Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-10
NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF tie FIeeCy Staple

NEW YORK. Sept s.--Carpenter Bag
got & Co.; The New York Commercial
says; Heaviest purchases are cred
lted to those in close touch with the
The Journal of Commerce says: THE
line Of least resistance seems to be up"
Dallas wires: Texas and Oklahoma
ported
The market takes the selling well.
Texas alone ginned 673. 939 bales.
McGhee, Clifford. Finn and Castles best
sellers today. Craig, Watkins and Mitch
ell best buyers
Many kilograms in circulation by the
bears today, and selling was rather free,
nut the market won't go down. As soon
as the selling stops, little buying puts
Waters, Hicks, Pearsan, Shearson,
GWathmeN Mitchell bid market up. with
little for sale. Market very sensitive to
ntte buying, Parties returning from
South today report considerable deterio-
, ration in past ten days.
Following are Il a. m. bids: October
~ December 1l6S, January ll59,
NEW ORLEANS. Sent. Hayward &
Clark The weather map shows cloudy
! tair elsewhere, Normal temperatures
Nieksburg district General showers in
Auantics, and few isolated showers
Long distance forecast for week: Mod
erateiy warm with generally fair in west
7
portion Of the cotton belt the coming
week No indications at present time
OF any disturbance in West Indies.
!. A. kennedy wires following letter
| from Cleburne, Tex. Sept 8: ''Snce I
made my last report, L have been travel
| ing in south central Texas, and will re
lterrate my last report regarding the con
dluon Of all this territory, as it is very
I dry and the crop shows constant deterio-
ration, both as result of the drouth and
| the leaf worms: the latter are now work
a hove
toward the Red river, and win be there
on time-at least, by the time | predicted
to YOU in my former reports
The drOuth now ieNiStS over the en-
! tire state, and the plant has about ceased
| to put on forms in any portion except
! the extreme northern part Of the state,
! put ! think the leaf worm VII clean off
all the young forms that are now taking
J on, and IT is my opinion that the Texas
! crop has made about all that it will
produce this year. The temperature re-
! mains abnormally high, but so far there
| is no indication of any equinoCtial dis
| turbance, and we pass through this pc
ROD without any material damage, but
| the farmers are all in constant dread of
rainfall and high winds. which would
/ prove very disastrous as the fields are
practically white and cotton still falling
| out on the ground. and a rain would ruin
, all that now lies on the ground. ! have
| made personal inspection of many fields
| this week, and find in localities Hhat 80
/ per cent is open, and one gathering will
nearly clean up the crop. This is an
unusual condition so early in the season,
/ and shows conclusively that the crop is
! going short and has been erestimated.
81 think that 1000, zoe bales is the max
imum crop that can possibly be produced
| this season, and if this drouth continues
| ten days longer YOU may Just well ac-
/ cept these figures as the maximum, and
! condition may arise that will reduce them
materially. / learn that western Okla
| homa is very dry. and the crop is de-
| teriorating there very rapidly and if the
! leaf worm invades southern Oklahoma by
! October 10 they will cut the crop mate
! rally also. well as in Texas, for the
! crop is very late in that state"
! Following are 10 a. m. bids: Octo-
! Der 11.5S, December 11.65. January 11.70,
! March 1 1856.
| Estimated receipts Tuesday:
1912 1911
/ New Orleans - 200 to 400 626
Galveston SO 900 to Al 0G0 81, S92