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LsU'»fi er refflw riffi CE I AT in aI v w Ci 14 Tin: ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANI) NEWS. TUESDAY, APRIL 22. 1912,. < * COTTON PRICES Large Spot Houses Heavy Sellers. Good Weather and Labor Troubles Are Blamed. NEW YORK. April 22 In the late of steady rabies, the cotton market opened barely steady to-day, with prices < points off to 1 point higher than last night » close. Room traders were in a bearish inood, 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 11.56, against an open ing of 11.71; July fell from 11.72 to 11.59: August followed by losing 11 jwints from the initial figure. The new • Tops followed, but their losses were smaller. New Orleans and Liverpool were lib era) sellers The continued liquidation is chiefly based upon the continued favorable weather condition# In almost every sec tion of the cotton belt. In almost every section of the belt preparation is al rnpst complete and planting is in full swing. The majority of traders say it is a weather market, and if weath er developments are good during the next few weeks, it will give the planter ample time to plant a large acreage. The altitude of the market during the next month will be 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 hern spot •; weakness in the Southern spot situation. Spots all over the belt arc reported «*hea|>er. with little demand. Such fac tors cause hesitation among the bulls. Many recent bulls are now the most ' ad I cal hears. A few of them ar<* pre dicting lie cotton for July and August and October as low as 10%c. The weekly weather report was favor able. except it showed some moisture is needed In Texas. Indications ate that this will come. This, with a cable from Monchest er 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 11.52, July to 11.64. The entire list made- declines of 9 to 19 points from the initial level. tom mi salon house# were good sellers, while the buying was mainly from shorts and scattered buying of the new crops. This buying, however, was not effective. At the close the market was steady with prices at a net decline of 13 to 16 points from the final quotations of Mon day RANGE IN NEW YORK FUTURES. Futures opened quiet. RANGE IN LIVERPOOL FUTURES. LIVERPOOL, Ajjrll 22.—This market waa due to open 1 to 2 points higher hut opened quiet l to Hi points higher. It 12:15 p m. the market was quiet, at a net advance of 1 to 1% points higher. Fair business doing in spot cotton at 4 points advance; middling 6.83d, sales 8,000 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 of 3 to 4 points from the final figures of Mon day. Futures opened quiet O] ‘ Opening Frev. Range Close. Close Vprll .... .6.57 - 6.66% H.52!s 6.66Vi* \pril-May . . 6.63Vi 6/49 6.62 May-June . . .6.63 -6.62 6.48Vi 6.52b. June-July . . .6.52 -6.61 6.47 6.60Vi July-Aug . . .6.48 -6.47Vi 6.43 6.46b. Sug.-Bept . . .6.36 -6.37 6.32Vi 6.36b. Sept.-Oct. . . .6.25 -6.24 6.20 6.22',. Oct.-Nov. . . 6.16V4-6.16 6.12 6.15>i Nov.-Dec . . .6,13 -6.12% floaty 6.12 Dec.-Jan. . . .6.12 *>.07% 6.11 fan.-Fel> . . 6.11 -6.10 6.06% 6.10 Feb.-Mch. . . .16.10 6.07% 6.11 Closed easy. HAYWARD & CLARK’S DAILY COTTON LETTER NEW ORLEANS. April 22. The Liv erpool board shows a narrow market following the changes in New York. Political ne„ws shows that no progress is being made toward peace. Another Ultimatum was sent to Montenegro. The 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 Feeling 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 easy from the atari and sagged to 12 05 for July n the second hour. RANGE NEW ORLEANS FUTURES. n iS Ap My 112.31 12 'si ... J..... 12.20 12.23 12.11 12.23 24 12 32 33 .In 12.17 19 12 26 • Jlv 112.13 12 i 1 i 2. on; 12.O6 12.06 07 12 1b u Ag 111.83 11 83 11.70 11.70 11.70 72 11 83 8$ Kpt 11.42 11 42 11 42 11.42 11.34 40 11 50- 52 (»c. 11 38 11 38 11.27 11.29 11.28 29 11 40 41 Nv 11.28 30 11 fit 42 Dr 11.40 n 40 11.28 11.30 11.29 30 11 42 43 111.41 li 41 11.Si'll.SI 11.32 33 11 44 45 * Mowed steady Have You % 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. NEW YORK, April 22. I M. Ander son says: "The cotton market has re ceived very little or no support to-day. Waters, Shears on ami Gee ran 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.” The weather continues favorable ami 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. Spot cotton brokers her* say nothing doing in spots and the market is lower to trade. Open j i s Low. it Close. * *. 0 ii.7i 11.71 11.61 11.52 11.51-52 11.53-57 ii.67-68 11.70-72 it.72 11.72 11.54 ii.65 11.54-55 11.69-70 11.64 11.64 11.36 11.38 11.37-38 11.21-23 11.62-63 11.36-86 11.31 11.31 11.17 11.18 11.17-18 11.30-31 11.34 11.S6 11.20:11.20 11.20-21 U.34-35 11.89 11.29 11.17)11.20 11.16-18 11.29-80 11. so 11.31 ll.28jll.28 11.21-23 11.34-35 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 ami Isaquenna coun ties and nearly all of Washington and Warren Federal engineers say 1,130 square miles will be affected by over flow Last night rain was threatening all along tiie lower river section. All records were wiped out lust night when the. gauge at 4 n. m. read 61.6 feet with the river still rising. The Journal of Commerce says: "The weather is 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 front many sections.” Following are II a. m. Lids: May, 11.60; July, 11.62; October, 11.24; Janu ary, 11.22. NEW ORLEANS, April 22. Hayward (Mark; The weather map shows cloudy ifi Texas ami Oklahoma, with some light ruin 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 States; contin ued fair In the Atlantic’s. River News; Cairo, 45.2; Vicksburg, 51.7; Memphis, 40.4; New Orleans, 19.4. Liverpool cables: "American mid dling fair, 7.37d; good middling, 7.03d; middling. 6.83d. low middling. o.67d; good ordinary, 6.33d; ordinary, 5.99d.” The weekly weather report at 11 o'clock is expected to be unfavorable, owing to the cold weather beginning of last week. Phe New Orleans Times-Demoerat 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., ami 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 wav below a Southern spot parity. Once the market "Yesterday’s break in the levee will 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 tg 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. Savannah, easy; middling 12%. Norfolk, quiet: middling 12 1 » Augusta, steady; middling 12%. Mobile, steady: middling 12% Galveston, steady; middling 12%. Charleston, steady; middling 12% Wilmington, quiet; middling 12c I jit tie Rock, steady; middling 12c Baltimore, nominal; middling 12%. Memphis, steady; middling 121*. St. Louis, quiet; middling 12%. Houston, steady; middling 12 9-16. Louisville, firm; middling 12%. Greenville, quiet; middling 1!?*. Charlotte, steady; middling 12c. TO-DAY'S PORT RECEIPTS. The following table shows receipts at the ports to-day compared with the same day last year: New Orleans Galveston. . Mobile. . . . Savannah. . Charlenton. . Wilmington. Norfolk. . • Baltimore . Boston. Philadelphia Various. . . 1913. 1912 Total. 24,506 19,751 INTERIOR MOVEMENT. 1913. Houston. Augusta . Memphis St Louis. Cincinnati Little Root 'Total. 6,106 8.926 COTTON MARKET OPINIONS. Logan & Bryan; We look for lower prices. Thompson, Towle Co.: We are very conservative about the long side, though as far a# weather is concerned these ondltions 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 & Co.; It is a weather market. Norden A- 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, Violet t & Co While the ral ly may go further, we look for lower prices. COTTON SEED OIL. Cotton seed oil quotations: ! Opening. | Closin' Spot ... , April . . . . May . . . . Juno . , . , July . . . . August . . . September . October . . November . Crude Southeast. ('rude Valley Texas crude .... • ! i 7.04© . 7.07© 7.12 ! 7.07fo .! 7.06© 7.10 7.05© 7.07© 7 14 7.06© 7.10© 7.11 7.08© . 7.14© 7.15 i 7.12© 7.13© 7.15 7.12© 6.87© 6.90 6.83© 6.64©'6.66 I 6.60© 6.00 6.94 5.87 Closed heavy; sales 11.900 barrels. NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET. Coffee quotations: Opening. Closing. 1L20© 11.25 11.30011. 11.21© 11.25 11.32© 11 111 24 ,11.35© 11 •••, 10.75© 10 10.69 10.80© 10 10 80 10.92© 10. 10.95 11.05© H 11.05© 11.15 11.17© 11 11.20 11.17 © 11 11.21 @11.25 11.17© 1] 11.81 • I1.17i 11 11.22 !11.17© 11 Closed steady. Sales, 93,500 bags. Shorts Cover Their Lines Early, but Prices Ease Off Later in Absence of Support. Today's New York Stock Market By c. W. STORM. NEW YORK, April 22. The inter- j ventlon of the government in the Min nesota rate, eases 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 %. United States Rubber common %, Union Pacific %. Reading %, Pennsyl vania %, Northern Pacific %, Mis souri 'Pacific %, Great' Northern pre ferred •%. Atchison shaded and Union Pacific lost part of its advance after half an hour. The curl) was steady. Americans in London were strong, ‘specially the Marrlman 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 % to 156%. Steel common was ip % 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. Chesapeake and Ohio gained slightly, but fractional recessions from the noon level Merc made by Amalgamated Cop per, American Can, Steel, Southern Pa ine and Missouri Pacific. The market closed steady. Government bonds unchanged. Other bonds firm. MONEY AND EXCHANGE. NEW YORK, April 22. Money on call 2%©2%. Time money unchanged, sixty days 4©4% per cent, ninety days 4 % © 4%, six months 4%© 1% per cent. Posted rates: Sterling exchange 4.84 'f/4.87, with actual business in bankers' bills at 1.8665© 4.8680 for demand and 4.8340©4 8345 for sixty-day hills. ITime 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 metal market was firm to-day. Copper, spot to July offered 15%; lead, 4.58 (bid); spelter, 5.50©5.70; tin, 49.39©49.50; zinc, 5.50 ©5.70. 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 bany. BAR SILVER. LONDON, April 22.—Bar silver steady at 27 11- 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 decreuse. 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, $155 to $180. 14% to 15 hands, rough, $130 to $170. 15 to 15% bands, finish, $180 to $205. 16 hands, with quality and finish, $205 to $230. 16 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 * The following table shows the highest, lowest and close to- gether with the previous ( lose: Stock quota) ions: L*st Prev. STOCK— High. Low. Sale. Close. Amal. Copper. 78 77'/, 77! 4 77' 2 Am. Ice Sec. . 26' 4 26'/, 26' 4 26'/, Am. Sup. Ref 113' 2 113'/- Am. Smelting. 70?, 70 69% 70-,, Am. Locomo.. 35' 2 36 Am. Car Fdy.. 51 51 Am. Cot. OIL. 47 47 Am. Woolen. 21 21 Anaconda 337/, 38 % 38 „ Atchison 102' 8 1013, 1013 4 102 A. C. L. . 123 123 122 122 American Can 3b', 2 34' , 34'.. 3434 do, pref. 95' 2 95'., 94 94',4 Am. Beet Sug 30 . 31 Am. T.-T. 130* 4 129-, 129% 130 Am Agricul.. 51 51 B. R. T. . 90*4 90/ 90'4 90', B. and O. . 99 99 98% 99'4 Can Pacific.. 2454„ 244' 2 244% 244' Corn Products 10% 105, C. and O. 68% 67% 67% 68' , Consol. Gas. 132' , 132% Cen. Leather. 55'-4 55', a Colo. F. and 1. 34' 2 3*' a 33% 33' 4 Colo. Southern 31 31 D. and H. . . . 160 1b0 Den. a^d R. G. 20 , 20'/« Distil. Stcur . 17' , 16?, 16'-4 16/4 Erie 30J„ 30 30',, 30'/ 4 do, pref. . . 46</4 46' 4 45 46'/, Gen. Electric. 1411/ 2 140'. 2 130'% 140'/ 2 Goldfield Cons. 2'/, G. Western 148, 15% G. North, pfd.. 128 1 ? 128' , 1257, 1273 4 G. North. Ore. 36 36 34 35 Int. Harvester 105 1041/4 III. Central. .. 1193 4 119<„ 11#' 2 11914, Interboro .... 167 a 167, 163-4 16 do, pref. . 58 58 5734 575fc Iowa Central. .... / 8 8 K. C. Southern 25 25 243 4 24'% K. and T 26 26 26 26 dc. pref. 60' 4 60'% L. Valley 161' 8 160'<8 160', 160'% L. and N. . 133 Mo. Pacific 38 37'-, 38 38 N. Y. Central 103 ! 4 1027, 103' 4 103 Northwest. 133 Nat. Lead 49'/ 2 N. and W. 106' 4 106% 106' 4 106 No. Pacific. . 116'/ 2 116 116‘/e’ 116'/4 O. and W.. . 303/j 3034 30% 30'/* Penn 114% 114' 3 114% 114'/ 2 Pacific Mail . 23 P. Gas Co. . , 112 P. Steel Car 26 Reading . 1653* 1641/, 1655,, 164% Rock Island 22 22 22 26 do. pfd.. 37 7 a Z7/o 371/2 37/2 R. 1. and Steel 25% 253, 4 25% 25 do. pfd.. 843,, 843,4 84% 84 So. Pacific . . 101' 2 100f /4 100% 101/4 So. Railway . 26' 2 261/2 26' 2 26'/? do. pfd.. . . 79 St. Paul. . . 1101 4 1Q97 e 1097, 109'/ 2 Tenn. Copper. 36 36 36 36 Texas Pacific. 68'4 Third Avenue 36 Union Pacific. 155' 2 154'% 154% 1545, U. S. Rubber 64 637, 64 64'/i Utah Copper. 53% 534-4 533 4 53'/ 2 U. S. Steel . 63' 4 627-8 627, 627, do. pfd.. 1083, 108^ 108 f> a 108% V.-C. Chem. . 33'% 33 33 33% W. Union. . . 66% 66'/, 66' 8 66' c Wabash. . . 3'/, do. pfd. . . 10 W. Electric. . 64 W. Central . . .... 531/8 W. Maryland. 40'/ 4 PRIMARY MOVEMENT. WHEAT— ! 1913. I 1912. Receipts . . . 471.000 231.000 Shipments . . 2.443.000 I 281,000 CORN— | | Receipts . . . • *! 346,000 383.000 Shipments . . 1.18.7,000 37 6,000 E SELLING WHEAT Good Rains Favor Crop Prospects and No Support Is at Hand i/i the Grain Pit. - ST LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS. Wheat No. 2 red (’urn— No. 2 red . . Oats No. 2 red . . .110 34% CHICAGO, April 22.—Wheal was % to %<• lower this morning on the more fa vorable weather throughout the North west fur seeding, coupled with cloudy conditions in the winter wheal belt, where rain is most needed. Northwest ern car- 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 • f the big longs to continue on the sell ing sid* 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. (’urn was strong, the principal cause of the strength being buying by shorts and tin* smaller offerings. (>ats w ere firm with corn. Hogs at the yards were 10c lower and the feeling in provisions was easier. Wheat dosed with losses of % to %e, and sentiment was favorable to the bear side The fact that a round lot of wheat Is now on the I^akes, 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 heavj liquidation on tlie 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, (’ash sales here were 35.000 bushels wheal ; 315.000 corn, and 125,000 oats. Vessel room was chartered for 250,000 bushels corn at l%c to Buffalo. Corn closed V« to %c lower and the feeling was weak. Oats were off %to%c. Hog products were lower on liquida tion b> longs. CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS. CHICAGO. April 22.—Wheat, No. 2 red, l.07@>1.10%: No. 3 red, 1.00® 1.04; No. 2 hard winter. 93©9o; *No. 3 hard winter, 91@94% : No. 1 northern spring. 92© 93; No. 3 spring, 88© 91. Corn, No. 2. 56%© 57; No. 2 white. 58© 59; No. 2 yellow, 57©57%; No. 3. 55© 56%; No. 3 white, 57%©59; No. 3 yel low, 55©57%; No. 4, 54©55%; No. 4 white, 56©57; No. 4 yellow, 54%©55%. Oats. No. 2, 33%; No. 2 white. 36%© 37; No. 3 white. 34*%©35%; No. 4 white, 33%©34%; Standard, 35%©36. CHICAGO CAR LOTS. Following are the receipts for Tuesday ami estimated for Wednesday: ITuesciay. iWedn’sday Wheat . . . . . .1 137 44 Corn . . . . . . 1 84 45 Oats . . . . . . 173 119 Hogs . . . . .1 12,000 24,000 I. 0. 0. F. SPECIAL SAVANNAH, GA., MAY 27TH. In order to properly take oare uf r. O. O. F. delegates and their friends who will atteno the Convention at Sa vannah, Ma.v 28th-29th, the Central of Georgia Railway will operate special irain. to leave Atlanta 8:40 a. m.. May 27th, stopping only at Griffin and Macon, and scheduled to arrive In Savannah 6:00 p. m. This train will be composed of first class coaches and parlor car. A passen- ? :t*r representative will accompany this rain to render the delegates every nec essary attention. In addition to this special train, there are two other daily trains each way through without ohange, leaving Atlanta 8:00 a. m. and 9:35 p. m. Returning, trains leave Savannah 6:45 a. m. and 8:00 p. m. Those leaving on night trains, and dealring sleeping car reservations, can make same now by ap plying to W. H FOGG, District Passenger Agent. Marietta and Peachtree Streets.. At lanta advt OPINIONS ON GRAIN. CHICAGO. April 22. Bartlett, Frazier k Co.: Wheat The strength in Liver pool and continued dry weather in the Southwest are likely to give us a firm | market to-day. Com—Do not look for any advance in prices. Oats Very little outside buying and May continues to be liquidated slowly. Provisions —Wo look for a little firmer market. NEW YORK PRODUCE. New York Dental Offices 28% and 32% PEACHTREE STREET. Over the Bonita Theater and Zakas’ Bakery. Gold Crowns . . . $3.00 Bridge Work . . . $4.00 All Other Work at Reasonable Prices. NEW YORK. April 22. Petroleum, firm; crude Pennsylvania 2.50. Turpentine, firm; 43% bid. Rosin, easy common 5.00 bid. Wool, quiet, domestic fleece, 28©30; pulled, scoured basis, 40©60; Texas, ci tun d basis, is b Hides, dull, native steers, 16%©19%; ] branded steers, 15% ©16%. Coffee steady; options opened 1 to 5 higher; Rio No. 7 on spot. 11%. Rice, steady; domestic, ordinary to prime. 4%©5%. Molasses, steady; New Orleans, open settle. 35© 50. Sugar raw, steady; centrifugal. 3.36© 3.29; muscovado, 2.86© 2.89; molasses sugar. 2.61© 2.64. LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET. LIVERPOOL, April 22.—Wheat opened % to %d higher. At 1:30 p. in. the market was % to %d higher; closed % to %d Higher. Corn opened unchanged. At 1:30 1 p. m. the market was % to %d higher. Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads j The Sunday American. YOUR ad- j vertisement in the next issue will sell ! goods. Try it! GROCERS. SUGAR—Per pound: standard granu lated 5c. New York refined 4%c, plan tation 4.86c. COFFEE — Roasted (Arbuckle’s) $24.50. A AAA, $14.50 in bulk; in bags and barrels, $21; green 20c. RICE—Head 4%©5%c, fancy bead © 6%c, according to grade. la: ~ RD—Silver leaf 13c pound, Scoco 8% pound. Flake White 8%c pound, Cottolene $*.20 per case, Snowdrift $5.85 per case. SALT—One hundred pounds. 53c; salt I brick (plain) per ease, $2.25; salt brick (medicated) per ease. $4 85: salt red | rock per hundredweight $1; salt white I per hundredweight 90c, Granoerystal, per case, 25-lb. sacks, 75c; salt ozone, per case, 30 packages, 90c; 60 lb. sacks, 30c: 26-lb. sacks 12c. j MISCELLANEOUS — Georgia cane) syrup 37c. axle grease $1.75. soda crackers 7%o pound, lemon crackers Sc, oyster 7c, tomatoes (2 pounds) . $1.65 case, (3 pounds) $2.25. navy beans, $3.25; Lima beans 7%c, shredded biscuit $3.60, ' rolled oats $3.90 per case, grits (bags) k sulniiiti $7 ?2 40, pink salmon $7, cocoa 38c. roast beef $3.80. syrup 30c per gallon. Sterling bah potash $3.30 per case, soap $1.50© 4 per case, RumforU 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 ac cepted 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 3,000 to-day. For the past year DECATUR has operated a public HIGH SCHOOL of three grades. Beginning in September there will be added a FOURTH HIGH SCHOOL grade, making it so that boys and girls may be prepared in DE- CATl R 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 firs} educational institutions of America. BESIDES, residents of DECATUR enjoy all 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. SS Ninety Per Cent Jacob, Woman’s Wage, The Price of Opera Seats, And a Fee “Thou fool, this slight thy Soul shall be required of thee; then whose shall those things LU KE 12:20 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 graih 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 youn g 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 several 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 sh e 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 ? 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 ■■■■