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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
NEW YORK BONDS

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
LoCUsTs TN PANAMA.
sEiOus Detriment to Interests of the

Serious Detriment to Interests of the
 Country.
 Washington. Dec. 12.--Loeusts have become a serious detrIment to the ag- Picultural interests of Panama and for several months the government of Pan anna has been fighting against the plague, according to a report from George T. Weitzel of the American legation at Panama City.
 The method of extermination. he says. is to dig a trench with perpen- dicuiar sides. into which the locuSts are driven by men beating the grass ana trees with switches. Tn this way millions ara collected and then de- stroyed with a solution of strong lye soap studs. the trench is then being re- diled with earth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
pRuNp1peE SOCIAL NEWS.

Brundidge. Dec. 12.--(special. )-Fri- day afternoon the Misses Brazil enter tained a few friends in a delightful manner. Dominoes was played at three tables. and the game of -Four and Twenty BlackbiFds" was the vehicle
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
cINcrNNAT1 pRopucE,

CINCINNATI PRODUCE. Cincinnati. Dec. 12.-Flour quiet. Wheat easy si.osM @t1. .oA Corn easy 61@Mc. Oats steady 52@ kc. Rye dull 7s@ s0c- Provisions steady. Whiskey steady e1.aT. Butter steady. Eggs unchanged. Poultry unchanged.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13

NEW ORLEANS sPOr COTTON.
NEW YORK COTTON,

New York Dec 12.-The cotton market opened firm at an advance of four to sev. en points in response to steady cables and larger sPinners taklngs for the week than expected, but eased off right after the call under renewed liquidation and local bear pressure, with prices selling back tO with in a point or two of last nights close. Lat CT the market was steadied by covering over the weekend. but trade was ouiei and there was only a slight rally. The market closed steady with prices net ( to 10 points higher.
 Receipts at all ports today 56s20 bales, against 63I4s last week and 57,272 last wear For the week 3so, 900. against 4IO. .6s7 last week and 400,715 last year.
 Today's receipts ct New orleans 10oil, against TOPS last year. and at Houston 15,0oI against 17,s44 last year.
 Futitres opened firm and closed steady:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
nRY aOnns

New York. Dec. 12.-The dry goods mar ket closed quiet and fairly steady. Dlstri- a growing consumption Early holiday reports from retailers show . fair trade in progress. Linens are selling well In the firmer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
KANsAs cTrY LIvE sToCK.
MnNEY MARKET.

New York, Dec. 12.--Money on call nomi- nal Time loans firmer; sixty days 3@SA per cent; ninety days 3k @sh per cent. six months, 3h 9sA per cent.
 Close: Prime mercantile paper 10 %a per cent.
 Sterling exchange strong with actual busi- ness in bankers bills at ASA s5 Q ASA. s5 for sixty day bills and at 4sT.0b @4St'le TOT demand. Commereials bills 4s4E 94s4&. Bar silver 4S&; Mexican dollars 4b, Government bonds steady. Railroaa bonus irregular.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
TnrAarrrv nAYANcrs.

of the treasury balances in the general fund shows:
 Available cash balance ......si44.37l.7s 7ss cold coin and buIlion 27,23as3a Gold certificates .... .... b4,o4s.saV
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
Nrrr vnnu pRonnnr.

New York. lDee 12.-cotton seed oil easy; 2gHc.
 Sugar raw uniet; fair refining ss. Ss: cen- rafined quiet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13

On the Produce Exchange today the but ter market was steady; creameries 22@ a0c: dairies 2ih @25e.
 Eggs steady. at maIk cases included as @31c; nrsts 32c; prime firsts 33e.
 cheese--Firm 1a915c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
SOME IMPROVEMENT COTTON MARKET GOES UP FEW
 POINTS. Very Few Transactions Are Noted Sat- urday, H0wever---Local Receipts Very Light, Probably on Ac-
 count of Bad Weather.

The day being Saturday. the large markets of the world dealing in cot ton held their regular short session, a bare two hours. But during this short period a gain of some five or six points was noted. bringing spots up to the s 1-2 cent level again. But while the market showed some improvement there were few sales.
 Locally receipts were extremely light This may be accounted for by have been exceedinEiy bad for bring ing cotton to town, or the fact that most of the cotton has been already picked and brought to town may be local cotton dealers who seem to think that the last reason assigned is the true cause.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 The low barometer area, that was central over the upper Lake region yesterday has moved eastward to the North Atlantic coast after causing rains quite generally to the east of the Mississippi. It is showing or raining in New York and New England, though fair weather now prevails over the Southern half of the -eeuntry. with some- what colder in the lake region. Ohio valley and most of the cotton belt. under the in- nuence of an area of high barometer cen- tral over Utah, and an area of slightly above normal pressure central over Texas. As these areAs drift eastward. they will cause fair weather in middle Alabama to- night and Sunday. with cooler tonight. An area of low barometer central to the north of Minnesota is giving warmer weather in the middle northwest, and light rain or snow has occurred at some of the north western stations.
 U. 6. Dep&rtmenk ef AGRiculturs, Weather
 Huneau.
 Temperature and precipitation aa report ed by the Weather Bureau for selected Southern States during the 2A hours end
 Dec. 12. 1908.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13

eis I..d '1s s.. s-sslss' sss s' asd spelter at s5.10@15.
 Iron was unchanged.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
NAvAI sToREs.

 wilmington. Dec. 12.-spirits turpentine steady 3Sc; receipts l2.
 Resin steady S2.To; receipts 56. Tar firm $i. 70; receipts iso: Crude turpentine firm s2oo; $500 and S3. co; receipts s7.
 Charleston. Dec. 12.-Turpentins firm Resin firm: ARcD ss ss; EFF se7A; c ss co: H S3 55; SG. o5; M SS.7o; N $s.B6' we ss.so' wv ss.4o.
 Savannah, Dec. 1s-Turpentine firm sshc; sales 7sS; receipts 7so; shipments Ros,n firm; sales s.ss2; receipts 2,s35; shipments s.sss: stock i52.O4o. ED S9 .09i S5 10; M s5. 80; N, ss.15; we ss.4o; wv se. 50-
 MANCHESTER CLOTH MARKET. Manchester Eng Dec. 12.-Business on the cloth market during the past week was deeidedly dull and offers from abroad 'sarle lower than ever. The only outlets where average sales are being made are the South American and Mediterranean mar kets which absorbed miscellaneous and atandnrd assortments.
 Yarns continued disappointins. American Cops occasionally changed hands with cas- fer rates but Egyptians tnund few buyers and stocks continued to increase. Prices were irregular.
 THE METAL MARKETS. New York. Dec. 12y--The metal markets cables and no change of importance was Tin was quoted at sSs.sO@sss.s5 oa the spot.
 iake quoted at $i4.2 5@5o; slsctrolytie S14
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
vwvrgr MONEY MARHrT

Berlin, Dec. 12.-Exchange on London 90 lnarks 47 pfennigs for cheeks i. per cent; and three months bills per cent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
a--RlsinS. x--FallinG.
RIVER FORI

RIVER FORECAST. The Cnosa and the upper Alabama will fall slowly; the lower Alabama will contin- ue to rise slowly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
sr rorus cRATN AND PRODUCE.

ST. LOUIS GRAIN AND PRODUCE. |. st. Louis Dec. l3.-close; Whest ds9t Se a ..S al o7 SS 6f OsA; No. hard l:oSA3 W seo sse Ngay Si ,os &@m; July seA Q $. corn: No. 2 cash 5s6 45s; No. whise si@e M; May s0%; July eo%. .... se. 0afs: No cash 50h NO. Whito "@' AIs Poultry Iti lower: chickens shc: sprssnss sn sMe; turkeys I3c; ducks she' sssSo
 Butter creamery 2Sh @Soc'
 fsad fEssd ss.iaH; spelter ss.os.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
LONDON sTOCKs.

London, Dec. 12.--On the stock exenanke here today Americans opened with sens. sis- ana after small business closed dull Erie was firm and active. a ,,1a Consuls for money .s'' ''.. ss 3k "a
 do. for account. .-..-' eS tSsst.e I,ouisyIlle & Nashville '... ''Asen Southern Ry.... ..,..s '''. .''''' sIW
 Y,fd .i-..s. s..s' .''. -. S nsr silver steady 32Hd. Money 29 h T)iseount for short bills \ par csnt.' tnFe@ months sh @5-Is per cent
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13

Additional sales made to the trade late yesterday were 5000 bales. all American.
 NEW ORLEANS COTTON OIL
 New Orleans, Dec. 12.--Cotton seed oil; prime refined in barrels nST pound 5.10 cents.
 NEW Y0RK RANK STATEMENT.
 New York. Dec 12.--The statement of clearing house banks for the week shows that the banks hold s1e, ,ssss25 more than the requirements of the 25 per cent. reserve rule, There was decrease of s3.277.1sa In tke proportionate cash reserve as compar- ed with last week.
 The statement foIlowai
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13

Liverpool Dec 12 -Clore- Cotton' spot duI: prices one point higher: American middling .... .... .... ....t H1 Low middltnE ......'I... s.s. ''S et Good ordinary COG. i lo
 The sales of the day were 2.0o0 bales of which 100 were for speculation and export and included 1.4sO American. Receipts 56 100 bales; all American
 Futures opened steady and closed barely steady:
 December s.s.9 eo a December January ..t.6A
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
aEINIA fnI.rnN MARREra.

Selma. Dec 12.-(Special 1--The price of spot cotton was quoted in the local market
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
NEW Y0RK RANK STATEMENT.

The percentage of actual reserve of the clearing house banks today 26 S4.
 The statement of banks and trust compa- nies of Greater New York, not reporting to the clearing house shows that these insti- tutiops have aggregate deposits of I. l23,- 055, 300, total cash on hand S10S, 12b, 800 and loans amounting to s1.oso. 900.
 COFFEE MARKET.
 New York, Dec. l3.-Coffee futures clos ed unchanged to five points higher. Salus were reported of s.250 bags including De- cember and January at S.lo; and May Spot quiet: Rio Np. sm@s%c; Santos No ( 7M 9sho; mild duiii cordova sh Q I2Mc.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
THE WEATHER

Halted States Department of ARriculturs. weather Bureau Local ObservatioD,
 Montsomery, Dec. ls, 1908.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
ST T,0rJTs LIVE STOCK.

St. Louis. Dee is.--cattie. receipts 100; steady.
 Beer steers .to.o oV VRt.9y stockers and feeders 3.75 Q 4.so Cows and heifers .... 800 Qe.2S Cows and heifers .... l.75 Q 4.b0
 Hogs, receipts 5000; steady to Dc lower; Pigs and lights 4'Z5 s.s9 Butchers and best heavy :. $40 Q S.ss
 sheep; receipts so; steady; Natives '.......t- s.vS s.So00 IAFnbs S.oV ''VVs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13

CHIcAao LTyr STOOL
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-26
WHY THAW
 IS BANKRUPT

Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Aug. 25.-Har- ry K Thaw, who for some days has been ill of tonsilitis in the jail here, today denounced the stories that his Pittsburg bankruptcy proceedings were merely part of plan to get him into a State where he might gain his freedom.
 Under ordinary circumstances he said, II should appear at the first meeting of my creditors in Pittsburg. but my presence may not be required. If it is Mauchauser, my lawyer, is willing to give his entire property as guaranty that shall return before Judge Mills for trial. My counsel will add their word to mine that I shall re- turn if my presence is necessary ill Pittsburg. l entered bankruptcy pro- ceedings to protect myself from claims which were outrageous
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-26
ATTENTION, GINNERS.

Had you not better have your boil CTS tested and be sure they are safe? Why take the risk? It is only a minor expense to apply test pump and prove the condition. I repair boil CTS, make stack and breeching and carry a stock of f1ues of all kinds and all other boiler materials. l have sev- eral repaired engines and boilers for sale Call or phone.
 EAGLE IRON WORKS,
 Corner Fifth and Tennessee St., S92w Pine Bluff, Ark.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-26
ARREST DUE
 TO TELEPHONE;
How a Pretty Woman Gave Officers a Clue That Led to the Arrest of an Alleged Oklahoma Forger and Bond Jumper.

Fort Smith, Aug. 25.-Through the action of Miss H. Jacobs, a very pretty and seemingly bright young woman, who unconsciously acted as a stool pigeon, William Schaffer, an alleged Oklahoma forger and bond jumper, was arrested here. The young woman lindiscreetly held telephone communi- cation with Schaffer from the LaFlore Hotel, where Deputy Sheriffs Thomp- son and Carr were standing by.
 The woman was followed from Okeema, okla, by Sheriff McCullen, who got his clue through telephone
 message sent by Schaffer from Musko- gee to Tulsa, instructing her to bring his grip to Fort Smith and take it to the hotel named, where he would con- municate with her further. The wo- man did not bring the grip lest it be identified by some officer and she her. self arrested Immediately upon her arrival she was called up by Schaffer, who instructed her to go to 1923 North K street. She repeated the number and the officer got the clue as to the whereabouts of Schaffer.
 The woman boarded car as did the officers, but she grew wise to their presence and to throw them off the track, passed the house in which Schaffer was in hiding. The officers paid no luther attention to her, but entered the house and found Schaffer in a closet under some clothes, and
 arrested him. He was turned over to
 the Oklahoma sheriff, who left with his prisoner on the late train west ,, The woman, when she arrived, was accompanied by young man and both disappeared as soon as the woman dis
 covered she was shadowed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-26

the pulpit, the lecherous, double-lifed preacher, for they said no man living with another mans wife should at any hazard preach in the negro Baptist pulpit, but the scribe is watching this declaration with both heart and eye, for this matter bothered the Christ and it will bother any church. When the committee got through with half-dozen or more duplex and con- plex questions then came the great unmentionable question, the Spring field matter. This is the burning question of all questions. One we'll versed with the negro and his way of thinking could see and feel the stains as they came, when some speaker begins to compare the home of Abra- ham Lincoln with the home of Jeffer son Davis and their treatment of the negro The dangerous and burning question of rape This thing has no peace in the heart of the true South II wretch ---- in pgmy, indeed the savage of the jungle and the cane. One thing we saw we did not look for to see the negro acknowledge that his chances were better ill the South than they were in Springfield, III. That the Southern white man did not burn his property, loot his house and cut the throats of old, decrepit negroes at the age of so years who were inno- cent, as were the old Illinois negroes at Springfield. One of the speakers said just to think of certain man in Atlanta riot who offered $100 for the first negro lynched and MT. Hearst and the white people of the North have nominated that man and put his name on the Independent ticket to be voted for for vice president. The final outcome was that the white man in the South is fairer to the negro than the Yankee Pigs Or the "Moles. y Lincoln's home bespoled and ruined once forever Illinois your black laws were white compared to your August Iriot of 1908 When will an end come to this fiendish crime and practice? Thank God for good old Jefferson county. No lynching here: all gone and done away with as long as the manly. the brave can reign. Thank l God for one peace on this Southern spot where law and order can reign at ease and be supreme. To the color | ed man l say, "Men, live in the South and do right. But think well before you go off to Springfield H.. Spring l field. Mo-, and little town in Ohio i o God how long shall the parched | flood of human come heavenward to 1 stench thy nostrils.
 Committee:
 A. NJ. Middlebrooks.
 $. A. Mosely,
 ] W. Pattison s 25 I
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-26

Information concerning the arrests vas received by Captain Thomas l. Porter, in charge of the local office of the government secret service. The young men, according to the Captain information, confessed thelr guilt.
 When the arrest was made, accord ing to Captain Porter, complete out fit for changing the $2 bills to high CT denominations was found and coll fiscated by the secret service opera tive.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-26
NEGRO AND
 HIS FRIENDS
Treatment in the Home of Lincoln and
 the Home of Davis.

The colored citizens of the St. Mar ion District Association, composed of the counties of Jefferson, Lincoln, De- sha convened at Pine Bluff this week with the Rose Hill Baptist church. s. L. Woolfolk, moderator, and s. w.. Dawson, recording clerk
 This association is composed large ly of the agricultural class of negroes of southeast Arkansas, and are as a whole industrial Some of it's mem- bers have held places in county and state of distinction, a good per cent own homes and farms and are doing we'll They do nearly all their work by committee, as their form of gov ernment is Republican. The committee on the state of the country brought in and read before the association a very intelligent report on the condi tion of the country.
 It was musing to see and hear their report on crops, stock raising, accumulation of money, their banking accounts, the recent failures of their banks ill Pine Bluff and Little Rock Some of these people were members of both of these banks. It is claimed the bank failed in Little Rock for about SS0,oo0 and in Pine Bluff for a smaller amount. Then came in the ht<c -t, ,i, share of the failures. The scores run about like this:
 Pine Bluff Mercantile S5O, 900 Pine Bluff Unity Bank ........ 6O.O00 Capital City Savings Bank -. S0,000 Mosaic Society .............. 10000 Knights of Pythias for years 14.o00
 What is known as the Taborians of this lost by steal $10,000.
 The Sons and Daughters of Jacob composed of Arkansas, South Carolina and Mississippi stolen by one negro by the name of Crossland who was secretary and treasurer, the sum of $20,00o
 l HGSc suns diliiotlIl Ao AuSe sun Of $244 000
 What was peculiar about this $244,- GOO being stolen from the poor ne groes, not a dollar of it could be tracec to the white mans han.. Sc the committee makes it appear that the colored brother, as financial
 
 Tweed examples. We are watching these money movements with eagle eyes. The committee reports the church academies and colleges are doing we'll and calls for better and fuller ministry More industry, more home getting and more pitching out o'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-26
RAISING $2
 BILLS TO $10
Two Prominent Young Men of Streat- or. ILL. Held at Chicago in Default of Bonds. on a Charge of Counter. ieiting. Which They Have Con. ieSSed.

Chicago Aug. 25.-Wiiliam Wright and Daniel Rhoder, the former the adopted son of a prominent attorney, and the latter grocer of Streator, lll. are in the county jail in default of bonds. charged with counterfeiting.
 They were arraigned at Streator and held 10 the Federal grand jury there before United States Commis- sioner H. H. Dicus. and were brought to this city by Deputy United States Marshal and Secret Service Operative Drautzberg, who has been instrument al in working up the evidence which led to their arraignment.
 Their method of operating was said to be the raising of bills of g de- nomination to $10.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-26
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

Capt. N. T. Roberts will have en- tire charge of our abstract books and will be glad to serve our patrons.
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABSTRACT co.