The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-14
FINANCIAL.

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sixty days. SASH; ninety days, 81. s05s;
francs, Paris and Havre sixty days 26:
Swiss, sixty days, 5.29s; marks, sixty
days, SO 1916.
Domestic Exchange-Steady; banks are
buying at par and selling as follows.
Amounts up to $25, 10 cents; S25 to $50 tx
cents; $50 to 500 20 cents $500 20 $500 x
per cent. premium $500 to 81 600 al 4 per
cent premium; 900 and over, 81 90 per
$1,000.
Securities-The tone of market continues
firm with Central securities In active de-
mand, at advancing prices.
Stocks and Bonds-State Bonds-Georgia
So per cent bonds Of 1880, 10 bid IN
asked; Georgia 315 per cent, due 1915 10S
bid. 1903 asked; Georgia AZ per cent
bonds 1916. 100 bid. 122 asked; Georgia 4
per cent, due 1920, ia bid. lis asked; South
Carolina as. i'll bid. 112 asked
City Bonds-Atlanta AZ per cent 1929
106 bid, - asked Augusta 31As 1928. 10its
bid, l02h asked; Augusta AIS. 1925, lO7 bid.
los asked Augusta per cent, Ill bid, 1l2
asked; Augusta per cent, Ill bid, 113
asked; Columbus per cent, 1O7 bid 108
asked; Macon per cent. JIG bid, III ask
ed; Macon 415s 1926. 1906 bid, log asked; Sa-
vannah per cent, quarterly January cou-
pons, 1lll9 bid. 1924 asked; Savannah
per cent, quarterly February coupons.
| 11lls bid, 112 asked; Charleston 49, 100 bid,
| 1929 asked.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah. Florida and
Western Railroad general mortgage bonds,
| 6 per cent. interest coupons 1fS bid ia
asked; Savannah, Florida and Western
| first mortgage per cent. gold bonds, due
1924, 40 bid, Ill asked; Central Railroad
| and Banking Company, collateral IS, 81
! bid, 80 asked Central OF Georgia Railroad
| first mortgage IS, 50-year gold bolds. lit
bid, lis asked; Central OF Georgia Railway
| first consolidated mortgage IS 90 bid 81
alFal ont Of u.
preferred incomes, AZ bid, 43 asked;
Central OF Georgia Railway second pre-
| ferred Incomes IA bid, Is asked; Central
Of Georgia Railway third preferred in
comes, so bid, 6l5 asked; Georgia Railroad
| Is, 1910, ll5 bid, III asked; Charlotte, Co
! lumbia and Augusta first S. 1O6 bid, 1917
| asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
second mortgage Is, III bid, 11s asked;
| Georgia Southern and Florida new Is, l09ls
| bid, 40 asked; South Georgia and Florida
| first mortgage Is, 100 bid, l01 asked; South
| Georgia and Florida second mortgage rs,
| 100 bid 101 asked; Ocean Steamship per
cent bonds 1926, 105 bid, 1O6 asked city
and Suburban Railroad first mortgage
| per cent. bonds, 100 bid, 1902 asked; Ala
| bama Midland per cent, Endorsed, 90 bid,
| "a asked; Brunswick and Western As, 70
| bid IS asked; South Bound Railway IS,
| 81 bid, 30 asked; Georgia and Alabama
| first preferred IS, 1903 bid. 104 asked; Geor-
gia and Alabama cons. IS, 1914 bid, 100
| asked: Eatonton branch "a bid, IS asked;
Central of Georgia. Middle Georgia and
Atlantic division IS. 931A bid, Sii4 asked.
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and SaVan-
nah, 1913 bid, 10i asked Southwestern,
103lb bid, l041a asked: Atlanta and West
Point stock, 10 bid, 112 asked; Atlanta and
West Point 6 per cent. certificates. 10i
| bid, 1O5 asked; Georgia common, 1876 bid,
| 1893 asked.
Gas stocks-savannah Gas Light stock.
| "a bid 25 asked; Electric Light and
Power Company, G5 la. II asked.
| Bank Stocks Etc.-Citizens Bank 110A
bid, III asked; Chatham Bank, AZ bid.
IS asked. Germania Bank. 10Y bid, lila
asked; National Bank OF Savannah, l26
bid, 127 asked; Merchants National Bank.
s31b bid, 8i1a asked Oglethorpe Savings and
Trust Company, 1O2 bid. 1913 asked; ex-div-
| Southern Bank Of the Stale of Georgia, 1870
bid, 1871 asked; Savannah Bank and Trust
Company, 1051a bid, 1861 asked; Chatham
! Real Estate and Improvement Company,
| A, 55iA bid, Sc asked; b, IS bid. 551a asked;
Peoples Savings and Loan Company, SO
| bid, "a asked.
Factory Bonds--Augusta Factory, 105
| bid. 100 asked; Sbley Manufacturing Com
pany Is, 100 bid, l02 asked; Eagle and Phe-
nix Mills 6 per cent. bonds, due 1923, 1Ol1a
| bid, 1913 asked.
! Factory Stocks-Augusta Factory, 55
o.
| AS asked; Langley Factory 100 bid, 10i
! asked; Enterprise Factory, common, 80
| bid, "a asked j. II. King Manufacturing
| Company, 100 bid, 10l asked; Sibiey Manu-
| featuring Company, 70 bid, rs asked; Sa-
vannah Brewing Company, 10l bid, 1903
| asked
New York, Dec. 13.-Money on call was
| steady at 2AQ21A per cent; the last loan
was at "a per cent.Prime mercantile paper,
| 3A6l4 per cent Sterling exchange firmer,
| with actual business in bankers bills at
| "a. 84IA6l4 841z for demand, and al 81. SlAlo
4s2 for sixty days; posted rates, $4.S2lA@
| 4S5Ik Commercial bills, $i.S02. Silver
certificates, 591za6Olkc. Bar silver, 599sc.
Mexican dollars, 4634c. Government bonds
were strong; state bonds were strong;
railroad bonds were strong
New York, Dec. 13.-The stock market
was irregular during the process Of digest
ing large realizing. sales dufing the cur
| rent movement; the prominent issues clos
| ing at about the lowest.
The market encountered efforts on the
part Of sold-out bulls TO depress values.
! and was largely affected by the demon
| allzation IN Sugar. The stock, which was
! carly supported and gained a point subse-
| quently declined points on reported de-
morailzaton in the sugar trade. Suisse
| quenty in the day stocks became quite ae-
| live. but Sales particularly in the stand
! ara stocks were wen taken on actual in
vestment and scmi-investment purchases
and covering OF short contracts. Rallies en-
] sued particularly among the early suf-
ferers and around delivery however gains
were considerable. The Alchison issues re-
Gently brought TO the front by prominent
interests we're sustaining features The
vuluerability of Sugar was largely re-
spons.ble for the extreme irreguariiy OF
the market. The traders hammered this
specially industriousiy and uncovered
round amounts Of stop loss orders. Con-
siderable support was extended 90 the gem
eral market throughout ard pool buying
was Instrumental IN hfIng into promi-
nonce some OF tne low priced stocks which
had not as yot moved IN proportion 10 the
rest Of the Est
This was especially true Of Texas ard
Kansas Pacific The current earnings OF
the Southwestern groups have begun 20
show gains over last year through the