Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11

son says. The cotton market optiitu
quiet with light transactions Bulls were
aggressive in bidding. but purchased lit
tie cotton. The ring sold freely.
Liverpool continues to report large
sales, with increase in prices.
Spot cotton holders continue stubborn
as ever. No one seems to he buying tue
raw material except for immediate use.
Holders are inclined to wait until the
market retrieves the upward uehu oe
fore they liquidatc.
Following are IL d m, bids: May,
1918; July 12.l0; October, ll'59' Jan
uary, ll.09.
NEW ORLEANS. April l0.-Haywood
* Clark Weather indications are lot
clearing over the entire belt except
some scattered showers Tonight IN me
AtlantiCs. A good spell IS ndlcateu io4
The next five days.
Habersham King in report dated
April 5 SAYS. The western edge OF
Texas is unfavorably. though MOI III
juriouSly, dry. The SouIheasl pal ol
Arkansas. Northern Mississippi ana Ala
bama and Western Tennessee. together
with parts Of North Central and Norlh
ern Georgia are untaNorablN lhoush ~
njuriously wet. These sections pIouuFS
these regions DEVELOPMENTS attending
preparations have been better than nor
NAL. ,.......,.,,
of the crop is better than average ana
lG to 10 per cent is about normal
The Journal OF Commerce SAYS: "Pri-
vate reports were TO the effect that lhe
crop is making fine progress IN Ie Mas;
and similar reports come from parts OF
4. 1..lf zoo
To the effect that the crop in the I'M
portaut Albany section Is the eatliesl
ever known that chopplng is well unaet
way ON an increased acreage, ana lha'
a perfect stand seems assured
The ST. Francis River levee broke
one mile below Wilson, Ark, YESTERDAY
afternoon. two other weak spots deNel-
oped one at Mound city and one AZ
Osce1la, where the water oVeflol,pe,sna
the lcyce These breaks will relieve
Memphis temporarily, but rains yester g.,
day throughout Arkansas and the rapid
rise expected from the ohio River ana
the upper Mississippi tributaries VIII
tained Of Ievees being overtopped or
broken through the entire st. Francis
River system near Memphis in Arkan-
New orleans reported general rain
storms i'm much of the southern nood
territory yesterday. reduuhlinE the rear
felt fof Weakening levoes. In Baton
Rouge "a downpour LETT six incheS OF
water standing in the streets; Al %, sew W.
Orleans the river Is expected 10 go 10
~ feet. the highest mark of 1917, with
the probability of It's going higher
ST Louis reported heavy ram over
northern and eastern Texas, Okla h.in ~
Kansas Arkansas. Louisiana ana MIS-
sissiupj during Tuesday and "Wednesday /
the dowupour continuing last night AZ
NafChcZ. Miss. the levees are being
raised So feet above its highest stage
of last year.
Liverpool cables. American mid
ding fair. Sod, good middling, i22d
middlug. 90, low middling. 6.SAd good
ordinary. G.50i. ordinary, 6.l6d.'
The New orleans Times Democrat {
cotton summary. Points i'm Arkansas
reported the heaviest rainfall on record
there. which augmented the volume OF
the greatest flood ever known m lhc
Mississippi River and made the New
Orleans talent extremely nervous ana
MAY and July shorts covered freely, As
a result the May delivery here was
quoted higher at the close than stand
ard mil1liug is quoted in this market
since Monday the demand for the SEXUAL
cotton I'm the South has been little
more restricted, but spots are not
weighing on the market anywhere ana
spot owners seem content 10 await de-
velpumpptS.
Nobody any longer makes any pre-
tense of minimizing the egrinHsr ess ~
the food situation lwpartynt breaks lr
the lcvocs below NoWnhi- are now gem
orally cEuectod Some operators say
the market. expecting an overflow, has
discounted the effect ct am iuunda ton
~ the cotton lands Of the Mississippi
River country. But here the question
arises. has the economic effect OF a sec
0nd inundation on the affairs Of the
valley been discounted
1.-THE present flood probably VIII pass
ont to the Gulf in ample time to permit
iU this connection 10 should he remem-
heTed that the losses occasioned by the
floods of last year have not yet ali been
made up
Following are 10 u. M. bids. May
i2.5S. July. 1915; October, l165; Jan
uary n GO
Estimated receipts for Friday.
1913 1912
Nav Orleans 2 100 Ca Q 900 % 81.