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MEETING OF FAR
MERS’ UNION.
r: T. H. Tur-:
R. Bui-
B. Jones,
85th Birthday oi
Pickett of Uniqi
Worcester, Mass., Nov, ‘2t.—Gen.
Joslah Pickett, the .only veteran of
the Civil War who has been under
military arrest ever since the war, was
City Last Week.
Goodman,
ner, Jeff Davts couni
lard, Apltag county;
Irwin county. ’ . ;
Florida DtvUton—W. A. Shaw,
Madison county; A. W. Miller, Ham
ilton county; E. R. Wise, Suwannee
county; G. W. Chambers, Columbia
county; W. A. Chalker, Baker coun-
A Report of tha Meeting at lake £; p - B - **** Alschua co,inty: L -
Washington county; N.'.Price; Pttfri , 11,. M
nam county; J.. D. 'Walker, Jackson-*® 0 ho * ,0 " from wh t ch ho never
—— - | county; J. E. Willis, Ohalrman, Eft-: recovered, and for seme time his
I .. - ‘ favettn eoiintv* J A Wrlaht. Secro- : condl * lon been considered serious.
Three Hundred Delegatee Were |n layette county, J. a. v.ri = nc, ocm. D i,u.»>.
tapy Taylor county. I ® en ° Pickett a record Is unique.
V Attendance—Farmere Claimed to be. . ■ ' ' . Pieced under arreet by order of Qen.
• Tn© above report was aaopiea. ■ . a ’ ,.
Holding Cotton for Better Prices—' A motion was thdn made and car-' 8ta nnarcrjust beforo the battle of Cold
„r Uniterm Harbor, Gon. Pickett he* felt it an
Report Of Finance Committee and ried that when a member of tno Farm-
ers- Union tendered his ootton re-. nonor J " T"* 1 " u " aer J arre8t ' A
celpts to a merchant or hank to so- misunderstanding about orders caused
cure his indebtedness, under the terms * dlff ™ of opinion between him-
of too above 'report, and It was re- *" °" d . SUnn,rd ’ *»■ “ hen
fused, that such refusal re reported Colonel) Pickett remarked that when
to the' local president, who must ap- he recelved order * he could under '
point a committee of n* less th£ -derstand ho would obey them. That
two Influential citizens to wait Oft
such merchant or bgnk. Should
refusal still he Insisted on, then the
matter should he reported to the
president of the county union, who
must appoint a like committee to
wait on them and notify, the merch
ant or bank that unless they give the
requested, no mem-j New York, Nov. 21.—Mrs. Hetty|fO*
her of the Farmers' Union would Qreen| the „ r | cheat woman
trade' with them in future, It being
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Twice-A-Week.
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Other Business.
In responsq^to a call by State Pres
ident! Duckworth, of Georgia and Tra
wick, of Florida, 309 delegates, repre
senting the counties of Georgia and
Florida growing sea Island ootton
met at Lake City, Fla, Nov. 14th and
15th for the purpose of devising
plans for holding the sea Island cot
ton now In the. hands of the mem
bers of the Farmers’ Union until the
minimum price set \>y the National
Union at little Rftck, Ark.
It was very gratifying to those
who are holding cotton to learn that
everywhere the farmers are holding
their cotton. One man. said that he
•knew that there had not been fold
In his county more than ten bales.
It was evident, after that expression
that the other districts are bolding
Vthaln
Among otter things of interest to
the farmers, there waB a move set on
foot to locate every bale of sea Island
cotton grown this year. One man
from each county la Florida growing
how
s. In Geor-
officers or the Union will
attend to ithfs matter. After these re
ports are all in, State Presidents
Duckworth and, Trawlck will meet
and compile them.
Below are some of the resolutions
passe j by the Convention:
Report of Finance Committee..
,We, the committee on flnanoe beg
leave to submit the following resolu
tions: ,
Be It resolved, That we, the mem
bers of the Farmers’ Union of the
Sea Island cotton belt of Georgia and
Florida, put our cotton in our ware
houses or other places that are In*
sured and take the receipts of same
to our creditors for their protection,
with a contract from said creditors
that the cotton be held in Bame ware
houses subject to sale only at the
minimum price set by the v Union,
namely from 27 cen' to 42 cents, ac
cording to grad .
Respectfully ■ submitted by Com
mittee,
Georgia Division—M. L. Day, Ber
rien county; F. R. L. Zlpperer,
Lowndes county; J. M. Weeks, Col
quitt cohnty; N. E. Hattaway, John
son county; W. A. Wblto, Mitchell
county; R. R. Chastain, Thomas
county; J. F. Brown, Grady county:
remark caused his arrest. then wish
Army
battls of Cold Harbor.
Things looked bad for tha ^nlon
d, forgetful of hi
kett Jumped to the fi
Bit and lad It through the
For hie conduct ho wae re
led for promotion by the min
paused hie arrest. The or,
forgotten. Col. Pickett
genoal, and today there are
9* Gen. Plekett's personal
> know that tho arrest still
j the lifetime of Senator Hoar,
Dj friend of Gon. Pickett, It
gest'ed that a apeolal aot of
bo enacted to expunge the
arreet Gen. Piokett was
pposed to thl*. He deelaVed
. to die under arreet Hie
itty sure to bo grantod.
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No Surprise There at Bell Telephone
Co's. n Rebating Scheme*.
Savahnah, Ga, Nov. 29—The newt;
from Atlanta yesterday that Mr. Gen- !
try of the Southern Bell Telephnue,
Company acknowledged before the 1
Railroad OodMsalon that his ou j
any had cut prices In Savaaaah with
hut mm if
urn sum.
the view of running out opposition
illlly of Indrslrfaf Developmeo
In Georgia and Alabama.
rates fir seretal years. Thai
lompany Is prevented by lts|
franchise from selling out to the Belli
and It Is doubtful If the Bell people!
have ever tried to buy them out.!
Both companies give good service
and the prise of phones ranges from!
Hetty Green Riel
men was Sevenl
of Wo-
two Today.
understood that the tnlnlmum price
world/' was seventy-two years old to*
fixed by the union for sea Island cot-, d «y- but ,h « did "<* celebrate the
ton must be mentioned. anniversary. The present disturbed
Resolution of Cotton Committee. I condition of the buelnese world has
Resolved, That we, the Union Sea kept her buey the past few weeks
Island Co:.ton Growers In convention looking after her vaet financlol inter-
assembled at Lake City, ala., recoin* j esta. Whether Mre. Green Joined with
mend that the F. E. & C. U. ot* Morgan, Rockefeller and other*
Georgia and Florida hold our
island cotton tlU we obaln the price
fixed by Ithe National Union at Lit
tle Rock, Ark, namely, minimum from
27 cents to 42 cents,, according
Committee— \V
man; J. W ~
Thos. N. Bell, G. X. O'Qiilnn.
Resolutions on Cotton Seed.
Resolved, Thalt we, the members of
the Farmers’ tfnlon hold our cotton
seed for the minimum price, 229 per
ton, set by the National Union at
Little Rock, Ark.
Report of Syrup Committee.
Resolved, That It la the aense of
this convention to encourage the pro
duction of syrup and that care be
used In Its manufacture, and that R
be put up In small package* only, tor'
the market trade, and that each pack
age be labeeled with the Farmers’
Union label.
J. D. MATHIS, Chairman.
great wealth in coming to the aid of
the banks diirlftg tha recent flurry
will probably { never be known to the
general publio, She Is an implacable
*11 street and to thoie flnan-
follow Its speculative meth-
hose In a position to know
at she Is ever ready to lend
hand to deserving banka or
When the present financial
appeared on -the Inancial
re. Green lost no time In
New York from her eum
ne at Bellows Falle, Vt„ and
en she has remained close to
the Chemical National
Om which the directs the flow
Big Companies lisolidate.
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Baltimoret iMd., Novi 20.—Stock--eef'c© tits'g»-^rai publllc, inasmuch
holders of the Consolidated Gas, ao' lt meins the end of the rate war
Electric Light APoyver Companyi wh " ch hils besn H oin «- l,n betw «" the
. ... , . ..... two coporatlons since ; the Baltimore
of thl. city met today and took favor-; E|ectric Company began bull ?
able action on a proportion looking j ,. Macon , Ga., Nov. 20.-Postmasters
to the absorption of the Baltimore' from A l over the 8tate, representing
Electric Company,^ the rival ooncern the first, seoond and third class offl*
locally. .The Baltimore Electric ce«, met In thle city today for the
Company controls'the Maryland Tele-' purpose of completing the ocgaqlza-
phone Company. With the ooneollda- 1 tlon of the -Georgia Association of
tion of tho two lighting oompanlee it presidential Postmasters. Tho eon-
Is expected that' tha Maryland Tele-! vor.tion will be addressed by
phone Company will be taken over Aeeletant Postmaster General Hll
by the Chespake 41 Potomao Tale- cock, tf.id also by Chlaf Inapeotoi
phone Company. .Tha deal la of Inter- Vickery, of Washington, D. C.
Columbus, Ga., Nov. 29.—Tho floor-
$18 a year upward to 139; There was ^ ^d Alabama Industrial Index
a tlmo wnon phones were put In for 1 .... „ , ...
a dollar a month but this price hM|“ y “ “* ta,ue Ior 0111 week:
been abandoned. I “ u further demonstration might bo
Children Expelled From School. ' d *»*lTd of the stnbllllty of lnduitrlal
special to tho Savannah Press d <>vel°P“><mt in Georgia and Alabama
and of the substantial obaraoter ol
the uninterrupted progress which Is
Ss*s the little city of Statesboro In
Bulloch county Is very much wrought
up over the fact that .tljo children
front about twenty of tho best families
In the town have bean expelled from
school. Tho reason of this whole
sale cleaning ouT was that tho chll-
drent went to # "ne'ar a musical enter
tainment on Moijday night given In
Statesboro. It Is against tho rules
of the school fop,,children to attend
any entertainment at night. The tu
tors think they should remain at homo
and study. Tho penalty for a viola
tion of this rule Is expulsion nnd yes*
terday tho expulsion began. Immedi
ately there was an oproar. It Is ex
pected that tho order will he modi
fied to such n degree as to get the ex>
pelled Children back In Bchool. Pa-
rents are holding Indignation meet
ings where two or more of them hap
pen to meet!
being made In Itheae two states. It Is
to be found In tho magnitude of en
terprises that have been definitely
projected during the week ending to
day. A numbor of Itheso Involve
large Investments, and Illustrate the
varied resources of Georgia and Ala.
bama. At. Gadsden, Ala., furnaces
which have been Idle for some time
have 'been placed In
about 3125,009 will be ‘ t
principally by St Louis <
malting Improvements '
slons. At Rockmnrt, Go
plant will be established and i
deposit of cement rock will (
oped. An electric power p
be established near
10,000 horsepower
to he transmitted
and towns for
Chicago, III., Nov. 2G—Th* opera
ting vice presidents of nearly all the
principal railroads of tha United
States mat in conference In thle olty
Throe Yeare for the Bigamist.
The white man, Shafer, alias Wing-
flejjl. who plead guilty yesterday to
-bigamy, an aocount of which was In
The Times yesterday, was sentenced
to three years In the penitentiary.
His wives returned to their homes
one to Tennessee and the other to olty today to consider a new ear hire
Hahtra, after the case was disposed agreement which will Insure tha more
of. * ' * |prompt return of'eare to their home
There were some email civil mat- r04dt ^ thereby reduce the oft-re-
ten up this morning and toe Jury was curP | ng CIr congestion. Bulat Impos-
dismissed at ten o’clock until Monday | ng , p« ni ity of «S for tho diversion
morning when toe criminal docket y , freight ear from Its home road
L. M. Sowell, Echols county) H. J. I will be taken up.
Want Better Car Hiring Plan.
Griefl tho Conductor.
As u conductor of orchestra Qrieg,
tho noted composer, wus all fire, ond
his concentrated energy transfused
itself to such an extent into tho
members of tho orchestra that the
whole band became merely an inci
dental part of its leader, who filled
the concert lm!l with his personal
ity. One would think that .such in
tense vital energy would, so to
speak, be burned nut by its own
name; but, slight and small though
‘ e was, Grieg lived for forty-five
irs witli only one lung, nnd even
he had to husband hi* strength
jjpd sometimes to interrupt a tour
of concerto he still infused his fiorv
soul into orchestras and audiences
—William Peters’ “Grieg the' Man"
in Century
him. On .
after being received by another llns
have been drawn up for consideration ! eIectlon , Mt W0Bk , t M#tu .
at the meeting. ichem, N. J., Dr. Charles M. Freeman
The railroads claim tost much of busband of Mary fc. wilklns, th nor
th.-car shortage I. duo to tho fact eUatf waI defeat ed ior mayor by 27
that they are unable to keep their| Tote , la a Republican, but
cart on their own roadi. Twenty-two ^ tte cutest for mayor on-tot
rouM have agreed to ablda by any Democratic ticket
ruin made by lb. conference for a _________
period of alx months, and It Is hoped,
to bring all the member, of tha Am.r- 1 Ht *° “ elecUon “* ko * -»
lean Association Into th. agreement k>t of work for to. men wbo try to
- figure out what to. results signify.
atlons In n brown ore nil
west Georgia will be i
slvely. A movement has been begun
for tho building of nn olectrlo rail
way between Blakely, Ga., and a
point on toe Chattahoochee River,
wber. connection will be made with
steamboat lines; practically all of
toe ’ required local funds bafb tnen
raised for building an olectrlo rail-
way between DAtoan, Ala., and Gene-
va, Ala., and toe making of prelimi
nary surveys for an electric railway
between Marietta, Ga., and Atlanta,
Ga., baa been ordered.
“In construction linos too progress
none toe less marked. Among
other Items, The Index reports the
following to bo constructed:
“Phurches, Balnbridge, Go., and
Brunswick, Ga., courtoouso and Jail
Fltxlerald, Ga, ■ bridges, Ben Hill
and Chatham, bounties, Georgia; |10,-
909. Odd Fellows' building, Decatur,
Ga, 8-story office building. Atlanta
Ga, seven mile* of sidewalks to be
paved, Decatur, Ala; 240,000 High
school building, Brunswick, Gap 350,-
000 college buildings, probably at
JSsper, Ala
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Headquarters For
SPORTING GOODS /
Guns, Pistols and Loaded Shells,
Cartridges, Caps, Primers, Reloading Tools, Gun Cases, Leggins, Caps, Coats, Etc. Fishing Tackles, Seins,iRed Ketchum
Minnows. Fresh Stock of Factory Loaded U. M. C. Shells and Cartridges Just Received.
H4P leys
I I/Ylyi
DWARE
COriPANY,
White Pine Sash, Doors and Paints. Cooking Stoves.
caused little surprise here. The Brill
Company baa been giving rebates tnj
Savannah for sometime because otj
tjie competition of toe Georgia Tele ....
phone Company, a local ooncern. S v, u "'"‘» rr «P‘« d P"0"»a «f ‘he Two
vannablans have eayed low tel»; State* Shown by the Magnitude of
the Enterprises that Nava Bean
Definitely Projected—Money for
New Industries In all Parts of tha
State.
