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THURSDAY, APRIL 23.
Todays Financial and Commercial News
AU6USTA COTTON MARKET
Middling closed today at
1334 c.
Tone steady.
Middling last year 1234 c.
CLOSING "QUOTATIONS
Good ordinary 13 3-4
Strict good ordinary 11 7-8
l.ow middling ..12 6-8
Strict low middling 13 1-4
Middling 1-1
Strict middling 13 3-4
Good middling ... 14
Tinges, Ist 13 1-4
Tinges, 2nd ........la 6-i
Previous Day’s Figures
Good ordinary ..» k .13 3-H
Strict good ordinary ...11 7-3
Low middling t Vi b-8
Middling 13 1-2
Low Middling 12 5-1
Strict middling . . *s» 13 3-*
Good middling . .....14
Tinges, first .. «$, ... 13 1-*
Tinges, second 12 5-S
Receipts For Week
stale*. spin. Snip'
Saturday 134 752
Monday ...... 85 11 34
Tuesday 4n:i 402 684
Wednesday. . .. 187 278 416
Thursday 742 336 417
Friday.. • . .
Total 1611 1030 2383
Comparative Receipts
1913. 1914
Saturday .... 164 739
Monday 127 183
Tuesday 67 641
Wednesday 396 412
Thursday 176 672
Friday -—.
Total 920 2647
NEW YORK COTTON
New York. —There was a renewal of
buying 111 cotton today and after start
ing steady, one or two higher, active
months sold four to nine higher, new
high ground for the movement. Unset
ted weather encouraged talk of a late
start with the new crop and there was
renewed covering by July and August
shorts.
Reports that considerable cotton waa
coming here from Galveston for delivery
on May contracts checked the advance
after prices had sold about five to eleven
points uci higher and the market eased
off slightly early in the noon hour.
Relative steadiness of May checked
selling on the -early afternoon setback
led by new crop soitions on better pri
vate crop advices southwest. Futures
ruled about three points lower to nine
points higher.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
New Orleans.—First prices in cotton
were unchanged to one point down but
tiie Mexican situation and rains in the
western belt soon put trading months
five to six points net up.
At a level five to seven points up of
ferings brought about a sag. At noon
prices Were unchanged to two down.
LIVERPOOL COTTON
Liverpool.—Cotton spot firm; good
middling 7.90; middling 7.38; low mid
dling H. 98; ale 12.000; peculation and
export 1.000. Receipts 17,000. Futures
barely steady.
April 7.011*
April and May ... ... ... ... ...6.92%
May and June ... 6.91
July and August 6.77
August and September 6.63%
October and November ~.6.35
December and Janury 6.26%
Jnury nd Fcbrury *....6.26%
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET
Chicago, Ilia.—Rain southwsst Yesult
ed in general wheat selling. Cables dis
appointed hulls. Opened 1-2 to 1 1-8
lowsr. I.ater however a slight rally oc
curred.
Clearing weather In Argentina eased
com. Decrease In shipments from that
country tended nevertheless to keep
prices relatively firm compared with
wheat. Started 1-4 off to 1-8 up. Later
May delivery gathered strength but de
ferred options were weak.
Oat* sagged with other grain.
Provision* succumbed to the break In
cereals,
Lack of export Inquiry kept wheat
depressed. Closed unsettled 1-4 to 6-S
net lower.
Corn closed steady, a shade off to 6-8
up compared with last night.
Open. High. Low. Close.
WHEAT—
May . ... 92 98 92 9219
July .... BTH 8784 8714 8714
CORN—
May .... 64U 6614 6114 63
July .... 6484 65 64% 6484
OATB-- ,
May .... 3784 87% 3714 8784
July .... 3784 378* 3714 3714
PORK—
May . . . .2017 2017 2000 JOOS
July . . . .2039 3082 2010 2915
LARD—
May . . . .1020 1023 1007 1012
July . . . .1040 1 042 1 027 10i>0
RIBS—
May . . . .1100 1103 1095 1097
July . . • .1120 1120 1112 HIE
LIVE STOCK MARKET
CHICAGO CATTLE RECEIPTS.
Chicago. lll#.—Hog*: Receipt* 13,000;
strong; bulk of sale* fIISaSM; light 835a
-668; mixed *3OaMS; h*avv 61<>cxS62 1-2}
rough 810a615; ptg* ?100*35.
t'atll*: Receipt* 4.000; weak; breve*
706a938; Texan st*f*s 710a820; stocker*
«iwl feeder* 550*61!5; cow* and heifers
37«4>$r>0; calve* 600h850.
Hheep: Receipt* 22.000; nleidy; na
tive* 520«670; yearling* 570a740; lamb*,
natlva tlftallO.
TO DORrMUS & CO.
New York.—l Would not sell this mar
ket Short's* looks like May will sell nt
18 rents this week. July continues In
good demand. M. Fadden and ether spot
houses seem In he best buyers. The pub
lic 1* beginning tn come In and this Will
heir, advance.—Anderson.
DOKEMT'S & CO.
TO COBR BROS. A CO
New York. -There was good demand
for the old crop hut ernwd inclined to
*•11 the new. gelling was much mors
general than the buying, hut huylng of
old omit coming from spot people. There
Is much reactionary talk, nvrket show
ing po weakness however, ring short end
win probe!.;. run In before dsy I*
over, Prefer huy’ng on all soft spots
far the pfareof. - Anderson.
COBU BROS it GO.
Stocks and Receipts
Stock in Augusta* 1913 ......... 64,779
Stock in Augusta, 1914 43,07*1
Rec. since Sept. 1, 1913 320,668
Bee. since Sept. 1, 1914 360,809
Augusta Daily Receipts
ms. nit
Georgia Railroad 20 280
Sou. Railway Co 81 77
Augusta Southern
Augusta-Aiken Ry. Co. ... 3
Cen. of Ga. R. R 36
Georgia and Florida 6
C. and W. C. Ry. 2 1
A. C. L. R. R 13
Wagon 1
Canal -
River ....
Net receipts 103 416
Through 73 156
Total 176 572
Port Receipts
Today. Last Yr.
Galveston 5181 2770
New Orleans 4672 2611
Mobile 218 316
Savannah 1867 1830
Charleston 164 364
Wilmington 182
Norfolk 513 463
Total ports (est.) 14‘0'00 5909
Interior Receipts
Today. Last Yr
Houston *.. * 2296 2199
Memphis 368 25
St. Louis * -- 166
Cincinnati - ——*
Little Rock —-
Weekly Crop Movement, End
ing Friday, April 17, 1914.
1914. 1913. 1912.
Shipments . 64,265 47,721 53,838
Slock . ... 92,457 85.978 85,763
Receipts ... 616,200 509,734 343,349
Came in St. 130,686 132,426 142,854
Crop in St. 12,8731054 14,197,157 14,185,681
Vis. Supply 5,538,741 4,910,197 5,287,255
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
At Providence: Toronto, 5; Provi
dence, 3.
At Newark: Rocheeter-Newark, post
poned, wet grounds.
At Jersey City: Montreal, 0; Jersey
City, 7.
At Baltimore: Buffalo, 0; Baltimore 6.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
New York. —Irregular tendencies per
sisted on the stock exchange during the
forenoon and speculative initiative was
lacking in the early afternoon, prices
ruling near yesterday’s close. After the
early decline the market gradually made
up its loss, although the "recovery was
hampered by European selling of Ca
nadian Pacific, Erie and Kansas and
TeXas preferred.
In the early afternon bears were
timid, owing to the support the market
received but bulls were unwilling to take
on stocks owing to the Mexican trouble.
The market passed over unfavorable
features such as the heavy increase In
number of idle freight cars during the
first half of April, stiffness of time
money and commercial paper and the
beatsh attitude of Europe w-rich unload
ed 30,000 shares here.
Bonds irregula*.
COTTON REGION BULLETIN
For the 24 hours ending at 8 a. m.,
751 h meridian time, Thursday, Apr. 23,
1914.
Stations Preclplta
of tlon
Augusta. inches Slate
(Jfl. Temperature*. and hun- of
District. lllgh’t. Low't. dredtbg. weatn.
Augusta . . ..79 61 0 Ft. Cly
Allendale , , ,84 56 0 Clenr
Athens 82 53 0 Clear
Batesbtirg . . 81 49 0 Clear
Blackvllie . . .86 51 0 Clear
Columbia . , .80 5s 0 Clear
Greensboro . ..82 52 0 Pt. Cly
Greenwood . . 82 52 0 Clear
IMillen. ... 84 54 0 Clear
WarrentOTi . ..82 52 0 Cleat-
Washington . .84 56 0 Pt. Cly
Waynesboro ..82 5U 0 Pt. Cly
Heavy Rainfall.
Taylor, Tea.. 1.18.
Texas Rainfall.
Dallas .48; Palestine .42; Taylor 1.18;
Galveston .04; lirownvllle, ,0;4 San An
tonio .19; Beevilie .04; Brenham .04;
Rrownwood .12% CiAsleana .73; Cuero,
■ 04; Eastland .24; Haskell .08; Henriet
ta .32; Kerrvllle .20; Lampasas ,14;
liOngview ,06; Lullng .32; Mexla .66;
Pierce .40; Sherman .14; Temple .90;
Waco .60; Waxnhatchle .76; Weather
ford .80; Kopperl .30. MlSßlng—Ailee,
Austin, Columbus, Dublin, llendo. Llano,
Lohgiako, Marble Falls, Bah Marcos,
Valley Junction.
No. of Ave. of
Stations stations
CENTRAL report', report's
STATION. .10 .10
High- Low- Inch or inch or
est. est. more more
Wlmlngton , .80 54 0 .00
Charleston . . 60 62 0 .00
Augusta. . . .83 52 0 .00
Bavannah , , 81 54 0 .00
Atlanta 83 52 0 .00
Montgomery ..82 54 1 .90
Mobile . ~,...82 62 0 ,(X>
Memphis , . . 82 58 0 .00
Vicksburg . ..78 56 0 .00
New Orleans .76 58 1 .10
Little Rock . .78 56 1 .10
Houston. . . .72 02 21 .40
Oklahoma . . 70 64 10 .20
Remarks.
Rhowefs are reported from Texas snd
Oklahoma, while In the other slates of
the cotton belt generally fsir weather
prevailed during the past 24 hours. Mod
erate temperature prevails.
E. D. BMIOH, Local Forecaster.
HOURLY TEMPERATURES
Degrees
6 A.
TAM. 68
8 A. M 60
9 A. M ....41
10 A ...it,...75
11 A. M ft ..77
12 M
1 I' M 13
2 P. M. i*i ** ***B4
NEAR TRAGEDY,
A Pittsburg millionaire elood beside
his 880.008 sutomoM e womb-ring where
to go next, *ay* the Cbb-ego Post,
A woman whom hs had known rushed
nut of the hot*) snd sought to solve
hi* problem for him In a hurry.
Rhe shot nt him, hut, of course, she
did not hit him.
Inst end th" hullst punctured he
'hnuffeur's leg.
“C-.-a. guns. *b»t was s narrow es-
Cl pe 1" exclaimed the ml'l'OnelfA “fcliS
might have junciured a lire;" |
MRS. MARY C. HULL
DEAD IN SAVANNAH
Former Augusta Lady and
Member of Prominent Family
Passed Away at An Advanced
Age.
The news of the death of Mrs. Mary
Clifford Hull, of Savannah, was re
ceived In Augusta this morning and
will occasion much sorrow here where
she was well known and where she
once made her home during the life
time of her husband the late George
G. Hull.
Mrs. Hull died in her eightyfiftli
year at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
George J. Baldwin, of Savannah after
a short Illness. The funeral services
will be held tomorrow afternoon in
Savannah and will be largely attend
ed by relatives and friends frohi all
over the State.
Mrs. Hull was the daughter of the
late Mr. Adam Alexander of Augusta,
and was the last of a family of ten
children. She was a sister to the late
William Felix Alexander, E. P. Alex
der and James Hillhouse Alexander of
this city, and an aunt of Mrs. E. B.
Baxter, Messrs. Irivin Alexander, Hugh
Alexander and William M. Alexander,
and a great aunt of Mrs. Isaac Read,
all of Augusta.
Mrs. Read, accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. J. P. S. Houston, of Bal
timore, will go down to Savannah this
afternoon and the other relati-os will
leave on the merning train tomorrow
to he present at the funeral.
Mrs. Hull lived on the Hill many
years ago when her children were
small, and has frequently visited the
family here since making her homo
with her daughter, Mrs. Baldwin, af
ter the death rtf her husband.
She is well known here uad sincere
snriow will oe felt at the ne.vs of her
death.
MERCURY WENTWAYUP
TODAY; PREDICT RAIN
Today Was Warmest of Sea
son—At Noon Temperature
81 and Rising—Say Showers
on Way.
The warm weather of today ts to he
followed by showers tomorrow with no
appreciable change In the temperature,
says the local forecaster, E. D. Kmlgh.
The temperature at noon was'Bl de
grees, and as the highest Is reached
between 3 and 4 o'clock usually, It
seemed today was to be the warmest
of the season. The highest recorded
here so far this season was 82 degrees
on the 18th Inst. Yesterday’s maxi
mum temperature was 79.
The weather has warmed up con
siderably in the past 24 hours. A
comparison is shown by yesterday
morning's minimum temperature of 46
degrees against this morning’s 56 de
grees.
Consternation Aroused
When Court Martial
Sentences “Doorboy”
St. Petersburg.—A sentence passed
by the Riga Court Martial on a priv
ate of the 1 tilth Infantry regiment
has aroused consternation among the
civilian public. A conscript named
Raskin was being instructed In ele
mentary drill, with others, by a priv
ate of longer standing. There wus
some illfeellng between Ituskln and his
instructor, and when the latter turn
ed towards another group, Raskin
made a threatening movement with
his rifle, as if to strike him. His
comrades restrained him, and (he In
struction proceeded.
The same evening, In barracks,
Raskin told some other conscripts
that had he not been kept back he
might have killed the Instructor.
This was reported to the sergeant,
who reported It to the captain.
A council of senior officers was
held, at which it was first proposed
to deal with the rase summarily In
side the regiment, as the threatened
man was not an officer nor the supe
rior of the offender. Instead of do
ing so, the colonel reported to Gen
eral Rennonkamp, commander of the
Vilna Military District, and asked for
instructions. He wsb ordered to try
Kaskin by court-martial for doflenro
of military authority. The court mar
tial was constituted at Riga, and it
has Sentenced Raskin to twenty years
penal servitude.
GETTING IN LINE.
Cy Warman, Who deserteil railway lit
erature for a real railway Job In Mon
treal, was In New York last week. Hs
told lhi* story at lunche.m:
A Reotohman eama upon sn auto
moblls overturned at a railway rrosslng.
Ilpehlea It Isy a men all smashed up.
“Get a doctor,” he moaned.
"Did the train hit you?” asked ths
Scotchman.
"Yes, yes; get n doctor."
■'Hss the claim agent been here yet?"
"No. no; pleaee get a doctor.”
"Move over, you;” said the Bent, "till
t lie down beside you."—Detroit Free
Pres*.
ON THE GO.
Msdge Rhe says she hasn't any time
to shop or go to th* theatre. Rha must
he a very busy woman.
Marjorie Rhe NeMalnly I*. Rhs* danc
ing all the time.—Judge.
WHY.
"We don’t, have any grass growing In
our street,” sneered th" New Yorker,
”1 dsre say not," rspllsd th* Phila
delphian 1 suppose your street car
horses nibble It off as they brows*
slong.”—Llptdnnott's.
SPRING SUGGESTION.’
Mr iFttie-Beach Ah, Mis* Barkis, life
la hut * gloomy prison to many of u*.
Miss Barkis Rut why make metiers
worse hy v-lunfertly remaining In Mili
tary confinement? Encheng*.
Glbba—t tell you. nd men, a wlfa
is a very espenslve article
Dlhba- Tru#: Rut you must remsmher
* wife lasts a long ttm*.—J'h tnds'phls
Ledger.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA.
AUGUSTA QUOTATIONS
GROCERIES. PROVISIONS
D. S. llog. ribs, 66-lb 12Vi
1). H. Reg. p Hles, 8-yb av 11
B. B. Clear plates,. .. pj
1). 8. bellies, 25-lb 1314
Pearl grits. 98-lb, all slae $1,116
Yellow corn 94
Red cob white corn .96
Rest White Oats ..'54
uncle Ned self-rising flour 5.40
Medium lienil rice 05
Japan head rlee oxV,
Fancy green coffee 14Vb
Choice green coffee.. ~ 1314
Fair green oofree 12
Tencent roasted coffee. 100 pttgs. ..lb
Arbuckle's coffee pr cs 100-lb.. ..19.6 1
Arbucklcs ground coffee 36 lb 19.80
RAJ coffee, 60 1-lb pkgs., .. .. ..15
Btro coffee, ground, 100 1-lb 21
1’ R molasses, bbls 20
Pecan syrup, bbla 27
Pure leaf lard, 50-lb tins $6.00
N Y gr sugar, bbls or bulk bag5....4.25
N Y gr sugar 4 26 bags 4.30
N V gr sugar (24 511 b ertns) per 1b..4.50
N Y gr sugar (60 2-lb ertns) per lb.. 1.60
Cow Peas- Demand active.
Mixed peas ..2.00
Wh.ppoorwtll, clay and black pea5..2.10
White pens ~2.25
12-oz evaporated milk 3.75
Peerless 5c evap milk 6 doz 2.85
Vi-oil sardines. 100 5c cans $3.05
1-lb chum salmon 85
1- plhk salmon.. 90
2- tomatoes .. ?0
3- tomatoes 9.4
2-lb iima beans.. 90
New Argo salmon per do* 1.50
AUGUSTA SECURITIES,
BONDS AND STOCKS
(Corrected Weakly tor Tti# Au
gusta Harald by Martin & Garrett)
Bank Stock*.
Bid. Ask
Augusta Savings Bank ~.,.,.150
Merchants' Rank 217 226
National Exchange Rank of
AugusTn ........ 135 138
Planters Loan & Savings Rank
(par value 10) .............. 41 45
Citizens & So. Bank 240 250
Union Savings Bank (par
Value $100) 125 ...
Railroad Stocks.
A. & W. P. ft. R. Co 146 130
Augusta A Savannah Ry. 00. .130 304
Clmttnhoocheo & Gulf It. R.
Company 102 ...
Ga. R R. A Ranking Co 267 260
Seaboard pfd stock 50 03
Beaboard Common Slock ...,.20 ii
Southwestern R. R. Co. ..,.,..103 JOS
Factory Bonds.
Augusta Factory, Ist ss, 1915
M AN 98 99
Eaglo A Phoenix Mills Co,
Ist ss, 1926, J. & J 05 100
Enterprise Mfg. Co., Ist Bs
1923, M. A N 90 92
Sibley Mfg. Co., Ist ss, 1923, J.
A J 90 92
Factory Stock*.
Aiken Mfg. Co ihi
Granltevllle Mfg. Co 125
King Mfg. Co. 77 S 3
COLLEGE GAMES
At, Ithaca: Cornell,
(17 inninrs). ,
At West Point, N. Y.; Army 11;
Tufts, 10.
At New Haven, Conn: CoiumhiaS;
Yale, 8.
At Philadelphia; Rutgers, 0; Pennsyl
vania, 2.
At Princeton? FOfdham, 1; Prince
ton, 10: ' iw-j * .’
At Annapolis: Harvard 10; Navy 6.
At Charlottesville, Va,; 11. of Virgin
ia 13; Trinity of North Carolina 3.
At JiPXington, Va.; Guilford Oollego 3;
W. and Li., 1.
•
Anniston 7; Alabama 5.
At Anniston, Ala.; Anniston, Georgla-
Alabama league 7; Alabama Presby
terian College, 6.
Southern University Wing.
At Greensboro. Ala.; Southern tfnl
cerslty, 8; Birmingham College, 0.
USELESS ADMONITION.
Walking from Hope to Mayfield by a
path over the mors, write* a correspond
ent of the Manchester Guardian, 1
found the lilts covered with snow.
A free/, rig east wind made things
anything but pleasant. At on* point 1
hod to admit tluit 1 had lost my way,
snd It wits with relief ths! I found a
sign tost. The InsiYlptlon was blotted/
out with frozen snow.
1 climbed the post and with great dif
ficulty and personal dsoornfort thawed
the enow off Wth my already half-frozen
hand, and succeeded In deciphering the
Inscription. It as Id; "Keep to the
path.” ,
ATTENTION!
If You Don’t Get More
Answers—You’ll Get Your
Money Back.
The Auqusta Herald guar
antees to refund the money
you pay for any WANT AD
that does not bring more
answers than the same ad
in any other Augusta news
paper.
REAR ADMIRAL BADGER
T '““‘ T 'OKAu hxw*
IN SUPREME COMMAND
RECORD EDITOR
IS JRESTED
Jas. H. Moore Charged With
Maliciously Publishing False
Statements Regarding Bleaso
Columbia, S. C. James If. Moore,
editor of The Columbia Record, wan
arrested this morning on two war
rants, .sworn out before n local irmgls
truto by Frank W. Blackburn, charg
ing him with "wilfully and malicious
ly originating, uttering, circulating
anil publishing certain false state
ments concerning one Colo !,. Blease. 1 '
Mr. Moore was released under u $6,000
bbnd to await trial, There are two
specific Instances of alleged libelous
statements appearing In the Record,
the dates being Ayrll 16 and April 21,
1914. Each of the articles referred to
was published In the editorial columns
of the Record and were in regard to
encampment of the national guard at
Charleston. In each of tho affidavits
It Is charged that the alleged editorial
utterances had the effect to injure the
said Colo 1,. Bleast In his reputation,
both personal and political. The state of
Eolith Carolina appears in both In
stances as prosecutor.
LITTLE BOBBIE S PA
(By William F. Kirk.)
Ma handed a book to Pa last nilc At
sod Deorcst, loud Ibis tender love
passage. 1 bet It w(ll mnlk you think
of the days wen you was courting me.
Walt till I finish reeding about this
game the Yankees won from a south
ern team, sed Pa.
No, sed Ma, you must put aside that
spotting page At read this chapter now.
Read It out loud, so Hobble can hear
it. Then maybe lie wll know how to
propose wen he grows up.
I’a took the hook. The nalm of the
hook was The Heart of Desiree, That
is a Joke title, sed Pa. Maybe it is,
sed Ma, but you must read that pas
sage, seven If the tlile doesnt happen
to he The Life of Robert Fitzsimmons.
Ho this is what Pa read;
"You hear?" she cried.
"Yes." he laffod. Ho hit his riding
boot with Is whip.
..‘‘So soon?” she sobbed
"Yes,” ho smiled. His voice was
very tender now.
"Thay told me you were ded," she
cried wildly.
"It was false,” he sinllcd tamely.
"Then it wna really false?" she
laughed joyously.
"Yes,” he cried hoarse-ly.
How much inour of this huvo I got
to read, sed Pa.
Doant you think It Is pretty? sed
Ma. I always liked to read dla-log
like that, heeknkus It sounds so miißh
lo me like the litlle talks that we used
to have wen we was engaged.
We mite have talked n. lot sed Pa,
hut wo wusent all the time luffing At
crying These peeput In this novel
are luffing At crying in every lino they
say. “Yea,” he biffed. “O,” Hhe cried.
They ain't any elns sto that kind of a
talk between lovers, sed Pa. The only
time any of my old flames used to cry
was wen I was callng on (hem A look
ed at the clock At sed I goes* It 1s
time to go hoam. Hum of these days
1 am going to rite a novel of my own.
sed Pa, Ar It won’t he el fill of sobbing
At moaning, eether. This Is the way
I am going to m&ik in y cheerful dia
logue. sed I’n:
"You are braking my hart!” she
luffed gaily.
"I moan to brake It!” ho smiled boy
ishly.
"You would not murder m«7" she
asked with a girlish Tass.
"On the contrary,” he sed with his
rare, hrlle smile, "you ore never go
ing to leeve this room nllva”
Thar* isent any sense to that klnß
of dla-log, sed Mn„
Thare Is as much sense to It ns to
any of the modern novels laitly, snd
Pa. Any man that can set down A
read Vanity Fair A then read a so
ciety novel of today is loose In the
head, Pa sed,
FACTS ABOUT MEXICO
Mexico is nearly three times the pise of Texas andl had in -1910 a population
of 16,000,000 in an area of 767,259 square miles. The population in 1900 was 19
per cent, white, 38 per cent. Indian and 43 per cent, of mixed blood.
Of the principal cities in 1910, Mexico City, the capital, had 470,000 population;
Vera Oruz 45,000; Guadalajara 118,000; Puebla 101,000; San Luis Potosi 82,000;
Monterey 81,000; Chihuahua 39,000. Fifteen other cities had populations of 20,000
to 60,000.
The government is a Federated Republic of 27 States and three Territories,
autonomous in local affairs but bound together by the Oonstitution adopted in 1857.
The President is elected for six years and has a cabinet of eight members. There
are two houses of the legislative body, the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, both
elected by direct vote,
The country has 1,727 miles of coast line on the Gulf of Mexico and the Carib
bean Sea and 4,674 miles on the Pacific Ocean. The boundary line between the
United States and Mexico is 1,833 miles long.
The history of Mexico dates back to the Toltecs who migrated Into the valley of
Mexico in the Ninth Century. The country was conquered by the Spaniards in the
Sixteenth Century.
The Press of the Nation
On the Mexican Movement
Our Action Must End In a Government
Representing Will of Mexican People.
(From the Now York Herald.)
It oan only mum the end of Huerta
and HutVtaism. Once military interven
tion in any form is begun It cannot fltot
until Huerta Is driven from power, until
order is restored throughout Mexico, un
til a government representing the will
of the Mexican people is installed at
Mexico Pity.
The die is cast. Once more the United
States is called upon to take upon its
shoulders the huvilen of putting in order
the house of one of its sister republics
upon this hemisphere. It is a burden
we have not sought. It is a burden we
would have been glnd to escape could It
have been escaped with honor. Hut
civilization demands that the United
Htates exercise primacy upon |hls hem
isphere, and tlds primacy carries with
the responsibility of upholding law nnd
order In the Americas.
No Hostility Against Hexlco as a
Nation.
(Froyi the New YorU Sun.)
lie will have the support of all parties
and a united people in upholding the
dignity of tin* country in fulfilling iis
duty toward Mexico as the same may
unfo'tl itself, with the march of events.
To this it need only be added that
neither in the eyes of our government
nor of the Aim rlcan people will any
hostility be directed against Mexico as a
nation. The only foemnn we shall Know
are those who have been exploiting the
unhappy country and Its population f«
their own selfish ends. In this spirit,
we shall approach reluctantly hut se
renely tho ordeal that may lie before ns
with clean hearts and unselfish purpose.
American People No-'. Anxious for War
(Prom the New York Times.)
This, therefCre, Is emphatically the
hour for calmness nnd moderation. The
American .people are not anxious for
war, and as yet there ts no war. On the
part of our government 11 Is sincerely
to be hoped no false Stop will he taken.
On th part of the people, patriotic sup
port of their chief magistrate tn an hour
of trial nnd the gravest responsibility
will not bo lacking.
At The Grand
“Damaged Goods.”
After the guest performance of
"Damaged Goods" for members of
congress In Washington last spring,
Senator John W. Kern, of Indiana,
was interviewed by one of the Wash
ington newspapers. lie said of the
play and of its interpretation:
1 was especially gratified lo hear
all the distinguished people In the
Washington audience nl 'Damaged
Goods’ -cabinet officers, senator* and
congressmen sound Richard Bennett’s
praises on every hand and w«rm|y
commending the play, and all agree
ing that the crusade in which the
gifted actor was enlisted would cer
tainly he productive of great good to
his fellowmen. 1 hope that Mr. Bon
net! may he able lo curry tills great
work forward, and have the chance |o
give hundreds of audience* the same
'thrill’ that his Washington audience
experienced."
Representative Thomas L. Reilly, es
Connecticut, after tho performance,
gave Ills view of the play in a bon
mot that Is worth remembering. He
sold: "The more we have of 'Damaged
Goods' on the stage, the less damaged
goods We will have in nctuul life."
"Damaged Goods” comes to tho
Grand next Tuesday evening.
FORESIGHTED MAGISTRATE.
“Now, li nime see,’’ said the r 10"] 1 Jus
tice. figuring on tile buck of un old en
velope. relates Harper's Magazine. "Your
bill will come to Jest- 47.”
“Forty-seven dollars?" echoed Wig
glethorpc. ‘Why, juilge, the flue for
ovecxpoefUng I* only 15."
"Vh-jik, I know.” h;ihi tho Justice.
"Tho (hulty-two dollurs Ih for contempt
o’ court.”
"Hut 1 haven’t cxprcHHcd any con
tempt for thin court," pretexted Wiggle
tlxA'pc.
"Not yst ye hnven't," grinned th* Ju*-
tlce, "hilt yo will, my friend, ye will
bfor© y* git a mile out o’ town I've
miule the fine putty stiff *o'h t’ give y*
plenty o’ room to rov© round In.”
Industrial and Construction
Growth For The Week
COlumbu*, G*. Tim Industrial Index
suy» in it* Inmux for thl* week:
"The number of Important contract*
nwarded ih a feature of th* construction
new* for the week, Illustrating the gen
eral and substantial ImHding activity
throughout Mil- Houthoaxt.
"A company hax been organized nt
Macon, Un., with capltxl xtock of $200,-
000 to extubllxh an extensive lumber
plant.
“A cotton need* oil mill, fertilizer
[limit, ginnery and ho factory will h* es
tablished at W**t Point, Oa., by a corn
party now being organized with ample
capital.
"A company I* being organized at
Fort I Marc*, Fla., to erect a hotel build
ing nt a coat of $ 100,000.
"Kallrond shops will h* eetsbllshed
In a xuhurb of Miami, Fla.
"Among the Itcmx of conutrutlon
work to lie done, ox reported thl* week,
arc the following:
"Hank building, Handieeter, Oa.; two
apartment houses, AtiantH, (]».; hotel
building addition*, Hylacauga, Ala., and
Orlando and Ht. Petersburg, Fin.; pav
ing, Florence and Now Decatur, Ala.,
and orhndo, Fla.: clubhouse, Cjuitman,
flu..; library building, JCatonton, On.;
railway passenger Motion*, Oteenxboro,
Oa., and pHx»enger station*, OreeriMbOro,
On., and Hylafiiugn, Ala., school build
ing*, Atlnntu, Oa., Bartow, Fla., nnd
Pheofilx City, Ala.; hospital budding,
I*nn*nrola, Fin., pavilion, Columbu*, Oa.;
road construction, Chilton county, Ala.;
warehouse, West Point, Oa.
"Construction contract* have bs*n
ELEVEN
There Must Be Intervention and War.
(From the New York American.)
Not merely punitive actioh At Tampico
and Vera Cruz will meet the nation’s
demand. Suppression of anarchy and
the restoration of order in Mexico Is the
plain duty of the United States. If that
be war, then so let it be.
Ready to Follow the Line of Public Duty
(From tho Boston Globe.)
With reluctance, because they have a
sobering sense of their responsibilities,
and with no desire for hostilities and
bloodshed, but With determination that
the nation shall not be in any way dis
honored, the people of this country are
ready and willing to follow the highway
of public duty wherever it may lead.
Honor of the Flag to Be Maintained.
(From the Boston Boat.)
It is too late now to talk of ethics,
of diplomatic means of keeping tlie
peace, of moral suasion, of the forbear
ing attitude a strong power should take
toward a weaker one. An ultimatum of
the United Htates Ims been defied and
it must he enforced, without the ter
rors of war, if possible, but with every
resource of armament, if necessary. Tme
lesson shall be only as grim as the in
sulters of the flag choose it to be —but
it shall be effective in any event.
War Would Be Deplorable.
(From the New York levelling Post.)
War means not only the sacrifice of
life nnd treasure; it means the piling
up of tuxes, with their burden crushing
those least able to bear it; it means
peculation And dishonesty and framl,
with the brutalizing affairs; above all,
it means (he subordinating of every
other public question, and the Indefinite
postponement, or entire sweeping away,
of all programs of civic betterment and
social reform. That nothing of this lies
in President Willson's purpose irf Con
ceded; but he must know, and If she
does not he will speedily ascertain, that
a real war with Mexico would make his
inaugural. with all of ItH moving worn*
about the need of broad policies of legis
lation In behalf of the victims of politi
cal and socal Injustice, so much waste
paper.
REVERSING THE CODE.
"What dot you mean by writing me
that mv Jimmie can't pass IhtO the next
grade?” stormed an Irate femaU,
bursting Into the principal 5 * room. “An’
after him doin’ such grand work all the
year.”
“Why, Mrs. Flaherty,” replied tho
teacher, “you must know better tlmn
that. I've sent you his fepol*t cards every
month and you know that, his marks
have been nearly all ’l>'s.' ’’
“Indade they have, and ylt you say-he
can’t pass. 1 don't understand it, mum.”
“I am afraid you don’t understand
our system «>l marking. t) means de
ficient, you know.”
“Hur*. I don’t know phat that may
be, mum, but Jimmie told me ah about
tlie letters. Sure ‘IT is dandy, C’ is
corking, ‘B’ Is burn an’ A’ Is awful—an’
he’s got M's* on’ T>s’ Ivery month.”—
Harper’s Monthly.
MOT SO FINE.
Ills Majesty King George is credited
with the saying that It is vastly *A*ier
to live up to the obligations of a play
king than to those of a real one; and the
same thought with a slightly different
turn, was otico expressed by President
Lincoln, says Leslie’s Weekly.
An intimate friend of the President’s
once visited him at Washington, and
found him in ft greatly depressed frame
of mind.
“This being President Isn't all It Is
cracked up to be, Is It, Mr. Lincoln?”
inquired the colonel.
“No,” answered Lincoln, ids eye*
twinkling momentarily. “I feel some
times I Ice till- Irishman, who, after be
ing ridden on a rail, said: Ttogorra, If
it wasn't for tho honor av th’ thing, I’d
rather walk.”
WANTED FAIR PLAY.
Stamp Clerk -This Isttor is over
weight, madam. *
Woman fit Window—Well, of all the
mean people! Why, I’ve mailed hun
dreds of letter* that weren't anywhere
nesr full weight, and now that I’m seno-
Irig one Just a little bit over you want
to charge extra for It.- Boston Tran
script.
ANOTHkH CASE.
Hllllciia—l know that glrJJlke a book.
Hynlcus- You think you uS t until you
try to put her on the shelf.—Philadelphia
Record.
awarded as follows:
"Hank building, $35,000, Fort Plsrce,
10ft., nnd bunk building Improvement,
110,600, Camilla, Oa.; church building,
$15,000, Fori Fierce, Fla.; school build
ings, 128,000, Orlando, Fla., and $16,000,
Columbux, Oa., construction of 82 miles
of highway, Marlon county, Alabama,
snd road construction, Coosa county,
Alabama; newer and waterworks xy*-
tern*. Thomaxville, A)«.; apartment
houxe, Atlanta, t»a., sewers, Hraden
town, Fla.; postoffice building addition,
Montgomery, Al *.; factory building,
Tampa, Fla.; laundry budding, Birming
ham, Ala.; Jail lmprovsmsnt, Talladega.,
Ala.; 6,000,400 paving brick for Orlando
and Hillsborough county, Florida.
"Industrial plants will bs establlxhad
a* follow*:
"Cotton seed oil mill, Odcnvllle, Ala.;
foudry to be enlarged, Anniston, Ala.;
ginneries, Ocltloctlflfte and tsy cam ore.
Cm.; machine shops, Kissimmee, Fla,;
woodworking plant to he enlarged.
Brunswick, Oa.; crate and lumbar plant,
Augusta, Ca.; electric light plant, Hart
gelle, Ala.; cannery, Euxtls, Fla.; fran
chise hs* been asked lor gas plant at
Cordele, Oft.
"Hanks have been organized at 15111-
Jay and Manchester, Oa.
,f fhs wrk, Ala., ha* voted waterworks
and electric light bonds, and Phenlx
City, Ala , wll) vote upon waerwert-ka
construction bond*.
"Seven teen corporations hnve been
organised with minimum capital stocks
aggregating $682,060."'