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INVALID SHOOTS
SELFTOAIDWIFE
Former Railway Conductor.
Helpless Paralytic. Fears He
Is Burden to His Family.
Feeling that he was a burden to his
wife and four children, and that "he
was in the way.' McGehee Ferguson,]
165 West Pine street, a yard conductor
for the 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
ear in the Atlanta yards, the fall break
ing his back and paralyzing him.
Although the bullet passed through
the brain and out of the head. Fergu
son still was alive when his wife, hear
ing the report of the pistol, rushed
frantically into the room. The dying
man was hurried 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 few
days For fear that he would carry out
his threats, members of the family hid
*erguson’= revolver, wrapping it. and
placing ft in the bottom of a dresser
drawer. About noon today Ferguson
rolled himself in his chair to the dress
er. 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 the
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 Ren Hill district in
the meeting, which has been an insti
tution in Georgia since 1535.
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.
But 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 the Rev. S. R. Belk and Dr. Stone.
SINGLE TREE MAKES
SOLID CARLOAD OE
VENEERING LUMBER
YGI’NG HARRIS. GA Aug 12. J.
M. Bu hanon. of Brasstown. N C.. has
bought a tree from Bud *'ollins, of
Notify river, par ing S2O for it. standing
in the woods. 30 miles from a railroad.
However, it was no ordinary tree. It
was of the variety known as the pinch
figured curly poplar, and was the big
gest tree in this section, being eight
feet in diameter at the stump and five
feet in dinmeter 7S f»et from the stump,
with no knot or limb in that distance.
This immense stick scaled 16.000 feet
of lumbe It cost Mr. Buchanon S4OO
io 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 i>
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 who were 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
land, 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 lnt«
Th’ subdivisc n about 500 yards i
’• om Peachtree ro» J
HUSBAND OF KEROSENE
OIL EXPLOSION VICTIM
ASKS 510.000.00 DAMAGES
Joseph Head, whose wife. Mrs Lilly
Head, was burned to death by a kero
■ senn 0.l explosion July 12. has filed suit
' sot SIO,OOO damages against the Texas
Company, oil refiner* in superior court.
Fhis I rings the total sum being sued I
for against the company, for the many
; recent oil explosions, to $165.4)00
Mr. Head asserts that his wife was
pouring oil on a fire in a stove when
the fuel became ignited and-exploded,
blowing the bottom from the can and
setting fire to Mrs. Head’s clothing.
She died shortly afterward from the
i burns.
CHANGE ADOPTED
]IR 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 m
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 hill. AH attempts on the part of
the Smith adherents to obtain recon
sideration for the measure failed.
The bill changes the date of closing
the registration books from six months
P’ior to the election to a date 3fi days
before the election.
Senators Felker and Sheppard, op
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
tions. ft is a dangerous change," said
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,”
said Senator Sheppard
Senators Dickerson and Crawford,
sure of majority, urged the passage of
the bill.
In discussing the measure today Gov
ernor Brown said that not a single
state in the f’niori had a law similar to
Georgia. The governor asserted that
the six months plan was absurd and as
a result of its provisions thousands of
voters in the rural districts were being
disfranchised.
TAFT COMMUTES
DEATH SENTENCE
OF NEGRESS SLAYER
WASHINGTON. Aug. 12.—Because
he considered there Is reasonable doubt
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. Lqmax was to have been ex
ecuted Friday. She was a negress and
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 President Abraham Lincoln.
Lomax was shot to death in his horn
in December. 1910. The arrest and
conviction of his wife followed. She
was sentenced to be hanged lasi No
vember. but a 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 4Sn
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 four tugs.
Although she had shipped a great quan
tity of water, her officers said she wa
in no danger of sinking. The Frank
furt was bound for Bremen »o Canada
with 1.200 emigrants on board when the
accident occurred.
Seven hundred and forty of the pas
sengers were transferred In the Dutch
steamer Juno at sea. The Barmen was
bound 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 con
fined to hie home as the result of be
ing run over by his own automobile
late Sunday. When he cranked Ills
machine it plunged forward so quickly
that it was impossible for him to get
out of the way. He was knocked down
!by the fender and run over. Hix in
juries are not considered serious.
The machine, with Mrs. Barnhart
aboard, was wrecked In a collision with
a post a hundred yards 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
instantly killed The train wax run
ning 60 miles an hob: Pritchard, it is
believed, became suddenl’. insane. H: 1
1 slate i was sitting at Itis aide when ne j
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. AUGUST 12. 1912.
1 SHYERS DIE IN
ELECTRIC CHAIR
"Most Successful” and Great
est Electrocution Ever Seen
Takes Place in New York.
OSSINING. N. Y. Aug 12 Seven
human lives were legally taken today
n 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 v. as a negro. All w ere murderers
The following five men were executed
for participation in the brutal killing
of Mrs. Mary Hall in a farm bouse a:
Griffins Corners. Westchester county,
last November:
Vincenzo Cona. Angelo Guista. 1.0-renzo
renzo Lebori Cali. Felipo Demarco and
Salvatore Demarco,
Joseph Ferrone. also an Italian, was
electrocuted for slaying his wife in New
York on October 24 last.
The negio executed was John W
Collins, who shot and killed Policeman
Thomas Lynch In New York city July
1. 1911, while crazed with drink.
The execution of the five Italians
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.
Net 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 b.v 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 ready
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 Hoy
Guthrie, school teacher and society
burglar”, who stole- S*SQ,OOO uorih of
plunder . from fashionable Chicago
homes, tried to burn himself to death
in his cell in the county jail today.
Calls of fire In the cel! house where
he was confined brought aid. Turn
keys rushed 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.
Guthrie had set fire to his clothing
and to the bedding in his cell.
“Go away and let me die. It’s fun to
burn. Let me alone,*’ he screamed
when the officers threw back the doo 1
of his cell and rushed in to rescue him.
POULTRY. BUTTER AND EGGS.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12. Dressed poult r\
quiet; turkeys. 18® 23: chickens, 12® 36.
fowls. 18®'20; ducks, 18® 18%. Live pool
try steady; chickens. 18@20: fowls, 16.
turkeys, 14; roosters. 10Vi; ducks, 14;
geese. 11. Butler unsettled; creamery
specials. 25® 26; creamery extras. 26%® ,
2<; state dairy, tubs. 21®L’5%; process
specials, 24®24*/ 2 .
Eggs, firm; nearby white fancy. 31®.72;
nearby brown fancy, 24® 26. extra firsts.
23 % ® 25: firsts. 204 c2l
cheese stead.' white milk specials.
15%(&15%: whole milk fancy, ’s® 15%.
skims, spec als. 12%®12 3 <. skims, fine.
10%®,11%; full skims, 6%®R%.
ATLANTA MARKETS
EGGS Fresh country candled. 19®20<
BUTTER -Jersey and creamery, in 1 lb
blocks. 20® 2J%c; fresh country dull, 104?
12%c pound
DRESSED POULTRY Drawn, head
and feet on. per pound: Hens, 17®18c,
fries, 25®27%c; roosters. 8*&/10c; turkeys,
owing to fatness. 18$20c.
LI \ E POULTRY Hens. 4047 45c; roost
ers 2611’350, fries, 18®25c, broilers. 204?)
25c: puddle ducks. 25® 30c; Pekin ducks,
4047 45c; geese 50® 60c each; turkeys, ow
ing to fatness. 14®15c.
FRUITS AND PRODUCE
FRI I’l AND VEGETABLES Lemons,
fancy. *5.50®6c per box; Florida oranges,
$3®3.50 per box; bananas, 3@3%c per
pound; cabbage. 75® $1 per pound; pea
nuts. per pound, fancy Virginia 6%®7c,
choice, Hl*fate. beans, round green. 75c4c
$1 per crate. Florida celery. 82C12 50 per
crate; squash, yellow, per six-basket
crates. $1®1.25: lettuce, fancy, $1.25® 1 50.
choice $ i. r.'j per crate; beets, 11.50®
2 per barrel, cucumbers. 75c®JI per crate,
new Irish potatoes, per barrel. $2.50(a3.
Egg plants. P’®>2.so per crare; pepper,
81® t. 25 per crate: tomato??. fan< . six
basket crates >1.504/ 1.75, choice ioma- •
toes $1 754/ 2; pineapples, |2®2.25 pct
crate, onions, 11® 1.25 per bushel;
pritalopw. pumpkin yam, .<l®l 25 per h ish
el. watermelons. $104X15 per hundred,
cantaloupes, per crate sl®i 25
PROVISION MARKET
(Corrected by White Provision Company.)
Cornfield hams, 10 to 12 pound average.
16c.
Corn field hams. 'j to 14 pounds average.
16c
Cornfield skinned hams, 16 to i& pounds
' a virago. 17c
Cornfield picnic hams, 6 to a pounds
average, 12c
Cornfield breakfast bacon.
Grocer mj le bacon (wide or narrow).
17't»c
Cornfield Tresh nork sausage (link or
bulk) AV pound buckets. 12c
<* rnfiejd frankf <rt?rs. 10 pound buck
ets average in
Cornfield bob g?.a '''.-pound
boxes. Or I
Cornfield luncheon Lams, 25 pound I
1 boxes, 12c.
<i
COTTON DRHRS
ON HEM SALES
.
McFadden and Spot Interests
aCst Large Orders Upon the
Market Throughout Day.
NEW YORK. Aug 12 Favorable
weather renditions over 'he entire belt'
Sundax caused a depressing effect upon '
the « otton market today at the opening!
th first prices showing a net loss of I<i|
; to 25 points from the final figures of Sat- ’
urday After the < all the selling became
general * hile the buying was moderate
arid scattered Some Southern interests
and \\ all street business bouses joineel
the bear movement and prices made a
further decline wjth nev crop positions
’displaying the most neakness.
, McFadden interests and commission
; l ouses continued t<» sell during the late
forenoon trading, some of it coming from
| seme of the large spot interests, and
I prices were carried 10 to 20 po'nts below
the opening During the afternoon ses-
■ sion the market developed a steadier tone.
■ while the selling pressure seemed to have
1 checked. The liquidation looked to bo
.about over, and the buying became more
| general and prices rallied 3 to 7 points
1 from the low levels. The ring crowd
{wore freely buyers, and it is believed
j that this interest Is short
1 Warehouse stocks in New York»t«)da\.
98.365; certificated, 87.693
At the close the market wa’’ weak with
prices showing a net loss of 46 to 51
points from the final quotations of Satur
day.
> .Js*£!? e CF NEW YORK FUTURCS,
• 1 ’ =■ !
Aug. 11.50 JI.SS 11.25 1L25 1 i 14-1 .VI 1.60-62
*ept. 1 1.56 11.56 11.23 11.23 11 15-16 11 66-68
<>et. 11 6,3 11.85'11.29 11.30 11 29-31 11 80-SI
Nov II 31 11 31,11 31 11 31 1! 31.32 1! 81-84
Dec 11.66 11.3911 38 11.36 11 36-38 11 87-88
’an 11.55 11.60 11.30 11 30 11.39-30'11 80 82
F«»l> II |0- n I j 86 ss
Meh. 11.70 11.72 11.4.3 11 <s'll 4.3 <6 11 92-93
Mayl 1.82 11.82'11.60 11.5< II 53 .35 12.00-02,
Flose.l weak,
Llvprpool due Ipoint a lower on \u
gust. >«, to 1 point higher on the nalance
Opened easy at a decline of 2 to 3 points.
At 12:15 p. nt. the market whs barely
I steady. 5 to 63j points lower; snot cotton
quiet at 5 points decline; middling. 6 83.
(sales. 5.000; American. 4.000: imports, 16.-
000: American. 10.000.
I At the <dose the mat Ret was steady
| with prices showing a net loss of 11 Hz to
(13 points from the previous close
RANGE IN LIVERPOOL FUTURES.
Futures opened steady.
Opening Free
Range 2 I* M. Clo»» Close
■ Aug . , 6.64 -6 60 6.54 6 66U
' Aug.-Sept 6.55 -6.52 ..’ 6.451-3 6.571$
(Sept -(let. 6.55 -6 40’, ti lt 634 6.4634
|<lct.-Nov. 610 ft. 35 6 35'. H2B' S 6.413$
Nov.-Dee. 6.34 6.30 632 * 6.22 636
I Dec.-Jan. «.::2 ! ■ -6.30 630 6 23'$ 6.353$
1.1an.-Feb 6.34 -6.31 6.81*4 6.2434 6.36
Feb.-Meh. 6.30 -0.31 6.31 u, 6.2534 6.36*4
Meh - Apr. 6 35b. 6 3:;\. 6.33*$ 6.26 6 .">7’7
3i” -51a\ 6 3 '.'-l i> 6.3244 6.2634 638
May-.lune 6.3734-6 34'$ 6.34 ’ 6 27'4 6 39
■lune-.lnly 6.2634 6.38 '
Closed steady.
RANGE IN NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
LLj - s«l ° 'O
Aug 1 1.77 1 1.77 11.62 11.73 II 62-6'’. 11.97
(Sep! 11.71 11.77 11.65 1' 11.49 11.95
< >ct. I 1 61 11.70'11 4X II 46 1 1.45-46 11 91-92
k I Nov. 11.61,11.61 11.61'11 61 1 1.4 5-47 11 91 -93
I I Dec 11 63 11.70 II44II«7 11 17 4')'11.92-93
Jan tl 69 11.74111.49111.52111.61 -52 11 95 96
i Feb 11.53-55 1 1.97-99
Meh 11.78 11.84 11 60 1 1.64 11 63-6’ 12.06-07
lip! H. 65 67 12 09-11
May ' ’ : ! 1 v. i ' . 1 ’ ' 74 12 16-17
' Closed steady
» _
SPOT COTTON MARKET.
Atlantn nominal; middling 12 7 i
* New Orleans, quiet, midtiling 12’%.
New York, quiet: middling 12c.
Boston, quiet; middling 12c.
Philadelphia, milet; middling 12 25.
Liverpool, easier; middling 6 R3d.
Savannah, culet; middling 12’s
Augusta, quiet; middling 13’4
Mobile nominal
Galveston, quiet. middlingll 7 «
Ncrfolk, quiet; middling 13c.
Wilmlnetou. nominal.
l ittle Rock, qule’. middling 11'a
Charleston, nominal.
Baltimore, nominal, middling 12\
Memphis, nominal, midtiling 13r.
St Louis, quiet; middling I.!'i
Houston, steady; middling l:h\
Louisville, firm, middling 13c
PORT RECEIPTS.
'The following table shows receipts at
the ports today, compared with the came
day lag* \ea r
1912 vii
New (srleansL . .
{Galveston. .... 2.667 1 1.424
I Mobile
nnajt >7 86
• ot "ii. 107 i
Total. _Jhl7o
INTERIOR MOVEMENT.
il"n iton 8,689 12
Aufuata .... 19 8
Memphis 160 292
St Louis .... 11 I
< " ■ inng jj 611
"Tot al . 7 ” r" 48() jn j~R “
COTTON MARKET OPINIONS.
Finley. Bartell a* , M'e think »h»
market in around the buying point ami
anticipate a very rapid advance when
the tremendous short interest which has
developed receives a fright from any
use
Miller A' < *<» ’A’e -till hold tn om
opinion that the /lecl’ne l as already fully
measured any hnpro'ement in the crop
since the g >vernrnenl’s rpptjrl
Hayden Stone a- ‘ ° The sh irt side
still inoks best.
William Ray A 4 The market may
work some lower, but we m> not advise to
sell short unless we have a decided rls**
Chicago cash quotations.
<‘H!(*AG<> Aug. 12 Wheat No. 2 red
1 024/1.05. No. 3 red I 00'•! 103 No. 2 hard
winter 94 1 k 7/ 96’ ■. N<> 3 hard w’intrr 93'7/
95, No. I Northern spring 1 00® 1 07, \’o
2 Northern spring 98® 1 or». \’o 3 spring
91® 1.02 ,
Corn No 75’ ? ® 76. No. 2 white lldi
77’ :i . No. 3 yellow 77'n77' ? . No. 37< z 7r
75-'v. No. 3 white 7< 76-h. .Nn 3
76’ e ®77. No. 1 7;.®73*,-.. No I while TIC
® 73. No 4 y ellow 74’. ®7s’/ z .
' Oats No. 2 white new '<• 2.: 1 . No 3
n»w 2| ’.-7/21 by. No 2 w llle old 32
No 4 white new 30’ 2 . standard old
COTTON SEED OIL.
NEW YOlik, Aug. 12 t’arpentni. Heir
got K’ < ‘o Cotton seed oil declined today
in s’/iiputhy with lower cotton market,
but wp rcgiii'i it as too low. though ma
go down below 6 cents Believe om
chases around or below 6 rents will prov<
profitable
Cotton FPCrI nt| quota tYnpo
< •[.<'! r.g 'O nl
Spot . . • /’.
August . . 6 107/ 623 6 15® 620
September . . . 6 28®6 29 6 25®5.27 I
<)rtober . . . 6 2.7® 6.3$ A.2,1 7/h :::,
November . . . 6jn<a«22 Al7<qfi|«
December . a 137/6 14 6.10®$ 12
' Iff’ 'tar\ 6 OR® 610 6 10® 611
| Fel • 1 1<;
t’h- s»ea*b sales 2 n .'*6l barrels.
NEWS AND GOSSIP
Os the Fleecy Staple
~r - - - ,
Aug 12 Carpenter. Bag
s' 1 A McFadden interests and com- ’
miss-on houses continue to sell. The sell - ;
•ng has been very heavy all dav Some of \
>t seems 10 bp coming From some of the
latge spot interests, while the oniv sup-
m be profit-taking bv shorts
W hile the new- bullish t.-.< trade and
| those who are in market seem to be in
mamrity bearish Opinions of little con
se.;uence just now w'n.le we beliexe in ul
timately higher prices, looks as though
market may go some 1< ner
Liverpool was weak anj our market
was heavily sold on the opening, said to
be on more favorable weather and The
; 11 mes-Democrat report, which xhowed an
improvement tn conditions Commission
house sent.ment around the ring continues
I ver> bearish
I 1011.-wfng are Ila m bids in New
I tors: October, It 50, December, 11 58
January. 11 50. March 11 fij
''J :l FANb \ug 12 Hayward «
< aiK. rhe weather mat* shows very fa
xotab’c conditions cloudy <n south Texas,
partly cloudy in central states, fair north
ern half Texas Oklahoma and \tlantk s
only moderate to light scattered showers
m central states, practically no rain in
western states an<i Atlantics. Indications!
arc for partly cioudy, puss; bl\ some light !
local showers, except fair In north Texas’
an<i Oklahoma
Washington forecast for week Tem
perature will be nearer slightlx' above I
normal and precip tation light and local i
coming week in southern states
Houston. Texas, receives 7,463 i.ow
bales today. Advices from south Texas
and also from c entral Tpxa«» say rapid in
crease expected in tho movement of now
cotton
The New* Orleans Times-Democrat says
1. Taking the belt as m whole thereds
a moderate Improvement since the provi
ous report
2 The crop is still backward and ex
tremely spotted, but the feeling is more
optimistic than it was ai the beginning
of July .
3. Some sections comnlain of insects,
but it is too soon to estimate the dam
ago
4 There is ample supply of labor a« a
rule and the < rop has been well culti
vated
5 The movement will ho later than
normal by about three weeks and the
yield w-II <lepend greath on th® dfttt ol
frost
The Memphis <’ommerefal-Appeal says
“The cottnn crop did well over nearly the
entire cotton belt during the past week,
exceptions to improvement being south
ern and cemral Texas, and part of North
Carolina where tnauftlctent ratna fell
The improvement was based on rains
In !• <•' all the sections east of the
Mississippi river, where rains were more
or less heavv. being ox('e*ssive in limited
districts With the moisture now in the
soil the crop is now expected to advance
rapidly for nt least ten days, barring ex
cessive precipitation which Is now. per
haps. more than any other development
to he feared, as H would promote a rapid
and retarded fruiting which has not pro
ceeded as far as is usual for the season ’
pTHE WEATHER 1
. . -- M~l I lin 111 ■ Vl—■! 111
Condition*.
WASHINGTON. Aug 12 The Indira
tions are that there will be local rains to
night or Tuesday' in the region of the
Great Lakes and southern Florida while
elsewhere cast of tho Mississippi river thi
weather will be generally fair
Warmer weather will prevail over the
/‘astern half of the country during the
next two days
General Forecast.
Following is the forecast until 7 p m
Tuesday
Georgia Generally fair tonight and
Titesds y
Virginia Fair tonight and probabh
rue daj
North and South Carolina General!'
fair tonight and Tuesday
, Florida Generally fjir except showers
- in extreme southern portion tonight or
‘ Tuesday.
Alabama and Mississippi Generally
[ fair tonight and Tues<la\ •
I ouislana I'nsettled showers In east.
■ Arkansas I’nsettled showers
, ’’klalioma Generally fair
' East Texas Generally fair
West Texas I'nsettled. showers in
western portion
DAILY WEATHER REPORT.
ATLANTA GA . Monday. Aug 12
Lowest tempera tun* 67
Highest temperature 7R
Mean temperature*'\. 72
Normal temperature 77
Rainfall in past 24 hours, inches 0 on
Excess shoe Ist of month, inches 0,5;,
Excess since January Ist, Inches. .17*08
nrponrs from various station*;.
Temperature i Ufa 11
Stations Weath. 7 Max ’ 24
[ a m ■' da} h•• 1u «
F|na- “ P 74 f
Atlanta !’i. cldy 70 78
Atlantic < ’it\ Pt cldy . 76 SO
Boston . Cloudy 1 74 so |R
Buffalo Pt cldy. l ns 74 02
< Tuirleston . < ’lear 82 !
1 ' . • <’h h i 66 10
Denver Clear 60 92
De*-’M<»ines <’loudy 66 R 2 1R
I 'iilutli Pt. cldy ' 58 74
Eastport Pt. cldy .' 58 66 .54
'(ialveston (Tear 82 RS
Ilelena < Tear 74
II oust on < Tear 78
Huron 'Clear 62 R 6 ....
Jacksonville (Tear so
Kansa < ’it y Pt cldy 74 86 I .. .
Knoxville . Cloudy 1 72 84
Louisville Cloudy 74 1 86
Macon Cloudy 74 1 £4 .02
Memphis Cloudy 72 84
Meridian '(Tear ' 70 I <6
Mobile IT cldy 7« 1 SR
Miami (Tear Rr» 1
Montgomery Cloudy 72 ' R 2 H 4
Moornrad • Pt. cldy 62 R 4 04
New <irleans cioudy 78 90 ot
New York Clear 72 R 2
North I’latte. < Tear 63 94
Oklahoma (Tear 74 90 1 ....
Palestine ’Tear 76 96 '
Pittsburg . ’ T<>udj 66 7R I ....
P’tland, «’reg (Teat 58 74
San F’ranclsco < Tomb 54 «6 1 ....
St. Louis Pt c’dy 74 RR '
St Paul ’Cloudy 62 n?. < ....
S. Lake City Pt. cldy 66 R»; I ....
gavannal Claai 7R
P Pt <’hh' 76 '-0
<' I \ ' ii ; ' i: ‘ \'. ' .. t u. r i c., f s or
LOCAL STOCKS ANO BONOS.
Rid. Asked
At’anta »v West Point R R t 0 145
1 Bank 280 -
Atlantic Coal Ice common
Xtlantic Coal Ice pfd uo 93
Atlanta Brewing & I* '* Co. 170
Atlanta National Bank . 325
Broad Riv Gran. Corp 25 30
do pfd 70 72
Central Bank Trost Corp. ... 147
Expositlor (’oftnn Mills Igo isr,
Fourth National Bank 265 270
Luton National Bank t2 7 J3|
Gs. P.». Flee, stamped... 126 107
Ga. Ry Power Co common 28 30
do Ist pfd. R! 85
do. 2(1 pfd 46 47
Hillyer Trust Company . 125 1?;
l.owrv National Bank 24R 2f»u
Realty Trust Company. 100 105
Southern Ice common os 70
TTm Securite State Bank . 115 120
’third National Hank 230 235
trust Company "f 24*, /50
Travelers Bank A- Trust Co . 125 1
BONDS.
Atlanta ''lac Light Ist ’s 102
Broad Riv Gian Corn Ist 6s '»0 OR
';<<ugi< State 4’ .--. 1''1.7, 5s too 1 ,, 101 '
Ga Rv <V Eire Co 5s
Ga Ry A- Elco /pf 5 s 190 ]ol
zXHanla Consolidated 5c 102$i
Atlanta Tty T’is 1913 91 92
Atlanta Citv 4< PLO . 98 99
Atlanta city 4'4s. 1921 .... 102 103
x - Ex - r Ights.
NEW YORK GROCERIES.
YI-,IV YORK Aug. 12.—-Coffee steady;
Hi'’ spot 14. Rice steady; do-
■ » ’ - "rdinary to prime 4ty®s% Mo
po -•lead’ New Orleans open kettle
.•• z h */• Sugar raw quiet; centrifugal 4 05.
• ado 3.55. molasses sugar 130. re
fi’rd milet. standard granulated 5.15. cut
' if ' 90. crushed 5.80. mold A 5 35. cubes
• 15. pnw-derpd 5.20. diamond A 5 10. < on
fp'ttuners A 4.95, N<«. 1 4.95, No. 2 4.90,
No. 3 4.15, No. 4 4.80.
COtST LINE SETS j
NEW HIGH LENEL'
Entire Stock List Responds to
Improvement in Business
Conditions.
By CHARLES W. STORM.
\'.\y yORK, Aug 12 The fa’roraMe
• haraetet of news concerning the crop
and industrial outlook published today
c aused a steady opening in the stock mar
ket and material gains were scattered
throughout tho list Good gains were
made by many of the leading railroads
Ann industrials and firmness was also dis
played in the specialties group.
Among the initial advances were the
following Steel cnmmoh Amalga
! mated Copper L. Er e common Balti
-1 more and <>hio Reading %. I’nion Pae
’ ifi< s h . Missouri Pacific Canadiaan
1 Pacific S. Southern Pacific ‘L The de
clines were inconsequential There was
1 considerable activity at the outset, but
1 at the eno of fifteen minutes trading be
came a trifle slower.
The curb was strong Americans in
London made gains oyer Now York par
ity and reflected a confident tone
Strength dlapiayed in the market dur
ing the forenoon was almost whnllv due
to outside buying. According to brokers
watching the trading, banking interests
and the large operators usually aggressive
on the b ill side did little either w&j in
the early trading Price movements were
in the direction oi higher figures but the
onlj Important gains were in specialties
After mlddav the tone of the market
became easier and many issues reflected
profit-taking sales by some of the more
active r<*iun traders The recessions wore
confined to small fractions in most cases
and did not Indi- ate any material change
in the syieculativo position United States
Steel common, after selling at 73V yield
ed to 72 7 ft. and a number of other in
dustrials sold at the same amount of
< oncesslons from the early high range
Stocks closed stead\
Government bonds unchanged other
bonds firm
Stock •. 'io! a 11. I’ <
I I if/iRt 1 ClosJPrev
8 rocks High Low Salo Bld (t m
• •! Copj v ’ 8 i
Am Ice See 26% 26% 26%
Am Sup Ref 12R 127% 12S 127 >127
Am Smelting R6S 84% 86 R 5’ 2 84
Am. Locomo.. 45 44 % 45 44%j 44%
Am <’ar Fdy. 61 60% 60% 60’, 60%
Am (’Ol Oil. 54% 54 i 54% 54 53%
Amer. \Voolen 1 27 27
\ na< onda I • • . ■ j 5 ■ ,
Atchison 109% 109% 109% 109% 108%
A C L. 148% 147 148%T 46% 146%
Amer ('an 42 41 % 41% 41 % 40%
do. pref .120 119%
Am. Beet Sug 71% 71% 71%l 71’,! 7]
Am. T and T 146 145%.145% 145% 145%
Am AgricuL. ...J . ..I 58U, 58%
Beth. Steel 38% 3R% 38% 38% 38%
R R T 93 92% 92% 92%’ 92%
B and- o 108% 108% 108% .108% 108
Can. Pacific 281 % 280 ‘280% 279% ’279%
< Tot n Products ’■ l - 14%
Consol Gas . 149% 149 ,1 49 148% 148%
Cen Leather 28% 27% 2R r, g 2R% 27%
Colo F and I 32% 31% 32 31% 31
(Jolo s-'uthetn 40 | ....
D and H 171 % 171 %T7l % 171 % 170%
pen ami R G 20% 20% 20% 20% 19%
Distil. Secur.. 33 33 33 32% 32%
Erie 36% 36% 36% 35% 86%
do pref 5t% 54% 54 64%
Gen. Electric 182' 4 182% 182% 181% 182%
Goldfield Cons.: 3% 3%
G AVestern 17% 17% 17’% 17 1 -,
G. North . pfd. 144%|142% 142% 142% 143%
G North <tre 44 43 43 43%?' 43%
let Harvester 1 ’•'U
111 Central 132 132 132 131 % 131 %
Interboro 20% 20’> 20% 20%! 20%
do. pref 60% 60% 60% r.o’ ? 60%
1 lowa central 10 11
K. C Southern 26% 26% 26% 26% 25
K and T 28% 33% 28%i 28% 28%
do, pref . 62 HI %
L. Valley. 173 172% 172% 171% 172%
L. and N 168 166% 167% 166% 165
Mo Pacific 38 % 38% 3R% 3#% 377.,
N Y Central 119% 119 119 118% 118%
Northwest 143% 142% 143 142% 142%
1 Nat Lead 59% 59% 59% 59% 69 %
N and \V 119% 118% 119% 118% 119
NO. Pa< Ific 131 % 130% 130% 131 130%
(>. and W .. . ! 32% 32%
Penn 184 H 124 124 J 4 124 128%
Pacific Mali 88 82U 83 81%
P Gas Co 118% 11 R % 11« % 117% 118
P. Steel Car 37% 37%: 37% 37% 36%
Reading 173% 172 '172 172 172%
Rock Island 26% 26% 26% 26% 26%
<lo. pfd 52% 62% 52% 52% 52%
R I and Steel :’R% 2R% °R% 27%' 28%
do. pfd 90 89% 89% 89% 89%
S Sheffield 57% 56%
So Pacific 112%;112%:113% 113 112
So 30'v 2«5.1 2!<V 30'4
<lo pf.l Kl>' 4 KO H" 79% 79%
St Paul x lO7VIO' 107% 109%
Tenn. Copper 42 42 !42 42 42
Texas Pacific . . 22% 23%
Third Avenue 86U 88
Union Pacific 174% 173% 173% 173% 173%
U S Rubber 51% 51%
Utah Uoppei 62 61% 62 62% 61%
U S Steel 73% 72% 72% 72% 72%
do I’f.l I 12% 112% 112%T12% 112%
V -C Chem 49 ’ 49 <9 t« 48%
West. Union . 1 Rl% Rl%
Wabash 4% 4% 4% 4% 4%
do pfd 14% 14% ’4% 14 % 14%
W Electric 89 R7%' 87% 87% RR%
Wls. Central . 61% 61
AV \i a»la nd >6
Total sales, 604 7si shares x Ex-dTvL
dctid, 2% per cent
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET.
Coffee quotations
I .V* >on ’ n K * Closlng
January. . 12 69® i 75 1 2 59® 12 60
Februarx . .... 1 2 65® 12 70 12.59® 12.60
March .... 12 75® 12.R0 12 63® 12 64
April .... 12.77® 12 80'12 66® 12.67
Mac. .... 12.67® 12.68
June .... 12.75® 12.80(12.66® 12.67
Julv .... 12.77 12 63®12.65
August . . . 12 37® 12 38
September. ... 12 45® 12 47 1 2 42® 12.43
* October . . *l 2.50® 12 70 12 48® 12 49
Novefn bet 12 55 £1'12.15 1 5I ® I 5 ■
I lecOTnher 12.56®
Closed easy.
Established 1861
The
LOWRY NATIONAL BANK
OF ATLANTA
Designated Depository
of the United States
County of Fulton, City of Atlanta.
Capital , , . $1,000,000.00
Surplus . . . $1,000,000.00
Accounts of Individuals,
Bank and Corporations
Solicited
SHOHTS GONER ON
ADVANCING GRAIN
Market Declines in Early Trade
on Better Weather. But
Rallies Later.
CHICAGO. Aug. 12. Wheat showed th,
losp of to •■*s<■ on the putting out »f
short linen by the Northwest ano tb«
tnci that .’perulators refune.l to follow
the strength abroad.
Corn was io >/,e lower earl?, but thi»
full, regained later and on the sap.
'ember Ac was added on aborts bttvlng
The present weather Is more favoraMe
for the growing crops.
Date were fractionally better for nearby
months, while deferred options were a
shade easier
There was little change In provisions,
although hogs at the tards were S to in<-
higher.
Following loner prices eariv wheat,
firmed up on ti e decreaxe in the visible
report and cloned '■« to higher Com
mission bouses were on both sides of the
market, while .ash houses continued to
sell September against country pur
chases.
corn closed irregularly, prices ranging
from to ’„c to 1c higher with Septem
ber showing the greatest gain Specula
tive selling pressure was all on the new
crop futures.
Cats ranged from >.,c higher to
lower The September delivery was a
drag on the rest ot the market
Provisions were firm and higher ail
around Trade was large
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKST.
« ITR».
WHT^T 1 ” B ’' lOW C,oge ' C,oe *-
Sept. ’.‘9 !>2;» 91% 92% 92%
T'e, 'l2 92X 91% 92% !>2
May 93 '$ 93 kJ .>5 se
CORN
Sept S9X, «Bts 69% 68»_
Dec 541$ 54% 54% 54% 54%
May 54'$ 54% 54 54'4 64*4
HATS
Sept 31% 31% 31% 31% 31%
Dee. 32V, 32% 32% 32% 32%
Mat 34% 34% 34% 34% 34%
PORK -
Spt 1?.S0 17.57% 17.75 17.95 17.92%
Oct IS 00 IS.OO 17 S 5 17 92% 17 9J%
•lan IS 45 18.50 18.42% 18. SO 18.4 S
LAUD
Spt t 0.87%.87% 10.72% 10.63 to.TO 10.« S
Oct 10.77% 10.80 10.72% 10 80 10.76
■lan 10.50 10.50 10 47% 10 50 10 47%
KIRS
Spt 10 67% 10.67% 10.62% 10.67% 10.65
Oct 10 65 10 67% 10 62% 10.67% 10 65
lan 9 SO 9 82% 9 62% 9 82% 9.77%
CHICAGO CAR LOTS.
Following sre receipts for Monday and
estimated receipts for Tuesday:
I Monday. I Tuesday
WheaT . . . .'. 'J'" 178 U 360
(’orn 104 176
Oatu 290 442
Hug .. 30,00015,000
LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET.
Wheat opened unchanged to \d higheri
180 p ni wam %<1 hlffhOF so! I‘r1‘ r
comber tn higher for October. Closed
unchanged Io ’wd higher
Corn opened unchanged; al 1.30 p m
was ’ 4 d hgiher Closed unchanged to ’nd
higher
PRIMARY MOVEMENT.
win ai | lin Hii
ptß I 2,105,000 1 ’
Shipments* .... 1,103,000 1.136,000
C( _)R N— ~~ j ~
Receipts . . 453.000 f 7000"
287.000 | 324.000
VISIBLE SUPPLY CHANGES.
Following shows the weekly visible sup
ply changes in grain for the week
Wheat, decrease 758,000 bushels
Corn, increase 401.000 bushels
Oats, Increase 219,000 bushels
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
• ’Hh’AGO. Aug 12 Hogs Receipts.
30.000 Market 10c higher, mixed and
hutrhnrs. $7 50*0 8.50. good heavy, $7 80®’
8 35; rough heavy. $7 45®’7.7fi. light. $7.80
®8 5O; pigs. $6.75®)7 90; bulk. S7.BS®R 30
<■’attin Receipts. 20,000. Market steady
to strong, beeves $6 50® 10 25; cowr and
heifers. $2.50108 25; Stockers and feeders,
$4 40® 7.00, Texans, $6 40® R 35; calves,
$R 60® 9.75.
Sheep Receipts. -0,000 Market 10c
l< wei native and Weattfii* $3.25® 150;
la tubs, $4 75® 7.65
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK. Aug 12 Wheat firmer:
September 1 00^ R ®’l spot No 3 red
nominal In elevator and lOR 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
whit< 58®sO nominal Rye dull. Nn 3
nominal f o b. Neu York. Barley
quiet malting 70®80 c I f. Buffalo Hay
firm, good to prime 95® 1.35, poor to fair
R 0 nominal
I'lour more active spring patents 5.25®>
550 straights 4 75®n clears 4 65®4 90.
winter patents 5.15® 5 40, straights 4.55®)
4 76. clears 4 25® 4 60
Reef steady, family 1180 18 50 Pork
steady ; mess s2o® 20.75. family $20021.25
lard firm, citv steam middle
West spot 10 65 Tallow steady, city
tin ’ M nominal, country (tn
Heroes) 5%06%.
MINING STOCKS.
BOSTON. Aug 12 Opening Mrv.
fion ej ’l'4. oki Colony »%, Quincy 93,
<’hino 32 T «. Calumet and Arizona 76%
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