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Here is the list of the day's largest purchases: Crown Cork and Seal Company, Baltimore, 12,000 Bale: one v aBBOO,000 Guif Refining Company, Pittsburgh, 1,000 bales... 50,000 Olsan Company, Atlanta, 200 Water by 10,000 Acme Packing Company, Chicago, 700 bales... 35,000 J. J. Hagendorn, West Point, Ga., on accounts, 500 bales... 25,000 Aviston Milling Company, Aviston, Ill., 100 bales... 5000 D. C. Spach Wagon Works, Winston-Salem, N. C., 100 R e 5,000 Myets-Miller Furniture Co., Atlanta, on accounts, 100 bales... 5,070 Postal Telegraph Company, 80 HEN e ROOO W. F. Hunt, branch manager in Atlanta for the Crown Cork and Seal Company, of Baltimore, made the announcement of the gigantic purchase of his concern. To Be Sent Abroad. He explained that the purchase was being made in behalf of a foreign concern and that the 12,000 bales would be shipped on one of the Crown Cork and Seal Company's neutral steamers to a Spanish seaport and from there to its destination. A circular from the Baltimore company gives this account of the negotiations: “The United States Government refugee ship from Spain, the Infanta Isabel recently landed in Brooklyn and among her passengers was a prominent figure.” Sapaxah cotton broker Captured: French artillery officers and guns being paraded through Germany’s capital sent to this country by the spinners of Spain to confer directly with the Crown Cork and Seal Company, who have chartered their own steamers to obtain a cork supply from Spain, with respect to the purchase and shipment of a supply of cotton to the Spanish spinners, whose supply of raw material has run low.” Deal Means $600,000. The Baltimore concern is said to have made arrangements to buy 6,000,000 pounds (12,000 bales) for $600,000, to be paid for in three monthly installments, in September, October, and November. The firm of Martin & Smith, of Atlanta, informed the local committee of the big purchase of the Aviston Milling Company, of Aviston, Ill. This company sent a check for the one bale to be bought in Atlanta and announced that it would buy one bale for each of its Southern agencies, of which the company has about 100 from Arkansas to North Carolina. Here is the announcement made by the Postal Telegraph Company in buying its bale in Atlanta: “With the view of helping along the good work that has already been accomplished in the South by the ‘Buy-a-Bale-of-Cotton’ movement, Mr. Clarence H. Mackay, president of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company, has authorized General Superintendent C. H. Usher, of the Southern division of that company, to buy twenty bales of cotton in twenty towns throughout the cotton belt at 10 cents per pound” To Buy All Over South, The purchase by the Gulf Refining Company was announced in this statement by J. W. Pearce, district manager in Atlanta: “The Gulf Refining Company wishes to continue to sell cotton in twenty towns throughout the cotton belt at 10 cents per pound” VOL. XIIL. No. 45. VILLA AND GARRANLA RUSHARMIES TO FELD WASHINGTON, Sept. 24—There will be no change in the attitude of the United States Government toward Mexico as A result of the break between General Carranza and General Villa, it was stated at the White House today. The American troops will be withdrawn from Vera Cruz, as had been planned, and officially there will be no recognition of the Villa revolt. The causes of the conflict between the two men are well known by President Wilson and he was not surprised by recent developments. Administration officials, it is said, expect an entire change of policy by Carranza in the near future, and that he will yield to the major demands of General Villa. Students of Mexican affairs expressed the belief today that the breaks between the two leaders may result in the division of Mexico into two republics. It was stated at the War Department that the troops will be withdrawn from Vera Cruz at the earliest possible moment, but that a little more time will be necessary in which to effect the transfer of authority. It is significant that it had been previously announced that October 10 would be the latest date on which the troops would be removed. Armies Are Rushed Into Battle Lines By LEWIS T. MATSON. El Paso, Sept. 24 - - Announcement that the long-threatened break between General Villa and General Carranza has come, that Villa has proclaimed his independence and has declared war probably, will be followed by the bloodiest fighting that has occurred in war-torn Mexico. Troops of both Villa and Carranza are already moving to battle, from Carranza are being sent north from El Paso, while Villa has been gathering his forces at Chihuahua and Torreon for several weeks. Among close observers of the situation since Carranza established himself in the capital there has been little doubt that Villa would finally break with his former chief, but he kept his plans for revolution so secret that his sudden declaration of war came as a surprise to even close friends and aids in Juarez. War Arises Over Rich Estates. The break between General Villa and his former chief arose over Villa's demand that the vast estates of the wealthy men of Mexico be divided up and the land parceled out among the peons. Since General Carranza has been at the head of the Government in Mexico City, he has made no move toward carrying out this reform, although the revolution which put him at the head of the republic was an uprising of peons. General Villa had promised the men of his army that each should have a farm after the war. In some parts of Chihuahua, after Villa had conquered that district, he acted independently of Carranza by splitting up gigantic ranches himself and giving away the ground to his soldiers. This declaration, taken from Villa's proclamation of war, is the real key note of the situation as it exists today. Guns Rushed Across Border. Within the past 48 hours, according to reports, more than 7,000 rifles, half a dozen machine guns and 32,000,000 rounds of ammunition have been sent across the border, cogsigned to Villa's headquarters. MOVE BY ALLIES FAILS By FREDERICK WERNER. BERLIN (Via Amsterdam), Sept. 24.—An official statement from the general staff issued here at noon declares that the French troops' attempt to envelope General Von Kluck's army resulted in failure. The statement follows: On the right wing of the German western army, operating on the opposite side of the Oise, the efforts of the French at investment have met no success. No decisive or heavy fighting has occurred in the Argonne region. DLAAN GO. MAKES Blobes, BALE PURGHASE Joseph Alsan, secretary and treasurer of the Olsan Company, Pryor street and Auburn avenue, announced Thursday that this well-known firm had arranged to buy 200 bales of cotton, 100 for the Atlanta establishment and 100 for the store in Oklahoma. This is the largest single purchase made by an Atlanta firm. A large share of the purchase will be in cash, according to Mr. Olsan. The company also will allow their customers to make settlements for purchases with cotton. Mr. Olsan said that the entire 200 bales would be retired within a short time. “Where one of our farmer customers—and we have a great many of them—desires to give us cotton in settlement of the bills he has contracted with us, we will accommodate him,” said Mr. Olsan. will take the cotton at the buy-a-bale valuation of 10 cents a pound. We believe that we are helping this great movement by this policy. “When these persons have been taken care of, we shall make the remainder of our purchase with cash. The campaign has my hearty approval. I have seen its remarkable buoyancy already. Our firm will give it all the assistance possible.” J. D. Henson is Given Ten Years for Slaying J. D. Henson, a former employee of the Exposition Cotton Mills, living at 12 Circle street, was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary Thursday. Henson was convicted of manslaughter by a jury in Judge Hill's court Wednesday, for the killing of Will Lawson in Flynn Mauldin's barber shop at 730 Chestnut street. Henson's defense was based on a plea of self-defense, alleging that he was forced to kill Lawson to protect himself. Burton Smith Defies Conventionalities There is one man in Atlanta who refuses to follow the dictates of the almanac, the fashions, and the weather man. He is Burton Smith, the picture of robust health, walking about the streets in the rain, without an uglier robe, and wearing a Palm Beach suit and a straw hat! France Now Looks For Long Struggle Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. BORDEAUX, Sapt. 24—Preparations are being made for a winter campaign. It is well understood here that the war will be long. Von Moltke's Son Is Killed in Battle PARIS, Sept. 24—A son of Field Marshal Count von Moltke, of the German army, was killed in the fighting near Easternay, it was stated in dispatches received by the war office today. By The Georgie Georgie Co. 2 CENTS. Has a Twelfth Day of Battle Furious By FRANKLIN P. MERRICK. 1 oad Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, Sept. 24.—The bloodiest fighting of the great battle of the Aisne, which is now in its twelfth day, is going on along the German right wing where the British and French are struggling furiously to surround and cut off the army of General von Kluk. An official statement issued here this afternoon announces that the French left wing is making steady progress and that Peronne has been occupied by the French. In an attempt to drive off the French troops who are threatening his lines of communication, General von Kluk is making a sharp attack upon the French forces at Peronne. Peronne is 17 miles northwest of St. Quentin and more than 70 miles northeast of Paris. In its turning movement therefore the left wing has advanced about 75 miles since it was driven back across the Marne by the swift advance of the German right wing and there forced the Germans in turn to withdraw. Germans Still Hammer at Rheims The Germans are continuing their terrific attack against the Allies’ center, in the vicinity of Rheims, in an attempt to pierce it, but the French and the British whose were rushed to that point are holding valiantly. The announcement by the War Office that the Allies were advancing along the Oise has heightened the feeling of confidence here, and General Gallieni, the Military Governor of Paris, declared today that the first crack had appeared in the stone wall of defense which the Germans have been putting up. The thunder of cannon, the roar of machine guns and rifles is still heard along the great 125-mile battle front, without either side being able to claim any decisive advantage. Even along the Allies' left, where Germans’ Defense Amazes Allies Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, Sept. 24 —An idea of the fierceness of the fighting along the western reaches of the Aisne and the Oise is gained from the fact that trainloads of wounded are being brought south every night. These soldiers tell terrible tales of night-and-day fighting in rain and fog or in the darkness. The Germans have put up a resistance so stubborn that even Sir John French, the British commander, and the other generals are astounded. It had been believed at first that the Germans were merely making a stand along the Aisne in order to cover their retreat. After a few days of fighting, this idea was all that the Allies were making a stand along the Aisne in order to cover their retreat. PARIS, Sept. 24.—The complete official statement of the battle in Northern France in the last 24 hours follows: "On our left wing, between the Somme and the Oise, our troops have advanced in the directions of Roye (about 21 miles southeast of St. Quentin). A detachment has occupied Peronne and is maintaining itself there despite a sharp attack from the enemy." Between the Oise and the Aisne the enemy continues to maintain important forces, solidly in French. Admit Fall of Maubeuge. By HENRY L. PERRY. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian, BORDEAUX, Sept. 24. It was officially admitted here today that the Germans had captured Maubeuge, the French and English have been able to gain ground, their advance has been slow, and each foot gained had to be bought with a heavy loss of life. The Germans under Von Kluk have lost a few positions, and their outposts have been pushed back west of the Oise, but the main lines of the German forces at that point are still intact. The center of interest now is the fighting north of General Von Kluk's army, where the French are making savage attacks to cut the German line of communications. This is the northernmost supply route of the Germans, and their most important, lying through the Valenciennes-Maubeuge. Mons-Namur region. If General Von Boen's troops are unable to withstand the assaults of the Allies, the German right will be thrown into Dispersal and the whole invading host will be compelled to retreat. Dispelled. The Allies then settled down to give battle to the invaders in earnest, and since then the conflict has been raging with unparalleled fury. Three trains filled with prisoners and wounded German soldiers arrived at the Gare Nord last night. It was upon one of these trains that a general of General von Kluk's staff was brought. The German general looked as if he had been in the thick of the fighting. He was hatless, and one of the shoulderstraps had been wrenched from his coat. His uniform was airy and caked with mud. He was worn and emaciated, but he bore himself proudly before his captors. We have advanced slightly to the northwest of Berry-Au-Bac. On the center, the Argonne and Rheims, there is no change. At the east of the Argonne and on the heights of the Meuse the enemy continues his attacks with particular violence. On our right wing there is no notable change in the region of Nancy and in the Vosges. On our right wing there is no notable change in the region of Nancy and in the Vosges. Some detachments of the enemy have attempted again to penetrate French territory, pushing forward light covering forces, but their offensive has been quickly arrested. The admission came from an attache of the French Office. General Desaleux, the commandant, continued on Page 2, Column 1. HEAVEN AUSTRIAN RALLY HALTS SHEEP OF RUSSIANS By FRANCES LAVELLE MURRAY, Special Cable to The Atlantic Georgian, PETROGRAD, Sept. 24.—Rallying, their forces behind the Wislok River, the Austrians are giving battle to the advancing Russian troops along curved line extending from the Foote hills of the Carpathians east of Jaslo to Debic, on the Wistok River, according to reports from the front received at the War Office today. The Austrian troops have been reinforced by large forces of Germans and the combined armies are offering a desperate resistance, but the Russians are advancing steadily, the General Staff states. The Russians are using Rzeszow against their base, and troops are being rushed to that point from Jaroslaw, while the big siege guns are keeping up an unceasing bombardment of Przemysl. That the Russian General Staff believes no danger may be anticipated from the garrison of Przemysl is shown by the rapid advancement westward from Jaroslaw. The investment of Przemyss is complete, and this has cut the Austrian army off from one of its main supply stations. According to a dispatch to The Novoe Vremya, the Russian invaders of Galicia have been greatly aided by the refusal of the Austrian Poles to fight against the Czar’s troops. The correspondent states that several regiments surrendered without firing a shot, and turned over to their captors large quantities of arms and ammunition. Telegraphing from Warsaw, the correspondent of The Novoe Vremya says: “The Germans in Northwest Poland have been unable to do much reconnoitering. They are strongly fortifying the Czecho-Chow-Calisse line and also positions farther north. Their aim is to hold back an invasion of Silesia as long as possible, apparently planning to remain on the defensive.” 150 Moonshiners to Be Tried Here Oct. Hosts of mountaineers and their friends from North Georgia will gather in Atlanta Monday, October 5, for the calling of more than 150 "moonshine" cases on the criminal docket of the United States District Court for the October term. Cherokee County has 31 defendants, Gilmer County 24, Union 18, Gwinnett 30, Fannin 11, Pickens 35, Towns 6, Cobb 4, Fayette and Campbell each, Spalding 3, Milton 2, Douglas, Henry, Fulton and DeKalb 1 each and Carroll 8. THE WEATHER. Porecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Local showers and cooler Thursday; showers Friday. 