The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, January 27, 1921, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextSAYS WOMEN ARE PAID TOO LITTLE ALSO THAT HOURS ARE TOO LONG, IS CLAIM OF FED ERAL EXPERT. STATE NEWS OF INTEREST Brief New* Item* Gathered Hete And There From All Sections Os The State Atlanta, —Wages paid Atlanta Wo men are too small, and their hours Loo long, as a general rule, according to Mlbs Mary Anderson, of Washing ington, T), C., director of the women's bureau of the department of labor, who gave a report recently before the forum luncheon of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce on an investi gation by her department into the lo cal conditions. Average yearly earnings of more Ihap one-half of the women working In Atlanta factories, stores and laun dries are $6lO, said Miss Anderson, as against the SB4B declared by ex perts to he a minimum living wage. Miss Anderson also called attention lo the fact that work flays here are too long, and that the state of Georgia has no laws governing the length of lime In a day'a woman may ho re quired or permitted lo work. The address of Miss Anderson dealt with knowledge gleaned from the close study of 16 factories, 7 stores and 4 laundries. The meeting which Miss addressed was the first of the forum luncheons to be held since the holidays, and was presided over by W. O. Foote, recently elected a vice president of the chamber, who announced that the speaker at the next forum will be Miss Martha Hor ry, founder and head of the Berry school at Rome, Ga. At the conclusion of Miss Ander son's talk, a resolution was' Introduc ed by John A. Manget , and passed, which requested that the chamber’s board of directors use their Influence in having employers of women labor In Atlanta comply with the recom mendations of the federal investiga ting body. The cardinal principles laid down by Miss Anderson, as the opinion of lilt" woman's bureau, were that: wo men should" not be required or permit led to work more than eight hours In any one day, ami that women should not he required to work more than one-half day on Saturday. "Fourteen out of sixteen factories Included in this Investigation,” eho said." hud u working day of !) hours or more, six factories tint of the six teen reported, 10 hours or more a day, and weekly hours from 65 to 60. All laundries had daily hours of 9 to 10, exclusive of overtime; all laundries work more than 48 hours a week, and out) firm reported u 60-hour week. Savannah Loses Shrlners’ Convention Savannah.—Announcement that the national convention of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine would" not be held in Savan nah, as proposed, hut that it had been transferred to DesMolnes, lowa, oc casioned no surprise here. Inasmuch as officials of the local temple had informed national officials that it would he Inadvisable ot hold the meeting in Savannah. Limited hotel accommodations and the refusal of the Pullman company to permit the park ing of sleepers here for the delegates to occupy during the convention were the principal reasons for the change. The convention in Des Moines will be hdd June 14, 15 and 16. Smarr Arrested On Murder Charge Savananh. —On a warrant charging murder sworn out by Dr. F. L. Undt r wood nail issued from the recorder's .court. J. P. Smarr, who shot and kill ed John A. McCann, a local and state labor organisation leader, in the room of Mrs. Smarr ai the Smarr home a few nights ago recently, will be held without ball until the grand jury can thoroughly sift the killing. Doctor Underwood is a brother-in-law of the late John McCann, having married a Bister of Mrs McCann. The coroner Investigation over the body of the dead labor leader resulted in a ver dict by the jury of "justifiable homi cide." Smarr. who is an engineer of the Central railway, was then re leased. Auto Breaks Leg Os Columbus Girl Columbus.- Dorris Rubier, 7 years old. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M, L. lluhler. was Injured by an automobile at Tenth street and Third avenue re ,ci-nt. City hospital attaches stated an examination revealed the fact that her rtgln leg was broken just below her knee. Ephrarn Cohn, a local junk dealer, was reported to have been driviug the machine which injured the child, and it was stated shortly after the "accident that she was hurl by the ~ear wheel. $42,500 Mir«ing; Patrick Indicted The ease of l". H Patrick, charged With embezzling certain funds of the Citizens" bank, was set for trial, and was reached by the court recently. A fairly large wuwd, almost filling the court room, was present and included • good" many women. When the case was called one of the bank's attor ney*. Col. H, F. Lawson, stated that the plaintiffs were not ready for trial, on account of ihe absence of some of thefr most important The case was postponed until the reg nlar July term of court Lanier's Home Community House Macon.—The little cottage in which Sidney Lanier. Georgia’s famous rau , sician - poet, was born seventy - nine , years ago, is to be converted inttf a m community house as a memorial. The house is located on High street and is owned by Mrs. B. Sanders Walker. 5 The decision to move the house from its present location to the city park across the street, is the result of the j announcement by Mrs. Walker that rshe plans to build a new home on the site' where she is now living, but j that she did not desire to see the j house destroyed, decided to offer 41 to the city, provided it could be put to some beneficial use and a suitable site provided. As soon as the house is moved to the park the name of the ' plot will he changed to Lanier Park. : The ground is now being beautified with hedges and flowers, many of the j 1 latter the kind Lanier wrote about. | ■ A number of mimosa trees, Lanie's > favorite tree, are also being planted there. Milner's New Officers To Go In Feb. 1 Milner. —The new mayor and coun- j > cilmen elected January 6 for the year ; : 1921, will go into office February 1. , • K. J. Childers, who was mayor, has j . been elected clerk of Lamar county, j The new oficers are: Mayor, J. J. Darden; councilmen, N. I. Tyus, I)r. j A. H. Huckaby, J. W. Graham, Chas. ' Crawley and J. T. Patterson, of which N. I. Tyus and Dr. A. H. Huckaby j were re-elected. As the people here were figuring on electricity for ihe [ town, there was a good deal of inter est taken in the elction, som eight or ten women voting, both white and colored. The vote for mayor* was 33 j and 21 against lights. Honor Hero’s Memory Wadley.—The citizens of Wadley j gave a beautiful floral offering for j Sergeant Ransome S. Rabun, whose I body was interred in the cemetery at | Louisville recently. It was here that he spent his boyhood days, and quite | a large number went over to attend J the exercise. His was the first life j that was given up in action in France during the war, from this county, and the Legion of this county is named for him. School Bond Issue Fails In Savannah Savannah. —The proposed million and a half bond issue to construct ten new school buildings in Savannah lacked 315 votes of passage. Four thousand votes were cast. Another election may be called. Cedartown Youths Organize Club Cedartown.—Tho- Cherokee club has just been organized here and club rooms established, the members be ing mostly of the high school age of j boys, though there are a few older members. This is a social and ath- j letic organization. The following of- ! fleers were elected: President, John Good; vice president, Cecil Cornelous; I secretary, Bruce Mann; treasurer* John (’amanita; directors, Warren Purks, Glenn York, Marion Roberts, Wesley Henley and John Crabb. Free Pictures For West Point Kiddies West Point. —The Hawkes children’s library picture show committee has arranged the first program for the free picture show for West Point chil dren. The machine has been install ed In the city auditorium. Mrs. Winship's Will Probated Macon.—Tk? will of Mrs. Kather ine Dillon Winshtp, probated here In the court of ordinary, names her hus- j band, Commander Emory Winship, ex- j ecutor of the estate and guardian of j their two children. The estate is es- j timated to be worth several million dollars, including property in Georgia and California. Willing the husband $200,000 in fee simple and providing a number of charitable bequests, the Instrument provides that the remain i d'er of the estate is to l>e held intact until the younger child, now eleveu, ■i is thirty years old. The children s i | education, the distribution of Mrs.! ■ Winship's jewels and other belong- J • ings also are directed. Milner Wants Express Office Milner. —Tho farmers and business men of this section have filed a pett , Mon with the American Railway Kx press company for an express office lat this point. There hasn't been an r express office at Milner for over two years, and the people feel like they should be granted this privilege for j the purpose of sending and receiving t express at this point. Contract Let For Polk County Road Cedartown. —Contracts were award ed for the construction of the Polk i county and of the Rome-Cedhrtown i hiAway. This is part of the state . county-seat to bounty-seat highway sys \ tern. Work will begin immediately, i | the cost Involved being close to SSO,- j • 000. Stanley & Singer of LaFayette, r Ain., were awarded the road construe p turn, and T. H. Boar of Rome the ; concrete bridge construction. 88 Head Os Hogs Bring $1,122.48. 1 Americus. Eighty-eight head of e hogs offered to the farmers' co-oper -1 ative sale at Plains, and weighing 16,- V OXO pounds, brought their owners a e total of $1,122.45. George O. Marsh d all, county farm demonstration agent, e conducted the sale, and the hogs were "- bought by Jennings & Harper of t i Plains, who paid $7.55 per hundred 1. for tops at the pens. 15 twos. 2 threi e and 5 fours, with twenty farmers par i. ! tlcipating in the offerings. Anothei ;- sale will be held at the Americus pem i during the first week in February- THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR, MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. CHARGES RIOT TO DESTROY MARINE ALLEGED BRITISH SHIPPING IN TEREST ARE BY CERTAIN 9 U. S. PARTIES ATTACK ON SOUTH’S PORTS Criticism Os British And Foreign Ship ping Interest Permeates Convention Washington.—Direct and implied j criticism of the attitude of British and other foreign shipping interests to ward the newly created American mer chant marine permeated the sessions of the second annual convention of the j National Merchant Marine Associa ! tion. Senator Jones of Washington, chair j man of the senate commerce commit tee, in the course of his address, ac cused the chamber of commerce of the . United States and its magazine, the "Nation’s Business,” as well as the New York state chamber of commerce, of "wittingly or unwittingly” aiding British shipping interests in their fight against the American merchant marine. He declared these organizations sought witli eastern trunk railway of ficials to cancel the present equaliza tion of export freight rates from cen tral freight association territory to : Gulf and South Atlantic ports. Accomplishment of this, he added, would turn exporting and importing busines from the Gulf and South At lantic ports to New York, where, he : asserted, the British shipping interests | are centered. "The excerpts quoted from an agree ment of August, 1903,” Senator Jones | opined, "do not leave any question i open to doubt as to where the Inter | national Mercantile Marine company stands as regards British interests. The question then naturally arises where do ritßish shipping interests center in the United States? The? answer is that they center almost entirely in. the port of New oYrk, where their large terminal investments are located and from which most of their tonnage on this side of the Atlantic sails. “Consequently whatever helps the port of New oYrk benefits British ship owners. A monopoly of expotr freight sent throught the port of New York spells greater profits for these Brit ish owners. It follows then that the British shipping men are in accord with the Eastern Trunk Line railway officials who seek to cancel the pres ent freight rates from Central Freight association territory to Gulf and South ! Atlantic ports.” Increased use of western and south ern ports by steamship lines was ad vocated by Harry H. Merrickk of Chi ! cage, president of the Mississippi Val ley association. "It is up to us,” he said, “to see that the ships are properly distribut ed and not controled by any one or several ports. We, of the Mississippi Valley, see no reason why the distri bution of our shipss hould be controll ed by' the British admiralty or the British board of trade.” Lower Rates Sought On Lumber Memphis, Tenn. —A campaign fol lower freight rates on all grades of hardwood lumber was inaugurated at j the annual meeting of the Southern | hardwood traffic association here. Un ! der plans adopted the matter will.be taken up with railroad officials at once. Under existing freight rates, it was stated' in resolutions adopted, it is Impossible to ship the lower grades of Southern hardwoods to the princi pal consuming markets in competition with corresponding grades from North ern producing points. Tells Os Plane Wreck In Wintry Gale San Juan del Sur. Nicaragua.—Lieut, i H. V. V. Baugh, commander of the seaplane NC-5. which was wrecked | and sunk when it ran into a tremen | dous hurricane, about forty miles to the north of this city during its at tempted flight from San Diego. Cali fornia. to Balbao, Panama Canal Zone, told of his experiences recently to the newspaper men. The seaplane was one of the twelve which left San Diego in December, 1920, for the canal I zone, and the weather was the worst the lieutenant had ever encountered. Doesn't Remember Fight With Hinton Rockuway, N. Y.—Recovering suft'i ; cienily from the effects of his recent balloon trip to the frozen north. Lieut. Stephen A. Farrell appeared before a naval board of inquiry and testified he had scarcely any remembrance of coming to blows with his comrade. Lieut. Walter Hinton, on their return to civilisation. The court had heard Lieut. Louis A. Kloor. balloon com ; mander, skirt the incident after Far rell had learned the newspapers had published a letter from Hinton to Hin j ton's wife. Trade Body Attacked In Senate Washington.—The federal trade com mission was attacked in the senate by Senator Sherman, Republican of Illi nois. on the ground that it had “se riously impaired” American export trade in meats by circulation abroad of its reports charging the "big five" meat packers with monopoly. In a lengthy address opposing the pending bill for federal regulation of the pack ing industry, Senator Sherman declar ed that the trade commissions" re ports were “intended" to injure the American packers" export trade GOV. HARDINGJO QUIT POST . Selected Because Os His Expert , Knowledge Os Both Domestic a | And Foreign Finance Washington. Announcement has been made by the bankers’ informa tion service that W. P. G. Harding, governor of the federal reserve board, will resign as soon after March 4 as * President-elect Harding %:an name his A successor, and will become head of the new hundred million dollar for eign finance corporation recently or ganized in Chicago under the Edge act. According to this announcement j Harding will withhold his resignation j until the new president takes office, . rather than to give President Wilson _ the unpleasant alternative of sending 5 a name to the senatew hich the sen -3 ate would not confirm, or of leaving . the post vacant for the remaining weeks of this administration. Governor Hardings’ action is expect ed to have a very important bearing on the formation of President Hard ing’s cabinet. ' The effect will be to give the presi ' dent-elect two important financial posts to fill, instead of one—the secre ’ taryship of the treasury. ’ In other words, he will have posts of practically equal importance for Charles G. Dawes and A. W. Mellon, or Dawes and ex-Senator Weeks, or .whichever two of the candidates for Secretary Houston’s place he may de cide upon. Governor Harding’s present appoint -1 ment runs only until 1922, but the man succeeding him now can, of , course, be reappointed for ten years. 1 By many in Washington, as well as in ■ national financial circles, the post at ‘ the head of the reserve board is re * garded as quite important as that at the head of the treasury itself. Harding was one of the original : members of the board when it was i formed in 1914, resigning the presi dency of the First National Bank of Birmingham to accept the appoint i ment. He was made governor of the board two years later. He was one of the initiators of the 1 bankers’ movement leading to the for mation of the new exporting corpora tion of which he has just been tender ed the presidency. R. M. HOUSTON, CHATTA NOOGA, TENN. CITIZEN, MAY GET CABINET PLACE Miami* Fla. —President-elect Hard ing plans to write his inaugural ad dress during his stay in Florida, ac cording to Frederick W. Upham, na tional Republican treasurer, who has arrived to help “shoo away the crowds,” as he expressed it. Mr. Harding is expected to arrive soon. He will come here from St. Augustine on Senator Frelinghuysen’s yacht. A. T. Hert of Louisvile and R. M. Houston of Chattanooga, Tenn., will doubtless be chosen for cabinet posi tions, said Mr. Upham. • Only Community Not In 1920 Census Washington.—Discovery has been made by the census bureau that the village of Longbeach, N. Y„ was not included in the 1920 decennial census, no enumeration of population having been taken there, Director Rogers has informed Representative Siegel of New York. The village, which has less than a thousand inhabitants, is the only community in tTie nation left out of the census, so far as the cen sus bureau has determined up to this time. It is not stated whether the cen sus of the village will be taken. Oil Land Report Has Been Filed Washington.—The fourth report of Frederic A. Delano, federal receiver for property involved in the Texas- Oklahoma Red River oil land suits, has been in the Supreme court. An incresae in daily production from the low record of 4.801 barrels in Novem ber to 5,145 in December was noted. Average sale price during December , reached a new high mark at $3.80 per barrel. Whiskerless Workers For N. Y. Cars 1 New York. —“A word to the wise . is sufficient,” wrote George J. Mur * phy, superintendent of Third Ave , nue railway here, prefacing his quota ■ tion from “Poor Richard” with an or i der that all employees should appear i i for work in proper uniform and be I i shaved of all facial growths, front moustaches and whiskers to the taw dry two-dav growths. i Funeral Os Ex-Kaijserin Stirs Germany Doom. —Doctor Kan, secretary gen- ! eral of the Dutch ministry of the in terior. has arrived here to discuss i matters relating to the former kaiser ■ in"s illness, it is announced. Much E , discussion has been evoked by the . | reported determination of German au i thorities not to permit burial of the I former kaiserin in Germany should - ! she die here. The authorities are re - ported to have feared the pomp of a 1 royal funeral might awaken the mon -1 archists, and cause some sort of an ; uprising. : Claims Piece-Work System Is Best Chicago:—Testimony in support of ’ the railroad contention that the piece -1 work system is more efficient than - the hour basis in wage computation, t j was given by C. B. Radcliffe, general 1 car foreman of the Chesapeake and ” Ohio railroad, before the railroad la i bor board, which is hearing the rules j and working conditions dispute be ,- j tweeJi rail employees and the roads. -1 Under the national agreements now - ! in foree and which the railroads wish e i abrogated, piece work was abol ished. LABOR SECRETARY GIVES m POLICY IDEAS ON ARREST OF RADICAL ALIENS TOLD AS REPL> TO LEGION ARTICLE OFFICIAL STATEMENT GIVEN Conclusive Evidence Will Subject Un desirables To Deportation Without Compunction Washington.—The policy of the de partment <?f labor with respect to the arrest and deportation of radical aliens concerning which it has had flashes . with the department of justice is an nounced by Secretary Wilson in a statement made public at the white house. It was summarized as fol lows : “1. No person shall be arrested ex cept upon sworn affidavit, based up on information and belief. “2. No person when arrested shall be held incommunicado. “3. Every person arrested shall be entitled to counsel immediately upon being taken into custody. “4. They shall be confronted with the evidence and shall be permitted to furnish testimony and be heard in their own behalf. “5. Excessive bail shall not be re quired.” “These safeguards of American lib erty, having been provided, if it then is shown by the evidence that any alien is deportable under the so-called anarchistic law, we will deport him with as little compunction as we would attack an invading enemy. We will not deport any one simply because he has been accused or because he is suspected of being a ‘red.’ We have no authority to do so under the law.” The labor secretary’s statement, which also contained a vigorous de fense of his assistant, Louis F. Post, was embodied in a letter sent by Sec retary Tumulty to Colonel Henry D. Lindsley, of the executive committee of the American Legion, who presented at the white house res olutions adopted by the legion and for mally asking for the dismissal of Mr. Post from office because of his atti tude with regard to deportations of radicals. Flanter Charged With Wife Murder Aberdeen, Miss. —W. T. Thweatt, a planter arrested here on a warrant charging him wth murder in connec tion with the burning to death of his wife December 6 last, waived prelim inary hearing, and was released on bond to await the action of the Mon roe county grand jury. Thweatt’s ar rest followed the action of the coro ner’s jury which has been investigat ing the death of Mrs.Thweatt since her charred body was found in the ruins of their home. The jury held Thwaett responsible for her death. Hoover Warns Os Liverpool Dominance Washington. —Destruction of the New York and New Orleans cotton exchanges would transfer the hedging practice to the Liverpool market and make Liverpool dominant. Herbert Hoover made this assertion before the house agricultural committee, which is considering bills looking to the reg ulation of future exchanges. The re lationship of the Liverpool market to the two American cotton markets, he asserted, needs “careful inquiry.” Shut ting down consuming countries would depress the price of cotton. Net Increase In Mill Wages After Cut Washington—A table published re cently says that if the maximum wage cut of 22 1/2% so far reported from any cotton mill were applied gener ally in the industry to 1920 scales, it would leave an hourly wage 2.5 times as high as prevailed in 1913, or 1.4 times as high as 1918. The 1920 figures, the table shows, were 3.6 times as high as in 1907; 3.2 times as high as 1913, and 1.8 times as high as in 1918. The average full time week for mule frame spinners in 1920 was 50.7 hours a week. Probably Wood Will Dry Out If Jailed Wausaukee, Wis.—Joseph Jejois i has bought the Wausaukee jail for | S3O and will use it for a woodshed. ! City officers say that since the ad vent of prohibition the jail has been idle. Arrest Follows Killing Os Five People Florence. S. C. —Edmund Bigham, ! brother of L. S. Bigham. who was sup posed to have killed his mother; his J sister, Mrs. Marie Black, and two adopted children, and then committed suicide at Pamplico. near here, was ar'-ested on orders from the coroner, who has been conducting an investi gation of the tragedy. Bigham was brought here and placed in jail. Sev eral negroes will be arrested and held las material witnesses, it is learned I from the coroner. There is much in • dignation over the killing. Amorous Urges Reserve Bank Loans Washington. —Martin Amorous, a cotton p/oducer of Marietta. Ga., told the house banking and currency com mittee that adoption of the joint reso | lution directing the federal reserve board to permit their member banks to make loans to cotton farmers on a basis of 25 cents a pound mid dling on warehouse receipts, would enable the growers to meet cost of production and bring relief to the business world. Cotton growers are not getting within 10 cents a pound , the cost of production, he stated. “DANDERINE" ' Girls! Save Your Hair} Make It Abundant! Immediately after a “Danderinef* massage, your hair takes on new life, lustre and wondrous beauty, appear ing twice as heavy and plentiful be cause each hair seems to fluff and thicken. Don’t let your liair stay life less, colorless, plain or scraggly. You, too, want lots of long, strong, beauti j ful hair. A 35-cent bottle of delightful “Danderine” freshens your scalp, checks dandruff and falling hair. This stimulating “beauty-tonic” gives to thin, dull, fading hair that youthful brightness and abundant thickness— All druggists ! —Adv. If Not Now. When? Judge (to old man) —Are you not ashamed, such an old man, to steal? Old Man —Well, your honor, when I was young I was asked if I was not ashamed, such a young fellow, to steal? And when I was full grown, I was asked if I was not ashamed, such an able-bodied man, to steal? When is a fellow to steal? MOTHER! “California Syrup of Figs* Child’s Best Laxative Accept “California” Syrup of Figs only—look for the name California on the package, then you are sure your child is having the best and most harm less physic for the little stomach, liver and bowels. Childrep love its fruity taste. ‘Full directions on each bottle. You must say “California.” —Adv. Wouldn't Stay After That. Billy went over to play at Arthur’s house but returned so soon that his mother was surprised. “Why did you come home so soon?” she inquired. “Oh, Arthur’s father said somefin’ I didn't like an' I coined right home.” “What was it he said?” questioned mother. “He said: ‘Tell that noisy kid to go home.’ ” If You Need a Medicine You Should Have tiie Best Have you ever stopped to reason why it is that so many products that are ex tensively advertised, all at once* drop out of sight and are soon forgotten? The reason is plain—the article did not fulfill the promises of the manufacturer. This applies more particularly to a medicine. A medicinal preparation that has real curative value almost sells itself, as like an endless chain system the remedy is recommended by those who have been ' benefited, to those who are in need of it. A prominent druggist says “Take for example Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, a preparation I have sold for many years and never hesitate to recommend, for in ■ almost every case it shows excellent re ! suits, as many of my customers testify. ;'No other kidney remedy has so large a sale.” According to sworn statements and verified testimony of thousands who have used the preparation, the success of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is due to the fact, so many people claim, that it fulfills al most every wish in overcoming kidney, liver and bladder ailments; corrects uri nary troubles and neutralizes the urio acid which causes rheumatism. You may receive a sample bottle of Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Address ; Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., and enclose ten cents; also mention this paper. Large and medium size bottles for sale at all drug stores. —Adv. Bee-Hunting Profitable Business. In the swamps of Florida the hunt ing of “bee trees” Is a profitable busi ness. Record of wild honey deposits of more than 300 pounds in hqllow trees has been noted. The trees are located by hunters who follow the flight of the bees. It requires keen eyesight and a compass. Why buy many bottles of otber Vermi fuges. when one bottle of Dr. Peery's "Dead Shot" will act surely and promptly?—Adv. The Writer and the Reader. Care should be taken, not that the reader may understand if he will, hut that he must understand, whether he will or uot. —Quintilian.