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"VOL. XXXIII. No. 235.
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 28, 1921.
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RECEIVED BY U. S.
And Way is Now Open For
Setting Date and D«ng Oth
er Things That Will Lea#!
Up to Successful Disarma
ment Meeting.
OF GOVE
EXPllEDLAST AUGHT
Mr. Greer, City Manager, for
Tallahassee, Addressed Mass
Meeting of Citizens at Court
House in Clear cut and Thor
ough Manner.
• Mr. Greer, of Tallahassee, City
Manager of the Florida Capitol, ad-
dressed a Mass Meeting of Thomas-
ville citizens last night at the Court
House. He came at the request of
the committee appointed to investi
gate the matter. There were more
than a hundred present when the meet
ing was called to order by Judge H.
W. Hopkins and many more came in
during the session.
Judge Hopkins expressed the idea
of the committee not to recommend
anything in regard to this movement
but to present as far as practicable
through a competent counsellor the
features of the new form of govern
ment and the success that if has had
ip Tallahassee.
Mr. Greer is a plain spoken, thor
oughly Interesting talker on this sub
ject. He gave a short resume of the
origination of the idea at Staunton
Va., in 1908, the appointment of a city
manager to get it out of the loose
method that was in vogue and w’hich
was costing too much money. It
spread to Dayton, O., and later to man
more large cities. It is now employ
ed in 240 cities in the country and not
one has ever gone back to the old
form. It is, simplay stated, the appli
cation of corporate methods to gov
ernment.
The ideal way Is to get an outside
man, without any favoritism or con
nections and let him run it as u busi
ness proposition, holding his job only
as long as he proves satisfactory and
that means, attains results. Mr.
Greer came from Bryan, Texas, where
he started a very attractive city man
ager form of government and worked
it to a preeminent position. He then
accepted a position at Tallahassee at
u salary of five thousand dollars per
year.
Results in Tallahassee.
When he got to Tallahassee he
found that the city was losing mon
ey, its public utilities failed to meet
expenses by about fifteen hundred
dollars per month. He- fired the
superintendent and a few other city
officers, twenty out of twenty-four
to be exact, put the whole thing on a
business-like basis and is now in the
clear with money to discount uli bills,
has worked every street in the city
but two and in eighteen months has
the Public Utilities on a basis of mak
ing thirty to forty thousand dollars
per annum without raising rates.
He went into details of the troubles
had there, rates for light and power,
both higher than Thomasville. said
that taxes had been lowered from tilf
mills for general government to sev
ea mills, still two mills higher than
Thoraasville’s rate. His idea of the
operation of public utilities was to
make enough to pay all expenses.
FREE WANTS Pit
Something Definite is Ex
pected Before Conference to
Be Held During the Coming
Month.
E ALL
(By Associated ires,)
Washington, D. C., July 28.—The
way Is regarded as open today for be
ginning negotiations between the Unl-jESritsh government yesterday that the
ted Staties and other powers, as to question of sending reinforcements to
th» date and meeting place for the
ENGLISH SHIPOWNERS
. PUT ON NOTICE OF WAR
IHI SILESIA ARRANGED'. BV AMERICAN INTERESTS
_ I Unless the Ships at Egypt Get
Has Informed England That Similar Rights to Haul Col-i Vaudeville and Movie Houses
' - ton as the Britishers Claim., Gave Two Week's Notice of
-Retaliatory Measures-to he; Dismissal of All Musicians
Invoked Also. j Because They Would Not
united* Take Wage Reduction.
proposed conference on the limitation
of armaments.
Definite acceptance by Japan of a
seat in the conference was announced
In the note from Tokio. which
made public yesterday by the State
Department, and completed the second
step in the movement to secure limi
tation of armaments by agreement,
the first step having been the Presi
dent's formal overtures on the ques
tion.
Upper Silesia must be disposed
(By Associated Pren.O
j London, July 28. — The
{State’s Shipping Board, it was learn .
led here today, has delivered on ulti-l Ne, '. Y * July 28-Mua.ciane. In
matum to British shipping lines, that! < 7 ry lead ‘ tt « v8 “ <,ev, ' ,e
fair I p ‘ cturQ theatre have received two
! week’s notice of their discharge. This
BRITISH MAY HOLD A
PRELIMINARY MEETING
London, July 28.—It Is stated in
official circles here that a meeting pre
liminary to the Washngton disarma
ment conference and discussion of
Far Pastern problems, will be held
within six weeks at some Canadian
city or city in the United States oth
er than Washington. On such ar
rangement, however, It is yet un
known In London.
unless Its ships are accorded
treatment in oontracts for the trans , A ,
^ „ . iaction was taken, according to theatri-
satisfactorily before the French rep- port of coUon ,rom Alexandria, Egypt
.,.„ on(11 „.. 0 * „ ,, . 4f , to the United Kingdom and the United
resentatives can attend the meeting!
American Federation of La
bor Has Up. Work of Getting
Negro Workers in the South
Ready to Make Demands for
Better Treatment.
ot the Allied Supreme Council,
August 4th, at which it is plannsd to
discuss the entire Silesian question.
‘‘M0NTTCELL0”TS
OFFERED FOR SALE
Home of Thomas Jefferson on
Market for Million.—Half
Million to the Government
(By Associate J Pref-sl
New York, July 28.—Reports
that “Monticello" the home of
Thomas Jefferson, near Char
lottesville, Is on the market,
were confirmed today by Jeffer
son M. Levy, former Congress
man. and present owner of the es
tate. He values the estate at a
million dollars, but is willing to
sell it to the government, for half
a million.
CHARLES BANNED
FROM HUNGARY
War Will be Declared by
Three Nations Soon as He
Steps to the Throne.
(By Assochuad JTess)
Vienna, July 28.—A treaty provld
ing for a declaration of war on Hun
gary In the event that Emperor
Charles returns to the Hungarian
throne, has been signed by Rumania,
CORESPONDENT
“GOLF” IN NEW YORK
DIVORCE SUIT
Wife Says Husband Couldn't-
Do Anything or See Any
thing But Golf and Neglect
ed Her and Spend His Mon
ey Elsewhere.
(By Associated Press)
! New York. July 28.—The ancient
and honorable game of golf is “co-re
spondent” in the divorce suit filed hy
Mrs. Rachel B. Hayward, of Mont
Claire, against Sterling F. Hayward.
HOMES FOR DISABLED
ARE CONDEMNED IN
managers because the directors
o.« s r, a ... ... of the Musicians Mutual Protective 1
States the Shipping Board will “de
clare an open market" and halt any
thing. anywhere and at any rate.
The Board also will invoke the re
taliatory measures embodied in two • nnr . nrn
Jon?s* Shipping Act, under which ves-:p|Y£ DISAPPEARED
seis, owned by unfair competitors , . . ___ „ .
may he excluded from United States 1 FROM AUSTRIAN RESORTS rlVeT hC aUr "” ,teS *° h ' S
•ports, the ultimatum declared. j Iau e8 '
i Union, refused to discuss with them
jc proposed cut of about 20 per c?ntjfor the game which he should spend
jin wages. Jin maintaining her and their two chit-
f I (Iren.”
Hayward’s answer says that golf is
not responsible for their marital trou-
ife’s
One at Johnson City, Tenn*
Is Fit for a Madhouse, it is
Stated by Forbes and One in
Maryland for a Fertilizer
Factory Only.
j (By Associated Press)
j Washington. D. C., July 28.—Exami-
She charged that the game took her nat|on of al( f<)rmer ge rvice men and
husbands time and “that her lack of ;e||m|nflt(on of tfce statutory red tape.
Interest in golf caused him to b* was auggeste ,i to day by Col. Charles
cruel to her and that he. spent money
|Believed Gang of Robbers)
i Have Killed and Buried
Five Tourists, For Loot.
(By Associated Press)
Vienna. Austria, July 28.—Five men
and one woman have disappeared
mysterously from summer resorts In
SHIPPING BOARD NOT
AWARE OF ULTIMATUM
Washington. D. C., July 28.—Ship
ping Board officials said today they
did not know of the ultimatum report
ed presented to British shipping lines.
The Board, however, has representa
tives In London in conference, and of-j the Salzburg province in the last
ficials declined to discuss It. The ne-j fortnight, according to reports to the
Vienna police.
The police are Inclined to believe
that responsibility for the disappear
ances rests with a band of criminals
who murder and rob their victims, and
then bury the bodies. In each base
the missing person has been a tourist
gotiations are described as delicate.
LENlil™
TO PAT ALL DEBTS
AS A LAST RESORT
(Continued on* Page 2.)
announcement that it had undertak
en to aid negro freight handlers In jJugo-Slavia and Czechoslovakia, ac
the South in organizing and In the! rordin,? to dispatches from Belgrade
presentation of their grievances to reaching here today,
the railroad managements was made
today by the American Federation of
Labor.
DEBS PARDON POSTPONED
(By Associated Press)
Washington. D. C., July 28.—Report
to the President concerning a pardon
for Eugene Dehs, now held in the At
lanta federal prison, will be deferred
until after the President returns from
ten day visit to New England, At
torney Genet ai Daugherty said to
day.
N. D. BANK HEAD ARRESTED
Beise-
ker, of Fessenden, N. D., head of
string of banks and heavily interested
iu other business activities, submitted
tp arrest here today on a charge
tolattng the Federal bank laws.
AUSTRALIAN TENNIS
Just A Reminder
BEFORE YOU START ON THAT VACATION TRIP
A ipoments meditation before you start may save
you a world of worry Don’t go away without the
necessary equipment which will largely determine
the pleasures and comforts of your vacation period.
Check the following list and bring it to our
store. The various items in our stock will probab
ly suggest other needs:
STATIONERY, FOUNT AM PENS, LOTIONS, FACE CREAMS
SOAPS, TOILET ARTICLES, SHAVING SUPPLIES,
BATHING CAPS, THEM0S BOTTLES, SMOK
ING SUPPLIES, ETC.
* /
Start right and enjoy every minute of your vacation
Mash Milton Drug Co.
PHONES 105 & 106.
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In Extremity Soviet Premier
May Acknowledge the For
mer Debts of the Nation Be
fore Bolshevik Control After
Revolution.
(By Associated Press)
Copenhagen, July 28.—Rumors in
circulation in Reval. says a dispatch
to Politiken, that as an extreme meas
ure in An effort to secure help in the
present crisis in Russia, Soviet Pre
mier Lenine has proposed to the So
viets, acknowledgement of the nat
ional debt, which the Bolshevik can*
PARTY HVI ft IIP ce,Ied u ^ ter the revolution. The pro-
IU1LU Ul posed payment or interest and prin
cipal would not begin before 1925.
BODY OF MRS. STONE
BEING BROUGHT HOME
Body of Husband Not Four L
Mrs. Stone Was 9 Days in
Mountain Without Food.
(By Associated I*res»>
Banff, Alberta. July 28.—Guides
carrying the body of Mrs. W. F. Stone,
widow of the President of Purdue
University, who fell to her death on
Mount Eanon, today were picking
their way over the treacherous moun
tain paths to Marble Creek.
She was overcome by the shock,,
and suffering from hunger and ex
posure, having been eight days and
nights with little food, helpless in a
deep mountain crevice. No trace has
Immigration Officers Arrest
French, Et AI., Charging
No Entrance Papers.
< By Aeeoclated Press)
Pittsburgh, Pa„ July 28.—Captain
Norman French anil the remainder
of the Australian navis tennis cup
party, were taken front a railroad
train at Black Hock, N. Y„ hy federal
Immigration authorities lust night be
cause they were not provided with
necessary papers for entrance to this
onuntry. according to o message re-
cieved this morning by officials ' of
the Plttsburgh-I.ake Erie railroad.
TENNIS PLAYER8 RELEASED.
New York, July 28.—The Australian
I)avls cup tennis players, whose en
trance to the United States from
Canada, was barred at Black Rock,
N. Y„ last night by Immigration au
thorities, have been released and re- yet been found of Dr. Stone's body,
sumed the journey to Pittsburgh.
Forbes, director of the war risk-In
surance bureau as the.bpot solution ot
the soldier relief problehr.
DECLARES HOSPITALS
IN FRIGHTFUL CONDITION
Washington. D. C., July 28.—Tho
Johnson City. Tenn., old soldiers’
horn- was characterized as a “mad
house” and Fort McHenry, Md.. hos-
ipital was described as being fit ohly
IRISH AFTER SOUTH
^AMERICAN HELP
(By AMtfociated PrestO
Buenos Aires, July 28.—An effort to
interest Latin-Amerlcan nations in
the cause of Irish independence will
made by Ijaurene Gennell, member
of the Southern Irish parliament, who
arrived here yesterday, with creden
tials from Devalera.
LOUVAIN LIBRARY
CORNERSTONE LAID
ston:* of the library of Lou 'ain,
planned as a gift of the American
people to the people of Belgian,
was laid with an elaborate cere
mony here today. The reading of
a message from Pres'dent Hord
ing was the feature.
GERMANY TO GIVE
IN TO THE ALLIES
Will Abide by Report of Al
lied Council on Transport
Of Troops to Silesia.
(By Asnoclated Press)
London, July 28.—Germany will
abide by the decision of the Allied
Supreme council, relative to the ques
tion of transportation of a French div
ision across Germany to reinforce the
French troops In Upper Silesia, ac
cording to Information available here
today.
BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP
IS BEING CONTESTED
Middle-weighters at Cleve
land Get Into Dispute on
Decision of Foul.
(By Associated Press)
Cleveland. O.. July 28.—The mid
dle-weight boxing championship ol
the world is in dispute today.
According to the Cleveland Boxing
Commission and sports writers, who
were at the ringside, the title belongs
tc Bryan Downey, of Cleveland, he
having acquired It by a knockout over
Johnnie Wilson, of Boston, in the
seventh round of' a scheduled twelve-
round, no decision contest last night.
But Jimmie Gardner, former welter-
eight boxer, who refereed the match,
declared that Wilson retains the
championship because Downey fouled
Wilson. A near riot followed when
fans learned why the fight was stop
ped and Gardner said that Downey
hit Wilson when he was down.
GRAIN MOVING MORE
THAN LAST YEAR for a sewage disposal plant today, by
•Col. Charles Forbes, war risk inaur-
Washingtoii' l, D. C, C.? d Jul'y “'28.—Grain i anre < llr <‘ c,or - Pe,ore 11 Senate com "
and grain products are moving in | mlllee 1,1 a p,ea for broQder P° wer *
greater volume than at any time with- to meet the needs of worId
in the last three years “despite the war veterans * ,
Conditions at the Johnson City
home. Col. Forbes said, are deplorable
in countless aspects. He said that li
quor and narcotics is sold among the
nine hundred former service men;
“that gun-toting” was common and
that “when the patients take the at
tendants and throw them out some
thing is radically wrong.”
He said the war risk bureau Is
powerless to correct the situation be
cause of lack of jurisdiction.
As to the Fort McHenry hospital.
Col. Forbes declared that if it were
to be explained, it should be convert
ed Into a fertilizer plant.
Increase in freight rates,” said
statement today by the American
Railway Association.
The movement between June 4 and
July 16th, the statement said, was
67,403 cars more than for the corres
ponding period of 1920.
WHlTTHODSE DlNKER
IGHT
Republicans of House Will
Get Details of the Legislative
Program and Will Pledge to
Support it Doubtless, Ac
cording to Plans.
(By Associated Press)
Washington, D. C., July 28.—Anoth
er White House dinner conference
will be held tonight between the
President and about a dozen Republi
can leaders of the House in further
ance of the legislative program which
Is understood to have been agreed up
on by the Senate Republicans who
onferred with the President Tuesday
night.
Definite arrangement of the House
program to fit with the administra
tion plan, especially as to passage of
the tax revision bill, was expected to
result from the conference.
TURKS EVACUATE
ISMID PENINSULAR
(Bv Associated Press)
London, July 28.—The Turkish Na
tionalists have decided to evacuate
the Ismid Peninsula, the Exchange
Telegraph in a dispatch from Con
stantinople says, owing to the Greek
advance in the direction of Adabazar.
at the base of the Peninsula.
“AERO WAGON” EXPERIMENT
IN RUSSIA PROVED FATAL
(Bv Associated Pi css)
Riga, July 28.—Five delegates to the
Third Internationale and two other
persons were killed July 24th. In the
trial of a big “aero wagon” on the
Kursk road, according to the Bolshe
vik Rostu news agency.
The wagon Is presumed in Riga to
be some new invention which was
not described by the tel a gram. The
GREEKS PLAN TO MAKE
LANDING ON BLACK SEA COAST
Constantinople, July 28. — Tho
Greeks are credited in rumors cur
rent here, with planning a landing on.
the Black Sea coast in Asia Minor.
point on the eastern coast ot
Thrace as a base for the expedition.
(The purpose of this would be to out
flank the Turkish Nationalists, com
pelling their evacuation of the Ismid
peninsula and If successful, the proba
ble forcing back of the Turkish r.'jrfif
wing to tne vicinity of Angora )
FIRE AT VIRGINIA RESORT
(By Associated Press)
Norfolk. Va.. Julf 28.—Two clubs
and six cottages at Ocean View, a
resort near here were destroyed by
fire early today with an estimated
loss of $150,000. The occupants had
Inventor was one of the persons killed.'narrow escapes.
AUSTRALIA TO LET
ARCHBISHOP MANN1X LAND
(By Associated Press)
Melbourne. July 28—The Australian
government has decided not to inter
fere with the landing of Archbishop
Mannix. on his return from an around
the world trip, or insist on his taking
an oath of allegiance, it wus announc
ed today.
Sale Continues
THROUGH SATURDAY
Most of the Women’s Shoes have been sold, however, there are a few left in small
sizes and will remain on sale
BIG VALUES IN MEN'S SHOES
There is a good assortment of Men’s shoes still on the racks and will be left on
sale until Saturday. These Men’s shoes are very WONDERFUL VALUES
and you should look them over if in need of shoes at this time.
Btr.ck Plush Bag and gold Pin were found on floor. Owner* will pleaw call and get them.
Smith-Harley Shoe Co.
Important Notice
The firm of LOUIS STEYERMAN, after
August 1st, will be known as LOUIS STEY
ERMAN & SONS.
As There Will be a Change
in This Business
I will offer a 5 per cent Discount, to all parties
indebted to Louis Steyerman, who will settle
their account before August 1st.
This is an opportunity to make extra money
by paying your account now.
LOUIS STEYERMAN
Shop of Quality On the Comer
The Home of Hait-Schaffner & Marx Clothe*