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ANTI-OPTION BILL
NOW BEL OBE SENATE
NO RECOMMENDATION
Failure of the Committee to
Make Recommendations
Got Bill to Senate Unusual
ly Early
WASHINGTON. I* C.. Feb. 17.—Follow
mg the action of the intemtate com
merce committee of the senate this morn
ins in reporting, without recommenda
tion. the anti-option bill. President
Charles 8. Barrett, of the Farmers’ union,
teased a verbal warning to the farmers j
of the south against a scheme to break
down the price of cotton. He urges the
farmers not to be discouraged or alarmed
by this effort, but to stand steadfast by
their guns. Ho assures them that it is
his opinion that the senate will pass
the bill as it came from the committee
this morning.
*T am reliably informed that inter
ests opposed to the antl-optlon bill plan
* a war of retaliation on the cotton pro,
ducers of the south, if the bill passes
the senate.’* said President Barrett. "> i
am confident that the measure will pass
the senate, and I want the cotton farm
ers to take warning and be on guard
against thia, plan to punish them by beat
ing down the price of their staple.
The* anti-option bill was reported out
as the committee by a rote of six to
ifne. Senators Tiltman. Clark. Newland*
of Nebraska and Nevada, Cummins of,
lowa. Clapp of Minnesota, and Taylor of
Tennessee voted to report the measure j
Senators Foster of Louisiana. Crane of
Massachusetts. Kea.n of New Jersey. Cul
-Idpi of Illinois. and Nixon of Nevada,
toted against a report.
The action of the committee today
' * transfers the Tight io the floor of the |
senate. The committee adopted no recom-1
mendation and" the bill takes Its place on j
the c«tender without report.
MAT SECT.'RE VOTE.
Those opposed to the bill will exert 1
thesAselree to prevent its consideration
at this seaxiun. while those favoring Its
adoption will Odeavor to bring about a
v ote. ThOv believe they can pass the
bill on its mentsk If they can succeed
in getting it up for consideration In the
senate.
Sections 4. i and 7 were stricken by
the committee from the house bill before
the bill was reported without recommen
dation
Section 4 provides that any agent of a
tefesraph. telephone or cable compan* to
wliom messages relating to cotton may
be* offered for transmission, must re
quire the sender to take an oath that
n >ne of tlie-prwisions of the anti-option
law are violated by the sending of the
' message-
Section 6 denies the use of the mails
iq every book, newspaper or other pub
’HgCoo containing matter tending to in
duc-’ or promote gambling in cotton fu
tures or contracts. j
Section 7 relates to the enforcement ox
2 'fMwrr H WnY. bl "
ieSna, presiden* of' the American Bar
and W. B Tiiotnivon. pres
idenf nt the New Orleans Cotton ex-
- ihange. delivered the principal argu
ments against the antl-optlon bill. Rcp
re-entatlves of the New York Cotton ex
cltangv "were afcso present, but were not
Iward, as the New Orleans men con
sumed al! of the time set apart. Judge
Fgyrar made an extended argument, held
the close attention of the committee
and illuminated' clearly and forcefully
- he. view of the opponents to the mops
nrt He was ‘ Interrupted with pertinent
quewPoo- on several occasions by Sen
ators Clark, of Arkansas; Tillman, of
South Carolina: Clapp of Minnesota;
Foster, of Louisiana; Cummins. of
. lowa. ' a
He agreed with mem be" of the com
mtttoe that there Is a gambling element
In fnturr contracts. but he asserted that
the Mil as passed by the house is futile,
and its adoption would , injure, rather
than help the eotton producers of the
south, whom he refer ed to as •Self-con
t etituted back woods ecvuomists." who do
■* not really understand the economy of
B the legislation they are pressing. He
5 *aid it would be difficult to separate the
SFJ/*' legitimate .contracts from the illegitimate
and that the bin w ould not stop opera
tio.i on th* cotton exchanges, it would
prevent local interior uc tiers from
*1 protecting themselves against Ute fluc
• iuatlons of the market. Ire said, and
‘ would result in giving a few rich cot
ton factors a monopoly of the market
I* to the injury of the producer.
&. . Judge Farrar never successfully got
E awav from the claim of Senator* Cum
mins. Tillman and others, that claim the
last analysis, hedging, is based upon
gambling, and that some one must gam
ble in order to complete the deals made
on the exenangev
Presld* s.t Thompson, of the New Or
leans exchange, spoke briefly and empha
sised the points made by Judge Farrar,
declaring that the bill would only In
jure the cotton producer, in whom he is
interested as a legitimate dealer. He
had no objection to a law to eliminate
the illegitimate practice, but the line of
demarcation, he said, would be hard to
And.
The failure of the committee to make
recommendation to the senate resulted
from the Conviction on the part of sev
eral members shat a measure of such
hffipwrtance should be given more consid
eration than wss possible, under foday-a
decision to vote. An agreement had been
i mde. however, and Senuai: s Clark, of
ArkvosSs. ami Tillman, of Mouth Caro
lina. were in fgior of some measure
that would eliminate gambling from the
deafktg* in cotton. Representatives of
the New- Orleans cotton exchange and
rgghungea at New York and Chicago
irklngd lh*ir guns upon the bill in the
K l-cbrfng. They attacked the bill as being
hurtful to the farmer and of being Im
. possible of enforcement so far as It*
f--, evident purpose is concerned.
|r* The hearing was attended by a larc--
i - number of senators from southern states,
who are not member* of the committee,
and a number of southern congressmen,
ail of whom displayed great mieresr in
t e the' proceed ng*-
• MAW DHFTAim.Y XILUD ♦
«. >T BLAST OP AIM HOSE ♦
< NAHHVH.I.i: Tenn. Feb. 16.- ♦
< A Dcqitur. Ala., dispatch says: ♦
< As tlA* result of a practical joke, -a
Woody Kirby, an employe of the ♦
< Ixiuisviße and Nashville shops ♦
• here, lost his life last night. Kir- -»
• by and a n*» n named Pigg were ♦
. < engaged in a friendly scuffle, when ♦
> the latter turned sn sir hose on ♦
< Kirby's body ♦
Get In Out of the Cold! ,
I
AM
bit nr ovt or the cold:
Weather Foreoast: Tnir-y-two degrees
Monday night and 85 Tueaday morning.
COLLEGE ON WHEELS
STARTS THIBO WEEK
WITH WESTERN TBIP
I
lAgricultural i.ain Leaves Sa
vannah Monday Morning
for Pembroke, Claxton, Col
lins, Lyons and Other Points
SAVANNAH, Ga.. Feb. !fl.-This mora
tug the educational train of the Georgia
State College of Agriculture left Savan
, nah to begin the third of its seven weeks
of travel through Georgia. It had cov- '
ered 1J79 miles of rail and reached al
most unnumbered thousands of Georgia
, farmers (and some from Florida) when
■ it stopped here Saturday night to spend
a Sunday of well-earned rest. Today it
ts in charge of the Seaboard Air Line for
the first time. During the present week
‘ it will stop at Pembroke, Claxton. Col-1
! l!ns. Lyons (on Monday). Mt. Vertbn. 1
i Abbeville. Cordele ton Tuesday), Amerl
-1 cus, Preston. Cusseta (on Wednesday),
. on the Seaboard rails, entering Columbus j
: Wednesday night. Thursday morning it
will leave Columbus in charge of the
Georgia Florida and Alabama railway to
stop at Lumpkin. Cuthbert. Edison and
Colquitt, returning to Columbus the
same night. On Friday it Will go out
over the tracks of the Central of Geor
gia. to stop at Buena Vista. Dawson,,
For: Gaines (Friday), Blakesly, Lees-'
j burg. Ellaville (Saturday), returning to I
I Columbus Saturday night to spend Sun-,
j day- '
j the special was give- In Savannah Sat
’ unlay night was the surprise of the tour
: this far. Thousands came aboard the
‘ train under the Union depot shed her*. |
saw th> exhibits, made comments, asked
i questions, listened appreciatively tq the
i lectures, and carried away Itteratur/b and
new tltoughta. The local papers had
I been giving columns of space to news
sos the train's movements. Os their own
accord, seconded by the chaml»er of Com
merce. they had arranged that Savan
nah and Chatham county might see the
' college on wheels, and had given these
plans wide publicity. So. when the train
reached Savannah, It found itself in the
■ hands of interested friends and a big
i crowd prepared to meet it In a full
I grown city. ‘
Savannah's Interest Is but another in
dication. however, of the revolution
which has taken place in Georgia since
the first train toured three years ago.
Then the special stopped in Savannah,
and was unnoticed. Saturday . night it
was the center of attraction. Farmers
frem the country around here, came in
to the’ city to make their week-end pur
chases and to see the train. City resi
dents gave It their preference over the
theaters and other diversions of city life.
Some of these had been farmers, and
looked with longing eves on the things
(ypifyirg the life they had relinquished
for <h« city. Others wanted to be farm
ers, and were close tn their study of ev
en thing. taking notes, asking questions.
Still others had never been and never
will be farmers, hut wore the dress of
cltv men and women In the latest fash
ion.
it was a study. Itseif-ths Savannah
crowd.
’’BACK TO THE FARM”
Did it show that the 'back to the
farm” movement has eaugb-t on, here,
first of all the cities to be noticed?
It was not all curiosity. There was
some of this, of course, but even at that
it was hard to distinguish from a real
intelligent interest.
The preponderance of sentiment was
something greater than curiosity. Every
one of the tired workers aboard the train
remarked that. Weary though they were
with a lord week's work, they caught the
enthusiasm themselves and forgot their
weariness long before the crowds began
to thin.
The Savannah reception lasted from 8:30
o'clock, when the gates of the Union de
pot were opened to the public, till mid
night. when the train's light plant was
shut down and Its machinery stopped and
(Continued on page Fifteen.)
I’ARM SCHOOL BUILDINGS
The above is a pieture of the texth district agricultural school and build
ing*.. From left tc right the buildings are the boys’ dormitory, the girls* dor
mitory and the academic hall. . • -
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 19W
SUMMER SESSION
PROBABLE TO PASS
RECIPROCITY BILL
Generally Believed That Bill
Will Not Pass Senate Be
fore Adjournment, Which
Means an Extra Session
(>y AiMciatsd Frau.)
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.— An extra
i session of congress looms very large
and probable tonight. Unless President
I Taft and the friends of Canadian reci
i procity agreement are able to bring
more than ordinary’ pressure to bear up
' on the senate and avert the expenditure ;
of any time whatever by the opponent* ‘
of the agreement—or friends either, for (
that matter —It is difficult to see how
the senate can reach a vote on the sub
ject before adjournment, two weeks ;
from tonight.
Ahead of the Canadian agreement for
consideration by the senate in addition
to the ten general appropriation bills are
measures affecting the following sub
jects;
■ Popular election of senators.
Senator Lorimer case.
Permanent tariff board.
General age pensions.
Congressional apportionment.
I Fortification of Panama canal.
CAN’T SIDETRACK BILLS
Not one of these measures can be ■
i sidetracked without a contest. Back of
' each is a group of determined senators
[ insistent that a vote shall be taken be
! fore adjournment. Some of the meas
ure* must be left unpassed or the Cana- '
diar agreement will die. There is not |
time enough for all. -
The foregoing is the opinion of Re-
I publican leaders of the senate. Severn)
senators whose knowledge of the legisla
tive situation cannot be doubted ex-i
presded views in accord with the outline
given when they were asked today for I
a statement as to what might be ex-j
pected tn connection with President!
Taft’s demand that a vote be taken a’t
the present session on the Canadian I
agreement.
These senators who hoped to avoid an
extra session of congress by getting a i
vote on the McCall bill to carry out the.
provisions of the Canadian agreeiAgnt,
ee 4heir chance for success growing
less and lees as the close of the session j
draws nearer without any of these con- I
itroverted matters being got out of the
'way.
EXTRA SESSION PROBABLE.
With no little anxiety those senators
who fear they are facing a summer ses
-1 ston are seeking light from the White
House. The "general ojftnlon now seems ■
to be that there will be »n extra ses
sion and that the only senators who!
are making preparations to go home
after March 4 are those whose service
expires on that date. Among these are
a number of senate leaders, the list be
' Ing Messrs. Aldrich, Beveridge, Bulke-
I ley, Burkett, Burrows, Carter, DePew,
i Dick. Flint, Frasier, Hale, Mooney,
Piles. Scott, Tgliaferro. Warner and
Young (when the lowa legislature ad-
The retirement of these slflwtnr* a
number of *hom have playdd important
roles during the consideration of many
important tariff measures, will mark
quite a change also in the political com
plexion of the senate. At present there
are 59 Republicans, 32 Democrats and
one vacancy. If all the states which
now are in legislative deadlocks elect
senators to succeed the vacancies which
will odcur at the end of the present
session, the senate if called together to
consider the Canadian agreement prob
ably will be composed of 50 Republl-|
cans and 42 Democrats.
The argument advanced by congress
leaders in support, of the contention
that President Taft will call a special
session is that the executive is deter
mined to derive what benefit he can
from the changed conditions in the
house where the Democrats will be in
control and in the senate where the
Republican majority' will be materially
reduced by the retirement of a number
of members who are now opposing the
administration program. As the house
passed the Md'all bill by a decisive vote
and practically all of the Democrats
voted for It, the president believes that
a Democratic house in special session
would again pass the bill without de
lay. It is said also that the president
believes the senate ■■ it will be con
stituted after March 4 would pass the
bill.
HEAR BILL MQNDAY.
The senate committee on finance met
today and decided to give hearings on
the McCall bill on Monday end Tues
day. On Wednesday the bill will be con
sidered in executive session and the con
sensus of opinion is that it will be re
ported to the senate not later than
Thursday. Agricultural interests tn large
numbers have requested that they be
given the privilege of making statements
in opposition to the measure. In view
of the short time that remains of the
present session it was decided to limit
the hearings to two days.
All members of the committee are
agreed that it would be unwise for It
to shoulder the blame that would at
tach to them If dilatory tactics • were
resorted to In preventing action and there
fore the bill be given to the senate as
soon as that body As able to proceed
with it. I
Monday practically will be Kiven over
to eulogies, the Borah resolution could
not be sidetracked on Tuesday, and Sen
ator Lorimer will speak on Wednesday.
Even though the McCall bill should be
(Continued on page Fifteen.)
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WELL THAT’S QUEER- 1 |DL3INtJs
.1 I’M SENDING MY BOY <
' \TO AM AGRICULTURAL ( ..
school.
B a ' Irak [fis
WHY NOT KEEP HIM AT HOME?
TEIIS OHOUTH BK
DEITH TO Lilli STOCK
Skeletons of Cattle Found
Along Ranges—Rain Fin
ally Comes
- , A,
EL PA3O. Tex., Feb, IB.—The Rngest
on* reVt'rd iir* west
Texas, which dotted some of the ranges
with skeletons Os cattle, has been brok
en by heavy rgins in the vicinity of
Barstow, Pecos and Big Springs.
Washouts were reported today on the
Texas and Pacific near Odessa and Big
Springs.
peach~gSowers7o~use
HEATERS AND SMUDGES
Artificial Heat Is Being Suc
cessfully Used in the North
ern States
“It looks as though the fruit crop is
doomed,” said A. C. Lewis, assistant
state entomologist, Monday morning,
“but we are still hoping for the best. In
response to the warning sent out. a large
number of peach* growers supplied them
selves with ’heaters’ and the value of this
invention as a protector for the crops
will be practically demonstrated by many'
for the first time.
“These heaters in most tases are being
used with success In the northern states,
and I see no reason why they should
not help greatly In the present extremi
ty In Georgia. While there are many
kinds and makes, crude V»ll is used in
most of them and about 100 are placed
in peach orchards to everyl’acre of land.
"Those peach growers who did not
have the foresight to supply themselves
with ’heaters' will have to resort to
‘smudge’ fires of brush and logs, which
have also b c en used successfully in the
northern part of Georgia fob warding off
heavy frost.
“Reports are somewhat conflicting in
regard to the exact condition of the trees
and the progress of the fruit in the vari
ous sections of the state. Fear is. how
ever, expressed by all and if the predic
tion of the weather man comes true,
great damage will result.
“Peach trees seem to suffer more from
the effect of a frost than from a freeze,
provided the blossoms and foliage are
not damp recent rain. With the use
of the ’heaters' and ’smudge’ fires there
is a chance’ for a certain amount of the
crop being saved, as a heavy frost in
the immediate vicinity can be prevented.”
HOGS ARE THIN ENOUGH
TO WEAR HOBBLE SKIRTS
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16.—Hogs appar
ently are following the fashion of the
day and have joined the antl-fat move
ment. which paved the way for the hob
ble skirt. Statistics to the department
of agriculture indicate that they are get
ting thinner every year and that the
razorback yet may be the percine ‘mode.
The figures show that hogs marketed
between 30 anti 40 years ago averaged
one-fourth heavier than those In recent
years. In the decade 1870-79 the aver
age weight of hogs killed during the win
ter months in western packing centers
was about 275 pounds, in the decade
1880-89 about 257 pounds; in the decade
1890-99 about 239 pounds, and in the last
decade about 219 pounds.
No theories are advanced by the de
partment as to the cause of this deefeas
ed weight of porkers.
Mill Is Burned
TEMPLE, Ga., Feb 20.—Fire broke out
in the basement of W. E. Green's mill
here Saturday evening about 6 o’clock,
it Is thought that the building caught
from a hot boxen in the basement. Ow
ing to fear of explosion of several bar
rels of gasoline which had been stored In
the house, no effort was made to ex
tinguish the flames. The building was
sufficiently insured to cover the loss.
LIVE NEWS TOLD IN BRIEF
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20,-The three
days’ filibuster upon the omaibus claims
bill containing many Georgia items was
brought to an end this afternoon when
the house adopted a. "gag rule” sus
pending all rules for the remainder of
the session and necessitating the pass
age of six big appropriation bills under
such suspension by a two-thirds vote
and practically without debate.
The pemocrats who had fought ter the
omqlinis claims measure agreed to the
adoption of tlpe special rule because It
givthi the minority f the veto
all legislation until March 4.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20.—Representa
tive Amos L. Allen, of Maine, died of
pneumonia at his apartments here ear
ly today, following several days' ill
ness.
His daughter. Miss Laura E. Allen, of
Alfred, Maine, and son. Dr. Edward G.
Allen, of Boston, were with him when
he died. His body will be taken to his
home at Alfred. Maine, for burial.
GEORGIA FRUIT GROWERS
INSTALL ORCHARD HEATERS
Novel Methods Have Been Adopted to Save Thousands of
Orchards in Case Freezing Weather Swoops Down on
Budding Trees —Carloads Are Ordered
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ]
COLUMBUS. Ga.. Feb. 18.-The contln- '
i tied warm and unseasonable weather is
causing much alarm among the fruit .
growerg of this section.
Many are of the opinion tlwit there will
be more cold weather before the winter
is over and if there should be a freeze
later the entire peach crop, it is said, will
be ruined. , '
Some of the larger growers, however,
have prepared for this change of weath
er. which usually follows warm days in
February, and have equipped their
orchards with heaters and other means
of keeping the temperature above freez- '
Ing.
ORCHARD HEATERS ..
The Fruit Haven farm, at Woodbury, I
Ga., which is owned by Messrs. J. L. I
Betts, of this city, and J. R. Betts, are '
among those who have prepared for the
cold weather and will protect thejr i
orchards by means of orchard heaters.
They have just received- a carload of <
orchard heaters. 4,500 tn number, which
will be plhccd at once in their orchards i
on Pine Mountain. These heaters will
be placed at the rate of 100 to the acre
by placing them between the rows of ;
peach trees and far enough away to keep
from harming the tree or fruit. These
heaters will hold seven quarts of fuel ’
oil each, it is stated, and will burn for
aperiod of from nine to ten hours, rais- i
ing the temperature ten degrees, when i
JOO are used to the acre. A still further 1
raise of one degree, It Is said, can be
EGG TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS
OLD, EATEN IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO. Feb. 20.—Caught by tlie
breaking of the ccld storage corner on
butter, poultry and eggs, Chicago com
mission merchants now complain that
dealers are holding up prices and pre
venting disposal of their surplus stock.
While the wholesale prices of eggs and
butter have dropped to a low figure, the
consumer still is paying fancy prices.
It is contended by commission men and
wholesalers that educed retail prices
would cause the housewife to use larger
quantities of eggs and butter.
The president of a large packing com
pany said yesterday:
“There are eggs now In Chicago which
have been in storage for 24 months.
They were unfit for food 18 months
ago. One concern offered by cir/ular
letter to sell its eggs at 2 1-2 cents a
pound, claiming they had been spoiled in
CHICAGO, Feb. 20.-A dynamite bomb
with a lighted time fuse two feet long,
sputtering and hissing fire, was found
early today on the front steps of a
house occupied by Giacomo Frisa, an
Italian laborer. Two policemen saw the
burning fuse and extinguished the fire.
The bomb consisted of five sticks of
high percentage dynamite, bound to
gether with a string and with fuse and
cap adjusted.
CHARLESTON, 8. C, Feb. 20.-Sher
ni? and rural police-
men again search today for
the negro, who, on Saturday afternoon,
Rilled one negro and wounded nine per
sofls near Ashley Junction, 7 miles from
here. It is thought by some that the
fugitive is concealed in one of the
swamps in which the undergrowth is
dense.
WASIUNGTGN. Feb. 30.-Sallie P.
Lang, appointsd postmaster at Whiteoak,
Camden county, vice L- V. L. Baker, re
signed.
produced by every ten additional heat
ers to the acre.
is stated that with 100 heaters to the
acre if the temperature should go to
22 degrees on the outside, the heaters
will hold the temperature in the orchard
up to 32 degrees, which would make
the fruit safe. It is said that ten hours'
time is sufficient to care./ these heaters
through the night, and if the tempera
ture should remain low enough to jus
tify burning them longer they can be
refilled while burning, as noncombust
ible oil Is used for that purpose.
FIRST TIME USED.
It is said that this shipment of healers
is the first ever used in Georgia and is
quite a novelty in the way of protect
ing fruit tre» from the cold. Hereto
fore buckets Hive been used to give heat
in orchards by some of the growers, but
It Is said of the*heaters that more gen
eral heat is distributed.
The \M*ssrs. Betts have provided for
about 20,000 gallons of oil for use'ln
their heaters, which is said to be suffi
cient to'carry them through eeveral
nights, should the weather be cold
enough to justify burning them.
Fruit Haven farm has about 30,000
bearing trees, from which, under favor
able conditions they will ship 35. CW to
40,000 crates of peaches.
The buribfng of 4,000 heaters 4n a large
peach orchard at night is a sight that
would be well worth going many miles to
see,' and as the plan of adopting heat
ers is an innovation in the growing of
fruit, their use will no doubt become
more general later.
the cold storage where they.were stored.
This price is equivalent to about 2 cents,
a dozen. ( .
. ."It never Tias beep. l>»9Wn. w here a
lot of thio poisonous tcod was disposed.
ct, but it always has found its way into
consuming public’s; stomach. Much
good has Been done by the United States
government in 1 the IdSt year keeping
close watch on the ‘earned egg; trade.
It is to* he hoped that they'will prohibit
ahsolufely the placing any • eggs in
cans ih the freezers during the ensuing
year.' ' ’ '
“The facts are that’ the bulk of the
eggs canned are seconds when they are
placed in the cans—absolutely unfit for
food. But when smashed up. mixed to
gether, frozen solid as a roek, it is al
most impossible for the baker or con
sumer to know- exactly how good or how
bad they are.”
COLD WE SWEEPING
THROUGH THE SOUTH:
FRUIT IS IN DANGER
Drop of 23 Degrees Was'fle
corded Sunday Night and
Minimum of 25 Will Be
Reached by Wednesday
Atlanta and vicinity is shivering In the
grip of a relentless cold wave which
swooped down early Monday morning.
At 7 o'clock Sunday night the ther- ,
tnoineter registered 63 degrees. Shortly
after that time and following -< drtz- '
zling rain, the mercury began to tum
ble, and at 7 o’clock Monday moming , T
a drop of 23 degrees was recorded. In
j the local office pf the weather bureau 3
it was stated that a still further.crop
would take Dlace. - ” .'sl9
Following in the wake of balmy Spring
.weather which has been experienced ctur-
I ing January and the greater part of
the month of February it is feared
the cold wave will play havoc vrith’ '
t the Georgia peach crop and cause uuf- ; I
' sering and sickness among many of the ' 1
| poorer people of the state.
TO 25 DEGREES.
Local Forecaster Von Herrmann, di
rector of the Atlanta weather bureau.
stated Monday morning that the f ’ljtt
crop would without doubt be serlocsly
injured, as in all probability the tsm- .
, perature would drop as low as 25 de
crees above zero by Wednesday morn-ng.
The entire cotton belt is embraoet in
the grip of the cold wave. A temjier- J
ature of 32 degrees was recorded Mon
day morning as far south as Taj lor, I
Tex., and at Memphis. Tenn., the mer
cury also stood-at the freezing point. ’ ’
The cold snap is the result of extreme /
cold in the northwest and a storm iia
turbance on the Atlantic coast. The 1
depression on the eastern coast of fir- -..i
ginia has caused the coM to pour south-* j
eastward from the northwest, and Gwr
gia Is destined to bear only a part of
the brunt of the attack. Tennessee,
Virginia and North Carolina will be » eia- ' •«
ed in the center of the Wave, and great ?-]9
damage to fruit in those states Is ex- '
pected.
On the Canadian border the tempera
ture Monday morning was as low a t 20
degrees below zero; at Huron it tvas
4 degrees below, and in the section oa
tween that point and St. Louis, M<i„ a
very cold temperature was reporte L- -
Cloudy and increasing cold weather
is predicted for Atlanta and vicinitv
Monday afternoon and night. For Tues
day tjie forecast states that clearer
weather will exist, although a gradual '2
fall in the mercury is anticipated. The
crest of the cold wave Is expeetpd tni
Wednesday morning, at which tlnu G
is thought that the temperature will
fall as low as 25 degrees above zero. 19
PEACH GROWERS ALARM EL .
Peach growers and dealers are very
much alarmed throughout the j-’tate
over the condition of the erpp. The . ■ V
opinion of many ha» differed durin,; the J
recent past a« to the danger of the stop g
being -dawmged hy cold. ar >
of the present extreme cold gave
caused a universal feeling of cl read j x
to prevail, and it is the concensus of ,
opinion that greet damage will be done
to the Georgia crop. rj|
If the cold wave had come a few
weeks sooner or had been delayed a '
few weeks the damage would not rave
*been as serious as it will be coining
at this time. The fruit on the irees
is in a more unprotected stage than
it has been during the preaent setson.
because of the fact that the blossoms
are dropping from the trees and the
green leaves have just begun to ap
pear. A delay of a week or ten
In the'arrival of the cold snap w ould .
have insured the saving of the greater
portion of Hie crop. The arrival of/
the cold wave at this Inopportune time A
Is expected to result in the loss of Jfl
thousands of dollars to growers ane M
dealers In this state alone. H|
WAS BEHIND TIME.
While the cold wave was predicted
the local forecaster, its arrival was
delayed a few hours and many who
had expected it retired Sunday nighlk. Kg|
confident that the scare was uncalled
for and that the weather experlfrnceo
during the past few weeks would con-1
tinue. Toward early morning the cold
became intense in comparison with thej
temperature-at bed time, and suffering
was reported in many families t nro igh-j
out the city.
A frost is not likely to occur Mon-, uW
day night, on account of the cloudy ■
weather, but it is thought that It will; ■
be ineviable with the clearing of |
sky predired for Tuesday and Wecnes- W
day. B|
Rain Will Save Peaches. 1
So Dalton Growers '>ay j
DALTON, Ga r Feb. 20-A brisk north* 1
wind, springing 1 ’ up after the heavy r * ,n ’
fall of last night, has left local peAch
orchards in excellent condition to with- ~|
stand freezing weather, and unlese the
temperature goes below 20 arid the freeze , /
is accompanied by a precipitation, the
crop hereabouts is in little danger.
Local orchards are just beginnlrg to
bloom, the majority of trees being budded,
and these are In only slight danger. The »
scattered blooms have been fanneo dry -
bv the wind and danger of the deetruc.-
tlon of these is slight. Only the sever- .-J
est of blizzard would cause any consid
erable apprehension among local peach
growers.
Frost or Freeze Feared
By Bibb County Farmers
MACON, Ga., Feb. 20.—Unless there is j
a heavy frost or freeze the fruit will
not be materially damaged, is the opin
ion of the fruit men, in this section.
Marshallville Growers
Apprehensive for Crop
MARSHALLVILLE, Ga.. Feb. 20-Rain
Sunday night, follower! by high wind on
Monday, somewhat endangered the fruit
crops, though conservative fruit men ap
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♦ TMAXW IM SKOWSTOBM ♦
CBASKES INTO 850 STEEI; Be- *'.
♦ DALHAKT, Tex., Feb. 20.-Run- ♦
?♦- ning through blinding snow a
♦- Rock island doubleheader pass? a- -e
♦- ger train entering' a cut near here *-
♦ today, struck a bunch of 250 steers
♦ huddled in this shelter, many of ♦
♦ them lying down and completely ♦ #
♦ covered with snow.
♦- Thirteen steers were k lied oat ♦
right. The train was stopped just
♦ at the beginning of a high trestle ♦
> after being in imminent danger of ♦
♦ derailment. -e *
NO. 44.