The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28
COTTON GOSSIP
Weather

| Weather
 Map shows fair Oklahoma, northwest
 Texas; low temperatures Amarillo, 40;
 Oklahoma City. A. Light frost privately
 reported from two points in Panhandle, rest or belt cloudy; general rains north Texas; few scattered rains east of river, mostly light No storm conditions shown l on map but must wait for barometer lines
 to make definite forecast. Rainfall Okla
 homa, "A; Fort Worth 1.42; Taylor, .o4; Palestine raining, .01; Fort Smith, .96; Little Rock. .04; Meridian, 80; Nashville,
 raining, .2S; Knoxville, .O2; Chattanooga, i, .lO Atlanta, raining, or; Jacksonville, or;
 Anniston, raining, .62.-Kofler Storm Warning, Advisory-Tropical dis ! turbance this morning apparently cen tral about 150 miles southeast of mouth l Of Mississippi river, moving north north west. Hurricane warnings changed to southeast storm warnings east of Pen sacola, but extended west of New Or leans along the esatern Louisiana coast Roller.
 fine weather h.'. ta-cia.e- rose last hour from 29 90 to 29.95 Don't see any in- dications of storm; believe disturbance, if any, only moderate and liable to travel west
 New Orleans-Barometer fell to 29. 90 but sun shining and no high winds yet Hur- ricane displayed from Pensacola, Fla. to Galveston. Every precaution should be taken against hurricane winds and high tides this afternoon and tonight Mobile, September N.-Barometer has dropped a few points to 29.7S. The tide Is coming in rapidly. The water within foot of the top now, with steady southeast wind, not very strong yet Wireless report here that storm has hit the Texas coast and is of great intensity 12o p. m.-Storming at New Orleans. Forecast-Louisiana, tonight and Fri
 day, rain; northwest gales reaching hur- ricane force on coast; high tides tonight and Friday.
 Arkansas: Unsettled except fair north
 west; showers east, cooler north; pro- ably frost in extreme northwest tonight Friday probably fair warmer. Oklahoma: Fair frost central portions tonight. Northeast cooler, east tonight Friday fair, warmer. | East Texas: Unsettled showers east cooler east and south, except west to- night. Friday probably fair; strong north eriy winds and gales on coast. l West Texas Fair and cooler southeast tonight: Friday fair, warmer north. 1 North Carolina: Fair east, probably showers tonight and Friday; warmer Fri day.
 South Carolina and Georgia: Probably ! showers tonight and Friday. | I-orida: Generally fair tonight and Friday, except rain northwest. l Alabama and Missis -ippf: Rain tonight and Friday; cooler north tonight end 1 Friday.
 New Orleans-1:2S p. rl barometer 29.95; ralning very hard now and getting windy Private Wire Flashes Market quiet, waiting. Occasional weak spell as undertone Is bearish.
 Market needs a storm to rally it but even then there would probably be
 much selling on the rise and doubt whether it would hold-Kofler. Some outside buying from west, De- cem January traders watching probability of storm, rather bullish. Hubbard.
 Activity in market was less pro- nounced and prices covered a moderate range between high and low points The early prospective features of in terest consist of the government report on Tuesday next, the resumption of Hess restricted trading in Liverpool on Monday and the promise of considera- ble increase in movement of crop Pending further developments with | these factors we do not anticipate any Fextreme or violent fluctuation in prices and believe purchases on setbacks or sales on Sndrp duNdHSCS VIII bO Aiio't profitable.-Pynchon. McFadden and New Orleans buyers this morning; there is scattered short covering.-Josephtha1 Wall street and west selling Decem- Der and January on small market Hubbard to Orcutt Clement Curtis makes condition GAS. -Gluck.
 Gainesville Tex. wires heavy rains last night, damaging grade. Temper ature 5S.-Gluck. Two-sided market until after the bureau. Figures will undoubtedly be hullish. Some people predict that drive will be made at the market aft CT it's appearance. If any decline mar ket will be good purchase,-McEl- roy.
 I believe cotton a buy on any fur ther setback.-Burke. More bullish than ever.-Gluck. Bearish undertone in market. Politics and finance weakened; technical con-
 ditions increased movement. Unless storm strikes inland and does dam kage to crop further decline likely Kofer.
 Fairchild: : Favor a trading posi- ton. Only for the immediate present. H. w. Co.,: Think it best to take advantage of strong spots to sell Jenks-Gwynne & Co.,: Believe pres ent prices warranted by present condi- tion. Ring crowd tried to cover and found nothing for sale. Gwathmey best buyer.-Hutton. Corn firm on forecast of frost in north Arkansas,--Waterson H. & W. Good buying in cotton from the west. Hubbard Bros. to Orcutt Texas markets evidently do not like the threat of cold weather Private
 messages telling of a good demand at stiff prices-Gluck
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