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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK. Nov. 6-Wheat weak.
December 96m96is spot No. red O6
in elevator, and 107 E. o. b. Corn weak
No. >, IN elevator. nominal; export No. .,
90 "a. T. o. b., steamer, nominal. No 4,
nominal. oats quiet: natural white, 370
89is white clipped, 3s@4li2 Rye steady;
No. 2, nominal T. O. b. New York Barley
firm; good 10 prime. s5G 1.2O; poor TO fair,
S0d 05, Flour steady; spring patents,
4.50HA60 straghts 440m4 so clears,
straights. t75aA9O. clears. 44OaIG0
Beef steady; family. q 50n % co. Pork
steady; mess, 1880 1875. family - O00
33.00. Lard easier; city steam. 100. mid
die West spot ll.5j. Tallow dull. city. iu
hugshcads, i2as. country. In tieIccs, Ga,
G&
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06

aGlS-Fresh country, candled, 26G27c.
BUTTER-Jersey and creamery, in lib
uloeAs' 25Q2712c fresh country dull, 15Q
Tic
DRESSED POULTRY-Drawn, head
f Sia ieet on, per pound: Hens, 17@1Sc;
NE nu'T -oq2Ilac ROSTERS. SG10c; turkeys,
VTfl Igsr r, 70 fatness, 20@221ac.
ore Llt " u PtOULTRY-Hens. 45@50c: roost-
9i;SS. sV445c; fries. 25Q35c; broilers, 200
s s?e puddle ducks, 5000 Pekin ducks,
i Sogt ~ geese, 50@60c each; turkeys, ow-
"s 70 fatness, 15018c
FRUITS AND PRODUCE.
ALI AND VEGETABLES
H@c2S G}0oO97 per box; California oranges
po,ir5 per box; bananas, 3W312c per
f Syfau nc cabbage, $1.25@1. so pound; pea
choice Pc bound, fancy Virginia 61sQ7c,
cysta yer crate; squash, yellow, six basket
cboie, :. q 20, lettuce, fancy, 81 2501. so /;
nor SI.-9ul.50 per crate: beets, $1.509
lrsL oarreI' cucumbers, 75c@Sl per crate;
potetoes, S1Wl. 10
HSGsS pants, $2M2.50 per crate, pepper,
baSkatt per crate; tomatoes, fancy, six
81 '77a aslo crates, s1@125; choice tomatoes,
onions % -, plneapples, $20225 per crate;
totS "T 81, -lecq$l per bushel; sweet pota-
-N' punpkln yam, 65p75c per bushel.
(cor,.,. PROVISION MARKET.
Cornfee,o3 by White Provision Company
l7(ag"' i'ueld hams, 10 to &c pounds average,
no I$.Crnheld hams, IL to IA pounds average,
ay SepsPfeId skinned hams, is to IS pounds
Ht asU'9'4 4 % picked pigs feet. 15-pound
pail fio'4 I5tad jellied meat in 1o-pound dinner
ersse Ane 20 picnic hams, to pounds sv-
GTocaolte breakfast bacon. 24c.
Bbc style bacon (wide or narrow,
b1 IEoTnfeld fresh pork sausage uink or
ror,1ao pound buckets, 121bc
cts, s Ltgal frankfurters, 10 pound buck
boxes if.d bologna sausage. 25-pound
bo Ssssa' Ga luncheon hams, 25-pound
go6at5" baqa.. smoked link sausage. Is
0,po5Illffld smoked link sausage in pickle,
bound D fit, frrankfurters in pickle To-
Go9T5tteld pure lard, fierce basis, 12a4c.
etc style pure lard, 50-pound tins,
6'99pound lard Oierce basis). 9t1c.
b : extra ribs, 12c. '''
b. s hr dn bellies, medium average, 123.c.
oe1l,es, light average. 13c
FIoI,p FLOUR AND GRAIN.
g 81 5dl'' TC5Postell's Elegant, $3.50. ONE
'ory ~, Gloria Cself-rising). So 40; Vic
el. SsHest patenO. $3.50; Diamond pat
$50. F2,2i. Monogram, Sc: Golden Grain.
tigheet I,.uess, finest Sc. 20: Home queen
palenI ts5enp. S5.S5; Puritan thighest
SS5 S,, @' S; Paragon thighest PATENT,
You'd III, Hlse Chalf PATENT. $40; White
Agl ,snest patenD. 81. S.; White Lily
sufbesr, ~. 50. s.: White Daisy. S.. 60;
Et0. D, Ho,3o, Southern Star (patenD.
1ira Ell, spray CpatenD. $40; tulip
MI s'' =, W25; King Cotton (half pat
rURN Nv grade. 9S-lb sacks. $500.
N VA. White. new crop, SIC: crackcd.
lisGi'"; Old crop. CSC.
,o5,g sscl,s. popn 1io 49, sSesS so &c a.
QATU us, &c. l21pound sacks, 9tc
'ahey clipped. 52c, No. clipped
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06
QuitcIaim Deeds.

S5-W. j. Northen to Mrs. Taylor NJ.
Lawrence. lot 45 by 1874 feet west side
Lawton street. 273 feet north of Green
Wich street for levy and sale. Novem-
SIS. P. Woods to A. Irwin Armand, 80
West Georgia avenue. Al by 100 feet, for
levy and sale. November 5.
Georgia Savings Bank and Trust Com
pany to Mrs Jessie A. Means, lot 100 by
l35 feet, at intersection of east side Joe
Johnston avenue and northeast ,e Cor
don street, for levy and sale. Novem-
Der G.
,000-Joseph Loewus to Penn Mutual
Life Insurance Company, lot 50x190 feet,
west side Washington street, 100 feet
south of Georgia avenue October 90, 1912.
S3,000-Mrs. Cora L. Hines to Miss Ber-
tie F. voolfolk. III acres in land lot 107,
seventeenth district, on east line said land
lot and l,26p feet north OF southeast cor
ner. November 4. 1912.
S1,500-James S. Gaines to Union Dis
count Company, lot 125X115 feet. northeast
side Plasters Bridge road. 985 feet north
west of Peachtree road. November 5.
1912.
$1,2OO-Joseph p Fretwell to Mrs. Har-
riet r, HadPson, lot 50X200 feet east side
Hill street $50 feet south of Logan street.
october 26. 1912.
$5.Q00-Paul F. Vose to Fidelity Mu-
tual Life Insurance Company. lot 213x400
feet west side Howell Mill road. 20 feet
southeast of lands of Thomas B. Fielder
and Nathan Lyon, trustee. September 2,
1912
$1,0O0-Anne o. Bellingrath to Myrta L.
Avary, lot 45X100 feet, southwest corner
Crew and Ormond streets. November 5,
1912.
$1250-NIrs. Annabel L. Salmon TO Mrs.
NJ. r. Murphy, lot 50X101 feet, southwest
corner Ashby street and Greensferry ave-
nue.. November 4, 1912.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO, Nov. Wheat, No. 2 red
1.04@L07; No. 3 red, 96@1.04; No. hard
winter, SSa4 G92; No 3 hard winter, 870
northern spring, S7A dS9; No. spring, 80
086.
Corn. No. 2, 541A@5612; No. white Sc
@5612; No. yellow, 56456h; No. 3, sag
low, 55G56; No. 4, old, 53d53%; new. so.
No. 4 white, old, 1914 asa; new. so: No.
yellow, old, 54d55; new, 56q57.
oats, No g 31M3115; No white, 500
33&, No. 3 white, 31A @32; No. white,
30A M31A. Standard, 32M32ih.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06
BUTTER. POULTRY AND EGGS.

NEW YORK, Nov 6.--Dressed poultry
quiet turkeys 10n21. chickens 12427
fowls i2m17l2 ducks 1SM1Sl&.
Live poultry nominal; prices unset
tied.
Butter firmcr; creamery specials 29M a
@il2, creamery extras 80, state dairy
t4 liy "a d. process sPeciats zItsa2S
nearby brown fancy 40d42. extra frsts
5000, hrsts 27m3i.
Cheese dull t. whole milk specials 17t5m
49, whole milk fancy 17A mt71a. skins
specials l4H 5, Skins fine 1233q 1917, full
skins 3l2m61a.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06
ADVANCE IN
COT TON At CLOSE
Erratic Trading Prevails Entire
Day on Unsettled Weather
Conditions Over BeIt.>

NEW YORK. Nov. 6.-Firm cables and
bullish weather news caused the cotton
market here to open strong. with first
the, final of Monday. There was consid-
cradle new buying which accumulated
over the election holiday. 1t was also
We're sc to hc higher The strength in
the actual market was regarded as the
most important factor to the market
After the. call the market was under
from longs, who were said to be taking
pront, and general tendency prevailed
IN different sources to liquidate, which
resulted in a quick decline of to 10
points from the opening figures. How
ever. the absorption was of a good char
acter, coming chiefly from spot inter
The heavy selling by commission
houses, combined with wave of selling
by spot people, caused further decline
curing the late forenoon trading, with
active position from Mondays close The
buying was concentrated, coming mostly
from some of the larger spot interests
otherwise the market was given very lit
tie support, IS the general conception
among the trade is that the market is
G tE reaction so the, traders can renew
thelr lines that have been lquidated
Eastern mills were said to have been
good buyers today, and this was a stimu-
latlng factor in the market during the
afternoon session, which resulted in
PitoV9 HlONlus upward, resdlnfnR TO
points of the early decline. The rains
over the belt are being closely watched
as excessive rains will prove very dam
aging 10 the cotton which remains I'M
picked. This is causing hesitation among
traders to sell their cotton. as the belief
Is that freezing weather will prevail over
the belt afterwards.
At the close the market was firm with
prices ranging from unchanged to G
points higher in near positions. with Sep
TENDER 10 points higher and October IL
points higher than the final quotations OF
Monday.
Seml-weekly interior movement:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06
INTER;oE MOVEMENT.
COTTON MARKET opINloNs.

J. 5. Bache q Co: We feel the ad-
vance has been too rapid and we do not
advise the purchase OF cotton at this
level
Logan & Bryan; We prefer the buying
side on breaks
g. Norden e Co: Conservative sales
on strong markets viii ultimately prove
profitable
Miller & CO.: Believe we Will have
higher prices
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06
ATLANTA LIVE STOCK MARKET.
10y w. n. White, Jr., Of the White Pro
vision CompanVO


vision Company
Quota tons based on actual purchases
during the current week:
Choice to good steers, 1000 to /, 200. 800
a g. 90; good steers, 500 TO LOCO, Asa 5.25;
medium to good steers 700 TO $50, 4.25@
AIS, good to choice beef COWS, 800 to 900,
3.750450; medium to good beef cows. 700
to 500, 3.50q 400; good to choice heifers,
75O to $50 3.75@450: medium to good
heifers, $50 to $50, 350a400
The above represent ruling prices on
good quality Of beef cattle Inferior
grades and dairy types selling lower.
Medium to good steers, If fat, 700 to 500,
375n4.25. Medium to common cows, il
fat. 700 10 800, 325d4.0 mixed common
to fair. GEO to 500, 2.50@S.25; good butch
er bulls, 300n375.
Good to choice Tennessee lambs. GO to
so, 450a5.50 common lambs and year
lings, 2laM3: sheep. range, 2d3i2.
Prime hogs. 100 to 200 average. 1.50a
7,75; good butcher hogs, l4O to 100. 7,00N
40, good butcher pigs. 100 to 40, 6.50d
40: light pigs. SO TO 100. G0006.50, heavy
rough hogs. 200 to $50, SO. j0NI.50.
Above quotations apply to corn -fed
hogs. Mash and peanut fattened hogs ~
&c lower.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06
RANGE I'M NEW ORLEANS FUTURES.
SPOT COTTON MARKET.

Atlanta. steady: middling 12c
Athens, steady; middling 12is.
Macon, steady; middling 113s.
New Orleans, steady; middling IN
New York. quiet; middlng 1870
Boston. quiet; middling 1890.
Philadelphia, quiet; middling lis
Liverpool, firm; middling SOD
Augusta. steady; middling 12c
savannah. quiet: middling II Ills.
Mobile, quiet; middsing II LIE.
Norfolk. firm; middling l1%
Galveston. steady; middling re
Charleston, steady: middling II Ills.
Wilmington, steady; middling tl9s.
Little Rock, steady; middling I1$s.
Baltimore, nominal middling i13.
Memphis. steady; middling 1lss
st. Louis. steady; middling f17s.
Houston. steady; middlng Ia.
Louisville. Arm; middling 10is.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06
RANGE OF NEW Yonn rururrs.
Closed firm.

Liverpool cables were due to come IL
points higher, but the market opened
Mondays close. At 1915 p. m the mar
ket was firm 5i6 to 61S points higher on
near positions and to Az points higher
on distant months, compared with the
market was barely steady with prices
showing a net gain of / to points from
the previous close.
Spot cotton firm with a fair business at
points advance; middling. 6I9d: sales,
10000 bales including 5000 American
bales; imports, $4,000, including 1900
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06
REAL ESTATE
BUILDING PERMITS.

$l,600-F. A. Buttrick, Epworth avenue
one story frame dwelling. Day work
$3.50 Each-L. NJ. Anderson. Pine place
Tour one-story frame dwellings. J. j.
Harvie.
s1,000-Charles p. Glover, 101 West Pine
street, additions and alterations. u. w.
Wheeler
SS00-Adeline Wright, 80 West Linden
street, add two rooms. Day work.
Sl75-Nancy Jones, sos West Mitchell
street, addition and repairs J. b. Smith.
$5O--Deep Nagur, rear 1853 Decatur
street, erect iron shed. Day work.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06
General Forecast.


Following is the general forecast until
p. m. Thursday:
Georgia--Local rains tonight or Thurs
day: colder Thursday in western portion.
Nirginia-Local rains tonight and
Thursday; colder Thursday in extreme
northern and extreme western portions.
North Carolina-Rain tonight and
Thursday: warmer in interior portions
colder Thursday in extreme western por
ton
South Carolna-Local rains tonight or
Thursday.
Florida-Locdl rains tonight or Thurs
day; colder in extreme northwest portion
Internationally fair tonight and
Thursday: colder.
Mississippi-Fair and colder tonight;
Thursday fair; colder in southeast por-
ton.
Louisiana-Fair and colder with frost In
north portion Of state.
Arkansas-Fair and colder: frost. freez-
ing in northwest; Thursday fair and
warmer.
Oklahoma Fair and colder in east;
heavy frost; Thursday fair and warmer.
East Texas-Fair and COLDER frost in
interior; Thursday fair and warmer.
West TeXaS-Fair and colder in south
east; heavy frost in north; Thursday fair
and warmer.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06
LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET.

Wheat opened z to 11ad lower. At 80
p. m. the market was II to sd lower.
to I'D lower.
Corn opened I'D lower. At 1880 D. nj.
the market was z to Esd lower compared
with Mondays close; closed u to 1ad
lower.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06
eRADsrREEr's cLEARANcEs.

Following shows the Bradstreets clear
ances in grain for the week:
Wheat increased $500, 600 bushels
Corn increased 375, 900 bushels
oats increased 1900, 900 bushels.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06
NEW YORK GROCERIES

NEW YORK; Noy, Coffee barely
domestic ordinary to prime 4ism53s. Mo-
asses steady. New Orleans open kettle
$50 80. Sugar raw quiet: centrifugal 05.
muScoVado $50, molasses sugar $50. re-
fined quiet, standard granulated 49j. cut
Loaf $40 crushed go. mold A $50. cubes
bio. powdered 800 diamond 4 4s0. con-
fpctioucrS a AS, No. t6i. no . $50.
No 90. 80 45Q
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06
METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK. Nov at the metal ex-
change today dullness was shown. Cop
per spot. 1916 bid; November $500
1920; December. 16.S00t7.20: January
16.S0M1712i2; lead. 1.70M4.S0; spelter
Z. 3507.45; tin. 4975n 5000.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06
MINING STOCKS.

BOSTON. Nov 6.-Opening: Cranky
Ge14. Greene Cananea 10. Butte Superior
49,, American Telegraph and Telephone
1875 The market was strong.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06

s232-Janie 5. Allen to Atlanta Banking
Houston Itn siC street october 81, 1912. GOV
81 000-I c. Crosby to ]. G. Clark, lot
5Ox79 feet, on Terry's alley, rear of 377
Martin street; also lot 50X8S feet, east
side Terry street. 691a feet west of Mar
tin street. November 5, 1912.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06
VISIBLE SUPPLY CHANGES.

Following shows the weekly visible SUPP
ply changes in grain for the week
Wheat increased 2,536.0 00 bushels
Corn decreased 35l, 900 bushels
oats increased l,S41 900 bushels.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06
Bonds for Title

$4,000 Penal sumo. B. Enloe to Lula
Armstrong, No. 10 johnson avenue, ASK
1913 feet October go 1912.
$4,000 Penal sum-Bessie f. Moseley to
Mary S. Atkinson, lot 47xl50 feet, corner
Sinclair and Colquitt avenues. October IS,
1912
s37 900 Penal Sum-A. W. Van Hoose to
n. e. Murphey, lot 60xl21 feet, south side
Edgewood avenue II feet east of Butler
street. November 4. 1912.
$24 900 Penal Sum-AIrs. Della Levy to
Charles T. Nunnally, lot 57X100 feet,
southwest corner Edgewood avenue and
billiard street October 81. 1912.
$4,000 Penal Sum-Peachtree Heights
Park Company to Frank p Ayers. lot 100
x400 feet, north side Wesley avenue 400
feet west of Serpentine drive october 80
1912.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06

8281--J. J.. Keith, administrator (by
sheriff., to H. T. Huff lot 50xS6 feet,
southeast corner Carter and Chestnut
streets. November D. 1912.
s90-Joel A. Jolley by sheriff. to At
lanta Banking and Savings Company, lot
54xi35 feet. north side Jet street. 40
feet west of Sunset avenue. November
5, 1912.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06
The WEATHER
Conditions.

CondItIons.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.--There will be
rain tonight in the lake region and in
upper ohio valley, followed by generally
fair weather Thursday. and rain tonight
or Thursday in the Atlantic states. In
the lower Ohio valley and North and
Gulf states the weather will be fair 1t
viii be colder except in the Atlantic
states.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06

mixed fish. DC per pound black bu u.s.. zoe
per pound mulet, $40 per barrel
OYSTERS Per gallon Plants. 81 60.
o..tra scectg $3.50; selects. $40;
straights, SL20. standard, 81 refers, zoe
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06
PORT RECEIPTS

The following table shows receipts at
the ports today, compared with the same
day last year
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06
Deeds

$4.209-Forrest Adair, commissioner. to
K. L. Walker, 33 acres on west side Ros-
we'll road, 300 feet north of Mount .Perian
road. October 20, 1912.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06
PRIMARY MOVEMENT.
COTTON SEED OIL.

NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-N. J.. Carpenter
&. Co, The cotton seed oil market was
steady to "A shade higher today at the
start. but prices eased off later, under
scattered selling by locals, poor outside
demand and with the setback in cotton.
Cotton seed oil quotations:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06

SEE. f. Lawrence to Atlanta Realty
Investment Company, "a Lake avenue, 40X
1856 feet, November 5, 1912.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06

$1,224- Randall Bros. VS. Mrs. Salie
Hirsch, lot 100X100 feet. southeast corner
Henry and Broomhall streets. November
5, 1912
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-06
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

Grain quotations:
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-01-05

The very busiest season Of the year
for the much abused gas meter IL now
beginning. AS everybody who has gas
bills to pay knows this means bigger
gas bills and proportionate doubts Of
the gas meters honesty.
The Scientific American is author
ity for the statement that not one
man In thousand knows how to read
d gas meter. 1--WE feel sure" 1t says,
that the man who Is loudest in his
denunciatlon of this instrument of ex-
tortlon,' makes no daily or even week
ly trips down his cellar stairs for the
purpose of verifying the totals footed
up by the gas meter. II he did we are
confident that much of his distrust
would give way to respect. This same
man may be most scrupulous about all
his other accounts and would think It
the height of absurdity to jot down his
expenditures but once month, with
no memoranda TO assist him In recall.
ing the various items. Yet with ridic.
ulous inconsistency he is ready to de.
nounce any enlargement of tho gas
bill, forgetting that a whist party and
few friends at dinner of n succession
OF cloudy afternoons may have in
creased his gaslight hours-hours that
are by no means overlooked by the
company.
Reading the gus meter is just as
simple as reading the clock when you
know how. The meter is usually pro
vlded with three or four dials each
graduated in ten divisions. A small
dial marked two feet" may be ignored
for the present, as II is used only fol
testing purposes, The dial to the
right is marked Il thousand" and eacl
of the divisions stands for 10 cubi,
feet, the entire circuit OF the dial rep
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-01-05
PREACHER
And Judge Are In A Fight
For President

Columbus, o., Jan. 4--The state cap
ital today because the center of the
fight over the presidency of the con-
stitutlonal convention which will form
ally convene on January 8. Political
headquarters were opened by two of
the leading aspirants for the honor of
presiding over the organic body.
They were the Rev, Herbert s. Bige-
low of Cincinnati and Judge Caleb II.
Norris Of Marion. Incidentally both
arrived today and selected the same
hotel as the base Of thier ante-con-
vention operations.
Mr.. Bigelow declared that all of the
advices he had received concerning
the contest indicated that he would be
chosen for the presidency OF the con-
vention. Judge Norris from his rooms
nearby expressed similar confidence
as to his own success. Judge Norris
Is being assisted in his political work
here by Edward Hughes and Harry
Young, both OF whom are attaches of
the house clerks office.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-01-05
MAKING GOLD PENS.
The Metals That Are Used and the
Process of Manufacture.

The tiny tip of white metal seen on
the under side of the point of u gold
pen may be OF platinum, but 1t is more
likely to be iridium. Iridium Is IA very
hard metal. and 1t is expensive. It
costs about four times as much as gold.
The purpose OF the iridium tip is, OF
course, to give the pen more durable
point.
The gold pen maker buys his gold at
the assay office In bars of pure "a carat
gold, which he melts and alloys with
silver and copper to the degree Of fine
ness required. Gold of IA carats is
used In the manufacture Of the best
American gold pens. that being the de-
gree of fineness deemed most suitable
for pen use, but good pens made In
this country for sale in France are
made OF IS carats, the French govern
ment requiring that all articles exposed
for sale in that country as made Of
gold shall be of not less than 18 car
ats.
The gold from which the pens are to
be made is rolled and rerolled until
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-01-05
LEARN TO READ
THE GAS Meter

resenting 1000 feet. On the next dial
marked 400 thousand" the hand
moves in the opposite direction, and
each division stands for 1000 feet,
In the same way each division of the
dial marked 100 thousand" stands for
10000 feet. From this reading
the reading of the previous month Is
subtracted to show the amount of gas
used in the interim. 1t should be not
cd that when hand lies between two
figures the lesser number is read.
1t is sometimes puzzling to know
whether hand lies on figure or not,
and this can be determined only by
reference back to the dial on the right.
For instance, IL all three hands point
ed to 1t, we might carelessly put down
the reading $4,000, which would be
just 1900 cubic feet out Of the way,
The true reading is $4,000, as mo-
ment's consideration win show. The
fact is made clearer by referring to
the hand of clock points to X and
the minute hand to XI, we read not
1855 but 1855. because the minute
hand shows us that the hour hand has
not yet reached X. And so with the
gas meter hands; the hand of the first
dial shows that the hand of the second
dial has not quite reached 3, although
it may appear to be covering that num-
ber, while the hand of the second dial
shows that the hand of the third one
has not yet reached nine.
1t happens not infrequently that a
meter inspector will make a mistake
in such reading which may boost the
gas bill considerable. or course the
fault will right itself eventually, for al
the end of next month there will be a
larger subtrahend to deduct from the
meter reading and a corresponding
smaller bill,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-01-05
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what was originally thick, heavy bar
Of gold has been rolled into thin gold
ribbon about three feet in length by
four inches wide. Then this gold rib
bon Is put into a machine which
stamps out Of It pen shapes. all stin
flat. Then on the top of each of these
pen shapes is fused the iridium point,
and then the shapes go to Sitting
machine. which cuts the SLIT in the
pen. From the Sitting machine the
pens go through another. which gives
them their rounded. familiar pen form.
and then the pens are ground and pol.
ished and finished ready for use.
American gold pens In fountain pens
or as dip pens are sold in every coun-
try In Europe In competition with pens
Of British or of German manufacture,
and under the same competition they
are sold throughout the world In South
America. Africa, Japan, China, wher-
ever pens are used.-New York Sun.