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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1922)
FARM MONEY BILL PASSED BY SENATE SENATOR CAPPER GIVES PLANS TO AID RECOVERY OF RURAL PROSPERITY. FREE SEEDS ARE RESTORED Capper Places Credit Reform First In List Os Needs He Urges For Farmers Os Nation. Washington.—Another of the annual supply bills. the agricultural appro priation, was passed by the senate recently after it had reversed itself and restored free seeds item for an other year. The bill carries approxi mately 1.'17.250,000, or about a million and a half more than as passed by the house. A half a dozen amendments were offered by Individual senators which served to increase the amount of money set aside for the department of agriculture. Among the principal changes made by the senate were In creases of $500,000 to the million dol lar appropriation for agricultural ex tension work through farm agents; $525,000 ts) the $50,000 appropriation for the purchase of additional forest reserves In the Appalachian district, and $300,000 to $200,000 fund for eradicating the barberry bush, the wheat rust pest. An addition of $76,- 000 was made to the appropriation of $175,000 for fighting the white pine blister rust, and $20,000 was provid ed for the extension of the leased wire market service Into Texas, which ex pects to use the service in connection with radio broadcasting, according to Senator Sheppard, of the state, who sought the Increase. An attempt was made by Senator King, democrat, Utah, to add an amendment limiting farm bureau agents to the work of their depart ments and preventing them from wliut was described as Interference with outside enterprises. After a verbal tilt with Senator McNary, of Oregon, in charge of the bill, who said that if such limitation was to be placed on government officials It should be made to apply to senators and mem bers of the house, Mr. King withdrew the amendment. MEN MALEFACTORS GO BACK TO ADAM HUNTING EXCUSE Seeker* After Crime-Cause* Are Told Ey Ten Convicts In One Word, "Woman.” Joliet, 111. —Why do men go wrong? The answer of ten of the most hard ened convicts in the Illinois stale peni tentiary to the law enforcement com mittee of the American Bnr associa tion. Investigating the causes of the nationwide crime wave here recent ly. was —women. Men serving long sentences for every major crime on the statute books were brought into the little room In the prison to tell their story to ihe committee. Man after man was brought in to tell Ills story; not us a prisoner be fore a judge, but as man to man. j Murderers serving life terms, old and | bent; pickpockets, young and furtive; swindlers, with still a trace of the debonair; bunk clerks who embezzled, one of them a handsome, upstanding clear-eyed man —they all had the same tale to tell before they had finished their recitals—women, good and bad. ! The good women, In the majority of cases, were their mothers. They I had died, in three cases, when their sons, now convicts, were young and needed them most. The bad women were the red-lipped, pleasure-loving girls whom they met when they were reaching manhood. ! Demnnds for gay night life, the bright lights of cabarets, fine clothes and jewels, with the most lavish aflec- j tlon for the man who spent the most. Divorcee Gets 2,000,000 Acres Os Land Oakland. Cal. —Mrs. Klla Douglass, by securing a final decree of divorce, won final title to nearly two million acres of land in Brazil which had been given her husband, Hugh M. Newell, alias Douglass, for his services to Manuel Valdez of the Brazilian army. Newell is in prison in New York. Mrs. Douglas and her attorney. Henry Hey- ! nolds, announced they expected to fly to Brazil to inspect the land. Winston Caton Die* In Birmingham Auburn. Ala Noah Winsten Caton. 23. veteran football and track star of the Alabama Polytechnic institute, died in a Birmingham hospital the other day following an operation for acute appendicitis. Be had been in an un conscious condition for forty - eight hours. During the war he served with the marines. He made a great fight for his life against insurmountable odds. He entered Auburn in 1916 and returned after the armistice was signed and had been as prominent in athletics as before. Famous Aviator Dies From A Fall London. — Sir Boss Smith, the Aus tralian aviator, who. with his brother. • Sir Keith, had planned to start from Croydon. April 25. on a flight around the world, was killed when his plane crashed in a practice flight at Brook lands the other day. Lieutenant Ben nett, an engineer, was planning to ac cotnpanv Sir Koss and his brother on their around the-world flight He also was killed. The machine that crashed was the one in which the Smiths in tended to use in their flight. They had been practicing an hour. JUSTICE DAY MAKES RULING Ruling Os Supreme Court Say* Dealer Cannot Be Forced To Observe Terms Os Contract Washington.—Contracts of sale mada by manufacturers, requiring retail deal ers exclusively to handle their prod ucts, which may have the effect to lessen, substantially, competition, were held by the Supreme court to be in- I valid. The opinion was delivered by Jus tice Day in a case Drought by the Standard Fashion company, a New York corporation, against the Ma grane-Houston company of Boston, and sought to compel that retail company to observe the terms of a contract, which the Supreme court declared was one of sale and not of agency or joint venture. Being a contract of sale. Jus tice Day stated, the only question that remained for the court to determine was whether the facts established that It would substantially lessen competi tion. Adopting the findings of the circuit court of appeals for the first circuit of the results obtained through the contract, the Supreme court reached the conclusion "that the contract, prop erly Interpreted, with Its restrictive covenant, brings it fairly within the section of the Clayton act under con sideration.” It therefore affirmed the decision of the circuit court which held the contract invalid. After describing minutely the prac tices of the Standard Fashion com pany, under the contract, Justice Day analyzed certain features, pointing out that “the Clayton act sought to reach the agreements embraced within Its sphere in their fncipiency,” and “to determine their legality by specific tests of Its own which declare Illegal contracts for sale made upon the agreement or understanding that the purchaser shall not deal In the goods of a competitor or competitors of the seller, which "may substantially les sen competition. Justice Day stated that the court did not think that the purpose of the statute in using the word “may” was to prohibit “the mere possibility of the consequences described,” but that “It was intended to prevent such agree ments as would under the circumstanc es disclosed (in the present case) probably lessen competition or create i an actual tendency to monopoly.” Con- [ gress by statute did not intend to reac hevery remote lessening of com petition," he added, and disclosed this purpose by providing that the contracts should lie prohibited when they caused a "lessening” of competition which was "substantial.” Under its contract, the Standard Fashion company agreed to sell its standard patterns at a discount of 50 per cent from retail prices and to allow certain privileges when be tween certain dates semi - annually it would receive in exchange at nine tenths cost discarded patterns. In July, 1917, the Magrane-Houston com pany decided to discontinue the sale of the Standard Fashion company pat terns and place on sale in its store patterns of a rival pattern company. It was to enforce its contract that the fashion company brought suit. The decision in the United States district court for Massachusetts as | well us for the circuit court of ap peals were adverse to its conten tions, those courts ruling that the con tract was in violation of the Clayton act and, therefore, not enforceable. When the case reached the Supreme court, the federal government inter vened, filing a brief in which it con tended for the construction placed up | on the contract by the lower courts. "Get Busy On Dam Quickly*” Is Plea Washington.— Early authorization by congress for renewing work of con struction on the Wilson dam at Mus cle Shoals, Ala., was suggested recent-i ly by Col. W. J. Barden, array engi- { noer in ccharge of that project, before ! the senate agriculture committee. Un less a decision Is made soon, the colo nel said, the engineers would be un-■ able to begin work this summer and another year of delay would result, j Sir Conan Doyle To Lecture In U. S. Now York—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the materialistic Sherlock Holmes, but now a sincere believer in ; things spiritual, arrived here recently 1 to "raid America. "I propose to make : a raid on American skepticism,” he j said, in explaining the purpose of his proposed lecture tour. "I propose I ; to raid church and laity alike." Plane Wrecked On First Lap Os Trip Clarion. Pa. Oapt. Hoald Amundsen, Arctic explorer, and four flying com panions narrowly escaped death at Mt ola. near here, when the monoplane in which they were going from New York to Cleveland, the first lap of a continental journey, turned over when it was forced down in a field. All oc cupants were reported slightly scratch ed and bruised, but otherwise uninjur ed. Those with Captain Amundsen ewer H. T Lewis of Bellefonte, Pa.; j H. U. Cade of New York and E. Ruhl and J. Ondell. Finds His Lost Wife In Slain Woman Washington—Bruce E. Haines' two year search for his attractive wife is ended. The woman is dead, said to have been killed by Dr. Herbert J. Bry son. whose mother lives here. The naming of Doctor Bryson in the shoot ing at Cassville, Pa., served as a clue for Haines, who is a chauffeur for a lo cal financier, and he is going to New York to attend his wife's funeral as soon as Mrs. Catherine Kerby, mother of the slain woman, returns to New I York with the body, which is now at 1 Huntington. Fa. THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR. MT. VERNON. GEORGIA. BIG CONFLAGRATION IN NORFOLKSUBURB i i AREA COVERED BY FLAMES IS ONE MILE IN LENGTH AND 2 TO 4 BLOCKS WIDE 1 500 FAMILIESME HOMELESS Two Firemen Injured—Damage Will Run To Nearly A Million Dollars, It Is Estimated. Norfolk, Va.—Berkeley, a suburb of Norfolk, was swept by fire. More than one hundred houses covering an area one mile in length and averag ing from two to four blocks in width were destroyed. Five hundred fami lies are estimated to have been made homeless. The damage will run to nearly a million dollars. The firemen were unable to make headway, due to lack of water press ure. Norfolk, Portsmouth, naval base and South Norfolk fire departments fought the blaze. Two firemen were injured. The Norfolk department called on the Portsmouth and navy yard fire forces for assistance. The fire start ed from a blaze in an abandoned lum ber yard and a southwest wind carried sparks which ignited five separate fires. A sixth alarm took all remaining ap paratus from Norfolk, save one en gine. Assistance was sent from the naval operating base at Hampton Hoads. The blaze originated in the Tunis lumber mills, on the southern branch of the Elizabeth river. Mrs. George Lacey, whose husband is a watchman at the Tunis docks, discovered the ftfe from a house boat in which she and her husband are living. Lacey, being in, she took him to shore in a row boat and then turned in an alarm. Within 50 yards of the dock where the fire started are the St. Helena Oil company docks. Three steamers in the river were burned, catching from sparks. The fire quickly spread to the north, the sparks being carried 100 yards jor more. Most of the houses in the path were of wooden construction. They were dry as tinder and a few sparks only were required to set them afire. At one time there were nine different fires blazing simultaneously. Although the fire departments, both civilian and navy, from all the cities and towns in the vicinity of Berkley, were called into service, they were helpless against the spreading flames, which soon reached Liberty street* one of the oldest business streets of the town. One block on Liberty street ! was completely wiped out. ASLEEP THREE YEARS, HIS SOLE REMARK WAS “I AIN’T WHERE I WAS” Fort Smith, Ark. —Jim Eslinger, who has been asleep continuously for three years, died at the county hospital the other day. Eslinger, for eight years a county charge, would have been 63 years old June 7. Physicians say he was not suffering from sleeping sick ness, but from mental paralysis. He j apparently was insensible to pain, was immobile and his eyes were closed. In March of 1921 Eslinger for a few sec onds showed signs of awakening, but he again relapsed into the comatose state. On July 1, 1921, he opened his eyes and said; “I ain't where 1 was,” and soon fell back into a coma. He was fed with a spoon. j Grand Opera Will Be A Success Atlanta, Ga. —Atlanta’s annual grand I j opera season opens Monday, April | 24, and runs through the week, the ; tlnal performance being on Saturday 1 j night. Despite the general business j depression the seat sale to date is | | well up to that of previous years, and ! I there is every indication that the sea- ! son will be successful one. Out of j town people have been buying heavily for the week-end, as they can leave home Friday and hear LaTravita on Friday night, Faust Saturday after : noon, ajid The Love of Three Kings and L'Oracolo Saturday night, and get back home Sunday morning. There are still good seats available for all ! performances. T. N. T. Explosions Throws Up Rocks Salt Lake City, Utah.—One and one half tons of T. N. T. exploded near Hel per, Ufuh, and three hundred tons of rook fell upon the town. No fatalities are reported. The explosion occurred during blasting operations and dam aged the business district heavily. A i hail of stone smashed into the tele- ! phone exchange, destroying a clock be tween two operators, breaking an arm j from the chair in which one sat and carrying away the connection table. I One rock weighing about five tons, | buried itself six feet deep in the road j Announces Candidacy By Megaphone Raleigh. N. C. —A novel and interest ing spectacle was witnessed here the , other day. Marching down the prin cipal streets of Raleigh, shouting at , the top of his voice through a mega . phone—this is the way Philip Rrock , well chose to announce his candidacy for the legislature. He is runing on an anti-high rent platform. “Down with i high rents:" shouted Brockwell through • the megaphone, after announcing his candidacy for the office. His novel l campaign is being watched by all the oldUmera. IRISH LEADER SHOT AT END OF SPEECH HEAD OF IRISH PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT IS SHOT FROM AMBUSH GRIFFITH ISJNDER GUARD Leader Escapes Unhurt Belfast Passes Quiet Easter —Griffith Speaks At Sligo Dublin. —Michael Collins, head of the Irish provisional government, was fired on as he was returning from mass after a speech. Collins was un injured and one of the assailants was captured. The attempt on the life of Collins came just as it was believed the Eas ter holiday would be passed over quietly. It is now feared that this I attempted assassination may stir up new bitter feeling and provoke more disorders. The shots were fired at Collins from ambush. London. —A dispatch to the Press association from Garrick-on-Shannon says Arthur Griffith, guarded by ar mored cars and Free State troops, re cently addressed a crowd in Sligo with out interruption. There was an exchange of firing between the opposing forces, the dis patch adds, and it is reported one re publican was killed and another repub lican and one civilian were slightly wounded. Belfast.—Notwithstanding wild ru mors of impending trouble in Belfast Easter Sunday, not a single casualty had been reported up to 11 o’clock. An unusually large number of holdups, carried out by armed men, took place in the streets of Belfast, but no big amounts were secured by the highway men. Complete quiet prevailed along the Fermanagh border. There was continuous firing in the north side of Dublin. Considerable alarm prevailed among the residents in the neighborhood of the Boardstone station and Mount Joy prison. Ac cording to one account received here, the republicans endeavored to seize Mount Joy prison, which was guarded by Irish republican army regulars. Broadstone is the station from which Arthur Griffith started for Sligo. ] Mr. Griffith took a bold course. In stead of smuggling himself into Sligo, he traveled in state on the Midland and Great Western railroad with a guard of honor of Free State troops. At all the stations crowds waited to give the Dail Eireann president a cordial reception. Hand-shaking was j the order of the day at Mullingar, while at Longford the local republican army rendered honors and the inevi table brass band played national airs. In an interview at Longford Mr. Grif fith said he was not afraid to speak in Sligo, as he knew the people there, as well as in every county in Ireland, were behind him. , It is reported here that the Kil mainham prison has been taken over by the Irish republican army, but the report does not say whether by fe publican or regulars. The Kilmain ham prison is situated near the for mer residence of the British military commander in Ireland. It has not been used for prison purposes in some time. Coal Production Sfiows Big Increase Washington.—Bituminous coal pro duction in the United States, reduced by 75 per cent when miners in union ized fields walked out April 1, is now showing an appreciable increase, it is reported by the geological survey. Non-union fields where operations are continuing produced 10.752 carloads April 20, and forged slowly ahead in each succeeding day until on Thurs day, April 13, the last day recorded, when the output was 11,480 cars. Consumption Os Cotton Increasing Washington.—Almost 2,000,000 few er cotton spindles were operated dur i ing March than in February, the ' monthly cotton report of the census bureau, issued recently, disclosed. Os j the increase for the month, 34.000 bales were consumed in cotton grow ; ing states, where consumption was the largest of any months since the first quarter of 1917 and amounted to 05 per cent of the total cotton used in the country during March. Fatty Draws Record Breaking C r owd j Rock Hill. S. C. — The police were j called out on the night of April 15 to handle crowds seeking to gain en trance to a local theater showing a picture of ‘ Fatty” Arbuckle. This was the first showing in this section of a , picture made by the fat comedian 1 since his arrest on a charge of caus ing the death of a motion picture ac ; tress last September. The crowds at- I tending here established a -record for . attendance in this city. The popula tion of Rock Hill is fifteen thou i sand. Two Army Flyers Die In Nose Drive Dallas, Texas.—Capt. G. S. Little and Pgt. James L. Johnson, army fliers front Kelly field, San Antonio, were killed recently when the airplane in ■which they were riding went into a nose dive at a height of about one hundred feet and fell. Officers at Love field who are investigating the acci dent believe Captain Little was pilot ing the machine. The accident occur red near a private landing field and It is btlieved the aviators intended to make a landing when the plane drop ped to the ground. She Knows “I am a Domestic Science Graduate and a chemical student from the Normal School. After making the experiment testing various baking powders 1 never use any except the Royal” Mrs. J. P. ROYAL BAKING POWDER Absolutely Pure Contains No Alum Leaves No Bitter Taste Send for New Royal Cook Book —lt’* FREE Royal Baking Powder Co., 130 William St., New York Beastly. “What beastly soap this is.” “Just so. 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