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VOLUME XII.
ATLANTA, GA.. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1913.
NO. 102.
PBT KILLS GIRL.
IT
Mystery of New York Girl's
Death Cleared-Priest Con-
fesses-'Tm Guilty;
Pay,” He Says
Must
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK. Sept. 15.—With the ar
rest Sunday of the Rev. Hans Schmidt,
assistant rector of St. Joseph’s Roman
Catholic church, charged with the mur
der of Anna Aumuller, a domestic, the
mystery surrounding the finding of parts
of the dismembered body of a girl in
the Hudson river was solved. Schmidt,
according to the police reports, con
fessed, and at the time of his arrest
attempted to commit suicide by cutting
his throat with a safety razor blade.
“I killed her because I loved her so
much,” Schmidt is alleged to have told
his captors; but the police versipn of
the motive for the crime is that the
young woman was about to become a
mother. He had married her through a
ceremony of his own performing, with
out witnesses.
KILLED WHILE SHE SLEPT.
According to the police and the dis
trict attorney's office, Schmidt’s confes
sion was full and absolute. In it he is
quoted as saying that he killed his
companion with a butcher knife, and
cut up the body with the knife and a
saw. The deed was committed, the
police say, while the woman slept,
shortly after midnight on September 2,
in an apartment in Bradhurst avenue,
where the priest had placed her five
days before.
When her heart had ceased beating,
according to the alleged confession.
Schmidt carried the body from the bed
to the bathroom and, placing it in the
tub, began immediately his gory task of
cutting it up. With the keen knife and
the saw he cut off the head, arms and
legs. Still fearful of detection, he then
cut the body in two.
‘ Five bundles, wrapped in bed clothes
and papers, were made of the six parts.
Five times Schmidt left the apartment
house with a bundle to cross the Hud
son river to the Jersey shore.
' Five times he leaned over the stern
of the ferryboat in midstream and
gently gave the river his burden. Then
he returned to his church.
FIND MARRIAGE LICENSE.
The stains of the girl's blood still
discolored the bath tub when detectives
searched the apartment yesterday.
Schmidt told the police he had taken
the mattress on which she lay when
dealt the death blow, under cover of
darkness, to a vacant lot nearby and
burned it. In the apartment, among
other things, the police found a mar-
f riage license issued in New York last
February and ©earing the names of the
priest, and the murdered woman.
According to Schmidt’s confession, he
■went through a marriage ceremony with
the girl. In this ceremony Schmidt was
both priest and bridegroom; there were
no witnesses.
PILLOW LEADS TO ARREST.
A gayly colored pillow of unusual pat
tern led to % Schmidt’s apprehension. This
pillow, stained with blood and soiled
with the filth of the river, was wrapped
around a portion of the torso. The de
tectives traced the pillow to its man
ufacturer; the manufacturer traced it
to the dealer; the dealer traced it to
Schmidt. And the police, tracing
Schmidt and the girl, knew all about
both of them hours before they arrest
ed him. Schmidt was arrested by In
spector Fauret in charge of the detec
tive bureau.
The priest was dressed in full clerical
garb when the detectives entered his
rooms in the parish house of his church
in West 125th street. The inspector
produced a photograph of Miss Aumul
ler and asked Schmidt if he knew the
girl.
The priest, after a moment of hesita
tion, inquired whether his visitors were
police officers. His actions indicated
that he was expecting arrest. He then
asked permission to change his clothes
and it was when he left the room In
spector Fauret declared that he at
tempted to cut his throat with a safety
razor blade.
Early yesterday, according to parish
ioners of the church, Schmidt said to
the Rev. Father Huntmann, rector of
St. Joseph’s church, that he would hear
po more confessions and when asked for
his reason said: “I have something of
Importance to tell you.”
With his superior, Schmidt then re
tired to the study, where the latter
told all that had transpired in the Brad
hurst avenue flat, where, according to
his alleged confession, he murdered the
girl.
Father Huntmann conferred with his
pther assistants and it was agreed that
the authorities should be notified. The
„ police, however, were even then on
{Schmidt’s trail, and his arrest followed
shortly.
Schmidt was taken to the Tombs. Ac
cording to the. police he made a full
confession, after which he was taken be
fore Coroner Feinberg, who committed
him to the Tombs until the fnquest is
held.
THE PRIEST’S CONFESSION.
The confession which the police say
Schmidt signed follows:
“I met Anna Aumuller two years ago
at the parish house of St. Boniface
church. She was employed as a servant
there. I was attracted by her beauty.
I became infatuated with her. I loved
her.
killed her because I loved her so
much. She was so beautiful, so good.
I could not let her live without me.
“I had made up my mind* that she
and I could not live together. I was
a priest and must remain with my
church. I could not let her go away
from us. So I opened the door of the
flat.
“I awakened her. I told her I had
come to fulfill my threat. Then 1
drew the knife across her throat.
“I cut the body into six pieces. I
made trips to the Fort Lee Ferry,
each time with a part of her precious
body in a bundle. When the ferry boat
reached the middle of the stream I
would throw a piece into the water and
When the boat reached the other side of
the river I would return and go back
to the flat.
“After I had disposed of the body, T
wanted to destroy all .evidence of the
crime. I took the mattress on which I
bad slain her and carried it to a vacant
Jot, and there I burned it.
“I’M GUILTY—THAT’S ALL.”
“I am guilty; that is all I can say. I
must pay the penalty. There is nothing
HACKED 10 PIECES
One Hundred Refugees From
Ravaged Country Arrive in
Frisco Bringing Wild Tales
of Murder by Rebel Hordes
(By Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15.—News of
the murder of Morris P. Root, Americah
superintendent of the El Tigre mines at
Tepic, Mexico, was brought here yester
day by ( the steamer Peru, which had al
most 100 refugees aboard. The mining
engineer was ^intercepted by a few
bandits as he was on his way to join
employes of the company who were pre
paring to defend the mine property. He
was disarmed and cut to pieces.
Root was fifty years old and had
been in Mexico sixteen years.
Max Lambert, another American en
gineer who arrived on the Peru, was
left for dead by bandits who attacked
his home in the state of Tepic. Lam
bert’s wife and child escaped by crawl
ing through a rear window and he re
mained to greet the bandits whose ap
proach was noticed when they were a
mile away. They fractured his skull
and left him for dead. When they de
parted Mrs. Lambert returned and se
cured aid.
The refugees were from points along
the western coast of Mexico and they
brought repetitions of stories of refu
gees who preceded them. Western
Mexico is in a state of anarchy, they
said. Rebel chiefs do not recognize
each other and when they are not loot
ing and murdering they are fighting
among themselves.
Americans from the state of Durango
asserted conditions there are beyond
description. They said the country is
oyerrun with bands of drunken peons
who commit unspeakable crimes.
[E SMITH
Satisfactory Assurances Re
ceived That Plan of Georgia
Senator Will Be Adopted by
Conferees Soon
VETS OF GRAND ARMY
For First Time in History of
Organization, Southern City
is Its Host
(By Associated Press.)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Sept. 15.-
Assembled for the first time in a
southern city, more than 14,000 Union
veterans were here today for the open
ing. the forty-seventh annual en
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic. Several thousand represen
tatives of allied organizations, which
are meeting in this city simultaneously
with the annual encampment, also are
in the city. Incoming trains through
out the day swelled the attendance and
a record crowd is predicted during en
campment week, which will conclude
Saturday.
Today was designated as “Lookout
Mountain day.”
Despite a light continuous rain
which began early this morning hun
dreds visited the famous battlefield
a*long the sides and on the point of
Lookout mountain- Special guides
showed the visitors over the grounds
and explained the movements of the
forces which contested for its occu
pancy fifty years ago.
The first business meeting of
the encampment was held upon
the return of the party to
the city, when the executive council
of administration convened. Official
departmental orders governing the en
campment were approved and issued
at this meeting.
Seven departmental headquarters al
ready have been opened. They are
the departments of Minnesota, Com
mander Charles H. Taylor; Maryland,
Commander Charles N. Emrich; New
Hampshire, Commander David R. Roys;
Ohio, Commander W. R. Warnock; Ver
mont, Commander Thomas Hannon;
West Virginia, Commander John F.
Millan, and Utah, Commander Reuben
Oehier.
BY RALPH SMITH.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—Along with
the announcement today by Speaker
Clark that the conference report on the
tariff bill will be ready for consideration
Friday came satisfactory ’ assurances
that Senator Hoke Smith's plan for reg
ulating the cotton exchanges will be
accepted by the conferees, in lieu of the
Clarke amendment. It is under-
stod that the house conferees headed by
Leader Underwood, are committed to
the Smith scheme, and it is confident
ly believed that the senate conferees
will accept it.
It is believed that the practical ef
fect of the enactment into law of Sena
tor Smith’s plan will be to increase
the price of cotton approximately half
a cent a pound.
The Clark amendment, which the rate
adopted, taxes all cotton future con
tracts one-tenth of a cent a pound, or
approximately 50 cents a bale. If deliv
ery actually takes place this tax will be
refunded. Since most of the transac
tions on the exchange are purely specu
lative deals and so-called heldging con
tracts, delivery occurs only in a small
percentage of the cases. Exchange trad
ers say this tax will prohibit all’ spec
ulation and the exchange cannot live
without its speculative busines. They
contend also that if the exchanges are
abolished it will be followed by a drop
in price, as it will restrict the mar
ket. It has been charged also that if
the business continued to live the tax
would fall upon the farmer and that
for every bale sold on the exchanges
he would have to pay 60 cents out of his
pocket.
The Smith amendment offered in the
senate caucus as a substitute, and de
feated, proposes to require a more hon
est contract, to be adopted by the ex
changes. In a word, it aims to elim
inate the worst evils of the exchange.
It accepts the New Orleans exchange
contract as a model and would require
tne New York exchange to conform to
that system.
Under this amendment each contract
must specify one of the nine govern
ment standard grades of cotton. In
settlement of such contract should a
different grade be tendered the differ
ence in price as fixed by actual spot
cotton transactions six days previous
must be paid. This is a substitute
for the arbitrary system of fixing the
differences in values of various grades
of cotton, tenderable on contract. As
a means of forcing the exchanges to
conform their contracts to the govern
ment classification, the Smith amend
ment provides that unless they do so
this contract shall be taxed 50 cents a
bale as provided now in the Clark
amendment.
0. S. OFFICIALS AT
BAFFLE ANNIVERSARY
Gate wav
To THE ‘
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THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE
MAN SEAYS'
HIS WIFE’S FAMILY
Separated From Her and De
nied Access to House, He
Commits Triple Killing
THAW GETS REARING IN JUOGE DENIES BAIL TO
If Writ of Habeas Corpus Is Seven Well-Known Citizens of
Chattooga County-held for
Contempt of Court
Granted, Fish Fight May Fol
low Between Factions
Two Governors Also on Hand
for Celebration of Battle of
King’s Mountain
BLEASE HITS DECISION
0F CAR0LINA C0 URT
(Special Dispatch to The Jo.urnal.)
COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 15.—The su
preme court was bitterly assailed by
Governor Blease for their decision in
upholding the validity of the act of
1912 jroviidng for the refunding of the
$5,600,000 bonded debt of the state now
drawing 4 1-2 per cent interest with
bonds drawing 4 per cent interest.
The governor declares that he will
nuot sign any bonds or stocks and as
it is provided that the governor is to
sign them there can be no refunding
of the debt until his term of office ex
pires.
else for me to do. But I loved Anna
Aumuller.
“She wanted me to marry her, and
I procured a marriage license. She
trusted me.
“I am a priest, and ordained to per
form the marriage ceremony; so, when
she insisted upon a ceremony, I mar
ried myself to her. There was no need
of any other priest doing it. It was
just as absolute as if I had called in
another person with authority to per
form a marriage ceremony. She was
my wife.”
Schmidt, after being assigned to a
cell in the Tombs, went to sleep. The
priest, according to his story, was born
in Aschaffenburg, Germany, in 1881.
He attended college, and at the age of
eighteen enrolled in St. Augustine’s
seminary, in Maine, and on December
31, 1904, was ordained. He held several
charges in Germany, and then came to
America because of poor health. After
remaining in New York City a short
time, he was assigned to a church at
Louisville, Ky.
In 1909 he went to Trenton, N. J., and
in December, 1910, he became assistant
to Father Braun, rector of St. Boniface’s
church, where he met the Aumuller
girl.
In November, 1912, Schmidt left St.
Boniface to become assistant rector of
St. Joseph’s church, the assignment he
held, at the time of his arrest yester
day. 1
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 16.—Secre
tary of State William J. Bryan, Gov
ernor Hooper, of Tennessee; Governor
Craig, of North Carolina, and probably
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Dan
iels will speak at the celebration of the
one hundred and thirty-third anniver
sary of the battle of Kings Mountain on
October 7. While the celebration takes
place on the North Carolina side the
battlefield is in York county, S. C.,
and for that reason the Palmetto state
is looking forward with interest to the
celebration of this struggle on Octo
ber 7.
Secretary Bryan and Governors Craig
and Hooper have already accepted invi
tations to be present and make ad
dresses. Secretary Josepus Daniels,
himself a native of North Caorlina, will
be in attendance if possible.
The Seventeenth infantry band of the
United States army from Fort McPher
son, Ga., will be on hand during the
day to furnish music.
Deer Are Destroying
Crops, Say Farmers
Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept. 15.—Deer
are eating crops in Tuscaloosa county
and citizens and farmers have complain
ed to the state department of game and
fish. John H. Wallace, Jr., game and
fish commissioner, received, a letter yes
terday from E. F. Hammer, of Elrod,
who said deer had attacked the crops
and that farmers were threatening to
kill them.
Commissioner Wallace replied with
the warning that no deer could be killed
before November 1 and then only bucks
could be huntsmen’s prey. “You are
advised that it is a violation of the law
to kill bucks in this state under any
circumstances before first of November,”
he said. “It is highly gratifying to
me to know that deer have become so
abundant in your county. If any great
damage has occurred, and you will noti
fy me of the amount I will endeavor to
make arrangements to reimburse the
parties damaged.”
(By Associated Pres3.)
MEMPHIS, Tenn.. Sept. 15.—After
killing the father, mother and brother
of his wife at the former’s home when
they declined to permit him to see ms
wife, D. E. Baxter, aged thirty-six,
calmly reloaded his sblotgun and walked
from the scene this morning Posses
of police engaged in searching the city
failed to find any clues to Baxter’s
whereabouts. The dead:
HENRY SMITH, aged sixty-two.
MRS. HENRY SMITH, aged forty-
three.
OSCAR SMITH, aged seventeen.
Baxter had been separated from his
wife for several months and shortly aft
er 5 o’clock went to the Smith home, In
the northern part of Memphis, and de
manded entrance. Smith answered the
knock, and after ordering Baxter away
started to open the door, when he receiv
ed a charge of heavy shot in the face
tearing away part of the head.
The shooting attracted Mrs. Smith and
her son, both of whom were shot in the
face in the same manner. Mrs. Baxter
also rushed into the room, but when her
husband grabbed her she slipped from
his grasp and made her escape.
Baxter, who is a powerful man, is be
lieved to be heavily armed and hiding
somewhere in the northern part of the
city.
WILSON MAY ATTEND
President Has Promised to
Consider Invitation Extended
by Commissioner
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 15.—Presi
dent Wilson may visit the South Caro
lina state fair in the latter part of
October, stopping over on his way to
Mobile, Ala.
The Invitation to visit Columbia and
South Carolina was extended to Presi
dent Wilson by Commissioner of Agri
culture E. J. Watson in Washington
last week. Mr. Watson was assured of
the president’s appreciation of the in
vitation and while no definite decision
was announced it is understood that the
president will give the matter careful
consideration.
Commissioner Watson is confident the
president will visit the state fair. He
will be given a warm welcome to Co
lumbia, where he lived as a boy.
COLEBROOK, N. H., Sept. 15.—Harry
Kendall Thaw awaited anxiously today
the arrival of United States Marshal E.
1*. Nute, bearing notice to Sheriff Drew
of Coos county, th£.t the fugitive must
be produced on a tvrit of habeas corpus
before Judge Aldrich in the United
States district court at Littleton tomor
row morning. Thaw then will be under
the protection of the United States,
pending the disposition of the writ, and
this guarantee of safety, in the face of
so many kidnaping rumors, was a
source of relief to him.
Nute did not arrive on the mbrning
train, and Sheriff Drew said he did not
expept him until this afternoon. “We
will probably not take Thaw to Little
ton until tomorrow morning,” he said.
William T. Jerome, New York’s spe
cial deputy in the Thaw matter, planned
to accompany Thaw to Littleton, as did
Franklin Kennedy, deputy attorney, and
Sheriff Hornbeck, of Dutchesqi county.
Thaw’s lawyers desired to have argu
ment continued in order that the writ
may be available at a later date, should
it be* found necessary to block extradi
tion. Should Judge Aldrich insist that
argument begin tomorrow, it might re
sult in freeing their client at once,
prior to the extradition hearing which
Governor Felker has set for Wednes
day.
With Thaw free again, serious com
plications are possible. His lawyers
would be acting within their rights if
they attempted to rush him from the
state. Jerome and his forces, of course,
would seek to hold him. A physical
struggle between factions is not im
probable, and both sides will have many
private detectives on hand.
Thaw retired early last night, after a
Sunday spent entirely within doors.
Most of the day he conferred with the
family representative, former Governor
Stone, of Pennsylvania.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
ROME, Ga., Sept. 16.—Seven people,
well known in the Lyerly neighborhood
of Chattooga county, among them a
bride of a few months and a venerable
Baptist minister, are in jail today at
Summerville, denied the privilege of
making bond.
They were lodged in the county pris
on Saturday on the order of Judge
Moses Wright, charging contempt of
court, because of an alleged attempt
to settle out of court charges against
two of their number.
Those held are William Bagley,
prosperous farmer church deacon; Rev.
W. M. Hill, pastor of a circuit of pros
perous country churches; W. N. Demp
sey, Washington Reynolds and his son,
Ben, farmers; William Hayes, farmer,
and_ his Mrs. wife, Ethel Bagley Hayes.
Indictments involving the names of
two women, have ben returned against
Hayes and Bagley.
ac is alleged that the minister, with
the help of others jailed, had agreed
to act as a “go-between” for Hayes and
Bagley in the settlement of the
charges out of court. He declared, it
is said, that he merely was trying to
serve as community “peacemaker.”
Chattooga court convened today and
an early trial of all is expected.
!E TOLL
ON CITHff MOBILE
Terrific Rain Descends on Ala
bama Coast Sunday, inun
dating Lower Part of Mobile
and Flooding Stores
(By Associated Press.)
MOBILE, Ala., Sept .15.—Damage es
timated at many thousands of dollars
has been caused by a terrific downpour
of ruin, which began Saturday morning,
the total precipitation for the forty-
eight hours ending at 7 o’clock this
morning being slightly In excess of
eleven inches.
The low portions of the city, Inun
dated Sunday morning, were flooded
again early Monday, and as a result of
the storm sewer system being unable
to carry off the water, a number of
stores along Commerce, Water and Front
streets, near the river, were flooded.
Miles of wood block paving have been
damuged, in some places block after
block being torn up and the blocks
scattered. At Oakdale, In the southern
portion of the city, several blocks of a
recently constructed sewer caved
in and several minor accidents .
were reported in consequence.
The heaviest downpour occurred be
tween 1 and 3 o’clock Monday morning,
accompanied by a high southerly wind,
which drove the water, in Mobile river
nearly to the top of the wharves. Re
ports from every, section of Mobile
county indicate heavy damage in the
rural sections.
A number of small bridges were wash
ed out. Transportation lines have been
seriously affected, and all trains are
running late.
Conservative estimates place the loss
to the city through damage to paving
and sewers at from $16,000 to $20,000.
Recently constructed highways In the
county, running In every direction from
the city, are badly damaged. Forecaster
Ashenberger stated that the heavy rain
fall was local to a great extent, reports
from various substations this morning
showing no great excess of precipita
tion.
Shipwrecked Sailors Brave
Starvation and Perils of Deep
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MOBILE, Ala., Sept. 16.—Tales of
hardships and privations such as are
experienced only by shipwrecked mari
ners were told Sunday afternoon by
members of the crew of the ill-fated
Norwegian bark Glamls, who arrived
here Sunday on the steamship Cartheus
from Kingston, Jamaica:.
The sailors brought to this port by * 1
the Cartheus were First Mate E. Jensen,
Second Mate Peter Lund and Seamen
E, Wonderlich, J. Jackson, Oscar Jo-
hannsen, Olaf Larson, W. Winding, H.
Ludberg and B. Hanson. Captain Thor-
born and his wife, who was with her
husband at the time of the wreck, re
mained at Grand Cayman, from where
they will take passage to Norway.
The bark Glamls, W. A., with a cargo
of log wood, was lost on a reef off the
eastern coast of the Island of Grand
Cayman to Montega Bay, Jamaica.
The vessel was en route from Jamaica
to Riga, Russia, and is considered by
her 'owners to be a total loss.
The men, while waiting for the sea to
go down, lived on scant provisions
soaked with salt water, but it w5s noth
ing compared to a voyage from Grand
Cayman to Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Mate Johannsen, describing this voyage
made ofl a small yacht, said: "When we
were taken aboard the yacht the mem
bers of the crew were‘put Into the
hold. The mates who accompanied us
were taken aft, but in spite of their ef
forts to secure better accommodations
for us we were made to stay In the
little vessel’s hold during the entire
voyage.
"We were at sea five days. The first
three days we were given food, but the
two remaining days at sea and one day
after we had arrived in port we re
ceived nothing to eat. From Montega
Bay we were taken to Kingston, Ja
maica, where we took passage on this
steamer.”
FD
SAILOR HAS INHERITED
FORTUNE OF $50,000
DULUTH, Minn., Sept. 15.—Charles
Rowe, a sailor who has been sought as
a missing heir during the thirty years
he has worked on Great lakes freight
ers, learned today that a fortune of
$50,000 awaits him in London, Ontario.
The fortune, known as the Rispin
estate, was left him by a relative, John
Rispin, at one time a sailor.
Rowe left today to claim the legacy.
Ambulance Carrying
Two Dying, Fatally
Injures Pedestrian
(By Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Sept. 15.—At
tall here early today Joaquin
Rios fought his way through the throng
of dancers to Frances Gargin, to whom
he had been engaged, shot her three
:imes, and turned the weapon on him
self. An ambulance bearing the two
ran d,own and fractured the skull of
Facob Digernei, another Mexican, who
was returning from the ball. All three
will die, it is said.
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J, B, Tipton Held by Columbia,
S, C,, Authorities—Officers
Refuse to Talk
(Special DlsDatch to The Journal.)
GREENVILLE, S. C., Sept. 15?—
There were no further developments
here this morning following the ar
rest of J. B. Tipton, a Southern rail
way conductor, who was taken to Co
lumbia last night charged with al
leged complicity in the $16,000 robbery
at Parr Shoals on September 5.
Detectives from Burns’ Atlanta
headquarters arrested Tipton here at
t .* Southern station and placed him
in the county jail awaiting his re
moval to Columbia, which was effected
last night. They refuse to give even
an, outline of their evidence against
the man. Tipton is married and his
family resides here.
There Are Ten Cows
And One Hog Locked
In T if ton's Pound
TIFTDN, Ga., Sept. 15.—The cow
catcher, or rather pound keeper, is about
the most unpopular man in Tifton just
now, and all because he has penned up
a lot of lazy bovines which were prowl
ing around o n the city streets at night,
getting into neighbors’ gardens and
playing havoc with the nicely bedded
flower yards.
There are no less than ten head of
nomelcss cows in the Tifton city pound
now and with these is one lonely hog.
Unless they are claimed all will be put
on sale ip a fevz days in order to pay
the costs of feeding and impounding.
And if the meat markets get hold of
them—but may be it will cause the cost
of Jiving to go down until the surplus
supply of meats is exhausted.
THEY’RE PLANNING FOR
BIG TIMES IN BALDWIN
Colt Show Will Be Big Event
of October 25-Crop Condi
tions Fine
(Special Dispatch to Tho Journal)
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., Sept. 15.
Baldwin county farmers are watching
out for their interests this fall and will
exert every effort to save an unusually
large supply of hay and other home
needed supplies. The annual colt snow
will be a great event of Saturday, Oc-»
tober 25, and prospects are for over
100 entries for prizes.
The members of the Baldwin county
Progressive Farmers’ club completed
preliminary arrangement for the show
at the monthly meeting Saturday and
in addition thereto they also passed
the following resolution:
“Whereas, we, the members of the
Progressive Farmers’ club of Baldwin
county, realize the great shortage in
grain and hay in the middle west and
being cognizant of the impending ex
orbitant prices which are likely to pre
vail next spring, indications pointing
to $1.25 per bushel for corn and $30 for
hay, therefore.
“Be it resolved that we as farmers
pledge ourselves to increase our efforts
to promote grain growing and winter
farming and to especially endeavor to
increase by good margins our acreage
this coming season.
“Be it further resolved, that we recom
every farmer in this section to spare
no effort to follow the same course,
thereby insuring independence in the
home and on the farm.
“Be it further seloved, that we recom
mend to every farmer to save all the
hay possible this fall and thereby cir
cumvent want and aid in supplying
the world's need for the next few
months.
“We believe that the possibilities in
our section are boundless and there
fore feel that we are in position to grow
our own supplies and contribute from
our surplus a bounty to help furnish
the rest of the world some of its needs
and thereby benefit humanity and en
rich ourselves, preserving the independ
ence of our own people and insuring
progress and prosperity for many years
to come.”