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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%. 13