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10 TI1K ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, SATURDAY. APRIL 26. 1013. IfP 5 COTTON SEESAW THROUGH SESSION Opens Higher, Stumps Later on. Good Weather, but Closes Firm on Short Covering. NEW YORK. April 26. T> • market opened steady to-day, Ini by relatively firm cables, fit being unchanged to G point - btyn Friday's final. July displayed crable activity, inspired b\ agj buying by wall Street operate parently discounting an expert vance in the price of old p>>: it the shortage of May notices May and August follower). a<i moderately. New crop opinion: ever, were in less demand and around the opening prices After the call, the South waa i Keller on the upturn, which brou considerable offerings from tin also from commission houses, dropped to 11.21#, establishing a i level for the season. July held steady and lost only 3 points Positions, however, receded son 1* points from the initial level The decline was said to ha\ caused by absence of lr<«st in t ern belt. Weather conditions \\ r« •rable and sentiment was largely at the market. During the last half hour of the session, week-end short covering prices back to the initial rang*-, market closed stead!. with prices points higher than the final quotf of Frida' COTTON GOSSIP COTTON GOSSIP. 'he Journal of Commerce tndl- (-rcase of Texas acreage, vary- > to It* per rent; Oklahoma in to 10 p*-i rent. The- season in inder way. erally well favorable. STOCK LIST OFF Today's New York Stock Market nulling kid ling. rned to t*nt Iliad gh w he Wes on on t* ri<i apply. uka. RANGE IN NEW YORK FUTURES. jc' * S 2 j |5 s| V O w —. 0 £ 0 3 I! A p ! K. My jt 1.33 11 ;i6 11.2: ... .,111.38 |l tf33ilL32-3 11 4 11 34 111.48 11.48 11.48 1 1.48 11.47 II. 41 -11.415 n.37hi.4r.:ti.-ir.-4*511 m III. 32111.32 11.33i11.2S>U.28-29 11.25-26 |tl. 19 11.19 11.18,11 IS 11.16-17,11.13-ir. 11 1« 1118 11.98 11.12 11,12-13 11.12-13 11 tfi 11.18 11 (19 11.14 11.14-K. 11.1 i U> |11.12ill.l2<11.06 1l.l6jlV.l1-t2|ll .0.%- 10 11 18 11.18,11.18 11.18 11.1 (1-1811.1 4-1(1 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. LIVKKPOOU April 2f, This market w,, <1u. to open .IW points lower on July an<l 2 to 2% points lower on other po sitions, but opened quiet and steady, at a net decline of 1% to 2% points from the c’ose of Friday. The market closed stead!', with prices % to 3 points lower than Friday's final. Spot cotton quiet at 4 points decline; middling 6.73d; sales 8,000 hales. Includ ing 7.000 American bales, of which '"<*<> were made last yesterday; import? '2.000 bales; speculation and export 500 bales. Port receipts arc to-day estimated at 12.000 bales, compared with 0.513 bales last week, against J2,041 bales for the corresponding week last yean* and 15.101 hale* for the same week the year be fore. Futures opened quiet and stead' «Opening t *rev Kang* |Close|Close Port receipts Fxports interior receipts... Interior shipments Interior storks.... Following is the statement for the w< >pr ,ai about 50,000 bales fur delivery on Moii- ' some buying on the he May option is out mild have a rail!, es- and Hartcorn were ut sold July anti the Street was a good rop early. * • statistical position of April 26. as made up Financial Chronicle; [ This Last Week. _ Year\_ ... 4,817.408, 5.152,071 ... 3,333.408) 3,354,1*71 k 133,611) 156.161* ber 1... 12,33**. 768 14,173.565 665,224 713.8" 81,000 50,984 41,212 71,7 5*6 470.150 104.645* 107.233 50.811 71.811 315,349 Liverpool cotton ek ending Friday, April . . J6.4 4 -6.48 !fl. 48 1 •» 6.49 April-May . . . . 6.45 16.43 ‘6.41 [6.44 May-June .. . . 6.42 -6.41 16.48% 6.44 June-July . . . 16.40 -6.41 6.41 % 6.42 **. July-Aug. . .. 6.36 -6.36 ,6.38 6.34 Aug.-Pept. . . 16.26% -6.26 I6 28 [6.21* Sept -Oct. . 6.14 -6.14%I6.15U, 6.09 % Oct.-Nov. . . . . 6.07 -6.06% (6.08 % '6.09% Nov.-Dec. . . - 6.05 -6.04 ‘6.051/2 [6.06 % Dec.-Jan. . . . .6.04 -6.03 6.04 % 6.05 V> Jan.-Feb . . . . 16.05% -6.01 U.6.03 |6.04 *£ Feb.-Mai . . 6.04 -6.03%'6.04% 0.05% 1913" 191*2 1911 A eek's aalea. . 43,000 52,000 65.000 >f which Am.. 35,000 14,000 56,000 For export 500 1,500 1,300 •\*r specula... 18,000 10.000 1,500 lorwardcil . 67,000 79.000 65.000 >f which Am.. 1 73,000 55,000 Total stocks . . 1,186,000 1 Of which Am. .'*03.000; 1. Act. exports..; 11,000' VV’k’s receipts; 43,000 <q which Am. 22,000 109,oqo s.OOo Simv Sept. J.. 3,85*6,00014,428,00013,820,000 ' M' which Am. 3,123.000 3,844,000 3,116,000 Stocks afloat.. 158,000 224.000 «>! which Am. 125,000 184.000 3651.000 1.034,000 256,000 304,000 11,000 6,000 117,000 20,000 75,000 37.000 \K\\ ORLKANS. April 26 Hayward A • lark The weather map is perfect. Ii shows fair in the western and central belt, cloudy in Alabama and the Atlan- s 11 ls warmer in Texas and Okla- hicMii with no frost. General rains in Xiubanui. Mississippi and Tennessee. Indications are for fair and warmer, ex cept cloudy with showers for the At lantic#;. Estimated receipts.for Monday: 1913. acw Orleans 700 to 1,700 C.2»Uv« ston 2.500 to 3,500 101* 2,656 2.877 HESTER’S WEEKLY COTTON STATEMENT Closed steady. NEW ORLEANS COTTON. Quotations 1n cotton future: | Open. to l III Cl ■ U ftI c fco M'V 112.17 12.19 12.O8Tl2.10 12.10-11 12.11-12 Jun ■ (.. 12 05-07 Jul. il 1.5*7 LI. 97 11.87)11.1*0 11.90-91 11.92-93 ,11.55 11.58 11.52,11.57 11.55 1 1.54-57 Ppt 1 1.28-29 1 1 29-31 Oct lVJ. 1 1 24 11 1 7‘ 1 IK 11.18-19 11.19-20 Nv. j .... 11.18-19 111.19-21 1 >ec iu.u.1 11.28 1 l.i6 !1.18 1 1.18-19 11.19-20 Jan 11.23 11.23 11.23 1 1.23 11.20-21 11.21-22 FI. 112.19-21 11.19-21 Ap 1-N • • • M ’*8-1: 16, 'Josed steady. SPOT COTTON MARKET. Atlanta, quiet; middling Ufa Athens. Steady; middling 12'.. M * con, steady middling 12c New' Orleans, quiet; middling 1.2 • New York. quiet; middling 11.X5 Philadelphia., quiet; middling 12.10. Host**n, easy; middling 11,85 IJvarpqol. steady; middling ''>.73d. Savannah, easy; middling 12‘» Norfolk, stead' middling 12* Augusta, steady; middling 12' s . Mobile, steady; middling 12c. Galveston, steady ; midling 12 fa Charleston, quiet; middling 12c. Wilmington, nominal. Utile Ruck, steady middling ll A Baltimore, nominal; middling 12 Memphis, steady: middling l JV* 8' Louis, dull; middling 12 Houston, steady; middling 12’' 4 , Louisville, firm, middling 12fa. Greenville, quiet: middling 11 fa. Charlotte, steady; middling 12c. COTTON MARKET OPINIONS. Norden & Co. Buy new crops cau tiously on dips. Logan «S2 Bryan; We sec nothing to encourage purchase, and would sell on strength Miller & Co.: Meet small rallies with .'•ale?. Hayden, Stone A- Co.: As*long .is ihe weather eoWimres favorable, it will be 4 tricult to attract buyers. COTTON SEED OIL. Cotton seed oil quotations: Opening. Closing Spot , 6.9.2 17 25 April ............ 6.5*8 7.00 54 yf, 6. !*J fa 6.5*4 *> '* I'(/ 6.95 dune 6.94fa 6.98 f. a . m* ax July 6.t»5fa 6.06 * *6 *i 6.9.7 August 6.99fa 7.00 7.02fa7.O3 September 6.99fa 7 00 October ....... November Closed steady; huv* Hestar’s weekly New' Or- han.s Cotton Exchange statement of the movement issued before the close of business Friday shows a decrease In the movement into sight compared with the seven days enuing this date last year in round numbers 53.000, an Increase over the same days year before last, of 40,000 .'i:d n decrease under the same time in U'10 of 8,000. For the twenty-five days of April the total shows a. decrease under last year of 180,000, an increase over me -am*' period year before last of 219,000. and an increase over the same time in 1910 of 100,000. for the 237 days of this season that lapsed, tlie aggregate is behind 2>/ days ol' last year 2,087,000, ahead he same days year before last 1,671,- cv<* and ahead of 1910 by 3,325,000. The amount brought into sight timing the past week has been 109,761 bales, against 162,320 for the seven days end ing this date last year, 69,878 year be fore last tip.il 118,225 same time in 1910, and lor the twenty-five days of April it has been 415,80!', against 655.468 last >‘car, 266,783 year before last and 375,- 948 same time in 1910. 'I’he movement ,since September 1 shows receipts at all Fnited States ports '■'.186,548. against 11.446,856 last year, *.160,150 year before last and 6,730,422 atm time in 1910. Overland across the M .ssissippi, 4 thin und Potomac Rivers to Northern mills ami Canada, 888.965*. against 1.110,4!!* hist year, 864,671 year before last and 709,532 same time in 15*10, interior stocks in excess of those i eld at the clove of the commercial year 5fi. against 245,786 last year, 275,- 7 58 year before hist and 285,388 same 1910; Southern mills takings >. against 2.126,571 last year, i year before last and 1,791,716 me in 1910. * make the total movement for Public Uninterested—Rubber Somewhat Stronger. By C. W. STORM. NEW YORK, April 26 -Canadian i'a- cifie made the best showing a' the open ing of tlie stook market to-day. selling at 212 1 v- fora gain of I V Canadian Pa cific here followed the lead of London, where the issue was very strong on Continental buying. The list bad an Irregular movement, most of the stocks, which begun higher, showing fractional recessions at the end of half an hour's trading. Among the advances were Amalga mated Copper. fa American Smelting. V Fnited States Steel common. % American Can,* l A , Northern Pacific, %; Southern Pacific, > 4 , Reading, V Illi nois central. V Great Northern pre ferred, V ami Erie. V Among the de clines were I'nion Pacific. 1 M : Pennsyl vania, %, Missouri Pacific. fa, Balti more and Ohio, fa. Steel, Northern Pacific and American Smelting soon lost their gains Trading was quiet and mostly profes sional. The curb was irregular. Americans in London showed cautious dealings, because of the stagnation here. The market closed steady. Government bonds unchanged. Other bonds firm. NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT. NEW YORK. April 26 The weekly statement of the. New York Associated Ranks shows the following changes; Average statement: Excess ';ish reserve >16,435,000; de crease $2,106,300. Loans, increase $26,092,000. Specie, increase $8,401,000. Legal tenders, increase $311,000. Net deposits, increase $25,690,000. Girculation, increase $93,000. Actual statement; Leans, increase $39,174,000. Specie, Increase $1,173,000. I .* gal tenders, $2,845,000 Net deposits, increase $39,701,000. Reserve, decrease $3,994,150. at BAR SILVER. LONDON. April 26. Bar silver quiet 27-8-UW. MONEY AND EXCHANGE. NEW YORK. April 26. Nothing said in money. Posted rates; Sterling ex change 4.84fa4 85. with actual business in bankers' bills at 4 8645 for demand and 4.83% for sixty-day bills. ! highest. STOCK-— High. Amal. Copper. 73*4 Am. Ice Sec... 25' * Am. Sug. Ref.. . Am. Smelting. 67 7 , Am. Locomo. . 34' 2 Am. Car Fdy.. 49 Am. Cot. Oil 43' * Am. Woolen Anaconda 37' 2 Atchison 101 C. L 121 American Gan 33V do, pref. 93 Am. Beet Sug. 30 , Am. T.-T. 129 fa Am. Agricul... . Beth. Steel . 33fa B. R. T 89% B. and O. 98*, Can Pacific 242' a Corn Product* 10», C. and O. 65‘ 2 Consol. Gas 130 Cen. Leather. 24' 2 Colo. F. and I. 33 Colo. Southern D. and H 157' 4 Den. and R. G. Distil. Secur... 16' a Erie 28*4 do, pref. . 44'/* Gen. Electric. 138'''* Goldfield Cons G. Western.. 14% G. North, pfd. 126 1 2 G. North. Ore. 33a* Int. Harvester . . III. Central . 115 interboro .... 15 1 2 do, pref. 54' 4 Iowa Central K. C. Southern .... K. and T 25‘ 2 do, pref L. Valley . . 157V L. and N. . . 133'/* Mo. Pacific. . 36Vz N. Y. Central 101'/ a 100?, Northwest.. . 129'/ Nat. Lead . . 49 104*7 115 GENERAL ELECTRIC EARNINGS. NEW YORK. April 26. General Elec tric earned 12 4 10 per cent on $101,202,- 10 stock in 1912. compared with 13.68 per cent on $77,325,200 in 15*11. time MINING STOCKS. BOSTON. April 26. -Opening: Giroux, 11 11-16; Boston Elevated, 95%; Greene- Cananea, 6 7 H . Kerr Lake, 3*4, Wolver ine. 51 ATLANTA LIVE STOCK MARKET. (By W. H. White, Jr., o', the White Pro- vision Company.) Tattle receipts light market generally quoted tHeady and unchanged, except that good heavy cows are possibly higher bj ', to He*. Yards report good demand for both fleshy and good butcher cows. Wicker Bros., of Sandersvillo, Ga.. had a good mixed load of cattle and hogs on the market this week, while A. .1. Evans, of Fort Valley. Ga.. was also in with two loads of steers from his feed lots. Shippers in this immediate territory report feed lot supply about exhausted ling receipts better than usual. Mar ket continues steady with a weaker u ndertone. Quotations based on actual purchases during the current week: Choice to good steers, 1,000 to 1,200, $6.00^6.60; good steers, 800 to 1.000, 5.5C i *; 00; medium to good steers, too to ISO] 5.25(0 5.75, medium to good cows, 700 to 800, 1.50b/ 5.00: good to choice beef cow;s 800 to 900. r>.00fa»5.75, medium to good heifers, 650 to 750. $4.25(^4.76; good to choice boilers, 750 to 850, 5.75. The above represent ruling prices of good quality of beef cattle. Inferior grades and dairy type selling lower. Mixed to common steers, if fa«t, 800 to 900. 5.00w 5.75; medium to common cow if fat. 700 to 800, 4.50(&5.50;mixecJ com mon. 600 to 800. 3.25(^ 4.25; good butcher bulls, 3.50fa*4.50. Crime hogs. 160 to 200 average. S.OO/^ 9.26: good butcher hogs. 140 to 160, 8.76 *19.00; good butcher pigs, 100 to 140 ::5fa8.75; light pigs, 80 to 100, 8 00fa 8 50 heavy rough hogs, 200 to 250, 8 25 ((j/ 8.75. Above quotations apply to coin-fed hogs, mash and peanut-fattened hogs, 1 to 1 Vj»c under. NEW YORK COPFrE MARKET. Coffee quotations: da ns of tin- season from Beptem- July ' due 12,842,474, against 14,929.- August. last .68 fa THE WEATHER. Conditions. WASHINGTON, April 26.—Tlo w* ut er will be unsettled^ with local rains t* night or Sunday in the Atlantic su. the extreme upper Ohio Vailev and tl lower Lake region, while In > • Lake region and the Mississippi \ dl. the weather will be fair to-rug' ur Sunday Cooler weather will overspread the Eastern States to-night and s m u\ There will be frosts to-night in ' per 1-iHke region. General Forecast. Forecast until 8 p. m. &tm<hi.\ . Georgia -Fhowers to-night or Sund. coler to-night and in southeast per tion Sunday. BETHLEHEM STEEL PURCHASE NEW YORK, April 26 —It is report- that the Bethlehem Steel Company ha purchased the Fore River Shipbuilding Company and will enter competition for the building of battleships. the 237 her 1 t 562 Id st year, 11.171,576 year be for and 9,617,068 same time In 1910. Foreign exports Tor he week have ' * ;>3.166, against 1*1,574 lust N ear, making the total tuns far for the sea son 7,4X3,:;oO, against 9,641.044 last Near, a di ereuse of 2,157,744. Northern mills .takings and Canada during the past seven days show u decreasi of 6.944, as compared with the eon- pending period last year, and their total takings since September I have ■ -creased 246,478. The total takings of Ameri* an mills. North, South and Can ada., thus far for the season have been ' kUt'-.T P.'. against 1.542.732 last year. !!*•« include 2,143,389 by Northern spinners, against 2,389,867. Sioeks at the seaboard and the twen- viur leading Southern interior cen- (' ; s have fiecreased during the week " * bales, e.'inst a decrease during the » orresponding perimi last season of and are now 82,5*07 larger than at this date in 1912. Ineluding stocks left ever at ports and inurior towns from the hist crop ami (;*• number of bales brought inti* sight thus far from the new crop, the suppl> dale is 13.207.187. against 15.21i»,636 r the same period last year. 1 Opcnln g, 1 Closm g. January. . February. March. , . April. . . May. . . June. . . September. . . October. . . . November. . . December. . . Closed steady. 11. I0fa 1 1.44 11.46(0 1 1.48 1-1.4<*fa 11.46 U.47faM1.49 '1 1.45fa I 1.48 tl.48fa I 1.50 10.90 11.06 fat 11.10 11.00 iU.07faML.10 1 1.10 fa 1 1.20 11.13 fa 11.15 11.22 ll.23fa 11.24 ll.33fall.34 ill.39 .1l.4SfaMl.44 11.41 fa! 11.45 11.43 fa: 11.4 4 , 11.42 ill.43fa 11.44 11.44 lll.44fall.45 Sales. 21,260 bags. 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. . , S. -Sheffield . 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. Total sales. 313,000 shares. 1 14 j 4 109 1615* 21'4 35*/* 24 83 3 4 99 25 107'/a 151' 2 52 s GO 7 * 108' 8 31! 2 65*4, 62' 1 ablf sliow s the and close. to- previous c 1 ose: Clo». Prev. Low. Bid. Close. 72» 8 73 73®, 247, 243.4 25' 4 111 111^4 66' ,> 67U 67' 34' 34 34'. 2 49 483. 4 49 ‘a 45' 44' 2 45*4 20 20 37* , 37 377, 1007, 1007, 101 121 121 121 31' 2 32 33 93 93' 4 93' 4 30' , 29' 2 297, 129% 129' 4 129' 2 51 50 33' 4 89' H 893 4 895, 98 4 98' 4 98*4 2414, 142*8 2414 10» 8 10' 4 10S 63 3 4 §4'4 65' 4 129 129 129 23*4 23s, 24' 2 33 32' 4 323 4 29 30 1571/4 157 157 20 15' 2 • 15' 8 16* a 27*8 28' « 28' 2 43 3 4 44 . 43' 2 138'/a 138 138' 4 2 2 14 J a 143, 143, 125 125' 4 129 3334 33‘/ 2 34' 2 102 103 114' 7 115 114' 4 147, 15 53*4 54' 2 54' 2 8 8 23' 4 23'. , 25' 2 24*4 25'/ a 59 60 155 3 4 155' 4 157*/ 2 1317-, 132 133'/, 36' 8 36 J4 36*/ 2 w 8 IOP/4 101 127% 1273 4 129 49 49 49 1047, 104' 2 1043 4 114'/, 114 1147, 30 30 114' , 114 114* 4 24 24*/* 109 109 1093-4 24 24'4 159 5 a 160 16D, 21 21U 21'/, 35 35' 2 353, 24 233.4 24 83 ' 4 83' 4 83* > 30 30 98 3 a 98</ 2 98 3 4 24' a 243 4 25 77 77 106 1063 4 107' a 343 4 34' , 17*4 17*4 34»/ 8 34' 4 149* 4 149''2 151'/, 61 60' 4 51 51'/* 52 60' a 603 8 60 3 4 108 108 108' 4 31'/2 31'-2 32*/2 65*'* 65' 2 66 3 3 10' 8 1C , 62' ' 2 62' 4 63 52 52 38 375, WHEAT IS OFF ON EASIER GABLES Weakness in the Situation Abroad Causes free Offerings in the Chicago Pit. < 'HPWGO; April 26. Wheat showed losses of ■'*„ to ‘-sc this morning on the declines at Liverpool, where, most of our strength has been coming from 6nd the in* teased offerings of cargoes off the English coast with smaller demand. Corn was off ' t to •%c. 'The c-oarse grain was under some pressure. Oats were 'g to J iC lower. The hog market was weak at the yards am I provisional were lower. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. Grain quotations: WHEAT May July Sept.. CORN - May July Sept OATS May July Sept PORK May.... 19 July. ... 19.75 Sept... 19.47% LARD— May... 1.0.95 July... 10.8744 Sept.... 10 87*4 RIBS— May .. 1135 July... 11.02& Sept.... 10.85 ligii. Low. (^lose. Close. 5*24 91->4 92 •xl\ i'3 % 91% 91% 5*2% 91% 91 91 91% 55 % B-41* 54% 55*4 55% 55 H 5>0*fa 56*2 56 56 % 56% 34-fa 54'. :u% ;:ifa 34*2 33 % 34 ’a 34 % 34% 337, 34 34 % *. 67 *2 19.60 11*. b2 % 19.77% 19.62V* 19.42*4 10.90 10.80 10.82*4 11.26 10.95 10.77*4 19.67 V. 19.42*4 10.90 10.82 Vi 10.82 V4 11.30 10.95 10.77*4 19.80 19.57^? 11.02 Ms 10.95 10.95 I. 1.40 II. 07*4 10.87V 2 CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS. GH1GAGO. April 26 Wheat. N<>. 3 red. 1.06*•.fa 1.09V4 ; No. 3 red, l.Olfa l.oi. N«». 2 hard winter. 91fa93; No. 3 hard winter. 90fa)91; So. 1 northern spring. 93V4fa 94*/^; No. 2 northern spring, 91fa 03 : No. 3 spring. 90fa 91. Corn, No. 2. 66 : No. 2 wliite, 57 Vs fa' 58; No. 2 yellow. 56V4 fa.56V2; No. 3, 54*2 fa 56*4: No. 3 white, 56(1? 56V-; No. 3 yel low, 54 ^ fa55*4 : No. 4, 53V4 fa «’> 1 l , t ; No. 4 white, 55fa-56; No. 4 yellow. 53fa54*t. (4a ts. No. 2 white. 36 fa 36*4; No. 3 while, 34*4fa35; N*>. 4 white, 33fa33 f i Standard, 35*^ fa 36. LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET. LIVERPOOL. April 26. Wheat closed ><! to *2rl low^r. Corn closed unchanged to * R d lower. CHICAGO CAR LOTS. Following are receipts for Safturday and estimated receipts for Monday: I Saturday. 1 Monday. Wheat .... 54 33 Corn ! 92 91 Oats m 163 Hogs 9000 13000 ATLANTA MULE AND HORSE MARKET (Corrected by the National Stock Yards Commission Company; C. G, Tur ner, President.) Mules. 14 to 14*2 hands, rough, good ages, $115 to $130. 14 to 12Vi,, finish with quality, $155 to $180. 14*/4 to 15 hands, rough, $130 lo $170. 16 to 16V4 hands, finish, $180 to $205. 16 hands, with quality and finish, $206 to $230. 16 hands, heavy chunk, weighing form L250 to 1,400 pounds, $255 to $330. Horses. Southern chunk horse’s, 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 5300. Underwriters Meet May 23-24. SAVANNAH -The* Georgia Fire l n- derwriters' Association will hold its an nual convention in Savannah May 23-24 Relatives Held for Killing. OGILLA Arthur Wammock, a ne gro tenant on William Roberts' farm, was shot and killed on the farm four miles from town, ills wife and her sister are in jail, charged with the kill ing Auditing Bibb Books. MACON. 'Hie special audit of the i day. after having inspected several of the Columbus schools. Columbus lnvi.tes Librarians. COU’MBL'S. \n invitation lias been issued by Superin ten dent R. B. Daniel, of the Columbus Public Schools. Mayor Chappell, the Board of Trade and the Federation of Women's Clubs, of (7o- Jurnbus, to the Georgia Library Asso ciation, which meets in Atlanta next week, to hold its next convention in this city. Courts Not to Conflict. COLl'MBUS. Muscogee S u p e r i 1 Ribb County books, as recommended by Court will not mem the first Monday tin* November grand jury, is now be ing made by K. \\ Jemison. This is tin* first audit •*' county affairs in many years. orld' World's Visible Supply. tary Hester’s statement of the 5 visible supply of cotton made m special cable and telegraphic > compares the figures of this vith last week, last year and the 1. fore. It shows a decrease for the just closed of 74.496. against a sc of 130.975 last year and a de- of 110.243 year before last, iota! visible is 4.800.0*98, against J' last year and 3.684,364 year bc- Of this total of American cot 3." -.008. against 3.421.504 last 3.5' I:*.824 last year and 2.507,864 • t ui last, and of all other kinds, mg Egypt, Brazil. India, etc.. 1 '. against 1,453,000 last week, D last year and 1,177,000 year last. 1 al world's visible supply of as above shows a decrease com- with last week of 74.496, a de- 00mpared with last year of 365.- LIVE STOCK MARKET. CHICAGO, April 26.—Hogs Receipts, 9,000; market. 5c lower; mixed and butchers. $8.60fa 1 9.00; good heavy. $8.75 fa8.W0: rough heavy, $8.55(a8.7(>; light $8.70fa 9.00; pigs, $7M5fa8.55; bulk, $8.75 fa 8.90". Cuttle- Receipts, 100; market steady. Beeves, $7.40fa9 10: cows and heifers. *3.50(08.60; stockers and feeders. $6.40fa 8.10; Texans, $6.90fa>8.26; calves. $7 OOfa 9.25. Sheep—Receipts, 700. market steady: native and western, $5 50fa7.10. lambs. $6.20 fa 8.90. 816. and an Increase compared with year be fore last of 1.115,*14 1 Of the world's visible supply of cot ton as above, there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and Continental Europe 2.569,000. against 3.15*4.000 last \car and 2.124,000 year before last; in Egypt 207,000. against 198,000 last year and 185,000 year before last; in India 907,000. against 742,000 last year and 623,000 \ear before last, ami 111 the Fnited States 1.117.000. against 1.032.000 last \ear and 752.000 Near before last. Spinners’ Takings. Seerotarj Hester gives the taking of American cotton b> spinners throughout the world as follows, in round numbers: This week 221,000. this year, against 3H.000 last year, and 179.000 year before last. Total since September l this year 10,- x:'2,000. against ll.j89.tkH* last year and 9 4 13.000 tin* \ car before. Of this. Northern spinners and Canada took 2.143,000 bales this year, against 2.344.000 last year ami 1.411,000 the year before: Southern spinners 2,463.000. tgainst 2.149,000 last year iuid 1,908,000 the >ear before, the foreign spinners 6.286.000, against 7.344.000 Inst year and 5.624.000 the year before x Inclusive of 8,631 Galveston minus stock correction. Macon to Rebuild Bridge. MACON. The eitv is advertising for bids for repairing and remodeling the Spring Street bridge over tlie Oemul- gee River, which connects North High lands with tiie city. When tin* struc ture is strengthened water mains will be laid across it. WAYOROSS. Blackshear's anti-cow people lost their election this week by a big majority. Cows will roam at will in Blackshear until sentiment, as expressed at the polls changes enough to switch the votes. Electric Plant Sold. OORDELE. At an approximate con sideration of $100,000 J G. White A- Co., of New York, have taken over the plant and the entire electrical sys tem In Cordele of the Citizens' Electric Light and Cower Com nan v Assailant to Face Trial. TIIOMASVILLE. A case to come up for trial in Thomas Superior Court on Monday will he that of James W. Djllon, charged with, assault with intent to murder James merit being returned by the grand jury in session here this week. in May this year, so as. not to conflict with the Federal Court. Mission Rally at Harlem. HARLEM. The women Of the Third District of the Hephzibah Baptist Asso ciation will hold a rally at the Baptist Church In Harlem, May 7. Emory Speakers Chosen. OX FORI *. - .Sophomore commencement speakers at Emory College have been chosen as follows: K. R. Polk ami R J. Broyles. Atlanta; R. P. Ethridge and I. P. l agan, Sa vannah; G. W. Matthews. Fitzgerald, and C G. Williams, Greensboro. Fresh nr eh Speakers S. Y. Walker. Sparta; S A. Burkhalter, Warrenton; W. S. Sawyer. Savannah, and T. L. Simmons, Monroe. Convict May Be Indicted. SAVANNAH. \1 though lie is now serving a sentence of one year on the chaingang. following a plea of guilty of larceny from the Southern Cotton Oil,Company. W 0. Brown, a former manager of the company, may 'again be indicted for alleged theft from that company. Columbus Pastor Speaks. BUTLER.—Memorial Day was im pressively'observed here to-day un- Patterson. the indict- I der the auspices of the Daughters of the Confederacy. Professor A. S. Wallace introduced Rev. O. B. Ches ter. of Columbus, who delivered the memorial address. Baxley Wins Champion Debate. BAXLEY. Baxley last night won over Way cross, in tlie debate to de termine the championship for the Eleventh Congressional District High schools Baxley will send representa tives to Athens to the State High School meet In June.. .The subject was "Woman Suffrage." Columbus Schools Inspected. COLUMBUS.—Superintendent J. E. Mathis, of the Americus Public Schools, and two of his assistants in the gram mar schools, returned to that city to- REPRIMAND FOR BANKER WHO BEAT CONGRESSMAN WASHINGTON, April 26.—A repri mand at the bar of the House will be; ihe punishment recojnemnded for Charles C. Glover. Washington bank er. by the special committee named to investigate Mr. Glover’s attack upon Congressman Sims, of Tennes see. In its report, which will be filed to-morrow The SUNDAY AMERICANS GREAT BASEBALL TEAM ' ' —f All the important leagues of baseball are now in action. So are tens of thousands of fans. So are also the men who write of the doings of the dia mond stars for those same fans to read. It is the newspaper with the STAR TEAM of writers that makes the strorjgest appeal to baseball enthusiasts. BUT—to be stars, baseball players and writers about the diamond warriors must be fair and square. That is an essential part of KNOWING THE GAME. Here Is The Hearst Sunday American Team for 1913 CHRISTY MAraEWSON-SEffWSK York Giants. Known everywhere as one of the brainiest players in the business and one of the squarest in whatever he writes about the game of which he is master. The Crackers’ sensational first-sacker. Hois giving local fans all the “inside” news of Bil- His comments on plays are immense. JOE AGLER ly Smith’s aggregation W. S. FARNSWORTH— minute. Having traveled with the New York Yankees, New York Giants and Boston Red Sox during the past seven years, he is able to tell of the “workings” of the major league clubs. PF'RPV H lA/l-HTI MP For over seven y 0ars he has a A II. VY Hi i illNj been writing Southern League baseball. He is the dean of Southern diamond experts and has the larg est following this side of the Mason and Dixon line. He is fearless in his writings and always tells the truth. G A M f' f? AWF ^ league ball player for years and per- kJ/“XAvl V.' 1 A 1L1 socially acquainted with all the major leaguers. For the past twenty years he has been writing baseball and is considered the greatest student of the game in the world. He travels with the National League Champion Giants. in A MAM Of TMVAM The wittiest baseball writer in the UAiVlUn KUill Un East. He tells of the big league games in a manner that has a laugh in every line. But he never gets away from baseball like most of the humorous followers of the diamond warriors. W f MrRFTH His ,<inside ” stories of big league games . •J« 1 VICOlL 1 L cannot be beaten. He sticks to facts and figures and his predictions are followed by thousands of fans. He has traveled as “war correspondent” with nearly every big league team dur ing the past ten years. pu A Pf HRVnF W The Mark Twain of baseball. i i i\ Li IL I I ILIA For years he has traveled with New York, Philadelphia and Chicago teams and his writings are base ball classics. He is personally acquainted with every big league player and probably has the largest following of any baseball expert in the country. A I..I P MITpUCI I Considered the greatest expert * H. Ifil 1 LniLLL in the New England States. His stories of last, fall’s world’s series were marvels. He roasts when a roast is coming and praises when praise is due. He has been writing baseball for twenty years. All FM QANlTRFF He is well known in the South, hav- r-xLiLiJuli jD/tL I ^1 Yji IV!_j £_< ing been here with big league teams on training trips for the past fifteen years. He will travel ^with the New York Yankees this season, and his stories of Russell Ford and Ed Sweeney, former Crackers, will be of especial interest to local fandom. W M n r AM A f IA 14 V Popular with Eastern base- . UiN Aubll I ball fans because of his fear less writings. He never gets away from the truth, but tells a straight, readable story. He has been writing baseball in St. Lotiis and New York for twelve years. i-3l7|G.|Vf A N Considered the greatest college coach in c VV • 1ULilOAV£/\i v the South. His college stories are copied by every paper in this part of the United States. His predictions are seldom wrong, and his weekly review of Southern college teams cannot be beaten. IOF PF A Al As coach of Marist he has led all the other prep % school coaches a merry chase. A few years ago he was the star shortstop of the New York Giants. His stories are bright and interesting. IMMIQ DAW M P° r four years he was considered one of 1131310 DI\v VY lx the greatest athletes that ever attended Vanderbilt. His baseball stories of college teams are read by every un dergraduate and graduate in the South. In the General Sporting Field As well as in baseball, The Sunday American scores an exceptionally large number of base hits in all other branches of sports. Ben Adams, hero of the Olympic games, writes interesting stories about track and field athletics. The boxing world is well covered by Ed W. Smith, W. W. Naught on, H. M. Walker, Ed Curley and “Left Hook.” Tick Tieh- enor takes care of the golf. He knows every golfer in the South and hie stories are real live “bearcats.” Tennis and automobiles are two other branches of sport that are covered thoroughly in The Sunday American J. The Wonderful City Life Section of The Sunday American 1 A Moving Picture and Up-to-date Vaudeville Show H 5 If* ft QA. tjA. ^