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OVER THE WORLD.
FOR THE MjSY READER
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Foreign—
Half the returns in the Swedish ref
erendum on the question of prohibition
Indicates strong tendency against pro
hibition. The ballots thus far report
ed 650,753 voted against and 432,663
for such a measure, it is reported from
Stockholm.
Anthony H. Z. Fokker, the Dutch air
plane inventor, established anew rec
ord in motorless aviation by remaining
in the air 13 minutes with a passen
ger In a biplane constructed by him
self, at Fula, Germany.
Sensational developments affecting
the disposal of the huge publishing en
terprises of the late Viscount North
cliffe, including the future of the pow
erful London Times, are now prom
ised. Assertions that the publisher
left two wills, one executed shortly be
fore his death, led to predictions that
a bitter legal fight will be made for
control of the Northcliffe newspapers
and periodicals.
With the gulf between France and
Great Britain as wide as ever, the rep
arations commission is working des
perately to find a compromise plan
which will give Germany the economic
relief she seeks and, at the same time,
prevent a spit In the entente. France
wants Germany to pay in cold cash,
and England favors a moratorium for
Germany.
Statements made by proponents of
the Hawaiian labor relief bill now be
fore congress, at a hearing in Wash
ington before the senate immigration
committee, that Japanese are attempt
ing to obtain economic and political
control of these islands, “are grossly
exaggerated if not wholly unfounded,”
according to an hfficial statement is
sued by the Japanese Society of Ha
waii.
According to returns published by
the department of finance, the exports
to China and Manchuria during June
amounted to 27,631,000 yen and the
imports from China and Manchuria to
8,213,000 yen.
Attention is called by the press of
Tokyo, Japan, to the remarkable in
crease of dishonored bills in Japan.
The total amount of the bills dishon
ored by the ond of June aggregated
830.000 yon.
The hotel employees of the capital
have proclaimed a goneral strike fol
lowing refusal of their demands for in
clusion of a 10 uper cent tip in all
hills presented to guests. The guests
are being obliged to cook their own
meals.
The unionists in Guatemala have
overthrown the government of Presi
dent Orellana, and the president is
fleeing the country, says a dispatch
printed by El Universal Grafico, from
Its correspondent at Tapachala, Chia
pas, quoting advices received from Gua
temala.
Washington—
Immediate consideration of the
romorono corrupt practices bill, limit
ing congressional campaign expendi
tures in the general elections,, was
blocked by the objection of Senator
Shields of Tennessee.
The Virginian Railway company has
been granted authority by the inter
state commerce commlsion to increase
its dividend rate on $27,955,000 of its
outstanding prefered stock from 5 to
C per cent.
More than 350,000 office-holders have
dropi>ed from the federal government’s
payrolls since the signing of the ar
mistice, the civil service commission
reports.
A favorable report on the amended
Pomerene bill to regulate expendi
tures in connection with the election
of senators and representatives was
ordered by the senate election com
mittee.
An amazing exhibition of fortitude,
resolution and downright gameness on
the part of 14-yearold Russell Miller,
was the main factor in his remarkable
recovery from an attack of lockjaw, ac
cording to the doctors of a Washing
ton hospital.
Secretary Weeks made public the
findings of a special army board hold
ing that Lieutenant-Colonel Paul W.
Beck, army air service, shot by for
mer Judge Joan Bay in the latter’s
Oklahoma City residence last April,
met his death “in line of duty.”
The administration bill for crea
tion of a federal commission to ob
tain all facts possible relating to the
coal industry and on which miners
and operators were denied represen
tation, was passed by the house 219
to 55.
Formal anouncement finaly was made
recently at the state department that
representations regarding the smug
gling of aliens into the United States
from Cuba had been cabled to the
Cuban government.
The bonus bill was jammed between
pending strike legislation in the sen
ate, and hopes for passage before the
middle of next week practically were
abandoned. The senate has suddenly
decided to give its first attention to
strike legislation, temporarily laying
aside the bonus.
The senate privileges and election
committee has ordered favorably re
ported the Pomorene corrupt practices
bill, which limits campaign expendi
tures of congressional candidates in
the general elections. Under the bill
a senatorial candidate would not be al
lowed to spend more than SIO,OOO and
a candidate for the house not more
than $5,000. The bill also provides for
publication and audit of all campaign
accounts.
Chairman John Barton Payne of the
American Red Cross left Washington,
and will sail from New York on the
Majestic to attend a meeting in Paris
of the hoard of governors of the League
of the Red Cross societies, of which he
is chairman. The board sessians will
open September 11.
Domestic—
A tornado which swirled through
Henry county, Kentucky, did property
damage estimated at $600,000, not in
cluding the destruction of the tobac
co crop valued at $500,000.
A daring plot to escape from the
federal penitentiary at Leavenworth,
Kans., by dynamiting gates and shoot
ing down the guards was frustrated
by the confession of a trusty.
County police questioned Mrs. George
Cline in an effort to obtain more in
formation concerning the killing of
John Bergen, a motion picture actor,
by George Cline, the woman’s husband,
just as a duel was to have taken place
in their home at Edgewater, N. J.
Twenty - three additional warrants
calling for a total of forty arrests, in
cluding five wimen, were Issued in con
nection with the Communist conven
tion by federal officers at Bridgman,
Mich.
Industry, the country over, must
“throw up liis hand in surrender’’ with
in a few weeks if the rail and coal
strikes continue, Henry Ford declares
in announcing the decision of the Ford
Motor company to close its plants at
Detroit and in many other cities Sep
tember 16, because of the fuel situa
tion. Mr. Ford holds financial inter
ests responsible for the industrial tie
up, declaring the “money barons” are
manipulating the labor unions and that
public officials, state and nation, are
impotent in the crisis. The strikes will
end, he says, “when the majority of the
people are cold and hungry enough to
resort to drastic action.”
Because her husband “kicked her pet
cat,” Mrs. Rose Sipos of Cleveland,
Ohio, decided she was through with this
terestrial globe and went out through
the suicide road
One man was killed outright and 34
persoTis injured, some believed seri
ously, when an nuto truck carrying a
strawride party was ditched over a
steep embankment near Baltimore, Ma
ryland.
Six men charfled with beating W. W.
Lynch, 75, farmer, and his daughter.
Mrs. Frank Pope, 45, were bound over
to the Wake county, N. C., superior
court after a hearing before a justice
of the peace.
William Z. Foster, radical leader,
w'as arrested here and held for Mich
igan authorities for alleged participa
tion in the communist convention at
Bridgeman, Mich. A warrant charg
ing Foster with violation of the Mich
igan anti-syndicalism law was issued
at St. Joe.
Van H. Martmell, 72, of New York,
formerly president of the Kelly-Spring
field Tire company, died at the home
of his brother at Springfield, Ohio.
Federal and state regulation of coal
should be abandoned entirely ‘‘unless
congress takes immediate steps to set
up a fuel administration that will have
the authority of the law behind it.”
William W. Potter, state fuel adminis
trator declared at Lansing, Mich.
Approximately 500 persons formed a
ring recently in whoch tw’o women,
Eileen Clossen, 35, and Sadie B. Pal
mer, 32, fought with bare fists for the
love of a man. The man, a witness
of the fray is said to have told the con
testants he w'ould throw his affections
to the winner.
Policeman by day and robber by
night has been the existence of John
F. Conners, member of a police auto
squad, according to charges he faced
recently at Chicago.
Three persons are reported dead, a
score injured and more than half the
business district of Haskell, Okla..
went up in flames. Te fire is believed
to have been caused by the ignition
:of gas fume? by a cigarette. The Mus
kogee fire department was rushed to
the town, about twenty-two miles
northwest of Haskell. Six buildings
on the east side of the main business
{street are complete losses.
THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
PACKERS TO APPEAL
COMMISSION ORDER
MOULTRIE PLANT TO CONTINUE
WHILE COURT OF APPEALS
HEARS THE CASE
STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Here And
There From All Sections Of
The State
Moultrie.—Swift & Company, will go
‘o the United States circuit court of
appeals in a fight to set aside the
>rder of the federal commission,
which directed them to dispose
>f their interests in the pack
ing house here and their other south
ern plant, which is located at Anda
usia, Ala.
In the meanwhile the Moultrie plant
will continue to operate while the case
is pending in court, H. McDowell, man
ager, stated.
Publication of the trade commis
sion’s order in the morning papers
created the widest interests through
jut this section, scores of telephone
sails being made by live stock men
md shippers who were anxious over
he situation.
Those w r ho closely followed the va
•ious steps in the trade commission’s
nvestigation of the purchase of the
slant here stated that the order di
•ecting Swift and Company to divest
tself of its interest in it was based
?olely on a technical violation of the
Ulayton act, and feel certain that the
ligh court will refuse to sustain the
sommission.
While it is a violation of the Clay
.on act for one corporation to buy
dock in another with the result of
lessening competition, a corporation
nay acquire or possess another cor
poration engaged in the same business
by taking a bill of sale for the physical
property.
One of the hearings held in connec
;ion with the investigation made by
:he trade commission was staged at
this place, and many witnesses were
juestioned with a view of determining
whether or not the sale of the plant
,o Swift & Company served to lessen
competition in the buying of live
dock. All of those examined insisted
hat instead of it making Moultrie a
poorer market, the sale of the plant
actually increased competition.
Sumter Farmers Are Selling Cotton
Americas. —With more than 1,200
jales of cotton already ginned and
weighed at Americus warehouses,
:here were less than a dozen bales un
sold in Sumter county. Six hundred
sales of 1921 cotton held in storage
since last fall are not included in the
loregoing statement with the price
•anging around 22 1/8 cents. Sumter
farmers this year seem satisfied to
dispose of their cotton immediately af
ter it is picked, using the money to
pay off their obligations. Asa result
if this new money, there has been gen
eral reaction in all lines of business
Here, and merchants are already begin
ning to reap a golden harvest along
i with the farmer who sells his bales as
soon as they can he marketed.
Americus Faces Coal Supply Shortage
Americus.— Along with other cities
hroughout the country, Americus
faces a coal shortage. Normal stocks
it this season, according to local coal
dealers, total approximately 2,500 tons,
whereas there now are stored in local
bins only about 250 tons, or less than
i day’s supply in cold weather. House
holders have permitted their bins to
become unusually low because of high
' prices prevailing during the summer,
this fact adding to the acuteness of
the situation. Coal prices here range
from sll for the gest grade grate coal
to $9 for other grades.
Business Booming In Sumter
Americas.—With more than twelve
.‘tundred bales of cotton already ginned
end weighed at Americus warehouses,
there are less than a dozen bales un
sold in Sumter county. Six hundred
hales of 1921 cotton held in storage
since last fall are not included in the
foregoing statement with the price
ranging around 22 1-8 cents. Sumter
farmers this year seem satisfied to
dispose of their cotton immediately
after it is picked, using the money to
pay off their obligations. Asa result
business is booming.
Thieves Are Active In Americus
Americus. —Sneak thieves recently
entered and robbed four homes in
Americus. At the home of J. C. Den
ham on Felder street SSO in cash was
taken, while $lO was overlooked by the
thieves. Three dollars and a gold
watch were stolen from the home of
G. R. Ellis, president of the Empire
Bank of Americus. The thieves were
frightened off before they could take
any booty, after they entered the home
of Walter Rylander. A week or more
ago S3O in cash was stolen from the
home of Henry Stanfield.
INSURANCE COMPANIES
PAY $1,679,000 AT ATLANTA
Atlanta.—A total of $1,679,(100 was
paid to the estates and heirs of Atlanta
citizens who died in 1921, according to
the report of the Insurance Press of
August 23, ranking Atlanta thirteenth
among the cities of the United States.
The largest single claim was on
the death of Albert Kaufman, Atlan
ta manufacturer, whose insurance to
taled $122,500.
Other prominent Georgians having
large policies were: Hollis C. Bard
man, of Augusta, $155,000; Frank T.
Hardwick, of Dalton, $80,000; and
Charles G. Bell, of Savannah, $43,000.
The three largest policies of Atlantans
after Mr. Kaufman were: Roby Rob
inson, $54,962; Walter W. Lowe, $46,-
000; David Zaban, $46,000. W. H.
Crawford Wheatley, of Americus, had
a claim of $90,000.
Georgia cities ranked as follows:
Atlanta, $1,679,000; Augusta, $487,-
000; Savannah, $423,000; Macon, $346,-
000; Americus, 163,000; Dalton, $137,-
000; Columbus, $136,000; Rome, $115,-
000; LaGrange, $86,000; Statesboro,
$85,000; Brunswick, $83,000; Athens,
$74,000; White Plains, $71,000; Elber
ton, $57,000; Fitzgerald, $56,000; New
nan, $55,000; Griffin, $50,000; Conyers,
$49,000; Eastman, $45,000; Lincolnton,
$44,000; Grayson, $40,000; College
Park, $38,000; Douglas, $38,000; Mon
roe $37,000; Iron City, $35,000; Rut
ledge, $35,000; Decatur, $34,000; Mon
tezuma, $34,000; Shellman, $32,000;
Leesburg, $31,000.
Title “Realtor” Is Copyrighted
Atlanta—The title ' “realtor” is ap
plicable only to real estate dealers
who are members of real estate boards
which are affiliated with the National
Association of Real Estate boards, it
was stated by Douglas McArthur, sec
retary of the local board recently in
connection with a news story in which
the name was used in reference to a
real estate man not connected with the
board. The word is copyrighted, Mr.
McArthur stated, by the national asso
ciation. Ward Wight is president of
the Atlanta realtors and Albert Adams
is vice president. The A. W. Braselton,
widely known Atlanta real estate man
who a local jeweler accused of misap
propriating gems, is not a “realtor,”
according to a statement from the sec
retary of the board.
Brighter Outlook In Ben Hill County
Fitzgerald.—Local merchants are re
porting gradually increasing business
for the past three weeks, due to the im
proved conditions of the farmers. The
cotton crop is being gathered and a
good price is being received for cotton
and cotton seed. Members of the
Georgia Cotton corporation, who have
joined the cotton pool are delivering
their cotton as per contract and are re
ceiving 12 cents a pound. It is gen
erally believed that this collective sell
ing of the cotton crop will help secure
better prices for non-members as well
Mllledgeville Women Vote First Time
Milledgeville.—The women of Mill
edgeville cast their first vote in the
election of the board of trustees of
the Georgia Military college. The legis
lature passed a hill changing the form
of electing the seven trustees of the
college and the old board, which was
self-perpetuating, was automatically
abolished. The election was held to
choose seven new trustees. The wom
en turned out largely and the vote
polled by mid-afternoon was over six
hundred, a larger vote than has ever
been polled in any previous city elec
tions here.
Game Law Case Heard In Dublin
Macon.— Eight prominent business
men of Dublin were arraigned before
United States Commissioner W. E.
Martin here for violation of the migra
tory bird law. Bonds were fixed at
SIOO each and all were signed by T.
W. Hooks, proprietor of the Hotel La
nier. Arraigned were W. R. Worden,
T. G. Seay, R. M. Freeman, M. J. Guy
ton; H. M. Hatcher, R. L. Tindol, J-
T. Hadden and J. P. Jernlgan. Four
others, Izzie Bashinski, L. G. Stubbs,
W. A. Knight and J. S. Simmons, did
not appear.
Special School Tax Declared Illegal
Atlanta. —The Georgia supreme court
in a decision handed down recently
held that no county in the state can
increase its school tax levy of five
mills maximum unless an amendment
to the state constitution is voted by
two-thirds of the taxpayers providing
for the increase above the stipulated
levy. The decision was based on an
appeal case from Irwin county in which
taxpayers of that county sought a writ
of injunction to prevent a school tax
levy of seven and one-half mills from
being imposed.
Old Lady Dies Watching Children Play
Atlanta—Mrs. Josephine Brock Con
nallv died suddenly at the residence
of her daughter, Mrs. T. S. Wells, here.
Mrs. Connally was sitting in the back
yard watching children playing w r hen
she fell backwards. Death, which was
supposedly due to apoplexy, was in
stantaneous
A Tew ~
% Little %
j^Sn^Ues/^
HIS stopping point
“Paid your tailor’s bill vet?" asked
a friend.
‘Can’t,’’ replied the young man
“Paid the florist?’’
“Quite impos.”
What about your motoring hill?"
“They’re still sending it in."
“If you can’t pay for your own liv
ing,” exclaimed his friend, in disgust,
why don’t you be decent enough to
die?”
“And then run up an undertaker’s
bill?” retorted the young man. “My
dear chap, there’s a limit!”
He Was, Though.
“Norah,” said Mrs. Deadbeat, from
the top of the stairs, “tell the man
who is ringing the ’ ell that I am not
receiving today 1”
The servant girl went to the door
and said something to the man; then
she stepped into the hall and called
upstairs:
“I told him you were not receivin’
today, ma’am, but he says he ain't
deliverin’, he’s collectin’!”
A WISE LOCATION
Customer: I don’t want this fish,
ft don’t smell good.
C. Food: • Pardon me lady! It's
the cheese on the next counter, Isn’t
It terrible?
At Last.
Perpetual motion’s here—
Yes, it’s come.
Just watch your own stenog.
Chewing gum.
The Best to Be Hoped For.
“You appear to be universally popu
lar in your district.”
“There’s no such thing ns universal
popularity,” answered Senator Sor
ghum. “But Ido pride myself on the
fact that I have been able to limit my
unpopularity to an uninfluential mi
nority.”—Washington Star.
Time to Economize.
“A thousand dollar loan will put ms
on my feet,” said the citizen in dis
tress.
“Get on your feet first and I’ll talk
to you,” replied the banker.
“Eh?”
“You have a brand new sport car
parked out In front.”
Indiscretion.
“Did you encourage Sirs. Peckton to
seek political honors?”
“Yes,” said Mr. Peckton. "I toia
her a woman’s place was In the home
and in less than 48 hours she had an
nounced her candidacy."
A Voice Connoisseur.
“It’s very nice of you, Jack, dear, to
praise my singing, but you know
haven’t any range.”
“Never mind about the range, '
dear, when we are married, I
one.”
good company
“George says If I refuse
go to the dogs.” _ IIOBV like
“That’s the place for a F u " -
him.”
They're AH R'S 51 *
Oh. let the flappers flap-
We know they cannot
But we don't care a ra,.
We like the way they \oJk.
Anything Goes.
“You’ll have to enterta :.
Sxert yourself.” „
“I know an Irish J° ke ' < v?
“Is It fit for mixed con.. -- nrW> ,
“It’s fit for mixed compa-.
lays.”
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