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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY JULY 3,1919
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JOHN H.
DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE
$1.50 a Year In Advance
DRASTIC
IN THE PROM FOR
LIQUOR IN HOME FOR PER-
GOOD ROADS AND WOMAN SUF-
SONAL USE NOT AGAINST I
THE LAW.
FRAGE AMENDMENT OF
MOST INTEREST
GOES INTO JEFFECT JULY 1 BRIEF ITEMS' OF IMPORTANCE
Man’8 Right To Store For Dry Period r -.„.
Condensed. Statement Of Interesting
After July First Is
Conceded
Washington.—A man’s right to store
liquor, in his homo for the dry period
after July 1 stood up against an at
tack on that provision of the prohi
bition enforcement bill before the
house judiciary committee.
Near the end of an all-day session
the committe voted down an amend
ment which would have made it un
lawful for a citizen to have liquor in
his possession; struck out a section
which would have prevented “use” by
a citizen of liquor in his private dwell
ing, and decided that in the matter
of general enforcement there would
be no difference between war time
Even with this and other changes,
the bill as it was reported out, is con
sidered as all-embracing. So drastic
are its provisions, members of the
committee said, that, while a man
may put a keg of beer in his cellar, he
may be convicted and fined if, for
instance, he wears a watch fob on
which there is a picture of the keg
as an advertisement.
In, a general consideration of the
measure, the committeo made a num
ber of minor changes, but the prin
cipal fight wae over the question of
the right of home storage for personal
use. Representative Morgan, Repub
lican, of Oklahoma, endeavored to
have stricken out the section reading
that “it shall be unlawful to possess
liquor in one’s private dwelling while
the san^e. is occupied and used by him
only as his dwelling.’’
F Ardent prohibitionists on the com
mittee voted against the Morgan pro
posal, for the reason, they said, that
nothing was to be gained by enacting
a law so drastic as to arouse the hos
tility of people who rejoiced that the
day of the saloon had ended. Pro
ment eliminating the proviso that the
hibition members supported an amend-
liqquor must be obtained and placed
in storage prior to date the act would
become effective. As amended the
section reads: “That such liqquor need
not be reported, provided the burden
of showing that possession is legal
upon the possessor.”
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Airplane In Landing Kills Children
Boston.—A bombing airplane, pilot
ed by Lieut. Col. H. B. Clagget, struck
and killed two children and injured
another in landing at Franklin field.
Capt. William H. Chandler, observer of
the machine, was slightly hurt. The
plane, ono of seven, which arrived
from Albany, N. Y., on the last leg
of a flight from Dallas, Texas, was
wrecked.
Will U. S. Sign Turkish Treaty ?
Baris.—Whether the United States
will sign the Turkish treaty if such
be negotiated, and the Bulgarian trea
ty, is still undecided and probably will
not be known until shortly before the
signature, although the Americans
are participating in the preliminaries
daily. International law experts are
agreed that the United States may
properly sign because of its member
ship in the league of nations, although
not at war with those countries.
Events And Happening Through,
out The State
Atlanta.—Among the many import-
antmeasureB to come before th& leg
islature are the highway bills and the
woman suffrage amendment. It is
agreed that these two will produce a
vast amount of discussion, but there
is this difference: Woman suffrage
will be taken care of in one bill,
while the probability is that to the
three or more bills on the highway
future of the state which have al
ready been drawn up, there will be
aded some score or more othersfl and
numerous amendments proposed. The
situation on highway legislation now
centers around the two reports which
will be made from the specially ap
pointed highway legislative commit
tee. One of these is the majority re
port, which calls for a constitutional
amendment that will permit the issu
ance of bonds for road improvement,
but in the meantime provides for an
increase in automobile license fees
for use on road -work, these funds to
take care of the bonds later. A state
highway commission of three is pro
posed, of which the head shall be an
engineer elected by the board. The
minority report also contains a rec
ommended amendment, but it differs
somewhat from the others. The high-
way department, as proposed in this
report, would consist of one member
from each congressional district, to
J be appointed by the governor, with the
consent of the senate, for a term of
! six year. The chief executive of the
' department would be an engineer
elected by the people.
Mental Defectives In Large Number
Atlanta.—In the report rendered to
Governor Dorsey on the conditions-
existing, among the feeble-minded of
Georgia by the Georgia commission
on the feeble-minded, an alarming
number of mental defectives are not
ed, and the imperative need for im
mediate provision of special institu
tional care and training, is pointed
out. The commission has had a corps
of scientific experts, headed by Dr.
Y. V. Anderson, one of America’s
leading authorities on the subject, at
work on Georgia conditions for' the
past four months; and the findings
of these • experts as embodied in the
report is sumarized as follows: “In
1 our survey of the feeblemindedness in
Georgia, owing to the lack of time
| intervening between the beginning of
; our investigation and the assembling
j of th.e legislature, we considered it
more worth while to make a study of
the outstanding problem feeble-mind
edness was creating—a study of the
conditions whic hare, in a striking
proportion of cases, the result of fail- .
ure to make early provision for the j
feeble-minded—than to attempt a j
statewide census of the number of
feeble-minded persons in Georgia
needing institutional care.
Belgian Rulers Coming To America
Brussels.—Before President Wilson
left Belgium, it was announced that
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth ac
cepted his invitation to visit the Unit
ed States. The Belgian rulers prob
ably will go to lie United States in
September. It is twenty years since
Albert of Belgium last visited the Unit
ed States, his first journey here. The
present king was then a prince and
spent nearly twelve mouths in the
United States, a tourist and newspa-
, v correspondent.
Georgia Towns To Open League
Fitzgerald.—Fitzgerald is preparing
to step out again on the baseball dia
mond with one of the fastest semi-
pro aggregations in Georgia baseball.
At a rousing meeting of baseball en
thusiasts here, permanent officers
were elected for the recently organiz
ed baseball association, and over $1,-
j 000 worth of stock was subscribed in
! the association. D. B. Nicholson, the
• manager of the team, is in correspond-
1 ence with the associations at Dublin,
i Hawkinsville, Eastman and Wrights-
ville, and a league will probably be
formed by these five towns, with one
or three others. The plans made at
! the meeting provide for a season of
! eight weeks.
—A few weather stained 50 Tooth
Harrows going cheap. —H. P. Houser
DEPORTATION OF UNDESIRABLE
ALIENS PROVIDED FOR
HOUSE BILL
IMMEDIATE PASSAGE
Permanent Denial Of Readmlsslon
Contained In Amendment
Adopted
Washington.—Deportation of anar
chistic and other undesirable aliens
convicted In peace times was provid
ed by the house immigration commit
tee when it voted to extend the war
deportation powers to peace times.
Permanent denial of readmlsslon to
the country of aliens thus deported
was also provided by the committee
in adopting an amendment to a reso
lution introduced Juno 12 by Chair
man Johnson of Washington.
The resolution <vill be taken before
the house rules committee and a spe
cial rule asked for its immediate pass
age so that the bureau of immigration
and the department of justice may be
provided with a more effective weap
on for dealing with the bomb-throwers,
most of whom, It is believed, are not
citizens of the United States.
The amended resolution, which Is
strongly backed by the immigration
officials of the department of justice
in their crusade against the bombers,
will particularly affect the unfortun
ate classes of aliens:
1. Those interned In this country
during the war.
2. Those at any time convicted of
violating certain rules regarding the
manufacture, the distribution, storage,
use and possession of explosives.
3. Aliens convicted of espionage
and other acts interfering with the
country’s foreign relations, neutrality
and foreign commerce.
• 4. Those convicted of injuring or
destroying war materials.
5. Those convicted of making
threats against the president.
6. Those convicted of conspiring
to overthrow the government by force.
The amended resolution, if passed,
means that such persons as Dr. Karl
Muck, Capt. Hans_ Tauscher, Boy-Ed,
Von Papen and others will never be
able to return to this country.
MORE WARSHIPS SUNK
BY GERMANS OFF KIEL
TO CHEAT THE ALLIES
The Geri.ians, However, Deny That
The Vessels Have Been
Sunk
Weimar.—The German warships
wjiich wen not surrendered and
which have been anchored off Kiel,
Wilhelnishaven and other points, have
been sunk by German sailors manning
them, according to a report received
here from reliable authority.
According to the reports, there were
twelve German war vessels besides
destroyers, which were in German wa
ters, not having been turned over to
the entente under the armistice pro
visions.
London.—The German admiralty de
nies a rumor in circulation in Paris
and elsewhere that the Germans had
sunk the remainder of their warships
in German harbors.
We are prepaired to furnish acid Phosphate Raw
Bone Meal, Ground Cattle Tankage' Machine Dried
Fish Scrap, merkan Murate of Potas, Cotton Seed
Mej f and ah grades of ready mixed fertilers.
rite us for prices.
Heard Brothers,
, MACON, GEORGIA.
W. O. Kinney. l. J. Hokton.
W. O. KINNEY & CO.
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SUCCESJORS'TO B. T. ADAMS'& CO.
- Cotton Factors. -
; > 614 Thllt Street. Macon, Ga.
Farmers Supplies, Mules, High-grade Fbi
.ILIZERS AND WEBER WAGONS,
0TT0N FACTORS
Macon, Ga.
Cotton, Mules, Fertilizers
Wagons, Bagging, Ties
Money to Loan
On Farm Laiuh in Houston County a' Low Rito of. Iutera*
li you want money quick write orca’l
Hatcher-Turpin Co.
523 M i lberry St. Macon, Georgia.
Money Increased For Naval Aviation
Washington.—With few dissenting
votes, the senate naval committee de
cided to recommend an increase in the
naval aviation fund for 1920 from $15,-
000.000 to $35,000,000, as requested
by Secretary Daniels. An increase of
the navy’s enlisted personnel for 1920
from 171,000 men, the number pro
vided by the house in passing the na
val appropriations measure, to 191,-
000, was voted by the committee. It
is estimated the cost of maintaining
the additional 20,000 men will be $100,-
000,000 more than the total appro
priated by the house.
Macon Firemen Call For Two Shifts’
Macon. — The Macon city firemen
aave served notice on the mayor and;
;ouncil that if they do ndt grant them;
i double platoon system which gives
:he men twelve hours off after twelve',
hours’ duty, they will adopt other
weans of seeing that the system is
put into effect. J
COAL; COAL; COAL;
Dont forget this importan
matter, we will begin to delive
Blue Gem Lump and Montev-
allo Lump Coal in June, and the
orders will be filled in the .order
in which they are taken. Get
your order in early and be as
sured of getting thebest coal and
getting it before the pric
advances.