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VOL. LI.
PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY, GA„ THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8,1921.
No. 36
HANGER SEEN IN IRISH SPLI1
Says
Great Britain Cannot Counte.
nance Tearing Up Of The
United Kingdom
Barnsley, England.—Great Britain
cannot countenance the tearing up of
the United Kingdom, said Premier
Lloyd George, in referring to the Irish
question in a speech here recently. It
jwould mean civil war in Ireland itself,
he declared. He hoped, however, he
isaid, that common sense would pre
vail.
! "i am proud that Great Britain hag
•risen above all prejudices and pro
posed terms such as have never been
[proposed before,” the prime minister
Uaid. "They are terms which com-
jmend themselves not only to Great
Britain, but to the whole civilized
world. I trust common senge will
STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Here And
There From All Section Of
The State
prevail. - •
, "Whatever our views are we cannot
countenance separation. We can no
more countenance the tearing up. of
,the United kingdom than America
could countenance the tearing up of
tae Unitd States. Severance would
lead, in Ireland itself, to civil war.
!■■■ if southern Ireland Is not satisfied
with freedom, I fear all hope of ac
commodation must he abandoned. We
only want to do what Is fair, right and
jjust. It Ireland has a right to sep^
aration so has Scotland and so has
jwales, but no Welsh or Scotch pa
triot would ever dream of demanding
I' I believe that when the Irish people
realize the sense of the freedom which
is theirs, that real freedom is offered
jthem, and that all they arc asked to
ido Is to come into the produest com
munity of nations in the world as
freemen, I believe you will find that
that gifted people will realize that their
destiny is greater-r-a free people in
side a free federation of peoples.”
In the course of his speech, Lloyd-
tGeorge made several striking utter
ances. '• V. \
"We have all got prejudices,” he de-
.dared. “I have seen- anti-IrlBh prej
udices lashed into unwisdom and I
:have seen anti-English prejudices on
the other side lashed into unwisdom.
!For God’s sake, let us clear aside prej-
ludices. A nation that lives on prej
udices'is doomed, just lik a man who
lives on hatred.
’ "Whether it is in public or private
trust, no fiian can endure who has a
Yendetta in business or politics, and
,a j . nation’s vendetta is just the same,
•It is a dour pasturage of hatred. There
. is no nourishment, nothing but disap
pointment in it. Let us sweep it on
'one. side, -whatever it costs, even when
. .there is reason in it I am proud to
;think v that Great Britain has. arisen
iabove its prejudices and has given its
’.prime minister a fair chance to speak
•in' the name of . the people of -Great Brit-
Jain.
“If you had severance.it would lead,
[in Ireland itself, to'themost cruel and
most terrible civil war Ireland has
•ever seen, and help would be rushed
jfrom all .sides and every part of the
world to assist the parties- who were
.fighting out the battles. We could not
witness civil war of that kind at our
Sown doors which would involve our
own people throughout the empire and
other peoples as well.”
• Atlanta.—Despite unfavorable finan
cial conditions and in the face of low
prices received for farm products,
principally cotton,' deposits in state
banks of Georgia increased $4,319,600
for the year ending June 30, 1921,
over the year ending June 30, 1919
according to an announcement made
recently by T. R. Bennett, superin
tendent of the state banking depart
ment These figures are compared as
the year 1919 was the last year of
the department’s operation in connec
tion with the state treasury while
the figures received up to June 80,
1921, are for the last year the banking
department operated as an independ
ent department
The figures were compiled from the
statements of the state banks sent
in under the call issued by the de
partment for June 30, 1921. They
were compiled by J. C. Cagle, state
bank examiner, and show that Geor
gia banks are in much sounder condi
tion than many people supposed and
also show that the depression is not
nearly as bad as it looks on the face
of things, according to the official
of the department
One significant thing shown by the
figures is that the total resources of
the state banks are greater by ap
proximately $34,000,000 than they
were June 30, 1919, when Mr. Ben
nett assumed charge of the depart
ment. The resources in 1919 were
$262,360,000 as compared to resources
of $286,694,000 for June 30, 1921. '
Another indication of sound busi
ness methods being used in the banks
is the report of overdrafts. On Decem
ber' 2, 1919; when Mr. Bennett took
charge the overdrafts of. the banks
aggregated $7,488,000.
TWO REGIMENTS1N READINESS
Washington Officials Answer Frantic
Appeals Of Governor, But Criticise
His Failure To Act
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Farmer Is Found Dead In Woods
Thomasville.—The body of George
W. Stephens, a farmer living near
Coolidge, was found recently in a
'strip of woods not far from his home.
Mr. Stephens had gone out early In
the morning to pick cotton, hoping to
complete a bale in time to bring it
to Thomasville to sell recently. When
he did not return In the afternoon his
12-year-old son was sent to look for
him and his body was found lying
face downward, death having evident
ly occurred some time before. It is
supposed that he had caught his foot
In something tnat tripped him and the
fall had caused his death, as there
was no evidence of foul play. Be is
survived by his widow and six cbil
dren.
Yputh Freed Of Killing Hie Father
Gibson.—Charged with killing his
father, Alton McLane, a 14-year-old
boy was recently acquitted by a jury*
in Glascock superior court, in which
he Was placed on trial here. The lad
whs alleged to have killed his father
with a shotgun, tied the body to a
mule with which his father had been
plowing and dragged it across the
field to a gulley, where it was discover
ed three days later. The boy claimed
that the killing was an accident, as
serting that the gun was accidentally
discharged and he "was walking across
the field where Ms father was plow
ing.
Bamesvllle Station Shipping Cream
Barnesville.—A station for shipping
sour cream has been established here
by County Demonstrator W. C. Adams,
and the first shipment has been made.
The prospect 16 that a large quantity
will be shipped every week and pro
fitable prices realized. Since the boll
weevil is destroying the prospect of
making cotton farmers' nre. forced to
the raising and Marketing of other
products. The sour - cream - is being
shipped to a company in Rome, Ga.
Crisp County Farmer Beaten With Ax
Cordele.—J. Butler Ray, a promt
nent farmer, was seriously Injured re
cently when he was attacked by Joq
Nelson, a negro farm hand, with a
club ax, the - difficulty occurring on
Mr. Ray’s farm about three and one-
half miles northeast of the city. Mr.
Ray’s left leg was crushed below the
iknee from the ax and he sustained
a severe blow on his left shoulder.
His right thumb was dislocated and
painfully bruised in a grapple with
the negro after his leg had been brok
en, and as the negro wielded the ax
fiercely in an effort to land a blow
on Mr. Ray’s head.
Ship Held For pefat is Short On Food
Naples, Italy.—The situation arising
from the retention of. the steamship
Pocahontas in port at Naples, June 8,
because of failure to pay for repairs,
has become serious because she has
aboard only five days’ rations for the
twenty-eight passengers and the 253
members of the crew. Owing to spon
taneous combustion, bunker fires are
becoming frequent and serious, and
many tons of the 1,400 tons of coal
aboard have been burned. It will be
necessary to remove the coal if. the
ship remains longer in port.
Washington.-—The federal govern
ment Is now moving rapidly to pro
tect the state of West Virginia against
violence.
President Harding has issued a proc
lamation giving those engaged in un
lawful proceedings in the state until
noon, September 1, to return peace
ably to their homes.
Brigadier General Bandholt has been
ordered to keep one of the four regi
ments of Infantry at that camp in
readiness for immediate entrainment
in event they are ordered into the
“war area” of West Virginia.
Another regiment, at Camp Sheri
dan, Ohio, also has been ordered placed
In readiness for field service. Each
ot these regiments will number about
one thousand men.
Col. F. B. Shaw has been dispatched
from the war department to Charles
ton, W. Va., as inspector and instruc
tor for organizing state militia forces.
If order is not restored by noon,
September 1, federal troops will be
sent into West Virginia to co-ordi
nate with the state troops whereby
the troop movements into the trouble
zone may be accomplished within three
or four hours.
This is the first time during the ad
ministration of President Harding that
there has been a grave prospect ot fed
eral forces being called into action in
a labor disturbance, and it may be
stated the contemplated action is ex
tremely distasteful to the president
No efforts are being made to conceal
the belief of officials that Governor
Morgan of West Virginia has not taken
advantage of his own jpowers and ade
quately exercised his own responsibili
ties in heading off the trouble in its in
ception or checking It after it had
started.
Telegrams, long distance telephone
calls and even delegations of promi
nent West Virginians have followed
one another, in rapid succession, and
Governor Morgan has brought all his
influence to bear upon the government
to come , to Ms aid.
Causti? comment is heard bn the
fact that despite his authorization sev
eral iponths ago to organize a Na
tional Guard force, the governor, un
til within the very recent past, had mo
bilized only an adjutant general and
later one company of Infantry. Now,
of course, he is rapidly Increasing this
force and to aid him Colonel Shaw is
en route to Charleston.
VULCAN ORCHARD
PLOWS.
Strenuous Fighting In Morocco War
Madrid, Spain.—Serious fighting is
taking- place at Sidi Ameran, south of
Mellila,, according to an official re
port recently issued here. It is said
there had been sharp fighting along
the Spanish’positions there, and that
reinforcements and provisions had
dispatched to the front. The Spanish
forces at Tizza, nearby, have also been
reinforced. The Moorish tribesmen
have attacked Spanish positions at
Cabo de Agua, near the frontier of
French Algeria, the statement declar-
finanish forces were being fired on*
Heavy Damage Is Done By Tornack
Denton, Texas. — Several persons
were injured and property damage
estimated at $100,000 was caused by f
.tornado which swept through the
Navo community, northeast of Den
ton recently. One church and othe)
structures were wrecked.
Italian Premier At Disarm Meetln;
; Rome.—Premier Bonami, the Merl
diano announced recently, will repTo
sent Italy at the conference on disarm
ament and Far Eastern questions ii
•Washington in November.
Vulcan Steel Beam Chilled Plows in One-horse
and Two-horse sizes.
Vulcan Hillside Plows
Vulcan Middle Busters
* Vulcan Road Plows
Vulcan Power Lift Tractor Gangs
We Carry a Complete Supply of Vulcan
, Plow Fixtures,
HEARD BROTHERS,
MACON, GEORGIA.
Our Perry Agency can Supply you.
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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 pr.
And Don’t Forget We Also Handle
Plain and Fancy Groceries.
PERRY MERCANTILE CO.
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. I am 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 than [cost and make it up on something
else. All I ask-is an opportunity .to L meet honest compe
tition on any line I sell.
Lets Forget the Blues, Go To Work and Make
The Best of It.
J. W. BLOODWORTH
“THE FARMERS FRIEND."
PERRY, - GEORGIA.
Boll Weevils Found In South Carolina
Spartanburg, S. C.—Boll weevils' are
reported in large numbers at Landrum,
Spartanburg county, which' is the ex*
treme northern edge of the cotton belt
for this section, and where cotton here
tofore has grown abundantly. Farm
experts say the appearance of the boll
weevil at this point proves that the
bojl weevil will thrive in any latitude
or, altitude where cotton can be grown,
a point about which there has been
much dispute. It is thought the dam
age this year will be inconsiderable
because of the latestart of weevils.
One Man Killed In Club Hold-Up
Stamford, Gonn.—One was was kill-
led recently when nine men held Uf
the “Dewey Club" in State street, this
city, and obtained $2,000 in cash and
some Jewelry from a score of men,
£The man killed was Bernard Kilkelly.
SO, a trolley conductor of this city
Copy Of New Treaty Leaves Berth;
| Berlin.—The official copy of the
peace treaty between Germany and
United States, executed by Dr. Freld
rich Rosen, the German foreign min
ister, and Ellis Loring Dresel, th<
American commissioner in Berlin, waf
forward to Washington recently.
We are Now Ready to Gin Your Cotton.
The Gins are all newly sharpened and everything in good
shape. We will give highest prices for Cotton Seed,
Velvet Beans, Peas, Com Hay, Seed Cotton and Peanuts.
We have in stock a large quantity of Good Home Made
Cotton Baskets.
Try our Blacksmith Shop, Charlie Williams will do you a
good job on any repair work.
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