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| COTTON
NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—The cotton
market opened steady today at a de
cline of 10 points to an advance of
7 points. Near months were rela-
I *, lively steady at tne start owing to
tfye appearance of a few more De-
I cember notices, but the general tone
i of the market was steady to firm
I on higher Liverpool cables and bull-
ish overnight spot advices from the
south. January soon sold up to
34.61, or 35 points net higher, while
May advanced to 35.21, or 31 points
net' higher, on covering and a re
newal of Wall Street demand. The
higher prices met a good deal of
r . profit taking, however, and there
J were reactions of stole 10 or 15
points from the best during the
early trading. Some southern sell
. ing was reported here early, but
practically all advices reported a
good demand for eppt cotton and a
higher basis in the southern mar
kets.
Except for realizing thcie appear
? ed to lie very few contracts for
sale and the advance extended to
K 34.65 for January and 35.2 < for
Mav. or about 35 to 39 points net
higher on the general list. This ad
vance was not fully maintained, but
the market- showed a. geneiallx
steady undertone during the noon
hour on continued reports of a
good spot demand believed to be
f partly for export. There wore also
rumors that New England mills had
still some call cotton open in De
cember on which prices would prob
ably be fixed today. .
Trading continued quiet during the
middle of the afternoon, but prices
held steady on a little covering by
December shorts. Continued re
£ ports of a firm spot situation in the
south and the steady tone of the
stock market, December sold up to
35.42, or 37 points net higher and
later months showed net advances
ibout 23 to 29 points around 2
o’clock.
NEW YORK COTTON
The following were the ruling prices lo
L ■. ie exchange today:
Tone, steady; middling, 35.70 c, quiet,
f ... Last Prev.
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close.
Inn. ...34.1834.6534.1734.3634.3534.26
•i<ii ...34.75 35.08 34.X57 31.50 34.50 34.73
► May 34.90 35.27 34.85 34.04 34.90 34.90
July ...34.10 34.4 S 34.10 34.20 34.20 34.12
t . >,-t. ...25.40 25.65 25.40 25.47 25.47 28.35
»ee. ...34.95 35.45 34.95 35.28 35.27 35.95
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 19.—Better
accounts from the spot division put
the price of cotton higher today, the
market gaining 27 to 35 points in
the first half hour of the session.
January was advanced to 34.72 cents
4 pound. Expectations of bullish
'/ ■' inning figures from the census bu
, reau on the opening tomorrow creat
'd a new demand. A fair demand
for covers came from the short side.
Spot news continued favorable and
late in the morning prices were at
14.75 for January with the list 28 to
tS points over the last sales of ye* -
erday. At noon prices were 15 to 18
ibints off from the highest under
mattered realizing sales from the
ong side.
Selling increased in the afternoon
n rumors that private estimates of
is - tinning to the thirteenth of Decem
>er had been raised to 9,550,000 bales.
Toward 1:30 o’clock, prices were
ight to fifteen points under the final
ales of yesterday with January off
‘ o 34.31.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
The following were the ruling prices 1j
be ex-bange today:
Tone, steady; n iddling, 34.75 c, steady.
Last Prev.
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close.
in. ...34.50 34.75 31.31 34.56 34.52 34.A0
. 'ch. ...34.70 34.99 34.55 34.78 34.71 34.61
lay ~.34.55 34.93 34.47 34. <2 34. tit .14.55
ily ...33.92 34.33 33.92 34.16 34.11 33.99
q-t. ...27.95 28.30 27.95 28.15 28.15 37.97
ec. ...34.78 34. <8 34.u0 34.50 34.34.35
ATLANTA - SPOT COTTON
j Atlanta spot cotton 33.90 c
Receipts 849
Shipments 865
Stocks •• 41,506
SPOT COTTON MARKET
Atlanta, steady, 33.90 c.
t New York, quiet, 35.70 c.
New Orleans, steady, 34.75 c.
Galveston, steady, 34.50.
ibile, steady, 38.85 c.
Savannah, steady, 33.90 c.
Wilmington, steady, 33.85 c.
Norfolk, steady, 34c.
Poston, ster.dy, 35.65 c.
Houston, steady, 31.50 c.
Augusta, steady, 34.15 c.
St. Louis, steady, 34.25 c.
Little Rock,' steady, 31.15 c.
Pallas, steady, 33.65 c.
Montgomery, steady, 31c.
COTTONSEED - OIL MARKET
Open. Close,
pots 10.90@11.25
inuary 10.90@11.00 10.9861 11.05
< binary 11.00@11.35 11.15@11.35
larch 11.47@11.49 11.51fa11.52
. -nil 11.556111.80 11.646/11.70
ay 11.746/ 11.76 11.786/ 11.81
cue 11.80@11.95 11.806/11.90
, . Iv 11.92@11.97 11.966? H .97
•cember 10.706/ 11.00 11.106611.25
Tone, steady; sales. 16,000.
POST & ELAGGCOTTON LETTER
I NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—The market pre-
uted a holiday appearance, and only light
■iding is expected during the balance of
le month, with narrow changes in price
uless December provides some excitement.
is generally thought that eastern mills
ill have to fixe the price on considerable
■ tton based on that month and have put
v ft doing so hoping that tenders w/i/ld de
resß the price and afford a better opnor
inity. Spot news continues bullish, with
■e basis firmer and offerings light. A
•ore active competition for the balance of
- crop looks probable, beginning shortly
i’ter the holidays, and easy markets afford
■od opportunities for purchases, of which
/vantage should be taken.
Florida Quotations
JACKSONVILLE. Fla., Hoc. 19.- Whole
!e quotations prevailing on the Jackson-
Ile market today, as reported by the state
arket bureau, follow:
Beans, green, hampers, fancy. $1,756/2.00.
Cabbage, crates, Florida fancy, $3.00@
Cauliflower, lettuce, hampers, fanor, $2.50
3.00.
English pens, hampers, fresh, fancy, $3.00
m .t. 50.
Eggplant, crates, medium, fancy, $2.50@
00.
Squash, crates, fancy. $2.00@2.50; white,
•mand inactive, few $1.25.
H J’eppers, standard crates, fancy, $2.25@
Tomatoes, 6 basket crates, fancy, $3,006?
if-
grapefruit, box, fancy, $2,506/3.00; choice,
•40@1.75.
Granges, choice, box, top, $2.00@2.25;
box, best brights, $3,006/3.50.
WWgerines. straps, fancy. $5,00@6.00.
DULUTH QUOTATIONS
’ll LUTH. .Dec. 19. —Flax close December
id January, $2.4 1; February, 82.44'.; Mav
!.38%.
NEWS BUREAU ON STOCKS
NEW YORK, Dee. 19.—General disposi
>n to devote most attention to advices from
'ashington in regard to outlook for action
i bonus bill and on tl-e lax reduction pro
•am.
Some brokers attributed a large part of
•sterday's selling to the establishment cf
ssea for tax income purposes next ye.tr.
■ One leading stock exchange member says
e situation now is such tliat low-priced
dustrials and rails should lie good 1 Ur
iases.
It is thought that oils will show good
distance today to any selling that may
• nte into the market.
Census bureau will Issue cel ton seed ro
ut at 10 a. m.
Silk Quotations
NF.W YORK. Dec. 19.—Raw silk, dull.
■lces per pound: Kan-ai double extra
acks, $7,956/8.05: Kansai be<t No. 1. >7.7'1
7.80; Sbinshu No. 1, .<7.(>ofa 7.70 ; Clinton
trsa A 14-16, $7.70@7.80: Shanghai. China,
cam £ll, gold double deer, SB.GOfi?O.OQ.
GRAIN
1 BY GEORGE C. SCHNACKEL
(Special Wire Service to The Journal.)
. (Copyright, 1923.)
1 CHICAGO, Dee. 19.—A tone of firmness
- developed in the wheat trade early and pre
j vailed through the greater part of the
. session. The volume of business was small
Q but there was a Jack of selling pressure.
“ News was rather featureless.- Liverpool
1 closed %d *0 %'l higher and this together
. with the relative steadiness in outside, inar-
B kets were about the only sustaining fac
tors in the local pit. The best selling
J here was by cash interests against pur
-5 chases in, the northwest. The export de-
S mand for wheat was reported tame, al
though the sales late yesterday and over
a night totaled 750,000 bushels. France and
- the United Kingdom today were credited
f with cancelling. Primary receipts contin
» tied under last year, totaling 1.257.000
- bushels, compared with 1,525,000 bushels
last year. Offerings of cash wheat here
e were moderate and well taken at unchanged
- premiums. Deliveries were 50.000 bushels,
t Wheat closed %c to %c lower: December,
l $1.04%: May. $1.08%: July, $1.06%@1.06%.
Continued covering by shorts in corn vied
• with slilglitly improved speculative demand
• early and prices worked higher. Pressure
in this grain was also lacking. Cash corn
was in good demand and sold %c to %c
higher on prospects of unsettled weather for
r the rest of the week over scattered sections
5 of the belt led to the belief that the pri
p mary run would be kept down. Local ex
j. porters say Argentine corn at southern
hemisphere ports is offered at GGU. cents.
Figuring on the price of our May. and cost
t o£ transportation to seaports, prices for
P domestic corn would be about 26 cents
higher.
Corn closed 'Jc lower to %>c higher; De
‘ comber, 71%; May, 73’je; July, 75c.
Oats were firm- in tone. Commission
1 house buying of the late months offset the
1 scattered hedging sales in the December.
Trade on the "whole was light and prices
followed the general swing. Cash oats
steady.
Oats were %c lower to %c higher; De
-1 cember, 42%c; May, 45%c; July, 43%@
5 43%c.
r Provisions were dull but firm. Buying
of lard by eastern houses offset cash house
' selling. Hogs at the yards were slow and
- steady. Till movement of bogs to western
j markets showed a sharp falling off from
? a week ago
1 Lard closed 5c to 12%c higher, and ribs
unchanged to 5c lower.
j CHICAGO QUOTATIONS
The following were the ruling prices In
the exchange today:
t Prev.
Open. High. Low. Close. Closr.
WHEAT—
Dec 1.04% 1.05% 1.041; 1.04% 1.04%
’ May .... 1.09% 1.09% 1.08% 1.08% 1.09
’ July .... 1.07 1.07'4 1.06% 1.06% 1.06%
RIBS—
j Dec 71% ■ 72% 71% 71% 71%
2 May .... 73% 74% 73% 73% 73%
- eUly .... 75% 75 74% 75 75%
OATS—
j Hee 42% 42% 42 42% 42'4
May .... 45% 45% 45%. 45% 45%
- July .... 43% 43% 43% 43% 43%
; LARD—
■ Jan 12.07 12.17 12.07 12.15 12.10
I May .... 12.07 12.20 12.10
CORN
5 J'*U 9.75 9.75
I May .... 9.97 9.92 9.95
RECEIPTS - IN~CHICAGO
’ Today
I Wheat 25 cars
1 urn 273 cars
I Oats -,s pars
[. 38.000 head
> CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS
CHICAGO, Dec. 19.—Wheat, No. 1 hard,
, ?1.d0%@1.11%; No. 2 hard, $1.0T%@1.09.
’ Corn, No. 2 mixed, 73'4c; No. 2 yellow.
’ 73%@74c.
‘ Orts,' No. 2 white, 44'4@45’1c; No 3
white, 43%@44%v.
Rye, No, 1. 71%@71%c.
1 Parley, 58@70c.
[ Timothy seed. $G.50@8.00.
Clover seed. $15.00@22.25.
Lard. $12.80.
Ribs, $9.87.
. ST. louiFlTuotations
ST. LOULS. Mo.. Dee. 19. —Cash wheat.
No. _2 red, $1.126£1.13. Corn, No. 3 white,
72@72%c; No. X yellow. 72@72%c. Oats,
No. 2 white, 43% 6/,45c; No. 3 white. 43%-
6/44c. Closing: Wheat, December. $1.06'4-
1 6/1.06%; May, $1.10%. Corn, Ilecember,
73%c; May, 74%e. Oats. December, 43%c;
May, 47'4c.
MINNEAPOLfs QUOTATIONS
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 19.—Wheat: No. 1
northern, $1.09%6?1.12%.
Corn—No. 3 yellow, 64@64%c.
1 Oats—No. 3 white, 39%@40’e.
> Flax—No. 1. $2.42@2.45.
' TOLEDO
' TOLEDO. Dec. 19.—Cloverseed, old, sl3;
; new, $13.05; December, $13.05: January,
$13.15 bid; March, $13.20. Alsike, $9.45.
Timothyseed, $3.90 bid; December, $3.90
. bid; March, $4.00 bid.
1 KANSAS CITY - QUOTATIONS
• KANSS CITY. Mo., Dec. 19. —Wheat, No.
, 2 hard. $1,036'1.20; No. 2 red, $1.O!)@1.1O,
’ Corn. No. 2 yellow. 68@68%e, No. 2 mixed,
67@67%e. Oats, No. 2 white. 44@44c. No.
2 mixed, 44c.
GRAIN MARKET OPINIONS
Lowitz & Co.: Look for lower levels in
wheat and corn. See no incentive to buy
oats.
Hulbtird, Warren & Co.: I.ook for corn
prices to harden gradually.
Harris, Winthrop & Co.: There appears
to be no inducement to assume a bullish at
titude.
Lartlett, Frazer & Co.: We have no con
fidence in present levels.
Thomson, McKinnon <t Co.: All in all, the
widely advertised overproduction of wheat
in the world has probably spent its force.
Corn futures have strong undertone.
NEW YORK - COFFEE MARKET
Open. Close.
March 9.40 9.416? 9.42
May 8.75 8.7966 8.81
July .... B.GO 8.556? 8.56
September 8.33 8.37@ 8.38
! October 8.30
’ December 10.20 10.25@10.27
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET
» NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—Flour: Dull and
unchanged.
i Pork—Steady; moss, $25.50@26.50.
1 Lard—Firm; middle west spot, $13.35@
i 18.40.
Sugar—Raw, steady: centrifugal, 96-test,
7.47 c; molasses. 89-test, B.Boc.
Hay—Firm; No. I, $1.50; No. 2, $1.25@
t 1.30: clover, $1.156? 1.30.
. Dressed Poultry—Steady; turkevs, 20@
45c: chickens, 16@44c; fowls, 13@03c;
ducks, 166/28c; capons, 25@48c.
’ Live Poultry—Steady; geese, 20c; ducks,
; 13@32c; fowls, 17@25c; turkeys, 326/, 33c:
. roosters, 14@35c; chickens, 23c; capons, 25
@ 35c.
Cheese—Easier; state milk, common to
specials, 18@25c: skims, common to spe
t cials, 15@19c; full skims, s@l4c.
j. Butter, firmer; receipts, 5.160; creamery,
i- 54@54%c; do. special market, 556?
( state dairy, t'uhs, 40@53’4e: Danish,
j 036T.i4e; Argentine, dl@4sc; Canadian, 51@
Eggs, irregular: receipts, 9,582; near-by
white fancy. 626/Glc; near-by state white,
46@64c; fresh firsts, 41@52c: Pacific const
. extras, 426£63c; western whites, 45@64c;
near-by browns. 536/58c.
a CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET
CHICAGO, Dec. 19.—Butter: Receipts
5.506; creamery, extras, 53%c; creamery
’’ standards. -19%c; firsts, 44%@’47',.'.e; sec
onds. 436/ 43%c.
1 Eggs—Receipts 3,585; ordinaries, 32ffi
‘ 34c; firsts. 37c.
5 Cheese—Twins, 23c: young Americas, 25c.
Live Poultry—Receipts 7 ears; fowls. 13
C ducks, 18c; gcosn, J 7c; springs,
16%.c; turkeys, 22c; roosters, 12%c.
, Potatoes—Receipts 443 cars; Wisconsin
round whites, 95c@51.00; Minnesota and
5 ’ • No, 1, 90e@$1.00: Red river Ohios,
§1.15; Idaho Russets. $1,656/1.75.
D
Liberty Bonds
NEW YORK, Dee. 19,—United States gov-
; ernnient bonds closed:
Liberty 3%5. $9.27.
First 4s. $98.8 bid.
Second 4s, $98.10.
First 4%5. $98.11.
Second 4%5, $98.10.
‘ Third 4'is. $99.7.
Fourth 4%5. $98.11.
Treasury 4'iS, $99.17.
I Sugar Market
- NEW YORK. Dee. HL—The market for
saw sugar was quiet and unchanged early
f today at. 5%c for spot Cuban, cost and
L freight, equal to 7.lie for centrifugal.
Raw sugar futures opened one point high
s er to 3 points lower and continued easy
1 throughout the forenoon under light liqui-
- dation and trade selling with prices at mid
day unchanged on December and 4 points
1 to S points lower on later deliveries.
Refined was unchanged at B.Boc to 8.90 c
for fine granulated with no improvement iu
. the demand.
Refined futures nominal.
NEW YORK RAW — SUGAR MARKET j
Open. Close. I
. January 5.39 5.35@5.3G I
I March 4.75 4.66@4.67
II I May 4.76 4.716/4.72
a July 4.82 4.77@4.7S
t I September .... .... ... 4.82 b
j December 5.75 5.74@5.7-5
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ARREST PROMISED
IN JACKSON COONTV
MURDER
JEFFERSON, Ga„ Dec. 18.—Ex
citement, fed by the expectation of
an arrest, prevailed here &arly to
day when tl-e investigation into the
death of Mrs. Mag Simmons and her
seven-year-old daughter last Sat
urday night, shifted back to Jeffer
son and vicinity. The bodies of
Mrs. Simmons and her child were
found, burned beyond recognition, in
the remains of an abandoned farm
house, a half mile from Ciarksboro,
in Jackson county, early Sunday.
The house had been empty for
nine months, and the flames from
the burning building, supposed by
authorities to have been set on fire
by the murderer, failed to attract
neighbors to the scene. A driving
rainstorm obliterated tracks of an
automobile, in which the, victims
were believed to have been taken
to the house. No footprints were
found near the scene. The fire was
seen at midnight Saturday.
In answer to an alleged fictitious
note, Mrs. Simmons left Jefferson
last Saturday with her child to visit
a married daughter in Athens. She
was sadi to have arrived in Athens,
where a man wearing an army over
coat and overalls met her at the
station with an automobile and took
mother and child for a ride.
Investigation in Athens by Sher
iff Ben Collier failed' to establish
definitely the identity of the alleged
slayer, and he returned to Jefferson
last- night, w.here a man who is al
leged to have paid attentions to Mrs.
Simmons prior to her death, was
under surveillance. Late last night,
following investigation here, Sheriff
Collier intimated an arrest might be
expected today.
MAN IN ARMY OVERCOAT
SOUGHT BY AUTHORITIES
ATHENS, Ga„ Dec. IS. —A man
wearing an army overcoat and over
alls who met Mrs. Mag Simmons and
her seven-year-old daughter at the
railway station here Saturday night,
is being sought by authorities in
connection with the investigation
being made into the circumstances
surrounding the disappearance of
the woman and her daughter.
Reports of an alleged love affair
between Mrs. Simmons and a man of
prominence in the community at
■Jefferson, where Mrs. Simmons lived,
brought a new angle into the case,
Sheriff Ben Collier, of Jackson coun
ty, said. Sheriff Collier, following a
day spent in investigation here left
last night for Jefferson to gather ad
ditional information there.
Mrs. Simmons, according to offi
cials of the Jefferson Cotton Mill,
where she and her husband had been
employed for the past seven years,
had threatened to leav home in De
cember, and drew money from the
bank at Jefferson last Thursday,
though the amount was small.
The n<an in the army overcoat,
Sneriffi Collier said, was reported to
have met Mrs. Simmons and her
child at the railroad station, and to
have taken them for a ride in an
automobile. Sheriff Collier said he
believed the woman and child were
taken to a spot near the scene of the
fire, killed, and the bodies burned in
an attempt to destroy the evidence
of the crime.
Mrs. Simmons’ body was identified
by a ring, a hairpin and an ear bob,
found with the body.
Blind War Veteran
Is Given Highest
Scholastic Honors
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 18.—Lieu
tenant Frank Schoble, Jr., of Wy
noote, a blind veteran of the World
war and a senior at the University
of Pennsylvania, has been elected
to Phi Beta Kappa, the highest
scholastic honor a student can re
ceive.
Five days before the armistice he
was blinded by shrapnel while lead
ing his men into action.
After the war he mastered the
Braille system for reading by touch,
and re-entered the university in the
fall of 1921, having left in 1909. He
is a member of the debating team.
iAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS
By J. P. Alley
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NEWDELAYGREETS
ATTEMPT TO SWT
HOUSE MACHITIERY
WASHINGTON, Dec. IS—Repub
lican leaders of the house who per
fected their committee organization
two weeks delay, encountered
a fresh setback today.
A meeting of t-he ways and means
committee at which the administra
tion managers had planned to take
up the Mellon tax program ahead
of the soldier bonus question, was
suddenly cancelled. Chairman Green
said he hoped to call a meeting to
morrow.
The Republican leaders made no
explanation of the upset in plans
but some of the Democrats declared
the delay was due to a fear that in
sufficient votes could be mustered
behind the proposal to put taxation
ahead of the bonus..
Demand? for priority for a bonus
bill have been made both by Repre
sentative Rainey, of Illinois Demo
cratic member of the committee, and
bv Representative Frear, of Wis
consin, Republican member belong
ing to those followers of Robert M.
LaFollette who delayed organization
of the house and still are holding the
senate in deadlock over the election
of a chairman of the interstate com
merce committee.
Wheth€»r there was any pros
pect of a Democratic-insurgent com
bination against the administration
tax plans was not revealed, but it
was apparent the Republican lead
ers were moving cautiously in the
light of their experiences of the first
two weeks o 2 the new congress.
The threat of a combination of
forces between Democrats and the in
surgents to elect Senator Smith, of
South Carolina, Democrat, chairman
of the senate interstate commerce
committee still hung over the sen
ate when it reconvened today to re
sume balloting. Some leaders
thought a break to Smtih might take
place before the end of today’s ses
sion. . .
Balloting in the senate for chair
man of the interstate commerce com
mittee" was deferred for several
hours while Senator Owen, Demo
crat, Oklahoma., delivered one of the
longest prepared addresses ever
made in the senate. He spoke on
secret diplomacy in Europe.
Before Senator Owen began his ad
dress, the senate adopted a joint
resolution providing for a Christmas
recess of congress from December
20 to January 30.
Value of U. S. Crops
Up $872,891,000;
Acre Yield Larger
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Larger
acre yields and better prices gen
erally of most of the important farm
crops of the country, combined with
an increase of about 600,000 acres
in the aggregate planted area, lifted
the total value of this year’s crops
$872,791,000 above last year. Value
of this year’s crops was placed at
$8,322,695,000 by the department of
agriculture in its final crop report
of the year. The values were based
on the farm price’ of the crops on
December 1.
Corn is the nation’s most val
uable crop with a total value of $2,-
222,013,000. Cotton ranks second
with an aggregate value of $1,768,-
885,000, the value of the lint being
$1,563,347,000 and of cotton seed
$205,538,000. Hay was the only oth
er crop whose value exceeded a bil
lion dollars, its total being $1,390,-
967,000.
Acre yields were larger this year
than last for corn, winter wheat,
oats, barley, potatoes, tobacco, sugar
beets and peanuts. Smaller acre
yields than last year were reported
for spring wheat, rye, buckwheat,
flaxseed, rice, hay and cotton.
Corn Yield Higher
The acre yield of corn averaged
one bushel per acre more than lust
year’s acre yield and the price was
almost 7 cents a bushel more, while
the total production was 3,054,395,-
000 bushels, or 148,000,000 bushels
larger than last year. The area
planted was 1,312,000 acres more
than last year, and the value about
$311,000,000 more.
Winter wheat yields averaged
seven-tenths of a bushel per acre
more than last year and the total
production was only about 14,000,000
bushels less than last year on an
area 2,836,000 acres less than last
year. The price was 9.7 cents less
per bushel.
Yields of spring wheat were 2.7
bushels per acre less than last year,
the area was about 1,200,000 acres
less and the total production about
77,000,000 bushels less.
The area of cotton picked was
about 4,400,000 acres more than last
year but the yield per acre was 12.8
| pounds less. Total production is
1219,183 bales more and with the price
per pound 7.2 cents more than last
year, the total value of the lint is
about $400,000,000 above last year’s
crop.
Hay production is about 6,800,000
tons less than last year nut the value
of the crop is about $50,000,000 above
last year’s on account of higher
prices.
Production and Value
Production figures revised on the
basis of the latest and fullest in
formation available, and the value,
TRIAL OF TWO ODYS
ON MURDER CUKE
CALLED JT BUTLER
i BUTLER, Ga., Dec. 18.—A night
session of Taylor superior court in
an effort to complete the trial of
Willie Jones, eighteen, alleged con
fessed slayer of H. F. l : :---rwood,
medicine salesman. and Gervis
Bloodworth, twenty, indicted with
Jones for the fatal shooting, was in
dicated by Judge George p. Munro,
presiding, when the cases were
called this morning.
Up to noon today only five jurors
of twenty-four veneremen question
ed had been selected.
Because of the alleged confession
of Jones in the Muscogee county
jail at Columbus shortfly after his
arrest in connection with the kill
ing of Underwood, it was the belief of
court officials who arrived from Co
lumbus last night, that a speedy
trial is possible. However, there
was an indication that Attorneys
Beeland, Foy and Steed, appointed
by the court to defend the youths,
might move to sever the cases, and
thus make the trial longer.
According to the alleged confes
sion of Jones, which was said to
have been made to Jailer Layfiel.J
and Solicitor General Walker R.
Flournoy, who is conducting the
prosecution of the boys, he (Jones)
pulled the trigger of a shotgun
loaded with buckshot that killed the
medicine salesman near Reynolds,
December 3. upon a signal given
him by Bloodworth. The latter, ac
cording to the confession, was seat
ed in the front seat of Underwood’s
car and Jones in the rear, as pre
arranged. The motive was admit
ted, the alleged statement of Jones
is said to have asserted, to have
been robbery.
Two others were arrested in con
nection with the case, Homer Jones,
brother of Willie Jones, and the
former’s wife. They did not long
remain in jail, however,. Homfer
Jones being given his freedom on
his own recognizance, while his wife
is still under a bond of SSOO. The
charge against Mrs. Jones is “re
ceiving and concealing stolen prop
erty.” It is alleged that she was
given part of a sum of money said
to have been taken off the person
of Underwood by Jones and Blood
worth following the killing.
Candy Manufacturer Found
Dead; Cause Is Mystery
NEW YORK. Dec. 17.—The bodv
of Henry Janzer, candy manufac
turer, with several abrasions on the
forehead, was found early today in
his West Thirty-seventh apartment
by friends. There were no signs of
a struggle. Ambulance surgeons
said the abrasions could have been
suffered in a fall or inflicted by a
blunt instrument. A small device
for distilling whisky was found in
the kitchen.
based on December 1 farm prices,
for the principal crops follow:
Corn production, 3,054,395.000
bushels and value $2,222,013,000.
Winter wheat, 572,340,000 and
$543,825,000.
Spring wheat, 213,401,000 and
$181,676,000.
All wheat, 785,741,000 and $725,-
501,000.
Oats, 1,299,823,000 and $539,253,-
000.
Barley, 198,185,000 a nd $106,955,-
000.
Rye. 63,023,000 and $40,804,000.
Buckwheat, 13,920,000 and $12,984,-
000.
Flax seed, 17,429.000 and $36,733,-
000.
Rice, 33,256,000 and $36,686,000.
Potatoes, 412,392,000 and $339,-
322,000.
Sweet potatoes, 97,177,00 u and $95,-
091,000.
Hay (tame), 89,098,000 tons and
$1,253,364,000.
Ha.v (wild), 17,528,000 and $137,-
603,000.
All hay, 106,626,000 and $1,390,-
967,000.
Tobacco, 1,474,786,000 pounds and
$298,936,000.
Cotton, 10,081,000 bales and sl,-
563,347,000.
Cotton seed, 4,476,000 tons and
$205,538,000.
Clover seed, 1,233,000 bushels and
$15,027,000.
Sugar beets, 6,893,000 tons and
$49,890,000.
Beet sugar, 884,000 tons (value not
; given).
Cane sugar (Louisiana), 169,000
tons (value not given).
Maple sugfar and syrup, 33,533,000
pounds and $7,780,000.
Sorghum syrup, 32,001,000 gallons
and $27,595,000.
Peanuts, 636,462,000 pounds and
$43,078,000.
Beans, 15,740,000 bushels and $57,-
480,000.
Grain sorghums, 105,619,000 bush
els and $99,353,000.
Broom corn, 69,300,000 tons and
$11,130,000.
Onions, 16,318,000 bushels and $22,-
| 011.000.
Cabbage, 740,000 tons and $17,183,-
| OOF
I Hops, 17,770,000 pounds and $3,329,-
000.
Cranberries, 610,000 barrels and
$4,423,000.
Apples (total), 196,770,000 bushels
‘and $201,110,000.
I Apples (commercial), 34,403,000 bar
rels and $95,979,000.
Peaches, 45,702,000 bushels and
$64,043,000.
Pears, 17,390,000 bushels and $21,-
053,000.
Oranges, 34,800,000 boxes and $64,-
080,000.
Beans, broom corn, onions, cabbage
and cranberries are for principal pro
| ducing states only, and onions and
cabbage for commercial crop only.
Oranges are for Folrida and Cali
| fqrnia only,
Youth Who Killed
Chum Bound Over on
Manslaughter Charge
DUBLIN, Ga., Dec. 18—Joseph
Dixon, a youth, who shot and killed
his friend, Seab Donaldson, at Dud
ley, about dark Saturday, was bound
over for involuntary manslaughter
at a hearing here Monday. The
! shooting was at first considered ac
cidental, but a warrant was sworn
out Sunday by an uncle who reared
Donaldson, whose parents are dead.
Dixon surrendered immediately on
hearing about the warrant.
At the trial, he explained that he
was examining an old pistol in a
meat market at Dudley Saturday.
He ejected all the cartaridges, as he
thought, and snapped the ■ pistol a
number of times. As he snapped it
the last time, Donaldson, who had
moved around in front of Dixon,
was shot between the eyes. Two
witnesses at the hearing said that
the shooting was accidental, but a
twelve-year-old boy testified that
Dixon uttered an oath as he turned
on Donaldson and. shot him.
Dixon said that he and Donalson
had been friends for several years,
and that there was no difference at
all between them. Dixon made bond
and returned to his home. Donald
son is survived by his. wife, whom
h 2 married about a year ago.
Abandoned Acreage
In Cotton Increases
1.7 Per Cent Over ’22
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Cotton
acreage abandoned after June 25
this year amounted to 4.6 per cent
as compared with 2.9 per cent last
year and 3.7 per cent in 1921, the
department of agriculture announced
today. The area picked was an
nounced as 37,420,000 acres.
The percentage of abandoned acre
age by state past' three years was
announced as follows:
states— i»23 11122 1921
Virginia 0,5 4.0 0.
North Carolina 0.5 • I.S 1.0
South Carolina 2.0 2.0 2.9
Georgia 1,1.0 6.0 4.0
Florida 15.0 .3.0 7.0
Alabama 3.5 1.3 .1.5
Mississippi 8.1 2.0 1.5
Louisiana 4.0 3.0 2.0
Texas 2.0 .3.0 4.0
Arkansas 5.0 1.0 1.5
Tennessee 4.5 .9 1.0
Missouri 10.0 1.5 1.0
Oklahoma 8.0 4.5 13.0
California 10 4.0 0
Arizona 3-0 3.8 4.0
Ncxv Mexico .14. 8.2 9.0
Total 4.6 2,9 3.7
Army Aviators Face
Race With Navy Men
In Around-World Jog
SAN DIEGO. Cal., Dec. 18.—The
four American army aviators who
have been selected to attempt to cir
cumnavigate the earth will have a
race on their hands if they hope
to beat the American navy, accord
ing to reports received from Wash
ington in naval circles here. The
report said six naval airmen, to be
selected from the Atlantic and Pa
cific fleet air forces, will make the
race for the navy.
According to the advices, the navy
squadron will be commanded by
Lieutenant Commander Charles P.
Mason, North Island naval air man.
who commanded one division of the
seaplane squadron which flew from
San Diego to Panama two years
ago. Mason has been stationed at
Pensacola for the last two years. -
Mr. G. W. Brown,
Ex-Senator’s Father,
Dies at Athens Home
ATHENS, Ga., Dec. 17.—Mr. G.
W. Brown, father, of former State
Senator L. C. Brown, of Athens,
died at his home here last night, fol
lowing a long illness. Mr. Brown
was at one time proprietor of Frank
lin Springs and operated two hotels
at that resort in its popular days.
Wholesale Egg Prices
Slump in Middle West
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 18.—
Eggs were selling on the wholesale
market here today for 36 cents a
dozen, seven cents lower than a year
ago. The price dropped 12. cents
in two weeks, which is an unprece
dented experience for this time of
year.
It’s Sure a Whopper
PROVIDENCE, R. I.—A grinding
wheel weighing twenty tons has just
been completed by a factory here.
It is thought.to be the largest in the
world. Driving power is supplied by
a seventy-five horsepower motor. Tbe
speed is estimated at 180 revolutions
a minute. The wheel is especially
adapted for work on boiler sections.
Good Man for Infantry
YORKSHIRE, England. A.
Swainston, a postman here, has
walked 174.480 miles. That’s seven
times the distance around the world.
Yet it was covered entirely on his
route at Catterick Bridge. He has
just completed 34 years in the postal
service.
Boast Traps Thief
NEW YORK. Detectives who
heard Frank Johnson boast he could
pick any motor car lock watched him
and caught him stealing an automo
bile.
A Timely Remedy
If Europe would discharge half her
armies, she could discharge all her
indebtedness.—Greenville (S. C.) Pied-
ItiOflU
AMIN WE,
AUGUSTA NUN KILLS
TWO; LATER FREED
AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 18.—A cor
oner’s jury empanelled ’ here this
morning decided that Willie Sims
day decided that Willie Sims
and George McCloud came to their
death at the hands of S. W. Inglett
when they tried to force their way
into the Inglett home late Sunday
afternoon and that the homicides
were justifiable. Inglett has been
released by the police upon direction
from the solicitor : eneral’s office.
Willie Peeler, injured in the leg
by bullets from Inglett’s pistol, is
at the hospital here, but is not dan
gerously wounded. McCloud and
Sims were killed almost instantly,
Inglett firing at them from a crack
in the front door of his home. The
door of the Inglett home was rid
dled with bullets by the men firing
from the outside, they having shout
ed to Inglett, according to testimony
at the inquest, that they had “come
to get him.”
The trouble occurred about 6:45
Sunday evening in front of Inglett’s
home. Sims, McCloud and Inglett
are said to have had trouble earlier
in the afternoon and Sims is alleged
to have been badly beaten up bj’
Inglett and carried to a local hos
pital. He was later -released, and
went to Inglett’s home with a crowd
estimated at from four to six.
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HELP WANTED—MALE, FEMALE
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WE START Ton WITHOUT A DOLLAR. Soaps.
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Louis.
WE PAY SSO A WEEK and expenses and give
a Ford auto to men to introduce poultry and
stock compounds. Imperial Co., D-56 Parsons,
Kam. .
AGENTS—Make S2O to S4O weekly selling Comet
Sprayers and Autowashers to farmers. All
brass; double acting. RUSLER CO., Johns
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Book of 40 mixed Needles 10c. Agents.
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FRUIT TREES for sale. Agents wanted.
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FDREIGH GUNBOATS
IN M HARBOR '
STRIP FOB ACTION ■
‘HONG KONG, Dec. 18.—(By the
Associated Press.) —The flotilla of
foreign in the harbor of
Canton, where a tense situation has
prevailed since the recent threat of
Dr. Yat Sen, south China leader, to
seize the customs funds, apparently
is preparing for eventualities.
Some of the warships lying off
Shanleen, the foreign section of
Canton, have been cleared /for ac
tion, and French sailors from th®
sruiser Jules Ferry have landed at
Shameen, and are stationed in the ”
old French postoffice building.
The naval forces of foreign pow
ers now concentrated at Canton have
been increased by the arrival of
three American destroyers, which
joined the two American warships,
the cruiser Asheville and the gun
boat Pampanga. '
Five British gunboats, two French
and one Portuguese vessel also are
anchored m the harbor off Shameen.
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the liver, kidneys, stomach and heart,purifies the blood,
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