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Expresses Desire to Find Prac-j
tical Basis r or Just
Peace.
MUST BE COMPATIBLE i
WITH HIS INTERESTS
Says Germany : Greets the
Pope's Idea : That ! Material
Power of Arms Be .Super
seded by Moral Power of
Right. ; ,
(By Associated Press.) '.
)i uouiiisvu", . ociu . . i uc vinni 1
of Germany
Benedict
ed here in Associated Press dis-i
i in Associated Press
patches, were closely studied 4 today
by all officials and diplomats :L-rc
. who generally withhold comment tor
the present hut gave indications that
they were little, less Uhan had been
expected.
First examination of the "replies.
anything in the .nature of terms '
which would - afford a' basis for" dis
cussion. - , -
Germany's Reply.
Amsterdam, Sept. , 22. The German
reply to Pope- Benedict's peace pro
posal declares . special , measures tak
en by the government in closest con
tact with the representatives of - jthe
German" people to discuss answering
the question raised, prove how ; earn
estly it desires to .find a . practical
basis-. for a Just and, lasting . peace.
Continuing, Oe reply, says that Ger
many fully- recDgnizea-with. This . holi--the
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tect of arbitration to decideinterna
tional differences of 'opinion, "and iin
this respect; Germany is -ready to
support every proposal', compatible
with the vital interests of the: Ger
man empire and people. i
The Germm reply v says that the
imperial German government greets
with special sympathy the1 leading
idea in which his - holiness clearly
expresses the conviction that Xxe
future material power of arms, must
be superseded by the moral power of
right. - i
The text of the reply reads: ;
"Herr Cardinal: - Your eminence
has been good enough, together with
your letter of August 2, to transmioJand in the county jail for safe
lilt; liaiaci txiiu. ivuifei " I
: .na. his Tinlinoca
the Pope, in which his - holiness,
filled with grief at the devastations
of the world war, makes an ' emphat
ic peace appear to the heads of the
belligerent peoples. The Kaiser
King has deigned to acquaint me wth
your eminence's letter and to en
trust the reply to me. - , ;
"His majesty has been .following
for a considerable time with high re-
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spect and sincere gratitude nis non- u
ness' efforts in. a spirit of . true inipar-;
tiality to alleviate, as far as possible,,
the sufferings -of- the war, . and , to j,
hasten the end of hostilities. The .g,
Kaiser sees in the latest step ol" his - j,.
liolinens fresh proof oi ms noDie ana
humane feelings, and cherishes a live
ly desire that for the benefit of the
entire world the papal appeal may
meet with success. r ::.: -:. .:i .;?; s
"The effort of Pope Benedict is to
pave the way to an understanding i
amon.Trit all peoples and might more
surely reckon on a sympathetic re
ception and the whole-nearted sup
port from his majesty, seeing, that the
Kaiser, since taking over the govern
ment, has regarded it as his principal
and most sacred task to preserve
the blessings, of peace. for the German
Ioi)le and the world. In his first
speech from the throne, at theopen
ing of the German Reichstag, on June
25, 188S, the Kaiser promised that his
iove of the German army, and his'po
Rilion toward it should never lead him
into temptation to cut short'; the bene
fits of peace hnless war were a ne
cessity, forced on uS by an attack on
Ihe empire, or -its allies. ; ' - ' -'-
"The German army should safeguard,
peace for us, and should peace, never
theless be broken, it would be in a
position to win it with honor. ,The
Kaiser has, by his acts, fulfilled the
promise he then made in 26 years of
happy rule, despite provocations, and
temptations. . -: ' :' ;
"In the crista, which: led ta the
present world conflagration, his
majesty's efforts were up. to the last
momt at directed towards settling -the
conflict by peaceful means.1" After the f
war hi d broken out," agairist his wish
ana desire, the Kaiser in, conjunction
with his high allies was the-'-first
solenirly to declare his readiness to
nter into t peace negotiations
ytrman people supported his majesty
a" HIS f PSlrA fnr V I
, 'Germany sought within her nation-
irontier the free development of
"er spiritual anrt winrfinl nnmoK)nTa
?T'l outside the imperial : territory .Ulinisterto
unhindered comDetltion with nations is
Joying equal rights and equal e"
Reported in St6ckhblmnjThat
All Must Serve or Leave;;
. . . .. , -' A s :'(''"
V ; America.
. ' (By Associated Press.) . ; c ; 2 : j;
o j- 1 ci .j. on ,n-!j-r,i l
agitation is displayed here because of 1 f
me; reyurii ine xniiteu aiaies cuuieui:
dis-;they leave the country1 within three
they
moilths:;j The American legation has l
rteCeivedV"many telephonic rinquiries:5
irom agnaieu parems, some oi wuuuij
are of pronounced German sympath-;'
ies, asking . whether their sons now i ian airplanes pn0ted : by Italian-mill, rrice ' RuPPrecht, of Bavaria contin
in rica would be forced to fight . . ; . . . .. ued last niM tolflnnpH hflnVv Vnnn.
r. t Germany. ; - 4
, Ar' nrhprman S,or thi a
ternoon printed a : strong , protest Field at-Itampton, ; Va.,, to the capi- front. Field 'Marshal Haigv fn his re
against: the proposed draft: maintain- tal and landed - without ' mishap, . ini Port today q the. war: bfflce, says the
ing that at least 100,000 Swedes of -a!
military afge are in 'the tUnited States
and that only, a small, proportion of
them-could return to . their , home.
country under present steamship ar-i
rangements. The operations of i the I
araic law nave naaf .tnej iuriner ei-i side its pilot; nine' passengers. Sec
fect of checking Scandinavian emigra-1 retary Lane, f who.:' was" to have: been
tion to : the Ijnited States, a certain j a . passenger,did ' not . make the- flight
proportion of' the departures ; have Friends,-arguing that he already: has
been inspired by . a desire to avoid fl0wn twice, prevailed - upon; hiranot
compulsorservice here. ; . - v'-iU to s make the-'adventure. . :His son.
plications toiay passports ?Vafei3t
has -occurred since -the .news of ; Am-
ecs's r infrodnction iofit tomptijlsory
military service became . generally
kndwn. - The j passport controliiOffict
ers 'Kave aided this result by " ruling
that an bbyious intent to dodge serv
ice here provides reason: for them to
reiuse to yise passports.
in many years. - : -,:, .- y : -tJ v;v
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Charlotte, J$i. C, ept. 22. Eafle
Neville, colored, threatened in Ra
leigh by a mob for alleged criminal
assault on the wife; of ,a street Car
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Fair Weather Next Week. ' '
(By Associated Press.) '. -;
' Washington,' Sept. 22. aenerally
fair Weather except showers the first
half of the week,- is forecast for the
South . Atlantic and .East Gulf States
for hp vek beginning Sunday. , No
decided change in temperature is indicated.;-;:
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THE VATICAN
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Pointed td succeed
as Minister
'Pope', 'i Count
a:: veteran
servlce. and always;
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Ito-'Sauy:wastbBTitlsh
Montenegro since: Wll,He Je
Unthe ;.Brltisn .eignf tembew3 wfere b
has ,won comfnen-1& RhmortT, within n fw hours didate is. an indication of theAcandi-lshouia, ana wm, noaouDiye oa a.ajur 5 ,a .
i . . . v . ii . r m l i i . . s - . - -'.s.i. . . i a a ... i.fA -m-rr t. a fiM nonriTiTin rr ii villi - i i i i i ' : - . : 2 i ir:i hi f i r-; imurir: w ' n uiijii . aj , uw u .... v v v i m a w
Porto Rican cadets .in, training, fho i Porto" Ricans maker. cxcollent soldiers; Thev are all eager, to': fight for
Unele Sara,, and they - have only had citizenship for about ix mohths.;TTh 3 Hon. Felxs Cordova-Davila who has
issued - a statement nledsinsr the loyal tv of Porto Rirans b'ths'wsr ' ' : '
ilpRBiiiii
1 . htnni mir n iniiT
W
; r lew 200 Miles 1 his j
Morning.
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H Washington, Sept. 22. Three
Ital-
HinrLHintrubni
avW? ne aDollt mVesrter attacks against the new British
witnout : stop ; toaay irom L-angiey
Potomac Park, near the White House
grounds. ! ' t - " "-4
: 3 ; big. lCapr0ni airpne, piloted '
by Lieut, SilvoResnati, the Italian.
m;narv v?ntnr ' -Amo th nrinoinai!
marhinp in th flie-ht and rarrii hp- i
a rnintofiasi a; passenger7in:
Flat machine which flew ahead pt
bigitriplane, ibeing smaller and' much! W Point.?nis troops; succeeded
faster. The Flat was flown-by Li6ut. i in Penetrating a short distance - into
ttHorini anrt. h thirH . marhinp atour new; positions butnhey were im-
i Pimolio was flown by Lieut BaldiolU
-Jagerry. watcneav Dy fereaz . crowas,
ti.e birdmen, making the flight- in I
! about two . hours,- circled .over the '
city.the White Houser tne wasnmg -
tnn mhmmont anri thn rfMfid down
to earth. The big Caproni landed. in1
t. -lrt: iJ lr. 1, !
of - the smaller: ones, but the: other j
smaller-plane landed across the river i
in Virginia, but on level ground. The
Pimolio ' plane, first to arrive, ' left '
Hampton about an hour after-the oth-
er. two - and "passed under the . big Ca-'
prbni near the meuth of the Potomac
river : while the larger plane was ny- t
ing at' an altitude' of about 8,000 feet
The Pimolio made the trip in an hour
and a half. ; ':' :;:-:C-'--'
The Caproni carried as her passen
gers, : Durahd. Dr. S. W. Strat
tori; W." B. Stout, of the aircraft pro
duction .Aboard, a Mr. Kubelr Captain
Tappi; Signors Marchini and Donnini,
mechanics, and & ' photograpcer. X :,
- . The: Caproni is propelled by three
17k horse ? power - engines and 1 nas a
passenger capacity often; ; : ' :
ee-linV distance of the iflight
was 118 miles. Mr. Stout said" the
lowo . TarhfTio srtirli tint cover.more
Wnnt?V25miles:: He described iheX
trip as very sold; .; . w ': -. ' -i
At , starting the ; machine ; had diffi-
culty getting; through a high wind, v
; "Coming up the ) Potomac,!? he said,
"we' ran : into -several clouds, and our
pilot was forced to zigzag Deiween
i them much as a boat
is
steered
inrougn. . . , .. . - -.. : . . '. - !
"The Caprioni made the trip in two
hours and 25 minutes. : :
Secretary r Lane) returned to Wash-
ington by.' train. ' : ; : : : "XXxX !
i"The President Suggested that it L,
would be - an unnecessary risk," he . js.
said, "and I . took the hint.": ; x
- Germans Take Jacobstadt. ,( : :
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Eerlin, . ; S6pt 22r via London.
Jacobstfdt on ,2he Dvina, .has been
captured by the German forces on the
??.u'sltfh -front together with the posi
tions, on' a front of. 25- miles, and six
mile ; deep on the ;west7 bankt of the
river;;. army headquarters announced
today,- - ' -- -" ' ; . ',' - '- ' -
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.- RuiBsiart .Troo6s Betlre.-r,,
;';-:iVtBy:ASsotlatea,Press.K --:y"5;:-PtrnPT.TdSpr)t.
22 Russian troops
ora&nt:We?retired.S to
p'e: right; bankof the Dvina river: in
ire Tegion oi jacoosumi, 11 wdb um-,hv
r c:-lly.:.anhounced todayjby,
; sian: war: office. : r . Fewif auy; mails , but, what bring
V&i&.' 45- ' f bunches -of coupons to the contest de-
SEVEN SH IPS SUNK.
-.Passengers-, who arrived from'
.. i ,t, -, v-h.j . . - . - , ... iv owrv Rpcrinn or tne territory reacn-
i : ' ,v ( ey . Associatea tress ; .c a - w - Ai ? ; - -.r-
; f- .. . t. l r. j. if - .. 'tocf fho first s and ' nnlv: siirfi . sien , O
I . 'An Auanus r-urt,. obuu
wwm
- With Repulse and Heavy;
Loss:
(Er Associited Press.Y
London; Sept. 22. Troops of Crown
- nnes easf of Ypres, oir' the -Belgian
Germans used considerable forces in
their attacks without gaining i any re-
fnUeXCept-1. hr crease theit
s:. !, V - - -'
'' The British official statement says:
"Hostile counter attacks continued
yesterday, evening on the 'Ypres front
Considerable; Gertnan : forces were erf
gaged without any result being gained
except a heavy , increase in the ene
my's, losses - Vfe "'- 'y. .i:y-'-- '
'A "dusk Ahef eneniyA launched a
mediately, and completely driyen out
r'irrv.T',; . r . v '
t-At 11 other points West Lanca-
uiu ionuoa iruops repmsea ; tne
'1" - ' n.m:b.l-4WOFB.,ai
i the end of two hfturs of - fiercerfight-
6ur whole line was intact. : The
attack was delivered with prat : rtt-
temination and the ; enemy s losses
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$775Briscoei Automobile.
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- $260 ai-gold. .
X X& $1Q0 tan gold.' ,
i. $93 furniture suite. !
$75 Columbia Grafonola.
4. r0 merchandise order at ,T. W.
H. Fuchs' Department Store.
: . $25 wrist watch. . s.
Two. $60 diamond rings.
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all non-winners, wno remain
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Dy .ine . uispatcn . in its young . con--j
test ? tor s sunscriptionsis x pecommg
The many changes . in the standing
of the different candidates, the" new
leaders - it.
creased:vote totals are. being -watched
mv WnniA in rnia and adioinine
part ment. These: coupons A are . not.
'from one ; locality," but. are from, near-
interest ana. iMumjiym
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. Than Both South Carolina
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' and Florida.
". (By Associated Press.) . ; -
Solumbia; S. C.,-. Sept. 22 The
movement of National : Army troops
to Camp Jackson reached its " high
tide last ; night and : this morniftg, ar
rivals up to ' the : present riumberlpg
something over 6,000. v North f Car
olina, is far ;in the lead, rmore
men . than South s Carblinat and
Florida combined r Medical ' examina
tions of a superficial1 nature have re
suited in the rejection - of about 90
men! - - .r;;. " -':-:- : : '-v ":' -..
.The. second increment of select men
have hot yet been furnished "with uni
forms and today' were drilling in
civilian clothes? The- fine appearance
ui me men is saia to nave Deen. some
what ; of a ' surprise to the, officials
Who thoughtthat the (first Increment
would . contain the pick of the draft,"
-wereexceedirigly severe;: - -:'
'"Early the night, .after the failure
of his attack on the Tower? Hamlets
Hdge during the af ternoon,: 'the ; ene
hiy again . attacked with strong forc.es
on. both sides of: :thefYpres-Meniit
road.; Here also- heavy fighting ended
in the- complete repulse of the enemy.
"During the evening a1, third hos
tile couner attack, east', of . Lange-
toarck, was crushed by bur artillery.
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has hundreds of votes sent in. by in
terested friends; will Sfind '' supscrip
tion getting comparatively easy. ; ; :
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handsome automobile- which you can
proudly call yourown or with $200
or $100 in your pocketbook to do with
as you please '-.These are some of the
prizes offered; tothecontestants in
the contest
' The time, to put forth the greatest
effort is right now. "There is an extra
advantage to be gained, as : each $15
"oct wme-ahtestaht
150,000 extra votes. After this date
there . will be a reduction oj . iu,i
Delays ' arp dangerous. :, Opportunity
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aud N'ew York Stae officials were ex
pected Xo hold a'; conference here . to
day with local ? authorities preliminary
to the re-openings Monday of the in
yestigation in the death near hefeTAu
gust --29 of Mj-s. -Maude A : King, of
Chicago. v ;(v :v... n; X'j - -:- v
,,.Assistant ' District Attorney Pool
ing,' Dr. Otto Schultze, a medical vex
pert, and adetective,' alL three of Dis-
trict Attorney. Swann's1 office in New
YylicVand 'Captain William; T. Jones,
a -pistol expert vof the New York: police
force, arrived In :this " city : . shortly
after 11 o'clock today t-?Xi- X.-: :
'-- Was isl ot to H aye ' Re-married.' ..'
Minneapolis, Minn:, Sept 22. Ed
ward B.. Hull, well : known business
men arid first husband of Mrs. Maude
King,? who was killed ' near Concord,
N. ;C.-August 29,' characterizesiras ri-
NeWCYork: authorities : had evidence
that ? therehad been a possibility: of
his re-marriage with ' Mrs. King this
fall. -. : XX :C&(Xi:Xi:X'
. 'We were divorced in i897;.and we
never spoke ; orcotresponded from
then on," Mr. Hull said last night He
re-married '10 1 years ago.
I-j have;; had : no requests from'-1 the
authorities for information of any
character," he added.- - . ' X' ' . XfXv-
NAVAL WORKS AT
YX .
V OSTEND BOMBARDED
'-"'XX (By Associated Press.)'' ' ' - ' ;
London,. Sept 22. British warships
this mormngbombahrded .the.Qefman
naval works at Ostend with satisf ac-
tory result, it' was announced., today
by the British: Admiralty. Three Ger-
British: airplanes. clie admiralty
statement says : : i ?;;;'s: '"
:"JJavaI works lat yOteriii wereV this
morning bombarded by: ships, 6f our
Belgian , coast!patrpi : with . satisfactory
results. " , , s ' t,.W ,
X "Three seaplanes attempting . to '".' as
sist the " enemy by observation;, were
shot ' down . by. our patrol.""
British Ship. Torpedoed.
An 'Atlantic Port Sept. f 22.-The
Brltijsh steamship "' LaNegra on ; her
way . from. Beunos ' AireS,-, to - Havre
with a cargo1 of Argentine- beef, was
sunk ; by a German submarine Sep
tember 3, forty-five railed ' off. Ply
mouth, according to survivors of the
crew - who arrived here . today on an
American steamship. , '
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Washington, Sept. 22.' Joseph ,F.
v'Guffey, of Pittsburgh, president of
ica and a." Pennsylvania oil producer,
today- was appointed supervisor of
government" oil "purchases under the
I war industries board. u - . '
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Three Assaults Were "), Made
:f ti LaW NigKtftcjRegain '
iTife- Gifted jT;;-.
FIGHTING WAS STILL
- ;IN PRQGRESS TODAY
Mexmany s X Kepiy X- to vth3
A-Pope's Peace Proposal Wa
'X Feature of; the General War
Newa0of nrhis9:Morningf;
t . . ormsri nombard Ustend.
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- 'British headquarters in Frances
and Belgium; Sept. 22. (By the.
Associated Press) Fighting still,
is raging in the neighborhood of V
Tower. Hamlets which has: been, v
the" scene of ' almost continuous 3 1
-X- strife since; the ; opensl ve - of the
British to the east of fpres, on,. .
the Belgian; frbnfr began Orit the 4
3f. left , the British lln6 was" report-'
-X- ed to be intact,,; but no news off
the situation 6h - the right could ' X
be had this morning.: : v;v-. ; - ;
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"" : War Summary." . . : "
The full text, of Germany's f answer :
to, Pope Benedict's ; peace note shows :
the German government -expressing
deep appreciatioripf ; the Papal effort
to bring about peace and as greetlns ;;
"with ' special ;, sympathy the leading
idei. of the peaceappeal," embodyics
the papal conviction that "the mate
rial power . of arms must be . super
A scded by moral powers of, right"
- Stress is laid upon ;the i claXm that
Emperor William i $11 through bfs"
reign has been animated ' by pacific
purposes and ihat he did his utmost
to I prevent war. vThe papal recota
mendations ; for, limitations . for: arma-
- ment and ' settlement" of disputes; by
-Mti ;i,'ofi;iw:
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.to,: and it? is -declared that i the
vjreriiiciu KuveriiJLueuv. ri. wm in uus re
spect' meet every proposal compatible
iwiiitbic the ' Gen
X It -is pointed out particularly: thst
rej?resentatives of4 the German people
were - taken - into -. confidence by the
government In preparing its ; reply to
the papaP note? .: X -:' : i,
Nothing approaching a definiteldes
of what -Germany's terms ' would' be ;
were a peace conference : called, 3.
contained in the note. I r-..:
' In the field of hostilities the British;
campaign in .Flanders alone .com-
mands widespread .. interest at the, i
moment. Today's report shows Geei7
ral TTaii to hft Holdine fast M all thn
valuable ground he gained, inf tbe
great ' attack of Thursday in . the face 1
of the ' most persistent German coun-
ter attacks.' tTheN Germans heavily,
increased their losses in "these efforts
the British official ; statement notes ;. '
but failed to achieve any ' compensate '
ing gain. The ..only point at. which"
the : Teutonic thrusts were even tenV
porarily ' successful was east of St
Julien, and bere the Germans . were
immediately driven out of the small
section of ground they had penetral--
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Three counter attacks In all were
delivered last evening by the Ger-t
mans. Apparently , they - had . becom
.exhausted by the failure of the first
two efforts, for the third attack, made
east" of Langemarck did not have to
be faced by, the British infantry, th3"
ilnrif alnno hpincr nhiA fa roTiA with
r ; -7 ''.7
New energy seemed' Imparted to ,
Jhe, Germans during the night prob
ably by the bringing up of fresh'
forces for,, heavy fighting " was re-
ported this morning in the; vlcinityr
of Tower; Hamlets,'.where the German .
resistance from; the : first has been ;
most desperate. The British left held
fast under this attack, but there wasJ
uncertainty in the early advices as to-.
the situation, of me ngnt in tnia sec-
tor.
, Another; phase of the Entente cam
paign gainst German-held Belgian
territory had a development today In
a British .naval attack, on Ostend. f
Naval works there ': were bombardedf
today by vessels of the Belgian coar.t -patrol,.
with results , that are - pro--'
nounced : satisfactory by the British '
admiralty; ,In the, course of the ,en-
gagement, three German seaplanes
were shot down. ' : ;:; "f"
REPORT ON COTTON ? J
t SEED INDUSTRY
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:"';' (By Associated PreM.' ' ,
Washington; . -: Sept : , 22 . f-rCotton
seed received at, mills during Auguist ;
amounted to 79,602 tons, crushed 37,--
251 tons, and on hand August 31, 76,-
278: tons" the cenfeus bureau- today an-
nounced... , . :-,-'..:..;-'.. ::. '
Production of cotton seed products ,
during the month was: : Crude oil 10
893,042 pounds; refined ;'pll l3.784,l .
pounds? cake and; meal 18,339 ;tonn, .
linters 11,203 five hundred poundi""
bales. - ; ; . X';X"' XXKX:X'S rv-' ' (: ''
- Cotton geed products on hand 'Au-:
gust 31":. was: -: -' : ". :. ,:: ' . ..' i .. -
Crude oil 1'2,880,132 pounds; irefined
oil 195,848,239 pound's; cake and nf" I
57,193 tons;: linters 95,916 .bales.
: Imports of oil amounted to - 12.2C0,
020 pounds, -and . exports 160,717
pounds. ' Exports 'of cake, 'and . me." 1
t:
m. The tree piay
ibf forces tetheldation anis pmac .
i continued on
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