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FAYETTEVILLE, GEORGIA, MAY 5, 1922. NUMBER 42. VOL. XXXII. LATEST ADMINISTRATION SCANDAL ROTTEN DEAL PULLE D OFF BY STANDARD OIL SUBSIDIARIES. Washington, May 5.—The latest ad-1 ministration, scandal, growing out of the leasing of naval oil reserves in California and Wyoming, to private fntferests controlled' by subs|tdiaifles 4(of the Standard Oil Company, prom ises to revive the former “Conserva tion bloc” in congress find reveal per haps the existence of a Standard Oil bloc. These naval oil reserves, originally set aside by President Taft, and in Charge of the navy department, were transferred to the secretary of the in- , terior, Mr. Fall, in May, 1921, by an executive order by (President Har ding. During the administration of A Secretary Daniels of the navy depart ment, many attempts were made by private interests to obtain these naval reserve oil lands, but in every in stance they were frustrated. Recent wild speculations on the New York stock exchange in the stock of the Sinclair concern, led to investigation, which revealed these secret leases un der the Fall administration of the in terior department. The latest of these naval oil reserves to fall into the hands of the Standard Oil subsidiary is the Teapot Dame district in Wyo ming comprising between 6,000 and 7,000 acvres of virgin territory. Na val reserves No. 1 and No. 2 are in California. Senator Kendrick (Democrat of Wy oming) first introduced a resolution fesking for information concerning this alleged deal, which resulted in bring ing to light the fact that the deal had been consummated, with a state ment from the interior department %nade to the press that the reason for leasing was that the owners of ad joining lands had drilled wells with in two hundred feet of government land and were, draining the naval re serve. It was alleged that such drain age had been going on for Years. This — sffftment' wwv cmirp'o«sJi3' disproved by former Secretary of the Navy Dan iels, who said in a public statement that several times owners of adjoin- j.ing land had threatened to sink wells "close to the naval reserves, but he had told them if this were done he would put marines' into these fields and tap their reserves, and the threats of the owners of the private lands were not carried out. The former sec retary stated that all modern navy vessels are oil burners and that these reserves must be protected. Senator LaFollette (Republican, Wisconsin) came to the support of Senator Kendrick and introduced a res olution directing the secretary of the interior to send to the senate a list of all oil leases in these three naval reserves, and all information relating thereto, and it is upon this resolution that a new alignment may be forced in the senate with the supporters of national conservation on one side and the friends of special privilege and Standard Oil on the other. It is expected that the former sup porters of Theodore Roosevelt in his policy of national conservation will support the LaFollette (resolution for an investigation and that it will have the support of the farm bloc as well as the united support of the Democrat ic senators. It is already evident that fhe ad ministration will resist this investiga tion with all the power it can com mand. According to a reliable Repub lican paper, Senator Smoot and Curtis have notified| Senator (LaFollette that his resolution will not be allowed to pass if they can prevent it. Secretary Fall’s reason for making the leases having been exploded by former Secretary Daniels, a .new rea son has been advanced both for making the leases and for keeping them se cret. The correspondent of the Re publican paper referred to says: “The only reason given for this man ifest unwillingness to have the oil con tracts made public is the declaration that they are entered into as part of the administration’s policy of military defense and should, .'therefore, be treat ed as confidential military informa tion.” It is pointed out that this military policy does not comport with the claims of the administration concern ing the accomplishments in behalf of peace resulting from the late disarm ament conference; nor does it comport with the administration policy of main taining a large personnel in the navy by turning over the reserve fuel of the navy to private interests. Secretary Full, ’iutla pointed out, Las never been friendly to conservation, and his success in obtaining control of these oil reserves for his depart ment, with the designs of his depart ment upon forestry and other natural resources, has alarmed the friends of conservation of natural resources over the present situation. Senator LaFollette has already re ceived assurance of the support of many other Republican senators, and, despite the opposition of the adminis tration, it is expected that an inves tigation will be made which wil bring to light the secret transactions in na val oil reserves and may operate to head-off deals to exploit other natural resources by the big interests. HEAVY GUNS ROAR IN CHINA BA1TU HEAVY CANNONADING REPORTED IN PROGRESS SOUTH OF TIENTSIN, CHINA 2000 LIE DEAD AND WOUNDED U. S. Rear Admiral To Confer With U. S. Minister Regarding Protec tion Of Foreigners MANY COMMUNITIES ISOLATED With Railroads Blocked, Only Avenue For Relief Is Dangerous Voyage Up Swollen River GRAMMAR SCHOOL CHILDREN TO CONTEST For Best Essay — $210 In Prizes. * 1 The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce is convinced that desired results as to building up our rural districas and cities cannot be obtained without the full co-opepration of all of our people. With this in view, it has been decid ed by the Atlanta Chamber of Com merce to offer four prizes to the ^school children of Georgia residing in Ahe small towns and rural districts, in the grammar grades from the 5th to 10th inclusive, for the best essay on the following subject: “How Can the Cities and Rural Dis tricts of Georgia Co-Operate for Their Mutual Advantage.” The prizes will be as follows: First Prize — $100 Second Prize 60 Third Prize — — 35 Fourth Prize 15 This contest is open to all children in the grammar schools located in towns of 7,000 population or under (1920 census), and to children in the rural schools of Georgia. The contest closes on midnight, June 5th, and no essay will be ac cepted which received after that time. A committee of prominent men from our Chamber of Commerce has been appointed to award these prizes based on the four best efforts re ceived, and prizes will be awarded to the winning contestants as soon after June 5th as possible. Address all communications to the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Mr. B. S. Barker, secretary, and be sure to show the name of your school as well as your own name on your essay. W(fje publicity will be given this an nouncement, and it is hoped that many children will enter ,jthe \con- test. Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, B. S. Barker, Secretary. THIRD DIVISION Of the Fayette County Sunday School Associa tion to Meet at Woolsey The third division of the Fayette Coi^nty Sunday School Association will hold its regular quarterly conven tion with the Woolsey Baptist church, Saturday, May 6, at 10 o’clock a. m. The program for the day will in clude preaching by the pastor of the church, followed by dinner, and dur ing the afternoon, Sunday school ad dresses will be made by a representa tive of the State Association, Rev. Chauncey L. Foote, Rev. Geo. P. Gary, and Miss Dora Snead. Sunday schools of the division will have their representatives at the meeting with quarterly report of the school they represent. Mothers* Day At Ebenezer. The second Sunday in May, “Moth ers’ Day,” will be observed at Ebenezer Methodist church. The entire com munity and especially those who have a good mother or those who cherish the memory of a good mother gone on before are cordially invited to worship with us on this occasion. Very truly, GEORGE P. GARY, Pastor. Peking, China.—Heavy cannonading at last accounts was in progress at various points along the front extend ing from Macbang, south of Tientsin, across the country to the vicinity of Peking. Severe fighting occurred at a point along the Hun Ho river, thirty miles south of this city, where forty thousand troops of Gen. Wu Pei-Fu, the central Chinese leader, endeavored to force a crossing in order to gain con trol of the Peking-Tientsin railroad. Gen. Chang Tso-Lin, governor of Manchuria, and head of the opposing forces, from his headquarters near Tientsin, ordered trains to convey the main body of his one hundred thou sand soldiers to the front south of the great wall. Two Manchurian airplanes flew over Tientsin and proceeded west ward. Later airplanes dropped bombs near the station at Hwangtsun, only a short distance from here. Advices received by military attaches here said that Wu-Pei-Fu was sending troops northward at the greatest pos sible speed. Fifty thousand *eof his troops, con centrated at Pao Tingfu are being re inforced from the Yantze provinces. Twenty thousand others, recruited from Shantung, are marching afainst Chang Tso-Lin’s southeastern stronghold at Machang. Two thousand dead and wounded were found on the field after the bat tle at Chang Sintien, outside of Pe king. The booming of cannon was heard in Peking, but the cannonading ceased in the morning hours. Despite the continuation of trench warfare, many foreigners, including legation legation guards, went outside the city to view the hostilities. Corporal Mason, an American ma rine from Colorado, was shot in the arm but was not seriously wounded. French employees at the locomotive works at Chang Sintien narowly es- when a bomb, dropped from an air plane, destroyed the works. Gen. Wu Pie Fu is continuing to send troops west of Peking in an en deavor to envelope General Chang’s northwestern wing. This precipitated fighting which lasted an entire night at Fengtai, ten miles from Peking. STAND TOGETHER, MENI LET’S KEEP OUR OWN RAZORS Though Clothiers Report Sartorial In vasion By Women, Men Still Have Their Rights Chicago.—What Julius Caesar really meant when he uttered that immortal line “Two can live as cheaply as one,” was that In 1922 both husband and wife could wear the same clothes. And, despite the laughter of his short- visioned auditors of that morning on the Rubicon, the 'red-headed emperor was right, as fashion leaders at the convention of the United National Clothiers’ Association convention here can tell you. The sign on the door, “Gents’ Furnishings,” doesn't mean anything any more, they say. Women, according to W. L. Mohr, secretary, are buying all kinds of men’s clothes for themselves* They are buying knickers, hundreds of them; they are buying men’s felt hats; men’s shirts and soft collars and string ties for their own wear. “The only thing they aren’t buying so far is men’s trousers,” it was stated. “It may come to that. Athletic women are buying all kinds of men’s acces sories for sport purposes.” New Orleans, La. — Reports from Harrisonburg, La., recently that the 1,000 residents of that town, in addi tion to 50 refugees from Catahoula, Concordia and other flooded parishes in that section, face starvation unless food supplies arrive speedily, have greatly itensified the gravity of the flood situation, and every agency is trying to overcome the difficulty of transporting supplies to the stricken people. The most serious phase of the flood situation is northern Louisiana at this time, aside from the danger of con tinually rising waters, is that of threat ened food shortage. Many isolated communities have been completely sur rounded by water, and residents forced to depend upon small stocks of food on hand, when flood waters rushed through the break near Ferriday. Countless numbers are living on can ned products that they are securing from community grocers, but reports from some sections indicate there are other communities not so fortunately placed, and that many people are very little ahead of starvation. In many iso lated farm houses, where residents have remained in marooned or flooded homes, there is very little, if anything, to eat. With depleted stocks of food re ported from all the refugee camps in the Louisiana flood area and a real crisis existing at Harriso’nburg, ref ugee workers recently expressed the belief that those who remained in their flood-swept homes may in the long run be better off than those concen trated in the refugee camps unless some means of reaching the camp with provisions is found without delay. LADY ASTOR CALLS ON U .S. TO UNFURL THE STANDARD OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS State Prohibition Agents Capture Bud Harris. Ed. Dixon, Lon Sowell and Deputy Turner, captured a complete whisky making outfit at the home of Bud Har ris Friday morning, taking two /gal lons of whisky and the still worm which were concealed between the matresses of his bed. Sheriff Kerlin arrested Harris the following Satur day. New • Beveridge Race In Indiana Indianapolis.—Senator Harry S. New and Albert J. Beveridge were running neck and neck for the Republican nomination for the senate on the face of early returns .from the recent pri mary. Compilations from 158 widely scattered precincts throughout^ the state gave New 9,083 and Beveridge 8,010. U. S. Treasury Is Scene Of A Fire Washington.—Fire was discovered early the other morning on the roof of the treasury building. A few min utes after the first alarm the flames were leaping twenty feet in the air above a superstructure being con structed on the roof of the old build* lng. Following an explosion of chemi cals stored where the fire originated, the flames appeared to be rapidly gain ing headway. Four alarms had been turned in fifteen minutes after the fire was discovered. Washington. — A "littli Virginian rebel,' 1 home from a cVfttfrokt of Brit ain, recently urged her first love to raise a league of nations standard. She is Lady Nancy Astor, daughter, of Vir ginia, member of the British Parlia ment and lastly, warm defender of Woodrow Wilson’s world society of nations. “I was told not to talk about the league," Lady Astor commented, “All you have to do is to tell a Vir- ginan ‘don’t’ and it’s sure to be done. “There will surely be a League of Na tions one of these days. I love Amer ica, I love England, but I do not con fine my love of these two, great na tions. We must embrace all nations in the family of our love. We don’t have to call this world society a League of Nations. We can call it a league for peace. Call it anything, for it seems to be positively jarring to say League of Nations to your poli ticians . But I think the League is coming. You can never tell me that the great heart of America wants to progress alone.” RIISS SOVIET MUST RECOGNIZE DEBTS J75.000.000 ROAD BOND ISSUE SOME THINK THE COLLAPSE THE GENOA PARLEY IS IMMINENT OF MUST RENOUNCE ALL CLAIMS Allied Ultimatum Makes Assumption Of Czarist And Kerensky Obliga tions Condition Of Aid SWEEPING THE STATE, REPORTS THE GEORGIA GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION. Genoa, Italy.—Soviet Russia must recognize the Czarist and Kerensky debts if she expects reconstructive aid from the alies, according to the terms of the so-called ultimatum just finished by the political sub-commission of the conference. If Russia will agree to this recogni tion of obligations, the allies will make I ward and be the pity of the other states no immediate demand for either capital | rather than the envy to which her Civic Clubs and Chambers of Com merce throughout the state are enthu- iastlc over the $75,000,000 road bond is sue. Judge Howard, attorney for the state highway department, in his address to the county commissioners of Georgia, in their eighth annual convention, held at Bainbridge, the 19th and 20th of last month, said: “The (state of Georgia Is tacing a crisis. We stand, as It were, at the .patring of the ways. We cannot mark time, under existing conditions. We are going to move forward under wise, constructive legislation: or, lack ing that, Georgia wil certainly go back- or interest, and will seek to have their | respective parliaments reduce the amounts due from the Soviets. Russia, however, must not only rec- matchless resources and wonderful cli mate would entitle her, provided she puts herself in line for progress by completing her state highway system, ognize all her old debts in full, but also i which can only be done by means of renounce all counter-claims against the the bonds. allies, if she expects to obtain any ul timate reduction in her debt. These are the provisions agreed upon by the political sub-commission. They probably will be ratified without much debate by the allies and forthwith handed to the Russian delegation. All advance indications are that these terms will be unacceptable to the Rus sians. The Soclets not only must abandon all their protestations against recognizing the old debts, but they must sacrifice the very valuable bar gaining asset of counter claims against the allies for damages incurred during invasions of the White army and for other attacks which the Bolshevists | claim were financed by outside na* tions. The people of Fayette want good roads, our county commissioners are doing all that can be done for good roads, Judge Howard, attorney for the state highway department says. The judge further says “that we must move forward under wise, constructive leg islation.” We’ve been moving forward under that slogan; we've tried that and found that the over-head somewhere was too wise. Wayett’s appropriations were inviting and somehow, some where, by someone, they were badly pilfered and plundered, and we already have an elephant on our hands. Perhaps Judge Howard can have some influence with the “wise, con structive legislation” that have appro priated the monies ( that were desig nated for the building “of the highway from Fayetteville to the Clayton coun ty line, including the cement bridges over Morning creek and Camp creek, the division engineer looks “wise,” (but Infers it’s higher up. Perhaps Judge Howard can tell us who put the Northern route to the Campbell county line on the map, and why. The $75,000,000 road bond Issue is a big thing, and will be a bigger thing to handle and the State Highway As sociation has already said that Fay ette county had been discriminated against in the failure to give to this county, what had already been appro priated for its present highway sys tem, and before undertaking a greater program, we are more interested in getting what already belongs to us. Our appeal to legislation now is, Help us get what has already been appropriated for Fayette county, and not to make a further debt to cover a shortage made by misappropria tions. COLUMBUS CREAMERY “AN OLD FASH IONED MOTHER” Verdict Says Son Killed His Father Chattanooga, Tenn.—The coroner’s jury investigating the killing of Dr. Gus Shipley, member of the state board of medical examiners, at Athens, returned a verdict that the doctor came to his death at the hands of his son, Jack Shipley. Miss Mattie Shipley, daughter of the doctor, testified that he rfather came home drunk, and at tacked her mother, who Is an invalid, choking and otherwise bruising her. Then th^ son shot the father. The young man will be given a preliminary hearing soon. iESTABLISHES MAR KET FOR CREAM. THE WORLD CONSUMPTION OF COTTON IS BACK TO THE PRE-WAR STATUS, ’TIS SAID Washington.—World cotton consump tion has returned to its pre-war level, after a five-year period of consumption, according ;o a survey of the interna tional cotton situation covering pro duction, consumption and stocks as of April 1, made public recently by the commerce department. “The strik ing feature of the situation,” the de partment obesrves, “is an indicated consumption of 21,000,000 bales for the year ending July 31, 1922, approxi mately 6,000,000 bales more than was produced for the crop year.” Can Sue Ship Board: Supreme Court Washington.—The Emergency Fleet Corporation of the United States Ship ping Board, is not a governmental agen cy in the sense that it cannot be sued without its consent, the Supreme court has decided. The decision of the court was considered highly important by the government because of the number of cases pending before the corporation. Police Character Slain By Detective Memphis, Tenn.—Ed Only, alleged police character, was shot four times and killed recently in a downtown street by Alfred O. King, house detec tive for a prominent hotel. King told the police he shot in self-defense when Only moved as if to draw a pistol. War Vets’ Widows To Get Preference Washington.—Widows of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and ma rines who served in the world war and wives of Inured soldiers, sailors and marines, will be given preference In examinations for postmasterships at first, second and third class postoffices under the civil service commission's Interpretation of the executive order of October 14, 1921. This is line with public sentiment throughout the coun try, so it is stated in Washington, and will give general satisfaction in all sec tions. Croker Children May Renew Fight New York.—The death of Richard Croker may result in one of the most intricate cases ever decided by a Unit ed States court. The one-time boss of Tammany Hall married, against his T. R, (' Is At Fayetteville. Will Be Presented at The Palace Theater Friday Night—Benefit Method ist Sunday School Rooms. An interesting play, The development of the dairy Indus- Old Fashioned Mother,” try is one of the most encouraging of all the signs of the times, one of the surest prophecies of a future of prosperity for the Agriculture of the South. Farming based on the growing of hay and pasture crops, on the feed ing and milking of good cows, is farm ing securely based for today and to- j make you cry. So come prepared. entitled, “An will be given at the Palace Theater, Friday even ing, May 12 for the benefit of the Methodist Sunday school. Let everybody attend, for they will be well entertained. It is a dramatic parable of a mother’s love. Some things to make you laugh, and some to morrow. The farmer who keeps cows is kept on his job—that is good for him and his business. He improves his soil—that assures his future wel fare. He receives every day a return for his labor—that gives him ready children's wishes, Beulah Benton Ed- i cash, good credit and the ability to do monson, of Florida, who styles herself j things in the present while planning an Indian prinless. Opposition of his j for the future. sons and daughters to the matlh is [ said to have embittered the father so deeply that he revoked early wills in whihh the estate, then estimated at nearly ten million dollars, was to have been divided between them. ESCAPED CONVICT Another Indictment Against Morse New York.—The hand of the federal government is once more reaching out toward C. W. Morse in connection with his offensive shipping operations during, the war. Morse, his three sons and twenty others, some formerly high in the councils of the democratic party or formerly associated with the United States shipping board, were indicted by the federal grand jury here charged Re-Captured by Deputy Sheriff. Thursday afternoon at about three o’clock, while working on the new fill at morning creek, Leonard Toland took advantage of the moment, while the guard was busy directing a squad of shovelers and jumped for liberty into the underbrush adjoining the swamp. Taking a southerly direction along the banks of the creek, Toland with conspiracy to use the mails to | goon put quite a distance between defraud investors in selling stock of the United States Steamship company Decision Postponed In Red River Case Washintgon.—The Supreme court has declined to decide at this time what constitutes the south bank of the Red river—an issue in the contro versy between Texas and Oklahoma involving rich oil lands—but in an opin ion delivered by Justice Van Devanter declared the claim of Oklahoma to the bed of the river, was not well founded. himself and the gang. His liberay was not for long, however. Deputy Sheriff Turner was soon notified of the es cape and took up the trail, following the escaped convict through the swamps until about 10 o’clock at night when he overtook his near the Clay ton and Spalding county lines, just across Bear creek. Toland made no resistance when overtaken, surrend ering to Turner who brought him back to camp. Says Japanese Assist Chinese Invader Peking, China.—Out of the name of conflicting reports from the battles now raging on three fronts around Peking,! it is evident that the forces of Gen. Wu Pei Fu, fighting to hold off the in vading army of Gen. Chang Tso Lin. are standing their ground. Neither army appears to have yet won any stra tegical advantage. MAN DRINKING, RESISTS ARREST Has To Be Overpowered. Orders Forfeiture 9,000 Cases Hootch Washington.—Orders for the forfeit ure of what was declared to be the largest amount of liquor ever affected by a single prohibition bureau deci sion was approved by Commissioner Haynes the other day. The decision calls for forfeiture proceedings against about nine thousand cases, or more than one hundred thousand quarts of Scotch whiskey shipped into this coun try, a large qu&nty of which was said to have been consigned to the Alps Drug company, operating In the City of New York. Sunday afternoon Tom Mitchell dis covered that law and order prohibits toting whiskey in your pocket, as well as imbibing too freely. Officer Turner found Mitchell with a bottle of whisky in his pocket and called for its sur render. Mitchell refused to give it up and had to be overpowered before it could be taken from him. Turner got it, and his man. Woman's FmL According to one authority, a wom an’s feet should be to her height in the proportion of 14 to 100—that is, as nearly as possible, one-seventh of the height. Following are the characters taking part: Deborah, the mother—Miss Iris Sim mons. Widder—Miss Elizabeth Fife. Lowizy—Miss Mattie Mae Lewis. Isabel—Miss Jim Kitchens. Gloriana—Miss Anna Ruth Stephens. Sukey—Miss Marion McLucas. John—Mr. Roger Murphy. Charley—Mr. J. W. Morris. Mr. Quackenbush—Mr. T. T. Jerry—Mr. Lamar Nipper. Enoch—Prof. Byrd. Quintus—Mr. Will Jackson. Fife. ANDREW PEPPERS Again in the Clutches of the Law—Caught With The Goods. Sheriff Kerlin, Tom Harris and Noah Turner, raided Andrew Peppers place Saturday night and caught him in the act, making whisky, with the cap ture of Peppers the officers also took his complete outfit, with about 75 gal lons of beer and one gallon of whisky. Peppers was under suspended sen tence of six months in the gang and six months in jail, and was turned over to county warden immediately to serve his time, after which he will have to face this additional charge. Fayettevile to Have i May Festival. On Friday afternoon, May 19th, Fayetteville will have a May festival. The ladies of the Methodist Church are planning for it, but expect the en tire town to take part and have a good time. For the’youngest of our (citizens there will be a baby show, The next in age will have their parade in costumes with their doll buggies, wheelbarrows, etc. The older girls will plat the may pole, while the boys will have their circus with a real saw dust ring and red lemonade. There will be folk plays and songs. Then the Queen of May Day will be crown ed. Next week's paper will announce the May Queen and her attendants. She will be selected from the High school by popular vote of the students. Also a list of the prizes will be an nounced. These have been donated by the merchants of Atlanta.
