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VOL. XXXII.
FAYETTEVILLE, GEORGIA, APRIL 28, 1922.
NUMBER 41.
DEFICIT FOR 1923
INCREASED
From $167,000,000 to
$484,000,000.
While Republicans are claiming that
the administration is |making savings,
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon in
an official statement shows that the
estimates of deficits are steadily in-
' creasing. One of the wildest state
ments concerning Republican econopiy
was recently 'published in the press
and attributed to Senator Dodge, lead
er of the Republican party in the sen
ate.
Senator Pat Harison, Democrat, of
Mississippi, called the attention of the
senate to this error published all over
the country and also exposed the false
„ claims of the junior senator from Ohio,
h Mr. Willis, in a recent New York
speech.
“In the course of his (Senator
Lodge’s) speech,” said Senator Har
rison, “which (was carried in all the
press of the countiy, he made the
statement that aprporiations of
337,000,000 asked by the departments
have been cut to $1,428,000,000,
Whether he made that statement or
not, I do not know. Of course, he was
speaking as a candidate and laboring
under the enthusiasm of speaking to
his constituents, and it was but natural
that he should get his figures a little
confused. (Whether he made the state
ment or not, the papers carried it that
way.”
Senator Lodge said therew as an
(error of one word in the statement
which he corercted on the floor and
in the permanent Record, but admit
ted that the papers carried his state
ment wrong.
Senator Harrison said many grossly
exaggerated claims have been made,
He called attention to the speech of
Senator Willis of Ohio, making claim
to big chances and big cuts and then
refered to the letter ( from Secretary
of the Treasury Mellon to Senator
McCumber saying that the esimates
* or $167,000,000 deficit for 1^23 have in
creased “under the alleged splendid
management of the new administra
tion” to $484,000,000, which the sena-
s tor hought might be more when the
true.facts are known.
Saying that Secretary Mellon attrib
uted the increased deficit to the falling
off of the income tax, Senator Harri
son added:
“I think that is true. There Is de
pression everywhere. Nobody is mak
ing any money scarcely under the
promised prosperity under this admin
istration. &o it is perfectly natural
that incomes should lie greatly dimin
ished. You who have been laying and
may in the future lay large claims of
savings, should study the deficits and
remember this report of the secretary
of the treasury.
MILLIONAIRE WAYS
AND MEAN
Members Who Framec.
Tariff Bill.
CLEAN UP DAY
At the Fayetteville
Cemetery.
^ To the People of Fayetteville and
Vicinity:
Next Wednesday, May 3, has been
set aside as work day at the Fayette
ville Creamery. Everybody is urgent
ly requested to come and help in this
good work. (Bring lunch, spend the
day, also bring hoes, rakes, wheelbar
rows and brooms and anything that
. can be used. Especially, two willing
hands. Men, women and children,
4 come; there will be work for all.
If you have friends or loved ones
who have gone to their last long sleep,
resting beneath the sod of Fayette
ville cemetery, does it not concern you
whether those graves are sunken, foi;
all.
If you have friends or loved ones
who have gone to their last long sleep,
resting beneath the sod of Fayetteville
cemetery, does it not concern you
whether those graves are sunken, for
saken, overgrown with briars and
weeds, or whether they are places of
beauty, befitting those whose memory
you revere. -
Which shall it be?
Memorial Exercises At
The Baptist Church
* —
Song: America.
Invocation: Mr. Foote. •
Drill and Song: Eighteen Children.
Welcome Remarks: C. D. Redwine.
Male Quartette.
Introduction of 'Speaker: D. B. Bla
lock.
Address: Judge Roscoe Luke.
Song: “Dixie;” by School Children.
flShort Talks* By Veterans.
Song: “Blest Be the Tie.”
Benediction: Mr. Gary.
Recessional. 1
March to the Cemetery. Floral Dec-14:00
oration of the Graves of the Dead. J 4:15
The result) ,in the Republican prj
maries in the Eleventh Illinois dis
trict, where Frank R. Reid, a Pro
gressive, defeated Ira C. Copley of
the powerful ways and means com
mittee of the house, a consistent high
tariff man, ought to carry a warning
to the Republican supporters of the
uresent Fordney-McCumber tariff bill,
because it was upon the make-up of
the present ways and means commit
tee of the house, composed largely of
multi-millionaires, that Mr. Reid based
his campaign. The following is taken
from his campaign literature:
“Who are the men Who frame, the
revenue and impost laws of the na
tion which vitally affects the interests
of every business man who has some
thing to sell or manufacture, every
farmer who produces a bushel of grain
or a pound of beef or hogs, and every
wage earner in the 11th district?
“The committee is composed of 17
Republicans and eight Democrats. The
.Republicans, of course, control the
committee under the present Admin
istration; in fact, a bare half dozen
of he leading members dominate the
proceedings of the committee and de
termine its action in Respect to legisla
tion on taxation, tariff and other vital
subjects.”
He gave this list of the eleven rich
men:
“Chairman Joseph W. Fordney,
Michigan, millio,nare lumbennan.
“Nicholas Longworth, Ohio, a. mil
lionaire by inheritance?; interested in
banking and industrial enterprises, in
cluding an interest in dpe and chem
ical companies.
“Ira C. Copley, Illinois, multi-mil
lionaire, controlling gas companies and
three newspapers of the 11th District,
interested also* in mining and other
properties.
“.Luther W. Mott, New York, weal
thy‘banker, former president of the
New York State Bankers’ Association,
“Isaac Bacharach, New Jersey, mil
lionaire real estate (broker, first vice
president and director of the Second
national Bank and also director of
Atlantic Safe Deposit and Trust Com
pany at Atlantic City.
“Allen T. .Treadway, Massachusetts
millionaire hotel owner and magnate
“Charles B. Timberlake, Colorado
wealthy banker and stock-raiser.
“George M. Bowers, West Virginia,
millionaire banker and oijchardist
president of People’s Trust company
Martinsburg, W. Va.
“Henry W. Watson, Pennsylvania,
wealthy retired business man, who
made fils fortune in various commer
cial and manufacturing enterprises.
“Alansoji B. Houghton, New York (a)
membef during the special session but
recently resigned to become Ambas
sador to Germany), a multi-millionaire
glass manufacturer.
“Thomas' A. Chandler, Oklahoma,
millionaire oil magnate.
PROGRAM
Annual Sunday School
Convention of the Fair-
burn Baptist Associa
tion, The Rock Church,
May 7, 1922.
MORNING SESSION.
10:00 Devotional and Song Service
—W. T. Stephens.
10:15 Enrollment of (representatives
from each church and reports.
10:25 Our Own Association—W. M,
Rogers.
10:45 Orphans’ Home Band, Hape-
ville.
11:00 Sunday |School Work—James
W. Merritt.
11:30 Address Dr. John F. Purs
er, enlistment secretary Atlanta
Baptist Association.
12:15 Appointment of Committees:
(1) Nominations.
(2) Time and place of
meeting.
(3) Resolutions.
12:30 Adjourn for dinner.
next
1:30
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AFTERNOON SESSION
Devotional—Rev. M. D. Col
lins.
Orphans’ Home Band.
Local Sunday School program.
Sunday School Standard of
Excellence—Paul Latimer.
Making the Sunday School At
tractive—R. D. Tatum.
Building Up a Sunday 'School
—James W Merritt.
Address—Col. Harry A. Eth
ridge, Atlanta,
Report of Committees.
Adjournment. /
STATE READY
TO PAY HALF
OF PENSIONS
One half of the Confederate pensions
for 1922 will be paid by the end of
the present week, it was announced
Monday by Governor Hardwick, who
was very much gratified that the con
dition of the treasury made the pay
ment possible.
The pensions this year total $1,250,-
000, and the one-half payment to be
made this week (will, therefore, total
$625,000. The treasurer’s checks for
the county ordinaries, who act as dis
bursing agents, will be in the mails
not later than Friday, the governor
said.
The method of dividing the pensions
into two equal payments will be the
same this year as heretofore. That is,
the full year’s payment will, be made
(at this time to pensioners in approxi
mately one-half of the counties, and
the balance will receive their full
year’s payment some months later,
when the condition of the treasury
permits. ,
This year’s pension is $100 for each
pensioner except disabled pensioners,
some of them will receive less than
$100 and some more, depending on
the nature of their injuries.
The counties whose pensioners will
be embraced in the payment this week
are as follows:
Appling, Atkinson, Baker, Banks,
Ben Hill, Berrien, Bryan, Butts, Car-
roll, Chattahoochee, Chattooga,
Clarke, Clay, Clayton, Clinch, Cobb,
Coffee, Columbia, Cook, Crawford, De
catur, DeKalb, Dodge, Early, Effing
ham, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Frank
lin, Fulton, Gilmer, Glascock, Glynn,
Gordon, Grady, Green, Harris, Hart,
Heard, Houston, Jackson, Jenkins,
Johnson, Liberty, Lincoln, Long,
Lumpkin, Marion, McIntosh, Mor
gan, Newton, Paulding, Pierce, Polk^
Quitman, Randolph, Richmond, Semi
nole, Talbot, Taliaferro, Tattnall, Tel
fair. Towns, Turner, Walker, Walton,
Washington, Whitfield, Wilkes, Wil
kinson, Worth.
HON. A. O. BLALOCK
Campaigning In South
Georgia.
COLUMBUS
CREAMERY
ESTABLISHES MAR
KET FOR CREAM.
T- R- Gay Is Agent At
Fayetteville.
On another page of our paper, we
bring to the attention of the [readerp
an advertisement by the Columbus
Creamery announcing the opening of
a cream station in our town. We wel
come the dairy industry and predict
a rapid development in our section,
which is admirably adapted to milk
production.
Let us say a good word for the faith
ful milM cow. Of all the farmer’s
sources of income^ .she is the most
reliable; of all the farm’s producers,
she is the most persistent. She yields
a crop every day and every day she
pays a dividend. As a capable helper
and dependable friend, she is almost
in a class by herself.
It looks to us as if we would be
safe in saying, “Mr. Boll Weevil, take
the cotton and goodbye to you, for we
have not got something that you can’t
touch—CREAM.”
Hon. A. O. Blalock, candidate for the
office of commissioner of ’agriculture,
after visiting the cities of Macon and
Columbus, during the past week, is
now touring through the different
counties of South Georgia in the in
terests of his (campaign.
Mr. Blalock is receiving multitudes
of letters from friends from all parts
of the state, congratulating him upon
his decision in entering into the race
for commissioner.
Fayette county, which has previous
ly sent Mr. Blalock to the house of
representatives and three times to the
state senate, and who know his value
as an agriculturist, together with his
efficiency as a business man and bank
er, is extremely optimistic over the
service the farmery of Georgia would
receive in the event of his being at
the head of the department of agri
culture.
Much interest is already being mani
fested in Fayette over the results of
the coming state primary, as several
have talked of entering the race for
the legislature and state senate, and
politics bid fair to hold a warm ses
sion this summer.
CITIZENS’ MONEY
IS PAID IN!
Give Us Good Roads or
Get Out of Office.
In many sections of the country
there is a vociferous howl because
of the condition of the country roads
following the excessive spring rains.
To best understand their condition
one should take an automobile) trip
through these sections. No more evi
dence would be required. Any sane
man would be converted tv the policy
of hard road construction, almost with
out regard to expense.
Mud everywhere! Mud ankle deep,
knee deep, almost without bottom.
And we call such mudholes roads!
What becomes of all of the money
that is raised for roa^ improvement?
What becomes of the millions in tax
that the motorists pay, and which is
supposed to be spent on the roads?
If the money isn’t spent, why not? If
it is spent, where are the roads? Or
who gets it?
The small amount of hard surface
mileage in this (country is out of pro
portion to the amount of money that
is provided for that purpose.
It is time we knew the whys and the
wherefores and all of the rest of the
facts.
CHIEFS NAMED BY
COTTON GROWERS
BOARD TO HOLD MEETING IN AT
LANTA, MAY 5, WHEN PLANS
FOR 1922 WILL BE DRAWN UP
GRAND JURORS MAKE *
REPORT DESPITE JUDGE
STATE NEWSJJF INTERES
Brief New* Items Gathered Here And
There From All Sections Of
The State
Atlanta.—Members of the new Geor
gia Cotton Growers’ Co-operative Asso
ciation, recently successfully organ
ized with more than 13,000 member
growers, representing 270,000 bales of
the 1920 crop, will be engaged the
coming week In the solution of the
most important problem facing the
organization In the election of the
first board of directors, who are to
manage affairs during the coming
year.
The election, which Is being held
by mail, .according to announcement
made recently at the headquarters of
the association in Atlanta, will begin
as soon as the official ballots are re
ceived by the members, and will
come to a close at noon Saturday,
April 29, when all ballots must be
back at headquarters in order to be
counted.
The State, in accordance with the
contract, has been divided by the or
ganization committee into 20 districts,
each representing an equal proportion
of the cotton signed to the association
contract, and every member of the
association has one vote for a director
to be elected from his district.
Based on an informal primary, held
by the members themselves, the organ
ization committee, meeting In Atlanta
has suggested two directors from each
district. The names of these two men
appear on an official ballot being sent
members in that district, with instruc
tlons to strike one of the two, or, if the
member prefers still another man, to
strike both and insert the name of
his own choice on a blank line carried
by the ballot.
GOVERNMENT
Should Find the Way to
Abolish Strikes.
INTERESTING
TO MASONS
We have been asked to announce
that there is now on the press for
distribution to Masons and members
of Masons’ families a compilation of
Inspiring Legends of Masonry — and
Masonic connection * with the Cru
sades of tfie Middle Ages.
The Brochure is compiled by Mon
terey Studio, Monterey, California, in
commemoration of preparing to pro
duce “The Crusaders.”
The souvenir contains authentic
traditions of Masonry \secured from
many sources, and Is beautifully illus
trated with seven colorful pictures by
the celebrated artist, .Gustave Dore(
including a symbolical pen portrayal
of Hugh de Payne, known to history
as the First Grpnd Commander of
Knights Templar.
The booklet embodies a tale of in
tense historical and heart interest and
carried a potent message to all loyal
Masons.
Sent on receipt of 20c to assure Its
coming into “receptive hands” and to
cover partial cost of mailing.
Address,
THE MONTEREY STUDIO
Monterey, California.
The incessant 'war between capital
and labo^ is one of the £reaest ob
structions to the prosperity of this
country. It is ever present, and seems
to have no. end.
Every strike that (occurs costs thou
sands of dollars. Often it runs into
millions, and the whole country suf
fers because of a disagreement be
tween a small proportion of the popu
lation.
Labor must be protected, or it will
be crushed by unscrupulous (capital
ists.
Capital must be protected or it will
perish at the hands of unscrupulous
labor leaders and the radical element
of their following.
One cannot exist without the other,
and the country cannot survive with
out both.
Under existing conditions, neither
side can be trusted to give the other
a square deal all around. They have
fought so long the Golden Rule ap
pears to have passed from their mem
ories.
And since the Golden Rule will not
suffice, government rule should take its
place.
There is a way to adjust these dif
ferences'on a basis that would be fair
and just to all, but we do not appear
to have the man available who pos-
seesses the brains necessary to dis
cover that way and enforce It.
Find the man who can find the way,
and clothe him with power to act.
Postal Exams To Be Held In May
Washington, D. C.—Examinations
will be held by the Civil Service Com
mission on May 13 to secure eligibles
for appointment as postmasters at
Chickamouga, Dallas, Homerville and
Pavo, Ga., where vacancies exist.
These are offices of the third class
with salaries at Chickamauga and
Homerville $1600 annually; Dallas $1,-
900 and Pavo $2000. The examina
tions will not be held at these points
but at Atlanta, Moultrie, Rossvile and
Waycross. Examinations will be held
also May 16' to secure eigibles for
postmaster at Eastman, Greensboro
and Tallapoosa, Ga., offices of the
second class, paying $2400 annually.
The candidates will not be required to
report at any place for the latter ex
aminations, as the candidates will be
rated on education and training, and
business experience and fitness.
Only 47 of 160 Counties Settle Taxes
Atlanta.—A final check of counties
making settlement of State taxes on
or before April 20, the final day allow
ed by law, showed that 47 out of 160
counties mbde their settlements on
time, according to W. B. Harrison, tax
clerk in the office of Comptroller Gen
eral Wililam A. Wright. On the same’
date last year 60 counties had made
their settlements. Comptroller Gen
eral Wright is expected to recommend
to the Legislature that the penalty
of one-half their commissions provid
ed when tax collectors are delinquent
in making their settlements, be waived
this year, on account of financial de
pression over the State. This was done
last year.
Better When Cut Up.
In California the farms originally
were the old "Spanish land grants,"
usually of enormous extent. In a
fashion these great holdings—validated
by the American government when
California came into the Union—have
remained as ranches. Today the peo
ple are learning that both for taxa
tion and production, small farms are
better.
Dies After Consuming Mercury Tablet
Atlanta.—Left alone for a few min
utes in a bedroom early one morning
recently, Sherwood Lindsey Hurt, Jr.,
2-year-6?d son of Mr. and Mrs. Sher
wood L. Hurt, obtained a box of bi
chloride mercury tablets and swallow
ed a small portion of one tablet, death
occurring an hour later. The child
had awakened before his parents had
arisen. He was placed on the floor of
the bedroom with some toys while his
mother was dressing. Climbing to his
feet, he ran out of the room, returning
five minutes later with the box of poi
son.
LaGrange Telephone System Improved
LaGrange.—The Southern Belle Tele
phone company has completed the ex
tension of the cable line leading out
the Vernon road form LaGrange which
was begun two months ago. Improve
ments and extension work Is now be
ing done in the business section of
LaGrange along the streets which the
city is having paved. J. J. Milam,
manager of the local branch, has made
arrangements Sor the reconstruction
of the line leading out of LaGrange to
Greenville and Woodbury as soon as
the work In the business section of La-
Gange is completed.
Statement Issued At Columbus Ask*
Prison For Bootleggers And Abo
lition Of Fee System
Columbus. — Having been discharg
ed without being permitted to make
their presentments to the Superior
Court by Judge George P. Monro, mem
bers of the Muscogee County grand
jury issued a statement to the public
concerning certain recommendations.
A recommendation is made “to the
courts that jail and chain-gang sen
tences be given to blind tiger opera
tors and bootleggers."
The statement says that “as a mat
ter of fact, large or small fines act
as cheap license to encourage them to
ply their trade.”
It is understood that such recom
mendation in the presentments was
objectionable to Judge Munro and
that he refused to accept the report
of the grand jury because it was con
tained therein.
The statement is addressed “To
the Citizens of Muscogee County,” and
w signed by eighteen of the members
of the discharged jury. Others were
not present at the meeting that was
held in the rooms of the Chamber of
Commerce because of the short notice
given of the meeting.
DYNAMITING OF
LEVEES CHARGED
DEATHS CAUSED BY FLOODS
RESULT OF DYNAMITING,
SAYS McCAIN
DAMAGE RIINSJO MILLIONS
Thousands Homeless—Refugees Climb
Trees And Housetops—New
Floods Expected
Men, Whisky, Cocaine Are Captured
Atlanta.—Two men, a half pint o,
whisky and four ounces of cocaine
were taken in a raid here, by county
and federal officials. The men arrest
ed gave their names as Fred D. Archer
and C. W. Corsey, who said he was a
traveling salesman, but refused to give
his address. The arrests were made
by Deputy Sheriff J. E. White, who
carried a search warrant, and Officers
Allen and Bell of the federal narcotic
squad. The two prisoners were held
at the police station on a blanket
charge of “suspicion,” pending further
Investigation of the federal officers.
Judge Hutcheson Disqualified In Case
Decatur.—Judge John B. Hutcheson
will not preside at the hearing of man
damus proceedings of the Atlantic Ice
and Coal corporation against ths city
of Decatur, having been disqualified
owing to the fact he is a member of
the board of directors of the Georgia
Normal and Industrial school, of Mil-
ledgeville, which own $3,000 worth o/
the stock in the corporation.
Two Men Indicted In Killing
Thomasville.—Whether Frank Heis-
ler and Dave Cone, the two young men
indicted by the grand jury of Thomas
superior court in session here this
week, on a charge of the murder of
Elmo Smith, negro taxi driver of this
city, who was killed several weeks
ago while driving two young men from
Thomasville to a point near Ochlock-
nee, will he tried at this term of court
is not yet known.
Sumter Plans To Resume Fall Fairs
Americus.—The Sumter County Fair,
which “skipped” last year, will be re
sumed this fall. Definite action look
ing to revival of the fair was taken
by directors of the Chamber of Com
merce. A general fair committee,
composed of J. Lewis Ellis, chairman;
Walter Rylander and W. M. Jones and
President Sam R. Heys, ex-officio, was
named to arrange details.
Fire Destroys Lumpkin Court House
Lumpkin, Ga,—The Stewart county
court house was burned. Origin of the
fire is unknown. The building was
of brick, built in 1895. The loss Is
fifty thousand dollars, with fifteen
thousand dollars insurance. Court had
been in session several days. Import
ant papers were saved. The Lumpkin
fire company fought the fire with all
the facilities at hand after it was dis
covered, but was unable to save anj
portion of the building.
Fort Worth, Texas.—John J. McCain,
chairman of the levee board of Fort
Worth, has issued a statement in which
he declares that the levees around the
rivers, which broke here and flooded
lowlands of this city, were “dynamited
by unknown parties,” and that an in
vestigation by a grand jury would be
demanded immediately.
“It is our opinion that the levee did
i not break of its own accord, but was
dynamited,” McCain declared.
“This decision is based on a report
made to me by John J. Lyden, field
supervisor, in which he declared he
had men patrolling the levee a whole
day and night, and that it was his opin
ion that the levee was dynamited.”
The night of April 25 found the
stricken flood area of north Texas
with hundreds of refugees cluttering
trees and housetops and the swollen
Trinity river threatening to break the
dam at Lake Worth and turn Fort
Worth into a sea of floting humanity.
Although several areoplane fleets
are scouring the flooded district for
victims and radio is being used in an
effort to re-establish communication
with smaller towns — from which
nothing has been heard since the rec
ord cloudburst—small headway had
been made the next morning by re
lief workers. 4
Estimates of the dead ranged from
25 to 50, with 1 6known to have per
ished.
It is impossible to figure the damage
as yet, but already it has gone, far
into the millions.
The American Legion has taken
charge of Fort Worth and armed
guards are everywhere in the water-
soaked city.
Rescue workers are making a mad
race against a new flood—expected as
a result of another severe rainstoi?n
at Bridgeport and other nearby towns
on the Trinity river. Search for bod
ies is progressing with exasperating
slowness because of the insurmounta
ble handicap provided by high water
on every hand.
Anything that will float is being seized
upon by refugees. Thousands are
homeless or marooned elsewhere.
As levee after levee broke, oldtime
residents refused to heed warnings and
were caught in water traps. One vet
eran homesteader declared that he had
lived in his house for 30 years and
refused to budge when a modern Paul
Revere dashed past with the warning
to flee the oncoming water. The aged
man was drowned.
Pecan Growers Plan Meeting
Women Would Punish Nations For War
Baltimore.—Nations declaring war
would be put in the same class as in
dividuals committing murder and
would be punishable under a new in
ternational code, if ideas offered in
the form of resolutions and reports at
the session of the National League
of Women Voters here, should be put
into effect. The entire day was given
over to committee reports and resolu
tions which should come up for action
later. Creation of a department on in
ternational co-operation to prevent war
was recommended by the Women
Voters’ League.
T. A. G. R. R. To Resume Schedules
Chattanooga, Tenn.—It was announc
ed recently that the Tennessee, Ala-
Thomasville. — Secretary Slater i bama and Geor S ia railroad, a short
■Wight, of the Georgia-Florida Pecan ! line extendin S fr °ni Chattanooga to
Growers’ Association, has completed ' Gadsden - and which suspended
the program of the meeting of the
association, to be held in Thomasville
May 24 and 25. This association is
composed of men In the pecan business
in this section of Georgia and Florida.
Blackshear Residence Is Burned
Blackshear.—The home of A. P.
Brantley was burned here recently,
when the roof caught by sparks fall
ing from the chimney onto some dust
and leaves, which has accumulated on
the shingles from a near-by sycamore
tree. The fire had gained such head
way before It was discovered that it
was some time before the firemen had
the flames under control.
To Gradute Big Class At Jackson
Jackson.—*fhe graduating class in
the Jackson High school this year is
one of the largest on record, consist
ing of 35 boys and girls. The Jackson
public school* will close for the terra
May 19. A brief but appropriate pro
gram is being arranged. This has been
one of the best years in the history
of the Jackson schools and good work
has been done in all departments
operation the other day, in order to
make necessary yepairs to the roadbed
and rolling stock, would resume reg
ular schedules at an early date.
The Soviet Premier Is Operated On
Riga, Latvia.—Premier Lenine of So
viet Russia, was operated on recently,
says a report from Moscow. A bullet
which had troubled him for three years
was extracted from his side. Last ac
counts were that the patient was do
ing well, v
King Raps Tariff Rates For Drugs
Washington.—Increased duties on
drugs, dyes, inks and paints propos
ed in the administration tariff bill
came under fire from senate Demo
crats in the general debate on the
measure. Reviewing the rates in the
first schedule of the bill, Senator King
(Democrat of Utah) said the increases
proposed ranged from 150 to 600 per
cent, presented statistics to show that
imports of the commodities under dis
cussion were negligible and charged
the increase would embellish the “al
ready swollen fortunes of the rich."
