The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-01
DURING THE YEAR JUST CLOSED MONTGOMERY RECEIVED l29, ,345 BALES
 OF COTIQN AND SHOWED PRO OGRESS

As cotton fs the principal item in busi- ness circles of Montgonfery. the commer- cial year begins and e1ds with the cot ton year The cef4on year of 1s02-03 end day.
 o.nno The exact s. amount z the years eroD yet. The cotton sxShan1es win have to await advices from S 2nnber of interior points as to amount reived since last weeks statement, as k4A as amount on hand, stock at ports. Xtc.
 It is safe to say bAt! the country has not been cleaner of cotton on any 1st of September since 1866 than 1t is today.
 The past year in Montgomery from a business standpoint has been entirely sat- isfactory. While there was falling or In cotton receipts, 1t was due to adverse crop seasons. which cuf short the yield and not to any falling off in advantages which have enabled Montgomery mer- chants and mapufacturers to enter upon wide scope territory, reaching into several State4 Good prices have been paid for the crop marketed here, and the outlook is good for still better rates for the crop that is just coming in.
 The merchants and business men gen. erally enter upon the new year with high hopes. Bountiful crops of corn and
  nntoward accidents the cotton yield will be equal to last year. and with decided advance in price over that received for the great bulk of last years crop. If the farmers are prosperous it is an as- sured fact that all other interests in an agricultural section will be correspond ingly benefited.
 Each year finds Montgomery as a business, manufacturing. Educational and luk fu oA, ,>4 one. This was never better exemplified than during the past twelve months. Many splendid business houses have been erected, with tenants secured before con- struction. In every diraction in the city new dwellings are to be seen. while in the suburbs they seem to be growing up as if by magic. A number. of new man. ufacturing plants have been erected. some of them of large capital and ca portance of the city. The school facili- ties have been largely Increased. and for the newly acquired population large sum of money will be expended In first class school houses.
 The health of the city has been phe- nomenaliy good. making true the boast that 1t is as healthy as any place in the world.
 The amount of cotton received in Mont gomery during the psst ffiyear was as follows:
 Sock. Sept. 1, 1909. s.22s Received since Aug g isos.e 21 Received previously. :. 7. -l29. .S24-l2s. .S45
 Total. .. .. .. ...... ....... 13l.574 Shipped last week. q .,..,... 10 Shipped previously. ....... .1si .h3o--is1, $40 Stock on hand Sept, ,.,isos, by actual
 This is the smaIiese etock with which the new year has sta "a here in great many years. .t
 The fateness of the crop Is shown by the small number of bales of new cotton received, viz, 29.. whereas the receipts of new cotton in August last year footed up 3.125 bales. The first bale of new cot ton was received July 31st last year. while this year 1t came in August 24th.
 The receipts for the year ending August 31 last year were 164.O03 bales as against 129. .345 bales this year. As stated else where however, this decrease was due alone to bad crop seasons and indications point to a considerable increase in the coming twelve months.
 The record of receipts of cotton at Montgomery for the past twenty vaore fa aa follnWs.