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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06
G|ANERS REPORT
MOST IMPORTANT
GENERALLY ASSUMED THERE is
A LARGE SHORT INTEREST
IN MARCH.
EXPECTED ABOUT MARCH 20
Bulls Do Not Expect Figures to In.
dictate More than 1880
Bales.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
New Orleans.-CottOn traders this
week will be more or less interested
in the final ginning report of the sea.
Son but the main interest probably will
be in the March position. 1t is gen.
orally assumed that there is large
short interest in March both in spots
and futures and bulls claim that shorts
will have difficult time in covering,
particularly those shorts who have
been contracted for the delivery of bet.
ter grades.
Very little is coming from the bear
side regarding the March situation. AS
a rule bears have contented them
selves with denying that any unusal
or unweildy interest exists in either
the spot or the futures department. The
large amount of cotton on shipboard
1888 bales in this port Friday
night, against only 22,S6O a year ago,
is taken by many to mean that shorts
have been anticipating their wants.
Bulls, however, believe that many
shorts will hold off until the latest
possible moment in March before COW
ering and on this theory they predict
a good demand during the month to
come.
The pending ginning report will car
ry the crop down to the end Of Feb
ruary but will not be issued until
March 20.
It Is. not at all unlikely that pre-
drinaryf estimates OF the number Of
bales to be returned by the census
bureau will be put out in the neal
future. This is one of the most i'm
portant reports of the season and will
90 long way toward clinching or dis
proving estimates of the commercial
crop, as it practically will count the
crop grown this year, being subject
only to slight corrections. AS the sit
uation now stands the bulls do not ex
pect the figures to point to a com.
mercial crop in excess of 14,500,O0O
bales but the bears quite generally
think it will indicate a crop of 49,
100000 bales.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06
.LITTLES ACQUITTED OF q
yam CLEAYE MURDER
CITIZENS IMMEDIATELY TOOK
STEPS TO HOLD A PUBLIC
MEETING OF PROTEST..
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Shreveport, LA verdict of not
guilty was returned here in the case
of Hervey S. Little and his wife, Anna
Bond Little, the former charged with
numbering ]. J. Van Cleave, and Mrs.
Little as accessory before and after
the fact.
Within few hours after the jury
gave its decision a mass meeting Of
protest was called. Soon after the call
was issued, the presiding Judge, John
r. Land, issued statement upholding
the action of the court and the district
attorney at the trial. The foreman Of
the jury, ]. G.. Hester, also issued a
statement saying the state had not
proved its case. As the time for hold.
ing the mass meeting drew near it was
announced that it had been postponed
until Monday night.
Van Cleave was killed by Little last
fall as he came from building in
which his real estate office was To-
Gated. 1t was charged Mrs. Little told
her husband that "if he did not kill
him her father would" because of an
alleged insult Van Cleave is said to
have offered her. Little pleaded self
defense, saying Van Cleave attempted
to draw a weapon just as he fired.
Mrs. Little denied she urged her
husband to attack Van Cleave. Van
Cleave and Little formerly were bust
ness partners.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06
Receiver for Cotton CORPORATION

Dallas, Tex.-S. w. King Jr., presi.
dent of the Dallas Cotton Exchange
was appointed receiver of the Southern
States Cotton Corporation by Judge
+. r. Meek in Federal Court. The re.
ce,ver was decided upon by Judge
Meek at the close of a hearing on an
Involuntary bankruptcy proceeding
brought by four creditors who alleged
unpaid claims aggregating $4,000
Judge Meek said it was useless to pro
coed further as the examination seem
ell to indicate the company insolyent
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06
CUBAN SUGAR IS
GIVEN A BOOST
ATTORNEY GENERALS DECISION
ADVERSE TO THE CLAIMS OF
LOUISIANA PRODUCERS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
MISUNDERSTANDING sugar grow
ers lost the second round of their
fight to keep up the duty on sugar
when Attorney General McReynolds
handed down an opinion that Cuban
sugar is entitled to enter the United
States at all times during the life Of
the present reciprocity treaty OH pay
ment of a duty of 20 per cent less
than other sugars.
The Louisianians contended there
was a conflict in the new tariff law
between its reaffirmation of the Cuban
reciprociay treaty, which provides for
a 20 per cent preferential for Cuban
sugar. and that part of the law which
provides for general reduction of the
duty on sugar of 25 per cent, beginning
March 1. They hoped the attorney
general would find that there could
not be reaffirmation of the treaty
and reduction in sugar duties.
The attorney generals opinion, how
ever, will result in an almost immedi-
ate reduction in the rate on Cuban
sugar, keeping it as now 20 per cent
| under other sugars. After March l
Cuban "95 per cent" sugar will be
admitted to the United States on pay
ment of duty of about one cent a
pound,
The attorney generals opinion was
| sent to Secretary of the Treasury Nc
Adoo, the customs collectors to be
notified of it's purport before March
I. Any further action by the sugar
growers probably would be in the
supreme court. Suit might be brought
to determine judicially the question
of conflict on which Mr.. McReynolds
has ruled
Representative Broussard of Louisi-
ana said that while the decision Of
1 the attorney general would not make
any difference in the volume of the
sugar business between Cuba and the
United States, as this country takes
all of Cuba's crop, there is quantity
of Cuban sugar in the bonded ware
houses in New York, Boston, Philadel-
phia and New Orleons, where refiner-
les are located being held to await
decision so as to take advantage Of
the double reduction, effective Mon
day, March 1. 1t means, he said,
saving of millions of dollars to Ameri.
can refineries of Cuban sugar.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06
LOUISIANA FARM PRODUCTS
Annual Report Of State Commissioner
Shows Tremendous Total.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Baton Rouge, lathe products Of
Louisiana's farms, mines and facto-
ries were worth $162,241. 1853 for the
year 1918, according to statistics CIV
en- in the annual report of the state
commissioner Of agriculture and immi.
grafton, made public. The figures do
not include the city Of New Orleans
and two parishes falling to make re-
ports.
In point Of value cotton leads tho
states PRODUCES, the 422,6S6 bales
made in 1918 being worth s21.518,O75.
Corn 34.087,O62 bushels, had a value
OF $21,036,4S4. Sugar and sugar cane
products take third place and rice
second.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06
Another Bio Snow.

Crowley, lathe big snow that
visited this section 10 years ago was
duplicated last week, the depth being
four to six inches. The snow stopped
falling early in the morning, and the
sun came out, and by night the snow
was about gone. No fears are enter
tanned relative to the fruit or pastur-
age. The entire population Of the
city went wild with amusement. Bug
gy wheels were fitted with sleigh
runners. Some had improvised s9o(
shoes, while many fought In
balling.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06
Three CHILDREN WERE
BURNED TO Death
FIRE DESTROYED COTTAGES IN
WEST SHREVEPORT WITH
FATAL RESULTS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Shreveport, La Fred Mulhurn,
aged 5; Jessie Mulhurn, aged 3, and
Erward Bates, aged 2, were burned to
death; Lillian Bates, aged 4, fatally
burned, and Ernest Bates, aged IS. and
Madge Bates, aged ten, severely burn
ed in a fire which destroyed the cot
tages in which the families lived in
West Shreveport Ernest Bates was
overcome by the heat and Is in a &C.
rious condition. The cause of the
fire Is unknown. The financial loss il
about $4,000.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06
al, Boost In University Salaries.

Stanford University, Cal.-Salary in
creases amounting to $4,000 annually,
are to be distributed among 225 men,
hers of the teaching force of Leland
stanford Jr. University, and most Of
Il will 20 to the men upon whom the
burden of college work falls. The ad.
vance is made, President John Casper
Kramer said, in order that these men
and their wives may maintain suit.
able standard Of living. President
Kramer was former state geologist
OF Arkansas.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06
Saloon licenses Surrendered.

Memphis.-Of 700 revenue licenses
held in Memphis, SIS were surrender
ed to County Attorney General q. N:
Estes Monday when the nuisance
act passed at the last session OF the
state legislature became operative
ending the day of the open saloon IN
Tennessee. A number Of the saloons
transferred inso soft drink" estao-
lishments, reopened to serve noh'a''
eoholic and other beverages com'ns
within the state prohibition laws OF
less than 2 per cent alcoho-.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06
LOST CHILD FOUND IN SWAMP
Joyous Family Reunion Followed .
Search Of Six Hours.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Montgomery, La.-After a six-hour
search the two-year-old girl of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Murphy, who wandered
from home Sunday morning, a large
number Of citizens came upon the miss
ing child submerged to her neck in
a swamp. The child was exhausted
from crying and exposure. The family
held reunion of rejoicing and praise
service, with a multiture of people of
town and nearby sections participate
ing.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06
cornse Had Bullets in Head.

Olean, n. WHEN Coroner Smith
opened the casket containing the body
of William Lobarger, of Bolivar, N. Y,
who died at Mansfield, La, it was
found that the dead man had sixteen
bullet holes in his head. Nothing was
known here by the authorities or rela.
tiyes of the manner in which he met
death. The bullet holes appear to have
been made by a 22-calibre revolver
fired at short range. The police start
ed an inquiry.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06
JUDGE Calhoun unopuosed.

st. Joseph, LA special election
was held to elect a Judge for the
Tenth Judicial District to fill the va
cancy caused by she resignation of
John Dale, who has resumed law prac-
tice. N. M. Calhoun, of the Vidalia
bar, was the only candidate.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06
Dissatisfaction Along the Border.

Laredo, Tex.-Feeling over the dis
appearance and supposed execution of
Clemente Vergara is more bitter than
at any time since the ranchman cross
ed the Rio Grande and was arrested by
CAPTAIN Apolonio Rodriguez and five
Federal soldiers from the Hidalgo gar
rison. Dissatisfaction is outspoken.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06
Discussing Proposed Alaskan Road

Discussing PROPOSED AIdsKdh Hoad.
Washington.-Col. George W. Goe-
thals conferred with Secretary Lane
over the building Of the government
railroad in Alaska. The availability Of
the members of the Panama Canal
Construction Corps and the machinery
for the Alaska railroad was considered.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-06

French Coal Strike Called orr.
Paris.-The National Council OF Mil
ers' Union decided to call OF the strlke
Of the coal miners begun in the South
ern coal fields February "a.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-26

tell the boss. You glance warily
around, for you're hungry, and think
maybe you can sneak IN a bite on the
sly And then you feel somewhat
better
There's another man in the place,
sitting in a corner, conveyed by two
vivacous, chattering young women
and in front of him is a dish of
chicken salad. The young women
are peckinS daintily but eagerly at
their salad; the man is eating with
bowed head, and the lost-in- the des-
ert expression of a man who has
been betrayed by his oyster fork.
Hereafter You're Regular.
So then you begin to eat yours
and when you get out you're reg
ular" Chicken Salad Fiend; you'd
die for the funny looking stuff.
Il don't believe | would ever lunch
downtown if | couldn't get chicken
salad to eat says Miss Mildred
Gault, of No. Sc st. Charles avenue.
Eating chicken salad for lunch has
got to be more of a habit with me
than eating ice cream. l didn't used
to like it, but of late | eat it all the
time, and even make it at home. Most
all of the girls know have chicken
salad for lunch when they're down.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-26

town. and sometimes l think nobody
eats anything else"
And that's the way it goes. Man
ayers of restaurants in the Chicken
Salad Belt say that UP to about "a
month ago there wasn't enough chick
en- salad eaten to keep the smallest
chicken alive-and now it's all the
rage.
Il never saw anything like it," one
of them said. THE whole feminine
population of Atlanta. and lots of the
men, too. seem to have gone crazy
over Chicken Salad. Women who
used to lunch on ice cream and pie
or bonbous; society women who
used to order elaborate course
luncheons; men who used to sneak
around the corner and employ the
lunch hour in the consumption of
pretzels-they all come rushing in
here now and demand chicken salad
or nothing, Some of the young wo-
men even give Chicken Salad parties.
IF anybody ever corners the chick
en- market. Atlanta certainly will be
in an awful fix! And maybe the use
of so many chickens for salad pur-
poses is what has caused the high
price of eggs, HUH
And maybe it is-but is 1t chicken
they put in the salad?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-26
MOST SICKNESS COMES
FROM WEAK, INACTIVE KIDNEYS

the new discovery. Croxone, which
costs but a trifle, and commence ita
use at once When you have taken
a few doses you will be surprised
how differently you will feel.
Croxone overcomes the worst cases
of kidney, bladder trouble, and rheu-
matism, because II removes the
cause. 1t cleans out the kidneys, and
makes them filter out all the poison
Gus waste matter and uric acid that
lodge IN the Joints and muscles, caus-
ing rheumatism: soothes and healS
the bladder. and quickly relieves you
Of all your misery.
You will find Croxone different from
all other remedies. There is nothing
else on earth like It. 1t matters not
how old you are or how long you
have suffered. 1t is so prepared that
it is practically impossible to take II
into the human system without re-
suits.
You can secure an original package
of Croxone from any first-c class drug
gist All druggists are authorized to
personally return the purchase price
II 1t fails to give the desired results
the very first time you use it.-Advt.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-26
POWERS PLAN To
SEIZE MEXICAN
CUSTOMS
special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.

Special Gable The Atlanta Georgian.
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 26.-PreSident
Huerta has been warned that the con-
tinuai enforcement of his decree sus-
pending the payment of interest up
on the Mexican national debt will re-
suit in the seizure and administra-
ton of customs houses by the for
eign powers, according to a report
current to-day in diplomatic circles.
Nelson O'Shaughnessy, the Ameri-
can Charge d'Affaires, is said to be in
touch with plans of the allied pow
ers and any action In this direction
will be taken with the consent of the
United States Government
Elaborate preparations were made
in Government circles to welcome
eighteen officers OF the Japanese war
ship Idzumo to-day A number OF
Japanese flags were in evidence and
President Huerta ordered a special
detail of troops to meet the visitors
and act as a guard of honor
The return of Jesus Flores MACON
who has been comforting with Special
Envoy John Lind at Vera Cruz, and
the apparent failure of the mission
leaves the Mexican situation without
change so far as relations with the
United States are concerned
Sounds of heavy rifle and machine
gun fire in the suburbs northwest OF
this city between Tacuba and Alta
capotzalco. caused intense excitement
during the night and led to reports
that rebels were trying TO fight theiI
way into the capital Although the
military authorities denied that there
had been a fight. they refused to al
/ low automobiles going in that drec-
ton to leave the city limits.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-26
GUNMEN GET $3.50
IN DAYbREAK
HOLDUP
Pistol Flashed in Face Of W. P,
Watts by Two Negroes-Po-
lice Search FruitIess.

Two negro highwaymen, regarded
IS the boldest footpads that have APP
reared since the present wave of crime
BEGAN, are being sought by the police
Monday. They held up w. P. Watts.
Of No. As Highland avenue, at O'Clock
Monday morning, within a block OF
his home, and, after relieving him of
$50 threatened to shoot him because
he did not have at least 500, which
they declared was usually the limit of
their operations.
We will take your little $685." the
police say they told Watts, because
We need the money; but usually we
DO not take anything less than $l0O."
Hours Search Fruitless.
Watts notified the police depart
ment Immediately after the robbery,
and a squad of officers was dispatched
TO the scene. More than an hour was
spent searching for the footpads, but
without success. The police declared
hat the description given by Watts
Of the highwaymen tallies with that
of two negro stickup men who have
,errorize1 other portions of the city.
The robbery. of Watts was probab bly,
the first holdup that has ever been
reported to the police as having oc-
cured during the morning. Watts,
according to the story he told the po-
lice, runs a meat market on Fort
street near his home, and had opened
his place for the days business.
About o'clock he started for home
10 eat breakfast, with the money in a
purse in his pocket.
Leap From Shadow.
Day was just beginning to break
when Watts left his store, and people
already were astir on the streets and
in their homes. At Highland and
Fort two negroes leaped out from
the shadows where they had been
lrouching and one of them covered
Watts with revolver, while the other
seized his arms. Watts started to
struggle, and the negro with the gun
showed the weapon into his face.
Be still or I'll blow your head off,
he said
While one of the negroes held the
revolver against Watts nose, the 9TH
o. black went carefully through
Watts clothing, turning his pockets
inside out and scattering their con-
tents on the ground They gave him
back everything but the purse con-
tanning the $65.
Then the negroes told Watts to run
and not look back. Watts ran until
he reached the gate of his own home,
and when he looked back the negroes
we're gone.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-26
Recent Reports Show Hundreds
Suffer With Kidney Troubles
and Don't Know It.

There are scores of nervous. tired,
run down people throughout the
country, suffering with pains in the
back and sides, dizzy spells, weak
nesseS OF the bladder Frequently
causing annoyance at nighD, who fail
to realize the seriousness of their
troubles until such conditions as
chrome rheumatism bladder troubles,
dropsv, diabetes or even Bright's dis
ease results.
All this is due to weak inactive
kidneys. The kidneys are the filterers
of the blood, and no one can be well
and healthy unless the kidneys work
properly. 1t is even more important
than that the bowels move regularly.
If you suffer with such symptoms
don't neglect yourself another day
and run the risk OF serious compllca-
lions. Secure an original package Of
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-26
'Prohi' Law Critics
Raped by Broyles
In Liquor Address

An emphatic denunciation of the
critics of the prohibition laws was
delivered by Recorder Nash Broyles
in an address on The Evils of the
Liquor Traffic" at the Payne Memo
rial Church Sunday night.
The records show that crime in
Atlanta has decreased since the
enactment Of the prohibition law
Judge Broyles declared There were
1000 less arrests in 1913 than in 1907
when the prohibition law went into
effect. Critics of the law do not base
their fight on facts when they de-
clare that prohibition only increases
the liquor traffic"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-26
Weak Child Labor
Law Laid to Church

The church is responsible for the
poor child labor laws of Georgia" de-
clared DR.. A. r. Holderby in an adj
dress on the child labor question at
Moore Memorial Church Sunday.
The church" said he. SIS RESPONSE
Die for the bad laws we have enacted
and for the non enforcement of the
good ones we have on the statute
books. To acknowledge the church
can not bring about the enactment OF
good laws and can not demand the
repeal of bad laws is to admit the
Weakness of the church
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-26
JOINT SESSIONS
To RUSH TRUST
LEGISLATION

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-Prepara-
lions were made to-day by Senate
and House committees having to do
with the ANTITRUST program of the
Administration to hold joint hearings
en- the measures proposed by Presi-
cent Wilson to expedite legislation.
1t has been agreed by Chairman
Newlands and the majority members
of the Senate in the Interstate Com
merce Committee and the ranking
members of the House judiciary Com
mittee that joint hearings and coop
Grafton of the two committees is nee
essary to get the best and quickest
results With this end in view. Chair
man Clayton to-day summoned the
House Judiciary Committee to meet
to approve the plan.
1t is the purpose of the leaders to
select matters for hearings that al
ready have not been gone into by oth-
er committees and to summon only
representative men in the various
lines. of endeaVor to be covered by the
bills who are known to have reason
able ideas.
Hope To Be Ready March I.
mittee chairmen, every effort is to be
made to get the hearing machinery
oiled and tuned to begin the sessions
next week and to have the program
ready for Congress by March !.
The anti trust program of Presi-
dent Wilson does not include action
against any corporation which is not
in nature and spirit a monopoly, ac-
cording to information made public
at the White House to- day. Hold
ing companies which knit together
minor corporations doing business in
several States will not come under
! the ban of the law unless they are
monopolies.
The Federal trade board suggested
in the trust. bills will have no ad-
ministrative powers. Its information
regarding the existence of a trust
it has investigated is not binding or
the Attorney General, nor are its
foundations of a plan of dissolu-
tion of a monopoly necessarily bind
ing on the court which asks for the
plan. The board has not the right tC
act in the field of any other consti-
tuted authority and it's findings are
not binding upon anybody.
Publicity Not to Iniure.
These facts the President told his
visitors to-day.
The question of publicity involved
in the findings of the Federal trade
board is a matter which will remain
largely in the discretion and the judg
| ment of the board. 1t is the aim OF
President Wilson not to be unfair tc
! any corporation by making it's legi-
innate methods of doing business
public and thus giving its rivals the
benefit of such knowledge.
The American Federation of La
! Dor already has begun an effort tC
! include in one of the measures an
exemption of labor unions from pros
| ecutions for acts done in furtherinp
! the organization of workingmen. The
! National Association of Manufacture
ers has prepared to combat this eff
fort and vigorous fight is threat
| ened.
Progressive Republicans have $,
far indicated little interest in tn
measures. This is partly accounte,
for, it is believed, by the tremendou
| trend toward government ownership
recently evinced in Progressive ranks