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JOHN H. HODGES, Proper. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE
$1,50 a Year In Advance
VOL. LII.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA„ THURSDAY JANUARY 26, 1922.
No. 4.
I A. GASOUJIE TAX
.THIS FOR PAsf QUARTER AC.
; CORDING TO RECENT REPORT
i BY COMPTROLLER WRIGHT
•STATE NEWSJF INTEREST
iSrlef Newt Item* Gathered Here And
There From All Seotlbn* Of
I The State
HUGHES RESTATES I FARMER PUT ON
CHINESE POLICY
:at meeting of. far eastern
COMMITTEE ARM CONFEREES,
AMERICAN POSITION DEFINED
■ Atlahta.—Gasoline tax returns for
the past quarter totaled $182,444.97, ac
cording to reports to TV. A. Wright,
comptroller general of Georgia, It was
announced recently. Several small
dealers were etlll to be heard from.
General Wright stated that he thought
the quarter would yield about $190,000.
The tax act, fostered by Governor
Hardwick for bringing additional rev*
enue to the state, was passed at the
last session of the general assembly.
General Wright states that the reve
nue from the tak would amount to
more than $1,000,000 a year.
“Although the returns for the last
quarter would indicate that the yearly
revenue would not exceed the original
estimate of $800,000, it must be taken
into consideration thqt during the
summer the returns will be much heav
ier,’’ General Wright said. "I believe
that for the summer quarter we will
get about $300,000. each."
, The largest returns made for the
last quarter came from the Standard
Oil Company in Georgia which sub
mitted a report of all. oil and gas
shipped in and out of the state. The
check sent by the Standard Ofl com.
pany was for $70,680.71, Indicating a
quarterly sale of 7,058,071 gallons of
gasoline. The 1 Gulf' Refining company’s
check amounted td $66,052.71,. qnd. the
Texas Oil Company paid $23,320.31.
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J i Atlanta Hat $160,000 Blaze
Atlanta.—Flames swept the McKen<
zie building, located on Peachtree St.,
recently, causing a loss of approxi
mately $160,000. The firm of Pollock
& Berg, men’s clothing! estimated the
value of their stock at between $75,
000 and $80,000, and Btated that they
believed it would prove a total loss.
Insurance will cover the damage. The
Reed Oil Company's plant was dam
aged between $10,000 and $12,000, It
is, stated. This place is insured for
two-thirds of its value. The Dean Drug
company, formerly Pickard & Dean,
suffered $15,000 damages, practically
covered by insurance. Other firms in
this building are Tom Weaver's tailor
shop, $6,000, uninsured; J. H. Sanders
Vulcanizing company, Davis & White
Commercial Artists, Henry H. Irving,
, Kodak Finishers, Ben Hur Hall, East-
lack School of Oratory, I* H. Mc
Laughlin, photographers; Irwin Muel
ler, violin instructor; Stoddard Dry
Cleaning iompany. The fire is believ
ed to have started in the basement
of the Stoddard Dry Cleaning com
pany; origin unknown, and to have
sprea’d with great rapidity .befpre the
firemen could reach the scene.
Not Believed That Any Advantage
Can Accrue'By Dlacustlon Before
Shantung Settlement
Washington.—Secretary Hughes, as
jhead of the American delegation to
ithe Washington .conference, defined
at a meeting of the Far Eastern com-
piittee recently the American policy
.concerning the open door in China, his
statement, it was said, being based
'on a note he sent as secretary of
state to Alfred See, the Chinese ‘min
ister here, on July 1, last
Without referring to the note or
-quoting from its language Secretary
Hughes was understood to have fol
lowed closely the principle covered by
.the following statement, which was
said to be contained in the note:
“The government of the ‘ United
States has never associated itself with
S ny arrangement which sought to es-
ibllsh any special rights or priv
ileges in China which would abridge
jthe ,rght of the subjects or citizens
of other friendy states.”
“And I am happy to assure you,”
the note continued, “the purpose of
jthls government is neither to partici
pate or to acquiesce in any arrange-
jment which might purport to establish
in favor of foreign interest? any su
periority of rights with respect to
,-commercial or economic development
iin designated regions of the territory
of China, or which might seek to
create, any such monopoly or prefer
ence as would exclude other nationals
from undertaking any legitimate trade
'or industry or from participating with
ithe Chinese government in any cate-
glory of public enterprise."
. Decision was reached by the Far
Eastern committee' to postpone con
sideration of the 21 demands submit
ted by China to Japan in 1915, and qf
spheres of Influence in China, until
the Shantung controversy Is settled,
’Mistrial For Alabama Guardsmen
Hamilton, Ala.—Following the dec
laration of a mistrial in the case of
Sgt. Robert Lancaster, Alabama Na
tional Guard, on a charge of murder
growing out of the lynching of W.
M. Baird, coal miner, a year ago, the
cases of eight other Guardsmen, also
charged with murder in the same case,
were continued until the re?ruiar term
of the Marion county circuit court,
which begins the fourth Monday , in
April. Bond for the accused soldiers
was fixed by Judge A. E. Gamble at
twenty-five hundred dollars each.
“HEMMED IN BY RULE8,”
SCHWAB BEGS FOR THE
REPEAL OF R. R. LAWS
. New York.—A\ call upon the Amer
ican people to repeal all the laws that
repress Initiative on the part of the
men In charge of the railroads, restrict
enterprise and dampen their enthnsi
asm, was made by Charles M. Schwab,
chairman of the board of the Bethle
hem Steel Corporation, In addressing
the Ohio Society of New York. -
. Mr. Schwab asked that this be
done as a measure to contribute to the
revival of prosperity in the United
States, saying that “at every turn the
railroad managers are hemmed in by
rules, regulations' and. restrictions
that deprive them of power to exer
cise of sound business Judgment which
had grown out of their long experi
ence, and Interference with their do
ing acts which, if done, would con
tribute Immeasurably to the restora
tion of prosperity.
“You never make progress by ham
stringing ability and initiative, and
no industry ever gave good service
long If It wasn't prosperous Itself."
RESERVE BOARD
AMENDMENT BY SENATOR HAR.
RIS—TO RESTRICT BUILDING-
ONLY ONE NOT KILLED
Senators Glass And Heflin Clash In
Heated Debate Prior To Taking
Of Vote
Washington.—The ft At Btep to
bring about farmer representation on
the federal reserve board was taken
by the senate recently In the passage
of the Kellogg-Smlth compromise hill
increasing the board’s appointive
membership from five to six and pro
viding that the agricultural interests
shall have a spokesman among them.
By the bill, which constitutes an
amendment to the federal reserve act,
the limited designation of the present
la$r is wiped out and Instead of the
specific provision tor the naming of
two bankers to the board, the statute,
if agreed to by the house, will direct
the president in making appointments
to the board to have “due regard to
a fair representation of the financial,
agricultural, industrial and commer
cial Interests and geographical divi
sions of the country." The measure
also provides that hereafter no fed
eral reserve bank may enter Into a
contract for banking houses. It their
cost is to exceed $250,000 unless the
consent of congress Is tirst given.
The vote by which the bill passed
was 63 to 9. Seven of those ‘who
opposed the preposition were Repub
licans and two Democrats. They
Were: Btandegee, Connecticut; Cald-
er, New York; Edge, New Jersqy;
Keyes, New Hampshire; McLean,
Connecticut; Moses, New Hampshire,
and Wadaworth, New York, Repub
licans, and Pomerene, Ohio, and Wil
limns, Mississippi, Democrats.
There were many attempts to
change the compromise but all save
the- amendment restricting construc
tion, by Senator Harris, Democrat,
Georgia, were killed. The agreement
on the compromise, which bore the
approval not only of all of the agrl
cultural block leaders in the senate hut
that of President Harding as well,
held fast throughout.
Senator Smith, Democrat, South
Carolina, who first offered the specific
provision as to former representation
withdrew his amendment and called
upon his Democratic colleagues to sup
port the substitute which he declared
to be adequate and to meet all de
mands.
.Belgian Premier Confirm* Treaty
Brussels.—Premier Thenys has re
ceived the newspaper men and con
firmed the signature of a provisional
protocol for an Anglo-Belgian mili
tary convention guaranteeing to Bel
gium defensive support by all the
British forces in case of aggression
Against Belgium by any foreign pow-
er. The premier said the terms of
Die compact would be submitted aim-
nltaneously to the British and Batgi-
An carnets. There seeme to be no
-doubt of its. final adoption by both
countries..
Jury Is Completed To Try Arbuckle
San Francisco.—The Jury in the sec
ond trial of Roscoe C. (Fatty) Ar
buckle on a manslaughter charge was
completed recently. Two attorneys
were selected to fill, the places of any
Juror Incapacitated by illness. The
jury is composed of eleven men and
one woman. The alternates are a man
and a woman. Taking of testimony
..will begin soon. Two panels, 81 ve
niremen in all, were used in obtaining
ESa Jury.
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I ITS WHATS INSIDE THE BAG THAT COUNTS
When you are buying Fertilizers and not whats printed on the
outside. Its not the picture of the ox and the fish on the out
side of the bag that makes your crops grow, but its the correct
proportions of animal matter and fish scrap contained in the
fertilizer inside the bag that tells the story when you harvest
your orops. • We hate been here at the same place for more than
twenty years and have been making our own fertilizers, and tnat
will explain why we know so well what is inside the bag whdn We
take your order for fertilizers. Simply because we make it our
business to See that only the very best materials are used in the
manufacture of our fertilizers and these in the right proportion.
Wo are just as glad to sell you the materials and let you do your
own rnixkig at home, if you prefer. Then too, our prices are as
low as the best can be sold send you might find yourself several
dollars hotter off to figure with us before .
placing your order.
HEARD BROTHERS
MACON, GEORGIA.
8oldlere Burled With Noose Oh Neek
Washington.—After presentation of
testimony by way of denial, war de
partment records, submitted to the
senate committee investigating char
ges that American soldiers had been
hanged without trial in France, show'
ed that on bodies of. twd men dug
v up in tlie little cemetery at Bazoilles,
the ropes and black caps in which
they were-put to death on the gallows
had not been removed prior to burial.
Edwin E. Lamb, of Hartford, • Conn,
a colonel overseas, testified that in
the case of one of the men hanged the
body was placed quickly in a coffin
and, so far as he recalled, the rope
and cap were left just where the hang,
man had ^placed them. But in both
cas.es, other witnesses declared, they
were removed before the bodies were
prpared for shipment home to rela
tives.
I
BATTERY SERVICE
When starter fails to crank your car on cold mornings
remember we have service batteries. We
recharge and rebuild all sizes and makes
of Batteries.
New Willard Batteries in stock.
Call us for Service.
McLendon Auto Co.
CALVIN E. McLENDON, Frop’r.
PERRY - GA.
DON’T BE DECEIVED
Buy your Goods for Cash and I will sell you, Grocer
ies,] Hardware, Enamelware, Crockery, Stoves, Ranges,
Glassware, Chums, Etc., CHEAPER than any man in
(Perry. I am in business to stay; 1 know that all Mer
chandise is cheaper than it waa 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 t 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.
Order* Compulsory Training In Morals
Jackson, Miea.--4Efce lower house of
the legislature recently passed the
Sherard bill, proviing for a compul
sory course of moral training in the
public schools, based on the . Mosaic
ten commandments. The measure was
vigorously opposed by several mem
bers on the ground that It was an In
vasion of religious ;Hberty, and a dan
gerous tendency towards qnjog of
church and si
Lillian Russell To Probe Immigration
New York.—Lillian Russell sailed
bn the steamship George Washington,
recently, determined to get at the
heart of the American immigration
question. The famous actress holds a
commission as immigration inspector,
which she was given after long con
ferences with Secretary of Labor
Davis. She expects to play a human
ity role, in a tragedy that she declares
has held already too much heartache
and suffering.
March Date For Burch’s Second Trial
Lob Angeles, CaL — Date for the
second trial of Arthur C. Burch, In
dicted for the murder of J. Belton
Kennedy, was set for March 27. Burch,
when asked by the judge whether
that date was satisfactory, replied in
the affirmative. ' .
We are m the market at all times for Seed Cotton,
Cotton Seed, Peas, Velvet Beans and all
other farai products.
Bring us your products from the farm.
Pern Warehouse Co.