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$1.00 A YEAR.
COMMISSION WILL PROBE
THE RATES ON COTTON
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMIS¬
SION WILL MAKE INVESTIGA¬
TION OF RAILROAD RATES.
IMPORTANT TO THE SOUTH
Rates Affected on Shipments of Cot¬
ton From All the Cotton Belt
to Ultimate Destination.
I
Washington.—Two of the most im¬
portant cases respecting tne shipment
and compression of cotton that ever
have been brought before the inter¬
state commerce commission were as
signed for hearing at Montgomery,
Ala., beginning on March 3, and at
Atlanta, Ga., beginning on March 6.
The cases are those of the Comrner-
-ciai and lndustrial Association of
Union Springs, Ala., against the Cen¬
tral of Georgia railroad and other
carriers, and the railroad commission
of Alabama against the Central of,
Georgia railway and others.
Both cases affect the rates cn the
shipment of <jotton from every pari
of the cotton belt in the South not
only to points of compression, but
to ultimate destinations in tnis
country and In Europe, The com-
plaint in the first case alleges unjust
discrimination against cotton buyers,
cotton merchants and conipressers,
and the second avers that the rail¬
roads invoke unreasonable and dis¬
criminatory regulations respecting
the transportation and compression ot'
cotton. Not only every cotton plant¬
er and every cotton buyer, but every
railroad in the cotton belt is inter¬
ested directly in the adjudication of
Hie cases. They are regarded as of
So much importance that Judge Clem¬
ents, chairman of the commission,
Himself, will go South to hear the
testimony in them.
$45,000,000 MORE PENSIONS.
Under Bill Total Pensions Will
Amount to About $200,000,000.
Washington.—By a vote of 8 to 3
the senate committee on pensions
agreed to report to the senate the
Sulloway general pension bill, which
already has passed the house, it
was amended s» that the annual cost,
in addition to the $153,000,000 esti¬
mated for the ensuing year, will be
about forty-five million dollars.
As passed by the house, the Sullo¬
way bill would Increase the monthly
pension of veterans of 62 years from
$12 to $15; of 65 years from $12 to
$20; of 70 years from $15 to $20, and
of 75 or more from $20 to $36. The
senate committee by a vote of 6 to
5 reduced the proposed maximum al¬
lowance from $36 to $30. As there
are estimated to be 63,461 veterans
who would be affected by this amend¬
ment, at the present time, the change
would decresfbe the annual cost a lit
tie more than four and a iialf million
dollars.
Us friends do not anticipate an easy
time passing the measure through the
senate, especially as it has been inti¬
mated President Taft would veto it
if it were presented to him for his
signature.
Anti-Option Bill Lost.
Washington.—After a lively tilt,
the senate committee on interstate
commerce decided to take up the
anti-option bill alter, It developed
that there is strong opposition to the
bill, and it is regarded as doubtful if
It is reported at this session of con-
gress. This would mean the death
of the measure in which the Southern
farmers are so deeply interested, and
the fight would have to be begun all
over in the house next year. The bill
proposes to prohibit gambling In cot¬
ton futures, and is endorsed by the
Farmers’ Union and many prominent
cotton mill men of the South.
Bailey Defends Senator Lorimer.
Washington.—Defense of Senator
Lorimer of Illinois was offered by
Senator Bailey of Texas in a speech
so powerful that it was heard and
applauded from time to time by what
was perhaps the largest attendance
of members and spectators that has
been seen on the floor and in the gal¬
leries of the senate chamber during
the present session of congress.
Magazines Made Big Money.
Washington.—Large profits for the
publishers of magazines and immense
losses being sustained by the govern-
ifient in the transmission of maga
zines as second class mail matter at
existing rates, are made the basis of
a statement issued by Postmaster
General Hitchcock, in response to the
attack made by numerous magazine
publishers upon the proposed increase
of the postage rate on the advertis¬
ing pages of the large magazines,
from one to four cents a* pound. The
newspapers are not affected
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TAFT URGES RECIPROCITY.
President Shows the Farmer He Has
Naught to Fear and Much
to Gain.
Columbus, Ohio.—Carrying forward
his campaign for Canadian reciproc¬
ity, President Taft made a direct ap¬
peal to the American farmer on that
issue. He asserted that the impres¬
sion which had gone abroad that rec¬
iprocity with the Dominion would in¬
jure the farmer was entirely without
foundation, and by statistics and ar¬
gument he sought to lend actual proot
to his assertions.
Mr. Taft said without reservation
that the reciprocity agreement with
Canada would be a benefit rather than
a detriment to the agricultural inter¬
ests of this co^itnry. He said he stab
ed this in answer to criticism which
had been directed against the meas¬
ure presumably on the part of the
farmer.
The president said the greatest
reason for the adoption of‘the agree
ment Is the fact that it is« going to
unite two countries with kindred peo¬
ple, and lying together across a wide
continent, in a commercial and social
union to the great advantage of both.
"Such a result,” added the presi¬
dent, "does <iot need to be justified
by a nice balancing «f a pecuniary
profit to each.”
Mr. Taft’s address was delivered
at the National Corn exposition in
the auditorium at the state fair
grounds.
BITTER SECTIONAL DEBATE.
Disfranchisement Laws of South At¬
tacked by Senator Root.
Washington.—A bitter sectional de
batrf occurred in the senate between
Senator Root of New York and Sen¬
ator Bacon of Georgia, growing out of
the popular election of senators’ reso¬
lution, iu which Mr. Root attacked
the South for its disfranchisement
laws and crimes of lawlessness, peon¬
age and lynching that have occurred
within its borders end threatened
that should the time come when the
negro needed protection the Federal
government would intervene to en¬
force the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments.
Senator Bacon came to the defense
of the South in a spirit of passionate
loyalty.
Senators crowded into the chamber
and spectators in the gallery leaned
forward in tense expectancy.
The charges of the senator from
New York were met with the counter¬
charge by the senator from Georgia
that more lawlessness and crime was
committed in New York’s east side
than in the entire South and that one
of the most horrible lynchings that
ever occurred was perpetrated in the
state of Now York.
The specific case which became the
casus belli between the two distin¬
guished representatives of New York
and Georgia was the Sutherland
amendment, which gives to congress
control over the time, place and
ner of choosing United States
tors.
To Reorganize Consular Service.
Washington.—The senate bill pro
viding for the reorganization of the
consular service was passed by the
senate. The bill creates ten consular
offices and abolishes eighteen.
Reciprocity or Extra Session.
Washington.—President Taft has
decided to call an extra session in
the event action Is not secured at
the present session on the adminis¬
tration" measures which he is urging
upon congress, chiefly the bill for a
permanent tariff board and the Qana-
dian reciprocity pact. The president
feels that he has struck a popular
chord in the Canadian agreement, and
since popular hits have been rare
during the present administration, ho
proposes to make the most of it. Most
members oppose an extra session.
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CLINCH COUNTY.
ALABAMA TO BE “WET
LEGISLATURE TURNS FROM THE
STATE WIDE LAW AND VOTES
TO RETURN THE SALOONS
House Passes Parks Bill and Senate
and Governor are Strong
for Measure.
Montgomery. Ala.—The Parks local
option bill, which virtually ends pro¬
hibition in this state, passed the low¬
er house of the Alabama legislature
by a vote of 58 to 45. Tlie fight on
the bill marked one of the most spec¬
tacular struggles that has ever been
witnessed at the state capitol,
The bill provides that on applica¬
tion of 45 per cent, of the qualified
voters in any county In the state an
election may be held for the purpose
of determining whether or not liquor
may be sold and under what condl
tions.
433 CONGRESSMEN.
House Passes the Crumpacker Re-
Apportionment Bill.
Washington.—The Democrats of the
house combined with the Republican
representatives from those states
whose representatives in congress
would have been reduced by holding
the house to its present membership
and passed the Crumpacker reappor
tionment bill providing for a house
membership of 433.
If Arizona and New Mexico should
be admitted to statehood they will be
given one representative each, bring¬
ing the total to 435.
Under the new reapportionment
plan, no state loses a member. The
following states gain the number in¬
dicated:
Alabama 1, California 3, Colorado
1, Florida 1, Georgia 1, Idaho 1, Illi¬
nois 1, Louisiana 1, Massachusetts
2, Michigan 1, Minnesota 1, Montana
1, New Jersey 2, New York 6, North
Dakota 1, Ohio 1, Oklahoma 3, Oregon
1, Pennsylvania 4, Rhode Island 1,
South Dakota 1, Texas 2, Utah 1,
Washington 2, West Virginia 1.
HIGHER MAGAZINE POSTAGE.
Four Cents a Pound for Advertising
in Periodicals.
‘Washington.—Magazine publ ishers
will have to pay a rate of 4 cents
a pound on the advertising sections
of periodicals carried as second class
mail if an amendment to the pastof-
fiee appropriation bill adopted by the
senate committee on postoffices and
post roads is accepted by both of the
branches of congress.
The increase In the rate for carry¬
ing the advertising sections of maga¬
zines will apply only to the large pub¬
lications, as an exception is provided
for such periodicals of less than 4,000
pounds weight per issue. The privi¬
lege of carrying advertising matter
will be accorded by the amendment
to fraternal, patriotic, scientific and
educational publications, which privi¬
lege heretofore has been denied to
such publications when entered a3
second class matter.
Half Billion Cotton Exports.
Washington.—Cotton exports reach
ed high-water mark last year. While
the number of bales exported was not
so high as in some past years, the
returns were very much more satisfy¬
ing, $531,000,000 being the value of
the taw product sent to foreign lands.
This was $62,000,000 better than the
total price received in 1909. Our best
customer for cotton is the United
Kingdom, which took $243,000,000, and
next comes Germany whose purchases
aggregated $140,000,000; Japan took
{9.500.000.
PRICE Of FOOD DROPS
IN ATLANTA MARKETS
EVERYTHING IS GETTING CHEAP¬
ER, and the poor man is
HAPPY ONCE MORE.
EVEN LUXURIES POSSIBLE
Florida Strawberries and Tomatoes
Are Selling for Only 25 Cents
a Basket.
—Atlanta.
Everything is getting cheaper—
glory be to goodness! Even the lux¬
uries, such as strawberries in what
is usually midwinter, are selling al¬
most as low as they do in the real
strawberry season, while eggs are
rolling merrily into the housewife's
larder for 19 cents a dozen. If this
keeps on the poor man will have a
chance to grin over the coffee cups
every morning at the sight of a good
piece of steauK, fresh eggs and ouier
desirable and palatable eatables.
Hams, even, have fallen from the
dignity of 25 cents a pound to 16 1-2
cents a pound, though the average
price per pound is a little bit higher,
Still many of the markets advertised
good sweet hams at 16 1-2 cents a
pound this week, and the signs are
hopeful. Strawberries, just in from
Florida in plentiful supply, are selling
at 25 cents a basket; tomatoes 25
cents a quart, new Irish potatoes 15
cents a quart, English peas 15 cents
a quart, new beets 10 cents a bunch,
carrots and radishes 10 cents a
new onions 5 cents a bunch, cucum¬
bers 10 cents each, dry peah 20 cents
a quart, cauliflower 15 cents a pound,
celery 15 cents a stalk, two tor 25
cents, lettuce 15 cents a head, two
for 25 cents, turnips 5 cents a bunch,
rutabaga turnips 8 cents a pound,
new cabbage 5 cents a pound, turnip
salad 25 cents a peck and spinach 40
cents a peck.
Oranges 30 and 40 cents a dozen,
apples 50 and 60 cents a peck, except
the Western apples, which cost 50
and 60 cents a dozen; bananas 10
cents a dozen, lemons 30 cents a doz¬
en, grapefruit 10 and 15 cents each,
grapes 25 cents a pound, and nuts
20 cents a pound.
The only thing new in the fish
ket is Florida roe shad at $1.25 apiece.
Fish generally are somewhat
but tiig prices remain the same,
as follows: Georgia shad, $1.50 apiece,
mullet roe 25 cents a pound, deviled
crabs 10 cents a piece, scallops 50
cents a quart, oyster 30 and 40 cents
a quart, Finnan haddies, Spanish
mackerel, California salmon, halibut
and smelts for 20 cents a pound,
pano 30 cents, black bass 15 cents,
perch 12 1-2 cents, mango snapper 15
cents, red snapper 12 1-2 cents, quail
35 cents each, Mallard ducks $1.50 a
pair and teal ducks $1.25 a pair.
Treasury Receipts Decrease.
The annual report of the state
treasurer shows a balance in the
treasury amounting to $618,983.85,
which is $132,765.85 more than the
balance on hand at the same time
last year. The total receipts during
the year, however, showed a decrease
over those of the previous year. Dur¬
ing 1910 the receipts amounted to $5,-
118,870.91, while for the year 1909
tiie aggregate receipts were $5,377,-
016.82.
The decrease in the total receipts
is attributed to various’bources, among
others the fact that during the year
1909, $184,894.05 was realized from
convict hire. The general tax for
the same year amounted to $63,572.42
more than for the year 1910. The fol¬
lowing notable increases were also re¬
corded: Poll tax, $33,453.27, and rail¬
road tax, $63,167.09.
A number of increases in receipts
were set forth as follows in the re¬
port; Auto tax, $5,660.96; cigarette,
$5,315.20; corporations, $8,599.98;
electrical, $1,260; fees for inspection,
$12,335.78; near beer tax, $26,351.91;
liquor lockers, $6,323; soft drink es¬
tablishments, $1,263.30; occupation $3,83S.7<£
tax, $10,290.46; office fees,
shows, $3,047.50.. The dog tax also
netted an increase for the year
amounting to $35,493.69.
While the pensions have not as yet
been paid, the annual report shows
that the pensions for the year will
exceed those of the previous year by
a large amount, owing to the pass¬
age of the new pension service act.
The amount of the pensions for the
year is $1,114,524.
The interest on deposits during the
year exceeded those of the past year
by $1,684.72. The Interest on deposits
for the year amounted to $10,197.42,
more than eough to pay the salaries
of every man in that department at
the state capitol.
The following warrants w r cre drawn:
For the state sanitarium, $36,666.00;
State universily and branches $23,-
825.00; the Academy for the Blind at
ilacon, $1,916.70.
VOL. XV. NO. 17.
Frost Win Save Peaches.
State Entomologist E. L. Worsham
stated that the present weather con¬
ditions looked favorable for the peacfc
crop in the state in the section north
of Macon. “If the present rain," said
Mr. Worsham, "is followed by a cole
spell, the crop north of Macon shoulc
be saved. South of that point 1 am
afraid the blossoms have advanced
so far that there is small chancs
of a good crop being realized.”
From reports received by the stati
entomologist the chances for a goot
peach crop are considered more fa
vorable than they were during ths
past week, at which time warm weath¬
er was being experienced throughoui
the entire state, and the peach trees
were beginning to blossom. Especial¬
ly was this true of the early peaches
which were reported in full bloom It
many sections.
State Entomologist Worsham states
that there is practically no danger ol
the crop being killed by the cold until
the blossoms have opened to such an
extent that the water can enter the
centers and then become frozen from
cold weather. From reports received ll
appears that only the very earls
peaches have progressed to this stage
except in the southern section of the
state, where practically all trees are
in full bloom.
"If the weather changes and the
conditions of past week are renewed,'
continued Mr. Worsham, "the chances
are that the outlook for a peach crop
will be very blue. Other fruit is not
in any serious danger, as apples and
pears usually bloom several weeks la¬
ter than the peach trees.”
At the Georgia Fruit Exchange it
was stated that the condition of the
"peach crop at present is pretty much
of a gamble.” It was the opinion ol
the men in that office that the chanc¬
es were favorable for the crop being
saved in the event that a cold wave
followed the rain. "The chances are
favorable even in the southern sec¬
tion where the trees are in full
bloom,” it was stated. If a strong
wind comes up and dries the blos¬
soms a cold wave might not do mate
rial damage in that section, and would
certainly save the greater part of the
crop in the northern part of the
state.”
State Made Money.
Atlanta.—Through the vigilance of
Bookkeeper Anderson in the state
treasurer’s office, interests on depos¬
its of the state in depositories increas
ed $1,684.72 last year over 1910.
For 1909 this interest was $8,512.70
and for 1910 it was $10,197.42
Through careful watching of this fea-
aure of the state’s welfare the amount
of interest increases each year. In
1903 it was only $7,008.50 and in 1905
$7,451.36.
The smallest receipt ever issued
by the state treasury was issued to
a bank in Canton as a result of this
interest question. As figured the
bank owed the state $42.89 interest
The bank sent a check for $42.90 to
close the matter up. But this frac¬
tion would have thrown the books of
the treasury out of gear, so proper
credit was given and a receipt for
one cent forwarded to the bank. It
cost the state two cents to mail the
receipt, by the way, but the books
are all correct.
The treasurer sent out checks to
state institutions; $36,66G went as
the monthly payment to the state asy¬
lum at Milledgeville; $23,823 went
to the university and its branches;
$1,967 for the Academy of the Blind
at Macon.
Rockefeller Gets Georgia License.
Secretary of State Cook forwarded
to Augusta, “Ga., 6018,” which will
adorn the fifty-horsepower limeusing
automobile of John D. Rockefeller,
the oil magnate, who is spending sev
eral weeks there.
Colonel Cook was disappointed that
he did not get the oil king’s auto¬
graph on a check, but the remittance
was a two-dollar bill, and the request
was signed by some secretary of Mr.
Rockefeller. An unusually large num¬
ber of automobile numbers have been
going to Augusta recently.
Will Present Parole Law.
The legislature this summer will
be urged to pass a bill now being pre¬
pared by the state prison association,
providing for a new and more effec
tive parole law. The bill will also
contain more comprehensive legisla¬
tion in regard to the probation ol
criminals and the treatment of juve
nile offenders. The object of the as¬
sociation is not to make milder pris
on sentences, but to give prisoners
better opportunity to begin life anew
The parole bill will be modeled aftei
that which has recently been put in
force by the government.
Money for Pensioners.
With mdre than sufficient funds in
the treasury with which to make the
payment, Governor Brown drew his
warrant for the amount of $1,140,000
due to pensioners of Georgia for 1911
The treasury department Is busily en,
gaged in making out the checks which
will be mailed to the ordinaries of
the various counties. The largest
amount to be drawn by any one coun¬
ty for pensions this year goes to Ful
ton, as usual, the sum being $78,000
CANADIAN FREE TRADE BILL 19
PUT THROUGH HOUSE BY THE
STEAM ROLLER PROCESS.
DEMOCRATS ARE JUBILANT
Taft and the Democrats Were En«
tirely Too Strong for the
G. O. P. Standpatters.
Washington.—By the steam roller
process and under a ' special rule,
which Democrats helped to adopt, the
Canadian reciprocity bill was put
through the house.
A majority of the Republicans vot¬
ed against the measure, the division
being 78 ayes and 87 nays. The Dem¬
ocratic vote was 143 ayes and only
5 nays. A majority of the Republi¬
can Insurgents present voted for the
bill.
The measure, which will facilitate
trade between the United States and
Canada, will now go to the senate for
approval. If it is not adopted in that
body in sixteen days remaining of the
present session, there is a strong
probability that President Taft will-
call congress back in extraordinary
session to enact the bill.
New Orleans.—Resolutions opposing!,
the adoption by congress of the Can¬
adian reciprocity treaty were adopted
by the board of directors of the New
Orleans Progressive Union. The res¬
olutions Vere similar to those adopt¬
ed by the legislative committee sev¬
eral days ago. The proposed treaty
was regarded as being harmful to the
interests of Louisiana, and the board
urged the union to call upon the state
delegation at Washington oppose the
ratification of the treaty.
Ottawa, Ont.—Commercial union,
followed by annexation to the Unit¬
ed States, is the inevitable meaning
of the pending reciprocity agreement
as interpreted by the conservative op¬
position in the Canadian parliament.
This sentiment dominated a speech
by George E. Foster, who, under the
conservative government, was finance
minister and tariff maker. His speech
is considered typical of a long se¬
ries to come from both sides, and it
is net expected a vote will be reach¬
ed for at least three weeks.
Mr. Foster argued that as the re¬
sult of reciprocity Yankee trusts and
money interests would own or con¬
trol Canada's natural resources.
It was the opening of the wedge,
he said, which would be driven home
until there was absolute free trade
between Canada and the United
States, with a tariff wall against the
rest of the world.
Ottawa, Ont.—The adoption of the
reciprocity agreement by the house
of representatives at Washington was
announced in parliament by Mr. Nee¬
ly, who was speaking in favor of the
agreement when the information was
conveyed to him by a note from tho
press gallery. Mr. Neely's announce¬
ment was greeted by applause from
the government benches, which con¬
tinued for several minutes and in
which Sir Wilfred Laurier, Mr, Field¬
ing arid Mr. Patterson joined.
London, England.—The Morning
Post bases an alarmist editorial on a
Washington dispatch declaring that
American public men openly predict
that reciprocity will lead to the even¬
tual annexation of Canada by the
United States.
Washington.—President Taft com¬
mented on the remark he made before
the Pan-American commercial confer¬
ence that he was in favor of reciproc¬
ity with the whole world. 1-Ie explain¬
ed that his statement had been in
the abstract and that he had not said
he was in favor, at this time, of se¬
curing reciprocity agreements with
any country other than Canada. He
said, however, that he would, at any
time, approve of such a pact with
any other country where the condi¬
tions were favorable and the United
States would be the gainer and not
a loser.
No such agreements, as far as could
be learned, are contemplated at this-
time; and as to the Mexfco report that the
United States and were about
to open negotiations to such an entl
nothing could be learned.
Trust Owns All Timber.
Washington.—Concentration of the
control of the standing timber in a
very few hands, vast speculative hold¬
ings “far in advance of any use there¬
of,” an enormous increase in the val¬
ue of this diminishing natural re¬
source, “with great profits to its own¬
ers,” and incidentally "an equally sin¬
ister land monopoly,” and a “closely
connected railroad domination”—
these are the findings reported by
Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner ol
corporations, in a report on the lum¬
ber industry in the United States. if