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Cotton Statement.

WASHINGTON, January o,-Amerl-
can cotton stocks at the end of No
vember aggregated 1,6o5,9ss bales, com
pared with 1.79b,69O and 1,ol4,791 bales
reported on the same dates in 1908 and
1907. says to-day's report OF the
! Bureau OF Statistics for November.
Sight receipts of cotton during No
vemher totaled 1,141.139 bales. COM
pared with 2,595,097 bales during No
vember 1905, and 1,930.1a3 during No
vember 1907. Tho port receipts, 1885,
.224 bales, show similar decline from
1905 and 1907 figures of 1.sss,ae2 and
l,b2o.536 bales. The taAsings OF Amerl-
can splnners for the three months OF
the present season says the report.
were l,b17,1o4 bales. only $4,000 less
than for the corresponding period OF
the preceding year, The decline In to-
tai taklngs in attributed exclusively
to the curtailed demand of tho North
ern mills. the seasons taklngs Of the
Southern mills. eas,s7s bales. exceed
ing the corresponding figures for the
past season.
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CELEBRATES
COMPLETION OFF CHI uRCH
Especial to Tho Times pispatch.l

ANA|S : = iIo NlLlJEj,48a5 VA, january
THE Hinton Avenue Methodist
Church Of this city. to-day celebrated
the completion of its new building by
holding the first services therein. in
connection with the celebration of the
ls5th anniversary of American Meth
odlsm. orgas.zed at the Christian COM
ference heldsn Baltimore 1876 years ago.
appropriate sermons were delivered by
the new pastor, REV. r. P. Lumpkin.
At both services, and excellent musical
programs were rendered.
me new building is al very pretty
Dilck edltlce, with large and beautiful
colored glass windows and massive
doors, The interior. from floor to
celllng-dome, Is neatly finished. Tho
moor Is carpeted on which rest pew
seats Of the latest style and II con-
lalns auditorium women's- parlor and
PASTORS study, all warmed by orna-
mental gas heaters.
While the building Is large. enough
Tor present purposes, 1t. ahasss been so
pullt and arranged as to be an al di-
ton or annex to the naw and larger
church building in view. and ITO be
erected ere, IN this near future. The pres
ent building will then be used for
Sabbath school ana prayer meeting
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week and carly this week to get back
their cotton. At tho same fine there
has been largo buying. to cover shorts
among professionals who liavo been
playing for the top for the last several
weeks and also considcrab bic buying on
margin by commission houses for out
siders. Holders of cotton In the South,
noting tl1H advancing tendency Of the
option lnafkets here and at Liverpool,
have been less disposed to offer their
cotton on sale as freely as recently,
which has made it easy for the South
ern spot markets to keep pace with
the advance this week In futures. The
movement OF the crop last week and
this week has been somewhat heavier
than expected, but this appears to be
mostly in the nature of cotton going
through the process of shipment, and
sold some time ago to spnners and
exporters to fulfil contracts for such
shipments expiring with the end OF this
month at the scaboard.
Manufacturers aud Prices.
The manufacturers OF yarns and dry
goods generally have been securing
good advances in prices lately. but they
have not been able to get them UP in
proportion to the advance IN raw cot
ton. This has been owing to the un-
willingness OF the wholesale and job
bing trade to meet the views Of manu-
facturcrs Consequently the amount of
new orders being booked for forward
deliveries In both cotton goods and
yarns is not large at present. Spin
ners generally still have fairly good
stocks of cotton on hand at present,
but few, however are supplied sufff-
GENTLY to last them beyond March.
The aggressively bullish speculation
las been interfering with the addition
10 their supplies by taking the market
up too fast. Therefore we shall soon
hear of many of these more unfortu-
nate manufacturers being obliged to
adopt further short-time notes inatheir
operations Meanwhile many planters
and factors in the South are holding
back a good portion of the remainder
OF the crop unsold, in anticipation Of
still higher prices this spring. |
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ncsumc Sale. ,ro-nnr.

sales of tobacco on the Lynchburg
market will be resumed Monday morn-
ing, having been suspended since De-
cember %. The sales Will hardly be
heavy until there has been rainy
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probable cxportablc surplus were again
reduced, it now being variously placed
at 72,0O0,000 to S0,O00.O00 bushels
against roundly 96OO0,OOO bushels ca.
ported this year. This suggests an APP
parent loss of approximately 50,000,0Uo
bushels. as compared with premature
estimates made carly in the season.
A material advance in the distant de-
i!Nerlcs in domestic markets was partly
checked by fairly liberal receipts, and
especially In the Northwest, and SOME
believe that there will be further en-
larsemcnt when the -trike is declared
off. This need cause no worriment.
and In fact, many merchants would be
gratitlcd to see larger receipts, as they
believe that the big prospective short-
age In Argentina will compel Europe
TO turneto this country for larger sup-
piles within the next three or four
months.
Unfortunately, our farmers arc so
independent that 1t is feared that tho
hence free TRADE with shippers Will
be greatly hindered. Fortunately. the
weather West is considered fuvorab
for the growing winter wheat crop.
practically all of the area being COW
cred by snow. but, Of course,i 1t Is far
too early now to form any trustworthy
opinion as to the probable outcome. 1t
must be borne In mind that there is
Invariably deterioration between seed
ing time and harvest Exporters have
been idle most of tho time, as their
limits were too low as a rule, but ad-
vices from Buffalo Indicate that large
quantities have been sold to millers,
possibly close to 100000 bushels.
Little Interest In Corn.
Corn has been lfeless in the local
market with insignificant changes. and
no features of Importance. although q
firm feeling has prevailed. partly In
with wheat, and partly ow-
ing to meagre supplies. In Western
markets the feeling was slightly weak
n, owing to favorable weather. 1t be-
ng cold and clear. and consequently
t was believed that farmers deliver-
es would show enlargement Never
.heless. receipts at primary points have
lot increased to any important extent.
Ind hence the visible supply is small,
considering the high prices
orevai1in- 4tssi Ht
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HEAVY SPECULATION
In COTTON MAR KET
Staple Was Active and Strong Throughout Week,
With New High Records Made Daily.
Holders Are Cautious

NEW YORK, January 1.-THE market
has been active and strong through
out the week. with new. high records
made daily by Its continued advancing
tendency. The rise from last Thurs
days closing prices amounts to about
fifty points. or the equivalent Of y,
cent, or $3.50 per bale, TO those previous
hfgh-record figures. The general OPP
ton list Is now on the basis OF 16 to
1919 cents from tho January to next
August deliveries. This is the highest
since 17is cents was established during
the height of the Sully boom in 1905
"a. and is cents prior to that, In 1874.
Despite these high prices, buying has
steadily predominated throughout the
week This pressure has been so much
in cxcess of the frequent heavy realt-
zation sales from old bulls that tho
market has required little manipula-
tive assistance from the cliaues. This
has made the bull leaders more conf
dent, and they are now predicting II
cents next week, and believe is and 20
cents will be reached before the ma
sturtty OF the March, May or July op-
5tions. What bear resistance there Ssas
TO the continuation of the advance last
week, when the market closed on the
ba sis of 1855 to 15H cents, has been en-
tircIy absent this week. Conditions
have been too much against short SELL
ing from the rising spot markets and
stronger and higher markets at Liver
pool.
Interest of the spinncrs.
The principal factors contributing to
tho weeks further advance have been
the temperance of spinners in the
markets as large buyers. Other spin
ners, having bought spot cotton freely
somc time ago from dealers. with the
privilege of calling it when desired, I
and fixing the price for such deliver
les, have been calling the cotton the !
last several days. This has made it
compulsory on the part of spot dealers
having made such contracts to protect
themselves by equal purchases of fn-
lures in the contract markets. This
has induced bulls who liqutdated their
snecuIatiye p,lrCllaSe on the rise last
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ARGENTINE REPORTS
STIMULATE BUYING
Past Week Saw Much Strength Displayed in
Wheat Market---Narrow Fuctua-
tions in Corn.

NEW YORK, January 2.-Much irreg-
uIarity prevailed in domestic wheat
markets early in the week, prices fluc-
tuating in an cratic fashion. In the
MAN. however. net changes were
confined and narrow. There was
a general tendency to hold Oft
or TO even up over the hol-
idays. as usual at the end of the year
Temporarily there was a slight upward
trend. which was mainly attributed to
nervousness among sellers for the de-
cline, who showed anxiety to cover.
especially in Chicago, where Deccm-
Der took the lead in the upward move
Ilent but apparently the short inter
est was comparatively light Hence
there was not much excitement. and the
advance was rather disappointing to
the bull element.
Probably the upward tendency was
checked partly by comparatively liberal
receipts. and especially In Minneapolis,
which suggested that the strike was
Mt an end to all practical purposes, al
though not officially settled. Covering
was partly stimulated by encouraging
cables, European markets being inl-
cnced to some extent by reports of
lighter offerings for forward shipment
from Buenos Ayres, which market was
bad weather in Argentina, the temper
aturc being low, with too much lnois-
ture. Nevertheless. the bear clement
was predictins a decline as soon as
December .WaS our'of the way. They
base this upon the assumption that the
receipts of wheat at Minneapolis VIII
be heavy as soon as the strike is on,
IS they think there arc large accu1nu-
1ations of wheat held up on dc-tracls.
UnsettIemcnt Towards Close.
Late In the week there continued to
be much feverishness in the wheat
market, with spasmodic variations, nj
though in the main the tendency was
upward, and notably in December In |
the local market, which advanced In
p somewhat striking way. as there
were few eleventh-hour shorts to
cover. General buying was stimulated
largely by encouraging cables, ana par
ticularly as to the unfavorable outlook
IN Argentina, where further damage
has been caused by cold, wet weather,
and as a result estimates as to the ]
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using Z, municipal political methods i

using municipal political methods In
beating Fish.
II was also asserted that Fish failed
70 70 obey q, The orders !. OF. Coach iIsugiton
far as to say that the Crimson, would
lave been victorious had they been
carried out. Not only that, but Fish ia
accused q. g. BY his defraetors Of interfer-
much that the latter Became upset and
was useless to his team. b,
" IS Significant that Iotlrop With.
.ington. who was elected captalii or tho
friend Of f'ial. makes the plain state.
ineilt that he docs not favor the re-
Btehtlon of Coach Haugiiton. whjcl,
would Indicate that all was not smooth
between Fish and IIaughton.
In the. meantime, Fish. disappolntedi
az his defeat, has uuit Harvard. but
VII return in tho spring to get his
Bunker Miller HAD Troubles.
.ronblc than Al Nj sap ,be po had more
m NIL, r.. was shifted SO often from one
position. to another that he neva.
n ma q chance Of repeating any OF His
sens. work Of 1908. He did
Carlisle, but that was tho only ' time. ~
e.. miller was tried at quarter. ha1f
iuiloack and end, but In mono of these
posillons was his work ont Of the ordis
f nrs, Miller attributed his reversal Of
aSr, ~ 20 lack Of sympathy on the mart
:, {, the coaches. who constantly shtfted
nm nn ana ID, destroyed his own confidence.
seen on the sidelines often w wto ~ vas
man. q, OF Cornell. Tydcman ranked 1 o 40
:, :, Hirst,class man until this vnar ,,,hns
h hn f' oWn the leadership reins as well as
'e Cornell pMh p @sdana to to-, look after.
from the start this year. and II s affeo5
sensitive en- indi-idual When'tl,e res very
and and sianpe sd5u ,n|, Tydeman worried
result was that he became mas s,,h hnd the
A''ioush the captain of the team :
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THE JANUARY MARKET
Appronch of Period Con.crn,n, ,v,.
lDtercStInls Prcdicfinnu lI...- !, ~ y

1,pproacn OF n Period Conccrninc. >yb,.,.
Mn,;s. Predictions Have Becn Mad,
LOtl>, January Ell hns foi
number of weeks been mattor
eit1er of fresolute prediction mr. -. =,
curious inquiry what would he 4ha
course of our financial markets. afta,
.ne turn OF the year" when tho 70.
s!ralhts imposed by dear money crn,,-
oiins pank reserves. pressure on for.
eign Institutions and withdrawn IT
currency to the harvest States should
soe deilnitely out OF the way. For naxt
nlohth we may reckon with rcasonabIe
ss. ,ai1ts on easier money, a rising
DanM surplus. more comfortable foreign
a aa.Nets ana return flow OF interior
,surrency In addition to which thor.
Is the $200,O0O,OOO dividend and CO.
pom money" eou-
+. Now doubtless very great mart ~
those January disbursements VII, -
mo private business. into househo1d
anu PERSONAL expenditure, into pavmant
OF interest on mortgages, into banl, . nd
savings accounts, into liquidation Of
various debts. A very great MART
perhaps more than usual on this occa-
stoh-Wlll be used to take IN stock.
ooushl TINS month or months ago. and
nl1herto carried with borrowed money
nevertheless. there will surely be some
investment from that quarter, and the
other changes in the situation would
seem, In the natural order of things to
guarantee an upward movement on
January's markets
such movement sometimes comes
IN January 1t came in January, 1905.
IN which month advances of ten points
or more in active stocks were numer-
Gus. 1t came, for part of the month.
at any rate, in January of 1906, 1909,
1901 and 1900. and was really violent
in January. 1899. Examination of the
months experience in the other years
Of the decade past. however. shows
That violent decline occurred in JAM
nary, 1903. ten to twenty-point break
IN 1907. weak market in 1906, falling
prices in 1904 with steel shares at low
ebb, and irregularity and weakness in
1902 Furthermore. although January
Of 1906, 1908 and 1901 started out with
vigorous advances, a general and se-
we're break in prices occurred on each
occasion before the month ended.
Precedent. then, is considerably
mixed. If one asks why. on the occa-
SONS referred to, the favorable UNDER
wing conditions Of the month should |
nave had so paradoNical a result on
prices. the only answer would appear
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4 selection. This hesitation is based on
unusual grounds.
| This is Harris second year at Prince
member of the varsity string. He
came to- Princeton from Exeter. wnere
| II Is said that he met with a severe
injury while playing football.
rms injury, which is said to be no
less serious than afracture of tho ver-
zebra at the neck, made it Imperative
for him to wear an unusually formida-
| Bile headgear, 1t being constructed OF
steel and heavy leather. Unless Hart
had such contrvance. 1t is declared
that he could not last five seconds on
a game.
Because OF the deaths of so many
players during the past season the
Princeton authorities decided to have
Iamedical commission examine Hart to
see whether he was risking his life by
playing football. II his injury is not
exaggerated Princeton's faculty will
not ratify Harris election and Will bar
him from representing the Tigers on
the sridiron In the. future.
the matter. He played one of the
steadiest games Of any Princeton
player last season, and IL he hasTto-xo
his loss win be felt.
Affairs at Harvard are all jumbled
son to elect Hamilton Fish. .Jr, presi-
dent OF the senior class. Fish is the
star tackle and captain OF this years
Harvard eleven. and 1t was understood
that he had the inside track for the
|! leadership OF the 1910 class.
But when II came to ballotng it
was different, for comparatively OBJ
scure student was chosen Instead or
Fish. All sorts OF Developments have
been brought TO light since then. i I
was said that 1t was a battle between
conmoners ami aristocrats. and that
the blue biooded Fish was defeated on
that score.
One. Of the npshots OF the unsayory
enisode Was the resiEration Of the
LClaEE nlei.. SVhN a y.
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1,he Cott0n NInrkct.

NEW YORK, january 3-rhe cotton
goods mark ct closed yeTX, firm at ton
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FINANCIAL REVIEW.

NEW YORK, January 2.-The last
week of the old year In the stock mar
ket was taken UP with preparations
for the annual money settlements, and
the needs to be supplied in that way re-
strlcted the resources available for
stock market operations. Tho zone,
however, was cheerful and hopeful.
Money on call rose to higher rate
than had been touched since the re-
taxation In January, 1908, from the
after-panic stringency. Compared with
average rates for that period. the z
per cent. rate which was reached, was
moderate In this, speculative opinion
saw encouraging promise tni8the evil
dcnce of profitable employment for
money The unprecedented disburse-
ments to be made in January were ac-
copied as measure Of profits. and the
heavy demands for new capital which
lie ahead of the money market as r
measure of productive enterprise. Tho
drop In foreign exchange rates, tho
lowering of foreign discount rates,
and the easing of time money rates
arc symptoms of the adequacy OF the
preparations for the year-end money
strain and OF the prospects for relaxa-
tion after the turn Of tho year.
The year ends with signs Of a lnll
in some departments of Industry. in
Guiding iron and steel and In railroad
traffic. Expectation is almost univer-
sal that the coming year will see the
Industrial records OF the past year
eclipsed.
The wage questions which are be-
ing forced on the railroads. tho high
cost of living, which complexities that
problem and the POLITICAL side given tn
the financial prospect by the legtsla-
tive, judicial and executive treatment
of corporation questions to be present.
ed are the main passable objects to
prosperous course of the stock market
speculation which are taken into ac-
count.
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f1O4 EAST MAIN STREET

son were the "holly ball. at Kilmar-
mock. last Wednesday night, when Miss
Louise Blundon. of Burgess's store, was
crowned queen of the holly realm, and
the New Years ball, that took place
mere Friday night. The intense cola
prevented large attendance at the
molly festival, but the festivities were
thoroughly enjoyed " all who were
present. The New Years ball here was
largely attended. Among those pres
Ont were Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas j. Down
Ing, DR.. and Mrs. M. c. Oldham. Mr..
and Mrs. Frank p. Brent. Mrs. ". E.
Miles. of Baltimore; z. G. Durfey, OF
Williamsburg; Beverly Brown, of
charleston ~ W. Va: Miss Florence
s :, Miss Jennie Harding, Miss
GeneV1eve Ball. Miss Eoline Ball. Miss
Mary Ball, Miss Louise Ball. Miss Re-
necca Harding. Miss Julia. Harding,
Miss Halle Brown, Miss EVELYN brown
Miss Susie Chiffon. Mrs. Clarence Dun
away, Of Richmond; Miss Julia y.
Harding. Miss Lillian pinkard, Miss
Mildred Brent, Miss Helen Brent, Miss
Flortde Harding. w. a. Pinkard, Philip
Gresham, Carroll Gresham, William G.
Blackwell, George Carter, German
Snow. Samuel Downing. Burgess Coles,
Thomas Wright. Lucien Hall, CYRUS
Harding, Adolphus Harding, Corbin
Claybrook Jesse, Charles
Snead. Thomas Ball. Cyrus Chiffon,
Ralph Chiffon, Oscar Chiffon and Eu-
gene Chiffon. Il N
The music was furnished by the
Leonardtowns string band, from Mary
land. and the occasion is Naid to have
been one Of the most plea ant and sue
cessful ever experienced here.
Among those who have, come back
to spend the Christmas holidays at
their old homes were Rev, Wayland n
Dunaway. Jr., OF Waperly; Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Dunaway, Of Richmond; Bev-
erly Brown, of Charleston, w. Va; Miss
Halle Brown. of Baltimore; Ralph and
Cyrus Chiffon, OF the Virginia Poly
technic Institute; Miss LILLIAN Stone
ham, OF the Peabody Institute, Balti-
more. and Archie Beane, OF Randolph
Macon College. While here Rev. Way
land II. DunaWay, Jr,Edelivered a very
interesting and instructive lecture in
the courthouse on his recent travels in
Italy. @ 8las
The continued cold weather has fro-
zen over all the coyes in the Rappa-
hammock and Its tributaries, and has
suspended all Operations In
The oyster business. n }is
Squire Flentng, the, Justice of theYl
eace In the corotpman reckon. has re. !
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to be that those conditions lad been
not only "discounted' on the Stock Ex-
change. but ovordiscounted If one
could know whether such process has
occurred in the present market. or
whether 1t has not, he would have
ground for framing a prediction.
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MILLER 8 CO.
BANKERS AND BRoKEns,
110Z X. Main street,

New York Cotton Exchange, Chicaro
Board OF Trade. Orders executed FOR
Investment or on margin OH ali ex-
ichanges. Private wires to New York
Chicago and New Orleans, "
II ss..-. n ;LEE.RoDEN.
;,napaEar1
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News of Northern, Neck.

Nh t,r,,, " NO 7 ,rt.
i1'ANCASIElt, VA January - 10
Two leading social events OF the n orth-
crA Neck during tho Christmas sea-
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-07-29

years with. no trouble whatsoever.
The Presslys worked hard and indus
triously, but managed their finances
badly in some way and were hard Up
all the time.
Bob Jones, on the other hand, was
Industrious, thrifty and was accumu-
lating a good deal by his business
methods of dealing with his own af-
fairs. Jones claims that he bought
the land jointly with the Presslys, but
was not known in the trade except
by mutual agreement between them.
4 Triple Killing.
when the State authorities, who
owned the land, found that only part
payment had been made and the mort
sage or notes had reached maturity
and had to be foreclosed by law, then
the Presslys and Jones all became ir-
ritated. The Presslys were chagrin-
ed over their failure to meet their OBJ
legations and Jones was disappointed
at losing what he had paid for. This
started the feeling between Jones and
the Presslys-those who had once
been good friends and neighbors.
Then high war was declared.
"According to Bob's story, when he
went out on that fatal morning 20
years ago he didn't expect any trouble.
However, he took his gun along to kill
some squirrels, and just happened to
come upon the PressIy boys ploughing
up his corn. He resented the ell
croachment on his own domain, and
told them so. 1t was then that one
OF the boys attacked him and after
Jones had killed one he saw the other
Pressly boy come running up. Jones
cut him in two.
"By this time Bob, whose temper is