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IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAYS GIVEN THE NEWS THE SOUTH What Is Taking Plaoe In Tha Bouth> land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs Foreign— Buenos Aires, Argentina, hears that anew government is being formed by the Brazilian revel forces, who are in complete control of Sao Paulo and the surrounding countryside. The city is calm under the rebel regime, and fighting has been reported. Twenty-six embattled French Com munists, led by the renowned Marty, Black sea mutineer, spread ttrror over the French chamber of deputies the other day when they viciously fought their fellow deputies who backed one of their number in calling Marty “a traitor.” Chairs were hurled across the chamber, barriers were battered down and ushers pummeled by the en raged Communists. According to authorities advices re ceived at Montevideo, Uruguay, from Santos and Port Alegre, the Brazilian rebels are continuing successfully their operation, which are directed against the government of President Bernades. It is stated that they are in complete control of Sao Paulo, and it is feared that the movement may extend to all Brazil. The city of Messina, Sicily, which at ill bears the marks of the devasta ting earthquake which centered world attention upon it. is being swept by a terrific fire, according to Central News dispatches from Rome. Twenty-three alleged leaders of a secret clique formed among the Philip pine scouts to advance demands for allowances and pay equal to those given white soldiers were arrested at Fort McKinley. Eight were arrested previously. 1 he situation in Morocco is improv ing but warrant careful surveillance because of the vigorous offensive ten dencies of the native tribesmen, ac cording to an official communique, which confirms the relief of the Span ish garrison at Kobadarsa where it is stated 19 of the garrison of 37 were injured. The decision of the council of min isters to put into immediate execution the rules relating to the press which Premier Mussolini drew up in July, 1923, is commented upon by the Rome newspapers and all of them except the fascist press protest against what they consider a violation of the lib erty of the press. Adolf Hitler’s resignation of the leadership of the national socialists marks a definite break between the Hitler and Ludendorff wings of the party. Breeker, chairman of the Leningrad state clothing trust, Rittenberg, a di rector, and Shoulgrin, a salesman of the same organization, were condemn ed to death on charges of having de frauded the state in the purchase and sale of manufactured goods. An attempt was made recently to blow up the Lemberg arsenal. An In fernal machine, planted by a workman, was discovered by an other employee who put it out of action in the nick of time and seized the men. turning him over to the police. Washington— Bituminous coal production in the United States is now running close to the low record. During the week ended July 5, the geological survey re ported the output was 5,755.000 net tons, or less than in any correspond ing week for five years with the ex ception of 1922. The bureau of internal revenue has completed and soon will issue the first part of the revised regulations under the new tax law, setting forth the treasury’s interpretation of the law applying to tax on admissions. The re vision will probably be completed in the next thirty days. The state department hears that the governor of Sao Paulo. Brazil, and oth -1 r state officials have withdrawn from the capital, which is entirely in the control of the revolutionists. The dis patch gave no further details except that protection of life and property is promised. A survey of water-borne traffic com pleted by the shipping board's bureau of research and made public recently discloses that nearly one hundred and twenty-six million tons of freight, ex clusive of coastwise commerce, were handled by American ports during the year ended last December 31. Congressman YC. D. Upshaw, return ing from the National Democratic con vention, declared that he is "highly pleased with the splendid statement of John W. Davis, and believes that Governor Charles W. Eryan maker his strongest possible running mate to save the west from Coolidge and La Follette. Justice Bailey, presiding, declined to dhange his ruling that John L. Phil ips, of Georgia; his brother. Charles Philips, Jr., of Atlanta; Frank T. Sul livan, lumber dealer of Buffalo, N- Y., and Charles S. Shotwell, of Indianap oils, former chief of the disposal sec tion of the army air service, must explain to a jury their version of the alleged lumber fraud conspiracy by which it is claimed the government lost $1,500,000 in the disposal of lum ber from army cantonments. Domestic— Canton and Haywood county, North Carolina, authorities have positively identified a touring car found near Canton as that of Maj. Samuel H. Mc- Leary, missing United States army of ficer. A search is being conducted, but so far no information has been as certained. Major McLeary was last seen In Raleigh, N. C., July 2, when he stopped over for a few hours on his w r ay from Norfolk, Va., to Fort Moultrie, S. C. He was supposed tc have left Raleigh the next day. George Red, negro, was killed in a fight at Tugalo camp (Georgia) and John Weems, also colored, is held in jail at Clarkesville, Ga., on a charge of murder. Four federal prohibition agents, in cluding Max Overpeck, divisional chief, were arrested by New Orleans, La., police when the agents raided a fash ionable restaurant at West End, on Lake Pontchartrain, while the place was crowded with guests. Bishop E. L. Waldorf, Methodist Episcopal, of the Kansas City area, in a sermonfi delivered at the Methodist camp meeting at Desplaines, 111., said that the "Ku Klux Klan as a fomenter of religious strife among Americans has no place in this country. Future generations will realize that the league of nations has been and will be the salvation of civilization.” Oscar Nuhouse, 65, inventor of a device which, Belle hospital (New York City) officials stated, had proven successful in the amelioration of rheu matism cases, died of heart trouble recently. The First National bank, Cheyenne, Wyo., failed to open recently. It was stated that the ban was closed and was in the hands of the examiners. According to its statement of June 30, the bank’s liabilities and resources each were $6,956,209.14 and its de posits totaled appproximately $4,750,- 000. Senile dementia is believed by the authorities to have caused Charles N. Wilcoxen, 6S, former president of the Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend Railway company, _operating between Chicago and South Bend, Ind., to kill his wife, 70, with an ax, a razor and potato masher, and then hang himself at their Long Beach, Ind., home. Ruth Bundy, 33, who for seven years has masqueraded in men’s cloth ing, and posed as a man known as Walter Bundy, is in the county jail following her arrest at Rhodes, lowa, charged with threatening to commit a public offense. A counter suit for $10,000,000 has been brought by the Structural Steel Workers union from which members of the Iron league, an organization of employers, have asked $5,000,000 dam ages on the ground that a strike call ed lust May in New York w T as illegal. James Nitti, who testified against his mother, Mrs. Sabelle Nitti Cru delle, once sentenced to be hanged with her second husband for the mur der of her first, but who obtained a new trial w r as arrested at Chicago charged with extortion.^ Harold Bradley, head of a large Chicago real estate firm, who disap peared June 25 from his home and office, and had not been heard from since, was in Chicago two days after that, Percy Johnstone, an architect, said. Sheriff F. J. Orr, of Dawson county, about 60 years old, was shot and kill ed instantly at Dawsonville, Ga., by H E. Parks, local garage owner, and he entered the garage to search for a man by the name of Painter. W. C. Trammell, 38, farmer, residing two miles west of Rex, Ga., and about 20 miles from Atlanta, and his 17-year old son, Herman, were shot to death near their home by Homer Smith, 28, tenant on an adjoining farm. Welling up through all the bitter ness of the days and nights that have gone, a mighty, formless, roaring shout, like a great sigh of relief blast ed its way through the dingy trap pings of Madison Square Garden to tell that a nomination had come; that a decision had been reached, and that John W. Davis, of West Virginia, had been named by acclamation to carry the democratic standard for 1924. THE DANfELSVILLE MONITOR, BANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA. GEORGIA PROGRESS IS GIVEN PRAISE SAYS STATE WILL SOON HAVE RIGHTFUL PLACE AMONG COMMONWEALTHS. STATE NEWSJJF INTEREST Brief News Items Gathered Here And There From All Sections Of The State Atlanta. —Progress and industrial de velopment in Georgia during 1923 has been such that the time is not far dis tant when no one will dispute the fact that the state has a rightful place among progressive industrial tom monwealths of the Union, declares the annual report submitted by H. M* Stanley, commissioner of commerce and labor. The report admits a large exodus from the state of common labor which is bound to result in shortage of farm labor in many sections. A recommen dation is made to the governor for an increase in salary of the assistant com missioner of this department and the report declares a bill will lie introduc ed in the legislature to make the an nual compensation $3,000 a year in stead of SI,BOO a year as paid at pres ent. “During the past year Georgia made splendid progress,” the report reads. ‘‘There were some very important tex tile mills added to Georgia's list, among the most Important being the Ameri can thread company at Dalton. A thread mill is being established at thi3 point which probably will ultimately mean a ten million dollar investment. The New England-Southern mills at Hogansville are building a two million dollar plant and the Canton cotton mills of Canton is erecting a plant to cost over a million dollars. The Kin caid mills at Griffin and the Lowell interests of Massachusetts erected a dyeing and finishing plant at Griffin that cost over half a million dollars. In addition to this a number of mills have replaced old spindles and added many new ones to the plants. A knit ting mill was installed at Rome. The Smithport Manufacturing com pany, making a tannic acid from wood and tree bark, purchased 42,000 acres of land in north Georgia and moved its plant from North Carolina to Hel en. It operates day and night and has a capacity of 600 barrels per day. Dunlieve Lumber company at Alien hurst established a plant for distilla tion of turpentine from stumps and from pine burrs. Other plants have been started at Douglas and at Dublin. The Atlantic Manufacturing company now is making automatic pencils at At lanta. The report recites development in hydro-electric power. "There is every reason to believe that Georgia will grow amazingly in the next few years in all of her in dustrial lines, the report declares. “She maintains her place as fifth state in importance in the textile industry and continues as first in manufacture of fertilizer, and is only temporarily, we feel sure, dropped to third place with reference to cotton seed oils.” Ware County Drives For Health Waycross.—Dr. George N. MacDon ell of the Ware county medical society, made an eloquent plea before the Lou isville club for the adoption of the Ellis health law by Ware county. Doc tors of the county have attempted to have two successive grand juries make this recommendation for nine years. The last grand jury voted “yes,” and a strong effort will be made to have the December Jury vote likewise. At present W’are county has no health officer. Loading Rooord Set In South Georgia Moultrie.—Melon shipments reach ed the highest point in the history of the industry recently, when according to estimates of well-informed local .dis tributors, 1,000 cars were loaded In South Georgia and are ready to go forward. In Moultrie alone, 80 cars were loaded during the day and one railroad operating through this city began moving 250 cars. Augustlans Dedicate Ferry Bridge Augusta.—lt is estimated that about 5.000 attended the celebration of the opening of the Sandbar Ferry bridge here recently. The celebration was marred to a great extent by the heavy rains of the past few days, which kept many out-of-town visitors from attending. Labor Officials Hold Hearing Savannah.—H. M. Stanley, head of the state department of commerce and labor, accompanied by Secretary J. J. Hogg, of the commission, held hearings In Savannah in a number of minor cases involving administration of the workmen's compensation act. $2,500,000 REALIZED FROM POWER STOCK FOR BIG DEVELOPMENT Atlanta. —That the $2,500,000 raised recently through successful sale of 7 per cent first preferred stock, for which investors paid 100 cents cash on the dollar, will be used in push ing its 1924 hydro-electric develop ment program in northeast Georgia, was announced by the Georgia Rail way and Power company. A statement issued by the power company declared that the raising of funds for hydro-electrical develop mens in Georgia was indicative ol the faith investors have in the future of the state. "It is gratifying to know,” said the statement, "that investors have suf ficient faith in Georgia to put their money into the stock of this company and make possible the carrying out of the large program of water power de velopments.” Negro’s Leg Found On Chatham Road Savannah. —Thinking he had found a valuable parcel on the Ogeechee road in Chatham county, the other day, G. D. Stevens of this city paused, picked up the package, opened it has tily and then quickly laid it down. It contained the leg of a grown negro, severed as with a saw at the hip. Mys tery surrounds the grewsome find, as no accident or operation has been re ported to authorities here. An inves tigation has been begun. Drowning Charge Lifted By Court Savannah.—Jack Pope was cleared of the charges of manslaughter pre ferred when he was placed under bond recently. He was alleged to have pushed Bryant Carswell, a laborer on the Savannah river bridge in course of completion, into the river. Cars well drowned. One witness testified that Pope pushed the man overboard; five witnesses swore he was five or six feet away from the man when he fell into the river. Youth Injured In Marietta Pool Marietta.—Robert Witten, 18, who lives about two miles from here on the Dallas road, was Injured here re cently when he and companions play ed In an empty pool on Powder Springs street. His leg was broken as ho crashed into a concrete wall of the pool after riding across the pool on a pulley, companions said. He failed to let go the rope attached to the pul ley in time of avoid being thrown against the wall, they declared. Atlanta Greek Ends Own Life Atlanta. —George Karabos, well known Atlanta Greek, about 38 years of age, was found dying on the base ball diamond at Piedmont park re cently, with a gaping bullet wound in his head. Police believe that he com mitted suicide. Friends of the dead man can assign no reason for suicide. One states that he was employed at a downtown cafe and appeared to be in excellent health. Georgia Ships Hides To Europe Macon.—Georgia flappers, who im port footwear from Paris, will prob ably find out about this time next year that their feet are encased in Bibb county cow hides. Two cars of Geor gia hides leave Macon for export, one going to France and the other to It aly. This is the first time that Geor gia hides have been shipped direct from local warehouses to Europe. “Magic Stone" Vendor Gets Sentence Savannah.—A new form of bootleg ging was revealed in city court here when J. M. Brown was given a sen tence of six months for cheating and swindling—offering for sale bottles of "ore stone.” He claimed it would draw gold and silver and even dia monds from the earth as if by maglo, officers said. Drops Leins Against Haar Property Savannah. —All government liens against the property of Fred H. Haar, alleged to have failed to return and pay income taxes, were recently dis missed, it is announced, after a con ference of attorneys and adjustment was reached. The liens and costs with penalties amounted to nearly $200,000. Record Says Typhoid Beaten Savannah.—ln a report Issued, re cently, it was announced that for the first time in the history of the city of Savannah there has been not one death from typhoid within the city for the first six months of the year. Typhoid has been steadily decreasing here for the past several years. Takes Action Against Marine Road Savannah.—The Federal Marine railway, Savannah, was levied upon by a United States deputy marshal, un der a verdict recently won by the government for more than SIOO,OOC sued for, and the railway will be offer ed for sale August 5. •ROAD 7 BUILDING SENATOR SAYs!"spex? MONEY ON HIGHWAYS “We have provided ourselves with the motor vehicle rolling stock cost of many billions of dollars * we must now provide the tracks’,,? which to operate it,” sa id ThlT Sterling, United States senatwr? South Dakota and chairman 0 f l senate committee on post offices 2 post roads, in making a plea for 5 continuation of federal aid in a reem address. 1 After outlining the need for a fed. eral appropriation of SIOO,OOOOOO year for ten years and a like approprj. ation from the states if the system of 170,000 miles of federal aid highways is to be completed within ten years. Senator Sterling stated that he‘could not say just what congress would do. "When it is known that the whole sale value of automobiles and trucks manufactured last year amounted to over $2,500,000,000 and that the whole sale value of tires manufactured amounted to $760,000,000 and that we spent over $1,000,000,000 for automo bile parts and accessories, exclusive ot tires,” said Senator Sterling, "it does not sound unreasonable to propose that we should spend at least $100,000,0(10 a year from the federal treasury and an equal amount by the states in’order to complete our federal highway sys tem within a reasonable length ot time. “We must not forget that the good roads built under this system serve even a higher use than that of the tourist or of the visitor or those on pleasure bent. We must think of the commercial and economic advantages of a system of good roads, of what they mean to the farmer, who, on such roads and by means of the motortruck, finds It easy and a great saving of time and expense to transport, not only his grain, but his hogs and sheep or cattle to market. Another consideration Is the enhanced value of his land due to the good road at his door or nearby. One of our great economic and com mercial problems is that of bringing the market and the producer closer to gether.” Transportation Is Big Factor to All Farmers The farm and highway transport are closely hound together. The transpor tation of his product Is a most impor tant factor in the success of the farm er, for all the products of the farm travel first over the highway. It bas been said the requirements of a good farmer are: 1. The ability to make a comfort able living from the land. 2. To rear a family carefully and well. 3. To be of good service to the com munity. 4. To leave the farm more pro ductive than when he took it. Every one of these requirements is affected by highway transportation. Take the first: “The ability to make a comfortable living from the land. Tax on Motor Vehicles to Aid Better Highways Owners of motor vehicles pay to the federal government in taxes each year more than double the amount by the government on account of fed eral aid highway and forest road em) struction, together with all ad'inn istrative outlays, according to Secre tary of Agriculture Wallace, who ha charge of the administration m t highway funds. I Since 1917 the government has been collecting a tax on the selling P nC of motor vehicles, tires and autoffl bile accessories, and also a tax on use of passenger automobiles for m - On June 30, last year, $. .89.0*-, - had been collected from these soar- • Expenditure on highways by eminent in that time totaled l' 216, or 45 per cent of the am taken In. Good Roads Hints The roads built by the R< ;^ J roany Europe still are in use and * places their foundations r.^ e little or no repair in from J v . ~‘nms 000 years. Wat ling street. • straight up through Englar 4 London to the Wall, still exu-*>- * * * ren the Good transportation has farmer’s children the sam- ;\, „ D j opportunities as the fit.' ' and for entertainment father. ; ; c<lQO ty the children can go to ’ charllft seat on good roads to " r!C fore Doug or Mary in their m ' and see the same show t *a* Broadway are enjoying-