The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-04
weekly Interior Cotton Towns

New York. February 3.-Albany:
receipts 10; shipments. so; stock. 1907
Athens: Receipts, 2703; shipments,
1000; stock. 11.272.
Atlanta Steady; middling, 14&o; re-
ceipts. 1884; shipments, $3.50; stock, 16,-
39s.
Brennan: Receipts. 100; shipments
ESQ; stock, 1869.
Charlotte: Steady; middling, 15c; re-
ceipts, SOC; shipments, 306.
! Columbia: Receipts, 1929: shipments
1884; stock. 26,334.
Columbus. Ga: Steady middling,
14Ac; receipts, 400; shipments, 1876;
sales, 1876 stock. 14,400.
Columbus, Miss: Receipts. 269; ship
ments. sos; stock, 2752.
Eufaula: Receipts, SO: shipments, 341
stock, 1859.
Greenville: Receipts, 1898; shipments
1928; stock, 26.O66.
Greenwood. s. c.: Receipts, 1872;
shipments, 1872 stock, 3125.
Helena: Receipts, 1443; shipments
204S; stock, 1891
Little Rock: Receipts. $780, ship
ments. 1861; stock. 34.952.
Macon: Receipts, "A; shipments. ST.
stock, 4057
Meridian: Receipts. 1897; shipments
3131; stock 5000.
Montgomery: Steady; middling, 14hc
receipts, 1888. shipments, 1910; stock
26.S63.
Nashville. Quiet; middling, 15Mc; re
ceipts, ESQ; shipments. 304; stock. 1891
Natchez Receipts, %; shipments, $40
stock, 2033.
Newberry: Receipts, EOS; shipments
EOS.
Raleigh: Easy; middling, 14hc; re-
ceipts 421; shipments, $50; stock, 565
Rome: Receipts, 852 shipments, 851
stock $685.
Selma: Receipts, 1928; shipments
1895; stock, 6527
Shreveport: Steady: middling, 14%c:
receipts. 407: stock. 2S.S71.
Vicksburg: Receipts, 1884; shipments,
Yazoo city Receipts, SOL; shipments
200S; stock, 1853.
New Orleans Cotton Market
New Orleans, February 3-Cotton fu-
lures opened steady at a decline of IL TO
16 points on the old crop months and a
decline of points on the new. Cables
were sensationally bad, futures being
much lower than due and private mes
sages explaining that it was feared the
plague in China would interfere with
business in Manchester and cause tho
cancellation of any orders for cotton
goods. Selling orders came from both
bulls and bears on the call, but imme-
diately after the short sellers of yester-
day began to take profits and the de-
mand was sufficient to check the decline
and bring about small reaction At the
end OF the first half hour of trading the
old crops were 6 to so points under yester-
dars close and the new were points
under.
A great flood of bearish cable mes
sages from Liverpool was the feature of
the morning. They made many state
ments against the market chief among
which was that Manchester was over.
bought, that spinners were trying to
Yeddle yarns on the continent at lower
prices and that it was highly probable
that consumption would fall off and a
period of short time would follow among
the mills. To some extent these claims
were denied by bulish English brokerage
houses, but they caused a recession
around the middle of the morning to
about the lowest level. Later the mar
ket recovered again on profit-talxing by
shorts toward noon, prices stood 2 to 6
points under yesterdays close The re-
oovery brought out fresh selling and at
noon the market was 4 to IA points under
yesterdays last quotations.
In the afternoon session bearish week
end statistics stimulated fresh short SELL
ing and the market broke sharply under
1t, the more active old crops deliveries de-
Ginning 80 to SO points under yesterday 8
close. The new crop months held fairly
we'll and only broke to level 10 points
under yesterdays close. At O'Clock the
market was quiet with the old crops 30
points down.
The market closed steady at net de-
cline of to 81 points.
New Orleans Cotton Futures.