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JOHN H. HODGES, Prop'r.
VOL. LII.
Wants u. s.
OF FARM
CREATION OF FEDERAL INSTITU
TION SIMILAR TO RESERVE
■ BANK SYSTEM
[Senate Bill Would Give Farming Inter-
i ests Same Credit Facilities As
Those Of Commercialists
Washington.—Creation o£ a federal
institution similar to the federal re-
serve banlc system to provide long
-term credits for farmers was pro*
posed in a bill introduced by Senator
Simmons, Democrat, of North Carolina
former chairman of the senate finance
committee, which was later referred
jto that committee. The bill would
iset up an agricqltural banking system
-with regional districts and other at
tributes of the federal banking sys
tem.
; Establishment of a "national agri
cultural credits corporation,” to ab
sorb the war finance corporation,-with
$500,000,000 capital for a revolving
jfund, all to be subscribed by the gov
ernment, was proposed u^der the bill
[Loans would run from one to three
years. The governing, body would be
a board of five members, headed by
the secretary of agriculture, appoint
ed by the president and confirmed by
the senate.
! Senator Simmons told the senate his
bill would give farming interests the
Isame credit facilities that commer
;cial interests receive from the federal
ireserve system. Mr. Simmons sale
[his plan was a “sound, workable and
well-balanced system of financing the
agricultural operations of the country/
It would provide for farmers “bank
ing and credit facilities comparable ii
not equal to the (federal reserve sys
tem,” he said.
CONGRESS MOVES [ REACH VICTORY IN
TO END STRIKE ! COTTON CAMPAIGN
$1.50 a Year In Advance
L922.
DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY APRI
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ATTORNEY GENERAL REITERATES
GOVERNMENT’S “HANDS
OFF” POLICY.
Borah, Charging Breaking Of Contract,
Says “Drastic Action” May
Be Demanded
MONTREAL CHURCH GUTTED
BY BLAZE; LOSS $500,OOC
Blaze Was Second Within A Few
Dayc—New York Church
Also Burns
Montreal.—The Church of the Sa
,cred Heart, one of the largest religious
structures in the city, was recently
[destroyed by fire, with a loss of $500,•
jooo.
Scores of spectators narrowly es
caped death when the 175-foot spire
crashed. The crowd had broken
through police Une3, when the steeple
[was seen lo sway. Then came a mad
dash for safety.
The church, of Gothic design, was
built twenty years ago. Its interioi
was noted for its richly decorated allai
and carved pews.
The blaze was second within a few
days to raze a Canadian church.
New York.—While firemen were
fighting flames in St. Ann’s Catholic
church, men, women and children
knelt in the streets nearby and prayed
that the blaze would be kept from
spreading. The fire was extinguished
with slight damage. Overturned can
dles started the fire, it was said.
12,500 GEORGIA COTTON GROW-
ERS PLEDGE 240,000 BALES TO
NATIONAL COTTON POOL
STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
j Washington.—A congressional effort
at settlement of the coal strike, partic
ularly as it involves the bituminous
Yields, has been begun. Chairman
Nolan of the house labor committee
,has been authorized to telegraph invi
tations to a number of representative
[operators and officers of the opera
tors’ association in the central com
petitive field to attend a meeting with
the miners’ union leaders in Wash
ington April 10, and attempt to reach
an agreement.
At the same time Senator Borah, Re
publican, of Idaho, took occasion to
say in the senate that "drastic public
action” might be demanded, and to
charge the operators with contract
breaking in precipitating the strike.
A possible dibergence between the
views of members of congress and
those of the administration, however,
was seen when Attorney - Genera]
Daugherty issued a statement that
“the government is not undertaking
to do anything in the present situa
tion of the coal matter,” declaring
that "men have a right to quit work
and men have a right to employ other
men,” that the public was not menaced
with coal shortage, and that it was
the duty of local authorities to main
tain order.
The house committee action came
after its members had spent two days
listening to discussion of the strike
from the miners’ viewpoint by John
L. Lewis, president of the United Mine
Worker?. Mr. Lewis assured the com
mittee he would advise his associates
to negotiate with any “representa
tive group” of operators from the cen
tral field, which includes Illinois, In
diana, Ohio and western Pennsylva
nia, even though not all of the oper
ators could be induced to deal again
with the union.
The union, he insisted, would not
and could not settle with disputes in
other states until this basis had been
established for a national wage level.
Brief News Items Gathered Here And
There From All Sections Of
The State
CHARGES ANTI-SALOON
MEN CONTROL HOUSE
Tinkham Says League Controls House
And Congressional Inquiry
Would Be Futile
$35,000 Salaries Refused By House
Washington.—The- house puts its
foot down firmly on a proposal to pay.
salaries of $35,000 to four shipping
board officials, refusing by a unani
mous vote to approve the conference
report on the independent offices ap
propriation bill,' which would have
authorized payment during the coming
fiscal year of salaries of between $11,.
000 and $25,000 to six employees in
[addition fo the four who would re
ceive $35,000.
Artist And Author Stage Fist Difel
San Francisco.—Harry Leon Wilson,
nationally known author and play
wright, and Theodore Criley, artist,
fought a duel, according to a story
printed in the San Francisco Exam
iner. There were no clashing blades
nor silver mounted pistols, It was
( fought in a sheltered glen near Car
mel, an artist colony, 70 miles south oi
here, on the Pacific coast, and at day-
jlight, the traditional hour of duels.
jThe weapons were fists, encased in rid
ing gloves and backed, In Wilson’s
case,-with a weight-of -specially trained
bone and mugcle.
Washington.—Demand for investiga
tion by the department of justice of
charges that the Anti-Saloon League of
America had failed to report cam
paign expenditures as required under
the corrupt practices act was made
in the house recently by Representa
tive Tinkham, Republican, of Massa
chusetts.
Making the charges himself, Mr.
Tinkham declared it would be, “abso
lutely futile” to expect an investiga
tion by congress because of “the com
plete control of the house by the Anti-
Saloon League and its abject Obedi
ence to the dictates of the league.”
Mr. Tinkham charged specifically
that the league had violated the cor
rupt practices act by not making re
turns from 1910, the year of the law’s
enactment, until 1920; by not giving
the names and addresses of all persons
roceiving $10 or mrv'e in the returns
filed by Wayne B. Wheeler, its gen
eral counsel, “under protest” in'1920
and by the non-reporting under the
act of branches of the league in West
Virginia, Maryland, Wisconsin', Colo
rado, Oregon and Iowa.
Atlanta.—The Georgia cotton pool
to be marketed on the so-called “Sa-
piro plan” was announced to have
reached and passed its necessary min
imum of 200,000 bales, marking the
end of a state-wide campaign launch
ed nearly a year ago.
Georgia Cotton Growers’ Co-opera
tive association field worker^ report
ed a total sign-up of 240,000 bales
of cotton from 12,600 farmers in 130
Georgia counties, sending the actual
total to be marketed under the co-
operavlve plan to 40,000 bales above
the minimum demanded by the Amer
ican Cotton Growers’ exchange.
Georgia is the seventh state to com
plete co-operative marketing organiza
tion for cotton on this plan, and will
be federated with the rest into the
American Cotton Growers’ exchange,
which already represent cotton grow
ers who produced over 2,000,000 bales
of 1920 crop, and which took a lead
ing part in the Georgia campaign.
Though most of technical organiza
tion machine now operating'in Geor
gia will be immediately withdrawn,
sign-up (^activities by local forces will
be continued until election of a perma
nent board of directors, which will
probably be held, around the first of
May.
Plan Conference On Better Films
Atlanta.—To further a south-wide
movement to improve the quality and
constructive value of motion pictures,
the southeastern better films confer
ence, the first meeting of its kind
ever held in the country, will con
vene on April 28, it has been announ
ced by the better films committee of
Atlanta, through Mrs. B. M. Boykin,
chairman. The conference is to be
held in the auditorium of the Atlanta
Woman’s club and will bring togeth
er more than 200 leading educators
and civic leaders of the nine south
eastern states. The session is expect
ed to bring to a focus better films
activities in this section and to great
ly advance efforts row being made
thrbughout the United States to raise
the standard of motion pictures, both
as entertainment an<f as a force for
edudation.
Tree Planting Custom Revived
Athens.—An old collegiate custom,
not practiced at the University of
Georgia since 1890 was revived when
members of the senior class number
ing in the neighborhood of 150, said
to be one of the largest classes in
the history of the University, plant
ed the tree of 1922 on the open space
between Chancellor David C. Bar
row’s home and Old College, built in
1801. The planting of the tree was
marked by dignified and sedate exer
cises which made the occasion in a
very large measure resemble ,borr>
mencement ltsel’’. Participating in
the prpgram especially for the occa
sion were Chancellor Barrow, Mr. T.
W. R^ed, secretary and treasurer of
the University; M. W. McRainey,
president of the class; A. B. Culbert
son, Oliver S. Morton, A. T. Lev^,
H. M, Morris and C. T. Ccnyers.
Ask For Action In Bergdoll Pro'^e
Washington.—The *house has been
urged by three former service mem
bers to call up the report of the com
mittee which investigated the escape
of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, draft
dodger, and adopt either the majority
or minority views. As a step in the
fight to bring about action, Represen
tative Lineberger, Republican, of Cali
fornia, obtained permission to reprint
1 the report in the Congressional Rec-
/ ortl.
36 Meetings Held Here During Month
Atlanta.—Thirty-six meetings, with
a registered atterMa.n'’| of 5,200, were
held in Atlanta in March, according
to the report of work accomplished by
the Atlanta Convention bureau issued
by Fred Houser, secretary. The re-
l . port of Mr. Houser shows that there
have been 34 conventions and two
events during the- past month, which
includes national as well as local and
state organizations. With 94 meet
ings already held this year, the bu
reau plans to bring the total for the
year up to 400, declared Mr. Houser.
The report pointed out that the[ larg
est meeting to take place have not
yet convened.
FARM WAGONS
AT PRE-WAR PRICES
“Hackney” “Onesboro” and “White
Hickory.”
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.
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 your Goods for Cash and I will sell you,. Grocer
ies, Hardware, Enamelware, Crockery, Stoves, Ranges,
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 from me I will not sell you
one article for less than cost and make it up on something
elsei 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. - ’J
PERRY, - GEORGIA,
We are in the market at all times for Seed Cotton,
Cotton Seed, Peas, Velvet beans andiall
other farm products.
Bring us your products.
Perry Warehouse Co.