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COTTON BILLS GOOD
UNTIL DECEMBER 31
ENGLISH BROKERS EXTEND TIME
FOR ACCEPTING PRESENT
BILLS OF LADING.
AMERICAN BANKERS WIN
Further Conferences Will Be Held to
Perfect Plan for Guaranteeing
Cotton Bills of Lading.
New York—An extension from Oc
tober 31 to December 31 of the peri
od during which American cotton bills
of lading will be accepted in current
terms by foreign banks, was announc
ed here by Sir Edward H. Holden, the
English broker, who came to this
country for the British and continen
tal interests.
This course was recommended to
the foreign bankers by Sir Edward,
and, following the receipt of cable ad
vices from London authorizing him to
act, he issued a formal statement.
This is the first fruit of a series of
conferences Sir Edward has held here
during the last week.
The favor with which the plan to
have bills of lading guaranteed or in
sured has been received by interior
bankers of this country justified Sir
Edward, he said, in urging an ex
tension of the status quo as probably
two months would be Required to per
fect the project. In granting this ex
tension the English bankers reserve
the right to renew conferences with
the American financiers to devise an
other scheme for safeguarding bills of
lading in event the guaranty plan
proves impracticable.
The British bankers refused to add
a word to his statement or explain the
contemplated plan of protecting bills
of lading in detail.
PLAN FOR RAISING MAINE.
Spain Is to Be Shown How the
Maine Was Wrecked.
Beverly, Mass.—President Taft
finally approved plans for raising the
wreck of the battleship Maine from
Havana harbor, which call for the
completion of the work on or before
the thirteenth anniversary of the de
struction of the war vessel, February
15, next. The work is to be done
according to plans made by army en
gineers, and is to be under the di
rection of an engineer officer.
President Taft said that the para
mount question in the raising of the
Maine is the determining for all time
•of the cause of the explosion and
whether the source of destruction
was from the outside or inside the
vessel. For this reason he desires
that the work shall be retained in
the hands of the army engineers and
not let out by contract.
By direction of the President, Spain
has been invited to send a representa
tive to Havana to be present during
the work of exposing and removing
the wreck.
WAR ON THEHOOKWORM.
Experts Will Try to Rid Alabama of
Life-Sapping Disease.
Montgomery, Ala.—From now on
the hookworms which are thriving in
Alabama soil will have a hard time
of it, if it is at all possible for Dr.
W. W. Dinsmore of Decatur, Ala., to
put into effect some of the ideas that
he has regarding the eradication of
the parasite. The physician has tak
en up his headquarters at the capitol
as head of the Alabama department of
the Rockefeller hookworm commis
■lon, and is throwing out lines which
are aimed with the end in view of
permanently ridding the state of the
life-sapping pest.
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Postmasters’ League Also Approves
of the Postal Savings Bank Idea.
Chattanooga, Tenn. —The National
League of Postmasters in the last day
of their seventh annual session pass
ed resolutions endorsing the estab
lishment of the parcels post and the
postal savings banks. Another res
olution which was adopted embodied
recommendations for the removal of
postmasters from partisan politics.
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Oleo Dealers Sent to Prison.
Louisville, Ky— Judge Evans, in the
United States court, dealt severely
with violators of the oleomargarine
law. He gave four men, all promi
nent dealers in Louisville, stiff jail
sentences, and fined them heavily.
Judge Evans, in fixing punishment,
nrrigned the accused men in sharp
language.
He stated that it seemed to him
that many dealers in oleomargarine
have come to the conclusion that they
could violate the law and go free in
the United States court.
TAFT PLANSCANALTRIP.
President Will Sail on the Battleship
North Carolina From Charleston,
November 10.
Beverly, Mass. —President Taft will
sail for the Isthmus of Panama on
November 10 from Charleston, S. C.
He will make the trip on the ar
mored cruiser North Carolina, and
will be conveyed by the sister ship,
the Montana. The President will be
gone about twelve days. The North
Carolina and Montana can make the
journey in each direction la four
days. This will give Mr. Taft about
four days on the Isthmus.
The President had practically giv
en up all idea of visiting the canal
this year until Col. George W. Goe
thals, chief engineer of the canal, vis
ited him. At the end of the visit
Mr. Taft had been convinced that the
problems, confronting the officials at
Panama require his presence on the
isthmus.
Although his visit will be a flying
one, the President expects to “be able
to secure first-hand information re
garding a number of problems of
which he will call upon congress to
deal at its session. Some of the prob
lems to be dealt with in the immedi
ate future are as follows:
The extent and character of the for
tifications, the fixing of tolls for the
passage of vessels through the canal,
a proposed increase in wages, the fu
ture management of the Panama rail
road, the form of permanent govern
ment for the Canal Zone and the reg
ulation of the sale of coal at the ter
minus .points.
Tne date for opening the Panama
canal has been set for January 11,
1915. President Taft and Colonel
Goethals believe it will be completed
and open long before that time.
Washington. —It is estimated that
$47,929,848 will be required to con
tinue the construction of the Panama
canal during the fiscal year
The principal items are $19,211,306
for skilled and unskilled labor and
$19,186,751 for the purchase and de
livery of material and supplies.
An estimate of $1,000,000 is submit
ted for the re-location of the Panama
railroad. The total appropriations on
account of the canal to date are $248.-
002,668. Os that amount $40,000,000
wa spaid for the Frencn rights and
$10,000,000 to Panama.
Steady progress in the construction
of the canal is shown by the month
ly report of Chief Engineer Goethals
to the isthmian canal commission.
COTTON SAMPLES COST $35.
Government Ready to Supply Nine
Grades at Price Named.
Washington.—The Department of
Agriculture has announced that it is
prepared to supply the nine official
grades of white American cotton re
cently promulgated by the Secretary
of Agriculture. The grades will be
furnished for $35 a set, the cost of
their preparation, as required by law.
The sale is begun in accordance with
the recommendation of the commit
tee of cotton experts upon whose ad
vice the grades were established, that
they be issued for general use during
the crop season of 1910-11.
The official grades are elaborately
prepared and the integrity of each
type is attested by a full-sized photo
graph secured in the box cover and
bearing the signature of the Secre
tary and the seal of the Department
of Agriculture. The permanency of
the standard is to be secured by the
preservation of twenty-five sets in
vacuum to be opened as occasion
may demand for purposes of compar
ison.
Numerous letters approving the of
ficial grades have been received from
prominent American cotton interests.
Prominent members of foreign ex
changes who have seen the types have
also expressed themselves in terms of
high commendation.
ex-senatorlndicted.
Ex-Senator Gardner Alleged to Have
Offered $25,000 Bribe. >
New York.—Former State Senator
Frank J. Gardner of Brooklyn was
indicted as a briber by the New York
grand jury. The indictment was re
turned after ex-Senator Foelker,
whose one vote defeated the anti-race
track gambling bills, had testified be
fore the grand jury. A detective was
sent at once to Scranton, where Gard
ner is held in SIO,OOO bond as a fu
gitive from justice. He is alleged to
nave offered Foekier $25,000 to vote
against the bill.
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$60,000 Fire in Cartersville, Ga.
Cartersville, Ga. —The Greenwood
opera house and office building, which
was completed a few months ago,
caught fire and is a total loss. The
theater building cost $40,000. The
Ward department store, located in the
structure suffered a loss of $15,000;
the Cartersville drug store, $7,000,
and the Henry Milner grocery $4,000.
The building was the pride of Car
tersville, and preparations had been
made for the theater to be formally
opened within a few days. J. R. Smith
of Atlanta owned the building.
STATE CAPITAL LETTER
By Our Special Atlanta Correspondent
EPIDEMIC OF HOG CHOLERA.
Disease Will Cost Georgia Farmers
$200,000 This Year.
Atlanta. —The agricultural depart
ment is preparing to issue a bulletin
on the prevention of hog cholera,
some time within the near future. As
sistant Secretary Wright stated that
the epidemic of the disease in the
southern part of the state his made
it almost necessary to prepare soma
kind of information which will give
the owners a full understanding of
the nature of and, cure that can be
best used for the disease.
State Veterinarian Dr. P. F. Bahn
sen stated that he finds conditions
alarming in some of the counties of
south Georgia, and he says that the
losses from the cholera this year will
exceed $209,000,000 a larger sum than
it has totaled in several years past.
Every day letters come into the de
partment from prominent farmers in
this section of the state in which they
complain of heavy losses by the death
of their stock. One of these in par
ticular is from H. P. Butler of Ca
milla, Mitchell county, who states
that he he had lost 30 hogs out of
70, within the past few weeks, and
that eight of the remainder are now
sick with the disease.
Mr. Wright stated that it is the
desire of the department to render
every service possible to the farmer
in ridding his stock of this disease,
and he further states that if any of
the farmers will let the department
know of any outbreak of the disease,
Dr. Bahnsen will immediately go to
that section and arrange to hold in
stitute meetings, giving lectures on
the disease and also apply the serum
to the stock.
SOCIALISTS POLLED 232 VOTES.
About 93,C00 Votes Were Cast in
October’s Election.
Atlanta. —Having no candidate in
the field against him, W. J. Speer, for
state treasurer, led the ticket in the
election on October 5, with 92,778
votes. The official returns for all
the state house officers wit hthe ex
ception of the governor were made
public. The returns of the election
for members of the judiciary have
not been consolidated.
A striking feature developed from
the figures given out is the 232 votes
cast for the Socialist candidates. In
every instance Socialist ballots were
marked straight.
The totals show: For secretary of
state, Philip Cook, 92,733; comptroller
General, W. A. Wright, 92,742; treas
urer, W. J. Speer, 92,778; attorney
general, Thomas Felder, 92,600; com
missioner of agriculture, T. G. Hud
son, 92,559; school commissioner, M.
L. Brittain, 92,615; prison commis
sioner, R. E. Davison, 92,631; pension
commissioner, J. W. Lindsey, 92,484;
railroad commissioner (unexpired
term), C. M. Candler, 91,964; C. M.
Candler (full term), 91,344; J. A. Per
ry, 91,956; Joseph Gray, 91,831. The
vote for C. M. Candler for the full
term as railroad commissioner was
the lightest received by any of the
candidates.
MANY DIVORCES IN ATLANTA.
97 Divorce Actions in One Week.
Cruelty and Desertion Charges.
Atlanta.—lt is doubtful if there is
a city of its size in the country worse
cursed with divorce evil than Atlanta.
Practically every session of court has
a huge docket of cases, and the fact
has been the subject of severe strict
ures by the presiding judges in their
grand jury charges.
For hearing in one week no less
than 97 divorce actions were on the
docket. The basis of action runs the
entire gamute of statutory cause. It
is an amazing fact, however, that a
preponderance of the cases are for
desertion, while a majority of the oth
ers are for cruelty. This city is noto
riously slack in its moral tone, and
many contend that this is one of the
biggest causes of divorces.
Atlanta. —Secretary of State Philip
Cook stated that forty automobiles
had been destroyed by fire in Geor
gia within the past thirty days, ac
cording to reports made to him, and
he thought this was not anything like
the number actually destroyed, since
he estimates that only about one-half
the machines in the state are regis
tered. The remark of the secretary
of state grew out of the receipt of a
batch of letters from men asking that
their registration fee be returned,
since z their machines had' been de
stroyed. Mr. Cook had no record of
the number of fatalities, If any, re
sulting from these fires and explo
sions.
Cartersville.—The new opera house
at Cartersville is nearing completion.
It is expected that the house will be
opened about the first of November.
Cordele. —A petition to the prison
commission for the parole of Bert
Caln, Who killed Chief of Police W. H.
Forest of Cordele in February, 1999,
and who is serving a ten-year sen
tence ,1s being circulated. It is said
that a majority of the jury which con
victed Caln have signed the petition.
ALL AMENDMENTTS PASSED.
Three Measures Endorsed by Votes of
About 2 to I—Voting Light.
Atlanta.—Secretary of State Phil
Cook announced that the three con
stitutional amendments voted upon in
the recent state election were carried
by majorities of from 16,900 to 23,-
000. He says the indifference toward
the amendments was universal, and
that the vote ran about 50,900 behind
that for the state ticket. In many dis
tricts no vote for the amendments
were cast at all.
The vote for governor has not been
canvassed, as the returns are sent in
sealed envelopes and opened by the
general assembly In joint session.
The returns as consolidated by the
secretary of state follow:
•‘For amendment of constitution (al
lowing city of Augusta to issue bonds
beyond constitutional limit”), receiv
ed 38,324 votes.
‘‘Against amendment of constitution
(allowing city of Augusta to issue
bonds beyond constitutional limit”),
received 14,927 votes, a majority for
of 25,397.
‘‘For ratification” of amendment
(permitting counties to levy taxes for
educational purposes), received 33,552
votes.
‘‘Against ratification” of amendment
(permitting counties to levy taxes for
educational purposes), received 17,-
048 votes, a majority for of 16,594.
“For ratification” of amendment to
paragraph 1, section 13, act 6, of the
constitution of this state. (Regulating
the salaries of judges of the supreme
and superior courts of the state), re
ceived 16,775 votes, a majority for of
16,009.
The work of consolidation will be
finished within a few days, and then
tne newly-elected legislative officers
will take their positions.
BROWN BLAMED BY WATSON.
Says Smith Would Have Been D*
seated Despite the Primary.
Atlanta. —It seems that Thomas E.
Watson blames Gov. Joseph M. Brown
for the failure of the recent move
ment inaugurated by Watson to over
turn Hoke Smith at the general elec
tion and elect Brown governor de
spite the primary. ■
Says Mr. Watson: “Everybody now
realizes that had Governor Brown de
manded the proof that Hoke Smith
received a majority of the county unit
votes; and had he protested against
the illegal proceedings of the conven
tion —pointing out that the new rules
were a grosser insult to Hoke Smith
men than to the Joe Brown minority,
he (Brown) would have easily been
re-elected.”
It was known even before the elec
tion that Mr. Watson was awfully
"sore” and disappointed because Gov
ernor Brown refused to ever come
straight out as a candidate. Watson
now insists more strongly than ever
that Brown could have won the fight
if he had had the courage to try.
Atlanta. —The railroad commission
approved the schedule of rate to be
charged by the Clarkesville Telephone
company. For unlimited special line
business stations the sum of $2.59 per
month is to be charged; for unlimited
duplex or party line business stations
$1.75 a month; for unlimited special
line residence stations the sum of
$1.75, and for unlimited party line
residence stations the sum of $1.59
per month. The rate now charged on
rural lines is not to be changed as
long as the present magneto system Is
in use, but when the new central en
'ergy station is insttalled the commis
sion will consider the application for
an increase in rates.
Atlanta. —Commissioner of Agricul
ture T. G. Hudson Is mailing out to
all manufacturers and dealers In cot
ton seed meal copies of the act which
requires that all cotton seed meal
sold in this state shall be branded
according to its grade or quality. Sea
island cotton seed meal must be so
branded.
Atlanta. —A petition was filed with
the state railroad commission by
Haygood & Cutts of Fitzgerald repre
senting the citizens along the line of
the Seaboard Air Line railroad be
tween Abbeville and Ocilla who ask
that the commission compel the rail
road to give them better train service.
Atlanta.—The state treasury depart
ment received $3,315 from Fulton
county on the sale of near beer for
the year. This is the first payment
made and there is about $3,999 more
yet to be paid in, which shows that
there are about 209 saloons in the
city of Atlanta.
Atlanta. —The Southern railway has
just made public figures showing that
with a total gross income of $19,887,-
156.15 and 3355 new industrial plants
completed and seventy-two more in
construction along its lines, the road
is in a better condition in every way
than at the tijne of the last annual
report. Passenger and freight reve
nues show a 19.90 per cent. gain.
The increase in the wage scale will
bring the annual pay roll of the com
pany at least $2,000,000 higher than
it has been before.
fl Mia News
Juliette.—Contesting for prizes of
fered by the Juliette branch of the
National Farmers’ Educational and
Co-operative union of America to the
members of the union who would pro
duce the greatest number of bushels
of corn on one acre of up land and
bottom land, J. C. Hammonds made
93 1-2 bushels of corn on one acre
of bottom land, and Mr. J. J. Cham
bers made 75 bushels of born on one
acre of up land. Neither Mr. Ham
monds nor Mr. Chambers fertilized
the soil ea which the corn was pro
duced, and they have produced more
corn to the acre than was ever known
to be produced to the acre in this sec
tion. Since the offering of prizes by
the Juliette Farmers’ Union to the
members who would produce the larg
est number of bushels of corn on one
acre of land, interest of the farmers
of the community in corn culture has
been greatly stimulated, and the farm
ers are using the best varieties of corn
Thomasville Sugar cane is on the
market in abundance now and the
quality of it is fine. It is probable
that the crop may not bo as large as
usual in this section, aa some of it
was badly injured by the late cold of
last spring, but the heavy rains and
warm weather of the fall has made it
grow very fast and it seems to be
making up in quality for what it may
lack as to quantity. The season for
grinding cane blds fair to be rather
late this year, as the fall continues
unusually warm and the farmers do
not, as a rule, begin grinding until
there is danger of the cane being
hurt by a heavy frost.
Thomaston. —The Upson County
Corn Club has awarded prizes for
the 1919 yield. This has been eager
ly awaited by the members and gen
eral public for some time, although it
was generally conceded that the gen
tlemen who were awarded prizes
would capture them. The awards
were as follows for the largest yield
on one acre; First prize, $25 to W.
J. Kersey, yield 192 bushels; second
prize, sls, to J. F. Trice, yield 78
bushels; third prize, sl9, to T, B.
Trice, yield 68 bushels. Raleigh Green
of this county, who was not a mem
ber of the Corn club, also raised 102
bushels on one acre.
Macon. —Macon is the first city in
Georgia to follow up the conservation
movement In a practical way, having
just engaged a forester to treat the
grove of 450 acres in Central City
park, some of which are more than
150 years of age, in the hope of pro
longing their life. An expert exami
nation of the tree* revealed the fact
that nearly all of them are badly dis
eased, but it is believed that by prop
er treatment they can be saved. The
work will cost over $2,000, but the
beauty of Central City park, the larg
est natural park in the state, will be
saved.
Jackson. —What is believed to be th*
largest yield of corn per acre in the
entire state is reported from the
farm of Barkley brothers near Jack
son, where 137 bushels were gathered.
The corn was harvested and wa* care
fully weighed by County Treasurer 3.
J. Smith. So far reported, this is the
largest yield in Georgia this season.
The land on which the corn was
grown is near the city of Jackson. It
is estimated to be worth $250 per acre.
Ten acres have often yielded eigh
teen bales of cotton, and will produce
one and one-third bales to the acre
this year.
Madison. —A decided sensation was
created at the state convention of the
Woman’s Chritsian Temperance union
when it was announced that Mr*.
Mary Harris Armor, former president
of the union, and Mrs. M. H. Edwards,
a prominent temperance worker, had
received Black Hand letters threat
ening their lives if they continue to
speak in the interest of prohibition
in the state of Missouri.
Macon.—That the deadly concealed
pistol is responsible for nine-tenths
of the homicides in Bibb county was
shown by a report filed by the coro
ner. Os 39 deaths investigated by
him in the last 20 months, 35 resulted
from a pistol. In every case the pis
tol had been concealed before the
shooting. In the same period 14 per
sons lost their lives by being run
over or knocked down by trains.
Atlanta. —The railroad commission
issued an order requiring express
companies carrying fresh fish to no
tify the consignor by telegraph with
in four hours after arrival of the
refusal or failure of the consignee to
receive same. The carrier is requir
ed to wait two hours for a reply to
the telegram, and may then sell the
fish and receive a commission of 19
per cent, on the proceeds of the sale.
Montezuma —The reward for the ar
rest, with evidence to convict and
delivery to the sheriff of Macon coun
ty, of the party or parties who mur
dered Officer Charles A. Bush, has
been increased to $509.
Mou’trie. —Five hundred acres of
Colquitt county land, which sold for
$9,009 last year, was bought last week
for $15,099. The land in question Is
eight miles from Moultrie and was
bought by J. A. Williams,
SOIHHEBN EXHIBIT
EXPOSITION f EAIURE
to RAILROADS COMBINED TO
MAKE THE ARTISTIC EX-
HIBIT COMPLETE.
CINCINNATIANS PLEASED
Railroad Exhibits of Southern Re
sources Feature of Ohio Valley
Exposition.
Cincinnati.—(Special.)—The South
ern states, those south of the Ohio
river and east of the Mississippi,
vame to Cincinnati with the greatest,
the most elaborate and the most in
teresting display of their natural re
sources ever seen in the Queen City.
Tbe entire second floor of the larg*
north hall of music hall, the center
of the Ohio Valley exposition, was de
ovted to th to exhibit of Southern re
sources, and it was plainly one of the
most popular features of the exposi
tion.
Cincinnatians appreciated this dis
play, which was prepared jointly by
thirty-nine Southern railroads. From
all sides came expressions of th*
heartiest approval, and there was a
united opinion that the display will
prove a great stimulus to Southern
trade. The display, being a joint, and
not an individual one, by the rail
roads, shows the resources along their
lines in a logical manner and without
repetition.
Lumber, mineral, agricultural re
sources, wines, etc., are all treated in
separate sections.
By making the round of the South
ern display a complete view of South
ern resources could be obtained in
concentrated form. The display of
Southern stones and mine products
was elaborate. There were shown
coal, coke, granite, marble, sandstone,
limestone, phosphate rocks, manga- •
nese, asphalts, bauxite, from which
aluminum is made; kaolin clay, from
which china is made; mica, soap
stone and many others. There were
also displays of Southern gems, and
samples of rich swamp soil, as well as
samples of the soils of hundreds of
Southern counties. There was an ex
tensive display of grains and grassea
and tobacco and garden truck. _
From the east coast of Florida, for
instance, there was a display of un
usually attractive pineapples, grape
fruit, limes, citrons, mangoes and av
acadoes, the latter being a form of
pear. Jellies, crystallzed fruits and
guava wines also hail from this sec
tion. Photographs were displayed,
showing how three million acres of
everglades in Florida that were waste
lands, are being reclaimed by th*
vast dlrainage works. This is de
clared to be the most extensive re
clamation work of the kind now go
ing on in the country. There were
pictures of Henry M. Flagler’s fam
ous Florida fruit farm and also pho
tographs of his remarkable railroad
over the ocean, south from Florida
coast.
Thomas C. Powell, vice president of
the Queen and Crescent railway,
stated: ‘‘The splendid exhibition which
the railorads of the South arranged
at the Ohio Valley exposition should
prove a boon not only to the South,
but also to Cincinnati and the entire
North. In the first place I wish it to
be made perfectly clear that the big
display of Southern resources was not
made by any single railway. All of
the railroads of the South, represent
ing 30,099 miles, helped create the
display and made it a joint venture.
If each railroad bad worked out its
own individual display there would
have been an endless amount of repe
tition. By making it a joint display
the railroads were enabled to get the
best and most complete exhibits, each
road contributing what was needed
to make the display a success as a
unit.”
Cincinnati has had a chance to
study the Southern resources exhibit
and commercial men of the city were
not slow to take advantage of the
opportunities.
ADVERTISING THE SOUTH.
Southern Railway Has Exhibit at J
Pittsburg Land Show.
Pittsburg, Pa. —The agricultural re
sources of the South and the many
advantages which that section offers
to the homeseeker are going to be
made a distinct feature of the Na
tional Land and Irrigation exposition,
popularly known as “Pittsburg's big
land show,” to be held in Pittsburg at
Duquesne Garden, October 17 to 29,
through the exhibit which the South
ern railway company Las arranged to
make through its land and industrial
department.
This exposition is backed by two
of Pittsburg’s great daily papers and
will be the most comprehensive show
of its kind ever held. The “back to
the soil” movement has taken deep
root in the densely populated district
around Pittsburg, where farmers are
being driven out of their fields by
the encroachments of factories* mines
and ol wells.
Nine times out of ten, the kid at
college realizes that fame on the- base
ball team is a fine preparation for
politics.
The man who relights his cigar sev
eral times during his conversation is
boring some one, you may be sure. 1
