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mms oppose
LEASE OF C. C. S 0.
W. W. Dykes Explains How Pro
posed Consolidation Might
Injure State Railroad
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ed also under its control, it will
have a monopoly on hauling and
distributing coal to the South 'and
Southeast,
“It is certainly very greatly
detrimental to the general public
interest for any railroad company
to have a monopoly of the hauling
and distribution of any commodity.
“There has been a further sug
gestion that if the A. C. 1., should
acquire control of this line that
the A. C. L. and the L. & N. would
be willing to cut a line through
the mountains above referred to,
which separates the West Virginia
mines from the Eastern Kentucky
mines, so far as distance is con
cerned, by only 33 miles. However, :
by cutting through that point, -
■which would give the L. & N. free'
use of the line proposed to be leas- ,
ed, would make it possible to di- |
vert the heavy traffic now coming
over the L- & N. from the Middle I
West through this line, and shift |
it from the N. C. & St. L., the
lessees of the present state road. i
If such contingency should ma- ,
terialize, the possibility of render
ing the state road less valuable
than it now is is one to be seri
ously considered.”
The full text of the resultion as
adopted by the Rotary club fol
lows :
“Whereas, notice of the applica
tion of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railway company to the Interstate
Commerce Commission for approv
al of a lease of the Carolina,
Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad com
pany for a period of 999 years has
just become known to this com
munity; and
“Whereas, further notice of the
fact that the proposed lease of said
road, on account of the relation
existing between the Atlantic Coast
Line Railway company, the Louis
ville & Nashville Railway company
and the N. C, & St. L. Railway
company would place the control of
the movement of all coal from the
available coal fields for Southern
use in the East with one corpora
tion or general management;
“Therefore, be it resolved by
the Americus Rotary club that it is
the sense of this club thqt the ap
proval of said lease would create
a monopoly, and practically destroy
* Cbtnpetition between transporta
tion companies in the handling of
all coal in the Southeastern states,
and especially in South Georgia;
“Be it further resolved, that the
creation of such a monopoly, and
the destruction of competition of
<tny kind is seriously detrimental
tg’the public interest and believ
ing that the making of such lease
would tend to the creation of such
condition we therefore object to
the. approval of, said lease, and re
spectively request the Interstate
Commerce Commission to deny the
same.”
,„Mr. Dykes stated that the same
resolution would be presented to
the other civic clubs and the Cham
ber of Commerce of the city with
requests for immediate action.
Interested parties will present a
similar resuolution to civic bodies
throughout the state, Mr. Dykes
said.
"Frank Sheffield was in charge
of the program Rotary club,
for the day. At the request of
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W OF
This unusual scries of stories
deals with the exploits of “Chi
nese” Pennington, a detective
sent by his government to Brit
ish North Borneo to'run to earth
The Yellow Seven, a gang of Chi- •
nose bandits.
It was one of those gray, close,
unhealthy days ‘that Major Armit
age came to Jesselton, B. N. B.
He stood in commanding posi
tion in the center of the first
class deck of the of the little
Barudu—-moored alongside the
white jetty—a tall figure with an
aristocratic stoop and a monocle
that delighted all native beholders.
When Captain John Hewitt—Com
missioner of Police—observed him
through his binoculars from the
veranda of his bungalow—the new
comer appeared to be giving orders
to everybody within hearing.
“Jack,” called Monica from her.
chair; “who is it?” t
Her brother glanced back.
“You’re merely guessing,” he re
torted. “You couldn't possibly see ■
from where you arc.”
“I can. Would you like me to
prove it? A long, lean, stoopy man
with a funny puggaree and red
tabs.”
“And—there you are!” interploa
ted Chinese Pennington through the
office window. “Monica has the
eye of an ’awk!”
Pennington climbed through the
window and took the glasses from
the other’s hand. Monica gave a I
I'ttle impatient toss to her shock of'
fair curls, folded down the page of
the book she had ben r?ading and
joined them by the >; ii.
“That,” said Pennington, point
ing down the hill, “is Major James
Lacy Armitage—”
“D. S. 0.,” murmured Monica.
“I fancy you’re wrong there. K'e
has three ribbons—almost as
broad as they are long.: One is for
going to Messina just after the
earthquake, the second I don’t
know, and the third he obtained by
giving up his seat in a ‘bus to a
Russian Grand Duchess!’
Monica laughed.
“The question is,” said Hewitt,
Lwhat’s his particular object in
coming here.
“What’s his particular stunt?”
“Blood and iron! Addresses a
dinner-party .as if he were back
on parade with the umpteenth hus
sars. Armitage is one of those men
who talks until they give him a
job simply to get rid of him.”
“I see, ’ raid the Commissioner.
“You don’t happen to know, I
the club, Mr. Sheffield analyzed a
bank statement for the members '
of the club. He said that bankers
found "few merchants and others J
who really understood a bank !
statement when it appears quar- 1
terly in the papers, as is required
by law.
Mr. Sheffield said banks were
compelled to publish these state
ments so that the public would
know the condition of the banks
in which they entrust their funds,
and for that reason a clear un
derstanding of thg bank statement
was important. K'e used a state
mnet of a local bank as an illus
tration, and explained each item of
the statement, in language that
laymen coul dunderstand.
Cobb Milner spoke several min
utes, using as a subject the famous
story by Elbert Hubbard, “A Mes
sage to Garcia,’ ’a story that has
been read by millions of people
and reproduced in every language.
Henry Lumpkin read excerpts
from a recent speech made by
Henry H. Rogers, the New York
banker. •
Among guests present yesterday
were Mayor J. E. Poole, Joe John
son, of Lakeland, and Chas. Mayr,
of Pittsburg.
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suppose, what sort of billet they’ve
fixed him up with this time.”
Chinese Pennington was engaged
in rolling a cigaret.
“They couldn’t find hiip a va
cancy—so they made a job for him.
He’s a sort of traveling • Inspec
tor.”
“Oh!” gasped Monica. “You
don’t think they’ve sent him here
to take Jack’s place?”
“Not on your life! Armitage
don’t like work. He’s on the cush
iest he’s ever struck—and nothing
short of an earthquake’ll induce
him to chuck it up. He’ll inspect
the barracks, parade all the native
troops, drill them himself, nose
into the cook-house, waste every
body's time—and write a stinking
report home to England condemn
ing everybo-.i v.”
Moncia Viney’!; forehead wrinkl
ed.
“Won’t that be rather serious?”
Pennington smiled.
“It’d be disastrous—if anybody
at nome took Armitage seriously.
As far as I can make out, to be
condemned by our friend in the
monocle is the finest recommenda
tion for promotion and increase of
pay a police officer can have!”
The Commissioner wound the
leather sling carefuly round the bi
noculanp and consigned them to
the cockroach-eaten case that hung
from the wall.
“And all this,” he complained,
“when I’m up to my eyes' in work.'
Monies’ll have to entertain him,
that’s all.”
“I like that!”
“I thought you would. Our visi-
I tor appears to be a perfectly harm
less sort of idiot, although a bit
of bore.’
“You have to be a bore if you
wear a monocle,” asserted Moni
ca wisely. “I warn you, Peter, that
if you attempt to conspire with
Jack to leave me alone with that
man—l shall flirt with him out
rageously.”
"Sorry—but while the dashing
■ Major is explaining to you what
he did when he served the nth hus
sars, 1 shall not improbably be
wandering in the wilderness ir
search of Mr. Chai-Hung’s latest
hiding place. True enough, our pet
bandit was badly winged by Rabat-
j Pilai and the activities of the Yel-
■ low Seven have been teniporarily
(suspended; but while Chai-Hung
. exists there’s going to be trouble
on this island, and it’s to me to
I stop it.” »
| “Where is Chai-K'ung?”
; Chinese Pennington spread out
I his hands.
“Vanished from the face of the
earth.” ,
“Lost his left hand in your last
had. It was r.iy chief of staff—
Rabat-Pilai— who accomplished the
dirty deed. He’s dried the grue
some relic over the fire and carries
it about with him.”
“And the ring,” said Monica
eagerly; “the ling with the green
stone? ’
“He wears that. I hadn’t the
heart to deprive him of it, seeing
that the bandit robbed him of an
ear and eye on their last encoun
ter.
Monica retreated to her chair
and, folding her hands over one
knee, gazed through palm-clad
slopes to the riband-like road be
low.
“I wish with all my you
think of you roaming about in the
stunt, didn’t he?” queried the Com
missioner. “Wherever he happens
to be, Chai-Hung’ll be thirsting for
your blood.”
A heavenly smile spread over
Pennington’s boyish features.
“I didn’t do it. I only wish I
jungle with every Chinaman’s
hand against you, it gets on my
nerves.”
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
FARMER DOESN'T
WANT SYMPATHY
Governor McCray Says Markets
Will Solve Agricultural
Problem
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept.' 6.
He doesn’t want sympathy.
“What the farmer needs is markets.
“Although it may sound criminal
nothing would be bettey for the
price of wheat than to dump a mil
lion bushels in the Atlantic Ocean
today.
“Within three years farming will
be on a highly paying basis.”
These above from Governor
Warren T. McCray, who recently
faced 100 creditors and told them
that at the present time he is un
able to meet his liabilities, esti
mated between $1,000,000 and $2,-
000,000.
The governor may give up farm- d
ing; may give up his 15,000 acres v
of land and 1200 prize head of
cattle in an effort to straighten
out his financial difficulties which
he blames on the deflation of farm
prices, and the depression of land
values.
“Until the gravity of the pres
ent farm situation has cleared,”
he said in an interview, “there is I
but one thing for the young farm
er to do: work day and night, :
practice rigid economy, diversify ;
farming, minimize improvements' 1
and rotate crops.”
WANTS DECENT PRICE
Although optimistic of the fu- '
turo in farming, McCray admits
the present plight of farmers is
critical.
“His only desire is to sell his
products at a decent price. The
farmer has no recourse to the cur
tailment of production, as other
producers have. He may decide to
decrease his production 20 per
cent. The elements may do the
same, and the farmer suffers.
“The only difference between a
young farmer’s problems and those
of an old farmer is this: The
young farmer has less experience
and judgment. Therefore, the
young farmer’s problem is a more
serious one.
“I would emphatically advise any
young farmer to reduce his farm
improvements to the barest neces
sities. Make the old buildings, the
old machinery, and everything
that is capable of use, outlive it
self, and within two or three years
the young farmer will be able to
restock what he needs.
One Way Out.
“The present inequality of prof
it never, will endure. There is
bound to be a shift and it is com
ing soon. There never was a more
opportune time for the farmer than
now.
“Right now there is but a slight
demand for wheat. The opening
of foreign trade, especially with
■ Germany, will provide a means of
stimulating the demand the farm
: er will profit. And one cent to the
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Than First Class Meat?
You get that at Bragg's We buy
the best. Have the only refriger
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price of a loaf of bread as sold on
the market, hand the profit to the
farmer instead of the middleman,
and she price of wheat will advance
65 cents a bushel.
“Although it may sound crimin
i al, nothing would be better for the
price of wheat than to dump a mil
lion bushels in the ocean today.
The effect w#uld be startling.
“That would be the revolution-
I ary way of bettering prices, the
same holding true for all other
classes of farm products.
“The same effect will have been
accomplished within probably three
years, and the drastic means will
not be necessary. The young far
mer will profit by his present
losses because they will be valuable
experience for the next crisis. Tell
every young land-owner to hold
his possessions now above all
times. Land values are at the
point of making perceptible gains.
Prior to his election as chief ex- !
cutive of Indiana, McCray was
considered one of the richest land
owners in the state. Today it is
doubtful if his vast land resources
will cover his indebtedness.
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* THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 6, 1923 A
The rigid airship ZR-1, of the U.
S. navy, made its first trial flight
over the naval air station here late
Tuesday.
The big ship sailed smoothly for
nearly an hour, then began circling
thei field at a speed of about 30
miles an hour, preparatory to land
ing.
The mnoster ship rose rapidly to
a height of 1,000 feet and headed
east for the Atlantic ocean. As
she rose, two airplanes, one rep
resenting the army and the other
the navy, left the ground to ac
company the balloon on her maiden
voyage.
After being in the air fifty-five
minutes the dirigible was brought
to. the landing field without a mis
hap. Great satisfaction was ex
pressed with her flight.
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