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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-23
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The WEATHER


CONDITIONS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-There will be
showers tonight or Friday in the north
Atlantic states and the Southeastern
states while in the middle Atlantic states,
the Ohio valley and the Lake region the
weather will be generally fair tonight and
Friday.
The tempera ture will not change de-
cidedlN over the eastern half Of the cOun-
try during the next thirty-six hours
GENERAL FORECAST.
Following is the forecast until p. m
Friday:
Georgia-Local showers tonight or Fri,
day.
Virginia Generally fair tonight and
Friday.
North Carolina Fair in eastern. prob
ably showers in western portion tonight
or Friday.
South Carolina, FG~ida. Alabama and
" ississippi-Local showers tonight or
Friday.
Louisiana Unsettled. with showers to-
night or Friday.
Arkansas-Unsettled.
Oklahoma and Indian Territory-Ge
orally fair.
East Texas-Unsettled. with showers in
north portion.
West TaXas-Generally fair.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-23
RAILWAY STOCKS
DECLINE HEAVILY
Poor Demand Prevails Reac-
tlonary Tendency of Market
Continues.
BY CHARLES w. STORM.

NEW YORK, Aug. pa drop Of
points in Canadian Pacific entaied by
selling in London and in New York was
the chief feature of the stock market at
the opening this morning
Canadian Pacific opened at 2753A on
the second sale it lost "a, on the third
sale il was 2i2 lower and on the fourth
sale il was points under Wednesday $
close. United States Steel was - higher
at the opening, later losing its gain.
Amalgamated Copper opened at S7's. a
gain of Is, then went to IS, which was
within Is OF its new high record set yes
teTday.
\ number of stocks showed conces-
sions among them Erie common, Atch-
ison, Lehigh Valley, Reading, Union Pa
citC and Southern Railway. All the losses
were fractional. The tone was heavy.
The curb was dull
Americans were steady in London.
Canadian Pacific there was sold
heavy tone prevailed in the market
in the late trading. Reading. which was
under heaviest pressure, sold down to
$685., against l70"s yesterday. \ loss of
| n was sustained in New York Central,
which declined to il5l2.
The copper shares were also sold heaV-
lily for time. but later buying of Anal
gamated caused a rally.
The market closed steady; governments
unchanged; other bonds steady.
Stock quotations:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-23
Price cURREMr cRoP ourLook-

CINNTNNATT, Aug 22.-Threshing OF
grain has been interfered with by extern
sive rains and to some extent oats have
suffered in condition from effects of the
moisture. Nothing has occurred to shake
the promise of a total Of 700 900 900 bush
els for this country wheat crop this
season. Worlds production Of wheat this
season is to he expected to prove larger
rhan last year and probably i'm excess of
any previous year recorded. Corn crop
progressing faVorabIy ana moisture suffi-
Cient TO carry il to maturity nder de
cidedly favorable conditions to the end Of
the season the total yield may reach high
estimates which recently have prevailed.
Temperatures have been more favOra Bile
for corn for past week Total Western
packing Of hogs for week 1885 900, against
365, 900 last year
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-23
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK. Aug 22.-Wheat steady;
SePjeLm2er III % q ~ ~ spot no red ~.
No, in elevator nominal, export No 2
nominal f. o. b.. steamer nominal. No. 4
nominal. oats steady; natural white 80
No, nominal f. o. b. New York Barley
quiet; mailing new 60G70 C l. f. Buffalo.
Hay tirmer: good to prime 1.l5d1. 40, poor
to fair lO0IG1.20.
Flour quiet; spring patents 525d IS. 80.
straights 475n 800, clears 4.656490. win
ter patents 5 l5@5.4O, straights 45Oq4.7O.
clears 4.250450
mess 2OM20.75. family 20021.25. Lard
dull; city steam 10&4 bid, middle West
spot Ito bid. rallow steady; city Tin
tierces) 5a4 1864
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-23
NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF the FIeeCy Staple

NEW YORK. Aug 22-Carpenter. Bag
got 4 Co: Drakeford. Browne q Co. ca
bic us from Liverpool: The market has
advanced in consequence of reduced Of
terinIs. Manchester advices are better
generally
Those who were bulls at the beginning
OF the season are joining the bear ele-
ment as the majority Of them believe
that large crop IS assured.
Dallas wires: ''reXaS-Panhandle clear.
and balance Of state generally cloudy:
hard rain at Bonham: good rain at Gle
burne and Big Springs to Fort Worth a.;
raining at sherman, Paris, Arthur City;
light rain al Dallas. Wichita Falls and
Terrell. raining at Sweetwater to Baird.
Oklah IONA -Generally partly cloudy; no
cain last night -
Munds. Clifford. McElroy. Bashford and
Hubbard were best buyers after the call.
Marsh Finn. Wiggin, Hentz. Seidenberg
and Hartc %. m, were ,r, best sellers
throughout that section.
McFadden Pearsan. Gwathmey lead
ing sellers today. which caused decline
Little support to market
Following are II a. m bids: October
liz, December 1l27 January HIS,
NEW ORLEANS Aug, 22.-Hayward &
Clark: The weather map shows cloudy
over entire belt except fair at oklahoma.
panhandle of Texas and the Carolinas:
fine general rains in north Texas, Arkan-
Sas, Tennessee, north Mississippi and
good rains in Texas, also through South:
cloudy, showerN weather in rest of the
belt
Telegraph companies early report show
glorious rains in Texas. Every indication
for more.
The New Orleans Times Democrat says:
Several factors contributed support and
Yesterdays contract market advanced in
absence of fresh bearsh influences De-
pendahle correspondents Cabled encOurag-
ingly regarding the state of trade at
hgnFnpCfpT TrnfaGGi4nal ,t.,,-t.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-23
COTTON SEED OIL.

NEW YORK. Aug. 22-Carpenter. Bag
got & Co: Recent efforts to secure some
spot oil by binding up the August option
was without material effect on the bal
ance Of the list, and only served to create
the impression that stocks Of oil available
portions
The volume of business is small and
while there may be no substantial moves
until after something more definite is
known Of the prospective weld Of seed
available for crushing purposes from this
years crop. We would prefer TO work TO-
Cotton seed 81 quotations.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-23
TODAYS
MARKET 81
COTTON.

NEW YORK. Aug. 23-Weakness in
abroad and excellent weather CON
ditons resulted in the cotton market to
a net decline of 4 TO : points from last
nights close Within few minutes after
the opening a general buying wave pre-
vailed, which was believed short cover
ing and prices in most active positions
advanced points.
Futures in Liverpool quiet; spot cotton
dull prices steady.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-23
SHORT COVERING
ADVANCES GRAIN
One Cent Gain Recorded in
September Wheat and
Oats Fractions Higher.
ST, LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Aug. 22.-Little change was
shown in the wheat market at the open
ing this morning. September sold fraC-
tiOn higher. while the other months were
well sustained. The movement of wheat
in the Northwest is smaller than a year
ago, but larger than a week ago. There
was but little change in cables.
Corn was a shade better on covering by
shorts and light receipts
oats were IS to &c lower
The provision list was off in price as
well.
Shorts in wheat were on the buying
side late and there were reactions OF
about FAC from the lowest prices reached,
with net gains OF isc to &c for the day
Corn closed with September ic better
December ssc higher and May up nc
shorts were buyers right up to the close,
while the longs were sellers in the way
of taking profits.
oats advanced &C to sc with Septem-
Der the strong spot Of the list
Provisions were without much change
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-23
ATLANTA MARKETS

EGGS Fresh ,nupt,.,. ca,dIal ,>.,-co
bdcI II I6G yra ana creamery in lib
L 10 rI Pound, p,,,,, .ra,.
and feet on, per pound Hens, i7G1Sc
lrIeS, zon &c, registers SqlOc turkeys,
LIVE POULTRY--aHens, 4Oa45c, roost-
eFs ZOOS fries. lSW25C broilerS, 200
&c; puddle ducks, 9@3oc; Pelin ducks.
ing 70 ialnsss. I4@l5c. ,, no - ~
FRUlIS AND PRODUCE.
FRUIT ANE VEGETABLES Lemons,
s8a5.5o per box bananas, $@sisc 7 PEI
pound. cabbage, I5m$l per pound: pea
nuts, per pound fancy Virginia Gl2@7c,
Cnolcei Or &c, beans. round green, i5cD
ssqg5aa<h; yellow per six-baskstl crates,
$1,000 20: lettuce. fancy, Sl.25Gl ! 80,
choice $l.35ML5O per crate; beets, $500
per barrel; cucumbers., 15cG,Sl per crate;
Egg plants S2025O per crate; pepper
$l@ 20 per crate: tomatoes. fancy, six
basket crates $l.5s@I75, choice toma-
toes $l.I5M2; opineapples. S2H2.25 per
crate; onions, $l@l20 Der bushel; sweet
potatoes, pumpkin yam. 81 Id per BUSH
Ell, watermeons $l0@,l5 per hundred;
cantaIoupes per crate SI9 -
Corrected b2 Wb3e p MAEHa company,
16l2c
16kc
Cornheld skinned hams, l6 to is pounds
average, l7c. .,.,,. ,,au -. .o.,,5.
Cornheld picnic hams to pounds
average. 12l2C.
Corntield breakfast bacon, 23c.
Grocer style bacon wide or narrow
Corn6eId fresh porl, sausage dink or
bulI0 25-pound buckets. re.
Cornfeld franlifurters, 10-pound buck
cts. average loc, o--,
TnFTf fol nnl "A IA d
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-23

$3.50. Purina chowder, doz. 10. packages
81 20; Purina chowder, 100-lb. sacks, $2.15;
Success baby chick. S210: Ego S215;
Victory paby chick, $3.50, Victory scratch
$40: Chicken Success baby chick, s.. 10;
wheat 2-bushe bags, per bushel 81 40,
Rooster chicken feed, 50-lb sacks, $l10;
oystershel. soc
sacks. $3.50 175-lb. sacks, 81 90 Purina
molasses feed, $lS5; Arab feed. S185
Allneeda feed. $I75, Sucrene dairy feed
SIS; Universal horse meal, $50; viewer
$40; Monogram, 100-b sacks, $50
Victory horse feed, l00-lb sacks, ST. 10
Mike dairy feed, Sf70: No. 2. S1.T5. al
falfa molasses meal, $l75; alfalfa meal
Sl.50.
SUGAR Per pound, standard granu-
lated, $3.50 New York refined, 5A: plan
go" GS,o0TF'FEi; Roasted CArbucIde's). s28 so,
AAAA. Si4.5O in bulk; in bags and barrels
y2l 90. green, l9c.
u6'2c. according To grade
LARD Silver leaf. l2'4c per pound,
Scocu. e4r per pound, Flake White, ga,
per pound, Couolene, $l20 per case
Suuwdrift, So SO per case
CHEESE Fancy fun cream. lSl4C
SARDINES Mustard, 81 per case one
quarter OIL 50.
MISCEiLANEOUS Georgia cane syr-
uu. 3sc. axle grease Sl75. soda crackers
tic per pound. lemon crackers. Sc. Oys.
ter, &C.. tomatoes - pounds, ~ case. Z.
pounds 81 ~, navy beans, 1925 Lima
beans 7iac. shredded biscuit. S2 80. ROLLED
oats SO go per case. grits thagsl, 81 ~
pink salmon. S4.I5 per case pepper. lA1
pCr mound. " H. Lee salmon, 81 80. cocoa
$50 roast beef % so syrup aNn per gal
Ion sterling ball potash. r. 30 per case
SOAP. 3 i00i 90 per case. Eumiurd bak
Ing powder - 20 ger case.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-23
1912 COTTON CROP,
LATE, ESTIMATED
AT 13,334,00O BALES

NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-The New York
Commercial estimates the cotton crop OF
season Of 1918 at 10, 1874 900 bales.
The crop averages two weeks late, late
ness of the planting and cool wet sum
mer delaying maturity. Picking Is two
to three weeks backward in the east
Top crop is doubtful in the northern
district, the Mississippi foods having
proved costly to the small planters. De-
crease in sales of fertilizer is II per cent
The estimate by states follows:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-23
7GENTINE SHIPMENTS.
LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET.

Wheat opened I'D higher At 80 D. m.
the market was sd higher; closed Il to
asd higher.
Corn opened unchanged, At / 80 p m.
the market was steady Bd higher; closed
unchanged to I'D higher.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-23

NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-Continued firm
ness was shown in the metal market to-
day. Copper spot to September, 1850
1850: October, i13O017.56: spelter 1850
Ills, lead, 4.450475; tin. 45.90M46. 25
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-23
Real Estate For Sale.
SHARP 6 BoHIsToN
w EST END.

23+ OAK STREET-A dandy cot
tage of six rooms, on a great
big lot, with side drive; lot is al
ready divided into back yard and
garden spot, and the house is in
good shape. OWNER WANTS
TO SELL, and will make terms
that will sell it. See us at once
about this.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-23
PORT RECEIPTS.

The following table shows receipts al
the ports today, compared with the same
ddV last wear,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-23
FEEDSTlJFF

gUORTS-FHUCN IO-Ib sacks, *TNO. 7.
"a -5-Ib sacks. $3.50. Brown. lOO-lb
eac.s n r.. Georgia feed T5-lb sacks
n * brar 18Th sacks 81 40. l0O-lb
sarks. 81 80. Homcloinc, $40 Germ meal
Homo. 81 20. sugar beet pulp l0U-lb.
sark-. 81 80. 1a-lb sacks 81 b.
cHICkE% FEED Beef scraps, 'O-lh
.s,la So .o. lOO-Ib sacks. SO rs Victory
,.grau iced l13i i0-Ib sacks. e. Is Hu-
r.ra scratch 1OOrln sacks, g. -U. Iur'na
pigeon iced. '-4i. rurua baby ,nI'n
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-23
STOCKS.

NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
-
SInrk nlnla finns.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-23
CHICAGO Ca LOTS.

Following are receipts for Thursday and
estimated receipts for Friday:
lThnrsdav Erida,
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-31
Minor Mention.

| Col. Roosevelt will be in Denver Sep
tember 10.
Mrs. Mary b. Butler. pioneer. died
at Colorado Springs.
Big crowds attended the Prowers
county fair at Lamar.
Harrison Albertson. pioneer resident
of Trinidad, died there
The problem of how to dispose OF
the city garbage is agitating Colorado
Springs.
Theodore Roosevelt will speak to
the citizens OF Rocky Ford Septem-
ber 18th.
Ten citizens OF Weld county have
met a violent death within the last
ten days.
The Windsor hardware store was en-
tered and cash and goods to the value
OF $500 stolen.
The Arkansas valley. in the vicinity
OF Pueblo. is in the very midst of the
richest harvest in its entire history.
Two horses, two sets of harness and
a saddle were stolen from the barn on
the Emil Affolter ranch near Long
mont.
1t is estimated that about $4,000 was
cleared by the fete at Elitch's Gardens
in Denver for the benefit of the Chill
dren's hospital.
To keep her husband from being
bigamist Mrs. Leonora' Henry quietly
sued for and obtained a divorce at
Colorado Springs.
Mike Miller, twenty-eight years of
age. was arrested at Colorado Springs
charged with stealing ss5 from the
Modern Woodman home.
Colorado Springs and the entire
Pixies Peak region were resplendent
in gay colors and bright lights at night
during the Shan Kive, held there.
While several of his fellow ranch
hands slept on either side of him, w.
II. Rice. forty-five. employed near
Brighton, died from heart trouble.
For the first time in the forty-one
years of its existence the American
Fisheries Society will hold its annual
meeting in Denver, beginning Septem
ber 3.
Two well known Denver lawyers
Judge Stuart Douglas Walling of the
State Court of Appeals. and Judge
Sterling b. Tohey-passed away sud
denly.
President ]. II. Baker of the State
University landed a huge twenty-six-
inch twelve-pound trout at Stapp's
lake. near Boulder. after a fight of
twenty-five minutes.
1t is stated that Alburt Yoder, for
mer member of the Denver police
force, has confessed to completely in
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-31

A memorial fountain to the late Maj.
A. w. Butt, who was lost in the Titan
ic disaster, was provided for by Con-
gress.
President Taft has signed the bill
regulating traffic on the Panama canal
and the postoffice and army appropria-
tion bills.
With $4,000 appropriated by Con-
gress. the biological survey will en-
deavor to prevent starvation among
the 10000 elk of the Jackson Hole re-
gioh of Wyoming.
The Senate has passed a bill grant
ing 105 cannon to various towns
throughout the country to be placed
in public squares, the grounds of pub
lie buildings and about state armories.
For the third time the House passed
the legislative and judicial appropria.
tion bill over the veto of President
Taft by vote of 154 to 53. but in the
Senate the effort to pass it failed, "a
TO 27.
A countervailing duty on importa-
tions of wheat and rye flour and split
peas from Germany was ordered by
Secretary MacVeagh because these
commodities enjoy bounty from the
German government.
The deficiency bill, passed by the
Senate carries an appropriation of 49,.
305,0O0 to pay the amount of judg
ment rendered by the court of claims
in favor of the confederated bands OF
Utes of Colorado and Utah.
President Taft signed the Shirley
bill prohibiting false labelling of patent
medicines as to their curative values
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-31
pENRosE RESOLUTION ADOPTED
AFTER LONG BATTLE BY
LA TOILETTE.
COMPROMISE CLAIMS
BOTH HOUSES ADJOURN WITH
FEW MEMBERS IN At
TENDANCE.
western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Washington.-Sobcred by the en-
barrassments of Saturdays all-night
cession of fillibusters and disagree
mcnts. Congress adjusted its differ
cnccs Monday. invited President Taft
TO the capitol once more and wrote
-.Finis" after the proceedings Of the
second session OF the Sixty-second
Congress.
The end was marked with a return
of harmony and an end of filibusters.
Senator La Toilette, demanding action
on the Penrose campaign fund reso-
luton, found all opposition smoothed
away and the resolution was adopted
almost without discussion.
Senators Chamberlain, MARITIME,
Swanson and Culbergon. after fighting
bitterly for the payment of the state
claims" embodied In the general de-
ficicncy bill. permitted the Senate to
yield to the demands of the House and
strike the claims from the bill.
With these old claims, amounting in
all to 100000. went the extra
month pay for congressional en-
pIoyes, which the Senate demanded and
the House refused to give. In the last
half hour of the session. while Presi-
dent Taft waited in his special room
to sign the measures of the dying Con-
gross. an attempt was made to rush
through a special resolution giving the
employees the extra month";" but the
House again blocked 1t.
The President signed the general
deficiency bill. making certain the pay
ment of the s1.s00.0O0 deficiency in
army pay. the $150.00O for the Gettys-
burg Memorial celebration next year.
the $350.000 for extension of customs
work and scores of other important
payments that hinged on the passage
OF the bill The last measure to which
his pen was put was n bill disposing
of lands In the Colville Indian reser-
walton.
The session Just fizzled out" in the
Senate, to use the words OF one OBJ
server. A handful of members occu-
pied their seats and call for a quo
rum in either House or Senate would
have forced a return of the embarras-
sing situation.
A wild outburst of applause greeted
Speaker Clark's announcement OF ad-
journment as his gavei fell in the
House. The floor Immediately became
an animated scene. Other time politi-
cal foes buried their hatchets and all
reuds wcrc apparently forgotten in the
general leave taking.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-31
FOREIGN.

Gen. William Booth. founder of the
Salvation Army. died in London.
Dispatches received at Nogales say
that a bloody battle ragged near Cana
nea, Mexico. between Mexican rebels
and federals.
According to a cable dispatch from
Rome, an italian wireless telegraph
company is about to install a wireless
station at the Vatican.
Fire, caused by the burning out OF
fuse box, in the general postoffice
building tied up the entire communica-
ton system of London for a time.
James Hill, said to be a son of
James ]. Hill. the railroad magnate,
was married at London very unosten-
tatiously to Mrs. Margaret Fahnestock.
The British steamer Elton, from
Buenos Ayres, sank off Ijmuiden, on
the Netherlands coast, after being in
a collision with the Dutch coasting
steamer Atlantic.
Speeches urging war against Tur-
key in order to liberate Macedonia
were greeted with enthusiasm at a
great political meeting at Philippe
lis, Bulgaria.
Mary Enright, said to be an Amer
lean died in a hospital at Folkestone
Eng, under mysterious circumstances
Fishermen found her lying on the
beach, unconscious. apparently suffer
ing from the effects of poison.
No fewer than $4,000 workmen filed
past the bier of the late Gen. William
Booth. The scene was an intensely i'm
pressive one as the men marched bare
headed through Congress hall. London
many of them carrying their tool bags
United States Ambassador Leisch-
mans two daughters were dangerously
injured in an automobile accident
near Reicheyhausen, Eear Berlin.
They were returning from Munich, to
Berlin with their mother at the time.
Mrs. Leischmann was also badly in
jured.
In the presence of the Salvation
army commissioners and the principal
officers in London, General Booths
testament entrusted to the army's so.
licitor twenty-five years ago, appoint.
ing the late commander in chiefs son
Bramwell Booth to succeed him, was
opened and read.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-31
GEN ERAL.

Fire practically ruined the palatial
club house of the Chicago Golf Club,
two and one-half miles west of
Wheaton.
Prime steers which recently sold at
s10.50, the top price in years, com
manded an additional rise and sold
at $1,000.
Sixty-six railroad employees sat down
to banquet on one gigantic water
melon at Fort Worth, Texas, and all
had their fill
Private cables received at New
York announce the death at Constance,
Switzerland. of Johann Martin Schley-
er. inventor CT the artificial language
volapuk. He was seventy-four years
old
Prosecutor Shepherd of Detroit
asked for blanket warrants for seven
teen aldermen on charges of conspir.
acy to defraud the public.
The forest fire in DEVILS cafion,
twenty miles northeast of Pasadena,
Cal, swung to the west and threatened
the entire Pasadena watershed.
Hook worm, acquired while labor.
ing as a minister in the South, is held
responsible for the death at Salt Lake
of the Rev. ]. l.. Fant. native Of
Abbeville. S. c., and a graduate Of the
Baptist Theological seminary at Louis.
Vile. Ky.
Five persons were seriously injured
and forty were bruised and cut in the
collapse Of a grandstand seating 300
in University place at indianapolis,
during the formal notification of Gov.
ernor Thomas r. Marshall of his nom.
ination as Democratic candidate for
vice president. The injured were car.
ried into the Indiana Democratic Club
nearby or taken to hospitals, and the
notification ceremony proceeded
Thomas H. Stevens. one of the
old guard of Kentucky horsemen
and known on every track in the
United States. died here.