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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-07
PLANTERS FIGHT
TAX ON COTTON
EXCHANGES
Declare Present Scheme Would
Deliver Price-Making Power
Into EngIand's Hands.

WASHINGTON, July Southern
planters are protesting to the Senate
Finance Committee against the pro-
vision in the tariff bill taxing cotton
exchange dealers .O5 per cent.
This provision was inserted in the
tariff bill by Senator Simmons to meet
the demand that there shall cease ali
gambling in cotton futures and on
margins. It resulted from attempts to
corner the cotton market made by
spectators on the New York Cotton
Exchange.
The planters contend that with such
tax. amounting to about so cents
bale of cotton, no exchange can con-
tinue tc - business. The planters
are opposed to the New York Ex-
change, but they want the New Or
leans and other Southern cotton ex-
changes to continue.
Defend South's Exchange.
In this argument they present ii is
held that the New Orleans Exchange
and other Southern exchanges are
bullish on the cotton market and seek
to hold the price to the advantage of
the southern grower. These eN-
changes make actual deliveries
The New York Exchange is friendly
to the spinners and is bearish, its
purpose being to depress the price of
cotton. It makes no actual delivery,
but serves the spinners for their flu
ture needs. Its business 10 done
through the Interchange of purchase
and sale notes.
Gives Power to England.
With the wiping out of the cotton
exchange in this country, the cotton
exchange at Liverpool, also bearish.
Will take command of the cotton mar
ket and fix the price just as the sugar
market price Is fixed in Holland.
1t Is contended that through the
proposed tax great injustice would
be done the cotton growers who are
now laboring under the disadvantage
of competition with Egyptian cotton
which is Of high grade and commands
a better price than Southern cotton.
Egyptian cotton, which needs salt
air, is being grown in the reclaimed
lands Of Salton Sea. California. and
It is an active competitor of the
Southern cotton, which is short on
fiber.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-07
To.
GOVERN BANKS
PROPOSED
Bill, in Both House and Senate,
Provides for Supervisor of
State Institutions,

4 hfl providing for the creation Of a
department Of banking to regulate and
supervise approximately 500 State
Banks in Georgia was presented Mon
day 10 the House and Senate Com
mittees on Banks and Banking by the
Georgia Bankers Association.
The bill, II passed. win revoIutionlze
the method Of supervision OF State
banks. as It win take such supervision
entirely from the hands Of the State
Comptroller and his assistants
Haynes McFadden secretary Of tho
Georgia Bankers Association, said
Monday morning that no lobby for the
bin would be conducted; that It would
be presented to the House and Senate
Banking Committees. which may do as
they see Mt
Bill Called Good One.
The bill Is q good one. we think"
said Mr.. McFadden. and II passed
will be a great benefit IN the super
vision Of the state banks which are
now regulated by the State Comptrol-
The present regulation and super
vision is entirely inadequate, as iE OBJ
vious. when IL Is brought out that
these three men are supposed 10 con
duct examinations Of approximately
500 banks each year. Two eXamiua-
lions per wear givese TO each one Of
these men 400 Inspections TO make i'm
565 days"
The proposed bin provides for the
creation OF n department Of banking
which shall be IN charge OF a super
inteudent appointed by the Governor
TOR a term ~ four years the FIRST term
beginning January /, 1915, and eXpir-
ing January J. 1919
Office TO Pay $4,000 Year.
The superintendent shall receive a
salary OF $4,000 year and shall have
the power to appoint from time 20
time an assistant superintendent. who
shall be x-ofiCio examiner and such
additional examiners and Office ar
sistauts as may be required TO dis
charge the duties Of the office
The assistant superintendent ami
FpcCial examiners shall be skilled &C
r0untBnts and familiar with the bank
ing business The assistant superin-
tendent shall receive a salary Of s. 600
per snnum while each assistant shall
receive salary Of $500 per year
Every bank, trust company and
other corporation doing a banking
business IN the State. excluding pri-
waite banks. CopsTtuerships or volun-
tary associations and national banks
shall be- subject TO supervision by the
State department.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-07
Bones of Snake as
Poisonous as Fangs

NIDALlA, July THAT the deadly
poison of the rattlesnake is effective,
even after the reptile has lain dead
and the bones bleaChed in the sun for
several months. was demonstrated
when Cicero Johnson, a negro, stepped
upon the bones Of a dead RATHER while
cutting oats on the Beasley farm near
NOrmantown.
The negro was barefOoted at tho
time and his foot was severely lace
rated by the bones. Swelling imme-
diately eusued and it is likely that
amputaton will be necessary.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-07
Author Justified in
Killing Unruly Negro

MACON. July Harry Sullwen
Edwards. author and Macon post
master. and his son. PrentIss Ed
wards. were justified in killing Har-
rison Newton. a negro farm hand,
according TO the verdict returned by
the Coroner's jury
Newton was shot at the Edwards
farm near Macon Saturday night
and died sunday in the Macon Hos
pitaL The negro. while intoxicated
had attacked his wife and children
with an ak. when Edwards and his
son went TO their aid,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-07
Coleman in Ben Hill
Jail for Safekeeping

FITZGERALD, July w. A. Cole
man, who is charged with the murder
of Leon Melvin, a Wilcox County
youth, and who several weeks ago
was brought to Ben Hill County jail
for safe-keeping, but later carried
County Jail on account Of an attempt
to lynch him at Abbeville last week.
Coleman was carried to Vienna. but
the Sheriff Of Dooly County refused
to take him. From Vienna he was
carried to Cordele, where the Crisp
Sheriff likewise refused him. He was
brought on to Fitzgerald. where he is
at present.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-07
Pastor Prefers Life
Of Mule to Convict

81 would rather be one Of Fulton
County's mules than a convict in its
convict camp" declared DR.. A. r.
Holderby Sunday morning at Moore
Memorial Church in a sermon on
THE Shame of Georgia's DiaboncaI
Convict system"
DR., Holderhy declared that It cost
to feed it's mules while only 10 cents
day was expended in feeding each
convict He stated that the convict
laws instead Of encouraging man
TO a better life, bring out all the evil
in his nature
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-07
McKeesport, Pa,
Bank Closes, Also.

PITTSBURG, July THE, First
National Bank of McKeesport closed
its doors at 1890 this morning.
The following unsigned notice was
posted on the door of the institution:
"On account of the First Second
National Bank Of Pittsburg asking for
a receiver IT Is thought best for all
Of our depositors to close this bank
for the present"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-07
Wind Storm Wrecks
WaycrOsS Churches

WAYCROSS. July 7.--Considerable
damage was done in WayCross by a
windstorm that swooped down on the
city Sunday afternoon with no warn
ing. Four churches were demolished
and dozen small houses blown from
their foundations. three of the mum
Der turning completely over
Trees and fences in all parts of the
city were blown down and many win
dOws and much plate glass were
smashed \ three story building used
by negroes for their lodge meetings
was SO badly damaged IL will have to
be rebuilt.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-07
Assembly Asked to
Increase Pensions

Appeal to the Georgia Legislature
for an increase from $50 to 500 a
year in pensions for Confederate vet
Grams has been made by Mrs A j.
Adkins.
Mrs Adkins sets forth in her letter
70 the legislators that the increase
Of pension is entirely logical as the
declining years of the veterans make
ii more and more difficult for them
TO add % their own support. While
S. month is acceptable, she says
s. and a fraction is better
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-07
ValOr Of 81 Pastors
Theme to the Young

Lessons from the war between the
States were inculcated at the West
End Christian Church Sunday by the
Rev. William c. Foster, the pastor
who appealed to young people in par
ticular to night life's battle with the
valor exhibited by the soldiers Of
Robert e. Lee.
Let US forget the hatred" Dr. Fos-
ter said, but remember the bravery
of our heroes"
DR. Foster emphasized the practi-
cal advantages of country wide edu-
cation and deplored the fact that
there were not enough schools in
Georgia.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-07
Carnegie Explains
Gift to Vanderbilt

Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, July Andrew Car
negie. passing through London en-
route to Skibbo Castle, was seen by
a representative Of the Hearst papers
i'm reference TO the action of nine
bishops of the Methodist Church over
the 100000 gift for the Vanderbilt
University Medical School
Mir. Carnegie wrote the following.
The proper authorities have ac-
Cepted Mr.. Carnegie's gift and ne has
nothing whatever to say-he never
gives to sectarian educational insti-
buttons, feeling that no one should
be de0arrcd from a medical education
on account Of his theological Views"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-07
2 Negroes LynChed
By MObs in Florida

PENSACOLA. July IA negro,
charged with assaulting the 6-year-
old daughter of a prominent Holmes
County farmer, living near Este, was
lynChed to-day at Milton, Santa Rosa
County II is said that parties from
Bombay ana Mariana took part The
child was attacked Saturday night
and is now at the point of death.
JACKSONVILLE, July Roscoe
Smith, a negro. was lynChed on Sun
day at Yellow River, near here, for
the murder of Sheriff T. S. Cherry,
Of Clay County, Fla, when the Off
Ger attempted to arrest him for gam
bling at Stuart & Harrison's turpen-
tine still.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-07

columns Of this paper and tell you
in an honest way as best We can
about this good stomach tonic and
blood purifier that has stood the
test of time and has So years of
successful cures of many of the ills
Of humanity to its credit.
Mr.. Parker. for the past several
years sales manager, will be at the
store for some time to answer in
quiries and give such information
as will help you, and will appreciate
call from those interested. To-
morrow We will tell you what ROB
1NSON'S BLACK BITTERS IS, its
origin and some of its history.
There are already about three
hundred dealers in Georgia selling
this tonic, but If there is not one
in your place, order from here;
price, $500 a bottle, $500 for bot
ties, express prepaid on orders Of
$500 and up.
COURSEY & MUM, corner
Broad and Marietta, Atlanta.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-07
Auto Turns Turtle;
Injured, 3 Escape

WAYCROSS, July 7.-Dr. G. P.
Folks automobile turned turtle after
plunging down a high embankment
leading to the Satilla River bridge,
between WayCross and BlaCkshear,
last night.
Miss Stella Williams was injured.
DR.. Folks. Mrs. Folks and Miss Dor
othy Folks were thrown out, but es-
capped injury.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-07
Victim of Joy Ride
Dies From Injuries

MACON, July 7.-Myrtis Brown. %
years old. died at the Macon Hospital
as the result of a broken back sus-
tanned four weeks ago when an auto
mobile in which she and three friends
were 10y riding" crashed into tele-
phone pole on the Houston Road. Her
spinal column was fractured between
the shoulder blades. and three ribs
were broken.
The accident took place June S In
the machine at the time were h NJ
Devore. Of Atlanta; L. Al. Heath. May
LavinSlIy and Myrtis Brown.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-07
Financial Expert to
Address Legislature

Herbert Myrick, Of Springfield, ILL.,,
the noted student Of finance will ad-
dress the Georgia Legislature in joint
session July Is.
Mr. Myrick's address will be on the
subject of co-oerative rural finance
and banking in the cotton belt.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-07
South African Gold
Miners Win Strike
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.

Spectal Cable 20 The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRI-
CA. July thousands of the strik-
ing gold miners in the Rand district
returned to work to-day, the amalga-
mated union having accepted the
terms of the producers Saturday
night Troops were kept on duty for
fear Of further violence
Street car service has been partial
ly restored. Soldiers are pauroling
the entire city.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-07
CRUDE OIL UP 5 CENTS.

TULSA. OKLA, July The price
Of oklahoma crude oil was advanced
cents a barrel to-day. The rise tn
price viii mean millions OF dollars an
nually 70 oil users
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-07
Sacred Heart Church
Gives Picnic Tuesday

The annual picnic Of the Sacred
Heart Church will be held at White
City Tuesday.
Special cars will leave from the
church at 9 o'clock
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-07
Apartment Houses
Must Quit Smoking

Chairman r. NJ Harwell. Of the
City Smoke Commission, has warned
department house owners who are
resisting the anti-smoke law. These
people were given until summer to
remodel their furnaces SO tenants
might not be inconvenienced during
cold weather Now, Chairman Har-
well says, "a number of them have
banded together TO get the law re-
pealed
The department house smoke evil
is one of the worst In the city" he
said
when they fire up in the fall they
must comply with the law or be
taken before the Recorder"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-07
FoR HEADACHE

Tats Horsford'S Acid Phosphate
Especially recommended for relief Of headache
caused by summer heat. brain Tag OF tired
ADV.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-07

Georgian Want Ads" manage things
for those who dwell In the world Of
roomers Phone Main 5000 or At
lants 5000
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-02

From what we have been able to
learn from correspondents, from the
newspapers, from reports of demon
stration agents and from other
sources we are sure that there has
been a larger acreage of winter cover
corps planted in the South this year
than ever before. This is unques-
tionable evidence of better farming.
The loss of plant foods, of humus,
of the very soil itself, by exposure
during the winter months accounts
in large part for the poverty of the
Southern soils. The general growing
of winter cover crops for feed and
green manuring is one of the surest
and cheapest methods of increasin!
the average acre yield of the staple
field crops of the South. Indeed, I'M
til the growing of such crops becomes
general it is going to be almost i'm
possible to increase the fertility of
Southern soils at any thing like a
reasonable expense of time and
money.
The Progressive Farmer is proud
of the fact that it has been one of
the most persistent and insistent ad-
vocates of winter cover crops and
that, year in and year out, it has
urged their planting with all the en-
phasis at its command. Gratifed,
therefore, as we are at this evidence
of progress we wish to urge just now
that another step along the same
part of better farming be taken and
that every reader who has clay soils
or soils of any kind undertake with
hard, tight subsOil do more winter
blowing and deeper winter blowing
this year than he has ever done be-
fore.
Over most of our territory we feel
sure that the very best thing is to
have a winter crop on the land. If
this has not been secured, however,
let the land be broken as deeply as
possible at any time during the win
ter when the soil is in proper condi-
ton. 1t will almost surely mean cas-
Ter work in the spring and better
crops next year.
We know that sometimes early
winter blowing is feared on account
of the washing of the land; and there
are farms and fields on which great
care is necessary to prevent this. On
the average farm, however. there
will be much loss from washing if
the corn and cotton fields are broken
to a good depth-ten inches or more
and left rough as they come from
the pillow than if they are permitted
to remain as they are, bare and with
gUlGes carrying away their fertility
after every hard rain. Deep blowing
in fall or early winter when prop
erly done will be a preventive of
. washing or most lands. II cases
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-02
The Next Step in Soil Improvement
From the Progressive Farmer.

where the risk is increased-and
there are such cases, of course
it should not be done.
We believe in deep plowing--in
getting down and turning up little
soil that has never before been bro
ken, in subsoiling that tears up the
hardpan and lets the water down
where it will be held, as in a reser-
voir, for the crops of next summer.
Shallow blowing, the mere scratching
of the fields, has helped make many
a poor farm and many a poor farm
er. The average farm needs greater
depth and it must get it by deeper
blowing.
Let no reader think, however, that
deeper blowing will alone do the
work. Pillow ten inches instead of
five" we often hear, 'and double the
size of your farm" If it were only
that easy! But the mere breaking
up of the subsoil does not make soil
of it, and merely to pillow deeper will
add but little to the real volume of
soil from which the plants may Sc
cure food. Deep blowing is most
worth while-we are almost tempted
to say is only worth while-when it
puts vegetable matter down deeper
into the ground and thus really adds
to the depth of the soil and to the
real area of the farm.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-02
CAPITAL TO PAY OWN WAY?
Congressman Crisp Would Abolish
Government Aid for District.

Representative Crisp Of this dis
trict began carrying out a campaign
pledge when he introduced in the
house on Wednesday a bill abolishing
the half and half policy of the
United States toward the District of
Columbia. At present the govern
ment pays half the expenses of the
district, making the tax rate in
Washington less than it is anywhere
else IN the country. Mr.. Crisp be-
lieves this is an injustice TO the rest
Of the United States and wants Wash
ington to pay its own expenses as do
other municipalities.
Mr.. Crisp had this plank in his
campaign platform and found it most
popular. He will speak on his bill
when the appropriation bill for the
district is reported to the house early
in the regular session.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-02
ChangeabIe Climate
is A CONSTANT THREAT TO THE
HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE.

DR.. Hartman, of Columbus, Ohio,
discusses an important health topic.
He says:
Yes, it is the climate, not the germs,
that we have to fear in this country
The germs are present, to be sure,
and are of some significance in
diagnosis Climate, a changeable
climate, is the true cause OF disease.
The atmospheric pressure varies, the
humidity of the atmosphere changes.
Every day the temperature rises and
falls. All this presents to the body
very great trials to adjust to.
The area of high pressure forms in
the northwest. Moves rapidly SOUTH
east, subjecting millions of our
population to it's influence. The re-
suit is, thousands upon thousands of
people catch cold. A small per cent.
of these thousands do not get well of
their cold. 1t goes into pneumonia,
or chronic catarrh, or bronchitis, or
laryngitis, or pleurisy.
Now, what 1 am getting at is this.
These climatic changes are inevitable.
No one can prevent them. The very
best we can do is to prepare for
them, defend ourselves against them.
Good health is the best preventive.
The very best. Vigorous health, with
excess vitality, this is Natures own
preventive and protection.
We do not all have this, however.
Some Of US must have assistance.
The assistance that I use for myself,
would recommend for my friends to
use. nv neighbors and my country
men. is Pe-ru-na. Keep Pe-ru-na in
the house.
If the children indicate they are
catching cold, give them Pe-ru-na.
If the parents, the grandfather or
grandmother, present those symptoms
that are so well known which precede
a cold, a few doses of Pe-ru-na and
the deed is done.
Some people are very subject to
colds. Others who have weak lungs
and are timid about our winter
weather. take Pe-ru-na off and on
during the whole winter season
The plan is a good one. The medicine
is inexpensive. It does no possible
harm to the system. 1t keeps the
appetite regular and keen. 1t as
sists digestion and helps the user
through the inclement weather 0!
winter.
Ak your Druggist for Free Perun
y-~'--- "c-- Almanac for 1914.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-02
MAN SHRANK TWENTY INCHES
Albert Mills Literally Shrunk to
Death. Most Unusual Disease.

Death. Most Unusual Disease.
Albert Mills, an Englishman,
known as the Brittle Man of Bir-
mingham," has literally shrunk to
death For 26 years he suffered
from an obscure disease which caus-
ed a shrinkage of bodily stature and
made him the object of study by
medical men from all over the world.
The chief symptom was the disap-
pearance of lime from the body,
leaving the bones soft and misshap-
en-. 1t became impossible for him to
move, and for over IA years he had
been confined to his bed
Before his illness he was feet s
inches in height, but he gradually
shrank until at the time of his death
he was under feet high, having
thus lost 20 inches in 26 years.
Mills was an engraver and the first
intimation of the disease was a stiff
ening of the muscles which prevented
him using his arms freely. After a
time this condition extended to his
legs.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-12-02
THE PRICE OF YIELDING FARMS
RUNS TWELVE TO HUNDRED
DOLLARS AN ACRE.

The following interesting article
on Georgia end its adaptability to
the raising of live stock is from a
recent issue of the Chicago Tribune:
Of the nine climate belts of the
United States Georgia has eight. This
is due to the more than y degrees
of latitude and to her varying alti-
tudes, from 100 feet above sea level
on her southeastern coast to more
than 1000 feet in her northeastern
section.
That part of Georgia along the
Atlantic coast consists of the low ly-
ing, nearly level, "fatwoods" portion
of the coastal plain.
The flatwoods section is low and
swampy and covered by dark, mucky
soils, while the higher lying portions
are occupied by gray and yellow
sandy loans.
The greater part of the coastal
plain, stretching from the fiatwoods
section to the margin of the Pied
mont, lies at an. altitude ranging
from 100 to 400 feet above sea level,
and is nearly level or gently rolling
in character. with numerous hills
along the higher inland margin. The
soils are extremely varied, ranging
from gray and yellow sandy soils
to heavy red sandy loans and red
clays.
Soils of Eastern Section.
The principal soils of the Pied
mont region are heavy red clay and