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JOHN H. HODGES, Prop'r.
DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE
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$1.50 a Yoar In Advance
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VOL. LII.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, ^/THURSDAY AUGUST 10. 1D5>2.
No. 32.
SAVANNAH PORT
FIGURES KKKT
COTTON RECEIPTS LARGER THAN
IN 19g1 AND PRICES AFX
SOME'B LTTE R
Galveston Exports Show A Decrease)
While Houston Exports Break
All Former Records
Savannah, Ga.—Conditions 6 are bet*
ter this year than last in the cotton
market, it is shown by the completed
figures for the 1921-22 cotton season.
The season closed July 31. A gross
total of 761,239 uplands ands linter
bales and 1,442 sea Island bales were
received at Savannah this season. The
net receipts for the season were 760,•
629 bales of uplands and llnters and
1,442 bales of sea island.
The season was considerably bet
ter than that, ending a -year ago. The
foreign shipments were very good the
past season, with due consideration
-given to the fact that conditions were
not normal. The exports are not nor
mal, but very encouraging. Japan and
China drew very heavily upon the ex
ports from Savannah, taking third
place.
While the price is not all that some
hoped for, it is highs enough to give
hope. The highest price was 23.30 this
season. The lowest was 11.50 and the
average 1S.11. The season’s valuation,
$69,403,791, was a little ahead of laBt
season’s.
Galveston, Texas.—Cotton exports
from the port of Galveston lor the
1921-22 season ending July 31 were
2,772,929 bales. Receipts for the year
were 2,567,935 bales. Exports last
year to the same were $3,018,260 bales,
and receipts, 3;144,641 bales.
s Houston, Tex® 8 *—Exceeding the to
tal for any previous years in the ex
port of cotton to foreign countries, the
report of Houston during the fiscal
year ending July 31 shipped 478,141
bales, according to the figures compil
ed by J. F. Burwell, secretary of the-
Houston cotton exchange and board of
trade.
Street Car Men On Strike In Chicago
Chicago.—Chicago will be completely
without street cars or elevated railway
service for a few days. Following the
lead of the street car motorrpen and
(conductors, employees of the elevated
railways voted for a walkout. Leaders
of the elevated employees’ union de
clare it is a\ "runaway strike’’ ahd that
they could npt keep their agreement not
to go out. The street Car employees,
dl a mass meeting attended by more
than six thousand men, voted unani
mously for an immediate walkout. The
elevated employees then held a meet
ing, and, in spite of warnings of their
leaders, demanded sanction of a strike
with the surface line men. It was
ordered when 2,000 elevated conductors
and motonnen shouted down any ef
fort for delay by the leaders.
Grenades Found Under College Steps
Welleely, Mass.—Two hand*grenades
found under the steps of Syone hall, a
dormitory of Wellesly college have been
causing local and state police much
perplexity. The grenades were ex
amined by Statq Chemist Wedger, who
found that one was a “dud” and the
other a “live" one in good condition.
The grenades were in a flower pot,
which was heavily covered with cob
webs, -and gave the appearance of hav
ing been concealed a long time.
FLAN TO END RAIL
WHAT NEXT MOVE OF ADMINIS
TRATION IN STRIKE CRISIS
WILL BE NOT DIVULGED
Executives Believe Thht If Left To
Own Devices They Can Ignore
Striking Shopmen
New York.—Railway executives of
the nation firmly but courteously re
jected the program advanced by the
Harding administration for settlement
of the 'rail strike.
Willihg to accept conditionally two
suggestions 'put forward, by the- white
house—that, both sides abide by wage
decisions of tile railroad labor hoard
and that lawsuits springing out of the
strike be withdrawn—the heads of 148
roads declared emphatically thaf it was
impossible to reinstate strikes with
unimpaired seniority rights, the third
provision in the president’s plan.
After being told by Robert S. Lov
ett of the Union Pacific that there is
no moral or practical reason, for budg
ing from their position, the executives
disbanded, caught the first train for
their respective headquarters and in
dicated that they were going ahead
and operate their roads with the forces' -
they had assembled since the shop
men walked out on July 1.
The decision not to yield on the
question of seniority was made known
to the white house by telegraph after
the rail heads had listened to a 20-
minute, address by Secretary of Com
merce \ Hoover, who, as direct repre
sentative of the president, told them, in
effect, that the administration held the
seniority question of minor importance
in comparison of that upholding the
railroad labor board.
The only question which arose in
the short period during which the
president’s proposal was under active
discussion was how emphatically the
reply of rejection should be worded.
In the balloting each road was given
one vote for each 1,000 miles of track
operated.
The reply, drafted during the noon
recess by the standing committee, was
adopted by a vote of 265 2.
This, however, represented unani
mous disapproval of the president’s
plan, the two dissenting votes being
cast by L. F. Loree, chairman of the
eastern conference, representing the
Delaware and Hudson and the Kansas
City Southern with the explanation
that he wished the/seniority proposal
turned down e\ren ipore decisively.
Only two Toads operating in the
United States were not reported rep
resented. Theyjvere the Atlanta, Bir
mingham and Atlantic, and the Gulf
and Ship Island, both of which were
declared to have been unaffected by
the strike.
President A. H. Smith of the New
York Central apparently crystallized
the sentiment of the chiefs when, dur
ing their discussion, he threw on the
conference table 400 telegrams from
foremen and supervisors of the road,
announcing they would have to resign
if the seniority ranking of the strik
ing was returned.
John Drew, Actor, Leads The Firemen
East Hampton, N. s Y.—John Drew,
veteran actor, has starred in a new
character role, that of a fireman, with
red tin hat and axe. Dijew led the
volunteer fire fighting forces when the
Maidstone Club, one of the most ex
clusive on Long Island, took fire re
cently. The glub is a x mass of ruins,
and the damage is estimated at-one
hundred thousand dollars;
New Orleans Is Hit By Heat Wave
New Orleans.—The summer’s hottest
weather has gripped this section of
the South for several dayB,, and the
local weather bureau holds out little
hope for immediate relief. The local
forecaster predicts the temperature will
reach 98° before relief may be expect
ed, and that the heat .wave will con
tinue perhaps indefinitely.
Venezuela An Important Oil Factor
Washington.—European interests are
recognizing the ifriportance of Vene
zuela as a factor in the world petro-'
leiim pfoduction and the number of oil
concessions and locations in that
country is increasing rapidly. C. E.
McGuice r secretary of the United
States section of the inter-Americq,
high commission, declares.
President Conferring On Europe Crisis
Washington.—The critical econotnic
situation now facing ffurope due to
further tumbling of German marks,
the reparations and war debt problems,
is bdfng studied by President Harding
arid Secretary of tate Hughes in con
ference with Ambassador Myron vT;
Herrick, who has just returned from
France.
MARKET TO OPEN WITH ADDED
FACILITIES—SALES ARE EX
PECTED TO BE HEAVY
orier news items Gathered Here And
There From All Sections Of
i The State
Tifton.—The Tifton tobacco market
will open for the season on August 2,
and sales will be held every day there
after except Saturday.
The opening of the tobacco market
will mavlt the opening of Tifton’s new
brick tobacco warehouse, said to be the
largest and best equipped south ol
Winston, N. C., with 30,000 square feet
of floor space, well lighted and venti
lated; This new and modern ware
house, with the mammoth stemming
and redrying plant of the Imperial To
bacco company, Ltd., of Great Britain
and Ireland, already in operation, givea
Tifton facilities for handling tobacco
unequaled in. South G'eorgia.
The Tifton tobacco warehouse will
he under the .management of Fannei
& Smith, who have had charge of the
tobacco warehouse here for several
Reasons. They have ample financial
basking, and with Tifton’s unexcelled
railroad facilities and good highways
in every direction, the local market ie
expected to Slinib to even greater im
portance iri^the tobacco field this sea
son. 1
There will be a. full corps of tobaccc
buyers on. hand to bit on every pile ol
lea,f offered, and in addition Tifton has
an advantage that no other market car
offer—the Imperial Tobacco company
buys more tobacco in* South Georgia
than any other company, and of course
it can pay more for tobacco in Tifton
than any other point in South Georgia
as' tobacco bought at other points has
to he shipped to Tifton for stemming
and drying. ,
Butts Farmers See Pasture Explained.
Jackson.—One of the most interest
ing and important meetings yet held in
Butts county in the Interest of diver
sified farming and live stock raising
was the pasture demonstration when
addresses were made by Roland Tun
ner, general agricultural agent of the
Southern Railway system; Paul Ta
bor of the state college of agriculture,
s and H. C| Bates, livestock development
agent of the Southern railway. A large
number of dairy farmers and others
who .are interested in this line 61
work were present and much interest
was manifested in the practical talks
made. Pasture building on a large-
scale will be started in Bqtta county
this fall under the direction of County
Agent H. G. Wiley.
^ Boll Weevil Yields To Arsenate
Winder.—The demonstration of the
“Woodruff Way" of applying calcium
arsenate in the fight against the boli
weevil, which was given at the Fite
place near Winder, was a success. More,
than 200 farmers and others attended
this demonstration, which was conduct
ed by R. L. Woodruff, of Winder, arid
addresses were made by Prof. A. M
Soule, president of the State Agricul
tural College, and Professor Phil Gamp
bell, director of extension work ol
that college, holh of whom stressed th$
use of calcium arsenate, and the fur
ther fact that the only way success
fully to use it was in accordance wit*
the tested methods of the State Col
lege, and unless it was used rightlj
no results could be expected.
Child Relief In Germany
Berlin, Germany.—The
Is Ended
friends service committee^ hrough its
chairman, Francis Bacon, formally no
tified the American embassy and con
sulate general that its child relief mis-
sjpn. ceased operations in Germany dur\
ing July in accordance with ,a decision
reached some months ago by a commit
tee in Philadelphia.
Invents Machine To Catch Weevils
Summerville.—A machine whicli will
catch boll weevils on cotton, it is claim
ed, ha? -been invented by N. A. Craw
ford, a widely-known farmer, living
near Price’s bridge, in the lower pari
of this county, and it is understood he
will apply for a patent. The machine
is attached to an ordinary cultivator
and can be used at every cultivation
until the cotton becomes too large tc
plow with a acultivator. Ivlr. Crawford
is of the opinion-that better results
are obtained by catching the weevil
than by poisoning. Farmers through
out the county say the weevil is not
as prevalent as at this time last year,
and it is thought a fair crop will be
produced, considering the small acre-
age'plantedl
FARM WAGONS
AT PRE-W AR PRICES
“Hackney” “Onesboro” and “White
Hickory.”
You can take your choice they are all high-
grade. We handle Vulcan l?lows and Parts.
You will probably not use much Fertilizers but
will want what you do use to be strictly High
1 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 PAY)YOU TO FIGURE WITH US.
HEARD BROTHERS
MACON, GEORGIA.
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REPAIR WORK
By Expert Mechanics On All Oars.
BATTERY SERVICE
We Recharge and Rebuild A \\ Sizes and Makes.
New Willard Batteries in Stock?
WELDING
Acetylene Welding of All itind.
TIRES and TUBES
U. S. Tires and Tubes and Accessories in Stock.
McLendon Auto Co.
CALVIN E. McLENDON, Prop’r.
PERRY - GA.
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DON'T BE DECEIVED
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Buy your Goods for Cash and I will sell you, Grocer
ies, Hardware, Enamelware, Crockery, Stoves, Range*,
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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 fiorj* me I will not sell you 5
one article for less than cost and make it up on something
else. All I ask is an opportunity to k 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
“THE FARMERS FRIEND.
PERRY, - GEORGIA.
We are in the market at all times for Seed Cotton
Cotton Seed, Peas, Velvet beans and all
other farm products]
Bring us your products.
Perry Warehouse Co.