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/-US. 14 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NFWS. THURSDAY. MAT 7 90 loin. ATLANTA MARKETS Overconfidence Is Dangerous and ‘Trailer’ May Go to l op Any Dav With Flood of Ballots. "I notice.” remarked the veteran, “that some of these boys and Kiri-* 1n The Georgian and The American pony content have rolled up big leads over the others, and now are keeping their total about stationary Now. I’ve watched a good many contests, and managed a few. and I want to say right here that this in dangerous. At the same time, what I have to say ought to be encouraging to the little fellows who haven't raao* much progress as yet “Perhaps some of these tail-ender* feel It is hopeless to try to caich the leaders in their districts. No such thing. Overconfidence has de feated more contestants than any other factor Alortg in the middle of the contest period some of the leaders begin to think the race is won. They rest on their oars, and suddenly wake up some day to the fact that a ’trailer’ is crowding them hard. So mv advice to the boys and girls at the bottom ie. ‘Don’t be discouraged.' and to the leaders 1 would say, Never think you have enough.' " The ponies, by the way, are transformed. When they came to At lanta few of them had shed their winter coots. Now all the uhagginess has disappeared. They are sleek, fat and shining *1 have read your ‘ad' and am answering it. so please s<*nd me a pony.” writes one little girl. Such faith in The Georgian and The Amur: can ought to be rewarded, but we had to tell the little girl that .-lie must enter the race if she wants one of the Shetlands. District Number One. George Rosser Jacob Patterson Josephine Simril Vera Nelle Brantley Miss Margaret Lewis Janet Oxenham Edgar Watkins. Jr Jas. O. Godard Willie Ivey Wiggins Hugh B. Luttrell Andrew May Miss Frankie .1. Smith Hillman McCalla Mis* Mildred Stewart Dorothy Stiff Nellie Martin Miss Estelle Sullivan Phillip S. Reid Miss Louise Thompson Mollie Lee Kendall Glenn Moon Thomas M. Price Norman Caldwell James Grubbs Wn\ Elsie Lottie Mae Dedman .... Eugene Morgan to yman Conard Yoland Oxvin Harold Holsombacli .. T L. Hoshall. Jr Toy Maul dir. . 1140 . 1145 . 1130 1100 1000 100(1 1000 1000 10)0 Albert Smith 10 to Mis J»uise McCrary . 1000 Miss $»udle King 1000 Mils CSaynell Phillip, 1000 Miss Mary F. Peacock . . 1000 Rnh#»rt A Hnrden . . . 1000 Miss Kdlth <\ow*r . .. 1000 Miss Ruth Grpgan ...... 100) H. E. Watkins, Jr. ...... 100 ) Miss Annie Phillips . . 1000 Miss Christa Powers 1001 Oliff Moodv 10,10 William Ernest 1000 Arthur Pepin 1000 Lillian Smith .. .. . 10O0 Chas. Johnson . 10(10 Frank Price. Jr District Number Two. . 1000 Miss Robert Harbour • .28295 Pugien* Willingham . - . 22560 Miss Marjorie McLeod . 10265 Miss Elizabeth Smith . . .10865 J W Collin*, Jr 9790 Miss Lottie McNair . H300 Elsie Gosnell 5880 Mira Edith Gray 394 $ Edmund Hurt . 4905 Mi vs Trielle Shaw . 4630 Miss Nellie Reynolds . 3585 Rnv Warwick . 35211 J Edgar Sheridan 29 45 Miss Elizabeth Garwood 2675 Mifs LaRue Church .... . 2 43,*. Willett Matth a . 2170 Paul M Clark . 311 > Wm. Wellborn . 185ft Clinton Hutchinson . . . . . 1740 M1«s Virginia Walton . 1650 Chas M Kellog, Jr. ... . 1380 Edgar Sweetzcr . 1425 Max Clein . 1245 Robert Wood . 1180 J P. Tucker . 103 > J E. Wood . 11 JO Martin Comerford . 10)0 Rual Crawley . 1000 Willie Harden . 1000 Raley Ray . 1000 Mias Lucy Withers . *00 Miss Elizabeth Downing . 1000 Robert R. Andrews . . Mis* Catherine Fussell . 1000 . 1000 Nick Carol! ....’ . 1003 Sarah Paxton . 1000 W. Samvl . 1000 Ed Ferguson Pierce Smith District Number Three. . 1000 . 1000 Charles L. Stevens .25320 Mildred Brickman . 216*5 Wiltelte Mat .hv w* . 19735 J P. Goeis. Jr . 7845 Miss Mabel Bracewell.. . 3400 MLs Mary Wells . 2735 Mias Alma Coleman . 2335 MDe Kvel\n Oxford 1800 Ernest K. Hamorick 125 *) Anne S. Slatton . 1040 Willie Reynolds . 1000 Harrv Brown . 1000 Joe R. Smith . 1000 Howard Grove . 1000 Dlaudia Cochran . . 1000 Annie Mealor Marion Wells District Number Four. . 1000 . 1000 Fannie Mae Cook 43219 Florence Greenoe .36215 Nathaniel Kay .21720 Osrar Eugene Cook ... .14210 W H Hamilton. Jr . 8756 .1 Wailing Davis . 6250 Ida : G. Fox . 596,5 Miil Wilhe.mina Tu :ker . 54_", Nell Reynolds r.4So Howell Conway . 365ft Lillian Mauienbeig ...... . 418 5 Miss Ida. -Bloomberg . 5965 Charles Ernest Yernoy . 2460 Agnes Snatren . 2335 H L. W. Brown . 339ft MitoS Maude L. Berry . 2210 Miss Beatrice Brunson . 2175 Lou;« Joel . 1695 Gu>* Qui’ ian Mias Ma ie Toy . ifii: . 1550 F.avmond Smith .... . 1460 John Thrasher . 1425 Roy Young . 14.■' Paul Theodor, u . 1410 Miss Annie L. -harr . . 2110 Es’e 1 '® Honer . 1389 David T\ Nbwen . 1295 \Y”liam Henderson .... . 1290 Louise Siiurs°n . 12fi f i Mo»e GdJd . 123ft iMits Susre Flack . 1250 Miss Meta Mitchell . . 1870 Ra ph Rose . . . ........ 113«* . 100u 1450 luoO 100; lftu<) 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1003 1000 1000 1035 1000 1003 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1645 1000 26 TO 1000 ,31735 96.', » 62 75 6775 50’5 3800 30 TO 1066 . 2115 126) 1650 n.,0 1000 loon 1000 . 1000 . 1000 Vivian Broom Miss L. E. Abbott Miss Lovie C. Dean Miss Alice Feldman Frank Henley Miss Annie Mae HUsman Milton Holcombe Lynn A. Hubbard Harry Stone Miss Sarah Whitaker Miss Margaret White Charles Stone FT H. Brown Miss Roacqiund Humphries .. Hugh Terrell Miss Cariotla Hums Lowell Battle Miss Lillian L Brown Miss Marlon Overstreet Jack Ellman Eugene Bayliss Sam K. Nece Esther Hutchins Louise Whitman Myrtle Jones Annie Slatten Valentine Jenkins .’ District Number Five. Frank Ison. Jr Richard Rainey Harndon Thomas Emery Ward Miss Louise Chewning Dick De. ton Miss Margaret La Fetire Miss Mary Holloway Miss Lucile Berry John Baker Long Roy Coleman Wm. ilood Miss T ex la Mae Butler Miss Anna Graham Albert Leake Merriot Brown Reid Miss Frarces Summers District Number Six. William Turner 17, Miss Bevorjx Swan ton 1.3 Edward l >eLoach 61 Miss Susanne Springer 6 .1. T. Sewell 5 Miss Virginia Jackson 3 George Nelson Baker 3 Edgar Wilson 2 John Lovett •_> Grady Harris ’. 2 Miss Margaret Thornton 1 Gay Reynolds j Miss Ora F. poster 1 Ad Gay \ E. F. Marquett l Charlie Hood 1 Miss Grace Davis 1 Gregory J- Eaton 1 Angie C. Newton 1 Benjamin F. Safiets 1 Francis Summers 1 District Number Seven. A Morrison 11715 Philip Gllstein 7010 lames Allen 2940 George H. Melton 1500 Joe DuPre lit Law rent e McGinnis 1170 Clyde Mitchell 1540 Cltturie Higgins 1000 (’has. R. Walker. Jr 1725 Willie Mae Dempsey 1000 Joy Carrownv 1000 Miss Alma Hudson 100.) Fannie Bet Us 1000 Henry Hull 1000 City Carriers and Newsboys. Ross Greet . .31 Royal Barbour 2 Harold Hamby 20 O. B. Bigger 19 Mose Brodkin 31 John Kemble 14 J. U. Moore 12 Roy * Cook 9 Raymond Wilkinson 13 Harold Turner 6 Irvan Willingham 8 Powell Pendlev 11 Sterling Jordan 5 Sidney Ney 8 Everett J. Cain .3 Norman Gooch 4 BonnelJ Bloodworth 2 Charles Barron ... 3 St. Leonard Veiteh 2 •L. M. Harrison Frank Gat wood .... Robert Cotrell Olin Neal Bass R. S. McConnell .... Grady Cook Johnnie Evans Out-of-Town Agent* John Martin, Jr.. Columbus. Ga.t> Ambrose Scarboro, RoyHton. Ga. Jake Palmer. Murphy. N C Leon Spence, Carrollton. Ga Patrick Jones. Macon H K Everett. Calhoun. Ga . . .las S. Plunkett. Gaffney. S Gladys Daniel. Bolton Aubrey Hopkins, Anderson. S. C Thos. W. Rylee. Gainesville. Ga M. E. Dasch Stone Mountain. Ga Robt. Newby. Vienna. Ga Chas. k'Havey. Lithonia. Ga... H. Esserman. Rome. Ga John Toler. New Orleans. I .a. I>eon B. Spears. Woodstock. Ga Alfred Chappelle. Sparta. Ga ... James Wilkins. Gaffney. S C... L. Bennett. Brunswick. Ga Jos. Milrm. Cartersville, Ga Herman Corliss. I^aGrange. Ga. Smith Faliaw. Opelika. Ala.. R. E. Hudson, 1'na.dilla. Ga Hugh Parrish. Adel. Ga Paul Swint. Gibson. Ga X. N. David. Cedartown, Ga.... Rupert Mobley, Covington. Ga. Georgia School Bovs and Gir Andrew B Trimble. Lithonia... M Means. Meansville 11190 Ennie Jdpinks. duplex 8155 Lois ' '***\>. »'hattahoochee.. 6505 Virginia McCowen. Marietta Car line 4213 C. 1560 - 1545 1300 5500 12 1180 1000 and Carriers. 18295 8865 3030 5450 3,280 2460 2180 2405 2410 1360 1000 1345 1340 1285 124 5 1015 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 s. EGGS—Fresh country, candled, 17# 18 c. BETTER -Jersey und creamery. In l-lb. block*. 27%#30c; frean country, fair demand. 17%# 22%c. UNDRAWN POULTRY—Drawn, head and feet on, ner pound. Hens. I6#t7c; fries, 22%#2oc; roosters. 84* 10c; tur- keys, owing to fatness, 17#19c. LIVE POULTRY -Hens. 40<&50c; roosters, 30# 35c; broilers. *5c per pound; puddle ducks, 30# 36c; Pekins, 3;>#40e; g,-ese. 50# 60c each, turkeys, owing ’o fatness. 15<h- 17c. FRUITS AND PRODUCE. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES-Lem ons, fancy, $5.50# 6 00, grapefruit, $2.56 '(44.00; cauliflower. lU#/L'%c •)> e* nanas. 3c lb.; cabbage, $1 50# 1.75 per crate; peanuts, per pound, fancy Vir ginia. 0%#/7c, enolce 5 % (fcbftc; lettuce, fancy. $2 00#2.50 beets, $1.75#2.00 in half-barrel crates; cucumbers. $Jb.25#' - 50. Eggplants «scarce). $2.00# 2 50 per crate; peppers, $2.00# 2.50 per crate; to matoes. fancy, six-basket f-rates. $3.00# ."..50; pineapples, $2.50#2.75 per crate; onions. $1.75 per hag <remaining three pecks); sweet potatoes pumpkin yams, 80# 86c. strawberries, 8#lUc per quart; fancy Florida eelerv. $5 Oo j#er crate, okra, fancy six-basket crates, $3.00# 3.50. FISH. FISH Bream and perch, 7c poand; snapper, 10c pound; trout. 10c pound; bluensh, 7c pound; pompano, 20c pound; mackerel. 7c pound: mixed fish. 5# 6c pound; black bass, 10c pound; mullet, $11.00 per barrel. PORT RECEIPTS. Shorts Heavy Buyers, as Are the Houses Dealing in the Ac tual Staple. II. S. OF GREATEST l i e following table shews receipts at he ports to-day compared with the •amf day last yean I 1913. "I 1912. sew (irleans . . 1.285 1,580 Galveston. . . . 1.131 1,384 Mobile 112 179 Savannah . . . 1.263 1,722 Charleston. . . 230 4 Wilmington. . . 50 68 Norfolk 295 1.238 Pensacola. . 8,227 Boston 77 I 22 Philadelphia . . 32 1.398 Pacific coast. . Total .] 12.692 7.995 INTERIOR MOVEMENT. 1913. 1912. Houston. . . . 798 847 Augusta. . . . 117 ! 2 Memphis . . . 452 514 St. Louis. . . . I 725 ( 910 Cincinnati. . . 651 I 396 ' it tie Rock. . . 11 Total. 1.7 43 2,680 COTTON SEED OIL. NEW YORK. May 22.—The cotton seed oil market was steady to-day with trading of a local professional sort for the rflost part. There was short cover ing In May, and some buying of July for Western account. ’otion seed oil quotations: ! Opening. 7.08fo 7.11 7.02# 7.05 7.02# 7.03 7.09# 7.11 7.10# 7.12 6.91# 6.8.3 6.42# 6.45 6.30# 6.37 Closing. _ 7 10# 7 60 7.11 #7.15 7.07#7.11 7.07# 7.11 7.16#7.18 7.17#7.18 6.87# 6.89 6 47# 6 50 6 38#6.40 Spot May June . . . . . July August . . September . October .. . November . . December .. Closed very strong. COTTON MARKET OPINIONS. Norden &■ Co.: *‘ Unfavorable crop news would probably ieao to active buying of the distant positions. Logan A Bryan: ‘The market may show further improvement on short cov ering Hayden. Stone & Co.: ‘‘There Is a dis position lo sell; shorts cover on breaks.” Miller Hi Co.: "We expect continuance of a dragging market, the advance pos sibly going somewhat further ” John Logan, Gainesville, Gn..., Virginia Young. Rosxvell. Ga.... J. L. Brewer. Egan D. S. Morton. Raymond (’has. Clark, Loganville H. C. Ogllvle. Savannah Krva Rlackstock, Hogansville . . W. A. Hollis. Hogansvll’ • H. E. White, Flovilla Sallie Evans, Douglasville Bennett Jeffers, Douglasville .... Belle Ragsdale. Lithonia Clifford Henry. Carrollton (E. Crawford. Chiple.v Esther Boorstein, Covington . . . Margaret Danner, Doraville. . . . Belle Stowe, Toccoa Gertrude Moseley, Menlo, Ga.... B. C. Elder, Blakely Emory Steele, Commerce Wm, Reid, Columbus Horace ^McConnell R. F. D., At lanta Carl Bragg. Woodcliff Paul Jossey, Forsyth K. A. Heckle. Cornelia Jessie Collier. Barnc.sville Etheridge Bradley,* Smyrna .... Ernest Baker, Washington .... Lily Wilkes, R. E. 1). Atlanta .... J. P. Craven. Baxley J. H. Hexvlett, Conyers Helen Mitchell, Rich wood Cl s. Harlan. U. F. D. Atlanta .. Rudolph Campbell. Fairburn .... W. Harrell, Jr., Quitman Robt. Mobley, Jr. Quitman ... C. V. Turner, Jr., Quitman .... G. W. Posey, Jr.. Juniper Mary Allen. Juniper Jessie Tabor, Loganville Mattie I,. Johns Loganville . ... A. K. Gilmore, Jr. Tennllle Richard Johnson. Tennllle .!. p Tucker, J r. R. F. 1 >. A t lanta Edna Jennings. Nexvnnn Thos. Lamar, Way cross Evelyn Dax’is, Baconton W. B. Dismukes. Mystic • 'ary Brc/.el, Rome Susie Glenn. Social Circle . . . Joe Tlnk. Gainesville Eleanor Lindsay, Tucker .... Sidney Newsome, Union Point Elmer Towns, Social Circle . . Terry St rosier, Greenville . . . VV. L. Mattox. Nexvnan Maxxvell Aubrey. Bolton . . ('has. E Keely. Cartersvllle . . Berry Clein. Columbus Patrick Jones, Macon 1320 1175 1165 1105 101ft 1080 1030 KIM 1040 1110 1135 4065 3805 3580 2995 30S0 2855 2075 1970 1650 1425 1 405 1280 1230 1255 1 170 1015 104) 1000 1010 1009 1000 1060 1000 1500 1055 1000 1000 1885 10)5 1005 1000 1000 1000 1000 10 Ml *1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1050 108 ) 22 .0 2250 200O 1935 1800 1795 1690 NEW YORK, May 22 Influenced by bullish talk uf too much rain in - the Western belt, the cotton market opened steady 1 to 6 points higher than last night's close. Other buying was based on firm cables and continued light pH offerings.’ The marke* appeared to have a good undertone and after tjie call sold up 2 10 7 points from the opening quotations 'Phe advance was helped along by trade buying, whip# . caused, nervousness among shorts. Shorts covered new crop positions. October and January rallied '» points. w)ule December advanced 7 points. Near positions held relatively steady, but fluctuated within a narrow- range The spot interests bought old ind new crop months moderately. The weather conditions overnight \\ ttie considered favorable, except in the Western half, where rains are not needed. the map indicates clearing in the Northwestern quarter, with further rains in south and southwest Texas, the lower Central States and generally over 1 he Atlanties. Opjntons are rather mixed, but senti ment is becoming more bullish During the forenoon the market was ouiet. Trading was light. July. how ever, was in active demand by spot sources and held steady at 2 points ad vance over the opening Later posi tions eased off 2, to 4 points from the early high point. Continued short covering and heavy buying by the larger spot houses dur ing the afternoon session sent July to 11.78; October. 11.20: December. 11.21, and January. 11.17. The entire list ag gregated a net gain of 8 to 11 points over the initial level. The bulls said that spinners have been forced for the past few- years to pay higher prices and around 11 cents for new crop cotton, and it looks reasonable with the rate of con sumption It Is said they had rather buy ai this level than take chances of waiting. The belief is general that the short in terest in the market has been eliminated considerably, owing to their persistent buying during the past week Now that tiie shortage has been reduced, traders sav a reaction would be natural. At the close the market was firm with prices showing a net gain of 13 to '6 points from the final quotations of Wednesday. Following are 11 a. m. bids In New York: Mav, 11.60: July. 11.68; August, 11.42; October. 11.12: January, 11.09. Following are 10 a. m. bids in New Orleans: May. 12.40; July. 12.17; Au gust. 11.23; October. 11.24; January, 11.25. Estimated cotton receipts: Friday. 1913. New Orleans 1.600#2.000 225 Galveston 3.400#4.400 843 RANGE IN NEW YORK FUTURES. My h.sr'11 70111 58 11 70 11.69 70 11.56 57 ,1’e . 11.77 78 1 1.61 63 Jlv 11.68111 83 11 68 ii 83H1.81 83 11.66 67 A’g 11.48 11 62 11 48 11 60 11.59 60 11.45 47 Spt 11 28111.31 32 11.16 18 O't 11.10111 25 i 1 10 11 25 11.24 25 11.09 10 D’c 11.10 11 26 11 10 11 26 11.25 26 11.09 1(1 J’n 11.07111 23:11 06 11 22:11.21 23 11.06 07 Mh n.20 n 2511 18 11 2511.29 31 11.14 16 Closed firm. L IVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. LIVERPOOL. May 22. Due 1 to 2% points higher, this market opened steady at a net gain of 1 % to 2 points. At 12:16 p. m., the market was dull but steady with prices 2 to 3 points higher. Spot cotton quiet at 1 point advanced; middling 6.73d; sales. 8.000 hales, includ ing 5,300 American bale 0 , imports 10,000 bales, all of which were American bales. The'market closed quiet, with- prices 1 a net gain of l 1 2 to 2 points from Wednesday’s final. Fin tores opened I st eadv. Opt >ning Prev. Range. Close Close May .. 6.49 6.49 6.47% May- .) une . 6.19 # 6.48% 6.49 6.47% June -July 6.46 6.46 6.44 July- Aug. . 6.42 J A # 6.43 6.42% 6.41 Aug. -Sept. 6.32’ % # 6.33 6.33% 6.31 Sept. -Oct. . 6.17’ % 017% 6.1.5% Oct.- Nov. . 6.09 # 6.11 6.10% 6.08 Nov. -Dec. . 6.07 (a 6.07% 6.07% 6.05% I >ec. - Jan. . 6.06 6.06% 6.04 K Ian - Feb. . 6 06 # 6.06% 6.07 6 04 Feb.- Mar. 6 07 6.05 Mar. - A pr. 6.08 # 6.07% 6 08 6.06 Closed quiet. HAYWARD A CLARKS DAILY COTTON LETTER. NEW ORLEANS, May 22. Overnight news and developments were distinctly against the market. Excepting North- xvest Texas and Oklahoma, xvliere it was fair, cloudy weather prevailed and rain was general, being particularly heavy in South and Southeast Texas. Milan, Italy, says: “The cotton indus try Is weakened by a crisis of five \ears and a syndicate of cotton spinners and manufacturers has been formed to re duce the output. This is to be effected hv ordering the stoppage of 600.000 spin dles. Spinners who want to run their mills fully will he taxed fifty centimes a spindle a year.” Liverpool seems merely to follow New York, hut shows no individual strength. (>n our side the operations in Nexv York directed against technical conditions are ruling the market. Some shorts were induced to cover and this caused a fur ther advance this morning to 11.30 for October. Silver in London ’* lower io 27 1-16; consols unchanged; rentes. 15 lower to 85 82 . , Mill takings were 227.000 bales this week last year. Into-sight looks to he around ‘ 5Y.9C0 against 79.000 bales last year RANGE IN NEW ORLEANS FUTURES Blake Nichols. R. F I). Atlanta 2965 Berta Dav’s, Fayetteville Alfred Wilkes. R. I*'. D. Atlanta Wm. Talliaferro. Mansfield .... Flay Burruss. Carnesville .... Ruth Aiken. Carnesville Gertrude Marshall. Savannah .. Mary Caldxvell. Chipley Rives Cary, Barnesx ille Will Chapman, Barnesville Clyde Stephens, Bainegville .... Ernest Turney, Chipley Robert Davis. Columbus Miriam Stansell. Gainesville Anna Johnson. Summervi j. c. Smith, t)xford .. 1060 E. Scarborough. Macon .. 1025 Brannon Sharp. Commen t .. .. 1000 G. W. Davis. Bremen .. 1000 Cecil McGahee. Lithonia . . 10 »0 Jimmy Logan Grantville .... .. 1950 Sarah Carter Savannah .. 1000 Dan Patrick. Conyeis .. 1000 H H. Redwine. Fayetteville . . . . 100., Felix Reid. Union City .. 100C Ralph Little, Commerce ...... .. 1000 Warner Wtbb. Griffin .. 1000 Quotations in cotton futures: My 12 . 40 ‘ 12 .50 12 40 12. 50 112. .50- -51 12.39- 40 J> |12 .23- ■25 112.15- ■17 Jly 12. 16 i i* 27 i‘i. 16 ii. 23 112. 23- ■24 12,15- ■ 16 A K 11. .75; 11 78 1V 73 ill. 78 11 .82- ■83 ■11.69- •71 Spt |U .46- ■48 ill. 34- 36 O't j ii. 23 ii, ,36j ii 37 ii- 34 11 .33- ■34 11.21- •22 N v 11. .32- ■34 11.21- 23 D’c ii. 22: ii. 36 ii. 22i ii. 32 11 .31- ■32; 11.20- 21 J’n 11. 26 it, 38, in. .26 11. 38 11. 35- ■36 11.23- 24 F’b : 11. .32- ■34; 11 20- 22 Mh ii 37 ii. 45 11 36 ii. 42 11 44- ■45 11.32- 34 Closed steady. School Boys and Girls Outside State of Georgia. Fain E. Webb. Jr 16450 Robert Hyatt Broxvn 4635 Rodney Stephens 4235 Henry Hicks . . 2910 Ralph Turner 1350 Miss Dorothy Davis 1145 McGee Hunt. Westminster. S C. 1075 Miss . nnle McCarell 1030 Novel Wheeler . . 1015 Pauline Tru’I lhOO J. T Webb. Jr 10-o Lindsay W. Graves 1000 George Andrexx*- . . 1000 Miss Lvdia Bemley . . 1000 Geo W Chamlee. Chattanooga. Tenn 1000 THE WEATHER CONDITIONS. 55 A.SHIXGTON, Ma\ 22. There will be showers to-night in the lower lake region, the middle Atlantic States and •New England, followed by cloudv weath er Friday, in the Ohio 5 alley'and ihe upper lake region the weather will be generally fair tonight and Friday, while in the South showers will con tinue. It will be cooler, except in New Eng land and the upper lake region. General Forecast. Following is the general forecast until 7 it nr. Friday: North Carolina: Showers to-night or Friday, cooler to-night, cooler Frida> In xvest portion. South Carolina: Showers to-night or Friday; slightly cooler Friday Georgia: Showers to-night and prob ably Frida> ; somewhat cooler Friday in north and central portions Florida: Showers to-night or Friday. Alabama; Showers to-night or Friday; somewhat cooler to-night Mississippi: Showers to-night or Fri da' somewhat cooler to-night in south east portion. Arkansas: Showers in East, unsettled Friday ar.d fair Louisiana Showers to-night or Fri day 55'est Texas Fair .Jo-night and Friday Last Tejsas: Fair^tOrniffht and Fri da.', except showers on the coast to- nifht. List of Twelve Ablest, However, Will Include Some Unknown to Public. By B. C. FORBES. America can boast of the greatest railroad men in the world. No other country has developed such a race of tran*portation giants. Nine of every ten systems in the United States are now managed, not by stock market plungers, or by father’s sons, but by hard-headed, practical rflen who nave won their way step by step up the ladder from its very bottom. * * * Who are the greatest railroad men in America? • * * I have indeed our more promi nent railway officers and such influ ential directors as James Speyer, Frank A. Vanderlip, etc., to draw up a list of the twelve names they con sider worthy to be placed at the top of the railroad tree. These lists will be tabulated and the result of the vote will be an nounced along with photographs and sketches of each of the “twelve great est” on an early date. • * * The honor roll, it is evident, will not include some names that have been conspicuously before the public for years. The appraisals of the ex perts differ from what the laymen might expect. Eastern railway presi dents do not monopolize the selec tions by any means. Several heads of very important systems have received few vote6, while, on the other hand, two or three names seldom on the public’s tongue stand far up the polk The publication of the completed list can not fail to attract nation-wide inter est, for no similar compilation has ever been made by any newspaper. * * * Three or four names, including, of course, that of James J. Hill, appear on every list sent in. Several others are omitted in only a few cases. For the last two or three places the vot ing is extremely close. * * * The management of American rail roads has undergone complete trans formation within a generation. Too often a railroad was run primarily as a stock market adjunct, as a ma chine for making millions for inside speculators, as a pawn in a great game of gambling. • • • There were no Governmental com missions in those days to order re ductions in rates, to prohibit rebat ing, to check corruption of legisla tures. to forbid the wholesale distri bution of free passes, to probe pro posed issues of new securities and stop them if deemed advisable, or to interfere with the acquisition of one road by another. The man or men who controlled a railroad did with it exactly as they pleased. !f a receivership would net mere millions than remaining sol vent, then a receiver was promptly appointed and the outsiders holding securities were unmercifully fleeced. • • • All that has been changed. Rail roads are now more rigidly and more effectively regulated than any other class of buoiness in the country. They are managed, too, with a de gree of efficiency not dreamed of in the olden days, when one eye—and sometimes both eyes—were kept on the Stock Exchange ticker. * * • Our railroads are now “out of poli tics” in one sense, but are in danger of being kept “in politics” in another sense. Bodies entrusted with their regulation are not always above be ing swayed by political considera tions, the railroads complain. This is especially true in certain States. If “swatting the railroads” will win votes, then the railroads are swatted. Tactics of this kind have been car ried to dangerous and injurious lengths in more than one part of the country—and would be carried far ther would the courts permit. The tendency to-day is to relieve the rail roads as far as possiblt from State interference and place them undsr the supervision of the Federal body, the Interstate Commerce Commission. As one railroad man replied in a jiffy when I asked who are the great est railroad managers in America: “The seven Interstate Commerce Commissioners, of course.” * * • But put the right man in charge of a decrepit railroad, and lo!, in a year or two he will head it toward pros perity. Hemmed in as they are by regulatory commissions, railroad presidents of the proper stamp can still work wonders. Many of them have. The demand to-day is, not for fig ureheads, not for gilded presidents too bent upon pleasure to have time for work, but for sternly practical railroad operators, for men who know from hard experience every phase of railroading. It is of such men that our list of “The Twelve Greatest Railroad Man agers in the United States” will be 1 composed. If you have anything to sell adver tise in The Sunday American. Lar gest circulation of any Sunday news paper in the South. BRACES STOCKS List Shows General Gains—News of Dissolution Plan Is Most Potent Factor. COTTON GOSSIP By C. W. STORM. NEW YORK, May 22.—As the result of selling in Lonxlon and Berlin. Cana dian Pacific was 0„ lower ai the open ing of the stock market to-day. Pres sure was exerted on the list and nearly all the issues showed declines. Among the losses w*re Amalgamated Copper. : Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Vn \ California Petroleum, 6 «;’Great North ern Ore certificates. Vi; United States Steel common. ; Fnited State** Rub ber common. 3 »; Reading. V*; Missouri Pacific, •>*; Mexican Petroleum and 1-ehlgh Valley. %. After half an hour partial recoveries were made by gome of the stocks. Northern' Pacific advanced >4 and a similar gain was made by Chesapeake and Ohio. The curb was steady. Continent in Americans' ih London was cheerful. Prices were above New York parity. Canadian Pacific was weak <>n London and Continental pressure. There was little feature In the market during the forenoon. Some recoveries on early losses were made with frac tional gains in a few' of the issues. Ca nadian Pacific was off V4. at 236**. Steel and Copper lost Reading, Erie and Northern Pacific were up '4. Chesa peake and Ohio rose *%. to 64Tw. I^ehigh Valiev dropped Union Pacific re mained unchanged. • "all money loaned at 2-N. A stronger tone prevailed in the mar ket in the last hour and a number of important issues made gains. Amalga mated Copper sold around 74^*. Fnion Pacific was in good demand, selling at 161% for a gain of 2Q over the opening price. Gains of about a point were made by Reading and Chesapeake and Ohio; Brooklyn Rapid Transit also ad- x'anced. The market closed strong. Govern ment bonds unchanged: other bonds firm. Today's New York Stock Market Following are the highest, low est and last prices of stocks sold in New York to-dav: STOCK— High. Low. Last Sale. Prev, Close. Am. Ice. 23» 2 23 23' 2 23 Amal. Cop. . . 76% 73'/ 2 76% 733 4 Am. Sugar. . . 111 110 111 1091-2 Am. Smelt. . . 67% 67-2 67'/ 2 66% Am. Loco. . . 38 32% 33 32% Am. Cot. Oil . . 41' 4 40 41'/* 39 Am. Woolen . 1734 Anaconda . . . 38 37% 38 37'% Atchison . . . 99 99' ? 993 a Atlantic C. L. 122% 12 2 1223* 122 Am. Can . . . 33'/. 32' ? 33 32 do pfd. 93 92% 93 92' 2 Am. Beet Sug. 29 Am. T. and T. 129 128% 129 128'/* Am. Agricul.. . 48 . Beth. Steel. . . 32'% 32% 32! 2 B. R. T 91% 91% 91% 91 B. and O. 9«'% 98 4 98' 0 98% Can. Pacific 238% 238% 2373* 237 ’ Corn Products 10'/„ C. and O. . 63' 2 64% 65' * 64% Consol. Gas. 1 S3' * 131% 138'% 131 Va Cen. Leather. 22 Colo. F. and 1. 31' 2 40'/* 31'/2 40% Colo. Southern 28' 2 D. and H.'. . 156 Den. and R. G. 17' 2 Distil. Secur. 15% 15% 15% 13'/. Erie 28% 28% 25% 28 do pfd. 43'/i 43 43% 421b Gen. Electric. 139% 138% 139% 138' j Goldfield Cons Great Western. Q. N.. pfd. 127 5 g G. N. O. 33 Int. Har. (old) .... 111. Central . 1143* Interboro . . . 143<i do pfd. 51*/g Iowa Central K. C. S M„ K. and T do pfd. 114? a 1143/* 15*fe 143 4 50* 31V* L. Valley. . 156 154 156% 154/2 L. and N. 133- 4 132 133% 131/a Mo. Pacific. 35'/4 34% 35' 4 34’/2 N. Y. Central 1003/4 100 1003 4 99 3 i Northweet.. . 129/2 Nat. Lead 48 48 48 47 N. and' W. 106 106 106 1051' 2 No. Pacific. . 113'. 2 114% 115% 1141/b O. and W. 29 29 29 28 s . Penna 11 O'4 110*. f> 110% 110/. Pacific Mali 21*4 P. Gas Co. 109' 109% 109% 110'.-, P. Steel Car . 24'4 Reading. . . . 162 1M) 161% 160 „ Rock Island . 18-2 17'/ a 18'/ 2 17* 4 do. pfd. 313„ 31 313. 291/2 i NEW' YORK. May 22 —The buying has been general throughout the day. Vc D' little cotton was for sale on the ad vance Shorts covered new crop posi tions. • • • The ring crowd was inclined to buy. Spot people again centered their atten tion on July, but purchased new crops moderately. • • • Schill bough* 2,100 bales of July from MoFartden. McFadrten sold 4,000 bales of July In all Srhlll led the buying movement during the early trading, vx a- •ters. Munds and Rlordan were leading sellers. Rainfall—Texas: Abilene. 04; Alice. 12; Ballinger. 08; Brenham 44. Brownsville, .22; Columbus 04; Corpus Chrlsti. 70; Dallas. .06; Dublin. 1-62. Fort Worth. 26; Galveston. 2.30; Green ville. 1.20: Hondo. .36; Houston. 184; Koppert. .30. Lampassas. .32: Longview .50; Llano. .32: Paris, 1.12; Pierce. .08. Riverside. 40: Sherman. .16: Taylor. 08, Temple. .62; W’acd. 48: Waxahachte, 2.92: 55'eat her ford, .32. . * * * .. Rainfall—Tennessee: Arlingion. 1.60; Dvershurg. 1.60: Brownsville. 3-60 Arkansas—Brinkley. 1.40; Prescotte, 2 50; Helena. 1.10; Portland. 1.10; Dar- danelle. 1 inch; Texarkana. 1.80: Cam- ^MissTssinnl—Clarksdale. 1 inch: Kp»- eiusko. 2.30; Hernando. 1.60; Batesville, 1.20: Macon. 1.70: Holly Springs. U90; Aberdeen, 1.50; Okolona, 2.60; Natchez. 1.25; Brookhaven, 1.63. Ma bam a—Tuscaloosa. 2 inches^ South Carolina—Blaokville. 1 40. Louisiana—Amite. 2 inches; Clinton. 2.55; Lafavette. 1.35: Melville. 4 inches. • * * Shreveport, La., wires: Showers are most unfavorable in this section. Pre venting field work. At the same time grass Is growing as fast as the crop, necessitating extra labor and increasing the cost of the crop. We are already three weeks late and a large acreage is not worked out. If rain continues a few days longer, low lands will be aban doned.” * * * .T. M, Anderson says: “The shorts ap parently are very nervous and fear the buying power of the bulls, with the con stant demand coming from them for July. Favorable weather reports seem to have x’ery little effect upon the mar ket.” * * * There was a good demand around the close yesterday for July; also for new crop months. * * ♦ If it wasn’t for the strength of July the market would be flooded with selling orders. * * * Cotton people were given another scare vesterdav when some unthoughted per son sent out the rumor that the Amos- k**g mills were about to shut down. Officials of the Boston offices sent out a denial, saying the mill will only close Memorial Day. the next day, w’hich will be Saturday, and Sunday. * * * Tf the talent were to give every rumor a serious thought they would be on their tiptoes every minute. * * • The market was jumped from a “weather market” to a ‘‘spot situation market.” * • • Warm weather, sunshine and good showers have made conditions favorable in the cotton States. * * • Liverpool cables: ‘American mid dling fair 7.27d: good middling. 6.93d; middling. 6.73d; low middling. 6.59d; good ordinary, 6.25d; ordinary, 5.91d.” • # * * Dallas wires: “Texas Panhandle clear: rest very cloudy; threatening general rains overnight. Oklahoma cloudy; scat tered showers.” • * * NEW ORLEANS, May 22.—Hayward & Clark: The weather map shows fair in Oklahoma: generally cloudy else where. General rains. Splendid rains in Southern Texas and Southeast Texas, where needed. Good rains over Central States and parts of Alabama. Early in dications are for general rains coming on Atlanties. • * * RJver down a foot at New Orleans. Rainfall: Abilene. Savannah, .04: Fort Worth, .26; Taylor, Little Rock, Chatta nooga, raining. .08; Corpus Christ!, .70; Galveston. 2.30; Shreveport, raining, .10: Fort Smith, .22; 5’lckshurg, .14; New Orleans. 2.70; Meridian, 1.20; Knoxville, 01: Raleigh, Anniston. .01; Houston, 1.84; Jackson, Miss., 1.30; Birmingham, .74; Corinth, Miss., .14. • * • A farmer in south Central Texas says recent rains very beneficial, crop grow ing well; over foot high and expects blooms in a week. Fields very clean and well worked. * * • Meridian. Miss., wires; “55’eather con ditions been fax'orable recently; but crop is late and boll weevil is getting numer ous.” • • * The New Orleans Times-Democrat says: ‘‘Had the bears not sold the mar ket so heavily some time ago and piled up a short interest of magnitude, there would now be less resistance to declines and current excellent weather would make the short side seem attractive enough, but as matters stand, however, overcrowding on the short side is the most influential factor making for a steady market. Meanwhile, some Liver pool merchants complain of inability to sell actual cotton In paying quantities, but spot houses with German connec tions seemed to want all the New Or leans (ontrads the rings will sell, and yesterday bid the market price for 10,000 bale blocks. 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 Wabaah do. pfd. . . 7’/* W. Electric 62* 2 W. Central W. Maryland Total sales. 208,000 107* p 108* 2 34*4 35 149*'2 1614s 6234 63 50 51 59' 2 60 2 105* 2 106 27* 2 28 NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET. Coffee quotations: Opening 11.14011.15 n.l4#;11.20 . 11.16 11.17% 11.29 10 87 10.90 10.90 January. February. March April . . . May. . . . June .. . July August . September October November December f 11.12 11.11 . 11.11 11.12 Closed steady; sales, 80.500 Closing. 11.15# 11.17 11.16@11.18 11.18@ 11.19 11.18# 11.19 10.88# 10.90 10.90# 10.92 10.92# 10.93 11.00# 11.02 Jl.10Crfll.ll 11.12# 11.14 11.13# 11.15 11.14#'11.15 bags. MONEY AND EXCHANGE. NEW YORK. May 22.—Money on call per cent. Time money un changed; 60 days. 3^i#*4 per cent: 90 days. 3%#4 per cent; six months, 4# 4% per cent. Sterling exchange $4.83^04.87 with actual business in bankers’ bills at $4,86.40# 4.86.45 for demand and $.13 for sixty day bills. F’rime mercantile paper unchanged. SPOT COTTON MARKET. Atlanta, quiet: middling 12c. Athens, steady; middling 11V Macon, steady; middling 11% New Orleans, quiet; middling 12 5-16. New' York, quiet: middling 12.10. Philadelphia, quiet: middling 12.20. Boston, quiet: middling 12.10. Liverpool, easier; middling 6.73d. Savannah, firm; middling 12c. Augusta, steady; middling 12c. Norfolk, firm; middling 12»g. Mobile, firm; middling 1.1%. Galveston, steady; middling 12 5-16. Charleston, quiet: middling 11 3 4 . Wilmington, quiet; middling 11%. Little Rock, steady; middling 11% Baltimore, nominal; middling 12%. Memphis, quiet.; middling 12%. St. Louis, quiet; middling 12%. Houston, steady; middling 12 3-16. Louisville, firm: middling 12%. GreenvilD. quiet; middling 11%. Charlotte, steady; middling 11%. ST. LOUIS CASH. ST. LOUS, May 22.—Wheat. No. 2 red, 1.01#/1.05; No. 3 red, 95#T.01, No. 4 red, 86#90: No. 2 hard, 92#94; No. 3 hard. 90. Corn. No. 2. 60#60%: No. 3. 58%# 59%; No. 2 yellow, 60#61; No. 2 white. 60# 61; No. 3 white. 59%#60. Oats, No. 2. 40; No. 3. 38%#39; No 4. 3~%#38; No. 2 white. 42; No. 3 white. •*0%#41%; No. 4 white, 40; standard. 41 #‘42. No. 2 rye. 61%. METALS. NK55' YORK. May 22.—The metal mar ket was steady to-day. Copper, spot to July, offered at 15%; lead. 4.25 <bidu spelter and zinc, 5.35#5.4o; tin, 48.62%# 48.87%. Corn and Oats Go Up, but Selling Is of Better Class Than the Buying. ST. LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS. Wheat—No. 2 Red. 1.01#1.06. Corn—No. 2, 60. Oats—No. 2, 40. CHICAGO, May 22.—The "crop kill ers’ union” Is giving the wheat fields of Kansas a great deal of attention and their reports are anything but favorable and in many instances they are any thing but truthful. It would be a diffi cult matter to say as to which of the messages received to-day bore the ex act crop promise in the Sections men tioned, as the messages were conflicting and confounding. There was a disposition on the part of the larger longs to unload xvheat at a profit, hut the professionals in the pit seemed to smell a large-sized rodient whenever the offerings increased and the price setback was the result There war a. weak feeling with reactions and declines from the top prices of % t,, v and net losses for the day of % for May and July and %e for September .-.entiment w-as decidedly mixed at the • lose, but there w-ere more bears than bulls. Corn closed % to %c higher. Oats were up % to lc with the May the strongest of the oats list. A great deal of the strength in the wheat market came from the upturn in coarse grains. Provisions were fractionally lower all around. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. Prev. Close. 91Z 92 891* 90 90 Sfti, 90% 89% 91% 91 « A 5674 57% 56% 57 57% 57 5744 577; 57^ 56 65 Vi 39% 40% 39% 2D 377* 37% 3674 37% 36% 38 37% WHEAT- Hiflh - L0W ’ Cl0,e ' May 9214 July 90?« Sept 89*4 Dec CORN— May 5754 July 57% Sept 58-14 Dec OATS— May .41 July 3814 Sept 3714 Dec PORK— May • • 19.7!jH 19.7214 19.72U 19.70 July . . 19.8,14 19.60 19.6714 19.70 Sept. . . 19.3714 19.27H 19.35 19.40 GAKD— 11.02% 11.00 11.05 11.75 11.27% _ 11.10 rSi H |, l ?A^?? 0 ,. CASH QUOTATIONS. , May 22.—Wheat, No. 2 red, 1.0,@1.08%; No. 3, 96@1.02; No. 2 hard qiSiqo 1 *’ Ns. 3 hard winter, 9l®93, No. 1 northern spring, 93@94!i; No. 2 northern spring, 91 @9314 No J spring, 90091. F * No. 2, 58^4; No. 2 white, 611,@ MHiNo.* yellow. 58%@59; No. 3, 57% No. 3 white, 61H@62; No. 3 yel low;. No. 4, 57!i@6714' No 4 white. 61; No. 4 yellow. 5714@57% Oats, No. 2 white. 41V4 : No. 3, 37; No. 39 '4@40 I i; No. 4 white, 38*4® 39*,; standard. 40'i@41V4. PRIMARY MOVEMENT. May . . 11.02% 10.95 11.02% July. . , . 10.97% 10.92% 10.95 Sept. . RIBS- . 11.05 11.00 11.02% May . . 11.92% 11.92% 11.92% July . . 11.25 11.20 11.25 Sept.. . 11.01% 11.02% 11.07% Wheat— 1913. 1912. Receipts SJiipments .. . .. 531,000 . ..1 551.000 [ 314,000 1 506,000 Corn— 1 I Receipts .. .. ••1 292,000 i 269 000 Shipments .. . . ..| 230,000 ! 283.000 CHICAGO CAR LOTS. Following are receipts for Thursday and estimated receipts for Friday: IThursday.i PYldsy. Wheat Corn Oats Hogs 17 21 50 95 154 236 21,000 18,000 LIVERPOOL GRAIN. LIVERPOOL, May 22.—Wheat opened % to %d higher. At 1:30 p. m. the mar ket was % to *id higher. Closed % to •&d higher. Corn opened %d higher. At 1:30 p. m. the market was %d higher. Closed un changed. COLD, DRY WEATHER INJURES ALL GRAINS CHICAGO, May 22.—B. W. Snow wires from St. Louis: “Rains were heavy and sufficient from Chicago to Gillman. Light from Gillman to Gibson City and scattered showers fr^m Gibson City to Springfield. No rain at all south of Springfield. The big oats coun ties got a fair wetting and the situation improved. “The crop, however, is already badly hurt. All grains and grass south of Springfield show injury from three weeks’ cold, dry weather. Wheat did not look well. It Is thin and has lost color and will head short. Condition materially lower than a month ago, but <s equal to average for a series of years. Prospects for a bumper crop is gone, hut a reasonably good yield is still pos sible.” LIVE STOCK. CHICAGO, May 22.—Hogs: Receipts, 21,000. Market steady; mixed and butchers, 8.46@8.70; good heavy, 8.50# 8.70; rough heavy, 8.25@8.40; light. 8.45 #8.75; pigs. 6.75# 8.35; bulk. 8.55@8.65 Cattle: Receipts, 5,000. Market strong; beeves, 7.1o@8.90: cows and nelfers, 3.40@8.36; stockers and feeders, >.85@7.65; Texans, 6.10@7.40; calves, 7.50# 9.50. > Sheep: Receipts, 16,000. Market .strong; native and Western, 4.50#6.20: lambs, 5.40# 8.50. ST. LOUIS, MO., May 22.—Cattle: Re ceipts, 1,500. including 400 Southerns Market steady. Native beef steers. 5.75 @9.00; cows and heifers, 4.50#'8.50; stockers and feeders. 5.25@7.50; Texas steers, 5.25@7.75; cows and heifers, 4,'>0 #7.00; calves in car load lots, 5.00# 6.50; small lots, 6.00#>10.00. Hogs—Receipts, 10,000. Market steady Mixed and butchers, 8.50@8.7o; good to heavy, 8.50@8.70; rough. 7.'90@8.10; light, 8.65@8.76; bulk, 8.60#8.70; pigs. 7.00# 8.40. Sheep—Receipts, 3,500 Market steady. Sheep and muttons, 6.00@>5.75; lambs, 7.00 @7.65. CROP REDUCED IN 29 COUNTIES KANSAS CITY, May 22.—Nicolett h a column of crop news this mornir Indications are that the crop has be seriously reduced in 29 counties. T -irea is 2,500,000 of the 7,025,000 acres the State. This section promised 3 OOO.OOO of the 124.000.000 bushels in< cated in Cobum's report. LOWRY NATIONAL BANK MINING STOCKS. BOSTON, May 22.—Opening. Shan non,. 9. Royal, 22%; Ray Conjolwfa.ted. 17%, Fruit, 154%, Algomah. 40; Centen nial. 13. Capital Surplus Savings Department $1,000,000 $1,000,000 Safe Deposit Botes