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JOHN H. HODGES, Prop'r.
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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA,, THURSDAY MARCH 23, 1922-
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No. 12.
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ilF ROADS CANNOT BE SOLD, OR
j OPERATED AT PROFIT, "SCRAP-
J PING MAY BE THE RESULT
STATE mci IHTEBESI
U.S. SENATE RDECTSI TORNADO KILLS 4:
VOTE, 55 TO 30, SHOWS THAT OP
POSITION, LACKS ONLY FEW
i VOTES TO REJECT PACT
l]Brlef News Items Gathered Here And
; There From All Sections Of
The State
Atlanta.—Petitions for the foreclos
ure of mortgages held against the A.,
IB. & A. railroad, filed in the federal
: court recently, are the first steps
italten by the mortgage holders toward
| making a final disposition of the prop
erty and possibly scrapping the whole
j system, according to J. A. Sibley,
[counsel for one of the petitioners.
By the consolidation of the bills for
i foreclosure of the mortgages against
ithe railroad, the three trust com-
j.panies which hold the mortgages
j joined forces against the A., B. & A.
[recently in the offices of Spalding,
jMcDougald & Sibley, attorneys for the
{(petitioners.
! Mr. sfbley stated that two alterna
tives are presented by the action of
[the holders of mortgages against the
iroad: Either the railroad will be
{sold to be operated by a company
[formed for the purpose, or the prop
erty will be sold to pay off the liabil
ities of the A., B. & A. It will be
i entirely a matter of whether the road
lean be run on a profitable basis or
I not.
Basing his conclusions on the fact
that several shorter railroads in south
Georgia have gone into the discard
when similar proceedings were insti
tuted against them, Mr. Sibley stated
.that there is strong grounds for be
lieving that the A., B. & A., will dis
continue operation in the future, as it
{has not been a profitable business
'venture for several ybars.
i It is expected, however, that towns
{along the route of the road will make
|a strong fight to save it from the
;junk heap, and it is conceded that
{concerted action on the part of the
i state served by the road would have
, strong chances of succeeding in its
[purpose.
The three companies which have
{filed petitions for leaye to enter bills
lof foreclosure are the Old Colony
{Trust company, the Birmingham Trust
land Savings company and the Colum
!bla Trust company,
j It is said that although there 1b a
possibility of a reorganization of th^[
|A., B. & A. system so as to continue^
{operation after the suits have gone
{through the courts, there is a strong
{probability that the road may be
{scrapped and the property Sold to pay
{off the blabilities of the road.
Judge Samuel H. Sibley, of the
i civil division of the federal court,
[heard the petitions and granted leave
jto enter bills of foreclosure against
the railroad.
26 Democrats Voted For Reservation,
While Four, Including Under
wood, Support Treaty
OVER TWO HUNDRED BUILDINGS
DAMAGED IN TOWN OF SUL
PHUR, OKLAHOMA
Streets Are Littered With Bricks A*
Windstorm Sweeps' Over
Western Town
Washington.—The vote in the sen
ate on the proposed Robinson amend
ment to the four-power Pacific treaty
has confirmed belief that the deci
sion on ratification will be extremely
close.
While not conclusive, the vote re
vealed the extent of the opposition to
the pact. The amendment was re
jected, 65 to 30.
Since only a majority was required,
the defeat of the amendment was
overwhelming.
But to ratify the treaty, two-thirds
is required, and the 30 votes in sup
port of the amendment indicate the
opposition lacks only a few votes to
accomplish rejection. Counting prob
able absences on the final vote, it is
likely that not more than 31 votes
jjrill be needed to prevent ratification
and undo the entire work of the arms
conference.
However, some of those senators
who supported the amendment will, in
the final test, vote for the treaty it
self. Leaders lost none of their con
fidence that ratification as things now
stand, is assured, although by a nar
row margin.
The roll call showed:
Twenty-six Democrats voting in fa
vor of the amendment.
Four Republicans supporting them.
Four Democrats voting with the Re
publicans.
The four Republicans who deserted
their leadership were Borah, Johnson,
LaFollette and France. The three Dem
ocrats who joined with their leader,
Senator Underwood, in opposing the
amendment were Pomerene, Ransdell
and Williams.
The Robinson amendment would
have provided for the participation of
other powers than the four that signed
the treaty in conferences called under
Its terms. The senate also rejected a
similar amendment offered by Walsh
of Montana as a substitute; the vote
was 50 to 27 on this.
Senator Underwood, the Democratic
leader, failed to show the strength
that had been expected. Before the
roll was called, Underwood made a
speech in the nature of a plea, al
though he emphasized .that in advocat
ing the treaty he was not acting in
his capacity as leader of the minority.
Several Democrats voted for the
amendment because they desired to
have the four-power union more close
ly resemble the league of nations.
flood Drives Scores From Homes
Macon.—Scores of .people, who were
driven from their homes in the low
lands here by the worst flood since
{ December, 1919, were camped out re
cently around bonfires in the high
lands. The creBt of the flood, 22.3
{feet, passed, and the refugees are
waiting for the water to recede. The
levees protecting Central City park
[and manufacturing establishments
have held. Further south along the
Ocmulgee river and the Oconee river
the floods that undermined bridges
and washed away roadways, causing
thousands of dollars damage to prop
erty, will be followed by a greater
flood-during the coming week, the
weather bureau has warned, when the
crest that passed here, reaches those
.points.
Oklahoma City, Okla.—Four persons
were killed and 40 injured by a tor
nado which swept Sulphur, Okla., ac
cording to word received here.
Early reports declared that more
than two hundred houses and build
ings had been damaged and the streets
were littered with bricks and other
debris. The court house was badly
damaged.
Telephone and telegraph communi
cation was practically impossible, with
miles of wire and poles leveled by the
storm.
The disturbance Swept from the
northern part of Texas and was re
ported to be moving northeast from
Sulphur.
The town of Sulphur has a popula
tion of throe thousand, and is ninety
miles from Oklahoma City.
Relief parties have been organized
to search for any further victims of
the storm.
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AT PRE-WAR PRICES
“Hackney” “Onesboro” and “White
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You will probably not use much Fertilizers but
will want what you do use to be strictly High
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We make ours and know what’s in it and you do not
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Kahn Will Not Limit Shoals Hearings
Washingtbn.—Hearings by the house
military committee on the various pro
posals it has received for private de
velopment of the government proper
ties at Muscle Shoals, Ala., will be
continued indefinitely, Chairman Kahn
announced that new witnesses would
be called and all available informa
tion would be sought which would
throw light upon the puzzling legal
phases which have grown out of in
vestigations of the war department-
Alabama Power company contract and
option claimed by the power company
for exclusive rights to purchase the
Warrior steam plant.
Decision Stops Compensation Of Many
Washington.—Approximately 8,000
government employes, holding their
positions by presidential order, are
held to be not entitled to the benefits
of the retirement act in an opinion
rendered by Attorney General Daugh
erty and transmitted to the Interior
department, which administers the
act. Secretary Fall, in announcing
the opinion, said that out of 8,000 em
ployes who have been retired under
the act, 6,400 had been receiving com
pensation illegally, and that upon re
ceipt of the attorney general's ruling
an order was issued that no more cer
tificates for payment be Issued.
May Operate On Prc . nt Obregon
Mexico City.—Arrival of Dr. Will
iam P. Mayo, of Rochester, Minn.,
here, revived rumors that President
Obregon must submit to an operation
on his right arm which has never cor
pletely healed since he was injured in
the battle of Celaya in 1914. Dr. May
was accompanied by several phy«
Ians. He said that the purpose of ’
visit was to combine pleasure v •
an inspection of health conditons he i
in general.
. “Pay-As-You-Leave" Pian Is Adopted
Bend, Oregon.—That the "pay-as
you-leave- plan adopted here recent
ly by two motion picture theaters Is
resulting in bigger houses and at least
as large revenue as formerly was the
declaration of J. B. Sparks, manager
of the theaters. Many still pay at the
old rate, a few pay less and practical
ly none walk out without dropping
Rome change in the box left at the
door. It is optional with each patron
how much he shall pay, or whether he
pays at all.
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. Mo^NDON, Prop’r.
PERRV - GA.
Pappas Charge Nol Prossed
Atlanta.—Permission to enter a nol
pros in the case of Alexander Pap
pas, chaiged with violating the Mann
Hoover Rejects Exposition Prppo-w
Washington.—Declaring Presid
Harding had “strongly expressed • .*
Wish” that he remain in the diroctor-
generalship of the food-relief cam
paign, Herbert Hoover recently Id
formed Mayor J. Hampton Moore oi
Philadelphia that he could not accept
the director generalship of the qui
centennial exposition to be held in
Philadelphia in 1926.
j Deficiency Money Sill Passes Senate
I Washington.—The senate has passed
the deficiency appropriation bill, car
rying a total of 8136,895,000 or $2S ( -
358.000 more than was appropriated
by the measure as passed by the house.
The principal amendment added by the
senate was an appropriation of 827,-
468.000 for use in repayment of ille
gally collected taxes. The bill sup
plies an additional 873,714,000 for the
uso of the veterans' bureau in voca
tional rehabilitation of former service
men.
DON’T BE DECEIVED
Buy your Goods for Cash and I will sell you, Grocer
ies, Hardware, Enamelware, Crockery, Stoves, Range*,
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 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 k 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,
i“THE FARMERS FRIEND.”
PERRY, - GEORGIA.
[ Floating Liquor Palaces Are Planned
New York.—Plans for a floating li-
white slave act, has. been received by j “Aggressive War Is Now Impossible” ( , U01 - pa iace off New York beyond the
the district attorney’s offfice here from j Berlin, Germany.—Minister of tie-! three-mile limit, are going forward,
Attorney General Daugherty, it is stat-' fense Gessler, speaking on defense es- ( according to James V. Martin, the pro-
ed. The case against Pappas was on j timates in the reichstag recently, de-jmoter, in spite of the announcement
two indictments, one for violating the
white slave act and the other for con
spiracy to violate the acL It is alleged
that [Pappas and another man motor
ed through-the country in a car in
.company with two women, and were
firrested by Atlanta policemen.
dared there was no question of an
aggressive war by Germany, adding
that the German military men were
much too sensible to undertake an
aggressive war with the means now at
their disposal.
of Roy A. Haynes, federal prohibition
commissioner, that the vessel will not
be permitted. Furthermore, declares,
Martin, a second, and possibly a third*
liquor palace will be constructed,
should the first be successful.
We are in the market at all times for Seed Cotton,
Cotton Seed, Peas, Velvet beans and all
other farm products.
Bring us your products.
Perry Warehouse Co.