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- JOHN H. HODGES, Proper.
DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE
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VOL. LII.
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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY MARCH 16, 1922.
No. 11.
TEMPORARY INJUNCTION GRANT
ED COMMISSION MERCHANTS
AND BROKERS
MILL VILLAGES
MANY PEOPLE SUFFER FROM IN
JURIES—25 HOUSES DESTROY
ED IN WARRENVILLE
Atlanta.—-W. A. Wright, state comp
troller general, and W. S. Richardson,
Fulton county tax collector, were-tem
porarily enjoined from collecting a
special state tax of $l6o from a num-
her of commission merchants and
brokers by an order signed by Judge
.George L. Bell in. Fulton superior
j court; Hearing on the case was set
ifor March 25.
I The suit was brought by Attorney
lE. B. Weatherly, of Macon, in behalf
|of W. D. Harwell, W. S. Rogers, J.
:H. S. Prater & Co. The injunction
I was asked on the grounds that the gen-
ieral tax act creating the special tax
!is void in that it violates'i the inter
state commerce law and is dis’crimina-
itory in its nature. The plantiffs also
! declare that the $100 tax is prohibitive
‘and if they are forced to pay it they
•will have to discontinue their bust
mess. ■ '■
! Two classes of commission men-
j chants and brokers are named. Messrs.
'Harwell, Rogers and Ruussell repre
sent jobbers working locally in the
interest of firms out of the state/
! while the Raley and Prater companies
[are representatives of the resident and
j non-resident firms.
j Both classes of petitioners contend
'that if the law is declared null and
[void for one of the classes and valid
[for the other, it would show discrim
ination and violates the personal priv
'liege clause of the' constitution. The
! latter plaintiffs say that they are will-
jlng to pay ad valorem taxes on all
real and personal property.
] A similar suit was decided in Ma-
con by Judge Malcolm D. Jones, in
i favor of those agents representing
i non-resident firms, and granted them
:a permanent injunction. He refused,
-however, to" grant a permanent' in-
| junction to the agents ,,represehtl
l non-resident and resident, firms, hut
issued a supersedeas pending: an ap
peal to the supreme court. »,(
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| Georgia Minstrel Organization
' Atlanta.—The Billy Beard Minstrels,
a new organization for- next
will be formed and * trained in Atlan
ta, says Billy himself. The show is
Delayed Train Schedules Reported A 4
Milledgeville, Warrenton, Macon,
Amerlcus And Other Places
Augusta, Ga.—Seven persons Brt
known to have been killed and scores
were injured in the' wind and rain
storm which early on the morning ol
March 6 flooded streams and caused
heavy property damage in this section
of Georgia and South Carolina.
Four mill villages—Langley, Steeple-
ton,, Graniteville and Warrenville—it
the Horse creek valley of South Caro
lina were struck by the tornado, just
before daybreak. Houses were’ swept
away, trees uprooted and telegraph
poles felled, leaving the section in
ON SHOALS
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FARM WAGONS
.OFFER DECLARED TO BE SIMILAR
| TO ENSTRUM BID SUBMITTED
BY WASHINGTON FIRM
-Authorization For Committee To Visit
| Muscle Shoals To Be Introduced
In The House
darkness and Without wire comtnunica-
,tion with the . outside world.
Victims were caught under their
fallen homes. In some sections the
storm swept away everything in its
path, scattering parts of buildings and
furniture over the fields for many
miles.
The brunt of the storm appeared to
have hit Warrenville and Steepleton,
where , six persons were known to be
dead.
Every house \ in a row of twelve, ex
cept one, in Warrenville was razed.
; Four houses were destroyed in Stee
pleton. Four of the dead were chil
dren under ten years of age.
’All of the dead, except one, resided
at Warrenville, where the storm hit
heaviest. They are:
Mrs. Alice Boyd, aged about 35, wife
of Tallle Boyd; Freddie Hoover, age
12, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hoo
ver, age 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. W,
F. Hoover; Theo Wood, age 2 fears,
son of Mr. add Mrs. H. T. Wood; Lu-
hjIus Wood, infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Owen. Wood; Mrs. L. Mundy, aged 40;
Virginia Mltchum, aged 8, daughter
of Mr. a'hd Mrs. J. M. Mltchum; > Azu-
la Faulk, negro school teacher of
Nelson, N. C.
The Injured include—seriously hurt:
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Wood. Slightly
hurt: Elmore Beard, Rufus Boyd, Joe
Green, Dapghty Beard, Owen Wood,
Belton Beard, Mrs. -Belton Beard, Pink'
to be distinctly Southern in organiza- Bwd, Mrs^Bgt
tion, though national in itinerary. Mr/ Frank Clart^Mrs. Corbin, Har.
Beard has his incorporation papers
ready for filing in the Fulton coupty
court house. Haardt Weir of Mont
gomery, Ala., who has had wide expe
rience in minstrelsy, is to ben associ
ated with Mr. Beard In financing the
new company. Mr. Beard is knoWn
throughout the South, where he has
attained a high place in the minstrel
world-after his long senric’e in this
field. At one time or another be
has been featured by such shows as
Haverly, George Primrose, Wllljai,v H.
[West and A1 G. Fields and has spe
cialized in the Southern territory: He
has done turns in the Orpheum and
Keith vaudeville circuits.
ry' Mundy, Mrs. JfflMe Hardy,
M$jyr other persons were hit by fall
ing timbers, but escaped with minor
injuries. The dead were takpn to the
undertaking establishment of Couch
•<& Timmerman at Graniteville, S. C.
Several of the injured were taken to
av hospital at Aiken. The wreckage,
at last account, was still being search
ed, . but it is believed all the victims
have been accounted for. The squall
occurred during a violent thunderstorm
and rain and last about five min
utes.
Decorated By Italian Ambassador i g&rding them. Mr. Kahn said be ex-
^ ' Washington.-—The decoration of i Mr. Mellon would testify before
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Name Of Street Changed In Decatur
Decatur,—An old ‘landmark" has
.been restored to DeCatur by the board
of commissioners changing the name
of ^Hopkins street to Mead avenue.
Mead avenue extends, from East Lake
drive on the south to College avenue
on the north* practically the full dis
tance between the north Decatur and
the south Decatur lines of the Georgia
Railway and Power company. In the
early days of .this community it was'
a section of the old "Mead road;”
named In honor Of a substantial pion
eer farmer who at one time owned the
land that later become the townslte
of Oakhurst, now a part of Decatur.
When Oakhurst was annexed to De-
ratur several years ago, the name of
Mead road was changed to Hopkins
street.
, Washington.—Investigation by the
[house military'committee of the vari
ous ofjtors from private interests for
[purchase, le^’se, completion and oper
ation of the government's power and
jnitrate projects at Muscle Shoals,
jAlay moved rapidly nearer a conclu
sion in the past few days at the end
[of open Hearings on the subject, com-
jmittee members assert.
: A conference by Chairman Kahn
[with Speaker Gillett, resulting in the
[announcement that $ statement au
thorizing the committee members to
[Visit Muscle Shoals and vicinity would
;be Introduced in the house soon, was
‘one of the outstanding developments.
Other events included the completion
[of-testimony on the third and last
[offer before the committee, that sub
mitted by Frederick'E. Engstrum, of
Wilmington, N. C„ which provides
for a 60-year leaso of the properties
and their completion under supervi
sion of an operating company to be
created, subject tb government ap
proval.
The committee also received infor
mally copies of a new proposal which
has been submitted to the war de
partment by Thomas Hampton, D. 0.
The offer followed closely the origi
nal offer of Mr. Engstrum, allowing
tor completion and operation of. the
shoals projects, including the
manufacture of nitrates and fertilizer
compounds, in the event the govern
ment decided to finance the develop
ment by reimbursing the operating
.company which, would be created by
[Mr. Hampton. Secretary Weeks was
absent from his office and war de-
parment officials declined to com
ment on what action it would take
with respect to for /arding the pro
posal to congress.
1 The committee recalled Thomas W-
.Martin, president of the Alabama
Power company, who briefly explain-
ed that the power company had not
'participated in any way in the prop
aganda campaign, which, he said,
was being conducted throughput the
gauntry In the interests, of one of'the
proposals the committeewas investi
gating. Mr. Martin declared the com
pany "was standing flatly on its rec
ord as a public utility of long serv-
enil «noa oAnfldonf cr rriin foIrnioao
Ice” and was confident of the fairness
of the offer it had made for Muscle
Shoals.
Chairman Kahn conferred with Sec
retary; Mellon on the financial
of Muscle Shoals development. The
secretary said he would reserve any
statement until he had carefully stud
ied the various proposals and testi
mony the committee had collected re-
• fYttoumgiun.—iue uecurauuH m. 17, .
commander of the oyder of the R I M HD concluded itshearings,
oohferred by his majesty, the king < i ui that Attornev General DoKKherty
Italy, on Maj. Gen. P. C. Harris,
adjutant general of the army, was \
sented at the Italian embassy here
Senator Vittorio Rolandi Ricci,
Italian ambassador. The doco;-
was given to General Harris fw r,r,\-
activities ' during the ’ recent wkt.
'ui that Attorney General Dougherty
.80 would appear to give bis opin-
AT PRE-WAR PRICES
“Hackney” “Onesboro” and “White
Hickory.”
You ncantake your choice they are all high-
grade. We handle Vulcan P lows and Parts.
You will probably not use much Fertilizers but
will want what you do use to be strictly High
Grade.
We make ours and know what’s in it and you do not
have to pay and more than for the ordinary kind.
it Will pay>you to figure with us.
HEARD BROTHERS
MACON, GEORGIA.
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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, Prop’r.
PERRY - GA.
DON'T BE DECEIVED
Buy yotir Goods for Cash and I willsel 1 ou, Grocer
ies, Hardware,' Enamelware, Crockery,-Stoves, Ranges,
Glassware, Chums, 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 fiom 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 meet honest compe
tition on any line I sell.
Lets Forget the Blues, Go To Work and Make
The Best of It.
Woman Moonshiner Gets 8 Men
- London, Ky.—Mrs. Mollie T«r- • *
Kentucky’s first woman moons;.Lr,> •
in-so far 'ad 'll Is known, is under s a-
tence to serve' three months in jail
and to pay a fine., as a result of be
ing convicted on that charge 4n cir
cuit court here. Cal Turner, the wom
an’s husband, is under a similar sen
tence, being convicted of moonshining j
with his wife. -
Changes In Theaters Announced
Macon.—The S.' A. Lynch interests,
who control four Maeon -moving pic
ture theaters, announced their inten
tion of closing one theater, the Prin
cess, and making a general slash in
prices at the other three theaters. A
change in policy was announced for
the Capitol theater, where vaudeville
will be a part of the bill in the future.
■■.J on the legal complications exist-
between the war department and
te companies who claim option
>ts on certain of the shoals units.
•V. B. Mayo, chief of Mr. Ford’s on
cers, is scheduled to present to the
mittee the alterations which Mr,
! has agreed to make in his con*
r, proposal. These have been await-
with interest by proponents of the
i< ord plan who contend that the alter
ations, when disclose^, will cause a
decided change in attitude on the part
of committeemen who perhaps have
not been altogether favorable in their
interpretations of the offer in the form
it was submitted.
Implores Burglars To Spare Him
Tampa, Fla.—John B. T y uttor
. t.—, man, whose home h
am-
pa business man, whose home ft sn
ransacked by h ur Sl ar ? tour tim.. »t . h-
in the la3t two months, has an ad
vertisement in a local newspaper ask
ing, the marauders to stay away from
his place. “I have very little left now
worth taking,” says the advertisement.
“Please pass me by for a while.”
( Governor's Trial Delayed For Month
1 Waukegan, 111.—The trial of Gov.
: Len Small, on charges of conspiracy
to embezzle state funds has-been post
poned until April 3. The governor ask
ed sixty days’ delay, on ^Sr;ground
that his presence here would inter
fere with letting of spring road build
ing contracts. Judge Edwards' grant
ed thirty' .days’ delay a*. +v.« —
standing that" no mo:
he asked.
on the under-
more delay would
If W. BLOODWORTH,
i“THE FARMERS FRIEND."
PERRY, • GEORGIA.
We are in the market at all times for Seed Cotton,
Cotton Seed, Peas, Velvet eans and sl\\
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other farm products.
Bring us your products.
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