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VIII not only save you distressing pain
and valuable time but will cost you less
money. There is also satisfaction IN
knowing that the very best possible
treatment is being giver to you by
competent physician who has experience
In such matters and is capable of curing
you in the quickest ana most perfect
manner possible. I have treated private
diseases as a speciality for the past M
teen yearE in the city of Birmingham. and
l en- therefore known to great many
But If you are not acquainted with me. l
refer you, with permission. to First Ma
tional Bsnk Alabama National Bank
Jefferson County Savings Bank and
Steiner Bros bankers, as TO my respon-
sibility for my contracts. cure many pa
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prices and terms.
do not use large advertisements and
false statements to attract patients
which merit has failed to secure. II you
fail to be cured by such methods. give
me a call and get we'll.
Address DR.. Y. e. Holloway, 1S01h Sec
ond avenue. Birmingham. Ala
Office Second avenue and Eighteenth
opposite postoffice.
Office Hours: $3.50 a. m. to $50 p m
Sunday 10 a. m. to IL m.
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COTTON OPENED
BARELY STEADY
Prices Were Unchanged to Two
Points Lower
HOT WEATHER PREDICTIONS
Friday Was Fairly Active for a Half
Holiday, With Professional OPP
Grating Composing the Bulk
of Business Done.
HOT WEATHER PREDICTIONS

New York, June 2s.-The cotton market
opened barely steady in tone with prices
unchanged to !. points lower, this being
better than expected in view Of further
rain reports from the southwest and
government predictions for continued
wet weather over the belt west of the
Mississippi. Following the 1all there was
q steady Improvement In the ruling OF
prices on demand from shorts who were
infiuer. led by claims that some sections
of Texas had insufficient rains, and that
the crop in districts of Louisiana and
Alabama was suffering from moisture;
receipts were light the statistical state
ments were bullish and there seemed to
be no doubt but that the room was con-
siderably short. A report that next week 5
government statement of the condition OF
the crop for the month would show a
greater deterioration during the past
four weeks than has heretofore been
reclSoned with exerted stimulating eff
feet upon the shorts. Nevertheless, the
market had little public speculative sup
port and Wall Street bear interests APP
peared to be as liberal sellers as here
tofore. On the advance after the call
July reached 8.6S and August S.24 Trad
ing was fairly active for a Saturday s
half-holiday with professional operations
comprising the bulk of the business done.
New York, June 8.-Cotton easy; mid
ding 9h; net receipts 1853; gross receipts
ZIG; sales 213; stock 1878 Exports con-
tinent 800.
Total today and consolidated: Net re-
ceipts 1854 exports Great Britain $50; con-
tinent 300; stock $4,000
Total since September /: Net receipts
1,47S,530; exports Great Britain 2,969,1S0;
France 1898; continent 2,6640S4
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Cotton Ceed OIL.

New Orleans, June 2S.-Cottonseed pro-
ducts: Prime refined oil in barrels 43;
off refined 42c; prime crude. loose, 36c.
Memphis, June 2s.-Cotton seed oil, car
load lots per gallon: Prime crude NOM
inal; off crude S31h934c; choice cooking
summer yellow. less than car load lots
per gallon nominal Meal and cake prime
81. rs; off nominal.
New York, June 2S-Cotton seed oil
steady; prime crude nominal: crude yell
low Acc. Petroleum steady; refined New
York TAO: Philadelphia and Baltimore 1856;
Baltimore in bulk 4S0. Rosin steady.
strained common to good 1.55@1.57h. Tur-
pentine dull 4S@4811.
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Fruit and Produce.

Butter-Best Llgin &c, Mississippi, best
grade, &c. Mississippi, second grade. zoe;
good country, 15420c; Cooking. 121zc.
Apples-Per barrel. s595.25.
Peaches-Per crate 75cqs1.75.
Plums-$l. 25Ql50
Pears-Per crate, 81.
Irish Potatoes-Per bushel. s1.00, new
potatoes, $500.
Tomatoes-Per crate, Florida, 75c@S1. 90;
south Alabama, 40950c; Mississippi CSC.
Squash-Per crate, s1.00.
Beans-Per bushel S1.0Oq1.25.
bananas. Per Bunch culis. &c;
straights. 81 .25QD1.5o.
Eggs-Fresh. per dozen. 15c.
Lemons-Per box, $400Q4.50.
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Dailv Staten ent.

Galvesron-Steady; middling 8 1916, re-
oeipts II, stock g. 625.
Mobile-Nominal; middling 81, stock
1877.
Savannah-Easy; middling Oils, re-
ceipts 1913, stock 1900
Charleston-Quiet; middling 81, stock
1888.
Wilmir gton-Firm middling g. receipts
1923, stock 1919.
Norfolk-Quiet; n1iddling s1s, sales 60,
receipts 2S3, stock 14,064.
Baltimore-Nominal; middling 81, stock
4428
Boston-Quiet; middling ~, net receipts
26, gross receipts 255
PhilaGelphia-Quiet; middling 9h, stock
2S65.
st. Louis-Ste lady; middting 1916, sales
80, receipts g. stock 21,156.
Memphis-Quiet; middling S4s. sales 80,
receipts pa. shipments 676, stock IL, 523.
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202s First Avenue.
clearlnos and Exchanues.

Boston. June 2S.-Clearings $1ss42.oni
balances $1.195010.
New York, June 2S.-Exchanges 1888, 5lS,-
81; balances SIS. III. $685.
Baltimore, June 2S.-Clearings S416S, Al;
balances $685. III.
New Orleans, June 2S-Clearings 81,
S57. New York exchange 81 per 500 d.
count Commercial 75c per 500 discount
Memphis, June 2s.-Clearings $500, $40;
balances $50, 527.
Cincinnati, June 2S.-Money 31s46 pei
cent New York exchange 15Q2oc pre-
MUM. Clearings 81, 467, 800.
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The Coffee Market.

New York. June 2.-Coffee, spot Rio
quiet; No. Z invoice 5h mild quiet; Cor
dova S@11h.
Futures opened steady SOLO points
higher, following in the lead of Eu-
ropean markets, which displayed inher-
ent strength. Speculation was chiefly of
a local character with the shorts the
leading buyers; Brazilian receipts were
hardly up to expectations and the bull
clique supported the late months; there
was very little change after the opening.
The market close quiet 5@10 net higher
Total sales 12.2a0 bags. June 4.05; July
4s5; August 500; September 6.0OQ5 .O5;
November $40; December $50; May
8, coat. 65
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L. & N. FIRST

Excursion Birmingham to
Nashville and Return.
Excursion Birmingham to
Nashville and return, Satur-
day, 8 p. M, June 28th. Fare
for round trip $500. For
tickets call on Jack w. John
son, ticket agent, union de-
pot. Good to return June
3Oth.
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Murphy G. Co.'s Stock Letter.

New York, June 2S-The market was
extremely duh today and transactions
had little more than trading significance.
The tone, however. was decidedly firm
and the railroad list ruled fractionaIly
higher than yesterdays close, in most
instances fluctuations and net changes
were less than l per cent. A prominent
exception was Southern preferred, which
made a maximum advance of 3h per
cent and retained most of the gain. Com
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TO CINCINNATI.

Queen & Crescent Route
"a. G. s. solid trains, vesti-
buled, with elegant service.
All meals a la carte. Finest
track and equipment in the
South. A. B. Freeman, T. p.
A., Birmingham.
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Chicago 'Change.

Chicago June 28.-Wet weather again
caused fair upturns in grains today, but
the absence of any liberal outside busi-
ness and cleaning up trades over Sunday
restricted grains to some extent. Sep
TENDER wheat closed Ac higher, July
corn 1c higher, September corn 3sq1Ac
up, July oats 1Q1sc higher and Septem-
Der oats asQ1kc higher. Provisions closed
unchanged to 21hc higher.
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claliat

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ly all Nervous,
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Genito - Urinary
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Complaints a n d
Delicate Disorders
of Men and Wom-
en-. Nearly all ope-
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character d 0 n Q
WITHOUT PAIN
70 the patienf
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Washington, June 2S.-Today's state
ment of the treasury balances In the gen
eral fund exclusive of the gold reserve
show: Available cash balances s206, 1851
01S; gold $1o2165,117.
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Mrs. Wlnslow,s Soothing syrun.

the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold
by druggists in every part of the world.
Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup" and take no other kind.
Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS
by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their
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The Metal Market.

New York, June 2S.-Metals were all
quiet Tin closed the week at 2S@2sA for
spot and copper closed Standard spot
to August 11.371k to 1.s21s; lake spot
II .s7l1 to 1925; electrolytic II 90@12 .0s;
casting IL .S5q12.Oo. Lead was steady AZ.
Spelter dull cents. Iron steady unchang-
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CATION, STOCKS AND GRAIN,

All purchases and sales are made direct
on the exchange for which the order is
given.
w Lee g. Co., Purnell, Hagaman e -
New York; Fairchild & Hobson, New a..
leans; Ware & Leland. Chicago.
! Reference-Ffrst National Bank or M.
kningham, First National Bank of b.
TELEPHONE NO. LIS.
Special attention given to orders over
Telephone and orders sent from out of the
fWy.
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DR., Y. 2. HOLLOWAY,
Physician and Surgeon.

Three-fourths 1f
the persons vino
come to me to get
cured of Syphilis.
Gonorrhoea, elect.
Structure, L o s t
Manhood and other
private diseases
have tried to get
well by using 9TH
er means. Why not
come as soon as
you find that you
are afflicted? It
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New Orleans Market.

New Orleans, June 2S-Spot' cotton was
unusually quiet. The sales were only
three hundred bales including one hun
dred to arrive. Quotations unchanged.
Futures at the first call were 1 to 3
points lower, but unfavorable weather
reports and liberal buying by the buh
element gradually worked prices up to
about yesterdays closing figures. After
slight fluctuations the market closed net
even to 1 point above Fridays close.
New Orleans, June 28.-Cotton futures
steady. June $3.50 bid; July S9OQS.92; Au-
gust S.a4Q0S.35 September 7S5; October
7.63Q764; November 754Q755; December
754Q7 .55; January 7.55Gl7.56
New Orleans, June 2S.-Cotton quiet;
sales 300. Ordinary IN; good ordinary
8; low middling Sh; middling 15-16 good
middiing sA middling fair s9s. Receipts
459; stock 1887.
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Seaboard Air Line.

Baltimore June 2S.-Seaboard Air Line
common 25as; preferred 45Q451; bonds As,
S5%@S5%.
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Dry Goods.

New York June PA small volume of
business and light demand characterized
general conditions existing In the dry
goods market today. Jobbers sales are
over and little in the way of new business
will be done until after July a. Dizziness
has continued in the yarn market
hosiery material being the only thing for
which there is any call
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Authorized by the Kelley Institute,
Dwight, Ill, for the cure of alcoholism,
morphinism, all drug addictions, the
tobacco habit and neurasthenia The
only institute in Alabama. The treat
ment is the same that is in use at
Dwight, and is safe, sure and perma-
nent. Our physician has had over
20 years experience. Correspondence
solicited.
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misunderstanding Company.

New York, June 2S.-Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Company 69b; preferred offered
1921.
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Hermitage

Hermitage, all around sign painter. Get
prices Address City. 6-13-tf
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We make cuts. Age-Herald Engrav.
ing Department.
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COTHRAx & co.

Members of Chicago Board of Trade and
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
pooms and Alabama National Bank
Building.
private leased wires to New York. New
1,.,na and Chicago.
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Cotton Letter.

Gilbert & Clays Letter to Cothron & Co.
New Orleans, June 2S.-The cotton mar
ket today was characterized by the usual
Saturday covering, in which shorts took
the most prominent part. All the news
in hand appeared to have teen arranged
specially for the benefit of bears Week
ly mercantile reviews furnished no en-
enlargement concerning the trade outlook
In manufactured goods, and the rainfall
reported by the government showed con-
clusively that the drouth in Texas had
been practically broken, the precipita-
lions having been quite liberal, extending
into Arkansas anC Louisii ma. With all
this advantage, however, sellers were
timid. being more inclined to realize
profits than increase commitments.
Liverpool is expected to be affected
quite seriously by the rain. but the Eng
lish market has acted so contrary of late
that none are disposed to feel positive in
that direction.
Now. that Texas has apparently receiv-
ed all the moisture desired and bright
prospects for the crop are again estab-
lished, 1t is very likely that opposition
to any substantial improvement In prices
will grow more pronounced. The monthly
bureau to be published on the third inst.
Is not expected to shed much additional
light on the subject of the crop, and is
fiuence on the market. The spot situation
and trade condition will doubtless be ca
gerly watched henceforth, as the support
of prices will depend largely on the sta
bility of these features.
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For a nights rest-cool
rooms. Eagle Hotel, Gath
Street and Second Avenue.
For rent by day or week
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Ianes-Per hundred 81 ~.

Limes-Per hundred. $3.50.
Oranges-Per box, $3.2593.T.
Poultry-Best friers 25Q3oc; medium 150
zoe; broilers, 121aQ15c; hens o5c; Pekin
ducks, 40q55c; puddle ducks, 25Q35c.
Onions-Per pound, 2he.
Cabbage-Home grown &c per pound.
Peanuts--Per | md 1890.
Dried Apples-California evaporated. Sc;
lib packages. 916c; sun-dried, &c.
Canteloupes-$17 to $500.
Watermelons-Per hundred S106S20
Local Staple Groceries.
Flour-Huegely' best patent, $3.50; Ten
nessee patent, $4.20; half patent, $3.50.
Sugar-Granulated, &c; Y. c.. f1sc.
Coffee-Green. S1k@111sc; ArbuckIe's
packages, $1,000; Lion packages $3.50;
Cordova packages, $3.50; Porto Rico,
$40. 30.
Meats-Dry sailed ribs. 11ilc; clear bel
lies, 1.eO; dry sailed rio bellies, s11 30;
hens, fancy, 1910; medium, 13c; Cali
fci MA Zoe; breakfast bacon. lac.
Cheese-New York full cream, 131bc
Lard.-Leaf, 1Ac.
Compound Lard-Snow drift, &c.
Molasses-Centrifugal. 15G35c; sugar
house, 209S5c: Georgia cane. 36c.
Corn-Mixed, SAC; white SEC.
Meal-Pearl, $40; water ground, d3S
Hay, Per Ton-Coice timothy, s21. 90;
No. /, $3.50; clover mixed $1,000: prairie,
sl3 90; Johnson grass, s12 50Q14.5o.
Oats-Mixed, 5Sc; white, 59iac.
Cotton Seed Meal-Per ton. s2I 90.
Bran-Mixed, $40; pure wheat s22
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BARKER, President WOODWARD, veePresident; w.
Assistant Cashier.
DREcToRs,W s. Brown Robert Jemson E. NJ Jackson Walker
Percy D. Nabers A. Walker Hilman, W. H. Hasslnger,
Ekne Ramsay Motion M Tut"Ier j. H. Barr B. F. Moore,
NJ e Barker W. p G. Harding
The officers this
who contemplate making changes accounts.
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sex dividen

Birmingham City Bonds.
Birmingham city bonds can DO bought
on about per cent basis.
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THE LOCAL MARKETS
Local Cotton Market.
Local Iron Market.
Local Stocks and Bonds.

Corrected Daily by Caldwell & Ward
Bankers 2Oi5 FIRST avenue. Tele-
phone .53. (See Card.)
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THE KELLEY INSTITUTE

712 S. seth ST., Birmingham, Ala.
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New York Cotton Futures.

Months Open. High. Low. Close
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John M. Caldwell. George 3. Ward
OTTO MARX & co.

BANKERS AND BROKERS.
MonoV 1aned on Real Estate at and
Per Cent.
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New York Stock Letter.

Rv Private Wire to Murphy &c Co.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-09
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BANKS LOSE SPECIE RESERVE.
Reduction Of Cash In New York city
Is Unusual

NEW YORK. March 8.-The Financier
The statement OF the New York ass7-
clated banks this week showed a loss OF
$oJlZ,90 cash, Of which $780, GOO was spa
Gle ana $lO6S,9OJ legal tenders. The loss
OF cash, as estimated from the traceabIe
movements of money during the week
was 1888, 800. This, however, did not In
clude the average Of the loss resulting
from the shipments Of gold to Europe,
teb r. nor the average of One-sixth OF
the amount shipped on Saturday last
100 O0O. ~ w.
The entire amount exported Thursday
OF this week seems to have been Included
In the official statement Adding to the
estimated loss of So, 839 500, as above. the
$2,lOO,OO0 averages Of the shipments on
Feb. q and on March s, would make So
$4,000. The difference between this sum
and the less Of cash officially reported
in the statement, or $3033. 000 ls probably
Que to an unrecOrded movement of money
out Of the institutions either to nearby
or to distant points. The loans Of the
banks show a decrease Of s3,089 100.
This Is the first time since Jan. III that
a decrease has been recorded III this item.
The deposits We're reduced Sill 1921, GO0
which amount is only $40 400 less than
the aggregate of the loss Of loans and OF
cash; hence the return harmonizes.
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TO USE OIL FOR FUEL
ROCK ISLAND ROAD IS CONDUCTING
EXPERIMENTS ALONG THIS
LINE
WELLS LOCATED IN OKLAHOMA
A Company Has Been Formed to
Syndicate the Extensive Fields
in the Wichita Mouna
ta1nas

The oil fields in the Wichita mountains,
surrounding Granite, Oklahoma, have
aroused the interest Of the Rock Island
road, and the mechanical and operating
department of the road have been con-
Quoting a series of experiments with the
oil, boti as q lubricant and for fuel pur-
poses.
c. f Drake, chief chemist Of the road,
has analysed the Oil and found that its
fuel properties ran up as high as 1884
per cent against 30 per cent attained py
the oil from the Beaumont fields.
The foreman of engines Of the road,
w. w Leemans whose headquarters are
at Herinton, has tested the oil as a lu-
b1cant, and says that 1t works perfectly
on all parts Of the engine except the
cylinders, and 1t has not been tried in
that direction as yet
A Chicago syndicate, headed by DR.,
Price, Of baking powder fame, has been
organized, and the company has leased
and purchased between 5000 and 6,o00
acres Of land in the vicinity Of Granite,
on the Rock Island road. Machinery to
bore for oil on an extensive scale IS now
being sent to Granite. This company
has already sunk one well that is yielding
from five to ten barrels Of oil per day.
The Granite oil is from asphaltum base.
Granite is In Greer county, Oklahoma,
IN spur Of the Wichita mountains, 140
miles south Of the south line of Kansas
and eighty miles west of Chickasha on the
Mangum branch OF the Rock Island.
The altitude is about 1000 feet above
the level OF the sea and Is in a delight
full climate.
Prof. Edison, OF Chicago. noted geo.
logical expert who spent ten days in ex-
aiming the country about Granite, re-
ports that in his opinion an inexhaustible
lake of oil is underneath the surface In
that locality.
The fact that the OIL IS so rich in fuel
properties Is significant. The Rock ISL
and road Is contemplating substituting oil
for coal as fuel for railway locomotives.
The Rock Island has been watching with
interest the experiments Of the Santa Fe
and other roads relative to the use Of oil
in locomotives, and it is said that before
long experiments will be begun by the
Rock Island.
If it develops that the oil may be had
In the vicinity Of Granite in unlimited
quantities, then the country will be a
recognized rival of Beaumont. The fact
that Granite is from $50 to 40 miles
nearer Kansas City, the point that would
necessarily be the base of distribution
for oil in event It is used generally as
a fuel for locomotives, would be a strong
point Of advantage for Granite over Beau
mont, in addition to the fact that the
Granite oil contains a higher per cent
Of fuel properties.
The development Of the Granite oil fields
will be of direct benefit to three railroads.
The Rock Island, the Choctaw and the
Fort Worth and Denver City, commonly
called the Colorado Southern.