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THE ATLANTA GEOROTAN AND NEWS.
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Sailor, Who Says He Is Innocent
of Crime, Marvels at Sights
Outside Prison.
Bearing the good wishes of hun
dreds of Atlanta friends and the as
surances of Mayor Woodward and
Thief of Police Beavers that they wli;
help him to the limit of (heir power
Thomas M. C. Bram, the sailor who
was released from the Federal prison
after serving seventeen years for a
■rime he has steadfastly maintained
he did not commit, Friday morning
started his quest for a Job.
"It seems ao strange to he free.”
Bram said, "so strange that I can
walk where I want to; that I do not
'have to govern my movements by the
sound of a gong or the command of a
guard, that I have hardly got my
bearings. All day yesterday I walked
the streets of Atlanta, seeing new
wonders; things that seventeen 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 who 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, byt 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 garni*, 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, statins
that he has worked faithfully.
Mr. Freeman this morning asken
that any person who had a position
that Bram could fill, any man who .s
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 ar» Bell Ivy 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
the wonders of the city. The stren
uous life of the streets filled him
with wonder, and the new inventions
and marvels of science that he saw on
evefy hand 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 says
he has been imprisoned for seventeen
years, though he can not leave Geor
gia until he gets a complete pardon.
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,
,nnd asking them to aid in the inves
tigation by which he hopes to unearth
the real murderer and clear his name
of all stain.
Audubon Society Believes It Will
Pass Measure Protecting All
Feathered Game.
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, who is conducting the fight in
Washington.
According to Mr. Pearson, th£ tar-
; ff bill carried a rider prohityting the
importation of the feathers of all wild
birdSj except ostrich feathers. The
feath.ers of domestic poultry were
also permitted to come in. However,
an amendment was added by the Sen
ate Finance Committee providing tint
the feathers of all birds which are
killed 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 ot
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 apd the
work of the Audubon Society, Mr.
Rice declared the society was at-,
tempting by legislation to prohibit the
use of feathers taken from 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.
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
his doggery on Manhattan avenue, and
j 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.
JAPAN REFUSED COTTON DRIPS ON
TO we PICT eve of mm
I I H K fllTr n Longs Liquidate on Indifference of
I liHIULII Liverpool to Our Advance.
Technical Position Weak.
TITLE TO FULTON
McKenzies Get Order Restraining
Randall Heirs From Mining in
Residence Subdivision.
A temporary Injunction restraining
the heirs of P. H. Randall 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 which
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 on’y
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
EGGS—Fresh country, candled, 25@
27c.
BUTTER—Jersey and creamery, in
1-lb blocks, 27% 0 30c; fresh country,
fair demand, 15@18c.
UNDRAWN POULTRY—Drawn, head
and feet on. per pound; Hens 18019c;
fries, 22 V-* (a 24; roosters. 8010c; tur
keys, owing to fatness, 17Cu 19c.
_ -- 40(3)45;
Bolling Jones Takes
Vacation Trip East
Balling 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 for a week or more. He has t t oixtry _ H ens
stated he will not do anything definite , roosters 300 35c; broilers 25@30c per
regarding the postoffice until he returns * pound; puddle ducks, 30035c; Pekins,
from the East. ,
Fifth Regiment Band
Pleases in Concert
Though the audience w’as 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 j
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 ot Mr. Sheldon, at the organ,
and Mr. Barber and Mr. Cox In a cor
net and trombone duet.
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 Anglo-Japane3e
Alliance first contemplated an Anglo-
German-Japanese Triple Alliance and
that Germany was largely instrumen
tal in starting’them, but was shut oiu
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 foreign
correspondents in 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-Jananese 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 Eckhardsteiri, at the time
Charge d’Affaires of the German Em-
bassiy in London, made several visits
ro Count Hayashi in the spring of
1901.
Count Hayashi approached Lord
Lansdowne, 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
•hould be omitted from the alliance
because Anglo-Japanese interests
were identical. Great Britain, how
ever, for some time clung to the idea
of a triple alliance, according to Count
Hayashi. as 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 Coun'
Hayashi opposed the inclusion of
Germany, has not been published.
| Miss (Jiles gives the condition of the
I cotton crop as of August 25 at 69.9 per
I cent, against 78.4 per cent on August
j 10 and 81.8 per cent a month ago, as
j compared with 76.8 per cent for the
| corresponding month last year.
She further states that deterioration
j during the past month is due to extreme
heat and dry weather in Texas, Okla
homa, Arkansas and Alabama. The de
cline In Mississippi and Louisiana was
caused by weevil damage
• • •
Dallas W’ires: “Texas and Oklahoma,
clear and warm.”
STICKS STEMf IS iCEREALS WEAKEN
HE OF HOLIDAYS IN CLOSING HOUR
NEW YORK, Aug 29.— Cables were
not up to exj>ectations 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 eonsidera- ,
ble selling from the south and in Liver
pool. There ^as a fairly good demand
on the decline, but prices continued on
the downward patn| dropping 4 to 14
points from the opening range.
Cables from 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 of the
early low pint during the forenoon.
Following are 11 a. m. bids in New
York: August, 12.18; October. 12.2<;
December, 12.19; January. 12.08; March,
12.18.
The forecast for fair weather in the „ lIU „, . c ....
Southwest and the posting of tne lexas | n ,, w high levels Conservative opera
Washington wires; “It Is reported
the Democratic leaders in the Senate
have about agreed that some modifica
tions must be made in the cotton fu
tures tax section of the tariff bill Ac
cording to the rumor. Senator Stone and
others will take the lead and attempt to
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 man shows
cloudy over the entire belt; nice rains
in the Atlantics and Gulf coast districts,
but only sprinkles shown at Amarillo
ami Houston. Cooler in the northwest.
Indications arc still favorable for
cloudy, cooler and scattered showers.
* * •
The New Orleans Times Democrat
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, and values were carried to the
detail, showing only insignificant pre
cipitation, helped the rally, but the vol
ume of trade wees the smallest of the
week and prices worked hack to the low
point during the afternoon session. The
market closed steady with prices at a
net decline of 11 to 15 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
12 20 12.21
12.27 12.27
12 30 12.34
12.2712.28
12.17 12.19
J i 2.2(j| i 2.26
tors arc now convinced that current
prices fully discount all the damage that
has beenMone 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-
j eign markets. No rains in the west be-
12.1912.21! 12.00-33 tween now and Tuesday morning would
12.17:12.17 12.17-18 12.30-32 j sustain confidence in the long side of
12.24 12.28 12.27-28 12.38-39 j the account, and the market would prob-
12.18-20 12.32-34 I ably he higher than last night’s closing.
12.15 12.20 12.20-21 12.33-35 a t the time of the promulgation of the
12.05112.09 12.09-10| 12.23-24 : Bureau
| 12.25-27 I
12.15! 12.18! 12.18-19'12.32-33
12.23-24 12.38
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 hud a mixed appearance.
Among the advances were: Amalga
mated Copper, V4. American Telephone
and Telegraph, %; California Petroleum.
%; Chino Copper, %; I*ehigh Valley, %;
Northern Pacific, %; Reading, %; United
States Steel common, %.
Reading was one of the most active.
It shaded from 163 to 162%. American
Can lost %, New York, New Haven and
Hartford lost % and Missouri Pacific
went to 31 for the decline of %.
Union Pacific lost %.
The curb was quiet.
Americans In London w’ere 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 >4, Reading
gained 1 point, Canadian Pacific rose %
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.
ST. LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS.
Wheat—No. 2 red .90 @92
Corn—No. 2 74 Vi
Oats—No. 2 41 @42
STOCK-
Hlgh.
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 j
invitation is extended to strangers.
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-
Chaloner With Gun
Holds Up Speeders
RALEIGH, N. C„ Aug. 29.—John
Armstrong Chaloners' presence here
brought the story that he held up in
Albemarle County. Virginia, speeding
autoi3ts who frightened his pony an I
at pistol’s point made the chauffeur
lead the pony beyond the automobile.
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 severai other im
portant appointments, as soon as he
returns from Colorado Springs.
THE PLAY
THIS WEEK
HER HAIR COSTS HIM WIFE.
PARKERSBURG, YV. VA„ Aug 29
Mrs*. C. M. Phillips, whose husband,
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 her husband. '
Emma Bunting at the Lyric.
Tt is said that in “The Circus Girl,
the play which is to be presented at
the Lyric Theater next week by Miss
Emma Bunting and her company the
little actress has a role, that of a hoj
denish Western girl, which is precisely
the sort of a part which is most pleas
ing to her admirers in this city
first performance will be given i
afternoon.
The
Monday
35@40c; geese, 50@60c each; turkey:
ow4ng to fatness, 15@17c.
FRUITS AND PRODUCE.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES—Lem
ons, fancy, $5.000 5.50; California or
anges. $5.3505*50; Concord gi'apes,
27% 0 30c a basket; Missouri peaches,
$.25(h 2 50 per crate, bananas, 2%@3c lb.;
cabbage, l%@2c per drum; peanuts,
per pound, fancy Virginia, 6%@7c;
choice, 5%@6; beets, $1.750200, in hajf-
barrel crates; cucumbers, $1.25@1.50;
eggplants, $1.0001.25 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,
85090c per bu. Irish potatoes, $1.40 per
bag, containing 2% bushels; akro, fancy,
six-basket crates, $1.60@1*75.
FISH.
FISH—Bream and perch, 7c pound;
snapper, 10c pound; trout, 10c pound;
bluefish, 7c pound, pompano, 20c pound,
mackerel, 7c pound ; mixed fish, 50 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.veiy 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; VY'hite Cloud (highest patent),
$5.00; White Daisy (highest patent),
j $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-lb. sacks, $4.00.
CORN—Choise red cob. $1.00; No. 2
white bone dry, 99c; mixed. 85c; choice
yellow, 97c; cracked corn, 95c.
MEAL—Plain 14-pound sacks, 90c; 96-
pound sacks, 91c; 48-pound sacks, 93c;
24-pound sacks, 95c.
OATS—Fancy white clipped, 59c; No.
2 clipped, 58c; fancy white, 67c; 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.
CrfJCKEN FEED—Beef scrap, 100-lb.
sacks. $3.25; 50-lb. sacks, $1.65; Purina
pigeon feed. $2.25; Purina baby chick
feed. $2.05;. Purina scratch, 100-lb. sacks,
$1.95; 50-lb. sacks, $2.00; Purina scratch
bales, $2.15; Purina chowder, 100-lb.
sacks. $2 05; Purina chowder, dozen
pound packages, $2.25; Victory baby
chick, $2.10; Victory scratch, 50-Ib.
sacks, $2.00; 100 1b. 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 SO;
dandy middling, 100-Ib. 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, 75-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 lb.
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; A B C
Wants Son in Prison
To Break Drug Habit
In 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 years
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 iaw
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 $933.28, no assets. J. (). Ewing, a
telegrapher, gives his liabilities as
$1,056, and no assets.
iia.M ij.'.tj 12.20 ilsi-xi*, CottOU Condition
|l2.31 12.31 t2.2X.I2.3g| |
For August 71.4
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 points higher
and other positions 1 to 2 points higher.
Spot cotton firm at S points advance;
middling 7d; sales 10,000 bales, ineluriii
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 6,65%
. 6 61 6.58 6.56 6.57%
6.58% 6.55 6.52% 6 54%
. 6.53% 6.50% 6.48 6.49%
. 6.53% 6.50% 6.48 6.49%
. 6.54 6.51 6.48% 6.60
. 6.56 .... 6.50 6.57%
. 6.55 6.54 6.51 6.53
. 6.56% .... 6.5
. 6.59 6.56 6.32% 6.54%
■6.58% 6.54% 6.51 £.54
August .
Aug -Sept
Sept.-Oct.
Oct.-Nov.
Nov.-Dec.
Dec.-Jan.
Jan.-Feb
Feb.-Mar
Mar. - April
A pril-May
May-June
Juhe-July
Closed barely steady.
Authority 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 past ten years has this de
cline in August been exceeded. In 1911
It was 14.3 ppinis, 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 he offset
by an increase of 856,000 acres over
last year, or about 2% per cent.
Percentage condition by States fol
lows:
—1913
HAYWARD & CLARK’S
DAILY COTTON
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
6.53% | Alabama
c Ci,/ Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missouri ...
LETTER
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.
Oklahoma 84.8
Average 81.1
71.4
72.6
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.
.112.23-27J12.44-45
Mills Limit Buying
To Actual Needs
BOSTON. Aug 29. Wool 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
Amal. Copper. 76%
Am. Agrlcul
Am. Beet Sug
American Can 35%
do, pref. .. 98
Am. Car Fdy. 46%
Am. Cot. Oil 44%
American Ice 25%
Am. Locomo.. 36
xAm, Smelt.. 69%
Am. Sug Ref 110%
Am. T.-T. ... 131
Am. Woolen
Anaconda .... 37%
Atchison .... 96%
A. C. L 122
B and O. . . .. 97
Beth Steel... 35%
B R. T 89%
xxCan. Pacific 21!'
Cen. Leather.. 24%
C and 0 59%
Colo. F and I. 33
Colo. Southern ....
Consol Gas... 132%
Corn Products 11
D. and M 160
Den. and R. G
Distil. Secur.. 14
Erie 29
do. pref. .. 47%
xxxGen. Elec
G. North, pfd. 127%
G. North. Ore. 35%
G. Western... 14%
111. Central... 108%
Interboro .... 16%
do. nref . . 64%
Int. Harv. (old) ....
Iowa Central
K. C. S.. . . 25%
M„ K. and T
do. pfd
L. Valley . . 15674
L and K. . . 136
Mo. Pacific . . 31%
NT. Y. Central. 97%
Northwest. .
Nat. Lead .
xxxxN. & W
No. Pacific .
O. and W. .
Penna. . . .
Pacific Mall
P. Gas Co. .
P. Steel Car
Reading . .
R. I. and Steel
do. pfd
Rock Island . 18
do. pfd.. . . 28%
S. -Sheffield
xxxxS Pacific 90%
So. Railway . 24’^
do. pfd.. . . 80
St. Paul . . . 107%
Tenn. Copper. 32%
Texas Pacific
Third Avenue ....
Union Pacific. 155%
U. S. Rubber. 62
U. S Steel . . 65%
do. pfd.. . . 108%
Utah Popper. 53
V -C. Chem
Wabash.... 4%
do. pfd
W. Union . . 68
W. Maryland
W. Electric. . 73%
W. Central
35
97
46%
44%
25%
36
67%
110%
130%
37%
96
122
96%
35%
89%
218%
24%
59%
32%
132* ’
Clos. Prev.
Bid. Close.
76 73%
44 44
26% 26%
36% 35%
96% 96%
46% 46
44% 43%
22% 24%
35% 35%
68% 68
110% 110%
18% IS Vi
37% 37 V;
96% 96
121% 121M
96%
35% 35
89% 89
218% 220®;
23% 24
59% 59 7i
32% 32
28% 28 V
132 131 *
11 11
158% 159
CHICAGO, Aug. 29.—The grain list
was under more or 'ess pressure early
to-day and prices were lower % to %c
for wheat, unchanged to %c lower for
corn and % to %c lower for oats.
There was an absence of buying power.
Corn markets were 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 %e in the
final prices of wheat, but closing spots
were % to %c above the lowest levels
of the session. There was a great deal
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 %o higher,
and oats were % to %e better. Hog
products were better all around.
Grain quotations;
130%
29%
113%
21%
118
25%
163%
*25%
156
136
29%
97
130%
105"
112%
29%
113
21 %
118
25
162%
24%
12.28.12.31 12.18il2.24[12.24-25|l2.38-39 ( the original hags, also considerable
12.24-26 12.38-39; fleece wool, nearly all unwashed grades.
12.27 12.33 12.21 12.26 12.26-27'll.38-39 Both woolen and worsted mil's show a
12.31:12.35112.24 12.30 :2.29-30 12.40-41 I continued desire to limit
12.26-28112.38-40 actual necessities. There
Ir 12.44 12.45; 12.35; 12.35 12.39-40 12.51-52
ly 12.51 12.51,12.43,12.50 12.49-51112.60-61
Closed steady.
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Stock at Bijou.
As the week progresses, the Jewell
Kellev Stock Company' is emphasizing 0 notno n ^ .
the splendiilhlt which marked Ihe open-| , eed _ n 61> : Milko dalrv feed. *1.85; al-
ing performance or its nrM o . g. 1 f molasses meal. $1.75; alfalfa meal,
•Her Fatal Shadow ’ ^u.rPcrgan" *1 *0: beet pulp. 100-lb sacks, *1.60.
Uie first pertomance of 8 this I HAY-Per hundredweight: Timothy
nations. was deci ,j e<i ij- smooth and
choice, large bales. $1 25; large fancy
« 90c.
CHICAGO, Aug. 29.—Hogs—Receipts
18,000. Market 5c to 10c lower. Mixed
and butchers, $7,450 9.05; good heavy,
$8,350-8.85; rough heavy. $7.400 8.20;
light. $8.15@9.10; pigs, $5.5008.15; hulk,
$7,950 8.75.
Cattle—Receipts 2,000. Market strong.
Beeves, $7,350 9.25; cows and heifers,
$3.2508.30; Stockers and feeders, $5.75(a
7.85; Texans, $6.5008.00; calves, $10.00')//
12.25.
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(h-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@ti.00.
Hogs; Receipts, 5,500; market steady;
mixed and butchers, 8.85@9.15; good,
8.60@8.90; rough, 7.75@8.25; light, 9.10@
9.25; pigs, 5.50@9.00; bulk. 8.850/9.15.
Sheep; Receipts, 1.300: muttons, 3.25
@4.30; yearlings. 5.00&6.0Q; lambs, 5.50
@8.10.
OBITUARY.
Mrs. B. A. Garner, twenty-five years
old, died at a private sanitarium
early Friday morning zifter a bri f
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 Park,
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 be taken to
Savannah, Ga„ p-riday night for in
terment. following funerai 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 West view.
PORT RECEIPTS.
The following table shows receipts at
the ports to-day compared with the
tme day last year:
1913.
1912.
New Orleans. . . .
403
30
Galveston
20*(ii7
17,369
Mobile
436
8
Savannah
3,913
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
17,458
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
shows 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 33,090 bales, against a
decrease of 17,000 Wales during the same
period last year and a decrease of 56,000
bales in 1911.
The total visible supply of American
cotton /luring 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.
YVorld’s visible: __
1 1913 1912 | 1911 |
829,828
771.000
(urchases to
practically
nothing doing in foreign wools
Receipts in pounds for the week ended
and including Wednesday were as fol
lows:
1913 1912.
Domestic 7.321.758 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 and inolud
ing January 1, 1913, as compared with
the corresponding period in 1912. were
as follows:
1913. 1912.
Domestic 116.591.621 180.923.824
Foreign 45,975.906 97.194 1 13
Totals
.162,667.527 278,117,937
THE WEATHER.
American 1.000,183 1.342.189,
Other kinds... 1,055,000' 776,000
Total, all kinds 2.055.183 2.118.189 1,600,238
COTTON SEED OIL.
Cotton seed oil quotations;
Spot.. .. ..
September ,
October . . ,
November .
December . .
January . .
February . .
March . . .
.
""Closed steady; sales, 13,100 barrels.
Opening. | Closing
......T. 1 8 20@ 8 60"
8.25@8.30
7.78@7 80
7.94 m. 95
7.83(5 7 85
7.82ft 7,83
7.85fr 7.88
7.93 •*
7.93@7.99
3.150‘S. 17
7.75 ft 7.77
6.87f/ 6.88
6.820 6 83
6.8U/6.83
. .
5.91 'n 6 '-2
•*91@7.00
Conditions.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 Showers
will occur within the next 36 hours in
the northern I^ake region ajul the North
Atlantic States. Scattered showers will
occur to-night or Sat unlay In the Middle
and South Atlantic and East Gulf
States.
The temperatures will fall slightly to
night Ip the Lake region and the Ohio
Valley, hut elsewhere east ot the Mis
sissippi River temperature changes will
not be important.
Small craft warnings are displayed on
the Great Lakes and on tf»e Atlantic
coast from New York northward.
Forecast.
Generaf forecast till 7 p. m. Saturday:
Georgia—Showers late to-night or
Sat urday.
Virginia and North 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.
High.
WHEAT—
Sept 86
Dec
May
CORN—
Sept
Dec
May
OATS—
Sept
Dec
May
PORK-
Sept.... 2125
Jan 19.60
LA RD—
Sept... 11.25
Oct 11.35
Jan 10.95
RIBS—
Sept... 11.45
Oct 11 30
11.37%
89%
94%
40%
43%
46%
Low.
89
93%
71%
68
69%
Previous
Close. Close.
Jan...
21.00
19.50
11.20
11.25
10.90
11.42%
11.20
11.32%
85%
89%
93%
72%
68%
69%
40%
43%
46%
21.25
19.60
11.25
11.35
10.92%
11.42%
11.25
11 35
85%
89%
94%
21.90
19.50
11.20
11.30
10.87%
11.40
11*17%
11.30
PRIMARY MOVEMENT.
WHEAT—
1913.
1912
Receipts
Shipments ....
980.000
827,000
1,627.000
802,000
corn- i \
Receipts
612.000
614.000
Shipments ....
303.000
442,000
CHICAGO
CAR LOTS.
Following are --reipts for Friday and
estimated receipts for Saturday:
! Friday.
.Saturday.
Wheat
I 120
| 174
Corn
I 209
286
(tats
! 288
266
Hogs
l| 18.000
11,000
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS.
CHICAGO, Aug 29.—Wheat—No. 2
red, 89% 0 89%; No. 3 red. 88%@89;
No. 2 hard winter, 87@89; No 3 hard
winter, 86%@87%; No. 1 Northern
spring, 92093; No 2 Northern spring,
900/91%; No. 3 spring. 880 90.
Corn—No 2, 74%@76; No. 2 white, 75
0 75%; No. 2 yellow. 74%@76%; No. 3,
74%0 75; No. 3 white, 74%; No. 3 yellow,
74%0 75; No. 4, 74074%; No. 4 white,
74%; No. 4 yellow. 74074%.
Oats—No. 2, 39%; No. 2 white, 41 %@
42. No. 3. 39%; No. 3 white, 40%@41%;
No. 4 white, 40@40%; standard, 41V4@
4l%*
ST. LOUIS CASH GRAIN.
154%
61%
65
108
52%
ST LOUIS, Aug. 29 —No. 2 red
wheat. 90092. No. 3. 89@89%; No. 4.
860 88; No. 2 hard, 86@89%; No. 3 hard,
840 89.
Corn—No. 2, 74%; No. 3, 73%; No. 2,
>ellow. 74%: No. 3 yellow’, 73% 0 74; No.
2 white, 74%@75; No. 3 white, 73%.
No. 2 oats. 410 42: No. 3, 40%; No. 4.
39%; No. 2 white, 42; standard. 41%@
42; No. 3 white, 41 @41%; No. 4 white,
40040%.
x—Ex-dlvIdend 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 12%.
New Orleans, steady; middling 12 3-16.
New York, quiet; middling 12.50.
Philadelphia, quiet; middling 13.85.
Huston, 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%
Charlotte, steady; middling 12<i.
Greenville, steady; middling 12c.
STOCK GOSSIP
LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 29. — Wheat opened
%d lower. At 1:30 p. m. the market was
% to %d lower; closes! % to %d lower.
Corn opened %d lower. At 1:30 p. m.
the market was %d lower; closed un
changed to %d lower.
Grain Notes
COTTON MARKET OPINIONS.
Morris H. Rothschild & Co.: We ex
pect further short cover’ ng and enhance
ment in values
I ogan & Bryan: Unless conditions
turn for the better in the Southwest,
trade buying will soon make Itself felt
In the future market.
MINING STOCKS.
The foreign stock markets are dull,
but show a better tone; prices Irregu
lar. 1
• • •
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
Hanks 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 IntentTon to
hold stocks for substantial profit.—New
York Financial Bureau.
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.
BAR SILVER.
The Chicago Inter Ocean nays:
“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.
Hears stick to the theory that all grains
should be 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, 51; Bismarck, clear, 65.
» • •
Bartlett, Frazier & Co., sayw:
“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
tie 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.”
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
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
lir'cfino. school' building will be occupied for
Lake Copper, 6%; Fruit, 1C9. i the first time.
NEW YORK, Aug 29.—Petroleum
firm; crude Pennsylvania 2 50.
Turpentine easier; 41%@42%.
Rosin steady; common 4.150/4 20.
Wool steady; domestic fleece, 23@27;
pulled, scoured basis, 33@52; Texas,
scoured basis, 46053.
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 steady; New Orleans, open
kettle. 35055.
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 0 5.65; crushed,
5.40 bid; mold A, 5.15 hid; cubes, 5.05
bid; powdered, 4.90 bid; diamond A, 4 SO
hid; 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.)
-Matoes irregular; white, nearby, 5a
@2.50.
BANK CLOSING NOTICE.
Monday, Rept»mb«r 1st, Labor Day,
la a legal holiday. The banks composing
the Atlanta Clearing House Association
will he closed for business on that day.
ROBERT J. LOWRY. President.
DARWIN G. JON^S. f
Secretary and Manager.