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COTTON MADE GAINS
ADVANCES IN LIVERPOOL I’ll
AMERICAN MARKETS CP.
BOTH FUTURES AND SPOTS
CLOSED AT HIfiHEH BASIS IN CHIEF
AMERICAN MARKETS.
I
Lorn I Spot Market Showed Improve
ment tn Tone. Rnt Opened and
Closed at Inchamted Flgnre<-
Snlea for Day Attain Very Light,
Amounting to Bnt 115 Bn-lea, Post
ed at Opening—F. O. B. Market
Quoted at 7 7-8 Cent*. Bai Good
Middling.
AT THE CLOSE.
FI TI RES.
Liverpool, tl to 8 points higher.
New York. 5 to 8 points higher.
New Orleans, 2 to 4 points higher.
SPOTS.
Liverpool, 4 points higher.
New York. lO points higher.
New Orleans, l-10c. higher.
Savannah, unchanged.
Liverpool cables proved better than
expected yesterday, with the result
that a fair improvement was shown In
both the New York and the New Or
leans futures markets, and advances
were also made in the spots markets
of those trade centers, New York clos
ing at an advaruce of 10 points and
New Orleans showing a gain of 1-16
of a cent. In the futures markets New
York showed gains of 5 to 8 points
at the close and New Orleans gains of
2 to 4 points.
The local spot market was practically
unchanged, the opening and the close
being quiet at unchanged figures from
the close of the previous day. Sales
were again very light, amounting to
but 115 bales, which were posted at the
opening.
The tone, prices and sales for the day
follow:
Open- 1
lng. o'clock.
IQulet. Quiet.
Good middling 7% 7%
Middling 7% 7%
Low middling 7*4 714
Sales 115
Total sales yesterday, 115.
Time. 1 p. m.. day before, 115.
The f. o. b. market was steady at
7% cents, basis good middling. Fol
lowing the rule recently adopted for
Saturday quotations only the opening
figures were posted in the f. o. b. mar
ket, while the spot market closed with
the 1 o’clock figures.
SPOT COTTON MARKET.
The following were the official spot
quotations at the close of the market
at the Cotton Exchange yesterday.
| 1:00 Year
Grades. |P. M. Ago.
Good middling 7% 12%
Middling 7% 12%
Ixjw middling 7V4 _ 12%
Tone Quiet. Firm.
Sales yesterday, 115.
Exports—
Foreign
Foreign for season 703,887
Last year 539,216
Coastwise 100
Coastwise for season 258,398
Last year 172,442
Receipts yesterday 8,653
Last year 6,968
Year before last 5,575
Receipts since Sept. 1 1.100,701
Receipts same time last year.. 825,210
Stock yesterday 151,741
Stock last year 116,297
Receipts and Stocks at All Ports—
Receipts yesterday 35,516
Same day last year 54,869
Same day year before last 36,873
So far this week
Last year
Year before last
Receipts since Sept. 1, 1904 5,360,962
Last year 4,692,898
Stock at all ports yesterday...l,olo,2B2
Stock same day last year 869,721
DAILY COTTON MARKET..
Daily Cotton Market—
Savannah—Quiet; middling. 7%e; net
receipts, 8,653; gross, 8,653; sales, 115;
stock, 151,741.
Cfaiveston—Quiet; middling, 7%c; net
receipts, 10,385; gross, 10,285; sales, 833;
stock, 201,895. Exports—Great Britain,
12,365; coastwise, 4,644.
New Orleans Quiet; middling,
7 9-16 c; net receipts, 8,105; gross, 8,105;
sales, 2,350: stock, 395,851. Exports—
Great Britain, 8,500; France, 28,681;
continent, 571; coastwise, 1,943.
Mobile —Steady; middling, 788 c; net
receipts, 2,301; gross, 2,301: stock, 71,-
069. Exports—Coastwise, 250.
Charleston—Quiet; middling. 7%c;
net receipts, 991, gross, 991; stock, 31,-
326. Exports—Ctfastwise, 231.
Wilmington—Nominal; net receipts,
744: gross, 744; stock, 8,650.
Norfolk—Net receipts, 1,917; gross,
1,917: stock. 27,875.
Baltimore —Nominal; middling, 7%c;
stock, 1,591.
New York—Quiet; middling, 8.05 c;
net receipts, 736; gross, 1,008; stock,
97,563.
Boston—Quiet; middling, 7.95 c; net
receipts, 1,483; gross. 4,771. •
Philadelphia—Steady; middling, 8.30 c;
ml receipts, 201; gross, 201; stock,
6,068.
Total to-day at all ports—Net re
celpts, 35.516: Great Britain, 20,865;
France. 23,681; continent, 571; stock,
1.010,282.
Consolidated at all ports—Net re
ceipts. 35,516: Great Britain, 20,865;
France, 23.681; continent, 571.
Total since Sept. 1, at all ports—Net
receipts, 5,360,962: Great Britain, 1,-
904.054; France, 431.407; continent, 1,-
427,083; Japan. 44,610; Mexico, 12,-
Interlor Movement—
Houston Quiet; middling, 7%c;
net receipts. 6,924; gross, 6.924; ship
ments, 10,433; sales, 1,113; stock, 95..
029.
Augusta—Steady; middling, 7 11-16 c;
net receipts. 1,053; gross, 1.053; ship
merits, 1.552; sales, 333; stock, 95,-
713.
Memphis-Quiet; middling, 7%c; net
receipts, 2.124, gross, 4.679: shipments,
6.465; sales. 2,000, stock. 139,34 k,
Kt. luis Quiet; middling, 7%c; net
receipts. 300, gross, 2.766. shipments,
2.06. sales. 16: stock, 33,426
1 ‘inctnnstl—Net receipts, M 2; gross,
M 2, shipments, 293, sales, V*). stock,
icouisvtlle firm; middling, 7 \r.
Total to-day —Net receipts, 11.332,
gross, 16,303. shipments, 11,136; sales
34*2. stock, 346.617.
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COTTON. STOCKS, BONDS. GRAIN
PROVISIONS AND COFFEE.
Direct Private Wires to All Markets.
MEMBERS
New Orleans Colion Exchange.
New Orleans Future Brokers Ass a.
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, Os.
LIVERPOOL’S ADVANCE
PUT NEW YORK UP.
New York, Dec. 17.—The cotton mar
ket. opened firm, at an advance of 8®
14 points, in response to higher Liver
pool cables, and coverings by scatter
ing shorts for over the week end and
in preparation, possibly for the ginners’
report, expected early next week. Some
of the larger professionals appeared
to be selling, however, on the theory
that this report would make a bearish
showing, and following the call, the
market was more or less irregurar. But
the selling movement did not attract
popular support, being restricted to
some extent by the small receipts for
the day, and prices during the middle
of the session were well up to the
initial figures. Trading as a whole was
quiet, and evening up for the week
end seemed to be the chief trading
motive.
SPOT COTTON AT NEW YORK.
New York, Dee. 17.—Spot cotton
closed quiet; middling uplands, 8.05 c;
middling gulf, 8.30 c; sales, none.
Cotton Futures at New York, Dee. 17.
Options, | Open.l Hieh.| Low.| Close.
Dec 7.55 7.60 7.60 7.56
Jan 7.65 7.68 7.61 7.61
Feb *7.71 7.74 7.73 7.70
March 7.82 7.86 7.80 7.80
April 7.94 7.94 7.92 7.87
May 7.96 7.98 7.93 7.93
June *8.02 7.99
July 8.10 8.10 8.06 8.04
Aug 8.10 8.10 8.08 8.03
Sept
Oct *B.OO 8.05 8.05 7.98
•Bid.
Futures opened firm; closed steady.
NEW ORLEANS SPOTS
CLOSED AT ADVANCE.
New Orleans, Dec. 17.—Cotton fu
tures steady: December, 7.49@7.50c;
January, 7.51@7.52c; February, 7.57®
7.59 c; March, 7.67@7.68c; April, 7.73@
7.75 c; May, 7.81@7.82c; June, 7.87@
7.89 c; July, 7.91®7.93c.
Spot cotton responding to the ad
vances in Liverpool and New York, Im
proved l-16c. Sales, 2,350 hales, includ
ing 550 to arrive.
Futures opened quiet with prices 8
points up. The usual Saturday dull
ness was apparent almost from the
first call. Transactions were very light,
with fluctuations of but 4 to 6 points.
In the trading January opened 8 points
higher at 7.57 c, declined to 7.49 c, and
finally gained 2 points to 7.51 c. The
market closed quiet with net gains of
2 to 4 points. •
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
Liverpool, Dec. 17.—Spot cotton, quiet;
prices, 4 points higher; American mid
dling fair, 4.57d; good middling, 4.33d;
middling. 4.23d; low middling, 4.lid;
good ordin'ary, 3.97d; ordinary. 3.hid.
The sales of the day were 6.000 hales,
of which 1,000 were for speculation
and export, and included 5,600 Ameri
can. Receipts, 31,000 bales, including
30,300 American. Futures, opened quiet
and closed steady; American middling
g. o. c. December, 4.16d; December-
January, 4.16(1; January-February,
4.18d; Febrtlary-March, 4.22d; March-
April, 4. 26d; April-May, 4.29d; May-
June, 4. 32d; June-July, 4.34d; July-
August, 4.36d; August September.
4.36d; September-October, 4.33d; Oc
tober-November, 4.32d.
DEMERE A HAMMOND’S
Weekly Cotton Letter from New
York.
New York. Dec. 17.—Astonishment
of bureau’s big figures had hardly
subsided before attention was turned
to the next ginners’ report. The fig
ures, which are to include all cotton
ginned up to Dec. 13. In some unac
countable way, a rumor spread that
the ginners’ figure would be decided
bullish and would discredit tho bu
reaus estimate. Interested parties
encouraged this idea, and a good many
buyers were attracted to the market
in anticipation of a sharp upturn at
the expense of the short Interest.
It would seem, however, as if the bear
element were the ones holding out
this apparently false hope, and soon
as prices had rallied to their liking.
1) ey ImmedUtMv began, to sell it
short again. The result was seen, a
quick relapse, which leaves prices at
the end of week within 6 to 9 points
of the low level touched on the col
lapse. Rumors have been persistent
for the past two days of increasing
nervousness and desire to sell by in
terior merchants and farmers. The
rumor has been denied, but will not die
and undoubtedly has considerable
foundation. It will be noticed that
although futures rallied about 40
points from the bottom, spots in New
Orleans at no time advanced more
than one-eighth and that the (ad
vance) improvement has since been
lost. Middling now selling there at
7% cents, a relapse of % of a cent in
two days. This weakness in the spot
situation is the most serious symptom
at the moment.
WAKE <* LELAM)
Say Liverpool'* Advance Gave Trade
a Surprise.
New York. Dec. 17.—Liverpool gave
trade a surprise this morning, and
one that found the market bare of cot
ton. Yesterday nearly every one look
ed for a weak closing and then a break
In Liverpool this morning. But there
seemed to be cotton wanted yesterday
before the close, and this morning Liv
erpool shot up 7 points. The action
of the market goes to show that a
further break below 7% cents Is not
to be relied upon. Wo are now run
ning into a period of light receipts, ow
ing to the holding policy In the Houlh.
It will not take many weeks of light
movement to render shorts uncomfor
table, Htid its soon as this happens the
demand will 1m- sufficient to prevent a
break below 7% cents for some time
to come. As long as the market stead
ies Just above 7.60 c for January and
falls lo get weak on heavy selling,
there is no inducement to go short for
a further break. Hu I her there Is
evsry reason to buy In hope that hold
ing by the Mouth will lead to such a
small movement (hut the price will
hava to b raised aottiv In order to
DEMERE L HAMMOND. Brokers,
Phone 1505 OHict No. 24 Bryan treet, bait.
COTTON, STOCKS, BONDS, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
Wa Fetters Wiens is I-*4Uo F.rhsi*g—.
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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS; SUNDAY. DECEMBER 18. 1904.
bring cotton out. This is an interest
ing time, and we may have frequent
upturns before going lower.
J. 8. DACHE A CO.’S
Daily Cotton Letter to Hayward,
Vick A Cos.
New York, Dec. 17.—Liverpool show
ed rather surprising firmness as a re
sult, it is said, of covering by shorts
and a demand from the continent.
Futures were 6 to 8 points higher.
Spot cotton advanced 4 points with
sales of 6,000 bales. The local mar
ket responded to this showing with
a net gain of 8 to 14 points, and while
there was considerable cotton offering
from some of the larger speculative
sources, covering by smaller shorts
and commission houses was sufficient
to maintain the advance during the
best part of the trading with prices
in some instances working a little
higher. Business as a whole was
quiet, with evening up for over Sun
day accelerated by uncertainty as to
the ginners report next week which at
best is a shorn one owing to the close
of the market on Friday night for over
Christmas. We cannot see any change
in the situation worth mentioning ex
cept that it seems that at the present
1 vel somi of the bear operators are
inclined to take ’on fresh short lines
in anticipation of a bearish showing
by the Census Bureau. If this shows
11,400,000 bales ginned to Dec. 14, we
shall be inclined to consider it con
firmatory of the government’s esti
mate, while if it should be over 11,-
600,000 bales the tendency will be to
increase confidence in even larger es
timates of the crop.
COTTON MEN THINK
THIS ADVICE A JOKE.
"Burn 1,000,000 bales of cotton and
put the price back to 10 cents, or
higher,” is the caption under which an
open letter to Southern farmers has
been sent out by William C. Whitner,
of River View Farm, Rock Hill, S.
C.
The letter, after an analysis of what
the writer conceives to be the present
condition of the cotton trade, advises
the burning of what he believes the
surplus amount of the present crop to
be, and says tlrat he has talked to
the farmers of his vicinity and that
they concur in his view. The letter
was shown to a number of the mem
bers of the local cotton trade yester
day, but they refused to consider the
matter seriously or to discuss it from
other than the standpoint of a joke.
GENERAL MARKETS.
New York, Dec. 17.—Flour, quiet;
Minnesota patent, $5.85@6.10; Minne
sota bakers, $4.40@4.75.
Rye flour, steady; $4.45@5.00.
Buckwheat flour, steady; $2.10@2.20.
Corn meal, firm; fine, $1.30@1.35; kiln
dried, $2.90@3.10.
Rye, nominal.
Barley, steady; malting, 44@51c.
Wheat, easy; No. 2 red, nominal. Op
tions closed %@%c net lower. May,
$1.12%; July, $1.02%; December. $1.16%.
Corn, firm; No. 2,62 c asked, elevator.
Options, %@%e net lower; 51 l-16c;
December. 54%c.
Oats, steady; 34%@35%c.
Beef, firm; family, $11.00@12.00; mess,
$9.00@9.50; beef hams, $22.00@23.50.
Cut meats, quiet; pickled bellies, 7%
@7%c; pickled shoulders, 6%c; pickled
hams, 9c.
J.ard, quiet; Western steamed, $7.20;
refined, steady; continent, $7.20; com
pound, 5%@5%c.
Pork, steady; family, $14.50@15.00;
short clear, $13.75@16.50; mess, $13.00®
13.50.
Tallow, quiet; city, 4%c; country,
4%c.
Rice, quiet.
Coffee, spot Rio, steady; No. 7 in
voice, B%c; mild, firm; Cordova, 10@
13c.
The market for coffee futures, after
opening 5 point* lower on July and un
changed to 5 points higher on other
months, ruled generally active and
firm. The close was firm 'at a net gain
of s@lo points. Sales, 138,000 bags.
Sugar, raw, firm; fair refining, 4%c;
centrifugal, 4%c; molasses sugar, 4%c;
refined, firm; confectioners' A, 5.50 c;
mould A, 6.00 c; cut loaf, 6.35 c; crush
ed, 6.35 c; powdered, 5.75 c; granulated,
5.65 c; cubes. 5.70 c.
Butter, weak; creamery, 17@26c; held,
state dairy, 15@24c.
Cheese, quiet, unchanged.
Eggs, weak; nearby, fancy, 36@38c;
W’estern fancy, 31@32c; Southern, 22®
29c.
Potatoes, steady; Long Island, $1.75
@2.00; state and Western, $1.25@1.50,
Jersey sweets, $2.00@8.25.
Peanuts, steady.
Cabbages, firm; flat Dutch, per hun
dred, $2.00@3.00.
Cotton by steam to Liverpool, 15@
20c.
CHICAGO MARKETS.
Chicago, Dec. 17.—Moisture in the
Southwest was partly responsible for
the decline here to-day in wheat. In
creased receipts Northwest made the
bearish tendency more apparent. At
the close May wheat was down %@%c.
Corn is oft %@%c. Oats are unchang
ed and provisions 5e to 10c lower.
The leading futures ranged as fol
lows :
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
Wheat, No. 2
Dec. ..1 08% 1 10% 1 08% 1 09%
May ..1 11 1 11 1 10% 1 10%
July ....98% 98% 98 98%
Corn, No. 2
Dec 45% 45% 45 45%
May ....45% 45% 45 45%
July ....45% 45% * 45% 45%
Oats, No. 2
Dec 29% 29% 29% 28%
May ....31% 31% 31% 31%
July ....31% 31% * 31% 31%
Mess Pork, per barrel —
Jan. .12 55 12 55 12 47% 12 47%
May .12 92% 12 95 12 82% 12 52%
Lard, per 10# pounds—•
Jan. ..6 85 6 85 6 80 6 80
May ..7 10 7 12% 7 07% 7 07%
Short Ribs, per 100 pounds—
Jan. ..6 47% 6 47% 6 42% 6 45
May ..6 77% 6 77% 6 72% 6 75
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour, steady; winter patents. ss.lo<m
5.20; straight, $4.8005.00; spring pat
ents, $1.9005.50; straights, $4.6004.90;
bakers. $3,700)4.80; No. 2 spring wheat,
$1.080)1.14; No. 3, 95c®51,10; No. 2 red,
$1.1201.14%: No. 2 corn, 45%®46c; No.
2 yellow. 45%®46c: No, 2 oats, 29%e;
No. 3 white, 30030%c: No. 2 rye, 73®
74c; good feeding barley, 37038 c; fair
to choice malting. 41@48c; No. 1 flax
seed, $1.18; No. 1 Northwestern, $1.26;
prime timothy seed. 32.72%; mess pork.
I>er barrel. $11.25011.37%; lard, per 100
pounds, $6.75; short ribs sides (loose),
$6.2506.50; short clear sides (boxed),
$6.82%®6.75; whisky, basis of high
wines, $1.24: clover, contract grade,
*12.75.
Receipts—Wheat, 93,000 bushels; corn,
621,900 bushels; outs, 75.400 bushels.
COTTON SKKI OIL.
New York, Dec. 17.—<’olln seed oil,
unsettled and barely steady, with a
mod. rate demand. Prime crude, f. o.
h. mills, I7Bk|fl7%c; prime summer yel
low, 15026%c; off summer yellow, nom
inal; prime white, 229 c, prime win.
ler yellow, 39c.
SPIRITS PRICES UP
ADVANCE OF % OF A CENT MADE
IN LATE TRADING.
OPENING AND CLOSING FIRM.
AT OUTSIDE QUOTATION OF PRE
VIOUS DAY, CENTS.
Rosin Market Also Opened at Ad
vance on Two Grade* and Made
Knrlhcr Advance* After the Close,
Price* in Afternoon Showed Ad
vance oil Commons Which Recent
ly Have Home Brunt of Pressure
on Market.
The spirits of turpentine market
not only held yesftrday the gains of
the day before despite the rather jarge
jump in price that it made, but even
gained a little again in the late trade.
The opening was firm at 48% cents,
when the sales were 279 casks, and
the close was unchanged as to both
tone and price, but with no additional
sales. In the late business, however,
all sales made were at an advance of
% of a cent and the demand was pret
ty good even at that increase. The re
ceipts were 471 casks, and the ship
ments 418. The New York market was
steady at 52 cents. London was quot
ed at 37—9.
The rosin market also shared in the
upward trend of prices, though the ad
vance did not come during the mar
ket hours. The opening was firm at
an advance of 10 cents on K and 2%
cents on G, with the remainder of the
list unchanged from the prices of the
previous close. The sales were 2,924.
The close was firm and unchanged and
without additional sales. In the post
market trading sales were made at
2%c up on G and 5c up on F and be
low. The receipts for the day were
1,889 barrels, and the shipments 3,287.
The New York market was quoted dull
at $2.82%.
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 471 1,889
Receipts previously 159,866 487,654
Total 166,832 534,093
Exports yesterday 418 3,287
Exports previously 136,273 471,104
Total 136.691 474,391
Stock yesterday 30,141 59,702
Stock previously 13,465 77,764
Yester- Day Be- Last
day. fore. Year.
Tone .1 Firm. 1 Firm. ] Firtn.
Spirits | 48%| 48@48%| 56
Sales .j 279 246 300
Rosin ■! Firm. Firm. Firm.
W. W. 5T15 5.15 3.50
W. G. 4.75 4.75 3.25
N 4.50 4.50 3.05
M. .. . 4.30 4.30 2.90
K 4.00 3.90 2.80
1 3.25 3.25 2.55
H 2.75 2.75 2.35
G 2.60 2.57% 2.25
F 2.55 2.55 2.25
E 2.52% 2.52% 2.25
D 2.50 2.50 2.25
C, B, A 2.47% 2.47% 2.25
Sales . 2,924 ' 2,169 | 592
IN OTHER MARKETS.
New York, Dec. 17.—Rosin, quiet;
strained, $2.80@2.82%.
Turpentine, quiet; 51@51%c.
Charleston. S. C.. Dec. 17.—Turpen
tine and rosin, nothing doing.
Wilmington, N. C.. Dec. 17.—Tur
pentine firm, 47%c; receipts, 2. Rosin
quiet, $2.40; receipts, 13. Tar firm,
$1.60; receipts, 99. Crude turpentine
firm, $2.30 and $3.60: receipts, 45.
New Orleans, Dec. 17.—Exports:
Glasgow, rosin. 750 barrels.
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 387,369 922,138
Week 1,463,632 2,851,854
Month 4,293,947 4,703,815
Since July 1 37,545,293 36,428,986
Where Shipped—
Foreign 2,294,444 3,107.070
Baltimore 9,963,090 4,309,882
Philadelphia 4,868,307 6,393,732
New York 19,575,196 11,259,227
Boston 600,531 1,167,206
Other ports 253,410 10,192,669
DRY' GOODS MARKET.
New York, Dec. 17. —The week
ends with continued flrmness In
all directions, and although buy
ers are not operating to any
increased extent. the sales which
are being made are generally at top
figures, with little disposition to gi'ant
concessions in order to force business.
Jobbers are operating very conserva
tively.
Two Trains Dally to Eastern Cities
via Southern Railway.
Southern Railway has resumed
double dally train servlet be
tween Savannah and the East,
leaving Savannah 1 p. m. and 12:15
a. m.. Central time. Both trains car
ry Pullman drawing room sleeping
cars to Washington and New York,
elegant day coaches and the finest din
ing cars In the world. Ail trains now
operated over the new double track
through Virginia and the Southern
Railway double-track bridge across the
Potomac. Pullman reservations glad
ly made or information furnished upon
application to E. G. Thomson, C. P.
& T. A., 141 Bull street; ‘phones 850.
ad.
A Fall Medicine.
Now Is the time to take Greybeard
to fortify your system against all
ments likely to prey upon you when
cool weather lakes the place of warm
weather.
Gray beard tonee up your system—
makes you eat and digest.
Oraybeard may be had at all drug
■tores for SI.OO a bottle.—ad.
A New Train in Washington and
New York.
Bouthern Railway announces r ln>
nuguratlon of 1U palatial noon train
out of Kavannah for the East, leaving
1 p.m.. Central time, dally. This, g solid
vestlbuled tigln.with most modern day
roaches. Pullman drawing room sleep
ing ears ef latest design, and tbs fa
mous uriequaled dining ears of the
loutbsm Railway. Any desired infor
i..atton given sr Pullman reservations
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HOTELS AND SI MMER RESORTS.
Hotel Betleeialre
Bfoiowag and 77th Street,
New York.
~ Seventh Avenue,
j Amsterdam Ave.
Aiy IT fis andWest 130th St.
Hungarian
Orchestra.
‘'Most Artistically Beautiful Hotel in the
World. Can Oder few single rooms, with
bath, beautifully furnished, suitable for two
people, S6O per month.
TRANSIENT RATES:
One Room, with bath $2.50 per day
Parlor, Bedroom, with bath, $3 and $5 per day
Parlor, 2 Bedrooms, with bath, $5 and s7per day
Every improvement known to modern in
genuity.
Write for our magazine, ’’The Hotel Belle
daire World.”
* MILTON ROBLEE. Proprietor.
BE SOTO HOTEL, Savannah, Ga.
Open all year. Large airy rooms;
7,000 feet piazzas; 100 rooms with pri
vate bath. Telephone service in every
room. Liberal inducements to fami
lies desiring permanent board.
WATSON & POWERS. Proprietors.
Attention.
Watch Oar Weekly Lists of
New Subscribers, Pub
lished Every Sunday.
THE SOUTHERN BELL TELE
PHONE AND TELEGRAPH COM
PANY has installed since last Sunday,
Dec. 11, 1904:
10 New Subscribers.
RESIDENCE.
2348 —Chandler, J. W., Mrs.
1935—Carr, Jos. J.
1858—Davis, T. J. Mrs.
758—Fitzpatrick, William J.
1164—Fulton, F. E.
1996—Hi11, C. G.
1928 —Manning, P.
1114 —Evans, J. W.
2398—Smith, P. Dr.
1944—Ward, G. E. Mrs.
BOILER TUBES
J. D. WEED & CO.
SAVANNAH'S CURRENT MARKETS
Note—These quotations are revised
dally 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, weak; spring
ers, 30@40c per pair; three-quar
ters grown, 50®60c; hens, 75@85c. Tur
keys 16c per pound; geese, $1.50 per
pair; ducks, 90e@$1.00 per pair.
EGGS —Country, 26c; Tennessee, 28c.
BUTTER —The tone of the market Is
firm. Quotations: Extra Elgin, 60 tubs.
■>6®27c; choice Elgins, 24@25c; New
York state, 23@23%c; renovated butter
60-pound tubs, best grade, 23@23%c.
CHEESE—Market, firm: fancy full
cream cheese, 22@25-pound, 12%@13c;
20 0 35-pound, 12%@12%c.
WHITE PEA BEANS—S2.4O bushel.
POTATOES—S2.OO.
ONIONS—In sacks. $2.50.
SPANISH ONIONS—Per crate, $1.50.
CABBAGES—SI.SO crate.
TURNIPS—Per sack. $1.50.
Breadstuff*. Hay and Grain.
FLOUR—Patent, $6.35; straight $6.10;
fnnev $7.35; family, $5.45; spring
wheat, best patent. $5.85.
MEAL —Pearl, per bairel. $3.40, per
•ark *1 45; water ground, $1.40. Pearl
„lts per sack. $1.45; Pearl grits, per
barrel $3.40: city meal. $1.40.
Grain Market.,
QUANTITIES- Jobs Cars.
No. 2 white corn .1 9
Mixed corn
j 43
gj I JSHUsi:::::: <
bran ,1;* I.S
Mixed bran Jl?
*> H
No. 2 timothy 80 85
Sugar,
Cut leaf
Cubes
XXXX powdered 6.2.
Fine granulated 6.1-
Confectioners A 5.97
■white Extra C ..5.(7
RlCE—Market dull, fancy head, 4%
S prl . me ’- 3 * 3 *
SX
Common • Not .; ** * ■ 2 ' A&3
4 rules—s3.oo to $3.50 barrel.
BAN AN AS —$1.70@1.00.
GRAPKS-Malaga. $4.50®5.60; Ja
"fLO RIDA*O RANG E 5—52.7503.00.
rttnES —-20s to 30s, sl3: 30s to 40s,
mi 40s to 50s, 8c; 60s to 60s. 7%c; 60s
7 0 . 6Kc; 70s to 80s, 6c; 80s to 90s,
Buc 90s to 100s, 4%c.
PEANUTS— Ample stock, fair de
n({ market Arm; fancy hand-picked
Virgin'®-®- 7c; IV C. peanuts, 6%c; ex.
Virginias, 6c.
NUTS— Almonds. Terragona, 14%c;
T vie as 12% c ; walnuu. French. 12%c;
Naples. MW ?'*““'• 10c; Brush.,.
vtc filberts, lie: assorted nuts, 50-
round and 25-pound boxes, 12c.
Dried sad Evaporated Fruit*.
APPLES Evaporated, 7%c; sun
—Evuporsted, fancy, 13c;
choice, 16H C * . .
RAISINS—I* I*. 3-crown. 31.36; $.
crown. 33.00. 4-crown ousters. *2.75;
loose musisteUs. 3c; 1-pound seeded,
104 kc; Imperial cabinets, |3 per box.
PEACHES —Evaporated, peeled, 16c;
unpeele.t, 81|c.
PEARS Evaporated, 10V\
CITRON- A. S. drum, 14%c; fancy
Corelclan. in 10-pound boxes, 14%c.
CURRANT*—Barrels. Tc.
Caffes.
Java „ 24%c
Mocha •• U c
Faabsirr U%<
Fancy Ns. I ..................
LIQUORS! LIQUORS! !
Our constant aim is to sell the best liquors for the
price that leave Savannah. Send in your orders for Christ
mas liquors, wines, etc. We will please you.
A. EHRLICH & BRO.,
ni-115 Bay Street, west, - - - Savannah, Ga.
THE CHASMAR KING SUPPLY CO.,
126-130 Bay Street, West.
JOBBERS.
BATH ROOM FIXTURES, SANITA RY PLUMBING GOODS, WROUGHT
IRON PIPE. FTI TINGS, etc. All sup piles for STEAM. WATER and GAS.
Solo Agent* for the celebrated HUXL EY VALVES.
Wool, Hides, Wax, Raw Furs and Skins,
Write for Prices.
D. KIRKLAND,
Good Resolutions
When made in good faith are commendatory. Strength to
carry out the resolution is essential. If you resolve*to save a
part of your earnings you will find a savings account a source
of strength. A life of steady plodding and constant saving
NOW will insure a future life of ease and comfort.
The Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Cos.
8-10 BRYAN STREET, EAST, SAVANNAH GA.
HERMAN MYERS, President. JNO. M. BRYAN, Cashier.
JACOB PAULSEN, Vice Pres. ALLAN SWEAT. Accountant.
No. 1640. Chartered iB6O
The MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK
OF SAVANNAH, GA.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY.
Capital $500,000
Surplus and undivided profits. 127.000
Total *627,000
Accounts of Banks, Bankers, Cor
porations, Firms and Individuals re
ceived upon favorab'e terms, y
Issues Time Certificates of
bearing Interest
Correspondence solicited
J. A. G. CARSON, Presiaent
BEIRNE GORDON. Vice President
W. M. DAVANT, Cashier.
BRADFORD’S EVAPORATED
OKRA.
Makes the finest soups and gum
bos. Sold by all leading grocers 5
cts. per box. M. Ferst’s Sons & Cos.,
Wholesale Agents.
Fancy No. 1 13 c
Choice No. 2 12%c
Prime No. 2 ll%c
Fair No. 5 11 c
Ordinary No. 6 10 c
Common No. 7 9%c
SALT—Car lots, 100 pounds burlap
sacks, 37c; 100-pound cotton sacks, 39c;
125-pound burlap sacks, 46c; 125-pound
cotton sacks, 48c; 150-pound burlap
sacks, 55c; 200-pound burlap sacks,
(Llverpooi), 78c.
HlDES—Market, firm; dry flint,
16%c; dry salted, 14%c; green salted,
9c; green, 7%c.
WOOL—Firm; white prime, 25c;
prime Georgia, free of sand burrs and
black wool, at 23c; burry, 12@16c; wax,
28c; tallow, 4c; deer skin, 22c; goat
skins. 25c each.
Hardware and Building Supplies.
LIME, CALCIUM PLASTER AND
Cement—Alabama and Georgia lime in
fair demand and sell at 80@85c a bar
rel; special Calcined plaster, $1.5001.60
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%), 3S@4oc; hewn
ties (6xß), 26x28c; switch ties, $10.50®
11. easy yard stock, $11.00@12.00,
car sills. $13.09015.00: ship stock,~slß.oo.
on*.
Perfection Signal Oil 42 c
Pratt’s Astral ig c
Aladdin Security j 15 c
Water White .11111*15 0
Standard White 14tc
D. S. Gasoline jg c
D. S. Gasoline in drums 14%c
86 degree gasoline in drums 19%c
Linseed oil, raw, 1 barrel lots ....46 c
Boiled lir.seed, 1 barrel lots 48 c
Five barrel lots special.
SHOT Drop, $1.65; B. B. and large
$1.90; chilled *1.90.
IRON—Market Arm; reflned, $1.90-
Swede, 4c.
NAILS—Cut, $2.25 base; wire. $2 25
base.
BARBED WIRE 52.55 per 100
pounds
GUNPOWDER Per keg. Austin
crack short. $4.50 keg; half keg, $2.60
quarter keg, $1.40; champion ducking
quarter keg, $2.25; Austin smokeless’
half kegs. $8.45, quarter, $l.;io : three
pounds, $2.10; one pound, 75c; less 20
per cent, on smokeless.
Cotton nniKgina; and Ties.
BAGGING—Market *lrm; 1% nound
7%®7%c; 2-pound. B@B%c; sea island
bagging, 10%®llc. “
TlES—Standard 45-Inch arrow 94c
®sl.oo. *
COTTON PICKING SHEETS-*”®
26c each. v
TWINE-Per pound, or hank, 140
15c. **
HAMS—Sugar cured, 12@13%c; pic
nics, B®B%c.
D. S. butts ...
D. 8. plates "!!!!"!62
Western heavy bellies * g
Eastern light bellies 8%
Eastern medium bellies
Eastern heavy bellies B &
I). S. C. R. sides L?
Smoked C. It. sides "* ”’*r
LARD—Pure. In tierces, 6c’"’so
- tins and SO-rmund tubs BU<-*
compound, 111 tierces, 574 c; iolnouiwi
tins and 80-pound tuba, 6%c. Q
Ml si-el lan eon*.
FlSH—Mackerel, halfbarreis v.
1. $10; No 2, 13.50; No . |f. k)t ;
l, $1.40; No. 3. $1 30, No. 3. $1 J 0; £4.
flh, I-pound bricks, *c; 3-pond bricks
6%c; smoked narrliifs, per bog, lo2Oc’
Dutch herrings, in kegs, $1.10; „*r
mullets, half barrels, $4.
SYRUP—Market quiet; Georgia and
Florida syrup, buying at 22®:5.; sell
ing st 2602*Vkc, sugar bouse, at l*%®
wax -tic.
HIGH WlNE*—Basis, sl2l
HONET—DuII, sir sirs 4, la bsrrota.
<6c gallon.
The Germania Bank,
SAVANNAH, GA.
CAPITAL. SURPLUS AND UN
DIVIDED PROFITS. $500,000
Transacts a General Banking
Business.
Deposits of one dollar and np
wards received in Savings De
partment Interest payable or
compounded quarterly.
HENRY P.LUN. President.
GEO. \V. TIEDEMAN, Vice Prea.
JOHN M. HOGAN. Cashier.
WAITER F. HOGAN. Assistant
Cashier,
IDLE MONEY
deposited in the
Savings Department
—OP THE —
Chatham Bank
Is free from speculative dangers,
yields an income as large as is con
sistent with conservative methods of
banking, and Is at all times subject to
the control of the depositor.
LEOPOLD ADLER, President.
T. M. CUNNINGHAM. JR., Vice Pres.
FRED. W. CIiAR,KE, Cashier.
COURTNEY THORPE. Asst. Cashier.
4%
PAID ON DEPOSITS
—ln the—
Savings
Department
COMMERCIAL BANK
of Savannah.
State Depository.
DEPARTMENT OF
SAVINGS
Southern Bank
of the State of Georgia*
ATTENTION IS REQUBSTKD TO
ADVANTAGES OFFERED TO DE
POSITORS IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF SAVINGS OF THIS BANK.
INTEREST PAID OR COMPOUND
ED QUARTERLY AT THE OPTION
OF DEPOSITOR.
IOHN FLANNBRT. President.
HORACE A CRANE, Vice president
JAMES SULLIVAN. Cadhler.
MILLS B. LANE, President.
GEO. C. FREEMAN. Cashier.
GORDON L. GROOVER, Asst. Cashier.
liffiliolMih
Capital and Surplus SBOO,OOO
We Solicit the Accounts of
Banks, Firms, Corporations
and Individuals
Our patrons will rtceivt cour
teous treatment at all timet, and
every accommodation within the
range of prudent banking.
OLD NEWSFAFBRa. $66 FOR II
eanta. at Suain*s* OSes. atorbiAg
Haws