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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
'POSSUMS FINDING
 READY SALE HERE
Numbers Arriving Daily. Car of Tokay Grapes
 Received

Market quotations on Morris avenue
 yesterday show several changes over
 close of last week. especially noticeable
 being oranges and grape fruit, both of
 which have declined BOG per box in price.
 Eggs continue to crawl upward to the
 usual Thanksgiving and Christmas prices
 and have taken another ? cents jump in
 the past 4S hours. However, both supply
 and demand are normal. Poultry is plen- tiful with good demand, except broilers. These are very scarce, due to the season of the year. Prices unchanged Some turkeys are being handled, but in quan- titles barely sufficient for the everyday trade
 Quite a lot of fine, fat possums are ar | irving daily and the prices run from Soc
 to 75c, according to the size. Dealers say there is a ready demand for them and especially the larger ones.
 Tennessee four is off b cents per barrel, ! this being the only change noted in the flour and feedstuff market Dealers re- port good business and market firm. There were two cars of California To- kay grapes received on Morris avenue yesterday. Prices unchanged. The fish market is looking up consider ably. A fairly good supply of red snap | pers is being received daily and all other varieties are plentiful. A car of Christi field oysters arrived yesterday. 1 MT. Balsam, of Balsam Fish and Oys- ! ter company, states that he does not ap- prehend any further shortages in the ! fish line soon, as the catch in all fish has about doubled in the last few days. Prices remain the same.
 1 While the prices in meats are un- changed, the meat market is little un- certain at the present time.
 1 In conversation yesterday with MT. Erecson, manager for Morris Packing l company on First avenue, that gentle
 man stated that the demand for meats
 were enormous, especially so in bellies, due to export and war conditions and the shortage was beginning to assume alarm | ing proportions, and that he looked for
 no early improvements.
 i All grades of spot cotton continue to decline. Todays quotations follow:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
BEAR|SH TRADING
 CAUSES DECLINE
Severe Selling Pressure Causes a Decline in
 Cotton Prices

New Orleans, November S.-The cot severe selling pressure which brought about a decline in the face of what was generally considered very bull ish ginning report from the census bu
 reau Selling appeared to be partly from recent buyers who wanted their profits and partly from bearish traders. There were also claims that sold-out bulls were taking the short side for 0 turn. At the lowest of the session prices were at a net loss of Il to IS points The close was to 8 down.
 Around the opening of the market prices were to Il points down oh poor cables and a press of selling or ders, which appeared to be due to ac- emulation of business in brokers hands over Sunday. Cables were lower than due which led to short selling. Determined support met the decline, as the census figures of 1884 ,0000 bales ginned to November 1 fully met the expectation of bulls. The note to Eng
 land from this country was also con- sidered bullish influence of some importance. Prices recovered and worked to level 15 to IS points over Saturdays close, but on this rise sell ing increased and finally became heavy enough to check the upward move ment and bring about sharp slump, after which the market remained de- pressed for the rest of the session.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
MODERATE RALLY
 IN COTTON MARKET
The Protest Against British Interference With Neu-
 trals AttractsAttentiOn

New York, November S.--A bullish view of ginning returns and unfavorable weather predictions caused moderate rally in the cotton market this morning but prices soon turned easier and later sold into new low ground for the move ment. January contracts which rallied to jl73 during the early trading broke to HAS and closed at 11.54, with the gen eral list closing steady at a net loss of to points for the day
 The market opened up 1 to 6 points on the census report showing 7,3S4.S71 bales Sinned to November l, against 9,S29, ,OS2 last year, and after a quick reaction un- der Liverpool and New Orleans selling, prices worked about IA to r points above Saturdays closing figures. There was a good deal of covering by sellers of last week as well as some fresh Wall street or commission house buying on the ret- eration of small crop estimates and pros poets for rains followed by lower tenn peratures in the south, but the advance to 11.96 for March and 12.07 for May seemed to attract no really aggressive or general demand and the market soon weakened under renewed liquidation or local pressure.
 Southern selling was more in evidence than previously on the decline, which tended to increase apprehension of spot liquidation owing to the steadily accumu- lating supply in the interior, and stop orders were uncovered as prices broke into new low ground for the movement After selling off to 1l70 for March and 1l.S3 for May, or about 10 to F points under Saturdays closing figures, and some 25 to 2S points under the high level of the morning, prices were steadied by covering, but rallies were barely main tained and the undertone remained rather unsettled. There was considerable bear ish talk around the ring and claims that the ginning figures did not point to a crop over 105oo,000 bales, excluding linters seemed to be offset by recent increased estimates of the Indian yield and the gloomy view of the export situation. The protest against British interference with neutral trade attracted more or less at tention but would seem to be without much influence as far as the immediate market was concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
Hubbard Bros. & Co.'s Letter

New York, November S-(SpeciaI.
 When the high prices paid for cotton seed and the prevailing prices of cot ton are taken into consideration, with the excellent weather for ginning dur ing the period, the ginners' report of 1884, 900 bales ginned is very bullish. But the English buyers and spot houses here akAanother and different view. They maintain that it shows n very large amount of cotton in the hands of the south yet to be sold and that. Judging from the past, it will be sold at lower prices because the southern holders will not be satisfied to market is as slowly as he did last season As we have pointed out many times that is the salvation. We be- iieve the south will hold. they have a short crop. they see excellent trade. they have the money to hold with or can borrow it on the lowest terms in years, and they know of the lack of potash and spread of the boil weevil. On the other hand, sentiment has be- come very bearish. exporters point to Liverpool as away below parity and that the market must decline on war conditions. They have sold freely and heavily, anticipating sharp break In the south We think it Is the same real estate proposition as last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
WHY THERE ARE SIXTY
 MINUTES IN AN HOUR

From the Kansas City Star.
 The division of an hour into 60 minutes is of ancient Babylonic origin and has survived the reforms applied to notation in the course of the worlds progress Along with the decimel system in ancient Babylon there was one sexagesima sys tenn based upon the count by sixties and originating in the discovery that there is no number which mas so many di- visitors as O. It can be divided without remainder by 2, g. 4, 5, 6, 10, P, 15, 20 and 30.
 Babylonians divided the suns path into 24 parasangs, the latter representing about four and half miles. The astronomers of that day compared the progress of the sun during one hour to the progress made by good walker during the same period of time, each accomplishing one parasang.
 The whole course of the sun was 2i parasangs. or 360 degrees, and each parasang or hour was subdivided into GO minutes.
 H.pparchus, the Greek philosopher, who lived 150 B. C., introduced the Babylon ian hour into Europe and, carried along by traditional knowledge down through the middle ages, it survived the French revolution. which endeavored to reduce every measure to decimal system of reck bring. so that the measure of time con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
New York Cotton Futures
Port Cnttnn Market

New Orleans: Middling, n.97c; receipts, sS54; exports, 1o,O55; sales, 17So; stock, 27c,- 16y
 Galveston: Middling, 1160c; receipts, 12,- 102; sales, 400; stock, 294,266.
 Mobile: Middling, He; receipts, 39o: sales. 50; stock, 19721.
 Savannah: Middlng, 1150c: receipts. 4lSO; exports, 2077; sales, 175o; stock, 2o6, 4s5 Charleston: Middling, 111ac; receipts 137; exports 2450; stock, S9 9,906 Wilmington: Receipts, 1720, stock, 3S,- 16J.
 Norfolk: MidGling, n.25c; receipts, S231; sales. 260; stock, 6S,5s6.
 Baltimore: Exports, 69OO; stock, 1865.
 Boston: Middling, 11.65c stock 51OO.
 Philadelphias Middling, 11S5c; stock. 202f.
 New York: Middling. 11.eOc; exports, 4450; sales. 100; stock, 293, ,125 s7.. N' '''- Total today: Receipts 32, "A; shipments. 39,229; stock 1895, ,794
 Total for week: Receipts, 5s,561; ship ments, 50,073.
 Total for season: Receipts, 2,444,033: shipments, 1,449.00S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
WHEAT PRICES DROP ON SUPPLY FIGURES.
Market Also Bearishly Af- fected by Predictions of
 Fair Weather

Chicago, November S.-Neariy 100000 bushels increase in the United States visible supply total acted as big weight today on the price of wheat. Largely as a result the market, which was unsettled at the close, showed a net decline of 7sG rsc, with December at 1.0S1s1 .0SAc. and May at 1.04Ke. Corn lost %@5s03sc and oats 14q3s@ssc. In provisions. the out- come was an advance Of 5 to 9 cents
 Decided significance was attached to the visible supply figures, as the rate of gain showed that stocks of wheat had accumulated in the last week three times as fast as during the previous week or at the corresponding time a year ago. The market was also bearishly affected by predictions of generally fair weather for tonight and tomorrow and by the fact that receipts at the leading primary terminals contin,od to be on a liberal scale. Lower quotations from Liverpool counted further against the bulls, and so, too, did the, slowness of export de- mand.
 About the only imporant influence that tended to lift the wheat market was a notice of some European demand at Omaha for shipments by way of the Gulf of Mexico. The effect however, was confined to a brief period in the early part of the session when rains in the northwest were also given little notice.
 Corn weakened owing to bearish fore casts of the government crop report. The actual figures from Washington turned out to be less adverse to the bulls than had been predicted, but ar- rived too late to modify the attitude of traders A sag in the oats market came about chiefly from sympathy with corn. Eastern demand was only fair.
 Provisions developed firmness in con- sequence of support given by packers. It was said the shipping demand was good, both on domestic and foreign ac- count.
 Future quotations were as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
OPELIKA

Opelika. November S-(Special.) )-Mr. Ty Forester, a young newspaper man of Lafayette, and Miss Emma Lanier of this place were united in marriage Sunday afternoon at o'clock at the First Baptist church, Dr. W. P. Hines, pastor of the church. officiating. The groom is connected with the Lafayette Sun and the bride for the past few years held responsible and lucrative position in the judge of probate office here. ST
 The impressive ceremony was wit messed by only a few intimate friends and immediately after the nuptials the happy couple took the 5 :S0 Central of Georgia train for Lafayette where they. will make their future home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
SFEATURE OF STOCK MARKET
List Developed Weakness in Closing Hour and Caused
 Severe Losses

New York. November S.-Until the clos- ing hour the most conspicuous feature Of todays stock market was its relative duii-
 ness. Trading was altogether profess sional and with a moderate upward trend after the irregular opening. In fact some specialties, including a few of the so- called war shares, were almost buoyant
 at midday.
 In the last 60 minutes, however, the list developed sudden weakness, which
 not only obliterated numerous early gains, but caused some severe net losses.
 Chief among these were Canadian Pacific
 in the railroad group and United States Steel among the leading industrials. Can adian Pacific fell from it's top price Of 1S7 to 1.s1%, closing at 1.S2s4 United States Steel, which early in the day showed a. gain of almost a point at S67s,
 fell to S4 and closed mere fraction
 higher.
 The Harrimans, Atchison, Great North ern, New York Central and Erie sup- stituted gains of a point or more by losses of as much Baldwin Locomotive and
 Crucible Steel, which had scored SUD- stantial gains over last weeks final | figures, were maISrlally lOWeI, dS NCic
 also Westinghouse and other shares of
 the same class.
 As usual, various theories and reasons
 were offered to account for the break, I these ranging from home to foreign af-
 fairs Washiugton's note to Great Britain
 anent the illegal and ineffective seizure
 of American ships seemed to have nc
 effect in the early dealings, apart from London's lower prices for Americans
 Rumors concerning the health of a \ prominent financier now convalescine
 from Washington indicating that the fed eral administration might meet with for ! midable opposition in its proposed pohcs Il of preparedness. In all probability \ however, the reversal was accelerated oy \ aggressive short selling.
 1. General news of the day embraced re ports from Chicago and other important ' railroad centers showing an increase ol Y tonnage, Canadian products especlalis | ta king carrying capacity. ,.s.-e ! Bonds were steady during the greatei II part of the session, but weakened Wltn . stocks. Total sales, par value. aggre ! gated $5,735,ooo
 \ IT S bonds were unchanged on call.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09

hut this practice was limited to the ses- side resorts. where almost anything is tolerated. In the cities it is expected that the women who adopt the new fad will try to get along with the celluloid CT stuffed bird as long as the craze lasts
 The cages are light and fancy affairs and are made of reeds, the same sort of material that is used in the manufacture of baby carriages The cage is decorated with artificial flowers, and Is suspended from the wrist by dainty pink and blue ribbons.
 Prices range from S1 to $5 The s5 cage is provided with an electric battery and an electrified bird. which becomes highly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
Sugar Market

New York, November S-Raw sugar steady; centrifugal, 3.4Sc; molasses, SS1c; refined steady. Cut loaf s6.40c; crushed, 6.3Oc; Mould A, 5.95c; cubes. o75c; XXXX powdered. 5.S5c; powdered 5.60c; fine granulated, $500; Diamond A, 5,50c; Dia- mond A. 5.571ac; confectioners A, 5,40c; No. 1, 5.25c.
 Sugar futures opened firmer on cover ing by shorts and buying by trade in- terests. Prices at noon were 6 to points higher.
 The early gains were maintained in the late trading and the market closed firm, 4G9. points higher. December, 337c; March, 3.13c; May, S21c: July. s.S1c. Sales, 440l tons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
Wrist Bird Cages Now

From the Philadelphia North American,
 Got your wrist bird cage yet? Yes on the level, the wrist cages are in vogue. Some one at the shore started in after New York manufacturer had created the bait, and the wrist watch as a conse- quence appears slated for the discard.
 Philadelphia stores have laid in a sup ply of the wrist cages There is a bird in each one of the cages but so far it Is not the sort of a bird that fits from limb to limb in the green forest,
 They are artificial birds for the most part although some cages have stuffed birds that look good enough to decoras- a hat if only they were larger.
 It is reported that Some women have carried live birds in their wrist cages,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans, November S.--A steady tone prevailed in the rice market to- day. Receipts, rough, 21.094; millers. 16,973; clean, 9345 Sales, 252 sacks rough Honduras at 3.50@4c; 250 sacks Japan at 3.51 @4.1Sc; 4163 pockets clean Honduras at 2ss @5c; 1125 pockets Ja- pan at B @4c. Quote, Rough Honduras, 2@4.10c; Japan, 3@4.2Oc; clean Hondu- ras 4@5hc; Japan. 3M @4Ac. Rice polish, per ton, $25 @p26; bran, s15@17.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
Flour and Feedstuffs

Illinois flour, $7.30; self-rising flour, s6 50; Tennessee flour, $6.25; Michigan flour, Hlo; Idaho flour, $6.50; Indiana flour, s665; Idaho flour, S6.50; Indiana flour. s6 .65; hard winter wheat flour, $6. 20; wheat shorts, $SS; mixed shorts. $S1 pure wheat bran, BPS; c. s. meal, 71s per cent, $s6 Cremo meal, $30; c. s. hulls, $16 per ton; No. 1 timothy hay. $22 per ton; pea green alfalfa, western. $23; southern alfalfa, SIS; mixed feeds. per ton, $33; oats, per bushel. NoI 2, white, 5Sc; Texas oats, CSC; corn, per bushel, soc; cornmeal s1.6O per two- bushel sack; chops, $1.65
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
Chicago Grain

Chicago, November S.-Wheat No. } red, SLIP 12@1.12a; No. red, $1.06A O 1.10& No. hard nominal; No. hard, $1.01 F @1.04A. Corn No. yellow, old, 65 d1 65 F c; No. ? yellow, new, 5S@ F c; No. white, 641a @6Sc; No. 3 white, new, 61@631ac Oats No. white, 35 A @36c;8 standard, 3S1s ease. Rye No 2. $1.01 @1.02. Barley, 55c Timothy, $5@S, Clover, s1O@20. Pork, s14.6o. Lard, s9.10 Ribs, $10.50@11.25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
New Orleans Cotton Market
New Orleans Cotton

New Orleans, November S.-Spot cot ton quiet, unchanged; sales on the spot, 220; to arrive, 1569; good ordi- nary, 9.36c; strict good ordinary, 9.92c; low middling, 10.5oc; strict low mid ding. lie; middling, 1t,37c; strict mid ding, 1162c: good middling, 1l,94c; strict good middling, 12.31c; receipts, 9S54: stocks, 270,162.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
Hubbard Bros. & Go.

dCotton Merchants, Hanover Square. N. 9Y. Members New York Cotton Ex-
 lchange. New Orleans Cotton Exchange. iNew York Produce Exchange. Associate .}Members Liverpool Cotton Association: Isaie of Cotton and Cotton Seed oil for 1future delivery. Special attention and
 liberal terms given for consignments of
 (opot cotton for delivery. Correspond ,l0nce invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
St. Louis Grain

St. Louis, November S.-Wheat No. 2 red, $1.14@1.16; No. ? hard nominal De-
 cember, $102 B @1.021a May. $1.04. Corn No. 2, 6034c; No white, old, 61c; new.
 601ac; December, 569s @56%c; May,
 59asc. Oats No. ?, 35c; No. ? white, nom
 inal; December. 35 sc: May. 371a co 37 4a c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09

bles s2l4. Bar silver, 5olsc; Mexican dol lars, 3sisc. Government bonds steady. Railroad bonds steady.
 Time loans firm; 60 days, 90 days and six months, 3 per cent. Call money steady: high. 2 per cent: low, 1S4 per cent; ruling rate. 1s4 per cent; last loan, I2 per cent; closing bid, 1A per cent; of- fered at per cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, November S.-Wheat No. 2 hard, $1.00@1.0S; No. 2 red, $111@113. Corn No mixed 60@61c; No. 2 white, 61 F No. 2 yellow, 61@62c. Oats No. } white, 37h; No. mixed 340351sc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
Interior Cotton Market

Houston: Middiing, 11.35c; receipts, IT, OSl; shipments, 11.507; sales, 112O; stock 1S3217.
 Memphis: Middling, 11.50c; receipts 16,. 3l6; shipments, 5551: sales, 45O; stock, POT, 255
 Augusta: Middling. 11.19c; receipts, 2262 shipments, 951: sales, 710; stock, 172,O65
 St. Louis: Middling, n.5Sc; receipts 27s9; shipments, 2453; stock, S22s.
 Cincinnati: Receipts, 1150; shipments 12l3;. stock, 1O,54s.
 Little Rock: Middling. 11.63c; receipts 1851: shipments, 11O9; sales, 11O6; stock, 2S,. 740
 Dallas: Middling, 1O.S5c
 Montgomery: Middliug, lie; sales, 264
 Total today: Receipts, fl, ,099; ship ments. 22,7S4; stock, 610,054.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
Cotton Seed Oil

New York, November S.-Cotton seed oil was firm early on short cov- ering and buying on the absence in hog products. but the list eased off later with the sharp setback in cot ton and scattered liquidation. Final prices were l to 12 points higher on near and generally 2 to 3 lower on late months Spot. .7.5S@ 7.ssc; November, 7.58 770c; December, 7.55@7.56c; Jan uary T.57 co 7.59c; February, 7.60@ 7.66c; March, 7.66@767c; April, 7.69@773c; May, 7.S1c; June, 7.S9@791c; to- tai sales .1760O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
Liverpool Cotton

Liverpool. November S-Cotton. spot easier. Good middling. 7.17d; middling, 6.85d; low middling, 635d; sales, 10000: for speculation and export, 1000; no re- ceipts; futures steady; November 6.731hd: November and December. 6721sd; Decem- Der and January, 6.72d; January and Feb ruary. Gnd; February and March, 6.70d {; March and April. 6.691ad April and May. 6.6S1ad; May and June, 6.6Sd; June and July. 6.65d July and August, 6631ad ; August and September, 65O1ad; Septem- Der and October. 6.3915d; October and November, 6.395hd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
Bonds
Mercantile Paper

New Orleans. November S.-Mercantile paper, 3GS1s per cent. Sterling 6O-day l bills s461; demand, s464.75; cables, s4.6o.5o
 Francs, demand, 5.96; cables. 5.e5. Marks demand. s1A; cables, SIS. Lires. demand, 1644; cables, 643. Rubles, demand, g; ca
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
Fish

Wholesalers Selling Price) Perch-81sc. Salt Water Trout-12@12Hc. Red 'Snapper-10c in bbl. and He in smaller lots. Gray Snapper-shc. Mullet-6c. Shrimp-12c. Spanish Mackerel-121a@15c Sheephead--S5ac Oysters-Medium, $1.35 select $50 per gallon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-09
Dry Goods Market

New York. November S.-Cotton goods were quiet today. Yarns steady and dress goods firm with stocks we'll cleaned up. Raw silk firm on smaller trading.