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18 CLUB APPEALS TO 0.5.1 Si LOCKER FIGHT Mystic Ark Knights Carry Bat le Against Atlanta to the Federal Court. F‘>r th- fi t time since the general prohibition law was attacked, shortly after it went into effect on January 1. 1908. the Atlanta liquor ordinances were brought before Judge W T. New man. of the I'nited States court, this morning, when the Knights of the Mys tie Ark, a so-called locker club, asked for an injunction restraining the ity government from interfering with it in any way. Two days ago Judge J T. Pendleton, of the Pulton superior court, turned clown its plea for an injunction, and as City Attorney James L Mayson would not agree to wait beyond 12 o'clock to day, its officers went to the I'nited States court for a restraining order. The question will be settled tills afternoon. Claim Act la Illegal, The club claims that the ordinances of Atlanta pertaining to locker clubs are violations of the constitution of the I'nited States. Gober A- Jackson, at torneys for the club, claim that the city council of Atlanta has practiced dis crimination. thereby violating the con stitution, and that they have sought to legislate organizations out of existence by imposing an exorbitant license fee for a locket featuri Purth r allegations ate that the or dinance.- ate void because of this dis crimination, and that in calling upon the offie. r of the club to make certain statements concerning the membership, amount of liquor supplies consumed, and like things, tie city is making an effort to compel the club officers to give evidence tending to incriminate them selves; that it abridges the privileges and immunitie of citizens, and tends to destiny all rights of citizens. Others May Follow Suit. Jmne i, Mayson and W. D. Kills, Jr., appeared on behalf of the city. They declared that the action of the club In bringing the case to the Federal court is simply an acknowledgement that all other paths have closed ami that this is a last stand. If the injunction is granted, the Geor gia Athletic club will also pray for an order restraining city officials from in terfering with their operations, and it is probable that a number of other clubs win' havi failed to obtain re straining orders from the state courts will also appear before the Federal court. Though the fight against civic inter ference with the operation of dubs has been going on for almost live years, this is the first time any duh ever ap peared before i I’nited States court and asked for an injunction A recent rul ing of the state supreme court, how ever, caused all the warring locker clubs to lose their tight in the superior court, and for this reason the light was car ried to the Federal building. DECATUR ARRANGING FOR TRADE BOOSTING SMOKER NEXT MONTH A joint meeting of the committee on arrangements and the reception com niiitei of tin l.hialui Hoard of Trade will be mid iii the council chamber to night in s o’clock to perfect plans fora big smoker and trade-boosting meeting to be held by th'- Board of Trade Jan uary I". It is uttdei stood that a number of business men of \tlanta and tow ns of DeKalb county ar< in b. invited to at tend tin smoker, when discussions of interest to these places ire to lie dis cussed. and lite limos work for the Decatur Board of Trade for 1913 out lined. on u.. irogratn of speakers will be Wil tier 1.. Moore, president of the At lanta Chamber of Commerce; Forrest Adair. 1! M. Stanley , commissioner of label, and Geo: c. M Napier and Hoop er Alexander. ORPHANS HOME WITHOUT CHRISTMAS DINNER FUND The Rev R. D. Hawkins, general man ager of the Georgia Baptist Orphans home in Hapeville, has made an earnest appeal t<» the friends of the institution to furnish the necessaries' i<»r a Christmas dinner. He said 11141 it w.ts his hope that the patruns of the h niv would respond as loyally a. the\ did on Thanksgiving ATLANTAN AT FATHER’S FUNERAL IN RICHMOND RICHMOND, V.\ Dec 20 Mr- T. A Richards* 1 . ci Atlanta, uho attended the iuner&l f i.» r father, Joseph H \llen, in this cit'. Wednesday, is now visiting her sister. Mrs 1,. H Davis, in Portsmouth, Ya. Mr Allen was 77 wars ..hi |{ e died suddenly at th, home ut his daughter in Portsmouth, his b<u<\ being brought here the next day to the home of his son, S J Allen, from which the funeral was held THE BONITA WILL OFFER TWO NEW MUSICAL SHOWS Two brand new musical comedies, filled with high-class singing, dancing tiitd <ly. will be offered .it The 801 l T.I, f’i;o-litre,- Street, lUXt Week. ' m M-e my. Tu.-liey nd Wednesday “Hit. Double” will lx the attraction, and on Thursday. Friday and Saturday "Dr. Dip;. y x1 ; .ml. tii,. boards. Con tinuous . < to- 1..in.-i - from 2:3)1 to 1":3» j. ;> .nil b.-n ut itu'. million pie ■ '• ’ b< - ■■. . t -i otitlmte -s »' F Ut* :, •A' j \ I > |REAL ESTATE On Monday morning J. R. Smith and : J. H. Ewing, members of the new real estate firm of Smith & Ewing, will i move into their new quarters on the . ground floor of the building at the north west corner of Peachtree and I James streets. They go from the ground 1 floor of the Candler building. The agency will do a real estate, renting Ind loan business and have 5.000 feet of floor space in the main quarters and basement. Mr. Smith long has been, connected with the department store of Smith A- Higgins and likewise retains his interest in the Georgia Realty Com pany. Mr. Ewing formerly was sales manager of the Edwin P. Ansley Com pany. PROPERTY TRANSFERS. Warranty Deeds. sl,2so—Mrs. L D. Jones to H. ('. Dod son, lot ’75x199 feet, southeast corner Washington avenue and Morris street. December 20. sßuo Germania Savings bank to Mrs. I.iinice H Agnew, lot 50x54 feet, north - 1 east corner Longview avenue and Rice j street. December 19. e 1.750 .Neal bank to C. L. Bonner, lot •15x95 feet, south side Houston street, 81 loot east of Valentine street. December 12, 1907. SI,OOO W. <’. Andrews to .1 H Andrews lot 54x113 feet, southwest corner Atwood street and Sells avenue. September 14. s7oo I>. \V Bennett to L Armstrong, lot 43x112 feet, west side Beryl street, 130 feet north of Rockwell street Novem ber IK. $1 Mrs. Manda A. Tja Bruce to Louise M Hu,lson et al., one-seventh interest in »‘>B acres in land lot 149, and 4 acres in land lot 107, also lots 10 and 11 in land lot 149, and part of lots 13 and 12, Angler Springs property. July 26. $2,300 —J. L. Harris to Albon A. Mc- Gee, lot 57x87 feet, northeast corner Fair and Terrx streets November 1 $1 Sarah E. Howell to Fulton county, lot 50x50 feet on Adamsville road. 426 feet from McLarin gin house lot. Novem ber 30. $5,500 J. w. Mayson and I’ L Walker to Emma L Longwell. No. 100 Peachtree place, 40x120 feet. December 1 Loan Deeds. SSOO Annie Randolph Howard and Net tie V. Howard to Robert Pause, lot 50x231 feet, south side St. Charles avenue, 313 feet west of Bonaventure street. Decem ber 19 $625 Lnuls Koch and Emil Stahl to Frefl Koch, lot 357x338 feet, east side Mayson and Turners Ferry road, in land lot 110, Fourteenth district December Ik. SIOO Mrs Mary A. Williamson to Miss C. McDonald, lot 50x193 feet, south side Chattahoochee avenue, 335 feet west of Cherry street December 19 $375 E. A. White to Georgia Savings Bank & Trust Company, lot 50x75 feet, > west side Lampkin street, adjoining Bland, land lot 19. Fourteenth district. De cember 9. S3OO W. W. Quinn to Julien S. Rodgers, lot 50x195 feet, east side Washington street, 350 feet south of Oxford avenue. 1 >ecember 20. Mortgages. $620 Eunice H Agnew to Atlanta Banking and Savings Company, lot 50 by 54 feet. northeast corner Longview ave nue and Rice street. December 19. $1,400 .1 A. Henderson to Mutual Loan and Banking Company. 247 Juniper street. 50 by 300 feet. Itecember 20. $490 A. B. Ross to Mutual Loan and Banking Company, lot 100 by 130 feet, north side Mel don avenue. 50 feet west of Crogruan street. December 19. S4OO Emma Leigh Longwell to J W. Mayson and P. L. Weeks. 1 <Xi Peachtree place. 40 by 120 feet. December 20. S2BJ M. F. Kennedy to Colonial Trust Company, 153 Cooper street, 50 by 172 feet December 18. Quitclaim Deed. ss—-City of Atlanta to R. C. DeSaus- Rure and Fidelity Investment Company, lot 17 by 86 feet, south side Oxford street, at northwest corner, bought from Hammond and Davis, to extend Guyton street. August 7 Bonds for Title. $21.50<» Penal Sum Hugh M Dorsey to Jacob Huchman, lot 50 by 172 feet, east side Eagan avenue, 50 feet north of Har ris street; also lot 100 by 150 feet, east side Magnolia street, 50 feet north of Glenn street; also lot 50 by 150 feet, southwest corner Pennsylvania avenue and a 10-foot alley; also lot 99 by 157 feet, south side Georgia street, 73 feet west of Bayard street; also lot 50 by 175 feet, east side Cherry street, at northeast corner of alley leading to Magnolia street; also lot 50 by 150 feet, east side Magnolia street, 150 feet north of Glenn street, also lot 100 by 175 feet, west side Mag nolia street, at northwest corner of an alley leading to Cherry street; also lot 150 by 150 fret, north side Glenn street, 52 feet east of Cherry street Decem ber IS $10,0(81 penal Sum H. A. Etheridge to E L. Adams ami Miss F. Kate Roberts, lot 300 by G 75 feet, northeast side Boule vard, at corner of Allen road. Decem ber 16. <2.500 Penal Sum H C. Dodson to H I’ Eidson, lot 75 by 199 feet, southeast corner Washington avenue and Morris street December 20. $16,000 Penal Sum Walton Rpaltx Com pany to M. C. Donnell and C M. Rem sen. lot 20 by 68 feet, southwest side Nassau street, 143 feet northwest of Spring street. December 14 Lien. $250 Smith & Simpson Lumber Com pany vs. J. \ and Mrs. Florence M Har ris, 22 Hammond street, 60 by 173 feet. December 20. Power of Attorney. Marion E. Atwood to E. M. Atwood, power to sign all necessary writings in connection with estate of Tallulah E. and W H. Atwood. December 6. Easement. $1 Omer R. Alexander to Southern Railway Company. 15 feet right-of-way for industrial spur track 575 feet south east of McDaniel street, over lands of said Alexander, abutting on said rail road right-of-way. December IG. CHOATE IS CHOSEN HEAD OF SOCIETY TO HELP WORLD PEACE WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. Joseph • ’hoate. former ambassador to England, and leader of the bar of New York, was elected president by the American Society for the Judicial Settlement of Interna- I ttonal Disputes at its conference here ' 1 uday. Charles W Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard, was chosen \ ice president; Dr. lames Brown Scott was elected secretary, ami J G. Schmidlapp, of Cincinnati, treasurer. The executive commit tec com prises the above named and Governor Simeon E Baldwin, of Connecticut, the retiring president. Theodore Marburg, W W. Willoughby, Henry B. McFarlatul and John Hays Hammond. The meeting was opened with an ad dress l»y former District of Columbia Commissioner MacFarlaud, who urged that a ’’supreme court of the world” be established in preference to the present form of arbitration BODY TO BE DISINTERRED TO DETERMINE HOW SHOT DALTON. GA . Dec 21 On an order from Judge A AV. Fite. Coroner Tarver today went to Mill Creek valley to dis Inter the bod\ of Hewlett Davis, who 1 was killed by his father about two weeks ago. ami by making a post-mortem ex lamination determine whether or not the ; gun with which the boy was killed was ! loa<h*<; with shot Davis’ attorneys « iaiin that the slot hud been extracted from the shell in the I gun, ano that the boy \m. ulle<; by i th* force of the explosion, the barrel <1 ti;< gun. being within a fev feet of his when Urea THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SA TURD AY, DECEMBER 21. 1912. SEEK COLLEGIAN TG END SMOKE NUISANCE Only Technical Men Eligible as Inspctor. Rules the Board. Choice Is Delayed. The next smoke inspector of Atlanta I must be a college graduate, educated | in technical branches governing his | work, was the ruling of the smoke commission in a session held behind closed doors in the city hall today. The meeting had been announced for Mon day, but for some reason it was held today, without official notice of the change. E. A. Werner, of Atlanta, a graduate of Cornell, and a veteran engineer, and E. C. Kollock, of Charleston. S. < man ager of the Charleston gas works, were the only applicants before the board who are eligible under this ruling. The board decided to wait awhile before electing an inspector to succeed Paul McMichael, who reslgner] last week, and announced another meeting for next Tuesday morning. Several disappointed applicants were in the corridors watting for the decision of the committee, and the ruling that only a technically educated man was eligible caused disappointment to those who based their application on long ex perience and success with boilers. • It was stated by a member that May or Winn, ex-officio member of all boards, was asked to decide whether tlie terms of the ordinance creating the office require that a smoke inspector be a college graduate, and that the mayor decided that this was the meaning of the ordinance. Members of the board urged that the pressi give due credit to those manu facturers who have earnestly endeav ored to comply with the ordinance. Os car Elsas, a member of the board and one of the officers of the Fulton Bag and Cotton mills, stated that his new attachment was greatly reducing smok" and Invited the papers to send their photographers out to snapshot the mill stacks when they pleased, without giv ing hint warning of their coining. It was reported that the Exposition mills and the Piedmont hotel were spending money freely on new attachments or construction in an effort to reduce the smoke, and the efforts of several other firms and manufacturers were com mended. FEAST AND MUSIC AT FEDERAL PRISON FOR MEN CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas is to be fittingly observed at the Federal prison A turkey din ner Is to be served Christmas day from 12 to 1:30 o'clock, and at the same time the prisoners will be entertained by the rendition of an extensive mu sical program. Candy for each man is one item on tlie dinner menu, one-half pound for each is the gift of Mrs. Emma Neal Douglas. Besides roast turkey, witli savory dressing, other items on the menu are mashed white potatoes, gravy, bread, butter, jelly, plum pudding, hard sauce, coffee, milk, apples and oranges. The prisoners will march into the dining room to the accompaniment of the prison band, which also will render several selections during the meal hour. Arthur Williams, Irving Berlin and John Sullivan will sing solos. Greco and Martello will furnish a mandolin and guitar duet, and Williams. Pinkney, Bowie and Settlers will compose a quar tet of harmony singers. LEADER OF SUFFRAGE HIKERS REFUSES TO TURN BACK ON TRIP WAPPINGERS FALLS, N. Y„ Dec. 21.—-With Poughkeepsie as the objec tive joint, the little band of suffra gettes. headed by "General” Rosalie Jones, who are marching from New York to Albany for the “cause," set out from here today. “General" Jones had just gently but firmly rejected the overtures of an emissary from her mother who wanted iter to return home before today's hike was commenced. “Mother doesn't understand the im portance of this campaign," declared "General" Jones. "She thought that T was footsore and weary and ruining my health, but such reports are untrue. The cause needs me and 1 must go on.” "General" Jones' mother had sent F. H. Conner, a nurse in the employ of the Joins family, to parley with the “general." but without success. The marchers were invited to lie guests In Potieiikeepsie at a luncheon given by Professor Laura J. Wylie, of I Vassar college. DALTON CAROUSERS HELD UNDER BOND FOR TRIALS DALToN GA . The 21. Hen Staten, Pink Miller. Joe Mathis and Bill Guff were bound over on the charge of assault, bond being set at SIOO They made bond ind were freed The four men invaded Manlytown Thursday night, wearing dresses and with their faces blacked They acknowledged they were the men. but denied attack ing two women, claiming that they were merely celebrating Christmas and com mitted n<» act of violence INFANT BADLY SCALDED. D.ALTuN. 'l\. I•< * 21 Th*' tw<»-> car old infant of Mr and Mrs James Miller pulled a kelth ■■ boiling water oft’ the stove and wa> ';o.il> s<alued about he save anu arms Physicians attending the child >tu’v that hr will re. vet SNIALLGHfiNGEIN PRICEDFCOTTUN Renewed Support Causes a Rapid Advance After Decline on Liquidation. NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—A short cover t ing movement at the outset this morning , resulted in the cotton market opening < barely steady, with prices 4 points lower 'to 9 points advance. Near options show j the greatest strength Better cables than (expected also helped the advance. After I the call a precipitant realizing movement i by the ring and longs prevailed, which 1 caused quick depression In prices, reced ing some 14 to 17 points from the initial ■ figures. Later renewed support from the larger spot interests rendered a better tone to the market and prices rallied 7 to 11 points from the early low levels. There was less pressure to sell during the late trading of the short session, how ever, the market was well supplied with cotton from the ring and commission houses, but the big bull leaders became aggressive and their buying gave the mar ket a steadier tone and prices were firm ly sustained around the previous close. The general liquidation of the long in terests and selling for the short interests was a surprise to the bulls as they thought the decline of yesterday of 14 to 20 points was too much in face of the ap proaching holidays, however, they were quiet and made no steps in boosting prices. The spot situation throughout the South is practically nil. but the actual buyers anticipate a very much higher market after the holidays, and say that the demand for spots will strengthen. As a whole, the market seems an even ing-up affray. At the close the market was very steady with prices ranging close to Friday’s close, being 1 to 6 points lower than the final quotations of yesterday. NEW YORK FUTURES lis * ! - g , Dec. 112.75 1 2.75'12.59! 12.66 12.65-B9 12.66-68 Jan. 112.77112.77 12.60 12.68 12.69-71112.71-73 Mar. |12.70|12.71|12.53i12.63i12.61-63112.67-68 6 pr ’ 112.61 12 -66 Muj 12.68 12.69 12.51 12.61 12.62-64 12.67-66 •June 12.54 |12.57 July [12.59'12.59 12.45 12.55'12.54-55 12.58-59 Auk 12.38,12.43 12.38 12.43 12.42-44 12.44-46 Sept. 11.92-94 1 1.94-96 Oct-11.85 11.8» 11.74 11.74 11.78-60 Closed very LIVERPOOL CABLES ABOUT AS DUE. Liverpool cables were due to come 4 points lower on October and 6 to 7 points lower on other positions, but the market opened steady at 6 to 7 points decline. The market close*! steady, with prices a net decline of to 3 points from the final figures of yesterday. Spot cotton quiet at a net. decline of 2 points; middling 7.09 d; sales 7,000 bales; receipts 19,000 bales. ’Fbe estimated port receipts today are 45,000 bales, compared w’ith 41.243 last jear and 58,270 year before last, against 59,016 bales the year before. Futures opened easy Opening Previous Range Close. Closet Lee6.B7 -6.85 Dec.-Jan6.Bl 6.83 6.86 Jan.-Feb .. ..6.77 6.SIU 684 Feb.-Mar6.76 Mar.-Apr6.75 6.7 W 6.82 Apr.-May .. May-June .. ..6,75 June-July .. . July-Aug6.6B -6.73 6.72% 6.75 Aug.-5ept6.6214-6.61 6.63 6.61% Sept.-Oct .. ..6.42% 6.44 6.47 Oct.-N0v6.34 6.33% 6.39% Closed steady. HAYWARD & CLARK’S DAILY COTTON LETTER NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 21.—Liverpool was surprisingly good today, closing about 3 points better than due; spots 2 points lower; sales 7,000 bales. More hopeful news from London about the progress of the peace negotiations is thought to have inspired the stronger tone. Bull inter ests tried to take advantage of the good showing of the English market to realize to some extent, but our markets would not take the selling and broke to 12.70 as New’ York reported spot houses there try ing to sell. Probably on account of the coming holiday period, public speculation and support have diminished and a ten dency to realize and to even up prevails. The opportunity to liquidate, therefore, Is not good, and this was soon realized as the professional selling stopped and the market steadied. On the. other hand, the professional ele ment of the bull faction is not disposed to take all the public realizing, and, as a consequence, we are having these half way compromise markets. In spite of the present easiness on holiday liquidation, opinion continues bullish and further bull markets are generally expected after the New Year, particularly should peace on the continent become assured. RANGE IN NEW ORLEANS FUTURES. 11 ih ip ? o I o 11 j ij ": o j 0.0 1 >eo. 12.75 12.82'12.75 12.82 [12.81-82 J 2.80-81 Jan. 12.76 12.76'12.71 12.7'1 12.74-75 12.75-76 | Feb. .... .1..... 12.76-77 12.78-80 ; Mar [12.79:12.82 12.70.12.80 12.79-80'12.81-82 Apr.' I' 1 12.82-84'12.85-87 Mav 12.81:12.87112.77'12.85'12.85-86 12.86-87 June 12.88-89 12.88-90 July 12.87 12.93 12.84 12.92 12 91-92 12.93-94 Au.'. 12.57 12.57 12.55,12.55.12.55 Oct:I111.83 111.85-86 < 'losed qulPt und steady SPOT COTTON MARKET. Atlanta, steady; middling 13c. Athens, steady; middling 12%. Macon, steady; middling 12%. New Orleans, quiet; middling 12%. New York, quiet; middling 13.10. Boston, quiet: middling 13.10. Philadelphia, steady; middling 13.10. Liverpool, steady; middling 7.lid. Augusta, steady; middling 13c. Savannah, quiet; middling 12%. Norfolk, steady; middling 12\ Mobile, quiet; middling 12 13-16. Galveston, quiet; middling 12%. Charleston, quiet; middling 1111-16. Wilmington, nominal. IJttle Rock, quiet; middling 13c. Baltimore, nominal; middling 13c. Memphis, steady; middling 13%. St. Louis, quiet; middling 13 1 . Houston, quiet; Aiiddllug 12 t k Louisville, firm; middling 13% PORT RECEIPTS. The following table shows receipts at the polls today, compared with the same day last year: 1912, ' 1911 ~ | New Orleans. . . . 7,935 6.348 l Galveston 14,889 18,360 i Mobile 186 ?,009 Savannah 6.536 8.114 I Charleston. ... .1 1,311 3,540 'Wilmington l 1.972 2.02” j Norfolk' 8.496 6.397 New’ York. 765 262 i Boston' 346 256 1 Philadelphia. . . . 50 Pacific coast 2,409 Brunswick 4.153 3.425 Various 7.132 Total 19,740 53,136 INTERIOR MOVEMENTS. 1912. ' 1911. Houston 15,445 16,145 Augusta 1,826 Memphis 4.866 6.214 St. Louis 5.865 3,538 Cincinnati 2,866 | Little Rock ... .’.C~ 10.868 ' - COTTON MARKET OPINIONS. Logan X* Bryan: Prices may work lower. Miller \ C • We would sell on strong spots. Sternheryvi Sinn We think SU.PAGIFIGSTOCK RAIDED Gt MS Large Interests Sell Railroad Issues Because of Govern ment’s Suit. By CHARLES W. STORM. NLW } ORK. Dec. 21.—Amalgamated | Copper, United States Steel common and I Canadian Pacifie were the leaders at the I opening of the stock market today. Gen eral gains were made throughout the list and the tone was strong Amalgamated < opper was 1l M higher at the outset, and the same amount of gain was made by Canadian Pacific, while steel advanced \ There was a g< od demand for most of the specialties, and gains ranging around 1 point were established in the first fif teen minutes. Among the advances on first transac tions were American Beet Sugar American Can 7 H . American Car and Foundry %. Smelting %, American Tel , egraph and F ,, iephone %, Anaconda Cop per I <. Atchison ’ 4 , Baltimore and Ohio 6. Brooklyn Rapid Transit %, Califor nia Petroleum l’ 4l Central Heat •%. Ches apeake and Ohio St. Paul %. Consoli dated Gas 1. Erie 14.l 4 . International Har vester %. Lehigh Valley 1. Mexican Pe troleum 1%, Missouri Pacific %. New York Central K 4, Western Maryland %. Union Pacific %, Southern Pacific % and Peo ple’s Gas (Chicago) 1. Although profit taking developed In several shares in a half hotfr’s trading, the tone was strengthened. American Smelt ing advanced % above its opening price. Wall Street attributed the early strength to further covering by shorts. There was much buying for foreign ac counts. The curb market was steady. Americans in London w r ere strong, and above New York’s parity. In the late f6renoon a sudden reac tion set in and a number of important is- i sues declined 1 point or more. Southern I Pacific was exceptionally weak, leading the downward movement with a loss of 4 points. Union Pacific was also under severe pressure, declining 1% to 166%. The market closed weak, governments unchanged, other bonds irregular. Stock quotations: Clos. I’rev STOCKS— High,lx)W. Sale Bid. Cl‘se Amal. Copper. 77% 76 76%, 76% 76% Am. Ice Sec... 19% 18% 18% 18 19 Am. Sug Ref. 119% 118% 119% 118 117% Am. Smelting 74% 72% 72% 72% 73 Am. Locomo. . 43%, 43%! 43% 42% 42% Am. Car Fdy..i 55% 55% 55% 55% 54% Am. Cot. Oil .... .... .56%' 56% Am. Woolen' .... ....'2l 22 Anaconda .... 40<£ 39% 39% 39%l 39% Atchison 106% | (tt ; 105 ~ io t ; m«% A. C. L 132 132 132 132 1131% American Can 32 30% 31% 31% 31 <lo, pref. ..'ll7 117 'll7 416% 116% Am. Beet Sug. 53% 51%' 52 51% 52 Am. T. and T. 140%'140 140 140 140% Am. Agrlcul' 56 56 Beth. Steel .. 37% 37% 37% 36%' 36% B. R- T 89% 88%' 88% 88%' 88% B. and 0i105%'104%'104%!104%'105 Can. Pacific . 261 % 260 260% 260%'259% Corn Products 14% 14% 14% 14%: 14% C. and 0 1 79% 79%< 79% 78% 79% Consol. Gas .. 141% 141 141 " 140% 140% Cen. leather . 29 29 29 28% 28 ! >J Colo. F. and 1. 34 34 ’34 33% 34% Colo. Southern' ....' ....' . '3l |3l D. and H 163 '163 163 :163 [163 ben. and R. G. 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% Distil. Secur. . 21%, 20% 21%' 21%1 22% Erie 32% 31% 31%i 31%' 32 ' do, pref. .. 49%: 49% 49% 49% 49% Gen. Electric ;185%!185 'lB5 1182%'184% Goldfield Cons ....; 2 2% G. Western .. 17 'l7 ‘l7 ' 16%[ 16% G. North., pfd.[135%'134%:134% 134% 135% G. North. Ore. 42%: 42 42 41%' 42 Int. Harvester 113% 113% 113'1 112 " 112 1 - 111. Central 126 126% Interboro ....I 18%; 18%' 18 18 : 18% do, pref. ..' 63%' 62%' 62%l 61% 62% lowa Central .[ .... ....[....j 10 I 10 K. C. Southern! 27 ' 27 i 27 I 26%l 26% K. and T| 27 j 27 | 27 ' 27% [27% do, pref. 60 60 L Valley. . ~173 170%T71 % 171% 171% L. and N. . 141% 141%'141% 140% 140% Mo. Pacific . 42%| 42 42 41 % 42% N. Y. Central 'lO9 [108%j108%'108%'108% Northwest. . .137 1137 |137 '136 1137' Nat. Lead . .' 57%: 56% 56% 56 56% N. and W.-. .'ll3 113 'll3 113 113 No. Pacific . .122% 120% 121% 121 1121% O. and W 31 31% Fennl22% 121% 121%[121% 122 Pacific Mail . 31% 31% 31%; 30%! 30 P. Gas Co. . . 114 113 1113 113 [ll2 P. Steel Car. . 35% 35 35% 34% 34% Reading . . . 169% 167% 167%:167%[169% Rock Island . 24% 24 24 24 ' 24% do. pfd.. . . 44%: 44% 44% 44 44% R. I. and Steel 27%' 27% 27% 26% 26% do. pfd: I 80 " ! 84% S. -Sheffield. . .... |45 44% So. Pacific . . ;107% 1103% 104%'104%'106% So. Railway. .[ 28% 27% 27%: 27%: 28V, do. pfd.. . . 80 80 'BO 80% 80% St. I’aul . . . 113% 112 112 112 ~ 112% Tenn. Copper 39%: 38 38 38 39 Texas Pacitic ....' ....: .... 22%' 22% Third Avenue : ....I ....) ....! 4612 36% Union Pacific 162% 159% 160 15‘.i’, lK<»-„ U. S. Rubber 66 64%: 65 i 64%' 66 Utah Copper . 59% 58% 58%: 58% 58 U. S. Steel . . 69% 68 68 68 ~ 68% do. pfd.. . . 110% 109% 110% 118 109% V. Chem 34% 44 West. Union . 74%; 74 74 I 73% 73% Wabash. . . .' ....' ...J .... 4 .... do. pfd. . . .;! 13%: 13% W. Electric. . 80%! 80% 80%' 79 80% Wls. Central“ 48 48 W. Maryland ■, ....; ....' .... 48 47% Total sales, 406,000 shares. NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT. NEW YORK, Dec. 21. —The weekly statement of the New York associated banks shows the following chtyiges: Average statement: Excess cash reserve $74,549,650, increase $2,054,200. Loans, decrease $3,930,000. Specie, Increase $4,064,000. Legal tenders, decrease $1,470,000. Net deposits, increase $1,682,000. Circulation, increase $95,000. Actual statement: Loans, decrease $535,000. Specie, increase $4,025,000. Legal tenders, decrease $2,873,000. Net deposits, increase $7,849,000. Reserve, increase $66,450. MINING STOCKS. BOSTON. Dec. 21. Opening: Butte Su perior 44. North Rutte 32%, Calumet and Arizona 69%, Shannon 13%, Smelting 43. COTTON SEED OIL. Cotton seed oil quotations: ! Opening. | Cior ni Spot' ' 6.25476.35 December 6.2241'6.28 ' 6.28416.29 January 6.19@6.20 1 6.20476.21 February6.l9@6.22 March 6.231(6.24 6.234(6.24 Aprill 6.25 ''.29 6.24@6.29 May 6.331(6.34 6.33416.34 June 6.344( 6.38 [ 6.347(6.38 July 6.36 1 6.3 ■ 638 u 6 39 Closed heavy: sales 2.500 barr< Is NEW YORK GROCERIES N|;\\ YORK. Dec. 21. (’"ffee steady; X" 7 Rio spot 14% asked. Rice steady; domestic ordinary to prime !’*47Mo lasses steady; New Orleans open kettle 384( '8 Sugar, raw steady: centrifugal 3.92. tnusewado 3.4?, molasses sugar 3.17, refined steady: standard granulated 4.'.<5, cut loaf 5.70. crushed 5.60. mold A 5.25, cubes 5.15, powdered 5.00, diamond A 4.90. eonfeetloners A 4.75. No. 1 4.65. No. 2 4.60, No. 3 4.55, No. 4 4.50. TEMPERANCE LECTURER’S SON ACCUSED IN COURT LOS ANGELES, CAL., Dec. 21. Be cause of allegations that her husband stole and pawned her jewelry and wrote iter scurrilous letters, Mario Sweet Bakei Murphy teas granted a divorce from Francis Miit;pliy, Jr., son of the late temperance leetuo r. Young Murphy, who is 27 years "ill, did not contest the suit. After issuing the de er.e Judg' Monroe said he < xpe< ted iiuinoiitiite m tion by tlie Federal au thoritie- aurin-' Murp'itv for 01 roper u<. of tlu mai; I NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE FLEECY STAPLE NEW YORK. Dec. 21.—N. L. Carpenter & Co.: There was very good buying dur ing (he last hour of the short session. The bull leaders seemed to have picked up some cotton. Mitchell. Gwathmey and Weld brokers were the leading buyers today. It was through their aggressiveness that checked The downward move of the market during the early trading. The ring crowd hammered heavily this morning. Also commission houses were good sellers. ’rhe market looks to be an evening up affair now. The New York cotton exchange will be closed Wednesday and Thursday next. Very Little support was offered tlie mar ket at the outset, but after the call the spot interests absorbed offerings remark ably well. Following is the statistical position of cotton on Friday. December 20, as made up by The Nhw York Financial Uin<>ni< le: | This ' 1 Last i Week. ! Week. Year. Vis. supply 213.733 Holiday. 5.424.188 American 5.123.733 Holiday. 4,694.188 In sight w’k 468.178 Holiday. 599,910 Since Sept. 1 8.666.739 Holiday. 8.854.819 Port stocks . 1,284,949 Holiday. 1,564.287 Port receipts 336.203 Holiday. 471,233 Exports 258,938 Holiday. 353,036 Int. receipts 275.283 Holiday. 295,871 Int. shipm’ts 244.986 Holiday. 284,274 stocks . 834,999 I 10l May. 970,000 Following is the Liverpool cotton state ment for the week ending Friday, De cember 20: | Week's sales .. 55,000 46.000 52,000 Os which Amer. 47,000 40,000 48,000 For export .... 3.500 2,200 700 For speculation 4,700 4.000 J. 400 Forwarded 106.000 102.000 90,000 Qf which Amer 84.000 64.000 Total stocks .. . 1,179,000 753.000 882,000 Os which Amer. 1,016.000 645.000 Actual ekports . 12,000 9,000 14.000 Week’s receipts 211,000 160,000 223.000 Os which Amer. 176.00 U 126,000 191.000 Since Sept. 1 ... 2.139.000 1,972,000 1,946,000 Os which Amer. 1.797.000'1,761.000 1,626.000 Stocks afloat ... 561.000 348.000 171,000 Os which Amer. 468.000 308.000 396,000 NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 21. Hayward & Clark: The weather map shows rain ing in Texas. Louisiana, western half of Mississippi, sleeting or snowing in Ar kansas and parts of Tennessee; partly cloudy to fair elsewhere; precipitation light, except at Shreveport and Pales tine, where it is heavier. Indications are for partly cloudy to fair and colder, ex cept probably misty weather in coast dis tricts. New Orleans and Liverpool exchanges w’ill be closed next Wednesday and Thursday. December 25 and 26. Weekly ex ports: 1912. 1911. For week 256,161 337,403 Since Sept. 1 1,204,545 4,601,212 The New Orleans Times-Democrat says Liquidation of long interest and selling for short account cost the cotton market some price ground yesterday and larger ginning figures than generally looked for were given as the cause of the decline. In so tar as surface thinkers were concerned, this excuse answered as well as another, but through students of the market required something better and found it in the shrinking export move ment, in lower spot markets and in a bearish pointer for the future. Bulls for the most part kept as quiet as mice and made no effort to use the absence of un favorable developments in connection with the Balkan situation. Unfavorable developments were prom ised a day or two ago by responsible peo ple in Liverpool. Estimated receipts for Monday . 1912. 1911. New Orleans 9,000 to 10.000 13.228 Galveston22,ooo to 24,000 14.397 BUTTER. POULTRY AND EGGS. NEW YORK. Dee. 21.—Dressed poultry unsettled; turkeys 14(h26, chickens 12fa26, fowls I2(§l6t£, ducks 10<u20. geese 9(£/18. Live poultry active; chickens ll'oil l -, fowls turkeys 18 asked, roosters asked, ducks 14@15, geese 1.3(u14. Butter firmer; creamery specials 32'ti creamery extras state dairy (tubs) process specials 27'<t27 1 >. Eggs firm; nearby white fancy 42'?/45. nearby brown fancy extra firsts 35 @36, firsts 29@32. Cheese dull: whole milk specials 17@ 18, whole milk fancy 16%@17 3 4 , skims spe cials 13M»@14\, skims fine 12@13, full skims 8@ 11. NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET. NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—Wheat st eatty: May 97 r 8@97%c; spot, No. 2 red, SI.OB in elevator, and $1.09 f. o. b. Corn firm; No. 2. in elevator, nominal; export No. 2 55 f. o. b.; steamer nominal; No. 4 nominal. Oats firm; natural white 38@40c; white clipped 391£@42c. Rye steady; No. 2 nominal f. o. b. New York. Barley steady; malting 57@68<* e. i f. Bu ffalo. Hay firm: good to prime 90@$1.10; poor to fair 75@51.05. Flour steady; spring patents $4.60f«4.85; straights $4.40@4.50; clears $4.2(Ka 4.35; winter patents $5.20@5.40: straights 54.65@ 4.80; clears s4.3o<<; 4.40. Beef firm; family $24@25. Pork firm; mess $19.25@19.50; familv $22.50@23.50. Lard steady: city steam $lO bid: mid dle West spot $10.50 bid. Tallow dull; city, in hogsheads. 6c nominal; country, in tierces, HUSBAND AND WIFE DIE WITHIN LESS THAN WEEK MONTGOMERY, ALA., Dee. 21. News has been received at the state depart ment us education of the death at Som erville Thursday night of Mrs. I’. A. Oden, wife of the late superintendent of education of Morgan county, who died ■Saturday. Pneumonia caused the death of husband and wife within five davs of one another. >” No One Will Help You UNLESS vor SHOW A Disposi tion to lii'lii YOl h’SELF to get ahead financially, it is certain that no one will 'l’lD’ to help yon. It is meet, therefore, that yon invite the eonfidenee of others bv starting an ai-eonnl with this bank, and systematical ly save a part of your earnings. Besides winning the confidence of others, such a system will increase your principal to surprising proportions, it will teach you the value of money and how to use it. and will prepijre you. mor ally and financially, for an honorable and eminently successful business career. Atlanta National Bank Hie Oldest National Bank in the Cotton States. L . V HEm RECEIPTS lowebceheils Expectation of Bearish Domes tic Statistics Monday Proves Depressing Factor. ST. LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS eo™ at T N .°-.. 2 . red -Hb oats < CHICAGO, Dec. 21.—Wheat prices won. ■xc to 1 2 C lower early today r liberal receipts and easy cables foil* winS our upturn yesterdaj were the Influen,« Jhere was scattered commission h l)U s, selling. Local longs were also sell. ' Fair buying developed on the decline p. ports from Argentina showed the wea'h er favorable, for harvesting and e-L movement, with very little crop damaw < orn prices were %c to %c lower mt \orable weather over the entire belt and excellent weather in Argentina ina The movement to primary' market* however is retarded by a scarcity of cara Liverpool was %d to %d higher (tats were %c to %c lower, in symna thy with the other grains ■x rr Pa Provisions were without much chang. Flogs Were stronger. Wheat closed today w’ith prices show ing net declines of 4 8 c on December and July and %c on May, the wind-up being little above the low point. Easy cable. and continuerl liberal receipts in the .Northwest coupled with the expectation by the trade ot bearish domestic statis tics on Monday were the main factor Liverpool closed %d lower Com was heavy in tone all day and th. close showed net declines of %c on Ae cember. % to %c on May. and^ct to %c on July Iqnal prices were about low f’, the day. I-ine weather over the belt for shelling and crop movement were the factors. Oats were steady notwithstanding the weakness tn the other cereals. The close showed December unchanged, while Mav was % to %c lower and July was off\c T here was some buying by cash houses Provisions were steady early with stronger hogs, but eased off later with the grain list. A selling wave by nack | ers late helped the slump and final pi le. | showed declines of 15c on pork and ? •. I 10c on lard and ribs. [ CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET ; Grain quotations: Hißh Low Clos* r *ffioM* W 1 i hA I : I!*’ 1 ’ S6 ‘'* Bfil ‘ 8«3 i May 91% 91% Hl 9] .qi* | J CORN- % ’‘S'* 877 sBB * I Dec. 481. 18% 48 48% ! May 19% 49’. 18% 48% *..i I July 49% 49% 191.;, 4itl %’ OATS— 2 U Dpp 33 33'. 43 83's :::ib May 33% 33% 33% 331. July 33% 33% 33". 33% Tt. PORK— July 1.8.12% 18.12% 17.95 17 95 18 10 M j\pd“ 2l2 ,B ' i7 '- 180 ’ 1 a 18.07% is.L">. Dec. 10.15 10.15 10.10 1010 KID,' Jan. 9.;t7' 2 10.00 11.85 985 h %t‘ May 9.97% 10.00 9.90 :< 90 1 '<s. RIBS— May 9.80 9.80 9.67% 9 67'. 980 July 9.77% 9.80 9.70 ' 9.70 ' r '.Bn LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET. Wheat closed t K d lower. Corn closed %d to %d higher CHICAGO CAR LOTS Following are receipts for Saturday and 1 estimated receipts for Monday : I I Saturday. Mv:ua~ Wheatl 30 I ■ s ' Corn , 3fi4 o flats .. .. 1 203 ' Hogs H.uoo I 39.0'"' ' 271” CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS. ('HICAGO, Dec. 21.- Wheat No. 2 red $1.0944 1.10: No. 3 red $1,034/ 1.07: N> hard winter 584(91c; No. 3 har.l wc.er 8(P(8Hc, N". 1 Northern sprin;. Sl'OS No. 2 Northern spring 884: W-i . N ■spring 854186%e. Corn- No. 'I 46%@46%c; No 3 ■ ■ ■'7 1 ; ''i 17%c; No. 3 yellow 46%(fc47c; No '4 %4( 45%c; No. I white 44% N 45% ’< . I yellow 44%r«46%c. Oats No. 2 white 354/35>..c; No. 3 whi 1 ‘ No. 4 31 II 32” ,c: No 4 |33(1/33%c; standard 34%@35c. LIVE STOCK MARKET CHICAGO. Dec. 2]..—Hogs- lie. .-.pts 9,000. Market strong. Mixed ami I*' 1 ers $7.00@7.40. good heavy rough heavy *6.! 5 u 7.20. light $7.00 / </7. pigs $5.25(0 ♦’».9o. bulk s7.2G<</7.30. Cattle-Receipts 700. Market Beeves and heifer- < 5 (J 18.25 stockers and feeders ss.oofa 7. hi Texans $6.40 a 8.25, « alves sß.2s''-r.!<7' Sheep- Receipts 2,5(J1‘. Market Native and Western Hi NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET. «’<>ffee quotations: (» p c ning. _£!S -' ’ L Januarxl2.4s 13.45 ; b'ebruarx 13.53 a 13.•- March. ‘ 13.78 13.77 a 13.7* Apri113.80(a13.90 13 87 a ’3> x Max 13.99 14.01'a’l Junel4.ol fa 14.07 1 -l.vH </11 Ini' 14.05 11.11 aH i- Augustl4.lo(o)l4.l7 14.18-/11 Septemberl4.l9 Octoberl4.lß 14.25 a 14-'j Novem her 14.19 14.26<?i 14 Decern ner 13.45 14.45 aj 4_L <’h»se<i steady. Sales, 211,500 bags.