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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24. Markets Middling closed today at I 14V B c. Tone Steady. Middling last year 1214 c. 'QUOTATIONS Oeail ordinary 11 7-8 Strict pond ordinary 12 3-8 I,ow middling 13 1-4 Strict low middling 13 7-8 Middling 14 1-8 Strict middling 14 3-8 Good .middling " Tinges, first 14 Tinges, second 13 3-8 Previous Day’s Figures Good ordinary 11 7-3 i Strict pood ordinary 12 3-4 | Low middling 13 1-4 Strict low middling 14 Middling 14 1-4 Strict middling 14 1-1 Good middling ... Tinges, first 14 Tinges, second 13 8-t NEW YORK COTTON New York.—The cotton market show ed rather a steadier tone early today. Liverpool did not fully meet yesterday’s local decline while the report of a tra veling crop expert on conditions In the Carolinas indicated that rain was still needed over considerable areas and an otherwise rather spotted outlook. These features probably promoted some cover ing but after opening steady at an ad vance of one to four points price fluc tuated within a range of two or three points during the early trading. Cotton futures closed steady. The detailed weather reports showing very high temperatures In the eastern belt were followed hy more active buy ing later in the .morning and prices were somi fifteen to twenty points net high er shortly after midday. High. I.ow. Close. July 12.72 12.38 12.68 August 12.77 12.58 12.72 October 12.62 12.44 12.55 December 12.64 12.46 12.58 January 12.51 12.33 12.47 March 12.57 12.3 S 12.51 NEW ORLEANS COTTON New Orleans.—Hot wheather and ab sence of moisture over the belt put the price of cotton three to six points up on the first call today. Buying in creased and in the early trading the new crops stood six to seven points up. LIVERPOOL COTTON Liverpool.—Cotton spot easier; good middling 8.08; middling 7.56; low mid dling 7.08. Sales 1,000: speculation and export 3,000; receipts 34,000; futures steady- June June and July 7.1916 July and August 7.19% August and September 7.0416 October and November 6.7316 December and January ... ... ...6.6416 January and February 6.6416 March and April 6.67 CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET Chicago.—Weakness of cables com bined with a further realization of the probable magnitude of the United States winter crop caused a further break In wheat. (ripening prices, which were a shade to 1 1-8 lower were followed hy a moderate rally. Corn rose on account of the absence of selling pressure. Starting unchanged to 1-4 higher the market continued to ascend . Oats hardened with corn. Higher prices for hogs made provis ions firm. Open. High Dow Close WHEAT— July .... 7934 79% 78% 79% Sept .... 7816- 79% 78% 78% CORN— July .... 69% 69% 68% 68% Sept .... 6716 6. :6 66% 67% OATS— July .... 39% 39% 38% 3816 Sept .... 37% 38% 37% 37% LARD— Julv . . . .2070 2075 2070 2072 Sept . . . .2007 2010 2005 2007 RIBS— July . . . .1010 1022 1007 1007 Sept . . . .1027 1027 1022 122 PORK— '■Julv . . . .3147 1150 1147 1147 Sept . . . .1152 1155 1150 1152 LIVE STOCK "MARKET CHICAGO HOG AND CATTLE MARKET Chicago, Ills.-—Hogs: Receipts 27.<H>0; ptrons:: bulk 325a835: lisrht 81a0835; mix ed 805a840; heavy 795a837 1-2; rough 79r»aS10; pigs 725aSir>. Cattle: Receipts 13..VH); steady: beeves 750a940: steers fi90:i810; stockers and feeders 6ir>aßls; cows and heifers 370a -885: calves 700a10.25. Sheep: Receipts 18.000. Weak; sheep f>30a635; yearlings f>3a0740; lambs 650a -825; springs 675a925. MONEY MARKET New York.—Mercantile paper 3 l-2a4. Sterling steady; 60 days 4.8610; demand 4.8810. Commercial bills 4.85 5-8. Government bonds steady. Ralroad bonds weak. \ Call money steady 1 7-Ba2; ruing rate 1 7-8; closng 1 7-Ba2. Tme loans stronger; 60 days 2 1-4al-2; , 90 days 2 l-2a3-4; sx months 3 1-4. $1,500 FIRE THIS A. M. ON WRIGHTSBORO ROAD An alarm was turned in from box 66 this morning at 3:25 o’clock. The fire was. on the Wrightshoro road and started at number 1273 and spread to 1278. The damage was about fifteen hundred dol lars. Fire companies number five, two and three responded to the alarm. A prominent man called to condole with a lady on the death of her husband, end concluded by.saying, “Did he leave you much?*’ M •'Nearly every .Mtht,” was the reply. —National Montiiw. Palm Beach Suits- When you buy a Palm Beach you should see that It 13 well That It is not the product of cheap, in experienced operatives. There is as much difference between a well tailored suit of this kind and a poor one as day light and dark. We handle only the best made. Let us show you. MSCreary’s -« : TIM'S HEAT BREAKS RECORD Is Hottest Day of This Sum mer to Date—Was 95 at 10:30 This Morning, and the Day’s Heat Had Fairly Begun. Forecaster Says No Relief in Sight. TEMPERATURES. Yesterday. Today. 80 6 A. M 76 81 7 A. M 80 86 9 A. M SS 86 9 A. M 88 91 10 A. M 93 95 11 A. M. 96 97 32 noon 98 98 1 P. M 99 99 2 P. M 100 Today is the warmest on record this summer. At 10:30 a. m. the official temperature was 95, which was considerably warmer than it has been at this time of day so far this sumer. All records for the present season were broken yesterday with a maximum temperature between 3 and 4 o’clock in the afternoon of 101 degrees. Next to this - came tile 100 degrees recorded on June 14th and 15th. The record last summer was made on July 19tli, 102 de grees. The hottest it’s evtfr been In Augusta is 105, on July 22 and August 2, 1878. The hottest ever occurirg in Juno was 105 degrees. Up till yesterday and today, the tem peratures of whicli aregiven above, the warmest weather this season came on May 29 and June 12, 99 degrees, and on June 9, 13 and 22, 98 degrees. Reports to the local weather station indicate that the present heat spell Is general. The cotton region bulletin Is sued from the local station this morning gave maximum temperatures yesterday afternoon 100 or more degrees to Athens, Bateshurg, Greensboro, Greenwood, Blackville, Allendale, Millen. Waynes boro and Columbia. The highest in the district was recorded at Blackville, 106 degrees, a while at Waynesbbro and Greenwod it was 104; at Millen and Al lendale 103, and 10j. at Athens. Forecaster Emigh stated this morn ing that there was no relief insslght. Fair weather is predicted for tonight and tomorrow, and unless something unex pected happens, it will be several days anyway before a change for the better comes. Electric fans and soda dispensers did more wet-k today possibl than any thing else. Think of the thousands of electric fans In Augusta alone that hummed continuously all day today, and the enromous amount of business the soda water fountains must have done. And the ice man must not be over looked, by any means. The local fac tories. working night and day. are doing about all the business they can handle Deliveries are being made continuously in the residential section as well as the business part of the city, and it seemed today that Augusta was simply “eating it up.” Now and then the housewife is heard making a kick on short weight, and she is told hy the ice man on the wagon that the cake melts five pounds while he brings It from the street into the house, so hot is the sun. AUGUSTA QUOTATIONS GROCERIES. PROVISIONS D. S. Reg. Ribs. 60-lb 12% D. S. Reg. Plates, 8-lb. av 11 D. S. Clear Plates 210 D. S. Bellies, 25-lb 13% Pearl Grites. 96-lb., all sizes 1.95 Yellow Corn 85 Red Cob White Corn 98 Mixed Feed Oats 62 Best White Oats 55 Fancy Head Rice .05% Medium Head Rice 06 Japan Mead Rice 03% Fancy Green Coffee '4% Choice Green Coffee 13% Fair Green Coffee - 12 Ter.cerit Roasted Coffee, 100 pkgs.. .07 Arbiickle's Coffee, pr. cs., 100-lb 19.10 Arbucklo'a Ground Coffee, 36-1ba...19.30 R. A J. Coffee, 60-lb. pkgs 15 Heno Coffee, Ground, 100 1-lb 21 P. R. Molasses, bbls. 20 Cuba Molasses, bbls 28 Reboiled Ga. Syrup, % bbls 30 N. Y. Gr. Sugar, bbls. or bulk bags 4.30 N. Y. Gr. Sugar, 4 25 bags 4.35 N. Y. Gr. Sugar (60 2 ertns), per lb 4.66 N. Y. Gr. Sugar (60 2crtns), per lb. 4.55 N. Y. Gr. Sugar 32-3% ertns, per lb. 4.56 12-oz. Evaporated Milk 3.75 Peerless 5c Evap. Milk, 6 doz. ... 2.85 M. &L. Stick Candy 30-lb. boxes.. .06% Ground Pepper. 10-lh. palls, per lb. .18% Mixed Cow Peas, per bu 2.00 White Cow Peas, per bu 2.35 Tanglefoot Fly Paper 2.70 1- Chum Salmon 90 2- Tomatoes 70 8-lb. Tomatoes 96 New Argo Salmon, per doz. 1.50 Va. Peanuts 05% FORMER COUNCILMAN IS DEAD: SKULL FRACTURED Stamford, Conn.—Walter R. Ballou, a former member of the city council, died early today at a local hospital of a fracture of the skull. Mrs. Helen N. Angle, a divorced woman. Is under ar rest pending investigation. Ballou was found unconscious on the street .about midnight. It is known that he visited Mrs. Angle frequently. Bal lou’s hat was found in one of the worn an’s rooms today. She admitted to pn lice that Ballou was at her apartments Inst night, but denied that there had been any quarrel. Ballou was between 65 and 70 years old and Mrs. Angle is 40. FASHION NOTE. It cannot be said that the women are making long strides in the matter of dress.—July Woman’s Home Com pauion. Game to Be Called at Five O’Clock Tomorrow Afternoon Augusta to Play Albany—With Berger, Shaw, Mackert, Bur gess and Others Back in the Game, Augusta Should Get Two Out of Three at Least. The Augusta baseball club comes home tomorrow to open a series of series of games with Albany. It Is ex pected that the team will take a de cided brace and win at least two of the three games. The Augusta club has been terribly handicapped because of the injuries to the players and other causes. The sus pension of Mackert, the declaration of Uorish that Shaw was ineligible, the TOBACCO MEN SEEKJELIEF Virginia Growers Appear Be fore Joint Congressional In vestigating Committee. 1 Washington—One hundred Virginia tobacco growers, representing every farmers’ union in the state, today ap pealed for relief from low prices to the joint house and senate commis sion created some time ago to inves tigate the tobacco inquiry. “We have failed, both as an organ ization and as individual citizens, to get relieT from present conditions,” D. M. Gannaway, president of the state union, told the commission, "so we have come to the government of the Vhited States for relief.” Mr. Gannaway asked that the com' mission proceed at once to complete its investigation into conditions sur rounding the production of tobacco in tliis country and Its sale to European governments and manufacturers. He urged the creation of a government bureau for the marketing of tobacco and if necessary, maintenance of a representative in Europe to contract for the sale of tobacco with the buyers. “We see no other way in which the farmers may grow tobacco at a fair and remunerative price,” Mr. Ganna way declared. Several other farmers were heard briefly. Senator Martin and Repre sentative Flood are members of the commission and Representatives Wat son and Saunders, of Virginia, also attended ’TTie hearing. ■/ DEATHS BROWN, MRS. ELIZA —Wife of Mr. Jesse Brown, died at the residonco, eight and a half miles out on the Milledgeville road, this morning, in the 63rd year of her ago. Tits funeral services will be conducted from tlie private chapel of the 11. E. Elliott undertaking establish ment, and interment will follow in the West View cemetery. LIVINGSTON, MR. SILAS J., SR Husband of Mrs. Katberyn M., died suddenly this morning at 6 o’clock, in the 61st year of his age. The funeral services will be conducted from the Asbury Meth odist church tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock, and the interment will follow in the city cemetery. AUGUBTA SECURITIES. BONDS AND STOCKS (Corrected Weekly for The Augusta Herald by Martin A Garrett) Bank Stocks. Bid. Ask Augusta Ravings Bunk 169 Merchants Bank 212 215 National Exchange Bank of Augusta 135 113 Planters Loan & Savings Bank (par value 10) 43 46 Citizens A So. Bank 240 260 Union Ravings Bank (par value )100) 126 ... Railroad Stocks. A. A W. P. R. R. Co 150 162 Augusta & Savannah Ry. C0..103 106 Chattahoochee & Gulf R. R. Company ]O2 Ga. R. R. & Bkg. Co 258 2G2 Seaboard pfd stock 60 63 Seaboard Common Stock 20 Z 2 Southwestern R. R. Co 104 10* Factory Bonos. Augusta Factory, lat 6s. 1915 M- * N 99 Eagls A Phoenix Mills Co. Ist ss. 1920, J. & J « ioi Enterprise Mfg. Co., Ist 6s 1923. M. A N n Sibley Mfg. Co., Ist 6s, 1923, j[ * J - 92 Factory Stocks. Granltsvllis Mfg. Co. m King Mfg Co „ Aiken Mfg. Co 2 S AuguOta Factory ’ *-. •>» Enlerpriae Mfg. Co. go King Mfg C° pfd 103 10.1 W arren Mfg. Co. 7O Warren Mfg. Co., pfd 102 ! TEMPERANCE AND POPU LATION (Jackson Sun.) 1 j *1 he Nashville Banner is endeavor ing to create an issue in the guberna torial race over the meaning of the words •'temperance" and "prohibi tion. The democratic platform speaks of the temperance laws and j the republican iplatform speaks of the prohibition laws. One means as much a« the other, but the Banner wants to create the belief that in using the word ' temperance” the democrats would dodge the Issue. This far etched play upon words should be it surprise t.o the members of the Wo men's Christian Temperance Union. They have been fighting the battles of temperance and prohibition for ; many years, and they were active for | the cause long before the Banner do i dined liquor advertisements or cham [ pioned the cause of prohibition. But j it they are to be counted as the true I friends of prohibition In the estima tion of the new found enthusiast they must discard the time honored word "temperance” and substitute therefor i (he more appropriate word “prohlbl 1 tion.” CHE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA. illness of Berger and other things have, contributed to the team’s defeat on the road. Burgess’ wife is sick and he has been at home for two or three days. With Berger, Burgess, Mackert, Shaw and others back in the game to morrow Augusta will present a splen did team. The game will be called at five o clock. The fans should turn out in large numbers to welcome the team home. LEGISLATURE OF GEORGIA BEGINS WORK Continued from page one. giving them the vote. The organiza tion has many workers in the field and several of them are pretty enough to make single members —and maybe a married one or ro—do any thing desired. There are six new members in the house this year, five taking office through the death of previous mem bers and one taking the place of a member resigned. They are H. A. Peacock of Dougherty; A. P. Dead wyler of Elbert; Hion Williams of Meriwether; T. B. Carroll of Catoosa; G. C. Glenn of Whitfield and John D. Clark of Mclntosh. The last named was elected only yesterday to succeed the late Representative Atwood. He had no opposition. Governor Slaton's message will be read tomorrow. Tax Equalization. The predicted fight on the tax equalization law will open almost simultaneously with the convening of the legislature. Representative J. O. Adams, of Hall, has prepared a re pealing bill, which ho will introduce at the first opportunity and it is said a similar bill will be introduced in the senate. It is expected this fight will be a hard and spectacular one and that it will continue for many days with the result in doubt until the final vote is taken. The bill passed the house last year by a margin of but one vote and it was vigorously fought in the senate by a strong minority. Other Bills on Calendar. Some other measures which are ex pected to precipitate lively fights ara as follows: A bill lo amend the prohibition law to permit the sale of real beer under the county local option plan. Bills to create several new coun ties. A bill providing for the state to print its own text-books.' Bills looking to the releasing and extending of the Western & Atlantic Railroad. Tlie administrations bills iprovidlng for a division in the ad valorem taxes so the 5 mills levied will be appor toned 2 1-2 mills to the general school fund, 2 12 mills to the pension fund and 1 mill for general purposes. Bills providing for an eanly pri mary election to be held later than June 15th of the year before the gen eral October election. A bill providing for placing solici tors general on a straight salary ba sis. A bill providing for a constitutional amendment creating the office of ileu. tenant-governor. A bill requiring the agricultural de partment to Inspect the sanitary con ditions of marketß, stores, hotels and all public places, and provides penal ties for those who maintain insan itary i,remises. A bill providing for compulsory edu cation. A bill providing Tor the proper ven tilation of all factories. A bill providing for certain amend ments to the child labor laws. A bill to allow women to practice law in Georgia. A bill providing for woman suf frage. A bill providing for a state high way commission. A bill to fix the terms of all county officers at four years. The question of selling the present governor’s mansion and building a new one. S. J. LIVINGSTON, SR., DIED SUDDENLY THIS A. M. The many friends of Mr. Silas J. Livingston, Sr., will regret to learn of his sudden passing away, which oc curred this morning at ti o’clock, at the place of his employment, lie was watchman at the Charleston and Western Carolina railroad depot and it appears that he was "making the rounds” when he suffered an apoplec tic stroke, dying at once. Mr. Livingston was born In Glas cock county. Georgia, #1 years ago, being a resident of Augusta for the past. 15 years. He was well liked by all who came In contact with him and his passing to another world will be greatly mourned by his friends, who extend their sympathy to the family In their bereavement. Deceased Is survived by, besides his widow, Mrs. Katheryn M. Livingston, two sons, Messrs Albert R. and Rllas J. Livingston, Jr.; two daughters, Misses Ix)ta L. and Donnie L. Living ston; four brothers, J. W., I). H., P. W„ and It C. Livingston of Augusta; one sister, Mrs. 11. H, Reid of Wash ington, Ga. The funeral services will be con ducted from the Anbury Methodist church tomorrow afternoon at 5 o’clock and the Interment will follow in the city cemetery. WOULD PROHIBIT TIPS. Washington—Tips to porters and waiters on railroad trains and steam boats engaged In Intestate commerce would he prohibited by a bill pre sented to the senate today'by Senator Works of California. NEW YORK CITY A GREAT BCHOOL, in the July American Magazine Mar jorie Benton Cooke, writing a story entitled “Hamby,” presents two char acters commenting, as follows on life in New York; “'How do you like Mew York? I re member you confesed to hating cities, when I saw you.' 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