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Railroads Prepare to Re-Open With Non-Union Workers
COMMITTEE OF
SENATE REJECTS
SHOALS OFFERS
Fold Proposal, Beaten 9 Io 7,
To Reach Floor in Minority
Report
WASHINGTON, July 15.— Henry
Folds’ offer for the Muscle Shoals
reiected by the senate
projects was lejecvcu „
agriculture committee today 9 to i.
The bill introduced by Chairman Noi
r!s calling foi operation of the pro
ects by a government-owned and |
controlled corporation, also was re
jected 9to Other offers, includ- |
ing those of the Alabama Power I
Company, Engstrom and Persons,
were also rejected without 'a record
vote.
Despite the adverse vote, the rord
offer will be presented to the senate
for tinal decision through minority
1 eports, it was explained.
CANNING COURSE ENDS
after splendid SESSION i
The Sumter County Camp and
Short Course came to a close Friday |
afternoon after a successful three
day session at the A. and M. College.
The fruits and vegetables canned,
and the breads made were placed on
exhibit Friday when the members of
the Sumter County Board of Educa
tion, together with County Superin
tendent E. W. Dupree, former Su
perintendent E. J. McMath and ,Dr.
B. F. Bond, county health officer,
were entertained at-a picnic lunch
eon in the main dining room of the
college, the girls and young matrons
preparing all the food and serving in
typical camp style.
During the course, several inter
esting talks were heard, among which
were Col. J. E. D. Shipp’s splendid
talk on Thursday and Dr. Bond’s
very interesting health lecture on
Friday.
Miss McGee, district agent of Ma
con, and Miss Ola Sammons, of Mon
tezuma, were on the program.
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BIG CHOIR TO SING AT
CENTRAL CHURCH AGAIN
The evening song service at the
Central Baptist church proved very
popular last Sunday evening and a
large crowd came out to engage in
tinging hymns of praise.
At tomorrow evening’s service
there will be a choir of forty or
more. In addition to the congrega
tional singing the male quartette will
give two selections, using the beauti-
I ful hymn, “Beautiful Isle,” and
"Somebody Knows.’
aggie bill presented
BY SUM TER DELEGATION
I trough an error it was stated
non ay that a bill appropriating $38,-
J 0 P a y the building debt of the
tn district Aggie schooLhad been
Lntrodueed m the state Senate by
“Wator Cullum, of this district. This
I i "’ UM ' was an error, because ap
the " at ? n l>lils eannot originate in
ioiiit V u was introduced
I Hme r Riley and
I Ums, of Sumter. It is heimr a«
I Slated bv M, <• n , Being as
| Mr. Collum m the senate.
DAW d2 N MINISTER TO
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I Dawson Pastor of the
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1 Proaeher and like
rWegation.'"' by augmented
VILXA FGEEING at RADIN.
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A Free State soldier, doubly
armed and swathed in bandages,
smiles after the smoke of the Four
Courts battle, Dublin, clears away,
PENSIONWXURY
TAX ACT ORDERED
State Senate Calls For Drafting Os
Bill I axing Drinks, Notes,
Mortgages, Amusements
ATLANTA, July 15. —A resolu
tion by Senator Golucke has been
passed by the senate providing for
a joint committee from the house
and senate to draft a bill imposing
a tax on luxuries in Georgia, the
revenue to be derived thereby to be
used in the payment of Confederate
pensions. As it was the first debate
of the session in the senate on the
question of taxes, arguments were
made both for and against Mr. Go
lucke’s resolution. It was then sent
to the house for concurrence, and
President Clay named as the upper
house members of the drafting com
mittee, Senator Thomas, Boykin and
Cone.
Senator Brown, of Athens, made
a hard fight to kill the resolution
making a particular protest against
the paragraph referring to an im
position of a tax on soft drinks. In
attacking his argument, Senator Nix
declared that coca, cola stock had
been on a boom for several months
with flaring headlines in the news
papers calling attention to its fre
quently. Senator Wohlwender was
successful in having an amendment
to the drafting committe that a tax
to the resolution adopted, suggesting
be put on all notes and mortgages
MY, OH MY! AREN’T THEY THE CHEERFUL LITTLE FELLOWS!
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THE TIMt|Hi£CORDER
OoV PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIX,E~goo?
$25,090,000
BONDS FAVORED
Majority Os Joint Committee Ap
proves Perryman’s Plan—No
Paved Roads
ATLANTA, July 15.—At a joint
meeting of highway committees of
the house and senate a bill providing
for a state highway bond issue of
$25,000,000 received a majority
vote. The bill was presented by
Rejfresentative Perryman, of Talbot,
with a detailed explanation of its
provisions which contemplate a
serviceable system of highways link
ing all county seats, but no paved
roads except where counties supply
the necessary additional funds for
pavement.
ATLANTA ELKS JUBILANT
OVER 1923 CONVENTION
ATLANTA, July 15. Atlanta
Elks are jubilant over the news that
came over the wires from Atlantic
City to the effect that this eity had
been selected as the meeting place
for the grand lodge of Elks in 1923,
after a' stiff contest with Boston,
Mass., and Saratoga, New York.
; The announcement came as a com
. plete surprise to most members of
f the Atlanta lodge. When the local
I delegation left for the famous New
i Jersey watering place to attend the
i 1922 meeting of the grand lodge this
i week no plans were on foot to bring
} the next annual gathering here. It
| was not even thought that an at-
I tempt would be made to do this.
■ in the state, and a further amend-
■ ment included baseball games, dance
! hall and shooting galleries. Many
i senators objected to this amendment,
' among them Senator Nix, who de
clared that, he favored it person
ally, he was convinced that the gen
eral assembly would never vote to
I tax mortgages and notes, an 1 pre
dicted that every merchant and bank
er in his district would write or tele
graph him opposing this amendment
before sundown Fri ’ ly.
Supporters of the Golucke reso
lution merely as a suggestion to the
house committee now striving to
solve the Question as to how the Con
federate pensions were to be paid.
He "said:
“I remember the confusion of last
year and am afraid that we will be
confronted during the last week of
the session with the prospect of hav
ing to pass a bond issue to pay the
pensioners or leave them unprovid
ed for.” He added that he would
oppose a bond issue. As the reso
lution went to the house it calls for
an early report back to the general
assembly by the committee appoint
ed to draft the bill.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 1... 1922.
CRISP BACKING
FORD PROPOSAL
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Tells Kiwanis Club Why Muscle
Shoals Offer Is Advan
tageous
I Congressman Chas. R. Crisp, who
! is home for a few weeks from Wash
ington, told the Kiwanis club, of
■ which he is an honorary member, at
its luncheon Friday his opinion of
the Ford offer for Muscle Shoals.
! He said he was glad to note that
the club had endorsed the Ford of
fer, because in his opinion it was a
splendid offer ami one which, if ac
cepted, wo“uld work greatly to the
increased prosperity and well being,
not only of the South in particular,
but, the whole nation. He pointed
out that the Ford offer, which he
said was being opposed by power in
terests owned in Canada, proposed
to pay .the government as much cash
proportionately as the government
received for the salvaging of several
other great war projects, and in ad
dition the plant would be maintained
j at all times ready for instant use
j in making nitrates for war purposes
in case of need. The plant would
make nitrate for fertilizers, produc
ing enough to prepare 250,000,000
tons of commercial fertilizer, at a
price of not over 8 per cent above
cost, the cost to be verified by a
public committee, if desired, who
would be given all access to the
1 plant records. According to the
i testimony of experts, Judge Crisp
| said, this would furnish a commer-
I cial fertilizer for the whole country
I at about half the price now paid by
I the farmers. He expressed the hope
; and belief that the Western Repu'b
j licans in congress, uniting with the
. Democrats, would eventually accept
the Ford offer.
At the suggestion of W. T. Lane,
the club authorized the appointment
of a special committee looking to the
turning of the Souther Field proper
ty, when eventually disposed of by
the government, to the commercial
and industrial advantage of the com
munity. This committee will con
sist of Mr. Lane, John W. Shiver, J.
W. Harris and W. M. Humber.
The club unanimously accepted an
invitation form Sherrod Horne to be
| his guest at a fish fry at the river
i next Thrusday afternoon. Members
and their ladies will attend. This
affair will be additional to the regu
lar weekly luncheon, which will take
i place as usual.
SPECIAL C. M. E. SERVICE.
A special service will be held at
j the colored M. E. church Sunday to
I which the public is invited. Special
I music will be furnished by the Junior
’ choir and Epworth League chorus.
The pastor will speak from |these
| words: “It Is Vain to Serve God,”
| Mat. 3:14.
Illinois Troops in Rail Strike
Illinois militiamen arrive to take up positions about the Bloomington
(Ill.) shops of the Chicago & Alton Railroad, to guard against trouble
growing out of the shopmen's strike.
HARDWICK COMMITTEE
FIRES ITS OPENING GUN
Declares Present Contest Over
Gevernorship Wholly Un
called For
ATLANTA, July 15.—The follow
ing statement was issued today by
the committee in charge of Governor
Hardwick’s campaign, Arthur Lucas
chairman:
‘Tn undertaking the management
of Governor Hardwick’s campaign for
re-election the committee feels that
it may not be inappropriate for it to
make a brief and temperate state
ment to the public.
“In the first place, we believe the
present contest for governor is wholly
uncalled for. The people of Georgia,
in our opinion, did not desire it, and
do not now desire it. They are pass
ing through a most critical and trying
period. They are fully occupied
with their personal affairs and busi
ness concerns and have no wish for a
heated political contest this year,
which, by all ordinary rules, is an
‘off-year’ in state politics. Unless
any governor of this state has made
a dismal failure in the performance
of his duty he is entitled to a second
term without opposition, for it is
manifestly unfair to subject him, be
fore a year of his administration has
i passed, while the legislature is in
! session, and public duties are press
ing him, to a political contest for
which he has little or no time, unless
• he neglects his public duties.
Rule of Common Sense.
“This is the rule suggested by fair
play and by common sense. There
have been only a few exceptions to it
in the political history of the state,
and looking back, most fair minded
people will admit that these excep
tions have not promoted better politi
cal feeling or better political condi
tions in the state.
“The argument in favor of a sec
ond term for any governor who has
been fairly successful in his adminis
tration, becomes, in our judgment,
an unanswerable one when it is made
for an executive who, in one short
year, has made the state as able, as
courageous and as brilliantly success
ful a governor as we submit to the
people Governor Hardwick has made.
"In one short year of administra
tion he has so wisely managed the fis
cal affairs of the state as to wipe out
a treasury deficit of substantially
three million dollars, and to put the
financial affairs of the state on a
sound and stable basis. This has
been accomplished in a period of pro
found financial stress.
Check on Spending.
"He has, during that period, suc
cessfully maintained the position
that> appropriations by the legisla
ture* - must not and shall not exceed
the revenues of the state, and that
income and outgo must be carefully
and accurately balanced against one
another.
"jf»e has recommended and secur
ed iSie most rigid economy in legis
lative appropriations, the appropria
tion j for 1922 having been reduced
eubnuntially one and one-half mil
lio|s,dollars below those of 1921.
is now engaged, with every
prci&ect of success, in the important
and essential work of establishing
for Georgia a complete and modern
business system for the transaction
of its fiscal affairs— by budget and
audit—a system by wjtich he pur
poses to throw the same safeguards
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
and checks and balances about the
public expenditures that are employ
ed by all large business concerns—
to the end that the public money
may be wisely and economically
spent, andj to the end that every
tax-payer may find out, at any time,
just how every cent of it is spent.
“Without in any way assailing the
god name of Georgia and its people,
on the contrary upholding them on
all occasi</is at home and abroad,
the governor has firmly stood for
the maintenance of law and order,
for the protection of life and prop
erty, for decency and just dealing,
and against invisible government of
every sort, from every source.
“In short, in the opinion of this
committee Governor Hardwick has
already proven himself one of the
ablest and strongest governors this
state has ever had, has given to the
state a business administration of
the highest and best type, and has
displayed wisdom,. conservatism and
a rare courage in the performance
of the duties of his high and diffi
cult office.
Deserves Ednorseinent. ....
“For these Jreadons, we submit
that he is entitled to a second term
without opposition, and with or
without opposition, that he de
serves and will receive an over
whelming endorsement from the
people in the coming primary.
Very respectfully,
Arthur Lucas, chairman, Fulton;
John N. Holder, vice-chairman, Jack
son; A. A. Lawrence, vice-chairman,
Chatham; Chas. L. Bartlett, vice
chairman, Bibb; Barry Wright, vice
chairman, Floyd.
First District—Murray Stewart,
W. L. Grayson, E. M. Lokey, Chat
ham, J. A. Brannen, Bulloch; E. K.
; Overstreet, Screven; Mel Price,
Long; W. L. McElniurray, Burke;
H. M. Blount, Burke; A. S. Ander
i son, Jenkins.
Second District —T. E. Phillips,
Tift; W. A. Covington, Colquitt; J.
R. Pottle, Dougherty; Hugh Mcln
i tyre, Thomas; T. S. Hawes, H. D.
' Trawick, Decatur.
Third J District—John Sheffield,
Sumter; J. E. Carter, Stewart, M.
J. Youmans, Terrell; J. J. Bull, Ma
con; J. H. ,Mays, Ben Hill; R. L.
■Tipton, Turner.
Fourth District—Sidney Holder-
I ness, Carroll; B. S. Miller; Carroll;
J. I). Massey, Muscogee; J. Paul
■ Jones, Muscogee; A. D. Jones, Meri
! wether; Frank P. Longley, Troup.
Fifth District W. W. Banks,
i Fulton, Sheppard Bryan, Marion
■ Smith, Fulton; T. R. Whitley, Duug-
I las; T. R. Massey, DeKalb; Claude
Smith, Campbell; Fred J. Paxon,
Emmett Quinn, Fulton.
Sixth District-—Roland Ellis, Wal
lace Miller JL. J. Kilburn, Bibb;
. Hardy Ogletree, BtiHs; E. L. Rea
gan, Henry; C. D. Jordan, Monti
; cello.
Seventh District John Graham,
H. P. Meiklehan, Floyd; R. A. Mc-
Whorter, Chattooga; E. E. Lindsey,
Floyd; John Mitchell, Dalton; C. M.
Milam, Bartow; Gorden M. Gann,
Cobb; Jametf’E. Rosser, Walker.
Eighth District—Henry C. Tuck,
; Clarke; Albert Foster, Morgan;
John S. Callaway, Grver.e; James F.
Shebane, Oglethorpe; W. 1. Hailey,
Hart; Julian B. McCurry, Clarke.
Ninth District—Herman Dela
: pierre. Hoschton; D. Turner Qui
; Ilian, Hall; G. Fred Kelley, Gwin
nett; B. L. Smith, Fannin.
; Tenth District Frank Barrett,
1E H. Callaway, Riehiuund; ti. M.
HOME
EDITION I
SENIORITY
DEMANDS
OF UNIONS
BARPEACE
Congress Makes Fi/st Move lo
Revise Transportation
Act
CHICAGO, July 15.—Virtually
abandoning hope for an early set
tlement of the strike following the
failure of last night’s conferences,
the railroad executives today prepar
ed to make a determined effort to
re-open the/ shops with non-union
employes, according to a high of
ficial of the Railroad Labor Board.
This official said peace moves
would be suspended for the present.
The stumbling blpck in the path
of a settlement was said at Labor
Board offices to be the union’s de
mand for restoration of seniority
and other privileges to the strikers.
The. executive council of the six
shop unions went into executive ses
sion today to determine where it
stood on the proposition discussed in
yesterday's conferences.
TRANSPORTATION ACT
REVISION PROPOSED.
WASHINGTON, July 15. Hear- 1
ings will be held soon by the senate
interstate commerce committee to
initiate a revision of the transporta
tion act and deal with problems de
veloped by the present strike, Chair
man .Cummins stated today.
Inauguration of the use of motor
trucks to transport United States
Mails, due to the inability of the
railroads to operate on account of
the shopmen’s strike was announced
today by Postmaster General Work,
who is said to be determined to use
motor transportation between Bed
ford and Switz City, Indiana, where
trains have been annulled.
Reports to the post office depart
ment from Toledo, Ohio, said all de
pot employes were reported on strike
and additional mail clerks were ask
ed for.'
PREDICTS STRIKE
OF TRACK WORKERS.
NEW YORK, July 15. —Prediction
that E. F. Grable, president of the
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
employes, would issue a strike order
to his union "at any hour,” was
made today by William Parker, presi
dent of the Union’s Association of
Eastern Chaiman.
ONE MAN WOUNDED
BY STRIKEBREAKEKR.
SCRANTON, Pa., July 15.—-One
man was shot and slightly injured in
connection with the shopmen’s strike
at Carbondale, near here early to
day. He was Joseph Walker, a citi
j zen on his way home, it was alleged,
‘ when he was fired upon by a new
workman quartered in the foundry
of the Delaware & Hudson railroad.
An hour later a crowd attempting to
. break into the state armory and get
1 guns were dispersed by the police.
STRIKE BREAKERS ON
JOB AT WAYCROSS.
WAYCROSS, July 15.—1 t is esti
mated that between 100 and 150
strike breakers have been imported
' for work in the local A. C. L. shops
during the past twenty-four hours.
It is impossible to learn the nature
I of work being assigned to these men,
1 no one is allowed to enter or leave
■ the shops, and local railroad offi
cials have issued no statements re-
■ garding the number of men employ
i ed at the shops, or the nature of the
work assigned them.
Rail officials when interviewed
i stated that they had no statement
i to make other than to say that the
work at the shops was progressing
“We are attempting to give the j
i public the best service possible, and
will continue to do so,” was the com
ment of one of the offiicals
Franklin, Washington; Chas. V.
I Clark. Jefferson; Ed D. Clark, Co-
■ lumbias Geo. H. Carswell, Wilkin
son; E. J. Forrester, John C. Lewis,
Hancock.
Eleventh District John P.
Knight. Berrien; Lawson Kelley,
Coffee; L. R. Tucker. Irwin; Jerome
Crawley, Ware; A. B. Smith, Lown
des; J. Russell Davis, Brooks; John '
T. Strickland, Pierce; W. C. Little, 7
Glynn.
Twelfth District Earl Camp,
Laurens; T. A. Patterson, Montgom
ery; Eli Goode, Pulaski; Israel |
Mannheim, Pulak>,; Hal Roberts, ,j
i Dodge; Max L. Mcßae, Telfair; Eu
i gene Taimadge, Telfair, |