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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29
COFFFE MARKET.

New York. Aug 2s.-Coffee futures open- ed steady at unchanged prices to an ad- vance of ten points, the gain being on Au- gust on what seemed to be a little cover. Trading was very quiet during the day but the late rmonths eased off slightly un- der selling against firm offerings and the cl5se was steady ten points higher on Au- gust unchanged on September. but five points net lower on later months Sales were reported of 4.7bo bags. including: August ...f .... .b. 66 September ''.s s''. ..sS ...s- .5. SO OctopeF 's.' s.'s s''s ssss ~ S.5. 50 DecemDer .ssss..s ....6 50 5
 Spot coffee quiet. Rio No. axe; santos No. SSc; mild coffee dull; Cordova sh q12hc,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29
NEW 0RLNANS COTTON.

New Orleans. Aug. 2S.--Cotton spots were quiet, Rc down on all grades Mtddlng none to arrive.
 Futures opened steady. three to four points above the close of yesterday. the result of favorable advices from Liverpool Trading around the ring was fairly active Not much rain was reported to have fall en in the belt overnight and the forecast for the following 2l hours was for fair weather in all the cotton states. with the exception of showers in Northwest Texas. In the face of bearish weather conditions the market sagged slightly after the open ing and lost several points during the late session. At the close, which was steady, the active months ranged from one point below to one point above yesterday,s close.
 NEW ORLEANS COTTON FUTURES.
 New Orleans Aug. 2s.-Cotton futures: oh.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29
ST. LOUIS GRAIN

st Louis, Aug 2s.-(speciai )-The st. Louis grain markets today ranged as fol- lows:
 range sGR to sB Dec s5Ab; range ie5K to e5h May 9sM MA-
 Corn; Sept. 7sA; range Ts to @7s& bid. Dec. 62xb range s2h Ma to 62Ab. May 7s to 76% bid Dec @s2Ab: range e2k Q $ a 10 62Ab.. May s3a; range s3 to 6sRb.
 Oats; Sept. 4s%a; range 4s&a to 4sh
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29

On the Produce Exchange today the but ter market was steady; creameries 1sh O 22Kc; dalries ITO 20c.
 Eggs steady; at mark cases included 14 @17c; firsts 1shc; prime firsts 20e.
 Cheese-Steady 11h @i3c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29
OIdest Postman Dend.

Said to be the oldest mall carrier in the United States, Charles Mayes, aged 80 who drove the stage between Williamsburg and Petersburg for many years, ds dead at Canoe Valley. Pa.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29
LIVERPOOL COTTON.

Liverpool. Aug. zS.-Cotton futures open- ed and closed steady:
 AuguSt ...sssss ssss ssss s's.o.S 70 August September ,... A--. SS September October .... .. ...s s...4.72M October November .... ,... .6s November December s... .4 .64h December January ..A.e3 January-February ...s s-.s ..4.63 Eebruary-March s...4.64h March-April ..4.66
 April-May s...4.G May-June ....A.68
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29
NEWYnRR CnrrnN nn.

New York. Aug. 2s-cotton seed oil qui- et prime crude 3s E @2sc; do. yellow SIG.
 Sugar raw dull; fair refining $s. 10; cen trifugal ss-test $S. SO; molasses sugar e3. 10; refined quiet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29

New York. Aug. 2s.-The dry goods mar ket was generally steady during the day, houses for early delivery. some lines of grey cotton goods are being ordered more denand slowly broadening. The woolen and worsted trade is generally slow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29

T-Indicatss insppreciabis rainfall s--HoR yesterday. f-Fer A hours ending Ana. 18th meridian time. NOTE-Tha average maxinaum ana man1. mum temperatures and the average sMtneAti arc made ID at each center from eka aa- tam1 number Of reports recetve&- The siE&A4a
 REMARKS.
 Sprinkfes to light showers have occurred in scattered districts. though generA1iy fair weather has prevailed. Temperature changes have been generally sltght.
 FRANK F. CHATTER
 fgF Section Director. ". D.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29
Neso Orleans Report

New Orleans, La, Aug. 2s.--tspe- ciaL) - Tomorrow's Times-D Democrat will say:
 The talent expressed less hAarish confidence than usual despite the ease was lost and fewer operat&rs favored .saertH@seslins than fo5<a very long : slog. o1 .ss wssts the rings are beartsh there Is now little Nor no chance for organized bullish effort On the other hand, many recently active and en- to sell contracts because of the heavy decline, and the heavy/ discounts which futures are changing hands un-
 The position of August deliveries at New York. while generally depress- 1ng influence. cannot effect the ulti- mate market for raw cotton supplies except in so far as sentiment and demonstration of the helplessness of the bull party may influence the pro- gram planned by the farmer.
 Crop news showing deterioration and insect and storm damage, apparently attracts very little atteptton these days since the average trader is dom mated by the belief that enough cot zone conclusion. Probably the rings have made little allowance for trade revival and 1t ia well within the prob abilities that many an operator has been unduly influenced in his crop ex- pecfafions by the heavy curtailment in the demand for forward shipments for consumers account. of demand to supply will govern the course of the market until accurate knowledrge as to the size of the crop and some definite information as to the character of the years trade are forthcoming.
 Under the belief that values are low enough for the present the rings may Nx4ss~ 4e. down. hut If IS hardly to be expected that active buy ing for a near future rise will develop under present condition.
 On the day New Orleans gained one uofnt on october (S.52 range 8.5i-62l. and lost an eighth of a cent on mid ding co 1-4), tone was called quiet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29
NEW ORLEANS COTTON oI
SEW WORK HoI.TnAV

New orleanR Aug 2s.-cotton seed of prime 3Ae.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29
DRY GOODR.

New York, Aug. 2s.-Ths Coffee exchange will be closed Saturday. September s.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29
sECKErAEx MEsrEEs woELDs ,


 eNew Orleans. Aug. 2s-Secretary Hester s statemant of the worlds visible supply of cotton made up from special cable and tel sRraphic aivices compares the figures of his week. with last week. last year and ghe year bsfora- It shows a decrease for he week Just closed of s6s, ,026. against . decrease Of 100.9sa last year and dee crease of sz.s80 year before last
 The total visible is 1.710.5s2. against l. TT5,617 last week. 2,32i,529 last year and 1,790, 92T year before last. Of this the total of American cotton is 966.546, against 99O.- b71 last week. i.s5s,529 last yeaf and s03.- s27 year before last, and of all other kinds. including Egypt, Brazil India, etc. 744.046. against 1885, ,046 last week. e66, 900 last year and ss7. .00o year before last&
 The total worlds visible supply of eot- ton as above shows a dercease compared with last week 'eb. o25, a decrease compared with last year of 61e.9sT, and a decrease compared with year before last of s0.33S. Of the worlds visible supply of cotton as above there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and continental Europe a59.- 900. against 1.sss.00o last year and s3s. 900 year before last; in Egypt 61,0o0. against 10000 last year and 2s.0O0 year before last in India 407. .00o against 560.0o0 last year ana 627.008 year before last; and in the United States 3s4,o00 against ss1,0oO last year and eoS.ooo year before last.
 e-1ncluding minus stock correction New York 1I.ss1: Savannah 2.T5l. Total 14,s33.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29
NEW YORK COTTON.

New York. Aug. 2S-Qufte a sharp early advance in the cotton market was followed by a sharper decline during the afternoon and the close was barely steady net thirty points lower on August and three points lower to one point higher on the later months. Sales for the day were estimat- ed at 160.0oo bales.
 <The market opened steady at an advance of SOFT points owing to better cables than expected early and with some covering by August shorts who had looked for fur ther break at the opening this morning that position sold up to cents or 32 points net higher while the new crop sold about 12Q14 points over the closing figures of last night and there seemed to be con- siderable buying for reaction. Later. however wall Street was a seller of Au- gust again and with the shorts covered. There was no support for that position which broke violently in the late session on comparatively few transactions and sold as low as $40.
 The later months eased off with the near positions under liquidation by early buyers and at the close were at practically the lowest level of the bear movement with sentiment very nervous and unsettled.
 Receipts at the ports today ts,460 bales. against l1.s00 last week and 5.sos last year. For the week 70,07s bales, Nagainst A. .s07 last week and 22.ss1 last year.
 Today's receipts at New Orleans 50T bales, against POS last year. and at Houston 7.2S1 bales. against 2.394 last year.
 Futures opened steady and lcosed barely
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29

Net receipts at all U. s.
 ports during week 70.0Te 2i.76a
 Ist. .... ..S,5OO,O7 9,sTs,T41 Exports for week .... 50.sO2 16 le5 Total exports since Sept.
 1st .... .... .... ..T,3bb,402 e,S24s2eO Stock at all U S. ports 1T4044 272 Io1 Stock at all int towns. <. 113,6s4 s0.eoe Stock at Liverpool ...... 7so. 900 Stock of Ann. afloat for
 for Ct. Britain .. ...... SO,00o
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29
NEW ORLEANS SOFT COTTON.

New Orieans, Aug. 2s-Spot cotton quiet Sales Is6; receipts 507: aAock 25.73e. Ordinary, nom .... .... .... .. s-1sc Good ordinary ss'. te Low middltnG s... co. Shc Middling =. sS,s s-'. SHo Good middling e. .... '.... .... I-16o Middiing fair .... ID s-lsc Fair nom.... .... '...lo lS-lso
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29
KANsAs CrTY LIVE SHOOK.

KANsAB CITY LAVE SIVoA.
 Kansas City, Aug. 3s.-Cattie, receipts a,6o0. including 1000 southerns; steady: Native steers ... .... ..st.2s @T.ss Southern steers .... .;.' s'sss s'lS s'llSS Southern cows Gseo v Sar0 Native cows and heifers 2.2s q S.2S Hogs, receipts 5000; market sc htsher:
 sheep; receipts L5Oo: market iOc high, CT: oA Muttons s'sS e s'aaS s,ees Lambs s'ss ssss e'yv S'SSSS Range wethers e! S,e0 S'zS Fed ewes .... s..s's s.So s'eV
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29

Brought Into sight thus
 far for season .. ..11.41s, sSs 13. B35. .223 b37 bales deducted from receipts for sea- son.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29
rj0FTTON sTATTaTTre.

New York. Aug. 2e.-The following stAtis. tics on the movement of cotton for the week ending Friday, Aug 2s. were compil- ed by the New York Cotton Exchange:
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29

COMPARATIVE COTTON STATEMENT. New York. Aug. 2s.-For the week end ing Friday. Aug. 2s:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29
WEEKLY LOCAL COTTON i;rArrMrNr.
sE1.NTA Co1.rON MARKET.

SELMA COTTON MARKET.
 Selma. Aug. 3s.-tSpeciaL )-The price of spots quoted in the local cotton market today were as follows: 1oou H1uuLlnk ss..as.s.. s.s. -... ..s eH . strict zniddiing .,.... ...... .... ..e%c Mtununk .... .... ..s. .... ......-.s C Strict low middiing g... .... ....sh c
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29
CLOSING SHOOK LIST.

Sales lII.sA.l Low lclose
 Bid
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29

s-nfsfns. x-FallinG.
 RIvER rORECADE The Coosa will fali slowly. and the Ala bama will remain nearly stationary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-29

WEEKLY INFERIOR COTTON TOVylf9. New York. Aug. 2s. 1888.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-31
NEW INTEREST
 IN SHADES VALLEY
Street Car Linz Is Now Said To Be a Probability of the Near
 Future.

The plan to make the beautiful Shades valley part of Birmingham Is being greeted on all sides with approval. Com missioner Dickey is getting right behind his idea to build a 70-foot boulevard in the valley from Irondale to Oak Grove connecting with the new St. Charles street extension across Red mountain near Glen Iris, and he, as well as the other mem- bers of the board, are being congratu- lated for their final move in the interests of the people beyond the hill
 The possibilities of this section for resi- dences are so numerous that during the past 90 days many business men have be- come interested with a view to future de- velopments.
 Prominent business men of the city are behind proposition to build a car line into Shades valley, crossing the mountain somewhere west of Twentieth street. pos sibly to connect with the Fifteenth street car line Or the Idlewild line. This is a movement that everyone has realized would come, and it is believed that the right men are taking hold of the proposi- tion. Before long it is said the street car plans will be in such from that definite Information may be given.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-31

The President of the Birmingham r. M.
 c. A., Birmingham, Ala.
 Dear Sir-Mr J.. P Stubbs, the secre- tary of our association here, informs me
 that he has accepted a similar position
 with your association. While we are very
 sorry to lose MT. Stubbs, we feel that in
 going to your progressive city he will
 have a wider field of usefulness. 1 de-
 sire to tell you something of his work
 here. He came to us some nine or ten
 years ago, when our work was in bad
 shape. We were occupying an old resi- :
 dence poorly adapted to the work. We
 had mere handful of members, no
 physical work, no educational work and in fact, very little work of any kind.
 Under his administration we have put up good building well adapted to our
 needs. Our membership has exceeded the
 500 mark. Our physical work is in ex- cellent shape, and we have done and are
 doing most satisfactory work along edu-
 cational and social lines. All during his administration he has laid great stress on 1 the religious work and the results have been most satisfactory. The Sunday aft : ernoon services have been well attended | and there have been many professions at | them. The Bible classes have done T | good work. MT Stubbs has been emi- nently successful in reaching men and 1 getting them interested in Christian work He has conducted for some years
 a personal workers league, which has
 been of untold good to numbers of our | young men.
 l The financial part of the work has been 1 conducted well by him. When he first | came to us it was with difficulty that | we could raise the small budget which was necessary to carry on the very linn. | ited work we were doing. Now it Is i much easier to raise the budget, which
 is many times larger than it was then, owing to the increased work that is being | done.
 | AS a secretary he is a good allround
 man, fully consecrated to his work and eminently successful. The Portsmouth as- | sociation owes It's life and Its present prosperous Condition to his untring and | sacrificing labors That he will do a | good work with you have no doubt. We would not consent to his leaving us did ] we not appreciate that his ability and | experience a secretary demand wider | field and better compensation than we can | give him. Very truly yours,
 | FRANK l.. CROCKER, ] President Portsmouth Y. M. c. A.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-31
JULY CHOSES WITH ACTIVITY IN IRON
TONNAGE CONTRACTS FOR PAST
 THREE OR FOUR WEEKS WILL
 MAKE CONSIDERABLE TOTAL. HEAVY CONSUMPTION

The month of July closes with consld- erable activity in the pig iron hlarhe'' The tonnage contracts. for the past three or four weeks will make considefaple total
 The Alabama Consolidated company s,,d vesterdav 1000 tons of analysis iron at s12 5o and 300 tons of analysis at slo ,oo Tho ordinary quotations are SIP on No. 9 basis. but sales have been made at less.
 Rogers. Brown X Co.'S Cincinnati re- port for the week says
 Several sales of good size are reported for both northern and southern iron. ihe southern manufacturers up to the pres ent time have not been seriously inter fered with by the labor disturbances In the Birmingham district, and while this will probably delay the rapid increase of production at that point its erect so far has not been worth noticing. Some of the largest consumers in this district are buying larger quantities but still maintain the attitude of making their r,rcbases for immedates requirements and at snort lHlelNdiS. iiNNS t.'S iii' at existing figures and there Is good number of inquiries out which will prob ably result in sales during the next few days. There has been marked increase in inquiry for delivery during the year 1909 and a number of these people have bought although there is no general ef- fort or desire on the part of furnaces as vet to make figures for delivery be- vond the first of the year or to gamble on the probabilities after that period.
 Nine times out of ten pronounced buy ing movements have their origin among eastern consumers and spread to the west although the central west con sumes much more in tonnage than do their eastern competitors. At the pres ent time there seems to be very pro- nounced renewal of interest among east ern consumers which has resulted not only in large inquiries but in considerable purchases of both fotfndry and steel making irons, and with this advantage that with the outlook for consumers much improved the whole attitude of the pres ent movement Is of much more stable character than any we have had in the last year A particularly bright point is the marked betterment in structural steel business and the renewal of con tracts for this material which have been pending or held up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-31
Data for August.

The following data, covering period of 12 years, have been compiled from the weather bureau records at Birmlng- ham, Ala. They are issued to show the conditions that have prevailed during the month in question for the above period of years, but must not be construed as a forecast of the weather conditions for the coming month.
 Month of August for 12 years:
 Temperature--Mean or normal tempera- ture, s1. degrees; the warmest month was that of 1902, with an average of S4 de- grees; the coldest month was that of 1904, with an average of 7S degrees the highest temperature was 1Jl degrees on the 12th. 1S96 18th, 1897; 19th 1902; the lowest temperature was 59 degrees on the 2Sth 1904; the earliest date on which first killing" frost occurred in autumn. October p; average date on which first killing frost occurred in autumn, Mo- vember 5; average date on which last killing" frost occurred in spring, March 19 the latest date on which last killing" frost occurred in spring, April IT,
 Preciptation-(Rain or Melted Snow)- Average for the month, 5.03 inches; aver age number of days with .01 of an inch or more, 12; the greatest monthly precip- itation was 1883 inches in 1901; the least monthly precipitation was 1t99 inches ill 1900 the greatest amount of precipitation recorded in any 24 consecutive hours was S.22 inches on 24th and 18th, 1905.
 Wind-The prevailing winds have been from the southwest.
 Station; Birmingham, Ala.
 A Date of issue: July 30, 1908.
 w. F. LEHMAN,
 Observer Weather Bureau.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-31

After a review of the whole field, the directors of the Birmingham Young Mems Christian association have secured James P. Stubbs. the general secretary of the association ait Portsmouth, Va as the local general secretary, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of J. P. Jack son.
 MT. Stubbs will take charge of the local work some time between August 15 and September 1. He comes highly recom- mended Ir fact, the local directors in their determination to make the Birming- ham association one of the best in the country have used every possible effort to secure the best man available, and they feel confident that their hopes will be fully realized.
 Mr. Stubbs was in Birmingham not long ago, looking quietly over the field. He made fine impression, and seems to be man who does things. It is expected that new life will come to the work with his arrival, and, together with Physical Director Brown, who has been ably su- perntending the physical work for two years, he can bring the association up to high standard of efficiency.
 MT. Stubbs is native Virgnian and
 was born in Richmond on July 31, 1872, today being his thirty-sixth birthday. Soon after he removed to Petersburg, and l it was there that he joined the Market Street Methodist church. In 1888 he
 moved to Richmond and until 26 years Of age was prominently connected as a | business man, a church worker and pres | ident of the Epworth league.
 | For two years he was assistant secre- tary of the Richmond association, and
 for the 10 years just ended has been gen. eral secretary at Portsmouth. He is a man of fine presence, standing nearly six
 feet. He is an earnest Christian worker with a fine grasp of association work. He will receive hearty welcome here, and the officers promise him the best cooperation. The following letter, which has been received by President Munger
 will give an idea of his former work: Portsmouth, Va, July 27, 1908.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-31
.BODEKER STARTS
 VIGOROUS WORK Complete Change to Be Made
 In Shifts Tomorrow ORDER ON BLIND TIGERS No Officer Allowed To Accept Place as Watchman Unless Detailed By
 chief-lnspection of Va
 cant Buildings.
ORDER ON BLIND TIGERS

Chief Bodeker stated some days ago that after the excitement of the municipal election had subsided he would make changes in the police department and en- force strict discipline among his men. He has already begun to get down to busi- ness.
 A complete change of the men on the various shifts of duty will go into effect tomorrow. It has been Chief Bodeker's practice to change some of his men oc- casionally, but practically the whole force will be switched about tomorrow. The shifts of the superior officers will likewise be changed.
 Three orders were placed on the file at police headquarters yesterday. With ref erence to the enforcement of the prohibit ton law, Chief Bodeker has addressed the following letter to his men: Police Department, city:
 Numerous complaints are coming in to me of violation of the prohibition law on your respective beats. You are ex- pected to enforce this. law the same as any other law, and insist that you pay strict attention to it, and failure on your part to do so will be considered neglect of duty
 "1t seems that some of the patrolmen have had an idea that because other of ficers are detailed on this work it is not their duty to pay any attention to it. I wish to say that 1t is the duty of each and every officer to see that there are no violations of any law on their respective beats or anywhere else.
 T expect every one of you to do your duty which is required of you according to your oath of office. If you cannot do 1t, you should resign.
 c. IT. BODEKER,
 Chief of Police. An order was also issued that hereafter no one connected with the police depart ment will be allowed to accept place as