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V- JOHN H. HODGES, Prop’r. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE $1.50 a Year In Advance VOL. LII. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY AUGUST 3, 1922. N«. S3., BOVERNMEKTMES CONTROL OF COAL HAS TURNED ALL EFFORTS TO SECURING ESSENTIAL COAL, DESPITE TWO STRIKES Hoover Will Control Distribution And Price By Car Allocation—Daugh erty Okays Tlje Plan Agreement upon plans for distribu tion of coal and for restriction of un fair prices is announced in Washing ton. Possibilities of a separate agree ment in Illinois to be taken up at a meeting of the miners’ union in St. Louis soon. Operators from four ?tateB in South western Interstate Coal Operators’ as sociation appoint committees to seek the protection of state authorities as a step forward reopening their mines. Detroit considers plan for appoint ment of a fuel commissioner and the pooling of all surplus coal stocks. Washington.—-Immediate steps for acquiring a maximum production of coal from non-union and strip mines, adequate distribution of the supply through government control of coal cars and preventatives against profi teering, have been effected by the ad ministration, according to a United News staff correspondent. Secretary Hoover will be virtual fuel director. In taking this course, it will be observed that officials are concentrat ing on measures to supply soal to con sumers rather than on ( ways and means of settling the two strikes them selves. On the latter problem, it was revealed by a high cabinet authority, President Harding has worked out a definite method for taking care of the coal situation, but absolutely no plan has been completed. for terminating the. rail strike. The big thing.now, officials say, is obtaining and distributing coal. Through maximum operation of non union mines—possible only by having adequate cars for transporting the fuel —and by working of strip or surface mines, is necessary, officials say the inimediate need of the railroads and big Industries can be met. To this end, therefore, Secretary Hoover, through co-operation with the department of justice, interstate com merce commission, railway executives and mine operators, is ready, as emer gency fuel administrator, to take charge of coal production and distribu tion. Attorney-General Daugherty has handed down a special ruling declar ing Hoover’s program for handling the situation is legal and he has all neces- pary powers to go ahead with it. Mine Opening Move Now Awaited Pittsburg, Pa.—Curious eyes were turned recently toward Cokesburg, in Washington county, and Heiiwood, in Indiana county, as the two places where in all probability, the first at tempts would be made to reopen the bituminous mines of the Western Pennsylvania region. No outward move to start the mines was made bu1 strong forces of troops had been con centrated and there were underground reports that more will be sent to those points. Fires On Bandits Getting Jewel Haul St. Louis, Mo.—Five, automobile ban dits robbed the jewelry s^ore and pawnshop of Morris Blumefield ol jewels estimated at between $15,000,- 000 and $20,000,000 and escaped. Sev eral shots were exchanged between Blumefield and one of the bandits a* their automobile sped away. Two Aviators Hurt In ’Plane Crash New York.-—Two aviators were in jured when the machine they wer« piloting crashed to the street in Bird sail avenue near the Long Island Rail road, Far Rock away. They were tak en to St. Johesph’s Hospital. Central Orders “Dead” Freight' Bar Chattanooga, Tenn.—The Central or Georgia Railway placed an embarge on dead freight to be delivered tc the Southern Railway system at Chat tanooga. No . other class was affect ed. ' It was pointed out that the Ceh tral was ready to handle ever deat freight whose origin and destination were on its own lines. RAILROADS WILL BE CONTROLLEDBYI.C.C. COMMISSION ISSUES DRASTIC ORDERS, DUE TO NATIONAL “EMERGENCY” . Cars For Coal Distribution Are C fled In Order Of Urgency Of Their Need Washington.—A “national emergen cy”—growing out of an industrial cbn- filet—has been declared by the gov ernment for the first time in peace time history of the United States, says a United News staff correspondent. As a result of the coal and rail strikes, the interstate commerce commission, empowered for the first time by the Esch-Cummins law, has assumed con trol of the distribution of fuel, food and other necessities. In two orders, Issued after a long ronference between President Harding and his cabinet,- the commission, de clared the emergency, provided prior ity regulations for shipment of fuel, food, etc., in the eastern half of the country and orders to expedite general freight shipments throughput the country. In issuing the crisis order, effective July 26, the commission said: "An emergency which requires immediate action exists upon the lines of each and all the common carriers by rail road subject to the interstate com merce act, east of the Mississippi, in cluding the west bank crossings there of, on account of thd inability of said common carriers properly and com pletely to serve the public in the trans portation of essential commodities.” Faced with this situation the com mission then ordered: 1. That railroads shall give prior ity to the movement of food, feed for live stock, periBhable products, coal, coke and fuel oil. 2. That priority be given inter change and return of empty cars in tended for transportation of these nec essary commodities. 3. That preferential movement of coal cars to the mines be practiced and that cars suitable for transporting coal shall not be used for taking other commodities. 4. That an embargo be placed against the receipt of coal or other freight transported in open top cars suitable for coal loading which can not be unloaded within 24 hours after placement. 5. That all ruleB, regulations and practices of the railroads with respect to the car service be suspended so far as they conflict with the new regu lations. The commission, in designating the manner in which coal cars are to be supplied to the mines, divided them into five classes. In the first class will be cars “for such special pur poses as may from time to time be specially designated”—which gives the commission virtually complete control otar the movement of all cars. In the second class are car3 for fuel for railroads and other carriers including ships; for public utilities which di rectly serve the general public—street and interurban railways, electric power and light, gas, water, sewer works, ice plants and hospitals. DEPORT GIVEN OUT 303 GEORGIANS RECEIVED TREAT MENT AT TUBERCULOSIS SAN ATORIUM AT ALTO Brief News Items Gathered Here And There From All Sections Of The State Atlanta.—Three hundred and eight Georgians reecivetl treatment at the state tuberculosis sanatorium at Alto last year, according to the annual re port of the institution just submitted to the legislature. Of this number IS were from Fulton, with several more from adjacent counties. The sanato rium records show, also, that during the first six months of the current year twenty-two from Fulton have been re ceived as patients. The report shows that of the 30S patients last year, the great majority of whom, upon entrance, were advanc ed cases, 54 per cent being far advanc ed, only sixteen died and but twenty- nine were classified as unimproved when they left the sanatorium. Tho av erage. length of stay was 131 days, ap proximately four and one-tliird months, There was an Increase of twenty over the preceding year In the total num ber of patients, and an increase oi seven in the average daily number oi patients treated, eighty-eight being the average for 1921, as compared with eighty-one for 1920. The need of a new and larger plant, of hospital rather than sanatorium con struction, a home for nursese, and an adequate maintenance fund is stressed in the report which cites that the wait ing list is always full, and that the Institution is not properly equipped tc care for far advanced cases. The ap propriation from the state has been re duced from $56,000 in 1921 to $50,000 for 1922 and the same amount foi 1923. The sanatorium, located near Alto, seventy-two miles northeast of Atlan ta, is the biggest single factor in Georgia in the fight on tuberculosis, which, last year, claimed 3,000 victims in the state and of which there are now in Georgia thirty thousand active cases. The institution is under the control of the state board of health and under the superintendent of Dr. Edson W Glidden, formerly of Savannah. Young Girl, Member Of Faculty -Thomaston.—Perhaps the youngesl member of a faculty of a big education al institution of this state or any otheT state is Miss Weaver Dallis of this city. She is descended from Revolu tionary and Civil war ancestry, and is one of the brightest young women of this section. She is a member of the faculty of the summer school being conducted at the Georgia Normal a< Athens; This is her second year as a member of the faculty. She is the charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Dallis of this city. It is understood she has been tendered the superjntendency of two or three of the county systems of the state. REQUESTS NEWSPAPERS TO SEND REPORTERS TO WITNESS SUICIDE New York.—After writing several notes to newspapers requesting that some one be sent “to see a real sui cide,” and another to a relative to have his body cremated and the “ashe3 sent to the head of the ’ brokerage firm where he did hia trading to fertilise his lawn,” a middle-aged, well-dressed man jumped from a ferry boat in the Hudson river and wa3 drowned. Other messages which he left in his hat — carefuly placed on the deck before he climbed the rail to jump overboard — stated that he had lost all his savings speculating in stocks. Butts Taxes Show Heavy Losses Jackson.—Property value In Butts county show a decrease of $192,000 over 1921, acording to the digest which has just been completed by the tax receiv er. Real estate showed a slight gain, but there was a heavy falling off in (personal property. The total amount of property on the digest this year i: $2,458,305, as compared with $2,650,305 in 1921. Real estate was returned at an average of $9,165 per acre, showing a gain of about one dollar per acre over the assessed value in 1921. The basis recommended by Tax Commis sioner H. J. Fullbright was $10 pei acre. Tlllie Walker Hits 24th Home Run Philadelphia, Pa.-Tillia Walker, leading home run hitter of the Amer ican League, smashed out "Numbai 24“ recently in the third inning of the Washington-Philadelphia game. Erick son was pitching for.Washington. Six Colquitt Catle Owners Indicted • Moultrie.—Six Colquitt county cattle owners have been indicted by the grand ' jury > on charges of violating the tick eradication law. The accused are C. W. ■ Beck, C. L. Autre, C. B. Beck, J. A. | Bannister, Felix Carlton and C. L. | King. The charges against the men | grew out of their refusal to dip their ; herds on the first dipping day in July. Previously they had taken part In a mass meeting held here at which a resolution was passed putting the au thorities on notice “that all dipping of cattle would stop in Colquitt after the first of July.” UN*.* Doooaoaoacnot naananac onaaoaa anon anno aaacaaaeciatao > FARM WAGONS I AT PRE W\R PRICES I “Hackney” “Onesboro” and “White | Hickory.” f You can take your choice they are all higfr 5 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 J have to pay and more than for the ordinary kind. | IT WILL FAY)YOU TO FIGURE WITH US. | HEARD BROTHERS “ MACON, GEORGIA, naaaaaaaaanaaaanaaaaaaaaaaaaanaobaaaanaaa.aaassne 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, Churns, Etc., CHEAPER than any man ist 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 jtm one article for less than cost and make it up on somethmjg else. All I ask is an opportunity to meet honest compe tition on any line I [sell. * Lets Forgetfthe Blues, Go To Work and Make The Best of It. J. W BLOODWORTH, “THE FARMERS FRIEND.’^ PERRY, - GEORGIA. We are in the market at all times for Seed Cot&xat Cctton Seed, Peas, Velvet beans and all other farm products Bring us your products. Perry Warehouse Co.