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iAMBLING IN COTTON
Government to Investigate New
York Cotton Exchange.
That Farmers and Spinners Are Both
Defrauded Is Proven By Facts
Presented By Government.
Washington, D. C.~Gambling on a
stupendous scale; gambling wilich
plays fast and loose with wealth
which it does not produce; exploita
tion of friend and foe to make gamb
lers’ profits; reckless maripulation ot
a great crop for personal gains; eva
slon of speculative risks waile taking
speculative profits, are some of the
unsavory practices shown to exist on
the New York cotton exchange in &
report just issued by Herbert Knox
Smith, commissioner of corporations
of the department of commerce and
labor. ; .
While the commissioner does not
undertake to denounce in detail these
practices he shows them up in glaring
light in parts four and five of the gov
ernment report on cotton exchanges.
That the New York cotton exchange
is more dangerous than a bucket
shop, because patronized by the non
speculative public engaged in grow
ing and spinning cotton—men who
would not be caught dead in a bucket
shop; and because of its widely de
moralizing effect upon the cotton in
dustry, its depression of prices Lo
cheat the producers, and its uneco
nomic plan of “fixed differences”
which defraud merchants and manu
facturers who wish to “hedge” in or
der to avoid speculative chances, is
shown in an absolutely convincing
way in the latest disclosures.
That the New York exchange is
playing both ends for the benefit of
the middlemen, defrauding the farm
ers and cheating the purchaser, is
proven beyond question by the facts
and figures presented in Commission
er’'s Smith’s report.
This report has been in course of
preparation for the past two years.
The investigation into the exchanges
of the country was originally under
taken under a resolution introduced
by Representative L. F. Livingston of:
Georgia and Albert Burleson of Tex
as. Three parts of the report have
already been published. Parts four
and five are now in the hands of the
public printer, and a summary has
been given out for publication.
In view of the startling disclosures
made, and the widespread baneful es:
sect of exchange practices upon the
cotton industry of the country, Pres
ident Taft has directed a careful in
vestigation by the department of jus
tice into the case with the view to
criminal prosecutions under the Sher
man anti-trust law. If that law is not
sufficient to cover the offense, the
president will ask congress for addi
tional legislation under which the ex
change gambling can be reached and
stopped, and guilty parties punished
CULBERSON QUITS LEADERSHIP.
Senator Bacon May Be Chosen as the
Chairman of Democratic Caucus.
Washington, D. C.—At the first con
ference of the democratic members
of the senate in the session of con
gress, Senator Culberson submitted
his resignation as chairman of the
democratic caucus. This action on
the part of the Texas was taken bhe
cause of his serious illness, which will
probably prevent his attending the
gessions of the senate for at least
two or three weeks.
Senator Bacon of Georgia is spoken
of as a strong posibility for minor
ity leader to succeed Senator Culber
son. The Georgia senator is in no
gense a candidate for the honor and
the mention of his name is without
his knowledge. The fact that he is
being discussed for party leadership
in the senate by his colleagues is a
gplendid tribute to him as a senator
and as a man. ‘
' RAVAGES OF THE HOUSE FLY.
Life and Property Destroyed by the
House Pests.
New York City—~Twenty billion
dollars would be saved bv the Unit
ed States if the house fly were ex
terminated, according to Dr. Daniel
G. Jackson, a sanitary expert and rep
resentative of the New York water
pollution committee. Dr. Jackson, in
a statement to the New York Sani
tary Association, says:
“On the basis of our present knowl
edge, 1 estimate two years might be
added to the average span of each hu
man life in this country by the elim
ination of the transmission of disease
by flies. This would mean a saving
of 170,000 years of human life, and,
incidentally, a money saving of about
twenty billion dollars.”
“DRY” GOVERNORS TO MEET.
Call is Issued by Gov. W. R. Stubbs
of Kansas .
Topeka, Kans. — Governor W. R.
Stubbs has sent letters to governors
of prohibition and local option states
initiating a movement for stricter en
forcement of the federal revenue laws
applying to liquor.
QGovernor Stubbs’ plan is for the
governors to unite in a protest to
congress against conditions which he
alleged in a formal letter to the pres
fdent exist in Kansas—failure of fed
eral collectors to post revenue lax
nses in conspicuous places and
faflure to prosecute “bootleggers’
CIVIL SERVICE FOR DIPLONATS.
’Pnddat Taft Plans to Improve the
Diplomatic Service.
Washington, D, C~To improve the
personnel and efficiency of the diplo
matic service and to encourage secre
taries of legations to qualify for pro
motion to the rank of ministers, Pres
ident Taft has approved a plan sug
gested by Secretary Knox and pub
lished it as an executive order.
The new project provides for a
board of examiners to pass upon all
applicants for appointments as secre
tarles and prescribes the standard to
be maintained. Secretary Knox, in a
letter submitting his plan to the pres
ident, points out the very remarkable
srowth of the poliuzal and conuner
cial relations of the United States
and the Increasing difficulty of the
problems to be dealt with,
Records of efficiency of all the un
der-secretaries will be preserved in
the state department and appoint
ment from outside the service to sec
retary-ships will be made only to the
class of third secretary of embassy;
or, in case of higher vacancies, of
second secretary of legation, or of
gecretary of legation at posts whicn
have assigned to them only secretary.
Vacancies in secretaryships of the
higher classes will in the future be
filled by promotion from the lower
grades, and efficiency and ability dem
onstrated in the service will be the
tests of advancement,
The examinations will be held at
Washington and will be both oral and
written. Knowledge of these subjects
will determine the fitness of Lhe can
didate: International law, diplomatic
usage, at least one modern language
other than English, French, German
or Spanish, the natural commercial
and industrial resources of the Unn.
ed States; American history, govern
ernment and institutions and the mod
ern history of Europe,
Candidates must be between the
ages of 21 and 50 years. From the
suceessful candidates an appointive
list will be prepared and from this
the department will aim to apportion
representation fairly among the terri
tories and states. :
BALFOUR ON COTTON PROBLEM.
Accepted by Tarif? Reformers as
Pledge if Unionists Wwin.
London, England.—A. K. Balfour
has written another letter for publi
cation dealing with the cotton prob
lem. After reference to the difficul
ties which are looming up for Lan
cashire in obtaining supplies of cot
ton and the more remote but more
formidable danger arising from the
fact that the time is =approaching
when the United States will require
all home-grown cotton for its own in
dustries, he lays down the principle
that private enterprise, in extending
the area of supply within the British
empire should. be supplemented by
public aid.
Among tariff reformers the letter is
accepted as a pledge that if the union
ists are victoricus in the general elec
tion, Mr. Balfour will be willing to
subsidize British-grown cotton.
WOULD KILL LUNATIGS.
Federal Judge Also Advocates Killing
of Habitual Criminals. "
Fargo, N. D.—Judge Charles Ami
don of the United States district
court for North Dakota, advocates the
execution of the professional crimi
nal and the hopelessly insane in an
address at the Congregational Church.
He took the position that it costs as
much to keep a man in the peniten
tiary as it does to keep and educate
a man in a university, and thought
that well-behaved young men should
not be deprived of an education by
the expenditure of public money in
keeping a naturally bad man under
lock and key.
Judge Amidcn stated that the per
centage of professional criminals who
are reformed is so small as not to be
worth mentioning. He thought the
hopelessly insane should be put to
death in a human way, thus relieving
them of their misery.
SOLD OCEAN REAL ESTATE.
Three Men Sold Land Lots 30 Feet
Under Water.
Baltimore, Md.—On charges of ob
taining money by false representa
tions, three men are being held here.
The men have been selling real es
tate that is alleged to be some 30
feet under water that surround Long
Island. The accused declared that,
though they had never seen the land
which they are alleged to have sold,
they were sure it was fine dry land
intersected with railroad lines.
War On Lotteries.
Washington, D. C. — A crusade
against the circulation of lottery ad
vertisements and literature through
the United States mails has been’car
ried by Postmaster General Hitch
cock to foreign countries. He issued
an order depriving J. S. Boswell and
P. Warman, both of Copenhagen, Den
mark, use of the mails.
Preacher Did Not Mind Murder.
Nashville, Ind. — A fatal duel in
front of the church interrupted the
gsermon which Rev. William Skinner
was preaching. Skinner remarked
that if twenty roysterers outside were
killed it would not matter, and re
sumed his preaching as soon as the
racket was over. :
How to Mall Xmas Presents.
Washington, D. C.—Christmas sug
gestions by the postoffice department
include one that packages containing
gifts be marked “not to be opened un
til Christmas day,” and that they be
mailed several days in advance.
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PRICE & GRANT,
Attorneys at Law
Hazlehurst, Georgia.
Practices in state and federal
courts. Collections a specialty. Of
fices upstairs in Court House.
QUINCEY & CHASTALIN,
Attorneys and Counselors At Law,
HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA.
JULIAN H. PARKER.
Lawyer
HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA.
AT 8 PER CENT
{ secure loans on your
farm lands for any amount
at ¢per cent interest.
Call and see me before you
boriow money. All loans
made promptly.
R. T. WILLIAMS.
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Sidney D. Dell,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Citizens’ Bank Building,
HAZLEHURST, GA.
Dr.L.P. Pirkl
[.L.I. FIFKIi€
Physician & Surgeon
Diseases of women and children a
specialty,
Calls attended to promptly—day or
night.
Office in Capital Drug Store. Office
Phone 51; Residence Phone 92.
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King & Sellers,
LAWYERS
Will practice in all the courts.
Office Upstairs, over Citizens’ Bank.
HAZLEHURST, GA.
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“My mother is a great sufferer
from rheumatism, and Dr. Miles’
Anti-Pain Pills is the only remedy
that relieve her.”
MRS. G. DAVENPORT,
Roycefield, N. J.
For the pains of rheumatism there
is nothing that can equal
Dr. Miles’ Anti-Pain Pills.
They overcome that nervous irri
tation, relieve the pain and swelling,
while they have a tendency to aliay
fever. If taken as directed they are
invaluable to chronic sufferers, as
the weakening effect of pain is less
ened. Try them—your druggist
sells them,
The first package wlill benefit; If not,
AIR LINE
TO THE
NORTH, EAST,
SOUTH and WEST.
Summer Tourist Tickets
NOW ON SALE
TO
FLake, Mountain and Seashore Resorts
and all Eastern Cities,
Full information carn be had of any Seaboard
Ticket Agent, or by applying to |
R. H. STANSELL, Aes’t Gen’l Pass’r Agt.,
Savannah, Qa.
Georgia and Florida Railway.
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CONNECTIONS.
1. Southern Railway Nos. 13 and 15 north, Nos. 14 and 15 south,
2. Atlantic, Birmingham and Atlantic Railways Nos, 2 and 4 east;
Nos. 1 and 3 west.
3. Fitzgerald, Ocilla and Broxton Railway, Nos. 2 and 4, also 1 and 3.
4. Atlantic Coast Line Railway, Nos. 90 and 96 east; Nos. 91 and 97
west,
5. Georgia, Southern and Florida Railway, Nos. 2 and 4 north; Nos.
1 and 3 south.
6. Atlantic Coast Line Railway, Nos. 46 and 180 east; Nos. 185 and
189 west,
7. Seaboard Air Line Railway, Nos. 77 and 79 west; 76 and 78 east,
J. M. TURNER, General Manager. A. POPE, Traffic Manager.
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