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I “V- 5s# 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 *he Hfcnit'.tiino nnlluniA/V Flood Dissatisfaction With Conferences On Wage Reductions And Work Condi tions To Be Cited On Ticket loooaooaaooaar Receding In Arizona City 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 • • • ■; i ' I'-'-,! * . 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. oaaaaaaaoaoaoaoMaaaaaoaaooaooaaaaaaai VULCAN ORCHARD PLOWS. Vulcan Steel Beam Chilled Plows In One-horse and Two-horse sizes. Vulcan Hillside Plows Vulcan Middle Busters i Vulcan Road Plows Vulcan Power Lift Tractor Gangs We Carry a Complete Supply of Vulcan I■ ‘r i Plow Fixtures, 8 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. ■ 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 V- r -* ■ ■ ‘.i aisfe