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VOLUME XXXI, No. 326
COTTON FORECAST AGAIN JUMPS
Mrs. Warren G. Harding Dies
at Her Home In Marion, Ohio
MARION, Ohio.—Florence Kling Harding, widow of
Warren G. Harding, twenty-ninth chief executive of the
United States, died here Friday.
The end came at 8:55 a. m. at the White Oak Sanita
rium of Dr. Carl W. Sawyer, where she had been fighting
for life for the last few weeks.
Mrs. Harding’s death was due di
rectly to a kidney ailment from
which she has suffered for years
and which nearly resulted fatally
while she was mistress of the
White House. She died peacefully.
Dr. Sawyer said.
Dr. Sawyer’s statement on the
cause of the death gave chronic ne
phritis, miocarditis and hydro
nephrosis. Clifford B. King, Mrs.
Harding’s brother, George B. Chris
tian, Jr., who had been secretary to
Mr. Harding; Mrs. Mary Sawyer,
widow of Brigadier General Charles
E. Sawyer, and Dr. Carl Carl Saw
yer were present when the end
came.
Arrangements for the funeral
were immediately taken over by her
brother and Mr. Christian.
FUNERAL TO BE
HELD ON MONDAY
The funeral services will he beld
at Epwortli Methodist Episcopal
church at 2 o’clock Monday after
noon. Rev. Jesse Swank, pastor of
the church and who conducted the
funeral services for President Hard
ing will be in charge. He will be
assisted by Rev. George Landis,
pastor of Trinity Baptist church of
which Mr. Harding was a member.
Mrs. Harding had been a member
of Epworth Methodist church since
girlhood.
While no definite announcement
has been made, it is expected that
Mrs. Harding’s body will be placed
temporarily in the receiving vault
Continued On Page Two
BISHOP AINSWORTH
HOLDS CONFERENCES
AS TO ASSIGNMENTS
BAINBRIDGE. Ga.—Bishop XV.
N. Ainsworth, who is presiding over
' li*' South Georgia Methodist con
ference, here is holding daily con
ferences with the cabinet, making
the assignments of pastors for the
ensuing year. It is expected by the
delegates attending the convention
that many changes will be made,
but there has been no public inti
mation of what these will be.
The anniversay of the church
extension board was held Thursday
night, Dr. T. D. Ellis, general sec
retary, making the leading a<?9ress.
After the conference Thursday
had unanimously accepted the in
vitation of Dr. Walter Anthony to
hold its fifty-ninth session in Mul
berry Street church, Macon, Bishop
Ainsworth, who will next year close
his quardrennial of Episcopal
supervision of the Tenth District,
expressed gratificationthat the con
ference will meet next time in the
church where he served twice as
pastor and from which he was call
ed to the Episcopacy. It was in Mul.
berry Street church too, Dr. T. D.
Ellis reminded the conference, that
the presiding officer preached his
first sermon after being made
bishop.
Several new churches have been
built during the year and others
have been projected. The church at
Americus, Rev. John M. Outler, pas
tor, is nearing completion and when
ready for occupancy will be one
of the handsomest and most com
modious in the conference. Special
attention has been given in this
case to the needs of the modern
Sunday school. Rev. Osgood F.
Cook, pastor of Vineville church,
Macon, reports that plans are on
good for the erection of a church
edifice at that point at a cost of
approximately $150,000. Of this
amount $115,000 has already been
secured in good subscriptions. Mr.
•Cook is closing his third year in
this important pastorate. A new
chursh is also in the program of
Kev. S. C. Olliff for Fitzgerald.
Tea Was Grown Before
The Fourth Century
Before Christ
Tea growing in Korea was
commenced before the fourth
century before chrl,t -,.. 1t 1
not reach Japan until 1,000
years later, and did not reach
the Europeans until the 16th
century. The first mention
made of it by an Englishman
was in 1615. Small quantities
during that century found their
way to wealthy Londoners and
Into the markets, and com
manded a -price of approxi
mately SSO a pound.
America began trading in tea
in 1784. The first Importation
to this country came from Yo
kohoma, Japan, to San Fran
cisco in 1868. China has held
first place since the beginning
of the commerce as an ex
porter and preduccr. It is
probable that the choicest
grades are unknown to Am
erica, being consumed by their
own country.
During the year 1912 there
were 6.294,600 acrea planted in
tea. The world production for
that year was 731,000,000
pounds. A goodly portion of
that amount was used by the
people of Augusta. There 1*
another thing that Is of still
greater use to the Augusta
populace. The H-raid's Class
ified Section. A home c*n be
bought, furnished and resold
again through Hr raid Ads. A
great number of bargains of
every description may be had
everv day from this section of
The Herald.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
DAILY, sc; SUNDAY, sc.
LEASED WIRE SERVICE,
Hipolito Villa
Is Much Alive
MEXICO ClTY—Hipolito Villa,
whose trial and execution while en
route to his Canutillo hacienda was
raecently reported, arrived Thurs
day in Chihauhua City to confer
tvith General Arnulfo Gomez, the
military commandant, regarding
matters connected with his recent
submission after months of gueril
la warfare, according to a dispatch
from General Gomez to the chief of
staff. Villa, who is a brother of the
late Francisco (Pancho) Villa, is
etill desirous of abondoning his
revolutionary activities and wil
Isoon -leave for Chiapas, where he
will be permitted to established his
residence.
BRITAIN CONSIDERS
STEPS TO TAKE IN
SLAYING OF STACK
LONDON—The British foreign
office is in communication with
Field Marshal Viscount Allenby,
British high commissioner in Egypt
and the Sudan, regarding the steps
to be taken in connection with the
assassination of Major General Sir
Lee Stack.
Lord Allenby’s views are expect
ed to be considered by the British
cabinet in time for the note to be
delivered to the Egyptian authori
ties by Saturday night or Sunday.
The Egyptian minister in London
paid an early visit Friday to Aus
ten Chamberlain, secretary for for
eign affairs, and on behalf of King
Fuad and his government express
ed profound sorrow, sympathy and
horror over the death of the Sir
dar. Later the minister expessed
identical sentiments at the minlsty
of war. King George and Secretary
Chamberlain sent messages of con
dolences Friday to Lady Stack.
It was announced Friday that
Masey Sterry, legal secretary of the
Sudan government has been ap
pointed acting governor-general of
the Sudan and Colonel H. J. Hud
dleston, adjutant-general of the Su
dan government, as Sirdar. Thus
dividing the positions held by Gen
eral Stack. This is taken to in
dicate a firmer attitude by the
British government in Sudanese af
fairs. m.
CAIRO —Manifestations of sym
pathy were everywhere apparent
Friday over the death of Major
General Sir Lee Stack, governor
general of the Sudan and the sir
dar of the Egyptian army. Flags
were at half mast throughout the
city, tokens of mourning being seen
on all buildings from the humblest
shop to the great houses, govern
ment buildings, legations and con
sulates. The sirdar died late Thurs
day night of wounds suffered Wod r
nesday when he was attacked by a
group of men with bombs and re
volvers.
Half Million In
Stolen Bonds and
Stocks Recovered
YOUNGSTON, O.—Bonds and
stocks valued at about half a mil
lion dollars said to have been stol
en from Bentley’s Bank at Spring
borof Pa., were found in a city park
here and have been recovered by
postal authorities, it was announced
here Friday by Postmaster Edward
Westwood and Postal Inspector
HBrry Taviner.
That the men who found the
money, all foreigners, were not ful
ly aware of the value of their find,
was indicated when the foreman of
one man, who works in a Hteel mill
said Thursday night he found the
man wearing two SI,OOO liberty
bonds for an apron.
BEFORE YOU SHOP
TOMORROW IN
AUGUSTA
Shop first tonight ior the
columns of the Augusta
Herald. Thousands of
dollars will be spent to
morrow in the stores
of Augusta, and a large
portion of these Satur
day Shopping Dollars
will be guided by the
store news in tonight’s
Herald.
Take our tip and before
you shop in the stores
tomorrow, Shop First to
night in the
AUGUSTA HF.RALP.
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Says Georgia Will Be Cut Off
From Colton Quotations In Case
Atlanta Exchange Found Illegal
ATLANTA, Ga.—New York
and New Orleans cotton quota
tions would be cut off from
the entire state of Georgia in
case the Atlanta commercial
exchange is declared by the
courts of Georgia to be en
gaged in an illegal business,
said Louis Brooks, chairman of
the business conduct commit
tee and member of the board of
managers of the New York
cotton exchange here Thurs
day.
Mr. Brooks is in Atlanta on a
tour of the South in the inter
ests of curbing “bucket shops”
and was confronted with the
action of Solictor-General John
A. Boykin in recently ordering
a raid on the Atlanta exchange
and other brokerage houses on
the grounds that they were il
legally trading in cotton fu
tures. p
After reviewing the situation,
he said that he would not at
tempt to go into the merits of
the fight by Mr. Boykin or the
Georgia laws, but merely rest
ed after saying that if the ex
change is declared illegal the
state will not be entitled to
their quotations. He said the
New York exchange will not
tolerate anything illegal in the
conduct of its business.
TO CONFER WITH
OFFICIALS AT N. O.
He said he felt confident that
the board of managers will adopt
his suggestion and added that he
is leaving Atlanta Friday for New
Orleans, where he will confer \zsth
the president of the New Orleans
cotton exchange with a view to
inducing it to take the same action
against Georgia.
Questioned with regard to the
effect such action would have on
cotton traffic ,in the state, Mr.
Brooks said:
“It will paralyze your cotton traf
fic. You cannot operate without
our quotations.”
Mr. Brooks stated that such a
ruling by the exchange would close
all direct avenues for quotations
coming Into the state. He declared
the telegraph companies would not
be,, permitted to furnish them to
anyone in the state' nor would the
press associations be allowed to
carry them *nd thosa to tbs
AUGUSTA GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 21, 1924
w
Mrs. Harding
Mrs. HARDING
newspapers they serve.
The verdict of the first trial court
will not be accepted as a basis for
such a ruling by the exchange, in
case it is adverse, according to Mr.
Brooks. He said that without doubt
the local exchange would appeal to
the state supreme court In which
case the exchange would wait on a
ruling by that body.
Solicitor-General Boykin based
his prosecution on the Atlanta
commercial exchange on the allega
tion that it “displays blackboards
upon which futures iftjotations are
posted or printed” and that “it
deals ip futures on margins” both
of which are prohibited under the
laws of the State of Georgia.
The progress of the case was said
Thursday to be at a standstill, the
grand Jury not being in session.
METHODIST MEET
At Atlanta Discusses Sunday
School Work
ATLANTA, On.—A resume of
Sunday school activities In the
North Georgia Methodist confer
ence formed an important part of
the discussion of the conference
Friday, the program including a
report of work done during the
last year, presented by Attorney
General George M. Napier, chair
man of the Sunday school board of
the body.
ATLANTA, Ga. A feature of
Friday’s session of the North Geor
gia Methodist conference will he a
sermon by Dr. Arthur .1. Moore, of
Kan Antonio who is attending the
annual church gathering.
Lax enforcement of the prohibi
tion laws was declared to have cul
minated in the death of Mrs. Ro
bert Htewart, wife* of Jlarralson
county minister who was killed by
a band of men last week, according
to a resolution adopted by the con
ference.
Praise Thursday was forthcom
ing for the work of the Hunday
school body of North Georgia.
Stirring Story of Shipwreck Told
Seven Survivors of Susan B. Huddled In Open
Boat 53 Days Before Picked Up by
Steamer City of Atlanta
FIVf BOUND OVER
IN SLAYING OF
MINISTER'S WIFE
BUCHANAN, Ga.—Eight man faced
Judge F. E. Irwin Thursday in the
preliminary trial to determine thoae
to be bound over to the Haraleon
county grand Jury for their alleged
partislpation in the shooting Thurs
day nght, one week ago, of Mr*.
Robert Stewart, at Draketown. Fri.
day five of the eight men are still be.
hind the bars held for the grand Jury
on chargee of murder.
Mr*. Stewart died last Friday night
in an Atlanta hospital as the result of
bullet wounds received when aha went
to the aid of her husband, Rev.
Robert Stewart, Methodist minuter,
when a band of men attempted to
kidnap him.
The Rev. Mr . Stewart appeared
Thursday in the courtroom and told of
the fatal shooting of his wife. From
the stand he stated that he was posi
tive In hie identification of six of the
eight men. Of the eix men the min
ister Identified, five were held and one
released.
Those held were Jeff, Otis and Her.
bert Henderson, Calvin Bishop and
Thomas Gober.
COURT IS CROWDED
FOR THE HEARING,
When the hearing opened Thursday
the little courtroom was crowded be
yond capacity. As the Rev. Mr. Stew
art began his story of the tragedy a
blanket of silence fell. The little
minister’s voice was clear and calm
for the most part.
He told how he had been aroußeil
from bed last Thursday night by
John Reeves, a next-door neighbor,
who said some men in their automo
biles wanted to speak to him. The
minister dressed and approached the
cars. Then, he said, when he recog
nized several of the men he started
to turn back when suddenly he was
seized and forced into ono of the »u
--you—you’veo u—you’ve made your last
raid," one of the then said to Mm,
according to Rev. Mr. Stewart, who
explained that the reference was to
his active help In breaking up moon
shining and bootlegging In his parish.
The men pinned him down and he
resisted, said the minister. "It wss
then that my wife came running out
of our house. She was still In her
night dress. She cried to the men to
release me; she begged them to let
me go and when her pleas had no ef
fect she got my revolver and opentd
fire.
SAYS WIFE SHOT AS
SHE LAY ON GROUND.
"After ahe had fired twice In rapid
nuccesalon, I heard other shots and
saw my wife plunge forward on her
face. As she lay prostrate on the
ground, I saw a man from one of the
automobiles fire another shot Into her
body."
In the excitement the Rev. Mr.
Stewart said, he leaped from the ear
and ran for help. He returned when
he saw the men speeding away anil
picking his pistol from the hands of
his dying wife, fired the remaining
bullets at the men.
Dr. E. F. Eaves, a neighbor of Rev.
Mr. Stewart's, testified that he reach
ed Mrs. Stewart soon after she was
wounded and that she told him that
"Cal Bishop was one of the men.”
It was announced Thursday night
that It was very probable that a upe
elal term of superior court would he
called here to try those who might
be indicted.
Mrs. Longworth Is
Expectant Mother
WASHINGTON —Mrs. Alice
Roosevelt Longworth, it was learn,
ed here Friday, expects to become
a mother early In February. Rooms
have been engaged for her In a Chi
cago hospital, where she plans to
receive her first born. She was mar
ried to Representative Longworth,
of Ohio, the present republican
floor leader. In the White House
February 1908.
Summary of the News
GEN ERAL
Cotton crop now estimated a t 12,902,000 bale*.
Mr*. Warren G. Harding diaaat Marion, Ohio.
Survivora ralata atirring atory of ahipwraok,
Britain conaidar* action in a aaaaaination of Btaek.
Franca to borrow $1,000,000,00 0 from Morgan intaraata.
Stock trading at Now York a gain fovariah.
Senat* eommitta* conaidar* incoma tax publishing.
Plane* rain bomb* on doomad battleship Waahington.
Family of cramatad woman a gain quaationad.
Half million in atolan bond a racovarad.
Production of parfaet man b y gland method foracaat.
Propoa* federal reaerva bank branch for Charlotte,
GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA
Georgia may be cut off fro m cotton quotation*.
Bunday achool work diacuaaa d by North Georgia Methodiata,
U. D. C. convention hear* r* port on Davia Highway,
South Georgia Methodiata eo naidar aaaignmant*.
Aiken W. C. T. U. alacta officer* for year.
BPOR T 8
Harvard to meat undafaate d Yal* team Saturday.
Baeketball season opens at T übman High School.
Featherweight contenders meat at New York Friday night.
Weatarn elevens ready for crucial contest*.
Barns* and Farrell win Mid- Bouth Boat-Ball Tournay.
Little Musketeer* battle Wren* High her*.
LO CAL
Augusta lead* in Child Welt are Work.
Many Augustan* to attend B irmingham gam*.
Policeman makes an unusual record.
Two woman involved in robbery charge.
Foracaat for fair and colds r weather.
Now open season for hunting.
Nam* committee on Pain* Collage matter.
Kiwania gives Thanksgiving fund to charity.
Rav. J, A. Bchaad to be inata lied Sunday.
Ku Klux Klan announce natu raliiation.
Liana ar* urged to a** picture “America.”
Gary canal ordinance ia killed.
■BOSTON. —A storring story of
shlpwrck, long exposure In an
open boat, hunger and thirst
and the distress that sometimes
comes to women and men who
go down to the sea In ships,
was told Friday by Mrs. L. B
Bishop, of Malden, seagoing
wife of the skipper of tho
schooner Susan B.
With Miss Katherine Wood
worth, of Hoekport, her 18
year old niece. Captain Bishop,
John Bishop, their son, who
was the schooner's mate, and
three members of the crew, tho
60-year-old woman who has
been to sea 27 years, was land
ed hero after her first ship
wreck by the steamer City of
Atlanta, which had picked up
tho party from a yawl off the
Virginia capes.
IN OPEN BOAT
FOR 53 DAYS.
Tho little group of seven hud
dled In the open boat for 63 days
with food rendered uneatable
by salt water saturation, at
tracted the attention of their
rescuers by waving a blanket.
Three times other vessclß had
passed them, their lookouts fall
ing to seo skirts and petticoats
waved by tho women.
"Wo could not have stood It
much longor,” Mrs. Bishop
said.
Stories that Miss Woodworth
had kept the of the ship
wrecked ones alive by song had
preceded her ashore. But this
she disclaimed. "How could one
sing under such circumstances?
But we did try to be brave,”
was her remark.
The Susan B.’s refugees al
most lost their skipper ns they
set out from the schooner's side.
The vessel, owned In Providence
and laden with coal from Nor
folk for St. Stephen, N. B„ lmd
been hit Sunday night by a
northwest gale and heavy seas
and with cabin flooded and
seams opened, had to be aban
doned Mondnv morning.
The women first, then the
crew last the skipped went over
side. Capt. Bishop missed his
footing as hd let himself down
from the pitching decks and
fell Info tho water The toss
ing seas engulfed him a.i ho
went. down. Then Wilbury S.
Jorrol, of Vineyard Haven, sea
man, plunged overhoard from
* the yawl, stroked his way to
the drowning captain and as
he rose, took him In tow. They
were helped aboard.
FRANCE TO BORROW
$100,000,000 FROM
MORGAN INTERESTS
PARIS Fin ance Minister
Clement has arranged with the
Morgan interests for a loan to
France of $100,009,000 at seven per
cent.
Tho other conditions of the loan,
including the issue price, will be
announced later. M. Clementel ex
plained the terms of the loan Thurs
day to tho cabinet, which gave its
approval and authorized him to pre
sent a bill to the chamber of dep
uties Thuraday afternoon. The fin
ance minister announced the loan
to be for a period of 25 years nd
said the total proceeds would be
turned over to tho Bank of France
to reduce the sum of Its advances
to the state.
M. Clementel said the previous
loan hart the appearance of mort
gaging France’s gold reserve while
the present loan bore a different
aspect, as the government would
have full freedom to place the
$100,000,000 as it wished.
'lB CENTS A WEEK.
(ASSOCIATED PRESS.) WEATHER
U.D.C. DELEGATES
HEAR REPORT ON
DAVIS HIGHWAY
SAVANNAH, G«.—Renew
ed efforts will be made to
raise an endowment fund of
SIO,OOO from which to offer
prizes to northern universi
ties for research work in
southern history, ths United
Daughters of the Confederacy
decided Friday, in adopting a
committee report submitted
by Mrs Arthur Jennings, Vir
ginia.
SAVANNAH, Oa.—A total of 3,-
417 miles Is now Included in the
Jefferson Davis highway. Mrs. John
L. Woodbury, Louisville, Ky., re
ported to the United Daughters of
the Confederacy Friday.
In assorting that the work of the
committee of which she Is chair
man is to have parts of state road j
systems designated ns the Jefferson \
Davis highway, to work for their i
development and to mark and j
beautify them, Mrs. Woodbury said !
there “Is a wave of actual road I
construction which Is country wide
and the time to locate and name
to locate and name our Jefferson
Davis highway is right now."
Eleven years have passed since
the United Daughters of the Con
federacy undertook the develop
ment of the highway, Mrs. Wood
bury stated, pnylng tribute to Mlrs
Dneca Lamar West of Texas, who
led in the work for a long while.
“The general plan labor's and so
well was it thruight out, bn such
broad lines, that wo have not yet
I accomplished all Miss West pro
posed for us to do,” she said.
The Idea which has directed the
courae of the highway was that
ail the capitals of the Confederate
states would bo Included with
many other places of historic In
terest, it was stated. Among the
states now directly Interetsed in
developing tho highway within
their borders are Virginia, North
Carolina, Month, Georgia, Alabama,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas and California.
One part of the highway In
Georgia takea In Louisville, Dublin,
Eastman and Abbeville, places
through which Jefferson Davis
passed when pursued by union
soldiers after the Civil War and
Irwlnvlllo, where the president of
tho Confederacy was captured. An
other section of the route takes In
Atlanta. The report pointed out
that neither of the highway sec
tions in Georgia took In Mllledge
vllle capital of the state lit Con
federacy days.
Kupporters of the highway had
prepared for introduction of a reso
lution asking congress to give tho
project federal recognition.
Among the other reports on the
day’s program were southern liter
ature and endorsement of books,
Miss Elizabeth Manna, Florida;
Women of the south In war times;
Mrs. Edwin Robinson, West V lr *
ginla, Boulder to Jefferson Davis at
Point Isabel, Texas, Miss Decca
Lamar West, Texas, and monument
to Jefferson Davis nt tils birthplace
in Kentucky, Mrs. H. E. Morrison,
North Carolina.
SOUTHERN EXPOSITION
Has Been Postponed Until
November of 1925
GREENVILLE, 8. C.—The South
ern Exposition, which was to have
been held In the Grand Central Pal
ace, New York, next January 19th
-251 h has beau postponed until No
vember of next year, It was sn
nounred hern Thursday by William
C. Blrrlne, president of the exposi
tion.
“We hava decided to postpone the
exposition,” said Mr. Blrrlne “as a re
sult of a request from scares of ex
hibitors from over the south for iuch
action, who state that they will not
have sufficient time to prepare their
exhibits In event the show Is held In
January.”
The exposition will be devoted to
southern agriculture. , manufacturing
and '.orltlrulture. It Is designed to
show to the north snd east the pro
gress of Dixie during the past decade
op so. and to Illustrate ‘he vast nat
ural resources of this part of the
country.
Production of Perfect Man ‘
By Use of Glands Predicted
PHILADELPHIA—-The produc
tion of the perfect man by regula
tion of glands I* predicted by Dr.
K. Rodney Flake, of Now York.
Speaking Thursday nt the conven
tion of the Eastern Homeoparhic
Medical Association ho said that
recent discoveries concerning the
function of glanda of the human
body had paved tlth way for produc
tion of the perfect man.
Dr. William H. Difftnbach. an
x-ray specialist also of New York
said that by proper control of the
funcUva of glands a "XoAntata U
HOME
EDITION
Augusta and vicinity: Partly cloudy
tonight; Saturday fair and colder.
Trading
Halts As
Report
Is Read
NEW YORK.—Suspension
of trading on the New York
cotton exchange for twenty
minutes Friday while the
government’s report on the
cotton crop was being re
ceived successfully averted
confusion in trading which
heretofore has followed pub
lication of these estimates.
A moderate /and orderly
advance of 9 to 20 points in
prices which took place after
trading was 'resumed at
11:15 o’clock contrasted
with the erratic fluctuations
which previously has fol
lowed the government’s crop
forecast through the sum
mer.
WASHINGTON—The cotton
crop was estimated Friday at
12,992,000 equivalent 500 pound*
bales by the department of ag
riculture. A crop of 12,816,000
bales was forecast a fortnight
ago. Last year's crop wa* 10,-
139,671 bales.
Of the total crop 11,147,024
running bales, counting round
as half bales bad been ginned
prior to November 14, compared
with 8,369,498 for 1923 and 8,-
869,978 for 1922 to that date,
th* census bureau announced.
Th ginning* of cotton by states:
Alabama, 110,454; Arizona, 65J561;
Arkansas, 877,945; California, 42 1
446; Florida, 18,846; Georgia 919 -
296; Louisiana, 449,435; Mississippi,
1,004,39 b; Missouri, 104,152; North
Carolina, 640,693; Oklahoma. 1 129 -
152; Mouth Carolina, 654,891; Ten
nessee, 255,188; Texas, 4,131 708-
Virginia, 13,777; all other states.
38,181.
Round bales numbered 265 658
compared with 213,494 for 1923 and
Amorlcan-Egyptian bales Included
numbered 12,493 compared with 13 -
084 for 1923.
The revised total of cotton ginned
this season to November 1 was an
nounced as 9.719,832 bales
3be estimate of the crop was
made on the basis of facts availa
ble to the crop reporting board as
of the date of November 14, cover
ing the conditions, probable yield,
per cent of acreage abandoned, per
cent of the crop picked and ginned
and upon the actual ginning to No
vember 14.
The preliminary estimate of pro
duction by states follows:
Virginia, 30,000 bales;* North Car
olina, 760,000; South Carolina, 720,.
000; Georgia, 990,000; Florida. 27,-
000; Alabama 980,000; Mississippi.
1,110,000; Louisiana, 465,000; Texas,
4,650.000; Arkansas, 1,125,000; Ten
nessee 350,000; Missouri, 160,000;
Oklahoma, 1,390,000; California, 61,-
000; Arizona, 100,000; New Mexico.
58,000; all other states. 16,000.
About 68,000 bales additional to
California are being grown in low
er California, old Mexico.
STATEMENT BY <
REPORTING FORECAST.
Th crop reporting board In a
statement commenting on the cot
ton crop report said:
“Weather fevorable to cotton
picking during most of the time
since November 1 lias prevailed
throughout the cotton belt and re
ports Indicate that the picked cot
ton has gone promptly to the gin.
There has been less weather dam
age since November 1 than la com
monly expected.
“As has been previously reported,
tho quality of tho lint and seed Is
not as good as usual In most of
the Atlantic states. The lint In
these states is reported to be short
er than usual, a result of drought
following a cold, wet, late spring.
In the Atlantic States north of
Florida September rains damaged
many of tho bolls and the lint from
them is stained. Damage on this
account in North Carolina is re
ported to bo greater than that
caused by the boll weevil.
In Tennessee, Arkansas and Ok
lahoma, however, the quality of the
lint seems to be about as good as
usual both with regard to discol
orations and to length of fiber, al
though in theso states there will be
a small quantify of stained and low
quality cotton lacked from imma
ture bolls.
youth” would be discovered as fail
ure of the glands to function was
the cause of old age.
“By increasing the.action of slug
gish glands and slowing dowu the
overactive glands, remarkable re
sults have been accomplished and
wo are on the verge of even greater
achivcments which will make pos
sible the production of the perfect
man,” Dr. Fiske said.
Dr. Dlffenbach expressed the
opinion that control of the ductless
glands was far superior to implan
tation of monekey glands for the
reeto#*tien gt youth.