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VOLUME 30.
WATTERSON FOR
U. S. SENATE
Movement Taking Shape to
Elect Him
BECKHAM IS UNPOPULAR
Governor Beckham, Who Had Heen
Slated for the Senatorship, Has
Lost Much of His Popularity, and
Democrats Are Demanding a New
Ileal Republicans Hope to Un
seat Some Democrats and Capture
Legislature and Senatorship.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.) ;
Lexington, Ky., Nov. 9. There is a
movement here looking toward the
organization of an Anti-Beckham Club.
A number o prominent democrats at
a . casual meeting discussed the mat
ter seriously and declared that they
would be In favor of calling a mass
meeting and instructing the represen
tatives of this county and city to vote
for Henry Watterson for senator.
Thomas A. Combs, the newly elect
ed senator, is a strong Beckham man,
but the election of both Combs and
Klair will be contested by the repub
licans. Their majorities are about 000
votes each, but the republicans are
taking evidence for a contest and de
clare they will have at least S00 votes
disqualified and some entire precincts
thrown out. They assert the entire
republican ticket will be declared
elected, or a new election ordered, in
which case they feel assured of suc
cess. There are several other contests In
the state, and the republicans are
more hopeful thaii ever of winning
the United States senatorship. They
will have the support of the sympa
thizers of Senator J ;mcs B. McCreury,
who blames Governor Beckham for
calling a snap primary.
JvAlSEK HAS A XKW
KV GRANDSON.
(By Cable to The Times.)
Berlin, Nov. 9. The crown princess
of Germany lias given birth to a sou.
The baby is reported to be a healthy,
bouncing infant. The crown princess
is doing well.
Emperor AA'ilhelm was the first to
hear that he Is now a grandfather
twice over, lie was delighted that the
baby is a boy and expressed his con
gratulations to crown Prince Freder
ick William.
The new baby is the second son of
the Crown Prince and Princess of Ger
many, so that he will b merely one
of tin) imperial princes of the German
court.
MILLIONS LOST
IN A BIG FIRE
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Superior, Wis., Nov. 9. Superior
was swept by a $2, 500, 000 fire last
night. The flames originated in the
Great Northern Railroad Company's
elevator, which was quickly destroy
ed, the firemen being fortunate to
save the two other elevators owned
by the same company and three of
the Peavey System.
The wind coming up during the
night, burning brands were carried
for a mile. Forest fires started in
halfdozcn places. The plant of the
Great Lakes Dredging Company was
ontircly consumed.
Boston Metal Market.
Boston, Nov. 9 Opening prices:
Smelting preferred, 37; Utah, 38;
Boston Cons., 16; Carlai, 600; North
Butte, 39 H; Copper range, 04;
Franklin, 7. -
UNCLE SAM IS AFTER
SOME BANK GAMBLERS
(By leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Nov. 9. U. S. District
Attorney Stlmson and Wm. R. Rldg
loy, comptroller of the currency, have
started the legal machinery of the
government for searching" Inquiry Into
the transaction of several men who
were forced to retire from high official
positions in several national banks a
few weeks ago.
While the rumors that arrests are
to be expected or that Indictments aro
to be asked for at the present were
GENERAL BOOTH
BIDS FAREWELL
TO AMERICANS
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Nov. 9. General Booth,
the grand old man of the Salvation
Army, bade farewell to America today
and sailed for England on the steamer
St. Louis.
From the steps of the city hall last
night the general made his farewell
' address to a throng of five thousand
and the inspiring strain of "God be
I With You Till We Meet Again" rolled
in a mighty chorus.
The aged general stood on the steps,
a great, white moving picture sheet
was stretched back of him; thousands
of his faithful followers literally gath
ered at his feet. His parting words
were repeated through megaphones by
four lusty lunged Salvationists, so that
every word Was carried to the utter-
most limits of the crowd.
He delivered his farewell in short
i paragraphs and after he spoke each
one in a strong voice which would
have been lost In the night air, the
four megaphone men in unison shout
ed the words to the assemblage so that
each might hoar what were probably
the last words that General Booth will
speak to his followers in the United
States.
AND "PROHIBITION"
COMING, TOO!
(By Cable to The Times.) -Helms,
France, Nov. !). The un
favorable weather climaxed with hur-
1 ricane at a critical time, which pre
j vailed throughout the champagne
.districts in the south of France, in
dicate that the champagne crop this
year will be a failure.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Richmond, Va., Nov. 9. Mrs. Nallle
Atchison, eighteen years of age, pret
ty and petite, once divorced, now seeks
freedom from her second husband In
order that she may re-marry Leslie
Miller, whose hand she accepted when
a girl of fifteen, and whom she di
vorced In order to marry Atchison.
Divorce proceedings are now pending
in the law and equity court, and if
all goes well 'it is her intention to
again become Mrs. Miller on Christ
mas day. The girl was, prior to her
marriage. Miss Nellie Greenstreet.
Since her first venture In matrimony
she has been estranged from her
family. , . '...." ' "
Nellie Miller's divorce from her first
husband followed a quarrel and sepa
ration, due to a. certain trip to Nor
folk, taken by herself and her sister.
Mrs. Maria Kt litis., Gordon Atchison,
who later became the husband of the
pretty wife of Miller, followed the sis
ters to the city by the sea and latter
reported the circumstances to t lie Irate
husband, who met them at the wharf
on their return. Both of the young iro
men attempted to commit suicide by
leaping over the side of the ship.
Miller at once instituted proceedings
for a divorce from his wife, which
was granted.
Gordon Atchison volunteered to ac
cept the divorced girl as his bride.
The two were married and lived
happily together for several months,
when Atchison, according to the state
ments of the wife, commenced to treat
her badly. Things went from bad to
worse. Finally tho husband was ap
prehended for forging checks and -Was
sentenced to serve two years in the
state penitentiary.
Atchison being out of the way, tem
porarily at least. Miller stepped in and
successfuly courted his former wife.
The announcement that Mrs. Atchi
son had applied for a divorce and
would remarry Miller quickly fol
lowed. denied emphatically today. It was
admitted that the inquiry had been
underway for more than a week and
was not yet completed.
Federal bank examiners have been
at work on the books of three na
tional banks for a fortnight and have
returned to Washington to- prepare
their reports and submit them to
Comptroller Ridgley.
It Is known that two former bank
officials had made false reports to the
comptroller of tho currency.
ROMANCE IN
RICHMOND WITH
CHICAGO ODOR
RALEIGH, N.
TAINTED MONEY
KILLED HIM
New York, Nov. 9 For ten years
a victim of a malady that had puz-
zled physicians, Edward H. Hall, j
cashier of Arnold, Constable & Co., !
for 20 years is dead today at his j
home from myxedema, a rare disease
caused by continued contact with
paper money. j
Twenty years spent in counting !
money in rectea Mr. Hall with -the
deadly germs that lurked in the or
dinary bank note.
SO MANY KILLED
CAN'T COUNT 'EM
Cars Filled Willi Explosives
Blown Up
THE HEOBIC .'ENGINEERS
Train Caught Fire Near Town of
Nacozari and Brave Knginecr ar
ci:i, Telling Crew to Jump, Dashes
Through Town to Save the Place.
Kvplosioji Comes When Section
House is Reached it Was Filled
With Men and Jinny Were Blown
to Atoms.
(By-Leased-Wire .to The. Times.)
Douglas, Ariz., Nov. 9.- Jesus
Gaarcia, a locomotive engineer, saved
Nacozari, Ariz., from destruction by
running a burning powder 'train j
through tho town at top speed, but;
lost his own life and caused the
death of a dozen or more Mexican
section hands through the explosion
of two cars of powder just as the
flaming train was passing a section
house. John Chisolm, a boy, was
also killed by the explosion.'.'
The train caught fire near Naco
zari, on the narrow gauge railroad
of the Pilares Mine. In (ho train
were two open cars heavily loaded
with explosives.
Realizing that the concentrator
and a good part of the town would
be destroyed if the powder exploded
there. Engineer Garcia, called to the
rest of the crew to jump and started
to run the train through the town.
He had taken it about half a mile
when the explosion occurred, as tho
cars were passing a section house
full of Mexicans. The terrific ex
plosion blew the house, the train,
the men and the engineer to atoms.
Young Chisholm, not seeing the
fire In the train, sought to sloal a
rido on the rear car. It is impossi
ble to say just.. 'how many section
men were killed.
A COMjKUK PROFF.SSOIt
WHO IS OH.' HIS HASH.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 9. Prof.
Joseph II. Drake, of the law depart
ment of the University of Michigan,
has startled Ills class by declaring
that he would favor electing Theo
dore Roosevelt as king of this coun
try. The students ut first took the
statement as a Joke, but Prof. Drake
csserted It was given with sincerity.
TO CULTIVATE THE
PASM COOK'S VOICE
Paris, Nov. 9. M. Cares, manager
of the Opera Comique, today install
ed an Italian pastry cook, who has
been selling cakes and sweets at the
N'lce Casino, in a private school,
where he will learn French before
bowing to the public as one of the
greatest, tenors in the world.
The director of the N'ice Casino,
who discovered tho wonderful voice
possessed by the pastry cook, has an
nounced that in his opinion he will
become one of tho greatest singers
of the age. . , .
Opening Day at Oakland Itaccs.
San Francisco, Cnl., 9 Tho annual
winter meeting of tho new California their apartment in No. K2 west 114th
Jockey Club opens at tho track today street, Helen Schwab, a beautiful girl
with more and classier horses than "f tcnly-three years driven insane
before i y thought of her loss, ran to the
' . . ' ' . , . roof of the six story building, drank
V 1th good horses in the six events cRrbi10 H(,,a unJ Uu,n ,piiped down
and tho promise of a good trnck it;tne all.Hhafl. ,sho was crushed to
looks as If the opening day may furn- aeath on cncreto of the court yard
Ish as good sport as ran bo witness-, below. The mother tiled ns the girl's
ed anywhere. bodv was carried Into the house.
C, SATURDAY EVENING,
!A LECHER KILLS
A GOOD
While Breakfasting With
Little Children
HUSBAND HAD JUSTLEFT
riuiiolowifz, Failing to Lead Dora
Stebel Astray, Sheets Her Down in
Cold Hlood- When Arrested and
Drought to Face Body of His Vic
(i in Her Noti of . ine Years Tried
to Strike Him With His Little
Kist Horrible .('rime Today in
New York.
(By Leased Wir? to The Times.) ,
Nov York, Nov. 9--Mrs. Dora
Stebel -was shot down and killed as
;!;
e sat at break fast with 'her two
oung children : today by Joseph
Schmolowitz, an old 'sweetheart of
i hers, because she .had refused to an
Jswer his arden love letters begging
j her to lpave her. husband,
j'. Sr'hmolovvitz .had.' waited mill Isa-
dore Stebel, the husband.' had left, tho
Stebel. home in AYi,.!ia,.is,burg to go !
Mo work in Mar.!'; '!, -i. Then he !
l-rusdScd . up the stair::,, burst into (he
' dining-room and '.-.'Without .' a word ,
; drew his revolver and i'ned. The first j
j shot 'struck- Mrs.."Kie!.-el in the arm, .
! and she arose, se!'e-t::,ni;,Y from thivj
j table, the children crying in affright, I
: -grasped their mother' 'skirts. Then j
i Sehmolovvitz fired a second time. The
j mother : fell dead, with a bullet j
through her heart. '. The. I wo .child-!
(Continued on-. -.'Pa so Five.)
ROLli
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, Nov. 9 Georgetown
and North Carolina will line up for
the first big game oil the local grid
iron of the season this afternoon. It
will be first thiine that a Tar Heel
team has played in the city in a
number of years and the game is ex
pected to give a good lino on the rela
tive strength of Georgetown and the
Chapel Hill team.
-Chapel. HNI lias always had a good
ball team, .and 'this season's outfit is
no exception. They have played con
sistently all season, heating some of
the best teams in tho south Atlantic
division and holding others to n close
score.
A large crowd lias gathered on the
rcrounds to witness the event. There
aro several thousand North Carolin
ians who live or are visiting in Wash
ington, and a' large part of this con
tingenl is rooting for North Carolina
this afternoon.
$10,000,000 COAL
AX1 RAILWAY COMPANY.
(By Leased AVI re to The Times.)
Mobile, Ala., Nov. 9. Through the
taking over of the Tuscaloosa Hell
Hallroad by the Hirmlnghnni and Gulf
Railroad Company the Tidewater De
velopment Company, which owns the
hitter system and proposes the barg
ing of coal from the fields of Hirmlng
hain and tie' AVarrior to Mobile and
New Orleans, the Development Com
pany lias taken the first step towards
pulling Its gigantic plans in operation.
The. 'company Is-capitalised at $10,000,
000 and will operate an electric line
from the Birmingham coal fields to
the AVarrior river at Tuscaloosa, there
to connect with an Immense barge
line proposed for that river.
AVork of constructing the two rail
way systems has already begun.
UNITED IN LIFE AND
NOT PARTED IN DEATH
(By Leased AA'ire to The Times.)
New York, Nov. 9. AVhllc her
mother, whose constant attendant and
companion-for. years, lay dying in
v
NORTH CAROLINA
VSGEOR
TOWN
AT WASHINGTON
NOVEMBER 9, 1907.
r
iL
SOON TO MEET
(By. falilu.. to The. Times.)
j Berlin, .-.Nov. 0.-- Kmperor Wllhcliu
: n 1 1 ! the express departed shortly be
iforo 'midnight fur Flushing., where to
; day they embarked for England. The
j emperor, looked well and chatted chcer-
fully .with . Prince A'oti Huelow, the
imperial chancellor ami Prince Oscar,
his young son. -
I The emperor will see 'Secretary Taft
Ion the isle of Wight.;:
fOME
FIGHT A DUEL
And Unfa Arrest
IN LOVE WITH SAME MAN I
The Army Captain, - Who Wa-i Ihe
Innocent Cause of (he Bloody I
Tragedy, Disappears and ii is j
I'eared He . Has .. Destroyed Him-j
self Girls Were Friends and
Worked in (lie Same Bank Aim
of Both Was Good.
. (Special Cable to ; The Times.)
V ienna, Ni v. !!.' The young ca vnl ry
captain over win im two girls. Anna
Bitter, 10 years, iild. ami Ida . Maner,
aged IS, 'fought a .terrible duel with
pistols, ..has .disappeared- from his reg
iment. It. is 'feared that ..''affected by
the tragedy lie-has committed suicide.
The girls '.were.' employed in the same
bank and were intimate friends. Un
known to each other they fell in love
with' the same man, and- whi n Miss
Manner told her friend she loved the
captain. Miss IJitier immediately chal
lenged her to a duel. They, fought in
a seel ti. led' sput jusl . out side the city.
Miss. Bitter was. shot; -lb rough the head
and died shortly afterward in the his
pltul. Miss Manner was slightly
wounded. v She is under arrest.
CLi:AUIX(i CKUTH'ICATKS
ISSl KB AT COLUMBIA.
Columbia, S. C, Nov. ! At the
request of the sliite .bunkers' associa
tion the Columbia clearing house as
sociation today issued clearinghouse
certificates in the sum of $2!ll,000,
which is twenty per cent.: of the ag
gregate capitalization'' of the .banking
institutions hero. There is plenty of
money here lor local needs, one hank
having four and a half times the
amount of currency usually on hand
ill this season, hut. the .movement, of
crops' in . the farming counties, have
been seriously hampered by dear! h of
currency. Five towns near Colum
bia have already taken batches of lite
certificates, and the local merchants
aro -'taking them gladly, some 'offering
premium's: 'Ihe issue is redeemable..
March 1 next. It is hacked by stale
and federal bonds in the ratio of I i
to 1, Charleston is also to , issue
clearing house 'certificates. The state
bankers' .association deems it sullic
ient to have certificates issued in
two cities, and discourages any at
tempt to issue certificates, a mini.;; tho
smaller
country banks.
THE WRONG MAN WAS
KILLED IN THIS SCRAPE
Rome, Ga., Nov. ft. Robert N.
Mitchell shot and killed Joseph M.
Sloop last night in front of the Cen
tral Hotel, it 's said Sloop accosted
.Mitchell several times with a vile epi
thet and then opened tire, four shots
entering Sloop's breast and caused in
stant death. Sloop's wife was iii the
dining room of the hotel at the tlnv
of, tho tragedy and Is prostrated. .:,
It Is alleged that the trouble between
the two melt grew out of Sloop's curs
ing Mitchell early yesterday morning.
If is alleged Sloop saw Mitchell ul
tempttoenterthc ladies' bath room and
applied a vile epithet to any man who
would do that kind of thing.
Atlanta, (in., Nov. 9. It. N. Mitchell,
who shot and killed Joseph M. Sloop
at Rome, last night, was brought ;to
Atlanta, early this morning tor safe
keeping.
The prisoner refused to talk.
A squad of the county convicts
are ut work near Garner quarrying
stone which will he shipped to Ral
eigh to be used In mnrndamixlns!
llillslioro road.
KAISER AND TAFT
i YOUNG
TAFT LEAVES
MANILA
FOR
i
(By Cable to The Time?.)
Manila, Nov. ;!) Secretary;-Taft
took his departure-, for 'Vladivostok
on board the flagship Rainbow at
11:30 o'clock this morning, . He ex
pects to arrive-at .Vladivostok 'oh the
morning of November IS, He will,
in that case, leave for St. Petersburg
! v I'.;-;,-.
-;. :,...'.'T;iff :: .departure, was the
oeeasjci of a a- enthusiastic demon-!'.,:-iVr''i:i
. I. y t')e people of the city.
He y.'r.s e:TorlL'd from t lie . governor-,
general's residence to -.the Lhne.ta by
ill" niiiikiry." and .'".there reviewed a
::ara'!; j of .the children of the. schools,
.the troops and. .'many civic: organiza
tions. :.Bi..ri:C-"he left lie -"delivered a
shot". ;:::.v. ' .. ;
The crowd niihitched the horses
from his ci'.n-iase and drevv il through
( tiH- r'tveels,.: to the'-dock, 'the -school
hoys
All--
following, c::!ii!l great cheering,,
the' .harbor craft,, profusely dec
ej. followed the launch coniaill
i'.le Tali party to the Rainbow,
;r.g .
vvhicii was, lioa-dcd by Governor-Geii-.
eral StiHlli, Ahijor-tJeneral Wood, the.
insular ollieers end; the ass'emhlyr.ien,
to hid the departing-'guests farewell.
.Mr. Tal'l made a sliort speech to
the assemlilage. thanking the people
of the I'hilii)iiKv, for their lipspi.t al
ity and reiterating his full ; confidence
in the future of (he-islands.
NOT TO MARRY
E
(Hy Cable to The Times.)
Paris, Nov. p--Anna Gould will
not, marry Prince Do -Sagun, the -dashing-spendthrift;
whose reputation in
Paris and throughout Europe brands
him as one of the most brilliant
scapegraces in the world. She has
given the splendid . prince the mit
ten, driving him from her chateau.
He was a guest, during a hunting
party, and all his 'protest at ions of
love, his pleadings for: a reconcilia
tion, his -emotional tears have not
I had the effect of changing her. mind.
She is irreeonciliable.
. Just what influence w as brought to '
bear -upon the American heiress to
lake, t 'ii:; ;.iep is not k now n. ; 1 ler j
friend.-, and family, were -opposed to'
the
i-iat-'h. It. is said also l hat Count
lloni had iniended to make an effort
to regain his, children' in I ho event
Counte.K ..Anna tnaiiied Prince -De
Sagst ii.- 1i.il Hi is h; i.o!. known. .:
Prince- ;i)e :;".';;:n
the Could ch'at.e:;-'.!. .
the ....extensive; g;;iuc
was. attacked wit'h
CovnUess Anna vva
Tli.c.v was a hitter
iirince was ordered
was a guest at
'ooting. birds on
iiresi'i'ves. He
hroachitis . and
c nursing him.
quarrel and the
to leave iuimedi-
li-lfelv".
He was driven to tlie station!
I:; a hired hack., lie was ordered
never to cross her .threshold again, j
The prince has .made a number of j
efforts to see her, protesting t hat, he '
loved her for .herself... alone, and not '.
for her money, but all in vain. 1
Kriends of Anna stale llirit her pride
as a. woman overcame her love fori
the prince: and that the breach cant
never he healed..; Tills has caused:
great sausiaenon in rai ls, parucu -
larly. among ihe members of the no-
bilily, who -have been looking lor :iti
tiji'jiort unit oi declaring their nn
ilvi:;g love for the' American heiress
alon.'.
VLADIVOSTOK
SPENDTHRIFT
MONEiLOVER
THE CROP MOVEMENT IS
PARALYZED; NO MONEY
(liy Leased Wire to The Times.) '
New A'orki Nov. !i.-Although go'd
to the amount of inure than $12,O(Ki,0i0
was deposited in tlie city banks yes-
lords y, und - hllhough enough more is
on the way from Kurop . to make the
total more than $i:. OOo.ouo for this
movement."', withdrawals from the.
banks have been so heavy in tho pawt
week that the clearing house asso
ciation decided to withhold publication
of the vvcckJy bank statement until
PKICE fe.
GOVM'T AFTER
THE DISTILLERS
Big Plant in Virginia Cap
tared by Officers
OPERATOR IS ARRESTED
Second Raid On Same Still Within
a 'Mouth The Dry Fork Distilling
Co., Near Danville, and in Which
Former X. C. Distillers Are Inter
ested, Said to Have Swindled Uncle
Sam Out of $100,000 Jn the Last
Two Years Sixth Seizure in Vir
gin'" in One Month.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Danville; A-a., Nov. 9. The large
plant of the Dry Fork Distilling Com-
jpanjv incorporated.-. located aooui ni-
j teen .'miles from this city, is closed as
'the result, of a second seizure by tho
foiled Stales revenue officers on the
j charge of defrauding the 'government,'-.
I After the first seizure, some weeks
- ::g... T. M. Angle, the manager for the
! distilling company, was arraigned be
i fore -Commissioner Capers, who re
! qulivd. him to give-bond for $4,000 be-..
!fuie the. eommjsisorier of revenue for
this district. It is claimed this bond
i whs irregular and should have been
Iglven before .T Cuited States judge,
j Wednesday- night another seizure was
made a lid the distillery will remain
idle until the bond can be given prop
erly before Judge McDowell...
The regular fall term of the redcral
court of the western district convenes
next Tuesday morning at Lynchburg,
and -some highly sensational develop
ments are expected to folio v, as in
dict m -His ai-p considered certain.
AVashingloti, D. ('.. Nov. 9 Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue John G.
Capers has been notified of the seiz-. ,
ure by government, agents of the Dry
Fork Distilling Company. The report
states that fraudulent operations have
been going on there for about two
years and it is estimated that the gov
ernment1 has lost between $75,000 and
Jino.ooo during that period.
The value of the distillery is placed
at between $1,000 and $5,000, and when
it was -raided -sixty barrels, or nearly
3,oiio gallons of spirits .were also seiz
ed, Including the tax, the whiskey is
worth about $4,500. i . - :
'. A'esterday afternoon a representa
tive of the distilling company called
at the revenue bureau and offered to
pay $7,000 to compromise the case, but
Commissioner Capers declined to con
sider the proposition. Should no com
promise be effected, the plant and Its
products will be sold under forfeiture
and the owners prosecuted criminally.
The seizure at Dry Fork Is tho sixth
that has been made in A'irglnla dur
ing the last month or two nnd it is
expected others will be made.
ON WRONG LEG
(liy Leased AVire to The Times.)
A'icksburg, Miss., Nov. 9 licneial
j Kiel. D. (Jrant, son of the famous
j general.' who on Thursday night In an
j address before the Society of the
iArmy of Tennessee, In annual re-un-;
bin here, declared that ill May, 1863,
only , .41000 soldiers under General
Craiit, Invested . A'leksburg, where
(leueral Peniberton and (ienerul Jos
eph K. Johnston commanded 60,000
Confederate soldiers, was corrected
yesterday by .Col. L. W. Montgomery
and General Grant publicly apologiz
ed. The truth of the matter was Just,
the reverse us regards numbers of
troops,
'Governor A'ardanian bridged ths
chasm by saying he was willing to
nominate General Grant as President
; ,,,,1V..S ww.
;
;-n((.kpr
Tightness of money hai
produced silence in AVashlngton.
, Docker it doesn't work that way.
w ith my wife New York Sun; '
utter the close of the stock market to
day. -,'.
I One result of the shortage of cash
Is a paralysis of the crop moving bus-.
j',iess. Although furuiei-s are eager to
sell, except In localities where there
' are organized pools to hold back crops
for higher prices, they are unable to
do so because they are refusing to'ac-'
cept checks in payment for the pro
duce. Railroads and wholesale deal
ers nre unable to pay In rash and the
' produce movement is declining rapidly.
GRANT HAD BOOT