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Americus Spot Cotton
Strict Middling 32 3-4 c.
N. Y. Futures Jan. Mar. May
Prev. Close 33.25 33.48 33.50
i Open 33.55 33.85 33.85
f 11 am 43,46 33.71-33.74
Close 33.50 33.75 33.78
FORTY-FIFTH YEAR.—NO. 263
BALDWIN WILL NOT TOLERATE MORE DELAY
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Consideration of Sen. Pace State Auditor Bill Made Possible
HIKES AMENDS CALL
EIB KEltt m
H SUBJECTS HM
Acted To Make Certain Legal
ity of Certain Measures Al
ready Passed By Solons
EMBRACES STATE AUDITOR
Extra Tax Machinery Also Men
tioned in Amended Procla
mation Just Issued
ATANTA, November 15.—Gov
ernor Walker today amended his
proclamation for the extraordinary
' session of the legislature so as to
embrace the subject of state audi
tor, tax commission and additional
tax collecting machinery.
His action was taken to make I
certain the legality of any legisla
tion on these questions at the extra
session.
HOUSE INVITES
UNDERWOOD TO TALK
■ ATLANTA, November 15.—The i
lower house of the Georgia Gen
era] Assembly passed a joint
resolution inviting Senator Oscar
W. Underwood, of Alabama, to ad
dress the assembly at an early date
convenient to him.
O'RYATfSWS HE
SILL PROVE CHARGES
B ’GAINST FORBES
Counsel For Committee Is Stir
red By Denial of Former
Head of Veterans Bureau
' FORBES IS ONE OF GANG
Is New Accusation Made Today
By Official Engaged in
Investigation
WASHINGTON, November 15/-
Stirred by Charles E. Forbes’
charges against the committee coun
sel, JohnY. O’Ryan today told the
senate veterans’ committee that he
expected to prove convincingly the
whole truth of E. H. Mortimer’s
charge that Colonel Forbes was one
of a gang of conspirators who were >
tied together, cheek and jowl, to I
defraud the government.
He expected further to show, he I
:-aid, that this criminal conduct was ;
in consonance with Fprbes’ previous I
life record. I
ChSrles E. Forbes passed the di
rect lie to two of his accusers —
Brigadier General Charles E. Saw- ,
yer and Elias H. Mortimer and '
then charged counsel for the sen- j
ate committee investigating the vet
erans’ bureau with suppressing ma-,
terial facts which show his inno- j
cence. . I
Moreover, the former director of
the bureau charged that witnesses
lying beiore the committee and as
serted that His counsel had the .
props.
Turning to. Forbes attorney,
James S. Easby-Smith, John F.
O”Ryan, general counsel for the
committee, inquired if he was pre
pared to furnish the evidence.
“I am if the committee desires to
hear it,” Mr. Easy-Smith replied.
‘‘The committee certainly wants
to heart, it.” declared Chairman
Reed.
Opening the cross examination of
Forbes, General O’Ryan wanted to
know who was in the “conspiracy”
to destroy him which the former di- t
rector had charged on Tuesday was |
on foot. '
“Mortimer and Williams (J. M..
Williams, dairyman, who has prev
iously testified) were two of the I
conspirators and three were oth-,
ers,” responded Forbes.
General O’Ryan then wanted to |
know about Forbes’ charges of per- (
jury and subornation, of pe.jury
'Taking a paper from his pocket,
Forbes read: “I mean by perjury j
the testimony of Mr. Mortimer, Mr. ;
Williams and others. By subordi- I
nation of perjury, I mean the meth
ods which were used to induce Mr.
Williams to testily falsely. By at
tempted subornation of peijuiy,
mean attempts which have come to
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ALL-DAY MISSION
STUDY POSTPONED
The Presbytenal Woman’s Aux
iliary which was to have been held
in the Presbyterian church tins
' week hl been until No
vember x 3 because of much illness
among tire church niembexs.
The sessions will be held in the
Sunday school rooms of the Preby
terian church, and will begin in
the morning of the day named, con
tinuing'throughout the afternoon.
The book to be studied is “The
Child of Future America,’ ’ and
deals with education as a basis for
child training for the nation’s fu
ture.
THETffIKgWECTRDER
BUSHED IN THE. ART
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IFOUR ARMY*OFFICERS TO BE EXECUTED
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HIGH GREEK OEHCERS
Hi REVOLT SENTENCED
W DEATHJT MS
{Two Generals and Two Majors
Get Extreme Penalty For
Part in Movement
OTHERS MUST SERVE LIFE
Many of High Rank*Sentenced I
To Prison By Courtmart’al
After/ Hearing
ATHENS, Nov. 15.—The court
I at Eleusis has sentenced to death
Generals Leonard Opoulos and Gar
galides and Majors Avrambes and
Nicolareas, leaders of the recent,
j revolutinary movement.
Many other officers of high rank
I involved ill the riot were sentenced
to imprisonment for lite of for long
terms.
FMBMTG
IS 'TRUCK BI M
Party Were On Their Wav To
Enjoy Day’s Hunt in Woods
Near Scene
NEWARK, Ohio, Nov. 15. —Four
Columbus men were i killed this
morning when the automobile in
which they were struck
by a Pennsylvania train at Frazey
b’urg, northeast of here.
The men were on their way for
a (Jay's-hunt.
KENT HEWS
'HW [i!H GBOT
Comptroller Issues Statement of
Nation’s Banks Showing
Great Prosperity
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. —The
) growing strength of the country s
j naticinal banking system is reileet
- ed in a composite statement of the
I condition of the national banxs as
i of September 14 made public last
I night by Comptroller Dawes of the
I currency. The statement disclos
ed that although there were 8,-
239 national banks in operation on
! that date, one fewer than a year
ago, almost every item figured in
i' to their combined resources show-1
ed increases over the bank call of {
. September 15 last year.
Total resources of $21,712,876,-
' 000 included loans and discounts
' of $11,934,556,000, or an increase
of seven hundred million dollars in ;
c TcEter item alone. Holding of
government securities also were
I larger by two hundred million dol
lars than in Sepetmber, 1922, al
r though the entire volume of gov
ernment securities outstanding has,
decreased materially in the year ■
covered by the statistics. There,
was, moreover, an increase of about
one hundred million dollars in the,
value of securities other th.-a those’
issued by the government, which
were held by the banks. ,
'The total deposits September 14
of $17,040,530,000 represent an j
increase of nearly half a billion dot-)
lars over the deposits reported nt)
the call of September 15, 1922.
Reserves of the national banks,
) held in the twelve federal reserve :
I bi.iks, however, had dropped off ■
I .slightly from the amount a y*.-xr i
ago. The latest figures show the)
reserves at $1,169,600,000, while)
■in September of last year they i
I were reported above $1,200,000,- j
' 000.
SUNKEN GALLEYS OF
'ROME NOW SOUGHT
ROME, November 15.—An a?- :
tempt is to be made to' recover j
from Lake Ncmi near Rome the
floating palace of the Emperor:
Tiberius, consisting, of two galleys,
which have been buried in the mud
for 19 centuries and are believed I
to contain marvels of ancient art |
etual to those found in the tomb of;
Tutankhamen. I
The expense of the work will bi |
[’.mine by private individuals in or
der not to burden the government
: project project has the approval
; of 1 rentier Mussolini.
SUMTER COUNTY NEGROES
LEAD IN THEIR DEPT.
Sumter county negro ft'.rmerj,
club women, girls and boy:-, had a
splendid exhibit at the Chattahoo
chee Valley fair in Columbus re
cently! Their' display was a credit
to Sumter county, and it was
known throughout the fair, having
won twelve prizes, ten df them be
ing first. AU prizes have been re
ceived.
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AMERICUS. GA., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 15 1923
srraffl sts'
'TILL SEGOWIK
IK RUHRTERRITORV
French Authorities in Occupied
Territory Continued Confer
ences With Germans
RHINELAND IS INCLUDED)
Future Status of Both Regions
Subject of Important Nego
tiations Now Going On
PARIS, V’’ 15.—Advices from
French sources in Berlin say that
negotiations. Between represents-|
• fives Os occupied territory and the '
government concernigning the fu- ■
Lure status of the Ruhr and Rhine- I
land are continuing this morning. |
micraooLSTsl
HAYE EDUCATION WK
Programs To Be Rendered Will
Be patterned After Plan
Nationally Approved
Americus educational authorities
are interested in the observance of
Education week, which has beep
designated between the dates Nov.
18 and Nov. 24. A general pro
gram for observation of the week
has been prepared under the
auspices of the American Legicn
the National Educational associa
tion and the United States Bureau
of Education.
This program has been formally
approved already by Superintend
ent ,J. E. Mathis, of Americus
schools, and with necessary changes
this will be carried out in the sev
eral schools here. Ministers, rep
resenting the various denomina
tions here, Will be asked by the
school authorities to preach sermons
on education Sunday, Nov. 18,
wheel observance of the week be
gins. and the members of the Le
gion post are also requested to
participate in the services when
these services are delivered.
The week has been divided into
daily programs, with each day
designated. Sunday is “For God
and Country,” Monday, “American
Constitution Day,” Tuesday, “Pa
triotism Day,” Wednesday, 1 School
and Teacher Day,” Thursday, “Il
literacy Day,” Friday “Community
Day,” and Saturday, “Physical Edu
cation Day.” The complete pro
gram for the week is as follows:
Sunday, Nov. 18—Sducation in
j the home; Education in the school;
' Education in the church. Slogan,
A Godly i nation canot fail.
Monday, Nov., 19.—Life, liberty
and justice; How the constitution
guarantees these; Revolutionists
and radicals a menace to these |
guarantees; Security and oppor-i
tunity. Slogans, Ballots not bullets. |
Visit the schools today.
Tuesday, Nov. 20—The flag, the ]
emblem of the nation; Help the im-;
migrants and aliens to become i
’Americans; Take an active interest!
irf governmental affairs; Music in
fluence upon a nation. Slogans,
Visit the qchool today. America:
first.
' Wednesday, Nov. 21—The nec-j
;essity of school; The teacher as a!
nation builder; The school influ-■
I encP •on the coming generation; .
: The school as a productive institu-'l
jtion; School needs in the communi
i ty. Slogans, Visit the schools |o
■ day. Better trained and better
! paid teachers, more adequate build
ings.
Thursday, Nov. 22—Illiteracy, a
j menatce to our nation; An Amer
j icon’s duty toward the uneducat
i ed; Let every citizen teach one il
! literate. Slogans, No illiteracy by
I 1927. It can be done. Visit the
! schools today.
i Friday, Nov. 23—Equality of op
| portunity in education for every
I American boy and girl; Rural
schools, city schools, colleges; A
nub’ ! " library foi - every -communi
ty; Children today, citizens tomor
row. Slogans, Visit the schools to
day. An equal chance for all chil
dren. A square deal for the coun
try boy and girl.
Saturday, Nov. 24—Playgrounds;
physical education and hygiene;
The great out of doors; The coun
try’s need - n conservation and de
velopment of forests, soil, roads,
and other resources. Slogans,
! A sick body makes a sick mind.
Playground in' every community—
athletes all.
CRISP GINNINGS
SHOW 3,054 BALES
CORDELK, Nov. 15.—The gin-
I nings in Crisp county had reached
; 3,054 bales up to November 1, ac-
I cording to figures furnished by the
! census department. at Washington.
This figure is about what most
1 growers believed would be possible.
I It is hardly probable that the fig
-1 urcs will reach the 350 U murk.
) • Citizen Woodrow Wilson
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r _*,«**. u. AUMI I !■■■ Til c' ■ ■■
thousand persons journeyed to the Woonrow Wuson
home, oil S street, Washington, o n Armistice day, hoping for i
glimpse bl and a word from the war president. They were not
disappointed. Senator Carter G lass is shown on left, and Ralph
Bqlli qg on right. ,
AMENDED LAHKFORDI
INCOME TM MEASURE
is pot rani
Bill Addled 38 to 6 and Now
Gaei.Tp Lower House For
Concurrence
AROUSED LIVELY DEBATE
Amendment Provides Tax To j
Be Levied On Net Incomes
Only As Described
ATLANTA, November 15.—The
Lankford income tax measure, as
amended, was passed by 7 the senate
today, the final vot a being 38 to 6. I
The measure now goes to the house. !
A heated debate marked consider- ■
ation of the bill in the upper house I
todty.
One of the amendments adopted i
provides that in the event th>
amendment is ratified by the voters ■
of the state, the Georgia ad valo-.
fem tax' limit shall be reduced from j
five to three mills. !,
Another amendment would pro- j
vide that the new tax law be levied |1
only on the net income as describ-. J
ed by the general assembly.
EAST POINT SUFFERS
HEAVY FIRE DAMAGE
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EAST POINT, Nov. 10. One
house was completely destroyed,
and two others were badly damng- ;
ed in a fire wnich late Wednesday!
afternot i threatened the residen
tial section on North Main street.,
East Po:,nT and Camp Jesup tire-!
men, by quick work, prevented th J i
flames from spreading to other;
residences. I
The home of C. O. Spence, 602 i
North Main street, was totally de-1
stroyed; that of- Deputv Sheriff vV. |
F. Thompson, 600 North Main, wasi
almost completely razed; and the!
home of W. E. Burdett, 604 North
Main was badly damaged.
Loss wa estimated at 85,000
largely covered by insurance.
Origin of the fire has not been
determined. The flames originate !
in the Spence home, where Spence,
a night watchman, was sleeping. He
was awakened when the house be
came full of smoke, and escaped
before he wa.. burned.
$3,060,000 IN PECANS
PRODUCED IN STATE
ATLANTA, Nov. 15.—The Pe
can industry in South Georgia is
rapidly becoming one of the most
important factors in the State’s
industrial development, according
to A. D. Daniel, passenger traffic
manager of the Atlanta, Birming
ham and Atlantis Railroad.
Figures received by the A. B!
and A, road show that the National
Pw»n Exchange at Albany, in
Dougherty county, a co-operative
selling organization, will easily
handle 1,000,000 pounds of pecans
this season. The total crop for
Georgia is estimated at 5,009,000
pounds. This will bring into the
state, within sixty days, around
$3,000,000it0 the growers.
A pecan orchard in this state in
full coinmercial fruitage, it is
easily worth from SSOO to SI,OOO
an acre, though they are not foi'
sale at any price.
IfODOO ADMITS HE IS
MATE HOW FOB
HO HOB
a
Confirms Statement That His
Name Is To Be Presented
Before Convention
ROCKWELL TELLS OF PLAN
i Ravenna, Ohio. Man, Probably
! Will Head McAdoo Cam
paign For Nomination
OMAHA, Nov. 15.—Commenting
on the statement made in Chicago
by David L. Rockwell, of Ravenna,
! Ohio, that friends of William A!
| McAdoo intended to nominate him
’ as the Democratic candidate for
! the presidency, Mr. McAdoo said
! here today that Mr. Rockwell has
! stated the situation accurately.
SAVOY CAFE WILL
OCCUPY SINGER STORE
• .
Workmen are busily engaged now
in remodeling and installing new
equipment in the store formerly
occupied by the Singer Company at ■
129 Jackson street, which is soon
to be occupied by the Savoy Case. I
Included in the equipment being in
stalled is a handsome square marble |
counter, extending in four --direc- i
tions in the center of the store-room
and with eight tables placed in the
.front of this. New kitchen equip-
Iment is also being installed, includ
ing a steam dish-washer and steril
izer and when opened to the public
■the case will be one of the most
.complete in Americus. There are
I a number of well known Americus
j residents associated in the man
agement, and an announcement of
| the opening date will be made soon
in The Times-Recorder.
MOTHER ’GATOR AND
I 17 LITTLE ONES CAUGHT
WAYCROSS, Nov. 15.—A seven
foot alligator and seventeen Jittb
ones were caught by R. E- Van
Fossen, of Ware county, on huckle
berry Bay, three miles south of
Waycross Tuesday. The large
-‘■gator was shot and killed when
captured but the little fellows, all
of them between five and seven
inches long, were brought alive to
Waycross where they were display
ed during the afternoon.
The youngsters were lively,
pretty lively as they crawled over
one another on the seat of the car
beside Mr. Van Fossen, but they
refused to bite the Ungers of by
standers held out to them. The
old alligator, shot back of the
shoulder and again through the
body, wqs tied to the side of the
car.
CURB ON DIVROCE
TO BE URGED
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—Drastic
revision of divorce legislation to
relieve conditions - revealed by an
extensive survey of the divorce sit
uation in the United States will he
urged at the quadrennial Method
ist conference in Springfield, Mass
next May, it was learned here lust
night at the semi-annual conferenct
of the board of bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal church it
Brooklyn-
This action, it was said, was ujg
ed in a report read by Bishop Adi.
i W. Leonard, of San Francisco.
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'MSISCIH BANDITS
lllffi RICH HAUL: GET
S2O.UPO CH II RAID
Two Masked Men Hold Up and
' Rob Bank Messenger in
Crowded Section
BANDITS BUSY ELSEWHERE
Collinsville, 111., Clerks Robbed
By Strong-Arm Methods,
Os $14,000
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 15.—Two
masked bandits held up two mes
sengers of the Argentine State
Bank at Argentine boulevard ami
Seventeenth street here today, and
i escaped with $20,000 in cash.
ILLINOIS COAL CO.
ROBBED OF $14,000.
COLLINSVILLE, Ills., November
15.-—Three bandits hela up two
I clerks of the Consolidated Coal
j company here, and escaped with
I $14,000 of payroll money,
ioffiwrm
. FOR CONVENTION SITE
Western Metropolis Fails to Sub
mit Bid At Meeting of Spec
ial Committee
WASHINGTON, November 15.
Denver, heretofore regarded as a
strong contender for the Republi
, can National convention next year,
failed to submit an invitation when
a special sub-committee of the party
met here today to receive conven
| tion bids.
REPUDIATION RUMORS
jM UNFBONDEU
> I
• Stated in Official Quarters Ger-
many Has Decided To Live
Up to Versailles Pact
i:
BERLIN, Nov. 15. Official
quarters here dismiss as wholly un
founded reports circulated abroad
• that the German government Ijas
decided to repudiate the treaty of
j V ersailles in its entirety.
: JORDAN ONTRIAL
FOR KILLING FOLSOM
i Mrs. McGill, State Witness, De
clares She Say Entire Trag
edy Enacted
QUITMAN, Nov. 15.—The trial
of Mack Jordan, charged with th*'
murder of Turner Folsom, a well
known farmer of the Barney com
munity, opened in Superior court.
The opening scenes of the trial
drew a crowd thut packed the
courtroom.
Solicitor Kay is assisted in the
prosecution by Lee Brancn and S.S.
Bennett; lawyers for defense are
Weston and McCall. The state put
up its star witness, Mrs. Tallie Mc
i Gill, and- closed with her testimony.
• Her husband and her father-ii -
i law were killed several weeks ago.
- c,nd she came to the witness stand
’! with the effects of the tragedy
plainly visible in heij face. The Mc
i Gills were tenants on one of the
1 j Folsom farms, as were the Jordans,
i ; Mrs. McGill witnessed the shoot-
> I ing of Turner Folsom by Young
-[jordan last. July. She testified
I that Folsom came to see her hus
, bend on business, that he was ah
sent and that when Folsom start
r ed to leave he was interrupted by
; Mack Jordan.
She did not hear what they said,
i> but saw Jordan shoot, she declared,
e She said Folsom had nothing in his
hand.
u> The first witness for the defense,
Tyler, who boarded at th? McGills,
told of Mrs. McGill giving her hus
band a gun that night after the
- I killing in the afternoon and that
" I she said she! had 1 taken it from Fol
c | sum’s car.
■> Sneed Lawson, anoti.er defense
n I witness, with his father was the
> 1 first to reach the body of the slain
e ■ man. He sajd a knife was in the
I-1 right hand of the dead «u«...
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■t 1 he Question’s Solved.
C, Comely maiden—Why are all
e; vessels spoken of as “she?” It’s be
n i cause they glide so gracefully, 1
i suppose
r-: Boatman—No, miss, it ain’t. It’s
a i because their riggin’ costs so much.
1 —Answers.
WEATHEfc
For Georgia Mostly cloudy to
night and Friday; no change in
2ZI
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BREAT BRITAIN GETS
MOPE RESTIVE UNGER
CONTINUED DELAYS
Prime Minister Baldwin States
Britain’s Position On Ruhr
And Reparations
ALLIES MUST ACT SOON
Some Move Necessary If Eng
land’s Present Spirit Is To
Be Maintained
LONDON, Nov. 15.—PrimeTMiri
ister Baldwin, in answer to a labor
motion of censure in the house of
commons, said with reference to
the Ruhr and the repartions situ
ation that he had spared no pains
to let it be known to Great Brit
aTn’s allies that British hope could
not continue indefinitely to main
tain the spirit necessary for co-op
eration if the present situation is
allowed to continue.
JOE MS K 816
YIELD OF PORTO OB
YAMS fPOM ONE HILL
More Than Half a Bushel in Hili
Illustrates Possibility of Po
tato as Cash Crop Here
CASH MARKET ALREADY
Farmers Who Raise These Tu
bers Have No Trouble Sell
ing at Good Profit
Joe Rooks, Andersonville resi
dent, and well known in Americus,
is probably the champion sweet po
tato raiser in this section of Geor
gia. .
Yesterday he harvested a portion
of his fine crop of Porto Rico yams
and in one hill dug a total of 32
pounds, or considerably more than
half a bushel of these delicious tu
bers. One single potato dug from
this mammoth hill and presented to
the Times-Recorder through the
courtesy of Mr. Rooks, weighed ex
actly 15 pounds, being one of the
largest ever produc-d in this sec
tion of the state, if not the largest.
Mr. Rooks has on’y a small acre
age planted to sweet potatoes this
year, but he has demonstrated that
they are an exceptionally profitable
crop and next year may plant a con
siderable area to the tubers. The
potatoes, it should bo stated, an 1
a second crop nroducedjn the same
land, having been preceded by a
good yield of Irish potatoes which
furnished food fox- Mr. Rooks’ fanx
ly table throughox ;• the season,
with a quantity, home-cured and
now safely stored away for later
consumption ox - sale as he prefex-s.
Telling of his sweet potato crop
today, Mr. Roqks said that he used
no fertilizer whatever in theix- cul
tivation, and expressed gratification
at the superior yield secured. The
ilants were set out July 15, or
about that date, he said, and the
potatoes wer e gives the same atten
tion as a numbe rof other crops be
ng raised for home use and inci
dental sale. The total yield has not
been harvested and weighed up yet,
but the giant hill dug during Wed
nesday points to a tremendous pro
duction, in addition to illustrating
graphically the possibilities of
ter county soil in the production of
the Porto Rico yam as a money
crop.
With fifty cents a bushel being
paid for these yams at the Ameri
cus potato curing house, now being
operated by Roy Black, it is easily
seen what substantial returns per
acre may be secured by planting
Porto Ricos as a cash money crop.
It should be explained, however,
that the saleable yams are those of
considerable less size than the giant
tuber unearthed by Mr. Rooks.
The No. l’s, as they are commer
cially classed, are between 2 1-4 and
. 3 3-4 inches around, with a rnaxi
munx of ten inches in length to ob-
Itain the best price, buUall of these
sizes are readily saleable here—and
i for the cash, with no limit placed
on the quantity that may be brought
! i n -
The larger potatoes, according to
George O. Marshall, county farm
demonstration agent, besides being
’ avainlable for canning and home
use or sale to restaurants and ho
tels for making pies, have a high
i feed value as hog feed and nxay be
i profitably market “on the hoof” as
so many farmers now market their
t velvet beans and corn. The experi
, ence of Mr. Rooks points one way
I out of the all-cotton program, and
| potatoes coming in at this season,
i will provide csah for the farmers
I i when it is most needed in prepara
. tion for planting the great ’.noney
; | crop of the entire South—cotton—
and’ without which it would be fi
j;nanciaUy impossible for the indua,
. ■ tries and institutions of the nation
•to exist. , ,7“ t
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