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S?uth Carol H?me Has a Climate Umt State Ha? Moimi Which i? Unsurpas?el bilities-Land Cheap Methods Are Given A Farming- State Rani Agricultural Product* Paid to the Raising ol (By COIL E. J. WATSON, Stat* You bave ac'.scd- mo to summarize what In my opinion, ure tho chief ad vantages, offered th* homeseeker by tho Btato ot South Carolina. The ad vantages are so numerous ?Mt I find It difficult In enumeratln*; th>m. First and foremost, of (ciro;, comes the climate. The mean -ar v.*al tem perature ot tho whole State being 63 * degrees with the lowest of 59 degrees ? at Greenville and highest, 6 degroos, st Ileaufort; tho spring mean 83 de ..;rco8. tho summer 79 degrees, the au tumn mean 65 dogrees and the.Winter mean 48 degrees. Couple, thia v mag nificent climate with a seasonable pr? cipitation showing a spring average of 10.96 inches, a summer, average of 9.89 inchos and a winter avorag? of ? ) .01 inches, making an annual aver age oft4B.7P Inches and you can easily nee why It Is'that the State ol' South Carolina has an all the year, round ul van tage for agricultural endeavor that Io possessed by Caw sections In th? entire world. Again we have the mountains and high rolling jillie <of the Piedmont, the beautiful pine re gion, the healthy sandhill region, and the coastal plain, each possessing its particular advantage for certain forms of agricultural operations. Possessed of Many Advantages. With Boil and climate and a counttry watered as Well and thoroughly as any In the ?nitcd States by: rivers and streams, this State possesHes ad vantages for the homeseeker that are rare anywhere. Furthermore our oWn people In the last 10 years havo not been glow ;t$ realize these edvan U. ?es and they haye been, making the most of thom. Knowledge of scientific iarmi?g is, ?amed direct to the .A?, mer by trained men and it ls quickly available tv> any man ho matter how humble moth oda are giving Way to m??etk :43?^w6??-.. s***, having his home in ?ny section of tba world to seek a nowvnonie naturally wishes to go where .the fundamental conditions are good and store and where people arc doing things themselves. I would > say -therefore to the homeseeker to look nt the figures of the federal gov crhmeat ?swing the results nf agri cultural endeavor In fttuth Carolina. When ^these-. figures are studio the man seeking a home will find ?hat the average value per acre of all crop? In South Carolina lu 1909 v/ac $26.45 while, th o average for the United f-'..- ?1 ? orv rrv.1. ? larger figure than shown in any of the States with the exception of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, connec ticut l^nd New Jersey, none of'which can properly be called large produc ing agricultural States. In 1013 the val?e per aero <of tho 12 leadinx crops in SbRth Carolina was $2818 while mat ror tue lin ited1 States. aa. a whole was $?6.31. This waa largad than? for any ot; tbe States with the exception of Massachusetts, Rhod 9 Island, Con necticut, ^ewJersey, Arizona and Ne The mu ciido;abd by severely wie seed and beti der ordinary and3 to ?. ti Adapted to al raia, takes and 16 to 2 Tnaothy and alfalfa. Lari case jBTreryopc seed MI now . for-* sp'raj^-Ai by parcel po oder. Nol pound caab m BOtar order tberel one ? . jen? 7&rm, LM AT Di ina. The er*? Paradise ied fit the United States, and Plains the Soil of d for Agricultural P?ssi and Old and Antiquated way to a New Era in [8 High in the Value of i-More Attention Being : Food Stuffs. e Commissioner of Agriculture.) vsds. Both in 1909 and 1913 Bonth Carolina easily led all of !hfl Southern States. In the year 1910 an licrease of 28.4 per cent in value. ot crops took- place, that being the largest in crease shown in any one year by any State in the Union. In that one year South Carolina jumped from 21st in rank to 13th among the States of thc Union In value of agricultural prod ucts. Ten years ago in agriculture ttys State. presented a pitiable pic ture. It was lite iii 1904 before the work of rousing thu dormant average man to a-sense of his own potentiali ties was gotten under way. In the decade ending 1910 . the value of agri cultural products had lumped from j $51,824,000 to $141,983,000 in value. Last year the... seven leading crops alone aggregated. $103.557,119 as against $123,219,043 for tho e?me crops in 1912 and $111,137,889 In the census year of 1910. I .would' not, however, devote .more space to our agricultural . achieve ments. They are now too widely known. *In this State at this timo thoughts of all men ere turning tu tho valuable abd, practical diversification of crops and I fully expect the immediate fu ture to bring, a new agriculture, one moro virile an * more, productive of | substantial fi' al results. Lands Reasonable. Fin? lands c*. <ll be bad at rea? sonable figures Jr. . ,uth Carolina abd! the State Itself ghes the man who undertakes to fann it exocrt advice free of charge.. Without, prejudice to any other section of the United States --fax J *?V? mm believe in me whole country-I do not hesitate to say. that were I-seeking a location In which X could be growing something worth rsoner '.to as ure-ry 4** ?a ]hs> year I'would-buy me a ticket and. get into South Carolina just.as quickly as I could. Tho year ?914 hap been a remark? ] able year In agriculture and it shows j tho wonderful effect ot. tho intelligent work that bas been done by tho farm demonstration forces and ul 1 other | force? laboring, iii the cause of agri cultural development This work has been prosecuted vigorously, and been en "ar ged from time to time, and it has been received by the mases of th?.people with avidity. Th? seasons during tho year were not as good per haps in BOISE preceding TESTS, and lt was expected that the corn andi grain crop would suffer. All during tho year, as in past recent years, day after day, the people have had pound ed home to them th? rinr?rinn thftt they wero playing with fire in relying solely upon cotton, abd that in order to reach the highest form of agricul tural development they must eliminate as far as possible their immense ex penditures for food products of all kinds heretofore made In the West, fatso thoBo supplies at home, and ?e? Crass Com ?st wonder! ul grap? of the ?ge inti the U. S. Agricultural Departme vary part of lex*? successfully. I er hay than any ot?fcr forage plant conditions produces 300 to 600 pot wi? of choice hay per acre the sc 3 sorts of iou?; Resists droughta&d a % to 4 pounds of aced lo sow aa i 4 pounds broadcast Quality of I all kfedac? livestock oat it m pi ; spring th? seed ?old for $2 to $3 ? ir?? grew n wei pian? more next oiling for $1 per pound and. wu! gt illt ?W^F b Bmitr d We wilt * st pure Sudan seed sa lota cf 80 j t lett than one pound considered ith ibo order. Larger lots by frets ?ow and bo sure of ge?&? the SM ry, also make mora money nest aaa i should tty ihh great gr?.. Adc lox 18, AJdme, Harrie County, Tex ?w Sudan Gi that they must farm the a:r with ni trogenous planta, make barn-yard manure with livestock and cease the great wasteful expenditure made an nually for commercial fertilisera, They went ahead, however, despite the warning,. and bought the usual amount of food stuffs away from home, ?end more than the usual amount bf commercial fertilizers. Now thc European war bas come, and the soundness of the doctrine that haa been preached to the people has been driven home with sledge-hammer directness. On the Whole, however, tho year has been a good one. Cqrn Crop of 1914. Thp 1914 corn crop will run ap proximately 35,260,009 bushels, and the average price of corn in this State on September 1 at the farm was 91.04 per bushel, two cents higher than at the same date mst. year The actuel value of the corn crop is only a few thousands of doliera lass than that ot last year. The oat crop this year has run 7,3474)00 bushels, against a five-year average of 7,053,000 bushels, and the farm price on September 1 was higher than any State In the Union except Arizona, . T-he people have raised this year also 4,339,000 bushels of sweet po tatoes, which ought to help tb feed both man and toast during the pres ent trying time. Our hay crop this year was 242,000 tons, against a five year average of 219,000 tons. We have raised this year also, a 700.000 bushel apple crop, which can also be eaten, against a five-year average of 300,000 bushels, abd the average price - for apples now is 93 cents per bushel. The most noteworthy achievement of the yeer perhaps has been the driving ot the average yield of corn per acre dp to 22 bushels. . . Perhaps the less said about the cot ton, crop the better. Agriculturally,, however, the crop has been one of tbe best we have had. The yield per acre has been higher than all the pro ceding years, and higher than in any cotton producing State In the Union except North Carolina, and North, Cardiac, does not raise pear as much cotton es South Carolins- The pro duction bf cotton has been heavy. A Silver Lining. I have said above that there ls a silver lining to the present clouds that engulf us; perhaps I should have said that lt ls a g01den: lining. The Im mediate future must be devoted with: ont delay vo the planting of a largo grain crop; wheat, oats and rye munt be put in, and they must to put in \ quickly. The demand of the world for grain is going to be the greatest in | the ; world's history. me South, oy reason of its climatio location, is the only section of the nation where we can get a crop planted end harvested som? moaOts earlier than any oth?>r section, and the farmers are' going to'.ker able to see for themselves that grain, is as good a money crop as cot ton. I This crop can bo harvested by June, nnd having once seen that grain brings money the fanner will realise that'corn and cow-peas can . bring money, end if he uses sound Judgment it will be a waste of tinte to plant one stalk Of cotton, for every pound of cotton that is raised will simply serve to drive the already low pries lowor until, the man who raised lt without regard to economic conditions will find, himself paying dearly for the privilege of having done so. If the i i uv? aro ii?ii??e? in this Way ibo coming year the value ought to re coup, end our own people ought to re cover ? quickly from tho tremendous loss they have already sustained thia ye*?, end then bs. in a position W io forward toward a new, well-balanced agrlcutlure in which livestock, main tenance of soil fertility, and the rais ing of homo supplies will figure con spicuously, tho cotton being used merely aa a surplus crop to bo mar keted gradually and sanely .as the world's markets demand it. and there es From Africai .ass o?oced andi at. Tested t?a?es more grown, Un fed* of seed itabos much acra in dru! ! perpotm? year, like > nigher fee*. ^prepaid 4 awl ?awe * Fail i, IE AT RAM; omer i UM? II ? 1" " .' ? 1 ^ KZ A Reguls adjoining by bring about a moro stable av erage price for cotton than has ever been known. I A Calm View. I Viewing the situation calmly and : without excitement, - I believe ? thal ?there arc-rare possibilities foi .ma terial ad vaneo and development ahead [of us, and that in the end this disas ter that has befallen. us, though it bringa severe suffering for a year, will prove a blessing in disguise. For. lunately our people, because of the rapid advances that havo been made in agricultural endeavor in the past decade, were in ?.better position this, year to stand such a disaster that they have encountered than they have I ever been since tho civil war. To my. mind, South Carolina today is more tba real land of opportunity for the. Intelligent tiller? of the soil than any other section ?f the United Stales, and the man who sticks to the soil now and handles both himself and the soil intelligently, is going to reap a permanent harvest that will bring to him and his family, both prosperity and happiness. Simple Simonette*. The faro sex-street car conductors. If money were contagious, vulgarity would become epidemic. lb lt as easy for a woman to be a lady ?s It for a lady to be a woman?" Have you ?vcr observed that per fect strangers sometimes become vory Imperfect acquaintances? If a woman had a vote and a lost year's bat, would she wyear a new hat to the polia on election dya. or would n't she? ISANITARY HOMES FOB FOWLS IS NECESSITY Providing Hens With Proper Quar ters First Step In Profitable Egg Production. CLEMSON COLLEGE. Nov. B.-The first step Co bo taken in thc direction of profitable egg production in South Carolina, according to V. C. Hare, poultry husbandman of Clemson Col-i lege, Is to provide a sanitary poultry! house for , fowls, Uprto-datc hens, with modern efficiency methods of manufacturing eggs, require "mod ern conveniences" In their homes just ns much as .do up-to-date people and they will not do good work if made, to live in what might be called "chicken slums." Mr, Hare has out lined, in simple iorm what ia "Just tho thingf-.in. poultry ho'usb construction for South Carolina and' s?mo of these directions fellow. 1 Firct; --Vi mr. nure, wno nas thc reputation of knowing what to say when tho subject ot conversation is poultry houses,-remodel your poul try houau. if necessary; and make lt conform^ to south Carolina i condi tions, under which, fowl? require an open-front, draft-prooCJiouse in win ter and as, cool a bouse as possible in summer. If you want to build, erect an . inexpensive 'house cloBCd tight on tho east and west Bides (also on the north side In winter) and open on the south or front, A good, size to accomodato forty fowls la 10 feet long, by fr feet wide, with the studs 6 feet high in front and ?i feet high in the rear.. Tho 10-foot side 6 feqt high faces iBputh. Cover ' Pi ls w>? th front with 2 i inch mesh wire notting, with tho ex ception oz 2 feet at the bottom, which board up to prevent . winds from blo#kig in "cn the fowls. If you do pot need to keep out. rats or spar rows you can use 2 inch mesh wire netting, which ls cheaper than the smaller mesh. A door 2 1-2 feet wide ls. placed at either end ot the front and covered with-, wire netting and' boards. Before completing the rear (northL side, make three wood feet long for the upper half of the on doors 2 feet wide and abort. 3 wall. Hinge them outside to drop down and cove* tho openings with wire netting. These back doors must bo eloped tight in cold weather, but by opening them in sommer, the hot air inside the house is removed by the draft created and the house ia much cooler than one with no circulation. . Have tho roosts and nests remov able., Small packing -boxes from the grocery store with clean. straw and a couple of nest eggS in them are more sanitary than neeta built under tho dropboard or nailed to the house where they cannot bc readily cleaned. Nail' four laths to the boxes, raise them ohe foot from the ground abd place?- them against the wall. Six nests are sufficient. Two roosts 'about 10 fcM. long ere required, msdo.of 2 by 3 lach dressed lumber with the cornera bf th* ? Inch face (on which the fowls roost) rounded; Nail clouts 4 feches vrtdo by 2 feet long to the sids walls, with ,two notches 2 inches wide by 1. 1-2 inches deep cut in them li inches, npart. these being for the roosts to rest lu. The two roosts are lovel (not ono above the othSL. ^ which causes fighting for possession of the top roost) with the , upper edge SO inches above the sill, and tho rear r?vrai 10 inches iruru IW uorih WR??. The .dropboard is 30 inches, wide br about l?r ?fest long, placed 6 inch?J below the bottom of the bottom of the roasts. Clean off the droppings et isnst OBOS 'a week: Koop scratching material on the floor. A dry earth floor is satisfac tory. Fill in with garden soil so that it 1? higher than the outside ground, then corer it with 6 inches of straw, pine straw, leaven, litter ot any kind or shavings. Placo the Water dish on a.box or shelf of sufficient site for the: hens to stand on lt, in order pa keep the water clean of litter and dirt, j Tht* house . is now completed: and ready for tho fowls, but . in ' rethod ling an old house with crevice* m which mites cen hide, it ls necessary to cover the interior with Roary building paper fastened on with laths. When gnishftd, Jim^wdsh the watta and thc house wil be both mlto proof ?ad l-rig?L Ill I I ill I ll I! I ir Weekly Feature X Counties. Contribi The Two Farmers 0 (By Walt Mason.) Tho slipshod farmer goes by guess, and has all kinds'of black distress. Ho doesn't koep his head on straight, but sticks to methods out of date. You say. "Why don't you take a brace, and cultivate your blamed old place, in modern style, with modern tools, ac cording to the latest rules. Then you'd j hare coin to pelt the birds." He answers, through his old straw lid, "I do the way my fathers did. I j havo no uso for modern rules, for j agriculture learned in schools. No far mers' Journals do I need; I hare no time to sit and read. I'vo too much trouble on my mind, to stand and talk here till I'm blind; my cows are all producing whey, my bens have never] learned to lay, my hogs are troubled ! with the thumps, my horses have tho ] jumping mumps, our old stone churn < is out of plumb, and so the butter will not como, the well is dry, the chim ney smokes, my hired mea are lasy blokes, and I must kick around and toar, Just as my fathers did of yore." i The modern farmer/ up to date, has ' all things running smooth and straight He knows the farmer must advance, and knowledgo gain, at every chance. For farthing is no blind man's game; the winner must have a lofty j aim, must have a comprehensive view, i ?pd know what other farmers do. He ought to know what kind of stock will bring, him troubles by the crock, know hov.- to combat bugs and worms, and put. a crimp In deadly germs; he ought to know whdt'ktnd of grain will flourish best on hill or plain ; he ought to know what kind of pills his horses for their Ills, a thousand things be bas j to know, If ho would sidestep, grief, Bud so hs reads farm papers every day; and knows tho good one makes it pay; lt pays a hundred times ita cost-the time spent reading ain't lost. WARNED AGAINST PROMOTERS Fanners Ar? Cautioned Against | Unso?nd Creamery Scheues. CLEMSON COLLEGE, Nov. 6. The airy Division of Clemson Col lege issues the following Warning' to farmers and business ' men In rural districts: "The people of the State arc j warned to be on the lookout for men who wish to promote new schemes I in meir sections. Last week the Dalry Division of Clemson College ; learned that a creamery was being promoted on the South Carolina North Carolina border. Men were at once sent to the territory to look Into the situation and found that there were not enough cows In the section to support a creamery since not' fewer than 400 cows aro needed. Af ten talking over the plan the peo-j plo consented to appoint a com mittee to consider the matter andi lt is the hope tb ut when they look j Into the. matter lacy will decide not to build. . A creamery that ia not a success <!oes great damage to any section. Never begin a creamery unless there are at least 400 cows to supply cream." "ROWING WINTER OATS IN THE SOUTH. 'Special to The Intelligencer. Itr.CIIIIV/imAKI T\ O' v.Tn?. K V% Tl .l.Jlll.lM ? V.T, AS. V?, ?IV/,, -W ery Southern farmer should grow enough oats to feed his work stock | during at least a portion of the year. ; tn addition to furnishing feed, grain ! Si loss cost than it can be purchased, fall-sown oats prevent th? washing of | the soil by wt ich much fertility is fre quently lost There. ls still time to BOW win ter. oats lb the Gulf States, though this work should bo : don? at once If good:results are to- be obtain ed. According to specialists of the United States Department of Agricul ture, oats sown in Ute Southern Stat es during October or the first halt of November may be expected to pro duce at least twice the yield .ot grain obtained from spring seeding, i Winter grain may be sown.on land] which produced a crop of cotton, corn or cowpeas the past summer. If this land has not already been plowed, it will be better to make tho surface soil fine and loose with the ditft or drag harrow than to demy seeding by plow ing now. Better results are obtained from sowing with the drill than from broadcast seeding, though If a drill is not available sowing the seed broad est on well-prepared land usually r= stilts in a good stand. If the preced ing <?rop was well fertilized, 100 to 200 pounds of acid phosphate will ha all that the oats require this fall, though a little nitrate of soda will help the tan growth, especially If tho soil 1s not already well supplied with nit rogen from the growing ot cowpeas or Some Other legume. A top dressing of SO4 to 100 pounds v>f nitrate of soda ap- j plied : when the growth starts In the spring will greatly Increase the yield. Th? ? vrnxiAty nf ?In.?r oat* itintt i commonly grown in the South ls Red Rustproof. Appier, Lawson, Hundred Bushel, Bancroft and Cook are selec tions or strains of . Red Rust pro-f which are said tc be particularly Val uable In ?oms locations. The Fulghum is a promising new variety Watch ma tures a week or tan days earlier than the Red Rustproof, and usually pro-1 luces as much or more grain. As the kernels til all these varieties ar? largs j from 2 1-2 to 3 1-2 bushels should j ivs sown to Ut? acre. The smaller I quantltr ls sufficient lt the seed ls drilled on welirprcpared land, while 3 bushels or more aro needed when the seed ls ?own broadcast late In the ?wujal.- Tho Wlnte? Tart or Irginla f Oray ts a very hardy variety which ls valuable for pasture or hay prod ucion, hat which : does not yield ns I much grain In the Southern States 1 lui the Koa Rustproof. On account of the small sl*.o of the kernels only I 1-3 bushels of seed of ibis variety | ir? required. for the Farmers < utions for this page Cotton Excl Will Beginning Today The Li Opened During Uftua Rapid Progresa 1$ Rep opening the New Yorl (By Associate*! Proa*.) LIVERPOOL, Nov. n.-On and after tomorrow and unttl further notice the cotton market hero will bo open during tho usual business hours fbi restricted trading in futures for May Juno American and January Egyptian deliveries. Tradlns will not be per mitted below minimum price to be Axed from time to time by the direc tors ol' the exchange and all trans actions must bo reported at once and officially qupted on the quotation board. All buying cders for May-June American and January Egyptian may bo executed, but only sales in liqui dation o' old business - aro permis sible. All cor Tacts must he submit ted for classification to tho associa tion^ Contracts will bo subjoct to thc samo regulations regarding settle ments as contracts hitherto nrrang ed through the balle* Thc spot su pervision committee ?s dissolved and thc obligation to cover futures against spot sales is no longer In force. All regulations previously lu force with rogard to tho salo of now colton are. now withdrawn. Until further notlco tho minimum trading ?rico will bo 4.25d for Amer ican cottob and C.OGd for Egyptian. New Orleans Cotton NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 5.--January contracts traded around 7.50 and middling Ft nod unchanged nt 7 3-16 in tho local market for cotton today. Brokers were much surprised at the sudden announcement from Liverpool that tho market tbero would be open ed tomorrow for restricted trading and lt was generally regarded that this action would ha?ten tho resump tion of business here, although no ac tion toward this end was taken by tho ntctianjn nTlnlol? Total erf.r.rts iori tho day wore 25, 012 bales, And wore considered en couraging. Spot people said that of ferings from the interior w?ro non?? too free and that little distressed cotton was coming to light. Spct cotton, quio''. Sales on tho spot'210; to arrive 1,136. --?O' '? New York Cotton _____ 5 NEW YORK. Nov. 5.--A cable ro celved here today announced that tho Liverpool cotton market would be re opened for restricted business in May Juno contracts tomorrow. Tho Inter est concentrated In January-February In Liverpool was transferred to May J it ii o today and tho decision to reopen for liquidation of old buslnon and , n o '\T HM yin- orders was __nMdcr?*t another step toward p. redemption of 1 general business. Tho conference i committee ni' Ur . New York commit?-? ~* *<S ox change began a eau vos*o? the trade 1 here for signatures tb the ugro?monts ; necessary to the operation ott the corporation-syndicate plan for taking ' over old contracts on the basis of . cents: for December, and it ls expect ed that. a date for tho reopening of the local market will bo fixed as Boon as a court order lg secured permit ting the Balo st that price ot contracts owned by a large firm which faiW last July. This order 1B expected to morrow, i Liverpool cables also reported tb J liquidation of 100,000 . bales of Janj ary-Pebruary contracts there on Tuesday at 4.25d and offered CO.OOO bales for ballot here in liquidation of straddle, but local traders have de cided hot to ballot below 7.51 for De cember, and are walting to hear from Liverpool on that proposition before resuming International liquidation. It was fosred that advancing ocean freight and war risks would chev": export business, but local spot brok era reported no increase in offerings of snots from the South and generally steady prices. December contracts were quoted at 7.55 to 7.58 on the lo cal curb. Cotton Seed Oil , NEW YORK. Nov. K<-Cotton ^od oil sold 16 to 30 pents higher early on Stive ?hort covering and buylrg on e .lard strength, bat reacted under profA .taking salea and lack of boll support, closing 3 to 17 points bet higher. 'rou market closed ?nn. spot 55.20 ?5.88; November ?5.27?5.30; De cember S5.3205.34: January $5.43? 5.45; February $5.55?5.57; - March &?606.68; April $5.70?6.7?; May I&9O06.91: Juno I5.?506.CO. Total sales 18,800 barrels. Dry Goods NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-Cotton goods were steady today. Yr.ms Were firm er. Carpet wool msrkets were stronger. Flannels for export to Canada were bought freely. Raw ellk wao steady; Dress goods were quiet. Liverpool Cotton LIVERPOOL, Nov. R.-Cotton, spot, ratr business dons, prices unchanged. Sales 48,100 bales, including MOO American on ibo basis of 4.f?5d for nlddling- Imports 760 bales, all American. >f Anderson and gladly received. langes Be Opened verpool Market Will Be 1 Business Hours and lorted in the Plan for Re te Exchange. NEW ORK. Nov. 5.-Tho Liverpool cotton jxebango will oyen tomorrow tor restricted trading, it was an ncuncod In an .official telegram re ceived today by the New -York cot ton exchange. Trading will bo in May-Juno deliveries. Operations will be confnod to liquidation r.f old con tracts and new buying. New selling will not bc permitted. Rapid progress wan reported today in tho pinn for reopening the New York cotton exchange. It ls expected officers of thc exchange will announc/ thc dato of reopening Immediately af; tor receiving a court order permit ting salo to the proposed corporatio n , of bankers at 0 cents a pound of cot ton owned by tho susponded firm of S. II. P. Pell and Co. This order, it is believed, will be cecurod tomorrow. Tho decision to reopen the Liver pool exchange was regarded in trade circles hero as a step toward re sumption of general business in the* futures market, closed since tho end of July. It Is anticipated hero that acceptance of new buying orders will greatly cxhlllrato liquidation, partic ularly as the minimum price fixed for American cotton ls considered far under parity with prevailing values in tho South and should consequently provo attractlvo to buyers. 1 Chicago Grain CHICAGO, Nov. R.-lively profit taking, due to the fact tint, prices had riten to a hi gb? r level Ulan at any Limo since early in September, brought about a decided downward swing today in wheat. Tho market closed heavy, 7-8 to 7-8 all under last night. Com Buffered a net loss of 8- to8 3-4 and oats of 3-8 to 8-8? 1-2. Provisions wound up unchanged to 20c higher. Grain and. provisions cloned: Wheat, December $1.16 3-4; May $1.22 7-8. Corn, December 69 5-8; May 72 3-8. ?Oats, December 401-2; May 53 3-8. Oats. December 491-2; May 53 3-8. sjf^Cash grain: Wheat, No. 3 red, $1.143-4ft<.16 3-8; No. 2 hard, $1.14 3-401,181*4. Corn. No. 2 yellow ,761-2; No. 2 ycllowi new, 73. . ? Oats, standard. 4901-3. Mercantile Paper NEW tORki Nov. 5.--Closing: Mercantile paper 6?6^-2. Storling exchange steady; sixty-' day billa 4.8725;.. for cabios 4.9065? 4.908C; fdr demand 4.9004.9025. Bar sliver 49 7-8. Financial rtfW fl-. 5.-The result of tao oloctlon* waa reflected today In a broader inquiry for -investment is sues abd general advances In tho pric es of listed - securities "being traded In otttfldo the stock exchango. Another'helpful factor was thc an nouncement, that thc Liverpool cot ton exchange ls to reopen on a re stricted, basis-of operations tomorrow. \ Im pro yemeni in sentiment. way most pronounced In the steel trade, despite tho belief that tho October statement of the United Steel corpor ation, to be Issued next Tuesday, Is likely to show another large decrease In unfilled orders. Manufacturers in other lines. Including textiles, ex pressed a more hopeful view of Ute immediate future. Another advance in ratea in Perls was the feature of tho foreign ex change market. The London market was ?'a shade easier with additional offerings' of commercial bills, because at the termination of tho moratorium. Exchange on Montreal rose again. An Increase of over $38,000.000 In tho gold holdicg3 ot the Bank of Eng land waa the outstanding feature of that institution?* statement for tho past week. Substantial gains in to tal and liability reserves were also noted. The Importal Bank of Ger many added. <aboat 37,500,000 < to its Mora of gold and increased Its hold ings of . emergency .' ?md other bank notes by over $38,000,009. Live Stock CHICAGO. Nov. 5.-Hoas unsetled, idvnnco mostly lost Bulk $7.50? 7.85; right *W0?i;85; rnlxod $7.85? 7.90; hesvy $7.2007.80; rough $7.20? r.85; pigs 50 to 75 cent? hi sher at 1.5?v^rj early lop for bogs s Cattle steady. Beeves $8.60 all; ?teorv $5.70? 9.25; cows and heifers 13.8009.60; calves $7.23?i0.7?. Sheep higher. Sheep $5.75?C60; yearlings $6.75?7.75; lambs $7.50? ).25. Mueh Wheat Betas, down. Reports being received et Clemson College indicate that more wheat ls Ming sown this winter in South Caro ma than ever before. Koportn tell >f targe areas befog sown in wheat n sectiont> where the crop bas been almost unknown In recent years.