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BRIEF NEWS NOTES
WHAT HAS OCCURRED DURING
WEEK THROUGHOUT COUN
TRY AND ABROAD
EVENTS OFJMPORTANCE
Gathered From All Parte Of Tha
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Foreign—
It is officially announced that the
Relglan government has agreed to the
terms of the Franco-British disarma
ment note to Germany.
The disaffection in the Greek navy
reported in Athens advices is due to
the suspicion of some of the officers
that the minister of marine has been
guilty of favoritism in making promo
tions.
The Portuguese cabinet headed by
Alvaro Castro has resigned. The Cas
tro cabinet was formed last Decem
ber.
Replying to the American notes of
protest, the Roumanian foreign office
states that the provisions of the pro
jected mining law do not contemplate
confiscation of American oil proper
ties in Roumania nor interfering with
the legitimate rights of American cap
ital.
Thirty miners were asphyxiated the
other day by an explosion in the col
liery at Harogleggnitz, Austria.
The chief of the Yokohama customs
force apologized to United States Con
sul Kemper for discourteous treatment
to the American passengers of the
President Madison.
A resolution establishing the prin
ciple of racial equality has been intro
duced by the Japanese delegation at
the annual congress of the internation
al union of the League of Nations as
sociatmn, now meeting at Lyons,
France.
Pointer Herriot of France is deter
mined that the Ruhr must continue to
be occupied and that the funds to
cover the expense of occupation must
provided, even though he Bhould
be defeated by his insistence on this
point.
Belfast.—A terrific tornado, unpre
cedented in the history of Belfast,
struck the city recently, resulting in
extensive damage. Many buildings
were wrecked and some persons injur
ed. The tornado swept over the
heart of the city with great intensity.
Roofs were torn from houses, the slato
Hhingles flying in all directions. Hun
dreds of persons had to cling to lamp
posts and railings for safety.
Premier Mussolini, speaking in the
senate on the case of Deputy Mat
totti, believed to have been murdered,
declared that Justice would be meted
out irrespective of whether the guilty
parties were high officials.
The United States will be invited to
send a representative to tho propos
ed allied conference in London in July
in any capacity the American govern
ment thinks fit- Japan will be in
cluded among the nations invited. It
is hoped that Premier Mussolini of It
aly will be able to represent his na
tion in person.
The entire majority of the Italian
chamber of deputies, about 300 in all,
met in the Hall of the Consistory at
the Palazzo Venesia, listened to a
speech by Premier Mussolini and
unanimously voted a resolution of con
fidence in the government.
The journeymen bakers of Paris
have voted an immediate strike, de
manding abolition of night work and
the institution of higher wages. The
government is preparing to open mili
tary bakeries.
Suit for divorce was filed at Paris
by Mrs. Lydig Hoyt, actress and so
ciety beauty, on grounds of incompati
bility.
W ashington—
Curt Jacobson of New York City,
accused as a leader in a conspiracy to
counterfeit SI,OOO bills, was sentenced
in the United States District of Co
lumbia supreme court to ten years in
the penitentiary.
Efforts of Joseph Wheless, New
York attorney, to have the soldier bo
nus law declared unconstitutional by
iourt, failed when Justice Stafford dis
missed his injunction suit.
Dr. Robert Simpson Woodward,
president of the Carnegie institution,
died recently after a prolonged ill
ness. His widow and three sons sur
vive.
The American round-the-world fly
ers will hop off from Rangoon at dawn
for Akyab, Burma, the air service was
advised. The plane which received
slight injuries when it alighted at Ran
goon is being repaired. The ships
are being adjusted to the lighter air
conditions of the tropics by removal
of excess weight.
Continuance of the present wage
scale and working conditions, with a
few changes in favor of the men, has
been agreed upon, it was announced
at the shipping board by the Masters
Mates and Piiots’ association, the Nep
tune association and the Marine En
gineers’ Beneficial association. The
agreement is effective July 1 and runs
for a year.
Cyrus E. Woods, ambassador to
Japan, formally presented his resigna
tion to President Coolidge and it was
accepted with an expression of appre
ciation for his services. Referring to
the Japanese exclusion provision in
the immigration law, Mr. Woods de
clared Japan was conducting herself
in the situation "with the dignity of
a great nation.”
Republicans will direct an attack on
the Democratic solid south in the ap
proaching congressional campaign
committee, said after a conference at
the white house. The campaign in the
south will be centered, he said, on
Texas, Alabama, Tennessee and North
Carolina.
Brigadier General Charles E. Sawyer
has resigned as personal physician to
the president. The action was taken,
it was explained, so that he could re
turn to Marion, Ohio, and devote his
attention to the Harding Memorial
association. The resignation was ac
cepted by President Coolidge.
Jules Jusserand, ambassador from
France, called on President Coolidge
to say goodbye before his return to
France for a summer vacation. He
will sail soon expecting to return In
September. A laugh and a shrug of
the shoulder greeted queries on re
ports that he might be recalled by the
new ministry of France. “I have been
here for 22 years,” he said, "and dur
ing most of that time I have heard
these rumors. Some day, of course, it
must happen.”
Domestic —
A swirling, twisting tornado, blown
up out of the Northwest, took, a death
toll that may reach two hundred or
more in Cleveland, Lorain, East Lo
rain, Vermillion, Sandusky, ( Cedar
Point and other Northern Ohio towns,
reports from all available sources in
dicate. The property damage may
run as high as twenty-five million dol
lars.
J. Frank Irwin of New York, chair
man of the national committee on re
habilitation, was elected national com
mander of the Disabled American Vet
erans at the fourth annual convention
held in Salt Lake City, Utah. .
A still at the United Refinery at
Warren, Pa., exploded, resulting in
the death of Melvin Evans,-who was
caught under a shower of burning oil.
Dorris Twomey, at Columbia, Tenn.,
shot Robert Wilson, negro, in open
court. The negro died instantly. Wil
son was being tried for an alleged as
sault on Twomey's sister.
The appellate division of the New
York supreme court affirmed the or
der of Judge McCook denying an In
junction to the Producing Managers’
association against the Actors Equity
association and the Managers’
tive association.
Mrs. Albert Elder, 35, Chattandftfga;"
Tenn., w r as trapped in an apartment
house fire and burned to death. A
score of other occupants escaped, in
injured, in their night clothes.
It is announced from Martinsburg,
W. Va., that six plants of the. Inter
woven Mills, Inc., men’s hose, have
suspended indefinitely.
Miss Elwild Wickersham, 21, Cuya
hoga Falls, Ohio, and Howard H‘. Co
vert, Medina, Ohio., were killed In’an
aeroplane accident recently at Altv**!
Ohio. AplW'.
Fifteen indictments pendinglh&ainst
Warren T. McCray, former gifvewior’
of Indiana, were dismissed .by J.sdge
James A. Collins, at the request of
Clarence W. Nichols, special pjtose'tu
tor. ' . ,
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Amid scenes unprecedented, iq na.
tional political gatherings, the ‘Demo
cratic national convention adopted its
platform, escaped the* Inclusion ofi-an
anti-Klan plank by the narrow margin
of one vote and then adjourned over
Sunday.
The New York City grand Jury de
clined to indict Frank Tiney, actor
comedian, on charges of assault made
by Imogen Wilson, "Folies” chorus
girl, and the complaint was dismissed.
Louis Thompson, 24, committed sui
cide at his home near Switzer, S. C.,
after fatally wounding his wife by
beating her with a shotgun.
Joint farm bureau and poultry pro
ducers’ meetings will be held soon at
Toney, Ala., and New Hoqje. Ala., and
it is expected that great good will be
accomplished for these interests.
Resolutions holding that the church,
in passing on an act for the declara
tion of war, invades the prerogatives
of the state, and declaring for funda
mentalism, were adopted at the pastor
al conference of the Northern Illinois
District of the Missouri synod of the
Lutheran church, held in Chicago.
THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
6A. HIGHWAY BOARD
URGES BOHD ISSUE
RECOMMEND ALL GASOLINE TAX
MONEY BE SPENT ON
STATE ROADS
STATE NEWSJIF INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Here
And There From All Sections
Of The State
Atlanta. —Recommendation that all
money derived from the gasoline tax
be spent on state roads and that a
70,000,000 bond issue be floated for
the construction of a large mileage
of hard-surfaced roads Is made in
the annual report of the state high
way department. .
The amount of money received from
the gasoline tax is estimated at one
million dollars per annum, according
to the report, which, matched with
federal aid, 1b about the only source
of revenue this department will have
for building state roads, it is stated.
Department officials believe that the
county aid fund is about exhausted,
and that future progress with perma
nent roads will have to be financed by
the state.
The seventy million dollar bond is
sue could be handled by the present
organization of the department, and
it is estimated that it would be put
into hard-surfaced roads within a pe
riod of seven years. Under the pres
ent plan, Georgia would receive from
the federal government, in this seven
years, about fifteen million dollars,
making a total of eighty-five million
dollars, which would build roads and
bridges to the extent of four thousand
miles during that time.
During the year 1924, approximately
eight hundred miles of roads and
bridges, making a total of mileage of
2,926.1, have been completed, are un
der construction or will be completed,
the report shows. The esimated cost
of roads and bridges for which funds
have been provided and plans made
is $5,296,620.50, making a total of $33,-
050,896.83.
The amount received last year from
the motor vehicle fund was $2,099,-
179.09, and from the gas tax fund,
0261,505.26, It is reported. In addition
to this the state received from the
federal government $2,134,879.32 and
$1,519,404.91 from the counties, making
a total, including interest on bank de
posits, of $6,018,239.80.
The cost of maintaining dirt roads
in Georgia is estimated at $250 per
mile per annum, the report shows.
Defunct Bank’s Liabilities Taken Over
Albany.—The Georgia National bank
will take over the assets and liabili
ties of the Citizens’ First National
bank, which closed its doors on Feb
ruary 13 last. When the Citizens
First National bank closed its doors,
it had more than a half million dol
lars of deposits. A committee ha#
been at work on the problem foi>
than four months. The
just announced guarantees that’ de
positors will receive their money in
full. The Georgia National bank guar
antees to pay one-third of the deposits
January 1, 1925; one-third January 1/
1926, and January. 1, 1926. W- ;
Woman Enters Legislative Race
Jackson.—The local political cam
paign has been enlivened by the an
nouncement of Miss Lucile Akin, of
Jenkinsburg, for representative in the,
general assembly. Miss Akin is oppos
ing J. L. Lyons, incumbent, who is a
candidate for re-election. Miss Akin
is an honor .graduate of Shorter col
lege and president of the Sixth
trict Federation of Women’s Clubs?'
Her work as president of the Butts’
county Federation of Women’s Club#
gave her a wide announcement, sjie
states, is prompted by the desire to
render service to the people of" the
tounty.
Name Committee For Caravan
Waycross.—The chamber of com
merce has appointed a committee com
posed of G. R. King, chairman; S. G.
Coleman, J. R. Whitman, Max Gil
more and C. L. Persons to have charge
of the proposed tobacco caravan. This
committee is now* actively at work
.preparing to- round up at least 100
-ftutomoblllsts to go all through Wart
county advertising Waycross as a
.trade center
To Generate Power Again Soon
Moultrie. —Before the end of July
the Baker county power company will
be distributing hydro-electric energy
generated in its own plant, according
to a report received here from the cor
poration’s office at Newton. The plant
has been idle for about a year and
a half as a result of serious washouts.
It will be late this year, however, be
fore the rebuilding of the dam is com
pleted.
GEORGIA TO MAKfc
EXHIBIT AT NEW YORK
Atlanta And Other Georgia Cities Will
Be Represented At Industrial
Exposition
Atlanta.— Decision of the chamber
of commerce to present an Atlanta
exhibit at the Southern Industrial ex
position, which is to be held in the
Grand Central Palace, New York, next
January, is the latest result of ef
forts to obtain for Georgia the $5,000
worth of advertising offered by the
Manufacturers’ Record as a prize for
the best state showing.
Aside from the prize, however, it
was the opinion of B. S. Barker, sec
retary of the chamber, that the pub
licity resulting from participation in
the big two-weeks’ show, in which
eleven Southern states will be repre
sented, will reward amply all exhibit
ors. With this in mind, he will ask
all industrial firms in the city to co
operate in making Atlanta’s exhibit
live up to her already high reputation
as the industrial center of the South,
the big two-weelts’ show, in which
Savannah, Macon and Columbus also
will have individual exhibits, with their
prospective chambers of commerce in
charge of arrangements. The Georgia
Industrial association is supervising
the state exhibit, co-operating in the
work with the exposition committee
appointed for Georgia by William G.
Sirrine, of Greenville, S. C., who is
president of the exposition.
This Georgia committee is composed
of the following: E. B. Walker, man
ager of the Savannah board of trade,
chairman; R E. L. Neal, Albany, vice
chairman; J. Ralston Cargill, Colum
bus; B. S. Barker, Atlanta, and Spen
cer L. Hart, Augusta.
The purpose of the exposition is to
bring to the attention of the whole
country the remarkable progress in in
dustrial development made by the
South in recent years.
Unidentified Man Seriously Hurt
Atlanta. —An unidentified white
man, about 35 years old, found recent
ly in a vacant lot at the corner of
Spring and Mills streets, which is
considerably below the street level,
was treated at Grady hospital for a
fractured skull and Internal injuries.
Police think he met with violence and
was thrown Into the lot by his assail
ants. He had not regained conscious
ness and doctors held out little hope
for his recovery. A theory that the
man fell down the bank accidentally,
was discounted by detectives who
found that the vicinity Is well lighted
and who state that the victim had not
been drinking. Although the man had
no papers on his person which might
aid In identification, police hope to
find relatives.
$50,000 Damage Caused By Fire
Atlanta. —Flames destroyed the en
tire stock of groceries and feed in the
store of the Gordon Grocery company,
191 Peters street, and damaged the
four-story building. The loss was esti
mated at $50,000. The flames were
confined to the store in which the
fire started. The cause of the fire has
fciot. been determined. It began in the
rysar- of ,th£ store, where a quantity of
hay was stored. In addition to the
damage 'to the building occupied by
the’. Jordon Grocery oompany, consid
erate loss from smoke and water was
at the store adjoining, 189 Pet
ers’street.
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TpbAfcco Yield In Balnbrldge Is Good
‘ f Bainhjidge.—Those farmers who
planted tobacco this year, and espe
cially those who poisoned for insects,
are jubilant over the good crop and
are gathering iL It is said that
this cf&p *will. be the best that has
b4eri raised in, ( this county. Some of
.gplpg-to have as good crops as here
p4o*fqre on’account of not using poison
ispr inserts that infected the leaves a
'few w.g'eks ago.
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Shellrhan Man Killed In Auto Crash
Shellman.—S. B. Johnson of Shell
man was killed near Cuthbert at night
whep the automobile in which he was
riding collided with a heavy car driven
bjl Doctor Patterson of Cuthbert, John
son’s car turning over several times
The Injured man was taken to a ho*
pltal In Cuthbert, and died about two
house later from a broken back.
Decatur County Gets Carload Of Cow*
Balnbrldge.—Decatur County Fanr
Agent D. E. Sawyer has left for Nash
ville, Tenn., for a car of cows. One
half of the cows are registered stock
They will be placed on the farm ol
Fleming & Hines for sale to the farm
ers. Feed is being raised for winter
use and barns are being put in bettei
shape for the cows.
Prepares For Bumper Hog Yield
Moultrie. —Figures gathered by buy
ers on the Southern stockyards here
indicate that from 10 to 12 per ceD;
fewer hogs will be marketed by sout't
and middle Georgia farmers this fall
I and winter
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ROADSf3
ENGINEERS WATCHING
DETROIT EXPERIMENT
- Ultimately, when the horse and bug
gy idea gives place to the motor tract
partation plan nationally, automobiles
must be allowed to travel over long
stretches of right of way at their max
Imum speed. Wider roads entering
population centers, division of high
ways into their logical freight, local
and express lines, and the unification
of transportation laws throughout the
United States will make all this pos
sible.
So, at least, say engineers of the
Middle West and the transport experts
now busily engaged in working out the
growing road problems of practically
every community of any size in Illinois,
Indiana and lowa, writes J. L. Jenkins
in the Chicago Tribune.
All of them are looking eastward
this spring toward Detroit, where
Wayne county pavement pioneers are
pushing the construction of a 200-foot
right of way from Detroit to Pontiac,
with just this idea of segregating high
way traffic and putting automobile op
eration into the scientific transporta
tion field where It belongs.
When completed this highway will
provide tracks in its center for fast and
local railways. On the outside two
40-foot pavements will carry the nuta
mobile traffic. These one-way lines
will provide for slow-moving and local
cars on the inside lines and for fast,
through motors on the outside speed
ways. Cross traffic will be protected,
according to the first plan, by elevat
ing the intersections and dividing the
grades.
Thus the cars used to transport pas
sengers or light freight for long dis
tances will be given a chance to oper
ate at maximum efficiency and mini
mum expense without endangering the
joy-riders, the slow-moving trucks and
the myriad other tardy vehicles which
form the real barrier on any open
road.
Uniform Road Rules Are
Being Urged by Railways
Arguments for a federal rules of the
road act to secure uniformity and re
duce automobile accidents all over the
country were advanced before the com
mittee on commerce, trade and com
mercial law of the American Bar as
sociation by Herbert E. Rowe, chair
man of the committee on the preven
tion of highway crossing accidents of
the American Railway association, and
D. E. Minard, general attorney of the
Erie railroad. The committee met at
the Chamber of Commerce of the State
of New York, 65 Liberty street.
Doubt as to the legal practicability
of the plan was expressed by some
members of the Bar association com
mittee. Mr. Rowe will file a briei
and the recommendations of the com
mittee will be announced at the forth
coming annual meeting of the Bar as
sociation.
W. H. H. Piatt of Kansas City,
chairman of the committee, said tha
the differences in the rules of the road
in various states were a decided de -
riment, now that country-wide au
tomobile travel had become common.
Method for Increasing
Strength of Concrete
The strongest concrete will he oh
tained by the least possible nmui
of water In the mixing to produce
plastic mortar or mix, but ft er
concrete is placed the concrete s m
be kept wet for at least ten days,
great strength of wear or strai
needed as in highways.
Keeping the concrete damp tne
ten-days adds 75 per cent to its
presslve strength, and adds >•
cent to its resistance to wear.
weeks of constant moisture "
still greater strength and res - ;
Constant sprinkling may not 1
sible. Cover the concrete deeply
dirt, sand, hay or anything
hold moisture and it will se
purpose desired.
Good Roads Facts
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It is estimated by h ’/ h 'J. ay
that the extent of surfaced • he< j
the United States win have e
at least 450.000 miles by the
the first quarter of 1924.
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Massachusetts has b^’’ n
wide drive against the billboa ~e„artl
ine its highways. The ,f ta heer.‘em
inent of public works ba? . Over
powered to regulate biu UII ( that
tising by the process of
industry. Violation of the n ?lOQ
lations is punishable by ann • {he
for the first offense and
second.