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TTTTC ATT A NT A GEORGIAN AND NTWS. 13 9JHEH OF HIS FI Nashville Woman Declares Her Predecessor Was Poisoned in Louisville One Year Ago, CHICAGO, Sept. 8,—A. Burt Muir, chief estimater for the Abbott Man ufacturing Company, Is being held here pending an investigation of charges made by his wife that he poisoned his first wife, Mrs. Mary L. Ryan, in Louisville, more than a year ago. Muir was arrested Saturday on a warrant charging disorderly conduct by his present wife. His case was called to-day, but when Municipal Judge Dolan heard that Muir had been suspected of poisoning his first wife the court ordered a continuance until Friday. Muir’s first wife died on June G, 1912. He married his present wife in Nashville, Tenn. According to the second wife, Muir confided to her the facts regarding the cause of the first Mrs. Muir’s death. Griffin to Ballot on Educational Board GRIFFIN, Sept. 8.—Griffin is in a wrangle over the ?\©etion on Sep tember 17 of a school board. Two tickets are in the field, and much hustling is being engaged in by both parties—the conservatives and the progres»ives. For over a generation the Board Education here has been self-perpe r - uating. At the recent General As sembly Henry Connor, Spalding’s Representative, secured the passage of a bill amending the city charter whereby voters are allowed to elect the Board of Education. Raise Funds to Build Government Roads DALTON, Sept. 8.—All of the coun ties interested having made provision for raising their share of the funds. Congressman Gordon Lee states that within a few' weeks the Government will sign up an agreement with Ca toosa, Whitfield, Gordon and Bartow Counties for the building of the Gov ernment highway from Ringgold into Bartow County. A road engineer will arrive in this section within a short time to make the preliminary survey. Election in Maine Political Barometer PORTLAND, MAINE. Sept. 8.— V- M ‘h the campaign in the Third Con- rreso’onal District ended and the polls i*. n« d to-day, both candidates, Wil- I'un R. Pattingall, Democrat, and John A Peters. Republican, are con- fid n* of victory. TV'.? vote for Edward M. Lawrence, t 'e first Progressive candidate put in ihe field, is being watched with intei - (-t a: showing the trend of national polities since the last presidential flection. Mimodrama Newest Offering of the Stage NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—Oliver Mo- rosco has signed Lydia Lopoukowa. the diminutive Tartar dancer, to carry out his plans for a dramatic and pantomimic production, which he,believes will be the forerunner of a new form of amusement—the mim odrama. The comedy, with music, in which pantomimic dancing would be a pro nounced element, is destined to sup plant musical comedy, he declares. Underwood Defers Decision on Race WASHINGTON. Sept. 8.—As soon as the tariff bill becomes a law' Rep resentative Underwood is expected to announce whether he proposes to re tain the House leadership or seek election to the Senate from Alabama. If Mr. Underwood enters the race he will have Governor Clayton and Representative Hobson as his op ponents. Evelyn Sees Movies Of Thaw in Prison NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—For nearly an, hour Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, wear ing her gorgeous stage # costume, sat in a darkened auditorium ^ and watchid motion pictures of Harry K. Thaw’s life in jail. Sale of Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley May Be Annulled—Plan to Dismember Old Road. Raleigh, Sept. 8.—That the Southern Railway and the Atlantic Coast Line practically agreed to buy and dismember the old Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad from Wil mington to Mount Airy, was admitted to-day by Colonel Harry Walters, chairman of the board of directors of the Coast Line, at the first hearing to investigate the sale and transfer of this road. The Corporation Commission ex pects to show’ a conspiracy, a viola tion of the State and Federal statutes and to force the larger systems to unload, thereby forcing another sale. The Cape Fear was 365 miles long, cost $7,000,000 to build, and sold for $3,000,000. It was built entirely by North Carolinans, all of whom lost every cgnt in the enterprise. The sale was made in 1898. The hearing was adjourned to-day for two weeks. First Illness Since '65 Fatal to Woman Mm Nancy C. McMullin, 78 years old. died Sunday night at her home at Hapevllle. She had been ill only a short while. This was her first ill ness since the Civil War. Mrs. McMullin’s husband was a member of the Forty-fourth Georgia Regiment and was killed in battle, leaving her three children, all of whom survive her. They are L. W. McMullin, of Atlanta; E. L. McMul lin, of Hapevllle. and Mrs. Laura J. Sullivan, of Porterdale, Ga.- She also is furvived by a sister. Mrs. Martha J. Smith, of Decatur, flfteeen grand children and six great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the residence at 5 o’clock Monday after noon, the Rev. S. W. Reed officiating. The body will be taken Tuesday morning to McDonough, Ga., for in terment. Macon Registration Breaks All Records MACON, Sept. 8.—Macon’s elect*or. for Mayor will take place on eithel September 26 or October 3, probably the former date. The date will be specified this afternoon at a meeting of the City Executive Committee. The Miller forces want it in Octo ber; the administration, which is sup porting Bridges Smith, in Septem ber. Mr. Dasher, the third candidate, has no preference. The registration has now reached 4.050, by far the largest in the city’s history. Winter Organ Course At Auditorium Opens Clarence Reynolds, of New York, held the undivided attention of an au dience of 1,500 at the Auditorium Sunday afternoon at the organ re cital under the auspices of the Atlan ta Music Festival Association. The recital is the first of a winter series. Among the special selections most enjoyed was the prelude to "Parsi fal.” Mr. Reynolds’ rare technique and power of expression deeply af fected the audience. Rev. James Long To HeadBaptistHospital The Rev. James M. Long, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Carters- ville, has been chosen by the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Baptist Hospital, formerly the Tabernacle In firmary, as superintendent and busi ness manager#*of that institution. When Dr. Len G. Broughton, its founder, was called to London the hospital was offered to the Georgia Baptist Convention for $85,000, and it was accepted. Mr. Long has been pastor of some of the leading churches in the State. N. Y. Sheriff Warns Mrs. Pankhurst NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—Sheriff Ju lius Harburger announced to-day that not for one little minute will he tol erate any "bombastic utterances” on the part of Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the English militant suffragette, should she coine to these shores and attempt to make such utterances. Rich, Pays $5 Debt After Half a Century SOUTH NORWALK, CONN., Sept. 8.—Samuel Hitchcock, of California, who had amassed a fortune in the West, visited LeGrand Jackson, now nearly 90. to pay back $5 which he had borrowed 50 years ago from Al fred Jackson, brother of LeGrand, who is dead. Alice McCown. the 2-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCown, died at a local sanitarium Sunday afternoon. She is survived by her parents. Funeral services were held Monday morning at the chapel of Greenberg & Bond. Interment at Westvlew. The body of Mrs. Harding Butt, who died at a local hospital early Sun day morning, was taken Sunday night to Orlando. Fla., for funeral and interment. She was 46 years old, and is survived by three sons, J. N. Butt, of Savannah; C. J. and G. M. Butt, of Sanford, Fla., and one daughter, Mrs. B. F. Higgins, of Savannah Jay Stephen Herren, 28 years old. died at the residence of his parents. No. 302 Rawson street, early Mon day morning. He Is survived by his wife and one child. Funeral serv ices will be held at the chapel of H. M. Patterson & Son at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning. Interment at West view’. Miss Carrie F. Bankston, 31 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Bankston, died at her home on Pey ton road early Monday morning. Funeral services will be held at the residence at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning, with interment at Holly wood. Carriages will leave Poole’s chapel at 9 o’clock. The body of Mrs. Mary Presley, of Toccoa, Ga., who died Sunday even ing at a local sanitarium, was taken Monday to Toccoa for funeral and interment. She was 42 years old, and is survived by her husband, R. L. Presley, and two sons. Friends of Professor and Mrs. W. H. Means learned Monday of the death of their daughter. Mm P. H. White, in Providence, R. I., on September 6. Mrs. White was well known here. The Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Simpkins, No. 36 Tifton street died Sunday afternoon Funeral services were held at Poole’s chapel Monday morning, and the body was taken to Collins Springs for interment. The funeral of Thomas Crawley, who died Saturday, was held Sunday morning at Poole’s chapel. The body was sent Monday to Westerly, R. I., for interment. Germany Builds an Island for War Base Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON. Sept. 8.—Germany has created an island in the North Sea. It lies off the lower part of Heligoland and is half as big as that Island. The island shelters small cruisers, destroyers, submarines and torpedo boats. Heligoland has become a great naval fortress, with huge Krupp guns which command all the approaches from the sea. Dixie Convict Dodges 40 Chicago Sleuths t — CHICAGO. Sept 8.-John ("Desper ate") Desmond, a fugitive convict from the Louisiana penitentiary at Baton Rouge, is being sought to-day in Chi- He was arrested here and escaped from a window while 40 city detectives were seated in the next room. L. S. CYCLIST KILLED. COLOGNE, GERMANY. Sept. 8 — Gus Lawson, an American cyclist, and | Scheurmann. a German rider, were j killed to-dav. and Meinhold, anotht r ) rider, fatally hurt when a tne on ; Law son’s motorcycle burst, throwing j the racers to the bottom of the track. i Two Lads Drowned; Branch Saves Third WAYCROSS, Sept. 8.—When they jumped into water ten feet deep, think ing it was only a few feet, Dick Lit’n- erland, Jr., aged 19, and Robert Harrell aged 13. drowned early to-day in the Satilla River seven miles from here. Charlie Deimage caught an over hanging limb, to which he clung until his cries for help brought assistance. 10,000 See Death of Pair on Honeymoon DENVER. Sept. 8.—Henry W. Smith and his bride of four days were drowned in City Park Lake in the presence of 10.000 persons. Their pleasure skiff capsized at the electric fountain when Mrs. Smith moved to one side in the seat to es cape the spray. Pellagra Kills Negro On Eve of His Release Death cheated Ben Randall, a De- gro. sent up for arson from Houston County, of the freedom which he held won by serving seven years at the prison farm at Milledgeville. Ben's sentence expired October 13. He died Saturday, a victim of pella gra. \ Pickpocket Gang Hunted in Depots Police have doubled their watch for pickpockets at railroad stations as a result of the report made by B. B. Brand, No. 28 Grace street, that he was robbed of $50 Sunday while in the Union Depot. The theft, the first reported from this quarter in some time, is thought by the police to indicate that another gang of pickpockets has started oper ations in the station. Hair Cutting Shocks Pester Barber; Quits DERBY, PA., Sept. 8.—After 40 years as a barber, Phil Sipler, of Derby, has quit. He declared that he has become more sensitive to elignt electric shocks with which the hu man hair charges his shears. "In recent years it made me nerv ous, so I quit,” said Sipler. Don’t Risk Losing Friends’ Votes by Delay in Entering Great Prize Contest. Perhaps you are wondering why the contest manager urges you so persistently to send in your nomina tion and get busy in the Want Ad Contest at once. You may make sure that every bit of the advice given to candidates is for your good and our reason for wanting you to get your name on the first list of contestants is that you may not lose a single vote from your friends, who would rather help you than anyone else. Make your motto. “Do it now,” for the next two weeks, while the Bonus Vote Offer is in effect. Better have an advertiser tell you, "You’ll have to wait a while for my advertising.” than to hear,* ‘Why didn’t you ask sooner? I gave my advertising In favor of another this morning.” Live Candidates Wanted. What The American and Georgian want is bright, lively candidates; peo ple who know’ what they are worth, and count on making it tell in their efforts to win the first grand prize, a five-passenger touring car, or a dou ble trip to California. Such people are going to be made happy at tha end of a few weeks. You can be among them if you try, but. of course, no one can come out on top without suitable effort. These two things are to be remem bered always in a contest: First, tha you have Just as much ability to win ns the next candidate This thoug it will give you the necessary self-con fidence. Second, that you are not the only energetic person wh« thinks that these splendid prizes are worth trying for. This will keep you from being too sure of yourself, and will prevent you from getting indolent and so missing your aim by a little inactiv ity. which you would always regre 1 . Number of Rich Prizes. Aim high. There are 24 valuable prizes to be won by energetic work ers. and they will be won by those who aim high. Try for the best and at the close of this race if you find that someone else has had more suc cess than you have had, you will be the possessor of one of the other handsome prizes, which will repay you for all your efforts £ip«nt In the contest. Organizations and individuals alike have an equal chance for the first grand prize and it is "up to them" to run the race consistently under the advice of the contest manager, who is willing to give you the benefit of his practical experience. You will always find him at the contest office. No. 405 Foote & Davies Building, from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m . ready to help you. THE PLAYS THIS WEEK Victory for ‘Drys’ in Tennessee Foreseen NASHVILLE. TENN.. Sept S —Dem ocrats in the General Assembly, which convenes to-day in extra session, pre sent a broken line and the FuSionists are confident of enacting Governor ! Hooper’s radical prohibition bills, on l which a bitter fight has been made. IMMEDIATE DELIVERIES OF DRY GOODS WANTED Marshall Field & Co., in their weekly review of the dry goods trade, says: "Interest in the dry goods trade cen ters principally on immediate busi ness. The extreme hot weather of the early part of the week interrupted fail business somewhat, but the cooler days following brought a large number of buyers into the market Road sales show a fair increase over the corre sponding period a year ago. “The cotton goods market has been excited on account of the advance in the price of raw cotton, due to the severe drouth in certain cotton-growing States as reported by the Government. This, together with the known scarcity of merchandise, is causing retailers to place orders on domestics freely for their current wants. "The sale of silks for the fall trade Indicates that this is going to tie one of the best silk seasons for a number of years A condition exists in the silk industry that has not been duplicated in the history of the business. A short crop of silk is reported in Japan and Italy, there is a scarcity of manufac tured Jines on hand and prices are ad vancing steadily.” At the Forsyth. Frank, Hale and Inez Patterson, the world’s greatest turkey trotters and tango dancers, will be one of the star features of the bill at the Forsyth this week, and Lydia Barry, the queen of singing comediennes, will be another of the cards the management is offering to establish a new attendance record at the busy theater. Frank Hale and Miss Patterson came to America direct from successes in London and in Paris. They have won the honor of being the best turkey and tango dancers that have ap- peafed in public. Doris Wilson and com pany will offer "Through a Looking Glass.” introducing a unique originality in vaudeville. Delmore and Lee. the aerial wonders; Russell's Minstrels, a comedy idea; Wentworth. Vesta and Teddy, a unique novelty, and Gordon and Ruca, the eyenng sensations, make up tha bill. Grand Klnemacolor. Kinemacolor at the Grand will con tinue all tills week at daily exhibitions continuously from 2:30 in the afternoon until 10:30 at night It is a wonderful and interesting program that the Grand lias prepared for the motion picture fans In addition to the Kinemacolor, natural color motion pictures, there are original first-run black-and-white pic tures that make a most interesting pro gram for any one at any time. The Kinemacolor feature for to-day and to morrow will be “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," a wonderful two-reel drama. At the Bijou. "My Dixie Girl" is announced as the third week's offering of the Jewell Kel ley company, at the Bijou. The pl^y will be presented for the first time at the matinee this afternoon. Manager Kelley considers “My Dixie Girl" one of the strongest plays in his repertoire and one that will do more toward es tablishing the company firmly in At lanta than any of the plays that have been offered so far. The entire strength of the company will be seen In this play. Eddie Black will impersonate one of his famous characters. Dink Botts. Matinees w f il) be given dally at. 2:30 and night per formances at 8:80 "The Call of the Heart." "The Call of the Heart," this week’s bill at the Lyrb- is full of impelling sto ries of love, sacrifice and devotion The deeper plot lies in fate's handling of Mary and of Colorado Jim The piay has w»n a reputation for its heari in terest and tense situations. REDED BUR boosts canon Good News From Washington and Strong Cables Send Values Across 13-Cent Level. NEW YORK Sept. 8. — As a result of an announcement from Washington that j the Senate bill taxing cotton futures 50 I cents a bale would not be effective for u year, coupled with much better ca bles than expected, commission houses : were overwhelmed with buying orders J over Sunday and the market to-day j was up 24 to 44 points in consequence. Weather and crop dispatches were prac tically ignored in view of the news from Washington. The feeling was that for a time, at least, the market would he governed as much by Washington news as^ by crop conditions. The census report, giving the number of bales of cotton ginned to September 1 at 794,006. as compared with 730,935 last year and 771.297 bales for the same time in 1911, had little or no effect and fell flat on the market. After prices had increased their gain about 7 points from the opening an active selling move ment developed, which was believed to represent profit-taking by longs. The ring iilso sold. The late weather map showing good rains in Texas, with in dications pointing to showery weather over the larger part of the cotton belt and cooler in the northern third of the belt, wds responsible for the selling. Heavy buying by longs who liquidated on the rumor that the tax on cotton futures would become effective imme diately should tiie amendment pass the House. This, howeevr, was denied by Washington officials, resulting In a gen eral wave of buying. October was pushed to 13.15; December, 13.12, and January, 13.03. Brokers who usually represent spot houses were among the principal buyers and some of the most conservative people are advising pur chase of cotton at this level. At the close the market was steady with prices at a net advance of 39 to 48 points from the closing quotations of Saturday. Following are 11 a. m. bids ir. New York: October, 12.95; December, 12.94; January, 12.86; March, 12.95. Following are 10 a. m. bids in New Orleans October. 12.92: December, 12.98; January, 13.01; March. 13 10. Estimated cotton receipts: More Cotton Ginned to Sept. 1, Than in 1911 WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.—A cotton re port issued to-day by the Census Bu reau shows 794,006 bales, counting round as half bales, ginned from the growth of 1913 to September 1, compared with 730.933 for 1912, 77\.297 for 1911 and 353,011 for 1910 Round bales included this year are 7,584. compared with 7,434 for 1912, 7,709 for 1911 and 10,976 for 1910. S€«i Island included 430 for 1913, 232 for 1912 546 for 1911 and 218 for 1910. Following shows the report by Stales, compared with last year and the year before. Sept. 1 1913. Kept. 1912. Sept. 1, 1911. Georgia 72.622 34,526 134,431 Arkansas 2,200 81 170 Florida 2,954 1.832 3.796 Alabama 44,525 12.824 40.601 Louisiana 7,556 1,724 8 120 Mississippi . 2,027 442 1,866 North Carolina. 188 674 1.246 South Carolina 7.072 4,260 19,364 (iklahoma .... 4,943 323 4.255 Tennessee 9 5 Texas 649,694 674.249 557.544 Various 4 Total IT S. . . 794.006 720.935 771,297 Cotton consumed during the month of July, 1913, amounted to 486,972 bales; cotton on hand In manufacturing estab lishments July 31, was 1,029,954 bales and independent warehouses 410.887 bales. The number of active consuming cotton spindles for the month was 3.- 022,654 The quantity of cotton con sumed for tiie eleven months ending July 31 was 5,327,335 bales; the total imported for the year ending August 31. 1913, 227.616 hales; and tiie total exported for the year, 8,779.338 bales. New Orleans . .. 1.090 to 1.500‘ 467 Galveston ..29.660 to 31.000 range IN NEW YORK FUT URES c t> a £ a * 0 re Cl iff O it O _i -1 if) O ft. O Sp. 13.05 13.05 12 90 13 01 13.07-09 12.60-62 Oc 12.85113.15 12.85 13.10 13.07-10 12.61-62 Nv. 12.97 12.97 12.92 12.92 13.01-0.3 12.53-55 Dc. 12.91 13.13 12.82 12.071 13 06-07 12.58-59 Jn. 12.89 13.05 12.75 12.981 2.96-98112.49-50 Fb 12.98-13:12 51 -53 Mr 12.96 i3.13 12 81 13.07! 13.07-08 12.51-53 Ap. 12.58-60 My 12 99 is. 16 12.86 13.11 13.10-13 12.65-66 Ju. 13.00 13.18 13.00 13.18 13.10-13 12.71-73 Jy. 13.03 13.10 13.03 13.15 13.12-14 12.66-68 Closed steady. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. LIVERPOOL. Sept. 8 -This market was due 10 to 13 points lower, but opened steady at a net decline of 5 to 5% points. At 12:15 p. m. the market was steady, September 4*4 points lower and other positions 3 to 4 points net lower. Later the market advanced 3 points from 12:15 p. m. Fair business doing in spot cotton at 4 points decline; middling 7.31d; sales 8,000 hales, including 6.300 American At the close the market was firm, with prices at a net advance of 8 to 11 % points from the closing quotations of Saturday. opening Prev. Range. 2 I’M. Close. Close. Sept. . .7.01 6.99 7.11% 7.03% Sept -Oct. . .6.84 6.88 6.99 6.89 Oct.- Nov. . . .6.79% 6.83 6.94% 6.85 Nov. -Dec. . . .6.74 6.78 6.88 6.78% Dec. - Jan. . . .6.74 6.78 6.88 6.78% Jan- Feb. . . .6.74 6.77* 6.88% 6.79 Feb. - Mar. . . .6.75 6.89 6.79% Mar - A pri 1 . . .6.75 6.79% 6.90 6 80 April -May . . .6.73 6.79% 6.90 6.80 May- June . . .6.75 6.19% 6.90 6.80 June -July . . .6.72% 6 *7* 6.77 July- Aug. . . .6.69 6.74 6.85 6.47 % Clc >sed firm. HAY WARD & CLAR K'S The Journal of Commerce says: "Cot ton Exchange men are generally of the opinion the question whether the cotton futures amendment shall he enacted into law is largely a matter which rests with Underwood. It is believed likely that Mr. Underwood may assume a strong attitude on the situation when it has been properly represented to him. if after consultation with the President he finds the latter shares his views.” * • • A Washington dispatch to The Sun says the cotton future amendment will lead to a struggle In the conference, with the chances of its going out of the bill.” * * • NEW ORLEANS. September 8.^ Hayward & Clark: The weather map shows cloudy over the entire belt,* ex cept fair in North Carolina Precipi tation rather general, but the map shows it is only lighter in interior; however, there are reliable reports of good rains over Sunday in Texas and Oklahoma, which are reliable, to be shown in de tailed Government records at 10 o'clock. Gadsden cloudy; Huntsville cloudy, rain yesterday. • • • Washington forecast for week: Thun dershowers are likely to continue dur ing the greater portion of week over the cotton belt east of the Mississippi River with little temperature change Generally fair west of the river after Monday and piobably warm Early ad vices by telegraph companies show good rains in Texas and Oklahoma since Friday. * * • Rainfall: Oklahoma, raining; Fort Worth, .06; Galveston, raining .01; Pal estine, .10: Shreveport. .06, Little Rock .02; Vicksburg. 08; New Orleans. .06: Mobile. .20; Montgomery, .14; Atlanta, .68; Savannah. .28; Houston. 4 54; Jack- son, .24; Birmingham .02. WORLD'S VISIBLE SUPPLY. Bullish Copper Production State ment Brings Out Renewed Buy ing and Increased Activity. By CHARLES W. STORM. NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—Vigorous buy ing of the copper stocks made that group the most prominent feature of the early trading on the stock market to-day. Amalgamated showed an initial gain oi %, with sales at 78% and advances of about half a point were made in Smelt ing. Chino and Tennessee Copper. Most of the buying was based on the expectation that a substantial decrease in the stock of metal on hand will be shown In the copper producers’ state ment to be issued later in the day. Trading in the other issues was dull with movements about equally divided between gains and losses. The London market was sluggish, trading in American shares being dull. The curb market was steady. The shares showing activity slowly de clined shortly after the firHt hour. Good buying was In evidence in New Haven and it rose % to 91%. California Perto- leum made gains of around 3 points Copper declined %. Union Pacific was off a 4 Steel was down %. Canadian dropped to- The tone was weak. Call money loaned at 2%. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. Wheat Corn Oats . This Week. .45.075,000 . . 3.210.000 ..27,542.000 24.662.000 Last Last Week. Year. 44.630.000 22.690.000 2,612.000 1.442.000 6.538.000 VISIBLE SUPPLY CHANGES I Following shows visible supply changes of grain for the week: Wheat, increase. 545.000 bushels. Corn, increase, 598,000 bushels. Oats, increase, 2.880.000 bushels. DAILY COTTON LETTER NEW ORLEANS, Sopt. S. Liverpool had the advantage over our markets in respect to the change in date of the Clarke measure, and came in about 12 points better than due. Spots 4 points lower. Sales 8,000 bales The census report gives 794,000 hales ginned to September 1. against 730,935 last year While the large Texas, Okla homa and Arkansas glnnings are partly due to unfavorable drouth conditions the large ginnings in Alabama, Florida Georgia and oSuth Carolina are evident ly the result of larger crops normally matured. Our markets continued very steady at the advance. There was much liquida tion last week, owing to tiie "ear that ! the Clarke measure would become ef fective imemdiately, but no'v that a 1 year’s respite has been grantee, the feel ing is more hopeful and bullish inter- I ests were replaced in th market, causing ; advances. It is also thought that for eign merchants and consumers will now I enter the market mor e freely for spots. NEW ORLEANS COTTON. c £ 0 ■? O T LOW. M 2> n re if) V V 0 0 Prev. Close Sp. 1 Oc. 12.88 13.08 12.78 13.07 13 00-05 12.53 13.07-08 12.58-59 Nv '13.10-11 12.63-64 Dc 12.90 13.16 12.81 13.16 13.15-16112.64 65 Jn. 12.94 13.22 12.90 13 20 13.20-21 12.68-69 Fb. 13.17-19 12.65-68 M r 13.06 13.26 13.00 13.24 13.30-31 12.77-78 My 13.12113.31 13.09 12.30 13.38-39 12 83-85 Atlanta Markets THE WEATHER. Conditions. WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. -The weather will be unsettled and showery this aft ernoon and to-night over the northern districts east of the Mississippi River, with somewhat lower temperatures, fol lower! by generally fair weather Tues day with moderate temperatures In the South Atlantic and East Gulf States local showers are indicated to night and Tuesday, except in the Caro- linas. General Forecast. General forecast until 7 p. m. Tues day. Georgia -Local thunder showers to night or Tuesday Virginia Unsettled, with showers to night or Tuesday; somewhat cooler in north portion. North Carolina and South Carolina— Generally fair to-night and Tuesday Florida. Alabama and Mississippi Local thunder showers to-night or Tuesday. Tennessee—Unsettled to-day and Tuesday. Louisiana--Showers and thundershow ers to-night or Huesday. East Texas—Showers to-night or Tuesday- West Texas—Fair to-night and Tues day. Closed steady. SPOT COTTON MARKET. (New Crop.) Atlanta, nominal; middling 12%. Athens, steady; middling 12c Macon, steady; middling 12c. New Orleans. steady; middling 12 11-16. New York, quiet; midling 13.25. Philadelphia, quiet; middling 13.50. Boston, quiet; middling 13.25. Liverpool, firm; middling 7.31d. Savannah, firm; middling 12% Augusta, steady; middling 12%. Charleston, steady: middling 13to. Norfolk, steady; midfiling 12%. Galveston, firm; midfiling 12%. Mobile, steady; middling 12%. Wilmington, quiet; middling 12%. Little Rock, steady; middling 12%. Baltimore, nominal; middling 13%. St Louis, steady; middling 12%. Memphis, steady; middling 12%. Houston, steady; middling 12%. Louisville, firm; middling 12%. Charlotte, steady; middling 12c. Greenville, steady, middling 12c. EGGS—Fresh country, candled. 26© 27c BUTTER—Jersey and creamery. In 1-lb blocks, 27%03Oc; fresh country, fair demand, 15(ji 18c. UNDRAWN POULTRY —Drawn, head and feet on, per pound; liens 18019c; fries, 22% 0 24; i ousters. 8010c; tur keys. owing to fatness, 17<frl9c. LIVE POULTRY — Hens. 40045; roosters, 30© 35c; broilers 25030c per pound; puddle ducks, 30©>oc; renins, ►35© 40c; geese, 60 ©60c ea^h; turkeys, owing to fatness, 15017c. FRUITS AND PRODUCE. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES—Lem ons, fancy, $5.0005.60; California or anges. $5 35© 5.60; Concord gtape*. 16© 18c a basket; Missouri peaches, $ 25© 2 50 per crate; bananas, 2%©oc lb ; cabbage, l%02c per drum; peanuts, per poi nd, fancy Virginia. 6%@7c; choice, 5%06; beets, $1.75 0200, in half- barrel crates; cucumbers, $1.25© 1 50; eggplants, $1.00© 1 25 tier crate peppers 75c©$1 per crae; tomatoes, fancy, six- basket crates, 60c© $1.10; onions $1.00 ,pcr bu.; sweet potatoes, pumpkin yams. 75©80o per bu; Irish potatoes. $2.25 per bag, containing 2% bushels; akro, fancy, six-basket crates, $1.5001 76 Sugar, raw quiet, centrifugal. 3.76; muscovado, 3.26; molasses sugar, 3.01. Sugar, refined steady; fine granulated, 4.60©4.80; cut loaf, 5.60; crushed. 5.16; cubes. 4.8505 05; powdered. 4.70© 4.90; diamond A, 4 80. confectioner’s A, 4 66 Softs—No. 1 4.55. (No. 2 is 5 points low er than No. 1 and Nos. 3 to 14 are each 5 points lower than the preceding grade.) Potatoes weak, white, nearby, 1.85© 2.35; sweets, 75© 2 76 Beans irregular; marrow, choice. 6.40 ©6.45; pea. choice, 3.75© 3.80; red kid ney, choice, 3.90© 4.00. Dried fruits irregular, apricots, choice to fancy, 12© 14%; apples, evaporated, prime to fancy, 6% ©8% ; pdunes. 30s to 60s. 7% ©12; 60s to 100s, 4 V* © 7; peaches, choice to fancy, 6©7%, seeded raisins, choice to fancy, 6© 7%. FISH. FISH -Bream and perch, 7c pound, snapper. 10c pound; trout, 10c pound; bluefish, 7c pound, pompano, 20c pound; mackerel, 12c pound; mixed fish, 5©6c pound; black Cass, 10c pound, mullet, $9.00 per hart el. MINING STOCKS BOSTON, Sept. 8 Opening: North Butte, 29%; Tamarack, 31. COTTON SEED OIL. Spot September . . . October. . . . November. . . December. . . January . . . February . . . March April Closed steady. 8.10© 8.27 7.67 © 7.69 7.10© 7.12 7.08© 7.12 7.07© 7.10 7.11© 7.17 r.24© 7.25 ’ 26© 7.32 8 10© 8 18 7.6507.68 7.65© 7.68 7.09© 7.11 7 65© 7 07 7.05© 7.10 7.09© 7.to 7 18©7.19 .19© 7.23 Sales, 12.100 barrels. FLEE COLORADO CLOUDBURST. LONGMONT. COLO., Sept. 8.—A succession of cloudbursts on the North Fork of the St. Vrain River, between Lyons and Estes Park, last night, forced hundreds to llee to the hills. * ATLANTA LIVE STOCK MARKET. (By W. H. White, Jr., of the White Pro vision Company.) Good to choice steers, 1,000 to 1,200 pounds, $5.600 6.50, good steers. 800 to 1,000 pounds. $5.25©6 00; medium to good steers, 700 to 860 pounds, $4.75© Good to choice beef cows, 800 to 900 pounds, $4.50© 5.50; medium to good cows. 700 to 800 pounds, $3.75©4 75 Good to choice heifers, 760 to 860 pounds, $4.#0@®-W; medium to good heifers. 650 t< 750 pounds, $3.75© 4.25. The above represent ruling prices of good quality of beeg cattle. Inferior grades and dairy types selling lower. Medium to common steers, if fat, 800 to 900 pounds, $4 25©6.00 medium to common cows, if fut, 700 to 800 pounds. $3 50 © 4 25; mixed common, 600 to 800 pounds. $2.760 3 75; good butcher bulls, $3 25© 4.00. Prime hogs. 160 t f > 20 Opounds, $8.35© 8 75; good butcher hogs. 140 to 160 pounds. $8.2508.25: good butcher pigs, 100 to 140 pounds $8.00© 8.25; light pigs, 80 to 100 pounds. $7 500 8 00; heavy rough and mixed hogs $7.0008 00. Above quotations apply to corn fed hogs, mast and peanut fattened lc to l%c tinder. A liberal run rf medium grade cattle in yards this week and tiie market held rather steady to a fraction lower on the better kinds, while plain and inferior grades sold off from 15c to 30c per hundred. Stock quotations: Amal. Copper. Am. Agricul... Am. Beet Sug American Can do. pref. .. Am. Car Fdy.. Am. Cot. Oil.. American Ice. Am. Locomo.. Am. Smelting Am. Sug. Ref. Am. T.-T. ... Am. Woolen.. Anaconda .... Atchison A. C L B. and O Beth Steel... B K T Can. Pacific.. Cen. Leather.. C and O Colo. F. and I Colo. Southern. .. Consol. Gas... 121 Com Products. .. D. and H Den. and R. G. .. Distil. eScur.. Erie do. pref. . . Gen Electric.. Goldfield Cons High. TyOW Bid 78% 77% 77% 42% 29 27 28 34% 33% 33% 95% 95% 95 47% 43% 43 % 43 23% 36 35% 35% 68% 67% 68 109% J31% 131 1M% 18 39% n% 38% 94%' 93% 93% 120 120 120 96% 96% 96% 36 36 34% 89% 89% 89% 221 220% 220% 22% 58 57* 57% 31% 31* 31% 12% 28% 12% 23% 29 131 11% 157 t9 12% 28% 45 % 144 G. North, pfd. 126% 126% 126% G. North. Ore. 34 34 33% G. Western ... 13% Ill Central... 109 ,108 109% In terboro 16% ‘ li% 15% do, pref. .. 62% 61% 62 Int. Harv. (old ) . .. . 107 Io wa Central.. 7 K . C. S.. . . 25 % M , K. and T. 22 22 21 % do. pf<J.. . . 56 L. Valley. . . 154 153% 153 L. and N. . . 135% M 0. Pacific . . 29% 29% 29% N. Y. Central 05 95 96% Northwest. Nat. Lead N. and W. No. Pacifl O. 0 1 w. . . . Penna 11; Pacific Mail . P. Gas Co 111% 122 in to 112% 121 P. Steel Car . 29% 36% 28% Reading . . . 160}* 169% 159% R. I. and Steal 24% 24% 24 do. pfd.. . . 88 88 87 Rock Island . 17 16% 16% do. pfd.. . . 26* 26% 26% S.-Sheffield. . 29% So. Pacific . . 90% #0% 90% So. Railway . 24% 24 24 do. pfd.. . . 79 St Paul . . . 103* 105% 105% Tenn. Copper. •U* 34 34% Texas Pacific. 14% Third Avenue 37% Union Pacific. 161 H9% 150% U. S. Rubber 60* U s steel . . 63* u% 62* do. pfd.. . . 108% 108* 108% Utah Copper . 67% 56 56* V.-C. Chem. . 28 27% 27* Wabaffi . . . «% 4% do. pfd.. . , n% W. Union . . 67% W. Maryland. 40 W. Electric 72% 71 71% W. Centra! . 44% Clos. Prev. 78 to 42 26 to 33% 95 to 46% 4? 23 to 35 68 20 39 to 94% 120 96 35% 89% 220% 23% 57% si % 29 130% 11% 158 19 13 28% 46% 144 126% 126% 34 13 102 to 16 62to 107 7 25 22to 56 154 29 to 96 to 127% 127% 18 104% 104% 111% 20 112 121% 26% 160 23% 86% 17% 20 90% 24% 78% 106% 34 14% 3% 161% 60% 63% 27 4 17 to 67% 39 72% 46 CRAINS DROP ON This, Coupled With Easier Cables and Good Crop News, Promotes General Selling. ST. LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS. Wheat—No. 2 red 94 ©95 Corn—No. 2 77 ©>77% Oats—No. 2 43% ©44% CHICAGO, Sept. 8—Corn had an Ir regular range, the weakness in wheat offsetting to some extent the continued dry and hot weather over the com belt the uast 48 hours, but tempera tures were somewhat lower Inside fig ures with Liverpool showing a decline of ]i to %c. Increased shipments in the Northwest added to weakness in wheat Oats followed the other gains. Provisions were slightly higher in sympathy with hogs, which were up 6 cents. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. Grain quotations: Previous WHEAT Sept Dec May CORN— Sept Dec May OATS— Sept Dec May PORK— Oct.... 20 40 Jan... 20 47% LARD— Sept . . 11.42% Oct 11.47% Jan... 11 88 RIBS— Oct.... 11.32 % Jan... 11.72% May.... 11.87% CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS. CHICAGO, Sept. 8.—Wheat, No. 2 red, 94©94%; No. 3 red, 93©93%; No. 2 harxi winter. 89%©90%; No. 3 hard winter, 89© 90; No 1 Northern spring. 93 %@ 94%; No 2 Northern spring. 92% ©94; No 3 spring. 89091. Corn, No 2. 77% ©78%; No. 2 white. <8© 78%; No. 2 yellow, 77%©78%; No. 3, 77% © 78 4 ; No. 3 white, 77% @78%; No. 3 yellow, 77%©78 1 1. No. 4. 77©>77%; No. white, 77%@77%; No 4 yellow. 77@ Oats. No. 2 white. 44%©45; No. 3, 42; No 3 white. 43%@44; No. 4 white. 430 43%; standard, 44% @45. LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET. LIVERPOOL, Sept 8. — Wheat opened %d to %d lower Closed %d lower. Corn opened %d to %d lower Closed %d to %d lower CHICAGO CAR LOTS. Following are receipts for Monday and estimated receipts for Tuesday: 5’heat ii9 201 Corn 403 573 Data 189 325 Hogs 45.000 17,000 High Lrf>w. Close. Close. 89% 88* 88% 88% 92% 91% 91% 91% 97% 96* 96% 96% 77% 76* 76% 76% 74% 72* 73% 72% 75% 73% 75 74 43% 42% 43% 42% 46% 45% 45% 45% 49 48% 48% 48% 20 30 20 37% 20.20 20.45 20.42% 20 37% U 37* 11.47% 11 40 11 42% 11.40 11.17* 11.17* 11.17* 11.25 11.25 11.30 11.67% 11.70 11.65 11 80 10 85 10 82% PRIMARY WHEAT Receipts . . I Shipments CORN— Receipts . .. Shipments MOVEMENT 1913. 111 112 20% 122 . .1,521.000 ..1,287,000 .1.242.000 . 461.000 3.103 1.131,000 764.'TOO 734.000 PORT RECEIPTS. The following table shows receipts at the ports to-day compared with the same day last year 1 1913. 1912. New ()rleans. . . 2,298 410 Galveston. . . . 19.231 18.147 Mobile 922 175 Savannah. . . . 8,667 3.690 Charleston. . . . 3.722 1.201 \\ ihnington . . . 562 1,192 Norfolk 158 366 Boston 5 79 \ arlous 300 601 Total 33,361 INTERIOR MOVEMENT. | 1913. 1912. Houston. . . . 30.648 24,921 Augusta. . . . 1.956 1,371 Memphis . . . 636 64 St Louis. . . 296 35 Cincinnati. • j 22 203 Little Rock . . .1 20 Total. . . . 33,558 26,614 NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET. Coffee quotations: 1 Opening, j Closing. Closed quiet. Sales. 75.000 bags LIVE STOCK MARKET. CHICAGO, Sept 8,—Hogs--Receipts 41.000; market 5© 10c higher Mixed and butchers $7.70© 9.20, good heavy $8.20 @8.85; rough heavy. $7.6508.10; light. $8.50 0 9.40, pigs, $5.1508 10, bulk. $8 10 ©8.75 Cattle- Receipts, 23.000; market 10c lower. Beeves, $7.36© 9.10; cows and heifers. $3.25© 8.25, stockers and feeders, $6.7507.70; Texans, $6.50 0 8.00; calves $10.00011 50. Sheep—Receipts 30,000; market steady. Native and Western, $3 25© 4 80, lambs $5.9007.80. Grain Notes STOCK GOSSIP The proposed currency bill may pass the House this wee , but it is not ex pected to get through the Senate be fore the regular session. Twelve industrials advanced Twenty active rails advanced .10. .27 The general list will probably wait for the Government grain and steel ton. rage report Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. • * • Improvement in the stock market may be of a specialty character in the early part of the week We would buy on moderate recessions in the leaders, and in the specialties when they are made bullishly active. Buy wheat and corn on weakness. —New York Financial Bureau • * * Copper metal is running short in Eu rope and the price is steadily advanc ing Cables stated that there is no copper left for September delivery in London and little for October delivery. On this shortage of the metal the price went to the equivalent of 16% cents. Amalgamated shares rose sharply on the news Confidence, in the ability of the company to continue the payment of 6 per cent dividends is greatly strength ened by the sharp rise in the price of copper and that was the basis of the advance in the price of vhe stock. Bartlett-Frazier Co. say: "Wheat— We will prooabiy have a somewhat lower market to-day. but do not look for any material break. "Corn The effort made Friday and Saturday to depress prices will no doubt j continue -ot'day. but we believe corn : should be bought on all such depres- I sions, as we are confident of very much higher prices "Oats—Prefer long side on weak spots.” • • * Missouri State report issued Saturday makes the condition of corn 41.8 per cent, against 70 last month and 87 last year, when crop was 243,000,000 bushels. Twenty per cent of crop is cut. Wheat ground plowed. 30 per cent, against 44 per cent last year Lack of rain pre vents further plowing Oats yield, 20.5 per acre, against 30 a year ago. • * • Barrett and Kidston were the leading sellers of wheat to-day Commissoin houses scattered buyers and were best buyers <»f corn. Omaha wires: "Colorado dealers bid ding 70 cents for corn on track at Ne braska country stations, December. Jan uary and February shipments. • * • The entire grain belt shows generally fair weather to-night and Tuesday; some cooler. • * » Exporters continue to report that wheat is being sold all the time for ex port. * * * Canadian Northwest cloudy._ 44 to 58 degrees; West part cloudy, 54 to 74; raining Valentine, .18; Charles City. .52; Dubuque, raining. .58; Southwest clear, 62 ot 78; Ohio Valley cloudy, 72 to 78. 000 ■M' pounds as of September ot 15,- EXCURSION TO BIR? MINGHAM. $2.50 round trip, Septem ber 22. Special train leaves Old Depot 8:30 a. m. SEA BOARD. .