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COTTON
NEW YORK. June 2.—Uncertainties re
garding the status of the contract were not
relieved by the president's signature to the
corrected agricultural appropriation bill un
til after the publication of the government
crop report, and the opening of the market
was delayed until 1 o’clock.
The condition report of 62.4 per cent was
even more bullish than expected and there
was a rush of buying orders at the start,
which caused advances of 61 to 78 points,
with Jul- selling at 38.50 and October
35.90 on the call compared with 37.55 and
35.07 at the close last Friday.
After the first rush of buying orders had
been supplied, the market reacted under
realizing, while there was also selling by
spot houses and brokers with Japanese con
nections. July eased off to 38.30 c and Octo
ber to 35.50 c, or about 20 to 40 points from
the best, with the market unsettled after
2 o'clock.
NEW YORK COTTON
The following were the ruling prices tn
the exchange today?
Tone steady; middling. 40c. quiet.
. uast Prev
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Cl«se
Jan. ...84.10 34.10 33.81 33.85 33.84 33.39
Meh. ...33.65 33.70 33.33 33.33 33.33 32.98
July ...38.45 38.50 38.00 38.02 35.00 37.72
Oct. ...35.80 35.90 35.45 35.46 35.45 35.07
Pec. ...34.87 34.87 34.46 34.47 34.45 34.08
NEW ORLEANSCOTTON
NEW ORLEANS, June 2.—-After a delay
of three hours today, owing to tangled legis
lation regarding the form of the future con
tract, the cotton market finally opened at
11 o’clock on an active future ring, with
prices bulging as the result of the ex
tremely bullish report to May 25, issued by
the department of agriculture. The figures
of 62.4 per - cent of normal were well under
average expectations and were not only the
lowest ever made for May 25, but were
lower than the lowest private bureau esti
mates.
In the ten minutes of trading following
11 o'clock the market gained 92 to 100
points, which sent July to 38.70 and October
to 35.66.
The weekly reports on the crop were con
sidered disappoiting and they increased
the buying power for. a while so that July
was sent to 38.7.5, or 105 points over the
close of yesterday. Other months did not
make new high levels. Liquidation of long
contracts gradaully increased, because of the
holiday here tomorrow in observance of Con
federate Memorial day, and moderate reac
tions occurred. The reactionary tendency
was greatest in the last few minutes of the
day when "the market was at its lowest at
net gains of but 38 to 57 points, July fall
ing to 38.08.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
The following were the ruling prices in th»
exchange today:
Tone, steady; middling, 40.50 c, steady.
Last tre»
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close.
Jan. ...34.08 34.08 33.64 33.64 33.64 33.10
Meh. ...33.45 33.47 33.05 33.09 33.05 32.50
July ...38.60 38.75 38.08 38.12 38.08-37.70
Oct. ...35.50 35.66 35.27 35.28 35.27 34.74
Dec. ...34.65 34.68 34.27 34.28 34.27 33.70
NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTN
NEW RLEANS, June 2. —Spot cotton, qui
et, 50 points higher; sales on the spot, -92
bales; to arrive 60; low middling, 31.50;
middling. 30.50; good middling, 44.50; re
ceipts, 1,959; stock, 323,443.
SPOT COTTON MARKET
Atlanta, steady, 43.15 c.
New York, quiet, 40c.
New Orleans, steady, 40.50 c.
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, 39.75 c.
Memphis, steady, 40.50 c.
Augusta, steady, 41.75 c.
Little Rock, steady, 40.50e.
Dallas, steady, 40.40 c.
Mobile, steady, 40c.
Charleston, steady, 40.50 c.
Wilmington, steady, 40c.
Boston, steady, 40c.
ATLANTA SPOT COTTON
A’lauta spot cotton43.lsc
Receipts 145
Shipments 98
Stocks 19,822
LIVERPOOL COTTON
Tone, very steady; sales, 4,000; good
middling, 29.70 d.
Prev.
Open. Close. Close.
Jan 22.32 22.70 22.38
Feb 22.42 22.05
Meh21.72 22.12 21.75
April 21.87 21.50
May 21.61 21.25
June 25.49 25.25
July 24.75 24.99 24.85
Aug 24.40 24.66
5ept23.95 24.26 24.00
0ct23.52 23.86 23.60
Nov 23.36 23.10
Dec 22.60 23.00 22.68
AMERICAN COTTON AND
GRAIN EXCHANGE
COTTON QUOTATIONS
The following were the opening, highest,
|o-vest, close and previous close quota
tions on the American Cotton and Grain
Exchange of New York:
Pier.
Open. High. Low. Close. Close.
Jan 34.10 34.10 33.80 33.80 33.43
Mar 33.70 33.70 33.35 33.55 32.97
July .... 38.40 38.45 38.00 38.00 37.75
Oct 35.80 I 35.95 35.43 35.43 35.10
Dec 34.87 34.87 34.42 34.42 34.06'
COTTONSEED OIL
Open. Close,
January 17.25@18.00 17.50@15.25
Spots 18.90 bid
June18.70@19.25 19.00@19.49
Ju1y18.85@18.90 18.98@18.99
Augustlß.Bs@lß.9s 19.00@19.06
Septemberlß.Bß@lß.92 19.02@19.03
Octoberlß.ss@lß.6B 18.55@18.73
Novemberl7.2s@lß.oo 17.80@18.25
Decemberl7.so@lß.oo 17.90@18.25
Tone, weak; sales, 16,800.
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, carlots24.oo
Cottonseed hulls, loose, carlots 18.00
No. 1 linters, 9c; No. 2 linters, 4c; No.
SHEPARD & GLUCK COTTO NLETTER
NEW ORLEANS, June 2. —When the legis
lative tangle over the form of the cotton
future contract was finally straightened out
today and the old contract made permanent
the market bulged a cent a pound on the
condition report of 62.4. These figures are
far under average expectations and make a
new low record for May 25. They point to
a crop of under 10,000,600 bales if the acre
age is no larger than that of last year. To-
• morrow will be a holiday in this market, it
being Confederate Memorial day and a legal
holiday.
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET
Close.
January14.54@14.55
Februaryl4.s4@l4.ss
March 14.54@14.55
April 14.54@14.55
May14.54@14.55
June14.75@14.77
Ju1y14.85@14.87
August 14.70@14.72
Septemberl4.s6@l4.sß
0ct0ber14.55@14.57
Novemberl4.s4 @14.56
Decemberl4.s4@l4.s3
NEW YORK SUGAR MARKET |
Close.
Januaryl6.Bo@l6.9s
February 15.45@15.50
March ~. 15.45@15.50
October 20.35@20.40
Novemberl9.7s@l9.9o
December 18.95@19.10
NEW YORK, June 2. —Raw sugar firm;
centrifugal, 20.82 bid; refined steady; fine
granulated, 21.50 to 26.50.
Liberty Bond Market
NEW YORK, June 2.—Final prices of
Liberty bonds today were:
3%s 91.14
First 4s 86.50
Second 4s 85.90
First 4%587.14
Second 4%s 86.10
Third 4%s 89.90
Fourth 4%s 86.40
Victory 3%s .... 95.70
Victory 4%s 95.70
Money and Exchange
NEW YORK, June 2.—Mercantile paper,
Exchange irregular; sterling sixty day
bills, 3.90%; commercial sixty day bills oil
banks, 3.90%; commercial sixty day bills.
3.89%; demand, 3.94%; cables, 3.95%.
Vrancs: Demand, 12.67; cables, 12.65. Bel
gian francs: Demand. 12.27; cables, 12.25.
Guilders: Demand, 36%; cables, 36%. Lire:
Demand, 16.58: cables, 16.56. Marks: De
mand, 2.39; cables, 2.40.
New York exchange on Montreal, 11% per
cent discount.
Government bonds, heavy; railroad bonds
irregular.
Time loans, strong; sixty days, ninety days
and six months, 8%.
Call money, strong; ruling rate, 8.
Bank acceptances, 6%.
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THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
GRAIN
CHICAGO. June 2.—Active commission
house demand for corn today found the
market bare of selling orders, and led to
a sharp upturn in prices. The opening,
which ranged from %c decline to a like
advance, was followed by decided gains all
around.
Oatsc corn, showed the influence of
continued transportation difficulties.
Provisions lacked support,
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS
The following were the ruling prices 11
the exchange today:
Prev
Open. High. Low. Close. Close.
COKN—
July .... 1.73% 1.75% 1.72% 1.75 1.72%
Sept 1.59 1.61% 1.58% 1.61% 1.58%
OATS—
July .... 92% 94 91% 93% 91%
Sept 78%, 79% 78 79% 77%
1-oRK-
July .... 33.75 33.95 33.75 33.80 34.00
Sept 35.20 35.30 34.90 34|90 35.20
LARD- *
July .... 20.95 21.15 20.80 20.95 20.97
Sept 21.85 22.02 21.70 21.82 21.87
RIBS—
July .... 18.15 18.40 18.10 18.30 18.17
Sept 18.90 19.12 18.90 19.00 18.95
LIVE STdCK~BY WIRE
LOUISVILLE, June 2.—Hogs, receipts,
2,000; steady to 25c lower; 225 pounds up,
$13.75; 165 to 225 pounds, $14.25; 120 to
165 pounds, $13.25; pigs, $9.00@10.50;
throw-outs. $10.25 down.
Cattle, receipts. 100; slow; steady: heavy
steers, $12.00@12.50; beef steers. sß.oo@
12.50: heifers, $8.50@12.50; cows, $4.75@
10.50: feeders. $8.50@10.50; stockers, $7.00
@9.75.
Sheep, receipts, 1,500: active: 25c lowers
lambs. $18.00;, bulk. $17.50@17.75; seconds,
$14.00; shepe, $8.25 down.
CHICAGO, June 2. —Cattle, receipts, 4,-
000; beef steers and she stock, 25c higher;
yearlings and heavy steers, $14.00; bulk,
$12.50@13.75; calves and feeders, strong;
top vealers, $15.25; bulk, $14.00@14.50;
butcher bulls, steady.
Hogs, receipts, 16,000; heavy, strong to
15c higher; others, mostly 25c higher; top,
$14.85; bulk. $13.90@14.85; pigs, steady.
Sheep, receipts, 12,000; slow; quality
poor; springers, steady; others, unchanged
to lower; good 90-pound lambs, $15.25.
EAST ST. LOUIS, 111., June 2.—Cattle:
Receipts 2,200, including no Texans. Mar
ket higher; 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@13.50; calves, $12.00@14.25.
Hogs—Receipts 10,000; market steady;
mixed and butchers, $14.00@14.65; good ami
heavy, $14.00@14.40; roughs, $11.75@12.25;
light, $1f125@14.60; pigs, $10.50@12.75;
bulk, $14.00@14.50.
Sheep—Receipts 2,800; market steady;
clipped ewes, $9.00@9.50; lambs, sll.oo©
11.50; canners and choppers, $5.00@8.00.
new york Produce market
NEW YORK, June 2.—Flour, quiet and
unchanged.
Pork—Quiet; mess. $41.00@42.00.
Lard-—Easy; middle west spot, $20.70
@20.80.
Sugar—Steady; raw, 20.50@20.56; refined,
steady; granulated, 21.50@23.00.
Coffee—Rio No, 7, on spot, 1a%@15%c;
No. 4 Santos, 23%@24%c.
Tallow—Weak: specials, 12c; city, ll%c.
Hay—Quiet; No. 1, $2.05@2.25; No. 3,
$1.70@1.85; clover, $1.60@2.00.
Dressed Poultry—Quiet; turkeys, 50@56c;
chickens, 36@43c; fowls, 26@43c; ducks,
32@35c.
Live Poultry—Easy; geese. 20@22c; ducks,
3@25c; fowls. 38@39c; turkeys, 30c; roost
ers. 22c; chickens, broilers, 40@70c.
Cheese —Steady; state milk, common to
specials, 20@32c; skims, common to spe
cials, 5@22c.
METAL MARKET
NEW YORK, June 2. —Copper, quiet.
Electrolytic, spot and Juns and July. 19@
19%. Iron, steady; prices, unchanged. An
timony, 9.00. Tin, steady; spot, 42.50;
July, 52.00.
Metal exchange quotes lead quiet; spot
offered at 8.80. Zinc, steady; East St.
Louis delivery spot, 7.45 bid, 7.75 asked.
At London: Spot copper, 95 pounds 2s 6d;
futures, 98 pounds 2s 6d. Electrolytic, spot,
106 pounds; futures, 110 pounds. Tin. spot,
274 pounds: futures, 230 pounds 15s. Lead,
spot, 38 pounds; futures. 39 pounds ss.
Zinc, spot, 43 pounds 10s; futures, 45
pounds 15s.
Weekly Weather and
Cotton Crop Report
Summary of weather and crop conditions
in cotton region for week ending Tuesday,
June 1, 1920:
Mostly light rainfall and seasonable tem
perature throughout the cottoon belt fa
vored satisfactory to verry good progress
generally except that it was too cool the
first half of the week in more eastern dis
tricts, and inadequate sunshine and wet
soil caused generally poor progress in Ok
lahoma.
Cotton plants are small in Georgia.
Stands are irregular, and the condition con
tinues to range from rather poor to aver
age in Alabama, but stands are veryr good
in Arkansas and planting is stil in progress
ni etreme eastern portions. Cotton improved
in Louisiana and made satisfactory progress
in Texas although the crop is late. Condi
tion and stands in Oklahoma are satisfac
tory to very good. Fields are grassy in
portions of Alabama and Florida and wee
vil are numerous in portions of Texas, Al
abama and Georgia. The weather was fa
vorable for corn, pastures and truck in the
southern states, but rain is needed in some
Atlantic coast • sections.
South Carolina: Further general improve
ment reported but nights still too cool for
best development of cotton. Condition of
cotton rather poor to satisfactory.
North Carolina: Too cool first half of
week with insufficient rainfall. The month
has been the coldest and driest May of rec
ord at Raleigh; growth of cotton retarded,
rain is needed for satisfactory stand in hard
soil, stand fairly satisfactory in soft land.
Texas—Seasonable temperatures and suf
ficient rainfalll favorable for planting
growth, cultivation and planting. Cotton is
late, growth satisfactory, condition rather
poor o average.
Oklahoma: Mean temperature normal and
sunshine deficient. Soil too wet in most
sections for cultivating and cotton made
generally poor progress, replaning continues
and early planted being cultivated.
Tennessee: Good growing weather pre
vailed. Cotton made satisfactory progress
but much replanted on account of bad seed.
Makilng much of the crop late.
Louisiana: Scattered^showers and high
temperatures favorable for all crops. Cot
ton made good progress and condition im
proed.
Mississippi: The week was generally fa
vorable for cultivation, ad growth of cotton
and truck gardens although scattered show
ers, locally excessive, retarded work in
some western and central counties,
Arkansas: Light rains, except heavy
rains in extreme north and seasonable tem
peratures were generally favorable for farm
work. Cotton made excellent progress ex
cept in extrem north and nst portions where
soil still too wet. Condition of cotton roll
er poor o average.
Georgia: Except for heavy, local rains,
the week was favorable, with continued
moderate improvement in crops. Cotton
planting nearing completion and chopping
begun in northern division. Progress satis
factory but plats small and stands irregular,
lice and weevil becoming numerous.
Alabama: Fait, warm days most of the
week favorable for good progress. Planting
continues, cotton made generally satisfac
torq progress, condition varies from poor to
average. Planting of cotton continues in
north: grass is serious in many sections,
weevil numerous in south.
olnt Mnsatisfacto. .ry -..1 pv r% ea Lm
Re-opening of Cotton
Exchange Was Delayed
NEW YORK, June 2.—Managers of the
New York cotton exchange, which was
closed yesterday pending adjustment of
legal difficulties regarding the form of con
tract under which trading was to be con
tinued, decided today to reopen the exchange
at 11 o’clock.
At the same time notice was posted on the
floor of the New York exchange that the
New Orleans cotton exchange had suspended
trading until further notice because of the
uncertainty surrounding contracts.
Managers of the New York exchange, how
ever, cxp.aiiieo flat reopening was condi
tioned upon President Wilson signing before
11 o'clock a corrected agricultural appropri
ation bill without the Comer amendment,
which provided for a new form of contract.
At 11 o’clock reopening of the exchange
was postponed for forty-five minutes, ns no
word had been received from Washington
that the president had signed the corrected
b 11.
Signed
WASHINGTON, June 2.—President Wil
son today signed a joint resolution eliminat
ing from the agricultural appropriation bill
the Comer amendment affecting cotton
futures grades, which, through a clerical
error, was included in the original measure,
signed yesterday.
New Orleans Closed
NEW ORLEANS, June 2.—Because of
continued uncertainty over the status of the
cotton futures contract under the federal
laws, the board of directors of the New
Orleans cotton exchange invoked the emer
gency rule before the time of the opening
of business today and announce! that busi
ness would be suspended unt'l something
definite citme from Washington
Reopening of the cotton exchange was
postponed again to 1 o'clock because no
‘ official confirmation had been received that
the president had signed the new measure.
Government Reports Condition of
Cotton 62.4 Against 75.6 Last Year
Department of Agriculture Announced This Was the
Lowest Mark in Fifty Years, and the Statement
“Worst Ever Known” Was Confirmed
WASHINGTON, June 2.—Reporting the condition of the cot
ton crop on May 25 at 62.4 per cent or normal, the department of
agriculture announced that this was the lowest mark in is record
of fifty years and that the recurring statement, “worst ever known,”
was confirmed.
Revised figures of the area planted last year were announced
as 35,13,3,000 acres, the area picked 33,566,000 acres and the yield
per acre 161.5 pounds.
The department of agriculture issued the following statement:
“Cotton is reported as poor to bad in all cotton states, and in
almost every county in the cotton belt.
“The recurring statement, ‘worst ever known,’ is confirmed
by the reported condition figures of 62.4 per cent of normal, the
next lowest at this date in the bureau’s entire record of fifty years
being 69.5 per cent in 1917. Last year it was 75.6 per cent.” •
The ten-year average is 78.7.
Season Late
“The season throughout the belt is from two-to four weeks late.
Extensive winter and spring rains packed the soil and subsequent
lack of shortage of normal rainfall over much of the belt from
Texas to North Carolina caused the rapid drying out of the hard
packed surface, even when moisture in the subsoil is abundant.
“Moist weather conditions in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missis
sippi continue with much of the long staple growing in the delta
districts of these states sill overflowed from the high waters in the
Mississippi and its tributaries. Much planting was done ‘in the mud’
and the cold, wet oil caused much rotting seeds, while the cold
nights and frost caused a loss of many fields that had come to a
stand and has left many others thin and backward, lacking color
and vigor. Replanting has ranged as high as 40 per cent in some
states and planting and replanting is still under way in all states.
Uplands in Best Shape
“The unfavorable conditions for field work have resulted in
poorly worked and grassy fields, especially in the lowlands. Up
lands are better and some are reported good.
“Weevil infestation is unusually severe in affected territory.
Hot, clear weather is neeeded for both of the growth of the plant
and to hold the weevil in check, yet some rainfall is needed in most
of the belt for proper development.
The almost sole encouraging feature is the greatly increased
use of fertilizer over recent years. From 10 to 35 per cent more is
being used and the quantity is much better. Nitrate of soda is being
used rather freely in an effort to nurse weak and late stands up to
proper size and vigor.”
The condition on May 25 of the cotton crop by states as an
nounced by the department of agriculture here today shows Georgia
to be the lowest with 55 per cent of normal. The percentage by
states follows:
rT . . . 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915
Virginia 71 89 .80 75 89 88
North Carolina 70 85 84 63 76 85
South Carolina 68 -7S 80 70 65 80
Georgia 55 gl 78 69 73 81
Florida 62 75- 75 76 82 80
Alabama 53 78 78 61 76 78
Mississippi 65 73 86 66 83 8’
Louisiana 72 74 85 74 82 76
Texas ...60 76 82 74 73 79
Arkansas 61 68 85 64 87 84
Tennessee 60 64 90 63 86 85
Missouri 64 70 79 73 87 90
Oklahoma 70 65 86 77 85 76
California 86 91 91 82 97 so
Arizona 80 .. 90
All other states 63 ... .
Waycross Man Invents
Combination Coach
WAYCROSS. Ga., June 2.—J. A.
Whiting, superintendent of the
Waycross and Western railway, has
designed a combination car to sup
plant the light form of passenger and
mail service car, which will be val
uable to short lines. It is somewhat
like a street car in appearance and
is of 125 horsepower. It will ac
commodate fifty-five passengers, be
ing divided into two sections, one
for colored passengers and the other
for white. It is sixty feet in length,
outside, and is equipped with air
brakes, electric lights, all safety ap
pliances, and other modern equip
ment.' It will make a speed of forty
miles per hour, pulling three stand
ard box cars.
It is a combination of locomotive,
passenger and baggage car and is
driven by two powerful engines sim
ilar to those used in high-powered
automobiles. A patent ha s been se
cured for the car and three have
already been sold to railroad com
panles. A number are being con
structed at this time and contracts
are being signed with a number of
companies who will use the new In
vention for light service.
The introduction of this new car
into the railroad field means a new
enter prise for Waycross.
Wanted Ice Water
In Asbestos Coffin
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Leaving a will
in his pocket in which he asked that
he be buried in an asbestos coffin
and that it contain a bottle of ice
water, Walter G. Hann, seventeen
years old, ended his life by taking
poison at the Typewriter Sales com
pany’s office, where he was employ
ed as a repair man. Hann died on
the way to the City hospital in an
ambulance.
At 11:30 o’clock Hann staggered
into the office of the company from
a rear room, where he had been at
work, and told Miss Alice Sties. a
stenographer, that he was ill. She
called one of the men in the office
and they placed him in a chair and
summoned Dr. Lloyd W. Bennett,
who Immediately called an ambu
lance.
On the way to the hospital Dr.
Bennett and his aides used artificial
respiration in an effort to keep Hahn
alive, but he died before the hos
pital was reached.
In a pocket in Hann’s coat was
found the notebook which contained
his will, by which he disposed of
property amounting to several thou
sand dollars. The first page bore
the title “Last Will and Testament
of Walter G. Hann.’’ Each bequest
was made on a separate page.
The will contained the follotwlng
bequests: SSOO to Ed R. Mahonev,
S2OO to Al (a brother). S2OO to Mil
lie, SIOO to Ray, $2,000 to mother;
a revolver to O. K. Bugh (a chum),
to Helen a ring at Kortkamp’s for
repairs; to Al a canoe and camping
outfit on the Meramec river.
Hann’s watch and a number of
trinkets were left to his baby broth
er.
The book also contained several
messages to friends as follows: “Tell
Rhoda. Lillian. Madeline, Hello.” "A
Sties, best wishes for a husband.”
The will closed as follows:
“May I have an asbestos coffin and
a bottle of ice water. Kindly com
ply with the request herein and
oblige the late W. G. Hann.”
A diary was found by the police.
Tt showed that Hann went to the
theater with one of the girls men
tioned in his will a night or two
before his death. This was the last
entry.
Albert Hann he knew of no
reason for his brother’s act as he
apparently was perfectly hanpy.
There was a can of poison, used in
the work, in the shop, but it was
closed and there was nothing to in
dicate Hann had taken any of it.
Restoration of Picture
Shows Adam Was Beardless
BUDAPEST. Hungary.—Adam did
not wear a beard, according to M.
Terey, director of the Hungarian na
tional Art Museum, who has elimi
nated the first man’s chin adornment
in restoring Jordaen’s picture. “Adam
and Eve.” The picture shows Adam
looking at the apple and Eve listen
ing to the serpent in Eden.
Examination has shown the beard
was not in the original picture, but
was painted on last century. Wh~n
beards were popular. Many objected
to the beard because it made Adam
look too much like the proverbial
Bolshevist, but this consideration did
not influence M. Terey.
This canvhs, which escaped the
fury of the Communists, was the
property of Count Karaosonyi, who
gave it to a leader of the red guard
for having aided in saving a valua
ble collection.
The Cave Man Again With
Us, Talks Baby Language
RODMAN, N. Y.—“ Where’s my
mamma?”
These words, repeated over and
over again by Rodman’s child her
mit, the only clew to one of the
stangest cases of lost identity ever
known around these parts, which
developed when local hunters, while
exploring Endless cave, near this
place, discovered an old, old man
wffh white beard falling nearly to
his feet- yet attired in the garments
ot a child of eight or ten years and
carrying a bag of primary school
DOOKS.
On the fly leaf of each one of these
*?ook s is inscribed the date. “May 19,
i 032, and it is thought, by visitiner
alienists that the old man wandered
away from home as a child in that
year, became lost in the cave and
has lived there since, subsisting on
, a L s ,. a , n< f owls and having onlv his
childish thoughts and recollections.
He speaks in quaint childish accents
of yesteryear and babbles innocent
jy hl , s mamma,” of boyhood
games and of “his teacher.”
c At least a Century Old
■,„„, T "® re * s no doubt in my mind,”
declares one ot the alienists, “but that
IC I St a centur Y old and
that he has been living in the cave
for the past fourscore years.’.’
the alienists was speaking,
* ® old man was toddling about in
hnbhF ack • yar . d ’ s P innin & a top and
babbling in glee at his new pastime.
it is believed that during all these
years in the cave, the child hermit
’’Pad never grew beyond his
childhood associates, remained faith
+l °? e ol - the cus toms of his
youth and wore his suit only on one
° f the '^’ ee £’ Fol ' was his
Sunday suit. The garments, while
irayea and worn, are remarkably nre
serfed f. or the length of time they
probably have given service.
Sorghum Syrup Production
Relief for Sugar Shortage
WASHINGTON, D. C.—As a sim
ple, practical means of helping re
lieve the acute sugar and syrup
shortage, the United States depart
ment ot agriculture recommends the
increased production of sorghum
syrup, which, it is pointed out, re
quires neither unusual skill nor ex
pensive equipment to make. Fur
thermore, the methods of growing
sorghum are similar to those of corn
and in that respect involve little that
is new to many farmers. Syrup man
ufacture is so simple that it can
5® carried on with profit by in
dividuals utilizing small-sized outfits
ot a daily capacity of 100 gallons
or less. Where operations on a
larger scale are feasible, community
plants having a dailj? capacity of
several hundred gallons are suggest
ed by the department.
Sorghum syrup is palatable and
pleasant flavored and is an excel
lent table syrup. It can also be-used
as a substitute for other syrups or
for sugar in making certain breads,
cakes, etc., and as a substitute for
a part of the sugar used in making
preserves and the like. The cost
of producing it att home is relatively
low and usually an individual man
ufacturing it can readily sell any
excess over his home needs to good
advantage. Sorghum syrup produced
during the 1919 season brought the
producers from ninety 'cents to $1.50
a gallon, depending on the quality,
marketing conditions, etc. Thus far
the supply has fallen far short of
the market demand. ’
The United States department of
agriculture has prepared a brief sum
mary of information regarding the
growing of sorghum and the equip
ment necessary to make syrup. A
copy of this circular may be had
by addressing the department of
agr i c ulture, Washington, D, C.
Mrs. Carnegie Buys House
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie is the buyer
of the one-time residence of George
L. McAlpin, at 9 East Ninetieth
street. New York, the sale of which
was negotiated by J. J. and T. A.
Kavanagh for the City Real Estate
company several weeks ago.
Only a nominal consideration is
mentioned in the conveyance, which
was made subject to a mortgage of
$40,000, but the realty had been held
in the market .at $250,000.
What disposition will be made of
the property could not be learned.
With the McAlpin house the Car
negie holdings are enlarged to 230
feet on Ninetieth street, extending
easterly from the Fifth avenue cor
ner. The remainder of the plot to
Madison avenue is improved with
residences held in various owner
ships.
The late Mr. Carnegie bought the
Fifth avenue block front, between
Ninetieth and Ninety-first streets, in
1898, and a year later added eighty
one feet to the plot on Ninety-first
street, where the family’s frontage
of 257 feet includes all but the Mad
ison avenue corner.
NATION TO PROFIT
BY LEASED WATER
POWER-LAWRENCE
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.)
WASHINGTON, June 2.—ln the
midst of perhaps the most feverish
period of anticipation which political
Washington has witnessed in a gen
eration, when attention is fixed upon
thoughts of presidential nominations,
something has happened of transcen
dent importance to the industry and
commercial development of the Unit
ed States that may well be called
epochal. For, after ten years of
controversy and debate, a conserva
tion measure—the biggest ever at
tempted in the history of the Amer
ican republic—has finally gone to
the White House for the signature of
President Wilson.
Both houses of congress have just
passed the measure which releases
the water power of the nation to pri
vate development and the president
will surely sign it, thus ending a
controversy that was prolonged
chiefly because it was little under
stood, for the United States is, per
haps, the last of the big nations of
the world to harness its water power
for industrial uses.
By simple legislation, which leases
the water power in streams from
one part of the country to the oth
er, “white coal,” as electrical energy
is callsd by engineers, will sudden
ly become an important competitor
of black coal. Water falls do not
strike. Machinery doesn’t stop at
the behest of the walking delegate.
And power is made available for in
dustrial development not merely In
the manufacturing centers of the
east but in all parts of the west
where hitherto the long haul for coal
from eastern mines has made the
building of factories out of the ques
tion.
Commission Named
This conservation legislation is the
same thing around which Gifford'
Pinchot and his followers have main
tained a constant controversy. Some
have contended that the streams of
the nation should not be handed over
to private interests but should be
kept under constant government con
trol. But the present measure pro
vides that the secretary of war, the
secretary of the interior and the sec
retary oi agriculture shall constitute
a commission which shall say what
sites may be developed, whether the
erection of dams would interfere
with the present navigability of riv
ers, and what the companies shall
pay to the United States government.
At the end of fifty years, the pri
vate companies are obliged to sei!
their plants and give up their rights
of the United States government
wants the property but the govern
ment must recompense the owners
for their investment.
It probably will be two years be
fore the full effect of the new con
servation measure is felt because it
takes time for companies to organize
and for construction work to be com
pleted. But the effects of the leg
islation are bound to be revolution
ary. Commercial interests of every
kind have been backing the measure.
It will for instance, in the opinion
of some, help the news print situa
tion in the United States by pro
viding electrical energy for new pa
per mills and at the same time
harness the waters of streams which
have a tendency to overflow and de
stroy forests where wood pulp used
in making newsprint paper might be
obtained. The American newsp;tf>er
Publishers assocition for a long time
have urged legislation of some kind
in this general direction.
Wilson Pioneer for Law
Political credit for the conserva
tion law wil be difficult to dis
tribute. President Wilson urged it
from the very beginning of his ad
ministration seven and a half years
ago. Again and again the measure
would pass one house of congress
only to get tied up in the other.
Then a substitute bill would be pass
ed and a deadlock would be reached
in the conference between the two
houses. The president himself al
ways has insisted that all factions
and parties get together but there
has been division inside’ the Repub
lican as well as the Democratic
ranks.
The new measure is a combination
of various bills sponsored at differ
ent times by Senator Shields, of Ten
nessee, Democrat; Senator Myers, of
Montana, Democrat; Representative
Ferris, of Oklahoma, Democrat; Rep
resentative ,Sims, of Tennessee, Dem
ocrat, but it was also the work of
Representative Esch, Republican, of
Wisconsin, who piloted the measure
through the house, and Senator Wes
ley Jones, Republican, of the state
of Washington, who put the bill
through the senate. Lindley M. Gar
rison and his successor Newton D.
Baker, as secretary of war, had much
to do with the drafting of the legis
lation and back of the whole thing
from the start has been the constant
influence of Franklin K. Lane, for
mer secretary of the interior, who
managed to keep a nonpartisan at
mosphere about the legislation that
helped bring about a harmonious
agreement.
It sounds like a simple piece of
legislation and with so many ad
vantages to be gained from it one
naturally wonders why all the de
lay. Blit the fear that private con
' cerns would make too much money
out of their control of the waters
of the country coupled with various
government ownership theories and
conservation quarrels in western
states blocked the measure for a
decade. It is the' greatest achieve
ment of the present congress. Yet it
hardly got a ripple of applause or
passing mention as the bill went to
the White House to become law
Long after the excitement over the
presidential campaign has died
down, the conservation bill will be
developing new communities and
building new cities in the valleys , of
the country, more water will be
available for irrigation and the arid
lands of the west will be yielding
crops. It took ten years to get the
legislation but the, benefits will be
felt for generations to come.
Madelin Babin and
Her Mother Released
By Labor Department
WASHINGTON. June 2. —Warrants
for the arrest and deportation of
Madelin Babin and her mother and
sister, on charges that tney entered
the United States from France for
improper purposes, were cancelled
Tuesday by Assistant Secretary Post.
Evidence in the case, presented
at hearings at the department of
justice and made public today, said
the women came to this country at
the invitation of Lee Shippey. of
Kansas City, Mo., formerly a Y. M.
C. A. worker in France.
Shippey, it was testified, lived with
the Babin family while overseas, and
“an attachment arose between him
and the eldest daughter.”
“Upon his return to the United
States,” it was added, “he and his
wife became estranged, and are now
living apart, he in Los Angles and
she in Kansas City.
“Evidently he wished her to in
stitute proceedings for a divorce and
she refuses. Evidently also, if he
were divorced he would marry the
alien who is about to be if she has
not already become the mother of
his child.”
From testimony. Madeline Babin
came to the United States to accept
a place a« a teacher at Portland,
Ore., which Shippey had obtained for
her. On her way to Portland she
stopped at Kansas City, the report
said, “with the expectation of mar
riage to Shippey if he were lawfully
free to marry her.”
This Ancient Desk
Is Sold for $l7O
LONDON.—A rosewood desk where
David Lang. “Gretna Priest,” per
formed marriage ceremonies from
1792 to 1827, was sold at auction
here for $l7O.
666 quickly relieves Colds
and LaGrinpe, Constipation,
Bi! •ousness, Loss of Appetite
and Headaches.— (Advt.)
THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1920.
GENERAL VON LEUTT
WITZ, former Hun governor of
Belgium, who hate played an
important part in the German
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Search for Stolen
Automobile Tires
Uncovers Whisky
TIFTON. Ga., June 2. —Three hun
dred pints of old-time “red” whisky
and sixteen automobile tires were
seized in a raid on the farm of Jules
Turner, in the southern part of Tift
county, Sunday afternoon, by Sheriff
J. M. Shaw and Chief of Police J. O.
Thrasher and Special Officers Frank
Musselwhite and O. T. Hill, of the
Southern railroad.
The tires are alleged to have been
stolen by Levy Johns, of Macon, or
his agents, from the two roads and
brought to Turner's, who is an uncle
of Johns’, for disposition. It is
claimed that the last load of tires
was brought from Macon last Tues
day night by two men named Win
gate and Knight.
The tires were traced to Tifton by
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(Continued from Page 1)
to treat a harmless and foot-weary
wayfarer?
Mrs. Duke considered that it was,
exactly.
“I’ll send for the guards and they
can look you over,” she said. “Come
with us.”
The man got up reluctantly and
the four began to walk toward the
house. The man kept edging over
toward Mrs. Martin, who was older
titan Mrs. Phelps and possibly look
ed a bit more nervous.
“Don’t do that.” she told him. "I’d
hate to have to shoot you.”
‘‘Artillery” Opens Up
The man ceased edging. They went
into the house and out on the front
veranda. Dr. Cochran came driving
past. Mrs. Duke had gone to dia
phone the guards. Mrs. Phelps called
Dr. Cochran to come in. As the car
stopped, the "tramp” I made a
break for liberty Over the railing
he vaulted and was out of the yard in
a twinkling.
But it was no quiet get-away. Mrs.
Phelps fired five shots after him—
all there were in the revolver.
“I think I could have hit him,” she
said later, “but I didn’t want to. I
tried to make him stop.”
He didn't stop—then; but the
neigh borhoodwas aroused; and Dr.
Cochran joined in a, general chase;
and a prison guard, searching near
by, came along; and the “tramp” was
rounded up not far from Mrs. Duke's
house and captured.
They brought him back past the
three women who had discovered
him; and he was palpably in a bad
humor He scowled ferociously at
Mrs Phelps
“You'd kill a man for $60," he said,
referring to the amount of the gov
ernment reward, and unreasonably ig
noring the fact that Mrs. Phelps had
intentionally missed him five times.
Then he looked at Mrs. Dukes.
"As for you,” he said. “I’m coming
l ack to call on you after I get out of
jail—and you won’t forget the visit,
either!”
It was quite disquieting, the ladies
agreed.
Two Others Arrested
L. A. Toms was discovered by a
dairvman named Harper, along the
Jones Spur road. Harper suspected
that the man was an escaped convict
and cpnceallng. himself back of his
wagon as the denim-clad figure came
along, jumped out and seized the
convict.
McDowell, a negro, was rounded
up about the same time and cap
tured without a struggle.
The eight prisoners obtained their
freedom by severing with a pipe-cut
ter the heavy steel bars of a window
in the basement of the cell block
after using skeleton keys on the
basement door. They left the grounds
byway of the barn, being mistaken
for trusties by other prisoners of
that type working on the farm. They
got about fifteen minutes’ start be
fore their escape was discovered.
the railroad officers and the officers
here had been at work on the cgse
since Friday morning. The finding of
the whisky was the result of the
hunt for the tires.
Federal officers raided Turner’s In
a search for illicit distilleries made
in this section some time ago and
destroyed some beer said to belong
to a tenant on his place.
No arrests were made here as a
result of the find. 1 Johns is sup
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would place him under arrest as soon
as they returned to Macon and he
could be located.
Turner was in bed with smallpox
at the time the raid was made, but
stated that the liquor belonged to
Johns. The officers alleged that the
thefts have been going on for a year
or two and that Johns had been mail
ing two or three trips a month to
Turner’s, and that one of the men
who brought the load of tires
had been with him on more than one
occasion, and knew what do with the
tires on his arrival.
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