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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. » CKSDAY, OCTOBER 23. 11 OPENED STEADY Receipts Today Broke All Previous Records at 111,552 Bales. NEWS AND GOSSIP Of the Fieecy Staple. SPOTS HOLD STEADY Predictions of Cold Weather Offset by Heavy Movement: Tort, Oct. 23.—Tho cotton market JilpA steady, dne to fears that the low ♦inperfttnrw in the extreme western part. i^Texa* might move down Into tho cot* too belt. , SPOT'COTTON MARKET. firerDOol—Spot cotton steady; middling nnTnndi 3.27. Sales. 7.000: American, 6,300. SK'tlon nnd oxnort, 6&0. Rorotpta, 18,. Otjb; American. 11.7!j). * Atlanta—Steady. 1013-16. Kew York—Quiet. 1L15. Norfotk—Htrndy. jjiie. An*n«ta-Qlil« onil .n.y, Uc. rtwrlPBtnn—I* Irm, 10\c. P2S TODAY'S PORT RECEIPTS. The following table show* receipts at th# ports today, compared with the same day bit year: New Orleans. (Htreston. . . fiSSU/.v charleston. . Wilmington. * (tan Francisco. JarksonvIUe.. . renancola. . • . 1905 1905 19752 64147 936 17837 1774 3851 6835 6423 10621 28434 2718 113S8 3142 "B 600 150 .... 111662 ” 62962 INTERIOR MOVEMENT. The following table shows receipts at the Interior towns todsy, compared with the same day laat year: 29665 3903 4303 fiB 49643 p ™ftte Wire to Olbert & Cloy. 0ct> ^Urarpool at 12:10 n. " " P * CM * Wt •sSL w, » ailvanw! iiuIom nvathcr Improve,. - ' Mr. i'rle, ft elnnrr.' report will 1.0 cl von to-hli oprroftiKmrtontft WMMada* cvcnful. iJu.i JSrt" * < 0 - slvo; followlnj oftttnwte, bftMd on «yorftco»e.itlior cundltlon«, from yhSSo.oOO. A ij;I!(J. open ivlntor ml.M luoroaftp the flgure. aom.wlint, wlitla further unfavorable vrenther for tho crop »ud maturing the lute holla might curtail Iho erou«*ttg further. We predict famine price, before me end of the I think this emulate nt lei... .. SS’JS’': Vexa, and the territories alone «rc 500.(110 loo Rinftll.-Freem«n. Tlie Journal of Commerce opened with a continuance of the heary domain! for good* reported lu nearly nil cotton gooys houses. There woe also a bet ter demand reported In woolen goods house* for goods for quick delivery. Much of the butluess la coming forward by mall, and In tome primary homes it was reported thnt the day’s business from this source exceeded anything yet douc tils fall. Now Orleans, Oct. 23.—Liverpool at down la slightly disappointing. Whs due points lower. A special from Texas says: “A bllzxnrd Is sweeping the Paubandle of Texas; wind blowing nt rate of GO miles ah hour. The lowest temperature*, however we hear of lu the cotton region of that state aro around 40.” ' The official forecast from Wa the exchange Indicates the drift _ r _ wvathsr In connection with the storm over the Rocky mountain region Is southward, rather than eastward. The outlook at present Is luvorable to tbs development of a storm center over Arkansas, causing rain and colder weather in south the lower Mississippi valley am. ley, and tho east gulf states, within the uext forty-eight hours. Galveston receipts today 54,147 boles, tha biggest on record. Today’s map Is not of Itielf unfavorable, but all Indication* point to wet and coid. cr weather comlug. > Very low temperatures exist west of Texas, and heavy frosts are reported from El Paso.. i Temperatures nt Dallas, Tex., at 3:65 a. m. today waa only 64. which Indicates thnt the woret of the cold ware is past. The market Is easier In consequence. The western forecast Imllcntes shower* and colder tonight and Wednesds; ' d Arkai " May ... Louisiana and Arkansas. For the balance, fair and colder, and Wednesday fSlr. hrost Ir exported In northeast Texas and the Territories. roves. fredfcl [tons ‘astern belt; show*! Texas today and New Orleana. Oct. Ido fluetuatl t of the way. Un frerpool Is about bus far, however, the bllz- have done little harm to cotton, except posstblr In the Territories. Cotton opened steady at an advance of 4f/G points. Fear of bad weather seemed 27463 2213 4474 THE 8UQAR MARKET. Sew York, Oct. 23—Refined and local raw mgnr markets steady and unchanged. Losdon bests flat. THE METAL MARKET. New York, Oct. 23.—Tin ruled strong un- er • good Inquiry. Copper firm but un hinged. Other commodities quiet. BETWEEN THE PEACH- TREES. NEW 6-ROOtyi COTTAGE ON TENTH STREET, NEXT TO WEST PEACH TREE, $4,750. ADJOINING LOT, $1,600. COLUMBIA AVE. LOT 50 FEET NORTH OF MRS. WHITESIDE, $2,250. WEST PEACHTREE LOT, 50 FEET NORTH OF MR, BURTON SMITH, $3,250. APPLY TO OWNER, B. MIFFLIN HOOD. 316 PETERS BLDG. Both Phones 3519 and Bell 2249. la ward, leaving In It, w»k« record weather for this time of the year. Six eurvlror. of ■ Kejr Weet harge were lauded fit Mobile. Governor Terrell I, reported safe. .New, from Hosdurn* tell* of great destruction In the Interior by the etortn, there. L. ->• ANDERSON 4 CO.'8 . COTTON LETTER Now York. Oet a—The market has been rather dull today, with fluctuations- In a narrow rnngo. The freezing weather which' wne expected to extend over Ten. thl, morning did not act In accordance with bullish expectations and only light frost* were reported In the northern part of the *tnte. However, tbr cold wave i. hovering around the bonier, of the .tnte nnd report ed a. advancing .lowly toward the east. The fenr of thl. storm kept the .harts from becoming active nnd the market remained nlmodt passive daring the day. hut with a .lightly upward tendency principally on 7i *—•"■ »n no mate* r n while on the for sale-typewrit ers. . * We have nil makes second-hand »nd rebuilt Typewriters at prices to move them. If you fall to let us know your want* In this lino you will lose money. Write or call for "Special Bale List” We maintain tho host repair department In tho South and guarantee the best work. SOUTHERN STATES WRITING MACHINE CO. 424-23-26 Candler Bldg. ' - weather, although the ginning report on Tharaday will give a more decided trend to prices. It Is difficult to obtain any "- telllfent forecast of thl.. report. but generally expected under 5.001MWO hnlea with prices st the present level nnd known 1sf.nnw of the crop It Is hardly likely that these Bgures will have any de cided effect. oibert ;; E ™ Sew Orleans. Oct 23-Options In tArmooi were ranch quieter today ana ruled steady on further reports from the com wave overivlng the extreme northwestern sec tions of the belt Closing price, were 3 point, lower than yesterday while toot quotation, were 8 point, higher, 5,000 hole, having been sold. The market bn. time and again demonstrated the fact thnt the maintenance ef preient price. I. contingent upon the receipt of unfavorable weather reports. The presence of the recent cold wave ha. can.cl unnecessary alarm, n. It now appear, thnt the freezing weather In dicated In the western belt ha. been largely dl.ulpntod nnd reportn h.ve It thnt no barm will come to the cotton standing. And again, the receipt, both at port, nnd Interior point* are showing a steady Increase.* Galveston nlona tod.y re porting over 54.0(10 bales, the lorgeit yet reported. Neverthele.., owing to tho u.« of nil available labor for picking purpoaeft It la nos ezpeeted thnt the glimfiig figure., to lie Issued next Thursday, will accur ately reflect the progress of the crop to market, hence It is advisable to use the •trletest caution, ns the advance that would naturally occur wero the aforesaid llgurra distinctly bullish woald not necss- •nr!ly port sad a definite curtailment of this season's supplies. Edited by Joseph B. Lively MARKETS Sir. Lively’s twenty-fire years* experience ot ed iting markets In Atlanta and the South has made him a Recognized au thority In bl» specialty. RANGE OF NEW YORK STOCKS AND COTTON MARKETS NAME OF STOCK. Anaconda. u . . . . . . American Locomotive. do, preferred. . . . Amer. Smelting Ref. . . prvipnw. , • . American Cotton Oil. . Am$r. car Foundry... Baltimore & Ohio. . Brooklyn Rif phi Tran., (.iinndfan 1’acldc. . . . Cnlc. A North matwro.. Chesapeake te Ohio. . . Colom lo Fuel & Iron.. Central Leather .do, preferred. . . . Chic. & Great \Yc«t*D. £b e., MU. & SL P. . . Delaware & Hudson... Distiller’s Secutltles... Erie d . do. preferred ftfiwrsl Efsetrte. . . . Illinois Central. .... Amer. Ice Securities... * *“’• A Nish vine,. lentral..... cWc. 13SH, 1734 is:i% 1344 ... . _ . .270 i 27241 27241 SM 754 754i 74 To , 74\ 744 • GMlf... ...(.. ■•*•(. I 110 f ll'» II I'l'UllRJ! 1564 IMUi 1544- 156 ! 15*4 »«H Feoplft’i 117^. 117H, 1174 l)J4 117 | 117 I] I’resset) 1144 1114) 113*4] lH4i 1144 1144 136 ] 1?.6 136 1 126 136 • 136U NAME OP STOCK. N. Y„ Out. & Westeru. National Lend. . . « • • Northern l*nclflc. , • • New York Central. • • Norfolk A Western. . . ~ nnsylrunln. . . • • » , 75V 73V 78 T { j 174“i| 1754! 1734' 175*4 175 I 17SH 1 3)641 &4 i r064 2iC 684 5*4' 67bU 68 674 6S4 544 544 624 53 | 63 i 634 264 384 ^6V«! 3d i 384 1 I I 102 101H 174 17V 174 174 17>i. 174 1714 1714 1694 17141 1714' 1714 219 | 21941 218 j 21&4 218 219 • 69 694 6S4 6*ta 69U| 034 ' 44** 414 43-4 444 44 | 444 . 754 754’ 754 764 734 76*h i 170 . 178 ITS# 1764; tVW 176 II 1734 1734! 17C I 173 1 1724 174 i ’ 1 — 1 Total stock sales today i27,700 shares. 2141 214! 21 ; 21 96 i 93 1 P34 1 95 I 1*3 M ' 894* 1464; 145 2W4 944 1 do. preferred. . . . United States Rubber* do. preferred. ... Southern Pacific* ... (Southern Railway. . . do. preferred. • • « Sloss-Sheffleld. . . . • Tens. Coal Iron. . . Texas Sc Pacific Union Pacific. . Westeru Union. , Wabash. do. preferred. . Wisconsin Central, do. preferred. . H ittn 3« 274 NEW YORK. ring Is r York 1 >ov. . Dec. . Jsn. . Feb. . March. m... Closed steady. 3 lo.w 10.9 10.99-11 10.99-11 1LW-W U.07-09 11.16-17 11.15-16 u :> 11.is m 11.22-21 11.22-21 n.go li'.M-B ill)-?: LIVERPOOL. TLe following table gives the opening range and ciqse, compared with yesterday's clone: • * Futures opened quiet. Opeulng Previous Range. Close. Close. October.. . Oct.-Nov. . . Xor.-Urc, . . . ]>cc>-.Inn..« . . Jau.-Feb., .* ., Feb.-March. , . March-April. . . Anrll-ilny. . . . Msy-June. • . . June July Closed qulot. NOTES ON GRAIN Pointers on Provisions. Chicago, Oet. 23.—There has been no Im portant selling of wheat. Congestion of .'relght traffic Is still the most serious menace to an advance. Export demand is steady, but not aggressive. Corn and oats nre also .adversely affected by car shortage, nnd this condition will tend to check uull efforts. Provisions start out very weak with sell ing quite general. The pork market Is tho ^enkest or the list Western run of hogs ghter than lust year, but trade evidently ■ars an increase from the rough weather. I bcllev# I hnvO some very good Informa tion on May oats and strongly advise thslr WEEKLY REPORT ON THE WEATHER Prlv.te IVIro to Glbtrt 4 Clay. of th* week. Th* mvnn t.mpvratiirv was aboat normal. Strsnms are moavrntrly high, hnl aro now fulling. • Arksnsns-Tho moon temp.rotnr* was about normtf Clondy, rnlny end unfavora ble Wfatbor prevailed during the first threo days and dear and favorable weather ilur- Ihe (list four days. The rainfall was dernbly above the normal In some e,«- tral and enatern counties, hut elsewhere It, w, 'va was normal or slightly below. corn. THE DRY 000D3 MARKET. Now York, Oet. 23.—Trade eantlnnea In full volume In dry goods. Many grades hsve been withdrawn from sale tempo' rsrlly, s« the mills have nil the orders they esn till for the time I'Olng. Heavy eottens and brown rations are s<dd abend Into March tiy the leading mills, North and South. Itaw- elllc Is firm and netlve, with high priees on some lines. Woolen goods nre In better demand. thFcoffIe'mabket. New York. Oet. S.-Tbe eoffe. market owned steady nt uirvhsnged prteea to «r nilvonee of 5 points and held be galr priees st mid-day betas 8 I* 011 **" higher on all but on* or two pwlilon*. Sales for the Arst half Of the session were aboat 8.M0 |‘ng«, whleh would Indicate ttmt onmll of ferings rather than any presolng demand Impart fit the steadier tone to roliee. Oa the whole the i-ourse of the market wee eoneldered father better than due on tb. news,—Glliert A Cloy. •ary March May July •{*. August .. W; te :::::::::::: g Gee’mber:::: 2:: :lBLs ** c ALABAMA, Cl BERT & CLAY STOCKS. BONDS. COTTON, CRAIN. \ COFFEE. PROVISIONS. MEMBERS: ATLANTA. GA i , ruivATis vmr* tu ALL EXClIANGfeH. Loe*l and Uong DitUnco Telephone 5298. C. E. KEPLINGER. Manaaer. “ napmmmmmmmtm ALONZO RICHARDSON & CO. PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS Empire Building. BelJ Phone, Main 858. ATLANTA. GEORGIA. was normnl or slightly Florida-*Tho week Opsnsa clear with low temperature In the northern and western K rtlons. High winds and heavy rains or e 18th caused great damage in tho ex trsmo southern portion. The mean tom' peraturo was 2 degrees above the normal, litorals—'The first part of the week waa imormally cool, the latter part UUiMSOim» )r warm. The mean temperature »vnl about normal. Rains were general on the 17th and 13th and wore heavy in g ftw lo calities. but the weekly amounts were con siderably below tho normal, *x^vpt_lo ]hf wsttsrn t«Qf two iQchai. ^ ^ nd cloudy with scaftered show. ers, the latter part belog fair with slightly cooler temperature. The imtam temperature nnd average rainfall wot about normal or below. _ , Mississippi—The first half of tbs week wns partly cloudy to Ploudy with scnttcre«l showers and the latter naif door with ample sunshine. Tho rainfall was heavy *- —* "ortheastern and a few ..... ... FIs#where It was light. The mean temperature was generally slight- if above normnl. •. North Carolina—The weather has been much cloudier with rain nearly every day. The rainfall averaged much above tho nor mal and was especially heavy in east cen tral nnd western counties. The tempera ture averaged 6 ilegreca above the normal Oklahoma nnd Indian Territory—The fore- no precipitation of consequence. The werl was moderately cool. No frosts were re* ported. loth temperature nnd predpl- Ixjac the normal. Excessive in the north central coup- Dale* prevailed along the cosat 8*t- r with high winds In the Interior. ss-The weather was pies pa at and fa- ■bHiuth rarollna—Tho weather was gener ally cloudy. Both ration were above rains occurreil u rday verabfe”for S3? wor^TSuem^ltht ,hnwer, o**urr*d Id onrlhrrn onrl weatsra counties.-but Util* or Bo rnln ooearreil la the esntral and Kuthera portloas. The mean temperature *ns slier, th, normal ever a'broad bell along th, Itlo Grtude, Imt elsewhere II ranged between normal and slightly shore In northern nnd northwest ern eonntles. Tennessee—Tb* Umperoture averaged I higher I ban last week with a fair ninount of sonshlne. Tho middle of ike week waa eioudy with rain oa the 18th sad litln WEATHER IN THE COTTON SECT. !- Dub- ly and threatening. >p: tentyeratare it. ewsra. colorad* r Mi**us'PP<—n** Jscksoo. Mondial amt plea aunt. VI s n Sr*rtad plea*- wsrm. Natchez partly eioudy and ..reeswood clear and warm. . Aljb.ms—>foBtg«im«ra *»d Tray, Hmdy nn-1 pleasant. Opelika cloudy and plesz- tieorgl*—Home parti* eteaf Atlanta eteody and pleanat. m» eioudy *ad warm. WEATHER FORECAST. Georgls-Cloudy Tuesday and VTedafidar. and Go* Y rawer- eolder Tuesdsy night In north po> Wednesday; Wednesday ahowers tad Ithaa* Inraday tiered shower* and cold- , .... neadny fclr. Arkansss-tlhowera and colder Tuesday; Wednesday fair. Wot Tessa—Rain Tuesday and Wedne* •y. warmer Wednraday. . Tennessew—Fair Toeaday; Wednesday colder. i OPENED STEADY! SLIiTLY HEAVY Northwest Receipts "Were Under Last Year and Cables Steady. Chicago, Oct. 23.—Grain price* In all the pita closed at about the best of tha day, ehorts being active buyers. Quotation* at the end of the daj- were 1-235-8C better for wheat, 3-S to 1-80 6-Sc up on corn and 1-te to 1-208-8C higher for oats. Provisions closed 10c lower to 12 l-2c higher. The comparatively small Increase In the world’s available aupply of wheat was a bullish factor In the later trad ing. Primary receipts of wheat were 1,- 220,000 bushels, against 1,369,000 bush els last year; com 614,000 bushels, against 317.000 bushels. Wheat shipments wera 630,000 bush els. against 508.0(10 bushels last year. Clearances were 317,000 bushels wheat and flour, and 261,000 bushels Local cash sales were 11,000 bushels wheat, 26,000 bushels com and 110,000 bushels oats. Seaboard sales were 6 • loads' wheat, 2 of com and 80,000 bushels oats, CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. NEW ORLEANS. Tho following 4s tho rnngo in cottoo fu ture* In New Orleans today: 1 O J3 5 a 5 II | 11 Set. Nor. . , . . pro. . . . . Jan. . . . . Feb March. . . . pS\:::: June. . . . July ins 10.96 10.96 11.09 1*1*28 ii*.37 iV.62 11.10 10.95 n.oj 11.12 *11.32 1L4I ii‘.62 11.03 10.96 10.90 10.99 11.20 ii!ni 1L62 ii.tt 10.95 10.94 ll.c: 1L22 ll/ii 1L62 11.03-01 10.91-99 law-M 11.02 &22-2S IL174 ■ 11.3547 11.41-43 11.60-51 11.04- Od 10.92-93 J0.9I 11.03-04 11.05- 10 11.23-24 11.254) 11.3744. 11.4348 11.4748 Closed steady. BEARS NERVOUS - ON THE COLD WAVE N'ew York, Ort. 23.—The bun anjra: The cold wave nt the ffouth mail* beam ner vous not only lu New York hat lu Liver pool and In New Orleana, aa freezing weath er was threatened lif Texan, Oklahoma nnd Indian Territory, a eaction where the weather on the whole haa been favorable throughout and waa relied «(>on to muke up any loss In yield which might linpi>en cant of the Mlaalaalpnl. Leading Interest! ware buying here, wall afreet alto bought. Rome of the foremoat operators In New Or leana are working on the bull aide, nnd Mr. Price la supposed to lie doing tho name thing. It w«* trne that receipts ware heavy, entlmatea for Houatou, Galveston, and New (Means today Are large nnd that TIPS FLASHED From Wall Street Prlrate Wire to Glhert & Plar New York. Oct. 23.—Daniel O Expect the market to aoll off a little this morning and cl Market declln k«-ri. in,.- M-iiinK il.irsli:i!l. Sj,:i*!«• r a Some l.-irri'ii coMes this morning moke the market for :11• ■ i• ;ins vr--,,nk' :mtl :n-ilve a* the result of over-night American buying, bo long as foreign bankers regard the financial sit uation as the result or a demand for money for speculative purposes In New York the henever aofl support- ding to with ease If insiders ara so Inclined. Union Pacific bear* were nbt able to J«ui the stock through tho 180 Harrlman buying order*. drocate purchaao of Union Pacific recess! Steel seeuia a gt>o<l ‘echnlqui ** eruent. Jound m .. understand. . United States ■VP nrchase, In forma tlor> r and merit being in favor of bet- Reading has aatabllahed and would buy Nashville should he taught on n scale down. All these Issue* and St. Paul will meet pro fessional opposition on strength today on the theory that the recovery waa too awlft. Rut we do not believe liquidation of impor tance remains to come out. Fuel la not stroug technically aa yet. Neither Is Chesa peake and Ohio. Southern Pacific la New York, Oct. 21 . American stock* In London weak nt btlow parity. Tone of inarket generally firmer, with special strength In Uussltn bonds. July ot 1 bonds for government bonds, a Honing J18,- OOO.Oro new drcualtlon to be issued. Increasing ease In Southern Pacific, and August net earning* equal to H per cent on common stock. No demand for stock* In loan crowd. Issue of $200,000,000 4 per cent refQpaing lM>uds for Wabash B and an Increase of |1C,- 6O0.000 preferred nnd |81,6(K).0u0 of common authorized by Wabash stock. Thirty-nine ronds for the second week it October show an average gross increntf ol 10.21 per cent. Heavy aupply of cotton bills caused a re action lu exchange. Probability Is that cot ton exports will keep exeknugo par until end of year. London settlement begins tomorrow. STOCKS HEAVY T In That Period Priee3 Scored Some Sharp » Declines. STEEL TRADE HEAVY Floor Traders Say That the Bulk of the Selling Was Liquidation. happened whatever the character of the outside news. The lending security U between Saturday's dosing * “ closing hid rallied from J to 4 point-*, under any circumstances It wns Inevitable that there should -b$. first, n taking «»f profit* by many of last week’s buyers; and, second that there should ta a quiet get ting rid of stock Inraght to support the market when It was threatened with de moralization. That the selling of the*e two descriptions might have been hastened by this morning's Intelligence was quite pro Pa hie. On the other hand, it In only fair to gay that If the treasury relief had taken any othefr form nnd had added* considerable sum to federal bank deposits the result would have probably "been tb force ex change to the export V°* nt - The stock market ruled heavy through the first hour aud price* lu that period declined from 1 to 44 taints. The heaviest trading wns in Hteel common. Brokers on the floor said thnt the bulk of the selling was liquidation. "Government bonds unchanged. Other firm. * THE WEATHER. LOCAL FORECAST. WEATHER CGi4D1TION6* S ent Interests here were pretty free aellera. ut for nil that the tone wns strong and not a few are beginning to l>« duhlqua aa to the possibility of ralalng * clentlr large to meet the ner OfArlil'a txnila tyiiiUt— Dec. . . 72! y follow: Open. nigh. Prevlou, Low. Cion. Clow 7814 _. r i pec. . . 424 424 42 May. . . 434 . 43% ‘ 48 ' ily. . . 43% 44 43% OATS— • Dec. . . 32% 33% 32% May. .. 844 S44 344 Jl %RK- 3: * ** W&m LAIlD— p.-M 1:3. m 1:3 !:S J - i ,t0 *■«» 3.KI4 110 9.30 8.2714 8.30 8.20 ML l.r HF IW rIdes Oet. I " •Inn. >Iny. CHICAGO CAR LOTS. Today. Tomor. i i 23000 31000 Wheat. Corn. ....... imts. ...... Hogs. . > - - * - LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET. Wheat opened % lower; 1:30 p. in., % low- r: closed unchanged. Corn opened 4 lower: 1:3) p. m., 4 to 4 lower; closed unchanged. NORTH W E8T”c ARS. Tho following figure# glre the Northwest car* of today, last week and last year: Last Last Today- Week. Year. Minneapolis ...... «7 265 865 Duluth 600 CS 675 the live Stock market. Chlrago. «>ct. S3.—Hog*—Kstluiated re- eelpt* tudsy 29.900. Market alow and weak a crop snffl ■HRnpHHMlib demands of nil world'* trade In cotton VxmIs, In eplte of ths recent very marked Increaee In the re ceipts, ns the world's supply Is itill over •00.000 bales si—H — will go with New Orleans, Oct. 23.—The TImes-Demo* cret'a summary: Quite natural* pect of freezing weather within ■ of Toxas seat shorts to corer. qud yester day’s cotton market ‘Improved accordingly. Beyond the shadow of a doubt tho Lone Htar State la making n monster crop, but there Is more than the shadow of a sus picion that the excellence of the outlook there has engendered nil ovef mensure of cocksure confidence of ability to supply all po«4lble demands. Anyway, buyer* have been attracted In large number* and the hugeness of the current movement at Hous ton and Galveston Is partly traceable to tho fact that much of the yield hn* Iwten sold ahead, bo much that shippers have found It necessary to request tne railroad cammlgalnn to so modify ft* rules that the transportation companies may use some discretion In the hauling of the cotton. While the. bear lenders hate begun to fig- re out the course the bulls will pursue, once favorable weather has done Its worst, predicting their calculstlons on the assump tion thnt the crop Is large whan compared with the yields ot other years, and thnt the spot demand trtuat case off to some extent lu the not distant future, on the other hand, tho hull, without evldanclng apectal activity. Is fairly well convinced t* season's requirements will be largo w _ to take core of nil the cotton produced, therefore cotton on Its own merit* will do well enough now that the edge at least has been taken off the r“ ** commitments nre large, cold wave la found to hare extended south ward into northern Taxes, n minimum tern- £ -rnfnre of 22 degrees being reported from marlllo, S3 degree* from Abilene, 34 degrees from hi I’a so with henry frost. A low pressure area has suddenly developed over Kansas and Missouri and lias caused a rise In temperature lu those states nnd In Ar kansas and Tennessee, thus retarding the advance of the cold wavu for the present. It Is still snowing, however. In the north west end temperatures are aa low os 10 do llghi LI* •Iglit rain ha. fnll.n In Alnhnmn nn I lb, Ilxntlr ,tntM from Florid* to Maine. Ai, t Tex**, tlleuce north to Nrhrn.kn, w. a. MiTrmxt.. Temporarily In Charfe. COTTON REGION BULLETIN. I bourn radio* It 8.*. m.. 76tb COTTON SEED OIL, -■ Op. nil Oetolier. .- 41 i November MVg 8AVANNAH NAVAL STORES. Savannah, Oct. 2S.—Tnrpentlno «*ie; “rSlTi: A B C 84.06; n H.M:' K 14.18; F 84.26; G 84.S9: I! 84.16; I 24.40; K 84.76; M 34.9); N 33.?'); window glass 35.80; water white li Tope firm. SOUTHERN EXCHANGE Ohleat Eftabllshefl Office South. COTTON—STOCIS—MMDS 6SAIN Ground Floor Gould Building. Dally marlrat letter and market manual malltd on application. urftirrn i J3.2S,'i5.6y; ’ (rrariin.R lamb* 84.86«7S; wrat.ru 84i L.J. ANDERSON & CO Bankers and Brokers, G0U0N, STOCKS, GRAIN CorrespondsDt’s Capital $250,000 KCFCVtCNCC. THE NEAL BANK RHONE ,417. PKUOeNTIAI. BLDO STATIONS OF ATLANTA district. •Atlanta, cloudy. . . . •rhattnnooga, rtrir. . Coluuihuft, eioudy. . , Gnlnravlllr, rloiidy. . . Grrrnrlllr, cloudy, . • Griffin, cloudy,..... S lacon. rain ontlrallo, cloudy «wuan, p. cloudy. .... Hoar, cloudy. . . . Hpftrinnhurg, cloudy. , Tnllapobaa, cloudy. . . Tucrua, p. cloudy, . . Writ Point, cloudy; ... •Minimum temperature* ora for period ending ot I a. m. thl* Killing front at Dublin, Tw, Max. Mitt. yr ' ?80 V id CENTRAL STATION. Atlanta. . . . Augusta. . . . I'hnrlcKton. . . (fnlraatnn. . . Little Rock. . Memphis. . . , Mobile Montgomery. . New Orleans. , Oklahoma. . . Sarsnnnh. . . Vicksburg. . . Wilmington. . . .. T Indicates Inappreciable rainfall. REMARKS. Higher temperatures prevslleal the past 24 hours In the northwestern portion of tbs I»elt; elM*whcre tbs ehsngro were slight. Cloudiness predominated In most sections, wrtb amounts wasOklahoma, W. A. MITCHRLL. Temporarily lu Charge. Dlst. Averages. =h s~= bond* LONDON STOCK MARKET. STOCKS— Au^bST^ Copper, ! .. Atchison.. '.. ’.. .* do, preferrod. Baltimore and Ohio. . . . Cansdioti Pacific. .. .; .. . t'liesnpcnke ninl Ohio, . . Chic., Mil. and St. Paul... Krlo.. .. i. ..... Illinois Central LouJsvllb* and Nashville Missouri. Kansas end Texas.. do, preferred.. .. .. New York Central, . . Northern Pacific Norfolk and Western.. . Ontario «^l Westeru.. Pennsylvania Reading... ....... Hock Island..... Southern PnMflc Southern Hallway I’ulon Pnclfle.. Flitted State* Steel. . do, preferred Wabash.. , .. do. prefsiTcd... ..... 1 F, Jl’rv. 10p'n(Closf Clos * l"lVi W1S |(»I', 17w*« 170% ir,si k 444 48% 4.)% 174H 1T2\!171% 146 lt^Vj li.i. 464! m%h«i%»i494 1444111434 1M% 1S2\.>1834 47% <7% 47% ATLANTA MARKETS. FRUITS ANb PRODUCE. Offlclallv corrects by Atlanta Frol: sad Pr« Hiuce KTChnnee. .. • Plnenpiiip*. $.1- r ' r; 'U'i.0<\ tSannuns. Btralghtn. per bunch, tl.6991,73. Call*, per bunch, CALIFORNIA *«UIT— Fancy stock: Kioerta poaches, per box, 31.60. Mountain Rartlett pears, per box, 13.21 Cross plums, per crate, 12. Columbian prunes, per crate, 32. Hose Peru grapes, per crate, 12.00. HIii#* Mnlvolse grapes, per crate, 12.09. Cuco.antits, p**r suck, $4.25 POULTRY And country produce— Lire bens. 40fl424c; fries, 2?4^30c; broil- Cr i)re*2dfees, 15220c pound. Dressed hens* per pound. 11816c. I.iro ducks, retail. 3V-- paddw. 262?I4c. Bfn, per dozen, ZVQ22o. Rutter, tabic, per poqnd, 200224®: cook- Inc. P®r pound, 12li2l6c. f . Honey, new,- sOlOc pound; In one-pound rock*. I07?12c. . . ' . VEGETARLF.H—Irish potatoes. No. t Stock, per bushel, .03031.00. Cabbage (Virginia), 14c pound; Danish l Ylma beans per pound, <Sc; Navy, $2.10 pe» bushel. Onion*, per bushel. $1.25. Now sweet potatoes. 66ii75c bushel. Kraut. 4-barrel, 33.71 FLOUR, GRAIN. PROVISIONS. FLOUU— Poster* nn tent SC.00; Diamond patent, 36.25; Maorcalta 8tnr, 34.70: fancy patent. 14.60; Red Kngle, $4.26; Blue Rlbl.on, |8.)0: fancy, $3.9); *pring wheat putca:, la.ot A5.60. CORN—Choice red cob. 70c; No. 2 white, | nLssd w clipped^ _ unv .ot-, ,#ia 2 mixed, 4.c; Texas rust* roof) We. MKAIx—Plain wtttcr-rroqnu. e»r bush^L ’c; ]>olted, 140-pound jutes per bushel. 62c; Shorts, white. DAP; psorusm: $1.40: browo, Jl.35: pure bran. 11.2>; mixed bran. $1.16. 11 AY—Timothy, cboif* latwi hales, $1.15: - -“lice rmell bdles; 31.10: do.. No. / $1.00: choice Bermuda. SOc. Rxn—Georgia, 3L10; Tenneisee, 90c. Bar ley. 95o. The above priees aro f. o. b. Atlanta. * GROCERIES. SUGAR—Standard granulated, 36.30. New * York refined. 4**f plantations. 5c COFFKK—Roasted Arbuckles 116.50. bulk, lu Lags o» barrets, i2c; greeo, lO'j Uc I1ICC—Carolina 4V$1T74c, according to grade. CHESSE—Fancy full cream dairy, 154; vine. 164. PROVISIONS—Sewi ims, 164c. iZallfnr *.-20-5 lb*., 310.6r)t fnt backs. 8.25: plate $.25; Supreme Iaril. $6.25; Red Cfuw, l.V Snow Dlft compound. $10,174. HIBBARD BROS & CO. COTTON b, MERCHANTS Atlanta Offiros, 219-2JI Century RulMing. Members New York Cotton Exchange. New Or Jean* Cotton Exchange, Liverpool Cotton Asso ciation, Chicago Board ot Trade, New York Cof fee Exchange, New York Produce Exchange. Bualness solicited for the above exchanges. Dhect wire service. Correspondence Invited. Phone. 451, Long Distance 59. A.S. Huatace. Mgr. Safe Deposit Boxes For rent in our vaults in the basement of the Empire {Building for only $5.00 each, pet annum. Absolute Security and all Modern Conveniences You should not be without one. We invite you to call and inspect them. Title Guarantee and Trust Co, r ATLANTA NATIONAL BANK ATLANTA, GA. C. E. CURRIER, PfMldent A. E. THORNTON, Vlce-Pretldent. H. T. INMAN, VlM-Prealdent. GEO. R. DONOVAN, Caahiar. JAMES 8. FLOYD, Ait’t Cashier. Capita! $500,040.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits $500,000.00 We Solicit Your Patronage. \ l" -T.I- — ■ . ■ ■ ■—;