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The age-herald., 1900-12-12
VOTING COUPON.
REGISTERS NOTICE.

The State of Alabama, Jefferson County
 In re Elyton Land Company, Thomas
 Davidson and Others, vs. Lewis c. Nor
 ris, Administrator, ct als-In Chancery
 at Birmingham, Alabama, Fifth Dis
 trict Northwestern Chancery Division
 of Alabama.
 In this cause it being made to appear to the register by affidavit of Alex T. Lon don,, agent of petitioners, that the defen- dants Charles B. Wallace, Jr., M. A. Hill man. Sallie w. Gray, w. H. Ruffner, E. R. Brumby, trustee for Mrs. Mary Brumby, New York Security and Trust Company, committee of Marion BoZeman, Charles B. Wallace, trustee for Margaret R. Wallace. Charles B. Wallace, trustee for c. Wal lace fourth, and James Hillman are non- residents of Alabama, and that Charles B. Wallace, Jr., resides in Athens, in the State of Georgia, M A. Hillman resides in Franklin in the State of Tennessee, Sallie W. Gray resides in Lexington, in the State of Virginia w. H. Ruffner resides in Lex ington, in the State of Virginia, E. R. Brumby, trustee for Mrs Mary Brumby. resides in Athens, in the State of Georgia, New York Security and Trust Company, committee of Marion Bozeman, is a foreign corporation, with its principal office and place of business in the city of New York, in the State of New York, Charles B. Wal lace, trustee for Margaret R. Wallace, re- sides in Cartersville, in the State of Geor- gla, CnarleS B. WaIace, trustee TOT C Wallace fourth, resides in Athens in the State of Georgia. and James Hillman, resi- dence is unknown and further that, in the belief of said affiant, the defendants are of the age of twenty-one years, it is therefore ordered by the register that publication be made in the Age-Herald, newspaper pub lished in the city of Birmingham, Alabama, once a week for four consecutive weeks, requiring the said Charles B. Wallace, Jr., M. A. Hilman, Sallie w. Gray, w. H. Ruff ner, B. R. Brumby trustee for Mrs Mary Brumby New York Security and Trust Company, committee for Marion BozemaD, Charles B. Wallace trustee for Margaret R. Wallace, Charles B. Wallace trustee for C. Wallace fourth, and James Hilman to answer or demur to the bill of complaint in this cause by the 9th day of January 1901, or in thirty days thereafter decree pro confesso may be taken against them.
 Done at office in Birmingham, Alabama, this 3rd day of December. 1900.
 12-4-4t-tues w. c. GARRETT, Register.
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MONTEvALLO COAL
 & RAIL way COMP ANY
DoGWooD, ALABAMA,

Offers for sale $1oo,ooo of it's treas ury stock at par, and guarantees PER CENT. DIVIDENDS, paid quarterly, on all stock. The money for all stock sold is to be immediately applied in purchas- ing machinery to hoist 2ooo tons Monte. vaIlo coal daily at $500, $6ooo. Daily ex- penses to mine 2ooo tons, $2ooo. Daily profit, $4ooo. Yearly profit, $1,2oo,ooo This company has pad-in capital stock of $75,ooo, and no mortgages or leins on any of this property. Orders for 10000 tons coal refused this season on account of small output. There are 49 seams of coal on our lands, known as THE COAL BASIN. Some of these seams are to 9La feet thick, and include every seam in tht coal fields. These lands were tested by JOSEPH SQUIRE, STATE BIOLOGIST, who assited in making map of the Alabama Coal Fields in connection with PROF. EUGENE ALLEN SMITH, STATE GE- OLOGIST. In the celebrated MONTE. VALID COAL BASIN Hon. w. F. AId- rich made not less than One Million Dollars. Our Company won the diploma and bronze medal at THE STATE FAIR. BIRMINGHAM, ALA, in 1899, for the highest grade coal in the Alabama Coal Fields.
 c. w. CARY, 3 Financial Agent, MontevaIIo. Ala.
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Live Stock Market,

Chicago, December 1.-Cattle - Receipts 6000, including 800 Texans; market steady to slow; butchers stock steady and fairly active; Texans are slow; natives, best on sale, $6.25, good to prime steers $5. .35q6.25, poor to medium $4.10Q5.30, selected feeders s. .25@4. 9, mixed stockers $2.25Q3.65, cows S2. 60GD4. b, canners slow to 10c lower at 2.OO0D2 5O, bulls steady at $2.50Gt4.25 calves steady at $3 3.5OG5. .35. Texans-Receipts 800; best on sale today one car load at $4.25, Texas fed steers $4.0O@4S0, Texas grass steers 8. .25@4. %, Texas bulls $25043. 25
 Hogs-Receipts today 4O,O0O, estimated for tomorrow 40,000, left over $500; market 5GD 10c lower; top price 800; mixed and butch CTS $4. .65Gd5 GO, good to choice heavy $4700 5OO, rough heavy $4.55@4.65, light A.65@ 4971s bulk of sales $4 .S0Q4. 921a.
 Sheep-Receipts 14,0O0; market active to 1Oc higher; lambs 10a15c higher; good to choice wethers $4.10Q4.4 40, fair to choice mixed SS. S5GD4.10, western heep %0OQ4 40, Texas sheep $2 .5OQ3. .6O, native lambs $4.O0@ 5.75, westsern lambs $5.0Oa5.6 .65.
 Cincinnati, December n.-Hogs active and strong, $3. .7505. %. Cattle steady, $2 .25Go56O Sheep steady, $1.75QS.75; lambs steady at 3.5045. .25.
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Bonds.
Financial

New York, December 11.-Commercial Ad- yertiser's London financial cablegram
 The markets here were ather more active today, and there was a better tendency, al- though there Is beginning to be talk of more government borrowing for the Trans vaal expenditures, which arc so excessive that they cannot be covered by temporary expedients, but demand a big issue of con- sols. This, however, is simply popular sur- mise. Americans formed an excellent mar ket, the London contingent buying steadi- ly, while New York strongly supported the market. Fries continued to lead, the Mor- gans buying freely. The general rate was 5 per cent. Northern Pacifics and St. Paul were scarce. The general open position is small, allowing to recent profit taking. An- acondas rallied. With Americans. notwitE- standing a reported fire. Money rates were unchanged, although tending to be harder on break in American exchange. The bank rate was freely discussed, but the best au- thoritiss regard rise as highly improbable this month Silver was firm on French tender for 31,00o kilos. The bank lost f23,000 gold to France. India dispatched half mill ion gold to meet recent silver purchases
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Murphy 6 oompany's Stock Letter.

New York, December 11.-London stocks this morning were fractionally above our parity. This caused somewhat better feel ing on this side Values here were ad- vanced throughout the entire list. Sugar, while not active, scored a gain of about one per cent, while Ice rallied over two per cent. As a rule all the steel stocks were higher. The report that steel wire would pay a dividend shortly caused a much bet ter feeling in his closing of stocks South ern preferred and Northern Pacific were very strong small transactions, closing at the top The local traction stocks were also steady. There was some slight realiz- ing on the close but values held up, with indications for higher prices tomorrow.
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Cotton Letter.

Fairchild and Hobson's Cotton Letter ~ H. D. Cothran and Company.
 New Orleans, December u.-Liver->cSl was somewhat better than was eXp@ ,ted aftr the bureau of yesterday and the sharp decline of our market, with this od in- fuence our market opened about a point over previous closing. The improvement however was only momentary. Liquidat- ing sales were in order, with some short selling and the demand proved quite in- adequate to absorb the offerings except In the early hour March contracts sold as low as 8.S5 from which point a recovery took place reacting some nine or ten points. closing with most of the recovery main- tained. Much will depend in the near fu- ture, we think, on the crop movement If 1t should tend to confirm the< government report the market will likely go somewhat lower, but on any considerable decline we think the market will do to buy The opinion still prevails in we'll informed cir cles that the Bureau estimate Is very ex treme in forecasting a crop of 1O. 100 000 bales. Yet even if such a crop is actually the result, we believe it is none too much for the worlds requireemnts upon. the basis of a fairly good price. With continu- ed good trade such a crop will leave no accumulation of stocks at the close If the market declines Ac still further 1t will afford better basis for an ultimate ard healthy advance than we have recently had.
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Liverpool Cotton Market.

Liverpool, Dec 11.-4 p. m.-Cotton: Spot. quiet; prices 1sd lower American middling, fair, 25-32d; good midding, 15-32d; mid ding, 5ssd; low middng, 3-16d; good ordi- nary, 15-16d; ordinary, 11-16d.
 The sales of, the day were 1000 bales, of which 300 were>for speculation and export, and included 660O American. Receipts, 27- GOO bales including 25,10O American. Flu lures opened quiet and closed easy. Amer ican middling, L. M. C.: December, 5.13D 5.14 value; December-January, 5.104511 buy CTS; January February, 5.094510 buyers; FebruaryM 506 buyers; March-April, 5.04 buyers; April-May, 5.02 buyers; May June, 500 sellers; June-July, 461@462 buy CTS; July-August, 459 buyers; August-Sep- tember, 447.
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Was Urgent Demand Through
 out the List
MOTIVE WAS MYSTERIOUS
Anthracite Group Was 6uoyant Due to Circumstances = Money Market Continues ThreatenIng-Steel
 Group Sold Off at Close.

New York, December 1.-The demand for stocks today was so large, so urgent and so widely distributed as to suggest re- currence of the bu1iish enthusiasm of the period immediately following he election. The motive of this buying and the strength of the whole market were somewhat mys- terious.
 The anthracite group had its own partic- ular strength in the circumstantial asser- tions of the passing control of the Penn sylvania Coal Company to the Erie Rail- road and the consequent Illustration of the plan of the new railroad from the coal re- gions to tide water to satisfy the ideas of the independent operators regarding trans portation rates. Threatened construction of this road has long been a bugbear to the anthracite companies, and the adjust ment of anthracite affairs involved in the abandonment of this plan would be of great importance as was plainly shown by the buoyancy of all the stocks in the group. No authoritative confirmation could be had of the report current, but the record of the tape was strongly confrmatory. New Jersey Central was an early exception to the strength of the group, but recovered later
 The money market continued threatening so that the suspicious is aroused that to- days buying is for the account of finan- cial interests which are independent of the ordinary sources of the money market.
 The London money market was not af- fected today by yesterdays sharp decline in the sterling exchange here, and exchange rates fell a further fraction This may foreshadoW acquisence in the New York demand for gold. The shipment from h. dia to London of S2,50O,000 in gold in pay ment for silver may be intercepted and di- verted to the New York market, as was done with the last similar shipments But its~arrival in New York would be too re- mote to affect the present situation even if it was ascertained. Whatever the mo- tive, the strength in stocks was we'll main- tained to the close, except in the steel group
 The bond market was irregular. Total sales, par value, $4,O45,000. United States preferred 2s coupon advanced Is per cent on the last call.
 New York, December 11.-Money on call firm d 41zGD6 per cent; last loan 41s. Prime mercantile paper 41aQ5 per cent. Sterling exchange weak, then steadier, with actual business Gn bankers bills at s4.S43s04. .S4f for demand and $4.SOB for 60 days; posted rates Si.S11a@4S2 and $4.8513@4,S6. Commer- cial bills $4 .SO@4. .S01s. Silver certificates 64@ 65; bar silver 64%. Mexican dollars 50A
 Government bonds firm; state inactive; railroad irregular.
 New York Stock Market.
 (By Private Wire 10 Murphy 6 Col
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Daily Statement.

Galveston-Nominal; middIing 91a; receipts S,125; stock 217,214
 Mobile-Nominal; middling SIS; receipts 31S4; stock 26,319
 Savannah-Easy; middling 9A; receipts 6737; stock 131 .2S1.
 Charleston-Nominal; middling 9A; re- ceipts coo; stock 17,212.
 Wilmington-Firm; middHng 92s; receipts 527; stock 17,742. Norfolk-Nominal; middling 93s; receipts S010; stock S7,6l3
 BaItimore-Nominal; middling 97s; receipts 703; stock SIP.
 Boston-Quiet middling 9B receipts, net, 2062; gross 12,190
 Philadelphia-Quiet; middling 10; receipts 63 stock 4537.
 St. Louis-Quiet; midding 95s receipts 10,162; stock 67, ,919.
 Memrlhis-Cotton dull: middng 911-16: receipts 4679; shipments 25S2 sales 125; stock 13l 526
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Suuar and Coffee

New York, December 11.-Coffee futures opened steady at a decline of five points and further declined five points under local liquidation and foreign selling in keeping with lower cables, heavy receipts of 11,0OO,- 900 to n,5OO0OO bags estimated for both growing crops, and an entire absence of speculation and support. The market closed steady at a net loss of five to ten points. Total sales 17,500 bags, including January S. .O6; March $6 05Gp6. 10; May $6. .15@620; July s6 25; September $6.SO; October $635. Spot Rio barely setady, No invoice 71sc; Cor dova 96@131ac.
 Sugar-Raw steady; refined quiet.
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Notice.

Birmlngnam, Ala. Dec. ', l9O0. meeting of the stockholders of the Ber- ney National Bank will be held at its bank ing house in Birmingham Ala. al 12 m. on Tuesday, January s, 1901, for the election of directors for the ensuing year. and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. At this meeting the stockholders will be asked to amend the articles of incorporation so as to reduce the number of directors to such number as they may deem proper, not less than five.
 w. W. CRAWFORD,
 12-S-1mo. Cashier.
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 Present Position.
WORK FOR ONE OF THE TEN FREE
 SCHOLARSHIPS

in The International Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Pa., to be given by the AGE-HERALD to the ten persons re- ceiving the most votes by December 15. 1900
 TEN FREE SCHOLARSHIPS. l. Mechanical Engineering.
 g. Electrical Engineering, including com
 plete Electrical Outfit.
 8. Architecture.
 4. Civil Engineering.
 5. Sanitary Plumbing, Heating and Ven
 tilation.
 6 Chemistry.
 z. Commercial Branches.
 8. Mechanical Drawing, including com-
 plete Drafting Outfit.
 g. Architectural Drawing, including eom-
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 plete Designing Outfit. If you receive the most votes you will have the first choice of the Scholarships. If the next largest, the second choice. If the third largest, the third choice; and so on until ten persons have chosen ten Scholarships.
 Each Scholarship will qualify you for actual work in a profession, the same as if you went away to college. Over 100000 men and women have enrolled III luS5S 0CIOOlS anu DG6H D6u6uleu Dy Inelr Courses of study.
 HOW TO VOTE. Cut out the attached Voting Coupon, and mail or bring 1t to the business office of the AGE-HERALD.
 Each Coupon must bear the name of the person for whom you wish to vote The records of the competitors will be shown in each Sunday issue of the AGE- HERALD, and votes will be received until midnight on December Is. 1900.
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DR. Y. E, HOLLOWAY,
 Physician and Surgeon.

Young physiciano and the lesser lights of the medical pro- fession, probably for the want of other practice, try to ere ate the impression that they are expert in the treatment or priva e diseases. They delight in tell ing people that doc tors who advertise are uuacks and im-
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Texie cigars! Texie cigars !!

Go where the crowd goes, to Dunker's Saloon, 2O8 and 21O North 20th Street, between 2d and 3d avenues.
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Metal Market.

New York, December 11.-Tin weak at $27. .500$2S. .0O; spelter quiet and steady, nom inally unchanged prices; lead dull and nominally quoted at $4.37h; lake copper easy at $1700; pig iron warrants firm at $15. .00
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Chicago Change.

Chicago, December 11.-Wheat was mod erately active and firm on better export demand decreace in the worlds visible and smaller northwest receipts, May clos ing 1aD5sc over yesterday. Corn closed O shade to 1sc higher and oats unchanged. Provisions at the close were 5Q10c lower.
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Treasury Statement.

Washington December 1.-The statement of the treasury balances in the general fund, exclusive of the $15O00O,O0O gold re- serve in the division of redemption, shows available cash balance $l37, ,996, ,061; gold $9S,- 961 0SS.
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COTTON, STOCKS AND GRAIN.

All purchases end sales are made dlrec, m the Exchange for which the oruer is given. W. Lee & Co.,; Purnell, Hagaman X. Co New York; Fairchild & Hobson, New or. Ieans; Ware & Leland. Chicago.
 References-First National Bank of Bir- mingham; First National Bank of Rome. Ga
 TELEPHONE No. 1145.
 Special attention given to orders oyer telephone and orders sent from out of the city.
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SPECIAL LOW RATES VIA

Union Pacific Railroad to all leading west
 ern points September IS. October and 16. For particulars address J. F. Aglar, Gen. era! Agent, St. Louis. 9-12-2m-wed
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COTTON SCORES Il ANOTHER DECLINE Sold Off IT to 26 Points After a
 Firm Opening GENERAL TREND WAS WEAK Heavy Momement and Apparent Weak5 ness of Southern Spots Gave an Impetus to Downward Course.
 The Close Was Steady.
GENERAL TREND WAS WEAK

New York, December Il. = The cotton market opened at an advance of 4Q7 points and momentarily ruled firm on loss of break at Liverpool that had been expected. Soon after the opening call, however, there was an easier feeling under renewed sell came quite general and the market sold off 11926 points from the top prices, after which there was a feeble rally on covering and profit taking. The general trend of the to the heavy movement at all points in the South, while the Southern spot markets showed signs of giving way and private ca- ble accounts indicated lack of speculative support in England and on the continent
 The general weakness was increased by active liquidation on certain New Orleans accounts. Not only Is the current move ment heavy, but all indications point to continued large receipts. The market closed steady, unchanged to points lower.
 New York, December 1-Cotton quiet; middling sac, net receipts S233, gross 11,5S9, sales 4075, stock 61,4S2.
 Total today: Net receipts 7,9O3, exports to Great Britain 11,99S, to the continent 9S01, stock S66, 639.
 Consolidated statement: Net receipts 16f,- 175, exports to Great Britain 73,116, France 76l6 to the continent 24, ,93S.
 Total since September 1: Net receipts B. Sl9,O9S, exports to Great Britain 1,431 ,3I7, To France 311 ,460, to the continent 9I1,3i9
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Dry Good

New York, Dec 11.-Business was dull in all departments of the dry goods market today. The drop in cotton caused buyers to act more conservatively. The market is easier in brown drills and wide print cloth fabrics. Bleached cottons sell in small quantities at previous prices. Coarse col ored cottons unchanged. Prints steady, but quiet Ginghams firm
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cles IOpened i HighestI Lowest Closing

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour quiet and easy. No. spring wheat 69Q72c, No. red 71ssQ7414c. No. corn 36%c, No. yellow corn 36%c. No. 2 oats 2294c, Nc. 2 white 2524@26c, No. white 4h6l25s4e. No 9 rye 496D5Oc. Fair to choice maltirg' barley 50a59c Prime timothy seed $4. .4O Mess pork per barrel $11 .5O@11. 621a. Lard per 100 pounds $7 .124@7.2O. Short clear sides, loose, $625Q 6.5O. Dry salted shoulders, boxed, 57s@61sc. Short clear sides, boxed, SC. .65@6 75. Sugar Cut loaf 6.22, granulated 5.70, confectioners A 5.55, off A $40. Clover, contract grade, s1O. .O0@1O25.
 On the Produce Exchange today the but ter market was quiet; creamery 15@24c, dai- " 13d171ac Cheese active, 10AQ11Rc. Eggs quiet: fresh 26c
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tsBE0 FOUR"

SOUTHWESTERN LIMITED" between Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland. Buffalo, New York and Boston. "NEW YORK AND BOSTON MORNING
 SPECIAL between Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland. Buffalo, New York and Boston. "NEw YORK AND BOSTON LIMITED~ between Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, Cleveland, Buffalo, New York and Boston,
 NIGHT EXPRESS" between Cincinnati, Columbus and CIcyes land. Best line to Indianapolis and Chi. cago.
 S. J. GATES, General Agent, Louisville, Ky. I W. J. LYNCH, VIM P DEPPE G. P. & T. A., Asst G. F. A.
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New Orleans Cotton Market.

New Orleans, December 11.-Cotton unset tied; sales 1l50; ordinary 11-16; good or dinary 5-16 low mddling 15-16; midding 5-16 good middlng 9-16; middling fair 97s; receipts 9104; stock 320,S22. '.
 Consolidated statement: Receipts, net, 167, 175; exports to Great Britain 73,116; to France 76l6; to the continent 2l,93S; stock. SGG,639
 New Orleans, December u-Cotton fu- lures quiet; December 9.01 bid; January S.95GS.96 February S.94GS.96; March S.93@a SEA; April .94; May S.92qS93; June. S.910lS. .93; July S.90ilS. .9l.
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Birmineham City Bonds.
Fruit and Produce.

Fruit and Produce. Butter-white clover. pound prints. 27c; Elgin (standard), 23c; best creamery, 25c; Mississippi best grade. 23c; good country, 2Oc: mixed country, 13015c.
 Irish potatoes, roc per bushel. Sweet potatoes. white. $1.50; yellow yams $175@2
 Apples, s2. .751S 50 per barrel. Bananas-Culs, Soc@$l; straights a.75@2 per bunch.
 Lemons s2. 25@5.
 Oranges, B. 15lD3. g.
 Poultry-sest frlers COG: medium, 16c; hens, 25d3Oc; ducks, Pelxin, 3O@S5c; puddle, 15G20c: turkers on foot, Sc; drawn, head and feet off, 12hc.
 Eggs Cold storage, 200; fresh, 221kc. Onions. 214621kc per pound Cabbage 1Ac per pound.
 Rutabas 1GtHc per pound. Lima beens 7ifGt5c per pound. White peas, :2.25 per Dushel. Dried apples, S1AQ5c per pound.
 Local Staple Groceries. F,cur-Best patent, $4 65; Tennessee pat ent, si.25; half patent. s3.75. sugar-G:anuleted, 57sc; Y. C., 5c. coree-Green, i2Gpl31ac; Arbuckle's pack ages, sl2.3O; Lion packages, s11.SO. Cbeese-New York full cream, 13kc. Lard, SlA basis. Meats-Clear rib sides, TIC; bacon bellies. oc. dry salted bellies, Sc; best hams 11Mo; four X hams. 1O1ac; California hams. Sc: breakfast bacon, 111sc Molasses-CentrifugaL f5n35c; sugar house, 20035c; Georgia cane. 37Rc. Rice-41ac: fancy. 7c.
 Corn, mixed, Sic; white, 57c. Meal-Jim Dandy, soc; Joe Darter, Sec Hay-Choice timothy, $1s5o; No. l, $1Z5O: clover mixed, s16.50; prairie. $11.50. Oats-Mixed 34c; white, 36c. Bran-Mixed. s17.Oo; pure wheat, s1S5o. Cotton seed meal. S23 %.
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\. D. COTHRAN & 60,

Members of Chicago Board Of Trade and New Orleans Cotton Exchange. Rooms ] and 9 Alabama National Bank
 Building. Private leased wires to New York, New Nrlan ms and Chicago.
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Try a Texie for a good smoke
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New York Cotton Futures By Private Wire to H. D. Cothran & Co.
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New York Stock Market. (By Private Wire 10 Murphy 6 Col
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in The InternationaI Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Pa., to be given by the HERALD to the ten persons re- ceiving the most votes by December 15. 1900
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Ala. Great Southern R. R

Shortest anu quickest line to Cincinnati, Louisville and the North; also to Shreye2 port, New Orleans, Texas and all points southwest.
 Schedule in effect December g. 1900