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PAGE SIXTEEN LONGSHOREMEN CALL STRIKE OFF. There was great rejoicing last night when Patrick Connors, leader of the striking longshoremen, at a meeting of nineteen branches of dock long shorqmen, at Hudson Hall, Hudson and Leroy streets, announced that, acting in the best interest of«the men, he intended to call off the strike against the thirty-five transatlantic steamship companies in New York and Hoboken. 4 4 Your executive committee,’’ Mr. Connors continued, “has adopted my suggestion, but before deciding th > matter finally, I wish to put it up to you. I assure you that we have made the best fight we could and there is nothing to be gained by keeping up a losing fight. Men, what do you say ? ’ ’ With a yell that was heard afar the strong chested longshoremen gave voice to their approval .and the strike was then and there officially declared off. Connors received a vote of thanks for the manner in whi< h he had conducted the strike. He had al ways told the men the plain truth, and had left it to them to stick to gether or go back to work. 12,000 Will Return to Work. More than 12,000 men will return to work this morning. The companies have found that some skill was neces- WALTER A. WOOD Tubular Steel Mower with Roller Bearings. ONE OR TWO HORSES. JIT Jar A W'i \ /s I / Ml?'■ £ J r -I/O f - fc£ A- c? <■s ' ' ■ --ir;. y|£|~sssYC ’/My, - " ' WOOD ’ - V -' v "- ■ - Fitted for 1907 with the Wood So me of the Leading Features, improved “ROLLER BEARINGS,’ Koller tearings, large steel axle and key-seated remov- UC, Fhiating Fraim*’ able driving gear. It is, without ques- ® lreCt <ion, a giant of strength, light draft N ° N ° Ck ’ •nd durabilitv. I Flexible Traekpclearer, J ’ Self-lining Pitman. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST MOWING MACHINE ON THE MARKET It is not Connected with any Trust or Combination For the next THIRT\ DAYS we will make a SPEC IAL PRICE on these machines to the readers of the Watson’s Weekly if you mention the paper when you write. We can save you money. SOUTHERN FARM TOOL CO. Corner Forsyth and Peters Sts., ATLANTA, GA. Please Renew Your Subscriptions. Quite a number of our subscriberswhose term was six months are due us renewals. Please attend to the matter, friends. Renew for 12 months and remit. We want you to go along with us, without the loss of a paper. WATSON’S WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN. sary to take cargoes out of ships or put it into the vessels. Thousands of non-union men whom the compani >s had employed to take the place of the strikers had been discharged because; they could not handle the cargo, even after having tried for a week. The men will go back to work for the same pay they received when they went on strike. Their wages will be 30 cents an hour for day work and 45 cents an hour for overtime. Sundav and holiday work. They had demand ed 40 cents an hour for day work and 60 cents an hour for over ime, Sunday and holiday work. Thev later on reduced their demands to 35 cents an hour for day work, 50 cents an hour for night work and 60 cents an hour for Sunday work, but the com panies would not agree to the com promise. The strike has lasted five weeks, and was a great financial loss to the • steamship companies and to the work ers. The records in the Custom House show thta the loss to the steamship companies is high up into millions, while the loss in wages to the long shoremen has been close to a million dollars. The number of men wh » went on strike originally was 25.000. The credit in having the strike called off belongs to Industrial Med iator Michael J. Regan. He has been assured that nearly all the strikers will be re-employed. Two $350 New Upright Mahogony Becht Pianos —FREE In Even Exchange for the TWO OLDEST PIANOS in the State of Georgia. OUR REASON We are desirous of obtaining the two oldest pianos that are in actual use in Georgia for exhibition and advertising purposes, and in order to se cure them we make the above liberal offer. There are hundreds of old pianos in actual use in the state and the owners perhaps have no idea how old they are. This will be an opportuni ty to secure a beautiful $350 Becht Plano. It costs you absolutely nothing to enter your piano in this contest. THIS IS ALL YOU WILL HAVE TO DO—READ CAREFULLY. First—Any old Piano is eligible. order to be sure that no mistake Second —But it must be in actual will be made, we will send one of use. our experienced representatives to examine each and every Piano Third—No Piano that has been that in our estimation appears to be stored away can be entered. the oldest. Fourth—As Piano dealers we are in Fifth—lf the names of two or more possession of data that will enable Pianos are sent in and each appears us to some extent to judge by the to be very old, we will be the sole number and name of each piano judges as to who shall be awarded sent in about how old it is, but in the New Brecht Piano. (J.) THE FOLLOWING 8 QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED FULLY. Mail us this coupon for your answers: What is the name of your Piano? How long have you owned it? Where did you get it? Is it a Square, Upright or Grand? What is its number? What is your name?•. What City? Street number? The numbers ot Square or Grand Pianos are usually found under the strings on the sound board. I. an Upright Piano, raise the top lid and the number is usually on the pin block. In case you cannot find a number we will sei d some one to lock for it, on request. N. B.—Of course it is understood that there can be only two winners in this contest, but in order not to disappoint any one, we will offer a special proposition for a Becht Upright Piano in exchange for the old square. Let us acquaint you with this offer. BECHT PIANO CO., 62 U f aZ s a y . t g h a st -’ Shade Tobacco Lands In Decatur County, Ga. The greatest American discovery since the finding of gold in California in 1818. Few gold mines so rich, none so certain as these tobacco lands. The greatest net earning power of any agricultural lands on the globe. I have recently returned from a seventeen months’ residence in California where I made a most careful study of agricultural con ditions, and I know there is not an acre of agricultural or fruit land in that state which possesses one-half the net earning power of an acre of Decatur County Shade Tobacco land. Yet fruit and truck lands in California often change hands at SI,OOO an acre; whereas some of the best of this Shade Tobacco land is being offered at S2O to SSO per acre. Why? It is because the Transcontinental Railroads own mill ions of acres of government-donated lands out west, and have subsi dized thousands of newspapers and tens of thousands of real estate agents to boom California lands up to their fullest value; whereas our Shade Tobacco lands must depend upon the slow growth of their own merit. You need take no chances. Come to Bainbridge and in vestigate before investing. Come now. The growing crops make an in spiring picture, and the growers are a* fire with enthusiasm. In the meantime think on the easfi” made fortunes wrapped up in the follow ing sample offerings: 49 acres high-grade Tobacco land near Atapulgus; $2,000 1,140 acre tobacco farm, three es from Fowlstown Railway Station; 240 acres under cultivation; ocean trees; SO,OOO worth of mill timber; splendid mill-site and sp* ’d grist mill on it; mill and whole property watered by never-failing ngs. $26,000. 797 acres fine tobacco land and a half miles from Whig ham; several hundred acres hard we? and short-leaf pine; several houses and other improvements; 1 by Wolf and Tired Creeks; S2O an acre. 70 acres highly improved Shade Tobacco land; one mile from Face file Railway Station; two cottages, two barns; two and half acres now In Shade Tobacco, five acres in Sun tobacco, 22 acres in other crops. $5,500. R. L. HICKS, Real Estate flgt., Bainbridge, Ga.