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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-04
LATEST FROM STATE
PROHIBITION GAINS

Portland Or, Nov. i,--Late this af.
tornoon II became more apparent ihat
Oregon had gone dry Returns from
counties outside Of Multnomah with
about ono.thlrd Of the vote totalod, will
apparently bring the measure up 10
Multnomah county with something lilSO
$4,000 votes, Multnomah county's vote
thus far only shows q majority Of about
1000 against prohibition
Portland, Or, Nov. l,-Returns late
this afternoon did not materially change
Ohamborlaln's plurality Of 10000 over
Booh Chamberlain 8 lead Is now 3ol2
outside Of Multnomah and 3073 lead "a
Mulunomah, II this ratio Is maintained
Chamberlain will have q plurality OF
5000 in Multnomah and 200 In the other
counties,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-04

With complete returns from II Ore
gon counties outside Of Multnomah, in.
dicotions at p, m today were that
the state had voted in favor Of the
prohibition amendment which Is erfcc.
Give January | 1915.
The vote in those counties, In no case
complete, shows s,72i fayoring prohibi.
lion and B,707 against prohibition.
luasmuch as this represents only about
one.tcnth Of the total vote cast, the
ratio, IL continued throughout, would
bring the majority up to something like
10000 outside Of Multnomah county.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-04

Aeroplanes are safer than automo.
biles-if you are crossing n street,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-04

(conllnucd on Page Twol
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-11-04

These totals are made up from 22
'rccincts complete and o incomplete.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-02-06
CHAPTER XIV.

Conmissary - Quarters - Subsistence.
w. URING the first year Of Ameri-
can operations IN Panama the
ID problem Of food and merchan-
disc supply for the army Of
workers was not worked out
Chief Engineer Stevens in 1905
turned his attention to this problem
as one upon the proper solution or
which would depend satisfactory con-
ditions of living for the canal work
ers. By April, 1907, when he resigned.
the present commissary and hotel sys-
TENS, as well as the system Of hous-
ing the employees. which challenge
the admiration of the tourist, had been
created, and all that was left to Colo
mel Goethals to do in this phase of the
task was to enlarge the systems as the
organization expanded.
Owing in part to the immense guam
titles in which all articles are bought
and the absence of grasping policy
as to profits. the canal employees GUS
tomarily buy almost everything more
cheaply than the same merchandise
sells for in the United States.
For one reason there is no tariff In
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-02-06

OF this amount the commission paid
$1,625,34S.71 for supplies used in the
hotels meSSes. kitchens and elsewhere.
and $3,G09.35S.O1 represents the amount
Of the total which was paid by en-
ployees using coupon books Nineteen
stores were operated in as many set
Elements and towns, and the average
monthly business was $479.579.69.
No cash sales are made at the com
missary. Employees are issued cou-
pom books in value from $3.50 to SIS
and containing coupons ranging in
face value from cent to % cents
Enough coupons are torn out by the
clerks to cover each purchase. At the
end Of each month the value of the
coupon books is deducted from the en-
ployee's salary.
The quantities of various articles
handled by the commissary in the
year being reviewed were as follows:
Eggs, $4,000 dozen; butter 429.267
pounds; meat. 9,241.85 pounds; poul-
try, 554.O2S pounds; milk and cream,
S6.466 gallons; coffee, 320,491 pounds;
-four, 1G63S barrels; ice. 33,267 tons;
ice cream, 11O,20S gallons.
One central laundry is operated for
the white or gold employees. In 1911
there were 1890 patrons and 1851, 1923
pieces were Numbered. Patrons de-
post their bundles at the branch COM
missaries in the respective towns, and
they are collected for shipment over
the railroad to Cristobal. By this cen
tralization of work the cost is from 30
to so per cent lower than for similar
work in American cities. Cleaning
and pressing are done for both men
and women's clothes at low rates.
Early in 1905 the commission adver,
tised free quarters to both married
and bachelor employees as a special
inducement to come to the canal zone.
Thus in addition to high pay the EN-.
ployees have no house or room rent to
pay. This alone constitutes a sharp
increase in an employees income over
what he could earn in the United
States for similar work, but this is nor
all he receives gratis.
1t has been figured that in six years
the commission grants to each married
employee gratuities that cost it $1,000
and to a bachelor employee gratuities
that cost $3.50. The monthly service,
such as commissary, fuel and distilled
water deliveries, removal Of garbage,
etc., to a married employee costs $12,
and janitor service and other service
to a bachelor employee cost $2.25
monthly. In six years an average
force Of 5000 employees has been en-
Stled to these gratuities. and it is fig
ured that the total investment by the
commission in that period for all free
service and gratuities runs between
S1O.OOO0n0 and GO. .,2a:nnl
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-02-06
DR.. Isaac S. Hopkins

Atlanta, Feb. ga singularly
interesting story is connected
with the early life of DR.. Isaac
S. Hopkins, beloved Georgia
educator, who was laid to rest in
Oxford, his old home, yesterday
afternoon.
DR.. Hopkins was the father of
chronological education in Geor-
gia and this part of the south.
AS professor at Emory College,
Oxford, not long after the war,
he fitted up, first as a sort of
relaxation from his literary duties
on the faculty, a little log-cabin,
with d turning lathe and other
simple tools. There after hours
he used to work in wood, and he
made the work so fascinating
that his friends among the stud
ents dropped in and watched him
for hours at a time. Eventually
he undertook to teach what he
knew of woodworking to mem
hers of the school, and started a
little class.
At that time there was a wide
against chronological
schools, but the scope of his work
broadened until he became the
head Of Georgia's state technolc-
gical school. and it may be truly
said that the birth of every big
chronological institution in the
south may be traced back directly
or indirectly to the humble log
cabin and the turning lathe at
Emory.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-02-06
Continued From Last Fridays Issue)

Fay DAYS until Oct. l. 1907, were
semlmonthly. Since then monthly pay
DAYS have been the custom. The dis
bursement Office at Empire is a great
bank. handling nearly 100000 a
month. Payments for wages have in
creased from 100000 monthly in
1905 to nearly 100000 a month as a
maximum in 191O-11-12.
Silver employees or common laborers
earn 5, Z. 10, 10, 16, 20 and % cents an
hour, with a few exceptions at 80 and
fl cents an hour. and a maximum
monthly silver rate of SIS.
Gold employees, which includes all
the Americans, are paid from mini
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-02-06

mum OF 80 monthly to a maximum OF
5000 monthly, not including in this
classification heads of departments.
Colonel Cocktails. as chairman and
chief engineer and president of the
Panama railroad company. receives
S21 900 annually; the other members
of the commission. $4,000 annually;
clerks, from SIS to $3.50 monthly;
craftsmen. 500 to $3.50; engineers. as
sistant, special and designing. 1925 to
5000; foremen. SIS to $275; inspectors.
$75 to $3.50; marine masters, $40 to
1925; master mechanic. 1925 to $275;
physicians, $3.50 to $500; district quar-
termasters. $3.50 to 1925; hotel steward.
$50 to SITS; storekeepers. $50 to 1925;
superintendent. $1T5 to $5S3.33; su-
pervisors. 5000 to $3.50; teachers, $50
to $110; trainmaster, 5000 to $275;
yardmaster, $3.50 to 500; nurses. $50
to $3.50; policemen, $50 to $107 so; mas
ter car builder, 1925; fire department
privates, 500; travelling engineer,
$3.50; accountants, $175 to $3.50; must
cal director. $166.67; mates, 500 to
$175; postmasters, $50 to S137.50.
The canal was estimated to cost
1915, 100000 Out of that amount the
part which had gone into wages and
salaries to June. 80, 1913, was approx
mately $135OOQooO. By the time the
canal is finished and opened for per-
manent use. in 1914, this item will
reach the startling total of S150,000,-
900. From 20 to % per cent of it has
gone into salaries of officers and super
visory employees and from Is to 80
per cent into wages to skilled and IN
skilled labor.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-02-06
United E. etb~en Church
West Oconee street.
THE END

West Oconee street.
Rev. Chas A. GUN, Pastor.
Sabbath School at $3.50 a, NJ.
Preaching at 1915 a. m. and
1880 p. N.
Junior Y. P. G. f. at 2:30 p. m.
Sunday.
Prayer meeting Wednesday at
1880 p. M.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-02-06

These importatons do not represent
the total transactions of the commits
sary for that year, as the stock on
hand and bought on the isthmus ran
the volume of business to S., 754 ,955 go
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-02-06

the canal zone. Foreign made goods
are imported without the expense to
the consumer that the high protective
duties at home necessitate Irish lin.
ems English and Scotch cloth, French
perfumery, Swiss and Scandinavian
DAIRY products and a wide variety Of
other European manufactures make
the commissary, with the American
merchandise in stock, a great DEPART
ment store, which in the fiscal year
1912 did business amounting to S.
702.355.GS.
General headquarters are at Cristo-
BAL. on the Atlantic side. The steam
ships of the Panama Railroad line every
week replenish the food supplies with
seasonable offerings from the Ameri-
can markets. The scope of the opera
lions includes laundry, bakery. ice
cream plant. ice factory. cold storage.
coffee roasting plant and laboratory
for making extracts.
The year 1911 is typical of the scale
on which the commissary has been op-
Grated since 1906 Importations of
principal commodities We're as follows:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-09-23

,lucing the acreage another year an |
planting wheat, oats and corn but
some Of them will plant more an
other year than they did this think
ing they Will get big price and
they will make ten strike, but l
am afraid the balance will be on
The wrong side Of the ledger.
What has become of Uncle ". |
have not seen anything from him
in two or three months. | hope ,he
has not lost the use of his hand.
We are having right smart
shower ard the sun is shining as
bright as you please. For fear of
taking up too much space l will
close for the present.
w. !. Rochelle.
Brandon, Texas.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-09-23

of the sum of (sl.o0) dollars the
undersigned paid by the President
of the South Carolina Division of
the Southern Cotton Congress, the
ligner of this agreement hereby
covenants and agrees to and with
the said President and his success
sor in office, as trustee for and on
behalf of any and all signers of like
pledges in the State of South Caro-
lima, as follows:
First: That be will sell no cotton
prior to October l., 1914.
Second: That he will reduce the
acreage planted by him, his share
troopers, and others under his con-
troll in 1915, to not exceeding fifty
per cent of the acreage planted by
him in 1914. l planted - acres
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-09-23
Troy, S. G.
G.. H. Burton,


hereby call meeting of the
Southern Cotton Congress in each
County in South Carolina at the
Court House, II 4. M, October lst.
1 request that these meetings be
called in addition to any others that
may have been held. I hope be-
fore that date each County will
have been organized. That in each
County hundreds of people will be
wearing our badges, indicating they
have paid sl.OO to help boost the
price of cotton and that we have
their support in trying to hold one.
third of this cotton crop and for re-
ducing the 1915 crop so per cent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-09-23
Letter From MIR. w. ]. Rochelle,

Dear Advertiser. I have been
thinking of writing for some time
but have been waiting to see how
things were going to turn out before
/ wrote. We had great deal of
rain here in the spring. 1t rained
from the 22nd of April until the
fifteenth of June with a few days
dry enough to plant cotton a day or
two at time. There is very little
April cotton, the most OF it had to
be planted over. We finished plant
ing the 18th Of June. 1t rained on
the 18th of June and we did not
have any more until the 18th of
August, and then we had two weeks
OF wet weather, and that started the
young cotton to growing and it run
mp so fast it did not put on any
frI't. SO much of the young is not
gopg to make. 1t is full of squares
and'blooms now, but the army worm
is at work on it and they may des-
troy all of the top crop and that is
about all that is on it. The crop is
so spotted it is impossible to make
an estimate. There has been about
800 bales ginned rp to date and up
to tonight one year ago there was
1850 bales ginned so you see our
crop is late to what it was last
year. There is very little being sold.
II is bringing 8 Ia cents today. A
good many are buying a bale at 10
cents.
The farmers are talking of re-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-09-23
Rev. G.. H. Burton Writes of the
Sad Death of Mrs. Strom.

have just read in The Advertis-
er the obituary of Mrs. Martha
Strom and do cheerfully subscribe
to every word in that article as to
her loyalty to her church and
faithfulness to the cause of Christ
for years that it was my privilege
and pleasure to be her pastor at
Gilgal church. She will never know
the inspiration she gave me by her
regular attendance and earnest at
tention, until / tell her when / meet
her on the other shore, aud in it all
she was so uuassuming. My sympa-
thy goes out to all her loved ones
in this sad hour and my prayer is
that they may emulate her example
in loyalty to Cod and fidelity to
His cause in this world. have also
read the report of the Edgetield as
sociation. 1t is good, but the writer
does not go far enough i'll speaking
of the old preachers. He says they
have worn themselves out in the
service of God" which is true. but
| want to add also in the service of
the people, for what would the peo-
pie be or do if it was not for the
Christian religion so faithfully pro.
claimed by these men of God. /
have no reference to myself under
stand.
G.. H. Burton,
Troy. S. c..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-09-23

We are going to use your dollar to
help us organize. While we shall
be glad to have you contribute S.lOO
to the organization, we are not 60
ing TO .eu that keep YOU from our
meetings or from receiving all the
benefits we can secure. If you work
a one horse farm n fifty horse farm;
if You make one bale or 800 bales;
rich or poor, white or black, we
need Your influence. We stand for
the poor mar as well as the rich, in
asking that our creditors will take
that which we have-a cotton ware
house receipt-and withhold col
lecting his notes and account as long
as he possibly can, in order that we
may obtain cost or above for this
cotton crop. We wish the co-ope-
ration of farmers, merchants, bank
ers, fertilizer companies and all
other persons doing business in the
South. We wish every farmer to
sign our pledge. We request you
to hold, if possible, one.third of
your crop for one year, unless you
can sooner sell it for twelve cents
per pound. We believe five million
bales or one-third of this crop can
not be used by the mills of the
world before September Is, 1915.
We believe two-thirds the crop, or
ten million bales, can be sold at
about ten cents or above, if you will
slowly sell a. the mills need it.
We can sell the ten million bales,
if properly marketed, for more
money tlian we can the whole crop
and have five million bales on slo
rage next September. Will You do
your part, or do you expect your
neighbor 10 bold your third as we'll
as his? If you and your neighbor
were serving with Lee in Virginia,
would you expect him to face the
enemy like the brave man he is,
while you ran away to make few
dollars out of his manhood?
Suppose you and your neighbor
both hold the third of your crop
which toboth of you is necessary, will
you not pledge to cut your cotton
on acreage so per cent in order to
give value to the surplus you hold,
as we'll as fair value to the 1915
crop. If your neighbor did not
plant but four to six acres to the
horse, don't you think it would be
fair to let him RI SIX his full acreage
and let you that planted 90 acres to
the mule cut 50 per cent? When
the canvass is completed, see that
some one in your County is hold
ing one-third as much cotton for one
year as was made in 1913 according
to government bulletin 225. If the
farmers have not pledged that
much, ask the business men to put
up the necessary balance. Refer to
a similar bulletin and see that total
acreage to be planted in your Coun-[
ty in 1915 is only so per cent of
1914 crop.
Every cotton farmer, small or
large, is playing a game of chance.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-09-23
in 1914. l agree to plant

in 1914. l agree to plant
acres in 1915.
Third: That he will store and
hold year at least one-third of his
1914 crop, unless twelve cents per
pound can be obtained therefor,
unless absolutely forced TO sell
sooner.
Fourth: That the signer of this
agreement as liquidated damages,
agrees to pay to the President of
the South Carolina Division of the
Southern Cotton Congress, as trus-
tees for the signers of like pledges
in the State of South Carolina ten
($lO) Dollars for every acre of cot
ton planted, in violation of the pro-
>4~~o>~o~oo~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-09-23

The stake amounts to hundreds of
millions of dollars. If we put cot
ton up four cents per pound, we
will save the South three hundred
million dollars. Are you willing
to do your palt? Come to your
County meeting October lst and
be prepared to instruct our legisla-
ture your wish as to a State ware
house bill; also whether you endorse
State control Of cotton acreage.
Wade Stackhouse,
President South Carolina Division
Southern Cotton Congress.
FORM OF PLEDGE.
State of South Carolina:
( County g.
Whereas, Owing to the reduction
in the consumption of cotton Incl
dent to the general European war,
the cotton planters of this State re-
alize the necessity of a concerted
movement to withhold from the
market a portion of the present cot
ton crop and the reduction of the
acreage for the ensuing year of
1915:
Now, Therefore, in consideration
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-09-23

Continued on page 3, 6tb column.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-09-23

Entered as second class matter at
the postoffice at Edgefield, S. C.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-07-23
Notice of Sheriffs Sale of Execution

Notice is hereby given that by virtue of an
Execution and Order of Sale to me directed,
issued out of the Circuit Court ST the State of
Oregon. for Hood River County, in the suit of
oTville E. Hall, plaintiff, VS.. David Currier, Jr
d. Mcdonald, Bridal Veil laundering Com
pany, a corporation ana Edward MecGregor
defendants, | will on wednesday, July 2qth,
1914, at the hour of O'Clock P. NJ. on said day
nj the front door OF the Court House in the
City of Hood River oregon, sell at public auc-
tiOn to the highest bidder for cash in hand
the following described real property, towit
commencing at the southwest corner of
the Northeast of quarter OF Section twenty y-one
in Township Two North of Range Ten, EBst
of the Willamette Meridian; running thence
east 20 chains; thence north 10 chains; thence
west 20 chains and thence south 10 chains to
the place of beginning, said tract being the
south halfof Southwest quarter of the North.
east quarter of SAID Section 81, excepting from
the above described tract a 10 foot strip for
school road along the west end and south side
of said tract"
Which sale will be made to satisfy the De-
cree in the above entitled suit in favor of the
plaintiff and against the defendant, David
CuTrier, Jr., for the sum of S500O.00 with inter-
est thereon from the lSt day of october, 1918,
at the rate OF seven per cent per annum, the
costs and disbursements of this suit taxed at
S25 co, and the further sum of $500 attorneys
fees.
Dated this 26th day of June, 1914.
jn25,jy2S THOMAS F. JOHNSON,
Sheriff OF Hood River County, oregon
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-07-23
NUNAMAKER CO. DIS
PLAYS NEW SIZER

J. r. Nunamaker & Co. have placed
on exhibition one of their new sizing
machines, The Pride 0f Oregon" in
vented this winter By Mr.. Nunamaker.
at the store room formerly occupied by
Kelly Bros. on Fourth street. With
Mr.. Nunamaker is associated J. L.
Volstorf and Geo. w. Dimmiek.
The new machine. which distributes
eight sizes, two grades at once, is one
Of the most simpy constructed sizers
ever placed on the market. The apples
are placed in a groove between Stats
that move on an endless chain. The
fruit passes beneath rake off boards,
which take the apples of, distributing
them in bins for the packers, the big
apples first. The small fruit is passed
Oft at the end of the chain. to be used
for cider or whatever other use the
grower may have for culls.
The machine is driven by motor of
one-thirtieth Of a horse power. 1t
takes about the same amount Of energy
to operate "The Pride of Oregon" as
is taken for a 40 watt Mazda lamp.
The motor is placed out Of the way on
top of the machine.
Mr.. Nunamaker, known as the val
ley's cherry king" invented a sizer
that was placed on the market last
year. The new machine, which has at
tracted a great deal of attention be-
cause of its simplicity and effective
ness. is far ahead of the machine put
out last season.
81 made the machine this winter
when | had nothing else to do in the
evening but smoke and think" says
MIR. Nunamaker. 81 must have got
cut models for about five machines. +"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-07-23
Just Little Stories

A local merchant tells the following
good one. 1t is about a Jew peddler,
an automobile party and railroad
train. The automobile party was at
tempting to cross the railroad track.
The train came along, and the result
was three killed and two seriously in
jured. The train did not stop. 1t did
not even hesitate.
"About a half hour later the Jew
peddler hove in sight, walking down
the track. One of the injured men
was just regaining consciousness.
" What's der madder?' asked the
peddler.
''The injured man explained between
groans as best he could.
" Has der CLAIM agent been along?'
asked the peddler.
Nobody has been along. as far as
| know, was the reply.
Veil. said the other. if you haf
no objections III dake off my pack and
lay down nit you"