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fHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, ft’ESI)AY, DECEMBER 18, 1906. lo COTTON TENDED TO LOWER LEVEL Sentiment Is Still Bearish 0J} the Continued Heavy Movement. business very dull Ginners’ Report, Due Thurs day, Was an Influence for Lower Prices. Tort, Dte. 18.—The cotton market, iltboneb opening about aa expected on cn- 82turned weaker on selling of-March, .miKisc't to be for the account of bearish Iri^bo'ises. Support was mainly f loom shorts. Business was not acttre. There are no new developments to cbron- w. In tbe cotton market. Sentiment con tinues bearish nnd the tendency of prices S toward a lower level. The heavy move ment I* '< depressing factor In 'that It ion firms the government's estimate of the SJo fnless signs of a falling off In re- Jelots appear In the near future, the bears hate s decided advantage. It Is well known iher never allow an Influence ndrereo to trim to pa" without due notice. s The bulla hove no argument, 01 ■n enormous demand for manufactured rMds but for the moment this argument f. offset by the apparent willingness of the holders of eotton to occepf present prices for the crop. A decreasing movement would work wonders In shtplhg tbs course of priesi In the_lmnjedlsts future. IJtei points tins In the Immediate future. Liverpool Tuesday morning opened 2@8 joints higher for futures. But later lost tractfcally . sll, ths Improvement, closing itssdy I point np to 1 point lower. Following is ths range In the active Booths In Liverpool today: _ Open. Hlsh. * — S.tt 6.I7H Booths December few; 8.S4 Jsnnsry Fehruary 8.S7 B.37 B.M E***’ 0 - 4 :::::S:8 5:8 5:8 Miy-Jane In the spot department, middling wu reduced 5 points to 6.19d. Sales 8,000 bsles. New York opened about ss due—1 point lower to 1 point higher, and slowly declined during tbe morning session, the ginners* report on Thursday, followed by the Christ* mai holidays, being against prices. “Thera nre rumors of n Price pool ba in* heavily committed on the short «* * who are trading on the theory that the »— ket ia overloaded on the long side, which ia a decided fnllaoy. and don't think they will to over the ginners* report on Thurs day with the full lino out, whlth will ne- Commeroinl of Mond that it does not state though unintentional. „ named are slightly behind lost year, the Increase being the result of Incorrect re ports from Atlanta last year. Tbe Com mercial saya: “There tins been «a .great deal of talk about tbe short crop In. Georgia, hot At lanta and Augusta, the two leading Interior towns of that state, received from Noptein* 1>er 1 to December 15, 854,864 bales of cot ton. na compared with 818,942 bales re ceived during the same time last year.” The following table gives correct figures of receipts from September to December 15, inclusive, compared with ths asms time Inst year: 1908. 1906. Dec. Augusta 968,688 282,718 24.080 Atlanta ICO,CM 209,666 9,699 A decrease of 88,629 bales Is shown, In tend of nn Increase of 40,411 The Now York market closed steady, 761 14 points net lower. Comparative receipts at all V. S. ports: .Vet receipts today 66.817 Same day last year 67,066 Increase 9,761 Total receipts for three days.......... 196,427 Same days last year — Increase Total receipts since Sept, 1.. NEWS AND GOSSIP of the Fleecy Staple. Same time last year Increase Estlamted tomorrow: Kr .... 60,188 ...6.889.867 ...4,746,696 ... 648,161 f Orlsans..r 18,000 to 15,000 jvaiveston 19,0001011,000 Houston 18,000 to 12,000 Movement at Atlanta: Receipt! today Same day last jogr Increase Shipments today 1906. 7,999 10.168 10,636 8awe day last year!, Inereaie Stock on hand today,..,,.., Bame day last ystr.. Increane Private Wire to Olbert k Clay. New York, Dec. 18.—Liverpool nt 12:30 2& 8 higher. Was expected S higher. On this basis, we should, upeu uncuaiigeu io 2 lower. v The Journal of Commerce: “The princi pal announcement of the figy wot an ad vance In bleached goods, followed Imme diately by placing the goods again at value. The discussion of price levels wot very the market, and It was pointed out that yesterday a levels do not represent as sharp an advance from tho lowest point ss the advance In cotton, labor and other ele- In the cost of. production.*’ The New York Commercial: The cen sus report on the amount of cottou ginned to December 14 Is due December 20. Last year the report was 9 382.000. and tbe mar- ket took It ns bearish, breaking 25 points on Its reading. Japan has taken 67,477 bales so fur this aefloou, ns compared with 21,761 bales dur- lng the same time last year. Qnlvt'Bton’B receipts for the season will ones the 2,000.000 mark today. Up to today they are 1,997.369 bales. v J Savannah got a very bad start this rraaon. but Its total receipts soon will have taught u ^ t ?r Ul . , , t ye«r’a figures. J* J{* l Iaa <lley thinks better, of cotton aa a speculation than he used to. A prominent Galveston spot man writes: I am more positive than ever that Texas has made considerably more than 4,000,000 bales. Every bale wfll be sdld at a good price, and when it cornea to planting for the new crop this state Is going to put in an acreage that will nstoiAsb the world. 1 would not advise any Texas roan to curtail, hut I would advise cotton ralaora who have to^use^ertMxera to tell out and come to A Jackson, Miss., special says: “The cotton market here, as no doubt everywhere else, has beeu badly depressed the past day or two, or alnce the government report of more than 12,000,000 bales, and very little baa been offered on tbe local market. Re ceipts In the Jackson territory have beeu no greater thun Inst year, It Is sold, but that Is, perhaps, due to the fact that the farmers have been holding on Just os long as possible, determined not to sell till they had to do so. Fortunately for the stato, there nre thousands of farmers who nre able to carry* one or more cotton crops, if they desire to do so, and Instnuces have been known where they held for that length of time. Because of the burning of tbe compress last season, statistics as to tbe number of bales marketed here last year and this nre hard to get at. but cot ton men declare tbe offerings this year have been about the name* as last.** The stock of American cotton !u Liverpool Increased 44.000 bales last week. New Orleans, Dec. 18.—Liverpool nt 2V. Is a shade disappointing, was due New Yorkv wires: “Bank of Germany rate 7 ner cent; feared Bank of EuglauU will follow.*’ Snots are salt* to 1>3 owlet and steody, with quotations unchanged. ANOTHER REPORT SOON TO COME New York, Dec. 18.—The Sun says: Large receipts nnd liquidation on the eve of the ginners* report, the holidays nnd the Jnu unry notices counted for the moment rather more than the big consumptive demand, the glowing reports in regard to the dry goods trade and everything else that a bull bolds to ho of fundamental Importance short side, while tightness of money cer tainly militates more or less against, hull speculation la that quarter. New Orleans, on tho other hand, bought to a certain ex tent and there was more or leaa local cover ing, while those In the room who adhere to tha bull aide bought on a moderate seals after the Liverpool market closed. On Thursday comes one of those statistics! dis turbances, the census bureau ginners* re* .port, which Is apt to be more of n com plete nuisance tbafi a complete exhibit of what tho figures purport to give, namely, the quautlty of cotton ginned for a given period up to a certain date. The returns nre notoriously Incomplete and. were they complete, the difficulty of determining Jnst what proportion of the crop the total amount -ginned represents naturally de tracts seriously from their valne. New Orleans. Dee. 18.—The Tltnes-Demo- ernt says: Firm spot markets bars again taken the starch out of f* nnd l>earlsh activity hn consequential proportions. Actual cotton shorts with foreign commitments to fill have raised their offers to 140 poluts New Orlenus, January options for I>ec_„ her delivery of Liverpool fully good mid- 1,900 15,680 9,221 6,469 8POT COTTON MARKET. uft.T4 SL%r*"' * >m ** Atlanta, steady: middling 10c. New lork, steady; middling 10.48c. CIBERT 4. CLAY’S DAILY COTTON LETTER Orlmn.. Dee. Id-Options In hirer- r”‘ * fr > »«»ln Influenced By the com- wntlr* Indifference manifested In the epot ffi.f-.“if* Amounting to only *,000 SSL*,' • imlnt* lower quotation.. Final .r S 1 'A* optlon I'** were 1 point blffb- . the Prrvlone dar’a clow. The hoiw.i "U'Ti" ”> h " r ” Imbibed eome-of the JfjJ! T" ment which the near approach compel*. Certainly , on Intccct of nny nerma- m ;rlt*t hold*, nnd tfie fre- Jn V|„„ ' ',‘ rln * * n, l re-entry of e few scalp- etan.2:^, JI. re »Pon»H»Ie for the alight price •« tki. .U °‘' C V- Speculation all thro"”’- ib.n'fr, " rn,nl1 h«« Been leai of « f» . »■». But thle con- ml hr, >n«ch from t gen- th» ,n .?* '“toreet a. from tbe etrlnfeucy center. h»Tc experienced Cr-S world Became aeiurcd of 0 »”r eeoeon-e crop*. h!;,,;,'he Bank of Oermany, oetenit- nkd u * ore'lnhle reeourcee, he. nnd.li,Intereet to 7 per cent, »hU ,h ,U:Lf, h ' ! ““."h Enaland follow, trie. V" JJJII within the pale of poulbll- I-Cfmc r'!’ of dnendel etrete would St,'ttotar drawn, end mllllote knw directly egalnet enpport nece.- - crente Improvement. In vtlnoe. TODAY’S PORT RECEIPTS. l6t?H 0 ! 0l |°* ln * t.hle .how. receipt* at the — i.r u„*y2SF* co “ par « 1 ‘be ig, a lower gi unry delivery. Under the clrcumstnnccs the big movement may Impel men at their |»erll to sell cotton they cannot buy except at costly presniums. Should Thursday's glti- ners’ report show more than ll.OOO.OO) bale* ginned to Decemb«*r 1. some effort will prob ably be made to farther depress values, but tbe wise man has already learned by ex perience that ginners* figures nnd big crop estimates do not till pressing commitment*. DRY GOODS TRADE CONTINUES STRONG New York Commercial. Ia the cotton goods trade business con tinues strong on practically nil lines of do mestics and on certain of the medium weight sheetings In brown and blenched states, generous orders are being put through for February and March delivery for borne consumption, tbe large buyers rep resenting Western bag manufacturers and the other cuttlng-np Interests of the middle states and Southwest being the most active buyers. Forward buying on print cloths, while reported steady, shows none of the snap that was exhibited In the early days of the month. This la because of the ad vance to n 4 cent valuation on regulars and the holding of all wkle goods on n basis of 6T4 cents for wide standards. In the deliv ery of heavy eottons, especially drills, ducks and tickings, the manufacturing I terests throughout the country are gettii more prompt shipments of goods under i. Uer than ws» the case during October and November. In some Instances In the New England mills nu Increase In the number of operatives has been made possible and this has helped to Increase the output of the looms. Prices at the close of ths week on yarns remain firm, with n tendency to atltfen on the counts above 20s. Mnnr yarn spinners are turning down forward con tracts where the valuations they put oti yarns arc not nrgeed to by buyers and where even the slightest concession Is re quested. They prefer to tell alomg nt their own prices and let future business take — °Vlie°cotton goods market closed 8atu with the price levsla on staples and high count cloths standing nt an adrntice of from I to 2 per cent over n week ago. — sheetings, drills. 1907 MARKET PAGE —will be even better than we have f given heretofore. The Georgian has four member ships in the new Chamber of Com merce Market Exchange, and our own wire direct from New York, and will continue to make its mar ket page the best we can produce. Remember—Mr. Lively, our market editor, has had over a quarter of a century experience at his business. His markets are reliable. TIPS FLASHED From Wall Street. Edited by Joseph B. Lively ARKETS Mr. Llvaly'a twenty-flv# years* experience of ed iting markets In Atlanta and the South baa made him a recognised au thority In bis specialty. RANGE OF NEW YORK STOCKS AND COTTON MARKETS NAME OF 8TOCK. Amalgamated Coppei Atlantic Coaat Lime- American Sugar Htf. • - * Anaconda • • • • American LocomotlT*. * * do. preferred. • # - » . Am. Hmvltrag Uef do. preferred* . • * * . Atchison. * . do. preferred. * • . . . American Cot*ou OIL ... Am. Cor Foundry Baltimore A uhio. .... Chesapeake A Ohio. . Colorado Fnel A lro». Central Leather do. preferred. . . . Chicago * Great W. . Chicago. M. A Ht. P. . Delaware A Hudeoo. . Distiller's Securities. .. Brie. NAME OF STOCK. S. Uei. * Western. National Lead Northern Pacific. . • • New York Central. . . Norfolk a Western. . Pennsylvania People's Gas Pressed Steel Car. • • . do. preferred. , • . Patlfic Mall. Heading Republic Steel Rock Island. ...... dp. preferred. . . . , United State.) Uubbei. . do. preferred Boat hern Pacific, , , . Southern Railway. , do. preferred. . , . SIOM-Bheffleld. « . • . Tenn. Coal,* Iron. . . Texas A X'scllc. , • • . Vs.-Car. Chemical. • do. preferred. . « Western Union. . . . . Wnbnah. . . ....... do. preferred. . . , Wisconsin Central. • . do. preferred. • • , don firm, with the cxceptlhn of 8t. Paul, and generally *4 to Vi below parity. . Berlin t»ank rate advanced to 7 per cent. St. l’nnl will lasuo 899.480,831 new stock, two-third* of preferred and one-third corn- mod,' payable tu six Installments up to March 1. 1109. . Some demand for stock* In the loan crowd, particularly St. Paul and New York Central, i am Presh hie message on Panama canal. Cnnadlun Paddc earnings for the week ended December 14 show decrease of 856,000. Twelve Industrial* declined .96 per cent. Twenty active railroads declined 1.42 per cent. New York Flnsnctal Bureau: Give close attention to support limits, using small stop below In buying near them ns safe guard, If desired. Specialist reports lndlcste strong Amnlgs- mated support near 111 Tbe news being out, realising may occur In tit. Paul, which has no good support In ^Standing's pool reduced their buying < ders from 146 to 144 yesterday, sata a s| olallst. Knudtlng’s support Is now 150. Atchison Is held at 103 and then par. Brooklyn Rapid Transit Is supported near 79 aow. with trend up. Brie Is supported near 44 and Rock Island 90 nnd thou 28. Louisville ann Nashville, will meet good buying near 145. New York Central support Is now around 128 and 130. Pennsylvania Is supported Just above 137. Kouthern Pacific Is held around 99, then 90. Union Pacific wilt meet buying orders Just above the 18S level. Hteel is held at 47, then 46. If the Support limit Is overwhelmed or withdrawn tem porarily prices will sag for a time. THE WEATHER. LOCAL FORECAST. and Wednesday; colder toufi weathefTconditions* Tbe area of low pressure that was cen tered over east Tennessee lias moved south east, decreasing In energy, and la now mov ing off the coast of South Carolina. The northwestern area of high pressure moved south and la now centered over Kansas and eastern Nebraska. Its advance has canned a general fall In temperature at moat stations east of the Rockies except In the extreme southeast, where Its Influ ence Is not yet felt. At Atlanta a fall of 24 •i-crees occurred. Cloudy weather prevails In the gulf nnd The ndvnu<*e of the high barometric area front the northwest will cause fair weather In this section tonight aud , Wednesday; colder tonight. » * * • ~- Minimum and Maximum Tsmpsratursa and Rainfall. , Observations taken at 8 a. as., 75th mstl- Total stock sates today l.fa.70d shares. NEW YORK. TB* followin' !t tBo range Id cottoa fn- Too following to tbo.nni tore. In Sew York .orioy: I’loM-d otoadr. NOTES on grain. Pointers on Provisions. LIVERPOOL. The following gives the opening range and close, compared with yesterday. Futures opened steady. Opening Prarloua Rang*. 2 0. m. Close. Close. April-.^ny .... 6.89J4 6Jttfc May-June ....6.44 4.42% 5.43% 5.41% 5.41 June-July 5.45 -6.44 5.44 6.42% 6.42% Jtily-Aug 6.46 5.46 6.«% f-4I% Aug.-Hept. .5.9)% 5.40% 8.28% 6.38% Ck steady. NEW ORLEANS. The following Is the range In cotton fu tores in New Orleans today: Closed steady LITTLE DOING IN WHEAT MARKET Lower Cables Were Offset by Early News of a Bullish Average. INTERIOR RECEIPTS. The following table show* receipts at the Interior towns today, compared with tbe me day last year: 1536 Towns. Ilonston. Augusta. Memphis gt. Louis Cincinnati. *KM nn an —m— TstsS - I'rlvMf* Wlro to Olbort A'Otijr. l-hldiRo, r>«>. 18.—Providin' hl*h.r on tho hither Bin.. The Burin* not rerr •plrltwl. TBe Mllinff look* llki th» pack er*. l'nckpr. trrtuff to keep tBe market down *o na to effect Biff*. CBIcaao llecord-IIcrnKl: Eaeb dnr of llaht receipt* of Bog* nt wMtern packing center' J tierce' tB« nerrou'noM of tbe prorl'lno trade. More Bor> nre wanted. The expert' nre pow keeping n cloae watch on tbe ftuel- itr of tbe arrival* here. The/ »r*ue thitt If Inn' nre Being held back for tbe purpose of feeding them cheap com. a* would lie :^\';K‘ Ur hJ:^riT„ff 1 L7e 0 wL , lX ,0 weU ->> <»» "“rtetx Tbero wa* *oo,l Bnylna ' b “' ' h ° ,[ ri Ji? g t h# 7c De, «7teei ta 1,11 ,h " I’ l “- T"" uf *»« mllwnr' day the'Duality of tbe arrlraU la reported j hdl'x' Cash sales here wore 86.009 lurahels of wheat, 60,00) bushels corn aud 125,000 bushels oat*. At tbe seaboard thirteen loads wheat and three loads corn. This week Lust week Cor. week last year... 'Blnce July 1 game period last year. Argentine visible, with comparisons. Is: This I*n»t .least Week. Week. •Year. Wheat, bushels.. 696.000 796,00) L104.000 Corn, bushels... l.ZiS.m 2,314.000 1,266,000 ••The small top growth of winter wheat, caused by late sealing, has Iwen partially made up by plentiful moisture and moder ate temperature. Crop condition In geueral continue favorable,’* aaya tbe Modern Mil ler. 67. Petersburg message oars tbe Rus sian government boa Itought 6.009,090 bushels of wheat In western Hlberla for asa of the famine sufferers In Burupetn Russia. Argentine shipments Wheat Bushels. 712.000 176,090 1.919.000 2.211.000 675.000 92, *M,000 83,905.000 — f -— we have l»een told by the exporters that there la no fnrclgu demand for wheat,** sold W. H. Warren. ••Ylcanwhlle there ha* l»een desr- e«l to date from tbe present crop of about 90.O0Q bushels wheat nn ALONZO RICHARDSON & CO., PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS Empire Building. Bell Phone. Main 858. ATLANTA. GEORGIA been no report < i the crop thus far.” and 766.0w UHMirie hub, r«iH)WPi iriiu hi,- 000 bushels and 905,000 bushels respectively a jresr ago. * CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET m I k era* Aseoc that 58 per cent of the markeutde oats has left farmers* bands, tearing 42 per cent still to Im* marketed. This Is understood to lie In addition to the ordinary farm reserves of-26 per cent carried over to another crop. It wonld thus leave ilnat <7 per r*nt of the oats yet In farmen' hand*. This Is In. marked contrast to tbe claims made for the When northern sectfrn of that state, and southern j Corn. Mluursota as made 1a Thursday’* literature Onta. ou the ■ntkjrct. llo^s. for today WHEAT-*"*’ Dec 73% May 71% Jn cfbiiN- Dec 41% May 48% July 44 OATti- Der 94% 76i.« i au... 16. Tsy... 14.: LARD- Jfe:::. m iS* *■* Jsn... 8.57% #.67% 8 5^4 or... 8.72% 8.7S 9.79 CASH WHEAT- So. 2 red 75 nominal; No. 3 «io 1 Inal; No. 2 hard winter 74075%; si; Ss si- Sh 'AM wSh 25:^ n 1:11* 8.52% geo 8.79 9.79 NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET. New York, Dec. 18.—The market opened steady at unrhauged prices to a decline of 6 points In response to rather disappoint ing cables. Havre started put all right at a partial advance of % franc, but de clined before the hour of the local ofienlng, wheu prices were unchanged to % franc ministration. Oue cable was received stat ing that the agreement twtwecn Itlo ami Minas bad Im>cii signed at the conference lietween the states of Rio, Sllnaa and timo Paulo nnd tbe Federal government. The market was about net nurbsnged in tbe early afternoon, with trading nulet and offerings very llght.-Glbert A. Clay. Following ta the opening range and close la the New York com market for Opening Range. Close. ^J?y IKS S:Sil 6.904.96 6*004.06 164.11 6.164.29 6.3)4.26 6.264J9 6.364.« U04J6 nominal; N «!b 71074%. CHICAGO CAR LOTS. Below Is gtren receipts today soi est)- iated receipt* for tomorrow: Today. Togrtf, March 6.89 April 1.86-6.96 May ISO Jane <004.10 July 0.104.20 August 0.20490 iteptemlier 0.99 October 0.994.40 November 0.40 December 0.604.60 Closed firm. COtTON SEED OIL. Following were the opening and eleelng prices on cotton seed oil today: Opening. Closing, December. ..*••* * January. ...... February. . • • • • 1 . March 97%$97% IP ::::::::: si hales, 100 December at I THE METAL MARKET. New York, I>ec. 18.—At the metal ex change today, further strength was shown In Uopper, which advanced nil around. Tin was weak and off %e In spot aud nearby deliveries. Lead and spelter unchanged. THE LIVERPOOL QRA1N~~MARKET. Wheat—Opened unchanged; at p. m., % lower: cK«“d % lower. Corn—Opened nnebanged; at 1:99 p. m., um-(>ingc«! and closed trochanged. Aldtcne. Amaiillo. ...... Asheville. . . • . . Atlanta. Augusta Hlriulngham Illsmarck Boston Buffalo Charleston Charlotte. ..... Chicago Cincinnati Corpus Christ!. . . * Davenport. Dodge City El Unso Fort-Hroltb. -. , , Galveston. , , » , , Havre. . . Ia>s Angelas Macon. ....... Memphis , Meridian . Norfolk. ... . NorthTlntte. . Omaha... . . . I’aleatlne. . . . ftewr. Uortlnml, Ore. , Ht. Louis. . . . Ht 1'nul. . . . Han Francisco, . Havanuah. . . * Spokane. , . . . Taj lor. . . /. . Thomssvlllo. SU V«n: Wilmington. T Indicate* trace of rnlu or sno' WERE WEAK EARLY Adversely Affected by Liq uidation of Speculative Holdings of St. Paul. DECLINED SIX POINTS Other Leaders Pell From 1 to 3 Points—Strength Shown in Pew- Stocks. New York, Dec. 18.—The liquidation move ment which set lu In yeeterdny’a market continued with little show of resistance. T^'o developments In the dny’s nltuatlon Intensified the selling pressure. One was the ndvnuce In tbe Gcruuiu bank rate to 7 per cent, the highest that the Insti tution has ever charged, except In times of panic. The other was a violent break In 8t. Until shares, following the rais ing of the Berlin discount. The foreign security markets were quite upset. British consols In particular fell % of a point American shares In the early London deal ings were weak with the rest but on sup- r rt from this side rallied enough to make fair showing of prices by the opening of the dealings here.' Immediately nt tlio atari of tha local trading, stocks began to l>e pressed for sale, and, save for a mo mentary diversion caused by the rapid up- bidding of Baltimore and Ohio shares, the market was steadily weak up to midday. 1 The persistent weakening of the high price ; fluenced by the liquidation of speculative of 8L Paul and uncertainty ' i the reduced Ich rights have been up. 8t. Paul lost 1 valuo of stocka on whlc declared will lie made nan treated by the hanging of alk lem ma ou the 8t. Paul post ana offers to give me of them to bnyers waa made when ever large transactions occurred, Brooklm Rapid Transit was one of the few stocks MONEY AND EXCHANGE. aeir York. Dec. 18.—Money on call 15622; opened nt 15: loaned at IS; closed at 22: time loans firm; 60 nnd 90 days and 6 mouths. 6 per cent. Hterllng excbnnge. 84.79%64.84%, with ac- tuul business In bankers* bills at $4.833Vtl> 4.8340 for demand and $4.836064.8366 for & hit bills. Commercall bits, 667 for 00 and 99 days. Bar v silver, 69%c. Mexican dollars, 68%c. Government bonds, 2 r s advanced %; others ready. Railroad bond* firm. MINING STOCKS. Boston. Mass., Dec. 18.—Quincy 100; Te- LONDON 8T0CK MARKET. % j. 11. MAiiiiimr. hVetlon Director. WEATHER F0RECA8T. Louisiana nrol Mississippi—Fair Tuesday and Wednesday; fresh northerly winds. Kate Texas-Fair Tuesday and Wednes day; warmer Wednesday; fresh northerly winds. West Texas—Fair Tuesday and Wednss- ^rkatiMa—Fair Tuesday and Wednesday; warmer Wednesday, Georgia—Fair and colder on Tuesday; to morrow fair and colder on the coaat; fresh northwest winds. Western Florida and Alabama—Fair and colder Tuesday; Wednesday fair; fresh north winds. Tennessee—Fair and continued cold to day and tomorrow. THE 8UOAR MARKET. New York, Pec. 18.—Refined and raw sugar markets steady nml nurbanged. Lon don tieets steady. STOCKA— Amalgamated Copper Auncondn Atchison Baltimore anil Ohio Ufinadian Pacific Chesapeake nml Ohio Denver nnd Bio Grande .... *pre*lferred WW Great Western Illinois Central Kuuwm nnd Texas evjllc nnd NashrlUe ... Mexican Central New York Central Norfolk and Western Ontario and Western ........ Pen nay Iranis PliUuucIpbfu nnd Rending ... Rook Island t ^juiou* pacific •;!!.*.’!!!!!! \ | Tnlteil Htntes Steel ilo, preferred Wabash dot preferred STOCKS REVIEWED BY NEW YORK SUN N<>w York, Dm. W.—TB« flan ■>>■: "Dl- Tjrae and IrrmUr t.sd.ool,. pmallafl la th, trmllnff In ttock' j 1 1 ,r. 1 r11 ny. .ad pro dared a B..rr and uuMttlaU, If not exactly * --'ik. *»«irlty market. The buyin* and aclllug that west on waa of an area more profession.! aort than It baa been recrntly, and tbe dlotlnabnl imbllc Interest In tbe mallei;; w» farther ibawn In a ranaldera- lilr falling off la the rulume at tranaaetloiia. Home ■elllnx of atocks appearrd to be occa- oued la tb* early part of atock exchange ■“Ion by a farther rlolrat rise la the prim of St foul, which led to runora of a corner or of comristltlr* baylac In tb. Block. It oiay be duubtrd If there wa* any arrloaa belief In tbe flnaurlal district that a corner or almllar contlnaency af. frctlna Ht. 1‘aul or any other actly. seenr- Ity waa ImMndlnf. It baa tone been known that the floating supply of gt. Paul atock la aafely lodged In a a mall numbar of very atrong handa. and aufflcltnt reaion bu'lotM house that the St. PatU | bad orderedau U.ua of gckJ.327.000 preferred stock and 133,1X3,740 common shares of tba company at bar. to tba eilatlng atoekboldar* at once, nights to aubacrlbe to this large Issue of stork on theao terras wtir, of course, be eery raluahl.."—ntliert Ik Clay. SOUTHERN EXCHANGE Oldest Established Office South. canon—nows—com—guui Ground Floor Oculd Building. Dally market letter and market manual mailed on application r ATLANTA NATIONAL BANK ATLANTA, GA. C. e. CURRIER, President. A. E. THORNTON, Vice-President. H. T. INMAN, VIce-PratldanL OEO. R. DONOVAN, Cashier. JAMES S. FLOYD, Aaa’t Cashier. I Capital $500,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits $500,000.00 We Solicit Your Patronage. J HUBBARD BROS & CO wKakts Atlanta Office*. 219-221 Century Building. Members New York Cottoa Exchange, New Or-1 leans Cotton Exchange, Liverpool Cotton Asso-1 elation, Chicago Board of Trade, New York Cof-1 fee Exchange, New York Produce Exchange. Business solicited for the above exchanges Direct wire servite. Correspondence invited. Phones 4W, Long Distance39. A.S. Husmce. Mt>r. I