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JOHN H. HODGES, Prop’r, DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE $1.50 a Year In Advance PEKRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY MAY, 15 1919 KM TREES A^D FALL GRAIN* We are prepared to furnish acid Phosphate Raw Bone Meal. Ground Cattle Tankage,' Machine Dried Fish Scrap, merkan Murate of Potas, Cotton Seed Me( ] and ah g.ades of ready mixed fertilers. rite us for prices. Heard Brothers, MACON, GEORGIA. democratic EXECUTIVE C0M- f TREATY of peace handed to MITTEE TAKES STEP BY 1| GERMANS AT 3:15 P. M. , I 24 TO 1 | ! WEDNESDAY. DEFICIT OF $192,000,000 FOR THREE MONTHS OF THE PRES ENT YEAR The Belgian Crcwn Council Decides To Sign Treaty, EHit Aro Dis satisfied With Text Brief News Items Of Important Gath ered From All Parts Of The State Despite Big Deficit Hines Says No General Rate Increase Is Now Contemplated New York.—The peace treaty for- Washington. — Director General Hines in a discussion of recent rail road earnings disclosed that: The government’s deficit in operat ing the railroads for the first three months this year, or the difference be tween net earnings and one-fourth of the guaranteed annual^compeusntion, without $192,000,000 for all roads un der federal management. The government’s loss for 1918 was $226,000,000. The entire government loss irfeur- red in fifteen months of federal oper ation was $418,000,000. Marked reduction in freight traffic under records of similar periods of the last two years wg»« responsible for the bad financial showing and the conditions in April, though not yet reported fuly, show no promise of any improvement. Despite the big government deficits, the director general does not contem plate any general increase in the level of rates, blit prefers to await restoration of normal business condi tions. The government also incurred a deficit of about $14,540,000 in eight months’ operation of the American Hallway Express company, iho con solidated express corporation, up to W. O. Kinney. L. J. Hohtoi*. g; ® gm r raVOrlns ! perialistic Germany must pay for the enfranchisement of women. '. . ... .. . ' ,, The action was made possible by the ; ^ aving instigated the world war at fact that the local primary committee has been made, controls the white primary of the city, With peace measureably near by which is not affected by state laws, reason of this fact, there now also It is within the discretion of the com- seems to be good basis for the belief mittee, which acts under a sort of that the differences between Great "gentlemen’s agreement’’ to grant the 1 Britain, France and the United States and Italy over Italy’s claims regard ing Flume and the Dalmatian coast may yet be settled with full accord. : Signor Orlando, Italian premier, and his foreign minister, Baron Sonnino, returned to Paris from Rome, where they have been since they, quitted the peace conference, more than a week ago, owing to inability to obtain what Italy considered concessions which would satisfy Italian ambitions. With the Italian question settled, almost complete unanimity of senti ment would prevail in the peace con ference. The obstacle represented by the protests of the Belgians has been surmounted by the - Bel g*«a ;; cr o wn council having decided unanimously to sign the treaty, it . having been pointed out by the head of the Belgi an delegation that the document gave honorable and satisfactory terms to Belgium. W. 0. KINNEY & CO. S U OCESiORS'TO B. T. ADAMS & CO. - Cotton Factors. - 614 Thirdt Street, Macon, Ga. ’■ ' ’ , t ' ' . . Farmers Supplies. Mules, High-grade Fer > A ILIZERS AND WEBER WAGONS. lOTTON FACTORS Macon, Ga. Mill 8ends Shipment To China Augusta.—The Enterprise Manufac- "The present unfavorable results naturally lead to agitation of the question whether there ought to be an increase of rates,’’ said Mr. Hines in his statement. "My own judgment is that the present conditions are loo abnormal to serve as a basis for any general change in the level of rutes and that it is preferable to defer ac tion on that subject until there shall have been a full opportunity to get a more normal measure of the condi tions, meanwhile resorting to every practical economy, studying the situ ation with the greatest care, and keep ing the public fully informed as to de velopments.” Cotton, Mules, Fertilizers Wagons, Bagging, Ties MEN .AND WOMEN TRAPPED BY FIRE IN COLUMBU3, O., AND MANY LIVES ARE LOST Flames Raged In Seven-Story Apart- ; ment Building—And Many Women Leaped Out Money to Loan Farm Lands in Houston County a’ Low Rite of j latere? liiyou wtui money quick write orca'l Columbus, Ohio.—Fire in a down town business and apartment build ing at midnight trapped many per sons, the police say. Men, . women and children jumped from upper floors into life nets. One baby was thrown from the third floor and was caught in the arms of a youth aiding the firemen. Scoi’ee of women who jumped from upper apartments of the seven story building have been rushed to hospi tals as seriously injured. Thirty minutes after the fire started the po lice reported one known dead and estimated those trapped may run up to 20 to 30. A dozen small children and babies in arms were tossed out of windows. The entire upper half of the building was a mass of flames and there is now i\o way of knowing how many were cut off. Mrs. Charles Speakman, wife of a policeman, was killed jumping from an upper floor, her husband was se riously injured and is in a hospital and her father is missing, police re ports say. Mrs. Robert Knight, 35, and son, 4, may die from injuries from jumping from their apartment Gil- lah Larson, aged 5, was reported to have been killed. Eight seriously hurt reached one hospital. Between seventy-five and one hun dred persons lived in the building. T. H. Garrett Heads Educators Macon.—With the election of offi cers, the annual convention of the Georgia Educational Association clos ed here. The new president is T. H: Garrett of Augusta. Other officers fol low: Miss Katherine Dozier, Gaines ville, vice president; Kyle T. Alfriend, Milledgeville, secretary; Harold D- Meyer, Athens, - treasurer; H. D. Richie, Athens; Miss Rosa Taylor, Ma con, and Ralph Newton, Fort Valley, directors; R. H. Powell, of McRae, trustee. AVIATORS IN FLOCKS DO GREAT STUNTS x|N SKY AT MACON, GA, Hatcher-Tu rpin Co Southeastern Aeronautical Congress In Full Sway, And Much Interest Manifested 523.Mulberry St. Macon, Georgia Macon, Ga.—Macon was given a sample ot what may be expected in the future when travel in the air be comes as common as the present day use of automobiles. All day long the air was filled with machines of differ ent types, some carrying mail, others bombing the city with Victory Loan literature and others doing acrobutic Btuiits that thrilled the erwods of people at Central City Park and in the business district of the city. Sev eral Macon people were permitted to go up with the aviators, among the number being Mayor Glen Toole, who, while flying two thousand foot in the air dictated messages to 4tl* stenog rapher on the ground. The big Wright-Martin bombing mane which flew from Bolting Field, V^ashington, D. C-.- to Macon, flew over the city for more than an hour piloted by Captain Francis. Tifton 6ets Experiment Station Tifton.—After inspecting the four sites offered in eoutheast Georgia, the board of trustees of the coastal plain agricultural experiment station award ed the location of that institution to the town of Tifton, which submitted a bid of 204 acres of land and $25,- 000 in cash. Announcement of the award was made by Governor Dor sey, who accompanied the board on its inspection. * —— Planes Carry Mail On Dixie Air Route Macon.—Establishment of the first aerial mail route in the South be tween Macon and Montgomery, the as cension of the big Caquot observation balloon and the flying demonstration by a fleet of aeroplanes were the fea tures of the opening of the Southeast ern Aeronautical Congress, which will be in session for ten days. After your cotton has come up. We will be glad to buy all ■ . ■■■..' the Seed y||§ have left. Bring • . them to us as soon as possible. We have 90 day Velvet Foreign-Born Slackers Should “Get” Tallahassee, Fla.-—The lower house of the state legislature passed a me morial which will be submitted to congress calling upon that body to pass an act requiring deportation of all foreign-born persons who claim ed exemption and were exempted from military service in the recent war against German autocracy on the ground that they were subjects of and gave allegience to a foreign country.” The resolution further states that such persons are "so much worthless scum and baggage,” and the act would ( be a “means of showing America's ; contempt for such‘ingrates.” . ; Recruits Wanted For Siberian Service Washington.—Orders were issued by the war department for the re cruiting of eight thousand men to serve as replacement troops for the American soldiers now in Siberia. A Replacement detachment will be or ganized at San Francisco and the units of 50 Oeach as they become troops will be sent forward in short. Only men with previous military ex perience will be accepted. The en listments for service both in Siberia ind Europe has been extended to the Hawaiian islands and Panama. Editors Meet Secretary Glass Atlanta.—About three hundred and fifty, editors from all parts of the Sixth Federal Reserve District were invited to Atlanta to meet Secretary of the Treasury Glass. The editors were the guests of the Victory Liberty Loan Committee and were enthusiastic as to the prospects for "going over the top.”