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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-01-07
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-01-07
CoURTINa A WIDOW.

Hancock. Is the country storekeepor
pushed him aside with a stick OF cord
wood aud opened the stove door. They
say that they are more apt 70 keep a
Teller gnessin' than any other kind"
'Rufe's all the more entitled 20 credit.
then said Sol Baker.
won't give him no credit, said
Hancock. He's shut on on mine. But
l guess that's so about widders- It's
what knocked Norman Peterson out nv
the runnin' when be paid his attentions
ter Mis- Halliday. You heard about that.
didn't your I'd ba' bin disappointed II
you had.
why. a was this way. About year
after Levi Halliday died Mis- Halliday
seemed ter sorter sit up an take notice
She didn't advertise fer a man nor she
didn't hibernate that she wanted one
not IN SO many words-hut there s more
ways o KILN a dog besides chokin him
Ter death with butter. Wen. she wus
pretty well fixed an a good worker an
a tol'ablc smart woman, too: so all the
OF bucks an widowcrs In the country
got 10 sprucin themselves up an hangin'
around the Halliday place. She didn't
set the dogs on 'cm nor nuthin @ that
sort She had her fun with en- an KEEP
en- ON the anxious scat as long as She
could. but one after ernuthcr they seen
90 wasn't no use an dropped on.
"Wcu. along about that time Norman
Peterson come back from the west. some
tho worse Ter wear an not havin made
the pile he started out for. There was
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1904-01-07

- as-.-lA-s-a - az --si-- ..al..~s
Who retired feeling as happy ss ever they
cit in their fcrmer lives.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
R. & B. Beers Cotton Letter

(By Private Wire to Caldwell. Ward & Col
 NEW ORLEANS March 22,-LiveSpooI was 'Sery disappointing. consequently our market eopened 66 to 73 lower old crop months and 2e to 30 on new. Subsequently shorts cover Ing caused an improvement of 2 tn 26 hut the continued free receipts at the ports and in terfor towns and the relative increase in stock at these points. combined with the easier feel Ing in spells superinduced a break of 46 to sA9. Near the close values steadied slightly on room traders evening up, making the net loss e2 to e6 points on old crop months and A to 52 on the new.
 Yesterday we called attention to the fact that the market had advanced about 40 points since the break on Friday and that it was questionable whether spnners would fol low the improvement The action of to-day market shows that deliveries were rushed uI too quickly. If steadiness could be main tained at the. existing level. exporters clain Sspinners would be free buyers of spots The movement however, is on more liberal scale than anticipated and stocks at the ports ant Interior towns continue to show relative in acrease. As an offset to these features tho census bureau estimate of the crop will b' issued next Friday and 1t is generally ex pected to be around lo,coo.oo bales. It Il
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
Virgin & Faunce's Cotton Letter.

NEW YORK March 22-The cotton mar kets of the world during the early morning were nervous and unsettled. all showing the effects of depressed feeling of the general trading public after the losses sustained through the failure of Sully & O. Liver pool closed weak, some 20 points below last night, while New York held steady about 40 points decline. The involuntary bankruptcy proceedings taken by some of the largest cred ltors has settled the matter for the time be- ing, and put it into the courts so that 1t should ing influences bid fair to give place to bet ter trading conditions.
 The purchases of actual cotton by spinners will have a tendency to sustain the market and strengthen the option list so that the con fdently expected advance should take place, though, in a gradual way. The last gnners' report comes out next Friday. the 25th, at I2 o'clock. Until that time 1t is not pected we will have very active market and trade may be expected to be quiet. While we believe the market is purchase on soft spote would suggest caution and the talk ing of quick profits. On New York's close tonight Liverpool is due to come to l2 lower fo-TnnrrOw
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
Marine News.

MOBILE-Arrived: Strs. Belvernon. Nor, Olsen. Port Limon Fort Gaines, Nor. Jullum. Bocas del Toro; Truma, Nor. Morgensen, Gu ban ports; bark Ienn Rus, Meyer. Guade- loupe; schr. Harry K Fooks, Hall. New Or sen. Banes. Cuba; Nord. Nor, Jacobsen. Vera
 NEW oRLEANs.-Cieared: strs Livland. Ger, Wurthmann. Mobile; Colombia Nor. Hertzberg Bocas del Toro; schr Santo Oteri, Nickerson. Ruatan. ...- Ridley Cardiff: Nordkap. Dan. Rasmussen. Port Tampa; AcLlia, Ger. Albers1 Hamburg Bratten Nor Holm. Puerto CoEtez; Baker, Ger, Schonwandt. Port Linlon; Kelvingrove Br.. Simpson. Matanzas; Origen Nor, Hegge Ceiba. Cleared: Strs. Toor Head. Br.. Flyers. Rotterdam; Asian. Br Bartlett, London; Do rothy, Mcdowell. New York.
 CHARLESTON.-Arriv Schr. Benefit. Br. Faulkner. Kingston. Jamaica.
 JACKSONVILLE.-Cleare Schr. Melrose Br., Kelly Nassau.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
LOCAL .JHo1EsALE PRICE.
Country Prouuce.

Country Prouuce. The quotations follow: PeSitry-aens. s2o apiece; frying size. 20 Potatoes-Irish. Sl.IoaII5 per bushel; sweet potatoes, 754eoc. Ielnons-Per hox. S2 5oq3. co. Rice-No. |. Sc: No, g. 41zc. Peanuts-Per pound 5h96c, Pineapples-Per crate. S2 5o02.7S. Beans-tchoice hand picked navies, S2. 75; rcd kidney beans S3. 90; Lima beans, 5hc per Ib. Cheese-Per lb.. l4@c. Rananas-Per bunGh. Sl.7592.oo. Onions-Per bushel. eSc.. Cahbage-Per lb.. l1te: Apples-Per bushe. so1eoc; per bbl., S4. -Cranberries-Per barrel. SIo celery-Per bunch. 3s@6oc. Malaga Grapes-Per keg. $45 50. CocoAnuts-Each, Ae. Florida OrBnges-Per box. SAYS.
 Provisions. Bacon-sHc. Dry saIted sides-7hc. Iard-Ieaf 7%c. Mea.-62ia@65c per bushel Onts-White. 5oG6oc; mixed. soc. CoIn-White. 63ge5c per buSheI Salt-LiverpoOl, Sl per sack; Virginia, 7%c; Michigan 2oo- pound barrels. SI.75 Butter-Jersey. 2o@26c: Tennessee country. 25c
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
0. E. pierce Q oo,a Cotton retter.

tBy private Wire from c w Lee & Col
 NEW YORK, March, 22.-The decline to-day was quite to be expected following the sharp advance of yesterday and Saturday. II Is not unlikely that the price may work some lower in the unsettled conditions which now prevail. This need not surprise any one. But this does not mean that cotton is a. sale for lower prices. Spot people report good business at "A cents and below and nnder these conditions it will be difficult to depress futures below the level of actual stun for more than a temporary period. Every one has been hurt by the failure and those who have lost do not feel very much like turning bull and buying. They don't feel like selling and the result is a narrow market. Receipts are larger and Liverpool is weak. there is a lot of spot cotton here in New York which must be sold before long and the weight of distress cotton is likely to make very ragged market for some time. Some people have expressed surprise at the failure of most houses to recognize the danger ever hanging over the market We think the list of credit ors will show that the suspension was the most unthoughtof thing in the history of the exchange Even the men who were short the most only looked for decline of half or three quarters of a cent. Some talked IS cents as the extreme. Now the speculative position has received a blow and all trading must be cautious,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
Kansas Civ Live Stock.

strong Export and dressed beef steers, 4 50 as. 25; fair to good. g. 35oa4 40; Western fed steers. 3 4o64 40: stockers and feeders % @4 25; Southern steers 3.5od4. IS; Southern cows 2.4oQ3. SO: native cows. 2.oo@3 .sS: calves 3. oo66. 20.
 Hogs-Receipts, 7.soo Market Sc higher. Top, g. 2o bulk of sales 4 eods i2h: heavy. 5. iod5 20; packers. 5,oo@5.l5i pigs and
 sheep-Receipts. 5000. Strong to Toe lambs, 4. .75d5 60; fed ewes. 4.ond4. 50; year linFs 4.ooq5. 10; stockers and feeders, 2.759 4. %.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
Weather Conditions.

Light to moderate rains have fallen quite generally in the eastern and northern districts with cloudiness quite general over eastern half of the country, under the combined influence of the eastward sweep of a barometric trough extending from the lake region to southwest Texas, and high barometer areas over the ex- treme northeast and middle west; 1t is to I2 degrees colder m the Carolinas and northern Georgia, somewhat colder in the middle north west, warmer in the lake region and Ohio valley. and comparatively high temperatures continue in the South
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
New York Coffee and Sugar.

NEW YORK. March 22.-Cofee-Spot Rio steady: No. invoice. 6%: mild dull. Sugar. Raw firm; refined firm.
 Coffee futures opened steady at an advance of points on March but generally unchanged to points lower The advance on the spot month was probably due to covering and buy ing by spot interests, which there was consid- mating apparently with cotton exchange houses who however. found ready buyers so that the market ruled generally steady at the opening figures in sympathy with small primary re- ceipts and steady foreign markets The close was steady at unchanged Irces to an advance of 10 points Sales. 3e 25o bags. March, 5.I5a5. 20; April. 5.2o May, so9S; 50; July. 5.55; September 5.soG5 s5;. October 5. 90; November. 6 .ooa6 o5; December. sos @6. 10; January, SIS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
Naval Stores.

SAVANNAH. March 22.-Turpentine dull, 57h; sales. I57; receipts, 1855: exports s5. Rosin firm; receipts so4; exports, s7l; G, .65; H. 2.7o; I. 2. e5; K. 3.so M, 3.36; N 3 50: W G., 3.7o: W W. 100.
 CHARLESTON.-Turpent and rosn nom- inal
 WILMINGTON.-Turpent nothing doing; receipts, IS casks Rosin nnoothi%ng no % doing; re- Crude turpentine firm. 2.25. 400 and 400;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
New orlaans Cotton.

NEW ORLEANS March 22.-The spot cot kon market was unsettled and many of the sAmple tables are still covered Sales 5. .325 bales. including 2. 800 to arrive and 400 I. R b. terms; delivered contracts, 200.
 Quotations reduced Sc. Futures showed de- Hided weakness over the forcing of the New Tork bull leader Liverpool showed some Harm over the developments in the affair and Furnished the local trade disagreeabe sur $,rise by a drop of le to 2 English points.
 fhe alarm was even more pronounced in New
 Fork and it was not at all surprising that lo- 4ai traders should betray great uneasiness. kithough their financial interest in the failure |la comparatively small. Few traders cared 4o 20 long at such an unsettled time and al Though prices showed sensational declines at $he opening and gave longs another chance No get in at the bottom the general run of bull traders preferred to wait uiIul the
 Bully business had been settled before operat- Hng The market opened easier and. 2 9to 73
 h0lnts lower than the close of yesterday. In Ehe trading 1he fluctuations were violent and
 numerous, ,Iiy first lost 73 points to IA o4.
 ldvanced fof IA 27, declined to. IA 10. recov-
 wed to i4.27 and finally declired to l3 99,
 rhe closing was quiet and weak. most of the
 positions showing at the lowest figures of the May. Net losses on the old crop positions were Y7 to 90 points and on the new crop months N2 to 56 points.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
New York Drv Goods.

NEW YORK, March 22.-The dry goods mar ket has shown little change with buyers little interested and sellers not inclined to recede from their position on prices. The outlook Is for a continuance of conservative buying in small lots for immediate consumption. Job bers are doing only a moderate business with a few special offerings.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
THE MONTGOMERY ADVERTIsER

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
MARKETS FOR FUTURES
HKAvy LOSSES ARE SHOWN AT
 THE OPENING.
1xuch disappointment Over the Re- rcrts of an Unsatisfactory Settlement of the Failure
 of Sully and Company.

New York, March 22-The cotton mar bet opened weak at decline of 31 to 4l points on the old and of 13 to 2 points pn the new crop positions under a re- Nswal of heavy liquidation based chiefly rf disappointment over the reports of an #hsa tisfactory settlement of the Sully <Eilure. The opening declines were Father more severe than warranted by kfe cables. which howeevr, were sensa- sienally weak and on the call May ex- down from 1885. the first price to 13.6s. ft was evident, however, that some strong interests were on hand to support tne market and shortly after the call the fIrst wave of liquidation having subsided Somewhat, prices steadied a few points with July relatively. firm, selling up to "a. .s6 while May hung around 13.H.. Just as the situation seemed to have cooled down somewhat the announcement that certain of Sully's creditors had filed a petition against the firm of D. J. Sully and Company in involuntary bankruptcy there was renewel of heavy selling that appafently come from both accounts
 and which was perhaps all the heavier
 because receipts looked large at all peiuts.s Before this decline was checked
 May had been carried down to 13.50 and
 Tuly to 1s.74. net declines of from 57 to 66 points on these positions. Again the
 market was rallied a few points ny
 Covering and some buying thought to he
 Tor the account of spinning ana spot tih- Aerests, but could not hold the advance
 @nd in the late trading the general ruling
 was weak with prices going still lower
 levels. May sold down to 1S.3S and July
 ko 13.57 and while the market was finally
 Steady prices were only a few points up
 from the lowest. The net decline was
 h matter of 30 to 79 points. Sales esti-
 snated at 500,000 bales. The Southern
 spot markets as officially reported to-
 night were nominally unchanged to 5-Sc lower. Receipts at the ports today were As.197 bales, against 109T7 last week and
 t8,7IS last year. For the week 5000
 bales against 64,445 last week and S9540 last year. Todays receipts at New Or
 leans were 6,95d bales, against 1920 last
 Fear and at Houston 2,73o iagainst 3,4O2
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
River Bulletin.
Indicates rise Indicates fall.

The upper Coosa will rise slightly, and the lower Coosa and Alabama will continue to fall very slowly or remain stationary during next two days.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
Naw Orleans suvar

NEW ORLEANS. March '22.-sugar steady: open kettle 263 I-l6; open kettle centri- fugal 3d3%: centrifugal whites. 4hd4 5-I6: yellows, 3H64 seconds. 2kG3%. Molasses nominal; open kettle, 2od25; centrifugal. 10 6I5. Syrup 2o925.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23

thought 1t will have aNstimulating a effect on
 values. The movement. though. on it's face
 points to crop of about iU o,Hlooo What
 demand IT The " Ss,,ure eonna nonrse of va1Ues viii continue to be regulated by Liverpool and the demand for spots
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
Weather Rannrt
Precipl-

Temperature and precipitation as reported by the Weather Bureau for selected Southern stations during the 24 hours ending 2 a. m,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
THE WEATHER.

Daily Local Weather Report and
 River Bulletin. U. S. Department of Agriculture. Weather Bureau.
 MONTGOMERY, Ala, March 22, 1904.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
St. Louis Provisions.

ST LOUIS. March 22.-Flour dull. Whiskey steady, .32h.
 Pork lower. jobbing. I3.l5.
 Lard higher; prime steam, 50. Bacon steady; boxed extra shorts, 7.62h; clear ribs, 7 .62h; short clear, 7S7h
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
Daily Cotton Market.

NEW YORK. March 22.-Cotton dull; mid Niing. l4: gross receipts. 3,264: sales. POS
 ssOek. ss.os5; continent. s4s; Total to-day B.z75; continent, 94s; stock, $50. .sso. Con. Britain. 6.735; continent, 3l.755; Japan. 80 Total since September | Net receipts, e.62o,- b66: exports: Great Britain, 2,o25. oA3 #fsnce. GAY. IA; continent. 2.sos.S .S5o; Ja. ban. 3e.o2l; Mexico, 25.47l. NEW ORLEANS.-Cotton unsettled: sales.
 low oTnsfg mids5s mddns SGd sE ssdnaTy sood
 niddlins. l4 l-ie: mIddling fair. IA 7-Ie.
 ALyEsToSS HsS: .NoTinsl Non i 5 5middlins. I4h'
 MoBIIE.-Nominal; oo middling' IA; re- Z --Ncminsi; middiing. I44s; re- leeipts. I.456: stock. 46, s33. < CHARLESTON middling. l5%; re- eelpts, 662; stock. s,o2l. k WILMINGTON.-Nominal receipts, 323; NORFoLK-Receipts. 1900: stock. "a, 900. I BALTIMORE.-Nominal; middling, 50; 4 BOSTON. middiing, I4.5o: net re- heipts. I43; gross. T ,O47. \ PHILADELPHIA.-Qui middiing, IA 25; Receipts, 4l7; stock, 2.377. 4 ST. LOUIS.-Quiet; middling, l41z; receipts, N 39o: stock, 2l l,42o.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

CHICAGO. March 22-Weakness of coarse of the crop damage officially reported from Kentucky. Wheat closed practically un- snd csn se is oMer % fo Sc Ser e
 Marked inclination to buy wheat was mani fested at the opening July opened h@hc unchanged to %c lower at el% to e2 From the start the volume of commission house buying was larger than for some time past Shorts also were active buyers. Possibly the most important influence responsible for the Kentucky crop report showing nearly 50 per cent deterioration in the condition of the grow ing plant. Presumably on the basis of this report a rumor was started that the next government report would be sensatonally bull- ish. The fact that the Southwestern mar kets had small receipts to-day while making big shipments-St. Louis and Kansas City getting only 95,ooo bushels in the aggregate a better demand in this market Cold weather was predicted and this, too, had a stimulating influence: "A decrease of 500, 900 bushels in the worlds available stocks shown by Brad streets. was another bull factor. While prices were advancing, coarse gr aims were ex- had resulted in considerable decline. Late in the session the weakness in corn and oats wheat and caused loss of about cent in the high point in July. The close was steady s sO" a,osG May s,y,s sold be!ween 9s and equaled 25S 700 bushels Primary receipts were 47s,9oo bushels, compared with 25s. 700 a year ago. Minneapolis Duluth and Chi cago reported 326 cars. against 443 last week and lS2 a year ago.
 For the first half hour the corn market ruled quite firm, influenced by the steady tone of cables and unfavorabIe weather There was little demand. however, and when some of the pit scalpers began to sell, offerings found few purchasers which resulted in gradual weak ening. The proposition to make No. 3 corn deliverable on contract at a discount to be voted tomorrow was probably the cause of lack of demand. Sentiment became decid- edly weak late general liquidation. The close was near the low point. May being off &9@4c at 52q52b. July opened shade to kc higher at 50% to 5o%d5oIo sold between 49h and 40&s and closed at 49%. Receipts 2S2 cars, " contract grade.
 Oats showed more inclination to follow corn than wheat. There was hrmness early. but when weakness developed in the corn pit there was considerable selling of oats and prices declined rapidly. Larger receipts with more of the contract grade was an important factor The close at the bottom with May down &c at 39A July opened 1sc higher at 39k sold between 37% and 397s and closed at 37% Receipts, I93 cars.
 Provisions were strong early under the in- fluence of small hog receipts with higher prices. There was good general trade with active demand for lard and ribs On the break in corn there was free selling which resulted in a loss of most of the early gain The close was steady with May pork down Sc at l3 o5; May lard Sc higher at 69Ils and ribs up 2l2c at 6 80
 No estimated receipts are given out.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23

e m m sSs2 sSs9 77s g SS 1881 GIssSzsSH GlsSGzzs
 Maximum temperature for day. 94 degrees.
 Minimum temperature for day, 70 degrees.
 Average temperature for day, v degrees,
 Accumulated excess since January list, 60 degrees. per cent. inches.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
Q. D. Pierca & co,s Cotton Letter.

By Private Wire from Gilbert & Clay)
 LIVERPOOL, March 22.-Iiverpool keenly experienced the want of encouragement from the American side and reluctantly submitted to the prevailing pressure against the staple Deliveries in the English market shrunk to the extent of about S2 co per bale, while the depreciation in value of spots was slightly greater. and the diminished sales indicated that spinners could not be tempted seriously even at material concessions. thus leaving the impression that recent heavy spot transactions in Liverpool have satisfied requirements abroad for the present. There lack of deter imitation in the trading here Some support was accorded on the view that cotton in- trinsicaly merited a better valuation, but the absence of ar earnest inquiry for spots in spired most longs with timidty and offer ings from various sources shaped the tendency of prices toward lower level. The move ment, while still considerably under last year. has picked up relatively of late and this creates. suspicious that little cotton exists in the country than the trade had been led to expect. So 1t happens that immediate developments appear to be in collision against the staple. but after all the main problem of the situation must be solved by ascertaining the extent to which spinners are supplied with cotton for this season.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
New Or1es~s Cotton Futures NEW ORLEANS. March 22-Cotton future
LiverpooI Cation Futures.
New Work Cotton Frtura.

NEW YORK, March 22.-The following were the quotations on the Cotton Exchange to- day:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-23
Pre- TemnernflIre Ia
T Indicates trace

FRANK P. CHAFFEE, section Director, Weather Bureau