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Tri-Weekly Market Reports
COTTON
NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—The cot
ton market opened steady today at
an advance of 4 to 10 points on over
night buying orders and a little de
mand inspired by steady Liverpool
cables, the advance in sterling and
expectations of further improvement
in British trade following the elec
tions. Liverpool was a seller here
shortly after the opening, however,
coupled with considerable realizing
or re-selling by recent buyers. Aft
er advancing to 23.66 January eased
off to 23.43, active months showing
net losses of about 12 to 16 points
at the end of the first hour.
The early decline was checked at
23.40 for January on trade-buying
and subsequently rallies of 20 to
25 points developed on covering.
Trading was quiet later and fluc
tuations were rather irregular. Jan
uary was selling around 23.45 at
midday when the general list was 9
to 14 points net lower. A private
report estimated the condition of the
crop at 55.7 and the indicated yield
at 12,304,000 bales, but the figures
evidently failed to stimulate busi
ness materially.
No fresh feature developed in the
early afternoon. Trading continued
quiet, January selling around 23.47
at 2 o’clock, when the general mar
ket was about 8 to 10 points net
lower.
NEW YORK COTTON
The following were the ruling prices in
the exchange today:
Tone, steady; middling, 24.10 c; quiet.
Last IToy.
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close.
Dee. . .23.47 23.50 23.27 23.33 23.32 23.41
Jan. . .23.65 23.66 23.40 23.48 23.48 23.55 .
March ..23.95 23.95 23.65 23.75 23.75 23.86
May ...24.14 24.14 23.88 24.00 24.04 24.07
July . .23.83 23.85 23.60 23.68 23.65 23.75 ;
11:45 a. in. bids, steady. December, i
23.34 c; January, 23.46 c; March, 23.75 c; ,
May, 23.96 c.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 30.—The ,
cotton market opened steady, first'
trades showing little overnight
change. Prices rallied promptly to
23.55 for December, 23.52 for Jan
uary and 23.73 for March, or 5 to
8 points above the previous close,
probably due to the outcome of the
British elections. Prices soon eased
off under the pressure of liquidation
until December and January traded
as low as 23.31 and March at 23.51.
The reaction was attributed partly
to less favorable Liverpool cables,
the English market ruling easier
owing to the sharp advance in ster
ling.
Following the moderate decline in
the first half hour of trading, the
market became very quiet and fluc
tuated rather aimlessly within the
early range. There was little sup
port forthcoming from the trade, but
any tendency to decline was held in
check by the sweeping Conservative
Victory in the British elections. Ex
ports for the day totaled 36,382 bales
of which Galveston cleared 18,905
bales.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
The following were the ruling prices iu
the exchange today:
Toue, steady; middling, 23.40e; steady.
Last t'rer.
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Close.
Dee. . .23.45 23.55 23.31 23.38 23.37 23.49
Jan. .23.46 23.52 23.29 23.36 23.35 23.47
March .23.67 23.73 23.51 23.58 23.58 23.63
May ...23.85 23.85 23.75 23.75 23.75 23.81
July . .23.59 23.64 23.59 23.61 23.60
Noon bids, quiet. December, 23.44 c: Jan
uary, 23.43 c; March, 23.63 c; May, 23.69 c;
July, 23.47 c.
SPOT COTTON MARKET
Atlanta, steady, 23c.
New York, steady, 24.10 c.
New Orleans, steady, 23.40 c.
Galveston, steady, 23.45 c.
Mobile, steady, 22.90 c.
Savannah, steady, 23.40 c.
Wilmington, steady, 23.10 c.
■ Norfolk, steady, 23.38 c.
Boston, nominal.
Dallas, steady, 22.55 c.
Montgomery, steady, 22.75 c.
Memphis, steady, 23c.
Charleston, steady, 22.10e.
St. Louis, steady, 22.75 c.
Little Kock, steady, 23c.
Houston, steady, 23.45 c.
Augusta, steady, 23.10 c.
ATLANTA SPOT COTTON
Atlanta spot cotton 23:
Receipts 2,9 "
Shipments 1.73'1,
Stocks 31,049
LIVERPOOL COTTON
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 30. —Cotton, spot, fair
demand; prices steady. Strictly good mid
dling, 14.5.1(1; good middling, 14.16 d; strictly
middlinf, 13.96 d; middling, 13.76 d; strictly
low middling 13.56 d; low middling, 13.1td;
Strictly good ordinary, 12.71 d; <iod ordinary,
12.1 id. Sales, 5,000 bales, including 2,600
American. No receipts.
Futures closed quiet, net 1 to 5 poinis
lower than previous close.
Tone, quiet; sales, 5,000; good middling.
14.16 d.
Prev.
Open. Close. Close.
Oct ,13.49 13.38 13.42
Nov 13.43 13.33 13.38
Oec 13.39 13.29 13.33 j
* eb - 13.31 13.31 j
March 13.45 13.36 13.27 1
April 13.36 13.371
May 13.45 13.36 13.37 I
June 13.37 13.28 13.29 1
Jul-V 13.36 13.21 13.23
August 13.01 13.U3
kept 12.71 12.76
COTTONSEED OIL MARKET
„ t Open. Close.
\ovember .. 10.40fe10.50 10.550 10. CO
December .. 10.29fei0.j0 10.36fe10.40
1 inuary .... 10.300 10.35 10.410'10. 11
i.-bruary ....
D’ii-clx 10.49fe10.52 10.58fe10. PO
41>‘'U 10.50(o, 10.65 10.60010.70
■ ; 'y 10.640' 10.65 10.72010.73
'une 10.650 10.80 10.75feT0.85
lone, steady' s sales, 13.200.
JOURNAL COMMERCE REPORT
NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—Journal of Com
merce report says:
MISSISSIPPI.—Returns are generally en
couraging and indicate little if anv de
terioration during October. Picking is
progressing rapidly under favorable weather
onditions. In the more southerly portions
i>f the state the crop is nearly picked. A
icry large proportion of the reports speak
of the yield pre acre as larger than last
(ear, some estimate it at a 20 per tent
increase.
LOUlSlANA.—Conditions aro practically
.inchanged since the date of our inst re
port. Here, also, the weather has been
.most ideal, and farmers have profited by
tills to rush their work of gathering the
rop, Louisiana is said to be further ad.
tanced than any other of the cotton states.
ALABAMA.—Reports indicate that the
retton crop has made excellent progress,
■ oth as regards maturing and picking.
Weather conditions have been almost per
fect during the greater part of October,
tnd the result is that in south Alabama
picking is from 90 to 98 per cent completed,
iu the northern part of the state the crop
- reported as from GO to 75 per cent
licked.
Liberty Bonds
NEW Yoiw-4, Oct. 30. —f. S. government
nds closedi
Liberty 3%W $101.4
first 4s, bld 1((2.’.0
8< cond 4s, bid 101.17
First 4%s 102.1.
leeond 4%s 101.21
third 4%s 102.10
I -?5» 4 1 . s 102.21
Treasury 4%* 106.29
METAL MARKET
NEIV YORK. Oct. 30.—Copper, s'.mdy
t >t and near-by, 13%c; futures. 13’-.-fe
l \e.
Pin, firm: spot and futures, $52.57.
Iron, steady and unchanged,
lead, steady; spot, 55.65fe9.00.
Tine, steady: East st. Louis. >,> -t. $6.51;
I urea. $8.50fe6.52.
Antimony, spot, $11.75.
KANSAS CITY-QUOTATIONS
KANSAS CITY. Oct. SO.—Wheat No. 2
‘■id. 51.31Q1.44: No. 1 red. $1.44fe1.50.
‘ n—X.i, 2 yellow, $1.02.
Cats No. J while, 18*.
THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKJA JOURNAL
I GRAIN
i CHICAGO (Thursday), Oct. 30.
• Corn bulls encountered stronger op
position today in attempting to ad-
, vance prices. At one time they sue
j ceeded in boosting values above the
I previous close but failed to hold.
I After a sharp opening break wheat
■ became quiet. The action of corn in
! fluence prices later affecting oats as
' well. Provisions were lower.
j Corn started lower, largely be-
■ cause of wheat weakness and indif
' ference of buyers. On the break
•’ good commission house buying de
’ veloped and prices advanced. At
j Sl.ll’s for May heavy selling by
' eastern concerns caused a break.
• Locals attempts to unload long corn
I about mid-session and the demand
was not sufficient to absorb offer
ings. There were more numerous re
ports covering a wider territory in
regard to the poor husking returns.
Buyers of cash corn were not in
fluenced by futures and the basis was
cut half a cent.
Wheat was off sharply at the
opening as a result of scattered sell
ing and limited buying poyer. Liver
pool cables were rather disappoint
ing to bulls and this caused many'
of the more timid to unload.
•Wheat closed 1 3-4 to 2 l-2c lower.
; December $1.41 5-8 to $1.41 3-4; May
i $1.47 3-8 to $1.47 1-8; July $1.31 1-2.
On the break some commission
house buying developed and later
locals took the buying side because
of the rally in corn and the strength
in Winnipeg. Prices, however, broke
again when those buyers tried to
unload. Export demand was poor,
partly attributed to failure of one of
the export houses, listing liabilities
of $1,500,000 and assets of only $25,-
000. Duluth, No. 1 northern, is be
’ ing offered at only ’4c over No. 2
I hard at Buffalo and this Is causing
1 dullness in the local export market.
Corn was unable to absorb the of
ferings from eastern houses and as
a result the market closed 1-2 to
1 1 3-8 c lower. December $1.05 7-8
to $1.05 3-4; May sl.lO 1-2 to sl.lO 3-8;
July sl.ll.
Oats were inclined to follow corn.
Buying was a little better because
shipments at primary points exceed
ing receipts. This suggests a reduc
tion in stocks.
Oats were 1-2 to 7-8 c lower. De
cember 49 l-2c; May 54 1- 4to 54 3-Sc
July 52 1-2 to 52 3-Bc.
Provisions were lower. The re
sponse in hogs was responsible for
the selling pressure.
Lard closed unchanged to 12 l-2c
lower and bellies unchanged. No
trade in ribs.
Local cash sales were 5,000 bush
els of wheat; 94,000 bushels of corn;
66,000 bushels of oats and 12,000
bushels of barley.
The seaboard reported 300.000
bushels of wheat taken for export.
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS
The following were the ruling price* 1»
the exchange todajr:
Prev.
Open. High. Low. Close. Close
I WHEAT—
I Dec. ... 1.43% 1.43% 1.40% 1.41% 1.44%
[May ... 1.48% 1.9% 1.46% 1.47% 1.49%
July ... 1.32% 1.33 1.31% 1.31% 1.33%
1 CORN
Dec. ... 1.06% 1.07% 1.05 % 1.05 % 1.07%
May ... 1.10% 1.11% 1.09% 1.10% 1.11
July ... 1.11% 1.12% .1.10% 1,71 1.11%
OATS—
,,ec 50% 50% 49% 49% 50%
May ... 50% 55 54% 54% 55
July .... 52% 53 52% 52% 52%
RYE—
Dee. ... 1.21 1.24% 1.23 1.23 1.24%
May ... 1.27% 1.27% 1.21% 1.25% 1.26%
LARD—
Oct 15.50 15.47
Nov. ... 15.07 15.20 15.05 15.20 15.20
Jan. ... 14.05 14.10 14.00 14.02 14.10
| SIDES—
nct 12.50 12.50
Nov. ... 12,10 12.10 12.40
Jil " 11. SO 11.80
BELLIES—
-10,-1 14.45 14.45
•'' ov 13.57 13.65
J’an. ... 12.37 12.37 12.32 12.32 12.32
RECEIPTS IN CHICAGO
MS
. 109 ears
II ’ i> 44,000 head
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS
; U ;V’ v et- 30 ~' Vlle at, No. 2 red.
No. 2 hard, 40
No. 2 mixed, 81,03%G 1.06%; No.
2 yellow, sl,oJ%fel .07%.
Oats. No. 2 white, 48%fe'49% No 3
white, 44%@46%.c.
Rye, No. 2, $1.20@1.21.
Barley, 75fe81e.
Tiinotliy seed, $4.85@6.50.
Clover seed. $18.00@29.00.
I.xrd, $15.62.
Ribs, $13.50.
Bellies, $14.37.
ST. LOUIS QUOTATIONS
I LOl IS, Oct. 30.—Cash wheat, No. 2
red, $1.50fe1.51: No. 3 red, $1.46%fe1.4s
s/o'"’ N< ’ - 2 white > *LO6; No. 2 yellow,
I Oats, No. 2 white, 48%; No. 3 white,
i -lS(ci IS ’4c.
Close. Wheat, December, $1.40: Mar.
sl. IGfe’ 1.46%.
I Corn. December, $1.04%; May. $1.09’/.
fe1.09%. ’
I Oats. December, 19e; May, 53%c.
TOLEDO QUOTATIONS
.TOLEDO. Ohio, Oct. 30. —Clover seed, $17.65
I asked : October, $18.40: December, SIB.OO.
| Alsike, old, $12.15 asked: new, $12.25
■ asked.
. Timothy seed, $2.90 askeX
RUBBER QUOTATIONS
NlA\ YORK. Oct. 30.—Rubber smoked
ribbed sheets, spot. 32%c.
Naval Stores
I SAVANNAH. (Ja.. Oct. 30.—Turpentine,
| dull. Sl’ic: receipts, 445; shipments, 1,334;
i stock. 10,982.
| Rosin, firm; sales, 1,461; receipts. 1.692;
I shipments, 8,445; stock, 83,436.
. Quote: B to M, $6.40; N, $6.65: window
i glass, $7.20; water white, X, $7.75.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET
( lIICAGO, Oct. 30. —Potatoes dulli r«-
leeipts 129 ears; total United StatjZ
i menis 1.211: Minnesota and Nortlt Dakota
Lacked Red River Oliios. 90efe'$1.00; South
l Dakota sacked early Oliios. 80fe>90c: bulk,
I iOm.7oe; North Dakota sacked, mixed Ohio
J and round, whites, 90c: Minnesota sacked
round whites. 70fe85c; bulk, 60fe75e; Wis-
, cousin sacked round whites. 75fe90e. ’
Brans—Louisiana hampers, green S'’ 75(H)
13.00: wax, $2.25(.t2.50.
i ( ucuntbers—Florida hampers and crates
' /'t T’ I ' ol,isi: "’“ ’s-busliel boxes. s3.sofe
i Eggplant— Florida crates. $3.75@4.00.
Feas—Mississippi hampers. $3.00fe3.25.
I 1 eppers—Tennessee hampers, sl.oo® 1.25-
’ 1 lorida crates. $3,750 1.00.
i Shallot:—Louisiana. 20 doz.. $13.00@ 14.00.
Sweet Potatoes—Tennessee hampers 81 75
1fe1.90.
■ x YORK PRODUCE MARKET
I N!.\\ YORK, Oct. 30.—Flour, dull and un
sett led
; I'orl., stronger: mess. $33.25.
IT.nrd. firm; middle west spot sl6 “Ofe
16.30.
Sugar Raw, firm; centrifugal. 96-test,
j G.O.'k': refined, firm; granulated. 7.15fe7.50e.
I toffee—Rio No. 7, cn s i x ,t. 22". c: No.
1 Santos, 26 ■■ 26 %e.
i Tallow, firm: specials. 'Jsfep’-’.c.
' Day, steady: No. 1, $1.35: So.’o. sl.lo®
Dressed puiltry. firm: turkeys. 30<<?48e:
chickens, 210,45.: fowls. 15fe32 . ducks,
260 27e.
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET
’ NEW YORK. Oct. 30.Jtoffee. Rio No.
-- s e: Santos No. 4,
Open. Close.
Dec2o.t;<l 20.25
March 19.55 19.75
Mar 1!> *. '
luly 19.00 18.75
s»y». i..;u sj.jw
E(ll BIGHTS FOB
FMEBSPIJOGED
BYJMMS
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.—Tn the sec
: ond statement outlining campaign is
i sues, John W. Davis. Democratic
candidate for president, declared to
day that unrest on the part of the
nation’s farmers will coniine until
their voice ns listened to at the White
House and in congress with the same
attention given the voice of the bank
er and industrialist.
The policy of the Democratic par
ty, Mr. Davis said, "is to readjust
the balance and to put agriculture
where it belongs—on an equality
with Industry." The nominee de
clared in that connection that such
a program would be put into effect
if he was chosen president on
November 4 and given support at the
same time of Democratic house and
senate.
Mr. Davis asserted that “all the
Reoublican party has to offer to the
fanner is a promise to call a com
mission and investigate him again, - ’
while the Democratic party, on the
other hand, "has a definite program
by means of which it expects to re
store to tiie farmer the economic
equality of which he has been un
justly deprived.”
Fair Deal for Farmer
“The outstanding economic prob
lem of the hour.” Mr. Davis said, "is
to make the purchasing power of the
farmer’s dollar equal to that of the
manufacturer’s dollar. That is an
other way of saying that there is
no more pressing duty resting upon
the goevrnment of the United States
than to organize the economic life
of America, so that American citi
zens can earn on thei rown farms a
living in keeping with America and
its traditions.
“Republican administrations dur
ing the last generation have repre
sented government by industrial bloc.
The granting of undue preference
and subsidies to industries by Repub
lican administrations has forced the
farmers to indulge in an abnormal
struggle to get a fair hearing in
congress.
“The farmers of this country are
not mendicants and they are willing
to take the risks that attend their
all-important calling. But they are
entitled in return to a government
genuinely interested in their prob
lems and keenly desirous to serve
them to the limit of its power.
“The farmers feel more severely
than any others the effect of discrim
inatory taxes. The goods which they
sell are in large measure sold in the
markets of the world, but those
which they buy consist largely of
manufactured articles heavily pro
tected behind a Republican tariff
wall. The farmers, therefore, have
been forced to contribute profits to
other industries with no compensat
ing benefit to themselves.
Investigated to Death
“The Republicans’ agricultural
program is composed of just three
planks. The first is the reminder to
the farmer, that ‘God helps only
those who help themselves.’ Second
ly, they tell the farmer that cur
tailed production is the remedy.
Remedy No. 3 is that we should
have a commission of impartial ex
perts with economic advisors to con
sider the agricultural situation and
report.
“The farmers of this country have
been investigated in the last three
years—first by the congress itself,
for six long months; then by an
agricultural conference of experts,
called by President Harding, and
then by the department of agricul
ture. And today all that the Repub
lican party has to offer to the
farmer is a promise to call a com
mission and investigate him again.
“The Democratic party, on the
other hand, has a definite program
by means of which it expects to re- ■
store to the farmer the economic
equality of which he has been un-1
justly deprived. We undertake:
“To reduce taxation, both direct,
and indirect, and by strict economy |
to lighten the burdens of govern- 1
ment.
To revise the tariff —not to a free
trade basis, but so that the farmer ■
and all other classes may buy their
goods in a competitive market.
“To readjust and lower rail and
water freight rates to make our
markets, both for the buyer and the
seller, national and international in
stead of regional and local.
Cheaper Fertilizer
“To bring about the earliest pos
sible completion of internal water
way systems for transportation and
to develop our water powers for
cheaper fertilizer to use on our
farms.
“To stimulate by every proper gov
ernmental activity the progress of
the co-operative marketing move
ment and to promote the establish
ment of an expert marketing cor- i
poration or commission in order that
the farmer shall not be at the mercy
of prices for farm products abso
lutely fixed by the exportable sur
plus available.
"To secure by wise and safe meas- i
ures sufficient banking credits to en
able every deserving farmer to
finance his own needs.
“To adopt an international policy
which will so re-establish the eco
nomic structure of the world as to
create the largest possible export
market for the goods that the farmer
has to sell and thus enable him to
obtain the best possible prices for
that which he produces.
“Above all things, to maintain a
sympathetic and co-operative atti
tude of mind in governmental action
in all matters concerning the wel
fare of the farmer.
"The unrest of the farmer will
continue until his voice is listened
to just as attentively in the White
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SOUTH’S HOPE IN DEMOCRACY,
GOVERNOR WALKER DECLARES,
URGING SUPPORT FOR DAVIS
Issues Statement Stressing Need of Active Aid by Geor
gians in Putting Progress! ve Back in White House.
Davis Well Fitted for Post, He Points
Declaring the Democratic party is
: the party that preserved the sacred
; sentiments and traditions of the
I south, and the supremacy of the
■ white race, and is the only party of
! present hope for progressive legis
lation, Governor Clifford Walker
Wednesday issued an urgent ap-
I peal for the active loyalty of all
i Georgia Democrats in the support
of John W. Davis.
“Mr. Davis had no part what
i ever in the objectionable features of |
the national convention, and is uni-i
versally recognized as the best- j
equipped candidate now before the I
people,” the governor declared.
Governor Walker’s statement fol- j
lows:
“As a life-long Democrat, [
proud of its history, admiring its ■
ideals and committed to its prin
ciples, 1 feel that I cannot allow
the national election to approach
without issuing a special appeal
to my fellow Democrats in Geor
gia to allow nothing to prevent
their active loyalty in behalf of [
the national Democratic ticket.
"1 remind them that the Dem
ocratic party is not alone the
party of our fathers, the party
which has preserved the most I
sacred sentiments and traditions
of the south, the party which
fanned the flickering flame of
freedom in those dark recon
struction days when under the
leadership of the carpet bagger
Davis Has Narrow
Escape When Auto
Crashes Into Bridge
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.—John W. j
Davis, Democratic candidate for
president, had a narrow escape
from injury Tuesday on the
2ueensboro Bridge Plaza in Long
Island City in an automobile col
ission as he was on his way from
Manhattan to his home in Locust
Valley.
Near the entrance to the plaza
an automobile driven by Leslie
Lamallette passed the Davis au
tomobile so closely that the chauf
feur for Mr. Davis was compelled
to make a quick turn to the right
and collided with one of the steel
pillars of the bridge. The auto
mobile was slightly damaged and
Mr. Davis was shaken up.
In Long Island City police
court, Lamallette received a sus
pended sentence.
Macon County Fair
Visited by Throngs
MONTEZUMA, Ga., Oct. 30.—The
Macon county fair opened Wednes
day morning and was visited by hun
dreds of people from this and ad
joining counties. The fair will close
Thursday night and promises to be
the best ever held in the county.
The exhibits are by far the most
elaborate and complete ever shown
in this section of the state. The
poultry exhibit is particularly fine,
specimens of many breeds of pure
bred fowls being shown. A tobacco
meeting was held in the Woodmen’s
hall this afternoon and it was stated
that 200 acres of tobacco will be |
grown in the county next year.
Amusement features are being
furnished by the Wise shows and
the Montezuma band has given sev
eral concerts.
Hotel Improvements
Start Soon at Albany
ALBANY, Ga., Oct. 29.—While
work is progressing rapidly on the
new $350,000 Hotel Gordon being
built with local capital in Albany,
announcement is made that the work
of tearing down the old portion of
the New Albany hotel will . begin
early in November, and construc
tion of the new $500,000 structure of
150 rooms, which is to take the place
of the older portion of the present
building, will start not later than
January 1.
Revival Near Close
FORT VALLEY, Ga., Oct. 30.
The series of meetings being held
here at the Baptist church', of which
the Rev. David Albert Howard is
pastor, with Dr. J. E. Sammons, of
Rome, as the visiting minister, who
is doing the preaching, and Mr. L.
E. Dutton, of Cartersville, leading
the singing, will be brought to a
close this week. Many have come
from neighboring towns to hear the
messages of Dr. Sammons.
House and in the halls of congress
as that of the banker or the indus
trialist. The policy of the Demo
cratic party is to readjust the bal
ance and to put agriculture where
it belongs—on an equality with in
dustry.
“That is our platform and our pro
gram. Such a program would pro
mote the prosperity and happiness
of the farmer, and it would assure
the permanent welfare of the people
as a whole. It is such a program, if
elected. I purpose, with the aid of a
Democratic congress, to put into
effect.”
and the scalawag the supremacy
of the white race was in danger,
but it is the party of present
hope for all progressive legis
lation.
"From the political history of
the past we can be assured that
it is the only party to which
we can look in the future for
the preservation of the rights of
the common people against the
special privileges and big inter
ests that feed on Republican fav
oritism and protection.
“N atio n a 1 conditions are
strained perhaps as they have
not been in a generation. Frank
ly, many loyal Democrats in
Georgia were I'ar from pleased
with conditions which existed for
days at the Democratic national
i on ven lion, but those who know
the story best declare that John
W. Davis was absolutely blame
less and had no part whatever
in the objectionable features of
the convention. He is universally
recognized as the best equipped
candidate now before the people
with a personal and legislative
record of fullest sympathy with
the masses of the people. I
therefore, not only as the nomi
nee of the Democratic party for
governor, out as a loyal Ameri
can citizen, earnestly urge my
friends to go to the polls next
Tuesday and there demonstrate
their loyalty to the Democratic
party.
"CLIFFORD WALKER.”
Man and Girl Escape
Flames on Phone Wire
20 Feet Above Street
NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—Hand over
hand on a swinging telephone wire,
20 feet above a concrete court,
Robert Beebe and Estelle Stern
made their escape from a burning
building here Wednesday.
Beebe and Miss Stern, who is his
secretary, were cut off from escape
by the rapid spread of the flames
and the only way out was byway of
the wire which led from above the
window of their office to the roof of
an adjoining building.
Aged Lula Woman Dies
Ten Days After Husband
LULA, Ga., Oct. 30. —Mrs. Nancy
Poole Martin, seventy-nine, died
here last night. She was the widow
of Richard Martin, who died only
ten days ago at the age of eighty
three. They had been married for
sixty years.
Mrs. Martin is survived by the
following children: Mrs. S. M.
Thomas, Mrs. W. A. Bates, J. J. and
E. A. Martin, of Jacksonville; Mrs.
H. N. Gowder, Lula; Mrs. M. W.
Bates, Center Hill, Fla.; Mrs. M. P.
Barner, Petersburg, Va.; A. R. Mar
tin, Dallas, N. C.; and Roy J. Mar
tin, of Atlanta. There are a num
ber of grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
the Baptist church in Lula.
Eskimo Dogs Attack
Stillmans’ Daughter
GRANDES PILES, Quebec, Oct
30. —Mrs. P. P. Davison, formerly
Miss Anne Stillman, was set upon
and severely injured by Eskimo dogs
belonging to her mother, Mrs. James
U. Stillman, at Grand Anse, accord
ing to word reaching here. Mrs.
Davison, who was married last
week, is spending her honeymoon at
her mother’s home.
The dogs, according to the report,
leaped upon her, tearing her fur
coat and wounding her.
Mrs. Stillman was with her daugh
ter.
HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS
By J. P. Alley
MAH SHOES AlN’ NEVUH
NO PERFEC' FIT BUT
DEY SIN'ALL-Y ALLU2.
Holds dey shape’’
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(Copyright, 1924. by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, I»2t.
I OUSTER ATMEBCEB
BiomaiGiffi
FREDOM. SAYS FOX
Declaring that the recent action
of the governing bodies of Mercer
university in asking for his resigna
tion constitutes “a repudiation of
the entire principle of academic free
' dom and an attack on the funda
mental Baptist principle of the reli-
I gious freedom of the individual, - ’ Dr.
Henry’ Fox, former professor of
i biology at Mercer, answered his crit
ics in a lengthy statement received
: Wednesday by The Christian Index
j for publication in its next issue.
I This statement by Dr. Fox is the
first expression that has come di
| rectly from him since the board of
trustees of Mercer instructed Dr.
Rufus Weaver, the president, to ask
i his resignation.
Dr. Fox s statement contained an
I attack on the committee for publish-
I ing without his “knowledge or con-
I sent” the statement of his religious
| beliefs “prepared solely for the per
isonal use of President Weaver,” a.nd
i declared that “many people will find
jit difficult to reconcile this action
t with the common idea of courtesy.”
"My position as regards science
and religion,” says the statement in
(part .“is one in which, to paraphrase
la familiar Scriptural quotation, we
ought to render unto science the
things which properly belong to the
realm of the intellect, and unto reli
gion the things that spring from the
heart. Questions of fact and of in
terpretation. in mv opinion, belong
1 to the realm of the intellect."
Criticizes Committee
I Dr. Fox also criticizes the commit
tee for its statement that "primarily
■the responsibility’ for this trouble
lies with Dr. Fox. inasmuch as he
I knew when he entered Mercer how
I utterly bis beliefs were at variance
I with those of the Georgia Baptists
‘ employing him,” declaring that at
I the time he entered Mercer no effort
had been made “either by personal
■ consultation or through the usual
! avenues of information” to impart
to him any idea of the religious ten
ets of “the particular Georgia Bap
tists” employing me.
"Before I had any idea that I
would ever come to Mercer,” says
the statement, “I joined the Baptist
I denomination, although not without
hesitation because at that time I felt
reasonably certain that from a
strictly doctrinal standpoint my
views would not be acceptable to a
majority of its members.
“I was given full assurance, how
ever, that in accordance with the
time-honored principle of individual
religious liberty, which I was in
formed the Baptists always had and
probably’ always would maintain, the
individual member would have full
liberty to formulate the generally ac
cepted doctrines of the faith in any
I form which he believed to be con
-1 sistent with his knowledge and his
sense of moral values, and that he
would under no conceivable circum
stances be constrained to fashion
his beliefs in harmony with the
finite expressions of that faith as
voiced by any individual, committee,
board, synod, convention or creed.
It was because of this larger free
dom that I chose the Baptist in pref
erence to all other evangelical de
nominations.”
Had Clear Conscience
“The administration committee Is
disposed to criticize me because I
did not disclose to Georgia Baptists
my doctrinal opinions previous to
my election. Will the committee
kindly favor its readers, most of
whom are as puzzled as I am, by in-
I forming them how they expected mo
Ito do this? So far as I am aware
I no candidate has ever been known
I to take the rather absurd step of
issuing a sort of notice to the con
stituency of even a denominational
institution setting forth his persona)
opinions in a field in which he Is
not an authority. If such inofrma
tion is desired it should be obtained
through authorized official channels
and my impression is that the initi
ative should be taken by the govern
ing body.
“From the foregoing, I think It
must be perfectly clear to the can
did reader that in accepting the chair
of biology at Mercer, I did so with
a clear conscience and with no idea
that in an institution of the grade
that Mercer is supposed to represent
one’s purely personal opinion on mat
ters of theological import would ever
be called in to question or that one's
qualifications to teach his subject
would be judged upon grounds other
than those which obtain in other in
stitutions of equal rank, namely,
faithful and satisfactory service,
high scholarly standards and a type
of personal life, which would be
generally acceptable as consistent
with loyalty to the ideal exempli
fied in the life of the Master.”
Approves “Mercer Ideal’’
Dr. Fox stated that the only pub
lished statement of the religious doc
trines of Mercer that he ever saw
was “The Mercer University Ideal”
in the annual catalogue, and declares
that so far as he is able to judge
his views are “in thorough accord
with this published statement.”
In a passing reference to the sub
ject of evolution, Dr. Fox said:
“If, like the great majority of bi
ologists, I accept the theory of or
ganic evolution as expressing the
most probable method whereby the
various forms of plant and animal
life, including man, have come into
being, it is clear that 1 cannot hold
to any theory of Biblical inspiration
that would preclude my acceptance
of that view.
“But from what J can learn from
the conclusions reached by authori
tative scholars in tie field of Biblical
research, I feel that I am justified
in holding a view of Biblicdl inspira
tion which docs not commit me to a
view of the Bible as a final authori
ty in the realm of scientific or his
torical investigation.
“That the action taken by the gov
erning bodies is inconsistent with a
recognition of the religious liberty of
the individual to hold as his own
those forms of interpretation of theo
logical doctrine which in his judg
ment are consistent with his knowl
edge and moral ideals is evident
when it is borne in mind that the
ground upon which I am dismissed
is not that my religious or theologi
cal views are out of harmony with
those held by recognized authorities
in the field of biblical and theological
investigation, but for the reason that
they are alleged to be contrary to
those held by the Baptists of Geor
gia, as if matters of scholarship
could be settled on state or sectional
lines."
Dr. Fox declared that the attitude
of Georgia Baptists in dealing with
his case has "the effect of putting
their educational institutions on the
of Rome, where nothing is to be
taught that is not in strict harmony
with the views of the hierarcy.
"Had the Georgia Baptists made
it clear through their authorized
agencies that they stood for this
kind of denominational school,” said
Dr. Fox, “and had they put into un
mistakable form the views which
they were not prepared to tolerate
in their teachers, they would have
saved themselves from their present
embarrassment, as I can assure them
that I would never have considered
serving them under any conditions
which would have necessitated my
being untrue to the ideals of my
profession by sacrificing the prin
ciple of academic freedom and the
liberty of individual religious belief.
“As I stated in my last letter to
President Weaver, the real issue, as
I see it, in this matter is whether a
professor in a Baptist Institution as
to whose teaching and efficiency
there is no question is to be dis
missed for individual religious be
liefs, or is to have liberty to hold
such religious views so long as he
does not use his classroom to propa
gate them and is loyal to the pub
lished religious aims of the institu
tion.”
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