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I 14 TTTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, MAY 15. 1913. Lifetime Longing for a Pony Puts Child in Contest ^ThiMThSear +•+ +#+ +,+ +•+ +#+ +# * + *+ +# * +,+ *•+ *•* * # * I SAVANNAH, gYI May U.-"Th. List Open to Entrants Until Last Day of This Month STANDING SHOWS HOW FAST THOSE WHO WORK HARD MAY ADD VOTES TO THEIR CREDIT *‘T have wanted a Shetland pony and cart ever since I can remem her hut my papa says he can not afford to pet me one. He says I may try to earn one in The Georgian and American content. so please send me everything I need to go to work.” This is an extract from one of the many letters which come to us dally from the children. We wish them all luck, and give them all an even start and abso lutely fair rules. Only twelve can win, but when it is all over every one will be satisfied with the fairness of the contest. The number of contestants is increasing daily. It is *not too late to 'mter. The lists are open until May 31 and the contest eitds July 31. Elsewhere will be found the nomination coupon and a coupon good for five votes. The ponies are growing fat at the stockyards, and are prettier every day. The race is becoming exciting. Names and standing of contestants are given below ? reorge Rosser osephine Simril .....15390 Jacob Patterson 12880 Willie Ivey Wiggins OL'ir. Miss Margaret Lewis 5530 fas. O. Godard 4695 Vera Nelle Brantley •••• 3855 Tanet Oxenham I nominate, as a candidate in The Hearst’s Sun day American and Atlanta Georgian Pony Outfit Contest: Name Address Nominated by Address GOOD FOR LOCO VOTES. general condition of the crops through out the State is very backward.” said Professor J. Walter Hendricks, who has returned from a trip through the Sa vannah territory in the Interest of the Boys’ Cofn (.hubs. “The spring oats crop is going to be almost an entire failure. However, the j fall sown oats, put in with a grain drill, I will make out ail right, notwithstand ing the dry weather. About two-third* of the corn crop has come to a stand, while some fields have not yet been j planted. Where corn has been given a I cultivation it is looking well. “Not more than one-half of the cot ton crop has come to a stand. One- third of the crop lias not yet been plant ed. However, the farmers are in a very hopeful frame of mind, and are going ahead in a determined way. It is not too late to make a crop. A failure this year would go hard with the farm ers, as the cotton crop has been a fail ure for the last two years. In 1911 there was a good crop, but the heavy rains kept the farmers from picking it, ; nd there was a great loss. Last year it rained all the time. This year has been rather dry.” Hillniann McCalla .... Nellie Martin lugh B. Luttrell Dorothy Stiff vtollie Lee Kendall .... Phillip S. Reid ....... .ottie Mae Dcdtnan ... Jlss Estelle Sullivan .. Miss Louise Thompson ’hos if Price ...... lugene Morgan Vm. Eisele Vvman Oonard Yoland Gwin larold Holsombach . T. L. Hoshall, Jr. ... loy Mauldin Andrew May 3410 3005 2190 2015 1800 1300 12 10 1130 1125 1105 1100 1100 1030 10O0 1000 1000 1000 1090 1000 Albert Smith 10 )0 !dgar Watkins. Jr. Norman Caldwell fist liouise McCrary tiss Sudie King ‘ ttenn Moon fiss Frankie J. Smith Mildred Stewart Miss Gaynell Phillips Miss Mary E. Peacock Robert A. Harden H. M. Harrison Caldwell Holliday John R. Wood Tames Grugas Miss Edith Clower ’lies Ruth Grogan T l. K. Watkins, Jr fiss Annie Phillips 4is« Christa Powers )liff Moody William Ernest Arthur Pepin District Number Two. •kigerie Willingham Mias Marjorie McLeod liss Lottie McNair Miss Mildred Brlckman r riss Roberta Harbour Mss Elizabeth Wll’ird ilss Edith Gray Ray Warwick ... fiss Idelle Shaw /s .'lias Eliza! th Smith /illett Matthews » dirund Hurt Taul M. Clark ,1 Edgar Sheridan < inton Hutchinson '.‘Isa Virginia Walton George M. Barnes Mss Nelle Reynolds Mias Elizabeth Garwood Max Clein Robert Wood Martin Comerford 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1001 10)0 . 1000 1009 , 1000 . 1000 . 100.) 1000 . 1000 . 1000 .10200 . 9365 . 7635 . 7095 . 62 SO . 4950 . 3660 . 3520 . 2835 . 2425 . 2170 . 2125 . 2115 . 1965 . 1740 . 1650 . 1600 . 1685 . 1285 . 134 5 . 1180 Jimmie Warner District Number Six. William Turner Miss Beverly Swanton Edvv. DeLoa h George Nelson Baker Edgar Wilson J. T. Sewell Miss Ora F. Dozier Gay Reynolds Miss Margaret Thornton .... E. F. Marquett Miss Susanne Springer Charlie Hood M ias Grace I )avls Gregory J. Eaton Angie C. Newton Benjamin F. Safieta Mias Virginia Jackson Grady Harris John Lovett District Number Sever 10u9 12010 6660 3550 2320 1805 17«»0 1420 127 I 1165 1150 1115 1075 1000 1000 1000 1000 lOi'O iooo *000 .100-5 . 3060 . 1765 . 1116 . 1085 Rue! Crawley Ulsie Gosnell .. Willie Harden . ■ has. m. Etcliog Palcy Ray Wellborn 1000 1000 1000 Jr 1000 1000 1000 lias Lucy Withers T'00 liss Elizabeth Downing 1000 Robert R. Andrew’s 1000 st. Leonard Veitch 1000 A. Morrison Phillip Gilstein ..... ... James Allen Joe DuPre Charles Owen Lawrence McGinnis 1000 George H. Melton 1000 Clyde Mitchell 1000 City Carriers and Newsboys. Ross Greer 19X10 Harold Hamby 13825 Mose Brodkln 12125 Jno. Trimble 10340 O. B. Bigger .10300 Raymond Wilkinson 7765 Roy Cook 7285 Harold Turner 5850 Irvan Willingham 4865 Sidney Noy » 4325 Sterling Jordan 3980 J. E. Moore 3840 Norman Gooch 2980 Everett J. Cain 2370 Bonnell Bloodworth 2360 Charles Barron 175) L. M. Harrison 1560 Frank Garwood 1545 R. S. M(Connell 1220 Johnnie Evans 1000 Grady Cook 100ft Olln Neal Bass 1000 Robt. Correll ,1000 Out-of-Town Agents and Carriers. lira Catherine FuSsell District Number Three. 1000 ■’has. M. Stevens 14690 L P. Goets, Jr 5700 Willett* Matthews ... 4170 Miss Mary Wel!t 269 Miss Mable Bracewell 1800 Villie Reynolds 1000 tarry Brown 1000 Ji.-s Alma Coleman .. 1000 District Number Four. Florence Greenoe 21200 ‘'annie Mae Cook ....17520 Nathaniel Kay 10213 Oscar Eugene Cook 8925 !da G. Fox 5965 X. H. Hamilton. Jr . . . . 4940 Howel) Conway 2265 Miss Ida Bloomberg I860 Louie Joel . 1695 dm s. Ernest Vernoy 1650 Miss Wilhelmina Tucker 2640 Raymond Smith 1460 H. L. W. Brown 1460 Paul Theodow u 1460 Miss Annie Graham 1400 David V Nowell 1295 Estelle Honor 1250 Miss Marie Toy 1250 Miss Beatrice Brunson 1175 J. Walling Davis 1010 Miss L. K. Abbott luOO Miss Lovle C. Dean 100) Miss Alice Feldman lOO'l Frank Henley 1000 Mias Annie Mae Hillman 1000 Milton Holcombe 1000 Lynn A. Hubbard Harry Stone Miss Sarah Whitaker . Miss Margaret White Charles Stone Miss Susie Black 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 John Martin Ambrose Rcarboro Leon Spence .... H. K. Evere f .. .Aubrey Hopkins Morgan E. Daeeh James S. Plunkett Hyman Bateman . Leon B. Spears . . Alfred Chappelle James Wilkins Sidney Newsome John Gardner ... Herman Corliss . Smith Falla w . . . R. E. Hudson Hugh Parrish Paul Swlnt Robt. Newby X. N. David .... Rupert Mobley. Thos. W. Rylce . . . Jake Palmer Georgia School Boys and Girls. Lois Casey 5225 Miss Virginia McCoweu 2875 Andrew R. Tribble 2690 r. B. Tillman 2€1Q Elmer Towns 2250 Maxwell Aubrey 1935 lilss Ennis Spinks 1933 Miss Gladys Daniel 1985 Johnnie Logan 1950 W. L. Mattox 1750 Misa Belle Stowe 1720 Beaufort C. Elder 1840 Miss Belle Ragsdale 1425 Patrick Jones ... 1385 Eugene Lee, Jr 1855 Warren Taliafero 1240 William Reid 1210 Emory Steele 1205 Maurice Means 1180 Ernest Turner 1085 EGGS—Fresh country, candled. 18@ 19c. BUTTER—Jersey and creamery, in 1-lb. blocks, 27%@30c, fresh country, fair demand. 17%@22%c. UNDRAWN POl LTRY—Drawn, bead and feet on, per pound: Hens 16@17c, fries 22% @ 25c, roosters 8 @10, turkeys owing to tatness, 17®-19c, LIVE POULTRY—Hens, 40@50c, roosters 30@36c, broilers 3bc per pound, puddle ducks 20@36c, Peklns 35@40c, geese 50(1460c each, turkeys, owing to latrieHs. 16@17c. FRUITS AND PRODUCE. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Lem ons, fancy $5.50@6.00, grapefruit $2.65@ 4, cauliflower I0@12%c lb., bananas, 3c per pound, qabbage $l.50@l.75 crate, peanuts per pound, fancy Virginia 6%@ 7c, choice 5%@6c, lettuce fancy $2@2.60, beets $1.75(1.(2.00 in half-barrel crates, cucumbers $2.25@2.f>0. Eggplants j (scarce)* $2@2.60 per crate, pepper $2@ 2.50 per crate, tomatoes fancy, six-bas 1 ket crates $31*3.50, pineapples $2,601*2.75 per crate, onions $1.75 per bag (contain ing three pecks, sweet potatoes, pump kin yams 75@86c, strawberries 8@10c per quart, fancy Florida celery $5 per crate, okra, fancy six-basket crates $3 ('(13.60. FISH. FISH—Bream and perch, 7c pound: snapjper, 10c pound; trout. M)c pound; blueflsh, 7c pound; pompano, 20c pound; mackerel, 7c pound; mixed fish 5@6c pound; black bass lOr pound; mullet, $11 per barrel. FLOUR AND GRAIN. FLOUR— Postell’s Elegant $7.75. Ome ga $7.50, Uarter’s Best $7.75. Quality (finest patent) $6.65. Gloria (self-rising) $6.50, Results (self-rising) $6.26, Swans Down (fancy patent) $6, Victory (the very best patent) $6.65. Monogram $6, Queen of the South (finest patent) $6.60, Golden Grain $5.60, Faultless (finest) $6.25, Home Queen (highest patent) $5.86. Puritan (highest patent) $5.85, Paragon (highest patent) $5.85. Sunrise (half patent) $5.25, White Clcud (high est patent) $5.50, White Daisy (high patent) $5.50, $5.50, White Lily (high patent) $5.50, Diadem (fancy high pat ent) $5.75, Water Lily (patent) $5.15, Sunbeam $5.25, Southern Star (patent) $5.25, Ocean Spray (patent) $5.25, Tulip (straight) $4.15, King Cotton (half pat ent) $o, low grade 98-pound sacks $4. GROCERIES. SUGAR—Per pound: Standard granu lated 5c, New York refined 4%c, plan tation 4.85c. COFFEE Roasted (Arbuekle’s) $24.50, AAA A $14.50 in bulk, in bags and bar rels $21, green 20c. KICK—Head 4146*5%e, fancy head 6% <?(6%e. according to grade. LARD—Silver leal! 13c pound, Scoco 8%c pound, Flake White 8%c pound, Cottolene $7.20 per case. Snowdrift C5.85 per case. SALT—One hundred pounds, 53c; salt brick (plain) per case $2.25. salt brick (medicated) per case $4.85, salt red rock lOl.j j ()er hundredweight $1, Halt white per 1080 i hundredweight 90c. Granoerystal, per 1003 " “ 1000 100.) 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 100“ 1000 1000 JIM HILL SEES NO CAUSE FOR ALARM Railway Magnate Declares Only Danger Lies in People Believ ing Panic Rumors. .1389'. . 358.. . 3220 . 246d . 1630 . 1405 . 1480 . 134. . 1285 . 1100 WASHINGTON, May 15. There is no threatening cloud in the busi ness atmosphere of the United States.” declared James J. Hill, rail road k*og of the Northwest, who is in Washington on business. Mr. Hill was discussing the exist ing economic conditions of the coun try and the probable industrial con ditions of the near future. As If to give added emphasis to the above statement, he said: “I see no menace to our national progress in the present industrial sit uation. Rather the existing situation leads me to take a somewhat opti mistic view of our future. The only danger to continued industrial pros perity lies In the people themselves. ' The tendency uf the people to seize upon false rumors of impend ing industrial upheavals—and these rumors, usually having their birth in irresponsible quarters, are always a danger with us. + “If the people keep their heads, if they do not become angry at some temporary ill that may look big to them as a portent of industrial panic, the country will continue to progress along prosperity lines.” Paul Jossey Blake Niche’v Clifford Henry Miss Jessie Collier . . JRives Cary Robert Davis Horould C. Ogilvie . . Eugene Scarborough . J. C. Smith Miss Erva Blacks took H. Eugene Whit O. S. Morton Miss Esther Boorstin . Clay Burruss Miss Mary Caldwell . . Miss Sarah Carter ... Miss Bailie M. Evans Gertrude Marshall . .. R. W. Mattox. Jr Dan Patrick Harry H. Red wine . . Felix Reid Terry Strozier. J). ... Elmer Towns Ralph Little 1000 . 10 s) . 1170 „ 1060 . 1105 . 1100 . 1050 . 1030 . 1025 . 1035 . 1030 . 1030 . 1015 . 1000 . 1000 . 10.) . 1000 . 1000 . 1000 . 1000 101)0 . 1000 1000 I bushel ..1000 19(0 John Thrasher . 1000 Miss Berta Davis .... 1000 Ft H. Brown . 1000 Warner Webb .... tooo Miss Meta Mitchell . 1000 Edward A. Heckle .... iooo Dick Denton . 1000 Etheridge Bradley . ... 1000 Miss Rosomund Humphries . . . . 1000 Ernest Baker .... 10.' Ralph Ross . 1000 Alfred Wilkes .... 1000 Agnes Shatren . 1000 Miss Lily Wilkes .... 1000 Mom Gold . 1000 J. P. Graven .... 1000 Hugh Terrell . 1000 John H. Hewlett .... 1000 Mlts Carlotta ’’urns . 1000 Carl Bragg .... 1000 Rov Young . 14 20 Charles E. Crawford .... 1000 Miss Maude L. Berry . 204.) Miss Margerite Danner ... .... 1020 William Henderson . 100} Miss Helen Mitchell .... 1000 Roval Barbour . 1305 C'h a rles Harlan .... 1000 Lowell Battle . 1000 Rudolph Campbell .... 1000 Miss Lillian I- Brown . 1000 Walter Harrell. Jr .... 10«*() Miss M.irlon Overstreet . 1000 Winifred A. Hollis .... 1000 District Number Five. Robt. Mobley. Jr 1000 Frank Ison, Jr . 22330 C. V. Turner. Jr ...... 1000 Miss Louise Chewning 3335 Geo. Wm. Posey, Jr ie-M Emery Ward 3225 Richard Rainey 3115 Hamden Thomas Miss Mary Holloway .... Miss Margaret La Feure Rov Coleman Miss LacUe Berry Miss Texia Mae Butler . Miss Anna Graham Wm. Hood Albert Leake John Baker Long Merriot Brown Reid . 1585 1585 1435 1245 1070 1000 1009 100 School Boys and Gtrls Outside of State of Georgia. Robt. Hyatt Mur r h; Rodney Stephens .. . Miss Dorothy Davis . Miss Annie McCaceil Novel Wheeler Pauline Trull J. T Webb. Jr. . . Lindsay W. Graves . 1000 i George Andrews 1000 Fain E. Webb, Jr. 1000 Miss Lydia Burnley inn/i d.i-w T*i» 4250 4235 1 Otv 103.) 1015 1000 10-MI 106# 1000 1000 10 >0 case. 25-lb. sacks, 75c; salt ozone, per case, 50 packages, 90c; 60-lb. sacks, 30c; 25-lb. sacks 12c. MISCELLANEOUS—Georgia cane syr up 37c, axle grease $1.75, soda crackers 7%c pound, lemon crackers 8c, oyster 7c. tomatoes (two pounds) $1.65 case, (three pounds) $2.25, navy beans $3.25, Lima beans 7%o, shredded biscuit $3.60, rolled oats $3.90 per case, grits (bags) $2.10, pink salmon $7, cocoa 38c. roast beef $3.80. syrup 30c per gallon, Sterling ball potash $3.30 per case, soap $1,504* 4 per case, Rum ford baking powder $2.60 per case. CORN—Choice red cob, 88c. No. 2 white bone dry No. 2 white 86c, mixed 85c, choice yellow 86c, cracked corn 85c. MEAL Plain 144-pound sacks 79c, 9#- pouixl sacks 80c, 48-pound sacks 82c, 24- pound sacks 84c, 12-pound sacks 80c. OATS Fancy white clipped 55c, No. 2 clipped 84c. fancy White 53c, mixed 52c. COTTON SEED MEAL—Harper $29, Cremo feed $26. COTTON SEED HULLS Square sacks $15.50. SEEDS—Amber cane seed 95c, cane seed, orange $1. rye (Tennessee) $1.25, red tor* cane seed $1.35, rye (Georgia) $1.36, blue seed oats 50c. barley $1.25, Burt oats 70c. HAY Per hundredweight: Timothy choice, large bales, $1.30, No. I small bales. $1. No. 2 small $1.20, Timothy No. 1, clover mixed, large bales. $1.25, silver clover mixed hay $1.15, Timothy No. 1 clover mixed $1.15, clover hay $1.10, alfalfa hay, choice green $1.30, No. 1 $1.20, wheat straw 70o, Bermuda hay 90c. FEEDSTUFFS. SHORTS—White. 100-lb. sacks $1.70, Halliday, white. 100-lb. sacks $1.70, dan- dv middling 100-lb. sacks $1.76, fancy. 75-lb. sacks $1.75, P. VV.. 75-lb sacks $1.60, brown 100-lb. sacks $1.55, Georgia feed 75-lb. sacks $1.55, clover leaf, (Tv- lb. sacks $1.60, bran, 75-lb. sacks $1.30, 100-lb. sacks $1.30. 50-lb. sacks $1.30, Homeoline $1.60, Germ meal—Homeo $1.60. CHICKEN FEED—Beef scrap. 100 1b. 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, dozen pound packages $2.25, Victory baby chick $2.05, Victory scratch, 50-lb. sacks $1.96, 100-Ib. sacks $1.90, wheat, two- bags, per bushel, $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. AMneeda feed $1.65, Suerene dairy feed $1.50. Monogram. 100-lb. sacks $1.60. Victory horse feed. 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 hams, 10 to 12 pounds aver age. 18%c. Cornfield hams, 12 to 14 pounds aver age. 18*40. Cornfield skinned hams. 16 to 18 pounds average. 19c. Cornfield pickled pig s feet, 15-pound kits. $1.25. Cornfield jellied meat in 10-pound dinner pail. 12**0. Cornfield picnic hams. 6 to 8 pounds average. 13 %c. Cornfield breakfast bacon, 24c. Grocer style bacon (wide or narrow), 18c. Cornfield fresh pork sausage (link or bulk) 25 pound buckets. 13 %c. Cornfield frankfurters (10-pound boxes* 12c. Cornfield bologna sausage (25-pound bexes) U'c. Cornfield luncheon hams «23-pound boxes) 13%e. Cornfield smoked link sausage (25- pound boxes) 13*>4o. Cornfield smoked link sausase (25 pound b<'\»s* '0 Cornfield smoked link sausage in i f.n. ibvi.n.1 l —v . —-T. COTTON MARKET OPINIONS. Thompson, Towle & Co.: We believe market is too low, but would buy on breaks only. Norden & Co.: We feel conservative purchases of all positions on weakness will prove profitable. Hayden, Stone & Co.: With senti ment os much against bull speculations it is impossible to attract buying in cotton without a crop disaster. Miller & Co.: The tendency seems down ward. WHEAT CONDITIONS BAD. CHICAGO, May 15.—B. W. Snow says: “The wheat situation on the Pacific (’oast is radically different from the rest of the country. There has been drouth all spring and crop advices are coming bad. Every weather bureau station west • *f the Rockies show a heavy deficiency 'ii moisture since the beginning of the season and foremost of them the figures are sensational. “The coast wheat prospects have gone hack rapidly since May, and it begins to look like a decidedly small winter wheat crop west of the mountains.” THE WEATHER. Conditions. WASHINGTON, May 15.—There will be showers to-night or Friday from the Mississippi Valley eastward, except in the southern portion of the Middle At lantic States, where the weather will be generally fair. It will be warmer in the Eastern portion of the country and cooler in the Ohio valley and upper Lake region Friday. Storm warnings are dis played on Lakes Michigan and Superior and on the Washington coast. General forecast until 7 p. m. Friday: Georgia -Local showers to-night and Friday. LIVE STOCK MARKET. CHICAGO, May 15.—Hogs—Receipts 21.000. .Market steady. Mixed and butchers. 8.35(?/8.55; rough heavv. 8.15@ 8.30; light. 8.306*8.60; pigs. 6.6008.25; bulk. 8.45(7*8.65. Cattle—Receipts 5,000. Market steady Beeves. 7.10(& 9.00; cows and heifers, 6.004S 7.75; Texans. 6.10(*i 7.50; calves, 7.00 @9.00. Sheep—Receipts 12,000. Market steady. Native and Western. 4.60(7*6.36. Lambs. 5.6008.70. ST. LOUIS. May 15.—Cattle: Re ceipts, 2.300. including 900 Southerns; market steady; native beef steers, 5.75 (0.9.00; cows and heifers. 4.50(0 8.45: stockers ami feeders, 5.20(5/ 8.00; calves, 6.00(7*9.75; Texas steers. 5.25(5*7.75; cows and heifers. 4.00(7i'7.00; calves, 5.0006.50. Hogs: Receipts. 7.500: 10c higher mixed. 8.505*8.65; good. 8.50(«8.60; rough. 7.75(5/ 8.00; lights, 8.55(5/8.65; pigs, 7.0('vrS.00; bulk. 8.50(5/ 8.60. Sheep—Receipts. 3.000; market steady; muttons. 5.00(5*7.00; yearlings. 7.00(5*: 8.00; lambs. 7.00(5*8.25. SPOT COTTON MARKET. Atlanta, quiet; middling 11V Athens, steady; middling 11 ^ Macon, steady; middling 11V New Orleans, steady; middling 12 5 16. New York, quiet; middling 12c. Philadelphia, quiet; middling 12.10 Boston, quiet; middling 12c. Liverpool, dull; middling 6.72d. Savannah, steady; middling 12c Norfolk, steady; middling 12C Augusta, steady; middling 12** Mobile, steady; middling il r v Galveston, dull; middling ll 1 . Charleston, quiet; middling 11K Wilmington, quiet; middling 11 : 8 . Little Ruck, ouiet: middling 1B S Baltimore, nominal: middling 12V Memphis, quiet: middling 12’ s St Louis, quiet; middling 12*» Houston, steady; middling 12V Louisville, firm: middling 12*. Granville, quiet; middling ' 1 " 4 charlotte, steady: middling 11 V NEW YORK. May 15.—The opening of the cotton market was very quiet and trading was light. Gifford. (Jeer, Mitch ell, Russell, McEnany. Hubbard, Rior- dan, Geran and Ingersoll were the lead ing buyers. Hentz, Clearman, Hicks. FlTnn and Rosenberg were the leading sellers. * * * A wire from Texas said that the crop was in excellent shape. East and (iUtheast from San Antonio, where the cron ought to be early it is slightly late, with some replanting having been nec essary in small parts of the State. • * * Liverpool cabled yesrerday that Neill makes European mill stock at 1,650,000 bales, against 3,325,000 last year, a de crease of 675.000 bales. Stocks decrease 241,000 bales in the last eight weeks, against an increase of 166,000 bales dur ing the corresponding period last year. • * •. According to a report received from Austin. Tex., very 1 ittie cotton has been chopped out in that territory. The re port said that the crop is about ten days late in Texas. • * • The New York Commercial says: A lap walked into a Broadway commission house yesterday and stood gazing at the board a while Then he picked up the cotton tape and studied it attentive ly. The manager politely asked him whether he understood the figures. “Sure I do.” replied the Jap in the best ver nacular, and proceeded to extract from his pockets a handful of charts. He had charts of cotton prices, others of wheat movements, still others of ^coffee and finally a curious maze of lines to indi cate the stock market. After consult ing them he announced that July cot ton was headed toward 12 cents and that coffee was a purchase at current levels. Then he made his exit. “Well, it does seem as if Japs make charts of everything from markets to fortifica tions.” observed the manager. “Perhaps he is getting ready to blow up the stock market,” suggested a loafer. • * * Liverpool cables: “American middling fair, 7.26d; good middling, 6.92d; mid dling. 6.72d: low middling, 6.58d; good ordinary, 6.24d; ordinary, 5.90d. * * * Atlanta dispatch to Journal of Com merce states that notwithstanding the fact that for nearly five weeks practi cally no rain has fallen in Georgia, the State Department of Agriculture pre dicts a “bumper” cotton crop this year for that State. * * * Dallas wires; “Texas Panhandle clear, rest cloudy; some good rains east ern part; Oklahoma generally cloudy; rains central.” • * * NEW ORLEANS, May 15.—Hayward •fc Clark; The weather map shows cloudy over the entire belt. Some good rains in Arkansas. Showers in North Louisiana and East Tennessee. The map shows no rain elsewhere, but de tailed records at 10 o’clock bound to show more precipitation, as telegraph companies and private reports say rain fall at many points. Indications are for unsettled, showery weather over the entire belt, w’ith increasing certainty of rain in the Eastern states. * * * The detailed Government records show a rather general rainfall in Oklahoma over night. Twelve stations out of a to tal of eighteen show an average of near ly one inch, whereas the weather map this morning gives only .14 at one sta tion. This shows how showers, no mat ter how large, are not always shown on u mtf. We compare with mill takings for the week last year of 279,000 bales. It is believed that the visible supply will be bearish. • * • The New Orleans Times-Dempcrat . ays: Like a bolt from the blue, the bear contingent hurled defiance in the teeth of the enemy in the shape of an assertion that the new crop is in as good condition as it was at this time in 1911. Of course, bulls ridiculed such an idea ami countered with deficient rainfall re ports. with advices saying replanting on too large a scale for the good of the crop had been made necessary by cool nights, and finally by exploiting a tele- cram dated San Antonio, which read; “Many reports of abandoned acreage on account of no germination and too late to replant even if rains come soon. De ficiency in rainfall since January 1, 3.54 • nches.” • * • The transfer of New York’s protective stock to foreign lands must be assum ing a serious aspect in the eyes of July shorts. It is now reported that a num ber of thousand bales of low grades have been culled out and ear-marked for Bombay. All along Liverpool has ad vised that low grades cotton out of the New York stock wmuld be welcomed there. Thus it would seem that the \ew York July short has real cause for concern, especially since the New York contract market holds well below Southern spot parity. NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET. Coffee quotations; MONEY AND EXCHANGE. NEW YORK. May 15. -Money on call, 3 per cent: 30 days. 3*4@4. Time mon ey, unchanged: 4 per cent; six months, -.*4 @4 Vi*. Posted rates; Sterling exchange. 4.83 1 ^ fo 4.S7 with actual business in bankers' bills at D86for demand and 4.8285 for 60-da\ hills. Prime mercantile paper firm at 5@5* 2 . PASTOR REFUSES $2,000 PURSE. DANBURY. CONN. May 15.--'The Rev. Dr. Walter J. Shar.iey, 'eetor of Bt. Peter's church in this city, hit v.sked the m cnbers of Ids parish, who have raised a purse of $2.00') to present to him. to return the money to the contributors, saying that e of the lalu needed the munav morn than he did. COTTON MARKET IS EXTREMELY DOLL Beneficial Rains Fail to Depress Quotations for Futures—Trad ers Wait for Developments. NEW YORK. May 15.—New crops were supported moderately ofi account of the weather reports at the opening of the cotton market to-day. first prices ranging from 1 point lower to 2 points higher than last night’s close. The tone was steady. Outside trading inter ests are apparently awaiting further crop statistics. The market was extremely dull dur ing the late forenoon and prices fluctu ated within a very narrow range, being l point higher to 3 points lower than the opening quotations. Dullness was attributed chiefly to the apathy on the part of the leading professionals, who were inclined to withdraw their atten- .ion from the market until something new turned up. Sentiment w-as bearish; also weather reports. The map shows rain storm formations over Southwest Texas, hold ing forth good prospects ror rains; also in the South. North Carolina and South Carolina are forecast to have fair weather, while Florida. Alabama. Geor gia and Mississippi are due to receive local showers. In addition to the bearish weather conditions the impression prevails that the visible supply figures to-morrow and also mill takings will prove a bearish ffcotor. This brought out rather free offerings from the ring and Wall Street, but the market took the selling well and prices were firmly naintained around the initial level. Interest during the afternoon session was plainly centered on new crop posi tions. The local crowd and Wall Street continued to sell on reported rains in the Eastern belt. The market, however, maintained a steady tone, owing to the buying by brokers who were said to he buying for Liverpool. Near positions were practically unchanged from the opening, while new crops were 3 to 4 points lower. Every one seems to be waiting for new* developments. This coupled with Liverpool being closed Friday and Sat urday will probably cause the market to rule very quiet with a narrow range, but the prevailing tendency seems to be downward as sentiment continues bear ish. The majority of traders seem to be waiting for something to come up so they can sell, believing that the market is too high In the face of predominating bearish sentiment. At the close the market, was steady with price.* at a net decline of 1 to 2 points from the final quotations of Wed nesday. Following are 11 a. m. bids in New’ York: May 11.41, July 11.54. August 11.33, October 10.98, January 10.96. Following are 10 a. m. bids in New Orleans: May 12.19. July 11.99. August 11.59. October 11.10, January 11.13. Estimated cotton receipts: • Friday. 1912. .1,800 to 2.200 1,125 .1,200 to 2,000 1,93 New Orleans Galveston . . RANGE IN NEW YORK FUTURES. W r- 3 2 u My 11.42111.42111.40111.40;lt.40-41111.42-43 Jne I 11.47-49111.49-51 Jly ill.53'11.56111.51 11.54111.52-54111.53-54 Ag 11.33111.34 111.31 111. 3D 11.31-32111.33-34 Spt i | 11.01 -02! 11.03-05 Oc ’11.00 11.00 10.94110.95 10.95-96110.97-98 Dc i 11.00| 11.01! 10.96110.97| 10.96-97 10.98-99 Jn 110.98 10.98 10.94110.95 10.94-95110.95-96 Mb hi.0611.07H1.03I11.03 11.02-04 11.03-05 Closed steady. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. LIVERPOOL, May 15.—This market was due to open 1 to 2 points lower, but opened quiet at a net advance of *4 to 1 point. At 12:15 d. m. tne market was dull, *4 to 1 point decline. Spot cotton dull at L point decline; middling 6.72d; sales, 5,000. including 3,- 900 American bales; import, 6,000 bales, including 4.000 American bales. This market will be closed to-morrow and Saturday At the close the market was quiet but steady with prices at a net decline of */2 point from the closing quotations of Wednesday. Futures opened quiet and steady. Opcnfng Prev Range. Close Close. ~ * " 6.46*4 6.1 4*4 Mav . .6.46 6.46 May- ■June . . .6.45 -6.45% 6.45*4 June -July . 6.42% July- •Aug. . ! .6.39 -6.38" 6.38% Aug. -Sept . . .6.28*4' -6.27% 6.28% Sept. -Oct. . • .6.13% -6.14 6.14 Oct.- Nov. . . .6.06 -6.05% 6.06% Nov. -Dec. . .6.03 -6.03% 6.03% Dec.- ■Jan. . 6.02% Jan.- ■Feb. . ’ . 6.01*4 6.02 Feb.- •Mch. . . .6.02% 6.03 Mch. -Apr. . .6.03 6.04 Closed quiet but steady. 6.02*4 6.03*4 6.04*4 | Opening. | Closing. January . . . 11.50IU.49 511.60 February 11.45511.50111.50511.62 March 11.45 |ll.52@11.63 April |ll.62@11.B3 May 11.25 11.25@U.26 June 111.20 11.27511.29 July u.i;s®n.3(i u.sois 11.31 August T 1.31 @11.40 111. 38 @11.40 September . . . 11.4251 1.50(11.47511.48 October .... 11 42 11.47511.48 November . . . . 11.47* 1!.48 December . . . 11.43 Tl.48*11.48 Closed steady; sales 31.000 bags PORT RECEIPTS. The following table shows receipts at the ports Saturday compared with the «anie day last year | 1913. ) 1912. New Orleans. . . 2.056 1.905 Galveston. . 2,263 1.099 Mobile 374 201 Savannah. . . . 1.599 ' 106 Charleston. . . . 448 124 Wilmington. . . 238 203 Norfolk 609 876 Boston 50 168 Philadelphia . . 389 Pacific coast . . 7.898 \ arious 366 Total 8.392 13.290 INTERIOR MOVEMENT. 1913. 1912. Houston. . . . 803 846 ■lUgUSti 68 :02 Memphis. . . . 1.151 i r05 1 •!! 1 OU's . . . 978 791 j Cincinnati . . . 393 1 ! 5 •♦tic Reck . . 55 1 Tntai 3.29.3 5.120 HAYWARD & CLARK'S DAILY COTTON LETTER NEW ORLEANS, May 15.—Liverpool is holding around 6d for new’ crops and awaiting developments. Spot sales are very small: total, 5,000 bales. That market w’ill be closed to-morrow and Saturday and may affect spot business. Political news is not prominent at pres ent. but the failure of government se curities to show a rapid recovery would sTirgest that apprehension has not yet entirely subsided. Detailed government records show rather general precipitation overnight in Oklahoma, twelve stations out of a total of eighteen reporting an average of nearly one inch. The into-sight movement for the week looks around 75,000 bales, against 95,186 last year. As Liverpool forwardings to mills this week are only 46,000 American, against 67.000 last year, an unfavorable con sumption statement is indicated for to morrow. So far to-day advices of rain have "ome from Pine Bluff. Little Rock. Spartanburg and Greenville, South Carolina. The market 1r quiet around 11.10 for October. Buying of new crops by Eu rope was again quite prominent this morning and held up the scales against selling on good crop reports and favor able weather reports. It is essentially a waiting market. NEW ORLEANS COTTON. C e> c. i Is -a v I M 1 O j | *4 n. 0 1 , r J My 12:i8 12.1912.18112.18 12.18-20 12.17 Jn : 12.00-02112.00-02 Jly 'll. 97112.00'll. 96111.97 ill. 97-98 111. 96-97 Ag 11.55 11.65 11.55 11.56! 11.57-58'U. 36-57 Spt I 11.23-25111.21-28 Oc 11.10.11.13 11.07111.10*11.09- 10T1.09-10 Nv 1 111.09-11111.09-11 Dc 11.09 11.12111.05 11.08111.07-08111.07-08 Jn 11.10 11.11 11.10!ll. 10111.07-11111.11-12 Fb I1L06-09 11.08-10 Mh 11.22 11.22 11.20111.20 11.19-21111.19 Closed steady. COTTON SEED OIL. Spot . . . May . . . June . . . July . August . . September October . . November December . Crude . . . j Opening. 1 Closing. .! 1 6.95©7.05 6.95©6.97 6.95rfi6.97 6.98<&6.99 7.04(5 7.06 7.06© 7.07 6.74/56.77 6.44(5 6.16 6.30/56.39 6.00 6.89 *d 6.94 6.885 6.91 6.90(5 6.93 6.99-5 7.00 7.005 7.00 6.695 6.71 6.405 6.45 6 3056.40 Today's NewYork Stock Market The following table shows the highest, lowest and close, to gether with the previous close: Amal. Cop. . 74*6 73% 73% 74% Am. Ice. Se. 23 Am. Suy. 107 Am. Smelt. . 66% 66' 4 66% 66'% Am. Loco. . 32‘ 2 32' 2 32', 32'/, Am. Car. Fd. 48V, Am. Cot. OH 42' 2 397* 40' 2 42 Am. Wool. . 19' 2 Anaconda . . 37 £ b 37% 37% 37% Atchison . . 994* 99*8 993 8 A. C. L. . . 12V ? 121' 2 121'% 121 Am. Can. . . 32% 32 32 32 do. pref. 92% Am. B. Sug. 30'% Am. T. & T. 128 128 128 128 Am. Agri. . . 491/4 B. R. T. . 90! 2 89% CO 89/a B. & O. . 984* 98% 98% 98 Can. Pac. . . 23734 236' 2 2363 4 23734 Corn Prod. . . 10'/, C. & O. . . . 66 64' * 64' 2 65!% Cen. Lth. . . 22% C. F. & 1. . . 31 31 31 30' 2 C. South. . . 30 D. A H. . 15'/, Den. R. G. 19 DIs. Sec. . 15'/« Erie .... 28% 28'/« 28' 4 28% do. pref. . . 43 43 43 42% Gen. Elec. . 137% 137' 2 137% 137'/, Gold. Con. 2 2 2 2 Gt. West 13% G. N. pref. . 126 1257 8 1253 4 125% G. N. O. 33 Int. H. (old) 103 III. Cen. 114' 2 114' 2 114'/2 114 Interboro 14 137/8 14 14 do. pref. . 49 3 * 49 49 491.4 1. Cen. . . . 7 K. C. S. . . 201/2 M. K. T. . . 24 do. pref . 58'/, L. Valley . 153** 1523 4 152% 153'% L. and N. . . 131 130% 1307* 131 Mo. Pacific. . 35 34% 343 4 34% N. Y. Central 99% 99«/ 4 99' 4 99 Northwest.. . 1291/* 129'/ 4 129'% 129 Nat. Lead 46 N. and W. 1C4«/ 2 104/2 1C4'/ 2 105% No. Pacific. . 114 114 114 114 0. and W. 28'/a Penna 110'% 110'% 110' 4 110'% Pacific Mail. . 21/4 P. Gas Co. . . 109 P. Steel Car . 24'/, 24'/, 24' , 24'/* Reading . . . 130'/* 159 169'', 159% Rock inland . 19% 19 19' 2 19% do. pfd.. 33 32' 2 33 32 R. 1. and Steel 23 23 23 23 do. pfd.. 81** 81*8 81 3 3 82 S.-Sheffield 30 So. Pacific . . 95'/a 96'/ a 95 8 95'4 So. Railway 24% 243/4 24% 24'/, do. pfd.. . 75% St. Paul . . 106' 4 106 106'% 106!% Tenn. Copper. 34' , 34'/ a 341/8 341/8 Union Pacific. 148% 147% 1473£ 148% U. S. Rubber. 61% Utah Copper . 51‘/ a 51 51'/, 51 /a U. S. Steel . 59% 59'/g 59V, 59/a do. pfd. 1057s 1057, 105% 105% V.-C. Chem. 26'/ a 25',% 26'% 26 W. Union . . 65 Wabash . . . 2*4 2'/, 2' 2 2% do. pfd.. . . S'/s «'/» 8'/, 8!% W. Electric. . 61 W. Central . . 50'/2 W. Maryland 39 Total ales. 192,660 shares 1C. o;sd LD INITIAL DECLINE Shorts Cover in Last Hour on Un favorable News From Wheat Fields—Cables Easy. ST. LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS. Wheat—No. 2 red Com—No. 2 Oats—No. 2 .976? 103 .59 .37 Closed strong; sales 9.700 barrels. CHICAGO, May 15.—Wheat closed strong, unchanged to *4c better. There was a great deal of talk of 'fuke“ ex port sales coining from the seaboard and elsewhere, but the final reports claimed a cash business here of 475,000 bushels of which 300,000 bushels was reported as having been taken by exporters. This caused some reaction and advance in the market from the lowest levels reached. The exports of wheat from both coasts during the month of April were 10,737,000 bushels compared with 4,900,000 bushels for a like period last year. Com closed * 8 c better. Oats were up & *4c. Provisions were better all around. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. Grain quotations: Prev. High. WHEAT— Low Close. Close. May . . 89 88% 88% 88% July . . . 88% 87% 88 87% Sept. . . 88% 87% 88 87% CORN— May . . 55% 55% 55*4 65% July . . 56 55% 55% 55% Sept. . . 56% 56% 56% 56% OATS— May . . . 37% 37 37% 37 July . . . . 36 35% 35% 35% Sept. . . 35% 34% 35% 34% PORK— May . . .19.80 19.70 19.80 19.60 July . . . .19.62% 19.42% 19.56 19.40 Sept. . . .19.35 19.25 19.30 19.20 LARD— May . . .11.10 11.00 11.10 11.00 July . . . .10.92% 10.85 10.90 10.82% Sept. . . .11.00 10.90 10 95 10.90 RIBS— May . . .11.80 11.72% 11.80 11.60 "July . . . 11.15 11.05 11.12% 11.15 Sept. . . .11.00 10.92% 11.00 10.92*4 CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS. CHICAGO, May 15.—Wheat, No. 2 red, 1.04*45105*4; No. 3 red. 9501.00; No. t hard winter, 90*4592; No. 3 hard win ter, 89*4 5 91; No. 1 northern spring. 90* 3 592; No. 2 northern spring. 89091; No. 3 spring. 875 89. Corn. No. 2. 56*45564; No. 2 white, 59*45593.4; No. 2 yellow, 56*4@56%; No. 3. 55*4556: No. 3 white, 59559*4; No. 3 yellow, 55%@56; No. 4, 55*4555%; No. 4 white, 58. Oats. No. 2. 38%; No. 3 white, 36%5 37%: No. 4 white. 36*4 5 37*4; standard, 38 5 38*4- LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET. LIVERPOOL. May 15.—Wheat opened % to *4d higher. At 1:30 p. m. the mar ket was % to *4d lower; closed *4 to %d lower. Corn opened %d lower. At 1:30 p. m. the market was %d lower; closed %d lower. ST. LOUIS CASH. ST. LOUIS, May 15.—No. 2 red wheat, 9751.05; No. 3 red. 96598: No. 4 red. 86@90; No. 2 hard, 87%@9l; No. 3 hard, 88f/91; No. 4 hard. 88589. Corn—No. 3, 59^4; No. 4. 58*^; No. 3 yellow. 59*4; No. 2 white, 59; No. 3 white, 61062*4. Oats—No. 2, 36*4537; No. 3. 36536*^; No. 4, 35; No. 2, white. 38*4; No. 3 white, 375 38; No. 4 white. 36537. Rye—No. 2, 63. CHICAGO CAR LOTS. Following are the receipts for Thura- day and estimated for Friday: {Thursday I Friday. IAI BIG BATCHES Decline Apparently Sympathetic With Depression of Many Other Agricultural Industriasl. By C. W. STORM. NEW YORK, May IB—Weakness, re- suiting from professional operations, dominated the stock market at the opening to-day, American Cotton Oil sustaining the biggest decline with a loss of 3 points. Canadian Pacific, which had been off in London owing to conti nental selling, followed its foreign lead and declined over a point in the first half hour. Brooklyn Rapid Transit was an exception, advancing %. Among the other issues which sold off were Amalgamated Copper, *4; United States Steel common. *4: Union Pacific, %; Reading, *4; Pennsylvania. *4: Erie. Vfe: American Can, %. Missouri Pacific and New York, New Haven and Hart ford gained fractionally. The curb was steady. Trading in Americans in London was narrow. The market was irregular during the forenoon with fractional losses in all the leading issues. Copper dropped % to 74V(». Steel was off *4 at 59*4- Read ing advanced % to 159%. Missouri Pacific/was up *4. At 237% Canadian Pacific was off %. Call money loaned at 3 per cent. The market was sluggish in the last hour, price changes taking the form of fractional recessions. Steel was un changed from its noon level, as was Atchison and Southern Pacific. Union Pacific, Reading and Canadian Pacific shaded. The market closed firm. Government bonds unchanged; other bonds firm. Wheat Corn Oats Hogs 13 67 101 21,000 15 90 123 18,000 PRIMARY MOVEMENT. WHEAT— 1 1913. 1912. Receipts I 543,000 | 591,000 Shipments .... [ 576,000 ! 640,000 CORN— i i 1 Receipts | 296,000 | 432,000 Shipments .... ! 274.000 ! 805.000 STOCK EXCHANGE TO CLOSE. NEW YORK. May 15.—The New York Stock Exchange will be closed on Satur day, May 31. following Decoration Day. BRADSTREET’S CLEARANCES. Following are the clearances of grain for the week as shown by Bradstreet’s: Wheat. 70.000 bushels. Flour, 47.000 barrels. Torn, 1,000 bushels. Wheat and flour equaled 918,00$ bushels. BAR SILVER. LONDON, May 15.—Bar silver steady at 28 %d. NEW YORK. May 15.—Commercial bar silver, 65c. 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