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Live Stocks Market

Chicago, May 20.-Cattle: Receipts, IT, 0ot; generally steady to 10c higher, but closed weak; beeves s6.1ed9.40; Texas steers, s6a7S5; western steers, $6.25aS; stookers and feeders, s4.40a7.10; cows and l.eifers, & 10dS; calves, $6.50@S.75.
 Hogs: Receipts, 5000; weak; generally 16c lower: Light s725d7.75; mixed. s7.35I 7s5; heavy, s7.35@7.s5; rough, s735Q7 55 pigs, s5d690; bulk of sales, s7.600I7. 80.
 Sheep: Receipts, 10000. Market steady to 1oc higher for good grades. others weaker: Native, $3.75d6.25 western, $40 6.so; yearlings. s550df7.35; lambs, native. ssMS75: western. $550Q9.
 st. Louis, May 20.-Cattle: Receipts. 2e00, young. TOO, Texas; market steady t, Toe higher: native shipping and export steers, s75569.25; dressed beef and Berk- shire steers. s5.75as: stockers and feeders. J.T5aS; Texas steers, s3.501l7; cows and htifers, sfd7.
 Hogs: Receipts, 950o; market 1oc lower: pigs and lights. s5.25G7.75; good heavy. &. .7007.s0.
 sheep. Receipts, $500: market steady: native muttons. s5GTe95. lambs. s7671o. Eansas City. May 20.--Cattie: Receipts. &ec. including l400 southerns Market strong to 1oc higher dressed beef and ex- DC rt steers. ss.15Gs.15; western steers. se75
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taking by shorts asserted itself in the early trading. After the call prices were 1 to points down. At the end of the first half hour they were to points down.
 After the forecast of unsettled wealth. CT for the western half of the cotton belt came out short sellers received an incandeseent shock. Toward the middle of the session the tone hard ened. Prices however, recovered grad ually and late in the morning. the ac- tive options were a point up to point down. This was compared with Sat urday's close.
 At this level bears took courage again and increased their offerings. At noon prices were 4 to points under the last quotations of last week.
 Afternoon the market was quiet and steady.
 Half an hour before the close prices were one point over Saturdays close on the most active positions.
 New Orleans Cotton Futures
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Montgomery Market

Montgomery, May 2o.--(Special.)-A sec- ond shipment of green corn was received today on the local produce market. The corn was readily disposed of at 6Oc per dozen ears.
 Shipments of other vegetables were also received today. Nice lettuce was offered on the market at 10c per head and had a fair demand. Tomatoes showed decline today of Sc per basket. selling al foe. Squash sold at 5c, 70 and 15c piece and cucumbers sold singly at 5c or six for 25c Pineapples were to be had in fair abun- dance at 15c. 20c and 25c.
 Other vegetables sold at the following prices: Egg plants. 10c each; bell peppers, 25c three for f0c; celery was had at 1cc per bunch: beets at 10c per bunch. two for 15c parsley al SC per bunch; spring onions sold at 5c per bunch. dry onions at 5c per quart; head cabbage at Sc per bunch; new Irish potatoes at l0c per quart, two for 15c; strawberries at 15c per basket.
 The cotton market was quiet and steady. Strict middling sold at 11i4c and middling at 11l4c.
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COMMENCEMENT ON
 AT JACKSONVILLE

Jacksonville. May 2O.-(special. )-- Yesterday was commencement Sunday for the State Normal school and the auditorium of the old cholIege building was filled to overfowing with an audi ence to hear the commencement sermon by the Rev. J. H. Patton. former pas tor of the Jacksonville Presbyterian church, but at present pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Marietta, Ga A special programme of music under the direction of Mrs. A. l.. Black more was arranged for the occasion the singers being principally students OF the normal school.
 At night Mir. Patton delivered a ser- mon to the Christian associations, and Monday morning at 10 o'clock the senior class exercises were the feature of the con1rnencement programme.
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Interior Cotton Movement

Houston: Steady; middling II 11-l6c; net receipts, l426; gross receipts, 142G; ship ments 1858; stock, 53125.
 Augusta: Steady: middling. 12c; net re- ceipts, B; gross receipts, 12S; shipments, 334. stock 44.39S.
 Memphis: Steady; middling, Pc; net re- ceipts, 595; gross receipts. 1072; shipments. 1866; sales 200; stock, 33,208. St. Louis: Quiet; middling, 11Ac; gross receipts, GA; shipments. S3i; stock, 1S,9s7
 Cincinnati: Net receipts, 902; gross re- ceipts. 902; shipments, 726; stock, 14.476.
 Little Rock: Quiet middling, 11%c; net receipts, 35; gross receipts, 35; shipments 320 stock. 162G7.
 Total today: Net receipts, 3Oi3: gross re- cepts, 4197; shipments, 534s; sales stock 1S0, 46l.
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Metal Market

New York, May 2o-standard cop per. firm; spot, s15l5a1s121A; May 1e@ 16.12h: June. s16 .05 O IS 10; July SIG 0S m 16.15; August and September s16 .o5 c 1920 Sales, 90 tons June al s16. London, easy; spot f73 1ss 9d; fu- lures, f7I 6s 3d. Arrivals reported al New York today. 55 tons. Customs house returns show exports of 16. 43l tons so far this month. Lake copper 16i7 Gp16Ac; electrolytic. 161s c 765sc, casting, i6h mI6i4c.
 Tin, spot weak May and June. s45 50 @ 46; July, s45. .25@45.75 August s4i. 75@ 45.25 September. s44. 50Q 45 Sales. 25 tons June at s45 TO: 25 tons June. S45.75. London, weak; spot f209; futures, f2o4.
 Lead, steady: sf.10@ 25. New York: S4 05m4.1o, East St. Louis London, f16 10s.
 Spelter. easier: s0ms.9o, New York; s6 roo 80, East St. Louis Sales, 75o. 900 pounds June East St. Louis de- livery, at s6. 50. London. f25 lis Cd.
 Anthony. quiet CQokson's, ss.
 Iron, Cleveland warrants. 5ss 1o1sd
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LiYernool Cotton Market

Liverpool, May 20.-Closing: cotton, spot In fair demand, prices [ points
 lower. American middling fair, 7.03di good middling, 6.65ds middling, 6.41d low middling, 6.11d; good ordinary 5.69d; ordinary, 5.33d.
 | Sales of the day were 5000 bales, O which 800 were for speculation and ex bort and included 7500 American. Receipts, 22,000 bales, including H.. 900 American.
 Futures opened easy and closed steady. May, 5.17kd; May-June 6.17hd; June-July. 6.1Sd; July-August 6.19d; August September, 6.1Sd; Septem- Der October. 6.14d October November, 6.12d; November December, G.10d; De- oember- January, 6.09A January Feb ruary, 6.09hd; February March, 6.10d, March-April, 6.11d; April May 6.12d; May-June, 6.13d.
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$7000 TAKEN FROM
 TENNESSEE BANK

Nashville, May 20.-After barrlcading all approaches to the bank with bar rels of salt and rolls of barbed wire, land cutting telephone wires, robbers today proceeded to demolish the vault of the First National bank of Camden in Benton county. The first of six charges of nitroglycerin explosions brought citizens from their beds, but they were promptly ordered back.
 About $7O00 was secured mostly cov- cred by bank insurance
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour: Demand better.
 Rye: No. 2, 92c.
 Barley: Feed or mixing, s0G95c; fair to choice, $1.15m1.
 Timothy Seed $S.50@12.00.
 Glover Seed: $14.00D20.00
 Mess Pork: $1S.0001S.25.
 Lard In tierces, $10.371s E.
 Short Ribs: Loose, S10.07K.
 Butter: Steady; ereameries, 24Q27c; dairies, 22m25c.
 Eggs: Weak receipts. 20,5s1 cases; at mark, cases included, 17hc; ordinary firsts, 16hc, firsts, 1Sc.
 Cheese Steady Daisies, 1s@16hc e; Twins, 16a @15%c; Young Americas, .16616Ac; Long Horns, 16@16Ac. Potatoes: Weak; receipts. 79 cars; Wisconsin, s1.10; Minnesota and Mich igan, S1.10.
 Poultry: Live easy; turkeys, 12c; chickens, lie.
 Veal: Steady; 7@12c.
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NURSE ACCUSED OF
 KILLING BABIES
Charged in New York With Putting Oxalic Acid in Infants
 Milk

New York, May Exchanged with pois- oning nine babies by putting oxalic acid in their milk. Winifried Anakers, a nurse. was placed on trial today before Supreme Court Justice scudder in Brooklyn. The nine children died several months ago in an infants hospital in Brooklyn, whera the Anakers' woman was employed in nursing.
 The defendant has a baby of her own. Her counsel claims that the nurse was made the victim by one who did the pois. oning and is being railroaded to prison.
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Visible Supply of Grain

New York, May 20.-The visible sup ply of grain in the United States Sat urday, May IS, as compiled by the New York produce exchange. was as follows:
 Wheat, 34567, 900 bushels; decrease, 3,612 ,000. Wheat fin bond, 4.7s2,000; de- crease, 334,000. Corn. 6,52S,000; in- crease, 57,O00. Oats, s.s34.Oo0; decrease, 651 ,000. Oats in bond, 2,3S3,000; de- crease, 9O4 900. Rye. 56S,000; decrease, 21 900. Barley, S70.000; decrease, 131,- GOO. Barley in bond, 216,O00 decrease, 39.000.
 The visible supply of wheat in Can ada Saturday, May IS, was 16,117,000; a decrease of 2,362,0 ,0O0 bushels.
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SELLING PRESSURE OBVIOUS IN STEEL
Another Advance in Copper and Settlement of Coal
 Strike Are Features

New York. May 2o.-Settlement of the hard coal strike. official announcement
 of which came soon after the close of last Saturdays market, and another advance in the price of copper metal were almost
 the only developments of more than pass ing importance connected with today's
 dull and perfunctory session on the stock
 exchange. On the former development
 which was clearly foreshadowed last week, Lehigh Valley soon rose over two
 points, with smaller gain in Reading,
 but by noon the former had yielded much of it's rise. while the latter was selling under last weeks close.
 Copper shares derived little benefit from
 the further rise in the metal, and stand ard shares as whole were under more
 or less restraint throughout the day. In
 fact. selling pressure was obvious in
 United States Steel, Union Pacific and
 Canadian Pacific. the latter being again offered in this market by foreign interests. Incidentally there was d recrudescence of activity at higher prices in United States Rubber, International Harvester, Sears -Roebuck, Colorado Fuel, American Car ana Foundry, American Tee and other stocks O. supposed "pool' origin. Rub Der, on reports of good earnings and ru- TOTS of an increase in the dividend, rose
 points, Texas company, which was ac-
 tive and strong last week, also registered
 8 further advance only to fall back abruptly in the later dealings. Business fell away to minor proportions
 during the afternoon with an increasingly aeavy undertone. Wabash issues again manifested a reactionary tendency. There
 WAS some disposition to await the result of tomorow's primaries in Ohio, albeit Wall street professes little or no interest in th- political situation. Prices touched the lowest of the day in the last hour, at
 which time Lehigh Valley reinquished |all it's advantage and other active shares We're selling at net losses. some of these extending to a point or more. The closing was dull and heavy.
 A note or moderate optimism was sounded by the traffic officials of the
 western railroads, who were unanimous in their statements of increasing activity in that section of the country. This was net to be reconciled, however, with fig ures. showing declining traffic for the |first fortnight of the current month, much of which was due to a decrease in grain
 shipments. There were indications of
 nedNler ana illolt urBSiit sPeSilSatioiiS III
 Structural steel and rehabilitation of va
 |lious industrial enterprises.
 London took little interest in affairs here, judging from the volume of it's deas- gs which consisted of sales of a few Thousand shares of Steel and Canadian Pacific. Money rates contracted abroad land discounts were firmer. There was no
 |competition for the large amount of South
 African gold received in London. nearly
 |all of which was taken by it's leading financial institutions.
 Bonds were easy, tending toward
 further irregularity. Total sales, par
 |value S-,945.000
 United States bonds unchanged on call
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@s. IS; southern steers. s5qs.25; do cows, s4@t.25.
 .Hogs: !. Receipts, s7ee. Market 5@ioc lcwer: Heavy, s7597.So; packers and butchers, $7.55d775.
 Sheep: Receipts, 1300o. Market 10al5c higher Lambs. $6.5od9; wethers. s4.5oQ 5.7s; ewes, $4.25q5.5o; Texas goats, sS.25q 3.c0
 Louisville, Ky, May 2o.-Cattle; Re- eeipts, 1250; firm, 10415c higher; range $s0S.
 Hcgs: Receipts 4s0o; steady to DC lower1 rarge, $4.50d760.
 Sheep and Lambs: Receipts, 400. Lambs Sc down. Sheep Dc down.
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New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans. May 20.-Trading in the rice market today was confined to the clean cereal There was strong de- mand for rough rice. but no sales were reported.
 Receipts: Rough. s12; clean, A.26s; mill lers, 972.
 Sales: Rough, none: clean. Honduras. l216 at 5isc; Japan 36, at 37sc.
 Quotations: Rough Honduras, 304-J0c: Japan. s1450c; clean Honduras, 4al4c; clean, 464%c.
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New Orleans Cotton Market

New Orleans, May 20.-Cotton futures opened steady at q decline of to II points on poor cables and a good wealth CT map.
 No rain was reported in the cotton belt over Sunday and the bright, clear weather that prevailed encouraged the belief that the soil was in the best pos slble shape for finishing planting ex- cept in overiowed sections. Short sell ing was heavy on the first call. Profit
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Flour and Foo,,siuffs

fCOFTtcteu by ennesSee NH Col
 Self raising flour. s6GO; Nellie KIns. Go,r per barrel, sc; bolted meal. per SC pound sack. s2 No. corn. per Dushel, kiln dried, sl.0S pure wheat shorts, ss6; pure wheat bran, S3i; (. $. hulls, per ton. sl1. prime c. $. meal, per ton, $3I; c. $. feed meal. per ton, $26; No. timothy hay. per ton, $SJ' mixed alfalfa and Johnston grass. $26; corn chops. per 100 pound sack, g: white oats. 13c; alfalfa hav, s35; Johnson grass. S25.
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i. Bonds
Treasury Statement

Washington, May 20.-At the beginning Of business today the condition of the United States treasury was: Working balance in treasury offices, s6l074,2eS. In banks and Philippine treasury, $33,613,S3o. The total balance in the general fund was were S2 992, ,279, with ordinary disburse- ments of $1,039,61S. Deficit to date this fiscal year. s11 ,04o92s, as against a surplus of s25O172 this date last year. Figures ex- clude Panama canal and public debt [transactions.
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New York Money

New York. May 20.-Money on call steady, 21k0l3 per cent; time loans steady; GO days per cent; 90 days, 34 per cent; six months, 315G3A per cent.
 Prime mercantile paper, Az per cent; sterling exchange firm; actual business in bankers bills at A.S4.50 for 60 day bills. and at $4.S7.10 for demand: commercial bills, s4. SEA- Mexican dollars. 4sc; bar sil- yer unchanged government bonds steady; railroad bonds easy.
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New Orleans Cotton Futures

New Orleans, May 20.--Spot cotton steady; middling Ac off at 111ac. Sales on the spot, 27000, to arrive. 25. Low ordinary, 2 15-16c; ordinary, sA c; good ordinary, 10 3-16c; strict good ordinary, low middling. 11Ac; strict mddling, II Ac; good middllng, 12c; strict good middling, 12 3-16c; middling, 1215e; mddlng fair to fair, 12Bc; fair, 13Ac Receipts, 2421; stock, 65,727.
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Kansas City Grain

r Kansas City, May 20.-Cash Wheat: No. ? red, s116@117; No. 2 hard, SLOT m1.12 Corn No. 2 mixed, 77m77Hc; No. 2 white S0@s015c. Oats No. white, 55 F QD56c; No 2 mixed, 55c. Close Wheat, July 99ssc; September. SIC. Corn: May, ii ikc; September. 65Ac; De- cember, 572sc. oats: May. 46Ac; Sep tember, 40Nc.
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New York, May 20.-The tone of the dry goods market was better for the day in wholesale and retail divisions.
 Cotton goods are in moderate demand, with slightly lower prices current on some constructions of gray cloths for converting purposes Jobbers reported d buster day.
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St. Louis Grain

St Louis. May 2O.--cash wheat: No. 2 red, $118@119; No. 2 hard, s1.13@ 1.1e. Corn No. ?, soc; No. white. S1 hc Oats No. 2, 54c; No. 2 white 55 5Q 56 1z c. Close: Wheat, May, $114%;l July. s1.06as sG1.06h; September, s1.02A. Corn: May. soc; July. 75c; September, 71%c Oats: May, 52c; July, 47hc.
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London Stock Market

London, May 20-Consols for money, T 11-l6c; for account, 77%c. Illinois Gen. tral, 130. Louisville and Nashville, 1631k Southern railway. 29ss; prime preferred, 76; bar silver firm, 2sAd per ounce. Mon ey, 2A per cent Discount in open mar lket for short and three months bills 3 per cent
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HUBBARD EROS. & co.

Cotton Merchants, Hanover SquaFo, N
 Y. Members New York Cotton Ex. change. New Orleans Cotton Exchanre. .. New York Produce Exchange. Asso- eiate Members Liverpool Cotton Asso. eiation. orders solicited for the pur- ehase and sale of Cotton and Cotton eeed oil for future delivery. Special et- tention and liberal terms given for coa- sienments of spot cotton for dsllvery, invited
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St. Louis Produce

St. Louis Produce St Louis, May 20.-Flour, dull and easy.
 Hay. steady; timothy. s25@ 29; prairie. S21p24.
 Whisky, s1. 40.
 Iron cotton ties, 91c.
 Bagging, S%c.
 Hemp twine, 7kc.
 Pork, unchanged; jobbing. s16 50.
 Lard, unchanged; prime steam s9 90 @10. extra short and clear ribs, 10Ac; short clears, lie.
 Bacon, unchanged; boxed extra shorts and clear ribs, II Ac; short clears, 12c.
 Receipts: Flour, 204O0; wheat 43,200; corn, 79200; oats, 73.000. Shipments: Flour. 1000; wheat, 21,000; corn, 39400; oats, 1S.300.
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Railway Men in New Orleans

.1ew Orleans, May 20-By the offIciaIs of the National Railway association and members of the executive committee tentative programme was mapped out for the convention to be held hero to- morrow at yesterdays meeting The Woman's auxiliary will hold its conven- ton also tomorrow.
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Poultry and Eggs

IIUITttIeu Uy If1lff7It Q HIno.(
 Hens, 35450c; live. per pound. 12Qi3c; large flyers, 15e lb.; medium fryers, 25c per pound; small. 40c per pound; i; ducks. 30Ge 40c each: gulnea5. z5e. roo sI- CTS, BOG each. geese. 4nWbpc live uiis keys, lSo eggs. fresh. 1ga95c; country butter. 15lt2Jc.
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bulk s2.75@S; cabbage, new, Florida, s2. so Q3 per crate; lemons, fancy, per box, s4a5 4.50; lines, imported St25; pineapples.
 f2.75Q3 per crate: Irish notatoes. ner
 bushel, S1.40; sweet potatoes, Dooley vans. per bushe $1. 20; onions, Texas erates S2,50u275; Spanish. per crate, 8; oranges, California, SS.5o box pineapples. $3.25 per crate; eranberries. per box. B. 75q6 3; per barrel, $11; grapefruit, Florida. s5s6 5.JO; strawberries south Alabama, S2fD2. 5o.
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Naval Stores

Savannah. Ga, May 2o.-Turpentine firm, 461s sales 1ls6; receipts, 1114 ship ments 257; stock, 25.370
 Resin firm; sales. 2139: receipts, 2553; shipments, S91 stock, 59,5OS.
 Quote: B, s6Ooa6.25; D, $6.55; E. S6 90; F, and H. s7.22la; I, SIPS; K. $7Bdp7. .2711ks M and N, s750; VIC, s.35; wv, S.371s.
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French Money Market

Paris May 20.-Three per cent rentes
 93 francs 921s centimes for the account. | Exchange on London 25 francs 23 cen
 fines for checks. Private discount rate, 2x per cent.
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Local Cotton
Pig Iron
Meats
icnrrectad hv Arr
our & Go.

tIUfTecleu Dy AIIHOur N CO.J
 Lard, l2ssc; compound, l05sc D. s. short ribs, 1.075c; rib bellies. l2.S21kc: nam butts. l3bzc; Boston butts. 14c; pork loins. l51zc; spare ribs. He; breakfast bacon. 2cx22c. Star Reg ham l61ac; Star skinned ham, 17Ac.
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Grain Receipts and Shipments

Kansas City, May 20.-Receipts Wheat, 51 900; corn. 91,0oo; oats. 10000 Shipments; Wheat. 47.0o0; corn, 74.o00 oats, 5000.
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American Securities

London, May N.-American securities opened steady today. Prices then eased off but later the market advanced on light covering and at noon values ranged from hc above to 1c below Saturdays s New York closing.
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Butter 27 Cents

Elgin, Ill. May 90.-The quotation com mlttee of the Elgin board of trade to- day declared butter firm at 27c.
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Coffee and SuOar

Corrected by Franklin, Stiles & brank-
 lin.
 Coffee: Arbuekles, s2330 per 100 lbs. i: Luzanne. 27c h. Sugar: Standard gran. ulated. sAc lb.
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Memphis Spot Cotton
Dry Goods

Memphis, May 20.--Spot cotton steady and unchanged; middling, 12c.
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Svlacauea pagtor Resions

sylacauga, May 2o.-(speclai.)-At the morning service of the First Baptig. church yesterday Rev. J. ]. Johnson ten dered his resignation to take effect Au. gust l.
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German Exchange

Berlin, May 20.-Exchange on London, 20 marks 46 pfennigs for checks. Money
 4s per cent. Private discount rate per cent
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Fruits anAl prnduee

tCorrectad by puQsiaa kfos1 Apples, fancy northern, DOT barrel. $iG 65o. boxed Gano. s2.5c: Wiue Saps, s3.25.
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in London. Locally, steady; No. l foundry northern, $15. 50@ 15. 75; No. 2 s15. 25 GD 15. 50; No. southern and No southern soft, s15. soc 15.75.
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LOCAL SECURITIES

Total sales for the day 472,3oo sf
Arizona republican., 1912-05-21

terms of equalization. being completely surrounded in their Notifications at Nicksburg. declared nor inde- pendence.
 of St Gothard rail way between Lucerne, SWitZ- erIand, and Milan. Italy. lS92-The monitor Monterey ordered to Manila to reinforce Admiral Dewey.
 l90o-secretary Hay informed Bocr delegates that the United States would not interrene in the war
 Roosevelt assisted at the laying of the corner stone of a monument to Lewis and Clark at Portland, Ore l904-France recalls her ambassador to the Vatican. l90S-Gove! nor Hughes of New York signeJ the bucket shop bin. l9l1-M. Berteaus, minister of war of France, was killed and Premier MOnis seriously in- jured by the fall of an aero plane in n Paris to Madrid race.
 Francisco L Madero Jr, Mexi- can insurgent leader. signed peace pact at Fl PasO.
Arizona republican., 1912-05-21
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.
CTaken from exchanges)

CTaken from eXchanges.)
 The standard time of Korea was made identical with that of Japan from January L An official circular sent to the provincial offices by the administrative superintendent states that the standard time will be made earlier by exactly 90 minutes than the real time and that F o'clock at midnight of December 3I was made 1z:30 a. m. of January l.
 An offer of $3OOOO for an apple tree in oregon was made recently by an Eastern syndicate and refused. The tree bears a yellow apple known as the Chelan, said to be different from any other oregon variety The nursery company which now owns the tree will develop the fruit. Its keeping properties are said to be re- markable, which is attested by the preservation of several boxes of the fruit in cold storage for two years without deterioration.
 The most expensive book is not the Gutenberg Bible, which was sold in a New York auction room some time ago for $50,OO0. but the Mis- sale Speciale" Ca church service book for the diocese of Constance) in the possession of MT. l.. Rosenthal of Munich. It is the only copy known is printed in red and black on vellum, and is supposed to have been pro- duced by Fust and Scheffer at May once about 14OO It originally con- tained 102 leaves, but fl are missing The price asked is $75,000, or about $852 a leaf
 Mother Goose was a genuine per sOnage originally known as Elizabeth