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COTTON GROWERS
, HOLD CONFERENCE
Growers, Bankers and Delegates From
Every Section of the South Meet
At the State Capitol
MUCH ENTHUSIASM SHOWN
Tha Lee County Plan Was One Os The
Most Important Matters Before
The Conference
Atlanta. —With the object of working
out practical plans for the reduction
of next year's cotton acreage and
bringing about a big increase in the
amount of foodstuffs grown in the
South, the Southern Food Products
conference called by the Georgia cham
ber of commerce met in the hall of
the house of representatives at the
state capitol.
Every state in the cotton growing
belt named delegates to this confer
ence and a large number of them are
in attendance. The delegations are
composed of farmers, merchants, bank
ers, fertilizer men. state commission
ers of agriculture, representatives of
chambers of commerce and clearing
house associations.
Big Chattooga County Fair
Summerville.—Chattooga county will
hold its tenth annual fair here Octo
ber 22 and 23. It is expected to be
the greatest ever held in this section
of the state.
Diversified Crops Prove Profitable
Griffin. —J. B. Hunter, a farmer of
Spalding county three miles from here,
has this year realized $597.63 in cash
on two and a half acres of ground
devoted to diversified crops. The
ground was planted in the early spring
to string beans. On that crop the sum
of $347.63 in cash was realized. Fol
lowing the beans a crop of corn was
planted. By a conservative estimate
the corn will yield at least 250 bush
els, which, according to local prices,
will be worth a sum sufficient to make
the total products of the field this
year worth $597.
Industrial Company Formed
Columbus. —For the purpose of locat
ing new industries in Columbus and
giving substantial assistance to such
enterprises when needed, the Colum
bus Industrial Development company
is being organized under the auspices
of the chamber of commerce. The com
pany will be formally incorporated
with a capital stock of SIOO,OOO and
already $12,000 of the capital stock has
been subscribed in the form of SI,OOO
subscriptions.
Progressives to Have Ticket
Ma- m. —The advisory committee of
the Progressive party of Georgia, at a
meeting here, attended by about, thir
ty-five members of the party, twelve
of them being members of the advis
ory committee representing each con
gressional district in the state, nomi
nated .W. McClure, of Atlanta for the I
long term senatorship to oppose Hoke ,
Smith the Democratic nominee, and
Hon Rufe G Hutchens of Rome for
the short term senator,ship to oppose
Thomas W. Hardwick
Grain Market At Columbus
Columbus. —In order to encourage
the growing of diversified crops in this
section a permanent market is to be
established in Columbus for corn and
oats The Dan Joseph company, a
large local grain house, has announced
that it will buy all corn and oats
grown In this territory and brought
to this market next year, paying the
markwt price, based on St. Louis board j
of trade quotations, with freight added. '
The company will install a large corn
sheller to take care of ear corn that
is brought to its elevator.
Adopts Lee County Plan
Eastman. —At a meeting of the Dodge '
County Cotton Association, held in the ;
court house, the "Lee county plan,”
which lias been endorsed by the state
chamber and by cotton-producing
counties in the state, was unanimous
ly adopted by the association. Other
resolutions endorsing the use of cot
ton sacks for shipping guano, flour and
other stuff that require sacking were
endorsed. A resolution instructing the
secretary to find out the number of sur
plus bales of cotton in Dodge county
and to get in touch with some big
manufacturers who are buying bales
of cotton in the “buy-a-bale" move
ment to buy some of the cotton raised
in Dodge county, and allowing the sec
retary 5 per cent on each bale, was
adopted.
Reduce Cotton Crop In Butts
Jackson.—At a large and representa
tive mass meeting of Butts county j
farmers, held here, it was decided to j
materially reduce the cotton acreage
for 1915. No set plan was agreed upon. I
but it was the sense of the meeting
that, the acreage be cut to the bone.
Several talks were made by some of
the most prominent citizens of the
county. Commissioner J. O. Gaston be
ing the presiding officer.
$ DOINGS AROUND
STATE CAPITAL S
Bond Issue For Atlanta
Atlanta.—That a bond issue of about
I five million dollars Is necessary in or
der that Atlanta's needed improve
ments in schools, Grady hospital, plaza
and other projects may be carried out.
is the belief which prompted Council
man C. W. Smith to offer a bond is-
I sue resolution before the finance com
mittee.
Baptist Association to Meet
Atlanta. —Fifty-one churches and a
number of missions will send repre
sentatives to the sixth annual session
of the Atlanta Baptist association,
which meets at the Gordon street
church October 13-15. The member
ship of the churches of the associa
tion totals 16,144.
An elaborate program has been
mapped out by the.association, the fea
ture of which will be the associational
sermon to be preached by Dr. William
H. Makor of the Capitol Avenue Bap
tist church. ~
Seeking South American Trade
Atlanta.—The Atlanta chamber of
commerce has called a conference of
the manufacturers of the South to
meet in Atlanta, October 13 and 14,
for the purpose of discussing ways and
means of extending the trade of the
South to South and Central America.
This conference will be known as the
"Foreign Trade Conference.”
The personnel of this conference will
include the leading manufacturers of
all lines in the Southern states, promi
nent. railroad officials, representatives
from the department of commerce at
Washington and commercial experts
who have spent many years in the
countries to the South of the United
States.
One of the projects to be considered
will be that of sending a commission
to South and Central America for the
purpose of establishing trade and
credit relations in the leading centers.
Such a trip would include stops at Rio,
Buenos Aires, Valparaiso, Santiago and
the Panama cana 1 .
Slaton Talks To Governors
Washington, D. C. —Reduction of the
cotton crop next season by at least
50 per cent of last season’s acreage
was declared to be the great, outstand
Ing, overwhelming need in the present
crisis confronting the cotton indus-
Dy.
This was practically the unanimous
agreement of members of congress and
governors of the cotton-producing
states who met here tn an earnest ef
fort to devise some means by state
or national action to avert the losses
which confront the. South.
Governor John M. Slaton addressed
the gathering at length. He recalled
the promises that had .been made as
to what congress would do and the
relief that would be granted by the
national government. He called for a
fulfillment of these promises. Gover
nor Slaton spoke with great earnest
ness and was applauded by the gover
nors. He said it would require two
years for Georgia to change her Con
stitution so as to enact the suggested
I legislation.
Atlanta Man Is Honored
Atlanta Hugh M. Willet, the newly
! elected president of the National As
sociation of Insurance Underwriters,
was honor guest at a banquet given
at the Piedmont Driving Club by the
Georgia Association of Life Insurers,
complimentary to Mr. Willet’s election
to the high office in the national or
। ganization.
Atlanta’s Annual Corn Show
Atlanta.—The coin show committee
of the Atlanta chamber of commerce,
acting in conjunction with the carni
val committee of the Atlanta Ad Men's
club, met in the chamber of com
merce and decided to hold the’ corn
I show this year on Tuesday, Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday, December
1,2, 3 and 4.
By the courtesy of Governor Slaton
it is expected to hold the corn show
| at the capitol. but the hog and hom-
I iny ball, to be given in connection
with the corn show will take place
at the auditorium probably on Thurs
day, December 3.
The annual corn show parade will
be held as usual, and it is expected to
be larger and more interesting than
ever.
Judge Bartlett Is Exonerated
Atlanta. —After a session which last
ed practically all day, the Democrat
ic state executive committee exonerat
ed Judge A. L Bartlett of the Talla
poosa circuit of the charges brought
against him by his opponent, J. M.
Mcßride, and unanimously declared
him the nominee of the party.
Fallowing the Democratic primary
charges were preferred against Judge
Bartlett that he used money and
■ whisky to secure his election. These
I charges were brought by J. M. Mc-
Bride of Tallapoosa, whose vote was
only eleven less than that of Judge
I Bartlett. The charges came up before
the credentials committee of the state
convention at Macon, which, in turn,
referred the matter to the convention
to act upon. The convention, in turn,
referred the charges to the state exec
utive committee.
WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GEORGIA.
HEROISM SHOWN ON BOTH SIDES
IN FIERCELY FOUGHT BATTLES
Bordeaux. —The defeat of 15,000
Prussian guards who attacked the
French center September 26 is de
scribed in the Petit Gironde. The bat
tle that brought about this result was
marked with extraordinary heroism
on both sides
The French artillery, threatened at
one time with annihilation by a Ger
man charge, killed 2,000 horsemen.
On the other hand, a German regi
ment sacrificed all but 100 of its 3,300
men later in five charges against the
French to save the remnant of the
guards and enable it to retreat to
safety.
As soon as news of the German at
tack was received, French cavalry was
sent to hold the enemy at Auberive,
Department of Marne, to give the ar
tillery and infantry time to come up
from Souain, near Auberive
Death’s Head Hussars Charge.
While the French dragoons were pre
paring for the defense of Auberive,
however, a brigade of Death's Head
hussars, avoiding the village, came
across vineyards and fields with the
intention of surprising the French ar
tillery on the march.
It was a critical moment. The
French dragoons were two miles ahead
and the infantry two miles behind the
gunners, who were in danger of being
sabered across their guns. The hus
sars were only three-quarters of a mile
away, galloping furiously.
In two minutes the French guns
were unlhnbered and lined up along
the road. The enemy then was only
500 yards away and the command to
prepare to charge the guns was heard
by the French.
French Slaughter Horsemen.
In the charge the Prussian cavalry
gathered speed with every yard When
the horsemen were 200 yards away the
French gunners aimed and there was
a flash of fire. Through the blue smoke
the artillerymen saw the enemy’s
horses rearing and officers trying vain
ly to rally the broken lines.
A second time the battery hurled
death into the doomed brigade.
A great silence succeeded the thun
,der of hoofs and the shouting of men.
Two thousand horsemen lay as if
struck by lightning. Here and there a
wounded horse struggled to shake
himself clear of the heaped dead.
But the artillerymen did not wait, to
gaze on this scene of carnage. They
limbered up the guns and rattled off
to aid the dragoons, who were hard
pressed and falling back along the
highway. The guns were a welcome
relief. This time the struggle was
more even.
The German quick-firers returned
the shots with interest, but the French
infantry arrived and deployed among
the vines, a bugle rang out and their
bayonets flashed in the sun as they
dashed forward.
Without cavalry to aid it the Prus
sian guard was obliged to fall back, A
battalion of Zouaves glided behind
and occupied the valley of the Suippes,
threatening to place the guard be
tween two fires.
German Grenadiers Sacrificed.
A regiment of grenadiers sacrificed
itself to cover the retreat, of the Ger
man columns on Reims. Five times
the grenadiers hurled themselves
against the French. They were re
pulsed every time, and after the fifth
charge only one section was left, a
handful of men surrounding the flag.
Then one, two, and then ten of the
grenadiers threw down their arms. A
hundred men, mostly wounded, were
all that were left of a splendid regi
ment. But their sacrifice had not
been useless, for it enabled the Ger
man column to get under the guns of
the forts at Berru and Noget L’Ab
besse.
Desolation in Belgium.
London. —A graphic picture of the
desolation of Belgium was brought to
London by J. H. Whitehouse, member
of parliament from Lanarkshire, who
has Just, returned from a tour around
Antwerp to assist in relief measures.
"Having always regarded war as the
negation of all that Is good,” said Mr.
Whitehouse, “1 desired to see what its
ravages were in a country exposed to
all its fury and what steps were pos
sible to mitigate them. I do not think
that any one here has realized the
plight of the civilian population of Bel
gium today. I can attempt to give a
picture of it only by describing some
of my own experiences."
Ruin Country to Stop Foe.
Mr. Whitehouse made the journey
outside Antwerp with two military
cars, attended by Belgian officials. In
describing the damage which he says
the Belgians had to inflict upon them
selves to supplement the defenses of
Antwerp, he said:
"Hundreds of thousands of trees had
been cut down, so that at some points
of our journey we had the impression
of passing through a wilderness of
roots. The tree trunks had been re
moved, so as to afford no cover to ths
enemy. All houses had been blown
up or otherwise destroyed. Later we
passed through the country which had
been flooded as a further measure of
defense. The damage resulting from
these precautionary measures alone
amounted to $5,000,000.
Sees Termonde Horrors.
"I had read newspaper accounts of
the destruction of Termonde and had
seen photographs, but they had not
conveyed to my mind any realization
of the horror of what actually hap
pened. Termonde a few weeks ago
was a beautiful city of about 16,000
inhabitants, a city in which the dignity
of its buildings harmonized with the
natural beauty of its situation, a city
which contained some buildings of sur
passing interest.
"I went through street after street,
square after square, and I found every
house entirely destroyed with all its
contents. It was not the result of bom
bardment; it was systematic destruc
tion. In each house a separate bomb
had been placed which had blown up
the interior and set fire to the con
tents.
"What had happened at Termonde
was similar to what had happened in
other parts of Belgium under the mili
tary' occupation of Germany.
"The whole life of the nation has
been arrested. Food supplies which
would ordinarily reach the civilian
population are being taken by the Ger
man troops for their own support. The
peasants and poor are without the
necessities of life and conditions of
starvation grow more acute every day.
Even where there is a supply of wheat
available the peasants are not allowed
to use their w'indmills, owing to the
German fear that they will send sig
nals to the Belgian army.
Situation Unprecedented.
“We are, therefore, face to face
with a fact which has rarely if ever
occurred in the history of the world —
an entire nation in a state of maine
and that within half a day's journey
cf our own shores.
"The completeness of the destruc
tion tn each Individual case was ex
plained to me later by the Belgian
ministers who described numerous ap
pliances which the German soldiers
carried for destroying property. Not
only were hand bombs of various sizes
and descriptions carried, but. each sol
dier was supplied with a quantity of
small black disks, a little bigger than
a six penny piece.
“I saw some of these disks which
had been taken from German soldiers
on the field of battle. These were de
scribed to me as composed of com
pressed benzine. When lighted they
burn brilliantly for a few minutes and
are sufficient to start whatever fire Is
necessary after the explosion of a
bom b."
Caught in Trap.
London. —How the Germans were
mowed down by a terrific rain of
French shells and bullets on the Sedan
battlefield, where the Germans won
such a brilliant victory 44 years ago,
was told In a dispatch received by the
Daily Mail from its Paris correspond
ent.
The terrible carnage was Inflicted
by the French during the strategical
retreat of the allies southward from
Belgium, a few weeks ago.
“In this second battle of Sedan the
French led th'e Germans into a trap
and then killed thousands of them,”
says the correspondent. "With the
pursuing Germans following closely,
the French commander ordered his
men to cross the river and to take up
positions on the opposite heights.
Bridges Blown Up.
"The bridges were mined hurriedly,
but left standing to deceive the Ger
mans. Unsuspecting the trap, the
Germans rushed along and started to
cross the bridges in close formation.
Suddenly the bridges were blown up
and hundreds of Germans were killed.
"Several regiments of Germans had
been permitted to cross the river be
fore the bridges were blown up, and
the French infantry, using rapid-flr
ers, rushed down upon these Germans,
while the French artillery on the’
heights poured shells into the ranks
of the Germans on the other side of
the river with deadly effect.
"The merciless slaughter of the Ger
mans who had crossed the river con
tinued well into the darkness. When
the French no longer could see be
cause night had fallen, they lighted
torches and continued their work of
carnage. .Many Germans attempted to
swim the river. Some were drowned,
while others wefe picked off by French
sharp-shooters.
“The French artillery set. fire to the
woods on the other side of the river,
where the main body of Germans had
gone into hiding when the bombard
ment opened. The fire, which lit up
the entire front for a distance of 15
miles, soon drove the Germans out into
the open, and the artillery continued
its work of killing.”
The Human Automobile
The human body, like an automobile,
changes fuel (food) into power. When the
fuel is too rich, or the mixers and valves
are out of order, waste products clog the
machinery and reduce the power.
The kidneys, like exhaust valves, should
carry off ijie waste (uric acid), but weak
kidneys can’t. Uric acid in excess causes
headache, weak eyes, rheumatic pains,
gravel, dropsy and fatal Bright's disease,
Doan's Kidney Pills help the kidneys
fight, off uric acid. It is the best-recom
mended special kidney remedy.
A Georgia Case
fMr». R. Benson,
27 Paralei St., Way
croM, Ga., says: “I
suffered from dull,
nagging backaches,
pains through my
loins and rheumatic
twinges in my limbs
and feet. My ankles
were swollen and
my kidneys were
sluggish. I doctored
for months, but got^
no relief. Four boxes
of Doan’s Kidney
Pills cured me and
I don’t have a bit
of trouble now.”
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Annual Crop of Oats.
The world’s annual crop of oats, in
cluding the total of the 17 countries
which are the chief producers, is 3,-
426,000,000 bushels a year. The United
States raised 1,123,000,000 bushels,
which places her in a position to ex
port large quantities without feeling
the loss. A very large part of the corn
crop is raised in the United States. Os
the total annual crop of 2,776,000,000
bushels raised by nine countries the
United States raises 2,373,000,000 bush
els. It is surprising to find that Hun
gary produced upward of 200,000,000
bushels and Italy 100,000,000 bushels.
The world’s crop of barley grown in 17
countries was last year 1,225,000,000
bushels, of which only 173,000,000 was
raised in America.
Beneficial.
Some nations were fighting fiercely.
“Why are you fighting so?" inquired
the bystander, moved at. length to cu
riosity.
“To save civilization!" replied the
nations severely.
Here a draggled figure rose from
the mire under the feet of the com
batants and limped lamely away.
"And who are you?" asked the by
stander, with a disposition to get to
the bottom of the matter.
"Don't speak to me —-I'm civiliza
tion!” the figure made answer, some
what pettishly.
— ■ . .X>
His Meaning Clear,
"Yes,” he Baid, “death stared me
right, in the face, and in those few sec
onds I thought of all I'd ever done.”
"Quite a little directory of names,”
said his companion.
As a tacks collector the pneumatic
tire is a howling success.
LIGHT BOOZE.
Do You Drink It?
A minister's wife had quite a tus
sle with coffee and her experience is
interesting. She says:
"During the two years of my train
ing as a nurse, while on night duty,
I became addicted to coffee drinking.
Between midnight and four in the
morning, when the patients were
asleep, there was little to do except
make the rounds, and It was quite
natural that I should want a hot cup
of coffee about that time, I could
keep awake better.
"After three of four years of cof
fee drinking, I became a nervous wreck
and thought that I simply could nor.
live without my coffee. All this time
I was subject to frequent bilious at
tacks, sometimes so severe as to
keep me in bed for several days.
“After being married, Husband
begged me to leave off coffee for he
feared that It had already hurt mo
almost beyond repair, so I resolved to
make an effort to release myself from
the hurtful habit.
“I began taking Postum, and for a
few days felt the languid, tired feel
ing from the lack of the coffee drug,
but I liked the taste of Postum, and
that answered for the breakfast bev
erage all right.
"Finally I began to feel clearer
headed and had steadier nerves. Aft
er a year's use of Postum I now feel
like a new woman —have not had any
bilious attacks since I left off coffee.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
Wellville,’ in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum —must be well
boiled. 15c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum —is a soluble pow
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in a cup of hot water, and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious bever
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The cost per cup of both kinds is
about the same.
"There’s a Reason" for Postum.
—sold by Grocers.