IWonderful
Polk County,
"In The Land of
The Sky?, Of
fer Uquiual
Opportunities.
for Home Seek
ers. Mountain
Spring Witer.
Magnificent I
Scenery;,
VOL. XXI NO. 25.
TRYON, POLK COUNTY, NTC FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1915
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jpERAL. TRADE bUMMISSION
T0 INVESTIGATE COMPLAINT
FROM SOUTH.
WERS
DIVIDE TERRITORY
ortfl aid buuin vdruniid ainu ucuryid
Have Complained and jWMI Be-'
Investigated.
Washington Special agents, of the
ederal Trade Commission' have be-
j.m ail in - o-"
0 . J XT A V. 1 o .,.v.
CQttOH DUyers iu iwhu aim ouuiiu
jfljjna ana ueorgia nave comiDinea
fwteep down prices to producers.
due com Dinea 10 aiviae , lerniory 111
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lacb a way as to allow the practically
10 fix the p rice to the grower. Com
missioner W. J. Harris, who received,
the complaints, recommended a thor
ough investigation which was ordered
by the commission. ' ;
Members or the commission saia
that if 'the allegations of the com
plaints were substantiated, the com
bination would constitute a restraint
eUrade, and the commission would
authorized to proceed under the
anti-trust law. That would mean in
stitution of the first suit of the kind
brought through the commission since
1 creation. . : ' - -
Agents of both the economic and
legal divisions of the commission will
conduct the investigation The trade
commission Issued the following
statement: . -,
The Federal -Trade Commission
ibas ordered an Immediate Investiga
tion to determine whether there is a
combination upon the part of cotton
kyers of South Carolina: North Caro
- -i z -' t we muse 00 ousiness as owners aeaire 1
oilnv and , WPnh
tAw A w)tton. Thl' lrrTesttgatioix
)haa fieen undertaken, at the instance
of Commissioner W. J. Harris to wlioe
uienuon compiaima uaTe wme uwi
such a combination does exist result
ting in his submission of the matter
to the commission.,- " '
"This information is to the. effect
that for years past in the three states
in question and more , particularly in
tin two Care linos- there have ' been
varying prices , for ; cotton, often this
difference amounting, to one-half cent
a pound in two points not more than
20 miles distant from each other. A
"This difference in .price, it is v al
leged in complaints ' which nave
reached the commission; seems' to be
the sole result of the workings ol
this 'combination; '-For instance, it Is
cited, many cities and ; towns have
practically no live markets due to the
fact that divisions of ' territory foi
baying purposes are' made, one terri
tory belonging to one buyer, another
territory to another. ' ' " ,
"These alleged practices are said to
be confined to certain places, -indicated
in the complaint, to a greater
extent, possibly, than to other point
within the state specified." ' .
LARGEST SUFFRAGE PARADE.
Thirty Thousand Ladies In Line on
Fifth Avenue, New York. '
New York. Fifth avenue for foui
bours was given over to the largest
Ionian 's- suffrage parade' ever wife
Messed anywhere. . It was the women'i
appeal to place New York at the eleo
tion on November 2 among "the statea
bich have g'iven women the right tc
vote. r ' '
Participated in by women from
fv'ery state in the union and from
"tore than 20 foreign countries, bj
omen from every phase of businesj
Sessional, educational, artistic and
fieial life, the parade extended from
Washington Square to Central Park,
although it began shortly aftei
4 0 clock, it was long after dark when
,w9 last marchers had finished.
Suffrage leaders estimated that 30,-
women were in line. In addition,
mere were 5,000 men representing,
ltl leaders said, only about half o:
e men who had signed pledges tha4
,-aey would participate.
New Export Trade Plan.
ashington Plans for handling
xport trade of the United States
through a trust company, co-operating
ith the Federal government, in order
. avoid interference with 'cargoes,
ere announced by Secretary Red
field of the dep artment of - commerce,
'Wter a conference with Assistant Sec
retary Peters of the treasury 4 epart-
th h ant Secretar3r Vrooman ot neid by the sheriffs department here ; fiM city, and Grg Hartman, Kan
mL artment of agriculture and a UIlwer suspicion of being implicated to ' eaa city, one year and one day la the
comnanv i
IS
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT SAY8
COMMERCIAL INVASION MOST
'' FEARED. ': i
ESTABLISH AMPLE CREDIT
Even More ' Unprepared For Commer
cial Invasion Than a Military In
vasion He Says.
Louisville, Ky Warning that the
united States should prepare for "a
commercial invasion" as well as ; for
a military invasion was voiced toy
Charle3 Warren Fairbanks, former
Vice President, in an address deliver
ed at a political meeting here.
"The present proseprity of certain
industries based on war orders is in
herently temporary," he said. - "With
in theperiod of the next administra
tion, our own national life and the
markets of the world will be profound
ly affected by the great conflict raging
aboard. We, must meet that with a
constructive pro-Americany program
which -consists of:
"First, the restoration of the pro-
ective tariff second, adequate pre
paredness for national detense ; third,
the restoration ; of the American flag
to the oceans; fourth, organization .to
market our wares in 'the world mar
kets.- v . - . ,'i "' . .
"We must not v only" have our own
ships, we must establish ample bank-
n&-facilities at strategic pofaats in both
Hemisphere sto effect cerdits mare and -
nrA - hmi tch mtr Awn o-pnio and
SIS!
to extend credits. We must . send ing, despite our best efforts contin
VQunff men to the different counbies to ued Utttn the last nioineii-t';;- ; -
'earn ttft kiiCTajrs of the neonJe. to
learn their wants, whims and pre- '
indices. If we are to win' new trade."
we must do hnainftsa as others desire
tnem our mecaoas. . ' - '
After the war, Mr. Fairbanks said,
only one rich neutral market in the
world will present itself, America.
"To : our shores will roll a tide of
commercial invasion which will be
paralyzing under a free trade or a
traiff for revenue, only," he said.
We are now even .more unprepared
to resist commercial than, military In
vasion. The weapon of cheapness,
wielded by our impoverished com
mercial rivals, will be irrestistiible."
TO SERBIAN FRONT.
American Military Attache at Berlin
Will Go to Belgrade. '
Berlin. Lieut. Coir Joseph E.- Kuhn,
military attache of the -American em
bassy here, has gone to the Serbian
front in company with : the military
attaches of the other neutral countries
stationed in Berlin. The officers' will
make their headquarters In Belgrade,
from Which city trips to the various
fronts will be made. -
Lieut. Col. Kuhn has just returned
from a two months' stay at the West
ern grand headquarters where he was
Sunday. The Emperor chatted with,
the American officer for 10 minutes
and evinced particular interest when
he learned that Lieut. Col. Kuhn be
longed to the engineer division of the
American Army.
Austrian Killed Englishman.
Denver Col. Race hatrea sxirreg
. s i
un bv the European war and, resulting
in murder led to the arrest here or
- ,!.
(Jporee Flaraerady. an Austrian, : on
charge of killing George Gray, an
EnEflishman. Both men were employ-
- . " - '. '
ed in a railroad machine shop. The
wvlicft sav that Haragrady, upon
lpamin? that his brother ' had toeen
VMid bv the Allies in Europe became
so enraged that he .pushed Gray into
a powerful drill press where- the
P!nHishman was crushed . to death.
o - 1
.
Diaz Joins Zapata.
El Paso, Tex. A message said to
have beeji received, in' Juarez is quot-1
ed as stating that Felix Diaz has
joined, the Zapata forces and is now
at the head of 40,000 men wrm wnom
he is menacing Mexico City, Receipt
of the message7 was .reported from
two, different sources
Two Mexican Bandits Killed,
Brownsville, Texas. A detachment I
ofthe Sixth Cavalry fired on and kill-
ed two supposed Mexican bandits who
were crossing the Rio Grande at "the
San Pedro Ranch, 12 . mfles up the
river, from 'Brownsville. Both were
armed. The bodies were not recov-
Ard Lieut. T. R. Van Natta of Troop
Li, Sixth Cavalry, was in command of galem, N. C, former "government rev-i,-iiaAhmAni
' Two Mexicans are ; Anno o crAn.T '-nhkrlM'rtral)alcfir-- Kan-
tne uaia ww-
PLEAD FOR LIFE OF
SE
WHITLOCK TELLS OF TRIAL AND
FINAL
INTERCESSION FOR
WOMEN.
AIDED SOLDIERS TO ESCAPE
Wat Not Accused of Serious Charges-
Germans Ignore Request From
Whitlock For Councel.
. t
London.r The full report of the cir
cumstances of the condemnation and
execution of Miss Edith Cavell, an
English wojnan and head of a train-"
inS school is Brussels for, helping Eng-
lish, French and Belgian soldiers to
escape from Belgium, made toy Brand
Whitlock, the American Minister at
Brussels, to Walter H. Page, the Am
erican Ambassador at London, was is
sued by the British government.
How; the secretary of the American
Legation Hugh S. Gibson, sought the
German governor, von Der Lancken,
late .at night before the execution and,
with the Spanish Minister, pleaded
with the governor and the German of
ficers for the English woman's life Is
graphically related in a memorandum
from Mr. Gibson. This document re
fers to the German authorities -- ap
parent lack of good faith in failing
to keep their promises to inform the
American Minister fully of the trial
and sentence.
Minister Whitlock telegraphed to
Ambassador Page on the twelfth:
Miss, Cavell sentenced yesterday
a execuiiea-at z ociocK tnis morn-
Mr. Whitlock's final appeal was In
.'trm of a note sent by a messen
er; late on ' .night of ; the elev
en Governor von Der Lancken,
r-- r: "
,
follows
VMy dear. Baron:, I am too sick
to present my request myself,, but I
appeal to your generosity "of heart to
support it and save from death this
unhappy woman. Have pity on her.
"Yours truly,
, "BRAND WHITLOCK!"
Mr. Whitlock also stated that Miss
3aveli had y nursed German, soldiers.
Mr, Deleval, Counselor of the Am
erican" Legation, reported to Minister
Whitlock;
"This morning ,Mr. Gahan, an Eng
lish clergyman, told -me that he had
seen Miss Cavell in her cell yester
day night at 10 o'clock and that he
had given her Holy Communion vand
had found her admirably strong and
calm. '
I asked Mr. Gahan whether " she
had, made any remarks about any
thing concerning the legal side of her
case, ana wnetner tne confession
which she made before trial and in
court was ' In his opinion perfectly
free and sincere. Mr, Gahan told me
she was perfectly well and knew
what she had done; that, according
to the law, of course she was guilty
and admitted" her guilt, but that she
THREE AMERICANS KILLED.
Five Mexicans and One Japanese Also
Killed on Border.
Brownsville, Texas. Three Ameri
can soldiers, five Mexicans and one
v i-,ti. j i - a .-rw . w
Japanese were &uiu m a. uul uts
tween United States soldiers and Mex
tcan panaats at ujo ae Agua, me
m m . . m mi
Japanese had apparently been shot in
the fight, tout there is nothing to in-
. - x m
dlcate that ne neiongea 10 xne raiaers.
Eight American soldiers were wouno-
ed.
'rne .io tfranae was usea vy separ-
ate bands of Mexican bandits to stop
pursuit. of American soldiers, most of
the toandlts crossing into Mexico jn
botn instances, ine nrst ciuanug was
. . - , . . -.i - rvi J - .
m tne retreat irom rne ue agua
flebt. six miles up the river, and the
see0nd about 30 miles up the river,
Capt Frank R. McCoy, of the
Third. Cavalry, commanding the - Mis-
sion patrol District, reported his be
Mej that there were not more tnan
30 Mexicans in the party which at-
tacted Ojode Ague
Moonshiners Are Sentenced.
Fort Smith, -Ark John. L.' Casper
of Kanspas City, alleged head of the
-moonshine conspiracy, who pleaded
guilty- in the United States District
CourL was sentenced to nine years
an)d three days xin the Leavenworth
penitentiary and ordered to pay a fine
0f $33,000. Others were sentenced as
MiAWS: - a. L. Williams, -Winston
pemientiaryi w fi.wv w-y
DITH GAVElL
WORKER IN TRYON DISTRICT
Miss Mary H. Large, Chicago Woman,
" Will Teach in Mountain Sections
of North Carolina.
Was-hington. ' Announcement has
"been made by the Southern Industrial
Educational' Association at its v head
quarters In this city, -hat Miss Mary
Hi Large, of Chicago, has been engag
ed as field teacher and worker and
assigned to Instruct mountain handi
craft workers in the region afoout
Tryon. v i
The selection by Miss Large, fol
lowed a request made at the June
meeting of the board of trustees toy
Captain Sharp,' president of the Moun
tain Industrial Association of Tryon,
for an instructor capable of teaching
better methods of weaving and bas
ket making. . ' .
, The Mountain Industries Associa-
tionVas the outgrowth of a desire to
aid the mountain people of the South
in preserving the rapidly disappearing
hand arts, of -weaving, backet work,
pottery making,. feather work, etc.
. In the three years of its existence
the association has put in the hands
of those mountain workers more than
?4,Q00 proceeds of the sale of arti- W. McLean, Lumberton, Hugh Mc
cles made by th?m. ' Rae, Wilmington, Leonard Tufts,
These articles include old time linsey-woolsey,
dimity table covers,
fringed bedspeards wjth knotted or
tufted designs, towels, coverlets with
patterns known by names brought
from England and Scotland by the
flrs settlers In tne , mountains, splint
an4 willow baskets, cotton rag rugt
of the old "hit-or-miss" design, fans
of turkey, peacock guinea and duck
feathers .etc. At present, ,it is stated
theie articles are disposed of direct
at the mountain industries Tiouse at
Tryon, the money realized being paid
to the producers of the articles.
J. V. Larkin Kills Dr. Watson.
,'- Carthage. One of the. most deplor
able' tragedies in the history of this
town occurred here when James V.
Larkin. shot and instantly killed his
son-in-law, Dr. D. Fred Watson, after
the latter! had forced an entrance
Into the Larkin home. This sensa-
uonai nair tis. the culmination of, a I., hers - sovoted.
long f&eries -of stratoetU dostie-rek''EtofDv-f fHtho
tkms.
State Fifth in Class B.
Raleigh. Adjutant General Young
received a telegram from Coach I. H
Kearney of the North Carolina Guard
team that took part the past week in
the rifle shoot at Jacksonville, Fla
that brought -the news that the North
Carolina team under-the command ol
IMaj. W. L. Moody won second money
and fifth place in class B, which makei
them twentieth place hTthe rank ol)
the states.
. Congressman Doughton III.
North Wilkesboro. Reports' from
"Laurel Springs as to the condition ol
Congressman Doughton are not . as
encouraging as friends here tad hop
ed for, Dr. C. W. Moseley of Greens
boro, who was attending Mr. Dough
ton, was recalled to his bedside. Th
congressman . is suffering from . stem
ach trouble and has a very high fever.
Rosin Plant Burned.
Wilmington. Fire caused by the
leaking of a still completely destroyed
a rosin plant in the northern part ol
the city, owned toy Causey Bros. The
plant was valued at $10,000 with no
insurance.
NORTH CAROLINA MARKET.
Prices of Cotton, Corn, Oats, Peas,
Butter, Eggs, Etc., on North Caro
lina Markets During Past
. Week.
Ahoskie Cotton, llc; corn, 83c . bu;
peas, $1.50 bur N. C. butter, 30c lb; eggs.
?5c doz. ..
Asheville Corn, 80c bu; oats, 47c bu;
Irish potatoes, $1.80 bu; N. C butter, 30c
lb; eggs, 24c doz.
Charlotte Cotton, 12c; cotton seed,
50c bu; corn-, 95c bu; oats, 65c bu; Irisb
potatoes, $2 bu; N. C. butter, 30c lb; eggs,
30c doz.
Durham Cotton, 12c; corn, 93c. bu;
oats, 60c bu; Irish potatoes, $2 bbl; West
ern butter, 30c lb; N. C. butter, 30c lb;
eggs, 25c doz. -
Fayetteville Cotton, 12c; cotton seed,
63c bu: corn, 75c buioats, 55c bu; peas,
$1 buIrish potatoes, $1.75 bbl; Western
butter, 30c lb; eggs, 20-25c doz.
. Greensboro Cotton, 12 hie; corn. 95c
bu; oats, 60c bu; peas, $1.50 bu; Irish po
tatoes, $2.25 bbl; Western butter, 31c lb;
N. C butter, 31c lb; eggs, 27c doz.
Greenville Cotton, 12c; cotton seed, 60c
bu; corn, 85c bu; oats, 65c bu; Irish pota
toes, $1.50 bbl; Western butter,, 30c lb;
Hamlet Cotton, llc; cottont seed, 60c
bu; corn, 90c bu; oats, 60c-;bu; peas. $1
bu; Irish potatoes, $2.25 bbl; N.;C. butter,
30c lb; eggs, 3c0 doz.
Lumberton Cotton, :12ci corn,- 90c , bu;
pas, $1.25 bu; eggs, 25c . doz.
Maxton Cotton, llc; cotton seed, 65o
bu; corn, 90c bu; oats. 60c bu; Western
butter, 35c lb; N. C. butter, 35c lb; eggs,
30c doz.
Monroe Cotton, 12c; cotton seed. 65
bu; corn, 90c bu; oats, 55c bu; N. C. but
ter. 30c lb; eggs. 30c doz. - .
New,. Bern Cotton, HHc; cotton seed,
60c bu: corn, 75c bu; atB, 50c bu; eggs,
24-SOc dos. .; 1
Newton Cotton, izc; -coiion scea. we
bu; sorn, 90c bu; oats. 75c bu; Irish pota
toes. $2.25 bbl; eggs. 25c doz.
Raleigh Cotton. 12c; cotton seed. 60c
bu: corn, 87c bu; oats. 45c bu; Irish po
tatoes. $1.50 bbl; N. -C. butter,- 30c lb;
-eggs, 28-Slc ,do. , :
Salisbury Cotton. -12Hc; cotton seed,
fiOc bu: corn. 85c bu; oats, 50c bu; peas.
$1.75 bu: Trieb potatoes. $2 50 bbi West-
em butter SOo lb; N. C. butter, 30c lb;
H. A. PAGE HEADS
ANNUAL MEETING
IS HELD IN
RALEIGH AND NEW OFFI
CERS ELECTED.
BI0N H. BUTLER REPORTS
Field Secretary Has Raised About
- $2,500 By His Canvass He Op-
- poses Any Change In Name.
Raleigh The North Carolina State
Publicity Bureau of Development of
Agriculture and Industry, In annual
session determined to incorporate the
bureau at once and designated the
following officers with which the in-
corporation shall be perfected: Pres-
ident, H. A. Page, Aberdeen; vice
presidents, Clarence Poe, Raleigh, A.
Pinehurst, R. C. Hood, Greensboro,
C. O. Kuester, Charlotte; secretary,
J. C. Forester, Greensboro; treasurer
A. A. Thompson, Ralegh. ;
Mr. Page was kept home by sick
ness and A. W. McLean presided at
nig'. IX Tlcre were 60-odd business
men prominent in different sections
of the state present and taking a
lively interest in the work of per
fecting the organization and getting
down to effective work.
Field Secretary Bion H. Butler re
ported upwards of $2,500 raised in
his canvass. There was discussion o!
the advisability of. changing the pres
ent . name to a shorter one and t
wide difference of opinion expressed
Bion Butler told the meeting that he
had dragged Ahe resent name oyer
the state making - it acquainted anc
that he and; many others had com
to like the present name very much
He opposed any change, and the mem
1 of-thos e wh'C:poke--r with
reference to the name and on 'othei
matters coming - up for conslderaUoL
were: Carey Hunter, Raleigh; J. A
Pride, Seaboard Air Line; C. W.
Gold, Greensboro; R. C. Hood. Grens
boro; W D. MacMiUan, Jr.-, Wilming
ton; Z. V. Smith, Southern Railway;
Mr. Carter, Mount Airy. ,-
Accidentally Killed While Hunting.
Greensboro. Robert C' Hood, one
of Greensboro's leading citizens anc
most prosperous business meiw acci
dentally killed 5y a. gunshot . wooinc
while hunting a" few -miles from
Greensboro abot:: unset.
Mr. Hood in company; with several
memibers of a hunting lodge had i ne4
out for an af ternoons recreation, and
while the others of the party wetf
busy about the lodge, Mr. Hood walk
ed in the woods a few JLundred-yards
in Quest of squirrels, and when
at-
tempting to get over, a wire fence his
gun was accidentally discharged,, in
flicting a wound in his left breast and
causing instant death.!
Extend East Tennessee Road.
Wilmington. Announcement la
made by the East Tennessee - and
Western North Carolina.. Railroad,
Johnson City, Tenn., to Montezuma,
N..C, of the award. of contracts foi
extension of its line from the latter
point to Foscoe, N. C, a distance; of
10 miles through the picturesque
Linville section of this state, past
Grandfather- - Mountain. Completion
of the extension will be within eight
months. - . '
Patents For Tar Heels.
Washington. Davis & Davis,
pat-
eht attorneys, reoprt the grant to cit
izens of North Carolina of the foi
lowing patents : .
- Wilfred P Carson, Winston-Salem
grindingmill feeding mechanism; -Jo
seph - L. Conrad, Durham, electric
cable; Albert D. Cox, Winterville, fer
tiluer-dlstrlbutor; William T. Mercer
Wilmington, mail-catcher.
Kilted in Elevator ShafV
Salisbury. Mr. John A. Misen-
:heimer, a well-known .farmer living
three miles south of ' Salisbury, was
killed here,, stepping into an elevatoi
shaft at a local hardware and furni
ture company's store
Ready For Textile Meeting. .
Greenville, S. C. The Southern
Textile Exposition will toe held at
Greenville. Novemoer - 2-6, inclusive.
The installation of exhibits is pro
ceeding rapidly and within o another
week practically all of the 200 or more
exhibits will toe in readiness for the
opening on the night of November 2,
Two significant features of exposition
week will be the annual conventions
of the board of governors of Ameri
I Manufactnrers't' Aasoclatlon and
I o,v-, Ttn- A.-wtki.
V MVWV -mmmr mmrmr- mmmmmmw
U MM BUREAU
GERE1AH DEFEtJDS
UNDER
THE
Secretary
execution
-TELLS" OP
OF Ml 88
CAVILLJ A NURSE.
REGRETTED BUT WAS JUSTICE
Hard That Woman Should Be Put to
Death But No Other Course Seem
ed Possible. Z ' " '
Berlin, via The Hague and Germany.
Dr. A. F. Zimmerman, German un
der secretary for, foreign affairs has
issued an official explanation of the
recent execution In Belgium of Miss
Edith Cavell, the British nurse. He
phrased Ms remarks by the . declara
tion -that he had examined every de
tail of the evidence with the greatest
bare and found the verdict "though
regretable, to be just." His state-.
ment in part follows: , ,
- "I see by. the British and the Amer
ican press that the ..shooting of an
English woman and the conviction of
several other women in Brussels for
treason have caused us. to be severe
ly criticised. It is indeed bard that
a woman must be executed, tout what
shall a state which is at war come
to, if it allows to pass unnoticed a
crime against the safety of its armies
because x-mmitted toy women? No
law book in the world, least of all,
those deaftng with war regulations,
makes such a differentiation, and the
female sex has only one preference
according to legal usages, namely,
that women in a delicate condition
may iiothe executed. t
"In the Cavell case I have reviewed
the decision of the court and examin
ed evidence to the smallest detail.
"The reason is so ; convincing and
all the circumstances .are rao cleaj
and convincing that no courtmarti&l
in' the world could have ' rendered ; any
other decision. For it concerns not
the act of one,-single person, rather
It concerns a well thought out, world-
wide conspiracy which .succeded nipe
months to render, the most valuable
aid to the enemy, to the disadvantage
of our army. Countless British, Bel
gian and French soldiers nowN again
are fighting in . the allied ranks who
owe their escape from Belgium to
the activity of the band now sentencV
eJt at the head of which stood Miss
Cavell. ,
"With such a situation," under the
very eyes of the enemy, only the ut
most severity can bring relief, and the
government violates the most elemen
tal duty toward the army and its safe
ty if it does not adopt the strictest
measures, xhese auties in war are
greater than any other."
5,713,347 BALES COTTON GINNED.
Third Report Issued by Government,
-Big Deficiency.
Washington. The third cotton gin
ning report of jthe season, compiled
from reports of census bureau corres
pondents and agents throughout the
cotton belt, announced that 5,713,347
bales of 'cotton counting round as half
bales," of. the growth of 1915 has been
ginned, ; prior to October 18. This
compared with 7,619,747 bales, or 47.9
per cent of the entire" crop - ginned
prior to October 18 last year, 6,973,-
518 bales, or 49.9 per cent in 1913 and
6,874t206 bales, or 51.0 per cent in. 1912.
Ginnings; prior to October,- by states,
with comparisons for the Mast two
years and : the percentage of the 'en
tire crop ginned in those states prior
to that dale in the same years follow : .
;., Alabama. '
Year i'. V Bales Percent
1915 ............. '556,272
1914 810,295 46.8-
kl913 .. . . . . , 839,89 bb.o
, ' Georgia.
1915 .... J. . . 1,178,389
1314 i. 1,367,916 60.?
1913 .......... 1,296,911 . 65.3
V North Carolina.
1915...' ...rV. 264,665 v ,
1914'
1913
1915
1914
1913
304,108
' 252,193
v South Carolina..
581.978
i 693.444
..........-619,720
34.0
X0.1
44.4
43.7
Villa Troops Occupy Naco.
Washlngton.-j-State department dis
patches representing that the forces
W the'de facto government of Mexico
have .'evacuated Naco and that the
town has toeen occupied: by a "VllLv,
force of 800 men said practically ail
train, service in northern, Sonofa . was
suspended" and that ,, although . Can
anea was quiet, . mining i operations ,
theref mighthaye to be suspended if
railway communication was noopen-y,
ed in the near future. Reports from -tneV
Sonora ;' bbrderittUcate
troops1 are entering: the Bavispe,
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