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740 HANDS AT IN Uuder the above heading Tifton Gazette publishes a very in¬ teresting article which brings to our attention the magnitude of the Tobacco industry. Few if any of us know that the corporation men¬ tioned had made an investment in this territory of nearly §750,000, and employs such a large force of hands. They state that a night shift was put on in the redrying section of the Imperial Tobacco Co.. Ltd., stemmery and re-drying plant there Tuesday night of last week and this department of the big Tifton factory is now running day and night. The plant started up recently with 300 hands and this number ha now been increased to 740. In the stemming room, 530 hands are now employed. In the balance of the plant 150 hands are employed during the day time. At night there are sixty hands at work in the redrying room. The re-drying room will continue to run night and day as long as to¬ bacco comes in fast enough to war¬ rant keeping a day and night shift no the job. Iiipments from other markets are r >w coining in on nearly every freight and is expect¬ ed that the night and day shift will be kept in tie re-drying room as long us the tobacco markets remain open. Indications are that the stem tnery force will be kept on the iob until about the middle of October. Examiiie Peat Bogs Wisconsin An examination of the peat hogs of lyf t s recently been made by engineers y ft the bureau of mines with the object/of discovering their relation to coal frirmation. Senator Harris Stands On His Record As A Working Senator And Friend Of Fanner To the People of Georgia: Six years ago you did me the of electing me to the United States ate. In announcing as a candidate re-election to this high office, it appropriate that I should call briefly to some of the things I have able to do In spite of the fact that Republicans have had substantia! jorities in both the Senate solely and House My candidacy is based on record of accomplishments, which I has merited your approval. Realizing that our merchants farmers, manufacturers and were need of substantial assistance, I spent my time laboring for them In constructive way, rather than partisan political speeches. It Is well known that nearly all lation is framed In committee^, and am fortunate in being next to the ing Democrat on the Committee on propriations, the most important of Committees. I am also the member from the Southeast the sub - committees of eight each that handle all appropriations agriculture, commerce, good roads, offices, rural routes, rivers and military posts, hospitals, Labor and terior Departments, in which the of Georgia are vitally interested. At the time of my nomination and tion in 1918, our brave boys were ing In the greatest and moat war of all history. I you then that I would do thing in my power to help win the and get our boys back home. I went France when the war closed, health at my expense, to see about the comfort of the Georgia soldiers, and arranged for many of them to home before the soldiers of other I was the only Senator to do this. has been my privilege to render ance to thousands of veterans during since demobilization. I also helped five amend a bill so that one of the hospitals could be located in Georgia. suffrage I have supported woman prohibition, and have at all times on the moral side of every public tion. No Senator has taken deeper In the matter of Immigration. my first year in the Senate. I a bill prohibiting all immigration for least five years, and have urged the passage of such a both in the Committee on of which I am a member, and on floor of the Senate. While I failed my efforts to stop altogether the of foreigners to our Bhores, I was by being designated as one of the conferees from the Senate to meet the five House members and took an ive part in framing the new law, which is by far the best the gress has ever passed. reconstruction After the war came the the terrible financial crisis to ers, upon whom all our people must pend for prosperity. I am comfident a member the Ftan Bloc, and am Senator Record will show that no worked harder or accomplished more the farmer than I have during the five years. for the . Among the measures originated of the farmer that I or ly supported, and have been largely strumental in passing, may be the following: discrimination Stopping the Georgia hog raisers by the meat trust, which controls the price of Amending the law so that farm ucts could be stored in Federal warehouses, of which there are over hundred In Georgia, and thus cheaper interest and insurance rates. Changing government reports of mates of cotton acreage, amount etc,, to prevent Wall Street speculating In cotton. Persuading President Wilson not to the price of cotton, which later sold high as forty-five cents. Northern Western Senators urged him to fix price at fifteen cents a pound millions would have meant a loss Of Georgia farmer*. Paid COUNCIL ADOPTS DAWES PLAN OUTLOOK BRIGHT Revival of "world trade in which the United States will have a large share and opening the way for the calling of a new internat¬ ional armament conference were seen Saturday night by govern¬ ment officials here as the prin¬ cipal results of the London repa¬ rations settlement as far as this country is concerned. Reparations payments by Ger¬ many should also make it possible, officials said, for France and other European debtors of the United States to begin the payment o* their vast war debts No less interest in the repa¬ rations settlement than the State Department were Department of Commerce officials who expect a great increase in world trade to follow the operation of the Dawes plan. This business revival will natr ally stimulate American exports of cotton, grain, meat productts, pe¬ troleum, copper, lumber and other staple commodities. The steady flow of these products into Euro¬ pean trade channels is a strong guarantee of world peace. It means also the restoration of a market upon which millions of American producers depend and should re¬ sult in increase of prices in this country. The Dawes plan, as presented to the London conference, provides: Reparations—Germany should be allowed four years to work up to full execution of the plan. Full execution should yield an annual reparation * payment of about $650,000,000 from taxes and mortgages on Germnay industry Including calcium arsenate in the bill which passed the Senate last year ;ip propriating ten million dollars as a 're¬ volving funJ to buy nitrate of sou- to sell to farmerb at cost. Appropriating 8126,090 for market nawi service so the farmers of our section could find, without expense, markets for their products. Appropriating funds for and locating In Georgia pecan and peach experimental the stations, the only stations of kind in the United States. Reducing parcel post rates on farm products, such as eggs, butter, vegetables, etc. My bill has passed the Senate and is now on the House calendar. Arranging with the Secretary of Agri¬ culture to notify farmers daily by radio of the price of cotton. Appropriating $90,00# additional for boll weevil work, $50,000 of which Is for experiments in developing cheaper processes for the manufacture of calcium arsenate and other poisons; $15,000 for investigations by the U. S. Geological Sur¬ vey to determine the various sources of arsenic ores for making calcium arsenate and $25,000 for experiments by the Chem¬ ical Warfare Service in poison gaseB to kill the boll weevil. Last year I secured $50,000 for this purpose. Appropriating $5,000 additional for to¬ bacco investigations by the Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station at Tifton; $10,000 for study of storing pecans and cane sirup ih bonded Federal Ware¬ houses under my amendment broadenine the warehouse law. and $5,000 for study of more effective and profitable production utiliza¬ tion of the rapidly Increasing of peaches in Georgia through packing and canning. branch Appropriating $10,000 for a new Domestic office of the U. S. Foreign and Commerce Bureau In Atlanta to find for¬ eign markets for our merchandise and agricultural products. Preventing Oriental oils from flooding our markets and competing with Geor¬ gia peanuts and cotton 6eed oils. I have worked and voted to place the burden of taxation on those most able to bear it. A majority of all Georgia banks are small and under the original law could not be members and secure cheap inter¬ est rates of Federal Reserve System banks. I made the fight to change the law for these country banks and now they can get ail advantages of large city banks. When gasoline was selling cheaper ir Northern states than in Georgia, I intro¬ duced a measure, which passed the Sen¬ ate, preventing discrimination in price of gasoline. V opposed the Esch-Cummins railroad bill which advanced freight and passen¬ ger fares and have worked for reduc¬ tion of rates. I voted for a special re¬ duction on farm products. A bill of mine recently passed the Sen¬ ate preventing wooden cars from being placed between steel passenger carB. It will save the lives of many passengers An amendment of mine forced the Pres¬ ident to name three Democrats, one of whom Is Judge Crisp, a Georgian, on the U. 8. Debt Commission to collect amodnts due us by European Governments. The Federal Government spends more money in Georgia than in any other Southern state, which helps our people. While I believe in economy in govern¬ ment expenditures and in keeping down taxes, I have done all I could to secure appropriations for worthy measures In my state. Respectfully yours, WM. J. HARRIS. Former Senator Hoke Smith «ay«: "Everything considered, hts energy, hi* committee as*!«nmant« In the Sen ate, and the Influence he Is capable of wielding, convinces me that Sen¬ ator Harris should be retained." Charles S. Barrett, rational president "8enator ef the Farmers' Union, says: Harris hae voted right and has worked very hard should win, and ' ' I hope iy he will win. The farmer* their great- be appreciate his work In THE PELHAM JOURNAL VIDALIA BOASTS RECORD RATTLER Vidalia, Ga.—A party of tobacco men crossing the Altamaha River at Towns Bluff recently, shot and brought to Vidalia the champion rattlesnake of all that have ever been brought to this place. The snake had 24 rattles and the usual button and measured close to eight feet, which is very unusual in a rattler. Rattlers are brought to Vidalia every year by parties who kill them and so far 16 rattles is the most boastful number hung to any of these specimen. and railroads. Banking—Reparations should he accumulated in a new, private German bank with a monopoly of issue, control to be divided among Germans, allies and neutrals. Arbitration—Future reparation payments to be varied according to a defined “index of prosperity.” Dispute over use of this index to receive league of nations arbitra¬ tion. Bonds—To help finance pay¬ ments and deliveries in kind dur¬ ing the next four years, and to pro¬ vide capital for the new bank, a $200,000,000 loan to be floated in the world market. Special issues of 11,000,000,000 gold marks of Ger¬ man railroad bonds and 5,000, 000,000 gold marks of industrial debentures to be sold in the world market as soon as conditions are favorable. Ruhr—Though evacuation of the Ruhr was not a part of the Dawes plan, almost the entire ne¬ gotiations hinged on the question, and at last evacuation by France in one year was agreed upon. ❖ ❖ 4 * ❖ f * ❖ *> * ❖ * ❖ § * f * t To Our Farmer ❖ 1 t * * t * 4 4 f ! Friends and f I ❖ * ❖ ❖ Customers.. t I ❖ ? It has been a hard pull with all of us during the last ❖ ❖ three But by FAITH in section, CO-OPER¬ ❖ years. our ❖ ♦> ATION and good weather conditions, our prospects * ❖ brighter than NOW. * were never ❖ ❖ Prices for farm good, and ❖ products are crops are ex¬ ❖ ❖ * cellent. NOW is the time to rush your gathering, pay 4 4* * your debts and feel eassy again. Those who pay all they can are usually able to get what they might want. It was a pleasure to assist you when you needed it; and we ask that you show your appreciation by reduc¬ ing your indebtedness as rapidly as possible. We expect to maintain our reputation as the best market in this territory for farm products. Our merchandise buyers have been to market. Our stock of merchandise was never more complete; and our prices are as low as we can consistently make them. It is our desire to give you SERVICE WHICH IS UN¬ EXCELLED, and we ask that you command us at any time we can be of service to you. THE HAND TRADING CO “The Big Department Store” Where Everybody Goes - Pelham, Ga* 4> v 4* v 4- *<• 4* 4* 4* * 4* 4* 4* 4' 4 1 4 1 * 4* 4* 4* 4" 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* *5* 4* 4* 4* v ❖ 4* 4* * 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4* 4- 4- 4- 4* 4' 4- 4* -h 4* 4* 4* 4* 4’ 4* ■H’ 4* ❖ 4* 4*4* 4*4” > I- 4* 4* 4* 4 1 *{• 4> 4 1 4* 4 •; ALBANY BEGINS NEW HOTR Albany. Ga.—Work has started on Albany’s new $350,000 hotel. Monday morning saw A. E. Itt ner Company, the local contracting company in charge of the construc¬ tion work, begin the ask of tear¬ ing down the old Holman stables building on Pine Street which was located on the lot that is to be the site of the new hotel. Work was progressing rapidly and by noon the roof had been torn from the front half of the big building and the task of tearing away the brickwork was underway. In order to expedite the work of the new hotel, W, C. Holman, of the firm of J. C. and W. C. Holman, who had a lease on the stable build¬ ing that does not expire until Octo¬ ber, showed an excellent spirit of cooperation. His firm is building a handsome new building of its own in the 100 block of Broad street, and Mr. Holman has moved into the new structure before it is fully completed, in order not to delay the hotel contractors longer. TIFTON TOBACCO MARKET PASSES MILLION MARK Tifton, Ga., August 18.—Tifton closed the second week of the to¬ bacco market with sales totaling 1,054,488 pounds, which brought the growers $227,113.38, an aver¬ age of $21.54 per hundred for the season. The Tifton market was high and steady Friday with buying eager THOMAS COUNTY POLICE OFFICER ISWOUNDED Thomasville, Ga., August 19— J. O. Stewart, county policeman of Thomas county, was painfully, though not seriously wounded last night by W. B. Belcher, whom he was trying to arrest on a charge of violating the prohibition law. Stewart was accompanied by W. S. Harrell, another officer, and they stopped Belcher and told him that they held a search warrant for his car. According to the officers, Bel¬ cher, who had recently returned from serving a sentence at the state farm on account of liquor, drew his pistol and started to fire on Stewart.. Harrell tried to interfere, but ddi not succeed in time to keep Belcher from shooting Stewart in the hand and the fleshy part of the thigb, the officers stated. Harrell and Stewart then overpowered him and gave him a beating, according to re¬ ports, before bringing him to Thomasville. Two jugs of liquor were found in Belcher’s car, the officers declared. Friday’s sales averaging $23.33 per hundred. The fluctuation during the past week, from which the Tif¬ ton market had recovered by Fri¬ day, is belived to have beeu due to a tour through the Georgia mar¬ kets of the head managers of the companies doing the heaviest buy¬ ing in Georgia. The Tifton market is expected to maintain the high level reached Friday, which was maintaiiied in the face of a consid¬ erable quanity of poor tobacco of¬ fered.