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COTTON TRADE QUIET
PRICES IX LOCAL SPOT MARKET
CHARGED OR ORE GRADE
GINNERS REPORT BEARISH
WITH RESULT THAT FUTURES
MARKETS CLOSED SHOWING
LOSSES.
Sale* of Spot* In Local Market 420
Bales for Day—F. O. H. Business
Rather Tame—lnterior Holders
Disposed to Ask Prices Above Hid*
of Buyers—Clone Steady At 11-lti
Cents, Basis Good Mtddlinit.
AT THE CLOSE.
FUTURES.
Liverpool, 1 to 4 points higher.
Rew York, 6 to 10 points lower.
New Orleans, 5 to 7 points loner.
SPOTS.
Liverpool, unchanged.
New York, unchanged.
New Orleans, unchanged.
Savannah, unchanged.
The third installment of the ginners’
report was issued by the government's
census bureau yesterday, was inter
preted at the futures markets as hav
ing a bearish trend, and as a result
there was a loss in prices, the lists
closing from 5 to 10 points lower at
New York, and from 5 to 7 lower at
New Orleans. A resume of the ginners'
report was posted in the local Cotton
Exchange, but the trade as a whole
makes no pretense of drawing any
conclusion from the figures as they
have been presented so far.
The local spot market opened
steady and unchanged from the close
of Saturday, except in the case of low
middling, which advanced % of a
cent. Both tone and prices were un
changed at the 1 o’clock call, but at
the close the tone was quiet, and low
middling had declined l-16c. Sales for
the day were 420 bales.
The tone, prices and sales for the day
follow:
| Open- 1 I Clos-
| ing. o'clock.] ing.
i Qieut. | Firm. | Finn?
Good middling.j 9 11-16 9 11-16 9 11-16
Middling 9 7-16 9 7-161 9 7-16
Low- middling..! 8 1-16| 9 1-16| 9
Sales .. „ | 220 | 200~ |
Total sales yesterday. 420.
Time, 1 p. m„ day before, 995.
The f. o. b. market opened quiet at
9% cents, asked, basis good middling,
and closed steady at 9 U-16c, same ba
sis. Some business was reported, but
on the whole interior holders were in
clined to demand more than exporters
were bidding.
SPOT COTTON MARKET.
The following were the official spot
quotations at the close of the market
at the Cotton Exchange yesterday.
I 4:00 | Year
_Grades. | p. M. J Ago.
Good middling 19 11-16110% ~
Middling j 9 7-16:10%
Low middling | 9 j 9%
Tone ...... . ..j Quiet. | Quiet.
Sales yesterday, 420.
Exports—
Foreign 75,780
Foreign for season 431,212
Last year 257,700
Coastwise 4.115
Coastwise for season 165!315
Last year 120,238
Receipts yesterday 15,182
Last year # 8,868
Year before last 8,589
Receipts since Sept. 1 675,120
Receipts same time last year.. 454,825
Stock yesterday 93,418
Stock last year 80,222
Receipts.and Stocks at All Ports—
Receipts yesterday 94,619
Same day last year 66,488
Same day year before last ... 61,428
So far this week 156,964
Last year 138,812
Year before last 106.768
Receipts Sept. 1, 1904 ...2.808,243
I-ast year 2,099.501
Stock at all ports yesterday .. 651.008
Stock same day last year 529,143
DAILY COTTON MARKET.
Savannah—Steady; middling, 9 7-16 c;
net receipts, 15.182; gross. 15,182; stock,
93,418. Export—Coastwise, 4,017; conti
nent. 41,772.
Galveston—Quiet; middling, 9%c; net
receipts. 16,712; gross, 16,712; sales, 800;
stock, 150,039. Export—Great Britain,
21,325; coastwise. 4.974; continent, 13,-
293; France, 18,773.
Norfolk—Net receipts, 4,030, gross,
4,030; stock, 20,580.
Baltimore—Nominal; middling, 9.75 c;
gross receipts, 2,319; stock, 676. Ex
port—Great Britain, 4,540.
Boston—Dull; middling, 10c; gross
receipts, 1,705.
Wilmington—Nominal; net receipts,
3.944, gross, 3,944; stock, 12,601. Ex
port—Continent. 10,342.
Philadelphia—Quiet; middling, 10.25 c;
net receipts, 100; gross. 100; stock.
I.
New Orleans Easy; middling,
8 9-16 c; pet receipts. 31,041; gross,
31.794: sales, 6,700; stock, 229.348. Ex
port-Great Britain, 34,912; coastwise.
2.443.
Mobile—Quiet; middling. 9 7-16 c; net
receipts. 3.860: gross, 3.860; sales, 100;
stock. 34.297. Export—Coastwise. 2,963.
•Memphis—Easy: middling, 914 c; net
receipts, 12,123; gross, 16.470; sales,
2,800: stock, 88,528.
•Augusta—Quiet; middling. 9 9-16 c;
net receipts. 2,690; . gross, 2,747; sales,
857: stock. 68.393.
Charleston —Quiet; middling, 9Hc;
net receipts, 1,601; gross, 1.601; stock.
25.159. Export—Coastwise. 1.244.
•Cincinnati—Net receipts, 446. gross,
446: stock. 2.698,
•Louisville—Firm: middling, 9?4c.
•fft. Louis—Quiet; middling, 986 c;
Met receipts, 1,000; gross, 3,174; sales.
119; stock. 12.926.
•Houston—Quiet; middling. 954 c;
net receipts, 11,183; gross, 11,183; sulea,
2,541; stock. 66,057.
New York—Dull; middling, 10c;
gross receipts, 12,827; sales, 6,100; stock,
77.449. Export—Continent, 4*6.
Miscellaneous—Net receipts, 873;
gross. 373.
Ann Francisco—Net receipts. 6,549;
gloss. 6.549. Export—Japan. 6,549.
Pensacola -Net receipts, 11,600; gross.
11. Export—Continent. 7,600;
France. 4.000,
Savannah, deduct 1,104 bales from
export continent since Sept. 1,
Total to-day, at all Seaports—Net
receipts, 94,982; Orest Britain, 60,777;
Franca, 22.778; continent. 73,432; Japan,
6.642. stock, 651,008
Consolidated, at all Seaports—Net re
celpta. 167,931; Great Britain, i07.256;
France, 31,073; continent, 76,663; Japan.
6.649.
Total since Sept. I, at all Seaports
Net receipts. 2.806.243; Great Britain,
1,006 M 4 Frame, 230,689; continent,
706.601. Japan 16,7*3, Mexico, 6,801,
•Met included in to tala.
111. 181
COTTON. STOCKS, BONDS. GRAIN
PROVISIONS AND COFFEE.
Direct Private Wires to All Markets.
MEMBERS
New Orleans Cotton Exchange.
New Orleans Future Brokers Aastb
New York Cotton Exchange.
New York Coffee Exchange.
Chicago Board of Trade.
Associate Members Liverpool Cotton
Association.
Savannah Cotton Exchange.
J. M. McCORD, Manager,
104 Bay, East, Savannah. Oi
SE A ISLAND COTTON.
Prices follow:
Fancy Floridas 21 @22
Fancy Georgias 19%
Extra choice Georgias 18%
Choice Georgias Nominal.
Extra fine Ga.’s and Fla.’s.. Nominal.
Common Ga.’s and Fla.’s....Nominal.
NEW YORK CLOSED
WITH SLIGHT LOSSES.
New York, Oct. 31.—The cotton
market opened steady at an advance
of 1 point to a decline of 2 points, or
rather better than due on the cables.
Immediately following the call favor
able weather in the South and indica
tions of very large receipts caused a
slight reaction from the opening fig
ures, but the list soon rallied in the
absence of pressure to about I@3
points net higher. Following this an
ticipations of a bearish census report
at midday began to affect quotations.
Demand fell off and one or two of the
larger room traders had fair sized sell
ing orders.
Toward midday the market worked
down to 9.70 c for January and was
around that level when the census re
port was issued. This installment of
the report was taken bearishly, but
seemed to have been pretty well dis
counted, for after selling off another
few points there was enough support
to steady the market and final prices
were 3 or 4 points up from the low
est. The closing tone was steady at
a decline of 6 to 10 points.
Sales were estimated at 200,000 bales.
Port receipts were heavy, but ex
ports were said to be about the larg
est on record for any single day, and
exceeded receipts.
SPOT COTTON AT NEW YORK.
New York, Oct. 31.—Spot cotton
closed dull; middling uplands, 10.00 c;
middling gulf, 10.25: sales, 5,100 bales.
Cotton futures at New York, Oct.
3L
Options. | Open. Hlgh.j Low.| Close.
October .... 9.45 9.58 9.46 ....
November . 9.54 9.54 9.47 9.45
December .. 9.70 9.74 9.60 9.63
January ... 9.78 9.82 9.70 9.73
February .. 9.84* 9.78
March 9.88 9.92 9.91 9.84
April 9.94 9.94 9.87 9.86
Mav 9.96 9.99 9.87 9.90
June 9.96* .... 9.91
July 9.98 9.98 9.95 9.93
•Bid.
Futures opened steady: closed steady.
SPOT COTTON STEADY
AT NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, Oct. 31. —Cotton futures
steady; November, 9.47@9.49c; Decem
ber, 9.53 09.54 c; June, 9.62@9.63o;Febru
ary, 9.68@9.69c; March, 9.7609.77 c;.
April, 9.81(69.82c; May, 9.8709.88 c.
Spot cotton steady; sales 6,700 bales
including 3,700 to arrive. Quotations tin
changed.
Futures opened fairly active with
prices unchanged to 2 points low-er.
The market, however, soon became
dull. The weather map was good and
picking conditions favorable through
out the belt. In the trading December
opened at 9.58 c, advanced to 9.61 c, sold
down to 9.49 c and finally advanced to
9.53 c. The market, closed dull, with
net losses of 5 to 7 points.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
Liverpool, Oct. 31.—Spot cotton,
steady prices, unchanged; American
middling, 5.34d. Sales of the day were
7,000 bales of which 500 were for spec
ulation and export and included 6.200
American; receipts, 3,000 bales includ
ing 2,900 American. Futures opened
and closed steady; American middling,
good ordinary clause, November, 5.24d;
November-December, 5.24d; December-
January, 5.25d: January-February,
5.26d; February-March, 5.28d, March-
April, 5.29d; April-May, 5.30d; May-
June, 5.31d: June-July, 5.31d; July-
August, 5.31d.
J. >. BACHE A CO.’S
Dally Cotton Letter to Hayward,
Vick A Cos.
New York, Oct. 31.—After a narrow
and irregular market this morning,
with prices showing comparatively lit
tle tendency and ranging within about
5 points of Saturday's final figures,
the cotton market weakened after the
ginners’ report and sold down to a
loss of about 10 points. Cables were
a little disappointing at the hour of
the local opening, afterward steady
ing. The weather was good aside from
frosts In territories already visited. The
receipts reflected the end of the Octo
ber shipments were enormous. The
market opened better than due at an
advance of 1 point to a decline of 2
points and after selling a little above
Saturday's price broke slightly on the
more aggressive selling of some of
the room traders. The census report
is really about as expected. It shows
an increase In the amount of cotton
ginned to date of about 70% per cent,
as compared with last year. The
final reports will contain a still great
er proportion of Southwestern coun
ties and it seems quite probable that
the final report will show fully the
figures we mentioned last week, or
6,500,000 to 6,750.000 bales, and may. in
fact, slightly exceed these figures. This
means, of course, that the gins of the
South can gin this amount of cotton
In the time elapsed, starting at the
time they did this year. It does not
mean anything In respect to the
amount of cotton loft to be ginned on
which the size of the crop depends.
We think the final report Is about dis
counted, save as it may affect the
Southern holders. At any rate, we
are not prepared to abandon a bullish
position on the market so far as ulti
mate results are concerned.
WAKE A MILAM)
Sr Glasers llrpnrt In Ait Index of
Cron't Mse.
New York. Ort. 31.—The market wu
In reality much steadier than fluctua
tion* would lead one to believe. It
waa surprising the email amount of
bUDlneita transacted and the general
absence of public Interest In the course
of the market. A slight falling off
DEMERE HAMMOND, Brohers,
Phones 1505. Office No. 24 Bryan street, East.
COTTON. STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
Pliki Private Wires to Leading Exeiiangee.
LOCAL IMiViUnU A imiAl/rit
•SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 1. 1904.
in interior receipts and 10.000 bales
less at Houston for to-morrow led to
a firm Liverpool and an advance to
9.*30 for January early in the day.
The market gave every evidence of re
sistance to pressure, though profes
sionals sold long ootton on the rise
and went short for a turn. Then came
the third instalment of the ginners’
report, which was construed as being
bearish, and every one turned to and
sold cotton. January declined to 9.70 c,
but reacted quickly to 9.75 c. No sane
man would attempt to estimate the
amount of the crop from the amount
of cotton ginned up to Oct. 18, and
we very much doubt whether any one
could come within 200,000 bales of what
the total report that is now being is
sued will be. Some say the total fig
ures will be 6,300,000 and others that
the figures will be 6,600,000. No one
knows and it really cuts very little
figure if they are 6,000,000 or 7,000,000.
Every one knows the weather is per
fect. the cotton has been picked and
marketed and ginned with great rapid
ity and no one can know what per
centage of the crop Is represented by
the figures until the December figures
are out.
BUREAU’S REPORT
OF COTTON GINNED.
Washington, Oct. 31.—The census of
fice to-day issued a bulletin showing
that up to Oct. 18, 1904, 5,776,565 run
ning bales of cotton have been ginned
in 668 counties located in the various
cotton-producing states, as against 3,-
455,082 running bales reported to the
same date in 1903. Counting round
bales as half bales, the number of
running bales for 1904' is reduced to
5,704,570 and for 1903 to 3,345,702.
The number of counties in states
from which ginning is reported and
the number of running bales from
each state Is as follows:
Alabama, 55 counties, 601,482 bales;
Arkansas, 61 counties, 216,457 bales;
Florida, 19 counties, 40,483 bales; Geor
gia, 124 counties, 1,052,818 bales; Louisi
ana, 42 counties, 305,153 bales; Mis
sissippi, 68 counties, 548,969 bales; Mis
souri, 8 counties, 10,531 bales; North
Carolina, 67 counties, 310.454 bales;
South Carolina (complete), 643.577
bales; Tennessee, 35 counties, 72,618
bales; Texas, 139 counties, 1,968,874
bales; Virginia, 9 counties, 5,145 bales.
The number of counties reporting
prior to Oct. 18, 1903, was 812. The
number of round bales reported this
year is 143,989, as compared with 218,-
760 last year.
GENERAL MARKETS.
New York, Oct. 31.—Flour market
inactive and nominally lower in view
of the wheat decline; Minnesota pat
ent, $6.10@6.50.
Rye flour firm.
Buckwheat flour inactive.
Corn meal steady.
Rye nominal.
Wheat—Spot easy; No. 2 red, $1.17%.
With the exception of one or two slight
and unimportant rallies, the market
was under bear control all day. The
close represented %01%c net decline;
May, $1.11%; December, $1.15%.
Corn—Spot barely steady; No. 2,58 c.
Option market was dull, but well sus
tained by light receipts, closing net
unchanged; May, 50%c; December,
56%c.
Oats—Spot steady; mixed, 34%@35%c.
Options nominal.
Cut meats quiet.
Beef steady.
Lard easy; Western steamed, $7.45:
refined easy; continent, $7.70; com
pound, 5%@6%c.
Pork slow.
Tallow dull.
Rice firm.
Sugar—Raw steady; fair refining,
4%c; centrifugal, 96 test, 4%e; mo
lasses sugar, 3%c; refined firm; con
fectioners' A, 4.96 c; mould A, 5.40 c;
cut loaf, 5.80 c; crushed, 5.80 c; pow
dered 6.20 c; graJiulated, 5.10 c; cubes,
5.35 c.
Coffee—Spot Rio steady; No. 7 in
voice, B%c; mild quiet. The market for
coffee futures opened steady at un
changed prices in response to steady
cables and closed unchanged. Sales,
56,750 bags.
Potatoes firm; Long Island, $1.75@
2.00; state and Western, $1.5001.76;
Jersey sweets, $1.2501.75.
Cabbages steady; per barrel, 50075 c.
Cotton by steam to Liverpool, 105®
15c.
Butter, very firm; creamery common
to extra, 14%@230; state dairy, common
to extra, 14022 c.
Cheese, steady; state full cream
small colored fancy September. 105®
l(t%c; do white choice October, B%c.
Eggs, firm; state Pennsylvania and
nearby fancy selected, white extra, 30c;
Southerns, 18021 c.
CHICAGO MARKETS.
Chicago, Oct. 31.—Exceedingly lib
eral shipments from Russia was a
cause of active liquidation to-day in
wheat. Apathy of cash grain intensi
fied depression. Asa result, Decem
ber wheat made a net decline of I%@
l%c. May is off %c. Corn is up a
shade. Oats are down %c and provi
sions 2%@5c.
The leading futures ranged as fol
lows
Opening. Highest. Lowest Closing.
Wheat. No. 2
Oct $ $ < $1 09%
Dec 113 112 1 10% 1 10%
May .... 1 11 1 11 1 10 1 10%
July .... 95% 95% 95% 95%
Corn No. 3.
Oct 52% 52% 52% 52%
Dec 48% 48% 48% 48%
May .... 45% 45% 44% 45%
Oats. No. 2
Oct 29
Dec 28% 28% 28% 28%
May .... 30% 30% 30% 30%
July .... 30% 30% 30% 30%
Mess Pork, per barrel—
Oct .... 10 90 70 90 10 90 10 90
Jan .... 12 35 12 42% 12 35 12 40
May ... 12 40 12 45 12 37% 12 42%
Lard, per 100 pounds—
Oct .... 7 07% 710 7 02% 7 02%
Jan .... 705 707 % 702 % 705
May ... 715 7 17% 715 7 17%
Short Ribs, per 100 pounds—
Oct 7 82%
Jan ... 6 42% 645 6 42% 6 42%
May ... 6 57% 660 6 57% 6 57%
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour weak; No. spring wheat, $l,lOO
1.16; No. 8, $1.13%; No. 2 red, $1.14®
I. No. 2 corn. 53%c; No. 2 yellow,
55%c; No. 2 oats, 29c; No. 2 white, 81®
31 %c; No. 3 white, 30@30%r; No. 2
rye, 79%c > good feeding barley, 37%c;
fair to choice malting, 42052 c; No. 1
flax seed, $1.07; No. 1 Northwestern,
$1.14; mess pork, per barrel, $10.90®
11. lard, per 100 pounds. $7.02%®
7.05; short ribs sides (loose), $6.87®
7.00; short clear sides (boxed). $7.00®
7.25; whisky, basis of high wines, $1.24;
clever, contract grade. $12.00012.15.
Receipts Wheat, 144.000 bushels;
corn. 100,300 bushels; oats, 181,100
bushels.
dry noons.
New York, Oct, 31.—Th* week opens
with more Interest on the part of buy
ROSIN PRICES FIRM
COMMON GRADER ADVANCED IN
POST MARKET TRADING.
OPENING WAS AT ADVANCE
OF 15 CENTS ON I TO OUTSIDE
FIGURES ON LOWER GRADES.
Receipt* 1,000 Barrel* and Ship
ment* 3,327 Barrel*—New York
Market Quoted Finn and at Slight
Adva nee—Spirit* Sold at 51 Cent*,
the Figare Eatablixhed In the Pest
Market of Saturday.
The rosin market was again the
leading department of the naval stores
trade yesterday for though there was
a fair demand for spirits and the re
ceipts were taken there was no spe
cial activity and the price remained
unchanged from the level to which it
fell in Saturday’s late trade. The
rosin market opened firm at an ad
vance of 15 cents on I and with G, F
and D at the outside prices of the
close of Saturday. The sales were 1,-
895. The close was firm and unchang
ed and with no further sales. In the
post market trade practically all the
receipts were taken by buyers at an
advance of 2% cents on G and below.
The receipts were 1,990 and the ship
ments, 3,327 barrels. The New York
market showed "an advance, being
quoted at $2.90 to $2.92%.
Spirits opened firm at 51 cents, a
loss of % of a cent from Saturday’s
close, and showing sales of 234 casks.
The close was firm and unchanged
with no additional sales reported. In
the afternoon the day’s receipts were
taken at the market quotations. The
receipts were 764 casks. There were no
shipments. The New York market was
dull at 55 cents, while London was
quote at 38—7%.
NAVAL STORES STATEMENT.
The following are the figures and
quotations of the naval stores mar
ket, as posted at the Board of Trade
Spirits. Rosin.
Stock April 1 6,495 44,550
Receipts yesterday "64 1.990
Receipts previously 135,436 393,157
Total 142,695 439,697
Exports yesterday 3,327
Exports previously 188,836 387,966
Total 118,836 391,293
Stock yesterday 23,859 48,404
Stock previously 19,088 53,594
Tester- Day Be- Last
day. fore. Year.
Tone ..[ Firm. 1 Firm. | Firm.
Sales. 51 51% 56%
Sales . 234 663 280
Rosin. Firm. Firm. Steady.
W. W. 5.00 5.00 4.10
W. G. 4.65 4.65 3.80
N 4.50 4.50 3.50
M. .. . 4.25 4.25 3.05
K. . .. 3.75 3.75 2.90
I 3.25 3.10 2.70
H 2.85 2.85 2.60
G 2.80 2.77%@2.80 2.55
F 2.75 2.72%@2.75 2.50
E 2.70 2.70 2.35
D 2.65 2.62%@2.65 2.30
C. B, A! 2.60 2.60 2.30
flaies ,\ 1,895 1 1,299 (_598
in othefTmwrkets.
New York, Oct. 31.—Rosin firm;
strained common to good, $2.90@2.95.
Turpentine firm at 54%@65c.
Charleston, S. C„ Oct. 31.—Turpen
tine and rosin, nothing doing.
Wilmington, N. C„ Oct. 31.—Turpen
tine, nothing doing; receipts 28.
Rosin. Arm, $2.45; receipts 116.
Tar, firm, $1.60; receipts 96.
Crude turpentine, firm, $2.30, $3.80
and $3.80. receipts 172.
New Orleans, Oct. 31. —Receipts,
rosin, 155 barrels; turpentine, 63.
LUMBER MARKET.
Exports of lumber and cross-ties
from Savannah for the season begin
ning July 1, as posted at Board of
Trade:
Lumber. Steam. Sail.
Yesterday 45,139
Week 45,139
Month 6,410,254 5,759,713
Since July 1 25,116,910 26,085,259
Where Shipped—
Foreign 2,191,090 1,320,950
Baltimore 6,703.662 2,997,354
Philadelphia 3,348.114 4,760,179
New York 12,193,729 8,560,971
Boston 426,905 1,167,206
Other ports 253,410 7),228,599
ers of dry goods, but without any ele
ment of speculation in their purchases.
The scarcity of stocks is becoming more
evident every day. and it is believed
that buyers will be materially affected
by the strong statistical condition be
fore long.
COTTON SEED OIL.
New York. Oct. 31.—Cotton seed oil
was in moderate demand with the
tone barely steady. Prime crude f. o.
b. mills, 20c; prime summer yellow,
26%@27c: off summer yellow, nominal;
prime white, 30031 c; prime winter yel
low, 30@31c.
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Not Over $ 8.50... 8 Not Over $103.50.. 83
6.00... 6 “ 105.00...35
“ 10.00... 8 “ 1 10.00...38
“ 30.00... lO “ 130.00...40
“ 30.00...13 “ 130.00...43
“ 40.00.15 “ 140.00...45
“ 60.00... 18 150.00...48
“ 60.00... 30 “ 160.00...50
“ 76.00... 35 “ 175.00...65
“ 100.00...30 “ 300.00...60
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This Company operates on 81,000 miles of
nrat-class routes, and has connections with
other responsible Express Companies for all
points accessible by express.
All shipments of merchandise packages,
valuables, etc., are constantly in the care of
special messengers selected for the purpose,
and forwarded on fast passenger trains.
Special attention Is given to
tbe handling of perishables,
LOW RATES AND COURTEOUS TREATMENT
J. B. HOCKADAY, Supt., W. J. BROWN, Agent,
Smnmh, 6a. Savannah, ea,
6. L LOOP. 2d Vica Preaidant.
MONEY ORDERS SOLD AT
Express Office, 23 Bull street.
Express Office, Union Station.
Livingston’s Pharmacy Cos., 26
Broughton street, west.
Knight's Pharmacy Cos., corner
Oglethorpe avenue and Drayton st.
Knight’s Pharmacy. Duffy and Jef.
ferson streets.
J. T. Shuptrine, Druggist, 229 Con
gress, west, corner Jefferson.
A. L. Ford & Cos., Druggists, 351
West Broad.
Savannah Bank and Trust Cos., Bay
and Drayton streets.
Red Cross Pharmacy, Broughton
and Habersham.
3. E. Prather, Liberty and Haber*
■ham.
JOHN G. BUTLER
Sash, Blinds, Doors,
Paints, Oils, Glass,
Lime, Cements, Plaster,
20 Congress Street, West.
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ft Y PRIVATE
|4 f _DISEASES
meat requira-
SAVANNAH’S CURRENT MARKETS
Note—These quotations are revised
daily and are kept as near as possible
in accord with the prevailing wholesale
prices. Official quotations are not used
when they disagree with the prices
wholesalers ask.
POULTRY—Market, good demand;
springers, 40050 c per pair; three-quar
ters grown, 60@75c; hens, 90c@$1.00.
Eggs—Country 22c; strictly can
died, 23c.
BUTTER—The tone of the market is
firm. Quotations: Extra Elgin, 60 tubs.
24025 c; choice Elgins, 22023 c; New
York state, 20%c; renovated butter,
10-pound tubs, 21@21%c.
CHEESE—Market, firm; fancy full
cream cheese, 22025-pound, 12@12%c;
20 to 35-pound, 11%@12%C.
WHITE PEA BEANS—S2.4O bushel.
POTATOES—S2.2S.
ONIONS—In sacks. $2.50.
SPANISH ONIONS—Per crate, $1.50.
CABBAGES—SI.SO crate.
TURNIPS—Per sack. $1.50.
Breadstnffa. Hay and Grain.
FLOUR—Patent, $6.50; straight,
$6.25; fancy, $6.00; family, $5.60; spring,
wheat, best patent, $7.50.
MEAL—Pearl, per barrel, $3.50; per
sack, $1.45; water ground, $1.45; Pearl
grits, per sack, $1.45; Pearl grits, per
barrel, $3.50; city meal, $1.45.
Grain Markets.
QUANTITIES— Jobs. Cars.
No. 2 white corn 76 74
Mixed corn 75 73
OATS—
No. 2 mixed <9
No. 2 white clipped 53 51
BRAN— _
Pure wheat bran ........$1.40 $1.30
Mixed bran I*3o 1.20
Cracked corn 1.55 1.50
H AY
No. 1 timothy 90 75
No. 2 timothy 80 85
Sugar.
Cut loaf 8.47
Cubes .. 5.72
XXXX powdered 5.62
Powdered 5.62
Fine granulated 6.47
Confectioners' A 5.32
White Extra C 5.12
RlCE—Market dull, fancy head, 4%c;
prime, 404%c.
Good 3%@3%
Fair 3 @3%
Common 3 ®'-H
Frnit. and Kola.
APPLES—S3.OO to $3.50 barrel.
BANANAS—SI.7SO2.OO.
GRAPES— Malaga, $4.50 05.50; Ja
maica orange. $3.25.
FLORIDA ORANGES—S2.76O3.OO.
PRUNES—2Os to 80s, sl3; 30s to 40s,
10c- 40s to 50s, 8c; 50s to 60s, 7%c; 60s
to 70s, 6%c; 70s to 80s, 6c; 80s to 90s,
5%c; 90s to 100s. 4%c.
PEANUTS— Ample stock, fair de
mand; market firm; fancy hand-picked
Virginias, 7c; N. C. peanuts, 6%c; ex.
Virginias. 6c.
NUTS-Almonds. Tarragona, 14%c;
I virus, 12%c; walnuts, French, 12%c;
Naples. 14%c; pecan* 10c; Brazils.
9%c; filberts, 11c: assorted nuts, 50-
pound and 25-pound boxes, 12c.
Dried aad Evaporated Emits.
APPLES Evaporated, 7%c; sun
drled. %r.
APRICOTS— Evaporated, fancy, 13c;
choice, 10%r.
RAISINR--L. L.. 3-crown, sl*s; 3-
crown, $2-00; 4-crown clusters. $2.75;
loose muscstells, So: 1-pound seeded,
10%r; imperial cabinet*, $3 per box.
PEACHES—Evaporated, peeled. lc;
unpeeled, *%r.
PEARS—Evaporated, 10%e.
CITRON-A. A drum. 14%r; fancy
Corslclan. In 10-pound boxes, 14%e.
CURRANTS Barrel*. 7e.
Caffe*.
Java ...,.,,14 <i
Mocha .. $3 %c
Pr*berry ~,,.11 c
Fancy No. I ................11 o
HIDES. WAX. WOOL. FURS
ALLIGATOR SKINS.
Highest market prices paid.
. EHRLICH & BRD, 111 m K
THE CHASMArHiNO SUPPLY CO .
126-130 Bay Street, West
JOBBERS.
BATH ROOM FIXTURES, SANITA RY PLUMBING GOODS, WROUGHT
IRON PIPE, FITTINGS, etc. All sup piles for STEAM. WATER and gas.
Sole Agents lor the celebrated HUXLEY VALVES.
HIDES HIDES
Dry Flint Hides 16 c|[ Beeswax ,27 c
Dry Salted Hides 14 cjj Honey
Green Salted Hides., Skins 15c to 30c
D. KIRKLAND,
ONLY ONE NIGHT OUT
EN ROUTE TO
ST. LOUIS, M 0„
-VIA
SEABOARD
AIR LINE RAILWAY.
Direct connection In Union Depot, Montgomery, with through sleep
er for St. Louis.
LOW EXCURSION RATES
ACCOUNT
Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
15 day, 60 day, and season tickets
on sale daily.
Very Low Rate Coach Excursion Tickets, limited 16 days from
date of sale returning, will be sold each Tuesday and Thursday daring
month
Full Information upon appUcatlon to any agent Seaboard Air Line
Railway, or to
CH >RLES F. STEWART, Asst. G. P. A., Savannah. Ga.
THE WEATHER.
Morning News barometer Oct. 31,
11:30 p. m ......30,16
Morning News thermometer Oct.
31. 11:20 p. m 54
Washington, Oct. 31.—Forecast for
Tuesday and Wednesday:
Georgia and South Carolina—Fair
Tuesday and Wednesday; light north
east winds.
Western Florida—Fair Tuesday and
Wednesday; light northeast winds.
Eastern Florida—Partly cloudy Tues
day, occasional showers; Wednesday
fair; fresh northeast winds.
Yesterday’s Weather at Savannah—
Fancy No. 1 1214 c
Choice No. 2 1* c
Prime No. 2 11 c
Fair No. 5 I°% C
Ordinary No. 6 9%c
Common No. 7 9 c
SALT—Car lots, 100 pounds burlap
Backs, 36c; 100-pound cotton sacks, 38c;
125-pound burlap sacks, 45c; 125-pound
cotton sacks, 47c; 150-pound burlap
sacks 54c
HlDES—Market, Arm; dry flint,
15%@16c; dry salted, 13%@14c; green
salted, B%c.
WOOL—Firm; prime Georgia, free
of sand burrs and black wool, at
24c; black, 22c; burry, 12@16e;
wax, 27c; tallow, 4c; deer skin, 22c;
goat skins, 25e each.
Hardware and Building Supplies.
LIME, CALCIUM PLASTER AND
Cement —Alabama and Georgia lime in
fair demand and sell at 80@S5c a bar
rel; special Calcined plaster, $1.50@1.60
per barrel; hair, 4@sc; cement, sl.lo@
I. carload lots, special. Portland ce
ment, retail, $2.00@2.25; carload lots,
special.
LUMBER Railroad ties. 27@29c;
hewn ties (7x9x8%),. 38@40c; hewn
ties (6xB), 26x28c; switch ties, $10.50®
11. easy yard stock, Jll.00@12.00;
car sills. $13.00@15.00: ship stock, $lB.OO.
Oils.
Perfection Signal Oil 42 c
Pratt’s Astral 16 c
Aladdin Security 15 c
Wate* White 15 o
Standard White 14%c
D. S. Gasoline 16 c
D. S. Gasoline in drums 14V4c
86 degree gasoline in drums 19%c
Linseed oil, raw, 1 barrel lots ....45 c
Boiled linseed, 1 barrel lots 47 c
Five barrel lots special.
SHOT—Drop, J 1.65; B. B. and large,
$1.90; chilled. $1.90.
IRON—Market Arm; refined, $1.90;
Swere, 4c.
NAILS—Cut, $2.20 base; wire, $2.05
base.
BARBED WIRE $2.85 per 100
pounds.
GUNPOWDER Per keg, Austin
crack short, $4.50 keg; half keg, $2.50,
quarter keg, $1.40; champion ducking,
quarter keg, $2.25; Austin smokeless,
half kegs, 18.45; quarter, $4.30; three
pounds, $2.10; one pound, 75c; less 20
per cent, on smokeless.
Cotton Bagging and Ties.
BAGGING—Market Arm; 1% pound,
714@>%e; sea Island bagging, 9%@9%c.
TlES—Standard 45-lnch arrow, 94c
@sl.oo.
COTTON PICKING SHEETS—22®
26c each. ,
TWINE—Per pound, or hank, 14®
15c.
HAMS—Sugar cured, 12%@14c; pic
nics. 9@914c.
D. S. butts 6%
D. S. plates 7%
Western heavy bellies 8%
Eastern light bellies 9%
Eastern medium bellies 9%
Eastern heavy bellies 9
D. 8. C. R. sides
Smoked C. R. sides 9V4
LARD-Pure, in tierces, B%r; 50-
pound tins and 80-pound tubs, gs4e;
compound. In tierces, 614 c; 50-pound
tins and 80-pound tubs. 64(,@6Vic.
Miscellaneous.
FISH- Mackerel, halfharrels. No.
1, $10; No 2, $8.50; No. 3. $8; kits. No.
1. $1.40; No. 2, $1.30; No. 3. $1.10; cod-
Ash. 1-pound bricks, 6c; 2-pond brlcka,
i%c; smoked herrings, per box, ll@20c;
Dutch herrings, In kegs, $1.10; new
mullets, helf barrels. $4.
SYRUP—Market quiet: Georgia and
Florida ejrup. buying at 22®23c; sell
ing at 2s@J7V4c; sugar house, at 14140
lie
WAX 27c.
HIGH WlNKS—Hast#. J! 21
HONEY-Dull; strained, la bsrrela,
to* gallon.
Maximum temperature 2
p. m 65 degrees
Minimum temperature 6
a. m 52 degrees
Mean temperature 58 degrees
Normal temperature 60 degrees
Deficiency of temperature. 2 degrees
Accumulated excess since
Oct. 1 19 degrees
Accumulated deficiency
since Jan. 1 263 degrees
Rainfall 00 inch
Normal —*. 09 inch
Deficiency since Oct. 1.... 3.39 inches
Deficiency since Jan. 1 ..10.24 inches
River Report—'The hight of the Sa
vannah river at Augusta, at 8 a. m.
t?sth meridian time) yesterday, was
5.0 feet a rise of 1.0 foot during the
preceding twenty-four hours.
Cotton Region Bulletin, Savannah,
Ga„ for the twenty-four hours ending
at 8 a. m., 75th meridian time, Oct. 31,
1904.
Stations of Max. Min.|Rain
Savannah District, Tern. Tem.| fall.
Allapaha, clear 73 43 ,O{T
Albany, clear 73 50 .00
Americus. clear .... 70 46 .00
•Bainbridge, clear ..71 44 .00
Eastman, clear 70 48 .00
Fort Gaines, clear ..69 62 .00
Gainesville, ptly cldy 77 58 .00
Lake City, ptly cldy 77 55 .00
Madison, clear 75 54 .00
Millen, clear 75 45 .00
Quitman, clear 73 48 .00
Savannah, clear .... 71 52 .00
Thomasville, pt cldy 75 46 .00
Waycross, clear ■■. ■ 74 48 .00
•Not included in averages.
Texas Rainfall—Abilene, .02; Corpus
Christi, .20; San Antonio, .16; Ballin
ger, .20; Beeville, .06.
Heavy Frost—Raleigh, N. C., 36;
Chattanooga. Tenn.; Arlington, Tenn„
33; Milan, Tenn., 33; Newport, Ark.,
S3; Warren, Ark., 34.
Light Frost—Kingstree, S. C.; St.
George, S. C.; Yemassee, S. C.; Che
raw, S. C.; Lumberton, N. C.; New
bern, N. C.; Weldon, N. C.; Waynes
boro, Miss.
|| Dlst. Averages.
Bta- Max. Min. Rain
tionsf Tern. Tem. fall.
Atlanta 14 72 42 .00
Augusta 11 70 44 .00
Charleston .... 4 70 46 .00
Galveston 30 72 50 .02
Little Rock ..13 74 38 .00
Memphis 13 66 36 .00
Mobile 9 72 40 T
Montgomery .. 10 72 44 .00
New Orleans ..14 74 44 .00
Oklahoma 10 72 38 .00
Savannah 13 73 48 .00
Vicksburg 9 76 42 .00
Wilmington 10 6 8 38T .00
Note. —With this issue the cotton re
gion season of 1903-04 ends.
Observations taken at the same mo
ment of time, Oct. 31. 1904, 8 p. m.,
75th meridian time,
Name of Station. T | W | R.
Boston, clear 44 W .00
New York city, clear .... 44 SW .00
Philadelphia, clear 42 SW .00
Washington city, clear ... 40 C .00
Norfolk, clear 48 N .00
Hatteras, clear 52 NE .00
Wilmington, clear 52 NE .00
Charlotte, clear 54 SE .00
Raleigh, clear 48 C .00
Asheville, clear .......... 52 SE .00
Atlanta, clear 58 E .00
Augusta, clear ••••• 56 NE .00
Savannah, clear 57 NE h)0
Jacksonville, cloudy 64 N T
Jupiter, cloudy 74 E T
Key West, pt. cloudy .... 74 NE .60
Tampa, cloudy 70 NE T
Mobile, clear 64 N .00
Montgomery, clear 64 NEJ .00
Vicksburg, clear 68 E .00
New Orleans, clear 68 NE .00
Galveston, clear 70 E .00
Corpus Christi, cloudy .... 70 NE T
Palestine, pt. cloudy 66 IN .00
Memphis, clear 64 N .00
Cincinnati, clear 54 NE .00
Pittsburg, clear 50 NW .00
Buffalo, clear 46 SW .00
Detroit, clear ** 8W .00
Chicago, clear 68 SW .00
Marquette, cloudy ... 44 INE 00
St. Paul, clear 62 JS .00
Davenport, clear 68 |C ,00
St. Louis, clear 64 jSE .00
Kansas City, dear 64 8E .00
Oklahoma, pt. cloudy .... 60 {SB -00
Dodge City, clear 60 BE 00
North Platte, clear 60 8 .00
(v.ii Eads, cloudy ........I 70 |E 01
chiaTteston missing.
It. B. Rover.
Local Forecaster.
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they uee It in the names of the Greek
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