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THE SOUTH’S*'
COTTON CROP
President Finley, of Southern
Railway, Shows That Crop
Must be Protected.
Atlanta, Ga., June 3.—One of the
reasons which has been given hy
President Finley, of the Southern
Railway Company, for advocating the
adoption by the farmers of
i South of methods that will tend to
^ j / Increase the average production of
cotton per acre is that It is of the
B highest importance that the South
should preserve the great economic
advantage which it enjoys by reason
B of having a substantial monopoly of
B the production of the cotton supply
of the world.
If this advantage is to be preserv-
ed, foreign manufacturers must not
Ibe driven to encourage cotton grow
ing In other countries by the failure
of American planters to produce an
adequate supply. Thus far, efforts
to increase cotton production out-
Bide of the United States have not
met with great success, but there
are possibilities in that directions in
Africa, Asia and Australia. That,
Cotton production might sucessfully
be carried on in some parts of Aus-
^ trails in indicated by the following
extract from a report from United
States Vice-Consul General, Henry
D. Balter at Aukland, New Zea
land:
“Cotton growing, as an anjunct to
farming % in suitable district in
Queensland, especially near the town
of Ipswich, appears to be malting
some progress and to he profitable,
y>^-!eldfng $45 to $85 per acre, seed,
* $75 to $100 per acre, ginned,
ror upland cotton, and* more for sea
lsMtqd. A bonus ^ is givap to the
grower by the Commonwealth Gov
ernment to the extent of 10 per cent
on the invoice value. The Queens
land Department of Agriculture i»
making strong efforts to induce
farmers to plant larger areas, parti
cularly In the drier areas, where
grain crops are uncertain.
, “The only cotton mills in Austra
lia ore situated at Ipswich, Queens
land. They were constructed some
34 years ago, but little work was
' doon until 1906, when 57,120 pounds
of raw cotton were put through
This was Increased to 85,000 pounds
In 1908. The mills were then P«r-
chnRed by a Sydney firm, which
made some much needed improve-
B ments. and who has kept them work-
|ng ever since.”
,’flONKEYS TO
PICK COTTON
French Cotton Experts are
Going to see if They can
be Taught to do iL
Atlanta, June B.—An attempt will
be made In Fulton county by French
cotton experts to teach monkeya to
pick cotton ,and II the experiment
ATLANTA AND
COMMISSION
Citizens There Will Meet
Tomorrow to see About
Changing Charter of City.
New York Publisher was a
Witness at Finance Com
mittee’s Hearing Today.
Washington, June 6.-—The paper
trust was defended today hy Sena
tors McCumber, Galllnger, Smoot
the! l-royes successful a whole colony of city, providing fcr the abolition of! a,1<1 HoJrbunl ’ re P ul,1 * < 'ana, and Iiai
Atlanta, June B.—Atlanta citizens
have called a mass meeting for to
morrow morning to take steps to
ward drafting a new charter for the
PAPERgRUST
on the rack
monkeys will be brought here this
fall and worked in the fields.
The Idea grew by accident out of
the antic of a pet cliMnpanzee car
ried by a farmer boy into the fleldc.
JThe imitative little animal, after
frisking arounl the ground and
atching the negroes at work, fin-
the present municipal government,
and the substitution of the commis
sion form In its place. This charter
will be presented to the state legis
lature for ratification.
It Is now a foregone conclusion
that Atlanta Is going to try the com
mission plan as soon as the terms
ally began of Its own accord to pick of the Incumbent city officers ex-
tho fleecy staple as Industriously
as any of the men, and with an al
most incredible rapidity.
As animal trainers on the stage
have demonstrated it Is comparative
ly easy to teach monkeys to perform
any ordinary manual trick or laboi
It is confidently believed that tho ex
periments on cotton will prove 01
practical use. Small monkeys could
work almost as efficiently as larger
ones.
The cost w’ould 'be Infinitely less
than that of human labor, and the
men who are working up the. Idea al
ready have visions cf turning loose a
whole horde of nimble monkeys on
a white cotton patch and having ev
ery boll picked clean ant! transfeired
to the bags almost in tin twinkling
of an eye.
TAFT STATES
HIS
He is Against Amending
Reciprocity Bill and Will
Fight it to the end.
y
THE WEST IS
IN A SIZZLE
Seven Deaths Have Occurred
and Many Prostr»tions are
Reported in Chicago.
Chicago, Juno 5.—The hottest
wave of the year today enveloped the
middle states. Seven deaths have
occurred from heat and scores are
yroHtrated In this city.
At Cairo, III., the thermometer
registered 98, at Nashville 100, at
Indianapolis and Kansas City 96.
DUBLIN WANTS FRANCHISE
Business Men of That City Want to
Get in Sally League.
Atlanta, Ga., June 5.—Prominent
Dublin business men are in Atlanta
conferring with President W. R.
Joyner, of the South Atlantic Lea
gue, seeking to obtain for their homo
city the club franchise recently
dropped by Augusta.
Following the refusal of the Au
gusta Chamber of Commerce to take
over the franchise, the Dublin peo
ple have redoubled their activity,
and are prepared, it Is stated, to or
ganize a club and get Into the Sallie
League good and strong If the deal
can be arranged.
Washington, June 5.—All doubt
P9 to President Taft’r: reciprocity
•'Ians was absolutely and finally set
tled today when Senator Ston'., cf
Missouri, called at the White House
to ask the President on behalf of
himself and other Senators what
Taft's attitude was
The President toTd Senator Stone
firmly that he was opposed to any
and all amendments to the bill, In
cluding the Root amendment, and
he would fight any attempt to amend
£he measure in the Senate.
The President’s speech in Chicago
"•barging the co-operation of the
paper manufacturers and lumber
dealers to defeat the bill aroused
much resentment among Senators,
who are opposed to reciprocity.
p!re. But the people are going to
insist that a “recall" clause be firm
ly set In the charter, so that If any
commissioner falls io satisfy them
they can yank him out of his seat
as easily the month after he is elect
ed as If ho had served his wh^’e
term.
FAMINE FACES
THE MEXICANS
New Government is Hard
Pressed to Keep Down
Trouble-Rioting in Capital
Mexico, City, June B.Wfth famine
and pestilence threatening Central
Mexico, the provisional Govern
ment hard pressed,
order. *
Two arc dead and fifty are In
jured ns the result of riots last night
Pitch battles wero fought between
the rural? and a mob of twenty-
five hundred rioters on the streets
of the caplttl last night. The riot
ers seized nine street cars'and de
molished them.
The police are powerless. The
city todny Is filled with soldiers of
the Southern "Army of I.lberatlon.’
ley, democrat, at the hearing before
the senate finance committee today.
Herman Kidder tne New York
publisher, was the principal witness.
A senator asked Kidder If his paper
was not making J200.000 annually,
and Rldder replied In the affirma
tive, hut he said that was no reason
why he shouldtpay tho paper trust
more than the*paper-was worth.
Senator BaHJy said: "Trust mag
nates should W" sent to Jail, ought
they?”
Kidder replied that he had never
heard of any of then! going to Jail.
MASKED MEN
AND BETRAYER
Unknown Men Knocked
Down White Woman Hunt
ing in House for a Man.
TIIM CHOSE OF MIDSHIPMEN.
Middle* From tJi© Naval School at
Annapolis to Make Trip.
Annapolis, Md., Juno 5.—Tn
charge of Commander R.
Contz, the midshipmen of all three
classes at the United States Naval
Academy railed today on tho regular
summer cruise to Europe. Tho
cruise is being taken in the battle
ships Towa, Massachusetts and In
diana The itinerary this year is an
unusually attractive one. After an
eight day stay at Queenstown the
ships will go to Kiel, Germany,
where they will be from July 3 to
July 12.
Thev will proceed thence to Ber
gen, Norway, arriving July 15 and
leaving July 23 for Gibraltar, where
they are due August 2. The mid
shipmen will sail homeward from
Gibraltar August 8 and arrive at Sal
mon’s Tsland, Md., August 23,
where five, days will be spent before
returning to Annapolis.
BRIBER BEGS
WITH WE FEYES
Ohio Representative Turns
States Evidence and Beg
ged for Clemency.
TAf? IS BACK
FROM CHICAGO
He was Met at Depot by a
Crazy Man who Wanted
Him ta^pay a Mortgage.
B—President
Chicago this morn-
tatlon a man tried to
police line* to reach
'-P^lftsil^aH&ncblaln-
ed that he wanted the President to
pay off o mortgage on a farm he
lived on lJrToFa, The wan waa un
armed and It Is believed that ho is
Insane.
The President announced that he
" 'll visit the Appalachian exposition
in Knoxvlllo, Tenn., on the second
week In September.
Atlanta, June B.—Two unknown
white men, masked with lmndker-
chlefs and armed with revolvers and
b'llles, entered the Bellwood avenue
residence last night of Mra. Eliza
beth Watson, seeking a mnn named
C. L. Harm 1 ?, a relative of the wom
an. Barnes, seeing them approach
and recognizing them apparently,
rushed out through tho iback door
and escaped as tho men were enter
ing the front.
They refused, however, to bolleve
Brnes had left the house, declared
to Mrs. Watson that they had come
there to kill him for an alleged
wrong Inflicted on one of their sis
ters, and demanded permission to
make a search.
Mrs. Watson, ,f't sure Haines had
got safely away, refusod and tried
to bar the way. The men sought at
first to push her aside, but sho be
gan to resist violently, wheroupon
one of them knocked her down with
his weighted billy.
They then ransacked th? house,
and falling to find any trace of
Baines hnd left the holme, declined
who was lying on tho floor with blood
streaming from her head. They
picked her up carefully, laid her on
a couch, washed the cut, restored hor
to consciousness, and then dlsap
poared.
PROHIS FIXING
FOR jl FIGHT
Leaders are Gathering in
Atlanta to try and Prevent
Change in the Law.
Columbus, Ohio, June 5.—Repre
sentative Owen Evans, of Ctirke
county, plead guilty to soliciting a
bribe and agreed to turn fftates evj
dence on alleged le^IsHtiv© grp ti
ng today.
He was let off with the minimum
punishment, a fine of $500 With
tears streaming down his cheeks,
Evans begged for clemency and
agreed to tell all ho knows.
mo PRICE FOR land.
Fulton County Made n Good Sum on
Lands Seven Tears ago.
Atlanta, Juno 5.—A tract of a
couple of hundred of acres In Fulton
county seven miles from Atlanta,
brought 20 years ago by the county
commissioners for a mere song, and
used since as tho almshouse proper
ly, was divided up Into building lots
and oold yesterday by the front foot,
bringing a total of nearly $140,000.
MEXICO’S HOT CAMPAIGN.
General Reyes Trying to Win Favor
of Followers of Diaz.
Vera Cruz, Mexico, Juno 5.—T?m
presidential campaign of General
Seventeen Passenger* Hurt,
pshville, Tenn., June 5.—The
Lebanon accommodation passenger
train on the Central was wrecked Reyra Is In full awing today. Reyes
In the yards today. Seventeen peo-!w*ll visit the capital and other large
pie were Injured, but none of them cities attempting to win the support
fatally. I of the old Diaz reglmt.
TORNADO DDES
MUCH DAMAGE
Several Killed by Lightning
and Immense Hail Stones
Damaged Fruit
Indianapolis, June 5.—A tornado
land electrical storm swept Indiana
last night doing immense damage to
crops snd property.
John Powers, ^wealthy farmer,
near here, was killed by lightning
Mrs. Oscar Keller, at Lyons, met a
.similar fate.
aHil stones of immenae size dam
aged fruit trees and killed many
head of live stock.
Severe Storm In Arkansas.
Little Rock, June 5.—One of the
.worst storms in years occurred this
morning. Two are dead, a numl>©r
nre fatally hurV many houses wero
razed and many people were Injured.
N. Y. AND CHI
CAGO MARKETS
Railroad Stocks Irregular
and American Tobacco Co.
is Still Declining.
Now York, June 5—Stocks arc
Irregular today, railroads a shade
higher and industrials easy. Amoi*
lean tobacco is still declining und Is
now $1.02 below a week ago.
Cotton is three to six higher, tho
high level for tho present bull move
ment. July 15.75, October 13.41.
Chicago Provision Market.
Chicago, June 5—Wheat is strong
at five eighths to a cent highoi.
July 91 !4c. Provisions are strong
and a shade higher, pork norimal.
July lard 8.12, ribs 7.95. Hogs
five higher and cattle steady.
Clothiers at Atlantic City.
Atlantic City, N. J., June 5.—The
annual convention of the National
Association of Clothier*, which Is to
hold its sessions in Atlantic City this
week, hat attracted a large number
of prominent representatives of the
trade from Rochester, Crlcago New
York, St. Louis, New Orloana and
other cities.
Rnftleshlps to Visit GnlriMon.
Pensacola, Fla. June 5.—The bat
tleship Vermont and Mississippi,
rwnpr'slng the third division of the
Atlantic/fleet, departed today for
Gnlves^dn. The ships will return tf >
Persi^ola next week and will rema’n
here until June 23. when they will
leave for New England waters.
NO STATEWIDE ^PROHIBITION.
Texas Antis Meet at Fort Worth
Today In Great Numbers.
Fort Worth, Texas, .Tun© 5—With
delegations present from all over
Texas the nntl-fUatpwido prohibi
tion campaign was formally opened
here today with a great display of
enthusiasm. Thousands of pqraons
filled tho North Ride Coliseum to lis
ten to the speeches of Governor Col*
qultt nnd other opponents of tho
Statewide pmovement.
The campaign thus begun will be
carried on throughout the 3»ar© up
til early next month, when the ques
tion of adding a prohibition amend
ment to the state eons’tnMon will In
decided at a special election.
REGULATE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
Wholesale LlonOp Dealers Meet In
Chicago for That Pnrnos©.
Chicago. Til., June 5.—Plans for
an a^rgresHvA flgb* for the license,
regulations nnd control of the llqtim
httfllnea* are to he discussed at the
convention tho National Whole
sale Liquor Dealers* Association of
vMrh l* In session here
i*h pu aftonffnpeo of more ♦hnn S
inn*op,i member* from all parts of
Mnvr
TTnyr^sep ^ollvered
*»MC«* o* xreieomA f»t tv* Initial sen-
Rlon nf tho Hotel Sherman today .
Atlanta, June B—Prohibition lead
ers aro gathering their forces In At
lanta for a serious struggle with the
meeting of the legislature this
month.
They now frankly admit tnat they
know the brewers and distillers nre
prepared to mako a hard and per
haps a winning fight for local op
tion, and that tho local optlonlsts
are hacked not only hy tho liquor
Intereats but many Georgians, who
believe as a matter of conviction
that local option Is after all tho 'best
solution of tho liquor problem.
A scries of meetings Is to be held
here throughout this week, at which
the women leaders In the prohibition
movement will deliver public ad
dresses.
All Bang American Bong.
American, Russian, Hungarian,
Spanish, Swedish and Gorman girls,
sitting side by side and singing tho
Star Bpangled Banner, closed tho
spring session of the Atlanta girls’
night school with remarkable com
mencement oxcrclBca Saturday night.
The school was organized principal
ly to teach foreign working girls the
rudiments of the English education
they haven't the time to pick up In
the day schools, and It nas proven a
splendid success.
To Servo In Federal Prison,
Christopher ColumDus Wilson,
convicted president of the United
Wireless Company, Is expected to ar
rive In Atlanta tomorrow morning
to begin serving his term In the
federal penitentiary,
llad Hla Hoif Arrested,
An exhibition of Spartan virtue
was given here this morning In po-
■llce court 4*. \V. F. Dixon, who bad
his son arrested and convicted .for
being drunk and disorderly. After
appearing n« the prosecuting wit
ness and listening while the lad was
lectured by the recorder, tho father
went down In hie own pockets and
paid the fine.
Child Torn By Fierce Dog.
Tho flvo-yoar-old daughter of Mr.
and Mra. J. C. Hill, of Rnwson
street, had her faco terribly torn and
lacerated yesterday by tho attack of
a florco dog, which wne subsequent
ly killed hy the police. The head
of the animal will bo examined at
the capital today, and If It shows
traces of rallies tho little girl will
bo given tho Pasteur treatment.
UNIVERSITY
FUNDS SHORT
Treasurer of University of
Minnesota is Said to be
$8,000 Behind.
Minneapolis, Juno 5.—A thorough
Investigation Into tho Minnesota Uni
versity Is being made rs a result of
the alleged robbery of Joseph Breen,
tho treasurer, who claimed that ho
was robbed of 113,000 by footpads.
It wna revealed today that tho
university funds aro 38,000 short.
HONOR MEMORY IN CAVOUR
Italians are to Hold Celebrations
for Patriot and Statesman.
Rome, June S.—Elaborate prepar
ations have been made for the cen
tenary celebrations In honor of the
memory of Count Cavour, the Kal
ian patriot ad statesman. The an
niversary of his birth will be
August 10th, hut the flrtleth annl-
versay of his death.
The ceremonies will center around
Turin, his birthplace and tho city
where he died. A feature of the^
celebration will be the dedication of
monument at Santena, where
Cavour 1s burled.