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WATCKOSS JOCK5A1-HEEAID
FRIDAY, OCTOBER >, ltM.
NOW PLAYING AT GRAND THEATER Better Demand
Is Predicted
Atlanta, Oct. 8.—Georgian* hare
beard with interest that shipments of
cotton abroad are being resumed and
hope that it will have an early effect
on the market. Tue first shipload of
cotton to leave this country for
France was cn board a ship sailing
from New York to Havre yesterday.
Before leaving Atlanta for Washing
ton yesterday afternoon Senator Hoke
Smith called attention to the fact that
foreign shipments are being made
and predicted a much larger demand
for cotton within the next thirty days.
"There are now orders for one mil
lion bales from English spinners. I
have definite information to that ef
fect," he said. "But the prices they
offer are too low. When they see the
holding movement means business
|they will advance their offers. They
must begin getting cotton for their
mills within sixty days.”
AGED NEGRESS DEAD.
Atlanta, Oct. 8.—"Aunt” Isabella
Bowman, one of the oldest negroes in
the world, died yesterday afternoon in
her old home at Crew street and
Georgia avenue, a valuable piec of
property in the heart of a well-to-do
white section. She was respected by
the thousands who knew her and no
body resented Aunt Isabella's pres
ence lu their midst. She had refused
IIII. s. Ilf
Savannah, Oct. 8.—The Daughters
of the Confederacy from all sections
of the South when they come to Savan
nah pm |JJionth to attend the annual
reunioxrof that organization will be
given a genuine Savannah welcome
and a splendid time. The Board of
Trade and other organizations, as well
as the city of Savannah, will Join the
Daughters of the Confederacy in their
plans for entertaining the visitors and
there will .be a program of much In
terest for each day. The local com
mlttees are now at work making their
plans for the occasion. Mrs, A. B.
Hull, the president of the local chap
ter, and her coworkers are leaving
othing undone to make the occasion
[elightful one. It.will be an espe-
interesting meeting so far as
■v. Tithe Savannah Daughters are concern
ed because of the fact that the ses
sions are to be held in the new chap-
tr house of the Daughters on Drayton
f street. This is now nearing comple
tion and when it is finished It will be
one of the most attractive woman’s
club houses in the state. Thero will
til January 1st and this request will
probably be granted.
SAVANNAH INTERESTED.
Savannah, Oct. 8.—Savannahians
were much interested yesterday in ca
bles from Japan telling of the Japa
nese having captured the Island
Yap in the Pacific ocean. They were
interested because this island was the
home of James O'Keefe, of Savannah,
adventurer, who went into the Orient
many years ago and who became
known as the King of Yap because of
his vast holdings on the Island and of
his Influence over the natives. Mr.
O’Keefe died very wealthy and a Sa
vannah attorney made two trips to the
island to settle his affairs. The King
left a family in Savannah and his
daughter was one of the beneficiaries
of his wealth. Every time any one in
Savannah sees the Island of Yap in
print they recall the adventures of
this Savannah man.
GERMANS MEETING.
Savannah, Go., Oct. 8.—The various
be a day at Tybee for the entertain- committees representing the German
ment of the delegates and in the city Club of Savannah will hold a meeting
there will be automobile rides and tonight at the German Club for the
other features for which Savannah Is' purpose of completing arrangements
famous. for the observance of German 'Day
here on November 12th. The Germans
arc looking forward with much inter
est to the observance of this day this
NEW ORGANIZATION.
Savannah, Oct. 8.—In a few days
there will be filed in the Superior year. The funds made are to go to the
Court a petition for the incorporation
of the Savannah Tourist and Conven
tion Bureau. It is proposed through
this organization to bring many or
ganizations to Savannah and also to
get a great many tourists to come
here to stop for the winter. The Sa
vannah Hotel Mens’ Association is be
hind the movement and it is expected
that the idea will be given general and |
generous support. It Is hoped to en
list the services of something like
seven to eight hundred Savannahians
in the movement. It is hoped to have
' the organisation perfected within the
next thirty days.
. LUUir U11U31. BUS IC1UOCU
DOOOOOOQQ Q_Q 0 0, many 0 jf ers f or jj er h om e, which she
° ■*'•**■ Jt 4 'had paid for by her earnings as a
0 FOREST NOTES. °laundress,
ooooooooooooo 1 Th<1 oW woman V* m ycars old -
- _ ° ° 0 0 0 0 °. according to hoi- own family blblo,
, , , ". J and old residents believe the record is
Six thou.aod bukhell 0 'oW a correct. Sbe was the mother of 14
pine seed are being collected this fall children
on the Arapaho national forest, Colo- 1
rado, for use in reforestation work
New York, Oct. 8.~-Desplte the
probability that the European war will
continue indefinitely, it is now agreed
that commercial conditions in this
country are rapidly improving and
that the outlook for business generally
is very bright.
"Very much greater confldenco is
felt here," says a Washington dispatch
to The New York Journal of Com-
Atlanta, Oct. 8.—Spectators in the' merce, "in the prospect regarding tho
police court are telling their frienrs rectification of tho general commer-
today of a free show staged there yes- j cial situation. Tho one thing which,
terday afternoon which was worth the moro than any other, is deomed to
price of a show ticket. Hattie Glover, show a return of normal conditions is
that in failing to do so the party has
violated its national platform pledges.
They favor free school books.
They favor all parties having pri
maries on a common day, supervised
and paid for by the state. And they
favor the Australian ballot for general
elections.
FREE SHOW IS GIVEN.
next spring.
The Philippine bureau of forestry
has recently invited bids for the cut
ting of nearly 300,000 acres of choice
timberland on the public forests on
the Island of Luzon.
Officers of the Okanogan national
forest in the state of Washington are
installing powerful signal lanterns for
night use in reporting forest fires from
lookout peaks.
It is said that the first sawmill in
the United States was at Jamestown,
from which sawed boards were export
ed in June, 1607. A water-power saw
mill was in use in 1625 near, the pres
ent site of Richmond.
California yew which grows on the
national forests of that state is finding
some use in present-day archery prac
tice. Its qualities closely resemble
those of the old-world yew which
THE NELMS MYSTERY.
Atlanta, Oct. 8.—Mrs. John
Nelms, whose search for her missing
daughters has taken her across the
continent and back, has given up all
hope of finding them alive, as is indi
cated by her application for perma
nent letters of administration on their
estates.
If these letters are issued it will be
a tacit admission on the part of the
courts that the two girls are consld
ered dead, and it they are ever found
alive they will have to reopen the
case.
IS A WISER MAN.
Atlanta, Oct. 8.—O. W. Roberts, of
Nelson, Ga., knows considerably more
about gas and its effects on the sys
tem today than he did yesterday. He
came to Atlanta as a witness in the
federal court, and engaged a room in
the Williams House. He found the
gas light would not blow out, so he
put his finger over the Jet and that ex-
made the 10*11,h looi-bow famou. to t,n «" tah «? **» W
* | When the doctor, got through uilng
one of the new pulmotora on him, Rob-
The Supreme Court of P.nn.rlr.- "" at h °»» ,tal
nia ha. decided that the amount of “V™ win Howeter
. .| .|*| | HmKne that was Gods will. However,
damage collectible on growing timber . 4 , ...... . ..
- » * i. rmt doctors kept on until they had put him
set on lire through negligence la not __ ' ... '
only the value of the wood destroyed,
but also the Injury to the property as
a whole thrrugh the destruction of the
on his feet, very sick and very dls-
TICKET IN GEORGIA.
Atlanta, Oct. 8.—Declaring their be
lief that Georgia and the South ought
MAY RETIRE VETERANS.
Savannah, Oct I .—Mr. H. C. Har
den, of Waycross, head pattern-maker
of the Atlantic Coast Ltne Railway, it
Is understood, is to be retired next
week on a pension. The retirement it
is believed, will come on October 15.
There are two other veterans who may
be retired at the same time also. One
of them, Mr. J. H. Ambrose, is fore
man of engineers. He has asked to
be permitted to remain in service un-
Notice!!
CWe will give
a ticket with ev
ery dollar cash
purchase good
for one vote in
the Waycross
Journal cash
trade contest.
C Trade here for
CASH and WIN
an automobile.
Phone 305
REDDING DRUG
& SEED STORE
Oo.-man Red Croaa. Mr. H. F. Kuck 5 ,oun * growth.
la chairman of tho committee haying mTTppritu ,ml ‘ D1 ‘ l »au uiu ooum uugm
thla year's outing In charge. There m to hare a strong aecond party, com-
to be one or two apeechca for the pur- BfcVEKSES DEtlSIOS. -Jtw >t th , outaet t0 the prelorva .
pose of putting Oermany'a position n,7T~ T r.hr B rv*,™. I‘ion of whit, supremacy, the Progrea-
correctly before the people and there | ^ Macon, °a, Oct. 8.^ J ohnB. Cooper, of tb|l ltate hav0 >nn0 unced
will be other features of Interest. Sa- ot >1 * c0 °', W V °° tlll * <t ot _ th *. re " r *? 1 thelr pUtform an4 ara puU , n g candl
vannah's German population Is very b f “>• “ nlted stal “ •““* dalea ta tha fleW .
large and they hare shown the keen-. «* New ° r ‘« n * 1 »L“*' 1 They have already announced C. W.
eat Interest In the war situation since to the United States dtoty wait McClure tor tha |ong larm „„ 0 R
the beginning of hostilities. They are Hutchens for the short term to the
flrmly of the opinion that Germany la Emorr s D" r ' 111 lhe ca,e of the Duck '
worth Company of Savannah against;
the Farmers’Oil and Guano Company
bf Sandersville. In the lower court
Judge Speer directed a verdict for the
colored, was convicted of meeting
Ruth Ryan, also colored, in the street
and opening an attack on her with a
razor. Hattie immediately denied it,
and insisted that she was a "puffect
lady.”
But when the recorder plastered a
815 fine on tho defendant she flew into
a rage and started across the court
room. Sh grabbed her surprised
prosecutor, Ruth, by the scrruff of the
neck and landed several short jabs to
the face. Then she knocked Ruth
doWn and began to stamp her Into the
floor.
Several officers interferred but Hat
tie’s fighting blood was up. She gave
Officer Cornett a terrific blow In lhe
8 i0jpach and nearly bit the fingers off
! another policeman before she was ov
erpowered.
But even on the way to the stockadd
she insisted that she was a "puffect
lady.” «*.*. iv^nwiTA’.* .
noNon camps phOPGSID/'
Atlanta, Oct. 8.—Two "honor canipi^
for the' younger and better behaved
convicts are being planned by
Fulton county commissioners and
probably will be opened soon. Tull C.
Waters, the father of the movement,
has adopted the policies of the state
prison commission in trying hard to
remove the boys and first-offenders
from the evil Influence of hardened
prisoners, and the honor camps will
be used to segregate the convicts who
give promise of reform. The, whites
and negroes will be kept in separate
camps.
The principal industries consulted
were textiles, Jewelry, fertilisers,
chemicals, spices, paper, office sup*
plies, confectionery, pianos, paints,
machinery equipment, leather and
shoes. Certain interesting facts art
brought out. First, since early August
there has been no general marked de
crease In operating capacity; obvious
ly, a few lines are for the moment
restricting output, but this is overbal
anced by increases in activity in other
directions. There is a strong disposi
tion to keep labor employed even in
tho absonco of profit and a desire to
keep organizations Intact to meet a
future demand, which manufacturers
—almost without exception—believe
is soon forthcoming. Again, the wide
ly heralded cancellations of orders
were actually small in volume, disap
peared after the first few days of tho
war and in many cases have since
been reinstated. Not only thftt ( but
the volume of orders bfifi bold UP to-
a remarkable degree during the first''
six weeks of the war,
In general, the concensus of opin
ion seems to be that New England’s
great workshop is shortly to be very
actively engaged, not only )n meeting
demands usually made upoq |f, hUt
also In partially supplying that mar
ket, both domestic and foreign, here
tofore held by the nations now at war.
WITHIN RIGHTS,
CLAIMS JAPAN,
Washington, D. C., Oct. 8.—Cable
advices to the Japanese embassy from
Tokio bearing upon the complication
that has arisen between China and Ja
pan over Japan’s seizure of the Shan-
Tung Railway, set forth the Japanese
contention that the action was no more
in violation of Chinese neutrality than
was the landing in the neighborhood
Tslng-Tau. Though nominally
owned by a private corporation, it Is
declared the railroad was actually a
German governmental property. The
railroad was said to be absolutely nec
essary to the development ot the Japa-
plan of campaign against the
Germans.
The Chinese government itself was
declared to be thoroughly conversant
with these facts and disposed to make
no issue with Japan upon them further
than It regards as necessary to place
on record tho fact that It has striven
to be absolutely neutral.
going to win the big fight yet.
INTEREST WANING.
Savannah, Oct 8.—It begins to look
u If tbs Associated Charities of s»-[D ,a,nt,a to th « ,u,n of **'**°.
vannih will soon ( o the wa, that It The rereraal of thla eu. I, of much
went to Jacksonville. That la It m.r Importance because of the effect that
have to quit business. An effort was “ *» “**"> 10 ha « °» to
made yesterday to hold a monthly «»• “»«•• Tha presl-
meetint of the board of directors of «“* of ‘ he Sanderarill, company sold
the association, but a quorum failed to “>• Duckworth company 800 hales ot
appear. For some time interest In the 1 cotton ,D September. »*«*. tor October
organisation has been lacking and delivery and was unable to deliver,
there have been very light collections 8ult *“ the " entered. The contention
reported from subscribers. Winter Is 8 ®t up by the defense was that the
coming on. when the organisation does «>“ tract entered Into was a wagering
its best work, and its friends hope it
will be able to stick,
PHILIP K. WALCOTT
RELIEVED A SUICIDE.
New York, Oct. 8.—Phl!ip K. Wal
cott. Junior member of the prominent
law firm of Hawkins, Delafleld & Long
fellow, fell to death yesterday from a
window of the firm’s office on the four
teenth floor of a skyscraper.
In the dead man's pockets were
found visiting cards bearing
names Philip J. Walcott and Mrs. Phil
ip Keyes Walcott Mr. Walcott was 36
years oM. He was a member of many
clubs and had, it was said, a lucrative
practice. The body was identified lat
er as that of Mr. Walcott, by a member
of the law firm.
CANADA WILL SEND
ARMY OF 22400.
Ottawa, Oct 8.—Canada will raise
immediately and send to the front a
second expeditionary force of 22,000
men with A first reinforcement of 10
per cent, making 22,000 in all. This
decision was reached at yesterday's
cabinet council. The second Contin
gent will bring the total of Canada’s
force at the front np to more than
50,ty0 men.
contract and therefore void.
It was claimed that the actual de
livery of the cotton was never con
templated by either party, but the set
tlement was to be made by onfe party
pa/mg to the other the difference be
tween the contract price and the mar
ket price of the cotton, according to
the fluctuation in the market.
This is said to be one of (he first
cases of the kind ever reversed by the
United States Court of Appeals in this
circuit and probably will have the ef
fect of stopping much of the gambling
in cotton futures, it is said.
Miss Isabella Smith will be here
for the winter and is rorganizlng her
class In piano, bisfory of music, har
mony and pipe o&an. References,
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
Studio No. 28 Tebeau St. Phone ML
8-20-1 m. \
MRS. WHEELER, MAKER OF 0
♦ LADIES* WAISTS AND CHO* ♦
♦ DRENS* CLOTHES. ♦
♦ XI ELIZABETH ST> ♦
♦ 8-8-2wka ♦
When a woman has lost her religion
she |s os a rose that has lost Its frog-j
ranee. *
United States senate, and through Jas.
L. Sibley, chairman of the general
platform committee, have announced
their policies in substance as follows:
They condemn the failure of the
federal government and the party
power to relieve financial conditions
In the south.
They favor a measure along the
lines of the Henry bill to give hard-
pressed producers reasonable ad
vances at moderate Interest.
They favor the submitting of a con
stitutional amendment on prohibition
to the people and declare it wrong for
a prohibition state to bo represented
by a man connected with the liquor in
terests.
WILL TEST YALIDITY
OK WAGE LEGISLATION,
Washington, D. C„ Oct. 8.—The con
stitutionality of minimum wage leg
islation on behalf of women, adopted
in several states, will be determined
quickly If the Supreme Court acts fa
vorably next Tuesday upon a request
of Oregon employers and employeSj
for early consideration of a case test
ing the validity of the Oregon mini
mum wage law.
The case arose out of an attempt
of a manufacturer in Portland, Ore.,
and one of his women employes to
enjoin the enforcement of the law.
The law dlrectd the Industrial wel
fare commission to determine the
minimum wage on which women
tho resumption of cotton exports act
ually in progress or about to go. Tho
movement already amounts to more
than 200,000 bales, according to state
ments transmitted to foreign trade au
thorities here. That this movement,
if continued, will result in enlarging
the balances in favor of the United
States, and will consequently greatly
alleviate the foreign exchange situa
tion, is fully believed and predicted^
"It is probable that within a short
time, according to the best-informed
men, (hq hxchange situation wilt thus
become very much moft nearly nor
mal, and as a result, one phase of the
present dlffioultleg will be eliminated
from further consideration.
"Improvement in tho near future Is
predicted not only In cotton but also
>n a number of other linos on the
strength pf the information which had
been received here during the past day
or two. Tho reports from the North
west seem td show that conditions
ther* are most satisfactory and that
the sales of grain are already realiz
ing active cash returns much beyond
the expectations Of growers earlier in
the season. Manufactured exports and
imports aro expected to cofldnue small
for- a good while, although If the be
ginning of peace negotiations can be
hastened it is believed that an almost
Immediate revival of trade will be en
joyed.”
In New York foreign exchange
steadily dropping. The exchange
market la now being regulated by the
natural order of supply and demand
and that the former exceeds the latter.
The payment this week of approxi
mately $8,250,000 Now York City obli
gations relieved the exchange market
from a buying power that might have
carried the rate above $5. Sentiment
is running so strongly In favor of a)
closer approach to normal conditions I It’a the man who really counts la
that uptown Importers of fabric* and farming. Fertile land la necessary,
down-town Importers of sugar, coffee but a master mind must solve the
and other commodities in New York 1 problem of production and marketing.
City, are practically out of the mar- —
FARM FACTS. ,
[ • St: s; Jf«
. TTVYTTTTTTT'J TTT1 I ».
Ho who plows con produce any
thing, Including health and happiness.
Tho magic influence of the plow wilt
make a desert bloom and blossom.
The problems of farming are as
serious as the multiplication tables.
Successful farming and marketing
are the basis of all human progress.
Farming Is successful only when
the crops have been profitably mar
keted.
Good roada broaden onr sympathy,
lessen distance and Increase our use
fulness.
ket.
Boston, Oct. 8.—In response to In
quiries as to the eflect of the war thus
STEAMER HASTILY COALED.
Honolulu, T. H., Oct. 8.—The Norwe-
glsn steamship Pronto was hastily
various lines of business and [coaled here today preparatory
the outlook for the future, a large leaving for an unannounced destina-
number of representative New Eng
land firms have submitted confidential
figures and opinions to the First Na
tional Bank. These, taken together,
give a broad view of prevailing busl-
nesa sentiment. The composite result
is distinctly optimistic, according to
a summary contained In tho bank’s
"New England Letter" jaat available.
tion. It la said she will leave.for
Gnam, an American possession, which
Island, according to rumor, boa been
■elected as the latest rendezvous of
the German cruisers In this psrt of tho
Psclfle. An sgent of ths German gov
ernment Is said to be on board.
Advertise in The Journal.
They deplore the failure of the might live properly and healthfully
present administration to provide an and made It an offense tor an em-
effleient system of separate rurallployer to pay less than the amount
credits, calling attention to the fact fixed.
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