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IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAYS GIVEN THE NEWS IT THE SOUTH What la Taking Place In The South* land Will Be Found In Brief Paragrapha Foreign— The Fascist national council (Italy) has elected anew directory of twenty one representatives from the various districts in Italy. Eleven of the direc tors are members of the chamber of deputies. British and Soviet representatives signed the Anglo-Soviet treaty and trade agreement in a small room at the foreign office in London. There was no ceremony, and only a few officials present, visitors and newspapermen not being admitted. Bearing the authority of his cabinet to make what Is generally declared the most important decision of France since the treaty of Versailles, Premier Edouard Harriot: has returned to the reparations conference, at London. The Rritish authorities in India will use evtry means in their possession to defeat “the revolutionary menace” in the Bengal,; the'Earl of Lytton, gov ernor of Bengal, declared in a recent address at Dacca, India. Acting with moderation that has aroused the admiration and fired tl}e hopes of all concerned, the German del. agates to the international reparations conference have placed before the al lies their criticism of the protocol drawn by the allied conferees.-' The German covering letter to the allied chiefs carefully avoided making flat demands. Arthur Ponsonby, a member of the British Labor government announced recently in the house of commons that m Anglo Russian settlement had been reached and that a general treaty and a special commercial treaty had been agreed upon, and that, under the terms of the commercial treaty, Great Britain will-receive tlie most favored national treatment from the Soviet. The negotiations between represen tatives of Great Britain and soviet Russia have broken down and the projected treaty will not be signed, it was announced by the foreign office. Brazilian federal troops had an en gagement against a detachment of rebels near Sao Manoel, about 120 miles west of Sao Paulo, according to a message from Santos to La Nacion. A bolshevik band, armed with ma chine guns and bombs, has raided the Polish town of Stolpce (Stolbtsy, southwest of Minsk), say dispatches just received. The raiders released the prisoners from the jail and pillag ed the ]>ostoffice and railroad station, smashing the telegraph and telephone instruments so that the news was not transmitted to Warsaw pntil the affair was over. Divorce is steadily on the increase in Germany, according to recent sta tistics, which show' that the number of legal separations being granted now' is virtually double the number of ten years ago. Infidelity was the cause of 63 per cent of the divorces in Ger many last year, the men being to blame in the greater number of cases, “ccording to court records. Washington— Revolutionary forces in Honduras were within twelve miles of the city of Choluteca recently, Minister Mo rales informed the state department in a dispatch sent from Tegucigalpa. Ihe shipping board has approved the recommendation of the fleet cor poration that the trade name, "The (riilt-Mediterranean Line,” be given the service to be operated out of east and vest gulf ports to Portugal, Spain, and North Africa, west of Bizerta, by the Tampa Interocean Steamship company. President Coolidge accepted the for mal resignation of Charles It. Warren as ambassador to Mexico. In a state ment accompanying his letter of res ignation, made public at the white house with the letter of President t'oolidge's acceptance, Mr. Warren criticised the Wilson administration's policy in Mexico and declared Ameri can property and rights would he pro tected there under the now relations between the two nations. The Republican national committee lias before it for decision. President < oolidge let it bo known, the ques tion of establishing a regional head quarters at Minneapolis, as the base for an intensive campaign in the north western states. The name of Senator VVheeler, of Montana, will appear on the ballot with Senator La Follette in every state, managers of the La Follette campaign at Washington declared, dis missing as of no importance reports that some of La Follette's supporters in Montana were seeking to substitute Charles W. Bryan, Democratic vice presidential nominee, for Wheeler in that state. The proposal of British Prime Minis ter MacDonald to s ! gn forthwith the treaty between Great Britain and So viet Russia, which was drawn up by the Anglo-Russian conference recently, Is the subject of a vigorous attack from the opposition. The cost of food in fourteen out of nineteen cities in which surveys have just been completed by the labor de partment increased from 1 to 3 per cent Domestic — The New York City jury in the case of William J. Fallon, criminal law yer, who has been on trial there on the charge of having bribed a juror, returned a verdict of not guilty. Footprints in a devastated tobacco field near Glasgow', Ky., tell the story of numerous men who walked between rows of virtually matured tobacco on the farm of John Smith in Metcalf county, and pulled a $3,000 crop up by the roots. Powder, machinery and buildings valued at tw-enty-eight million dollars, war-time prices, and at more than two million dollars at present valuation, were destroyed in a fire that swept clean a forty-acre tract in the heart of the Old Hickory powder plant at Jacksonville, Tenn., near Nashville. There was no loss of life nor serious injury Four persons were killed and an other probably fatally injured when an eastbound Cincinnati, Indiana and Western passenger train struck the au tomobile in which they were riding, eight miles from Hamilton, Ohio. Senator Moses of New Hampshire, chairman of the Republican senatorial committee, has written George Henry Payne, who was Eastern manager of Senator Hiram Johnson’s pre-conven tion campaign, making a suggestion that the Republican party place no candidate in the field to oppose Sen ator Thomas Walsh of Montana, “who, single-handed, exposed, Fall, Doheny and Sinclair.’’ National Republican headquarters announces that Richard J. Powers, of Chicago, first president of the Federa tion of Trades and Labor Unions, fore runner of the American Federation of Labor and friend and admirer of Sam uel Gompers, has volunteered his aid to the Republican party in the coming presidential campaign. The governor of Mississippi is re ported to be leading a pack of blood hounds to run down George Mackey, farm hand, who ran amuck, killing Mrs. William Bolian, his employer, the widowed mother of eight children, and wounding her 16-year-old daughter, Fannie, and Henry Carver, a neighbor youth. Death, suffering and destruction have attended a series of tornadoes and electrical storms, accompanied by tor rential rains, that recently swept the sections of the Middle West and the Northwest. At least twelve persons are reported to have lost their lives. Seven of them died in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The states which appear to be storm-ravaged are Illinois, Wis consin, low'a. Minnesota, Indiana, Mis souri and Kansas. In the gale of wind and rain which struck Chicago the other afternoon, many trees were blown down, small buildings unroofed and it was impos sible for pedestrians to stand up in some parts of the city and suburbs. Forty-six buildings were struck by lightuing. The general hospital board of the Methodist Episcopal Chursh, South, approved the offer of Huntington. W. Va., of $200,000 and a five-acre tract if the board will erect a hospital there, when the lioard met recently in Mont gomery, Ala. Santiago L. Hawley, said by his agents at San Francisco to be one of the biggest coffee plantation owners in Guatemala, either jumped or fell from the eighth story of a downtown San Fraucisco hotel the other day and was killed. He had been suffering from a nervous illness. Alonzo Myhand and his ctiusin. Por ter Myhand, negroes, were hanged at Scale. Ala., the other day, for the mur der of Sophia Ingram, aged negro woman. State Senator Ralph O. Brewster, Portland. Maine, who ran with Ku Klux Klan support, was declared by the governor and council to have lieen nominated for governor by the Repub licans at the June primary. The offi cial returns, giving a majority of 320 to Frank G. Farrington, president of the state senate, were by a recount to a majority of "SSI for Brews ter. THE DANIELBVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA. 3 PLANES TO OUST COITON AT ATHENS FIRST DEMONSTRATION OF NEW METHOD OF FIGHTING BOLL WEEVIL GIVEN AUGUST 26 STATE NEWSJF INTEREST Brief News Items Gathered Here And There From All Section# Of The State Atlanta.—Georgians will be given their first opportunity to view a dem onstration of the latest method of combating the boll weevil when a cot ton field near Athens will be dusted with calcium arsenate by three air planes on August 26, acccording to tentative plans announced after a meeting here of representatives of sev eral concerns interested in the devel opment. Dr. B. R. Coad, in charge of the Delta laboratories, the government ex perimental station at Tallulah, La., will be in charge of the demonstra tion, which is expected to mark the beginning of anew era in the fight to exterminate the cotton pest in this state. ) Dr. Coad, who is nationally known through his valiant fight against the boll weevil, will appear in Georgia for the first time to direct demonstration of his newest weapon against the wee vil. Dr. Coad was responsible for development of the calcium arsenate method of dusting cotton now used so extensively throughout the cotton belt, and has spent the past two years In successfully developing the air plane method of dusting, which, it is claimed by the United States depart ment of agriculture, may revolution ize the cotton industry . The Athens demonstration is to be feponsored by a number of prominent Georgians. Included among those at tending the meeting here were Brooks Morgan, of Frank E. Block and com pany; James . A., Hollomon, of The Constitution; J, Lee Edwards, vice president of the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic railway; A. D. Daniel, pas senger traffic manager of the road; W. H. Alsabrook and M. A. Tucker, also officials of the A., B. & A.; George McCarty, of the, Ashcraft-Wilkinson Xjmpany; G. B. Post, of Huff-Daland and Company, of Agdenburg, N. Y., and David D. Long, soil specialist, connected with-the Southern Fertilizer association. Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president of the state college of agriculture, will be In active charge of the demonstra tion, and will act in co-operation with Dr. Coad and representatives of the various interested companies to make the proposition a success. The new method of dusting, which has been indorsed .by the United States department of agriculture, is said to be far more efficient and eco nomical than that of machine dust ing, now in-general use. The calcium arsenate is shot from a flume on the planes at a velocity of nearly 150 miles per hour, an 4 .it. is said, that tests in Louisiana have proven that 600 acres can be dusted hourly, in comparison with two acres per hour under the old method. It Is expected that specially designed planes, which will be used at the demonstration this month, will dust even a larger acre age hourly than has been accomplish ed in previous experiments. Barnesville Man Ends Own Life Barnesville. —A. P. Miller, 64, fore man on one of the I. C. and J. C. Collier farms at Piedmont, committed 'suicide recently by shooting himself with a pistol. Death was almost in stantaneous. Members of the fam ily heard the shot and going into his room found him lying across the bed A note by r his side told of his pur pose to commit the act and gave his mother certain instructions regarding his affairs. He had been In 111 health for some months, which is said to be the cause of the rash act. Power Plant Worker is Killed Thomasville. —W. A. Parramore, an employee of the Thomasville Light and Water plant, was accidently killed while crawling out of the big boiler at the plant in which he had been work ing. His body was found hanging half ut of the boiler and it was apparent that he had caught hold of the 220- volt switch controlling the ventilating fan. Mr. Parramore was 2S years old, and unmarried, but leaves a father and mother, said to be dependent upon him. To Propagate 26-Ear “Sport’’ Corn Sparta.—A. L. Perdue, Hancock county farmer living near Sparta, has a freak ear of corn, which shows 25 complete ears attached to the center ear. The ears were small but well formed and almost matured. He hopes to propagate a variety of com from this, he says, which will increase his yield materially. Kills Wife And Man Friend Meansville. —Charged with shooting to death his wife and John H. Moore recently, David T. Leach, well known farmer, is held in the Pike county jail at Zebulon. Leach told County Police man C A. Sharp, who took charge ot him at his home about two miles from here, that he did not intend to kill liis wife. He also stated that Moore had broken up his home and he had warned him to stay away. Leach, whe is about 45 or 50 years old, had gone away from his home to borrow a mower, and when he returned, he says that he found Moore in his home, and upon asking him what he was doing there, he drew his knife and was ad vancing on bim when he shot. His wife, standing near, was hit uninten tionally, he says. There were no wit nesses. Moore, who was 30 years old, had recently completed a prison term following conviction on a liquor charge, and Pike county officers say that he was under surveillance again He was divorced, and -has two oi three children. His home is in Grif fin. Girls Will Recover, Say Doctors Atlanta. —Unless complications arise Miss Alice Clroker, 16, and Miss Frances Nash., 14, —two of four young women injured in a motor truck acci dent in West North avenue, near Wil liam street, will recover, according to surgeons at Davis-Fischer hospital. However, the condition of Miss Lottie Donaldson, 19, and Miss Blanche Nash, 16, a sister of Miss Frances, was not so satisfactory, it was reported, and it was feared their injuries might prove fatal. The quartet of young women were members of the Buckhead Baptist Sunday school and were en route for an all-day outing at Lithia Springs at the time of the mishap. The heavy motor truck, transporting about 50 people, went down with a crash into a hole in West North ave nue, throwing those in the rear against the back gate which gave way under the pressure, precipitating the young women to the pavemenL v Fire Destroys Southern Bridge Tugalo.—Fire which destroyed the Southern railway bridge over Tugalo river was discovered recently about 2:30 o’clock. It is believed the big trestle was Ignited by sparks from one of the engines. The fire depart ment from Toccoa was called out, but the firse had gained such headway it could do nothing. Traffic will be de layed twelve or fifteen hours, officials said. Construction men of the road are already on the grounds planning for repairs. Through trains are being detoured by the way of the Seaboard railway, while local traffic is being transferred across the river. Damage could not be definitely determined. - Gets Promise Of Government’s Help Atlanta. Co-operation with the Georgia Experiment station at Griffin, by the chemical warfare service of the war department in tests on poison gas to kill the cotton boll weevil has been offered under an appropriation for $26,000 secured b? Senator W. J. Harris, the senator announced recent ly. Brigadier General Fries, chief o! the poison gas service, has communi cated with the director of tiie Griffin station, asking for a conference be tween representatives of the war de partment and the experiment station in order to work out plans. Cotton Outlook Good In Southwest Albany.—As cotton of the new crop begins rolling in to the various mar kets of this section, optimism over the outlook for prosperity this fall in southwest Georgia is in the ascenden cy. Cotton is opening rapidly, and prospects for a fairly good crop are bright. Other crops are looking bet ter than in years, including tobacco, which has been planted on a larger scale in several counties than ever before. Towns reporting their first bales of cotton for the season include Pelham and Shellman. Albany has al ready received hers. Doctor Andrews Named On Board Rome.—Dr. R. E. Andrews of Rome has been appointed to the osteopathio board of examiners of Georgia by Gov. Clifford Walker. This board is com posed of five osteopaths of the state and holds regular examinations semi* annually for the purpose of issuing certificates authorizing osteopaths to practice in Georgia. Other members of the board are Drs. W. W. Phelps of Atlanta, H. A. Tribble of Moultrie, Walter Elliot of Cordele and W. J, Lorenze of Columbus. Veterans Urged To Make Applications Atlanta. —Capt F. E. Lester of the United States Veterans’ bureau, in charge of bonus applications for this district, has issued a statement urging all ex-service men to make their ap plications for adjusted compensation as soon as possible, as the soldiers’ bonus biil provides for a twenty-year paid-up endowment policy, and, in the event the man should die before his application is made, the Intended ben eficiary would receive no benefit. LEGISLATIVE NEWS What Our Lawmakers \re Doing At The Capital Sixty-Day Session Every Two v„, Atlanta. The resentatives by a. vote of i so tn r passed the bill of Senator Mundy an!i others, providing for a sixty-day I sicn of the Georgia legislature evS two years instead of the present day session each year. The bill had already passed the senate, and there fore will become a law when signed by the governor and ratified by the people at the next general election in November. The biennial sessions bill was pass ed by the senate last year, thirty eight members of the senate adjoining in its authorship. However, it struck rough sailing in the house and was bitterly opposed by several of the lead ing members of that body. Argument on the_ measure lasted an entire day Opponents of the bill tried to force a vote on it recently when there were less than 150 members present, but its supporters succeeded in having the Vote postponed. House Approves Fee System Bill The house passed a general bill with local application, which allows all counties with a population of 44,000 and less than 150,000 to substitute salaries for the fee system of compen sation for county officers. The meas ure carries with it a referendum clause, specifying that the bill shall apply only to those counties where voters approve of the change at the polls. The measure has yet to pass the senate. Counties to which it will apply, should it pass the upper house, are Muscogee, Bibb, Richmond, Chat ham and DeKalb. Speaker W. Cecil Neill, who is a member of the Muscogee delegation, has supported the measure since its Inception. It was drawn after rep resentatives of counties affected had held several meetings and thoroughly discussed the proposal. As finally passed, its main provisions were as originally proposed, though some minor amendments were made in committee. These, amendments were suggested by Representatives Com ming, of Richmond, and Bowler, of Bibb. Tobacco Tax Law Changes Favored After drastic amendments striking several of. the principal clauses from the bill the house committee on ways and means voted favorably on a sub stitute bill by Milner, of Dodge, design ed-to make more effective the state tax low on cigars and cigarettes. The bill as presented by Represen tative Milner provided that dealers in tobacco should be licensed; defined the difference between a wholesaler and retailei*; provided for revocation of license for violatin of the tobacco tax law, and provided that - stamps must be.affixed to the containers of the cigars or qigarettes as soon as put in stock, and affixed in such man ner that they must be multilated in opening the package. Approves Charter Changes In Bill Carrying with it several important provisions for amending the charter of Atlanta, chief among which is pro vision for election of members of the school board by city council insteai of by the people, the Atlanta omnibus bill unanimously passed the Georg a senate. This clause of the bill, how ever, has a provision for a referem uni and must be submitted to the '° ( r- The bill has already passed the o - er house, and becomes effective upo signature by the governor. Among other provisions of the _ nlbus measure is a section P ror ’ OP . to amend the charter to gl e . mayor and city council full aUI -‘ • over expenditures of the sc ■ partment and making the ma ' J ‘ f chairman of the school comnntt council ex-officio members of school board. New Senate Bills The following new bills were intro duced in the senate: . By Pace, of the 13th (by request) —To regulate and prescribe tne me od of reviewing cases by the ap, ■“ i ‘_ tribunary of the state. K * the special judiciary committee . By Pace, of the 13th. and Mason, of the 30th— Instructing tax fo ‘ ing authorities to discontinu tion of tax imposed in of the act approved August L- Referred to the finance commit^ By Johnson, of the 24th and provide for the paym- r tbe adequate salary to the sol o city court of Columbus. ’ ' ;;t \- the committee on county am matters. qme nd By Pace, of the 13th— ; {ix section 1207 of the code so &' the amount of bond to be g"® n vate. several tax collectors of tne Referred to special judiciary.