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About Savannah weekly news. (Savannah) 1894-1920 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1912)
UTURES DEVELOP FIRMER FEELING. jlosing generally AT SUBSTANTIAL GAINS .iverpool Higher—Rains Over* Belt. More Indicated Flood News Worse —Start Getting Dangerously Late in Northern Latitudes—Grass Growing Fast Savannah Spots Unchanged—To Arrive %c . Higher. AT THE CLOSE Future*: Liverpool, 4 to points higher. New York, IS to 22 points higher. New Orleans, 16 to 22 points.higher. Spot*: ; Savannah, unchanged. - f Liverpool, 1 point lower. New York, 20 points higher, s New Orleans, »irchanged.; There was a sudden revulsion >' sen timent in the cotton market yester day, and the’ previous day's losses were more than recovered. Both the cables and the weather map favored the bulls. Liverpool reported small spot sales, only 5.000 bales, but futures were some 4 points higher, insteaid of a point or two lower, as due on (the parity. The map showed rain over nearly nil the belt, and more unsettled con ditions threatening. Reports of flood damage continue toiget worse. New York ruled strong, but with some irregularity. The close was steady at a reaction of 4 to S points from top, but 15 to 22 points net higher. New Orleans made about an equal ad vance. The crop situation Is now critical. While there may be quite time enough yet to plant successfully over the low er latitudes, It is getting to be a close call in the more northern districts. Tn upper Texas. Oklahoma. Arkansas and all the higher sections it is of the utmost importance that the start should be made just as early' as tem peratures will allow. Otherwise there is all the more danger of being cut short by frost In the fall. Vet plant ing and even preparations for plant ing are being still delayed everywhere except In some of the southerly dis tricts. And trouble from grass is pil ing up more and more. The Savannah market was quoted nominal Spots were unchanged with fair business. Cotton to arrive ad vanced %c.’ SAVANNAH MARKET. The Savannah spot market was still quoted nominal at unchanged quota tions on both the opening and dosing vails although considerable business was reported. Sales of 910 bales were reported, all on the close. The following are <n» quotations anl rsles of spo» cotton on the different rslls- l_Ooon. t Close. I Nom’l. | Nom'l. JjjddlJng. ...lie J x .w middling 11044 110%. tvpnd ordinary . 9 3-15 9 3-15 OrHinary ~ [ g i-iej g j.jg Sales .9. I .... | 910 • Following are tne comparative oflj. rial 1 p. m. quotations for y.-sterday, the day before and last year, with sales for twenty-four hours ending l F m. as reported by the Cotton Ex change: [Vester-, Day | Last Good middling .112 112 15*4 Middling 11114 111% 15% Ix>w middling JlO% 110% 14% Good ordinary ,1 9_ 3-161 9 3-16 13% Balee ..... ......I 910 I ioi»~T~164~ The market for cotton to arrive was inactive. The close was quoted nom inal at an advance of %c. Na trans actions were reported. Fallowing are rhe f. o. b. quotations I I Close. [Before * 1 '* I Quiet. Good middling 111% 111% Middling .... ...111% 111% Tx>w middling I 9% I 9% Good ordinary I 3% I 8% Ordinary ..... | 8% : 8 Bales I ... I ... ~ •Nominal. Tinges %c under the above quota* tlons, stains 1c under. MOVEMENT AT SAVANNAH Receipts— Receipts yesterday 2,595 Last year 1.763 Year before las' 443 Receipts since Sept. 1 2.311,043 Same time last year 1,375,403 Exports— Foreign Foreign for season 1,702.041 J.ast year g 57,140 Coastwise 546 Coastwise for season 541.665 Last year 485.238 Stocks— Stock yesterday 91.636 Last year 42,613 Unsold stock April 30 8.475 Last year 3.630 AT ALL PORTS Receipts yesterday 3.631 Same day last year >.... 7.630 Same day year before last .... 5.739 So far this week 8.634 Last year ’. 7,630 Exports yesterday 15,445 Same day last year 17,732 Receipts since Sept. 1 11.434,635 Last year ;.... 8,179.502 Stock at all ports 654,225 Same-time last year 428,654 DAILY COTTON MARKET Port Movement— Savannah—Nominal, middling. ll%c; net receipts. 2.595; gross. 2.643; sales, PIO; stock, 91.636. Exports—Coastwise, MG. Galveston—Steady, middling. ll%c: net receipts. 2.752: gross, 2.752; sales. 1.878; stock, 194.034. Exports—Coast wise. 768. New Orleans—Firm, middling, 11 9- 16c: net receipts. 1.331; gross. 1.390; sales. 580: stock. 81.153. Exports—con tinent. 563: coastwise. 2,107. Mobile—Net receipts. 782; gross. 782; stock. 10,198. Exports—Coastwise. 209 Charleston—Nominal, middling. ll%c; net receipts. 44: gross. 44; stock. 26 - £42. Wilmington—Nominal, net receipts. 13; gross. 129 stock. 10,502. Exports— Great Britain. 9.162: continent, 5.700: coastwise. 269. Norfolk—Steady, middling. 11 5-8 c: net receipts 99«; gross. 999: sales. SO’.’: stock. 46,3.85. Exports—Coastwise. 870. Baltimore- Nominal, middling. 11 5- Bc. stock. 7.714. New York—Quiet, middling. 11.30 c: gross receipts 2.612: stock. 151.60:’. Ex porte-rGreat Britain. 21. coastwise. 2.- 36? Boston— middling. 11.50 c; net receipts. 92:-gross. 4.343; stock. 15.7952. Philadelphia—Steady, 11.75 c; stock, 2,- 421. • , . Texas City—N6t receipts, 10; gross; 10; stpek. 567. Gulfport—Stock~lo;o6B. Brunswick—Stock, 5,112. . .. Total to-day, at all ports—Net re ceipts, 8.634. . Exports—Great Britain, 9,183; continent, 8,262; stock. 651;225. Consolidated at all ports—Net re*, ceipts, 8,634. Exports—Great Britain, 9,183; continent,-6.262. Total since Sept. 1, at all ports—Nef receipts, 11.484,655. Exports—Great Britain, 3,973,061; France, 1,111,491;- Mexico, 6.609. Interior Movement— Houston—Steady, middling. 11 11-16 c; net receipts, 1.490;' gross, 1.490; ship ments, 2,128; sales, 1,080; stock, 57,173. Augusta—Steady, middling, 11 5-8 c; net receipts, 314; gross, 314; shipments, 1,043: sales, 600; stock. 51,914. Memphis—Quiet, middling, 11 5-8 c; net receipts, 286? gross, 798; shipments, 2,031; stock, 41,898. St. Louis—Steady, middling, 11 5-8 c; net receipts. 693;. gross 2,264; ship ments. 1.596; stock, 22,215. Cincinnati—Quiet, net receipts, 538; gross, 538; shipments, 556; sales, 300; stock. 12.795. Louisville —Stock. 17,503. Total to-day 7 —Net receipts. 4,323; gross. 6.406; shipments, 7,657; sales, 1.980; stock, 205,525. SEA ISLAND The market has been very quiet, but steady and quotations remain un changed. Receipts have been quite light, as the crop has been pretty well marketed, and the higher grades are being mostly 7 held for an advance in quotations. The weather was more favorable dur ing the week, being generally threat ening, but without very much rain, and farmers have been working hard to make progress in catching up with the backward work. There are still com plaints of lowlands being too wet and of rapid encroachments of grass and weeds. Late indications, also, are tor more unsettled weather. Sales, 81. The following prices are based on factors' quotations and are revised weekly on Fridays: Fancy Floridas TT Fancy Georgias 37 Extra choice Georgias 21 Extra choice Floridas 25 Choice Ga's and Fla.’s 21 Extra fine Ga.’s and F1a.’5....22 Fine Ga.’s and Fla.’s 21 Medium fine 1* Common Ga.’s and Fla.’s ....17 Inferior 12 ®ls 1912 J9IL Receipts, gross I 1411 247 Receipts, net 1411 247 Sales 91 1,707 Exports 1.8371 3,021 Stock 5,009 11,277 Receipts season, gross .. ..158.43614!,891 Receipts season, net 58 342i41,792 Shipments— Great Britain I 1171 181 Continent : 1 679 Domestic, via New York. 1 1.137: 1,599 Domestic, via Boston I 4821 429 Inland ,| 10H 133 Total ' 1,537; 3.021 Charleston. S. C.. May 3.—Sea island cotton: Receipts. 47: exports. 100: do mestic mills, stock. 912: market quiet; sales, 49: a crop lot at 27c. , NEW YORK CLOSING 15 TO 22 POINTS HIGHER • New York. May 4. —The cottdn maf ket rallied sharply to-day on active covering for over the week-end and buying by some of the local trade In terests. with the close steady at a net advance of from 15 to 22 points. The luerkel* opeueil ftr Iff at kt< ad vance of 8 to 19 points tn response to higher cables than expected, very un favorable reports from the Lower Mis sissippi flood situation and reports of showers over the eastern belt. There was quite a lot of selling at the initial advance and recent buyers for a rel action appeared to be taking profits.. but after easins off 4 or 5 points the market quickly firmed up on the East ern belt forecast for general showers to-day and to-morrow. The western belt forecast was al most for more or less unsettled con ditions in some sections, with lower temperature, and the buying here be came very active on the advance dur ing the middle of the morning. While it was rumored that some of the orig inal trade bulls are looking for still lower prices, other prominent spot in terests were very heavy buyers on the advance and there was active general covering for over Sunday, which was perhaps not unnatural after the big break of the earlier week. Realizing by buyers of yesterday tended to check the advance after prices had shown a net gain of from 22 to 24 points and the close was 5 or 6 points off from the best on most active posi tions. Liverpool reported that the market there had been influenced by American buying and unfavorable weather re ports. Weekly trade reviews confirm ed reports circulating earlier In the week, of a rather less active demand for goods, but the advance had the encouragement of bullish spot cotton reports. Spot cotton closed quiet 20 points higher. Middling uplands. 11.50 c; mid-' dllng gulf. 11.75 c. Sales, none. Cotton futures at New York, May 4: | I 1 t | Dsy Mav .....I .'..'l 11.14 11.01: 11.081 10'91 .lune ....lit.oi ii.w 11.01 it.n 10.93 Julv 11.16' 11.26 11.13 11.18 11.03 Aug I 11.18: 11.28' 11.171 11.211 11.06 Sept ! I 11.24 11.161 11.251 11.03 Oct I 11.23 11.36 11.22 11.32 11.12 Nov I 11.31' 11.32 11.31’ 11.32 11.13 Dec I 11.36 11.45 11.33 11.40 11.22 Jan 11.291 11 41 11.27 11.37 11.15 Feb I ! 1 11.37' 11.15 March .. 11.39 11 43 11.38 11.44 11.25 NEW ORLEANS CLOSING 16 TO 22 POINTS HIGHER New Orleans. May 4.—Cotton futures opened steady at an advance of 84J12 points. The English market was much higher than due and the weather map was cloudy and wet. Reports from the interior said that the rains would cause a delay of several days to farm work. After the call offerings from the long side were rather heavy and prices would have sagged but for the weather forecast which promised more rain over the greater part of the cot ton belt. At the end of the first halt hour of business prices were 10 to 13 points over yesterday’s close. The market developed fresh strength around the middle of the morning on reports from eastern and central sec tions of the belt that continuous rains were beginning to have a very injuri ous effect on the crop. Some reports from Alabama said that recent rains were nothing short of a calamity. Shorts became nervous over these tel egrams and bought covers heavily. Some little fresh long buying was also in evidence. Late In the morning pric es were 20 to 25 points over yesterday’s final quotations. The close was steady' at a net gain of 16 to 22 points. Cotton futures at New Orleans May 4. • I I I I Day lOneni High;. low[Cioseib’r ra Mav . ~1t7«8T~1L67 11.66T1L44 Julv 11.67 11.80 11.63 11.75 11.55 Aug 11.6(1 11.40 Sept. .... 11.49 11.38 Oct 11.36 11.48. 11.33 11.44 11.27 Dec 11.38 11.50 lI.SC 11.47 11.30. Jan 11.40 11.53 11.40 H. 50 H. 32 March > 11.56 11.48 THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES A-WEEK) MONDAY, MAY 6, 1912. X EASIER MARKET FOR TURPENTINE CLOSING QUOTATION 48 Rosins Strong for High Grades. Low Grades Weak. Turpentine was easy yesterday. The opening was nominally unchanged at 48%@48%c, with no sales. The mar ket closed at 48c, sales 607 casks. Receipts were 255 casks, against 728 last year. Shipments were 221 casks, domestic. New’ York was quiet at 52c. Lon* don was quoted 36s 4%d for spots. Rosins were on a see-saw. The high grades were strong, ranging from an advance of 17%c on W. ,W. to, 5c on K; I to F advanced 2%c, while the lower grades declined 5c for E, 10c for D. and 15c for B. Sales werC l,62B.bar rels. Receipts were 840 barrels against 2,- 508 last year. Shipments were 885 bar rels. domestic. New York was quoted quiet at J 6.60 @6.65. NAVAL STORES STATEMENT The following were the figures and quotations of the naval stores mar ket as posted at the Board of Trade: Spirits. Rosin. Receipts yesterday 255 840 Last year 728 2.508 So far this week 4,196 11.876 So far this month 2,501 6,740 Receipts since April 1 ... 13,385 39,498 Last year 17,723 50,410 Exports yesterday Since April 1 3,325- 44.69 J Last year 4,910 16.100 Coastwise; yesterday 221 885 Since April 1 6.753 18.357 Last year 6.345 ’ 20,912 Stock yesterday 19,880 48.657 Last year 8,042 43,516 I Tester- I Day Be- I Last 1 day. I fore. I Tear. Tone_ I Firm. I Firm. | Firm._ SiftsJ 48 I 48%@48~%j 63@64 _ Sales ‘ 607_i 584_J 2.133_ Rosin.J Firm. I Firm. I Firm. \V \\ ~ 7.25 I 7.07.%F 7.30 W G. 1 7.20 ! 7.05 7.30 ■N ...I 7.15 I 7.00 7.25 M ... 7.10 I 7.00 I 7.25 K ... 7.05 7.00 I 7.20 I ... 7.02%i 7.00 ' 7.15 H ... 7.02% 7.00 I 7.12% G ..J 7.02%! 7.00 1 7.12% F ...i 7.02% 7.00 I 7.12% E ...1 6.75 6.80 7.10 D ...I 6.50 ' 6.60 I 7.00 B_ 6.25 I 6.40 ' ' .6.75 Sales] 1,628 I 1,414 | 1.908 WEEKLY REVIEW Turpentine was strong during the first half of the week, and the price advanced until at the opening on Wed nesday. when a sale of S(F casks was made at 50c. This proved the high ijoint. for a reactionary tone set in, And the price Irregularly receded un til’ the close, which was at 48c. TJiis ■ i%c above the outside figure a week ago; sales for the week. 3,486 casks. Receipts for, the week were • 4:196 casks against 5:167 over the correspond ing week last year; shipments. 3.669 casks. 1,950 foreign and 1.719 domes tic. During the week the stock ’ in creased 527 casks. There weft later foreign clearance* of 750 <asks. .Rosine were irregular, hut generally At first th. tendency w.ia ’up ward for all grades, but latterlv the lower grades became heavy. The close strong for high grades, and weak for the low grades, ranging from an ad vance of about 55c for pales to about loc for B. Sales. 9.526 barrels. i Receipts for the week were bar rels against 14,05 P last year;’ shipments. • 10.839 barrels. 5!250 foreign nd. 5,589 domestic. During the week ...e stock increased 1.037 barrels. There were later foreign clearances of 3,050 Bar rels. ’ WEEKLY NAVAL STORES MOVEMENT. Spirits. 1911-12. IJI.O-11. Stock April 1 16.573 1.574 Reqeipts past week 4.196 5.167 Receipts previously 9.189 12,556 Total 29.958 19.297 Exports— Foreign 3.325 4,910 New York 2.355 4.214 Various ;.... 4.39.8 3,801 Total 10.078 11.255 Stock 19,880 8,012 Rosins. 1911-12. 1910-11. Stock April 1 72.207 30.118 Receipts past week 11.876 14.050 Receipts previously .... 27,623 36.360 Total 111.705 80.528 Ex enrts— Foreign 41,691 16.100 New York 1.445 7.237 Various 13.912 13,675 Total .....................63.048 .3X012 Stock 48,657 43,516 IN OTHER MARKETS Jacksonville. Fla.. May 4.—Turpen tine firm. 4i%c: sales 639 casks. Rosin, firm; sales 1.403 barrels. Quote: B. $6.25; D. $6.5(1; E. $6.75: F G. H. and 1.. $7.02%: K, $7.05: M. $7.10; N. $7.15: W G„ $7 20: W. W , $7.25. Charleston, S. C., May 4.—Turpentine firm. 48%c. Rosin firm, ouote: 8.. $6.40: D.. $6.60; E. $6.80; F, G. H. 1. K M.-and N„ $7 oft; W. G.. $7.05: W. W„ $7.07% Wilmington. N. C.. May 4.—Turpen tine steady. 47%c; receipts none Rosin steady. $6.50; receints. none. Tar firm. $1.90: receipts 21 barrels. Crude turpentine firm. $3.25, $4.50 and sl..’>Q receipts 17 barrels York. May 4.—Rosin and tur pentine steady. LIVERPOOL SALES 5,000 BALES SPOTS Liverpool. May 4.—Closing: Cotton, spot dull, prices 1 point lower: Ameri can middling fair, 6.98 d; good middling. 6.60 d; middling. 6.36 d: low middling. (LOfid good ordinary. 5.64 d: ordinary. Ssiod The sales of the day were 5.0U0 bales, of which 500 were for simulation and export and included 4.300 Ameri can. Receipts 11 000. including 4.000 American Futures opened stead.' and. dosed I very steady. May. May-June. 6 16%d June-July, 6.17%d; July-August. 6.18 d: August-September. 6.lSd; September- October, 6J2%d: October-November. K.lOUd; November-December. «.08%d: December-January. January-February. S.ogd: February-March. 6 08%d; March- ApriL 6.09%d. LOCAL FINANCIAL MARKET DOMESTIC EXCHANGE - Buvlnc. tsc ner SI,OOO discount: selling. $1,094 ; »r ever. Ttc oremtum. FORF’GN gXrttJlVn- _ firm. Sherling. commercial demand. $4.86%, sixty days, $4.83%. ninety days. | $4.82. Francs, commercial demand, | 5.18%; sixty days. 5.22%. Marks, de . mand, 95; sixty days, 94 5-16; ninety 1 davs. 94. State and Municipal Bond*. ; Bld. Asked. Georgia 3%5, 1915, e. 95 do. 4%5, 1915, c. 100% ... do. 4%5, 1915, r 109% 101% do. 4s, 1926. ..,.100% 103 do. 3%5, 1920. e. 96 ... ICity Atlanta 3%5. 1931 90 do. 4%5, 1917-31 102% City of Augusta 4%5, 1925..101 ... do. 4s. 1932 ~.. 94% ... do. 4s. 1933-34 95 City of Macon 4%5, 1926 ...101 do. ss, 1923 ....107 109% City Savannah ss, 1913 ....100 do 4%5, 1959 109 Bank Sttfck*. Bld. Askei aCitlzens nd Southern 285 Chatham Bank 125 Commercial Bank 124 Clt'zens Trust Co 127 130 Chat. R. E. and I. Co 103 104 Exchange Bank 123 Germania Bank 183% ... Georgia Saving Ass'n ... 150 Hibernia Bank 160 Merchants National Bank..lll 113 National Bank 232 Oglethorpe Sav’g and T. Co .152% ... Peoples Bank 115 ... People Saving and'L. Ass n. 109 101 Real Estate Bank & T. Co.. 117 Savannah Bank and T. Co.. 152 Savannah Trust Co 13$ Railroad and Industrial Securities. Bld. Askedl Augusta and Savannah ....108 Atlanta and West Point ....142% ... Alabama-Midland 5s 106 107% Central of Ga. Ist m. ss. .. 112% ... do. consols, 5s 108% 109% do. cel. trust 5s 101% 103 Chat, and Gulf 106 do. 5s 102% ... Eatonton Branch 5s 101% ... Georgia Railroad 260 265 Ga. Southern and Fla. 55...107% 108% Georgia Railway & Bkg. 55.103 104 . G. Southern and Fla., com. 29 30 do. 2nd preferred 72 73 . do. Ist preferred ......... 96 Jacksonville Electric 5s .... 95 100 do. common 110 do. preferred ....115 Macon Railway and Lt«ss.. 99 100 , do. common 95 do. preferred 100 ... Middle Georgia and Atl. 55.,105% ... Ocean Steamship Co. 5s ~..101% 103% Sav’s, Fla. and W. 5s ......110 111% do. 6s 124 Savannah Electric Co. 5s ... 70 ... do. preferred 20 do. common 5 7 Southbound 5s 107 708% Southwestern Hi Bibb M’fg Co. common 95 do. preferred 100 Planters Rice Mill 40 55 Propeller Tow Boat Co. ...92 United Hydraulic Ctfinp. Co. . 65 Savannah Brewing Co. .100% 101% Savannah Hotel Co. 5s 90 Savannah Hotel Co 26 25 Savannah Cotton Exchange.... 190 South Atlantic P. & P. C0...115 ... SAVANNAH'S CURRENT MARKETS Note—These quotation* are kept as nearly as possible in an ord with the prevailing wholesale prices. Official quotations are not used when they dis agree with the prices wholesalers ask -8 POULTRY —Market steady; halves. TOiffJOe: three-quarters, 90e@$1.00; hens, $3,150c@51.00; turkeys. 174*1’''. jIGGS Steady: country, 20@'21c; Tennessee. 22023 c; cold storage, none. ' The tone of the market Is Steaely. Quotations: Elgin, extra. '3sc; Elgin frst. 33c; renovated butter. 60- pound tubs, best grade, 31c. CHEESE—Market’ firm; fancy full cream cheese, 20@22 pounds, 22c; 28@32 pounds. 21c. WHITE PEA pEKNS—Amerlcap, 33K’ . VIRGINIA B E Pl't -r<y bushel, $3 25. ■ . CALIFORNIA B. E. PEAS—Per bushel, $3.75. CALIFORNIA LIMA BEANS—Per bushel. $4 90. POTATOES—New. $3.00. ONIONS— Egyptian. 105-pound sacks, $450; crates, $2.25; Texas Bermudas, crates, $2.50. 1 CABBAGE—Florida, crate, $3.75. .Breadstuff*, Grit* and Meal. FLOUR—Patent. $6,20; fancy, $5.60; Straight, $5.75; familv, $5.50; spring wheat, best patent, $6.60. GRITS AND MEAL—Market steady; Pearl meal, per sack, $2.2502.30; water eTound, $2.3002 25; grits, sacks, $2.25@ 2.30. RlCE—Market steady; fancy head. 6%@6%c. Good 5%®6 Fair ...t, 4%@-5 Common 3%04 Grain and Hay. CORN— Jobs. Cars. No. 2 white 1 15 1 12 No. 2 mixed 1 14 1 11 Cracke 1 corn 2 20 2-15 OATS— No. 2 mixed 76 74 No. 2 clipped 77 76 BRAN- Pure wheat bran 1 80 1 75 hay N.o. 1 timothy 1 8* 1 80 No. 2 timothy 1 75 1 70 No. 1 clover, mixed 1 75 1 70 Stock feed 2 10 2 05 Dairy feed 1 85 1 80 Beet pulp 170 160 Syrup. SYRUP—Market quiet: Georgia and Florida syrup. 40042%c; imported West Indian, in puncheons, 30Q32C; in barrels, 32@’34c. Coffee. Java 24 e Mocha 23 c Fcshcrrv 20%c Fancy No. 1 19%e Fancy No. 2 1« c Prime No. 3 l*%c Good No, 4 18%c Fair No. 5 17%c Ordinary No. 6 17%c Common No. 7 17%c Sugar. , Cut loaf 6.55 Cubes 6.10 .XXKX powdered 6.40. Fine granulated 5.80 Confectioners’ A 5.55 ’White Extra C 5.20 Golden C 5.00 • Fruits and Nut*. BANANAS—Per bunch. $1.90, s2.o«ff $2 26, LEMONS—Fancy Messinas. $4.00. APPLES—Boxes. $3.('0@3.25. PEACHES—Evaporated, peeled, 19c; pound, unpeeled, 13c. APRICOTS—Fancy, 14c RAISINS—3-crowns. $2 10. FlGS—Dried. 10010%*' CURRANTS—In barrels. 7%c; loose. In 25-pound boxes. 4c. in 12-ounce packages. 9c; 16-ounee packages. 11%C. ORANGES—California. $3.75. APPLES—Evaporat**-;. in cartoons. 10'»c; loose, 9c; North Carolina, dried. 9c. CITRON—In drums. 18c; crystal- . ized. in 10-pound boxes. 16c; lemon • peel. 12c: orange peel. 12%c. PRUNES—Scarce; lee, 15c, accord- | ing to size. NUTS—Almonds. 19c walnuts, Eng- ' lish. 17c; French, 17c filberts. 13c; pe- I cans. 15&16c: Brazils. 16c; mixed nuts. 25-pound boxes. 13%c. Hardware and Building Supplies. LIME. CALCIUM. PLASTER AND Cement—Alabama an-. Georgia lime | tn fair demand and selling at sl.lO per i barrel; carload lots, special; hair. 4c: Portland cement, reta-. $1.90. carload ! lots, special GUNPOWDER—Per keg; black pow der. $5.25 per keg. halt kegs. $3.30; i quarter keg*. $1.60. SHOT—Drop. $1.85; B B. and large. $X10; chilled. $2.10 BARBED WIRE—S2.7S per 100 pounds. IRON—Market firm; refined, $1.96; Swede, 3%c. Oil*. ■Water white oils ll%c Deo gasoline, drums 12%c Strictly pure linseed oil, raw.... 83 c Strictly pure linseed oil, boiled ....94 c Meats and Lard. HAMS—Sugar-cured, 16%@17c; pic nic hams. 10%@llc. D. S. butts 10'A@10% D. S. plates 11%@11% Western heavy bellies 11 %@l2 Eastern light bellies 12%@12% Eastern medium bellies 12%@12% Eastern heavy bellies 12%<®12% D. S. C. R. sides 1i%®12 Smoked C. R. sides 13%@13% Merket firm. LARD—Pure, in tierces. ll%c: 60- pound tubs. ll%c; 50-pound tins. ll%c: compound. in tierces. 3%c; im pound tubs, 3%@8%c; 50-pound tins, B%®9c. FlSH—Mackerel, half barrels. No. 1, $1.35: codfish. 1-pcund bricks. $9.00; No. 2, $7.00; No. 3. $7.50: kits, 7%c; 2- pound bricks, 7%c; smoked herring, per box. 14@16c; Dutch herring. In kegs, SI.OO. COTTON SEED—Prime, car lots. f. o. b. cars, Georgia stations, per ton. $16.0f1(@20 00, according to quality cotton seed meal. $26 00. Miscellaneous. SALT—Car lots, 100-pound burlap sacks, 37%c; 100-pound cotton sacks, 38%c; 125-pound burlap sacks. 47%c; 125-pound cotton sacks. 48 Lc; 200- pound burlap sacks (Liverpool) salt. 77c; small lots at an advance over these quo’litlons. HIDES Market, easy: dry flint, 21c; dry salted, 19c; green, salted, He’, green, 10c. MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRATS WILL VOTE TO-MORROW Continued from Page One. States Senator John Sharp Williams, Senator-elect James K. Vardanian, Gov. Earl Brewer and C. H. Alexander of Jackson. Judge Robert Powell of Jackson is unopposed for national com mitteeman. Neither Mr. Underwood n«r Gov. Wilson has canvassed the state and the only campaign activity has been that of local partisans. Indications are that a light vote will be polled. The Republicans chose their district delegates and delegates at large sever al weeks ago. TO ASK RECOGNITION OF UNITED STATES Continued from Page One. camp. The plan is widely at variance with the naming yesterday of Emilio Vasquez Gomez as provisional presi dent. It is as follows: The state legislatures will be asked to name three representative citizens from each state to eo-opeiate with th“ national assembly in elfiqting presi dents ad interim to serie one 'ear : each, until the term for*wh! h Presi dent Madero was elected should have expired. Pending the establishment of peace there will be a military dictator ship under Orozco who will co-operute with the executive, general elections for President and Vice President to be held upon the arrival <ff the next election period. The ex-state official in question ex pressed the opinion that t fi-ozco would enter the national capital in triumoh within a niftnth. A majority of citi zens of Guanajuato, Jalisco and Mich oucag. he said, were in sympathy with the ’.revolutionary movements, ths leaders »f the so-called bandits in Guanajuato and adjoining states, he asserted. 4jeUi < z<■o ana are operating uhder nls direct tion. ARMCHAIR FOR’TAFT E CLUB Continued from Page One. t—; « -r —1 industrial interstate corporations we should have a law akin to the present -Interstate commerce law, but without the mischievous interstate commerce court "Mr. Tai’t says that I criticise him because he prosecuted the Standaid Oil and Tobacco companies to the Su preme Court and got decisions there. On the contrary Mr. Taft knows well that I criticised him, not for having thus continued the prosecution of the suits that I had begun, but because after he had gotten these decisions he then permitted the Department of Justice to so shape matters that the result was complete nullification of all the good results of his cult. Can't Be Sincere. “His conduct in this respect is quite incompatible with any sincere purpose really to enforce the anti-trust law. “Evidently Wall street has made up its mind that Mr. Taft’s prosecutions are fake prosecutions, whereas the bitter hostility of Wall street to me shows how lively Is its memory of the fact that my prosecutions were really prosecutions and hurt the persons prosecuted." Col. Roosevelt refers to the pending investigation of Judge Archbald of the Commerce Court and asserts that the Pennsylvania politician, although the appointee's alleged "unfitness’’ for the office already had been called to Presi dent Taft’s attention. The statement contipues: "In Kentucky and Indiana, in New York city and elsewhere Mr. Taft knows well that the delegates elected for him represent barefaced frauds. "As for the Lorimer case the facts are these: “I fought Mr. Lorimer hard and in the open for eighteen months. Origi nally Mr. Taft was secretly against Mr Lorimer. As the Illinois primaries approached Mr. Taft’s opposition van ished. Almost all of Mr. Taft's fol lowers in the Senate supported Mr. Mr. Lorimer. Mr. • Lorimer was the leading Taft worker in Illinois. As long as there was hope that Mr. Lori mer might carry the state for Mr. Taft. Mr. Taft kept silent about Mr. Lorimer. But as soon as Illinois was lost. Mr. Taft rushed to Massachu setts where there were no Lorimer votes and repudiated Mr. Lorimer." THOUSANDS *OF*LIVES. MILLIONS IN PROPERTY. ARE IN DANGER Continued from Page One. Red river junction to the mouth of the river At New Orleans snd Baton Rouge. I Louisiana's state capital, gangs of la- | borers are working at night under the glare of electric lights strung along the levees and aided by search lights ! of s’earners. At Baton Rouse the situation is I critical and equally so along the Atch- i afalsva and Bayou des G’eizes. There is alarm among some of the residents of New Orleans though th? daily reassuring statements of the city officials and levee board of en gineers have been accepted at face value by others, who feel not the slightest apprehension. To Save New Orlean*. Extreme precautions have been tak en to meet any emergency and at 1 points all along the river barges and ' flat ears are loaded with timber, sand , sa ks. wheelbarrows, shovels and other ! material necessary in stopping wash 1 holes, arresting crayfish and muskrat depredations and closing small breaks . and threatened £reva»ses of every de scription. At New Orleans the rail roads whose lines pierce the protec tion levees above the city were ordered to place pile drivers and all necessary material right at the gaps and keep ready at all hours sufficient laborers to close the levees in event of a break in the Mississippi levees at any point north of New Orleans. The protecting levees. extend from the Mississippi river back toward Lake Pontchartrain and would prevent any serious damage to New Orleans in the event of a cre vasse further up the stream. In the third district of New Orleans the situation is still grave and a thou sand laborers worked all day long to day filling in dirt between the levees and the revetments. The water is over the dock at Esplanade street and the rear of the Southern Pacific trans fer station there is 18 inches deep in water. Sacks of sand are piled on top • of the levee at that point and dirt has been banked along the rear of the big steel wharves from Canal street to Esalanade. At Flood street there is considerable seepage and crayfish holes have given the engineers considerable trouble. Work continued to-night and armed guards patrolled the levees at ail weak points in the city. speciaTprize ~ WON BY DELOACH The contest for the special prize in the “Swat the Fly” contest for the best description submitted by the con- | testants of their methods of catthing flies, has been awarded to Genre? De- Loach, who is also leading in the num ber of flies caught up to the present time. There were a number of des rm- j tions sent in. several of them coming very close to the one sent in by young : DeLoach, but it was finally decided that DeLoach’s description was the i best submitted and th? prize was ac cordingly awarded to him. 2 Catching Flie* With Hand*. There were few variations in ail the bb -: x ■ - . l r . v B .11 GEORGE DELOACH Winner of Special Prize for Be*t Description and Leader in „ .... - .. Ehr ~C*>nSa*t. . methods advocated by the contestants in the descriptions they furnished. Practically al! of them declared that they found catching flies by hand the best method. All appear to jiave used wire traps with success, and young j Johnny Moore told of the working | of his specially constructed wire trap ( which has been described in the Morn- i ing News. Some of the contestants recommend ' the use of patent fly poisoners. and | these appear to have been used with I great success. But the use of traps I which do not require to be constantly attended and the method of catching : the flies by hand appear to be the fa vorite methods used Prize Winner”* Letter. The following is the description sub mitted by George DeLoach, for which the prize has been awarded: “Fly Editor. Morning News: I no ticed in a recent issue of your paper, asking the contestants in the fly catch the. best method of Swatting the Fly.’ I have used many kinds of traps, but find that catching them by hand is the most successful and gives best re sults. "First. Get boards. (snt,x»th ones are preferred), arid pour syrup in a long streak, on them and soon flies will be attracted by the syrup and cover this streak. Next give your right hand a swinging stroke over this sweetness, the result Is a handful of I flies. Have near a bucket of hot soapy 1 water. Throw the flies as you catch them in this water which kills them. Drain the water from them and spread the flies thinly on paper, or put in a hot stove to dry. When dry pack in boxes and send to the Morning News. Ute* Syrup a* Bait. "Second. I bait my wire traps with svrup and find it works satisfactori ly. I have also used stale beer with good results. Glass traps are also a drawing card. The small wire bal-1 loon trap witich opens in two halves are the best of fly traps, and baitel with syrup flies "ill not need a se. >nd invitation to attend the feast. This trap has been empted many times dur ing the da'. and have caught thou-I sands of them, by killing over the gas Jet. . t , ”1 have used bottles with good re sults. Catch and fill the bottle with flies, then cook and put in a hot oven I until all are dead. Glass jars filled I with soapy water, with a dish for a I cover are also good. Put a small hole in the disk and spread svrup on 1 the underside, flies crawl in and out and those that fall in are drowned. “Yours truly. “George De Loach. "No. 529 West York street, city." MANY POLITICAL” PLANS CHANGED Atlanta May 4.—Politicians are still < busy speculating upon the meaning I • and effect of the result of the presiden- I ’ tial primary on Wednesday, in which j with less and 135.<X10 votes cast, and I Oscar Underwood of Alabama swept the state by a plurality of approxi mately 15.000 votes With every verification of official fig ures. Underwood’s majority or plu rality went up by leaps and bounds. It was a remarkable situation in which I the election was first claimed by the I friends of the successful candidate by I a plurality less than one-half of what I he actually received. The rule is po-1 litica! claims are put high, and the I actual figures work down from them: I in this case the process was reversed. The night of the election. Mr. Un- I derwood's friends figured he had won j by approximately 7.000. The next | morning this had been increased to 6,800. By Friday afternoon this has increased to 14.635 and was still grow ing There is little doubt that the final consolidation will show a plural- ity of more than 15,000 for Mr. Under wood. This is a larger plurality than has been received by the • successful’ candidate in any of the last three cam paigns for Governor. That Underwood’s victory nipped in the bud some pretty well laid political plans, there can scarcely be question or doubt. • Senator Hoke Smith needed the Wil son victory to keep his hold upon the>" state. He must run again in 1914, this time before the people. He no doubt felt that he had hurt himself somewhat by his refusal to submit to a primary last year, leaving the election to a Legislature known to be composed of a majority of his follow ers. He knows, too. that in all hu man probability he will have opposi tion in his coming rage. From this it may be pretty nearly figured jijst what a Wilson victory meant to hin% which explains why, .also, he besought ! and urged his friends in Georgia to support Wilson, and even left his seat in the Senate to come here with the New Jersey Governor, lending also the influence of his personal presence to the campaign. But Senator Smith comes out of the presidential fight with nothing except that knowledge that he is not, at leftgt. so popular when fighting for somebody else as, perhaps, in his own cam paigns. Whether he has lost anything personally, is another question. On the face of it he could hardly be said to be as strong as he was before the Wilson slump; just wnat difference it may make, remains to be determin ed by his next race. Then there is Congressman T. W, Hardwick, who has had under con sideration for sometime the matter o£ announcing for United States senator ; against Senator A. O. Bacon. Mr. I Hardwick’s intention in this respect! came pretty near being an open secret. At last it is said to be have come down to the point where Mr. Hard wirk s action regarding the senatorial race depended on the result In the pres idential primary. He came to Geor i gla and did some hard work in be ! half of the New Jersey Governor, but j all to no purpose: even his home coun ry gave Mr. Underwood a substantial ■ majority. Therefore. Mr. Hardwick ’ till remain in Congress for the pres ent, in which he has been promised a . contest for his seat in the coming state | primary. 1 Then there was J. R. Smith, former campaign manager for Governor Jo seph M. Brown. A leading Wilson supporter and prominent Georgian is quoted as having remarked at the Cap ital City Club shortly before the pri mary : “If Wilson wins this race, there will be a new candidate for Gover nor in tlie field within less than a ueek after May 1.” Man' thought the reference was Jo the former Brown campaign manager, but whether or not, the new candidate is not now likely to materialize. There does not seem to be any question about the fact that Mr. Smith has guberna torial aspirations. He had them be fore the presidential situation de-, veloped, he was “talked of" as a pros pective candidate when there was doubt about Governor Brown getting in the race last year. Then gossip connected his name with prospective : candidac\ when he lined up with Sen -1 ator Smith and “spoke from the same 1 platform’’ for Governor Wilson. It is pretty well assured now, how- I ever, that Mr. Smith will not be in I the race for Governor this year: also it may be stated the new candidate I idea will hardly develop. | - Again. Sector Hoke Smith was anx | ious to’have a friend of his own. rath i er than a jjolitical enemy, as national committeeman " from Georgia. It would have given him prestige. Like wise. Editor James R. Gray of the Atlanta Journal, it is said, was anxious to be the particular friend of Mr. Smith's who should represent .Georgia in that eapacit.'. The result, from this vowpoint. is. therefore, a disappoint ment -e .boM* of <»*•!«.., v It has been sought ever Whee the first election of Hoke Smith' as Gov ernor to wrest th? position of national committeeman from Editor Clark Howell of the ’Constitution, who has held it now for nearly twenty jears. I But the only time opportunities were f ever offered, once in 1908 and again as (the result of this presidential primary. | the state executive committee had tn go to work and abandon the county | unit plan, and the efforts seemed fore ordained to defeat. The success of Underwood in Georgia I means that Mr. Howell will retain the 1 position of national committeeman following the Baltimore convention It is also concluded that the Under • wood victory’ materially strengthens the position of the conservative ele ment in Georgia politics: the Hoke Smith machine is. at least tempo, rarily. laid up for repairs, and it is no wonder that candidates who were attempting to ride on it should try to jump oft and make it appear that they are alone and unaided running their own campaign. SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE Standing of the Team*. Won. Lost. PC. SAVANNAH 9 3 .tW Albany 9 3 .750 Jacksonville 10 4 .714 Macon 6 8 . 429 Columbia 3 in .331 Columbus 2 11 .154 NATIONAL LEAGUE j Standing of the Teams. Won. Lose P C Cincinnati 14 3 -8-4 New York 11 4 .733 Boston 8 8 .500 Chicago 8 9 .471 Pittsburg 7 10 .412 Brooklyn 6 9 .4M Philadelphia 5 9 .357 St. Louis 5 12 .294 AMERICAN LEAGUE Standing of the Team*. Won. Lost. P C Chicago 13 6 . 684 Washington 10 6 .625 Boston - 10 7 .588 Cleveland 9 8 . 529 Philadelphia 9 8 . 329 Detroit 9 11 .450 St Louis 6 12 .333 New York 4 12 .250 Standing of the Team*. Won. Lost. P ‘* Mobile 14 8 .636 Birmingham 14 10 .583 Memphis ....’. V* 8 .536 Chattanooga ’. 10 8 .556 Atlanta 9 9 .500 Montgomery 9 12 .429 Nashville 7 11 .389 New Orleans 7 14 .333 At Memphis-Nashville, no game, vis itors did not arrive. THE WEATHER Washington.. D. C., May s.—Fore cast: South Carolina—Showers Monday; Tuesday probably fair. Georgia and Alabama—Showers Monday; Tuesday generally fair, show ers in north portion. Florida—Local showers Monday and probably Tuesday River Report—The htght of the Sa vannah river at Augusta at $ p. m . 75th meridian time, yesterday was not received. C. J. Doherty. Local Forecaster. SEVEN
