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14 TIIE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEW??. TO TAKE UP TAX Sheppard Bill Sent to Commit tee—To Be Made Stronger by Amendments. With only seven working days left before the ('lose of the legislative session the State Senate Tuesday morning, by adopting the last amend ment to the* general appropriation bill, began clearing its decks for con sideration of the taxing measures, by far the most important legislation undertaken lri* either branch. Following the transmission of the Sheppard bill to the Senate the Fi nance Committee of th* upper House, of which Senator Miller is chairman, began its work. A substitute with provisions for a State Tax Commis sion as well as county boards of tax equalizers will be prepared by this committee, it is understood, and pre sented to the Senate the latter part of this week. Senator Miller declared Tuesday he had prepared a tentative bill which will go the original Lipscomb bill one better. Among other things it will provide for a strong State com mission with powers exceeding those of the State Board as recommended in the original House bill and struck out in the Sheppard substitute. Other bills and amendments to the Sheppard substitute have been prepared. Bills To Be Hustled. One thing is certain. The 'Finance Committee will act as a unit in de manding that the Senate p.iss a bill which will revolutionize the present taxing methods in Georgia. That the measure or measures will be pre pared. presented and passed before the close of the session is assured. This was indicated strongly Mon day afternoon when the Senate con curred in every recommendation of the Appropriation Committee slash ing off $280,000 from the House gen eral appropriation bill. As was expected some opposition developed and several^lrastlc amend ments, Including $30,000 to the Medi cal College at Augusta, were offered. The attempts were hopeless, how ever. for the well-oiled machinery pf the Appropriations Committee was never in better running order* As a result one amendment lifter another was voted down. The committee’s work had received the indorsement of the majority loyg before the report was made in the Senate. Colleges Get Funds. Among the amendments defeated were those of Senator Tarver, of the Forty-third, providing for a Tech ap propriation of $70,000, instead of $74,- 400, as recommended by the commit tee. and the amendment of Senator Smith, of the Ninth, who proposed to strike out the entire appropriation of $30,04)0 to the Augusta Medical College. v Senator Olliff, of the Fourth, made a fight on the committee amendments cutting the common school fund to $2,371 f>00. He proposed as a substi tute that the appropriation be raised to $2,500,000, or $fS0,000 less than the appropriation made by the House. When th« vote was taken, however, the committee amendment won by a good malority. Among the committee amendments adopted were the following: Univer sity of Georgia, $52,500 to $48,725; Tech, $80,000 to $74,400; Agricultural College at Dahlonega. $21,500 to $19,- 995 State Normal School at Athens. $47,500 to $44,175; State Agricultural College. $100,000 to $93,000; Georgia Medical College. $30,000 to $27,900; common school fund, $2,5£0,000 to $2,371,500. The pension amendment was con curred in Tuesday morning! $750,000 Gem Theft Laid to Americans Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS. Aug 5.—The Parisian de tective bureau, In connection Avith the theft of a $750,000 pearl necklace be tween this city and London, are con centrating their attention on a hand of daring international crooks, well known to the United States secret service bureau, believed responsible for the robbery. M. Nlchlauts, In charge of the search in this country, declares he has secured Information from the pos tal authorities showing that the neck lace was stolen cither from an Eng lish Channel mallboat or in England. Store Manager Who PraisesGeorgianAd r I Samuel It. Ginsburg, who is resident manner of the Good year Raincoat Company, 35 IVaohtrpe street. He tells of re markably results from his open ing advertisement in The Geor gian. Dr, Strickler, Noted Minister, Dies Here Dr, Givens Brown Strickler. one of the most promlnen 4 Presbyterian ministers In the South, died at a lo cal sanitarium Monday nlirht, after a short Illness. , Dr. S'rlckler was 73 years old. He was at one time pastor of the Cen tral ETesbyterlan Church of Atlanta, leaving here 17 rears ago to take charge of the Union Theological Seminary, at Richmond, Va„ of which institution ht whs president until re cently. Surviving him are a sister. Miss V M. Strickler, of Staunton, Va.; one son. Dr. C. W. Strickler, of Atlantu; four daughter* Mrs. C. F. Rankin, of Laurens, S. (7.,Miss Mary Strickler of Richmond, Va., Mrs. R. K. Tim mons of Lawton, Okla., and Mrs. George H. Denny, r ife of tne presi dent of the Unlverr y of Alabama. Funeral services will be held Tues day afternoon and the body will be taken to Richmond for lnterement. OBITUARY The funeral of Dewitt Oliver, who died Sunday at his home at Col lins Springs, was held Monday from the chapel of the Berkert-Simmons Company. Interment was at Oak dale. Mary Manning, the Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Manning, of No. 26 Plekert street, died Monday moraine. Her twin filter it crltl cally ill. Funeral announcements Will be made later. The funeral of Miss Sallie McClain, ' No. 29ft Waldo street, who died Monday night, will be held Tues day afternoon at 2:30 at Clifton church, East Atlanta. She was 64 years old, and Is survived by two brothers, W. H. and G. W. Mc Clain, and a sister, Mrs. wJ. W. Green. Interment at Clifton church yard. The funeral of F. M. Brooks, who died Monday morning, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 from the residence. No. 37 Castlebury street. Interment at Atlanta Park. Dr. G. C. Edwar a house physician at the eWsley Memorial Hospital, died Tuesday mornlnr after a brief illness. He was 28 vears old, and came to Atlanta from Crystal River. Fla. He Is survived by his father, W. B. Edwards, and two brothers, H. K. and M. P. Edwards, all of Crystal River. The body will be WBt to Crystal River for funeral and interment. Mrs. Marshall One Of Capital’s ‘Fans’ WASHINGTON. Aug. 5. — Mrs Thomas R. Marshall, wife of the Vice President, is on© of th© most inde fatigable baseball fans In official Washington. She attends every game played here. She known each* of the players by sight, and often adds her voice to the general shout when the Nationals score a run. When the team is out of town. Mrs Marshall frequently may be seen in her automobile before some score- board watching the returns with in terest. Famous Canal Zone Prison Demolished WASHINGTON. Aug. 5.—Advices from Ancon, Canal Zone, received here to-day, report the demolition of the famous Culebra Cut penitentiary. This structure, originally erected for a laundry, was Impressed as a prison but In October, 1911, was abandoned because it was feared the Culebra slide would break back to its wall and undermine the building. I f | taan.ee of water into the Culebra Cut. Warrants Issued for Plumbers on Strike COLUMBUS, Aug 5.—Columbus is In the midst of a plumbers' strike. Proprietors of two plumbing estab lishments have sworn out warrants for the anr*st of four strikers, it being alleged that they Intimidated strike-breakers and in some Instances forced them to leave town. The strikers demanded an increase of 60 cents per day. Only one of the nine shops in th© city complied with their demands, and the men in every other shop walked out Boy Gets $50 Bill for Returning $1,500 Pin SALISBURY BEACH. MASS.. Aug 5. Mrs. I. N. Morris, wife of the Chi cago millionaire packer, to-day sent a crisp $50 bill from her magnificent summer home to 11-year-old Leslie Plumley, the I^awrenee (Mass.) boy who picked up her $1,600 brooch pin and turned it over to a hotel man and then disappeared. It was supposed the pin was stolen by jewel robbers when Mrs. Morris came over to the beach in her motor car Saturday afternoon. Bill Sent Back to the House for Concurrence—Pension Fund Stumbling Block. After a fight on the cut in the pension appropriation the Georgia Senate Tuesday morning concurred in the complete report by the Senate Appropriations Committe slashing the House general appropriations bill approximately $280,000. The vote was 36 to 3. The bill passed by the Senate makes current disbursements balance ex actly.with current revenues and is in line with the recommendations of Governor Slaton. The bill will be referred back to the House for ap proval. The fight on the pension cut was spicy at times, but the committee amendments went through by a vote of 29 to 10. Senator McNeill, of the Twenty- second, in supporting the cut, charged Senator Tarver, of the Forty-third, who opposed it, with inconsistency and intimated that Tarver was play ing politics. He made a vigorous defense of the cut on the ground that whereas the State to-day is paying more than $1,000,000 dollars for the support of the old soldiers, in 1876, just a few years after the war, she paid only $75,000. Bogus Claims Charged. Senator McNeill charged further that the increase was the result of "bogus claims" filed and approved by the Pension Department under the present Inadequate law. Senator McGregor, of the Nine teenth, a commissioned of the Old Soldiers' Home, declared he agreed with Senator McNeill because he knew that every Confederate soldier was ready and willing to help the State out of Its financial difficulties « to the extent of having his own al lowance cut. The cut as adopted to tals $74,900. Senator Oliff, of the Fourth, also made an unsuccessful fight on the committee’s recommendation for a cattle tick eradication fund of $15,000. and on th t » hog cholera serum fund of $5,000. The children of the State who attend the common schools, the Sen ator declared, should be provided for before the cattle. The Sheppard substitute taxing bill passed by the House reached the Senate Thursday morning, where it was read and referred to th© Com mittee on Finance, headed by Senator Miller, with the provision for the printing of 100 copies of the bill. Watts Bill Recommended. The Committee on Constitutional Amendments Tuesday recommended the passage of Senator Watts’ bill providing for the abolition by loct^l option of the office of County Treas urer. According to Senator Harrell, chairman of the committee, the aboli tion of these offices throughout Geor gia would mean an annual saving of approximately $110,000. Among the new bills Introduced Tuesday was one of Senator Sweat providing for the adoption of the "Torrens l^ind Title System" by the counties of the State. Another bill offered by Senator Kelley, of the Eighteenth, make* all free rural routes public highways. Senator Irwinfi of the Thirty-first, offered a resolution providing for the appointment of a special commission to investigate the prevailing method of court procedure with the view of revising the Judicial system of Geor gia The Senate adjourned at 1 o’clock until 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Given 20 Years for Attacking White Girl DUBININ, Aug. 5.—Ralph MoGru- der. a negro, arrested for attempted assault upon a white girl near Orian- na, several months ago. pleaded guil ty in Superior Court here and was sentenced to twenty years in the pen itentiary by Judge K. J. Hawkirta. McGruder entered the home of a white farmer at night, and when dis covered was attempting to choke one of his daughters. Erring Girl Prefers Jail to Reformatory Miss Annie Lester, who told Re corder Pro Tem Preston that she drank a quart of whisky to drown her troubles, declared to Judge Pres ton Tuesday that she preferred to go to the chaingang rather than to a reform institution. Judge Preston had decided to place her in a reform home. When she balked at this plan, he ordered her taken back to Jail in the hope that she might change her mind. JF URGED TO d RAISE SOCIAL Catholic Order Is Exhorted by Bishop to Join Church, Not Socialists, in Fight. BOSTON, Aug. 5.—Bishop Joseph J. Anderson, in addressing the thirty- first annual supreme convention of the Knights of Columbus here to-day, said In part: "It Is well for us to learn from the experiences of Europe the dangers that threaten us here. We see how the enemies of religion fully realize the power of organization, and, profit ing by the apathy and indifference of Catholics, have managed to gain con trol In Europe of the reins of govern ment and the public press, with the result that they have been able to enact unjust laws and shape public opinion against her. The people have remained—through lack of or ganization and through long inac tivity and indifference to their condi tion—hopeless and helpless. Takes Up Social Question. “There is one great problem that perplexes the world to-day, in which the church is deeply interested be cause it affects not only the welfare of her own members, but the general welfare of society. It is the sociai question. "Th© desire and effort of men to Improve their social conditions, so long Ignored and abused by the pow erful and rich in every land, have so fired men with frenzied passion that they have been captivated with the program and principles of reform presented to them by Socialism and by the methods of physical force of fered by anarchy. "The material benefits to be de rived from these efforts of reform have caused them not only to ignore religion, but to consider it a hin drance to success. This hatred and contempt for the church and Christ has been due to the principles taught the struggling masses by such the ories as the descent of man from the ape and the materialistic conception of history. This pagan view of life holds sway in men s minds. Urges Knights to Co-operate. /‘Fortunately .there is an awaken ing in this country to this danger that threatens the welfare and s curity of society and there is an ear nest desire on the part of all right- minded and public-spirited men to seek the solution of these social problems. "What, then, is your duty as Cath olic Knights in this great problem? It is to take your place in answer to the appeal of the Holy Father and ip response to President Wilson’s ap peal to co-operate for a solution of these evils.” The thirty-first annual convention of the Knights of Columbus was for mally called to order on the deck of the harbor steamer Ross Standish to day as that vessel, with several thous and knights aboard, was bearing the delegates and supreme officers across the harbor in the sunlight toward Nantasket, where the knights will spend the afternoon and evening. Mayor John F. Fitzgerald delivered the address of welcome and the re sponse was made by Supremo Knight James a. Flaherty, of Philadelphia. Mattom s mass was sung for the first time In the United States by an all-male choir. GETS $1,000 DAMAGES. DUBLIN.—W. O. Ogburn in the Superior Court here was awarded $1,000 damages caused by the burning of his blacksmith shop from defec tive eleatric light wiring installed by the city of Dublin. Catholic Order of Foresters Convene. LOUISVILLE, KY„ Aug. 5.—The twenty-first convention of the Catho lic Order of Foresters began here to day. All the international officers came to Louisville from Chicago, in cluding the members of the high court as follows: Thomas H. Cannon, high chief ranger; Simeon Viger, vice chief ranger; Thomas F. McDonald, high secretary; Gustave Keller, high treas urer; Dr. J. P. Smyth, high medical examiner. Toronto is leading in the i ace for the next convention. Requisition Is Asked For Julian Zachry Requisition papers for Julian Zach ry, of Harlem. Go., who is charged with being a fugitive from Justice by Governor Blease of South Carolina, were received at the Governor’s of fice Tuesday morning. Governor Slaton has promised to the accused fc "fair and complete hearing” before honoring the requi sition. The charge against Zachry grew out of the separation of Zachry from his wife, who is now' in Columbia, S. C., and subsequently the habeas corpus proceedings In w hich their child was awarded to Zachry. Spot Houses and Shorts Bought Freely—Weather Moderately Bullish—Business Light. Perjury Charged to Merchant of Doerun MOULTRIE. Aug. 5.—Frank L. Short, a prominent merchant of Doerun, in dicted on a charge of perjury by the Colquitt County Grand Jury, has been | arrested and released under $1,500 bond by Judge Thomas. The Indictment was precipitated by the alleged false swearing of Short in an important civil case in which he was plaintiff. He will be tried here this week. Accused Official on Stand in Own Behalf FORMER ATLANTAN DEAD. MACON.—Asher Ayers Harris, one of Macon’s best known young men, for several years a resident of At lanta. died suddenly at a hospital last night after an illness of 36 hours. He was a son of E. B. Harris, a promi nent merchanu NEW YORK, Aug. 5.—Following a steady opening to-day the cotton mar ket turned easy under active selling for Southern account, based on weakness in Liverpool cables ana favorable weather reports overnight, with indica tions pointing for more. First prices were unchanged to 2 points lower than Monday’s final. Later prices eased off sharply. There was an absence of spec ulative demand and the demand from spinners was also very light. English operators are again discuss ing the Clarke amendment. A conserva tive interest writes: “It seems absurd to think that the Clarke bill could be come a law . If it should, it would be a strong bear card, probably the very thing the South believes it will not be. We doubt if sales ahead are anything like what they have been the past two or three days. We also hope that China gets settled soon, as the disturbances there have caused orders to be with drawn.” Scattered short covering developed In the forenoon, which seemed to come hiefly from recent sellers. Spot houses were also active buyers, but those In clined to the buying side find ready sales on any hard spots and sentiment against the market. Prices, how ever, rallied a few points from the in itial low point. The buying movement was probably based on a Texas wire which stated that unless Texas gets general soaking rains it will not help bear any. Plant smallest ever known and shedding badly. The weekly weather report published at noon to-day was moderately bullish and brought out active buying from spot interests and a slight rally fol lowed. However, the selling was rather general with no special support. The volume of trading was small and the market again eased off under the pres sure. Wall street and the uptown crowd were the loading sellers. Liverpool also has been a seller In this market to-day. In the cotton belt, from Louisiana and Arkansas eastward, the weather was favorable during most of the week. Temperatures were near the normal and frequent showers afforded sufficient moisture over the greater portion of the States. In Oklahoma there was practi cally no rain and vegetation is now' suf fering in all parts of the State and se rious damage Is threatened in many por tions. In Texas there w*ere moderate showers over much of the State, but the amounts wore insufficient and a se vere drouth still persists in portions of the South and East. Following are 11 a. m. bids in New York: August, 11.50; October. 11.03; De cember, 10.89; January, 10.91; March, 10.99. Following are 10 a. m. bids in New Orleans: August, 11.40; October, 11.10; December, 11.07; January, 11.09; March, 11.18. Estimated cotton receipts: Wednesday. 1912. New Orleans 125 to 175 316 RANGE IN NEW YORK FUTURES. By CHARLES W. STORM; NEW YORK, Aug. 5.—Crop reports and weather reports from tbe **corn belt” brought a continuation of strength to the stock market at the opening to day. St. Paul showed the best gaiij, advancing 1%. Among the other gains were Amalga mated Copper, %; Utah Copper, V*: Steel common %, preferred, %; Union Pacific, %: Southern Pacific, %; Rock Island, %; Reading, %; Northern Pacific, %; Mis souri Pacific. %; Lehigh Valley. %; Great Northern preferred. %; Erie, *4, first preferred, %; Bethlehem Steel. Vi- After half an hour some profit taking developed, but it was overbalanced by » buying. | The curb was steady. Americans in I Tendon were firm. Canadian Pacific ( was irregular. Although the early show of strength eased off slightly in the late forenoon, the general list held firm and a num ber of the leading railroads and indus trials made fractional advances over the initial gain. National Lead was prominent in the second hour, moving up % to 49, while fractional gains were recorded In Steel common, Northern Pacific and Great Northern preferred. Canadian Pacific was an exception, however, being freely offered and de clining a point to 215%. Call money is loaning at 2*4. The stock market closed unchanged. Governments unchanged; other steady. NEW YORK STOSK MARKET. It AO ill.60'll. 53111.561 11.17111.17 11.1711.17 11.10 11.11.10.9911.00 ii.05jii.05it6.94li6.94 10.97(10.98 10.86,10.87 10.99110.99 10.99110.99 11.04111.05110.95 10.95 11.03 U.04T1.00'11.00 11.54- 11.07- 10.99- 10.92- 10.94- 10.86- 10.89- 10.95- 10.98- 0.0 55!UTWL59 10:11.22 1111 10-11 94 U.03-05 95,11.05-06 87 10.97-98 90 10.99-01 96111.04-05 11111.07-08 Closed barely steady. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. LIVERPpOL, Aug. 5.—Due 10 to 12% points lower, this market opened easy at a net decline of 10 to 11 points from last Friday’s final quotations. At 12:15 p. m., the market was barely steady, 11 to 11% points net lower. I^ater the market declined % to 1 point from 12:15 p. m. Spot cotton in moderate demand at 11 tints decline; middling 6.46d; sales 8.000 ■ales, Including 7,000 American; imports 5,000, of which 2.000 were American. Futures opened easier. At the close the market was quiet with prices at a net decline of 13% to 16 points from the closing quotations of last Friday. K Aug. . . . Aug.-Sept . . Sept.-Oct. . . Oct.-Nov. . . Nov.-Dec. . . Dec.-Jan. . . Jan.-Feb. . . Feb.-M ch . . Meh.-Apr. . . Apr.-May . . May-June . . June-July . . Closed quiet. Opening. Range. . .6.21 . .6.12% . .6.03% . .6.00 . .6.94 . .5.94% . .6.95 . .5.95 . .5.98 . .5.98 . .6.00% .6.00 2P.M. 6.19% 6.10 6.01% 5.97 5.91 6.91% 5.93 5.94 5.95 5.98 6.98% Close. 6.16 Vi 6.07% 6.00 5.95% 5.90% 5.90% 5.91% 5.93 5.94% 5.95% 5.97 5.97 Prev. Close. 6.32 6.23 % 6.14 6.10 6.04% 6.04% 6.05% 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10% 6.10% HAYWARD & CLARK'S DAILY COTTON LETTER NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 5.—The weath er map shows no rain overnight* except light showers in western Oklahoma and San Antonio, Texas. Generally fair over the entire belt, except some cloudiness in south Texas and Florida. Tempera tures normal, except over north central belt, where they are somewhat above. Indications are for partly cloudy gener ally, with probably some showers in the Gulf districts and south Texas, result ing from a disturbance forming in the Gulf Liverpool came in about 3 points lower than due, being 13 Joints down on futures and 11 points lower on spots, with sales of 8,000 bales. Our market declined in the early trad ing to 11.09 for October, but met with a strong demand on the road to lie, which held prices to 11.07 for Decem ber. The opinion that 11 cents will be the point of resistance from which re actions are to be expected seems wide spread and acted on to a considerable extent. NEW ORLEANS COTTON. Stock quotations: STOCK— High. Amal. Copper. 71% Am. Beet Sug. 28 American Can 33% do, pref. .. Am. Cor Fdy. Am. Cot. Oil. American Ice. Am. Locomo.. Am. Smelting. Am. Sug Ref. 111% Am. T.-T. ... 128% Am. Woolen I Anaconda ... Atchison .... A. C. L. B. and O. ... Beth. Steel.., B It. T Can. Pacific. Cen. Leather C. and O. ... Colo. F. and I. 32 Colo. Southern ! Consol. Gas... Corn Products 10% D. and H Den. and R. G Distil. Secur.. J Erie do, pref. . Gen. Electric.. 141 G. North, pfd. 128 G. North. Ore. G. Western... Ill. Central.... 107 lnterboro .... do, pref. .. 69% Int. Harv. (old) .... Iowa Central K. C. S.. . . M. . K. and T. do. pfd.. . . 67% L. Valley . .151% L. and N. . .134% Mo. Pacilic . . 32% N. Y. Central 99% Northwest.. Nat. Lead . Pacific Pail P. Gas Co.. P. Steel Car Reading . . R. 1. and Steel 24% do. pfd.. . Rock Island do. pfd.. . S. -Sheffield. So. Pacilic . So. Railway do. pfd.. . St. Paul . . Tenn. Copper. 31% Texas Pacific Third Avenue .... Union Pacific 151% U. S. Rubber 60% U. S. Steel . . 61% do. pfd.. . . 107% Utah Copper . 49% V. -C. Chem. . Wa basli . . . do. pfd.. . . W. Union . . VV. Maryland. W. Electric. . 64% VV. Central . . Total sales, 358,000 20% 29% 46% 36 15% 27% 23% 130 111 114% 25 161 17% 29% 93 25 79 107% 26 3 10% 29% 47% 140% 140 126 128% 35% 36 .... 13% 106% 106% 29% , 46% 15% 58% 59% 107% 27% 23 57% 150% 151% 134% 134% 27% 23% 67% 32% 99% 129% 32% 99 130 109% 21 114% 114% 24 26% 159% 159% 23% 24% .... 87% 17% .... 29 .... 27 92% 92% 24% 24% 79 78% 106% 107% 31 30% .... 16% .... 36 149% 150 60 % 60% 107% 49% 26% 3 66% 66 63% 61 61% 107% 49% 26 3 8% 66 39% 64% 46 SPOT COTTON MARKET. Open H igh. Low. ast Sale. Close. Prev. Close. Ag Sp. Oc Nv Do Jn Fb Mh My ll.44Tl.50 liV.ie i’l. i6 1 11.44 11.45111.40-44 11.52 ill. 10-12.11.23-25 11.05 11.05 11.05-06 11.18-9 110.99-11 1 1 11.12 11.13 11.13 11.14 11.01 11.01 U.01111.01-02 11.15-16 11.01 11.01-02 11.16-17 TO.98-11 11 13-15 11.17 11.21 11.11 11.11 11.11-12,11.26-28 :11.15-16 11.31-35 Closed quiet. BRANDON, MISS., Aug. 5.—Tbe trial of T. H. Turley, formerly stew ard of the Mi»*i*slppl Inaame Hospital and now under indictment for embez zlement, reached Its most exciting and dramatic stage to-day when Tur ley went on th© stand in his own be half. Turley admitted drawing all of the checks upon which he has been in dicted, and gave an explanation of why he paid the money to E. W. Weathersby instead oi to the parties to whom it was alleged to have been due. PORT RECEIPTS. The following table shows receipts at the ports to-day compared with the same day last jear: SHORT ON DIVORCE CASES. COLUMBUS.—Only eleven divorce cases will be passed upon at the present term of the Superior Court of Muscogee County. This is the small est number that ttt6 court has been called upon to settle in several years. 1 1913 1912. New Orleans. . . 753 237 Galveston. . . . 2.327 1.082 Mobile 6 Savannah. . . . 276 8 Charleston 400 Wilmington . . . S3 Norfolk 322 355 Total 4.005 2,088 INTERIOR MOVEMENT. 1913 1912. Houston 623 286 Augusta 199 195 Memphis 412 776 St. Ixmis 130 44 Cincinnati. . . . 206 662 1 Ittle Rock .... 13 Total 1.469 1.935 MINING STOCKS. BOSTON, Aug. 5.—Opening: Copper Range. 38%; Calumet and Arizona, 64; Calumet HecJa, 401; New Haven, 1(X>%. COTTON SEED OIL. Cotton seed oil quotations: Spot Opening. August . October . November December January . February . March . . 9.38@9.45 8.18@8.19 7.01@7.02 6.76(06.78 6.7&ty6.78 6.74(d6.78 6.76^*6.79 Closed strong; saies 21,700 Closing._ 9.35 9.40@9.45 9.20(08.25 7.13(07.14 6.80(0 6.81 6.79&6.81 6.78(06.81 6.79(06.83 barrels. METALS. NEW YORK, Aug. 5.—A firm tone was shown at the Metal Exchange and prices were steady. Copper, spot to Oc tober. 14% bid; lead. 4.55 bid; spelter and zinc. 5.5505.65, tin, 40.804087%. Grain Notes Belief That Damage to Crops Has Been Exaggerated Promotes Aggressive Buying, Contract stocks in p'lillc elevators in Chicago are as follows: This Last Last Week. Week. Year. Wheat 1.924.000 1,458,000 8,735,000 Corn 1.032.000 1,289,000 440.000 Oats 2,591,000 2,702,000 47,000 Com prices tumbled through heavy realizing yesterday, when cooler weath er was reported, and those who en joyed the feast pulled down some mighty fancy profits. * • V Oklahoma State report: August corn condition 41, due to drouth; July 83; last August 73; October 67. The July Gov ernment report of 87 indicated 50,000,000 bushels more than last year.” •\* * Committee on Proposed Exhibit to Decide Tuesday—Interests Ready to Contribute. There will be a meeting of the cot ton products committee of the At lanta Manufacturers’ Exposition As sociation in the Chamber of Com merce at 4 o’clock this afternoon, for the purpose of reaching a definite decision as to a complete and perma nent cotton exhibit to occupy an en tire floor of the new Chamber of Commerce Building. This meeting wPl be attended by representatives of the cotton seed oil. cotton spinning and fertilizer indus tries, each of which will contribute its proportionate share to the ex pense of Installing and maintaining this exhibit. Reports from the subcommittee, of which W. M. Hutchinson Is chair man, indicate that prospects are bright for the success* of the move ment. All the interests involved have signified a willingness to assist in the plan, and express* the belief that there can be no more Important feature of the manufacturers’ exhibit than a dis play of this kind, w’hlch never before has been undertaken anywhere. The cotton oil interests have al ready agreed to do their full sharp in making up the necessary fund, and it is believed that the other interests will do the same. WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Mean tem peratures ranged 1 to 5 degrees above normal, except in Southwestern Georgia, extreme Western Florida, Southeastern Alabama, Northwestern Louisiana and the low T er coast region of Texas, where there was a slight deficiency. Weekly mean temperatures ranged 76 to 82 over the eastern, 80 to 82 over the central and 82 to 86 over the western belt. The lowest weekly mean temperature, 76, occurred at Asheville. N C., and the highest, 88, at Fort Worth, Tex. Precipitation occurred generally over the cotton region, except that there was no rain over the greater portion of Ok lahoma, the central and western por tions of Northern Texas and the great er portion of the Texas Coast region. The precipitation was unevenly distrib uted, and more than 2 inches occurred in some parts of the cotton growing States, except in Oklahoma and Arkan sas. Greatest weekly precipitation, 5.40 inches, occurred at Kosciusko, Miss., and there was 5 Inches at Greensboro, N. C. 1 Athens, steady, middling 11%, Macon, steady; middling 12%. New Orleans, steady, middling 12c. New York, quiet, middling 12c. Philadelphia, quiet; middling 12c. Boston, quiet; middling 12.3d. Liverpool, easier, middling 6.46d. Savannah, steady; middling 11%. Augusta, steady, middling 12%. Norfolk, steady; middling 12c. Charleston, steady; middling 12 5-16. Galveston, dull; middling 11 15-16. > Mobile, steady; middling 12c. Wilmington, quiet; middling 12c. Little Rock, steady; middling 12c. Baltimore, nominal; midd; .g la%. Memphis, bteady; middling 12c. St. Louis, quiet; midaiing 12 0-I6. Houston, steady; middling 12c. Louisville, firm, middling 12%. Charlotte, steady, middling 12c. Greenville, steauy; middling 12a MONEY AND EXCHANGE. NEW YORK, Aug. 5.—Money on call 2%. Time money unchanged; 60 days, *<0-3%; 90 days, 4% @4%, six months, 5% @6. Posted rates; Sterling exchange, 4.83%^ 4.87, with actual business in bankers' bills at 4.86bo for demand and 4.831o4i4.8315 for 60-day bills. Prime mercantile paper quiet at 6 per cent. THE WEATHER. CONDITIONS. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5—The weather will be generally fair to-night and Wed nesday in the Atlantic and East Gulf States and the Ohio Valley. Local showers probably will occur within the next 36 hours in the Lake region. Temperatures will rise slowly to night and Wednesday in the Lake Region and the Ohio Valiev. The weather will be moderately' cool to night in the North and Middle Atlantic States, followed by reasonable temper atures ih these regions Wednesday. GENERAL FORECAST. General forecast till 7 p. m. Wednes day: Georgia—Generally fair to-night and Wednesday. Virginia—Fair to-night, slightly cool er in southeast portion North and South Carolina—Generally fair to-night and Wednesday. Florida—Fair In south, showers in fSe north portion or Wednesday. Alabama and Mlsslslppi—Fair to night; Wednesday probably fair. Tennessee—Fair to-night and Wed nesday. Louisiana and Texas—Fair to-night and Wednesday. BAR SILVER. SEND GRAIN OFF Plans to Secure Crop Fund for Savannah SAVANNAH, Aug. 5.—A meeting of the Savannah Clearing Association was held this morning for the purpose of discussing plans for securing some of the crop-moving fund, which is to be made available by the national Gov ernment. The meeting was called upon receipt of a telegram from Assistant Secretary of the Treasury John Skelton Williams, asking that a representative he sent to Washington for a conference Thursday. Simultaneously Congressman Charles G. Edwards, in a telegram to Secretary McAdoo, of the Treasury, urged the need of p'acing in the Sea Island cotton belt a good pbrtion of the fund. The Selling Indicated Desire of Longs to Secure Profits. Cables Weak. M J - **1*,1| ST.' LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS. Wheat—No. 2 red 85% @87%J Corn—No. 2 71% Oats—No. 2 ., 41 CHICAGO, Aug. 6.—Although no rains were reported In the corn belt where needed, liberal selling of this.cereal wag indulged in by longs aft*r the first few minutes of to-day's session and prices showed sharp reactions from the ad vance^ recorded at the start. The sell ing indulged in whs largely in the way of securing profits, but some corn wag sold in the belief that the long drawn- out drouth is to be broken, which will cause sharp losses in corn values. While the wheat market showed some steadiness early losses of % to %c were recorded, the weakness in the corn mar ket serving to a large extent In bring ing out the recessions in wheat Liver pool reported the weakness in America as being offset by unfavorable harvest weather, and the delayed movement throughout Europe. The European visible supply decreased 2,488,000 bushels last week, against a decrease of 3.700,000 bushels for a cor responding time last year. The foreign crop summary for the week is generally favorable. Northwestern receipts were again light, but slightly in excess of last year. Receipts at Winnipeg were also light. Oats displayed more strength than did e other cereals, but there were de clines of % to %c in this market. The ught losses were caused by the weak ness in the cotton market. Pork sold slightly lower, but the bal ance of the provision list was stronger. Grain quotatlonai Previous High. Low Close. Close. WHEAT— Sept 87% 85% 86% 8T% Dec 91 % 89% 90% 91% Mty 96% 95 95% 96% CORN—• Sept 70% 68% 65% 69% Dec 67% 65% 69% 66% May 69 67% 67% 68% OATS— Sept 42% 41 41% Dec 44% 43% 44 May .... 47 PORK— Sept.... 20.70 20 35 20.60 20.37% Jan .... 20.15 20.02 % 20.15 18.97% LARD— Sept.... 11.45 11.32% 11.42% 1L82% Oct..... 11.55 11.42% 11.52% 11.40 Jan 10.75 10 65 10.72% 11.65 RIBS— Sept.... 11.32% 11.17% 11.25 11.16 Oct.... 11.25 11.12% 11.20 11.17% Jan 10.17% 10.10 11.17% 10.05 CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS. CHICAGO, Aug. 5.—Wheat. No. 2 red. 86% @87%; No. 3 red. 86@86%; No. 3 No. 3 spring. 884*90. Corn. No. 2. 69%@70; No. 2 white, 70%@71; No. 2 yellow, 69%@70; No. 3, 69%@69%; No. 3 white. 7u%@70%; No, 3 yellow, 69% @69%; No. 4, 68%@69; No. 4 white, 69%@70%; No. 4 yellow, 68%@ 69%. oate, No. 2, new. 40%@41%; No. 2 white, new. 41%@42%; old, 42@43%; No. 3, new, 40%@41%; old, 40%@42; No. 4 white, new, 39@41; old, 40@41; stand ard, new, 41%@42%; old, 42@42%. LIVE STOCK MARKET. CHICAGO, Aug. 5.—Hogs: Receipts, 1,000. Market 5c lower; mixed and butchers. 8.00@9.10: good heavy, 8.65@ 9.00; rough heavy, 7.95@8.50; light 8.80 @9.20; pigs, 6.40@8.26; bulk, 8.80@8.80. Cattle: Receipts. 3.000. Market steady; beeves. 7.10@9.00; cows and heifers, 8.00@8.00; stockers and feeders, .55(h'7.65; Texans, 6.75@8.16; calves. 8.00@10.60. Sheep: Receipts, 18.000. Market lOo lower; native and Western. 3.00@4.75; lambs, 4.75@7.25. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 5.—Cattle—Receipts 8.500. including 2,000 Southerns. Mar ket steady. Native beef steers. $5.50@ 9.00; sows and heifers, $4.75@8.50; Stock ers and feeders, $5 25@7.50; calves, $6.00 @10.00; Texas steers. $6.25@7.75; cows and heifers, $4.25@6.60; calves, $5.00@ 6.00. Hogs—Receipts 10,000: 5c to 10c lower. Mixed, $8.90(09.00; good, 8.85@9.00{ rough. $8.10@8.75; lightR, $9.00@9.15: pigs. $7.00@9.00; bulk, $S.90@9.10. Sheep-Receipts 5.000. Lambs, 25o higher. Sheep steady. Muttons, $3.26@ 4 25; yearlings, $4.75@6.00; lambs, $5.75(ii 7.00. NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET. Coffee quotations: January. . . . February. . . . March April. . . . May June .... July August . . . September. . . October. . . . November. . . December. . . Closed steady. | Opening. 8.94 @8.95 9.00 9.10@9.13 9.15@9.20 9.21 @9.23 9.22@9.25 9.27(^9.30 8.50 8.66@8.68 8.70@8.80 8.75 8.87@8.88 Sales 160,760 Closing. 8.94c 9.02( 9.08 r 9.13( 9.17C 9.31( 9.25C 8.55C 8.61C 8. 8.78C 8.81 8.96 9.CH 9.09 9.15 9.19 9.22 9.26 8 56 8.62 8.71 8.80 8.89 hags. NEW YORK, Aug. 5.—Commercial bar silver 69%c. Mexican dollars, 47c. SEASHORE EXCURSION AUGUST 7. . Jacksonville, Brunswick, St. Simon, Cumberland, At lantic Beach, $6.00—Limit ed 6 days. Tampa, Fla, $3 —Limited 8 days. TWO SPECIAL TRAINS, 10 p. m. solid Pullman train. 10:15 p. m. Coach train. Make Reservations Now. SOUTHERN RAILWAY LOWRY NATIONAL BANK Capital $1,000,000 Surplus $1,000,000 Savings Department Safe Deposit Boies LEVELAND THE SCENIC WAY WITH DINING CARS