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IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
fMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIB
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH
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What Is Taking Place In The Bouth
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Foreign—
Mrs. W. Meng, who has been doing
the Mother Eve stunt in the South sea
Islands, with only a perfectly good
husband as companion, has tired of
the lonely, barefoot freedom, moonlight
on coral strands and parrot-chatter in
sun-baked palms and hubby’s shinning
trees to toss her an apple. By the way,
she, with her .husband, was engaged
in cultivating a virgin copra planta
tion. She arrived recently at Hon
olulu, where she told of her loneli
ness.
In an unequivocal declaration that
the United States will not be drawn
into any foreign alliance whatsoever,
Ambassador to the Court of St. James
George Harvey has definitely extin
guished the hope of England that the
disarmament and Pacific problems
might be solved through triple agree
ment between United States, Great
Britain and France, and told in clear
cut decisiveness that George Washing
ton’s declaration that America must
be free of entangling alliances had
been endorsed by every succeeding
president, including President Har
ding.
The British national committee of
the International Chamber of Com
merce recently resolved that "desira
bility of negotiations in order to ob
tain the benefits which would accrue
If the war debts of the allies to Great
Britain were reduced or cancelled on
terms to be agreed upon.”
The British government has obtained
its expected mandate from the house
negotiations, coining as a result of the
commons to proceed with the Irish
defeat of the Unionist motion, 439 to
43, censuring the government for ini
tiating the Irish negotiations. Lloyd-
George also achieved another of his or
atorical victories before an expectant
audience. So far as the movement of
protest was designed to draw informa
tion as to the proceedings of the con
ference it failed; the premier gave no
Information as to what has been decid
ed, or is being discussed regarding Mr.
de Valera’s claim to independence and
the rumored attempts to arrange con
cessions from Ulster for a united Ire
land. These remain in the realm of
speculation. One piece of information
the premier did give. It was that un
less something happened within a few
days, presumably in the conference, to |
solve the unsettled status of Ireland's
two government's steps would be taken
to give the Ulster parliament the pow
ers necessary to make it a real gov-
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eminent.
Washington—
The sales tax was rejected recently
by the senate. The vote, 43 aainst to
25 for, was on a proposal by Senator
Smoot, Republican, Utah, for a one
per cent levy with exemptions provid
ed in thee ase of sales by farmers of
the products of their farm, sales by
public utilities and those by the Uni
ted States of any foreign government
or any state or territory, the army and
navy hospitals.
State department advices from Chi
huahua, Mexico, report the capture of
four Americans by Mexican bandits,
who have been released on payment
of a five thousand pesos ransom.
The emergency fleet corporation is
preparing to sell eight to twelve steel
freighters of ten to twelve thousand
tons.
Pressure behind the tax revision
bill eased off perceptibly recently, in
the senate after it had become appar
ent that there was small project of
a final vote before the middle of the
coming week. Little progress was
made on the measure, and there was
no effort to force a night session.
Three naval captains—Summer E.
W. Kitelle, William V. Pratt and
Louis M. Fulton—were nominated
recently by President Harding to be
rear admirals. Captain Kittelle
whose home is at Brookline, Mass.,
was graduated at the—Naval academy
in 1889 and served as commander of
the gunboat Wheeling and the battle
ships Georgia and Maryland.
Secretary of State Hughes will be
chosen permanent president of the in
ternational conference for the limita
tion of armament. The heads of the
respective delegations will he elected
vice presidents. An American will be
the secretary general.
President Harding recently asked
congress for additional deficiency ap
propriation of $187,922,576.74 to meet
government expenses during the pres
ent fiscal year, which ends June 30.
The Argentine state railway has
contracted with the American IjOco
motive company to supply 75 locomo
tive and with the American Car com
pany to furnish 2,000 freight cars.
Former President Wilson had so far
recovered from his recent slight in
disposition that, despite inclement
weather, he attended a matinee at a
theater.
Armistice day, November 11, will
be declared a national holiday in
honor of America’s unknown soldier
to be buried that day in Arlington.
Secretary Weeks, returning from his
recent tripu to Muscle Shoals nitrate
and power plants, held a conference
with the president, and announced that
he had requested Henry Ford to visit
Washington for a conference relative
to the Detroit manufacturer’s offer for
the projects.
Construction of a bridge across the
Pearl river between Meeks ferry and
Grishy ferry, Mississippi, is authorized
in a senate Dill recently passed by the
house.
The house passed and sent to the
senate a bill authorizing construction
of a bridge across the Tombigbee river
in Itawamba county, Mississippi.
The senate labor commiittee, inves
tigated conditions of violence in West
Virginia coal fields concluded hear
ings on the situation recently, three
and a half months after it first began
the inquiry. Chairman Kenyon stated
he hoped the committee would be able
to make a report to the senate in
about a month.
It is announced that hearings on
the permanent tariff bill will be re
opened by the senate finance com
mittee in the near future, regardless
of whether the tax revision bill has
been passed by the senate.
Efforts of the administration to
solve the nation’s unemployment prob
lem, interrupted by threatened rail
road strike, are being redoubled, of
ficials declare. Secretary Hoover is
officially expected to call a meeting
shortly of the standing committee of
the national conference of unemploy
ment to begin the study of the phases
of the question in line with the per
fection of permanent measures for in
suring work for the wage earners.
C'hina’s advance guard to the Wash
ington conference on Pacific and far
eastern questions to be held in con
nection with discussions on limitation
of world armament, have arrived in
Washington.
Domestic—
A gruesome midnight incident —exe-
cution of a mouse behind prison bars—
is the experience of Dr. Richard M.
Brumfield, being tried for the alleged
murder of Dennis Russell at Roseburg,
Oregon.
A passenger reaching New York was
H. A. Vankarnebeek, minister of for
eign affairs for Holland and permanent
president of the league of nations. lie
will lead the Dutch delegation at the
disarmament conference.
Elijah Davis, on trial in Hustings
court, Richmond, Ga., for the murder
of his wife, Elnora Davis, recently,
was fouund guilty of first degree mur
der, a sentence that carries with it
the leectric chair penalty.
Delay in the spread of the “protest”
strike of soft coal miners, started re
cently hv walk-outs of 25,000 union
workers, closing more than 200 mines
in Indiana was anticipated by officials
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica who said developments awaited
the discontinuance of operators of
the union ‘check off of dues from
miners* wages as directed by a fed
eral court injunction.
Seventy-one barrels of whiskey,
values at SIOO,OOO, were seized re
cently at the Neversing distillery, in
loraines, near Reading, Pa., by federal
prohibition agents.
Both sides have agreed to a post
ponement in the opening of the trial
of Roscoe Arbuckle, charged with
manslaughter in the connection with
the death of Virginia Rappe, at San
Francisco, Cal.
The national convention of the
American Legion adjourned at Kan
sas City, Mo., after electing Hanford
MacNider of Mason City, lowa, nation
al commander.
A nation-wide strike of coal miners
seemed inevitable recently if opera
tors heed the injunction issued by
Federal Judge A. B. Anderson, which
prescribed the “checkoff” of union
dues. A telegram from headquarters
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica after it had been definitely learn
ed that the injunction was not yet in
effect, advised union officials to re
gard discontinuance of the “checkoff”
as breaking the existing wage agree
ment.
Repayment of $300,000,000 borrowed
in the New York market in 1913 was
completed by the British government
November 1, with the redemption of
between fifty-one million and fifty two
million in 5 1/2 per cent bonds. The
pav-ment wa? made through J. p. Mor
gan & Cr
HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY, McDONOUGH, GEORGIA.
CREDITS ADVANCED
TO HELP FARMING
SUM IS TOTAL OF CREDITS EX.
TENDED BY WAR FINANCE COR
PORATION SINCE AUGUST 24.
ADVANCES MADE IN 19 STATES
Largest Single Loan Was For $15,000,-
000 To Co-Operative Grain Mar
keting Association
Washington.—More than $22,600,000
in credit has been extended to farm
ers and stockmen since congress re
cently authorized the Far Finance cor
poration to make advances for agri
cltural and live stock purposes, ac
cultural and live stock purposes, ac
cently by that agency.
Reports of the corporation’s activ
ities since August 24, when the ag
ricultural and live stock authority
became operative, showed a total
credit it in excess of $22,663,000, es
tablished with about 82 financial in
stitutions located in 19 states for the
purpose of making loans to farmers
and stock raisers.
The states in which corporation ad
vances for these purposes have been
made are: Montana, Minnesota, Mis
souri, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Georgia', Texas, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Arizona, Kansas, New York,
Virginia, Indiana, Idaho, Nebraska
and Wyoming. Most of the advances,
according to corporation officials,
have been made in the past month and
a half.
The eighty-two advances made so
far range from a few thousand dol
lars up to one of $15,000,000 to a co
operative association in Minnesota,
North and South Dakota to assist in
the marketing of grain. Where ad
vances are made to a co-operative
association, officials explained, a cred
it is set up which it can draw against
as the need arises, but where the ad
vance is made to a bank or financial
institution, the loan is made at once.
Funds for the advances, officials
said, are obtained from the corpora
tion’s balance with the treasury
which, at the time these operations
were begun, amounted to about $130,-
000,000. There has been some dis
cussion, it was said, of a bond issue
by the corporation to provide funds
for its operations, but it is under
stood that it would be left to Secre
tary Mellon to decide whether the
treasury would prefer to do the fin
ancing itself and meet the needs of
the corporation as desired or let that
agency go into the investment market
itself to provide for its advances.
Applications for agricultural and
live stock loans are coming in stead
ily, it was stated. In addition to its
domestic financing, officials said, the
corporation is continuing to finance
American products for export to for
eign markets.
Harding Names Postmaster At Rome
Washington. Alexander L. Mc-
Caskill, of Feyetteville, N. C., was
nominated recently by President Har
ding to collector of customs for dis
trict No. 15 and John T. Benhow- was
nominated to he posmaster at Win
ston-Salem, N. C. Other postmaster
nominated included Mary W. Barcley,
at Rome, Ga., and Thomas S. Doar
at Sumter, S. C.
Slight Reduction Felt In Food Prices
Washington.—Retail food prices de
creased slightly in seven cities from
September 15 to October 15, the de
partment of labor stated recently, fol
lowing a canvass of a dozen cities.
Two cities showed increases and the
other three reported no change. Man
chester. New Haven, Portland, Me.;
Richmond and Washington reported
decreases of one per cent; Little Rock,
four-fifths of one per cent; St. Paul,
two-tenths of one per .cent.
Posses Seek Bandit Who Got $300,000
Kansas City, Mo. —Posses are scour
ing the country around Holiday. Ivans.,
for a masked bandit who robbed a
mail car on the Santa Fe train No.
3 of from $50,000 to $300,000 in regis
tered mail.
The C., C. & O. Railroad Issues Bonds
Washington.—The Carolina, Clinch
field and Ohio railroad is seeking per
misssion from the interstate commerce
commission to issue $14,369,000 in first
and consol bonds.
Would Reduce. Interstate Ore Rates
Chattanooga, Tenn. —Announcement
has been made by local railroad offi
cials that the Southern has filed an
application before the I. C. C. for a 25
per cent reduction in freight rates of
iron ore and fluxing stone, applying to
interstate commerce and intrastate
transportation in Georgia and Tennes
see. The effect of the reduction would
be to return to the tariff in operation
in 1920. The present rate, it is stated
is one of the contributing factors in
he decline of furnace operations in the
South.
GEOR6U HAPPENINGS
OF TIMELY INTEREST
Atlanta. —Veazy Rainwater, secre
tary-treasurer of the Coco-Cola Bot
tling company, and one of Atlanta’s
best known young business men, has
been elected to the presidency of the
Association of American Bottlers of
Carbonated Beverages. The election
occurred at the annual convention of
the national organization hels in St.
Louis, Mo., during the past week. For
the past three years Mr. Rainwater
has been a member of the executive
board of the association.
Decatur. —Plans for the Red Cross
call to be conducted by the Decatur
chapter will be made When officials
of the chapter meet in the DeKalb
county warehouse. The call for the
meeting has been issued.
Sparta.—ln a formal statement
made to the people of Hancock coun
ty, which will appear in the current
issue of the local papers over the
signature of Judge James B. Parks,
of the Ocmulgee circuit, the Septem
ber adjourned term of Hancock super
ior court -that was to be convened No
vember 7, will be further continued
until December 5.
Columbus.—Columbus women have
determined to raise SIO,OOO for the
University of Georgia. Twenty-eight
local organizations met in joint ses
sion recently, mapped out plans and
after going over the situation and
hearing an address by O. S. Swift,
who explained the great million dollar
memorial fund, they announced that
a fund of ten thousand dollars would
be raised here.
Eastman. R. P. Howard, county
agent, has resigned his position, to
take charge of the large farm of A.
P. Petwav, located about nine miles
east of the city, and the county is now
without the services of a demonstra
tor.
Thomasville. —The community work
in Thomasville will be carried on dur
ing the winter months but the prog
rams will he more in the interest of
the grown-ups than for the children.
As the children are in school they will
not be able to attend meetings and
their plays on the school grounds are
under supervision.
Cairo. —Officials recently were al
most confident that the fire, which
completely destroyed the temporary
school building, erected following the
destruction by fire of the permanent
building, exactly twenty-nine days
ago, and occupied only recently, was
the work of an incendiary, and it ap
pears likely that a rigid investigation
will be made at once. The temporary
structure w-as an eighteen room frame
building, made entirely of wood and
was 44 to 210 feet, one floor.
Fort Valley.—The Governor Truet
len chapter, Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution, presented the Fort
Valley school a flag of the Stars and
Stripes to fly from the school building
at the presentation exercises taking
place recently. The flag was formally
presented by Mrs. W. B. Smith, regent
of the chapter, and appropriate words
were spoken by Miss Gladys Slappey.
Savannah.—A regular passenger
service betw-een Savannah and the
Pacific coast will be started within
the next few months by the Atlantic,
Gulf and Pacific Steamship company,
it is announced. Four additional
steamers, purchased from the ship
ping board, have been added to the
company’s fleet.
Atlanta.—The U. S. government
through Hooper Alexander, district at
torney, filed suit in federal court
against the Southern railw-ay company
for SSOO. for alleged damages to a ship
ment of mules en route from Camp
Jackson. S. C.. to Atlanta last August.
In the petition it is charged by the gov
ernment that the mules were confined
to the cars for tliirty--six hours with
out unloading “in a humane manner”
and that the shipment w-as damaged in
the amount of this suit.
Atlanta. —Tw-o former governors of
Georgia were present in Judge John
T. Pendleton's division of the Fulton
superior court. John M. Slaton and
Hugh M. Dorsey, formerly chief exec
utives of the state and now attorneys
practicing at the Atlanta bar, sat wait
ing for their cases to be called. They
were not pitted against each other.
They were merely present in the in
terest of their respective clients. "This
is the first time I have ever seen two
former governors in this court at the
same time," said a deputy sheriff.
Eastman.—The junior yearling herd
of black Poland-China hogs, carried by
R. F. Buchanan, of this county, to the
Southeastern fair in Atlanta, brought
back practically all of the premiums
offered by the fair management for
hogs of that type and breed. The
hogs were entered against the strong
est kind of competition, famous herds
from many states, both north and
south, being on exhibition at the same
time, and much satisfaction is felt
over the splendid showing made by
the exhibit from Dodge county, evi
dencing in a most forcible manner
that this section is fully capable of
producing stock the equal of any in
the whole counts-
THIS WOMAN’S
EXPERIENCE
Brings a Ray of Hope to
Childless Women
Lowell, Mass.—“l had anemia from
the time 1 was sixteen years old jind
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used the Sanative
Wash, and have never felt better than
I have the last two years. I can work,
eat, sleep, and feel as strong as can he.
Doctors told me I could never have
children—l was too weak— but after
taking Vegetable Compound it strength
ened me so I gave birth to an eight
pound boy. I was well all the time, did
all my workup to the last day, and had
a natural birtn. Everybody who knew
me was surprised, and when'they ask me
what made me strong I tell them with
great pleasure, ‘ I took Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound and never
felt better in my life.’ Use this testi
monial at any time.’’—Mrs. Elizabeth
Smart, 142 W. Sixth St., Lowell, Mass.
This experience of Mrs. Smart is surely
a strong recommendation for Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It is
only one of a great many similar cases.
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