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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-18

Miss Sadie Steinhart has returned iron e visit to relatives at Birmingham.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-18

Despite the fact that all of the candi- dates for county offices are making Q thorough canvas this, so far, has been the quietest campaign for years in old Henry. There being no issue involved, the "still hunt" method has been adopt ed.. and 1t is impossible to forecast the result.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-18

HOLT CLEANS CLOTHES. 100. S. Court. Telephone asa. f.on.wed.fri.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-18

missed. The tracks outside the window showed that two persons took part in the robbery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-18
BURGLARY AT aREENv1L1E.

The Hardware Store of J. F. Johnson
 Entered.
 Greepville, March .i7.-(SpeeIal)-A burglary was committed at J. F. John sons hardware establishment last night. an entrance being made into the build ing by a rear window. About a dozen fine pistols were stolen. the only objects
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-18

terprise. and the citizens are responding liberally to the appeal for funds. The schedule has not yet been completed. but the first game will be played the latter part of next month.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-18
WOMAN KILLS HERSELF.
Mrs. Frank Powers Cuts Her Throat
 With a Razor.

Dadeville. March 17.-(special.) l.)-Circuit csourt is in session here this week. There is a large crowd in attendance on the court. and the numerous candidates are making good use of the opportunity to mix with the people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-18
ASSESSMENT BOARD.
It is Still Working on Corporation
 Values.

; VHIUbbs --1
 The State Board of Assessment did not complete its work of assessment yester- day as was expected.
 The task of assessing the railroad. tels- graph and telephone properties of Ala banla will be finished at today,s meet ing. At yesterdays meeting the full membership of the board, consisting of the Governor, the Auditor. the Treasurer. the Secretary of State and the Attorney General was present.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-18
SOCIAL rTEHEo.

Mrs. Ralph c. Bailey and little daugh- ter Emily of Peoria, H.. are the guests of Mrs. Charles s. Smith at her home. 1040 South Perry Street. Mrs. Bailey was formerly Miss Eleanor March and has many friends in Montgomery who will be glad to see her.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-18

suicide yesterday morning by cutting her throat with a razor. She had beela in bad health for a long time and her mind had become impaired.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-18
A% S S~S SS
 0nd DiEZS

Are the medicines to take-they do the work thoroughly and agreeably and never fail to do it.
 Hoods are the medicines you have always heard recommended.
 .s, ,.rnot recommend Hoods SarsapariIla hno hi@SiW "a a spring medicine. When we sSke it in the spring we all feel better through he sunmer." Mas. s. H. NEAL. MeCFays, Pa.
 NoOd's SaFSapaFilIa promises Co cure and keeps the pgoEnie0.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-18

Mrs. Frank Powers, who lived about six miles east of Dadeville. committed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-18

Mir. and Mrs. A. c. Moore and badly Ethel and Mrs. Jacob Pepperman have returned from a visit to Birmingham.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-18
March,
 April, May

There is a best time for doing everything-that is, a time when a thing can be done to the best ad- vantage, most easily and most ef- 'fectively. Now is the best time for purifying your blood. Whyf Because your system is now trying to purify it-you know this by the pimples and other eruptions that have come on your face and body.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-18
MEETING OF THE REST TOURS

The Rest Tours Club met Tuesday even- ing with Miss Gabriel Watts, at her home on South Jackson Street.
 On account of the absence of the presi- dent, Mrs. W. D. Gay, Mrs. W. L. Chan dler presided.
 Miss Frances Gay was the "courier" of the evening.
 Miss Frances Grimm gave an instructive and charming talk on "Westminster Ab- bey."
 Mir. J. D. Cody read a carefully pre- pared paper on the British Museum"
 Mir. Chandler, Miss Grimm and Miss Gay were appointed committee to plan the work for the club for the month of April.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-18

The merchants of Demopohs are pre- pairing for their increasing business by laying in larger stocks of every class of merchandise, and some are. enlarging their storage room. The growth of the trade of Demopols Is not confined to the wholesalers. but the retailers are also enjoying a fine business.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-18

Since the inauguration of the, double daily passenger service on this division of the Southern, a strong effort was put forth to have mail service put on the two new trains. and Tuesday Hon. D. E. McCarty. one of the leading citiSens of this city and one of the instigators of the movement received a telegram from our Congressman, George W. Taylor. to the effect that the Postofice Department had ordered mails put on the new trains. This service will greatly expedite busi- ness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-18

County Treasurer E. B. Leach, who has been very sick for several days, is reported as being no better this morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-18
HANDSOME HOUSE OF WORSHIP.
Catholics of Demopolis will Erect q
 Church.

Demopolis. March 17.-(Special. )-The Catholics of this city are taking steps looking to the erection of an elegant house of worship. A delegation. conn posed of Mir. and Mrs. J, A. Gaboury and Miss Louise Garber, from the Catholic congregation here, visited Bishop Allen at his home in Mobile a few days ago and obtained his consent to sell half of tlie block on Main and Decatur Streets belonging to the Demopofis eCatholic Church. They already have a good sum for the purpose of building, and the sale of four lots. which are very desirable and valuable property. will add eonsid- erably to the building fund. The con- tract will be awarded within few weeks. f*'-. ' a..l.i z
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-18

The Ladies Aid of the Clayton Street
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-18
or MOTHERS UNION.

MEETING or MOTHERS UNION.
 The regular monthly meeting of the Mothers Union was held yesterday after noon at the home of Mrs. L. Bernheimer on -Moulton Street and was presided over by Mrs. W. J. Chambers the vice-presi- dent.
 The meeting was an unusually delight full one and was well attended, despite the inciemency of the weather.
 An extremely interesting paper on the Influence of the Servants in the Home" was to have been read by Mrs. William A. Gunter, but in her absence Mrs Chambers presented the subject with Mrs. Gunter's ideas to the club and there followed an interesting discussion of the subject. led by Mrs. Gardner Foster. Apaper on "Emergencies' was read by Mrs. ]. Y. Brame which was interesting and instructive.
 Mrs. Brame suggested to the club that they secure a lawn ana have the chill dren of the members of the Mothers Union to meet there at intervals during tho summer months and listen to demonstrated lectures on the subject of "Emergencies." Have some instructor give clearly and lucidiy as to what to do In case of a drowning. dog bite. cuts. broken bones. burns. etc.
 The report of the Educational Commit tee led to informal talks on various sub- jects of interest to mothers.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-18

Mrs. M. Cody has gone to La Grange, to visit her parents, MT. and Mrs. Fer rell.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-02

sharply to about az cents for October,
and things began to look interesting.
Just at this time heavy rains came
ranging all the way from an inch to
four inches. really the first good rains
Alabama and Georgia and the Caro-
lima have had this season. 1t would
be impossible to definitely estimate the
value Of the rainfall. and, of course,
this fact must be taken into consider
alton when regarding the outlook of
the future market With the change
of condition of the river ali portions
Of the belt are brought up to a better
average than for a great many years.
Any one conversant with conditions
in the cotton belt must admit that
the LIST Of July finds the promise the
best taking both acreage and condi-
lions into account, that the South has
ever had. It hardly seems possible
that there can be too much rain.
though that is complained of west Of
River because the two big crop years
were years of excessive rainfall. Dur
ing July and August in both 1897 and
1898 many of the old-time traders on
the floor thought cotton would never
make anything like a crop, because
rains were so frequent.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-02
PRICES DIDN'T HOLD
IN THE UPWARD TREND OF SPIRITS
AND RoSINS YESTERDAY.
MARKET FIRM AT ADVANCE
BUT WEAK sPOTS SHOWED IN
TRADING AFTER THE CLOSE

Spirits Opened Firm at 527sc and
Closed Firm Mt 53c-In Post Mar
ket Trading Only 81 3-4c Was Bid
Resins Opened at Advance on Two
Top Grades, and Split Prices on
All Others Except VI, n, I, Which
Were Neutrality-suspicious. Sales
Made After Close at Inside Prices.
Spirits and rosins finished the trade
week so far as the official quotations
are concerned with a slight advance in
each case, though only to weaken
slightly in the late trading. Spirits
opened firm at 527sc, the closing price
of the day before, with sales of 126
casks, and closed firm at an advance
of 1sc, with further sales of 1873 casks.
In the afternoon the best bid was 52Ac,
and so far as is known no sales were
made at that figure. The receipts for
the day were 1,046 casks, and the ex-
ports, 255.
Resins opened firm at an advance of
212c on the two top grades with NJ, K
and 1 unchanged, and with two prices
on the remainder of the list, the out
side representing 21zc more than the
price of the day before. Sales of 2,5S1
were reported at the opening. The
close was firm and unchanged without
further sales. Not all factors offerings
were taken in the late trading, and
some sales were made at inside quota
tions. The receipts were Bats barrels,
and the exports, 461.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-02
CURRAN q co.
Say Market Affected BY Holidays

Say Market Affected BY Holidays.
New York, July lin the cotton
market to-day the opening operations
were slow. The market opened steady,
with first prices unchanged to 9
points lower The early losses were
sympathetic with foreign advices while
the weather conditions We're figured to
be excellent The market was swayed
by the customary pre-holday cOnsid-
erations and while some room interests
sold moderately the demand from
shorts was sufficient to absorb the Of
ferings. The market throughout fuc-
tuated within a very narrow limit,
showing no special tendency in either
direction. The statistics were gener-
ally about as expected and the weekly
figures attracted but passing attention.
Up to the close there was a thorough
indisposition on the part of buyers
and sellers alike to proceed cautiously
since there was no inclination to as
sumo fresh obligations over the holt
days. The port receipts were figured
at 1920, against 1858 last year, and
for the week they were $4,000, against
1858 last year.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-02
Receipts Past week: Upland. island
DAILY COTTON MARKrr.

Galveston-Quiet; niidHne 1o1ho.
1866. %
Norfolk-Net receipts. 10; gross, 10;
Baltimore-Nominal; middlinr. lie.
he5 receipts. "a; gross, "a; stock. 1921.
Boston-Dull; middling, 10S5c: net
receipts. %; gross. 80. Exports-Great
Britain, s.
Wilmington-Nominal stock, 147.
Pniladelphia Steady; middling,
1l.lOc; stock. 1926.
Savannah-Easier middling. 1O%c:
net receipts, POS; gross. POS; stock, 81
Slz; EXports-Coastwise, 1897
New Orleans-Quiet; middling. 10 H.
Ice; net receipts. 1O7; gross. 426; sales
1850; stock. 1919.
Mobile-Nominal; middling, lO1lc; net
receipts, 1877; gross, 1877. Exports
Coastwise, 1877.
-Memphis-Quiet; middling, 1ohc:
net receipts, "a; gross, SILL stock, u.s.
sAugusta-Quiet; middling. 1OS6c; net
5,962. -
harleston-Nominal; net receipts. /:
gross, i stock. 1928
~Clncinnati-Net receipts, 212: gross
2l2; sales, $50; stock, ASIA
rLoulsv1lle-Firm; middling. 1OMc:
net receipts, SO; gross, SO; sales, 2l6;
stock, 25.
'st. Louis-ouiet; middnng. 1o%c;
gross receipts. 1879; stock, 12,44O.
~Houston-Quiet; middling, 10 Slice;
net receipts, Il; gross, IL stock, s.
73g.
New York-Steady; middling, 1O.s5c:
gross receipts, 206; sales. 1850; stock,
1881.
wifmington-Add 80 bales to this
weeks receipts.
Total To-day, at All Seaports-Net
receipts, S49; Great Britain, S: stock.
l64. 6e5.
Consolidated. at All Seaports-Net
receipts, 17439; Great Britain, 2s.sl5:
France. 10.04s; continent, 1882; Japan
so.
Total Since Sept. !, at All Seaports-
Net receipts, 7,015.2l0: Great Britain,
2,43i, ei9; France, 697,354: continent, o.
547,720; Japan. 42.7s6 Mexico, 26.72s.
"Not included in totals.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-02
HAYWARD, WICK & CO.'S
Daily Cotton Letter from New Yor

Daily Cotton Letter from New York.
New York, July 1.-The market has
been even more of a holiday affair
than usual, owing to the fact that
there were so many uncertainties in
the situation that most traders did
their evening up toward the close of
the last week. The feature this morn
ing was the absence of covering by
the more important shorts, and the
continued selling of the South, and
some of the room operators credited
with representing a lower Wall street
interest. There was. however, enough
buying from scattering sources to alb
serb these offerings, and after open
ing quiet, net unchanged to points
lower in response to ca leS and good
weather the market showed little
change huctuating within a point or
two of the opening figures. 1t was a
July notice day but nothing devel-
oped in this connection. Cables re-
ported better demand for spots at
the decline of IA points, and attributed
the easier tone of futures to American
selling.
There seems little to be said with
reference to the market or the prospect
for prices The South is bearish evil
IDENTIFY on the crop outlook, and they
are so situated as to know what the
crop looks like. Our advices, from
which we compiled our July report, are
most favorable, and indicate that there
has seldom been a time when the crop
as a whole looked so we'll. While dis
asters may occur, so far as the human
mind can determine. we are confront
ed with very heavy future supplies and
trade conditions which will probably
take some tirue to recover from the
disturbing influences recently expert
enced.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-02
COMING HOLIDAYS
QUEERED BUSINESS.

New Orleans, July There was not
much doing in the spot cotton market
to-day. Buyers had few orders and
the approaching holidays had a ten
dency to check movement. Sales /, 900
bales, including $50 to arrive: delivered
on contracts, LOO. Quotations un-
changed.
In the futures market the holiday
feeling was on and the session was a
tame one. Few traders cared to do BUSH
ness with three holidays and a gov
eminent report to face. and trading
was mostly of an evening-up charac-
ter. Fluctuations were narrow and
prices had no decided trend. The fea-
ture of the opening was the free offer
ings of July, which were promptly alb
sorbed by leading bulls. In the trad
ing August lost points from yester-
days close at 10.llc, advanced to 1O.1Sc
and declined to 10.12c The market
closed quiet. with net losses of 2 to Z
points.
Futures steady; July. 1O3201O. SAC;
August. 1012@10.19c; September, oslo
952c October. 9.25@926c November,
9.25@9.26c; December. 9.24q9. csc. Janu-
airy, 9.30@9.32c.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-02
BEARS EXPECT HELP
FROM COMING REPORT

New York, July 1.-The cotton mar
ket opened steady at unchanged prices
to a decline of points under moderate
Southern selling and liquidation in re-
Spouse to lower cables than looked for,
and continued favorable weather. Trad
ing was very quiet, and during most
of the session was of a distinctly
holiday character, while prices after
a little further loss on some positions,
gradually rallied on light covering I'M
til around midday they were back to
practically last nights figures. Later,
however, and just before the close,
there was active selling by three or
four of the most prominent floor
brokers, which was supposed to be
for Southern and Wall street account,
and the market broke to the lowest
level of the day. with July selling at
0.06c; August at TO- 10c, and October
at 9.45c. and December at 8. 400, or
net declines of to IA points.
The market closed steady. at a net
decline of SOLO points, or within a point
or so of the lowest for the session.
Sales were estimated at $4,000 bales.
The afternoon pressure was due, pre-
sumably to expectations of a bearish
showing by both the government bu-
reau report and the regular weekly
report of the Weather Bureau at mid
day on Tuesday, and the idea among
the trade was that certain large opera
tors were increasing their line of shorts
in order to take advantage of such
a development Confidence as to the
bearish showing of the government
report was porbably increased by the
rumors of another private estimate
placing the condition at $50 per cent.
Receipts at the ports to-day. $40
bales, against 3,21S last week and l.
25S last year
For the week, $4,000 bales, against
1876 last week and 1858 last year
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-02
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.

Liverpool, July 1.-Cotton: Spot in
increased demand; prices IA points low
err; American middling fair, 6 god; good
middling. 6.06d; middling, 596d; flow
middling, $500; good ordinary, 5.6Sd
ordinary. 5.4Sd. The sales of the day
were 1000 bales. of which 500 were for
speculation and export, and included
600 American; receipts 1000 bales, in
Guiding 1900. American.
Futures opened quiet and closed
steady; American middlng, good or
binary clause July, 5.77d: July-Au-
gust, 5.7ld; August September. $3.50;
September October. 5.34d: October No
vember. 5.21d; November December.
Sled; December-January, 5.14d: Jan
uary- February. 5.13d: February
March, 5.l3d; March April, SID.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-02
SEA ISLAND COTTON
WILL HOLD ITS PRICE.

Business in sea island cotton during
the last week was quiet, few sales
were made and these at irregular
prices in fact, the business has been
described as a retail trade. The ex-
ports for the season to England have
been smaller than is usual and it is
a matter of some curiosity on the part
of the local factors to know just how
the mills on the other side are keep
ing at work on SO small stock as has
been bought
The reports from ali parts of the
sea island belt are of so bullish ma
ture that 1t is hardly likely this sea-
sons crop will be any larger, If as
large, as the last, and so there is lit
tie likelihood that the present stock on
this side of the water will be sold
at anything under the present quota
tiOnS.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-02

Dull, duller, dulest, is the way the
last three days at the Cotton Exchange
can best be described or declined, for
in that period not a bale of spot cot
ton has been sold. and there has been
put little business in +. 0. b. It was
stated yesterday that there wasn't
buyer in the market. The receipts yes
terday were POS bales, and the coastwise
shipments, 1897; no foreign shipments
were reported.
In the futures markets there was a
general, though small, deCline.' Liver
pool, New York and New Orleans each
closing a few points down on the en-
tire list. With the exception of Liver
pool, which went off IA points on spots,
quotations at other chief ports were
unchanged from the day before. The
triple day holiday, which will begin to-
day, has had the effect of unsettIing
the markets generally. In cotton there
viii be no further business until Tues
day when the tone of the market will
depend largely on the nature of the
bureaus report.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-02
WORLDS VISIBLE SUPPLY.

New Orleans, July 1.-Secretary
Hesters statement of the worlds
visible supply of cotton, issued to-
day, shows the total visible to be
2O2s,SO3, against 2,120,s6s last week,
and 2.213,979 last year.
OF this the total of American cot
ton is 1861, 1903, against 1,136,s6S last
week, and 1,124,979 last year; and of
all other kinds, including Egypt,
Brazil, India, ETC., 967, 900, against
$4,000 last week. and 1,0S9,000 last
year.
OF the worlds visible supply of
cotton there is now afioat and held
in Great Britain and Continental
Europe 1,176,000, against 1,243,000
last year; in Egypt 10000, against
81, 900 last year; in India, 475,0O0,
against 100000 last year, and in
the United States 26S,000. against
100000 last year.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-02
GENERAL MARKETS.
New York, July Flour duh but

steady.
Rye flour dull. ...
Corn meal quiet. 'e'
Rye nominal.
Wheat-Spot steady; No. red NOM
inal, elevator. 1t was a very slow day
in the wheat market. The close was
quiet at a partial 1sc decline; July,
$3.50; September, s5Bc; December.
S51sc.
Corn-Spot steady: No. .. 5Skc. OPP
ton market was neglected all day and
closed unchanged to A-cent net higher.
July 53hc; September, 5S%c; December,
50kc.
Oats-Spot easy; mixed oats, 26G
80 pounds. 4S@45c.
Butter steady; creamery common to
extra, 13d1Sc; state dairy common to
extra, 13Q17c.
Cheese market easy; state full cream
small colored white fancy. s%6Skc;
large colored and white fancy, 7HGsc.
Eggs steady to firm; state, Pennsyl-
vania and nearby fancy selected white,
20d2lc: Southern, 14hdl6c.
Potatoes steady; new Southern, s1.75
92.0O.
Cabbages easy; Long Island, per 100,
S3.00G3.50; Southern barrel crate, 50c0
$l.0O.
Cotton by steam to Liverpool, 12c.
Beef steady
Cut meats steady.
Lard steady; Western steamed, $40;
refined tirm; continent, SL45; COM
pound, 5kd6kc.
Pork steady.
Tallow steady.
Rice steady.
Coffee-Srot Rio dull; No. invoice
&c; mild steady; cordovs, s15al2e.
The market for coffee futures open
ened steady at a decline Of points,
and the close was weak at a decline
OF 1920 points. Sales, $4,000 bags.
Sugar-Raw firm; refined Arm.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-02
DEMERE & HAMMOND
Daily Cotton Letter From New Yo,

Daily Cotton Letter From New York.
New York. July From the tenn
per of Liverpool it is evident that no
matter how well pleased the spinners
may be to see the continuous decline
in the old crop, he Is disposed to leave
the past of depressing the value of
their own property to the farmer and
American operators. Prices there to-
day show rather more steadiness than
expected and our market ruled with
little change throughout the forenoon,
Towards the close, however, there was
a concerted effort on part of certain
prominent operators to break the mar
ket at the close with the evident in
tention of convincing Liverpool that
the short interest is in no way uneasy
over the forthcoming bureau. Their
efforts, however caused only a slight
depression and the market closes about
Z points lower than yesterday. The
July longs who stopped notices do not
seem to have provided places for the
cotton in advance, as we hear of one
lot of 500 bales which was exchanged
for July contracts, and another of 900
which was offered for sale in the open
market. All attention is now fixed upon
the government report next Tuesday,
which viii appear at noon. The June
condition, as every one remembers,
was SO, and the glowing accounts re-
ceived during the past month have led
many to expect a July condition be-
tween 81 and 80. Private investiga-
tions, however. as we'll as the reports
of the Journal of Commerce. all appear
to agree that the improvements has
not exceeded 31a points, which would
indicate a bureau figure of about S61s.
This compares with the very low con-
dition of III last year and a ten-year
average of about IS. In this connection
il will be of interest to know that the
July condition in 1S96-92.5- almost
the highest on record and yet the yield
per acre was the lowest of any crop
grown.