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THE WEEK’S EVENTS IMPORTANT NEWS OF STATE, NA TION AND THE WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD ROUND ABOUT_THE WORLD A Condensed Record Of Happenings Of Interest From All Points Of The World Foreign— Thirty more carloads of relief food from the United States are reported to have arrived In the Ruhr, aid more Is reported en route. In the event of Chancellor Cuuo’s resignation or the German govern ment’s capitulation on the Ruhr, the Prussian government has all plans ready to proclafrn a state of selge. Berlin police officials admit that they know extreme radicals are plotting with conservative extremists for a se rious attack. A monument In honor of American volunteers in the French army who lost their lives in the world war was unveiled July Fourth in the Place Des Etats Unis, Paris. More than fifty thousand French people threw in their hard-earned sous and francs when the government of France passed the hat. Independent British action toward Germany will be used “only as a last resort,” although the tense relations between England and France on the reparations policy may still render It necessary well - informed circles de clared recently, in London. Irene Castle, famous American dancer, who married three mqnthß af ter the death of her husband, Vernon Castle, is suing her millionaire hus band for a divorce. Suit haß been filed In Paris. Twenty-five thousands are idle in the unauthorized dockman’s strike which has tied up the ports of London, Hull, Bristol, Cardiff and Grimsby, and threatens England’s food supply. The Rome (Italy) Messagero urges that the government reach an under standing with the United States where by a number of Italian war veterans who desire to make new homes in that country may be admitted under provision of an extra quota. The American and Turkish dele gates have appointed a drafting com mittee, which is compiling the final text of the clauses of the new treaty agreed upon between Turkey and the United States. American relief workers in Russia are en route home. All that can be accomplished has been done. Russia this year has good crops, and there is apparently no further need for res cue work in that country. Nine Belgian soldiers were killed by the explosion of a timb bomb in a passenger car of a train carrying Bel gian soldiers on leave back to Belgium from the Ruhr. A “Monroe doctrine” for South Af rica is being urged by opponents of Premier Jan Smuts, who claims that Africa’s troubles are due largely to unnecessary interest in European af fairs. The Stefani Agency, semi-official organ, declares that, according to in formation obtained at the Vatican, Pope Pius has instructed the papal nuncio in Berlin to make representa tions to the German governmen with a view to securing cessation of the passive resistance in the Ruhr. Washington— Washington.—Arguments on the gen eral principles involved in the feder al valuation of railroads, now nearing completion, opened before the inter state commerce commission with an attack on the methods of the commis sion in arriving at its conclusions by D. R. Richberg, counsel for the nation al conference on American railroad valuation. He was followed by P. J. Farrell, solicitor for the commission,’ in a defense of its valuation conclu sions. An investigation of charges that Uirem niformed members of the Washington police force watched the transfer of a barrel of liquor into the home of a capital society leader here without offering any interference has been ordered by the District of Co lumbia commissioners. Japan’s suggestion for a three-power armament agreement with Great Brit ain and the United States as a substi tute for the five-power treaty signed at the Washington conference and still awaiting ratification by France, has met with small favor in high naval circles. Not only would such a pact defeat its own purpose, according to the opinion of some naval experts, but in order to be of even moral value, it would have to involve at least a tacit offensive and defensive alliance be tween the three signatories, viewed as improbable of congressional ap proval. The biggest financial deal in history was completed when Great Britain handed to the United States her gov ernment bonds to the amount of $4,- 600,000,000 and received in return can celed I. O. U for $4,074,818,358.44 she gave when the huge war borrowings were made. v The annual convention of the South ern Trade Congress, to have met in New York July 9, 10 and 11, has been postponed until October 9, 10 and 11. The government has finished intro duction of direct testimony in the trial of Charles D. Morse auu others on charges of conspiracy in connection with the building of the war-time ship fleet. The earth is between 2,000,000,000 and 3,000,000,000 years old, according to Lord Rayleigh, English scientist, in a paper made public by the Smithso nian institution. Some years ago ge ologists contended that the earth is a mere infant of some 10,000,000 to 100,000,000 years old. But from a study of the rate of decomposition of the radio-elements, Lord Rayleigh de clares that the earth’s crust has been suitable for habitation by living things at least twenty times as long as the previous maximum estimate. Domestic— The fight between Tommy Gibbons and Jack Dempsey, held in the boom oil town of Shelby, Mont., went the full fifteen rounds. Dempsey was de clared the winner. It is stated that there were twenty-five thousand peo ple in attendance upon the fight. Gib bons, however, received nothing for his part in the fight, Dempsey got away with at least $210,000. B. H. DeLay and R. I. Short were instantly killed near Cloverfield, Santa Monica, Calif., when a wing of their airplane crumpled and they fell 1,000 feet A special train from Louisville and scores of automobiles from points over the state took a host of Kentuckians to Bardstown, Ky., on July Fourth for the formal dedication as a state shrine of Federal Hill, the old Rowan home, where, in 1852, Stephen Collins Fos ter, a visitor during his honeymoon, wrote "My Old Kentucky Home.” When Gen. Henri Joseph Eugene Gouraud sails from New York for France he will bear with him a gift from the widow of Theodore Roose velt, a photograph of her son Quentin who was shot down with his airplane over the German lines in 1918. The photograph will be entrusted to French sculptors who will chisel young Roosevelt’s features into the figure of an American soldier in a group me morial being erected in the Argonne by a committee of which General Gour aud is president. Four were killed and nineteen pas sengers injured when Santa Fe train No. 9, known as the "Navajo,” went over an embankment near Domingo N. M., forty miles east of Albuquerque, N. M. President Harding, speaking at an Independence Day celebration gather ing at Portland, Ore., declared the na tion should demand that every man wearing the habiliments of an Ameri can citizen must be an American in his heart and soul. An outstanding feature of the pres idential parade in Portland, Oregon, was the participation of two compa nies of sailors and marines from the British cruiser Curlew in the harbor. They marched in the column with the blue and khaki of the United States army and navy. Labor conditions in the South, the result of the migration of the negro, have not improved, but probably have grown worse during the last month, according to the monthly statement of the federal reserve bank at Richmond, made public at Richmond, Va. South Carolina has lost more negro laborers than have North Carolina and Virginia, it is stated' L. Pohnson, a middle-aged farmer of Crittenden, Va., and his wife had a miraculous escape from death when their automobile was struck by an At lantic Coast Line passenger train at a erasing near Suffolk. When the engine stopped, Mr. Johnson was sit ting on the running board of the en gine and his wife was perched on the cow T -catcher. The Federated Farmer-Labor party, with a platform under the leadership of the workers’ party of America, was born in Chicago, July 5, but without the Farmer-Labor party, which refused to join. A substitute to the organiza tion’s committee platform was submit ted by the caucus of the Farmer-La bor delegates, but was tabled by thun ierous vote. Joe Lane, 21, dlde at Russellsville, Ark., died from gun shot wounds in flicted at night when he was a mem ber of an automobile party at Cotton tontown, near that place, failed to di vulge the name of the person who shot him. Mrs. Peter Triola, 35 years old. was shot and killed by two men as she walked with her husband in Chicago heights. She was the mother of six children. HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY. McDONOUGH, GEORGIA. STATE ITEMS CONDENSED Athens.—Speaking to an audience es timated at 2,000 people, Governor Clif ford Walker at the University octagon, on the Fourth, pleaded for recognition of the world war heroes and the vefr erans of all past wars; a combination between nations which will in the fu ture make wars impossible; the eras ing of all sectionalism hatred; and fi nally, for the blending of efforts of the people of Georgia for a greater and better Georgia. Lincolnton.—Sheriff W. 9. Harrison of Lincoln county shot and killed Wayne Collins and Frank Cullars, bro thers, as a result of an altercation on the outskirts of this town. R. L. Burgess, an uncle of the young men, was with them at the time of the shoot ing. The young men had started home when they met the sheriff and an ar gument arose, it is said. The late John Cullars, father of the boys, was a legislator from this county. Atlanta.—A new bond issue of sl, 500,000 for a waterworks hydro-electric pumping plant on the Chattahoochee and for extension of city water mains was recommended to council by the finance committee at its special ses sion. The new plant, according to W\ Zode Smith, manager of the water works department, will double the wa ter supply of the city and effect an actual saving of SIOO,OOO per year in the department’s expenses. Atlanta.—Crashing through the fence, when a rear tire of his ma chine blew out, Lester Buckner, one of the participants in the automobile races given at Lakewood park, is now at a hospital in a serious condi tion. The accident occurred in the ten-mile race, the last one of the day, and was witnessed by 15,000 people who had been given several thrills by other accidents in which, luckily, the participants escaped without seri dus injuries. Savannah. —Resolutions unanimous ly passed favoring a definite effort to obtain through the department an Increase of salary to S2OO a month, was the feature of the convention of the Georgia State Letter Carriers’ as sociation, held here with representa tive postal employees of this class from all sections of the sttae present. Carriers now receiving in cities’ SI,BOO a year would get $2,400 and smaller town carriers now receiving $1,200 would also get $2,400 if the request be favorably passed upon. Vidalia. —C. C. Childs of manager of the Georgia Dewberry as sociation, addressed a crowd of in terested farmers here on his plans for the formation of a vegetable growers’ association. Included in Mr. Childs’ plan was the co-operative plan of marketing the produce. It is said that the aims of the association are to se cure contracts on at least 2,000 acres, which will give the association, a constant supply of products with a movement running regularly through twelve months in the year. Athens.—Closing perhaps the most colorful and enthusiastic convention ever held in Georgia, delegates to the American Legion meeting here elected Edgar B. Dunlap of Gainesville com mander and selected Savannah for the 1924 convention place. Delegates re turned to their homes by train, auto mobile and wagon. Dunlap succeeds Rodney S. Cohen of Augusta as com mander. Alex R. Fawsett of Savan nah was elected senior vice comman der; Asa W. Candler, Jr., national com mitteeman; H. C. Hosch, state adju tant. Vidalia.—The twentieth semi-annual dividend of 5 per cent has been de clared by the officers of the First National Bank of this place and the distribution of checks was made July 1. The First National is one of the strongest banking institutions in South Georgia, the resources now running well over $600,000. The officers are W. O. Donovan, president, and George S. Rountree, cashier. Together with the original board of directors, they have been in charge of this bank since it was organized. Swainsboro.—G. W. Glover, mer chant of Stillmore, shot himself to death, while Deputy Sheriff W. W Curl was seated on his door step, ac cording to a report of the officer Glover was under bond following tho service of seventeen warrants charg ing a shortage of $4,300 in connection with a sugar transaction and other al leged irregular deals, according to the sheriff. The deputy sheriff was trying to levy on a lighting plant, when Glov er excused himself for a minute. The deputy said that an instant later the shot was fired, and, rushing in, he found Glover with a bullet through bis brain. Glover died shortly after wards. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL Sunday School 1 Lesson' (By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D., Teacher of English Bible In the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) Copyright, 192*. Western Newspaper Union. LESSON FOR JULY 15 SIMON PETER LESSON TEXT—Matthew 16:13-18; John 21:15-7. GOLDEN TEXT—"Lord, Thou knowest all things; Thou knowest that 1 love Thee.”—John 21:17. REFERENCE MATERIAL John 1:35-42; John 18:10-11; 20:1-10; 21:1-23; Acts 2:1-5. PRIMARY TOPlC—Peter, the Helper of Jesus. JUNIOR TOPIC—The Leader of the Twefve. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP lC—Peter's Failures and Successes. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —Peter’s Weaknesses and Strength. I. His Name. (John 1:42). The name which he bore when in troduced to Christ was Simon, which means “hearing.” But Jesus gave him a new name—“ Peter,” which means “rock." This showed what he was to become. 11. His Call. (John 1:41, 42). His brother Andrew brought him to Christ. This brought him into fellow ship with the Lord. From ordinary discipleship he was called to special ministry (Luke 5:10). From being a fisherman he was called to catch men. 111. Peter's Character. 1. Sincere. What Peter was at heart could be read on Ills face. He was free from duplicity. People could understand him. Because of this characteristic they could tell when he was lying. Yet even when people knew he was in error they could be lieve In him. He seems to have been Ignorant of the word “diplomacy.” 2. Prompt. He had the ability to decide and act quickly, as the occa sion demanded. This made him a real leader. His action at the empty tomb was an example of his promptitude. John outran Peter, but Peter was the first to enter the tomb. When Corne lius sent for him at Joppa he respond ed without delay. 3. Courageous. While Peter played the coward sometimes, he was for the most part a brave man. No doubt it was through cowardice that he denied the Lord, but it was his courage that brought him to follow the Lord into the palace of the high priest. 4. Intense. He felt keenly and acted with vigor. Whether right or wrong, what he did he did with all his might. When he preached it was with passion. No finer example of burning eloquence can be found than his Pentecostal sermon. IV. Peter’s Confession of Christ (Matt. 16:13-18, 21-23). The disciples had been with the Lord for several years. They had heard His mighty words and seen His mighty works. Various opinions were extant about Him. It was now neces sary for them to have a definite con ception of Him. The Master-Teacher knew the necessity of having the dis ciples get the right conception of Him self. 1. What it Was (v. 10). It involved His Messiahship—“The Christ,” and deity—“ Son of the living God." This Is the burning question today. Those who have the right conception of Christ’s person and mission have no *■! ?’!" tho- 7*- " i-yVr 77' ..phi!- 73- ophy or ethics. 2. Christ’s Commendation (v. 17). He pronounced him blessed. Truly ha was blessed, for he both possessed and confessed the Christ. The evidence that Peter was blessed was that he was in spiritual touch with the Father in Heaven. 3. Peter’s Blessing (v. 18). Christ declared that be should be the founda tion stone in His church. Christ is the Chief cornerstone on which the church is built. Christ’s person and Messinh ship was confessed by Peter, and on this rock is laid the foundation of apostles and prophets (Eph. 2:20). All believers are living stones of this house (I Peter 2:5). V. Peter's Restoration (John 21:15- 17). Peter grievously sinned in denying the Lord, but he made a confession, shedding bitter tears of penitence over his sin and folly. The Lord tenderly dealt with His erring disciple and re stored him. In this restoration He brought to Peter’s mind the essential qualification for his ministry. Love is the pre-eminent gift for Christ’s serv ice. To impress this upon him, he three times asked the question, “Lovest thou me : Three classes of people were to be served: CD Those be ginning the Christian life—“ Feed my lambs.” (2) The mature Christians— “ Shepherd my sheep.” The shepherd needs to protect and feed the sheep. Love is the one essential equipment for this service. (3) The aged Chris tians—-“ Feed my sheep.” Love is needed in dealing with the fathers and mothers in Israel. * ufeisdinM CHESEBROUCH MANUFACTURING CO. (ConaoUdated) State Street New Yort Vaseline Reg US PM Off Yellow or White PETROLEUM JEIUf Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Old Standard Remedy for Chills and Malaria. 60c GREEN MOUNTAIN ASTHMA COMPOUND f Quickly relieves the distress* ing paroxysms. 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Telephone Operator—Sorry, sir, Mr. McConnell is at an important confer ence and Is likely to be away all after noon. Customer—Can you tell me when he will be back? Telephone Operator( to office boy) —When Is the baseball game over, vOXumy i x ive o clock i (over the phone). No. I don’t think he will be back before half-past five. This is an important conference. I’ll tell him you called. —Cohoes Sentinel. Economist. The man who designed the faces of the large clocks in the tower of the Federal building was a practical man who believed in leaving out all the unessentials. The dials of the clocks have no numerals on them. The hands point to white lines where the numer als ought to be. Attention was called to this fact by the recent cleaning and painting given the clocks’ hands and faces.—Detroit News. Restless ~ Nights / When Coffee disagrees _ Drink Postum "There's a Reason"