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COTTON
NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—Private
reports of rain in the southwest were
followed by a sharp break in the
cotton market here during today s
early trading. Earlier cables from
Liverpool showed considerable
strength there but the English mar
ket broke before trading here start
ed on the Texas rain news and the
local market opened easy at a de
cline of 20 to 50 points. Liquidation
was heavy, sending prices off to
27.50 for October and 26.95 for De
cember before the end of the first
half hour, representing net declines
of 85 to 86 points on the more ac
tive positions. Selling on the south
western news was prompted by ex
pectations that the weekly review
of the weather bureau would show
generally favorable crop progress
elsewhere in the south.
Selling grew heavier after the pub
lication of the weekly report of the
weather bureau which contained no
mention of boll weevil activity. 4he
decline extended to 27.18 for October
and 2(6.68 for December, representing
net losses of 108 to 117 points on
the active months. Covering checked
the break at these figures and the
market showed rallies of 20 to 30
points early in the noon houi on
private reports that the Texas rains
had failed fully to relieve the drought
and a disappointing western belt
forecast.
The midday rallies were not fully
maintained due to uncertainty over
*the extent of the Texas rains. Ti e
market was much quieter around 2
o'clock. Otober held around 27.32
and December at 26.82, or 100 to 103
points net lower.
NEW YORK COTTON
The following were the ruling prices in
the exchange today:
Tone, steady: middling, 29175 c: quiet.
Last L’rev.
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close.
Aug -8-1 1
Oct. .. 27.85 27.H2 27.15 27.18 27.17 28.35
Dee. .. 27.45 27.40 26.65 26.73 26.70 27.31
Jan. .. 27.40 27.42 26.55 26.62 26.60 27.72
Mar. .. 27.52 27.60 26.53 26.83 26.83 27.78
Ma.f .. 27.70 27.71 26.03 26.04 26.93 28.08
Cotton futures, 10:45 a. in. bids, steady.
October. 27.37: December, 26.87; January,
86.78; March, 26.97: May. 27.10. \
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 13.—Re
ports of good rains in north Texas
and decidedly lower cables than due
gave the cotton market a weak open
ing this morning. First trades show
ed losses of 70 to 72 points. There
was a sharp rally right after thd
call which carried October up to
27.04 and December to 27.00 but the
Fellipg became persistent and prices
eased off rapidly again, October
dropping to 26.66 and December to
26.74 or 84 to 88 points below yester
day's closing levels. Private reports
claimed that the rains in the west
extended from Pauls Okla.,
to Greenville, Texas. At the close
of the first half hour of trading the
market was steadier while awaiting
the weather map.
'After a slight rally the market
again eased off owing to confirma
tion of the rains in north Texas and
1 advices that it was still raining. Oc
tober declined to 26.40, December to
26.43 and January to 26.50 or 109 to
115 points below the close of yester
day. The weather map showed rain
in north Texas but dry elsewhere in
that state. The weekly government
weather summary claimed that the
crop has continued in favorable con
dition in the eastern and northern
portions of the belt, but had deterior
ptcyl in the west owing to severe
drouth. Oklahoma reported its first
bale today.
Tha market was steadier around
noon and into the early afternoon
and prices rallied about 22 to 25
points from the lows, October trading
at 26.62 and December at 26.67. The
rally was due mainly to shorts cov
ering fearing that the official re
ports might not bear out fully the
private reports of Texas rains. The
liquidation and short selling of the
morning was considered by some to
have left the market in ap oversold
condition. Houston exported today
10.858 bales and total exports for the
day were 14 041 bales.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
The following were the ruling prices is
the exchange today:
Tone, steady; middling, 27.21 c; steady.
East l’rev.
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close.
Aug 26.90 28.04
Oct. ..$.’6.85 27.01 26.31 26.46 26.40 27.54
Dec. .. 26.86 27.09 2(5.33 26.46 26.42 27.58
Jan. .. 26.92 27.03 26.40 26.46 26.46 27.59
Mar. .. 27.14 27.14 26.74 26.85 2(5.62 27.74
May 2(5.50 27.68
Cotton futures. 11 a. tn. bids, quiet. Oc
tober, 26.51; December, 26.57; January,
*6.56; March, 26.77: May, 2<6L
SPOT~COTTOis
Atla (a, steady, 27.75 c.
New York, steady, 29.75 c.
New Orleans, steady. 27.21 c.
Galveston, steady, 29.35 c.
, Mobile, steady, 27.35 c.
Savannah, steady, 27.37 c
Wilmington, steady, 27.50 c,
Norfolk, steady, 28.38 c.
Boston, nominal.
Dallas, steady, 25.60e.
Montgomery, stead) ,28.38 c.
Memphis, steady, 27.50 c.
Charleston, steady, 27.75 c.
St. Louis, steady, 25.50<-,
Little Rock, steady. 28c.
Houston, steady, 28.85e. ,
ATLANTA SPOT COTTON
Atlanta spot cotton 27.75 c
Receipts 27
Shipments . . , 19(5
Stocks ••••> ....4,385
COTTONSEED OIL MARKET
Open. Close.
Spots 14.00 Bid.
August 13.50 Bid. 14.(816/ 14.99
September 13.4561 13. <8 13.4,86/13.50
October 12.266/ 12.29 12.376/12.38
November 11.316/11.35 11.3116/11 . 11l
December . 10.856/10.87 10.856/ 10.91
January 10.806/10.91 10.906/10.93
February . ...10.906/11.00 10.906/11.05
March 11.00(./ 11.06
Tone, Steady; sales. 16.030.
LIVERPOOL”COTTON
T.I Y HRl’OOl.. Aug. 13. Cotton spot fair
demand: prices steady. Strict!) good mid
dling. 19.Shi. gool middling. 19.39 d: strict
ly middling. lS.7!'d: middling, 17t*>9d:
strietl) low mi Idling. 17.09 d: low mid
dling, 16.39 d: strictly good ordinary. J5.S9d:
good ordinary. .15 14d: sales, 4.000 bales,
including 3.000 American. Receipts. 9,10 V
bales nil American.
Futures closed stead) net 10 to 1*
points lower th in previous dose.
Tone, barely steady; sales. 4.000 bale--
good middling. 19.3t’d.
l’rev.
Open. Close. Close.
August I(t.so 16.26 16.4 t
September 16.56 16.05 16.19
October 16.05 15.55 15.69
November 15.33 I.', is
December 15.77 LV22 15 Ji-’
January 15.72 15*23 15C7
•* February ' ].<u» j.-.-.j
Marell ~..15.6(5 15.115 15 29
April 15.10 15.23
Maj 15.56 15.06 15.19
•hme 14.90 15 110
July 15.25 If. SO 11.00
KANSAS CITY QUOTATIONS
Kansas city. \uc. 13. Wiu:n \ o 2
hard. $1,185/1 31; X\>. 2 red. 81.326/I ..'Ut.
( -rn. No. 2 )c. ow 81.09; No. 2 mixed,
$1.67 %.
Oats, No. 2 white. 51,-.
ST. LOUIS QUOTATIONS
ST. LOUIS \ . 13. s ■' it. No.
2 r«-d, $1.35 , I 37; No 3 red. $1 296(1.35
Corn. No. 2 white. $1.14% ■: 1.15; No 2
yellow. $1.1(1...
Oats. No 2 white. M’...-,/.v:,- N . 3
white, 516;51%c.
Close: Wheat, Sept.. $1,265,; De, .
fl 30%.
Corn, Sept., $1.15. Dee., $1,07%. Oats,
Pec,. Ke.
I GRAIN
. I L.
el CHICAGO, (Wednesday), Aug. 13.
ej —A peculiar situation developed in
e ! the grain markets today.
3 J The leadership shifted from corn to
i i i
3 | wheat.
.j Corn prevented a decline in the
- j breadstuff early, and about mid-ses
-3 j sL“ •rheat pulled corn down from its
r j high pedestal.
j The weakness in wheat was due to
- the failure to stimulate outside buy
t in£ interests. The strength in corn,
5 and the advance to new high levels
-for the season in the futures, was
- due to cold and wet weather. Oats
- trade is broader and buying was due
7 to the strength in corn. Provisions
r were affected by the action of coarse
j grains.
Wheat was inclined to be draggy
from the start. There was just
! enough respect developed owing to
' the strength in corn to prevent short
! selling of any volume. The start was
' a little higher on buying credited to
I eastern accounts.
Northwest houses turned prices
' downward with their offering but
' locals bid them up again because
* of the advance in corn. About mid
session early buyers attempted tc
' unload and this d'sclosed a lack of
support. Winnipeg was easy most
of the session and this wks dis
couraging to holders. The break re
. suited in some export business but
the total nioderate in compari
, son with yesterday’s business..
An advance of one cent in Lake
freight rates to 7 cents a bushel to
Montreal tended to check export bus
iness.
B'ds from Buffalo were 3-4 c under
sellers’ views. Country offerings to
arrive were light. An official esti
mate shows the wheat acreage of
England -and Wales the “smallest
since 1904. Weather conditions were
generally favorable on both sides
of the International line and frost
failed to materialize in Canada.
Wheat closed % to %c lower. Sep
tember 1.28’s to 14; December 1.31%
to "/»; May 1.36%.
Corn showed much strength early
and December and May sold at new
high levels for the season. There was
a continuation of short covering and
stop loss buying with offerings lim
ited. Later some of the local bulls
bid prices still higher in an effort
to dislodge further ( short lines.
About mid-session the break in wheat
• .caused many of the early buyers
, to unload and much of the advance
was wiped out. The weather con
tinues cool and wet over the big
surplus states and this is the basis
for the present upswing. Country
continues to hold on to old
and receipts are light.
Corn closed % to l%c higher. Sep
tember 1.15% to %; December 1.08%
to %; May 1.09 to 1.08%.
Oats were strong with corn, react
ing later with other grains. Buying
power is increasing because of the
continued delay in threshing.
Oats were higher to %c lower.
September 50 to 50%; DeceQiber 52
May 55. Lard closed 17 to 20c high
er, ribs 10 to 12%c higher, and bellies
7% to 10c higher.
Provisions were affected by the
course of corn. Commission house
buying was better and there was
little pressure to sell despite the de
cline in hogs.
Local cash sales were 75.000 bush
els of wheat, 117,000 bushels of corn.
77,000 bushels of oats and 5,000
busbies of barley. Vessel room was
chartered for 300,000 bushels of
wheat to Montreal, 220,000 bushels
to Buffalo, and 200,000 bushels of*
corn to
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS
The following were the ruling prices in
the exchange today:
Open. High. Low. Close. Close
WHEAT—
Sept. . .1.29 1.29% 1.27% 1.28% J. 28%
Dee. . .1.32% 1.33 1.31'y 1.31-5, 1.32'-,
May . .1.38'., 1.38'* 1.36% 1.36% 1.37%
CORN—
Sept. . .1.15% 1.16 1.15'i 1.155, 1.15
Dec. . .1.1)7',-j 1.09% 1.07% 1.08% 1.07%
May . .1.07% 1.09% 1.07% 1.08% 1.07%
DATS—
Sept. . . 49% SO'.j 49% 50 49%
Dee. . . 52'.. 52% 52% 52 52%
Alay . . 55% 55-J* ,/5% 5,» 55%
RYE—
Sept. . . 92 92 90% 91 91%
Dec. . . 95% 116 94 T i 95 95%
May . .1.00% 1.00% 99% 99% 99%
LARD—
Sept. . .13.50 13.72 13.50 13,65 13.47
Oct. .. .13.55 13.75 13.55 13.75 13.55
Jan. . ..13.65 13.97 13.77 13.90 13.65
SIDES—
Sept 12.25 12.20 12.20 12.10
Oct. .. .12.25 12.32 12.25 12.32 12.00
BELLIES—
Sept. . ..13.17 13.17 13.17 13.17 13.10
Oct 13.30 13.30 13.30 13.20
RECEIPTS IN CHICAGO
Today.
Wheat 663 cars
Corn 173 ears
Oats 81 ,-ai-s
Hogs 32.000 head
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS
CHICAGO. Aug. 13.—Wheat. No. 2 red.
51.31%6l 1.32% : No. 2 hard. 51.006/' .30 1 ..
Corn. No. 2 mixed. $1.16; No. 2 vellow,
$1.16'-.,6/ 1.17%.
Oats. No. 2 white. 52 % <'t 63%<■; No. 3
while, 50'—6/53,-.
Rye. No." 2. 92%.e
Barley. SO6rß7e.
Timothy seed. 87.006/5.25.
Clover seed. $12.006/ 21.-50.
Lard. $13.75.
Ribs. $13.25.
Bellies. $12.37. _
Sugar Market
NEW YORK. Aug. 13. —Raw sugar was
quiet and urn-hanged early today -lit 5.21
for Cuban, duty paid. No sales were ti
-1 ported.
Raw sugar futures were easier under scat
tered liqutdaijon and trade seilint;, witn
prices at midday showing declines of 1 to 2
points.
Refined sugar was less active, but pri< -s
were unchanged at 6.40(Lt6.60e for fine gran
ulated.
Refined futures were nominal.
NEW YORK RAW SUGAR MARKET
Open. Close.
| Dec.' 1'54 «.57
I March 3.31 3.28
; i May .. . / 3.38 3.37
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET
i NEW YORK. Aug. 13. Coffee. Rio N-.
7. 16%v: Santos No. 4. 21 %<•.
i Open. Close
-'s,a>t 15.15 11. '5
I ’
' 1- < 14.00 13.911
March ’ 13.60 13.466413.17
<lav 13.32 1:;.|5
, I July '. 13.10 12.91
Liberty Bonds
j NEW YORK. Aug. 13. —I tilled States
1 government bomls closing:
j Libert v slOl
First -t • 4 s
( s.cond 4%s 101.1'.i
.Tilin’ l%s 102.17
, Fourth 1t»2.2”
Naval Stores
> 1 SA V ANN AH. <: -i . Aug. 1« I-
i. 83%(i.i S3%c; sales. 716
; shipments, 41'7: stock. 11.796.
Rosin s -.' ■ S(>-' eipts 1.4
I shipments. '-.913: stock, 101.471.
| Ijuote: B. 54.60: D. $4.80; E. 8 190; 1\
IG. IL 1. K. 84.92'-: M. $4.95; N. $5.0.:;
, \VC. $6.05; WW. X. 86.50.
;i NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET
■I NEW YORK. Aug. 13. Flour,
, * active.
’’ I’ork - Firm : mes. 828.7"- : 2''.7‘.
Imrtl—Steady; middle wesl s $14.1
■ 1 6i14.20.
j Sugat ■'
, 5.21; refined, stead); granulated. 6. lO'-/
! 6.60.
*T PRUTESTIWEB
I
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—Replv
j ing lo a letter of protest against the
; candidacy of a negro in New York
I state for congress, President Cool
i
j idge today expressed “amazement'’
lat the suggestion that he inter
vene, and reaffirmed his intention
I (>f administering' the constitution
j which, he pointed out, “guarantees
equal rights to all our citizens, with
out discrimination on account of
race or color.”
The letter, made public at the
White House, was written by the
president Charles R. Gardner, of
j Fori Hamilton, N. Y. Mr. Gardner
had sent a newspaper clipping cOn-
I cerning the candidacy of a negro
for a seat in congress front New
York, and suggested “repeated
ignoring of the growing race prob
lem does not excuse uS~-for allowing
en croach men ts. ”
“Leaving out of consideration the
manifest impropriety of the presi
dent intruding himself in a local con
test for nomination,” Mr. Coolidge
wrote in reply, “I am amazed to re
ceive such a letter.
"During the war 500,000 colored
men and bo'ys were called up under
the .draft, not one of whom sought
to evade it. Tlixy took their places
wherever assigned in defense of the
nation of which they are just as
truly citizens as are any others. The
suggestion of denying any measure
of their full political rights to such
a great group of our population as
the colored people is one which,
however it might be received in
some other quarters, could not pos
sibly be permitted by one who feels
a responsibility for living up to the
traditions and maintaining the prin
ciples of the Republican party.
“Our constitution guarantees equal
rights to all our citizens, without
discrimination oil account of race or
color. 1 have taken my oath io sup
port that constitution. It is the
source-'of your rights and my rights.
1 propose to regard it, and adminis
ter it, as the source of the rights of
all the people, whatever their belief
or race. A colored man is precisely
as much entitled to submit his can
didacy in a party primary, as Is any
other citizen. The decision must be
made by the constitutents to whom
he offers himself, and by nobody
else. “ |
Aou have suggested that in some!
fashion 1 should bring influence to
be..r to prevent the possibility of j
f a. colored man being nominated for j
congress. In reply, I quote my great 1
predecessor, Theodore Roosevelt: “I
cannot consent to take the position
that the door of hope—the door of
opportunity—is to be shut upon any
man, no matter how worthy, purely ;
upon the grounds of race or color.’ ” !
The intense heat which has pre-1
vailed here for the last two weeks h is !
interfered little with the program of !
President Coolidge, who has followed
throughout his • practice of taking
two walks daily for exercise. This
has been virtually the only recrea
tion indulged in by the president,;
aside from his trips on the May j
flower, the presidential yacht. It is
hi,-/ custom to walk about the city in
the early morning anywhere from
thirty minutes to two hours and
again in the evening for a shorter |
time. Mr. Coolidge follows no rega- ;
lar path on these jaunts. He is I
described by friends as a brisk walk
er but not hurried.
His speech of acceptance complet
ed, Mr. Coolidge is planning to rest
a little more this week until the
address is delivered Thursday night
at the formal notification exercises
here. There are no special govern- '
ment problems pending, aside front 1
the report on the tariff commission j
on the sugar tariff, and next Friday ,
the president with his family plan I
to leave for his father’s home at :
Plymouth, Vermont, for a vacation '
of 10 or 12 days.
Mr. Coolidge took under consider-i
ation an invitation to speak at the J
unveiling exercises of the LaFayette
statute in Baltimore at ceremonies |
to be held there September 6, La- ;
Fayette-Marne day. The invitation !
was extended by Mayor Jackson, us j
Baltimore; J. C. Boyd, president of
the pai k-maard: James H. Preston,
former mayor, and Maurice Leon
secretary of the unveiling com- I
irittee.
Ford to Withdraw
Name From Ballot
In Senatorial Primary
DETROIT, Aug. 11.—Henry Ford
today reiterated his statement that
he “is not and does hot intend to be
a candidate for United States sen- ;
utor,” according to reports reaching
here from Sudbutv, Mass., where he
is resting.
His secretary was qin.’-td as . .%
ing for .Yir. Fori.
"It cannot be mile too strong that
he will not be a van li.iate."
Informed that unless M'. Ford
withdraws his name within ten days
it will be printed on the September
primary ballots, the secretary iri
mated that a telegram of with lraw.il
will be sent to the secretary of state
today or Tuesdaj .
“Mr. Ford knew nothing about 'he
movement that resulted in his be
coming a candidate, and is not inter
ested in politics," the secretary
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TOBACCO SPIRIT IS SUPREME
IN PLUCKY LITTLE HAHIRA
; Marketing of 5,500,000
| Pounds of Golden Leaf Am
bition of Town for This
Season—Good Start Made
BY DRY AST COLLIER
; (Stall' Corcespoiideiit of The Journal.)
■ HAHIRA. G.t. A ig. JI. —Hahira
I plucky little Hahira, numbering
j scarcely more than a. thousand souls,
l might well he described as the to
bacco boom town of Georgia. It calls
I itself Hie “Gold l eaf Town,” and it
is so shot through with the tobacco
i spirit that its only newspaper has
named itself “The Gold Leaf” and
i its only hotel has taken the same
name.
Hahira folk taik tobacco, think to
bacco. smoke? tobacco and, literally,
live tobacco. Tbeir enthusiasm for
the yellow leaf is- strongly reminis
cent of the fabled boom towns of the
■ west in the golden days of ’49.
But Hahira's lot is far more for-
Lunate than was that of the western
gold towns, most of which flourished
for a day and ihen passed into the
great desert wastes of forgotten
hopes, because its prosperity is based
not on a fickle yellow streak of pre
cious metal, but on a certain variety
of sandy lop soil an,] yellow clay
subsoil that covers the. whole bosom
of the earth on these broad Georgia
coastal plains, unlimited, inexhaust
ible in its potentialities of wealth.
Last year,, when the Georgia to
banco heli ivas still but a babe in
arms, Hahira ranked third among
the state's tobacco markets, its one
warehouse sellin:; 1,500.000 pounds of
the approximately 9.000,000 pounds?
marketed in th? state as a whole.
This year, with approximately 8,
250 acres—triple the 1923 acreage—
planted in tobacco in the immediately
surrounding territory. Hahira boasts
another warehouse and confidently
expects to market 5,500,006 pounds
of, the glistening yellow leaf before
the season ends.
Ylen Behind Room
And this remarkable progress is
clue solely to the enterprising efforts i
of a very small group of Hahira !
business men, who, undeterred and;
undaunted by any of the numerous!
obstacles that at first presented
themselves, have pressed steadily
and courageously on during the last
tw& years with -he objective of mak
ing this small southern Georgia city
one of the leading tobacco markets
of the south. And they have pro-!
gressed amazingly far.
Prominently among the leaders to :
whom the folks hereabouts unhesi
tatingly ascribe the larger part of
the credit for Hahira's rapid growth ;
as a tobacco center are E. L. Ring. I
industrial’ agent for the Southern
railroad in This section; M. Harrison,
editor of The Gold Leaf, said by
many to be among the most compe
tent tobacco writers of the state; J.
E. Webb, one of thejlargest tobacco
planters of this section, and the offi
cials of Hahira's two splendid banks,
the Bank of Hahira and the Citizens I
Bank of Hahira.
Mr. Ring, who hails originally j
from the old Stokes count) tobacco
district of North Carolina, has taken!
a ieadinc role in encouraging tobac-1
co culture and in giving the com
paratively inexperienced tobacco
growers of this section valuable in
structions regarding the raising and
handling of their crops, in addition
to cultivating two magnificent to
bacco farms of his own near here.
As for Mr. Harrison, his news
paper has been one «f the most con
stant and consistent backets of the
toba'cco industry in this section for
several years. The front page of
last week's edition of the Gold Leaf,
published just, after Hahira’s two
splendid warehouses had opened
with 400,000 pounds on the floor,
was devoted entirely to news stories
telling of the marvelous growth of
the industry in this section and of!
Hahira’s part in the development.
Mr. Webb has a prominent place
among the very few farmers of this
section who have raised tobacco for
a number of \eats. and when the
tobacco boom began he took a lead
ing ] ai't io encouraging otluf farm
ers to input the yellow leaf.
Opposes Tobacco Tax
He was among the strongest op
ponents of the special tax levied
by the legislature last year on cigars I
HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS
By J. P. Alley
i DE wAY UV PE
TRANSGRESSOR 15 HAhp
i ON HE Kin- FOLKS’
/-i,
(Copyright, 1924, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc
and cigarettes. He spent much of
his time working against the tax
and still has ii on his mind.
"It is a shame.” he said, "that
Hie Georgia legislature should lev)
a tax only on articles made of
i Georgia tobacco. Chewing and pipe
tobacco are not touched by this tax,
j which is directed solely against.
I cigars and cigarettes, the only ar
ticles that can be manufactured from
Georg ia-g t'o wn tobacco.”
A prominent part in the develop
ment of the tobacco industry has
been taken by the officials of Ihe
two local banks, these including;
for the Bank of Hahira, W. H.
Overstreet, president; W. H. Mc-
Kinnon. vice president. and O.
Beaty, cashier, and. for the Citizens
| Bank of Hahira, George Copped ; ,
! president, and D. 41. Hollis, cashier.
“We couldn’t have done anything
! Without the banks and the .splendid
hacking they have given us”—that
seems to he the unanimous opinion
of the tobacco growers of this sec
t ion.
Dr. E. I'\ McNeal, mayor of Ha
hira, also has been among the most
enthusiastic supporters of the to
bacco industry, and among others,
farmers and business men, who have
been instrumental in making it a
success are R. Y’. Scruggs, Turner
Brice, Ira Webb, Everett Webb, E.
D. Webb, Sr., and Taylor Coppedge
and Hosie McDonald.
The two big tobacco warehouses
in Hahira, the Gold Leaf warehouse.
■ operated by .1. E. O'Hara, and the
; Farmers’ operated by,W.
; E. Fenner and N. B. Smith, sold wek
; o\er a half million pounds of the
' leaf during the opening days latu
i week, the product, including only
the cheap sand-lugs, bringing an
average [rice of 22.93 cents, accord
ing to warehouse figures.
Air. O H ira hails from the old
! bright tobacco sections of the Caro
! Haas, but is enthusiastic over south
| err Geoigia as a tobacco producing
j section.
“The Georgia farmer," %-■ said,
! “can rab< the best tobacco that
| grows out ot the ground without try
; ing. The tobacco lands here are the
i be.>t in the south, but the farmers
I need experience.
Advantage Over Cotton
“They need experience paiticularly
in curing, drying and packing the
leaf. The handling of a tobacco crop
is half the game and there will al
ways be a heavy loss-until the farm
ers learn to build proper drying
! hous’es and packing houses to keep
; the tobacco in good shape tor the
■ market. One advantage that the to
bacco from Cook, Lowndes. Berrien,
; however, is that a partially ruined
■ tobacco crop can still be sold for
| something, even if for only a few
cents a pound, whereas if a cotton
crop or watermelon crop or any
other crop is ruined only partially
the farmer gets nothing.”
Mr. O’Hara stated that the ware
houses at Hahira were handling to
bacco from Cook, Lowndes, Berrien
Mitchell, Colquitt. Tift. Lanier and
Brooks county in Georgia, as well as
from several Florida counties. The
Hahira territory, he said, partially
covered a radius of 175 miles.
In connection with Hahira's pros
perity as a tobacco center, it is call
ed to mind that the Hahira district
always has been one ot the most |
progressive farming sections of
Georgia.
I: once led the state in the pro
duction of sea-island cotton, its pro
gressive .Lt i met turnirig naiur; ily
to the production of tobacco when
boll weevil ravages made too ex
tensive p'-odiieiion of the fleecy sta
ple both impracticable and unprofit
able.
While tobacco probabily rinks at
present as (he most important and
vai'iatle crop of this immediate dis
trict, cotton still is being raised,
though with reduced acreage and |
intensive ;ioisor;ing methods, while;
a variety of other ci>>ps also are
grown at a profit, ineLtding many
varieiies of vegetables aaJ truclv
products which are shipped in rar
load lots from the Hahira territory
to distant points.
MAN Y ( ARS OF TORA( ( 0
PASSING THROUGH AUGUSTA
AUGUSTA, Ga., Aug. 11.—With
nearly 100 cars of tobacco from
south Georgia having passed through
Augusta during the past week, an I
around 200 cars expected to pas?
through this week, indications are
that a bumper crop will be made
this year. The tobacco is being ship
ped to markets in Virginia, the. Car
olinas and to other points for export
The Georgia and Florida railway
is handling the shipments through
Augusta and officials of the road
predict that over 500 cars will move
ria this city during the season.
Nashville, the first town to shio
tobacco this season from south Geor
gia through Augusta, has forwarded
two cars.
Borglum Is Designer
Os Medal to Be Given
La Follette Contributors
YY- ARLINGTON. Aug. 11.—Thou
sands of bronze moil.-tl.s are to be
struck off for distribution among
eentributors to the La Follette-
Wheeler campaign fund.
A mode) has been made by Gutzon
P.< rgf’.m life long friend of Senator
l.a Follette. Dies are being prepared
and the medals, about the size of a
quarter, will be ready for distribu
tion in a week or ten days.
The medal shows a profile of La
Follette, superimposed on one of
Senator Wheeler, of Montana, his
running mate. One will be given to
each contributor of one dollar or
iPMTTOPW
• HIGHEST HOWR TO
: PRINCE OF WALES
Y\ XSHINGTON". Aug. 11 -One o?
' the highest compliments in diplomat
ic usa-re —a strii'tl.v private luncheon
, will: the executive family—is plan-!
tie-i for the Prince of Wa'es upon his
. .'trrivai in the I'nited States for th;'
iniei nat lona 1 polo matches next,
>'month at Meadowbrook, says the j
Washington Post today, adding that
. it understands the royal visitor will
- reach New York August 30 on the
. Berengaria.
The prince’s tall at the While
. House was decided upon, the Post
• relates, after King George had vetoed
;■ a. proposal that-he (-.me to the Unit
lj cd States, incognito, as Lord Ren-
I frew. The king held that internn
ij tior.al courtesy requires use of the
• prince’s highest title on a visit to the ;
I'nited States, even though it might 1
be only a pleasure trip, and this?
i nec.css.t tied arrangements for him
to pay his respects formally lo the
. president
' 'l'lic p.' ivm-.v of Ihe luncheon, one
1 of lew functions of its kind in Arnett
can history, is attributed not only to
' the mour.'iing of the executive t'am ly
'lfor Calvin Coolidge. Jr., but to a de
sire to return similar courtesies ex
3 extended by the king and queen re-
• centiy to Secretary and Mrs. Hughes
i and to Secretary Mellon and his
• daughter. Afterwards, says the Post
• members of the_cabinet and their
- wives maj 1 e invited to the White
t House, in a strictly informal man
' tier, to greet the prim e.
'j No other cities will be visitod by |
' the royal party on this trip under
t present plans, the newspaper con
l i inues. and only one large social
function has been arranged, a din-
- ner ai)d dance b.v Clareni-e Mackay
; at H/irbor Hill. September 6, the
evening of the first ot th-e series of
lioln n.'itche< for the international
’ j i-h.ulenge clip, the American open
i i-harnj.ionshi]) and the Monty Water
' bury memorial trophy.
; Ti e prince will be met at New
Yo’k, the Post adds, by the Britjsh
ambass'.-tilor. Sir Esme Howard; .1.
Butler Wright, third assistant secre- |
taYy of state, in a semi-official ca- |
. pacity and Major Oscar N. Solbert, i
, the president's junior aide and for- I
nier military attache at the Aine.'i-]
cair-embassy at London, as the per-;
sonal and unofficial representative ■
of President Coolidge. The exec 1- ;
! tive also has detailed Major Solbert
to act as personal aide to the prince
during his stay in the United Static.
The royal visitor will occupy toe
house of James Y Burden at Syos
set, Long Island,i during the polo
matches, with Rogers Winthrop act- ;
ing as host in the absence of Air. and
Mrs. Burden, who are -in Europe.;
After the matches, which are sched -
uled to end September 14, the prince
is expected to leave immedia.tely for
his ranch in Manitoba.
i Girl Hangs Herself
From Ladder m Her
Grandmother’s Barn
! WEST ORANGE, N. Aug. 11.— !
Miss Marion Fulton, 21. of Rolla,
Mo., committed suicide b.y hanging
herself St the home of her grand
mother. Mrs. Albert Fulton, today,
according to County FfTysician Brien.
The girl's body was found by her;
grandmother hanging by a rope from
a ladcc.’ in the barn.
Mrs. Fulton said the girl had told
her just before the body was found
that she was going out for a walk
She added taat th’ girl had been in
ill health and was generally depress- I
led. Her father, Charles Fulton, is I
a professor of mining at Rolla.
Melon Vanda! Sought
By Bloodhound Pack
TI'SCALOOSA, Ala.. Aug. 1 1-X |
new variety of vandalism has cost
farnrcrs in this section hundreds of
dollars.
Bloodhounds were called out today
to trace a man who yesterday ruined
four hundred watermelons in a
patch belonging to Whit Jones at
Sterling. Ala.
The watermelons had been per- 1
forated with a sharp instrument.
The dogs were belieyed close on
the trail of the man and officers
predicted he would be arrested dur
ing the day.
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After Killing of Two
In Row at Reunion
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.. Aug. 12.—J
Idv.atd R:.oden, 24. Baker county.
fai'i ter, was held in jail at McClenny
M > -lay without bond, in connection
wit hi he shotting to death last night
of James Foster, 40, his brother-in
law nd Clarence Foster, 22, both of
Jacksonville.
Rlipcen, according to Sheriff Joe.
I Jones, of Baker county, claims self’
defense. He said, according to thri
i sheriff, that Ihe Fosters approached!
h'.s iioine, where a family reunion 1
was in progress and began to curse
him/ Rhoden saw that the men were,
armed, the sheriff quoted him as say I
ing, and opened fire on them witl |
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Sheriff Jones said he found al
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a knife in the father’s hand.
An inquest was begun today bull
was postponed until tomorrow be I
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Busses and Autos Cut .
Into Trade of S.A.L.;
Would Kill 10 Trains
Private automobiles and motoi
busses ha'-'e worked great injury tc
the operation of local passenger train
service on the Seaboard Air Line rail
road, ,according to a petition filed
Monday with the state public serv
ice commission seeking authority t<
discontinue ten local passenger
| trains The Seaboard informed the
'commission that its local passenger
service between various designated
points has been made unprofitable
liy the enormous increase in tra.’-l
b.v automobile.
The Seaboard proposes, with the
commission's permission, to discon
tinue trains Nos. 23 and 24 between I
Savannah aid Jacksonville; trains
Nos. 15 16.17 and 18 between Helena
and Columbus; trains Nos. 322 and
323 between Rockmart and Carters
ville. It is also oroposed to com |
pletely rearrange the schedule o I
I trains between-Hogansville and Law I
i renceville
Hearing on the petition has been
I set for September 25.
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