Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, December 13, 1918, Image 7

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Atlanta semi-weekly journal., December 13, 1918, Page 7, Image 7

About Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1918)

Page of 8

Prev Issue Next Issue

Text PDF JP2 (6.9 MB) Clip/Print Image

Page of 8

Prev Issue Next Issue

Return to Top

Newspaper Page TextDontSend 1 I I I r j > I • f awMy tore •BJtiusf. K«» **• kadtaen meh a r«oc3 beano* raloe that TOO wooidn t lartwttb tbon. See bow «tren*lf.d*y Tbe leather M extra too* weann« •"?"*"'*s,. toMh Bhabto; wee't break or erark no natter bow wet trtMte re.ed thr-«t>o«. ‘“S* riwroof Ao near water ugrt as aay rboe tan be *»bie relrt toatbir. Wißahethewtaeoettawear brents •» «t ran If eocraraCo*. rerar. them aod (et iT&TTS X-T« and M-a - lEMMMNSm 03.. W* X-515 Cbic*s* RHEUMATIC Try My Free Treatment for the Belief of Those Terrible Exter ■al Rheumatic rains, Sora nesa and Lameness. Fen I n.» your tamr 1- * t«Dcs» a»<i 1 W «.I ail p.ir li ' •'» '*’• Draft*. I want U*B»>w \ * ’■' nw w >‘«t they 2&*q « ■ do f r $• u. TII--U --■bA -ySflB <in*l» bare already > KCENBS.iC. df. -RM toted tbe* m-xi, ru jffiU' EWBialn you ever read. •*sy ” (-ae t e Il« ~f suffering 20 FREDERICK tYER •scovsrer Ot < :. >;*. years of age Foot Brafts ■■oaldn’t lift right erm. For Rbeuaatic Pile* ► • * >,tl ‘ llMl *> •** .t< to u*e a cane to r.aiL. Tiio:s»ar h‘:e liu«. Now. r»»rat»'r. 1 *erd you a SI.OO pair •»f Foot Dreft. r‘» lU’t’.y free, bo money for them now or at any utuer time. If they do as much for you as fur the thou resd* of other., simply thank me. If yjt» wish to get more of them, you can. but the first pair is positively free to you and all you need do is e-nd your name and address to Frederick. »y«. 44: Dy-r B!«<.. Jack sen. Midi. This one free pair will do yon more good than all the medicine you ever bought. Sent prepaid by return mail. (AOrtl) MIHHKBBmKHMi I Want You m AGENT, TO SEEL MY j Great Bishop Liniment fra JR Don’t send me any money. I trust you. Pay when JgEO BB youeelL You make 100% profit. El:; money. Ko ’▼ t risk. Bishop Liniment relieves and cures such V 2r w I aches and pains as Uheuniatisrn, Neurnlpia, I Spr-ins. Braises, Lune Muscles, Stiff Joints, Frosted \ MS-"' J Feet, Chiilblaini,GaJis, Growing Pains, Contracted Ji Muscles, Lama Back, Toothache. Earache, Head -1 » frmtbMrA-M ache. Pains in Back, Side and Breast, Ccrifjhs, k MS-v Colds, Swellings, Risings, Boils, Inaoct Bites and z • - W Stings, Chronic Skin Disorders, Colic, Cramps, and JR whatever a powerful Liniment is needed to bring relief from severe Aches and Pains in MAN or BEAST. Great reinedr for the ailments of Morses, Brw£%y "* fcvyM Cattle, Ho?s and Fowls. ..v . .CLm Bishop Llntaaert sells like hot cak?a. Anybody can sell it and coin money. All or just snare time, f know YOU can 801 l At sn« I will taka hunt tt, ’° 1 ,oa TIIIM liberal offer. ®"J ••IMB DiE* Just ray you will take the agency by sending me the Coupon „ , , , with name and address, and lit send, by return express, 22 IM IBM if SP at nV Urge-size boules to to sell at 50c. each-amount 111. 00. When ■nJ niGUIbtSG St IBJ VAI'oBO®, j send us ts 50 and keep 13.50 for year profit. We give \ two bottles FREE (which are worth 11.00) to cover express ■ ■ | charges which are about Mb Now, Bishop Ltslwit’rnast'be AfiFKISCfIUPON SJ’ ■***•“«'•> H. «.aoa««rco M good or I would net dare to «&uIUO uuuruil. Dept, n n2 B i»j U e st.. St. Louis, Jdu ! . put it out under ouch a liberal offer. Toe take ao risk. Let me ’ ■end you the Great Bishop „ , Liniment.* Right new sign the Fo * x •>«■». at oa«. This Fine Orchard of 12 Grafted Apple Trees FREE These Trsen are genuine grafted stock, guaranteed true to name, sound and healthy. Wc have arranged with one of the largest nurseries in tho United States for a supply of these grafted trees for our subscribers, and we want to send twelve to you. Whether your place is large or small, these twelve trees will find a place, and add to its beauty and value. ASK YOU* WIFE what she thinks about setting out a Home Apple THIS OFFEB is made possible by a new method of propagating the orchard, and then, do as she says. It means, sauces, pies apple tree. Front bearing trees, selected for their yield, and and pudding In abundance. It means an ample supply of general excellence, healthy, vigorous branches are cut. To each the kind of all fruits on the table every day In the year, and it of these branches a strong root from the same type of tree is means a nice Income from the sale of surplus fruit. carefully grafted and tied. The little grafted tree, thus complete, is Risrv WITHRTM/J varietier ready to be set out. They take root at once, and develop into large. •- ■ • /? f i,T heavy bearing orchard trees even sooner than a larger tree set out at i-m toJUe fTom these i 4 .br,. vlJr. vla'r. th ® same time - These little trees are about a foot long, and the Wll hlvl these trees ln th«e jears, tn five years »ou thickness of a lead pencil. You could not get trees of better quality. COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS are sent with each set of twelve them. trees, simple, practical directions that explain just how to set out THE HOME APPLE OBCHABD consists of twelve grafted apple and care for your Home Orchard. I trees. The Semi-Weekly Journal Moni© $1.50 and the Apple Orchard Free These trees are ready to ship row. Send us your order now. ns - the demand will be enormous. Enc lose $1.50 for The Semi-Weekly /-x IT D M Journal for 12 months and apple trees, and mail today. 11 ■' V. W U 1 Lz 11 —————— 2 Genuine Transparent 2 Winter Banana The Semi-Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ga.— Gentlemen; 1 enclose wtVTv S Jli er Vhlrfb U fU * r 2»H P, o»‘ Ye,,ow $1.50 to pay for my subscription to your paper for 12 months. As glossy* red. shading to yellow at red blush. Deliciously sweet and . , the tip. Wonderful flavor. spicv. A rapid grower ami very a premium lam to receive the Entire Home Orchard Collection of 2 Yellow Transparent A summer apple of choice quality. T . a Stayman Winesap Clear, transparent white skin. Deep rich red; flesh sweet and shading to vellow. remarkably juicy; mildly tart. Aaine Thrifty grower and a good 2 Jonathan yieider. General favorite. Good keeper. 2 Wealthy F* Medium sixe. deep yellow ani Hardy, vigorous and productive. red. Rich winey flavor and juicy A good keeper, rich and juicy. „ e . flesh. One of the best apples grown. K * * tate Postpaid to any \ddre- in the United States With Complete In- CO— Paper and trees may be ordered sent to separate addresses. struct ions for Planting VUC - Don’t Delay—Act at Once. Address The Semi-Weekly Journal, Circulation Dept., Atlanta, Ga. :-: The Truth About Belgium :-: BY BRAND WHITLOCK (Continued from Last Issue) Making ‘Tree Workers” There seemed to be some regard for the appearances, and a i esort tc tricks and subterfuges that resent bled the stupid cunning of maniacs. | For instance, at Roulcrs. which wad in the military district, perhaps even in the occupation district, when the Belgians, presenting themselves in the customary way at the registra tion bureau, showed their cards of identity, the Germans suddenly stamped the cards or the cards ot such of the men as appeared able to perform manual labor, with the words. "Freiwillige Arbeiter" —tVol- unteer workers!, and having thus easily transformed them into willing workers they sent them to dig a fourth-line trench from Staden to Ostend. A man from Flanders told me at the legation that neat by the scene where they labored there was to be seen a large sign labeled “Frei willige Arbeiter!” This was not “de portation;” this was requisition. But later this effort to make the trans action appear normal and legal was abandoned and the “contracts' were heard of no more. The workmen living along the Rou lers-Dixmude railway line (which ex cept the bare and crowded floor, with little ar nothing to eat. Once tends as far as Zarrenl were allowed to return to their homes every eve ning. Thev went to and came from their place'of work penned up in flat | ears whose sides were scarcely eighty centimeters in height. Thev were exposed to all weathers, shivered • from the cold, were wet to the sk'n and thev made this journey thus twice each day. “A cattle-breeder, in taking care of his live stock, said the men. "would not permit them to travel under such conditions. ’ At first these workmen had been transported in closed cars, but on the twentieth of December a poster an- , tiouneing that if they continued to I deface the cars, the military author- • ities would be forced to have them , transported in uncovered cars. If | thev continue to deface the cars! But , there had been no complaint of their '■ defacing cars; how could common ; cattle cars be defaced? There it was | again, the subtle lie. that common j trick to threaten punishment for something that had not been done, | something the Germans themselves | wished to do. and the next day the announced punishment was inflicted. The factory where these men worked for the Germans was situ ated a very short distance from the front. The men toiled there under the fire of the allied armies and sev -1 -al of them were wounded. Under •; -’sc conditions it was evident that « work thev performed must have >..ved for military purposes, and. in FEEL MISERABLE ' FROM THAT COLD? Cc!ds and coughs are quickly relieved by Dr. King’s New Discovery Nobody should feel “perfectly mis erable” from a cold, cough or bron chial attack for very long. For it takes only a little while to relieve it and get back on the road to re- ; covery when Dr. King's New Discov ery is faithfully used. It soon loos ens the phlegm, relieves irritation, , soothes the parched, sore throat, brings comfort. Half a century old and more pop ular today than ever. All druggists. 60c and 11.20. ■ Make Your Bowels Behave Make them function with gratify ing precision. If regulation of the diet does not relieve their torpidity Dr. King's New Life Pills will. They are perfect bowel trainers, cleanse the system surely, comfortably. 25c. ’ (AdvL)J MHMBHBnBKSSSSnEKE THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 13. 101 S. fact, it was said that they were dig ging trenches. Thursday, the twelfth of October, and Friday, the thirteenth, were sin ister dates in the territory of East Flanders, for the seizures were be gun everywhere in those days. Two | thousand, some said twenty-five hundred, men were locked up in the storehouse of the Societe. Anonyme l'a Ltniere—“La Gantolse.” a large flax-spinning factory at Ghent. The men were hold there by German troops and the selection was made after a most cursory examination. The men thus imprisoned were not all of them unemployed workmen; some of them were clerks or small tradesmen. They refused to work for the Germans or to sign the pro posed contract. They were kept im prisoned. hudtUcd together in an in sufficient space, with no sanitary arrangements, no place to sleep ex ft day they were taken out-of-doors for exercise under a heavy military guard. All the while, by means of threats and every manner of intimi dation. the Germans tried to extort from them if not their signatures to the contract, their consent to work for the Germans. Finally thev were shipped off to Germany, and they, too. went singing “La Brabanconne” and “De Leeuw- van Vlaanderen.” The shops of Van den Kerhove were “requisitioned,” the directors having declined to permit their plant to work for the Germans. Then the i Germans seized the shops and in- I stalled German foremen, but the men I refused to work under them, or to work for the Germans at all. Then, as a German improvement on the, old system of the lockout, they were locked up and given no food, In or der to force them to work for their . conquerors. They were closely I guarded, but out of the factory win- , dows they used to drop notes which their friends picked up and thus learned of their sufferings. Bruges Had a Fine to Pay Tn the old city of Bruges, which, like Ghent, was in the district, the i effort to induce the laborers to work i for the Germans was made in a • somewhat different fashion. Toward the end of September the German au- I thorities ordered the city of Bruges i to provide four hundred workmen, in ; groups of one hundred, “for employ | ment on the west front.” The bur i gomaster of Bruges, Count Viaart, I and his colleagues in the municipal administration, replied in the proud spirit of the old free city, saying that it was for the workmen them selves to decide whether they would work for the Germans or not; as for the city fathers, they would neither provide the laborers nor give their names to the German authorities. The German kommandant then asked, or perhaps ordered, the burgomaster and the aidermen to appear at his home. They went, and the kom mandant laid down the law; the Ger mans were masters, they had the right to dictate orders, and that the orders were not to be discussed but I to be obeyed. But it was not In the traditions I of Bruges for the municipal author ities to take orders from any one: the whole history of the proud and • lovely old city had been one long defiance by burgomaster and alder- ; men or some truculent overlord. The i burgomaster and the aldermen per ! sisted in their stout refusal, and the kommandant informed them that they were dismissed from office; they ■ were to return to their houses and remain there considering themselves under arrest, and the city of Bru ges was to be fined one hundred thousand marks for each day’s delay in providing the workmen. The kom mandant. in the German municipal way, had a professional mayor ready, Lieutenant Rogge, a German officer who in time of peace discharged the functions of burgomaster of Schwe rin. and he was named burgomaster I of Bruges. The Germans then demanded the I lists of the chomeurs. but M. Henri van Vaillie. who was director of the . municipal service for the aid of the 1 unemployed, refused to give the lists without the authorization of the Comite National at Brussels. And so he. too. was arrested at his home and put in prison, whence the Ger mans took him to the employment bureau, seized the books and took I him back to prison where, without trial, he was condemned to remain for twenty-eight days and to nay a fine of three thousand marks, or. In default, to spend tv.'enty-eight days longer in prison. The German nollco were then sent to the homes of the chomeurs whose names were on the lists, to summon them to appear. Workmen or men who appeared capable of work ing, were seized Indiscriminately in the streets and at the office, where all men between the ages of sixteen and forty-fiv were compelled to re port at intervals. As i.apidly as groups of one hundred men were as , sembled. they were put under guard, conducted to the barracks, and on the following day shipped off in the tramway toward Meerbeek. near the Dutch frontier. All along the way people gathered, women weeping, un til German guards dispersed them. The Germans were constructing trenches just then along the Duten frontier, in fear, It was supposed, of a British invasion from that direc tion. The men refused to work in these trenches. Then thev were im prisoned in a large building and told that those who would not work couid not eat. Some of the men. aftti two days without food, surrcndeicd; others held out longer. The same thing occurred in all the communes i near Bruges. Burgomaster Rogge, however, not withstanding tho fact that he was a professional mayor, did not succeed verv well in directing the municipal affairs of Bruges. It was not the same thing to govern a Belgian, nonulation ns to govern a German , population, which does as it is told to do. Like some other cities J might mention, Belgian cities are not so easily governed, and alter a week the imported professional burgo master gave up and tbe Bruges municipal authorities were recalled to their posts and the city condemned to pay a line of four hundred thou sand marks. About October first the authorities of the city of Tournai. in the prov ince of Hainault, and the authorities of each of the ninety-one communes in the district known as the Tour naisis. received an identical older to turn over the lists of clionieuis. Thev all refused. General Hopfter, who was the district commander, then demanded of each commune its electoral list, and used this list, to gether with the records of the regis tration bureaus, to "requisition all laborers, whether employed or not. On the eleventh of October. General Hopffer in a notice announced that these men had been deported. There were about eight hundred of them. On the twenty-second of October, because of the attitude of the munic ipal authorities of Tournai. General Hopfter issued another order com manding the inhabitants of the city to remain indoors from 6 o clock in the evening to " o'clock in the morn ing. The following day General Hop ffer was out in another poster levy ing a fine of two hundred thousand marks on the city of Tournai for the failure of its authorities to hand over the lists of unemployed, and a further fine of twenty thousand marks daily was exacted until the lists were surrendered. The whole region of the Touranisis was in rage, terror and despair. The.r own men were being constantly seiz ed and all the while trains were pass ing filled with men who, during the stops at the stations, told the Tour naists who were standing by and who talked with them that they were being taken not to Germany, but to France. Under the constant and excessive exactions of General Hopffer the city authorities of Tournai were in a most difficult position. They would not yield to the menace, and they knew not which way to turn to ob tain the funds for the fines that were the penalty of their resistance. They could onlv refuse again to surrender the lists and formally notify their insatiable tyrant that they had no more money with which to pay the tribute he so mercilessly exacted And even their firm position could not protect their citizens. The lists seemed to be more a matter of pride than of neceessity to the Germans, for the seizures went off uninter ruptedly. The terrible press-gangs in field grav were busily at work. Mr. Pate told me that by the fourth of Novem ber twentv-five thousand men had been taken. They were ordered first to work at Ttamegnies-Chin. near Tournai, where an aviation field wa< being constructed and when they re fused they were sent toward the front in France and there they were left without food. Hunger indeed was a weapon constantly employed. The Germans took a hundred and fif ty French workmen to work on that aviation field at r.amegriies-Chin— a tragic place, by all accounts — whom thev starved into accepting the conditions thev imposed. (Continued Next Xsxue) (Published by special arrange ments with the McClure Newspaper Syndicate. Copyright, 1918. by Brand Whitlock', under the title ‘‘Memories of Belgium Under the German Occupation.” All rights re served. Copyrighted in Great Brit ain. Canada and Australia. All rights reserved for France. Belgium, Hol land. Italy, Spain. Russia and the Scandinavian countries.) Hosnital Ship Returns With 4,000 Soldiers NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—After bat tling heavy seas for many days and passing through some of the rough weather in history, the United States hospital ship Comfort arrived in New York harbor late today with more than 4.000 wounded or siv American soldiers aboard. Some anxiety had been felt for the safety of the Comfort, which was more than three days overdue. For several days nothintr was heard frc*m the ship, as her wireless was ren rlr>rrd useless by severe storms. Eggs Paid the Pastor Mrs. Lena Mcßroon. Woodbury, Tenn., writes: “I've got more eggs than I evpr did In my life, paid my debts, clothed the children in new dresses, and I paid my pas tor his dues. I have money to spare now. •More Eggs’ is the remedy for me. I sold 42)4 dozen eggs last week, set four dozen, ate some and had l)g dozen loft.” E. J. Reefer, the poultry expert, discov ered the wonderful tonic “More Eggs’’ that revitalizes the flock and makes the hens work all the time. You need this great egg producer. It means big egg profits for you. Don’t delay. Send SI to E. J. Reefer. 2559 Reefer bldg., Kansas City. Mo., and he will send you a package of "More Eggs” tonic. A million dollar bank guarantees that if you are not absolutely satisfied your dollar will be returned on request. Send a dollar today, or send $2.25 and get 3 regular SI.OO packages on special dis count for a full season's supply. Or write to Mr. Reefer for his free poultry book that tells the experience ot a man who made a fortntie on tot poultry.- <.\dv».) WRIST WATCH FREE You on tier thia fire Wriat Watch or VT Ift** other beautiful watch guaranteed for® yearn. Alao Lace Curtaina, Rogers’ Sil ver Set**, tine Lockets. La Vai lie ra and many other valuable presents for Belling our beau tiful Art and Religious pictures at 10c each. Order 20 pictures today and when sold, send us 12.00 and chooee the premium mated, according to big UaU RAY ART CQ„ CNIGA6O COTTON NEW YORK, Dee. 12.—Yesterday’s sharp break was followed by some irregularity nt the opening of the cotton market today, first prices being 2 points lower to 20 puints higliei, with the near months rela tively easy. There was some scattered southern selliug as welt as further liquida tion bnt the offerings were readily rb sorbed and the market soon steadied *n cov ering and fresli buying promoted by reports of an increased mill demand. llecember sold up from 27.00 to 27.25, January from 25.C5 to 25.1»1> and March from 24.55 to 24.81 I efore ilie end of tiie first hour, or about 2U to IM points net higher. After selling up to 2t>.l4c for January nnd 2l.'J2c for Marcli, or 32 to 4',t points net Higher, Hie market reacted 1.5 or 20 |x>ints under realizing and there also was some scattered selling for routliern aeount. These offerings were by no means heavy or ag gro;-ive. however, ami the market was steady during the middle of the day on the larger export figures. Reports tliat a French government steamer arrived at Galveston for a cotton cargo of 30,000 bales, combined with (lie exports of over 37,000 hales reported for tbe day. seemed to give buyers more confidence dur ing the early afternoon and prices made new high ground for the day. January con tra; fs sold up to 2">.22e and Marell to 25.01 c, or 40 to 57 points not higher on covering, commission house buying and a further mod erate demand from trade sources. Market closed steady, 15 to 35 points higher. NEW YORK COTTON The fidlowing wore rhe ruling prices in fiie exchange today: Tone, steady; middling. 28.75 c. quiet. Last I’rev. Open. High. Low. Sale, t.'lo: c. Close. .Tan. .. 25.80 20.25 25.65 26.05 26.00 25.65 Fe1>24.00 24.75 Mar. .. 24.55 25.10 24.55 24.88 24.87 24.60 Apr 24.20 23.90 May .. 23.70 24.25 23.70 24.03 24.02 23.71 June 23.50 23.50 July .. 23.10 23.65 23.10 23’37 23.87 23.10 Aug 22.58 22.30 Sept 22.00 21.70 Oct. .. 21.20 21.70 21.20 21.43 21.43 21.15 Dec. .. 27.00 27.40 27.00 27.33 27.23 27.05 NEW ORLEANS COTTON NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 12.—Better spot accounts from Texas caused buying of cotton around tiie opening today. In the first half hour of business pricea were raised 13 to 20 points. The inceased export movement stimulated the demand fo_r contracts, and in tho trading up to noon the advance was widened to 3S to 55 points. Development of bullish confidence over night, apparently based on the belief that the world's cotton requirements during the next six months will be greater than for any like period in years, featured the market today. Following an opening of 8 to 20 points higher, the market eased slightly on liqui dation, lint seemed to meet with a good demand on nil reactions, which soon turned the trend upward. Reports of decreased offerings of hedged cotton stimulated bullish sentiment. At 1 o’clock prices wore 56 to 68 points up net. NEW ORLEANS COTTON The following were the ruling prices tn tl"‘ exchange today: Tone, steady; middling. 28.50 c. steady. l.ast i’rev. Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close- Jan. .. 25.55 26.03 25.35 25.80 25.70 25.35 Mar. .. 24.10 24.57 23.98 24.35 21.25 24.00 May .. 23.36 23.83 23.30 23.60 23.50 23.27 July .. 22.70 23.21 22.70 23.06 22.83 22.62 Oct. .. 20.60 21.11 20.60 21.11 20.73 20.40 Dec. .. 26.84 27.20 26.82 27.20 27.00 26.56 NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 12.—kixit cotton steady and unchanged. Sales on the spot 648; to arrive 1,674. Low middling. 24.75; middling. 28.50; good middling. 29.50. Re ceipts 8,351; stock 427.012. SPOT COTTON MARKET Atlanta, steady, 28.25 c. New York, quiet, 28.75 c. New Orleans, steady, 28.50e. Charletsou, steady, 27c. Montgomery, steady, 27.25 c. Boston, steady, 29.10 c. Norfolk, steady, 26.75 c. Mobile, steady, 26.25 c. Little Rock, steady, 29e. Savannah, steady, 29c. St. Louis, steady, 29c. Houston, steady, 29.25 c. Philadelphia, steady, 29c. Memphis, steady, 29c. Dallas, steady, 29.90 c. Augusta, st»ady, 27c.-j ATLANTA SPOT COTTON Atlanta spot cotton 28.25 c Sales 900 Receipts 1,362 Shipments 1,021 Stocks 23.23.> ATLANTA COTTONSEED PRODUCTS MARKET (Price fixed by the Government.) Crude oil, prime basis 17!i Cottonseed meal, 7 per cent amtuouia 55.00 Cottonseed meal. 7 per cent Georgia common point rate 55.00 Cottonseed hulls, loose 16.00 Linters, clean mill run 4.67 LIVERPOOL COTTON Tone, quiet; sales, 500; good middling. 21.40 d. Prev. Open. Close. Close. December 19.68 1Q.64 19.68 January 18.50 18.45 18.58 February 17.46 17.65 17.07 March 16.90 16.92 17.13 April 16.09 16.02 16.28 COMPARATIVE PORT RECEIPTS Last Year. Today. Galveston 2,902 3.917 New Orleans 4,459 8,351 Mobile 189 1,206 Savannah 2,794 1,832 Charleston 857 533 Wilmington 302 530 Norfolk 510 1,516 Boston 915 57 Philadelphia 285 .... Total all ports 13.1G3 17.942 DAILY INTERIOR RECEIPTS Last Year. Today. Vuglista 1.905 2.259 .lempliis 6,931 6.815 Kt. lam is 1,866 164 < incinnnti 321 Houston 7,217 7.449 Little Rock 1,353 1,087 SHEPARD & GLUCK COTTON LETTER NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 12.—Advances were scored by cotton today on the realization that tho crop estimate yesterday of 11,790,- O'K! bales did not point to a large supply compared with world needs increasing the demand. There was a better feeling in tiie spot department. The report that tho stock of hedged <-"tton xxas about exhausted con tinues to brighten the export prospects. We look for higher prices. i 50 Eggs a Day “Since using ‘More Eggs’ I get 40 to 50 eggs a day Instead of 8 or 9,” writes A. P. Woodard, of St. Cloud, Fla. This scientific tonic has made hig egg profits for thousands of poul try raisers all over the U. S. Get ready now and make big profits out of your hens this winter. A SI.OO package will double the egg produc tion and a million dollar bank guar antees to refund your money if you are not entirely satisfied. Send SI.OO now to E. J. Reefer, the poultry ex pert, 2529 Reefer Bldg’., Kansas City. Mo., or send $2.25 and get 3 regular SI.OO packages on special discount for a full season’s supply. Or write for his valuable fi’ee book that tells the experience of a man who has made a fortune out of poultry.—<Advt.) sl2s*liOMTli For MEN and WOMEN MEN and WOMEN, ages 16 to 45, who have finialicd Bth grade or its equivalent tiro wanted, from each county, for boniness positions paying from $75 to $125 a month; good cliances for promotion: no experience necessary; we train you. Clip : nd mail this COt PON DRAUGHON'S. Nnshvl’le, Tenn. Box B-255: Send particulars about position pay ing $75 to $125 a month. (N'nme) (Address) High-Grade Gold Filled 10- Asitfc Year-Guaranteed octagonal /»'W wa tch. Latest idea in thin /n m\ ? odels - fitted with highgrade A § ,enl 6et nnd stem A o 'fel w * E< — Lien and women sizes. \ n , C /2’ D * Pfcrce * Po,t 9 \ 3.i J \ Il 0 w2 a vt ee?c £: wortl * doubic. ft afl ll * 0 pleasa yon and recommend ft to year w Y a I ch company ’■*4* 747 F. Lincoln St. Dept. 49. CMeaeo Government Estimates Cotton Crop of ’lB at 11,700,000 Bales WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. —With an estimate of 11,700,000 bales, each of 500 pounds gross weight, as this year’s cotton crop, the de partment of agriculture’s final figures today are 118,000 bales less than forecast from the condition of the crop September 25. This year’s crop, however, is larger than any since 1913. The acreage this year was large, but in August the crop suffered more than in any month in the history of American cotton growing. The production forecast for September showed a falling off of 2,482,000 bales as a result of deterioration during August. The first production forecast of the crop this season, based on June 25 con ditions, was 15,325,000 bales. The value of this year’s cotton crop is estimated by the depart ment of agirculture at $1,616,207,000, based on prices paid to farmers on December 1. That is $50,009,000 more than the value of last year's crop. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. —The total production of cotton in the United States for the season of 1918-19 will amount to 5,595,529,000 pounds, not including linters and equivalent to 11,700,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight, the department of agriculture today an nounced in its final report of the season. Total production last year was 11,302,375 bales. Production of sea island cotton is estimated at 48.000 bales com pared with 92,619 bales last year; and of American Egyptian cotton, produced in Arizona and California, <,8,000 running bales. The average weight per running bale is estimated at 505.8 pounds gross, compared with 502.4 last year. The price per pound of lint cotton to producers December 1 wa» 27 6 cents compared with 27.7 cents a year ago. The estimated production oy states in bales of 500 pounds gross weight follows: (1918) (191«) Virginia 26,000 18,777 27,127 North Carolina 870,000 South Carolina 1,500,000 1,2u6,8.1 Georgia 2,100,000 Florida 25,000 ’ 3 4,808 41,449 Alabama 820,000 Rii’Jqj Mississippil,2lo,ooo Louisiana a20,000 •> Tpx - ac , 2,580,000 3,125,378 3,72a,700 Arkansas 935,000 973,752 1,134,033 mSouT ::::::::::::: 6 2 .6 9 9 Oklahoma’ 550,000 959,081 823,a26 California 100,000 07,826 43,620 Arizona 51,000 i«604 All other states 81,000 a,66b 1..604 Production of sea island by states follows: Florida ...22,000 bales Georgia... 8,000 bales South Carolina Wheat Crop Estimated 917,100,000 Bushels WASHINGTON. Dec. 11—Final estimates cf tlie country's principal crops, annof.no- i ed today by the department of agriculture, place th" corn crop at 2,582.814.000 bush- I els and the wheat crop at 917.101’.000 bush els. Forecasts of production of the principal crops have been made from month to month throughout tho season and preliminary es timates already have, been announced for most crops. Today’s report, however, makes i final estimates of production. They follow: Winter wheat, 588.449.00 i! bushels. Spring wheat. 358.651,000. Oats. 1,538,359,<Mh1. Barlev. 256.375,000. Rye. 89,103,000. Buckwheat. 17.182.000. Flaxseed. 14.(’"7.OOO. Rice. 40.424,<MH). White potatoes, 397.676.0*10. Sweet potatoes. 86,334,000. Hay (tame) 75,459,000 tons. Hay (wild! 1t.374.000 tons. The total value of the nation's principal crops this year is estimated at $12,272,- j 412.000, compared with $11,658,032,000 last , year, basing tlielr values on the prices paid to producers December 1. NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—Flour, dull but steady. Pork, firm: mess. $48.50@49.00. Lard, easier; middle west spot, $26.50@ Sugar, raw, quiet; centrifugal. 96-te«t. 7.28; refined, quiet; cut loaf, 10.511; crushed, 10.25; powdered, 9.15; granulated, 9.00. Coffee, Kio No. 7. on spot, 15.25. Tallow, specials, 16c; city. 15’4c. Hay, easy; No. 1, $1.80(01.90; No. 3, tl. 1.60: clover. Dressed poultry, quiet; turkeys, 34@44c; chickens, 27&32c; fowls, ducks, 32(fi 42c. Live poultry, irregular: geese. 26&29c; ducks. 284 t 33c: fowls, 23<130c; turkeys. 25)g28c; roosters. 20c; chickens, broilers. 23(1126c. Cheese, slate milk, common to specials. liT'ac; skims, common to spe cials, 12®28c. . , - Butter—r.asy ami quiet: receipts. 7.3Z5, creamery, extra, 69< ; creamery, special mar ket, (iO'kf’c <Jc; imitation creamery, firsts, 52'<<<>8c; state dairy, tubs, 471148 c. Eggs—Unsettled; receipts, 5,869; near-bx w„.te fan y, 93fei!3<f; near-by mixed fancy, 71 i t 76c. JOHN F. CLARK ft CO. COTON LETTER NEW DRLEANS. Dec. 12.—Liverpool !<• nnd 20 better than due. Crop opinion in that quarter lias been above' 12.000.000 right along, therefore, the bureau estimate called rather for a bullish impression. Moreover. Liverpool is yet greatly deficient in supply i for tiie great expansion of commercial enter prise and needs now before the British eni pire with tiie safety of the seas and trade and her increased dominions. After uinturer reflections, bullish confi dence on the basis of yesterday'a report is fullv restored. It means a total of only i about 11% to 11% million in commercial bales, without linters. The percentage of | low grades and untenderable cotton has been greatly increased In the past two months by lead weather. The world’s needs are probably greatest nnd most urgent dur ing tiie next six months, suggesting the probability of a very active period of de mand ami distribution of raw material with the starting of the new year. Our market opened 5 to 10 higher, eased slightly on selling in view of a bearish cen sus consumption report on the 14th. but seemed to meet with a good demand on all r-actions. which soon turned the trend up ward and prices showed a gain of 40 points at the close of tiie first hour. New York wires were more encouraging. A report to us said: "Market shows resist ance with good class ot buying, pressure largely local, considerable wanted on reac tions. ’’ At’anta Live Stock (Corrected by W. H. White, Jr., president of White Provision Co. > Good to choice steers. 850 to 1.000 pounds. $9.00 th 10.00. Good steers, 750 to 850 pounds. $8.50© 9.00. Medium to good steers, 650 to 750 pounds, $7.50© 8.00. Metaitim to choice beet cows, 750 to 850 pounds, $7.00©7.50. Medium to good cows. 650 to 750 pounds, $6.50© 7.00. Good to choice heifers, 550 to 650 pounds, $6 00© 7.00. The above represents ruling prices for good quality fed cattle. Inferior grades dairy types and range cattle quoted below. ’ Medium to good steers, 700 to 800 pounds. $7.00© 8.00. Medium to good cows. 600 to 700 pounds. $6.00 ©6.50. Mixed common. $5.00©6.00. Good fat oxen, $6.50©!7.50. Good butcher bulls. $6.001>7.50. Choice veal calves. $".00(«,8.00. Yearlings. $5.00©6.00 Prime bogs. 165 to 225 pounds. sl3. <<i© Light hogs. 130 to 165 pounds, $13.00© I3 lleavy pigs. 100 to 130 pounds. $12.00© 12.50. Light pigs. 80 to 100 pounds, $11.00©12.00. Tiie above applies to good quality mixed fed begs. LIVE STOCK BY WIRE CHICAGO. Dec. 12.—Hogs—Receipts, lb. COO; market strong, mostly 10c higher Jbau yesterday' ■ average; butchers, $17J>5©17.90; light, 817.1011 17.75: packing. 816.85© 17.60: throw-outs, Sls (HUr 16.85; pigs, good to choi< e, sll 25 o 15.75. Cattle— Receipts. 13.000; beef steers and butcher cattle steady to strong; calves slow. I 25c to 50c lower: feeders 25c higher: beet rattle, good, choice and prime. $15.5011 i 19.5.1: common nn.l medium, 89.2.5'» 15 00; I butcher stock, cow's and heifers*. 86.501’ ■ 13.00: canners and cutters, $5.85©6.50: '■ stockers and feeders, good, choice and fau'-y. s'.».7si' 13.25: inferior, common and medium. 57.25179.75: veal calves, good nnd .hc.ke, $16.50© 17.00; western range beet steers.’ SI 1 001/17.50; cows and heifers, $7.7547 12.25. Sheep—Receipts, 37,000: market very dull: opening bids around 50c lower on fat feeders sh.v to lower: lambs, clio.ee .•■nd prime. $15,254/15.40: medium and g.MHI 814.tail/15.25: culls. $9,501/12 25:! ewes, choice and ’.rime. ,«”.2J1’9.65: medium and good, $8.00©9 25; ctllls, $4,001/6 <5. EAST ST. LOUIS. 111.. Dec. 12.—Cattle- Receipts. 5.000. including no Texnns; mar ket 104/lor higher: native beef steers. $7.50 G 18.50; yearling steers and heifers. $9,501/ 16. W: cows. $7.50© 12.50: stockers and feeders. $850(7 12.00: calves. $7,754/17 25: Texas steers. $16.00© 17.70: cows and heif ers. $7.504/15..50. ILgs—Receipts. 21.000: market steady: mixe/l and butchers. $17.251i 17.i55* go--l and heavy. $17,504,17.60: rough. $15,251/16.40;, light’, $17,254/17.40; pigs. $13.00©,16.00: bulk. $17.25© 17.55. Sheep—Recei;* l s. 2.soo—Market. steady: clipped ewes. Ss.O'.t©9.oo: lambs. <16.00./ 16.50; eanners and choppers, $6.00G9.00. | GRAIN / CHICAGO. Dec. 12.—excitement in the I corn trade for a short time today resembled ! some of the acute climaxes reached during ' tbe war. Business took on unusually large proport.ong and prices ran swiftly upward about 7 cents as compared with the latest quotations of the preceaing day. An un locked for sealing down of the government I estimate of yield reducing tbe total to below tbe average domestic consumption of the last five years was solely responsible. The market closed firm. 3% to 4»«c net | higher, with January $1.35% to $1.35% and May $1.35 to $1.35%. Opening prices, winch ranged from 3< to 6\c higher, with January $1.35 to $1.37 and i May $1.35% to $1.37. were lollowed by ' numerous and wider changes, but the apex was touched with little delay, and there after the general tendency was backward ’ to a moderate extent from the extreme high ■ level. , . Oats took a decided jump with corn. ! Provisions were neglected. CHICAGO QUOTATIONS | The following were the ruling prices in the exchange today: I’rev. Open. High. Low. Close. Close. I COR.','— | Dec. ... 136 139% 136 137% 134% Jan. ... 135 137 135 135% 132 j Feb. ... 134% 137 134% 134% 130% I Mar. ... 137 13“ 134% 135 130% OATS— Dec. .... 75 75 74 74 73% Jan 73% 74% 73% 73% 72% Fob 74 74% 73% 73% 72% Mar 73% 73% 73% 73% 72% PORK— Jan 48.90 18.90 48.50 48.50 48.75 May .... 45.15 45.20 44.80 44.90 45.00 LARD— Dec 26.30 26.30 26.22 26.22 26.40 Jan 26.25 26.42 26.17 26.25 26.35 May .... 25.85 25.90 25.75 25.75 ”5.77 It IBS— Jan 25.80 25.90 25.70 25.72 25.75 May .... 24.95 25.07 24.87 24.90 24.90 RECEIPTS IN CHICAGO Today ■ Wheat £ls <•»" I Corn 221 cars Oats tars I CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS CHICAGO. Dec. 12.—Corn. No. 2 yellow, nominal; No. 3 yellow. $1.48; No. 0 yellow, $1.38@1.42. , , Onts. No. 3 white, 74% ©7sc; standard, 7»%©75%c. Rve, No. 2. $1.62%© 1.63%. Barley, 90©51.06. Timothy, sß.oo© 11.00. Clocer, nominal. Pork, nominal. Ln rd, $26.22. Ribs, nominal. CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET CHICAGO. Dec. 12.—Butter, creamery, extras. C7%c; creamery, standards. 63%© 61%c; firsts. 59© 6&*; seconds. 54%58c. Eggs, ordinaries. 64©57c: firsts, 62©63c. I Cheese, twins, 35©36c; Young Americas. 37©37%c. Live poultry, fowls. 25%@27c; ducks, 26c; geese. 26c; springs, 24c; turkeys, 29c. Potatoes, cars, 29c; Wisconsin. $1.60@ 1.80; Minnesota. $1.60©l .80. Wouldn’t You Like to Get Rid of That Catarrh? ! Well, here is your opportunity. I am going to give away, during the next ten days., two thousand pack ages of Gauss Combined Treatment to these who need it, and if you want relief, sign the coupon at tiie foot of this notice, and the free package will be forwarded to you at once by parcels post. I want to prove to you that Gauss Combined Treatment will relieve your catarrh. The method is effec tive, because it strikes at the root of the trouble and gives permanent relief by removing the cause. This is the only correct way to treat ca ! tarrh and if you want quick and last ing results, send at once for the free I package. Fill out the coupon below I and package will be sent to you by I return mail. FREE This coupon is good for a pack age ol GAI SS COMBINED CA TARRH TREATMENT, sent free by mail. Simply fill in your name and address on dotted lines be low. and mail to C. E. GAUSS. i 6197 Main St., Marshall. Mich. CLASSIFIED j ADVERTISEMENTS WANTED KEEP—Mau. MEN—Age 17 to 45; experience unnecei saryji travel; make secret investigation: reports: salaries; expenses. American Fa elgn Detective Agency, 322, St. la>uls. BE a detective. Excellent opportunity, goo pay; travel. Write C. T. Ludwig, 16 Westover bldg., Kansas City, Mo. ~ • WANTED HELP— Male-Eemaln OVER 10,000 men, women and girls r.eede for government jobs, S9O to $l5O monti paid vacations, no layoffs; war c nstructß work means many appointments; commo education sufficient; pull unnecessary. Writ immediately for free list positions obtaii able. Franklin Institute, Dept. A-103 Rochester. N. Y. * j ~ WANIi-D—Local agents at <very posrottle in tbe south, to represent The Progrei sive Farmer. Liberal commission on bot new and renewal subscriptions; extra ;as prizes for December. Write today for ou money-making offer. The Progressil Farmer. Birmingham, Ala.. Raleigh, N. C.| HISTORY OF~ THE WORLD WAR. ’’ BY FRANCIS A. MARCH, brother of Gen eral Peyton C. March, complete. 800 page illustrated. official photographs. You chance to make SSOO per month. Freigi I»aid. credit given. Outfit free. Victoi Publishing Co., 431-G, South Dearborn, Ch cago. WANTED—Agents sell tablets, wash* clothes without rubbing; goods on tun* .T. Jo’mson. 814 Gregory at., Greenstxvf North Carolina. WORLD WAR HISTORY—By Francis A March and General March. Highest an thorities. Four years In preparation. Every one waiting for t. Get busy. Outfit* 25< HUSE SALES CO.. Atlanta. Ga. U. S. GOVERNMENT wants women girld $95 month, permanent positions; list pO sitions open free. Write immediately Franklin Institute, Dept. A-99, Rochester New York. OFFICIAL END(IRSED WAR BOOK. MAPS CHARTS AND DIAGRAMS—Unique copy righted service ihsert for soldiers’ photo graph, regiment and military record. Sei like bot cakes to soldiers and friends r< gardless other war books. Endorsed by high est U. S. military officials. American. Ca nadian. British. French and Italian officia photographs. Complete and authentic, 10 price. Agent's profit sl.lO to $1.50. Bl premium extra. Prompt shipment. Freigh I>aid. Credit given. Thrilling battle scene* wonderful airplanes, Zepi>elins. submarines torpedo boats, tanks and fiattlcshq/s. liu atrocities, poison gas and liquid fire. Sen 10 cents for postage on magnificent free out fit. H. L. Baldwin Co., Cleveland, O. 314-W, Rockefeller bldg. . HISTORY (IP WORLD WAR. “ BY FRANCIS A. MARCH. Introduction b; General March. Biggest pictorial hook Your profit averages $1.25 each. Outfit frea Historical Book Co.. Chicago. “WORLD WAR HISTORY’ | COMPLETE, authentic. Pictorial book, wel written, big profit: act quick; outfit 25g R. L. Phillips Publishing Co.. Atlanta. Ga. and Waco. Tex. Address nearest office. a $20.00 DAILY distributing - Prize Peace Pic tures. "Liberty and Peace.” “True Son of Freedom.” "Human Liberty Bell.' “Foch," “Pershing,” Honor Roll. Enormou demand. Samples free. Also portrait entaloe CONSOLIDATED PORTRAIT CO.. DEP' 16. 1034 W. ADAMS ST., CHICAGO. SALESMEN and district organizers wif Ford car to sell Simplex Ford starters The only mechanical starter with a reputi tion of making go hL Fits any Ford cal Sells for sls. Write for agency. Box 35* Simplex Mfg. Co., Anderson. Ind. LARGE .MAM FACTI HER wants represent atives to sell shirts, underwear, hosier, dresses, waists, skirts, direct to home Write for free samples. Madison Mills, 50 Broadway, New York City. ~ FOB SALE—CAEVES' ~ ~~ CHOICE highly-bred Holstein calves, fron heavy milkers. 6 weeks old. beautiful marked. $25 each, crated. Safe arriT* guaranteed. Write FEBNWOOD FARM Wauwatosa. Win. 7 2 PEBSONAI. THE OUIJA"BOARD? A WONDERFUL TALKING BOARD. An swers all questions, past, present and fu ture. A mystery "Mind Reader” and faitfi ful “Fortune-Teller” that keeps you won dering. entertained and spel'lsiund.. PRICE ONLY $l.O Postage 15c additional. Write for It toda, Pay i>ostman $1.15. Try it'nine days. If no satisfied, return it and I’ll refund you money. YOGGA MAGDA, DEI’T. 11, 91 Tacoma bldg., Chicago. 77 rOBI SALE—SEEDS ... ~ FOUR bales per acre, record of M/’nley' cotton; resists drought*, winds and dii case; doubled yield of other varietie* drought and weevil sections; 40 bolls t pound; over 42 per cent lint; staple 1% inch; have private gin and culler: no we* Vila. Write for facts and proofs from yot own state and special price on seed. E. B Manley. Carnesville, Ga. FABM LANDS FOB SALS FOR SALE ““ A SPLENDID tract of 3.600 acres In Ca boon county, Georgia, locale/! one-quart* of a mile from a station on the Central < Georgia railroad and on a good graded toei About one-half of the place is in cultivatia balance in timber calculated to rut abou 2.000,000 feet of lumbe-.* All lev»l. so gray and red pebble, with g.>od clay subsoi i The entire place is suitame. for cultivate I if cleared, deep wells ..nd a creek rnnuin i through the property. The improvement 1 consist of two main dwellings. 25 ten&6 houses. 1 large barn. 1 gin. 1 brick stop I lio-ise and fixtures, plrn.y of barns and out 1 buildings. There g;>es with thir place th following list of personal property 3C r u'.ei 1 horse, 20 cows. 60 hogs, 1 peanut picker with engine: grain drills, binders, sowli machines and rakes, all farm machiner plenty to ru nthe place; all the feed mad on the place this year, which is ample run the place for another year. Prk $75,000. I 400 ACRES In Terrell county, 3 miles fro Bronwood, Ga.. on a good graded roa ian-1 is gray and red pebble with day sub soil: all lies well and is in a good state o 1 cultivation. Tbe entire place is under t.o wire fence, except about 40 acres. 300 acre in cultivation and about 40 acres sodded t Bermuda. Improvements consist of: 1 seveq room dwelling, with bath and butler’s ,nn try; g/ssl barn and outbuildings, houses. Thi place is a little less than a mile from a goo graded school and in a first-class communi ty; very desirable and shows up to goo advantage. Price $65 per acre. A TRACT of 647 acres in Webster conntjf 6 miles from Preston. Ga., the count seat. Iccnt/d on the Preston-Bnen* V’i»t road. On this property there are five ten«n houses and three barns. About one-half o the place Is cleared and in cultivation, bal j ance in swamp and second grow th timbet The soil is gray and pebble, with clay suli soil: land slightly rolling; good comuiunity near school* and churches. Price sl6 pe i acre. F. L. ALLISON ft CO.. Americus. Ga. PATENTS? INVENTORS should write for our guid» book, “How to Get Your Patent,” telh terms and methods. Send sketch for out opinion of patentable nature free. Ran do!ph ft Co., Dept. 60, Washington, D, C. TTMTMENT. Otv*. aafck rslier. *V J v I-. vF w ■ goes rrtnovs* swetllag and short L writ, to DR. THOMAS t. CRUN BMt O’re- BM , ONATSWOBTM •*. LEG SORES ; Ilealed by ANTI-FLAMMA—a soothing sntisepti j Poultice. Draws out poisons, stops itching aroun i sores and heals while you work. Write today de •scribing care and get FREE SAMPLE. Bayles Dis ! tributinq Cc,. 1820 Grand ave.. Kansas City. Mo CANCER 5 It's successful treatment without use of the knife ! Hundreds of satisfied patients testify to this mill method. Write for free book. Tells how to car for patients suffering* from cancer. Address DR. W. 0, BYE.Kansas City. M» when removed IT6#fcßt«Health Herald FREE ! Address Dr. E. V. Boynton, Fitchburg. Mass ■I A DlFQ"* len irregular or delayed t-srtL*ll-<iJ use Triumph Pill*: always de pendable. Not Bold at drug stores "Relief' and particulars free. Addres* NATIONAI MEDICAL INSTITUTE. Milwaukee. Wis TOB.V'UO or snuff habit cured or no pay SI.OO if cured. Remedy sent on trial Superba Co., TL Baltimore. Md. RFftWettingpT X? g ox 0 | penlne. FREE. ..Addres MISSOURI REMEDY CO.. Ollies 2, St. Louis.Me » p mmFREE TREATMENI ■ ■B* gw To prove our cure we pay POU -•US !*i r? and send our Ear Oil (?un reX CO.. Dept. A. Minneapolis. Mln*. _ ~ cured at home or n C O pav; no matter wha f* S 1 C. o kind. Write A. Sum ■ ■ te ™ “ mers, Barnesville. Gp Lu Nu » ONCE tried, always used— Journal Wants. •» ■ 7