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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
EASIER FEELING
IN COTTON RING
Crop and Weather News Ignored.
Consumption Essential Factor
at the Moment.

NEW YORK. June 19.-Influenced by
easier cables and selling in Liverpool,
the cotton market opened easier here
To-Day, with first prices being 10 Z
points lower than the closing quota
Tons OF Wednesday. There was also
considerable continental selling The
room element here was bearish and re
celVed encoura cement from the weather
map. which indicated rainy conditions
over a considerable area Of the belt.
After the call the market continued I'M
der selling pressure from number OF
good sources, resulting IN prices Teced-
ing some to points from the open
ing quotations.
During the forenoon trading became
Of an erratic character, resulting In
prices recovering the early decline. The
buying was attributed mainly to shorts
II IS generally believed that Liverpool
and the continent are heavily long Of the
old and new crop, especially the FORMER,
which will probably be liquidated II the
summer options continue their advance.
Should large blocks Of July-August be
dumped on the market, slump OF gen
crous proportions Will be noticeable, as
the local and the big American spot in
terests have covered the greatest por-
ton Of their short lines and the buy
ing power Is now very much restricted.
Haborsham King IN his latest report,
says the weeks developments are de-
cidedly favorable for Texas and Oklaho-
ma. While too cool for the rest OF belt,
cold was not severe or continuous
enough to do damage.
There was very little cotton for sale
during the afternoon session. The
South, however was reported a seller.
Wall Street and commission houses
we're put down as good buyers. July
steadied around 1906. August, l2.O4; Oc-
tober- December. 1i54 and January,
145. As a whole the volume Of bust
ness transacted to-day was extremely
ight crop and weather reports were
practically ignored and the talent
seems 10 center its attention entirely on
the consumption, which continues on a
large scale
Generally speaking the technical po-
sition Of the market is very weak, espe-
short covering which has been a wit
ness In the market during the past few
days However. the most radical bulls
contend that there is still a short inter
-t existing in the market. which would
be covered on unfavorable crop, weather
r aggressive buying
At the close the market was steady
with prices at a net decline OF 1 to
points from the final quotations of We'd
nesday..
Following are II a. m. bids in New
York July, 1900; August. 1875; Oc-
tObcr. 1l.51; January, 1141.
Following are 10 a. m. bids in New
orleans: July, 1924; August, 1904, Oc-
! toher. ll.52. January. ll54.
Estimated cotton receipts:
New Orleans. 500 to / 900
Galveston .............1 900 to 1900 75l
RANGE I'M NEW YORK FUTURES
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Iene s7.2O per case, snOwdrift $685. per

lene $500 per case, snowdrift $685. per
case
SALT-One hundred pounds 5sc, salt
brick (plain) per case 1925, salt brick
(medicated) per case Sass salt red rock
per hundredweight 81, salt white per
hundredweight 90c, Granocrystal, per
case, % H. sacks, 75c salt ozone per
case 80 packages, soc. 50-lb. sacks. soc;
25-lb sacks 12c.
LANEOUS-Georgia cane syr-
up SIC, axle grease SITS, soda crackers
7Lc pound, lemon crackers Sc, oyster
&c, tomatoes 1.-TWO pounds) S1.65 case,
(three pounds) S2.25, navy beans SS.25,
Lima beans 7i2c. shredded biscuit $3.50,
rolled oats $3.50 per case, grits (bags)
S2.40, pink salmon 81, cocoa SSc, roast
beef $3.50, syrup soc per gallon, Sterling
ball potash $3.50 per case, soap S1.50@4
per case, Rumford baking powder $3.50
per case.
CORN-Choice red cob SIC, No 2
white bone dry S5c, mixed S5c, choice
yellow. SIC. cracked corn S5c.
Meal-Plain 144-pound sacks, TSc, o.
pound sacks rec, As pound sacks sic, "a
pound sacks SIC, 12-pound sacks soc.
OATS-Fancy white clipped sec. No. 2
clipped Soc fancy white SAC, mixed 53c
COTTON SEED MEAL-Harper S31. 90,
Creme feed $27.
COTTON SEED Square
sacks $3.50.
SEEDS-Amber cane seed s1.O0, cane
seed, orange S1.00, rye (Tennessee) S1.25,
red top cane seed sl35. rye (Georgia)
l35, blue seed oats Soc barley SIPS,
Burt oats zoe.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
RANGE IN NEW YORK FUTURES.
LIVERPOOL corroN MARkEr

LIVERPOOL, June 19.-This market
was due TO open IL to 3 points lower,
but opened quiet, at net decline of
3 TO 4 points on near positions, and 3
points decline on distant months. At
1915 p. m. the market was dull. at a
ret decline Of to AZ points on near
months and 3la to 4 points lower on
late positions.
Spot cotton is in good demand at 4
points decline: middling, SID sales,
10000 bales, including 5000 American
bales; imports, 5000 bales, including
5000 American bales.
At the close the market was quiet
with prices at a net decline of 3la to
8 points from the closing quotations
Of Wednesday.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
MILLeR-coTTER COTTON LETTER.

MEMPHIS. June 19.-Lverpoo and
South sold to-day and professionals and
night adviCes out Of New York We're
nearly all buliish. advising purchases
on declines and sufficient buying on the
early break appeared TO stay the de.
cline
Further rains m Texas make the out
look brilliant ia that state, and else
where crop is doing well Short in
terest has been greatly reduced and
new buying q present prices seems lin
tied sde is beginning to look for
ward TO 4Iigher July bureau.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
OPINION ON GRAIN.

CHICAGO, June 19.--Bartlett, Frazier
6. Co: Wheat-Prices to-day will hinge
largely on the amount of new buying
which comes into the market. AS far
as crop conditions are concerned 1t does
not strike us that there is anything
particularly harmful taking place.
Corn-TheS weather shows only show
ers at Springfield. H., and a little pre-
cipitation in the Ohio Valley. The lack
OF general rains is apt to keep prices
firm to-day.
Oats-Weather conditions surround
ing corn will probably cause a contin-
uance of strength in oats. In the mean
time receipts continue pressing with
general demand very moderate.
Provisions-The market acts very
stubborn and support seems to be at
hand on all little recessions.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
GOOD SOAKING NEEDED
THROUGHOUT GRAIN BELT

CHICAGO, June 19.-The Inter Ocean
says: THE wheat crowd in general was
mixed last night, but many Of the close
observers of pit and speculative condi-
bulls are looking for higher market an l.
less there are heavy general rains. In
the event of a break they believe it a
good time to buy. Bears say prices are
high enough.
"Oats specialists who have watched
the market closely say that II is full of
pyramids and while the crop outlook is
not good in many sections they believe
that good general rains will cause a
selling movement and topping of the
pyramids might easily result in a sharp
break when the market would be in a
position again to buy. Shipping sales
cash grain yesterday were: Wheat So
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

NEW YORK, June 1s-Petroleum
firm. crude Pennsylvania, > SO. Turpen-
tine steady, S92 ROsin easy: common
400al0, Wool active; domestic fleece,
ga Is; pulled, secured basis. 33Q45.
secured basis. 4Sd55. Hides quiet: ma
tive steers, l7@19A branded steers,
1874 a 1914 Coffee steady, options
opened s TO 9 lower; Rio No. on spot
10 Rice steady; domestic, ordinary TO
prime, 1853 MolasseS steady. New
orleans, open kettle, 35u5O. sugar. raw.
quiet; centrifugal S.S3q356. mus
covaoo. 2S3d2.S6; molasses sugar
2.5SQ2.6l- Sugar, refined, steady:
hne graduated. 420Q435, cut loaf $50;
crushed, SOS, mold A, 4.7O. cubes, T. 40
d46O; powdered. 430G445; diamond A
4.35; confectioner's A, 405Q420; No. l
softs. 3.95d510. Potatoes irregular:
white. nearby, 60dl5O, Southerns, ]. 90
d200 Beans frmer; marrow. choice
6-05 OSLO. peas, choice, 5.90H3.S5, red
kidney, choice. S90uSs5. Dried fruits
quiet; apriCots, choice TO fancy, lOl. q
123z; apples, evaporated. prime TO fancy
Oh QSl4 prunes, Sos 10 COS, 7Aan1llq /.
SOS TO zoos, 50 as; peaches. choice TO
fancy COZ; seeded raisins, choice to
fancy, 53z a614.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
THE WEATHER.


WASHINGTON, June 19.-With the
exception of thunder showers tonight
or Friday in the region OF the Great
Lakes. Northern New York and North
eru New England the weather probably
will be generally fair east of the Missis-
sipRl river curing tht next 50 hours
Friday in the middle Atlantic and New
England States and tonight I'm the
upper Ohio Valley and the lower Lake
region. Warm weather will continue
in the lower Ohio and Mississippi Val
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, June 19.-Hogs Receipts,
q 600; market 5Q1Oc higher. Mixed and
butchers, S.40@S.70 good heavy, $3.50
s65; rough heavy, s.$9dS,5O; light. 8.45
Q87O; pigs, 635qS.S0 bulk, S.55@S. So.
Cattle: Receipts, 5000; market weak.
Bceves, 100000; cows and heifers,
366aS.10 Texans, 6.75qS15; calves,
S.50@9.75.
Sheep: Receipts, $4,000; market
steady. Native and Western, S.25G5.S0;
lambs. 4.50m7.65.
ST. LOUIS, June 19.-Cattle: Receipts.
5000, including 2,100 Southerns; mar
ket steady to shade lower; native beef
stees1. 5.T5dS.75; cows and heifers, 775
dS.75, cows and feeders, 6.5O97. so
calves, 6.0069.5O; Texans, 6 25GS.30;
cows and heifers. 425d6.50; calves, 500
G6.50.
Hogs-Receipts,, 10000; mixed, $500
$40: good, S50GS.7O: rough. S.25dS.40
lights. S.5O@S.65; pigs, 7OOGS.5O; bulk,
S.50uS.65
Sheep Receipts, $500: steady; NUT
tons, 4.75a 800; yearlings. 5.25q6. so;
lambs, 7.506775
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
4NGE IN NEW ORLEANS FUTURES
corroN MARKET OPINIONS.

Morris Rothschnd & Co: we con
tinue TO favor the long side"
Sternberger, Sim X Co: we would
advise conservative purchases"
Hayden. Stone & Co: Commission
houses are advising the purchase Of cot
ton on an declines
A. Nordeu 4 Co: Cotton bought
on decline is likely TO show a profit
in due course Of time
Thompson. Towle 4 Co: 1--WE are
not prepared for a decline in cotton con
tracts "
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20

Following is the general forecast until
Z p. m, Friday:
Georgia Probably fair and warmer
leys and through the Eastern States.
tonight and Friday.
Virginia Warmer and probably fair
tonight and Friday.
North Carolina-Cl Cloudy tonight and
Friday. warmer in north portion
South Carolina, Florida Alabama and
ssissippi-Probably fair and warmer
tonight and Friday.
Tennessee-Fair and continued warm
weather tonight and Friday
Louisiana-Fair tonight and Friday
Texas Fair tonight and Friday.
ArkauSas-Fair
oklahoma and Texas-Unsettled and
showers
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20

CHICAGO, June 19.-Coarse grains
led wheat during the early part Of to-
days session. the strength in both corn
and oats coming largely from smaller
offerings in the pit and on continued
complaints of corn promise of deteriora-
ton and of the oat crop still going
backward.
Wheat was fractionally better at the
start. but it eased off q to &c, but
strengthened up soon afterward. 1t is a
weather market in wheat, as in the
other grains, and, while the regular
weather reports showed rains only in a
few places in the spring wheat country,
sections.
There was a stronger undercuTent in
provisions early as a reflection OF the
improved prices for hogs at the yards.
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
INTERIOR MOVEMENT.
SPOT COTTON MARKET

Atlanta. nominal; middling 121z
Athens, steady, middling l1S.
Macon, steady. middling l2}a.
New Orleans, steady; middling II 9-l6
New York, steady, middlng 1886.
Philadelphia. quiet, mlddhug l2.45.
Boston. quiet; middling 1885
Liverpool, easier; middling sid.
savannah. steady middliug l2A
Augusta steady. middling 12is
Norfolk. steady. mlddling 13Ss.
Galveston firm; middling l2&s.
Charleston. nominal,
Wilmington, quiet middllng ll3S
Little Rock, quiet; middling llS
Baltimore, nominal; midhliug 1917.
Memphis. firm, middling 1915.
St Louis, firm. middling 5-l6.
Houston, steady; middling f2I4
Louisville, firm, middiing 1915.
Charlotte. steady; miodling l1@.
Greenvi1e, quiet, middling u.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
REMARKABLE aRowrA IN CORN

wires from Omaha Corn in west CEN
trail Iowa has made remarkable growth
in the past ten days; it now averages
5 inches high, and has deep green
color Hardly a hill is missing and the
fields are clean. With another such week
the plant will shade the ground.
Oats appear perfect. Early wheat is
beginning to show color for harvest,
promising a bumper yield"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20

NEW YORK. June 19.-Money on call,
2Q25a time money, easy; so days, 34
"A per cent; 80 days. 44G4ia; six
months 5A 651R.
Posted rates: Sterling exchange,
4.S350G 1880, with actual business in
bankers bills at 4S665 for demand and
4.S3 for 60-day bills
Prime mercantile paper unchanged
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
TodaY'S New York
Stock Market

Below are given the highest,
lowest and closing prices Of
stocks to-day, together with the
previous close.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
COLON SEED OIL

NEW YORK. June 19.-The cotton
seed oil market was excited and higher
on heavy short covering In old crop and
3 broadening speculative demand for
later positions.
Buying was further stimulated by
strength In lard
Cnffnn seed oil nmnia LLnre.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
Survivors Observe
Sinking Of Alabama

SAVANNAH, June he. NJ. An
derson and A, J. Marmelsteiu, both
residents of Savannah, the only sur
vivipg officers Of the Alabama, which
was sunk by the Kearsarge during
the war between the States. are to-
day observing the forty ninth ami
versary Of that disaster
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20

CHICAGO, June 19.-Wheat. No 2
red, 100@1.05; No. 3 red, 94d99; No. 2
hard winter, 921z d94; No. 3 hard win
ter, 91Q93&; No, / northern spring, SO
942t; No. northern spring, ga 9315 (;
No. 3 spring, 91@92h.
Corn, No. 2, 62% d6Sh; No. white,
s2a VS NO No y wbite' S5$ 8S$h no no
yellow, 6214 a So; No. 4, sou Q611z; No
white, 6015 962; No. 4 yellow, 6015 a 62.
oats, No. 9 1914 Gao; No. white,
t3h G431a; No. white. 41&@4234; No.
t36431a.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20

Messrs Brown. Drakeford & Co.
Liverpool. cable Market decline in
consequence OF heavy continental real
iZing
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
Poll RECEIPTS.

The following table shows receipts at
the ports to-day compared with the
same day last year:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
EEEDSTUFFs.
PROVISION MARKET,

Corrected by White Provision Coz
Cornheld hams, 10 to II pounds aver
Cornheid hams. 70 to IA. pounds aver
Cornheld skinned hams, 16 to IS lbs,
average. zoe.
Cornheld picked pigs feet, 1O-pound
C6rnfeid jeuied meat in 1O-pound din
uer pail, l2iac.
Cornheld picnic hams TO pounds
average. 1Siac.
Grocer style bacon Cwide or narrow
1Sl4c.
Cornheld fresh pork sausage dink or
bulk). 25-pound bucket, 12lsc
Cornfeld bologna sausage, 25-polmd
Cornheld pure lard, tierce basis. 12asc.
Cornfield frankfurters, 10-pound boxes
l2c.
Cornheld luncheon ham, 25-Ib. boxes.
Cornheld smoked linked sausage. 25-lb
boxes, 10C.
Cornheld smoked link sausage. in
pickle in 50-lb. cans. $500.
Cornheld Frankforts. in pickle, l5-lb.
Country style pure lard, Sob. tins,
only, 12c.
Compound lard, fierce basis. 914c.
u. s extra ribs, lac.
D, 5. rib bellies, medium average. 1917.
u 5 rib bellies. light average, 14c
HAN-Per hundreGweight: Timothy
choice, large bales. S1.25, No. / small
bales s1.15, No. > small S1.05, Timothy
No. / clover mixed. large bales, 81. Is,
silver clover mixed Sis, clover hay
1.20. wheat straw zoe, Bermuda hay soc
No. l Sl.20, wheat straw zoe. Bermuda
hay 90c.
GROCERIES.
SUGAR-Per pound. Standard gran
ulated sc, New York refined 4lsc, plan
tation 4S5c.
COFFEE Roasted (Arbucklel S24.5o,
AAAA Sl4.5O in bulk, in bags and bar
rels SCI. green zoe.
RICE-Head Az Q5iEc, fancy head SIS,
16laC. according to. grade
LARD-Silver len 1Sc pound, Scoco
$50 pound, Flake White SIC, Cotto-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
CHICAGO CAR LOTS.
PRIMARY MOVEMENT.


LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET.
LIVERPOOL, June 19.-Wheat opened
unchanged, I'D higher At 1880 p. m
the market was unchanged to sd high
er: closed %d higher to I'D lower.
Corn opened unchanged; at 1870 D.
m. the market was sd higher; closed
sd higher.
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
BAR SILVER

BAR SILVER.
NEW YORK, June l9-Commercisl
bar ssYer, 5sss; Mexican dollars. 4sc.
LONDON. June I9.-Bar silyer dull
zszsd: of I'D.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
Climate and Soil

The climate is such that far
mers do not have to house
stock duringthe winter, there
being good grazingtheentire
year. For raising cattle and
stock Georgia offers greater
inducements than can be
found elsewhere.
The soil is suited for almost
anything that grows andca
be utilized the entire year.
The prices at which good
farm land can be purchased
at present in Georgia are so
low that it is a matter of
some thinking
that the land is not so good
as stated. The land is good,
but there are thousands of
acres that are now lying idle
and the good people of
Georgia are anxiousf for good
farmerstocomeamongthem
Consequently the land is
cheaper here than elsewhere.
formation Furnished
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
MARKETS

.EGGs-Fresh country. candled. 10
BUTTER-Jersey and creamery, in
lib, blocks, 27lA W30c; fresh country,
fair demand. l7h H22%c.
UNDRAWN POULTBY-Drawn. head
and feet on, per pound; Hens. 16Q1lci
fries, laW25c; ROSTERS, SGlOc; tur-
keys, owing to fatness, l761yc.
ROSTERS, 3OaS5c; Droilers. 35c per
pound; puddle ducks. 30035c; Pekins,
35d zoe; geese, 50@6Oc each; turkeys,
owing TO fairness. 154l7c.
FRUITS AND PRODUCE.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
ons. fancy, S5.50m600; grapefruit. S2.55
@4.OOi caulitiower. lOQ l2l5c ib;; ba-
crate; peanuts, per pound. fancy Nir-
GINA, 6h Wlc: choice, 5ikQ6c: lettuce,
fancy, 81 .00Q250; beets, Sl.75@200 in
half barrel crates; cucumbers S225d
$50. Elephants (scarce), S200U2.50 pei
crate; peppers, $2.O0n2.5O per crate; to-
matoes, fancy, basket crates. $1,000
$50; pineapples, y2.50W275 per crate;
onions $l.759 per bag containing three
peCks), sweet potatoes, pumpkin yams,
S0GS Soc; strawberries, S010c per quart;
fancy Florida celery, $500 per crate;
ollra, fancy, siX-basket crates, $1,000
$50,
FISH.
FISH-Bream and perch, &c pound:
supper lVt poullQt trout IVt pouiu
bluefsh, &c pound; pompano zoe pound;
mackerel. &c pound; mixed fish, 5a6c
pound; black bass, 10c pound; mullet,
$1l.00 per barrel
FLOUR AND GRAIN.
FLOUR osten's Elegant, S7.75;
Omega, $3.50; Carriers Best, S775; Quail
fly Finest PATENT, $3.50; Gloria self
rising. S6.25; Results (self-rising), Sc;
Swans Down Clancy patenO, $500; Vic
tory (the very best PATENT, $40; Mon
ogram, $500; Puritan (highest patept,
$5.75; Golden Grain, S5.6c, Faultless
finest PATENT, ,$6;25; Home Queen
est patent, S575; Sunrise Chaif paJe1tl.
S490 White Cloud (highest PATENT
S5,25 White Daisy (highest PATENT
$3.50; White Lily (high PATENT, IS 70;
Diadem Clancy high PATENT. S5.75; Wa
Southern star (patenD, IS; Ocean Spray
tpatenD, $3.50; Tulip (straighD. S415;
King Cotton (half PATENT, S4.S5; low
grade 9Slb sacks. S4GS,
FEEDsTUFFs.
SHORTS-White, 1O0-ib. sacks, S1.70;
Halliday. white 100-lb. sacks. $40;
dandy middling, 1O0-lb. sacks, S175;
fancy, 75-lb. sacks. Sl.7O; p. W. 75-lb.
Georgia feed, 75-lb. sacks, S155; clover
leaf 75-Ib. sacks, S1.60; bran 75-lb.
sacks, Sl.25; 100-lb sacks Sl.25. 50-lb.
sacks, $3.50; Homeoline, $3.50; Germ
meal, Homeo, $3.50.
sacks. Sl.70. lO0-lb. sacks 81 65; Purina
molasses feed, 81. 80; Arab horse feed.
Sl.70; Allneeda feed, $780, Suerene dairy
feed, $3.50 Monogram, 100-lb. sacks,
81 60; Victory horse feed l00-lb sacks.
Sl.60; A Il c feed, $1.55; milk dairy feed,
Sl.70 alfalfa molasses meal. Sits: al
falfa meal, $40; beet pulp, 100-lb. sacks
$3.50.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
WHEAT DROPS ON
BETTER INQUIRY
Easier Cables and Bearish Crop
News Also Depressing Factors.
Corn and Oats Of.

81. Lou1s eAsH Quotations.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-20
MONEY AND ExcuANcE

Total sales, 1856. 900 shares. xEx-divi-
dend 3Ls per cent.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-08-06
INFORMATI0NF FOR
TAX COLLECTORS
AUDITOR THOMPSON EXPLAINS
LAWS GOVERNING cocA-coLA
AND SODA WATER SALES.

jackson, Miss, Aug. 6.-Tax col
lectors in Mississippi, at least many of
them, have had hard time constituting
the statues regarding privilege licenses
on coca-cola and soda water. They
are a bit hazy over the wording, and
some of them have been under the i'm
preston that a coca-cola license gives
the man who secured it the privilege
of making soda water. However, that
seems not to be the case.
Auditor Duncan l.. Thompson, in an
swering one of the inquiries regarding
the matter, has made 1t very plain, in
the following words:
81 have your inquiry concerning the
collection of state privilege taxes on
the sale and bottling of coca-cola and
also of soda water.
There is a separate and distinct tax
on each of these businesses. Sec
ton 1881 of the code levies a tax on
the bottling of soda water, and chap
| ICl W. VI Vic laws vi ioIS AS'iCS
privilege tax on the bottling of coca
cola and similar drinks.
Section 1890 of the code, as amend
ed by chapter 107 of the laws of 1912
levies a privilege tax on the sale o.
coca-cola Section 1868 of the code
as amended by said chapter, levies {
privilege tax on each soda fountain
from $3.50 to $40, according to the slz,
of the municipality. 1t also levies
under paragraph (d) a privilege ta'
of $3.50 on the sale of bottled sod
water, and this tax must be collecte,
from dealers, in addition to the coca
cola tax, except in villages and in tn
country. There, If the dealer has pai
the SIS coca-cola tax levied by pert
graph tg) of said chapter 107, sal
dealer may sell bottled soda water o.
paying the $3.50 tax thereon.
This coca-cola law is very confu'
ing to many Of the tax collectors, bu
It seems to me that with this lette
you should have no trouble in maxim
proper collections" 4''f '-.'
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-08-06

South Carolina, there was begun in
this city today conference for the
common good" the conference being
the first of it's kind ever held in this
section. The proceedings began this
afternoon with a discussion of the
subjects of cooperation in rural devel-
opment. Other subjects to be taken
up by the conference during it's two
days sessions are the public health,
compulsory education, women's club
work, the home and the church, and
the methods of fostering community
spirit. Bankers, merchants, educators,
farmers and men and women of the
various professions are included in the
attendance at the conference. Head
ing the list of speakers from outside
the state is DR.. P. B. Claxton, United
States commissioner of education. +.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-08-06

traffic is tied up, schedules disarranged
and hundreds of people are held while
switching is carried on.
Engineer Sharp called upon City En-
gineer Culley yesterday relative to the
matter, and secured from him all of the
data in possession of the city looking
to a solution of the problem.
Not very long ago the Illinois Central
engineers submitted a plan, which was
to have the railroad tracks go over the
street at the union depot
A plan to depress the tracks was pro-
Iosed, but it was found that this method
was not advisable because it would
obstruct the flow -gf- water in Town
creek.
The Queen and Crescent engineers
will be here for several days studying
the situation and they hope to arrive
at some plan whereby the situation
may be improved.