Georgia Historic Newspapers

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The Truth About Belgium
BY BRAND WHITLOCK
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Ar 5 o’clock that afternoon the
Echevins Jacquemain. Lem
onpier. Maes and Steen had
gone to see the military governor,
and had told him that all the ad
ministrative measures that Max
had taken had tween with the ap
proval and with "the accord of the
College Echevtnal ai d insisted that
Max had not broken any of his pacts
with th military authorities, ami
asked that all b-* arrested with Max.
voa Luttwits produced the
tha* the buntomaster ha.l
written to Oufairc of the Deutsch*
bank; it was that for which he had
been suspended. He shbuld have
written to the authorities, skid the
general, not to the director of tl*e
bank He asked the Echevin* to
take the direction of affairs of th>*
<*ity. ’ If they did not do so he would
name a German burgomaster, who
would take the necessary steps to
have the entire amount of the in
demnity of war paid. Jacquemain
proposed to* General von Luttwitz
that he be held as hostage* in Max's
place, but this the general, of
course, refused to do Then they
came to the legation.
We Wait News of Max
Villalobar and I decided to go to
. Genera! von Luttwitz. asking the
Echevins to await our return. It
was half-past seven o’clock, already
aark. and a chill wind blowing.
At the old ministry for foreign
affairs there were signs of pertur
bation and ill-humor; the sentinels
were very nasty;,we had difficulty
in getting in. The young aide in
the ante-room was very truculent,
glancing contemptuously at our
cards and saying curtly:
-What do you want to see the
general for?”
Vii’lalabar’s Spanish pride bristled
at once.
‘■Monsieur!’* he said, in a tone that
might has blasted the young fellow
where he stood. The officer handed
our cards back to us. saying that
the general was at dinner and could
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not be disturbed. It was difficult
to keep one’s temper with such a
i boorish fellow as this youth. 'and it
I was unpleasant to adopt in dealing
with him the only tone he under
stood; perhaps It was because we
eouid not quite do the one that we
succeeded so well in doing the
other.; we told him that we should
state our business to no one but the
• general and in short, that we were
not accustomed to speaking to
aides-de-camp.
A flush of rage reddened the
young cheeks that were scarred bv
the balata of the prudent duels,
but the pnrase dal its work; and
young jackanapes clicked his neels
and went in, came slamming out
presently, shouted angrily to us
.hat monsieur le general wished us
to wait. . licked his heels again, and
Hung out of tile room in a fine show
of temper.
"Ajuelle pelites; e!” V’How polite”*
said the marquis.
We sat down and waited, cooling
our heels if not our tempers, while
the general finished his dinner.
We waited long. German generals
are good trenchermen, and the wine
that poor Davignon had left
in his cellar was excellent. But
all things come to an end. and fin
ally the general came In. He had
dined well, of course, and we had
not dined at all; he came in. very
friendly and with a certain loud
laughing geniality, begged our par
don for having kept us waiting and
showed us into his, or into Davig
non’s. private room. We spoke of
the arrest of the Bourgmetre.
“Qu’est-ce que ca pent bien vous
faire?” (“What affair of yours is
that?”)
It was, of course, none pf our af
fair. as we admitted, but our good
offices were at his service in the
exigency. Then he told us the whole
story. It was. he said, the third
serious difficulty he had had with
Max. and when he mentioned Max’s
name he had to restrain his feel
ings; he said that the difficulty was
that Max had been growing too pop
ular and that his popularity had
gone to his head, in the intoxicat
ing way that popularity will at
times.
▼on Luttwitz Explain*.
"That man has never written me
a letter,” he said, “in which there
was not concealed some sharp prick
ing point.” and he gave a vicious
stab with his finger in the air to
illustrate the effect of Max’s
piquancy. , f
”1 said this to him the other day.
he went on. “ Monsieur Max. do you
know what I think you are trying
to do? I think you are trying to
become the first president of the
Belgian Republic’ "
He spoke then of the first dis
agreement with Max, the affair of
the famous affiche. ”1 had no in
tention of repeating what Max told
me." he went on. “but I felt in duty
bound to report it to my govern
ment. They told it to the Com
mandant at Liege who affiched it.
. Then he spoke of the next affiche.
the one concerning the Belgian
flags, which was subsequently cov
ered with white paper, and at last
came to the case under notice, his
own latest affiche, and Max s letter
i to Du fa ire of the Deutsche Bank.
I “There was nothing left for me
to do but to arrest Max,” said Gen
eral von Luttwitz. His face grew
1 very hard as he sat there, and very
gray hair giving him a dis
tinguished look. „
“One or the other must rule here,
he exclaimed, “he or I. and I am put
here to rule. When this house burns.
I’ll bum with it. under the ashes of
the door sill.” He clenched his fist,
then gave a rather harsh laugh, we
made a last effiort to get him to re
consider his decision and release
Max. but he shook his head deter
minedly. „
“He has already been sent away.
he explained. “1 gave him a fine
dinner.” he concluded, and relaxed
more comfortably in his chair. He
* added that Max would be sent to a
• fortress at Namur, .in honorable
confinement. That seemed to close
the incident. He was prepared for
I trouble when the worst became
known •he had posted guns every
where. But he hoped to avoid it.
1 he wished the Echevins to continue
■ in their functions, and he asked us
Q if we could help him by any sug
gestions.
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asked, "will you leave that work to
them?”
“Yes,” he said, “if we can keep
order for three days, the worst will
be over.”
We left him then and returned
to my legation. it was about 9
o’clock, and Messrs. Jacquemain and
Steen were still waiting. We asked
them to get M. Lemonnier and meet
us again at -the legation at half
past ten.
Monsieur lemonnier was a lawyer
in Brussels, and the ranking echevin.
He had been indicated, by reason ot
his length of service, as Bourg
inetre. but Max had been chosen in
stead There were, therefore, cer
tain points of delicacy in the situa
tion. According to precedent. Mon
sieur Lemonnier. as ranking echevin.
would become acting Burgomaster,
but when he arrived at the hour
fixed, with his colleagues, he was
reluctant to assume the duties of
acting Burgomaster precisely be
cause of the old ambition to till that
very post; he, had a delicacy that
did him honor, and a. reluctance to
seem to profit by the misfortune of
his- ancient rival. He was a large
man. ami determined, and he seemed
nxed in his determination. It was
a position, under the circumstances,
doubly difficult for him. and one
.could sympathize with his reluc
tance. And yet. there were interests
at stake, larger than any one man’s
delicacy, however creditable it might
be to him; if local self-government
could be maintained, so much at
least might be saved.
Sitting there around that long ta
ble where so many problems were to
be discussed during the troubled
months and years of the future that
was so kindly hidden from us, my
thoughts went suddenly to another
city* far across the sea. and to its
problems, which in coming to Brus
sels I had too fondly hoped to es
cape. It was a lucky thought, for
all suddenly there flashed into my
mind the peculiar coincidence that
here was the same old problem that
would not down, the old ineluctable
struggle of the city to be free. The
free city! And Brussels was one of
the oldest free cities in the world!
I leaned forward toward Monsieur
Lemonnier; in Belgium there is one
chord in every citizen that vibrates
instantly to the touch, and that is
the chord of the old city spirit. It
seemed strange to be stating the
argument Jn another tongue, but I
did the best I could, and I said to
Monsieur Lemonnier:
Brumh, a Free City
“This is not the first time that
the city of Brussels has been occu
pied by a foreign power. Today’ it
is the Germans, not so long ago it
was the Dutch; before that it was
the French and the Austrians and—
the Spaniards.” The marquis smiled,
and bowed. “Before that it was the
Duke of Brabant with whom you
struggled. But during all those oc
cupations. during all those changes,
there was one thing that always
floated over the Hotel de Ville down
there in the Grand Place. That was
the city of Brussels, that flag was
the red and green.”
Monsier Lemonnier did not wait for
me to“flnish. He leaned forward
out of the deep chair where he sat.
“I’ll do it!” he said.
And so it was settled. There were
a few details to arrange. Would the
police obey him? Yes!
The echevins prepared an affiche
informing the people that the college
would continue in their functions,
would maintain order, "feront
marcher les affaires.” (“Would keep
things going.'*)
Vilalobar and I wrote a note then
to Von Luttwitz asking him to post
the affiche; and he thanked us for
suggesting it. It was after midnight
I was startled out of my sleep by
th heavy booming of cannoning, and
then suddenly it was still, and the
church bells were ringing f ln an
other Sunday. For days we had
been waiting' for the passes that
would permit Gibson to go to Ant
werp for the wheat, and our two
mothers to leave. Their trunks had
been packed and were waiting, and
now more than ever, since we did
net know what might follow the ar
rest of the popular burgomaster, we
were anxious to have them gone, and
to know them safely out of Belgium.,
That morning the passierschein
came, and at 10 o'clock they, with
Gibson in the motor piled high with
luggage, drove away under the
American flag. A little knot of peo
ple gathered in the Rue de Treves
to see the departure—a little knot
that quickly grew’ to the proportions
of a crowd, a fact not without dis
quieting suggestion. They went
away bravely and as they went we
watched them, with hearts full, but
a great load lifted from our minds.
They expected to reach Maestricht
that night and The Hague on the
morrow.
The frowd outside melted away
and the town was still. Villalobar
came in and we chatted for a long
time, oddly enough about the Span
ish-American war. and the king of
Spain, who felt that the future of
America and the future of Spain
were mysteriously bound together,
and so tried to do away with every
trace of feeling and bitterness.
And then M. Van Villenhoven,
charge des affaires of {he Dutch le
gation, appeared to say that he had
just been down to the Grand place
and that a German lieutenant with
some want of tact had selected that
as a propitious moment to parade
tere some Belgian soldiers, prisoners
of war. But as the morning wore
away the atmosphere of the city be
came surcharged with a nervous
quality that was not reassuring: the
news of Max’s arrest was spreading,
and then by noon there w*ere callers
at the legation anxiously inquiring
if it were true that the American
minister had left. It was precisely
what I had expected; the crowd that
had gathered to watch the motor
laden w’ith luggage drive away had
already’ done its work. A number of
citizens suggested that some means
be devised to counteract, the effect
of the rumor and in the afternoon,
then, shorty- after luncheon, I took
an open motor, and with my wife
drove all over Brussels. The day
was fine, clear and cold, and in the
sunlight crowds were gathered ev
erywhere. Our motor carried the
flag and we drove along the Boule
vard Bischoffshein to the Gare du
Nord, the Boulevard Anspach, the
Rue de I’Escalier and al! through
the popular districts of the* Ma
rolliens; children were playing on
the sidewalks and people were gos
siping at the doors; there were carts
everywhere with fresh English wal
nuts for sale, the women before
them gesticulating with their stain
ed hands. We drove through the
Boulevard du Midi, Rue Neuve, out
to Laeken and there* just across the
canal the only incident of the drive
worth mentioning occurred. The
German sentinel stopped us and a
irreat crowd gathered and when they
saw the flag thev raised excited
• Ties of “Vive I’Amerique! Vive
I’Amerique!” The Belgian police
rushed everywhere among the crowd
crying:
“Alez! Alez!” ("Move on!”)
It took the thick-headed German
sentinel as long to read the passier
schein as though it had been Chitty
“Outwitting
The Hun”
I he War’s Greatest Story
By Lieut. Pat O’Brien
(Continued from Last Issue)
I CAN’T say I had no misgivings as
I made my way to the theater; cer
tainly I was going there more for
> discipline than pleasure, but I had made
I up my mind ahd I was going to see
it through.
The entrance to the theater or beer
garden, for it was as much one as the
other, was on the side of the building
and was reached byway of an alley
which ran along the side. Near the
door was a ticket seller's booth, but as
this was one of the free nights there
i was no one in the booth.
I marched slowly down the alley, imi
i tat, ng as be*st 1 could the indifferent
gait of the Belgians, and when I entered
the theater I endeavored to act as
though I had been there many times
before. A hasty survey of the layout
of the place was sufficient to enable me
to select my seat. It was early and
there were not more than half a dozen
people in the place at that time, so
that I had my choice.
There was a raised platform, per
haps two feet high, all around the walls
of the place, except at the end where
the stage was located. On this platform I
tables were arranged and there were
tables on the floor proper as weil.
I decided promptly that the safest
place for me was as far back as possi
ble, where I would not be fn the line
of vision of others in back of me. Ac
cordingly, 1 slouched over to a table on
the platform directly opposite the stage,
and I look the seat against the wall.
The whole place was now In front of
me. I could see everything that was
going on and everyone who can e in,
but no one, except those who sat at
my own table would notice me unless
they deliberately turned around to look.
A Kight of Dissipation
The place began to fill up rapidly.
Every second person who came in the
door seemed to me to be a German sol
dier, but when they were seated at
the tables and I got a chance later on
to make a j-ough count. I found that In
all there were not more than a hundred
soldiers in the place and there must
have been several hundred civilians.
The first people to my table
were a Belgian and his wdfe. The Bel
gian sat next to me and his wife next
to him. I was hoping that other civil
ians would occupy the remaining two
seats# at my table, because I did not rel
ish the Idea of having to srt through
the show with German soldiers within
a few feet of me. That vtfould certainly
have spoiled my pleasure for the eve
ning.
Every uniform that came in the door
gave me cause to worry until I was
sure it was not coming in my direction.
I don’t suppose there was a single sol
dier who came in the door whom I didn't
follow to his seat—with my eyes.
Just before they lowered the lights,
two German officers entered. They
stood at the door for a moment looking
1 the place over. Then they made a bee-
I line in my direction and I must con
fess my heart started to beat a little
faster. I hoped that they would find
another seat before they came to my vi
cinity, but they were getting nearer
and nearer and 1 realized with a sicken
ing sensation tha. --.y were headed di
rectly for the two seats at my table,
and that was indeed the case.,
Germans at Same Table
These two scat, were In front of the
table facing the stage and except when
the officers would be eating or drinking
their backs were toward me, and there
was considerable consolation in that.
From my seat I could have reached
right over a one of them on
his bald head. It would have been more
than a touch, 1 am afraid, if 1 could
have gotten away with it safely.
As the omcers seated themselves a
waiter came to us with a printed bill
of fare and program. Fortunately, he
waited on the others first I listened
intently to their orders. The officers
ordered some light wine, but my Bel
i gian neighbor ordered “Bock” for him-
I self and his wife, which was what I
! had decided to order anyway, as that
was the only thing I could say. Heaven
■ knows I would far rather have ordered
: something to eat, but the bill of fare
meant othing to me, and I was afraid
to take a chance at the pronunciation
| of the dishes as set forth.
Tnere were a number of drinks listed
which I might safely enough have or
dered. For instance. I noticed “Lemon
squash, 1.50,” “ginger beer. I.—” Spark
ling Dry Ginger Ale, 1. —,” “Apolinaris,
l.~,” and "Schweppes soda. but
it occurred to me that the mere fact
that a selected something that was
listed in English might attract atten
tion to me and something in my pro
nunciation might give farther cause for
suspicion. B
It seemed better to parrot the Belgian
and order “Bock,’’ and that was what I
decided to do.
One item on the bill of fare tanta
lized me considerably. Although it
was listed among the "Prizzan der
drunken," which I took to mean
"Prices of drinks." it sounded very
much lo me like something to eat,
and Heaven knows I would ratffer have
had one honest mouthful of food than
all the drinks in the world.
The item I refer to was "Dubbel
Gersten de Flesch (Michaux)." A dou
ble portion of anything would have
been mighty welcome to me, but I
would have baen contented with a sin
gle “Gersten” if I had only had the
courage to ask for it.
To keep myself as composed as pos
sible. I devoted a lot of attention to !
that bill of fare, and I think by the
time the waiter came around I almost
knew it by heart. One drink that al
most made me laugh aloud was listed
as "Lemonades gazeuses,” but I miqrht
just as well have introduced myself
to the German officers by my right
name and rank as attempt to pronounce
it.
(Contlnned Next Issue)
on Pleading, but he finished finally,
and we got away, and I can still see
among the red and excited faces
the Belgian with a pointed yellow
beard shouting frantically as he
swung his hat in the air:
“Vive I’Amerique!” •
Everywhere people were waving
their hats and shouting, but nothing
happened, and we came back half
frozen late in the afternoon.
(Published by special arrange
ment with the McClure Newspaper
Syndicate, Copyright, 1918. by Brand
Whitlock, under the title “Memories
of Belgium I’nder the German Occu
pation." All rights reserved. Copy
righted in Great Britain, Canada and
Australia. All rights reserved for
France. Belgium. Holland, Italy,
Spain. Russia nad the Scandinavian
countries.)
The average girl Is a queer creature.
She'll make tun of a young man one
I day and marry him the next.
A woman either adjusts herself to
her surroundings, adjusts her sur
roundings to suit herself—or gets a di
vorce.
Cotton
NEW YORK, July S.—There was a renewal
of the covering movement at the opening of the
cotton market today. Wall street brokers who
had been buying at the close of last week were
buyers again, unit after starting steady at an
advance of 5 to 11 points,* active months sold
a'lout 25 to 27 points net higher with October
touching 25.23 and Ilecember 24.80. Ttiis ad
vance nret increased offerings, however, with
selling promoted by bearish private crop ad
vices and the market soon eased off in conse
quence. Octolier broke to 24.8(1 and December
to 24.25, making net losses of 7 to 11 points.
Selling was general on the decline, including
houses with New Orleans and other southern
connections.
Reports that an early new crop movement
was to lie expected from south Geargia as well
as south Texas probably served to stimulate
selling later in the morning. October contracts
broke to 24.C0 and December to 24.23, making
declines of some (kl to 65 points from the early
high level and of 37 to 39 points from Satur
day's closing. Trading became less active at
these prices, and there were rallies of 10 to 12
points around midday.
The decline extended to 24.53 for October and
24.19 for December during ihe noon hour, or
about 40 to 44 pointsn et lower, but at this
level there seemed to be some trade buying
j a># well as covering on reports that the drouth
area was incerased in the southwest. October
rallied to 24.73. and Decmeber to 24.36, with
the market steady around 2 o’clock.
NEW YORK COTTON
Toe following were the ruling prices in the
exchange today:
Tone, steady; middling. 31.70 c. qniet.
l.ast Pre*
Open. High. Low. Sale. C’ose. Close.
Jan 24.54 24.75 24.0 S 24.23 23.28 24.50
Feb 24.27 24.4®
Mar 24.10 24.43 24.05 24.27 24.27 24.46
May 24.50 24.50 24.50 24.50 24.28 24.52
July 27.92 27.95 27.40 27.71 27.71 27.80
Aug 27.17 27.37
Sept 25.67 25.70
I Oct 24.95 25.23 24.53 24.78 24.78 24.97
Nov 24.50 24.72
Dec 24.67 24.89 24.19 24.41 24.40 24.62
NEW ORLEANS COTTON'
NEW ORLEANS, July B.—Continued drouthy
weather over the belt caused a rise of 20 to 25
points in the first half hour of trading in the
cotton market today. Buyers found few cen
tral ts to trade on.
Heavy selling developed at the advance." "based
on a favorable construction placed on crop ac
counts by a local newspaper and rumors of a
slightly easier spot situation. In the trading
up to noon prices were sent 32 to 43 points
under Saturday’s finals.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
The following were the ruling prices In the
exchange today:
Tone, steady; middling. 30e, steady.
laist I’rev.
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close.
Jan 23.31 23.85 23.30 23.42 23.50 23.56
March ... 23.75 23.75 23.30 23.42 23.50 23.64
July 27.28 27.55
Aug 25.30 25.50
October. .. 24.05 24.25 23.56 23.78 23.77 24.00
Dec 23.85 23.92 23.28 23.54 23.52 22.70
SPOT COTTON MARKET
Atlanta, steady. 31.30 c.
New York, quiet, 31.70 c.
New Orleans, steady. 30c.
Augusta, steady, 29.75 c.
Menipl'.is, steady, 3Ge.
Charleston, steady, 30c.
Montgomery, steady, 30e.
Boston, steady, 31.60 c.
Philadelphia, steady, 31.95 c.
Norfolk, steady, 30.50 c.
Galveston, steady, 31.25 c.
Mobile, steady, 30c.
Little Rock, steady, 29.50 c.
Dallas, steady, 31.05 c.
Bavanuah, steady, 31.25 c.
St. Louis, steady, 30c.
Houston, steady. 30.30 c.
ATLANTA SPOT COTTON
Atlanta spot cotton 31.30 c
Sales None
Receipts 63
Shipments 299
Stocks i. 24,402
AIJ-ANTA COU Oh SEED PaODUCJE MAali.l..
JULY
Crude oil. prime basis .17% .....
Cottonseed meal, 7 per cent am-
utouia 47.50 .....
Cottonseed meal, 7 per cent
Georgia common point rate... .47.50
Cottonseed bulls, loose 20.50 21.50
Cottonseed hulls, sacked ........25.U0 26.00
Linters, clean mill run 04% .05
AUGUST—
Crude oil, prime basts 07% .....
Cottonseed meal, 7 per cent
Georgia common point rate... 47.50 .....
Cottonseed hulls, loose 20.50 21.00
Cottonseed hulls, sacked 25.00 26.00
Linters, clean mill run 04% .05
COTTONSEED QUOTATIONS
Georgia common rale points 570.00@75.00
Cottonseed I. o. b. Atlanta R70.004578.0U
COMPARATIVE PORT RECEIPTS
Last Year. Today.
Galveston 2.60 s 1.647
New Orleans 2,208 1,078
Mobile 181 529
Savannah 811 729
Charleston 229 .....
Wilmington 83
Norfolk 16
Baltimore 141 .....
Boston 153 96
Philadelphia i 729
Total all ports 7,010 4,178
DAILY INTERIOR RECEIPTS
Last Yenr. Todav.
Augusta 25 34
Memphis 864 ....
St. Louis 983 233
Cincinnati j 155 240
Houston 536 475
Little Rock 171 ....
VISIBLE SUPPLY
Wheat, decrease, 231.000 bushels.
Corn, decrease, 604.000 bushels. Oats, de
ereaseti 981.000 bushels.
LIVERPOOL COTTON
Tone, irregular; sales, 2,000; good middling.
23.07 d.
Open Pre*
Mange. Close. Close.
July 22.2 G 21.98 21.99
August 21.25 20.93 20.93
September 20.15 19.85 19.85
October 19.48 19.25 19.24
November 19.15 18.87 18.87
OLD CONTRACTS
Pre*.
Open. Close. Close
July 21.19 21.34
TIMES-PICAYUNE REPORT
NEW ORLEANS. July B.—The Times-Pica
yune, in pursuance of its usual custom, pre
sents the replies of its correspondents on the
cotton crop as of date July 1. The concensus
of opinion, as shown by these reports, is to the
following effect:
1. There has been a general increase in the
acreage, varying in different states. Taking
the belt as a whole, the gain has been about
6 per cent.
2. The condition of the -top is generally '
excellent, the best in years, except in purls if ;
Texas where drought is complained of.
3. The supply of labor is deficient in vary
ing degreeir in different states, owing to the
draft and the exodus to industrial centers, but
fine weather has facilitated proper cultiva
tion.
4. The boll weevils are numerous and ac
tive in southern Alabama Jhd Georgia and over
large areas of Mississsppi, Aiabam'a and Florida.
5. The're has been an increased use of fer
tilizer of generally better grade.
6. Starting somewhat late the crop has pro
gressed so well under favorable condition that
it is now about normal in i>oinl of progress to
one week late. The main fear now expressed
is the effect of labor scarcity later on and the
extent of the ultimate ravages by the boll wee
vil pest.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET
NEW YORK, July B.—Flout—Quiet and firm,
i’ork —Quietj mess. $47.50<q48.00.
Lard—Firm; middle west siiot, ¥2’>.9O(q26.W>.
Sugar—Raw, quiet; centrifugal, 96-test, 6.005;
refined, quiet; cut loaf, 9. GO; crushed, 8.75;
powdered, 7.t0; granulated, 7.50.
Coffee^—Rio No. 7, on spot, 8%.
Tallow—SpeciaU. 17%; city, 16*1.
lL.y—Quiet; No. 1, 1.40; No. 3, 90®
$1.05; clover. 75(<r51.25.
Dressed Poultry—Quiet; turkeys, 37® 40;
chickens. 43'<r54; fowls, 25®35%; ducks, 33®
35c.
Live Poultry—Steady; geese, 17; ducks, 23®
35; fowls, 34; turkeys, 25; roosters, 23; chick
ens. broilers, 40® 45.
Cheese -Firm; state milk, common to spe
cials, 20%®24%; skims, common to specials,
18%.
Butter—Steady; receipts. 12,952: creamery,
extra. 44®44*- l ; do. special market, 44% ® 45%;
imitation creamery, tirsts, 36®44; state dairy,
tubs, 36®36%.
Eggs—Firm; recipts. 14,152; near-by white
fancy, 32®54; near-by mixed fancy. 36®43;
fresh firsts, 38®43.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET
CHICAGO. July 8. —Butter—Creamery extras. |
42%: creamery standards. 42%; firsts. 40'<t 42;
seeoruls, 37'_-®39 ; i4.
Eggs—Ordinaries. 34®35; firsts, 36®37.
Cheese--Twins. 22%®22 : U; Young Americas.
24® 24%.
Live Poultry—Fowls. 28%: ducks. 22; geese,
14’iil*: springs, 33® 38; turkeys. 28.
Potatoes—Cars, SO; Virginia, 86: Wisconsin,
•$1.90®2.00: Minnesota, $1.90®2.00; new springs,
»2.25®3.U0.
Grain
;
CHICAGO. July B.—Action of congress to ad
vance the price of wheat had considerable bull
ish effect today on the corn market, despite ;
announcement that President Wiljpu would in- i
terpose n veto. Opening quotations, which ;
varied from figures from %c higher, with Au
gust $1.54 to $1.54% and September $1.55%
to $1.56, were followed by material gains all
around.
Prices closed unsettled, %c net lower to l%c
net advance, with August $1.54% to $1.54% and
September $1.55%.
Oats rose with corn. After opening %c off
to %c up. with August 70%c to 70%c, the
market scored a moderate general upturn.
Strength developed in provisions owing to
a falling off in hog receipts as compared with
Saturday’s estimate. Trade, however, vvas not
brisk.
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS
The following were the ruling prices In th*
exchange today:
Prev.
Open. High. low. Close. Close.
CORN—
July ..1.53 @1.53% 1.54% 1.52% 1.53% 1.52%
Aug. ..1.54 @1.54% 1.55% w 1.54 1.54% 153%
Sept. .1.55% @1.56 1.56%* 1.55% 1.55% 1.55%
OATS— »
July 74%@74% 75 74 74%* 74%
Aug 70%@70% 71% 70 70% 70%
Sep* 69% 70% «9% 69% 69%
PORK—
July 45.45 45.45 44.60 44.60 44.45
Sept 45.05 45.80 44.80 45.00 44.80
LARD—
July 26.25 26.25 26.17 26.10 25.97
Sept 26.25 26.40 26.20 26.20 26.10
BIBS—
July 24.15 24.15 24*15 24.15 24.05
Sept 24.65 24.75 24.65 24.60 24.50
RECEIPTS IN CHICAGO
Today.
Wheat 4 cars
Corn .'. 162 cars
Oats 215 cars
Hogs 33.000 head
PRIMARY MOVEMENT
Receipts—Wheat, 924,000 versus 514,000 last
year.
Receipts—Corn, 1,148.000 versus 949,000 last
year.
Receipts—Oats. 1,117,000 versus 664,000 last
year.
Shipments—Wheat. 82.000 versus 268.000 last
year.
Shipments—Corn. 280,000 versus 970.000 last
year.
Oats—B64,ooo versus 960.000 last year.
GRAIN CLEARANCES
Clearances —Wheat, 5,000 versus 550,000 last
year.
Corn, 10,000 versus 24.000 last year.
Oats, 49.000 versus none last year.
Flour, 114.000 versus 11.000 last year.
Wheat and flour, 518,000 versus 600,000 last
year.
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS
CHICAGO. July B.—Wheat: No. 1 red. $2.32;
No. 3 red, $2.20.
Corn —No. 2 yellow, $1.77; No. 3 yellow. $1.70
@1.72; No. 4 yellow. $1.57@1.63.
Oats —No. 3 white. 77%@78%c; standard.
78@79c.
Kye—No. 2, nominal.
Barley, $1.00@1.20
Timothy. $5.00@7.50. *
Clover, nominal.
Pork, nominal.
Lard. $25.95.
Ribs. $23.50@24.25.
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET
x v Close.
January 8.63@8.64
February 8.70@8.71
March 8.77@8.78
April 8.83@8.84
May 8.90@8.91
July 8.15@8.16
August 8.25@8.26
September 8.35@8.36
October ....... 8.40@8.42
November 8.48@8.49
December 8.56@8.57
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| Atlanta Live Stock |
(Corrected by W. H. White. Jr., president of
the White Provision Co. United States Food
Administration License No. G-21371.1
Good to choice heifers, 850 to 1,000 pounds.
$10.50 to $12.50.
Good steers, 750 to 850 pounds. $9.50 to
$11.50.
Medium to good steers, 650 to 750 pounds.
$9.00 to SIO.OO.
Medium to choice beef cows. 750 to 850
pounds. $8.50 to $9.50.
Medium to good cows. 650 to 750 pounds.
SB.IO to $9.00.
Qjod to choice heifers, 550 io 650 pounds.
$8.0) to $9.50.
The sbove represents ruling prices for good
quality fed cattle. Inferior grades, dairy typ;s
sud range cattle quoted below.
Medium to good cattle, 050 to 750 pounds.
$8.50 to $9.50.
Medium to good cows, 600 to 700 pounds,
$7.50 to $8.50.
Mixed common. $6.50 to 7.50.
Good fat oxen, sß..*A> to $9.50.
Medium to good oxen, SB.OO to $9.00.
Good butcher bulla. $7.00 to SIO.OO.
Choice veal calves. SB.OO to $9.00.
Yeariings, $7.00 to sr.oo.
Prime hogs. 165 to 225 pounds, $15.23 to
$16.00.
Light bugs. 130 to 165 pounds. $14.50 to
$15.00.
$14.50.
Light pigs, 80 to 100 pounds, $12.50 to $13.00.
Stags and roughs, $12.00 to $13.00.
The above quotations apply to good quality
mixed fed hogs.
LIVE STOCK BY WIRE
EAST ST. LOUIS, HL, July B.—Cattle—Re-
ceipts, 7,500, including 410 Texans; market
steady; native beef steers, $11.50@ 17.60; year
ling steers and heifers. $9.50® 15.50: cows, $7.50
@13.75; stockers and feeders, $8.50@12.00;
calves, $7.75@17.00; cows and heifers. $6.00®
13.50.
Hogs—" Receipts. 6,500: market, 25c higher;
mixed and butchers, $16.85@17.10: good and
heavy. $16.95® 17.00; rough, $15.40® 15.75; light,
$16.90® 17.10; pigs. $16.75® 17.00; bulk, $16.90@
17.05.
Sheep—Receipts. 7.(XX); market steady; clip
ped ewes, sll.oo® 12.00; lambs, $14.00@18.00:
canners and choppers, $5.00@10.00.
CHICAGO. July B.—Hogs—Receipts. 33.000;
higher: mostly 15 to 25 cents up: hulk of sales.
sl6.so® 17.30; butchers, $16.95® 17.30: packing,,
$16.30® 17.00: light, $17.00® 17.40; rough.
sls.7S® 16.25; pigs, $ 16.25®, 16.(X).
Cattjc—Receipts, 16,000; best beef steers,
steady; cows, bulls and calves'steady; heifers,
dull; packers and feeders, dull.
Sheep—Reecipts, 15,000; stronc to 25 cents
higher; Idaho lambs sold at $18.75, very lightly
sorted.
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A Successful Poultry Ranch.
A call at a neat little bungalow
! home, a few days ago, broadened into
a visit to a‘real up-to-date ch.icken farm
—htat interested me beyond expression.
Only one fowl is cultivated, the large,
pure-bred Barred Plymouth Rocks—but
they make a show, you bet! There were
one hundred and twenty-five young
chickens, under two months old, and '
they are the progeny of last year's pul
lets. The .surplus are sold to those
who wish to get pure stock at good fig
ures—common hens do the sitting.
Everybrood has its neat and com
modious pen. The grown chickens are
housed in well ventilated structures,
and the droppings are easily removed.
The young chickens are regularly fed
once in two or three hours. The grown
ups are fed three times a day. The
grain is grown on the farm attached and
there is variety in the mixtures that are
constantly used.
A close calculatio nmakes the feed
bill of those fine chickens one dollar per
day.
They have a wonderful range, among
native oaks and grassy lawns. They
go out and in at will.
Two hens are set at a time, on the "
same day, so that the young chicks can
be given to the one hen best qualified 1
to carry them until weaning time. An
incubator is also used at proper times
to keep up the number. But the best
results come from good hen mothers to
hover them of cold nights. ;
I said to myself, “If I was only twen- '
ty years younger. I’d certainly have a
small chicken ranqh.’’
I must not forget to say how perfect
those young chickens were at weaning
time. Everything is kept scrupulously
clean and water in the troughs is
changed three times a day.
CONSEKVTNG STRING BEANS.
I was interested to see large quanti
ties of snap beans strung and drying
in the shade when I visited a Bartow
county farm house a few days ago. The
lady of the house told me she dried
surplus beans in the same way last
year and they were good eating in the
winter time. ,
The beans were young and tender.
She strung them as for dinner (to be ,
boiled), and then took a coarse needle
with a long thread and strung them
* like beads, to be hung on the wall in
the shade under the piazza roof. It
was astonishing that she could accu
mulate such a quantity so early in the
season.
After tjiese tender young beans were
cured in the shade she puts them away
in sacks until the cold weather. She
soaks the dried pods before cooking, for
several hours, and then boils them for
the table. I have for a long time known
that beans and green corn are among
the very difficult foods to be safely pre
served for winter. I have found that
they should be cooked almost done
enough to eat or they will not keep
at all.
If the tender snap beans can be prop
erly dried, like fruit and okra are dried
in farm homes, there will be a difficult
problem solved very satisfactorily.
We need simple, easy methods, and 1
had never seen this plan in operation
before .
Maybe some of our country-home
readers have more acquaintance with
the plan than I have.
Governor Dorsey in Cartersville.
The colored people, with their food
demonstrators, had a rally in our town
last Saturday—and I was invited by
them to be present. It gave me real
pleasure to attend, because, the war
crisis seems to be upon our country and 1
I have been doing my little utmost to
encourage the colored men to invest
their savings in land—and the women
to make everything that caji be pro
duced in the home, the. gardens and
pa tches.
My experience in the civil war has
remained fresh in my memory, and we
only managed to save some land and
my household was clothed by hard
work, with looms, spinning wheels and
the saving of everything that could
make a quilt, or a rag carpet. The time
to save has come again—and the col
ored people should utilize their own
savings. Mrs. Neel, ihe president of
the Baptist Woman’s Missionary union,
made the colored women a stirring ap
peal, before the arriva lof the governor,
with School Superintendent Brittain and
Commissioner J. J. Brown, of the agri
cultural department.
These gentlemen gave the colored
folks and the white visitors some val
uable information on the numbers of
colored youths who had gone into the
military service, and of their willing
ness to go, and their loyalty. I am ,
certain the effect was very good. When
the government called colored soldiers
by the draft law, they must be well
equipped, well cared for in sickness and
health, and given a good opportunity
to make good in the army. Right or
wrong, the government’s action must be
fully recognized and sustained in mat
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to be told that these colored soldiers
are doing good service, on the battle
lines in France and Italy.
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