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t —"J~ 14 aiQ TUT. ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. 11 COTTON PRICES Large Spot Houses Heavy Sellers. Good Weather and Labor Troubles Are Blamed. | K, I “ In NEW YORK. April 22.—In the face of bit-May cablethe cotton market opmied barely steady to-day, with prices 4 points off to 1 point higher than last night's close. Room traders were In a bearish mood, particularly as to near months, and offerings became heavy enough to force prices off some 7 to If* points from the opening range. May and July were heavily sold Many of the most conservative spot houses sold, which encouraged freer offering from the ring and Wall Street. May dropped to ll.M, against an open ing of 31.71: July fell from 3.1.72 to 11.59; August followed by losing 11 points from the initial ftamre. The new crop* followed, but their losses were smaller. New Orleans and Liverpool were lib eral sellers The continued liquidation is chiefly based upon the continued favorable weather conditions in almost every sec tion of the cotton belt. In almost every section of the belt preparation is al most complete and planting is In full swing The majority of traders say It is a weather market, and if veatli- er developments are good durh.g the next few weeks, It will give the planter ainple time to plant a large aorcHg* Trie attitude of the market during the next month will he governed by the course of the weather. In addition to Ideal weather, a po tent factor, which Is causing consid erable unfavorable apprehension, is the weakness in the Southern spot situation Spots all over the belt are reported cheaper, with little demand. Such fac tors cause hesitation among the bulls. Many recent bulls arc now the most TWdlcaJ hears. A few of them are pre dicting 11c cotton for July and August snd October as low as 30%o. The weekly weather report was favor able., except it showed some moisture Is needed in Texas. Indications are That this will come This, with a cable from Monchester stating that the labor trouble was becoming more serious, brought out heavier selling during the afternoon session. The market was given no support, and May increased its decline to 11.62. July to 11.54. The entire list made declines of 9 to 19 points from the initial level. Commission houses were good sellers, while the buying was mainly from shorts and scattered buying of the new • rops. This buying, however, was not effective. At the close the market was steady witli prices at a net decline <>f 13 to 16 points from the final quotations of Mon- *RANGE IN NEW YORK FUTURES. Futures opened quiet. NEW YORK, April 22. J. M. Ander son says: “The cotton market has re celved very little or no support to-day Waters, Shearson and Geeran sold the market off shortly after the opening. It looks like the uptown crowd Is selling and Wall Street also, it is generally be lieved that prices will work lower.’’ Today's New York Stock Market The weather continues favorable and the local crowd seems inclined to sell Business is very light. There has been business is very light. There have been July and October to change hands. ► 6 o E 0 6 11 r.r ll.81jll.31 11, 11.34 11.35111. 11.89 11 29|31 11.30 11.31111. Clor-ed steady. RANGE IN LIVERPOOL FUTURES. LIVERPOOL, April 22.—This market waa due to open 1 to 2 points higher, but opened quiet 1 to 1% points higher. M 13:16 p. in. the market was quiet, at a net advance of 1 1o 1% points higher Fair business doing in spot cotton at 4 points advance; middling 6.93d, sales * 000 bales, including 7,000 American bales; Imports 5,000 bales, including 3,000 American bales. At the close the market was easy with prices at a net decline or 3 to 4 points from the final figures of Mon day. Futures opened quiet. Opening Prev. Range. Close Close. April ... .0.57 -6.56% 6.53% 6.55% April-May . . 6.53% G.‘49 6.52 May-.Tune . . .6.63 -6.52 6.48% 6.52% .lune-July . . .6.52 -6.51 6.47 6.50% July-Aug. . . .6.48 -6.47% 6.43 6.46% Aug.-Sept . . .6.36 -6.37 6.32% 6.86% Sept.-Oct. . . .6.25 -6.24 6.20 6.23% Oct.-Nov. . . .6.16%-6.16 6.12 6.15% Nov.-Dee. , . .6.13 -6.12% 6.08% 6.12 Dec.-Jan. . . .6.12 6.07% 6.11 Ian.-Feb. . . .6.11 -6.10 6.06% C.10 Feb.-Mch. 6.10 6.07% 6.11 Closed easy. HAYWARD «t CLARK’S DAILY COTTON LETTER NEW ORLEANS, April 22. The Liv erpool board shows a narrow market following the changes in New York. Political news shows that no progress Is being made toward peace. Another ultimatum was sent to Montenegro. Phe allies have practically accepted the proposed terms of the Powers, but have reserved for themselves the most im portant question of division of territory. Liverpol cabled: ‘ Labor troubles in East Lancashire coming. Keeling very bitter.” The Journal of Commerce says that reports from New' England states are that trade in cotton goods is beginning to show' a steady decline. Our market to-day was ease from the start and sagged to 32 05 for July m the second hour. RANGE NEW ORLEANS FUTURES. Open % **■« o a 3* 3i 4> I M I 6 I ► if. £0 Ap I My jl2.3H2.31l2. Jn ; Jly 12.1312.141 _ Ag Al.88(11.83 11 Spt 111.42 11.42 11 Oc. 111.38)11.38:11. Xv ' De 11.4011.40H1 .in 13.41 11.41 11 12 20 12.23 12 . ..12, 06 12 70 11 42 11 29111 03!l2 Ojll .42 11 711 -jn .30111 28.11 3111.31,11 24 12.32-33 19112.26-28 -0712.15-1] 72 11.83-8' 40111.50-52 29111.40- 41 3011.40- 42 30 11.42-43 33111.44-45 « 'lo-sed Steady R Have You v. A Room To Rent? A little '‘WANT AD” in The Geor- gian will ring the bell_ and take down the sign. These ads bring results, as the people read them every day. Two breaks close together, which last night had widened Into one three hun dred-foot crevasse, occurred yesterday afternoon in the levee at Woodlawn plantation, several miles north of May orsvllle, Miss., midway between Vicks burg and Greenville The break will flood all of Sharkey uqd hsaquenna coun ties and nearly all of Washington and Warren. Federal engineers say 1,330 square miles will be affected by over flow. Last night rain was threatening all along the lower river section. AH records wen* wiped out last night when the gauge at 4 p. m read 51.6 feet with the river still rising. The Journal of Commerce says: “The weather in a trifle cool west of the Mis sissippi River. Western Texas needs rain. Estimated increase of acreage in that State 5 to 15 per cent. Very favor able crop reports from many sections.’’ Following are 11 a. m. bids: May, 11.60; July, 11.62; October, 11.24; Janu ary, 11.22. NEW ORLEANS, April 22.—Hayward A Clark: The weather map shows cloudy in Texas ansi Oklahoma, with some light rain In West Texas; fair in Central and Eastern States. Indications are for unsettled weather, with rains in Texas and Oklahoma; cloudy, becoming unsettled in the Central Btutes; contln ued fair in the A Rarities. River News: Cairo, 45.2: Vicksburg, 51.7; Memphis, 49.4; New Orleans, 19.4. Liverpool cables; “American mid dling fair, 7.37d; good middling, 7.03d; middling. 6.83d; low middling. 6.67d; good ordinary, 6.33d; ordinary, 5.99d.” Spot cotton brokers here say nothing doing in spots and the market is lower to trade. The weekly weather report at 31 o’clock is expected to he unfavorable, owing to the cold weather beginning of last week. The New Orleans Times-Democrat says: “After declining in the early ses sion on a favorable crop report from Texas the cotton market advanced in the late session on steady spots, unfa vorable reports from Texas, a serious break in the Mississippi levee below Greenville, Miss., and the anxiety of shorts to get under cover. May con tracts were bought in New Orleans by the same people who have been buying them recently. New Orleans May is not very far below a spot parity, but New York May and July are way below a Southern spot parity. Once the market began to advance resistance melted away. As a matter of fact the corpse- stahbers ran when the corpse showed life, then hurled epithets at it from a distance. “Yesterday's break in the levee will inundate many of the best cotton plan tations in Mississippi, some of which were inundated lust Spring and again in January this year and again in April. It is yet early enough for the waters to recede in time to make a cotton crop, but three inundations within twelve months will probably restrict operations because of the damage done farm equip ment.” The following table shows the highest, lowest and close, to- Shorts Cover Their Lines Early, K ether with 1he previous close: but Prices Ease Off Later in Absence of Support. Stock quotations: By C. W. STORM. NEW YORK. April 22.—The inter vention of the government in the Min nesota rate cases had a good effect on the stock market and general gains were shown at the opening to-day. Among them were Amalgamated Cop per %, American Can •%, Anaconda %. Canadian Pacific Chesapeake and Ohio %, United States Steel common STOCK— Amal. Copper. Am. Ice Sec.. High. 78 26% 77*/. 26% Last Prev. Sale. Close. 77/4 77/2 %, United States Rubber common L, Union Pacific %, Reading %, Pennsyl vania %, Northern Pacific %. Mis souri Pacific %, Great Northern pre ferred V Atchison shaded and Union Pacific lost part of its advance after half an hour. The curb was steady. Americans in London were strong, •specially the Uarrlman group. Cana dian Pacific in London moved up sharply. Although the market was inactive during the forenoon stocks showed a fractional improvement. Pennsylvania and Reading rose %. Union Pacific gained H to 155%. Steel common was ji> % at 63%. Missouri Pacific, Great Northern preferred and Canadian Pacif ic were up The tone in the late 'orenoon was steady. Call money loaning at 2%. Trading was dull in the last hour and price changes were without importance. • 'hesupeake and Ohio gained slightly, but fractional recessions from the noon level were, made by Amalgamated Cop per, American Can, Steel, Southern Pa nic and Missouri Pacific. The market closed steady. Government bonds unchanged. Other bonds firm. MONEY AND EXCHANGE. NEW YORK, April 22.— Money on call 2%<fV2 7 H- Time money unchanged, sixty days 4@4% per cent, ninety days 4%Cg 4%, nix months 4%(S'4% per cent. Posted rates: Sterling exchange 4.84 6/4.87, with actual business in bankers’ hills at 4.8665(y.4.8680 for demand and : 83to(94 8845 for sixty-^lay bills. Prime mercantile paper unchanged. TRAINMEN HOLD CONFERENCE. NEW YORK, April 22.—Conductors and trainmen on fifty-four Eastern rail roads will hold their first conference with railways to-day over wage de mands. METAL MARKET. NEW' YORK, April 23.—The inetal market was firm to-day. Copper, spot to July offered 16%; lead, 4.58 (bid); spelter, 5.606/5.70; tin, 49.39(^49.50: zinc, 5.50(a 5.70. Following are 10 a. m. bids May, 12.25; July, 12.07; October, 11.34; Jan uary. 11.38 Estimated receipts for Wednesday: 1913. 1912 New Orleans 3.700 to 4,700 2,441 Galveston 4,200 to 5,200 589 SPOT COTTON MARKET. Atlanta, quiet; middling 113-16. Athens, steady; middling 12%. Macon, steady; middling 12. New Orleans, quiet; middling 12 7-16. New York, quiet; middling 12.15. Philadelphia, quiet; middling 12.55. Boston, easy; middling 12.15. Liverpool, steady; middling 6.79d. Savahnah, easy; middling 12%. Norfolk, quiet; middling 12%. Augusta, steady; middling 12% Mobile, steady; middling 12% Galveston, steady; middling 12%. Charleston, steady; middling 12%. Wilmington, quiet, middling 12c. Little Hock, steady ; middling 12c Baltimore, nominal; middling 12%. Memphis, steady; middling 12%. St. Louis, quiet; middling 12%. Houston, steady; middling 12 9-16. Louisville, firm: middling 12%. Greenville, quiet; Charlotte, steady middling 11 •*. middling 12c. TO-DAY’S PORT RECEIPTS. The following table shows receipts at the ports to-oay compared with the same day last year: 1913. 1912. New Orleans . 5,021 2,236 Galveston 7,033 9,244 Mobile 185 5.19 Savannah 4.285 3,362 Charleston . . . 70 559 Wilmington. . . . 267 599 Norfolk 1.114 2.982 Baltimore ... 210 Boston 84 Philadelphia. . . . Various. . 6.122 40 Total 24,506 19.751 INTERIOR MOVEMENT. 1913. 1912. 1 louHton 4.045 3.277 Augusta 67 869 Memphis 482 1,154 St. Louis 1.215 2,835 Cincinnati 297 837 Little Hock. . . . 154 Total. 6,106 92jf COTTON MARKET OPINIONS. Logan & Bryan; We look for lower prices. Thompson, Towle & Co.: We are very conservative about the long side, though as far as weather is concerned these conditions can change very quickly. New burger. Worms A. Newman: We still maintain our belief in ultimately lower levels, unless the elements Inter fere too long or too much with the crop. Miller A- Co.: It is a weather market. Norden & Co.: We feel It Is better to buy on breaks than to sell. Hayden, Stone & Co.: It is difficult to see what can arouse a favorable opin ion as long as weather continues good. Atwood, Violett & Co.: While the ral ly may go further, we look for lower prices. STOCK EXCHANGE BILL. NEW YORK, April 22. The stock ex change incorporation bill will be consid ered at the executive session of the senate judiciary committee to-day at Al ba ny. BAR SILVER. LONDON, April 22.—Bar silver steady ut 27 ll-16d. NEW YORK, April 22.—Commercial bar silver, 60c; Mexican dollars, 48c. MINING STOCKS. BOSTON, April 22.—Opening: North Butte 30%, Smelting 41, Superior Bos ton 4. Wolverine 61, Calumet Arizona 67. BALTIMORE AND OHIO EARNINGS. NEW YORK, April 22.—Baltimore and Ohio Railroad earnings for March shows a net decrease of $1,009,000. For eight months earnings show an increase of $981,600. ATLANTA MULE AND HORSE MARKET (Corrected by the National Stock Yards Commission Company; C. G. Tur ner, President.) Mules. 14 to 14% hands, rough, good ages, $115 to $130. 14 to 12%, finish with quality, $156 to $180. 14% to 15 hands, rough, $130 to $170. 15 to 15% hands, finish, $180 to $205. 16 hands, with quality and finish, $205 to $230. 1« hands, heavy chunk, weighing form 1,250 to 1,400 pounds, $255 to $330. Horses. Southern, chunk horses, from $75 to $110. Southern chunk, finish. $110 to $135. Good driving horses, quality and finish, ranging in price from $160 to $210 Heavy draught horses, rough, $160 to $210. Heavy draught, horses, finish, $210 to $300. Am. Sug. Ref. Am. Smelting. Am. Locomo... Am. Car Fdy.. Am. Cot. OIL. Am. Woolen... Anaconda . Atchison .... A. C. L American Can do, pref. . . Am. Beet Sug. Am. T.-T. . Am. Agricul... B. R. T. . B. and O Can. Pacific . Corn Products C. and O Consol. Gas. . Cen. Leather. Colo. F. and I. Colo. Southern D. and H Den. and R. G. Distil. Secur. . Erie do, pref. . . Gen. Electric. Goldfield Cons. G. Western .. G. North, pfd.. G. North. Ore. Int. Harvester. III. Central. .. Interboro .... do, pref. .. Iowa Central. K. C. Southern K. and T do, pref. . . . L. Valley. L. and N. . . Mo. Pacific N, Y. Central Northwest. . . Nat. Lead . N. and W. . No. Pacific. . O. and W. Penn Pacific Mail . P. Gas Co. . . P. Steel Car . Reading . . . Rock island do. pfd. . R. I. and Steel do. pfd.. So. Pacific . . So. Railway do. pfd.. St. Paul. . . Tenn. Copper. Texas Pacific. Third Avenue Union Pacific. U. S. Rubber Utah Copper. U. S. Steel . . do. pfd. V. -C. Chem. . W. Union. . . Wabash. . . . do. pfd. W. Electric. . W. Central . . W. Maryland 26*4 26'/. 113'/ 2 113% 70% 70 35% 102% 123 35'/ a 95* a 38% 101%, 123 34% 95*4 130*4 1295. 90% 99% 245% 99 244</ 2 68% 67% 34' 17*/n 30% 46*4 141'/ 2 16‘% 30 46*4 140* 2 128* 2 36 128*4 36 119% 16 7 g 58 119% 16% 58 25 26 161'/. 160% 69% 35*4 51 47 21 38% 101% 122 34*/ 2 94 30*4 128% 51 90‘ 4 98% 244% 10% ■ 67% 132* 2 55* 4 333 4 3114 160 20*4 1fc'/4 30% 45 1393 4 2% 145^ 125% 34 105 119% 16% 673% 8 24% 26 60% 160% 38 103'/, 37* 4 102% 38 103* 106* 4 116% 303 4 1143 4 106% 116 3034 114% 106* 4 116% 3034 11434 165-3 22 377, 253, 843 101* 26* 164* 2 22 37% 25% 84% 100* 4 26% 165% 22 37% 25?4 84 3 % 1002 4 26% 110% 36 109% 36 109% 36 155* 2 64 533 4 63* 4 108% 33* 4 66% 1543 4 63% 533 4 62% 108% 33 66% 154% 64 533 i 62% 108% 33 66% 70% 36 51 47 21 38% 102 122 34% 94% 31 130 51 90'/. 991/4 244% 10% 68% 132% 55% 33% 31 160 20% 16% 30% 46% 140% 2% 15% 127% 35 104% 119% 16 57% 8 24%. 26 60% 160% 133 38 103 133 49% 106 116% 30% 114% 23 112 26 164’ ' 2 26 37% 25 84 101% 26'' 2 79 109% 36 68% 36 1545 8 64* e 53/2; 62% 108% ! 33% 66% i 3% 10 i 64 ! 53% 40% RECENT BUYERS SELLING WHEAT Good Rains Favor Crop Prospects and No Support Is at Hand in the Grain Pit. ST. LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS. Wheat—No. 2 red Corn—No. 2 red .. Oats—No. 2 red .. 110 57% 34 \ CHICAGO, .April 22.—Wheat was % to ;! gc lower this morning on the more fa vorable weather throughout the North west for seeding, coupled with cloudy conditions in the winter w’heat belt, where rain is most needed. Northwest ern cars were more liberal and there was a big Increase In the European vis ible supply for the week. There was a disposition on the part of the big longs to continue on 1he sell ing side of the market, and the July, which has been given such great sup port during the past few' days was not as strong as yesterday. Corn w'as strong, the principal cause of the strength being buying by shorts and tlie smaller offerings. Oats were firm with corn. Hogs at the yards were 10c lower and the feeling in provisions was easier. Wheat closed with losses of % to %c, and sentiment w-as favorable to the bear side. The fact that a round lot of wheat is now on the Lakes, destined to Chicago from Duluth, the amount being placed at 2.000,000 bushels, coupled with cloudy conditions in the Southwest and scattered showers there, caused heavy liquidation on the part of holders. It is also said that increased receipts of wheat are expected at both Duluth and Chicago. There was considerable May wheat: sold by influential concerns, who bought the deferred months instead. Cash sales here were 35.000 bushels wheat; 315,000 corn, and 125,000 oats. Vessel room was chartered for 250,000 bushels corn at l%c to Buffalo. Com closed % to %c lower and the feeling was weak. Oats were off %to%c. lfog products were lower on liquida tion by longs. CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS. CHICAGO. April 22.—Wheat, No. 2 red, 1.076*1.1014; No. 3 red. 1.006(1.04: No. 2 hard winter, 93@95; No. 3 hard winter, 9l(&94 l 4; No. 1 northern spring, $26/ 93; No. 3 spring, 886(91. Corn, No. 2, 56% (oi 57; No. 2 white, 59; No. 2 yellow, 67@57%; No. 3. 586/ 556? 56%; No. white, 57% 6(59: No. 3 yel low. 556/ 57%; No. 4, 546055%; No. 4 white, 566(57; No. 4 yellow’, 54% @55%. Oats, No. 2, 33%; No. 2 white. 36%@ 37; No. 3 white, 34%6/35%: No. 4 white, 33%6/ 34%: Standard, 35%@36. CHICAGO CAR LOTS. Following are the receipts for Tuesday and estimated for Wednesday': (Tuesday. iWedn’sda? Wheat 1 Corn 1 Oats Hogs | 137 84 1 173 1 ! 12,000 44 4o 119 24.000 I. 0. 0. F. SPECIAL SAVANNAH, GA., MAY 27TH. PRIMARY MOVEMENT. WHEAT— 1913. 1912. Receipts I 471,000 231,000 Shipments 2,442.000 281,000 corn- n | Receipts 346,000 ! 383.000 snlpments 1,183.000 376,000 In order to properly 1o.ke care of I. O. O. F. delegates and their frlemla who will attend the Convention at Sa vannah, May 28th-39th, the Central of Georgia Railway will operate special train, to leave Atlanta 8:40 a. pi., May J7th, stowing only at Griffin and Macon, and scheduled to arrive in Savannah 5:00 p. m. This train will be composed of first claes coaches and parlor car. A passen ger representative will accompany this rraln to render the delegates every nec- easary attention. In addition to this special train, there are two other daily trains eaoh way through without change, leaving Atlanta 8:00 a. m. and 9:36 p. m. Returning, trains leave Savannah 6:45 a m. and 8:00 p. m. Those leaving on night trains, and desiring sleeping car reservations, can make same now by ap plying to W. H. FOGG. District Passenger .Agent, Marlatta and Peachtree Streets., At lanta. advt OPINIONS ON GRAIN. CHICAGO, April 22. Bartlett, Frasier & Co.: Wheat The strength in Liver pool and continued dry weather in the Southwest are likely to give us a firm market to-day. Corn -Do not look for any advance in prices. Oats Very little outside buying and May continues to be liquidated slowly. Provisions—We look for a little firmer market. NEW YORK PRODUCE. NEW YORK, April 22. -Petroleum, firm: crude Pennsylvania 2.50. Turpentine, firm; 43% bid. Rosin, easy; common 5.00 bid. Wool, quiet: domestic fleece, 2S<&30; pulled, scoured basis, 40(a60; Texas, scoured basis, 486(62. Hides, dull: native steers, 16%@19U; branded steers, 154 4 (g)16%. Coffee, steady; options opened 1 to 5 higher; Rio No. 7 on spot. 11%. Rice, steady; domestic, ordinary to prime, 4%6(5%. Molasses, steady: New Orleans, open kettie, 35@50. Sugar.raw. steady: centrifugal. 3.366/ 3.39: muscovado, 2.866/2.89; molasses sugar, 2.61 @2.64. New York Dental Offices 28(4 and 32i/ 2 PEACHTREE STREET. Over the Bonita Theater and Zakas’ Bakery. ; : .«i w?, as' % Gold Crowns . . . $3.00 Bridge Work . . . $4.00 All Other Work at Reasonable Prices. LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET. LIVERPOOL, April 22. Wheat opened % to %d higher. At 1:30 p in. the market was % %d higher; closed % to %d higher. Corn opened unchanged. At 1:30 I p. ni. the market was % to %d higher. ( COTTON SEED Ol Cotton seed oil quotations. ! OpeningTT L. Closing. 7.07(^7.10 Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads i The Sunday American. YOUR ad vertisement in the next issue will seii : goods. Try itl Crude Southeast Crude Valle j Texas crude Closed heavy; sales 11,909 barrels. MEW YORK COFFEE MARKET. Coffee quotations; January. . February . March. . . April. . , May. . , June. . . July. . . August. . . September. Oc otx Novom her. December. 1 Opening. Closing. 11.206) 11.25 11.306/11. . .11.216? 11.25 11.31:6i 11 • • 11-24 11.35(0 11. 10.75® 10. . . 10.69 10.806(10. . • 10.80 10.926/10, • -10.95 11.056/11 . 11.056(11.15 11.176/11 • • 11-20 11.176/ 1 1 • 11.21 @11.25 ll.U@ U • H-l 11.176*11 11.-2 ; 11.176(11 l Closed steady. Sales, 93,500 bugs/ GROCERS. SUGAR—Per pound: Standard granu lated 5c. New York refined 4%e, plan tation 4.85c. COFFEE — Roasted (Arbuckle’s) $34.50, A AAA, $14.50 in bulk; In hags and barrels. $21; green 20c. RICE—Head 4%($5%c. fancy head 5% @6%o. according to grade. LARD—Silver leaf 13c pound, Scoco pound. Flake White 8%c pound, Cottoleiui $7.20 per case. Snowdrift $5.85 per case. SALT One hundred pounds. 53c; salt brick (pialn) per case, $2.25: salt brick i medicated) per case, $4.85: salt red rock per hundredweight $1; salt white per hundredweight 90c. Granocrvstal, per case, 25-lb. sacks, 75c; salt ozone, per case. 30 packages, fOc; 50-lb. sacks, 30c: 25-lh. sacks 12c. MISCELLANEOUS — Georgia cane «vrup 37c. a?;le grease $1.75. soda crackers 7%c pound, lemon crackers 8c, °> ster 7c. tomatoes (2 pounds; $1.05 case, (3 pounds! $2.25, navy beans, $3.25; lama beans 7%e, shredded biscuit $3.60, relied oats $3.90 per case, grits (bags) $2 40. pink salmon $7. cocoa 38c. roast beef $:;.80, syiup 30c per gallon, Sterling ball potash $3.30 per ease, soap $1,506* 4 per case, Rutnford baking powder $2.50 per case DECATUR ITS EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES A SECOND NEW Public School Building, costing ap proximately $25,000. will be erected in Decatur before Sep tember. The site lias been bought, plans have been ae- eepted by the Board of Education, and work will be begun in a few days. This is the SECOND new public school building erected in DECATUR in three years, made neces sary by the growth of population from 2.400 in 1910 to about :i,ti00 to-day. For the past year DECATUR lias operated a public HIGH SCHOOL of three grades. Beginning in September there will be added a FOURTH HIGH SCHOOL grade, making if. so that boys and girls may be prepared in DE CATUR for the best college and universities in the United States and for LIFE ANYWHERE. AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE Grows steadily by every standard by which a great wom an's, college is judged. To-day it ranks among the first educational institutions of America. BESIDES, residents of DECATUR enjoy ail the edu cational advantages of ATLANTA, with which it is closely connected by TWO ELECTRIC LINES, Georgia Railroad, TELEPHONE and DRIVEWAYS. SEND FOR BOOKLET. DECATUR BOARD OF TRADE DECATUR, GA. BELL PHONE DECATUR 148 WEEKES BUILDING MEN AND RELIGION BULLETIN No. 55 Ninety Per Cent Jacob, Woman's Wage, The Price ot Opera Seats, And a Fee “Thou fool, this night thy Soul shall be required of thee; then whose shall those things LU KE 12:20 Friends found her in time. BUT CONSIDER THIS: A madam of one of the houses which were in our midst paid one of our City Fathers, a lawyer, one hundred dollars, just twenty times the amount the girl lacked after thirty days of slavery. Why did the madam pay the Alderman one hundred dollars? To insure herself a peaceful residence with her mamma in the house— never to get the lawyer to plead in open court with Recorder Broyles. WHY did the Alderman take the fee? Men are saying: “THANK GOD, we have in Atlanta NO one man, three men or six men government at this time. There is safety in num bers.” The Chief of Police rightly closed the woman’s house. POOR DE LUDED CREATURE! She and those who prey upon her kind are learning at last that pro tected vice can not be revived in Atlanta. But the other problems—the barren and lonely room, the underpaid girl— These, too, will be quickly solved. Bernard Shaw says: “THE WAGES of prostitution are stitched into your button holes, and into your blouse, pasted into your match boxes and your boxes of pins, stuffed into your mattresses, mixed with the paint on your walls, and stuffed between the joints of your water pipes. “The very glaze on your basin and teacup has in it the lead poison that you offer to the decent woman as the reward of honest labor, while the procuress is offering chicken and champagne. “YOU will not cheat the recording angel into putting down your debts to the wrong account. ’ ’ To-day God is asking you: “WHY do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your la bor for that which satisfieth not?” To-day Jesus is saying to you: “Take my yoke upon you and learn of Me.” You will pay her a living wage THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE MEN AND RELIGION FORWARD MOVEMENT Jacob was a business man. “If God will be with me,” he said, “And will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and raiment to put on — “Then shall the Lord be my God— “And of all that Thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto Thee.” Ninety per cent for himself! Ten per cent for God! Generous Ja cob? His favorite son, Joseph, cornered the world’s grain and enslaved the old man and his other sons through their necessities. And until this day we suffer from Jacob’s percentage ideas. YOU are content if you get your ninety per cent, but you say: “Touch not the tariff, it will lower the laborer’s wage! “Name no living wage for girls. To do so would throw many un skilled ones out of employment. “If I have to pay women and girls enough for them to live upon, why—I will employ boys and young men. Then what will become of the girls?” LO, THE PHILANTHROPIST! You pat yourself upon the back for employing a woman at a wage upon which she cannot live. To decrease your percentage, your dividends and increase her wages, her living, might be wise!* A factory owner said: “The average wage in my place is five dollars a week.” Five dollars? For that, her week’s wages, you may get a seat at the opera, but she cannot live. HER QUESTION is not: “Shall I go to the Opera, and forget the barrenness of my room, the loneliness of my life in hearing God-given music?” BUT— “Shall I have shelter to-night?” For the grocer and butcher must be paid; the landlord must have his rent; the landlady is compelled to collect the board bill, however kind her heart may be. One girl received four dollars a week; an inferior room and board cost her three dollars and sixty cents a week. The remaining forty cents a week would not meet her necessities. For sevei*al weeks she did not pay the whole of her board. The landlady finally said: “You must pay.” The girl left her trunk with her and found board at three dollars a week with the understanding that she would hold her trunk for thirty days. At the end of that time the girl had saved three dollars; her debt was eight. For the lack of five dollars - ?