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—— 12 TITE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, AI'KIL COTTON FUTURES OPENEB EXCITED First Prices Showed Ad vances of From 5 to 8 Points. NEWS AND GOSSIP of the Fleecy Staple. (Prom Hijnnn. ^ , Now York, April 30.—J. s. liacbe & Co. Liverpool was due Zfti higher. Opened steady at 4 advance. At 32:15 n. in., ateaily 4'<i4% .ndviiin‘0 t 4%«jr>% up on near and 4vi... the dfatant positions. Snots quiet at Int lower; .middling 6.444; salt point lower; .middling 6.44d; sales 6,000; American 5,800; speculation and export 600; Imports 11,000; American 6,800. Port receipts estimated early at 14,000, Against 10, interior »elpi_ i f 071 last year. M fc* ON WEATHER NEWS Weekly Weather Report Was Bullish, But No Worse Than Expected. New York, April 30.-Tbe cotton market opened excited at an advance of 6 to 8 points, although not to strong as the mar ket at New Orleans. In both markets the . weather new*. The July option In the local market was the moat active month, and led in the advance. Liverpool reported tome continental sell log of the new crops, but prices there were f.U'fri points higher on the old crop nnd points higher on the new at the come about 3#4 points higher, and the slightly smaller sales of spot cotton were not regarded as signlflcent of auytblng more than a Auctions la demand. The reports concerning crop prospects In Texas, published by s newspaper author ity, made slightly more favorable reading than those from eastern nnd central por tions of the belt, saying that less re planting was necessary and predicting a considerable Increase In area. It la be lieved that it monthly report, complied from replies furnished by numerous cor respondent s In the belt, would show a small average Increase In acreage and an unfavorable average condition tomorrow. In the afternoon the market wus active at a rlpad rate to the highest point for the preseut advance. Trading was active, with 1 Indications of the outside entering the conditions In the belt warant higher prices. The close was very steady, net 15 to 19 points higher. The spot markets generally were advanced. Comparative receipts at all U. 8. porta: Net receipts today 18.887 Same day laat year 10,704 Increase 8.183 Total receipts for three daya 37,080 Same daya laat year 40,lli Decrease 8,031 Total receipts since September 1....9,384,812 Same time last year 7.132.963 Increase 2,231,349 Estimated receipts Wednesday: New Orleans 1.600 to 2,200 Galveston 4,000 tb 6,000 Houston 1,600 to 2,600 Movement at Atlanta: Receipts today Same day Inst year Decrease v -, Shipments today ...! Same day last ycat Decrease Stock on bond today . Same day last year Increase receipts today estimated at 18,000, _ verpool and New Orleans buying here. Following are the 11 a. in. bids: May 9.99c; July 10.41c. Price Is supposed to be taking profit! Haywsid, Vl Weather outlook unfavorable for northwestern and north central states, which will have more cold weather. Fur ther showers Indicated for entire southern belt. The unfavorable weather In the northwest and more cold weather Indicated for the northern belt Is likely to cause further buy ing nnd advance today. ig and advance today. Weather conditions during past, twenty tonr hour* were favorable In the eastern and central states, except Arkansas, where rains were heavy, and south Texas, but unfavorable weatbor existed In north and northwestern Texas, where temperatures are low. At Oklahoma City 12, Fort Worth 88, Abilene 84, and which portion of tho bolt likewise bad heavy rains. Texns-^The mean temperature was nearly normal In the coast and southwest coun ties, and from 2 to 4 degrees below else where. Light to killing frosts occurred on the 23d In the northern ami western coun ties. The precipitation was light and scat tered over the greater portion of the state, but was heavy In the south central, north eastern nnd southeastern counties. A de structive local storm occurred In Cook county on the 27th. « „ Oklahoma and Indian Territory—The weather waa generally cloudy and unrea sonable. The inesn temperature was more than 10 degrees below normal. The pre cipitation was above normal. General rains I heavy frosts occurred on tho 23d nnd 28th, except In the southeastern conntles. I I Georgia—’Tho forepart of the week was lunseasonably cold, the latter part was not to cool. The mean temperature was near- ilv 2 degrees below normal. There was con siderable cloudiness during the week. Gen eral rnlna occurred on the 22d and 23d, and; were henry In most districts. Scattered; •bowers occurred during the latter half of the week. The total rainfall of the week waa above normal. Florida—The weather wna warmer than Aug. Sept. Oct. . Dec. . Jan. . SPOT COTTON MARKET. Liverpool, quiet and ateady; middling up lands a.44d. . Atlanta, steady; middling ll%e. New York, ateady; middling 11.45c. New Orleans, firm; middling ll%c. Memphis, steady; middling 11c. Galveston, firm; middling ll%c. Norfolk, firm; middling 10%c. Baltimore, nominal; middling ll%o. Auguata, steady; middling ll%c. TODAY’S PORT RECEIPTS. The following table shows receipts at the New Orleans .. ., . • Galveston „ .. .. , ■ Mobile Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk .. New York Boston Various „ •• •• .. , 1'cnsacola ......... Totala ., H5 1M1 IS INTERIOR RECEIPTS. Tt>« following tabl, abow, receipt, nt th. Interior towns tod,?, compared with the eema da? lent year Auguata . Jton.ton , Memphis . -Total, n« HAYWARD, VICK A CLARK-8 DAILY COTTON LETTER. New Orletne, April *0.—Cold weather otbar start Tha p!L — tereeted, outalile aupport le lncretmlng and the enmmer option, warn carried through 11c In th, markst this morning. Trading wa, f.irly active all day and th. Ion, elde I, distinctly favored. Weather conditions ceit of tb, Uliilasippl are favorable, hardly any precipitation and temperatures nor mal. Liverpool quickly conformed to tbla renewed advene, on onr tide, anmmer op tion, there closing 13 point, on After open ing f higher and new crop alow, a gain of i Point, for the day. Thta cold apell over the weatern state, will probably necee- attat, replanting on a more exteaelve actle there also, and tha opinion that thl, dug freely voiced. Other, go no far ae •lie for the next acaton. Bullteh feeling was running no high thta morning that It - --v-v. moch could have been easy to push July much farther. However, aa nenal la manipulated markets, the lending clique, took advan tage of the popular spirit and, according to New York wires, the hull clique there uploaded freeIy_on outrider,. coming Into the marknt. The spot market la quiet hut Arm. Owing to the adrance In July futuree spot, are higher to bay. Some de- Florldn—The weather wne warmer man tho nvelnge except In weetern countlen, where the temperntnre was below the nor mal. Shower, and locally henry mint pre- rnlled In the weatern and eastern and ex treme northern counties from the 25th to the 27th. In the central and southern coun tlen It I, very dry. Alabama—The weather wa, cold nnd rnlny during the drat three daya, and light frosts were reported from n few place. In the northern eonntles. Th, 24th and 25th were generally fair. The week closed with cloudy nnd unsettled weather with nln In nearly all loonlltlon. Mississippi—The forepart of the week was unseasonably cool. Light frost occurred In the northern counties Wednesday. The closing days were warmer. The mean tern- wns oral, bnt unevenly distributed. Louisiana—The menu temperntnre from 2 to 4 degrees below the no Shower, occurred on four dsys. Tho rain- fall was excessive In th* •onthwaitern por- tiYm. eiceedlng 1 Inch it most. stations. High wind, prevailed on a few dates. Hum shfiin li needed. Missouri—The weather was unseasonably cool, hut the temperature was not so low ns In preceding weeka. Snow durriee oci— red In the northern conntlea on the Frost wss general on tho 26th. Good rains hsve supplied sufficient moisture In all counties. North Carolina—The weather wns much more favorable than In the preceding week. The raeen temperature was nboul normal. The precipitation waa consider- nblv ahflTO normal. Berere thunderstorms with high winds wore general on the 23rd, on which dato a destructive tornado Occur red In Hornet county. Arkansas—The weather wn« pertly dandy, cold damp end unfavorable, except during the last two daye, which were fair nnil warm. The mcun temperature aliout 4 to 6 drgreea below the normal. The rainfall ante above normal In the aouthern counties, hut wsi deficient In th, northern counties. There wore three dry days, two with scat tered showers end two with cold general I rnlna. .... , Tennessee—Menn temperature averaged considerably higher than In the preceding! week, lint wae aereral degree, tielow norj mal. Although showers occurred on are daya, tho weekly rainfall generally wnd below tb, average. On the whole con Idltlons were rather favorable. I South Caroline—The tlrst of th, week was cool and rainy with high winds ami gen erally cloudy weather. The middle parti was mild and pleasant nnd the Inst two day, were cold nnd cloudy. The weekly mean temperature wa, nearly normal. The precipitation was more than twice tho uor- continued cold weather doe, not comjncc to much Iwarlshness. Mny advanced to 10.07 and other months recorded substantial S Hlna. The manipulation appears to be all ■ one direction. Reports from all parts of belt Indicate cold unseasonable weather conditions. At the asm* time receipts show a falling off. The powerful bull crowd In New York have tb, situation well In hand, and otlllse every bullish development Wo are Inclined to think that condition! favor ATLANTA MARKETS. FRUIT AND PRODUCE. each; turkeys, active. C pouau; lursejs, uuunwii, «■ tlvs, 150160 pound: fries, active, 18020, ^l'KObuCK-Mnfi?°ioc pound: hams, aw five, lie pound; shoulders, active, fc pound: ridM, active, 10c pound; butter, actlv,, tl pound; beeswax, active, 25c pound; bright, active. Sc pound; honey in I block,, ,ctlv,. lie pound; dried : lady pe»m 1160: stock. 81.7502.15 ■ li*" I . I«s-S J J-v-se-, fo.vv, muva. ys. loywsu. Mraa©na, J5.75p inaapploa, Florl and condition on ar 50. Arnle*, choice Ben 150; New York state Grape fruit, Florida sl*e_and_ color, per vis, none; fancy, apples, fancy, 16.DO. stock. owing to box, 12.6003.60. Lime*, Florida atock, per hundred $1.25; FeanuU Iu sack, averaging ate, >ew vork, April so.—J. ». Hacne ft Co.: $2.50 per crate: pepper*, active. $2.00 crate 1 The cotton market wa* firm and good buy- okra, alx baskets, small, $3 crate; canll per pound 6%u?%c. Btrawberrlea, active; cabbage, standard crates, ac tive, $2.78 crate; cabbage, barrels, 2%e lb.; plant, alow, $2.50 crate; cucuml>ers, crate; tomatoes, fancy, active, $2,500 M potatoes, new crop, $506 barrel; onion* jry, active, $2.25 bushel; Irish potatoes, ac tive, No. I $1.1601.20 bushel: celery, fancy. $2.50 per crate; pepper*, active, $2.00 crate; tJCMrcMli. L. H. FAIRCHILD & COMPANY. NEW ORLEANS. Membarai Nsw Orleans Cotton Exchange, New York Coffee Exchange, New York Cotton Exchange, New Orleans Hoard of Trad a, *|,W Orleans Block Exchange. Chicago Board of Trade. LIVERPOOL COTTON ASSOCIATION. Private wires to NEW YORK anj CHICAGO. Order, aollcitad tor (ft* delivery, on above Exchanges. U. C. OOTJJRAK Edited by Joseph B. Lively I MARKETS Mr. Lively'* tweoty-flv* year*' experience of ed iting markets In Atlanta and the South baa made him a recognized au thority In bis specialty. RANGE OF NEW YORK STOCKS AND COTTON MARKETS NAME OF STOCK. Amalgamated Copper ■P JVM Atlantic Coast Lint American Sugar Ref. , Anaconda American Locomotive, do. preferred uUi jji i-n-rri-ii • • Am. Smelting lief. do, preferred • • Atchison .... do. preferri American Cotton Oil. . Am. (.‘nr Foundry . . . Baltimore A Ohio , Canadian Pacific . Chicago and Nortbw’n. Chesapeake ft Ohio Colorado Fuel ft Iroa. Onfrnl Leather .... do, preferred _____ Waatfie IIIlnolH (Vntrul . _ Am. Ice Securities <*UI. DWUriUBI • , Louisville ft Nashville, exlean Central . . , issourl Pacific .... Total sales today 778,300. NAME OF STOCK. N. Y„ Out. ft W. . National Lead. . • Northern Pacific. • New York Central. Norfolk ft Western. 1‘enuHylvanla. People'* Gas. Pressed Steel Car. • • do. preferred. • • • Pacific Mall Reading. ..«•••« Republic Steel. • • • • Rock Island. . . • • • . do. preferred. • • # United States Rubber, do. preferred. . . • Rout hern Pacific. • • • Southern Railway., . . _ do. preferred. • . • Slost-Sbeffleld. . . . . Tenn. Coal ft Iron. • • Texas ft Pacific. • • • • Union Pacific. . • , • • United States Steel • • do. preferred. Ya.-Car.ChemlcaL, 1 1 do. preferred Western Union. ... Wabash. ....... do. preferred. . . Wisconsin Central. . do. preferred, • • NEW YORK: May Jnne July. . » 9.98110.1 9.97|lO.U 10.10-1: 10.10-12 10.18-17 10.1D13 ., _... )J10.34|10.20ll0.32|10.82-33 . 10.27 10.41 10.26 10.40 10.89-40 , 10.42 10.54 10.41 10.32 10.62-55 9.91- 92 9.91- 98 9.98-99 9.93- 96 1.93- 95 iv.y-il 10.22-33 10.37-38 Closed very steady. LIVERPOOL. The following is tho opening range, 2 p. m. and close, compared with yesterday: Futures opened quiet and steady. Opening _ _ Previous Ranee. 2 p. m. Close. Close. April 6.06%-6.99 .... Nom D.99% Anrll-Mny ...5.95 -6.94% .... Nom Mny June ,...5.95 -5.94% 6.95 6.02’ June-July ....5.88 -6.89 5.88% 6.96’ July-Aug. ...6.84 -6.85% 6.86 6.93 Aug.-Kept, ..6.79 B.78 Hept.-Oct 5.74 -6.73% .... Oct.-Nov. ...5.66 -6.66% 5.G6 Nov.-Dee. ..5.85 -5.64% 5.64 (.84) Dec.-Jnn 5.66%-5.65 Jan.-Feb. ...5.64 " Closed very steady. 6.90% 6.84 6.80% iff 1;^ 5.63 5.66% 6.61 NEW ORLEANS. The following Is the range In cotton fu tures in New Orleans today: d l nigh. | Low. Last Sale. Close. ii. May Juno. • • . July.. • • . Aug. • r . Sept. • . . Oct. . • . Dec Jan 10.95 *H*. 06 U.I0 i'U:: 10.63 10.63 11.11 1L27 U.W iaea 10.71 10.71 10.90 1L09I1L10-12 10.14-16 1L05 11.26 11.25-26 10.90 1L04 11.04-00 jio.78-80 10.5310.6810.67-68 10.62 10.67 10.00-67 10.8110.7010.71-73 10.84-86 10.84-86 10.92-93 10.71-73 10.66 10.44-45 10.44-45 10.49-60 Closed steady. NOTES ON GRAIN. Pointers on Provisions. Special to The Georgian. (From Hayward, Vick ft Clark). Chicago, April 30.—Bartlett. Frasier, ft Carrington: Good rains In Kansas. 7*ot iniwa/t damage to wheat. Do not Kansas crop Is saved, but expect a weak market today. _ Think corn and oats high enough at pres- wheat situation Is the condition In the Canadian Northwest and also the poor con dition of the crop In Germany. Wheat Is worth n good ileal more money today than It was * month or two ago before we knew what the condition of the wheat crop Northwest- of the rush of wheat . the aerere weather conditions nnd the car shortage of last fall and winter. Exporters week wheat has beeu pouring m and out of Duluth nt a tremendous rate. The wln- tef fleot baa gone out aa fast as It could be lo«deU and a largo number of the boats that were held below the 800 river up to the latter part.of last week are also headed toward Duluth for groin cargoes. Tele graphic advlcos yesterday from Fort Wli lts m and Port Arthur were that those ports were still tcelnmnd. despite the efforts that had been made all the week by the tugs to cut a Joint In the Ice that would give REPORTED BROKEN Resulted in Break Over Half Cent in Wheat Tuesday Morning. WEATHER REPORT. WEATHER CONDITIONS. The high area that was In tho northwest yesterday morning has moved south and Is now centered over southern Knnsas. Its advance has caused ft decided fsll In tern- GRAI LEAD - Chicago, April 80.—Wheat closed %0%c lower after a choppy session. The market fluctuated within u moderate range only, vet the changes were continuous. The Kansas April report was construed by the late rains and before the general Improved condition in that state. Longs were heavy sellers In order to capture diminishing prof its. There was short selling, too, by scat tered bear Interests. With the decline In tho Kausns condition that state Is expect ed to raise at least 92,000,000 bushels of wheat. Corn was active and h&%c lower. 1 ports. The cohl wentuc Mated all these efforts. 1 Sufficient newt of the spreading of the I bug Infection In tbe Southwest and West was received yesterday to continue the anxiety of the trade. A miller who has lM»en looking over tbe wheat territory nenri illutchlnsou reported that it looked about thirty days ago, three or four weeks more would show coni dltlona as bad ns nt the former place, where he claimed that the destruction waa equhl . tV~ bugs still wired Lake working. Crop Expert Ilovt wired Lake that from Hutchinson • to McPherson 'the wheat and oats were badly damaged fields foil of bugs. Crop Expert Snow ported bugs at Beatrice, Near. Ills wire from Edgar, Nel>r., said: •’Wheat good stand: off color and plant unthrifty as re sult of cold winds ami frost. Barm weath er will make good. Found few bugs In one I bar, not recn «nch sonllnsntjl markets sine, the Leltsr deni," «nl<l B. w. Daunts. "Than wa war# pusblnff tbam tip, now tbsy are pnsbln* us op." Antwerp, the buyer,' wheat market of continental Europe, always phlegmatic and n, to adTancu owln* cable to A. O. Hlsnahtor. Co. yesterday: "Berlin and Budapest markets open excited.^ thlnk_wbe Jr. ft . wheat mmu ......... ... —— wheat will •ell much hi,her. Old grain trmlera here counted this one of tho few bulltih opinions that had been rent out of Antwerp In the Isit decide, llorltn prtceg were up equal to 2c and Bud!pest waa up equal to 3*0. I5ren rarla wna higher by %*. Broomhall cabled Jhat n strike of dock lnlxweri hid broken out nt Buonoi Ayres, which might delay shipment, from that port. WEATHER FORECAST. Oeorgla-Hhowers late tonight and on Weilnesday: colder tonight In northweat portion, colder Wclncwlay. South Carolina—Fair on coaat, rala In the Interior tonight; Wedueedoy showers, colder '"Alabaum—Showers tonight and \Vednes day, colder tonight In northern and went- era portion,; much colder Wednesday. Louisiana—Qensrally fair In west; prob ably showera In east, and colder; frost In northwest; Wednendsy fair, colder k southwest. Arkansas—Fair nnd colder with front Wednesday fair, not so cold. Oklahoma and Indian Territory—Fair with frost: not to cold In west; Wednesday fair "'fssT'tcxss. North-Fair with front and colder In eaat; not so cold In west; Wed nesday fair and warmer. East.Texas, north—Fnlr with frost and colder In east; Wednesday fair and *Weat r ’Texa», north-Falr and alowly ril ing temperature; front Wednesday morn- MVst Texas, south—Generally fair; prob- .1.1* U'iuiriMila* fnlr hml WtnilAr. ably frost; Wednesday fair and warmer. BFIlTCi w— Fill 1 v , 1" jiviut wn, — H * t v _V tire, 60c bushel; krnut. half-barrel, 13.75; beau,. 13.50 orate: English peas, 12 crate; Egyptian onion, 445c pounds. FLOUR. GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. FLOUB—Highest patent 35.10; best patent 54.75; standard patent 51.35; half patent Id; killing wheat patent 55. COHN—No. 7 white 77c; choice white 75c; W.. J. Purina chick feed 11.10; tinner toed, 11.25; bran ie*a, u.w OATH—No. 2 white, 19c; No. 8 mixed; 86c; Golden oats, 16c. MEAL—Plain, per Kpound sacks, (Sc Accountant and Auditor, plain, 43pouu<! sucks, 7'c; plain, 20-jnjuud larkt. Tie: germ, $1.25. HAV—Timothy, choir* large bates. $1.31: lo, cbdre, *mali bales. $1.30; do So. 1 third » 1114 Fourth National Bank Building. ^Atlonts'hsUoasJ Book I ' b0B ' 1U4 ATLANTA, OJL «IU, FUUIt r, HUiail UHICP, * IIMIU (Miles, $1.26: do Na 2 third bale* $1.20; No. 1 clover, mixed, $1.20; choice prairie $1; ber- “hIIOK'DI—Choice white $1.45; Texas white ^*d $19di browu 600Ud- •loni were — Prlmnry receipt* of wheat were larger than lntt year, while thote of coru were than lntt year, whll considerably smaller. Cash wiles of grain both here and at the teabourd were moderate. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. for today follow: Open. WHEAT— May 79% n-- s* ept 8 CORN- Mny 60% July 49% 8ept;..,. r»o 6at»- Muy 44% *“ly 1?^ 81 82% 49% 49% 60% 49% 49% 49% 49% 49% 60 Sent 36% FORK— May.. 15.45 July.. 15.75 Hcut.. 15.90 LARD- Mny... 8.56 July... 8.77% 8 fc 8 8 -“ Mny... 8.50 m all 4S4i 42 18.62H 15.80 15.92H sa 16.55 15.60 „„ 15.80 15.82% 16.92% 15.92% 8.57% 8.57% 8.72% 8.75 8.85 8.87% Kept.. 8.52% 8.67% 8.80 8.50 8.67% 8.77% 'LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET. Wheat opened % lower, and at 1:30 p. m. unchanged to % lower. Cloted %0% lower. Corn opened % higher, and at 1:30 p. m. % higher. Cloted % higher. BRADSTREETS VISIBLE SUPPLY. PRINT CLOTH MARKET ON NARR0W8 HOLDS RIGID. Am.ng._th.. co«on ci ^ t comm..s^n merchants the week ,...,- ■, ,«.- ther reduced end their future bu.lues, op hoary and lightweight cloth, extending Into the bit, fall months. On tine bleech- ed cloths for the cotter-up and Jobber the scarcity In llrst-banda makes It possible for price, to be secured whleh are far out of range with cotton. Some lines of wide bleached good, were sold ou Sat urday at value for March and April de- lirerr 1908. Tbe‘print cloth market on narrow cloths holds rigid; on wide fab rics for lute fsll delivery many agents alley It ft V loWCT firlOM ftll ire" namlng l "illghtly" lower prices on 3SH- - - - iJsrds. On fancy cottons anil Inch atanunrus. w. ,".*v ■?“ on numerous linen of colored cloths for on numerous ours ,. V1 ‘' ,, . tbe euttlng-up trade the level of prices appears to be steadily working upward for fall. If It were not for the fact thnt practically all mills are short of labor many buyers would be canceling for late delivery. As It Is they have to get along as best they can nnd wait for goods. In the woolen and worsted mnrkete It Is stated that garment makers are toklng a fair percentage of clothe on reorders for their heavyweight season. area la mov ing .-lowly off to tho on«t while tho low area that wns In the southwest has moved northeast and Is now over a nnrrow atrip of country from Tennessee to tho eastern Lske region. , The weather today Is clondy In the south west and nt most stations cast from tho Mississippi, with rain falling nt Nashville nnd Buffalo. Italns have fallen In the lower Lnko region, the Mississippi, Ml; sourl nnd lower Ohio valleys, and at ocat tored stations In the west and southwest. Thunderstorms occurred ut north Smith, Nashville and Memphis. The advance of the high area In the-west will cause rain In this section tonight with falling temperature; Wednesday rain nnd colder. COTTON REGION BULLETIN. For the 24 hours ending at 8 a. m. ( 75th meridian time, April 30, 1907. STATIONS ATLANTA DISTRICT. •Atlanta, cloudy. . . . •Chattanooga, cloudy. Columbus p. cloudy. Gainesville, cloudy .. g reenvllle. cloudy .. riffln, cloudy . . . •Macon, clear ,, Moutlcello, clear ... Ncwtian, cloudy Rome, clondy Spartanburg, clondy. Tallapoosa, p. cloudy. Toccoow clear West Point, cloudy... it if a. 5b2 .00 .00 .00 Heavy Rainfalls. Helena, Ark., 1.86; New Port, Ark., 1.8 Helena, Ar*., i.oo; tori, ak., j.w. Chandler. Okie., 1.60; Oklahoma, Okln., 1.68; Stillwater, Okla., 2.86; Tnl.a, Okln., l.M- Arlington, Tenn., 2.00: Bolivnr, Tenn Arlington, Tenn., 2.00: Bolivnr, Tenn.. i.eu; Covington. Tenn„ 1.80; J^rereliurg, u _Tenm. LUVIUKIBU, 3*1114.. 4.0'/, ffB'n 1.80; Hernando, Teun.. 2.2u: Holly Springs, 4.34; Corinth, Mis*., 2.62; Brinkley, Ark.. 2.46; Forrest City, Ark., 1.80. Atlanta. . . Augusta . . . Charleston . . Galveston . . . Little Rock . . Memphis . . .. Mobile . . Montgomery New Orleans . Oklahoma . .. Savannah . . . Vicksburg . . . Wilmington .. ■BgHftCT 'AVtenTHBR li! Temperature. 31 *6tb meridian time. Remarkf. Lower temperature# are reported from Texas, Oklahoma nnd Arkansas, elsewhere the temperature continues nearly station ary. Light to heavy rains have occurred In districts west of tbe Mississippi river and In Tennessee, elsewhere the rainfall Is inappreciable. NORTHWEST CARS. The following figures give t^e Northwest ears of today, lart week and last year: Lost Last Today. Week. Y«**r. Minneapolis 183 237 156 *'-*“**• •** M 78 iUiuumi>viia Duluth 342 THE SUGAR MARKET. New York, April 30.—Local refitted and raw* sugar markets steady and uni'hanged. HAYWARD, VICK & CLARK, COTTON, STOCKS, BONDS, COFFEE, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. , Carondelst and Grevler Stm, New Orleani. M EMssRS! n,!»ar. Crttffln Fxehinse. I M Orleans Future Brokers* Association. fcE York'cotto^Ex^hengef** {}•" BtmriC of Tredo. New York and Chicago Correepondents. 1. «. BACHE & CO, AND BARTLETT, FRAZIER & CARRINGTON. PRIVATE WIRES TO ALL POINTS. pound ! ALONZO RBCHARDSON & CO., PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS Empire Building. Bell Phone, Main 8!ft ATLANTA. GEORGIA. TIPS FLASHED From Wall Street Special to The Georgian. (From Hayward, Vick ft Clark.) New York, April 30.—J. tj. Bacbe & Co. Americana in London firm. New York Central and Canadian Pacific new features. The very heavy gold arrivals and pros pects of continuation of same has worked great chauges in sentiment. Paris will be enabled to recoup herself without disturb ing London. Southern Pacific will probably participate In anything of a favorable character to come In affairs of Union Pacific. The wheat cron has received the needed downpour, and things In general nre be ginning to take on a more attractive look. Should the Steel corporation make very favorable showing today tho market would respond without n doubt, nnd we are IttUevers In the future course of the market. Look for higher'prices with Hills nnd Horrlmans leading. There was some cheap short time money offered yesterday on all Industrial collat eral here. Since March 16th the banks have* with drawn $36,9SO.OOO of the short 4s of 1907 that they had pledged for circulation nnd deposits. This mokes a total of $65,000, 003 thnt have either been refunded or re deemed, and it would seem thnt the banks could not gain from now on as In tbe past six weeks from the resources of tbe government. Tho advanced freight rates on bituminous coal and other classes of freight will be effected today. It amounts to 6 per cent per ton on bituminous coal. Tho street*Is full of rumors on Union Pacific. The general comment Is "manipu lation** with no doubt ultimate harmonious ness In management. The London stock exchange will be closed Wednesday. New York Financial Bureau: The Infor mation on Union Pacific continues bullish, but with the publication of a splendid earn ings report, scheduled for today, there would doubtless be considerable realizing. svlvanla. Great Copper pools have yet seen fit to take all the offerings nround the higher trading limits. Until that Is done we would not care to become buliishly aggressive bulging. considerable lot of stock Is reported to us ns being offered aronnd 39, and this must he taken before higher levels can be seen. The remainder of the active Issues contin ues In a trading position with rally sym- TENDERABLE COTTON SCARCE; BETTER PRICES EXPECTED. New Orleans, April 80.—The Times Demo crat: “Yesterday's cotton market drew Its Inspiration from the previously developed price tendency augmented by farther fmd weather. The unprotected position of the summer months short and the obvious ad vantage held by the long Interest unr- m ON LIBERAL SCALE Prices of Stocks Were Car ried Upward As a Result, GAINS WERE SMALL Very Heavy Blocks of Union Pacific and St. Paul Changed Hands. New York, Arrll 30.—For the ffrat of tn trading the market opened up with it, ward movement. Union Pacific, veaterdnV lender, mnde n further gnln of u nX nnd other stocks, like Northern Pari.- Grent Northern, Bending nnd St whleh had been less conspicuous In the >|' vnnee, rose n polut to n point nnd a h»i. At the higher prices, however, the mark, begun to sliow the effect of henvv tnl.-lnnnil liv mid,Inn V™* 1 taking, nml bv midday the’ greater iff been lost. In t6en nuctnnnons mere wns nothing mors slrm liennt then tho rapid shift of attitudes ™ the port of professional operators, whir has been tho main feature for n long whll post. The speculative position was helm, nt the outset by n farther decline In whri options which followed the reports Iron the west stating that the rainfall had m ered much wider territory than hid ben supposed yesterday. On the other hand, t2 market hail to withstand the unfnvorsbh effect, sentlmentnllv of the probable fall ,ure of the Steel director, tide nfternooi to make nny ehnngo In the dividend rail nnd tho heaviness of the eteel shores wni the most depressing Incident of the more "ft>w York. April-30,-JThe stock mnrket jpened mainly higher. Initial price, enowetl ga ns of « In Great Northern pre ferred. S in Northern Pacific, H In Atch! son and Reading, and % Id Smelting Amalgamated, Pennsylvania, Missouri Kansas and Texas, Steel, common, and Anaconda were unchanged. New Yorl Central was up H; Baltimore and Ohio anil Brooklyn Rapid Transit gained %. gree. The far-sighted bull that In tbe abaence of tendernble cotton In volume, a comparatively small aggregate of July interests may be worked out to advantage even In the event seasonable weather should come to the rescue of new crops, while, should excessive precipita tion mar the prospect, tbe July option might soar away to unexpected levels. There Is yet a considerable quantity of cot ton on American soil, but the remnant figures. Ignoring the heavy proportion of uutenderable stuff, do not reflect the true situation. Only yesterday a transaction of some Importance came to light which well Illustrates the point under discussion. Out of one lot of 1,500 bales of spot cot ton. which • changed hands 400 bales were •straight* cotton, whlln. the remaining 1,100 bales were .re-packs and rejections, the value of which wns based on the classifi cation of the lowest grade sample from each bale. A price factor of no mean con sequence at the moment is tho continued flood of pessimistic! crop reports. Silence In some sections, or rather the absence of complaints. Is a pretty good indication that crop conditions there are nt least fi * ‘ favorable, bnt tho area now known have been set back anvwhere from two Anu good seed are source, hence the con cern felt'over the outcome."—Hayward, Vick & Clark. THE COFFEE MARKET. lunrc, ju n. ui., uiurHPi ijuit’i voneed % franc; sales 10,000. Hamburg. 10 n. m., market advanced % pfennig; tales 45,000. lUo- receipt* two days. 9,000; shipments to United States, nil; Europe 6,000; stocks 771.000; market barely steady. Wanton receipts two daya. 47,000; stocks ,681,000: market barely steady. Hon l*nuIo receipts 39.300. .7 u ud In by receipts 22,000. Dally weather, rain over the l>elt. The following figures give the opening range nnd close of the New York coffee market for today: .Tnnuary . February March .. April .. Opening Hamre. Close. ,.5.35-5.45 5.30-5.35 ay June July .. .. August ,. Meptemher October i November .. .. December Closed steady. Sales 21,500 bags. ,.5.45-5.00 ..6.45-5.60 ..5.35-5.45 ..5.85-5.45 .5.35-5.45 ..5.36-6.45 6.30- 5.86 U4.4 ► 5.35-5.40 6.45-5.601 ft.46-5.60 5.85-5.40 5.39-5.40 ft.3ft-5.3S S.304.36 5.30- 6.35 ft. 30-5.35 BANK CLEARINGS 8HOW A HEALTHY INCREASE. Tbe statement of tbe Atlanta Clearing Ilou.e AMOdatlon for tho month of Anri" Indicates thnt there has bees no alackri: Ink In bualneri during th, mouth; li fact, tbe clearings continue to Increote win srtonlxhlng regularity it compared win previous year,. For the month ending Tue,day the dean lng» amounted to 120,802,221. again,t |i;, *71,201 for tho Mmo month last year, aa Increaao of 82,931,020. MINING 8T0CK8. i/Hiiiimuii i.o, r run iuv; uian bo, rsaal 17%; North Butte 87; Copper Range Mohawk 86. THE .LONDON 8T0CK MARKET. STOCKS— Anaconda ,. .. „ .. .. . Atchison .. • Amalgamated Copper •• .. . Baltimore and Ohio • Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago and Great .Western. Canadian Pacific .. .. .. . Erie do. preferred ,, .. .. , Illinois Central Kansas and Texas and Nai Mexican Cefitrnl, preferred . Norfolk nnd Western ,. .. . New York Central .. ., . Ontario and Western .. . Pennsylvania .. .. .. .. Philadelphia and Reading .. Rock Island . Southern Bid I way do, preferred .. .. Southern Pacific 8t. Paul Union Pacific .. uiiiuu - 1 mint ... *. »• •• .. United Btatos Steel do, preferred .. Walsish, preferred ,, ,, ,, 96% 86^ 93V 99% m 42% 11% Big 34% 56% 147*% 147% 3674 120%jl20«i wm* THE METAL MARKET. New York, April 80,-At the metnl «• change today further strength wn, rtowi In Copper. Lake wn, advanced Uc I, lioth the hid nml a«ked jirleo, while cam lug wn, up l4o In the offering!. Tlu wai itrong at • further •uh.tintU! Improvement In «pot and nearby dellvwtri. Spelter was down 5 points. Lead waa unchanged. COTTON SEED OIL. NAVAL STORE8. ._ . ie! 474; receipts 438. Aostn Brm: ««le« 1.448; receipts 1,160: win dow glass 85.45: water wntto 86.30; M 85.23; N 85,2.); K 85.15: t 85: H 84.80; G 84.70; F 84.65; E 84.50; I) 84.45; C 84.80. Following la tho opening and clotlni of tbe New York cotton aecd oil market: May .. <• July September .. . October .. .. , November .. . December .. , Closed firm. 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