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COTTON
Exchanges to Close
New York, New Orleans and
Liverpool cotton exchanges will
be closed Saturday.
New York cotton, stock,
coffee, produce, sugar and cot
tonseed oil, Boston, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, Kansas City and St.
Louis markets and the Chicago
Board of Trade, will be closed
Monday on account of Decoration
day.
New Orleans and Liverpool
cotton exchanges will be open for
business as usual on Monday.
NEW YORK, May 28.—The cotton market
. was very quiet during today's early trading,
with irregular fluctuations. The opening
was steady at a decline of 35 points on No
vember, but generally unchanged to 12
points higher on further scattered covering.
Traders evidently found little in the news
to inspire further fresh commitments of any
importance on the eve of a three-day ad-
JX-arnment. but the better 'ven of the stock
isMTket had a sustaining influence, while
some traders questioned whether a bullish
official condition report had been fully dis
counted. After selling-at 35.45 cat the start.
October eased off to 35.30 c, but later rallied |
to 35.50 c. or about 5 i« hits net higher.
Two more private condition reports were
’lssued, one placing the condition at 64.7.
while the other made it 63.2. and pointed to
a slight decrease in the acreage. These
figures were within the range of recent
rports and failed’ to stimulate the market,
which remained very quiet around midday,
with active months ruling within a few
points of last night’s closing figures. Re
ports from Fall River said business has
been very light during the week but that
manufacturers were generally maintaining
prices.
The market was easier during the early
afternoon under renewed realizing or liquida
tion. July sold off to 37.96 and October
to 35.19, or about 20 to 26 points net lower
on an idea that bullish condition figures
had been discounted and reiterated reports
of unsettled conditions In Japan.
NEW YORK COTTON
The following were the ruling prices tn
the exchange today:
Tone steady; middling, 40c, quiet.
Last Prev
Open. Bigh. Low. Sale. Close. Ci. se
Jan. ...33.80 33.90 33.39 33.39 33.39 33.75
Meh. ...33.45 33.45 32.95 32.95 32.98 33.82
July ...38.25 38.28 37.72 37.75 37.72 38.18
Oct. ...35.45 45.54 35.07 35.07 35.07 35.45
Dec. ...34.45 34.50 34.08 34.08 34.08 34.45
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS, May 28.—1 t was a pre
bureau market irf cotton today, traders being
inclined to wait on the coming first condi
tion report of the *on, and the waiting
tendency was increased by the holiday tomor
row. Weather conditions over the belt were
regarded as highly favorable, and this caused
an early break of 15 to 30 pc.nts; but con
tracts were well absorbed, and an hour after ’
the opening the most active months were 1 I
to 4 points over yesterday’s close. October •
fell off to 35.15 c mid reacted to 35.43 c. •
The forecast called for dry weather over !
the belt generally and offerings increased
somewhat. Some little liquidation over the
holidays came from the long side. Late
in the morning prices were 16 to 25 points
under the finals of yesterday, with July
trading at 38.05 c.
Heaviest selling of the session came to
ward the close and some of it apparently
was for short account, bearish traders ap
pearing to derive considerable satisfaction
from a private bureau riport on condition
of 67.2. Toward the end the trading months
were 34 to 42 points under the final prices
of yesterday.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
The following were the ruling prices In th*
exchange today:
Tone steady; middling, 40c, steady.
Last Pre*
Open. High. Ixjw. Sale. Close. Close.
Jan. ...33.80 33.80 33.46 33.46 33.46 33,80
Meh. ...33.20 33.25 32.85 32.95 32.95 33.20
July ...38.15 38.25 37.88 37.92 37.92 38.30
Oct. ...35.35 35.43 35.02 35.08 35.08 35.42
Dec. ...34.38 34.45 34.05 34.09 34.05 34.41
NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON
NEW ORLEANS, May 28.—Spot cotton
steady and unchanged. Sales on the spot
443 bales; to arrive none. Low middling,
31.00; middling, 40.00; good middling, 44.00.
Receipts 4,723; stock 333,368.
SPOT COTTON MARKET
Atlanta, steady, 42.80 c.
New Yorw. quiet, 40c.
New Orleans, steady, 40c.
Philadelphia, steady, 40.25 c.
Galveston, steady, 41c.
Montgomery, steady, 40.50 c.
Norfolk, steady, 40.50 c.
Savannah, steady, 41.50 c.
St. Louis, steady, 40.50 c.
Houston, steady, 40c.
Memphis, steady, 40.50 c.
Augusta, steady, 41.75 c.
Little Rock, steady, 40.50 c.
Dallas, steady, 40.40 c.
Mobile, steady, 40.50 c.
Charleston, steady, 40.50 c.
Wilmington, steady, 40c.
Boston, steady, 4Qc.
ATLANTA SPOT COTTON
Atlanta spot cotton42.Boc
Receipts 66
Shipments 288
Stocks 20,127
AMERICAN COTTON AND
GRAIN EXCHANGE
COTTON QUOTATIONS
Tiie following were the opening, highest,
lowest, close and previous close quota
tions on the American Cotton and Grain
Exchange of New York:
Prev.
Open. High. Low. Close. Close.
Jan 33.85 33.85 33.43 33.43 33.72
Mar 33.45 33.45 32.97 32.97 33.30
July .... 38.22 38.30 37.75 37.75 38.14
Oct 35.45 35.52 35.10 35.10 35.42
Dec. .... 34.45 34.52 34.06 34.06 34.40
LIVERPOOL EXCHANGE CLOSED
LIVERPOOL, May 28. — The cotton ex
change here was closed today account of it
being a holiday.
COTTONSEED OIL
Op .Close.
Januaryl7.so@lß.oo 17.70@18.00
Spots 19.00 bid
June .... .... 18.80@-9.20 18.50@18.9G
July 19.08@19.10 19.00@19.02
August 19.10@-9.25 19.10@10.15
Seputember .. 19.25@19.30 19.15@19.20
October 18.60@19.00 18.50@-8.90
November .. .. 17.50@18.00 17.80@18.00
December .. .. 17.40@17.90 17.80@18.00
Tone, easier; sales, 8,600.
ATLANTA COTTONSEED PRODUCTS
MARKETS
(Corrected by Atlanta Commercial
Exchange.)
Crude oil, basis prime, tank lots ....$15.50
C. S. meal, 7 per cent ammonia, 100-
ton lots 66.00
C. S. meal, Ga. common rate point,
100-ton lots 65,00
3 linters, 2c.
Cottonseed hulls, sacked, carlots 24.00
Cottonseed hulls, loose, carlots 18.00
No. 1 linters, 9c; No. 2 linters, 4c; No.
COTTON MARKET 'OPINIONS ;
Moss & Ferguson: Declines continue to
furnish opportunities, anil it appears that
purchases can be made with confidence on .
such occasions. I
J. W. Jay & Co.: We suggest an even
position until after the report.
E. W. Wagner & Co.: Public sentiment
bases its views on a world requirement of
a good size yield, but world economics do
not justify this expectation.
S. M. Weld & Co.: Rather looks like a
scalping market for the time being.
S. B. Chapin & Co.: W’e certainly would
suggest caution against pressing any fresli
short sales, even in the distant months, until
after the government crop report is out of
the wny and a period of good growing weath
er has prevailed to enable the crop to re
cover from its bad and late start.
SKEPARD & GLUGK COTTON LETTER
NEW ORLEANS, May 28.—While bullish
sentiment still prevailed today in the cot
ton market regarding the pending bureau re
port there was more disposition among longs
to even up over the holidays and this caused
a sagging tendency. All markets will be
closed tomorrow and New York will be closed
Monday. No great activity is probable be
tween now and the time of the bureau,
s-r.’cn will be issued at 10 o’clock Wednes
day morning. Monday’s market may be in
fluenced to some extent by the weather
over Sunday, but the trade will not be able
to get very far away from the pending con
ditions figures. •.
Bradstreet’s Local Review
Bradstrett's review of conditions in At
lanta district as reported by their local
office says:
W’hoiesale trade is good, retail trade is
active and the price cutting campaign has
greatly increased the volume of retail sales
both in number of sales and money volume.
Merchants are reducing their stocks consid
erably notwithstanding reports that manu
acturers are asking higher prices for fall de
livery. The demand for money is strong
with high ratios prevailing from 7 to 8 per
cent. The automobile and tire concerns
have been hard hit by the recent decision
of the federal reserve banks not to redis
count their papers. There is an apparent
tightening up in practically all lines. This
week has been fairly favorable for the farm
ing Interest, a decided short cotton crop is
evident. Much foodstuffs have been plant
ed. Building and real estate continues ac
tive while the manufacturing industry is
good. Collections are slowing up and in cer
tain lines are considerably slower than 30
days ago. Clearings $590,061,278. Failures
none. .
THE ATLANTA TKI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
GRAIN
CHICAGO, May 28.—Active export de
mand for wheat brought about higher prices
today in the corn market, notwithstanding
bearish news regarding corn. Opening prices,
which ranged from to l%c lower, were
followed by a rapid turn that carried July
and September sharply above yestetrday’s
finish.
Oats hardened with corn.
Brovisions were inactive.
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS
The following were the ruling prices in
the exchange today:
, • Prev.
Open. High. Low. Close. Close.
I CORN--
i May ... 193 194% 188% 189 194
July ... 167% 171 162 163% 168%
Sept. ... 154% 157% 150% 151% 156
OATS—
May ... 104 104 102 -03% 104
July .... 59% 90% 87% 87% 89%
Sept .75% 76 74 % 75% 76%
PORK—
May 33.40 34.10
July ... 34.85 34.85 34.10 34.15 34.95
Sept. ... 35.60 35.60 35.00 35.00 35.70
LARD—
May 20.50 20.62
•July ... 21.25 21.27 21.10 31.15 21.27
Sept. ... 22.00 22.12 21.92 21.95 22.07
RIBS—
May 17.60 17.75
July ... 18.50 18.50 18.30 18.30 18.45
Sept. ... 19.00 19.15 18.97 19.05 19.17
RECEIPTS IN CHICAGO
Today.
Wheat 16 cars
Corn 78 cars
Oats 51 cars
Hogs 4 . ...23,000 head
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS
CHICAGO, May 28.—Cash wheat, No. 4
northern spring, 82.80; No. 2 mixed, 82.05.
Corn, No. 2 mixed, $1.92@1.95; No. 2
yellow,
Oats, No. 2 white, $1.05@1.08; No. 3
white, $1.03%@1.07.
Rye, No. 2, 82.16.
Barley, $1.50@1.62.
Timothy seed, $10.00@12.00.
Clover seed. 825.00@35.00.
Pojk, nominal.
Lard, $20.50.
Ribs, 817.00@18.25.
NEW YORK’PRODUCE MARKET
NEW YORK, May 28.—Flour, quiet and ir.
regular.
Pork, dull; mess. $41.00@42.00.
Lard, steady; middle west spot, $20.90@
21.00.
Sugar, raw; weaker; centrifugal, 96 test,
20.’0; refined, quiet; granulated, 21.50@
23.00.
Coffee, Rio No. 7 on spot, 15%c; No. 4
Santos, 23%@24%c.
Tallow, weaker; specials, 12c; city, ll%c.
Hay, dull; No. 1, $2.15@2.25; No. 3
$1.75@1.85; clover, 81-60@2.00.
Dressed poultry, steady; turkeys, 50@56c;
chickens, 36@43c; fowls, 27@43c; ducks, 32
@3Bc.
Live poultry, steady; geese, 20@22c;
ducks, 23@40c; fowls, 40@41c; turkeys,
30c; roosters, 25c; chiewens, broilers, 60@
90c.
Cheese, weak; state milk, common to spe
cials, 20@32c; skims, common to specials,
5@22c.
Buter. weak; receipts, 3,029; creamery,
extra, 59c; do, special market, 59%@60c;
state dairy, tubs; imitation creamery, firsts,
45@58%c; nominal.
Eggs, quieter; receipts, 33,843; near-by
white fancy, 52@53c; near-by mixed fancy,
42@49c; fresh firsts, 41@47%c; Pacific
Coast extra, 47@53c.
NAVAL STORES
SAVANNAH, May 28. —Turpentine, firm,
$1.75; sales, 116; receipts, 150; shipments,
310; stock. 2,375.
Rosin, firm; sales, 424; receipts, 381;
shipments, 220: stock, 16,136. Quote: B,
813.00@14.00; D, $17.00@17.30; E, F, G,
8t7.40@17.45; H, $17.45; I, $17.40@17.50;
K, $17.40@17.60; M, $17.75@17.85; N, 818.00
@18.10; window glass, 818.25@18.3O; water
white, $15.50@15.60.
' METAL MARKET
NEW YORK, May 28.—Copper dull; elec
trolytic, spot and near-by, 19@19%; June
and July, August, 19%: iron, firm and un
changed; antimony, 9.25; fin, spot, 52.50;
June, 51.50; July, 51.00; metal exchange,
quotes lead, firmer; spot and May offered,
8.90; zinc, firmer; East St. Louis, spot,
7.48 bid.
At London, standard copper, spot. 95
pounds 15s; futures, 96 pounds 15s; electro
lytic, spot? 105 pounds; futures, 107 pounds;
tin, spot, 274 pounds 15s; futures, 280
pounds 15s; lead, spot, 38 pounds 10s; fu
tures, 39 pounds 10s; zinc, spot, 43 pounds ■
15s; futures, 46 pounds.
Atlanta Live Stock
(Corrected by W. H. White, Jr., President
of White Provision Company.)
Good to choice steers, 850 to 1,000 pounds,
$11.50@11.75.
Good steers, 750 to 850 pounds, sll.oo@
11.50.
Medium to good steers, 750 to 850 pounds.
$10.50@11.00.
Good to choice beef cows, 750 to 850
,pounds, $9.50@10.00.
Medium to good cows, 650 to 750 pounds,
$8.50(09.00.
Good to choice heifers, 850 to 650 pounds,
$8.00@9.00.
The above represents the ruling prices on
good quality fed cattle. Inferior grades
and dairy types quoted below.
Medium to good steers, 700 to 800 pounds,
$9.50@10.50.
Medium to good cows, 600 to 700 pounds,
$7.50@8.50.
Mixed common cattle, $6.C0@7.00.-
Good fat oxen, $8.50@9.50.
Good butcher bulls, $6.50@8.50.
Choice veal calves, $9.00@10.00.
Yearlings, $6.00@7.50.
Prime hogs, 165 to 225 pounds, $14.00@
14.25.
Light hogs, 135 to 165 pounds, $13.50
@13.75.
Heavy pigs, 100 to 135 pounds, $12.00@
12.25.
Light pigs, 80 to 100 pounds, $10.50@
■ 10.75.
The above applies to good quality mixed
fed hogs.
LISVE STOCK BY WIRE
CHICAGO, May 28.—Cattle: Receipts'
5,000; beef steers mostly 25c higher; top
yearlings, $14.00; prime heavy bid, $13.40;
bulk, $12.00@12.90; calves strong, with bulk
vealers at $13.50, and choice at $14.00;
other classes of cattle generally steady; good
heifers, $11.00@11.75.
Hogs—Receipts 24,000; mostly 10c to 15c
higher; medium and heavy advancing most;
top, $15.15; bulk light and light butchers,
$15’.00@15»15; bulk 250 pounds and over,
$14.50@14.85; pigs steady to 25c lower;
with bulk desirable at $12.00@12.50.
Sheep—Receipts 5,000; best lambs steady
to 25c higher; others weak; sheep 25c to 50c
lower; prime heavy shorn lambs, $17.40; top
spring lambs, $17.75; choice fat ewes, $10.75.
EAST ST. LOUIS, 111., May 28.—Cattle,
receipts, 750, including no Texans; market,
steady; native beef steers, $9.00@12.25;
yearlings, steers and heifers, $10.00@14.35;
cows, $8.25@11.00; Stockers and feeders,
$9.00(010.50; calves, $12.00@13.00.
Hogs, receipts, 12,00; market, steady;
mixed and butchers, $14.50@14.90; good
and heavy, $14.40@14.75; roughs, $4.00@
12.25; light, $14.60@14.90; pigs, $10.50@
12.75; bulk, $14.50@14.75.
Sheep, receipts, 2.30 Q; market, steady;
clipped ewes, $9.00@9.50; lambs, $15.50@
16.00; canners and choppers, $5.00@8.00.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 28.—Hogs: Re
, ceipts, 1,600, mostly 25c higher; 225 pounds
up, $14.00; 165 to 225 pounds, $14.75; 120 to
' 165 pounds, $14.00; pigs, $10.50@12.00;
■ throwouts, $lO 50 down.
1 Cattle—Receipts, 300; slow; heavy steers,
1 $12.00@12.50; beef steers, $8.50@12.50; heif
i crs, $8.50 @12.55; cows, $4.75(011.00; feed-
1 ers. $9.00@10.50; Stockers, $7.00@9.75.
! Sheep—Receipts, 1,100; active, steady;
lambs, $18.00; seconds, $14.00; sheep, $9.00,
down.
NEW YORK SUGAR MARKET
Close.
January 15.10@15.15
February 14.00@14.05
March 14.00@14.05
June 18.80@19.30
July ”. 18.80(019.30
August 18.70(019.10
Septemoer 18.60@18.90
October 18.40(018.80
November 17.90@18.00
' December- 17.10@17.25
[ NEW YORK, May 28.—Raw sugar unset-
' tied; centrifugal, 20.57. Refined steady;
fine granulated, $21.50@26.50.
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET
Close.
Januaryll.69@l4.7o
February 14.<J9@14.70
Marchll.C!i@,l4.7o
April 14.69@14.70
May 14.'J9@14.70
June 34.92(014 95
July 15.04@15.05
August s ., .. 14.89@14.90
Septemberl4.7-i@.’4.75
Octoberl4.72(o’4 73
November 14.70@14 71
Decemberl4.69 @14.70
NEW YORK, May 28.—Coffee: Rio No
7, 15%.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET
CHICAGO, May 28. —Butter, creamery,
| extras, 52%c; creamery standards, 52c;
firsts. 47@51c; seconds. 41@46c.
Eggs( ordinaries, 35%@36%c; firsts, 39@
40c.
Cheese, twins, 26%c; Young Americas,
31 %c.
Live poultry, fowls, 35c; ducks, 30c;
geese, 20c,
Potatoes, cars, 18; Wisconsin and Minne
sota, $7.50@7.75.
Liberty Bonds
NEW YORK, May 28.—Final prices to
day on Liberty bonds were:
3%’s $91.70
First 4’s 86.00
Second 4’s 86.40
First 4%’s 87.30
Second 4%’s 56.76
Third 4%’s 91.00
Fourth 4%.’s 87.61
Victory 3%’s 96.01
, Victory 4%’s 96.04
I
GOVERNMENT TO
SPEND MILLIONS
AT CAMP BENNING
COLUMBUS, Ga., May 28. —With
the passage of the army appropria
tion bill by tire senate, which car
ries one million dollars for construc
tion developments at Camp Benning,
Columbus, local interest in the big
military establishment near this
city is heightened. As is known, the
appropriation just authorized is
made available July 1. This, added
to other appropriations already
available, will foot up a total of a
million and a half dollars which are
to be expected on the Columbus
camp the last six months of the
year.
Big developments are expected in
the immediate future. It is official
ly announced that Assistant Secre
tary of War Crowell will be in the
city June 7th on an important mis
sion in connection with the camp.
General Morrison has been here two
days on an inspection tour and
other military authorities are coming.
B. Counliff, of Atlanta, representing
Selden Breck * Co., contractors, and
S. F. Reese, of Pittsburg, Pa., rep
resenting another big contracting
concern, are in the city and it is
stated they are after big contracts
on the Benning reservation. Addi
tional contracts are expected to be
awarded in the next day or two.
Under the direction of Major
Dorschner, several squads of engi
neers have just begin work of es
tablishing the boundary lines of the
Benning reservation for the gov
ernment. Cement posts are being
planted on the lines and this will
aid in planning permanent opera
tions in the way of building, it is
stated. Other activities are quite
pronounced. It is announced that
work of appraising the property not
yet closed up by the government is
nearing completion, and that this
will very soon be finished, so that
the war department will get posses
sion of the entire 115,000 acres of
lands on the reservation.
It is pointed out that the million
dollar appropriation just authorized
—or will be so when the president
signs the bill —is only the beginning
of a mammoth program, which, ac
cording to Colonel Malone, will rep
resent "an investment of seven or
eight millions on the Columbus
camp.
FORMER CONVICT
TRIES TO POSE
AS MURDERER
VALDOSTA, Ga., May 28.—A
rather peculiar case is that of Jim
Wright, a negro who was brought
here from Augusta on his confes
sion that he was a convicted mur
derer who escaped from the convict
gang of Lowndes county in 1913. He
said that he was the murderer of
Agnes Walker in this city in 1912.
The records show that such a crime
was commmitted and a negro was
convicted and sent to the gang, and
that he later escaped. The prison
officials con’d not identify this negro
as the i(*j t one, but they finally
identified nim as being Robert Dan
iel, who served a sentence and Ayas
released in 19181 Just why he claim
ed to be the fugitive murderer is
not known.
“B/loonshine” Informers
To Be Paid Fixed Surrts
For Services Hereafter
Informers who enable the federal
prohibition office to capture stills and
arrest “moonshiners” and “blockade
runners” will hereafter be paid fixed
amounts for their services, according
to notice received by Prohibition Su
pervisor D. J. Gantt, in charge of the
southeastern district, who has his
agents throughout the territory, of
the new policy adopted by Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue William
M. Williams, Washington, D. C.
The practice of paying this in
formation has advocated by
Supervisor Gantt and other executive
officers for some time past as a meas
ure of tremendous importannee in
aiding enforcement of the federal
prohibition law. A letter from Wash
ington received by Supervisor Gantt
Friday advised that the policy had
been formally approved.
The following scale of remunera
tion is announced: For information
leading to the capture of a still, from
$3 to $lO, depending upon the size of
the outfit; for the capture of the pro
prietor or operators of a still, $5
for each prisoner taken; for the cap
ture of automobiles, other vehicles
or property illegally employed, 10
per cent of the appraised value of the
property, the total remuneration not
to exceed SSO.
Presbyterians to Go
Next to St. Louis
CHARLOTTE, N. C„ May 28. —The
selection of St. Louis, Mo., as the
next meting place, was one of the
final businesses of the general as
sembly of the Southern Fresbytrian
church which adjournd last night.
In the form in which it was finally
disposed of the Inter-Church World
Movement has received the endorse
ment of the Southern Presbyterian
church, assurance of continued iden
tification with it, authority to collect
from the treasuries of the church the
several amounts underwritten by
them during the pa-st year, but, defi
nitely instructed, by resolution, the
secretaries and boards are not to pay
from church funds any of the
amounts authorized by the assembly
to be contributed during this year.
Opponents of the Inter-Church Move
ment claim that they have clipped
the wings of the endorsement origin
ally given by the assembly by suc
cessfully getting through their reso
lution,
i Farmers Ask Federal
Loans at Low Rate
| WASHINGTON, May 28.—Repre
' sentatives of farmer organizations
I today asked the senate finance com
| mittee to take some action to enable
farmers to borrow more advanta
geously.
Progressive discount rates recent-■
ly established by the federal reserve >
board are pinching farmers and in
Kansas are forcing them to pay 9
per cent for their money, Senator
: Capper, Kansas, Republican, said, ap
| pearing in behalf of the farmers.
Benjamin C. Marsh, of the farmers’
national council, urged a revolving
I fund of $25,000,000 to $40,000,000 to
j be loaned to farmers.
I
Levee Break May Be
Repaired by Saturday
NEW ORLEANS, May 28.—Federal
and state engineers today expressed
the belief that the break in’the Mis
sissippi leve at Scarsdale, eighteen
miles below here, would be repaired
by Saturday afternoon.
The crevasse, which occurred early
yesterday, caused less danger than
was expected .owing to the resisting
powers of the old levee which check
ed the flow of water and enabled en
gineers to start construction of a
crib.
Valauble truck farms are in the
path of the water -and will, be de
stroyed should the engineers fail to
close the break.
Judge C. W. Tyler Dead
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 28.-»
Judge Charles W. Tyler, 80, judges
of the criminal court of Montgomery
county, 1872-1918, died yesterday
.afternoon at his borne at
WOMAN’S STORY OF
SLAYING FORMER
LOVER IS TOLD
ROCHESTER, N. Y„ May 28.
Pearl Beaver Odell’s story of the
murder of Edward J. Kneip was read
in court here today by District At
torney William F. Love.
The details of the crime, as related
by Mrs. Odell were offered by the
prosecutor as the principal evidence
on which ne will ask conviction of
the woman on a charge of murder
ing her former sweetheart. Mrs.
Odell’s husband is now under sen
tence of death in connection with
the crime.
The story was told in a “confes
sion,” which Mrs. Odell made to of
ficials shortly after her arrest.
In the statement, Mrs. Odell said
she met Kneip at his boarding house,
where, she claimed, he forced his
attentions upon her. She married
Odell and she told him of her pre
vious relations with Kneip, she said.
Mrs. Odell said her husband told
her he “wanted things cleared up”
with Kneip.
She told how she and her husband
went to the place where Kneip work
ed arid induced . him to accompany
them on a ride into the country.
She said that Kneip followed will
ingly throughout the trip and was
finally tied to a tree.
“After he was handcuffed to the
tree what was said?” she was asked.
“Kneip said, ‘l’m awfully sorry,
but I didn’t realize what it meant
till too late, monkeying around with
a woman.”
“Then I struck him with a file,”
the confession continued.
“I hit him once with the file and
then he fell down and Jimmy undid
the handcuffs and he rolled down
the canal bank.”
“Did you only hit him once?”
“Yes, that’s all.”
"Did you hit him again?”
“No,”
“Didn’t you hit him when he was
down in the canal bed?”
“Well, I only kicked him in the
stomach when he tried to get up.
“After he was down in the canal
bed what happened?”
“He lay there for a minute and
then got up and grabbed Jimmy. I
pulled him away and he ran a few
feet and then fell.”
“Did he groan after that?”
“No.”
“What did you do with him then?”
“We took off some of his things
and dragged him up to the bridge.”
At the close of the confession Mrs.
Odell said that her husband had
brought the subject of Kneip up ev
ery night for three weeks after her
marriage.
After introduction of the confes
sion, the prosecution closed its case.
Attorneys for Mrs. Odell made a
motion for dismissal of the charges
which was denied by the court. They
then asked for a recess ufitil next
Tuesday before starting introduction
of defense testimony, which was
granted.
CONFEREES KILL
BRUNSWICK AND
SAVANNAH ITEMS
(The Atlanta Journal News Bureau
623 Riggs Building,)
BY THEODORE TILLER
WASHINGTON, May 28.—Greatly
to the disappointment of Senators
Smith and Harris, Representative
Overstreet, and others of the Geo.-
gia delegation, the conferees on the
rivers and harbors appropriation bill
have eliminate., the amendments put
in by the senate covering surveys
of the Brunswick and Savannah har
bors.
An amendment by Senator Smith
provided a survey from breakers out
to the sea at Savannah, instead of
from King’s Island only. The bill,
as it comes from conference, retains
the house provision limiting the sur
vey to King’s Island. The conferees
have also eliminated the Harris
amendmmt approved by the senate,
for a survey of Brunswick harbor
to ascertain if it required waiting
for two ti<jes for ships of regular
Steamship lines to re?ch their docks,
and in sailing from that port.
The Georgia senators will try to
have the senate insist upon reten
tion of the senate amendments, but
the chances are not good because of
the congested state of legislation and
the fact that it is hard to change a
conference report.
The conferees are still in disagree
ment over the amount to be carried
in the river and harbor budget, he
house standing out for a small lump
sum bill of $12,000,000 and the sen
ate insisting on $24,000,000. The
conferees have retained the senate
amendment permitting the transfer
of the dredge “Cumberland,” from
Fernandina harbor to Savannah har
bor without charge.
Survivors of Class
Os 1870 at Georgia
To Stage Reunion
Survivors of the class of 1870 of
the University of Georgia are plan
ning to assemble in Athens on June
15 and stage a reunion in the chapel
of their alma mater just fifty years
to the day after they received cer
tificates of graduation.
Nat E. Harris, formerly governor
of Georgia, and Burgess Smith, of
Atlanta, are in charge of arrange
ments for the reunion. The class
of 1870 at graduation numbered 87.
Os these, only eighteen or twenty
are living, and it is believed that
several of the survivors are too en
feebled to attend what will probably
be the last reunion of the class.
The members still alive are resid
ing in all parts oflthe country. Let
ters sent them by the committee on
arrangements have‘met with enthu
siastic responses, and those who
have announced their intention of
returning to the scene of their col
lege days include:
N. E. Harris,, ex-governor; Charles
L. Bartlett, ex-congressman; Dudley
M. Hughes, ex-congressman; Rev.
John D. Hammond. Islip, N. Y., for
merly of Atlanta; Marion J. Verdery,
New York; Dr. George W. Vines,
Dadeville, Ala.; Colonel E. D. Hugue
nin, Macon; Peter W. Stubbs, Macon;
George P. Tilley, Conyers; H. C. Cam
eron, Columbus; Walter M. Jackson.
Augusta; Donald M. Bain, Atlanta;
Robert A, Hemphill, Atlanta; Bur
gess Smith, Atlanta; J. E. Pender
grast, Newnan; J. B. Strong, La-
Grange; John H. Robinson, Monte
zuma; R. S. Woolfolk, Perry, and
Judge H. C. Roney, Augusta.
! Seven Acquitted in
Rome on Charges of
Treason During War
ROME, May 28. —Seven persons ac
cused with former Deputy Filippo
Cavallinie, of communicating “intel
ligence to the enemy” during the
war, have been acquitted here. This
case has been going on for the last
three years and at times seemed to
have a close relation with the pros
pecutions of 8010 Pasha and Joseph
Caillaux in France. Four former dep
uties were among those placed on
trial. It was found the proof of guilt
adduced by the government was not
sufflcient to justify conviction.
Hostilities Between
Russians and Japs
Ended May 25, Report
LONDON, May 28.—Hostilities be
tween the Russian and Japanese in
Siberia ceased on May 25, according
to a Reuter dispatch from Vladivos
tok, dated Wednesday. The dispatch
also reports the arrival of the Rus
so-Japanese armistice commission at
Khabarovsk »
PORTS BOOSTERS
VIEW RACES AT
CHURCHILL DOWNS
LOUISVILLE. Ky„ May 28. —
Thursday at Churchill Downs was
Midwest-South Atlantic day and
special races were run in honor of
each of the port cities of Wilmnig
ton. Charleston, Savannah, Bruns
wick and Jacksonville. Participants
of the trip through, the midwest in
the interests of fostering greater ex
port business for these ports, were
high pleased with the opportunity
accorded them to see this institu
tion as guests of the Kentucky
Jockey club.
The visitors were extended a typi
cal Louisville welcome when the
special train reached here at nine
o’clock in the morning from In
dianapolis. A large reception com
mittee greeted them and a tour of
the citv immediately followed the
arrival.
Luncheon for Midwest-South At
lantic delegation was tendered at the
Ballard Mills cafeteria, where a
brief address of welcome was made
by Lieutenant Governor Ballard
Judge George T. Cann', of Savannah
Ga., responded to the welcome and
following this an hour of varied en
f©lowing this was on the program,
while at the Watterson hotel in
the evening the important business
session of the day was held, Mat
thew Hale, president of the South
Atlantic states’ association, told of
the mission responsible for the visit
of the port representatives. The
large number of local business men
present showed themselves to be
fully in sympathy with the cause
advanced bv the visitors.
V/ILSON HAS BOTH
SIDES GUESSING ON
NEXT TREATY MOVE
(Continued from Page 1)
wants a new senate. On the other
hand, if the American people sus
tain the present senate next Novem
ber Mr. Wilson can turn over the
development of American foreign
policy and treaty and all data there
on to the next president of the Unit
ed States.
It begins to look certain that
Woodrow Wilson never will with
draw his name from the treaty of
Versailles ’ or negotiate a separate
peace with Germany. He regards
what the senate has tried to do in
the way of a peace resolution as “an
ineffaceable stain on America’s hon
or,” and with that statement he rests
his case. If the American people c"f
fer with Irm, they can say so at tne
polls.
To Write Treaty Flank
Incidentally, Mr. Wilson will have
his say in the Democratic national
platform at San Francisco. There is
no doubt that he will write the plank
on the treaty issue himself and that
he then will state the case for or
against reservations, making distinc
tions then on the subject of nullify
ing or interpretative reservations. He
has the advantage over the Republi
cans for they must meet in Chicago
first and declare themselves.
They could not afford to postpone
action on the treaty plank until after
the Democrats have met without
being open to charges of timidity.
And if Johnson is the nominee the
Republicans undoubtedly will have
declared against the whole treaty
and covenant. ,
So the president bides his time,
keeps treaty of peace at the White
House and proposes to do nothing
about sending it back until the sen
ate manifests its desire to have the
treaty back. If two-thirds of the
senate should get up a Round Robin
saying what reservations they would
like to see put upon the treaty and
submitted this request' to the presi
dent, he could not afford to ignore
it. Such a move might be made aft
er the convention and serve to befog
the political alignments again espe
cially if the president’s side of the
argument appears to be making
headway. The treaty position is
far from being defined. The politi
cians are too resourceful to let Mr.
Wilson have it all his way.
Comment on the president’s veto
message was a mixture of cynicism
and suppressed approval. Most sen
ators realize that the Knox resolu
tion was a. poor political move be
cause it was destined to failure. It
proposed no international agreement
and only the repeal of domestic laws.
On the other hand, Republicans and
Democrats alike thought the presi
dent’s political astuteness was cer
tainly a bit faulty w’n'en he put that
sentence about the freedom of seas
and reduction of armament in his
veto message. He declared that the
Knox resolution did nothing about
these two points and members of
congress recalled that Mr. Wilson did
nothing about them in Faris either,
at least he sidestepped the freedom
of the seas and joined in a proposal
to establish simply a committee of
investigation on the armament ques
tion.
Somebody might have censored Mr.
Wilson’s veto message for him and
kept those two vulnerable passages
out of it but so far as can be learn
ed, the president didn’t show his
veto message to any of his advisors.
He still is playing a lone hand.
SEN A TEC ONI MITTE E~
SEEKING LIGHT ON
“INVISIBLE BOOM”
(Continued from Page 1)
eral Wood. I don’t know if he was
sincere in his first attitude toward
Senator Harding.”
”ls it true that very large expen
ditures were made on advertising in
that Ohio campaign?” Senator Reed
continued.
“There were expenditures of that
kind —too expensive for us, and I
didn’t go into it,” Mr. Daugherty re
plied.
At the end of a series of ques
tions, Mr. Daugherty said he did
not know details, but remarked:
“Throughout the state of Ohio there
was a very expensive campaign of
advertising for General Wood, but
we've no complaint about it. All the
Republican papers were used, I un
derstood, and some of the Demo
cratic.”
Political Writer Called
Louis Lang, a reporter of the I’jw
York American, identified himself as
the writer of an article purporting
to tell of a $5,000,000 • underwriting
for a fund to back a campaign to
bring about McAdoo's nomination at
San Francisco. He refused to dis
close the sourse of his information.
"A member of the Democratic na
tional committee was with my in
formant when I was told the story,”
Mr. Lang said.
The committee did not press the
point but Chairman Kenyon announc
ed that seevral members of the
Democratic national committee had
been subpoenaed to appear during
the investigation.
Mr. Lang discussed a meeting of
Democratic national executive com
mittee at Atlantic City last Septem
ber. He said that plans were made
to raise $10,000,000 for a Demo
cratic national campaign. Thomas
F. Chadbourne and B. M. Baruch
were at Atlantic City at the time,
hq said.
Mr. Lang testified that he had
been informed that a member of the
national committee had stated that
Frederick A. Wallis, a deputy police
commissioner, of New York, was
representing Mr. Baruch in collect
ing finances for the McAdoo cam
paign and that the $10,000,000 financ
ing's planned at Atlantic City con
templated Mr. McAdoo’s nomination
by the Democratic convention.
“Members o fthe national commit
tee,” Mr. Lang said, “had c orro
mated the story later.”
Singing Convention
SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga., May 28.
The Walton County Singing conven
tion meets in Social Circle Sunday,
M 30, at the school auditorium, for
an all day singing. A basket lunch
will *be spread at the noon hour.
SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1920.
.For More Than Forty Years
Cotten Growers have known that
POTASH PAYS
More than 11,651,200 Tons of Potash Salts
had been imported and used in the United
States in the 20 years previous to January,
1915, when shipments ceased. Os this 6,460,™
700 Tons consisted of
KAINIT
which the cotton grower knew was both a plant
food and a preventive of blight and rust, —with
it came also 1,312,400 Tons of
20 per cent
MANURE SALT
which has the same effects on Cotton, but which was
used mainly in mixed fertilizers.
Shipments of both Kainit and Manure Salt have
been resumed but the shortage of coal and cars and
high freight rates make it more desirable to ship
Manure Salt, which CONTAINS 20 PER CENT OF
ACTUAL POTASH, instead of Kainit, which con
tains less than 13 per cent actual Potash.
MANURE SALT can be used as a side dressing
on Cotton in just the same way as Kainit and will
give the same results. Where you used 100 pounds
of Kainit, you need to use but 62 pounds of Manure
Salt, or 100 pounds of Manure Salt go as far as 161
pounds of Kainit.
MANURE SALT has been coming forward in
considerable amounts and cotton growers, who can
not secure Kainit, should make an effort to get
Manure Salt for side dressing to aid in making a big
Cotton Crop. ,
Muriate of Potash
50 per cent actual Potash, has been coming forward
also, —100 pounds of Muriate are equivalent to 400
pounds of Kainit or 250 pounds of Manure Salt.
These are the three
Standard GERMAN Potash Salts
that were always used in making cotton fertilizers
and have been used for al! these years with great
profit and WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE TO THE
CROP.
The supply is not at present as large as in former
years, but there is enough to greatly increase the
Cotton Crop if you insist on your dealer making the
necessary effort to get it for you.
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