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mains below 50 per cent of normal. VAL
ues are strong and in all probability viii
continue so for many months to come.
The supply of labor is still short and
inefficient as compared with previous
periods
REAL ESTATE
There is considerable activity in the
real estate market. Prices are advancing
and real estate agents are very active
number of large sales are reported,
both in business property and in resi-
dences.
Farm and timber lands are also active
Many sales are being made throughout
the state at advanced prices.
STOCK RAISING
The live stock business, especially IN
cattle and hogs, is assuming large pro-
portions in this state. Report from more
than 1000 farmers Indicate that the mum
Der of cattle on farms July was 10 per
cent greater than the number reported
L. $780, of which number, "a per cent
or $4,000 will probably be available for
market during the season.
The same sources of information, In
dictate that the number of hogs In the
state on July ! was per cent, greatec
than a year ago. the total number being
estimated at 2,2T, 900, of which number a
per cent or about 100000 will probably be
available this season. In addition to this
number for the market, reports indicate
that about 621 600 head of hogs will also
be available for home slaughter.
WHOLESALE MERCHANTS
Merchants report good business, al
though it is a dull season. Prices fof
goods are high, but traders do not seem
to anticipate any Immediate reduction in
prices, and purchase to meet require
ments-collections are reported very good.
RAILROAD SERVICE
There is reported a shortage in cars
In fact, the situation with reference to
cars is causing some uneasiness. Rali-
roads will be taxed to the utmost in han
ding the large grain crops in the west,
and the demand for cars in the south
to handle crops in this section will tax
the railroads to their utmost capacity
COAL OUTPUT
Coal production is not up to stand
ard The production for July. 1918, was
1,107,775 tons, compared with June.
1919, 1,23s,506 tons. Reasons assigned,
shortage.
IRON AND STEEL
The foundries, machine shops and
pipe plants are working full time and
this business seems to be improving.
Cotton mills are not very active. Pig
iron manufacturers from sales stand
point, report that the pig iron situa-
ton in this district has shown con-
siderable improvement during the past
month or six weeks.
There has been a slight increase in
price. and A much better demand for
past few months.
The output in pig iron shows an in
crease in tonnage in July, 1919, COM
pared with June, 1919. of 1881 tons;
142, TIA tons were produced in July,
1918. compared with 12S.411 tons in
| June, 1919.
Unless something unusual takes
place to check the production it is be-
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Sweeping Amendment
Adopted by Foreign
Relations Committee

Cumber declared the committee majority
really intended the Shantung amendment
to drive a poisoned blade" into the
treaty for the purpose of killing the
league of nations. He asserted that the
charge, which would give to China in
stead of to Japan the old German rights
in ShantunS province was actually a
blow at China, because it could ac-
compIsh no result but to drive Japan
out of the league and leave her free to
pursue course of spoilatson agains.
Chinese territory.
Senator Borah replied that China had
nothing to hope for under the league
because the same powers which will con-
troll its decisions already had decided her
case in favor of Japan. He reviewed
the history of Japanese diplomacy in the
east and said all the facts argued against
Japan's keeping her promise to return
Shantung to China
In the general debate which developed
several other republicans attacked the
position taken by Senator McCumber and
Senator Fall announced that he would
reply to the North Dakota senator al
greater length tomorrow, Republican
leaders declare the amendment Is as
sured of Senate acceptance, but after
his White House conference today Sena
tor Hitchcock declared it would be beater
decisively and that there would be dog
en- republican votes against it.
The President, Senator Hitchcock said
seemed well pleased with the Senate
situation and was confident the treaty
| would be ratified without any amend
ments or reservations that would reoper
negotiat tons
Tomorrow the committee will resume
consideration of the Fall amendment, the
specific application of which to the treaty
text was not embraced in today's blanket
decision 1t is hoped to complete this
work tomorrow. as the committee begins
on Thursday an eight-day schedule oil
hearings.
Today it added to the waiting lists
representatives. of the India Home Rule
league
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania, re
publican member of the committee, anc
former Secretary of State, announced to
day he would speak in the Senate Fri
day on the treaty He is regarded as
one of the bitterest opponents of unquali-
fled ratification.
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FEDERAL RESERVE
AGENT SUBMITS
REPORT FOR JULY
Crop and Other Conditions
Reviewed - Rain Injuries
Cotton and Coal Out
put Below Standard

J. B, Cobb, assistant federal reserve
agent, attached to the Birmingham
branch of the federal reserve bank, has
submitted his report on conditions
throughout Alabama to the chairman OF
the federal reserve board.
The report is complete. and includes
general conditions throughout the state.
The report follows:
CROP CONDITIONS
Crop conditions are spotted" Excess
sive rains in July injured the cotton
prospects, causing grass and weeds to
srow rapidly, but recent dry weather has
helped to develop cotton, and where farm
ers were able to secure labor to properly
cultivate the cotton an improvement is
shown, but many fields, both of cotton
and corn, have been abandoned. The
bell weevil has caused much damage to
cotton in south Alabama.
LUMBER
The demand for lumber continues in
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THE WEATHER


Weather: Georgia, Alabama. Miss
ssippi; fair Wednesday; Thursday
showers and thunderstorms; gentle
variable winds.
Tennessee generally fair Wednesday
and Thursday. not much change in tenn
perature.
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CARROLLTON

Carrollton. August 26.-(Special )-Pror'
% Ward principal of the Carrtllton
.cbooI the past session, and who was re-
elected for another term, has rendered
ais resignation to the trustees. whlca
has been accepted, and he will leave
turing the week for Clayton, where ne
will have charge of the school at that
elace Prof. Ward conducted the school
successfully the past session. and 1t is
with reluctance the trustees and patrons
of the school accept the resignation, but
unavoidable circumstances over which
he had no control required the change.
George Spruill negro, who killed his
wife in the Pine Grove section OF this
county in 1916 has been located and ar
rested in Chicago and officers are leav-
ing today to convey him back to this
county to answer the charge of murder,
which was one of the most brutal ever
committed in the county. His case Will
be called when the regular fall term of
circuit court convenes in November
r. M Box who has been connected
with the First National Bank of Reform,
has rendered his resignation, effective
the first of September, and will leave
on this date for Collinsville, where he
will be connected with bank at that
place Mr. Box has been factor in
building up the institution with which,
he was connected, and the officials re-
gret that he is to make a change.
Rev r. L. Dill has announced that
a revival meeting will begin at the Meth
odist church in this place on the first
Sunday in September and that he will
be assisted by Rev. GEORGE e. Rovd
presiding elder of the Bessemer district
| and Rev. w. E. Faust, presiding elder OF
| the Tuscaloosa district.
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De Valera Addresses
Virginia Legislature

Richmond, August 26.-Eamonn De
Valera, president of the Irish Re-
public" pleaded his cause today before
the oldest representative lawmaking
body in the new world, the Virginia
state assembly. 1t was the second ad-
dress of the Irish leader before
state legislature, he having previously
addressed the Massachusetts general
assembly.
Tonight De Valera addressed a mass
meeting of about 5000 persons here. He
was introduced by Governor Westmore-
land Davis as "a visitor who will
speak to the people on the subject dear
to his heart
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Asks Congress Probe
of Shillady Assault

Boston, August 26-On the ground
that Governor Hobby of Texas zap
proves and condones' the assault made
by public officials and others in Aus
tin, Tex, last Friday en- John r. Shil-
lady, secretary of the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Col
ored people, the association tonight
adopted resolutions calling upon Con-
gress to investigate the cases, and urg-
ing President Wilson to appoint a COM
mittee to report on the Outraged us"
attack.
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ieved that an increased production
In iron will be made in August
There is much encouraging inforna-
ton regarding the steel mill industry
in this state A brisk demand for
rails and all wire products as well as
steel bars is reported, and orders are
coming in very freely. Prices have
advanced during the past month
ranging from 50 to IS per ton on nails
and wire. Operations show improve
ment and the output slowly increas-
ing.
No labor disturbances are reported
and the supply of labor is sufficient
to keep the mills going.
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excess of supply. while production re-
mains below 50 per cent of normal VAL
ues are strong, and in all probability viii
continue so for many months to come
The supply of labor is still short and
inefficient as compared with previous
periods.
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The Best National Protection

view thoughtful banker referred to, must do
things and avoid the doing Of other things. For
instance would be tragically unfortunate should this
conviction the minds of other peoples
it intends accentuate intensive economic life.
policy would be obviously foolish well II, as
suggestedand earnestly desire and need that
trade-we buy generously from South America we
hope the permanent trade of tina t
country We believe with him that commerce is
without sentimenha is egotstic in the last analy
1t is reciprocal and mutual. Wherefore-and here
the idea Of thrift enforcing it's dominant mpor
ance, urgently than before-the nation
spend unwisely foolshy. We must look for
ward what shall have, should have spend next
year. should be than shall be able to spend
this year Neither must spend selfshy, else we shall
be running to law and truth.
We be thrifty individuals. We should lea m
again the lessons of the last four We must
realize that a unit among other national
units; that isolate ourseves; that cannot
be absolutely selfsupporting, sefcontaned sufficient
unto ourselves regard for and adequate
national protection, for material national
Thrift is best of continuous IA tional
preparedness. In the days of plenty let lay up
against lean years.
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insufficient. It is astonishing that such good
men as the Washington policemen can be retained
on such poor pay. They are excellent men, and
the work they perform and the ground they cover
proof of their individual efficiency. 1t is not
their fault if they not always directed effec-
lively and they cannot be blamed if the task i'm
posed upon them is too great.
Two defenders of law and order have met
their death during these riots They went down
doing their duty. They were loyal, as true and
as heroic as any soldier in the magnificent force
that carried the American flag to the Rhine. Is
it for pittance that such splendid men must die
in defense of the people of this town. in defense
of the peace of the nations Capital in vindicaton
|of the honor of the government? 1t must have
been the sense of duty that kept these at
their dangerous posts, for their pay no in
dCcement. They could have deserted for better
pay and left the city government in the lurch.
There many important matters before
Congress, but, after all, there is nothing i'm
portant than the maintenance of public order and
the preservation of individual rights. 1t is the
first duty of Congress to maintain order at the
'seat of government, for if it fails to accomplish
that, it will never maintain government. 1t
lis the inherent right of every individual of what
lever color in this community, to go about unno-
Tested and unafraid, so long as he obeys the law
Let Congress temporarily lay aside some of
the matters that seem so important and attend
to the first duty of reestablishing order in this
District.
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Keep This in Mind
District.

These are the days when over-sympathetic
persons of a certain type would do we'll to watch
themselves and keep their memories sharpened.
Else they likely to find themselves commits
Grating over Kaiser Bill when they read that he
is so badly scared over the prospects of being
tried for his n1isdeeds that he spends his days in
gloomy meditation and prayer and that he pre-
1ers to talk on religious subjects only. He is lit
orally sick with apprehension. We may we'll be-
lieve that his ruling thought is: What are they
going to do with me? Hang me or shoot ?"
Americans who feel themselves slipping, who
find themselves beginning to pity the Kaiser and
deprecate the "hard' terms thrust upon Ger
many, would do we'll to recall few events in re-
cent history as these
The slaughter of aged men and women, as we'll
as children, in Belgium in 1914.
The shooting down of defenseless and inoffen-
sve persons held as hostages.
The dissertation of countless homes.
The manning of children.
The Lusitania slaughter.
The execution of Edith Cavell.
Poison gas, air raids, deportation Of girls to
Germany, "spurlos versenkt,' the Smelling of
lifeboats crucfxon of prisoners burning of ele-
Ivators and grain ships in America, bomb out
RACES.
1t will do to remember that Kaiser Bill, now
Imumbling prayers and shudderng in his boots,
was only little more than year ago brandish-
ing his shining sword before the world and VOW
ing that he would bring all opposing peoples to
! their knees before him.
Did he waste much sympathy on anyone then
Not that we recall. "When the devil was sick, the
devil a saint would be; when the devil was we'll
the devil saint was he'
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ANONY NOUS

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Good Evening
BY ROY <. MOULTON
a LITTLE SLICE O. LIFE

A LITTLE SLICE O. LIFE
We were looking for cook
Everybody said we couldn't find one
Be We fooled everybody.
We went out and found one,
A very intelligent maid, We thought
And We took her home on the Abr
And guarded her closely
Against a host OF our friends
Who were on the same train.
When We got TO the house
The maid told US her terms.
She would do no laundry work
and NO COOKING.
We would have to get some one
To prepare her meals
If we did that, she said
Everything would be O. X.
SO now all we have got to do
Is to get somebody to cook
For our new maid.
AS somebody has remarked.
We are living in a great age.
Application blanks for jobs still con
tain the old question: ITO what eX
tent do you use intoxicating liquors?'
The answer should be, About 81:
per cent.
New Jersey railroad conductor has
been bequeathed $4,000 by a grateful
passenger for always being pleasant
! There won't be a scowl on any con
ductor's face in this country in ten
years. A nation owes its thanks &c
the thoughtful citizen who died and
left this money
About the hardest job to make 5000
at is that Of being a famous man.
son.
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Dinner Stories

Have YOU tried that hair tonic l
sold you?" asked the druggist.
ooh. yes" was the reply.
And did you find it brought out the
new hair"
NO. but it brought out the old hair
all right"
Isn't that clerk of yours an In
diam" asked the girl.
He Is, replied the druggist.
Il am reluctant about having him
wait on me"
"Oh, he's not savage
Il know. But it seems to me he
wears a lurking grin when l order
paint"
Darling, cooked dinner for you all
myself. and you've never said a word
about it."
Il would have, dearest, but some
how l hate to be always complaining.
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From The Cincinnati Enquirer.

From The Cincinnati Enquirer.
n n fond of recalling the days when they
MI poor, their early struggles, ard drawing
- - from those experiences what they are leased
20 regard valuable lessons. In those days, if they
profted by their experiences. they began learn the
yalue of the habit of thrift.
A great fnancier-himself poor farm boy
saws that the relations between the United States
and the rest of the should teach Americans this
vital lesson of thrift 1t is his idea and vision that
are to become wellspring for all the nations He de-
cares that duty to become this living fountain
Of refreshmen practical salvation, the opportunity
being at hand.
No longer can nation live to itself alone Nations
dare not any longer remain wholly selfish All nations
are now less interdependent lnterna tonalism
inyokes a far bigger vision than does nationaism.
We are warned by thoughtful writer's that we must
not oyeremphasize ideal of selfsuppor selfprotec
ton and self-containedness.
There must in the future be exempnted closer
community of interest reader and just recpro-
ctv between the Of the earth The highest SER
vice any nation render it's people is that service which
most widely operates insure general racial hepuness
To take advantage opportunity at hand in the
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ly amid Anne Bronte, was born April
Their father was an Irishman OF poor
health and eccentric ways. Their
mother died when the children were
young. and they were left to bring
themselves up IN a bleak and solitary
house. close to the churchyard. their
only solace an intense enjoyment OF
the world OF ke-believe. Deaths
in the family, sorrow and tribulations
of all kinds, the struggle to make
way in the world by teaching and
serving as governess. the necessity OF
acting as mother to the family. all
were part OF the intense life OF
Charlotte
In 1916 the three sisters issued a
small volume of poems under the
Bell. The book was hardly noticed at
gan novel Emily's "Wuthering
Heights" and Anne's Agnes Grey
found publishers but The Professor
of Charlotte remained unaccepted un-
til she had made her name famous
with other work. She threw herself
into the composition of Jane Eyre"
which was published In 1S47. II took
the reading public by storm; the lit
erary sensation of the day was Who
is Currer Bell?" The answer did not
come till shirley" had been publish
ed in 1S49. when the author became
a part OF the great world OF letters.
"Nillette" her last book. came in
1883. The next year she was married
to the Rev. Mr.. Nichols; she died the
year after when success should have
crowned her life.
rlotte's friend. Mrs. Gaskell, the three
I,l r1 tNl
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HOG PRICES MAKE RECORD

CLEVELAND, July 25-Hogs sold
at $24 a hundred pounds Wednesday
at the local stock yards, breaking the
record established yesterday by so
cents
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ARTHUR LlNDsTRoM HOME

Lieut. Arthur C. Lindstrom, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. ], A, Lindstrom, arrived
at Newport News July TO- and Is now
at Washington. D. c., awaiting his hon
orable discharge.
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Maj Gen. Joseph T. Dickman. for
mer commander of the American
army of occupation in Germany, has
been chosen to head the southern
department of the u S. army. His
headquarters will be at San Antonio,
Tex. He will command the troops
handling the Mexican situation.
which has been made unusually
grave by recent cutrages. These in
clude the attack on members of the
U. S. S. Cheyenne's motor boat
which flew the u. S. flag. and the
1,urder OF John w. Correll.
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AND VET THEY PROHIBIT BOOZE!

Houston Post.
We suppose the buttermilk of commerce is offered
sale human beings because of hogs do not
care to take chance that diet animals selling
for $3.50 a hundred
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS
LATEST AND BEST FORD JOKE

indianapolis Star
His pa says Edsel Ford offered dozen commits
sions the army because of pull
but in recognition of his wellknown
extraordinary ability
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Man
Photo a
doughboys
Agamennon Reports revealed Hnden
other Alvin roe aviator in the German 1t said the
brought here
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Memories of Old DAVIS
In This Paper Ten Years
Ago Today

cIuD OF men, Whose wives are out
of the city was organized and called
the Merry Widowers."
Many farmers in the vicinity rea-
lized that they had been swindled
by an agent who sold them plants
and shT'ubbery from a nursery sup
posed to be in Greenfield, when none
of the plants grew. When an in
vestigation was made 1t showed that
there was no such nursery at Green
field.
The Y. NJ. c. A baseball team de
feated the Athletics, 4-3, and the Starr
Piano team defeated the Easthaven
team.
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OF
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Condensed Classics Of Famous Authors
BRONTE

Charlotte Bronte, sister of Emily amid
1, 1916, and died March 81. 1855. Their ia
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JANE EYRE

BY CHARLOTTE BRONTE
Condensation by T. L. Hood Of Harvard University