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FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 25 News of the Cotton Crop and Markets AUGUSTA COTTON MARKET Middling 9 l=l6c Tone—Firm New York Cotton Market (TODAY'S FIGURES.) Open. High. Low. Clos» January 8.60 8.69 8.55 8.67 March 8.60 8.70 8.56 8.68 October 8.9 S 9.04 8.92 9.02 December 8.70 8.81 8.68 8.78 Tone —Very steady. Spots—9.4o. (YESTERDAY'S FIGURES.) Open. High. Dow. Close. January * 8.65 8.67 8.58 8.59 March 8.66 8.68 8.59 8.60 October..., * 8.96 9.08 8.91 8.98 December . 8.77 8.79 8.71 8.73 Tone —Steady, Spots—9:4o. New Orleans Cotton Market (TODAY’S FIGURES.) / Open. High. Low. Close. January 8 64 8.70 8.62 8.08 October 8.73 8.76 8.68 8.73 December 8.65 8.70 8.62 8.68 Spots—9 3-16 c. (YESTERDAY’S FIGURES.) Open. High. Low. Close. January .. .. 8.72 8.73 8.67 8.68 October 8.76 8.80 8.71 8.73 December 8.72 8.72 8.66 8.67 Tone —Steady. Spots—9 1-16. Chicago Grain and Provisions (TODAY’S FIGURES.) WHEAT — Open. High. Low. Close. September 1.01% 1.61% 1.00% 1.00% December .. 1.01% 1.01% 1.01% 1.01% CORN— September...., 79 80 79 79% December .. 66V, 66% 65% 66% OATS— September .. December LARD— September .. 9.82% 9.85 9.80 9.85 October 10.12% 10.20 10.12% 10.17% RIBS— September 8.80 8.82% 8.75 8.82% October 9.75 9.85 9.75 9.82% (YESTERDAY’S FIGURES) Open. High. Low. Close. WHEAT— September 99% 1.00% 99% 1.00% December 1.00 1.01% 1.00% 1.01% CORN— September 78% 79 78% 78% December 65% 66% 65% 66% CATS— September.. .. 49% 49% 49% 49% December 09% 40% 49% 49% LARD— September ..10.22% 10.25 10.17% 10.17% October 10.20 10 20 9.77% 9.77% RIBS— September 9.85 9.85 9.82% 9.82% October 9.82% 9.85 9.77% 9177% FULL QUOTATIONS IN THE LOCAL MARKETS (TODAY'S IGUREB.) lvow middling 8 13-16 Strict low middling 8 15 16 Middling 9 1-16 Strict middling 9 9-16 Good middling 9 5 16 (YESTERDAY’S FIGURES.) I.ow middling 9 19-16 Strict low middling 3 15-16 Middling 9 1-16 Strict middling 9 3-16 Good middling 9 5-16 RECEIPTS, SALES AND SHIPMENTS Net receipts today 3293 Through cotton today 72 Gross receipts today 3365 SALES FOR THE WEEK. sates. Spin. Bhpit. Sat 1822 6 1493 Monday . . 909 50 16S0 Tues. . . .1413 2072 Wed. ... 942 93 1413 Thurs. . . 1526 4 1421 Fri. . . . 1260 3 2072 Total. . . 7572 156 10151 RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. 1903. • 1907, Sat 2770 2441 Monday. . .392 - 3651 Tues. . . .3187 5490 Wed. . . . 3009 3504 Thurs. . .. 2948 2918 Fri. . . . 33C5 3436 Total. . .19192 21440 STOCKS AND RECEIPTS Stock in Augusta. 1908 25283 Stock in Augusta. 1907 23.789 Receipts since Sept 1. 1907... .48.296 Receipts since Sept 1. 1906. .. .56,878 IN SIGHT AND SUPPLY 1908 1907. Sight to Septl9. 'OB 548,971 470,235 Dunring weok 286.429 215.911 visible supply 1.793,009 2,228,506 ESTIMATES FOR TOMORROW Voday. Last Yr ——— Gr.'veston 9190 1600-17000 ouston t 5148 4000-5000 New Orleans ' 2228 PORT RECEIPTS Galveston 12235 New Orleans *074 3248 Mobile 1229 Savannah 12898 10777 Charleston 1938 Wilmington 2631 4668 Norfolk 2413 1643 Baltimore W* Brunswick —— 11986 Pensacola —— 450 Total porta (asLi. .MOOO laiea INTERIOR RECEIPTS 1908 1907 Houston 13054 7602 Augusta..* 3365 3436 Memphis 2245 890 AUGUSTA DAILY RECEIPTS. Georgia railroad 1283 570 Southern railroad 514 421 Central of Georgia 378 219 C. & W. C. railroad.. .. 486 760 Atlantic Coast. Line.. .. 182 250 ; Wagon 441 582 ] j Canal.. • 34 River 4 491 Net rereipts 3272 3293 Through 164 72 Total 3476 3365 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET TODAY : .Tan-Feb. .' . 4 68 4 67 4.68% Feb-Mar. . . 4 70% 4.69% Mar-Apr. . .4.71 4,68% 4.70 Apr-May 4.71 May-June. . . 4.73 4.70% 4.72 June.Tuly. . .4.74 4.72 July-Aug. . .4.73 4.70 4.72 Aug-Bept. . . 5.01 4.97% 5.01 Sept-Oct. . . 4.82 4.80 4.81 Oct Nov. . . 4.75 4.73 4.73% Nov-Dec. . . 4.71 4.70% Dec-Jan. . . 4.69% 4.67 4.69 Sales, 3,000; receipts, 3.000; tone, steady; middling. 5.33. MERCHANTS MEET THIS AFTERNOON • There will be a called meeting or the Augusta Retail Merchants held Friday alterroon at 6:30 o'clock sr ! which matters of importance will be ! considered. Nothing definite Is ob 1 tainable as to the object, hut it is quite i certain that the trading stamp ques -1 tion wll! be considered. Beyond the (act that the execu five c. mraltter of the aMoelntlon has (strongly condemned the use of stamps nothing la known. RECRUITING STATION AT AUGUSTA DOING FINE The United Siatea recruiting sra ! tion at Auguata ia upholding Ita rep utation of being one of the best in the South Two recruita left the city Wednesday and a third waa rejected There are two more on probation. - waiting the coming of lieutenant I , Wlnalow. on the 30th. to examine them There are very few applicants , turned away a- the Augusta atation. The at-atlon cnly takes men for the , Infantry and artillery', *• the other] i hranebea of the service are Ailed, New York S (TODAYS FIGURES.) Close. Atchison gs Atchison pfd 95% Baltimore & Ohio 97 Canadian Pacific 172% Chicago & Northwestern .. ..159 Colorado Southern 39% Denver & Rio Grande pfd .. .. 66 Erie 30 Illinois Central ..,.139% Louisville & Nashville 106% Missouri Pacific 53% New York Central 104 Pennsylvania 122 % Reading 129% Rock Island 19% Rock Island pfd 39% Southern Pacific 103% Southern Railway 21 Union Pacific ;169% Union Pacific pfd 87% Wisconsin Central 28% Interboro Metropolitan 10% Great Northern 132% Amalgamated Copper 74 American Car & Foundry .. .. 39% American Locomotive 46% American Cotton Oil 33 % American Smelting * Refining.. 85% Do., pfd 102% Brooklyn Rapid Transit 48 Colorado Fuel & Iron 34 General Electric 140 International Paper 9% National Lead 84% Pacific Mali 25% Pressed Steel Car 31% Sloes Sheffield Steel 61 Southern Pacific pfd 118% Sugar r , ..130% United States Steel 46% United States Steel pfd .. ..169% Western Union . so% Virginia Carolina Chemical .. .. 29% Ml IS Nil WORRIED GY REPORTS BENNETTSVILLE, S. C.— When a representative of the Hearst News Service called on ex-Senater John U McLaurln for an intervlwtr in con nection with the reports in the mom ing papers, in connection with the Standard Oil company, the senator firmly stated that he had no addi tional statement to make further than wbat he had given out last night to the newspapers, and which was pub lished this morning The senator ap pears not to be disturbed in the least over the reports. AUGUSTA GRAIN AND PROVISIONS (Always Uo-to-Date.) Murpney k Co. quote prices on Au gusta grain, provision and produce as follows: D. 8 sides, 45-lb ave., He. D S place, 8 Ib. ave., 10c D. S bellies, 22-lb ave . 12c. Smoked sides, 45-lb ave., 11 %c. Smoked shoulders, 8-10 !b. 9%c. No. 1 Picnic hams, 11-lbs., 9 l-4e. Dove brand hams, 11-lbs., 15%c. Red Gravy hams, 136ic. Capitol City hems, U-lb. 15c. R. G. Breakfast bacon 13%C. Best white corn. 11.05. Best mixed corn, J 1.03 Best white oats. 66c. Purina chick feed. (12-2 Se bags) *2.25. Chicken feed, 50-lbs., 9.50. Corn chops, 96-lba., *I.BB. Dairy feed, 100-lbs., *I.BB. Pure wheat middlings, *1.55. Pure wheat bran. *1.45. Virginia H. P. peanuts, sc. 22-lb crearm.cheese, 15%c. Beit second patent flour, *5.10. Standard patent flour, *5.30. Fancy patent flour, *5.50 Woolcott'u Royal High patent flour, *5.75. Jttrboe's Royal high paten*. Hour, ft 90. Ethereal, highest parent flour, *6.00. The above prices on flour 1-Sj and 1-4 s cotton; wood 15c more 2-lb new bagging, 7%d 2-lb. standard piecad bagging, 5%c. 2-lb. sugar bag cloth. 5%c. New arrow flea. *1.08%c. Whole rebundie ties, 96%e. Riveted ties, 70c. No. 1, Oa syrup, %bbls., 88e. White clover dripa, bbls. 30c Jure Cuba Molasses, bbls, BJe P R, molasses, 19c. Cabbage, per lb 2c. N. C. Apples, *3 00. Irish potatoes (2 60. C. C leaf lard. 50-lb. cans, ll%c. Cottolene. per case 10s and 4a. (6 25. Fidelity K K lard, 50-lb cans, ll%c Snow Drift Holgess lard, 50-lb cans, 9%e. FAasc White Coro lard. 60-lb. cans, B%C. Laid In tierces. Vie, lees; in 50-ib tubr, %c leas N Y Gram sugar, bbls., *5 40 X. Y. Gran sugar, 4, 261-lb cans, 1646 N O. ran. sugar bbls, only, *5lO. Sugar f, o. b coast. 10e less 96 lb Pearl grlta, *ll slr.es, *2 25 Georgia Country Meal, 96 lb. *2 '>o C"org:» Country Meal 4vrb »JOl% Georgia Country Meal, 24 ’b. 51%. No. 1 Alfalfa hay, *er tori. *23 0<). No. 1 Tlmonthy hay. per ton, *17.50. No. 1 P* a Vine hay, per ton,*2o 00. No. 1 Vetch hay, per ton. *lB 00 New Bermuda bay, per tonfl *16.50. Cotton seed .neal, *26.00. THE AUGUSTA HERAED. J. C. KcAUttflE. tock Market (YESTERDAY'S FIGURES. Close. Atchison 8814 Atchison pfd 94% Baltimore & Ohio 97V. Canadian Pacific 171% Chicago & Northwestern 15s Colorado Southern 38 Den\er & ftlo Grande 27 Erie 30% Illinois Central 140 Lousiville £ Nashville 104 Missouri Pacific 53% New' York Central 103% Pennsylvania 122% Reading 128% Rock Island 18% Rock island pld 35% St. Paul 133% Southern Pacific ...104% Southern Railway 20% Union Pacific 159% Union Pacific pfd 87% Wabash 12% Wisconsin Central 28% Interboro Metropolitan It | Interboro Metropolitan pfd .... 32 Great Northern 128% Atlantic Coast Line 86 Amalgamated Copper 74 American Car & Foundry .. .. 39 American Ixtoomotive 46% American Colton Oil 33 % American Smelting & Refining. 85% I Do., pfd 102% Brooklyn Rapid Transit 47'.4 Colorado Fuel & Iron 33% | General Electric 136% International Paper 9% National Biscuit 88 Nstionsl Lead 82 Pacific Mall 25% Pressed Steel Car 30% Sloss Sheffield Steel 60 Southern Pacific pfd ns Sugar 129% United States Steel 4514 Do., pfd 109% Western Union 59 Mackay’s gg Virginia Carolina Chemical 29% Do., pfd 109 BROWN & CO. FIRM MEMBERS ARE ARRESTED NEW YORK -A O Brown. Lewis Glnter Young, W. R Whitman and B. F. Buchanan, 7he four members of the failed brokerage firm of A O. Brown t! Co., were arrested Friday afternoon as they were leaving the [tostoffice building, by four Central Office detectives. The fotlr members of the firm were arrested as a result of charges rs alleged fraudulent transactions grow Ing out of their failure on August 32. These charges are now In the hands of the district attorney. The four men were taken to police head quarters They had been In the post office building attending a hearing before United States Commissioner Alexandria, in connection with their failure. lillRD« mums hob Largest Vote That He Has Ever Received. Won on the First Ballot. ATLANTA, Oa.-WoodwaTd. 4.60 R; Goodwin, 2.406; Hlrsch, 1,776. Th* above figures t.ell the atory of the third nomtnati in of James G. Woodward as mayor of the city of Atlanta. Little can be added. The vote was the largest Mr. Woodward ever received. Out of a total vote of 8.790, Mr. Woodward received 4,608, as against 4,182, the combined rote of both of his opponents Under the new pri mary law, which provides that a can didate must secure a majority of the total vote cast or else run the race over, with the next highest, Mr. Woodward had to receive 4,395 votes In order to avoid running In a se<' ond primary. With 4,608 voles he had 213 to spare. CALL ON NATIONAL BANKS. WASHINGTON Tip comptroller of the currency today issued a call on the national banks lor a state ment of their eondltlon at the clou-' of bualneaneta, September 23. MAINE POTATO CROP IS HtAVV. AVGUSTA, Me.—During the next -1 x months the hunger and Aroostook will hsndlo 30,000 oar Ida da of potatoes. Al though the shipping season began only shout three weeks ago the road hue everused about too ' itrloads per week. Cotton Se«-d bulla, per ton, *9 no. Common green coffee, 7'/ t c. Standard green coffin gc. Fancy green coffee, 9%0. Cracked Hen, 3%c Japan rice, 3%c Medium head rice, 4*ic. Head rice, 3%c Fancy head rice, 6%c. Keros»ne oil, 13c. Balt, cotton bags, 50c. Texas R P. oats, 67c Georgia s«-d rye, *1 60, Sausage |n oil, fO-!b tins, 7%t. Bologna satirnge 7c Pigs F-et %bbli, |i qq Pigs Feet %bbla. *3 26. ATLANTIC COAST LINE (Temporary Schedule via. Yemassee) ! NOTE—These arrivals and depar tures are giveu as information, but arrival and connections are not guar anteed No. 82. Effective No. 85 North September 8, 1908 South 12:30 pm Lv. Augusta Ar. 12:40 pm 5:30 pm Ar Chas.’n Lv 7:45 am 8:15 pm Ar Florence Lv 4:40 am 5:10 am Ar Richmond Lv 7:25 ptu 8:40 am Ar Wash'll. I,v ":! ■pm 10:00 am Ar Baltimore Lv 2:16 pin 12:18 pm Ar \V. Phila. Lv 11:55 urn 2:45 pm Ar . Now York ‘•Lid St) Lv 9:25 mu Pullman BUFFET cars between \u Augusta and New York, without change. L. D. McOULLUM. Commercial Agent, SOT llroad St. T. C. White, W .1 Oft Alt}, Gen. Pass Act , Hass, Traf Mgr. Wilmington; N. 0. CENTRAL OF OEGRCiA ,„ RAILWAY. (current Sciu'dutes cornu;u*rt 10 L>at«.) (76th Meridian Time*.) OKPARTURfc®. For Savannah and Macon *7:3oam For Dublin and Savannah *rf:4spib For Savannah and Macon **B:4<>pin For Savannah and Macon !!‘J :40pm APHIVALS From Savannah and Macon .. !!B:obatn i From Savannah and Mucou ... 6t»om From Savannah ami Macon . . +?:sopin From Dublin and Savannah....*l2:46pm •Daily. ••Dxcept Sunday. IlSunuay only. Drawing Room Bleeping Cera between Augusta and Savummh on night trains. Connects at MtUen with hrough sump* Ing earn ‘o and from Macon, Atlanta, Columbus. itlrmlngham ami Chicago, Ilia. IP. F- row Kus. w w kackbtt, Com’l. Agt. Trav. Pass. Agt. 716 Broao St. Charleston & Western Carolina Railway The following arrivals a..a aepariu; vs or liaina. Union Station, AUK am*. as well hh connections with other compa nies, are simply given as mrorinutioa. and are not gun ran teed (Effective Sept. 14, 100 B.) , DEPARTURE©. »*:000 n. m. No. 7, Dally for Anderson, Hen ecu. ctd 10:10 a. in.—No. 1, »<.iiiy lor «»reenwcna», Laurens, Greenville, * Spartanburg, Hendermmvllle and Ashevllh 2:06 p. m.-~No. 4.1, Dally for Altondale, Full fax. Charleston. Savannah, Beaufort, Pori Royal. 4:40 p. m—No 11, Dally far (lree.iiwood. No. 6 loaves Groo’iwood at 0:60 a Hi- for bpurtauburg. ARRIVALS No 4, Dally from Greenwood, 030 i m No. 41. dally from Charleaton. Sa vannah. Heaufori, Poll Royal, etc, 12:30 p. m. No 2, dally from Asheville. Spart anburg, Greenwood, eh •> If. p m No. 8. daily' from Anderson. McCormick, etc. 7:86 p. m Trains 41 and 42 run solid between Augusta and Charleston. Tri-Weekly parlor Car service between Augusta and Asheville, leaving Augusta Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays Asheville Mondays. Wednesday and Fri days. Trains Nos. I -and i KRNNHT WILL!AMR. General Passenger Agent, No. 007 Broadway, Augusta Go. WELL DIGGER WAS RILLED ESS RISING FAWN, ' Ga William Castleberry and Torn Powell, as aJatlriK John HrriißKß In dlgKlnx i well Friday morning, struck km* at a depth of forty feet. ( uatletu rry fell from a bucket at about ten feet from the top on Powell, who wan waiting; hla turn. Castleberry died Immediately, but Powell la thought to lit out of dan ger. Banyan Hatfield went down after Castleberry's body, but life wax ex- Oriel before be wait reached. II loavea a wife and five children, two married daughter*, arid a large num ber of relative*. CAMPAP OPEIIS IN NEW YORK CITY NKIW YORK. Friday marks the real opening of the presidential mm palgn In New York city. James W, Shern.an, the republican vice pre-o demlul candidate, will preside and li the principal speaker »t a mid d i;/ meeting of the Commercial Travelers' Bound Money league Friday night Senator Beveridge will speak at Car pegie Mail, In reply to Bryan's Indian a poll* speech CLUES FOUND TO THE ABDUCTION CASE The Whole Town of Thoxn auville is Searching; for the Guilty Purties. T'IOMAR%M,LK. Ga. - Develop tncii* In tin .-bd union case of Mick Liiclli- Union, .living alone here, were conilng fas* Friday The dre-ta, bonnet and bandages tip- man wore In ihe buggy with Mlkh Linton wet. found tied to bricks and sunk In ' well near the place where she screamed. The whole town % being scarcti.-d for duet Valuable pi-per* and jewels were known to have been kept lu the house. Two white no it were seen around Ihe house two nights ago by a negro who says they would not allow their feces to be seen. Various surmises as to the guilty party are being formed. FINANCIAL THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA 707 BROAD STREET. ORGANIZED 166 b. CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND PROFITS $450,000.00 L. C. HAYNE, President. CHA9. R. CLARK, CasHer. BEGINNING AUG. IST, 1908, this Bank will pay l per cent In terest uii CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITS. These certificate! will lx Issued by us lit sums of SIOO.OO and up, for stipulated periods of time, to suit tho Depositors' convenience. SAFETY LOCK BOXES $3.00 TO $20.00 PER YEAR. The business of our out of town friends carefully looked after. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. THE NATIONAL EXCHANGE BANK, . has Capital $400,000.00 Surplus 140,000.00 Stockholders’ Liability 400.000.00 Total .. .. .. •- $940,000.00 . as SECURITY FOR ITS DEPOSITORS Your Account, is Solicited. Georgiti Railroad Bank Augusta, Georgia. This Bank Solicits the banking business ot’ merchants and corporations. We pay 4 Per Cent Interest on all deposits placed in our Savings Dept. YOUR ACCOUNT INVITED. # YOU ARE: ENABLED by moans of the Coupon Certificate of Deposit to roroivo inforest from the (Into of deposit I per rent, four times a year—to realise any where at any time, on your deposit, to do husluesa with tho bank no matter how far you are awaj from it. issued in : ugustn only by tho MERCHANTS BANK Capital and Surplus $300,000.00 YOUR ACCOUNT SOLICITED. * ?■==.» NOTICE’ ' WE WISH TO CALL THE ATTENTION OF OUR ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER CUSTOMERS TO NECESSITY OF NOTIFYING US IMMEDIATELY OF ANY CHANGES THEY WILL MAKE ON OCTOBER IST, SO THAT WE MAY GIVE PROMPT ATTENTION TO THEIR WISHES. Augusta Railway & Electric Co. Telephone Girls Who give you telephone service are trained op era tors. They are eii izons of tins city and are faithful, earnest workers. Hut they arc human beings. Their energies are bending toward giving you good service. Their mistakes are mistakes of the head find not, of tin- heart. EFFICIENT SERVICE. REASONABLE RATES. For Information Call 9050- Southern Hell Telephone dr Telegraph Co. THIS MEANS YOU Sprinkle DISINFECTANT LIME around your HOUSE and in the CELLAR H? so PER BARREL. Augusta iiuildor’s Supply Co. Thone 321. 643 Broad St. SCHOOL BOOKS and Sclinol Supplies, as Bags, Straps, Pencil Boxen, Pad*, Ink, PeneilH, Penn. Second . hand hooks taken in exelmiiKe for new ones. RICHARD’S STATIONERY COMPANY. READ HERALD WANT ADS, PAGE ELEVEN FINANCIAL