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The Truth About Belgium :
BY BRAND WHITLOCK “
(Continued from Lnat Inane)
IHAVK already In these page*
spoken of the phenomenon that
occurred when the Germans
ordered down the Belgian flag;
everywhere a Belgian flag came
down an Ameri 'an flag went up. It
was a beautiful tribute io our
ideals, and a prety com pl i men" be
sides, though not without its em
barrassments and its dangers even,
for while the Germans said noth
ing. they did not altogether like it.
and when their quick intuition ap
prehended this the Belgians dis
played American flags everywhere,
more and more, until Brusse»s
looked as tnought it had been deco
rated for the Fourth of July. Le
Jeune, the barber, said to me one
day. speaking his French slowly
with the savory Brussels accent:
”Je vais macheter un drapeau
americain. * ("I must get an Amer
ican flag.”)
"Bourquei?" I ask. <”Why?”»
-Pour Vetaler a la vitrine..’ he re
plied. • ("To put in my window.”)
TCt pourquoi voudriez vous etaler
le drapeau a la vitrineT* tAnd why
do you wish to put the American
flag in your window?")
"Oh." he said, "pour embeter les
aliemands." <"Oh. to rile the Ger
mana")
Poor Le Jeune! He was terrible
against the Germans, yet always
hopeful; he always had the most
important information; the Cos
sacks were already overrunning
Germany, and the allies were com
ing in the spring, then he would
have his revenge.
The Belgians at that time had
rather vague notions of American
holidays, though they know them
all now. and hearing that the four
teenth of February St. Y alen
tine’s day. they seemed not to have
associated it with the amiable saint
of that name, but to have conclud
ed that it was the American na
tional holiday. And so. on the thir
teenth. the city blossomed forth in
our colors, our flag was displayed
in the windows and people wore
the red. white and blue, and an
other shower of cards fluttered
down at the legation door, with let
ters, and flowers, and all sorts of
pretty souvenirs, poems, banners —
Valentines indeed!
And then they learned that the'
day was not the national holiday.
A week went by and one morning,
to my surprise, the commissary of
police came to ask what arrange
ments we desired him to make for
the great festival of Monday.
•X?a sera quelque chose de colos
sal!” he exclaimed, with wide eyes.
("It will be an enormous affair.”)
I looked at the calendar, and what
with troubles about the Japanese
legation, and th* English colony, and
the arrest of British consuls, and
the status of our own consuls, and
the "ravitaillement.” and merchant
at Liege who had offended the Ger
mans by printing a card with the
American flag and the Belgian flag
side by side, with some appropriate
sentiment, and difficulties incident to
Germany's reply to the president’s
notes about the submarine blockade,
and all the nervous feeling in the
air, I had forgotten that Monday
was Washington's birthday.
It was all very touching, and yet
it made me nervous, for I feared
the possible effect upon the situa
tion, already made difficult enough
by the exchange of notes between
the American and German govern
ments. and so I asked Gibson to see
M. Lemonnier and to explain the sit
uation to him. and while assuring
him of our entire and grateful ap
preciation. to ask that there be no
demonstration. The Burgomaster
made a public announcement of my
desire, and Washingtons birthday
dawned—and almost the first thing
I saw in the morning was the com
missary of police in white gloves,
very fine, with his sword, in front of
tne legation, managing the crowds
that came up the rue de Treves.
They made a veritable procession
on our side of the street; there were
scores of passers-by going on. men
and women waiting patiently, to say
nothing of the German spies. The
little leaf at the door kept clicking
incessantly, and cards poured in,
poured in. with masse* of flowers,
great bouquets with our colors and
the Belgian colors entwined, and let
,.ters from everybody, even from the
little children in the schools. And
there were crowds everywhere, along
the Boulevard and the Avenue Ix>u
ise. in the brilliant sun. and every
one wearing the American colors,
and little children playing with the
American flags. There were German
sentinels posted about, too. but that
may have been because some prince
was passing through, or for some
other military reason. And the eve
ning came, and the day ended with
a visit from Madame Carton de
Wiart and a hand of children dress
ed as Indians, very charming!
The day. as we heard later, in the
slow way in which news got about
Belgium, had not passed off so quiet-
Liege. A woman, who it seems
had been authorized to do so. ap
peared on the streets selling ros
settes of the American colors and
Htlle American flags, and was met
by a non-commissioned officer, who
tore her colors frem her and threw
them on the ground. And imme
diately there was almost a riot and
the German troops were ordered out.
They cleared the streets; made some
arrests and forbade the wearing ot
• the American colors. Thereupon
the komrr.andant telephoned to Brus
sels and was told that he had made
a terrible "gaffe/ and that it must
oe atoned at once. Then the kom
mandant sent for the burgomaster,
whe, poor man.' went to the kom
mandantur thinking there was
trouble in store for him. but the
kommandant was exceptionally po
hteT'delighed to see him. called him
“my dear burgomaster." and. in a
word, fawned where he had frowneo
He asked the burgomaster to return
the letter he had written forbid
dtng the wearing of the American
flag, told him that he might row
• wear it, even pinned one on the
breast of the burgomaster himself,
and then pinned one on his own
breast , and the officers went out and
invited the ’.roman who sold the
. flags to come in. and all members
its
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Per Highly rerosexeaded for ec.-ts.
tetter, pure, catarrh, cores, boaioca. etc. Rr
tera U ce $2 aad we will promptly eead you 4
(twopair Nott’;n<ham lareeurtiias, tofitaa? wia-
FtY dew. er choice from our lyse
Stl is sa order today. WE TRUST YOU.
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of the German staff adorned them
selves with the American colors.
However, a new decree was sisued
that evening, ordering the entire
civil population to go to beu at
seven o'clock.
Belgium’s Gift to Toledo
There was a graceful and a charm
ing dec J, what the French would
cal! a beau geste, which was so
nearly coincidental with the day
that it had the effect of being a
put of the celebration. Il was
the generous and spontaneous im
pulse of Mr. Charles Leun Cardon,
»he distinguished amateur and con
noisseur of art in Brussels. In lhe
curious old louse where he lives
alone, on the Qua! aux Bois a Bruler.
near the Marche aux Poissons, there
are the results of two generations of
art collecting, for Mr. *Jardon’s
father was a painter and a collector
oefore him.
It was out of all these treasures
that Mr. Cardon chose, in order to
express the gratitude of Belgium,
as a gitt to America, van Dycks
sketch of his great painting “Le
Manteau de St. Martin.',’ It is one
of the finest canvasses that came
from the brush of the master, and
in his grand style, glowing with
all the colors of his brilliant palette.
It had often been sought after by
American connoisseurs, and the late
J. Pierpont Morgan tried to per
suade Mr. Cardon to part with it.
It was one of the most bqgutiful
of the many beautiful evidences of
the warmth of the Belgian heart,
that simple little ceremony at the
legation when Mr. Cardon came to
present it. He had asked M. Lem
onnier. the burgomaster, to make
the presentation on behalf of the
city of Brussels, and there in the
presence of the aidermen and of the
legation staff M. Lemonnier made a
graceful little spech, in which he
compared America to St. Martin,
and his own city, in thus presenting
Mr. Cardon's gift, to the jay in La
Fontaine's fable of “Le Geai quf
s'est pare des plumes du Paon.”
("The jay that adorns itself in the
peacock's feathers.’’) Mr. Cardon
read a letter as a deed of gift, in
which he stipulated that the paint
ing was to be hung in the art
museum of my own city of To
ledo.
Brussels had changed, from the
gayest, it had changed into the
dullest, saddest city in the world.
The Quartier Leopold was as though
deserted, and the boulevard and the
avenue were no longer bright with
the daily promenade. ' Men walked
there, it is true, at noon, for the
exercise, or to pick up a bit of gos
sip, and in the afternoon the ave
nue took on something of its old
air; but it could never be happy
any more. I went walking there
one day with a friend; we had
agreed not to mention the war, but
we had hardly gone a block when
a woman in deep mourning, coming
out of a house, met some friends
and ran toward them crying:
"Mon fils est mort!” ("My son
is dead.'*)
They were always receiving such
news; it was almost the only news
they could receive.
I have spoken of dining out. but
I should not like thereby to give the
impression that there was anything
like social gaiety. Brussels was in
mourning, and it was only occa
sionally that a few friends were
asked to dinner, and then most in
formally. Evening dress was laid
aside for the war, and by some tacit,
common understanding men paid
deference to conventions only by
donning dinner jackets, even w’hen
ladies were present. The great
houses were closed,, and when one
went to see one's friends it was
always with the effect of closed
shutters and drawn blinds. The
women had spontaneously laid aside
jewels and colors; they were always
in black, and most of the time, ere
long, in deep mourning. Many per-
indeed made strange vows—to
wear black, not to drink any wine,
to impose this or that little person
al sacrifice, until, the war should
end. Perhaps some could make such
vows because of a belief that the
war would not. could not-, last very
long; it may have been because
they could not endure the thought
of it lasting longer.
Wine Cellars of Brussels
To appreciate the contrast all
these changes made, one must have
known Brussels tn the days before
the war. It was not only the gayest
but the happiest of cities. In the
population there was a fine joviality,
that joyousness that came down
from the days when Rubens, and
Jordaens and Teniers were painting
"la vie plantureuse” (abundant
life) of Flanders. This same gaiety
was reflected, in more refined forms,
in the lives of the upper classes.
At dinner nine or ten wines were
served, one with each course, not
to be drunk but to be tasted; they
do not drink wine in Belgium, they
taste it —deguster. The guests
would take pride in guessing at the
year of.the wine, not by the taste
but merely by inhaling the bouquet.
It was none of your vulgar cham
pagne. which the nouveaux riches
“open.’' as they say, but rare old
Bourgoyne. Men were proud of
their "caves” (wine cellars). When
a child was born, a barrel or sev
eral barrels of the vintage of that
year would be laid away and left to
mellow through the years, and not
be decanted until the child became
of age. perhaps on her wedding day,
if the child were a girl; the wine
would crown the feast in honor of
youth's coming of age.
.The German soldiers, of course,
when they came into Belgium did
not allow these joys to go untasted;
they did not (taste) the
bourgegnes; they guzxled them,
and when it happened to be a new
wine, the Belgians reiirhed the ill
ness and the pain it caused them.
There were always tales of such
scene*, and tales, too, of "caves'*
that had been bricked up. And I
know of a man whose house was
occupied by an Oberkommandat:
the aouse had a “cave” renowned
throughout the whole of the prov
ince and the neighbors saw German
soldiers going out from It day after
day bearing bottles. The man com
plained to the Oberkommandant
who. ordering a few hundred bot
tles of "vin ordinaire” set out for
his own use. sealed up the “cave."
But the temptation was too great
and. no doubt in his capacity of
superman, he broke his own seals
and the loot of the "cave” contin
ued until a protest wa smade to
General von Bissing, who repri
manded the oberkommandant.
(Continued Hext line)
• Publishhed by special arrange
ment with the McClure Newspaper
Syndicate. Copyright. 1918, by
Brand Whitlock, under the title
"Memories of Belgium Under the
German Occupation." All rights re
served. Copyright in Great Brit
ain. Canada and Australia. All
rights reserved for France. Belgium.
Holland. Italy. Spain Russia and the
Scandinavian countries.)
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY. AUGUST 27, 1918.
Cotton
NEW YORK. Aug. 26.—Reports thnt further
rains had fallen in Texas over Sunday caused
further scattering liquidation in the cotton mar
ket at the opening this morning. First prices
were barely steady at a decline of 43 points
on October and of 25 |x>ints on December,
while later months were unchanged to 15
points lower. October sold off to 32.00 and
January to 32.10 on the call with the more
active months generally showing net losses of
20 to 50 points. Liverpool and domestic trade
interests were good buyers at this decline, how
reve, while this morning's map was somewhat
disippointing and reports as to the effect of
the recent rains <n the southwestern crop pros
pects were conflicting. These features inspired
covering, which was also promoted by a private
report placing the condition nt 59.9. anti there
were rallies to 33.80 for October and 32.60 for
January shortly after the call, or nbout 15 to
30 points above Saturday's closnig figures.
The early rallies met renewed realizing and
I.ivcr|KH>l turned n seller, but the western belt
forecast for dry weather in Texas was some
thing of a disappointment and tlie market was
steady Inte in the morning with business quiet,
Octcber riled around 33.12 and January 32.40
shortly nfter midday, or about 7 to 10 points
net higher.
The selling inspired by the break in the
sorthw••stern drouth appeared to have been pret
ty well absorbed on the early decline and the
market wns firmer rnritg the early afternoon
on tovering and a moderate demand from trade
sources. October sold up to 33.60 and January
to 32.80. ci 45 to 50 points above Saturday’s
closing figures and 70 to 90 points above the
early low level.
NEW YORK COTTON
The rollowing were the ruling prices in the
exchange tod'y:
Tone, steady; middling. 35.60 c. quiet.
I .a st Trev.
Open. High. Ix>w. Sale. Close. Close.
Jan 32.20 33.11 32.10 32.90 32.90 32.30
Feb 32.00 33.10 32.00 32.78 32.75 52.30
Martie ... 32.00 33.10 32.00 32.78 32.73 32.30
April 32.70 32.35
May 32.15 32.70 31.95 32.90 32.65 32.20
July 32.60 32.20
Sept 33.60 »•<»
Oct 32.74 33.90 32.G0 33.60 33.60 33.05
Nov 33.15 32.75
Dec 32.10 33.35 32.10 33.02 33.00 32.60
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 26.—continued showery
weather in Texas caused heavy selling on the
opening of the cotton mtrket today, under
which prices fell 52 to 71 points. A private
bureau report on condition of 59.9 per cent of
the normal brought out good support on the
decline, and a quick recovery resulted, the
market staudiag 5 points up to nine ;>oints down,
compared with Saturday’s close, at the end of
the first half hour of trading.
Repoits of lower temperatures and a better
crop outlook in the west caused further selling
but the market made only small declines under
them. At noon the tone was steady and prices
were 2 to 17 points over Saturday’s close on the
most active months.
The market became quie tbut steady, stand
ing at its best. in the trading up to 1 o’clock,
at a net gain of 15 to 24 points.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
The following were the ruling pries j in the
exchange today:
Tone, steady; middling. 32.50 c; steady.
Last I’rev.
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close.
Jan. 31.17 32.20 31.15 32.15 32.15 31.75
March .... 31.07 32.12 31.04 32.12 32.08 31.75
May 32.08 31.75
Aug. - ..... ..... 31.38
Sept 31.55 31.13
Oet 31.40 32.52 31.36 32.30 32.30 31.88
Dee........ 31.30 32.32 31.20 32.10 32.10 31.75
NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON
NEW RLEANS, Aug. 26. -Spot cotton quiet
and unchanged. Sales on the spot 76 bales;
to arrive noe. Low middling. 28.75; middling.
32.50; good middling. 34.00. Receipts 1,214;
stock 236, St®.
SPOT COTTON MARKET
Atlanta, steady. 33.20 c.
New York, qniet, 35.60 c.
New Orleans, Steady, 32.50 c.
August, steady. 32 50c.
Memphis, steady, 32c.
Charleston, steady, 32c.
Montgomery, steady, 82c.
Boston, steady. 34.80 c.
Philadelphia, steady, 35.85 c.
Norfolk, steady, 32.75 c.
Galveston, steady. 34c.
Mobile, steady. 32.50 c.
Little Rock, steady. 33c.
Dallas, steady, 33c.
Savannah, steady, 33.50 c.
St. Louis, steady. 31.50 c.
Houston, steady, 33.25 c.
ATLANTA SPOT OOTTON
Atlanta spot cotton 33.20 c
Sales
Receipts 21
Shipments 487
Stocks 17,223
ATLANTA COTTONSEED PRODUCTS MARKET
AVGUST— Bid. Asked.
Crude oil. prime basts .17 %
Cottonseed meal, 7 per cent am-
m<>nin . ..47.50
Cottonseed meal, 7 per cert
Georgia common point rate... 47.50
Cottonseed hulls, loose 20.50 21.50
Cottonseed hulls, sacked 25.00 26.00
SEPTEMBER— »
Crude oli. prime basis 17%
Cottonseed m«al. 7 per cent
Georgia common point rate... 47.50 .......
Cettrnseed hulls, loose 20.50 21.00
Cotionwed hulls, sacked 25.00 26.00
Li nt res clean mill run 4.67
COTTONSEED QUOTATIONS
Georgia common rate points 57.00 60.00
COMPARATIVE PORT RECEIPTS
last Year. Today.
Galveston 5,160 8,235
New Orleans 5,576 1,214
Mablle W IJI
Savannah 2,133 j 913
Charleston •* .. ...
Wilmington Ml
New York 67
Boston- ... v 182
Total all port* 13,<76 11,014
DAILY INTERIOR RECEIPTS
Last Yerr. Today,
Augusta 247 123
Memphis . 445 6(5
St. Louis lb< • 434
Cincinnati 2,844 .....
Houston 13.291 , 8,902
Little Bock 4
LIVERPOOL COTTON
Tone, steadc; sales, 2,000; good middling,
25.000.
Open. Poev.
Range. Close. Close.
August 1 23.84 24.06 23.82
September ...23.44 23.72 23.44
October .’.23.15 23.46 23.18
November 23.01 23.26 23.01
December ..! 22.93 22.91
SHEPHER tc GLUCK COTTON LETTER
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 26 - The breaking of
the Texas drouth caused heavy selling early
today but the continued bullism expectations
regarding the pending August condition report
brought in go-.xi buying on the decline and a
complete recovery resulted. We do not see
bow declines can be maintained with this re
port hanking over the market, especially as
war news continues highly favorable. The hurri
cane is still in the tropical waters and may
become a factor in the situation in the next
day er two.
JNO. F. CLARK & CO. COTTON LETTER
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 26.—The weather map
presents favorable conditions, fair North Caro
lina. northwest and central Texes and Okla
homa. generally cloudy rest of the belt. Good
rains occurred in cast, central and south Texas,
also some Carolina districts and some scattered
showers elsewhere. Temperatures are entirely
normal.
Texas advices show genrael satisfaction over
the recent rainfall, but show a wailing atti
tude with respect to actual benefit which,
of course, depends upon frost dates.
Memphis Appeal makes the condition for
the belt 59.9. against 79 a month ago. It says
drouth cut deep into the cotton crop. Tgxas
and Oklahoma suffered extreme losses. Rains
may help the general outlook but the effect
is yet to lie estnblihsod. Eastern belt is promis
ing. According to latest advices from Wash
ington the tropical storm has slowly moved
eastward from Jamaica and is heading foi the
Yucatan ’’lanncl. it t* believed ? ha tso far it is
of little intensity.
Franklin La., says’ “Faimers busy bringing
tn their cotton; every gin this crowded
to capacity. Some running day and night.
Prices seem to be satisfactory and farmers sell
ing freely."
Apprehension over storm possibilities, bull
ish private- condition forecasts, high spot quota
tions. too much discount in futures, and a
better contract sitnation, formed the basis'for
' bullish nctien.
Spot brokers find demand developing on a
larger scale and also that cotton is hard to
buy for this time of the year. Full prices
are being asked: one seldom meet# with volun
tary concession «.
Market reacted again towards the second hour
on Texes rain selling, but these declines seem
to tie note in the nature of consolidating the
market before a bureau publication, titan a
real change of view as to the value. The
majority believe that the rains west came too
late to affect a change of consequence in the
supply situation, which would be acute if any
thing should happen to the such as
destruction by storius.
Grain
CHICAGO, Aug. 26.—The corn market broke
nt the opening today but rallied on proiit taking
by shorts and the execution Os buying orders.
October opened 1-8 to 5-8 c down at $1.60 tc
$1.59 1-2, and rallied to $1.60 3-8, or l-4c
higher than Saturday's close. There was a.n
excellent cash demand.
The close v. as !.%•• up. October at $1.62%.
Oats opened firm; October opened 3-8 cup at
72 5-8 and advanced to 72 7-8.
Provisions were inactive with prices nominally
steady.
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS
The following were the ruling prices in tns
exchange today:
Prev.
Open. High. Low. Close. Close.
CORN—
Aug.. 1.57%(@1.57V, 1.59(» 1.57% 1.59*4 1.57%
Sept.. 1.58 ft, 1.57% .160% 1.57% 1.60% 1.58%
Oct... 1.60 Q 1.59% 1.62'a 1.59% 1.62*4 1.60%
OAIS-
Aug 70% 71% 70% 71% 70%
Sept. ... 71%@71% 71% 70% 71% 70%
Oct 72%«j72% 73% 72 73% 72%
PORK— .
Sept 43.55 43.55 43.25 43.55 43.75
Oct 43.95 43.95 43.65 43.80 43.95
1 AKD—
Sept 26.72 26.87 26.67 26.87 26.70
Oct 26.85 26.95 26.82 26.95 26.82
RIBS—
Sept 24.65 24 SO 24.60 24.80 “4.65
Oct 21.85 25.02 24.86 25.02 24.87
RECEIPTS IN CHICAGO
Today.
Wheat 321 cars
Corn car '
Hogs 30,000 head
PRIMARY MOVEMENTS
Receipts—Wheat, 3.765.00 vs. 1.279.000 last
year; corn, 1,038.000 vs. 423,000 last year; oats,
2,724,000 vs. 2.269.000 last year.
Shipments—Wheat. 1,200.000 vs. 665,000 last
year; corn, 475,000 vs. 425.000 last year; oats,
1,054,000 vs. 1,248,00 last year.
GRAIN CLEARANCES
Total Clearances —Wheat, 208.000 vs. 108.000
last year. Corn, none; oats. 30,000 vs. 1,314,-
000 last year; flour, none vs. 27,000 last year:
wheat and flour, 208,000 vs. 230,000 last year.
VISIBLE SUPPLY
Wheat, increase. 9.419,000 bushels.
Corn, decrease, 1.230,000 bushels.
Oats, increase, 2,918,000 bushels.
TOTAL VISIBLE
Total Visible—Wheat, 42.175.000 vs. 4.399,000
last year.
Corn. 5,520.000 vs. 5,285.00 last year.
Oats, 15,029,000 vs. 609.000 last year.
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS
CHICAGO. Aug. 26.—Corn No. 2 yellow,
$1.73(7(1.74: No. 3 vellow, $1.68®1.70%; Nu. 4
yellow. SL62ft,LGS.
Oats —No. 2 wh-tc. 71Q71%c; No. 3 white,
69%fa70%c; standard. 70%5i71%c.
Rye—No. 2. $1 69<<i1.69%.
Barley, 31.00ftt1.10.
Timothy. $6.00@ 8.75.
Clover, nominal.
Pork nominal.
Lard. 26.77.
Ribs $24 00*i25.00.
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET
Close.
January
February
March 9.01ft0.03
April ?.
June 9.27Q9.28
July 9.35ft|9.37
August 8.35ft>8.38
September
October 8.52@8.u3
November 8.63Q8.64
December e.•••-•••••••••••• • 8.<5@8.76
New YORK PRODUCE MARKET
NEW YORK. Aug. 26.—Flour, dull and un
changed.
Pork, quiet; mess 49.00@49.50.
Lard, firm; .middle west spot 26.80@26.90.
Sugar—Raw, quiet; centrifugal. 90-test,
60.55; refined, quiet; cut leaf 9.00; crushed,
8.75; powdered 7.65; granulated, 7.50.
Coffee —Kio No. 7, on spit B%c.
Tallow—Specials. 18%c; city 17%.
Hay, easy; No. 1, 1.60; No. 3, 1.25@1.35;
clover 1.05@1.50.
Dressed Poultry, quiet; chickens, 35@50c;
fowls, 24%@35%c; ducks. 37e.
Live Poultry, easy; geesf. 20@22c; ducks,
28© 40c; f>wls, 34@36c; turkeys, 28@30c;
roosters. 25c; chickens, brqilers, 35@39c.
Cheese, firm; stute milk, common to specials,
21@26%c; skims, common to specials, 7@21%c.
Butter, firm; receipts 7,724; creamery, extra.
46%c; creamery, .extra, special market, 47©
47%c; imitation creamery, firsts, 39@46c; state
dairy, tubs, 34@39%c.
Eggs, firm; receipts. 14,274; near-by white
fancy. 66@68c; near-by mixed fancy, 38@52c;
fresh firsts, 43@52c.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET
CHICAGO, Aug. 26.—Butter —Creamery ex
tras, 45c; creamery standards, 45c; firsts, 41%
@44%c; seconds. 40%c.
Eggs—Ordinaries. 36%@37%c; firsts, 38%@
39c %. /
Cheese —Twins. 24%@25c; Young America’s,
25@26%c.
Live Poultry—Fowls, 27@29c; ducks, 27c;
geese, 16c; springs, 39c; turkeys, 32c.
'• Potatoes—Cars. 91; Wisconsin, 2.40@2.45;
Minnesota, 2.40@2.G0. ___
JOURNAL OF COMMERCE REPORT
NEW YORK, Aug. 26. —Journal of Commerce
says:
Alabama —Deterioration in Alabama has not
been severe, although various causes have pulled
the condition 5 V> 7 points from a month ago,
when it was >9.6 per cent drouth, with high
temperatures, rust, etc. Weevils, owing to
heat and drouth, have not caused the usual de
terioration. Premature opening is general and
picKing has commenced in many localities. The
plant, though small, is strong and well fruited
and laud is in a good state of cultivation.
I. is scarce but recent favorable weather
gives promise a condition of equal to last
year of 72.7 per cent. In 1916 it was 53.3;
in 1915 it was 67 per cent and in 1914 it was
74 per cent.
Mississippi—ln many sections n long drouth,
which had inflicted considerable damage, was
relieved by rain about the 18th and 19th, but
it is doubtful if relief came in time. The plant
is small, and premature opening is general,
and picking is well under way. Boil weevils
are getting the top crop, and labor is scarce.
Shedding is about normal. The deterioration
from last month, when percentage condition
was 82.2 per cent, is over 19 per cent points.
A year ago at this time condition was 74.1 per
cent.
Ixtuisiana—Protracted drouth has been the
chief cause of deterioration in Louisiana, caus
ing a drop of over 10 points in the percentage
condition form last month, when it was 75.2.
Last year at this time <x>ndition was 76.6 per
cent, while in 1916 it wis 67.6 per cent. Con
ditions are spotted, but the prospects of a top
crop are poor. Weevil damage is light. Pre
mature ojiening is gciu-ral, but the plant is
strong and healthy.
/ \
Atlanta Live Stock
(Corrected by W. H. White, Jr., President of
the White Provision Company. United States
Food Administration. License No. G-21371.)
Good to choice steers. 860 to 1.000 pounds.
$11.M»@12.50.
Good steers. 750 to 850 pounds, slo.oo@
11.
Medium to good steers. 650 to 750 pounds.
$9.50©)10.50.
Medinm to choice beef cows. 750 to 850
pounds. $9.00@10.00.
Medium to good cows. 650 to 750 pounds. SB.OO
@9.00.
Good to choice heifers, 550 to 650 pounds.
$8.00@9.50.
The above represents ruling prices for good
quality fed cattle, inferior grades, dairy types
and range cattle quoted below.
Medium to good cattle. 650 to 750 pounds.
$8.00@9.00.
Medium to good cows. 600 to 700 pounds.
$8.00@9.00.
Mixed common. $6.00@7.00.
Good fat oxen, $8.50@9.00.
Medium to good oxen, $7.50@8.CC.
Good butcher bulls, $7.00@9.00.
Choice veal calves, $8.50@10.00.
Yearlings. $6.50@8.00.
Prime hogs, 165 to 225 pounds, $16.25@16.75.
Light hogs. 130 to 165 pounds. $16.00@16.50.
Heavy pigs, 100 to 130 pounds, $15.50@16.00.
Lignt pigs, 80 to 100 pounds. $14.50@15.50.
Stags and roughs, $12.00@|4.00.
The above quotations apply to good quality
mixed ted bogs.
LIVE STOCK BY WIRE
*4EAST ST. LOVIS. 111., Aug. 26.—Cattle—Re
ceipts. 14.SOO: including no Texans. Market
lower; native beef steers. 11.50@18.21; yearling
steers and heifers. 9.50@15.50; cows, 7.50©
12.50; stockers and feeders. 8.50@12.00: calves,
7.75@14.00; Texas steers, 1«.00@17.70; cows
and heifers, 7.50@15.00.
Hogs—Receipts. 10,800; market, steady. Mixed
and butchers, 19.50@19.95; good and heavy,
19.80@19.95; rough, 17,75@18.00: light. 19.50
(u 19.90; pigs. 14.50@18.75; bulk, 19.50Q19.90.,
Sheep—Receipts. 4.300; market steady; clip
ped ewes. 11,00<o 12.00; lambs. 14.00© 17.00;
Canners and choppers, 6.00@9.00.
CHICAGO, Aug. 26.—Hogs— Receipts. 30,000;
market strong; bulk, $17.85© 19.80; butchers,
$19.00@19.A5; packing, $17.75@18.85; light
itogs, $19.10© 19.90; pigs. slß.oo© 18.50; rough,
sl7.l<»© 17.75.
Cattle—Receipts. 21,000; market steady; veal
calves, $17.25© 17.75.
Sheep—Receipts. 25,000: market steady;
lambs, prime, $17.65©18.50; good. $16.25@17.65;
culls. $10.00@14.00; feeders, »i«.oOft 1t.75: ewes,
prime, $12.50@13.00; good, $11.00@12.50; breed
ing, $12.50© 18.25.
THE LETTER SENT TO ME ?BOM
FRANCE
On my return trip from New York
city in the early summer there were
twe soldier boys on the Pullman sleep
er who were very attentive to my com
iort. We were detained by a wreck in
front of us. seven long hours, before
reaching Atlanta. Those boys tvere love- i
ly, called me grandmother, brought me j
fresh water, and they Valked up the .
track a full haif-mile to find ginger ale I
and crackers. One was raised in New
York, the other in New Jersey. Yester- '
day I had a letter from these fine boys,
and I was so glad to hear from them.
There was a young lady who was re
turning from Washington City, i
These boys request me in the letter. >
as you will see, to forward the letter ;
to her after I read it—which I will do. [
such a nice letter and these beys are .
such noble boys, that I am going to '
transcribe the most of the letter for •
the Semi-Weekly. You will also enjoy
the story, I feel sure. I hope they may i
come back io their dear mothers at I
home
“Headquarters One Hundred ana !
Twelfth heavy fieid artillery, A. E. F.
“Somewhere in France, 28 July, 1918.
“D«ar Mrs. Felton:
"Before going into details about our I
travels lately, we want first to bring !
to mind a scene on a Seaboard Air Line I
train on the 22d of May, this year, in- j
voiv’ing a sweet old lady, a sweet young I
lady and two of Uncle Sam's boys.
"The old lady, as you may guess, was
your own gracious self, and the young
lady, a Miss Davis, of Athens, Ga., on I
her way home from Washington for a I
vacation of ten days after an absence of |
fourteen months, and the U. S. boys were >
curselves, who had been home for a
furlough, after an absence of ten months
and soon to depart for overseas service.
Thus Opens the Story
Not long after we said good-by, In
Atlanta, on the train, our regiment re
ceived :ts orders and moved to a north
ern camp. W e stayed only a few days,
and then embarked on a big ocean liner
for our trip across the seas. The trip
was uneventful—not a submarine sight
ed—much to our disappoinment as we
hoped for some excitement. After ten
days the shores of Southampton cam”
in view. We hoped to spend a month
or so in England, and proceeded to get
all our surplus money changed into
English coin and bills, so that we might
spend it all—pitch in and have a good
time. We landed at an English port,
and much to our surprise, marched
right through the town to a railroad
station. And we did march, too: never
did our band play better, and, in spite
of two weeks on the ocean and th.?
heavy two packs on our backs, we put
up an exposition of marching that had
not been equalled in our whole history.
And we came into service as a regi
ment on July 25, 1917. We boarded a
little dumpy coaches with a little toy
engine, but, how that, train did run. The
train stopped once or twice to let the
boys get out and stretch their legs. At
one station we were given some coffee
and at another we had a chance to buy
some cigarettes. We gave away a lot
o! English money, as we had not learn
ed to figure on it. Finally, late at
night, we stopped at a southern English
pert, and marched three miles to a
camp—slept on hard floors—rain pour
ing down. My! but those boards were
hard, but we had boasted of the com
ing hardships and we didn’t care for we
were "over there.” The breakfast was
meager, compared to our camp meals,
but there was no grumbling. At noon
we started on another leg of our jour
ney. We marched through quaint Eng
lish the people cheered us,
wished vs God-speed. Late in the aft
ernoon we got on another boat, unlike
the great ocean liner that we had
known. The officers called it a trans
port, but it was a cattle boat. But we |
did not care—we were going on—and
we were happy! As night fell we left
the port, some rough water, some ex
citement, when the boat dropped an
chor, some thought we had been tor
pedoed, but we were over and another
leg of the journey was completed.
The jargon in France was like the
chattering of monkeys. We saw it
would be hard to catch onto that French
talk. We marched through that town
and seven miles to another rest (?) camp
where the same process of* trying to
sleep was gone through with, this time
without the rain. Next day we hiked
back down the hills to the railroad sta
tion, and embarked on the last leg of;
our journey. We were pleased with f
what we saw in England, all the old !
English stories came to mind —“The
Hound of the Baskervilles,” “Raffles,”!
“Sherlock Holmes.” etc. In passing)
through France, other memories came j
to us./, We saw German prisoners work
ing under guard, we thought of the atro
cities. murders, inexcusable cruelties to (
prisoners of war and the stern purpose J
for which we are here. How the peo-1
pie did stare at us. in our funny-looking '
uniforms! We then marched
that town to the billets prepared for I
us. Another train ride of thirty-six orj
forty hours, and got off at a Frenclvl|
town. To our surprise we were the first ■
Americans stationed there. Some cf!
us went to small villages, but the com- |
manding officers and our humble selves
occupy a chateau of an old French no
bleman, Count Somebody or Other. To 1
be literally exact, the officers sleep in I
the chateau and we sleep in the barn.
We filled our bed sacks with straw and .
are as comfortable as can be. The
chateau is a wonderful place, lots of,
secret passages, funny stairs, funny fur- '
niture. We are transplanted into a place ■
two hundred years ago. We are remind
ed of the old French stories of which ;
we used to read. There are some pic
tures that would bring thousands at i
auction if sold in America; splendid ;
chairs, old beds that have given rest ]
to kings; the typical peasants, beautiful '
gardens, fine fields of hay and wheat I
are exactly what we used to read about. !
There Is a city, too, of 50.000. perhaps. |
They are good to the soldiers, like the
people of . Anniston used to be. for the
first thing they did to us was to raise
the prices. We are four .miles (six kil
ometers). from town. We saved the sit
uation \by the hiring of bicycles. The
first time talked with the bicycle mnn
it was 15 francs; next day it was 40. ■
We inquired why. He said in broken |
English, “Ah. monsieur, you pay ze pen- j
alty of being an American: ze French,
say. pay 30 francs: ze American pay 35, j
yesterday; today, 40: maybe tomorrow, j
50 francs. Ah, monsieur, it’s ze way of ;
ze world—more money, more price.”
With ten dollars we get 57 francs (
and they last longer than the Ameri- I
can quarter. Yet things are cheaper I
here than in America. We enjoy deal- :
ing with the folks. Every evening when I
we go tc town, the French boys and I
girls gather about ns to hear our im
possible French and tn try their Eng
llsh being learned in their high school
It wouli surprise you to see how many
boys and girls out here, who speak
English. It is taught in the schools,
and it is very good, considering. We
are hoping to learn French the same j
wa<. We are going to "parlez vous”
with the best of them.
We have brought our history up to
date. Should you care to hear more of
our travels, drop us a little note. NY e
can’t promise how long we can keep
it up. but the letters or the casualty
lists will be able to tell the tale.
We are anxious to make one letter do
the work of two, so when you read this
letter won't ou pleas- forward it to
Miss Davis? We a self-ad
dressed letter for the purpose.” (Here
follows a lengthy paragraph for Miss
Davis.)
“Everj' letter must have a closing
paragraph and this is ours: YYe hope to
hear from you both, and when the wat
is over we hope we can meet again.
May God bless you both and may you
have all kinds of happiness, is the
wish of the soldier boys.
HAROLD K. YVILDER.
FRANK R. ALLEN.
’“Regiment Sergeant Major, H. K
Wilder (the fat one.) Regiment Ser
geant Major. Frank B. Allen (the timid
one.) One Hundred and Twelfth Heavy
Field Artillery. American Expeditionary
Forces, via New York.
“Censored by First Lieutenant One
Hundred and Twelfth H. F. A.”
THREE RECORDS:
HOWARD—KARRI S—HARDWICK
The answers to the following questions throw a clear
white light on the official records of three Georgians who are
seeking senatorial honors:
Who was chairman until May 1, 1918, and for several years past, df
the Federal Trade Commission? Answer— W. J. HARRIS.
YVho investigated the cost of gasoline in Georgia? Answer — W. J.
HARRIS.
What was the result of'jhis investigation? Answer— The cost rose
from 14 cents to 26 cents per gallon.
Who advised us not to buy cheap' coal last summer? Answer —W.
J. HARRIS.
What was the result of this advice? Answer— We all nearly frszs
to death.
Sixty Days After Harris Resigned From the Federal Trade Comffltt 3
mission. YVhat Did That Commission Report on Profiteering to the Sen
ate? Answer—“ The meat packers' manipulations of the market embrace
every device that is useful to them without regard to law. Theta
PROFITS reveal that FOUR of these concerns have pocketed 3149,000,000
during the years 1915, 1916 and 1917.” (Official Bulletin, June 29th,
Page 11.)
YY’hat is the main legislative record of William J. Harris? Answer-
He is the author of a cinder deflector law, enacted especially for th,oss
who ride with their heads ont of the window of fast-moving trains.
If Chairman Harris knew of such profiteering, why didn’t he make
it known? If he did not know of it, then he was thoroughly incompe
tent to hold the job. If his commission had the power to discover this
profiteering after it was done, it had the power to prevent its ever
being done. e -
- the level-headed people of Georgia stand for such
gross incompetence ? * V?’
After voting for the war, who tried to tie our President's
voting against the selective service law? Answer— T. W. KARDWIC.!.
Who offered an amendment prohibiting the sending of drafted mgn
outside the United States. Answer — T. W. HARDWICK.
YVho voted against the Railroad Control Bill? Answer —T.
HARDWICK.
W'lio voted against the Food Control Bill? Answer—T. W. HARDWICK
Who voted against the Fuel Control Bill? Answer — T. W. HARDWICK.
YVho voted against the bill to create a YVar Finance Corporation"?-
Answer— T. W. HARDWICK. r ,3©
YVho voted against the Sedition Bill, a law, the penalty of which *
to punish pro-Germans for acts or words of treason against the United
States? Answer — T. W. HARDWICK.
What was the direct result of each of his above votes? Answer—
A stab in ths bask of every soldier and cailor under the Stars and Stripss.
YY r ho violently opposed the Parcels Post Bill, a godsend to every
farmer in the country? Answer — T. W. HARDWICK.
YY’ho voted against the ship bill? Answer— T. W. HARDWICK.
YVho offered an amendement to prohibit the sale at practically cost
of surplus nitrates made by the new government nitrate plants in ti»«lr
war work, to the farmers? Answer — T. W. HARDWICK.
Will the level-headed thinking people of Georgia stand for
such gross misrepresentation of their progressive and patriotic
sentiments?
Who before the war voted for the Parcel Post? Answer— WILLIAM
SCHLEY HOWARD.
YVho voted for Rutal Free Delivery? Answer — william SCHLEY
HOWARD.
Who voted for the Federal Reserve Act, which prevented Panics and
made our country prosperous? Answer — w lx, LI AM SCHLEY HOWARD.
. Who voted for the Shipping Bill, the passage of which would have
raised the price of cotton from six cents a pound in 1914, and probably kept
us out of war? Answer —w ixiLLA m SCHLEY HOMfABD.
Who voted for the great Selective Service Law, which calls to the col
ors the rich and the poor alike? Answer — WILLIAM SCHLEY HOWARD.
YVho voted for the Fuel Control Law? Answer — WILLIAM
HOWARD.
Who voted for the Food Control Law? Answer— WILLIAM SUHLEx
HOWARD.
Who voted for the Railroad Control Law? Answer — WILLIAM
SCHLEY HOWARD.
WJio voted for the bill to create a War Finance Corporaition? Answer-r ,
WILLIAM SCHLEY HOWARD. ;
YVho voted for the Nitrate Pl.vnt Bill, which means cheap fertilizer fet'
every farmer in the country? Answer— WILLIAM SCHLEY HOWARD.
Who voted for the Sedition Bill, to punish the German spies and pro-
Germans? Answer—— wxLLIAM SGHLEY HOWARD.
Who voted for the Espionage Act? Answer— WILLIAM SCHLEY
HOWARD.
Who helped to prepare and voted for the greatest appropriation bills
that have made our sailors and soldiers the best equipped, the best f6fl,
and the best clothed in the world? Answer- WILLIAM SCHLEY HOW-
ARD. , . - *
Whose official record is it that no opposing candidate or bitter par- .
tisan newspaper has been able to criticise? Answer WILLIAM SCHLEY
HOWARD.
YVho has shown by eighteen years of service in the Georgia Legisla
ture, Solicitor General of the Stone Mountain Circuit, and in Congress tor
the nast eight years, a record of voting for every measure which had for
.its effect the moral and industrial uplift 9f the peop'e of Georgia? Answer—
WILLIAM SCHLEY HOWARD.
Whose record Js the exact opposite of Senator Vardaman’s, of Mis
sissippi, who just been’defeated, and the exact counterpart of Hop.
Pat Harrison’s, of Mississippi, who has just been elected to succeed Y’ard
aman? Answer- — WILLIAM bCHLEY HOWARD.
Who has r.een loyal in every word, act and vote in sunnort of our ‘
President in the prosecution of the war? Answer— WILLIAM SCHLEY '
HOWARD. . 1
Above is i record of three men. YVhat wil’ you do with .han? Wi11..;
you voters of Georgia crucify a man in whom no fault is found? Will <
they perihit him to be nailed to the cioss of misrepresentation by Clark
Howell and Colonel Edward T. Brown?
The record of Pat HarrisonT who has just bten nominated by loyal.j
Democrats in Mississippi, is exactly parallel with the record of William
Schley Howard.
Both were formerly solicitors general; both took oath of office as C?n- ’
gressmen on the same day; both supported the President. Howard has
done as much for Georgia as Harrison has done for Mississippi.
• Georgia will honor her loyal son, William Schley Howard,
as Mississippi honored hers, by electing him to the United
States Senate on September 11.
Classified Adyertisemenff
WARTED HELF—MaIe.
Travel, make secret investigations, reports. I
Salaries, expenses. American Foreign Detec- ,
tive Agency. 322, St. Ixrtiis.
“WANTED HILP-Male and
iAien- women.
IS or over. War preparations compelling;
thousands appointments. $l(,0 month. Easy cler
ical work. Short hours. Vacations with pay.
lonimou education sufficient. \Vr,te immeas- |
ately for list and description of positions
Franklin Institute. Dept. T-104, Eoebester,
N. V*. ~
- WANTED —Agents.
:and your fall suit free.
Sell our famous popular priced made to meas
ure suits. Big. steady income guaranteed. Com
plete outfits free. Act quick. The Common
wealth Tailors. Dept. 602, 19 S. Wells st., Chi
eago.
W AN T E D— S a 1 e nne n.
■salesmen j
cent draft has taken more of our salesmen |
from well-worked territories. Write for particu
lars if exempt from draft. Applications from
women are also requested. McConuon & Com
pany. Dept. 72. Winona. Minn.
FERSONAL.
tioti easily over
come by pleasant root. Gladly semi necessary
particulars. N. N. Stokes, Mohawk, Fla.
,J,aKES
yKLl?truit L trees,pecan trees, ornamental 'trees
light work; good profit. Write today. Smith
Urotliers, Hept. 20. Concord. Ga.
“ lAIaNtS. j
IDEAS WANTED—They bring wealth if pat |
ented. Semi postal for needed inventions, list
of patent buyers and guide look: tells how to
secure patent through out credit plan Ban
dolph Co.. Dert. 60. Washington. I>. (
But Two American
Soldiers Made Blind
- -
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. —To spike a
new German propaganda scheme. Chief
of Staff March today revealed
two blind American soldiers wej£
France up to July 30 as a result of the*
great drive. General Pershing had torn
warded information showing that*the -
United States was being
with an appeal for funds for blind sol*'
diers said to be coming into Franca
from the front "by thousands.” ~
Mother Eve may have invented
rioslty. but she is the only woman- ow
record who has never turned ardunC
to see what the other 'voma,i had on. *
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