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6 “The Heart of Midlothian” BY SIR WALTER SCOTT (Condensation by T. L. Hood of Harvard University.) Walter Scott was born in Edinburg on August 15, 1771. His 'father was a lawyer, the first of the Scott line to leave the open country rfor the town. x For a man who wrote such a prodigious amount, Scott was surprisingly late in getting started. He was*thirty-four years old when his first original work appeared, “The Lay of the Last Min \ strel.” From that moment until his death, on September 21, 1532, he was, with the possible exception of Byron, the most popular writer in English. > - When the public seemed to be tiring of his long romances in verse, he turned to novel writing, and in 1814, when he was forty-three, he came into his career of greatness with “Waverley.” For eighteen years novel after novel followed in rapid succession, stirring romances of history or colorful tales of Scottish life. They were all published annonymouely until the financial disaster of 1825 made it seem wise to reveal the author's name. Fully a dozen of the Waverley Novels, if not more, might be included in any list of 100 novels, and many loyal lovers of Scott would even then think that one or two more might be added. He was. as Stevensoif, remarked, “the king of the lomances.” “Waverley,” “Ivanhoe,” “The Heart of Midlothian” and “Ken ilworth” are representative of Scott at his best. But “Old Mortal ity,” “Quentin Durward,” “The Talisman,” “Guy Mannering,” “The Fortunes of Nigel,” “The Antiquary,” “St. Ronan’s Well,” “Rob Roy” and indeed others have all been ranked as favorites among the innumerable admirers of the romances written by “the Wizard of the* North.” “•The Heart of Midlothian,” by many called the finest of the Waver ley novels, was ” published anony mously in 1818. It takes its name from the Tolbooth, or old city jail, in Edinburg (pulled down in 1815), the “stony heart” of Midlothian, which reared its ancient front in the very middle of the High street of the city. On the afternoon of September 8, 1736, Reuben Butler, assistant mas ter of the school at Libberton, and licensed minister of the gospel, ■ - -found himself in unexpected trouble. First "of all, he had become entan gled with the crowd of good citizens of Edinburg in the Grassmarket, inurmuring at the postponement of the execution of Captain John Por teous, of the City Guard. They were still in the heat of anger from the events of the precedfng day, when the crowd, some of whom were at —-tempting to cut down the body of “Scotch” Wilson, the famous smug gler. Several innocent citizens had been killed. Now that the chief of- ■ fender seemed likely to escape, there was no knowing what the mob might do. The quiet young pedagogue would gladly have returned to Lib berton. Then, to his consternation, he learned that Deans, the younger and more charming sister of his sweetheart, Jeanie Deans, was imprisoned in the Tolbooth. • When he had last seen Effie more than a year before, she had been a beautiful and blooming girl, the lily of Saint Leonard’s. Many a traveler past her father’s cottage had stopped his horse on the eve of entering Edinburg, to gaze at her as she tripped by him, with her milk pail poised on her head, bearing herself so erect, and stepping so light and . free under her burden that it seemed rather an ornament than an incum brance. Now the poor girl, scarce eighteen years of age, lay in tjie Tol booth charged with child-murder. The facts were that after working for ar time in a shop in' Edinburg, lhe unhappy prisoner had disap- < > x t Ends Stubborn Coughs % < ’ in a Uurrg t For real effectiveness, this old v < * home-made remedy has no equal, w Easily and cheaply prepared. 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In every instance you I J v-.ua get pure, iresh goods of tho very highest quality. So ! SAVE send the cocpon fortbetrial order today. ‘ „ j Aaaresc Big 4 @r®cssy C®. Lprweofi’c. J. ’ peared for a space of a week, and then made her appearance before - her sister at Saint Leonard’s in a s state that rendered Jeanie only too , certain of her misfortune. But to , all questions she had remains! mute I , as the grave, until the officers of jus- j s tice had come to apprehend her. I ! Before Reuben Butler could see her, the Tolbooth was closed; and , before he could escape from the city -a crowd of rioters compelled him to I return with them to the jail to ad , minister the last rites to Porteous, . whom they dragged forth to death. The leader of the mob, a young > man disguised in woman’s clothes, , seized a moment in the midst of the - turmoil in the jail to beg Effie to • escape. “For God’s sake—for your ! own sake—for my sake—flee, or s they’ll take your life,” was all that i he had time to say. ' The girl gazed after him for a ’ moment, and then, faintly mutter ’ ing, “Better tyne life, since tint is gude fame,” she sunk her head upon her hand, and remained, seemingly, “ as unconscious as a statue of the - noise and tumult which passed ! around her. In the morning, on his way to see; ’ Jeanie and her father at Saint Leon- I ; ard’s, Butler encountered in the . King’s park a young man of noble : bearing, but strangely agitated, who ! , bade him “tell Jeanie Deans that, ' when the moon rises, I shall expect , to met her at Nicol Muschat’s Cairn, . beneath Saint Anthony’s chapel.” [ After attempting in vain to in ,. duce Jeanie to explain the message, j he returned to visit Effie again, in . the Tolbooth, only to be compelled, • on his arrival there, to tell the whole ; [ story, lest he be convicted of guilt' , in the Porteous attain. And then he was sent home, under bail not to , leave Libberton, nor to communi ' cate with any member of the family of Effie Deans. ; - But if his experiences were to him , incomprehensible, they were by no . means so to the authorities. By piec- | ing together his testimony with that | of others, they rightly determined I that the stranger in the King’s park, I the leader of the Porteous mob, and , the father of Effie’s child were one'■ and the same person; namely, Geor- ■ die Robertson, tomrade of Wilson; the smuggler, and but lately escaped from the very prison in which Effie Beans was now confined. Accord-! ingly, they planned to capture him : that night at Muschat’s Cairn. But; before they could reach that place, ! Robertson had time to beg Jeanie to save her sister at the trial by testl- ; fying that Effie had disclosed to her ' condition. Then he escaped. Merely that slight falsehood would > have removed the case of Effie Deans j from undei’ the letter of the cruel Scotch statute. But Jeanie, stead- j fastly, devoutly truthful, was ut-' terly ijnable to placate her con-; science'in bearing false witness. Nor could the disappointment of Effie. herself, whom she was at last per mitted to visit in the strong-room of! the prison, after her resolution. ‘‘He I wanted that I suld be mansworn,” j she said. “I told him that I daurna ' swear to an untruth.” At thq, trial, when Jeanie was!' brought in to testify, Effie, in human ■ weakness, cried, “O, Jeanie, Jeanie, ’ save me!” But when the solemn oath, "The truth to tell and no truth to conceal, as far as she knew or was ' asked”—was administered “in the ] name of God, and as the witness should answer to God at the great j day of judgment,” Jeanie educated in ; deep reverence for the name of the Deity, vyas elevated above all con- ] siderations save those which she; ' could, with a clear conscience, call ■ Him to witness. And when the ad- ■ vocate came at length to the point , of asking her, “what your sister said [ j ailed her when you inquired?” Jeanie could only answer, “Nothing.” When I I the sentence was pronounced by the ’ ! Effie’s own eyes were 1 i the only dry ones in the court. “God ( f i forgive ye, my lords,” she said, “and ’ dinna be angry wi’ me for wishin’ it ; —we a’ need forgiveness.” The next morning found Jeanie ; Deans traveling alone and afoot on I I the long road to London ”to see the i Queen’s face that gives grace,” and beg for her sister’s pardon. Her tar tan screen served all the purposes i of a riding habit, and of an umbrel la; a small bundle contained such . changes of linen as were absolutely ' i necessary. She had a few guineas, • and a letter from Reuben Butler to i the Duke of Argyle, whose grand father had been under obligations of ? the deepest to the famous Bible But- ' - ler, grandfather of the poor assistant ' f schoolmaster, now sick at Libberton. ' She passed luckily, on the whole, i r through so weary and dangerous a journey, and at length, through the intercession of the duke, secured the , pardoq which she sought. i Before she reached Scotland, Effie ATLANTA El7't-VVUIfILLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY, DSCEMEER 16, lOIP. Low Tax Assessments Charged to Ninety-Six Counties in Georgia That ninety-six counties in Geor gia have assessed tax values of less than 32 per cent qfi real tax values and that these -Counties will be re quired next year to assess their property for not less than 35 per cent of the real value, was one of the statements made Friday by Tax < Commissioner Henry Fullbright to a state-wide meeting of county tax of ficials held in the house of repre sentatives. When asked fcr particulars, Com missioner Fullbright read the list of the ninety-six counties and gave the figures in each case. Among these were Wilcox, with average land val ues of $35 an acre and average as sessments of $7.84 an acre, and Greene county, with average land value of $45 an acre and average assessments of $9.04 an acre. Commissioner Fullbright frankly admitted that an average assess ment of 35 per cent is far tha legal requirement of 100 per cetr. but he thought it a fair average i” view of the fact »that no county in Georgia assesses values on a 100 per cent basis. Georgia must have additional reve nues to meet the growing require ments of all departments, and the only way to get jt is by raising as sessments in counties where the av erage is very low, Commissioner Fullbright explained. The meeting ; was wel lattended and the county tax officials manifested a willingness j to co-operate with the state authori | ties in equalizing assessments. Winter Wheat Acreage Shows Large Decrease WASHINGTON. Dec. I?.—Winter wheat acreage this fall shows a heavy decrease compared with that planted a year ago, the department of agriculture’s first esti mate of the area, issued today, placing it at 38,770.000 acres, which is 11.719.000 acres, or 23.20 per cent less than 1918 sow ings. Last year’s acreage was a record one in response to government requests and because of the guaranteed price for wheat. This year's acreage, however, is the fourth largest ever planted. No estimate of winter wheat production is made by the goverament until spring but tlie condition of the crop on December 1 was 4 points lower than the ten-year average and 13 points below last year's De cember 1 condition, being 85.2 per cent of a normal. There was an equal falling off in the acreage of rye fhis year, the area being 5.530,000 acres, which is 1,702.000 acres. 23.5 per cent, less than last year’s fall planting. ' The winter wheat area sown this fall |s 38,770.000 acres, the department of agrl -1 culture announced today. That is 50,489,- 000 acres less than the revised estimated area sown in the fall of 1918. The con dition of the crop December 1 was 85.2 per cent of a normal, compared with 98.5 on December 1 last year. 79.3 in 1917 and 89.5 the ten-year December 1 average. The' area sown to rye is estimated at 5,- 530,000 acres, compared with 7,232.000 acres the revised estimated area sown in the fall of 1918. The condition of the crop De cember 1 was 89.8 per cent of a normal compared with 89.0 on December 1 last year, 84.1 in 1917 and 91.6, the ten-year December 1 average. Carpentier Challenges Dempsey for Bout PARIS, France.—George Carpen tier has issued a challenge to Jack Dempsey for a bout for the heavy weight championship of the world. Liberty Bond Market NEW YORK, Dec. 15. —Prices of Liberty bonds at 2:55 p. m. today were: 3%’s, 99.26. First 4’s, 93.54. Second 4’s, 91.52. First 4%’s. 93.82. Second 4%’s, 91.80. Third 4%’s, 93.80. Fourth 4%’s, 91.68. 1 Victory 3%’s, 98.92. Victory 4%’s, 98.06. sugaiTmaSket NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—Rad sugar, steady; centifugal, 9.28; refined, seady; , cu loaf, 10.50; crushed, 10.25; mould A, i 9.00; cubes, 9.75; XXXX powdered, 9.20; ' sandard powdered, 9.15; fine grannlaed and | diamond A, 9.00; confecioners’ A, 8.90; 1 No. 1, sos sugar, 8,85; all old crop prices. ' had eloped with her lover, who was ; in reality George Staunton son of !an English nobleman. The sisters, | who had last met when Effie was sit ting on the benfeh of tne condemned, did not meet again for many years, I though Lady Staunton wrote sorne : times to Jeanie—now Mrs, Butler, j wife of Mr. Reubzen Butler, pastor ; of Knocktarllte. ! Finally, by chance, Sir George i learned that Meg Murdockson, who liiad attended Effie in her Illness, had l not murdered the child, as they had I always supposed. He traced the ' boy to a certain troop of vagabonds, of which Black Donald was the chief. ! In an affray with Black Donald’s i men, Sir George was shot by a 1 young lad called “The Whistler,” i who proved to be the lost son. The ilad disappeared, and escaped to I America. Lady Staunton, overcome i by the tragedy, after vain efforts to ! drown her grief’ in society, retired !to a convent in France. Although : she took no vows she remained ! there until her death. But her in fluence at court accomplished much ' for the children of her sister Jeanie, who lived happily on in the good parish with which the bounty of the i Duke of Argyle had provided her ' husband. \ The Heart of Midlothian is no table for having rather fewer im . portant characters, a smaller va riety of Incidents, and less descrip tion of scenery than most of Scott’s novels. One of the most remarkable scenes in all fiction is the meeting of the two sisters prison mder : the eyes of the jailer Ratcliffe. The i interview of Jeanie with Queen , Caroline is also most noteworthy, j There is much humor at the expense of the Cameronian wing of the Pres byterian faith in Scotland. In this ‘ work also appears the strange char acter of Madge Wildfire, daughter 'of the old crone. Meg Murdockson. ■ Into her mouth is put the famous ! song, “Proud Maisie Is in the Wood.” I Copyright, 1919, by Post Publish- ■ ing Co. (The Boston Post.) ' Published by Special arrangement with the McClure Newspaper Syndicate. All rights reserved | COTTON | NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—The cotton market was unsettled and irregular at the opening today with first prices 40 points lower on April and 10 points higher to 8 points lower on other months. The more optimistic feel ing over peace treaty prospects which had been a factor on the advance of Saturday, seemed to find little encouragement in from Washington and there was selling by some of Saturday’s buyers. Liverpool and "clomestic trade* interests were buyers of the near months, however, and after selling off to 35.35 for January and 21.75 for Hay, or 20 to 28 points net lower, active months rallied on covering. The steadi uess of foreign exchange at the opening and the improved coal situation also helped' prices after the intial decline. Liverpool was the most prominent buyer on the rally from tlie early decline, pre sumably to take profits on straddle accounts before tlie holidays and there was also domestic trade calling which helped the advance to 35.65 for January and 32.10 for Hay, or about 10 to 15 points above Satur day night’s closing. As soon as the close of' the English market shutout arbitrage business, however, places hero weakened in the absence of support witli January selling off to 34.90 or 65 points lower un der a renewal of liquidation. Later de liveries were relatively steady but May broke to 31.60, or 35 points net lower. Trading was quiet during the early aft ernoon and fluctuations were irregular, but the tone was rather steady on the large ex ports for the day, witli January selling around 35.42 and May 31.85, or about 10 13 points net lower. Exports today were the largest so far this season, amounting to 10,697 bales. NEW YORK COTTON The following were the ruling prices on the exchange today: Tone,, steady; middling, 38c, steady. Last 1 rev Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Ckse Jan. .. 35.60 35.90 34.90 35.82 35.80 35.56 Meh. . 33.40 33.86 53.06 33.72 33 72 33.41' May .. 31.93 32.20 31.60 32.08 32.08 31.95 July .. 30.40 30.70 30.20 30.60 30.60 30.4 i Oct. .. 28.35 38.48 27.95 28.48 28.49 Dec. .. 36.50 37.00 35.95 37.00 37.00 36.50 NEW ORLEANS COTTON NEW ORLEANS, pec. 15.—0 n the open ing of the cotton market today there was a considerable accumulation of selling orders and their filling put prices down to the extent of 20 to 33 points, but a good demand sprang up on reports of a strong rise in the foreign exchange market, quotations on sterling exchange which readied here being at an advance of 6 cents. The market firmed up rapidly and at the end of the first half hour of business stood 14 to 29 points higher than the closing level of last week, January trading up to 26.79. The large export movement for the day increased the demand for contracts and the ris ewas widened to 26 to 44 points net. By the middle of the morning total clear ances amounted to 110,006 bales. Special liquidation of January set in and the whole list weakened, the market dropping off to net declines of 8 to 16 points toward the middle of the day. The market turned irregular as the re sult of straddling operations between months, the near months being stronger than the distant on rumors that January longs intended to demand deliveries of large quantities of cotton for hteir con tracts. At T o’clock the market stood 12 points up to 13 points down, compared with the last quotations of Saturday. NEW ORLEANS COTTON The following were the ruilug prices on the exchange today: Tone, steady; middling, 39.75, rteady. Last Frev. Open. High. Ixjw. Sale. Close. Close. Jan. ...36.61 27.40 36.23 37.25 37.20 36.50 Meh. ...33.68 34.45 33737 34.34 34.34 33.68 May ...32.18 32.50 31.82 32.40 32.40 32.18 July ...30.50 30.96 30.30 30.85 30.81 30.55 Oct. ...27.95 28.10 27.95 28.08 28.10 28.00 Dec. ...39.00 40.03 38.90 40.03 39.25 38.90 NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON yellow NEW ORLEANS, ec. 15.—Spot cot ton, steady; 25 points higher. Sales on the spot, 450 bales; to arrive, 394; low mid dling, 33,75; middling, 33.75; middling, 39.75; good middling, 41.50. Receipts, 6,- 564; stock, 435,731. SPOT COTTON MARKET Atlanta, steady, 38.30 c. New York, quiet, 38e. New Orleans, steady, 30.75 c. Philadelphia, steady, 38.25 c. Galveston, steady, 40.40 c. Montgomery, steady, 37.40 c. Boston, steady, 39c. Norfolk, steady, 37c. Savannah, steady, 38c. St. Louis, steady, 39.50 c. Houston, steady, 39.50 c. Memphis, steady, 39.50 c. Augusta, steady, 37c. Little Rock, 38.75. Dallas, steady, 40c. » ATLANTA SPOT COTTON Atlanta spot cotton3B.3oc Receipts l,loO> Shipments None Stocks46,o9l AMERICAN COTTON AND GRAIN EXCHANGE COTTON QUOTATIONS The following were the opening, highest lowest, close and previous closing quotations in tiie American Cotton and Grain Exchange today: Prev. Open. High. Low. Close. Close Jan. ... 35.75 35.91 35.29 35.91 35.80 Mdh. ... 33.65 33.90 33.17 33.90 33.80 May ... 32.15 33.18 31.81 33.18 32.34 July ... 30.65 30.72 30.43 30.72 30.83 Dec. ... 37.51 37.61 37.00 37.61 LIVERPOOL COTTON Tone, steady; sales, 7,000; good mid dling, 28.50 d. Prev. Onen. Close., Close Jan 24.57 24.40 24.32 Feb 24.00 23.83 23.70 March 23.25 23.10 22.95 April 22.52 22.37 22.2 C May 21.66 21.52 21.3. June 20.96 20.81 July 20.55 20.41 20.26 Aug.. 19.96 19.80 19.61 Sept 19.20 19.18 18.87 Oct 18.45 18.45 18.12 Nov 17.95 11.67 Dec 25.30 25.10 25.02 COTTONSEED OIL MARKET NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—The cottonseed oil market closed steady. Prime summer yellow, 19.50; December, 19.01; January. 19.30; February, 19.41; March, 19.86; April, 19.82; May, 20.00; June, 20.03; July, 20.05. Total sales, 33,400. ATLANTA COTTONSEED PRODUCTS MARKETS (Corrected by Atlanta Commercial Ex change.) Cottonseed oil, prime basis $17.50 C. S. meal, 7 per cent ammonia 69.00 C. S. meal, Ga. com. rate point 65.00 Cottonseed hulls, loose 12.00 Ccttonseefl hulls, sacked 16.00 No. 1 linters, 8c; No. 2 linters, 2c. COTTON MARKET OPINIONS E. W. Wagner & Co.: : Bearish factors have now played their part and we look for better values before the new year. S. M. Weld & Co.: “We think cotton is relatively cheap at present prices compared to other commodities and advise purchases.’’ H. L. Carpenter & Co.: “Regardless of the better peace outlook cotton prices seem to have already passed the high water mark and it will be difficult to sustain ad vances.” J. W. Gay : Co.: “It is likely that we will have a further, upturn and advise our friends to take advantage of any further rise to liquidate long contracts." E. F. Hutton & Co.: “Covering move ments such as Saturday are to be expected but we still feel it is inadvisable to follow the long side.” Maury, Rogers & Auchincloss: “Further covering of shorts and bullish operations may give us a temporarily higliei' level, but we do not expect a sustained advance.” JOHN F. CLARK & CO. COTTON LETTER NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 15. —Saturday’s re covery, while mainly due to profit taking by shorts, was, no doubt, influenced by the expected removal of slipping embargoes and fuel restrictions which, it is expected, will lead to very large exports in the near fu ture and possibly more spot demand. Liverpool came better than due. which re vived fear of another decline in sterling, and our market after opening slightly easier declined 30 to 40 points, but another rapid change occurred when first sterling quota tions showed an advance of 5 points over Saturday’s low. Buying was based on the expectation of a better spot demand on the improvement in the exchange rate. This advance brought prices close to the level at which the market stood before publica tion of the bureau estimate and this invit ed selling and a reaction of 40 to 50 points. Exports very large, over 100,000 already posted. This again caused a disposition to support the market. D UA F ii t S S’ Perfect tearing is now be restored in every con- I Lion of deafness or defect e hearing , from causes such as Catarrhal Deafness, L'.laxed or Sunken Drums. Al'fi,’ Tbick.-uod Drums. Roaring c/JSs ,nd Hissing Sounds. Perfor i ted. 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Close. Close. CORN— Decl4o% 141% 140 141% 140% Janl34% 136’/ 8 133% 136 134% May 131% 133 131% 133% 131% o’ats— Dec 77% 78% 77% 78% 77 May 79% 81% 79% 81% 79% PORK— May 34.00 34.10 33.95 34.10 34.05 7LARD— Jan 22.25 22.25 22.05 22.20 22.15 May 22.90 23.00 22.72 22.97 22.80 RIBS— Jan 17.87 18.20 18.17 18.20 17.87 May 18.55 18.67 18.37 18.67 23.37 CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS CHICAGO, Dec. 15.—Cash: mixed, unquoted; No. 3 mixed, new, $1.43%; No. 41 yellow, old, $1.55. Oats—No. 2 white, 82%@83%e; No. 3 white, 79%@82%c. Rye—No. 2, $1.63@1.C3%. Barley—sl.sC@l.67. i Timothy Seed —$8.5O<0!11.50. -Clover Seed— Pork—Nominal. ■ Lard—s22.2o. R lbs—s 17.75 @ 18,50, ST. LOUIS QUOTATIONS ST. LOUIS, Dec. 15.—Corn, No. 3. $1.44% ©1.46; No. 3 white. $1.49: May, $1.33%. Oats, No. 2, 81%@S2c; No. 2 white, 81% Cj,S3c; May, 82%c. NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—Flour—Quiet and unchanged. Pork—Dull; mess, $46.50@47.00. Lard—Quiet and easy; middle west spot, $22.50@22.60. Sugar—Raw, quiet; centrifugal. 98-test, $7.28; refined, quiet; cut loaf, 10.50; crush ed, 10.25; powdered, 9.15: granulated, 9.00. Coffee —Rio No. 7, on spot, 15@15%; San tos 4s, 24@25%c. Tallow —Quiet; specials. 15%; city, 14%. Hay—Dull; No. 1, $1.70; No. 3, sl.4ofe! 1.-15; clover, §1.30@1.40. Dressed Poultry—Quiet; turkeys, 43@5C; chickens, 29@47; fowls, 22@36%; ducks, somi. Live Poultry—Quiet; geese, 27fq)32; ducks, 33@36; fowls, 20@32: turkeys, 35@41; roosters. 22; broilers, 26@30. Cheese—lrregular: state milk, common to specials, 25@33; skims, common to specials, 8@23%. Butter, quiet; receipts, 3.581; creamery, extra. 73c; do. special market. 73%@74c; imitation creamery, firsts, 52@71c; state dairy, tubs, 54@55c. Eggs, steady; receipts, 4,621: near-by white fancy, 89(3)91c; near-by mixed fancy, 75@83c; fresh firsts, 76(§.82c. CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET CHICAGO. Dec. 15.-—Butter, creamery exl -69 c; creamery, standards. 63%@64<j; firsts, 59@65c; seconds, 57@58c. Eggs, ordinaries, 68(®70c; firsts, 75@76. Cheese, twins, 30@30%c; Young Amer icas. 31%(?<31%. Live poultry, fowls. 17@24cc ducks, 24c; geese. 21c; springs, 23c; turkeys, 36c. Potatoes, • ears, 37: Wisconsin, $3.00@ 3.25; Minnesota, $3.00@3.25. Atlanta Live Stock (Corrected by W. H. White, Jr.. President ’ of White Provision Co.) Good to choice steers, 850 to 1,000 pounds, $9.00@9.50. Good steers, 750 to 850 pounds, $8.50@ 8.75. Medium to good steers, 750 to 850 pounds. $7.50@8.50. Good to choice beef cows, 750 to 850 pounds, $6.75@7.50. Medium to good cows, 650 to 750 pounds, $6.25 @6.75. Good to choice heifers, 550 to 650 pounds $6.00@7.00. The above represents tlie ruling prices for good, quality fed cattle. Inferior grades and dairy types quoted below. Medium to good steers, 700 to 800 pounds, Medium to good cows, 000 to 700 pounds. 55.50@6.50. Mixed common cows, $4.50@5.50. Good fat oxen. $7.0(J@7.50. Good butcher bulls, s6.oo<ff)7.oQ. Choice veal calves, $5.50@8.0(T. Yearlings, $4.50@6.00. Prime hogs, 165 to 225 pounds, $11.50. Light hogs, 135 to 165 pounds. $10.50. Heavy pigs, 100 to 135 pounds. $9.50. T ight pigs, 60 to 100 pounds, $8.75. Tiie above applies to good quality fed hogs. LIVE STOCK BY WIRE EAST ST. LOUIS, Dec. 15.—Cattle—Re ceipts. 10,000, including no Texans: market lower; native beef steers, $15.60®19.25: yearling steers and heifers. $l4.00@15.00; cows, $9.50(3; 10.25; stockers and feeders, $10.00@10.25; calves, $14.50@16.00. Hogs—Receipts, 19.000; market 25@30c higher; butchers. $13.40@13.90; good and heavy, $13.75013.90; rough, $11.50012.50; light, $13.50013.75; pigs, $12.50@13.50; bulk. $13.40013.80. Sheep—Receipts. 4.500; market steady; clipped ewes, $8.5009.25; lambs, $16,250 16.60; ennners and choppres, $5.0006.00. CHICAGO, Dec. 15.—Hogs—Receipts, 42,000: active; higher; bulk. $13.50013.70; top, $13.75: medium, $13.50013.75; pigs, $12.25 0 13.25. Cattle—Receipts, 28,000; slow; beef steers, $8.00020.75; butcher cattle. $6.25@ 15.00; veal calves, $16.50017.50; feeder and stocker steers, $6.00012.25. Sheep—Receipts, 32.000: higher; lambs, $11.50017.35; ewes, $4.50010.25. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 15.—Hogs—Re ceipts, 3.100; 25c to 50 chigher; 120 pounds up. $13.75; pigs, 120 pounds down, $13.00; throwouts, $12.50 down. Cattle—Receipts. 2.100; slow, uneven: heavy steers, $12.00014.00; beef steers, $8.0001.50: heifers, $8.00012.00; cows, $5.00010.50; feeders, $9.0011.25; Stock ers. $7.0010.00. Sheep—Receipts, 15; steady; lambs, $12.50; sheep, $6.00. SHEPARD & GLUCK COTTON LETTER NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 15.—Early strength of cotton today was due to the better tone of foreign exchange while later the market 'fell off under liquidation from the long side, with special selling of January prob ably prompted by tlie rumor that January longs would demand cotton for their con tracts. Large exports, 110,000 bales in the early hours, were a source of steadiness. In a few days ginning will again be a matter of interest as the next report is due this week Saturday. It looks like a trading mar ket at the moment. NAVAL STORES SAVANNAH, Ga., Dec. 15.—Turpentine, firm, 158 sales 178; receipts, 157; ship ments, 174; stock, 13,418. Rosin, firm; sales JS’2; receipts 741; ship ments, 1.994; stock. 49,108. Quote: B, D, E, F, 16.20; G. 16.20016.25: H, 16.25: I, 17.00; K. 18.25: M, 18.75; N‘, 19.75; WG, 20.50; WW, 21.60. METAL MARKET NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—Copper, steady: electrolytic, spot, nearby 18%018%; first quarter, 18%019. Iron, steady; No. 1 southern. 36.00038.00. Antimony, 9.75. Metal” exchange quotes lend firm: spot and .January, 7.10 bid: 7.30, asked. Zinc, firm; East St. Louis delivery, spot, 8.20 bid; 8.30, asked. At London: Spot copper, 103 pounds 7s 6:1: futures, 104 pounds 17s 6d; electrolytic, spot, 114 pounds: futures. 117 pounds; tin, spot. 315 pounds 2 s 6.1; futures, 316 pounds 12s 6d: lead, spot, 39 pounds 12s 6d; fu tures. 39 pounds, 15s; zinc, spot, 52 pounds l"s; futures. 53 pounds 7s 6d. Wheat and Flour Exports Wheat, including flour, exports from the United States and Canada for the week ending December 11. reported to Brad street’s, aggregate 6,706.169 bushels, against 8,534.146 bushels last week and 11.837,039 bushels in this week last year. For the twenty-four weeks ending December 11. ex ports are 153.747,749 bushels, against 175.- 620,858 bushels in 1918. Corn exports for the week are 23,199 bushelys. against 15.- 529 bushels last week and 162.520 bushels in the like week of 1918. For the twenty four weeks ending December 11 corn ex ports are 1.111.403 bushels, against 11,- 704,723 bushels in 1918, Cold Weather General WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—C01l weather was general throughout the country today except on thA eastern slope of the Ro kies and in extreme southern Florida and south ern California with the line of freezing tem peratures extending southward to tlie Car olinas and Georgia coast and along the Gulf of Mexico. Below zero temperatures were recorded in the extreme northern por tion of the middle western states. The weather will be colder tonight and Tuesday in Florida, with freezing temper ature tonight as far south as the cen ral portion. Low temperatures will continue elsewhere east of the Mississippi river dur ing the next thirty-six hours. Failures Last Week Commercial failures last week hi the United Stales, as reported by R. G. Dun & Co., are 126 against 143 last wee':. 100 in the preceding week, and 169 the corre sp: nding week last year. Failures in Can ada number 16 against 16 last week. 19 the preceding week, an! 21 last year. Os fail ures this week in the United States. 51 were in the east. 52 south. 23 west, and 20 in the Pacific states, and 4S reported lia bilities of $5,000 or more, against .57 last $350,000,000 Value of Georgia Cotton Crop; Highest on Record The Empire State’s cotton crop is at 1 once the poorest but the most valuable ever produced, according to tlie final re port of the Co-operative Crop Reporting service, formed by a union of tlie Georgia department of agriculture. Hon. J. J. Brown, commissioner, with the U. S. bu real of crop estimates, Z. R. Pettet, field agent. This combination of minimum crop with a maximum price requires little explana tion. The world’s demand for our greatest product and tiie comparative shortage, re sulting from a bad season an 1 weevil de vastation, are directly responsible. Then, too, the Georgia farmer has been in such good slfljpe financially, that under aggres sive leadership, he has been to hold his cotton until he cohid ge/ what he thought it was worth. While the northern portion of the sta’e has profited exceedingly by this splendid price, so great were the ravages of the boll weevil in the southern two-thirds of the state and so low the yield, that no very great profit was made. Indeed, a very , large portion of the farmers, after paying increased fertilizer and labor prices, could ’ hardly be said to have made any money at , all. Weevil Devastated South Georgia ’ During the past season we have traced the damage done fey the boll weevil” month by meflth, week by week, and almost by day, measuring and charting the dam age more closely than ever before. A study of the data in connection with the final yields per acre, show that where the weevil was present and doing marked dam age by August 1, the yield was more than cut in two and average less than 100 pounds per acre. Beyond this line the production increased rapidly and in direct proportion to the absence of weevil infestation, in most cases making a very good crop where the insect arrived late. Too strong em phasis cannot be placed on the influence of this dreadful pest, because practically all of our cotton belt is now infested and with a mild minter, the weevil will cover the state in force by August 1, 1920, with re sultant conditions very comparable with those of the present season (provided, of I course, the breeding season of 1920 is sim ilar to that of the past year). Early Season Very Favorable The crop started out under favorable aus pices, though several days late over the major portion of the state. Germinatimi ’ conditions were exceedingly good and the stands were tiie best I Inive ever seen. The color of the pltns was exceptional and the few cold spells did not set it back much. The cultivation and cotton chopping were both very backward and grass had obtained a coisiderable start by June 1. The back wardness of tlie crop in south Georgia would ’ have been of little importance were it not ' for the fact that every day’s delay gave the weevil a better chance at it. In a large part of the state, notably ths ' southeastern 'third, there was a heavy cut in acreage. Th’ts was largely offset by in ’ creases in the southwest where the peanut industry had been unsatisfactory the pre ceding year, and in the northern section, which was supposed to be beyond the pros pective line of weevil invasion. Latest ' returns seem to indicate that in this re gion, the acreage was somewhat larger than we have previously estimated. Sea Island Cotton Almost Destroyed In the southeast there was a heavy re duction of acreage in the little sea island belt, resulting from the terrible damage of the year before. By July 1, the weevil was so plentiful that most of the remain ing patches were’ plowed up so that our crop of this wonderful staple has -+een practically destroyed. The present outlook is far under a thousand bales, and even : of this small residue, some belongs to a different classification, being hybrid or I Meade eotton. (In 1916 we made 77,981 bales of sea island). June rains caused a heavy drop in cotton prospects. Tlie fields became sb wet in the lower sections that tlie farmers could not get in to clean out the grass. The moisture had one other and still more iftipcr tant effect, it favored the multiplication of tire weevil. By June 25, nearly three fifths of the lower part of the state were reporting damage and tills had already be come very severe in the lower counties. Tremendous Rains in July , A very great excess' of moisture during July prevented cleaning the field and pro moted weevil multiplication. By August 1, the weevil damage line extended across ’ the state from LaGrange through Waynes boro. It is south Os this line that we now liave to record a yield of below 200 pounds per acre and in most instances of belbw 100. In other words, where the weevil was plen tiful by August 1, the cotton crop was less than half the usual amount apd practically no young cotton escaped on the plants after that date. By this time the destruction in the sea island belt waa so complete that our report to Washington on that date con tained the following sentence: “Sea is land cotton plowed up in all of this terri tory. Will have little of this type left by the end of season. This long staple is as dead as the Dodo.” Disaster Overtakes the Crop What the Huns did to the Belgians, 1 the boll weevil did to our defenceless cot ton. Day by day, almost hour by hour, reports of destrpetion poured in as the tide of advance moved steady northward. We ’ will not go into the delorcus details, but f will merely mention the fail from the high • condition mark of 67, July to 49, the first l of October. , , . • No greater decline ever recorded to the state of Georgia, this meant the loss of f hundreds of thousands of bales and millions 1 of dollars. I Weather Conditions 1 nr the latter nart of September condi- ’ By the latter pari or oepieim/er wum i Cl. A55 I F IE D A DVERTISEMENTS WANTED HELP—MaIe. '' HE a detective. Excellent opportunity, good pay;- travel. Write C. T. Ludwig, 16b ‘ Westover bldg., Kansas City, Mo. r MEN—Age 17 to 45; experience unneces sary; travel; make secret investigations. • reports; salaries; expenses. 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Colors green, pink and ' blue. sl6 per day easily made by bus ,. tling agents. Write for territory. Sample prepaid $1.50. E. Condon, 12 Pearl St., Boston. Mass. MAKE and sell your own goods. Formulas e by expert chemists. Manufacturing pro n cessts and trade secrets. Write for formula 0 catalog. Brown Mystic Co., Washington, District of Columbia. e NOVELTY spray and force pump, for ex tinguishing fires, washing buggies, autos. 1 windows, spraying trees, lawns, gardens, 0 hifing bees, disinfecting hen roosts: agepts making $25 daily. Write for liberal terms. t Phillips Publishing Co., Atlanta, Ga. I tions had somewhat improved in the north ' ern belt and this continued till the end of the season. The upper part of the state has made a yield per acre in excess of last season and this helps to raise an otherwise disastrous average. Our production this year per unit is lower than for many seasons. The per acre yield since ’66 is appended for com parison. Georgia Cotton Yield Per Acre Year Yield Year Yield Year Yield 1866 117 1884 135 1902 165 1867 170 1885 ' 150 1903 158 1868 147 188 G 137 1904 205 1869 150 1887 154 1905 200 1870 173 1888 156 .1906 165 1871 120 18S9 1"5 1907 190 1872 - 180 1871; 184 155 1909 184 1874 13C. 1892 160 1910 173 1875 126 1893 136 .1911 240 1876 151 1804 155 1912 159 1877 138 189;> 152 1913 208 1878 161 * 1-81’8 .122 1914 230 1879 156 1897 178 1915 189 1880 '63 1893 183 1916 165 1881 1-15 .1899 159 1917 173 1882 146 1900 172 1918 188 1883 123 1901 167 More than three hundred thousand acres of cotton was abandoned, during the season, according to our correspondents. Some of this occured before making the official esti mate on June 25, but a large portion lias been plowed aip since that time, equalling almost, three times the usual loss. As might be expected, the abandonment is greatest where cotton is the poorest and can be easily discerned from the sketches showing regions of low yields. Brice of Cotton The price of cotton to tlie farmer on De cember 1 was far in excess of any recent figure and to this fact we may attribute the tremendous total value of Georgia’s crop for the season. It is now estimated at around $350,000,000. of which about $288,- 000,009 represents cotton and 62,000,000 cot ton seed. (Linters are included in the gen eral classification seed valuation.) Price per pound and total valuation of cotton for the past several years offer very interesting points of contract. For exam ple. our largest cotton crop, that of 1914, brotig'.i 0.n1.c 6.9 per pound and was worth only $87,'384.000. Another astonishing fea ture which will illustrate both the growth in relative importance and in absolute val uation of Georgia’s crop is. that it is great er than the value of twenty cottsn crops of the whole United States. Price Total produc- Yenr. per lb. tion bales. Valuation. .. .. 11.2 1,812,173 19'1 .... 5.9 2,794,293 11912 .. .. 12.4 1,812,778 $105,266,000 I 1913 .. .. 12.8 2,346,237 189.135.000 1914 .... 6.9 2,723,994 87.384,000 191.5 .. .. 11.4 1,937,880 103,513,000 11’16 .. .. 19.9 1,852,104 181,183,000 1017 .. .. 23.8 1,885,054 271,283,000 1918 .. .. 27.5 2.120.590 288,750,000 Add to tins the value <0 the cotton seed, which is much greater than ever before, and we have a total so large that it will in sure Georgia’s remaining in its relatively high position among the states on a basis pt crop valuation. While lhe above figure--, me not as accurate an indication as usual W- m tow m Ws ro w 170 CT3IEK SCHOOL CAN C?7EK THIS SPECIALIZED AWTOMO3XLE AND FARM TRACTOR THAINING. 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Give loca tion. description and cash price. James P. , White, New Franklin. Mo. i FOP. . £AJt?—... ■ i 7?ENTfTpLT>r COTTON—Heaviest fruiting I and fastest yielding of big boll varieties. , Record three bales.per acre. Write for facts - end proofs from your own state. Special prices on cn-ly orders for seed. Write me today. It. S. T.mhardt. Carnesville, Gn. KING’S Earlv improved Cotton Seed: 90-day 1 cotton. Poll weevil smasher. Cotton the ’ wise farmer plants. Makes cotton before boll weevil makes appearance. Wake up. • Cash in on high cotton. Plant King’s Early > Improved S'“d grown in famous «"ed dis trict of North Carolina. Season Ideal for saving planting seed. Fa-lies’, quickest ma turing. most productive variety known. ’ Write so- facts and special price on early n-do-s. K f ng Co*l'-n Co.. Lavonia, G.a. . I!” \ Vir-’T FRI TTING , COTTON—Earliest , big boll staple. 1% inch. 40 per cant lint. | Poco-d b-eakor in drouth sections. NO POT.T, i i WFEVTTS. NO D’SEASES. A customer In Afeibamn refuses per bushel Write us i Yon will save money. Snoclnl nrioes on , early orders for seed. Lenhardt Seed Co., i ■ Carnesville. Ga. | r ; HEAVY Frn’ter Cotton: record four bales i ,*l per nc-e. 40 hot’s to pound. 46 per cent ; ; lint- stan’.e. I v -inch. Write for sac’s. I i proofs and special price on early orders for I s'>ed. Heavy Fruiter Seed Co., Carnesville. , Georgia. ’ SWAT.L lot shelled corn. $1.75 per bushel . , sacked, f. o, b. here. Send check for ; what you want. Lang & Co., Omega, G.a. j ‘ ANTONS _ J SEGA it SHORTAGE--Don’t worry over it : Bu-, nu-e Georgia Cane syrnn- nothing but ■ pure juice of tl>e sugar cane bodied down tn a mild-fla’-ored. bright, ’hick syrup. Tn , ' now 35-ga!lon barrels. (sl.lO per g-’ltonl. > $38.50 nor barrel f. o. b. Georgia shipp’ng . i points. It’s good to “sop,” good to cook with. sweetens coffee. M-ke your order today. ’ James L. Mauld'n, Cairo, Ga. FRESH country butter, two pounds deliv -1 cred by parcel post for $1.25. Larger lots I I 60c per pound. T ang & Co.. Omega, Ga. I - .SAWMIT IS, corn mills, shingle mills, water j a ’ wheels, engines. DeLoaeh Co., 54.9. At- i , Inn’o, Ga. MOVING PICTIBES ’ MAKE money fast: srn.nl> capital starts you witl; eimra'nfeed professional moving pic -1 tnre machine Complete outfit -.n easy pay ’ rnenls. No experience needed Catalogue free Im- t !>. Monmcji Theater Supply Service. 420 M.o-ket street. St. Fzuiis. Mn FCR FA’gJ—DOGS 5 A FFW good coon ani opossum h-iunds left, . wi’l sell eheap. Write H. D. Coppedge, J Griffin, Ga. of our relative standing as usual, because our crops were harvested earlier than eve? before, it will nevertheless prove a very ln-> foresting index of the rise in farm pfoducltf I in the past few years. Very little cotton remains In the fields, being chiefly confined to small patches in , the upper valleys. The correspondents tell us that cotton is more closely picked and ' (he harvest more nearly completed than ever before in history. This la due to three J things: First, weevil got all the southern top crop: second, north Georgia cotton was I early and top crop was cut by drouth, , third, the crop was so short it was easily ' taken care of. We need not expect any I material increase in the crop from this date forward. ' c Our forecast is in terms of gross equiva lent 500-pound bales, which means that the tales/ indicated weigh 500 pounds, includ ing tme tare,, or that they coal ate approx -1 mately 478 pounds of eotton. The running 5 bales in Georgia often differ materially from 8 the average equivalent 500 pound bale. A x 5 difference in weight sometimes makes a 0 | difference of as much as 30,000 bales in 5 i the Georgia figure. . 9 I ' t U. S. Corn Estimate Is § 2,917,540,000 Bushels ® WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—The total rmu» of the country’s important farm crops this " year aggregates $14,092,740,000, the depart “ ment of agriculture estimated today, in its final report. That compares with $12,600- 5 526.000. the aggregate value of last year's s crops, as finally revised. The total area f ■ planted in these principal crops is placed s at 3*9,124.473 acres, compared with 356.- 497.162 last year. £ Tiie total produetion and value, based on l " prices paid to. .Armors December •1, of • 5 the various crops, follow: i S (Production in bushels except where oth- ' 1 erwiae specified.) t Corn. 2.917.450,000 nnd $3.934.234,000. e Winter wheat, 731,616,000 and $1,513,- 8 452.000. Spring wheat, 209,351,009. and $485,070,- 000. H Oats, 1.248.310.000 and $895,603,009. t Rve, 88,478.000 and $119,041,000. e Rice. 41,059.000 and $109,613,000. p Potatoes, 357.901.000 and $577,581,000. t Sweet potatoes, 103,570,000 and $138.08.5,- ,- OGO. Hay (tame), 91,326.000 tons and $1,839,- i- 967.000. Hay (wild), 17,3-10,000 tons and $239,120,- f 000. y Tobacco, pounds and $512,- 4 i- 547,000. ’ I. Cotton, 11,030,000 bales and $1,977,073,000. h Cotton seed, 4,898,000 tons and $355,- i- 540.000. h Peanuts. 83,263,000 and $79,839,000. 1- Beans (six states), 11,488,000 and $19,- t- 181,000. . 'S Peaches, 51.340.000 and $97,528,000. * Oranges ('colifornia and Florida), 23,916,- 000 boxee-ftnd $64,109,000. i)V °i <1 - platefl 0 Lavalliere and i> Chain, pair 0 S 3 Earbobs, Gold- « ’MI plated Expan- 0 M sion Bracelet WW with I m. :1 v Watch, gr-’.r- I?anteed quality , s Qatert Rings ALL FREE for selling only 15 s tueces Jewelry at to cents each. Columbia 1 Novelty Co.. Dept. 244, East Boston, Mass. BL J a pork for Christmas. Shipped live ■ or Any size you want. Small live hogs, Uc pound; dressed, 16%c. Large size live, 15c; dressed, 18c. Crated or wrap ped ready for shipment. Send check for " size you want. Lang & Co., Omega, Ga. Tift county. FARM LANDS FOB SALE FRUIT AND STOCK FARM. FINE for dairy, stock and fruit; 000 acres; improved machinery, well stocked ami watered; 4 dwellings, 10 tenant houses and 4 barns; fenced with hog wire; 130 acres in peaches, which ripen ten days ahead of the famous Georgia crop, bringing a fancy price. Crop sold $35,000 last season. Will grow cotton, corn, cane, peaches, oranges, straw berries, figs and all kinds of hay crop-;. En tire crop netted owner $50,000 last season, f No better stock farm in south: only 23 ml.es from the gulf, located on main line of L. & N. Ry., within 300 yards of station; 50 miles from Mobile or Pensacola. Wrfle for detailed description and price. J. W. Bee son, Meridian, Miss. . ~~ ~PATENTS ,3 TxTTnI Ui:.? stiould write tor our guide book, "Him to Gel Yotu Patent tells terms ant*, methods. Send sketch for our . opinion of patentable nature. Randolph ft Co., Dept 60, Wastuilgton. D. C. MASON. FENWICK A LAWRENCE, Wash- Ington, D. C. 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