The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-20
ROUND THE TICKER
Cotton,

Jongview. Tex. wiresJ 1T has beer
| raining all over this section since Sat
urday and is raining hard here now
| The crop outlook is gloomy"
New Orleans-weld's Texas traveller
wires from Palestine. Tex. In William
son county and along the BRACES bot
toms near Hearne, cotton IL fruitine
| weevl In check. Consider conditions
greatly improved Dry weather viii
eventually cause cotton to stop grow
ing and to shed, but owing to the weevl
1t Is best not 10 nave rain"
New Orleans--Liverpool is now soft
ening. Just why IT Is hard to say
The early advance was due to shorts
covering and buying By local traders
because Of cables from this side telling
OF too much rains, according 10 cables
TO Weld.
New Orleans-The weather is toe
showery and the fear or the boil weevi
Is too strong to allow the market ia
make much of O decline just now
Bearsh traders have made several ef-
forts to start a reaction but the market
shows resistance New York wires
Industrial news is causing selling and
Is regarded as more potent than the
weather Natchitoches, La wires:
phe crop in this 0grish does not sh9w
ton Showers have rallen for the last
five days an dthe plant is shedding and
taking on rank growth. Boil weevils
are plentiful, Shepard & Gluck.
Liverpool spot sales largest in months,
increased from 5000 to 10000 bales
New Orleans-There is talk of a
scaling down of German indemnities,
according to Paris cables, and Lon
don says that the Russian soviet gov
eminent is willing to make peace with
Poland. Germany is making a-shipping
deal with America, which may do much
TO reopen German trade Huge guam
titles Of flour left New Orleans this
week for both German and Austrian
ports.-Shepard & Gluck.
New York-Continued showers fore
casted FOR all cotton sttaes except Texas
Rain fell yesterday in South Atlantics
and gulf states. Unless the weather
turns dry in day or two we will have
quite a weevil scare. Montgomery ad-
vices say crop made good progress ex-
cept on lowlands wnere cultivation is
behind. 1t was said yesterday. that the
July squeeze Is by no means over
Clevenburg to Clark & Co.
New Oreans-New York says yes
terday's late reaction was on reports
that number of FAN River cotton
mills will begin curtaiing production
ehiS "'th anu lilt DOSSlDllllN OIL Il DIG
railroad strike.-Kofler to Clark & Co.
New Orleans-waco, Tex. wires.
The crop is doing very nicely, the
clear hot weather of the last week
having been very favorable. The plant
is sturdy and fruiting rapidly and older
plants are well boiled, while younger
plants are catching up. Think the
younger plants will need rain in about
two weeks. There rs a light sprinkle
pf maui rapAipt, ",
and look for general movement in the
coast district by the first of next month.
Of Sunday We're beneficial in
the western counties and did no harm
in the north and east portions "-Shep-
ard & Gluck.
New York-Mancheste cloths good
New York-Twelve notices out on
July.
Beer received following reports from
Texas:
Palestine-Cotton never looked bet
Ter at this time of year. Ledbetter-
Few. farmers burning sulphur at night
10 kill weevil. Caldwell-Cotton injured
by continuation rains. F1atonia -
Weevils numerous, account recent
showers. Lockhart-Farmers anxious
Tor hot sunshine. best remedy against
weeviL Ena-Cotton fruiting in a way
highly pleasing. Berclair--Hot, dry
weather caused older cotton to open.
AngletOn-Showery farmers complain
ing considerable damage by wee1ils.
opening rapidly ALVIN
Continued rains doing much damage to
cotton here. Bellville-Cotton fields
white with blooms.
New Orleans.-Bullish feeling in cot
ton evidently helped by huoyancy;
stocks rejecting satisfaction over wage
award-F. & b.
Heavy rains-Alabama, Decatur, 1.o9;
Florida, Tampa, LOG; Mariana, 100.
Vicksburg. 2.70; Port Glib
son, 1.29, Lake, LA; Waynesboro. / 26.
North Carolina, Raleigh, 1.6S; Char
Iotte, 1885, Goldsboro, 1924. Louisiana,
Covington, los.
Big Spring Tex-Had no rain in
about five weeks. With hot weather;
need rain.
New York.-Cotton yarn prices are
declining steadily with little business
being done. The Daily News Record
says: Notwithstanding it was thought
that the canceling of orders for piece
goods was about at an end. 1t develops
hat retailers still are Canceling and
hat within the last few days some
nave thrown back on their source OF
supply considerable quantities of mer-
,handise. '-Fenner &c Became.
MeXia Tex wires: Raining all
around this section and the crop is 60
ng backward rapidly"
Atlanta. Ga. to Carpenter: Raining
weevil getting beyond
control Smithfield, n. C.: Too much
rain. Darlington, S. c., Season perfect
New Omeans-Abilene TEX. wires:
food rain, which was needed. fell Mon
day afternoon. Abilene territory; good
2rOp now certain.