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rc TKE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 7. 101.1. ! THE PONY JUST STARTING ■■■■■■BMHMnBBBBB —HiMI i III Hi llllll II —III i>l This Is a Good Time To Enter Timid boy and girl contestants are asking ns, every day, if it is too late to enter this contest for free Shetland pony outfits. Our answer is that now is the right time. The “too late” period will be here before we realize it, though, and every boy and girl who wants to compete for one of these splendid outfits is urged to send in a nomination blank bv to-day’s mail. WOULDN’T YOU LIKE TO OWN THIS OUTFIT? And wouldn't your enjoyment from its use be doubled if your own efforts had earned it for you? Certainly! And this delight is ahead for the winners in this great contest. Why not send your nomination blank to-day, and make an effort to be among the winners? This Nomination Blank Starts You With A Thousand Votes OOOCXXXXXXXIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCXJOtlOfX^^OCKXyjOWSOOOC^XXXXXXJCOCSO OOOCGOOO I nominate, as a candidate in The Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian Pony Outfit Contest: Name Address . Nominated by Address GOOD FOR 1.000 VOTES Only one nomination blank can be voted for any contestant. Subscript ion blanks and ] nan ted inst met ions for t he use of contestants are now ready. Sent anywhere on request. To-day's Vote Coupons appear on Page Two of this newspaper-—Ask your friends to save the Vote Coupons for you. They will be found in The Georgian every week day and in every issue of Hearst’s Sunday American. Address all inquiries, nomination blanks, vote coupons, etc., to PONY CONTEST EDITOR Hearst’s Sunday American and Atlanta Georgian 20 East Alabama St. ATLANTA, GA. Condition of Wheat Is Best Since 1903 Government Report To-morrow Should Show Higher Conditions Than on April 1. CINCINNATI, OHIO, May 7 Not since 1903 has there been ho brilliant a prospect for the winter wheat as this season. The Government report this week should show as hign If not a higher condition than on the first of April, and the abandoned acreage will be at the minimum percentage. Even a decline of 10 or 15 points to harvest would place the yield above that of last year. The gain will be largely in the Central .States, where the red winter variety was winter killed last year, and a good crop of this variety will come to mar ket practically bare and with mill stocks nil. Sunday's rains assure good crops in Texas and Oklahoma. There is still some uncertainty about the extent of the spring wheat acreage and with the hesitancy In the northern end of the area, a decrease in acreage is probable. The Northwestern States have less reserve moisture than the winter region and have had barely enough rains thus far to give wheat a good headway. The planting will be about completed this week over the spring area. New Haven Monopoly, Boston Man Asserts Interstate Commerce Commission Is Told There Is No Competition in New England. WASHINGTON, May 7.—That the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad has a monopoly of trans portation facilities In New England was the declaration to-day of Robert S. Homans, of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, in his statement before the Interstate Commerce Commis sion. Homans said the New Haven not only has had a monopoly in railroads, but interests in steamship lines run ning out of Boston which control all steamers in Long island Sound. He said the New Haven had illegal-' ly acquired a majority of stock from the Boston and Maine Railroad. Be fore the acquisition of the Boston and Maine, he said, competition existed ifi New England. ATLANTA LIVE STOCK MARKET. (By W. H. White, Jr., of the White Pro- vision Company.) Tattle receipts light. Market steady. Hogs coming more freely. Market lower. Quotations based on actual purchases during the current week: Choice to good steers. 1,000 to 1 200 $6.00fa«.SO: good steers, 800 to l.000, 5 50 fa.*>.00; medium to good steers. 700 to 850. 5.25fa5.75; medium to good cows. 700 to 800, 4.50fa5.00: good to choice beef cows. 800 to 900, &.00fa5.75; medium to good heifers. 850 to 750. 4.25fa4 75: good to choice heifers, 750 to 850, 5.00 fa 5.75. The above represent ruling prices of good quality of beef cattle. Inferior ,fades and dairy type selling lower Medium to common steers, if fat. 800 a 900. 5.00fa5.75; medium to common cows if fat, 700 to 800, 4.$0@5.56; mixed com mon. 800 to 800. 3.25(g>4.26; good butcher bu'ls. 3.50(q4.50. Prime bogs, 160 to 200 average. 8.65fa 8.85; good butcher hogs. 140 to 160. 8 40#) 8.60. good butcher pigs, 100 to 140 8 00fa 8.25; light pigs, 80 to 100. 7.00fa8.0O; heavy rough hogs, 200 to 250, 7.75fa8.25. Above quotations apply to coin-feci hogs, mash and peanut-fattened hogs 1 to 1 34c under ATLANTA MARKETS EGGS Fresh tun try, candled. 18fa ATLANTA MULE AND HORSE MARKET (Corrected by the National Stock Yard* Commission Company; C G, Tur ner, President.) Mules. 14 to 14'2 hands, rough, good ages, $115 to SI30. 14 to i2V4. finish with quality, $155 to $180 14*4 to 15 hands, rough, $130 to $170. 15 to 16Vi hands, finish, $180 to $205. 16 hands, with quality ana 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 $300. CATTLE RUN HEAVY. CHICAGO, May 7.--Chicago received about 5,000 more rattle than killer 1 - needed to-day, breaking prices 15 to 25c. The country is evidently fearful that free beef means lower prices for domes tic cattle. The bulk of the crop sold at 7.75 to 8.25. or 50c per hundred-weight lower than the : April high spot. Hogs were 5 to 10c lower, owing to continued heavy receipts in the East. The bulk sold at 8.30 to 8.45. Whipping orders were light Live mutton held steady on a moder ate supply. THE WEATHER. Conditions. WASHINGTON, May 7.- The weather will be fair to-night and Thursday in the region east of the Mississippi River. Temperatures will be considerably lower to-night in the Atlantic and East Gulf States, and it will remain low in the great central valleys and the Lake region. Frosts are probable to-night in the region of the Great I^kes, the upper Ohio Valley, New England and New York. General forecast until 7 p. m. Thurs day; Georgia—Generally fair to-night and Thursday; somewhat lower temperature. $10 0,000 immediately available to lend on First Mortgage, in amounts of $1,000 to $5,000. Semi suburban properties con sidered if well improved. W. M. HURDHILLYER 833 Equitable Bldg. ; 19c. BUTTER—Jersey and creamery. In 1 - lb. blocks. 27 fa30c, fresh country, 1 fah demand. I734fa2234c. UNDRAWN POETRY- Drawn, head and feet on, per pound: Hens, IGfalTc; j fries, 22 >4 fa 25c; roosters, ftfaiU; turkeys I owing to fat new, 17fal9e. ; LIVE POULTRY—Hens. 40fa50c I roosters 30fa35c, broilers 35c per pound, j puddle ducks 30fa35c, I’ekins 35fa40c, geese 50fa60c each, turkeys, owing to fatness, 15fal7c. FRUITS AND PRODUCI. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES—Lem ons fancy $5.50fa6.00, grapefruit $2.55fa4, cauliflower 10fal2>4c lb., bananas, 3c per pound, cabbage $i.5vfai.7»> crate, peanuts per pound, fancy Virginia, 6Vsfa7c, choice 534fa6c, lettuce fancy $2.00fa2.50, beets *1.75fa2.00 in half-barrel crates, cucumbers $2.26fa2.50. Eggs plants * scarce) $2.00fa2.50 per crate, pepper $2.0Qfa2.50 per crate, to matoes fancy, six-basket crates $3.00fa 3.50, pineauples $2.50fa3.75 per crate, onions $1.75 per bag (containing three pecks), swet potatoes, pumpkin yams, 75faS5c\ strawberries 8fal0c per quart, fancy Florida celery $5.00 per crate, okra, fancy 6-basket crates $3.00fa3.&0 FISH. FIUH—Bream and perch, 7e pound; snapper, 10c pound; trout, 10c pound; blueflsh, 7c pound; pomnano. 20c pound; mackerel. 7c pound; mixed fish 6fa6c pound; black mas, 10c pound; mullet, $11 per barrel. FLOUR AND GRAIN. FLOUR—Postell's Elegant $7.76, Omega $7.60, Carter’s Rest $7.75. Qual ity (finest patent) $6.65; Gloria (self- rising) $6 50, Results (self-rising), $6.25; Swans Down (fancy patent) $6, Victory (the very best patent), $6.65, Mono gram $6, Queen of the South (finest patent) $6.GO, Golden Grain $5.60, Fault less (finest) $6.25, Home Queen (high est patent) $5.85, Puritan (highest pat ent) $5.85, Paragon (highest patent) 85.85, Sunrise (half patent) $5.26, White Cloud (highest patent; $5.50. White Daisy (high patent) $5.50, White Lily (high patent) $5.50, Diadem (fancy high patent) $5.75, Water Lily (patent) $6.15, Sunbeam $5.25, Southern Star (patent) $5.25, Ocean Spray (patent) $5.25. Tulip (straight) $4.lb, King Cotton (half pat ent) $5. low grade 98-pound sacks $4. GROCERIES. SUGAR—Per pound; Standard granu lated 5c. New York refined 434c, plan tation 4.85c. COFFEE — Roasted (Arbuckle's) $24.50, A A A A, $14.50 in bulk; In bags and barrels. $21; green 20c. RICE—Head 4 34fa5%c, fancy head b% fa634c. according to grade. LARI?)—Silver leaf 13c pound, Scoco pound. Flake White 834c pound, Cottolene $7.20 per ease. Snowdrift $5.85 per case. SALT—One hundred pounds, 53c; salt brick (plain; per case. $2.25; salt brick (medicated) per case, $4.85; salt red rock per hundredweight $1; salt white per hundred weight 90c, Granocrystal, per case, 25-lb. sacks, 75c; salt ozone, per case, 30 packages, 90c; 50 lb. sacks, 30c: 25-lb. sacks 12c. MISCELLANEOUS — Georgia cane syrup 37c, axle grease $1.75. soda crackers 7%c pound, lemon crackers 8c, oyster 7c, tomatoes (2 pounds) $1.65 case. (3 pounds) $2.25. navy beans, $3.25; Lima beans 734c, shredded biscuit $3 60, rolled oats S3.90 per case, griis (bags) $2.40 pink salmon $7. cocoa 38c. roast beef $3.80. sytup 30c per gallon. Sterling ball potash $3.30 per case, soap $1.50fa 4 per case. Rumford baking powder $2.50 per case. CORN—Choice red cob, 88c. No. 2 white bone dry No. 2 white 86c. mixed 85e choice yellow 86c, cracked corn 85c. MEAL—Plain 144-pound sacks 79c, 96- pound sacks. 80c. 48-pound sacks, 82c. 24-pound sacks 84c. 12-pound sacks 80c. OATS—Fancy white clipped 66c, No. 2 clipped 84c, fancy white o3c, mixed 52c. COTTON SEED MEAL Harper $29.00, Cremo feed, $26.00. COTTON SEED HULLS — Square sacks $15.50. SEEDS—Amber cane seed 95c , cane seed, orange $1. rye (Tennessee) $1.25, red top cane seed $1.35. rye (Georgia) $1.35, blue seed oats 50c, barley $1.25, Burt oats 70c. HAY—Per hundredweight; Timothy, choice, large bales, $1.30, No. 1 small hales. $1.00. No. 2 small $1.20. Timothv No. 1. clover mixed, largo bales, SI.25, silver clover mixed hav 51.15. Timothy No. 1. clover mixed. $1.15: clover hay, $1.10, alfalfa hay, choice green $1.30, No. 1 $1.20. wheat straw 70c. Bermuda hay 90c. FEEDSTUFFS. SHORTS -White, 100-lb sacks $1.7» Halliday, white. 100-lb. sacks $1.71 , dandy middling 100-lb sacks $1.75. fan cy. 75-lb. sacks $1.75. P. W.. 75-lb. sacks $1.60. brown, 100-Ib. sacks $1.55. Georgia feed, 75-lb. sacks $1.55. clover leaf, 75- lb. sacks $1.60. bran, 75-lb. sacks $1.30, l00-!b. sacks $1.30, 50-lb. sacks $1.30, Homeoline $1.60. Germ meal-Homeo $1.60. CHICKEN FEED—Beef scrap, 100-lb. sacks $3.25. 50-lb. sacks $1.65, Purina pigeon feed $2.20, Purina baby chick feed $2.05, Purina scratch. 100-lb. sacks $1.90. 50-lb. sacks $2.00. Purina scratch bales $2.10, Purina chowder, 100-lb. sacks $2.05, Purina chowder doz. pound pack ages $2.25, Victory baby chick $2.05. Vic tory scratch, 50-Ib. sacks $1.95, 100-lb. sacks $1.90. wheat, 2-bushel hags, per b*ushel $1.40, oyster shell 80c, special scratch. 100-lb sacks $1.80, Eggo $1.85, charcoal. 50-lb. sacks, per 100 pounds $2. GROUND FEED—Purina feed, 175-lb. sacks $1.70, 100-lb. sacks $1.65, Purina molasses feed $1.65. Arab horse feed $1.70. Alineeda feed $1.65, Suerene dairy feed $1.50. Monogram. 100-lb. *acks $1 60. Victory horsefeed, 10-lb. sacks $1.65; A. B. C. feed $1.55, milk dairy feed $1.70, alfalfa molasses meal $1.75. alfalfa meal $1.40. beet pulp, 100-lb. sacks $1.55. PROVISION MARKET. (Corrected by White Provision Co.) Cornfield bams. 10 to 12 pounds aver age. 1814c. Cornfield hams, 12 to 14 pounds aver age, 1834c. Cornfield skinned hams, 16 to 18 pounds, average 19c. Cornfield pickled pig’s feet, 16-pound kits, $1.25 Cornfield Jellied meat in 10-pound dinner pail, 123£c. Cornfield picnic hams. 6 to 8 pounds average, 1.314 c. Cornfield breakfast bacon 24c. Grocer style bacon (wide or narrow), 18c. Cornfield fresh pork sausage (link or bulk) 25-pound buckets, 1234c. Cornfield frankfurters. 10-pound box es, 12c. Cornfield bologna sausage. 25-pound boxes. 10c. Cornfield luncheon hams. 25-pound box-s 1334c. Cornfield smoked link sausage. 25- pound boxes, ,1234c. Cornfield smoked link sausage. 25- pound boxes, 10c. Cornfield smoked link sausage In pickle. 50-pound boxes, $5.00. Cornfield pure lard, tierce basis, 12%c Country style pure lard, 50-pound tins, 1234c. Compound lard (tierce basis). S\c. I). S extra ribs, 1244c. D. S rib bellies, medium average, 1334 D. S. bellies, light average. 1334c. NEW ISSUES; T Investors Refuse to Supply the Needed Capital Upon Terms That Companies Can Pay. BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL OUTGROWS ASSEMBLY HALL The Sunday school of Central Bap tist Church has outgrown the assem bly hall. Sunday morning it will as semble for the opening and closing exercises in the main auditorium of the church. At a meeting of the board of dea cons Monday night definite steps were taken regarding a new building at Cooper anu Whitehall Streets. Tt is said work is o begin within 90 days. STOVE KILLS TWO WOMEN. NILES, OHIO, May 7.— Mrs Shira and her daughter, Mrs. J. P. Fleming, were burned to death here to-day when a gasoline stove exploded. APRIL OUTPUT OF NEW SECURITIES Bonds Notes . Stocks RAILROADS. Change 1913, from 1912. ... $38,750,000—$19,330,000 .... 39,500,000* 13,060,000 . .. 45,400,000* 14,055,000 Total . $123,650,000* $ 7,785,000 INDUSTRIAL CORPORATIONS. Bonds . Notes . Stocks Change 1913. from 1912. $18,732,000—$67,168,000 1,000,000— 5,000,000 21,095,000* 10,595,000 Total . . $40,827,000—$61,573,000 Gr. tot. $164.477,000—$53,788,000 *—Indicates increase. By B. C. FORBES. Sin.'” January 1 the output of bonus, notes and stocks by railroad and Industrial corporations in the United States has aggregated $843.- 773,000. This total is no less than $383,780,000 below 1912, due, not to lighter needs, but to the refusal of investors to supply capital on reason able terms. The April offerings totalled $184.- 477,000, a decrease of $53,788,000 from a year ago. , A special compilation for the Hearst newspapers shows a decrease in each of the first four months of 1918. The comparative figures follow: January .. .$198,105,000. $142,895,000 February ... 132,362,000 185,476,000 March 148,829,000 1,621,000 April 164,477,000 53,788,000 White City Park Now Open $643,773,000 $383,780,000 Notes Instead of Bonds- So bad has the bond market be come that even the strongest cor porations are afraid to risk making offerings, J. P. Morgan & Co.’s postponement of the huge Interbor ough flotation is significant. As an alternative to trying to foist bonds upon an unresponsive market, several companies have reported to short-term notes, a convenient but expensive makeshift. New York Cen tral put out $20,000,000 and Missouri, Kansas and Texas $19,000,000. notes last month with more success than would have attended bond offerings. The astonishing failure of the St. Paul 4 1-2 per cent issue was the last straw that broke the back of the bond market. The next test will come on May 20, when New York City will sell $45,- 000,000 4 1-2 per cent bonds. It is just possible that this issue will be as signal a success as the St. Paul loan was a failure. That the turn is near in the bond market is an opinion gaining favor in high financial circles. Higher Rates Will Help. * Now that the bond presses have stopped running at full speed, the law of supply and demand should come to the rescue. Moreover, the granting of the Eastern railroads’ application for (5 per cent) higher freight rates would have immediate and marked effect in restoring confidence in railroad secu rities. Not a few railroad bonds are now at panic prices, while stocks in several prominent instances are at the lowest levels in recent years. The costly floods and the adoption of high er wage scales have aggravated the situation. \ European underwriters have suf fered disappointment after disappoint ment. Very few issues have been subscribed for to the extent of 50 per cent, while in some cases only from 10 to 25 per cent has been sold. Hopes of lower bank rates abroad have again been blasted, and it is extremely doubtful if either the Bank of England or the Imperial Bank of Germany will lower its minimum dis count charge this month, notwith standing widespread expectation of favorable action forthwith. Bank Returns Disquieting. Our own bank position is disquiet ing. The latest return covering our 7,400 national banks reveals continued expansion of credit simultaneously with shrinkage in cash resources. Loans are increasing $1,000,000 daily and cash falling $750,000 every day' bank doors are opened. New York institutions have not participated in this dangerous movement, but coun try banks will not listen to warnings. Nothing but a sharp recession in general trade can avert monetary troubles when the crop-moving de-> mands set in—relief in the form of currency legislation is not now pos sible. last night's dispatches from Washington declared. However, everything points to a let-up in com mercial activity, and, as to corollary, lighter demands for accommodation. Quieter trade will also react favor ably upon the best grade of invest ments. HAYWOOD GOES TO TRIAL AS INCITER OF RIOTING PATERSON, N. J„ May 7.—Tha trjal of William J. Haywood, Miss Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. Carlo Tresea, Patrick Quinlan and Adolph Lessig, /rharged with unlawful assemblage and inciting to riot, was begun here to-day. The defendants will deny that they preached disorder iq strikers.