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In the District Court of the United
States for the Northeastern Divla
ion of the Southern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of W. F. Walker, in
Bankruptcy—Bankrupt.
To the creditors of W. F. Walker,
of Augusta, Ga., in the County ot
Richmond and District aforesaid, a
bankrupt
Notice is hereby given that on the
16th day of December, 1909, the sard
W. F. Walker was duly adjudged a
bankrupt and that the first meeting
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fice in Augusta, Ga., on the 28th day
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MHRKETIETTERS
i ARGO, JESTER & CO.'S
COTTON LETTEh.
NEW YORK.—Tho market was
nervous today and prices were easily
affected either way by small orders
although the range of fluctuation was
not large. The National Ginners
figures were somewhat in excess ot
what had been expected and caused a
small flurry of selling but prices ral
lied quickly and gave the impression
that heavy selling would be needed
to cause any material decline. The
trading of ihe past few days has
served to increase the short interest
materially so that the technical po
sitions of the market has been de
cidedly improved. If bulls can force
this interest to cover the path to high
er prices wil be very short. Advices
regarding the spot situation are in
creasingly bullish and point to a
large demand after the holidays.—
Argo, Jester & Company.
W. B. HiBBS & CO.’S
COTTON LETTER.
NEW YORK. —The market was
easier today, with scattered liquida
tion the feature on reports from the
National Ginners association whose
figures show over 9.420,000 bales of
compares with 8,878,000 to December
1, by the census bureau’s last report
the crop ginned to December 13. This
and recent expectations of the train,
of not over 9.350,000. These figure*
are very bullish in the comparisons of
the amount of cotton ginned during
the period as contrasted with previ
ous seasons, but with three more gin
ning reports, including two in Jan
uary and another in Marali, before fi
nal report of the census bureau for
the season is made, and the present
ginning within 660,000 bales of the
total crop allowed for as tho total
yield In the recent government crop
estimate, show there Is enough un
certainty as to the final outcome to
make the market uncertain at present
as to immediate fluctuations.
For these reasons there was a con
flict of opinion today, scattering li
quidation predominated from the
opening. Prices declined ten points
for the active months during the fore
noon, with May and July slumping
to about 1550. They would have gone
lower but for the valiant support ren
dered ’«v some of the Jjull clique.
DAVISON & FARGO'S COTTON
LETTER.
AUGUSTA, Ga, —The cotton market In
New York was a liule lower today on
reports that the National Glnners asso
ciation made the number of bales ginned
up to 13th inst 9,420, 000 which would
be 558,000 bales ginned since last report
or rather more than expected, but »rices
recovered and closed practically as high
as yesterday. Liverpool was 7 to 9 down
but ought to recover most of tills in the
morning. The government report on the
ginning will be published Monday and *s
expected to be about 9,400,000 or less.
While futures In. New York are 7 to 13
lower than a week ago our price for the
actual cotton is 3-16 to 1-4 higher showing
the strength of the spot situation. A
great deal of cotton has been sold by the
New York bulls who have materially re
duced their holdings since the Bureau Re
port but they are still supporting the
market on any sign of weakness. There
may and no doubt will be recessions from
time to time but we believe the general
tendency will be towards higher prices
and we do no* see how there can be any
material decline. Our market here in
Augusta was steady today at 15 1-8 basis
for middling but Just at the close 15-
3-16 basis was bid. This bid was condi
tional however, and we think 15 1-R basis
for middling is a fair quotaton applying
to all grades.—Davison & Fargo.
0,420,000 BALES
GINNED TO DEC. 13
NEW YORK—The National Glnners
association places tho amount of cot
ton ginned this season from growth
of 1909 to December 13 at 9,420,000
bales.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
UNION STOCK YARDS, 111—Hogs:
Receipts, 28,000; steady. Mixed and
butchers, $7.95a58.60; good heavy,
$8.40a58.60; rough heavy, $8.00a58.30;
light, $7.95a58.40; pigs, $6.35a57.60;
bulk. $8.40a58.55.
Cattle: Receipts, 400; steady. Beeves,
$3.90a58.60; cows and heifers, $2 00a
$5.85; Stockers and feeders, $3.00a55.00;
calves, $7.504149.75; Texans. $5.00a56.00.
Sheep: Receipts, 12,000; steady. Na
tive and western, $3.25a55.65; lambs
$4.50a8.60.
THE METAL MARKET 3
NEW YORK.—At the metal ex
change Friday prices showed but lit
tle change. Copper ruled steady.
Tin was off in asking price while lead
was firmer in asking prices. Quota
tions were; Copper, spot to January
12871-2a1325; February 1287 l-2a1312
1-2; Spelter offered 630; lead 457 l-2a
462 1-2 and tin 3275a3310.
MONEY MARKET
NEW YORK—Money on call 4 7-Bas
per cent. Time loans easy; 60 days 4 1-2
a 4 3-4; 90 days 4 1-2; six months 4 I*4
per cent. Posted rates sterling ex
change 485a489, with actual business in
bankers' biyys at 487.90a487.95 for de
mand and 484.40 a 484.50 for sixty day
bills. Prime mercantile paper unchang
ed in rates.
LONDON BAR BILVER.
LONDON.—Bar silver steady at 24
3-16 d, unchanged.
EXPLOSION KILLS TWO
MILES CITY, Mont—Engineer James
M. Marker and Brakeman James E.
Bowman were killed in an explosion of
the boiler of an engine on the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul road at Van
anda Station Friday.
THE AUGUSTA HERAI,*., JLUGUSTA, GA.
ABSOSTA COTTQii MARKET
OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS.
For White Cotton only 15 3-16 basis Middling.
For all grades 15 1-8 basis Middling.
Middling same da v last year 8 3-4.
(TODAY’S FIGURES.)
Strict good ordinary 14 1-4
l.ow middling 14 13-10
Strict low middling 15
Middling 15 1-S
Strict middling 15 1-4
Good middling 15 3-8
Tinges (Ist) 15c,
Tinges (2nd) 14 13-10
YESTERDAY’S FIGURES.
Strict good ordinary 14 1-4
l.ow middling 14 13-16
Strict low middling 15c
Middling 15 1-8
Strict middling 15 1-4
Good middling 15 3-8
Tinges (Ist) 15c
Tinges (2nd) 14 13-16
Receipts for the Week.
Sales. Spin. Shipt,
Sat. . . . 1634 827 215
Monday. . ..1401 485 1517
Tuesday. . .1195 331 1066
Wednes.’ . . 705 287 , 500
Thursday. . .1831 148 890
Friday 831 IS6 137
Totals . . .7597 2264 4325
Comparrtivfi Receipts.
1909 1908
Saturday 1748 2550
Monday 1936 2194
Tuesday 1801 2648
Wenesday 1431 2253
Thursday 1755 2406
Friday 1758 2660
Totals 10429 1473 S
Stocks and Receipt*.
Stock in Augusta, 1909 66,251
Stock in Augusta, 1908 99,975
Rcc. Since Sept. 1, 1909 297,008
Rec. since Sept. 1, 1908 270,333
Augusta Daily Receipts.
1909. 1908.
Ga. Railroad 507 1231
Sou. Ry. Co 330 325
Augusta Sou 108 ....
Cen. of Ga. Ry 145 310
C. & W. C. Ry 245 167
A. C. L. R. R 360 244
Wagon 204 30*
Canal 7 • • • •
River lr > e? *
Net receipts 1727 2653
Through 31
.Total 1758 2660
Port Receipts.
1909. 1 n 0&
Galveston 9136 16185
New Orleans 12574 16614
Mobile 1633 150 a
Savannah 3906 6880
Charleston 1567 1552
Wilmington 1391 1
Norfolk 11911 63C7
Baltimore 1751
New York 131
Boston 11 1®
Philadelphia 1®”
Brunswick 2439 86050
Total ports 91384
Interior Receipts.
1909. 1908,
Houston 4961 12673
Memphis ... 1719 4598
St. Louis 913 ••••
Cincinnati ~..1101 ....
Little Rock * 2392
NEW YORK COTTON
Open. High. Low. Close.
.Tan. . .14.94 14.85 14.87 15.93-94
Feb 15.10-14
Mar. . .15.30 15.32 15.23 15.30-32
Apr. . .15.42 15,45-44
May. . .15.61 15.62 1&.51 15.60-61
June 15.50-52
July . .15.61 15.62 15.50 15-59-60
Aug. . .15.34 15.34 15.23 15,30-32
Sep. . .14.00 14.00 13.95 13.99-14
Oct. . .13.36 13.46 13.35 13.45-46
Dec. . .14.83 14.85 14.70 14.84-87
Tone —Steady.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
Open. High. Low. Close.
Jan. . .15.21 15.22 15.12 15.18-19
Feb 15.29-31
Mar. . .15.64 15.65 15.55 15,60-61
Apr 15.62-64
May. . .15.98 15.98 15.89 15.92-93
June 15.94-96
July. . .16.10 16.10 16.00 16.04-05
Sep. . .13.90 13.92 13.90 13.92-94
Oct. . .13.28 13.36 13.27 13.34-30
Dec. . .15.13 15.12-14
Tone—Steady.
■ t — «
LIVERPOOL SPOT
COTTON STEADY
LIVERPOOL.—CoIton spots steady;
American middling 8.03; sales 3,000;
American 2,700; receipts 1,000.
Futures opened easier; closed bare
ly steady.
Dec. 7.83 1-2-7.81 1-2; Dec.-Jan. 7 81-
7.81 1-2; Jan.-Feb. 7.86-7.85; Feb.-Mar.
7.89-7.88; March April 7.90-7.91 1-2;
April-May 7.93-7.93; May-June 7.95
ARGO, JESTER & CO.
COTTON MERCHANTS
BEAVER BUILDING, NEW YORK.
Member*: New York Cotton Ex
change, New Orleans Cotton
Exchange, Liverpool Cotton As
sociation.
NEWS OF THE COTTON CROP AND MARKETS
1 1-2-7.95 1-2; June-July 7.96-7.95; July-
Aug. 7.93-7.96; Aug.-Sept. 7.65a7.G6;
| Sept.-Oct. 7.12 1-2-7.15 1-2.
Open. 2 p. m. Clote
Jan & Feb, ...7.86 7.87 Vi 7.85
Feb ,& Mar 7.89 7.90 Vi 7.88
! Mar & Apr ...7.90 7.94 7.91%
Apr & May ....7.93 7.95 Vi 7.95%
May & June . ,7.95 Vi 7.9 S 7.95V5
June & July ..7.96 7.97 7.95
July & Aug ...7.93 7.96 7.94'i
Aug & Sept ..7.65 7.67 7.64%
Sept & Oct ...7.12Vi 7.15 7.13 Vi
Oct & Nov 6.91 Vi 6.94 Vi 6.93 Vi
December .. ..7.88% 7.83’ 7.81 >2
Dec & Jan 7.81 7.82 7.81%
Sales 3,000. Receipts 1,000. Tone,
barely steady. Middling S.S3.
REW II PRICE
II CHICAGO WHEAT
CHICAGO. —Wheat made another
new high price Friday. May sold as
high as 1.13 3-8. Corn was off l-8a
3-8 because of colder weather. Oats
were l-4c off to l-8c up. Provisions
were fractionally lower.
Open. High. Low. Close.
WHEAT—
Dec. . . 1.15 Vi 1.17 Vi 1.15% 1.16%
I May. . . 1.12% 1.13% 1.11% 1.12%'
July. . . 1.01% 1.02V4 1-01 1.02
CORN—
Dec. . , 61% 61% 61% 61%
May. . . 66% 66 Vi 65% 66%
July. . . 65% 65% 65 65%
OATS—
Dec. . . 43% 43% 43 43 %
May. . . 44% 45 44% 44%
July. . . 42% 42% 42 42%
PORK—
j Jan. . .22.25 22.30 22.10 22.20
AJay. . .22.02 22.25 21.92 22.17
July. . .22.07 22.07
i LARD—
Jan. . .13.00 12.95
May. . .12.12 12.17 12.05 12.15
July. . .12.07 12.15 12.02 12.10
RIBS—
Jan. . .12.10 12.10 12.02 12.10
May. . .11.57 11.65 11.57 11.60
July. . .11.65 11.67 11.57 11.60
*•" ' '
WAGNER BIT BO HUNTING
WITH Ts CBBB, IS STOBI II
THE SPORTING NEWS SAID
In tho latest Issue of the Sporting Nows
a story was printed to the effect that
Hans Wapner, “Demon Dutchman’’
had been on a hunting trip with George
Stallings and Ty Cobb In South Georgia,
and that the Dutchman was disgusted.
He had tramped through miles and miles
of fields and woods and the best they
ever turned up was two measley hares.
I The funny part of this story Is that
if Wagner ever went hunting with “Ty”
Cobb, it was done In his dreams. “Ty”
stated that Mr. Wagner had been In-*
vlted to go on the hunting trip, but that
it was impossible for him to “get. away."
Mr. Cobb further stated, that there wa;§
1 as good gume In South Georgia as there
is In the United States and there was
[ no excuse for anyone saying that two
measloy hares was a good days hag in
Georgia.
MAJOR GATTIS GETS
GOOD PROMOTION
Has Been Appointed Gen
eral Passenger Agent,
With Offices in Augusta.
It Is unofficially announced that Major
Charles H, Gattie, district, passenger
agent of the Seaboard Air Line with
headquarters in Raleigh, N. C., has been
appointed general passenger ngent of tho
Georgia & Florida railway effective Jan
uary Ist, his offices to he located In Au
gusta.
Major Gattls is a well known railroad
man with years of experience in the pas
senger business arid this appointment to
the high position with the G. Ik F., is a
compliment to Ids ability ns a railroad
man.
LIVE BTOCK MARKET
In the live stock market, the sup
ply and the demand is Rood. Very
good demand for calves. Tht
stock Is very good and the prices
are about stationary:
Common cattle .. .. ..2 1-4 to 2 3-4
Medium cattle 8 to 3 1-!
Good cattle 3 3-4 to 4
COTTON SEED OIL
NKW YORK—Cotton seed oil close:
Dec. 743n.G0; Jany 7f0n42; March 743a50;
.May 757a58; July 762a65; Sept., 745a70.
No spot quoted; sales 14,700.
CORREBP ONDENCE INVITED.
Order* solicited for pur
chase and sale of Cotton,
Stocks, and Grain for fu
ture delivery.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
(By Charles A. Storm.)
NEW YORK.—Sentiment was more cheerful in Wall street today
as a result of increase in Louisville and Nashville dividends to seven
per cent. Commission houses purchased shares on a liberal scale fol
lowing a strong opening. While trading was only moderately active
transactions in Southern I’acific were heaviest and the issue responded
witli an advance of nearly a point.
The strength of Southern Pacific was' due to steadily increasing
net earnings and persistent reports that the dividend will be increased
to seven par cent, at the next meeting to be hold in about two months.
There was also good buying of Union Pacific common and pre*
ferred; Pennsylvania, Reading and Baltimore and Ohio were other is
sues to show net gains, international harvester led the specialties
with a rise of two points.
In London American shares were higher.
On the curb prices opened firm with Nipissing and Boston consoli
dated tho most active shares.
A feature of tlie afternoon trading was the advance of nearly four
points in Atlantic Coast Line trust bonds. Tho rise in these securities
was due to tile increase in the dividend in Louisville and Nashville, ot
which it holds control.
Tho standard railroad and industrial shares were only moderately ac
tive and ranged slightly above yesterday’s closing.
Nearly $1,000,000 In gold was engaged for shipment to South America.
La si
Open. High. Low. Sale.
Amalgamated Copper 57% 88 87% 87%'
American Ice 25% 25% 25% 25%
American Sugar 123% 123% 123% 123%
American Smelting 101% 101% 101% 101%
American Locomotive "1 61 61 61
American Car Foundry .. 72% 72% 72 72
Anaconda 49% 50% .49% 49%
Atchison 122% 122%. 122% 122%
xAtlantic Coasl Line 136% 138% 135% 137%
Brooklyn Rapid Transit 80% 80% 79% 79%
Baltimore & Ohio 117% 118% 117% 118%
Canadian Pacific 180% 180% 180% 180%
Chesapeake & Ohio 87% 87% 87% 87%'
Consolidated Gas * 152% 152% 161% 152
General Leather 46% 46% 46% 46%'
Colorado Fuel & iron 5!% 52 51% 51%
Denver and Rio Grande 50% 51% 50% 61%
Erie 84% 34% 31 34%
Erie Ist preferred 50% 50% 50% 50%
Great Northern preferred 143% 143% 143 143%
Great Northern Ore SI % 81% 80% 80%
Illinois Central • 148 149% 148 149%
Interhoro Metropolitan 24 24% 23% 24
Interboro Metropolitan preferred.. 60% 60% 60 60%'
Kansas City Southern , 44 45 43% 44%
Missouri, Kansas St Texas 49% 49% 49 49%
Missouri, Kansas & Texas pfd 74% 74% 74% 74%
Louisville & Nashville 155 157% 155 156%
Missouri Pacific 72 72 71% 71%
New York Central 123% 124 123% 123%
National Lead 88% 88% 88% 88%
Norfolk & Western too % 100% 100 100
Northern Pacific 145 145% 144% 145%
Ontario & Western 49% 49% 49 49
Pennsylvania 135% 135% 134% 135%
Pacific Mail 41 43 41 42%
People's Gas 114% 115% 114% 115
Pressed Steel Car .... 52 52 52 52
Reading 159% 170% 169% 170
Rock Island 43% 43% 42% 42%
Rock Island preferred 89 89% 88% 89%
Rep, Iron and Steel 46% 47 46 46%
Sloss-Sheffleld 86% 86% 8«% 80%
Southern Pacific 135% 135% 136 135%
Southern Railway 32% 32% 32% 32%
Southern Railway, pfd 7414 74%
St- P aul 159 159% 158% 158%
Texas-Pacific 85% 35% 3fi% 35%
Third Avenue 14 14 14 14
Union Pacific 203% 204 208% 204
United States Rubber 63 54% 53 54
xx—Utah Copper 61 62 Vi 61 61%
United States Steel 91% 92% 91% 92%
United States Steel, pfd 125% 125% 125 125
Va.-Carolina Chemical 50% 50% 50 50
Western Union , • 7l * 18 78 78
Wabash 2121% 21 21
Wabash, pfd 57% 58 57% 57%
Westinghouse 82 % 82 % 81% 81%
Total sales, stocks 489,500. . , /'»■,), 1 •t J
Total sales, bonds, $1,934,000.
x—Ex.-div. 3 per cent. - .
xx—Ex.-div. 50c.
FINANCIAL
THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA
ORGANIZED 1866.
We cordially invito the banking business of the public, feeling
confident that our amplo resources, superior facilities and tne uni
formly courteous and liberal treatment which we accord our cus
tomers and friends, will render association with us permanently
agreeable and profitable.
Safety Lock-Boxes in cur Magnificent Vault, for
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L. C. HAYNE, PRESIDENT. CHAB. R. CLARK, CABHIER.
The National Exchange Bank
Augusta, Ga.
Capital and Surplus.. . ..... . .$540,000.00
New Accounts Solicited. ■:■)
Qld Accounts Appreciated.
All Accounts Fairly Treated.
Interest Allowed on Time Deposits.
Georgia Railroad Bank
Augusta, Georgia. h ’
This Bank Solicits the banking business ol
merchants and corporations. We pay 4 Per Cent
Interest on all deposits placed in our Savings Dent
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It Ib usually the unexpected that happens. You can never know
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