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PAGE FOUR Summary of Ebents as They Happen Industrial Development in Georgia and Alabama. The Georgia and Alabama Indus trial Index, published at Columbus, Ga., says: “If further demonstration might bo desired of the stability of industrial development in Georgia and Alabama and of the substantial character of the uninterrupted progress which is being made in these two States, it is to be found in the magnitude of enter prises that have been definitely pro jected during the week ending today. A number of these involve large in vestments, and illustrate the varied resources of Georgia and Alabama. At Gadsden, Ala., furnaces which have been idle for some time have been placed in operation, and about $125,- 000 will be expended, principally by St. Louis capitalists, in making im provements and extensions. At Rock mart, Ga., a cement plant will be es tablished and a large deposit of ce ment rock will be developed. An electric power plant will be estab lished near Albany, Ga., and 10,000 horse-power will be developed, to be transmitted to nearby cities and towns for the operation of manufac tories, and for other purposes. A cot ton mill will be built at Ashburn, Ga., by a company which will have capital stock of $250,000. Operations in a brown ore mine in Northwest Geor gia will be enlarged extensively/ A movement has been begun for the building of an electric railway be tween Blakely, Ga., and a point on the Chattahoochee river, where con nection will be made with steamboat lines; practically all of the required local funds have been raised foi building an electric railway between Dothan, Ala., and Geneva, Ala., and the making of preliminary surveys for an electric railway between Ma rietta, Ga., and Atlanta, Ga., has been ordered.” New Star Added to Flag. Oklahoma adds a new star to America’s Hag. President signs proc lamation making two territories one State. The signing of the proclama tion was done in the cabinet room. Secretary Loeb placed the proclama tion on the large square blotter at the President’s position, at the head of the cabinet table. The President entered and took his seat at once, was handed a long eagle quill pen by the secretary, and him self lifting the lid from the inkstand, dipped the pen, making an audible scratch with each movement. When he had finished his signature the President picked up a small blotter with which he blotted his name, and then looking up, exclaimed: “Oklahoma is a state!” The signing and all the incidents connected therewith occupied but one minute, and at their conclusion the President bowed himself back to his private office with the remark: “Good morning, gentlemen.” Uncle Sam now has forty-six States. Convention in Florida. The Florida and Georgia Union Sea Island Cotton Convention of the farmers’ Education and Co-Operative I nion of America, convened in the Columbia county court-house at Lake City, Florida, this morning, subject to the call of the executive committee of the Florida State Farmers’ Union, G. N. Trawick, president of the Flori da State Farmers’ Union, and R. F. Duckworth, president of the Georgia State Farmers’ Union. National President Chas. Barrett presided at the convention. There was found to be about 400 delegates in attendance, representing every sea island cotton and ribbon cane county of Florida and Georgia. After an interesting program the convention closed with a prayer by the chaplain. Thanksgiving Proclamation. The President of the United States has reiterated the proclamation of Thanksgiving of our Puritan Fathers. Through his secretary of State Presi dent Roosevelt has issued his Thanks giving proclamation, naming the last Thursday in November for the date. His proclamation in part follow’s: “Once again the season of the year has come when, in accordance with the custom of our forefathers for generations past, the President ap points the day as the especial occas ion for all our people to give praise and thanksgiving to God. “During the past year we have been free from famine, from pestil ence, from war, we are at peace with the rest of mankind. Our natural resources are at least as great as those of any other nation. We be lieve that in ability to develop and take advantage of these resources, the average man of his nation stands at least as high as the average man of any other. Nowhere else in the world is there such an opportunity for a free people to develop to the fullest extent all its power of body, of mind, and of that which stands above both body and mind —character. “Much has been given us from on high, and much will rightly be ex pected of us in return. Into our care these talents have been entrusted; and we are to be pardoned neither if we squander and waste them, nor yet if we hide them in a napkin, for they must be fruitful in our hands. Ever throughout the ages at all times and among all people, prosperity has been fraught with danger, and it behooves us to beseech the Giver of all things that we may not fall into love of east and luxury; that we may not forget our duty to God and to our neighbor. “A great democracy like Olli's, a democracy based upon the principles of orderly liberty, can be perpetuated only if in the heart of the ordinary citizen there dwells a keen sense of righteousness and justice. We should earnestly pray that this spirit of righteousness and justice may grow ever greater in the hearts of all of us, and that our soul may be inclined ever more both toward the virtues that tell for gentleness and tender ness. Government Asks for Bids. The government is asking for bids on Panama bonds. Fifty million dol- WATSON’S WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN. lar issue is offered Tor sale to the public. Paper for $100,000,000 in debtedness, or as much as is neces sary, is announced, and meets hearty approval of President Roosevelt. Calamaties Predicted. Rev. Thomas Clark, of Virginia, who foretold the eruption of Mount Pelee and the destruction of Galves ton, and other calamities, has made a prediction that the earth would be de stroyed early next year. He also pre dicts that there will shortly be an other outbreak in the Philippines, and that New York City will be partially destroyed by fire early in December. COTTON SEED PRODUCTS WANTED BY FOR EIGNERS. Exports for the Year Valued at $40,- 500,000, an Increase of $9,500,000 Over 1906 —Decline in Ex ports of Cotton Cloths. Washington, D. C., November 24. — Fifteen billions of dollars represent the value of the annual production of manufactures in the United States. After careful estimates were made by experts, Colonel-' John M. Carsun, chief of the bureau of manufactures, >vas able to make this statement in the annual report of the operations of his bureau, made public today. The figures do not represent finished prod ucts entirely, but include products in various stages of progress. Last year the aggregate value of domestic merchandise exported was $1,854,000,000, an increase of nearly $136,000,000 over the precoding year. In this classification, “manufactures ready for consumption” are credited with $480,000,000, and these figures are generally accepted as the extent of the exports of manufactures. The report of the bureau, however, groups this classification with those of “foodstuffs partly or wholly manu factured” and “manufactures for further use in manufacturing,” the aggregate exports of which last year were $606,000,000, and this amount, added to “manufactures ready for consumption,” make the aggregate value of manufactures exported in the year ended June 30, $1,086,000,- 000, or more than 58 per cent of the entire exports for that year. Special significance is attached to the in crease of nearly $20,000,000 in the exports of completed manufactures, in view of the fact that the exports of cotton cloths declined more than $21,- 000,000, this loss being entirely in the coton trade with China. The popular feeling aroused in that country grow ing out of alleged outrages against Chinese residents in the United States is assigned as a contributory cause for this decline. The cotton seed product exports for the year were upwards of $40,500,000, an increase of $9,500,000 over 1906. Tn commenting on these figures the report says: “Aside from its intrinsic value this relatively new industry has an econo mic value and importance to the coun try, the beneficial results of which are especially felt in the several states in which cotton is indigenous, and in which the cotton seed industry is nat urally located. ” The success attending investigation by experts sent abroad has led to the adoption of the policy of specializing investigation of trade conditions in foreign markets. One of the obstacles to the enlarge ment of export trade is the uncertain ty of transit between places of pro duction and the seaboard. Merchants in the Orient, especially, complain that calculation can not be made as to when goods ordered in the United States will be delivered, and, in con sequence, orders go to houses that should come to those of this country. The bureau has been in correspondence with managers of rail way and ocean steamship companies with a view of securing more reliable and rapid transit for merchandise des tined to foreign countries. Demands made by business men for the extension of the parcels post to foreign countries is discussed. It is claimed that this extension would open markets now closed to American business men for lack of transporta tion facilities, but which are open to their competitors who have advan tage of the parcels post system.—At lanta Constitution. An exchange asks why returning tourists’ are always spoken of as “harrying home.” A look at their pocketbooks might explain the mat ter. —Washington Post. POPULIST SPEECH. (Continued from Page One.) and saved our country, which has been held by us as a just equivalent for the blood of our soldiers, the lives of our sons, the widowhood of our daughters, and the orphanage of their children. I stand here for a currency by which the business transactions of forty million people are safely and successfully done. Which, founded on the faith, and wealth, and prop erty of the nations, is at once the ex emplary and engine of its industry and power. That money which saved the country in war, and which has given prosperity and happiness in peace. To it, four million men owe their emancipation from slavery. Tp it labor is indebted for elevation from that thrall of degradation in which it has been enveloped for ages. I stand for that money, therefore, which is by far the better agent and instrumental exchange of an enlight ened and free people, than gold and silver, the money alike of the barba rian despot.” James G. Blaine, in a public speech in 1864, said: “What is this, a dol lar, and a good dollar, good for the farmers, the mechanic, the merchant, the sailor, everybody. What makes it a good dollar? Because every dol lar’s worth of property in the United States is behind it, and the life blood of every true and loyal American citizen is behind it.” Now, to use good common sense, who would question the ability of this nation to redeem its treasury notes—