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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IQ. 1921.
WATERPOWER
- CONVENTION TO
- BE HELD HERE
pi
iz. Mefetine March 16 To
- Brins 200 To 500
to ... People
A water power convention for the
3 Third Congressional district will be
- held in Americus on Wednesday,
| March 16.
ijf ‘ 'This was decided on at a confer
_ ence held Friday afternoon at the
Windsor Hotel with Mayor .Sheppard
C and a few leading citizens invited by
' Joseph Perkins to meet John
| Greer, executive secretary of
Municipal I iCague of Georgia, who
- came down from Atlanta on that
i mission.
« This convention, like others that
{ afe being called over the state, ae-
g cording to Mr. Greer, is to give the
® people of the state a clear under-
^slahding on the importance of getting
the water-powers of Georgia devel
oped and to organize the districts for
active work on that great problem.
It .is estimated that there will he
*rpm 200 to 500 people here for that
occasion, composed larirrly of
and councilmen, county commission
ers, senators and representatives,
bankers, manufacturers, newspaper
meh, club women and club men of the
!' district.
| Two novel features of this convcn-
i tion will be the fact that it will be
the first time women have participat
• ad in a great political and economic
1 discussion on an equal basis with men
and the fact that it is to be an open
; forum convention in which there are
to be no set speeches, but a general
.discussion by alt present ns to the
best method of getting power foi
Georgia to do business on.
Development Necesary
In discussing the convention, Mr.
Greer said it is absolutely necessary
for Georgia to get her water-powers
developed, if Georgia is to go forward
in her industrial life.
L-^eorgia has no coal, oil or gas;
her.wood is fast disappearing and wa-
| tap-power is the only source of ener
gy Georgia his," said he. "It will
requiro a number of years to gel
these powers developed and already
Georgia is facing a power fanfinc.
Manufacturers aro applying foi
power in this state to run factories
and because they cannot get it they
«re.going to other states where thcii
fuel will be at their doors, instead
of having to haul it several hundred
miles. Georgia is losing tremendous-
.7.T l “ vin * any power to offer.
‘.•.Furthermore, the homes of Ccor
gia aro having to limp along with-
out.tho'conveniences, having to de
Pend on servants that never havt
been satisfactory, and becoming mort
. L 0r ® ® b »°lete, whilo other states
ttit have cheap power arc using mod-
ern mnchlnery for doing house work
Georgia has plenty of power in
Iter streams, but only a little over ten
jer cent, is developed, and very little
-la doing In the wny of increasing
it. Twenty-three years ago the state
.legislators turned the development
aw our water powers over to the pri-
:xste companies of the East, and they
.l C “ *® buy and condemn it and
tfAdaxtbey own a large part of it, but
KJ& “ , thc P«°Pl® cheap
ive faitad Wh thty pron,i '* d - they
Z-i For Fighting For Development.
- The Municipal League of Geor-
■ Is fighting for the state, the
" hnd counties to take over this
ipment, following out the On-
grstsin, where ;t has been done
well and cheaply, and the idea is
get It for all purposes to all the
»ge in all sections of the state.
( t*®P'C w ho attend this convention
•tZIii not c° mmit themselves to tli<
lyUcy of the League, but the best
*y *n*t can be offered.
§ # ” The city governments, chambers
^ commerce, the bankers, manufac-
jttwn an dall the clubs will be urged
r £w*? ,8t "J brin,nnB a large gather-
f* .. r convention
Columbus Women
To Pay Street Tax
COLUMBUS, Feb. 4. — Colum-
bus women will hereafter “have the
privilege” of contributing $2 per an
num toward the upkeep of the streets
of the city. City council, in passing
the 1021 tax ordinance, adopted an
amendment which makes the newly
enfranchised citizens subject to street
tax.
| The tax ordinance, drafted more
than a month ago and put on its first
reading at the .January meeting of
council, provides for an increase ir
the city tax rate from $1.50 to
$1.80 per hundred. The annual re
port of the city treasurer showed
deficit for the last fiscal year of $11
.157.25, bringing the deficit of the
city to date to ^154,302.62.
APPLIED SCIENCE
FOR FARM WORK
ADDED AT AGGIE
Dr. Walter, Bacteriolo
gist. Added To Facul
ty, Headine Dept.
THE BON AIR IS
IN ASHES WITH:
MILLION LOSS
None Of 260 Guests In
jured In Early Morn
ing Blaze
ntalls Great Magnet To
(emove Steei In Eye
An Interesting piece of mechanics,
■>tn the standpoint of the layman,
well as the professional, is n pow-
ul magnet recently installed by Dr.
F. Grubbs for the removal of
ces of steel from the eye ball.
which operates with
JeeWeity. comes to a small point
P° WCr Of 500
JOTWIS. This point is placed as near
We eye containing the piece of steel
th., r *. b * n ' 1 ,Manruve rod so
’ wtth tk m ,' f " r,, moved by the pul]
■>S!o^^ KtpoMiblc ^ n ° ri "
the ma,rn< ‘ t that the
■ Il«m L |wn,on "™ min 6
H Ir.ii? 1 mov ' ,h<,|r watches, it mar
'-nd rs,"y y ing C » ZW “
log properties ’ t,mckecp "
^ j^rice Of Gasoline
£ uown _Anothtr Cent
jdH.? b k 1n |l L >c * of_8»»oline in Amcri
r«wji hcen ro *iuced one cent on
hcre* n T°h”T < ' mnt ° f
K|.{ cent. , Th J° rmcr price w «
EttR-iJKr ond ,hc ntw
•feLTS^i*$v* nt ,n ‘°««««
G «I*U .,' ppIi f, d t0 other Cities
“ w»« as Americus.
announcement of important
concerning the Third District Ag
cultural and Mechanical .school w
that authorized Saturday by J. M
Trance, principal, in which it
stated that the department of np
plied laboratory science, bnctorio!
ogy and chemistry in plant and an
mal diseases, had been established
Dr. George Walter, of Americus
bacteriologist and pathologist, ha:
been elected to the faculty and placed
in charge of the department. Already
Dr. Walter has taken up his work
and has organized three classes.
The department, which is planned
to have practical value to the farm
err. and public generally of this dis
trict, is a new departure in district
agricultural colleges, and is said will
equip the students in the lines taught
a.i thoroughly and completely
similar courses at the state college
of agriculture. This is the first of
tne district colleges to undertake
work of this character, it is said
and was possible only because of lh<
location here of Dr. Walter, an
pert in this line of work.
The first year clars will study plant
diseases in connection with their worl
in horticulture. Tho second yeni
class will study ariimnl hushandr.
and applied laboratory research work
in connection. The third year clas*
will ppply the work of the first tw«
years in research work along indi
vldunl lines, undertaking the working
out of original problems that maj
come under their observation.
A laboratory is being equipped it*
the former model rural school build
ing at the college for research worl
under Dr. Walter’s direction, thi
iUse of which will be available at al
times to the patrons of the distric
and public generally. And it is an
riounced that farmers will be wel
come at all time to attend lectures
which arc held for 45 minutes each
morning, between 8:30 and 9:lf-
o’clock, except on special occasion. 1
when an hour and half is used.
The work is designed to bo prac
tical in every sense, and to embrace
scientific phases of plant and ani
mal diseases, subjects which interest
the veterinarian and the horticul
turist. The work also will include
matters of interest to the physician
dealing with rabies and other diseases
in animals affecting human bcingx
Soil chemistry, water analyses and
other scientific investigations of in
terest and importance to every citi
zen will be undertaken by the labor
atory, and the public is invited to
make use of this service, also.
At the conclusion of the course,
it is announced, the -graduates will
he given certificates by Dr. Walter,
in addition to their diplomas, testi
fying to their proficiency in the
course of applied laboratory science.
Dr. Walter has been given resi
dence quarters at the, college and
will mako^it his home, dividing hi*
time each day among the college, the
City hospital, where he has also set
up a research laboratory, and his
down town offices, where his prin
cipal laboratory is located.
AUGUSTA. Feb. 4.—The Bonaire
Hotel, one of the larget tourist hos-
telries i l the entire South, was de
stroyed by fire of undetermined ori
gin, which was discovered at 2:30
this morning.
The loss, including the property of
guests, is placed at $1,000,000.
None of the two hundred and sixty
guests in the building were injured,
all of them having been awakened
by the night clerk shortly after the
lire was discovered.
A few of the guests of the hotel
took time to gather up their clothes
and other possessions, but a large
number of them fled scantily attired,
and without saving anything. Homes
in the winter colony here were
thrown open to them.
Nathan Stra*uss, the New York
hanker, who is now in Augusta, stat
ed today that he stood ready to aid
financially in the immediate rebuild-,
ing of the Bonaire upon a scale that
will make it the finest tourist resort
in the Souths
LONGLOANSIS
FARMERS’NEED,
ASSERTS LEVER
Member Of U. S. Farm
Loan Board Points
Out Solution
‘TOM’SLAPPEY
DIES OFSTROKE
Former Sumter Man Un
expectedly Taken In
Savannah
T. E. Slappcy. of Savannah,
familiarly known in his old home here
as “Tom,” died Saturday al his home
in Savannah from a paralytic stroke,
according to word received here.
The news of his death was entirely
unexpected and a great shock to his
many friends and acquaintances. It
was only two or three weeks ago that
he was in Americus, and at that time
ppeared well. Business strain is
believed by his friends to have been
♦he cause of the stroke. \
Mr. Slappey, who was born’ and
reared in Sumter county, was a sales
nan, and one of the best on the road
As such he frequently visited Ameri
cus and always received a warm
greeting from old friends.
He was *50 years of age and
brother of Misses Elizabeth and Cal-
lie Slappey. of Americus, and W. J
Slappcy, of Andcrsonvillc.
He was a man of considerable
means, owning and operating a large
farm near Andcrsonvillc. He also
had cxtAisivc interest in the vicinity
>f Midvillc. Re was a very public
spirited man, with a soft heart, and
many privately knew of his bcncfac
ions which never became public.
EAST EXPECTS
ABETTER YEAR
Atlanta Robbery Case
Recalls Famous Trial
ATLANTA, Feb. 4.—An interest
ing case in view of the side light*
has just been tried in tho criminal
court in Atlanta. Sam Manor and
a confederate plead guilty to robbing
a Jew named Pries at the point of
a pistol. The convicted men wen
sentenced to the penitentiary fron.
five to ten years.
The interesting feature was tha 1
Mrs. Manor, who collapsed in coun
when her husband was sentenced, wa*
formerly Monteen Stover, a star wit
ness for the state in the prosecutior
of the noted Leo Frank ease. Twc
years ago she was arrested in Chat
tanooga for playing the badgei
game by going disrobed into \*nriou
rooms in a hotel. She is now undei
bond in Atlanta for aiding in th*
rohery for which her husband wa*
sentenced.
Newport Ijmgford, chief of detec
tives when Frank was convicted
shot a lawyer two months ago with
whom he had an office. ..Langford
was said to be intoxicated at the
time. Re is now before the police
comission on a charge of bribery.
Jim Conley, a negro and the chief
witness in the Frank case, it serv
ing a twenty year sentence for a
night time burglary. I
Col. R. C. Ellis, Tifton lawyer and
brother of Col. G. R. Ellis, of Amer-
cus, and a member of tV~ firm here
it Ellis, Webb & Ellir, Ear return
ed from an Eastern trip with an op-
imirtic feeling. Says the Tifton
Gazette, telling of his trip to New
York, Boston and Washington:
Business men are taking s
brighter view of the future and pre
lict steady improvement in business
n general throughout the year. T*he
general opinion is that the bottom
has been reached; that the worst has
been realized, and the feeling is that
business is now' improving and will
continue to improve throughout the
year. »Some financiers who are not
luito as optimistic, while agreeing
that the worst has been realized,
not believe that there will be any
{rent improvement before tjie latter
part of 1921.
“The opinion is expressed that the
Republicans are going to put a pro
tective tariff into effect just as soon
is they possible can, and then use all
heir means to improve business con
ditions. in order that the Republicans
ind the tariff may get credit for the
mproved business conditions. With
the Republicans in complete control
>f the government, and all the fman
rial hacking they have, it is believed
hat they enn bring about an improve
ment in business and this they are
expected to do as soon as they get
things entirely under their control.
“The Republicans have had control
if the legislative branch of the gov-
»riiment. hut with a Democratic pres
ident, this fact has not been gener
ally recognized and the Democrats
have had the blame to bear. Thcjr
kept Wilson from making peace and
this has had no small influence on
business conditions.
“The high rate of exchange has
held tlown exports, and this with the
breaking up of our marketing system,
has helped to keep down the price of
raw products. With the fixing of Ger
many's indemnity, an adjustment of
the rate of exchange and the resump
tion of exports on n large scale,
prices may be expected to rise. This
will also afford a larger market for
American farm products at a better
price, and a means of disposing of
MADISON, Wis., Feb. 4.-*Federal
reserve paper with a pine months or
twelve months perhc! of maturity
would greatly assist the farmer and
overcome to a great extent the pie
dicament of the toilers of tho soil
find them?et*vb in at the jr*sent
time, according to A. F. Lever, mcm
he, vt the Federal l*arru J.oan Board
who addressed the marketing confer-
ence here today.
“The question uppermmost in the
minds of farmers is what happened
to bring about the present situa
tion,” said Mr. Lever. “What ha^
occurred to justify a slump in price?
of farm products ranging from
per cent to 100 per cent within
period of 12 months?
Certainly there arc no less mouths
to be fed now. The yield for 192ft
was not unusually targe!
“The starving children of Armenia
need your wheat and corn and live
stock, hut they have nothing with
which to pay for it. The domestic
consumer of farm products is on a
buyers’ strike. He is refusing to
buy at the exorbitant prices demand
ed by some retailers, except as he
must buy to meet immediate needs.
The domestic manufacturer, the
wholesaler and the jobber, because
of the uncertainty of the price of the
raw material and the demand for fin
ished product, arc, ns it were, danc
ing the hesitation, and they too are
in tho market only to fill immediate
demands.
The Real Cause.
“The underlying cause has been
that a fnrmer has been taught
walk the furrow and produce and
per capita he is the best producer
in the world. We have taught him
to become an expert with his hands
and have left him as a child in the
use of his head in the management
of his affairs, other than production
“For the great staple crops like
wheat, corn, cotton, wool and live
stock, there is no existing machinery
for the orderly marketing of farm
products. Agricuturo is both undo
capitalized and is without any ado
quato system of credits adapted to
its peculiar needs.
There is a terrific strain upon the
finances of the country at the croi
moving season. Also an inefficicn
and expensive sytem of transporta
tlon. Thcro Is an uneconomic and
unwise strain upon tho buying and
absorptive powers of the purchaser;
of farm products. Under this sys
tem wo are asking the buyers of farn
products to meet their demands for t
period of twelve months In a period
frormfour to five months, with th«
inevitable result to the seller of thcs<
products.
The Remedies.
‘The remedies which suggest
thenv-elves to me arc: The climina
tion of all unnecessary factors ir
the present system of distribution
The organization of commodity sale*
agencies. The standardization of
farm products into grades and clnss
The warehousing of sufficient
quantities of products to set up ar
even flow of such products into the
markets of the world as the im
mediate donir.nds of the world call
for them. The devising of such
credit machinery ns fill enable the
farmer to market hir. products in a
;ane and orderly* wny.
“The hanker thinks in the psy
chology of a quickly maturing pa
per. The turn over of the capital
investment of the fnrmer is once in
TG5 days. A paper, thereforr, with
maturity of only sixty or ninety
Jays, certainly, in times of financial
when money is hard to get,
a of little vali o to him. If we arc
to solve his credit problem, wc must
provide him with a paper which ha?
a maturity period equal to the turn
cr period of his investment, and
paper of less time than none o?
months’ maturity, better fifteen
months', can not fco of the greatest
value to him.
“To my mind a sy. tem can be dc
vised which will meet this necessity
This is predicated upon the pooling
of the assets of the concern and the
issuance against such pooled asset*
certificates of indebtedness or dehen
lures in varying denominations and
periods of maturity. What is a gov
ernnient bond? A government bond
is the evidence of the fact that con
under tho constitution has the
power to tax all of the assets of all
♦he people to make good the face
of the bond.
Farm Loan Bonds.
'A piece of farm land in itself,
matter how available, will fail tc
unlock the doors of credit. A farm
mortgage on the same piece of land
tself would have no standing in
the money markets of the world, but
when under the farm loan net we
have set up four thousand associa
tions of farmers throughout every
agricultural county in the United
States, and when these association?
have taken In many farm mortgages
—in the neighborhood of 126,000—
and have placed these In Federal
land banks—regional banks—in the
hands of a government appointee
known as farm loan registrar, and
these banks have issued against this
mortgage farm loan bonds, the Mis
souri farm has become through this
magic a liquid asset which flows
‘MOTHER’' OF I I
FOOLED HUSBAND;
ALL ADOPTED
ATLANTA, Feb. 4.—One of tho
most amazing stories of mother
love came to light today when Mrs.
F. A. South, aged 52, is said to
have confessed that the triplets
supposedly born to her New Year’s
eve, were not her own and that
she had rearpd altogether eleven
children whom even her husband
believed were born to her.
The children were adopted from
a maternity home secretly, accord
ing to her alleged statements, be
cause of her great love for babies.
WANTS CITY TO
SETTLE BIG BILL
Liehtincr Company Says
Suit Be Brought By
February 15
SYRUP PLANT •
TO HZGERALD
Sweet Potato Experi
ments Work To Be
Conducted There
the surplus cotton, wheat, corn, etc. ...«.. v - aH «, , IWNa
“Taken as a whole, business condi-'freely in the money markets of the
tions are looking up.” country. What is a far* loan bond?
The Americus Lighting company
has notified tho city through a letter
read to the council at its regular
meeting Thursday night, that unless
ts hill for stand-by electric service
at the pumping station for the entire
1920 is satisfactorily handled
by February 15 steps will he taken
o sue to collect it. The sum in
olved was not mentioned, hut il
amounts to several thousand dollars.
ayment has been held up lor a long
time because of the rate being
forred to the Georgia Railroad com
mission for settlement. The com
mission’s ruling was handed down a
few weeks ago. in the latter part of
1920, but was not retroactive. The
company announces its willingness to
accept the ruling as retroactive in
order to effect a settlement at once.
Another communication from the
Lighting company was read to the
council stating that it and the coun
cil committee had been unable tc
agree on a rate for street lighting
for 1921, and that the matter had
been referred to the state commission
for settlement. It was stated that
the company had reduced its offer
to the city to the extent of wiping
out profit, preferring to do this it
order to preserve harmony, but thal
it would refuse to go any further ir
its offers and must decline to accept
the city’s proposal of renewing tin
contract at the old rate, which wa:
established in 1915.
Chairman Mashburn, of the coun-,
cil committee, confirmed the fnilurt*
of agreement and the referring of
the dispute to the state conimiss'or.
The same committee was giver-
authority to sell at the best possible
advantage the electric comprcssoi
the
tand pump recently replaced in
city’s pumping plant. It was
plained that an offer that would
bring .nearly $4,000 for the machine*
had been received.
WEBSlRBACKS
TRUANCY im
To Enforce Attendance
Of Children At Pub
lic Schools
PREST9N, fX7» — The Bo.nl
Education of Webster county me;
Tuesday, February 1, with the foi
lowing members present: Dr. J F
Lunsford, W. H. Clarke, S. o'
Brichtwell. J. W. Sherman and J. T.
Brown. It was resolved by the
board, that hereafter all bills for
building, repairs and cquipmenl
should be paid by the trustees con
eem. The county fund for the yeni
1521 was app-rt.onei to the several
echool districts. The amount appor
tioned to the district this year rep
resents an increa: *> of :17 1-2 per cent
over what was paid list year.
The matter of enforcing the nt
tendance law was dii cussed. It is
the purpose of the attendance of
Seer and the hoard to require every
child between 8 and 14 years of age
to attend school sis months during
the year and 20 days per month, un
less excused, ns provided by law.
Prosecution will be mndc only ns last
resort, but the' board will not hesi
tate to prosecute if nece.i-iary in car
rying out the spirit of the law.
It is the evidence that a tnf^tee
has in his possession farm mortgage:
which if foreclosed would bo suf
ficient in value to meet the oblige
tions of the bond.
“The working out of this system of
farm credit, ns well as the solution
of nil the other problems of agri
culture, depends upon organisation
of the farmers themselves undet
sane, conservative, fundatnintally.
sound leadership. With It there can
he but success. Without thia, all
these efforts will fail.'*
c oIumbus Orders
Negro Released
leveland Edwards, the Columbus
nogro arrested here Sundny night
on orders from that city as a sus
pect In connection with the murder
there Saturday night of Policeman
Pate, was released by Sheriff Ear
vey Tuesday morning. Information
from Columbus was that it had been
established be was not connected with
the killing.
Two negroes were held there In
connection with the murder, it was
reported, hut with no conclusive evi
dence against cither of them.
The government’s experimental
sweet potato plant, which Americus
hoped to be able to secure, will be
located in Fitzgerald. Notification
to this cfcfct hat just been received
by J. Ralston Cargill, of Americus,
who was responsible for tho bringing
of three government experts hero a
short time ago to inspect the ad
vantages offered by Americus for
location of the experimental plant. It
was he, also, who offered the gov
ernment free' of charge n building
and steam from his own syrup plan!
nearby.
It is understood that Americus
was prcfernble to the experts from
many standpoints, but that facilities
found at Fitzgerald were considered
superior to those elsewhere. These
included a potato curing house and
a potato canning plant already in
operation.
Mr. Cargill has received letters
from Dr. C. I,. Alsbcrg, chief of the
Bureau of Chemistry, U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, and from D
I. Price, engineer in charge of the
development work, the latter of
whom was one of the throe expert,
who visited Americus on this inspec
tion trip, both of which explain
themselves. They follow:
“Mr. J. Ralston Cargill, Americus
Georgia.
“Dear Mr. Cargill: I desire to
reply further to your letter of Jan
uary 21 regarding the visit of rep
resentatives of this bureau to Amer!
cus in connection with the sweet po
tato syrup production unit.
"Wc have been carefully consid
-ring the report of our“ representa
tives covering their trip through
Georgia, which was indeed very
gratifying and indicates the impor
tance of this project to the entire
South. They were well received al
every point and the burenu has been
invited to accept a number of loca
tions which aro generally satisfae
tory.
"Owing to lack of funds, however,
it has been necessary for us to dc
ide upon a point where the equip
•nent can be installed at tho least ex
pense and a production basis reached
is early as possible. After careful
lonsideration wc feel that these fa
cilities arc best afforded at Fitz
gerald, Georgia, and we have decid
ed to undertake tho experimental
work nt that point.
“Wc nssuro you, however, that the
csults of the tests will be consider
ed entirely ns official department
lata and not be available for the pub
until the teats arc completed. At
hat time we hope to mako tho infor
mation available to any parties in-
crested in the commercialization of
tho process.
“I desire to tako this oppqrtifnty
•O again express my personal appre-
,-iation for tho courtesies extended
*o our representatives during their
-ccent visit to Americas, and we
lope that we will be a'-lc to obtain
■atisfarlory result : in tho expori
ments whirh we : re row undertnk
ng. Respectfully,
“C. I,. ALSBERG,
, “Chief.
'Washington, D. C., I'eb. 4, 1921."
"Mr. J. Ralston Cargill, Amcricur.
Georgia.
“Dear Mr. Cargill: You arc be-
ing advised by Dr. Alsbcrg thnt aft
er careful consideration the bureau
has decided to locate the small sweet
potato syrup production unit nl
Fitzgerald, Georgia. It was neces
sary for a location to he selected
which would permit installation of
the equipment at lenst expense and
allow production as soon as possible
“I desire to take thia opportuni
ty to express my personal npprecia
tion of the courtesies extended oui
party during the recent visit to Am
cricu*, anil" would be glad to have
you cpnvcy our well wishes to our
kind friends in the Rotary club,
Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis
club of Americus. We shall be
pleased to havij you keep in touch
with us during the continuation of
l he experiments and will look for
ward to seeing you from time dur
ing the conduct of the same. With
kind personal regards, I am very
truly yours,
“D. J. PRICE,
"Engineer in Charge of Development
Work.
“Washington, D. .C-, Feb. 3, 1921.'
WEEKLY
MARKETGRAM
•OR THE WEEK ENDING
FEB. 5.
A new service furnished by
•he U. S. Bureau of Markets.
Road Chief Lauded
Rural Paving Here
That the newly completed paving
>rcje<’t east of Americus on the Dixie
Gighwny is the mist perfect example
if the penetration method of nln
:adam raving he had ever seen, was
he statement made here on his re-
•ent visit by Cnpt I*. St. J. Wilson,
if Washington, chief engineer of the
'mreau of public roads, it developed
•oday. The account of the trip of
Cnpt. Wilson. State Highway Engi
neer W. R. Neel nnd other highway
men over the Dixie Highway was pub
lished in this paper Sunday. Capt.
Wilsen paid a high compliment to the
Sumter county forces nnd the dis
trict engineer’s office, both of whom
had to do with the construction of
this piece of highway.
Application to curtail train ser
vice between Cuthbeft and Fort
Gaines has been filed before the Rail
road Commission of Georgia.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Potatoes declined 10 to 20c per
100 lbs. f. o. b. northern shipping sta
tions, reaching 75 to 85c sacked. Chi
cago carlot market lost 5 to 10c, at
$1 to $1.15. Round whites down 10c
f. o. b. New York shipping points. "
closing $1 to $1.08. New York mar
ket down 16c, reaching $1.50 to
$1.05.
Cold storage Baldwin apples steady
f. o. b. around $4 bbl. Baldwins and
Greenings steady in city markets nt
$4 to $5 for large lots; New York Im
perials $3.50 to $4.50, oxccpt Chica
go $5 to $5.25. Northwestern Extra
Fancy Wincsnpes steady f. o. b. ship
pings points at $2.10 to $2.25 per
box; New York market steady, large
sizes $4 to $4.25 medium sizes $3
to $3.50.
Yellow onions down 10c per 100
tbs f. o. b„ closing around 75c.
Eastern consuming markets lost an
additional 10 to 25c, reaching 70c
to $1.25 Feb 3; middle western cen
ters 75c to $1.25. I
New York eabbage slightly! lower
f. o. b. $9 to $10 per ton hulk. East
ern consuming markets down $2 per
ton at $10 to $10. Florida new
cabbage up 15 to 25c nt $1.65 to
$2; Philadelphia down 25 to 35c per
I 1-2 bu hamper at $1.15 to $1.50.
Maryland and Delaware yellow
sweet potatoes steady in eastern mar
kets, $1.40 to $1.90 per bu. hamper;
Chicago 10 to> 25c higher around
$2.26.
Hay and Feed.
Loadnig in Kansas light account
bail roads and weather. Quoted No.
1 timothy $25, Chicago.' $25 Cincin
nati. $29 Memphis; No. 2 timothy $22
Chicago, $22.50 Cincinnati, $27
Memphis. No. 1 clover mixed $22.50
Cincinnati. No. 1 alfalfa $24 Cin-
•innati. $29 Memphis. No 2 alfalfa
J22.50 Memphis.
Wheat feed dull, weak and easier.
Southern markets report little ac-
•Ivity in cottonseed meal. Demand
for feeds light. Stocks in general
ample in northwest considerably
larger than normal. Recent decline
liaa resultd in bids now offeyed being
.tore in proportion to present mill
quotations for wheatfccds. Linseed
meal weaker, demand light, mill .
agents in Chicago now offering at $40 ▼
through jobbera able to buy at $39 '
that market. Hominy feeds lighter;
prices steadier. Eastern markets de
pressed; jobbing prices vary greatly.
Quoted, bran $23, middlings
$21.50, ryo feed $21, flour middlings
$26. Minneapolis. 36% cottonseed
meal $27 Memphis, $37 New York,
$33.60 Chicago. White hominy feed *
$24 Chicago, $22.50 St. Louis. Beet «
pulp $36 Cincinnati, $37 northeast- '
cm markets. Gluten food $36 Chi
cago. Oat feed $10 St. Louia.
Live Slock and Meats.
A sharp deelino in sheep and lamb
prices featured tho Chicago live
stock market tho paat week. Fat
lambs broke 50c to $1.25; feeding
lambs 75c to $1.60. Yearlings lost
$1.25 to $1.50; fat owes weak to 50c
ower. Cattle declines ranged 25c to '
'•0c per 100 lbs with some choice
steers $1 lower. Hogs ranged 15c
lower to 10c higher. February 4
Chicago prices: Hogs, bulk of salos,
$9.20 to $10; medium and good beef
itccrs $7.25 to $8.75; butcher cows
ind heifers $4.25 to $8; feeder steers
16 to $8; light and medium weight
cnl calves $9.60 to $12; fat lambs
17.25 to $10.25; feeding lambs $7.25
to $8.50; yearlings $6 to $7.60; fat
ewes $3.60 to $5.
Prices on prsctically all classes
ind grades of meat declined
oi eastern whilesalc market. Beef
down $1.50 to $2; veal, lamb, mutton
ind pork loin $1 to $3. February 4
•iriee good grade ments: Beef $13 to
114.50; veal $20 to $22; lamb $17 to
$20; mutton $10 to $12; light pork
’oins $19 to $21; heavy loins $15 to
$19.
Dairy Products.
Butter markets have been weak
ind unsettled. No trading interest
and market generally lacks support.
At New York foreign butter has .
been an important factor producing
this condition ns buyers have shown
lircfcrcnce for high quality foreign
butter at favorable prices. Reduced
•onsumption demand apparent in
tome sections. Price 92 score, do
mestic fresh; New York 46c; Chica
go 45 1-4C; Philadelphia 46c; Chica
go 45 I-4c; Philadelphia 46 l-2c;
Boston 47c.
For the week Chicago wheat tost
13 l-4c closing at $1.52 5-K; May
corn I 3-4c at 65 l-8c. Minneapolis
MArch wheat down 13 J-4c at
11.42 1 -4; Kansas City March 12 3-4c
it $1.46; Winnipeg May 10 7-8c at
51.67 3-8.' Chicago May wheat
51.42 1-2
Cotton,
The nvorage price of Middling spo
olton in ten designated markets de
fined 91 points during the week, clos-
ng 13 l-2c. New York March fu
tures down 109 points, at 13.04c.
RAISE INSPECTOR’S PAY.
The county board, at its regular
meeting Monday, which consumed a
large part of tho day but at which
only routine matters were transact
ed, voted to raise tho pay of S. H.
Edge, county cattle inspector, from
$25 to $10 per month. Mr. Edgo
drew $100 per month last year, dur
ing the tick elcan-up work, and was
cut to $25 at the January meeting.
Afew doses 666 break a cold, tt