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the weather.
F»lr Tuesday night and Wednesday;
iiiehtly warmer. Temperatures Tues-
(taken at A. K. Hawkes Co’s
•fire): 8 a. m., 38 degrees; 10 a. m.. 42
degrees; 12 noon, 45 degrees; 2 p. m.,
4 , degrees.
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-Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN
AND NEWS
Georgian
“Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN
SPOT COTTON.
Atlanta, quiet; 8 15-16. Liverpool, steady;
5.05, New York, quiet; 0.35. Savannah,
steady; 8 16-16. Augusta, steady; 9^4.
Galveston, firm; 9-V Norfolk, steady; 8c.
Houston, steady; 9*4. Memphis, steady;
9 a ». Mobile, easy; S'*.
VOL. X. NO. 107.
HOME(4TH) EDITION
ATLANTA. OA„ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1911.
HOME (4TH) EDITION PRICE: & «• ££?■?£:
i n Annual Message to Congress
President Gives His Ideas on
Corporation Legislation.
KEEP INTACT SHERMAN LAW
Anti-Trust Statute Should Not
Be Repealed Nor Amended,
Declares Message.
TO Hm LIFE
Clemency Is Extended Dyna
miters for Confessing—John
J. Gets Fifteen Years. '
FREDERICKS ASKS MERCY
Washington, Dee. B.—President Taft
gent a special message to congress to
d,v dealing exclusively with the trust
problem. The president gave his own
views on its solution, demanded legis
ution to supplement the Sherman anti
rust law. and took direct ieeue with
criticisms of tho dissolution plan for
the American Tobacco Company, as
expressed by ex-Presldent Theodora
Roosevelt in The Outlook.
Among the recommendations made
by President -Taft are demands for a
law specifically defining "restraint of
trade and suppression'of competition,
a Federal corporation commission and
a Federal incorporation act. He up
holds the Sherman law, and defends
the results ’of litigation under that
measure.
In defending tho action of tho United
States supreme court In the Standard
Oil decision. In reading the word ‘'un
reasonable” into tho law. President Taft
deplored the agitation for the repeal of
the law which has sprung up since the
Standard and American Tobacco trusts
were dissolved.
The message, which contains between
«,(M0 and 7,000 words. Is accompanied
by numerous extracts from court deci
sions to uphold Mr. Taft’s contentions
One feature of the message Is con
tained In a paragraph In which Presi
dent Taft disavows the Intention of the
government of confiscating property of
offending corporations. The president
cans attention to thd fact that Impris
onment Is one form of punishment pro
vided for In tho anti-trust law for of
fenders.
Mr. Taft declares that the Hherman
law protects business, and says that
“the mere slzo of a corporation Is no
Bln against the anti-trust law.”
In his plea for supplemental legisla
tion to the Sherman act, the president
says that it would be a great aid to
the government In bringing future anti
trust sultg because the proceedings
could charge a misdemeanor Instead of
the cumbersome method of charging
a conspiracy and naming an unusually.
large number of defendants.
Mr. Taft advocates that the bureau
ef corporations bo a tribunal of the
dignity and power of tho comptroller
of the currency, and be modelled after
the Interstate commerce commission.
He calls the anti-trust law "the ex
pression of effort of liberty-loving peo
ple to preserve equality of opportuni
ty."
"For twenty years.” he said, “this
statute (Sherman law) was on the
statute books. All knew Its general
purpose and approved. Many of Its vio
lators were cynical over Its assumed
Impotence.”
To the Senate and .House of Represen
tatlves:
This messago is the first of several
which I shall sem) to congress during
the Interval between the opening of Its
regular session and Its adjournment for
the r-hlfctmas holidays. Tho amount
of information to be communicated as
to the operations of the government,
the number of Important subjects call
ing for comment by the executive, and
the transmission to congress of exhaus
tive reports of special commissions,
make It impossible to tneludo In ono
message of a reaaonable length a dis
cussion of tho topics that ought to bo
brought by tho United State* to en-
Ifglslaturo at Its first regular session.
Anti-Trust Supreme Court Decisions.
In May last tho supreme court hand
ed down decisions in tho suits In equity
brought 'by hthe United States to en
join the further maintenance of tho
Standard Oil trust and of the American
Tobacco trust, and to secure tbcir'dt*-
solution. The decisions are epoch-
Contlnued on Page Eleven.
Brothers Leave for San Quen
tin Penitentiary, Where They
Will Pay for Crimes.
Lot Angeles, Deo. 5.—John Joseph
McNamara, former secretary of the
Bridge and Btructuyal Iron Workers,
today a confessed and sentenced felon,
will start tonight with his younger
brother, Jaea Bums
for Sam Quentin prison. ........
years John J. will serve behind prison
walls for his confessed part In dyna
miting plots that have reached from
ocean to ocean. James B. McNamara,
the brother who confessed he did the
."Jobs" his elder brother planned and
who said he set the bomb that de
stroyed tho building of The Los An
geles Times when 21 lives were lost,
will spend the rest of his days In con
finement.
The two men were sentenced today
by Judge Walter N. Bordwell In the
court room assigned to Judge McCor
mick. Led Into court by sheriffs, the
two men waited while a clerk was sent
scurrying out to get chairs for them.
In the excitement of the morning it had
been forgotten to save a place for the
principal aotora. As they stood before
the crowd that filled the court room,
their eyes fell. The prison pallor on
the face of the younger man had been
displaced by a nervous flush. Nerv
ously chewing the gum between his
teeth, he glanced around the courtroom
with quick, cat-like glances, his head
drooping forward. Outside the nervous
toying with his hands at a watch chain
that dangled from hie vest, he displayed
no sign of nervousness.
A striking figure was John Joseph
McNamara, the elder brother—big,
strong and distinguished—as he stood
waiting for the day's events. Both men
were guarded with extreme care. They
wore black. J. J. might have been an
attorney, to Judge by his appearance.
He wore a high collar, around which
was wrapped a black tie.
Presently the chairs were procured
and the men sank Into them, sitting
In the most conspicuous part of the
room. Presently Judge Bordwell
mounted the bench. There was a ettr
among the attorneys who had assem
bled.
Judge Bordwell arrived at 10:16 a. m.
accompanied by a strong guard. Judge
Bordwell entered his private chambers
and took tho bench'at 10:22 o'clock.
J. B. McNamara arrived, accompanied
by his attorneys.
The J. B. McNamara case came up
first. ./
At 10:28 o’clock Judge Bordwell
asked the prisoner to stand up and
give his name. McNamara gavo his
name In full as James Burns Mc-
Continusd on Last Psgt.
mmm
Dramatic Scene Enacted in the
Wilkes County Court After
Murderer Is Resentenced.
TO BE EXECUTED TUESDAY
Shot That John C. Hollenshead,
of Lincoln County, Fired
Pierced Negro’s Cheek.
Washington. Ga., Dad. 5.—Another
sensational chapter In the life of T. B.
Walker, twice escaped murderer of
Charles S. Hollenshead, of this county,
„ occurred at 11 o’clock this morning at
McNamara a special session of Wilkes county su-
For fifteen perior court, called by Judge B. F.
Walker, for the purpose of resentencing
Walker to the gallows.
Walker Resantenced.
After Walker was resentenced to die
and time of his execution appointed for
this afternoon between 2 and 8 o'clock,
John C. Hollenshead, of Lincoln coun
ty, brother of the murdered man, at
tempted to kill tho negro before he
couM be taken back to his cell. Supe
rior court room was crowded with
white citizens at the time and pando-
monium reigned when a pistol shot
sounded. Only one shot was fired, that
taking effect In Walker’s face, entering
his right cheek, going thru his mouth
and came out below the left jaw. That
Innocent bystanders who almost com
pletely surrounded the negro prisoner
werq not seriously injured Is considered
miraculous.
The wounded negro was given prompt
medical attention In his cell and Is not
too seriously hurt to Interfere wfth the
execution of the court’* sentence ‘this
afternoon. For a few moments after
Hollenshead fired it wa* thought that
the negro had made another wild dash
for liberty and there was a hasty, exit
of a score of men to guard the doors.
Jn the meantime Sheriff Bobo • and
Deputy Sheriff Callaway, who were
standing on either side of the prisoner,
made a quick getaway with Walker thru
a side door of the. superior court room
which led to the new jail In the rear.
Crazed by Strain.
Photo by Mathewson.
A GLIMPSE OF THE DI8PLAY AT THE AUDITITORIUM-ARMORY,
ATLANTA TO HAVE
AN AWE!
Handsome Marble Building
Will Be Erected at Pied
mont- Park.
ar\
ASSOCIATION’S, PLAN
Park Board of, City Will. Be
Space Necessary..
n« i
the foul murder of hi. brother and long
days and night, of searching for the
negro after his two successful .scapes,
John C. Hollenshead. who fired the shot • . . , O„4
at the negro, this morning collapsed ASK6U tOr HeS€rVatlOn 0T
and wa, taken from th. court room by
half a dozen cltlsenz. H. haa .offered
a complete nervous and physical col
lRpse and grave fears of nls condition
nre entertained. Walker was brought
In an auto to Washington from Augusta
this morning at daybreak.
Judge Walker arrived on the train at
10:30 o’clock and Immediately called
court In special session. Just before
being taken Into the court room for re
sentence Walker was seen by a repre
sentatlve of the press and ralteratd hH
former statement, that h, Alone was
responsible for Hollenshead’s murder.
He said he had contemplated the mur
der two weeks before committing It,
MANY WHL SPEAK
El
Gubernatorial Campaign Will
Close With Oratorical Out
s' bursts in Many Towns.
Within 40 hours the Democrats of
Georgia will be balloting for the three
candidates for governor and two for
commissioner of commerce and labor,
as Thursday. December T, Is the dato
get apart by the etato executive com
mittee for the primary election to make
nominations for these two offices.
The candidates and their campaign
managers, will make their final efforts
on Wednesday preliminary to bring out
the vote on Thursday. Tuesday Is also
an active day In the political camps.
Of the three candidates for governor
Pope Brown has the largest number of
speakers for the last two days of the
campaign. Joe Brown speakings are
next In numerical orders with fewer
for Judge Russell than cither of his
opponents. However, Judge Russell Is
the only candidate billed to appear In
Pl J?F7 McCarthy and H. M. Stanley, ri
val candidates for labor commissioner,
are confining their fight to personal
work, neither making speches nor hay
ing speakers In the field. Some of Mr.
McCarthy's friends tn the legislature
Continued on Last Pag*.
WILL BEEXPOSEO
McNamara Brothers Will Re
veal Name of Every Man
Connected With Crimes.
Los Angslts, Deo. 6.—Under terrific
pressure, which It la known Is being
brought to bear upon them, John J.
McNamara, secretary-treasurer of the
International Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers union, and hts brother,
James B. McNamara, will reveal tho
name of every member of the "dyna
mite circle" which for years has ter
rorized the nation, before a Federal
grand Jury. They will make a com
plete confession In return for lighter
sentences. The confessions are expect
ed to strike tn very high places and In
volve numerous international labor of'
ilclals.
"Don’t be a squealer.”
"Take your medicine and keep your
mouth shut.”
These are the tenor of message‘after
message which has poured upon the
McNamaras since James B. admitted
blowing up The Los Angeles Times
building, killing 21 persons, and Jobn
J. McNamara confessed to Instigating
the wrecking of the Llewellyn Iron
Continued on Lsst Page.
ANOTHER NEW POSTOFFICE
FOR ATLANTA—OH, WAKE UP!
11, ‘ )'° u went Information about educa-
or rashlon’o your passion or you
or maybe your hired girt
tisTiJs ft a Bred girl or cook has de-
uj/I *!h' e h la even worse, there's no
,,, ,n hurrying, flurrying, worrying.
If w banished and worry denied
cr. * * ,art reading for what you
''UilsIfled Ur Dall> ' Uant ra * C * an ''
Uee Georgian Want Ads.
Atlanta Is going to have the grandest,
”moit gorgeous,” postofflee building in
the world—ilf (a Ion* drawn out If) the
story ae published In the local morning
newspaper Is true.
The building Is to be only 400 feet
■ square, according to the morning paper,
land only two stories In height.
This Is to cost 7 .
Heave a sigh. Who would accuse the
government of making such an eKregrl-
ous error? It Is going to cost J600.000.
It must be that tho govemment In
tends studding the building with a few
of the pearlerthe ex-sultan of Turkey la
selling at a low cost.
Or perhaps tho government f> fooling
and really Intends to «*ct » J°-story
building. That Is about what 8500,000
would buy at the regular rates.
Another remarkable thing about that
Story In the morning paper:
It says that the present floor space Is
only 200 square feet. If that le the case,
where In the land of Goshen does the
postofllce put all of Its carriers? Only
200 square feet means a 20 by 10 build
ing! That would be Just about big
enough for a couple of mall sacks.
There must be something wrong
about tho "looks o' things these days,”
or else, the world la beginning to grow
ity quick.
E REAL FACT8.
The government Intends to ask the
present congress t ©appropriate 850,000
to finish the fifth floor of the present
postoffice, and for plastering and mural
decorations throughout the entire build,
lng. The fifth floor was left uncom
pleted when the postoffice was opened,
and contains ONE ACRE OF SPACE
(not 200 square feet, as the morning pa
per says), and will be used by the mall
service.
IMMEDIATE RESPONSE
FOR EMPTY STOCKING
Response was Immediate to The
Georgian's appeal for the Empty Stock
ing fund.
Merryman Cross, of 78 Oak-st., who
has been the first to contribute every
year since The Georgian Instituted the
Christmas fund for the orphans, wrote
the following letter Monday afternoon
right after seeing our appeal:
Dear Georgian:
I do hope that I am first again to
respond to’ your appeal for aid for the
little helpless ones. I send 25c to help
Thfu the efforts of the members of
the Atlanta Art association, a museum,
such a* have made art centers of many
Eastern an<l N< w England rifles, is to
be built in Piedmont park. And the as
■oclation expects to ultimately make
Atlanta tho art of tho Roijth,
just as the Music Festival association
haa made It ther' music center of the
South.
Officials of tho association will ex
plain their plan to the park board Tues
day afternoon and ask for a reservation
In Piedmont park In which to erect a
building. A fire-proof marble or stone
structure will be erected so that It con
be enlarged later and Its architectural
perfection retained. The members of
the association realize that they can
not complete tlioir whole plan until
public Interest has been aroused to Its
attractiveness and worth. So they ex
pect to erect a small building at first
and enlarge it as the public reHponds.
The Atlanta Art association Is com
posed of art lovers, men and women of
wealth and high position.
As in other cities, they expect to have
the fine works loaned. It woyld.be Im-
josslble to purchase a worthy exhibit.
Jut when a suitable building is pro
vided, wealthy persons will lend their
valuable paintings and the general pub
lic can feast Its eyes on the works of
masters just as tho the public bwned
them.
Mrs. Samuel M. Inman ,la president'of
tho association, and John \V. Grant is
treasurer. Samuel N. Evins is rhair-
man of the executive committee, and
Mr. Evlns will present the request of
the association to the park board’. Other
prominent' people nre members, and
their interest haa reached the point
where they Intend to provide a per
manent fine arts exhibit for Atlanta and
the South.
Letters From 300 Members of
Congress Defiantly Denounce’
Treaty of 1832.
Washington, D«c, 5.—Letters from
300 member* of congress, which will
be read In Carnegie hall. New York, to-
, flatly and definitely de
nouncing the treaty of 1882 with Rus
sia, which permits the czar's officials
to dishonor American passports when
presented by American Hebrews,.is the
bombshell which lies beneath what
state department officials - term the
"most delicate ■ diplomatic question
which has come before the United
States tn many years.”
The announcement today that this
great percentage of legislators or the
and have come Into the open practi
cally demanding the abrogation of the
treaty has come as an absolute sur
prise here.
What Its effset may b* on the rela
tions between Russia and the United
States, already strained by the Shuster
incident In Persia. Is problematical.
M. Bahkmetleff, the new Russian en
voy, came here. It Is generally believed,
with power to discuss tl)e treaty of
1882. Prominent Hebrews throughout
the country are urging drastic action
to obtain a change in the passport sys-’
tern.
them. Hope you will have lots of do
nations for them.
Sincerely yours,
MERRYMAN CROSS.
. 76 Oak-st.
Merryman was again the first to con
tribute after we published the an
nouncement. but Miss Mattie Lou Jor
dan, of Snndersvllle, wrote on Novem
ber 28 and sent half a dollar for the
fund.
Here are the contributions:
Mattie Lou Jordan, Samlersvllle 8 .60
Merryman Cross, 76 Oak-st 25
Charles D. Barker 5.00
Mrs. W. J. Harris 2.00
WRITES CONFESSION SAMUEL GOMPERS
GREAT GROWTH
Splendid Exhibit Opened to the
Public Tuesday Morning at
Auditorium-Armory.
KNAPP STAR OF FIRST DAY
From Three to Four Thousand
Farmers Are Expected to
Attend the Display.
in Short Statement, Accurate
Account of Dynamiting Is
Made Public.
Los Angeles, Deo. 5.—James B. Mc
Namara’s brief confession, penned by
his own hand late yeatorday and bear
ing many evidences of a mom little
skilled In letters, was made public to
ddy. It Is as follows;
James B. McNamara, defendant
In tho caso of the people, having here
tofore pleaded guilty to tho crime of
murder, desire to make this statement
of facts; and this Is the truth:
President of Labor Federation
Says He Has No Fear—His
Work Is an Open Book.
-•art ti jwsite — ™
Times building, a suit
portion of The
case containing sixteen sticks of 80 per
cent dynamite, set to exploded at 1,
o’clock the next morning. It was my
Intention to Injure the building and
scare the owners. I did not Intend to
take the life of any ono. I sincerely
regret that theso unfortunate men lost
their lives. If the giving of my life
would bring them back I would gladly
give It. In fact. In pleading guilty to
murder In.the first degree, I have placed
my life In tho hnnds of the state.
(Signed) "JAMES B. M’NAMARA."
The confession covers one side of nn
ordinary sheet of paper and wa* writ
ten with a fountain pen supplied by
one of the attorneys. It ,1s probably
the only written statement of tho case
that will ever be made by the writer, or
his brother.
PACKERS 1ST FACE DEM ST: PROPERTY
JUDGE WEDNESDAY
United States Supreme Court
Denied Pleas of the Beef
Trust Barons.
SCENE SHIFTS TO CHICAGO
Washington, Dec. 5.—Th© application
of the Chicago beef packers to the
supreme court of the United States for
a stay of the proceedings In their trial
for criminal violation of the anti-trust
law was denied today. The decision of
the court was announced briefly by
Chief Justice White, and was without
any written opinion. As a result of
the decision, the trial of the packers
before the district court of Chicago
will be resumed tomorrow, the exten*
slon of time allowed by Judge Carpen
ter to permit packers to appeal to the
supreme court expiring at that time.
None of the attorneys for the beef
packers was In the court room when
the chief justice announced the court’s
decision.
New York, Deo. 5.-—Wan and tired
from tho vortex of trouble Into which
the confessions of the McNamara
brothers In Los Angeles had plunged
him, Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor, who has
been in this city ever since tho dyna
miters confessed, prepared today
leave for Washington, where Impor
tant business relative to the American
Federation of Labor awaits his atten
tion.
being "shadowed” by two.private de
tectives employed by William J. Bums,
but that he had no fears, for all his
acts Were open.
"All this talk about a national con
spiracy makes mo tired,” said Gompers.
"We In tho organized labor movement
stand for peace and advancement. We
are not a band of bomb throwers. If
Bums can 'get anything on us’ let him
go ahead. Let the truth speak for it
self. As to any personal danger which
Burns runt at thu .^hands of members
of organized labor, all such talk is non.
sense. I was ^recently unanimously
elected president of tho American Fed
elation of Labor. I shall bo at head
quarter* Jn Washington by tonJgbt.
Any one who wants me will And me at
my desk there. We have 27- rooms at
801 G-ac, Northwest. I am usually In
room 508." •. . ■
G0ESAW52A FOOT
Hugh Richardson Pays $62,
000 for Realty of the Julius
Brown Estate.
Georgia’s wealth was Increased $8,-
000,000 In 1911 by the increase of her
corn crop from 70,000,000 to 78,000,000
bushels, and the story of this wonder
ful development Is told In the splendid
exhibits that fill the Audltorlum-Ar*
mory. where the Southern Com show
opened at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning
under the auspices of the Chamber of
Commerce.
Hundreds of persons were present at
the formal opening at 10 o’clock, farm
ers. boy corn growers, government ex
perts, women, girls and some of the.
leading business men of Atlanta. By
the tlmo the program began at It
o'clock every one of the more than
1,000 com exhibits was In place. The
great Auditorium was as handsome a
picture of the "harvest home" as ever
was fashioned, with its wealth of nicely
arranged piles of com on the tables, tho
grand prize-winning Habersham coun
ty apple exhibit, tho handsome array of
preserves and canned vegetables, great
stalks of cotton heavy with tho fleecy
staple, the educational exhibit of the
State Agricultural college on the stage,
and hundreds of gay flags embellishing
the scene.
The star speaker of the morning wai
Hon. Bradford Knapp, of Washington,
chief of the farm demonstration work
of the United States department of
agriculture.
As the government’s sentinel, stand
ing on the outposts to observe and de
termine the most modern lines of prog-
for the nation’s farmers, he told
them how to make two plants grow
where only one grew before, of the
rvelous success of farmers who had
adopted scientific methods, thus raising
themselves higher in wealth, education
nd Influence as citizens. The boll
weevil is on its way to Georgia and
the raising of more and diversified food
crops Is the one sure way of triumph
ing over the coming menace. How
Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi farm
ers have bettered their condition by
following the government's advice to
diversify, and devote themselves to in
tensive culturo was related.
Dr. Knapp Arrives.
Mr. Knapp arrived at the Auditorium.
Armory about 9:30 o’clock nnd was
warmly greeted by the demonstrators
and farmers. He was gratified at tha
magnificent exhibits and the Interest
displayed. Georgia was one of the fa
vorite states of his father, tho late Dr.
Samuel Knapp, who was well known
all over the commonwealth and who did
much for the betterment of Its farming
conditions.
F. J. Paxon, president of the Cham
ber of Commerce, opened tho Southern
Com show at 11 o’clock, In an appro
priate address. The program Included
the "History of tho Show," by H. G.
Hastings, chairman of tho executive
committee; "Tho Com Show Move
ment," by IT. E. Htookbridge. These-
addresses were meaty, full of fnsplra-j
tlon and Impressive of the fact that
there Is no groater movement In Oeor-s!
la than is the purpose of the Southern’
'om show, which Is to develop better*
products and help tho farmers prepare
for the coming of the boll weevil.
Tha Program.
The afternoon and night program*
Include:
2 p. m.—(Small lecture room) en
tomological conference; "Boll Weevil]
Injury and How Tt May Be A voided,’•j
W, D. Hunter; "Demonstration Work]
of the United States Department
1
Going .tor-$1,252 per front foot, prop
erty at 35‘-37-'Decatur-st., part of the
estate of the late'Julius Brown, of
which ex-Qovemor Joseph M. Brown Is
executor, was sold at sheriff's >nb*
Tuesday noon to Hugh Richardson for
$62,000.
The property, which Is situated near
the comer of Decatur and Pryor-sts.,
Is 50x100 feet and is occupied, by two
one-story brick stores renting for $3,000
a year. The sale was handled for the
Brown estate by A. J. & H. F, West.
A. J. it-H. F. West also sold‘ at
public auction Tuesday the Gallagher
property In Boll ood-ave. to Miss An
nie May Gallagher, for ^ $1,950, and
property, also a parcel of the Galla
gher estate. In Abbott-sL, for $331. The
Atlanta Land and Investment Com
pany bought the Abbott-st. property.
Colonel Graves Here.
Colonel John Temple Graves, editor of
The Now York American, arrived in
Atlanta, suave and smiling, Tuesday
and was busy the whole day greeting
his hundreds of friends in this city.
Colonel Graves will Temain a day
or-so.
abama; "What the Boll Weevil Will
Mean to Georgia," E. L. Worsham.
7:30 p. m.—(Small lecture room)
Dissemination of Boll Weevil by Com
mercial Agencies," W. E. Hinds, stats;
entomologist of Alabama; "Discussion!
of Quarantine Laws." Dr. Hunter: dls-*J
cussion of quarantine problems also by.
members of the transportation compa-j
nles, cotton mills, and by cotton seed]
crushers.
E. Gentry, head of th** government,
demonstration work In Georgia and su-j
perlntendent of exhibits, stated that ho;
expected 3,000 to 4,000 farmers from all*
parts of Georgia, about 1,000 women '
nnd girls and some 400 boy com grow
ers of the state to attend during the
three days session. He Is very proud
of the fact that Georgia Increased Its
com crop by 8,000,000 bushels In 1911.
Mr. Gentry says there are about 4,200-
000 acres In Georgia devoted to corn
growing, and during the past year land
that formerly produced fourteen bush
els of corn to the acre by proper culti
vation Increased Its yield to sixteen
bushel*.
Big Crowds Later.
The largest crowds are expected to
attend tho Southern Com show Wed
nesday and Thursday. Boys belonging
to the various com clubs began to ar
rive Monday and were coming In ail
day Tuesday. Homes were found for
them, and four committees met them
Continued on Last Page.
Business Days
Before
16
CHRISTMAS
Shop Early and
Avoid the Crush