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COTTON |
NEW YORK, Sept. 2.—There wa» con
tinued buying on yesterday’s bullish crop
figures Bind prices reached still higher lev
els in the cotton market today, with Oc
tober selling at 17.96, and later months
above the IS-cent level. Liverpool more
than met yesterday's advance here and the
local market opened strong at an advance
of 26 to 40 points, with December soon
selling up to 18.26, and with active months
generally showing net advances of 50 to
62 points, Liverpool and the continent
were both active buyers here while there
was a further broadening of commission
house demand. This was supplied by heavy
realizing and southern selling at the ad
vance, which caused some irregularity later.
Private cables said that spot buyers were
' operating less freely at the advance, but
reported a good undertone in the Liverpool
market.
The readiness with which realizing sales
were absorbed on reactions of 25 or 35
points evidently served to check offerings.
Trading became less active and the market
was steadier again toward mid-day on cov
ering by early sellers for a reaction or a
further broadening of commission house de
mand. December, which had sold off from
18.26 to 17.94 sold back above the 18-cent
level and the advance was encouraged by
bullish private crop advices from the
south.
The market was very irregular during ths
middle of the afternoon but reports that
spot cotton was firmly held in the south
and that the war finance corporation had
arranged further advances to assist in ex
port, had a sustaining influence. Decem
ber ruled around 18.10 shortly after 2
o’clock, or about 42 points net higher.
NEW TOKK COTTON
The following wert, the - » Ice* l»
Mie exchange today
Tone, strong; middling, 18.15 c, quiet.
Last Prev.
Open. High.sLow. Sale. Close. Close.
Jan. .. 18.00 18.27 17.65 18.24 18.23 17.68
Meh. . 18.20 18.50 17.87 18.45 14.45 17.85
May .. 18.25 18.55 17.91 18.52 18.50,17.90
July .. 18.25 18.56 18.25 18.56 18.58 17.90
Oct. .. 17.55 18.00 17.40 18.00 17.88 17.31
Dee. .. 17.96 18.30 17.68 18.25 18.20 17.68
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 2.—A rise of
about $3 a bale carried the price of cotton
to new high levels for the season in the
early trading today, January touching 18
cents a pound. A much higher Liverpool
than expected and favorable reports from
cotton goods markets of this country were
behind the advance. During the first hour
of trading prices rose 56 to 60 points. Oc
tober going as high as 17.53.
For a while there was general liquidation
from holders of long contracts who wanted
to even up over the triple holidays to follow
the close today and prices receded under the
pressure, the more active months dropping ;
to levels 7 to 10 points over the close of
yesterday, which carried October off Io
17.05. Toward 11 o’clock nwe support was
•ffered in volume and a quick bulge widened
the net gains to 40 to 44 points.
After the middle of the day trading was
done on a series of ups and downs with no
decided trend until toward the close a quick
bulge carried October up to 17.56 where it
stood 61 points over yesterday’s close. Oth
er months strengthened but did not reach
new high levels.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
The following were tne ruling prices t*
the exchange today:
Tone, strong; middling, 17c, steady.
Last Prev.
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Clote
Jan. .. 17.70 18.00 17.50 17.92 17.88 17.40
Meh. . 17.80 18.12 17.72 18.05 18.05 17.56
Mav .. 17.90 18.22 17.75 18.10 18.10 17.62
Sept 16-10
Oct. 17.25 17.56 17.05 17.53 17.49 16.95
Dec. .. 17.62 17.94 17.44 17.86 17.85 17.37
NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 2.—Spot cotton
steady, 50 higher. Sales on the spot 2,055
bales; to arrive 869. Low middling, 15.00;
middling, 17.00; good middling, 18.00; re
ceipts 2,261; stock 398,481.
SPOT COTTON MARKET
Atlanta, steady, 17c.
New York, quiet, 18.15 c.
New Orleans, steady, 17c.
Philadelphia, steady, 18.40 c.
Norfolk, steady, 16.45 c.
Savannah, steady, 17.20 c.
St. Louis, steady, 16c.
Houston, steady, 17.20 c.
Memphis, steady, 16.20 c.
Augusta, steady. 17.55 c.
Little Rock, 16.20 c.
Dalas, steady, 16.40 c.
Charleston, nominal.
Wilmington, steady, 15.95 c.
Boston, steady, 17.60 c.
Galveston, steady, 17.20 c.
Montgomery, steady, 15.95 c.
Mobile, steady, 15.75 c.
ATLANTA SPOT COTTON
Atlanta spot cotton 17c
Receipts 674
Shipments j 1,593
Stock 15,462
LIVERPOOL COTTON
Tone, quiet and steady; sales 10,000; good
middling, 12.15 d.
Prev.
Open. Close. Close.
Jan 11.40 11.45 10.91
Feb 11.39 10.89
March 11.40 11.34 10.87
April 10.84
May 11.39 11.23 10.81
June 10.74
July 11.20 11.12 10.70
Aug 11.05 10.13
Sept 11.62 10.97
Oct 11.40 11.57 10.95
Nov 11.52 11.54 10.95
Dec 11,55 11.55 1G.98
AMERICAN EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS
The following were the ruling price* in
the exchange today:
> Prev.
Open. High. Low. Close. Close.
Jan 18.08 18.27 17.70 18.23 17.63
March .. 18.20 18.59 17.87 18.47 17.88
May .... 18.26 18.55 17.91 18.52 17.93
Oet 17.60 18.00 17.40 17.90 17.37
Dec 18.15 18.30 17.68 18.20 17.71
COTTONSEED OIL MARKET
Open. Close.
January 9.05@9.19 9.15<?i9.16
February 9.10@9.25 9.10
March 9.27(89.28 9.30(39.32
April 9.25(1j9.4<i
September 8.95@9.05 9.10(&.9.12
October 9.12®9.15 9.15(39.20
November 8.90@8.99 9.07(09.10
December 9.08(39.09
Tone, steady; sales, 16,500.
Liberty Bends
NEW YORK, Sept. 2.—Liberty bonds
closed;
3lA’s $ 81. IO
First 4’s 87.66
Seconds 4’s 87.70
First 444’s 87.80
Second 4’4’s 87.54
Third 4%*8 91.22
Fourth 4>4’s 87.91
Victory 3%’s 99.00
Victory 4%1a 99.00
THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLT JOURNAL*
GRAIN
CHICAGO. Sept. 2.—Trading in wheat
was much broader on the board of trade
today, prices opening Is off to % higher.
Wheat closed 1 to 1% under the opening.
Corn early displayed some firmness,
opening % off to 44 higher than yester
day’s finish, .but at the end of the first
hour was back to opening figures, after
being up % to <£•
Corn closed 144 under the opening.
Oats opened a shade to 1 cent higher.
Provisions were stronger.
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS
The following were the ruling prices in
the exchange today:
Prev,
Open. High. Low. Close Close.
WHEAT—
Sept. .. 1.25% 1-27 1.23% 1-24 1.25%
Dec. ... 1.27 1.2844 1-25% 1.25% 1.27
May .. 1.304 J 1.3244 1.29 1.29 1.3044
CORN—
Sept 55 5544 5344 53% 55%
Dec 54% 55% 5344 53% 54%
May .... 58% 59% 57% 57% 58%
OATS—
Sept. .... 35% 35% 34% 34% 35%
Dec 38%, 38% 37% 38 38%
May .... 42% 42% 41% 41% 42%
PORK—
Sept 17.50 ....
LARD—
Sept. ... 11.75 11.90 1t.72 11.90 11.72
Oct. ... 11.85 12.00 11.82 12.00 11.72
Jan 9.85 9.75 9.77 9.70
RIBS—
Sept 9.02 9.02 9.00 9.00 8.92
Oct. 9.20 9.15 9.15 9.10
Jan 8.G5 8.62
CHICAGO CASiF”QUOTATIONS
CHICAGO, Sept. 2. —Cash: Wheat, No.
2 red, 127; No. 2 hard, 12644.
Corn, No. 2. mixed, 55%@56’4; No. 2
yellow, 554 s @57.
Oats. No. 2, w-hite, 37@38; No. 3, white,
34% @36%.
Rye. No. 2. 105.
Barley, 55@68.
Pork, nominal.
Lard, 11.90.
Ribs, 9.00@10.25.
Timothy, 4.00(35.00.
Clover 13.00@19.00.
ST. LOUIS QUOTATIONS
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2.—Wheat, No. 2 red,
$1.29@1.30; No. 3, $1.24; September,
$1.23%; December. $1.2544-
Corn, No. 1 white, 54c; No. 2,53 c; Sep
tember, 52e; December,\sl%c.
Oats, No. 2 white, 89c; No. 3, 33%@
36c; September, 35c; December, 37@37%c.
METAL _ MARKETS
NEW YORK, Sept. 2.—Copper, tseady:
electrolytic, spot and nearby 12@1244'-
later 12@1244- Tin, steady; spot and
nearby, 27.00; futures, 27.44; Iron steady;
prices unchanged. Lead firmer; spot, $4.50.
%inc, quiet; east St. Louis delivery; spot,
4.20. Antimony, spot. 4.50. .
LIVE STOCK BY WIRE
CHICAGO, Sept. 2.—Cattle—Receipts,
4.000. steady; top yearlings, $10.70; bulk
beef steers, $6.75@9.50; bulk fat sbe-stock,
$4.25@0.50; canners and cutters, largely,
$2.50@3.50; bulk bologna bulls, $3.50@
3.85; butcher grades. $4.20@5.75; veal
calves, mostly $13.00@13.50; few selected
at $14.00; bulk stocker steers. $5.00@6.00;
feeder steers, largely, $6.00@7.00.
Hogs—Receipts, 17,000; steady to 15c
higher: bulk of sales, $7.10@9.50: top,
early. $9.00: heavy weight, $10.10@10.20:
medium weight. $9.00@9.55; l-'ght weight,
$9.00@9.55; light lights, $8.60@9.35; heavy
packing sows, smooth, $6.90@7.75; pack
ing sows, rough, $6.65@7.00; pigs, sß.oo@>
9.00.
Sheep—Receipts, 10,000; fat lambs, steady
to strong; top westerns, early to shippers.
$8.60; top natives. $8.25: bulk, $7.75@
8.00; culls, $5.00@5.25: light fat sheep,
steady; heavy native ewes more active at
$2.25f<re.50.
EAST ST. LOUIS. Sept. 2.—Cattle, re
ceipts, 2.200; native steers slow; steady;
southwesterns, shade lower; beef cows, 10c
to 15c lower; other classes and vealers
about steady.
Hogs, receipts. 7,000; fairly active, very
uneven. 10c to 15c lower, top 9.65; practi
cal, top 9.55; bulk lightwei ghts.93s @9.50;
few mediums, 9.25@9.35; no heavies sold,
packer sows mostly 25c lowgr; quality me
dium to good.
Sheep, receipts, 300; market nominally
steady; too few- receipts for a market; few
fairly good lambs, 7.75; only sales, remain
der of run. common to medium stuff, at
unchanged prices.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 2.—Cattle, re
ceipts, 200; steady; heavy steers 7.00@
7.75; beef steers, 5.00@6.75; heifers, 5.00(3
6.50; coks, 2.00@5.50; feeders, 5.50@6.25;
Stockers, 3.50@5.50.
Hogs, receipts, 1,000; higher: 225 pounds
up 8.50; 120 to 225 pounds, 9.25; pigs, 6.85
@7.85; throwouts, 6.00 down.
Sheep, steady: receipts, 5.50; lambs,
7.50; sheep, 2.50 down.
sugaiFmarket
NEW YORK. Sept. 2.—Raw sugar,
quiet at 4.61. for centrifugal.
Refined sugar was steady, fine granu
lated continuing at 5.90 by all refiners.
NEW YORK RAW SUGAR MARKET
Open. Close.
January 2.34 2.5.’>@2.54
February 2.45 2.5.3@2.54
Marclj 2.49 2.48
April 2.50 2.45@2.50
May 2.52 2.52@2.53
June 2.58
July 2.66 2.60@2.62
September 3.10 2.93(32.95'
October 2.92
November 2.71
Decerfroer .... 2.58 2.61@2.63
NEW YORK REFINED SUGAR MARKET
Close.
January 5.85615.96
February 5.756i5.80
March 5.65<05.70
April .'. 5.60(35.70
May 5.60@5.70
June 5.60615.76
July 5.606/5.70
September (>.15(36.20
October 6.006/6.10
November 5.95@G.05
December 5.95@6.09
ATLANTA COTTONSEED PRODUCTS
MARKETS
(Corrected by Atlanta Commercial Exchange)
Crude oil, basis prime
tank 7.00 7.25
Cottonseed cake, 7 f per
cent, car lots Nominal.
C. S. meal, 7 per cent am
monia, car lots 33.00 35.00
C. S. meal. Ga. common
rate points, car lots ... 32.00 33.00
Cottonseed bulls, sacked,
car lots 8.00 9.50
Cottonseed hulls, loose, car
lots 10.06 11.50
Linters, first cut. high-grade lots, 2%@
3%c.
Linters clean, mill run. nominal.
Linters, second ent. %@lc.
LIVERPOOL COTTON STATISTICS
LIVERPOOL. Sept. 2. —Weekly cotton sta
tistics:
Total forwarded to mills 38.000 bales, of
which 31,000 bales was American.
Stock 1,075,000 bales; American, 666,000
bales.
Imports 27,000 I ales; American 15,000
bales.
Exports 5,000 bales; American 2,000 bales.
NAVALSTORES
SAV.VNNAII. Ga., Sept. 2.—Turpentine,
firm. 59c; sales, 152; receipts, 458; ship
ments, 313; stock, 8,131.
Rosin, firm: cales, 271: receipts, 1,462;
shipments, 1,175: stock, 74.198.
Quote: B. 53.70: D. 53.75; E. $3.80; F.
$3.95; G, $1.00; H, $4.05; I, $4.14: K
$4.25; M, $4.30; N, $4.50 WG, $5.15; WW,
$5.60. «
Government Estimates Cotten Crop
At 7,037,000 Bales; Condition, 49.3
Decline in the Condition of Cotton During August Caused
Reduction of 1,166,000 Bales in the Estimated Final
Production as Compared With Last Month’s Forecast
WASHINGTON, Sept. I.—Decline in the condition of the cot
ton crop during August caused a reduction cf 1,166,000 bales in
the estimated final production as compared with the amount fore
cast a month ago.
Production this year was forecast today at 7,037,000 bales of
500 pounds gross by the department of agriculture, which based
its estimate on the condition of the crop August 25, which was
49.3 per cent of a normal, forecasting a yield of 127.0 pounds per
acre.
The production was forecast a month ago at 8,203,000 bales,
based on the July 25 condition of the crop, which was 64.7 per
cent of a normal. Last year’s crop was 13,439,603 bales and the
August 25 condition was 67.5 per cent of a normal. The average
condition of the crop on August 25 for the ten years, 1911-20 is
67.7 per cent.
The decline in condition fromm July 25 to August 25 was
15.4 points, compared with an average decline of 7.7 points for
the ten years.
The condition of the crop on August 2 5 and the forecast of
production based on the condition, by states, were:
Virginia: Condition 63 and production 11,000 bales; North
Carolina: 62 and 523,000 bales; South Carolina: 50 .md 744,000
bales; Georgia: 41 and 827,000 bales; Florida: 59 and 16,000
bales; Alabama: 53 and 472.000 bales; Mississippi: 57 and 679,-
000 bales; Louisiana: 45 and 244,000 bales; Texas: 42 and 1.-
938,000 bales; Arkansas: 63 and 729,000 bales; Tennessee: 7 4
and 235,000 bales; Missouri; 78 and 50,00' bales; Oklahoma: 48
and 474,000 bales; California: 83 and 75,000 bales; Arizona: 85
and 47,000 bales. All other states: 85 and blank.
Lower California’s production forecast is 34,000 bales, which
is included California figures but excluded from United States
total.
The condition of cotton on August 25 was the lowest it has
ever been in any month in the history of the cotton-growing in
dustry, according -to the records of the department of agriculture.
In commenting on the conditions the department in a statement
said:
“The damage has been the greatest in the area from central
Oklahoma to north Central Texas, the fall in condition amounting
to from 25 to 30 points. Declines of from 10 to 20 points are
shown for southern South Carolina, for Georgia, northern Ala
bama, the Delta section of Mississippi and throughout the belt
west of the Mississippi river except in the northern edge where
some slight improvement occurred.
“Conditions are especially bad, not above 15 per cent in
southern Oklahoma, and n<jt over a third.of a crop is promised in
the adjoining portions of northern Texas. In southern and central
South Carolina the promise is for less than a third and in some
counties not over 10 per cent of a crop. The central belt of Geor
gia and most of east and south Texas promise about a third.
“Everytthing sems to have gone wrong with the crop. In
southern South Carolina, in Georgia and Arkansas and in portions
of other states, excess rainfall and cool weather have combined to
give a big weed which the boll weevil in the flush of early invasion
has attacked voraciously, destroying all squares and bolls set during
August and even attacking the larger bolls.
“From forty to ninety per cent of the bolls are affected in
southern South Carolina and the proportions run very high in other
states. Westward from Georgia through Alabama, Mississippi and
Louisiana to Texas and Oklahoma the weevil has multiplied far be
yond the usual experience. In Oklahoma, notwithstanding heat
and drought, it is worse than ever experienced. In Texas it is the
chief cause of deterioration.
“The mild winter is held responsible for sparing an unusual
number of weevils as well as other insects, which have multiplied
beyond measure and are devastating the new growth in practically
all the area of its present range. The army worm is present in large
numbers throughout most of Arkansas, Tennessee and north Mis
sissippi, but the defoliation of the heavy growth is not looked' upon
as an unmixed evil. 801 l worms and the usual pests are present in
greater numbers than usual, but their damage is small compared
with the weevil. In North Carolina and Virginia the long drought
has been almost as destructive as the weevil elsewhere.
“The northern edges of the belt, from Virginia and North
Carolina through Tennesse, northern Arkansas and northern Okla
homa promise about two-thirds of a crop. Mississippi, and the
northern portions of Alabam, Georgia and South Carolina still
forcast better than half a crop.”
The condition by states for the last six years were as follows:
1921 1920 1919 191 S 1917 1916
Virginia * 63 81 67 84 76 90
North Carolina 62 79 70 77 69 65
South Carolina 50 71 67 67 <4 57
Georgia 41 58 55 66 68 62
Florida 59 57 38 60 65 aS
Alabama 5 3 5 8 55 66 6 5 4 5
Mississippi 57 60 61 67 75 49
Louisiana 45 55 47 53 7 5 64
Texas ....42 67 61 43 5 5 66
Arkansas •• 63 7 a 65 52 79 il
Tennesee "4 75 69 58 80 SO
Missouri . ”8 83 60 So SO
Oklahoma 48 84 <1 6o 84 a6
California 83 80 98 . 92 90 9.
Arizona 85 8 6 9 0 9 6
Other states 85 90
Total 49.3' 67.5 61.4 55.7 67.8 61.2
How They Stand
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
CLUBS. Won. Lost. Pet. j
Memphis 0(1 44 I
New Orleans 83 51 .619 I
Birmingham $0 54 .602 I
Little Rock 67 63 .515 I
ATLANTA 64 68 ,48.> |
Nashville 54 82 .397 (
Mobile 48 S 3 .306 j
Chattanooga 47 88 .348
GEORGIA STATE LEAGUE
CLUBS. Won. Lost. Pct.
LaGrange 30 14 .682
Lindale 27 16 .628
Cedartown 21 23 .477
Rome 20 24 . 455 ■
Griffin IS 26 .109
Carrollton 10 29 . 350
NATIONAL LEAGUE
CLI BS. Won. Lost. Pct. |
Pittsburg 78 49 .614
New York 78 51 .605 '
St. Louis 69 5S .543 1
Boston 6S 58 .536 I
Brooklyn 66 62 . 516 ;
Cincinnati 57 70 .449 I
Chicago 49 75 .395 i
Philadelphia 43 84 .339 !
AMERICAN LEAGUE
CLUBS. Won. Lost. Pct. I
New York 77 46 .626 !
Cleveland 77 48 .616 !
St. Louis 65 61 .516
Washington 65 63 .508
Boston 58 63 .479
Detroit 61 68 .473
Chicago 53 73 .421
Philadelphia 44 77 .304
BASEBALL
BULLETINS
( THUKSDAY’S GAMES
Florida State.
I Jacksonville, 2; Orlando, 1.
Daytona, 7: Lakeland, 6.
Tampa, 10; St. Petersburg. 3.
South Atlantic League
Augusta, 2; Spartanburg, 3.
Columbia, 17-1; Greenville. 6-0
i Charleston-Charlotte, rain
Southern League
j Birmingham, 8-4; Little Rock, 3-2.
Memphis, 6; Nashville. 4.
Chattanooga. 10; Mobile, 7.
Georgia- State League
Lagrange. 5; Cedartown, 8.
Lindale, 5; Carrollton, 1.
| Griffin, 2; Rome, 4.
American League
i New York, 6-8; Washington, 3-1.
Detroit, 7; Cleveland, 6.
Chicago, 0: St. Louis, 5.
Boston, 3; Philadelphia, 1
National League
St. Louis. 10-8; Pittsburg, 4-0.
Philadelphia, 1, Boston, 0.
New York, 1; Brooklyn, 5.
Georgia Cotton Crop
Estimated at 827,000
The United States bureau of markets and
crop estimates and the Georgia department,
of agriculture, co-operating on crop statistics
as the co-operative crop reporting service for
Georgia, gave to the press today, through
their agricultural statistician, John 8.
Dennee, the following statement concerning
the Georgia cotton crop at the close of the
government’s fourth condition period:
’There is excellent reason to believe, from
present Indications, that Georgia is on the
threshold of harvesting the shortest cotton
crop in the past thirty years. Not since
1592 has Georgia grown so small a crop.
In that year SOO,OOO bales was the output,
and the staple commanded on December 1 a
f-irtn price of S% cents. It is now begin
ning to look as if 20 cents is probable, and
who can say with certainty that 25-cent
cotton is ‘tf the stuff that dreams are
made of"’
‘ Optimism is the dominant note on the
farms of Georgia today. The goal set by
the farmers last spring seems about to be
reached.
“Since the issuance of our July condition
report the crop in Georgia shows an alarm
ing degree of deterioration—lS points, to be
explicit. The ten-year average (1911-1920)
of change July 25 to August 25 is inly 6
points.
“Condition on August 25. as reported by
thousands of our correspondents, many en
gaged actively in growing this -otton crop,
averages 41 per cent of a normal, as com
pared with 59 on July 25. 1921; 58 on
August 25, 1920, and 69 the average on
August 25 of the past ten years. Forty-one
per cent on August 25 pegs a new low
record for Georgia, the lowest since the
government has been keeping tab on the
crop in this state. Many farmers are say
ing that they expect to be done with pick
ing by October 1.
“A condition of 41 per cent on August 25
forecasts a yield of about 110 pounds of lint
cotton per acre, and a total production of j
about 827,000 bales of 500 pounds gross.
According as conditions hereafter are better
or worse than the average, the final out
turn will be larger or smaller than this
amount. Last year production was 1,414,652
bales, two years ago, 1,659,529, and the
average annual production during boll ’"eevii
infestation is 1,502,000 bales. The ten-year
average for Georgia (1911-1920) is 2,038,000
bales.
“The weather has been decidedly unfavor
able for the most part—too wet and too
cool, a state of things conducive to bell
weevil activity, and this weather has fol
lowed protracted drought earlier in the sea
son. Weevil are devastating from one end
of Georgia to the other. Oftentimes as
many as one to four are found to the bloom.
Excessive shedding of squares and ; oung
bolls is a big cause of complaint. In manv
counties the weevils are attacking the larger
bolls. No top crop is expected, the farmers
say. Some boll rot and rust mentioned
locally. The stinted application of fer. lizer
is showing its bad results. There are manv
fields presenting a fine appearance, but it is
usually BIG WEED and NOTHING ON IT.
Some farmers will count themselves lucky if
they get back their seed. And not a few
fanners are offering their prospective crop
in payment of their fertilizer bill. Accord
ing to farmers’ reports, a very large portion
of the crop quit putting on fruit after July
“Cotton is opening rapidly in the southern
and slowly in the northern portion of the
state. Many ’first bales’ are already re
ported. The northern tier of counties has
the best condition. But the crop there will
go on an average not over 54 per cent. The
central counties are in bad shape, very bad
shape, across from the Chattahoochee river
to the Savannah. AND THIS IS GEOR
GIA S BEST COTTON AREA. Less than
one-third of a crop is in sight there. In
the southern tier of counties about 44 per
cent of a crop is looked for.”
Below is shown the average of condition
by counties on August 25, 1921, in compari
son with a normal represented by 100 per
"Sent, as given by over 1,000 reporters of tile
Georgia co-operative crop reporting service:
County— Pct County— Pct.
-^PPl ln S So Jenkins 37
Atkinson 44 Johnson 23
I! acon 20 j ones 12
Baker 44 Jjaniar 16
Baldwin 23 Lanier 40
Banks 58 Laurens 29
Barrow 50 Lee 3’4
Bartow t>7 Liberty 70'
Ben Hill 30 Lincoln 3~
Berrien 44 Long 48
P? Lowndes 31
Brantley 45 l-'™Pkin 93
Brooks 39 49
Bryan 40 ad son 49
Bullocu 49 ' aron W 33
Burke 33 ™ther .... 2 ; >
Butts 23 >j! * er 43
Calhoun 41
Campbell 18
Candler 39 ' e ’’'"f "6
Carroll 43 P/Intosh C7
Chattahoochee .. 38 'Joaroe 14
Chattooga 48 Montgomery .... -.9
Cherokee 6-1 ' orß!in f
Clarke 48 J ” rr:,v ’”2
Clay 44 4S
Clayton 21
Cobb 42 ‘ 36
Coffee 45 K'<*t>! or P e
Colquitt 53 42
Columbia 26 I Ji’kens GO
Coweta 35 3u
Crawford 38 £> , ,
Crisp 33 Pulaski 31
Dade 68 J’ u L nani
Dawson 88
Decatur 70 Randolph »>0
DeKalb 3b’ pebmond 3o
Hodge 33 Rockdale 32
Dooley 37 pchley
Dougherty 50 Screven 36
Douglas 35 Seminole 38
Early 42 Spalding 25
I'lehol.s 25 Stephens 73
Effingham 55 Sumter 46
IJbert 43: Stewart 55
Emanuel 29 Talbot 24
Evans 42 Taliaferro 30
Fayette 31 Tattnall 45
Floyd 41 Taylor 52
Fbrsyta s .. 75 Telfair 41
Franklin ....... 62 Terrell 5f
Fulton 37 Thomas 45"
Giltner 50 Tift 45'
Glascock 31 Toombs 36
Glynn 10 Treutlen 34
Gordon 4S Troup 41
Grady 39 Turner 37
Greene 20 Twiggs 20
Gwinnett 47 Upson 20
1 Jiibersham 83 Walker 68
Hall 63 Walton 44
Hancock 27 Ware 40
Haralson 52 Warren 37
Harris 21 Washington .... 37 j
Hurt 54 Wayne 57 ,
Heard 55 Webster 53
Henry 20 Wheeler 37
Houston 36 White 80
Irwin 67 Whitfield 82
Jackson 55 "Wilcox 32 ■
Jasjier 23 I Wilkes 30 j
Jeff Davis 52 Wilkinson 19 :
Jefferson 33 Worth 44 1
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET 1
NEW YORK. Sept. 2.—Flour dull and un
settled.
Pork—Quiet; mess. $25.50@26.00.
Lard—Firm: middle west spot, $12.10 :
12.2 C. I
Sugar—Raw. dull; centrifugal, 96-test, i
4.61: refined, dull; granulated. 5.85@5.90.
Coffee—Rio No. 7, on spot, 7%@7%c; ■
No. 4 Santos, 10%@10%c.
Tallow—lnactive: specials. 6%c; city, i
5%c. ;
Cheese—Dull; state milk, common to spe
cials, 15@22c: skims, common to specials.
4@lsc.
Hay—Steady; No. .1, $1.55@1.60; No. 3. ’
$1.25@1.10: clover, $1.05@1.50.
Dressed Poultry—Quiet; turkeys, 25@5Se.
chickens, 18@48c; fowls, 20@34c; ducks
28c.
Butter—Dull: receipts 15,040; creamery.
40@4%; special market, 41@41%; st:> >
dairy (tubs), imitation creamery, firsts, .
31@39%.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1921-
FIRST STEP IN MANSION
LEASE IS TAKEN BY BOARD
Details Are Referred to Sub
committee, Which Will
Meet Here Next Wednes
day and Report
A purpose to expedite as speedily as
possible consummation of the lease
of the governor's mansion, at Peach
tree and Cain streets, marked the
initial meeting of the mansion com
mission at the offices of Governor
Hardwick Wednesday morning. The
meeting was featured by the prepon
derating belief that improvements of
the property, as well as the ground
itself, will be absolutely exempt from
state, county and municipal taxation
■—a circumstance that will enhance
the value of the lease-hold by at
least 100 per cent, in the opinion ot
members of the commission.
A permanent organization of the
commission was effected by the elec
tion of Governor Hardwick as chair
man, and Representative Carl Guess,
of DeKalb county, as secretary.
The details of negotiations for the
consummation of the lease was re
ferred to a subcommittee consisting
of the governor. Attorney General
Napier, Secretary of State McLen
don and Thomas J. Carling, of Ma
con.
The subcommittee will meet next
Wednesday in Atlanta to perfect de
tails of the proposals that are to
be submitted to the public looking
to the disposal of the property for a
period of fifty years, as agreed upon
by the commission and authorized by
the legislature. The commission will
meet the day following to consider
confirmation of the plans to be sub
mitted by the subcommittee.
All members of the commission
were present at the meeting, as fol
lows: Governor Hardwick, Secretary
of State McLendon, Attorney General
Napier, Senators I’at Haralson and
Frank Manson, Representatives
Swift, of Elbert; Daniels, of Troup,
und Guess, of DeKalb; Messrs. Thom
as J. Carling, of Macon; Julian Mc-
Murry, of Athens; and Charles M.
Milam, of Cartersville.
Need of Haste
After the governor’s election as
chairman and Representative Guess'
election as secretary, on motion of
Secretary of State McLendon, Gov
ernor Hardwick remarked, first, upon
the importance of expedition, in the
consummation of the lease, and sec
ond, upon the question of taxation as
It relates to the improvements to be
placed upon the property.
“At the very lowest estimate, it
costs the state of Georgia SIOO a
day, possibly more, for the property
to remain idle,” said the governor.
“That is a big consideration in my
desire to speed up the negotiations.
The state needs the funds, and it is
wasteful folly to defer the leasing of
the ground.”
Governor Hardwick said that he
had not made a careful study of the
laws of the state with reference to
the taxation of lease-holds, and the
improvements thereon, more particu
larly property owned by the state.
■'But,” said the governor, “it is my
‘curbstone’ opinion that the improve
ment to be erected on the mansion
site will be exempt from state, coun
ty and municipal taxes. Os course,
the ground itself will be exempt from
taxes. There can be no question
whatever about this.
Taxation Is Important
“The importance of this question
of taxation is obvious at once, when
we consider how vastly the value of
property will be enhanced if the im
provements on the property will cost
a million dollars. In that event, their
exemption from taxation will be
worth at least 3 per cent, or $30,000
a year; if the improvements amount
to $2,000,000, which is not unlikely,
why then the exemption would be
worth $60,003 per year.’
Governor Hardwick suggested that
the question should be carefully in
vestigated by the attorney general and
a report submitted at the earliest
possible moment, so that the commis
sion will be in a position to take
every advantage of his views in ne
gotiating for the lease of the prop
erty- . j c
Attorney General Napier and Sec
retary of State McLendon, himself a
lawyer of experience and ability,
agreed with the ‘curbstone’ opinion
of the governor as to the property
and improvements being tax free.
The attorney general agreed that he
would make an exhaustive study
of the subject and submit his opin
ion to the subcommittee at its meet
ing next Wednesday.
The governor, attorney general
and secretary of state -were in
agreement, however, that whatever
the opinion of the attorney general
as to the question of taxes, the com
mission would be without authority
to guarantee the tax exemption of
the property in such lease as may
be negotiated.
Tor Courts to Decide
“The question will be one for the
courts to determine, if it should be
raised by either the state, Fulton
county or the city of Atlanta,” said
the governor. “But if the commis-
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sion. can announce to prospective
bidders that, in the opinion of the
attorney general, the improvements
of the property will be exempt from
taxation, it is apparent what effect
this announcement will have in en
couraging bidding.
During the discussion of the ques
tion of taxation, frequent reference
was made to the fact that the Wes
tern and Atlantic railroad and its
improvements are exempt from state,
county and municipal taxation in
Georgia, because it is the property
of the state.
The discussion also developed re
gret that the legislature, in its haste,
failed in the resolution authorizing
to lease, to make any provision with
reference to taxation of the improve
ments on the property, just as it
failed to make any provision for the
compensation of the members of tho
commission for their labors. ‘
Governor Hardwick made it per
fectly clear that no subsequent leg
islature can legislate concerning the
question of taxation respecting the
improvement of the mansion site.
“The commission will have con
cluded a lease before there can be
any legislative enactment on the sub
ject,” he said, “and that lease will
be subject to the law as it now is
and not as it may be made in the
future. If the improvements to be
made of the property are not subject
to taxation, as the law is now, no
future legislature can alter the con
dition, and if the Improvements are
subject to taxation, no future legisla
ture could exempt them.” *
The commission meeting was open
to the public and it was apparent
from the attitude of the members that
they are anxious for suggestions from
the public as to the disposal of the
property.
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She hinges on the verge of a
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By "day she day dreams it all over
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re-enacted in her subconscious dream
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Yet she has but one hope—one
prayer. It is to recover her health
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The world’s increase in shipping
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Detroit is planning the construc
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