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TROOPS GALLED TO RIOT ZONE
Three Regiments Of Infantry Ready
For Immediate Service—Airplanes
Already On The Spot
Charleston, W. Va.—Gen. H. H. Band*
holtz (announces that he has dispatch
ed a telegram to the war department
at Washington to send federal troops
into West Virginia at once. In an
nouncing his decision to recommend
martial law, General Bandholtz made
the following statement:
"I nm satisfied the miners will not
obey the president's proclamation. A
telegram has been sent to Washing
ton requesting federal troops at once.”
Washington.—The request of Brig-
Gen. H. H. Bandholtz for federal troops
in the West Virginia strike area has
been received at the war department,
pad haB been referred to Major Gen-
earl Harbord, assistant chief of staffs
Announcement of the course to be
taken townrd the request, It is indi
cated, will probably bo made. <•
Logan, W. Va.—Conflicting reports
of happenings along Spruce Fork ridge,
on one side of which armed bands are
gathered, while the other, Logan coun
ty deputy sheriffs, volunteers and
etate troopers did patrol duty, circu
lated here.
Capt. L G. Hollingsworth came Into
town and declared that deputies pa
trolling Crooked creek had been driven
down' the hillside by a' band from
across the ridge. Immediately an
emergency force was sent out.
When asked to verify the report
shortly afterward, Col. W. Eubanks,
in charge of county forceB, declined to
confirm it, or another said to have
been brought In from the Crooked
creek district, that two deputies had
been wounded. Others arriving from
the border denied that the deputies
had been forced back.
Capt. L. B. Lawson of the Mingo mi
litia, who has charge of Mingo and
McDowell volunteer patrols in the
Blair mountain region, brought three
prisoners into town. He departed, say-
• Jng he had been directed to return
to the mountain district." At thq same
time two airplanes passed eastward
flying In the direction of the Logan
Boone border.
Camp Dlx.—‘Troops of the Twenty
sixth and Sixteenth Infantries are
reported to be awaiting orders for pos
piblo duty to the West Virginia coal
fields. Horses and mules have been
loaded aboard box cars ready to go
with the regiments, but have been un
loaded, becauso .no orders have been
received.
Decides To Rewrite Tax Bill Of House
Washington.—Decision was reached
recently by the senate finance com
mittee to rewrite the house tax bill
so as to Include in one document
every internal revenue law on the
statute hooks. Chairman Penrose de
scribed the bouse measure as a series
of amendments to existing revenue
law and said it was the committee a
.program to make the bill which it
will report to the senate "all inclu
sive.” It was -desired, he added, to
perfect a measure to which any in
dividual payer could turn and find
any tax provisions affecting hiB pay
ment8 to the federal \ government.
Striker# Dispersed By Machine Gun
Uniontown, Pa.—Striking miners of
the W. J. Rainey Coal and Coke com
pany, marching into Allison, Pa., to
bring out the miners of the Superior
Coal and Coke -company there, were
recently dispersed by Sheriff I. L
Shaw, of Fayette county, and one dep
uty by a display of machine guns.
State police under Sergeant Freeman,
later took over the situation.
May 8ell Estate Of General Pershing
Amite, La.—Unless a tax bill
amounting to $20 is paid, the sheriff
of Tangipahoa parish will, on Septem
ber 10, sell at auction the Louisiana
estate of General John J.- Pershing
and his brother and sisters, according
to A story published by The Pelica
pairs, a> former service men’s weekly
-publication.
Former German Army Head Dies
Berlin.—Field Marshal Count Karl
von Buelow, who was commander-in-
chief of the German second army dur
ing the war, died here recently. Mar
shal Van Buelow, whb was 76 pears
old, was one of Germany's leading
commanders during the war. He was
raised to the rank of Field Marshal
January 27, 1916, on the fifty-sixth
anniversary of the Kaiser's birth.
TOWN PESTS
The Loafer is just about our Worst
Pest, for he has been Standing Around
on onr Streets for Years, Finding
Fault with Everybody and Everything.
He's done his Darnedest to Block ev
ery Improvement Our Town has made,
and when he quits Walking-Around to
save Funeral Expenses, he will be
Missed, just like a Boill
NO HOPE FOR DISARMAMENT
Armament Load Will Be Lighter,
President Says—World Must
Always Arm -
Claims Are Adjusted
Savannah.—The government and
Red Cross "clean-up’’ Bquad, consist
ing ef J. W. Butler, acting manager;
Dr. W. N. Edenfield, Dr. J. S. Stew
art, of Athens; George Black and
Thomas H. Brook, and several women
workers fo the Red Cross organiza
tion, has had a busy seek so far in
Savannah, adjusting the claims of
scores of ex-service men. The cam
paign for the state began in Savan
nah recently and will be concluded,
after a tour of the state, in Atlanta in
December.
Lbndon Workless .Stage Protest*
London.—Sheriff’s officers in motoi
cars went to Poplar recently and visit
ed the residences of the members o;
the Poplar borough council, who hac
refused to comply with an order ol
the high court requiring them to rais<
tax rates in accordance with a ruling
Of the London county council. Many
of the councillors were not at home
but several were arrested and con
veyed to prison amid sympathetk
cheers from the crowds which gather
ed as soon as it was known that thf
sheriff’s officers were active.
Plea For Troops In Textile Strike
Asheville, N. C.—Request that state
troops again be sent to Concord be
cause of conditions.arising out of the
textile strike were received by Gov
ernor Cameron Morrison, from C. L.
SpearB, sheriff of Cabarrus county;
J. W. Womble, mayor of Concord, and
C. A. Robinson, chief oi police at Con
cord, recently. Governor Morrison
also received telephone communica
tions and telegrams from several citi
zens of Cabarrus county requesting
that the troops be returned to the
Strike zone.
Man And Wife Are Placed In Jail
Savannah.—E. A. Wilson, who with
his wife is said to have been a guest
of the Hotel Savannah, registering as
”H. W. White and wife," was'arrested
by local detectives recently on
charges of robbery, having been
Identified by M. Miller, of Baltimore,
as the man who entered his room in
the hotel recently and while holding
him up with a pistol, took $125 in
caBh and a watch and other articles
of jewelry from him. Wilson’s wife
is being detained but was not charged
with participation in the robbery.
To Name Postmasters In Georgia-
Washington, D. C.—The postoffice
department has asked the civil serv
ice commission to name a date for
holding examinations of applicants
for appointment as postmasters at
the following Georgia towns, all of the
vacant offices being of presidential
appointment grade. Ashbum, Chip
ley, Concord, Fayetteville, Hogans-
ville, Midville, Milledgeville, Rochelle,
Sandersville, Tennille, Toccoa, Un
adilla, Whigham and Woodbury.
Washington., — Hope of entirely
abolishing war is "perfectly futile,"
President Harding told officers at the
army war college here recently.
Armies and navies probably will al
ways be necessary, ho said no mat
ter how far aspirations toward world
peace lead.
The president blamed a lack of un
derstanding for the warfare in West
Virginia, and declared that a policy
of understanding at home and abroad
would solve many ills.
Practically every high officer of the
army was present in the small lec
ture room of the war college when
the president spoke. Secretary of
War Weeks and General Pershing also
spoke briefly.
"No matter where the best aspira
tion of tho world may lead up there
may never be a time without the ne
cessity for armed forces,” President.
Harding said.
"I believe with all my heart that
we are going to diminish the bur
dens of armament. I believe with all
my heart that we will have lesser
armies and navies, hut there may
never be a time when there won’t be
the requisite defense agencies.
"It is perfectly futile to think
there will never be conflict when we
stop to think that in the 2,000 years
of Christian civilization and the 4,-
000 years of pagan civilization we
have only lately come to a civilized
State of warfare and even that does
not apply to all nations.
"But America, I can say without
unseeming boasting, has come nearer
to it than any nation.
“And I pledge you now that you
will never be called to service un
der this administration for any work
that you cannot enter with all your
hearts and souls as American citi
zens.’’
President Harding told the army
officers that the principle of under
standing should govern the nation
both in its domestic and in its world
affairs.
"We ought to have no conflict like
that which is now distressing us in
West Virginia,” he said. “That condi
tion is due, I believe, to a lack of un
deretanding.
"There ought never be conflict be
tween nations if those in authority
have understanding, and I want you
to be the defenders of an administra
tion that believes in a fullness of un
derstanding at home and a fullness
of understanding among the peoples
of the world.
Opening his brief address, Presi
dent Harding explained that he must
rely upon the technical skill such as
is being acquired by officers studying
at the war college.
"The president after all is just
the agency employed in focusing a
Judgment and knowledge of those
who must necessarily actually con
duct the affairs of this government,
President Harding said. “No man
even si superman, could direct the
United States if it were otherwise.
“I can from my own experience
remind you that if the war college
is an institution which brings tho
knowledge and experience to bear on
the theory it is making a contribu
tion to this government.
“One trouble with the world is that
too many tiieorists know nothing of
actuality.’
Kentucky Feudist Given Life Sentence
Mount Vernon, Ky.—John Bailey, s
mountain feudist, who has been on
trial here for more than a week, was
found guilty of murder and sentenced
to imprisonment for life. Bailey shol
and killed Beverly D. White last April
The tragedy was the outgrowth of a
feud of two years’ standing between
be aBlley and White families, whose
kin and clansmen gathered here in
large numbers for the trial. Due tc
the presence of state troops, the tria!
jwas uneventoful. The troops were senl
"0 * mewture.
Aged Man Struck By Automobile
Atlanta.—C. J. Miller, 73 years old,
is in Grady hospital in a serious con
dition and Ref. J. J. Watkins, 175
Lindsey street, pastor of the Bellwood
Avenue Baptist church, the driver of
the car which struck Mr. Mill*-, is
under $1,000 bond as the result, of an
accident recently near Avon avenue
on the College Park street car line;
Ohio Concern Buys Quitman Mills
Quitman.—The Western Reserve
Cotton Mills company, of Kent, Ohio,
have bought the Quitman Cotton
mills. This was announced in a tele
gram to The Quitman Free Press,
signed by D. M. Mason, general man
ager of the Kent concern. Represent
atives of the company will be in Quit-
man soon to take over the mills and
begin operations.
Additional Credit Urged For Farmer
Washington.—In advance of the fil
ing of a report by the joint commission
on agricultural inquiry, Chairman Syd
ney Anderson issued a statement re
cently asserting that additional credit
facilities for farmers are imperative.
He indicates the commission in its re
port,to congress will recommend a con
crete plan for bridging the gap be
tween short-time and long-time credits.
At the outset, the government would
render financial assistance.
BINDERS, THRESHERS, MOWERS, RAKES,
BAILING PRESSES, PLANTERS DRILLS,
CULTIVATORS, HARROWS, CANE MILLS,
ENGINS, WAGONS, BUGGIES
AND HARNESS,
OR ANY EQUIPMENT FOR THE FARM
COME TO SEE US.
WE WILL ALWAYS GIVE YOU
THE RIGHT PRICE.
B. H. ANDREW & SON,
NOW
IS THE TIME
TO PAY
Firestone Tires Reduced.
30 x 3 Non Skid $10.95.
30 x 3 1-2 Non Skid $13.95.
This is new Stock just received. Try Fire
stone once and be convinced that they are
worth more than the price - asked.
Ask Firestone users of their quality.
A. M. ANDERSON.
Effort To Blast Dipping Vats Ended
Biloxi, Miss.—An attempt to dyna
mite dipping vats in Jackson county
recently was frustrated when watch
men fired upon the intruders and cap
tured the dynamite and other material
with which they had made an effort
to destroy the vat. This work is said
to be done by cattle owners, many of
whom oppose dipping cattle for the
riddance of ticks, believing it unnec
essary in this section of the state.
Five Die In Day In Irish Rioting
London.—At least thirteen are killed
and more than a hundred have been
wounded in the bitter factional rioting
which has raged through Belfast for
three days, and which now appears
to have burned itself out through ex
haustion of the spirit of -the fighters
and the vigorous action of troops and
police to drive the belligerents out of
theb attle zone. Four of the wounded
hi the recent strife died later in the
hospital, binging the casualty list for
the single day up to five killed and
thirty Injured. ^ Li. .. .
PERRY, GEORGIA.
NEW MEAT MARKET
We beg to announce to our friends and patrons
that we are now prepared to serve them at our new
market rear Berry House Restaurant.
Meats 12 1-2 to 30 cents per pound.
CALL TO SEE US.
W. B. WHITE,
PERRY, - GA.
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