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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1915
Page
6
New York October 2 The cotton market showed less activity with irregular fluctuations and a net decline of 8 to 21 points. December rose briefly to 12.08 before easing. January swung to 12.23 then settled near 12.13. Port stocks and spot prices moved cautiously as reports awaited. New Orleans Exchange to resume Monday at 9 o clock with spot quotes steady.
Irregular wire service continues to report receipts and spot quotations from port markets. Ulterior markets remain unavailable, with ongoing interruptions hampering cotton movement and price signals for buyers and sellers.
New York daily market notes show heavy liquidation and nervous trade as investors await government crop data due Monday. Traders expect ginning to be strong but believe overall yield may be low, with some firms predicting a crop under 12 million bales, signaling a potential bullish shift if the report disappoints. Leads from Wabard Bros & Co and Renskorff, Lyon & Co suggest varied reactions with cautious buying and anticipated price shifts for near term futures.
Grocery prices for meats canned goods and staples list items with unit prices. Atlanta live stock market reports steer cow and hog quotations with weights and price ranges. Provision market notes pork hams bacon sausages lard and various teasers follow standard market formats.
The cotton seed market showed firmer tone with good demand from commission houses for crude and refined oils. Prices rallied modestly with 1,6000 barrels traded, futures in New York holding around seven points higher to seven and a half, while opening bids and other figures appeared garbled in the OCR.
Chicago markets closed strong on news of reduced French wheat crop and expected heavy imports. December and May wheat rose while corn and oats hovered. shipments and receipts reported with weather and freight factors noted. Weather in central and eastern belts cited by officials as influencing futures.
October 2 livestock market figures show hogs receipts around 8,000 with varied prices from 6.70 to 8.50 per unit. Cattle and calves add receipts and prices including native and veal, while sheep and muttons list several values. Trading notes indicate steady demand with packers and butchers active in certain weight classes.
The biggest real estate deal in months closed in Atlanta with a total value of 290000 dollars. Two city apartment houses on Courtland street and Merritta avenue were traded for a 2509 acre farm in Dougherty county eight miles west of Albany Georgia. The M C Kiser company arranged the exchange for General Realty company to buyers Lee Allen Arthur Rylander and Frank Sheffield. The Albemarle and Courtland apartments front Jaerritts avenue and Courtland street and are modern properties. The Dougherty county farm mainly consists of cultivated cotton lands.
George Stowers, secretary to Bishop Cleland K Nelson, confessed to stealing $15,000 from his employer and was held at the Tombs. He was released due to mental aberration from run-down condition and no prosecution. Friends will escort him to Atlanta. Dispatches say Rev. Percy P. Pyle will ensure his return home. markets reports and other notes follow.
A Atlanta bank report notes a record weekly total of 16,070,402 in clearings ending October 9, up 5,212,371 from the prior year. The daily total rose 702,453 on a Saturday, while September’s total reached 57,780,59 versus 44,827,106 last year, with bankers attributing gains to higher cotton prices and optimism as the season progresses.
The Fifth Regiment of the National Guard of Georgia will stage its annual regimental championship drill on the evening of November 17 at the Armory during Festival week. A preliminary elimination drill on November 8 features eleven companies, with company H defending its title. The winning company from November 8 will meet company H on November 17. Captain John W. Quillian notes the challengers must perform excellent drilling. An individual prize drill for the entire school of the soldier will also occur that night, with each company allowed two entrants and one non commissioned officer entry for the event.
Carl Dolvin and T. Peas cock tied with 231 votes each for council in the tenth ward. Ovid Poole stated he would run again, claiming Dolvin the only officially notified candidate for the second primary. In the third ward Fred Woodall led with 355 votes, Camp 223, Harling unknown. Camp says he may run again. In the fifth ward Sisson led with 1,575 votes, Garner 947, Besser 1,087. Sisson has not publicly declared for the second race.
Judge Ben Hill yesterday morning imposed one of Fulton county's shortest manslaughter sentences, sentencing Henry Stansell to the minimum term of one year in the penitentiary. The judge said he was satisfied the slain man precipitated the fatal encounter, with Will Efull also involved.
Joe Powell, colored of 21 Collins Street, was bound over to the superior court in $500 bond for larceny of a gentleman's portmanteau from the Atlanta Trunk and Eng factory. Powell told Sheriff Mangus he stole to get into jail because it was too lonely outside and he wanted to be with “the boys” again, with Recorder Johnson indicating he would be with them for a while.
Dr Bricker continues a series of historical sermons before large audiences at the First Christian Church. Sundays evening session will feature Augustine as the last and greatest of the early church fathers.
The Tech School of Commerce offers a practical Spanish class to prepare for South American trade with Atlanta and Georgia. Dr. J. B. Crenshaw teaches every Saturday evening in the Walton building, aiming to aid writing and speaking Spanish for local trade correspondence.
A Fulton count auto theft case details thieves taking and returning Carlos Dynes Ford at 72 Ponce de Leon avenue after draining gas, then fleeing from the Healey building. They left the Lynes car unharmed but took H W Dillon’s Ford around the corner on St Charles avenue, later vanishing. The sheriff’s office pursues the missing Dillon vehicle.
Hillsboro resident Alan J. W. Turner reports recovery from pellagra after using a remedy from the American Com pounding Co. in Jasper Alabama. He says he is well, active, and able to farm, urging others to obtain the free Pellagra book and consider the treatment.
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