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■LID SHOOTS
SELFTOMFE
Former Railway Conductor.
Helpless Paralytic. Fears He
Is Burden to His Family.
Peeling that he was a burden to his
wife and four children, and that “he
"as in the way." McGehee Ferguson,
165 West Pine street, a yard conductor
for ihe Southern railway, today shot
himself through the head as he sat
alone in his room in an invalid's roller
chair. Ferguson has been a helpless
paralytic for the past two years. He
was Injured by falling from a freight
car in the Atlanta yards, the fail break
ing his back and paralyzing him.
Although the bullet passed thfough
the brain and out of the head. Fergu
son still was alive when his wife, hear
ing the /eport of the pistol, rushed
frantically into the room. The dying
man was hut t ied to the Atlanta hospi
tal. His death is expected at any mo
ment.
Ferguson had been particularly de
spondent of late, and had frequently
commented on his feeling that he was
a burden He had several times threat
ened to end his life in the past ffew
days. For fear that he would carry out
his threats, members of the family hid
’erguson's revolver, wrapping it and
placing it in the bottom of a dresser
drawer. About noon today Ferguson
rolled himself in his chair to the dress
sr. made a search for the weapon, and
found it. He then shot himself as he
sat in the chair, near the dresser.
He never spoke after firing the shot.
Ferguson's four children are all boys
—the oldest 13 years of age and the
youngest 2 years old. His wife former
ly was Miss Stella Hudson,
Ferguson was a member of tlie
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and
was popular and highly esteemed in
railroad circles.
5.000 ENCAMPED
AT MOUNT GILEAD
WITH METHODISTS
For the seventy-seventh time, Meth
odists of the southern part of Fulton
county are gathered for a week at their
camp meeting at Mt. Gilead. The
greatest attendance in the history of
this gathering is present this year.
Fully 5,000 persons were camped on the
grounds Monday to listen to the ser
mons and sing the old hynms.
Numbers of Atlantans have joined
the people of the Ben Hill district in
the meeting, which has been an insti
tution in Georgia since 1 835.
It was founded by the Rev. .John M.
Smith, who donated 200 acres of land
for the purpose of holding a .yearly out
door gathering of a religious nature.
Rut 35 acres of the original tract are
left unsold, and it is on this land the
people are encamped
The meeting has been held every year
save in 1864, when part of Sherman's
army was quartered in the camp meet
ing grounds.
Among the Atlanta preachers present
are rhe Rev. S. R. Belk and Dr. Stone.
SINGLE TREE MAKES
SOLID CARLOAD OF
VENEERING LUMBER
Ynl'NG HARRIS. GA. Aug. 12. .1
M Ruchanot). of Brasstown. N has
bough', a tree from Bud Collins, of
Not!"’ 'vs'. Ing S2O for it. standing
in 'he woods. 30 miles from a rail’oad.
However, it was no ordinary tree. It
was of the variety known as the pinch
figured ut 'y poplar, and was the big
gest tree in this section, being eight
feet in diameter at the stump and five
feet in diameter 78 feet from the stump,
with no knot or limb in that distance.
This immense stick sealed 16,000 feet
of lumbe . it cost Mr. Buchanon S4OO
to get this single tree cut. divided into
sections and hauled to the railroad at
Murphy. It will make a solid carload
and will be sent to Baltimore, where it
will be used for veneering purposes.
ALABAMA GINNERS
HANDLED 1,571,361
BALES PAST YEAR
MONTGOMERY, ALA. Aug. 12. A
total of 1.571.361 bales of cotton were
ginned and 1.279,833 bales were re
ceived by warehouses in Alabama dur
ing the fiscal year which closed August
1. according to the annual report of E.
M. Ragland, director of the state bu
reau of cotton statistics, which was
submitted to Governor O'Neal today.
Mr. Ragland stated that the report is
not entirely correct, because there were
a few ginners reporting to the Federal
government not aware that
they also had to make a report to the
state.
According to the report, there are
3.329 active ginneries and 202 ware
houses in Alabama
REALTY AGENCY SELLS
LOTS NEAR PEACHTREE
More than $42,000 worth of vacant
and. in small lots, just off Peachtree
road, has been sold during the last
hree weeks by the L. S. Bottenfield
Realty Company, in the Empire build
ing. The land is part of a subdivision,
a plat of which was registered with the
county surveyor three weeks ago.
In order to make the purchases at
tractive. the Bottenfield Company Be
gan a development plan which will be
completed without expense to the own
ers of the lots
Tlw subdivision about S(H) yards i
z .om Peachtree ro- J
HUSBAND OF KEROSENE!
OIL EXPLOSION VICTIM
ASKS $10,000.00 DAMAGES
Joseph Head, whose wife. Mrs. Lilly
, Head, was burned to death by a kero
,l sene oil explosion July 12. has filed suit :
for SIO,OOO damages against the Texas I
‘ Company, oil refiners, in superior court. I
■ This brings the total sum being sued I
i for against the company, for the many
■recent oil explosions, to $165.00u.
Mr. Head asserts that his wife was
| pouring oil on a fire in a stove w hen
the fuel became ignited and exploded,
blowing the bottom from the can and
setting fire to Mrs. Head's clothing.
She died Itortly afterward from the
burns
■GE AOOPTED
HI REGISTRATION
Smith and Brown Forces Ar
rayed in Fight in Senate,
Latter Winning.
Partisan politics along strict Smith-
Brown lines figured in the deliberations
of the senate today when a change in
the present registration law as advo
cated by Governor Joseph M. Brown
was adopted as fa as the upper house
is concerned by the passage of the Bla
lock bill. AH attempts on the part of
the Smith adherents to obtain recon-
1 sideration for the measure failed.
The bill changes the date of closing
the registration books from six months
prior to the election to a date 30 days
before the election.
Senators Felker and Sheppard, op
-1 posing the bill sought, to inject the
“ prohibition issue.
If this bill becomes a law hoodlums
and ruffians will be brought into Geor
gia to vote and absolutely swing elec
lions. It is a dangerous change," said
i Senator Felker.
"Hoke Smith's majority in his first
election was acquired because of his
support of the present registration law
and his repudiation of the plan sug
gested in this bill. The people of Geor
gia want the present law sustained,”
i said Senator Sheppard.
Senators Dickerson and Crawford,
sure ot majority, urged the passage of
the bill.
In discussing the measure today Gov-
' ernor Brown said that not a single
state in the I'nion had a law similar to
Georgia. The governor asserted that
the «ix months plan was absurd and as
a result of its provisions thousands of
voters in the rural districts were being
disfranchised.
I ——
TAFT COMMUTES
DEATH SENTENCE
OF NEGRESS SLAYERI
WASHINGTON. Aug. 12.—Because
1 he considered there is reasonable rioubi
as to premeditation of Mrs. Mattie Lo
max in the shooting of her husband
here about eighteen months ago. Presi
dent Taft today commuted her sentence
to life imprisonment.
Mrs. Lomax was to have been ex
ecuted Friday. She was a negress ami
had the death sentence been carried
out she would have been the second
woman hanged in the District of Co
lumbia. The first was Mrs. Surratt. ■
one of the plotters in the assassination
■f f’r skint' Abraham Lincoln.
Lomax was shot to death in his home
in December. 1910. The arrest and (
! conviction of his wife followed. She
was sentenced to be hanged last No
vember. but i stay of execution was'
granted three times by P esident Taft
because of the woman's ill health.
LINER WITH 460 ON
BOARD REACHES PORT
AFTER CRASH AT SEA
. Rotterdam, Aug. 12.—with 460
1 passengers on board, the North Ger
man Lloyd liner Frankfurt, which col
lided with the German steamer’Bar
men off the Hook of Holland lightship,
was towed into port today by fftur tugs.
Although she had shipped a great quan
tity of water, her officers said she was
In no danger of sinking. The Frank
furt was hound for Bremen to Canada
with 1.200 emigrants on board when the
I accident occurred.
Seven hundred and forty of the pas- 1
sengers were transferred to the Dutch
steamer Juno at sea. The Barmen was
hound from Rotterdam for Bremen
CONGRESSMAN’S OWN
AUTO RUNS OVER HIM:
BARNHART IS LAID UP
ROCHESTER. IND.. Aug. 12. Con
gressman. Henry A. Barnhart is eon- '
fined to his home as the result of be
ing run over by his own automobile 1
late Sunday. When he cranked Ills '
machine it plunged forward so quickly
that it was impossible for him to get
out of the way. lie was knocked down
lit the fender qml run over, ills in-
I juries are not considered serious.
The machine, with Mrs. Barnhart ,
aboard, was wrecked in a collision with
a post a hundred sards farther along !
the road.
JUMPS FROM TRAIN GOING
60 MILES AN HOUR: KILLED
LAFAYETTE. IND. Aug. 12.—Earl ,
Pritchard, aged nineteen, of Bedford,
Ind., today Jumped out of the window
of a Monon train at Chalmers and was
instantP killed The train was run
ning 6° miles an hout Pritchard, it is ,
believed. br<ame puddenlv insane. His
| siste'. 'as sitting at bis side when ne
■umu' ’
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. AVGUST 12. 1912.
I SIM DIE IN
ELECTRIC CHAIR
“Most Successful” and Great
est Electrocution Ever Seen
Takes Place in New York.
OSSINING, N. V.. Aug. 12. —Seven l
human lives were legally taken today
in the death chair at Sing Sing, estab
lishing a new record for wholesale elec
trocutions in America, Os the seven
victims, six were Italians and the other
man was a negro. All were murderers.
The following five men were executed (
for participation in the brutal killing
of Mrs. Mary Hall in a farm house at
Griffins Corners, Westchester county. '
last November:
Vincenzo Cona, Angelo Guista. Lo
renzo Lebori Cali. Felipo Demarco and i
Salvatore Demarco,
Joseph Ferrone. also an Italian, was
electrocuted for slaying his wife in New
York on October 24 last.
The negto executed «hs John W.
Collins, who shot and killed Policeman
Thomas Lynch in New York city July
1, 1911, while crazed tyith drink.
The execution of the five Italian#
condemned for the murder of Mrs. Hall
took place while hundreds of telegrams
sent by Italian organizations in all
parts of the country begging clemency
lay unopened at Albany on the desk of
Governor Dix, who is attending the mil
itary maneuvers in Connecticut.
Not a Hitch in Program.
. Extraordinary efforts had been made
to save ..Cali, who maintained stoutly
to the last that he was innocent. Cali
tried to prove an alibi by declaring that
he was working for a gas company in
Brooklyn, but as the employees of the
company are designated by numbers
instead of by name the doomed man
could not establish his claim.
The entire seven executions took
place in one hour and fifteen minutes.
There was not a hitch during the greW
some ceremony. Experts who were
present designated it the most "suc
cessful” electrocuition they had ever
seen.
None of the men gave any exhibition
of fear, except Cona, who fainted and
had to be carried.to the chair.
The five Hall murderers protested
their innocence to the last. It had been
expected that Ferrone, who has been
giving the authorities a great deal of
trouble, would cause a scene, but he
was in a docile mood and as lie stepped
to the chair he exclaimed: "I'm reader
to go.”
A different set of witnesses was pres
ent at each death.
RAFFLES, IN A CELL,
SETS SELF AFIRE;
IS SEVERELY BURNED
CHICAGO. Aug 12. —Jacob Foy
I Guthrie, school teacher anil .9p,ofcty
burglar, who stole. $1’50.000 .worth of
plunder from fashionable Chicago
homes, tried to burn himself to death
in his tell in the county jail today.
Calls of fire in the cell house where
he was confined brought aid. Turn
keys • ushed in. pulled the man from
the cell and extinguished the flames,
though Guthrie fought to prevent them.
He was severely burned all over the
body and was taken to the county hos
pital.
Guth tie had set fire to his clothing
and to the bedding in his ceil.
“Go away and let me die. It s fun to
burn. Let me alone,” he screamed
when the officers threw back the door
of his cell and rushed in to rescue hi in.
POULTRY. BUTTER AND EGGS.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12. Dressed poult rv
quiet: turkeys. 184/23: chickens. 124/26,
fowls. 184720; ducks. 184t18%. Live poul
try steady; chickens, 184/20; fowls. 15.
turkeys. 14: roosters. 1(F%: ducks. 14.
geese. 11. Butter unsettled: creamery
specials, 254/26: creamery extras. 26%4/
2<; state dairy, tubs. 21 @25%; process'
specials. 244/ 24%.
Eggs firm: nearby white, fancy. 314x32;
nearby brown fancy. 244/26; extra firsts,
23%4/25; firsts. 204/21-
Cheese steady: white milk specials,
15%@ 15% : whole milk fancy, 154/.15’ 2 ;
skims, specials.
10% fa 11%; full skims, 6% 4:8%.
ATLAViA MARKEtS
ITGGS - Fresh country candled, 1947 20c.
BUTTER Jersey and creamery. in 1-lb.
blocks. 20@22%c; fresh country dull, lOfa
12%c pound.
DRESSED POULT’RY—Drawn. head
and feet on, per pound: Hens. 17f/-18c;
fries, 254/27%c; roosters. 84l 10c; turkeys,
owing to fatness. 184/20c.
Ll\ E POULTRY Hens, 404145 c roost
ers 25fa 35c; fries. 18fa25c. broilers. 20(g)
25c; puddle ducks, 25fa30c; Pekin ducks,
40fa?45c; geese 50 fa 60 c each; turkeys. ow
ing to fatness. 144t15c.
FRUITS AND PRODUCE.
FFH 11 AND VEGETABLES Lemons,
fancy. $.>.504/6c. per box; Florida oranges,
$347-3.50 per box; bananas. 34/3%<- per
pound; cabbage. 754/$i ppp pound: pea
nuts. per pou/id. fancy Virginia 6% fa 7c,
choice. 5%4/6c; beans, round green. 7 ■‘•••fa
$1 per crate; Florida celery $24/2.50 uer
crate; squash, yellow, per six-basket
crates. sl4/1.25; lettuce, fan-y. $1,254/1.50,
choice $ 2.>4/ I 50 per crate, bee’s, >l.so'u
2 per barrel; cucumbers. 75c4/$i per crate,
new i/ish potatoes, per barrel. $2.50fa3
b’gg plants. <:4/2.50 per crate. pepper.
sl4/ !.2-> per crate; tomatoes, lain-y , six
basket crates $1504/1.75. cimire toma
toes $1,754/2; pineapples, $2(« 225 per
<-rate; onions. sl4/1.25 pet bushel sweet
potatoes, pumpkin yam. Si 4/1 .5 per bust,
el. watermelons. sD»4ils pet bundled;
cantaloupes, per crate. *l4/1.25
PROVISION MARKET
(Corrected by White Provision Company.)
Cornfield hams, in to 12 pounus average.
16c.
Cornfield hams, 12 to 14 pounds average,
16c.
Cornfield skinned hams, 16 to 18 pounds
average, 17c
Cornfield picnic hams, 6 to R pounds
average, 12c
(’orn field breakfast bacon. 23<
Grocer st\le bacon 'wide or narrow i.
1 <
< 'ornfieift fresh pork sausage (link or’
bulk) 25-pound buckets. 12c
Cornfield frankfurters. 10 pound buck- '
e’s average to*
Cornfield bologna -ausage, .' ••pound ]
boxes. 9c ‘
UnrnfieW luncheon hams, 20-pvund i
boxes, 12c. '
COTTON DIPS
ON HW SALES
McFadden and Spot Interests
aCst Large Orders Upon the
Market Throughout Day.
( NEW YORK. Aug 12.—Favorable
weather conditions over the entire belt
. Sundav caused a depressing effect upon
the cotton market todax at the opening]
with first prices showing a net loss of I't
to 25 points from the final figures of Sat - ’
unlay. \fter the call the selling became i
general while the buying was moderate |
and scattered. Some Southern Interests
and Well street business houses joined
.trie bear movement and prices made a
1 further decline with new crop positions
’displaying the most weakness.
McFadden interests ami commission
I houses continued to sell during the late
■ forenoon trading, some of it coming from
; some of the large spot interests, and
prices were carried 10 to 26 points below
i the opening During the afternoon ses
sion the market developed a steadier tone.
; while the selling pressure seemed to have
i eheeked. The liquidation looked to be
about over, and the buying became more
general, and prices rallied 3 to 7 points
from the low levels. The ring crowd
were freely buyers, and it is believed
that this interest is short.
Warehouse stocks in New York today.
98.365: certificated, 87.693
At the close the market was weak with
prices showing a net loss of 46 io 51
» points from the final quotations of Satur-
RANGE OF NEW YORK FUTURES.
11 I ? 1 H
Aug! 1.1.50111.58111.2511L25111.14-15 11.80-82
Sept. 11.56 11.56 11.23 11.23 11.15-16 11,66-bK
Oct. 11.65111.65|11.2» 11.30 11.29-31 11.80-81
Nov. 11..31 II 31 11.31 11.31 11.31-32 1 1.81-84
Dec. 11.6 ft 11.5<i 11.33 11.33 u 33.38 11.87-88
•lan. 11.55’11.60; 11.30 11.30'11.29-30 11.80-82
Feb 11.40-41 11.86-88
Meh. 11.70 11.72 41.45 11.45’11.45-46 1 1.92-93
May 1 1.82 11.82 1 1.30 11.54 11.53-55 12 00-02
Closed weak.
| Liverpool due I‘j points lower on Au
gust. Vi to 1 potm higher on the nalance
Opened easy at a decline of 2 to 3 points.
|At 12:15 p. tn. the market was barely
i steady. 5 to G’- points lower: spot cotton
I quiet at 5 points decline, middling. 6.83:
I sales, 5.000; American. 4.000; imports, 16,-
000: American. 10.000.
[ At the close the market was steady
I with prices showing a net loss of HVfc to
I 13 points from the previous close.
RANGE IN LIVERPOOL FUTURES.
Futures opened steady.
• tpenir.g Pre»
Range 2 P M. Clr-se. Cln««
' Aug. . 6.64 -6.60 .... 6.54 6.664
I Aug.-Sept 6.55 -6.52 6.45 1 -'- 6.57’/ 2
'Sept.-Oct. 6.55 -3,40'.. 6.41 6.34 ' 6.46*4,
I Oct.-Nov. 6.40 -6.35 ' 6.351... fi.28 1 -. 6.41
Nov.-Dec. 6.34 -6.30 6.32 " 6.22 " 6.36
'Dee.-Jan. 6.3Jt.-6.3<) 6.30 6.23 1 ™ 6.35'4
1.1an.-Feb 6.34 -6.31 G. 316 24>- 6.36
( Feb.-Meh. 6.30 -ti.3l 6.31 C, 6.25*6 6.3«*«j
I Mob.-Apr. 6.85*2-6.32*" 6.33'.. 6.26 ’ 6.37*4
J Apr.-May HT.6*-6.32*6.32*6 6.26*4 •'-38
I May-.lune 6.37*4-6.34'™ 6.34 6 27'6 6.39
June-July 6.2654 6.38%
| Closed steady.
RANGE IN NEW.ORLEANS FUTURES.
I I K ’ Is!
1 ... .1. c j J L±l~£] "
Aug. 11.77 11.77 11.62 11.73 11.62-63 11.97
Sept. 11.71 J 1.77 11.65,11.67 11.49 11.95
Oct. 11.61 11.70 11.43 11.46 11.45-46 11.91-92
Nov. 11.61 II 61 11.61 11.61 11.45-47 11.91-93
I I Dre 1 1.63 1 1.70 1 1.44 11 17 11.47-4'.' 11.92-93
Jan. 11.69 11.71 11.49 1 1.52 1 1.51 -52 11.95-96
j Feb 11.53-55 11.97-99
Meh. 11.78 11.84 11 60 11.6* 11.63-6* 12.06-07
. Apr r ... 11.65-67 12.09- 11
Ma Sj/l 1 :•/ 5:F;1I7’• ■’* ■ * 1. 7:: -7 4 l 1 K -1 7
■. Olos-rd stearfy.' -' T
SPOT COTTON MARKET.
Atlanta, "nominal: middling 12%.
New Orleans, quiet; middling I2G.
New Yorki quiet;, middling 12c.
Boston, quiet; middling 12c.
Philadelphia, quiet; middling 1?.25.
LtvXrpi 01/ middling K R.Td
Savannah, miiet; middling 12*A.
Augusta. •pii€ , t_; middling 13’4
Mobile, nominal.’
< Jal vest an» .quiet; -mi'ldling ' 2 7 5 .
Norfolk, quiet: middling 13c.
Wilmington, nominal.
Little Rock, quiet middling Il*>
Charleston, nom’ na I
Baltimore, nominal; /piddling 12\.
Memphis, nominal: middling 13c.
St Louis, quiet; middling 12*\.
Houston, steady; mi<l<iling 12%.
Louisville, firm, middling 13c
PORT RECEIPTS.
The following table shows receipt’s at
the ports today, compared with the same
day las* year:
19127“
Orleans . . t 27 253
Galveston 2,667 1.421
Mobile . ■ 21
Savannah 257 86
N«n f "lix 107 1
Total .7 3.179
INTERIOR MOVEMENT.
| ’ I 1912 j 1911 ~
Houston 8,689 12,837
Augusta 19 8
Memphis. 160 292
St. Louis ‘ 31 1
( inoinna ’ i 611
Total, , . , . . k4BO
COTTON MARKET OPINIONS.
Finlej'. Barrell & Co.: We think the
market is around the buying point ami
anticipate a very rapid advance when
the tremendous short interest which has
developed receives a fright from any
cause.
Miller <<• Co.: We still hold to our
opinion that the decline has already full'
measured anv improvement in the crop
since the government's report
Havden, Stone K- ’’<> ■ The short side
still looks best.
William Ray <£- «’<». The market may
! work some lower, but wo do not advise to
sell short unless we have a decided rise.
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS.
z fcV 1
<’l 11< ’A< ;< Aug 12 Wheal No. 2 red
• </2(u Lho, N< led I ‘/OQ/ 1.03, No. 2 hard
winter 94 1 1 'a '•6’No ? hard winter
95. No. 1 Northern spring t. No.
2 Northern spring 98 'a I 05, No. 3 spring
‘.♦46/ Lt 1 .
Porn No. 2 ’iG’.'f/Tti. No. 2 white 777/
77’;.. No. S.dlow No. 3
No. 3 while 7’'*<T‘: 4 , No. 3 yellow
7 »l'•■7/ 77. No I 7 ::<</7 No 4 while 74’.
<(/75. No I yellow 7! 1 ? r <t 75 ■
* Oats No. 2 while lew 32<g32L.. No ’
I n» w 31 ’ 4 G/’3INo. '» while old 32//:i2’ /V .
No 4 white »h*w standard old .'IJ I -.
COTTON SEED OIL.
NEW ¥<)RK. Aug 12. <’arpentei. Bag
got eV < ’o.; Cotton seed oil declined today
'in sympathy with lower cotton market,
but we regard it as too Inw. though max
go 4iown below 6 rents Believe pur
chases around or below 6 cents will prove
profitable.
Cotton seed ol! quotations:
1 >pen n g Ch >sing.
Spot (j. 12 'i 6 23
August ....
September .... 6 .’B^/6.29 ■
I < trtOber .... 6. K 36 631 Q/6.33
i November .... 6.2<Y'fci 622 6 iTf/K.is
December . . 6 ji-y/k 14 6.io'q6 12
* January
i * p bruar? __
Closed stead'. sales 20,991 barrels.
* [
NEWS AND GOSSIP
Os the Fleecy Staple
—— - _. I
NEW YuRK. Aug. 12. Carpenter. Bag-'
go? a- Co.; McFadden interests and coin- '
mission houses continue to sell. The sell- j
>ng has been very heavy all day. Some of!
it seems 10 be coming From some of the
large spot interests, while the only sup- .
port seems to be profit-taking by shorts.
W hile the news is bullish t/.r trade and
those who are in market seem to be in
majority bearish. Opinions of little con
sequence just now; while we bellc\ e in ul
timately higher prices, looks as though
market may go some lower.
Liverpool was weak and our market
was heavily sold on the opening, said to
, be on more favorable weather and The
I unes- Democrat report, which showed an
improvement in conditions. Commission
house sentiment around the ring continues
very bearish.
1.. are 11 a m. bids in New
j jork; October. 11.50. December. 11.58;
January, 11.50. March. 1162
’JRLEANS. Aug 12 Hayward &
i( lark: ibc weather map shows very fa-
I vorable < <>nditions: cloudy in south Texas,
partly cloudy in central states, fair north
half toxas. Oklahoma and Atlantic?.
Only’ moderate to light scattered showers
in < cntral states, practically no rain in
western states and Atlantics Indication?
are for partly cloudy, possiblv some light
local showers, except fair in north Texas!
and Oklahoma
Washington forecast for week: Tern
perature will be nearer slightly above I
normal and precipitation light and local
coming week in southern staffs.
Houston. Texas, receives 7.463 new
bales today Advices from south Texas
and also from central Texas say rapid in
crease expected in the movement of new
cotton.
The New’ Orleans Times-Democrat says;
1. Taking the belt as a whole there Is
a moderate improvement since the previ
ous report.
2. The crop is still backward and ex
tremely spotted, but the feeling is more
optimistic than it was at the beginning
of July.
3. Some sections complain of insects,
but it is too soon to estimate the dam
age.
4 There is ample supply of labor as a
rule and the crop has been well culti
vated.
5. The movement will be later than
normal by about three weeks and the
yield will depend greatly on the date of
frost.
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal says.
“The cotton crop did well over nearly the
entire cotton Helt during the past week,
exceptions to improvement being south
ern and central Texas, and part of North
Carolina, where insufficient rains fell.
The improvement was based on rains
In hearlj all the sections east of the
Mississippi river, where rains were more
or less heavv. being excessive in limited
districts. With the moisture now in the
soil the crop is now expected to advance
rapidly’ for at least ten days, barring ex
cessive precipitation which is now. per
haps. more than any other development
to be feared, as it would promote a rapid
ami retarded fruiting which has not pro
ceeded as far as is usual for the season."
|~~THE WEATHER
Conditions.
WASHINGTON, Aug 12 The indica
tions are that there will be local rains to
night or Tuesday in the region of the
Great Lakes and southern Florida; while
elsewhere east of the Mississippi river the
weather will be generally’ fair.
Warmer weather will prevail over the
eastern half of the country’ during the
next two days.
General Forecast.
Following is the forecast until 7 p. m
Tuesda y;
Georgia - Generally fair tonight and
Tuesday.
Virginia Fair tonight and probablv
Tuesda y.
North and South Carolina—Generally
fair tonight and Tuesday.
t Florida—Generally fSir except showers
' in extreme southern portion tonight or
j Tues4lay.
’ Alabama and Mississippi—Generally
J fair tonight and Tuesday
Louisiana Unset tied show’ers in east
‘ Arkansas—Unsettled showers.
' Oklahoma—Generally fair
' East Texas Generally fair.
West Texas—Unsettled: showers in
western portion.
DAILY WEATHER REPORT.
A'FLAN’ry G.X.. Monday, Aug 12.
Lowest temperature 67
Highest temperature 7R
Mean temperature 72
Normal temperature *."*!, 77
Rainfall in past 24 hours, inches 0.00
Excess sin« e Ist of month, inches... 0.55
Excess since January Ist. inches 17.08
I ? E FRQM yA R1 °us ST ATI oN S.
Temperature R’fall
Stations Weath. 7 ! Max. 24
xugusta . . . Clear 74
Atlanta . Pt. cldy. 70 78 I
Atlantic City. Pt. cldy.' 76 80
Boston .. . Cloudy 74 Pa 18
Buffalo I’t. cldy 6R 74 .02
<’harleston ’Tear 82
< Tiicago < Tear 66 70
I >enver ...... (Tear 60 92
Des Moines . .Cloudy 66 82 .18
Duluth Pt cldy. 58 74
Eastport . ... Pt. cldy. SR I 66 .54
'Galveston ..(Tear 82 88
I lelena . • Tear 46 74
II ouston (Tear 78 *. ....
Huron (Tear 62 86 ....
Jacksonville . (Tear R 0 ....
Kansa City... F*t. Cldy 74 R 6 ....
Km xville . Cloudy’ 72 84
Louisville . ... Cloudy 74 86 I ...
Macon Cloudy 74 84 .02
Memphis Cloudy 72 84
Meridian (Tear 70 I I .46
Mobile Pt. cldy 76 ' R 8 '
Miami (Tear R 6 1
Montgomery Cloudy 72 ' 82 • .04
Moorhead Pt. cldy 62 1 84 I .04
New Orleans (Toudy 78 90 ' .04
New York ../Clear 72 82 • ....
North Platte. Clear 62 94 ....
Oklahoma ... (Tear 74. 90 ....
Palestine . (Tear 76 96 ....
Pittsburg* Cloudy 66 78 I ....
Ptland. Oreg. (Tear ' 58 74 1 ....
San Francisco.(Toudy 54 66 ' ....
St. Louis Pt. cldy. 74 SR ....
St. Paul .. . (Toudy 62 82 1 ....
S. 1 ake <’ity . Pt. cldy. 66 86 | ....
Sayannah .(Tear 78 ....
W ashington .. Pt, cldy 76 90 ...
c. F* Von HERRMANN. Section Director j
local stocks and bonds.
Bld. Asked |
.Atlanta West Point R R.. 140 J 45 |
American Nat Rank 220 225
Atlanta’ Coal A- he common 100’4 ]o|
Atlantic Coal A- Ice pfd 90 “ 92
Atlanta Brewing & Ice C 0... 170
Atlanta National Bank 325
Broad PJv Gran Corp 25 30
do pfd 70 72
Central Bank & Trust Corp. ... 147
Exnositior (”01100 Mills 180
Fourth National Bank . 265 270
Futon National Bank 12" 131
Ga Ry. FTrc stamped. .. 126 127
Ga. Ry. A? Power Co. common 28 30
do Ist pfd 81 85
do 2d |>fd 46 47
Hillyer T’ruM Company 125 127
Lowrv National Bank 24 8 25(»
Realtv Trust Company 100 105
Southern lee common .. 68 70
The Security Slate Bank . 115 120
’• hii'l National Bank 220 235
Trust Company of Georgia 245 25u
Tiavelers Bank »V Trust C 0... 125 126
BONDS.
Atlanta Gas Light Ist ’s 102
Broad Riv Gian Corn Ist 6s 90 95
Georgia State 4'-.s. 1915, ss. 100', a 101’.
Ga I: x IIK c < 59. . . it).”.- i"4
Ga Ry. •<’ Ll***’ ref 5s 100 101
Atlanta Consolidated 5s 102’4 ...
Atlanta City 3’4s 1913 91 92
Atlanta City 4s. 1920 98 93
Atlanta City 4’is. 1921 102 103
x- Ex-rights.
NEW YORK GROCERIES.
NEW’ YORK. Aug 12. Coffee steady
•'N<» 7 Rin spot 14 Rice steady, do
mestic ordinary tn prime 4G'?/5 r x Mo
lasses stead.' New Orleans open kettle
Sugar taw -ru centrifuMl 4 05
mu.-< o\ad" 3 55. molasses sugar 3 30. re
fined quiet standard granulated 5.15. cut |
• . ■ ’■ 1 ed S.BO ”i' Jd a 5 35. < übc? 1
5 45. powdered 5 2°. diamond A 5.10. con
fp' f D'lmi - a 195. N<> 1 495 No 2 4 90.1
No. 3 4.85, No. 4 1.80.
ICOAST LINE SETS I
! KW HIGH LEIEL
■
Entire Stock List Responds to
Improvement in Business
Conditions.
By CHARLES W. STORM.
NEW YORK. Aug. 12. The favorable
character of news concerning the crop
and industrial outlook published today
caused a steady opening in the stock mar
ket and material gains were scattered
throughout the list. Good gains were
made by many of the leading railroads
anu industrials and firmness was also dis
played in the specialties group.
Among the initial advances were the
following: Steel common Amalga
mated Copper ’4. Erie common ' R . Balti
tnore and Ohio Rodding Union Pac
! ific V Missouri Pacific 'i. Canadiaan
| Pacific Southern Pacific ’2 The de
clines were inconsequential. There was
1 considerable activity at the outset, but
at the end of fifteen minutes trading be
came a trifle slower.
The curb was strong. Americans in
London made gains over New York par
ity and reflected a confident tone
Strength dispiayed in the market dur
ing the forenoon was almost wholly due
to outside buying. According to brokers
watching the trading, banking interests
and the large operators usually aggressive
on the bull side did little either way in
the early trailing Price movements w’ere
m the direction of higher figures, but the
only important gains were in specialties.
After midday the tone of the market
became easier and many issues reflected
profit-takihg sales by some of the more
active room traders. The recessions were
confined to small fractions in most cases
and did not indicate any’ material change
in the speculative position United States
Steel common, after selling at 73%, yield
ed to 72“ r, and a mfmber of other in
dustrials sold at the same amount of
concessions from the early high range.
Slocks closed steady.
Government bonds unchanged. other
bonds firm
Stock quotat!on?:
I | |Last | Clos.lPrev
_JBTOCKS HiglrLcw S.-tle . Bid Cl’Sa
Amal (’oppei 8454 8 i 83vj 88 T $3
Am. Ice Sec.. 26% 26%i 26%; 265fci 25%,
Am. Sug. Ref. 128 ;127%!128 127 127
Am. Smelting 86% 84% 86 85’ £ 84
Ann Locomo.. 45 44 % 45 44% 44%
Am. Gar Fdy.. 61 60% 60% 60% 60%
z\m. (’of. *Ou.. 54% 54 I 54% 54 53%
Amer. W’oolen ' .... 27 I 27
Anaconda . ... 42 41 % 42 42 41 %
Atchison . . 109% 109%;1('9% 109% 108%
A. C. L .148% 147 148% 146% 146%
Amer Can 42 41 % 41% 41%' 40%
do. pref. .... 120 ; 119%
Am. Beet Sug 71% 71% 71%| 71% 71
Am. T. and T. 146 ! 145% 1145% 1 145% 145%
Am. Agricul | ....I 58%! 58%
Beth. Steel ... 38% 38% I 38% 38 % 1 38%
B. R. T 93 92% 92%: 92% 92%
B. and O. .'IOB% 1 108% 108% 108% 108
(’an. Pacific ..'2Bl % 280 280%1279% 279%
Corn Products ... .15% 14%
Consol. Gas .. 149% 149 ||9 148% 148%
Cen. Leather . 28% 27'%i 28% 28% 27%
(’olo. F. and I 32% 31% 32 31% 31
Colo. Southern 40 I ....
D. and H. .171 % 171 % 171% 171 % 170%
Den. and R. G. 20% 20% 20%: 20%! 19%
Distil. Secur.. 33 33 33 32%i 32%
Erie 36% 36% 36% 35% 36%
do. pref 54% 54%' 54% 54 54%
Gen. Electric 182% 182% 182% 181% 182%
Goldfield Cons. .... 3%, 3%
G. Western .. 17% 17% 17% 17% 17%
G. North., pfd. 144% 142% 142% 142% 143%
G. North. Ore. 44 43 43 43% 43%
Int. Harvester 123% 123%
111 Central . 132 132 132 131%T31%
Interboro . . 20% 20% 20% 20%l 20%
do. pref. . 60% 60% 60% 60% 60%
* Inw’a Central 10 11
K. C. Southern 26% 26%' 26% 26%'■ 25
K and T 28% 28% 28% 28% 28%
do, pref 62 61%
L. Valley . 173 172% 1 72% 171 % 172%
L. an<l N . 168 166% 167% 166% 165
Mo. Pacific 38% 38% 38% 38% 37%
N Y. Central 119% 119 119 118% 118%
Northwest. . 143% 142% 143 142% 142%
j Nat. Lead . 59% 59% 59% 59% 59%
N and W . . 119% 118% 119% 118% 119
No. Pacific . 131 % 130% 130% 131 130%
O. and W 32%: 32%
, Penn 121% 124 124 j 124 123%
Pacific Mail 33 32% 33 31% 32%
P. Gas Co. . 118% ‘llß% 118% 117% 118
P. Steel Car 37% 37% 37% 37% 36%
Reading. . . 173% 172 172 172 172%
Rock Island 26% 26% 26% 26% 26%
do. pfd. 52% 52% 52% 52 r ! R 52%
R. I. and Steel 28% 28% 28% 27% 28%
do. pfd. . . 90 89% 89% 89% 89%
S. -Sheffield. 57%’ 56%
So. Pacific . 112% 112% 11.3% 113 112
50 Railwav 30', 29% 29% 29% 30%
do pfd.. . . SO % 80 80 79%’ 79%
51 Paul . x 107% 107 107% K'9%
Tenn. Copper . 42 42 42 42 42
Texas Pacific 22% 23%
Third Avenue 36% 36
i'nion Pacific 174% 173% 173% 173% 173%
U S Rubber 1 .... 51% 51%
Utah Copper 62 61% 62 62% 61%
U. S. Steel . . 73% 72% 72% 72% 72%
do pfd.. . 112% 112% 112%H2% 112%
V. Chem . 49 49 49 18 D’,
West. Union ... 81% 81%
W’abash . 4% 4% 4% 4% 4%
do pfd 14% 14% 14% 14% 14%
W Electric .’B9 87% 87% 87% 88%
W’is. Central 61% 61
W Mary la nd N 56 57 4
s Total sales, 504,581 shares, x Ex-dTvL
dend, 2% per cent.
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET.
Coffee quotations:
.TTimary 12.6912.75 12. 12.60
February
March
April
May
June 12.754/ 12.80
July 12.77 12.63@12.65
August '12.374/12.38
September. . . . 1 2.454/ 1 2.47 12.42'0 12.43
October 12.504/ 12.70 12.484/ 12.49
November 12 55@ 12 75 12 53@ '2 55
December 12.68 12.564/12.57
Closed easy.
Established 1861
I The
I LOWRY NATIONAL BANK
I OF ATLANTA
s’
Designated Depository
of the United States
County of Fulton, City of Atlanta.
Capital . . . $1,000,000.00
Surplus . . . $1,000,000.00
Accounts of Individuals,
Bank and Corporations
Solicited
SHORTSCDVEHON
MHG GDI
Market Declines in Early Trade
on Better Weather, But
Rallies Later.
(’HICAGO, Aug. 12. W’heat showed tht
loss of % to %<■ on the putting out of
short lines by Hie Northwest and the
tact that speculators refused to follow
the strength abroad.
• orn was % to %c lower eariv, but this
was fully regained later and on the Sep
tember %c was added on shorts buying.
TTie present weather is more favorable
for the growing crops.
Oats were fractionally better for nearby
months, while deferred options were a
shade easier.
There was little change in provisions,
although hogs at the yards were 5 to 10c
higher.
Following lower prices early wheat
firmed up on the decrease in the visible
report and dosed % to %c higher. Com
mission houses were on both sides of the
market, while cash houses continued to
sell September against country pur
chases.
Corn closed irregularly, prices ranging
from % to %c to 1c higher with Septem
ber showing the greatest gain. Specula
tive selling pressure was all on the new
crop futures.
Oats ranged from %c higher tn %c
lower. The September delivery w’as a
drag on the rest of the market.
Provisions were firm and higher all
around. Trade w r as large
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
Fret.
High. Low. Close. Close.
vA HEAT—
Sept 92 92% 81% 92% 92*4
Fee 92 92% 91% 92% 92
May 95% 96% 95% 95% 95%
CORN-
Sept. 68% 69% 68% 69% 68%
Dec. 54% 54% 54% 54% 54%
May 54% 54% 54 54% 64%
OATS—
Sept 31% 31% 31% 31% 31%
Dec. 32% 32% 32% 32% 32%
PORK
Spt 17.80 17.87% 17.75 17.85 17.82**
Oct 18.00 18.00 17.85 17.92% 17.92**
lan 18.45 18.50 18.42*4 18.50 18.45
LARD-
Spt 10.87% 10.72*4 10.63 10.70 10.65
Oet 10.77 M, 10.80 10.72*4 10.80 10.75
Jan 10.50 10.50
RIBS—
Spt 10.67% 1.0.67% 10.62'* 10.67% 10.65
Oct 10.65 10.67*6 10.62*6 10.67*6 10.65’
Jan 9.80 9.82*6 9.62*6 9.82*6 9.77*6
CHICAGO CAR LOTS.
Following tire receipts for Monday anO
estimated receipts for Tuesday:
I Monday. I Tuesday.
Wheat 178 I 360
Corn 104 176
Oats | 290 ' 442
Hogs ,| 30,000 I 15.000
LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET.
Wheat opened unchanged to 'nd higher;
at 1:30 p. n> was %d higher for De
cember to *6d higher for October Closed
unchanged to '*d higher
Corn opened unchanged; at 1:30 p. m.
was '<d hgiher. Closed unchanged to *6d
higher
PRIMARY MOVEMENT.
' whfat— i m; i tin 2
Receipts i 2.105,000 I 1.356.000
Shipments 1.103.000 1,136,000
; CORN— | |
. Receipts 453.000 ' 70,000
Shipments ! 287.000 I 324,000
1 "
VISIBLE SUPPLY CHANGES.
Following show’s the weekly visible sup
ply changes in grain for the week:
Wheat, decrease 758.000 bushels.
(’orn, increase 401.000 bushel?.
Oats, increase 219.000 bushels.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
‘’HU AGO. Aug. 12 Hogs Receipts,
30.000 Market 10c higher: mixed and
butchers $7 504/ 8.50; good heavy, s7.Bo@>
8 35; rough heavy. $7 454/7 75. light. $7.80
4/8.50; pigs. $6,754/7 90. bulk. $7.854i>8.30
Cattle—Receipts, 20,000. Market steady
to strong; beeves. $6,504/10.25; cows and
heifers. >2.504/8.25; stockers and feeders.
$4,404/7.00; Texans. $6,404/8 35; calves,
$8,504/ 9.75.
Sheep Receipts 30,000. Market 10c
lower: native and W estern. $3.25<W4 50;’
lambs, $4.75@7.65.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW’ YORK. Aug. 12. W’heat firmer:,
September 1 00%4/1 00%, spot No. 2 red]
nominal in elevator and 108 f. o. b. Corn}
steady ; No. 2 in elevator nominal, ex-]
port No. 2 82% f o« b.. steamer nomi-.’
nal. No 4 nominal oats active; natural!
white 584/ 60 nominal. Rye dull. No.
nominal f. o. b. New York. Barley,
quiet; malting 704/ 80 c. i. f. Buffalo. Hay*
firm; good to prime poor to fair
80 nominal.
Flour more active; spring patents 5.2548*
5.50, straights 4 754/ 5. clears 4 65(g>4.91%'
winter patents 5.154/ 5.40, straights 4.554i>
4.75. clears 4.25(q4.50.
Beef steady family $184118.50 Pork
steady mess $204/20.75. family $20412125.
Lard firm. <-ity
West spot 10.6a. Tallow steady; city
(in hogsheads) 6% nominal, country fim
tierces) 5%<&6%.
MINING STOCKS.
BOSTON, Aug 12. Opening: May
flower 11%. < )ld Colony 8%, Quincy 92,
Chino 32%, Calumet and’ Arizona 76%.
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