The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-10
COTTON GOSSIP
Weather

 Cotton region summary: Much colder weather has overspread the cotton region. Heavy to killing frost occurred through out Arkansas with temperatures 26 to 30 degrees in the northern and 28 to 34 in the south portion, heavy to killing frost in western Tennessee, with temperatures 30 to 36; frost with freezing temperatures in portions of northern and central Mis- sissippi, frost in northern Louisiana, with temperatures 34 to 38 in northern portion and 40 as far south as Lake Charles; heavy to killing frost in Okla- homa, with temperatures 28 to 40; frost in northern and central Texas, with tenn peratures 34 to 70 degrees; the tempera- ture of 42 occurred at Houston, and frost in northern Alabama, with temperatures of 32 to Az
 Morning Weather-Sherman, clear, 4S, frost; San Antonio, clear 65; Fort Worth, clear, GO; Beaumont clear, 6S; Muskogee, clear, 3S, frost; Fort Smith, 34, hard frost; McAlester, Okla, clear. 35, frost; Austin, Tex, clear, 52 Dallas, clear, 55, heavy frost; Gainesville, clear, 55, frost; Ard more, Okla, clear, 54, frost; Shreveport, La, clear, 4s, heavy dew; Texarkana. clear, 50; Galveston, clear. 5S; Houston, clear, 43; Little Rock, Ark, clear, AZ, light frost; Paris Tex, clear 40, frost; Waco. clear 46. frost; Temple, clear 51; Greenville, clear, 45, heavy frost
  42; Huntsville. clear, 42, light frost At lanta, tight rain, 46; Augusta, cluudy, 5S; Columbus, cold. raining; Macon, slow rain, 62; Savannah, partly cloudy. 62; Vicksburg, clear, 42; Spartanburg, rain ing, rainfall GO; Charlotte, rain, 50; Mem phis, clear, 40, heavy frost; New Orleans, clear, cold.
 No frost at all is forecast by the weather bureau for the eastern belt to- night.
 The outlook is for light rains in the Carolinas and Georgia and fair weather for Mississippi and Alabama.-Gluck.
 The cold wave is moving into the east ern belt, where it probably. will bring colder weather tonight, although it IS evident that as the wave moved across the south it is losing its intensity Gluck
 The western belt forecast calls for generally fair weather with frost in Louisiana nearly to the coast; warmer in Arkansas and Oklahoma but prob- ably frosts; warm in Texas; no frost.- Gluck. Government detailed report give six stations in Texas with temperature ot 3i; seven with 36; six with s; 3l stations 40 and above.-Kofler.
 Private Wire Flashes
 New York-Liyerpool heavy buyer Oc- 
 Good demand on advance from spin ners at highest basis of season. Lowest cotton selling in this entire section 26.5Uc f. o. b. cars, cost; minimum 30 points, to deliver on your October with no mar gin to shippers.-Loveman. Tuscaloosa. S. M. Weld & Co.,: We are not im- pressed by extravagant opinions as to the smallness of the crop nor it's value. Prices may be further advanced tempo -f1x, hut hor iy1O Y- known at present we feel that lower prices are inevitable" Pearsall: Texas messages received yesterday that interior buying of spots was being done by speculators who were organizing.
 New Orleans-It is now said that a new peace offer is corning from Ger many and that it will contain no talk of annexations or indemnities.
 Detroit, Tex, wires: Heavy frost; cot ton killed in the lowlands.'
 Princeton, Tex: Heavy frost and some ice. Young bolls killed"
 Durant, Okla. wires: Heavy frost and ice here"
 Manchester cables: Cloths and yarns m"-Gluck.
 Lowell. Seven local mills announced 10 per cent for 10000 hands from Octo- Der 15'
 Boston says New England factories threatened with coal shortage.
 Cold wave spread over belt, but so far only some frost reports from way north.-Kofler.
 The action of the produce exchange in eliminating trading in cotton seed oil and the suggestion of Mr. Hoover about trading too strenuously in food products being unpatriotic is tempering with cau- ton the spirit of the bulls in cotton. They are just as little nervous about too much excitement in cotton.-Hili, New York.
 Looks like might have little further reaction.-Gluck.
 Considerable volume of southern hedge selling market eases as soon as Mitchell stops buying.-Hutton.
 The cold wave now crossing the belt and threatening to bring frost and even freezing temperatures to the crop caused heavy buying and a rise of a cent q pound in cotton today. It looks like a ruinously short crop which means that present prices will look cheap a little later on.-Gluck.
 Dry Goods Market
 New York. October 9.-Cotton goods and yarns here today were very strong. Wool