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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1914
Page
12
New York reports only minor shifts as spot markets ease and prompt sales edge toward December. West and Southwest futures show modest advances whileEastern and Texan sectors reflect parity trends, with mills cautious amid hedging absence and lingering price expectations.
A fragmented market summary from Chicago and New York reports cattle, poultry, butter, creamery products, eggs, potatoes, and farming goods. It notes receipts, prices, and shifts in wholesale fresh white and color specials, live poultry weakness, turkey and fowl figures, potato prices in Michigan and Wisconsin, butter and creamery statistics, and bank and exchange updates with limited clarity due to OCR issues.
Chicago and other exchanges show wheat steady to higher while corn declines. Oats rise as export sales support prices. provisions move mixed. Reports from abroad hint at risk and demand shifts, with several markets noting gains in oats and reduced corn activity.
A long list of fruits vegetables and groceries with prices and suppliers. Items include EGGPLANTS, ORANGES, CANTALOUPES, LETTUCE, CELERY, FLOUR, SUGAR, and numerous canned goods. Also noted are ATLANTA LIVE STOCK MARKET figures and White Provision Co. product quotations with prices for beef, pork, lard, and assorted feeds.
Atlants reports mixed cotton values with New York exports at 2,605, stock 13,417. New Orleans exports 1,200, stock 4. Galveston middling 944 with exports 18,445 and stock 81,708. Savannah middling 7% receipts 0 stock 40,621. Charleston middling 7% receipts 1,703 stock 40.62%. Wilmington middling 34% receipts 739 stock. Norfolk middling receipts 87 stock 14,496. Philadelphia stock 2,850. Interior totals: Houston middling, receipts 20,688. Memphis middling 8% receipts 4,919. Augusta middling 7 7/8% receipts 2,980. St Louis middling 8% receipts 20 stock 13,582. Cincinnati receipts 68 stock 4,585. Little Rock middling 8% receipts 711 stock 6,104. Totals day Receipts 23,243 exports 122,008 sales 3,080 stock 819,019. Week totals receipts 42,322. Season receipts 331,023 exports 97,001.
Waycross Georgia September 28 A contract was awarded today by the Waycross Warehouse company to WG Parker for the erection immediately of a modern fireproof warehouse. This will be used for the storage of cotton on which arrangements have been perfected to advance loans. A number of south Georgia counties will send cotton here to be stored pending the improvement of the market.
In New York on September 28 the foreign exchange market moved higher as Aya Vig shipped rice in exchange, lifting cables to 5.02 and demand sold at 5.01. The rise followed increased London demand for October maturities and expectations of gold pool aid, with a large short interest and export embargo impacting supplies.
Webster County courthouse at Preston was completely destroyed by fire at 11 last night. All records and furniture were lost. The blaze, begun in the hallway at the foot of the main stair leading to the courtroom, was likely incendiary as kerosene fumes were noted by rescuers. The wooden 1855 building had seen improvements since then. no suspect named.
Macon Ga September 28 Special John L Haynes the young soda dispenser who shot and seriously wounded Willig Pease a table boy at a fountain in a downtown drug store Sunday night that he died later at Macon hospital was this morning ordered held on charge of voluntary manslaughter. The coroner's jury found the shooting accidental and noted careless handling of the pistol.
The Atlanta Show Case Company factory at Walton and Mariette streets caught fire last night around 10 o clock, causing several hundred dollars in damage. Firemen doused the blaze in about thirty minutes, with most damage from water. Steve Davenport, 142 Walton street, suffered an epileptic seizure during the incident and was taken to hospital for treatment.
Harlem Ga September 28 special Farmers and business men of Columbia county formed a permanent group aiming to cut the 1915 cotton crop In rules no farmer may plant more than ten acres to the plow Violating members face 750 per acre fines The plan relies on local merchants advancing funds to farmers who stay within the ten acre limit to curb cotton production by about 69 percent for 1916.
J J Spalding special counsel for the Loutaville and Nashville railroad returns from New York where he conferred with eastern capitalists backing a proposed Atlanta to Cartersville line. He would not confirm or deny its tie to the Louisville and Nashville system or reveal investors. Opposition cites potential depreciation of the Western and Atlantic line as the charter process proceeds.
Councilmen Jesse B. Lee and S. C. Crane were served with notices to answer charges of disorderly conduct after a lobby dispute at the police station yesterday. The clash stemmed from a Sunday article by Crane about selecting a new recorder pro tem. Officers separated the men before blows.
The Fairburn and Palmetto Baptist association will hold its annual meeting Saturday through Monday October 3 4 and 5 at the Fairburn Baptist church. Prominent speakers include Dr John White Warren L Home Mission board Rev L H Barton D P Robertson W Lee Eutis and E J W Graham. A dinner will be served each day and a large attendance is expected.
The Atlanta Greeters held a banquet at the Kimball House and elected A H Chapman of the Winecott hotel as president and J Williams of the Kimball as vice president W T Peeples local Western Union manager spoke on telegraph systems and hotels.
Nicholls plans a big horse traders convention on Tuesday October 6 drawing hundreds from Willacoochee Pearson Douglas Alma and nearby towns to Nicholls for a day of buying selling and socializing among farmers and horse dealers.
Readers are invited to attend See Oh Oh Delphine with matinee and night performances scheduled today. The show features a lively cast and a lighthearted tone suitable for broad audiences.
A 7.65 acre tract on Piedmont Avenue will be offered at public auction this afternoon at 6 30 by Steve R Johnston auctioneer. J M Elliott property in district 7th shows for sale with terms one third cash and two to three years. Numerous transfers and deeds follow including parcels in Adair Park College Park and Roswell Road totaling thousands of dollars and dates from September 1912 to September 1914.
A garbled notice lists a sale before the courthouse in Fulton County under George L Bell, with a description of property in Belwood and related parcels. It includes heirs, a division sale between widow and heirs, and references to several commissioners and a public court action in 1914.
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