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TilK ATLANTA (iLOKUIAN AND NEWS. REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION NE WS J,W.Goldsmith, Jr,,to 2,201,276 Tons Cotton Seed Crushed to Dec. 1 V\ est 464 Decatur street; fop „ to O. K Wait*- \,» ad 9»«J" M. Uauziu to c! B . j, . 'i- aJ' n°, O, rnond street;*for Mrs. Permit for Home in Ansley Park. <, . Holman Cotton Gossip 1>rp - 18 The opening *:*"" *'' l ; ,H H-Hcitim wan light. The L\ m , il! , 1 v» i l»"ol cables brought out !. f (, ° verin K »>Ut there was no gmficance to trading Build on Peachtree bolt Warren Sales and Leases Show Ac tivity in Realty. •ak street 1 R. Long, vCaSHJXGTON, Dec. 18 A report is sued to-aa.v oy the Census Hureati shows 11,201.271? tons of cotton need crushed and 389,118 bales of linters ob tained from the crop of 1013, prior of December 1. Following shows linters by States: nr „ Si B, g Firnis Buy Freely When Ring common w »n .1 %*'■''' **$N •kinh'./.m. 'J&* "Zlo' ci£ ; Tries to Drive March and May — ,?tt<1, - n8 8<,,, *' r8 125 K,1 *"! h — ‘ ! JSSS r-. , Peachtree Lease. , a * icknru & Deans Drug Cotnpanv, t a new firm, has leased No 124 Peach- ! brick building at 50-52 East Ala- 1 neT Company^or Z • ur new' bouses and alterations i\ in 1911 by 165 feet, west side Pul- to 12.50—Spots Firm. «!“?■" sold r,.000 hales of January. Wilson took most of it. . V"' Principal buying came from spot Interests. ban a street will cost $2.’*.000. according <• ;-ermit8 granted by Building lnspec- Haj * Thursday. One of the read - :»-i.-es "ill be built on Peachtree Itoad! a 1 : another at No. 57 Inman Circle. Since the city has been grading V Jtehall street the sales of bis have t reased. Two sales have already been nude this week. Another was :*n- njuneed Thursday—that of Nos 1503.5 the Corrugated Pap< r Company, of Chicago. To Build on Peachtree Road. \\ Goldsmith, Jr., has been granted ! a r>*rmft to erect a two-story house on Peach’rec Road. The building will be f brick veneer construction and will ost $7,500. The contractor is T. T. Flagler. A permit has been granted the Mod- Home Builders' Company to build 15.000 two-story frame dwelling at No Inman Circle. Alterations on the brick building will ■St M ooo. Mrs. M. B. Kelly will build $4,500 frame dwelling at 132 Lin wood venue. These permits were granted Thursday. f . . • I... v <41 .J | 1111 aide rati on being $250 per month. Budding Permit*. .>•,000—J. \V Goldsmith, Jr., con- Dodd i NF.W YORK, Dec 18. — Influenced by better Liverpool cables than due. the. M. L. j cotton market opened steady to-day j fr £n5 t . erd % the niar, <et Lad veryV few was short H ‘ ° nly HU PP°rt apparently was snort covering and some buying by Liverpool, hut that is quite natural, considering the difference between blv- 11 J , . t L__. an,i thJs market. The larger Burleson’s Report Urging U. S. to Take Over Telephone and Telegraph Caused Break. Poole, lot Ham street, 155 feet south of avenue. November 15. 1911. $600 N. R. Ha thorn to Mrs , tsar;-.* TL"‘r *\t r r*~ ’■ k*nwr«sTU*m* sus• sawn -*•« *,•«» ir,K - - h 2SS r - B Christopher lot 8 bv 222 feet, east I tr “ < I^ s we *' e !*> doubt as to Ik w to Sentiment hstrue the Government figures on | majority of traders are advising ,, «»7V. J nr Irttger inteiest.v were apparently swapping dif- P°**th»ns. Commission houses, s , r /!J i, antl l he uptown crowd sold. >•>.090 - Moder.', Horne Builders Com- Inman circle, two-story frame dwel’ing. Day work! $2,000- -R. c. Little. No. 77 Oglethorpe, one-story frame dwelling. Day work. $4,500 Mrs. M. R. Keliv. No. 722 Lin- wood avenue, one-story frame dwelling. Day work. $4,000 Ed. McCurney. No 50-52 East Alabama street, alterations to brick building. Duy work $35—T. M. A. Club. Christopher, lot 8 by 222 feet, east sl<!c North Boulevard, 162 feet north of By CHARLES W. STORM. n P RK * ,)e< 1K While practi cally all the speculative interest of tin opening of the stock market to-(iuv ccn tered In the recommendation ol'l’oxt- FKUITS AND PRODUCE. FRUITS AND VEGEfABLE1S—Lem ons, fancy, $3.75(914.00; celery. $0.00; Florida oranges, $1.75@2.00; bunanay, 2 ’ a® 3c ID; cabbage, per crate, 2%c lb.; peanuts, pound, fancy Virginia, 6%®7c; ; holce. 5H®W; beets. $i.7f$r>2.00; In half-barrel crates; cucumbers, $2 00® 2 50- eggplants, $2 50®3 00 per crate; uppers, $1.50®1.76 per crate; tomatoes, fancy, .six-basket crates. $2.5003; on ions. $150 per bushel. .Tweet potatoes, pumpkin rams. 75©80c rier bushel; Irish potatoes $2.50®2.60 per bag; con taining 2% bushels: okra fancy, six- basket erarns. $1,504/1.76 EGGS Fresh country candled. 35® j 37c cold storage 24c. I H! I TKK—Jersey and creamery. In t ST. LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS. Mb blocks. 27u®IOc: fresh country, ''h*ai No. 2 red 9r>®!*6' t fair demand. 18(020?. vr ** ----- Local Element Inclined to Sell, Causing Decline—Corn Easier on Good Weather. $16,000—Asa G. Candler to Fitxhugh Knox, No. 80 Hurt street. 110 by 240 f*ct._ November 12. $475 Ase G. randier to Knox Realty Company, lot 60 by 125 feet, east side Cleiand ivunii. 404 feet loutheauit of Georgia Railroad right of way. Decem ber 11. f $1 and Other ("onsidej ations Com- Forrest av^u... July '21. !. 1 JS*f™.). n ...5 h r.* b !!:!:.“!-?L? n . y . ! l( I *» •*.». on all r.ifl*»."ft 1? bali'e’vedThaf which Ik wholly Hill* t I I I I rln I , . I 1 • ■ I . ' _ comparison and arguments equally con - j i„ .till a Hcattered"h.ng TnTh vine mg were presented by both the I which will ilmiid«t» «r» n « b “vClt7';rSr, broke on aeU- | ^ tS^hSif ,?'T ^ \T B0n, h e'l M^ny m ^ , hi , L , l C ;v < "'‘ ,UCh of their remaining long lines. Toe best ' y *"° httVe ov *‘ l r Ihc telegraph and “ **’ “ “ renounced •an I’acill ontlnues bearish and the ' 1©^phone wires, the most on ng friends | deve oped in Cunadiai leved that A market, IT cember 2 $1,025—A. W. Flckett to Mrs. E. G. Whitehall Street Sale. f^ p<, , !a,1 . d ’ ?" ,S 1 F, *"J‘' r * tr **». 34 b - v .f. ige K. Browder, an ofTicial of Ihe | lC <» m i/hff”!? b< n II , .iv, irrugated Paper Company, of Chicago ' , '. t^ n u> -'Ihert H. - - (, t i« TiniiiHr., ’ l Bailey, lot 50 bv 180 feet, southeast cor- ner Ft. Charles avenue and Barnett | street. I>eceml»er 15. $3.000—Mrs. C. L. Gunn to Mrs. D. H. Motter. No. 76 Hendrix avenue, 50 by 150 feet. December 10. $6.000—-J. C. PeFoor to Estate of J. A. De.Foor (by executors). No. 53 Wind- st r( ue»t i n } firc1 ^ 1 Acetylene Company to Cointner- trL-ai r, ir.nfinv gn ^ °oclward Dec- dal Acetylene Hallway Light and Sig- xruai company. nal Company, lot 50 by 75 feet, north ~ “ T“ i side Hhooes street. 50 feet west of Hul- , Warranty Deeds. J say street. November 1, 1012. $<ooo -I> ,v Malrayen to Mrs. Martha! $1 and Other Considerations John D. -o l °J5l’ ; V ' North avenue, j Mattiford to H. W. Dlllin. lot 10 by 50 ' 1 rJw ay xj •», i f<et * ,,n west side 12-foot alley, being $1 h®°—J. ( DeFoor to Mrs Martha A. part of lot 4. bl<»< k 22. of Copenhill Morris. 30 acres in southwest corner of I Land Company property. November 3. $8,800 -Ella I. Du Bose to Robert Zab- ner. lot 100 by *00 feet, west side Peachtree road, being lot 2, block 12, of Peachtree Heights l*ark Company; No land iot 43, Fourteenth District. Pe- ys purchased from Otis & \ >s. -63-5 Whitehall street, for $27 500 $45$ per foot. Mrs. Mary L. Kick ! n paid $20,000 for the same property i\n years ago. Mr. Browder states at he wil make improvements on the ■ts ns soon as Forsyth and Whitehall s-reets meet the grade the city has adopted. Big Loan on Apartment. : ; e Prudential lnsnran»*#» Company of i Mi erica has placed a $225,000 loan on sor street. 50 by 205 feet. December 2. $10. Love and Affection-A. Abbott to Laura Hood el al., lot in land lot 57. Fourteenth District (street, etc., not given). March 18, 1012. . fta , _ _ •, • - —i $2.750—J. Cheston King to Allison M. ho ^ e Moore, lot 45 by 179 feet, west side , < i“ m I> an ' The I Howell nlaee. CP5 feet south of Oak tn ts for a period of five years and , street. Julv 29 * ,a,p *’ D ^ r c '* nt The loan was $7,600 -David W. Morgan to Chess Lagomarsino. lot 50 by 190 feet, north vide St. Charles avenue, 59 feet west of Bonaventure street. December 16. $2.500—Provident Realty and Trust Company to Mrs. Lula A. Brown, lot 97 by 133 feet, northwest corner Four teenth and Francis streets. December 9. $3 000—J. Walter Simmons to George X. Fotopoulos, Nos. 167 and 169 West Fair street. 47 by 82 feet. December 16. $3,000—W. G. McNair to Ernest C. the rate 5>4 per cent. negotiated by C. H. Black, of the Tur- inan Black & Calhoun Agency. Cochran Agency's Leases. , e Ralph O. Cochran Company has ■ ented or leased the following proper- , Ips: For Hugh Riehatvlson to S. Biagiatis. Vo. SI I>torK street; for the W. P. Ste ven* estate to K. J, Hunter, No. 547 Lee - reef: for G. Garner to J. M. Stephens. HOUSES FOR RENT. HOUSES FOR RENT. FOR RENT. S-r. apt. 166 Highland avenue.$25.60 ' ft-r. h., 18 W Pine street $85.00 5-r. apt.. 9fl Woodward avenue. 20.60 ' 7 r. h.. 14 W I.inden avenue.... 25.00 ll-r h.. 319 N. Jaokson street.. 50.00 6-r. h.. 269 Grant street 25.00 10-r. h.. 482 Central avenue.... 25.00 6-r. h.. 68 Garden street 16.00 •JOHN J. YVOODSIDE REAL ESTATE, RENTING. STORAGE Phones. Bell. Ivy 671. Atlanta. 618. 12 "Real Es'. te RowT REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. Only Two Left j Last week we advertised five new absolutely up-to-date $.‘>,000 bun- galows in our attractive Stewart Avenue subdivision. We gave a price of $3,750 each for quick sale. We have only two left. Owing to the fact that this subdivision is so near the city, lias city schools, city park, all improvements and is almost completely built up with attractive homes, the three remaining places are sure to sell within the next few days. if you have about $5,000 to put in a home, see us and let us save vou $1,250. These lots are 50x200 feet. Price, $3,750 Terms made to suit you. Forrest & George Adair GRAHAM & MERK REAL ESTATE AND BUILDING. 301-302 EMPIRE BUILDING. IVY 8333. WESTMINSTER DRIVE -New seven-room home and sleeping porch, fur nace heat, three large porches, hardwood floors, screened throughout: all ,r nvenlene'es; on lot 185 feet front. Price for this Is only $9,000, on terms. OAKLAND \VKxn: Splendid six-room c< tage, nice lot; all conve niences; price, $8,000: also vacant lot on corner adjoining, for $1,200. This corner l»s one of the finest ’oeations fin tho South Side for a store. ____ NORTH KIRKWOOD corner lot. 100 by 160 feet: has five rooms, bungalow. new, with ail conveniences. This place must be sold. Make us an ot ter. • vember 16. Executor*’ Deeds. $1.000—J. A. DeFoor estate i by ex ecutors) to J. C. DeFoor, 30 acres in southwest corner land lot 43. Fourteenth District. December 2. To Carry Out Will—Simon Fleischman estate (by executor) to Sol Fleischman. lot 52 by 90 feet, south side Fair street and back along King street. April 19. $2,500—Joseph C. Tarter (by executor) to Benjamin .1 Davis, No. 39$ Auburn avenue, 33 by 106 feet. December 6. Mortgage. $658--Philip Dobson to Atlanta Bank ing and Savings Company, lot 40 by 100 feet, south side Clara street, 45 fee: west of Lindsay street. December 15. Loan Deed*. $2,500 Mrs. Martha R. Wood to Dick inson Trust Company. No. 184 West North avenue, 53 by 161 feet. Decem ber 15. $3.000—Albert H. Bailey to Mrs. Flora Mayer, No. 257 St. Charles avenue. 50 by 135 feet. December 16. $1,200 — Earnest C. Poole to Mortgage Bond Company of New York, No 385 Pul'iem street. 52 by ltfP feet. Decem ber 17. $672—Morris Cohen to Georgia Invest ments. Inc., lot 50 by 81 feet, northwest corner Kennedy and Strong streets; also lot 48 by' 81 feet, north side Kennedy street, 60 feet west of Strong street; also lot 33 b' 81 feet, west side Strong street, 81 feet north of Kennedy street. December 15. $3,000—.!. T. Moore by Edith M Mar ble. lot 33 by’ 175 feet, west side Kenne- saw avenue. 280 feet south of Ponce De Leon avenue. December 16. $200 Mrs. Mary J. Turned to Mrs. Brina Baer, lot 78 by' 100 feet, west side Hampton street. 300 feet north of Ethe. j street. December 17. $300 H. A. Kuhns to Mrs. F.. M. Kiev. \ lot 175 by 450 feet, west side Stewart A ’ avenue. 676 feet north of south line of j land lot 102. December 17. Bonds for Title. $12.500—J. T. Moore to Mabel E. J Gould, lot 33 by 175 feet, west side Ken- nesaw avenue, 280 feet south of Ponce DeLeon avenue. December 16. $6.500—Harold Hirsch to Mrs Eugenia J. Norris, lot 59 by 400 feet, northwest side Lynes avenue. 154 feet northeast of Confederate avenue. December 20. $30,000—Oscar Elsas to David W. Meadow. No. 230 Washington street, 71 by 179 feet. December 17. $1.1,000— Eugene Jarrard to Mrs. Lula Peacock, lot 50 by 226 feet, west side Moreland avenue, 173 feet south of North avenue. December 13. $9.000—J. A. DeFoor estate (by r exec utors) to .!. C. DeFoor, 70% acres in land lots 229 and 230. Fourteenth Dis trict. on Campbellton road. December 2. $53.685—R. A. Hemphill et al.. Com missioners. to WinaHIp Realtv Company, lot 67 by 85 feet, west side Marietta street, 51 feet north of Foundry street. December 4. demand seemed to come from shorts. However, there was some evidence of | bull support, but prices worked 8 to 10 points off from the opening range be fore t he downward movement was checked, then prices only advanced to the previous close. The recovery did not convert the bears and they contin ued to advise friends to sell on all hard spots. But the ntoie bo'd doubt that a further decline is Ukelv at the mo ment. The feature of the early trading was the attempt ..made by the ring to drive March and May below 12 50, but the market found good support from Borne of the leading interests, which sustained prices. Commission houses. Wall street and the uptown crowd were free sellers of March and May. There were very few large blocks traded in, most orders being in small lots. I The feeling here among the majority is still that the market is a sale on any ral’y practically, us the technical posi tion has been weakened by enormous short covering and long line liquidation. The opinion is also expressed that prices ». . “UV.II *1*114111 IUI in, Many who have advocated the Dull side up to this time arc now talking lower prices l he ginning figures on Rat fir- day arc expected to be large and fur ther liquidation is looked for in the meantime.—J. M. Anderson. • • » * rwL 0, 4.L' K A Ns - |,,v 1* Hayward <V: < lark. The New Orleans Cotton Ex- change will close Thursday, December and Thursday. January 1. v * m show’s fair.weather over cen- ral Texas, but cloudy over the rest of be belt, with scattered light showers. Indications are for partly cloudv to fair in cast Texas Arkansas and north Louisiana, but cloudy and showery weather over the rest of the belt, fol- owed by generally unsettled rainy weather Saturday." Mu* New Orleans Times-Democrat ft r New York s close ye»- t etc lay the New Orleans contract mar ket climbed above Tuesday's final quo tations. New’ York reflects a great deal pessimism and generally bearish But the cotton trade Ht of sentiment. w’ill sag lower In the absence of any 1 ,ar S’. New Orleans included, has its substantial buying power tintil further development 1n the spot situation. Ad vices from the belt are to the effect that high grades are scarce at increased premium and only low grades being of fered. A prominent spot merchant on his re turn from a Southern tour was on the C). oil the statistical and seems slow to comprehend the cause of the depression. New York January closed at The official discount on good ordinary there is 300 points The low est grade that will tender on New York contracts can not be bought in New or- tans at less than 10 cents a pound, and Following are 11 a. m bids in New York: December. 12.50: Januarv. 12.37; March. 12.57; May. 12.57; July. 12 53 Following are 11 a. m. bids in New Orleans; December. 12.58; January, 12.70; March. 12.8S; May. 12.97; Julv, 13.01. Estimated cotton receipts: Friday. 1912 New’ Orleans 9.300 to 10.300 8.! 21 Galveston 9.500 to 10.500 16.908 RANG!! IN NEW Yn»i< »r * i — *. »p pt ^ floor predicting a 15.000.000-bale crop. 11 " !l * ^ost about 50 points to ship such which brought out considerable selling, cotton to New York and effect tender, offerings, however, were/quickly ab- ‘ 'J 1 “ther words, such cotton would cost sorbed, and prices were sustained | tender about 10$f cents a pound around the previous clos'e. : and he would get for it in New York At the close the market was steady. | January tender 9.37 cents a pound w ith prices at net advance of 1 to 9 j “Nevertheless. New York is accumu- points from the final quotations of Wed- ! la tin#? a protective stock. Beyond the nesday. shadow of a doubt, every New York in terest in any way related to the finan cial power of the Metropolis Is opposed to the Washington administration’s policies, particularly that policy which seeks to dethrone the contraband money control exercised by that center “Most every financial review bearing a New York date line and publisher elsewhere reflects studied pessimism. Crop money has been pouring Into those sections which are now seeking eman cipation from centralized financial con- tiol. Lower prices for cotton check such inflow of money into the cotton beit Therefore, the declines that have recently been witnessed In cotton have rather helped those men who oppose decentralisation." • * • J- U. Turner says; "The Census re port on linters is of no great value be cause of the absence of comparative data for December 1. It Is notable, however, that the line obtained from the seed crushed Is smaller than last year s_ average when at the season’s end 67 pounds of lint per ton had been obtained from all seed put through _ mills. In the present instance 2,201,276 ! tons of seed yielded 63 to 64 pounds of j lint per ton. the exact figures not being | available, because weights of the lint— r bales are unknown. If the amount our political octlvlti Canadian Pacific opened at 214 R*. u decline of 4 eoliit* from Wednesday s final, and w*tnlr. f?> minutes bad declined still further to 213 7 *. After another fractional plunge it rallied slightly ami of hour was selling a »oVe 214. The volume of business was ‘.mall and in the first 30 minutes not • 1 J2 re J* lan 2.000 shares of Canadian Pa cific had changed hands. American 'Telephone and Telegraph declined 1 A**. while Western I nlon fell IS to 59%. Among the other declines were the following: Tnitod States Steel common, Ji: Inlon Pacific. %; Southern Pacific ^: Amalgamated Topper, ‘u American Can. l, 4 ; Reading, > 4 : New York Central. H: Pennsylvania. New York. New Haven and Hartford. and Baltimore and Ohio, u. After falling V Erie rallied The curb was weak Americans In London were narrow above New York parity Canadian Pa cine whr hammered hard by bears in London. Canadian Pacific continued to be the conspicuous feature during the late forenoon, dropping another Vis point, n net decline of 4t*. The rest of the list rallied from the lower prices at the opening American Telephone and Tel egraph advanced a point to 114V*. Amal gamated Copper. Steel and Reading were up ». 4t Western Pnion 1 '* and Union Pacific V Call money loaned at 3% Canadian Pacific's weakness was the feature of the last hour. This slock dropped to 212. a net decline of fi points on the day. The telegraph stocks rallied_ and both American Telegraph and Western Union were more than a point higher than their morning open ing The tone was steady. The market closed steady. Govern ments unchanged; other bonds steady. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. fresh country. PNDRAWN POULTRY- Drawn, head • n<l foot on per pound: Hen». 16® 17c; l fries. 22V4®24: roonters, 8®loo; turneys. ) ov inr to fatness 17©19o LIVE POULTRY - H-f»« *0® 43c: T'h.stars 80®-36c: broilers. 2n®3i»c per pound, puddle ducks 30®35c; Peklns. 3“ 'n 40c: geese. KAffftiOc each; turkey*, owing to fatness ti c p jr’ a T • ; ^ 1 v • *» £ 1 V « w f. •" o - « S f! S J | 1 W j O | CL (• Dc 12.55 12.55 12.46 12.54 12.51-54 12.52-53 Jn 12 41 12.41 2 31 12.38 12.38-39 12.37 -38 Kb 12.35 12.35 12.35 12.35 12.37-40112.35-38 Mh 12 59 12.61 2.50 12.60 12 59-60 12.56-57 Ap 12.55 12.55, 2.55! 12.56; 12.59-61112.55-57 My 12.R8 12.6 0; 12.5 0112.61 ; 12.6 0 - 6 M 2.5 5 - 5 6 Jn 12.56 12.56il2.56 12.56,12.57-59 12.51-53 Jly 12 52 12.55, 2.44 12.56112.55-56 12.46-47 Ag 12.29 12.29 12.29 L.29 12.33-35 12.1:9-51 Sp | | 111.90-93 1 1.83-85 Oe _ 1 LTOjl J.78 11.70,11 78; 11.78-79 1 1.71 Closed steady. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 18. Due 2 points. ... lower on July and unchanged to 1 point seed crushed for the season shall be lower on other positions, this market approximately that of last year the dif- poned steady at a net advance of 3 to; ference of 3^4 pounds in lint obtained 4 points. At 12; 15 p. m. the market 1 P‘* r l ‘ >n will decrease the total linters ... i . _ a hni it "fi BAH I ... l.... Quitclaim Deeds. $5—N C. McPherson to Mrs. Martha R. Wood, No. 154 West North avenue, 53 by 161 feet. December 12. $5 Germania Savings Bank to George N. Fotopoulos. 'ot 47 by 82 feet, north west corner West Fair and Chapel streets. December 13. $10— H. W. Dillin to J. J Martin, lot 10 by 60 feet, w’est side 12-foot alley, being part of let 4. block 22. of Copenhill Land Company’s property. Decembef IS. Deeds to Secure. $10 ami Other Considerations—Mrs. Katie Dull to Cobbs T^antl Company. No. 18 E. Pine street. 51 by 79 feet. De cember 16. $1.250—Mrs. Lena Chamlee to South eastern I.and and Investment Company, lot 33 by 150 feet, west side Crew street. 116 feet north of Richardson street. Lie. cember 15. $1.250—Same to same, lot 33 by 150 feet, west side Crew’ street 83 f-^et north of Richardson street. December 15. was quiet but steady at a net advance of 1 L. to L'V<* points. A good demand for spot at unchanged prices; middling, 7.13d; sales. I0.u00 bales, including 8,2o0 American bales, imports. 34,000, of which all were Ameri can bales. At the close the market was quiet but steady, with prices net unchanged to 2Vfe points low'er than the closing quotations of Wednesday. Futures opened steady. Prev. Dec. . . . Dec.-Jan. Jan.- Feb. F**b.-Meh. Mch.-Apr. A pr. - Ma y May-u.. ne June-.! ulv July-Aug Aug.-Kept. Sept. -Oct Oct.-Nov. .6.83 .6.83 .6.85 * 86 . 6.ft" .6.86 V. .6.86 >:.K3> .6.80 .8 4'. . 6.36 P Al. Close. Cl^se. 6.83 6.79% 6.81 6.79% 6 80i.. 6.83% 6.80 6.8) 6.85 6.82 6.83 6.88 6.84% 6.85 h. 88 % 6.83 6.83 6 85 ' 6.82% 6.83 6.82 C.30 ' 6.80 6.80 6.77 6 77 6.67 6.64 6 64 % 6.40% 6.43 6.So 6.33 6.33 Closed quiet but steady. HAYWARD A CLARK’S DAILY COTTON LETTER about 38,000 bales. * « * Spot cotton here steady and the lower grades ran bo bought at quotations, i ne in ter grades command an in creased premium. 8 f ock quotations: STOCKS High. Low Amal. Copper. 70» 4 69% Am. Agrioul.. Am. Beet Sug. 22*^ 22V* American Can 27% 26 xdo, pref... 87 87 Am. Car Fdy. 43’ 4 43> 4 Am. Cot. Oil.. 37 37 American Ice Am. Locomo.. 28G 28k. Am Smelting. 61 61 Am. Sug. Ref. 102 102 Am. T.-T. .. 115 1 + II314 Am. Woolen Anaconda .... Atchison A. C B. and O Beth. Steel... B. H. T Can. Pacific... Ten. Leather.. C. and O Col of F. and I. Colo. Southern .... Consol. Gas.. 12$ Corn Products 8«* D. and H 34 18 V*. 91 Mr '4 86 V 2 214 2 6 Vi 56 1 « 86 G 128 Bid 69% 44 22 % 26% 86% 4.:% 3« 21 28 L. 61 101 Vi 114 Vi 34 02 a 4 lit H 91% 29 R6 ;, h 28 127% 8% 149% Pref. Clost- 69% 44 "" % 26% 88 43 35% 21% 2SV4 61 % 101% 114* 15 117*4 M U 29 86V» 217% 25 56 *i 26% 28 127% 8% 6P0T COTTON MARKET A Gant, nominal; middling \2 7 H Athens, steady; middling 13*. Macon steady; middling 13% New Orleans, steady; middling u c >'-w York, quiet: middling 90 Philadelphia, easy; middling 13.15 Boston, quiet; middling 12.90. Liverpool, easier; middling 7 13d Savannah, quiet; middling 12 H-1'0 Augusta, steady; middling 12 15-16 Charleston, steady; middling 13% Norfolk, steady; middling 12% Galveston, quiet; middling 13% Mobile, steady; middling 13% Wilmington, steady; middling'13 C Liltle Rock, quiet; middling 13 C Baltimore, nominal; middling I2 3 i Kt. Louis, quiet- middling 13% Memphis, Steady; middling 13% Houston, steady; middling 13 l-H Louisville, firm, middling 12% NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 18. Spot quo' tatlons from the Central ami Westc BAR SILVER. NEW YORK. Dec. 18 Commercial bar silver. 67%; Mexican dollars. 44V;»c. LONDON. Dec. 18 - Bar silver steady at 26 11-16d. WILL EXCHANGE AND GIYE $1,500 CAM I DIFFERENCE- AN EIGHT-ROOM, TWO- STORY RESIDENCE SITUATED ON CEN TRAL AVENUE. LOT 50x150 feet, for a home in West End or Inman Park. See Mr. Clapp. , SMITH & EWING Ivy 1513. 130 PEACHTREE. ATL. 2865. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. ^harp & JjoylstoH PORT RECEIP r s i he follow ing tabie shows receipts at snot, cent rrs of the belt showed n„ fur- j J a m e P d a v I a s t U v e a r c 0 m 1 ,a 1 ' e d «'ttli the titer decline >«Mer,hty, In spite of the - a> 1 J al ' lower futures In Nt w York. This strengthens the be ief that the liquida- i New Orleans . tlon of weak holdings is over and that Galveston. . . the contract markets have to deal with j Mobile spot resistance. The Atlantic spot mar- Savannah. . , kets. which are more directly under the Charleston . , Influence of New York sentiment and : Wi.mington . . prices, alone shows decline. * Norfolk. Liverpool again - ame in steady with ! New York. . . futures about 3 points better than due; Boston spot prices unchanged; sales. 10,Out) j Various bales. The severe decline in English consols and acute weakness in the London stock market were a source ... concern and contribute*! -to further easi ness In our market this morning. March here declined to 12.81. There was. how ever. a disinclination to sell, as spot resistance to decline scented more defi nite, futures are at a considerate dis count. ami th creased. The Total. 1913. 15.631 8.633 5.433 7,426* 1,241 1.546 4,171 1.970 45,928 1912. 6,3*03 23,425 569 4,730 1,134 2.316 2,547 283 617 6,702_ 48,625 INTERIOR MOVEMENT. Houston. , Augusta. . Memphis. Kt. Louis. Utile Rock Total. S‘ Xmas Present for the Wife A HOME 9u CASH and the balance like rent will put \oti in No 324 Ornmmi street. This five-room cottage, well built and in good condition, with '■ lot, is near Hill street and Grant Park, on car line; all conveniences, including tile walks, etc. Price only $2,500. THOMSON 18 AND 2} WALTON ST PHONE IVY 718. i ; i :;:,‘- r Li nt 5. r „ CS , t , has h, ‘ ! Cincinnati idea or reaction was stronger ami the market soon expressed it in an advance to 12.88 for March. Fear of a bearish Censes report or Saturday alone prevented greater sup port. but large ginning figures seem to be discounted by the recent break. The ccnsuH report this morning gave the 1913. 8.707 5! 450 3,364 1.741 .585 1912. 17,699 2,654 4,306 3,072 935 1,309 29.875 er * report was on January 28 and gave 366.0V4 bales. FOR SALE BY OR E E N E W E A L T Y CO M p A N Y -IB Emclr. BM. R.al Lfa'f Renting. Loan* Phono, ivy 8899, Atl. 16» fU:Ai, .mirth 1 sflj'; Rome. JVST OFF PONCE DF. LEON AYE- XUE, on Jackson street. In prettiest block on the street. we have that home vou will like. Every convenience. Attractive front. Extremely well built Owner needs money and says sell less Han value Worth $10,000. but lean will buy It this week Fubm't us offer. Terms. DON'T OVERLOOK THIS NEGRO TNYES'l MEXT PROPERTY. Tills is three double three-room negro houses on lot 120x100 . , . . .... Spot* h»Ti> are -Lady and nnlv lower IPPt, Situated in OUP or the best Grades can be bought at quotuU-ns T1 .• . • /. . , . better grades negro renting sections or the oil v on paved street, with atl the im provements. This piece of property will en hance in value as well as being a more than 12 per cent invest ment as it now stands. We can show you the rent records on this for the past 5 years. No better in the t ity. Price $1,300. Terms. COTTON SEED OIL. T1'-’A YORK, her. is. -Lack of out- ... .... *"« 'r»Oe manifest In the smal number Tf seed nrushlnsr establishments of trade this rnorninR In the oil active to December 1 a.« 850, agalrmt h ! BkIh for nearby deliverlca ware total last year of 859 for the season. low# * r “t Hu* start, l»ut light offerings ami 841 In PHI Seed crushed from tin i ' al,s °d buyers to bid up their require* present crop to December 1 3.201,273 ti ns, against a total of 4,579.708 tens - ( orTon Quotations: Iasi season, and 4 921.073 tons in 191 Linters obtained from ;he present crop ! Spot 1o December 1. Is 289.118 bams: total I I -ec ember ’ linters from Iasi year’s crop 6t%.:504 un<l January :76 bales in 1911. This report rather February* confirms the belief that Sinters return* j March fr-cm this crop will be leys than those April * * * of last season. I asi, season’s first lint May June .... Jills Globed very fir <>pi-nii;p 6.70®6.75 6.750 6.75 6.74® 6.75 6.85(u 6.88 7 00® 7.01 7.08® 7.1! 7.19® 7.20 7.20® 7.26 7.29® 7.31 6.72® 6.75 6.72® 6.80 6.80 <i 6.90 7 03 . 7.09® 7.12 7.20® 7.1] 7.21 (a 7.27 7.30® 7.31 Den. and R. 0 . m, 17 1 i 17% 17% I Mstil. Secur.. 10 16 16% lu% Bril -Hi 209, 26% 26% do, pref. Ohn 42 42 42% Gen. Electric. 18BV6 136 >4 134 % 135 G. North, pfd 124 128-T* 123% 123% (j. North. Ore 8114 31 21 31 G. Western. U 10% ill. Central. 105 104 104 103 Interboro 14% 14% do, pref... 58 T, 58'4 68 % 58% Int. Harv, fold) 100% 101% K. C. S.. . . 53% 23% M , K. and T. HR* 19% 19 19% do, |)rc*f. . 63 53 % L. Valley. . . 149% 148% 149 % 148% L. and N. . . 131 130% 130 % J 30 Mo. Pacific . 25 24% 24% 24% N. V. Central 92% 91% 92 91 % Northwest. . . 124% 124 Nat. Lead . . 43 121 N. and W. . . 103 103% 102% 102% No. Pacific . . 106% 106 106 106 O. and W. . . 25% 25% Penna. . ./ . 1.07 106% 106% 100% Pacific Mai) . 23% 23% -3% 23% P. Gas Co.,/. . 116 116 116 1 '.A, P Kteel Car . 24% 24 % Reading . . 162% 161% 161% 161% R. I. and Kteel 19% 19% do, pref. . 78 76% Rock Island . 13% 12% 18% 13% do, pref. . 19% 19% S.-.Sheffield. . 24% 24 So. Pacific . . 86% 85% 85% 85% So. Railway . 21% 21% 21% 21% do, pref. . 74% 74% 74 74 Rt. Paul . . 9 97 97 96% Tenn. Copper. 29 29 29 28% Texas Pacific 12 12 11% 12 Third Avenue 39% 39% Union Pacific 152 150% 151% 150 Vs U. S. Rubber 55 65 55 U. S* Steel . . 50% 55% 55% 65% do, pref 104 v* 101% 104% 104% Utah Copper. 47% 46% 46% 40% V.-C. Chem 25 25 25 25 Wabash . 3 3 2% 3 do, pref. . 8 8 8 8% \V. T’nlon 59 % 59 W. Maryland 32 % .L ■'# W. Electric 59% 59% 63 63 VV. Central 41 % 42% NUTS. Brazil nuts 16®18e per pound Ung- bsb walnuts. 14(u 16c per pound: pecans, owing to al7.e. 12%®30c per pound. ’ FISH. FISH—Bream and perch, 7c pound: snapper. ^10c pound; trout, lie pound; blmiish, 7c pound; pompa.no. 25c pound; niacktr**!. 12c pound mixed fish. 5®6c ocend. black fish, 10c pound: mullet. 11 12c. FLOUR AND GRAIN FLOUR r stell’s Elegant. $7.00; Dn « kji $6.25. Carter s #6.25: (Qual ity (finest patent). $0.10; Gloria fsclf- rlaing). $5.90; Results (self rising), ?r,.40; Swan’s Down (fancy patent) $6.00: Vic tory (in towel sacks). $6.25; Victory (best patent). $6 10: Monogram. $6.00; I’.iritan (highest patent). $o.50; Golden Grain, $6,60; Faultless (finest patent), $6.25; Home Queen hlgnest patent). $5.50; Paragon (highest patent) $5.50; Sunrise (half patent), $6.00; White Cl.»ud <highest patent ». <6.25; White Daisy, $5.26; White Lily (high patent), $5.60; Diadem (fancy high patent), $6.76; Water Lily (patent). $6.15; Sunbeam $5; Southern Star (patent). $4 15; O<•»»»* Spray (patent). $5.00; Southern star, $5; Sunbeam. $6 00; King Cotton (half pat ent), $4.76: low grade. 98-lb sacks. #4. CORN Bom* dry, No. 2. white, old 97; white, new. 96c; choice yellow, old, 95c. MKAL- Plain. 144-lb. sacks. 91c; 96- Ih. sacks, 92c; 48-lb. sacks. 94c; 24-lb. sacks, 96c OATH Fancy white Hipoert. 58c; No. 2. 57c; fancy white, 67c; white, 55c; mixed, 54c Cotton sed meal (Harper). $29.00; buckeye, $28.50. Colton seed hulls Hacked, $15.0C. MUKDS'-•-Tennessee blue stem. $i,5(** Appier oats 75c; Texas red rust proof ottis, 68c; Oklahoma red mat proof oats, 65< ; Georgia seed rye. 2%-bush. sacks. $1.20; Tenneasoe seed rye. 2-bush, sacks $1.00: Tcnncsse bariw $1.10 CHICK KN FEED Reef scrap** 100-ih sacks. $3.25; 50-lb. sacks. $3 50: Aunt Patsy mush, 100-lb. sacks, $2.50; Purina pigeon feed, $2.50; Purina baby chick feed. $2.35: Purina scratch. 100-lb. sacks, $2 20; 60-lb sacks. $2.00; Purina scratch hnies. $2 40; Purina chowder. 100-lb sacks. $2.40; Purina chowder, dozen pound packages $2.60; Victory bah'* chick, $2.20 Victory scratch. 50-lb sacks. $2.15; 100-11). sacks $2.10: No 1 chicken wheat, per bushel. $1.35; No 2. per bushel. $1 25; oyster shell.’ 80. ; special scratch. 100-lb sacks. 80c; Ugg<*. $2.15: charcoal, 50-lb. sacks, per 100 pounds. $2.00 SHORTS Red Dog. 9R-11. sacks, $185; white, 100-lb. sacks. $1.90; dandy mid dling. 100-lb. sacks $1.75; fancy, 75-*lb. sacks. #1.80; P. W., 75-lb. sacks, $175; brown, 100-lb sacks. $1.70; Germ meal] 75-lb. sacks, $1.75; Georgia feed. $1.70; Germ meal, 75-lb. cotton sacks, $1.75; clover leaf. 75-lb sacks. $1.60; bran 75-lb. sucks. $1.50; 100-lb. sacks. *1.50. bran and shorts, mixed. $1.65; Germ meal Human, $1 70. GROUND FRRD Purine feed. 100- h. sa.cks. >1.80: Purina molasses feed. $1 85; Kandy horse fee«l $180; Harrodairv feed $2.00; Arab horse feed. $1.86; AUneetia feed $L*i5; Sueretie dairy feed. $1 60; Monogram, 100-Ib. sacks, *1.60; Vi* *r»ry horse feed. 100-Ib sacks, $1.70; A R (’ f‘*ed, $1.60; Milko dairy feed. $1.65, al falfa meal. $1.55; beet pulp, 130-lb. sack?. $1.65. HAY Per hundred weight: Timothy choice, largo bales. $1.20: large light • lover mixed, $1.20; Timothy No. i small bales. $125; Timothy No. 2 hay. $1.15; heavy clover hay, $1.15; No J light, clover mixed. $1.20; alfalfa choice pea green, $1.35; alfalfa No. I pea green $1.30; clover hay. $1.20: Timothy stand ard $1.05; Timothy, small bales. $1* wheat straw, 70c. Corn Oats - No No. 69® 70 .41 CHICAGO. Dec. 18. Wheat was 1% lower to-day. Home of the traders win* have been numbered among the bulls woe on the bear side to-day selling freely The entire professional trade Meld wheat during the morning and solu it toward the close. There is a likeif hood of the selling being overdone to ward (he end of the week. Corn closed with declines of *, 4 c ami there was little reactionary power shown from the bottom levels. Oats were off % to %c and resting for t.he day were at the lowcsi levels. Provisions were fractionally lower* on selling of a line of ribs by one of the larger professionals. Grain quotations; Previous Close. Clo»e High. WHEAT— Lo T >ec. . . 88% 87- May 91% 90" July CORN 88% 87- I tec 70% 69% May 70 * 4 69 ’ July OATS ■ 70% 69* Dec. . . 89 % 39 May. 42% i 1 • July. 41% 41 PORK- Jan.... 20.70 May..., 21.02% LARD Jan..., 1.0.70 *7\ 90 "k *7 $4 69", 69% 68% 41 % 41 May. RIBS Jan... May... 11.07% 10.87% 11.12% 20.70 20.82 % 10.67% 11.60 10.77% 11.02% 20.70 20.85 10.67% 11.00 10.77% 11.05 88% 92 88% 70% 70% 69% 39% 43% 41% 20.72% 20.97% 10.70 MOO 10.82% 11.07ft CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS ••HH’AL',. her H HVVU NV; reel. No. 3. s-tvt ; N c 2 hirrt winter 1,0 NO. :i ham winmr s’ I/.'O. No I Northern M|.rlnc, !>2'„ No '• 88*1' 9 9* rn " r ’ rln *' -G 3 «Prlnr Corn: No. 2 yellow. 7I«72' new 71 ■ •V; / ■.■o’; n '* "< w ; *!S*r«6: No. .7 white! 1 8 Vs to M 1 ,.,,: new. «l<U «7: No. .7 vellow new 6S'-,*i«7. No 1. pen. 587?fy; No’ .w'TdV’t' bt " 64: N '°- 4 yellow, new . o.il.-. No, 2 white. .TH 4 r„40^: No 4 while, 30 1 <U40: gtanrtard. 40\@41 CHICAGO CAR LOTS. imiiowinK tire receipt* for Thursday and es.'mated receipts for Friday. [Thursday.| Friday . . . .! 16 I Whent Corn . Outs Hogs 462 79 30.000 PRIMARY MOVEMENT. 25 554 7,000 JVMFAT Receipts . . Shipments . CORN- Receipts . . Shipments . I 1913. 1912 . 1.014.lino 1.143.000' 1186.000 417.000 L i®13. I 1812 •I V 652,000 714.000 I 1.026,000 665 000 I 527.000 LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET I.I V I-.IU'OOL. Dee. 18. When! opened ',d lower; at 1:30 p. tn the market who - h*d lower: dosed Vlit ; V1 lower Corn opened unchanged to vi lower nt 1:30 p in. the market ,as > g d lower; dosed %d lower. ATLANTA LIVE STOCK MARKET. Tola! sab 293.000 share omraand an incrcas. <i j premium. RANQE IN NEW ORLEANS FUTURES I Do 12.65 12.65,12.54 12.65 12.67-68.12.68-5ft j , ' V?.‘ »' ■ "<• In L.V, ie.il, 12.62.le.il ,..77-76 12 d L n 1,111 ln the Atldnt! Kb 12.82-84 '%2-73 State " sales 8.9*>o barrels. THE WEATHER. Condition*. WASHINGTON. Deo. )x. The ndica- ! ;> y, thilt the weather will bo gon- erally fall- to-night and Frldav over the I region east of the M ssisKij,p; River T ebp t P tj rltures will be somewhat lower c and Hast Gulf Mh 12.86 12.95 12.81 12.94 12.94-95 12.88-89 Ap 12.97-99 12.91 -93 | My ,12.36 13.05 12.89 13.05 13 04-05 12 97-98 i Jn 13.04-06 12.97-99 1 aa 2'- Jly j 13 00 13.08 12 94 13 08 13.07-08 13 01-02 .. Goorgia -Uoudy and General Foreca*t. General forecast until 7 p, < >c Closed s e; 13.85 dy. COTTON MARKET OPINIONS. Miller Sr Co.: "Our view’s on the market continue unchanged and before the button) of this decline is reached ,we expect to toe a great deal more cut off the top." Logar/ A- Brya?' "Wo are rather ln- ‘ linf'd m favor the selling side for the time being Fri K>ler to-night Mississippi, Ten- Fair to-night and Friday lair Virginia. Alabama, nessee and Louisiana Frida > North and South Carolina Cloudy and cooler to-night; Friday fair. F orlda Partly cloudy to-night and t riday. Fast Texas Fair to-night; Friday fair and warmer. Wo-st Texas Fair and warmer !•>- night; Friday fair and warmer in south east portions. MONEY AND EXCHANGE. NKVV YORK. Dec IS. Money on .all, on call, 3®3%. Time money, steady; 60 days, 5 f u 5 %; 90 days, 5 per cent; six months. 6 per cent. Rusted rates: Sterling exchange. 4.82 1 86 with actual business ln bankers’ bills lit 4.8530 for demand and l 81 for 60-day bills. Prime mercantile paper unchanged. METAL MARKET. NEW YORK Dec. 18.—The metal market waft dull and quiet to-day. Cop- I 4-r. spot and December offered at 14% Januury offered at . 4.20; February of fered at 14.15: March offered at 11.12%. Lead 3.ft5® 4.05. Hpeltor. 5.15® 5.2a. Tin 57,00®37.50. COFFEE MARK E T (’offee (^notations ; ; Opening " Cioaing. January. . . 9.10ft 1 .12 9.14ft 9.15 February O.oOf/- 9.30 9.28 March. . . . 9.30® 9.41 9.40® 9.41 April 9.50® 9.60 9.52® 9.54 May 9.67 9.65® 9.66 June 9,8n 9.75® July 9.90® ‘ ! ’ 9.85® 9.86 August . . 9 95® 10.05 9.: 3® 9.94 Keptember. . . . 10 P* 10.01®10.02 October. 10.15 10.06® Jo.(»7 Nevember. 10.15 10.10® 10.12! December. 9.09® 9.11 Closed barely steady. Kales, 37.-.50 bans ' GROCERIC* SUGAR -Ter pound: mtanoard gran* ulated. 5c; New York roflned. 4%c: plan 'at ion, 4 8f»c. COFFFF Roasted (Arbuckle) $21 76. A AAA $14.50 In hulk, in bugs and bar rels «:!1, green 20c. HICE—IIead, 4%®5%, fancy head. 6U ©7c. according to grade. HARD .Silver Leaf, L3c pound; Kcoco 9%c hound; Flake White. 8%c; Cotto- lene. $7.20 per case; Snowdrift. $G 50 nor case. WALT One hundred pounds, 53c salt brick (plain), per case. $2 25; salt brick (medicated), per case, $4 85; salt rerj rock per hundredweight, $1; salt white, per hundredweight. 90c: (Jranocrysts: per case, 25-ib sacks. 85c; salt ozone EJ r 30 80c; iu lb sacks.' 30( ; 25-lb. sacks. 18c. MISCKIjLANKOUB — Georgia cans ayrup, 37o; axle grease, $1.75; soda crackers. 7%c pound; lemon crackers D-; oyster, 7c; tomatoes (two nounds)! $16., case, (three pounds) $2.25; navy b.'Hns, $J.2u; Lima beans, 7%c; shredded biscuit, $3.60; rolled oats. $3 90 per case* grits (hags) $2.40; pink snlmon, $7 co coa. 38c; roast beef, $3.80; syrup’ Un $»« r Kahon. Sterling ball pc*ash $3.30 rv. case: soap. $1.50f/4 oer c..^e; Rum ford baking powder. $2.50 pe^- case PROVISION MARKET (Corrected by White Provision Co ) Cornfield name, 10 to 12 average, 17%c Cornfield harne, 12 to J4 average. 17%c cornfield skinned hams, 1H to 18 ov erage. 17. Cornfield picnic hams, 6 to 8 aver age, 12% r Cornfield R. bacon, 24 Cornfield si Fed bacon, 1-pouo<l boxes, 12 to cftRe, $3.80. Grocers' style bacon, wide and nar row, 17%c. . 9?™"" 11 fr ^ s l Kork sausage, link or bulk. 26-pound buckets, 13%. Cornfield frankforts, 10-pound tons. 13. Cornfield bologna sausage. 26-pound boxes, 12. Cornfield luncheon bam, 14%, Cornfield smoked link sausage, 11 Cornfield smoked link sausage, in pickle, 50-pound cans. 5.50. Cornfield frankforts, in pickle, 15- pound kits, 1.85, Cornfield pure lard, tierce basis, 12% Country siyle pure lard. 60-pound fln«. Compound ’art!, tie nr* basis. 9%. D. S extra ribs. lJ\c. 1» K B'dlles, medium average. 184c D. K Rib bellies, light average, 13%c* NEW YORK PRODUCE. NLW ) ()RK, Dec. IS. Petroleum firm; ciude Pennsylvania. 2.50. Turpentine quiet, 45%® t ;. Rosin quiet; common." 4.00. Wool steady; domestic fleece, 22® 26 pulled, scoured basis, 32® 50; Texas scoured basis. 40® 52. Hides easy; nutive steers. VJ (asked), branded steers, 18U (asked). Coffee firm, options opened 7 to 15 points higher: Rio. No 7 spot, 9%®5%. Rice steady; domestic, ordinary to im<-. 3N®/>%. (By XV. li. White. Jr., of the White Pro vision Co.) Cattle receipts normal, with the as sortment uneven and prices irregular the range being steady to quarter high er. with better grades in strongest de rnand Trade has been reasonably ac tive during the week, but will likely drift Info dullness with the approach of the holiday season, especially on medium and plain stock. After January 1 re ceipts are expected to be lighter, but of a better grade, and higher price levels will doubtless be reached. Hogs continue In good supply, with prices barely steady to a fraction lower The following quotations represent ruling prices of good quality of beef cattle. Inferior grades on dairy types selling lower: Good to choice steers. 1.000 to 1.200 6.00® 6.50; good steers. 800 to 1.000, 5.75 ©$.00; medium to good steers. 700 to 850 5.25® 5.50. ’ * Good to choice beef cows. 800 to 900 5.00® 5.50: medium to good cows 700 to 800. 4.50© 5 »0 Good to choice heifers. 750 to 850. 5.00 ©5.25; medium to good heifers, 650 to 71)0, 4 25© 4 50. Mixed to common steers. If fat. 800 lo 900. 5 00® 5.50; mixed to common cowr. if fat, 700 to 800. (.00® 5.00; mixed common. 600 to 80u. 3.25® 4.00. good butcher bulls 3.50® 4.50. Prime hogs. J60 to 200, 7.60©7.80; good butcher bogs, 140 to 160, 7 40®7.60; gr>o«l butcher pigs. LOO to 140, 7.25©7.40; light pigs, 80 to loo 6.76© (.25; heavy rough hogs. 6.50©?.25. Above quotations apply to corn-fed hogs mast and peanut-fattened lc to l%c under. LIVE STOCK MARKET. CHICAGO, Dec. 18. — Hogs—Receipts 30.000. Market 10c higher. Mixed and butchers. 7.40® 7.85; good heavy. 7.65®' 7.80; rough heavy. 7.36©7.60; light, 7.40 ©7.75; pigs, 5.85® 7.25; bulk, 7.65©7.75. (’attic Receipts 6.500. Market strong. Beeves. 6.55©9.60; cows and heifers 3.25® 8.10; Stockers and feed ers. 5.60® 7.35; Texas. 6.40@7.70; calves 8.60© 11.00. Sheep—Receipts 15.000. Market; strong Native und Western. 3 00®6.65 Lambs. 5 75®8 00. KT. LOUIS, MO., Dec. 18 —Cattle—Re ceipts 3.000, including 1.200 Southerns Markets steady. Native beef steers. $?.50©9.50; cows and heifers, $4.25©8.50. car- Stockers and feeders, $5.00®7.60; calves. $6.00© 11 CO; Texas steers. $5.7lf©7.0( ; cows and heifers, $4.90©6.00. Hogs Receipts 12,500. Market 5c to 10c higher. Mixed, $7.60©7.85; good $7.80® 7.85; rough. $7.35® i.50; lights $7.60© 7.75. pigs. $6.7o© 7.50; bulk, $7.60 ©7.80. Sheep—Receipts 1.900 Market steady Muttons, $3.75^4 65; yearlings, $6.00® lambs. $6.25© 7.85. Grain Notes endy; New Orleans, open prime. 3-\ ©6' Molasses s kettle. 35® 55 Sugar, raw. weaker: centrifugal. 3.30 '"3.3:;: muscovado, 2.80(02.82; molasses sugar, 2.55© 2.58. Sugar, refined, dull: fine granulated. 4.20® 43V cut loaf. 5.25: crushed, 5.15; nu-ld A. 4.80; cubes. 4.50; powdered! ! d’ mond A 1.25: confectioners’ \ J 15; softs. No. 1. 4.10® 4.15. (No. 2 is - P'inis lower than No. l. and Nos. 3 to 14 ire each 5 points lower than the preceding grade.) Potatoes irregular; white nearby. 1.75 © 2 76^ sweeps. TO® 1.75. Reaps i. iet: marrow, choice 1.90® u " !»« -)•>••<-. .HOtra.TC; red kidney. choice. b.ZOUo.Zj. The Chicago inter Ocean says; "Win at trailers did not take the Gov ernment i mp report with its Immense | showing of . an age and high condition seriously. Ah they said December in dications are never harvest realizations On the face of report It is regarded as bearish. Holiday dullness has settled over all markets and narrow fluctua* tlons arc expected for a few' days.” • * * Bartlett Frazier Company says: "Wheat We do not look for much change In prices, but see nothing to cause any decline. "Corn We look for lighter receipts and no particular change ln values at the moment. "Oats The market continues feature less. with very small shipping inquiry and a moderate movement. "Provisions Investment buying con tinues and the undertone is fairly steady.” 2 250,000 bushels of Argentine corn has arrived in New York. Kighty-five thousand bushels are due In New Or leans within ten days. Arrivals at Gal veston io December 1 is 440,000 bushels in addition to about 100.000 bushels ar rived at Galveston to-day.