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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
ONE FIRM ESTIMATES ITS RE- CEIPTS AT 400 COOPS-PRO- DUCE MARKET IS ESPECIALLY ACTIVE

Business in the wholesale district yes terday was up to normal and quotations are practically unchanged in all mar kets Dealers were well supplied with fish. and sales for the end of the week proved fairly good. A car of snapper is scheduled to arrive here tomorrow, and dealers will be well prepared to supply all demands.
 The iivest trade last week was on the local produce market There were a num- Der of cars of watermelons and canta- loupes received here from Georgia and Florida points. and alco three or four cars of Alabama melons. All met with an excellent demand. Two cars of to- matoes came from Mississippi, but by far the greater portion of the tomatoes now consumed in Birmingham are raised by truckers of Jefferson and adjacent counties.
 Quite variety of homegrown vege- tables are now being placed on the Bir- mingham market by truckers and dealers here. Among the vegetables most in de- mand at the present time are tomatoes, English peas, butter beans, new potatoes bell peppers and beets. Each morning Morris avenue presents a most congest- ed appearance during the early hours when wagons laden with vegetables and fruits come here to trade. There are also quite number of wagons at two or three of the municipal markets.
 feature of the local market last week was the great quantities of poultry shipped here from all sections of Ala bama. The demand, however, has been sufficient to absorb all supplies The Bell-Rodgers company estimates It's poul- try receipts for last week at between 300 and 400 coops.
 c. c. Reeves of the Bell-Rodgers com pany makes the following remarks re- garding the local market:
 Truly a wonderful amount of Alabama produce is now being placed on the local market. Each morning an astonishing number of wagons appear on Morris ave- nue loaded with products from the farm Shipments of eggs and frying chickens are now extremely heavy from all parts of the state; but little trouble is encoun- tered in disposing of the supply"
 Among receipts from Alabama points yesterday were: Twelve hampers cucum- bers, Boiling; nine sacks corn, Marion one hamper of apples. Fort Payne; one coop chickens and 22 cases of eggs, Suli- gent; Il cases eggs, LaFayette; three GOODS chickens, Guin; two GOODS chick ems, Hamilton; one coop chickens. Att talla; 10 crates tomatoes, EN ergreen; one coop chickens, Clanton; 15 cases eggs, Altoona; 40 pounds butter. Bangor; three cases eggs, Portersville: 30 pounds but ter, Calera; three cases eggs, four coops hens, Haleyville; SO pounds butter, two coops chickens, Guntersville.
 Yesterdays quotations were:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
Fruits and Prndnca

Wholesalers Selling Price.) Lemons $S.504l4. Lettuce-sld1.2 per box. Limes-s1.50. Florida Oranges-s300n35e California Oranges-s3. 5od3. 10. Pineapples-$2 crate. Peaches-S1Q2. New Apples-s1G1.25 per hamper. Peanuts-5itG6isc per h. Mississippi Tomatoes-S1.75 basket. New Alabama Beans-Hamper. 50a7bc New Potatoes-75c per bu.: No. ?, 5l G75c per bushel.
 Eggplants-S2 to s250. Texas Onions-$1g1 20 crate. Old Irish Potatoes-75c bushel. New Cabbage -75cdSl.2s per crate. Green Beans-IIamper. 5oG75c. London Layer RaiS.ns-ss7 75. California Figs-s1.50 per case. Hucbleberries, 24-quart crate, s2dfs. 10. Cherries-Per 24-quart crate. s2d2.25. Watermelons, 25G30c. Cantaloupes-s 50d2.5o per crate. Gooseberries-s2 per crate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
Rigid Supervision of Liquor Traffic

London, June 12.- Especial )-The most autocratic powers have been given to the new board to regulate the liquor traffic. The9oard cannot only shut up any saloon 1t pleases. but pull it down or convert it Into a restaurant if 1t chooses and dic- tate the kind of drinks to be sold and tho hours fin which they may be sold. It even supervises clubs. Lord D'Abernon, the chairman, is a well known financial expert, having been financial adviser to the Egyptian government and governor of the Imperial Ottoman bank at Con- stantinope among other positions Major Waldorf Astor. son of the Anglo-Amer- lean millionaire has taken great interest in questions of health and medical re- search. but stands on the board as off cial representative of the war department. Sir William Lever, who has built model settlement for working people. and John Denny of the big Clyde shipbuilding firm. are chief among the representatives If employers. while John Hodge, NJ. P, and
 Philip Snowden represent labor. w. Towle. manager of line of hotels looks after the liquor trade. All sides and in- terests are regulated and the members seem to work harmoniously
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
DOWNWARD SWING OF WHEAT MARKET Favorable Weather and Crop Reports Tend to
 Ease Prices

Chicago. July 3-Hedging on some- What broad scale to anticipate liberal new crop arrivals expected by Tuesday. gave downward swing today to the wheat market here. Prices closed heavy at 1@2ssc under last night. Corn sui fered loss of 1ac to %@%c net and oats of Hc to 5s@%c The finish Iin provisions ranged from 12kc decline to a rise of 21ac
 Favorable weather and crop reports tended to case off the corn market some notice was taken also of the chance of surplus this season in the southern states.
 Cats followed the action of other grain.
 Provisions averaged lower with hogs and grain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
A Sensitive Soul

From the Ph1IadeIphia Ledger.
 A minister must be~ very careful in choosing his words if he Is to give no offense to any one of his flock.
 In certain congregation there was dear old lady who loved flowers and who had beautiful garden. Each Sunday it was her bouquet that adorned the pulpit. She was especially fond of sweetpeas, and she once brought them for several Sunday in succession. Sud- denly other flowers appeared. The min ister noticed the change and after the service asked the old lady why she brought no more sweetpeas
 She smiled sadly and answered; You don't like them Last Sunday you pointed right at my sweetpeas and said God loves even the meanest flower that erows.'"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
German Bank Statement

Berlin, July 1.-(via London, July 8. il :34 a. m.)-Oelayed by censor. 1.-The state- nent of the Reichs bank, issued June 30, showed the following increases:
 Metal stock. treasury certificates and notes of other banks of 3,7460o0 marks (s3S, 436, ,5o0) gold, 3033,o00 marks (s753, 750) discounts. 6s7,6Ss,Dco c$1l5, ,se,ooO; loans, 633000 marks Cs15S.25o): note circulation, 615 424ooo marks (s153, ,S5e. .0Oo); deposits, 1s5- 452,o00 marks (s46, ,363,0 ,000). There was a decrease in treasury bills of s5s.0oo marks ($214. 500).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04

green bone, fed sparingly when sweet; milk, good In any form, if cheap: and ether preparations easily obtained
 During the warm weather, especially if a malc bird is kept in the flock. eggs should be collected two or three times daily. as many hens are hroody at this time The germs of eggs left under these hens are likely to start. Moreover. heat quickly causes the eggs To deteriorate by enabling the bacteria to multiply rapidly.
 Care of Young Chicks
 On a back lot or In confined area, the care of young chicks is a problem that is not nearly as easily solved as the care of grown birds. Pasture. not runs is what n chicken needs to be grown economically as well as health fly. Therefore duplicate natural con- ditons as nearly as possile, by com polling exercise as with grown fowls and furnish substitutes for the green foods and insects.
 To be entirely rid of rats. a good cat must be kept. When the neigh borhood is overrun with rodents every means of prevention must he used. Grain must be kept in rat-proof con- tainers and fed in rat-proof hoppers. Starve tho rats out and they will dls appear. To overfeed In the litter means n meal or more for the rats.
 Put the chick houses away from oth- CT buildings and raise the GOODS above .he ground sufficiently high to let the liSht underneath. No rat will stay there. To get, non-chiclSen eating cat. raise one or more kittens with the chickens. Poisons may be used by placing them under wire cages SO con structed that rats may enter but fowls and chicks cannot,
 Cement walls which extend two feet or more below the ground level and a foot or more above the surface do much to keep out rats. Fine wire nailed to the sill and extended two or more feet below the ground level will also keep the rats out Covered win dows are about the only protection against bad cats.
 Sulphur Will Kill Pests
 Methods of preventing and destroy ing mites have been already given. Body lice may be destroyed by using any of the many good kinds of lico powder on the market or by applying little finely powdered sulphur through the fluffy feathers at the rear of the body. A little lice powder or sul- phur in the nests is a preventive. A dust bath of coal ashes will assist Tn eliminating body lice.
 The backyard poultry plant has been the training ground of many success full poultrymen. Its importance to thd industry cannot be overestimated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
Dry Goods Market

New York, July 3.-There was a goot deal of interest displayed in four-yart sheetings for delivery during the next So days, but the placing of business was postponed until next week Col orcd cotton goods in steady demand for immediate delivery. The linen mar ket continued to be strong though gen. orally quiet Burlaps continued to rule very high.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
SETTLED VALUES
 OF COTTON GOODS
Staple Prints Quiet Owing to the Scarcity of
 Fast Dyes

New York. July 3.--A more settled opin- ion concerning the values of cotton goods for fall distribution is apparent in the from the slow decline were seen when the market closed. Wide print cloths were steadier and slight advances from the points were paid for small lots Bleached cottons both branded muslins and wide sheetings are steadier An ad- vance of 1 cent yard has been an- nounced on one line of wide sheetings for fall delivery. Staple prints and staple ginghams are quiet with manufacturers restricted in their ability to fill orders because of the scarcity of many fast dyes The heavier end of the colored goods mar kets is firmer, notably on hickory stripes denims and colored duck The distrihu- tion of fine and fancy goods for imme- dfate sale continues steady and bids fair to continue quite full for another month The absence of fine foreign goods has caused an appreciation in values for some of the choice domestic fancies for quick shipment. Brown goods were generally quiet althoughit is noted that iobhers are taking in all goods due and are desirous that past orders shall be filled promptly Cotton duck continues firm on grades selling largely for export There is still steady demand for cotton sheetings and osnaburgs for bagging purposes to take the place of burlaps.
 Quotations; Print cloths 2S-inch. 64x6f B. 3isc: 64x60's, Sc: 5SiA-inch 64x64s 4c; brown sheetings, southern standards, 6Ae denims, Bounce. 1SAc; ticxings, S-ounce ll1ac; standard prints 5i4c standard sta- pie ginghams. SAC; dress gnghams, 9Ac.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
Flour and Feedstuffs
(Wholesale Quotation.l

(Wholesale Quotation.l
 Self-rising -four. S6.5o; Tennessee four, s620; Michigan flour, s7.25; Idaho flour. s665; Indiana flour, s640; hard winter wheat flour. s675; shorts. s34; pure wheat bran, $30; c. s. meal 7iR per cent. s29.e0: Cromo meal, s26o0 c. s. hulls, s10 ton: No. timothy hay s25 per ton; pea green alfalfa. western. s2oG22; mixed feeds per ton. s35; oats. per bushel, Csc; Texas oats, Soc; corn, per bushel, $l; cornmeal s1.Ss per bushel; chops Sl 95
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
Hubbard Bros. &, Co.

Cotton Merchants, Hanover SSuerc. N. Y. Members New York Cotton Exchange. New Orleans Cotton. Exchange. New York Produce Exchange. Associat te Members Liverpool Cotton Associatfon.
 sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed oil for future delivery, Special attention and spot cotton for delivery. Correspon6s ence invited -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
Montgomery Market

Spot cotton was quoted here today as follows: Middling fair, 9.63c: strict good middling, 9.3Sc; good middling, 9.13c; strict middling. s.S8c; middling. S.6Sc; strict low middling. s.13c; low middling 763c; strict good ordinary. 7.13c; good ordinary 68Sc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
Mercantile Paper

New York. July 3.-Mercantfle paper, 80 31a per cent; sterling exchange, 60-day bills, $4.72.50; demand s4.76.5o; cables, s4.7.25 Francs: Demand, s5.6S; cables, s. .67. Marks: Demand, Sl3sc; cables. S11kc. Lires: Demand, s5.14; cables, $5.13. Bar silver. 4sAc. Mexican dollars, 37c. Government bonds steady; railroad bonds easy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
Fish
Creamery. Products

Wholesalers Selling Price.) Creamery Butter-s2ise. proo butter. H1xc; oleomargarine. 14422c Full Cream Cheese-171c: imported Swiss. s5c; Pimento, dozen. sl.35.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04

Indian Runner Ducks are growing rapidly fin popular favor. and in some sections are competing with hens for favor among poultrymen. Remarka- blo records for egg production have been made by the Indian Runners. which are good foragers. grow rapidly and reach maturity early.
 Full grown specimens weigh from { to four and one-half pounds. This Is about half the weight of pekins. but is not too small for profitable market Ing, since the duckling can be rushed 10 marketing size quickly. The old fowls are good foragers. and the heav- fest laying breed of ducks known. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
Live Stock

Chicago, July 3.-Hogs: Receipts, 10000; weak; bulk of sales. $7.3O@7 .55; light, s7 S5 @7.75; mixed. 7.10d7 .e5; heavy. $6.90q7 55; rough 6.90Q7: pigs. St. .257 50.
 Cattle: Receipts. 1O0; steady: native beef steers, s6. 25d19. 90: western steers. SIPS @S. 45; cows and heifers, s3. 35Q9.50; calves. q. 25Q10.50
 Sheep: Receipts. 5000; steady: sheep. $5. 75G16 S5; lambs s70D10.15.
 Kansas City, July 3.-On live stock mar ket, holiday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
WHITE INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS

market Is far from being supplied and luck farmers are finding this proita- ble branch of the business. The heav- lest laying ducks necessarily are the most profitable. and duck growers are finding the Indian Runners. both col oitd and white. very satisfactory for thiE purpose.
 The White Indian Runner duck makes better appearance when dressed than tho colored Indian Runner It has every other quality of the Indian Runner and its spreading popularity hids fair to result. in very few years, in the supremacy of the White Indian Runner duck over its sister with col ored feathers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04

brought about either through experience. nervousness or carelessness. Let a "real boy" learn young
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
fowls, fresh iced. lsM@1sAc; turkeys $,

fowls, fresh iced. 1874 @16Ac; turkey S. 156517c.
 Chicago, July 3.-Butter unchanged Eggs lower, 20,3S2; at mark, cases ii,- clJded. 14@16Hc; ordinary frsts, 154 15Hc; firsts, 16@ 161s 1sc. Potatoes low CT, new. 40c; Virginia cobblers S155 q j.60; Arkansas and Oklahoma sacked triumphs. 50@55c; old, II O 20c; no re- ceipts.
 St Louis, July 3.--Poultry m.- changed except springs, 16Q1Sc. But ter and eggs unchanged.
 Kansas City, July 3.-Butter, eggs aHd poultry unchanged.
 Elgin. H.. July 3-Butter, 27c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
Meats
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40 per cent gold reserve against net amount of federal reserve notes in cir culation, 9S6 per cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
Getting His

From the Boston Evening Transcript.
 Had a most enjoyable time at tho dentists this afternoon.
 "Eh Enjoyable?"
 Yes When I went in another dentist was filling my dentists teeth.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
SHADE FOR POULTRY
 IS NECESSARY

The importance of shade to poultry will be discussed next week by Michael K. Boyer. poultry editor of The Farm secure shade for young and laying stock and how to main tain the health of the flock by making use of shelters, easily and economically constructed. Watch for Mir. Boyer's article exclusively in The Age Herald next Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
English Money

London, July 3. = Bar silver, 22 15-16d per ounce; money, 1% per cent; discount rates, short bills, AZ
 per cent; three months, 4 A per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Poultry and Eggs

Poultry and Eggs Commission Merchants Price.) Hens-11 @121ac. Broilers-1SG20c. Fryers-20G22Hc Guineas-30c. Roosters-3oc. Geese-No sale. Fresh country eggs. 16c; graded. carton eggs, 1sc.
 Meats
 Hackers Selling Price.) Extra Ribs-s11. Belies-11Ac. Butts-15c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
Naval Stores

Savannah, July 3.-Turpentine firm, s9M c; sales. none; receipts. 6sS; ship ments, 1S3; stocks, 23,056. Resin firm; sales, none; receipts, 1710; shipments 5s5: stocks. 5s.773 Quote: A. B, $3.1o; c, D, $3.20; E, $3.25: F, $3.35 c. H. s3I5; I. s3.50: K, sSS0; M. $4.30; N, s5S0; VIC, $6.30; wv, s6.50
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
Future quotations were as follows:
St. Louis Grain

St. Louis Grain
 St. Louis, July 3--Wheat: No. 2 red $l 1ad1.22; No. hard nominal; July. sl 0ss; September. $l.O0H. Corn: No. 9 75hc; No. 2 white, 771k979c; July, 741ac; September, 71s@1lHc. Oats: No. ?, 49lhc; No. white 51q52c; July. 4Ss4c: Septem- Der, 35ssc.
 Chicago Grain
 Chicago, July 3--Wheat: No. red nom- nal No.<3 red s1 1s1a; No. hard, $1. .311k. Corn No. 2 yellow. 76Q761sc Rye: No. 2 $l 16 Barley 69673c. Timothy. s 500 $50 Clover, $6.5O113. .25. Pork, $16. M Lard. s9.12Q9.22. Ribs. g. 9.75QD1O.25.
 Kansas City Grain
 Kansas City. July a-wheat: No. 2 hard $1 29d1 .33; No red. q. .21@1 22. Corn No. mixed, 74c No. 2 white. 75c; No 3 yellow, 751sc. Oats: No. white. 47c; No 2 mixed. 4411@451sc
 Rice Market
 New Orleans July 3.-Clean rice continued quiet. Receipts, rough, 300; sales. 1257 pockets clean Honduras at 32G@4Hc; 50 pockets Japan at 7-16c
 Produce Market
 New York, July 3.--Butter steady, higher scoring. 2sH a 29c; ffrsts 26H @21,ac; seconds, 24G25hc Eggs steady. 14.566; fresh gathered extras, 22c1 23c: extra firsts. 20@21c; firsts 1s@19Hc; seconds. 16h @1Sc. Cheese weak. 660s; state whole milk. flats and twins. fresh colored. specials, 15h hI ,5Mc; state whole milk. white. 151ac; state whole milk, average fancy, |15;ac. Dressed poultry irregular west ern roasting chickens, frozen, 1S@22c;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
Cotton Seed Oil

New York, July s.-Cotton seed oil was easier under liquidating sales Tn August. poor demand generally and with the heaviness in hog products. Final prices were to 2 points net low CT; sales, 6400 barrels; spot, 505c; July, 610c; August. 625c; September. G.42c; December, 6.46c; January, 6.50c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
Liverpool Cotton

Liverpool, July 3.--Cotton, spot, In fair demand; prices steady; good mid ding, 5.54d; middling. 5.24d; low mid ding, 4.75d sales, 5000 bales, includ- ing 6So0 American and 1000 for spec ulation and export; receipts, 5000. fu- tu5es closed quiet and steady; July 5.isd; July and August, 5.1Sd; August and September. 5.22d; September and October. 5.291Sd October and Novem- her, 5.s6d November and December, b. 40 + d; December and January, 5.44 F q i; January and February. 5.4SAd; Febru ary and March, 5.521sd; March and April, 5.56hd; April and May. 5.59 r. d; May and June 5.621sd; June and July, 5.65hd; July and August, 5.6S1ad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
GREAT QUANTITIES OF ALA.
 POULTRY CONSUMED HERE

Pork Loins-16c. Neck Bones-4c. Breakfast Bacon--1Sd26c. Spare Ribs-9c. Regular Hams-17c. skinned Hams-17o. Pure Lard-1oAc; compound. Sc.
 Fish
 Wholesalers Selling Priee) Perch-s@Slkc. Salt Water Trout-1oQ11c. Blue Cathsh-7iac. Red Snapper-7iTGe1sc. Gray Snapper-sc. Mullet-5i6G6c. Shrfmp-l0c. Spanish Acknowledgements heephead-SQS8c.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-20
P,ckPockErs REAP HARVEST.
Work Among Crowds Attending Elks
Convention in Iowa City.

Work Among Crowds Attending Elks'
Convention in Iowa City.
Iowa City, Aug. 2o.-Pickpockets are
infesting the city, coming to reap
harvest of theft in the unsuspecting
and jostling crowds.
Mrs. A. v. Samuels was heavy
loser at noon when a thief opened her
hand bag in crowd at the Rock Is
land depot and took from 1t her purse
containing in the neighborhood Of $50
besides her trunk keys and baggage
checks. She was on the point OF leav-
ing the city when the theft occurred.
A stranger and his wife at the Rock
Island station reported the theft OF
500 in bills which was presumably
Tilted" by some slick fingered In
dividual
Miss Nellie Mitchell, Of Des Moines.
who is stopping at the New West
hotel. lost $12 in similar manner
about midnight. She had been up town
with a friend but had become sep
arated from her and started home
alone down Clinton street. A man
jumped from the shadows near Prem
tiss street and held her by the coat,
snatching her handbag from her. The
bag was secured by the thief, but Miss
Mitchell still held to the leather cord
by which it was carried. She screamed
loudly for help and two men in the VI
entity came up to aid her. They
chased the robber for some distance,
but he made his escape.
1t is reported that one man taken
in tow as suspect was released thru
the proof Of an alibi.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-20
MAKES FREAK GOLF SHOT.
keokuk Man Puts Ball in Hole in
Sinole Stroke

Keokuk. Aug 2O.-N. H. Pyle. secre-
tary of the Keokuk Country Club and
one of the best local golfers, has the
distinction of being the first player to
negotiate hole on the new course in a
single stroke. He did this Tuesday
afternoon on No. ., a short hole Of 1875
yards, playing from the tee with a mid
mashie.
Several other plav@~s performed ex-
cellent feats on the links this week,
Perdew Sheldon, the long swatteT %
the club, twice drove No. 3 green from
the tee, distance of 272 Yards No 3
has never been driven before and be-
cause Of the long carry necessary to
escape the Prices creek back water
many of the shorter drivers play the
hole as a dog-leg.
AS remarkable as either Of the above
feats, tho different in its character was
the round by John A. Dunlap in 3S,
playing every shot with an iron club
The course record is only one stroke
lower Dunlap was driving 200 yards
with his iron. laying his chip shots
close to the hole.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-20

erville would be consolidated Sept.
into three motor routes. After that
date one carrier will serve what was
formerly two routes, going out over
one in the forenoon and the other in
the afternoon. The carriers are re-
CURED to equip themselves with high
power automobiles with a carrying ca
pacity Of 500 pounds and eight cubic
feet Of space. Each carrier on the
motor routes will receive S1,SS0 per
year. Estherville is one of the seven
Weight cities selected by the depart
ment for the experiment. and it has the
distinction of being the farthest north
of any town selected. If the expert
ment proves successful the govern
ment will save $500 at this point and
1t will be but short time until the
change is put into effect all over the
country.