The Covington news. (Covington, Ga.) 1908-current, March 23, 1922, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextA l Loyd COVINGTON NEWS For Newton County and Her People. IiU’ME l4 NUMBER is. ft R0V1) ASSOCIATION o special TAX FOR N ° bond issue „ given to the press In a Staten''■ y Daniel, of La¬ is" ImiIoV. "' ' p ''^iilont 'ol'' the Georgia is given Good lange. ^{^’state t-t‘-— » 1 1 ' n assurance ocelli inter V.ds ssssws who are ^ r "tissue ~ that not one penny’s l bona o will ...;u he put up l|( lax .. bonds. L litionai !>coi>h- '>> ^ an of these [the cons'iIuiionai lg amendment m ade in the ,e «od' a jinst Ipposed t th» Daniel said; provide s ; : must |- ‘ho lU l<;gKf mud l u fo for , roaa-nuue ,, .ad-building aid. or There for ;t ‘ federal i ‘ ,in Stared the sensible "' a> j. to provide a fund ot N. Itru-ieitt % „ A . 'to guarantee completion keep ■ ■ svstem slandimd . in [l "'"»Z 'engineers all federal-aid required by roads, fed on ft t'he la*st *! : <iiiV years Georgia place has ■”i I'Sudural . ned from fourth rating among to _seyenth the states. - I!?,KU forty-first in education, and ■ stands week local papers car ' ous our ne ws item under Washington ftteKtatl-V census figures of the Government which shows gia losing population to othei H)r although boast a climate ,tes we Ideveloped soil that is unsurpassed. Georgia mineral s agricultural and sources are a crying shame upon the ■He and vet we hesitate to do the re thing that is going to remedy CS e conditions—build good roads all vi the state.” • Permeate our mountains and plains iih highways and let the people here it a vision of what we really have, id watch Georgia grow.” Any feat that the road bonds will lifple j ng additional is simply tax mistake,”., burden upon said Mr. the a fuiiel. "Why we tire paying far heav toll to our bad roads today than the Sod roads would cost us even if a dir ft tax levy were made to build them, ltd when you take into consideration tat the State Highway Department ■eposes to build this great network roads within ten years, if given the |mls with which to do it, and that funds can be provided by the hnd issue which can be retired in firty years with the automobile license and gasoline tax. without any ad Itional tax levy it is inconceivable pat there could %>c found anyone in state who would really oppose the laid issue.” Mi . Daniel said it had never benn pro ad by the Good Road Association to Into Itt ■'575,000,000 in bonds all at once. their effort is to secure authori fiion that for the Issuance within ten years amount or -such amount as | aid be fees retiiy-d and by the automobile •use gasoline tax. He said i'c never would be one day when lb-rest I wojjld be accumulating on the tire issue, as . .14,000.000 of the first |sues issue would is be retired oti before the fin put tin- market. Mr. 1 urged _____ that women register and j prepared to t ote ,,n this most im-! I'l'tant matter. I W il l. IK SMITH SOUGHT BY’ OFFICERS V. lliic Smith, a negro, who has been this city for some time, and orig¬ in.' from Jasper county, got on the [ Ilictlni 1 '’ath for lost Sunday Afternoon, and. cause or not, he had to N shoot something and so he tried "Die negro. Tom Swann j lU s "t I [ - 1,11 Short ,' " ' street, "'' ll ^is and Ford | left | s r:,r and came to town for -ii.I ' -m,l 1 I is said' " 1 , '"‘‘turned |. 1 i is key ] l m Ha car was missing and it is ! .some words exchanged „ u “ j ,l . """ . ^c . two when Smith put his into ' llrty -shooting Anderson "'rii the thigh, breaking the hip 11 ls not known yet whether sh ° t ttil1 Prove fatal. S M)U of FLORIDA VISITS r J he lnvsen 1 G M v. \\ A. Snow, in -'•'"■n. I i uiay. brought first hand 11 , s -i •' i-irida and her ‘ S| prosperity. "" is m the newspaper ^°o game U He a | 1 " th< ' sunny land and 1 V ;? eta '’ 1 - "nd berry 1 1 b .....•• crops verv *'*Wn*. Mr. Snow is a nat- 11 *horn and reared in this "" He is the guest of the J. p. e< " lan relatives - at Social Circle. FOR FLORIDA Pjary f’-datkn dubbed -u. i'." ^ ! eft W ednesday Poole, fata for i--j., • H( * ' vil > make his home ’nstructinn ’ PooJe General , feraph ’ "! : ’ naR, l “f the ‘ Postal tel * c„ pn’gt , | thi,t""' lK h;iw the SS “ followed Air. p' , !h 1 »ty years. ishes !*-s with him the good "»any friends who have [ n fliln throughout the or. bc'rcm^X years. liil f ' v ”i emembered 8 : ; nd Vi ° lin musl ° in this section. '■'"•'■M'S ROUNDED UP SATURDAY NIGHT Polio,. m . r r ,e0rse , '---- Wat hiu,- m «on and Bou d U|> f *fteen denisons ark Z\" ■ in n Sh ° rt str ^ Saturday ...... husily engag i in rite Ime “skin” M their while some were ' a 'seven or eleven." ' ^e si ~ ari-est there were a exchanged, hut no hits were <J - it . "' one ,,f 'he (officers while a Lttle dangerous Ir fJr n $13 11111 fines ranged to $10.00 each. MEETING OF HOARD OF TRADE .MONDAY AT 4 I*. M. It. E. Everitt, president, calling meeting to order. Among other matters the necessity of treating sweet potatoes with Corro sine Sublimate, or some other sub¬ stance that would accomplish the same was discussed in full detail. If the potatoes are not treated be¬ fore bedded be sure and treat the slips —this matter was considered an im¬ portant step—in obtaining markets and good prices, quality goods must be produced. Announcement was also made that within a few days an especially well posted grower and seller of peanuts would favor the county by a personal visit, and at a series of meetings would give complete information in re¬ gard to this crop. Announcement of the exast date of this visit will be made later. Two new memberships were report¬ ed—the Central Railroad subscribing $25.00 and the Georgia Railroad sub¬ scribing $25.00. No further business meeting ad jnurned. P. G. WALKER, Secretaryf C HICKEN THEIVES PUT IN GOOD TIME From various sources come the re¬ ports of stolen chickens, proving that thieves are now' working overtime. The poultry yard of Mr. Tink Harwell robbed of a goodly number the past On investigation, a fine fat hen was found • “baking to the consistency” in the stove of a colored neighbor. • Other roosts and* coops have ulso from these invasions. The following from Atlanta is a one: While returning to his home a sack full of headless chickens by the police to have been Charlie Lester, a negro of 1! Wheat street, dropped dead in an rear of 250 Myrtle street, at hour. When found by the police the ne¬ was still clutching the sack con¬ the chickens. Each fowl had beheaded and it is believed by the police that they had but a short before been stolen by Lester. are being held pending indenti fieation by the owner. / ____ SOCIAL CIRCLE SUFFERS SLIGHTLY IN HIGH WIND A heavy wind passed over Social at 9 o’clock Sunday night. No damage was done,' several chim¬ neys being reported as blown down. Heavy hail accompanied the .storm. -Mrs. F. O. Dunn’s home was damaged some extent. Mrs. Dunn is the mother of Mrs, Harry Davis. S. ADAMS LOCATES Mr. A. Sidney Adams, formerly con¬ nected with the News and other Geor weeklies, has purchased an interest * n the Marianna Publishing Cd. Prior to his removal to Florida, Mr. Adams was editor and proprietor of “The Scout” at Murphey X. C. RIG HOG SALE Friday and Saturday of this week, there will be on sale in Covington, a car load of pigs and shoats, and ac¬ to the advertisement in an¬ other place in this itaper the prices will be reasonable. If you want a pig.* be on hand at McGarity & Jackson Stable on the above date, and see what is offered. “WORLD SUNDAY” MARCH 2<ith FOR SOUTHERN METHODISTS A simultaneous effort throughout Southern Methodist territory, on March 26, to ,,e known as “World Sunday,” will, it i* said, call the attention of de linquent subscribers to the Centenary °f Missions movement of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, to a shortage j n collection on behalf of that move ~ It is expected that on “World Sun¬ pastors of the 18,000 church con¬ in Southern Methodist will revive the Centenary theme and por¬ tray the disastrous results to the big missionary program launched three years ago ,,,, if the deficit is not llvv made good. Cash payments on overdue Cen tenary subscriptions will be solicited will be made to secure the payment of arrea rages. The original drive for the Centenary fund taken three years ago was for $35.000 live 000, to be paid through a peri¬ od of years. It is announced that only forty per cent of the amount due has been paid to date, whereas sixty per cent is now due. It is to meet this shortage that Methodists throughout the South are seeking to arouse the mind of the church along Centenary lines. IION. M. L. JOHNSON OF BARTOW VISITOR Among the distinguished visitors dur¬ ing Court'Week, was Hon. M. L. John¬ son. representative from Bartow and a candidate to succeed Candler for R. R. Commission. Mr. Johnson has served his section faithfully and efficiently. He has been In the Qa. Legislature continuously since 1898 and was one of the most ardent advocates for woman's rights. He is counting on the ladies in the coming ejection. FOR SALE—Brown Leghorn eggs. One dollar per setting, tf J. G. HALL. Hotel Delaney LIME C OLA C O. INCREASES FORCE On account of the increase of bus ness the Lime Cola Bottling works has had to add a new member to its force and we have been so fortunate as to engage the servioo of Mr. Whitley, who is now with us and will serve you l>etter and more promptly in the future. Opr business has picked up 50 per cent recently. We have had the walls gone over, a good deal of paintig done and every¬ thing freshener! up in general and doing a good spring business. It is Lime Cola drinking time and we want you to he one of the many to call for a Lime Cola—the happy snappy com¬ bination. A cola with ilme. COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 23. 1922. EIGHT COUNTIES GO “OVER TOI” IN BIG COTTON DRIVE Predict Success of 200,000 Bale Pool For cooperative Marketing Eight counties out of seventy-eight in which the cotton pooling campaign is being conducted were reported “over the top” as a result of the Victory Week, drive of the state farmers co¬ operative cottoij marketing plan. Victory Week, with twelve hundred fanners in addition to the regular or gauizing force of the association, ac¬ tively taking the field in behalf of the cotton pool, netted the organization a sign-up of 50,000 bales of cotton. The entire machine will be kept in¬ tact and will forge steadily ahead un¬ til the close of the campaign, April 1st. The eight counties which are now over the top in the order of their cros¬ sing their quota line are: Hart, Banks, Wheeler, Clay, Dodge, Clarke, Frank¬ lin and Bulloch. Th(- largest sign-up numerically to ■ date is that *of Franklin county which has signed 12,000 bales. For a county to go fiver the top witii its quota, it is explained at the association . ,. headquarters, , , means thatj , , it hits signed one-third of the entire ! cotton production of the county. ! The quotas of the counties on which | the associatiop is concentrating', total | 330,000 „„ , , bales, , , and , it the , campaign were ] to move perfectly', the association would sign nearly that amount. There will doubtless be many counties which will not complete their own quotas, but i there will he others which will double them. Wheeler c-ounty, for example, has already signed over two-thirds of its entire cotton production, and the ' association officials are taking great encouragement from the fact that in general it is the heaviest cotton coun ties like Franklin and Hart, that are today making the strongest showing. CHILDREN’S WEEK APRIL 30th THROUGH MAY 7th A-continent-wide observance of “Child ten’s Week” will occur from April, 30th through May 7th. in interest u the religious training of all children territory 'Association. of the International Sundav School “Children’s Week has been observed throughout the continent for the past five years, having been promoted I through State and th"e International Children’s Division Sunday of the | School | Associations, for the purpose of reach-1 ing schools and creating sentiment for j a higher standard ot work in the Sun day Schools of all denominations. ■ elude The a program meeting for for the parents. week may Sundav, in j School leaders and day school teachers, of all children of the community for. the purpose of presenting the need of ] the children’s rellyous education; a Sunday School l^xhibit; a houso-to huosc visitation of the homes in theeonimun*, tty to get the names of children not, in Sunday Schools; a pag.-aju or play emphasizinz the need of re tgous ed-: ucation; a children s festival ot song, or story; institutes ot parents, and st.n-y iMuthet hi'urs suggest lor the ions children for the nhseri ^ j ance of ( hildreiiis \\ eek may be so ; cured from the State Children’s Div-, ision Superintendent, of the Georgia | Sunday School Association. 91, Hurt Bldg. Atlanta, Ga. FIRST DAY OF SPRING GETS CHILLY GREETING TIIKOl GilOt T COUNTRY Monda.v_ the first day of spring re | ceived a chilly greeting. Snow and I frost were reported by the weather! ,)u ™“ in n>any I There was snow in North Dakota. | while ligt trusts we’re reported in var- ' Snow flurries were forecast for por tinns of New York and New MISS LAMB WEDS MR. TIIANTON Rev. J. E. Ellis performed the cer< ! inony Sunday afternoon, March 19th, uniting Miss Lamb and Mr. Thaxton. of Bints County, in the holy bonds. - ——- Rev. J .E. Ellis is in North Georgia.! this week. . ! HOME OW' INERS AND RENTERS Our country needs more homes, not rented tenements; but homes that are owned by the people who live in their own houses. It is the home owner that is a fixture. It is he who feels the greatest interest in his community. Il is he who gets the greatest amount of happiness out of life. It is the home owner that pays the taxes and helps to support his municipality. The renter pays in rent a like burden, and frequently a greater one; but he has not the community spirit. It cannot be got out of rented rooms. The home owned by the family is the sheet anchor that holds them to the soil and makes them a part of the community in which they may live. Wo want more homes. We want homes for the industrious, and in this movement the ltanks and loan citptpanies can give material aid. We want our people housed in happy homes and thus it is for our interest to encourage home-building and to keep our taxes as low as possible. We must, if we desire to reach the goal of our mun¬ icipal ambitions, stop knocking and join the boosters, and dot every vacant lot with a home for people to live in. and if we want industries let's go after them with a determination that will win. We must keep it clean and wholesome, inviting agreeable in every way that good gov¬ ernment and loyalty to the common interest can make it. We must have clean streets, well-kept lawns, abundant shade, delightful parks and drives, good water and a high standard in everything that will make our city attractive. When we have accomplished this people will want to come and abide with us. make their homes with us, and add their mite to the common interest. HEARD BROTHERS WILL GIVE THIS PAPER FREE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS Thr wide awake firm of Heard Bro¬ thers & Company have made arrange¬ ments with this paper to give their customers yearly subscriptions to the paper absolutely free. The proposition of this big firm is the most simple scheme from a bus¬ iness stand point ever extended to the public whereby not one minute of time or energy in any respect is required to get something FREE. It is not a contest. Go to the store, buy a few dollars worth of goods at their usual, low price; nothing more to do, then they will have the paper sent to you for one year, paying for it themselves. Simple enough isnt it? If you are already taking the paper, they will extend your subscription a year, after you purchase a certain ;\ muttnt. And you can remember one thing, that when you go into this store you will find a most cordial welcome, and by till means when you make the re¬ quired purchase see that your name and proper address is left with them, for your paper which -will be sent, ABSOLUTELY FREE. They will be glad to tell you till a bout it. GEORGIA R. R. AWARDS TEST PASTURE Mi Evans Lunsford has been not if ied through Mr. Sam W. Wilkes, that his . bid on their cattle and hog raising proposition has heed accepted. The terms were that: The Georgia Railroad wiU l ' oopcr « te in tho expense • o f ten acres or more pasture , on the following terms and invites bids from all those w * lw care to submit them Bids for less than ten acres will not he considered. q-j. Georgia Railroad will partici¬ pate to the extent if half the cost of the pastures provided the expense to the Georgia Railroad does not exceed $100.00 per pasture. selection of the land and seed and the seding of such, must be under the direction of the Extension Division the State College of Agriculture. Mr. Lunsford is a veteran in the pasture line and people throughout the United States have visited his farms f,u J nf £ rmat ! on in successful operation. 1 he Georgia T R. K. made a wise choice in the selection of Mr. Lunsford. WILKES KEEPS IN TOUCH WITH CONSTITUENTS Hon. Sam W. Wilkes, who was recent ly transferred from tho Agricultural Department of tho Ga. It. R., to that of Publicity Agent, continues to advise " *th his farmer friends in their needs and activities. Mr. Wilkes promises to meet with his 11 nds as often as possible, and we ,ru C add his genial presence, and we iv advice are always inspirational. PAUL ADAMS SUFFERS SERIOUS ACCIDENT - Mr. Paul Adams, of Hayston, while making a business -trip to Hay's saw¬ mill, in that section, suffered the mis fortune of a hip fracture from a log rolling upon him. it is thought that Mr. Adams re¬ ceived internal injuries that may prove fatal. Mr. Adams condition is causing hri friends grave concern. ---- \ WHITE STAR—THE SIGN ON '!'11 __J_ h' IM)OK _ At Inany of the Covington homes mav , H . seen while stars on the doors in tht . windows. These were placed 20lh a date selec , te d by the \ V . r. T U. as Poster Day or Prohibitions Rally Day. The card is meaning that every citizen shownig the known as th( . - Lav , Knl'orcement Star”, state and nation . H()lne haV( . hePn asked - Al . e thv r ds to be |nit llh in * the homes of . u . ,, - card, is ready to obey the laws of the members of the W. C. T. U?” No. for we certainly hope there are many peo pie in Georgia who intend to keep the State laws besides the White Ribbon ers; however, in placing them, good op portunities are offered to invite people to join. Onlx- a few have refused to show the AVhite s,ar - Let the White Star shine and law enforcement reign in Covington. viiTICK TO DEBTORS OF |{oi ( HILLON AND LONGSHORE All those who are indebted to th- firm of Bouchillon and Longshore, are requested to see F. D. Longshore at 'he store of Biggers and Upshaw, be tween this. March 23 and April 1. TJjese accounts must be settled at once. See F. D. Longshore or Biggers and Upshaw. 15-lCp $1.50 Per Year in Advance NEWTON SUPERIOR COURT CON YENED MONDAY Newton County Superior Court con¬ vened, Monday of this week, with Judge Hutcheson presiding, and Sol¬ icitor General Brand prosecuting. During Monday judgments and di¬ vorce cases were disposed of. Tuesday- and Wednesday, the case of the Bank, of Covington vs. Henry Huson was tried by jury and resulted in a mistrial. Court adjourned Wed¬ nesday afternoon until Monday of next week, when the criminal docket will be taken up. While the docket is large, most of the cases are misdemeanor. The Grand Jury adjourned Wednes¬ day, witYi and will meet again next Tuesday E. W. Fowler, foreman. Up to the time the jury adjourned there had been about 30 bills returned. PROTC’ETION OF ROBINS SOUGHT IN LEGISLATION Atlanta, Ga.—It has been indicated at the Capitol that the next session of the Georgia Legislature will be asked to give serious consideration to a pro¬ posed law protecting robins from the onslaughts of an army of small boys. The movement is being sponsored by A. E. Binder, federal game warden member of the Audubon Society. Mr. Binder hus made a special study (If the haunts and habit# of robin’ redbreats and asserts that robins have' just begun to nest in Fulton county. There are now thousands of robins in Fulton and Dekalb counties, but 2 300 9 air rifles sold in Atlanta last year may not leave them here long. Mr. Binder seeks the co-operation of other bird lovers in protection of tlye rgbins. COVINGTON' SIIKINERS ATTEND MEETING IN ATLANTA The following representative citizens were in Atlanta, last week, attending tlie Shrine meeting. Hon. C. A. Sockwell, mayor; Messrs. L. P. Loyd, R. U. C. ( Guinn A. C. Vining. Reginald Robinson, Henry Shaddox and Dr. A. S. Hopkins. X. JACKSON SUFFERS ACCIDENT While playing fox and trailing, Nell, the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Jackson suffered the misfortune of a thorn thrust into his eye ball near the pupil. The accident was of such a del¬ icate nature that it became necessary to have an Atlanta specialist. Th thorn was removed and Neil is quite himself again. DR. SHARP CONDUCTS PRAYER SERVICE In the absence of Rev. J. E. Ellis, the Methodist congregation was fav¬ ored with a strong message from Dr. J. t \. Sharp of Emory University Ac¬ ademy, Oxford. Dr. Sharp selected for his theme the “Unprofitable Servant”, Luke 17 and revealed the Christians secret of a hap¬ py life. COVINGTON FAMILY WINS WILL SUIT Richmond, Ya.,—As a result of a decision just rendered by the Virginia supreme court of appeals upholding the validity of the will of Alfred W. Deal ing, who died at his home in Rap¬ pahannock county in 1916 leaving an estate valued at half a million .dollars, the five children of his brother, the late John J. Hearing, of Covington, Ga. will share equally in half the estate, the remainder to be divided equally between five nephews and nieces in this state. The children of the Georgia brother are Eugenia'bearing and Alice Dearing, John Dearirfg. of Covington, and Mrs. Eva Calloway, of Athens, and Alfred E. Dom ing, of Tennessee. Validity of the wiU was contested by several nephews and a niece of Alfred W. Dearing, who are the child¬ ren of the late William A. Dearing, of Amherst county Virginia. Alfred W. Dearing died a bachelor at the age of eighty-nine. The con¬ testants charged that undue influence was brought to bear on him when he made his will. The case was tried three times before it. reached the ap¬ pellate court, a hung jury resulting at the Jirst and second trials. EDITORS ENJOY ATHEN S HOSPITALITY A joint meeting of 'the Eighth and Ninth District Press Associations was held at the Georgian Hotel in.Athens. Air. Ernest Gamp of Monroe, presiding. Mr. Julian S. Goetchins was master of ceremonies several gracious wel comes by prominent citizens, were ex¬ tended. The program was well carried out. At noon the visitors were the guests of the Chamber of Commerce at a luncheon served in the dinning room of the Georgian Hotel, of which E. W. Carroll, is secretary. Editor J. W. McWhorter acted as toastmaster. E. W. Carroll, the Chamber of Com meroe and the city of Athens were vdted thanks for the entertainment features and other courtesies extended the newspaper people. FORD DETERMINED TO SECURE SHOALS Detroit, Mich.,—Declaring that “if it’s the last thing I do in this world, I’ll exert every resource and Influence at mv command to keep the hands of Wall street off Muscle Shoals,” Henry Ford broke his silence maintained dur¬ ing the last two months with regard to his offer fo lease and operate the government project in Alabama. Mr. Ford made the statement to The Detroit News in response to an intimation reaching him to the effect that because of his silence, the people of the southern states had begun to won¬ der whether he had lost interest in the project. "Tell these people of the soutlW’ Mr. Ford said, “that Wall street will have no part either in financing or operating Muscle Shoals if I can help it. If it’s the last thing I do I’ll exert every resource and influence at my command to keep the hands of Wall street off the shoals project and perpetuate it as a great example to the American people—a living example of what they can do if they will safe¬ guard the country’s waterpower and develop it.” Freedom For Industry “In MuseleShoals lies the freedom of American industry,” Mr. Ford con¬ tinued. "During the war the country turned its every resource to help free the world from militarism—a mili¬ tarism fostered by an international money power. Now, in the same way, we are going to fight to the last ditch to free American industry and Amer¬ ican agricultural from that same money power. If the American people once can catch the idea of what power means—how if can be put to service in a thousand ways, cutting the cost of'industrial power to minimum and thus, through better service, make pos sible a higher standard of living for all people at a greatly reduced cost—they neveii again will submit to the propo sit ion that to get power they must pay tribute to Wall street. “Ail the people need to catch the idea, is an example. A potential ex¬ ample lies at Muscle Shoals. In a sense, the destiny of the American people*for centuries to come lies there on the Tennessee river, because whoever controls a nation’s power controls that nation’s people. "America’s power today is depend ent on the steam power of coal. The great private financiers own the bulk of the country’s coal mines. These finainciers, centered in Wall street, have a strangle hold on the industry and transportaion of the country. To Stop Tribute "If Muscle Shoals is developed along unselfish lines it will work so splen¬ didly and so simply that in no time hundreds of other waterpower develop¬ ments will spring up all over the country and the days of American in¬ dustry paying tribute for its power would be gone forever. Every human being^ln the country would reap the benefit. I am consecrated to the prin ciple of freeing American industry. All I want is a chance at Muscle Shoals and, if its the last thing I do on this earth. I’ll fight for that chance." In speaking of the fight being waged against him on the Muscle Shoals pro ject^ Mr. Ford said: "Work should be going on at the shoals all this spring and summer be cause if the thing isn’t settled so xvork can be done when the river is low. a great part of the project of completing dam No. 2 and building dam No. 3 must be put over until 1923. It would be tragic to hold off employment of so many thousands of men for another year when the need of work is so gen¬ eral and so great.” Is Not Worried. Asked if he beleived congress would consent to lease the property to him, he said: ‘•‘All I have to say to that is that I have a great faith ii^ the sound judgement of the American people and trust they will not stand silent and let \\ all street put anything over on their representatives at Washington. I am not worried a bit.” Mr. Ford declared he had no doubt but that the government had the power to give him clear title to the Muscle Shoals property. MR. GARY ATTENDS CHEROCOLA CONVENTION Mr. J. X. Gary was in Columbus, this week, attending the convention of CheroCola men, where three hundred representatives were registered from all parts of the country. This convention of Chero-cola Bot¬ tlers, was the first to be held since the the entry of the United States into World War. The session took place in the big conventio.n hall of the local Chero Cola plant.