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i COTTON
Markets to Close
All American cotton, stock
.4 ?rain, produce, coffee, cottonseed
oil, sugar and bond markets will
be closed tomorrow (Tuesday) on
iccount of Columbus day.
e NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—Saturday’s sharp
break was followed by irregularity at the
reopening of the cotton market today. Near
months were lower in response to easy
cables, continued good weather in the south
and renewed hedge selling, while the trade
■eemed to be buying the later deliveries
because of their relative cheapness. First
prices were 35 points lower to 11 points
higher, and w’liile near months rallied after
the call, some of the latter deliveries eased
off, with May selling down to 19.95 c, or »
points net lower, and into new low ground
for the season. After selling at 20.04 con
the call, December rallied to 20.85 c, but did
not fully hold the advance, and fluctuations
were irregular. Early advices reported that
the holding movement in the southwest-was
spreading and that marketing was being re
tarded in some sections by night riding
activity.
The midmorning rallies carried prices
4 about 20 to 40 points above last night’s
x, closing figures with December selling at
~ 21.30 con covering and trade buying. As
soon as the more - urgent demand from
shorts had been supplied* however, prices
turned easier owing to the continued circu
lation of notices and lack of sufficient de
mand to absorb further hedge selling by
the south. December broke to 20.97 c with
active months generally easing back to
about Saturday’s closing figures. The Oc
tober notices were estimated at 18.00 c
bales.
The early afternoon break extended to
21.75 for October, or 65 points net lower,
and later months sold about 20 to 37
points below Saturday’s closing figures with
most of them making new low ground for
the movement on talk of an easier spot
basis in the western belt. Maifc sold at
19.90, but prices rallied 20 or sO points
around 2 o'clock on renewed covering.
NEW YORK COTTON
The following were the ruling prices la
the exchange today:
Tone, steady; middling, 23c, quiet.
Last Prev.
Open High. Tx>w. Sit.-- '’lose Clnse.
Jan. .. 20.10 20.67 19.90 20.13 20.10 20.45
Mar. .. 20.00 20.49 19.75 19.83 19.77 20.70
May .. 20.05 20.3 019.54 19.55 19.55 20.00
, July .. 19.70 19.85 19.30 19.40 19.30 19.60
Oct. .. 22.05 22.84 21.60 21.80 21.80 22.40
Dec. .. 20.70 21.30 20.35 20.62 22.60 20.95
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 11.—The Cuban
financial troubh s, poor cables and continued
good weather over the belt put the price of
cotton 27 to 41 points lower around the
opening today, December falling to 19.84 c;
but before the trading went very far a good
* demand from shorts was met, the covering
evidently being induced by the holiday to
morrow ii» the American markets. At the
end of the first hour of business the trading
months were 3 to 6 points over the close
of laat week, December rising to 20.31 c.
The advance persisted until it amounted
to 15 to 23 points, December standing at
20.48 c. Reports from the interior of a con
tinued lack of demand for spots and further
talk of little new business being done in
finished goods caused the market to weaken
again late in the morning, and prices were
13 to 17 points under the close of Inst week.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
The following were the ru ' ces In the
exchange today:
Tone, steady; middling, 21.50 c; steady.
Last Prev.
Open High. Low. Sale. Close. Close.
Jan. .. 19.60 20.19 19.35 19.47 19.45 19.97
Mar. .. 19.51 19.93 19.10 19.30 19.25 19.78
May .. 19.20 19.70 18.90 19.01 19.01 19.50
July .. 10.00 19.25 18.70 18.88 18.8 S 19.12
Oct. .. 21.35 21.50 20.30 20.30 20.30 21.00
Dec. ~ 19.90 20.48 19.61 19.76 19.74 20.25
SPOT COTTON MARKET
V, Atlanta, steady, 21.50 c.
* New York, quiet, 23c.
New Orleans, steady, 21.50 c.
Philadelphia, steady, 23.25 c.
Norfolk, steady. 23c.
Savannah, steady. 23c.
St. Louis, steady, 23c.
Houston, steady, 21c.
Memphis, steady, 22.50 c,
Augusta, steady. 22.63 c.
Little Rock, steady. 22c.
Dallas, steady, 21c.
Mobile, steady, 21c.
Charleston, steady, 24c.
Wilmington, steady, 2250 c.
Boston, steady, 25.25 c.
Galveston, steady, 22.50 c.
ATLANTA SPOT COTTON
Atlanta spot cotton2l.soc
Receipts 686
Shipments 114
Stocks 12,676
AMERICAN COTTON
AND GRAIN EXCHANGE
COTTON QUOTATIONS
; The following were il:e opening, Uiglwsi
» close and previous close quota
i lion* on the American Cotton end Grats
I hxciiauge of New York:
Prev
Open. High. Low. Close Clo«»
Jan .... 20.15 20.67 19.90 20.10 20.45
Mar .... 20.00 20.49 19.75 19.75 20.20
May .... 20.00 20.30 19.50 ’9.50 20.00
• , O<t ... 22.05 22.84 21.60 21.80 22.40
« Dec. .... 20.60 21.30 20.35 20.60 21.00
LIVERPOOL COTTON
Tone, quiet; sales, 4,000; good middling,
20.206.
Prev.
Open. Close. Close
January ....: 15.70 15.37 16.11
February 15-23 15.96
March 15.40 15.10 15.82
April M-M 15-70
j lay 15.20 14.87 15.59
June ’. 14.77 15.45
July 15.00 14.66 15.31
August 15.51 15.13
September 14.36 14.95
October 16.06 15.71 16.47
November 15.76 15.47 16.27
December 15.70 15.43 15.25
COTTONSEED OIL MARKET
Opening. Casing.
v Spots .... 11.00 bid
T January n.83@11.86 11.74@11.76
v.-btiiarv •••• 11. Soft/-. 11 .Ou 11.15@ 11 •85
March ... 11.96ft/11.98 11.89011.93
Anril ’’ ’. 11.99@12.10 11.90@12 <4
May 12.10012.18 12.00010.00
October .. •••• 11 •90 @ 12.15 11.10 @11.15
Novemoer •• 11.86@12.00 11.65@11.75
December .. .. 11.86011.90 11.75@11.77
Tone, weak; sales, 16,500.
ATLANTA COTTONSEED PRODUCTS
MARKETS
(Corrected by Atlanta Commercial Exchange)
Crude oil basis prime, tank
] otg 8.258.25 $8.50
Cotton seed cake. 7 per cent
car lots 39.00
C S meal. 7 per cent am-
monia .car lots 45.00 46.00
C. S meal Ga. common
rate point, car lots 45.00 46.00
Cottonseed hulls. sacked.
car lots (new). Ga. com
mone rate point 16.00 17.00
Cottonseed hulls, loose, car
t Jots (new). Ga. common
K rate point 12.00 13.00
P Linters, first cut. high-grade lots, 4@6c.
Ltnters. clean, mill run. 2@3c.
Linters, No. 3, l@l%c.
ATLANTA TRI-VVEEKLY JOURNAL.
GRAIN
CHICAGO, Oct. 11.—Wheat prices today
reflected the bullish influence of an organ
ized movement of growers to force the mar
ket up to a minimum of $3 a bushel. Open
ing prices ranged from 1 cent to 4y 2 c higher
Wheat closed strong, 7%c to 9*4c net
higher.
Corn was firmer with wheat, opening ■%
to l%c higher.
Corn closed strong, 1c to IVic opt higher.
- Oats parelleled the action of other grain,
j starting % to 54c up.
Lower quotations on hogs had a weaken
s ing effect on provisions.
r CHICAGO QUOTATIONS
’ The fol’swing were the ruling prices w
1 the exchange today:
9 Prev
s Open. High. Low. Close. Close
t WHEAT—
-5 Dec2.oo 2.09 2.00 2.07% 1.98%
r Meh. ...1.96% 2.03% 1.96% 2.03% 1.95
1 CORN —
‘ Oct 89 89 % 89 89% 88
Dee 86 87 85% 86% 85%
May .... 89% 90% 89% 90% 89
I uATo—
’ Dec 56% 56% 56 56% 55%
t May .... 60% 61 60% 60% 60
s ijOKh—•
’ Oct. 22.40 22.40
> Nov - 22.60 22.60
LARD—
’ Oct 19.75 19.75 19.52 19.75 19.77
5 Jan 16.95 16.97 16.87 16.87 16.97
t RIBS—
’ Oct 15.30 13.50
! Jan ls.lo 15.25 15.10 15.10 15.37
RECEIPTS IN CHICAGO
; «...
! Oom isi cars
Outs 09 cars
; D0g529,000 head
GRAIN MARKET OPINIONS
Bartlett, Frazier & Co.: From this level
we are likely to have more of a two-sided
market and are inclined to look for any
thing but rallies of short duration in corn.
Harris, Winthrop & Co.: We recommend
purchases of grains at this level.
Hulburd, Warren & Co.: Corn should be
sold on advances. Strength in wheat would
have a firming effect on coarse grains.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET
NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—Flour: Dull and un
changed.
Pork—Dull; mess, $30.00@32.(»0.
Lard—Firm; middle west spot, $20.55@
20.65.
Sugar—Raw, quiet; centrifugal, 96-test,
8.03; refined, quiet; granulated, ll.OOta
14.00.
Coffee —Rio No. 7, on spot, 7%e; No. 4
Santos, 11%@12%c.
Tallow—Weak; specials, 9e; city, Sc.
Hay—Easy; No. 1, $1.80@1.90; No. 3,
$1.52@1.65; clover, $1.35@1.85.
Dressed Poultry—Weak; chickens, 35@
50c; fowls, 26@42c; ducks, Long Island, 38c.
Live Poultry—Easy; geese, 25c; ducks,
26@30c; fowls, 24@36c; turkeys, 40c; roost
ers, 22c; chickens, broilers, 2G@29cc.
Cheese —Dull; state milk, common to spe
cials, 20@29%c; skims, common to specials,
10@20c.
Butter—Easier; receipts, 8,983; creamery,
extra, 61c; creamery, special market, 61%@
62e imitation creamery, firsts, 45@60c,
nominal; Argentine, 46@51c.
Eggs—Steady; receipts, 13,622; near-by
white fancy, 99c@51.00; near-by mixed
fency, 58@82c; fresh firsts, 62@70c; Pacific
Coast, 65c@51.00.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET
CHICAGO, Oct. 11.—Butter: Creamery
extras, 58c; creamery standards, 53%c;
firsts, 467/ 56c; seconds, 42@45c.
Eggs—Ordinaries, 49@55c; firsts. 51%@
58%c.
Cheese —Twins, 25%c; Young Americas,
2Ce.
Live Poultry—Fowls, 21@26c; ducks, 25c-.
geese, 23c; springs, 24c: turkeys, 40c.
Potatoes —One hundred and six cars; Wis
consin and Minnesota (per 100 lbs.), $1.75@
2.00.
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET
Close.
January .... *7.36ft/ 1.37
February 7.57@7.58
March 7.78@7.80
April 7.90 @7.9?
May8.02(0.8.03
•Tune ’ 8.15@8.16
July 8.27@8.29
August 8.34@8.36
Septemberß.42@B.44
October 6.85@6.87
November 7.00@7.07
December 7.15@7.16
NEW YORK SUGAR MARKET
NEW YORK. Oct. 11.—The unsettled fi
nancial situation in Cuba had a depressing
effect upon the sugar trade here and as
there were no sales reported in the sugar
market early prices were more or less nom
inal. Refined was unchanged at 11 cents
for fine granulated.
Close.
January 7.75@7.90
February 7.70@7.80
March 7.70@7.75
April 7.700 7 80
May 7.80@>7.90
October 7.9508.05
November 7.90@7.92
December 7.9007.92
IIVE STOCK BY WIRE
CHICAGO. Oct. 11.—Cattle, receipts. 30.-
000; good and choice steers, steady to
strong: bulk. $15.50@17.75; top. $18.50: fat
grassy kinds, steadv: plain grassers, weak:
buplk, $9.50@14.5<1: butcher cows opened
slow; mostly $5.50@9.00; bulls steady to
strong: choice voalers, 5c lower, at $16.00
@17.00; grassy kinds, steady; bulk, $8.50@
12.00; desirable feeders, steady; common
kinds slow; receipts, westerns, 12.000; qual
ity. common to fair: market .slow.
Hogs, receipts. 27.000; mostly 15 to 25c
lower than Saturday’s average: top, $16.10;
bulk light and butchers. $15.50016.00; bulk
, packing sows, $14.25014.50; pigs, strong
$15 2 (W hlgher; bulk desirable kinds, around
Sheep, receipts. 30,000; fat sheep and
lambs opened steady; early top native,
$12.25: hulk native lambs. $11.25012.00;
fat native ewes, $5.75; bulk, $5.2505.75;
feeder lambs, active; strong to unevenly
higher: no early sales western.
EAST ST. LOUIS, 111., Oct. 11.—Cattle:
Receipts, *7,500; steady; top steers, $18.75;
bulk, $9.00013.75; yearling steers and heif
ers, steady; canner cows, steady at $3.50@
4.00; bulls and calves, steady; good and
choice vealers, $15.50016.50.
Hogs—Receipts, 9,500: 15c to 20c lower;
top, $16.15; bulk light and medium weights,
$15.00016.00; bulk heavies. $14.75015.90.
Sheep—Receipts, 3.000: steady; top lambs,
812.00: bulk, $10.50011.50; top ewes, $5.50;
bulk. 54.000 5.00.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 11.—Cattle: Re
ceipts ,700; best steady, others slow. Heavy
steers, $12.00@13.50; beef steers, $7,000
11.00; heifers, $6.00@10.00; cows, $4,000 !
9.50; feeders, $7.00@10.50; stockers, $5.00
@9.00.
Hogs—Receipts 2,500; strong; '165 pounds
; up, $16.00; 120 to 165 pounds. $15.00; I
■ pigs, $9.75011.25; throwouts. $11.50 down. I
Sheep—Receipts 200, steady; lambs, $11; I
' sheep, .$5.00, down.
SHEPARD & GLUCK COTTON LETTER
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 11.—Short cover
, Ing over tomorrow’s holiday furnished the
cotton market with about its only support
today and when shorts satisfied their de
mand the market sagged under continued
pessimistic feeling regarding the general
financial situation, the lack of spot de
-1 mand and the absencse of any new business
in finished goods. Developments in the
spot department are likely to decide the
course of prices after the holiday.
COTTON MARKET OPINIONS
• Hirsch, Lilientlial & Co.: We cannot see
much at present to advise prices beyond the
usual short covering, and think a trading
• position under the circumstances the most
advisable.
Moyse & Holmes: There will be rallies on
1 short covering, of which advantage should
be taken for the sale of contracts.
Moss & Ferguson: We advise purchases on
further breaks from present levels In the
Ginners’ Report by
Counties in State
Director Sam. L. Rogers, of the Bureau of
the Census, Department of Commerce, an
nounces the preliminary reoprt on cotton
ginned by counties, in Georgia, for the
crops of 1920 and 1919. The report was
made public for the state at 10 a. m.. Mon
day. October 4, 1920.
(Quantities are in running bales, counting
round as half bales. Linters are not in
cluded.)
County. 1920. 1919.
The state 279.847 539.706
Atkinson (1) 290
Baldwin 1,228 4,779
Banks 52 1,622
Barrow 825 4,812
Bartow 353 4,494
Ben Hill 2,051 2,548
Berrien 1,497 1,332
Bibb 1,325 3,519
Bleckley 1.749 1,895
1 Brooks 3,138 3,934
Bulloch 6,816 10,349
8urke16,730 28,441
Butts 1,126 3,806
Calhoun 3,919 3.443
Campbell 134 2,106
Candler 2,923 4,290
Carroll ... 143 3,409
Chattooga (1) 987
Cherokee 1,376
Clarke 834 3,497
Clay 1,281 1,117
Clayton 137 1,615
Cobb 50 2,558
Coffee 2,3-18 3.116
Colquitt 7,578 8,693
Columbia 2,6593 3,949
Cook 1,341 1,300
Coweta 1,078 7,967
Crawford 476 1,276
Crisp 4,384 5,563
Decaiur 1,800 2,611
DeKalb 61 1,454
Dodge 5,80-1 7,761
Dooly 8,626 8.633
Dougherty 3,051 4,000
Douglas 21 718
Early 4,785 4,729
Effingham 138 595
Elbert. 1,471 5,572
Emanuel .... 6,563 12,900
Evans 1,456 2,479
Fayette 563 3,368
Floyd 106 3,246
Forsyth 1,660
Franklin 736' 6,605
Glascock 395 1,179
Gordon (1) 2,060
Greene ... 1,004 4,250
Gwinnett 11. 4,135
Hall 41 2,245
Hancock 2,566 7,374
Haralson 5 818
Harris 552 2,437
Hart 1,355 5,719
Heard 179 2,444
Henry 1,237 5,508
Houston 3,265 3,437
Irwin .... 3,251 3,979
Jackson 672 6.913
Jasper 1,637 4,379
Jefferson .7,732 13,602
Jenkins 227 9,063
Johnson 3,651 6.748
Jones 766 2,931
Lnurens 7,432 12,367
Lee 3,113 3,536
Lincoln 532 1,221
McDuffie 1,873 4,150
Macon.' 4,845 3.470
Madison 1,432 6,687
Marion 1,190 1,151
Meriwether 1,730 6,506
Miller 1,377 1,378
Milton , ..(1) 1,268
Mitchell 8,075 9,163
Monroe 2,035 5,185
Montgomery 1.202 2,748
Morgan .... '. 2,630 7,265
Murray 3 490
Muskogee,. .. 432 737
Newton 1,320 5,766
Oconee j ... 837 3,939
Oglethorpe 1,058 4,758
Paulding 56 1.702
Pike 1,936 6,243
Polk 177 2.163
Pulaski 2,768 2,Q90
Putnam 711 3,419
Randolph 6,688 4,259
Richmond 4,485 5,810
Rockdale 159 1,742
Schley 2,160 1,153
Screven 7.848 13,426
Spalding 1,388 4,490
Stephens 48 1,031
Stewart 1,611 1,238
Sumter 11,067 9,629
Talbot 260 1,356
Taliaferro 585 2.298
Tattnall 1,551 3,015
Taylor 2,778 3.166
Telfair 1,706 2,457
Terrell 11,137 10,539
Thomas 2,268 3,745
Tift 3.740 5,553
Toombs 2,227 4.276
Treutlen 846 2,761
Troup 1,501 6.706
Turner 4,986 6.512
Twiggs 555 1,447
Upson 494 2,558
Walker (1? 646
Walton 1,931 8,366
Warren 916 3,340
Washington 5.045 10.936
Wheeler 1,208 2.237
Whitfield 730
Wileox 7,328 8,535
Wilkes 1,787 5,894
Wilkinson .... 637 1,393
Worth 7,324 9,411
All other 3,851 6,794
(1) Included In ‘“all other counties” to
avoid disclosure of Individual operations.
Cotton Goods Prices
Show Further Decline
NEW YORK, Oct. 9.—Readjustment of
cotton prices on lower levels is still go
ing on and trade is very light and of an
uncertain character. Very few contracts
are being entered and much confusion
still exists consequent upon cancellations,
requests for rebates, and the returning
of goods purchased. One large house has
revised the price on denims to a basis
of 32%c and other heavy colored cottons
are being reduced from 30 to 35 per cent
from , the top prices of the year. Prints
and percales, bleached muslins, and some
otiier goods are yet to be revised to bring
values on a parity with gray goods and
cotton yarn markets.
Print cloths have sold at the lowest
levels quoted in more than a year, while
further declines are noted on some sheet
ings for bag purposes and converting.
Cotton flannels have been re-priced on a
basis of 33% per cent down in some In
stances. An auction sale of cotton blan
kets brought prices ranging around 55
cents a pound. Cotton ynrn markets are
still dull with prices weak and on a level
below the cost of replacement in many
cases.
Substantial price reductions have been
made in prices on underwear and hosiery,
yet thus far buyers have not taken ho'd.
Curtailment of production in mill centers
has increased steadily this month due
to a lack of orders and the inability of
mills to show any profit at many of the
current rates. Cotton markets are still
unsettled and that adds somewhat to the
uncertainties of the trade.
Prices quoted are: Print cloths, 28-inch
64x64, 9% cents; 64x60’8, 9% cents; 38%-
inch 64x64'5, 12 cents; brown sheetings,
southern standards, 19c; denims, 2.20’s
indigo, 32%c.; tickings, 8-oz., 40 cents;
prints 23 cents nominal; staple ging
hams, 20c.; dress ginghams, 25c and 27%
cents.
belief that if prices should be temporarily
lower they will be sure to recover later,
ami the loss will not be a permanent one.
S. M. Weld & Co.: We continue to expect
lower prices, hut think that great caution
should be used In making short sales, and
that it is only advisable to do so on strong
markets.
‘MIXED BABY’ WEARS
SHORT DRESSES AND
SHOWS DIMPLED KNEES
(Continued from Page 1)
self-assurance of a lady giving a
conductor a transfer an hour old.
Outside of these points, Louise
Madeline is an ordinary child, with
chubby pink cheeks, dark brown
eyes and dark hair hidden under a
white bonnet, threaded with cherry
ribbon. She laughs, cries, coos and,
it must be confessed, occasionally
slobbers; and she appears utterly
unconcerned over the question of
which she is the storm center:
“Who’s little sugar are you?”
These impressions of Louise Mad
eline are the result of two days’ ob
servation in Judge George L. Bell's
courtroom, where the legal battle
was resumed Monday to decide
Louise Madeline’s parentage.
Let us T' ■ wr the case briefly—
Two babies were born at Grady
hospital May 22, 1919. One was
Mrs. John C. Garner’s, the other Mrs.
Daniel L. Pittman’s. Twelve hours
after birth, the babies were brought
to their mot lers to nurse at inter
vals of three hours. The stork
came on a Friday.
’Saturday morning, about two
o'clock, claims Mrs. Garner, they
brought her the wrong child. She
complained, and was told matters
would be straightened out, Sunday
morning, she says, her own baby
was brought to her, but immediately
was taken away with the statement
that ,it was Mrs. Pittman’s child.
She die’ ns she continued to protest
daily that she had the wrong baby,
but finally was forced to take it
from the hr pital with her, ‘because
nobody else would mother it.” Mrs
Pittman d her child, declared
Mrs. Garner.
The baby Mrs. Garner took home
was called Mary Elizabeth. The
baby Mrs. Pittman took home was
called Louise. Madeline. Mary Eliz
abeth had reddish hair, blue eyes
p.nd pink-streak cheeks. Louise
at- --- n had dark hair, brown eyes,
a swarthy complexion. After' un
successful attempts to get the
Pittmans to “swap babies,” the» Gar
ners last February swore out a writ
of habeas corpus' for Louise Made
line.
Before the case ever came to trial.
Mary Elizabeth died. Grief-stricken, I
the Garners forbore to press mat- j
ters. They did not know, they say, j
that their 'suit was withdrawn. But, 1
after waiting for time to heel their
hearts, and waiting again for an
other child to be born to Mrs. Pitt
mp.n they swore out another writ.
It is this writ which is being
heard before Judge Bell.
Court Room Seen*
The scene in the courtroom is in
teresting. The benches are packed
with spectators, many of them rela
tives of the Garners or the Pitt
mans, many of them witnesses Su
perintendent Steve R. Johnston, of
Grady hospital, is there; the head
nurse, other nurses, the negro girl
Lilly Wright, w*ho was an attend
ant in the maternity ward when the
baby was born. Here, too. are oth
er mothers, one of whom claims her
baby was also “mixed." They hold
infants in their arms; now and again
a child bawls vigorously.
On his h.gh rostrum sits the
judge. To his right is the witness
chair. The jury box is empty. The.
court reporter scribbles away at a
little table. And there, at a long
mahogany table inside the rail, are
the principals of the little drama—
the Pittmans, the Garners and their
lawyers.
At one end of the table sits Mr.
Garner, a street car conductor, a tall |
slim young fellow with blue eyes and I
a mop of black hair. Billy Arnaud, I
his lawyer, is beside him when he 1
isn’t walking up and down. The ta
ble is littered with photographs,
thumb-prints, documents of various
kinds. j
Mrs. Pittman sits beside her hus-1
band. She Is a rather pretty wom
an, with dark hair, olive complexion
and vivid brown eyes. She is dressed
in brown, with a brown picture hat.
Occasionally she smiles. But most
ly she folds her arms and kdeps her
gaze fixed intently on the witness.
Less than ten feet away from her
sits Mr. Pittman, a meat cutter. He
is a small chap, neatly dressed Un
der heavy black brows, his eyes,
apparently blue, keep straight to the
front. He seldom looks at the Gar
,ln hls arms is cuddled Louise
Madeline. Perhaps she is asleep,
perhaps she is cooing over his shoul
ders at some of the spectators, in any
event, her cherry ribbon in her white
cap blazes brightlv.
Mrs. Pittman, also dark haired
and dark eyed, but with ruddier
complexion than Mrs. Garner, sits
about the same distance on the left
of her husband that Mrs. Garner Is
on the right. James W. Austin, the
1 ittmans lawyer, is between them.
nnA«.+ t i OO ’i 1S feet frequently,
questioning the witness, presenting
a chart of the maternity ward, look
ing over the witness’ shouldedr at
Photographs of the mothers and the
children.
Twisting impatiently in three big
chairs in front of the table, facing
the judge, are the little Garner girls
Kdna May, nine years old; Virginia
nM en TL ars old ' and Ceci1 ’ five years
Th J“ y re all dark
en Lirri fl oli ye-skinned, each dressed
in stiffly starched little dresses
on Ch t WIt K ,^ ray little bow ribbon
oSo- her bobb ed tresses. In another
er H’tHp ar h ? r ?2 Otl \ e , r ' twist s anoth
r little girl, the Pittmans’, about
rosySe S ke°d d ’ fair * haired - Mue-eyed,
During the court recess, the Pitt
mans gather on one side of the room
the Garners cn the ether. They have
L/ f "?i say to each other,‘but it
Is noticeable that the attitude of one
side toward the other has been most
and considerate through
out the controversy.
, In such a situation, one might
imagine there would be black looks
haps y words ' a bit of hair-pulling per-
But, when the Garners mention the
Pittmans or the Pittmans mention the
Garners, there is no anger, no sneers,
no reproaches: each mother is con
fident she is right, but, whichever
mother wins, one feels she would be
sorry for the other mother even in
her joy o * victory.
When court reconvenes, Louise
Madeline decides she will take a
walk. Sho clambers down from Mr.
P'ttman’s arms and begins to cir
culate. Sne toddles up to the clerk
and gives him the once over. The
clerk stops his rapid shorthand long
enough to smile at her. The judge
beams down from his exalted posi
tion. The spectators crane their
necks and grin. Louise Madeline,
thumb in mouth, blinks at the clerk
without disturbing one of her dim-
ples. Her brown eyes seem inex
pressibly W’ise; she appears far more
judicial than the judge; there is some
thing/ tremendously serious and old
about a baby, anyway. Louise Made
line is like a sybyl—a brown-eyed
little sybyl ! n a white coat, a white
cap and a cherry ribbon.
Finally she appears to have de
cided whether the clerk should be
hanged or knighted. But, reserving
her opinion she toddles about and
makes for a green light burning
brightly over his desk. She blinks
at the light soberly. One can imag
ine her saying, ‘‘Well, that’s a fairly
decent light, but I have seen better
in my day. It’ll do, though; it’ll do!”
She is suddenly aware of many
people. Sbe stops in her tracks,
plucks at the bottom of her skirt,
and —horrors!—lifts the garment
clean over her head. Then, just to
show she is nothing, if not uncon
ventional. she does it again, deliber
ab.ly, brazenly. One prays that she
will not slummy.
At last, as though satisfied she
has knocked ’em r’ead. Louise Made
line retires to a chair. It is a giant,
leather-upholstered piece of furniture,
fitting her about as well as a number
eighteen collar on a high school boy.
But p he appropriates it masterfully,
kicks her heels over the edge, stares
around her, Minks at the judge.
“I’m ready ’’ Louise Madeline seems
to suv “Proceed.”
The judge leans forward respect-
U ‘‘Call the next witness, Mister Ar-
The declaration of another mother
that her baby was also ‘‘mixed at
the Grady hospital, testimony by ex
nerts in physiognomy, an 4 the intro
duction of finger prints of the Garner
family featured the hearing Iriday
morning before Judge George L. Bell
on the writ of habeas corpus sued
out by Mr. and Mrs. John C. Garner
for the possession of little Lpuise
Madeline now in the custody of_Mr.
and Mrs. Daniel Pittman. Both
sets of parents claim the child as
their own.
Mrs. Lawrence Collins, of 21 es
teen street, one of the witnesses Fri
day morning, testified that she was
given the wrong baby while shei was
a patient in the maternity ward at
the Grady hospital. The error, she
said, was later corrected.
D. Ernest Randall, a newspaper
artist, who qualified as an expert m
facial features, testified to string
resemblances between the Garner
family and Louise Mad^ 1 ’ ne ' p , X n t d
resemblances betwen Pittman
and Mary Elizabeth, the little baby
Hirschberg, an Atlanta
photographer, testified to the same
resemblances. Both t hes ®
had large photographs of the two
babies, the two mothers and the lit
tie Garner children before them.
WOMAN HOPES JUDGE
NfaLL DECIDE CORRECTLY
The Journal has received the fol
lowing letter from a woman who
sign her name, but asks that it be
withheld. The letter speaks for it
self: .
“Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 9, 1920.
“Editor of The Atlanta Journal:
“I have been deeply interested in
the ‘mixed baby’ case from the very
beginning. I therefore, beg every
Christian mother, as well as those
Christian women who are not moth
ers to pray earnestly that God will
guide the judge in the decision on
this case
“ ‘ More things are wrought by
prayer than this wdrld dreams of.
and this is the day of prayer. I do
most earnestly hope and pray that
the child’s own mother may be giv
en the child bv the decision of the
court.
“Very truly yours,
“A childless woman who loves all
children and all mothers.”
OTHER “MIXED BABY’’
CASES TO BE ALLEGED
When Judge George Bell resumes
his hearing Monday morning In the
habeas corpus proceedings involv
ing the identity of Baby Louise
Madeline, claimed as a daughter by
both Mrs. John C. Garner and Mrs.
Daniel L. Pittman, testimony will
be introduced, it is understood, in
tended to prove that the mixing of
babies at Grady hospital occurred on
several occasions.
It was said Saturday afternoon
that Mrs. W. C. Hoffman, of 6 Bon
nie Brae avenue, had been examined
by Attorney James W. Austin, coun
sel for Mr. and Mrs. Pittman, and
that she admits .having witnessed
an accidental exchange of babies at
Grady hospital, the mistake bring
rectified by reason of the fact that
one of the babies was a boy and the
other a girl.
Mrs. Hoffman is ill at her home.
Judge Bell, declaring that he desir
ed every item of evidence brought
before the court, gave permission
for .her affidavit to be presented as
material evidence.
In her statement, which was tran
scribed at her bedside by a stenogra
pher, she deposes that while sick in
the influenza ward at Grady hospi
tai, she became acquainted with two
mothers, a Mrs. Dudley and Mrs.
Gantt, who, after the birth of their
infants, were brought to the influenza
ward. She says that on one occa
sion the babies were brought in to
the two mothers, and after some
minutes one of them, Mrs. Dudley,
discovered that she was not in pos
session of her own child. Nurses
stripped both the infants, and ac
cording to the statement which it
is understood Mrs. Hoffman has
made, no identification whatever, in
the form of tags or otherwise, was
attached to them. Due to the dif
ference in sex, it is said, the children
were identified, however, and given
to their mothers.
Governor Kilby Asked
To Withdraw Troops!
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 11.—
Resolutions requesting Governor
Thomas E. Kilby to withdraw the
Alabama national guardsmen from
the mineral district of the state,
where they have been on strike duty
in connection with the walkout of
bituminous coal miners were adopted
at a mass meeting held at Capitol
park Sunday afternoon under the au
spices of, the Birmingham Trades
Council.
The resolutions suggest that the
governor, in lieu of maintaining
troops in the strike field, order sher
iffs of the counties affected to en
force the laws and to appoint reputa
ble citizens to aid in preserving law
and order.
The Alabama coal operators were
denounced in the same resolution as
having brought about a condition
"through the employment of gun
men” that placed the lives of miners
and their families in jeopardy.
OCTOBER 12, 1920.
RELIEF FOR FARMER
BY COTTON EXPORTS
URGED AT MEETING
(Continued from Page 1.)
| 100 pounds. Thousands of tenant
farmers and farm hands are leaving
the farms and flocking to the cities
because they believe they can make
more money working for wages.
“No More 10-Cent Cotton”
“The day of 10-cent cotton is gone,
never to return, and the sooner the
world realizes the fact that cotton
heretofore produced by pauper labor
is not going to be produced on that
basis again, the better off everybody
will be.
“I am not howling calamity. I am
not talking pessimism. I am not
down-hearted. I know we have in
the south a natural monopoly on the
richest farm product in the world,
and I know it ought to make us, and
will make us if we handle it right,
the most prosperous agricultural
community on earth. But you busi
ness men know as well as I that if
cotton goes to 20 ce.nts or lower this
time, and the farmers unload on that
market, there will be precious little
business to start us going next year.
“I am not advocating 50-cent cot
ton, nor $1 cotton, nor .any other par
ticular price. I am advocating a
price that will pay the producers a
decent living wage. If they do not
get it, they will quit producing cot
ton. I am not advocating the refusal
by farmers to pay debts. It is
wrong for a farmer to make his mer
chant suffer, or his banker suffer.
We are going to have to stand a part
of the loss on account of the general
tendency of deflation. Neither do I
sanction the posting of notices on gin
houses that they will be burned un
less they shut down. I want the word
to go out to the world that the south
will not tolerate such Bolshevism. It
would be a good thing if they could
catch a few of these notice-posters
and hang them as high as Haman.”
These comments on the gin-burn
ing propaganda were received with
the heartiest applause. They were
an echo of similar sentiments ex
pressed by Governor Manning, who
had said he could find no words
strong enough to express his disap
proval of such a propaganda. He
said it would do the south incalcu
lable injury unless immediately
stopped.
B. X*. McLeod Speaks
B. F. McLeod, a prominent whole
sale shoe merchant of Charleston,
a leader in the organization of’the
United States chamber of commerce
and chairman of the finance com
mittee of the American Cotton asso
ciation, was the next speaker. He
presented the sustaining membership
plan of the association, whereby it
is hoped to raise the money to get
the organization going at full effi
ciency and keep it going for three
years, during which time a perma
nent membership will be enrolled to
make it permanent.
"We are handling,” said Mr. Mc-
Leod, “what is potentially the great
est business proposition in the
world today. We propose to en
gage the services, as business man
ager, of a man of national reputa
tion. We propose to engage also
the services of a very high class
publicity secretary. We propose to
put men in the field to carry on the
organization. That was the plan fol
lowed by the United States chamber
of commerce, and today it is one of
the most far-reaching and influen
tial organizations in the world.”
Following the address of Mr. Mc-
Leod, the meeting indorsed the pro
posed cotton export corporation and
also the alms and objects of the
American Cotton association, and
the following committee was ap
pointed by Colonel W. L. Peel, who
presided over the conference, to co
operate:
Robert F. Maddox, W. J. Blalock,
James J. Ragan, John K. Ottley, H.
Warner Martin and Chessley B.
Howard.
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lows.
R. T. Jones, Joseph K. T. Van
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In the South Carolina party, be
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United States Senator E. D. Smith,
of South Carolina, one of the lead
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BLAKELY, Ga., Oct. 11.—Superior
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The weather is ideal for picking
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