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ATLANTA, GA.-
aULUTION OF SHORTAGE
OF NEWS PRINT SOUGHT
(By Internstional News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.-—News
print paper has cost for many years
from 340 to SSO a ton. Under the
increased demand for paper during
the war, with importations from
Sweden cut off, American and Cana
dian paper-manufacturers have ad
vanced prices to S7O, SBO and In gome
cases to $125 a ton.
More than 200 country newspapers
having no contracts with manufac
turers have been forced to suspend
publieation
Newspapers lin Minneapolis, Buf
falo, Pittsburg, St. Louls and many
~ smaller places have raised the prices
of their papers.
Bome of the most successful news
papers In the linited Htates whose
paper contracts expire within the
next six months. will he able to con
tinue business only by foregolng all
gfofltu. In some cases the Inevita
le losses on thelr business will have
to be financed hy loans or mortgages,
Some paper manufacturers whose
actual cost for labor and supplies has
increased not more than $3 a ton,
have increased prices to their regular
customers 326 a ton. The situation
i 8 being Investigated by the Federal
Trade Commission, which will soon
publish a report on it,
Relief Plan Proposed.
A plan proposed nng apparently
favored by the Trade Commission, the
manufacturers and the small pub
lishers, under which Jarge pubnnh-}
ers would relinquish 6 per cent of
thelr 1917 quota to the smaller pub
lshers, met with immediate opposi
tion. The large publishers deciared
they were being made the vietims of
m&ufcrturru who, by convertin
fflmeh!xs now on wall paper unz
wrapping paper back to making news
,rnt. could solve the shortage prob
m within a few days.
The plan proposed would provide
.that the 5 per cent turned back hy
‘the large establishments would be
apportioned among the small pub.
Mshers at the average contract price
‘charged the large publishers. ‘This
would be between 3 and 4 cents a
pound. The jobber would recelve, in
Addition, about 1 per cent for hand.
AUing. :
- Committees of the publishers, man
ufacturers and jobbers were named
to continue conferences with the
Trade Commission this week In an
effort either to perfect the plan pro
’o.edmor t;) work out some other ac
ceptable plan,
&u-tlom Sent Out,
The publishers’ committee will he
gin today to send out questions to the
- newspapers ascertalning the needs of
fig- small publications and learning
4if the large publishers will agree to
d@ivide up a part of thelr paper.
- In Baturday’s meeting the large
*‘:blhbm argued that an Increase
%{ production woeuld be a stmple
matter If the manufacturers display
"ed a wlllingness to co.operate, In
this they were supported by the small
publishors. '
- Both classes of publishsrs, too, In
~ sisted that prices were beyond rea
mmm assurance was given hy the
E e Commission that a temporary
~distribution plan, If carried out,
- would r‘m #top the commission's in
westigation of that suhject,
. Commissloner Davies declared the
%’mmhflm\ belleved that print paper
. WAs legmhllr necassity and that priceg
. pow charged for it wer. ¢xtortionate
- On the committee of publishers to
. meet this week with the Trade Com.
- mission, F. P. Glass, of Birmingham,
Al and L. B. Palmer, of New York,
gm named to represent the larger
;"Nlfl!m. and A. W, Dunn and J,
- Raymond Hoover to represent the
. publishers. Manufacturers will
-~ represented by J. Boyd Potter and
.A. T. Houyk, The jobbers will name
& committee later
- It was brought nu"h! that although
the cost of produdtion-hs disclosed
;s\, the Trade Commission's Investiga. g
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Either—Gold Ring for
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Give your baby the bhest--it {s none
too good. For badby medicines Baby
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it. Easlly taken. It does not con
tain morphine or alcohol, Read the
formula on the package. Baby Base
stops eo)k' Instantly; stomach trou
bles disappear. For bowel complaints,
dlarrhea, teething troubles, aches and
pains of all kinds, 54 few doses of Raby
Base are recommended. Thonsands of
mothers sing the praises of Baby Base
for the good It has done their babies.
Try Baby Ease next time you glve
your baby a medicine Coupon good
for gold ring for baby with each 25¢
Dottle. (Ring retalls for Tse to sl.)
Any druggist can supply you.—Adver
tisement.
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tion-—has remained about nts,tlonl.ry‘
In the past six months, prices to the
large publishers have been advanced
from 2.156 cents to an average of 3.10
cents on 1917 contracts, with an added
stem in that mills next year quote|
prices at the factories instead of at
the place of delivery,
A prospectus igsued by one manu
facturing concern was presented to
thow that the manufacturer, endeav
oring to sell stock in his mill, claims
a profit of 815 a ton on paper manu
factured this year, In addition to a
surplus accumulated, Manufacturers
opposed every wuggestion that produc
tion be increased by putting on news
print work machines that now are
turning out other classes of paper.
The committes representing the
smaller publishers lssued a statement
saying its members were hopeful the
Trade Commission and those con
cerned were about to find a solution
of the situation,
The Trade Comission is in a posi
tion already to flx the responsibility
for the shortage, sald Commissioner
Davies In announcing that the Inves
tigation would continue, whatever ar
rangement is reached at the present
conference to relleve the situation.
This declaration was called forth by
requests presented by representatives
of both the larger and smaller pubs
lishers asking that the conference set
tle questions of price and production
as well as of distribution,
Statement Issued.
The statement of the larger publish
ers declared the opinion of paper con
sumers generally to be that there ex
lsts some manner of control by man
ufacturers of paper prices and distri
bution. The statement sald:
“Many publishers feel that the pub-
Heity of complaints on their part will
Jeopardize their supply of paper, and
it earnestly is desired that the In
vestigation to fix the responsibility for
this condition be hastened. We fall
to understand In what manner normal
economic forces have been the sole
causes of bringing about the present
apparent shortage, and we feel con
strained to ask the Federal Trade
Commission to induce news print
manufacturers to confine their efforts
to supplying the legitimate needs of
newspaper publishers—their normal
consumers-——rather than to diverting
abnormal tonnage Into temporary
channels.”
Smaller publishers asked the com
mission to glve a flat price for news
paper print, in addition to planning
equitable distribution, They desired
the commission to prevent diserimina
tion in price, except as covered by
difference In freight hauls. Paper un
der this plan would be distributed, to
be sold for cash on delivery. A basis
for determining apportionment would
be the amount of paper used by each
paper lin 1916,
Committees In Session,
The committees meeting with the
Trade Commission are:
Manufacturers —E. W, Backus,
George W, Mead, C. T. MeNair, M. J.
Scanlon, Alexander SBmith, P. T.
Dodge, George H. Mead and Gegrge
Cahoon, Jr.
Large Publishers—¥, P, Glass, Bir
mingham, Al Emil Scholz, A, A.
Mcintyre and L. B. Palmer, New
York: R, L. McKenney, 3. A, and E.
H. Daker.
Small Publishers—<. H. Hosmer,
Denver: J. H. Zerbey, Pottsville, Pa.;
H. J. Blanton, Parls, Mo.; L. C.
Crampton, 1. E. Peremich, Ernest G,
Smith, Wilkesbarre, Pa., and H. B,
Varner, North Carolina.
Jobbers-~Joseph T. Allen, Roches
ter: O, A. Miller, Columbus; 8. L.
Wilson, St. Louls; David Lindsay,
Philadelphia; P, A, Leslle, Minneapo
lis, and D. D, Culbertson, New York.
‘Bible Agent' Fraud
Ible Agent’ Frau
Reported to Police
[ In using the Bidble in earrying out a
scheme whereby he nicked numerous
farmers and residents of Hampton,
Ga,, each for exactly $6.75, a man who
sald he was J. M. Cooper has lost
thelr friendship,
A exchange for perfectly good
notes for the sum mentioned, which
he promptly discounted at a bank, the
note signers recelved neatly pre
pared receipts and promises of mo
roceo-hound Ribles,
Then Cooper disappeared. And they
want him back, -
“We'll gladly furnish the money to
bring him back, it only you'll eatch
him” they sald In a letter reaching
Atlanta police headquarters Monday.
439 Seasick After
rd Tri
Hard Trip to U, 8.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—~Battered hy
50-foot waves in & hurricane off the
Irish coast, the American lHner New
York arrived here today from Liver
pool with 430 weasick Kamnnrl
aboard. Six were under the care of
the ship's doctor. Mrs. Samuel Hall,
of Pittsburg, who was huried down
A companion way, was removed to a
hmfiul.
Staterocoms were flooded, two ports
were smashed in and everything
movable on deck was swept over
board,
Among the notables on board were
Maxine Filiott, the actress, and Mrs,
A. Saunderson, daughter of the late
John D, Archbold.
Georgia Cavalrgnan
Captain MeEimurray, of the Waynes
boro militia. whose arm was broken
when his horse fell on him at the Mexi
onn barder, was at the Motel Ansle
luhnla;‘g n:'dn on his way home to spend
a furlough.
While LN he rece! A Lol m an.
no\m«n,‘ the death n'f'?m .m{“m
vate J. . Gondon, of Troop B, t‘h
S B ok’ Gztdat S ‘i
old home at Hinesville for burial. Gor.
don dm after an operation at the Fort
Plies pital
Automobiles Early
Two more Atlanta antomobiles
were missing Monday, according te
rri;:'u at police headquarters, |
ey were a five. Stude
baker, belonging to W. C. x:nrd. of
No. & Ringham street, and & now.
maodel Ford, helonging to J. F. Gee, of
No. 264 Capitol avenue, The l\naa
number Jof Mr. Gee's car was 13687
He offerd a sultable reward.
oo o dos
Freaks of the News
oo e ok
B A A A AP AP
NEW YORK.—A fowl robbery
was committed when thieves en
tered Valentine Loesch's bird
store and stole 650 pigeons and
150 canaries, value at $1,500.
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SERVEID HIM RIGHT.
BAYONNE, N. J.—At the point
of a revolver a man held up
Charles Barello, a coal dealer, In
his place of business, fllled a
bucket with coal and fled,
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CHICKEN POCKETS NEXT.
CHlCAGO.—Exhibits of the
Chicago Designers’ Association
reveal a novelty in the shape of
immense pockets In the sults of
women next spring. “Chicken
pockets” they are styled—not re
ferring to the wearers, but “be
cause the pockets are big enough
to hold a chicken,” the design
ers say.
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E PLURIBUS UNUM.
LACROSSE, WIS.-—Mrs. Em
ma C. Van Sickle will be buried
today In her private cemetery in
a corner of her farm where her
filve husbands were laid away.
Over each grave is a tombstone
erected by Mrs. Van Sickle's own
hands,
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WHERE WILL IT END?
CHICAGO.—Add to the high
cogt of other things the cost of
girlle shows. Announcement is
made that beginning this week
the prices of seats In bald-headed
rows will he $2.560 instead of $2.
Chorus girls are getting $25 to
S3O a week Instead of the former
$lB and S2O, is the reason given
by theater managers.
DeathforSake
\
~ of Mothers
(By International News Service.)
OSSINING, N. Y., Dec. 1.--Two
youths, the eldest of whom is barely
out of his teens, volunteered today to
give up three days of their lives in
order that Christmas Day may not
be such a mockery for their mothers.
Both the boys are convicted murder
ers, and thay will dle at dawn tomor
row, instend of next Friday, as sen
tenced,
Charles Kumrow, 20, who killed a
tugboat captain in Buffalo, and Stan
ley Milsteln, 19, who ehot a police
man In Utica, explained 1t all to
Father Cashin, Sing Sing's sympa
thetic comforter, as they sat in thelr
cplls In the death block.
If they are executed Friday, they
sald, their bodies would reach their
‘rvlullven on Christmas Day, and it
would not make It a very happy
Christmas for thelr mothers, So
ithc-y'dl rather, they sald, dle tomor
row, so thelr funerals will be out of
the way before that day.
Father Cashin carried thelr re
quest to Warden Moyer, who, after
some hesitation, acceded to it. The
priest carried back the message to
them, and tomorrow morning, at 5:45,
he will accompany each on the long
Journey “through the Ilittle green
door.”
Students Get Fat on
7 Cents Per Meal
BEREA. KY.. Dac. 12 ..Tn grder to
show that the cost of living has not
reached every part of the country,
Berga College, In the Kentucky
mountains, is responsible for the
statement that its 1,400 students are
fed at a cost of 7 cents per meal,
that they galned “several tons” In
welght, and that the boarding hall
made a net gain of $560.49,
In explaining this record, Willlam
Goodell Frost, president of the col
lege, refers first to the economy of
numbers, some 1400 students being
in constant attendance in the five de- |
partments. Another explanation |is
the fact that most of the students are
accustomed to plain fare, so that they
almost unanimously choose to go
without tea, coffee and butter to re
duce expenses. To offset these amis
slons the balanced ration has heen
introduced, on the assumption that it
Is jJust as important for students as
for “any other live stock.”
Family of 6 Die in
.
Cheyenne Hotel Fire
CHEYENNE, WYO, Dec. 18.--Six
persons are known to be dead as a re.
sult of the fire that destroyed the
Inter-Ocean Hotel here last night.
From the ruins of the structure today
were taken the bod Mes of Mrs, R, A,
White, of Bayless, CAI, and three of
her small children, The body of an
other child ts still under the smolder-
Ing wreckage. Roy White, the hus
band and father, became confused
when the fire broke out, and leaped
from the third story. He was caught
by wires and electrocutad, his shrive
eled body falling to the street shortly
afterward
.
Brunswick to Have
5,000-Ton Dry Dock
BRUNSWICK, Deo. 18,At a meet-
Ing of the oMcers and directors of
the Brunswick Marine Construction
Corporation, held here Saturday, it
was decided to erect at once a §,OOO.
ton dry dock at thelr plant here. This
dock will accommodate the largest
coastwise salling and steam vessels
and will be used as an adjunct to the
stoam holst marine rallway already
owned by them,
‘Buffalo Bill' N
uiralo bl ear
Complete Recovery
DENVER, Dec. 18-Colonel Wil
Ham F. Cody (Buffalo B, who has
heen In A serious condition at the
home of his daughter In this city as
A resuit of a threatened alur{ of
preumonia, s near recovery, His
uantr-lnn sald today that he wouid
out agalin in a few days,
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
Striking street car operatives Mon
day were discussing the attitude of
the church in labor troubles. They
had heard the speclal sermon by Dr.
C. B. Wllmer at Bt. Luke’s Church
Sunday morning, dealing with mod
ern social and economic problems,,
The union had recelved a speclal in
vitation to the service, and it was
well represented.
“The test to be applied to any or
ganization's right to exist is whether
it renders better service to society
than individuals,” saild Dr. Wilmer.
‘“The old systems of feudalism and
slavery were abolished because they
failed in this respect. w
“The church is the preserver of the
principles of righteousness in dealing
with social and economic problems. It
Is beginning to assert {tself In this
respect. 1 disagree with those who
think only of ‘heavenly streets’ and
‘mansions’ and care nothing about
conditions in Atlanta.” |
Dr. Wilmer quoted some of the
principles bearing on soecial and eco
nomic problems agreed to by 8) Chris- |
tian denominations. They are: ‘
For the regulation of the con- ‘
ditlons of toil for women as shall
safeguard the physical and moral
health of the community,
For the protection of the work
er from dangerous machinery, oc
cupational diseases and mortal
ity.
For the right of all men to the
opportunity for self-maintenance;
for safeguarding this right
agalnst encroachments of every
kind and for the protection of the
workers from the hardships of
enforced unemployment,
For the right of employees and
employers allke to organlze for
adequate means of concillation
and arbitration In industrial dls
putes,
For the release from employ
ment one day In seven,
For the gradual and reasona
ble reduction in the hours of la
bor to the lowest practical point,
and for that degree of leisure for
all, which Is a condition of the
highest human life,
For a living wage as a mini
mum in every industry, and for
the highest wage that each in
dustry can afford.
For a new emphasis upon the
application of Christian principles
to the acquisition and use of
property, and for the most equl
table division of the product of
industry that can be devised.
il oo
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Drug Addict, Sane,
.
Must Stand Trla,l'
Thomas B Kimbrough, a young man
living at No. 105 Summit avenue, a drug
addlict, Monday was declared sane by a
Jury before Ordinary Thomas H. ]e!-
fries, and, as a resul, will have to stand
trial on a misdemeanor accusation in the
City Criminal Court, this charge havin
heen preferred against him severzfi
weeks ago,
The writ of lunacy was taken out by
Kimbrough's sister, Mrs. Jack Moore,
who told the {ur,v her brother Is Insane
when not under the Influence of drug.
Kimbrough made a statement to the
Jury, confessing that he is a victim of
the drug habit and explaining that he
uses dally eight grains of morphine, He
#ald he was under the Infldence of three
grains while he was making his state
ment,
et
.
VasonPays $750 Fine
For Stabbing Felder
The account of G. K. Vason, former
assistant doorkeeper of the House of
Representatives, with the eriminal court
had been closed Monday with his pay
| ment of the fine of $750 for the lluhhlngl
|of Attorney Thomas B. Felder last Au
gust in the New Kimball House, Thls‘
fine had been assessed Saturday by
Judge Ben Hill when he commuted the |
prison sentence that had been given
Vason on his convietion in court,
The sentence was reduced to the fine
on the plea of Attorney Felder, following
promises sald to have been made to him
by Vason that he would hereafter lead a
soher life and refrain from becoming in
volved in difficulties, and on the appeal
\of the trial jurors and friends of Vason.
GIFTS AT MENTER'S
SI.OO Down—sl.oo a Week
Remember the first payment gets
the goods at Menter's and also re
member that sensible gifts are tak-
Ing the place of frivolous ones this
yYear. Shop early. Read this list of
what SI.OO down and SI.OO a week
will buy.
- Girls’ Coats, Sweaters, Pur Sets,
‘nn_\-a‘ Suits, Overcoats, Sweaters,
Shoes,
Women's Coats, Suits, Furs,
Dresses, Walsts, Skirts, Sweaters,
Millinery, Shoes,
Men's Overcoats, Sults, Sweaters,
Trousers, Raincoats, Hats, Shoes. We
do as we advertise. We gladly open
rwecounts with people In East Point,
College Park, Hapeville, Kirkwood,
Smyrna, Decatur and Marietta, Ga
Menter, 71 1.2 Whitehall street, up
stalrs —Advertisement,
Rh ti
}«. completely washed nut of the system
by the celebrated Shivar Mineral Water
Positively guaranteed by money-back
offer. Tastes fine; costs a trife. Deliv.
ered anywhera by our Atlanta Agents,
Coursey & Munn Drug Store, Marietta
and Broad Streets
CIGARS
The Gift Appreci
ated by MEN
Large Assortment
Brown & Allen
21 Whitehall
Branch at Terminal Station,
Ci tte Cut
‘ FromPainti
CHICAGO, Dec. 18.—Fernod, the
great Frenchman, painted a picture,
one of the figures of which shows a
boy with a lighted cigarette ln‘his
mouth. The painting, valued at
$20,000, 1s the property of Mrs. George
M. Reynolds, the wife of a Chicago
banker. She recently loaned it to
‘Arche Club, which has quarters in
Abraham Lincoln social center, and
it was displayed on the walls of the
room in which Rev. Jenkin Lloyd
Jones i{s accustomed to delivering an
ticlgarette lectures.
When the Rev. Jones beheld the
picture his wrath was great. He de
clared it must come down or he
would not lecture. Then one of the
club members called in an artist. He
painted out the cigarette with a prep
aration which will easily come off
when Mrs. Reynolds gets ready to
take back her work of art. The min-
Ister Is appeased and the moral tone
of Lincoln center unhurt.
.
Dr. Conkling Tells
What a church should be was told
Sunday by the Rev. Dr. J. Wade
Conkling during his sermon at the
Unitarian Church, in which he urged
making the church, in a collective
sense, more beautiful. Describing the
proper church atmosphere, he said: |
“It should be the atmosphere where
men and women, strong and true,
meet men and women, true and!
strong, and where those who enter‘
desire to be what they find there, be- |
cause of what the church people are,"{
County Police to
g \
Coum{ policemen and their wives and
practically all members of the force who
are In the benefit class Monday looked
forward with pleasurable interest to a
banquet Thursday night, at which they
will be the guests of Chief George Ma
thieson.
Members of the County Commission |
and their wives and the two members- |
elect—Charleg R. Turner ang W. M. |
Poole have been invited.
Arrangements for the affair are belng‘
made by Chlef Mathieson and Chair
man W. Tom Winn, of the County Com
mission. It will be held M one of the
big downtown hotels, to be selected by
the two officlals.
Aged Man Victim
g In Auto Collision
FITZGERALD, Dec. 18.—F. Andrew
Greenway, 63, formerly of Tattnall
County, died from injuries received
in an auto accldent last night. Green
way was riding with W. D. Hinson In
a Ford when they ran Into a delivery
wagon on North Sheridan street. The
car turned turtle, throwing its occu
pants In the road, Greenway was
caught under the car, and received
fatal internal injuries. His son-in
law, Elbert Smith, and Mr. McGahee
escaped with slight bruises.
Seals in Decatur
Decatur's volunteer workers engaged
In selling Red Cross seals returned to
their task light-heartedly Monday. Al
ready they had equaled the 1915 record
of 20000 seals, with which number they
led the South. They expected to boost
the record materially this year
E. E. Treadwell, chairman of the Red
Cross Soclety, Is In charge at Decatur.
He Is assisted h( committees of women's
civic organizations, headed by Mrs. L.
B. Lesesne, Mrs. C. F. Mayes and Mrs
W. A. Gasnell.
The onset of winter has failed to
diminish in the slightest the enthu
slasm over the proposed great Bank
head highway, which is to connect
Atlanta and Memphis, by way of Bir
mingham, and which ultimately will
become a transcontinental highway,
and Monday preparations were un
der way for a big conference of offi
clals of the Georgia Bankhead As
soclation which, it was announced,
would be held in Atlanta not later
than February 1.
Chalrman Oscar Mllls, of the Coun
ty Public Works Committee, who,
with Dr. T. R. Whitley, of Doug
lasville, is referee for the Georgia
end of the highway, instructed Coun
ty Engineer Tom Wilson, secretary
of the Georgla Association, to at
once communicate with the five Geor
gia vice presidents with the view of
obtaining reports on the situation in
each of the flve Georgia counties
through which the highway will pass.
This information will be in hand and
‘will be considered by officials prior
to the Atlanta conference, at which
further definite steps toward the
‘building of the highway will be taken.
The five highway counties in Geor
gia are Fulton, Cobb, Douglas, Car
roll and Haralson. Dr. W. L. Gil
bert, County Commissioner, 1s the
vice president for Fulton.
- Interest among the highway en
thusiasts was further increased Mon
day by announcement that Cobb
County already has started work on
its link of the highway. A splendid
road Is being built from the Mayson
and Turner bridge at the Chatta
hoochee River to Austeell.
From Austell is will be continued
to Lithia Springs, where Cobb joins
Douglas County.
Fulton’'s portion of the highway,
from the city to the Mayson and
Turner bridge, already has been built,
and the completion of the Cobb
County section will leave but three
counties to finish the highway in this
State. r
Referee Mills Monday declared
that the highway all the way to Mem
phis is assured.
“It now will be but a short time
until Atlantans can tour to Birming
ham and Memphis over a splendid
boulevard,” he said.
South Side Baptist
ptists
To Hold Big Reunion
8 0
A home-coming and roll-call day,
which every former pastor, teacher and
member of the church and Sunday
school will be urged to attend, wili be
held Sunday, January 7, at the South
Bide Baptist Church.
The former superintendents and
teachers will be guests of honor at the
Sunday school, and the former pastors
at the church service, All w!fl glve
brief talks. A roll call of all members
will follow.
Farmers Urged to-
A——
Recent bulletins of the Department of
Agriculture urge farmers to plant more
long staple cotton seed. They point out
that the supply of long staple cotton is
much below the demand, especially of
1 3-16 to 1% inch staple. This is re
flected In the large premiums being pald
for such cotton. Prices of extra staple
cotton are larger than ever before in the
history of the country, according to the
Department of Agricuiture.
Binder Picture Frame
Manufacturing Co.
Framed Pictures, Picture Molding,
Frame Shop Sundries, Stock ready
for Immediate delivery,
86 N. PRYOR STREET
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Billy Sund
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Endsßoston’s
Liquor Fight
(By International News Service.)
BOSTON, Dec. 18.—Billy Sunday’s
fight to make Boston dry came to a
dramatic wind-up today. The city will
vote tomorrow on whether the saloons
are to go. ‘
No campaign against the liquor in
terests in years has so stirred Boston.
The license men, fearing a swing to no
license, have waged an energetic ad
vertising campaign during the past
week. Last year the vote was 46,000
for and 31,000 against liquor. It is
predicted that over 90,000 votes will be
cast in tomorrow's city election.
Slightly over 97,000 votes were cast in
the city in the last election. Yester
day Billy Sunday addressed 25,000
men in the Tabernacle, lashing Demon
Rum in a spectacular manner. Over
3,000 men “hit the trail,” led by for
mer Governor Eugene Noble Foss, who'
has publicly announced that he will
file a bond for $1,000,000 to reimburse
the city for every cent it loses in tax
ation that it does not save in other
ways by going “dry.”
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Tampa, Fla., Concern
ve Sl ‘
That Atlanta’s manufactured products
are in ever-increasing gemand is shown
by the announcement of the White Hick
ory Wagon Manufacturing Company that
it will ship a White Hickory 1-ton motor
truck to Tampa, Fla., during the week.
‘The truck is for the Consolidated Gro
cery Comrany, with headquarters in
Jacksonville,
The White Hickory ;mas are well
known all over the South, for the com
pany has been manufacturin White
Hickory wagons for thirty—exgfit years,
The manufacture of motor trucks has
but recently been engaged in. The de
mand for these trucks already is great
and enlargement of the truck factory
will be required soon, ft is said. The
company has a capacity of 15,000 wag
ons a year. This output will be contin
ued as it is and will not be changeq in
any way to take care of the manufac
ture of motor trucks.
.
Counties Careless of
‘Tigers,’ Is Ch
Igers,’ 1S arge
A letter from a resident of a small
Georgia town asking Government aid in
breaking up illicit distilling there, be
cause the local authorities refuse to
take a hand, has been made public by
IE C. Yellowley, revenue agent Yn charge
ere,
He sald these requests were becom
linf common and reiterated remarks con
'tn ned In a statement issued early last
week, scoring officials of many counties
for failure to help Government officers
l Btop moonshining,
.
Drive Renewed for
Aged Negro Fund
Spurred on by a meeting held Sun- 1
day afternoon, members of a cam
paign committee Monday were mak
ing renewed efforts to increase a{
| fund belng raised for aged and des
titute negroes of the city and county, |
At the meeting, which was ad
dressed by leading negro educators
and ministers, it was declared there
11;: dire need for funds.
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mUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1916,
AMERICUS, Dec. 18—The firsi
statement from an attorney connecte i
with the Wade case came today fr m
Judge J. A. Hixon, associate counsel
for the State with Solicitor Jule Fel
ton and Harry Hawkins, when he
commented on an article in a Mac,,
afternoon newspaper, which said
friends of W. I. Johnson, specia] agent
of the Central of Georgia, and under
indictment for murder, said he (John.-
son) was being done an injustice i,
cause of an alleged alibi which ha
had.
“l know nothing and care nothing
about the indictment against Joh; n
for chicken fighting,” said Judg Hix.
on, and referring to the alleged bi
he said. “I consider it unprecedens 1
that six officlals of a railroad . )
to Americus to stop eriminal ;.
cedure “against Johnson. But the
State met the statements of the rail.
road officials with an offer to consiier
the alleged alibi, if they would put it
under oath and have it sworn to by
Johnson, which was refused.
“We went to Savannah to see the
books of the railroad quoted in the
alibi, and were denied the privilege of
seeing them,” said Judge Hixon. “The
State has evidence to show at the
trial that Johnson was in Amer 18
on the night which Walter Wade wasg
murdered,” continued Judge Hixon,
‘Railroads and newspapers can not
stop the trial of Johnson, indicted for
the murder of Wades through allegn
tions that he is being done an injus
tice.” 4
Judge Hixon only is assoclated in
the cases charging murder against six
defendants, and the matter of indict
ments against Dr. C. K. Chapman and
Johnson for cock fighting is said to
have been handled by Solicitor Felton,
who had nothing to say about the
natter,
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