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TTTE ATLANTA OEOROIAN AND NEWS.
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FREED CONVICT BIRDS' FRIENDS
E
Sailor, Who Says He Is Innocent
of Crime, Marvels at Sights
Outside Prison.
Bearing the pood wishes of hun
dreds of Atlanta friends and the as
surances of Mayor Woodward and
Chief of Police Beavers that they will
help him to the limit of their power
Thomas M. C. Bram, the sailor who
was released from the Federal prison
after serving seventeen years for a
crime he has steadfastly maintained
he did not commit, Friday morning
started his quest for a Job.
“It seems »o strange to be free.”
Bram said, “so strange that I can
walk where I want to; that I do not
have to govern my movements by the
scund of a gong or the command of a
guard, that I have hardly got my
hearings. All day yesterday I walked
the streets of Atlanta, seeing new
wonders; things that seven^en years
ago I would not have thought possi
ble.
“But I must have work, and I am
trying to find it. My friends have
been more than kind; they have given
me life and hope, but I can not tres
pass on their kindness to the extent
of allowing them to provide my food.
I am willing to do almost any kind of
work, so long as it is honest. Surely
there is someone in Atlanta w'ho will
give a man a chance to work after he
has served seventeen terrible years
for a crime he did not commit.”
Eagerly Hunting Position.
Unused to the ways of the world,
Bram has placed himself unreserved
ly in the hands of his friends, and
they are assisting him to find work.
He has secured rooms at 46 West
Pine street, but his headquarters are
at the office of Freeman & Perkerson,
at Five Points. Mr. Freeman was one
of the friends who were instrumental
in securing his parole, and he is very
anxious that Bram secure a position.
In order to secure a complete pardon
it is necessary for Bram to come be
fore the Pardon Board with a recom
mendation from his employer, stating
that he has worked faithfully.
Mr. Freeman this morning asked
that any person who had a position
that Bram could fill, any man who is
willing to give the man a chance to
make good and prove his innocence
of the terrible crime for which he
served so long in prison, communicate
with him, either in person or by tele
phone. Mr. Freeman’s phone num
bers are Bell Tvv 14 and Atlanta 795
Mr. Freeman and other friends of
Bram took him on an automobile
tour of the city Thursday afternoon.
Pram was as delighted as a child with
♦ he wonders of the city. The stren
uous life of the streets filled him
with wonder, and the new invention?
and marvels of science that he saw on
every band were almost unbelievable.
T.ater in the afternoon Bram called
on Mayor Woodward and Chief of
Police Beavers.
Chief and Mayor His Friends.
Both the Mayor and the Chief con
gratulated him on his release, and
each expressed the opinion that Bram
is not guilty of the crime of which
he was convicted and for which he
was imprisoned for so many years.
Mayor Woodward and .Chief Beavers
offered to help Bram find work, or
aid him in any way possible.
Bram has already started his search
for the man for whose crime he say?
lie has been imprisoned for seventeen
years, though he can not leave Geor
gia until he gets a complete fardon
He spent several hours last night
writing letters to his Boston attor
neys and other friends in Massachu
setts, thanking them for the part
they played in obtaining his release,
and asking them to aid in the inves
tigation by which he hopes to unearth
the real murderer and clear his name
of all stain.
28-Day Auto Trip
Across Continent
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 29.—Crossing
the continent from New Bedford,
Mass., in 28 days without any more
heart-rending experience than 60-cent
gasoline, is the achievement of three
motorists who have just arrived here
They are Charles C. Diamond, Wil*
liam R. Bullard and Mrs. C. H. De
lano.
Many Georgians Seek
Game Warden Place
Applications are pouring in for the
office of game commissioner to suc
ceed Jesse E. Mercer, whose term ex
pires In September. Under the law,
Mercer will remain in office until his
successor is appointed.
Governor Slaton is expected to take
up the matter, with several other im
portant appointments, as soon as he
returns from Colorado Springs.
HER HAIR COSTS HIM WIFE.
PARKERSBURG. W. VA„ Aug 29
Mrs, C. M. Phillips, whose husban 1.
a prominent oil operator, in a fit of
Jealous rage cut off ner pretty tresses
so that she would no longer be at
tractive to other men, to-day ordered
her lawyer to file an action for di
vorce against lier husband. . .
SE
Audubon Society Believes It Will
Pass Measure Protecting All
Feathered Game,
Police Guard Asked
For City Dog Pound
City Clerk Walter Taylor, generalis
simo of the Atlanta dog hunters, has
asked the police to place a guard at
I his doggery on Manhattan avenue, and
i strenuous efforts will be made to catch
the varlet who opened the gates and
rescued a dozen or more canines. Mr!
Taylor went out to his doggery Thurs
day to dispatch the captives and found
the gates open and the captives gone.
One of the city’s dog hunters resigned
his Job Thursday, after an encounter
with a dog on Butler street. The brute
resented being caught In the net and
bit the catcher In the leg.
That there Is a good possibility of
victory for the friends of bird pro
tection throughout the world is the
information conveyed in a telegram
to James H. Rice, Jr., of South Caro
lina, field agent for the National As
sociation of Audubon Societies, who Is
now in Atlanta looking into local con
ditions. The telegram was received
from National Secretary T. G. Pear
son, w’ho is conducting the fight In
Washington.
According to Mr. Pearson, the tar-
; ff bill carried a rider prohibiting the
importation of the feathers of all wild*
birds, except ostrich feathers. The
feathers of domestic poultry w r ere
also permitted to come in. However,
an amendment was added by the Sen
ate Finance Committee providing that
the feathers of all birds which are
Idlled as pests and the feathers of
game birds might be imported. This
clause, it is said, in effect would re
move protection from all the birds ol
the world which live outside of this
country.
It is this amendment which has
been referred ba* k to the Senate
committee for further consideration,
with the view of having it struck out
In explaining the matter ar;d the
work of the Audubon Society, Mr.
Rice declared the society was at
tempting by legislation to prohibit the
use of feathers takenTrom any wild
bird as an article of commerce. The
slaughtering of birds for their feath
ers, he said further, was not only ob
jectionable because of the effect on
the elimination of the pestiferous in
sect, but because the birds were killed
during the nesting period, thereby
causing a gradual elimination of the
species.
Bolling Jones Takes
Vacation Trip East
Bolling H. Jones, recently named
postmaster of Atlanta to succeed Hugh
McKee, will leave Saturday for a two
weeks’ vacation in New York and oth
er Eastern cities. He will be accom
panied by Mrs. Jones.
Mr. Jones has not yet received his
commission as postmaster, and does not
expect the official announcement of his
selection f<rr a \yeek or more. He has
stated he will not do anything definite
regarding the postoffice until he returns
from the East.
Fifth Regiment Band
Pleases in Concert
Though the audience was small, the
concert given by the Fifth Regiment
band at the Auditorium Thursday night
was one of the best musical events of
the season. The crowd was enthusiastic
and appreciative, and the members of
the band were highly pleased with their
reception.
Every number played by the band
was enthusiastically encored, and the
crowd especially expressed its appre
ciation of Mr. Sheldon, at the organ,
and Mr Barber and Mr. Cox in a cor
net and trombone duet.
TITLE TO FULTON
McKenzies Get Order Restraining
Randall Heirs From Mining in
Residence Subdivision.
.A temporary injunction restraining
the heirs of P. H. Rhndall from min
ing in the residence subdivision in
Northern Fuiton County, which is now
being marketed by William M. Mc
Kenzie and George M. McKenzie, was
granted late Thursday by Judge
George L. ^Bell.
The injunction was obtained to es
tablish that the McKenzies have a
clear title to the land, doubt having
arisen because of an old deed whicn
kept for the Randall heirs a right to.
one-half the mineral interests in the
land.
The petition of the McKenzies sets
forth that there are no valuable min
erals in the land, and that the only
value in the property lies in its em
ployment for residence purposes. The
record of former deeds was destroyed,
according to the petition, In the fire
of 1842, but it is maintained that the
title is clear nevertheless.
The land in question, 85 acres in
lot 216 of the Seventeenth District of
Fulton County, was purchased about
June 24, 1912, from Thomas L. Eng
lish. The property was divided into
small tracts and placed on the mar
ket.
Atlanta Markets
Bishop Candler to
Preach to Baptists
Bishop W. A. Candler and Dr. W.
W. Landrum, of Louisville, Ky., will
preach at the First Baptist Church
next Sunday, in the absence of the
regular pastor, Dr. Charles W. Dan
iel.
Bishop Candler will preach in the
morning at 11 o’clock and Dr. Land
rum will occupy the pulpit at the
evening services at 8 o’clock. Special
music has been arranged. A cordial
invitation is extended to strangers.
Chaloner With Gun
Holds Up Speeders
RALEIGH. N. C., Aug. 29.—John
Armstrong Chaloners’ presence hero
brought the sfory that he held up in
Albemarle County, Virginia, speeding
autouts who frightened his pony and
at pistol’s point made the chaufftur
lead the pony beyond the automobile.
THE PLAY
THIS WEEK
Emma Bunting at the Lyric.
It is said that "The Circus Girl,”
the play which ; s to be presented at
the Lyric Theater next t'dek by Miss
Emma Bunting and her company, the
little actress has a role, that of a hoy-
denish Western girl, which is precisely
the sort of a part w hich is most pleas
ing to her admirers in this city. The
first performance will be given Monday
afternoon.
Stock at Bijou.
As the week progresses, the Jewell
Kelley Stock Company is emphasizing
the splendid hit which marked the open
ing performance of its first offering.
"Her Fatal Shadow,” at the Bijou. In
marked contrast to most stock organi
zations. the first performance of this
company was decidedly smooth and
showed that every member of the cast
was thoroughly up in his or her role.
The play schc* tied for next week will
be “The Man from the West.’ a sen
sational comedy drama that is sure to
cinch the splendid impression ol the first
week.
EGGS—Fresh country, candled, 25®
27c.
BETTER—Jersey and creamery, in
1-lb. blocks, 27%@30c; fresh country,
fair demand, 15® 18c.
UNDRAWN POULTRY—Drawn, head
and feet on, per pound; Hens 18® 19c;
fries, 22%@24; roosters. S@10c; tur
keys, owing to fatness, 17® 19c.
LIVE POULTRY Hens, 40@45;
roosters, 30® 35c; broilers 25®'30c per
pound; puddle ducks, 30®35c; Pekins,
35® 40c; geese, 50® 60c each; turkeys,
owing to fatness, 15® 17c.
FRUITS AND PRODUCE.
FRUITS ANI) VEGETABLES—Lem-
pns, fancy, $5.00® 5.50; California or
anges, $5.35® 5.50; Concord giapes,
27% (j: 30c a basket; Missouri peaches,
$.25®2 50 per crate, bananas, 2%@2c lb.;
cabbage. l%®2c per drum; peanuts,
per pound, fancy Virginia. 6%@' r »c;
choice, 5%@6; beets, $1.75® 200, in half
barrel crates; cucumbers, $1.25@1.50;
eggplants, $1.00® 1.25 per crate; peppers,
$1.50 per crate; tomatoes, fancy, six-
basket crates. $2.00®2.50; onions, $1 00
.per bu.; sweet potatoes, pumpkin yams,
85® 90c per bu; Irish potatoes, $1.40 per
bag, containing 2% bushels; akro, fancy,
six-basket crates. $1.50®1.75.
FISH.
FISH—Bream and perch, 7c pound;
snapper, 10c pound; trout, 10c pound;
bluefish, 7c pound, puinpano, 20c pound;
mackerel, 7c pound; mixed fish, 5® 6c
pound; black bass, 10c pound; mullet,
$11.00 per barrel.
FLOUR AND GRAIN.
FLOUR — Postell’s Elegant. $7.75;
Omega. $7.00: Carter’s Best, $6.25; Qual
ity (finest patent), $6.00; Gloria (self-
rising), $5.60; Results (self-rising), $5.40;
Swans Down (fancy patent), $6 00; Vic
tory (the vety best patent), $6.00; Mon
ogram. $6 00, Puritan (highest patent),
$5.35; Golden Grain. 5.60; Faultless
(finest patent), $6.25; Home Queen
(highest patent), $5.75; Paragon (high
est patent), $5.75; Sunrise (half patent),
$4.75; White ('loud (highest patent),
$5.00; White Daisy (highest patent),
$5.00; White Lily (high patent), $5.00;
Diadem (fancy high patent), $5.75; Wa
ter Lily (patent), $5.15; Sunbeam, $4.75;
Southern Star (patent), $4.75; Ocean
Spray (patent), $4.75; Tulip (straight),
$4.00: King Cotton (half patent), $4.50;
low-grade 98-Ib. sacks, $4 00.
CORN—Choise red cob, $1.00; No. 2
white bone ury, 99c; mixed, 85c; choice
yellow, 97c; cracked corn. 95c.
MEAL—Plain 14-pound sacks, 90c; 96-
pound sacks, 9ic, 48-pound sacks, 93c;
24-pound sacks, 95c.
OATS—Fancy white clipped, 59c; No.
2 clipped, 58c; fancy white, 57c; red
clipped, 57c.
COTTON SEED ’MEAL —» Harper.
$31.50.
COTTON SEED HULLS — Square
sacks. $18.00.
SEEDS—Amber cane seed, $1.00; cane
seed, orange, $1.00; rye (Tennessee) 2-
bu. sacks, $1.10; red top cane seed,
$1.35; rye (Georgia) 2%-bu. sacks, $1.25;
blue seed oats, 50c; barley, $1.25; Burt
oats, 70c
FEEDSTUFFS.
CHICKEN FEED—Beef scrap, 100-U*
sacks. $3.25; 50-lb. sacks, $1.65; Purina
pigeon feed. $2.25; Purina l*iby chick
feed. $2.05; Purina scratch, 100-lb. sacks,
$1.95; 50-lb. sacks, $2.00; Purina scratch
bales, $2.13; Purina chowder, 100-lb.
sacks, $2 05; Purina chowder, dozen
pound packages, $2 25; Victory baby
chick, *2.10; Victory scratch, 50-lb.
sacks. $2.00; 100 lb. sacks, $1.85; wheat,
two-bushel bags, per bushel, $1.25;
oyster shell, 80c; special scratch, 100-lb.
sacks, $.80; Eggo, $1.85; charcoal, 50-lb.
sacks, per 100 pounds. $2.00,
SHORTS—White, 100-lb. sacks, $1.75;
Halliday, white, 100-lb. sacks, $1.80;
dandy middling, lOG-lb. sacks, $1.75;
fancy, 75-lb. sacks, $1.75; P. W., 75-lb.
sacks, $1.60; brown, 100-lb. sacks, $1.60;
Georgia feed, 75-lb. sacks, $1.60; clover
leaf, 73-lb. sacks, $1.60; bran, 75-lb.
sacks, $1.30: 100-lb. sacks, $1.30; 50-lb.
sacks, $1.30; Homeoline, $1.50; Germ
meal, Homeo, $1.60.
GROUND FEED—Purina feed, 175 1b.
sacks. $1.70; purina molasses feed, $1.65;
Arab horse feed. $1.80; Allneeda feed,
$1.65; Suerene dairy feed. $1.55; Mono
gram, 10-lb. sacks. $1.60; Victory
horse feed, 100-lb. sacks, $1.65; ABC
'eed. $160; Milko dairy feed. $1.65; al
falfa molasses meal, $1.75; alfalfa meal,
$1.40; beet pulp. 100-lb sacks, $1.60.
HAY Per hundred weight: Timothy
choice, large bales. $1 25: large fancy
light clover mixed. $1.20; No. 1 small
bales $1.05; No. 2 small, $1; alfalfa pea
gr* eri, $1.15: clover hay. $’..20. Timothy
standard, $1.05; Timothy small hales, Jl;
whfcfit straw. 70c; Bermuda hay. 85c; No.
1. rlTjO; wheal straw, 65c; Bermuda hay,
^0c.
Late Count Hayashi’s Diary Says
Great Britain Wanted Alliance
Against France and Russia.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Aug. 29.—The revelation
that the diplomatic negotiations whicn
finally resulted in the Angld-Japane3e
Alliance first contemplated an Anglo-
German-Japanese Triple Alliance and
that Germany was largely instrumen
tal in starting them, but was shut out
by Japan, is made in the diary of the
late Count Tadasu Hayashi, ex-Jap-
anese Ambassador to Great Britain
and twice Foreign Minister, part of
which was recently published.
The Jiji Shimpo of Tokio printed
portions of the diary, but the Japan
ese Government prohibited further
publication, and the Censor sup
pressed telegrams sent by fdreign
correspondents ip Japan giving de
tails of the statements.
The diary shows the British Gov
ernment, under the Premiership of the
late (Marquis of Salisbury was in
favor of the inclusion of Germany
in the alliance, but that Japan op
posed it.
Count Hayashi. in order to bring
about the Anglo-Japanese Alliance,
hinted that Japan was ready to ally
herself with Russia if Great Britain
were unwilling to become her ally.
According to the diary, Baron Her
mann con Eokhardstein, at the time
Charge d’Affaires of the German Em
bassy in London, made several visits
to Count Hayashi in the spring of
1901.
Count Hayashi approached Lord
Lanadowne, then Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs, suggesting an
Anglo-Japanese agreement on a pol
icy in China. Lord Lansdowne said
he thought a third power should be
included.
Japan suggested that a third party
should be omitted fron^ the alliance
because A nglo-Japanese interests
were identical. Great Britain, how
ever, for some time clung to the idea
of a triple alliance according to Count
Hayashi. asr she was anxious for an
alliance Germany in order to isolate
the Franco-Russian alliance.
The continuation of the diarv,
which might have shown why Count
Hayashi opposed the inclusion of
Germany, has not been published.
Wants Son in Prison
To Break Drug Habit
Tn order that he may be sent to the
penitentiary for a year and cured of
the cocaine habit, the police are search
ing for C. L. Mauldin, 22 years old, of
Mountain View, who is supposed to be
haunting some of the drug dens of At
lanta If found, the boy will be arraigned
before Recorder Broyles on statutory
charges that will permit of a year’s
imprisonment.
The search is being conducted at the
request of the boy’s father. John Maul
din, who called at headquarters Thurs
day night and asked the aid of the law
to reform his son. Mauldin declared that
his boy had become addicted to the
use of the drug while on a visit to At
lanta several months ago, and that
since then he refuses to stay at home.
tWo pleaded bankruptcy.
Two voluntary petitions in bank
ruptcy were filed Friday morning. A.
V. Hadley, a clerk, admits liabilities
of S933.28, no assets. J. 1). Ewing, a
telegrapher, gives ' his liabilities as
$1,056, and no assets.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
EVE OF HOLIDAY
Longs Liquidate on Indifference of
Liverpool to Our Advance.
Technical Position Weak.
NEW YORK, Aug. 29.—Cables were
not up to expectations at the opening of
the cotton market and"* first prices were
at a net decline of 3 to 13 points from
last night’s close. There was considera
ble selling from the south and in Liver
pool. There was a fairly good demand
on the decline, but prices continued on
the downward patn. dropping 4 to 14
points from the opening range.
Cables frotn Liverpool explained the
weakness in that market was due to
Continent selling and poor prospects for
trade demand and spinners were not in
clined to follow the advance.
The Giles report of 69.9 per cent on
the condition of the crop to August 25.
or 11.9 points decline for the month, was
distinctly unfavorable and accounted
for some of the professional support
here, which helped prices out or the
early low pint during the forenoon.
Following are 11 a. m. bids in New
York: August, 12.18; October, 12.27;
December, 12.19; .January, 12.08; March,
12‘. 18.
The forecast for fair weather in the
Southwest and the posting of the Texas
detail, showing only insignificant pre
cipitation, helped the rally, but the vol
ume of trade was the smallest of the
week and prices worked back to the low
point during tire afternoon session. The
market closed steady with prices at a
net decline of 41 to 1.5 points from the
closing quotations of Thursday.
Following are 10 a. m. bids in New
Orleans: October. 12.22; December,
12.24; January, 12.26; March. 12.37.
Estimated cotton receipts:
Thursday. 1912.
New Orleans 50 to 200 782
Galveston 30,000 to 35,000 12,908
RANGE IN NEW YORK FUTURES
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12.20 12.24 12.19 12.21 1 112.00-
! 2.27 12.27 12.17’12.17 12.17-18 12.30-
12.30112.34 >12.24(12.28:12.27-28 12.38-
! I 12.18-20 12 22
12.27 12.28 1 12.15 12.20 12.20-21 12.33
12.17 12.19 12.05:12.09 12.09-10 12.23-
1 12.25
12.26! 12.26112.15 12.18 12.18-19 f l 2.32-
1 ! I |12.23-24112.38-
12.32 12.32 12.20 12 23 12.23-24 12.38-
12.31 12.31 12.28jl2.28j \
)sed steady.
j Miss (.iiles gives the condition of the
I cotton crop as of August 25 at 69.9 per >
! cent, against 78.4 per cent on August
j 10 and 81.8 per cent a month ago, as
{ compared with 76 8 per cent for tho
| corresponding month last year.
She further states that deterioration
| during vhe past month is due to extreme
heat and dry weather in Texas, Okla
homa, Arkansas and Alabapia The de
cline tn Mississippi and l^ouisiana was
caused by weevil damage.
• • •
Dallas wires: “Texas and Oklahoma,
clear and warm.”
• • •
Washington wires: “It Is reported
the Democratic leaders in the Senate
have about agreed that some modiflea-
. tiona must be made in the cotton fu-
I tures tax section of the tariff bill Ac-
. cording tb the rumor, Senator Stone and
I others will take the lead and attempt to
j persuade the Finance Committee to
bring in an amendment proposing a re
duction In the amount of the tax.”
* • •
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 29—Hayward
& Clark: The weather map shows
cloudy over the entire belt; nice rains
in the Atlantics and Gulf coast districts,
but only sprinkles shown at Amarillo
and Houston. Cooler in the northwest
Indications are still favorable for
cloudy, cooler and scattered showers.
* * •
The New Orleans Times-Demoerat
says; "With speculators afraid to sell
contracts and with the new crop move
ment not sufficiently developed to feed
contracts in the shape of short hedges
into the market in volume, high price
sentiment again dominated the ring yes
terday, #nd values were carried to the
new high levels Conservative opera
tors are pow convinced that current
prices fully discount all the damage that
lias been done the cotton crop by drouth.
It is, therefore, quite logical for the
talent to expect the market to do all
of the remainder of its early season
climbing before the promulgation of the
Bureau condition figure at 11 o’clock,
New Orleans time, Tuesday.
“Estimates of the Bureau figures
range as low as 69 and as high as 71.
“Meanwhile, the weather map for the
western cotton belt suggests the pres
ence of moisture, and the Government
predicts unsettled conditions. Rain re
ports to-day would check the advance,
provided they seemed general in char
acter. The American markets will be
closed Saturday and Monday. Rains
over Sunday would, therefore, be re
flected first by the action of the for
eign markets. No rains in the west be
tween now and Tuesday morning would
sustain confidence in the long side of
the account, and the market would prob
ably be higher than last night's closing,
i at the time of the promulgation of the
I Bureau.”
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 29.—This market
was due 5 to 7 points higher, but opened
steady at a net advance of 4 to 4%
points higher. At 12:15 p. m. the market
was irregular. August 3 pfiints higher
and other positions 1 to 2 points higher.
Spot cotton firm at 8 points advance;
middling 7d; sales 10,000 bales, Including
9,100 American; imports, 3.000, of which
all were American.
At the close the market was barely
steady with prices at a net decline of %
to 3 points from the closing quotations
of Thursday.
Futures opened steady.
Opening Prev.
Range 2 P M. Close. Close.
. 6.76 6.74 6.73 6.71%
. 6.70 6.67 6.65 6.65V,
. 6.61 6.58 6.56 6.57%
6.58(4 6.55 6.52% 6.54(4
. 6.53(4 6.50(4 6.48 6.49(4
. 6.53(4 6.50(4 6.48 6.49(4
. 6.54 6.51 6.48(4 6.50
. 6.56 .... ^6.50 6,57(4
. 6.55 6.54 %5T 6.53
. 6.56(4 Vfcr 6.53(4
. 6.59 6.5f?’ 6.32(4 6.54(4
6,58(4 6.54 (4 5.51 6.54 "
August
Aug.-Sept
Sept.-Oct.
Oct.-Nov. ,
Nov.-Dec.
Dec.-Jan.
Jan. - Feb
Feb.-Mar
Mar. - A pril
A pril-May
May-June
June-July
Closed barely steady.
Cotton Condition
For August 71.4,
AutKority Reports
NEW YORK, Aug. 29.—Reports from
1,939 special correspondents of The
Journal of Commerce, bearing an aver
age date of August 22, show a condi
tion of 71.4 per cent for the cotton
crop as compared with 81.1 per cent a
month ago. or a loss of 9.7 points. Only
once in the pest ten years has this de
cline in August been exceeded. In 1911
it was 14.3 points, and the ten-year
average loss is about 5.9 points. The
condition a year ago was 75.4 per cent,
while in 1911, the banner year, It was
72.6 per cent and 70.7 per cent in 1910.
The ten-year average is 73.5 per cent
It remains to be seen how far a loss of
9.7 points in condition will be offset
by an increase of 856,000 acres over
last year, or about 2(4 Per cent.
Percentage condition by States .fol
lows:
STOCKS STEW III CEREALS WEAKEN
FACE OF HOLIDAYS
—1913-
HAYWARD <5.. CLARK’S
DAILY COTTON
LETTER
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida r..
j Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas ......
Tennessee
Missouri
Oklahoma
NEW ORLEANS. Aug 29.—First
trades here were at a decline of 10
points, and as no buying power appeared
and as Liverpool weakened, a break to
12.19 for October followed as soon as
longs tried to realize. The technical
condition has undoubtedly been decided
ly weakened this week, with futures
above spots, at the start of a crop move
ment, an unsound relation.
There is no change in views as to the
Bureau condition, which Is expected be
tween 68 and 70 per cent.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
July.
.79.5
79 3
76.6
80
79.2
81.0
78.4
81.4
87 4
89.2
86 6
84 8
81.1
Aug.
79.0
80.2
77.5
79.4
73.6
73.6
72.4
65.1
77.6
81.0
66.8
60.2
71.4
1911.
Aug
80.6
79.5
74 8
76.0
74*4
70.8
62.4
66.0
75.0
83.4
86.6
69 2
72.6
Average . t....
Deterioration has been greatest in
Texas. Oklahoma and Missouri, where
continued drouth and high temperatures
were chiefly instrumental in causing de
clines of 15.7 points and 15.4 points and
19.08 points, respectively.
co
£ S’
0.0
Sp
Oc
No
I>e
Ja
Fb
Mr
My
Closed steady.
. 12 23-27 12 14-46
12.28jl2.31 j 12.18112.24;! 2.24-25 12.38-39
i ! ' 12.24-26 12..'*8-39 ,
(12.27! 12.33 12.21:12.26 12.26-27 11.38-39 *
i 12.31 12.35 12.24.12.30 !2 29-30 12.40-41
! | 12.26-28 12.88-40
j 12.44 12.45 1 12.35 12.35 12.39-40 12.51-52
112.51112.51112.43:12.50 12.49-51,12.60-61
CHICAGO. Aug. 29.-“-Hogs—Receipts
18,000. Market 5c to 10c lower. Mixed
and butchers. $7.45®9.05; good heavy,
$8.35®8.85: rough heavy, $7.40.®8 20;
iight. $8.15@9.10; pigs, $5.50®8.15; bulk.
$7.95® 8.75.
Cattle—Receipts 2.000. Market strong.
Beeves, $7.35®9.25; cows and heifers.
$3.25® 8.30; stockers and feeders, $5.75®
7.85^ Texans. $6.50®8.00; calves, $10.0(1®
Sheep—Receipts 10,000 Market strong
Native and Western, $3.25®4.85; lambs,
$5.25® 8.15.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 29.—Cattle: Re
ceipts 1,300, including 150 Southerns;
native beef steers, 5.50® 9.00; cows and
heifers, 4.75® 8.75; stockers and feeders.
5.25®7.50; calves. 6.00® 11.00; Texas
steers, 6.25® 7.75; cows and heifers, 4.25
®6.50; calves, 5.00® 6.00.
Hogs: Receipts, 5,500; market steady;
mixed and butchers, 8.85®9.19; good,
8.60®8.90; rough. 7.75®8.25: light. 9.10®
9.25; pigs, 5.50®9.00; bulk, 8.85®9.15,
Sheep: Receipts, 1.300; muttons, 3.25
#4.30; yearlings, 5.00^6.00; lambs. 5.50
@8.10.
OBITUARY.
Mrs. B. A. Garner, twenty-five years
old, died at a private sanitarium
early Friday morning after a brUf
illness. She formerly' lived at No.
20 West Alexander street. Mrs.
Garner is survived by her husband
and one child; also her mother, Mrs.
A. P. Camp, and five sisters, Mrs.
W. F. Lawrence, of College Parle,
Mrs. J. F. Lassiter and Mrs. A. F.
King, of Hapeville; Mrs. Malberry
Smith, of College Park, and Mrs.
W. H. Turman, of Atlanta. Fu
neral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
The remains of Mrs. John Smith, who
died Thursday afternoon at a pri
vate sanitarium, will bo taken to
Savannah, Ga., Friday night for in
terment. following funeral services
at the chapel of Greenberg & Bond.
She was twenty years o'd, and is
survived by her husband.
The body of Miss Georgia A. Maddox,
who died Thursday afternoon at a
local hospital, was taken Friday to
Chamblee, Ga., for interment. She
was fifty-one years old. and is sur
vived by three brothers, all of At
lanta.
The funeral of Mrs. Ella Wilson, who
died Thursday, will be held at 3
o’clock Friday afternoon from the
chapel of Barclay & Brandon. In
terment at Westview,
PORT RECEIPTS.
The following table shows receipts at
the ports to-day compared with the
same day last year:
1913.
1912.
New Orleans. . . .
493
30
Galveston
20,367
17,369
Mobile
436
8
Savannah
3.513
559
Charleston. . . .
50
2
Wilmington. . . .
55
Norfolk
16
32
Baltimore
356
Brunswick. . . .
150
..
Boston
187
Various
10,092
Total
35.609
18.414
INTERIOR
MOVEMENT.
1913.
1912.
Houston
IT,458
12.085
Augusta
570
119
Memphis
29
31
*St. Louis
729
308
Cincinnati
231
550
Total
19,017
13,323
VISIBLE SUPPLY OF COTTON.
According to Secretary Hester, of the
Cotton Exchange, the visible supply of
American cotton during the past week
sliows an Increase of 21,283 bales, as
compared with an increase of 34,690
bales for the corresponding week last
year and a decrease of 46.775 bales for
the same week the year before, other
kinds decreased 33,000 bales, against a
decrease of 17,000 bales during the same
period last year and a decrease of 56,000
bales In 1911.
The total visible supply of American
cotton during the week shows a de
crease of 11,711 bales, against an in
crease of 17,690 bales last year and an
increase of 9,225 bales for the same week
in 1911.
World’s visible: •
1913 i m2~j 1911
Mills Limit Buying
To Actual Needs
BOSTON, Aug. 29. Woo! sales for
two or three weeks have been normal.
Total transfers for the past week, partly
estimated, are about 2,500,000 pounds.
The transactions reported include good-
sized lines of territories, graded and In
the original bags, also considerable
fleece wool, nearly all unwashed grades.
Both woolen and worsted mi*!* show a
continued desire to limit purchases to
actual necessities There is practically
nothing doing in foreign wools.
Reecipts in pounds for the week ended
and including Wednesday were as fol
lows:
1913 1912.
Domestic 7,321.768 12.018.002
Foreign 118,645 3,264,950
Totals 7,440.433 15.282.952
Total receipts of 7,440.433 pounds,
compared with 11.678,075 the preceding
week, of which 9,114,575* were domestic
wools.
Receipts in pounds from arul includ
ing January 1, 1913. as com payed with
the corresponding period In 1912, were
as follows:
1913. 1912.
Domestic 116,591.621 180.923,824
Foreign 45.975,906 97.194.113
Totals
.162,567,527 278,117,937
THE WEATHER.
American 1,000.1831.342.1891 829,828
Other kinds... 1,055.000' 776,000' 771.000
Total, all kinds 2.055,183 2.118,189 1,600,238
COTTON SEED OIL.
Cotton seed oil quotations:
| Opening ! Closing
g of)®,*.5(j“
Spot. . . . ..
j September . ,
I October . . .
November .
I December . .
}January . .
February . .
March . . .
April . . ,
Closed steady; sales, 13,100 barrels.
8 15® 8.17 I 8.25® 8.30
7.75® 7.77 7.78® 7.80
6.87@6.88 1 7.94® 7.95
6.82® 6.83 7.83® 7.85
6.81® 6.83 7.82® 7.83
6 82® 6.84 : 7.85® 7 88
6.91® 6.92 ! 7.93(^7.93
6.91® 7.00 7.93® 7.99
Conditions.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 Showers
will occur within the next 36 hours in
the northern Lake region and the North
Atlantic States. Scattered showers will
occur to-night or Saturday in the Middle
ami South Atlantic and East Gulf
States.
The temperatures will fall slightly to
night in the Lake region and the Ohio
Valley, but elsewhere east of the Mis
sissippi River temperature changes will
not be important.
Small craft warnings are displayed on
the Great Lakes and on the Atlantic
coast from New York northward.
Forecast.
General forecast till 7 p. m. Saturday:
Georgia—Showers late to-night or
Saturday.
Virginia and Nortfr Carolina Unset
tled. local showers to-night or Saturday.
South Carolina Showers late to-night
or Saturday.
Florida, Alabama and Mississippi—
Local showers to-night or Saturday.
Tennessee- Unsettled, local showers
to-night or Saturday; cooler in western
portion to-night and In eastern portion
Saturday.
Louisiana Fair in interior; showers
on coast to-night or Saturday.
East Texas Fair in interior; showers
on coast to-night or Saturday; cooler
in northwest, portion to-night.
West Texas--Fair to-night and Sat
urday.
COTTON MARKET OPINIONS.
General Buying Follows Improved
Mexican Situation—London
Prices Irregular.
By CHARLES W. STORM.
NEW YORK, Aug. 29. —Expectation of
news affecting the stock market caused
the market to open with a touch of hesi
tation to-day. Most prices were higher,
but after half an hour of trading the
list had a mixed appearance.
Among the advances were: Amalga
mated Copper, * 4 ; American Telephone
and Telegraph, \; California Petroleum,
Chino Copper. %; Lehigh Valley, %;
Northern Pacific, % ; Reading, %; United
States Steel common, %.
Reading was one of the moat active.
It shaded from 163 to 162%. American
Can lost '4, New York, New Haven and
Hartford lost (4 and Missouri Pacific
went to 31 for the decline of %.
Union Pacific lost %
The curb was quiet.
Americans in London were steady.
Canadian Pacific In London was firm
After the first hour of indecision, the
market showed improvement and some
prominent issues underwent a reaction
ary movement Steel common displayed
hardness from the start, and finally the
entire list responded. Southern Pacific
was up %. Union Pacific %. Reading
gained 1 point, Canadian Pacific rose (4
to 219.
Call money loaned at 2%.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Stock quotations:
Liquidation of September Wheat
Early Factor—Corn and Oats
Favor Reaction on Rains.
Morris H. Rothschild Co.: We ex
pect further short cover:ng and enhance
ment in values.
Logan ^ Bryan: Unless conditions
turn for the better in the Southwest,
trade buying will soon make Itself felt
in the future market
35%
98
46%
44 Vi
25%
36
69%
110%
131
37%
96%
122
97
35%
89%
132%
11
160
14
29
47(4
STOCK— High.
Arnal. Copper. 76%
Am. Agricul
Am. Beet Sug.
American Can
do, pref. ..
Am. Car Fdy.
Am. Cot. Oil
American Ice
Am. Locomo..
xAm. Smelt..
Am. Sug Ref
Am. T.-T. ...
Am. Woolen..
Anaconda ...
Atchison ....
A. C. L
B. and O. ...
Beth. Steel..
R. R. T
xxCan. Pacific 219
Cen. Leather.. 24%
C. and 0 59%
Colo. F and I. 33
Colo. Southern ....
Consol. Gas
Corn Products
D. and H
Den. anil R. G.
Distil Secur..
Erie
do, pref.
xxxGen. Elec..
G. North, pfd. 127%
G. North. Ore. 35%
G. Western... 14%
Ill. Central... 1(»8%
Inter boro .... 16%
do. pref. . . 64(4
Int- Harv\ (old) ....
Iowa Central.
K. C. S.. . .
M . K. and T.
do. pfd.. , .
L. Valley . .
L. and N. . .
Mo. Pacific . .
N. Y. Central.
Northwest. . .
Nfit. Lead . .
xxxxN. & W..
No. Pacific . .
O. and W. . .
Penna. ....
Pacific Mail .
P. Gas Co. . .
P. Steel Car .
Reading . . .
R. I. and Steel
do. pfd.. . .
Rock Island .
do. pfd.. . .
S. -ShcffTe’d. .
xxxxS. Pacific
So. Railway .
do. pfd..
Ft Paul . .
Tenn. Copper
Texas Pacific
Third ' venue
Union Pacific. 155%
u s Rubber. 62
U 8 Steel . . 65%
do. pfd.. . . 108%
Utah Copper.
V. -C. Them. .
Wabash. . . .
do. pfd.. . .
W. Union . .
W Maryland.
W. Electric. .
W. Central .
Ix*w
75%
Clos. Prev.
Bid. Close.
35
97
46%
44 V*
25%
36
67%
110%
130%
37%
96
122
96%
35%
89%
218%
24 %
59%
32%
132* *
11
160
i Y%
28%
47
127%
14
108%
16%
63%
25 (4 25 (4
76
44
26%
35%
96%
46%
44%
22%
35%
68%
73%
44
26%
35 (4
96%
46
43%
24 %
35%
68
110% 110%
130%
18%
37%
96%
121%
96%
35%
89%
18%
37%
96%
121%
96%
35
89%
218% 220%
23% 24
59%
32%
28%
132
11
69%
32
28%
131%
11
158% 159
19 20%
13
28%
46%
143
127%
34%
14%
13%
29
46%
146
127%
35%
13%
108% 107 (
16% 16%
63%
107
7
25
22%
63%
107%
7
25%
23(4
156%
186
31%
97%
130%
29%
113%
21%
118
25%
163%
18
28%
90%
24%
. 80
107%
32%
53
‘4%
68 ‘
73%
156
136
155% 155%
135% 135%
130%
105 ’ ’
112%
29%
113
21%
118
25
162%
24%
18
28
89%
24(4
80
10674
32
154%
61%
66
108
52%
4%
68 ‘
73%
30%
97
130
48 (4
31%
97%
130
48
104% 106 Vi
112% 113
29% 29%
113% 112%
21%
117
55
21%
117%
24%
162% 162%
24 % 24
88 %
17%
28
30
89%
24%
88
18
27%
29
91(4
25
79%
107%
ST. LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS.
Wheat—No. 2 red 90 @92
Corn—No. 2 74(4
Oats—No 2 41 @42
CHICAGO, Aug. 29.—The grain list
was under more or less pressure early
to-day and prices were lower (4 to %c
for wheat, unchanged to (4c lower for
corn and % to %c lower for oats.
There was an absence of buying power.
Corn markets weie lower because of
the favorable weather in the grain rais
ing countries of the world and the in
creased offerings. Northwestern re
ceipts were considerably larger than a
week ago. but were still considerably
smaller than a year ago.
Lard was lower, while ribs were
higher
There were losses of % to (£c in the
final prices of wheat, but closing spots
were % to %c above the lowest levels
of the session. There was a great deaj
of changing going on in this market
with shorts good buyers of September
and sellers of more deferred months.
Corn was %c lower to % to %c higher,
and oats were % to %c better. Hog
products were better all around.
Grain quotations:
High. Low.
WHEAT
Sept
Dec
May
CORN—
Sept
Dec
May
OATS—
Sept
Dec
May
PORK—
Sept.... 21.25
Jan 19.60
LA UD—
Sept... 11.25
Oct 11.35
Jan 10.95
RIBS -
Sept... 11.45
Oct 11.30
Jan 11.37%
Previous
Close. Close.
86
89%
94%
68%
70
40%
43%
46%
85%
89
93%
71%
68
69 %
39%
43
457g
21.00
19.50
11 20
11.25
10.90
11.42%
11.20
11.32%
85%
89 %
93%
85%
89%
94%
72% 72%
68% 68%
69% 69%
40%
43%
46%
21.25
19.60
40
43%
46
21.90
19 50
11.25 11.20
1135 11.30
10.92% 10.87%
11 42% 11.40
11.25 11.17%
1135 11.30
PRIMARY MOVEMENT.
WHEAT—
I 1811
Receipts
Shipments ....
980.000
827,000
1.627,000
802,000
CORN— | ;
Receipts ..
612,000
614.000
Shipments ....
303,000
442,000
CHICAGO
CAR LOTS.
Following are receipts for Friday and
estimated receipts for Saturday:
Friday. Saturday.
Wheat | 120 I
Corn I 209
Oats j 288 |
Hogs [I 18,000 [
174
285
266
11,000
15%
38%
107
32%
15
38
154% 155
61% 62%
65 % 64%
108% 108%
53% 52%
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS.
CHICAGO, Aug 29.—Wheat—No 2
red, 89(4@89%; No. 3 reel, 88%@89;
No. 2 hard winter, 87®89; No. 3 hard
winter, 86(4 @87%; No. 1 Northern
spring, 92@93; No, 2 Northern spring.
90@91%; No. 3 spring, 88® 90.
Corn—No 2, 74%@75; No. 2 white. 75
@75%; No. 2 yellow, 74%@76(4; No. 3,
74%@75; No. 3 white, 74%; No. 3 yellow,
74% @75; No. 4, 74® 74%; No. 4 white,
74%; No. 4 yellow, 74®74%.
Oats—No. 2, 39%; No. 2 white, 41 %@
42; No. 3. 39%; No. 3 white, 40 l 4@41%;
No. 4 white, 40@40%; standard" 41%@
41%.
ST. LOUIS CASH GRAIN.
ST.
27%
4%
12%
67%
40%
73
46
27
4%
12%
68
41
73%
46
LOUIS, Aug 29.—No. 2 red
wheat, 90®92; No. 3. 89@89%; No. 4.
85® 88; No. 2 hard, 86® 89%; No. 3 hard.
84® 89.
Corn—No. 2, 74%; No. 3, 73%; No. 2,
yellow. 74%; No. 3 yellow. 73%®74; No.
2 white. 74%@75; No. 3 white. 73%.
No. 2 oats. 41 @42; No. 3, 40%; No. 4.
39%; No. 2 white. 42; standard. 41%@
42: No. 3 white, 41 @41%; No. 4 white.
40® 40%.
x—Ex-dividend 1 per cent,
xx—Ex-dividend 2% per cent,
xxx Ex-dividend 2 per cent,
xxxx—Ex-dividend 1% per cent.
Sales were 127,000 shares at 11 a. m.
SPOT COTTON MARKET.
Atlanta, nominal.
Athens, steady; middling 11% •
Macon, steady: middling 11%.
New Orleans, steady; middling 123-16.
New York, quiet; middling 12 50.
Philadelphia, quiet; middling 13.85. ..
Boston, quiet; middling 12.50.
Liverpool, firm; middling 7d.
Savannah, steady; middling 11%.
Augusta, steady; middling 11%.
Charleston, nominal.
Norfolk, steady; middling 12c.
Galveston, firm; middling 12 1-16.
Mobile, quiet; middling 11%.
Wilmington, nominal.
Little Rock, steady; middling 11%.
Baltimore, nominal: middling 12c.
St Louis, quiet; middling 12c.
Memphis, steady; middling 12%.
Houston, steady; middling 12 1-16.
Louisville, firm; middling 12(4
Charlotte, steady; middling 12o
Greenville, steady: middling 12c.
MINING STOCKS.
BOSTON Aug 29 —Opening: Butte
Superior. 29%; Alaska. 18% ; Chino, 41%;
Lake Copper, 6%; Fruit, 109.
Tho foreign stock markets are dull,
but show a better tone, prices irregu
lar.
• * •
The Bank of England reserve is at the
highest point in seventeen years. There
is little likelihood of an advance in the
bank rate this fall.
• * *
In London the price of copper metal
has advanced and improvement is shown
in other European markets.
• * *
According to present indications, the
statement of the New York Associated
Banks will be unfavorable. The Street
will look forward to the statement with
much interest.
* * •
Information channels favor a trading
position We would look for good buy
ing opportunities, with the intention to
held stacks for substantial profit.—New
York Financial Bureau.
• 1 •
The Democratic caucus adopted the
administration currency bill by a vote
of 160 to 9. Measure in form ratified
by caucus will come before the House
next week, with the debate starting
September 8.
LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 29. — Wheat opened
%d lower. At 1:30 p. m. the market was
% to %d lower; closed % to %d lower.
Corn opened %d lower. At 1:30 p. m.
the market was %d lower; closed un
changed to %d lower.
The Chicago Inter Ocean says:
“Sentiment on all grains is more bear
ish and as prices recede the bears be
come more aggressive. There has been
a big lot of liquidation during the past
four days, and the short interest has
increased. Sentiment in corn Is mixed.
Bears stick to the theory that all grains
should he sold on bulges from the pres
ent level. Some of the large commission
houses advise buying on any further
breaks.”
* • •
Temperatures: Chicago, clear, 65;
Springfield. Terre Haute, Peoria, clear.
70, Minneapolis, clear, 60, no rain; Kan
sas City, clear, 70; Omaha, clear. 65. no
rain; St. Louis, clear, 70; Winnipeg,
clear, 55; Duluth, clear. 40: Glenwood,
clear, 61; Bismarck, clear, 55.
• • *
Bartlett, Frazier & Co., says:
“Wheat—Liquidation in September is
a weakening factor at the moment, but
hedges seem to be changing over freely
at present difference.
“Corn—The local bearish sentiment
which prevails may carry prices a lit
tle lower, but we do not care to follow
the decline.
“Oats—The market remains under
pressure of liquidation in September and
of further hedging sales. /
“Provisions It looks as if liquidation
is over for the time being ”
BAR SILVER.
LONDON. Aug 29 —Bar silver 27%d.
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.
CARROLLTON. Aug. 29.—Carroll
ton public schools open on next Mon
day, the 1st. The unusual feature of
this opening is the fact that, the new
school building will be occupied for
the first time.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK, Aug 29.—Petroleum
firm; crude Pennsylvania 2 50.
Turpentine easier; 4l%@42%.
Rosin steady; common 4.15®4 29
Wool steady; domestic fleece, 23@27;
pulled, scoured basis, 33@52; Texas,
smured basis. 46@53.
Hides quiet; native steers, 18%@19%;
branded steers, 17%@17%.
Coffee barely steady; options opened 6
to 16 lower; Rio No. 7 on spot, 9%@9%.
Rice steady; domestic, ordinary to
prime. 4'@5%.
Molasses Fteady; New Orleans, open
kettle. 35@55.
Sugar, raw easier; centrifugal, 3 76
bid; muscovado, 3.26 bid; molasses su
gar. 3.01 bid.
Sugar, refined steady; fine granulated,
4 80 bid; cut loaf, 4 60@5.S5; crushed,
5.40 bid; mold A. 5.15 bid: cubes. 5.05
bid; pow'dered, 4.90 bid; diamond A. 4 80
bid; confectioner’s A, 4 65 bid. Softs—
No. 1 4.55 bid. (No. 2 is 5 points lower
than No 1 and Nos. 3 to 14 are each 5
points lower than the preceding grade.)
potatoes irregular; white, nearby, 5o
@2 50.
BANK CLOSING NOTICE.
Monday, September 1st, Labor Day,
is a legal holiday. The banks composing
the Atlanta Clearing House Association
will be closed for business on that day.
ROBERT J. LOWRY. President.
DARWIN G. JOi!£S.
Secretary and Manager,