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■ JOHN H. HODGES, Prop’r.
DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE
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VOL. III.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY MARCH 30, 1922-
No. 13.
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WALK NT APRIL 1
'union men in anthracite and
1 BITUMINOUS FIELDS ARE
! CALLED TO QUIT WORK
jNon-Union Production,'Together With
j Supplies On Hand, Expected To
, Outlast Shutdown
PASSES IK SENATE
MEASURE IS INCREASED $63,309,000
OVER AMOUNT CARRIED IN
HOUSE MEASURE
Bitter Attack Made On Item Fo»
Gotham By Several Democrats,
Charging “Steal.’'
Indianapolis, Ind.—Suspension ol
,work by all union coal miners at mid-
/night, March 31, was ordered by. offl-'
icers of the United Mine Workers of
'America, the call being the first ever
'Issued for both bituminous and anthra
cite workers to walk out simultane
ously. Six hundred thousand men will
jbo directly affected by the order, it
jis officially estimated. The suspen
sion, the order provides, will continue
until stopped by union officials.
The order, which was sent to the
3,000 local unions, directed the miners
to give the operators their fullest co
operation in the protection of mine
property and counseled against vio
lence and violations of the law. In
addition to affecting all union miners
in the United States, the order also
directed approximately 6,650 union
men in western Canada to join in the
walkout, but did not apply to 14,000
miners in Nova Scotia.
Never before in the history of the
coal industry has a suspension or
strike order called fori cessation of
work by all unuion miners in the Unit
ed States. In the past, wage contracts
In the bituminous and anthracite
fields have not expired at the same
time, but a complete tie-up in union
fields was considered during the great
anthracite strike in 1902.
A sympathetic strike by the bitumi
nous miners at that time was rejected
by the union’s convention, it being ar
gued that the soft coal workers were
bound by contract.
The Issuance of .the'-eall oa^B.^jttb
the recent strike vote of '’'Boit coal
miners not completely tabulated, but
It was said .officially that the work of
the union’s board of tellers had . pro
gressed to such a point as to. ajiow
every field voting overwhelmingly in
favor of a suspension. Indications
are, that nine -tenths of the miners
favor the walkout.
Cessation of the suepension, in
whole or part, is left to the. union’s
1 policy committee, composed of more
than 100 union officials, which will
meet in Cleveland soon to consider
plans for conducting the strike. Out
standing among the -Questions to be
considered by the committee is that of
negotiating single state wage agree
ments.
INCENDIARISM IS BLAMED FOR
BLAZE WITH $300,000
LOSS
STATE HEWS OF INTEREST
Washington.—Thte postoffice appro
priation bill, carrying $623,773,000, was
passed by the senate after a heated
fight, carrying $63,309,000 more than
as passed by the house, $50,000,000
of the increase going for federal high
way aid.
The bill also carries provisions for
restoring to service the New York
pneumatic mail tubes and for continu
ing the New York to San Francisco
air mail service. The vote on the tube
amendment was 39 to 19 and came
after a bitter attack had been made
on the proposition by several Demo
crats. The $50,000,000 was accepted
by the senate without debate and with
out a roll call.
A fight centering around postoffice
appointments, originating early in
discussion of the bill, resulted just
before adjournment of the senate in
the introduction by Senator Harrison—
Democrat, Mississippi—of a resolution
calling on the president to supply
the senate with the number of execu
tive orders he has issued removing
postoffices from civil service classi
fication. The resolution went over un
der the rules.
The fight which culminated in the
Harrison resolution was precipitated
by an amendment increasing the num
ber of postal inspectors from 420 to
620, a move which Mr. Harirson as
serted was to make more places for
Republicans. The debate quickly en
tered the subject of postmaster ap
pointments and the president was
charged with having removed the Mar
ion, Ohio, office from civil service by
executive order so that he could ap
point the postmaster in his home town.
This amendment involved $235,000
—but it required two hours of discus
sion and a record vote of 40 to 21 be
fore it was finally put into the bill.
Brief News Items Gathered Here And
There From All Sections Of
Thp State
Augusta.—James A. Tant, sixty, and
his wife, forty-five perished in flames
that damaged the old Grand Opera
house here recently.
The couple lived on the fourth floor
of the building, which had been their
home for twenty years.
Frank J. Miller, manager of the
Sduthern Enterprises, Inc., ownerB of
the opera house building, said the
fire appeared to have been incendiary.
A one-story building adjoining was
gutted. The loss to the theater build
ing was estimated at $30,000.
The first was discovered shortly
after 3 o’clock. Firemen were told
by various persons that Mr. and Mrs.
Tant had gotten out of the building
and were somewhere in the crowd.
This prevented a search for them.
Patrolman J. S. Williams, who dis
covered the fire, said that Mr. Tant
came to the front window, put his
head out and shouted at him, then
disappeared. Realizing the man’s
plight, Williams says he started up
the stairway, but upon reaching the
second flood the flames blocked his
passage.
ALL AMERICAN TROOPS
ORDERED FROM RHINE
Washington.—Orders directing the
return to the United States by July
X of all American troops now on the
Rhine have been issued by Secretary
Weeks. .The order includes the re
turn by the end of the fiscal year of
the entire force of approximately 2,000
men excepted from the previous order
To Investigate Wrecked Mystery Ship ! of several weeks ago under which the
New Orleans.—A government "cutter \ homeward movement of the majority
probably will be sent to the wrecked of the American Rhine contingent is
sailing vessel, discovered recently bot- j now in progress,
tom up near Isle Dernier, off the south j Coblenz.—Twelve hundred American
Louisiana coast, in an effort to learn troops of the army of occupation have
the identity of the boat and the fate left for the United States by wav of
of its crew, according to local cus-, Antwerp.
toms officials. Claude Blancq of the' 1 —*
steamship division of the customs ■' Hundreds Of Roads. Ask Injunction
service said the cutter .probably would New York.—Injunction proceedings
be dispatched from Galveston. Offi- have been instituted by the counsel
dale began a search of their records, for nearly one hundred railroads
Atlanta Man Is Stabbed To Death
Atlanta.—George Raterree, 64 years
old, was fatally stabbed, while seated
in a chair in front of a restaurant.
He died before help' could reach him.
Police are searching for Tom Mason,
young white man, who,-it is charged,
killed Raterree without provocation.
According to statements made by wit
nesses to the police, shortly after the
stabbing, Mason walked up to Rater
ree and attempted to engage him in
conversation relative to a spray which
he claims is a preventative of influ
enza. Raterree, it is said, was talk
ing with another man at the time on a
business matter, and turned to say:
“Don’t bother me now, I’m talking
business.” Mason jerked out his
pocketknife, police were told, and
stabbed Raterree in the heart. He
then ran and disappeared.
hoping to find some clue to guide them against the government in connection
in identifying the vessel, a lumber car- with the rate order promulgated by
rier, which was sighted by the Louisia- the interstate commerce commission e£-
na conservation commission’s boat fective March 1, which the petitioners
Opelousas. j assert is arbitrary and outside the
, powers of the commission. Practical-
New Charter Plan For Atlanta
Atlanta.—A complete oharter em
bracing the “composite plan’’ of Her
bert E. Choate was submitted to thq
charter commission at a meeting re
cently at city hall, by the sub-com
mittee of five members appointed to
draft it. The report of the sub-com
mittee was unanimous. Each mem'
her of the commission was furnished
a copy of the full text of the charter,
: together with a chart visualizing the
plan. After hearing from the author,
! Vho was chairman of the drafting
i -lommittee, and Hugh M. Willett,
• chairman of tho commission, the
members complimented the sub-corn*
I voittee, discussed, features of the
charter briefly ar.d voted to take it
, ider advisement.
Slayer Of Lady Alice White Is Held ly all of the eastern lines except the
London.—Henry Jacobi, 19 years New York Central, Pennsylvania and
old, pantry boy at the hotel where Baltimore and Ohio joined in thQ ap-
Lady Alice White was fatally injured, plication to set aside the order which
was arraigned in police court charged reduced by 16 per cent the proportion
with the murder. It is alleged he con- of rates on inter-regional shipments
fessed striking Lady White with a given to eastern lipes, and added this
hammer. She was found unconscious percentage to the amount allocated
in her room and died. Her skull had to the Now England carriers,
been fractured. Lady White was the i :
•widow of Sir Edward White, late
chairman of the London county coun
cil, and was between fifty and sixty
years old. In a lucid moment after
her injury she declared a burglar had
entered her room and struck her.
Texas Judge Kidnaped By Masked Men
Dallas, Texas.—Judge J. A. Pelt, 63
years old, was spirited away from his
home by unmasked men, and it is
stated at his home that he has not
returned. He was justice of the peace
At Sour Lake for several years.
Federal Probe Is Nearing Completion
Washington.—Tile retail price in
vestigation of the department of jus
tice is practically completed. A few
prosecutions are anticipated but the
benefits claimed for the investiga
tion have been “largely psycholog
ical,’* officials said. The investigation
covered the majority of trade associa
tions, retail Btores and special cities
where prices seemed abnormally high.
The investigation, it was said, had
served as a warning to all merchants
and trade associations, and had helped
to lower prices.
Dili Providing Electric Chair Urged
i Columbus.—A bill providing for an
electric chair in Georgia as a means
j of inflicting tho death penalty to take
•Tie place of the- gallows, Will be in-
i troduced at the next session of the
legislature by Representative R. O,
Perkins, of Muscogee county, accord-
ing to his announcement. “I have seen
enough hangings,’* stated the repre
sentatiye, “to coming me that' the
method is antiquated one, and I think
that the electric chair should be
adopted by Georgia.”
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AT PRE-WAR PRICES
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You can take your choice they are all high-
grade. We handle Vulcan Plows 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.
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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 your Goods for Cash and I will sell you, Grocer
ies, Hardware, Enamelware, Crockery, Stoves, Range*,
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.
J. W. BLOODWORTH,
i“THE FARMERS FRIEND.'’
PERRY, - GEORGIA
We are in the market at all times for Seed Cotton,
To Return Poll Tax To Women
Savannah.—Tax Collector George
Pate has announced that he will pay
back to more than a thousand Chat
ham county women who paid their
poll ta • for 1921 -last fall the dollars
they d 'jo ted then, or will give them,
receip s poll tax for 1922. This
action '< pv.-s the ruling of the attor
ney-general, obtained by the Women’s
Voters* lee ae here, that, women were,
not liabi.3 f; r 1921 poll tax.
Cotton Seed, Peas, Velvet beans and all
other farm products.
Bring us your products.
Perry Warehouse Co.