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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-06
Montgomery Markets

Montgomery, May 5.-Spot cotton wa. quoted in Montgomery today as follows Middling, 15c; strict middling, l5ho
 Eggs: Retail quotations today, in the majority of places, were 2Oc; wholesale price, 15c.
 Chickens: Broilng size are selling from s5c to 4Oc; hens are going at from soc to COG.
 Dried Apples-Dime brand, TIC pound, one-pound cartoons, Sc pound; 4S pack ages to case.
 Florida Grapefruit-Size 30. $.25 box: size s4. ss. 50 box size 4s and 54 $s75 box.
 Florida Oranges-126 size. s2.75 per box 15o. 176 200. 2l6. sS
 Iemons-Extra fancy Messina (new crop). s.50 box; fancy Messina, 36o $4. .2i box.
 Prunes-Griffin and Skelley, package 4o-bo. 25-pound boxes, Sc pound: 5o-SO 25-pound boxes, TIC pound; 60-70. %-pound boxes. 7c pound.
 Florida Cabbage-In Florida crates, g. per crate.
 Irish Potatoes-Choice Virginia stock S5c per bushel.
 Onion Sets-Reds, s2-pound bushe crates (small stock), $l 60 per crate; yel lows, 32- pound bushel crates (small stock) Sl 50 per crate; whites 32-pound bushe crates (small stock), s2S0 per crate. Turnips-Canadian stock. barrelot sacks. g per sack.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-06
RAIN SIGNS TURN
 WHEAT DOWNWARD
Idea Prevails That Break of Drouth Is Now at
 Hand

Chicago, May 5.--Signs of rain over the dry belt northwest helped turn wheat prices downward today. The close was irregular, varying from ssc under last night to Bc above. Corn finished $ c up to is O Ac off. oats with out change and hog products 7hc lower to Dc advance.
 The idea that break of the drouth was at hand came through dispatches from various points in South Dakota. These telegrams reported the weather cloudy and indicating supply of mois- ture soon At the same time millers' advices told of an improvement dur ing April in every important winter crop state. The Ohio official figures made the condition there ST per cent against S4 a month ago and S5 year back. All day, too, purchases were on foot to bring cash wheat here from unusual sources, but in season to be available for delivery on May contracts. For example, a round amount Of this kind was said to have been bought to be shipped to Chicago from Toledo. Some of the larger longs here put all
  there was a decided reaction from earlier high prices which had been due to the fear of dry weather damage northwest. An easy tone prevailed at the close. The days range for July was from SS% @Ss7sc to s9%c, with laA sales at the first named level, a net loss of s @ hc.
 With planting conditions fine and the trade expecting liberal receipts in the near future, corn suffered back set when wheat slipped down. During the first part of the session shorts were forced to cover on an advance based somewhat on the mistaken notion that eastern call was good. July fluctuated between 525sc and 532sc, closing easy at the last named figures, a net gain of a shade Cash grades were firm. No. , yellow finished at 55Q55%c.
 Excellent weather for the growing crop had a bearsh effect on the market for oats. Demand for the cash grain was not so good as heretofore. High and low points for the July option were 33c and 321ac with the close of 32es c. just the same as last night.
 Heaviness was the rule in provisions owing 10 the fact that packers were on the selling side. At the end pork was 71ac lower to Sc higher and other articles either unchanged or average 21a DC decline.
 Future quotations were as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-06
New Orleans Cotton Market

New Orleans, May 5.--Cotton futures
 opened steady at unchanged to 1 point up
 on the old crop months and points on
 on the new Cables were about as ex-
 pected The weather map was called very good, since practically no rain was
 reported in the cotton country and tenn
 peratures were but slightly below the
 normal. except in a few localities Ro-
 ports of foul fields and of ground too wet
 to work or plant checked short selling.
 After the call prices fell to a level to
 points down, but at the end of the hrst
 half hour of trading the list stood points
 up to points down, compared with yes-
 terday's close.
 The weather forecast predicted fair and warmer weather for the cotton belt gen.
 erally. held the market down around the middle of the morning, but later II strengthened Orders came from out siders who appeared to be impressed with reports from the belt that much more cotton would have to be replanted than had been expecled and that less cotton was planted up to the time rains inter fered with farm work than had been esti- mated by the majority of crop experts. The market had rising tendency up to the noon hour, when the old crops were ' to 14 points over yesterdays close, and the new crops were to ' points over. In the afternoon session the market displayed strength of it's own On mod crate buying the old crops were sent to a level of 15 to IS points over yesterdays close, and the new crops were sent to ? points over. At o'clock prices were at the highest of the day. Cotton futures
 closed steady at net advance of to 16 points
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-06
COTTON RALLIES
 FROM SELLING
Favorable Weather Causes Renewal of Selling But
 Bulls Bring Rally

New York, May 5.-Favorable weather reports caused a renewal of the recent ceiling movement at the opening of the cotton market this morning, but prices soon rallied owing to more aggressive bull support of old crop positions. and the market was firm in the latter trading on more bullish weekend figures than ex- pected with the close steady at a net advance of to 21 points.
 The opening was steady at an advance of to points on old crop months, which were influenced by better cables than due, while the new crop was 1 to points lower fin response to the favorable wealth CT map. Selling was rather heavy at the start and during the first few minutes active positions generally sold to 5 points under the closing figures of last night.
 At 15.17 for July, or a point above the low level of yesterday. leading bull brok- CTS became large buyers. and while the official weather forecasts were consid- cred favorable. new crop shorts became nervous enough to cover. Smaller into sight figures than expected and the bull ish weekly Liverpool statement stimulated the demand, and following the publica- ton of the visible supply. figures which indicated large spinners takings for the week. July contracts sold up to 15. 40c, or 19 points above the closing price of yes- terdsy, and within ? points Of the recent high record, October rallied to 13.0lc, or about 16 points from the early low level. and last prices were within point or two of the best
 Reports of higher southern spot mar kets in connection with the bullish weekly statistics undoubtedly helped the old crop positions, and while the official forecast was for clear and warmer weather, pri- vate predictions were for unsettled condi- tions In the western belt over Sunday. The advance fin the old crop positions seemed to be chiefly the result of a scare on the part of recent sellers, whose offerings had been largely absorbed by trade interests. and who found comparatively little cotton for sale when they started to cover.
 Receipts today, 1.22l bales, against S24l last week and 1903 last year. For the week, 5000, against 45,001 last week and 54,772 last year. Today's receipts at New Orleans. 2534, against S4S last year, and at Houston, 1045, against 302 last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-06
Weekly Interior Cotton Towns

Weekly Interior Cotton IoWns Albany: Steady; middling. 15c; ship ments, 2s: stock, e6S.
 Athens: Receipts. 9os; shipments, 722; stock, 1926.
 Atlanta: Receipts, 1901; shipments. 1853; stock, 18,099.
 Brenham: Receipts, 15.e8: shipments 190: stock, 17S5
 Charlotte: Steady; mlddilng, 151sc; ship ments, 168
 Columbia: Shipments. 294S; stock, II, 26o. Columbus, Ga: Steady; middling, 15hc; shipments, 2600: sales, 26o0: stock, S2SS. Columbus, Miss: Receipts, 31; ship ments. 200; stock, 12Ss.
 Eufaula: Receipts, q; shipments, 1oe; Greenville: Receipts, 2S: shipments. 4oS stock, 1899.
 Greenwood, S. C.: Receipts, 500; ship ments, 5o0; stock, 1500.
 Helena: Receipts, 1S7: shipments. 1112; stock. 6S17. ssis.NEgEV Little Rock: Receipts, 1s46; shipments, 1924; stock, 19,666
 Macon: Receipts, $; shipments, S1; stock, sS1.
 Meridian: Receipts. 1178; shipments, Montgomery Receipts, 9S1; shipments. 3721; stock, 4094.
 Nashville. Quiet midd1ing 151fc; re- ceipts. Il stock, 1880.
 Natchez: Receipts, 5; shipments, 56; stock, sos.
 Newberry: Receipts, s62; shipments. ss2. Raleigh: Receipts, 195: shipments, 346 stock, 97.
 Rome: Receipts, 4S shipments, 6o3; stock, 3493.
 Selma: Receipts, 5O7; shipments, S47; stock, 1890
 Shreveport Quiet; middling, 15 1-16c; receipts III; shipments, 170S; stock. s56s. vicksburg Receipts, IA; shipments, T54; stock, 6522.
 Yazoo City: Receipts, 15; shipments, 253 stock, 10, ,331.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-06

elapsed the aggregate is ahead of the PAT days of last year 1.461, GOO, behind the same days year before last 1,52S, 900 and ahead of 1908 by 646,0O0.
 The amount brought into sight during the past week has been 62,sO0 bales, against 76,16l for the seven days ending this date last year, 1s2, ,12s year before last and 95,674 same time in 1908, and for the five days of May 1t has been 4s, ,425, against 5o.751 last year. 7e.775 year before last and e2,735 same time ,n 1908.
 The movement since September shows receipts at all United States ports B. 171.S72, against 6.S1S,0s3 last year, 9,305, 4s1 year before last and 77S,9S2 same tims in 1908. Overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada S61, ,95s. against 71S,735 last year, 1.o90,767 year before last and 646 964 same time in 1908: interior stocks in excess of those held at the close of the commercial year 229. .6s2. against 2571Ss last year, S06,266 year before last and 26l, ,24s same time in 1908; southern bills talxings 1.S43, GOO. against 1S51.1 last year, 1882 4ss year before last and 1.7SS,0O5 same time in 1908
 These make tho total movement for the PAT days of the season from September 1 to date il, ,106.522, against 9,645,074 last year. 12.635,o07 year before last and 10,- 46o,194 same time in 1908
 Foreign exports for the week have been 4. .477, against 5s. .43o last year, making the total thus far for the season 6.90S 2S1, against 5,S2S,65s last year, an increase of 1.579.s23.
 Northern mills takings and Canada dur Ing the past seven days show q decrease of 1872, as compared with the correspond ing period last year, and their total talk ings since September l have increased 6S2S. The total tal1ings of American mills. north, south and Canada, thus far for the season have been 3,734,0S2. against .732 last year. These include 1858, 135 by northern spinners. against 1.S51.S07.
 Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leads ing southern interior centers have de- creased during the week 3S,251 bales, against an increase during the corre- spending period of last season of 50,41s. and are now 160,17s smaller than at this date in 1910.
 Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales brought into sight thus far from the new crop, the supply to date is 1854, ,4S4 against 9,s97, ,390 for the same period last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-06
Tav;ny of American Cotton

New Orleans, May 6.-Secretary Hes- ter gives the taking of American. cotton bv sninners throughout ths worldsasr fol- lows, in round number~
 This week this year. s2ss .ooo againsS 2s1 900 last year, 264O00 year before last.
 Total since September this year, "'s,- 55s 900 against s.Ss6.O .OO0. last year. and 1o- g57, 600 the year before.
 Of this northern spinners and Canada took s,00o bales this year. against l. s52 .0oo last year and 2,42s.ooo the year be- fore: southern spinners, 1,s76,oOo against ,ss5, ,oo0 last year and 1,96S,0o0 the year be- fore; and foreign spinners, 5,s19Ooo, against 5.os9,ooo last year and 5.s71 900 the year before last.
 sIncluding Galveston and Mobile plus correction and minus correction overland, a total plus of 40o0.
 s@Not including above notation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-06
Daily Cotton Movement

Ddily SObtOn
 Galveston: Steady; middling, 15Ac; net receipts, 1909; gross receipts, 1909; sales, 255: stock, n, ,655 New Orleans: Firm; middlng. 15 5-1ec: net receipts, 2534; gross receipts, 25S4; sales, 1470; stock 106714 coastwise, 234.
 Mobile: Firm: middling, 15c; net re- ceipts, 21SG: gross receipts. .21S0; sales, 25; stock, 10.022.
 Savannah Steady; middling. 15lsc; net receipts, 1862; gross receipts. 1862: sales, 951: stock. 41,2S9: coastwise, 2531.
 Charleston: Nominal; net receipts, 354; gross receipts, 354; stock, 14,141; coastwise, 100.
 Wilmington: Nominal: net receipts, 1103; gross receipts 1103; sales, 8; stock, 11,091.
 NorfolS Steady; mddling, 153sc; net re- ceipts. Al: gross receipts. 491; sales, 273: stock, II ,634; coastwise, 1890
 Baltimore: Nominal; middling. 15%c; net receipts. S70: gross receipts, 370; stock, 3541; continent, 1125; coastwise, 1245. New York: Quiet; middling, 15.4Sc: net receipts, 75; gross receipts, 1403: sales, 1911: stock, 153,s9l. Boston: Quiet; middling. Is. 45c; net re- ceipts, 4S: gross receipts, 16S; stock, SS7s; Great Britain, 631. Philadelphia: Quiet; middling. 15. roc gross receipts, 67; stock, 1892; Great Brit ain. 800.
 Brunswick: Net receipts, 30; stock. B; coastwise. 70. te Gulfport: Stock, PIT. San Francisco: Net receipts $50: gross re cepts, 650; Japan, 650. Total today at all ports: Net, 11.22l; Great Britain. 113l continent, 11S; Japan 65o stock. 4,s65,654 Consolidated at all ports: Net 66,o6s; Great Britain. 13,691: France, 7012; conti- nent, 1s9021 Japan, 1850; stock. BOO Total since September 1 at all ports Net, S,171,872; Great Britain, So94; France, TT; continent. S75; Japan, 632.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-06
COLLINS FOUND
 DEAD IN HIS BED

Greenville. May .-(Special)-Jo J Collins of Brooklyn, N. Y, was found dead in his bed this morning at the Will kinson House, in room :. The death was due to hemorrhage of the brain.
 MT. Collins was a man of 43 years of age. He was a cotton buyer for the firm of c. H. Minge & Co.,, of Mobile, and had been a resident of Greenvile foI the past year, making his home at the Wilkinson House. At one time he was g. member of the New York Board oi Trade, afterwards coming south, and had been in the south for several years. He came here from Brookhaven, Miss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-06
Liyerpool Cotton Market

Liverpool, May 5.-Cotton spot dull. prices 5 points lower: American midd1mg fair, e.77d: good middling. S.45d; mid- ding. S.29d; low middiing, S.o3d; good orr dinary, 777d ordinary, 7.62d.
 The sales of the day were 7o0o bales. of which 1000 were for speculation and ex- port and included $500 American. Receipts. 510o bales, all American.
 Futures opened steady and closed with near months firm and distant months steady. May Ts7d; May-June. 7s3d: 1: June-July, T.Ss1sd; July-August. 7.7e1sd; August September. 7.tsd; September -Oc- tober, 7O7d: October-November. s.SShd; November-D December, 6.S21id; December January. 6.Sod. January-Febrpary, Feb ruary- March, March-April, e.s01zd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-06
Hubbard Bros. & Co.'s Letter

New York. May 5.-(Special)-There was no pressure to sell the new crop this morning. despite the lower advices From Liverpool. and the opening decline was slowly recovered under a demand from the sellers of yesterday.
 At this point advices from Liverpool re- ported a better demand from Manchester after the close of the Liverpool market and were accompanied by buying orders for July. The market closes steady about IS points higher on the near and 10 points on the distant positions. Wall street brokers were heavy buyers, ana the bulls appeared as sellers, apparently to keep the market from advancing to Q point which would attract cotton here for delivery There were some complaints received from the south of delayed plant ing, owing to the recent rains and tho likelihood of the June report not being as favorable as anticipated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-06
Weekly Cotton Statement

New Orleans. May 5.-Secretary Hes- ter's weekly New Orleans cotton exchange statement issued before the close of business today shows decrease in the movement into sight compared with
 the seven days ending this date last year
 in round figures 1900, a decrease under
 the same days year before last of 69o,ooc, and decrease under the same time In 1908 of 3S000.
 For the five days of May the totals
 show a decrease under last year of 7o.0oo,
 decrease under the same period year before last of 3s,o00, and a decrease un- der the same time in 1908 of 19.0o0 For the 247 days of the season that have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-06
STOCK MARKET IS
 STILL HES|TAI|NG
Absence of the Selling Pres .ure Which Upset the
 Prices Before

New York, May 5.-Trading in stocks assumed no well defined trend today and the market was hesitating with several diverse movements There was an absence of the selling pressure which upset. prices yesterday and the short interests seemed to be more con- cerned about covering than attempting an extension of their operations. The result was a keen demand at the lower level established yesterday and at the opening the stocks were qickly forced up to @ point which showed sub stantial recovery. Buyers were not in- clined to follow the market on the ad- vance however, and prices according ly huctuated within a comparatively narrow range.
 Reports of industrial conditions which on the whole were more hopeful, seemed to excite only passing .atten- ton. The same was true of situation in Mexico, in spite of the fact that large American interests are concerned and that advances received today pointed to critical stage in the/affairs Of the republic. The labor situation, in view of reports of increased trouble, was watched with keen, interest by inves- tors as well as large employers, par ticularly as it effects railroads. whose decreased earning capacity begets rel luctance on the part of the mana gers to grant concessions at the present time.
 Although trading in bonds fell back from yesterdays large figures, the market was still active and prices of some issues made further advances.
 Amalgamated Copper was the strong feature of the late part of the ses- sion. A factor contributory to the strength of this issue was the state ment made on tbS authority of a rep resentative of the Guggenheim interests that the demand for copper abroad, es- pecially In Germany, was excellent. Re- ports of steel trade indicated that some improvement had taken place within the last week. Bank exchanges this week again make an unsatisfactory compari- son, the total at the leading cities of the country showing a loss of more than 12 per cent from the correspond ing week of 1910. Despite the fact that stock market operations increased in activity the clearings of New Yori, city fell off 17 per cent. A falling off of gross receipts of money a this cen ter of $S,500. 900 during the week is in dicated by the known movements of money Gains from the interior were much less than in the preceding week and losses to the sub-treasury were heavy, owing in part to shipments to Canada and the Pacific coast
 The bond market was firm. Total sales, par value. $4,34S,000.
 United States bonds were unchanged on call
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-06
Comparative Cotton Statement

New York, May 5.-Comparative cotton statement for the week ending May 5: Net receipts at all United States ports during week, 66.O66 same week last year, 1.72l: total receipts since September l, s,171 ,s72: same date last year, 6,S07. .099; exports for the week H.24, same week last year 6S,1S4; total exports since Sep tember 1 6S5S. same date last year SS7; stock at all United States ports 5293, same time last year 524: stock at all interior towns 436 same time last year e64: stock at Liverpool 52s; same time last year 44S; stock of American afioat for Great Brit ain 999; same time last year 44.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-06

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour-Firm.
 No. Rye-$1.10.
 Feed or Missing Barley-65 @S5c. Fair to Choice Malting-s1.02 .13 Flax Seed-No. i southwestern, nom- inal; No. 1 northwestern, nominal. Timothy Seed-$12. Clover-S11 @13.50.
 Mess Pork-Per bbl. s15.75 @15.S71 1s Lard-Per 100 lbs, s7.921a.
 Short Ribs. Sides-Loost, s7.25@ O 7.S71a.
 Short Clear Sides-Bozed sS@S.25. Butter-Steady; creameries. 16@21c; dairies, 13Q1Sc.
 Eggs-Steady; receipts. 2o,695 cases; at mark. cases included, 13@131sc; firsts, IS lac prime firsts, 16c.
 Cheese-Steady; Daisies, 12@12Ac; Twins, Il 1a @11%c; Young Americas 121a @13c; Long Horns, 12@12Ac
 Potatoes-Firm choice to fancy, 60 O 6sc; fair to good, "a 5Sc.
 Poultry-Liye, steady; turkeys, 14c; folw, 14c.
 veal-Steady; 50 to SO ID. wts.. 60 61sc; 60 to S5 lb. wts., 61s @712c; S5 to no lh. wts., 7A @9c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-06
BOY KILLED BY
 KICK OF MULE

Greenville, May 5,-(special) )-Jackson Boswell, 13-year-old son of MT. Buck Boswell, who lives about 19 miles south west of Greenville, died last night as the result of a kick from a mule, received in the abdomen last week. The little boy was playing in the lot when the mule lashed out, the kick hitting the boy in the pit of the abdomen. The physicians decided on an operation as last resort, and this was made yesterday, but the boy died last night. The funeral took place today at the family cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-06
Bonds
New York Money

New York, May 5-Money on call steady. 2Ad21k per cent; ruling rate, 2ss per cent; closing bid, 2is per cent; offered at 211 per cent Time loans firm; 50 days, 2h per cent; 90 days. 2ss@3 per cent; six months, 993l4 per cent.
 Prime mercantile paper, 31aQ4 per cent: sterling exchange steady, with actual business in bankers bills at s4s4. 50 for 60-day bills and at s4.ss.45 for demand; commercial bills, $4.s37s; bar silver, 5Shc; Mexican dollars, 45c; government bonds steady; railroad bonds firm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-06
Cotton Receipts

New York, May 5-The following are the total net receipts of cotton at all ports since September 1: Galveston, g. 6s5,54; New Orleans. 1.45S,e15: Mobile, 243, 6ss; Savannah, 1375, 4O3; Charleston. 277,717; Wilmington, 402s74; Norfolk. 537,105; Balti- more.. O0.220: New York. 9S,730; Boston, S64, ,O56; Newport News. 1928; Philadelphia 965 San Francisco. S1S,S9 Brunswick, 55.- 977 Pensacola, 112.317; Portland, Ore. 800 Port Arthur and Sabine Pass, 202,S77 Jacksonville, g, 3,4S2; Fl Paso. Tex. 55 Laredo, Tex, 400; minor ports. 7195; total S,171S72 bales.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-06
Miners Secretary Arrested

Danville May 5.-WeIsh, secretary of the local miners union, was arrested to- day on a charge of forgery. It is alleged that he forged the names of officers of the union to miners cards More than 300 of these cards are said to have been counterfeited and sold to inexperienced miners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-06
Right To Use Airships

Madrid. May 5.-At today's session of the congress of international law reso- lutions were adopted for the right of nations to use the aerial craft in time of war provided such use Is not ac- companed with greater danger to non combatants than warfare on the earth and sea. The resolutions also proclaim the right of aeronauts to free and in
 ternational circulation subject to the measures that the governments may take in the interest of public security.