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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME 33—NUMBER 33. LaFollette Saves Millions Every Day to Oil Consumers Nation-Wide Trust Cuts Prices as Winconsin Senator ~ Starts Inq Yy; Price-Fixing System Robs Users of Gasoline. • TRUST CUTS PRICES as WISCONSIN SENATOR STARTS INQUIRY; FRICES-FIXING SYSTEM ROBS USERS OF GASOLINE. By Charles M. Kelly. More than a million dollars saved each day to user of gasoline—that is Senator La Follette's latest contribu tion to the American people. It is just a beginning. W hat he will ulti mately save them will be determined when an investigation of the oil in dustry now being made by a senate committee of which Mr. La Follcte is chairman has been completed. He at least can be depended upon to fight to a finsh. Made Cut Promptly. Hardly had the investigation start ed when the oil monopoly announced a reduction of 2 cents a gallon in the retail price of gasoline. It is es timated that the daily consumption is around 50,000,000 gallons. There have also been reductions in the price of crude and refined oils, effecting additional savings. If a mere threat of publicity is sufficient to bring the oil monopo lists to terms to the tune of more than a million dollars a day. a full revelation of their methods should result in permanent benefits that may be almost incalculable. Prices Are Manipulated. * The senate committee is making inquiry pursuant to a resolution tfitroduced by Senator La Follettc. Already it has developed some amaz ing information. For one thing, it proven that the price of gaso line moves up or down at the bidding of those who control the industry, without any regard to the much-ad vertised law of supply and demand. When the largest stacks in the history of oil production were im pounded, the price of gas reached almost its highest mark. When production was increasing, the brakes were put upon distribu tion, and millions of gallons forced into storage, until storage facilities became inadequate. The great oil producing and dis tributing companies are so closely itllicd that it is not possible to Veil where one begins and aonther ends. jiVVhen prices are increased by the *tstandard they are also increased by every other company. When there is a fc*ut it is uniform i neverv city and hamlet in the country. Monopolist Must Explain. The production and distributors deny every suggestion of price fix ing. but they have yet to explain 10 Senator La Follette’s committee these most unusual features of their busienss. Witnesses called by the commit tee have been put on the gril by (iilbert Hoc, a celebrated New York lawyer and former law partner of Fords orv A ' "V THE. UNIVERSAL TRACTOR ivX { half with kJp \ <r r ~\ MS ) the Fordson urn J J F.0.8. DETROIT /> . j 'V4-M times— _ ” y&l' This Value Cut your hoOT* l Has Never in the field D ! over half — j 06611 the Fordson Duplicated Give yourself | It takes something besides an 8-hour j engineering to furnish a j you, can with tractor like the F ordson the to sell at this astonish w Fordson ingly low price. " ' That something is owner confidence built on permanent satisfac tion. There are 170,000 Fordson tractors in use—wherever Power Farming is being done Fordson is showing superior service. If you are not using a Fordson now, start right. The working ability of this remarkable power plant is cutting farming costs in half in almost every kind of work done, at the draw bar or from the belt. Ask: us for all the details —call, write or phone. LOUISVILLE MOTOR CO. AUTHORIZED FORD DEALERS. Louisville, Ga. THE NEWS AND FARMER Senator La Follettc. who has been retained by the committee to give personal direction to the investiga tion. Mr. Hoc is in complete sympathy with the contention of Senator La Follettc that the fist obligation of the government is to protect he in terests of the public. He is determ ined that there shall be a complete revcalmcnl of everything related to oil that in any way influences the monopoly’s attitude toward the peo ple and the prices of its products. Before he gets through with the long list of witnesses who have been summoned it is expected that some fur will be flying. Before a witness was called Sen ator La Follettc had prepared and sent to every oid company a ques tionnaire which was intended to put before the manufactures committee every esential fact relating to pro duction, distribution, and consump tion. Background for Inquiry. These concerns were requested to return their profits and losses cov ering a period of the last three years. They were also commanded to give information concerning their organization, the names of officers, directors and stockholders, their in terlocking relationships, and the methods employed by them in meet ing competition, if there is compe tition. The replies to these questionnaires furnish a background for the in quiry. Witnesses arc under a heavy handicap to tell the truth, for their answers to questions are being checked up with the questionnaire information. To say that they can not always be reconciled betrays no confidence of the committee. The questionnaires disclose that when stocks of crude oil and gaso line were at their peak the price to the public was being constantly jacked up. Since last spring the cost of gasoline to the consumer has been advanced 4 cents a gallon. That means an unwarranted tribute of more than *2,000,000 a day. Seek Answer to Mystery. Every few weeks somebody some where give an order to add a cent to the retail prices, and instantly every gas filling station in the coun try announced anew price. Betailcrs never could tell when they went to bed one night what the price was going to be next morn ing. How the information was impart ed in a manner so thorough that the retailer in SanFrar *iseo and the retailer in New York knew at the same moment that anew and high er quotation had been made is one of the mysteries that Senator La Follette's committee hopes to clean up. INVESTIGATE STOPPAGE OF TRANSPORTATION IN WEST DUE TO STRIKE Washington, Aug.—A decision to in j stitute a special department of jus ; t ice organization to investigate al leged illegal stoppages of transpor tation service incident to the rail strike in the west, a formal relaca tion of some of the interstate com merce commission priority control of coal distribution, publication of federal safety inspectors’ survey of railroad engines, and preparation of official estimates that soft coal pro duction for the week is rising above 8,000,000 tons, or 100 per cent more than was coming up a month ago, were among elements that emerged today out of the government's ac tual contact with the industrial sit uation. In the middle of these develop : ments, John 1.. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, whose po ! sit ion has been a dominant one in I the continuation of the deadlock ! which has kept the anthracite fields |of Pennsylvania tied up, arrived in ; Washington and began a scries of I conferences shortly after White House expressions indicated confi dence that the long-delayed settle ment there was to be looked for at once. Attorney-General Daugherty an nounced that a separate investiga tion organization would be built up immediately in Los Angeles, in charge of Hiram C. Todd. United States attorney for northern New York, whose duty will he to conduct inquiries into the possible criminal ity involved in the series of train stoppages and interruptions to in terstate commerce in the west. Like wise, the attorney-general seut for mal instructions to all federal dis trict attorneys to follow up any vio lations of federal court injunctions obtained by railroads to prevent strikers and their sympathizers from molesting operations in shops and yards. The law, Mr. Daugherty said, must be “impressively enforc ed*’ in the matter. GOOD GAME TO BE PLAYED AT WRENS The North Augusta team of the city league of Augusta will play the Wrens hall club in Wrens on Labor Day. September 4. This will prob ably he one of the best games of the season played in this district, and ball fans from all over the coun ty will attend. Mr. John Strother, Mr. Norla Hardeman and Mr. Jim Hardeman of Louisville will play for Wrens in this game. TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP REMAINS IN THE U. S. Boston. Aug.—The national cham pionship in lawn tennis doubles re mains in the United States. The Australian invasion which has its triple objective, the Davis cup, the doubles title and the singles cham pion, was defeated in its secondary phase today when W. T. Tilden, 11.. and Vincent Richards, playing titli sis, turned back Gerald L. Pat terson and Pat O'Hara Wood, An tipodean stars, after losing the first set. The scores were 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, ! 6-4. j rilden attained another title today also, pairing with Mrs. Molla Bjur stedt Mallory to combine the nation- I al titleholders in men’s and women’s I singles as the national mixed dou ! hies champions. Their victory over j Miss Helen Wills and Howard O. I Kinsey, fellow Californians, was ac ! complished without great strain, 6-4, 6-3. Of greater interest among the spectator host, probably the largest that has ever seen a tennis program in this city, was the singles match which Mrs. Mallory won from Miss Wills. The champion, who defended i her title successfully against the girl recently at Forest Hills, N. A’., j found her more a difficult opponent today and it was only after losing the first set to her and hair-line de | cisions in the third that she won, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. The other national champions were decided. Arnold W. Jones, of Providence, R. 1., succeeded to the national junior championship vacat ed l)v Richards, winning with sweep ing stroke from Lewis N. White, of Austin, 'lex., 6-0. 6-0, 6-1. Young David O’Loughlin, of Pittsburg', playing in knickerbockers and new tan shoes, won the bos’ champion ship by defeating M. T. Hill. Jr., of Newton, 7-5, 6-3. TWO NEGROES KILLED IN SHOOTING SCRAPE Williston, S. {’., Aug. 29. (Special) —ln a shooting scrape which took place Sunday afternoon, Aug. 27, at the colored Baptist Church at Rey nolds station, about 6 miles from here and about 4 miles from Black ville, two negroes arc dead and the third is in jail, seriously wounded but not fatally. From what can be learned an argument started be tween Emmett Hughes, Charlie Mitchell and a negro named Dychcs. Shooting soon started and Hughes and Dychcs were instantly killed and Mitchell was shot through his chest. Mitchell is in the Barnwell jail. The inquest was held over the two dead negroes Sunday night. Other arrests may follow as it is thought more than these three took part in the shooting. Hughes lived in Williston and the other negroes lived near here. MONTANA PRIMARY Helena, Mont., Aug. 29.—Forty five precincts of the 1,534 in Mon tana, gave for the Republican nom ination for United States senator: Wellington 1). Rankin, 1,050; Carl I). Riddick, 976; Charles M. Pray, 797. In the race for the Democratic nomination 17 precincts gave Ilur ton K. Wider, 844; Tom Stout, 892 and Jaincs F. O’Connor, 321. LOUISVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. AUGUST :il, 1!)2:L Louisville Takes Stand For Law And Order Some clays since Louisville had occasion to compliment a neighboring town on the fact that she refused audience to a lecturer belonging to a certain organization. Louisville on Tuesday found oppor.unity to take her stand against the same organization. The Ku Klux Klan has lately made a special effort, it seems to promote and arouse interest in the order and we have heard with misgivings of publicity campaigns to be waged in this and neighboring counties. No fears need ever be entertained however when the Louisville people are brought face to face with an issue where partiotism and fair play are at stake. Hand bills were distributed on the streets of our town last week announcing a lecture in behalf of the Ku Klux Klan. Tuesday afternoon the lecturer arrived and was told that the Court House could not be used for such a purpose. The gentleman understood from a number of the leading citizens of the town that the sentiment of the town was opposed to the Klan and therefore he left by the first public- conveyance. Less any one fear that the man came here under false pre tenses we will state that eve were told that some weeks ago an advance agent came here, saw the proper authorities, requested the use of the court house for a public lecture on “Patriotism” and took his departure. When the hand bills appeared on the street they announced the Ku Klux speaker. The News and Farmer takes this opportunity to endorse the action of the town authorities in this matter. We are unequivocably opposed to the Klan and to the things that it tolerates. As for its ideals and aims as stated in the con stitution we find them harmless but we believe that the un derlying principle—at least in so far as actions speak louder than words—is fundametall.v wrong. This is the time for all good men and true to come to the aid of then country but not with their faces hidden and their names unknown. The need of the day is the man who unflinchingly takes his stand on the side of order and law, who fearlessly states his convictions, and caring not what others may do or say, feels that he and his household will uphold the majesty of the Law. The cure of public ills lies in the ability of the individual to support constituted authority, not in avenging personally the wrongs against society but in standing be hind those whose business it is to bring to justice the of fender. If the Klan endures our sheriffs, marshalls, jails, Juries and Judges are hollow mockeries. If the Klan endures no man’s life or property is safe. If the Klan endures our Constitution—the very principles for which this country was I founded, will be flouted and disparaged. But the Klan can [not live. Wise men( Public sipirited men, the country, over, ! see the danger and warn us of the rocks. The ideas that the Klan seems to foster—surely to tolerate—will not last as long as the country is dotted with towns like Louisville and Waynesboro—they will not endure as long as religous free dom and trial by jury are the sacred possession of the humb lest citizen. Unless the Klan unmasks and ceases certain practices it will fall as surely as truth crushed to earth will rise again—as surely as the stars and stripes float over Am erica. It could not be otherwise in this, the land of the free and the home of the brave. AUGUST REPORT ON THE COTTON CROP American Cotton Association Puts the Condition Per Centage on August 23rd at 56.2. St. Matthews, S. C., August 29. The report of the American Cotton Association is herewith presented, covering an estimated percentage of the growing crop from July 20th to August 23rd, an estimated forecast of production with reports on boll weevil and caterpillar infestation, and views of county correspon dent s: Con. crop. Con. crop Con. crop Aug. 23 July 20 June 20 State. Per Cent. Per Cent. PcrCent. N. C. ... 70 72 73 S. C 46 61 61 Ga 49 59 63 Fla 68 74 73 Ala 68 77 70 Miss 63 74 75 La 56 74 69 Tex 53 68 70 Ark 68 80 71 Ten n 81 88 80 Okla 57 80 75 Mo 59 90 90 Ariz 85 85 90 Cal 85 90 90 U. S. Av. ..56.2 73.4 70 For purposes of comparison, the condition of the cotton crop in the United States monthly for the past ten years, as furnished by the United States Department of Agriculture, is given below: Yield Pci- Year May 25. June 25. July 25. Aug. 25. Sept. 25. Acre. 1922 69 6 71.2 70.8 ... .. . 144.0* 1921 66.0 69.2 61.7 191! 12.2 124.5 1920 62.4 70.7 74.1 67.5 59.1 178.4 1919 75.6 70.0 67.1 61.4 54.4 161.5 1918 82.8 85.8 73.6 55.7 54.3 159.6 1917 69.5 70.2 70.3 07.8 60.4 159.7 1916 77.5 81.1 72.3 61.2 56.3 156.6 1915 80.0 80.3 75.3 69.2 60.8 1 70.3 1914 74.3 79.6 76.4 78.0 73.5 209.2 1,913 79.1 81.8 79.6 68 2 64.1 182.0 1912 78.9 80.4 76.5 74.8 69.6 190.9 10 Year Avc... 74.6 76 9 73.0 65.3 50.5 168.9 Par Yield Per Acre Lbs. .. 221.5 215.8 224.4 256.0 280.2 'lndicated yield per acre based on this report. According the method employed by the Crop Reporting Bureau of as certaining the average condition of the crop throughout the belt based upon the total acreage in cultivation the average condition of the growing crop as ascertained from our cor respondents to August 23rd is 56.2 per cent. Applying this average to the total acreage of 33,693,260 acres, with an estimated yield of 141 pounds of lint per acre, the fore cast of the crop is fixed at 10,322,- 720 bales. Summary of the Report. The August report indicates a re duction in the condition of the crop since our last report to July 20th, of 17.2 per cent. The average deterioration for August is 7.7 per cent, showing that the deterioration for the past month has been 9.5 per cent heavier than the normal. This is due to excessive infestation of boll weevils east of the Mississippi River and continued drought in the ! Southwestern States. Practically I three-fourths of tlie counties in the 1 boll weevil areas reported heavy j infestation and damage to the crop. [The states of Georgia, Mississippi. ! Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas rc | ported presence of eaterpillers and in several counties in these states ' the infestation was reported to he heavy. Forecast of the Crop. The forecast of the crop is based upon the estimated acreage planted, less the abandoned acreage as ascer tained by the association amounting to 33,693,260 acres, and not the acre age estimated by the Crop Reporting Bureau. The forecast of 10,322,720 hales may be larger or smaller ac cording to the future condition of the growing crop. Correspondents from many sections of the belt claim that the crop has stopped growing and the yields anticipated thirty days ago will never be made. There is nothing at present upon which to base improvement during the month of September, but on the contrary, continued heavy deteriora tion is apparent. AMERICAN COTTON ASSO., Harvie Jordan, Secretary. COLORED PEOPLE HAVE CONVENTION HERE Sunday Schools All Over the State Were Represented. The street* were •nnusiuilh crowd ed Saturday afternoon, and the roads around Louisville were filled with ears during the entire week end. ow ing to the fact that the colored peo ple were hosts for {lie colored Sun day school convention of this dis trict. Something over a hundred out of town delegates were regis tered by Jessie Green, who h supci inlendent of om of the Sunday schools. The sessions were all well attended, both of the churches being needed for the crowd and even so. man.' people were denied standing room. The rowd and I end ing thi Sunday morning meeting was esti mated at two thousand. The News and Farmer has received the following communication, which we publish in full:: The Walker Baptist Sunday school held Iheir fourth annual session with the St. Paul Baptist church. Louisville, Ga.. beginning Friday morning. August 25. and ending the night of August 27. 1022. There were delegates from various parts of the state and each one made an excel lent report. Barbecue and basket dinners were served on the ground each day and the young men. six in number, furnished plenty of bread. We wish to thank our white friends for their good wishes and hospitality towards us during the session. Ex cellent programs were rendered each session, and all the delegates re turned home Sunday night report ing that they were royally enter tained while attending the session. The grand total of collections was *544.14. W A. M'CLOUD. HEY. A. I) DKANTINAC. QUESTION OF SUCCESSOR FOR LATE JUDGE LINDSEY Gossip from Good Sources Says Ex-Gov. Nat. E. Har ris or Mr. John J. Hunt Will Be Successor. Atlanta, Ga.. August 29.—Gossip from usually well informed sources today says that the appointment of a successor to the late Judge J. W. Lindsey as pension commissioner will most likely go to one of two men. It will probably be tender ed by Governor Hardwick to former j Governor Nat E. Harris, one of the 1 most beloved Confederate veterans in the state, or to Mr. John J. Hunt, of Griffin, a veteran well known and beloved throughout the state. , Former Governor Harris is not in 1 Atlanta at this time, and it is not 1 known whether or not he will like ily accept the tender if it is made 1 j to him. i Governor Hardwick is not here ) today, and for that reason it can j not he learned whether or not he has made up his mind in respect to the appointment, but it is known i that the appointment is to be made j in a few days. PROSPERITY WAITING TO BE WELCOMED, New York Banks Foretell Great Business Revival and Quote Figures, Washington, August 29. — Predic tions of prosperity to come have been taking much space in the pub- j lie press for the last year. Opinions of many men supposedly qualified to speak with authority have been sought and eagerly published. But ' here is not a prediction based on hope or “general conditions” but upon statistical facts. Some New York banks took the trouble to gather up the facts and present them as real evidence. According to these figures, bank clearings in 165 cities are 15.7 per cent higher than a year ago; industrial employment in New York state 11 per cent and throughout the country 15 per cent; pig iron production 177 per cent; zinc production 84 per cent; copper production 20 per cent; automobile 59 per cent; sugar melting 78 per cent; electric power production 21 per cent; building contracts 61 per cent., etc. These figures are the true index ,of what has happened and a firm foundation on which to build a tre mendous prosperity for the immedi ate future. From these facts the hanks draw the obvious conclusions that real here and but waiting the settlement of upset industrial conditions to be visible. As an of ficer of one of these organizations put it: “When all allowances have been made for the clouds now over head and for the great seriousness of the forces of disorganization as expressed in the strikes, the domes tic economic position presents pleas ing contrasts with that prevailing I one year ago, when American busi ness was at the lowest ebb in many years. To measure some of these contrasts is to gain the two-fold con viction that business recovery has been substantial and that, when strikes are settled, the revival will logically continue many months be fore reaching the crest of anew prosperous era.” COTTON shipped to BAT TEY & CO., The Efficient Cotton Factors of Savannah, Ga„ yields satisfaction as is evidenced by the large vol umn of business entrusted to them. Isn’t it to your interest to try them? Do it now and be convinced. Savannah Cutter Wins Ail Honors Coast Guard CuttF • Yama craw" Returns to ~ > ort With Highest Honors Cape May Meet. Savannah. Ga., August 29 The i coast guard culler Yamacraw r< turned to this city, her home port, yesterday, with the pennant and sil ver eup awarded !>;. {lk headquart- . rrs of the coast guard service dur ing the recent maneuvers of the cut tejs off Gape May recent G The crew has been warml> commended for their showing reeentl.v and i > pccially for winning the highest tro phy for being the best drilled outfit in the battalion of coast guard cut lers. Gol. B. I. Travis, commander of the 118th Regiment of Field \rtil lery. "Savannah's own," yesterday answered unfavorable the request of Augusta citizens to transfer one of the batteries of this regiment to that city. HARRY WILLS KAYOES TUT JACKSON IN 3RD New York. Aug. 29. Harr Wills. New Orleans negro Heavyweight, knocked out “Tut” Jackson, of Wash ington Courthouse, Ohio, tonight in the third round of a scheduled 15- round bout. Jackson went down from a hard right to the stomach after two min utes and five seconds of fighting in the third round. They were in a series of clinches, neither punching effectively when Wills sent in his knockout blow. Wills led the fighting all the way and sent the Ohio negro to Hu* floor in the first round hut Jackson was up at the count of eight. In the second round they exchanged hard rights to the body hut Wills stag gered Jackson with left and rights to the head. JUDGE HARDEMAN TO SPEAK Judge B. N. Hardeman Saturday announced that lie will make four speeches in Jefferson county before the September primary. On account of his duties and the short time be fore the elections these four speeches will take up all of his time in the county. His dates as announced are as follows: Avcra Thursday. August 31, at 4 p- nu . Wad ley—Friday, September 1. at 4 p. m. Bartow —Saturday, September 9. at 1 p. m. Wrens- Monday, September 11, at I p. m. Best Wishes to the IWHSJMLIY and Louisville District School, 1922-23 Session. We have been headquarters for School Supplies here for 26 years. --THE REXALL STORE Louisville, Georgia. “Going Since 1896—Growing All the Time.” $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVAN< -E FORD NOT BLUFFING ’ m HEADQUIUfTERS. Word from Detroit Manu 'acturers Office That Ho Jr- Fight Hold Up of Coal Brokers by Shutting Dow Plants. Detroit, Mich Aug.—■ Reiteration Hint Henry Lord wa> not bluffing*' in his decision to shut down his big au tomobile plants here on September 16th. as part of a fight against what he terms a "hold-up" on the part of coal brokers, and denial of various reports that causes other than the fuel shortage were respon sible for his action, were made to day at the Detroit manufacturer’s offices. \ report from Louisville that when the 75,000 Ford workers in the De troit district were released on Sep tember 16th. Mr. Ford would advise them to take employment with the railroads in an effort to break the j rail strike, was denied emphatically.! The statement was termed ridicul- | ous. “There may be individual cases I of Ford workers anticipating the lack of employment making applica tion for work with the railroads,” it was stated, “but Mr. Ford certain ly is not going to advise the men to attempt to break tlie rail strike.” \ not her report that met emphatic denial was that lack of business fig ured in the decision to close the plants. Figures were cited to re fute it. “When the decision to close the plants was reached,” it was stal ed, “we were four weeks behind in orders for Ford ears and three weeks behind in orders for Lincoln cars. We had only just caught up on or ders for tractors.** The decision to suspend operations came, it was re iterated. ala time when the Ford company was doing the greatest business in it* history. Production figures showed 5,100 ears being turn ed out daily against orders for 5.200 a day, it was pointed out. A statement from Secretary Hoov er that present prices of coal would add but *1.50 to the price of F'ord cars also came in for sharp criti cism. and the inquiry: “Does Mr. Hoover think we should turn over | to the profiteers from *7,000.000 to *10,000,000 that would Fie represent ed in the increased cost of coal?” There were no developments dur ing the day. it was said, to support the hope that the shutdown could he averted.