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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
News of the Cotton Crop and Markets
AUGUSTA COTTON MARKET
Middling 9 l=l6c
Tone—Steady
New York Cotton Market
(TODAY’S FIGURES.)
Open. High. Low. Close.
January 8.57 8.63 8.53 8.51
March 8.60 8.60
September 8.76 8.75
October 8.77 8.83 8.74 8.79
December 8.66 8.73 , 8.63 8.65
Tone—Steady. Spots—9.4o.
New Orleans Cotton Market
(TODAY'S FIGURES.)
Open. High. Low. Close.
January 8.68 8.75 8.68 8.72
October 8.74 8.81. R.’W 8.80
December 8.67 8.71 8.67 8.68
Tone—Steady. Spots—9%c.
#
Chicago Grain and Provisions
(TODAY’S FIGURES.)
WHEAT — Open. High. Low. Close.
September .... 98% 98% 87% 97%
December v „ 97% 98% 97% 97%
CORN—
September 81 81% 80% 80%
December 70 70% 69% 69%
OATS—
September .. 49% 49% 49% 49%
December 54% 50% 50% 50’/*
LARD-
September.. .. 9.92% 9.95 9.90 9-92%
October 9.87% 9.97% 9.92% 9.97%
RIBS—
September 9.25 9.33 9.20
October 9.30 9.45 9.80 9.42%
FULL QUOTATIONS IN
THE LOCAL MARKETS
(TODAY’S FIGURES.)
Low middling 8 7-8
Strict low mtdding 9c
Middling 9 1-8
Strict middling 9 1-4
Good middling .. , 9 3-8
(YESTERDAY’S FIGURES.)
Low middling 8 15-16
Strict low middling 9 1-16
Middling y •• • • 9 3-16
Strict middling 9 5-16
Good middling 9 7-16
RECEIPTS, SALES
AND SHIPMENTS
Nat receipts 1729
Through cotton today 89
Gross receipts today 1878
SALES FOR THE WEEK.
Sales. Spin. Shpit
Sat. ... 939 180
Monday . . .844 121 2l>’’
Tuesday . .770 11 -•••
Wed . . . .1366 155 671
Thurs. . .1351 11 1191
pri 833 48 992
Total . . .5270 428 2113
RECEIPT 6 FOR THE WEEK.
1908. 1907.
Sat. . . . 1016 1289
Mon 1475 2164
Tttes . . ..1604 2741
Wed. . . .1539 2546
Thurs. . . .1625 2308
pri 1818 2251 ,
Totals . . 9077 13293
STOCKS AND RECEIPTS
Stock in Augusta, 1908 13,027
Stock in Augusta, 1907 13,472
Received since Sept. 1, 1907 ..11,493
Received since Sept. 1, 1906 ..17,244
IN SIGHT AND SUPPLY
1908. 1907.
Sight to Sept 4.... 76.611 90,736
During week 115,914 103,389
Visible supply. . .1,700,552 2,200,205
ESTIMATES FOR
TOMORROW
Today. Last Tr.
Galveston 7129
Hluston ....
700-1,300 New Orleans 833
PORT RECEIPTS
1907. 1908.
Galveston 4859 14411
New Orleans 559
Mobile 426 416
Savannah 6967 9883
Charleston 1227 1495
Wilmington 2181 518
Norfolk 629 770
Baltimore 186
Brunswick 3186 650
Total ports J 0682 27000
INTERIOR RECEIPTS
Houston 7160 7087
Augusta 2251 1818
Memphis 94 300
St Louis 178
LiWlc Rock 164
I
LOCAL STOCKS AND
BONDS.
* v ___ _
(Corrected by Mar'ln a Oarrettl
Government Bonce.
oM. Askel
V. 8 Ss 1905 Jo#%
IT. 8 2s 1930 103%
l’ 8. 2a. 2**o 10*
State Bones.
Ga 3%5. 1930 J ft !.■■■ »T
G» 3%5. 1915. MAN- •»
G*. 4%e. 1322. J A J ... ««i
City Band*
Auguste Is, 1931. MAS ST ■
August* 4%», 1925. A A 0 102
XJrusia 1991. II A • tr
Atlanta Ss. 1914. J A }■■ IDS
Augusta Is, 1135, M A N.. 95 ——
AUGUSTA DAILY RECEIPTS.
1907 1908
Georgia Railroad .. .. 369 181
Southern Railway ... 429 345
Central of Georgia .. 271 167
C. & W. C. Ry. .. .. 399 148
Atlantic Coast Lin e . 11l
Wagon 480 316
Canal
River 192 572
Net receipts 2251 1729
Through 89
Total 2251 1818
VILLAGERS FIGHT
the mm
FIRES
DULUTH, Minn.—The two hundred
inhabitants of Foxboro, a small Wis
consin village 12 miles from here, are
battling for their lives with forest
fires which completely surround the
village and are rapidly eating their
way toward the town.
Reports from Cook and Lake coun
ties stato that the flames are still
spreading and that an Immense quan
tity of Umber has been destroyed.
Damage to the extent of SIOO,OOO
has been done at Washburn, Wls.,
where a whole block in the business
section succumbed to the flames.
Hibblng is still the center of most
peril from the flames in the Mesaba
range district and a desperate effort,
is being made a mile west of the
towu to stay the approach of the
Are.
Assistant Chief Schaufele, is slowly
recovering from the effects of tint
accident that he suffered whiie going
to the Georgia Iron Work’s fire
Charleston 4s, 1909, J A J 99
Charleston 4%*. 1923, A
A O 104
Charleston 9s. 1924, A
A O 105
Coumbla. 4*. 1910. J A J.. 9*
Columbus 4%5, 1927, 4
J. ft J 102
Railroad Stocka.
Atlanta and Weat Point
R R 140 144
Ga R R and Banking Co 24.’ 2V.
t A A S R R CO 103
Southwestern R R Co ... 102 to*
Bank Stocas.
Augusta Savings Bank . 175 —>
Iritm-American Bank (par
1 125) «0
Merchants Bank ... .... 190 191
National Bark 183 i4u
National Exchange Bank 12* ISt
Planters I.oan A Savings
Bank (par »10) 20 22
'Tnlon Savings Bank (par
$25) ... *2%
Cltlsena’ Bank - 111
Local Bonds.
Augusta Factory Ist 6s,
due 1915. M and M.. .. t'!
Augusta Ry A Elec Co
Ist ss. 1940. J A 1> 94
Bon Air Hotel Co. 6s.
J A D.. 1011-21 .100
Jarksonvlfie ss, 1924, M
ft N 104
Macon t%9. 1926. January
quarterly -.101 *—
Maeon 6*. 1910, January
quarterly 102
Savannah f,«. 1009, Feb
ruary quarterly ... 91 ——-
Savannah 69 1914, January
quarterly .102 ——
Local Bonds.
Enterprise Mfg Co. Ist
Bs, 4923, MAN 12 97
Sibley Mfg, Co. Ist 6s,
due 1923. J A D .... 91 (7
Railroad Bonds-
Augusta So Ky Ist mort
gage. 6a. J A I> . .. 41 *9
C of rje Ry Ist Mfg 6*.
1945, K and A tl*
C of Ga Ry let Con Mtg
sa. 1946 M and M TO*
C of Ga. Mac * Not Dlv,
Ist ss, 1946, J and J.. .. 99 191,
New York Stock Market
Atchison 89%
Atchison pfd 95
Baltimore & Ohio \.. 99%
Canadian pacific 173
Chicago & Alton 24%
Chicago & Northwestern 162%
Colorado Southern 37%
Denver & Rio Grande 27%
Denver & Rio Grande pfd 66%
Erie 29%
Illinois Central 143%
Louisville & Nashville 109%
Missouri Pacific 56%
New York Central ... 106%
Pennsylvania 124%
Reading 130%
Rock Island 18
Rock Island pfd 34
St. Paul 141%
Southern Pacific 106%
Southern railway 21 %
Union Pacific 165%
Union Pacific pfd 89
Wabash 12%
Wisconsin Central J 28
Interboro Metropolitan 11 %
THE SENATE HAD
TO WRANGLE
AGAIN
ATLANTA, Ga. —The senate got
into another parliamentary wrangle
this morning soon after the session
convened. Mr. Knight, made another
motion that the senate adjourn until
Saturday morning at 9:15 o’clock.
Mr. Peacock made, a point of or
der that the motion was not, in order
on account of the fact that the pre
vious question had bdhn called. The
chair ruled the motion in order. Mr.
Felder appealed from the decision.
The chair entertained the appeal and
Mr. Felder began a speech in support
of the appeal.
The house took a recess to await
the action by the senate.
The senate voted to over-ride the
decision of President Flynt by 19 to
17 at the conclusion of Mr. Felder's
speech.
I. BOOTH AGO. IN
DECEIVER'S
HANDS
•
CHlCAGO.—lnteresting details of
how "A. Booth & C 0.,” the fish trust
swallowed up SBOO,OOO of the person
al fortune of W. Vernon Booth ’n
less than eight months and how it
broke itself, breaking lls competitors,
became public today, following (he
failure of the company and the ap
pointment late yesterday afternoon
of a receivar to take charge of the
assets.
Incidentally it was revealed that
ten days ago W. Vernon Booth, ill
from worrslng over the finances of
the concern that he could not remedy,
was called upon for $1,000,000 and
given ten days to produce the money,
with a receivership as an alternative.
The money was not produced and the
receivership proceedings were taken
yesterday, just in time to heat an
attachment suit for $35,000. begun hy
the Girard National bank of Philadel
phia.
President Booth, who is one of the
best known members of Chicago’s
most exclusive society, organiser of
the Onwentsia Hunt club, and until
recently master of the foxhounds
there, is reported to be ill.
OFFICERS HUNT
FOR FARMER’S
TOREURER
♦
PORT JERVIS. —Defectives of the
LackawnnnM, the Erl* and the Ontario
and Weston, railroads ba'c beep
searching all trains slnec Wednesday
night in an endeavor to cap)ure one
of the three non who tortured W’ll
Darn Hattlev. an aged farmer, of Glen
wood, Susquehanna county, I’a
The day pr- vlous the farmer sold a
.umber of beep and rec*if«.,| $l,00 ( t
He sent hi* daughter to Montroae to
deposit the money.
Three robber* entered hi* home ha
fore the girl* returned All wore
naak* They demanded the money of
Hortley. He told them he htid aent
I to the hank They would not b»-
ieve him. end failing to make him re
eal It* suppo*ed hiding place, they
-ee.ted an Iron until red hot and sp
oiled It to hi* feet
Hartley screamed in agony, but in
!s'»d hi* daughter had taken It to
ic bank The "men then searched the
rouse and found $8,50. Unraged at
THE AUGUSTA HERALD.
J. C. McAULiFfE.
Market Editor
| Interboro Metropolitan pfd .... 32%
I Great Northern 186%
! Atlantic Coast Line ... 91
j Amalgamated Copper 76%
I American Car & Foundry .. .. 38%
American Locomotive 46%
American Cotton Oil 35 %
Am. Smelting A Refining 93%
Am. Smelting & Refining pfd ..104
Brooklyn Rapid Transit 52 1 i
Colorado A Iron 34%
General Electric 143
National Biscuit 89'
National Lead 81%
Pacific Mail 26%
; People’* Gas 97
pressed Steel Car 3:1%
Pullman Palace Car 162%
! Sioss Sheffield Steel 63
Southern Pacific pfd 119%
Sugar 131%
United States steel 40%
United States Steel pfd 109%
Western Union m
Mackay’s 67%
Virginia Carolina Chemical .... 29%
Do., pfd 109%
SCHOOLS UHL READY
FOB OPENING
MONDAY
The schools are In readiness for
the opening Monde;. Lime has been
distributed over the grounds and the
buildings have been thoroughly
cleaned.
The Davidson school is in readi
nesa, excepting the front fence and
that will be finished the first part
of the week.
The work at the Central is being
rapidly pushed and will be finished
in a few weeks. The building is ab
solutely safe and it has been cleaned
! thoroughly. The yards are In shape
land there Is nothing to prevent things
from moving as usual.
The Tubman school is in readiness.
The building did not suffer very much
from the flood and the use of plenty
of water and soap, with disinfectants,
has put it in good condition.
The negro schools have been put.
in order and a large attendance is ex
pected. •
St. Mary's Convent is In readiness
for the coming year, excepting I lie
fences that were washed away. This
is a vary old Institution and its nu
merous advantages are well known.
St. Patrick's Commercial Institute
will h ready Monday morning. The
hnlT<nng has been thoroughly cleaned
and the grounds are In order.
Brother Elias will replace Brother
Adolph, who will not teach this year.
The Sacred Heart Academy open
ed last Monday with a large attend
ance. The studies are the same as
before and there have been no
changes.
Sacred Heart college opened last
Monday with a large enrollment. The
curriculum is better this year than
ever before and notice Is* called to
the different, studies.
Miss Funk's Commercial school, In
the Harlson building, is open and a
night class has been added recently.
This school offers great advantages
to those who wish to take a course
In shorthand, typewriting, and espe
clal attenllon is given to hookkean-,
Ing.
There have been several changes
in the faculties of the public schools
and they are as follows: Tubman—
Miss Elisabeth Willis and Miss Pow
el replace the Misses Coffin; Miss
Lena llawkes replaces Miss Isabella
Jordan.
Central- Miss Maude Wood re
places Miss flora Webb; Miss Clara
Wallace replaces Mis. Belle Cona
rher; Miss Alma Vldetto replaces
Miss E. Pritchard.
Davidson Mtss A T. Goodrich re
places Miss M .1 Plank; Mrs. Shew
make replaces Miss Charlotte Ward
law.
Fifth Ward Miss Clanchc Hteadly
replaces Miss K. T Mcl-aws; Miss
Caddie Robertson replaces Miss Bn
die Schrameck; Miss E, Pritchard re
places Miss Adele Macmurphey.
Houghton—Mias Cornelle Hchelf
fieln replaces Miss Fannie Pierce;
Miss Beulah Todd replaces Miss Cor
Inne Schrameck
Woodlawn Mtss Arlle Macmur
phey replaces Miss J. K. Smith; Mis*
B. T Mel.aw* replaces Mis* Blanch-*
SteadL; Miss L. Goodrich replaeea
Ml** m T. Goodrich.
The enrollment of new pupil* -it
the school* Is progressing slowly, the
parent* are urged to send their rhll
dren that are to be enrolled thi m
week, as the principals are at thejr
respective school* every day from 9
;to 12 o’clock The enrollment to date
i 1* aa follow*;
Tubman *chool 60
Central school 9
Houghton school ~ .. 25
Woodlawn school 40
Davidson school 10
Fifth Ward school 80
All white teacher* are requested
to be present at the normal class for
| white teacher* at the Tubman school,
Friday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock
not finding more, they beat the ***d
fannei until h* w«* lh*»n»lble, and
rude away.
Two of them were raptured They
gave their name* n* William Wandell
and Oioai Flstt. The third I* fit 111 at
I urge.
UP-TO-DATE GINNERY
WE ARE OPERATING THE BEST EQUIPPED
IN THIS SECTION. :::::: : :
GINNING 75c PER BALE
BAGGING AND TIES AT COST
GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED.
WE PAY THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICE FOR COTTON SEED. WILL
HAVE FRESH SUPPLY, HULLS AND MEAL IN A FEW DAYS.
Planters Cotton Oil Co.
Turpin Hill. - Turpin Hill.
Charleston & Western
Carolina Railway
The following arrlvuts ar.a aei>armvo«
or trains, Union Station. AuguaMu, Ha.,
well ns oonectlona with other compa
nies, ,ii« ilmply given aa Information,
uud are not guaranteed:
iJEfTeotlve May 81. 1*08.)
, DEPARTURES.
«:30 a. m. No 7, Dally Tor Anlirion,
Bon*ca, etc.
10:10 a. in.—No. 1, T»ully for Greenwood.
Laurens, Greenville, Spartanburg,
HenderMonvilla and Anhevllle.
1:0b p. in. No. 4*. Dally except Hunilaf*
for Allendale. Fairfax, Charleston,
Suvannah. Reuuforl, Port Hoyal.
7:00 n. m. No 88, Hunday only, for A!
loudalf, Charleston, Peaufort, Port
Hoyal, Savun?*ah.
4:40 p. in. No. .7, Dally for Greenwood,
No. ft leaven Greenwood al S.bu *.
lU* for bpartanburg.
ARRIVALS
No. 4, Dully rroni Greenwood, »:3b
•• 01 No. 41. dully except Sunday, from
C.hurlealon. Savannah, Beaufort. Port
Hoyal. etc., No. 37, Sunday only, from
Beaufort, port Koyel, Charleston and Ba-
Viinnuh, 1:30 a ni. 12 30 p m. No. 3,
dany from Aahevllle, spurt uimuri;.
g '"l* wood, Stc„ p. in No. H. dally
from Anderson, McCormick, etc.. 7:8:>
p ni.
Trains 41 and 42 and 87 and 3K run
solid between Augusta and Charleston.
ICffactive June 18, 190 ft. thoie will he
Trl-Weekly Parlor Car nervine between
Awguata and Asheville, leaving Augusta
Tuesday*. Thursday* and SaturdnyM.
Asheville Mondays, Wednesday and Fri
day*. Trains Nos. 1 and 2.
KKNKST WILMA MB.
General Pasaonger Agent.
No. 107 Rroadaav Augusta. Ga.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
RAILWAY.
(Curr*mi ftcneauiPH corr«H i«a to uat«.)
(70th Murhlltiit T'jitig.)
DEPARTURES.
S'or flavnmiHh ami Mhcuii .... ••7.30am
For Dublin and Savannah •/:4r»pn*
For Savannah and Mucon •M:4o|»rn
For Savannah and Macon !!»:40pin
For Savannah, "Tybee, limiteu 11/.OOnm
ARRIVALS.
From Havannah and Macon ... •*7:&Opm
From Havanruih und Macon .■ .
* roin Havannah und Mu con !!8:10uir
From Dublin and Savannah... ••12:41>pm
From bavun'h **Tyb«o l.lmltud"lli^:4imm
•Dully. ••ICxcrpt Hunday. llbunday only.
Drnwlng Hoorn Sleeping r»r« r>ntwo«n
Awgn«ta and Huvunnuh on night tralna.
Connects ttt Millen with 'hrough ni««p-
InK car* »o and from Mucon. Atlanta,
Colombo*, Rinnlnghuni and Chlcajo, Ilia.
F F. POWFKH. W W MACKKTT.
Corn ! Agt Agt.
7lft Itrnßn tit.
ATLANTIC COAST
.LINE
(Temporary Schedule via Yemaaaeel
NOTK These urrlvals nnd depar
lure* are given hh Information, but
arrival nnd eonnetftlon* are not guar
anteed
No. 82. No. 85,
North September 8, 1908 Houfh
12 80 pm Lv. Auguste Ar 12:40 pm
5:80 pm Ar Ghaan Lv 7:45 pi.t
8:15 pm Ar Florence Lv 4:40 am
3:10 am Ar Richmond Lv 7:25 pm
8.50 nm Ar Wauhtngn Lv 3:46 pin
10:00 am Ar Baltimore Lv 2:12 pm
12 18 pin Ar VV Rhllu Lv 11:155 am
2:45 pm Ar*. New York
1 25 dHi i Lv 9:25 all)
I’ullmau HROILLIt car* bt tween
AiifiiHtn and New York, without
change.
L. D, MdTU.LI M,
Commercial Agent, 807 Iroud Hi
T <’ While, W .1 (7 ft A Hi,
tien. i’a*n Agt. I'a»a, Trai Ml’,r.
Wilmington. N. C.
JACKSONVILLE IS !
OUT MGER
JACKSONVILLE, Fla No liver,
lost, no one Injured, $6,000 property
loss and the street* practically clear
of water, summarize* the ultua'lnn so
far as *he flood la concerned toda’,
Yesterday the situation looked seri
oils for twelve Inch*’* of water had
fallen In two day* and the street* in
iiiburh* were flooded, ceiar* were un
d'T water nod tie gualn buslm ss pot
(lon of the city wa* threatened, but
the rain stopped last night and alt
danger in Daaaed.
FINANCIAL
THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA
707 BROAD BTREET.
QRGANIZED 1866.
CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND PROFITB $450,000.00
L. C. HAYNE, President. CHAS. R. CLARK, C**hlor.
BEGINNING AUG. IST, 1908, tills Bank will pay 4 per cant In
tercst mi CERTIFICATES OF DEPOBITB. Those certificate* will
lie ißHiied by us in Mims of $100.0(1 and up, for stipulated period* of
time, to suit tbe Depositors’ convenience.
SAFETY LOCK BOXES $3.00 TO $20.00 PER YEAR.
The business of our out of town friends carefully lookad after.
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED.
You can draw your money at any time if
you deposit it with ns and take one of our
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT.
We pay you 4 Per Cent per annum if
you leave it with us three months or longer.
The National Exchange Bank.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $540,000.00.
Georgia Railroad f3tink
Augusta, Georgia.
This Hunk Solicits the banking business ot’
merchants and corporations. We pay 4 Per Cent
Interest on all deposits placed in our Savings Dept.
YOUR ACCOUNT INVITED.
Certified Checks
Ar B tha raoit convonlant and »nf*>at of all forma of romnwrrtal paper.
Thla la whal wr Ihhiio to you for PRINCIPAL AND INTKKJSST whan
wo rlv,. you our Coupon C*rtlHcata« of Oapoall 4 per cent Interest
4 tlirica a year—iMUod In AiiKuata only hy tho
MERCHANTS BANK
Capital and Surplus $300,000.00
“Moot Up of UipkpuV 1 WE HAVE RECOVER
mm iflK di muiey * E d from the flood
Remember the place and gel your work done at ' '
HICKEY’S BARBER SHOP.
22 1 KIOHTH 9TRRET. AUQU6IA, GKORQIA.
GIPvI repairs
%it S * WS - 81,,S ' Urlrtl ‘ ! Twin *- Ac... far «*v nuika
I ■ ** ° M tNO,N(; '> BOlft «>» .i.i/l t'IUSM S
, . ~ , . „ • n ‘ l «*»*lr* loi »am<t. Sh-tlln*. I'ullry*. Ueliln* «.
|tflor», Volvn* mnd riflings, | i*fit r *w. Shifiulv I«uh m.ii, t m 1 »
iTSWXStt aSo°^V?^
Looking For a House?
High-class Houses, Flats and Rooms in
every part of Augusta advertised in THE
AUGUSTA HERALD and many at mod
erate rents.
Advertisements recioved at Herald Of
fice or by Telephone.
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FINANCIAL