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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1913
Page
12
New York reports a quiet Friday in the cotton market with prices easing to near Monday's lows before late rallies. Trading remained thin, with little fresh news from the South and a cautious tone as January futures faced selling and modest interday recoveries.
A December report on cotton markets and port movement across New York and other ports. Details include net receipts, stock levels, and price activity with mentions of Great Britain, interior movement, and weekly totals. The article notes liquidity shifts, market sentiment, and price fluctuations through the week, with comparisons to prior periods and forecasts for January.
York reports a volatile week as heavy selling followed government estimates and census data. Prices dropped to new lows for the season, January contracts sliding over two cents, with speculation waning and traders awaiting further crop figures and economic signals.
Trade reviews from New York discuss mixed signals as the week closes. Optimism grows on currency and settlement progress while short interest eases and securities liquidation slows. Wool buying rises in anticipation of January duties, with small metal demand in New England valleys, and business failures rise to 88 this week.
December market notes describe dull island cotton exports and mixed grain prices. Reports from New York and New Orleans cite quiet steady trade in cotton futures, with Honduras demand and overhang concerns. Grain and feed markets show cautious activity, futures easing slightly and supplies accumulating at major ports.
Frovision Market corrected by White Frovision Co lists ham prices and dozens of grocery items with corrected vendor names. Atlanta live stock market notes steer and heifer prices, hogs and sheep receipts, and national trends with commentary on demand during the holiday period.
Chicago December 2 observers expect winter crop prospects to be the best ever. Wheat futures closed lower by 3 8 to 3 8 percent as corn and provisions also dropped. Traders cited snow cover protecting winter wheat from injury and subdued buying interest amid softer Argentine weather and lower overseas receipts.
Weathered OCR yields scattered market bits from December 26 across Chicago Kansas City St Louis New York and Cincinnati. Butter poultry pork and potatoes show varied prices with some gains and others unchanged while cheese bids and freight notes appear among sparse readings from urban markets.
New York. Stocks extended an upward trend led by Reading as the week’s rally continued. While early gains attracted buyers, overall quotations showed few major changes by close. Copper and New Haven shares rose, Treasury activity edged up, and currency movements suggested year-end financing would be smoother than expected.
Jonesboro Georgia December reports show cotton ginned in Clayton County up to December 13 totaling 13 527 bales this year versus 9 033 bales the previous year. Farmers across the county are unusually prosperous and the recent Christmas season was one of the best experienced from every standpoint.
Major Charles E Hagadorn military attache in St Petersburg was found guilty by court martial of disobeying orders. He received a reprimand after prosecutors amended the charge from willful disobedience to failure to obey. He had sought permission to return to the United States but was told to stay and apply through the embassy.
In Atlanta a Bartow county man Lee Kelly was shot while allegedly trying to escape from a sheriff. His death, amid another recent fatal shooting of a Black man by a county officer, has stirred Cartersville residents and may trigger January grand jury scrutiny into police use of firearms.
Dublin Ga December 26 Special Only one Christmas shooting has been reported in this county so far at Cadwell a town near Dublin where John Owen and Henry Mullis were shot during a free for all pistol battle Police say Owen arrested Mullis Ainsfolk and he resisted starting the exchange The crowd joined in and Mullis was shot by someone in the group None of the wounds are considered fatal F M Joiner was arrested by Sheriff Flanders and held on a $1000 bond
American Telephone and Telegraph announces a dividend of two dollars per share to stockholders of record at the close of business on Wednesday December 31, 1914. Distribution will be made on Thursday January 15, 1914. William R. Driver is treasurer.
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