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■ - - mW *« » i p — '; l’HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. ttUNDAT, SEPTEMBER 23, Wff. COTTON WAS WEAK IN ALL-MARKETS Failure of Gulf Storm to Ma terialize Affected the Liverpool Market. others SYMPATHIZED Broke Previous Low Record In All the Specula tive Markets. York. Sept. 23,—The failure of Bat- ■rilnv’s gulf »torrn to develop anything rtirtilnff unve the cotton market at Llv- JrtKHii n weak tarn this morning, awl also nrlmuded considerable depression In the here at the start. Commission were also big sellers on the better weather news. t Bear pressure was renewed In the after noon in the New York market, and prices •Untied away rabidly, all the positions from Entemlier to January selling well tinder Hr* the dose l>elng steady 82«?37 points be low Saturday's closing figures. Urerpoot closed 9 to 11 points under Sat •nlav's dual quotations for futures and 6 tints down fof spot cotton. The decline futures was attributed to thi* failure of .„»* gulf storm to display the Tnergy M>cti*d of It. F Xew York appeared wllllug to follow dHIno In the English market, and opt 15 points lower for October. December and jannsirv. March opened 1® points lower. Th**** positions during the morning session tnurlieil the lowest prices on this season's drop. Octolter selling off to 10.83, December tAfi I .i rt* 11 JLl ■< inl Mnt-nli 11 1i At oas close, and Inter following the 1907. 1906. >Vw Orleans 2,700 to 3.700 11.977 Wreston 17.003 to 19,000 32.0M lioiistnii 1.800 to 2,000 26,049 NEWS AND GOSSIP of the Fleecy Staple. SPOT COTTON MARKET. annum. quiei; muitiiiug jiv*. tew York, quiet; middling 12.90. Near Orleans, steady: middling 11%. ftminnab, steady: middling 11%. Am;usta, flrm; middling 11%. 1 pston, easy: middling 1115-16. tUKl .halveston. easy: middling 11 ju-av. Mid dir*, dull; middling 11%. Norfolk, nominal: middling 1113-16. inlet; middling 12.90. hilmlelplda. quiet; middling 12.15. Houston, steady: middling 117®. Memphis, steady; middling 12c. INTERIOR RECEIPTS. The following table allows receipts In tb* 'aterlor today, compared with the same day hit year: "iston. . Augusta. . aphis. 14.720 4.893 2,014 HkYWARD. VICK & CLARK’S DAILY COTTON LETTER, Now Orleans, Bept. 23.—Owing to delay " strike, there was no weather man not other reliable Information about the readier to hnnd when business started this morning. As press news from the gulf states inode no special mention of Harms, most of the eontmets bought Bat* •rday were thrown on the market which used weakness in Liverpool and n 30* Int lower opening here. Further decline Wowed on selling on news from Havatiiiah that spots are %it%r lower to buy In the Interior. Futures dropped nt the lowest fig* vs reached during tho big break, and 7ft there Is no opposition to bear opera tion*. The market gives way to the aught “* henr pressure, producers alone cminr* •top to this demorsllantlon, but tni-/ ttnit tnke n resolute stand. Wlint dlspo* la on the |wirt of speculation to level Is afraid to net, fearing Special to The Georgian. v Hayward. Vick & Clark.) } ork ’ Kept- 28.—Bartlett, Frasier & Carrington. Liverpool was due about 3 % points higher. Opened barely steady unchanged on near and 1 point lower on late positions. At 12:15 p. w., quiet, C{(4,net lower on uear and 8 lower on late positions. B P°i» In moderate demand 6 points lower 2 *«! :W * or m Iddllng; sales 7,W»; American speculation and export!500; receipts 8,000; American 1,90). Market heavy. Beblll offering It down. Liverpool a heavy seller. Looks like Price selling through Gifford, Gumoeng and IUordnn. , EoHowing are 11 a. m. bids: 10.98; January 11.09; March 11.20. It Is coming out from every direction and looks like It might go through 11c for January today., Would buy for a. turn If It does, but there is no evidence of a per manent Improvement yet. T. A. McIntyre tc Co. say: “The posi tion we would favor at this particular time would be that of a trader for moderate turns-buying on the weak spots and sell ing on the bulges. Town Topics: “There is n lot of weak ly held cotton overhanging the market, and we would advise Its sale on Hlges." Howard Wilson sold 100 bales January at lie. making the quotation. Everybody In “»e ring wanted it. Gifford sold Beblll 6,000 December nt 10.91. Behlll covering shorts. New Orleans, Kept. 28.—Hayward, Vick * Clark: No weather map yet. but generally fair weather reported from Mississippi and Alabama. Failure of storm to pass inland In full force Is likely to cause much selling tndny and liquidation of long eottou 1 >ought by scalpers. Fnllnre of the storm to materialise prob ably the cause of the weakness in Liver pool. * Considerable bear selling nt the moment ou the weakness of New York and Liver pool. • Restricted banking facilities owing tc tight money prevents mum business In •pots. Futures weak on New York selling. Private wires from Bnvnnnah say cotton offering on basis of 11 6-16 for middling. Bears hammering market. KverylwWYy la ATLANTA MARKETS. FRUIT ANCHPRODUCB. EGGS—Active, 22c. LIVE POULTRY—Hena active. 40643c; chickens (fresh). 22%1j3Uc. Ducks (Pekin) 80* each; puddle, 25c each. Turkeys active, 16c per pound. DRESSED TOULTRY—Turkeya, drawn, active, 20c pound; fries active, 20<ff22%c lb.* bens. 16c ponnd; ducks, drawn, fancy, 15c pound. PRODUCE—Lard, 12c pound: hams active, J6c pound; shouldera active, 10611c pound; rides active, 11c pound; butter dull, loai2%c pound; beeswax active, 26c pound; honey (bright) active, 12%c pound. FRUITS—Lemons, r Swift A Comp fancy Messenn, 15.00; - pony's sales of fresh beef In Atlanta for the week ending Saturday, September 7 average 6.70 per pound. id • plneappe*. Florida W nd| cantaloupes active, $1.£>(&1.50 ernte; water* nelons, 6610c each; G« ‘ .75 per crate; rhubarb, — VEGETABLES—Potatoes (new), 18.00 per * * PAX GROCERIES. RICE—Jnp, M?5%c; head. 6OTe: fancy end. 7<»7%e f according to the grade. CHEESE—Fancy full cream 16%c; Georgia cane syrup. 37c gallon; salt, 100 pounds, 50c*, axle grease, $1.76; soda crnckers, G%c pound; lemon, 8e: oyster, 7et barrel candy, per pound, 6%c; mixed, per 8 pounds. 6%c; toma toes. 2 pounds. $2.60 case: 8 pounds, $2.25; tinvy beans, $2.15; Lima beans. 6%c: best mutches per gross, $1.65; macaroni, 6%67c pound; sardines, mnstnrd. $3.25 case. SUGAR—Standard granulated 6.20; New Edited by Joseph B. Lively. MARKETS Mr. Lively's twenty*flvo years' experfepce of ed iting markets in Atlnnta and the South has made him a recognized au thority In bts specialty. RANGE .OF NEW YORK STOCKS AND COTTON MARKETS NAME OF STOCK. Auiti. Copper. . . . . Am. ice Securities. .. do. preferred. . . . Am. Car Foundry. . . American Cotton OH . Anaconda. ...... Atchison. ....... do. preferred. . . . Atlantic C. Lina. . .. Brooklyn Rapid T. . . Baltimore X Ohio. . . Chesapeake A Ohio . Canadian Pacific. . .. Chicago A Alton. . . . Consolidated Gas. . .. Central leather. . . . _ do. preferred. . .. Colorado Fuel A iron. Cor n Prod nee, .... Colorado Southern. .. Delaware A Hudson. . Denver A Itlo Grnndf. Distillers' Securities.. Erie . „ do. preferred. . . . General Electric. . .. , Great Western Great Northern pfd. . Illinois Central Interboro. . __ do. preferred. , , , , Kansas A Texts. . . . B H d o 07 , O 5 S 52 UK 6114 6lU 6914 60 i ir* 92% 114 92% ‘I ’Ml 53*’ S* gii 39 88% 3914 8814 47" an 37 87% R 8214 & i I 164« I04?4 16414 16414 -.4.6 17)i 2214 2214 Sii Hi4 158% m 1 1 f 21 21 21 21 ■M 1$ $ .3^ io" 10 9M '914 rrn 38** 36** 3614 NAME OF STOCK. Kansas \ Texas pfd. . Louisville A Nashville. Missouri Pacific. . » . Mexican Central. . • . , New York Central. » . Northwestern. . . . . National Lead. , . • . , Norfolk A Western. ,. Northern Pacific. . , . , Ontario A Western. . . , Pennsylvania'. Pacific Mall. 4 ..... , People's Gas Co. . . . , Pressed dteel Car. . . . Heading. Hock Island do. preferred. . . . Republic Iron A Steel, do. preferred. . . . do. i . . St. Paul. ..... Tenn. Cool A Iron. Tfxas Pacific. . . • Union Pacific. . • • U. S. Rubber. • . . do. preferred. • U. N. Steel. . . . . do. preferred. . Western Union. • . Wabash. . . .... do. preferred. • - Wisconsin Centre!. , do. preferred. . TIPS FLASHED From Wall Street. New York Commercial: In January, 1906, American Smelting am! Refining sold at 174. Later It sold nt 87%, but has been rising rapidly In the Inst few days. The stock market no longer Is looking for a leader. Several good men would like to act In that capacity. Returns of the principal railroads of the country for July show nu Increase of 15 per cent in gross earnings and nn Increase of 19 per cent In expenses of operation. The In crease In net wss about 6 per cent. Just previous to the sale of the city's 4% * M *”t f40.00d.000 l»oml Issue an enthusiast predicted that this security would sell nt 110 In the upsr future, (^notations Friday were shore 106. It Is reported that II. If. Rogqrs will re sign from the Ann net* committee of the di rectorate of the United States Steel Corpo ration as a result of his Intention to drop business cares so far as possible. Conner consumers continue to maintain an attitude of Indifference. The large elec tric companies have uot Imught a pound of the metal for months, and claim that they .r r .*L. tt , ro PP ,5r for or vert I week* on hand. If this lie true, the situation Is a peculiar one. On the other hand, the producers say the consumers have no considerable stocks on band, and soon will be forced Into the market. W. B. Rtdgelcy, comptroller of the cur- r?ncy, says the banking position Ik sound tlce alx : mi usual degree. He has lieeu In of- years and asserts that fewer banks % . »“• anxious list than he has known before. I he banka are handling the situa tion in an able am! conservative wny.^and In his opinion there Is no serlona complica tion In sight. He tsdlcvea a recession In the volume of the business of the country will lie a good thing. STOCKS OPENED GENERALLY LOWER Metal Industrials Showed the Greatest Weakness , During Morning. RAILWAYS SOLD OFF Baltimore and Ohio Was tho Exception to the j Decline. ' , THE METAL MARKET. Total stock sales today 416.800 shares. NEW YORK. The following Is the range In cotton fu- lures In New York today: Bept.. . Oct. . . Nov.. . Dec.. . Jan.. . Fel».. . March. April. . ny- Closed steady. nil H.ii 10.68-71 10.74-75 10.81-83 10.86-89 10.97-98 11.03-04 11.1 • 08 11.12-14 li.03-0* 11.11-12 11.13-19 11.23-24 11.90-81 11.36*87 11.41-42 11.44*46 11.49*50 LIVERPOOL. Following fa the opening range, 2 p. m. and close, compared with yesterday: Futures Opened quiet and steady. Opening Previous Range. 2 p. in. Close. Close. September... 6.34 ‘“ Nov.-Dec.... e.12%-6.111 Dec.-Jan.... 6.10 -6.0S< Jan.-Feb.... 6.11 -6.08< Feb.-March.. 6.11 *6.09 Mar.-April... 8.11 -6.O0H AprlI-May... b.io May-Junc..,, 6.11K-6.10 Closed steady. r „ 1 «r* fa 6.01 6.12 IS* !:!!* NEW ORLEANS. The following If the range la cotton fu ture* In New Orleans today: juf O 1 s i i is S3 If Sept Oct* .... Nov.. . . . Dec Jan Feb March. . . il'io ii'.oH 11.10 1L26 11*82 iiiii iilio 11.13 1*1*29 iV.82 p Tom 10.S!> lilfi 1*1.82 ioiss 10*87 l-M.l 1L03 1*1.82 10.95 l-mm iaii i 1 r»>; y 10.90-91 10.90 iLM y 11.06 11.12 11.27-28 11.2810 11.26-27 10.29-30 11.29 11.43-44 11.45 11.52-53 Clowd iteady. NOTES ON GRAIN Pointers on Provisions. (From Hayward, Vick A Clark.) Chicago, Bept. 23.—Bartlett, Frasier Cnrrlngton; llurlhurd, Warren A Co. large probably by pit traders. Kansas City wires: “i ieatrlee. Lincoln, Kctr In dbrn. Tho buying •lies wr griiiiR, ium.in id; sardines, mnstnrd. $3.25 case. GAR—Standard granulated 5.20; ' COFFEE—h^twf^rbocSesflillOO; bnlk oats. $8.25 case; sack grits, 96-pound bags, $1.85: oysters, full weight, $2M ense: light weight, $1.10 case; pepper, 18c pound; bnk« lug powder, $6.00 case; rod salmon, $5.00 rase? pink salmon. $4.25 case; cocoa, 40ci chocolate, $3c; snuff, 1-pound Jars. 48c; roast beef, $160 case; syrup (New Orleaas), 33* — - — ■"-ibn potash. $3.23 ... ,_ne. 4-nIy < 1.00 case. . iKiniu. . ters liere are. willing to trade, but the money and restricted banking . _...itly nnmper business. The trt*ht to be cnrrlisl by spot holders Is In* King. Consumer* know these conditions , «ro buying but slowly. However, larger kmnnd and partial relief from this altun* wn Is Indicated f«H* next month. Undoubt |fiiy large needs must b*» filled by buyers wing the curly jxirt of Octolwr. The nther map la not complete. What data re Is shows generally cloudy wenthef In eitstern states, with minlentte to heavy •Int itit«i generally fab- weather In the ftntrnl and western twit. Trading nt pres et u nround lie for Decemtier. but the ®»rkt‘t Ik timid and could not nnsbrh nny •riling of eonsequptice. N<>w York, Bept. 23.—Bartlett. Frazier A Farrington: Liverpool sent some selling or *r» over nt tho same time tlie Kngllsl narkc-t reeordeil a deeMnc of from wi o*itM. Traders helped tihe decline anC sh*»rt lines. The Boiith generally some weak loiur qcconnts were rllmfnnted. Decemner sold down to 10.95. wry 11.03. March 11.14. With prices nt lowest level of the seitsou there was • desire on the part of shorts to grab ■Ir profits. At the same time, sentiment •Mimics l>enrt*h. The weather map shows storm hns passed up the east const ales with a cold wave predicted. It Is “f Imrd to get the oliKliiill crowd .to- irr at this Juncture. Cotton has hr hard blow that opinion Is Ip •nfused state. The reaction Is ed that many hnve turned to tbs favor a rally of half a cent of ■■ ■ | —• J -“-- xnq Side ‘7 n,| i 'I' voioi.meuts prices from rallying. IT0CKS OF COTTONS LOW; MAI LORDERS BETTER. tour York Commercial: In most of tho selling agencies It la atated that ft “mil order huslnesa was coming In otttnna than at nny time recently. Buy- have evidently lH»en giving the market ^ study and they find the stocks are so uY *hat It is nut safe to go short on anp- Prices ks nt present are based on i®u»n much higher than prevailing quota- £",*• ] M >t the question buyers of finished r* 1 ' ,, 't" J»»Ye to answer Is, when tnnst w« |H the merchandise? If it Is needed he- February, then the top price of today J be paid. Kellers are putting the limit ■rorwanl buying of fancy cottons, wblto mjd many Tinea of fine colored cot- Si TV ‘'anse of the moderate store . "**b merchants during the past day two hns been the bad weather. With P opening of the new week agents, rotn- ‘ , , n tnerehanta and Jobbers all expect to ' trade Improve. At the present time wear mnnufartnreni are buying wool iSJVP TQ ^t^vihnn. and thin Is tnken as an E" ,ot *, *hat they are getting sifpple El 1 "P** . on Mnes. Their ptir- ** of wool or yarns to dnte for tho simson hare liceii lielow the average. 7,‘ ,, I , «sslng around the cutting-up trade thi offset that cloak and ault houses are FLOtm ! „ ent, $5.25; standard patent. $4.75; half pat* ent. $4.65; spring wheat patent, $8.00. CORN—NO. 2 white 83c; cbolcs white, S5<-j No. 2 yellow. 82c; mixed, 81c; cracked corn per bushel. 85c. CHICKEN FEED—Fifty-pound sacks. $1*. Puula chick fceil. $2.00; Victor feed, $1.65. OATS—No. 2 wTilte. 68c: No. 8 mixed. 66c; Golden oats, 65c; white clipped, 70c; rnney "mISaL—iMsl’n/per 96-pound sacks, 10c; 48- ponnd sacks, 82c; plain, 24-ponnd Sacks, 88c; germ. $1.50. HAY—Timothy, eholre large bales, tl.3S$ do., choice small bales, $1.80; No. L on^ third bales, $1.25; Nn. 8 oue-thlrd bales, $1.20; choice prairie, $1.00; Ilcrmndn. $1.00. BHORT8P—Choice white, $1.70; fancy. $1.65; S .50; No. 2 per ton. 124.00; bulla per ton, .60. PROVISIONS. PROVIRION8—Bnpreine hams, 15ci 6m.- lies, 20©25 pounds average, 10%; fat backs, $.20; Supreme lard, 10%. Purity compound, §. CnllrornTa hnms. 10e: dry salt ribs, 9.25. BAGGING AND TIES. BAGGING—1% lb., 10%c; 2 lb., lie; 2% lb., 11%; re-rolled (second hand), 7%e. TIES—New $1.15 bunch, second-hand $1.06. HARDWARE. WELL BUCKET8—$4.50 dozen. _ ROPE—Manila, 14%c; 8esel, 11c; cotton, B ound. urmnn, 96c; Ferguson, £owtTiTn^M: h knn, $1.50; Dupont and Rnznrd smokeless, half kegs $11.25; % kegs $5.75; 1-lb. canisters, $1, less 25 per cent. Troladorf smokeless pow* ‘Biinl-RLS- li Vo fll p-r dos.R, CARns-CnttRij. *175 P»r iloi(>n. PLOW nLAREMc p«r I»und. IBOS-2V4C per po,.nd b.«; Swede, (u, ^XES-p per d«.n b««J. • bnr pound. rir.. $2.63 1t.«. ba.o; cut 12.60 llorgc, Jt.K31.73 keg; mult .hoe.. ’’buckets—rulnf, J1.70 doiet; whit, c* WiLt OUN POWDBIt-l iot. itn. 8lfOT—12.15 nro not feedfng a pound of outs," said R W. Elmore, a prominent shipper of cash f raln. “As we handle everything that la ed to live stock, even Including the salt they use, we know pretty well that every body Is feeding corn more freely than any thing else. 1 onn see no legitimate reason why corn and oats should sell at the same price, or nearly so, as at present. Farmers will send all their oats to mnrket and con tinue to feed corn." Toronto wired: “The disaster to tho Cs* nndlnu wheat crop Is confirmed. Not mors than 45,000,000 bushels raised, and half of that will not grade. Owing to the failure of the Japaneso rice crop, the Canadian Northwest will ship flour to tbe Far East In large quantities. Canadian millers are baying up all available wheat for this de mand." “October 1 will And much corn In Iown still In the roasting ear," reports LeCoute to Finley Bnrrell. “The weather Is Tory hot, Jugt what tbe corn needs, and If the soil was not so \ret the crop would mn film Mhldlv " on account of the losses recent frosts. — Argentine weekly cablo review says; ‘The wheat market Is flrm and advancing, on small supplies. There Is a fair demand, ‘lid arrivals from tho Interior are nil." The Modern Miller In Ita weekly crop summary says: "In several of the soft winter wheat stnfhs the weevil Is reported In farmers' holding* nnd It is expected will •tart the marketing of that description to some exteut. Ham winter wheat farmers are holding for higher prices. Fall plow ing Is about completed over a large area, and seeding will begin about October L" EARLY WHEAT NEWS OF BEARISH NATURE Resulted in Decline of Over a Cent In Early Session. Chicago, Sept. 23.—Wheat declined l%c during the enrly proceedings this morning. All the news was Itearlsh. Cables were weak and continental tunrketa were all lower. Froat failed to materialize north west, nnd there was less rain. Comstock, Bloom, Nuydeckcr nnd Lake were heavy sellers nt the start World's shipments were large, with n contribution of 1,600,000 bushels from Russia. Wheat was off at the close 1 1-4® 1 7-8c, rallying a little from the lowest. Com was 1 l-2c lower; oats were 1®1 l-2c lower, and provisions were easy with grain and on October liqui dation. WEATHER REPORT. WEATHER CONDITIONS The storm that was In tho gulf on Satur day entered the mainland nnd moved rap idly up the Mississippi valley during Sunday nnd Is now central In northern Michigan, near Marquette. There la a secondary low area central In western North Carolina. The advance of tha low area-canoed general rain over the Month, along the Atlantic coast and In the t * ‘ * Cloudiness prevslls ml te. ilPW 1IFTK, Itovmill MINI The pressure Is nowhere nimrc normal except oTer a small area In the ltorky Mountain region. The tempera ture haa fallen somewhat east of the Mis- COTTON REGION BULLETIN. For th» t< hour* -ncllti* nt 6 n. m., tstb mprMInn limn. S.i'fiMnht'r 2JL* netting ttrong reorder, nn their fnll line, of women', nnd mime.’ wenr. Heine of the local ault houie. hnve their buyer. In the drew good, market picking nn .pot. in LilnhlB. checks and neat nmuul.h wuratnln. Print Ctotha Selling Freely. After the Interruption entmed hr helldars ...nt week,-the cotton njm ■ broken. In thin eltr were nil active Prldar nnd reported putting through a fnlr niemtiro of bujlnenn on narrow Oddi and regnlnm. for delivery L. H. FAIRCHILD A CO.’8 WEEKLY COTTON LETTER. New Orlennn, Bept. 21.—The lienrn hum reached a moderate rnllr wn. lirnugS f aliout, due alrnoat entirely to proftt-tnkl ng by shorts, but there nppeara to he free offerings on every amsll .dvnnee, and It I as th ough the best policy (s' to slm< J tsnd bsIus and. 1st tbs big operators ter until they are satisfied, while, no donbt, this decline Is due largely to manip ulation, It enn not be deuled that the l»ears were given their eue by the heavy offerings of spots nt considerably reduced laata'for tfc week emllng Ratnnlay, top. tembef 21, nv»r.,ed 6.7tc per pound. HAYWARD, VICK & CLARK, COTTON, STOCKS, BOND8, COFFEE, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS, Carondelot and Gravl.r Sta., Nnw Orlaani. MEMBERS: ' New Orleans Future Brokkra' AujcUtlon. New Orleans and Chicago Boards of Trade, New York Coffee Exchange. ^ . , Associate Members Wrorpool Cotton Ass a «v*« -nd Chicago Correspondents: p BACHE & CO., AND BARTLETT, FRAZIER & CARRIN«TON # PBlVATfi WIRES TO ALL POINTS. I Cotton Exehnnge. Exchange, Khm Exchange, Cotton Exchange, , New York it s. i as heretofore, and from Texas eontlnuona cnnflrtnatlons of short crop predictions are lielng received. Walls the market was advancing, every one point ed to Texas as the key to the situation, and the good pro»peets In the Atlantic states were Ignored. It la Just the reverse now, and you henr on every side of the enormous crop which will be marketed In Georgia and the Carolina*. Hplnnrr* will hardly run over themselves to lay In sup plies as long sh present conditions exist, nor will the bull operators care to take bold when they can count on absolutely uo support from the country. We ndvlso our friends to watch closely for any signs ot change In sentiment, ss we are now having a sentimental market, and condi tions of the crop do not count for much^ For three dnys storm warnings hare been posted, but hare not materialized, and thi public hns begun to discredit such predlc- thin*. We may have a storm at any t!m$ which would cause a complete reversal of sentiment, but It looks ns though It will □ ulre something out of the ordinary to nee the average trader to enter the market. Technically, the market Is In a strong position, and we certainly advise against short selling. The best course Is, -ill! the ss sta bears i I no doubt work much higher. THE COFFEE MARKET. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. Chicago grain and* provision quotations for today are as follows, compared with yesterday’s close: Frevlous Open. High. Low. Close. Close. WliEA'i Bept.... 96% 9674 96% 96% 97% Dec..../ 101% 101% 100% 100% 102 Mar.,.< 107% 108% 106% 108 Life §* St B P i OATH- ®=8 HIS I’OilK— Kept Oct... 14.65 Jiln..., 15.25 LABD- Bept Oct.... 9.00 Jan... 8.67% lUOS— Rppt 5:8* ii!w 15.25 o!66 8.97% 8.67% 8.62% 14.40 111 1.16 9.00 I.62H 16.lt 16.65 J5.22H 1.96 IS* a:« 7.9214 THE LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET. Wheat opened lower nnd at 1:80 p. m. %f$% lower. Closed %©% lower. Corn opened % lower and at 1:80 p. r unchanged to % lower. Closed % lower. 'CHICAGO CAR LOTS. STATIONS ATLANTA DISTNICT. Atlanta, cloudy. ’Chattanooga, p. cloudy.... Columbus, cloudy. .... xGreenvIlie, cloudy. . • • xGrtffln, cloudy. . . • ’Macon, cloudy xMontlcelio, cloudy Rome, clear. , J. Spartanburg, cloudy. Toocoa, clear. . . . West 1'olut. cloudy. xGnlneavllle, clear. VMInlmam temperatures firs for 28 kauri ending 6 a. tn., this date, xReceived late; not Included In averages. HEAVY RAINFALLS. Athena, Oa., 3.84; Greensboro, Gn.. Greenwood, B. L\, 2.F “ 1.66; Ozark, Ala., 8.88. New" York, Bept. 23.-At the metal ex- shown* today conl,nued Irregularity was A, l °t copper were further reilneeil Ac, while tin was firm on a sharp advance in lAindoii. Himts rose over 12c, while the Inter months Improved tn proportion. Lend was down 5 points. Bpelter was henry. MONEY AND EXCHANGE, New York, Bept. 23.—Money on call ty: time loans unchanged; sixty dags m: ninety dnys 6%#%; six montfii |ier cent. Fostwl rates: Sterling exchange $4.82%© I’rlme mercantile paper uucbangeil. London tuir silver ^ lower nt 31 Mid. dollars 52%e. %c. sew York Mexican COTTON 8EED OIL MARKET. tatlons of tbs New * ... log quota tb oil market. September. October. . November. _ December. ...... 41%d42' Jrintmrj W.#6I> March , . 41 041% Closed dull. Bales, 1,400 barrels. MINING 8TOCKS. r Its Me New Ha veii 157: Hmeltlng' 88; Ikily* We A S; BMt^^n^hwted 19; Massachusetts Gas THE SUGAR MARKET. New York, Kept. 23.—The domestic refined sugar market was steady nnd tinchstursd. I-ocnl raw sugnr steady. Tho Ixmdon beet sngnr market toilay was unchanged. Octo ber, however, was * September nnebang Cnlumet-Arisonn 113; Ufan Min LOCAL 8T0CK8 AND BONDS (Revised by IHIlyer Investment Company.) Bid. Asked. Atlanta A West Point IL a 160% Atlanta, Birmingham and A.. 19 do. preferred......... ... CINTNAL STATION, Wheat Corn Oats Hogs, head,. Today. Tom or. 239 228 1,270 815 443 892 80,000 CHICAGO CLEARANCES. Chicago, Bopt, 21—Following wore the Chicago clearances today: Wheat 200,000 bushels, flour 48,000 bsrrelf. Wheat and flour cqusl 416,000 bushels. , VISIBLE GRAIN 8UPPLY. Following shows tbe weekly visible sup ply of grain: Wheat decrease 1.541,000 bushels. Corn Increase 989.000 bushels. Oats Increase 1,295,000 bushels. PRIMARY MOVEMENT. Wheat receipts today 1.446,000 bushels ngntnst 1.2S9.0W bushels last year. Ship ments today 1.061.000 bushels against 592,000 nsbels Inst year. Corn receipts todny 1.274,000 bushels against 789.000 bushels last year. Hhliimeiits today 1.063,000 bushels agnfnst 614,000 bushels Inst yrtir. THE LIVE 8TOCK MARKET giro tbe opening ecemner *, »» »» »• «teadr. Bales 5SJOOO bags. Chicago, Bept. 23.—Hogs—RiH'elpts 28,000. larket Wc lower; IlShT $6.454i6.U; mixed 0.75^6.50: heavy 85.5046.45; rough $5.5006.10; ‘■‘KtW^lpt. 26.000. Market steady; ~ts $L2505.50; Tests- steers |... i. u 1.1 j; wepiFrn nuue fTnj.w Hliw>l>—Ilpwlut. 26.909. Market 10c timer; ^ r,,nr ' B|HH‘lal to The Gi Savannah. Bept, *%: sales 115: R«sln firm Allanta. . . Augusta. . . . Charleston. . Galveston. . ••Little Rock. “Memphis.. . N.--V Orleans. ••Oklahoma. . Bnvnnnah. . Vicksburg. . . . Wilmington. /. ii"cE«riott« t " , ir. *c? * Dimicr Annuals. Mai. I TT i. IndlcatM tawponeMbi. rtljii yesterday. (2) ror N boars teal: ill •5* rrr For a. m.« S esterdny. (2) For 84 hours ith meridian time. ••Missing. J. D. UARDUBY, Bcctlon Director. WEATHER FORECAST. Ml» h.« nt palnrblana, tb. nln .re* Mtimdlng through, nut Npw tCnthUM," Tliprn I. nnothfr ill.turhniK'p of more mnrkiHl rhnrnct.r In th. nortlivoat, nml It bn* rnunoil ahoirrra. In thp npppr Mia- alullinl vnllpy and th« upppr lukp rp(lmi. KlacwhPrp In thp northwpat thp wpathpr hna lippn fnlr, nnd It alao wan fair In tho Ohio rallpjr and tho lowor lakp rrnlon. Tpmnrnttnmi nrp nparlf normal ovpr alt dlatrlcta. pipppt la the nonth Atlantic atatpa nnd thp pitrpmo northwpat, whore tho. oro nnlto hikh. , There will lie rain tonlkht and Tuomlay .j Now Knirlnnd and northern port' tho middle Atlnntle atatpa. nml alao M« In the lower lake refflon. In tb. eonthern portion of the middle Atlantic atatea rain tonlkht will lie followed by fair weather Tnendnjr. In the Ohio valley nnd the aonth. fair weather will prevail tonight ltd Tneadny. Trmpenaturen will ehnngi — , .botish It will lie anmewbat rooler tonight In tbe tenth Atlantic atntee. “ reeaat till S p. m. Tttaai—,. . . nln—Rain tonight, eirapt fair In th. aouthweat portion: pooler In aontheeat por tion; Toeaday fair: freah, poaathly lirlak aonth to areat wlnda. -North Carolina—Fnlr tn weatern: ahowera In enatem portion tonight and pooler; Turn, day fair; freeh to brink aouthweat to went wind.. Mouth Carolina—Fair and cooler tonight; Tnendny fair: freah aoathweat to went wlnda. (Irorgta—Fnlr tonight: pooler In paatern portion*: Tuesday fair; light tu freeh west erly wind*. Staten Florid*—Fair tonight; Tneaday partly ilawiy: fre»h south to aouthweat "Weatern Florida, Alabama and Mlaaltaln- pl-Falr tonlgb* nnd Tueaduy; variable W Kenti' ky-Falr and warmer tonight; Tnee- Ven(lessee—FrIr with warmer In wretern imrtlon tonight; Tues-lay fair. leinliriana, Tevaa, Oklahoma. Indian Ter ritory, Afkansaa- Maly tonight and Tuemlaj : light variable wlnil* th. wnat »olf n*aau Fourth National Ga. H. B. ai * “ Ga. By. nm do, preferred Sen board Air Like.. 10 do, preferred 19% Southwestern 107 Atlnnta 4 per c. bonds, 1988... 106 Augusta 4a, 1931 ... Georgia 4%s. 1915 coupon 106% do, 6tt. 1M9. reg..„......„ 104 Dlxle_Cujtton Mills 1st mfg. Cs. 96 f 7714 130 246 Now York, Sept. 2S.—The atock mar ket for the drat half of the eeeslon to day wnn heavy from the Btart. Lon don aent over a lower range of price*, together with the announcement of an other sharp drop In quotation* for copper metal. The Induatrial depart ment wan under the greateat preaaure with heavy liquidation In Smelter* and the Copper atoeka the feature. Profit- taking, eoupled with abort aclllng, alao made Inrnada In the railroad list, al though In several of them there waa evidence of support, and the declines throughout the market ran from l to 21-7 point*. The greatest part of the trading waa professional und repre sented merely the switching of the bear* from the long to the short aide again. There was no outside develop ment to account for the weakneaa ot the bonds, and It was thought that the rlae of last week waa due more to cov ering of short contracts than tma real Investment demand. New York, Kept, a.—Tho stock market opened nt general decline* as follow*; North ern preferred H; Amalgamated *4: Steel j preferred 14; St. Paul ami Iten.llng H: (>u- 1 (ml and Steel emmrnrn 11; Pennsylvania 14. Northern I*nriffe wny unehanged. Baltimore »llr advanced N at the gained In all %. Aha- 1 »t lower, way 8tockt. ontaet. too* in 7114 UNION SAVINGS, BANK Gould Building CAPITAL STOOK • • • 8100.000.00 RESOIIROIf ’ ' 4% 0200,000.00 4% Closing bids follow: Atchison preferred P Baltimore anil Ohio,. .. .. .. .. .. •* ,,V. Canadian I'aclflc .. .. .. •• ..16 Chicago and Northwestern.. •.. .. .. ..14 Colorado Houtboru .. .. .. .. 2: Denver anil ltlo Grande.. *• •• .. .. Z Erie -♦ .. J IboiiImvIIIc nnd Nashville 101 Manhattan L.. .. .. • ..111 Mexican Central * .. I Missouri I’aclflc .. .. II New York Central 101 l'ciinsylrniiln..' ., .. ,. .. ,. .. ,. ..121 Reading. w Rock Island 11 Hock Islam! preferred,. 4< Bt. Caul.. 121 Southern I'nrlflc ., .. P Southern Railway., .. ., .. ., ., .. .. .. 1.‘ I’nloii I'aclflc ,. ., .. .. .. ..131 Wabash .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 Wisconsin Central.. ..... .* .. .. .. .. .. 3> InteriNirough-.Metropolltnn.. .. .. .. .. I Intertiorough-Metropolltnii pfd.. .. .. .. 21 Grout Northern .. .IF Miscellaneous American Car and Foundry .. •• •• Amorimn !*ocomotlve American ToIhicih* .. .. .. American Colton Oil ,. .. American Bmeltlng nnd Refining pref.. . Brooklyn Rapid Transit * Colorado Fuel nnd Iron .. ., ., „•„ .. J National I^*ad .... 1'eople's Gas Blosa-Bbeffleld Steel ........ .. .. Sugar ..113% United Stares Steel' 29% do. preferred 91% Western Union * w THE LONDON STOCK MARKET. V 8TOCKB— Clore Anaeondu *. .. Atchison .. . Canadian Pacific .. .. . Erie do, preferred Illinois Central Louisville and. Nashville PenneyIvanln .. ...... Philadelphia and Heading .. .. .. .. .. 97% Southern Pacific ., «. .. ... .. .. .. 66fi Union Pacific United Htntes Steel d». j.refi-rred ■■ .. BANK STOCKS. - Central Bank & Trust > Union Savings, Lowry j National. Prices on ap* plication. HILLYER INVESTMENT 00., Rond Dsp’t. Enfllish-American Bldg. THE AMERICAN AUDIT COMPANY Home Office, 100 Broadway, New York City. F. W. LAFRENTZ, 0. P. A., President 1 C. E, Manv.arlng, Vic. Pr.ild.nt, This. Coeh.u, Jr. C. P. A, too. and Tr*Mb BRANCHES ATLANTA—Fourth Nan Bank Biff* CHICAGO—Marquette Building. niILADKI-r TA—Ilclluvuo-StratforA BAN FT;ANCISCO—Balden Bullffla* NEW YORK—Waldorf-AatorlA BOSTON—Exchange Building. WASHINGTON—Colorado Building. NEW ORLEANS—H.nnen BuUdlng. BALTIMORE—Fidelity Building. LONDON. ENGLAND—4 King Street Cheapald*. | AT-ANTA BRANCH 1015-18 Fourth National Bank Building. 0. B. BID WELL, Resident Manager. Telephone, Main 872. Cable Addren. Amdlt, N. V. L. H. Fairchild. . Established 18S5. 8. J. Whitt L. H. FAIRCHILD & COMPANY, NEW ORLEAN8. - Member*: K.w Orleans Cotton Exchange. New York Coffee Exehang*. New York Cotton Exchange, New orl.-on* Itonrd ot Trad.. New Oman, Stork Exchange. Chicago nonrd of Trmle. LIVERPOOL COTTON ASSOCIATION. Private Wires to NEW YOBK and CHICAGO. Orders solicited for fntnre «.u»* •IT on above Exchanae* U- C. COTUBAN. FRANK HAWKINS, Preildent n. M. ATKINSON. VIo,.fro«M,nt. THOMAS c. ERWIN. Cashier. JOSEPH A. U’CORD, Vlc,-I're«ldeat " “ 1 Wiinn i.. r.int i.x, tnsuirt. W. UYCRS, AiBlataot Ctahlor. Third National Bank Capital .... $200,000.00 Surplus and Profits $400,000.00 DR, A. W. CAI.nOUN. MILTON DA ROAN. II, Al. AttVIUSwiii JOSEPH A. M'CORD. |. If. NUNN ALLY. J. CARROLL PAVNB. B. B. R08SBR, ir DAVID WOODW^fjlD. ALONZO RICHARDSON & CO. PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, AUDITORS AND BANK yOfAMINERt. Audits, Spacial Examinations. Coating and Syst^-natizing. EMPIRE BUILDING, ATLA/.TA, GA. — s;— v