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Make Your Own Ice Cream. There hu Jn.t been pieced In all the grocer* itoree, anew preparation called r Jell-O Ice Cream POWDER which ie meeting with great favor, at It enable* everyone to make ice cream In their own home with very little tronble. Everything in the package for mak ing two quarts of delicious ice cream. Ifyour grocer can’t supply you send SSc. for two pkgs. by mail Van illa,Chocolate, Strawberry and Unllarored. Address. The Genesee Pure Foot 1 Cos., Box 2S, Le Hoy. N.lfc CHARGED MORE THAN HE SPENT THAT IS THE GRAVE POINT, HEPMH.ICA'VS THINK, IX THE CASE AGAINST SWAYNE. His Practice of Naming $lO n Day us Ilia EapciiNc, When Evidence Showed He Spent Mnch Less, Re garded by the Committee na n Point on Which the Federal Judge of Xorthern Dlntrfct of Florida May Be Impeached. Washington, Dec. 12.—Eight Repub lican members of the House Judiciary Committee, Representatives Parker of New Jersey, Jenkins of Wisconsin, Alexander of New York, Littlefield of Maine, Thomas of lowa, Gillett of Cal ifornia, Pearre of Maryland, and War ner of Illinois, to-day submitted to the House their views in the case of case of Judge Charles Swayne of the Northern district of Florida. While disagreeing in some particu lars with the views submitted for the full committee last week by Repre sentative Palmer of Pennsylvania, they say that the question of charging $lO a day for expenses had been brought out for the first time in the additional testimony taken since last session and laid before the commit tee. With respect to the record on that point “they are of opinion that an im peachable offense has been made out.” This makes the committee practically unanimous for impeachment, although differing on the ground. The views submitted by Messrs. Parker, Jenkins, Alexander, Little field, Thomas, Gillett, Pearre and War ner are as follows: “We do not think that the additional testimony strengthens the case against Judge Swayne except in the particulars hereinafter referred to. On the contrary we think it materially weakens it in the particulars relied upon in the former report. As to those particulars, in our opinion, the evi dence wholly fails to justify impeach ment proceedings. Didn't Like Hla Use of the Cur. "We not only do not approve, but we distinctly and emphatically disap prove, however, of the matter of the use of the private car in charge of the receiver, Durkee, in 1903. We think the judge’s action in the use of the property and employes of the receiver is a legitimate and proper object of adverse criticism and censure, but since there is nothing in the record that tends to show that the judge was influenced in any of his judicial acts, either directly or indirectly, or was attempted to be influenced thereby, we do not think the facts present a case ~of such gravity as to justify Im peachment on that ground. “The making of false certificates for reasonable expenses for travel and attendance’ is now presented for the first time. The testimony establishes the fact that in several instances, the last 1903, his disbursements for expenses were considerably less than the amounts he certified, which were uniformly $lO a day. We think the law does not authorize a district judge under such circumstances to certify more than his actual disbursements as expenses. It does not authorize him to certify actual disbursements even, unless they are ‘reasonable.’ He Didn't Try to Explain. "Unexplained, there does not appear to be any justification for making these certificates and receiving the money appearing to be due thereon. Evidence as to the alleged practice of other judges in this respect was of fered and excluded, and we think properly. It would have been com petent for him when a witness in his own behalf to have stated why he made those certificates. Asa witness, he answered and explained every oth er charge. This charge he made no effort, as a witness, to answer or ex plain. The inference from the record, in general principles, is that the charge is admitted to be true, and that he has no explanation or answer thereto. "Whether a satisfactory explanation can be made we do not say. We must take the record as it stands. Upon this record unanswered and unexplain ed, we are of the opinion that In this particular, an Impeachable offense has been made out.” suro FOR BEING PUT OFF A TRAIN. Wnyoroe* Mnn’e Suit Against the A. & 11. Railroad. Waycross, Ga., Dec. 12.—The Decem ber term of the City Court of Way cross convened to-day. The case of M. C. Hodge against the Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad was taken up. Hodge is suing the railroad for $2,000 damages sustained by being ejected from a passenger train. He alleges that he had paid his fare and turned over his ticket to the conductor, and later was asked for a ticket. Hodge claims he declined to pay his fare tne second time, and says the conductor ejected him from the train. AH IHTIt ATION TKKATV NIGNKD. It nintlN tlie I nlted Milica and Great Britain. Washington, Dec, 12.—The arbitra tion treaty between Great Britain and the United .States was signed to-day. The treaty was signed by Secretary Hay and Hlr Mortimer Durand, the British ambassador. It follows the lines of the Frrnch arbitration treaty. It is expected that the Italian treaty will be signed within th next two or three days. MISTRIAIToR RHODES. At t:S* o'i lot k (hi# moriiJitff i ml#* trtttl m 4ciir*4 Iti Hit *•*#* of J#m fri*J to Mw> Hu|#rtor Owu't to? Um AUtft<4t Ot JlMfl#* TtM’lMM’* MORMONS HEARD BY THE SENATORS. Continued from First Page. had not been inspired: but was Pres ident Woodruff’s own. This testi mony kept the committee room in an uproar. Lillian Was Attractive. Mr. Hamlin said he was the brother of Lillian Hamlin, who, the Protes tants have tried to show, was mar ried to Apostle Abram Cannon on the high seas in 1896. Mr. Hamlin said it was the family conviction that his sister was married to Mr. Cannon in the summer of 1896, and that the cere mony was performed by President Smith on the Pacific coast. Lillian was said by her brother to have been an attractive young woman. He said he had not heard from her for four or five years, and did not know where she was now-. She has one child, he said, a daughter who goes by the name of Martha Cannon. “Well, nobody doubts that the child is Abram Cannon's daughter?” asked Mr. Tavler. "No sir." was the reply. The committee adjourned until to morrow. WORK OF THE HOUSE. Business That Was Transacted By That Body. Washington, Dec. 12.—The House transacted quite a large amount of miscellaneous business to-day, starting with pension bills and considering the Hill financial bill later in the day. A number of bills of local character were passed and an adjournment was forced for lack of a quorum when an uttempt was made to pass the joint resolution granting the use of the Washington monument lot for the American railway appliance exhibi tion. The bill transferring the forest re serves from the Department of the In terior to the Agricultural Department, which has been pending in Congress for several years, was passed. During the discussion of the finan cial bill Mr. Hill said we must get back to the gold standard, which he learned from very high authorities had been "irrevocably established.” Mr. Williams said there was an in fluence at work to displace the gov ernment-provided money with bank provided money and thereby enable the banks to make the profit on it. “It is no wonder,” he said, "that nine tenths of the bankers are Republi cans,” adding that some were deposi tories and others were hoping to be. During a heated colloquy with Mr. Hill, Mr. Williams said the bill under consideration would double the possi bility of the perpetration of "the in iquitous wrong.” He predicted that it simply would lead to Socialism. The speaker at this time announced a number of committee assignments, including Mr. Heflin of Alabama to Mines and Mining; Mr. Croft of South Carolina to Manufactures and to Ex penditures in the Navy Department. The House adjourned until to-mor row. Georgian,, all Present. Washington, Dec. 12.—A1l the mem bers of the Georgia delegation are now here. Representative Griggs and Car ter Tate were at the Capitol to-day and were given a hearty greeting by their associates. Before the House assembled there was an informal rally of the Georgia delegation aroung Judge Adamson's desk. THE DAY IN THE SENATE. Pure Pond and Philippine Bills Un der Consideration. Washington, Dec. 12.—The Senate had under consideration to-day the pure food and Philippine government bills. Debate on the former was con fined to calling attention to the inade quacy of the protection accorded the people of the United States against impure foods and drugs. The discussion of the Philippine bill related solely to the question of the guarantee by the Philippine govern ment of the income or interest on bonds of railroads in those islands, Mr. Spooner of Wisconsin and Mr. Bacon of Georgia leading in the criticism. The suggestion was made by Mr. Newlands of Nevada that the Philip pine government should construct the system of railroads proposed. The debate brought out the first ref erence in the Senate in this session to Judge Parker’s view of the Philippine question, caused by Mr. Newlands quoting from certain utterances of W. J. Bryan and President Roosevelt. Mr. Foraker inquired why he had ignored Judge Parker, and Mr. Newlands re plied that 'Mr. Bryan for eight years stood as the leader of the Democratic party. No action was taken on the bill and the Senate adjourned until to-morrow. Drake Military Rnle, Roanoke, Va., Dec. 12.—W. M. Bodie, a student at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, arrived here to-night from the East, on his way back to Blacks burg. He says the name of the cadet who was dismissed is B. W. Coulter of Richmond, Va., and that his offense was breaking a military rule. KING—IMXON, OCII.LA. Ocilla, Ga., Dec. 12.—Mr. Henry C. King and Mrs. Alice Dixon were mar ried last evening at the residence of Hon. M. Henderson. Rev. J. B. Thrasher officiated. “MANNA” The Old Biblical Term Suggests Good Food. Such remarkable changes can be brought about by food properly se lected that the best physicians now look to the rearrangement of a per son's diet as one of the most impor tant things. A member of the Clinic Publishing Cos., publishers of medical journals in Chicago, writes as follows, and says that he does not object to our using his name publicly. "I wish to state a few facts which will show to you why there is, and ever will be in my heart, a most grateful appreciation of Grape-Nuts as a life-giving, nerve-strengthening and health-restoring food. "My eldest son, William R., was taken with a severe attack of scarlet fever. This left him in a state of such utter collapse and prostration of nerve force and energy that he was unable to sustain bis own weight. "A complication of troubles follow ed; the kidneys became affected, and the doctors all declared his cnae hope less. ■'Naturally the stomach was too en feebled to retain or assimilate solid food, and milk, beef tea and the like soon became nausea)ing to him. "Simply as an experiment a spoonful of Gmpe-X'uta was suggested, and tried. Its predlgesled constituents seemed to exactly suit my boy's case, Eureka! We had Indeed found It. He not only rtutined the food, but relished It and asked for more. From that very day he began to mend, and In three weeks was convalescent. Gradually from mere skin snd lames VS 111 has grown ruddy, bright-eyed and manly, weighing now, at fifteen years of age, over ISO pounds "Cun you wonder that in our family Grape-Nuts is considered almost as 'Marina from Has ven ?' Wm It, Emory, tit Foster street. Havens* wood, Cltkagli ill. SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. DECEMBER 13. 1904. Suit —Snaps— Fashiooable Fabrics made in the season’s shapes, regu lar sl2 and sls Suits, now on sale at $9.00 Net. Overcoat Snaps Those nobby top coats, in olive color, and new style long and medium Overcoats, worth sl4 and sl6, now being sold at $lO net. The Store for Holiday ITesents. MRS. CHADWICK TWICE INDICTED. Continued from First page. smarter than me; she has pulled the wool over everybody’s eyes.” Then with a faint smile, as though the humor appealed to him despite his troubles, he said: “Once she wrote to me to ask if I needed any help be cause of the run on the bank.” Said Carnegie Would Settle. Still another incident was detailed by the witness. “When Mrs. Chadwick was in Europe,” he said, "she wrote that Dr. Chadwick was in the hos pital, seriously ill, the daughter was also ill. and she was in sore distress. She cabled me that she had no money ■and I sent her $15,000. When she ar rived here she was thought to be dy ing. She then told me where, if any thing happened tp her, I would find a letter to Mr. Carnegie, and he would settle all her indebtedness.” The witness had seen no other notes, but had seen a check which was sent to his house, when he was ill. It was for $60,000 and had Andrew Carnegie’s name signed to it. Whether any mon ey was ever procured on it he did not know. As to the value of Mrs. Chadwick’s household fittings, Mr. Reynolds thought they might be worth aibout $200,000. He said he took a chattel mortgage about two years ago, but had never recorded it. NAMED BY^PRESIDENT. Washington, Dec. 12.—The Presi. dent to-day sent to the Senate the fol lowing nominations: Assistant secretary of agriculture, Wlllet M. Hays, Minnesota. Second lieutenants in the Marine Corps: Clifford P. Meyer and Frank lin B. Garrett of Louisiana; Calvin B. Matthews of Tennessee; James R. N. Boyd of Virginia. Commissioner of labor, Charles P. Neill, District of Columbia. Postmasters: South Carolina—J. R. McClue, Bisli opville. Virginia—Lee S. Calfee, Pulaski, late Pulaski City. Pattemon Firm In Bankruptcy. Patterson, Ga., Dec. 12.—The Henry Tyre Company at Patterson, was closed Friday by involuntary bank ruptcy, and the United States mar shal has taken charge of the assets. Cruiser San Francisco. Newport News, Va., Dec. 12.—The cruiser San Francisco arrived at Old Point to-day from Gibraltar. She will proceed to Norfolk, where a board of inspection and survey will go aboard. OBITUARY. Mrs. C. C. Pacettl. The funeral of Mrs. C. C. Pacettl, formerly Miss Daisy Gnann, whose death occurred Sunday, will take place at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon from the family residence, No. 408 Forty-first street, east. The services will be conducted by Rev. M. J. Epting, pas tor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Mrs. Pacettl died at the Savannah Hospital after a brief illness. She left a devoted husband and a son only two days old. Mrs. Pacetti was the daughter of the late William W. Gnann and was the sister of Messrs. W. G. and W. R. Gnann and Mrs. J. S. Maner of Charleston, S. C., and of Miss Mary L. and Master Arthur P. Gnann of this city. Besides these she had many relations here and in Ef fingham county. Mrs. Pacettl was a woman of a bright and sunny dispo sition and exhibited many excellent Christian virtues. Rev. A. B. Holland, Gulncy, Fla. Orlando, Fla.. Dec. 12.—Rev. A. B. Howland of Quincy, Fla., who has been in attendance upon the Metho dist Conference, died suddenly on the street here this evening while riding in a buggy. His death is attributed to heart disease. John T. Flnegan. News was received In Savannah yesterday of the death of Mr. John T. Flnegan at the home of his sis ter, Mrs. Jerry O'Brien, in Charles ton. S. C., Sunday morning. He had been ill about two months. Mr. Flne gan was connected with the South ern Bell Telephone und Telegraph Company and was well known In Sa vannah. Mrs. H. Brown. Mrs. H. Brown died early yester day morning at the Telfair Hospital, where She was taken Sunday for treat ment. Besides her husband she leaves three children to mourn her loss. The funeral will take place from No. 422 Bast Broad street at 2:20 o'clock this afternoon. The services will be con ducted by Rev. W. C. Schaffer, pas tor of the Lutheran Church of the As cension. Mrs. Brown's home wss at Cedar Hammock. Mrs. 11. H. Hill, Halelgb. Raleigh, N. C., Dec. It. —The widow of Confederate tier). D, H. Hill, sis ter of Mrs, Stonewall Jackson, died here to-day at an advanced age. Odors of Perspiration Hoyal Foot Wash * Hawaii— in lent, at*,, by uwmmi nwi j Slops finning, cuire Sweating, Belling Iwuilru. Ural gset. Ike U druggists, or prepaid from EATON DItUQ GO* Atlanta, Us. Mssay tad tf sol ssßsfisg iaaapls for •#( gists. RAILROAD MEN WANT SETTLERS TALKED OF IMMIGRATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER IX WASHINGTON. Commissioner Snrgcnt Promised to Do All That He Could to Increase tile Facilities for Handling Im migrants nt New Orleans—Plan to Establish a Bureau of Information at New York for Immigrants. Washington, Dec. 12. —An Important conference was held to-day by the Bureau of Immigration and a delega tion of railroad men representing the passenger departments of railways of the South. The conference was held for the purpose of discussing the dis tribution of immigrants. The railroad men present were A. H. Hanson of the Illinois Central, C. L. Stone of the Louisville and Nashville. John M. Beal of St. Louis, W. L. Donley of Nash ville, W. H. Tayloe and M. V. Rich ards of the Southern Railway, W. J. Craig of the Atlantic Coast Line. W. L. Glessner of the Georgia Southern and .Florida, and J. W. White of the Seaboard Air Line. Asa preliminary, the railroad men desired to consider with Commissioner Sargent the distribution to the South of immigrants arriving at the port of New Orleans, and if possible, to ar range for facilities for the handling of a large number of immigrants at that port. Mr. Sargent told his callers that such facilities as were necessary would be provided at New Orleans: that consideration already had been given to the problem of increasing the facilities there, and that the question was in a fair way to be worked out satisfactorily. Commissioner Sargent embraced the opportunity to outline to his callers views regarding the distribution of im migrants, not only through the South, but also throughout all parts of the United States. He proposes, if Con gress will give him the power, to es tablish at the Ellis Island immigrant station in New York bay, a bureau where arriving immigrants may obtain authentic information regarding the possibilities of employment in all parts of the country. Information will be obtainable at the bureau concerning not only all sorts of employment which immigrants are likely to want, but also concerning the cost of land in the va rious states, where it is located, and what its products are. The commissioner informed his call ers that he hoped by the adoption of this plan, to break up, to some extent at least, the alien colonies now forming in New York, and in other large cities, particularly cities in the East. The plan, he pointted out, necessarily would have to be under the absolute supervision of the national government. He informed his callers that the gov ernment would not sanction anv ad vertising by Americans in Europe for immigration to certain sections. While no definite conclusions were reached at the conference, the railroad men, expressed their satisfaction with the suggestions of Commissioner Ser gent. Mr. Sergent said he thought the South, afforded excellent oppor tunities for immigrants. ROOSEVELT REPLIES To the Invitation to Pay llrnnswlck a Visit. Brunswick. Ga., Dec. 12. —A letter received to-day by Walter C. Brob ston, secretary of the Brunswick Board of Trade, from President Roosevelt, through his secretary, shows that the President has not yet decided upon his proposed trip to Georgia. The let ter is in reply to an invitation extend ed the President to visit Brunswick by the local Board of Trade at a recent meeting. The letter says: “My Dear Sir: t “The President requests me to thank you cordially for your favor of the Bth instant, with inclosed resolution of the Brunswick Board of Trade, which he appreciates. "No plans have vet been made for a Southern trip, but if the President finds it possible to take such a trip he will be glad to give your invitation careful consideration. “Yours very truly, "B. F. Barnes, “Acting Secretary to the President.” RUSSIANS CoViTINUE AN ARTILLERY FIRE. Gen. Oku's Headquarters via Fusan, Sunday, Dec. 11, (Delayed in transmis sion.)—Russians along the front of Gen. Oku’s army are continuing an artillery and Tlfle fire day and night. The Japanese are not replying. A Russian move southward Is not antici pated immediately. The Russian plan for a winter campaign has not devel oped. Last night the thermometer reach ed seven degrees below zero, which is considered very cold for December. The Japanese preparations for the winter are practically completed. ALL RUSSIAN SHIPS ’ NOW OUT OF BUSINESS. tToklo, Dec. 12, 4 p. m.—The com mander of the Japanese naval land battery reporting to-day says: “Four Russian battleships, two cruis ers, one gunboat and one torpedo store ships lying in Port Arthur har bor are completely disabled. There Is no further necessity for bombarding the Russian naval force. “Are now engaged shelling the town of Port Arthur, which la being heavily damaged.” FORTRESS’ INTERIOR WAS BOMBARDED. Toklo, Dec. 12.—Dispatches received to-day from the Japanese urmy be sieging Port Arthur report that the Interior of the fortress was bombarded with heavy guns yesterday, seriously damaging the battlshlp Poltava, the transport Amur arid the wireless tele graph station at the foot of Oolden Hill, and that the arsenal waa set on fire. IHdu’l Have a t roved. Chicago, Dec. 12. -The tan-round fight scheduled for to-night between Buddy Byan of Chicago and Bill Mel- My of Boston at tbe Harlem Athletic t’lub. waa called off be.suae of the small crowd, DRESS GOODS DAY TO-MORROW. HOLIDAY SHOPPING IS ON. The large, unmeasurable crowds are evidences that ADLER'S store with its mountains of holiday suitables, is now the meeting place of everyone. Here is where the multitude congregates, where holiday presents are anticipated for young, middle aged and old, male or female, the millionaire, the middle class and the servant—in a completeness of varieties like no other store in all the South can excel. Basement, Main Floor, Second Floor, Third Floor and Fourth Floor, all are full of Holiday selections. You are cordially invited to inspect them. To-Day Is Toy Day. The Basement with all the thousands of Toy articles awaits you, and is ready for your inspection. To-Day Is Ladies’ Neckwea* Day. What a variety—what a gorgeous exhibit of Ladies’ Neckwear, Ruffs, Neck Collars, etc. And What a Selection for 25c! To-Day Is Ladies' Shopping; and Carriage Bag Day Over 2,000 Bags to select from. No such variety within 600 miies around Savannah. And the Silver Department WITH NO RIVAL TO OPPOSE IT. All Is Ready Now! Ate You Ready? ■ ■ -=And are Yon Ready for— = To-Morrow's Dress Goods Day? LEOPOLD ADLER. NATIONAL COTTON CONVENTION DISCUSSES THE BOLL WEEVIL Cotton Growers Organized and Elected a Texas Man President. Shreveport, La., Dec. 12.—At the night session of the National Cotton Convention permanent organization was effected by the unanimous election of E. S. Peters of Texas as president, and Prof. J. H. Connell as secretary, and three delegates from each state represented were named as Committee on Resolutions. After listening to addresses by Hon. Harvie I*. Jordan of Georgia, and D. E. Smith of South Carolina, the con vention adjourned until to-morrow. More than 400 delegates, representing every cotton growing state in the South were assembled at the Grand Opera house when the convention was opened at 3 o’clock this after noon. Temporary organization was ef fected by the nomination and election of Hon. W. G. Bolton of Rapides, La.,.as temporary chairman, and Prof. J. H. Connell of Dallas, Tex., tem porary secretary. The convention was called to order by Judge J. C. Pugh, chairman of the executive committee, who voiced the purposes of the gathering. Judge Pugh said that the delegates had been call ed together to consider a question of vital importance to the welfare of the South, and, indeed, to that of the na tion. > ( Telegram from Wileon, Temporary Chairman Bolton, In a brief address, made an earnest plea to the delegates for action. Mr. Bol ton then read the following telegram from Secretary of Agriculture Wilson at Washington: Hon. J. C. Pugh. Shreveport, La. “Dr. Howard, entomologist of this department, who hag a wide experience in boll weevil work in Texas, goes to represent me at the Shreveport con vention. I would be with you if my duties here did not Imperatively keep me in the city. I hope your delibera tions will be instructive, helpful gnd conservative. I go before the House Committee on Agriculture to-day to jrge the appropriation of a large amount of money to deal with the boll weevil in the Southern states, partic ularly Louisiana and Texas, for the coming year.” The reading of the message was greeted with an outburst of applause. Gov. Illunclaard’e Welcome, Gov. Blanchard, on behalf of the state, welcomed the delegates to Louisiana, and among other things said: "The question that has brought you here to hold this great convention is not one affecting merely the cotton growing region of the South. It af fects Intimately and directly the whole country. If the cotton crop of the South Is to be destroyed by this pest— if the growth of cotton um a commer cial product in the South is to cease as the result of the Invasion of this in sect—lt will prove a world-wide ca lamity, It will affect ruinously large commercial Interests; It will affect disastrously every commercial Interest and every Uns of trade the world over. More, perhaps, than any other single product of the soli, cotton per meates and adjusts and regulates the balance of the world's trade. “Its culture and harvesting, its preparation for the market, its trans portation to market, Its market ins its maiiufat I lire sad the sals of Its fab rics give employo>ent to millions of people in our own country Its Iran*- poiteLoii abroad gives eniplwyntent to many thousands of shipbuilding and seafaring men, and its manufacture into cloth in foreign lands, and the sale of such manufactures, give em ployment to millions of men and women there. "Asa merchantable product, it is well-nigh indispensable to the world's trade. But more than this. The con tinued growth of cotton in these South ern States seems absolutely indispen sable to the convenience and comfort, aye! even almost to the existence it self of the people of the world. In the far greater part of the people of the world depend on cotton fabrics with which to clothe themselves. “Their reliance Is on the Southern States of the great American repub lic for that which clothes them, for here in the South we have tin* practi cal monopoly of the growth of the cot ton plant. ‘‘Great effort and vast expenditures of treasure have been made to develop Its growth in other regions of the world’s surface, but without success. "The cotton in the world grown out side of the United States has scarcely an appreciable effect on the cotton market. The eyes of all are on the South's cotton. What Is the American crop going to be? What the price it will likely bring? These are the ques tions men ask of one another the world over. loath World’s Clothier. "The South, gentlemen of the con vention, is the clothier of the world. Let its crop of cotton fall for three years consecutively and the people of the world will go In rags and naked ness. Suppose, now as threatened by this pest of the boll weevil. It falls permanently; and what will the peo ple do for clothing? Wool and silk and ramie fabrics will not go round, as staple articles of clothing, to more than a third of the world's population. Are the people to go naked? "That is not too broad a question to ask. and to ask here and now. iri view of the terrible menace which overhangs the South In this plague of the weevil. "The cotton crop of the South Is worth to the people of the South 111 the raw six hundred millions of dollars per annum. It is worth four times that when manufactured. Asa mine of wealth It exceeds all the gold mines ever discovered. The gold mines be come exhausted in time. The soil of the South that produces the cotton does not exhaust. The cotton crop,— this mine of wealth, with Its output of six hundred millions has been com ing every year. It will continue to come every year, only increasing an nually, if saved from destruction by this Insect. "This cotton mine of ours will make the South the richest of countries If preserved. It is bound to be so. With the monopoly here of the growth of cotton and the dependence of the world upon It to clothe Its nakedness, a gold en stream must continue to flow Into the South. That golden stream turns the balance of the world’s trade in favor of the United States. It makes us a creditor nation. Let it fail and we become a debtor nation. The de struction of the Mexican boll weevil thus becomes a great national quea tlon, and Uongreee and the nation should take hold of It. Let this con vention point the Bay," Hurtle Jordan Heard. Harvie R Jordan of Georgia, presi dent of ths Cotton Grower* Protect!ve Association of the United Staler, re sponded to Gov. Blanchard's aggress of |. uns. He said the Georgia deteg’elee had t raveled a long distance to lend their aid In pravautlng eru ina bonce of lbe boil teaevh la the bout beat era wot ton growing states and to lend their ad vice and aid In helping destroy the ra vaging Insect. Early In the proceedings a TexVts delegate moved that the convention move to the election of permanent of ficers. A dozen delegates were on their feet In an Instance clamoring for re cognition. One of these moved an ad journment, while another questioned the proprleey of the convention's going Into permanent organization before the credentials of the delegates had been passed upon. Finally, after much con fusion, It was agreed to recognize every delegate wearing a badge, and a motion to name a committee on credentials was voted down. A Shreveport delegate secured the floor and favored a motion for 'adjournment. He created a stir by charging that a number of delegates were attempting to inject politics Into the selection of a permanent presiding officer. Quiet was finally restored and ad journment was t'aken until 8 o'clock to night. The only name mentioned on the floor in connection with the per manent chairmanship was that of E. S. Peters of Calvert, Tex., president of the Texas Growers Association. German Expert Present. Among the delegates present is Dr. Otto Gagzow. Imperial German agri cultural and forestry expert, represent ing Baron Speck Von Sternburg, the German ambassador to the United States. Dr. Gagzow Is on the programme for an address. To a representative of ths Associated Press, he said he was here to profit by the deliberations of the convention. He was accompanied by several of his countrymen, all of whom are taking a lively Interest In the boll weevil problem. Tulked Price of Cotton. Immediately after the adjournment of the National 801 l Weevil convention here to-night a mass meeting of cotton growers was held to take action with regard to the present low price of cot ton. Over two thirds of the delegates •to the convention were In attendance. Harvie P. Jordan presided and made a speech which favorably received. He said the people of the South are facing ‘a crisis In the low prices offered for cotton and he advocated a movement to check In a measure at least the present declining price and adopt ways •and means for some united basis of action to that end. A resolution was offered to the meet ing advising farmers to hold their pro duct for higher prices, but before action was taken a motion to adjourn until to-morrow night was favorably acted upon. WILSON WANTS $250,000 TO COPE WITH THE WEEVIL. Washington, Dec. 12.—Secretary Wilson to-day recommended to the House that an appropriation of $220,- 000 be made to meet the emergency caused by the ravages of the cotton boll weevil, und of other insects and diseases affecting cotton, and to study the diversification of crops, the Sec retary of Agriculture to be authorized to expend the money in co-operation with state experiment stations and practical cotton growers. rtOSTETTEffe 3' Wi | CUMMATCO "*J ou r druggist and give it a chance to curs Vxq you of llenrl burn. Belching . V jfJLjIC Poor t|i|M>tiie, or (fcMcyctrpkLwfflgty .!•<i im-r iJr 11 falls Try It wss, boC.°"*i H kC ?• *-* QETTITHaI Alo.unae | | Wm* w ~ H i vnry u> ’** str uvU vs. 5