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INVALID SHOOTS
SELFTOAILWE
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
car 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 lie 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'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
?r. 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 filing 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 Ben Hill district in
the meeting, which has been an insti
tution In Georgia since 1535.
11 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 bn 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 OF
VENEERING LUMBER
YOUNG HARRIS. GA.. Aug. 12. J.
M. Bttehanon. of Brasstown, N. has
bought a tree from Bud ‘'oilins. of
Notlev river, paying S2O for it. standing
in the woods. 30 miles from a railroad.
However, ft 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 diameter 78 feet from the stump,
with no knot or limb in that distance.
This immense stick sealed 16,000 feet
of lumber. 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 Alabamardur
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, lias 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,
4 plat of which was registered with the
county surveyor three weeks ago.
In order to make the purchases at
tractive th, Bottenfield Company be
gan a development plan whii h will be
completed without expense to the own
ers of the lots
The subdivision is about 500 yards
'rain Peachtree r»’ 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
sene oil explosion July 12. has filed suit
for SIO,OOO damages against the Texas
Company, oil refiner-, in superior court.
This brings the total sum being sued
for against the company, for the many
recent oil explosions, to $165,000.
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 Mis. Head’s clothing.
She died -hortly afterward from the
burns.
CHANGE JOOFTED
IN 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. All 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
prior to the election to a date 30 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. It is a dangerous change." said
Senator Felker.
"Hoke Smith’s majority in his first
election was acquired because of his
support of the p esent 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 Union 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 commufed het sentence
to life imprisonment.
Mrs. Lomax 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 hom«
in December. 1910. The arrest and
conviction of his ‘Wife followed. She
was sentenced to be hanged last 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 460
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 was
in no danger of sinking. The Frank
furt was bound for Bremen to Canada
with 1.200 emigrants on board when the
accident occurred.
Seven hundred and forty of the pas
sengers were transferred to 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 his home as the result of be
ing run over by his own automobile
late Sunday. When he cranked his
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. His 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 th" window
of a Monon train at Chalmers and was
instantly killed. The train was run
ning Ah miles an hour Pritchard, it is
believed, became suddenly Insane. His
sistei was sitting at liis side when he
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.MONDAY. AUGUST 12. 1912.
7 SLAYERS DIE IN
ELECTRIC CHAIR
“Most Successful’’ and Great-
est Electrocution Ever Seen
Takes Place in New York.
OSSINING, N. V., Aug. 12. Seven
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 neg’o. 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 Lebpri 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 negro executed was John W.
Collins, who shot and killed Policeman
Thomas Lynch in New York city July
1. 1911. while crazed witlt 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.
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 he 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 Foy
Guthrie, school teacher and society
burglar; who stole s2s(fcO‘H) of
plunder - from • fashionable; Chiva-go
homes, tried to burn himself to death
in his cell in the county jail today.
Calls of tire in the ceil house where
he was confined brought aid. Turn
keys ■ ushed in. pulled the man from
the ceil 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 door
of his cell and rushed in to rescue him.
POULTRY, BUTTER AND EGGS.
NEW YORK. Aug. 12. —Dressed poultry
quiet: turkeys. 18® 23: chickens. 12@26;
fowls. IS® 20; ducks. 18® 18%. Live poul
try steady: chickens, 18@20; fowls, .15;
turkeys. 14: roosters. 10%: ducks. 14.
geese. 11. Butter unsettled: creamery
specials, 25® 26: creamery extras. 26%@
27; state dairy, tubs, 21@25%: process
specials. 24@24%.
Eggs firm; nearby while fancy, 31@32;
nearby brown fancy. 24®26; extra firsts,
2.3%®>25: firsts. 20@21.
Cheese steady: white milk specials,
15%@159i: whole milk fancy. 1o@l5%;
skims, specials. t2%®:i2'- 4 ; skims, fine.
10%11 %: full skims. 6%®8%.
ATLANTA MARKETS
EGGS—Fresh country candled, 19@20c.
BUTTER—Jersey and creamery, in 1-lh.
blocks. 20®22%c; fresh country dull, 10@
12%c pound.
DRESSED POULTRY —Drawn, head
and feet on. per pound: Hens, 17@18c;
fries, 25@’7%c; roosters. 8@10c: turkeys,
owing to fatness. 18@80c.
LIVE POULTRY—Hens, 40@45c; roost
ers 25@35c; fries. 18® 25c; broilers. 20®
25c; puddie ducks, 25@30c; Pekin ducks,
40@4ac; seese 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, 6%@6c; beans, round green. 75c®
$1 per crate; Florida celery. $2412.50 per
crate; squash, yellow, per six-basket
elates, s’@’.2s; lettuce, fancy. $1.25®J.50,
choice $1.25®1.50 per crate; beets, $1.50®
2 per barrel; cucumbers. 75c@31 per crate:
new Irish potatoes, per barrel, $2.50®3
Egg plants. $2®:!.50 per craic; pepper,
sl® 1.25 per crate: tomatoes. fancy, six
basket crates $1.30®1.75. choice .oma
toes $1.7502: pineapples, y2®2.25 per
crate; onions. $101.25 per bushel; sweet
potatoes, pumpkin jam. J10T.25 per bush
el. watermelons, $lO@J5 per hundred;
cantaloupes, per crab’. $1®1.2".
PROVISION MARKET
(Corrected by Whits Provision Company.)
Cornfield bams. 10 to 12 pounds average.
16c.
Cornfield hams. ’.2 to 14 pounds average,
16c.
Cornfield skinned hams. 16 to 18 pounds
average. 17c
Cornfield picnic hants. 6 to S pounds
average, 12m
Cornfield breakfast bacon. 23i
Grocer style bacon 'wide or narrow),
17% c
Cornfield fresh pork sausage (link or
bulk* 25-pound buckets. 12c.
Cornfield frankfurter s, in pound hm-k
ets a\erage 10c « ’
Cornfield bclcrgra »-Au«ag’. ". pouhd
Cornfield luncheon hams, 3b-puund
boxes, 12c.
COTTOS DROPS
ON W SALES
McFadden and Spot Interests
j aCst Large Orders Upon the
Market Throughout Day.
I s .
NHW \ (iRK. Aug 12. F avorable
; weather conditions over the entire belt
, Sunday caused a depressing effect upon
the cotton market today at the opening J
with iirst prices showing a net loss of 10 I
ito 25 points from the final figures of Sat-’
urday. After tbe call the selling became
» general while tbe buying was moderate
and scattered. Some Southern interests
and \\ all street business houses joined
I the bear movement and prices made a
further decline with new crop positions
I displaying the most weakness.
! McFadden interests and commission
I houses continued to sei) during the late
! forenoon trading, some of it coming from
' some of the large spot interests, and
; prices were carried 10 to 20 points below
j the opening. During the afternoon ses
sion the market developed a steadier tone,
while the selling pressure seemed to have
! checked. 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 to 51
points from the final quotations of Satur
da y.
RANGE OF NEW YORK PTJTUReS _
Is k I -«I : *;
U “ * s-‘i I
- - 2 I -“I - u
Aug. 11.50:11.5811.1.25'11.25'11.14-15111.60-62
Sept. 11.56:1 1.56 11.23’ 11.23. 11. 15-16'11.66-68
Oct. 11.65 11.65111.29 11.30 11.29-31111.80-81
Nov. 11 .31'11.31 11.31'11.31’11.31-32111.81-84
Dec. |11.66|11.5»|11.36'11.36 11.36-38 11.87-88
Jan. ’11.55:11.60’11.30 |11.30’11.29-30’11.80-82
Feb. . . I 11.40-41 (11.86-88
Meh. 11.70 11.72’11.45'11.45’11.45-46:11.92-93
Mav D. 82 11 ,82 11,60 11. 54 IJJ’SJ’o2 2 .00-02
Closed weak.
Liverpool due 1% points lower on Au
gust. % to 1 point higher on the balance
Opened easy at a decline of 2 to 3 points.
At 12:15 p. tn. the market was barely
I steady, a to 6'2 points lower; spot cotton
■ quiet at 5 points decline: middling. 6.83;
sales, 5.000; American, 4.000; imports, 16,-
000: American, 10.000.
At the close, tbe market was steady
with prices showing a net loss of llsi to
13 points from the previous close.
RANGE IN LIVERPOOL FUTURES.
Futures opened steady.
Opening Prev
Range I P M. <ll«*e. Close
' Aug. . . 6.64 -6.60 6.54 6.66%
1 Aug.-Sept 6.55 -6.52 6.45% 6.57%
'Sept.-Oct. 6.55 -6.40% 6.41 6.34 ~ 6.46%
I Oct.-Nov. 600 -6.35 6.35% 6.28% 6.41%
Nov.-Dec. 6.34 -6.30 6.32 6.22 " 6.36
' Dec.-Jan. 6.321',-6.30 6.30 6.23% 6.35%
I Jan.-Feb 6.34 -6.31 6.31% 6 24% 6.36
Feb.-Meh. 6.30 -6..11 6.31% 6,25'2 6.36%
Meh.-Apr. 6.851.,-6.32% 6.33% 6.26 6.37%
Apr.-May 6.3612-6.32'1. 6.32% 6.26% fi.3B
■Maj-June 6.31 >2-6.:M % 6.34 «.27% 6.39
June-July 6.26% 6.38%
Closed steady.
RANGE_IN_NEW_qRLEANS FUTURES.
2 I u i * * It?
2h h 5 I
\ '.lig 1 1.77 11 77 11.6$ 11.73 11.62-63 11.97
ISept. 11.71 11.7741.65’11.67'11.49 111.95
Odt. 11. «L11.70'11.43111.46.1 1.45-46.11.91-92
Nov. 11.61 11.61 11.6141.6111,45-47:11.91-93
> 1 Dee. 11.69. 11.70 11.44 11.47 1 1.47-19 11.9:’-!i;t
1 Jan. 1.1.69111.74 11.49 1 1.52 11.51-5211.95-96
Feb 11.53-55 11.97-99
■ Meh. 1 1.78 11.84 11.60 11.61 11.63-6 ‘. 1 2.06-07
Apr 1 .. 11.65-67 12.09-1.1
May_yi.l.!':jlt.l :■€ 1 1 S7 11 78-74 12.1>M7
Closed steady.
» —— .
SPOT COTTON MARKET.
Atlanta, nominal: middling 12%.
N?w Orleans, quiet; middling 12%.
New York, quiet: middling 12c.
Boston, quiet: middling 1.2 c.
Philadelohla, quiet; middling 12.25.
I.iverppol..'(faster.■ snidelling 6.83 d.
Savannah. <iniet: middling 12’2.
Ajigusta,, uu.ie.l L middling 13%.
Mobile, nominal,
(ratvest on, .■ ».iuiet; middling 12%.
Norfolk, quiet: middling 13c.
WH ruing tor, 7 tmmlnal.
Little Rock..,rpiiet.: middling 11%.
Charleston, nominal'.
Baltimore, nominal: middling 12%
Memphis, nominal; middling I3c.
St LouiT. 'lU'et; middling 12%.
Houston, steady: middling 12%.
Louisville; firm; middling 13c
PORT RECEIPTS.
The following table shows receipts at
the ports today, compared with the same
day las’ y,-ar:
New Orleans. . . . 127 1 253
j Galveston 2.667 4.424
I Mobile 21
Saxannah 257 86
Norfolk 107 I
Total 3.17? 4,765
INTERIOR MOVEMENT.
I i9i2~~1 mi;
Houston 8.689 12.837
Augusta I 19 8
Memphis I‘iO 392
St. Louis 31 I
Cincinnati 611
Total 97480 < i~3,~l 38~
COTTON MARKET OPINIONS.
Finley. Barrell Co.: We think the
market is around the buying point an<K
anticipate aver; 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 fully
measured any improvement In the crop
since the government's report.
Hayden, Stone & Co.: The short side
still looks best.
William Ray & Co.: The market may
work some lower, bin we do not advise to
sell short unless we have a decided rise.
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS.
CHICAGO. Aug. 12. Wheat No. 2 red
1.02®1.05, No. :: led I.oo®-1.03, No. 2 hard
w ( nter lU.'.ftl'tlL, No. 3 hard winter I'3®
95, No. I Northern spring I.oo® 1.07, No.
2 Northern spring I'B® 105. No., 3 sp-Ing
';4® 1.02.
Corn No. 2 75%®76. No. 2 white 77®
77%. No. 3 yellow 77®77- 2 , No. 3 7-I%®
75%, No. 3 whit-- 76® 76%. No, ;; y ellow
7G%®77. No I 72®73%. No 4 white 74%
® "5. No. 4 yellow 74%®75%.
<>ats No. 2 white new 32® 32',, No 3
Xn. ?, Whiu- nhl
No. 4 wlibn new 3O‘ /2 . standard <»)<! 32’,.
(?/ 33.
COTTON SEED OIL.
Nl%\\ YORK. Aug. 12. (’arponter, Bag
got X- (*o.: Cotton seed oil declined lodax
in sympathy with lower cotton market,
but we regard It as too low. though ma>
g.» down below 6 cenia. Believe pur
chases around or below S cents will prove
profitable.
Coftnn seed oil quo»anons■.
I (Opening. Closing.
Spot .1 6
August fi.lss»L3o
September .... I
* <’< t<>her . . . ♦' 357ZK.36
1 November 22 F.lT'pfi IS
! r»e< ember . . . . « 13*aH 14
I Januar? ♦LOS'ftfOO ♦vlA'&kJ!
1 F ehnjxrt , h [O'q G J : g 'O'f.-G ji;
1 • ’losed steady; sales 20.901 barrels.
NEWS AND GOSSIP;
Os the Fleecy Staple
Aug. 12.—Carpenter. Bag-*
got «v Co.: McFadden interests and com
mission houses continue to sell. The sell- *
ing has been very heavy all day. Home of I
|t seems to be coming from some of the I
large spot interests, while the only sup- •
® eerns be profit-taking by shorts.
While the news is bullish the trade and
those who are in market seem to be hi
majority bearish. Opinions of little con
sequence just now: while we believe 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 imes-1)emocrat report, which showed an
improvement in conditions. Commission
house sentiment around the ring continues
very bearish.
Following are 11 a. m. bids in New
}ork; October. 11.50; December. 11.58:
January, 11.50: March. 11.62.
NKV\ ORLEANS. Aug. 12.—Hayward &
< lark: |he weather map shows very fa
vorable c onditions; cloudy in south Texas,
partly cloudy in central states, fair north
ern half Texas. Oklahoma and Atlantic*.
Only moderate to light scattered showers
in central states, practically no rain in
western states and Atlantic*. Indications
are for partly cloudy, possibly some light
local showers, except fair in north 'Texas
and Oklahoma.
Washington forecast for week: Tem
perature will be nearer slightly above
normal and precipitation light and local
coming week in southern sia(*s.
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 tbe 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 sectfons complain of insects,
but it is too soon to estimate the dam
age
4. ’There is ample supply of labor as a
rule apd 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 cotion crop did well over nearly the
entire cotton belt 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 nearly all the sections east of the
Mississippi river, where rains were more
or less heavy, 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
and retarded fruiting which has not pro
ceeded as far as Is usual for the season.”
~THE WEATHER
Condition!.
WASHINGTON, Aug 12.-The Indica
tions are that there will be local rains to
night or Tuesday in the region ot the
Great Lakes and southern Florida: while
elsewhere east of the Mississippi river the
weather will be generally fair.
Warmer weather will prevail over lhe
eastern half of the country during the
next two days.
General Forecast.
Following is the forecast until 7 o nt
Tuesday:
Georgia—Generally fair tonight and
Tuesday.
Virginia—Fair tonight and probably
Tuesday.
North and South Carolina—Generailv
fair tonight and Tuesday.
Florida—Generally ftblr except showers
in extreme southern portion tonight or
Tuesday.
Alabama and Mississippi—Generally
fair tonight and Tuesday.
Louisiana—Unsettled showers in east.
.Arkansas—l ’nsettled showers.
<iklaboma—Generally fair.
East Texas—Generally fair.
West Texas—Unsettled: showers in
western portion.
DAILY WEATHER REPORT.
ATLANTA. GA.. Monday, Aug 12.
Lowest temperature 67
Highest temperature 73
Mean lemperature 72
Normal lemperature 77
Rainfall in past 24 hours, inches.....'. 0 no
Excess Since 1«t of month, inches.... 0,5.7
Excess since January Ist, inches 17.08
REPORTS FROM VARI OUS STAT IONS.
R'fall
Stations— I Weath. I 7 ’ Max. I 24
Augusta riear | 74 I '
Atlanta ;Pt. eldy.l 70 78 . .
Atlantic City. IPt. eldy.l 76 80
Boston Cloudy I 74 80 .18
Buffalo Pl. cldy. 68 74 .02
Charleston ...'Clear I 82 I ....
Chicago Clear 66 ! 70
Denver Clear ' 60 1 92 ....
Des Moines . Cloudy 66 82 .18
1 'uluth Pl. cldy. 58 74
Eastport . Pt. cldy. 58 «6 .54
Galveston .. .. Clear 82 I 88 ....
Helena ("ear 46 I 74 ....
Houston Clear 78 ' .. ....
Huron Clear 62 86 ....
Jacksonville .'Clear SO ....
Kansa City.. Pl. cldy. 74 86 ....
Knoxville ... Cloudy 72 i 84 ' ....
Louisville ... Cloudy 74 ' RS I ....
Macon Cloudy '74 84 ' .02
Memphis ... Cloudy ' 72 ' 84 I .. .
Meridian Clear I 70 I .46
Mobile Pt. cldy. 76 88 .. . .
Miami Clear 86 I .
Montgomery . Cloudy 72 82 ' .04
Moorhead . Pt. cldy. 62 ' 84 I .04
New Orleans Cloudy 78 I 90 ' .04
New York .. . Clear '' 72 82 I ...
North Platte. Clear I 62 94 ....
Oklahoma .... ‘'lear ' 74 90
Palestine ... Clear 76 96 ' ....
Pittsburg .... Cloudy ■ 66 78 ....
P'tland, Oreg/Clear ' 58 74 ....
San Francisco Cloudy 54 66 I ....
St. Louis Pt. cldy. 74 R 8 ....
St. Paul ICloudy 62 82 '
S. Lake City.. Pt. cldy. 66 86 | ~..
Savannah .... Clear '7B ....
Washington . Pt. cldy. 76 90 1
C." fTVop HERRMANN, Section" Director.
local stocks and bonds.
Bld. Asked
Atlanta West Point R R.. 140 145
American Nat Rank 220 225
Atlantic Coal & Ice common 100% 101
Atlantic Coal * Ice pfd 90 92
Atlanta Brewing Kr Ice C 0... 170
Atlanta National Bank 325
Broad Rlv Gran. Corp 25 36
do. pfd 70 72
Central Bank * Trust Corp. ... 147
Exposition Cotton Mills ISO 165
Fourth National Bank 265 270
Futon National Bank 12’ 131
Ga. Ry. A Flee, stamped.... 126 127
Ga. Rv. & Power Co. common 28 30
do Ist pfd 81 85
do. 2(1 pfd 46 47
Hillyer Trust Company 125 121
Lowrv National Rank 248 25"
Realty Trust Company 100 105
Southern Ice common 68 70
The Security State Bank ... 115 I’ll
Third National Bank 230 ’35
Trust Company of Georgia.. 245 250
Travelers Bank* Trust C 0... 125 126
BONDS.
Atlanta Gas Light Ist ‘s 102
Broad Riv Gran. Corp Ist 6s "0 t(5
Georgia State 4%5. 1915, 55.. 100% 101%
Ga Rv. * Elec. Co sis 102% 104
Ga. Ry. * Elec, ref 5s 100 101
Atlanta Consolidated 6s 102%
Atlanta Citv 3%5. 1913 91 92
Atlanta Citv 4". 1920 I'B 99
Atlanta City 4%5. 1921 102 103
x-Ex-rights.
NEW YORK GROCERIES.
NEW YORK. Aug 12 Coffee stead'
No. 7 Rio spot 14 Rice steady, do
mestic ordinary to prime 4%®5% Mo
lasses steady: New Orleans open kettle
26®50 Suga: taw nufet; centrifugal 405 I
macrovadn 1!..’5. molasses sugat 3.30. ’■r !
fined ouiet: standard granulated 5 15. cut I
Ic.af 5.0 r. ■ rushed 580 mold A 5 35. cube: j
5 15. powdered 5 20. diamond A 5 10. con
fectionr.-s \ 4.95 N., 1 4.95, No 2 4.90.
No 3 4 So, No. 4 I SO.
GfllST LIE SETS
NEW HIGH LEVEL
Entire Stock List Responds to
Improvement in Business
Conditions.
By CHARLES W. STORM.
NEW YORK. Aug. 12.—The favorable
character of news concerning tiie 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
ano industrials and firmness was also dis
played in the specialties group.
Among the initial advances were the
following: Steel common ■%. Amalga
mated Copper %. Erie common %. Balti
more and Ohio %. Reading %, Union Pac
ific •%. Missouri Pacific %. Canadiaan
Pacific Southern Pacific %. The de
clines were inconsequential. There was
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 displayed 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 hull side did little either way In
the early trading Price movements were
In 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-taking 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%. and a number of other in
dustrials sold at the same amount of
concessions from the early high range.
Stocks closed steady.
Government bonds unchanged. Other
bonds firm.
Stock quotations:
I I I Last I Clos.lPrev
STOCK S— JH i g 1 11 Low.lSal e.B I d_JC I’ so
Antal. Copper. 84% 83% 83% 83%l 83
Am. Ice See..' 26%i 26% 26% 26%| 25%
Am. Sug. Ref.'l2B 127% 128 127 127
Am Smelting 86% ! 84% 86 85% 84
Am. Loconto... 45 ' 44% 45 44%l 44%
Am. Car Fdy.. 61 I 60% 60% 60% 60%
Am. Cot. Oh.. 54%' 54 54% 54 i 53%
Amer. Woolen .... I 27 |27
Anaconda .... 42 I 41% 42 42 I 41%
Atchison 1.09%'109% 109% 109%i108%
A. C L '148%1147 148% 146%j146%
Amer. Can ..'42 I 41% 41% 41% I 40%
do. pref. ..1 .. .; 120 1119%
Am. Beet Sug.' 71%l 71% 71% 71% 71
Ant. T. and T. 146 145% 145% 145% 145%
Am. Agricul...l . I 58% 58%
Beth. Steel ... 38%! .38% 38%' 38% 38%
B. R. T I 93 I 92% 92%' 92% 92%
H. and 0 108% 108% 108% 1108% 108
Can. Pacific ..’281% 280 280%|279% 279%
Corn Products 1 15% 14%
Consol. Gas ..>149% 149 149 '148% 148%
Cen. leather . 28% 27% 28%l 28% 27%
Colo. F and I. 32% 31% 32 31’, 31
Colo. Southern' I 40 ....
D. and H 1171% 171% 171%1171% 170%
Den and R G. 20% 20% 20%1 20% 19%
Distil. Secur... 33 33 33 . 32% 32%
Erie ' 36% 36% 36% 85% 36%
do. pref. .. 54%; 54% 54% 54 54%
Gen. Electric 182% 182% ,182% 181%|182%
Goldfield Cons. I . ...I . ...\ 3% 3%
G. Western ..’ 17%: 17% 17% ! 17%| 17%
G. North., pfd. 14 4% :142% 142% 1 42%i143%
G. North. Ore. 44 43 43 43% 43%
Int. Harvester , .. .. ‘ ... . . 123%!1.23%
111. Central .132 1132 132 131%131%
Interboro : 20%' 20%' 20%: 20%i 20%
do, pref. . ’ 60%' 60%! 60%i 60%! 60%
lowa Central 10 11
K. C. Southern' 26%’ 26'%! 26%' 26%: 25
K. and T 28%' 28% 28%' 28’, 28%
do. pre.f. ' .... I 62 , 61 %
L. Valiev. . . 173 172% 172% 171% 172%
L and N.. . . 168 166% 167 % 166% 1165
Mo. Pacific . 98% 38% 38%: 38% 37%
N. Y. Central 119%|119 119 118% 118%
Northwest. . . 143% 142% 143 142YS H 2%
Nat. Lead ... 59%: 59% 59% 59% I 59%
N. and W.. . . :1191, :118% 1119%, 118% 119
No. Pacific . . 131% 130% 130% 131 >130%
o. and W 32% 32%
Penn 124% 124 124 % 124 123%
Pacific Mall . 33 32%| 33 1 31% 32%
P. Gas Co. . . 118% 118%.118%'117% 118
P. Steel Car. . 37% 37% 37% 37% 36%
Reading. . . .173% 172 ’172 1172 172%
Rock Island . 26%' 26%j 26%; 26% 26%
do. pfd.. . . 52%: 52% 52%; 52%J 52%
R. I and Steel 28%l 28%1 28% 27%' 28%
do. pfd.. . . 90 89% 89%’ «9%! 89%
S. -Sheffield 57%: 56%
So. Pacific . . 112% 112% 113% 113 112
So. Railway . 30% 29%’ 29% 29%) 30%
<io. pfd.. . 80% 80 80 79% 79%
St. Paul . x 107%’1t)7 107% . 109%
Tenn. Copper . 42 42 '42 42 42
Texas Pacific 22% 23%
Third Avenue. . . 36% 36
I nion Pacific 474% 173% 173% 173% 173%
P S. Rubber 51% 51%
Utah Copper .' 62 61% 62 ' 62% 61%
U. S. Steel . . 73% 72% 72% 72% 72%
do. pfd.. . '112%!112% ’ 112’41112%'112%
V. (’hem.. . 49 49 I 49 '4B I 48%
West. Union . ... J ... .I ... . ' 81%’ 81%
Wabash .. . . 4% I 4%: 4% 4%! 4%
do. pfd.. . .! 14% 14%' 14% 14%' 14%
W. Electric . . 89 87%’ 87% 87% 88%
Wis. Central . .. 61% 61
W. Maryland .56 67%
Total s.'ihs. 504.581 shares, x—Ex-divi
dend, 2% per cent.
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET.
Coffee quotations:
I Opening. I Closing
Januarv. ? ? ? . 11i.69® 12.75 '2.59® 12.60
Februarv 12.65® 12.70 12.59® 12.60
March 12.75® 12 80112.63® 12.64
April 12.77® 12.80 12.6t1® 12.67
Mav 12.87® 12.68
.lime 12.75® 12.804 2.66® 12.67
| July 112.77 12.63@12.65
August T 2 37@12.38
September 1 2 45® 12.47 12 42® 12.43
October 12.50@12.70 12.48@12.49
November. . . . .12.55® 12.75 12.53@12.8.5
December 12.68 12 56® 12.57
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
Sorplus . . . $1,000,000.00
Accounts of Individuals,
Bank and Corporations
Solicited
SHORTS WH ON
ADVANCING GRAIN
Market Declines in Early Trade
on Better Weather, But
Rallies Later.
CHICAGO, Aug. 12.—Wheat showed th«
loss of % to %c on the putting out of
short lines by the Northwest and ths
fact that speculators refused to follow
the strength abroad.
Corn was % to %c lower earlv, but this
was fully regained later and on the Sep
tember “ S e was added on shorts buying.
The 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 19c
higher.
Following lower prices early wheat
firmed up on the decrease in the visible
report and closed % 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
five selling pressure was all on the new
crop futures.
Oats ranged from %c higher to %e
lower. The September delivery was a
drag on the rest of the market.
Provisions were firm and higher all
around. Trade was large
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKtT,
Fr»»-
WHfTt" Hl * h Low. Close. Close.
Sapt. 92 92% 81% 92% 92%
D«c. 92 92% 91% 92% 92
M 96Mi 96 * 95% 98 *
Sept. 68% 69% 68% 69% 68%
Dec. 54% 54% 54% 54% 54%
May 54% 54% 54 54% 64%
OATS—
£ ept ' ”’» 31 31 ’i 31 *
Dee. 32% 32% 32% 32% 32%
M pork 34 %
Spt 17.80 17.87% 17.75 17.85 17.81%
Oct 18.00 18.00 17.85 17.92% 17.95%
Jan 18.45 18.50 18.42% 18.50 18.45
LARD-
Spt 10.67% 10.72% 10.63 10.70 10.85
Oct 10.77% 10.80 10.72% 10.80 10.75
Jan 10.50 10.50 10.47% 10.50 10.47%
RIBS—
Spt 10.67% 10.67% 10.62% 10.67% 10.65
Oct 10.65 10.67% 10.62% 10.67% 10.65
Jan 9.80 9.82% 9.62% 9.82% 9.77%
CHICAGO CAR LOTS.
Following are receipts for Monday and
estimated receipts for Tuesday:
I Monday. | Tuesday
Wheat .1 178 360
Corn . . . . N . . 104 176
Oats 290 442
Hogs ] 30.000 15,000
LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET.
Wheat opened unchanged to %d higher;
at 1:30 p. m. was %d higher for De
cember to %d higher for October. Closed
unchanged to %d higher.
Corn opened unchanged; at 1:30 p m.
was %d hgiher. Closed unchanged to %<!
higher
PRIMARY MOVEMENT.
WHEAT— I 1912 1 IHI ~
Receipts I 2.105,000 ' 1,356,000
Shipments I 1,103.000 1.136,000
CORN— I I
Receipts ' 453,000 I 70.000~
Shipments . . . . . . 287,000 I 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.
CHICAGO, Aug. 12.—Hogs—Receipts.
30,000. Market 10c higher; mixed and
butchers, $7.50@'8.50: good heavy, $7.80®)
8.35: rough heavv, $7.45®7.75. light. $7.80
@8.50: pigs, $6.75@7.90: bulk, $T.85@8.30
Cattle—Receipts, 20,000. Market steady
to strong, beeves. $6.50@10.25; cows and
heifers. ?2.50®8.25: Stockers and feeders,
$4.40@7.00; Texans. $6.40@8.35: calves,
$8.50® 9.75.
Sheep —Receipts. 30,000. Market 10c
lower; native and Western, $8.25@4 50;
lambs, $4.75<?7.65.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK. Aug 12.—Wheat firmer:
September 1.00%@1.00%. spot No 2 red
nominal in elevator and 1.08 f. o. b. Corn j
steady; No. 2 in elevator nominal, ex
port No. 2 82% f. o. b.. steamer norni-,
na). No 4 nominal. Oats active: natural
white 58® 60 nominal. Rye dull; No. 2
nominal f. o. b. New York. Barley
quiet: malting 70@80 c I. f Buffalo. Hay
firm: good to prime 95@1.35, poor to fair
80 nominal.
Flour more active, spring patents 5.25®
5.50. straights 4 75® 5. clears 4 6504.90,
winter patents 5.1505.40, straights 4.55@
4.75. clears 4.25® 4.50.
Beef steady: family $18@18.50 Pork
stead? ; mess $::0@20.75, family $20@21 25.
Lard firm; city steam 10%@10%. middle
WeM spot 10.65. Tallow steady; city
(In hogsheads) 6% nominal, country (tn
tierces) 5%@6%.
MINING STOCKS.
BOSTON. Aug. 12— Opening. May
flower 11%. Old Colony 8%, Quincy 93,
Chino 32%, Calumet and Arizona 76%.
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