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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
KPSnSTUT. PErEMlIKI! 26. MM,
11
Liverpool and New Orleans
Exchanges Still Cele
brating Christmas.
NEW YORK WAS OPEN
Opened Lower, But Rallied
Slightly Later—Business
Was Small.
Sen: York.’ Dtc. 26.—Con.ldcrlug the Llv-
,f|,onl cabin laat Saturday, the local cot-
the call the Mat rnllied several
point-, reflecting a demand from room
The Liverpool and New Orlcaua cotton ex-
dunces were cloeed today for tho Chrlat-
ami holidays.
The New York exchange waa open; but.
In Hi. abience of advices from the English
an 1 Southern markets, tvahsnctlons
oo a small acalu and were without great
value as a guide aa to the aeotlmeut or the
C'uvrnl cotton trade. Buslneaa was largely
la the bauds of the professional element,
on,I as a consetincnco opening prices allowed
defines of from 2 to 8 points, n shnde bet.
ter Ilian due on Liverpool'" closing tost
Saturday, but during tbo early trading tbu
trend was upward, the early loaa being par
tially recovered,
NOTES ON GRAIN.
Pointers on Prqvisions.
,.T h0 „Chicago Record Herald; "It la har.l
wfd tv ? n IS." !* opinion on oats."
.*V Neatly, who was down recent
ly "h 0 .!?. £11 a n oai" »| I *. ••Prices are relatively
ri!i\!ra » K th "“ ot *i <,r , I n *. bat It It a sure
Portion Northwest Is strong
and that the gnwrniuent rofiort, lu to far
S* Northv.eft Is coucerned. It wrong.
,n tju»r «e* lion art* about one-thlril
'^oatf at a year ago; there
fS’ p ^“*. , if m “ ,l '*'(‘ > r"everything nvllhffile;
il teem *
the receipts. are light and teeui likely
liely. The qnnIUy of t
to continue In ief'nltely. The quality ...
STat year ,,n0t ftv * ro * e 0M ^ood at that of
,‘T 0 !? 1 ?* 10 .*• poking at far East
tral Nebrntkn for corn thlt year," said
, Cock,,e , °* Omaha. ••Tho western
demands are larger than ntual. although
western
nr—:;;—• ••••n«a iumi illthough
tho \\est always takes a little of the first
movement from the crop. ~
Ineen disposed to wll cc.„
throughout Nebraska for the last ten days.
but conn try dealers can not get sufficient
t0 business moving as It should."
Company, of Omaha,
bought lw,000 hnvhela of corn from n single
OWtt in Iowa Saturday and reported free
offerings!both from Nehrawkn and western
claim to have assurances from
railroad source* that ears wilt ta much
more plentiful after today. They said that
this meant-a very material increase in the
marketings of corn at Chicago.
, p f .be Isaac Hurter Milling Company, of
rolcdo, Ohio, In unswer to nn offer of
wheat from a locul grain house, writes
that It hna a large quantity of choice No.
• red winter wheat and a good supply of
hard wheat lu Its elevators at Fostorln.
It claims also that If the export demand
for flour la ns dull In the next two or
three months as It has been sluce early
Oetotar Its wheat supply will he largo
Edited by
Joseph B. Lively
Mr. Uvety's twenty-five
years" experience ed
iting markots In Atlanta
and the South has mud**
him a racogntzed an
thorlty In h.'a apeefalty
RANGE OF NEW YORK STOCKS AND COTTON MARKETS
NAME OF STOCK
AuiUvfcantuieU cwpfcw* •
Atiuuu. Cunat Una. .
stun run <» hugu* twL .
AuUCOUdA • •
American LiocuiaoUfa.
do. pra'.erred.
Am. buittnu* U*f. . .
do. pretirrvu. . • •
Alclllauu.
do. p ref acred. . . .
American Cot'ou OIL .
Am. Car Foundry. . .
Itultlmore k OUio. . .
Brooklyn Uaptd 1'. . .
CauadUu Pacific. . . .
Chicago it Northw a .
Chesapeake k. Uhto .
Coloiudo Fuat k iron.
Central leather . . .
do. preferred . . .
Chicago St Orest W. .
Cblrugo, M. k rtt P. .
Beiaware At Hudson.
Mktliier a Securities.
Erie,
do. |
General
very
opening.
All exchanges will be open tomorrow.
Edmund St Charles Randolph wire II. H.
Brown, manager, as follows:
••Some spot houses are tailored to have
straddles still out between here and Liver
pool. counting on nu Increasing New York
itix-k to widen the difference* between tho
two markets to a more nrofltalde bat!*.
Friday Is first notice day for Jnutiary con-
irons and the ides Is that tenders on the
Prat dnv will be light, with tho hulauce of
me local stock held/** a nieuace to bti"* *-
operations. It Is rantored several ho
an* prewiring to receive cotton If tendered
Fridav. Local spot people say exporters aro
looking to Tcxns for future expansion lu
•applies of good grade*; a* the area there
• an be very greatly Increased and the rich
toll mokes cultivation no cheap proposl-
The market closed barely steady, net 7@9
points below last Friday’s finals.
points I
Movement at Atlanta:
Receipts today
day last yefif..
Decrease
Shipments today...
Mame day last year
Increase
Stock on hand today
t&me day last.yctyr
1G.M0
10,027
6,479
NEW YORK.-
i\i\i
Last 1
vt lo.
j
il
.n
life
Jnn
Feb.
March. . . .
April
Majr
Jnn**
July
Am*
9.131 9.13) 9.b!>
9.14 9.18 9.13
*9.44| 9.48]‘t!4C
i»'.6ij'9.»i'l!63
’Mi| K$iI*K»
9.681 9.0S| 9.67
9.10
9.13
*9.44
*»!t5
9.67
1111111
9.17-18
9.31-22
9.3S-40
9.52-63
9.61 G3
9.72-73
9.77-79
9.83-94
9.71-72
. the big mills nt Minneapolis are
out of the market for a day or two, but
elevators are taking No. 1 northern wheat
at May . price and No. 2 northern nt 2V*c
discount, wired J. F. Wballen. of Min
neapolis. to Bhosrson, Hnmmlll & Co. "I
look for nn active hour market* to spring
up shortly after January I. One of our
large niftier* here Mild he thought the ac
tive demand for flour would appear very
suddenly and when no one expected It.
Isroomfutl! cnblcs that the European ci«,,
outlook is unchanged nud generally favor-
“ ‘ “ Argentlr* ** *
able. Ills Argentina cable
favorable, but wheat
scarce. Reports concerning the corn crop
The Russian cable says
nre excellent. „
the strike at Odessa Is ended und load
lug of wheat has commenced.
The Rhellabnrger Elevator Company, of
Decatur, reports that It has only 260,000
JSIactrfc. . • .
Illinois Central
Am. Ice Maturities. . .
Louisville St NashvIlW.
Mexican (Votml. . •*. .
.>■••>18*11 . ruirni.
Missouri Pacific.
3fK
imk
. .... zijT
.| 92<| 93S4I
iu-: ns’4
m2 m2
41V
62
81',
SAME OF STOCK
N, uht. A \\enter*.
Lead. . . .
Northern Pacific. . .
New York Outrnl.
Norfolk A: W-atern. .
Pennsylvania
IVopte'e »}*•.
4 ^te* t car.
do. preferred. .
Pacific- Mall. ....
n\
187
120*
'Hi'S FLASHED
From Wall Street
Private Wire to Fiuthorn Rxehnogo.
Nee York. Dec. 2flL--Tonn T^picn:
Wc look tor a trading ro irVet ?«>r the
uoxt couple wee Kg or aa v.lth a. cop-
tin nation tf llfutdfttion for the time
being on the part .'f wegkeptd r*e;»Ix
CnMI the slronger u*tie*:-' f***
IDEBS AFRAID
to ear stocks
utlo
Bt!
nisfdPn Houses Rep >ri
>iuesf< Small an.l : ITn- ^
uionev pln* o n^o
ovt-r. and that -nm *:et
\ if the Hunk of Rngli
! .vinsre-Ucti to follov
i.i** ni\11
3 3
t
STRONG FIRST HOT’
woiibtwn Ps«.tfi.*.
»cutt!i*re Ituliway
prefev
ns Recorded 1
From Fractions
Two Points.
to-
itn Ceutl St I mo.
\n* A ISietfic.
Pacific.
‘ r.l»<
ctamteal.
do preferred. -
‘.stern Chios
VaiMtah. . • • •
do pref'****-*1.
's3Tii"%'
ATLANTA MARKETS
huus-canuica, nciire, ac.
LIVE POPI.TRY —Hen*, active,
each: chickens plentiful. 11'uXc each;
tucks. Pvklu, each;, puddle, Mfflk
14c pound.
l*»REH»Kr» POTTLTRY-Geese.
artive, KkBlS^c pound: turkeys, undrawn,
“ " pound: heus, undrawn, ac
id; docks, undrawn, fancy,
bnahcU of outs in seveutcen houses It la
now operating, against 600,000 bushels In
fourteen houses under operation last year.
Up to the prerent, the shipments hnve
been levs than 60 |>er cent of those of a
yenr ago.
Last week’s exports of provisions from
Atlantic ports, with comparisons, wore:
Cor. week
Last week. 1005.
Pork, barrels 2,710 3.810
bnrd, pounds 13.996,noo 19.716.COO
Dncon, boxes 20,258 30,612
The world’s wheat shipments were:
. Last Previous Last
\Vef*k. Week. Year.
American 3,328.000 4.S24.009 6.49G.OOO
Russian 1.032.000 1.520.000 2,192.000
Daiiublao 2,000,000 2,000,000 1,928.000
Indian 660,000 160.000 696.000
Argentina 1,300.090 712.000 768,000
Australian 136.0*10 264,000 32,0i)0
Austria-Hungary . 144,000 56.000 66,WH)
“ Tcnn..
Chlle-N. AfrTc
. 224 000 200.000 80,000
Totnls 8.624.000 9.736.000 11,218,000
The world’s corn shipments were:
tast Previous I^tit
- Week. . Week. Year.
America 1.332,000 1.276.000 3,5O2.0iTO
Russia 146.00) 293.000 57,000
nanublan ports .. 796.000 1.007.000 211,000
Argentina 1.439.003 1.999,000 919,000
Total 3.713,000 4,575,000 4.6S9.000
HERE AND THERE.
Rome Paris cabs now bear the Inscrip
tion, "English spoken."
The'London Uveulng News has hopes of
» "aerial derby” at on early dnte.
ODDS AND ENDS.
F.r.ch day there are 910.635 cash fares paid
to the surface, elevated and subway rail
roads of New York city.
D. L. Bathurst,'a clerk In the New York
P»!»toffice, expects soon to secure a goodly
shirt* of $3,000,000 and wear the -title of
heron of Lachlade. •
Tho Chinese on the Rand were allowed so
much opium, tho maximum a month being
two pounds. This would suffice to stock
*o ordinary chemist's simp for a year. Two
Pounds of opium reprcsuut 27,908 average
mrellolnnl doses.
A Berlin periodical, the Lltcrarlsche Echo,
collected nnJ printed the opinion* of
100 authors on tho effect of alcoholic
•Irinka on brain work. A large majority of
th.m pronounce It to be Injurious und nd
Tocatr- moderation or abstlficuce In the use
of alcohol.
tlve, 13r ponu<-.
15c pound: fries, active. 15c pound.
PRODUCR—>'Tennessee ribs amt imnes. *c.
Tennessee sausage. 9c; lard. 10c lb.; hems
octlve. 14c lh.; shoulders active, 10c Its.; tide*
active. 10c lb.; butter active. 15tf22^c lb.;
** “ * "Micy. hr*
beeswax, active. 26c pound; hooey,
active. 8c itouud: honey In 1-poaml
•right.
$1,404/1.50.
GAME—Qnnll. active, 15c each; doves, ac
tive, 6e t*«ch; duck*, mallard, active. 40c
each; ducks mixed, active, 25c cftchr
wild turkeys, active, lie ponnd; rabbits, sc
five, 12Hc each; squirrels, nctlve. 10c each:
opossum, dressed, nctlve. lie pound; opos
sum. live, active, lo pound.
ini. live, inirr, « pwunu.
FRUITK—Lemons, fancy Messena. $4-800
6.00 Bn tinnas. per bunch, cnlls, active.
90eff$1.00; straight*. $1.50^4100. JMnespples,
Florida atock, per crate, tMMk Orunjea
riorum i»rr imir. *-'*""7*"
Florida stock, owing to site and conditio*
on arrival, per tax. $2.0002.25. Apnlc*.
choice Ben Pavla, $3.25tff3.60; fancy, $3.75{
New York state spplwk .winter varie-
* "‘ el. $3.
Bps. choice, per barrel.
luuivr. in-. w .25«4.60; fancy,
$3.754H00. rt 6rapea, New YorlFftAteMnJ^fy
s.ocki owing to alxe antfcolor, per box $LW
02.60. Limes. Florida stock, per hundred,
60 cents. Nuts, fancy mixed. In taxea. per
Coeoanuta. heavj rultana.
pounds. 124014c. Coeoanuta. heavj rultana.
sock of 100. nctlve. at $4.50.sack. Peonuta to
sacks nrernclng 100 itonuav each, owing ti
"vlfeA&lJOf^-Brrra.' «iMm» n»J—.
nctlve, K.W crate; cnblutfc, atandam crate.,
2c pound: cabbage, barrels, 2c pound;
egg plant, nctlve, $2.00 crate; encum
bers. 91.60 crate; romntoea. fancy, tetw
$3.50 crate; tomatoes, choice, active, $L00O
2.25 crate; beans, round green. $2.60 crate;
onion, dry. notlrc, hurtol; lrlrt |wl*-
toeo, nctlve, Xo, 1. 86«90c hurtel: celery.
- * — —*'-i, $2.25
Taking nil crimes, more are committed
In the autumn than durlug any other or
the seasons of the year.
and forests of India.
Pigeons and turkeys have each a natural
temperature of 109 degrees, which Is 10
degrees higher than man’s.
41 per cent. It Is uow about 6.
It lias boon worked for the Inst
The duke of Bedford has presented Lord
Tavistock, his eldest sou, with n silver-
mounted motor car for his use while at
Oxford university.
Mouth Africa has ti new and profitable
Industry-the manufacturing of hemp from
olive and baiuinu Uhcrti. ft realises from
$100 to $167 a ton In tandem
Workmen were digging a drain'near tho
ntter having struck
-’’tnc-thing hard. "That must be a nugget,’
r furkefi a Jocular by stander. "I'll look.’
j-'i'l th- workman, and the next moment ho
lump at quarts thickly studded with
psM lu his hands.
Attention has recently been called to the
riwwM fact that the shells of certain anl-
Mich ns cvphslopodi, brachlpod* and
bivalves, are commonly marked by
•Wfogresslve ebangea as age advances. "The
man returns to second childhood In
S*?'! aud bofly," states a well-known sden-
Sf*- •"* 'Voshlngton, "and the shell of the
^Pf»M.>ned has, In old age, however distinct
JSl "jithly ornamental the adult, very close
wuidauce to Its own young."
i.rf ,rc# incoming the atudenta matrleu-
n . nt . c ®ri»ell In tho last twenty years In-
s,( ! ^nt 42 |»er cent have come from nrl-
whooln and 58 per cent from public
S2"**-, Of private school pupils. 153 were
uDpjio.l after the first term and 11 from
•hoole. and the percentage of fall
- .. i»wer inau tnoso or private seuoots.
•wi^nyntly the Cornell faculty favors
rawll, K the privllvgi* of admission by
^rificate from private schools.
sacw | # gathered In the mountains near
r^'^lretta. Byrls, aud Is packed In a
*hai pit, tamped In tightly nnd covered
straw and leaves. At the bottom of
Ilf/!' n . wel1 *• tto «- * ,lrrtl “ eon *
t!J. »} ** ,e ^ttom to carry off the water
from meltfHl snow*. As the cost of
nir ,“» ns selling Is very small, the
Alk . wr *• tn delivery to the consumers,
i*' 1 ,fc uecompllshwl by horses. The sell-
3,5. *”1’** *» W to 25 cents a hundred pound*
» often cheaper.
New York city has the Nhortest stream of
water lu the world dignified bv the nnnn.
of "river." It Is the lliutcm river, and Is
strictly ouo of tbu mouths of the lludsoi).
fnney. JMiSSc liunch: MMK «rUv« : ,UM
crate; okra, .lx tuukelfc »m»ll, 15.30 cratf.
ild iwer._ nejlve, -ClOe ,KtonO:_ l-ttae.,
WHEAT OPENED
1 SLIGHTtV LOWER
iVn Easier Curb in the Northwest
the Influence—Rallied
Shortly Afterward.
Chicago, Dec. 26.—Bears pounded th
wheat market daring the session and they
experienced but little trouble lu sending ft
to s lower level. The close showed losses
of H*t7?fcc for the day. The volume of
trade, ns n whole, was only moderate, sad
those who believe In higher prices failed
to put In an appearance as buyers. Coni
was 4v lower. Oats unchanged to
Provluous werS 15$20u lower.
• 4c off.
The fact that we are now In the midst
of the holidays has driven a few outsiders
out of the business for the present, but
they will be back la hnruestf after the first
of January.
Primary receipts of wheat 1,467,000 hush
wheat. 428,030 bushels of corn "and 5,000
15.000 bushels of wheat and 40.000 bushels
of oats. No bnslness reported for export.
There were Inciensv* In tho visible sup
ply of 691,000 bushels of wheat, 84.000 busn-
els of corn and 726,000 bushels of oats.
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET
(Quotations furnished by Boutheni Exchange)
THE WEATHER REP JR'1
LOCAL FORECAST.
For Atlanta and Vicinity— Fair tonight
nnd Thursday; warmer.
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The highest pressure Is new centered over
over th? country-south of the Great Lakes
und east of the Mississippi. An area oi
— treasure Is moving off the coast of
low
A sccoa3 low ares Is movlug In from the
Pacific nnd la now centered on the Califor
nia coast near Han Francisco, and this la
causing rain. Moving In over Montana Is
nuother area of Increased air pressure that
Is causlug general cloudiness and rain and
In that section. Cloudy weather
baa fallen In portlona of Texas.
Low temperatures continue cast of the
Mississippi with killing frost In Florida aa
far south aa Jupiter, where a temperature
of 34 degrees occurred.
The conditions favor fair weather In this
section tonight and Thursday, with steadily
rising temperature.
Minimum and Maximum Temperature!
and Rainfall.
Observations taken at 8 a. ol. Atb msrl
dlan tlm*.
Abilene. . •
Amarillo. . .
Asheville. . .
Atlanta. . . .
Augusts. . . .
Birmingham.
for today
WHEAT—
Dec..
May.....
July
CORN—
yusAT-
p W>
74(4
78
774
734
1
IJJC..... 41,* 4114 41^ 41 ^
jirailwlVlOWMArin:SI «t
low nctlro. ISo lm»h.l: .w»ot IMiUtOM whlto • OAT8-
•rtlve. SOc bulb.l; kraut. li.IWi.rrrt, W.TS, M
rou^wiara^li5kilie-4ir»wb«frt«fc'■«*?
nt.
FLOUR. GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
FU»'B—Hl.hr.t |Mil.nt. ».»; br«t r»J
»nt I4.M: •t»ml»ril portut. k.S; b.lf p.t-
w... .... .. . (I pni,m. i
•9h9®dBSSFr7«.r^:’'Xo. t.wMK
«o- No 2 rrllow. *7c: ml xml. Wo; oM crop
choice. «o: old cron No. 2. Me: new Tenner-
lieo white. «Oc: crack corn, per buihel. *0e.
''oAT8-fdtole. whlto ellnned. SOe; No. 2
white. 4*e; No. 2 mixed. We; T.x*. ru«t-
proof. r.4e. IJolden o«t«. 4Te.
MEAl^-PInin wnlcr-xround. p,r hnih.L
*>.r: Itoited. 140-ppnnil Into., per'otohel We:
Hhort.. white. II.M; medlnra. R.ih; hrawo,
•1 »: t nre hran. M.28: mixed nrnnd. fl.K.
HAY-Timothy, ehole. I«r«« hjle«. M.23
do" loole- .until ItnlM. «.»: do.. No.
elorcr. mlxrtl, 11.20: do.. No. t dorer mlxtd
*1.15. Choice Bermuda. »0e.
RYE— Ueorgln. SI.VO: Tenneoooo, 90e. liar
ley, 9Jk
Th«» rtiRive price* are f.
pR4*»V!HIONK-Hupreme bama. lie. Port
ham*. 15c. California bam*. $9 66. Dry salt
extra rllio. 0.07H. helllex, 20.2s pound,. 10.23;
frtt backs. R.0»>: plates. 8.00: bnprcuiu lard.
10.374; Know Drift cum pound, 8.60.
'89
don... 16.46 26.46 16.66
17.021* 16.65
•Inn... 9.» ».M 6.13
Mglj.^60 0.50 VSh
&#:;• Mil* l.nu
8.821*
9.421*
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
the number of plantation Intarers having
risen from 24/33, lu 1897, t«> 48.229 lu tbu
year 1905.
The Irish farmers still cling to the enltl
ration of the potato, "atid. horrowfullv
vntion of the potato, "and. sorrowfully
remark* nu Irish writer, "he will doubt
less continue to grow It long after it has
canned bis death by starvation."
from Holland for her hosbumra estate In
Mecklcnbnrg-Bchwcriu. But they were
stopped at tho German frontier under the
In some parts of England the practice
prevails of displaying a flag from n school
house roof when every pupil is present.
Tho children take great pride In this aud
tho rivalry between hchools Is found
Improve the attendance.
FI3tf.
Bream. 607c pound; snapper. 10c.pound;
trout. $c poonI: bine fish. 8e ponnd: pom*
pano. 26*‘ pound, mackerel $c pound, mix
Hi fish. 6c pound: fresh wtaer trout. 8«10e
pound; bar shad, 59^630; rock shad, 25030c.
The Trench ministry has decided to abol
ish the cuirass. There nre thirteen regi
ments of ci.trarslers In the French army.
The weapon ha* l*eesi fnmoii* for onu hun
dred yours, nnd Its traditions from Auster
The Eastern gntrhound has wen rrotn
time Immemorial »!«» hunting diw of the
Eastern plali;*. and. making nllotvnnce* tor
wlifeh
the artistic nt|ninm<*nfs of those
rtods, we tluii representation* or him
are almost Hontlo.; with the dog* of to
day on the uouuu.onts cud tombs of an-
military authorities are expert-
•fVr-d* Trl1 * 1 M device by which th* location
wily ,
— , ww#r«l. Ifr tkl, il.vl-p tt I, pro
S.1 J. ,r> WWW tho laulKipo thrrwxb |Mle
iwuii**'’- Tho Cn,h of (uoki'IrM powd.r
Jr*. r * »frohr In nd llrht, whllo owllnnry
niw" *r c Mnniwi By furnl.LliMC #»l'l
li'-.oltb ih, .l.rlra in omoiIou. which
IL 1 -.' ."' w *jh Knnii ot th* proper tlht.
v , of cMcnlnl mark,men can Iw
TRIP0DLET8.
A clone Inxpoftlon of Standard Oil
ntock dlnpro'-en the old adawe that
oil and water will not mix.—Colurahue
Pont
The Idea now In to dehorn the nhlp
subsidy hill and set II through while
It looks aa harmlesa aa possible.—De
troit Pont.
GROCERIES.
BfUAn Ainnnnro gramiinted. nil
York irltiiml. 4V; plnatnlloa. 6e.
COITBK— Poniteil Arliurkl# n. Ill 30: milk
lu luan or liirrela Ktttr; ci'—nilfli.v.
RICE—Cnrollon. 4H97t*c. nreordlax to th,
*c3&E*E—Fnpry foil emn) dnlry. I6t*r;
twins. 15c. _
8h/'.Mllint lilwnlt. 16 cm: No. I rallnd
oat,. 68 cn«i'. Anch writ*. MtotudiI I.,.,
81.63. Oy,t»r«. full welnht. {t.7» raw: llaht
xclaht. tt.16 ran,. Ktraporated npplra Vie
pound. I’eppor. l*e. Bahln* [Kiwclcr. »
ca«c. Bid natnion. 63 raw. I'luk uliuoii
14.35 raac. f'oroo. 39c; chocolatf 26c; ,nuV.
l.iiuund Jar,. 4Sr. Ruoat l>raf. 8l.lt .tie.
Cornel 1,'cf. 81.80 raw. Cttup, 8Lk> ca^.
Hlrun Now Orlran,. 86c aalloo; roru tie
Ballon; Cnlm 36c Ballon; Oconfix cane, 33c.
Halt. 100-pound. 60c. Axle (mar, 81.ti.
Hoda cracker,, ttir pound; leiaon 7^c; oy,
ler 7c. Barrel per pound. 6c; mix-
ed, p-r iiotmd. C1*c Tomatora. 3|«mid.
81.90 raw; Snoirad. 82.23. Narj bran,. 12;
luma l.cmx. 5’,*c Brat ittnlrhra, p*r (rcaa
81.13 Maran.nl. VWle per pound Bar-
dine, mnatnrd. »A”cn«c, l-nta,h. 13.30
1*1 cane. PrannO 6U- Rope. 4 pl» cot
. Y1.50W eon*.
ton 131*c. Hoop.
An Eastern clemptan nays there
will be three women In heaven for ev
ery man. Thin statement would be
received with much more confidence If
... explained where he *ot the Infor
mation.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Chlcaco, Dec. 28.—Ho*n—Estimated
receipt, today 19,000. Market 10c hith
er; quality fair; left over 4,407; bulk
16.30(66.46: estimated for -tomorrow
35,000; lltht *6.15466.421-2: mixed 36.30
@6.50: heavy 36.00W6.471-3; roufh
96.00(66.15; pics 35.60466.30; yorkera
36.35(60.40: rood to choice heavy 16.35
@6.47 1-2.
Cattle—Estimated receipts 18,000.
Market strong to a shade higher; qual
ity fair; beeves 34.00CF6 <1.90: cowa 11.35
@4.79: heifer, 12.45465.10: calves 35.50
@8.00; good prime steera 33.45@6.90;
poor to medium 34.00(65.40; stackers
and feeders 92.75466.46.
Hheep—Estimated receipts 18,000.
Market strung to 10c higher; quality
fair: native 33.3565.90: Western 13.50
@6.90: yearlings *5.7066.60: lambs
*4.75@7.90; Western *4.8507.90.
SOUTHERN EXCHANGE
GRAIN LETTER.
Chicago. Dee. 26.—The grain markets
evidenced a holiday air, but price, re
malned steady on small world's ex
ports previous to porno unsteadiness
due to fuvorable weather conditions.
Market purely professional, and with
out any unuaual pressure. Receipt,,
811,000, against 739,000 year ago. Ex
porta, 326,000, agalnit 230,000 a year
ago.
Corn steady, but receipts are beootn
Ing heavy at Chicago, Indicating move
ment of new crop has .begun In earnes'
The grading la poor, however, and thl
may restrict an unsteadiness from
heavy receipts. The market U likely o
show some decline from lack of out
side epecolatlve Influence. Interior re-
celpte 712,00'), acalnst 769,000 last
year. Exports, 119.000, against 793,041
last year.
Oats ateaflv with a very good under
tone. The effect of government repot I
flgures appears to have passed away.
Interior receipts. 421.000. against 445,-
000 last ysar. Exports, 1,000, agalnxt
90.000 last year.
THE METAL MARKET.
New York hsetwlors, according to one
of our contemporaries, live In the
greatest luxury. The fset Is that a
New Yorker who Isn't laying alimony
ALONZO RICHARDSON & CO.,
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
AND AUDITORS
Empire BuiUing. Bell Phone, Main 858.
ATLANTA. GEORGIA.
There la a suspicion abroad that the
reason President Roosevelt took »bch
drastic action relative to the colored
troops was that It furnished an oppor
tunity he has Ion* been waiting for to
take the bad taste out of the mouths
of Southerners oer the Booker Wash
ington episode.—New York News.
The edict has gone forth among the
fashionable four hundred of Glveadam
Guild that private bottlee at parties
nnd rereptlona are to be tabooed. You
either drink what the hostess furnishes
or go dry. This prevents any mixing
of the brands or making odious com
parisons.—Arizona Kicker.
Hips have been done away wltb for
the 1907 girl. Bhe Is to have broad
shoulders and narrow hlra. And her
hair Is to be blonde (or biondlned) and
her cheeks are to be red (or painted)
her head to be erect, and her etrlde to
be swlngy. There Is going to be a
change in business all around.—Enid
(Okla.) Events.
rar.ocd from 1* to 4*c.
i spelter quiet but srndy.
Bismarck. .
Boston
Buffalo
(.'hnrtrafon. . .
Clinrlotte. . , . ,
Chlraxo
rinctanntl
f'orpns ChrlstL .
Imrenport. .
SrtRfYv.
Fort Hmltb. .
Galveston. . ,
Havre
Jacksonville. .
Jupiter. . . .
Kansas City. ,
Key West
Knoxville. .
Macon . . •
Memphis. .
Mertulnn. .
Mile* City.
Nashville. . . .
New Orleans. .
New York. . ,
Norfolk. ,
North Platt*. .
Omaha
Palestine. . . .
Pittsburg. . . ,
Portland. Me. .
Portland. Ore. ,
He. tanls. . . ,
St. Pnu1. . . .
S’nn Frnnrlaco. .
Savannah, . .
Spokane. . . .
Tampa. . . , .
Taylor.
Thoinatrllle. .
Vlcksburff. .
Wash Inc ton. .
Wilmington. .
vllmlngi
TludTf
lent** trace of
WEATHER FORECAST.
Georifin--PH|lr and wanner Wednesday
and Thursday; Ut to fre*b w**t rinds.
Virgin!*—Fair Wednesday and Thursday,
with slowly rising temr>erature; fresh
northwest wind*.
North Carolina and South Carolina—I
ia—Fair
.irmhyi
il wanner Wodneadav
Hpht to fresh west winds.
~~lKnstern Florida. Western Florida and AI-
[Wednesday and Thursday.
winds.
Mississippi—Partly cloudy Wednesday and
Thursday; sotnewpst warmer; , llsht to
fresh east to aruthnaat wind*.
Louisiana—Part!v cloudy nnd* somerhat
wanner Wednesday: Tnurvla
huraday cloudy.
eft l|
b vA
r's-end spasm i
ht* *'U
r, Mrate.
markri
la tatov the level of n year •••** and In »h
meantime tjeneral condition* hate Improved
F’rocln
und wM»Mernte earnings Increased corre
spond In*’ y.
Money continue* the dominating Influence
on price* at preaent.
BLUFFING.
If mebbee In-yer system there’s t little
■portin' atreak.
You'll undenitand the Joy of which
I’m tryln’ fur to epeak:
When you’re kind o’ loeln’ courage an'
yer lurk le runnln' hard,
An' ye hold a bobtail flush an' raise
and draw a single card.
An* It ain’t the. card ye wanted, but
you don’t give In—not yet.
But Jen' keep on a-ralsln’ till the reet
are nkeered to bet.
You hold a thrill of pleasure seel) as
comes to very few,
Life’s golden dream of glory when yer
bluff
goes
thru!
We're all a-b!uffln’ mors or lees fur big
or Ilttlo stakes,
Wo keep a face that’, smilin’ an' con
cesl tho heart that aches.
Ae we risk onr time an’ money In the
hope of oaso or fame.
You dasn’t show you've weakened
when you start to play the game:
But now an’ then you mlsa It; It may
be a railroad dost
Or some little hope you chsrlehed that
goes wrong, an' then you feel
As sick an' sore ae If you'd Jea’ been
token out an* mauled,
I tell ye, boys. It's awful when your
bluff
glut
called I
—Washington Star.
Mrs. Beacon Street (during Miss
Skraerhe's vocal solo)—Do you anjoy
Howells. Mr. Porkhnm?
Mr. Porkham (from Chicago)—You
bet I don't And If there's another
Vtree to that song I’m going to got
out.—Town and Country.
No. mamme. end we ere not going to re
hearse II. Sufficient unto the day ts the
evil thereof.''—Chicago Tribune.
The very day I Bret met him." said Miss
Plune. ."something told me.be would even'
tually fall In love with me."
"Imleert7". replied Mlse _Knox L JThe some
thing wesn't your mirror, wee
delphls Press.
She—No. Horry; I’m sorry, hot I'm sure
that we could not got on together. You
know I alwaye want my own wey In every
thing.
not, my deer girl, yon ronld go on
wanting It. von know, nfter we ere married.
-Illuatrnteil Bits
"You looked pretty sheepleh when I MW
o yesterday, declared the fox terrier,
labamed because yon were In Imab?"
tit waau'l that.' answered the ttoaton
hnfi. "I>l<3 yon notice what waa at the
other end of the etrlngT'—^Washington Her
ald.
Gunner—Po tha antnmnhllea In London
■arc th* same kind of horns as those over
beret
Gnyer-Oh. no. In London they here fog
horns.—Chicago News
Referring to the recent theft of a statue
from the I-ouvrr, parte, London Pnneh re
marks' "Borne cities seem to hare all tho
luck. Nobody ever steals onr ststura,"
^ uo the *tf»-k< (Okie
ertrrtal obfect „j ep»«tl.
liar rallied 3 pu
, In
fc-.’ion. the Co;.w shared ■
on-: (oMslatenl luijlng of Sic-' c-m
. mi woe a fmtore. TradliiB In all th-sc
iay.ira was comparatively active. Jut ont-
aide of these the list was vary dull tied
the pilot were trifllog. The Illli atocka
t w|ion.|ed the Iraat of soy to the rallvtnc
inovemenL a circumstnoce wtilcb could tie
•splalucd. oo donbt. Iiy the nBltnrton of
'he Meatern state offlctnls to lialk the new
Great Northern stock Issue. Call money
did not go abort 7 per cent, and sterling
exchange felt again near the lowest of the
K V. But expectation that the money mar-
will tizhtun a sale ahnrply at the close
or the week was the chief uotsnent open
speculative opinions.
I New York, Dec. 26.—Tht market opened
Irregular. Atchison np S. Hteel common 4*
In all; Union rut* I fie *i, uraat Northern Or*
an , uiiivu * anue urrm ^4orm«*ra ur*
rartlflratai and Hmoltors preferred opened
■ Uni Car and Houthora
H hljrbtr. Preasod steel t „
raclfle up v;. Reading waa off U; Q
Northern and Northern Pacific off Vi.
The market ruled quiet anil strong all
Great
through the first hour, gains ranging from
fractious to 2 points In neiirlj all tU«
Issues trade*! In. Union Pacific was promi
nent In the generally dull trading. Com-
nils*ion hoqoe* reported bnalneas small and
unsatisfactory, om broker remarking that
outside speculators seem to bo afraid to
buy
ivernraent tnvnds aro unchanged and
other bonds irreguter.
MINING 8TOCK8.
..Bonran. tfae. 26-Rhode Island 6H; Trio-
Itf 164*8 Tecnmaeh 29; North Butte 109|
Michigan 22; Daly West 111*.
STOCKS AND BOND8.
Bid. Askod.
Georgia Railroad Is 136 t rr
Georgia 4>*i l»d) U2 118'*
Savannah 6a. 1909 IOTA 104
6S, 1911 — I0S 104
Me. 198 107 m.<*
A wait Point 150 166
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.
New York. Dec. 36.—Money on call
*810 per cent! time loans Arm, uO
and 90 days and 6 months B por cent.
Posted rats: Sterling exchange Ann.
with actual business In bankers' nil's
St 34.13 3-4034.1316 Cor demand and
34.77750*4.7785 for 60-day bills.
Commarclal bills 6@7 for 30 to 90
days
Rar sliver 69 l-*c.
.Mexican dollars 63 3-40.
Railroad bonds lower, • '
The fact that the estate of the late
Samuel Spencer, both real and per
sonal, will not exceed *80.000. shows
how far such a man was from being
a "grafter" when bo many opportuni
ties are presented to men In positions
that he occupied to get rich quickly
and unscrupulously.—Knoxville Senti
nel.
HUMORESQUE.
"She has postponed her marriage
until late In January."
"Why 7"
"She wants to make aura of a Christ,
mss present from him."—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
"He it a radical of radicals."
"Year
"He even advocates the publle own
ership of legislatures.”
"Good hruvens! Would ha laave no
Held whatever for prlrato enterprise7"
Life.
'A horse U a man's best friend,"
said the man who likes animals.
"Yes,” answered young: Mrs. Tor-
kins, with a sigh, "but when ha gate
on tha race track ha la liable to pror«
one of thoso fool friends who make so
much trouble."—Washington Star,
l#rht to fresh ensi Mini!*
Knirf r*»x.'i» — Fair lYHn’Sflnr nnt| Tbu
i^r: Vi^ht to froth no*!ih*r»At wtaN,
»Vsl Tcxse-Pnlr Wwliwudiiy md.J Thur*
THE SUGAR MARKET.
York. Dec. raw
'»«*<$ M*gnr market • , <*.i*|y m
onflon market rliw..,l to*lav.
The market cb ««>*I Irtegitiar, with a relit
itbuicy in crbicn-je lu a nurntar
re Hr
of f*.
SOUTHERN EXCH.tNJE
LOWRY NATIONAL BANK
Dcsijjmted Depository of the United States.
$500,000.00
400.000. 00
140.000. 00
CAPITAL
SURPLUS
UNDIVIDED PROFITS
A general banking business transacted.
Foreign exchange, Letters of Credit.
Corresponds direct with the National B*mk of
Cuba.
Old*at Established OM.-* South.
C OTTOS—-STOWS K1?—CMIft
Orrvind Floor O’uirt ^ ildlng Dally j
inariief letter Nnd f.&rkrt manual ;
mafird cn applIrAllcn
THE AMERICAN AUDIT COMPANY
Home Oilicc. 100 Bromlivay, Now York City.
F. W. LAFESNTZ, C. P. A., President
C. E. Manwaring, Viet Prctid.nL The;. Cach e., Jr, C. P. A. Bci
BRANCHES
NEW YORK—Wald.-rf-Ast- ria . r\ m, N ,t :
BOSTON—Egchange B.illdlng .’HICAR . i- p
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LONDON. ENO!.VXD—< •
ATLANTA BRANCH !0'5-1» F-.- -th *;at.-ns C!,ik Bu,
0. B. BID WELL, aea.de
Talephons, Main *72.
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