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VOL. 29
PRESIDENT JOHNSON TELLS
OF COTTON MONOPOLY
N
Official of Southern Cotton Asso=
elation Issues Appeal for
Fair and Natural
Prices.
Three interesting points in con¬
nection with the cotton situation
are discussed by President M. L.
Johnson, ot the Georgia division
of the Southern Got ton associa¬
tion, in this week’s letter. Pres¬
ident JohflsSfi says:
“To the people of Georgia:
There are three things to which
I wish to call your particuhu' at¬
tention.
“In the first place your cotton
crop is a natural monopoly.a fact
which the people of the south do
not. seem to realize. Stop and
think about tins fact a minute,
and try to gather what it means.
“If you do this you will quickly
come to the conclusion that we
are about the only -people on the
face of the earth with a monopo¬
ly who have never gotten rich as
the result of the possession of it.
Not only have we failed to make
money out of it, but we have re
mained poor.
“I am not talking, of course
about cotton brokers or mer- j
chants, or banker®, or people in
other lines of business, but about
the producers—those who actual¬
ly grow the cotton; the men,
women and children who actually
plant, cultivate and gather it.
4 4 What do you think of the fact
—and it is a fact—that only a
few of the many producers of
cotton, were they left wholly to
their own resources, would be
able this year to grow any cotton
at all? How does that strike
you? Owners of a monopoly,and
yet unable to grow a small crop
without assistance?
“How would that sort of busi¬
ness, for instance, strike Jonn D.
Rockefeller? Did you notice the
peculiar and interesting coinci¬
dence the other day when lie gave
$32,000,000 to the cause of educa¬
tion? Within two days the price
of oil had gone up 15 cents a bar¬
rel. At that rate it won’t take
long for him to get it back.
4 V This is not the first coinci¬
dence of this kind that lias come
to my attention. Reports of
these large gifts from the benefi¬
ciaries of our protected industries
have been so constantly connect
ed with a raise in the prices, that,
I always stop to wonder just how
much of this or that partiglar
donation was my own. It was a
mite, of course, but mites from
many people ultimately make
millions. -
“And so it might be with the
c )tton crop. It is our own natur¬
al monopoly, and there is no rea¬
son why we should not get to¬
gether and make it pay our price.
“In the next place, let me call
your attention to the fact that
c d ton is always a gold -command
i sg crop. The exporting and sale
o‘ it in foreign countries meansa
return of golden dollars to us.
“Two-thirds of the south’s cot
t >n crop goes every year to for¬
eign countries, which is nearly
equal in value to the wo ld’s to
tal output of gold. Think of it,
smthern cotton growers supply¬
ing the world every year with
Values equal to the total output
of all the world’s gold mines!
•And yet the people , of ,
s mth cannot grow this crop with
out assistance — and assistance
wih be used n-Xt, . -R to )ear th
price of our cotton !
„ Now, XT I T submit , again that , no
pmple with but one money crop.
ran afford to be a debtor
Your country is a creditor nation,
solely due to your cotton. Why
shouldn’t you be a creditor peo
pie instead of a debtor?
“Another thing to which I wish
r rn 3^.3 1 1 H NEWS.
SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA , FEBRUARY 22 , T 9°7 •
BERMUDA
, We are glad to say that (Tes¬
ter Hill is improving after sever¬
al weeks’ illness.
Jim Ellis, wife and son visited
at the home of J. C. Ellis last
Sunday.
Mrs. W. J. White and daugh¬
ters, Misses Belle and BernLe,
spent Sunday with Mrs. White
cotton.
Misses Myrtle and Herline El¬
lis attended church at Center
Valley . Sunday.
Miss Nettie Gladden, of Amzi,
visited Miss Alma Hill Sunday
morning. What was your hurry,
Miss Nettie?
J. W. Wood, wife and children
visited J. 0. Willbanks and fam¬
ily Sunday.
Mrs. Ida Beardan and children
visited her mother, Mrs. Davis,
Saturday.
Sam Ellis and Miss Nannie Ma¬
son, of Eton, passed through our
burg Sunday afternoon en route
<o„ Cfiatsvvorth.
Will GoflTey spent a few hours
in our burg Monday.
Jim Willbanks and Miss Ora
Ellis attended the pound supper
given by Miss Mattie Anderson
Thursday night. They report a
(,e >fiHtf m 1 time.
Hello, Mt. Zion and Chats
worth! What lias become of you?
Why don’t you write oftener?
Come on, Peony and Pansy.
You must net stand back because
I am writing.
Everybody remember the ring¬
ing at, Bermuda next Sunday
afternoon. Come one and all.
M atilt a
FOR SALE.
Will sell lot of land No. 252, in
the 20th district of Murray coun¬
ty, cheap, for cash. Address F.
B. Arthur,Box 848,Americus,Ga.
to call your attention is that all
of us who have to do with cotton
and its products are engaged in
one common industry. Cotton
growing, weaving, spinning,knit
ting, bleaching, dyeing, finish
ing, and garment making are but
successive stages of one industry.
Yet for all of these various stages
there is but one producer—he
who grows the raw -cotton, as
there is but one consumer—he
who wears the cotton goods.
4 4 Raw cotton may be cheap,
yarn dear, and cloth clearer,
which is the situation now, but
the average of these prices, af¬
fording each branch of the indus¬
try a fair division of the profits,
is only fair and just. What we
want is a natural and fair price
for cotton established by the bal¬
ance of supply from the primary
producer and the demand from
the ultimate consumer of cotton
cloth.
“Is there uot every reason,
therefore, for co-operation on the
part of American spinners with
the producers of raw cotton? We
need it, are entitled to it, and
should have it, nob only from
them, but from each and every
business man and every individ¬
ual in the south.
“The south, the United States,
owe to the cotton producers debts
which they will never pay. Is
there a Georgian so indifferent
to the splendid victories of our
associat ion since January, 1905,
t<5 the possibilities of its
fc work in the f utU re, who
wi „ ,, ot aiJ U3 in abating the
„ ...mm, aro i )eino . ] !Panf , i
tributo to others?
44 Does no, every condition, .. . ev
thought upon the situation as
fe confronts you, call aloud for
a .,d point to the necessity of
ganiza tj on ? I appeal for organ!
nation and a fight to tne r finish. ■ ,
M. L. .Johnson,
_
“President Ga. Div. 8. C. A.”
PURELY LOCAL ANO PERSONAL
11. P. Messer, of Carters, was
a caller at our office yesterday.
Mrs. B. E. Hall ai d Mbs Katie
Keister visited Holly yesterday.
Will Robinson is assisting Clerk
J. D. Hallman in his court duties
this week.
Oiiatsworth is to have an elec¬
tion tomorrow tor mayor and
councilmen,
11. J..- Strickland,of Fainnount,
spent a portion of this week in
Spring Place.
Mrs. E. M. Edmondson has
moved from Holly to her resi¬
dence in Spring Place.
The young people enjoyed a
party Saturday night at the home
of Sidney House and wife.
Miss Johnnie Pierce, ofOohnt
ta Springs, is spending a few
days, with friends in the city.
FOE SALE—Engine, and saw¬
mill and fixtures, cheap. Cash
or on time. Apply to A. L. Keith.
The Pendley Brick Co. have
opened a line of-feed and will be
glad to supply your wants in this
line.
J. N. Ouylor, of the firm of
Caylor-Morris Co., of Dal ton,was
in the city a cotfple of days this
week.
County School Commissioner
W. I). Gregory, of Colmtta
Spiings, is spending several days
in the oily.
Rev. A. F. Ward preached an
interesting sermon Sunday night
to a large congregation at the
Methodist church,
We can sell you good corn for
bread and mixed corn, oats, hay
and cottonseed meal and hulls.—■
The Pendley Brick On.
The comity registrars are at
woi k this week making out the
voters’ list for the coming elec
tit n, 0.1 ]y one week off.
Mrs. F, T. Johnson, who has
been visiting relatives in the
west for several months past, has
returned to her home in the city.
The little folks of the city en¬
joyed a party at the home of F,
E. Vornberg and wife last Satur¬
day afternoon in honor of little
Miss Mamie Anderson.
All voters who have moved
f-toin one district to another since
registering should come to Spring
Place to vote. This is the only
place you can do so legally.
For Sale or exchange. Five
head of mules, 6 to 8 years old.
Apply to S. 11. MeKniglit, Mc
Entire «te Hood’s stables, Dalton,
Ga. 12-7-08 ft
A number of our subscribers j
have responded to our call for j
help and to them we make the
politest of Alphonse Gaston bow.
May they live long and prosper.
One of the shortest courts M ur ¬
ray county has experienced in
years was held here this week.
Only three days were taken up
in the discharge of all business.
Wfe are reducing our stock of | 1
Groceries, Notions, Tinware — j
everything to avoid repacking)
and moving to Ghatsworth—so j
wc are nuking «„„ 0 wonderful I
low prices.—Th6 PenUley |
Co. I
You will notice on another page .
of this issue the advertisement!
of Will 8. Cox, of Oiiatsworth, i
w} >° w \ i! be K %f Y f ?‘ l,UFmei ' s !
a few days. He will l have a very
in his line at a very small profit, ;
| j
R ev . J. T. Richardson, who is
nmv engaged in preaching on I
temperance and organizing Anti-!
Saloon leagues in the state, will j
Weach in Spring Flaw next Sun
day, the 24th inst. It is tin
purpose of the officers of the
State League to have every conn
iy organized by July 1. i
CHATSWORTH
Perhaps “The Blind Monkey”
thinks that people are going to
behove what ho is saving about |
Oiiatsworth. It must be that
“froggios” help build towns up,
as some people say that wo have
quite a lot of frogs over here,ai d
wo all know that Ghatsworth is
ahead of all the other towns. We
prefer frogs tp baboons and mon¬
keys, anyway.
Mrs. Ben Keith is rapidly im¬
proving from a recent illness.
Mrs. S. M. Barnett returned
Saturday from a vist to relatives
at Resaea and Oartersville.
Harvey Rouse and wife spent
Saturday afternoon here.
Most of our young people at¬
tended the pound supper given
by Miss Mattie Anderson, at her
home ah Amzi, last Thursday
night. They report an enjoya
hlc**t hue.
II. G. Wright and Misses Net¬
tie Gladden and Amanda O’Neill
took supper with the Misses Car¬
ney Sunday night.
Rev. Ward preached to a large
congregation here last Sunday
afternbon.
Misses Sallie Holland, May and
lliddie Carney and Vick More¬
land; Messivs. John and Will
Carney, Charlie Gray, Harry
Wright and Jos. Garwood were
entertained at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. B. 0. Keith Saturday
night. Jeuusiia.
;
ETON
Farmers are glad to see such
beautiful weather.
E, M. Ellis and wife visited E.
U. Davis and family last Sunday
afternoon.
Rev. Barton filled his regular
appointment a| Center Valley
Sunday.
Mi’s. Susie Holcomb and little
son visited relatives at Carters
this week.
I wonder where Harris Coffey
went Sunday evening?
John Brown visited little John
Coffey Sunday.
Miss Maudie Holcomb visited
her parents at Carters last week,
Candidates for tax collector
are numerous in this part.
Our thriving little town is on a
boom. They are at work on the
streets, and new buildings are
constantly going up.
Walter Harris and wife attend¬
ed church at Center Valley Suq^
day.
Joe Noland and Newt Iioicomb
visited Marion Holcomb and fam¬
ily Monday night.
Marvin Langston and Miss Cora
Band were happily married Sun¬
day evening. i
Miss Maud Davis visited Miss
Rossie Keith Sunday.
Willie Holcomb attended serv¬
ices at Center Valley Sunday.
Mrs. Brown visited Mrs. Lillie
Davis and family Sunday.
Someone ask Chester Swilling
why lie wears such a sad face.
Suowflakk.
TENNGA
Mrs. Dovie Epperson was the
guest of her sister, Mrs. L. 0.
Dunn, Huuday.
,!. i\, the little son of R. E.
Weber, has been quite sick the
P
Mw . »»«»*•**
»«• *«« taw*. fcmrtwr.
Leroy, the little son of T. N.
Gordon, is quite sick.
John Graves, wife and daugh
Un1e d , p , pas8t ,
A, ‘ fcar ”
tu ™ ga ’/ T Y '
w.i.es p ruUyler, of r Etowa.i, , , Wl ,.
Miss Annie Durham and her
little sister, Gertrude, visited
little " Miss Grace Bowman last
/
v0, ‘’I" ' ’ ' “ ’ ft V*
1CaL lasfc ^
e.enn, 0 .
Pryor Campbell, of Hughes,
passed through town the last of f
the week, returning home from a
COGSAWATTEE
On account of sickness, we
f died to write last week, but as
somewhat better will give you
few items.
Health of our <0 nunin ty is 1 o',
very much improved,
Rev. Keys delivered an inter
esting sermon at alt. Herman
Sunday.
We are sorry to note that S. P.
Martin had a severe stroke of
.paralysis Sunday. We wish for
him a speedy recovery.
Prof. John Martin had to dis¬
continue his school on account of
the sickness of his father.
Ask Willie Goble what, time
he got home Sunday night.
Misses Beulah and May Baxter
spent Saturday night with Miss
Vic Berry.
Lawton Gwens, of Audubon,
spent last Saturday night with.
George McEnt ire.
Col. Lang, of Calhoun, was in
our burg last week on business.
J. A. McEntire and wife dined
at the home of C. C. McEntire
Sunday.
Miss Maggie Btadley, of Oak
Grove, attended church at Mt.
Harman Sunday.
Bob Bagley and wife visited at
the home of Will Pritchett last
Sunday.
Ben Bagley and wife and Miss
Mattie Chadwick atrended serv¬
ices at Mt. Herman Sunday.
Jack Holcomb and wife visited
at the home of “Uncle” Jim
Bowen Saturday and Sunday,
Mr. Dover, of Calhoun, was in
o :r burg last week buying beef
cattle and hogs.
Misses Maude Lewis and Lillian
Harris visited the Misses Owens
last week.
M. L. Bagley is on the sick list
this week.
J. D. Harris passed through our
burg Saturday en route to upper
Murray.
Misses Mai via Montgomery and
Maggie McEntire spent Sunday
afternoon with Miss Lillian Har¬
r.s.
The singing given Sunday by
the Misses Thomas was enjoyed
by all present.
Dan Whittemore, one of Red
Bud’s most prominent young
men, attended church at Mt.Her
inan Sunday.
Little Miss Thelma McEntire
spent Sunday with her cousin,
little Miss Eva Mae Montgomery.
Dudley Foster, Henry Nesbitt,
Willie Goble, Luke Baxter, Ben
Wyatt and Mertie Nesbitt, Ber
and , Annie Evans, r , _ Ruth
tie aim
Annie Nesbitt, Minnie and Katie
Goble made the Misses McEntire
a niea ant call Sunday afternoon,
Tiie young people enjoyed the
pound supper given at the home
of Ben Bagley and wife.
Bill Speers, of Midway, was in
town Monday.
John Burks, of Holly, was here
one day last week on business.
Mrs. Van Tatum is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. James Thomas.
MLes. John Montgomery scent
one day last week with her daugli
ter, Mrs. Charlie McEntire.
Will Holland was in our burg
one day last week on business.
Rosebud,
business trip to Tuckaieeehee,
Tenn.
The little daughter of W. R.
Black who has been right sick is
improving.
Mrs. Will Shields was calling
in town Sunday evening.
Come on, Oonasauga, Tenn.
We are ready for you and your
ijjgh school.
A Mrs. L. O. Cavlor visited her
sisters , : Pr „ Mmes. vf me3 Marv Mary Uaylor Cavlor’and anci
8,ihe 1)l,nn ’, ot Iewpk Gr e>
ne past week.
Mines. Browder, McClary and
.[ones, of ConasaugS, were shop
plug in town last week.
Clok and Joe.
NO. 11
Death of \Y. 0. Peeples.
W. O. Peeples, for many years
0| ‘of Chattanooga’s best known
most substantial citizens,
j ■ ’ in; t vo years past a resident
| T Bridgeport, Ala., died Satur
\ day evening at (5 o’clock in a san
! i t > m ■ r. I at Graysville, Tet n ,
! v hare he had gone some weeks
j ago to recuperate. The immedij
a t o cause of death was pneumo
;:ii, contracted a day or two
before death, which Mr. Peeples,
no ing to the weakened condition
of his system, could not ove:
coine.
The death of Mr. Peeples re¬
moves the head of a family that
lias played an important part in
the developments of Chattanooga
and in the business, social, reli¬
gion.! and political life of the
city. His was for many years a
familiar figure on the streets of
Chattanooga. Mr. Peeples wasa
man of warm friendships and at¬
tachments and the news of his
death was received at bis old
home with* genuine regret. He
was a man of unbounded gener¬
osity and of noble impulses and
could not do enough for his
friends and those whom he liked.
Many are the young men and
older citizens who have received
a helping hand when most need¬
ed from W. (>. Peeples.
The deceased was born in Gor¬
don county, Georgia, at Fair
mount, April 1), 181(5, and bad he
lived until April next would
have been sixty-one years of age.
At the age of seventeen he en¬
ter® 1 the Confederate army and
made a good soldier. He served
Joe Wheeler’s Cavalry, entering
as a private and coming out of,
(lie war as a lieutenant, having
bum p:ouoted for bravery on
i ho li *1 <1.- Me was a charter mem¬
ber of N. B. Forrest camp, Con¬
federate. Veterans, and always
took an active interest in the af¬
fairs of that organization.
Immediately after the war in
18(5(5, Mr. Peeples came to Chat¬
tanooga and settled, residing
here continuously until two years
ago when he moved to Bridge¬
port, Ala., and at the time of his
death was general manager of
the Cumberland Coal and Lime
Co., of that place.
In 18(5!) Mr. Peeples married
Miss Rachel Tanksley, a member
of a prominent.family of Chatta¬
nooga in the early days. Mrs.
Peeples and eight children sur¬
vive him as follows:
Oscar T. Peeples, Esq., of Oae
tersville, Ga.; Robt. L. Peeples,
of Augusta,. Ga.; Win. R. and
Frank H., of Bridgeport; Mrs.A,
S. Dickey, of Chattanooga; Mrs.
Ohas. R. Gwyn, of Los Angeles;
Mrs. Sherwood Whicher, of
Bridgeport, and Miss Rachel Pee¬
ples.
Mr. Peeples was one of Chat¬
tanooga’s pioneers. It was his
indomitable will, industry and
j n Chattanooga that con
tributed largely to the early
upbuilding of the splendid fouu
dation upon which material Chat¬
tanooga today so securely rests.
He was connected for many years
with many of the city’s most pro¬
gressive business institutions and
for twenty-five years was always
a leader in every public move¬
ment having for its object tlje
pushing to th6 front and devel¬
opment of his adopted city. He
always took a keen interest m
ciyic and political affairs and
was one of the pillars of the
Democratic organization in this
section, when it “tried men’s
souls” to be Democrats. He was
at all tunes a keen student of
political affairs.
In addition to his immediate
family, Mr. Peeples leaves three
brothers, 8. (J. Peeples, of this
city; T. J. Peeples, of Dalton,
and Morgan Peeples, of Spring
Place, Ga., and Mrs. Rebecca
Humphreys,of Spring Place, Ga.
The funeral services took place
this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
from the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. A. S. Dickey, 233 Vine
street, Rev. J. A. Baylor, of Cen¬
tenary church of which the de¬
ceased was one of the oldest
members, officiating, assisted by
Rev. J. W. Bachman. Interment
was at Foreft Hills cemetery, the
service at the grave being pri¬
vate. The following gentldmen
served as pallbearers: L. M.
Clark, 0. A. Lyerly, J. R. Pitner,
Dr. Jas. H. Atlee, Dr. P. IX
Sims, George W. Davenport, J.
N. Trigg and T. A. Snow.—Chat¬
tanooga News.