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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17
INTERIOR MOVEMENT.
WEEKEND COTTON STATISTICS

The visible supply of American cotton
during the past week shows a decrease of
f20,601 bales, as compared with a de-
crease of 1900 bales during the same
week last year, against decrease of S.
941 bales the year before. Other kinds
during the week showed an increase of
$4,000 bales, compared with an increase
of $4,000 bales, against an increase of
5000 bales the year before. The total
visible supply of American cotton for the
week showed a decrease of 1851 bales,
compared with an increase of so, 992 last
year and a decrease of 1874 bales in
1911
Worlds visible s1pnIV.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17
RANGE IN NEW YORK FUTURES.
Closed steady.

Liverpool cables were due to come 51s
points lower on January and 613 to 91a
points lower .on other positions but the
market opened easy at to points de-
cline. At 1915 p. m. the market was
quiet at net decline of to points on
near months and to 61a points lower on
lower than at 1915 D. m. At the close the
market showed a net decline of 51s to 10
points from the final figures of Thursday.
Fair business doing in spot cotton at IL
bales, including 1000 American bales; i'm
ports. 11,000 bales, of which all were
American; tenders new docket, 1000 bales
Port receipts are today estimated at TO-
600 bales, compared with $1,000 last week
and 59,4S3 last year, against 51,546 in 1911
RANCE In LLMERpnni cnrrnM
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17
SPOT COTTON MARKET.

Atlanta, nominal; middling 1888.
Athens, steady; middling 1215.
Macon, steady; middling 1915.
New Orleans, steady; middling 1917
New York, quiet; middling 19c.
Boston, quiet; middling 13c
Philadelphia, steady; middling 1926.
Augusta. steady: middli5g Sc
Savannah, quiet; middling 121s.
Mobile, quiet; middling 12A
Galveston, quiet; middling 1215.
Charleston, quiet; middling 1914.
Wilmington, nominal
Little Rock, quiet; middling 70 Ills.
Baltimore, nominal; middling 1873.
Memphis, steady; middling 1874.
St. Louis, dull; middling 13c.
Houston, easy; middling 125s
LOUISVILLE. firm: middling 13A.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17
General Force as.

Following is the general forecast I'M
I'll Z p m. Saturday:
Georgia-Generally fair in south. local
rains in north portion tonight or Sat
urday somewhat colder Saturday in north
and central portions.
Firgnia-Rans tonight or Saturday;
co!!Cer tonight in extreme north portion
colder saturday.
North Carolina-Local rains tonight or
saturday; colder Saturday in west and
central portions
South Carolina-Local rains tonight or
lion.
'"Gav
Mabama-Fair in south, local rains in
VIA, colder Saturday.
Mississip Pi-CloHdy tonight: colder in
norm portion; saturday fair and colder.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17
ATLANTA LIVE STOCK MARKET.
'Sy w. n. White, Jr., of the White PRO.
vision Company

curing the current week:
. Hoce 10 good steers, 1000 10 / 200. :. o.
, |91o; good steers, 500 to 1000 5.0095 Is:
- 6G TO good steers, 700 to $50, 1900
Tx se9d 10 choice beef cows 500 to 900.
,t,o9g@9o4i5; medium to goou cows ZOO
~ oVV 5.6oQ4.O0: good to choice LETTERS.
10y To $50, 4.0O@4.50; medium to good
The above represent rnIin,, ,,rioos 90
5000 quality of beef cattle. Inferior
-'%,iHes and dairy type selling lower.
Az ,%z%eg to good steers, if fat, TO0@SOO.
fa yV ~ 69@ Medium to common cows, il
So9a butcher bulls, 3,OO@S. IS. " 80
81 me hogs 100 to zoo average, 7.406
1$ $S good z; butcher hogs. 40 TO 100 1850
~; light pigs, 700 to $50. 6.75@ 90
,,o aoove quotations apply to cornfed hogs.
cents under. -'o7'' " ~
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17
QuItclalm DEEDS.

$l7-City of Atlanta to S. E. Craven.
lot 80 by 100 feet west side Center
street, $50 feet north of Piedmont ave
nue. also lot 40 by 105 feet, southwest
corner Ethel and High streets.
SIS. e. Craven to L. Weiner. lot 40
by so feet, southwest corner Ethel and
High streets; also lot 40 by 80 feet, south
side Ethel street, 80 feet from High
street. January 10.
81 and to Correct Deed--T. \. Smith
to Mrs B. A. Craig, lot Il by 40 feet.
west side Semmes street, 8! feet south
of Williams street. January 16
$5-A p. Harrington to j. L. Nickel
din estate (by executors, % Pittman
place. As by 70 feet. September 9, 1910.
$l0-Georgia Savings Bank and Trust
Company TO Mrs. Mary c. Traylor. lot
$50 by Sc by 1856 feet, at intersection of
southeast side Piedmont avenue and
northwest side old road, January g.
So Henry Hirsch to j. r. Sullivan ct
al, lot so by 1850 feet, on Decatur street.
being north part Of west half of city lot
1871. April -, 1912.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17
NEW YORK GROCERIES.

sreS lEW YORK Jan. 17.-coffee. barely
by NO. Z Rio spot. 13sl.
prime a, steady; domestic, ordinary to
l,at 4iL.as ss steady; New Orleans, open
r,,@,ugar, raw. steady; centrifugal 3.4S;
fBnSTG oVado, 298; n1olasses sugar, 273; re-
4essu' quiet: standard graduated. 1900
AZ cut loaf. so; crushed, $50; mold a,
4 az diamond a, $50; confectioners A.
NJ 4. 20; No. l, AGO. No. 2, 4.25@4 80;
''0' o. 4--0@4,25; No A. 415M4.20.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17
PRIMARY MOVEMENT.
CHICAGO cAK LOIS.

case; Rumford baking powder. $3.50 per
case.
FISH,.
FISH-3ream and perch, &c per pound;
snapper, &c per pound; trout, &c per
pound bluehsh, 7c per pound; ponpano,
mixed fish, 5G6c per ID; black bass, 10c
per pound; mullet, s14 per barrel
OYSTERS-Per gallon: Plants, $3.50;
extra selects, sL60; selects. $1.4o;
HARDWARE.
PLOWSTOCKS-Hal CSC; Fergu-
son. s1.05
SHOT-S2.25 per sack. "
SHOES-Horse, $4.50@475 Der keg.
LEAD-Bar, 71sc per pound.
NAILS-Wire, $2.65 base.
IRON-Per pound. Sc. base: Swede. &C.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17
Loan Deec..

So 600 Mrs Mary c, Traylor to Home
Life Insurance Company, lot $50 by SO by
156 feet, at intersection of southeast side
Piedmont avenue and northwest side old
road. January Z.
SO ,O00-H. w Dillin to Mortgage Bond
Company OF New York, lot 30 by 1870 feet,
north side St Charles avenue. 259 feet
west of Boniventure street; January 16.
81 900--D w. Morgan TO Mortgage Bond
Company of New York, lot 4s by 1874 feet,
north side Oak street "a feet west Of
Hopkins street January 16.
S. O00-Mlss Aurelia Roach to Ernest j.
Roach, lot 40 by ITS feet, west side Pied
mont avenue. 385 feet southwest of Tenth
street November 16, 1912
81 500-Miss Helen and Annie r. Roddey
to Ernest j. Roach. lot A by 20 feet,
north side Rankin street, l3l feet east
Of Lit Jones street. January 10.
S650--Frank j NYimberly to T. j. Tread :
well. zoe Old Wheat street. so by 1l2
feet: also 112 Howell street 68 by 80 feet.
Si00-Rose Ellens to John b. Roberts,
lot 1870 by 100 feet. northeast corner Cap
itol avenue and Parks avenue. January
10 1912.
COMPANY of New York Ill Waverly way,
Sc by 147 feet. January JIG.
$4,000 Philip Weltner 10 Mrs. Josie 3.
Miller 30 and SO Jones avenue, 100 by
40 feet January 10.
S10N-B Bradley and Bruce Han to W.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

% CHICAGO. Jan. 17-Hops-Receints.
b FS,yog Market 5 to 1Oc higher; mixed and
liners 110@760 good heavy 1850
77,iig2, rough riGgh heavy, .7iOQ 80; light 71Oa
Gat HtI,ss' 5 o,oon 10; bulk, 7,35@750
M, -, o,o9@s.55: cows and helfers. 5000
r.,,s, st9ckers and feeders. 5.60@T 65;
gH"us b,t5@S. 40; calves, 900a1O.50.
4HlO H. NV" o'''' lSi'"S' '''V
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17
THE WEATHER
Conditions.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-There will be
rain tonight over the entire eastern por-
ton Of the country, and rain or snow
Saturday from the upper Ohio valley and
Lake region eastward.
II will be much colder tonight and Sat
urday in the upper Lake region and the
ohio valley, and colder Saturday in the
lower Lake region, Atlantic and east Gulf
states except along the south Atlantic
coast.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17
CHICAGO CASH Quotations.

CHICAGO, Jan. 17.--Wheat, No. 2 red,
1.1201.16; No. 3 red, 1.046p1.1 10; No hard
No. l northern spring, 911s @92%; No. Q
northern spring, S9Q911h; No. 8 spring,
S7@S9
Corn. No. 8. 4SA d4s&: No 8 white,
49% m501a No. 3 yellow, 4S0491a; No. 4,
46@48A; No. 4 white. 47@4s1a; No. 4 yell
low, 46m48A.
oats. No. white. s4s4 @35A; No. 8
white, 33Q33&; No. white, 32%@S4;
Standard, 341l.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17

$S72-Charles o. Kent to Mutual Loan
and Banking Company lot so by 100 feet,
northeast corner Emmett and Curran
streets. January 16
Trust Company, lot 1,072 by $50 and Els by
1854 feet in northeast half of land lot
202, Fourteenth district adjoining Dud-
ley. January IA
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17
BANK CLOSING NOTICE.

BANK CLOSING NOTICE.
January 19, General Lees birth
day, is legal holiday. AS the 10th
comes on Sunday, Monday, January
goth, will be observed.
The banks composing the Atlanta
Clearing House Association will be
closed for business on Monday, Jan
uary 20.
DARWIN G. JONES, Sec. G. Nor.
ROBERT J. LOWRY, Pres.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17

NEW YORK, Jan. IN L. Carpenter
& Co: The cotton seed oil market ruled
quiet but steady today Commission
houses were fair buyers of May The
crude markets were barely steady and
mills appear more anxious for bid
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17
NEWSPAPER OPINIONS ON STOCKS

Wall Street Journal: Some of the
large houses report an increase in the in
Vestment demand for stocks"
New York Commercial: "a real bull
leader with strong backing might turn the
tables on the oversold bears.
Journal of Commerce: Covering move
ments are at present largely responsible
for stock market gains.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17
Administrators Deed.

Sl,500-E. II. McCord. administrators
of-John B. Neal estate, to J. r. Neal lot
so by $50 feet, south side Forrest avenue,
100 feet west Of Fort street November
g 1910.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17

BOSTON, Jan. 17.-Opening: CRANKY,
65h Shoe Machinery, 271h; Calumet
Arizona, 6519; Fruit, 177h; North Butte,
301s.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17
LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET.

Wheat opened Is to 4d lower At 1890
p. m. the market was I'D higher to 1sd
lower; closed unchanged.
Corn opened unchanged to I'D lower. AT
1880 p. m. the market was steady sd
higher to sd lower: closed unchanged to
I'd lower
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17
PORT RECEIPTS.

The following table shows receipts at
the ports today compared with the same
daY last wear:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17
RANGE IN NEW ORLEANS FUTURES
Bonds for Title.

Maddox, IA Edgehill avenue 1866 feet front
and back to an alley. January 10.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
Grain quotations:

Jan IS 421a IS so is 421a 1850 IS .82Is
My 1880 1S.771s 1s.621A 1S.77A 1870
KY KY = S7 1913 SiSS lS SSs 1915 SfS 1855 S
Jan n? = '87h s.s5 a.s7. s.s5 s.s5
MY 10 90 10.O71a 1000 1906 1000
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17
peed 10 secure pebt.

St6Sl--B. j. Mcdonald To Southeastern
Land and Investment Company. I3S North
Boulevard, 75 by 200 feet. January 10,
1912
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17

NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET.
Coffee quotations:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-01-17
MINING STOCKS.

Total sales, $4,000 shares.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-24
HEN Tries TO HANG ITSELF
ed TO Lay its Ghsre Of High
Priced Egss.

Tarrytown, N. Y.--Mary, tho pet
hen of Miss Hannah Mace of North
Tnrrytown, attempted suicide. Mlss
Mace gravely insists that Mary was
conscience stricken, because. al tho
high price Of eggs, she had not been
able to contribute her share.
The hen flew up on q wire fercs.
and then, sticking her head through
one Of the holes, Jumped OFF. There
che was slowly s%trangIing to death.
when her owner, attracted by the 9th.
er chickens cackIing and making a
great noise In the yard, ran out and
rescued her pet.
To a reporter Miss Mace said:
Mary was hit by an automobile some
months ago. and since that time sI,s
has not been able to lay any eggs.
Mary became ~degpondent, and for
a week ! have noticed a tar-away iosk
in her eyes. She didn't care about
her appearance, and her feathers were
left uncombed. Finally she began 10
starve herself, and when she could
not stand 1t any longer she Just tried
suicide"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-24
Quick Witted and Dangerous Per-
sons Who Use Cocaine.
Many Are Said to Have Become Ad,
dieted to the Habit Through a Mere
Toothaehe-Eftorts Being Made
to Stamp Out Evil.

New York,-Disclosures made be,
fore the grand juries Of Kings coun'
ty recently and Inquiries at police
headquarters reveal that the Illicit
sale Of cocaine has grown 20 rapidly
during the last two years that IL stands
at the head OF the list of drugs which
are sold Illegally throughout the city.
The police record for 1911 shows Ave
arrests and three convictions for sell
Ing the drug. Forty-three indict-
ments returned by the grand juries In
Brooklyn in the last two months aud
20 cases brought into court by Man.
haitian detectives show that the cru.
Sade against the evil is bearing fruit.
Two detectives who have been busy
running down Illegal sellers OF the
drug for the last seven or eight years
told recently of eccentricities OF the
victims. 1T Is a strange thing" said
one, that more than two-thirds Of the
men who sell the drug Illegally are
numbered among the victims. Negroes
are addicted to the habit to Il great
degree. In fact, 1t was In the south
that the habit Of snuflng the drug
first came to light. In New York
city there are hundreds who have be.
come victims through a mere tooth.
ache.
In running down those who vio-
lated the penal code In selling the
drug ! have found the cocaine victim
to be a quick. witted and dangerous
person. | recall n place In particu.
lar In lower Third avenue, where |
found four drug users. One had sill.
yer buckles ON his suspenders and
the buckles were in box form and
contained grains of the stuff. Another
had a seal ring the top OF which
opened on a hinge and the inside was
filled with cocaine. ! entered a pool.
room near Chatham square looking
for cocaine and was sure that the
white stuff" was sold on the prem.
Uses. / searched for several hours,
and lually came upon s~eycral books.
a hole into the center Of the leaves
about an inch square was used as a de.
pository for the drug, If the hang.
ers on had not appeared SO stud!ous,
| believe ! would have been complete
ly fooled
The police Of the large cities. from
Maine to California, are lighting the
evil In PHILADELPHIA, Pittsburg, Bal.
timore, Denver. Salt Lake City and
San Francisco the Increased sale Of
cocaine has made the police suspi-
cioug. and they are trying TO discoV-
or the medium through which the
drug reaches the underworld. The
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-24
NO PLACE FOR POOR
Mining at Dawson Available Only
TO Men With Big Capital.
Pionee Says There Are Sections Of
the Yukon That Have Not Yet
Been Scratched by
Prospeetors.

New York -Henry pInkiert. who
used TO be "A merchant in San Fran.
cisco and went 70 the Klondlke in
1897. and has been In business in or
around Dawson City even since, ar,
rived recently at the Breslin He says
mere are no mining opportunities In
the Immediate u]eighborhood Of Daw.
son., except for men and companies
with big capital.
Dawson is not growing" said MIR
Pinkiert In the early days there
were all kinds OF mining right there
on the ground for the individual. but
now. for a radius Of about 30 miles
around the town, the territory Is SO
worked out that only big corporations
can make money working il. and these
have taken up n great deal OF the
land. The biggest operations In the
neighborhood are being carried on by
a South African company. which owns
or practically controls all the claims
within that 50-mile radius that the
G~uggenhelms do not control
In the days of the gold rush Il man
would stake his claim. which would
run 500 feet, The moment he got
that worked down to low grade he
was up against q proposition that re,
CURED dredges and hydraulic ma.
chlnery TO work on a profitable basis,
The majority of small c~laimholders
sold out, and some gave options. A
few are sttll holding out for their
prices, The government gives a man
the right TO hold his claim SO long as
$500 worth Of work is done on 1t in a
year.
But the situation at Dawson does
not end the Klondike for the prospec
tor by any means, should say that
part Of Yukon territory ID still In Its
infancy as a gold producer, in spite
OF the millions that have been taken
out, The great difficulty has been
getting into the interior. Small boats
80 up the streams o for hundreds OF
miles. but still there are regions prac.
tically unprospeCted. In the past few
years the Canadian government has
helped transportation by substituting
these craft, and this makes II possible
for miners to carry up their grub in
the fall and continue their work IN
the winter, In my opinion, one of
these days we shall hear OF discoveries
up there that will make the Klondike
finds seem insignificant. From Daw
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-24

fourth battle squadron. which 10
based on Gibraltar The Dreadnonght
has been in commission leas than six
years, and while not considered obs0.
letn is more outclasscd by the latest
ships than wore tho pre.nreadnoughts
distanced by her when she was fret
built. (
A few weeks ago the b~att3eship
King George v was commissioned.
She has Il broadside Of no less than
$4,000 pounds. This gives her q 90.
perlortty Of 100 per cent. over the
D~readnought, which was only 20 per
cent. better than the last pre- Dread.
thoughts. The new armored cruisers
even are 80 per cent. more powerful
than the DreadnoughL No British
armored ship is reckoned effective 10
day that has been launched over 10
years,
At the battle Of Trafalgar the ~
british ships averaged ~ years FROM
the date of launching. The ytcteyy
herself was so years old.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-24
Cars Policy Gives Impetus to Popu'
lar EducatIon--Big Gain In Last
Fifteen Years.

st. PetersburR.-POpular education
In Russia IL making rapid strides in
advance; 10 much so that the next
statistics Of people who a neither
read nor write, not long ago officially
estimated at GO per cent. Of the total
population, will certainly indicate a
notable decrease. In the last fifteen
years public instruction has immense.
ly improved.
The existing system OF state schools
was founded in the second half OF
the nineteenth century, when the
cdict Of the abolition of serfdom ap-
peared. Until the year 1860 Russia
only had 4,o77 public schools. When,
IN 1864, the zemstvoB were estab.
liShcd. the number OF schools In
creased rapidly and at the end Of tho
SIXTIES there were in Russia 22,770
schools with l,140,915 pupils.
Under Alexander III. popular edu.
cation made further advances, and at
the end OF his reign the number Of
schools had reached 1926 with g..
$4,000 pupils, Under the present
car educational matters have re-
ceiyed increased attention. Thus the
schools opened by the zemstyos were
granted q state subsidy Of $3.50 for
every fifty pupils, while the teachers
got Increases In salary.
At the present time there are in
Russia 100, 295 elementary schools and
6,lS0,bl0 pupils. OF these schools
bs,9l0 have been opened under the
reign OF Nicholas H., the present car
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-24

cable Puritanlsm, an excellent birth
mark. perhaps, but an excellence that
10 exasperating.'
Puritanism is unlovely and unsoInd.
but 1t 10 q pretty good proccss and
makes q fairly good foundation for
strong civilization. All the Puritanism
we Americans have we got from Eng
land. England had 1t hard and got
much good out Of 1t. Our west 10 full
OF 1t IOWA fairly ~intolsrant brand,
positive OF much that is not 10 and
insistent on much that experienc3 win
not retain. But along with oil that
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-24
DREADN0UGHT OUT OF DATE
British Ship Of That Name Assigned
to Fourth Battle Fieet-~Was
Built Six Years Ago.

London How feeting is the glory
OF tho modern fighting ship Is Illus.
trated In the case Of the British bat,
tleShip Dreadnought, the building OF
which, as a result Of the report of
the British naval attaches who &C.
companied Admiral Togo's fleet in the
first naval battles in the Gulf OF
Pechili against the Pacific fee, Of Rus,
sia, caused a revolution in ~battleshIp
construction.
This once proud vessel 10 now con.
sidered so far out OF date that she
Is being removed from the first bat.
tie squadron and assigned to tho
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-24

son TO White Horse 1t in 4t0 miles and
there are numerous regions OF both
sides Of the way that never have been
~prospeCted.
I'VE lost a lot OF p]rospeCtors eight
or nine years ago. They went over
the border into Alaska, where they
seem to have done we'll, These incIud-
ed some of the best Of our p~rospoctors.
Still about $50 men are working on
Scrogg's creek this winter. They
take out the frozen soil by thawlng
with steam and using pickaXes, pile 1t
up and then put IL in the sluieo boxes
for washing IN summer.
"Dredges are now working longer in
the neighhorhood Of Dawson than
used to be possible. Of course. you
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-24

check on the Corn Exchange bank for
500. He said he has also served a
term In the Elmira reformatory for
theft.
Huppe Ia 3 wellto-do young German.
who came to this country from Old.
enburg, Germany. He said he be-
came converted to Christian Science
last fall. and after overcoming his
parental influence 10 steal resolved
to confess to the forgery and start
life with a clean slate.
The young man rolled up his trous-
eT leg and showed q birthmark on
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-24

cannot work a dredge In winter unlesa
you boil the water about II TO keep u
from freezing. The dredge haa 10 DO
turned around in order TO be used.
BEFORE they got TO doing this a drcdgs
could not start to work until June ID.
and 1t had To shut down In September.
Now II can begin work May / aud
continue uutil tho end of the year.
Commercially, there Ia nothing do.
ing IN Dawson. Still, The business PEG
Pile there are in tino condition.
Tho dance hall element and all the
undesirable part Of the former popula.
ton of Dawson have boon woeded
OUT added Mr., Pinkiert, and today
the town Is as clean n q any In the
world" ;
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-24
THIEF PUT BLAME ON MOUSE
Confessed Forger Tells How Hls Moth
ers Fright Before His Birth
Marked Him.

New York-That a mouse running
up his mothers skirt two months be.
fore he was born left him with a birth.
mark Of 9 rodents figure ON his leg
and an irresistible impulse to steal
was the unique defense offered In
court th. other day by Edward II
Bnnpe after e~onfessing to forging a
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-24
Win Odd WALKING WAGER.

Gerald Hirsch and Eric Maturia,
two members OF a well-known club
In Pfccadilly, for a wager walked from
London to Brighton, a distance Of so
miles, the other day In 22A hours, the
former wearing evening dress. with
out q hat, and the latter a cricket
shirt and short walking Knockers, the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1913-01-24

footwear Of both being thin socks and
dancing pumps. Mr.. Hirch and Mr.
Maturin accepted bets of 1000 to |
and 50 to /, respectively, In sover-
eigns that they would not walk the
distance under such conditions In "a
hours.-London Wireless to New
York Tines.