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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 OCTOBER 6, 1921.
No. 40
TO PROVIDE WORK j ELABORATE PLANS
FOR HAWS IDLE FOR CONVENTIONS
MEASURES TO PROVIDE WORK
FOR INVOLUNTARY IDLE
ALREADY PLANNED
FIRE CHIEFS AND RAILWAY EX-
ECUTIVES TO MEET EARLY
IN OCTOBER
HARDING OPENS CONFERENCE STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
Aid Of States And Municipalities To
Be Sought In Providing Jobs
! For Workers
Washington.—"All America" must
co-operate in solving the unemploy
ment problem, said President Harding,
addressing the opening session of the
unemployment conference.
"A crystalization of much valuable
ipublic thought on this matter would
have lasting value in the education of
our people," said Secretary of Com
merce Hoover.
So the conference Is to be open to
the public that "All America" may be
in on its deliberations and know what
it is to do., Public hearings will be
held on all subjects under discussion,
the first that on unemployment figures.
President Harding has spoken the
word and Secretary Hoover has taken
hold of the machinery for starting one
of the most Important domestic read
justment efforts of the administration
—providing work for the nation’s idle
and a breath of optimism for the na-
jtions* business.
Both of these leaders, in addresses
to the first session of the unemploy
ment conference, bespoke confidence
in the outcome and a demand for prac
ticable measures. Both declared there
must be no droits upon the public
treasury. The "Dole” system practiced I
in European countries to relieve the j
workless, Hoover denounced as the
"most vicious” in the world.
The initial words having been
spoken and the organization of the con
ference having been completed with
Hoover as chairman, it is now possible
to set forth the measures for relief con
templated by the administration and to
be effected, if possible, by the group
of distinguished Americans here, call
ed for this important duty from all
walks of business life.
Briefly, here is the program:
1. Hold open hearings to establish
the exact unemployment—as to num-.
bers, classes and locations affected.
Labor leaders and the department of
labor have declared there are 6,000,000
idle in the country today. Independent
statistics, compiled by the department
of commerce and other business agen
cies, declare there are less than 3,-
600,000 without work. Reporting of
the higher unemployment figures ha3
slowed down buying, manufacturing
and has had a detrimental influence on
business all down the line, delegates re
port. So it was deemed advisable at
the outset to correct this misapprehen
sion and immediately strike a shaft of
optimism into the present business de
pression.
: ’ 2. Employment bureaus are to rec
ommend for establishment in all lead
ing cities^where unemployment is high.
The work of these bureaus will involve
the registration by municipalities of all
pien who desire work and can’t find it.
(Only local residents, not transients,
will be so registered.
3. State and municipal executives,
after this registration is completed and
classified, will be urged to co-operate
with municipal and state departments
to put as many to work as possible on
improvement, contemplated new proj
ects, and seek the co-operation of local
Industries and others in adding to their
employment
4. To obtain addsld employment in
industries, manufacturers will he urg
ed to adopt emergency measures such
as will shorten the work day a given
per cent for those now employed, in
order to permit of a corresponding per
centage of increase in the number of
employees. This would entail -perhaps
a reduction of wages, corresponding to
the reduced hours, for those now em
ployed, but it would provide against
jsuffering for thousands who are out of
work.
Lose Court Fight
Atlanta.—The petition to enjoin
mayor and council of Kirkwood from
holding- an election on September 28,
to decide whether or not that town
will merge with Atlanta, was denied
|hy Judge John B. Hutcheson, of the
I Stone Mountain circuit, recently, af-
iter having heard five speakers discuss'
■the question for four and one-half
fmra, - '!
9. S. ARMY RESERVE
PROVIDE FOR ORGANIZATION TO
1 PRODUCE 4,000,000 TROOPS IN
AN EMERGENCY
Brief News Items Gathered Here And
There From All Section Of
' The State
Atlanta.—Double decorations for
two notable conventions to be held in
Atlanta the week of October 10 are
suggested by the Atlanta convention
bureau, one convention being that of
the International Association of Fire
Chiefs of the United States and Can
ada, and the other being the Nation
al Association of Railway and Utilities
Commissioners. Secretary Fred Hous
er, of the convention bureau, sug
gests that flags of the United States
and Canada be used together in de
corations in honor of the fire chiefs
of the dominion.
Mayors from all parts of Georgia
are ooming to Atlanta for the fire
chiefs convention, it is Indicated by
Mayor Key’s replies to bis recent
letter of invitation sent to 600 mu
nicipal executives. Among those ac
cepting the invitation are Mayor W.
R. .Turner, of Milieu; Mayor J. T.
Dennis, Jr., of Elberton; Mayor S. H.
Dunson, of LaGrange; Mayor W. D.
Peeples, of Valdosta; Mayor Sam T.
Harrell, of Quitman; Mayor B. E.
Lindsey, of Rome; City Manager E.
P. Bridges, of Griffin, and City Man
ager W. T. Hargret, of Tlfton.
One of the big features of every
fire chiefs’ convention ie an exhibit
of the latest types of fire-fighting
apparatus. The exhibit here will be
the largest on record, with nearly
$260,000 worth of equipment shipped
here by manufacturers, embracing
everything from a fireman’s helmet
to a" monster pump, capable of run
ning 24 hours without a stop. Mayor
Key invited the Georgia mayors to
witness demonstrations of nre-right-
ing apparatus of visiting chiefs. Fire
departments of all Georgia cities will
be represented by their chiefs.
Chief Frank Reynolds of Augusta,
is first vice president of the asso
ciation, and probably will be elevated
to the presidency at the Atlanta con
vention. A big party of eastern chiefs
will spend a day with him en route
to Atlanta.
Indications point not only to the
largest attendance of fire chiefs on
record, but also the largest attend
ance of wives and daughters of chiefs.
Special entertainments being arrang
ed for them by the Atlanta Woman’s
club. Among chiefs who have al
ready notified Chief Cody of their
plans to bring- their wives or daugh
ters or both, are Chief Mesnar, Can
ton, Ohio; Chief Marrot, Quincey, 111.;
Chief Gerstrung, Elizabeth, N. J.;
Chief McNarrey, Kansas City; Chief
Boissenin, Ottawa, Canada.
OUTLINE IS_MADE PUBLIC
To Assign Full War Complement Of
Officers From Present Officers’
Reserve Corps
Tired Of Dodging Law; Man Gives Up
Atlanta.—Rather than spend sleep
less nights as a fugitive from justice,
I. H. Cleveland, wanted by federal
authorities for violation of the mo
tor vehicle theft act, surrendered to
the United States district court re
cently, entered a plea of guilty, and
received a sentence of a year and a
day in the federal penitenrialy.
Cleveland was accompaniedi by his
lawyer. The attorney told Judge
S. H. Sibley that his client had
dodged officers of the law until he
was a living skeleton and was finally
forced to return to his home in Bir
mingham after roaming all over, Louis-
‘iana. Cleveland was charged with
driving a stolen automobile from At
lanta to Birmingham, Ala.
Man Killed By Fall From Window
Macon.—J. H. Bateman, aged 66, a
machinist for the Georgia and Flor
ida Southern railway shops, was fat
ally injured recently when he fell
from the second-story window of a
boarding house at 456 Oak street. He
died a half hour later at the Macon
hospital. How he came to fall from
the window had not been determined
and the coroner will hold an inquest
soon to investigate the matter. He
was married and had a family. Bate
man had not been living at 6 bome, how
ever, for* several months'.
Washington.—Comprehensive plans
for creation of the organized reserve
of the army on a basis that will per
mit quick mobilization of more than
four milion fighting men have been
prepared by the general staff. An
outline of the preliminary steps now in
progress was made public recently by
Acting Secretary Wainwright.
The first step in perfecting the or
ganized reserve will he to assign from
the present officers’ reserve corps to
the twenty-seven Reserve divisions, the
full war strength complement of offi
cers, in all more than forty-six thou
sand. It is expected thiB can be com
pleted by July, when creation of the
non-commissioned enlisted personnel,
involving the selection of many thou
sands of men and their assignment to
regiments, will be undertaken. De
tailed plans In that regard have not
been completed.
Allocation of the reserve divisions
by army corps area and states from
which their personnel will be drawn
is as follows:
First corps (Boston): 76th division,
Massachusetts; 94th, Connecticut and
Rhode Island; 97th, New Hampshire,
Vermont and Maine.
Second corps (New York): 77th New
York City and environs; 78th, New Jer
sey and Delaware; 98th, New York
state, outside of New York City.
Third corps (Baltimore): 79th, east
ern Pennsylvania; 80th, Virginia, Ma
ryland and District of Columbia; 99th,
western Pennsylvania.
The second army area contains the
following reserve divisions allocations:
Fourth corps (Atlanta): 81st divi
sion, Tennessee and North Carolina;
82d division, Georgia, South Carolina
and Florida; 87th division, Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama.
Fifth corps (Indianapolis): 83rd,
Ohio; 84th, Indiana; 100th, Kentucky
and West Virginia.
Sixth corps (Chicago): 86th, Michi
gan; 86th, Illinois; 101st, Wisconsin.
Third army area: Seventh corps
(Omaha): 88th, North Dakota, Minne
sota and Iowa; 89th, South Dakota, Ne
braska and Kansas; 102d, Arkansas
and Missouri.
Eighth corps (San Antonio): 90th,
Texas; 96th, Oklahoma; 103d, Arizona,
New Mexico and Colorado.
^ Ninth corps (San Francisco): 91sE,
California; 96th, Washington and Ore
gon; 104th, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Mon
tana and Wyoming.
It was pointed out that the organ
ized reserve can be employed only by
specific act of congress. At present,
thero is no thought that the divisions
ever will be called out except in a
national emergency, and the plans were
prepared only to prevent delays and
huge emergency expenditures in mobi
lization for the great war. The active
military force of the country remains
the skeletonized regular army, backed
by the National Guard, subject to con
stitutional limitations as to the em
ployment as the second line of defense
and with the organized reserve, or the
nation armed for war, as the third and
ultimate line.
Red Liquor Falla To Materialize
Americus.—Gilbert Carter, a negro
living near Flint river, reasoned that
muscadines put into beer would make
red! liquor, so he put some into the.
mash when he decided to make a run,
some time ago. Last night he was
busy stilling the stuff when Sheriff
Harvey walked into his cabin. Only
white liquor had been made when the
sheriff arrived, which greatly puzzled
the negro. So deeply was he inter
ested in the effort to make red liquor
until he forgot the serious charge
against him, and asked the sheriff
why the muscadines made, "only
white liquor like the other niggers
make.” He was brought to Americus
and lodged in jail, where he still lan
guishes in default of bond.
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J. W. BLOODWORTH,
“THE FARMERS FRIEND/’
PERRY, - GEORGIA.
Perry Warehouse Co.,
Perry, Gr.,
Gentlemen
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and records on Sept. 22,1921, I take this method of com
plementing you on the system of accounting and general
methods of business, which meets all the requirements of
the Federal Reserve Bank. I find very few warehouses
and records as well kept as yours.
Yours very truly,
John F. Threadaway,
Cotton Warehouse Inspector, Federal .Reserve Bank.