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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. 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