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WEATHER FORECAST
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For Georgi^—Fair tonight and
Tuesday; no change in temperature.
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
Pinoh 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 of 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.
I’he country, with a fair surplus of
coal now on Ijand 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 strik' 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 11
get scared. 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, 1 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
lown as part of a program to con
serve both coal and coke.
The United Mine Workers arc
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
lhe 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 owns in and about
Uniontown are idle. t
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
GUN CLUB TO HOLD
FIRST SHOOT TUESDAY
The traps for the throwing of clay
pigeons are being built at the Amer
icus Golf club today and it is an
nounced by J. W. Hightower, gun
clubs enthusiast and leader in the
movement for the organization of a
trap shooting division of the Golf
< lub, that the first shoot is planned
for 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon.
The use of the club for shooting
is open only to members of the Golf
club. The ladies are invited to be
present at the opening shoot par
ticularly, as well as being welcome
at all times.
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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 been practically work
ed out by the Chamber of Commerce
for the organization of a marketing
plan whereby various 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
marketing 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
TRADE LABELS il
MUST BE‘PURE’]
U. S. Wins Decision Against Con- I
UO}JO3 jjbj 3ui|pg uws “
Garments As Wool
WASHINGTON, April 24.—Trade
names and labels used by manufac- 1
turers must not convey to the pur- 1
chasing public inaccurate descrip
tions of materials and ingredients of >
manufactured products, the Supreme 1
court decided today in a case brought
by the Federal Trade Commission
against the Winsted Hosiery com
pany. i J
The issue was precipitated when ;
the Federal Trade Commission sought
to restrain, as unfair methods of ,
competition, labels and brands used ,
by many knit goods manufacturers ,
which the government insisted con- -
veyed to the purchasing public the .
idea that the underwear so marked
was composed wholly of wool ,
although the evidence showed in most j;
instances that cotton was also an I;
ingredient. The United States Cir- |
cuit Court of Appeals for the Second I
circuit decided, however, against the ‘
contentions of the government, find
ing no fault with the labels and
brands used by the Winsted Hosiery
company, which it declared were well
known to and accurately understood
by the trade. Fromm that decision
the government appealed.
MARKETS
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON.
Good middling, 17 1-4 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 1 7.69
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 I
12:15 pm....,18.03 17.68 1 7.68
12:30 18.00 17.66 17.69
12:45 18.01 17.76 17.68
1:00 17.99 17.67 17.69
1:15 17.98 17.65 17.69
1 :30 18.1)2 17.69 17.71 |
1:45'. 17.95 17.61 17.64
2:00 17.96 17.63 17.66
2:15 .. ,17.98 17.66 17.67
2:30 17.98 17.65 17.65 j
2:45 17.98 17.63 17.63
Close 17.99 17.64 17.66 I
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Johnstone, for- j
merly residents of Americus, have .
gone to Charlotte, N. C. t to reside, j
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, .APRIL 24. 1922-
I 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
j organization will begin operations by
I handling a limited number of farm
f products until sufficient effiicency is
I reached to warrant taking over addi
| tional prbducee. In the beginning it
i will handle vegetables, poultry pro
i ducts,, cream, sweet potatoes, small
grain, home cured hams, and take
! over the live stock sales as hahdled
I now by the county agent. These pro
ducts have been suggested with the
idea in mind that farmers are able
to male sonic money on these com
\ modifies. There are other crops to
, be added to these as: the enterprise
i develops, but it is probably best to
i get a few crops well handled in the
i beginning and add others as seems
■ wise.
I “This is an undertaking for the
I benefit of farmer and merchant alike
i and the Chamber of Commerce would
i 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
i mean selling co-operatively without
| experiencing the inconveniences of
co-operative selling.’
U.S. WINS TEST ON
BERGDOLL RICHES
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Washington Justice Holds Alien
Property Custodian Cannot Be
Forced To Give it Up
WASHINGTON, April 24. The
Supreme court today denied the ap
plication of Edwin R. Bergdoll, of
Philadelphia, for a writ of habeas
corpus. He is a brother of Grover
C. Bergdoll.
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 : a
fugitive from justice.
Mrs. Maude Smith continues very
ill at her home on Lamar street.
Mrs. Smith has never recovered from
an operation performed at the City
hospital several weeks ago.
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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
I spending a day or two at Buena Vista
I where Marion county Superior court
I is in session, in the interest of his
race against J. J. Brown. He spent
Sunday with friends in Americus.
“I am finding much feeling against
Brown everywhere I go,” said Mr.
Blalock, “particularly because of his
failure to co-operate \vith 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
i greatest co-operation, and 1 feel cer
tain that 1 am going to win this race.
Os course, if Governor Hardwick
should have opposition, this might
j overshadow the race for commission
er of agriculture and possibly make
; my victory less pronounced.
“But one thing I want to say: Win
i or lose, I am not going on my knees
|to Tom Watson for his support, as
, so many in politics in Georgia have
i done in the past. Watson has indi-
I 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 I were commissioner of agri
culture I would be ashamed to con
duct my office as J. J. Brown has
been conducting his. He seems to
have no interest whatsoever in the
state college of agriculture, and the
result is the two departments have
been W'orking at cross purposes, over
lapping and in constant conflict,
while the people of Georgia have
been, paying fo£, 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,
i but 1 expect to return here shortly
| to meet the people and spend some
I 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 :
I many years. The grandfather of Mr. i
j Kirkland, Mr. Blalock said, who was I
a Confederate veteran, has been his I
! bosom friend for many years, and •
■ when he became collector of reve- |
I nue he Look Lhe 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 Recognized 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, 1
recommended that the Bolshevik
Soviet government be deposed be
cause it was an ally of the Central
Empires, with which Lhe 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.
I would not trust Germany or the
Bolshevik Soviet government, as 1
feel they would not respect their
agreements if it was to their interest
to violate them. ,
1 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 I think it wpudl be a mistake
lor the United States to recognize
oven as a ’de facto government the
Russian Bolshevik Soviet regime, or
SEABOARD WILL
SPEND 4 MILLIONS
I Gets Permission To Issue Certifi
cates For New Equip-
ment
j WASHINGTON, April 24.—The
' plans of the Seaboard Air Line rail-
I l oad to obtain approximately 84,-
| 900,000 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 throe soldiers killed.
to Atlanta and gave him a good posi
tion, which he still holds.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
-Sr
—— ——'
DAVID re F{?ANCkS
do anything to strengthen that gov
ernment—beside which the horrors
of the French revolution, compared
with Bolshevik excesses, pale into
moderation.
(Copyright, 1922.)
PRESBYTERIAN
WOMEN COMING
Macon Prcsbyterial Auxiliary To
Convene In Americus May
1-3
The Macon Presbyterian Auxiliary
will meet in Americus Maj' 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’ Prcsbyterial.
The membership of the Auxiliary
•figures around six hundred and has
contributed to all causes some better
than $6,500 this past year, an in
crease of more than SI,OOO over last
year.
Only one Auxiliary has not report-
A splendid program has been ar
i ranged and the following speakers
will appear on it during the meeting: ,
Mrs. D. N. Richardson, on China; i
Miss Ruby Ray, on “Sou! Winning ;
in thy Mountain. ;” Mrs. W. M. Row
land, state president, “Standard of i
Excellence;” Mrs. J. A. Craig, state
treasurer, “Tithing;” Rev. John Golf, 1
“Macon Presbytery and Its Work,” j
and a playlet on “Montreat” will be
given by the Americus Auxiliary.
Dinner will be served nt the church :
each day and the hostess church takes j
this opportunity to invite all Auxil
iaries who cannot be represented for |
all the time to attend the meeting i
I eaih day..
Committee:
MRS. R. E. GLENN, i
MRS. GEO. DUNCAN?
Mrs. Glenn is secretary of the Ma
ce n Auxiliary, Mrs. Emmie P. Mor
gan, of Americus, foreign mission
secretary and Mrs. George Duncan,
U D. C. TO SELL FLAGS
AT THEATER WEDNESDAY
Wednesday will be Confederate |
Tag day, it was announced today by j
1 Mrs. J. W. Harris, Jr., president of '
; the local chapter, U. D. C. lhe chap- |
ter has ordered miniature Confed- .
crate flags on pins which will be sold j
by a committee at the door of the i
Rylander theater. The- purpose of the
sales will be to obtain money to assist
I in the various educational movements !
■ behind which the U. D. C. stands.
The flags will sell for ten cents, and
every person attending the exercises
at the theater is requestd to have a
dime ready to exchange for a flag
to wear as a token of love for the
| cause of the Old South. All the :
money obtained will go toward eduea
-1 tion of the needy grandchildren and
other descendants of Confederate
veterans who are working their way
, through various icolleges with ithe ,
1 assistance of the U. D. C, i
HOME
EDITION
WOULDEXECUTE
’! TREATY ALONE IF
I SEEN NECESSARY
Premier So Indicates In Speech--
Hints Os Withdrawal From
Genoa
BAR-LE-DUC, France, April 24.
| (By Associated Press.) —France will,
i 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
I 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 agreed con
ditions France would regretfully
have to cease participation in tha
conference. ,
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GERMANS PASS BY
LATEST ALLIED NOTE.
I GENOA, April 24.- (By the As
sociated ■ Press.) —Another crisis in
the economic conference was passed
I last night when* the German delega
* tion announced after a long,session
| of its delegates and frequent, com
munications with the Russians and
j Italians, that the Germans would not
I reply to a note of the ten powers
I Sunday •stipulating that the signa
■ tories “expressly reserve for their
I governments the right to declare null
; and void any clause in the Russo-
I German treaty which may be recog
i nized as contrary to existing treat
ies.”
Ihe Germans also decided to set
tle by private negotiations the differ
ences between Mr. Barthou, head of
the French delegations, and the Ger)
man chancellor,’ Dr. Wirth, which
. arose through M. Barthou's writlri
charge that the Germa).- had made
untruthful staten-enis.
LLO' D GEORGE ONLY
OPTIMIST AT GENOA
BY H. N. RICKEY.
GEI'jOA, Aor : ! 2L-—Lloyd George
has patched#up peace with the Ger
mans.
They tried t ) wreck : is 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 tho
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 Allies
was a slap on the wrist. They go.
what they wanted— a separate and
advantageous treaty with Russia,
which potentially is a threat to tho
rest of Europe, in a military as well
as an economic way. And the Allies
seem helpless to deliver a counter
stroke.
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 arc greatlv in
creased, although Lloyd George in
sists he has great confidence that an
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 accomplishing an
economic settlements.
Most, if not all, of the economic,
financial and transportation ques
tions will be referred either to the
League of Nations or to a conference
(Continued on Page 2.)
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