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A FOR 8ALE—REAL ESTATE. W..E. TREADWELL & C0-, Real Estate and- Renting Agents. All Classes City Property 24 South Broad Street. Both Phones. NINE-ROOM HOUSE, DRESSING ROOM, two bath rooms, two-story tmck tern win. largo front veranda, with nil other Im provements; storm-sheeted, double-floored, tinted will Is, etc. One of the best built frame houses on the north side.' Was $8,500, now $7,500 buys It If sold ou a quick snle. SEVERAL CHOICE PROPOSITIONS ON the north side In Improved and unimprov ed property. FIVE-ROOM II&rSE, WELL LOCATED on Cooper Btreet—$1,400. ■ '•••MS, oiunira, riVi, urn , mill I»ll IUI provements. This Is n modeUiome--$4.200. ox iqe cuy iinurs; a-room nouse ana o- room house; lot 75 feet front by about 800 feet to railroad right-of-way—$3,000. FIFTEEN COTTAGES', 5 AND 6 ROOMS each, $1,600 to $8,500 each. WE SELL HOMES AND VACANT LOTS In nil parts of the city. See us for farms. BUY REAL ESTATE PURCHASE MONEY NOTES AND . MORTGAGES THE BEST AND SAFEST INVESTMENTS IN THE WORLD. 20-years’ experience in mak ing Real Estate Loans, with out a loss of one dollar in principle or interest to my clients, proves their absolute safety. EDWIN P. ANSLEY. , Real Estate, Phones: Bell. 339, Atlanta 363. * 00000000000000000000000000 O MlfcE USED TO ROUT o O SUFFRAGIST MEETINGS. O a • o 0 London. Dec. 20.—Suffragists 0 O whose meetings have been broken 0 O up by the liberation of mice on 0 0 the speaker’s platform have dem- 0 0 onstrated that a woman's natural 0 0 fear of mice may be overcome. 0 0 The Interruptions at meetings 0 O have become so frequent that they 0 0 amounted to practically an ultl- 0 O matum—the women must either O 0 give up attempts to- strengthen 0 0 the suffrage movement or put up 0 0 with the mice. , 0 O a 0000000000000000000000000a REPQRTWAS BULLISH! . COTTON ADVANCED Bears Sold and Liquidation Caused a Sharp Slump. - ON BOGUSRECEIPTS Reward Is Offered by Bus: sell & Son, Who Lost Amount. GUARDIAN’S SALE. GEORGIA—FULTON COUNTT. Ily virtue of nn order of the court of ordi nary of said;county, granted nt the Decem ber term, 1907, wjll Iw »old before the court house door of mild comity, on the first Tucwlay lit Januitrr nejet, within the legal hour* of sale, the following property of the estate of WUHt F. WeVnuorebind; it,,' tulubr. to-ttrlt: An undivided one-thlrd Interest In and to nil that tract or parcel of land lying And being In the city of Atlanta, Fulton county, Georgln. commencing nt n point on the north Bide of Raltlmore Place fifty-four (64* feet and ten (10* Inehes, east of Spring (2* Inches back -inert ntrth with a width the Mime the property conveyed to Mm. Josephine Loch- ran® A trustee for Mrs. Klimt L. Westmore- land by Josuph lllrarli, dated January 23, 1893. the description In which deed la here by referred to ns part hereof. The Interest In anld land hereby to be-told Mng an estate tor years, subject to the terms of a certain tease or conveyance mads by the Atlanta Innd nnd-Anuulty Company to 1 Atlanta Innd Improvement Cota pa ny, dated March 19. 1885, and subject to the term of •ntd.deed from Joseph Hlrscb. above men- Terms: Five hundred dollars cash and the balance to be divided Into three payments, due one-thlrd on or before one year, one- thlrd on or before two years, and one-thlrd mi or lie fore three years, after date of sale. The deferred payments to bear Interest from the date of sale at the rate of seven (7* per rent MR8. Guardian for Minor. Special to The Georgian. Tlfton, Ga., Dec. 20.—Giving his name as C. S. Pope, a man Saturday presented sixteen cotton receipts, ap parently issued by the Farmers’ Union warehouse of Tlfton, to Z. J. Bussell A Son, at Mystic, Ga., 16 mllea north east of Tlfton, and offered the cotton for sale. Seven of the receipts were slsued to the name of J. M. Johnson and nine to C. S'. Pope. The numbers were 4053 to 4060, and 4065 to 4072, In clusive. Mr. Bussell considered It a bargain, and bought the cotton, giving a total of $901.07 for the lot, paying for It In two checks, one to J. M. Johnson for $391 and one to C. S. Pope for $510 on the Bank of IrwlnvHle. The man presented the checks to Cashier W. J. Ballard at the Bank of IrwInVIlte and received $600 In cash und a cashier’s check for $301.07. When the Farmers’ Union warehouse was Informed* that Mr. Bussell had bought the cotton they found that no such, receipts had been Issued by them. An investigation developed that six teen receipts had been stolen from their warehouse book, just a page or so later titan their Saturday's entries. Banks over the country have been notified not to cash the check for $300, of which no trace has been found, and Mr. Bussell offers a reward of $100 for the arrest of C. S. Pope. jr oversold and traders begnh a general covering movement, which soon had the list running away*, and after call It was fully 24 points over the close lust night. J. The market closed steady net 10 to 13 points higher. * ' Movement Into sight: eek Since Sept. 1 Into Bight week. Since Sept. 1. Il907.' | 1904 raw 04.01SI Ji.KS S12.8M 472.238 389,559 J 603.-974 649.7$ 90.103 6.996.384jMI0j»^OW7S Edited by Joseph B. Lively. Mr. Lively’s twenty-flve years* experience of ed iting mqykets In Atlanta and the Booth has made btm a recognised au thority In his specialty. RANGE OF NEW YORK STOCKS AND COTTON MARKETS name of stock. .... consumption! . . Weekly Interior movement; Receipts 242.990 298,963 173.037 Shipments 217,880 288,149 152,719 Stocks • 494.138 661.638 726,444 Comparative port - receipts: 5 19C T 1906. ftnturdny ......... Mondny Tuesday Wednesday ............... Thursday Friday rfotul for week Total since, Hept. 1.... . iistlihnted receipts Thursdn Tlfirra 54.832 «:*3 54.266 ™ 83,1471 396.479" 14,360,278 043? 04,437 07.858 ■67,721 46.782 58.9821 858JWM 5,391,026| New Orleans .........10,000 to 12,000 Galveston 16.009 to 18,000 Houston 9^500 to 10,500 19M. SPOT COtTON MARKRTs Atlanta, quiet; middling- 11%. New Orleans, quiet; middllm Augusta, sternly; middling 11%. Mobile, steady; middling 11*4. Charleston, steady; middling 11%. Baltimore. nominal; middling 11%. Wilmington, quiet: middling 11%. Ihft'tou. steady; middling 11.80. Memphis, quiet; middling 11%. Philadelphia, steady: middling 12.06. Houston, steady; middling 11%. Norfolk, steady: middling 11*4. Galveston, steady; middling 12. St. Louts, steady; middllug 11 13-16. TODAY’S PORT RECEIPT8. The following table shows receipts at tbs FOUR NEW LOOMS FOR GEORGIA TECH Four fine looms of the best make have recently been donated to the tex tile department of the Georgia School of Technology, and as a result this de partment is one of the flnest in. the United States. Two of these looms were received from the Exposition Cotton Mills, while two others of the same expensive make were donated by the Draper Manufacturing Company, of Massachusetts. Wu Ting-fang Coming. Pektn, Dee. 20.—>Vu Ting-fang, re appointed to the post of Chinese min ister to the United States, has left Pekin on his way to. Washington. He will sail from Shanghai In January, taking with him a number of young Chinese who are going to study In the United States. He brings a warm mes sage to Roosevelt for the return of $22,- 000,000 war indemnity. Now Orleans. Galveston. . . Mobile Savannah. . . . Charleston. . , Wilmington. . Norfolk. . . . Baltimore. . . Pensaxila. ; . Host on 3.239 9.679 3.231 2,370 3.864 1.506 5,713 50 15.446 16,400 4,703 J2J47 INTERIOR RECEIPTS. Ainui. Copper ... a . Am. Ice Securities - . . Am. Bagur Rctlntvy. .. American Smelting . ,. Ala. Locomotive .... do. preferred Am. Car FovsJry. . .. American Cotton Oil .. Anaconda Atchison Brooklyn Rapid T. . .. Baltimore A Ohio . .. , Chesapeake A Ohio. .. Canadian Pacific. \ * «. Chicago A Alton. . . » Consolidated Gas. ... Central Leather do. preferred. .... Colorado Fuel A Iron .. , Corn Produce Colorado Southern . .. , Delaware A Hudson . . Danver & Rio Oraodb . Distillers*. Securities. . 'do. preferred*. . I I. General Electric .... Great Wed tern Great Northern pfd. .. , Illinois Central Interboro. ...... . , do. preferred ..».»■ Ivausas A Texas . . . . . •KxnHvIdend lij per cent. " NAME OF STOCK. I 8 * 8 a Kansas Texas pfd. .. Louisville A Nasuvtllt.. Missouri Pacific. » . ■ Mexican Central, . . New York Central. . Northwestern. , . . National Lend. ... Norfolk A Western. Northers Pacific. . . Ontario & Western. , Pennsylvania. . . , 1’a<•!Mr Mali. .... People’s Gas Co.. . . Pressed Steel Car. . Reading. ...... Rock island tsouthuruT do. preferred. . • .. ML Paul Terra. Coal A Iron. . . Texas Pacific. . . . . . Union Pacific. ...... U. 8. Rubbor / do. preferred. . , U. 8. Steel do. preferred. . . .. Western Union. . . • , Wabash. do. preferred. • t 6714 F,7*4 5, ’SI in 57 | UM 16 2.. 27 27 27 13 13*4 3 ‘118 ’St« ISTOCKS CONTINUED I TO SWING HIGHER Union Pacific, Reading and Pennsylvania Were the Leaders. j; 22' V By T. New York, pec. 20.—Stocks continued to swing higher this morning, advances In tho early part of the session itclng more than a point In several of the active Ilsur*. Union Pacific. Reading and Pennsylvania, stocks were leaders. Copper showed considerable strength, and this made an Impression i much smaller than for i NEW YORK I atuady LIVERPOOL. Futures opened eaal m I opening Previous Range. 2 p. m. Close. Close. Dec 5.66% ^ 5.67% 5.73 6.74 Dee.-Jin. . .5 67 05.63 5.67 5.73 5.74 Jan.-Feb. . .6.66 66.67 5.63 5.74 5.75 Feb.-March .6.68% t 5.68% 5.74% Mnroll-April.6.63 ,06.63% 5.63 6.75 5.76 April-Mny . .6.60*65.6S% 5.69% 5.76% 6.76% May-June . .5.69 6.70 6.76 6.76% *w: iras* r Aug.-Sept. , ,5,55 6.1 *ciosed*quiei. ... 5.75% 6.76 .66% 6.72 6.72 6.65 5.63 6.62 troubles Hi PJilliulelphlit and partly to the nnnomicenicnt of further Imports of gold, one Arm having engaged $809,w The census - 12’4 this year up I to be t, .... i tniles more than was ginned ou De cember 1. It had no material effect on op tions, the fluctuations being less than 50c & which there is ftxmk ■ JPV In London, American stocks wero easy. The passing of the dividend of the De-- Bcers/stock*vgused a break in that Issue, httt It quickly recovered; - Wheat was slightly higher. • New York, Dec. 20.-*Th«* sing It market opened nt advances as folkm*: Great Northern preferred 1, Northern Pacific NEW ORLEANS. I 3 I & 10.9710.86 10.87(10.87 10.99 10.87 ii.(*|n.oti 10.99 10.98-99 10J3-U 10.93 10.92-83 10.87110.84-86 10.96 10.84-96 rt ... 10.96-99 10.99 10.99-11 10.79- 31 10.78-30 10.76- 77 10.77- 78 10.78- 79 10.80- 81 10.83-85 SMALLER CROP INDICATED BY REPORT Dec. 1. 1*07. mm 49,437 40.370 1,518.92 1.000 42.7.143 Thp report of the census bureau on the amount of cotton gtnned of this year’a crop was made public Hi New York at 10 o’clock Alabama Friday morning. The amount ginned up to Arknusus December 13 Is given at *.281.600. against Florida .. 8,338.854 on December 1, and 11,113,589 on the Georgia same dnte last rear, Kentucky The nmount ginned was smaller than ex- LotiUlann parted, ns the trade had been looking for Mississippi - !k>».o38 figures as high as 8.350.000 In order to con- Missouri $ 20.298 firm the estimate of the crop recently Issued North Cundlun by the agricultural department. It does uot Oklahoma 699.711 do till*. It confirms a smaller crop than South Uarount 963.891 estimated—Is bullish and higher. Prices Tennessee 177,172 are considered a certainty by the friends Texas 1,846,922 of the staple, after tlie lienrs get through Virginia 5.195 with their manipulation on.the expected hub blay lull In business npd the recent dis turbed financial sltuatloh. Dec^lS. 962.022 572.106 47.747 1,632,406 1,103,000 502.000 1,119,244 23.674 523.917 686.078 1.014,711 204.267 Dec. 13. 1806. 1,134,844 673.070 56.816 1.514.637 1,234 764.860 1.184,914 838,828 220,562 8.416.565 12.117 CHICAGO CAR LOTS. estlti Iowa Wheat. . . Corn. . . * Oats Hogs, head. Today. jTomorrotv. - per annum until paid. GOVERNMENT GRAIN REPORT. Whiter wheat nrrenito. K,1J2,0OT{ liull- cntcil production, 409.44J.WI: vimie S9.2. Korina whom ifrivre, K.879.W); hnllnitcd prinlnotlon, 2,2!4,64Mw; vnlnp. 86. font nrrrnxv. 99,911.1)09; Indkntiil produc tion. 2,692,320,090; value. 6J.T. Ottla ticrvnitc, 31.839,000; I ml tcnt,d produc tion, 754,443.tWO; value, 44.3. HAYWARD, VICK & CLARK'S DAILY COTTON LETTER. hist year and 9,297.819 Id 11 From this It will be Keen that giunlngs to the- middle of Dereintier are still 17.000 bales iHditnd the 10.730,000 crop of 1806. and ytf can lmrdly ask for n better confirmation of the relative Niunllm>M of this cron. If wo bad any. hull e|»eculutlon In the Fouth and ——* **’’— RICH GERMAN COWBOY FALLS IN LOVE AND WEDS NURSE Alburquerque, N. M., Deo, 20.—Baron Frit* Mareichal voft Bclhcnttcln. colon of t« noble German family, owning nn eatate valued at $500,000 ant) who has .pent the laat'few months roughing It in the West, was married hero to Mis* Llzsle Moormah, of Lynchburg, Vn.. after a romance which began *1* months ago at the’ Valley Ranch, on the Upper Pecos river. Th» baron, who has lived as a cowboy and prospector was Injured by a fall while In the mountains, and was nursed by Mis. Moorman, with whom he fell In love. After a wedding trip to Mexico, they will go to Germany to live on the an cestral estates. HAYWARD, VICK & CLARK, COTTON, STOCKS, BONDS, COFFEE, GRAIN AND PROVISIONE Carondslst and Gravler Sts„ New Orleans. MEMBERS: Few OrlMns Oottoa Exchange. N>w Orl™ n ».Ft; , "r u ,P"Vi2,di*lf'rnlds' New Voik Cotton Eiclungs, New Orlenns and Chlctijo Boards of Trsas, OelTtstm Cotton Kiohnnge. New Vork Coffee E»ch«n*e. Eoaston Cotton Exchange, Axsoclxt. Members Liverpool Cotton Assn Nsw York and Chicago Correspondent*: % A a. IACHE A CD., AND BARTLETT, FRAZIER A CARRINOTON, staiVATS WIIEI TO ALL POINTS ^ ‘ - ■ -- INVEST1PNT STOCKS. Incomes of * per cent to 12 per cent on amounts of $100 and upward can be realized - on Standard Investment Shares at ! present abnormally low price*. Write for list of active stock*, . listed on the New York Stock Ex- change, selling from 20 to 100 point* below last year4 price* We execute orders promptly. Cash or Instalments. HILLYER INVESTMENT CO., * • English-American Bldg. MPHre not *o unmercifully delivered to Ithe Iwirlsh design* of other markets, cotton on such a propoiltlou would not go an I cheap ns It does today. Altho the figure* imbluhed were eonslderably lielow ex peel ntlons, and its bulllsli meaning wnk fully IfH'ognlxefl, New York opened lower ami bears fought the advance which fonowetl with astonishing lioldneNS. This show* that Southern bull iiupport Is now only given a nasslug thought, whereas before the recent laws went Into effect It ivns seriously con- Isidore^ in New Y’nrk mid LlveyjMH$I. All tin* bull has to rely on nowadays is ajMrt support, and as such Is nut likely uutH nfjer the New Y'enr holidays, the bear ele ment bolds the field. However, on the sup ply outlook the proposition Is so strong that ultimately nil opuosltoln should be orerertnie by the Inerenslng strength of the position in actual cotton nmi higher prices I result. The qnet^fon $if time for the bull la to get over this mill holiday period In snoM wltn as little sneriflee ns poksllde. Fnn.J many Interior sources we hear that ginning liming this period was rushed to wind up month when odds and ends make tip n big total. Liverpool cables: “Indian government of ficially estimates crop 47 per cent nmleT Inst year, Tliink the ninrket I* being mn- iilpulnted to buy. Market shows advancing tendency. Another prominent nud con servative party in JJrerpoo! cables; ••Con sumption will decidedly exceed last ycaris except Hi America." * ‘ rpool recovered ail of the early loss . , olnt*. Here there was an advance to nsnand 19.80 for March and trading settled ftronml that figure. The market Is steady, blit absence of free bull speculation makes It timid and impressive to any bear selling from the outside, . Hpots are steady, Imt there U only a hull- ny demand, nnu laid weather Interferes ren with this. However, holders ore con fident. nml the Christmas'cotton Is about all disposed of. New York, Dec. 20.—J. 8. Bache A Co,: The ginning roport Joined nt the opening was 9.281,000 bales. Tbl* linmght a lot of covering by lieart, who hn$l sold cotton yesterday on the Idea that Just such figures would lie re|H$rted. The illM'ouuting of these figures has followed ever since the national ginuers’ report of 9.323.006 Imles as their returns. Tin* market advanced easily nud rapidly, and January touched 10.60, March 10.83, equal to a rally of 2# to 2S points. Then It seemed ns If the bulge was too hot to last for aoun* quick realizing by profes< • -• —■—•-—• Lntet with NEWS AND .GOSSIP. Of the Fleecy Staple. (From Ifayward. Vick A Clark.) New York, Dec. 20.-J. 8. Bache « Liverpool was due 8 to 9% lower on near and 8% to • lower o» late positions. C “ steady 7 to 8 lower. At Jr:16 p. in. ../’mkldVlnk^ 8,it; sals*. 7,000: Amsrinan, 0,991: ,im-nlatlon and export. 600; Import!, 16,000. Including 3,100 Atnrrlenii. Tondors new docket, 4,006. Following are 11 a. to. bids: I>ecember, 11.15; January, 10.61; March, 10.75; May, 10.30; July, 10.76. New Drleaug, Dec. 20.—Hayward, Vick & Clark: Llverpoal shows tail decline, fu tures 7 to 8 lower, ugalnst 8 lower duf. Hpot prices 10 down. Bears trying to hold It down, which thej may do n« long aa spot demand Is dull dur< strong position that we look for a couple of emits advance In time umde by actual cotton. Buy on all dips. WEATHER REPORT.* WEATHER CONDITIONS. The area of high presauro that was cen tred near Memphis, T«nu., yesterday morn Ing has tsorcG east and Is now central near Norfolk, Vs. The high nren In the north- west remains about stationary ever Wyo ming. An. area of low pressure Is central .over Utah. The weather resulting from the above conditions Is cloudy over moat of the country, with rain falling this morning at Galveston, Tex., New Orleans, 1st., and Mo bile. Ala. Very little mla has fallen * the market ruL. . I— not much business doing. The nm tant Influence has ln*en removed as a factor lu the market, and now the trade can de vote Its time to studying l«»cal technical conditions «s well as Inclination of the mills toward restriction of output this winter. We favor the short side conservatively, but believe prices will rule dull and. flnctnntlon narrow during the holidays. Abilene Amarillo. .... Asheville. . . . ATLANTA. . . Birmingham. . . , Bismarck. . . . l\o»ton Buffalo harlcston. , . . hirhftte. . , . hies go. . » . , Cincinnati. . . , Corpus Christ!. . Davenport. . . . Dodge. , . , , , Fort Rmith.'.'. ’ Galveston. . . . Havre Huron. . . . , , Jacksonville. . . Jupiter ■ .ii unci Los Angeles, . . . Macon. . , . . , Marquette Memphis. .... Meridian. . . . . Mobile Montgomery. . . , NAVAL STORES Hpwlal to TIm- OrorRlnn. Hsvsimsh. 1 :^-.tsb.p 2#.—^Turpentine arm nt 4214; Mlt'S, 2W; refript*. 989. limit! linn: Mill-., 3.431; rprelpts, 3.636; Wiitf rivhlit- nml wlnilos- .ln,s. 6&Z5; N, $6.10; M, $5.25; K, $4.5); l. *15063.55; II. $2.9554110; ti, C!i_vril06: F, $2-99423; B, *2JS@3; l). C. B. Nashville. WB New Orlenut. New York. . Norfolk. . . , Omaha. . . , Palestine. . . Pittsburg. . . Portland,, Me. Portland. Ore. Ur pfd City. . Sr. bmli. . . f Ht. Pant. . . ttarannah. . Tampa. . . . Taytor, . . . Thomaavlllc. . Vicksburg. . , Washlngton. .. Wllmfngtoii. . Min. Rnln. No. 1 Fresh Tennessee Eggs, 22c Doi. wholesale CASH WITH ORDER OR C 0. D. BELL PHONE 5187 only. KELLEY PRODUCE CO, 991 2 Dentir St, AtlaiU Phone 1522 WHEAT IRREGULAR AT TrOPENI On Good Buying a Sharp Advance Took Place. Other Cereals Up. TIPS FLASHED. From Wall Street. Beading % and In nil Ti. Missouri Pacific i Sugar %. nud Union Piu'lfle, Copper, Broo I vn Rapid Transit, Steel preferred nr Smelt lug %. Now York Centra! and b’l ten minutes’ trading the market was Ir regular, but with firmness lu some Issues, closing bids follow; Railway Stocks. Atchison 71 7-8 Baltimore and Ohio 811-3 Canadian Pacific ..-..160 3*4 Chicago and Northwestern ...135' Colorado Southern .. 201-2 Denver find «fo Grande 26 Erie .. ..16 3*4 lioulsvllel and Nashville 92 3-4 Manhattan ”L" $.116 Mexican Central ... 15 Missouri Pacific 49 7-8 New York Central 96 Pennsylvania 112 3-8 Rending 94 6-8 Rock Island. ,16 do preferred 29 PI. Paul 104 6-8 Southern Pacific.. .,74 Southern Railway..... .131-2 Union Pacific. ...1131-4 do preferred... 79 Wabuh 9 3-8 Great Northern 116 5-8 Miscellaneous. Amalgamated Copper . 4 .... .. 46 5-8 American Car and Foundry.. .« 301-4 American Locomotive 37 Amer. Smelt, and Refining .. .. 72 3-4 do, preferred .. .. .. •* .. 90 1-4 Brooklyn Rapid Transit .. .. .. 391-4 National Lead 39 7-8 Pacific Mall 27 People’n Gas ' 79 1-3 Sugar ..100 United States Steel .. .. .. .. 16 7-8 doi preferred .. .. 88 1-2 Western Union .. .. 65 3-4 8T. LOUIS CA8H QUOTATIONS. Wheat—No. 2 red winter U..102 1 Corn—No. 2..,,... 55 Oats-No. 2 50 Chicago, Dec. 20.—Wheat opened Irregular at %e decline Jo %c advance. Extremely light shipments from the markets of Argen tine, together with rains which are de terring the harvesting there, were the bull ish features. There was good buying by private wire honses. -"■* —f L'O... PM Provisions were* 6©17%o " CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. Following ere the Chirico grain and pro visions quotations for today, compared with fester (Jay's dost; Prevloui Open. High. Low. Close. Close "’ll RAT Dec. Hay July IIIIC '33 sj'i 11 51 oATtf- Dec. .. May .. July .. l'OUK— Jan. ..12.67% 12.60 "UarJ: 10 Jan. ... 7.67% 7.75 «BSJ*. ^ Jan. ..6.67% May ..7.06 12.52% 11.02% $.75 , 6.67% 7.07% 6.97% 7.67.% 7.77% LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET. „ . JHHHowd R higher. Corn opened % lower, nml at 1:30 p. in i Cloiei Hpedal to The Georgian. (From liny ward. Vick A Clnrk.) New York. Dec. 20.— J. 8. Bache A Co.i Americana In Isotidou firm and well above parity. / ^ Cojiper stocks Arm on a farther advance Lincoln Trust Uompany nml the Trust ( oilman/ of America reported to have paid $8,000,000 borrowed In the recent run. The Hnrrlmnn people are well satisfied with the result of yesterday's court pro ceedings nml regurd It ns a substantial vic tory. Harrlmno nml 1IIII stocks acted well " ‘adlng was n dlsapi t»e $»n!y temporary. ■ . , ~ report today that and Ohio will plnee an order for 16,000 tons steel rails nud other roads are expected to follow with good orders. , Hteol st(M>ks have been the mainstay of the market In the past/ ami are holding their own well on -present betterment. Market should harden today and be much higher by tomorrow's does. THE METAL MARKET. •New \ork, Dee. 20.—The tin market was arm. Copper, lead nnd spelter were unchanged. THE COFFEE MARKET. MONEY AND EXCHANGE. New York. flee. 20—Money pn call 8 to 16 per cent; time loans, nothing doing; Posted rates; Mterllng exchange. 11.8150(9 4.8786, with actual business lu beakers' bills ~ at $4.968004.309 for demand and 11.80239 4.H0M for 66-dny bills. ^ Prime merrentlle paper dull it 3 per cent for liest liftmen. London bar silver 24 9-16d; New York bay sliver, 53c. Mexican dollars, 41e. GEORGIA RAILWAY AND ELECTRIC CO. the bid way and Boston, Dec. 26.—Fpltowlng was a nd asked price of Georgln Rail' iloetrtc Company today; Bid 76, i no market for preferred. MINING STOCKS,’ Boston, Dee. 20.— Arisons Commercial 34%, 8limiting 32. Trinity HV», Fruit 113, ConM linage 34. Centennial 24. Isle Royole 1$%, North Butte 39%. Old Dominion 27%. THE LONDON STOCK MARKET. . Bales 14,250 Iwigs, COTTON SEED OIL MARKET. quotations of t was flower. CTuied % higher. and general force The. Pacific roast storm la now central over southern Utah. Its movement appears to lie cost by south, with a tendency to diminish In strength. High presimre nud cold weather continue In eastern and central districts. Bain has fallen op the Pnclflc coast nml snow over the plateau region, (lain has alao set In over eastern Texas nml along the middle srnlf roast. Rain Is protm- Ide tonight nml Saturday In the gulf and Koulh Atlantic states, with slightly warmer weather. The temperature will rise slowly In northeastern districts. Forecast until 8 p. in. Saturday: Virginia—Fair and not quite so cold to night; Saturday Increasing cloudiness'and warmer, prolstbly rain late In the afternoon r by night; light varlnlde winds. North Carolina—Cloudy tonight am! warm- r; Saturday rain; fresh northeasterly winds* Month Carolina and Georgia—Rain late to night nnd on Saturday; fresh northeast to east winds. Eastern Florida—Occasional rain tonight nd Saturday; fresh easterly winds. Western Florida, Alahnmn and Mississippi —Rnln tonight and Satarday; fresh easterly iinbL Kentucky—Fab- tonight and Saturday. -■ Tennessee Fair tonight; slightly warmer in centra! am! eastern portions; Saturday fair. . • Louisiana—IfSfn and warmer tonight; Hat- urday showers ami warmer; light to east erly winds on coast. Eastern Texas—Knln and warmer tonight; Saturday showers; light to fresh high winds n the roast. Western Texas—Fair tonight and Satur- Oklahoma—Fair and wanner tonight; Sat urday rain. Arkansas— Rala and warmer tonight; Sat urday rain,, DecettilH*r. January. . February. March. . . May. . . . Julr uiy. . ... ■ Closed sternly. ATLANTA OIL MARKET. mills, prompt. 2*629%; iHwnber. 29629%; January, 29%630; February. 29%6». Amalgamated Copper Anaconda Atchison I do. preferred .... Biiltbimr«> A aihlo ;, .. Cbesapenke A Ohio . . Chicago & Great Western Cnmidluti I’actflc , . Deliver Klo Grande . do. preferred . . . Erie Hirst preferred . . Second preferred . , Illinois Central . . . Kansas A Texas .... do. preferred ..... tamlxvlllc A Nashville Mexican Central . . . Northern I’acRb- . , . New York central . . . N. Y., Ontario A Western I’ennsylvaiita I’lilliidclphin A Reading . First preferred . . . .* Second preferred .... Rock Island Southern I’ndflc . . . Hr. Haul Southern Railway . . . do. praferraa ..... Union new ..... United States Steel. . , . do. preferred Wabash ....... ijo. preferred . 1 m mi* liiiij ms! lisit •Iru ** ::•: . if Si THE SUGAR MARKET. I January st 9s 9S'1. THE AUDIT COMPANY.OF NEW YORK Ihe Oldest and Fore-nos! Cor,un!i$i Engaged in Aceountin- Beli Bbone 3309 Main. 1310 Candler Building. HAftRY M. RICE Southern ( Managar. • frank iiawkins, iTesideot. If. M. ATKIXSi>N. TlWnwMna TIDtMAN t_\ ERWIN. Cashier. 403EPII A. VUCORD. Vice PrvalUePL *■ W. BYERS. Assistant Casbl« Third National Bank Capital .... $200,000.00 Surplus and Profits $400,000.00 fm. a. W. CAf.uoOSL MII.TUN DARGAV. ’ JOHN W. GRANT. II. V. M’C Old*. FRANK HAWKINS. II. M. ATKINSON. jnSKPH A. M OIRD.