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SATURDAY, JANUARY 9
AUGUSTA COTTON MARKET
>* Middling Today 9 7-16 Cents.
Tone—Steady.
New York Cotton Market
ITODAY’S FIGURES.}
Open. High. Low. Clost
January 9.09 9.07 9.05 9.07
March 9.18 9.18 9.09 9.11
May 9.15 9.15 9.08 9.10
July ; .. .. 9.08 9.08 9.02 9.03
October 8.78 8.78 8.75 8.77
Tone—Steady. Spots—9.4o.
(YESTERDAY’S FIGURES}
Open. High. Low. Close.
January 9.05 9.10 9.01 9.10
March .. 9.07 9.12 9.05 9.12
May 9.0 G 9.12 9.04 9.12
July 9.00 9.0 G 8.97 9.0 G
October 8.70 8.76 B.GB 8.7 G
Tone—Very steady. Spots—9.4o.
New Orleans Cotton Market
(TODAY’S FIGURES.}
Open. High. Low. Close.
January.,, 9.1 G 9.1 G 9.14 9.14
March..,,. 9.15 9.15 9.13 9.14
May 9.24 9.24 9.19 9.21
(YESTERDAY’S FIGURES '.
NO QUOTATIONS NEW ORLEANS HOLIDAY.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
Open. 2p.m. Close
January and February 493 493% 493%
February and March 492 492 492
March and April 490% 4a1% 491%
April and May 490% 490% 490%
May and June 490% 490% 490%
June and July 489% 489 489
July and August 488 488% 488%
August and September 480% 480 480
September and October 474 474 474
October and November 469% 470 470
November and December
December and January 495% 495 495
Sales—l7,ooo. Receipts—26,ooo Tone—Demand fair; prices steady.
Middling—sl3.
Chicago Grain and Provisions
(TODAY’S FIGURES.)
WHEAT— Open. High. Low. Close
May 1.07}% 1.07% 1.07% 1.07%
July 98% 98% 98% 98%
CORN—
May 61% 61% 61% 61%
July 62 62 62 62
OATS—
May 52 52 52 52
July 46% 46% 46% 46%
LARD—
May 9.67% 9.67% 9.65 9.65
RIBS—
May 8.45 8.45 8.45 8.45
July 8.70 8.70 8.70 8.70
(YESTERDAY’S FIGURES.)
WHEAT— Open. High. Low. Close.
May.. .. 1.07% 1.07% 1.07% 1.07%
July 98% 98 % 98 98%
CORN—
May 61% 61% 61% 61%
July 62% .... .... 62
OATS—
May 51% 52 51% 52
July 46% 46% 46% 46%
%ARD —
January .. .. 9.50 9.50 9.47% 9.47%
May 9.72% 9.75 9.72% 9.72%
R IB S
January.. •• .. 8.52% 8.52% 8.50 8.00
May 1 8.75 8.80 8.75 8.77%
FULL QUOTATIONS IN
TUB LOCAL MARKETS
(TODAY’S FIGURES.)
Strict good middling 8 3-16
Low middling 9 11-16
Strict low middling 9 5-16
Middling .. 9 7-16
Strict middling 9 9-16
Good middling 9 11-16
Tinges. Ist 5-16
Tinges 2nd 9 1-16
(YESTERDAY’S FIGURES.)
Strict good middling 8 1-8
Low middling 8 5-8
Strict low middling 9 1-4
Middling 9 3-8
Strict middling 9 1-2
Good middling 9 5-8
Tinges, Ist ... 9 1-4
Tinges, 2nd 9
Net Receipts.
Net receipts today
Through cotton today
Gross receipts today
RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK.
Bales Spin. Ship;.
Sat 2039 145 872
Mod .... .. • •
Tues .... ....
Wed
Thurs .... ....
Fri
Total . .2039 145 872
Sales for the Week.
Sat 488 1057
Mon 871
Tues 889
Wed . 515
Thurs 559
Fri 1210
Total . . 488 5101
STOCKS AND hECEIPTS
Stock in Augusta, 1908 99,336
Stock in Augusta, 1907 61,797
Rec.' since Sept. 1. 1907 .. ..294,979
Rec. since Sept 1, 1908 287,146
IN SIGHT AND SUPPLY
Sight to Jan. 8 8.^29,248
During week .. 348,720
Visible supply 5,566,855
News of the Cotton Crop and Markets
ESTIMATES FOR
TOMORROW
Today. L.ut Yr
Galveston
65,000-75,000 Houston 4,328
9,000-11,000 New Orleans 14.140
AUGUSTA DAILY RECEIPTS.
1907 i»0»
Ga. R. R 302 97
Southern R. R 324 118
C. of Ga. R. R 65 84
C. & W. C. R. R 133 134
A. C. L. R. R 60
Canal ....
Wagon 109 55
Net Receipts 993 488
River ....
Through 64 ....
Total 1057 488
PORT RECEIPTS
Today. Last. v «
Galveston 8074 13462
New Orleans 5253 24391
Mobile 966
Savannah ..1538 4038
Charleston 64 249
Wilmington 980 1632
Norfolk 1829 1725
Baltimore ....
New York ....
Boston ....
Philadelphia t . ....
Brunswick .. ....
Pensacola ....
* arious 253
Total ports 46794
INTERIOR RECEIPTS
Houston 6131 8303
Augusta 1857
Memphis 1766
St. Louis 279
Cincinnati 428
Little Rock 1231
A PAIR OF QUITTERS.
You'll never see him standing in the
gilded hall of fame
Who’s ever ready with a smug ex
cuse;
Posterity will never breathe the ac
cents of his name
Who only lives to murmur. "What's
the use?”
—Exchange.
New York Stock Market
(YESTERDAY’S FIGURES.)
Close.
Atchison 100%
Baltimore & Ohio 110%
Canadian Pacific 176
Colorado Southern 66%
Denver & Rio Grande ■.. 38%
Erie 32%
Louisville & Nashville 125
Missouri pacific 71%
New York Central 128
Pennsylvania ...t 133%
Reading m
Rock Island 25%
Rock Island pfd 63
St. Paul ~ ..149%
Southern Pacific ...119
NIGHT RIDERS
SENTENCED
TO JUG
UNION ClTY.—Judge Jones Satur
day .sentenced the six night riders
convicted of murder in the first de
gree to hang February 19. Two oth
ers were sentenced to life imprison
ment. (
The sentences followed a denial of
a new trial Saturday morning. (The
defendants gave notice of an appeal
to the supreme court.
CEiiliED
BY THE RESIDENT
WASHINGTON.—It was announc
ed at the White house that the presi
dent will take no further action rela
tive to the resolution of ftcflSkre pass
ed by the house Friday. So far as
the president is concerned the mat
ter will be dropped.
NOTE FROM INS
USED ASJEVIDENCE
FLUSHlNG.—District Attorney Dar
rin Saturday succeeded in placing in
evidence a note from Capt. Peter C.
Hains written just after the tragedy
which read: "Have shot Annis; come
to the Flushing police station.” The
note is expected to have some weight
in determining the question of Cap
tain Hains’ sanity.
HARRY THAW MAY
GET A NEW TRIAL
FISHKILL LANDING, N. Y.—Har
ry K. Thaw was taken from the Mat
teawan State Hospital for Criminal
Insane to Nyacif, to be present at
the hearing on the application of his
mother, for a jury trial to determine
whether Harry is insane and whether
he ought to be liberated.
PROMINENT MEN
UP FOR LARCENY
President of Shoe Compa
ny Lived High Life and
is Now Alleged Thief.
CHICAGO.—Fred Richardson, presi
dent of the B. Richardson Shoe com
pany, of Elmira, N. Y., was arrested
here Saturday, ’‘charged with grand
larceny of $250,000. He declared that
he would not resist the charges
against him. He is declared to have
lived a high life in Elmira, from
whence he disappeared a week ago.
FULTON MEDICAL SOCIETY
INSTALLED OFFICERS
ATLANTA, Ga. —At a meeting of
the Fulton County Medical society,
which Is composed of the most prom
inent physicians of Atlanta and Ful
ton county, held at the Aragon on
Thursday night, the members of the
society enjoyed their annual smoker,
preceding which a business meeting
was held at which the recently elect
ed officers Installed.
The officers installed were: Dr. C.
W. Strickler, president; Dr. J. Ross
Simpson, vice president; and Dr. W.
G. Ballenger, secretary.
A large attendance was present to
enjoy the exercises of the evening.
WRIGHT DENIES HE
IS CO-RESPONDENT
Says That Naming Him
Must be a Practical Joke
as He Does Not Know
Mrs. Goudjares.
PARI3. —Wilbur Wright states that
the naming of him as co-respondent
In Lieutenant Goudjare’s divorce BUit
must be a practical joke, as he never
met the officer’s wife.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
Southern Railway 26%
Union Pacific 180%
Wabash 19%
Interboro Metropolitan 17%
Do., pfd 46
Great Northern 146
Atlantic Coast Line 109%
Amalgamated Copper 83%
American Car & Foundry .. 49%
American Locomotive 66%
American Cotton Oil 44
Am. Smelting & Refining 87%
Broklyn Rapid Transit 69%
Colorado Fuel & Iron 42%
Pressed Steel Car 43
Sloss Sheffield Steel 78%
Sugar 129
United States Steel 53
LAWLESS WHITES
TERRORIZE
BUCKS
Special to The Herald.
ATLANTA, Ga. —Solicitor General
Howard, of Ihe Stone Mountain cir
cuit, called at the executive offices
this morning lo see Governor Smith
relative to the suppression of lawless
ness in Clayton county in the vicin
ity of Riverdale. He states, that
Wednesday night a crowd of white
men terrorized the negroes of the vi
cinity by shooting up three negro
dwellings, located on (lie plantations
of Webb Cox and his father. Rewards
will be offered.
NEWBERRY SOI 10
BE IS TAFT’S
CABINET
i
WASHINGTON.—In an interview
today Secretary of the Navy New
berry declared positive]} he would
not be a member of President Taft’s
cabinet. lie said he had already
planned to spend several months
abroad, traveling with his family t
FITZGERALD MAKING
PLANS FOR VETERANS
Will Give Old Soldiers of
Both Sides a Warm Re
ception When They Meet
in That City.
FITZGERALD, Ga.—To make suit
able arrangements for the reception
and entertainment of the delegates to
the National Blue and Gray encamp
ment to be hold in this city on March
11, 12 and 13, a committee was ap
pointed at the meeting of Camp No.
I. to confer with a similar commit
tee of the Business League, this
meeting to be followed by a mass
meeting of the citizens of the city.
The committee from Post No. 1 in
composed of Capt. W. H. Marston,
chairman of the national council or
administration, Capt. Wm. McCor
mick, Major E. Matthews and Mayor
J. G. Knapp.
The annual encampment of the
Blue and Grey association was held
last year at St. Petersburg, Fla.,
where over 100 veterans of she war
gathered for three-day reunion. At
that time It was decided to hold the
1909 encampment at Fitzgerald and
the date left with a locnl commit
tee, which decided upon the date
Wednesday. It Is expected that
several thousand delegates ajuJ visi
tors will be here on the three
of the reunion and elaborate plAns
will be made for their entertain
ment.
The Blue and Grey association is
composed of several hundred camps
in every state from Maine to Texas,
and was organized in this city gev
| eral years ago to extend the friend
ship among the veterans of the war
regardless of the sides tttey took in
the memorable battles. The member
ship includes many men prominent
in political and private life and most
of these will attend this year’s con
vention. President-elect Taft will
be Invited to Join with the veterans.
RAILROAD FORCES
GO TO WAYCROSS
Men in Atlantic Coast Line
Offices Will Move From
Savannah.
SAVANNAH, Ga. —It is reported
here for an authentic source that
J. W. Oplinger, superintendent of
motive power of the Atlantic Coast
Line railway will move wl'" I njs en
tire office force to Way cron-: n<*) xt
week. It Is believed this is th<iypre
runner of a plan to open the big Coast
Line shops at. Wayeross and to de
plete those in Savannah to a large
extent.
The complaint at Niagara Falls
runs: “Water, water, everywhere,
but not a drop to drink.”
conn TO CET
TIFT DURING
FJLIJRIP
Mr. Taft Will Not be En
tertained by Taft Clubs
While in Augusta.
To the delegation from Columbia,
which called on Judge Taft Friday
afternoon to ask him to attend the
meeting of the South Carolina Bar
association to he heal in that city
the latter part of next week, Mr. Taft
was compelled to give a negative re
ply. lie dir! not promise, however, to
include Columbia in the Southern trip
which he will take next fall.
It was learned Friday night that a
delegation from New Orleans will
meet Judge Taft in Atlanta to extend
an invitation to him to return to the
United States after the Panama trip
by way of New Orleans.
It was also announced I hat Secre
tary to the President William Loeb,
Jr., would in all probability not come
to Augusta. It was desired that Ini
come to arrange (he details of the
trip to Panama. These have for the
most part already been arranged
through correspondence, and (he nec
essity for the visit having passed Mr.
Loeb will not come.
It is also probable (hat Mr. Crom
well, whose proposed trip to Augus
ta was announced in The Herald, will
not come.
The matters about which Mr. Crom
well desired to speak have aiso been
satisfactorily arranged. It, 13 thought.
Mr. Clark Greer came over from
Dublin to gel Mr. Taft’s final answer
to the request from the Taft clubs In
Georgia that he accept, a banquet from
them at the Bon Air. Mr. Taft de
clined on account of press of other
business. Mr. Greer told Mr, Taft
the clubs had a membership,of 13,009.
AMERICAN CONSUL’S
BODY NOT YET FOUND
Search Stimulated hy the
Finding of Man Who
Lived in Same Building.
MESSINA—The search for the
bodies of Dr. and Mrs. Cheney In the
American consulate was stimulated
by the finding of the remains of a
man who resided on (lie third door
of the building in which the consu
late is located. The building was
tumbled Into a heap and It Is thought
that the bodies of tho American Con
sul and wife will be found beneath
the ruins of the entire structure.
GEORGIA RAILROAD
CASE NEXT THURSDAY
Augustans Interested are
Invited to he Present.
The Railroad commission of Geor
gia, will hold a hearing of the peti
tion of the Georgia railroad to be al
loewd to Increase its rates from 2 1-4
cents a mile to 2 12 cents a mile,
in Atlanta on Thursday morning,
January 14 at, 10 o’clock. Augustans
Interested are invited to be present.
MEETING OF CITY
COUNCIL SATURDAY
A stated meeting of city council
will he held Saturday night at 8
o’clock, for the purpose of passing on
the license ordinance, as revised and
recommended for enactment by the
finance committee*, and attention to
other routine business. It Is prob
able that an ordinance granting the
street railway company the right to
lay tracks to the wharf will be In
troduced.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
HELD ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of the Board
of Education was held at the Tubman
high school Saturday morning at 10
o’clock. There was a large number
of the members present. The meet
ing was also Incidentally pay day
for the year. The members are only
paid once a year. There was no busi
ness before the meeting except the
electing of a secretary and the read
ing of the reports of tho various com
mittees. Supt. Lawton B. Evans was
re-elected for the position. The re
port. of the auditors was read and It
showed the hoard to have a sub
stantial balance In the hank.
There were standing committees
appointed for the coining year and
- after a short session the meeting ad
! Journed.
PRESIDENT OF MERCER IS
GIVING SATISFACTION
i ■
MACON, Ga.—President S. Y.
• meson, of Mercer, Is now starting
j out on a new year as head of that
institution and since he was elected
to the office hr- has given the Bap
tists oT the state eminent satisfac
| tlon. Ills administrating of tno uf
| fairs of the university has been ex
cellent. As head of the “Mercer
j System,” Dr. Jameson will have a
larger field and his friends in this
city feel confident that he will do
some splendid work.
FINANCIAL
THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA
707 BROAD aTREET. IN OPERATION 43 YEARS.
Responsibility to the Public $700,000.00
A conscit»ntlous discharge of duty, painstaking care of the interest*
of Its friends and patrons, and dlspA tchlng all business entrusted to it wit*
core and accuracy, arc the unfailing reasons that recommend It to the pat
lonnge of Augusta, and those In tiu Augrusia. dlstrist, Of Georgia ana Soutn
Carolina.
6afety lock box*s 'for Individual use) in our splendid burglar
proof vault—73.oC to $20.00 per year
The business of our out of town friends carefully looked after.
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED.
National Exchange Bank*
AUGUSTA, GA.
Invitei; your banking business, be it large or small, temporary or
permanent. Deposits invited either for book or certificate account,
or if left six months an Interest-bearing certificate will be issued
with interest at four per cent per annum.
Capital and Surplus, $540,000
Georgia Railroad F3ank
Augusta, Georgia.
This Bank Solicits the banking business of
merchants and corporations. We pay 4 Per Cent
Interest on all deposits placed in our Ravings Dept.
YOUR ACCOUNT INVITED.
Regularity Of Deposits
Makes savings accounts grow rapidly. A little
added every pay day will make a round sum by the
end of the year. We invite your account and pay
you 4 per cent, interest, compounded twice a year.
Merchants Bank
MR. BENNETT’S LECTURE
AT ST- JAMES SCHOOL
Will Give Illustrated Dis
course on Panama. Canal
for Benefit of Sunday
School Fund.
■ . .. !■«
On Thursday evening, the 14th of
January,. Claude N. Bennett will de
liver at St. James Sunday school
room the lecture which ho is lo de
liver at the National theatre in Wash
ington under the auspices of the war
department and upon (heir Invitation
for the benefit of the Italian sufferers.
The lecture in Washington is for the
National Red Cross society. Presi
dent Roosevelt will occupy a box at
the entertainment.
The lecture is freely Illustrated and
in view of the fact that Mr. Tafl so
soon leaves to visit the Canal Zone,
it is of timely interest. The general
public is cordially invited to come to
hear Mr. Bennett and to aid the Sun
day school at the same time. Admis
sion will be fifty cents for adults and
for children twenty-five cents, which
can be bought only at the door.
MACON WANTS TAFT
TO VISIT THERE
Will Make Efforts to Get
the President-Elect to
Stop a While With Them
MACON, Ga.—Not to be out done
by other cities of this state, Macon
is making plans to secure a visit from
President-elect. Taft before he leaves
the state. The effort Is being made
through Postmaster Harry H. Ed
wards, who stands high In O. O. P.
circles, especially in this state. Mr.
Taft Is wanted In Macon after Ills re
ception in Atlanta.
Should TV* come here for a brief
visit the best kind of a time Is prem
ised him. He might very easily stop
over upon his return and ‘go to Au
gusta by the way of Carnaek.
COTTON TRADERS
SOLD AT OPENING
Prices Declined From Ad
vanced Opening, But
Were Steadied Later By
Commission Houses Buy
ing.
i ___
NEW YORK. Accepting the cen
sus report an bearish traders Hold rot
ton at the opening and prices quickly
declined from the lull In! advance of 2
to r> points unt.i; ori a level below yes
terday's close, fV,remission houses
buying later steadied the list.
PASTORS MAY FIGHT
CHARLESTON TIGERS
It is Thought the Minis
ters Will Make Out Cases
Against Alleged Dealers
in Whiskey.
CHARLESTON, S. f. — ft Is possi
bl*‘ that a number of the Charleston
minister* may ( mutate the example of
the Augusta ministers and make out
cases against blind tigers in the en
deavor to have the Honor laws bet
ter enforced. The stirring uddresa
PAGE SEVEN
FINANCIAL
GENTRAL OF GEORGIA
RAILWAY.
(Current Schedules Corrected to DaL*.|
76th Meridian Time.)
DEPARTURE.
For Fnvnnrmh and Macon .. .. *7:3oam
For Dublin and Savannah .. .. *2:46pm
For Savannah and Macon .. .. ••B:4opm
For Suvunimh and Macon .. . .IHMOpm
ARRIVALS.
From Savannah and Macon ... f!B:o3am
From Savannah und Macon ...••B:6oam
From Savannah and Macor. ... •7:sopm
From Dublin and Savannah ..•12:46pm
•Dally. •♦lCxcept ; :nday. !'.Sunday only.
Drawing Room Sleclpng Cars betwss#
Augufita an<l Savannah on night trains.
Connoctrt ut Mlllen with through sleep
ing cars to nn<4 from Macon, Atlanta*
Columbus, Rirmintiham and Chicago, Ills
F. F. POWERS, W. W. HACKETT,
Com’l. Art Trnv. Pass Aft
78F. Prond St.
Charleston & Western
Carolina Railway
s fl" , fotlowiim nn lvain U.. 1 aupur lines
of iiuiiie, Union Station. Augusta. Ua,
'"‘e “•'* connection, with other comp.*
me., are .Imply given u» liilurmuUofc
auu are not guaranteed:
(Effective Nov. lßth., IPOS)
departure®.
«:80 a. m.—No. 7, Daily for Andersoa
Heneea. Wnlhalla. eta.
10:10 n n No. I, Natty lor ureenwoua.
l.nurcne, Greenville, hpurtantiurg,
UendersonvlUe an<s Aehevlllo.
7:00 p. ill.—No. Vi, Lully for AllendaltK
Kith-fax, Chaileatoft. Savanna®,
Beaufort. Port Koyal.
4:40 p. m—No. 5, Lully for UrrwwotA
No. 6 leave. Greenwood at «:»» a.
In for opanonhurg.
ARRIVALS.
No. 4, Dally from Greenwood, P:U a.
tn No. 41. ilii.ty from Charleston, Ba
vaimuh, Beaufort, Port Koyal, etc., 12:0t
p. m. No i. dally from Asheville, Spart
anburg. Greenwood, etc., 0:18 p. m. N&
1.. daily from Anderson, McCormick, eta.,
ti :3o p. in.
Trains 41 snfl 41 run solid betwMS
Augusta arid Charleston.
EKNKS'I WILLIAMS.
General Passenger A sent,
Ma. 1107 Ufu.aMU, Augusta, ua
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
N ' J ‘ and departures
rre given us Information, arrival nd
connections are not guaranteed.
Effective September 29th, 190 s.
No. 82 No. 85
North South
2.30 pm J.v.. ..Augusta.. ..Av 9.25 am
4.03 pm Lv.. ..Barnwell.. . .Lv. 7.50 am
4.3Cpm I.v ....Denmark.... Lv 7.22 am
5.09 pm I.v .. Orungeburg .. I.v 6. tiara
6.50 pm I.v Sumter Lv s.l2ara
B.2sprn 1. v.... Florence ....Lv 3.55 am
10.45 pm At .. Fayetteville .. I.v 1.35 am
2.38 am Ar Weldon l.v 9.51 pm
4,30 nm Ar... Petersburg ...Lv 8.04 pm
5.10 am Ar ... Richmond ... Lv 7.25 pm
8.40mn Ar.. Washington ..Lv. 3.45 pm
10 00am Ar ... Baltimore ... Lv 2.12 pm
12.15 pm At W. Phlla Lv 11.55 am
2.15 pm Ar New Yr 23d St Lv 9.25 am
PULLMAN 'BKOILEP." CAIIS be
tween Augusta and New York without
change.
Dining Car Service between Florence
and New York.
L. D. VeCULLUM.
Commerelrl Agent. SO7 Uroad St.
T. C. WHITE, W. 1 CHAIO,
den, Pass Agent. Pass Trait. Mgr.
Wilmington ej C.
of Presiding Elder Walter I. Herbert,
denouncing the law observance of the
laws against liquor selling and gamb
ling at the week of prayer service*
a few nights ago, seems to have stir
red up the preachers and It would
not be a general surprise If the clergy
doer. not. take steps to have the law»
more strictly enforced.