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10 THE GEORGIAN’S NEWS BRIEFS. Markets— GRAIN MARKET ST. LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS. Wheat No 2 red 84%@8S% Corn -No. 2 66 @66% Gats--No. 2 39 CHICAGO, Joiy 22.—There was an enormous business In cash wheat to day, the total transactions here amount ing to 50,000 bushels, all of which was for export. The seaboard reported fifty boat Brads or 40,000 bushels taken by ex porters, and in addition to this vessel room was engaged for twenty loads for Sugust shipment, with the rate of freight favorable to the shipper. Prices for wheat closed % to % cent lower for the day, corn was off % to \ and oats were % to % cent lower Cash sales of corn were 190,000 bushels and of oats 170.000 bushels Hog products were lower on selling by those wanting profits. A message from one of the crop ex perts now in the Northwest, says that the black rust scare Is at an end and that wheat Is ripening rapidly and that the harvesting of the same will soon be on. Prev. High. I Close. Close. WHEAT— July . . . 86% 86% 86% 86% Sept. . 87% 86% 87 S7% Dec. . . CORlC- . 91 90% 90% 9074 July . . . 62% 61% 61% 62% Sept. . . . 63% 62% 62% 63% Dec. . . 60% 59% 59% 60% OATS — July . . . so% 39% 39% 39% Sept. . . . »l% 40% 10% 41 % Dec. . . 41% 40% 40% 41% POKE July . .22.22% 22.00 22.10 22.22% Sept. . .21.50 21 25 21.42 21.25 .19.45 19.45 19.45 LARD— July . . .11.87% 11.87% 11.82% 11.87% Sept. . . .11.95 11.87% 11.67% 11.95 Oct. . .12.00 11.95 11.95 12.00 IUBS- July . . .11.80 11.75 11.75 11.87% Sept. . . .11.92% 11.87% 11 87% 11.95 Oct. . . .11.70 11.65 11.65 11.72% CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS. CHICAGO. July 22.—Wheat. No. 2 red, new, 87%087%; No. 3 red, new, 86%@ 87; No. 2 hard winter, new, 88@88%; old 89%@90; No. 3 hard winter, new, 81081%; old, 88%@89; No. - Northern spring, 92%093%; No. 2 Northern spring, 91 @92; No. 3 spring 89@91. Corn, No. 2, 62%@63%, No. 2 white. 64%064%; No. 3 yellow, 62%@62%; No. 3 white, 62064%; No. 3 yellow. 63%; No. 4, 61%@62; No. 4 white, 62%@63; No. 4 yellow, 61%@62%. Oats, No. 2 white, 43; No. 3. 38%; No. white, 40041; No. 4 white, 38%039•%; Standard. 41%@42 PRIMARY MOVEMENT. WHEAT— 1913. 1912. Receipts ...... Shipments 1,792.000 1.139,000 1,095,000 620,000 CORN— | Receipts 404.000 421.000 Shipments 538,000 454,000 LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET. LIVERPOOL*, July 22.—Wheat opened % to %d higher. At 1:30 p. m. the mar ket was % to %d higher; closed % to %d higher. Corn opened %d higher. At 1:30 p. m. the market was %<1 higher; closed %d lower. LIVE STOCK MARKET. CHICAGO, July 22.—Hogs—Receipts, 13,000. Market steady to 5c lower; mixed and butchers, 8.7009.55; good heavy, 8.9509.35; rough heavy, 8.600 8 90; light, 9 1009.55; pigs, 8.2*09.30; bulk, 9.10@9.35. Cattle—Receipts, 3,000. Market steady; beeves, 7.3509.15; cows and heifers, 3.25 @3.40; stockers and feeders, 6.2*08.00; Texans, 6.7508.10; calves, 9.25011.00. Sheep — Receipts, 24,000. Market steady; native and Western, 3.0005.10; lambs, 5 0007.50. ST. LOUIS. MO., July 22.—Cattle re ceipts. 8,000, including 2,500 Southerns. Native market steady Beef steers, 5.50 @8.75; cows and heifers, 4.75 08.25; stockers and feeders, 6.2507.50; calves 600011 00; Texas steers, 6.25 0 8 00; cows and heifers, 4.2506.50; calves, 5.0006 50. Hogs Receipts, 10,500; mixed, 9.240 9.55; good 9.000 9.55; rough, 8.9009.10; lights, 9.4509.55; pigs, 7.2509.10: bulk, 9.4509.55. COTTON SEEO OIL. NEW YORK, July 22—The October delivery was the center of attraction in the cotton seed oil market to-day. De mand from shorts and refiners, induced by the scarcity of crude offerings, served to force that month up 22 points. Old crop oil was in demand. There was Very little doing in the late positions. Cottor seed oil quotations: , ('pening Closing. Spot 9.20 July ...... 9.20 @ 9 25 9.27 0 9 30 August . . . . . 9.28 0 9.29 9.33 (a 9.35 September . . . . 9 28 (a 9.30 9.350 '9.36 October .... 8 2008.22 8.73 0 8.24 November • . • . 6 88 0 6.90 6.89(p 6.90 December . . . . 6.69 0 6 75 6.6806.69 January . . . . 6.6X0 6.75 6.68 (a 6.69 February . , , . 6.680 6.80 6.650 6.67 Closed strong; sales 19,500 barrels. NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET. NEW YORK, July 22.—Underlying sentiment was still rather bullish and it was rumored that this morning's de cline In the price of coffee was only natural after the recent rally of a cent a pound, while moreover developments In the spot position have been of a character to encourage holders. Opening. Closing. January 8.57 9.4209.44 February , . , . 9.6409.70 9.4909.51 March .... ! 9 70 | 9.5609.57 April 9 7209.76 9.610 9 62 May ..... . 9.79 9.6106.68 July . . , , . 8.950 8.96 August . . . . 9 1000.25 9.000 9 01 September . . . . 6 2509.26 9.130)9 16 October . , , i 9.2809.30 December . . . 9 46 9 360 9.37 Closed steady; sales 103,000 bags. NEW YORK PRODUCE. NEW YORK, July 22.—Petroleum firm; crude Pennsylvania, 2.50. Turpentine easy. 38%. Rosin steadier; common, 4.40. Wool steady; domestic fleece, 23027; pulled, scoured basis, 33054,; Texas, geoured basis, 46053. Hides uiet; native sters, 17019%; branded steers, 16 (asked). OofTee steady; options opened 40; No. f Rio spot, 9%@9% Rice steady; domestic, ordinary to f < Mc3kflBefl ^eady; New Orleans, open kettle. 35050 "jBugar, raw, easier; centrifugal, 3.54 tDkl)J muscovado, 2.79, “Sinful Pleasures 9 9 A Sermon By REV. W. H. FAUST, Lexington, Ga. Continued Grain Notes The Chicago Inter Ocean says: “The wheat market is regarded as largely a merchandising proposition. It was noticed that some of the leading bears who sold early were buying at the alose. Traders who were short of corn and long of oats were closing their spreads yesterday. One line of 250,000 bushels of corn was bought In and the oa‘ts sold. There is a lot of this business opening. There are also a lot of shorts in Sep tember corn who are long in December corn who have not started to cover." • * • Aberdeen, S. Dak., wires: “Commenc ing In western Clark County running through Spink and southern Brown Counties, extending west to the river, covering over 500,000 acres, 90 per cent total failure. East and north from Ab erdeen about 10 per cent abandoned.” * * • Bradley, S. I)ak., wires: "Every field of velvet and blue stem wheat in this section has the little brown specks on the main stem of the wheat, some spots in three fields, the leaves of the wheat entirely dead from it. There is no dam age yet, but this is unmistakably the first symptom of black rust. Red rust is very bad over the three States, and it is no short step from red rust to black rust.” * * ♦ B. VV. Know wires from Omaha, July 21: “The corn crop in Nebraska, south of the Platte and west of Lincoln, al ready is hurt badly and in a critical position. Portion of the Republican Val ley received some rain and the crop is holding out, but fully one-fourth of the State is over the danger line and losing ground fast. From Hastings to Hol- dredge and south to St. Cloud fields are largely fired. I have seen places to-day where hot winds last week killed the leaves on trees. From Hastings to Crete the com is showing white, and now is coming to tassel at four feet. East of Lincoln there is small damage, but sonte white heads are showing The hopeful possibility lies in the fact i hat the crop was not in tassel during last week’s blistering weather, but many tassels now are coming white. The sec tion of the State I covered is in no worse shape than Northein Kansas." • * • Bartlett, Frazier & Co. says: "Wheat —We look for a steady market to-day and are inclined to think prices will gradually harden. “Corn—We can see nothing but higher prices. “Oats—In our opinion the market is in a strong position, with a compara tively limited long interest and more new buying apparent. “Provisions—The strength in corn Is helping prices, and while there Is more or less realizing, new buying appears to be on the increase.” * * • Rainfall and Temperature: Canadian Northwest part cloudy, 45 to 64 degrees; Edmonton, .02; Minnedosa, .24; North west cloudy, 58 to 70; Moorhead, 64; Duluth, .02; -Huron raining. .14; West clear, 64 to 68; Southwest clear, 64 to 74, Ohio Valley part cloudy, 64 to 70. * * * Kansas City says: “The com and wheat region bulletin shows no rain. Maximum temperatures yesterday 85 to 98 degrees. Minneapolis says rainfall at Campbell, Minn., .70; Crookston, .24; Grafton, N. Dak , .15: Grand Forks, .44; Jamestown, .20; Winnipeg cloudy. 55; Duluth cloudy, 58; Glenwood cloudy, 60; hard rain this morning; Bismarck clear. 51; Harvey cloudy, 60; light shower last night.” • • • Advices from the largest corn counties in Kansa?, which normally produce 55,- 000,000 bushels: Three reports from Atchison County show loss of 30 per cent; two from Hrabor show loss of 60 per cent; two from Red Cloud show loss of 75 per cent; two from Dickinson show loss of 100 per cent; Jewell County shows loss of 65 per cent; Lyon Coun ty shows loss of 50 per cent; Kingman loss of 95 per cent; Sedgwick, 75 per cent; Marshall, 55 per cent; Butler, 95 per cent; Mitchell, 75 per cent; Wash ington, 80 per cent, and Reno, 80 per cent. • * • Lyle wires Chapin from Norton. Kans.: “The important corn counties of Kansas, along the Nebraska line, east of Bellville, crop in normal promise, with light exceptions. West of Belle ville there is some damage that may be 25 per cent in some fields. Most of the fields are not yet hurt, not much in tas sel. Five per cent generally applied will cover all apparent damage to date.” • * • Iowa weather and crop bulletin says: "First four days of w r eek excessively hot. Daily maximum temperatures 100 to 104 degrees over Southern counties on one or more days, and as rainfall was inappreciable over the larger prt of the State, crops beginning to feel the efTeet of the dry hot weather. Late oats are already damaged to some ex tent by heat and lack of moisture. In some localities corn is beginning to curl during the day. Corn on good soil holding up well and making rapid growth.” STOCK GOSSIP The market holds Advance remark ably wel land there is accumulation of stocks by large interests on all moder ate recessions. Confidence in the situ ation seems to be gradually returning and investors are taking advantage of the present low level of prices to aver age their holdings. Many railroad is- sies return over 6 per cent on present prices, while industrials return 70 to 10. Crop prospects are excellent and earn ings should continue far above dividend requirements. Big crops make large earning'? and eventually enhance the value of securities.—G. D. Potter. • • • It looks as if this advance has only started. Would increase holdings on any recession in stocks like Union Pacific, Reading, Copper issues and Steel com mon.—G. D. Potter. • * • The Bankers Trust Company cer tificates of deposit for the St. Louis and San Francisco general lien 5 per cent bonds have been listed on the 8tock Ex change. It is understood the total amount deposited under the agreement with Speyer & Cb. tn New York and in Europe Is mor$ thaoi $26,000,000. No call has yet boen made for the deposit of the Frenofc bonds amounting to $33,- 000.009. Of the remaining balanoe, a clear majority has been deposited under the Speyer bondhaUtors* Text: “Deinas forsook me, having loved this present world. ”—II Tim othy iv: 10. In the entire word of God there can be found scarcely a parallel to this sad expression of the Great Apos tle to the Gentiles, as he gave the reason for Demas’ having forsaken him in his work. But Demas is hu man and men still follow in his foot steps, and for the love of self or pleasure to-day leave Christ and His service just as he did then without any compunctions of conscience. When asked for a reason for departing from the companionship of Jesus and His followers, they are at a loss to an swer. The truth is, they have loved the present world and the things of this present world, and the greatest enemy of Christ life is the world. In the world, the flesh and the devil operate and put forth their best ef forts. The evil one uses great skill and tact in doing his work. He seizes upon every possible advantage and turns it to his account. Pleasure Is legitimate and to be desired greatly. But not pleasure where sin is mixed in. Again, in Romans, Paul outlines to us the manner of life for the re deemed man to live, urging that such a one “be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your minds that ye may prove what is that good and accepta ble and perfect will of God. Christians, have you ever stopped to examine yourself and see what God’s plan has in your life? Have you ever tried seriously to cause your life to conform to His purpose, and thus be all that He had planned for you? One’s mind has to be con tinuously renewed and old things as well as old opinions and theories must continually be changing. New condi tions confront us daily, and from these new viewpoints we must con tinuously adapt our vision to readjust ourselves after having fallen out of harmony with God’s will in our llve3 Is our supreme task. To bring our wills into subjection to His, to put ourselves in tune with the Infinite is a task by no means small, but one that pays not only socially, but spir itually also. When life runs parallel with God’s purpose all is well. When life goes across His plans all is ill. No mean ability is required to run with the Master. Anyone following his own evil inclinations may go away from the Lord. All pleasures and amusements are not sinful. Some are, and when you see them you are more than apt to see the fruits of sin. The Card Table. Gambling in any form is hurtful, and as a usual thing the mania starts with cards. Experience plus observa tion shows the results of sin here In this realm. The story was recently told and went the rounds of a lady who won a pair of silk hose at a bridge whist party and wore them to church to a preaching service. Wheth er it be true or not is to be left out of the question, but such an attitude is decidedly and distinctly the atti tude of the people to-day. Alas! Alas! There are leaders in our mis sionary work who are also leaders in whist. The most popular and promi nent members of our missionary so cieties are oftentimes the most en thusiastic members of the town’s whist club. Such things ought not so to be. They are contrary to rea son, to common sense and to the teachings of Christ. One woman may play cards and stop and be personally unhurt; but as a rule the woman who devotes hours to bridge is ignorant, and woefully so. of her Bible. Life Is too short, entirely too short, for both. The average bridge player has never read God’s word through and is not a student daily of its fundamental principles and teachings. All things are lawful, but not expedient. Pleas ure your servant is good, but pleas ure your master, your tyrant, is bad. Sin, when it is conceived, bringeth forth sorrow and death. Against one who has been helped by cards I’ll place alongside such 50 who have been crippled and seriously hindered by them. When entering into pleasure it is always well to ask ourselves, What would Jesus do were He here?” Where He would go we could safely follow. Could He go with the future and present mothers of our country and sit down and engage in a game ihat has been the downfall of thou sands and with which is associated shame, murder and viciousness of all sorts? No chain is stronger than its weak est link; no man is stronger than his weakest point; no church is stronger than its weakest member.' Each one is responsible, in part, for the other. No man liveth unto himself. The hand can not say to the foot, “I have no need of thoe." Neither can a mar say to his neighbors, “I have no need of you; I can live independent of you.” We are as much responsible for our neighbor's environment as he is for ours. The Golden Rule comes in with great force and effect here. “Whatsoever ye would that others should do unto you, do ye even so to them.” If eating meat cause your brother to offend, then stop and eat no more meat. If you are strong enough to play cards and be pure ana good, then in the name of your broth er who is weak and can not, I ask you to refrain for his sake, in helping him you are n^rhaps winning a soul, and possibly doing good to a future citizen of the Kingdom of God. The Theater. Many of our most learned men (so called) are strenuous advocates of the theater as an educator. But where it has instructed one it -has dragged down numbers- pieces where womanhood is cheap ened and a premium is placed upon lewdness should bring shame to all. Even the pictures of some of the ac tresses and actors In disgraceful poses are againyt decency and order. Then it is an expensive habit, too, and one that costs much time and money. Life is real and earnest, and tasks are too stupendous to spend time id playing. “Must 1 be carried to the skies On flowery beds of ease, While others fought to win the prize And sailed through bloody seas? Sure I must fight if I would win. Increase my courage, Lord. I’ll bear the part, endure the pain. Supported by Thy word.” Often these days you see the ques tion asked, “What would happen were Jesus to visit this or that town?” What in all seriousness would hap pen should Jesus come and t«ee you In a ballroom! Would you be glad or would you be ashamed? 3. The Dance. All who advocate it do so under the specious plea of grace and bear ing which it gives. Lord Byron, that brilliant genius who flashed like a meteor across the literary world and who tasted the cup of pleasure to the dregs, said; “But ye who never felt a single thought For what our morals are to be, or ought; Who wisely wrote the charms you need to reap, Say, would you make those beauties quite so cheap? Hot from the hands promiscuously applied, Round the slight waist, or down the flowing side, Where were the raptures then to clasp the form From the lewd grasp and lawless contact warm At once love's most endearing thought resign, To press the hand so pressed by none but thine; To gaze upon that eye which never met Another’s ardent look without re gret. Approach the lip which all without restraint, Come near enough, if not to touch, to taint; If such thou lovest, love her then no more Or give like her caresses to a score, Her mind with these is gone, and with it go The little left behind it to bestow, For prurient nature still will storm the breast Who, tempted thus, can answer for the rest?” The daughter of Ilerodias danced off John the Baptist’s head. Since then many heads and souls have been danced off into eternal ruin. Ninety per cent of our fallen women entered lives of shame through the dance hall, and to-day are occupying broth els as a result of “tripping the light fantistic toe.” Reason is against the promiscuous dancing of the sexes. Sin will enter in when the door is thrown open, and human nature is still the same. The close rhythmic contact of man and woman has never yet been of much benefit to the masses of society. Then again if one can dance to the glory of God, why can’t all do so? If your wife or sister or mother were to be found in a bare room with some other man’s arms around her, what about it? Could she ever be the same again? If not, why not? Why the dance anyway? Who usually follows it? 4. The Wine Glass. Listen for a moment to Solomon, the wisest man of all men: “Who hath woe? Who hath sor row? Who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? W'ho hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? “They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek out mixed wine. Look not thou upon the w r ine when it is red; when it sparkleth in the cup, when it goeth down smoothly; at the last it biteth like a serpent* and stingeth like an adder.” To it our nation pays a great an nual toll. Seventy thousand Amer ican citizens annually are slain upon its altars. In this materialistic age we meas ure the value" of a thing by its cost in money. We must value highly this death-dealing curse. For bread we spend annually $505,- 000,000. For meat w'e spend annually $303,- 000,000. For foreign missions we spend an nually $11,000,000. For liquor w r e spend annually $1,- 750.000,000. For tobacco We spend annually $800,000,000. For poodle dogs we spend annual ly $10,000,000. For prostitution we spend annual ly $3,000,000,000. What a cost? Unbelief, disobe dience, lying, profanity, impurity, cov etousness, gambling, murder, drunk enness—all these things like steps go up from liquor. Death and hell en large their borders to prepare for the devotees of these sinful pleasures and amusements. Christ came to save from such. He patiently waits to save all who w r alk the broad way to death, men and women who follow pleasure. Seek that happiness which comes from serving Christ and which will last long, long after all earthly pleasure has passed away. Avoid all that is evil; cling to Christ and the . y i/.i