Grocers Deny Causing High Prices Fight Boll Weevil
At the Southern Wholesale Grocers' Association convention in Atlanta H A Forchheimer defended members against claims they inflate food costs. Georgia agriculture commissioner T G Hudson urged action against the boll weevil as the South faces economic pressures from tariffs trusts and extravagance.
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Atlanta
South
H. A. Forchheimer
Mobile
Ala
Southern Wholesale Grocers’ Association
T. G. Hudson
Georgia
Forchheimer
Tampa Cigar Makers Strike and Parade Ends Calm
In West Tampa and Ybor City about 3000 cigar makers marched in protest after Judge Wall upheld a one year prison term for strike leaders. A general strike followed with no serious disturbances as the advisory board vows continued action unless leaders are pardoned or retried.
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Tampa
Fla
West Tampa
Ybor City
Wall
Circuit Court
Criminal Court of Record
Juarez Falls to Revolutionaries After Fierce Battle
General Navarro and about two dozen officers were paroled by General Madero after Juarez fell to the revolutionists. Francisco I. Madero Jr. proclaimed provisional president as the city lay in ruins with extensive damage from artillery. The capture boosts insurgent prestige and shapes the capital’s tense mood as cabinets debate the war’s gravity.
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Juarez
Mexico
Navarro
Madero
Ciudad Juarez
Francisco J. Madero, Jr
Juan J. Navarro
Francisco I. Madero, Jr
Diaz
Free List Bill Passed in House Amid Party Strife
Washington reports the house passed the farmers free list bill 236 to 109 with all Democrats voting yes and 24 Republicans also supporting. The measure faces likely defeat in the senate, while Democrats tout the procedural success and accuse Republicans of broad amendments aimed at retaliatory duties.
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Washington
House
Senate
Finance
Democratic House
Underwood
Mann
Will Probe Cotton Corner in Supreme Court Case
The Supreme Court faces a Sherman anti trust question on whether conspiring to corner a commodity by procuring a corner violates law. The issue, linked to Standard Oil and Tobacco cases, stems from the Patten Scales Hayne and Brown indictment in New York. The district court dismissed those conspiracy counts against the defendants.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Standard Oil and Tobacco
Supreme Court
Trust
Judge Noyes
New York
James A. Patten
Eugene C. Scales
Frank B. Hayne
William P. Brown
No Intervention by United States in Mexican Situation
Senate debate centers on Taft statement after American deaths in El Paso and Juarez. Senator Bacon of Georgia voices desire to avoid invasion and defend Mexican rights amid unrest, outlining future U S policy amid the Juarez fighting.
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Washington
Mexico
el Paso
Juarez
Taft
Congress
Bacon
Georgia
Bacon Defends Mexicans In Senate Debate
United States Senator from Georgia Augustus C. Bacon voices support for Mexico's right to quell insurrection. He argues hostilities on both sides risk American lives and property, warning invasion could endanger El Paso and Mexican residents. He replies to Senator Stone's criticism with a stance favoring lawful military action by Mexico.
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Senate
Stone
Missouri
Bacon
el Paso
Mexico
Germans Name Officers After Taft Hall Saengerfest
The German Saengerfest in Atlanta closed with a ball at Taft hall. Officers named include Honorary president C.H. Toussaint Savannah and president F.H. Hanne Jacksonville. Other officers span Savannah Jacksonville Atlanta and Charleston. The group planned to hold the next Saengerfest in Jacksonville likely in April next year.
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Jacksonville
Florida
Atlanta
Taft Hall
South Atlanta League
Turn Verein
C. H. Toussaint
Savannah
F. H. Hanne
Fred Bachman
C. Brickwedel
John D. Cappelmann
Charleston
J. H. Moellering
Econd
G. May
G. Stecher
Tampa
A. Morgenstern
Th. Winter
Brunswick
Farm crop values rise with Georgia leading South in 1910
The 1910 value of farm wealth in the United States reached 8.93 billion dollars, with Texas showing strong crop value and Georgia jumping from tenth to fourth. South Carolina rose 28.4 percent to 140.0 million, while Illinois and Iowa remained high. revised cotton figures place 1910 planted area at 33.418 million acres with a yield near 1707 pounds per acre. The first department report on cotton acreage will be released June 2. Hot weather seen as Congress debates adjournment timing.
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Uni
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Union
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Georgia
Louisiana
Kentucky
South Carolina
N. C
S. C
Florida
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Ark
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Missouri
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A. W. Graham
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Rheumocide
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Bobbitt Chemical Co
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W. A. Hayes
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Rockford
Boll Weevil
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Charles Kittrick
National Maternity Hospital
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