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NAIL KILLS CATTLE
IN WEST GEORGIA
HAILSTONES LIKE GUINEA EGGS
SMASH TREES—LIGHTNING
STORMS FOLLOW.
STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Here And
There From All Sections Os
The State
Macon—Violent hailstorms struck
the western part of Georgia recently,
causing damage all (he way from Box
Springs, eighty miles west of here, in
to Alabama. Trees and wires are
down.
A passenger train arriving here at
from Montgomery, Ala., had two win
dows borken by the hail.
Cuessetu,- Hailstones as large as
guinea eggs fell here for 30 minutes.
Hailstones were piled up eighteen
inches in some places. Window panes
in homes, in churches and in the court
house have been broken. Some live
stock is reported killed.
Columbus. — Many tents and tempor
ary structures at Camp Henning here
were reported damaged, and a negro
house was set afire by lightning. The
wind storm at the camp was described
as having the velocity of a small tor
nado, but apparently the heaviest dam- ;
age was at Cusseta, eighteen miles j
from here, where it is said almost ;
every window pane in the town was
smashed by hailstones described us
the size of guinea eggs. The court
house was damaged and it number of
buildings unroofed at Cusseta, accord
ing to word from there.
Heavy loss was reported on the
large truck farm of C. H. Hollis, near
Cusseta, where it is said early cabbage |
were destroyed and a peach orchard
Stripped by hail and wind.
A negro child was stunned by light- j
ning in Columbus but this was the only j
casualty reported in this section.
Survey To Tell Os Drug Business.
Atlanta.—A survey to determine the
cost of various phases of business con- j
ducted by drug stores will bo made by
the Atlanta Retail druggists' associa
tion, as a result of a talk on that sub
ject delivered by W. A. It. Munn, at
a meeting of the association recently
at the Daffodil tea room. He present
ed a system of percentages which
quickly gives tile cost of each phase
of business and this will be used in
determining the average cost of con
ducting a retail drug store. Drug
stores in similar neighborhoods and
doing equal amounts of business vary
greatly in the efficiency and cost of
their delivery service according to J.
Q M< Kae, who also spoke. R. M. Mc-
Farland called attention to the value
of personal service in retaining the
trade of customers.
Send Money, But Fail To Get Booze.
Atiunta. —Approximately 100 Atlan
tans have fallen victim to an alleged
fraud scheme said to he new to gov
ernment officials, it was stated re
cently by postoffice inspectors, that
nn Investigation is being made into
Mohawk Remedy Company of Montre
al, Canada, which is snid to have offer
ed to sell samples of fine whisky by
mail, hut failed to st nd the whisky af
ter receiving remittances. The local
investigation resulted from the com- j
plaint of a Chattanooga man who dis-1
played to post office inspectors a circu
lar offering for sale sample packages
of whisky and gin. His remittance
of $6 for a sample package of Canadian I
Club, which was made two months i
ago, has brought no response, he com- !
plained.
Farm Bureau Work In Newton
Covington. —A series of meetings
have recently been held in the various
rural communities c.f Newton county,
for the purpose of discussing the farm
bureau and club work. An interest- ;
ing feature of this campaign was the
movies given to emphasize the impor
tance of organization and club work.
A portable moving picture machine,
owned by the rural schools of Newton
county, was used to show these reels ;
and electricity was furnished by the
agent for Delco home light plant. J. j
K Luck, county demonstration agent,
spoke to the people on club work.
Among the speakers, at various times,
were Messrs. J. H. Reeves, G. C. Ad
urns and C. C. Skinner.
Two Men Are Jailed. After Shooting.
Atlanta.—Joe Thurman, 28 years
and Joe Smith, 30 years old. are held
at the police station, following the
shooting of Thurman by the latter.
Smith claims Thurman was attempting
to enter his room when he shot him.
The former is held on the charge of
disorderly conduct and shooting at an
other. while the latter is charged with
attempt to burglarize and disorderly
conduct.
Apple Growers Os 3 Counties Meet.
Cornelia. —A meeting was held in the
city hall by the apple growers of Hab
ersham. Rabun and White counties.
About 150 of the growers were present.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr. Black. After general announce
ments. and the wishes of the apple
growert were expressed. F. S. Rugles.
or.e of the leading men of the state de
partment of agriculture, made an ad
dress. outlining the main features de
sired to have a proper organization.
Jor which a charter by Judge Jones
probably will be granted.
Quitby Speaks To Automotive Men.
Atlanta.—J. R. Quitby. representing |
the National Tire Dealers’ association,
will address the members and guests
of the Atlanta Automotive Equipment
association at a smoker to be given at
I the Daffodil tea room. Mr. Quitby will
bring a message of co-operation among |
dealers, and will touch upon the pre- I
j sent status of the tire industry. It is
! proboble that an effort will be made
to bring about an affiliation of the lo
cal tire men with the national assoc- j
iation, which is working to place the j
tire business upon a more ethical 1
plan, and has the endorsement of the ;
manufacturers as well as the dealers. |
The Atlanta Automotive Equipment I
association is composed of local tire j
and automotive equipment men in
both the retail and wholesale fields, !
and they strongly urge every tire firm j
in Atlanta to be represented at the I
. meeting, which will be a Dutch affair.
Atlanta. —A step which police be
lieve will prove of great aid in stop
ping the crime wave in Atlanta was
taken when secretly organized raids,
conducted simultaneously by police
and detective squads over all parts of
the city, under the personal direction
of Chief (f Detectives Lamar Poole,
brought in more than 100 prisoners,
i According to Chief Poole, the prison
j ers fall under six classifications:
"Pool sharks, loung lizards, tea
hounds, bootleggers, pistol carriers
and pinch-back-coat dandies.” The
i raid was made in an eftort to rid At
; ianta of all undesirable citizens, and
I the move is calculated to stem the
crime wave in Atlanta, Chief Pool
said.
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Sylvester To Head Clothing Men.
Augusta.—John Sylvester of Atlan
ta, was elected president of the Georg
ia Retail Clothiers association, and
| Columbus was selected as the next
| convention city. Other officers elected
I were: First vice president, Paul Sla
ton. of Griffin: second vice president,
; Charles Mizell, of Columbus; national
director, Aaron Cohen, of Athens; sec
retary and treasure, C. C. Farr, of
Augusta. Comprehensive and instruct
ive talks on retail advertising were
made by Joseph V. Freitag, of Atlan
ta, vice president of the Associated
Advertisers of the World, on retail
credits by Herbert E. Choate, of At
lanta, vice president of the National
Credit Men's association and former
vice president of the National Assoc
iation of Cred Men, and on salesman
ship by Charles E. Wry, secretary of
the National Retail Clothiers associa
tion.
Ford Pleads Guilt,y Gets 12 Months.
• Atlanta. —Carl D. Ford, former
“overseas' 'army captain, whose matri
monial affairs recently caused his ar
rest, entered a plea of guilty to the
charge of bigamy in the city court
and was sentenced to twelve months
on the chaingang by Judge Andy Cal
houn. The state indictment charged
Ford and his third wife, Mrs. Clara
Snell Ford, of Tainpa, as living to
gether as man and wife, despite the
fact that Ford then had two wives.
Solicitor General Dorsey announced
that the case against wife would be
nol-prossed. She has returned to
Florida, where she has instituted pro
ceedings to have her marriage an
nuled.
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Lincoln County Sherdf Captures Stills
Lincolnton. — Sheriff W. S. Harrison,
! of Lincoln county, captured two large
I copper stills in the northern part of
j Lincoln county. He also found about
7,000 gallons of beer mash and three
gallons of whisky. Three arrest were
i made in connection with the stills
captured, two negroes and a white
man. This brings a number of illicit
stills captured by Sheriff Harrison
up to fifteen since the first of the year
Electric Shock Results In Death.
Dalton. —Henry Leggett, of Limlale.
j was electrocuted here, and J. V. Pad
gett was severely burned when one of
the transformers at the city power
station blew out. Earlier in the night
some trouble was experienced with the
current at the station and the city was
plunged in darkness. The repair
crew of Georgia Railway and Power
company was sent here from Rome,
and. agter adjusting the trouble turn
ed on the current.
Attacks Practice of Forfeiting Bonds.
Atlanta. —Following the forfeiture of
a large number of bonds by non-ap
pearance for trial in the United States
district court, District Attorney Hoop- ;
or Alexander moved to check the prac- j
tice of forfeiting bonds. He appealed j
to Judge Samuel H. Sibley to impose j
a heavier bond on defendants who !
had forfeited original bonds and the j
petition was taken under advisement!
by the court. A large majority of the
bond forfeitures are wilful in the opin
ion of the district attorney.
Warrenton's Fire Loss Totals $150,000
AVarrenton. —Fire which began here
early virtually destroyed six buildings,
inflicting u total loss of approximately
SISO,OtML This amount is partly cover
ed by insurance. The building burn
- ed were the Fitzpatrick building, in
which were located automobile ser
vice stations, offices and apartments;
the undertaking establishment of J.
\V. Whitely company; the Richetsou
drug store, the W. C. English livery
i stable, a brick warehouse, and a va
j taut store
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR. Ms VERNON. GEORGIA.
APPROVES POUCY !
ON REPARATIONS
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES OVERw
WHELMINGLY VOTE TO IM
POSE PENALTIES
GERMAN PROTEST ANSWERED
Premier Briand Explains How German
Failure To Observe The Treaty
Clauses Sanctions Advance
Paris.—The decisions of the London
reparations conference, the occupation '
of Dusseldorf and other German cit- 1
! ies and the application of the allied
economic penalties on Germany were ,
approved by the chamber of deputies
recently by a vote that was virtually j
unanimous except for the Socialists j
and Communists. The vote as offi- i
cially given out was 491 to 66.
Premier Briand, replying to former
Minister of Finance Klotz and former
Minister of War Lefevre, who respect
ively insisted upon further light as to
the government’s intentions with re
gard to execution of the treaty of Ver-1
eailles and securing the disarmament j
of Germany, took occasion to answer j
German's protest to the league of na
tions against the allied occupation j
on the ground that it was a violation j
of the treaty. He called the attention |
of the chamber to the fact that at the
same time this protest was sent Ger
many had refused, on the summons of
the reparations commission, to exe
cute the clause of the treaty calling j
for the payment of twenty billion gold |
marks.
"Germany,” he said, “has violated
the treaty in three essential clauses —
disarmament, reparation and the trail
of the accused officers. Thus the
sanctions as provided for in the treaty
are applicable and just, as we have
applied them.”
The allied commission of control, he
declared, was working under the ad
vice of Marshals Wilson and Foch,
and might be depended upon to satisfy
the requirements of M. Lefevre as to
the disarmament of Germany.
M. Lefevre said that since he declar- |
ed in a previous debate in the cham
ber that Germany was making a, new
machine gun capable of shooting fif
teen hundred bullets a minute its ex
istence had been proven. The guns
had been found in Koenigsburg, he de
clared, along with a new type of six
inch cannon, proving that the Germans
were making new armament to re
place that destroyed under allied con
trol. He said that material had been
discovered in cellars of the Spandau
arsenal sufficient to manufacture 6,000 i
field guns.
Fire Insurance Scrap In Mississippi
Jackson. Miss. —The five fire insur- j
ance companies which entered Miss
issippi for the transaction of business
after 167 old line companies with
drew. following the filing of a billion
dollar anti-trust suit against them by
the state revenue agent, have been
made defendants in a similar action.
It is charged that the five companies
are using the same rate sheets as
those formerly used by the old line
companies that quit business in the
state.
Mapother To Head L. & N. Railroad
Louisville, Ky.—Wible L. Mapother,
first vice president of the Louisville
and Nashville railroad company, was
elected president of the road at a
meeting of the stockholders in New
York recently, it is announced at the
road headquarters here. He succeeds
the late Milton H. Smith. Mr. Ma
pother. who is 48 years old, has been
with the Louisville and Nashville for
many years. His first employment
was as office boy in President Smith’s
office.
British Navy Head Corrects Quotation
London. —Lord Lee of Fareham, first
lord of the admiralty, declared recent- j
ly that his reference to the United
States in his discussion of naval mat- j
ters at a meeting of naval architects j
had not been quoted correctly. What!
he really said is: “We see the naval
committee of the United States sen
ate laying down the principle that j
America shall maintain a navy at least
equal to that of any other power. That j
is a claim to equality which this coun-!
try never has accepted save in connec-;
tion with the great English speaking
nation which sprang from our loins.” j
British Factories Wroking For Russia
London. —British factories are hum
ming. turning out products for Russia. !
This is the result of the trade agree
; nient recently entered into with Rus
sia.
Rotary Meeting Addressed By Wireless
Pittsburg.—S. C. McFarland of the
j Pittsburg Rotary Club employed the
wireless telephone to address a ses
sion of Rotarians at Charlotte, N. C.
Mr. McFarland was to have attended
the meeting in the South, but found
It impossible to leave Pittsburg.
Frank Gunsaula, Writer-Lecturer, Dies
Chicago.—Frank Gunsaulus, 65, na
tionally known writer, educator and
lecturer, died here recently of heart
trouble. He was head of the Armour
Institute of Technology, having held
that position since 1892. Doctor Gun
saulus entered the ministry in Colum
bus. Ohio, at the age of 19 ami later
was pastor of churches in Baltimore
and Chicago. He held professorships
at several Ohio colleges and at Yale
university. He was known all over
the world as one of the best writers
of English.
BOARD TO AIDJiIILF PORTS;
Capital Declared Already Interested,
But Action Awaits New Board
Appointments
Washington.—Obstacles in the way
of further allocation of government ;
tonnage for operation in the New Or
leans-Brazil trade have been removed, j
j former Commissioner Sutter of the j
shipping board announces. The action
was taken, notwithstanding the refusal
of the board to allocate ships to the r
United States Maritime and Develop- '
ment company of Detroit.
On the protest of the Mississippi J
| Shipping company, Mr. Sutter explain-1
ed, the board refused to allocate Ships
to the Detroit company. But, on March \
3, he adds, the board by resolution,
| gave the Detroit company the stand
| ing of an operator, which would enable ■
I it to apply for government ships, upon j
i the showing that they will not be op
erated in competition with established
routes.
The board’s plan, Mr. Sutter declar
ed, is to build up the shipping in the
gulf ports for the benefit of the Mis
sissippi valley section, so that products j
| originating there will have a more di- ]
j rect route to the foreign markets than j
byway of Atlantic ports.
"The solution of the American mer-1
] chant marine problem,” he says, “lies I
| in the Mississippi valley, where 770 per j
cent of the country’s foreign commerce I
originates.”
Detroit and St. Louis capital is al
ready interested in the operation of j
| government ships out of gulf ports, Mr. J
! Sutter asserted, and the board hopes j
to dispose of a number of its vessels j
through creating a market for ships
in the Mississippi valley.
Allocation of sufficient tonnage to
gulf ports, he said, would enable pro
ducers as far north as the Great Lakes
to send their goods by rail or inland !
water routes to the gulf and thereby j
avoid the rail shipment to the Atlan
tic. Development of this project, he
adds, would be pushed, but definite ac
tion would probably await the appoint
ment of the new shipping board by
President Harding.
Negro Lynched By A Florida Mob
Tampa, Fla. William Bowles, ne
gro, was lynched by a mob near Eagle
Lake recently. The mob took the ne
gro from two deputy sheriffs who had
arrested him on charges of insulting
a young white girl. He was hanged
to a tree near the roadside.
Hardwood Timbermeen Hold Meeting
Memphis, Tenn. —Hardwood lumber
men and executive officials of the
| principal lumber carrying railroads of
the South met here to discuss read
justment of freight rates on forest
products which hardwood producers
declare imperative, especially on low
grade timber.
Coal Man Urged As Ambassador
Washington.—The West Virginia
delegation in congress are urging the
president to make I. T. Mann, a West
Virginia coal man, ambassador to
Spain. After seeing the president,
members of the delegation indicated
belief that appointment will be made.
Russian-Polish Pact To Be Signed
Riga.—Poland and Russia conclud
ed their peace conference here on the
15th. The treaty was signed March
18 at 9 a. m. The agreement includes
provisions for payment of thirty mil
lion gold rubles in reparation for Po
laud.
Former Grand Vizier Os Turkey Shot
Berlin—Talaat Pasha, former grand
vizier and minister of finance of Tur
key, was assassinated at Charlotten
burg, a western suburb of Berlin. He
was shot to death. The murderer, an
j Armenian student, was arrested. The
student accosted Talaat Pasha in the
street and then fired the fatal shot.
He also wounded Talaat’s wife.
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Ireland Observe Sad St. Patrick's Day
Dublin. —Ireland observed her sad
dest St. Patrick’s Day on the 17th.
It was inaugurated with the attacks
ion military lorries. Residents within
sound of the firing were thrown into
j panic, fearing the inception of repris
als for the six executions in Mount
Joy prison. The generally expected re
prisals, it is feared, will precipitate
serious fighting. >
Revival Shown In Financing Condition
New York. —The sharp revival in the
automobile industry during the last
few weeks is indicated in the fact
that no Ford financing of any char
acter is expected at present, states the
! Dow-Jones financial news service. "If
the Ford business continues at the
present rate, it is possible that the
renewal of existing bank obligation
will meet his requirements. The policy
of the company is to speed up produc
tion to meet the improving demand.”
Good demand is reported.
U. S. Demands Settlement Os Row
Washington.—An urgent demand
that the government of Panama imme
diately settle Its boundary dispute with
Costa Rica is made by the United
States in a note dispatched to Panama
and made public by the state depart- !
ment The note concludes with the
assertion that the United States ex
pects Panama to indicate definitely its
intention to comply with the repre
sentations made by this government.
The note insists that Panama abide
by the boundary decision of Chief Jus
tice White.
RATES ON COTTON
AND BRICK RAISED
INTRASTATE SHIPMENTS iN GEOR
GIA TO CARRY SAME FREIGHT
AS INTRASTATE TRAFFIC
FLORIDA RATES ARE HIGHER
Commission Cites Example Os Dis
turbance In Traffic Which It Al
leges Present Rate Cause
Washington.—Freight rates on cot
ton, cotton linters and brick within
the state of Georgia fixed by the state
authorities were ordered by the inter
state commerce commission to be rais
ed April 23 to levels in effect in inter
state traffic.
Passenger fares were referred to in
the title of the case heard by the com
mission, but it developed at the hear
ing that no question was presented
with respect to them.
Rates charged on the commodities
named, the commission held, “result
in undue prejudice to shipers of inter
state traffic, undue preference of ship
pers of state traffic and in unjust dis
crimination against interstate com
merce.”
The Georgia commission, following
an announcement by the interstate
commerce commission in 1920 fixing
the rates in state and interstate com
merce permitted a 25 per cent in
crease between points in Georgia on
the classes and on all commodities
except those named. The carriers’
application for an increase on these
commodities was denied.
Rates fixed by the state authorities
result in a general disturbance of the
relationship between the Georgia state
and the interstate rates on cotton, the
commission said. As an example of
such disturbance the commission cited
the following:
“The rates from Gfeorgia points to
the ports of Savannah and Brunswick,
Ga., are 25 per cent higher for export
or interstate movement beyond than
for local shipment, the result being
that cotton is now billed locally to the
ports that otherwise would be ship
ped at the interstate or export rate.”
Railroads in Florida were ordered
by the interstate commerce commis
sion to raise state rates to the level
in effect in interstate trafic, effective
April 25.
The commission also held that rates
charged in state traffic in Florida
resulted in “undue prejudice to ship
pers in interstate traffic, in undue
preference to shippers of state traffic
and in unjust discrimination against
interstate commerce.”
Passengers rates were referred to in
the title of the case, but it developed
at the hearing upon which the deci
sion was based, that no question was
presented with respect to them.
Kronstadt Falls To The Soviet Troops
Helsingfors. —Kronsadt has surren
dered to the Soviet forces. This an
nouncement is made by the revolution
ary committee of Kronstadt, which
has arrived in Finland, accompanied
by eight hundred soldiers. Before re
treating from Kronsadt the revolution
ists blew up the warships Petropav
lovsk and Sebastopol. General Kos
lovskie, leader of the revolutionists,
has also arrived in Finland. The
downfall of the revolutionists is re
ported as complete.
Recess Appointments By President
Washington.—Edward C. Finney of
Kansas was given a recess appoint
ment by President Harding recently
as first assistant secretary of the in
terior. A recess appointment as com
missioner of the general land office
was given by President Harding re
cently to William S. Spry, former gov
ernor of Utah. D. H. Crissinger of
Marion, Ohio, took koath recently as
comptroller of the currency and as
such automatically became a member
of the federal reserve board. He was
sworn in in the presence of members
of the board.
Asks Review Os Eugene Debs Case
Washington. —President Harding has
asked Attorney General Dougherty to
review the case of Eugene \. Debs.
Socialist presidential candidate in
1920 and now serving a sentence un
der the espeionage act in Atlanta pen
j itentiary.
Experts At Work On Tax Revision
Washington. —Formulation of a treas
ury policy on tax revision has been
started and probably will be ready for
submission to congress when it con
venes in extra session, April 11. Treas
ury experts have been engaged for
some time in making a survey of reve
nue sources and the extent to which
each may be tapped in bringing mon
jey into the government’s vaults. It
is understood that internal revenue
experts are preparing to make recom
mendations on some phases of the im
' portant problem.
Bonar Law Leaves The British Cabinet
London.—Andrew Bonar Law, lord of
the privy seal, has resigned from the
cabinet. 11l health is given as the rea
son for his resignation. He also re
tires from the government leadership
in the house of commons. This an
nouncement was recently made in the
house of .commons by the prime minis
ter Lloyd-George is deeply affected
by this resignation, saying he had re
ceived a letter from Mr. Bonar Law
stating that he had been warned by
his physicians that if he continued he
would run the risk of a collapse.
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T\ TRS. NANCY SHARP, of
Los Angeles, who says she
received the greatest surprise of
her life when Tanlac completely
restored her health after she had
almost lost hope of ever getting
well. Suffered twelve years.
“After seeing the wonderful results
my husband obtained from Tanlac I
began taking the medicine myself, and
now we both agree that it is the
grandest medicine on earth,” said Mrs.
Xancy Sharp, a prominent and highly
esteemed resident' of Los Angeles,
Calif., living at-921 Camulus street,
whose husband is proprietor of the
Merchants’ Express Co.
“During the twelve years that I
suffered with indigestion and stomach
trouble I tried nearly every medicine
1 heard about, but nothing helped me
and I lost faith in everything. So,
my wonderful restoration to health
has been the greatest surprise of my
life.
“I began to feel an improvement on
finishing my second bottle of Tanlac,
and now after taking six bottles I am
like a new woman. I have a splendid
appetite, eat three hearty meals a day,
enjoy them thoroughly and am never
troubled in the least with indigestion
or any other disagreeable after ef
fects.
“Before taking Tanlac most every
thing I ate caused my stomach to
rebel and I would suffer for hours
afterwards.' I was so dreadfully
nervous that many nights I never
closed my eyes in sleep, hut now I
am not the least nervous, and I sleep
like a child. My strength has been
wonderfully increased, and I have
much more energy.
“I just wish it was so everybody
troubled like I was knew about this
wonderful medicine.”
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
everywhere.—Adv.
Few of us have trouble meeting ex
penses these days. We meet ’em
everywhere we turn!
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KIDNEY AILMENTS
There is only one medicine that really
stands out pre-eminent as a medicine for
curable ailments of the kidneys, liver and
bladder.
Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root stands the
highest for the reason that it has proven
to be just the remedy needed in thousands
upon thousands of distressing cases.
Swamp-Root makes friends quickly be
cause its mild and immediate effect is soon
realized in most cases. It is a gentle,
healing vegetable compound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at all
drug stores in bottles of two sizes, medi
um and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a
sample bottle. • When writing be sure and
mention this paper. —Adv.
A little money is often a dangerous
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