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TITE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
10 26 MILES OF
All Available Federal Troops Are
Rushed to Oppose Zapatists.
Big Battle On.
AGUAS CALIENTES, MEXI
CO, Dec. 8.—Four Government
secret service men were assassi
nated here to-day. They were
sent here to investigate reports
that the railroad shopmen were
planning to join the rebels. All
were killed in different parts of
the city.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 8.—General
astro’s Federal troops are ensaKed
in f battle with a large force of Za-
atistas 2« miles from here, between
utreras and Ajusco. Fighting is
4 uing on near Tres Marias.
Zapata’s soldiers began a general
vance on the capital at dawn, and
ad made good progress when they
veie met by Federals dispatched
irom heer and from Cuernavacji. As
the rebels advanced they destroyed
the railroad.
Reinforcements joined Zapata's
men to-day, Coming from Puebla and
Guerrero.
The Government refused to give
,tut any information as to the suc-
. ess or failure of Its troops. This
.as caused reports that the Federals
ire being driven back
There is a growing fear in the city,
hat a few hours will see looting and
killings in the streets. Every avail
able Federal soldier was dispatched
to Cuernavaca to-day by Minister of
War Blanquet to swell the forces of
General Castro, who is opposing
Zapata's advance.
Sidelights
GEORGIA
POLITICS
, Jr -Jamis b.nivix
12,081,100 Bales
Border Fight at
Ojinaga Begins.
PRESIDIO, TEXAS (By United
States Army Telephone to Marfa),
Dee. 8.—Mysterious troop movements
just over the international line, indi-
ating that another fight on the
border is imminent, caused much ac
tivity in United States military cir
cles to-day.
The United States Army outpost
just north of Presidio reported the
presence of more than 100 Mexican
cavalrymen, believed to be Federals,
who were moving upon Ojinaga.
Shortly afterward firing could be
heard.
The housetops In Presidio were
soon Ailed with people. From these
vantage points it could be seen that
it great commotion existed in Ojinaga,
Troops could be seen rushing through
the streets toward the outskirts.
A well-known citizen and taxpayer
of Houston County, who for reasons
of his own asks that his name be not
used, talked most interestingly in the
lobby of the Analev to-day of the new
tax equalization law as It effects his
county.
The condition of things in Houston
Is ho typical of the condition in many
other counties in Georgia that what
this man said is significant, and may
well be considered thoughtfully by all
citizens, especially officials, in other
lpcalities.
He said: ‘‘The Houston Board of
County Commissioners met in regular
monthly session in Perry fecently, and
among th« business transacted was
the selection of three representative
citizens to serve as local equalizers of
taxes, as required hv the new tax law
enacted at the last session of the Leg
islature.
“For this very’ important work the
commissioners chose Messrs E. % M.
Fagan, of Fort Valley; Jerry H. Davis,
of Lakeside, and J. F. Hammock, of
Dunbar. These gentlemen all are suc
cessful business men, and if they will
consent to serve, can render a dis
tinct and valuable service to the coun
ty by carrying out fearlessly and
without favor the .spirit and intent,
as well as the expressed provisions of
the new law.
“Where it is published to the world,
as it now is, that a county as large
as Houston has returned tax values
amounting to but a fraction over $3,-
000,000, and that the tax rate is $13
per thousand, prospectors and in
vestors alike are frightened off, un
less special Inquiry is made as to the
real and not apparent condition of
affairs; bqt let the equalizers perform
their sworn duty, as the above gen
tlemen unquestionably will, and as
sess property for at least half its
value, the returns will easily show
a four-fold increase, and the rate of
taxation will be correspondingly de
creased, which showing will prove at- .
tractive alike to foreign capital for j
cally changing the plan of supplying
schoolbooks to the children of the
State, the State Board of Education
on Thursday last adopted schoolbooks
for the next five years. It Is to the
credit of Governor Slaton, State
School Superintendent Brittain and
Professor T. J. YVoofter that' they did
everything in their power to prevent
action at the present time. As we
understand it, for the first time the
State attempts to prescribe the books
that are to be used in the high schools
of the State, leaving local boards no
authority whatever. YVe have not
heard the last of this schoolbook
adoption.’’
The News doubtless is correct—
likely enough we haven’t yet heard
“the last of this schoolbook adoption,”
not by a long shot!
According to Commissioner of
Commerce and Labor li. M. Stanley,
the textile industry has grown to be
the most important in Georgia.
At the close of the year 1912 there
were 177 mills in operation in Geor
gia, representing a capital invest
ment of $77,000,000. The Commis
sioner’s report for the same period
showed in detail the other manufac- { sey objected, saying that
turing enterprises of the State, and should have accepted th
attracted much attention at the time.
This year’s report will not show
any very great increase in the num
ber of manufacturing enterprises, al
though there have been some addi
tions. All plants that were going a
year ago are going to-day, however,
and none of them are running at a
loss.
The past year has been a good one,
and the next should, in the opinion
of the Commissioner, show a decided
increase in manufacturing invest
ments, and likely will.
Georgia Farmer’s Plea of Former
Jeopardy Not Supported on
Final Appeal.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 8.—The Su-
preme Court to-dav decided that Joe
Darsey, a farmer of Laurens County,
Georgia, again must face a jury at
Dublin, to be tried on an Indictment
charging him with murdering a fel
low-farmer named John YY r atson in
1910.
Darsey’s case had been brought to
the highest court on . a question of
forfner jeopardy.
In Darsey’s trial the Jury returned
a verdict of “involuntary man
slaughter." A witness had testified
that Darsey told him he shot Watson
“Just for fun.”
The Judge informed the jury he
would not accept the verdict, as he
had not included such a verdict in
his charge. The jury returned later,
and, being unable to agree, the judge
declared a mistrial. Counsel for Dar-
the judge
verdict of
involuntary manslaughter.
YY T hen preparations were made to
try Darsey again, his counsel inter
posed the plea in bar of former jeop
ardy. On tills issue an appeal was
taken to the Supreme Court of Geor
gia, which illvided evenly on the
question. Darsey’s counsel then car
ried the case to the Supreme Court
for final determination.
It is stated that John YY T . Bennett
will be a candidate for judge of the
Waycross Circuit in the primaries
next year, and that he will be opposed
by Colonel F. YY’illis Dart, of Douglas,
J. L. Summerall, of Blaekshear.
race is sure to be a heated one,
this time rather
investment and the homeseeker. . , ,. .
“Now, I ‘am a taxpayer in Houston j the result at
County—not the biggest one, but a | hard to forecast.
substantial one-and I have a selfish ' , Jud * e «i”neey, recently appointed
interest In the intelligent enforce- I to succeed Judge Parker, will not. It
ment of this new law. I believe it
THE PLAYS
THIS WEEK
NEYV YORK, Dec. 8. Although plenty
of cotton wus offered 'or sale, the cot
ton market opened steady to-duj and
first prices were from unchanged to 2
points net higher than Saturday’s final
Alter the cab a weakening tendency de
veloped on account of the Census Bu
reau report. Although ginning* were
about as generally expected, showing
12.081,100 bales ginned up to December
1, as compared with .11,854.541 bales dur
ing the same period last year.
’Hie figures were construed ns bearish
and brought out heavy helling from the
youth and commission houses and with
in a half an hour price* showed losses
from 3 to 10 points from the opening
quotations. The technical position of
the market Is stljl against an advance
and there is a feeling among the ma
jority that prices will work to a lower
level before or after the Government
crop estimate, due Friday morning
l nexported strength of the Liverpool
market, showing futures better than
due. with spot sales as high as 15.000
hah*s, was most encouraging to the bull
element. This was responsible for the
steadiness ..f the market at the outset.
After the list had worked lower on the
Census report, local bulls and Philadel
phia spot houses were heavy buyers, the
hitter buying March and selling Mav. re
sulting in a slackening of the offerings
ami prices quickly recovered the ini
tial decline.
Following are 11 n m. bids in New
York: December, 13 0."; January. 12.8 4;
inarch. 12,98; May. 12.90; J ilv. 12.7!'.
Following are 10 a. rti. bids in New
December, 12.92; January,
!
STOCKS
8.—A cotton re-
the Census Bu-
Orleans:
.March, 13.18: May. 13.25; July.
13.04
13.28
Estimated cotton receipts:
_ Tuesday.
New Orleans 2.300 to 2.400
Galveston 0.000 to 7.500
NEW YORK COTTON.
1912.
9.593
36,473
Dec. .
Jan. .
Feb. .
March
April .
May .
June .
.1 uly
AUg. .
<)Ct. .
!Open!High
1 1:30
Low' I'M
I’rev.
Close.
WASHINGTON. Dec
port issued to-day by
Tea u shows 12.081,100 bales, counting
round bales as half bales, ginned from
the growth of 1,913 to December 1, com
pared with 11,854,541 bales for 1912 and
12,816,807 bales for 1911. Round bales
included tliis year are 85.760. compared
with 73,030 for 1912 and 87,996 for 1911.
Sea Island included 61,516 bales fdr 1918;
51,275 for 1912 anti 87,656 for 191!.
The following table shows the number
of bales ginned from the growth of 1913,
prior to December 1, 1918, by States, as
compared with figures of the amount
ginned to November 14 and the number
of ha'es ginned to December I last year,
counting round bales as half bales
Dec. i,
1913.
States.
Georgia ...| 2,064,792
Alabama .. 1,365,888
Arkansas .. i
Florida . ...i
Louisiana .
Mississippi
N. Carolina;
Oklahoma . j
s. Carolina.I
Tennessee .
Texas |
All others
789,038
58.490
340,086
955.588
622,746:
761J39
1,161.437
304,506
3,671.331
85.763
Nov. 14.
1913.
1,824.290
1,182.747
603.704
83,219
274,997
735,797
493.025
666.679
995.897
233.528!
3,303.565
65,919
Deo. 1.
1912._
2.064,79*
1,161.482
659,505
48,630 |
334.323 *
817.707;
754,569
869,278 >
; ( 11,681
208.721
4,314.821
70,388
Dy CHARLES W STORM.
NEYV YORK, Dec. 8. Canadian Pa
cific was the leader at the opening of
the stock market to-day After be
ginning at 227% for a gain of 1%, Ca
nadian Pacific advanced to 228‘ 4 The
list was strong and all the groups
showed gains over Saturday's final.
This strength was attributed to the
interpretation which traders put upon
a statement issued here Saturday rela
tive to the affairs of New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad. It was
indicated by Mr. McReynolds' state-
mem that a policy of the Wilson Ad
ministration would lie to give warning
to offending corporations to readjust
their affairs out of court where this
could be done without resort to the
Sherman anil trust act
New Haven itself failed to respond to
the general rally. This issue declined
1% Among the other gains were
United States Steel common, %; T'nb*n
j Pacific, 1; Southern Pacific, Read-
j lug Amalgamated Copper. %;
American Canadian, %. Chino (Topper,
Erie. ‘a. and General Electric, %.
The curb was firm.
Americans In London were strong
above New York parity.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
CHICAGO, Dec. 8.- Wheat open**,
firm, due to apprehension of damage
growing wheat from low temperature#*
without snow covering, over the South
west and light receipts in the North
west.
Com was easy on account of the oold.
and clear weather, which la expected to
Increase the movement.
Oats opened steady a»d firmed
later on buying by local traders.
Provisions advanced
Grain quotations to noon:
Quotations to 1
High.
up
YVH EAT—
Dec. . .88%
May . . 92%
July . . 89Vi
CORN—
71 %
71
70
40%
43 b,
42%
Total, E. S. 12,081,100 10,434.387 11.854.oil
Stock quotations to 1:36
Total crop].
The following
13
09
13
09
13
00
13
'14 13
07
-09
I 12
86
12
86
12
76
12
8112
85
86
.12
82
84 1
iij
00
13
00
12
91
i2
97; 12
99
15 '
. .'12
94
96
12
83
12
83
12
74
i2
9012
92
-93
. .jl2
87
89
12
83
12
83
U
74
12
8012
S3
83
12
58
12
58
12
55
12
55 12
57
58
,11
99
11
99
1 l
96
11
9711
99
12
14,1(76,430
.. shows the number of
bales ginned during the period front No
vember T4'to December 1:
STATES ~ Nov. 14 to NovT 14 to'
Dec. 1. 13121 Dec. 1, 1912
241,000 j 232.000 ‘
183.000
185.000
6.000
65 000
220.000
130,000
94.000
165,000
71,000
266,00
20,000
I
-
will furnish the State much more
needed revenue; that it will approxi?
mately fjx values, atdhe REAL status,
and that it will eventually LOWER
my tax .rate, and my aggregate
amount of taxes, perceptibly.
“If only the best men obtainable
may be elected to, and will serve on
the local boards throughout the State,
the new law will prove to be the very
greatest blessing that has come to
Georgia since the war!”
The Rockmart News has had its ear
to he ground up in North Georgia re
cently, and it thinks it may have
heard something.
The NeWs says: "Notwithstanding
the fact that the General Assembly
has a measure before that, body radi-
ls understood, be a candidate to suc
ceed himself, desiring to fill the un
expired term of his predecessor only.
Judge Augustus YY\ Fite, of the
. Cherokee Circuit, recently sentenced
his first minister of the Gospel. Th®
j offending party’s name is J. W. C,
West and he seems to have been a.
sort of near-minister, although duly
accredited.
He was convicted in Judge Fite’s
court of being a “blind tiger.” and his
i honor stacked up a mild fine against
him, $25 only, along with fifteen days
in jail, to think things over.
I Judge Fite said he never before had
sentenced a preacher and hardly
i knew how to go about it, but he
thought the punishment assessed
about fit the case.
Villa Reported
Surprised by Federals.
EL PASO, TEXAS, Dor. 8.—Gen- |
oral Villa, the Constitutionalist com
mander, has had his entrance into
Chihuahua City blocked by an un
expected mdvement among the Fed-
■ rals, It was reported here to-day. |
following a night of activity among
the the rebels in Juarez. Rumors
say a battle is going on.
General Benevides, commander of
he Juarez garrison, spent the night
>t his headquarters in constant tele
graphic communication with Villa,
who was 30 miles north of Chihuahua
City. All the telegraph offices in j a
Juarez except the one in General
Benevides’ office were closed to pre
vent leakage of information.
The trains were hastily made up
ind sent southward over the National
Railways shortly after midnight. One
ontained troops and the other med
al supplies, provisions and ammu
nition.
The secrecy encouraged reports
that General Mercado had not allow
ed his entire Federal army to flee
toward the border, but had reformed
his divisions and had succeeded in
barring the path of the rebels near
Sauz, 30 miles north of Chihuahua
City.
4! MILLIONS F
RIVERS ASKED
AH -Star Show.
Seats for the all-star production of
“Fine Feathers” go on sale at the
Atlanta Theater this morning. This
remarkable attraction comes here
for Thursday. Friday and Saturday
nights and a matinee on Saturday,
and local playgoers are assured that
they w'ill see the entire original all-
star cast, the same that appeared
during the year’s run at the Astor
Theater, New York, and the Fort
Theater, Chicago, and including Rob
ert Edeson, Wilton Lackave, Max
Figman, Rose Coghlan, Lolita Rob
ertson and Lydia Dickson.
This is the first instance of an all-
star cast being sent on the road in
tact, an 1 those who are familiar with
matters theatrical can easily imagine
the wonderfully perfect performance
resulting from the. best* play
written by Eugene
acting of a cast
very cream of
stardom.
ever
Waiter and the
which includes the
American dramatic
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Request
ing an appropriation of $34,016,395 fyr
river and, harbor improvements and
additional $7,217,500 for contract
work already commenced. General YY\
H. Bixby, chief of the army engineers,
to-day presented his annual report U>
Secretary of War Garrison.
General Bixby drew attention to
the fact that the appropriations ask^d
are nearly $10,000,000 less than those
received tot the present fiscal year.
The current estimates strike off $7,-
000,000 from the rivers and harbors
appropriation and deduct $2,800,000
from the amount asked for in the
sundry civil bill.
While no specific explanation js
The trainload of provisions, order
j*' 1 by General Villa to relieve fam- ! volunteered by General Bixby as the
ca- conditions in Chihuahua City, is reaaon f or this decrease in the pres-
still lying in the National Railways , _. .. „
yards in Juarez. The rebel officer in , e'nt estimates, army officers say that
■large of the troops guarding the.it is due to the “economy warning”
vards said that the line between Jua- I recently issued by Secretary Garrison,
r.-zand Sauz was "being held open j wh , ch he aske d all bureau chiefs
for more important business than the ,
transfer of provisions for civilians.” i keep their estimates as low as t>os-
For 48 hours mystery has attended I sible, eliminating all doubtful items
the operations of both Federals and I and cutting off all unnecessary ex
rebels and between the Rio Grande , p enaes .
an«l Chihuahua City. Among the estimates for rivers uni
General Villa had planned to enter harbor improvements submitted jy
< nlhuahua City in triumph Sunday j General Bixby are the following:
his Constitutionalist [ inland waterway between Norfolk.
at the head
army.
of
Constitutionalist '
Near-Zero Weather
Hits the North.
CHICAGO, Dec. 8. — Long delayed
w:nter weather was fully upon the
North and Central Western States to-
The cold came suddenly sending
' p * mercury downward 26 degrees in a
lev. hours. Chicago was plunged from
. autumn weather to midwinter with
a minimum temperature of 18 degrees
KGn-e zero. A wind that reached a
Veioclty of 46 miles an hour swept the
; ! C V . driving a fine snow in excellent
imitation of a blizzard.
the cold was distributed over a wide
hi>;i. The lowest temperature was at
’■ mnedosa,. Canada, where the ther-
otneter registered zero. In Wiliiston,
- H., the lowest temperature was 4
degrees above; in
**** 6 above: in
above.
Bismarck, N. P.,
Duluth. Minn
i Va., and Beaufort Inlet, North Caro
lina. $800,000; harbor of refuge at
Cape Lookout, N. (\, $600,000; Capo
1 i \ tr River, above Wilmington, N.
| $91,000; Cape Fear River, North Car-
I olina, at and below Wilmington, N.
I c., $115,000; Savannah harbor, Geor
gia, $250,000; Savannah River, below
Augusta. $25,000; Altamaha, Oconee
’ and Oomulgee Rivers, Georgia, $40.-
! 000; Brunswick (Oa.' harbor, $33,260: I
I channel between St. Johns River and
Cumberland Sound, Georgia and Flor
ida, $51,000; St. Johns River, Florida,
j $300,000; St. Luce Inlet, Florida, $100 -
j 000; Chattahoochee River, Georgii
; and Alabama, below Columbus. $220,-
‘ ooo; channel from Apalachicola River
j to St. Andrews Bay, Florida. $60,000;
Alabama River, $100,000 Coosa River,
Georgia and Alabama, $65,000: Mobile,
Ala. $125,000; Black YVarrior, War-
| rlor and Tombigbee Rivers, Alabama.
$500/000; Tennessee River, below Riv
erton. Ala.. $120,000.
Tango Pedometers
Worn Upon Garters Vein Photos May
Oust Finger Prints
BALTIMORE, Dec. 8.—Debutante? ;
Have* taken to wearing tang"|
•meters as garter ornaments. It ]
jf p ° longer fashionable to ask on* |
’ long ehe has danced. The proper :
‘•■stlon is, “How many miles did
°u make?”
■ne young woman proudly asserts '
’'be went fourteen miles at a !
!, * a nt held at a fashionable cdun
! A club.
NHYY YORK, Dec. 6.—The finger
print method of the Identification of
criminals may some day be supplant
ed by photographing the veins of the
hand, according to Professor Tamas-
! sia. of the Univ rsiD Padua. Paly,
i ays the merest novice can d
I reet variations <rt the veins of the
\ hand
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Is the
United States retrograding, in agri
culture? In the report of the Secre
tary, David F. Houston, Issued to
day, the estimated yield per acre of
all crops is smaller for 1913 than in
any year in the past decade, except
1911.
The corn crop, the most valuable,
fell below 2,500,000,000 bushels, which
js smaller than any crop since 1903.
Wheat production, however, seems
to be on the increase, this year’.-;
estimated crop of 753,000,000 bushels
being the largest ever recorded.
The report states that there is no
ground for thinking that the soil has
yet approximated the limit of its out
put from the toil, but that people
have just begun to attack the prob
lem of intensive production.
One of the present difficulties is
the lack of effective handling, ship
ping and storing of poultry, eggs and
fish, and the Secretary asks for an
increase of $60,4 41 for extending In
vestigations
Other increased appropriations
asked for are for the purpose of ex
tending the work of eradicating dis
ease among animals; for the intro
duction and breeding of new plants;
the control of plant diseases and for j
improving the methods of crop pro
duction, particularly cereals; for the
classification of agricultural lands and
the survey of new homesteads in the
national forests; for investigating
fortilizer resources; for road man
agement ’and road building, and for
the investigation of the marketing
and distribution of farm products.
Altogether the desired increases total
over a million dollars.
Bandit Lopez Still
Alive in Utah Mine
Hilliard in Fine Play.
Robert Hilliard has confirmed his
great popularity by his vivid and
vital characterization of Detective
Asche Kayton in “The Argyle Case,”
which will be seen at the Atlanta
beginning to-night for three nights
i and Wednesday matinee. He gives
I the part authority and distinction;
| his poise is perfect and limpid die-
I tion is a delight. Detective William
J. Burns has followed his own suc
cessful methods in collaborating with
Harriet Ford and Harvey J. O’Hig-
gins. And there is nothing in the
drama to arouse class prejudice or to
offend the individual. The cast of 3p
is the same associated with Mr. Hil
liard during the 26-week run of the
unique detective drama in New York
last season.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 8. Due unchanged
to 1 point lower, this market opened
steady, at a net advance of 3 to 4 points
higher. At 12:15 p. m. the market was
quiet, 2 l /2 to 3i^ points net higher.
Spot cotton 5 points higher; middling,
28d; sales, 15.000, of which 10,900 were
American.
At the close the market was quiet
with prices net unchanged tr* 1 2 point
higher than the final quotations of Sat
urday.
Futures opened quiet.
Futures opened quiet.
Prev.
Op’ing. 2 P.M. Close. Close.
Dec 6.97 6.97Va 6.94Vi 6.94 Vi
Dec.-dan. « . .6.95
Jan.-Feb. . . ,6.94V
Feb.-Moll. . . .6.94V
Mch.-Apr. . . .6.95
Apr.-May . . ,6.96V
May-June . . .6.96
.lune-July . . .6.93
July-Aug. . . .6.91
Aug.-Oct. . . .6 76Y4 6.73 6.73
Oct.-Nov. . . .6.53 6.53 6.60 6.49%
Nov.-Dec. . . .6.43 6.40 6.39%
Closed quiet.
6 96 6.92 6.92
6.94% 6.91%. 6.91 %
6.94% 6.91% 6.9i Vi
6 92 6.92
6.92% 6.92%
6.95% 6.97 % 6.92%
6.90 6.90 *
6.87% 6.8’
6.9a
6.90%
Georgia
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi ....
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Other?*
TotaL
The distribution
tton for 1913 by
201.000
112.000
7,000
42,000
173.000
128.000
144,000
158,000
50.000
1304,000
4,000
1.646,000 | 1,615,000
f tin* sea island
States is: Florida,
22.207; Georgia, 34,813, and South Caro
lina. 4,496.
Domestic cotton exported during the
month of November, 1913. was 1,504,617
running bales, and foreign cotton inw
ported 7,918 equivalent 500-pound bale*.
Propitious Week
In Dry Goods Trade
STOCKS High.
Amal. Copper.. 71%
Am. Beet Sug.. 23
American Can 28
do. pfd 88%
Am. Car Foun. 44
Am. Cotton Oil 39
Anier. Loco.-.: 31
Amer. Smelt. 63%
Anier, Sugar.. 104%
Am. T. and T.120
L
Marshall Field & Co., in their weekly
review of the dry goods trade, say:
‘Propitious tendencies have developed
in t lie dry goods trade during the t'r^f
week of the closing month of the year.
Collections show a 7 per cent Increase
over those of the same period a year
ago.
“The preinventory sale during the
first three days of the week brought a
good attendance of buyers, which is re
markable considering the unfavorable
weather for retail selling, which had
continued practically unabated for-the
past five weeks.
'‘Conservatism rules in regard to fu
ture business. In most lines stocks are
well cleaned up throughout tiie country
and retailers are inclined to keep them
that way, at least until after the first of
the year.”
BINGHAM. UTAH, Dec. 8.—Raphael
Lopez, the Mexican bandit who already
has taken six ’ives, is alive in the I'tah
Apex mine, and is closely pressed by a
searching party of twelve men.
Evidence that Lopez is alive and close
by were found by his pursuers early
this morning, on the floor of the slope
was a quilt, a crash towel covered with
soot and sgme pieces of burlap with
which the Mexican had bound his feet.
These articles were not there Saturday.
First Indian in U. S.
Named to Priesthood
SUPERIOR. WIS„ Dec 8.—Phipp
B. Gordon, an Indian and member of
one of the pioneer families of this
country, will be ordained to the Cath
olic priesthood Monday by Bishop
Koudelk. He is the second of his
race to be so ordained and the first in
the 1’nitod .States
Good Show at Columbia.
A good show is on at the Columbia
Theater this week, beginning with
the matinee to-day at 3 o’clock.
Charlie Oramlich’s brisk burlesque.
“The Billiken Girl,” is the attraction.
It is said to be one of the best in
the Gramlich-Hall repertoire. There
is much comedy and a number of
songs and dances that are new and
attractive. The cast of the company
has been enlarged and costuming has
been improved at considerable ex
pense. The olio will comprise three
of the best vaudeville numbers seen
this season.
Eleanor Montell at Lyric.
That charming actress, Miss Elea
nor Montell, in “A Butterfly on the.
Wheel.” is an important booking at
the Lyric this week, and judging from
her success in the play elsewhere, ad
mirers of good acting may well an
ticipate something worth while. Miss
Montell has earned an enviable rec
ord as an artist of the first, class and
with a character suitable to her tem
perament and a play whose merit has
been unanimously indorsed in New
York and London, It Is certain that
an exceptionally clever performance
will be gi\ en.
HAYWARD <£. CLARK’S
DAILY COTTON LETTER
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 8.—The Census
gives 12,081.100 bales ginned to the first
of December, comparing with 11,854,511
bales last year and 12.818,807 bales in
1911. This is 1,646,000 bales for the pe
riod against 1.555,000 bales last year.
The percentage ginned to December J
last year was 87.9 per cent.
On this basis the crop figures 14,225.-
000, including llnters, etc., but it is gen
erally believed that the percentage
ginned this year is higher than last' year
and to-day's report furnishes further
evidence in that direction. The Eastern
States ginned very little more for the pe
riod than Iasi year; Georgia only 9,000
bales more; youth Carolina, 7,000 more:
North Carolina, 2.000 more, while Ala
bama ginned 18,004) less in spite of per
fect weather. Oklahoma shows exhaus
tion with 94.000 hales ginned for the pe
riod, against 144,000 last year. The larg
est period ginnings are in Arkansas,
with 133.000. against 112.000 bales last
year, and Mississippi 220,000, against
173.000 bales last year.
An important feature In supply calcu
lations is the exceptionally heavy loss
bv damaged cotton, further increased by
the recent severe weather - eondifi-oiK
over the Western States. An English
statement says that their insurance
companies have so far paid a half mil
lion pounds sterling on claims for dam
aged cotton.
Liverpool came in firm with futures
about 3 points better than due; snot
prices 5 points higher; sii'es. 15,000
bales. Prices eased, however, in the
last hour on th*- Census being larger
than e xpected. First trades Vic e wene
at a decline of 5 points, but a good
demand sTmwed up on even tills slight
concession arid the market ruled steady
around 13.18 for March. This is con
vincing proof that there is n>- weak long
interest In the market.
The movement is very light, owing to
disturbance to traffic in the Western
States. Spots are firm at quotations.
Good steady inquiry.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
Cotton Gossip
Anaconda
A tchison
Atlantic (
B. and O...
B. R. T.
Can. Pacifi
Ceil. Leather..
C. and O
Corn Products.
Erie
uu. pfd
f>. N. pfd.
| tl. N. O. .
; Great Western
III. Central...
iInterboro ....
| do. pfd
K. C. S.. . .
Tvl.. K. anti T.
ti Va! . v
Mo. Pacific. .
N. Y. Central
No. Pacific. .
Penna. . .
Reading . . .
R. I. and Steel
Rock Island .
do, pref. .
So: Pacific . .
So. Ra<; wa y .
do, pref. .
St. Paul . . .
Tenn. Copper.
Pnlon Pacific
U. S. Steel . .
do. pref. .
Utah Copper.
84%
93 %
120 ,
93%
88%
228%
9%
28%
44
125
II %
108
15 ‘
61
24%
20%
149%
26
96
108
109%
164
19%
14%
23%
87%
Y\-C. ( hem.
YY. Union .
W Electrle
100
30%
154%
577k
105%
48%
28%
63
Low
70%
23
27%
S8%
44
38%
30%
63
102
120
34%
927*
120
93%
88%
28%
43%
UM %
83
11%
108%
14%
60%
24
20%
149%
25%
05%
107%
109%
163%
19%
23%
87
99%
30%
L'»4%
57%
105%
47%
28
63
65%
p. m.:
1:30 TTeV.
P.M. Close
70%
57%
88%
44
39
31
63
102
120
34%
93
120
93%
88 %
228%
70 Vi
23
87%
43%
17%
30 %
62%
106
119%
34%
92%
118
93%
Dec.
May
July . .
OATS—
Dec. . .
May . .
July . .
PORK—
Jan. . . 21.05
May . . 21.17 V,
LARD—
Jan. . . 10.82%
May . . ! 1.12%
RIBfl
Jan
May . . 11.27%
). m.
Ix>w.
88%
91 %
$9%
71%
74)%
69%
40
42%
42
20.92%
21.00
10,77%
11.07%
1:00
P. M.
88%
92%
ClOtH
88
91%
88%
71%
70%
69%
40
427*
42
31.00
21.05
11.07 V
U.17% 11.17%
* - -4-
71
TO
40%
43
42%
21.02%
21.10
10.77 1
11.10
11.04)
11.22%
LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET.
L1Y ERPOOL, Dec. 8.—YY'heat opened
unchanged to %d higher; at 1:30 p m
the market was %d higher; closet] %d
higher.
Corn opened %d lower; at 1.30 p. n,.
tiie market wan lower: cloyed
1 h®■%d lower.
PRIMARY
Wheat—
SR1 Receipts
4 I Shipments
226 % Corn
Receipts
Shipments
28%
44
125
33
11%
108%
1 1%
60%
24
20%
1 4 9 %
26
108
109%
163%
19*4
14 %
23%
87%
99%
30%
154%
577*
105%
48%
2R
63
56%
9
28
43%
124%
32%
11%
lo7
14%
60%
20
148%
25 a,
95 %
107%
109
162%
19
14%
23
87%
22%
74%'
99%
29%
152%
58%
104%
47%
27%
62
65 %
MOVEMENT
1913.
. .1.100,000
. .1.234.000
.. 993,000
537,000
1912
2,191,000
1.177.000
1.036.000
316,000
NEYV YORK. Dec. s The ginners
came about an expected anti fell fiat
after tiie call. Everybody looks fur low
er prices before or after tiie Census es
timate.—J. M. Anderson.
m *
Wilson. Mitchell, lfentz Jnd Schill
were the leading buyers. The ring
crowd were general sellers. on the
opening Riordan was the heaviest seller
L( JNDON
at 271-16d.
BAR SILVER.
Dec. 8 Bar silver steady j more imminent
GRAIN NOTES.
“YYheat- We look for a steady markc;
an d a gradual hardening in prices.
“Corn ~\\ «; Took for a good demand as
soon as shippers get anything to won,
on.
“Oats We feel friendly to prices ami
advise purchases of Mav oats on fab-
setbacks.
* Provisions—There continues go...
class of investment buying of the de
ferred futures ”
B. W. Snow says: “The abnormal
growth of wheat this fall, leaving it
soft and sappy and without, gradual
hardening to cold weather, puts it in
a condition where sudden anti severe
freezing might work great damage. The
fact ill at the condition is now reported
very high* because of the rank growtu
above ground, must not be taken os
any Indication of capacity to withstand
winter trials The contrary is more
apt to be true, because with warm
weather and surface moisture the tend
ency is to make tops instead of
roots.
' \ moderately dry cold fall is th-
best preparation for winter wheat."
V * *
Tiie threat of “locust" damage to
this year's Argentine corn crop ar
pears serious. The Times, of Argen
tina, November 3, says: “Locust news
is becoming gradually more serious and
tiie insects are certainly advancing
further south. They are appearing in
various parts of Santa Fe. Day after
day news is received that the flying
‘locusts’ are depositing their * j ggs. and
while these beds arc being attacked,
vert he less the plague seems to be
The
drama
“Over the Sea” at Bijou.
itional English melo-
the Sea.” is announced
sens*
“Over
t ! * in | Prev
!Dpen ! Hlgh 1 LowIP. \T ! Close
Dec . . .'12.90 12.90 12.90 12.95J2.97-99
Jan.' . . . 15.03 1.3.05 12.99 13.03 13.06-07
Feb '13.07-09
March . . !13.17)13. J913.12! 13.16 13.21 -22
April. . .! ! 13.22-24
May . . . 13.24j 13.26 13.19*13.22 13.27-28
June . . .' 1 113.27-29
July . . . 13.24 13.28 13.24 13.26 13.30-31
Oct. . . . 12.06
COTTON MARKET OPINIONS.
E. F. Hutton & Co.: “The market
acts fairly evened up for the report,
which is expected to show around 12,-
000.000.”
Miller & Fo.: “We do not believe any
sustained advance likely.”
Logan Sz Bryan: “The immediate
course, of prices will he governed by the
Government figures.”
COTTON SEED OIL.
NEW YORK, Dec. 8 Selling by re
finers against crude purchases was re
sponsible for a slight, decline in cpfrton
seed oil this morning. There was little
evidence of pressure, however, and the
. , ... . . 4 . r »« • .decline was soon checked by scattered
for production Lus week at the Bijou buying market orders supposed t.»
■* T " 1 1 " ‘ ~ x have emanated from cotton houses.
Shorts were moderate buyers also,
while the crowd have bee » bearish for
some time past, the commitments on th
by the Jewell Kelley Company. N<
better play could have been selected
for the sixteenth week of the com
pany's stay in Atlanta. The c*tor>
appeals to all classes of theatergoers.
It is one of thrilling interest, and
pretty love story runs through the
four acts. Neither money nor pains
have been spared to give the play a
beautiful staging.
Yvette at Forsyth.
An imported sensation—Yvette, di
rect from the Folies ftergere of Paris
—heads the biP of quality that will he
the all-week attraet-ion at th- For
syth, starting with matinee this aft
ernoon. On the bill are Home of/he
most distinguished variety features in
vaudeville. The management realizes
that people who are tired after yarlv
Christmas shopping require somefhing
unusual in an entertaining way, and
nl 1 through It is believed the show
i will class with the best'hits of ‘.iv?
fr ii
Forsyth history. The Australian B*
Scouts will give exhibition drills and
show how the English Boy Scours
spend their time in camp; the NIchol
sisters will sing songs and offer black
face comedy: th* Rosalres have a new
idea in an act that has value, and
Goldsmith and Hoppe, Eldridge an 1
Barlow and the Hickey brothers w !1
assist iti entertaining.
short side are not believed to be lieavv.
THE WEATHER.
Conditions.
WASHINGTON, f >*•<• 8. Tempera
tures have fallen decidedly over the
East and South, with freezing temper
atures as far South as the interior of
tin* Gulf States.
The indications are that the weather
will be generally fair lo-nigM and Tues
day east of the Mississippi River, ex
cept snows ar*- probable to night In
northern New England, the interior <u
New York and upper and lower lakes.
There will be frost to-nighf us far
south as Northern Florida.
(Jeneral
General
forecast
da
Forecast.
until 7 p
Georgia-Fair to-night and Tues-
rising temperature.
Virginia. North Carolina, South <'
Una. Florida, Alabama, Mlssissi
Tennessee- Fair to-night and Tu*-.-.
rising tern pe rat u r es.
VISIBLE SUPPLY CHANGES.
Following shows the weekly visible
supply chong s of grain for tiie w.-.-i
wheat increase 4,071,000 bushels
Corn, increase, .126.000 bushels
S
EGOS—Fresh country candled.
37c. cold storage, 34o.
BUTTER-—Jersey anq creamery, in
1-lb. blocks, 27%#80c; fresh country,
fair demand, 18&20c.
UNDRAWN POULTRY—Drawn, head
and feet on per pound Hens. 167rl7c;
fries, 22%@24: roosters, 8&/ioc; turkeys,
owl tig 4o fatness 17@l0c.
LIVE POULTRY — *0@45c:
roosters. 3»%i35c; broilers. per
pound: puddle ducks. 30@3ftc: Peklns,
35 (?t 40c: geese. &O@60r each: turkeys,
owing to fatness 27c.
FRUITS AND PRODUCE.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES—Lem
ons. fancy, $3.75@4.00: celery, $6.00;,
Florida oranges, $1.75@2,00; bananas.
2%f/3e , |b.; cabbage, per crate, 2%o lb.; j
peanuts, pound, fancy YMrglnia, 6%<?i7c:
choice. 5%@6; beets, $1.75@2.00: In !
half-barrel crates; cucumbers. $2 00@ i
2 60; eggplants, $2.60^3.00 per crate;
peppers, $1.50@X,75 per crates tomatoes,
fancy, six-basket crates $2.50@3; on
ions. $1.50 per bush**!: sweet potatoes,
pumpkin yams. IB (f? 80c per bushel:
Irish potatoes $2.5(w2,60 per bag; con
taining 2% bushels; okra fancy, six-
basket crates, f1.50@1.76.
/ NUTS.
Brazil nuts 164* 18c per pound; Eng
lish walnuts. 14@16c per pound: pecans,
owing to size. 12%@30c per pound.
FISH.
FISH—-Bream ann perch, 7c pound;
snapper, 10c pound; trout. 11c pound;
bluensh, 7c pound; pompano. 25c pound;
mackerel. I2e pound; mixed fish, 5@6o
pound; black fish, 10c pound: mullet.
11% 12c.
PROVISION MARKET.
(Corrected by White Provision Co)
Cornfield hame. ;0 to 12 average, 17%e.
Cornfield hame, 12 to 14 average. 17%c
Cornfield skinned hams, 16 to 18 av
erage, 17.
Corn field picnic hams, 6 to 8 aver
age. 12% c.
Cornfield B. bacon, 24.
Cornfield sliced bacon, l-potmd boxes,
12 to case, $3.30,
Grocers* style bacon, wide and nar
row. 17%c.
Corn fie d fresh pork sausage, link or
bulk. 25-pound buckets, 18%.
Cornfield fhankforts, 10-pound car
tons. 13,
Cornfield bologna sausage, 25-pound
boxes. 12.
Cornfield luncheon barn. 14%.
Cornfield smoked link sausage, 11.
Cornfield smoked link sausage, in
pickle. 50-pound cans, 5.50.
. Cornfield frankforts, In pickle. 15-
pound kits, 1.85.
Cornfield pure'lard. tierce'basis. 12%.
Country style pure lard, 50-pound tins.
12%.
Compound lard, tierce basis, 9%.
T>. S. extra ribs. 12%c.
D S Bellies, medium average. 13%c.
n! 8.’ Rib bellies, light average, 13%c.
GROCERitS
SUGAR—Per pound otanoaro gran
ulated, 5c: New York refined. 4%c;
plan'atlon, 4.85c.
COFFEE-Roasted (Arbuckle) $2175.
AAAA $14.1>0 hi bulk, in bags and bar
rels <21. green 20c.
RICE - I!'*a«J, 4%@5%, fancy head. 6%
©7c, according to grade. .
LARD Silver Leaf, 13c pound; Scoco. i
pound; Flake White, 8%e* Cotto- 1 rates is en
1 ere $7.20 pe> -,se; Snowdrift. $6 50 per f, >r higher
case ( good.”
SALT Dne hundred pounds, 53c; pale
brick (plain), per case, $2 25; salt brick
(medicated), per case, $4.85; salt red
rock, per hunaredwelgnt, $1; salt white,
per hundred weight, 90c Granocrystal,
per « ase, 25-lb. sacks. 85c. salt ozone,
per case. 30 packages, 90c, 50-lb. sacks,
30c: 25-lb sacks, 18c ,
MISCELLANEOUS — Georgia cane
syrup, 37c axl* grease, $1.75; soda
crackers, pound: lemon crackers,
l< oyster, 7c; tomatoes (tiro pounds).
$1.65 ca.se. (three pounds* %2.26: navy
Leans, $3.25; Lima beans, 7%e; shredded
biscuit, $3.60; rolled oats. $3.90 per cane;
grits (bags* $2.40; pink salmon. $7; co
coa, 38c; mast beef. $3.80; xjrup. SOc
f ,pr gallon Sterling ball potash $3.30
soap. $1,501(4 per case. .Rumford
bakii i powder, -% 50 pe*- ease
LIVE STOCK MARKET
CHICAGO, Dec. 8. lings Receipts
37.000. Market, 5efb/10< higher; mixed
and butchers. 7.60Y/7.95; good heavy,
7 5 ‘ r u 7.90; rough hea*. . 7 35 % 7 65; 11 gbt s
7 45'*/ T.85; pigs. 5.85(0 7.25; null;. 7.70 o>
7.85.
Cattle- Receipts 25,000. Market
steady and 10c lower: beeves, 6.75 (a)
9.40; rows and heifers, 3.25(1(8.00; stock
ers and feeders. -Y25(0 7.40, T* xans, 6.40
^7.70; calves 9.26^11.00.
Sheep- -Receipts 36,000. Market steady.
Native and Western. 3.00^)5.40; lambs,
5.75(^8.00.
STOCK GOSSIP
The New York Commercial;
signs point to an improvement.”
* 4 •
The New York Herald: .Most
fesslonal traders refuse to believe
the market has turned an*I are
fighting the rise. ’
pro*
that
sttli
Tiie New York American: “Brokers
anticipate an advancing market tills
week/’
The New York Wall Hired Journal:
"United States Steel is Wanted by influ
ential people who are n«>t looking to an
immediate condition of affairs in the
trade.”
* * *•
The New York Sun: “Until money ac
cumulates sufficiently to assure a con
tinuance of low •fates and until credit is
again freely accorded and an invest
ment demand awakens it seems idle to
look for sustained or extensive improve
ments speculatively.”
• ♦ •
The New York Post: “From commis
sion houses reports have been received
of a little better investment buying.”
# * >»
O. D. Patten says: “The bank state
ment was a great surprise and much
better than expected. Now we are rea
sonably certain of low rates for money
over the first of the year. I would buy
good stocks for the long pull, especially
Union Pacific.”
# * ♦
NEW ORLEANS, Dec 8. Hayward
K’ Clark: “V'ery heavy country damage
and recent low spell of weather baa in
creased loss from this source. Spin
ners’ supply materially reduced. Liver
pool reports that insurance companies
paid half million pounds sterling for
damaged cotton October shipments
alone.”
* 0 «
The weather map shows fair over the
entire belt, no precipitation, except in
tin- Atlantic Coast district. Cold freez
lug temperatures, except in the coast
portion.
* * *
The New York Financial Bureau says:
“Irregular improvement in the stock
market is expected. On moderate re
cessions purchases of a discriminating
character among railroad Issues are
being suggested by rellab'e interests.
The industrial list is oversold, according
to specialist reports. Signs of the
shorts becoming nervous are increas
ing ”
« • •>
G. !>. Potter says: “The market has
a firm undcrlon*'. with an advancing
tendency. Sentiment seems to lie
changing on the conservative attitude
of the administration regarding busi-
.nes*. Tiie outlook for lower money
nuraging. and the prospect
prices for securities is
New Haven October net earnings af
ter tax were paid shows a decrease of
$615,000, surplus after charges decreased
$883.0tKk for four months net earnings
after taxes December. $2,461,000; sur
plus after charges. December, $3,152,000.
* * *
Branch bought 5,000 shares of United
tes Steel shortly after the opening.
ATLANTA LIVE STOCK.
(By YV. H. While. Jr., of the White
Provision Co.)
Cattle receipts of cattle in yards thi*
were light, with poor assortment
The market ruled steady and unchanged
Hogs continue in fair supply with the
market ruling somewhat easier.
Good to choice steers. 1,000 to 1,200.
(a 6.50; good steers, 800 to 1,000. $6.75f(/
•i 00; medium to good steers, 700 to 85c.
$5.25'((6.50.
Good to choice beef cows. 800 to 900.
$4.75(fr-5.50; medium to good cows, 700
to HOC. *4.25(£t i.30.
Good to choice heifers, 750 to 850. $5
#5.25; medium to good heifers. 605 to
750. $4.2604.50.
Tiie above represents ruling prices of
good quality of beef cattle. Inferior
grades and dairy types selMng lower.
Mixed to common steers, if fat, 800 ;o
900. $4 50<fc(5.50; mixed to common cow -.
Jf fat, 700 to 800, $3.75^4.75; mixed core ,
moil. 600 to 300. S3.25(*i/3.75; good butch
er bulls, $3,50(0 4.50.
Prime hogs, 160 to 200. $7.80(^8.01
good butcher hogs. I 10 to 160, $7,601-
7.80; good butcher pigs. 100 to 140. S7.4 .
It 7.50; light pigs, 80 tw 100, $7.00 'n * .Jo :
heavy rougli hogs. 86.50ft'7 25.
Above quotations apply to corn-fee
hogs, mast and peanut-fattened, lc i i
lVac under.
May Yohe Back,Keeps
Next Husband Secret
NEW YORK, Dec. 8.— Elated ovei
her London success, May Yohe, th
mush* hall artist, has Just arrived
from England accompanied by the
Baroness Y r onStuenkIe.
“I am here to spend Christmas with
mother,” Miss Yohe said. "Then 1
shall return to London and marry.'
“Are you going to remarry Lorn
Hope?”
“If you say who I am going to mai
ry, it might spoil my plans.” she re
plied.
Tennesseeans Check
Georgia Town Fire
CHATTA XOOGA, TENN., Dec. 13.
A hurried response by the automobile
fire apparatus from Chattanooga pre
vented a serious conflagration a
Rossville, Oa.. when the general me:
chandise store of YY'. I. Long was de
stroyed, entailing a loss of $3,000.
A high wind was blowing, but the
flames w^re prevented from spread
ing to the J. M. Card lumber yarn
and other adjoining property.
HU
Friends of Tinsley
Arrange for Bond
rjf'S. —It developed w>
flay that Fleming P. Tinsley, the one
time wealthy cotton operator, who was
indicted by the Federal grand Jury la»f
week, was never arrested.
Friends here, who are among the
most influential, arranged with the Dis
trict Attorney to put up ills bond so
that it would not be necessary to recall
Mr Tinsley to the city until time for
his trial
DEAD BABY IN SEWER.
The body of a baby boy with th*
skull crushed was found in a man
hole at Bpring and Luckie streets
Monday bv city sewer flushers. Tne
body was wrapped in newspapers and
apparently was thrown into the sew
er recently. Coroner Donehoo is in
vestigating.
RIDLEY & JAMES
AUDITOR*
ATLANTA - - GEORGIA