Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-13
RusINEss FAILURES.
Bradstreet's Report of Trade Embar'
rassments for the Past Week.

Bradstreet's Report of Trade Embar-
rassments for the Past Week.
There were 30 failures in the United
States reported to Bradstreet'S during the
past week, IA more than the preceding
week, less than the corresponding week
of 1882, and II more than the same week
Of 1881. About 70 per cent. of the failures
were those of small traders, whose capt.
tai was under $4,000. The important
firms reported embarrassed were John
Paret & Co., wholesale clothing, E. Langs-
dorf & Co., clothing, 5. NJ. Meyenberg Il
Co.. silk manufacturers, and John II.
Morrell. storage, New York city, The
Dover Silk Manufacturing Company Of
Paterson; George ID. Emery, mahogany,
Chelsea, Mass, Coates S Brother,
rolling mill, Baltimore, and the Bank
of Pike County, Pittsfeld, Illinois.
Compared with the preceding week
the Middle States had So, an increase
of IA; New England States %, a decrease
of s; Southern States IS, an increase of
IS: Western States 81, an increase of 1;
Pacific States and Territories 10, a de-
crease of IL; Canada and the Provinces
80. decrease of /. In the principal trades
they were as follows: General stores 90;
grOcers 81; clothing %; manufacturers
DO dry goods 10; liquors IL; shoes 10;
fancy goods =; drugs :; hotels and res
taurants 6; hardware 3; hats 5; jewelry
8; bakers and confectioners 4; furniture
4; grain, -four, etc., 4; millinery 4; pro-
duce ald provisions 8; lumber 3; books
and stariOnery3; harness 3; silk 3; leather
3: mems furnishing goods 2; tobacco and
cigars ,; bank L.
ALABAMA.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES & Smith, general
store. have assigned.
Observation-Disclosures & Moore. general store.
have failed. Liabilities, 81 800; assets. about
5000.
Florence-S. Cohen & Co., grocers, have
assigned.
assigned to E c. Miner He claims eXemp-
tions.
Mobile-sigmund vogel, clothing. assigned
on the LIST inst. to preferred local creditors,
and died on the Sd inst.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Wills. general store, is
reported to have failed, with Liabilities about
$1,000.
FLORIDA.
Jasper--James e.. Sharp, saddlery, is re-
Lake City,. 5. Snowden & Co sewing
machines, books, etc, have been protested,
and it is thought the assets would pay about
50 cents.
GEORGIA.
Atlanta-Casper d. Cheshire, grocer, has
assigned.
Bainbridge-J. r. Rabbit. general store. has
assigned with preferences for s., 800. Liabili-
ties, $4,000; assets, $1,000.
Centerville-C. Ct. Hannah. general store,
has failed and closed out.
Columbus-J. McGOugh, trading as J. Nc
Cough & Co., dry goods. has assigned, with
large preferences. Liabilities, $3.50 nOmI-
nal assets. 100000. The business has been es-
tablished since 1899.
CovingtOn-Thomas Camp, foundry and ma
chine shop has suspended. He was thought
to have done too much business for his capl-
tai, and collections being slow cramped him.
His property is heavily mortgaged, principally
to Prick & Co. to secure notes for engines he
sold for that firm, for which he gave guaran-
tee paper.
Observation-Disclosures & Newton offer 93ls
cents cash or 25 cents cash and % cents in one
year.
Macon-J. 0. Mcmillan, general store, has
failed. and a receiver has been appointed.
Thomson-WalterS ). Curtis, miller, did not
Joseph T. kendrick.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Bennettsvlle-P. B. Emanuel & Brother,
Camden-B. NJ. Smith. general store. has
failed, and confessed judgment to relatives
for $4,000, and creditors, it is said, will not
realize anything.
observation-disclosures & Brother, grOcers,
are reported to have failed; J. \. Garrison Il
Brother, grocers, have failed and sold out.
Liabilities 5000; nominal assets, 81, 500; pre-
ferences, 5000.
misunderstanding, Sons & Co., general
store, have failed Twitty q Connors, general
store, have failed; I. }. Welsh, general store,
has failed.
spartanburg-W. y. Pool, grocer, has
failed.