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COTTON I
NEW YORK, Rec. 3.—The cotton
market opened steady today at an ad
vance of 3 points to a decline of 4
points. Orders were fairly well di
vided at the start with some buying
on relatively steady cables, but prices
broke during the first few minutes
under renewed liquidation and south
ern hedge selling promoted by a fa
vorable weekly weather review and
continued talk of increased crop es
timates. January sold off to 22.85
or 20 points net lower, but Liverpool
was a good buyer here presumably
to undo straddles on the advance in
sterling and the price soon rallied to
22.98 with active positions showing
net losses of about 7 to 8 points at
the end of the first hour.
Three private crop reports were
Issued during the morning. The first,
estimating the yield at 12,907,000
bales, led to some covering but of
ferings increased after another re
port indicating a yield of 13,301,000
excluding linters. The third report
increased the estimate to 13,380,000
bales. These figures evidently led to
renewed liquidation which was ac
centuated by local and southern
selling on the decline which forced
the market off to 22.75 for January.
At midday the market was easy with
active months showing net losses of
30 to 32 points.
The midday decline oh the large
private crop figures carried Jan
uary off to 22.69, making net losses
of about 35 to 59 points on the ac
tive months. Offerings tapered off
at these figures, however, and the
market steadied in the afternoon on
covering and trade buying, January
ruling around 23,03 at 2 o'clock,
or within 2 points of yesterday's
closing quotations. A favorable in
terpretation of the president’s mes
sage appeared to be a factor on the
NEW YORK COTTON
The following were the riding price* 1»
the excbange today:
Tone, steady; middling, 23.40 c; steady.
L««t Urey.
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close.
Pec. . ,22.95 22.97 22.52 22.92 22.92 22.90
Jan. . .23.10 23.14 22.69 23.09 23.09 23.05
March .23.48 23.53 23.05 23.47 23.47 23.40
May . .23.77 23.86 23.40 23.81 23.81 23.78
July . .23.78 23.90 23.57 23.91 23.91 23.83
11:45 a. m. bids steady; January. 22.78;
March, 23.17; May, 23.51; July, 23.16.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 3.—The
eotton market opened easier with
liberal selling cn the call. First
trades showed losses of 6 to 10
points. Prices then rallied moderate
ly, January trading up to 23.21 and
March to 23.26, or unchanged to 4
points, compared with the close of
yesterday. Sentiment appeared to be
reactionary on fears of large crop
estimates and prices were soon again
on the downgrade, January dropping
to 23.07 and March to 23.15. A New
York firm issued an estimate of 13,-
675,000 bales.
The market had a fair rally at the
end of the first hour on moderate
trade buying and short k covering
which carried it 13 to 15 points up
from the early lows. Near noon
prices showed a disposition to rally
moderately recovering about 10
points. Several private estimates
were published ranging from 12,907,-
000 to 13,675,000 bales, all exclusive
of linters. New Orleans cleared to
day for foreign ports 14.611 bales.
The market developed a better
tone in the afternoon mtiinlv on
covering by ring shorts. The cov
ering was induced by a favorable
view of the president’s message and
by a growing impression some of
the large private crop estimates.
While prices remained with the
earlier range they approached with
in 5 to 8 points of the highs of the
morning and the market neared the
close with a decidedly steady tone.
Exports for the day totaled 21,176
bales.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
The following were the ruling price* 1»
tlie exchange today:
Tone, steady; middling. 23.25 c; steady.
Last i’rev.
Open. High. Lew. Sale. Close. Close,
nec. . .23.23 23.32 22.96 23.30 23.30 23.31
Jan. . .23.15 23.28 22.90 23.21 23.23 23.21
March .23.20 23.37 22.94 23.33 23.31 23.30
May . .23.46 23.59 23.20 2:1.56 23.56 23.54
July . .23.34 23.64 23.34 23.64 23.58 23.51
Noon bids steady; December. 23.04; Jnnu
• arv. 22.96; March, 23.00; May, 23.27; July,
23.30.
. CHICAGO COTTON
The following were the. ruling prices in
the exchange today:
Last. I’rev.
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close.
Jan. . .23.00 23.17 22.50 23.17 23.17 23.12
March .23.25 23.55 23.25 23.55 23.53 23.11
May . .23.73 23.82 23.41) 23.82 23.82 23.76
SPOT COTTON MARKET
Atahita, steady. 22.75 c.
New York, steady, 23.10e.
New Orleans, steady. 23.25 c.
Galveston, steady. 23.10 c.
Mobile, steady, 22.80 c.
Savannah, steady, 23.25e.
Wilmington, steady, 23.10 c.
Boston, nominal.
Dallas, steady, 22.25 c.
Montgomery, steady, 22.30 c.
Memphis, steady. 23.25 c.
Charleston, steady, 22.75 V,
81. Louis, steady. 23.25 c,
Little Rock, steady. 22.75 c,
Houston, steady, 23.10 c.
Augusta, steady, 23c.
ATLANTA SPOT COTTON
Atlanta spot cotton 22.75 c
Receipts 2.270
_ I
Shipments 1.12?
Stocks 67,893
LIVERPOOL COTTON
LIVERPOOL. Dec. 3. Spot cotton fair
demand, prices steady, strictly good mid
dling. 13.91 M: good middling, 13.Old: stri. •-
ly middling. 13.1 id: middling, 13.16 d: strict
ly low middling. 12.86 d: low middling. {
* 12.46 d: strictly good ordinary. 12.06 d; good
ordinary, 11.46 d. Sales, 5.000 bales, in
cluding 4.000 American Receipts. 16.000
bales. Including 8,300 American.
Future:; dosed easy, net 7 Io It points
down from previous elost'.
’lotto, ctisv ; sales. 5.000; good middling,
13.616.
I’rev.
Gpcn. Close. Close
«»<■■• 12.81 12.64 12. <1
Jan 12.85 12.0.9 12.7 S
I'd 12.79 12 7!'
M.’rl2. US 12.75 12 85
April 12.75 12.
May 13.(10 12.50 12.91
June 12.77 12. -7
July 12.98 12.77 12.87
Aug. 12.65 12.76
Sept 12.55 12,;.'.
0ct12.59 12.39 12. '.I
‘ S,| V 12. 30 12.41
COTTONSEED OIL MARKET
Open. t'lpse
Spots 11.15 bid
I've 11 iMl'irll .20
•’■in lt.oXjrll.il 11.10(1/11 5
Feb 11.00'1/11.20 11 .lOfii 11 .14
Mv II 11.10(./l1.20 11.1.-i(,/t1.17
Apiil 11 . lO'n 11 .30 11 .226111 .
** ’.'• 11 . ">7'i; 11 .4'l 11 .II (./11 .12
J 'l"” 11. Hi'ii 11 ..-10 11 . I.'i'ii 11 .
•Ini' 11 ,50$i 11 .52 11 .520 11.. V?
Tone, st 'up ; sales. 17.500.
Metal Mai ket
NEW YORK. Pec. 3 Copper, firm; elec
tro:.'tie spot and futures, 141,0.
Tin steady; spot and futures. $5-5.12.
Iron, irregular: No. 1 northern. S23.so(iti
25.00; No 2 northern. $22.501//2.1.50; No.
2 southern. $1 9.00 m 19.50.
lead, sternly: spot. $8.(k56T9.00.
Zinc, steady: East St. Louis spot and
futures, $7.05'07.10.
Antimony, spot, $14.00,
TOLEDO QUOTATIONS
TOLEDO. Ohio. Pee 3. I'lox * -cod. old.
$19.00: new and Pei ember, $1'3.45. Felt
mar.'. Sip.7o
A> K . o' ■ > re- sl2 90
Tlnij.i - i .« n ~u d p. ember, $3.25.
THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
GRAIN
J CHICAGO, Wednesday, Dec. 3.
I Bullish Argentine news was the out
s anding feature in the grain mar
kets today. Sentiment shifted to
the bull side in wheat and it was
difficult to buy because of lack of
I pressure. Corn also was sharplv
higher and oats followed. The
strength in grain revived bullish
feeling- in provisions and that market
rallied.
Prices for wheat scored material
gains after an opening set back.
Longs were a little disturbed at first
[ because of weakness in Liverpool
and pressure from this source caused
reduced prices. A broad demand de
veloped on the break and it was
learned that cables from Argentine
were decidedly pessimistic about the
wheat crop there.
One cable told of a 40 per cent re
duction in the crop. As a result
shorts covered freely and many of
the buyers accumulated long lines.
The cash situation was not as strong,
The strength in foreign exchange
offset the decline in Liverpool, bul
the advance in the local market was
too big a handicap to overcome. The
falling off in the primary movement,
noted in the southwest and north
west advices, indicate a lighter move
ment.
Wheat closed IVac to 2%c higher.
December, §1.54% to $1.54%; May,
$1.61 to $1,161%; July, §1.41% to
$1.42.
Corn was up sharply from the
start. Scare of December shorts re
sulted in a sharp bulge in the cur
rent delivery. Later an Argentine
cable telling of a 50 per cent reduc
tion in the crop caused buying of the
deferred futures. The country sold
corn to arrive more freely than for
some time and it is estimated that
local dealers bought 200,000 bushels.
Receipts also continue of good vol
ume.
Corn closed l%c to 3c higher. De
cember, $1.17%; May, $1.22% to
$1.22%; July, $1.23% to $1.23%/
Cash corn was in good demand and
prices were up with the futures.
Oats exhibited a firmer tone. Com
mission house buying was on a
jroader scale and the strength in
corn caused locals to switch to the
bull side. Light receipts were a bull
ish factor.
Oats were lc to 2c higher: Decem
ber, 57%c; May, 59%c; July, 58%c.
Lower hogs and pressure from
packers gave the provision market a
lower start. Strength in corn, how
ever, encouraged buying and much
of the decline was recovered.
Lard closed 5c to . 12%c higher;
ribs, 22%c to 42%c higher, and bel
lies, 7%c higher.
Local cash sales were 23,000 bush
els of wheat, 38,000 corn. 62.000 oats
and 7,000 barley.
The seaboard reported 400,000
bushels of wheat taken for export.
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS
III* following were the ruling prices in
the exchange today:
I’rev.
Open. High. Low. Close. Close.
WHEAT—
Dee. ... 1.51% 1.55% 1.51% 1.54% 1.52%
May ... 1.59% 1.61% 1.58% 1.61 1.59%
July ... 1.40% 1.12% 1.40 1.41% 1.41%
CORN—
Dele. ... 1.14% 1.17% 1.14% 1.17% 1.14%
May ... 1.21% 1.23% 1.20% 1.22% 1.21%
July ... 1.22% 1.23% 1.33% 1.23% 1.22%
OATS—
Dee 51% 53% Jl»j ,’>3% 51%
May .... 5.8% 59% 58% 59% 5.8%
July .... <i7 58% 57 58% 57
RYE—
Dee. ... 1.30% 1.32% 1.30%. 1.32% 1.31
May ... 1.J5 1.37% 1.35 1.36% 1.35%
LARD—
Dee. .. 15.00 15.15 15.00 15.15 15.07
Jan -15.10 15.25 15.07 15.25 15.20
May ... 15.50 15.55 15.0 15.50 15.47
SIDES—
,a" 13.50 13.37
Mi,v 14.05 43.87
BELLIES—
■Ian- 11.45 11.37 14.15 1 1.37
Mn - r 14.90 11.90
RECEIPTS IN CHICAGO
tin . Today.
" l,cat 27 car.
L ' orn 193 ear,
Oats 30 car.
Hoss 50.000 he id
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS
Pec - 3 - —Wheal: Xo. 2 red
?1.6<;. No. 2 hard Sl.s4%fti .$ 1.55',.
Corn: No. 2 mixed $1.16'.; No. 2 yel
low $1.13@51.18.
Oat«: No. 2 while 55@56 cents- No
3 while 51 @54 cents.
Rye: No. 2. $1.32.
Barley 76@97 cents.
Timothyseed $5.50(& $6.75.
Cloversede $24.00@53L25.’
Lard: $15.15.
Ribs; $13.75.
Bellies; 815.50,
flax Quotations *
I*l 1.17111, Dec. 3.—Close flax: December
Sl.Gl’h; January. $2.64%; May, $2.71%.
st. louis Quotations
Sl’. LOUIS, Dec. 3. —Cash wheat No 2
red. $1.63@51.70: No. 3 red $t.62@51.66
Corn: No. 2 white $1.15; No. 2 vellow
$1.17.
Oats: No. 2 white, 56 cents; No. 3
white 55 cents.
Close: Wheat. December, $1.54%; May
Si.uot/i: Corn. December $1.14 *•>: Mac, $1.22.
Oits: December 53% cents; May s!)’ cent si
KANSAS CITY* QUOTATIONS
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 3.—Wheat No. 2
hard $1.48@1.59! No. 2 red $1.69(1(1.65.
Coin No. 2 yellow 81.096i1.i1; No. 2 mixed
$1.08@1.09. Oats No. 2_white 54%c.
Coffee Market
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—A wave of liqui
dation swept the coffee market in today s
■ early trading, carrying prices down 1 1 , <•:
I’-j cents a pound. The sharp break fol-
; lowed a further drop of about two cents
a pound in the Santos market and was a
[ continuance of yesterday’s selling here
I when closing prices were I@l% cents net
lower.
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET
■ NEW YORK. Dec. 3.—Coffee: Rio No. 7
2!c: Santos No. 4, 26%.e.
Open. Close.
I O-'cember 10.10 10.35
; March 17.75 18.26@18.27
i 16.50 17.30@ 17.3.’
•htly 16.20 16.50(<( 16.90
I September 15.60 16.05@16.19
Sugar Market
NEW YORK. Dec. 3. — No changes oc
curred in the raw sugar market early to
day with spot prices quoted at 6.o9.'duty
1 paid. Sales reported were 3.500 bags of
Peruvian, due to arrive December 23, equal
■to 5.51, duty paid.
; In raw sugar futures, trading was ex
tremely light and prices showed little varia
tion and at midday were unchanged to 1
point net lower.
Business in retinol sugar continued of a
hand-to-mouth character nt previous prices
: which ranged from 7.15 Io 7.(10 for fine
g-'nnlati'd. . |
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| NEW YORK RAW SUGAR MARKET
Open. Clo e.
1 Di comber 4.22 4 27'1/1.2-
■ -I■•"umry 3.41 3.45® 1. O'.
■ March 3.01 3 op,
M’.v 3.10 3.11
. duly 3.17 3.19
. September 3.26 3.28
Liberty Bonds
• NEW YORK. Pee. 3.—United States gov-
j ornment bonds closing:
! Liberty 3’yS $100.20 ,
First 4s. hid 101. IS I
i Second 4s, bid 100.3 > I
J First 4',< 101.23
; Second 4>,s 101.4
' Third 4',s 101.12 '
I Fourth 4',' 102
I Treasury 4',s 105.3 |
Naval Stores
I SAVANNAH. Rs., Dee. 3.—Turpcntin?
I steady, 75' 2 c: sales 200; receipts 462; ship
ments ISI : stock 13.655.
! Rosin -teaikj : sales 7.53, receipts 1.665;
«b ■.•ments IOO; -to. k st..ltd. Quote: B tn 1.1
$6.10; K. $6.15; M $$ 20; N, $6.55; WG
J 7.30, WW’., X. $7.93. j
FIGHT OVER COTTi
CROP REPORTS IS
NEAR IN CONGRESS
WASHINGTON. Dec. L—A fight
will be launched at this session of
congress to have semi-monthly cot
ton crop reports of the department
of agriculture discontinued. The
movement will be led by the New
York and New Orleans Colton ex
changes and the semi-monthly re
ports will be defended by cotton
planters headed by the Co-operative
Cotton association, which has an
organization in every cotton-grow
ing state. Senators and congress
men are receiving voluminous let
ters from both sides of the contro
versy.
Senator Harris, Democrat. Geor
gia. author of the bill creating the
semi-monthly reports against tin*
former monthly reports, said today
that although strong pressure would
be brought by the exchanges to
have the law repealed he did not be
lieve there was any chance of the
semi-monthly reports being discon
tinned. He declared that the more
information on tlie condition the
less opportunity will be given for
speculation to depress the price of
cotton.
Cotton Ginned Prior
To November 14 by
Counties in Georgia
Tim department of commerce! through the
bureau of the. census, announces the pre
liminary report on cotton ginned by coun
ties. in Georgia, io November 14, for the
crops of 1924 nnd 1923. The total for the
state made public Friday, November 21.
was 919.677 bales vs. 542,937 bales last
year. (Quantities are in running bales,
counting round as half bales. Linters are
not included.)
County. 1924. 1923.
Atkinson... 745 4|S
Baker 1,322 406
Baldwin 3,370 1.962
Banks 4.106 1,976
Bar row , 6,5,89 3.059
Bartow 12.447 .8,253
Ben Hill 4.281 L 748
Berrien ,1.001 714
Bibb 3.004 1,495
Bleckley 4.877 2,382
Brooks 2,-141 2*920
Bulloch 22,131 12.922
Burke 25.331 20,550
Butts 4.756 3.173
Calhoun 6.421 3J61
Campbell 3,019 1.137
Candler 7,322 4’051
Carroll 31,517 18.919
Chattahoochee 1,460 902
Chattooga 5.372 2.375
Cherokee 7.871 L 716
Clarke 5,0.31 2.8.89
Clay 4.125 3.029
Clayton 2,211 504
Cobb 8.376 4.838
Coffee 4,340 I'7OS
Colquitt 11,810 5.901
Columbia 4,282 3,460
Cook 1,652 1,263
Coweta 10.02.'. 4,420
Crawford 1,250 777
Crisp 4,701 3,140
Dawson ... 50,3 145
Decatur .... ’. 2,205 1,205
DeKalb 2,073 729
Dodge 15.690 7.152
Dooly 12.535 7,007
Dougherty 2,785 1.402
Douglas 4,230 2,050
Early 7,513 4.252
Effingham 1,156 669
Elbert 11,741 8,439
Emanuel 20.427 11,444
Evans 5,050 2,916
Fayette 6.046 2.884
Floyd 9,514 5.775
Forsyth 7.630 4,657
Franklin 14,692 10,726
Glascock 2,567 1,474
Gordon 9,128 4.955
Greene 3.541 1.252 1
Gwinnett 9,701 4,189
Habersham 1,151 437
Hall 8,851 4.462
Hancock 5.073 2.620
Haralson 6.435 3.304
Harris 6.366 3.775
Hart 12,825 9.506
Heard 7,294 4,679
Henry 9,108 4,326
Houston 10,591 6,253
Irwin 4,409 1,742
Jaeltson 13.531 9,136
Jasper 1.340 531
Jeff Davis 1,284 (1 )
Jefferson 16,010 10.910
Jenkins ,8,492 5.774
Johnson 8,051 4.555
Lamar 4.222 2.64 S
Laurens 21,025 11.457
Lee 1,427 SOS
Lincoln 1,995 fit
McDuffie 5.657 4.297
Macon 12,334 7..866
Madisou 11.814 7.223
Marion 2.597 1,950
Meriwether 13.049 7,933
Miller, 2.074 1,106
Milton 5.256 3,177
Mitchell 9.99,S 4,497
Monroe 3,618 1,836
Montgomery 6,76.8 3,465
Morgan 4,632 1,922
Murray 2.990 2.OSS
Muscogee I,SBB 1,649
Newton 5,145 1,856
Oconee 4,200 1,997
Oglethorpe 6,674 3,735
Paulding 5,373 2,850
Pickens 1,919 1,090
Pierce 3.326 3.340
Pike 5.513 6.695
Polk 10,005 6,584
Pulaski 5,173 2,411
Quitman 1,651 540
Randolph 15,149 10.356
Richmond 5,707 5,169
Rockdale ... 2,SOS 1,3-82
Schley 4.201 2,417
Sereven 16,424 11.431
Seminole 3,237 1,544
Spalding 8,249 4.15 S
Stephens 4,342 2.562
Stewart 4.424 2,975
Sumter , . 19.210 11.540
Talbot 2.341 1,499
.Taliaferro 3,190 2.076
Tattnall 6,453 3,70 S
Taylor 7.554 5,999
Telfair 8.099 3.048
Terrell 16,265 10,565
Thomas 3,800 2.485
Tift. 6,686 3.737
Toombs 9,268 5,276
Treutlen 5.166 3,100
Troup 14.810 9,455
Turner 6.179 3,721
Twiggs 2,150 914
Upson 4,340 2,981 I
Walker 2.293 1.354
Walton 14.1 IS 5.843
Warren 5.269 3,989 ;
Washington 9,711 6.145 I
Wayne 4,592 3.332 .
Wheeler 4,079 1,731 |
White 459 110 1
Whitfield 5,402 3.596 I
Wilcox 10,634 4.943 i
Wilkes 7,885 4,584 I
Wilkinson 1.925 561 !
Worth 6,660 3.707 ,
All other 10,760 10.007 I
Total 919,677 542,937 ;
til Included in "all other counties.’’ to
avoid disclosure of individual operations. 1
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WOMAN WANTED TO IMPROVE
TEXAS PRISON FOR 18 YEARS;
CHANCE CAME AND SHE DID IT
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MRS. J. E. KING
Thwarted'by Father in Wish
to Study Medicine, Yet
She Gets Opportunity to
Be of Service
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Dec. 2.
This is the story of the woman who
cleaned up one of the worst prison
systems in the country.
It is clue, in great measure, to the
fact that 34 years ago a Texas ranch
girl wanted to be a doctor and could
not.
Her father did not think medicine
a modest calling for his daughter. So
they compromised on pharmacy, and
the girl, now Mrs. J. E. King, went
to study it at the Sam Houston Nor
mal school in Huntsville.
Now Huntsville is the seat of the
Texas state penitentiary ‘‘the
walls,” they call it, to distinguish it
from the 24 prison farms scattered
over eastern and southern Texas.
And it was there that Mrs. King,
who today is chairman of the Texas
prison supervisory board, got her
first glimpse of a prison and of pris
on life.
First Glimpse of Prison
‘‘The first thing J saw in Hunts
ville,” says, ‘‘was the walls. And
they are the last thing I ever shall
forget.
“The girls in school did all they
could for the men in the prison.
“Then I went to Galveston to fin
ish my course. In 1895, Governor
Tom Campbell appointed me state
pharmacist. And my life was full
and busy.
“After a time I married. My hus
band’s chief delight was in spoiling
me with attention.
“For 18 years I led a life of ease.
But always in the back of my mind
was that prison in Huntsville and
those poor men.
“Governor Pat Neff was a warm
friend of ours. In September, 1921,
when he created tlie prison advisory
board, he put me on it.
“I wanted to refuse, but my hus
band said: ‘The Lord hasn't, given
us any children, so we ought to do
some service.’ ”
Needed a Housekeeper
The other members named Mrs.
King—she is “Mother” King to the
convicts the board's chairman.
From then on her life of ease was
over.
“I cannot express my feelings on
my first inspection trip,” she re
calls.
“The men were sleeping in wooden
bunks —there was not an iron bed in
the whole prison system. And they
had only old dirty and torn mat
tresses of straw, hay and corn
shucks. I believe there were not 50
pillows in the system.
“In each cell house was an open
barrel of water and a common drink
ing cup. The bunk houses were fill
ed with bedbugs. Flies and mosqui
toes swarmed about, for there wasn’t
a screen or a mosquito bar in sight.
“I saw right there what the pris
ons needed was a housekeeper. Men
can’t keep house.”
And “Mother” King jumped right
in. x
She bought iron beds from the
army surplus for 95 cents each, and
tore out every wooden bunk. She
got new mattresses and pillows.
Then she abolished the dark cell.
Locked in one, a man had no light
whatever, and no air except what
came in through-a small pipe in the
floor.
Fifteen years ago eight negroes
were thrown in a dark cell at Re
trieve farm, and in that little Black
Hole of Calcutta they smothered to
death. This is a matter of record re
called by Mrs. King.
“But you can’t find any dark cells
in Texas prisons now,” site declares.
And next came the passing of the
chains —great log chains that used to
hang from the beams in every prison
house; those chains with which men
were strung up by the wrists until
they fainted.
Now “Mother” King has tackled
the whipping problem. She has de
clared herself against the use of the
lash.
“But as long as such a provision
remains in the statutes, the board
cannot prevent its use,” she says.
“We can only recommend the law
be changed.”
Texas opened its first honor farm
last September as the result of Mrs.
King’s report to Governor Neff. And
since then one for negro prisoners
also has been established.
Black Cat Crosses
Convict’s Path; He
Goes Back to Jail
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Dec. 3.
A black cat crossed the path of
Clarence Fisher end now he is
back in the United States disciplin
ary barracks here to serve a sen
tence pyramided from a year and a
day for desertion to twenty years
for various attempts to escape.
Fisher escaped from a barbed wire
stockade a week a"o and went to
Kansas City where he registered at
a hotel. He succeeded in escaping
detection until the black cat ambled
by.
“A black cat,” muttered Fisher.
“I’ll bet 1 get pinched before
morning.”
The hotel proprietor overheard
the remark and notified the police.
Brakeman Attacked;
Found Unconscious
MONROE, La., Dec. I.—J. E.
Brown, forty, missouri Pacific rail
road brakeman, was found uncon
scious with a deep cut over the right
eye, in an alley near the yards Sat
urday. His nearest relative is his
mother, Mrs. L. W. Brown, 2218
Railroad street, Beaumont, Tex. A
union card identified him. Author
ities believe Brown was attacked dur
ing a card game. A large stick of
wood was lying alongside him.
Borah Returns Funds
Donated to Campaign
WASHINGTON, Dec. I.—Return
to the donors of every dollar con
tributed to his campaign expenses
was reported today by Senator
Borah, Republican, Idaho, in his
final staterpent to the secretary of
the senate.
The contributions listed included
$2,500 from the Republican senatorial
campaign committee which was re
turned in three installments. An
item of S2OO sent in by E. Vanish,
was returned to him November 28.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER I, 1924
CHICAGO EXCHANGE
HAS FIRST OAY OF
TRADING IN COTTON
CHICAGO, Dec. I.—Nearly a thou
ly-installed trading pit on the
'Change here today to witness the
beginning of Chicago business in
cotton.
sand brokers crowded around a. new-
A series of flashes and puffs of
smoke from photographers, together
witli cheers from the brokers and
the galleries enlivened the initial
proceedings ami a big new bale of
cotton alongside the trading pit
served to remind onlookers that
grain and provisions were no longer
to monopolize the attention of deal
ers on the board of trade.
A new section of blackboard look
O‘t down on traders from space oc
cupied hitherto with more or less
unfamiliar quotations from various
cotton exchanges and put an entire
ly fresh aspect on the southwest sec
tion of the big hall:
Trading proceeded at a lively rate
ns soon as the gong gave the signal,
but the fact soon became evident
that tiie, majo - itji of brokers were
unfamiliar witli (lie differences in
method between business grain or
provisions and the method used in
cotton. Nevertheless, the cotton
trading persisted, and the cotton pit
remained filled to its capacity even
after business commenced in wheat
and corn, and other staples.
Mayor William E. Dover, of Chi
cago, was one of the interested spec
tators. The mayor said that judg
ing from a volume of trading so far,
and from the general interest dis
played, the new venture would prove
a success.
All Chicago contracts will provide
delivery at the Houston-Galveston
basin, the greatest cotton exporting
point in the world. The contract
unit is fixed at 100 bales, which ap
proximates 50,000 pounds of cotton.
All cotton is classified by the depart
ment of agriculture, tlie same as is
done at New York and New Or
leans.
With the opening transaction,
sworn inspectors and weighers took
their posts at Houston and Galves
ton to begin the inspection, weigh
ing and" sampling of cotton offered
for certification.
Grades tenderable on Chicago con
tracts will be the same as those at
New York and New Orleans as pro
vided under the United States cot
ton futures act.
FIRST DEAL BRINGS
$23.40 FOR JOO POUNDS
CHICAGO, Dec. I. President
Crosswell, of the Houston Cotton
exchange, through his broker, sold
100 bales of January cotton to
President Frank L. Carey, of the
Chicago Board of Trade, who in
turn sold to Wallace C. Winter, a
broker for James Simpson, president
of Marshall Field & Co.,
I, bales at $23.40 a hundred
pounds. It was the initial transac
tion on'the new cotton futures ex
change today.
Gas Fumes Blamed
In Aged Couple’s Death
LOUISVILLE, Dec. I.—William
Corrigan and his wife, Mary, both 71,
were found dead on a bed in their
apartment here Saturday night. A
gas stove and an oil lamp were burn
ing in the closed room and Coroner
Roy Carter said death apparently re
sulted from monoxide gas.
J. M. Davidson, Sr., Shot
By His Son, Is Buried
COLUMBUS, Ga., Dec. I.—Sever
al hundred people attended the fu
neral services Sunday afternoon for
John Morgan Davidson, Sr., who
was shot and killed Saturday night
by his son, John Morgan Davidson,
Jr., at their home nine miles north
of Columbus. The killing, the offi
cers sa idthey were told, occurred
when the father shot at his son a
few minutes after he had attacked
his wife.
The mother and son attended the
services at the home and at the
grave. No arrests had been made
today, the officers having been told
that the shooting was justifiable.
HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS
By J. P. Alley
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N. Y. Papers Print
Pictures Sent From
London by Wireless
NEW YORK, Dec. I.—Pictures
wirelessed from London in 20 min
utes appeared today in New York
newspapers through a, new process
called photoradiogram developed by
the Radio Corporation of America.
The pictures were transmitted
from the Marconi house in London
after being translated into radio im
pulses. A mechanism in the corpora
tion’s offices here received the im
pulses and translated them into pic
tures.
The first to be sent were two like
nesses of President Coolidge, one a
pen and ink sketch, the other a pho
tograph. The radio signals were
made to sketch the president with a
fountain pen on a revolving cylinder
of paper and at the same time to
control a light beam which traveled
over a film and re-photographed
Mr. Coolidge. Both the sending and
receiving are simultaneous.
Other pictures to cross the Atlan
tic throug’h tiie air were of Secretary
of State Hughes, Queen Alexandria,
the Poince of Wales, Owen D.
Young, Stanley Baldwin, Ambassa
dor Kellogg, Oxford winning the re
lay races at Cambridge and a flash
light of the scene in the transmit
ting room.
Then a Chinese proverb was sent,
which read, “One picture is worth
10,000 words.”
Ihe reproductions here were of
varying distinctness, some were re
markable likenesses and more per
fect than the similar experiment re
cently made over telegraph wires in
this country. Others were barely
recognizable.
TEST PHOTOGRAPHS ARE
RECEIVED IN BOSTON
MEDFORD, Mass., Dec. 1. —Wire-
less photographs sent this morning
fi om M ashington, D. C., by the in-
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