Georgia Historic Newspapers

    TWO
CLEIH EXPERTS ADVISES!
FARMERS TO TOON TO GRAIN, HDDS
farmers in Rich Section Around North Plan to Cut Cotton
Acreage and Will Sow Wheat and Oats As Soon As Present
Crops Are Gathered---Not One Hundred and Fifty Bales
Sold at North, Where Nine Thousand Bales Are Handled
Every Season.
WALTER E. DUNCAN,
Staff Correspondent,
Th« Auguata Harald.
North, S. C<—Throughout this stat' 1 ,
n the poatofflcea, banka, and pronril
lently displayed in the show window*
►f supply merchant*, large poster*
nearing a vital message to the farm
ers of South Carolina have been placet!
By Mr. W. W. Ding, state agent and
Ureotor of extension of Clemaon Col
lege. The message resile:
"Those are times when you must
act, Let others do the talking.
You cannot afford to let your farm
lie Idle this fall and winter. It Is
the time when you must use the
cold months for both making and
saving money. Anyone who tells
you what to expect of cotton next
year la guessing. Nobody knows.
"After careful consideration we
give the following courses ns prof
itable for you at this lime. D o
these things now:
"Heed oats as a market crop and
enough wheat to supply home con
sumption on cotton lands these
crops can best he seeded with one
horse grain drills or certain makes
of fertiliser distributors can be
used instead. They can bo used In
' October, following tha cotton pick
ers.
"Build hog pastures and raise
hogs. Hogs can be put on tile
market within the next year at
big profit. Don't’ be afrnld of hog
cholera. Clemaon will furnish se
rum at cost and a man free of
charge to Inject It, If you will no
tify llte college ns soon as you
hesr of sn outbreak in your com
munity.
"Pay especial attention to poul
! try, which can be made a enures
of large revenue.
“He sure to give attention to a
winter garden. Nothing pays a
farmer heller at this season of ilia
year than s good garden.
"To do these things will require
• the least amount of labor and ex
pense.
"The nations «1 wer must he fed.
We can lake advantage of high
prices offered for foodstuffs and
turn this period of depreaalnn Into
one of great profit.
"We have the men who can fur
nish detailed Information ns to
how to carry out theae suggeg
tlons. You are paying their aaJ
arles and they are anxious to serve
you. Write to Clemsnn College.
The main thing Is to act now."
To Adopt Suggestion*.
• Many farmers sround North snd
throughout this rich farming section
of Orangeburg county sre planning
now to act upon the suggestions of
the Clemson expert. The big cotton
planters of this section are outspoken
In their determination not only to
curtail their own cotton crop* next
year hut to exercise their Inflic noe to
Induce the smaller farmers to cut the
acret down to one-half. Among the
leadera In thle movement, all of whom
farm extensively are Mr. 1.. K. Kth
redge, who run* between twenty-five
and thirty plows: Mr. John Hall. Mr.
1). E. Soarliorough, Or. W. Alder
man and Mr J. A I.lrlngston.
Small Crain and Meat Products.
Attention will now be turned In this
•teflon to small grain and meat pro
dticls us the salvation of the farmers.
As soon ** the present cotton crop Is
gathered. wheat and oata will be sown
and hundred* of arree which this yenr
ttave been as usual given over to cot
ton will be plsnted next spring In corn.
"If everybody raise* big crops of
NEWS FROM NEARBY TOWNS
REPORT STARTING OF WORK
R. R. NEAR ORANGEBURG
Orangeburg. 8. C.—lt la understood
that work haa l*rnn nmmiiivnl cm tha
Savaunah IVeetArn Railroad at Bowman
In thta county Thla road wae only re
cently chartered and It la proposed to
build from Hampton to Itranchvllla. It
la alao reported that work haa baen
cummrnt-al at BnutrhvlUe. It la atated
that tha town o( Hrtuirhvllle haa agreed
to aid tha project to the eatenl of sto,-
tIOO aa ami aa one mile of track haa
barn Uld. An effort haa alao bean
tnade to obtain aaalatance ft* the road
from Bowman.
The new road. It la understood will
build a line It mllea In length to con
nect wtth the road from Hamrtnn which
now itoea Into Hmoak'a Cross Koada The
project alao contemplataa. the taking
over of the Bowman railroad It la un
deretood. and thla will lie matte a stand
aid gage road From Bowman. It la
aald the road will be continued on and
will cniee the A. v™ L. at or near Mtlll
ran and on arruaa the Santee river and
Into Sumter.
SUGGESTS TO MOULTRIE
FARMERS A WAY TO SAVE
Moultrta, Oa.— Hon i. It Norman, of
Norman Bark who wae In Moultrie to
day, tlitnka that farm ere are making a
nitetake to aetl all of their cotton aeed
at preaent price#. In a statement to a
reportar ha aald:
*T have given Instructions to tha men
on all my farms to reserve at least one
half of their aeed to tie need In making
corn neat year. Ferttltswa may not be
obtainable naat year, cw If obtalnabla at
all will probably be high. The corn
crop will be the Important crop neat
year, and there la nothin* better to fer
tilise corn with than cotton seed.”
AN AIKEN MAN KILLED IN
ATLANTA RAILROAD YARD
Aiken, 8. C.—Mr II B IVlngard, son
of Mr. J T. Wtngard of thie town, wae
killed Monday night while at work In
the railroad yards In Atlanta. Mr.
(Vlngard waa a man of much premia#
and wae rapidly climbing In lilt chosen
Aofesston. This announcement will be
t shock to Me malty friends and to hts
relatives
He l« survived by a wtfe end three
rhlldren, fat her and mother, one sister
o>d ala brut here
Funeral aervioea and Interment will
lake piece In Atlanta today.
corn next year, all of us may not
be able to sell ,lt” 1 heard one far
mer bore say to another, "but all
of uh won't tare to sell it. We
can feed It to our stock and to
our hogs, ami we can always turn
our hogs Into good money."
Good Corn and Hay Crops.
Tha average farmer In this section,
I am told, haw been making enough
corn to supply his own needs and, in
addition lo cotton, splendid crops of
peavlne hay are now being gathered.
More and more attention lias been
given to bogs, but only the bigger
farmers have emancipated thamselves
from the smokehouses of the West.
Home few cattle are raised, but on a
small and inconsiderable scale..
As in the Denmark section a few
miles south of North, half a dozen or
possibly a greater number of farmers
have been successful in raising mules.
At North Thursday I saw apros
ous negro farmer, who, 1 am told,
Is a laml-ownor and has splendid
credit, who has been raising mules
for several years. He had dikven
two of these, worth at least $250
apiece. Into town and had one or
two others at home. This negro.
It Is Interesting to note, has sold
none of Ms cotton this year, but
has a surplus of several hundred
dollars In cash In the bank.
Mule Dealers Make Offer*.
This, however, Is not a general eon-'
dltlon, but though an unusual case
serves rather as an Illustration of
what can lip done. There are at North
three sales stables and many mules
are sold here and distributed through
out a wide section of country.
The three dealers. Dr. W. 11. Aider
man, Mr. .1, A. I,lvtngaton and Mr.
l.lgon Reeves, with thousands of dol
lars out. have announced that they
will accept cotton on account at 10
cents a pound, and hold the cotton, al
though nil are farmers and have their
own crops to hold off the market.
There la a disposition among the stock
dealers lo help the farmers a* much
as possible—-to let them keep the mules
and raise another crop with them If,
unable to pay all even In cotton this
year, they will apply enough cotton
on their account, at 10 cents, to en
able the dealers to satisfy their cred
itors.
Handles 9,000 Bale* a Year.
North 1* In the heart of one of the
richest cotton-growing aectlons of
Houth Carolina, and though a small
town, 1s the cotton market and trad
ing point for a wldo area. On an
average of 9,000 bales of cotton are
handled here each season, despite the
fact that North has no warehouse, lip
to Thtirsduy not ISO bales had been
sold here. Hundred* of bale* have
been shipped to Columbia for storage,
but the bulk of the crop that has so
far been gotten out Is held here, nt
the homes of the farmers.
The Hank of North, of which Mr. J.
D. Key Bath Is president and Mr. Rob
ert Jones 1b cashier, and the People's
Rank, Mr. E. C. Johnson, president,
and Mr. Paul K< huenherg, cashier, are
granting extension on farmers' notes
and helping them hold their cotton
when warehouse receipts are depos
ited.
Tile North high school began a new
term Monday with a large enrollment.
Prof, 1-essly Jones of Halley, the prin
cipal. haa a very efficient corps of
assistants, the teachers being Miss
Hula Hutton of Roanoke, Va. Miss
Maul Parr. Mias I<urlllo Richards, Miss
Florence Allan and Miss Della Living
ston.
STATE SENATOR SWEET
BOOSTS BUY-A-BALE PLAN
Way cross. Os Urging the Importance
of the erection of warehouses through
out the South to atd tn storing cotton
until such time aa a good price can lie
obtained for the product. State Senator
J. 1.. Sweat today leaned a statement In
which he pledged hta support to the
"buy-a-bale" movement end pointed out
to waycroea the opportunity now offered
this city.
NEGRO GOEsiAcirrO
THE DUBLIN GANG
Dublin G*.~ Jay Qould Hhafflald. a
negro, waa carried to tha Laurana coun
ty convict gang Tuesday aftarnoon to
cotnplat* a long aantanca lor murd«r. of
which ha win convicted several years
ago. This waa tha cloaa of a rather
complicated case from Laurens in which
Sheffield had made deeperate efforts to
gel off the gang
FRENCH PURCHASE~HORSES
FOR ARMY IN GREENVILLE
Qreenvllle 8. C.—Representatives at
the Drench government will be In Green
ville tomorrow to purchase horses for
the French army This would Indicate
that not only have men been killed out
In the war In Kurope. but that tha
horsea In the cavalry have suffered like
wise The two representative* were In
Anderson yesterday and purchased about
500 animals In and around the county.
The nnlnia i will l>a ehl|>ed to Canada
and from there will lie sent to HVance
for use In me at my.
chargethemTn
AIDING ESCAPES
London, 12:50 p. nw—The conrespcn
dent of the exchange Telegraph Com
pany at Oatend says a number of Ba
varian Bol.ltere are under arreat tn
Brussels charged with facilitating th*
escape of a large body of French pris
oner). A court of Inquiry ta Investi
gating. The number of Frenchmen
aald to have gotten away hag been
placed at several thousand. The Ba
varians are greatly lncenee.l at the
charges against tham.
This story lack# confirmation from
oilier sources.
WAR BULLETINS
OCCUPIED BY BRITIBH.
London, 7:37 a. m.—A Capetown dispatch to Reuters says a Union
defense force occupied Luderltzbucht, in fierman Houthwest Arflca, on
Beptember 19th. The Herman garrison had previously retreated, blowing
up the railway and destroying the wireless installation but otherwise
leaving the place Intact.
BY 400 JAPB.
Peking. 2:16 p. m.—Pour hundred Japanese occupied Wel-Hslen, In the
province of Shantung, 21 miles south of the Gulf of Pe-Chl-Ll yester
day, following the advance guard of forty men who arrived a fortnight
ago. The Japanese have taken over the charge of the railway station.
The Chinese troops remained In the city but did not oppose the Japan
ese.
The foreign office protested to the Japanese legation today regard
ing the occupation, as Wel-Hslen is outside both the original and the ex
tended fighting zone marked out by the Chinese
PRZEMYBL ISOLATED.
London, 10:16 a. m.—The fall of the town of Khyrow, telegraphs tha
Petrograd correspondent of the Evening News, completely Isolated the
Austrian fortified position of Przemysl as regards railroad communica
tion. Khyrow is 20 miles south of Przemysl and close to the junction
of several railroad lines.
HARRAB3ED BY BOTH.
Bari, Italy, (via Paris, 7:27 p. m.)- Dispatches from the Southern Al
bania says that the population, hdrrassed and robbed by both insurgents
and Greeks, are about to ask the Intervention of one of tHe great powers.
THROUGH U. S. CONSUL.
London, 8:45 a. m.—The correspondent of the Times at Oatend, tele
graphing under date of Friday, says:
"The burgomaster has addressed, through the American consul here,
to President Wilson an energetic protest against the German action In
dropping bombs on Ostend, which Is described as an unjustifiable viola
tion of the rights of the people.
"The consul Is telegraphing the protest tonight.”
TAKE GERMAN COLONY.
Bordeaux, 11:55 a. m.—The ministry of marine announced today that
the French gunbont. Surprise on September 21st took possession of
Coco Reach, the German colony In Western Equatorial Africa.
DENY RHEIMB PROTEBT.
Berlin, (via London, 4:15 a. m.)—Reports In the French press that
Pope Benedict had made representations to Emperor William regarding
the destruction of tho Cathedral of Rhekna are contradicted tonight in a
dispatch to the Cologne Gazette, which states that the Curia, through the
Prussian ambassador at the Vatican, Inquired into the matter and ex
pressed satisfaction with the reply given.
ALL RAZED.
Rome, (vis Paris, 7:35 p. m.) —All the houses around Trieste and
Fasana have been razed or transfromed into hospitals. Dispatches
from Pola say that food there Is scarce, bad and expensive.
FIVE NURBES KILLED.
Paria, 2:11 p. m,—The French society for the assistance of the
wounded announced the killing of seven nurses and the wounding of two
others while on hospital duty during the shelling of Rhelms. The five
thus killed were members of a religious order; the others were young
graduate nurses.
Every day announcements are made by one or another of the Red
Cross societies of women falling while caring for the wounds within
the battle zone.
DIDN’T BIN K THEM.
London, 3:40 a. m.—Telegraphing from Berlin the Amsterdam cor
respondent of Reuters says a telegram received there denies on compe
tent authority that the Russian cruiser Bayan sank a German cruiser and
two torpedo boats In the Baltic.
PASSENGERS ON
DAY'S 6 LINERS
WERE FEW
■ I ■II I ■!' - I*
Kerrnit Roosevelt and Wife
Going to Buenos Ayres.
British Cruisers Keep Watch
Off the Hook
Nsw York,—The British auxiliary
cruiser that used to be the Cunardar
t’aronla continued today the strict
watch ehe kept yesterday at the door
of New York. She lay aa if at anchor
off the llook. Her companion of yes
terday, tit# British cruiser Lancaster,
weighed anchor during the night,,
however, and disappeared.
Six tranß-Atlantlc liners were due
to leave port today, among them being
the White Star Liner t'retie, whose
nailing was suspended on account of
fire. The others were the Olympic
for Glasgow; the America, of the
Italian Line, for Naples; the Zeeland
of the Red Star Line Line for Que
bec; the Oameronla, for Olasgow, and
th# Mlnnewaska. for txmdon. All had
light passenger lists
The Roosevelts.
Among the Olympics's passengers
were Kermlt Roosevelt and his wife,
bound for Buenos Aires by way of
Manchester Mr. Roosevelt said hts
mission tn Bueos Aires was to open a
branch there of the National City
Bank. Hts sister Mrs. Richard Derby,
also was a passenger on th# Olympic,
accompanying her husband, a physl
alan, on his way to Parts to do hos
pital work. She aald she would
probably help as a nurse. Six other
surgeons who responded to the cull
of Dr. Joseph A. Blake, the Ameri
can surgeon In charge of the Ameri
can hospital corps, attending wound
ed In Porla, also were on the Olympic.
No trans-Atlantic, liners were due
to arrive today.
SAT 'MONOPOLY'
IN COTTON SEED
1 ' " 1 •
Charges Laid Before Depart
ment of Justice By Hughes of
Georgia and Abercrombie of
Alabama
Washington.—Charge# that a •'mo
nopoly" had rut in half the price paid
Sou them farmer# for cotton aeed were
laid before the department of Justice
today by Representative Hughes of
Georgia and Representative Abercr
ombie of Alabama. They conferred
with Q. Carroll Todd, asslatnnt at
torney general. In charge of trust
prosecutions, urging that aom# action
be taken. Mr. Todd promised a thor
ough Investigation.
Mr. Hughes pointed out that the
demoralization of foreign staple mar
kets had Increased the dependence of
Southern farmers on receipts from the
sale of cotton seed He estimated that
this year's crop of seed would be worth
1200,000,00<l If purchased at the price
prevailing a year ago but said that
where farmer* had expected an In
crease In price on account of the war
they had encountered an unexplained
reduction from fit a ton to 14 a ton.
THE "AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
Daily Pattern
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This attractive model holds several
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Jaunty revere collar finishes the neck
edge. The sleeve Is attractive in wrist
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pretty with Ole neat shaped cuff, tn
short length. The design is good sot
caenmeve, velvet, velveteen, combina
tions of woolen, cloth and stlk and vel
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It. 16. 17 and 18 years. It requires 5W
yards of 44-Inch material for a 16-year
size.
A pattern of this Illustration mailed to
any address on receipt of 10 cent* In
sliver or stamps
No Size
-
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CTty state
SEEK LESS STRINGENCY.
Washington.—Acting Secretary Lan
sing said today that the state depart
ment waa negotiating with the Brit
lsh government for the removal of
acme of the stringent regulations Im
posed by British censors on commer
cial cablegrams
SENT FIRST MESSAGE.
Washington. D. C— Marking the open
lug of the new wtreleee station et Mar
shall. Call., which will work with Ka
huko. Hawaii. President Wilson todav
sent the following message to the gov
ernur of Hawaii
‘ May God bind th« nation* to**thor In
thought and purpose and lasting peace."
SOUTHERN
BANKS DEI
MILKED
Secretary of the Treasury
Complains at High Interest
Bates Which Northern Bank
ers Are Charging
Washington.—Secretary McAdco to
day sent telegrams to the chairmen of
the clearing house associations in
New York, Chicago, Boston and St.
Louis, complaining of high interest
rates In those cities and appealing for
aid in remedying that condition.
The telegrams said: "X have receiv
ed camplaints about the high rates
of Interest which are being charged
by the national banks of New York,
Boston, Chicago, and other serva
cities. It is alleged that the New York
banks are requiring their correspon
dent banks throughout the country to
pay 7 per cent for loans, and to main
tain a balance with the New York
banks, which makes the money cost
the correspondent banks the equiva
lent of 8 per cent or more. Specific
caseß have been brought to my atten
tion where banks In cities of the
South have been required to pay these
high Interest rates.
Rates Very High.
"If New York charges the equiva
lent of 8 per cent Interest to the cor
respondent banks of the South, these
Southern banks must, in turn, charge
a still higher rate to the small banks,
which are, in turn, their correspon
dents, thus making the money cost
the ultimate borrower very high, if
not exorbitant, rates. From all the
evidence before me I cannot feel that
the charge of 1 to 8 per cent interest
by the New York banks is justified
In the circumstances. Within the past
six weeks I have approved the issu
ance to the national banks of New
York City of more than $140,000,000 of
new or additional national bank cur
rency. This was done for the pur
pose of easing rates and helping the
situation generally. I have taken the
position with all the banks of the
countr; that I will not knowingly Is
sue additional national bank currency
to ffr deposit government funds with
banks which charge excessive rates
of interest or which are refusing to
meet legitimate demands for reason
able credits. I have also taken the
position that I will withdraw govern
ment deposits from national banks
which are hoarding money and re
stricting credits through the mainte
nance of excessive reserves.
Charging High Interest.
“The New York banks generally
have not been hoarding money or
maintaining excessive reserves, but
they appear to be charging higher
rates of interst than the conditions
seem to justify. I am using eevry
Just effort to persuade the hanks
throughout the country to extend rea
sonable credits and at reasonable
rates of Interest to meet the existing
unusual conditions created by the Eu
ropean war. and which, it dealt with
In a helpful spirit by all concerned,
should quickly ameliorate. I should
like to see the New York banks take
the lead In establishing and maintain
ing moderate rates of Interest for ac
commodations, as their example al
ways has a large Influence upon the
banking action and sentiment in the
country. If this course Is pursued by
the leading hanks In New York and
other great money centers, a real pub
lic service will be rendered and a re
turn to normal conditions of business
will be quickened. I have been using
to the utmost every power of this de
partment to assist the general busi
ness situation and the banks, and I
ask only for co-operation on the part
of the banks in an unselfish and pa
triotic spirit.”
8,000 LEAVE
DURING WEEK
Departure For United States of
Americans Since War Began
Now Totals Ninety-Three
Thousand---Three Hundred
Due From Rotterdam Tonight
London, 1:20 p. m.—The American
relief committee expects to continue
its activities without a diminution of.
staff and in its present quarters for
at least another week on account of
the increase in the number of Amer
ican refugees arriving in England from
continental porta. Three hundred refu
gees are expected to arrive here to
night from Rotterdam. H. C. Hoover,
chairman of the American relief com
mittee, reports that during the past
seven days 1.200 Americans have ar
rived in London from the continent
Of these 731 were assisted financially.
The departures for the week. Including
today's sailing* for American ports, i
total 3.000. This makes the total of
departures for America since the war
began 95,000 persona Of this number
9.368 hare received financial assist
ance.
LONG OR SHORT TO
SEE IT THROUGH
London.—Spooking today at a meet
ing of his neighbors held at Criccleth,
Wales, Chancellor of Exchequer
Lloyd-Georgs declared that the war
waa quite unexpected.
He never dreamed it would occur,
he said, until a few days before hos
tilities began. He never thought any
country could be so devilish as to pre
tend great friendship and at the same
time make elaborate arrangements to
attack. Indeed he thought war was
so far away that ho had made ar
rangements to spend August and
September at Criccleth.
It took fifteen years to break Napo
leon, the ohancellor continued He said
he didn't think It would take any
thing like as long to vanquish Em
peror William, but long or short. Eng
land was going to see It through.
TO RELIEVE THE
COTTON STORAGE K
SITUATION SOUTH
Interstate Commerce Commission Perfects Arrangements, in
Connection With the United States Treasury and Federal
Reserve Board, to Help Conditions—Regulations Issued
Washington. Arrangements were
perfected today by the Interstate
| Commerce Commission in connection
with the treasury department and the
federal reserve board to elieve the
cotton storage situation in the south.
These branches of the government
have joined in assisting cotton plan
ters and railways of the south in
meeting the extraordinary demand for
the storage of cotton occasioned by
the European war.
New Tariff.
The commission in an announce
ment of new tariff and transportation
regulations made today, says that "for
the purpose of providing temporary
warehousing space for the storage of
cotton, under arrangements approved
by the secretary of the treasury and
the Federal reserve board; and for the
purpose of permitting the carriers to
recognize the warehouses as points
for the storage of cotton, in order that
such points should be given the ben
efit of transit privileges the Interstate
Commerce Commission has authorized
the carriers of the south to publish
and file tarrifs establishing on their
lines rules, regulations and charges
governing the storage of cotton dur
ing the cotton year ending August 31,
1915.”
To Planters.
The regulations issued by the com
mission are expected not only to re
lieve the storage situation but, more
importantly, the financial situation
which, to cotton planters, has become
serious on account of the difficulty in
marketing the cotton crop. With
warehouse receipts for their cotton
the planters will be able to realize at
once upon it and then may await a
favorable time for forwarding the
crop to final destination. The expense
of the shipments and warehousing has
been fixed at a minimum.
Following are the commission’s reg
ulations. which the railways are au
thorized to put into effect immediate
ly upon filing of the necessary tarifs:
Regulations.
"1. Cotton shipped for warehouse
ing and reshipment 'must be consigned
to the warehouseing point and freight
thereto paid on basis of the full local
rate, upon which the delivering agent
will give paid freight receipt, which
the holder of the cotton should re
tain for the purpose of securing ship
ping privilege..
"2. Upon reshlpment from the ware
houseing point the shipper will be re
quired to surrender to the agent of the
line bringing the cotton into the ware
houseing point the paid freight bill
covering that identical cotton. The
number of bales, marks and weights
of cotton, as forwarded from the
SIMPLY CANARD
SAYJAPANESE
Embassy Issues Statement
Denying Troops Have Com
mitted Any Excesses As
Cables Have Reported.
Washington—The Japanese embassy
Saturday Issued this statement, based
on official reports from Tokto;
“Recent cablegrams from China caq
only be credited with a grain of salt.
There are sinister efforts now being
used In China, as elsewhere, to give
color to domestic newspaper reports
and telegrams going abroad. Ground
less reports designed to cast a slur on
the reputation of the Japanese sol
diers are thus more or less dissemi
nated.
“The alleged ruthless conduct of
Japanese troops in Shantung, said to
be contained in a letter coming from
Laichau, is nothing more or less than
a mllicious canard.
Rigid Discipline.
“A dispatch addressed to the Shang
hai Mercury, by a foreigner living In
Plngtu, says in part: 'The rigid dis
cipline of the Japanese army and the
decorum of the rank and file are sim
ply laudable. After the landing of
Japanese troops the citizens are at
ease and markets are calm. As to
Chinese women, the Japanese are tak
ing scrupulous care not to annoy them
in any wise. The Japanese soldier*
are received everywhere with hearty
welcome.’
“In fine, the Japanese soldiers are
living up to their reputation as es
tablished at the time of the Russlan-
Japa/tese war and the Boxer trouble.
The strictest maintenance of military
discipline and the utter abstention
from unnecessary molestations are
their code of behavior.”
ASOEWTRIAL
IN GDDBEE CASE
Extraordinary Motion to Be
Argued in Augusta, October
Third---Petition Alleges That
Juror Expressed Opinion.
Millan, Ga.—- Attorneys for Mrs.
Florence Godbee, convicted here a year
ago for the killing of her divorced hus
band and his wile and now serving a
life sentence tn the Georgia peniten
tiary, have filed an extraordinary mo
tion for a new trial. The motion is to
be argued before Judge Hammond In
Augusta on Oct 8. It la alleged In
the petition that R. R. Durden, one of
the Jurors that convicted Mrs. God
bee. had previous to the trial express
ed an opinion that shs waa guilty of
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
warehouseing point must conform to
the paid freight bill, and in addition
the shipper will be required to certify
on the back of the paid freight bill
that that the cotton tendered is iden
tical cotton received thereunder. The
shipper will also be required to sur
render to the railway agent at the
time of re-shipment the bill of lading
covering the movement of the cotton
into the warehouseing point, unless
the bill of lading for such shipment
shall have been previously surrender
ed to the railway.
Through Bill of Lading.
"3. Thereupon the agent will issue a
through bill of lading to the further
final destination at the through rate
from the point of origin to such final
destination in effect at the time of the
original shipment into the warehouse
ing point, plus three cents per hund
red pounds, provided such further fi
nal destination is a point to which
there are established through rates In
effect from the original point of ship
ment vit the warehousing point (pro
vided that at the request of any In
terested line the minimum through
rate will be that from the
through warehousing point plus the
stoppage charge of three cents per
hundred pounds). Where the rate
from the original point of shipment to
such further final destination Is less
than the rate from the original point
of shipment to the warehouseing
point, the lawful tariff rate to tho
warehousing point, plus the stoppage
charge of three cents per hundred
pounds will be charged as a mlnlm
uum.
Waybilled.
"4. Shipments will be way-billed
out of the warehousing point at the
balance of the rate, plus the Stoppage
charge of three cents per hundred
pounds. The distribution of revenue
btween connecting lines shall be on
basis of through rates and divisions,
except that the three cent stoppage
charge shall accrue to the line bring
ing the cotton into the warehousing
point, it being a condition of this priv
ilege that the line issuing the bill of
lading out of the warehouseing point
shall be the line bringing the cotton
into the warehouseing point.
Switching Charges.
‘‘s. All connecting line switching
charges will be in addition to the
through rates, and in addition to the
three cents stoppage charge and
where cotton is redlllvered to a carrier
from a storage warehouse for deliv
ery at a point in the same industrial
zone the established transportation
i charge shall apply.” >
1,000 COTTON
BALES BLAZE
ON STEAMER
Panic Created on Board the
Oretic, Ready to Sail For
Genoa, As Fire Rages.
Thousands Gather---Police
Reserves Called Out,
New York, —Sixteen hundred bales
of cotton, stored In the lower hold of
the White Star Liner Cretin, oaught
fire This morning as the vessel lay at
her pier under steam and rsady to
weigh anchor for Genoa. Several hun
dred Italian reservists, crowded Into
the steerage overnight were routed by
the smoke and fled In scant attire to
the pier.
Rapid Headway.
' The fire gained headway rapidly.
Within 16 minutes from ths time the
first wisp of Bmoke curled up from
the second hatchway the blaze in tbs
hold appeared to be a roaring furnace
and soon smoke hung in heavy clouds
over the river. For nearly an hour
the fire raged praotically unchecked.
Then there came alongside the burn
ing vessel two of theclty’s fire boats.
They pumped thousands of gallons of
water upon the Cretic’s decks. It was
not until a half hour later that ths
firemen were able to play streams di
rectly on the blaze.
Confusion on Pisn,
Meantime confusion on ths pier
among cabin paasengera ready to em
bark was so great that panic seemed
to Impend. The hundreds there be
came thousands wtth the rapid rush
to the scene of passers-by. A heavy
detachment of police reserves restored
a semblance of order. The fire con
tinued to burn steadily and the vol
ume of smoke spread up and down the
river.
After 10 A. M.
It was after 10 o'clock before the
fire seemed to be under control. The
ship herself, it was said, did not catch
fire and the damage waa confined to
the cotton In the hold. Thla cotton
was consigned to Naples.
Officers of the line said tha Crettc
probably would be unable to sail to
day.
The origin of the fire was not deter,
mined, but it was thought it might
have been started by a lighted cigar
ette or cigar tossed Into the hold.
BEARCH FOR AIRMEN.
Los Angeles, Cal. —Search Is belni
made for Silas Chrlstoffsrson, avia
tor; C. Frenah, mechanician, arull
Lieut. Morrow, of the Government/
Aviation School at San Diego, who at
tempted a flight in an aeroplane yes
terday from San Diego to Los Ange
les.
The aeroplane was last sighted dur
ing the afternoon flying over the wa
ter near Newport Beach. The ma
chine was not equipped with pon
toons.