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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-09
Sf IOuis Grain

St. Louis, March S.-cash wheat, No. 2 red, N. .0pd1 .o419: No. hard. 1.o2ts. Corn, No. 3, 67lac; No. white, Gshmes1kc; oats, No. 2. 53c: No. ? white. 5ic. Close wheat. May, s1 OPS; July, 96lsc. Corn, May, 73asc July, 7215c Oats. May, 521xc; July, 47asc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-09
sHoa Seed Oil

ESa. York 1fch S.-Cotton seed oil odtr xzas stl on covering of March sEeFs arns crnde markets. support from aedAers ana H speculative buying on tte frtnnes a ard. Closing prices were gcnegasy Jsl3 points net higher. March, 5.7z t ApfH 5.75m5.77c: May, 5.7s0 e.7S Jure s.&u5. .SSc; July. 5s905. soc. trtr.e eriia G4.69c: prime summer EfifoH. er q, prime winter yellow,
 Aa 'ai summer white, 5.75ft
 -ie let , 17300.
 ahcs 9faan- farch s.-Cotton seed oil: Frifae ellise1 barrels, per pound, , 65c. 3[ae1e ea per cent ammonia, per itpx choice cake. per cent airnless )ng ton, t8.26.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-09
Poultry and Eaaa

(COrreCteu Dy GHfrtlt W H1ne1
 Hens-35Q5cc, live. per ,ound, 14dl5c: large flyers, 15c lb.; medium flyers, 200 per h.; small. 200 per lb. Ducks-alf14Oc each. Guineas. fc. Boosters. BOG each Geese. 40q50c. Live turkeys, 16417c. Dressed turkeys. 20c. Eggs, fresh, 200i22c. Country butter, 20Q25c lb. Rabbits. S1 50 dog.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-09
Weekly Cotton Statistics

Liverpool, March s--The following are the weekly cotton statistics: Imports, 175.O0o bales. all kinds; imports American. 157O00. Stock, all kinds, 1,17i0oo: stock American. 1,O67,00c; America forwarded 67,000; total exports, 22,20O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-09
Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, March s.-Receipts: Wheat, 2,000: corn. 36,060; oats. 1000. Shipments: Wheat B,C00; corn, 47,0oo; oats, 17.o00.
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Local Cotton
Pig Iron
Meats
(corrected by Armour A Col

Lard, 10a4e; compound, Stsc. D. S. short ribs, 10c; rib bellies. 9.1Oa91ac. Ham buts, 12c; Boston butts, 111sc; pork loins, 12lzc; spare ribs. 101zc; breakfast bacon, 1sisGo 21c. Star Reg. ham, 141zc; Star skinned ham, 15c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-09
Fruits and Produce

Apples far.c3 northern. per bbl. Sl7s 50, bulk. $2.I543. Cabbage, Danish, 31sc ID. Cabbage. new, Florida, $3.6o per crate. Lemons: Fancy. per box, $5Q$5.5o. Linvs: Imported, $l. Pineapples: $275Q3 per crate. irish potatoes; Per &pushel. N.4o. CT, sl.10. Rutabagas: Canadian, h., 2c. Onions: Red Globe. per lb., 411c: Spanish. per crate. s2.O0. Celery: Color ado. per crate. S.50; per dozen punches. s125. Oranges. Florida. saga. 25. Cranber. ries. per box. $2.75Q3: per bbl.. S1l. .Craps fruit. Florida. A.50 box Seed Potatoes. Irish: Early Rose, q 4O busieI; Irish Cop- bier. sl.65 bushel: Tennessee Triumph. sl 70 bushel. Red onion sets, $l 75 busheI: yellow onion sets, S1.75 bushel white onion sets. g bushel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-09
Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, March s.-Close wheat. May. sio2i4: July, 93ns3lsc; September. solhc Corn. May. 72c; July, 7oAc; Sep tenber 6S7s469c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-09

Coffee: Arbuckles. $z3.30 per 100 lbs 1: Luzarne. Hc lb. Sugar: Standard gran- ulated, 6N lb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-09
Naval Stores

Savannah, March s-Turpentine firm. 4S1bc: sales, 55; receipts, 1s; shipments, 2933: stock, 22,127 Rosin firm; sales. g7: receipts. 275: shipments, 676i; stock. s2.953. quote: A, B. c. s6.7o; D, s6.7o F.. SITE; F, s6.so: G and H. s6.s5; l, ss.s5: K. s7 .C7is; M. s7.25; N, SEQ; VIC, $40; wv, S7.45.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-09
World isible Supply

eF orl8aHe farch 8.-Secretary Hes tet s D. afsues If the worlds visible sup pis 9I ce lade up from special cable and tgiar ar / advices. compares the fg- if af lh week with last week, last yeeg audr@e year before. 1t shows de- sraa for -he week just closed of s903, sg ,rst q decrease of 167.O07 last year and s ccraaee of l0S.662 year before last.
 atal visible is 5.992,447. against G.
 70 1t week, 4.62S,SS9 last year and
 5se ear before last. Of this the total >ca Abe rcan cotton is 4.71s,441,. against Asfi .sss ast week. 3,5o6sS2 last year and N yesr before last. and of all other kiaf< facluding Egypt Brazil, India, etc.. ia La. against 1.16o.000 last week, 1.l22.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-09
Taking of American Cotton

New Orleans, -ch s.-Secretary He's ter gives the M American cotton by splnners tF elrHa ls world as fol- lows, in rour ane
 This week against 296,000 last eNl before last.
 Total sin, rptcmbff ihi5 year. 9,2s9.- GOO. agains -s4ser0 ear. and 7.i76 OOO the i1af1re
 Of thj ucrthHfH af'Ei IS and Canada took " halca ieI f. against l.7l9,- 000 last sr an0S the year before; southe r spiHH sV l O0. against 1.51. | GOO l9 # sc4rs a1d ]. y00 the year before and/ fareiEr srinne 57sS,000. against 4,- 529/ last Tfar aA S,996,0o0 the year be- fol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-09

Coffee and Sugar Corrected by Franklin, Stiley & Franklin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-09
New Orleans Cotton Futures

Open. High. Low. CiBd.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-02
A MASTER BUILDER.

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-02

protection and influence. While striv-
ing to fulfil our duty to these hapless
nttle mothers by gathering them into
our safe harbo-. shall we send adTif'
still weaker. Trailer little barks. all
alone. to almost certain shipwreck IN
life's rough waves. blighted as they
are with a sin not their own. a stain
OF which they are innocent?
There Is infinite appeal in the smiles
OF our little happy, healthy babes. so
peacefully unconscious that but for our
sheltering walls they would be lying
in a baby farming establishment, or
some other convenience for mothers
desertion of her child-helplessly
waiting while being advertised for
adoption by any who can be induced
TO carry them or or. as is the case
in some cities, sent to wholesale insti-
tutions for little abandoned wights.
TO be deported by carloads TO any
point where distribution OF deserted
waits is possible
1t IS a pitiful. pathetic sight, too. 20
watch inexperienced. anxious young
mothers. generally still in their teens
struggling over the new. hard lesson
of motherhood that must be faithfully
fulfilled
Miss Mays. the superintendent, An ex-
perienced trained nurse, and the wise
devoted friend OF every girl, has no
sinecure IN training her charges 20
careful. thorough maternal duties, but
she succeeds wonderfully well, and
the shawods on these young blighted
lives are patiently and kindly lifted.
l have seen her pupils in numerous
cases develop into far truer and more
real womanhood through the sincerity
OF their reformation and their deter
nination to overlive their past fail
ure- BY dint Of constant employment
in domestic work. sewing. and other
industries. they learn TO support them
selves and their infants, and situations
are always waiting for them. Several
have accepted these this year. several
have returned with their little ones
TO their recOnciled families. and Several
have been honorabiy married
AS l write the vision comes Of ever
enlatging usefulness and influence for
good
Utilizing the ideal advantages OF
our Spring Street Home. in its retired
location. large grounds. perfectly home
like atmosphere. and space for addi-
tional building. 1 see a time when, In
stead of sheltering less than twenty
inmates for want OF accommodations,
we can prevent many more from join
ing that great uncounted army OF
wretched beings who, for want OF
such a refuge. sink into the worst
OF lives in the desperation and de-
sertion following their first fall.
This statement has been read and
Endorsed by DR.. MastIn, of the Board
OF Charities and Corrections, who, with
DR.. Levy. Of Richmond; d.. Hart. OF
the Russell Sage Foundation. in fact,
with all other foremost philanthropists.
is In thorough sympathy and accord
with our work.
Donations OF provisions. funds, furni-
ture, or any household additions, will
be gratefully received at the Spring
Street Home on Friday, December s.
MRS. LANDON r. MASON
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-02
PUTTING FEET N FOOTBALL

college football has al last earned
IFS name TIis YEAR il really depended
upon the pedal skill OF the players
a. we'll as upon beef Drawn. and
aectness TIC oft-changed rules have
at last succeeded "a opening Up the
game. oG-sstting the advantage 81 pure
weight AMI making runtins and drop
ki>kiuE tae most Important factors III
settling these amistle er.diron battles
The original conception of football
Was tAat fr- ilu went through ths
..r ros ions ai. t-accs. so that the spec
tators had chance fo follow u and
,asoy Toe game For some years. how
ever. tae contests deee-cra:cd into
q hud6lsd mass 90 ineAtricab.y compli-
Gated youths slowly blowing this way
OF hat. like mary-icsgei bchenott
~ other fabulous creature. Kickiuf
WIKI ;hc feet was q rare feature. w.
less TIE kick might De se-reptltiousi,
administered 10 the ribs q a hand'
opponent dar.rv icrlmmase Thu
year most O. ;he 5.s games have beer
decided .v che k.ekias artistry % SON.
individual
The heroes q 1919 are not the gisnti
who battered thsis way 20 fame. b.
the alert. 1.-The. sensitive Youths tina
10 TIE fraction 81 - second coui'
catch .ons pass DEITY adjust o.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-02

Lord. Bill. have you read in the paper
to-day?
OF the cross Of Honor extension?
God bless the dear ladies. ] say.
OF the Washington L. y. c. Conven-
ton.
For. Bill. feel 'twouid break nay silly
III couldn't get ina; cross 20 wear.
So my comrades could see I'd done nay
When I climbed the golden stair.
The wealth Of the world we men
would hold as Gross.
From II would gladly turn away.
To earn and to wear the Southern
That we won in the battles fray.
-osr leaders followed Hin who bore
His cross
Our peerless Jackson. Davis and lee
This faith nerved Us 70 stand IN ruin
and loss.
Such as tire world scarce e'er aid see
~sm. let " pray when the las; trump
sounds.
And our final record IL given.
That each old veteran with his scars
and wounds.
MAY enter the gate % heaven.
And the ladies. Bill: God bless each
one.
Their sweet hearts. one and all.
Prom the rising 10 toe setting sun.
IFS richest blessings on them fall
(MRS) a OWEN.
washington. D. c.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-02

education OF women In the South. and
one Of the foremost colleges OF its type
in the nation. To these institutions
he successfully devoted himself, un-
dertaking seemingly impossible tasks
with abundant faith and unceasing
zeal He forgot himself in his pas
sion for constructive achievement. He
sold his home that the woman's college
might be; he lived not for himself.
but for others.
This good and great man has pass
ed but his handiwork endures from
generation unto generation. His men,
DRY is a bright light for them that
follow him in the paths that he trod.
The places that he made 10 blossom as
the rose know him no more, for they
that wonder shall reign. and they that
reign shall rest"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-02
Voice of the People
Under q Shadow.

To the Editor OF The Tiuaes-Dispatch;
Sir.-A!most under the very shadow
OF our State prison in Richmond wnere
lawbreakers are learning the results
Of such violation. is a home FOR those
who have broken the sacred law OF
morality and are learning its special
lesson. a very hard one. yet not hope
less. To this home constantly come
Young detected girls. either driven out
by their own families. or sometimes
seeking a hiding place from them
After establishing intercourse with
their parents, where IL Is not already
the case. we must provide for the fu-
ture as well as the present well being
Of our girls, and the unfortunate lit
tie ones who also come to US
Many good women In Richmond are
working hard for the moral safety
ard inspiration of still innocent young
girls. and I deeply sympathize with
every effort knowing how greatly II
Is needed. but ! must deplore the
fact that comparatively very few
Christian women feel called to come
IN contact with the fallen class. which.
OF all others. most specially neec their
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-02
On the Spur of the
Moment.
By Roy K. Moulton.
MfIIiOnaircs' Row.

MfIifOnaires' Row.
The mansions are built without thought
OF expense
In Millionaires' Row;
The gardens are fine and the lawns
are immense
In Millionaires' r Nv.
There's silver and gold on the table
all right.
The families all eat their dinner at
night,
But you don't hear the chirp Of the
cherubic mite
In Millionaires' Row
They all own a dozen or so of ma
chimes
In Millionaires Row:
They have their coupes and their fine
limousines
in Millionaires' Row.
They have all the gasolene wagons in
style.
They smash the speed limit and sport
round a pile:
But baby cabs? Gosh. there amt one
in mile
In Millionaires' Row.
Their lveried servants are always on
hand
In Millionaires' Row;
Ihelr talk Is correct and their manners
are grand
In Miilionaires' Row.
The luxury in every home is complete.
The lights are ablaze and the music's
a treat;
But you don't hear the patter OF bsby's
feet
In Millionaires' Row.
Those people are poor who pretend
they are rich
In Mllionaires' Row:
Without small voice raised 10 high
concert pitch.
In Millionaires' Row.
There's one JOY in living OF which
they can't tell;
I'd rather hear my kid give one hearty
yell
Than TO own all the mansions in
heaven Orwell,
In Milliona!res' Row.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-02

II you want to know how some people
get their automobiles. ask their gro
GERS and butchers.
There is one thing in favor of the
fuzzy hat. Nobody will ever steal 1t
or take 1t by mistake" after a ban
quet
Lem Higgins allows as how he ex-
poets to go to work next summer IL
he kin fnd something to DO that will
allow him TO spend most OF his time
out in front Of Hiliiker's grucery on
a soap box.
Abe Hicks says he amt daTy about
havin' prosperity. II makes him work
too hard.
Every time his wife's relatives want
to take a ride there IS suthin' tn
matter with Anse Frisby's oat mobile
Luke Tibbltts is stuck on his job.
He works In a fly paper factory.
Any man who does business with a
shyster lawyer ought to get the worst
of II. and he generally does.
II they can't find anything else for
the Digger Indians to do. why not set
them TO work on the Panama Canal?
There have been a great many in
ventors in this world. but the Teller
who invented compound interest was
not so slow.
kckin' on the street car service Is
the oldest form OF amusement in this
country.
When a man starts to goin' down hill
there are plenty OF friends TO help
him along.
A Teller who has got the gift OF CAB
gen'ally lands somewhere. even if 1t
Is only In jail.
The trouble in this country at the
present time seems TO be that the din
ner pals are too large.
Some of the poetry a young Teller
writes to his gal certinly sounds fine
and dandy when she pulls IL on him
ten years after they are married
Like 81 horse, a pettyfogs!n' law
yer is a vain thing for safety
The man who used to have barn
has put a gasolene can behind IL and
calls IL a garage
There is one thing that no man ever
made a success OF, and that is the
drink habit.
They tell US that civilization IS ad-
vancing by leaps and bounds, but we
note there are still good many men
who wear red neckties
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-02

ley, OF Harvard. Brown. of the Navy,
PumpelIy. OF Yale. or Harry Costello. OF
Georgetown. who. in the pariance OF
the sporting page. won laurels with
their twinkling toes"
Being a bit uncertain as to what are
twinkling toes. we admit the laurels.
1t takes nerve and skill to drop or
place-kick with the marvellous speed
and accuracy displayed this year. When
half a dozen raging backs come pour.
ing through upon a lone player. he
may well be pardoned for wondering
where he is going TO light rather than
upon the destiny of the ball 1t is
time admirably calculated to show
any tint OF yellow in mans heart. As
long as the game brings out this sort
Of courage and skill IT will rightly
hold it's present imperial place among
college sports.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-02
CLOSE HUNTING SEASON EARLY.

The proposal to protect the game
birds of Virginia, and especially the
quail. by closing the hunting season
this month should be supported both
by hunters and farmers. Reports
from many counties indicate an UNI
usual scarcity of birds. II the season
is permitted TO cover the regular
period, in some cases until February /.
there is a grave chance that thousands
of flocks will be exterminated entirely.
and the fields be barren Of game for
many years. Even il three or four
birds be left. the death rate among
them during the winter would prob
ably mean that there would be no
breeding nucleus for the rearing of a
fresh convey next fall. The proper
course is to call a halt on all shoot
ing in localities where the game is
scant.
Hunters throughout the State bring
back stories of empty bags due to the
noticeable scarcity OF quail. The few
flocks that can be found have been
driven by the dry weather deep into
the thickets and swamps along water
courses The difficulty of getting at
them and the light kills can mean only
that the birds have suffered serious
losses from the extreme and prolong-
ed cold Of last winter. They have been
unable TO resist the natural hazards Of
their habitat. and for that reason
should be safeguarded against the
human gunner. If the already weak
ened flocks be further destroyed. II
may take years to bring the supply
back to normal
The hunter. however, IS not the per-
son principally Interested The farmer.
who has learned of the valuable service
rendered him by insect-eating quail,
robins and other birds in protecting his
crops from the devastation OF pests.
will join in demanding that such allies
be saved. The economic loss TO the
State from an extinction of the quail IS
even more serious than the chance that
hunters may for some time be deprived
90 their sport For both reasons. the
county supervisors and wardens should
make haste to pass such restrictions as
Will limit the season and save the
birds
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-02
The southern eros. of Honor.
CBefore the Conventionl

(Before the Convention
Twas on the ella River.
Eleven thousand altitude hiSh,
when the wild things sought for kivef'
For a huntsman he was nigh.
1 had heard OF his arms prowess.
OF his CHASTITY wounds had heard.
His death escape. / trow. is
Nearest told in writ or word.
For the grisly bar" hs tore open.
His bare breast to his beating heart,
His fierce claw IL had "holpen."
His scalp from his skull 10 part
How KUN in this wilderness. strans-
How did your path hap to stray SO
These wild woods are full Of danger;
Here a tenderfoot dar' not stir: -
His eyes strayed to the face before
him.
HIS lips framed the word. "old
Pard;
Hes beset with emotions that tore him.
Tears trickled down his features
married.
Lord. Bill. no more thought I'd seen
you
Since we parted at Bull Run.
And / threw my body between you,
And the Yanks. TO Spite their FUN
Whats that cross you've on your
Cross Of Honor; Sign o. the old
Makes a man feel like he's IN chapel.
His old blood course virile and REQ
"'Pears to me I'll start out for mine:
I'll hitch up these Shank's mares.
You don't know how for old times
To know how the old home fares.
But you say I can't get IL now.
That they won't give it any more,
You break break my heart. Bill. and
Can they make an old soldier SO
sore?
Don't they know when the war was
Many tsrn sought the wildes, hsunts.
To hide their hearts so rended.
And fee from the gibes and tauats'
"of the cross Of Honor never heard
More than the infant unborn.
Though in my ears rings the Keoei
OF many a battles fstefui morn
And my heart is but as 6 great grave.
For. Lee. Jackson-an our brave
can't tell how that cross I crave.
Sign 1 shared their sorroWs and joys
'sBill, tell the ladies who give the cross.
AS they ride In their satins and faces.
Search out each man who fate did toss
Into most distant and desolate places
las long as q veterans heart beats,
And can answer the roll call.
To the reveille and retreats.
Search them out. one and al.
On this mundane sphere we'll enroll
them,
Heroes Of the Honor Cross;
Thus on the Great Divide they'll toll
them.
While We here bemoan their loss.
"As Constantine in the days OF yoTe.
Saw the Cross supreme in the sky.
So our heroes won the cross they bore.
The crown awaiting them on high
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-02
"ShalI q Mother Stay Her Child 30

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
sir.-Let me raise my voice against
capital punishment II is horrible,
oaroarous and outrageous. Cannot the
mother state take her erring child IN
hand. sternly and wisely discipline
him. and finally bring him to an un-
derstsndIng Of what Should be his at
titude toward law and order2 what
shudder when think Of the death
cnair. and the night which Is the pris-
oners last on earth ] cannot sleep n
my comfortable bed. but lie In q cold
terror waiting for the dreaded dawn.
and when the clock tolls the hour fo-
the doomed man TO walk forth TO his
death my agony Is more than I can
bear. Nine Is not an Isolated case,
all those who have In their hearts love
for their feIlowuan suffer on days Of
more 80. and these 20 to the greatest
length IL human power 70 protest
against capital punishment by killing
themselves. for they feel that they are
poweriess 70 aid snc the thought .
more than they can bear. II man
sins beyond forgiveness and Is a men
ace TO society. and is a hopeless criIn'-
nal surely our prisons are strong
enough 10 hold him until God. In dis
own good time. takes from him the
breath % life which he gave. LIE
time imprisonment would remove from
our midst 9 dangerous man. ana We
would sesi that the State hat acted
wisely. but now. when one man u
eiectrocufed q thousand are crrcifeo-
10 is wickea 20 call the state mat lusts
for the blood Of her crring chiiorsn .
Mother state" What mother wouio
siav her shiid7 Rather would snc leso
the sinner into paths 81 rignteous-
ness ans understanding. Lynch law
mon rule. would not necessarily rcs Sls-
u occurs now With our cruel laws ~.
.fstfne a. We grow more enliNhtcnc1
people will learn 20 control tneir pa
sson. and with the state 10 longer
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-02
s.MpLrNG THE SHORT BALLOT.

The short ballot reform is progress
ing in California. Los Angeles County
will hereafter elect three supervisors,
a sheriff. a district attorney and an
assessor. All other county officers will
be appointed by these. This innovation
will cut down the number OF oflces TO
be filled by election from thirteen 10
six. The reform was stopped at six as
a concession TO those who did not de-
sire all Of a good thing at one time.
The sherir and assessor ought to have
been included. and it might have been
wen TO add the district attorney. This
will result eventually. The people Will
come to see that concentration OF pow
or Is a safe principle OF government II
they attend TO the concentration Their
power must be centralized where II can
be watched, instead OF scattered and
lost.
The Los Angeles experiment ought
TO prove valuable. If it is successful. 1t
will be widely initiated. in county gov
eminent for county government as a
rule, is most inefficient.