The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-12
LOCAL WEEKLY COTTON sTArEMEN,

where a consequent improvement has been made in the crop outlook LOCAL WEEKLY COTTON STATEMENT. stock on hand Sept. ,.soi Rse'd Rec IDrsviousiv .:: .... .".:.issosi- 1ss.i4s Total .... ...... ls5. .s4s shipped past week ....... 1s7 Shipped previously ...1Ea,97s shipped previously and not
 counted '...'. ...''. i'sss- 1oi'fss Stock on hand June 10 4.21z Stock on hand correspohding day last Received oorrespondinS week last ' rotsl receipts to corresponding week w :. Price june @ IF. lsos =. .... .' .... Iii $c Price June II. 1908 .... ........lOSc
 COTTON GOSSIP.
 No cotton offering yesterday on the Consequently no sales recorded.
 Local middling still quoted at 10 5-8 cents.
 Local factors, however. have set their hearts on Il cents.
 Trading was quiet all over yestsr- day with fluctuations narrow.
 Good weather throughout the Central section all this week.
 Much improvement has been made in the conditions of the fields.
 No more rain needed for some time. Weather man predicts cloudy and un- settled weather.
 All markets seems to be in a wait ing attitude.
 New Orleans reported spots quiet yesterday with small scattered de- mand.
 Liverpool estimated port receipts yes- terday were about 1000 bales. .ns satSa RSSss Ca G & snensss sspo.sd a'i n raining hard yesterday.
 Selma likewise complained of rain there yesterday.
 Estimated in sight for the week, e7,- 900 to 77000 bales, against S9,O49 this week year ago.
 Piedmont. Ala. writes, Fields badly
 
 worse; too much rain."
 Maybe they didn't work up that way this week.
 Liverpool cables. Short time talk nonsense. Manchester business bet ter"
 than in thirty years. Cotton practi- cally ruined in this section by grass, overhows, and continued rains. If con- ditions In the rest of the State are anything like In this vicinity. no more
 The planters and farmers in this vicinity have worked hard and taken advantage of the excellent weather those described at Tuscaloosa exist around this vicinity at present.
 shreveport' Lay y.,, wries; Reliable SdL offer for any part of 10000 bales strict middling, shipment within twenty days. that will net him in Shreveport the price of July New York"
 Ennis, Tex, writes: "The ground is again becoming very dry. Prospects are so poor In neighboring counties that jobbers have stopped their men calling at these places. Evidence of the gravity of the drouth situation Is that many cities, Dallas among them, are calling their citizens attention to the water. supply in their respective localities.
 Cleburne, Tex, wires: Have just read MT. Mahanay's communication in regard to drouth In Texas: My home is in Cleburne. Bosque, Ellis. Johnson and Dallas Counties will make practi- calIy nothing. People are leaving their homes seeking work. l have lived in the black lands of Central Texas all my life, and have never seen such de- plorable conditions as now exist Can not understand Government figures on crop condition of Texas"
 The total port receipts yesterday erwe only 5,694 bales against 10,S91 bales this day a year ago. Galveston had 2.551 bales yesterday, against l.S17 in 1908; Baltimore, 1,101 bales yester- day, and only 53s this day year ago, while New Orleans had only S9 bales yysSss'DA'' yysos. A' 'OA''
 Following is the weather report yes- terday at several cotton centers:
 Atlanta-Clear, pleasant.
 Charlotte-Partly cloudy; hot.
 spartanburg-Cloudy: h9t. Ao. Other Eastern pointsmClear; not Tuscaloosa-Cloudy, cool; hard rain last night. Ao. Selma-Partly clouoy' not s"'set yesterday afternoon.
 New Orleans-Pnrtly cloudy; hot.
 Grenada-Aeports rains through Car roll County in the Winona district.
 Greenwood-Clear; pleasant.
 Duck Hill-Partly cloudy; heavy rain last night. , nearly all night. ,- Courtland-Partly cloudy, hot; rain Crenada-Cloudy; rained all night;
 CofYeyVille-Cloudy; hard rain Iast night. As SAsaAzSssT1a .s 11
 land. Miss.-Cloudy; hard ram
 waTer VaIley-Part cloudy: hard rain for eight hours last night. ,,,. Yazoo City. Monroe, Memphis ShreVe-