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WEATHER FORECAST
For Georgia—Fair tonight and
Sunday.
FORTY-FOURTH YEAR.—NO. 97
FRANCE IS DETERMINED TO FORCE PAYMENT
SURVEY SHOWS
REAL SITUATION
IN COAL STRIKE
More Men Out Than On April 1
—Struggle To Continue Till
Pinch Comes
BY C. C. LYON.
PITTSBURG, April 24 —Since the
nation-wide coal tie-up began April
1, I have visited all the storm cen
ters. The present status seems to be
this:
Coal operators and miners appear
to agree the strike will last several
months longer. High officials ol the
United Mine Workers say three
month.s Many operators say six
months.
Probably the biggest operator in
Ohio, who has always operated union
mines, told me:
. “You’ll find the big operators of
♦he country will be in no hurry to
sign a new scale. In the long run
we feel it will be money in our
pockets to sit tight until October.
The country, with a fair surplus of
coal now on hand and with the non
union fields still producing even
though a diminished supply, can
skimp along until fall. When the
real pinch comes the big operators
will then talk business with the
United Mine Workers. But mine
wages must come down.”
On U. S. Intervention.
One of the best informed of the
district presidents of the miners’
union said:
“Washington won’t make any
real effort to force a settlement of
the strike until the pressure starts
from railroads, steel mills, public
utilities and manufacturers. In
about two months from now the coal
piles of all these interests will be
about exhausted and then they’ll
get seared. I look for the strike to
be over and the men back in tne
mines within three months.” ,
Everywhere I have gone—in Penn
sylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, In
diana and Illinois, I have found the
public apathetic. With mild weather
already here and with summer
coming on, the average family isn’t
worrying. Many of them haven t
yet carried out last winter's ashes.
Steel Industry Pinched.
The steel. industry is already feel
ing the pinch, because the supply
of coke has been cut down. Thou
sands of non-union miners and coke
workers in the Connellsville coke
region have joined the union and
quit their jobs.
In the steel districts today there
is on every hand a general slowing
down as part of a program to con
serve both coal and coke.
The United Mine Workers are
stronger today than they were on
April 1, when the strike began.
The strike is still 100 per cent
effective in all the union fields.
There are more coal miners on
strike today than on April 1. The
additions have come from the non
union fields.
The Monongahela river has been
the dividing line between the union
and non-union fields in western
Pennsylvania. When the strike was
called, the United Mine Workers
sent their best organizers to Browns
ville and from there the “drive” on
the non-union fields has been di
rected.
Unions Strengthened
Rapidly, the idea of unionism has
spread from the river into the non
union fields until today most of the
mines and coke ovens in and about
Uniontown are idle.
Connellsville is still the stronghold
of the non-union coal and coal op
erators. The territory near Connells
ville is dominated by the Frick inter
ests, subsidiaries of the United
States Steel Corporation.
The union drive” is now directed
toward a penetration of the Con
nellsville “basin.”
In West Virginia there are 116,-
000 coal miners of whom 70,000
ire unionized.
The Winding Gulf district, south
east of Charleston, is the non-union
stronghold, but already the unions
have 11,000 members out of a total
of 29,000 men who were working in
the district when the strike began.
GREAT NEGRO THRONG
HEARS GYPSY SMITH, JR.
ALBANY, April 24. —Perhaps the
largest negro congregation ever as
sembled in Albany jvas that which
gathered at the gospel tent on North
street yesterday afternoon to hear
the Rev. Gypsy Smith, Jr., evange
list, who is conducting a series of
meetings here. Another large con
gregation of white people heard the
preacher at night. The services will
continue through next Sunday, April
30, and still are arousing much in
terest both in Albany and through
out the section.
CASH FARMERS’ MARKET
FOR AMERICUS PLANNED
Chamber of Commerce Fosters Organization Os
• Corporation To Buy Varied Products —Would
Sell Shares To Merchants and Farmers
Plans have l»een practically work
ed out by the Chamber of Commerce
for the organization of a marketing
plan whereby itarious products from
Sumter county farms may be brought
to Americus, disposed of at the mar
ket price for cash at any time, placed
in warehouse and in turn sold by the
maiketing agency. The agency
would take the form of a corpora
tion for convenience, whose object
would not be to make more than
enough money to pay for operation,
but to pay the farmer as much-'as
possible instead of as little. Accord
ing to George O. Marshall, secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce and
county agent, the plan would afford
a market for many products similar
to the present co-operative market
ing of hogs in this county; in fact,
the marketing of hogs would be tak
en over by this agency.
For the purpose of giving the peo
ple of the community advance infor
mation on the plans, which have all
but been closed, Mr. Marshall to
day gave out the following state
ment:
“There has been a call from farm
ers and merchants alike for a mar
keting medium for general farm
crops. The Chamber of Commerce
has outlined a plan to begin the mar
keting of several products with the
hope of" enlarging the business as
rapidly as practical.
“The general plan is to organize
a corporation and sell Shares of stock
DEATH CLAIMS
C. A. CHAMBLISS
Former Deputy Clerk Os Superior
Court Succumbs After Year
Os Illness, Aged 56
Charles Allen Chambliss, one of
the best known citizen’s of Americus,
died at his residence, 315 Barlow
street, Sunday morning at 7:30
o’clock. Death followed an illness
of a year, although he had not been
confined to his bed during all of that
time. He was 56 years old and wide
ly known in this section, having re
sided here twenty-four years. At
one time he was clerk of Sumter
Superior court, though in recent
years he had retired altogether from
the active pursuits.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock from the
residence, with interement in Oak
Grove cemetery. The service was
conducted by Rev. Carl W. Minor,
pastor of First Baptist church, of
which Chambliss was a member.
The pallbearers were to be Robert W.
Glover, Z. A. Littlejhon, T. F. Gate
wood, Edgar Shipp, J. R. Hamrick
and George M. Bragg.
Mr. Chambliss was a member of
Americus Camp, No 202, Woodmen
of the World; George F. Cooper lodge
Knights of Pythias, and Washington
Camp P. O. S. of A., and these or
ders were all represented at the
funeral.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Juliette Bolton Chambliss; one
daughter, Mrs. J. Rufus Lanq of
Blakely; one stepdaughter, Mrs.
Ernest Tullis, of Valdosta; two sons,
Charles Bolton Chambliss, of Cali
fornia; Lauren M. Chambliss, of
Americus, and two stepsons, G. D.
Arrington, of Montgomery, Ala., and
H. T. Arrington, of Pittsburg, Pa.;
four brothers* J. R. Chambliss and
H. E. Chambliss, of Homstead,
Fla.; B. B. Chambliss, of Brunswick,
and Dr. J. J. Chambliss, of Phoenix,
Ariz.
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON.
Good middling, 17 1-1 cents.
LIVERPOOL COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, April 24.—Market
opened quiet 4-6 up. Fullys, 10.39.
Sales, 7,000 bales.
Futures: April June Sept.
Prev. Close 10.09 10.09 10.02
First Call .10.15 10.17 10.10
Close 10.19 10.21 10.13
NEW YORK FUTURES
May July Oct.
Prev. Close 17.85 17.67 17.68
Open 17.90 17.65 17.62
10:15 am 17.98 17.68 17.68
10:30 18.00 17.69 17.73
10:45 18.00 17.68 17.73
11:00 18.00 17.66 17.69
11:15 18.03 17.67 17.70
11:30 17.99 17.66 17.67
11:45 17.98 17.64 17.67
12:00 noon 18.00 17.67 17.69
12:15 pm 18.03 17.68 17.68,
12:30 18.00 17.66 17.69
1?:45 ,18.01 17.76 17.68
1:00 '.17.99 17.67 17.69
1:15 .?17.98 17.65 17.69
1:30 18,02 17.69 17.71
THE filffi&ffiOßDEß
PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DlX!E~fr#j
to as many business men and farm
ers as possible. Employ a sales man
ager and secure warehouse space for
those commodities which will have to
be handled through a warehouse. This
organization will begin operations by
handling a limited number of farm
products until sufficient effiicency is
rea< hed to warrant taking over addi
tional producce. In the beginning it
will handle vegetables, poultry pro
ducts, cream, sweet potatoes, small
grain, home cured hams, and take
over the live stock sales as handled
now by the county agent. These pro
ducts liave been suggested with the
idea in mind that farmers are able
to 'make some money on these com
modities. There are other' crops to
he added to these as the enterprise
develops, but it is probably best to
get a few crops well handled in the
beginning and add others as seems
wise.
“This is an undertaking for the
benefit of farmer and merchant alike
and the Chamber of Commerce would
appreciate an expression from the
people as to their approval.
“The organization will buy and
pay for these products when deliver
ed but it will be the policy of the or
ganization not to buy as cheaply as
possible but to pay the market price
allowing the warehouse only the mar
gin necessary to take care of the
handling charges. It will really
mean selling co-operatively without
experiencing the inconveniences of
co-operative selling.’
U.S. WINS TEST ON
BERGDOLI, RICHES
Washington Justice Holds Alien
Property Custodian Cannot Be
Forced To Give It Up
• WASHINGTON, April 21- Justice
Bailey , of the Supreme court of the
District of Columbia, today ruled
that the alien property custodian can
not be required to surrender the
property of Grover C. Bergdoll, val
ued at $750,000, if the government
proves that Bergdoll has been con
victed of desertion and now is a
fugitive from justice.
JUDGE LANDIS’ BROTHEfT
DIES OF POISON ATTACK
ASHEVILLE, N. C„ April 24.
Charles B. Landis, former Indiana
congressman and brother of Judge
Kennesaw M. Landis of baseball,
died at a local hospital this morning
from a sudden attack of uraemia
poisoning. Ke served in congress
from 1897 to 1909.
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AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 24, 1922
BLALOCK WANTS
NO WATSON AID,
HE ASSERTS HERE
Rival Os J. J. Brown For Com
missioner Os Agriculture,
Spends Sunday In Americus
A. O. ('Bud”) Blalock, of Fayette
ville, former U. S. collector of in
ternal evenue, now a candidate for
state commissioner of agriculture, is
spending a day or two at Buena Vista
where Marion county Superior court
is in session, in the interest of his
race against J. J. Brown. He spent
Sunday with friends in Americus.
“1 am finding much feeling against
Brown everywhere I go,” said Mr.
Blaloek, * particularly because of his
failure to co-operate with the stare
college of agriculture, which belongs
to the people as much as the state
department of agriculture and be
tween which there should be the
greatest co-operation, and I feel cer
tain that ’ am going to win this race.
Os course, if Governor Hardwick
should have opposition, this might
overshadow the race for commission
er of agriculture and possibly make
my victory less pronounced.
“But one thing I want to say: Win
or lose, 1 am not goiug on my knees
to Tom Watson for his support, as
.-■<> many in politics in Georgia have
done in the past. Watson has indi
cated in his paper that he will not
support me. That makes no differ
ence to me, for I have never been
a Watson man nor aligned with him,
and he has no reason to support me.
I do not want his assistance, if I don’t
get a single vote.
“If 1 were commissioner of agri
culture I would be ashamed to con
duct my office as J. J. Brown has
been conducting his. Ht seems to
have no interest whatsoever in the
state college of agriculture, and the
result is the two departments have
been working at cross purposes, over
lapping and in constant conflict,
while'the people of Georgia have
been paying for it in lack of serv
ice. I believe in harmony and the
various state departments all work
ing together. They all belong to the
same state and same people and the
people should get the best possible
results out of them.
“I am counting on Sumter coun
ty going for me in this race. I have
lots of friends here and I feel that
they will be active in my behalf. I
will not be able to spend any time here
right now, as I must make the best
of my time in getting over the state,
but I expect to return here shortly
to meet the people and spend some
time with my friends.”
While in Americus Mr. Blalock,
who was accompanied by his friend,
J. F. Camp, of Dalton, was the guest
for the day of Mr. and Mrs. E. T.
Kirkland, former residents of Fay
etteville, and whom he had known
many years. The grandfather of Mr.
Kirkland, Mr. Blalock said, who was
a Confederate veteran, has been his
bosom friend for many years, and
when he became collector of reve
nue he took the old man with him
‘DON’T TRUST RUSSIA AND
GERMANY,’ SAYS FRANCIS
Former U. S. Ambassador To Germany Says Sign
ing Os Treaty Between Two Was No Surprise
To Him—Lenin German Agent Always
BY DAVID R. FRANCIS
America’s Last Ambassador to Rus
sia; Former Chief of United States
Mission Which Recogniied Repub
lic of Russia; Also Former Mayor
of St. Louis, Governor of Missouri,
and Secretary of the Interior.
ST. LOUIS, April 24.—The sign
ing of a treaty between Germany and
Russia was no surprise to me.
My book, “Russia From the Amer
ican Embassy,” shows that Lenin was
a German agent and was sent to Rus
sia for the purpose of demoralizing
the Russian army and withdrawing
Russia from the World War.
Many times, while ambassador, I
recommended that the Bolshevik
Soviet government be deposed be
cause it was an ally of the Central
Empires, with which the Entente was
at war.
Furthermore I predicted that if
Germany got control of Russia she
would organize Russia’s man power
and utilize Russia’s immense resour
ces to begin another war within ten.
years.
1 would not trust Germany or the
Bolshevik Soviet government, as 1
feel they would net respect their
agreements if it was to their interest
to violate them. ,
I am glad the American govern
ment is not participating in the Ge
noa conference. Not that I am op
posed to the United States aiding in
reconstructing Europe economically
and finally.
But 1 think it woudl be a mistake
for the United States to recognize
■ven as a de facto government the
Russian Bolshevik Soviet regime, or
SEABOARD WILL
SPEND 4 MILLIONS
Gets Permission To Issue Certifi
cates For New Equip
ment
WASHINGTON, April 24.—The
plans of the Seaboard Air Line rail
road to obtain approximately $4,-
000,000 for new equipment by the
issue of equipment certificates
through a subsidiary corporation was
approved today by Interstate Com
merce Commission.
BLOW UP TRACK.
TOKIO, April 24. (By Associat
ed Press.) —Chita government troops
blew up the railway about 35 miles
beyond Nikolsk, in the Siberian coast
district, April 22, it was announced
in a Japanese official statement to
day. A Japanese mail train was at
tacked and three soldiers killed.
to Atlanta and gave him a good posi
tion, which he still holds.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Fl
do anything to strengthen that gov
ernment—beside which the horrors
cf the French revolution, compared
with Bolshevik excesses, pale into
moderation.
(Copyright, 1922.)
PRESBYTERIAN
WOMEN COMING
Macon Presbyterial Auxiliary To
Convene In Americus May
1-3
The Macon Presbyterian Auxiliary
will meet in Americus May 1-3, with
the president, Mrs. B. A. Hooks, of
Dublin, Ga., presiding. Every Auxil
iary is urged to send delegates. There
are fourteen Auxiliaries in this Pres
byterial. Forsyth was organized this
spring and we welcome it gladly to
our Presbyterial.
The membership of the Auxiliary
figures around six hundred and has
contributed to all causes some better
than s<>,soo this past year, an in
crease of more than SI,OOO over last
year.
Only one Auxiliary has not report
ed.
A splendid program has been ar
ranged and the following speakers
will appear on it during the meeting:
Mrs. D. N. Richard on, on China;
Miss Ruby Ray, on “Soul Winning
in the Mountains;” Mrs. W. M. Row
land, state president, “Standard of
Excellence;” Mrs. J. A. Craig, state
treasurer, “Tithing;” Rev. John Golf,
“Macon Presbytery and Its V-Kirk,”
and a playlet on “Montreat” will be
given by the Americus. Auxiliary.
Dinner will be served at the church
each day and the hostess church takes
this opportunity to invite all Auxil
iaries who cannot be represented for
all the time to attend the meeting
ea< h day.
Committee:
MRS. R. E. GLENN,
MRS. GEO. DUNCAN.
Mrs. Glenn is secretary of the Ma
con Auxiliary, Mrs. Emmie P. Mor
gan, of-Americus, foreign mission
secretary and Mis. George Duncan,
BOATRIGHT NOW URGED
FOR NEW FEDERAL BENCH
CORDELE, April 24.—Resolutions
have been drawn and passed by the
members of the Cordele bar endors
ing Judge F. G. Boatright for the
new federal judgeship in Georgia.
Judge Boatright has been given ap
proval for district attorney’s place
in the Southern district, but it ap
pears now that a fight will be made
’ to get him into the new place as fed
eral judge.
NICARAGUA ORDERS <
300 REBELS ARRESTED
MEXICO CITY, April 24.—(Asso
ciated Press.) —The arrest of more
than three hundred members of the
Liberal party because of revolution
ary activities has been ordered by
Nicaraguan President Chamorro, ac
cording to private advices received
here. The Liberals are reported to
have been unusually active during
the past week, and a coup against
the government is feared.
STATE
EDITION
WOULDEXECUTE
TREATY ALONE IF
SEEN NECESSARY
Premier So Indicates In Speech—
Hints Os Withdrawal From
Genoa
BAR-LE-DUC, France, April 24.
(By Associated Press.) —France will,
if necessary, undertake alone to see
that the treaty of Versailles is exe
cuted, if the Germans default in their
reparations payments, premier Poin
care intimated in a speech before the
general council of the department of
the Meuse today.
Premier Poincare announced in
his speech that if the French dele
gation at Genoa could not go ahead
with its work under the agree con
ditions France would regretfully
have to cease participation in the
conference.
GERMANS PASS BY
LATEST ALLIED NOTE.
GENOA, April 24.- -(t/ the As
sociated Press.)——Another crisis in
the economic conference was passed
last night when the German delega
tion announced after a Jong session
of its delegates and frequent com
munications with the Russians and
Italians, that the Germans would not
reply to a note of the ten powers
Sunday stipulating that the signa
tories “expressly reserve for their
governments the right to declare null
and void any clause in the Russo-
German treaty which may be recog
nized as contrary to existing treat
ies.”
'lhe Germans also decided to set
tle by private negotiations the differ
ences between Mr. Barthou, head of
the French degegation, and the Ger
man chancellor, Dr. Wirth, which
arose through M. Barthou’s writ! -i
charge that the German-: had made
untruthful statements.
LLO" D GEORGE ONLY
OPTIMIST AT GENOA.
BY H. N. RICKEY.
GENOA, Ain’t 21.-—Lloyd Geoige
has patched up peac.> with the Gel
mans.
They tried to wreck /is i.infer
ence, but he has shown the lengths
to which he is willing to go to keep
the Genoa parley intact at least
long enough to get together with the
Russians.
The Germans are once more in
official good standing—having ac
cepted the Allies’ demand that they
withdraw from the commission dis
cussing the Russian question.
In effect their punishment for vio--
lating the confidence of the Alli. »
was a slap on the wrist. They go
what they wanted— a separate and
advantageous treaty with Russia,
which potentially is a threat to the
rest of Europe, in a military as well
as an economic way. And the Allies
seem helpless to deliver a counter
stroke. j
Allies Are Hampered.
Germany, by double-crossing the
Allies, also made it much more diffi
cult for the Allies to deal with the
Russians. If the Germans had not
made a secret Russian treaty the
Allies and the Russians probably
would have reached an agreement by
this time.
Difficulties now are greatly in
creased, although Lloyd George in
sists be has great confidence that an
I agreement will be reached.
The worst result of the German-
Russian incident so far as this con
ference is concerned is that it prac
tically precludes accomlpishing an
I economic settlements.
. Most, if not all, of the economic,
I financial and transportation qukes
tions will be referred either to the
| League of Nations or to a conference
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