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6 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%. 1 AGENTS WANTED tfuJJ Sellourbigtl Bottle Sarsapsrillaforon.ly69c. ! It I Best Seller. Finest Medicine. mnOZ. D««IU I 111 Complies with pure drug law. I Uu ZojiOTlls Itl ® ver >°ne buys. Write JiOW for tonne. I EHffiF.t.6BEEliE.s269LaheFart<f»., O«pt 58 ,Chicago g 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 revolution. r l — W’WCI GEN. VON LUETTWIT2. Search for Stolen Automobile Tires Uncovers Whisky TIFTON. 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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 posed to be in Macon, and It was un derstood that the railroad officers 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. FOB SALE—FARMS, Corn and Cotton 145 Acres, Only $5,600 SECTION where corn produces 100 bushels and cotton one bale per acre; 65 acres tillage; brook-watered pasture, valuable wood, fruit orchard; Improved road, con venient railroad town; pretty cottage, good water. 70-foot barn, other buildings; must be sold now. only $5,600. easy terms. 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