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Welcomes Return Of Longer Skirts Atlanla—The Fulton county tax di-
Ketv York.—MaJ. Ned Gaynor of Cul- Font for 1922, completed recently by
V9r Military Academy in. Indiana, wol- John W. Armistead and his assistants
comes back the long skirt, in his ca- in the tax receivers office, shows a
pacity as one of the leaders or tho\decrease of $9,586,770 in tax valuations
American National Association of Mas- as opposed to the digest figures for
lers of Dancing, in session here, be- 1921. The total of returns for 1922
cause the long skirt discourages kick- Is $180,896,760, as opposed to $190,483,-
ing and the erratic movements of the 536 for 1921, a record year,
jazz step. The major insisted that. Decrease in personal property re-
dancing is an art and not a joke and turns was the largest item of loss on
if man holds his feminine partner j the digest, while the increase in re-
more than lightly the woman is more 1 turns of the market value of shares
than 90 per cent to blame. He said the 1 in state and national banks, including
waltz was again to be a favorite.
N. E. Shippers’ Complaint Dismissed
Washington.—Complaints * of New
England organizations of shippers
against rail and ocean rates applying
to points in the southeast quarter of
the United States have been dismiss- ^nedlt a ’valuatk>n ‘oflioo/'orVss.
surplus and real estate owned, was
the largest. Bank holdings, as re
turned, show $109,572.95 for 1922
against $104,659 for 1921, an increase
of $491,396.
A singular item of the digest Is the
face that 2,212 motor cars were re
ed by the interstate commerce com
mission and the existing level of car
rier charges on traffic held justified.
The New England shippers declared
that the existing rate structure gave Bpe ctor for each county who assesses
Now York City shippers an advantage the value ot car8>
In commenting on this Mr. Armistead'
and W. H. Abbott, county tax receiv
er, pointed to the fact that in the state
of Florida there is an automobile in-
and constituted a discrimination against
New England. The justice ot prea
put schedules was sustained. ‘
Ben Hill Cotton Men Form Association
Fitzgerald.—The Ben Hill Cotton
Growers’ association was organized re
cently with H. D. Troupe, president;
H. H. James, vice president; C. A.
Newcomer, secretary and treasurer.
Both of the local cotton warehouses
were authorized to store the associa
tion cotton. J; O. Greer, field agent
for the Georgia Cotton Growers’ asso
ciation, attended the meeting.
An increase of 4,000 in number of
returns made was noted in the digest.
This probably is due to the fact that
women are now paying poll tax and
their property is brought under ob
servation.
Plan To Rout Alcohol in Spalding
Griffin.—The movement inaugurat
ed by Richard P. Hobson some weeks
ago among the churches, Woman’s
Christian Temperance union, frater
nal orders and others interested to
rout alcohol in this county has now
been organized by the election of Col
onel W. E. H. Searcy, Sr., is chair
man of the country, and J. P*. Nichols,
well-known banker and Christian work
er, as vice chairman, and Mrs. Sibly,
community worker, as secretary and
treasurer, with a committee of good
Citizens back of them,
Little Dpblln Boy Chokes To Death
Dublin.—Marion Brandon, three-
year-old Bon of Mr. and Mrs. A. T.
Brandon, of this city, died recently, 6
miles from Thomson where he was on
a visit with his mother to relatives.
Choking caused the death of the little
fellow. His remains were brought to
Dublin and Interred in North View
cemetery. Ho 1b survived by his par
ents, a brother and little sister.
Amerlcu8 Man Struck By. Auto
Americus.—Jaywalking across one
of Americus* main business streets,
(Croon Bass was struck by an auto
mobile driven by 'Mrs. Livingston, of
Preston. The machine knocked Bass
down, and the front wheel passed
over his arm and Bhoulder, inflicting
painful injuries. He is employed by
the Americus Seed Supply company*
and the accident occurred near the
intersection of Jackson and Forsyth
streets. Mrs. LivtngBton, driver of
the car, became hysterical following
the accident, while Bass was carried
in a physician’s car to the AmericuB
and Sumter county hospital.
Indian Bootlegger Demands Seniority
Guthrie, Okla.—Hearing so much
about the value of "seniority rights’’
from striking railroad shopmen, who
are serving sentences in' the county
jail here for the violation of federal
court injunctions, an Indian bootlegger
presented demands to the sheriff on
his release. The Indian insisted that
Sheriff Robertson make careful note
of his terms in jail so that when he
returns next summer he will not lose
his "seniority rights."
American Vessel Fired On By Chinese
Shanghai, China.—The American
river steam Alice Dollar was fired
on August 16 near Fuchow on the
upper Yangtse river, and her captain,
C. Crum, slightly wounded, according
to advices received by the Robert Dol
lar company here from Ichang, prov
ince of Hupeh. Volleys were poured
into the Alice Dollar from the banks,
presumably by troops of borth northern
and southern forceu, which have been
reported firing on other vessels on the
Yangtse.
High Prices Paid For American Horses
Saratoga Springs, N. Y.—What is be
lieved to a record on the American turf
was established at the Saratoga race
track when forty-one yearlings were
sold at auction for $414,300, an average
of $4,973 apiece. The highest price,
$17,000, was paid by D. C. Hildreth,
(representing the Rancocas stable? for
a chestnut colt by Fair Play.
Woman Is Hurt In Auto Wreck
i Gainesville.—Mrs. R. M. Penland
( was seriously hurt recently at the
overhead bridge south of Gainesville,
whore the highway passes the South
ern railway tracks when the car con
taining Robert M. Penland, his wife
and child, of Milltown, Ga., and his
brother, Douglas Penland, cashier of a
bank at Milltown, left the roadway and
crashed into the railing of the bridge.
Mrs. Penland is in a local hospital
with both nrms broken and severe
bruises. It seems that the car skidded
and the impact threw Mrs. Penland
and her child out on the bank.
Japanese Dolls Loaded With Liquor
San Francisco.—Japanese dolls of
the most Innocent variety are the lat-
|est liquor smuggling devices of trav
elers from the far east landing in the
(United States Pacific ports, according
to Mrs. A. H. Douglas, wife of Com
mander Douglas of the United States
steamship Heron here from Shanghai.
The dollars are said to be dressed in
(the glowing colors of the Orient, and
the manufacturers place receptacles in
them capable of holding from a pint
to a quart each. Dolls in the future
will be thoroughly shaken.
2 Killed, 4 Injured, In Auto Crash
Memphis, Tenn.—Mrs. Carrie Strauss
of Monroe, La., and Joe Silverfield,
21, of Osceola, Ark., were killed, and
four other persons seriously injured
late at night recently when an auto
mobile driven by Silverfield, crashed
into the papdpet of a concrete bridge
just eas of Marion, Ark. The car was
thrown high in the air by the impact
of the collision, and some of the oc
cupants thrown out. Mrs. Strauss and
i Silverfield were crushed beneath the
gar, which overturned. Silverfield and
wtrauss diedJn .a few hours.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s
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Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment.
>Tever attempt to relieve your baby with a
remedy that you would use for yourself.
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