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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1915
Page
12
Farmers merchants and bankers from twenty counties around Macon gather in the Macon Chamber of Commerce auditorium to create a Georgia crop market. Wholesalers will sign an agreement to buy Georgia hay grain and other products when meeting standards of quality and price, ensuring farmers a market and encouraging strong planting.
Barnesville Ga January 28 Cuban student attends Gordon Institute and five more Cubans from Havana are expected next week. The current student Narcisso Torrento Casallera, once Cuba’s foreign minister to this government, arrived unable to speak English and lonely until others arrive.
Barnesville city council cuts lighting rates by ten percent starting February first. Bills must be paid by the tenth to qualify. Mayor B. M. Turner credited for rallying support before the Geer and dilrona commission. Current supplied to the city under contract by Central Georgia Power Company.
New York reports show domestic mills increasing activity and demand lifting prices 11 to 12 points. Spot cotton in New Orleans steadies with firmer futures and a larger export flow, while Liverpool and New Orleans cables signal improving trade, backed by mill resumes and strong interior orders.
Reports from New York and Liverpool show a steady, top regional pattern as prices held with slight gains early, aided by spot buyers and hedges being covered. Dockside and dry goods cues suggest stronger activity, with Fall River mills resuming full-scale print cloth production while general trading remains moderate and directionally mixed.
Griffin, January 28 Special After two trials in Spalding superior court Colonel W TH Connor moved that the Griffin Bar association jurors and citizens pass resolutions praising Judge S Price Gilbert for fair and impartial presiding Judge Robert T Daniel disqualified Resolutions unanimously adopted and Judge Gilbert acknowledged the honor He is described as one of the ablest superior court judges in Georgia renewing old friendships and making new ones.
Rome Ga January 28 special Judge Moses Wright overruled a motion for change of venue by Leary Newman a negro accused of murdering Ben Franklin a young clerk here during Christmas holidays Newman's attorneys will appeal to the supreme court deferring the trial to Floyd superior court term
Dr. KC. McConnell returns to the city after a two week absence and will resume work at Druid Hills Baptist church next Sunday the 61st. He has been holding revival meetings at Kissimmee, Florida where he preached to overflowing houses.
At the evening service in the Central Presbyterian church Dr Ogden will plea for a sane Sabbath He will discuss city efforts to break down Sabbath observance His morning topic is A Soldier's Acceptance of Christ.
Henry Hammond, an escaped convict from Meriwether counties, was captured near Americus today. He is charged with burglarizing two country stores and stealing a horse and buggy. Several overcoats, fine shoes, and other merchandise were found with him at arrest.
Cotton market movement details by port and region for January 28 with prices, receipts, exports, sales, and stocks. Highlights include New Orleans and Savannah with middling prices around 8.50, 8.00 and Liverpool futures steady. totals show daily receipts 49,778 exports 70,033 and stocks near 1,997,082 across listed ports.
Portland reports May blue stem wheat sold for 155 per thousand bushels on the Portland exchange, a new high since the Civil War. In New York May wheat traded at 1 57, highest since 1898, with No 2 red export at 1 41 1 2 and No 1 northern Manitoba at 3 4. Flour prices rose with the wheat gains, and Minneapolis fancy patents held at 9 45 a barrel while standard patent flour traded at 7 35 to 7 45.
Griffin Ga January 28 Special In presenting general presentments the grand jury urged the county issue and sell 56000 of 5 percent bonds to meet obligations promptly when due It proposes bonds be used after courthouse bonds are paid This is described as one of the most vitally important recommendations by the Spalding county grand jury
In Americus Ga on January 28 Rev D A Cook of Columbus was appointed minister in charge of the Americus circuit South Georgia conference replacing the late Rev Walter Williams the young Englishman who died last week Cook assumed charge this afternoon and oversees churches including Andersonville and other country churches in the circuit
Herman Smith, a Rome character, was arrested and charged with liquor selling in the Floyd county courthouse corridor near Judge Moses Wright's bench. Convicted last December of a similar offense, he was released on bail and will be tried at the next term of court.
J. W. Crenshaw of Doutte Cabins in Griffin Georgia died at 12 43 in the morning on Wednesday from heart trouble at age thirteen. One funeral was held Thursday at 3 PM at the First Christian church. He is survived by his wife and several children.
New York January 28 Stocks edged higher after the United States Steel common dividend was passed. Steel dipped to a new minimum then rebounded as reductions in minimum price boosted activity. Railway shares rose, petroleum and metal groups gained, and further twists in futures and Bank of England reserves influenced sentiment.
Chicago and New York markets show May wheat above 1.50 a bushel with corn at peak levels not seen in two decades. Export demand, tight dock space, and rising grain and provisions prices push values higher amid a global market firming.
Readable from a dense OCR, the piece reports corrected price lists for Kools groceries and provisions plus an Atlanta live stock market summary. It lists many items with per unit or case prices including canned goods, cereals, oils, dairy, meats, spices, and household products, followed by meat and livestock quotations for steers, cows, and hogs with weight ranges and price bands.
An unclear OCR fragment lists various goods and prices such as turpentine, window glass, and water white with figures like 414% and 35.514, including shipments, stocks, and receipts. Names and locations are illegible, making precise entities uncertain. The text resembles a rough inventory or ledgers page.
January 28 livestock figures show higher receipts and firm to higher bids across hogs cattle and sheep. Kansas reports strong hog and cattle prices with buyers paying for heavy, prime and mixed grades while Chicago notes steady light to good heavy hogs and mixed cattle, with lambs and yearlings trading higher on farm and market exchanges.
Country Produce reports New York receipts for butter with complex grades and prices, including creamery extras and winter type milk. Chicago notes butter higher on creamery at 24 31 with unchanged eggs and poultry, while St Louis and Kansas City show stable butter and poultry. Chicago cash lard and ribs prices listed.
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