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VOLUME V. NUMBER 48.
WORLD’S EXPORT
RECORD BROKEN
I
< Figures Show That Goods Soot From
United States In August Totaled
Over $500,000,000
IMPORTS ALSO INCREASE
< Total 135,000.000 Above The Previous '
High Record For May And $45,-
000,000 More Than June
Washington. — American exports
finally have passed the halt billion
-dollar mark. Statistics issued by the
department of commerce show that
goods sent abroad in August were val
ued at $510,000,000, a record not only
for this country, but for the world. The
total is $35,000,000 above the previous
high record,Established in May, and
$45,000,000 higher than the June fig
ure.
Imports increased in August, the to
tal of $190,247,391 being $47,000,000 be
low that of June, the record month. It
was greater, however, than d'e total
for any previous'Augjist. Exports tor
the year ended with August aggregat
ed $4,750,000,000 and the imports $2,-
300,000,000, both totals being far in ad
vance of those for any similar pe
riod.
The favorable trade balance for Au
gust was $311,000,000, compared with
$119,000,000 in August a year ago, and
a balance of $19,000,000 in August,
J 914, against the United States. For
the twelve months ending August 31
the export balance was $2,465,000,000,
as against $1,363,000,000 in the preced
ing year and $374,000,000 two years
ago.
The net inward gold movement for
August was $29,000,000 and for the
year $410,000,000, a record breaker.
Last year the net inward gold move
ment was $145,000,000 and two years
ago there was a net outward move
ment of $95,000,000.
NEW ERA DAWNING
FOR BUSINESS MEN
Wilson Legislation Enacted Under His
Administration Makes Trade
Expansion Possible
Baltimore. —President Wilson deliv
ered a speech almost devoid of politics
before the National Grain Dealers’ con
vention here. Discussing ways in
which American commerce can be ex
panded, he told an audience of 3,800
people that through the new tariff
-commission, the trade commission, the
federal reserve act, the shipping bill
and similar measures he expected
business men in this country to open
up a new era for the nation.
“The purpose of legislation in the
immediate future in this country,” Mr.
Wilson declared, “is going to be to re
move all ingenious constructions, and
make it perfectly clear what the liber
ties as well as what the restrictions
•of trade are in this country.”
Every effort was made by the presi
dent to keep the visit to Baltimore
non-partisan, but when he entered the
Lyric theater for his speech he was
greeted with a four-minute demonstra
tion which kept him bowing again and
again. A band playing Dixie and oth
er popular tunes added to the din of
the cheering and handclapping. The
theater was packed with grain dealers
from all parts of the country, and their
friends, and many visitors were turn
ed away. The president spoke em
phatically and several exclamation
points usually missing in his address
es were found in the official copy of
his speech.
Officials Watch Raises In Bread Price
Washington.—Officials of both the
department of justice and the federal
trade commission are watching ad
vance of bread prices with considera
ble Interest, but so far no general in
vestigation has been determined upon.
Federal attorneys who have full power
to look into the situation in their re
spective districts were directed some
months ago to watch for any evidence
of {lllegal practices. The department
of justice has no power to act unless
there is evidence of a combination or
agreement injurious to the public in
articles that enter into interstate
trade.
Allies Attack On Fifteen Mlle Front
New York.—Attacking simultaneous
ly on an arc of 15 miles, running from
Martinpuich to the Somme, the British
and French forces have delivered an
other smashing blow on the German
■ lines and pushed forward their posi-
B tions for notable gains. From Martin-
Mi puich to Combles, a distance of six
V miles, the British have driven in their
■ wedge to a depth of more than a mile
B and captured in the attack the import
ant strategic towns of Les Boeufs and
S^Morval, the latter a scant mile north
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CROP CONDITIONS REPORTED '
GOVERNMENT REPORT SAYS THE
WEATHER HAS BEEN TOO
COOL FOR COTTON
Picking And Ginning And Harvesting
Going On In Other
States
Washington.—Cool weather in North
Carolina and parts of South Carolina
has caused some damage to cotton, 1
but picking and ginning is proceeding
under favorable conditions in most of
the Southern states, according to the
weather crop bulletin Issued by the
weather bureau. The bulletin adds
that most of the tobacco crop in Vir
ginia, Kentucky and Tennessee has
been housed and is being cured.
“The weather was too cool for cot
ton in North and South Carolina,”
says the report, "and progress in the
first named state was unsatisfactory,
there being complaints of boll rot and
other deterioration, although some
picking was in progress. The weath
er favored picking and ginning almost
everywhere, and the work is proceed- 1
ing rapidly in northern and central
South Carolina, southern Georgia,
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Ar
kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas
and Arizona.
Considerable damage was done to
tobacco in Ohio lowlands by frost, and
much of the crop is yet in the field.
Frost damage in Wisconsin, while se
rious, was not general, as most of the
crop had already been harvested. To
bacco in New England is nearly all
harvested and the quality is good. In
Pennsylvania the crop has matured
and cutting has begun, while the bulk
of the crop has been housed and is
being cured in Virginia, Kentucky and
Tennessee. Rains have improved Ma
ryland tobacco and a good crop is
promised."
Another week of generally favorable
weather has aided grain harvesting
and threshing over most of the coun
try, the bulletin says, although rain
recently has caused some delay and
damaged grain still in the shock in
west-central Minnesota.
Frost did considerable damage dur
ing the week to late coin in several
northern states, while in most of the
Middle and. Southern states good crops
are expected. Because of the hot and
dry summer, white potatoes are only
fair, to poor in many sections, and al
most a failure in Ohio. Meadow and
forage crops are reported good.
GREAT BRITAIN APOLOGIZES
TO THE UNITED STATES
For The Holding Up Os The Steamer
Cebu In The Philippine
Waters
Washington.:—Great Britain formal
ly expressed to the United States re
gret for the action of a British de
stroyer in holding up and examining
the Philippine steamer Cebu within
the territorial waters of the Philip
pines. Because of a heavy, fog, it
was explained, the destroyer comman
der did not know the vessel was so
near shore.
In the absence of Ambassador
Spring-Rice, Colville Barclay, counsel
or of the British embassy, called at
the state department at the request
of Foreign Secretary Grey and pre
sented the explanation and expres
sion of regret Department officials
said later the incident was regarded
as closed.
The Cebu was boarded and examin
ed a mile and a half off the island
of Carabao, the boarding party ap
parently being in search of a German,
who was not found. Governor Gen
eral Harrison of the Philippines re
ported the case, denouncing the ac
tion as a violation of American neu
trsjfty, and a protest Immediately was
made to London. In the explanation
presented the British government de
clared that “when the Cebu was board
ed the land was hidden, but as soon
as the weather cleared and it was
found that the ship was within terri
torial waters and the boarding of the
officers was recalled, and that the
passenger list was examined, but the
ship was not searched.”
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Steamers In Collision Off Virginia
Newport News, Va. —The British
steamer Qrabandien and the Norwe
gian steamer L. O. Stensland, were
damaged in a collision off the Vir
ginia capes, and came into port for
repairs. Men from the ships said that
they fouled each other in the heavy
fog. Both were inbound for this port.
Millions Homeless As Result Os Flood
Washington.—Nearly a million peo
ple have been made hdmeless by one
of the greatest floods on record in
that section of China where the Amer
ican Red Cross already has spent six
hundred thousand dollars for flood pro
tection, and where the thirty million
dollar loan for reclamation work,
which was postponed by the war, was
to have been spent. Reports to the
state department from the American
consul at Nanking said the Hwal river
had inundated an area of about seven
thousand square miles in Anhui.
IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1916.
ZEPPELINS MAKE
I
RAID ON LONDON
Thirty Persons Killed And One Hundred
And Ten Wounded Io Attack
On The City :
TWO AIRSHIPS DESTROYED ;
Crew Os One Zeppelin Killed, But ,
That Os The Other Was
Captured
London. —Os the twelve big Zeppe- 1
lins which invaded the British Isles
at night to deal death and destruction
from the skies, two were left stark ‘
and black masses of steel and alumi
num in the little village of Mangold, '
Essex county. They fell victims of
the anti-aircraft defenses of London
and outlying districts. *
One came down a flaming torch, as
did the Zeppelin L-21, destroyed three
weeks ago, while the second, disabled
by gunfire, effected a landing which
saved the lives of the crew, who are
prisoners in England. The crew of
.the first raider died' in the consum
ing flames of their own ship, but were
not so terribly charred as their pre
decessors.
This latest raider to light her own
funeral way on English soil collapsed
and was consumed much more quickly
than the L-21. It is possible, though,
that some of the men were still living
when the great vessel struck the
ground. The captain’s body was found
some distance from the wreck.
Thousand* Saw Zeppelin Burn*
The death and burning of the first
Zeppelin was witnessed by tens of
thousands of London’s residents, but
the wounding and descent of the sec
ond raider was a matter of doubt un
til official statements were given out.
Few details are available of this sec
ond raider’s condition, but it is reli
ably reported that the crew surren
dered to special constables.
Many who saw the shrapnel burst
ing like sky rockets about the in
vader, which subsequently caught fire,
think there must have been several di
rect hits. Many aeroplanes were aloft
and attacked the Zeppelins from all
sides.
The raiders took a heavy toll of
lives before their, destruction, twenty
eight persons being killed and ninety
nine wounded in the metropolitan dis
trict of London. Two persons were
killed, probably four, and seventeen
were wounded in the provinces.
The property damage, while widely
distributed, is confined for the most
part, to small suburban dwellings and
shops, although one railway station,
was damaged, some empty cars being
destroyed and part of the tracks torn
up. -
Roar Os Dropping Bomb*
The roar of dropping bombs was
heard in many districts where the
raiders w T ere invisible. It is not be
lieved that more than two or three
invading Zeppelins which crossed the
east coast succeeded in reaching the
environs of London and that two of
these paid the death penalty gives the
greatest satisfaction to. the military
authorities. Apart from the loss of
materia], the casualties of the last
two raids, it is believed, will have a
depressing effect on the morale of the
Zeppelin crews in the future.
ROCKWELL KILLED NEAR
SCENE OF FIRST VICTORY
Atlanta Flyer Met Death At Spot 1
Where He Shot Down First
German Aviator
Paris.—The aerial fight in which
Sergeant Kiffin Rockwell of Atlanta
(Georgia) was mortally wounded by
a German airman, took place over the 1
town of Thann. The body of the
American aviator fell in reconquered
territory in Alsace, near where Rock
well shot down his first adversary five
months ago.
Sergeant Rockwell was one of the
first American volunteers to join the
foreign legion. He was grievously
wounded in a bayonet attack at Arras ।
ih May, 1915, before being transfer
red to the flying corp. He was re- 1
garded in French aviation circles as
an “ace,” a name given to the most ।
skillful and daring pilots. Lieut. Wil- <
liam Thaw of Pittsburg before he
was wounded and Rockwell made a 1
formidable fighting pair. I
Prevent* Dedication Os Monument I
Chicago.—A brother of Samuel Met
sinberg, the Chicago marine who lost ’
his life at the occupation of Vera '
Cruz, blunged through a crowd gath- 1
ered about the monument in Wald- I
heim cemetery, erected to the ma- i
vine’s memory, and prevented its ded- <
icatlon. The brother, Edward Melsln
berg, startled the 500 persons gath- 1
ered for the dedication by charging
that the society which erected the <
monument had failed to give the ma- <
rine’s poverty-stricken parents the ’
money promised them. 1
55,800 GERMANS CAPTORED
OF THIS NUMBER THE FRENCH
TOOK OVER THIRTY-FOUR
THOUSAND MEN
Teuton* Admit Reverae In Carpath
ian*, But Declare Russian* Have
Been Repulsed Elsewhere
London.—On the Somme front, in
France, the French and British forces
have made additional gains. General
Haig’s men made progress toward Ba
paume, while General. Foch’s soldiers,
who apparently have begun another ef
fort to eject the Germans from Com
bles and its salient in the entire en
tente line north of the Somme, also
met with success.
After the checking of German at
tacks southeast of Combles, between
Le Priez farm and Bancourt, the end
of the French part of the entente
line, which almost encircles the town,
the French undertook local operations
on the outskirts of Combles itself.
General Haig’s troops straightened
out their line between Martinpuich
and Flers, a distance of about one
mile, by taking two lines of German
trenches. The British front there now
runs on a direct line north of the two
villages. London also records im
provement of other positions on the
British front.
It is officially announced in Paris
that the number of prisoners taken by
the Anglo-French forces on the
Somme from July 1 to September 18
amounted to more than 55,800. Os
these 34,050 fell into the hands of the
French.
Berlin and Vienna admit a reverse
in the Carpathians in the Russian cap
ture of the summit of Smotrec height,
which previously had changed hands
many times, but declare Russian at
tacks in Volhynia and southern Buko
wina were checked.
West of Lutsk, in Volhynia, the Ger
mans again repulsed Russian attacks,
capturing seven hundred and fifty pris
oners and several machine guns, ac
cording to Berlin, and Russian as
saults in Galicia, north of Sboroff, and
in the region of Dorna Watra, on the
border of Bukowina and Roumania,
■were frustrated.
KINGDOM OF GREECE
NOW ONLY A NAME
King’s Authority Almost Gone and
Venizelos Will Organize The
Revolutionary Movement
London. —After saying that the re
moval of the Greek censorship will
permit the truth being told, a corre
spondent hints at the likelihood of for
mer Premier Venizelos leaving Ath
ens for one of the districts where a
revolution has been started, where he
will be able to organize the whole rev
olutionary movement.
“The kingdom of Greece,” says the
correspondent, “is now only a name.
Saloniki, Thasos, Lemmos, Chios, Sa
mos and Mytilene no longer are gov
erned from Athens. Crete and Cycla
des are about to follow suit. A proc
lamation of independence has been
issued in Epirus; the Larissa district
is biding bis time, while Phocis and
Acarnania are wavering.
“Only Athens and Peloponnesus
(Morea) remain, and Athens is pla
carded with such appeals as ‘draw the
sword, king, or abdicate.' These and
similar appeals appearing on placards
and in the press or made from the
platform go unpunished, and it is evi
dent that the king’s authority is al
most gone. Houses in Athens stored
with arms for revolutionary purposes
are openly guarded and the king does
not dare openly to challenge the least
act of Venizelos.
Cut Salaries Os All German Officers
Berlin. —Beginning October 1, the
salaries of all German officers will be
reduced, according to a report. The
salary of the minister of war and the
chief army commanders will be de
duced by 1,000 marks a month and
lieutenants by 60 marks. Married of
ficers and those who have parents de
pending on them are allowed special
indemnities. The reductions had been
asked by the reichstag in December,
1915.
Potash Has Been Found In Cuba
Washington.—The department of
commerce cabled the American con
sul general at Havana to investigate
a published report that millions of tons
of potash have been discovered near
Motembo, on the Matanzas and Santa
Clara border, with deposits averaging
25 per cent pure.
French Vote Huge Credit For The War
Paris. —The chamber of deputies
unanimously voted war credits for the
remainder of the year, totalling 8.838.-
000,000 francs. The Socialist party
resolved unanimously at a special
meeting to vote for the war credits
demanded by Finance Minister Ribot.
The resolution, while rejecting "any
policy of prolonging the war for the
sake of conquest,” addm “We are
ready to make every effort to insure
the territorial Integrity of a France
which Includes Alsace Lorraine, which
belong to France.”
STATE CONVENTION
FINISHESITS WORK
George, Jenkins and Lake Named For The
Appellate Court—Great Ovation
Accorded Dorsey
INDORSE PRESIDENT WILSON
Democrat* Adopt Campaign Platform
Os The Nominee For Governor
And Adjourn
Macon, Ga.—lndorsement of the na
tional administration, the unanimous
ratification of the people’s choice for
statehouse officials, from governor
down, and the nomination of Walter
F. George, W. Frank Jenkins and Ros
coe Luke for the three appellate court
judgeships created by the last general
assembly were the outstanding features
of the Democratic state convention
held here September 26.
It was an enthusiastic convention
from start to finish, and the applause
at times — especially following the
speech of acceptance of Hugh M. Dor
sey — amounted to a demonstration.
In no instance, save in the nomina
tion of appellate court judges, was
; there any appearance of a contest; and
’ that was short-lived. After the initial
• ballot in which the name of each of
the fourteen original candidates fig
ured, Candidates Grogan and-, Jones
withdrew from the race. Upon the
second ballot, Judge George was nom
inated, and Graham, Kimsey, Yeomans
and Cozart dropped out of the contest
voluntarily. The third ballot resulted
in filling the remaining two places on
the ticket.
The indorsement of the Wilson ad
' ministration came first during the key
note speech of J. R. Smith of Atlanta,
elected temporary chairman of the
, convention, in which address the lau
dation of the Democratic president and
administration formed the most con
' spicuous portion. Then the sentiments
sounded by Smith viere reiterated in
the report of the committee on reso
lutions.
The convention was called to order
। by Judge E. J. Reagin of McDonough,
retiring state chairman, and immedi
ately thereafter Mr. Smith, elected as
temporary chairman, launched upon
his address. The permanent organiza
। tion was effected by the election of
J. J. Flynt as chairman; Hiram Gard
ner, Eatonton, secretary; J. D. Mc-
Cartney, Rome, assistant secretary.
When the delegates launched upon
, the balloting upon the names of the
fourteen separate aspirants to the
three newly-created positions on the
, appellate bench. The voting resulted
as follows:
First Ballot, Bloodworth 184, George
170, Luke 112, Jenkins 152, Stephens
166, Hutcheson 116, Grogan 114, Gra
. ham 10, Jones 52, Kimsey 49, Yeo
mans 45, Ftllbright 80 and Cozart 36.
Second Ballot, with Grogan and
Jones out of the race: Bloodworth 170,
George 219, Luke 126, Jenkins 186,
Stephens 150, Hutcheson 125, Graham
8, Kimsey 36, Yeomans 25, Fullbright
78 and Cozart 16.
Third Ballot, with George declared
nominated, and Graham, Kimsey, Yeo
mans and Cozart out of the race:
Bloodworth 86, Luke 228, Jenkins 243,
Stephens 77, Hutcheson 90.
The ratification of the people’s pri
mary vote for nominees for the other
state house officials, regardless of
whether or not there bad been an
anti-primary contest, proved to be
merely a matter of form and was con
summated.
Thou«and« Os Eel* Migrate To Gulf
Bainbridge, Ga—Fishermen along
the Flint river report a strange phe
nomenon which they claim takes place
every year. All the eels in that stream
are leaving and going to the salt wa
ters of the gulf. Their migration al
ways takes place in the late afternoon
and at night, and on a moonlight even
ing great black schools can be seen
wriggling their way southward to the
warm waters. Here they will spawn
and, while the old ones will never re
turn, millions of younger ones will
come in their place. It is believed
that the Flint produces more eels than
any other Georgia stream, and the ne
gro fishermen along its banks are
counting on reaping a harvest when
the new crop returns in the early
spring.
Big Warehouse Damaged By Fire
Atlanta, Ga. —Fire which broke out
in the cotton warehouse of Kenan, Mc-
Kay & Speir, Inc., at Erwin street and
the Southern railroad at night, about
11:30 o'clock, did damage amounting
to about $15,000 before it could be
checked by the fire department The
building is a large wooden and cegru
gated iron structure extending a dis
taMce of about half a city block along
the railroad. Five hundred bales of
cotton were stored In it. The blaze
was a difficult one to fight, owing to
the large quantity of cotton stored.
SI.OO A YEAR
STATE ITEMS
CONDENSED
Blakely.—Early county claims the
youngest delegate to the state conven
tion in Lowrey Stone of Blakely. He
is a lawyer here and took a promi
nent part in the recent primary.
Marietta.—Eight hundred and fifty
gallons of beer helped break the dry
spell in Cobb county, when Sheriff W.
T. Swanson of Marietta poured out
that amount at Austell.
Americus.—Cary Hardin, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hardin, of Amer
icus, win be. an appointee from the
third district ' to the United States
naval academy at Anapolis, according
to an announcement of Congressman
Charles R. Crisp.
Valdosta.—A joint meeting of the
Eleventh district and Second district
medical societies will be held in Val
dosta during the week of October 24.
The Georgia-Florida fair will be that
week, and a special day will be set
aside for the medicos.
Cordele.—Peanut growing, as part
of a general plan to diversify to com
bat the effects of the boll weevil
another year, will be practiced exten
sively in Crisp county and this sec
tion. Hundreds of farmers are plan
ing to engage in peanut culture on a
broad scale.
Savannah.—Asking salvage amount
ing to not less than $20,000 for res
cuing the Danish bark Lawrence from
the south breakers off Tybee, Septem
ber 10, the Propeller towboat com
pany and the Savannah towing and
wrecking company have filed a libel
suit in federal court against the Law
rence.
Elberton.—The warehouse of the
Heard Gin company burned at Mid
dleton with eighty-three bales of cot
ton and one hundred tons of cotton
seed. The loss amounts to $12,000.
There was no insurance. Heard and
Swift are losers of three-fifths of the
amount and Hammond Brothers most
of the balance.
Rome.—The Floyd county tax rate
for 1916 will be $9 per thousand, or
thirty cents more than that of 1915.
The increase in tax rate was made
necessary by the extraordinary ex
penses and the unusual amount of
road work now being done in the
county. The tax income for the com
ing year is estimated at $166,009.
Bainbridge.—lf the absence of va
cant houses is an evidence of prosper
ity, Bainbridge is booming to the lim
it. There is not a vacant renting house
in the city and many families are hav
ing to share their houses with other
families. Boarding houses are full, and
many people who have never taken
boarders are accommodating a few
during the rush.
Fitzgerald. — General Passenger
Agent Gelders states that the last
water course on the general route,
Dixie Highway, is being bridged by
the commissioners of Pulaski county.
A reinforced concrete bridge will span
Flat Creek eight miles south of Haw
kinsville, and a tourist may travel
from Macon to Jacksonville without
wetting a tire.
Atlanta. —Four thousand Presbyteri
ans and friends of Oglethorpe universi
ty of all denominations attending the
jubilee exercises at the auditorium
bore witness to the joy of Atlanta and
the whole South that a great institu
tion of learning that was dead has
at last risen from the tomb with the
promise of a vast and significant fu
ture.
Waycross.—That he encountered
better roads in Georgia than in any
state since leaving Michigan, was the
statement made in Waycross by J. H.
Phelps, en route to Florida from Lan
sing. He has been making automo
bile trips to various sections of the
United States and says in no state
has he seen greater evidence of the
good roads movement than in Geor
gia.
Waycross.—A dispute which is al
leged to have started over Lloyd
Moore’s criticixing Hall Verine for at
tending a church festival while drink
ing broke up a settlement gathering '
near Telmore in the upper part of
Ware county, with a general fight.
Moore was killed almost instantly, it
is alleged, by Verine, who also Is said
to have perhaps fatally cut Sam Bald
win and seriously slashed two others
who tried to stop him. Richard George
was painfully wounded when he was
struck by bullets from Baldwin’s pis
tol. Baldwin was attempting to shoot
Verine. Probably a dozen received
minor bruises and cuts, getting away
from the church. Many jumped
through windows.
Atlanta —Preaching a sermon while
standing in water waist-deep was the
unique sight presented at the pool in
Mozley’s park in West End. After the
sermon twenty-five people were baptis
ed In the pool, while a large crowd
looked on. This unusual service was
conducted by Evangelist Carlyle B.
Haynes, who, during July and August,
conducted the meetings of the Sum
mer Bible institute in a large can
vas pavilion located at the downtown
Junction of the Peachtree street*.
