" SCENE OF CASTILLOES HO.ir.ILLE C?.;:.X:
HOW TO 'DOUBLE YOUR; COTTOli v
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; VEROAFJA KILLED V BAND OF
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of -the .United States) pepartment of Agriculture ,
What the "Knapp Method" does
FEDERALS AFTER THEY HAD
CROSSED INTO TEXAS.
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COLQUITT WIRES TO, BRYAN
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GEORGIA SENATOR
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Texas Govsrnor Denies Intsntlosfto
Invada Mexico, But Wants toAp-.
-J. prehsnd the Murderers.
AastlD, Texas. Ranger Captain J. J,
Bandera, reporting to Qot. O. B. 5ol-
- oultt, made the direct charge that
Clements Vergara, an American ranch
man, waa shot to death while In the
custody of Mexican federal troops, os-
teslbljr en route from the Jail ' at Hi
dalgo to federal headquarters at Pie
dras Negraa, Mexico, Governor Col-
qultt .telegraphed Secretary of State
Bryan asking what method should be
followed In. an effort to , apprehend
those responsible for the killing of
Vergara. :'
Captain Sanders, lh bis report, said!
"Will advise that on the morning of
February 13, Ave federal soldiers un
der command of Apolonlo Rodrlguei
crossed the Rio Grande to an Island
belonging to the United States, taking
therefrom eleven horses belonging to
Clemente Vergara, carrying them to
the Mexican side of the river. In pass
ing the house of Vergara, which
stands on the banks of the liver on
the Texas aide, one of the men went
to the river and called to Vergara, re
questing htm to come across the river,
aa the captain wanted to arrange with
him about paying or the horses.
"Vergara and a nephew of his cross
ed in a skiff to the Mexican aide, where
two more men came to the water's
edge, leaped Into the skiff and struck
him three blows on the head with a
pistol, dragging him to the bank and
carrying him' to Hidalgo. On Sunday
at I a. m. he was taken from the
Hidalgo Jail and started with guards
ostensibly to Pledras Negraa, but Was
shot to death after proceeding only a
short distance. Vergara was born and
. reared In Webb county, Texas, and I
am Informed that he had a pass to
; cross the river, signed by Sheriff
Sanchei, of Webb county, and Garxa
Galan. .;'..' -
' The text of Governor Colquitt's tele
gram to Secretary Bryan was;
. "Your telegram In answer to the one
sent by me to the president Is re
ceived. I do not want to Invade Mex
ico with a military force. I asked
your co-operation In maintaining the
"rights and dignity of this state and
your consent to allow me to send state
rangers, who are peace officers, in
pursuit of those who are constantly
transgressing our laws. Again I ask
.the president to advise me who is rec
ognised by him aa the constituted au
thority in Mexico. I repeat the in
quiry and ask who you recognise as
, constituted in the state of Nuevo Leon,
as I desire to present requisitions to
the proper authorities of that state
, for the. surrender of fugitives ' from
Texas Justice, notably those responsi-
, tie for the theft of Clemente Vergara's
property and his subsequent murder."
FAVOR COTTON SALES BILL
.' Measure Would Require Speolflcatlon
of Grades With etandard.
. Washington. -The senate commi
" tee on agriculture and forestry Bubmlt
' ted a favorable report on the bill In
,,; traduced last spring by Senator Smith
of South CarolL to regulate the Bell
ing of cotton.- The bill, designed to re
torm the rules and regulations of the
:' New York and New Orleans cotton ex
changes, would require any person or
.. corporation in the making of an offer
for future delivery of cotton, to aped
, fy the grade or grades contracted, for.
The secretary of agriculture would
..' be required to standardise the grades
k of "upland" and "gulf" cotton eepa
' lately, , "gulf", 'cotton" not to include
- ""' anything below the grade of "good or
v;:,dinary" or above "middling fair." "
The bill further would require that
In dealing with long-staple cotton the
.. lengtlj of the staple shall be deslgnat-
ed in all contracts and deliveries must
be made according to contract '
' :' Any dealings In violation of this sys
tem would be punishable by a One not
; to exoeed- $6,000 or imprisonment for
not more than a year or both. . .
Two Guilty In Everglades Lottery.
.. - Kansas City, Mo. R. H. Martin and
.Joseph Borders, Kansas Citv.jVU.ijatong j,are Df further trouble be-
it the Florida Fruit-'-ifaiUs company,
a ft3 in the federal court at
' Kansas City to the charges of conspir
acy and -the conducting of a lottery
; in tne sale oi lands in the Everglades
of Florida. Judge , Van Valkenburgh
reserved sentence. Martin . and Bor
ders were indicted with six other of
ficers and agents- of the lands company
last November on the general charge
ot misuse of the malls. It was charg
ed rthey. misrepresented lands sold.
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; Freight Rate Case Postponed. '
- Ne Orleans. La. The Geoncla
cates cbms, Involving injunctions se
cored by the Atlantic Coast Line, the
r Southern railway and the Central of
tMorgia against freight rate reduotioa
; ordered by the Georgia railroad com
' mission, were set by the United States
eoort of appeals In session at New Or
leans for hearing: la April before the
-eoort : In session in Atlanta circuit
-Judge Pardee, Judge Newman of tbej
northers district ot Georgia and Judge
-Orubb of Alabama, will hear the cases
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This Is the south entrance of the Cumbre tunnel which Castillo, the
Mexican bandit, set afire, causing the death of a number of men. In the
photograph an engine la seen drawing oat the wreckage of the train that
ran Into the biasing tunnel. t
7,465 BANKSENTER SYSTEM
INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE NOT
COME IN NEW 8YSTEM
v ARE SMALL.
Leas Than Fifty National Banks Failed
to Respond 8om Stats
' - Banks.. ;
Washington. The new federal re
serve system will begin business with
a membership of seven thousand, four
hundred and sixty-live banks. This was
known when, at the close of the last
day on which the national banks could
signify their Intention of accepting the
terum of the currency law, less than
fifty of the 7,493 national banks of
the country had foiled to respond fa
vorably. More than enough state In
stitutions had applied for membership
to bring the total to 7,465.
Official count of the banks and tab
ulation of their resources and liabil
ities will begin at the, treasury depart
mont. ; . i
Most of the Institutions that have
not come Into the new system are
comparatively, small, and It is esti
mated that 97 per cent of all the capi
tal and resources in the present na
tional bank sysb m is represented by
those whose applications are in.
VILLA'S STORY OF KILLING
Rebel Leader Ssys Englishman Tried
to Take His Life. 1
Chihuahua, Mexico. General Villa's
story of the killing of William S. Ben
ton, told-to reporters here, differs but
little from the official statement given
out at Juarel ".
The Juares statement declared that
wTien Benton reached for his nip pock
et Villa knocked him down with a
blow of the list Villa said that when
Benton made this move he poked his
own pistol into Benton's stomach and
then turned him over .to the guards.
Villa insisted that Benton came to
take his life, and referred to Benton's
mUslon concerning the welfare of bis
ranch as a pretext to gain admittance.
According to Villa, Benton, after the
verdict of the conrtmartlal,' confessed
his guilt and declined to ask for mer
cy. He merely requested that his prop
erty be turned over to his widow.
;.; Mississippi Racs Riot. . ' .,
Ttoblnsville. Miss. There were no
tween wttAi.-nd negroes after the
race riot, in whtclJrti3ve, w'
and two negroes were killed.'. White
men,' said to. have been, incensed by
noise a score or more negroes made,
formed a posse to arrest them. ' The
negroes, it waa claimed, -began shoot
Ing and Love felt dead. In the ex
change of shots two negroes were kill
ed. The white men retreated when
their ammunition was exhausted and
the negroes fled.
19 Persona Poisoned. J . .
Birmingham, Ala Every physician
at Mountain Creek, a small town south
or una place, was at work to pre
vent' death to any of the II persons
poisoned from eating ' "soused meat"
Several traveling men to whom the
meat was. served at a hotel -were
among - those taken". flL The meat
a distributed by a local market
man who had purchased It from , a
farmer. .Town- authorities axe Inves
tigating the cause, but bare reached
no dectkton aa yet i
BECKER HAY BE : FREED
COURT DECISION , PROBABLY
MEANS BECKER CASE WILL
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Decision Alleges Thst Qoff Was Un.
' fair In His Treatment of
, Becker.
New York. The oonviction of For
mer Police Lieutenant Charles Becker
of the murder of the gambler, Her
man " Rosenthal, was annulled by the
courts of appeals at Albany, the high
est court in the state. He is entitled to
a new trial, but it seemed probable
that he might go free without facing
a second ordeal. It was made known
that District :-- Attorney Charles - 8.
Whitman believes that jinder the pre
vailing opinion handed down by the
Court, conviction a second time will
be impossible,.
- Appeals taken by the four gunmen,
"Whitey" Lewis, "Lefty Louie," "Gyp
the Blood" and "Dago Frank," con
victed as actual murderers of Rosen
thal, and whom Becker was accused
of having instigated to commit the
crime, were not sustained and her
will have to die In the electrio chair.
probably in March, except in the
event of executive- clemency. .-
Osslnlng. N. Y. "It's a long lane
that has no turning," Charles Becker
caid In the "death house" of Sing Sing
prison, when he received news of Ve
court's decision. .
WOMEN BRAVE SNOW TO VOTE
Thousands f Them Took Part In Pri-
. marlea at Chicago. '
Chicago. Thousands . of Chicago
women had their first real experience
in Chicago with the ballot box and
took part In the actual, nomination
of candidates for the city council. In
wards In which women candidates
were running in opposition to men
for places In the- city council, the
women candidates toured the wards
and hustled for votns in approved po
litical fashion. ' ". v . -A
snowstorm early In the day de
layed many voters, and a movement
fostered by many suffrage leaders,
who believed that women should 'not
formally ally themselves with any spe
cific party, kept hundreds rfom voting
at the primaries.' ,;t vj'-'
Jim Conley la Convicted. -
Atlanta,-mJm Conley begins the ser
ving ot a ye-ir's sentence on the chain
gang touching the xerdlct of a jury
In hta ease, ' which reported - against 1
'K.IrT.-rr.---.u.es -,
former ptiucu lactory . sweeper,
md with beins: accessory after the
fr'Aln-the murder -of Mary Phagan
F !n Frank, i Conley took his sen-tenetocally.-
He smiled when he
was-tof.bT ni, attorney that he "had
got off The second day's de-
velopmenta, m n,, sordid trial pro
ceedings In Vhlch Conley was princi
pal were not-ensaUonal.
Byes of 8lalnoirr Photographed.
Aurora, in. Tiering to persons who
have faith in ages a sunerstition. the
authorities here have photographed the
eyes ot Theresa, HoiiuHiajv State's
Attorney Tyler admitted this, saying
that tt was the beUet of many that
the. retina of a murdered -person re
tains the image ot the murderer. But
whether the negative held by the au
thorities showed anything of this na
ture was not revealed br the Mate's
attorney. Neither did he say whither
tt would be introduced as evidence
dubbing- to death of Miss Holland:
APPOINTEE ONE OF BEST KNOWN
' . MEN OF SOUTHERN 1
. GEORGIA. ;.
WILL FINISH BACON'S TERM
Has . Besn Promlnentljr Identified
With Politic In the 8taU for
''Xy Many Years,'
Atlanta. Governor Slaton appointed
William Stanley West of Valdosta, one
ofthe best known men in the state,
to nil the unexpired term of the late
Senatcr A. O, Bacon, whose death oc
curred in Washington, February 14.
"Governor 'Slaton did pot write any
formal announcement, . He merely
walked out Into the reception room
saw that the newspapers were all rep
resented and spoke one word: . .
"West!"' ' - . v
' In" an instant . the news traveled
throughout the capltol and was flashed
to all parte of the city and state.
Commenting . on the appointment,
Governor Slaton said:
It was only a moment ago that I
came to a definite decision.' Any time
up to Ave minutes ago I was free to
change my mind. I had told no one
of my intention."
Colonel West was naturally gratified
when he heard the news of his ap
pointment. : ; -
When seen after the statement had
been made at the capltol that the gov
ernor had appointed him, Mr. West
said: - - . -
I have been in Atlanta for several
days, but I have not obtruded myself
upon the governor. After the burial
of Senator Bacon my frlepds not qnly
from all parts of- south. Georgia, but
throughout the state, notified tte that
they would present my claims to the
governor. Many of them asked me to
meet them In Atlanta for a conference
on the situation and I have been here
for a few days with that end In view.
I was Impressed from the beginning
that this was a south Georgia appoint
ment and my friends were good enouxh
to take the position that I was the
man for the place. Frankly I do not
know whether I am or not; but I do
know that 1 have at all times been a
loyal and a sealous supporter of Gov
ernor Slaton and that I hare been un
flagging In my seal In behalf of the
section of the state from which I come.
I have never let my enthusiasm in be
half of south Georgia lessen my ad
vocacy of what I believe to be for the
best Interests of the state at large and
I consider myself fortunate In having
as many friends in the upper part of
the state as I have in - the section
around my home county." -
William Stanley West, the -oldest
surviving son of James and Mary A.
West, is a leading member of the
Lowndes county bar, with residence
and office in the oHy of Valdosta.' He
was born in Marion county Georgia,
August 23 ,1849; was educated in Mer
cer university, where he graduated
with the degree of bachelor of arts,
snbseqquently receiving the degree of
master of arts from the same institu
tion, completing his education when
he wai 33 years of age. While a stu
dent, there he was honored with the
presidency of the Ciceronian Literary
society and was annlversarian of that
society In 1880. :. .-
In the early portion of his business
life he was engaged iff teaching, con.
Uniting In this occupation for some
time after leaving college. He was
then' identified with sawmllllng and
lumbering Interests; as well as other
enterprises, after which he graduated
In the law denartment of Mercer uni
versity, and was admitted to are haw
upon completing his course, - y
From 1893 to 1897 -he- served, as a
member ot the lower house of the state
legislature, and in 1898-99 was a mem
ber ot (he state senate. In 1900 he
declined a return to the lower house,
but was elected to that body in 1902
and served until 1904. In 1905-06 he
waa again returned to the state sen
ate without opposition, and was then
elected president of that body, m 1908.
he was sent at i delegate at large
from the state of Georgia to the na
klonal Democratic convention, held at
Denver, Col." V ::-,;j:f-fC'
'8nw Throughout the South, f
Atlanta-Atlanta was in the grip
of the most perslBtent snowstorm she
has had In years. The snow was by
no means. confidto4tjanisf'0'
the contrary Atlanta was one of the
last cities- which the blizzard visited.
Snow fell In Charleston, Savannah and
the cities of the mountain-sections be
fore it began to fall In Atlanta. Tne
stow stretched Its blanket over the
entire, south ail th; way. from Rich
mond to New Orleans, leaving out only
a small part of Florida and possibly
a few Isolated spots here and -yonder.
Canadian Pactfle Worr Use Csnal.
Washington. Assurances that the
Canadian Padflo railroad has no intention-'
of attempting to evade the
provision Tjf .the Panama canal act
barring railroad-owned ships from the
canal, reached Washington through of
ficial channels. With this assurance
came a further declaration that the
Canadian Pacific-would not send Its
fleets through the canal even if there
were no question about its r' ht to
do so, because the companrs ouiclnlf
could see no advantage in changm
present joutes. -"- '
. Doubles tbo average ylold
Cots down the expense.
Redoces the hoe work one
Saves a loss ol from if 5.00 to
seed-selection. ;.'
Saves enormous losses due to disease and pests, : - '
- Cotton is the most susceptible Crop in the South and the
ravages of insects often reduce production to less than 10 -
- per cent of normal in some sections. 'X
-Helps to solve the 'problem of the cost production.
;' The book explains in a short way the "Knapp Meth
ed" now generally accepted as the standard .process in
producing the world's greatest fibre crop. The book tells '
the farmer exactly what he should. know acd what he"
should do in order to be a oractical and successful cotton- v
grower. It is the last word in practical cotton-raising.-' -Fifteen
extensive chapters with forty-six accompanying
photographs from typical plantations treat thoroughly
each phase of actual operation: Equipment, seed-seleo-tion,
planting, fertilizers their use and abuse, diseases
and pesta and what to do about them, narvesting, mar- -keting
for the small sclo farmer as well as' for the :
plantation owner, by-products, supply and distribution, ,
analysis and relative value of tbe various groups, out
look for the cotton industry.' . . ,
Annual cotton production has grown from 4,000,000 bales -to
14,000, 000 bales id tbe last thirty years and the de-. ..
mand is still exceeding the supply. By using the Knapp
. Method you jwijl keep up with this demand. . ' ;v, '
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