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News of the Week WASHINGTON, June 18.—The -American reply to the Japanese pro ( t against the exclusion provision v ;.f the American act was made public fjßnigiit by the State Department wmultanco-utf y with its publication t'Jarough the foreign office at Tokio. iit is cordial and friendly in tone but at the same times makes it clear that tshe exclusion provision in no way upon any written or im plied obligation on the part of the finited States. Secretary Hughes points out that ♦Congress was wholly within its right' -in the enactment of the provision and j rbat the action taken “is mandatory | <apon the executive branch of the, •Government and allows no latitude, for the exercise of executive discre-1 tSon as to the carrying out of the ex »cutive will expressed in the statute.” The construction generally placed apon the American note is that it «ri>nclus»vely demonstrates the view »f the Washington government that the exclusion-law i s a closed inci dent and that no attempt to modify » w alter its terms is to be expected. • j PERRY, Ga., June 18.—Confessing feefore hed ied them urder of Isabella Taylor, aged negress, in December, 1921, Uuoiuc Ma’Sory, engro, today was hanged for the crime. It was Houston County’s first hanging since 1909. The black cap was placed over Mai tury’s head, but he told Sheriff Chap man to remove it so that he could ‘"’lfeJl the truth before I died.” He explained that he was angry with the -woman and knocked her on the head with the barrel of a shotgun, killing fvn. T.vo negro ministers, G. G. Taylor •.and Henry Cain, were with him be fore the execution. Majlory was asked if there was sasything be wanted before he died. Hr requested that he be given two ksottles of sodawater and a loaf of ISghtbread. They were sent to his MACON, Ga., June 18.—Nearly SLSO busines men of the City of Sa- Cet Rid of That Backache! People Are Finding the Way. Tbe constant atihing of a bad back, Vhe weariness, the tired feeling; ’Headaches, dizziness, nervousness, 'Distressing urinary disorders — .Arne often sigri3 of failing kidneys .MaA too- serious to be neglected. {"'Set rid of these troubles! fibe Doan's Pills —a stimulant diureti* : .'M She kidneys. Suets of people recommend Doan’s, ie a typical case. 1 Rts. B. F. Eckles, 207 Mclntosh St. Viiiniia, Ga., cays: “My back was j aurae and lame. At times I found il i bard ‘to bend because of the pains ir j sny bad;. I was troubled with head 1 lathi's, too. Doan’s Pills completelj itaxrad me. I haven’t had any trouble 1 Mrs. Eckles gave the above state v sent March 7. 1918, and on Feb. 2 Sft23, she added: “Doan’s Pills surelj helped me and I am glad to again warflmrnend them.” *s©e, at a!l dealers. Foster-Milbun ■Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. I Blinding 8 II Headaches § '*■. "For about twenty years.” U ffi says Mr. P. A. Walker, a well known citizen of Newburg, H 1 S Ky,, “one of our family reme- j? dies has been Black-Draught, 5 ® the old reliable. . . I use it r? T. for colds, biliousness, sour B ■ stomach and indigestion. I K B was subject to headaches T when my liver would get out S , ® of order. I would have £j 3» blinding headache* and S M couldn’t stoop about my work, S , just couldn’t go. I used . 1 Thedlord’s S BUCK-DRAUGHT I and it relieved me. ■ '•About eight years ago my 8 wife got down with liver and ■ stomach trouble. . • We tried 8 all week to help her, . . . but 8 she didn’t get any better. Ht One day I said to the doctor, I T .believe I will try Black- « Draught, it helps my liver.’ 13 He said that I might try it Ids and to so 11 • w directions, f* She was nauseated and £*« couldn't eat or rest. She be- R| ffan taking Black-Draught W and in two days she was f* HI greatly Improved and in a H ■ week 3he was up." * Wt m Try Black-Draught. It costs SB tt erdy one cent a dose. Sold If • v * r Y wber *. E-99 vannah arrived in Macon at 8 o’clock last night. They were met at the Terminal Station by Mayor Luther Williams, delegations from the Chamber of Commerce and al! of the civic clubs of the city, ard escorted to the Hotel Lanier. In the parade up Cherry Street the United States Marine band stationed at Parris Island, which is accompany ing the Savannah party on the tr'p, furnished the music. Macon entertained the visitors a‘ the Hotel Lanier with a banquet. The whole event was a Get-Ac- I quainted affair, as the visitors had j hoped to make it,a nd was attended j by a large number of Mcon people. j LOS ANGELES, June 18.—Be ' “a use she wanted the girl inmates of the Hope Development School at Playa Del Hey, near here, to be free “so they ooufid have a good time like other girls,” one of the inmates, 14 years old, set fire to the building May 31, which resulted in the loss of twenty-four lives. This announcement was made by District Attorney Keyes today. The girl was a former inmate of the home, a school for subnormal child ren, and came to his office voluntar ily with the announcement that she “had something to say,” Keyes said. Her name is Josephine Bartholume and she now is an inmate of the Juve nieO Hall here, Keyes said. SAVANNAH, Ga., June 18.—The body of pretty Miss Marjorie Jones, who was drowned off Warsaw Island Wednesday morning, was recovered by members of the party in which she was hunting turtle eggs later in the day. Manuel Coucoulas, another mem ber of the party of seven, is missing and friends are afraid he was drown ed. The party had gone from Savan nah in a motor launch, but had transferred to as mailer boat to make a landing on the island. The boat was overturned. No other casual ties were suffered, however, accord ing to reports reaching here. ADAIRSVILLE, Ga., June 19. Three men were killed instant’y, four others, all of Atlanta, seriously hurt and the lives of scores more endang ered early Thursday morning when va palatial N. C. & St. L. passenger train speeding toward Atlanta crash ed headlong into a work train one mile north of here. Failure of the crew of the work train to heed the schedule of the passenger train which was due to pass through Adaiirsville on its way from Nashville to Atlanta at 5 o’c’ock was blamed for the disastrous wreck, ac cording to reports at the scene. PROVIDENCE, R. 1., June 19. As a result of the loosing of poison ous fumes on the State Senate Cham | ber, the Republician members, who i constitute a majority, today refused to attend the Senate sessiqq and were arrested on a warrant obtained by Lieut. Gov. Felix A. Toupin, the Demonctratic president of the Sen ate. Senator Aruthur A. Sherman, Re pub lician suffering from the effects of the gas and High Sheriff Jona than Andrews refused to force the eighteen other Republicans to enter the Senate chamber. A large wad of gauze soaked in a I liquid, thought to contain chlorine, 'was found wrapped in newspapers in ! the curtains behind the rqptrum after | the fumes had spread through the ; chamber. The persons nearest the I parcel were Mr. Topin and other Dem , ocrats, but with one exception the only senators who complained of the effects of the gas were Republicians. Mr. Toupin declared he was “in first j rate shape.” COLUMBUS, Ga., June 19.—Col j umbus was awarded the 1925 conven- I tion of the State Baptist Young Peo ple's Union, at the closing session of I that organization at the Grand Thea ; ter 'last night, the dates for the next convention are June 16 to 18, 1925. Carlton W. Binns, Atlanta, was re elected president; Dr. H. D. Johnson, of \ aldosta, was chosen vice presi dent, and Miss Elizabeth Garner, of I Sandersville. Ga., was re-elected sec retary and treasurer. Banners were awarded as follows: Best Junior Baptist Young Peo ple's Union in the State, Druid Hil'.s, of Atlanta. Best Intermediate Union, Hape ! ville. Three best seniors in Georgia, Union church, Ponce de Leon No. 1 and Sardis. THE LYONS PROGRESS, LYONS, GEORGIA. Best city-wide union, Atlanta. Best associational association, Geor gia Association, of which Mis® L. G. Arnold, of Tayle, Ga., is president. ; MILI.EDGEVILLE, Ga., June 19. —Two stills and a large quantity of beer were taken here this morning in i a raid by Sheriff F. L. Terry and W. T. Lundy and J. T. Terry, county po> icemen, in a raid on the Eatonton Road, near Little Rover. One cop per still, having a capacity of 160 gallons, was found in operation, but 1 the operators were warned and made escape, the officers said. The two stills, more than 1,000 gallons of beer, two copper doublers and a large mount of other appara tus and supplies were destroyed or confiscated. EASTMAN, Ga., June -9.—Joe’ Day, farmer near Rhine, was shot and killed today by Dub Bryan, in an altercation on the farm of W. B. Bryan, four miles north of Rhine. Bryan has not yet been arrested, but is said to have stated he wil Hater surrender. W. B. Bryan, father of Bud, is re ported to have sent his two sons to the farm, where Day was a tenant, to help him with some farm work. The tenant is said to have resented the coming of the boys, which led to a quarrell ending in Day’s death. Bud .Bryan shot him through the left eye, the bullet coming out the back of his head, according to eye witnesses. The Bryans claim Day was ad- j vancing with a weapon to attack. Day’s widow denies this. WASHINGTON, June 20.—The Government’s intention to go to the bottom of the whole gasoline situa tion, probably through the courts, was indicated today by Attorney General Stone. Inquiries instituted by the Feder al Trade Gonunission and the Depart ment of Justice are to form the basis of the proceedings, which, it was stated, will be started by the Federal Government. Results of the commission’s study of the price situation, made at the request of Pres ident Coolidge, are in the hands of the Department of Justice and Mr. Stone announced today he had di •rected members of his staff to col ate data gathered by department in vestigators with that obtained by the trade commission. SAN DIEGO, Ca., June 20.—The bullet torn bodies of two Japanese, believed by police to have been mur dered and tossed from passing car, were found today opposite the firing grounds of Fort MacArthur, near the road leading to White’s Point in the Pale Verdes Hills, north of here. MILLEN, Ga., June 20. —Last night about 10 o’clock Rev. H. T. Holloway, pastor of the Methodist church here, was returning from Mc- Kinney’s Mill, where he had been fishing, and when he reached the Ogeechee River swamp about three miles from Millen he was stopped on I one of the series of bridges in the swamp by two men and a woman, who were traveling in a Hudson se dan. As they saw Mr. Holloway ap proaching they turned their car across the road and the men, who were masked, got out and approached him with drawn revolvers. They or dered him to throw up his hands and 'get out, which he did. They search ed him and took all the cash he had, a litt’e less than S 3. After relieving him of his cash they told him to get in his car and move. Coming to Millen he got the sheriff and went in pursuit but did not overtake them. The last seen of the car was in Met ter. ATLANTA, Ga., June 20. —Al- , leging cruel treatment, F uit for di vorce from his wife, Mrs. Mary Lit tle Ragin Candler, has teen filed here by Asa G. Candler, Sr., retired mifionaire soft drink manufacturer. . The papers were served late yester . day, news of the suit becoming known today. ; Mr. Candler, who is 72 years old, . married Mrs. May Little Ragin, a . yound widow. June 20, 1923. She had been a public senographer in the . Candler building in which the aged millionaire maintained his office. . She had two children, twins, by her < first marriage. Mr. Candler was the . father of five children by a previous marriage. CHICAGO. I 1., June 20.—Ten , persons were named by the federal grand jury late today in an indict . ment charging them with participa tion in the hold-up June 12 near , Chicago of a Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul mail train by bandits who secured more than $2,000,000 I in cash and securities. CHICAGO, 111., June 21.—Storms and heat in the Mississippee and Ohio river Valleys during a period of 24 hours ending Friday night took moe ■ than a score of lives and caused in- I juries of prostrations to more than a score of others and property loss estimated at mre than $2,000,000. MOULTRIE, Ga., June 21.—From twenty to twenty-five cars of wa termelons have been shipped from Colquitt county this week it was es timated tonight by iocal buyers. Prices paid are said to have ranged from $450 a car to $650. These returns are considered by growers as highly satisfactory. Shipments from South Georgia next week will total at least 2000 cars, unless very unfavorable weath br should deve’op. There is no rea son to believe that there will be any slump in prices before July 1, dis tributors here state. NEW YORK, June 22.—The high officials of the Ku Klux Klan having come tc New York for the purpose of preventing Democrats proceeding against their organization in the platform, and to make certain the de feat of Senator Oscar W. Underwood, Alabama, profess today absolute con fidence in their ability to carry their points. v It is their boast that the Demo crats wi'd be as considerate of the Klan as the Republicans were in Cleveland. The G. O. P. plank, it is said, is entirely satisfactory to the hooded Knights. MACON, Ga., June 22.—Epworth Leagurers from all parts of Georgia began arriving here last night for the session of the Epworth League Assembly which open at Wesleyan College today. W. C. Little, presi dent of the assembly, arrived here from Brunswick during the day. The session will continue for the entire week. It is expected that there will be more than 500 Epworth Leagur ers in attendance. The program for today follows: Morning, afternon and evening sessions. 8:30-l :00—Registration. 2:00 —Registration continued. 3:3o—District meetings. s:oo—Faculty meeting. 6:oo—Dinner. B:ls—Song service. Special Music Orchestra. B:3o—Address of Welcome—T. M. Bailey, Macon. Response, Arva C. Fl oyd. Address, Dr. W. F. Quillian, president Wesleyan College, Macon. Reception, guests of the Macon City Epworth League Union. NEW ORLEANS, June 22.—Cot ton last week experienced dull trad ing, narrow fluctuations and lack of definite trend to prices, the like of which the trade has not known in a considerable period. Prices fluctuat ed from day to day, sometimes up, sometimes down, but at the close Saturday, October showed a net loss of 14 points compared with Jhe previous week. NEW YORK. JtfTfe 22.—The main body of Georgia delegates, instruct ed for McAdoo and on the “dry” side of thel iquor question, will ar rive here tomorrow by water, one of the few State delegations to make the trip to New Rork by boat. The Georgians are headed by Hol lins N. Randoulph, of At’anta,’ and will be met at Quarantine by a group of members of the New York enter tainment committee. SAVANNAH, Ga., June 22.—Sev enteen prisoners convicted of three general clases of federal offenses in the United States District Court dur ing the past week were taken to At lanta yesterday in custody of Ardie W. Stuart, deputy United States marshal, to start serving their sen tenes of varying lengths. Nine of the member were convict ed for violating the national pro hibition law. They are as follows: Otto Rogers, Sam Broughton, Wil liam Coffman, Ben Dickerson, Roy Driggers, H. M. Taylor, Joe" Boles Prentice Easterling and L. C. You mans; Harrison r.arotic act, W. L. Massie and Dr. McLeod; Section 37, penal code, Jim Mi tiades, J. W. Johnson, A. C. Pranse, J. R. Wil liams, J. A. Taylor, M. D. Foster. The sentenes of these prisoners vary from six months to a period of years in the federal institution in Atlanta. MACON. Ga.. June 22.—Six hun dred persons are expeted here dur ing today to attend the twenty-third annual session of the Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, which opens with an informal reception at the Dempsey Hotel at 8:30 o’clock tonight. Mrs. Eva Ware Sutton, of Macon, is worthy grand matron. Several officers of the grand chapter had arrived last night. This wil be the biggest convention in the history of the order in this State, and it was neecssary to obtain acommo dations at both the Hotel Dempsey and Hotel Lanier, but the main ses sions wil! be held at the Dempsey. Sessions will continue through Tuesday and Wednesday with election officers comiing as the first thing on the program for Wednesday morn ing. Officers will be intsalled on Wednesday night. The usua’ visit to the Masonic Or phans’ Home, fro which the Grand Chapter makes a liberal contribution each year, will be one of the fatures during the convention. All of the delegates make it a point to visit the home during the convention. WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., June 24.—Six men trapped by a thuder storm in a shed near a quarry where they were working about five and a half miles south of this city were kill ed this afternoon either by a bolt of lighting which struck the shed or the effects of the explosion of about 150 pounds of dynamite stored in the shed. NEW YORK, June 24.—Proposals for abolishing the time-honored two thirds rule for making nominations in Democrat conventions was killed here tongiht by the rules committee when it turned down coldly a prop osition submitted by Texas that a majority rule be substituted. The past order of procedure was changed to allow for nominating speeches ahead of the platform re port, the rules committee forseeing a long drawn out fight in the plat form committee over a number of pf anks. NEW YORK, June 24.—The name of Woodrow Wilson was again the spark that fired the magazines of Democratic enthusiasm and sent the party’s 1924 convention roaring on its way today. Once again, _ as four years ago in San Francisco, a mighty chant of approval swept up from the crowded floor as his name fell from the lips of a party spokesman. But this time it was a greeting to a leader, dead and at peace amid his honors. Four years ago, it was a stricken, pain-racked chieftan prisoned in the White House by his infirmities. NEW YORK, Jupe 24.—The lea gue of nations and "firohibition were subjects around which revolved the greatest oratorical effects before 1 the resolutions committee of the Demo cratic national convention as it set out tonight on its long and appar ently a difficult task of framing a party platform. ♦ CHICAGO, June 24.—Postal clerks "here today found the body of a two week-old baby girl in a parcel post package addressed to Mrs. E. Leitch, wife of a Chicago contractor, and sent from Lakeland, Ky., near Louis ville. Mrs. Leitch, who was taken into custody, said that her daughter, a Mrs. Cockrell, lived at Lakeland. The body-was taken to a morgue where an effort wil be made to de termine the cause of death. Postal officials said the package was re ceived here Saturday and that an unsuccessful effort was made to de liver it. Mrs. L'dteh was released after declaring she could not explain how the baby’s body came to be sent to her. DAWSON. Ga.. June 24.—After a survey of the area damaged by hail apd wind late yesterday afternoon and last night about f ; ve miles north west of the city the area of cotton destroyed or so has be°n placed at 1.000 to 1.250 acres with a loss estimated at $25,000 to $30,000 SAN FRANCISCO, June 23. i Lieqt. Russell L. Maughan, army flier, suee«sfully made his daylight- to dusk flight from New Yo»-k to San Francisco, when he landed at Crissy Field at 9:48 p. m. He arived in San Francisco at 9:44 o. m. The plane, in which Maughan ’eft New York at 2:59 1-3 a. m., (East ern Standard Time) today on his third attempt to span the continent, was first sighted when he circled twice in he deepening dusk. CASTORIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears -/l - UNION NEWS It seems as if summer has reached us at last. Mr. ad Mrs. A. M. Bedenbaugh of Sharpes were visitors at the home of Mr. R. A. Kitchens lats Sunday. The many friends of Miss Lee O’Neal were glad to see her out at * Sunday School Sunday afternoon. Mr. Alvin Odom with Misses Ruby Wilkes and Thelma Gibson attended services here Sunday night. Mr. Homer Anderson of Sharpe 3 passed through here Tuesday. Misses Ethel Harden of Bay Head and Miss Georgia Bugg of Jackson ville, Flia., were the guests of Mrs. W. H. Harden, last week. Mr. Jerry Smith and family attend ed the burial of Mr. Brantley at Vi dalia last Sunday. Mr. Madison Mathews of Hardens Chapel attended services here Sun day afternoon. Miss Roby Fiveash of Center at tended services here Monday night. We are glad tc have the children of Mr. W. H. Higgs back in Sunday School again after having a severe case of measles. Rev. J. E. Sma’il has a tent down here and is running a revival meet ing. Let everybody come out and help in the good work. f Mr. Lonnie Blount and sister, Leona, visited their sister, Mr 3. Carr Sunday. ANNOUNCEMENT Knowing full weV, on account of my experience and the numerous friends I have made during my term in office, that I can serve my people to a great advantage, I hereby an nounce for reelection to the House of Representatives subject to the primary to be held Sept. 10. Thanking you very much for your kind and generous support in the past, and trusting that you shall see fit to render the same favor at the next election, I remain, Respectfully yours, ERNEST C. WIMBERLY, Representative. Beef Eaters at London Tourer The yeoman warders at the of London are nlcknntned beef eaters, and they are all former soldiers who were warrant officers or noncommis sioned officers. In their duty as warders they are not under military discipline, and their places are cov eted. Old Superstitions Two very old stage superstitions are never to quote “Macbeth” and never to wear real flowers on the stage. This Is seldom done, even now. There may be a good reason for this superstition, because if the petals should drop they might cause players to slip on the stage. Maple Tree’s Secret Before the first white settlers came to the New World the Indians had dls- < covered the secret of the maple tree. Crudely and wastefully they were turning the sap into sugar.— Nature Magazine. Worth Money in the Home A bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for imme diate use for sudden and gripping pains and cramps, always alarming, especially when accompained with black nausea and weakening rhoea, gives instant warmth, con sort and ease from pain. Good for children and grown-ups. When The Big “Filter” Fails Skin and eyes yellow, mind and body slowed up and wearied by poi sons, that’s when the liver, the “big filter” of the system is torpid and congested. 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