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ID FOR SWEET
Watermelon Supply In
v Many States Shows
Decrease
fa serial «• nr Alvrrtlirr.l
CTKCIKNATT. OHTO, September 15—
ipft* the tact that one half more
set potatoes moved to market dur
the aiek of September 4-11 than
i* week fcravlous, prices have advan
id considerably, Virginias selling, f.
b at 14.25 per barrel, as pampered
1th $1.40, $4.00 a week ago. ^Jobbing
riceg. are-Also higher. Virginias are
bblng. at $4.25, $6.00, as compared
1th $2.05, $5.50 a week ago. Quite a
iw cars are now coming out of New
'araey. F. o. b. prices at Sweedesboro,
J. were $1.80, $1.85 per bushel
'ssterday.
Watermelon Supply Light
Shipments from Maryland and Dela
are have declined markedly. The
flssouri ‘movement Is also becoming
ght, although, only 2,528 cars have
sen shipped from there to date, as
mpared with 4,41T last-year. Illinois
Indiana are the only active ship
»nd
Ul'IlS iCH. UH Ht'CUUIH OI COOl*
>r weather tho demand ha* greatly de
Teased and prices have declined. Wat
irmelon* are jobbing at $9.00 per hun
Ired
Estate Prices Slightly Firmer
New Jersey potatoes, which make
ip the bulk of thg stock on the mar
tet, have advanced from $1.15. $1.3.'
ler bushel f. o. b., prloe for Cobblers
week ago to $1.15, $1.50 Jersey
:lants are selling f. o. b. at $1.00,
11.25 per bushel, as compared with 20.
18 cents last week. The supply of
•otatoes this week has decreased
illghtly. Total shipments this week
’ere 2,411 ears. With 144 cars from
Caine the movement from that state
steadily becoming heavier. The
Caine crop was late In starting, and
inly 2(0 cars have been shipped out
if that state to date as compared with
l,$4t last year to the corresponding
dm*. Recent estimates place the pro
tection of potatoes In M^lne at 24,
100,000 bushels, as compared with a
Top of 25,500,000 bushels last year.
Mthough New Jersey was by far the
leavlest shipper this past week. New
'ork, Minnesota and Colorado moved
lulte a number of cars.
Reckyford Cantaloupes Ptrm
Rockyfcrd cantaloupes .are selling
Cor $2.50. $3.25, about the same prloe
is a week ago. However, Turlocks and
tndlanaa have declined considerably,
ilthough the supply from these sec
tions Is decreasing. Rockyfords are
sported as selling at 11.26, $1.60, f.
b. as compared with $1.50, $1.75 a
,week ago. Colorado shipments are
plow at their height, although only,
^106 ears have been shipped from th^re
&o date as compared with 1,007 cars
last year up to the corresponding
Ime. This Is due to the lateness of
is season,
Wstern Peaches More Plentiful
Washington and Colorado sections
ire new at the summit of their peach
ihlpments In the east. New Jerseys
wave been plentiful this past week,
*ut West Virginias .and Maryland*
’•re In small supply. The total shlp
m«nts for the week have been 1,512
fears as compared with 1,(45 a week
t*go. Prices have weakened. Mary
land* have been selling f. o. b. at
pi.$5 per bushel basket of EUbertas.
M compared with 13-00, $i.i» a weak
>!*• Jobbing prices ere also lower.
West Virginias are Jobbing at $1,2*,'
♦2.50a bout 25 cents cheaper than last
week. "
Apples Come Into Promlaeaea
•Virginia, Illinois and New York have
kept the markets well supplied with
barreled apples this past week, while
California has shipped a considerable
supply of boxed stock. Wealthys have
been Jobbing at 14.SO, fO.OOp er barrel
and Di. chess at *3.60. *6.00. New
York has shipped only 83 cars to date,
which Is only about one third ms many
n« up to the corresponding time last
year. Illinois, however, with a move
ment of one cars to date, has shipped
about three times as many as up to
the same time last year.
Other Fruits and vegetables
The supply of drapes was slightly
heavier tUs past week. , California
still leads In shipments, although Iowa,
Kansas, Missouri and New York have
been facicrs this past week, drapes
wits reported as gelling at *7 cents
per < pounds basket, f. o. b.. Council
Bluffs, Iowa yesterday.
/Peer shltments from California and
Oregon, which are two heaviest ship
ping points at present, have been con
siderably lighter this past week. Illin
ois. Michigan and New York are now
shipping In large quantities. Pears are
selling at *1.35, *1.40 per 60 pound
bo, f. o. b. Washington. This Is about
the same price as a week ago. Bart
letts are bringing *2.00 per bushel,
f. o. b. Benton Harbor. Michigan.
Onloa Shipments Heavier
Onion shipments have been slightly
heavier this past week. New York.
Massachusetts, Callforniaa nd Ohio are
all moving a considerable quantity.
New York are selling at *1.00, *1.26
per bushel f. o. b.
Colorado cabbages still occupy the
most prominent place In the market.
Shipments are now at their height
from this state. However, the move
ment from this state to date has been
only 728 cars as compared with 1,109
last year to the coresponding .time.
New York cabbages are moving In
considerable .quantity about four times
asm any having been shipped from
that state to date as last year bp to
the same time. i
Lettuce shipments are about the }
same as a week ago, most of.them be- j
Ing from New York state. New York
lettuce Is selling at $1.40, $1.60 per
crate, f. o. b.
EUFAULA ORGANIZES
TO HANDLE FARM
PRODUCTS OF COUNTY
(Special to The Advertiser.)
ETJKAULA, ALA., Sept. 15.—A new
corporation known as tho Eufaula
Farm Products company was organ
ised Thursday afternoon by a number
of business men of this city.
The new company will buy and sell
all farm products and will later con
sider the manufacture of such things
as they buy. The main object of the
organization la to bring trade to this
city by forming a good market here.
The abundance of beans, peanuts,
corn, cotton seed and such produce
which Is being raised In this section,
assures the success of the new under
taking. ’ • •
The concern was organised with a |
capital of $4,000, and the following offi
cers: W. L.. Wilde, president; W. H.
Merrill, vice-president, and W. Y.
Dent, secretary and treasurer.
ANOTHER CALL'
MADE IN CHILTON
(Special to The Advertiser.)
CLANTON, ALA., Sept. 15.—Owing to
the number of men turned down by
the district board. Chairman H. A.
Harris says that he will call 100 ad
ditional men for examination Immedi
ately.
Preparations Pushed For
Great Livestock Show at
Montgomery October 22-27
IMPROVEMENT IN
Messages Delivered In
Many Counties On
Handling Crops
(Special To The AlTertlan)
AUBURN, AUA.t Sept. 15—Improve*
ments tn the marketing of the in
creased yields of corn, velvet beans
and other diversified products as well
as an Increase in the acreage of the
winter grains, are the messages that
are being delivered in eight counties
this week.
ine marketing and grain campalgrn
conducted ly the extenalon service la
being containued in eight counties this
week. There are three parties of
Breakers lb the field, two in the
northern part of the State and one'
in the southern. The counties covered
within the past week were as fol
lows: Morgan, Jackson, Cleburne, Cal
houn, St. Clair, Houston, Geneva and
Coffee. t
The counties in which meetings
were held the preceding week were
Cullman, Lauderdme, Cherokee, Eto
wah. Dale and Kenry. For the week
ending Saturday, September 22, the
following counties are scheduled: Lime
stone, Walker Covington, and Monroe
all on September 17th and 18th, Law
rence, Winston and Wilcox Septem
ber 19th and 20th. The speakers are
also available for meetings in Cov
ington and Pike counties, the exact
dates for which await Information
from the county demonstration agents.
The speakers participating in these
meetings the oast week have been
J. A. Wade Montgomery D. J. Burle
son. M. H. Pearson, F. W. Gist, W. E.
Hinds and J. J. Watson, all of
Auburn, together with E. B. O’Kelley
of the Atlantic Coast Line railway,
and the county agents of the coun
ties where the meetings were held.
LABORATORY FOR
HEALTH SERVICE
* (Special to The Advertiser.)
ANNISTON, ALA., Sept. 15.—J. L.
Faulkner, In charge of the public
health laboratory of the city, has Just
received a partial shipment of health,
service material and will begin Monday
making an analysis of water in the
city. Other material for the. chemical
and bacteriological tests of water, milk
and other foodstu:s is expected in the
near future, and these tests will then
begin. 1
Material for diphtheria, paratyphoid,
A and B, tuberculosis, hookworm and
malaria have also been ordered and
work on these subjects will be start
ed upon the receipt of the Instruments
and other material necessary.
Police women have been appointed
to the navy yard in Brooklyn.
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Greatest Event of Its Kind
* . Ever Given to People
of Alabama
r—*~—
Th» painting of tho building* on th«
Statewide Livestock Show grounds at
Montgomery In preparation for the
Statewide Livestock Show, October 22
27. inciuslve, win begin Monday.
Simon Koswald. Jr., manager of
show, said yesterday that the work
would be pushed through this week eo
that everything will be In readiness for
receiving the stock when It begins to
come in. A good many Improvements
| will be made at'the time of painting,
putting the Livestock show grounds in
ship-shape for the big event.
■ Maay Breeders Coating.
Already inquiries are beginning to
come and some entries have been re
ceived already, from the Interest
shown In the Central West It seems
certain that the exhibits will be the
most numerous and the best ever given
in the Central South. The Statewide
Livestock Show management is able
to assure the people this far in ad
vance that they will see such exhibits
of livestock as they have not seen be
fore.
uaiii* rnpie Hfiplal.
All of tho livestock papers and mag
azlnes over the country have carried
articles about the com In a show and
several of tho largest breed assocla
Hons In the world are helping. The
American Shorthorn Breeders Associa
j tion, with headquarters at Chicago, Is
giving $1,000 In premiums to the State
wide Livestock Show. F. W. Harding,
secretary of the American Shorthorn
Breeders Association, will come t*
Montgomery with several of the lead
ing Shorthorn breeders from the West.
The American Hereford Breeders As
sociation Is likewise giving $1,000 In
premium mqney and Secretary K. J.
Klnzer will probably be present.
The American Aberdeen-Angus As
sociation, Charles Gray, secretary. Is
| giving $260 In premium money to the
.show. The Holstein people are giving
It support too and this support Is ex
I pected to bring out a number of Hol
| stein cattle—a new feature In this
section of the South, because Hotstelhs
In the last year or so have begun to.
come Into the Central South In con
siderable numbers.
! Breeders Association and the American
Duroc-Jersey Swine Breeders Associa
tions are both strongly behind the
show, and great exhibits of swine are
a certainty. Both E. C. Stone, the
Hampshire secretary, and Robert J.
j Evans, the Diiroc secretary, will come
to Montgomery for the show. Both
have been deeply Interested In the
progress of pure-bred swine In the
I Central South and both are boosters
| for the State-wide Livestock Show at
Montgomery.
The catalog's and 'premium lists of
the show will be ready this week and
they will be sent out to farmers and
breeders throughout the Central 8outh
and the Central West. f
Indications now are that the rail
roads running Into Montgomery will
give special round-trip rates to Mont
gomery for the show.
Big Amusement Features.
A big feature of Livestock Show
week will be the shows given by the
Great United Shows on the open apace
Great Hog Exhibits.
American Hampshire Swine
1
FLASHLIGHT SAVES
CAPTAIN’S LIFE IN
U-BOAT ATTACK
' — %
Advertiser Be reek
TeleSe, Okie, kept. tl.
A smell flashlight was the means of
eavlnp the life of Captain D. A.
Tucker, commander of the Ill-fated
steamer Orleans which was sent to a
watery grave by a Oerman submarine.
Captain Tucker, who, with Are of
hie men. are In Toledo waiting for the
completion of ths steamer Limoges,
built here for the French government,
was left on the Orleans when the life
boats got away. He swam 300 yards to
get away from the suction caused by
the sinking of the ship and was nearly
overcome with fatlgOe when he hap
pened to think of a small searchlight
he had been carrying In his pocket. -
With groat dUBealty la the eeld salt
water he teak the light frees hla
pocket and flashed It several ttaies la
varleas dlrectleas. The asea fa the life
boats a mile away saw the signal aad
came te his rescue.
i_ V
•<<*
Did You Read
News Item From
Toledo?
It tells of one danger and
a way to prevent it.
> .
The U-Boats are not threaten
ing you. but other
dangers are.
A FLASHLIGHT IS A COMFORT and A REAL PROTECTION!
If you haven’t one, come in here tdday and get fixed up. .V: >
Everything that a good hardware store should aflrry
G. W. Barnett Hardware Company
116-118 Commerce Street
“Block and a half from the Square”
Just opposite the Livestock Show
grounds. Inside the grounds them
selves there will be no exhibits but
livestock, the Qrei)t United Shows be
ing quartered, just across the street on
grounds given for the purpose by J.
Is. Plnckard.
The directors of the Statewide Live
stock Show are looking for splendid
I success for Alabama's biggest livestock
event.
BOMB THROWING
RELIEVES MONOTONY
AT TRAINING CAMP
(Special te The Advertiser.)
I PARIS ISLAND. S. C.. Sept. 15.—
Intensive training, under tutelage of a
high ranking officer of the United
States Marine corps who has been
abroad two years learning the methods.
Is now being given all recruits, at the
local training camp for the "soldiers of
the navy." *
Bomb throwing and trench con
struction serve to'relieve the monot
ony of “squads right" and the recruits
nre quickly Informed that their train
ing Is not for splendor on the parade
ground, but on the contrary, Is for the
highest efficiency in actual warfare.
The recruit eea soldiers are also be
ing indoctrinated with the Idea that
United States marines must never fall
In a plnoh—for that Is the history of
their corps, and that they must never
yield to any foe, under any circum
stances.
Over 709 women have been enlisted
as yoemen In the United States Navy.
REVENUE OFFICERS
MAKE SUCCESSFUL
Outfits Destroyed and
Cases Go to Federal
Grand Jury
< Special to The Advertiser.)
TROY. ALA.. Sept. 16.—The United
States revenue officers have made at
least six successful raids In Pike
County In the last two weeks. The
raids were made secretly and very
qiuetly. Some of the outfits destroyed
were very small and some were me
dium In else. It la understood ' that
the cases go before the United States
grand Jury, no arrests yet having been
made.
Circuit Coart to Convene.
Circuit Court of Pike County will
convene on the third Monday of Octo
ber for Its next term. This will be a
Jury term of court and Judge A. B.
Foster will preside.
M Precincts In 1844.
Attorney John H. Wllkerson has been
studying some old record* of Pike
County and has made many interest
ing discoveries. In the year 1840 Pike
C9<inty had . sixty-six precincts. This
was before certain sections of It were
taken away te form new counties.
.However, it was so sparsely settled
that the voting average did not reach
that of the present time, when there
are only sixteen .precincts.
Underwriters Organise.
The local underwriters of the city
have organised, complying with th*
rules and regulations of the Southeast
ern Underwriters Association. The fol
lowing officers were named: John W.
Bowers president: M. C. Folmar, vice
president: T. E. Hill, secretary: W. W.
Heath, assistant secretary. A com
mittee was appointed for the purpose
of appearing before the city council
asking thaf a waste ordinance be
passed. It was unanimously agreed
that a new system of records shall hn
kept as a whole pertaining to fire bus
iness. Steps were also taken toward
an antl-shlngle ordinance for the city.
NATIVE PORTO RICAN AT COLLSOD
(Special to The Advertiser.)
ANNISTON. ALA.. Sept. 15.—Presi
dent George Lang .announces that Pro
fessor Manuel Ortez de Reuta. a native
Porto Rican, will arrive Saturday
night, and will teach Spanish In the
Alabama Presbyterian college. Profes
sor de Reuta - was a teacher in Porto
Rica, and speaks English with some
fluency. Hlg addition to the faculty of
the college Is In line with the purpose
of the Board of directors to make the
college serviceable to every modern
reed of student life.
National Poland China
Record and Journal
Breed Promotion Sale
Livestock Show Grounds MTe$Z£Ao*h?9iiay'
• \
A 1000 pound two year old boar, an under a year show herd, ready for show ring, a few choice spring pigs both sexes, tried
brood sows, fall yearlings bred to farrow soon after the sale. Show animals to breed, breeding animals to show.
Smooth Bone, two year old hoar, 1000 pound
kind. No 1 in this sale
We Show Our Breeding Stock
Animals From the Herds of
J. W. Williams & Son, Bryant, Ind.
F. M. Cantrall & Son, Ridgeville, Ind.
J. M. Klever & Son, Bloominghurg, Ohio.
C. G. Wilson & Son, Rockford, Ohio.
W. C. Williams & Son, Thorntown, Ind.
F. ,W. Schumm, Rockford, Ohio.
L. J. Leedy, Flora, Ind.
F. Plessinger & Bro., Versailles, Ohio.
F. A. Williams, Williamsburg, Ind.
Duval & Marsh, Antwerp, Ohio.
W. E. Hart, Greenville, Ohio. - "j
Silverbrook Farm, Muncic, Ind. > V '
Thorntown Breeders Assn., Thorntown, Ind.
Girl Hurst, Williamsport, Ohio. . " /
I. B. Morgan, Galveston, Ind. . 7
Jeffrey Bros., Churubusco, Ind.
C. D. Brumfield, Winchester, Ind. 4
W. S. Lockwood, Petroleum, Ind.
W. C. Gamble, Noblesville, Ind.
. D. A. Rumple, Berne, Ind. A , >
We Breed Our Show Stock
Animals by Giant Buster, Indiana Grand-Champion 1916; Long Chief, Grand-Champion 1.915. Disher’s Giant,
Big Ben, Royal Gift, Ohio Buster, Fairfield Expansion, Giant Buster 2nd, Big Hercules, Big Jim, Defender Wonder,
Crescent Wonder, C’s Defender, Giant Defender, Miller’s Jumbo 7th, Chief Again Price, Wilson’s Big Joe, Great Won
der, Bib Bone Monarch, and others in this sale. '
The prize winning kind and breeding will be in this sale
Best animals, best breeding, from the leading .breeders. Greatest opportunity ever afforded the farmers and breeders of the South to see and compajre such a variety of the best families and choice
individuals of the breed. * Everybody is interested now in the production of pork. It can’t help but be high for time to come. The world needs our co-operation. Come to this sale where you can see
for yourself. Write a postal today for a catalogue of this sale. Address A. M. Brown, Manager, Winchester, Indiana. The Southern Manager is C. Kirkpatrick, Orrville, Alabama. *
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Auctioneers: jFoster^North ^tiam^on^Ohio ^ cordial invitation is extended to all interested persons to attend this sale