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THE BANNER. WEDNESDAY MORNfNO; DECEMBER-1*. 1907.
MAKE YOUR PURCHASES TODAY
Do not wait until the last days when our stock is picked over and our stores crowded.
Get the Best by Buying Now.
E. H. DORSEY,
E. G. WHITEHEAD & CO.
J. P, FEARS & SON,
G. H. WILLIAMSON,
C. A. SCUDDER,
R. BRANDT,
HEAD & McMAHAN,
E. I. SMITH SHOE CO.
T. B. WOOTTEN,
BAILEY SUPPLY CO.
IfFLIN ATTACKS
THE SECRETARY
|f Agriculture for His Re
sort on the Cottun Crop.
Washington. December IT.—A re
tlon charging the secretary of ag
ilture with inaccuracy in estlina:-
this year's crop. anil calling on
to furnish to congress "the lig
and the information upon which
based liis estimate of tin- cotton
of the I’nited States for l'.’O*.
introduced in th L - house toda.
lr. Heflin, of Alabama.
explaining the resolution, Mr.
in said:
;y December. 1!»05, according to
government report, there hat
|n ginned 8,690,000 bales of col ton.
there remained to be ginned of j
t year's crop, according to the go.- j
nent's final report. 1,885.000 bales j
when tiie government re.nort
iws only 8.52S.t)00 bales ginned by
ember, 1007. 252.000 bales l>’s;
n was ginned by December 1. l'.'O>
ant to know, and the cotton pro-
lng section of this country wants
know, by what method of reason-
the secretary of agriculture reach-
the conclusion that there remains
be ginned of this year's crop 2.240..
bales.
This estimate by the secretary of
icnlture has cost the producer sev-
1 million dollars already. The
cts do not warrant liis estimate. No
ich crop has been made. If we are
dng to have and rely on government
ports as to the cotton crop, we must
slst that those In authority base
lelr estimates upon more information
id not upon suggestions from any
:her ource.
“'The passage of my resolution will
scompllsh that end and it will reveal
the country in time to help the cot-
m producer to obtain a fair price for
te remainder of bis year's small
rop that that the secretary of agri-
plture Is entirely wrong and mistak-
n In his estimate of the cotton crop
r 1907.”
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Every Precaution Will be
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Peace.
TRAGEDY
AN AUTO CAB
ANTI-SALOON
LEAGUE TO MEET
Man and Woman Shot. Man
Was a Suicide, After
Killing Girl.
WO WHITE MEN
T BY
S
Valdosta, Ga, December 17.—West
llnsey and Robert Westberry, both
lembers of prominent families, were
(lot In Echols county today by ne-
roes. The cases had no connection
1th each other. Kinsey will probably
lie. The negro who shot him escap-
A posse captured and Jailed the
|egro who shot Westberry.
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BANK CERTIFICATE
SAVED MAN’S LIFE
simply astounding how many
eopli; ill the United States there ar-
.ho imagine that they have discov-
red the only possible solution of the
problem of a more t lastie money sys-
It would be a moderate estimate
that several thousand plans of cur
rency reform have been prtsented
since the panic started.
One would almost imagine that it
was a disease, an epidemic, that was
spreading through the country. The
currency problem posseses the same
kind of fascination that the 15 puzzle
formerly had. The Secretary of the
Treasury has received more communi
cations containing plans for solvin:
the currency question than he or hi
assistants could possibly read, much
less digest. If they were all to be
preserved they would fill a. room. Th
banking and currency committee of
the House, and the finance commit
tee of the Senate are similarly over
whelmed with currency propositions.
Every prominent newspaper has re
ceived literally bushels of letters on
the subject.
Hundreds of men throughout the
country are cons unit d with the Idea
idea that they have a special com
mission to solve this problem. They
possesscsesd with something of
same enthusiasm that Inspires
the religious zealot, and money in try
ing to put the United States on the
iglit track in this matter. It is note
worthy that many of the plans, sug
gested really possess merit and that
there is evidence of some thinking.
On the other hand, most of the pro
positions are of the rankest kind of
inllation and reveal on the part of
their authors not the slightest con
ception of the true functions of mon
ey. „
No wonder that Dumont Clarke has
resigned as chairman of the finance
committee of the chamber of com
merce. His time and his mail had be
come monopolized by the thousand
and one currency plans that were sub
mitted to him for the approval of his
committee. He couldn't attend to
his business and'.give consideration to
these plans. His retirement Is a loss
to Chamber of Commerce, but one
cannot help sympathizing with him
When
Atlanta. Ga.. December 17.—At a
conference held yesterday between
Mayor Joyner, Chief Jennings an.l
General Clifford Anderson, it was de
cided to keep between fifty and one
hundred members of the Fifth regi
ment at the armory during the Christ
mas holidays in order to insure peace
and quiet.
These men will be subject to the
call of the chief of police, the mayor
of the city. General Anderson or Col
onel Pomeroy. It is not believed they
will be needed, but Mayor Joyner be
lieves in taking every precaution. In
addition, twenty-five extra policemen
have been added to the force for work
during, the hoiid-iys. so Atlanta will
be well guarded.
The militia detail will go on duty
next Monday, and will remain there
until January 1.
San Rafael, Cal., December 17.—
Stewart Dunbar, a prominent insur
ance broker of Honolulu, while on his
way to meet a party of friends, fell jin the action,the has taken,
through a cattle guard on the narrow . nearly everybody has a scheme for
gauge tracks of the Northwestern Pa- preventing panics and saving the
cific railroad yesterday. His foot was panics and saving the country, Mr,
caught in such a manner that he j Clarke, who, as a practical banker
would have been crushed to death be- of ripe experience, is especially well
ceath the wheels of an approaching . fitted to deal with the problem. Is
handcar had It not been for his pres- ( obliged to retire, practically forced
cnee of mind in igniting a clearing out by the overwhelming and tncon
house certificate and holding It over j slderate zeal of the theorists. , This,
his head as .a Signal of danger, thus Is only another
■the*attention of the occu- J operation of “the ' ^TEe
pants of the handcar.
j inflation fit the bgd ; -9orceg out the
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ALL HIS MONEY
Aged Man Destroyed Ten
Thousand Dollars in Bills
and Then Died.
New York, December 17 — A mur-
-r and suicide in an auto cab occur
red in the streets of Brooklyn tonight.
The victims in the tragedy were Elsie
Kerlin. a telegraph operator. 22 years
of age, and Bernard E. Wallace, who
has heeh employed bv the Commer
cial Cable Company in tills city. No
cause for the tragedy is known, but
it is probable that it is the result of
love affair.
The couple were in this city e
in the evening, and Wallace hired an
auto cab in front of the Hotel Knit.k
rbocker. instructing the chauffeur, to
drive across the Williamsburg bridg
an 1 into Brooklyn.
The chauffeur says that. afte
reaching Brooklyn, he was Instructed
to drive down Eastern Parwav. After
reaching that boulevard and bavin
proceeded along it for some distan ;t
he heard two shots inside the cab.
Hastily throwing on the brakes, he
stopped the vehicle and. opening the
door, found the woman lying on tlm
floor with a bullet in her right tem
ple. barely alive. The man had died
instantly from a bullet wound in th--
mouth. The police say Wallace shot
the young woman and then killed
himself.
Big Meeting Arranged for
Macon Next Month
Macon,
ngement
for the sc
December 17.—Ar-
practically completed
s of the Georgia Anti-
which will bo held iu
Macon. January :t and 10. Local work-
ire busy making plans to take
care of the visitors on this occasion,
for there will be representatives from
ections of the state and some of
most influential speakers in the
ranks of the league will be beard
The occasion will be conducted just
as if the fight against the liquor truffle
in the state hail only egun. most of
the leaders having already acknowl
edged that the fight against lawless
ness will be greater than the fight
against the open saloon.
Addresses from almost every work
er of importance in the state will be
heard. The sessions will be held in
the city auditorium and local church-
going people will be engaged in mak
ing the meetings the best the league
has ever held. Since this is the firs:,
session of tile state league since the
prohibition Ians were passed in the
legislature, tjiere wild lie rejoicing
over much.
Marion, Ohio, December 17.—Joihn
Gordon, a farmer' of this county,
burned $10,000 in bills yesterday, a
short time 'before* he'Vlied. Gordon
was 85 years old. and in the last
few weeks had grown childish. He
had steadfastly refused to put the
$10,000. the savings of many years,
into a bank, but kept the bills under
his pillow.- Yesterday he amused him-
:elf by setting fire to them and watch
ing them burn. He succumbed to
heart disease soon afterward.
fact that so many people are thinking
on this subject is a good thing for
the country. Perhaps out of this
much thinking may come such a con
sensus of public opinion as may lead
to a substantial improvement In our
financial system. But let us remem
ber in devising our various theories
and schemes that those who have
gone most deeply into the philosophy
of money are most deeply Impressed
by the limitation of their knowledge.
In'other words, the more they know
about the subject the more they know
that they don’t know. There is no
other subject ,,aave that of religion
which is so infinite In Us reach, so
In its scope, as that of mon-
It is a maze Into which many en-
’ter'only to get lost, unable to find
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OWEN AND COER
ARE SWORN IN
Senators From Oklahoma
Take Oath of Office.
Nice rooms and board. Boa Air.
Washington, D. C.. December 17.—
Tile twto senators from Oklahoma
were sworn into offlee today. Senator
Money presented the credentials of
Robert L. Owen, and Senator Culber
son those of Thomas P. Gore, the
blind senator. They were escorted to
the vice president’s chair, Senator
Gore walking slowly by aid of his
cane, and leaning on the arm of th-
Texas senator. After tile oath was
administered to Senator Gore he was
conducted to the desk, and having his
pen properly placed on the book be
fore him, he signed his name to the
constitution.
The terms of the two senators were
then drawn by lot. Senator Owen se
cured the six-year term and Senator
Gore the two-year term.
HAS TURNED UP
W. H. Hargreave Says He
Cannot Renumber Any*
thing for Past Two
Months.
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Macon, Ga.. December 17.—\V. H.
Hargreave. the Central railway pas-
sengor conductor, who has been
strangely absent from his home in
Macon for more than two months,
has sent a letter to his wife, which
she received today, from a Mississip
pi town, stating that he had recover
ed from a severe illness, and would
return home within a few days.
Since bis departure the man de
clares his mind has been a blank.
Railway officials have been making
an effort to locate him since he went
away. He was practically given up as
dead. The fpinily has resided on
Washington avenue.
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