PROSPERITY FOR SOUTH
Cotton Now Selling Higher Than
in the Famous Sully Year.
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HURRICANE CAUSED ADVANGE
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The Market is in Control of Southern
Operators and Record Prices Are
Looked for This Season.
New Orleans, La.—Developments of
a sensational and far-reaching charac
ter have taken place in the colion
market, The worst tropical storm ex
perierced in the cotton belt since
that of September 27-28, 1906, caused
an advance of over 2 cents a pound
in cotton contracts, passed inland
over this city, leaving destruction and
desolaticn in its wake, The damage
to the cotton crop in mearly all sce
jons of Louisiana and of Mississippl
has heen heavy, it being conservative
ly esimated that, as a result of the
storm, which was of the hurricane
type, the yield in thees two states
and in some portions of Arkansas and
of Tennessee, where the blow was
also felt, has been decrcased at deast
250,000 bales, In addition to blowing
the locks of cotton out of the bolls,
the torrential rains that accompanied
the storm beat the cotton into the
ground, so that little, if any, of It
can be picked ox the ground.
In the famous Sulley years, when
cotton ultimately sold at the 18 cents
level, no such prices as now prevail
were recorded until along in Decem
ber, when the bulk of the movement
was out of the way. At the top in this
market, December contracts sold as
high as 13.40 and January as high as
13.50. Some profit-taking was indulged
in at this level by the -cautious bull
element, but the enthusiastic ones re
mained long, believing that he dam
age done by the storm has not yet
been fully discounted, and that still
higher levels will be witnessed when
the complete extent of the damage
done is known.
For the first time thjs season, the
coton market is controlled by south
ern operators, friends of the soutl,
who are determined that Dixie Lond
shall reap the full bencfit of as high
prices as the spinner can pay with
out closing his mills.
Before the storm, the fighting point
of the bulls was 12 cents; since e
storm the supporting limit has bhecen
raised to 13 cents, Should the south
ern farmer aid his friends in the mar
ket by a gradual marketing of his cot
ton, there is no reason why, with such
a poor prospective yield and with such
a bright outlook for trade consump
tion, ihat average receipts should not
sell around 13 cents from mow until
January 1. After that date, with half
of their crop disposed of, the rest
could be held for still higher prices,
and it is within the range of proba
bilities that middling spots may ulti
mately sell for 15 cents a pound.
Even with a crop of only 10,500,000
bales, the net financial return on a
crop disposed of on the basis of 13
cents would be practically $700,000,-
000, without counting the extra in
come from the sale of seed, which is
now commanding in this section, any
where from S2O to $22 a ton. What
an inflow of wealth like this would
mean to the south is a matter for
the imagination to dwell upon. Dixie
Land would blossom as a rose under
the fair sky of prosperity, such as it
has not known since ante-bellum
days.
TAFT PREACHES TO MORMONS.
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Great Congregation reard the Pres
ident in the Salt Lake Temple.
Salt Lake City, Utah.—ln the pulpit
of the famous Mormon Tabernacle, 1n
this city, where, four years ago, Hon.
Theodore Roosevelt, then prezident,
preached a long sermon on right liv
ing and the duties of good citizenship
President Taft faced an audience
which, he said, inspired him to try to
follow in the footsteps of his prede
cessor and deliver a preachment. Mr.
Taft did preach a sermon—itext and
all, The immense audience in the
flag-draped edifice, the splendid music
al programs of operatic and patriotic
selections, the enthusiastic cheering
as President Taft appeared and the
quick response of the audience to the
points which he endeavored to impress
upon his hearers, inspired, the presi
dent declared, to higher thouzhts of
country and patriotism, .
The president’s sermon was an ap
peal for amity between the people—
for attributing the best rather than
the worst motives to the action of
others when possible to do so, and not
to harbor hatred or animosity.
“A soft answer turneth away wrath,
but grievous words stir up anger,” was
the text Mr. Taft selected from the
Book of Proverbs.
BALLOJN FELL 600 FEET.
Four Men Killed When French Air
ship E:xploded,
Mouline, France.—While passing
over the national rcad which leads
from Paris to Antibes, and when at
a height of between 500 and 600 feet
the French dirigible military halloon
Republique exploded and fell to the
grourcd. The four men on board were
killed. They were Captain Marchal,
Lieutenants Phaure, . Vicenot amnd
Reux.. ;
Jt was the intention of Captain
Marchal to stop at Nevers, and an au
tomobile containing mechanicians was
following the balloomn. 1t was almost
mw it when the accidc at
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CRUSADE AGAINST CONSUMPTION.
$4,000,000 Appropriated During Past
Year to Fight Tuberculosis.
Washington, D. C.—Appropriations
over $4,000,000 for the suppression of
consumption have been made by 28
state legislatures in session during the
past year, acocording to a statement is
sued by the National Association for
the Study and Prevention of Tubercu
lvals,
Since January 1, 1909, forty-three
state and territorial legislatures have
been in session, Of this number 28
have passed laws pertaining to tuber
culosis; eight others have considered
such legiglation, and in only seven
states no measures about consumption
were presented, In all, 101 laws relat.
ing to the prevention or treaiment of
quman tuberculosis were considered,
and out of this number sixty-four were
passed, s »
Of the sixty-four laws passed, four
teen were in reference to building
new state institutions, New state san
atoria for tuberculosis will be built in
Pennsylvania, Connecticut, where
three will be erected, Arkansas, Ore
gon, South Dakota, North Dakota and
Florida, In New York, North Caro
lina, Ihdiana, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire and Maine, appropriations
Lhave been made for enlarging sana
toria, already being built or in opera
tion, There are now {(wenty-seven
states where such institions have been
established. Every state east of the
Mississippi, except Illinois, West Vir
ginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, South
Carolina and Mississippi, have pro
vided hospitals for tuberculosis pa
tients, :
Five states, Illinois, New York,
Ohio, Minnesota and lowa, passed
laws giving their county officers the
power to erect tuberculosis sanatoria
without resorting to a special vote.
In Main, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
New Jersey, Michigan, lowa and Kan
sas, laws providing for the strict re
porting and registration of tuberculo
sis were passed. Only five other
gtates, including the -District-of Co
lumbia, have such laws. The Na
tional Association considers laws of
this character as the first requisite in
an organized movement against tu
berculosis.
Ten states have this year granted
cearly SIOO,OO to be spent only for
the education of the public about tu
herculosis. In some states traveling
exhibitions will be used, while in oth
ers lectures and literature will be
the chief means of education. The
states making provisions of this sort
are Calitornia, New Jersey, - New
York, Rhode Island, lowa, Minnesota,
Porto Rico, Delaware and Texas.
The statement of the National As
sociation calls partieular attention to
one fact which shows the remarkable
interest in anti-tuberculosis work,
evoked during the past year, namely,
that fully one-third of the $§4,000,0u4
appropriated this year is by special
legiclation and for new work, The
last congress appropriated, in addi
tion to this sum, nearly $1,000,000 for
the maitnenance of the three federal
sanatorla in New Mexico and Colo
rado. It is estimated hesides that the
numerous county and municipal ap
propriations made or to be made for
tuberculogis work for next year will
aggregate at least $3,000,000, making
the official public expenditures in the
United States for the wiping out of
tuberculosis at least $8,000,000.
Killed His Wife, Then Limself.
Greenville, S. C.—Whit Galloway,
an operative in Woodside Mills, kill
ed his wife and then turned the gun
on himself.
The shooting awakened their little
girl, who rushed out calling for help,
but when the villagers rushed in the
remains of Galloway and his wife
were lying on the floor almost cold.
Domestic trouble caused the trag
edy, it is said. Galloway and his wife
were both of some prominence in the
section from which they moved to
Greenville.
Destitute People Wil Be Saved.
Washington, D. (C.—Stranded at
Nome, Alaska, one hundred American
citizens will be brought back to Se
attle, Wash, on a revepue cutter.
Telegraphic orders were sent by As
sistant Secretary of the Treasury
Hilles, directing the deputy collector
of customs at Seward, Alaska, to have
a revenue cutter proceed at once from
Seward to Nome, there to take on
board the one hundred men and wom:
en who are destitute. -
Gold Dicovered in North Carolina.
Charlotte, N. C.—Placer deposits of
gold which promise rich returns were
discovered in Catawba county, near
Hickory, this state. Hearing rumors
that gold was being dug up on the
place, the owners of the farm made
investigation, panning out the gravel
of a tiny stream which traverses the
place. Twenty tiny nuggets or tue
pure metal were found in a short
time.
Check for Less than $i Legal,
Washington, D. C.—There is no law
which stops a man or woman from
writing a cheque for less than a dol
lar, despite reports to that effect, u.
cording to the trcasury department.
A number of inquiries have leacied
the department regarding a statement
that there was such a provision in
the penal ccde about to go into effect.
Gotton Off in Alabama.
Montgomery, Ala.—Reports all show
that the cotton crop in this section
of the country is far off, A. B. Bras
gsell, a worker for the national de
wsartment of agriculture, says that
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The Chicazo Cubs have worked for
five conzecutive seasons with the same
infield, :
Second haseman -Shean, of Boston,
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runuer, i
Pitcher Bill Dineen has bheen given
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The Detroit Club has drafted short
stop Spencer from the Davenport (I.
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next season.
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nals, with Konetchy figured in the
propping bhusiness.
Smallpox surely didn't rob Hal
Chase of any of his ability. The king
of first basemen is hitting hard and
fielding as only he can.
Detroit got a zood one in second
baseman Olso, of lL.ouisville. Every
bodyv around the A. A. circuil has a
good word for this hustler.
In the fourteen games won by the
Tigers in their recent run of succes
sive victories, Ty Cobb hit gafely thir
tyv-one times. His average for the
stretch was .608.
Vaughn, the big Louisville pitcher,
never pitched an amateur game. He
was taught the art of pitching by an
ex-ball player, and his first game was
as a professional.
: NEWSY GLEANINGS.
The police in St. Petersburg broke
up a meeting of Constitutional Demo
crats. ‘
In Washington, D. C., the demand
for national bank currency is 100 per
cent. above normal.
London financiers expect higher
money rates owing to the demands
for capital from abroad.
Orville Wright made a new aero
plane record with a passenger aboard
above the Tempelhof Field, in Berlin.
Mrs. Della M. Gilbert, assailing
Christian Science, launched the New
Christian Science Church in Brook
lyn.
President Taft defended the Al
drich-Pavne bhill in the first tariff
speech of his western trip at Winona,
Minn. -
The Emery claim, a long standing
cause of friction between the United
States and Nicaragua, was settled in
Washington, D. C.
Ex-Commissioner Bingham at
tacked Mayor McClellan, and said he
had tried to use the Police Depart
ment for personal and political ends.
The Costa Rican Congress has re
fused the loan contract of the Na
tional City Bank, of New York City,
for funding its external and internal
deht.
President Taft, addressing the vis
fting Jananese trade commissioners at
T.ake Minnetonka, Minn., ridiculed
the predictions of a war between the
United States and Japan.
The German Socialists showed
signs at the recent convention at
Leivnsic of aiding the Government’s
reform measures, with a view to the
gradual reformation of.society.
Harry L. Buckley, a Philadeiphia
newspaper man, bearing a relay mes
sage from President Taft to the Alas
ka-Yukon Exposition, was killed near
Reading, Pa.,, when his automobile
was wrecked.
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horse. Fearing that the toy might
nwave becn lost or stolen from him, his
mother asked where it was, She was
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HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IT?
That the doctrine of home rule has
ever been a prineiple dear (o the
hearts of our southern people, and
the patrenizing of home institutions
is simply the application of this prin
ciple to our daily and individual ne
cessities, .
Never before in the history of the
south has southern people so exten
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lines among its home people. For
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Not -many years ago, the farmer took
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