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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%. 13