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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS 11 MEXICO CITY vailable Federal Troops Are ished to Oppose Zapatists. Big Battle On. Sidelights GEORGIA POLITICS JAMIS B.NEVTO IT 12,081,100 Bales Ginned to Dec. 1 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 Anslev to-day of the hew tax equalization law as It effects his county. The condition of things in Houston is so typical of the condition in many other counties in Georgia that what this man said is significant, and mnv well be considered thoughtfully by all citizens, especially officials, in other localities. He said: “The Houston Board of County Commissioners met in regular monthly session in Perry reeentlv, and among th~ business transacted was the selection of three representative citizens to serve as local equalizers of taxes, as required by 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 r 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 $18 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; but 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 u T ill prove at tractive alike to foreign capital for investment and the homeseeker. “Now, I am a taxpayer in Houston County—not the biggest one, but a substantial one—and I have a selfish interest in the intelligent enforce-’ ment of this new law. I believe it will furnish the State much more needed revenue; that it will approxi mately flx values at the 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!” YIEXIQO CITY, Dec. 8.—Gen eral Huerta’s family have fled *r; m the capital. They are on their way to Manzanillo, a port on the Pacific Coast. They left - last night on a special, but their departure did not become known until noon to-day. All traveled in a single car and the blinds at the windows were drawn down tightly. Though Huerta has de clared he will fight the revolu tionists “to the end,” it is be lieved that he will soon follow his family. From Manzanillo’ it will be possible to sail for some foreign land, probably Japan. A military train was blown up by rebels north of Iguaia, State of Guerrero, to-day. All the train crew were killed and it is be lieved that a large number of sol diers also met death. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. MEXICO £ITY, Dec. 8.—General Castro’s Federal troops are engaged In a battle with a large force of Za patistas 26 miles from here, between Contreras and AJusco. Fighting is going on near Tres Marias. Zapata’s soldiers began a general advance on the capital at dawn, and had made good progress when they were met by Federals dispatched from here and from Cuernavaca. 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 out any information as to the suc cess or failure of its troops. This lias • aused reports that the Federals ;ire being driven back. There is a growing fear in the city that 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. Border Fight at \ Ojinaga Begins. PRESIDIO. TEXAS (By United States Army Telephone to Marfa), Dec. s.—Mysterious troop movements just over the international line, indi cating that another light on the border is imminent, caused much ac tivity in United States military cir cle.* to-daj , 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 «oon filled with people. From these vantage points it could be seen that a great commotion existed in Ojinaga. Troops could be seen rushing through the streets toward the outskirts. Villa Reported Surprised by Federals. EL PASO, TEXAS, Dec. 8.—Cen tral Villa, the Constitutionalist com mander. has had his entrance into Chihuahua City blocked by an un expected movement among the Fed erals, it was reported here to-day, following a night of activity among ine the rebels in Juarez. Rumors say a battle is going on. General Benevides, commander of the Juarez garrison, spent the night 31 his headquarters in constant tele graphic communication with Villa, who was 30 miles north of Chihuahua r ity. All the telegraph offices in Juarez except the one in General Benevides* office were closed to pre vent leakage of information. The trains were hastily made up and sent southward over the National Railways shortly after midnight. One contained troops and the other med ial supplies, provisions and ammu nition. The secrecy encouraged reports 'bat General Mercado had not allow rf i his entire Federal army to flee, toward the border, but had reformed :s divisions and had succeeded in barring the path of the rebels near s auz, 30 miles north of Chihuahua City. The trainload of provisions, order ed by General Villa to relieve fam ine conditions in Chihuahua City, is still lying- in the National Railways yards in Juarez. The rebel officer in ' harge of the troops guarding the yards said that the line between Jua- nez and Sauz was "being held open ' »<• more important business than the transfer of provisions for civilians.” For 48 hours mystery has attended , , . T u ’ be operations of both Federals and channel between St. Johns Riv'er and rebels and between the Rio Grande ! Sound. Georg!a and F lor- and Chihuahua Citv | ida, $51,000; St. Johns River, Florida, General vmahS planned to enter i *300,000; St. I.uce Inlet, Florida. *100 - 1 .nhuahua City in triumph Sunday I 00( J, Chattahoochee rS 1 t the head of his Constitutionalist Hnd Alabama, below Columbus, $---0, army 000; channel from Apalachicola River l to St. Andrews Bay, Florida, $60,000; Tr-n IT- . -n • 1 1 Alabama River, $100,000- Coosa River. Allied Best Friend; Is Held for Murder j $500,000: Tennessee River, below Riv. j erton, Ala., $120,000. VALDOSTA, Dec. 8.—The Coron- ' r ’ s Jury investigating the killing of •VJls B. Lane, Jr., a nephew' of Mills li Lane, Sr., a Savannah banker, by Mason Williams, in Brooks County, to-day returned a verdict of murder. Williams claims Lane’s hat blew’ off while they were riding in a buggy a nd that Lane got out to get it, and Georgia Farmer's Plea of Former Jeopardy Not Supported on Final Appeal. tally changing the plan of supplying schoolbooks to the children of' the State, the State Board of Kducation on Thursday last adopted schoolbooks for the next five years. It is to the credit of Governor Slaton. State Professm- U ?\ , J? t Woofter thaV*hey d ® c “ ) * d Jo ® WASHINGTON*. Dec. 8—The Su 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. We 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 Darsey, a farmer of Laurens County, Georgia, agafh must face a jury at Dublin, to be tried on an indictment charging him with murdering a fel low-farmer named John Watson In 1910. Darsey's case had been brought to the highest court on a question of former jeopardy. In Darsey's trial the jury returned a verdict of "involuntary man slaughter." A witness had testified IU IlllCOlUIICI U* , “C ... Commerce and Labor H. M. Stanley, • £hat Darsey told him he shot Watson the textile industry has grown to be j "just for fun.” the most important in Georgia. The judge informed the jury he At the close of the year 1912 there' would not accept the verdict, as he were 177 mills in operation in Geor- had not included such a verdict in gia, representing a capital Invest - ; his charge. The jury returned later, ment of $77,000 000. The Commis- and, being unable to agree, the Judge sioner’s report for the same period declared a mistrial. Counsel for Dar- showed in detail the other manufac- sey objected, saying that the judge turing enterprises of the State, and should have accepted the verdict of attracted mtich attention at the time, involuntary manslaughter. 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- When preparations were made to try Darsey again, his counsel Inter posed the plea in bar of former jeop ardy. On this Issue an appeal was tions. All plants that were going a , taken to the Supreme Court of Geor- 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. It is stated that John W. Bennett ! will be a candidate for judg° of the Waycross Circuit in the primaries 1 next year, and that he will be opposed by Colonel F. Willis Dart, of Douglas, and J. L. Summerall. of Black shear. The race is sure to be a heated one, with the result at this time rather hard to forecast. Judge Qulncey, recently appointed to succeed Judge Parker, will not, it is understood, be a candidate to suc ceed himself, desiring to fill the un expired term of his predecessor only. Judge Augustus W. Fite, of the Cherokee Circuit, recently sentenced his first minister of the Gospel. The 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 honor stacked up a mild fine against gia. which divided evenly on the question. Darsey's counsel then car ried the case to the Supreme Court for final determination. THE PLAYS THIS WEEK The Rockmart News has had its ear ' him. $25 only, along with fifteen days to he ground up in North Georgia re- > in jail, to think things over, cently, and it thinks it may have j Judge Fite said he never before had heard something. j sentenced a preacher and hardly The News says: "Notw’ithstandirig : knew how to go about it. but he the fact that the General Assembly j thought the punishment assessed has a measure before that body radi- I about fit the case. WASHINGTON, Dec. S.—Request ing an appropriation of $34,016,395 foT river and harbor improvements and an additional $7,217,500 for contract worKralready commenced, General W. H. Bixby, chief of the army engineers, to-day presented his annual report to Secretary of War Garrison. General Bixby dfew attention to the fact that the appropriations asked are nearly $10,000,000 less than those received for the present fiscal year. The current estimates strike off $7,- 000,000 from the rivers and harbors appropriation and deduct $2,SCO,000 from the amount asked for in the sundry civil bill. While no specific explanation js volunteered by General Qixby as the reason for this decrease iff the pres ent estimates, army officers say that it is due to the “economy warning" recently issued by Secretary Garrison, in which he asked all bureau chiefs to keep their estimates as low as pos sible, eliminating all doubtful items and cutting off all unnecessary ex penses. Among the estimates for rivers an 1 harbor improvements submitted oy General Bixby are the following: Inland waterway between NorfolK, Va., and Beaufort Tnlet, North Caro lina, $800,000; harbor of refuge at Gape Lookout, N. C.. $600,000; Capo Fear River, above Wilmington, N. C., $91,000; Cape Fear River. North Car olina. at and below Wilmington, N. C.. $1 15,000; Savannah harbor, Geor gia, $250,000; Savannah River, below Augusta. $25,000; Altamaha, Oconee and Oemulgee Rivers, Georgia, $40. 000; Brunswick (Ga. s harbor, $33,250 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 is smaller than any crop since 1903. Wheat production, however, seems to be on the increase, this year’s 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 soil, 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 $60,441 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 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 fertilizer* resources; for road man agement and road building, and for. the investigation of the marketing | perament and a play whose merit has All-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’ili see the entire original all- star cast, the same that appeared during the year’s run at the Astor Theater, New York, and the Cort Theater, Chicago, and including Rob ert Edeson. Wilton Lackaye, 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. and those who .are familiar with matters theatrical can easily imagine the wonderfully perfect performance resulting from the best play ever written by Eugene Walter and the acting of a cast which includes the very cream of American dramatic stardom. Hilliard in Fine Play. Robert Hilliard has confirmed his great popularity by his vivid arid vital characterization of Detective Asche Kay ton in "The Argyle Case." w'hioh will be seen at the Atlanta beginning to-night for three nights and Wednesday matinee. He gives the part authority and distinction; his poise is perfect and limpid dic 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 30 is the same associated with Mr. Hil liard during the 26-week run of the unique detective drama, in New York last season. 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 Gramlirh’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 w’ili comprise three of Che best vaudeville numbers seeu this season. Eleanor Monteil at Lyric. That charming actress. Miss Elea nor Monteil, 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 w’hile. Miss Monteil has earned an enviable rec ord as an artist of the first class and with a character suitable to her tern AFTER U. S. REPORT Forthcoming U. S. Crop Estimate Killing Off Business—Narrow Range—Cables Firm. NEW YORK, Dee. 8 Although plenty of cotton was offered for sale, the cot ton market opened steady to-day and first prices were from unchanged to 2 points net higher than Saturday’s final After the cal a weakening tendency de veloped on account of the Census Bu reau report. Although ginnings 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. The figures were construed as bearish and brought out heavy selling from the South and commission houses and with in a half an hour prices showed losses from 3 to 10 points from the opening quotations. The technical position of the market is still against an advance and there is a feeling among the ma jority that prices wil work to a lower level before or after the Government crop estimate, due Friday morning. Unexpected strength of the Liverpool market, showing futures better than due, with spot sales as high as 15.000 bales, was most encouraging to the bull element. This was responsible for the steadiness of the market at the outset After the list had worked lower on the Census report, local bulls and Phllade - phia spot houses were heavy buyers, the latter buying March and selling May. re sulting in a slackening of the offerings and prices quickly recovered the ini tial^ decline. The market developed into complete stagnation during the late forenoon. Prices, however, held steady around the initial range. As a w r ho e the market was the dullest that has ever prevailed on a Bureau day. Inactivity was due chiefly to the pending Government esti mate and a narrow’ market is expected until the report is out of the wav. The percentage ginned to December was placed at 87.9 per cent by the Gov ernment. which W'ould indicate a prob able yield of 14.225.000 bales, against a probable consumption of 14,760.000 bales However, the principle discussion at the moment is the amount of cotton yet to be ginned. Wires from different sec tions of the Eastern belt make the quantity unginned from 10 to 3 per cent. • At the close the market was steady, with prices at a net decline of 1 to 2 points from the final quotations of Sat urday. Following are 11 a m. bids in New York: December. 13 05; January, 12.84 March, 12.98; May. 12 90; .J ilv, 12 79 Following are 10 a . m bids in New Orleans: December. 12.92: .Tanuarv, 13.04; March, 13.18; May. 13 25; July, 13.28. Estimated cotton receipts: _ Tuesday 1912. New Orleans 2.300 to 2.400 9.593 Galveston 6,000 to 7,500 36,473 RANGE IN NEW YORK FUTURES WASHINGTON, Dec 8.—A cotton re port issued to-day by the Census Bu reau allows 12,081,100 bales, counting round bales us half bales, ginned from the growth of 1913 to December 1. com pared with It,854,541 bales for 1912 and 12,816.807 bales for loll. Round bales Included this year arc 86.760, compared with 73.030 for 1912 and 87.996 for 1911. Sett island included 61,616 bales for 1913; 61,276 for 1912 and 87,666 for 1911. Tiie following table shows the number of hales ginned from tin growth -»f 1913, prior to December I. 1913, by Stales, as compared with figures of the amount ginned to November 14 and the number of ha es ginned to December 1 last year, KID RUYIN6 HIT IMS FIRM _ ■ _ . I E! 3etter Attitude of Administration Toward Trusts Promotes General Demand. Low Temperatures With Snow Also Sustaining Factor—Corn Easy on Clear, Cold Weather. States. Dec. 1, I 1913 1 Nov. 14, 1913. 1 1 . 1912. Gi i $ ia . . 2.064.792 1.824.290 2.064.792 Al. / urn .. 1,365,888 1,182,747 1,161.482 Arkansas .. 789.038 60:1,704 659,505 Florida .... 58,490! 83.219 48,630 Louisiana . 340.086 274 997 334.323 Mississippi 955.588 735,797 817.707 N. Carolina 622,746 493.025 754,569 < >klahoma . 76!.rt'' 666,679 869.278 S Carolina. 1.161,437! 995,897 1.04 1,685 Tennessee . 304,506 233.528 208.721 Texas 3,571.331 3,303,565 4,314.821 All others.. 85,763 65.919 70,388 Total, P. S. 12.081.100 10.434.387 11,854.541 Total crop 1 1 14 076,430 The follow*ng shows the number of bales ginned during the period from No vember 14 to December 1: STATES— I Nov. 14 to 1 Nov. 14 to [Dec. 1, 19l2|Dec. 1, 1912 241.000 "** 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 201.000 112.000 7.000 42.000 173 000 128.000 144.000 158.000 50.000 294.000 4.000 >2 Do J13.09113.09! 13.00| 13.03,113.03 113.07-09 Jan 112.86112.86(12.76 12.84 12.84-85'12.85-86 12.81-83112.82-84 13.00 12.90 12.97112.97-98112.99-13 112.92-95 12.94-96 12.93 12.85 12.91 12.90-91 12.92-93 ..12 85-87 12 87-89 •iui 12.83 iii.83 i2.73 ii'gi'iisiw-nriius-iis •\u .12.5$ 12.5$ 12.55 12.55 12.55-57ll2.57-M Or 11 J)k ll.OBU.M 11.37-58; II. HD-12 Closed steady 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 12:16 p. m. the market was quiet. 2% to 3*2 points net higher. Spot cotton 5 points higher; middling. 7.28d: sales. 15,000, of which 10.900 were American. At the close the market was quiet with prices net unchanged to % point higher than the final quotations of Sat urday. Futures opened quiet. Futures opened quiet. Prev. Op'ing. 2 P.M. Close. Close. . .6.97 6.97V* 6.94% 6.94% . .6.95 6 95 tv. 92 6.92 . .6.94% 6.94% 6.91 % 6.91% . .6.1*4% 6.94% 6.91% 6.91% . .6.95 6.95 6.92 6.92 . .6.95% 6.92% 6.92% . .6.96 6 95% 6.97% 6.92% . .6.93 6.90 “ 6.90 . .6.91 6.90% 6.87% 6.87 . .6.76% 6.73 6.73 .6.53 6.53 6.50 6.49% .6.43 6.40 6.39% Georgia Alabama Arkansas Florida Louisiana Mississippi .... North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas .... Others | Total 1,646,000 j__ M16.000 The distribution of the sea Island cotton for 1913 by States is: Florida. 22.207; Georgia, 34.813, and South Caro lina. 4.496 Domestic cotton exported during the month of November, 1913, was 1,504,517 running bales and foreign cotton Im ported 7,918 equivalent 509-pound bales. Propitious Week In Dry Goods Trade Marshall Field & Co., In their weekly review of the dry goods trade, say: "Propitious tendencies have deve’oped in the dry goods trade during the first 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 tlie 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 the country and retailers are inc'ined to keep them that way. at leas^untll after the first of the year.” By CHARLES W. STORM. NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—Canadian Pa cific was the leader at the opening of the stock market to-day. After be ginning at 227»i for a gain of 1%. Ca nadian Pacific advanced to 228%. The list was strong and al! 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 ment that a policy of the Wilson Ad ministration would be to give warning to offending corporations to readjust their affairs out • of court where this couul he done without resort to the Sherman anti trust act New Haven itself failed to respond to the general rally. This issue declined ].*• Among the other gains were United States Steel common, *2; Union 1 a cl fie. i; Southern Pacific. %; Read ing , \, Amalgamated Copper. %; American Canadian, V4; Chino Copper, %. and General Electric, %. T ho curb was firm. Americans In London were strong above New York parity. Pressure was exerted in the final hour and a number of issues made frac- tional declines from their noon range, I Among them were Steel, Union Pacific, Reading. American Can and Amalga mated Copper. American Sugar Refin- ng sold down a point in the late trad ing. going to 102. the lowest price this stock has touched since 1908, when it sold at 98%. New York Central was heavy, declining over a point to 94%. The market closed steady. Govern ments unchanged; other bonds strong. Trading sentiment turned bullish after the initial transactions, and during the carry forenoon the speculative element was active on the long side. The heavy buying by some of the large dealers w«»s prominent in helping the advance. I rilon Pacific, Lehigh Valley, Heading and Southern Pacific advanced %. At 228%, Canadian Pacific was up %. New Haven was affected with a slump, de clining 1% to 76%. Ca’l money loaned at 5 per cent. NEW YORK STOCK MARKET. ST. LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS. Wheat No. 2 red Corn, No. 3.. Oats, No. 2 " **v». m 1 evi 95(&»97 Corn, No. 3 17 CHICAGO, Dec 8.—Wheat, closed at a net advance of % to-day. The in crease of more than 4,090,000 bushes In the visible suppl> during the last week was the leading bearish influence. Corn closed with losses of % to lUc and oats were off $. Provisions were fractionally lower. Grain quotations: Low. Cotton Gossip Stock quotations: STOCKS— High Amal. Copper.. 71% Am. Agrieul Aru. Beet Sgr. 23 American Can 28 do pfd 88% Am. Car. Foun. 4 4 Am. Cotton Oil 39 Dec. . . Dec.-Jan. Jan.-Feb. . . Feb.-Mch. . . Mch.-Apr. . . Apr.-May . . May-June . . June-July . . July-Aug. . . Aug.-Oct. . . Oct.-Nov. . . Nov.-Dec. . . Closed quiet. and distribution of farm product®. Altogether the desired increases total over a million dollars. Vein Photos May Oust Finger Prints NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—The finger print method of the Identification of criminals may some day be supplant- w hen the horie°made an attempt to ! ed by photographing the veins of the f ; a-sh away Lane called out that if i hand, according to Professor Tamas- ' imams tried to leave him he would j gia. of the Univ-rsitv r' Padua. Italy. 1 : >1 him, at the same time throwing] H> -ays the merest novice can de- hand behind him as if to draw a] tect variations in the veins of the Pistol. It was then, Williams says, i hand. 1 " shot Lane. POSTMASTER TO BE MAYOR. HATTA XOOGA, TENS., Dec. S — municipal election at Rossville. Th p 3 -' resulted as follows: Mavor, Chas. Jones; Marshal, John Wheeler; U* Assessors. C. L. Gribble. S. E. °tt. J. l. Rowland: Mayor-elect Jones is the postmaster At Rossville. * vestlgating. dead baby in sewer The body of a baby boy with th# skull crushed was found In a man hole at Spring and Luckie streets Monday by city sewer flushers. The body was wrapped in newspapers and apparently was thrown into the sew er recently. Coroner Donehoo is in- Bandit Lopez Still Alive in Utah Mine BINGHAM, UTAH. Dec. 8.- Raphael Lopez., the Mexican bandit w r ho already has taken six lives, is alive in the Utah Apex mine, and is closely pressed by a searching party of twelve men. Evidence that I#opez 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 some pieces of burlap with which th** Mexican had bound his feet. These articles were not there Saturday. First Indian in U. S. Named to Priesthood SUPERIOR, WIS., Dec. 8.—Phlpp 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 United States. NEW PASTOR WELCOMED. DUBLIN, GA., Dec 8.—The Rev. T. W. Callaway, the new pastor of the . ( First Baptist church here, was formally 1 VI 1 welcomed to the church and the city ^ . , Sunday night by the other Dublin pas- Goldsmith and Hoppe, Hldridge an 1 tors at a union service held at the First 1 Barlow and the Hickey brothers will Baptist church, , I In aatartaininfa been unanimously Indorsed in New York and London, It is certain that an exceptionally clever performance will be given. “Over the Sea” at Bijou. The sensational English melo drama, “Over the Sea,” Is announced for production this week at the Bijou by the Jewell Kelley Company. No better play could have been selected for the sixteenth week of the com pany’s stay In Atlanta. The story appeals to all classes of theatergoer®. It is one of thrilling Interest, and a pretty love story runs through the four acta 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 Bergere of Paris —heads the bill of quality that will he the all-week attraction at the For syth, starting with matinee this aft ernoon. On the bill are ®o mft of *he most distinguished variety features in vaudeville. The management realizes that people who are tired after early Christmas shopping require something unusual in an entertaining way, and 1 afl through it is believed the show will class with the best hits of the Forsyth history. The Australian Boy Scouts will give exhibition drills and show’ how the English Boy Scou.s spend their time in camp; the Nichoi sisters will sing songs and offer black face comedy; the Rosaires have a new an act that has value, and c e a JC a * o m± * n • • O w • if O T J J'f 6 n o HAYWARD A CLARK'S DAILY COTTON LETTER NEW ORLEANS. Dee. 8.- The Census gives 12.081.100 bales ginned to the first of December, comparing with 11.854,541 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 Hast year. The percentage ginned to December 1 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 last year; Georgia only 9.000 bales more; South Carolina, 7.000 more; North Carolina, 2.000 more, w’hile Ala bama ginned 18,000 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 ealeu- lations is the exceptionally heavy loss by damaged cotton, further increased by the recent severe weather conditions 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; spot prices 6 points higher; sa'es, 15,000 hales. Prices eased, however, in the last hour on the Census being larger than expected. First trades here were at a decline of 5 points, but a good demand sTtowed up on even this slight concession and the market ruled steady around 13.18 for March. This is con vincing proof that there is no weak long interest in the market. RANGE IN NEW ORLEANS FUTURES 13.03 13.06 12.99 13.04 18 04-05 12.97-99 13.06-07 15.05-07 13:07-01 .Tn Fb . Mr 13.17 13.20 13.12 13.19 ; 1.3.18-19 13.21 -22 Ap ( 13.1 9-21 ! 13.22-24 My 13.24 13.26* 13.19*13.26 13.25-26 13.27-28 Ju 13.25-27 12 27-29 Jul 13.24 13.28 13.24 13.27 13 > 28 13.30-31 v’ '-/■ \ Closed steady SPOT COTTON MARKET. Atlanta, stea/ly; middling 13%. Athens, steady; middling 13%. Macon, steady; middling 13%. New Orleans, steady; middling 13 3-16. New York, quiet; middling 13.40. Philadelphia, easy; middling 13.65. Boston, quiet; middling 13.40 Liverpool, steady; middling 7.28/1. Savannah, steady; middling 13 1-16. Augusta, steady; middling 13 516. Charleston, steady: middling 13%. Norfolk, steady; middling 13%. Galveston, quiet; middling 13%. Mobile steady: middling 13%. Wilmington, steady; middling !3c. Li tie Rock, quiet: middling 13c. Baltimore, nominal: middling 12%. St. Louis, quiet; middling 13%. Memphis, quiet; middling 13%. Houston, steady; middling 13 1-16. Louisville, firm; middling 12%. Charlotte, eteady; middling 12c. NEW YORK, Dec. 8. -The glnners came about as expected and fell fiat after the call. Everybody looks for low er prices before or after the Census es timate.—J. M. Anderson. * * • Wilson. Mitchell. Hentz and Sehill were the leading buyers. The ring crowd were general sellers. On the opening Riordan was the heaviest seller. • * * J. M. Anderson: Liverpool was better than due at our opening with 15,000 sales, which was rather bullish, but the ginning figures posted just before the opening showing 12.081.000. brought out considerable selling, although it was around what was expected. There was heavy liquidation said to come from houses believed to be long of the mar ket and the ring generally sold during the first hour an<L support w’as lacking However later a ^demand started com ing from brokers closely identified with some of the spot interests and those with foreign connections, which stead ied the market up. Sentiment contin ued bearish with the majority. But I understand several of ♦he larger opera tors are advising friends to bo cautious on the bear side from this level. A nar row market is expected, however, until the Government estimate is out of the way on Friday, * * * NEW ORLEANS, Dee 8. Hayward A Clark: "Very heavy country damage and recent low spell of weather has 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 on October shipments alone." * m 0 The weather map shows frir over the entire belt. 110 precipitation, except In the Atlantic ('oast district. Cold free/, ing temperatures, except in the coast portion. American Ice.. Amor. Loco... 31 Amer. Smelt. ftSH Am. Sugar. . 104H Am. T. ami T 120 Am. Woolen.. Anaconda . . 34% Atchison .... MU Atlantic C. L. 120 B. and O 93% Beth. Steel... 2»$4 B. R. T 88% Can. Pacific. Cen. Leather. 2i> % C. and O 57 Colo. F. and I Colo. Southern Consol. Gas... Corn Products 9U D. and H Den. and R. G Distil. Secur... 164, Erie ns». do pfd 44 Gen. Electric 140 G. N. pfd 126 G. N. O 33 % Low 1 • 23 27% 88% 44 , 38% 30% 63 102 Cl os Prev Bid. Close 70% 70% 43% 23% 27% 88% 44 38 21% 30% 62% 102% 118% 119% .... 15 43 V 23 34% 92% 120 92% 29% 88% 227% 25% 57 16% 28% 43% 139% 124% 33 11% 108% 14% 60% COTTON SEED OIL. NEW YORK. Dei. 8 Selling by re finers against crude purchases was re sponsible for a slight decline In cotton ■ead oil thi* morning. There wa® little evidence of pressure, however. $nd the decline was soon checked by scattered buying on market orders supposed tq have emanated from cotton houses Shorts were moderate buyers also, whit*» the crowd have bee t bearish for some time past, the commitments on the short side are not believed to be heavy. Cotton seed oil quotations: Opening. | Closing - 7’04<®7.1<f 26 96 103% 108 24 % 20% 149% 25% 94% Spot . . . December January February March. April . . May . . , June . . July . . 6.95(8>7.05 7 62a 7 or, 7.03(^7.08 7.12(&)7.14 7.18^7.19 7.24(®7.26 7 25 - 7 29 7 8407 86 7.0807.06 7 04 'r 7 OS 7.0907.10 7.18C® 7.14 7.17®7.1# 7.-Vo 7 20 7.27 #7.32 7.35 ft) 7.36 Closed steady; sales 13.800 barrels. COTTON MARKET OPINIONS. E. F. Hutton A Co.: "The market acts fairly evened up for the report, which is expected to show around 12,- 000,000.“ Miller A Co. : "We do not believe any sustained advance likely." I^ogan A Bryan: "The immediate course of prices will be governed by the Government figures." PORT RECEIPTS. The following table shows receipts at the ports to-day compared with the same day last year: I 1913 9.249 New Orleans. Galveston. . . Mobile Savannah. . , Charleston . . Wilmington . Norfolk. . . . New York . . Boston. . . . Pacific coast . Various. . . . Total. . . . 5,278 4.506 9,730 4,392 2,834 4,927 '“iis’ 4.412 1.882 47.345 1912. 10,684 21,778 1.584 8.428 2.590 2.023 3.102 368 630 5,471 ‘ 56.498 I (heat Western. 11% ! ID. Central... 108% Interboro .... 15 do. pfd 61 Int. Har. (old) .... K. C. S.. . . 24% M. . K. and T. 20% do, pref. L. Valley. . . 149% j L. and N Mo. Pacific . . N. Y. Central Northwest. . . Nat. Lead . . N. and W. . No. Pacific . O. and W. . Penria. . . Pacific Mail P. Gas Co. . . 118% P. Steel Car Reading . . . 164 Vi K. I and Steel 19% do, pref. . Rock Island . do, pref. . S.-Sheffield. . So. Pacific . . So. Railway . do. pref. . St. Paul . . . Tenn. Copper. Texas Pacific Third Avenue Union Pacific. 153% 153% U. S. Rubber U. 8. Steel . . 57% do, pref. . 105% Utah Copper. 48% V. -C. Chem. . 28% Wabash do. pref W. Union . . W. Maryland. 34% 93 119 93% 29% 88% 229 % 25% 57 26% 28 128 9 Vi 151 17% 16% 28% 43 % 139 124% 33 11% 107 14% 60% 101 20 54 1491 133 87% 43% 37% 21 30% 62% 106 119% 14 34% 92% 118 93% 29% 88% 226% 25 56% 26% 28 128 9 151 17% 16% 28 43 V; 139 VIVA 32% 11% 10 14% 60 \ 1019i 20 53% 148% 132% 25% 95% High WHEAT— Dec. . . 88% May . . 92% July . . 89% CORN — Dec. . . 72 May . . 71 July . . 70 OATS— Dec. . . 40 May . . 43 Vi July . . 42% PORK— Jan. . . 21.05 May . . 21.17% LARD— Jan. . . 10.82% 10.77% 10.77% May . . 11.12% 11.07% 11.07% RIBS— Jan. . . 10.97% 10.97% 10 97% May. . . 11.27% 11.17% 11.20 Previou® Close. Close 88 91% 88% 71* 70% 69% 39% 42% 42 20 90 31 00 88 91% 88% 71 70% 69% 39% 42% 42 20.92% 21.05 88 91% 88% 72% 71 70 40% 43 42% 21 02% 21.10 10 77% 11.10 11.00 11.22% CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS. CHICAOO. Deo. 8.-Wheat, No. 2 re<l, 96H&97; .No 3 red, 93@95; No. 3 hard "‘"‘eL 88 % & 50 V.; No. 3 hard winter. SJ4;8.IL, No. 1 northern spring, 91U@ JJ; No. 2 northern spring, SOV4&91: No 3 spring, 88Vi®89i4. t orn. No. 2 (all new), 72U: No 2 C.f) N ,° 8. «Tft70; No. 3 white, N". 3 yellow, 70^*72; No. 4, t.„ ; No. 4 white, 68@68; No 4 yei.ow. t!7to70. Oats, No. 3 white. 4H.®42U; No. 4 white, 40V4@41 Vi; «ta.ndard. 4144(843?,. st. louis Cash quotations. 81T. 1.01 Ift, Dee. 8.— Wheat: No 2 red 95@;t7: No .1 red. D410 84Vi; No. 2 hard. 88894; No. 3 hard, 8D,.',(d94 t orn: No. 4. 71: No. 2 yellow, 82, old; No. 3 yellow, ,o. new: No. 4 vellow, 72- No. 3 white. 73; No. I white,'88. t'.f'N, No. 2. 41 Vt. No. 3, 40U: No. 2 W1 "■ 42j. No - * n'die. 41 % @42V,; No. 3 while, 37®41'4; standard. 42'4'n4r,. CHICAGO CAR LOTS. l-’ollowing arc receipts for Monday and estimated receipts for Tueaday: I MondayT ^Tuesday.’ 20 I 38~ 73 > 140 t 7* ! 141 37,000 j 29,000 Wheat (.’urn ' »HtH . . lings . LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET. UVKRPOOU, Her 8 — Wheat opened unchanged to l,d higher; at I ;30 p. m. '" market was %d higher, closed V»d higher. Corn opened %d lower; at 1:30 p. m i 'r a? 1 ?, et was lower; closed -fcfu^id lower. Wheat Receipts . Shipments Corn Receipts . Shipments PRIMARY MOVEMENT. 1913. .1,100.000 • 1,234.000 . 993.000 . 537.000 1912. 2,191,000 1.177,000 1.026.000 316.000 . . 44% 103% 103% 107% 107% 94% 125% 125 43% 103 . 109% 108% 118% 163% 19% 81 14% 23% S7% 22% 75% 99% 30% 81 14% 23% 87% 22% 75% 100 30% • 108% 24 118% 26% 163% 19% 80% 14% 23% 26 87% 22% 74% 99% 30% 13 40% 153% .... 54% 57% 57% 106% 105 47% 48 Vi 63 28 63 W. Electric W. Central Total sales. 65% 65 247,500 shares. 28 3% 10% 62% S3: _ 64 V. 46% 107 V 27 lit'* 23 V 118% 25% 162% 19 80% 14% 09 MO 25 87% 22% 74% 99% 29% 13 40% 152% 54 56% 104% 47% 27% 3% 10 % 62 33% 65 % 43% INTERIOR MOVEMENT. | 1913. Houston ) 5,911 Augusta. . Memphis. . fit. Louie. . Cincinnati. Little Rock Total. . . . 2,109 14.401 1.185 3.185 "26,791 1912. 32,221 11,704 3,750 1.663 2,265 54,323 THE WEATHER. Conditions. WASHINGTON. Dec. 8.— 1 Tempera tures have fallen decidedly over the East and South, with freezing temper atures as far fiouth as the Interior of the Gulf States. The Indications are that the weather will'be generally fair to-night and Tues day east of the Mississippi River, ex cept snows are probable to-night In rorrhem New England, the interior of New York and upper and lower lakes. There will be frost to-night as far south as Northern Florida. MONEY AND EXCHANGE. NEW YORK, Dec. 8. Money on call per cent. Time money unchanged; 60 days, 5 per cent; 90 days. 5 per cent; six months. 4% per cent. Posted rates: Sterling exchange, 4.83 (04.86, with actual business In bankers’ bills at 4.8540(04.8545 for demand and 4.811504.8120 for 60-day bills. Prime mercantile paper fair, 5%05%. METAL MARKET. NEW YORK. Dec. 8.—The metal mar ket was weak to-day. No quotations were made for copper Lead. 4.0504.15; spelter, 5.1005.20; tin, 37.50037.75. UNITED STATES GRAIN SUPPLY. Following shows Ihe world's visible supply of cram for the wee* Meek. This Wheat 62.939.000 Corn 2.352,000 Gats 28,900.000 Week'. least 61.277,000 1.896.000 10.082.000 VISIBLE SUPPLY CHANGES. Following shows the weekly visible supply changes of grain for Hie week \\ heat increase 4,071,000 bushels Lorn, Increase. 32H.000 bushels Data, decrease. 763,000 bushels! NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET. Coffee quotations: J?Pen 1ng"”|~'ciosing"~ January . . , February . . March . . . . April . . . . May June . . . . July . . . . August . . . . September .. October . . . November . . December . . 9.40'g) 9.44: 9.4‘Jfd) 9.41 9.45w 9.55 9.65(o> 9.57 9.56® 9.64^ 9.68® 9.69 9.70(0/ 9.80 9.80^7' 9.8 ; 9 85 .... 9.95® 9.94 9.36® lO.OOl 10.03® 10.04 10.10 ! 10.13® 10.1 t 10.19 10.20® 10.22 10.26 10.28® 10. £9 10.306? 10.32'10.32 ft 10.34 10.35® 10.40110.36® 10.38 9.98® 9.30 Closed steady. Sales, 43.250 bags. LIVE STOCK MARKET. D ® c - 8—Hogs—Receipts 31.000. Market, 6c@ 1.0c higher; mixed and butchers. 7.50<&7.95; good heaw 7.75®7.90; rough heavy, 7.35®7.65; light, 7.4p®7.8*>, pigs, 6 850/7.25; bulk, 7./O0J Cattle— Receipts 25,000. Market steady and 10c lower; beeves, 6.7547) 9 40; cows and heifers. 3.25®8.00: stock- era and feeder*, 5.25®7.40; Texans. 6.40 ®7.70, calves 9.25@lf.00. Sheep Receipts 36,000. Market steadv Native and Western, 3 00®5.40; lambs 6.76@8.00 ST. LOUIS. Dec. 8.—Cattle: Receipts, 7.000. including 1,500 Southerns; marker steady. Native beef steers, 7.50®9.15 cows and heifers. 4.26@8.50: Stockers and feeders, 5.00(^7.00; caJves, 6.00® 11 50; Texas, 6.76® 7.00; cows and heifers. 4.00®6.00; calves. 4.25®5.50. Hogs: Receipts, 13,000; marekt 10® 15c higher. Mixed. 7.50® 7.85; good heavy, 7.70® 7.90; rough, 7.85® 7.60; lights. 7.50®7.70; pigs, 6.00®7.00; bulk. 7.5<J® 7.76. .Sheep: Receipts, 3,300; market high er; muttons, 3.7.->®4.90; yearlings, 5.00® 6.00; lambs, 6.25®8.00. ATLANTA LIVE STOCK. (By W. H. White. Jr . of the White Provision Co.) Cattle receipts of cattle in yards this week 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 U206, $6 ®6.50; good steers, 800 to 1,000. $6.75® 6 00; medium to good steers, 700 to 860, $6.25® 5.60. Good to choice beef cows, 800 ta 900. $4.75®5.50; medium to good cows. 700 to 800. $4.23®30. Good to choice heifers, 750 to 860, $5 5.26: medium to good heifers, 605 to ,0. $4.25®4.50. The above represents ruling pudees of good quality of beef cattle. Inferior grades and dairy type* selling lower. Mixed to common steers. If fat, 800 to 900. $4 60®5 60: mixed to common oovs, If fat, 700 to 800, $3 75®4.75; mixed eom mon. 600 to 800. $8.25®3.76; good butch er bulls, $3.50®4.50. Prime hogs. 160 to 200. 87 S*®S.«0: food butcher hogs. 140 to 160, 17.66® .80; good butcher pigs, 100 to 140, $7.40 ®7.50; light pigs, 80 to 100. $7.00®7.10; ' hogs. * heavy rough $6.50®7 25 £ 8 Above quotations apply to ©am-fed hogs, mast and peanut-fattened, lc te l%c under. RIDLEY & JAMES AUDITORS ATLANTA - - - GEORGIA I li