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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