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j COTTON
NEW YORK Oct. 17.—The cotton
market showed renewed activity
and strength at the opening today
owing to unexpectedly firm cables
and a continuation of unfavorable
weather in the south. First prices
were at an advance of twenty-seven
to forty points, with October sell
ing up to 30.20, and December to
29.47, on active general buying.
These prices attracted heavy real
izing, however, while there may
have been some scattered selling on
unfavorable reports from the goods
trade and prices eased off fifteen or
twenty points during the early trad
ing. The weekly- report of the
weather bureau was regarded as
bullish on southwestern conditions,
but fairly favorable as to progress
in other parts of the belt.
Realizing continued during the
middle of the morning and the mar
ket lost nearly all its opening ad
vance with October declining to
29.75 and December to 29.12. There
was covering at these figures, how
ever v-bich was promoted by reports
that another tropical disturbance
was developing in the Caribbean
sea and the official forecast for frost
in Oklahoma and West Texas.
Prices rallied some 10 or 12 points
from the lowest in consequence and
the market .was quiet around mid
day with active months showing net
advances of 10 to 13 points.
Trading was quiet during, the
early afternoon with prices sagging
oil" under scattering liquidation ac
companied by talk of an easier spot
basis in the south. December de
clined ’o 29.03 or 44 points from the
early high level, with the active
months showing net losses of 2 to
10 points at 2 o’clock.
NEW YORK COTTON
The following were the ruling prices in
the exchange today:
Tone, steady; middling, 30.05 c; quiet.
East Prev.
Open, hiigh. Low. Sale. Close. Close.
Jan. ..28.50 28.87 28.43 28.49 28.48 28.5,0
*Mch. ..28.90 28.96 28.52 28.53 28.52 28.60
May ..28.97 28.98 28.52 28.57 28.56 28.62
July ..28.40 28.41 27.98 27.98 27.98 28.02
Oct. ..30.10 30.20 29.55 29.55 29.55 29.75
Bee. ..29.45 29.47 28.95 28.95 28.95 29.08
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 17.—Con
tinued unfavorable weather over the
greater part of the belt put the cot
ton market higher today. In the
first half hour the trading months
rose thirty-six to thirty-nine points
to 28.93 cents a pound for the De
cember position. The demand was
increased by a higher Liverpool
market than due, reports of more
business doing in Manchester and
by the unfavorable tone of the week
ly crop and weather reports from
the government, a striking feature
of which waa the mention of the
nearly completed state of the harvest
over wide areas east of the Missis
sippi river.
Liquidation of long contracts be
came the dominating influence, fur
nishing a greater supply of con
tracts than the ring readily could
absorb and causing moderate reac
tions. Toward noon December was
off to 28.63. where the trading posi
tions were five to nine points higher '
than the'final prices of yesterday.
Only a small demand was en
i ountered in the afternoon in spite
of the renewal of storm warnings
for the gulf coast. Scattered selling
depressed December to 28.57 in the
trading up to 1:30 o’clock. At this
level prices were two points lower
to four points higher than the last
quotation of yesterday.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
The following were the ruling price* It
he exchange today:
Tons, steady; middling, 29.50 c; stead.'.
Last Pfev.
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close
lan. ..28.70 28.80 28.30 28.30 28.32 28.41
Meh. ..28.70 28.75 28.25 28.28 28.27 28.37
May ..28.50 28.54 28.10 28.10 28.10 28.18
July ..28,10 28.10 27.75 27.75 27.75 27. 7 j
Oct. ..29.05 29.05 28.66 28.66 28.66 28.‘<8
Pec. ..28.75 28.93 28.46 28.46 28.46 28 57
SPOT COTTON MARKET
Atlanta, steady, 29c.
New York, ateadq, SO.Ooe.
New., Orleans, steady, 29.50 c.
Galveston, steady, 29c.
Savannah, steady, 28.65 c.
Wilmington, steady, 28.40 c.
Norfolk, steady, 28.50 c.
Houston, steady, 28.90 c.
Montgomery, steady, 28.65 c.
Augusta, steady, 28.70 c.
Memphis, steady, 29.10 c.
Charleston, steady, 28.60 c.
Pallas, steady, 28.45 c.
Little Rock, steady, 28.90 c.
Boston, steady, 30.25 c.
St. Louis, steady, 28 50c.
Mobile, steady, 28.60e.
ATLANTA - SPOT COTTON
Atlanta spot cotton 29c
Receipts 2.49
Shipments 812
Stocks ...... .15,379
COTTONSEED OIL MARKET
Open. Close.
Spots 11.75 bid
January 10.55@10.63 10.60@10.65
February 10.55@10.62 10.65@10.68
March .... 10.68@10.70 10.74@10.75
April 10.70@10.82 10.80@10.85
Mnv 10.90@10.93 10.95@10.99
October 11.90@12.25 11.99@12.15
November 10.90@10.94 10.86@10.90
December 10.55@10.53 10.60@10.65
Tone, steady; sales, 18,300.
ATLANTA COTTONSEED PRODUCTS
MARKET
(Corrected by Atlanta Commercial Ex
change.)
5. 3. meal, at common rate
Bid. Asked.
Crude oil, basis prime, tank..? 9.50
Cottonseed cake, 7 per cent
car lots
". S. meal, 1 per cent am-
monia, car lots 40.00 41.00
S. meal, at common rate
points, car lots 38.50 39.50
'. 8. bulls, loose, ear 10t5... 16.00 17.00
J. S. hulls, sacked, car lots., 18.50 19.1:0
Linters, first cut. B%@9c.
Linters, second cut (cottonseed hull fiber
or shavings, 6@7c
Linters, clean, mill run. 5@5%c.
COMPARATIVE PORT RECEIPTS
Last Year. Toc’ty
Kew Orleans 9,786 5.258
Jalveston 22.666 22,059
dohile 1,051 342
•.tvannah 1,492 1,544
Charleston t 109 2.036
Wilmington 609 1,544
S’orfolk 1,551 3,028
Jos ton . 29
Pacific ports 750
Carious 1.975
Total all port* 39,989 35,849
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET
Open Close
March 8.24@8.25 8.34@8.36
Uav 8.00 • 8.00@8.02
Inly 7.83@7.85
September 7.66 7.70@7.73
Jctober 9.06
December 8.8.'@8.90 8.96@8.1)7
Liberty Bonds
NEW YORK. Oct. 17. —United Ctates
rovernment bonds closing:
Liberty 3%s $99.26
first 4s, bid i 97.13
second 4s, bid 97.13
first 4%s 97.18
Second 4%s 97.16
Third 4’,s 98.12
fourth 4%s 97.19
Treasury 414 s 99.6
Silk Quotations
NEW YORK, Oct. 17.—Raw silk, easy,
prices per pound: Kansai double extra
:racks, $10.15@ 10.35; Kansai best No. 1,
J9.45@9.85; Kansai No. t fil, unquoted;
Jhinshu No. 1. $9.30@0.70: Canton extras
4. 14-16, $9.30(1/9.50; Shanghai-China steam
Hi, gold double deer, ?10.50@10.70.
GRAIN
BY GEORGE C. SCHNACKEL
• (Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1923.)
CHICAGO, Oct. 17. —Wheat developed a
weak tone today about midsession. The
start was easier with local longs showing a
desire to get out. Supporting orders came
into the market on the dip an.d the strength
in corn caused many to take the long side.
Corn, however, slumped later and when ear
ly buyers tried to spill their wheat the
buying power was missing. There was lit
tle export demand confirmed, although re
ports early told of good acceptances. Mill
ing demand for wheat was quiet. The ef
fort to reduce freight rates if realized will
help the farmer, but it will not consulne
wheat. There was 164.000,000 bushels of
wheat available for export and carry-over in
this country October 15, 82,000,000 bushels
being west of the Rockies, according to Nta
C. Slurray; spring wheat movement is in
creasing.
Wheat closed 1%@1%c lower; December,
$1.0(5% (li 1.06%; May, 11%%%; July, SI.OB.
Corn Was strong early, but at midday
prices broke sharply. There was good buy
ing at the start and later support was
given the market after some pressure devel
oped. The market, however, acted draggy;
the offerings put in-the pit at 78c for De
cember and 76c for May made themselves
felt and when support was withdrawn the
advance faded out rapidly. Cash corn was
unchanged. Shipping demand fair. New
corn sold from 48@97c.
Corn was %@%c lower: December. 77%
@7s%c; May, 74%@74%c; July, 75% @
75% c.
Oats followed other grains. Trade was
slow. Shipping demand was quiet.
Oats were %@%c down; December,
12%e; May, 44%@44%c; July, 44%c.
Provisions were easier. Smaller packers
sold. Shorts took profits on the dip.
Lard closed unuchanged to 10c lower, and
ribs 10@12%c lower.
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS
The following were the ruling prices in
the exchange today:
Prev.
Open. High. Low. Close. Close.
WHEAT—
Dee 1.08% J. 08% 1.0(5% 1.06% 1.08%
May ....1.12% 1.12% Lll 1.11% 1.12%
July ....1.09% 1.09% 1.07% 1.08 1.09%
CORN—
Dec, .... 77% 78% 76% 77% 77%
May .... 75% 76 74% 74% 75%
July .... 76% 76% 75 75% 75%
OATS—
Dec. .... 42% 43 42% 42% 42%
May .... 45% 45% 44% 44% 45%
July .. .. 44% 44% 44 44% 44%
LARD—
Oct 12.20 .12.90 11.15 12.20 12.20
Jan 11.05 11.07 11.02 11.02 11.07
RIBS—
Oct 9.25 9.25 9.25 9.25 9.37
Jan 9.45 9.45 9.40 9.40 9.50
RECEIPTS’IN "CHICAGO
Ttoday.
Wheat 62 cars
Corn 214 cars
Oats 120 ears
Hogs 32,000 bead
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS
CHICAGO, Oct. 17.—Wheat, No. 2 hard,
$1.09% to $1.12.
Corn, No. 2 mixed, $1.09; No. 2 yellow,
sl.ll to $1.12.
Oats, No. 2 white, 43%c to 44%c; No. 3
white, 42%c to 43%e.
Rye, No. 2, 72%c to 73c.
Barley. 63c to 78e.
Timothy seed. $7.25 to s'-.00.
Clover seed. $19.00 to $23.00.
Lard, $12.45.
Ribs, $9.12 to $10.50.
PRIMARY MOVEMENT
Wheat: Receipts, 1.401,000 vs. 1,630,000.
Corn, .824,000 vs. 1.325,000.
Oats, 1,099,000 vs. 829.000.
Shipments: Wheat, 800.000 vs. 997,000.
Corn, 287,000 vs. 657.000.
Oats# 898,000 vs. 824.000.
QUOTATIONS
BALTIMORE, Md.. Oct. 17.—Eggs: Na
tive and nearby iirsls. loss off, 40e; south
ern firsts, off. 37@38c.
Butter—Creamery prints, 490 51c; dairy
prints, 28@32e.
Poultry—Old hens, 20@28c; do. Leghorns,
20@22c; old roosters, 15@16e; springers,
22@25c; do. Leghorns, 20@22c; duks, young
Pekins, 24@25c.
Potatoes, apples and onions unchanged.
TOLEDO QUOTATIONS
TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 17.—Clover seed old,
$13.60; new, $14.40; October. $14.40: De
cember, $14.15; .January, $14.10: March,
$13.85 bid.
Alsike, $10.15.
Timothy seed, old. $3.50; new, $3.65;
October, $3.65; December, S3.SO; March,
. $3.92%.
DULUTH QUOTATIONS
, DULUTH, Minn., Oct. 17.—Close, flax,
November, $2.49%; December, $2.47%;
May, $2.43%.
ST. LOUIS QUOTATIONS
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 17.—Cash, wheat. No. 2
red, $1.14@1.16: No. 3 red, $1.11%@1.12;
December. $1.08%: May. $1.12%.
Corn, No. 2 white, $1.12; No. 2 yelow,
$1.12@1.12%; December, 78@78%c; May,
78 %e.
Oats, No. 2 white, 44%@45c; No. 3 white,
43%@44%c; December. 43c.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET
CHICAGO, Oct. 17.—Butter: Receipts.
6.398: creamery extras, 47%c; creamery
standards, 45%d; firsts, 42@43c; seconds,
41@41%c.
Eggs: Receipts, 4,309; ordinaries, 25@
26c: firsts, 30@34e.
Cheese, twins, 25%@26%c; Young Amer
icas, 25@25%c.
Live poultry: Receipts, 10 cars; fowls,
14@20c: ducks, 19c: geese. 19c; springs,
19c: turkeys, 25c; roosters, 14c.
Potatoes: Receipts. 309 ears;. Wisconsin
round whites, 95c@51.15; Minnesota and
North Dakota U. S. No. 1, 80c@$1.00; Red
River Chios, 85@95c.
METAL MARKET
NEW YORK. Oct. 17.—Copper, steady;
electrolytic, spot and futures. 12%@13c.
Tin. steady; spot and nearby, $41.87; fu
tures. $41.62.
Iron, easy; No. 1 northern, $23.00; No. 2
northern. $22.00@ 22.50; No. 2 southern,
$21.00@23.00.
Lead, steady: spot, $6.85.
Zine, firm: East St. Louis spot and near
by delivery, $6.35@6.40.
Antimony, spot, $7.45@7.55,
Sugar Market
NEW YORK, Oct. 17.—Raw sugar was
steady and unchanged early today. Sales
were reported of 10.000 bags Ctlbas, load
ing November 1, at 5%c. cost and freight,
equal to 7.66 c doty paid.
Only a small speculative trade occurred
in raw sugar futures. The opening was
unchanged, and December later dropped
from 5.28 c to 5.25 c under selling for trade
and European account. Prices at noon
were two points net lower.
In refined sugar the list prices were
unchanged at 9.15 c to 9.50e for fine granu
lated with demand somewhat better,
Refined sugar futures nominal.
NEW YOFK RAW ‘sC?AR MARKET
Open. Clsaa
January 4.52%4.53
March 4.09@4.10 4.04@4.06
May 4.18@4.17 4.13@4.14
July 4.20
October 6.00
November 5.67
December 5.27@5.28 5.24@5.25
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET
NEW YORK. Oct. 17.—Flour, steady.
Pork—lnactive; meis, $25.50@26.50.
Lard—Firm; middle west spot, $13.05@
13.15.
Sugar—Raw, firm: centrifugal. 96-test,
7.66; lefined, firm: granulated, 9.1509.60.
Coffee —Rio No. 7, on s;>ot, ll%c; No. 4
Santos, 14%@15%c.
Tallow —Steady: specials. 7%@7%c.
♦ Hay—Quiet; No. 1, $1.50; No. 3. $1.25
@1.30.
Dressed Poultry—Firm; turkeys. 26@55c;
chickens, 23@43c; fowls, 15@33%e; ducks,
Live Poultry—Quiet: geese, 20022 c;
1 ducks, 14@ 17c; fowls. 17@27c; turkeys. 35
• @4oe(f' roosters, 16c; chickens, 18@22c;
broilers, 24c.
Cheese—Steady; state milk, common to
specials. 22@27%c; skims, common to spe
cials, 16@19e; lower grades, s@lsc.
Butter, steady; receipts. 13.041; creamery,
extra, 48c; do. special market, 48%@4w:
state dairy, tubs. 39@47%c; Danish, 46@
47c; Argentine, 42@44c.
Eggs, firm: receipts, 17.440; near-by white
fancy, 80@84c; nearby state white. 40@
82c: fresh firsts, 35@49c; Pacific Coast ex
tras. 46@74: western whites, 40@82c; near
by browns, 50@60c.
Naval Stores
SAVANNAH, Ga.. Oct. 17.—Turpentine,
nothing doing; last sale October 15, at 96@
96%c :sales 1.629; receipts 411; ihipments
596; stock 13.498.
Rosin firm: sales 1,629; receipts 1.333;
shipments 3.7411; stock 116,571. Quote: B,
$4.45; D, E. F. G. H, I. K, M. $4.45@
4.50: N. $4.75@4.50; WG., $505@5 z 16;
WW., X.. $5.15@5.20. C- ♦ ■
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NEW YORK.—Karl Ehlman, a
plumber, was born in Germany, his
wife in Russia, one son in England,
another in Austria, and three daugh
ters in France, Italy and the United
States, respectively.
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Cattle Trade Slow
On Larger Receipts
In Chicago Market
BY L. C. GRUNDELAND
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1923.)
UNION STOCK YARDS, Chicago, (Wed
nesday), Oct. 17.—Cattle supply was much
larger than expected, and sellers had more
hogs on hand than they looked for. All
branches of the trade had a slow start and
lower bids were general even for choice
stock. Os the cattle run about 500 were
westerns, while packers had 400 head for
ward’d from other trading points. In the
hog pens nearly 15,000 were held over from
the previous session, while big killers had
about .1,300 forwarded from other markets.
Car run for the local yards was 1,390.
Receipts were 20,000 cattle, 32,000 hogs,
26.000 sheep and 3,000 calves.
Yearling steers were wanted and this end
of the trade showed least decline. Some
good lots went over at $11.00@.l 1.25. but
few heavy steers were good enough to sell
above $11.50. Natitve cows and heifers
were off 10@15 cents in most cases, while
calves were steady to 25 cents down. Bulk
of vealers went to packers at $11.00011.75.
Canners and bulls' were weak.
Light hogs again sold at a decline of
10@25 cents, while good butchers were
off lO@ls cents from the average of the
day before. Prime lots sold at SB.OO and
down, with bulk of packing hogs at $6.50
@7.00. Many plain lots sold at lower fig
ures. '
CINCINNATI. Ohit. Oct. 17.—Hogs-Re
ceipts. 6.500, 15@25e lower; heavy, $8.00;
packers and butchers. $8.00; medium, $7.25
@7.35; stags, $5.00@5.50: heavy fat sows,
$5.50@6.25; pigs and lights. $5.00@7.25.
Cattle—Receipts. 1,050; dull and weak;
calves weak, 50c lower; $4.00@13.00.
Sheep—Receipts, s’oo. slow, steady; lambs,
weak.
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Oct. 17.—(United
States Department of Agriculture.)—Cattle:
Receipts, 14,000; calves, 3,000; better grades
corn-fed steers and yearlings fairly steady;
other killing steers slow, around steady;
best weighty beeves, $1.15; beef cows drag
gy, steady to weak; canners and cutters
steady, $2.35@3.50; bulls dull, 15c to 25e
lower; calves slow; Stockers and feeders
mostly steady; bulk, $6.00@7.00.
Hogs—Receipts, 18,000: very slow; 220 to
280-pound butchers t oshippers 15c lower.
$6.75@7.40: bulk 180 to 200 pounds, $7.00@
7.30; packing sows mostly $6.15@6.40; stocK
pigs weak, $5.50@6.10.
Sheep—Receipts, 7,000; lambs fully 25c
lower; early sales westerns mostly $12.25@
12.50; top, $12.50; sheep 25c to 50c lower.
EAST ST. LOUIS, HL, Oct. 17.—(United
States Department of Agriculture.)—Hogs:
Receipts ,20,000; very slow: hardly enough
sales to test market; looks 15c to 25c lower;
$7.65@7.75 paid for best weighty butchers:
desirable 180 to 200-pound averages mostly
$7.50@7.60; pigs, $6.50@6.75; packer sows,
$6.40@ 6.50.
Cattle—Receipts, 5,000;. strictly fat steers
steady; matured steers and long yearlings.
$12.00; medium grades slow; light yearlings
strong, $9.75@10.50; beef cows slow: other
classes steady: bologna bulls, $3.50@4.50;
light vealers, $12.50 largely; stocker steers.
$4.25 @5.75.
Sheep—Receipts, 2,000; fat lambs 25e
lower; cull lambs steady; top and bulk na
tive lambs, $12.00; iew southwest kinds,
$11.50@11.7J; culls mostly $8.00; light mui
ton ewes, $6.00.
LOUISVILLE. Ky., Oct. 17.—Cattle: Re
ceipts. 200; dull, draggy: heavy steers.
$8.00@8.75; beef steers, $5.00@8.25; heif
ers t $4.00@8.00; cows, $2.00@6J)0; feeders,
$5.50@7.25; stackers, $3.00@6.50.
Hogs—Receipts, 1,900: steady to %c low
er: 200 pounds up, $7.85; 165 to 200 pounds,
$7.50; 120 to 165 pounds, $7.00: pigs. 120
pounds down, $6.50; throwouts. $6.00 down.
Sheep—Receipts, 100; steady; lambs,
$12.00.
Production of Rosin
And Turpentine Gains
At Distillation Plants
IVASHINGTON, Oct. 15.—Production of
turpentine from crude gum for the producing
season ending March 31. last, by 1.219 es
tablishments. totaled 22,394.137 gallons, a
decrease of 8 per cent from the previous
year, according to preliminary estimates
made public today by the department of com
merce
Rosin production was estimated at 1.499,-
538 barrels 1500 pounds, each), a decreace
of 9.8 per cent.
Increases were shown, however, in the
production of these commodities by wood
•distillation plants, figures for the calendar
year 1922. showing 1,858.698 gallons of tur
pentine and 152,257 barrels of rosin, com
pared with 441.766 gallons and 52,406 bar
rels, respectively, in 1921. These figures,
the department’s report said, brought the
output by the distillation method practically
up to the level reached in 1920.
Production from crude gum by states fol
lows, figures for turpentine being in gallons
and those of rosin representing barrels:
State Turpentine. Rosin.
Alabama 2,076,931 133,702
Florida ... 5,258,899 556.355
Georgia 7.131,222 467,349
Louisiana 2.387,745. 166,912
Mississippi 2,013,865 139,159
N. and S. Carolina .... 354,025 23,701
Texas 171 450 12,360
United States 22,394,137 1,499.538
Turpentine stocks on hand, at the stills
and in the hands of consumers on March
31, according to estimates, showed consid
erable decreases compared with those the
previous year, while stocks at wood distil
lation plants, at ports and at distributing
points increased. Rosin stocks in hand* of
consumers and at wood distillation plants
increased, but the stocks at stills, ports and
distributing points decreased.
The figures follow;
March 31. 1923.
Turpentine. Rosin.
(Gallons.) (Barrel*.)
At stills 609.679 474,829
By consumers 833,477 207,543
At wood distilaltion
plants 299,712 25,063
At ports and distribut-
ing points 1,839,900 334.770
March 31. 1922.
Turpentine. Rosin.
(Gallons.) (Barrels.!
At stills 1,36,611 499,797
By consumers 1,335,838 -263,488
At wood distillation
plants 142,45 S 19,143
At ports and distribut-
ing points 1.713,450 416,579
Tobacco Co-ops Handle
3,750,000 Pounds
RALEIGH, N. C., Oct. 16.—Three
and three-quarter million pounds of
tobacco have been handled by the
Tobacco Growers’ Co-operative asso
ciation in western North Carolina
and. Virginia, according to a report
made here last night by J. E. Bowl
ing and Edward Walton, managers
of the two districts. This amount
represents tobacco handled during
the first week of the present open
ing for this year’s crop.
The greatest amount has been re
ceived at the Danville, Va., station,
which reports 300,000 pounds. Dur
ham, Roxboro, Henderson and
Fuquay Springs, all in North Caro
lina, report amounts in excess of
150.000 pounds. Average first pay
ments, it is stated, have been around
S2O a hundred.
Cotton Consumed During September
483,582 Bales Vs. 494,013 Last Year
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—Cotton
consumed during September totaled
483,852 bales of lint and 49,587 of
linters, compared with 491,604 of
lint and 47,998 of linters in August
this year and 494,013 of lint and 61,-
474 of linters in September last
year, the census bureau’ announced
today.
Cotton on hand September 30 in
consuming establishments totaled
773,173 bales of lint and 92,819 of
linters, compared with the 806,671
of lint and 106,036 of linters on Au
gust 31 this year, and 1,065,916 of
lint ana 97,786 of linters on Septem
ber 30, last year.
Cotton on hand September 30 in
public storage and at compresses
totaled 2,147,830 bales of lint and
22,197 of linters, compared with
1,179,204 of lint and 24,832 of lin
ters on August 31 this year, and
3,217,939 of lint, and 21,592 of lin
ters on September 30 last year.
Imports during September totaled
6,608 bales, compared with 3,420 in
August this year, and 5,012 in Sep
tember last year.
Exports totaled 689,435 bales, in
cluding- 3,742 bales of linters, com
mudHeecouT
MAKES STATEMENT
CONCERNING CASE
Major Lee H. Coart, whose appeal
for a new trial, alter having been
convicted of the murder of A. B.
McNiece, superintendent of Talbot
county schools, and sentenced to life
imprisonment, was turned down re
cently by the Georgia supreme court,
has given the following statement
to The Journal for publication:
Editor of The Journal: Will you
permit me the use of your columns
to make a statement for the benefit
of myself and my many friends
throughout the state of Georgia, and
i particularly those of Talbot county
who have stood by me so unwaver
ingly during the past two years of
stress and storm. Words are inade
quate; one has to feel such things,
and my Maker knows that I am
I filled to the very depths of my being
. with gratitude.
I am thankful that I have earned
(not earned, for one never earns)
such ■friendship, but it will forever
be a great comfort to me to know
that my conduct was such in Talbot
county, coupled with the facts which
iny friends know, to justify them in
giving ine their confidence and sym-’
,pathy.
[ lam proud to call Georgia my na-
I tive state, having been born in Co
’ lumbus, Muscogee county, in 1876,
j and reared to young manhood there,
surrounded by all the fine traditions
j of our southland as to home and
womanhood, and I have not been
false to my birth and breeding.
i I came to Talbot county early in
1919, filled with hig haspirations and
i great hopes of making my home
| among these people, contented and
• happy after years of wandering with
i the United States army, but “the
! worldly hope men set their hearts
upon turns ashes’’ all too often.
“Protection” Not Needed
Though terribly disappointed, for
1 I would ask nothing mors than an
j other fighting opportunity for vindi
cation, I bow humbly and willingly
i to the mandates of our courts and
■ the rulings of constituted authori
ties, though unshaken in the abso
lute knowledge of the justice of my
cause, for I know that in my own
conscience and in the hearts and
minds of the very great majority of
the people of Talbot county, I stand
justified, however I may be branded
in the eyes of the law. /
Just here, let me say, is it not
very strange that my friends are
most anxious for me to remain
among them to serve the sentence
I imposed by the courts, exposed to
I any danger, (which does not exist
[ and is pure fabrication by those
j against me) while the small but
shrewd faction against me are anx
ious that I be railroaded away for
my “protection?” Think it over.
I can pay my “pound of flesh,”
for I thank Almighty God from the
depths < f my heart that the men
and women of my family who have
gone before nave put that something
in my body and soul that will en
able me to see this thing through
to the end, wherever it may lead,
j and when I go down to my grave
! they will not be ashamed of me for
; this act.
I Blames Intrenched Influence
1 I have been villified and perse-
I cuted,’ but I am willing to match
I both character and conduct with
; any of those who have stooped to
j such methods. My great obstacle
I from the beginning has not been so
I much to show the justice of my ac
tion in the issue between myself and
A. B. McNiece, but to fight old in
. trenched family and political influ
ences here, of which I had none, hav
ing come to Talbot county two and
■ a half years before this tragedy an
\ absolute stranger, except for ac
i quaintance with two sisters of my
erstwhile wife.
There are many things connected
with this affair which will never be
known publicly, but in justice to my
self and friends I wish to state some
few facts which are true, on my
sacred word of honor as a man.
I know that the first thought of
the average person is: “Why on
earth didn’t he go away?’’ In an
swer to that, I had agreed sometime
pared with 244,415, including 3.825 of
linters in August, this year, and 368,-
390, including 2,902 of linters in Sep
tember, last £ear.
Cotton spindles active during Sep
tember totaled 33,929,885, compared
with 33,708,067 in August, this year,
and 33,316,444 in September, lasi
year.
Statistics for cotton growing states
follow:
Consumed during September 327,-
441 bales, compared with 329,162 in
August this year and 326,591 in Sep
tember last year.
(Dotton on hand September 30 in
consuming establishments totaled
374,507 bales compared with 339,380
on August 31 this year and 517,624
on September 30, last year.
Cotten on hand Septerhber 30 in
public storage, and at compresses
i totaled 2,025,069 bales, compared
wiih 1,038,461 on August 31 this year
and 3,000,362 on September 30 last
year.
Cotton spindles active during Sep
tember totaled 16,011,049 compared
with 15,858,075 during August this
year and 15,723,262 during Septem
ber last year.
previously with both John McGehee
and the earstwhile Mrs. Coart to
stifle my outraged sense of man
hood and self-respect, accept the hu
miliation and disgrace, for the sake
of loved ones on. both sides, and go
away and allow her to get. a divorce
for desertion. A mutual friend, Mr.
J. W. Jordan, was acting as arbi
trator in adjusting necessary mat
ters between us to that end, but
seemingly the parties to the infatu
ation could not wait, with the re
sult all regret.
Probaly my gravest error was ever
going to John McGehee and putting
into the .hands of the brother-in-law
of .my erstwhile wife, the facts in
the case, but both Mr. Jordan, who
had ben my confidant and advisor
throughout, and myself thought that
John McGehee would see the seri
ousness of the situation and warn
both parties, pending my departure
and thus avoid any tragic results.
Mr. Jordan will curroborate this at
any time.
Attacks Widow’s Story
At the time of my trial neither 1
nor my counsel could anticipate*any
such preposterous and incredible
story as Mrs. McN*ece swore on the
stand, and I could, and still can, ab
solutely prove its falsity. I am a
man of average intelligence, and if
I had even the remotest idsa or
hope of ever possessing Mrs. Mc-
Niece, and in the light of pure rear
son. would I deliberately have spoil
ed such hope, without waiting for
divorce from my wife, which I had
already agree to? Such an idea is
the sheerest sophistry.
Mrs. McNiece named the date of
my advances as a Thursday about
the middle of May. Such stories are
always maggot-eaten in the center,
and I can prove by Mr. and Mrs.
Frank E. Matthews, of Americus,
Ga., in whose home I lived while
there, the county agent, Sumter
county, by written memberships in
the farm bureau which I took while
organizing it there, and by a hun
dred or more reliable witnesses that
I was not even in Talbot county at
the time she. named. I was away
from Talbotton constantly from
Sunday morning. May 8, to Wed
nesday afternoon, June 10, except
two Saturday afternoons when I re
turned to Talbotton at 4 o’clock, to
look over the farm, and returned
next morning at 10:15 to Americus.
Says Mrs. McNiece Saw Mrs. Coart
With the advice and consent of
Mr. Jordan I had gone to Mrs. Mc-
Niece Thursday and Friday after
noons of the previous week, and the
Monday afternoon immediately pre
ceding’ the tragedy (when at her
own suggestions she went to see
Mrs. Coart for the same purpose I
went to see McNiece), and this in
October, despite the fact that the
lady also swore on the stand she
was never with me alone after by
alleged attack in May, and these
visits of mine to her can be proven
by neighbor witnesses, who saw us
together on her porch.
Mrs. McNiece made the visit to
Mrs. Coart and the two sat for
nearly two hours on the porch of
an uninhabited house, the former
shaking her finger at the other; this
can also be proven by my neighbor
witnesses.
Monday afternoon as I left her,
Mrs. McNiece said to me, with tears
in her eyes: “Mr. Coart, the sad
thing about this is you love Miss
Rosa (Mrs. Coart), and A. B. (her
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husband) does not love me.” In ten
minutes I had told this to Mr. Jor
dan, and her. remark proves conclu
sively whether Mrs. McNiece
thought I was coveting her. Os
course, I could not have proved this
by Mr. Jordan in court for the sim
ple reason that it was hearsay evi
dence and inadmissible. That is
where I made another grave error
in trying to keep matters secret,
but I am not ashamed of the senti
ment which prompted it. We put up
no witnesses in order to retain the
Concluding argument, but I chal
lenged the state to put them up and
disprove one word of my statement
on the stand.
Meeting With Mrs. Coart
On the day of the shooting, after
going direct from our home to the
courthouse, and ministering tender
ly to McNiece for nearly two hours,
Mrs. Coart came down to the jail to
see me for perhaps five minutes, and
asked me why I had shot him. I
said, “Rose, you know why I shot
McNiece just well as I do. I went
there this morning to tell him he
had to stay away from you and my
home as long as I remain here. He
taunted, abused and threatened me
until it was beyond human en
durance to bear.” Almost her first,
remorseful remark was, “Oh, Lee,
why didn’t you shoot me instead,
for I was responsible for it all?”
To my mind, these remarks of the
respective ladies show more clearly
than anything else my position in
the matter, and those remarks were
made, as God is my Judge.
At the time of my trial, a mis
guided and misinformed journalistic
maverick published an editorial in
the Columbus Enquirer-Sun, ex
coriating my witnesses and neigh
bors, accusing thpm of back-yard
gossip and deliberately blaming them
as the cause of the tragedy. In jus
tice to them, I wish to state that
not one of them was guilty of this
fault; they merely gave me. their
corroboration of facts which I knew,
solely and entirely at my seeking,
often even reluctantly, but always
as my true friends. At that time I
wrote a defense of these good peo
ple, but my coifnsel did not favor
my carrying the case into print in
any way.
I challenge and invite any person
to investigate these facts promis
cuously among the people of this
county. I doubt if the other side
would offer this invitation unless
they could confine such investiga
tion to a very small group of family
and political influences.
Despite this awful sentence, un
just on account of actual facts, still
imposed by the courts which I re
spect, I have the comfort and cheer
of the friendship of about 90 per cent
of the people among whom I have
lived for the past five years; every
one of my neighbors for a mile along
the road, where we lived are my
friends and were named as my wit
nesses; the two ministers of the
gospel who were here at that time
are my friends. My witnesses were
not put up for reasons already ex
plained.
I believe witH all my soul that
“God is not dead,” and that some
day in the future I shall yet walk
among men and women a free and
respected citizen, when others re
sponsible for my present plight will
stand discredited, as they deserve.
One of these minister friends of
mine has told me that in making his
trips over this county he finds that
fully 90 per cent of every one he
meet s are my friends.
“My head is bloody but still un
bowed,” and I leave the matter fear
lessly to the future.
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KNOXVILLE. Tenn., Oct. 16.
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also of Jacksboro.
Clark is alleged to have struck
Cooper on the head with a mattock,
mortally wounding him, during a
quarrel, which arose while the two
were digging potatoes in a field.
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