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PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN
Is Blocked, Only Avenue
Is Dangerous Voyage
Swollen River
La. — Reports from
■who will make satisfactory notes. •
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Announcing New
Arrivals Every Day
FRANK B. DUPRE HEARING
IS SET FOR MAY
In SPRING SUITS
To Retail at
$25.00 & $30,00
. You will have to see these Spring Beauties
to appreciate them. [•
Bandit And Ku KluxXlClan Arguments
On Calendar For Same Day In
The Supreme Court
witn uauroac
For Relief
Up
Ft C. BENSON CO. I
The 03 cl Fossil always U odors
Agin flhpiw^monts and Progress r.iul
Vlows the Boosters with Alarm. For
Years his Means l.nve lilled Our
Ken tits with Oloo as the Old Town
|oos Marching on. Stop; Think; Lis
ten! Whnt kind of a Town would
Ours he if wo had always Followed
his Advice?
THE. SQUARE DEAL STORE.
Rfliiiioh Packets Of
Flower Seeds f veo
We believe in flowers around tho
ho&ei oC tho Sou’di. Fmwers
J 566 Cherry St.
Macon, Ga.
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surroundings and give
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Atlanta. — The Georgia supreme
court has fixed the third Monday in
May, which is the 15th. as the date,
on which it will hear argument on
tho appeal of Frank P. DuPre, "Peach
tree bandit,” sentenced to be hanged
for the murder of Irby C. Walker, At
torneys H. A. Allen, Louis H. Foster
and W. I. Heyward will appear foi
DuFree, Solicitor General John A,
Boykin will appear for the slate,
The appeal is from tho rofu'na! ot
Judge Hoary A. Mathews of tho Ma
con circuit to grant a now trial. Judge
Mathhews heard the case in Fulton
superior court. The main ground to
new trial—tha‘ five of DuPro'a -jurovS
wore incdmpc cut because of having
made prejudiced remarks before the
;rial—is one which the supremo court
i aid in the Leo I- rank case was to Ik
csitled by tho trial judge. There are
jbll.cr- fonual gyounda.
New Orleans,
Harrisonburg, La., recently that the
1,000. residents of that town, in addl‘
tion to 50 refugees from Catahoula,
Concordia and other flooded parishes
in that seclion, face starvation unless
food supplies arrive speedily, have
DcBardclcben Converts C2Q
New Holland.—Tho. groatost roviva.
over held in tills eec-Jon came to 1
close here under the auspices of the
Methodist church, the Bov. R. D. Haw-,
kins of the Baptist church and tho Bap
tists co-operating. Over two llundrca
and fifty were converted, and more
than on hundred united with tho tw
than one hundred united wth the two
organized. Tho church, with a seating
greatly itensified the gravity of the
flood situation, and every agency is
trying to overcome the difficulty of
transporting supplies to tho stricken •
people, ' .
The' most serious lihaso of the flood
situation is northern Louisiana at this
time, aside from tho danger of con
tinually rising waters, in that of threat
ened feel shortage. Many isolated
column?! ins liavo been completely sur
rounded by water, andivosidonts forced
io depend upon small stocks of food on
hand, ir-n flood waters rushed
through tho break near Forriday.
Countless amphora are living on can-
rod pro Van's that they lire securing ,
from •Cemnu’hity grocers, hut reports
from some res'.Ions indicate there arc
other communities not so fortuna'oly
jhnoed, and that many people are very
l$tle ahead of starvation. In many iso
lated farm houses, v.dmro rwidonts
have ronurhmd in marooned or flooded
homes, there i3 very little, if anything,
to ea'. ’
• With v doplf'torl stocks o[ food re-
ported from all the-refugee camps in
(ho .Louisiana flood area and a real
capacity of GOO, had to he exchanged ' crisis Gristing at Harrisonburg, ref-
TELEPHONE NOTICE.
Beginning with May, all telephone bills will be
mailed and must be paid on or before the 10th o
the month. No waiting after the 10th as the Long
Distance Companies now require us to pay them
several days earlier than Heretofore.
Please be prompt or service will be discontinued
and a charge of $1.00 will be made for-
connecting'up your line.
tier !
packets
YOU CAN or
1ea
iliusfl'rFod
to cove.' (
ilhvtrVry.
fil’d more than a jjiUUon
••cuds, of bountiful yat
!i Rowers to be given to
v. Uii'. spring,
yo.n like to have five
t'ifnl flowers free?
THEM! Hastlrg,
103-pago handsomely
hid twyjlc full from cover
trufaC.tl 'descriSlpn8 and
cf ver o aijile^. flowers and
for the auditorium, which, with a ca
pacity of over 1,030, fpilqd to accom
modate tlio crowds, and hundred:) were
turnod away. In addition to acces
sions, six young men answered the cal)
to preach and some are' to become mis
sionaries. The Rev. W. J. DoEardole-
hen, pastor of Payne Mo:norial church
of Atlanta, did the preaching while,
(he Rev. William Orcenwuy of Cleve
land, Ga., had charge of the music.
t’.qee workers recently expressed the.
belief that those who remained in their'
flood-HW<rpt homes may in (.ho long
run he hatter off than thos,o concen
trated in tlie refuges camps unless
some meaim of reaching the canpff with
provisions is found wiihgut delay.
LADY ASTOR "GALLO ON U .0. .
farm r. ". Tt is
dor.. Ilcwar atii fa:
)3 ussdod in eve:
and, oo. the cabal
fill! of he In Sul gar-
to information tlml-
V Southern homo.
j'X toll j you how to.
got those flower seeds absolutely free.
Write 'or oar 1IT.2 ca'alog now. It
i3 tho finest, most valuable and beau
tiful seel Leak over published, and
you will bo mighty glad you’ve got it.'
There is 1:0 obligation to buy any-,
thing. Just auk for the catalog, and
it will come by return mail.
H. G. HASTINGS CO., SEEDSMEN,
ATLANTA, GA.
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Wrecks Three Auto3 And Wagon
Atlanta.—After partially wrecking
two automobiles and one wagon be
sides his own car, J. M. Fromhan, o
negro, who gave hia address as Jones
boro, was arrested and held at the po
lice station under $500 bond. Freeman
is said by the police .to have been
TO UNFURL THE STANDARD
OF THE LEAGUE OF NAT ONS
1
Washington. — A "little Virginian
rebel,’> home from a conquest of Brit
ain, recently urged her first love to
rhise a leagyo of nations standard. She
is Lady Nanqy .Astor, dauglitor, of Vir
ginia, momber of the British Parlia
ment. and lastly, warm defender o£
Woodrow Wilson’s world society- of
crossing Whitehall street at I-Ium-, nations. "I was told not to talk about
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M DOYF 472 Second
. lAiVE., St . Macon.
phrieg street, whon ho ran into an ait
tomobile driven by A. M. Murray,-
whose address was not ascertained by
the police. The impact was so severe
that Murrays’ car was smashed into a
wagon owned by Isaac Sholton, a lum
ber dealer. Although both cars ana
the wagon were damaged none'of the
occupants were hurt, 'and Fraehiap
backed up for- another start. This time
he hit another car; driven, by Mils.; J,
,T. -Po'ei’s, slightly damaging that car.
Be'lcro he could try tho third time he
was- arrested.
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A. A. Smoak, Perry, Ga.
Mound Do' 1 ? Caves Man From Death
Cabut'a.—His 'two hound dogs saved
McKinley Shults, farmer, from death
alt the fangs of a pair of largo capper
head snakes recently. Reaching the
j end of a furrow, Mr. Shulls left, hia
: nlcw to res’ a few moments in the
j shade of the woodland that borders
I the field of M. Z. W'niUmau, near this
place. His dogs had been 'playing
around tho -field as ho worked and
followed him. Seating himself on a
log, the farmer began Idly polling
about thp, underbrush with a polo
when suddenly it was wrenched from
hi3 hands and ho was startled by a
duot of enraged liissos almost, at his
feet.
the league,” Lady Astor commented.
"All you- - have to do is to fell a Vir-
gtnan ‘don’t’ and It’s sure to bo done.
"There will surely be a League of Na
tions one of these days. I lovo Amer
ica, I love England, but I do not con
iine my love of those two great na
tions. Wo must embrace all nntions
in tho family of our lovo. Wo don’t
have to call tills world society a
League of Nations. We can call it a
league for peace. Call it anything 1 ,
for it seems to bo positively .jarring
to say League of Nations to your poli
ticians . But I think the League is
coming. You can never tell mo that
the great heart of America wants to
progress alone.”
THE WORLD CONSUMPTION
OF COTTON IS BACK TO THE
PRE-WAR STATUS, ’TIS SAID
Washington.—World, cotton consump
tion has returned to its pre-war level,
after a five-year period of consumption,
according \.o a survey of the interna
tional cotton situation covering pro
duction, consumption and stocks as
of April . 1, made public recently by
the epmmercG department. “The strik
ing feature of the situation,” the de
partment obesrves, “13 an indicated
consumption of 21,000,000 bales, for the
year ending July 31, 1922, approxi
mately G,t)()0,000 bales more than was
666 has more imitations than any
other Chill and Fever tonic on the
market, but no one wants imitations.
They are dangerous things In the
medicine line. adv.
Rub-My-Tism relieves Rheumatism
Money to Loan
Lands in Houston County a' Low Rate ofi Inheres
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PERRY G HORGIA,
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Biliousness, Loss of Appetite and
Headaches, due to Torpid Liver, adv.
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Rub-My-Tisni is a powerful antisep
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Policeman Files $30,000 Damage Suit
Atlanta.—Suit for $30,000 damages j
for personal injuries was filed by City; produced for tho crop year.”
Policeman S. P. Webb, against Creely ( :
Brothers and company, a produce firm Can Sue Ship Board: Supreme Court
composed of Salva3 Croely and John: Washington.—Tho Emergency Fleet
P. Trombetta, in Fulton superior court.; Corporation of the United States Ship-
Policeman Webb alleges that whil3 , ping Board, is not a governmental agen-
he was enroute to answer a call in; cy in the sense that it cannot be sued
Highland avenue, in company with | without its- consent, the Supreme court
SBrgt. W. P. Reed, of the city force, has decided. The decision of the court
in one of the city’s automobiles, the was considered highly important by the
car was struck by a truck belonging
to the defendants and badly damaged
wi ll injuries to Webb. Webb charges
negligence and violation of the .speed
law to the driver cf the defndant’s
truck. The accident occurred at Gil
mer and Butler street, it was alleged,
Dec. 29.
government because of the number of
cases pending before the corporation.
Two Dies From The Poison Of A Pin
Macon.—The death of Mrs. George
W. Bailey, reported through the
health office, is the second sister to be
a victim, of septicemia, the disease
being communicated, apparently, from
one sister to the other. Mrs. Bailey
ha dbeen seriously ill for three weeks,
the result of a pin scratch. Her as
ter, Mrs. W. B. Wood, the widow of a
toutcher who died suddening in his
meat market on Broadway a year
ago, left her home on Rembert avenue
to assist in caring for Mrs. Bailey.
In some way Mrs. Wood contracted
the blood poisoning also aiid she cllcK
a few days ago.
Police Character Slain By Detective
Memphis, Tenn.—Ed Only, alleged
police character, was shot four times
and killed recently In a downiown
street' by Alfred O. King, house detec
tive for a prominent hotel, K^ng told
the police he shot in. self-defense when
Only moved as If to draw a pistol.
War VetS’ Widows To Get Preference
Washington.—Widows of honorably
discharged soldiers, sailors and ma
rines who served in the world ^waf
and wives of inured soldiers, sailors
and marines, will be given preference
in examinations for postmastershjps at
first, second and third class postoffices
under the civjl service commission’s
Interpretation of the executive order
of October 14, 1921. This is line with
public sentiment throughout the coun
try, so it is stated in Washington, and
will give general, satisfaction in all