The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-07-23
Weekly Interior Cotton Towns

Albany: Stock, 123.
 Athens: Receipts, 25; shipments, 200; stock 1899.
 Atlanta: Quiet; middling. 14a4c; receipts, | 751; shipments, 742; stock, 491, | Brenham: Receipts, 1; shipments, IT; | stock 236
 1 Charlotte: Seady; mddling 15c; receipts, l "A: shipments, 74. l Columbia Receipts. 4044; shipments, | 6775: stock, II .i01. | Columbus, Ga: Steady; midding 14%c;
 receipts, 35 shipments. 3225; stock, 5266. Columbus, Miss: Recepits, 1; shipments, | ,; stock 8.
 Eufaula: Receipts, ' stock. 743. Greenville: Stock, os49.
 Greenwood g = Receipts 45i ship
 ments 451 stock, s25 Helena. Receipts, 3SS; shipments, 115; stock. 16l9.
 Little Rock Receipts, 516;, shipments,
 5365; stock, GAS.
 | Macon: Stock, T06. l Meridan Receipts, 1; shipments, 12O0; stock, 2424. l Montgomery: Steady; middlng, 14Ac;
 recepits sSo; shipments. -1122. stock, 22i4. Nashville: Steady; middling, 15c; stock l 1112.
 Natchez: Receipts, 52, shipments ie2' l stock 1ili.
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 120 Raleigh: Steady: middling 147sc res ceipts, 417; shipments, 400; stock, 57. | Rome: Receipts, IS; shipments, 331; stock, 1899.
 Selma: Receipts, 34S; shipments, i92;
 stock "A.
 Shreveport: Quiet midding, II 7-16c;
 shipments, 1oSS. stock. S3o.
 Vicksburg: Receipts, 10; shipments, 1920 | stock, 2606.
 Yazoo City: Shipments, 149; stock. 2S7S l New Orleans Cotton Market
 New Orleans, July 22.-Cotton futures | opened quiet and steady aS decline o1 l ] to points poor cables, the rc?or
 that between 25.00O and 35.o00 July notice! had been issued in New York ami strong l talk from Manchester about mills shut 1 ting down for a month. In the early trad
 ing the market was dull The dggressi..
 ness of bears was checked by the posting
 of the west gulf forecast, which gave nc | promise of rain in Texas. where in some counties the drouth situation is fast be- coming acute, if telegrams and letters from farmers and cotton merchants are | true. At the end of the first half hour of 1 trading the market was to points under I yesterdays closing. | Reports from Liverpool that the Man. | chester spinners' meeting had adjourned | without coming to any agreement over 1 short time was encouraging feature around the middle of the morning. and prices were put ? to 3 points over yes 1 terday's closing on the new crops on the strength of it. July and August did not | follow the new crops. The former went to a level g points under yesterday. and the latter 13 points under. This was en- couraglng to shorts in the new crops, and
 they started to sell the distant months
 down. Before they gained much head
 WAY, however it was officially reported
 that a minus correction of 4955 bales had been made in the Galveston stock, mak- ing the actual stock at that port only 4241 bales. one of the smallest stocks or record at that point for this time of the year. At noon the market was quiet and steady within to points of the highest In the afternoon session trading was confined almost wholly to the new crol
 months, which were at first inclined to
 sag off under the quietness of tffe mar
 ket, but were afterwards stmula ted by
 the bullishness of the visible supply state
 ment. Spinners takings were put at 150 000 bales. against 147,0O0 this week last year. and 130,000 this week two years ago
 an unexpectedly strong showing. On it the new crop months at 2 o'clock were 4 points over yesterdays final prices. The close was steady at net decline of to II point, on the old crop months. The new crop months dlosed at an advance of to points.