb*i*e||*l* IihIii v 6J9.IW* busliel*. igalnat 54J.0UI I*u*Ii«*In Ih»! v*»ar; khlpment* inlay iil.UM bunkel*. ag.ilust 564.MJ lm*h- •In laat > i*lIV MODERN MILLER CROP OUTLOOK. Kt. bull, Man*h I.- Mmlern Miller erop .iiitsHik re|H»rl* lu»\e ln*en r»*ivlr(H| fmitt milling e«trrv*|Hm()enta locnteil In the prim I pit I wheal prrHlucIng atatea In reply to tu- jiilrle* a* to whether the cron tin* lieen lamageil. to what e\tt*ut and tin* «au*e of the ilamage. Tin* mil) e*tnhll*ln*il ilumsge nf any extent I* In Texas, when* the •*gm , u bug.” **the a phi*, nr nut bni*i*." ha* de alloyed nu**t «»f tin* crop. As the bi\g I* ■till work Inc In the wheal Held*, tin* oiitliMkk In thnt ntate I* f«*» an nbnn*t to* tai lo** Tin* ImiHtrtNiit itntemeni ennte* frnm tin* Imllan Territory, that the green bug Ii*** made It* nppcarniu*e. showing that the peat I* nun lug northwnrd. Flsrwhere the ilamaae I* iiultiqmrtnut or uscertaln Mont foiiipliilnt* come from Mleldguu. Ohio ami tndtnna. Winter killing I* tenor let I where the plant was nnprotect«*kl ilurttig srve.v cold weather. Thu wing and *nb merge*! Inwlaml* are the pause* gben for tin itatuage. latte *4iwu wheat la iiiohI affected Many (*orre«|HMulmt* *|Mke «f the tirowgi ap|»cnrHn«*»‘ «*f the pletif. bnt **y it will take gmwlpg weather to rev<»al the condition of the crap. If the n*u la not lu Jithnl niul spring eoudltbui* ar»* favorable, a Mitlafarlory outcome I* expectrd. Itepust* from ksn«tv Nebraska amt Oklahoma are utmost tiMIf«»rtiitv faroraIde. Ihuuage. If nr. I* light and prospeet* are aabl ta hare rr «t THE LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET. m.. stead y U ..... Corn—tipened _ _ . . _ 1:30 p. tu.. unchanged to 4 higher; higher. THE 8UQAR MARKET. New York, March l.-lteflnrd and raw nug ar market* steady ami itm-hungeil. leiu don 1hh*I» steady. March X* UV*d; April 9*. LIVE STOCK MARKET. rtilcngo. March 1.- In-tter nt thl* *4<aann of the Ciupir* Building. ATLANTA. Bell Phone. MainfcX GEORGIA. CHICAGO CAR LOT* Market ateailv; light liog* in.Nfcui; mixed S6»*)#|7.06: heavy |t».75||7.«C: rough_ 96.76C. Cuttle -Ue4*e1|ita !.6"n. Market steady; lH*eveR 84.15u' 10; nor* fl.6H|4.75; heifer* l2.tWfl6.20; calves 15.5 7.6); goad iwlute steer* #5.454r6.9M: t»o«ir to medbim HI*>t/5.4i; Miocker* ami lender* tS.»4f4 73. Kheep—Iteeelpt* 9,60u. Market steady; tin- the* t->5G«t6; western 83.5<'#t«: yearllnc* S6.40 ti6C5; lamb* |5.5uti7.55; western t5.6i4i7.55. COTTON 8ECO OIL MARKET. March 46\ff47 464W474 April 46 6f4i\ Mav. 46VM7 464B47 July. . 47 G474 46\4f474 Keptmulier 4,* #t4(» L*'«U4< OMober 40«,U414 4«» 041 Closed ijnlet. Kile* liM May at 8TOCK8 ANO BONOS. % Savannah 5*. 1919 Martin fs. 1916 Atlanta 5*. 1911 Atlanta 44*. 1925 AtlauM 4s. 1934 Atlanta and West Point Atlauta and West Point Dbts. . Central of Georgia. 1st lac do 2d Income THE WEATHER REPORT •TATE FORECASTS. Georgia-*Rain tonight; warmer In north ern and central portions: Saturday rain tu eastern, fair and colder to western portion. South Carolina—It sin tonight tad Batur day; warmer toulght In Interior. Alabama—Rain, colder tonight; Saturday fair and colder. weatherT"condition8. to ga to Iw held Imtweeo with good haying toward 117. , a bullish tenor ou Jteadlng de spite stock Issue rumors. Auittlgnmnnl. Northern Pacific and Hmelt- Ing fan ml better Inlying, and some atrength of a technical nature wa* gained, bnt pro- fetalonala will tell all three stock* on rea sonable Millet for tarna, liellevtng Irregu- Vulty likely for a day. or two. A large abort Interest la reported In BL Paul. Northwest and Grant Northern pre ferred, mid a drive at them U likely. BL Pant looks as If It would rally toward 165. • IVofetr* *'- *-•— “ ‘ Transit Tke Ji Texas jrc r We would not neglect reasonable returns In It. loinlsvllle and Nashville can rally ahanfly. the 127 support l»elug good. Profeaalonala will sell Pennsylvania on n good rally. New Turk Central would meet bnt little afock on 6 Tatty toward i». Cither acme stock* dlsphiy n rallying tendency. Do not get tm* bullish ou tips. Marly I^mdon hlglier. Iteadlug 1 mdiit. Fnlou Pacific 4, Southern Pa« ltl* 4. Penn- •ylvanla 4. Amalgamated 4. Haltliiiori* and Ohio 4* Atchlaon *4. ImulsvIUe and Nash- rllle 4. Town Topics: From the character of the .fading anil whal wr learn uf the * of the gtronger Interest* we alroaL , that the good stocks will not for a long time sink lietow the level* recorded thl* week. The conclusion of the llarrtman In vestigation here without further uusattsfac- t4>ra development has helpe«l senttmeuL HAYWARD, VICK d CLARK'S DAILY 8TpCK LETTER New Y'ork, March L—J. ft. Bache 4c Co.. Thi* opening was disappointing to the be lievers lu a higher range, belug much l*e- l»w ex|>ectatlona. There wn* very little nupport given by the iMuklug Infareatt. The atorm that waa central over aoutb- western Texas yeatenlay morning haa mov ed up the Mississippi valley uud la uow central near Kt. Lonls. while Ita trough ex tends from northern Mlnueaota down the Miastaalppl to the gulf. .The advance of this storm hat' ‘ ‘ - - intrk. western Rain waa falling this morning at Galves ton. Memphis, Nashville, Kt. Louis. Dnveu- unppi in ine guir. .me auvanre or inia hsk caused -general rains along Its heavy In Alabama, Mfaslssiptd guti, ru Tennessee. crowil, and finding little resistance to their a few rum ora were put out aud ‘ attacked ail nround. Smelters the ceutcr of attack. Keadlng waa also a weak feature. The disturbing story this morning was supposed shortage In the treasury. The story was quickly dfln . * ,k “ steadied, but dullues* INTERIOR SOLD OFF. ITS HOLDINQ8 AT RAPID RATE New Orleans. MarcbVl.—>The Time* Dem ocrat nya: •‘Beyond flic shadow of a doubt „„... ^ same otwratora entertain Inflated idena of wmtral over Ike llakalaa kaawimoat eutlraly tin* quantity of cotton remaining U first port, Chicago. Wilmington aud Norfolk, and **.t. J'aul ami Marquette. 1 of high pressure in the northeast I hut little, while the one that wna •frapp*" irad ami mwtiaw taren n grttera •TerMir Ih TriWr* BfFrtfefi enttre north! west. Cloudy weather cover* (he entire counter east of the iOQth meridian. 1 MMfimmkm* haa rtseu in the Mlaalai Ihe 4*4*fIUwraT. irfcltr tn llte minus change* prctlominaie. Hoof favor cloudy and unsettled Minimum and Maximum Tamparaturaa and Rainfall. Oliaerratloua taken at 8 a. m., 76th meri Ulan time. i—at—»he mmoontad —tobarfor. ATLANTA. . . Abilene . . . . Amarillo.'. . Asheville. . . . Augusta Birmingham. . Blsmnrrk. . . . Rost on Buffalo Charlcstpn. . . Cbnrlatte. . *. Chicago Clpclnnatl. Corpus ChristI. Daveuport. . . Ihvlgc City. . . Kl Paso. . * * (inlvesteii. . . . Havre Huron. . -. t . - Jacksonville. Jupiter Kansas City. . Key West. . . . Kuoxvllle. . . l.oa Angeles. . :i it 1 33 1 .00 Mean 1 Merbl Ian * . . . Miles City. . . Mobile Montgomery. . Nashville. . . . New Orleans. . New Y’ork. . . Norfolk. . . North Pintle. . munlin I'mIchI lilt* . I Utsburc. . - Porilmid. Me. . portlaud. Ore. ttspbl City. . *” l^iuD. . . .. Paul. . Kan Francisco. Koto ninth. . . MiHtkiim. . . . Tumpa^. . . Taylor. * . . TlmiussvUli*. . 60 I .Oil ... ... .-4 ».q.plbri. tu this couoerfiat nu early awgke Ite mqnlry while thj^ than during any shuRar periiMl lu the . . the Interior has.aoM off lta^ hokllngi. more tapdlr frtmt I be reamm iHiyera •Iona hove lieen Willing to pay price* prac tically right In line with the views of the farmer generally, a condition of nffnlr* rare If uot unique In the history of the trade. Clearly, tne New Y'ork-New Ortruns tendency Is toward the restoration. In a measure, of amut sort of 11 parity lietweeu the two markets, though It Is hnnll.v to Ih* expected thnt anything near nil of the New Orleans prrmltim over New Y’ork will lie wl{»ed out. nt least not until normal con dition* hare been restored through the Cor rection of the New York's spot grade dif ferences. Just now more than ordinary sig nificance Is lielug attached to the discovery by certain American mills thut the sta ple In low grndi-4 was not Injured to any great extent by the storm, nud that the hum by reason of the waste Inchlent to the spinning of such cotton I* le*s thnn the premium thnt must Ih* paid for the let ter grades, such cotton may replace. Quite uatnrully. therefore, the demand for low greile staple recently bn* broadened out materially. The negative charaeter of the speculative Interest mars lite i-ntfiiii mar ket outlook nt the moment, notwithstanding he existence of rt more tauglhle bullish sentiment than has itcCn In evblence for some time.'*—Hayward,- Vick k Clark. ANACONDA EXCEPTION Some Improvement Was Noted hi the Later Morning Trading. Naw Tork. March 1.—As auiMpnlr a* yeaterday’a market had turned f,. r the batter, today's market turnnt f.. r the -wane. There was not the *lt(ht-: reason for thl* reversal tn the outM.l* news of the day. It simply sent n •how how entirely the market le nated by that date of prqfeaetonal up. eraiuni who aim for quick pronta amt are able and willing to chance th-ir attitude at a moment's notice. Wh it happened today was simply that ye., terday’e buyers turned sealers becatm, there waa no outalda support to tu- hlcher price level and because the *h..rt Interest had been driven In aa far a* waa ’ possible under the vary meatier buying pressure. American stocks f.. r the moat part were higher In the enr'v London dealings and tha opening here waa about at laat night's closing. The ■ailing converged chiefly .upon the Reading and Smelters shares Id whim It wee rail t|t*4-here was rather a larger margin for decline than In the rest of the list. Anaconda Minim.- which was on lop of yesterday's ecu. rational rtae, went up 2 points further, then fell with almost equal vlolem e carrying Amalgamated Copper with it! Canadian Paclflc dropped ofr sharply also on the eatremely unfavorable com. parisons made by Its net earnings frmu January, published this .morning, but the declines were very general and very evenly distributed. the- lcTndon STOCK MARKET. |Opn'|ipm|(’lu. 8TOCK8- Atchison do. prafcrrretl Baltimore ami Ohio jliojt Chc**iH*ake and Ohio 61 Chicago and Great Weatern Canadian Paclflc Erie fiok preferred Illinois Central Kansas amt Texas do. ureftrrad Loulavflh* and NaahvUU* .... Mexican Central, prof Norfolk and Western Now Y’drk Out nil Ontario and Western ...... Pbilnifalrdiln -wul Heading . Rock Island 7T... Kouthern Hallway do, preferred Kouthern Pacffic Pnlou Pacific United Htales Steel do, preferred .... Wnhasb. preferred .. fit! . lit*. 'OV .... lJIH 13 MH! 43Hl ISftili 1 , 1164,1116', ffi 794i 91S 9? 14* 1714 Kl 1 * ♦44 4»S 104 |l<d 81 THE COFFEE MARKET. e. 10 a. .in., market quiet; 12 mam. d 4 franc; nates 17,000; arrivaL nf ila *T ,ir tjjU lb * week. 69,000. of which of tthteh r.079,000 ar»* nraxrn - Total quantities dlaebsrffed 2M.900. of wht* a TJJs^jXr^BrnxRtnn; rtoltrorle* during Krt- Hamburg. 10 a. m.. market unchaugetl to 4 pfennig down: sales 29.000; stocks 1.WI 00). of which 882.000 are Braklllnn; arrb ‘ ig Febnmry 166.600; deliveries 141.- So. I 44; exchange Jo 1642: re ceipts 8.000; shipments to United Ktate* 1\- 000: Kuro|ie 1,00); stocks 6S9.00Q; market quiet. » Hsntos receipts 87.000; stocks 2.8J7.‘*»»; market qtrict. Kao Paulo .raceipta Jumllnhv rtcelpia 28.000. \. . * A - Tha following fig'ires glee th9 opeoiaf and close of tha Naw York coffra _nge l - murkat for toda/: Januarv February .. .. March April Mny June July August MepfenilH»r .. .. OetolMT NoveinlH»r .. .. I»eceml»er .. .. Closed'steady. Opening . Range. 6.134.10 6.20-6 JO .* .. ..6204.26 .. .. ,.6.204.26 €.2)4.26 6.164.20 6.164.20 6.16420 ..6.154.20 ..6.I64.2& 6.16426 6.204.25 Ha Ira 34,760. Close 425 6.3) 6,26 6.9) 6.204 .*> 6 .21M5 Z E20425 6.15-6 '.** 6,15«.» THE AMERICAN AUDIT COMPANY Home Office, 100 Broadway, New York City. F. W. LAFRENTZ, C. P. A., President. C. E. Manwaring, Vice President, Thao. Cochsu, Jr., C, P. A., Sre. end True BRANCHES NEW YORK—Waldorf-Aalorifl. BOSTON—Exchange Building. WASHINGTON—Colorado Building. NEW ORLEANS—Hennen Building. ATLANTA—Fourth Nflt'l Bank Bldg CHICAGO—Marquette Building. PHILADELI *IA—Bellevue-Stratford. SAN FT.ANCI8CO—Balden Building. LONDON. ENGLAND—4 King Street. Cheepsld*. AT-ANTA BRANCH 1015-18 Fourth- National Bank Building. 0. B. BID WELL, Resident Manager. Telephone. Mein 172. Cable Addrete. Amdlt, N. Y. Augusta and KavHunah Southwestern .. ftftorgla Pacific lata .... COTTON AND STOCK Order* enu Iw scot to New York ill only two legal ivn.vs, tlx.: over the publlr telesrrt|th tvlres or bv mall. We have every faetilty for the exe cution of marginal orders on n iuiuiuIi- lion ImrIs Our treatment of mammer* Is nt all times loiirttnms. nn>l orders an* exe cuted and reported promptly. We solicit enres|K>ti«l«nce and will have our representative call personally on those Interested Clark Goodman & Go. 20 Breed tlreet. New York. FRANK IIAWKIXH. I'mtdrnt. H. M. ATKINSON. Ylrel'rrslilrnt.. THOMAS f. KB WIN. Csskter. JOSEPH A. McrORtl, Virr l'rr.lrlrnt tt. W. BYERS. AssIsUnt Cashier. Third National Bank Capital .... $200,000.00 Surplus and Profits $375,000.00 FRAXlflWpHP 11. M. ATKINKO.V. JORRPII A. MrCORD, HAYWARD, VICK & CLARK, THE FORTSON-GARRETT CO. COMMISSION BROKERS COTTON, 8TOCK8, BONDS, GRAIN XND PROVISIONS. Private wire, to New York, Chicago and New Orleint. All Account* Guiranteed. Offlccc Opposite Poet Office, Knoxville, Tenn.; Schraplro Building North Auguste, S. C. • Order* solicited for PurchM* and 8*1* for Future Delivery. Correspon dence Invited. Atlanta and Georgia euatemen will be given epeelal atten tion. , t- H. Foirchilo. ^ ^ L. H. FAIRCHILD & COMPANY. COTTON. 8T0CK8, BONDS, COFFEE, GRAIN ANO PROVISIONS. Carendelet end Gravitr StA, New Orleans, MEMBERS: New Orimet Cotton Ctrtiang*. I New prleeet Fntnra Rmkrra’ A Mori* (We. • NEW OHLCANS. Sew Yerk Cotton Kirutqr. I N-w ttrlren, amt Cblrari llo*nt« or rr,,to | Memhoroi U.lrretes Carlo* Kirkaer*. I York JYgro , _\ tw orleoni Cotton Frrt.onro .... _ _ __ . Uou.toe Cette* E.rh.eer. [ AMeri.te Urwrara Uvrrpool Cense Am A j Now Yorit Cotton ^rrlnn?jjitf MiVnertg New Tork end Chicago Corre.pond.nl, J. 8. BACHE « CO.. ANO BARTLETT, FRAZIER *. CARRINGTON. CRIVATK WIRES TO ALL POINT* New Y'ork Cotton tin ninki. New Orleans Stock Exche Privet# wires two g,livery. . Chlrego Bnonl nf Tr ra. L . VE vV? i i« < L < J? T ON ASSOCIATION, rae to NE A .YORk «nj CUICAUv. Orde •• IMVI Zxrhangffigk ^ |L Ce Trsds.