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"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT." "THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVER JTIODY NEEDS IT." he Monroe journal PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS VOL.23. No. 73. MONROE, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1917. $1.50 PER t R CASH. FRENCH FORCES CONTINUE DRIVE IN A1SXE REGION Making Rapid Advance Cher a Front of Six Mile Numerous Enemy lVsltions Have Been Taker. The French forces in the .' .e re gion continued to develop tho.r suc cess of Tuesday, when they made a rapid advance over a front of about six miles, capturing impuitant Ger man positions and thousands of pris oners. Following up minor successes Wed nesday, the French again attacked Thursday along the entire line, forc ing the Germans to abandon Monkey mountain, east of Yauvaillon, the vil lage and forest of Pinon, the village of Pargny-Filain. on the extreme east of the line and numerous fortified farms and other points of vantage. The latest drive of the French brings General Petain's army within sight of the important railway junction of Laon, the objective sought for which now is a scant eight miles distant. Large quantities of war stores were abandoned by the enemy in their re treat, and additional guns and pris oners were captured. The number of prisoers taken since the drive be gan now exceeds 12,000, more than "00 of whom are officers. Two thou sand of the prisoners were taken Thursday. An indication of the rapidity with which the drive, has been carried out Is the total number of guns the Ger mans were forced to leave behind them. These number 120, among them several howitzers, not to men tion several hundred small calibre pieces, such as Minenwerfer and ma chine guns. On the 25-mile front running from Monte Uomber to the Bainsizza pla teau the battle between the Austro German forces and the Italians ap parently is growing in intensity, with the Austro-Germans the aggressors, but the Iti'ians stubbornly resisting everywhere. Although the German war office asserts that gains have been made at various points along the line, the Ital ian official. communication does not concede any losses except on the east bank of the Isonzo south ot'Monte Rombcr. To the contrary, this com munication asserts that on the Baln sizza plateau, where the Germans had announced successes, and ou the west slope of Monte San Gabrielle enemy attacks were repulsed and that the Italians even took several hun dred prisoners. New Regulations For Draft Complete Washington, Oct. 25. New regu latlons for applying the army draft where virtually completed tonight at the office of the provost marshal gen eral and probably will be submitted to President Wilson tomorrow for final approval. The President already has approved the general plan, under which all registered men not yet call ed will be classified in five groups in accordance with their availability for military service. Provost Marshal General Crowder tonight cleared up the question as to how the draft numbers now held by the nearly 9,000,000 uncalled regis trants will be applied to the new clas sifications. In each local district the key made up from the draft numbers In the order of their drawing will be ap plied to each class or gr.oup. In other words, the men of class 1, in which will be placed those of the least value at home and with the slightest obli gations to dependents will be called in the order of their serial numbers until that class is exhausted Just as though all other classes had been ex empted. When class 1 is exhausted, the same process will be applied to class 2 and so on down to class 5, it it ever should become necessary to carry it that far. Thus a man whose serial number In the great war army lottery had led him to believe that he would be among the last summoned, may be assigned to the first class and ordered into service with the first quota. On the other hand, another whose num ber assured him originally a place with the next Increment may be so classified as to make it virtually cer tain he never will be called. PROVOST GUARD SHOT SOLDIER Private Frederick Von Bethoven Lies Dangerously Wondod Was Want ed on Charge of Doing Absent Without luve, Having Broken Quarantine. (From the Charlotte Observer.) Private Frederick von Bethoven, of the ammunition train, 116th com pany, truck 10, of Camp Greene, lies seriously and probably fatally wound ed at the Charlotte sanatorium, the result of being shot by a provost guard on South Graham street, near Trade, Thursday afternoon about 2 o'clock, when he resisted arrest upon the charge of being absent without leave from the Forty-first division, at Camp Greene. Bethoven snatched at the guard's pistol, when informed that he was under 'arrest, and then ran. The provost guard ordered him to halt three times and then fired. Military regulations are that one shall bo asked to halt three times, and should he then fail to obey the order, he will be fired upon. Private Bethoven was shot In the back, the ball piercing his stomach, going through his body and through the paling of a fence nearby. The wounded man was taken to the Char lotte sanatorium, where Immediate medical attention wals given him. It was said last night that his condition was unchanged. It Is thought he has a chance for recovery. It was officially stated last night that Private Bethoven was under ar rest and under quarantine Wednes day. That night he escaped, break ing through the guards at the camp. The commander of the company of which Private Bethoven was a mem ber, upon Ending he had escaped, im mediately notified officers in charge of the provost guard in the city, in structing them to arrest him. They were given a description of Bethoven. Strict vigilance was kept by the provost guards for i'ethoven during Wednesday wight and yesterday. He was discovered yesterday afternoon ou South Graham street by one of the guards. It was then that the guard ordered him to halt, telling him that he was under arrest. When the provost guard fired af ter he had ordered him threa times to halt, Bethoven grasped the fence in front of the residence of Mrs. L. B. Hargrave. and then sat down on the steps. The provost went to the office of the Exchange Film company nearby for aid in looking after the wounded man. Bethoven was tken into the office of the film company. He asked for a drink of water while there. WJiile It. V. Anderson, of the film company, was getting the water, Bethoven 6aid '"I had rather die than go to prison." Bethoven had been away from the quarters where he was placed at Camp Greene since Wednesday night. He was, therefore, absent without leave. The provost guard was en tirely justifiable in shooting the man, that being one of the strict military regulations, it was said officially. There were many rumors afloat yesterday afternoon following the shooting and last night that Bethoven was a German spy. One who can speak officially said last night that there was nothing authentic on which to base this rumor. Private Bethov en has been in Charlotte for some weeks, lie has met a large number of people since his arrival here. The wounded man told a number of Charlotte people that he was a relative of the great composer of the same name, but spells his name dif ferently. FOOD ADMINISTRATOR HOOVER REVIEWS THE FOOD SITUATION Feed Allies From This Continent and Win War Ships, Wheat and Hogs Are Grout Xoods, He Says. Washington, Oct. 25. In a state ment tonight reviewing the world food situation, Food Administrator Hoover said the fight against the sub marine would be won if the United States and Canada could stimulate production and effect economics so as to feed the allies from this conti nent without sending a ship farther afield than the American Atlantic seaboard. Ships, wheat and hogs are the great needs emphasized by Mr. Hoov er. He said deepest concern had been caused by the fact that in spite of high prices this country's pork consumption had increased during the war until production had been outstripped; a situation that must be changed. "If we discontinue exports," Mr, Hoover added, "we will move tle German line from France to the At lantic seaboard. Pork products have an lnrtuence in this present world situation wider than one would ordi narily attribute to them. The hu man body must have a certain amount of fat; we must Increase pro duction of hogs if we are to answer the world's craving. "The production of fats is today a critical necessity for the preservation of these people (the allies) and the maintenance of their constancy in the war. Every pound of fat is as sure of service as every bullet, and every hog is of greater value to the win ning of this war than a shell." As to wheat the administrator said the allies' deficiency of production is 196,000,000 bushels, with imports of 577,700,000 bushels required to maintain normal consumption. He estimated the aggregate American, Canadian, Australian, Indian and Argentine export surplus at 770,000, 0d0 bushels, but pointed out that lack of shipping made It necessary for this country and Canada to bear the burden of meeting the allies' deficit. Placing the United States wheat export suiplus from this year's crop at 80,000,000 bushels and Canada's at 150,000,000 bushels, Mr. Hoover urged domestic economies to increase this country's surplus to 150,000,000 bushels. Mr. Hoover expressed the opinion that the fixed guarantee on wheat was unnecessary and that a reasonable profit guaranteed to the farmer would have been sufficient to stimu late production. "However, the guaranty has been fixed," he added. "It is Insurance against the submarine and any esti mate cf what It may cost we must leave to the future." Turning to the meat situation, the administrator said pork products were more vitally needed by the al lies than beef. "In the matter of beef," he said, "the allies can support themselves without any consequential expansion of imports from the United States." In view of the European situation and the American shortage in hogs, he pointed out that there would be a high average price for pork products, and therefore It would be to the vital advantage of every farmer to raise hog3, adding: "We need a keep-a-pig movement la this country." Mr. Everett L. Melton, who lives on Monroe, Route 4, leaves for Char lotte Monday, where he will work in a drug store. OXE LIEUTENANT AXD X1XE GERMAN SAILORS ESCAPED Interned Huns Break Irison bjr Tunelling From Building at Ft. M ThetxHi, anil Bloodhound IiOct Trail. Atlanta. Oct. 21. Lieut. Hans Berg, who brought the prize ship Ap pam to Hampton Roads, was one of the ten German prisoners who es caped from the alien detention caniD at Fort McPhcrson last night by tun- nclMng from one of the buildings. This became known here tonight when search for the men, members of the crew or the former German com merce raider Prinz Eitel Frledrlch and the Appam turned to Atlanta, where, according to military authori ties, the fugitives are believed to be hiding. An invesligatino early today re vealed that the men had escaped by means or a tunnel about 100 feet long which they had dug from under one of the buildings used as sleep ing quarters to a distance of about 20 feet beyond a sentry post on the outside of a wire fence which sur rounds the prison camp. It was point ed out by the military authorities that the sailors must have been work ing on the tunnel since their arrival here about two weeks ago. They were brought here from Ft. Ogle thorpe, Ga., where they had been previously interned. Soon after the escape bloodhounds followed a trail about a mile from the camp to a small stream in which the fugitives had evidently waded. Their socks had been left on the bank of the stream. No other wearing apparel was found at the stream. Military offi cials said the men wore their uni forms last night. Lieut. Berg, who before the war commanded a German merchant ship, was put in charge of the. Appam af ter that vessel's capture on the west coast of Africa by the raider Moewe with a prize crew. He successfully brought the vessel with a large num ber of prisoners and rich cargo across the Atlantic and through the Vir ginia capes where ho arrived FebiU' ary 1, 1916. The prison camp authorities to night made public a list of the names of the men who escaped, disclosing that besides Berg there are two other officers of the German navy among the fugitives. They Rre Arnold Henkel, 35, and Alfred Loescher, 39. The names of the other seven men, all of whom are listed at the prison barracks as seamen, follow: Paul Falg, 22; Maximilian Menzlnger, 22; Paul' Eisner, 29; Johann Adelhart, 24; Granz Beer, 22; Paul Sabel, 26, and Carl Sehultze, 23. The local office of the Federal De partment of Justice tonight announc ed a reward of $50 for the capture of each of the Germans. French Forces Holding (Jains. General Petain's troops, who made a brilliant dash against the German lines northeast of Soissons Tuesday morning, a.t last accounts were hold ing all their gains and were meeting with no resistance from the forces of the German Crown Prince, except by means of bombardment. In addition to the great gains in terrain, more than 8,000 prisoners and numerous guns were taken by the French. Likewise the British and French armies in Flanders are maintaining all the positions won northeast of Ypres Monday. Hero the Germans have delivered several counter-attacks In the region south of the Houtholst forest, but have been un able to recover any of their losses. Extremely heavy bombardments continue In the Verdun sector and In the region of Hill 344 (the army of the German Crown Prince delivered a violent attack against the French. The enemy succeeded In capturing a French advanced position, but later a counter-attack forced him to re linquish It. In the Austro-Itallan theatre large German forces have reinforced the Austrian line and apparently a big battle Is Imminent over the 23-mile front from Monte Rombon southeast ward through Flitch and Tolmlno and thence southward to the Bain slzza plateau, which lies about ten miles northeast of Gorizia. Charlotte, Man Threatened Life of the President. (From the Charlotte Observer.) Charged with saying that he could shoot President Wilson without showing him any mercy, Frank E. Spear, of 908 West Fifth street, was given a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner J. W. Cobb yesterday morning and commit ted to jail in default of a $5,000 bond to await trial before United States district court, which convenes in Charlotte the first Monday In April, 1918. A warrant was sworn out against Spear yesterday morning by John B. Sturglll. secret service agent, charging him with "unlawfully, ma liciously and knowingly uttering lan guage against the life of the Presi dent of the United States." He was arrested yesterday morn ing by United States Deputy Marshal E. S. Williams. Spear is employed as a pressman at the Charlotte Leath er Belting company. Snowstorm Visits County of WaUuigu Boone, Oct. 25. The first snov storm of the season began Tuesday and on Wednesday was still rrging Over the country with a fury truly wintery. Within a few hours the mercury fell from almost spring-like weather to winter temperature. It went as low as 18 to 20. This is un usually early for so cold weather. IU. ALEXANDER IS REBUKED BY GOVERNOR T. W. BK'KETT Tell Him He Ha Lost Chance to be of Service Created Bitterness Be tween Farmer ami Other. itaieign, oct. Zi. Gov. Bickett Dr. n. Q. Alexander, president or the North Carolina Farmers' Union, that instead Of his recent aunointnient nf j Dr. Alexander as a delegate to the ..National Farmers Congress from this ,a,e being any sort of an endorse- nient of his public utterarres as to 'he war and on econ niic I sues gen erally, he (the governor), without questioning Dr. Alexander's sinceri ty, is convinced th;t he has "simply thrown away a great opportunity to be a constructive leader in the pub lic thought and life of the State." The Governor writes Dr. Alxean ier that he is fundamentally, and. it appears, hopelessly wrong. "Your views on economic questions are as unsound and almost as hurtful as your views on the war. Instead of devoting your rplendid energies to constructive policies tending to Im prove living conditions among our population, the net result of your speeches is to create bitterness and strife Instead of a sort of mutual sympathy and helpfulness between farmers and other citizens of the State. Indeed, you seem to have fal len completely under the influence of those two arch fanatics, Tom Wat son and Lr.Follette, and In this way have destroyed your power to effec tively help the people whose interest you have at heart." The Underpass and Sanitary Condi tion of the Depot. To the Editor of The Journal: I hand you copy of letter that is self explanatory. Yours truly, John C. Sikes. Monroe. X. C. Oct. 19. 1917. The Coroporation Commission, Raleigh, North Carolina. Gentlemen: First, as a citizen and later as Mayor of the city of Monroe, I have endeavored to get the Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. to charge two under passes within the corporate limits of the city of Mon roe and on the main roads leading out from the city, to-wlt: The road leading to Charlotte, N. C.. and to Concord, N. C. These underpasses were built a number of years ago, and besides being very dangerous, they are divided In the center with posts and the entrance to them Is very bad Indeed and one can not tell whether anybody Is coming through them In an opposite direction until you are right at the underpass, and besides it is down grade to It. Several ac cWeVits have happened there. In addition to this, they are so low that a person cannot go under them with a load of hay or anything of any height. In fact, you can stand In the underpass and almost reach to the top. A furniture man here tells me that he has sold several bed steads to farmers and they have start ed home and got them torn up go ing through this underpass. One man telephoned me this week that three wagons hung up in it the same day and an automobile with the top up Just will go under It. The citizens have held meetings and signed peti tions to the Board of Aldermen to have it remedied. The County Com missioners have offered to straighten out the road and do their part. The city Is ready to do its part, but the railway company will do nothing. I have had this matter up with Mr. Walton, Supt., for sometime. He has had men here to see it and they are thoroughly acquainted with the situation and realize the necessity of improving It, but to this good hour, nothing has been done. Then again, there is a very dan gerous crossing between the city of Monroe and West Monroe. In West Monroe, which is just beyond the cor porate limits of Monroe, Is situated the Icemorlee Cotton Mill. This crossing Is at a cut and it Is almost impossible to see a train until you are right on the track. Several peo ple have been killed at this point, but the railway company has not tried to remedy the situation. I was called by the Chief of Police on day before yesterday to Inspect conditions at the Seaboard passen ger station and 1 found the ladies toilet for white people In fairly good condition, except one commode only was In operation, the other being out of operation and filled up with plun der. In the men's toilet for white people, I found that the floor was lower around the commodes than any other place and that water stood around there all the time. These were In a very unsanitary condition and I am informed by a number of people that they stay this way all the time. In the colored waiting room I find the toileit for colored men would not flush and I sent for the janitor who told me it had been that way all the tlmpy that they had to pet water am? "ur in it to flush It. The odor in -00111 was almost unbearable. I exati. d the toilet myself and know tU there Is much room for complaint, id the janitor informed me that it been this way for a long time. These are sox ' he ron('"ons here. The newspapers have been writing at tides yid editorials about the condition. T1V public has awoke to the situation. We have taken it up with the railway company and told them that if they were not go ing to do anything that I was going to appeal to you. Private citizens and the city of Monroe are ready! now, as well as the county of Union, army sen ice. The four men convlct I believe, to employ counsel. If nee- j ed were given three years each in the essary. but mv Idea about it is, since penitentiary and Mrs. Harvey paid I cannot get the railway company to costs In her case and was deprived do anything. Is to write you and ask of collecting any part of the insrtr you to arratge to come down and ance policy she held on the hotel. spend the day or a few hours in the , cit'. letting me know, and I will take you around and let you see it for ! yourself. At the same time notifying the railway authorities so that they may be present and see that no ad vantaee is taken of them ami in nr. j der to show you and the railwav 'company that I do not desire to take j any advantage of them, I am having rnmr of this l.Jfer mnilori in T C j Walton, Supt., Hamlet. N. C. so that he may be advised as to what is be- ins done and furthermore be advise-t th.U this letter Is written to you at the request of the Board of Aldermen of the city of Monroe and the citi zenship in general, and especially the Chamber of Commerce, who are very much interested in this proposition. Yours truly, John C. Sikes, Mayor. PRESIDENT WILSON GIVES ENDORSEMENT TO SUFFRAGE Declaries It One of Fundamental Ouestloiis of Democracy, and Time Is Now to Take Action. Washington. Oct. 25. President Wilson today gave full indorsement to woman suffrage as an immediate issue in every state. Addressing a delegation of 100 leaders of the New York state woman suffrage party who called at the White House to obtain an expression in support of the campaign in that state, the President in emphatic terms declared that woman suffrage is one of the fundamental questions of de mocracy whose proper settlement Is demanded by the issues of the war. He praised the spirit, capacity and vision of American women in the war. "I believe," he said, "that just be cause we are quickened by the ques tions of this war we ought to be quickened to give this question of woman suffrage our immediate con sideration." Speaking as "one of the spokesmen of a great party." the President pled ged his hearty support and added: "I want to speak for myself and say that It seems to me that this is the time for the states of this union to take this action." Explaining his leaning toward suf frage as a state rather than national issue, he said: "I perhaps may be touched a little too much by the tra ditions of our politics, traditions which lay such questions almost en tirely upon the states, but I want to see communities declare themselves quickened at this time and show the consequences of the quickening." The addresses were delivered in east room of the white house, in re sponse to remarks by Mrs. Norman dt It. Whitehouse. The suffrage delegation returned to New York tonight confident that the Presidents enthusiastic indorsement would have its effect at the election November 6. Special significance was placed by many of the New York delegation on the fact that the President's advo cacy of suffrage had not been affect ed by the tactics of militant suffra gists of the woman's party. The re cent defeat of suffrage in Maine was was ascribed by some workers as due to unfavorable impression created by the sncalled pickets. Officials of the National American Woman Suffrage Association declared tonight their future plans will be de termined largely by ths New York re sults. If suffrage carries, they said. Fuffrage campaign would be started within the next year in many states. If New York and Ohio, where there also is to be a vote next month, de feat suffrage, efforts may be centered on the federal amendment, pending before congress. A program will be detrmlned at the convention here De cember 1. .Mayor Was Afraid to Come Outside. East St. Louis. 111., Oct. 24. Col. Stephen O. Tripp, of the adjutant general's office of the Illinois nation al guard, testified today at the con gressional inquiry into the East St. Lou's riots that on the day of the worst rioting that Mayor Mollman of East St. Louis practically turned the functions of his office to City Attor ney Fekette. Colonel Tripp testified that he ar rived in St. Louis early on July 2 and went at once to the city hall to see the mayor in the hope ofenll sting the aid of the civil authorities In the maintenance of order. Col. Tripp testified that the mayor said: "I'm not feeling well. I have been advised not to go nut on the street as I might get hurt. I will get City Attorney Fekette to represent me." Colonel Tripp said he returned to the city hall about noon and asked the mayor to accompany him on an automobile tour of the city to find the best places to station troops. Colonel , Tripp stated the mayor re plied: "No, I can't do it. You'll either have to ge,t along with Fekett's assistance or figure it out on the may yourselves." Five Persons Convicted of Burning Hotel. Raleigh, Oct. 25. Commissioner of Insurance James R. Young an nounces the conviction of five persons at Elk Tark on the charge of burning a hotel there to receive fire Insur ance thereon. They are Ed, Champ. Wash, and Ance Young and Mrs. Jane Harvey, a sister of the four Youngs. She owned and operated the hotel. Another brother, Nat Young, confessed to part In the burn ing and was used as a state's witness. He has been permitted to return to LOUISIANA CANE ;.R TO BE PIT ON. -;iE MARKET Two Hundred Million pounds Will Ik Placed on Sale, Which May Have Tendency to Relict e the Shortage. Washington, Oct. 24. Two hun dred million pounds of Louisiaua cane sugar was contracted for here today by the American Sugar Re fining Co., and wiil begin moving northward next week to relieve the serious shot tag of the Eastern states. If the eastern consumer had been compelled to await the coining of this year's supply from Western beet and Cuban rune fields, there would have been no r.li r for exist ing near-famine conditions until late In Novembtr. I13.000.COO FOR Till: LOT For the 200.000,00i pounds the refiners paid about HC.OOu.ono, or approximately 6'a cents a pound. After adding the cost of transporting and refining, it is estimated they will be able to sell to the wholesaler at steadily reducing prices, beginning at 8.35. Eastern seaboard and dropping to 7.23 by the end of tiie year. The latter figure is the se.i board price previously fixed by agreement for Cuban, Hawaiian and Western beet sugar and the price the Food Admin istration expects to maintain. NINE CENTS TO CONSUMER With the refiners' price at 8.35, the Food Administration announced tonight, wholesalers in the North east should sell at about 8.60 with the price decreasing proportionately with reduction by the refiners. This, it was said, should mean a price of 9 cents to tbe consumer at once and of not more than 8 cents by the end of the year. The big deal was announced to night at the Food Administration af ter a two-day conference there among the producers, headed by John M. Parker, Federal food administrator for Louisiana; Earl I). Babst, presi dent of the American Susar Refining Company, and officials of the admin istration. FIRST SHIPMENT NEXT WEEK In anticipation of the sale the transportation division of the Food Administration already has arranged for sufficient shipping to transport 100,000,000 pounds of the sugar to the Philadelphia, Boston and New York refineries. The first cargoes, leaving next week, will go to New York. With the wholesale market virtual ly out of the way, the administra tion now is turning its attention to retailers and is prepared to cut off the supplies of those who Insist upon tak ing war profits. Prices from th manufacturer have been fixed, all wholesalers will come under license on November 1 and the retailer now presents the only real problem. Both refiners and distributors are instructed to withhold supplies from any retailer who adds an exorbitant profit. To supplement this move, or ganizations are being perfected through which wholesale prices in all sections of each state w ill be furnish ed to the Fedreal food administra tor who will make them public local ly and report to Washington the names of any exorbitant profit-taking retailers. Disturbance In Junior Ord'r. V Mr. W. T. Host. Raleigh correspon dent of the Greensboro News, rends his paper t lie following that will be of interest to Juniors and their friends here: Insurance Cciiiniisshiney James R. Young is investigating the Insurance rates and benefits of the Junior Order cf United Amnh-r.r. Mpv.r.irs, but what are his conclusions in the in quiry which affects more that 40.000 North Carolina members nobody in the office during his absence senia to know. Juniors are amazed that the news papers have been so innocent of any troubles that beset that great order. Some of the Juniors have been hm recently discussing the affairs of the fraternity and are authority for the declaration that things have reached a critical stage. The troubles have been acute since the Aiuu t council meeting and just how 40,000 people have kept quid enough to protect their order from the public prints,, nobody knows. According to the rules, every ac tive member of the order carries I iff insurance in the sum of $500. Each local council pays the insurance pre miums from the membership dues and these are required by the nation al society. The question before the commissioners Is a delicate one. Ac cording to members the trouble comes from the requirement that the North Carolina Juniors contribute $35,000 to the Orphan's Home at Tiffin, Ohio. Failure to comply with this mandate automatically cancels insurance and every member who re fuses to do so loses his policy even though he has paid the premiums. The issue before the commissioner, therefore, is whether life insurance can be cancelled when the premiums! have been paid. It is contended that the Tiffin appropriation is separata and entirely apaK from the Insur ance premiumi Smart Chesterfield Farmer. (From the Chesterfield Advertiser.) Nelse Bennett Is hard to beat. Yes. sir. thankee sir, boss. He says he planted cotton on the 26th day ot June and was picking from It on the lOh of October. During the dry spell Nelse used a secret formula contain ing "lamp oil" to hold the moisture la the g'ound. Thos. A. Edison had better look to his laurels.
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