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JOHN H. HODGES, Prop’r. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE
$1.50 a Year In Advance
VOL. LI.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1,1921.
No. 35
STATE HEWS OF INTEREST LODGE UPHOLDS PRESIDENT SOUTHWEST NOT INCLUDED
Brief News Itenis Gathered Here And
There From All Section 01
The State ;
Idaho Resenls “Throwing Down” The
Bill Because The President
Opposed It
Macon.—Fire broke out in the
' Brown *house, hear the center of the
downtown business district, recently.'
The fire followed an explosion, that
could be heard for several miles. The
flames spread and one' bl,ock is al
ready practically gone.
Forty or fifty persons are reported,
trapped in hallways at the rear of
the burning hotel.
The fire was started by the explo
sion of a gasoline tank at a .filling
station of the Canfield Oil company
alongside the hotel.
The Brown house is the. oldest hotel ’
In the city, and is a frame structure.;
Men and wome.n jumped from the
fourth and fifth-stbry Vrihdows and
many persons have been injured.
The explosion of the tank of gaso
line tore out the side of the- Brown
House and blew out the staircase.
A crowd of men rushed in and
women clad in night attire rushed
through the flames and leaped into
their arms. .
Other men standing on Broadway
and the Pine street side of tlje hotel,
caught a number of women who leap
ed from the second >stprjr windpws.
Harry Swansbrug," of Atlanta, an
engineer on the Central of Georgia,
has been taken to the hospital. He
leaped from a third-story window. •
John S. Hays, justice of the peace,
also leaped from a third-story window
and was sent to the hospital.
A number of • other persons have
been moved • to the hospital. flag
man on Central of Georgia railroad
named Turnipseed is missing.
The flames spread toward Poplar
street. The firemen centered their
efforts on preventing the fire from
reaching the big downtown stores, and
believe that they wiil succeed. *
The flames were carried across the
roof of the entire block from Plum
street to Poplar. street, and had the
appearance of belng illuminated vapor
from the gasoline tank's.
Electric power lines in the entire
downtown district were cut off, but
the fire lighted the center of the city.
There are twp. other hotels in the
block between Plum and Poplar
streets, guests in each- of which were
gotten out when the explosion occur
red.
F. C. ciaxton, who jumped frpm
a second story window, said the force
of the explosion bleW him out of bed
His face was badly burned.
A dozen 'firemen trying to get at
the seat of the fire through the store
of the Brunner Drug company’s store,
narrowly escaped when the walls of
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Flood
Dissatisfaction With Conferences On
Wage Reductions And Work Condi
tions To Be Cited On Ticket
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Phoenix, Ariz.—Flood ;waters in the
state capitol building were sloWly re
ceding recently after reaching a level
of two feet in the first f loor.off ices of
the governor and his chief assistant.
The damage to the capitol was esti
mated at $300,000 by H. M. Alevander,
custodian, in addition, to the loss of
irreplacable records in basement store
rooms which were flooded.
110 Yeaip Old Negress Dies Of Old Age
Yohk, S. C.—rMartha^ Ratqhford, a
negress, said to be one hundred and
ten years old,' died here recently of in
firmities incident’ to old ftge. The neg
ress at the time of her death was be
lieved to be the oldest person living in
South Carolina.
Tie* Bloodhound .-To. Tree And Flees
Spartanbprg, SU„C.—Jim Nesbitt, a
negro serving: a life sentence for mur
der, on the Spartanburg county chain-
gang, made his-escape recently. A
bloodhound was put on his trail. The
negro waited until the dog caught up,
and tied the animal to a tree and con
tinued his flight. He was . captured
later.
Washington.—President Harding’s
appearance before the senate last
month in opposition to passage of the
soldiers’ bonus b?P started a storm
of debate in the senate, \fhen the ship
ping board deficiency bill was being
considered, during Which his course
was bofh defended and criticised.
The discussion was started by Sen*
,ator LaFollette, Republican, Wiscon
sin, who referred to the resolution in
troduced in the house by Representa
tive Cockran, Democrat,! New York;
criticising the president for address
ing one branch of congress on pending
legislation. , .
Sehator Lodge, the Republican lead
er, called attention t6 the “peace with
out victory’’ speech of former President
Wilson to the senate prior to Ameri
can entrance into the war and his ad
dresses later on the suffrage amende
inept.
It would be a sad day, the Massachu
setts senator said, for the republic
when any of the three branches of the
government cpbld not confer with each
other.
Declaring it was not necessary
“either to criticise or eulogize Mr. Har
ding,” Senator Borah, Republican, Ida
ho, said that on the question of the.
bonus, “we surrendered our judgment
tc his dictation. If the president want
ed a precedent, there were plenty, he
declared, adding that this did not
change the situation.
'• Mr. LaFollette assailed the president
for what he described as executive in
terference with the legislative branch
of the government. He asserted that
the president was brought into the de
bate to prevent passage of the bill,
and that his action was without au
thority under the Constitution.
"It were as if that black page in the
senate’s, history could be destroyed
pnd forever fprgotten,” Mr, LaFollette
declared.
% “it was remarkable that .alarm
should seize the president’s ipind when
the soldiers', bonus bill was peiadlnig
and appear at the senate to rescue
the nation’s finances from utter de
struction.”
Mr Lodge declared he-saw “no rea
son for debarring” the president' from
congress and Senator Knox, Repub
lican, Pennsylvania, interjected with
“And I sbe no reason why congress
could be debarred from the white
house as has occurred in the past eight
years.”,
Mr. Lodge also cited numerous,con
stitutional ' provisions' which he said
gave the president full authority to
address either branch of congress at
his pleasure, saying it would be im
possible for the president to speak to
both- housese if only one. were in ses
sion.
Asserting that he never had heard
“such a violent denunciation of Wil
son,” as bad been directed at Mr. Hard-
ing, Senator Kellogg, Republican, Min
nesota, said he was unable to under
stand the reason tor it.
Mr. Borah explained that he was in
full accord with the president on the
•bonus question, but that his criticism
was aimed at the appearance of the
president, whether Mr, Wilson or Mr
Harding. ’
“B«t I am unable to find anything
like it prior .to the Wilson adminis
tration,” 'hp said. “With all due re
spect, I know of no more pitiable spec
tacle ever presented to the people
than that of the senate in throwing
down the bonus bill after it had been
reported and the president had come
here to oppose it. It was because he
came here that we surrendered our
judgment to his dictation."
Cleveland.—Strike ballots for sub
mission to 409,000 members of the
“Big Four” railroad brotherhoods and
the Switchmen’s Union of North Amer
ica were being prepared at a joint
conference here recently of members
of the executive committees, chief ex
ecutive committees, chief executives
and assistant grand officers of the five
organizations,
When the conference adjourned re
cently the form of the ballot had not
been definitely decided on, The con
ference will be resumed soon.
In its present shape the ballot tells
the union members of the unsatisfac
tory negotiations held in fhe past few
months between brothertfbod chiefs,
and railroad managers, at conferences
held in the west; southeast and east as
to whether the railroads Intended to
ask for further decreases in wages, fol
lowing the 12 l/£ per cent reduction
handed down by the railroad labor
bpard at Chicago recently and now in ;
effet, whther the roads wotild seek the
elimination of time and one-half for
overtime and asks if the members are
satisfied to continue work under these 1
conditions.
Executives of, the southwestern
roads did not meet wii.ii the chiefs.
Chief executives of the five, organ
izations have been in conference here
for several days on the situation and
recently wer joined by three members
of the executive board of each of the
five organizations and several assist
ant grand officers, about twenty-five
men in all,
’ Ballots will bp sent to 160,000 active
members of. tl\e trainmen’s -organiza
tion. 116,000 firemen, 80,000 engineers,
60,000 conductors and 14,000 switch
men.
Warren S. Stoone,* grand chief of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers;
W. -S. Cater, president of the Brother
hood of Firemen and Enginemen; L.
E- Shepard*/president of the Order of
Railway. Conductors; James Murdoch,
Complaint About Lumber Rates Filed
Mobile, Ala—Complaint against - the
rates charged on hardwood lumber and
other products of the forest has been
filed with the interstate commerce com
mission by the Southern. Hardwood as
sociation, the Mobile Lumber . Manu
facturers’ club, and. others against the
Illinois Central railroad and practical
ly every other road in the southeast,
.according to information made public
.here recently by railroad pfficials. The
’case will be heard before the interstate
, commerc comrirission in Washington,
‘September 29. . . . 1 •
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Two Hosiery Mills Are Consolidated
. Marietta—The Acworth Hosiery
mills announced through their man-
vice president of the .Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen and acting presi
dent in the absence through illness of
President W. G. Lee, and Thomas Gha-
shin, president of the Switchmen’s.
Union of North America* were the
chief executives attending the confer
ence,
When the ballot is completed, prob
ably within a short time, it will be sent
to the active membership of five or
ganizations and a • referendum vote
taken. It was estimated' that it will
take a full month or more to complete
the vote. The ballots for the referen
dum must be sent to the members be
fore September 1, under, terms of a
resolution adopted *jy| a conference in
Chicago recently of the general chair
men of the organization.
Action On Beer Blit it tfnlikely
Washington.—In the face of all sorts
of claims by prohibition leaders that
congress should not quit work until
the anti-beer legislation has been en
acted, indications are that the senate
and house wjll recess without final ac
tion on the measure.
Clara Smith Hamon Marries Director
Los Angeles, Calif.—Clara Smith Ha
mon, acquitted in Ardmore, Okla., sev
eral; months ago, when tried for the
murder of Jake L. Hamon, was mar
ried here recently to John W. Gor
man, a motion picture director. Aftei
obtaining a license to marry, the cou,
pie drbvb to v fhe residence of'Rev. M.
Howard Fagan, paBtor of the Wilshire
Boulevard Christian church, who per
formed the ceremony. Mr. Gormhn
announced he apd his wife would make
, make their home here. Mrs. Gorman
has been, engaged a short while.
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Vulcan Hillside Plows
Vulcan Middle Busters
i Vulcan Road Plows
Vulcan Power Lift Tractor Gangs
We Carry a Complete Supply of Vulcan I■ ‘r
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HEARD BROTHERS,
MACON, GEORGIA.
Our Perry Agency can Supply you.
These are Just a Few of The Many Ar
ticles that You Will Find at Any Time
You Come to See Us
Full Width Sheeting 50c yd.
Yard Wide Sheeting 12 l-2c yd.
Fancy Voiles 20c yd.
Childrens Fancy Sox 25c pi*.
And Don’t Forget We Also Handle
Plain and Fancy Groceries.
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DON’T BE DECEIVED
Buy your Goods for Cash and I will sell you, Grocer
ies,! Hardware, Enamelware, Crockery, Stoves, Ranges,
Glassware, Churns, Etc,, CHEAPER than any man in
Perry. l ain in business to stay; I know that all Mer
chandise is cheaper than it was six months ago; I have
taken my loss and if you buy from me I will not sell you
one article for less thanjeost and make it up on something
else. All I ask is an opportunity*to L meet honest compe
tition on any line Ii sell. ;
Lets Forget*the Blues, Go To Work and Make
The Best of It.
WSm
3. W. BLOODWORTH
‘THE FARMERS FRIEND."
PERRY,GEORGIA.
We are Now Ready to Gin Your Cotton.
The Gins are all newly sharpened and everything iri good
shape. We will give highest prices for Cotton Seed,
Velvet Beans, Peas, Com Hay, Seed Cotton and Peanuts.
ager, W. F. Hetrick, the acquisition ) Wannamaker Scores Reserve System
of the Cornelia Hosiery mills .plant, at. Washington.—Attacks on the fede-
Cornelia, Ga., The equipment has been ral reserve system were renewed re TX/p have in Stock a large aUatttitV 6f Good Home Made .
cently before the joint congressiona’ ■ 9
commission on agriculture. J. S. Wan-
moved and combined with the present
plant in Acworth. This company has
eighty-eight knitting machines, pro
ducing 250 dozen pair ladies’ cotton
hosiery daily. This mill employes
.sixty operatives;. The cotton yarns
are supplied by ;the Marietta Cotton
mills, which is under the same man
agement. Mr. Hetrick established
both the . Acworth and Cornelia
Hosiery mills several years ago and
bas managed them very,successfully.
namaker of South Carolina, presideni
of the American Cotton Association,
asserted that deflation of the currencj
and of prices had been terribly destruc
tive tb air American producing inter
ests, that it had been wholly unneees-
sary, but that it had been, brop
about deliberately by the fedeir
serve board., and that there \
reason for same:
' Cotton Baskets.
Try our Blacksmith Shop* Charlie Williams will do you a
good job on any repair
it
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