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v JOHN H. HODGES, Prop'r. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE
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VOL. LII.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY JUNE 8, 1922.
No. 23.
CONFUCTS IN RATES
CONFLICTING FEATURES OF IN
TERSTATE AND INTRASTATE
RATE STRUCTURE SHOWN
STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
Atlanta,—Conflicting features of in
terstate and intrastate class rate struo
tures were pointed out by ,T. E. Tilford
traffic expert for the Louisville and
Nashville railway, and witness at the
hearing being conducted-at the federal
building by an interstate commerc*
commission representative.
Freight rates' existing for the pasi
GO years between Ohio river cross
ingB and Atlanta and Birmingham
were compared by Mr. Tilford with
present rates and with the basic max
imum rates being proposed by south
ern carriers. In the movement for a
better stadardization of rates through
out the southeastern territory a deft
ntte mileage scale' is being sought.
<?lass rates are at present divided
into groups covering more than 16,
000 articles. The southern classifies
tion prbvides for one group and the
Georgia classification provides for one
that conflicts. For instance, a ship
ment from Atlanta to Columbus Is gov
erned by one classification, i. e., thai
of the Georgia railroad commission,
and a shipment to Birmingham orig
inating in Atlanta*-,comes under the
southern classification of the inter
.state commerce commission.
Mr. Tilford’s testimony probably will
' be concluded soon.
/ The hearing is expected-'to continue
for-about one month.
i Commission Fires Manager Hinkle
Columbus—The office of city man
ager of Columbus was declared vacant
by a resolution adopted at a special
meeting of the city commission. The
action of the commission followed the
mysterious leaving of H. Gordon
Hinkle, then holding the office of city
manager for points unknown and with
out consent of the commission, accord
ing to a section of the resolution
Kinkle came to Columbus from Al-
toon* Pa., during January, when the
commission-manager government came
into control of the affairs of Colum
bus, and since then has been in hie
position.
L Driver Of Car Declared Not Guilty
Atlanta.—Mrs. J. H. Gray struck and
killed a 6-year-old negro boy, John
Jackson, while she was driyihg her
automobile, wa%-- acquitted. of the
charge pf reckless driving. She told
Recorder E, Jackson. tha^-She,
was traveling at|a moderate rate' ol
speed and the little negro darted sud
denly in front of her machine after
hoop with which/he was playing. The
judge held it to be an unavoidable
accident.
; Slashes Woman Who Spurns Him
Louisville.—Attacked by an unknown
white man who slashed her threat al
most to the jugular vein, Mrs. Kitchen,
wife, of & farmer, living about two
miles from Avery, in this county, was
found lying in a pool of blood when
her husband returned home from his
work. Although she was almost dead
from the loss of .blood,- physicians re
vived her. She states that was
work In her home when the attack
was made.
RAIL MEN
VOTE ON SIR!
ULTIMATUM SENT TO ALL RAIL
ROADS—SHOP CRAFTS ASK
CONFERENCE
Executive Council Of Brotherhood Ap
peals to Membership Ballots Fol
lowing Board’s Decision
LONDON DEMONSTRATION
BREARS UP IN FIGHT
WITH POLICE •
Scattered Fights Took Place Between
The Police And The
■ Unemployed.
Detroit.—A strike vote was ordered
jy the executive council of the Unit
eel Brotherhood of Maintenance of Was
Employees and Railway Shop Labor
evs here, In answer to the wage slast
made by the railway labor board.
Declaring that a cut of 13.2 • per coni
in their wages did not parallel a l
per cent reduction In living costs, tlx
council asked that the men, 400,1)00 ir
all, vote on a strike protest.
The slash In wages made by the la
bor board at Chicago came a3 a com
plete surprise to the council, which was
in session here on routine business
Discussion of the order resulted in ar
order by Edward F. Grable, president ol
the union, that the decision for a
strike vote be held over until the ar
rival of the official notices of the re
ductions.
Grable, however, stated at the tim«
he was confident that the strike vot«
would be ordered, terming the slash
“both unjust and unfair.”
Chicago.—A virtual ultimatum -to the
railroads of America, through- the
United States railroad labor board was
presented by the Federation of Shop
Crafts, representing 400,000 railwaj
employees, in a request for a confer,
ence with the board, when the federal
body will be ask to take Immediate
jurisdiction of all cases In which rail
roads are alleged to be disobeying the
board’s orders.
If the board declines, a strike, bal
lot will go out at once to shopmen all
over the country.
With the further wage cut threat
ened in a decision expected to he hand-
ed*down by the board, a third questioc
will likely be placed on the ballot
according to B. M. Jewell, head of the
shop crafts. Two questions, one on al
leged violations of board decisions bj
letting' out shop work and the othei
on elimination of time and a half foi
overtime, have already been authorise
ed for submission to the men.
If another pay cut is authorized bj
the board, the pending ballot will un
doubtedly be converted into a triple-
barreled strike threat, Mr. Jewell do
dared.
London.—An attempt by London’r
unemployed to stage a big parade anu
demonstration broke up in a riot direct
ly in .front of the Bank of England,
long thejiyrnfrol of capital.
As the marchers neared the famous
old bank, police attempted to head
them off. The unemployed paraders
broke up their marching foi’mHtion and
a free-for-all fight started. Mounted
police drew their truncheons and
wielded them on thq rioters freely. A
number of arrests were made, but the
small number of police on the . scene
enabled many to escape who might
otherwise have been arrested.
As soon as the disturbance broke
• out, an emergency call was sent out
for all policemen on leave to assist
in restoring order. t -
Scattered fights took place between
./the police and the unemployed. One
of the latter, during a bout with an
officer, threw a brick, but it missed
its target and went through a plate
glass window of the American I’ioneer
Leather company.
, Police were on the lookout for a re
newal,of the disorders.
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FARM WAGONS
A 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 Bj
have to pay and more than for the ordinary kind. |
IT WILL PAY)YOU TO FIGURE WITH US. |
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THE WARD MYSTERY
“COMES AND GOES”
EFFORT TO PE MADE
TO permanently settle
MEXIC FINANCIAL SNARL
Money Mon Of World Gather In Nevt
York For Conference Of .Great
Importance To-Mexico
“Charlie Ross” Joins Attorneys
The Family Of The
Slain Soldier
For
New York.—“Charlie Ross,” suppos
ed “brains” of the blackmail ring
which Walter S. Ward, wealthy baker,
claims led to the fatal tryst two weeks
or more ago, which ended with his
shooting Clarence Peters, former Bail
or, whisked momentarily Into sight and
as suddenly and mysteriously disap-
p€&rQcL
With the authorities of West Ches
ter county and New York professedly
peeking him, the “mystery man” la the
sensational case is known to have
joined William J. Fallon, attorney foi
peters’ family, in the afternoon recent
ly. They met soon after "Ross” had
Bent an emissary to Fallon’s office, in
the heart of the business district,,
To Build In Coal Mine Town
Atlanta—Contract hps been closed
by Aberthaw Construction company, of
Atlanta, for several --community build
ings; to be erected in trie cosil mining
town of Benham, ^Cy„ for the Wis
consin Steel company, a subsidiary of
the. International Harvester company.
Work will start immediately and will
involve the Expenditure of about $300,-
000. v
New York.—Financiers of Great Brit
ain and the United States arrived here
aboard the Olympic, prepared to seeli
a settlement of Mexico’s financial prob
lems In conferences with Adolfo de la
Huerta, Mexican minister of finance,
who reached New York later. The
conference will begin very soon.
The participants who came on the
Olympic are Thomas W; Lamont oi
J. P. Morgan & Co., who has been
in Europe discussing Mexican finances
with foreign'bankers; Edward R. Pea
cock, a director in the Bank of Eng
land; J. -Chevalier of the Banque ol
Paris qt des Payes Bas, and E, V/.
R. Masson of the Credit Lyonnaise
Prance. '
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Man Badly Hurt; Assailants Held
Atlanta—W- H. (Earl) Mills, 30
years old, who broke into prominence
through his testimony in the expose
of the bunko probe involving members
of the local.police department last
fall, was taken to the Georgia Baptist
hospital recently, suffering from se
vere injuries said to have been inflict
ed by H. C. Fowler and B. C. Hogue,
both of whom are being held at police
station without bond'pending the out
come of Mills’ condition. . .. .<
GERMANY WILL ACCEPT
REPARATIONS PLAN
; 1F AIDED BY LOAN
Paris.—The disquni;.ing prospect thai
France would bring further pressure tc
bear on Germany with the extension
of her military occupation, is regard'/
in reparations and political circies !'
eliminated by the German reply to tht
reparations commissions just made pub
lic.,
It promises to comply with the con
dltions Imposed by th$ reparations
commission, with the proviso that Ger
amny must have aid in the form of a
foreign loan. The commission has in
sisted upon unconditional compliance
but the question of the loan is con
sidered a detail that will be arranged
without complications.
7 Die In Collision; One Ship Sink*
Portland, Oregon.—Seven ' firemen
asleep in the forecastle of tb)i Furness-
Prince line's 2,322-ton cargo steamer
Welsh Prince, were killed and three
injured one night recently, when, ac
cording to meager reports received
’here, that vessel was rammed by the
freighter Iowan, in the Columbia river,
off Altoona, Wash. The Welsh Prince
sank within thirty minutes, and the
Iowan, a 6,547-ton freighter, operated
.by the American-Hawaiian Steamship
company, was kinking slowly, accord
ing to last reports.
Sentence For Aged Negro Commuted
Raleigh, N. ,C.—The death sentence
of Wright Rouse, aged negro, convict
ed of murder in connection with the
slaying of William Whitley, wealthy
Walstonburg merchant and farmer,
has been comniufed to life Imprison
ment by Governor Morrison after alien
ists had submitted a report that tlx
negro was mentaly deficient. Mrs,
Sarah Whitley, wife of the slain man
and Thomas Hayes, are now serving
life terms In connection with the kill
ing.
BATTERY SERVICE
When starter fails to crank your car on cold morning*
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 ia
Perry. I am in busmeira to stay; I know that all Mer
chandise is Meager than it was six months ago; I have
taken iny loss and if you buy from 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 Forgetfthe Blues, GofcTo 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,
Utters First Word Far Above Cloud*
Atlantic City, N. J.—Mute since blrtt
6-year-old' William Rosenbors, of Wash
ington, uttered, his first word “air
plane” recently when taken up 1,00(
feet in a seaplane. In the hope thai
altitude would help the^ boy to t&lk
he was to be taken up more than. B,00(
feet.
Wheat Prloe Drops 11 Cents A BusHe
Chicago!—Wheat prices have made £
sensational dive down in the last fets
days, the May delivery plunging: down
ward 11 cents a bushel, as compared
with quotations earlier In the' season
Cotton Seed, Peas, Velvet beans
other'farrn products.
Bring us your products.
Perry Warehouse
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