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JOHN H. HODGES, Proper. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE $1.50 a In Advance VOL. LTI. PEBRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY DECEMBER 14. 1922. No. 50 (IP 04 ;TWO POWERS PLAN TO KEEP f ALLIES OUT OF BLACK SEA | AND CONTROL WATERS j HIGHWAY BOARD AUTHORIZES CONSTRUCTION OF 40 MILES OF ROADS, ONE BRIDGE o. s. approvssAujeq stand Ismet, Because Of Crushing Defeal Administered To Greece, Assumes i The Attitude Of Victor STATE NEWS OF INTEREST Brief News Items Gathered Here Anc There From All Sections Of The State ' Lausanne.—M. Tchitcherin, the head of the Russian delegation, and Ismei Pasha had another long conference on the Russo-Turkish attitude toward fu ture control of the Bosphorus, the Dar danelles and the Sea of Marmora, and very soon they will initiate their struggle in the Near Eastern confer ence to upset international control ol the Straits and place Turkey in abso lute possession and complete control oi the waterways connecting the Mediter ranean and Black seas. Russia and Turkey are ignoring the terrible part Turkey played against the allied powers in the great war and ,are scouting all suggestions that na tionalist Turkey should pay for the havoc wrought by the sultan’s forces directed by German and Austrian lead ers. Ismet, encouraged by the Moscow 'government, is assuming the attitude 'of a victor because of the crushing jdefeat' recently administered to [Greece. He is ignoring the provisions 'fit the Sevres treaty negotiated with Turkey by the allies after the great Iwar, but never ratified,' as Mustapha jKemal Pasha established a rival Tur kish government in Antolia and de clared that this treaty, signed by the sultan’s representative was void. The ^allied powers and the United States have so far in the conference [presented a united front in their de termination not to allow Turkey to •escape the consequences of the aid ‘she rendered to Germany by the mere [shuffling of its capital from Europe ;to Asia and the substitution of Kemal [and Angora for the sultan and his par liament, and there is no reason to be- jlieve that they will grant Turkey’s (Remands for absolute domination ol the straits and adjacent territory. ! M. Tchitcherin has decided to at tend the session himself in spite oi the failure of the inviting powers to admit Russia to the sessions where all the questions involving the pro posed treaty with Turkey are consid ered. He will formally protest againsi ithe limitation of Russias participa tion in the straits problem and, is ex* pected to discqSs practically all prob lems which the conference's facing it an effort to prove that control' of the straits can not be detached from the disposition of western JThrace, anc scores of economic questions, as well as financial questions arising Trom the capitulations which old Russia enjoyed along with the other great powers. BOBO OOOBnCMSaOOOOft oaiaoooov BOB OOOO »O»OfflBa»a«O0fflBOffl BOBO i ifllHiai1 ■ § VER'GENT OPINIONS ON ADVISA- CiLi I Y OF POLITICAL UNION ARE EX'-BESS ED Opening Session Devoted Solely To Ex change Of Friend!^ Assurance, in Which United States Leads Atlanta.—Contracts for road work tc cost approximately three hundred thou sand dollars were let recently by the state highway board, according to ai announcement made by John N. Hold, er, chairman. Contracts for six pro} ects aggregating about forty miles ol construction work were let. A con tract for one bridge was let, while an other bridge project was deferred foi later consideration. Following were the contracts let: No. 2D3—Wilkes county, from Whsh ingtoh to Lexington, awarded to W C. Hill, Abbeville, S. C., $37,324.06 Length of road, 10.15 miles. No. 314—rWilkes county, from Tig nail to Little River, awarded to Nich ols Construction company, Atlanta $35,946.33. Lentgh of road, 6.7 miles No. 295—Wilkes county, from Wash ington to Thomson, awarded ,to Stanlej & Singer, Lafayette; Ala., $35,063.84 Length of road, 7.2 miles. No. 299—Pulaski 'county, bridge b© tween Hawkinsvlllo and Abbeville awarded to Atkinson, Thomaaville $25,176.72. Bridge across Bluff creek No. 316—Early county, from project 196 to project 264, concrete paving awarded to Davis Construction com pany, Macon, $17,964.98. Length oi road, .63 miles. No. 315—Wilkes county, from Wash ington to Lincolnton, awarded to Ogles, by & Stark, Elberton, $71,467.86. Length or road, 10.6 miles. ■ No. 279—Cook county, between Adel and* Valdosta, awarded'to L. H. Smith, Elberton, Ga., $77,676.10. Length oi road, 10.6 miles. No. 279—Cook county, between Adel and Valdosta, awarded to L. H. Smith, Elberton, Ga., $77,676.10. Length oi road, 6,85 miles. , Couzens For Seriate Is Satisfactory Detroit, Mich.—^Vfayor James Couz ens, of Detroit, who will soon take the seat in the United States senate re linquished by Truman H. Newberry, is “the best'man who could have been -picked for the job,” in the opinion ol Henry Eord, former employer of Mr. Couzens. The seat to be taken by the Detroit mayor is the one sought four years ago by Mr. Ford, who was de feated at the polls by Mr. Newberry. Oklahoma Supreme Court Judge Dies Durant, Okla.—Judge C. H. Elting oi ;teh Oklahoma state supreme court, died [here the other morning. He was elect led to the supreme bench two yeart iago. He was fi graduate of the Uni versity of Kansas and had been in Ok lahoma 23 years. ' Relief Is Rushed To Fire Victims Newbern, N. C.—In an effort to somewhat assuage the loss suffered by more than 3,000 homeless victims oi the recent $2,000,000 fire, which swept through approximately 7001 homes in the western section of this city, or ganized relief was well' under way, Thousands of dollars were being do nated to a fund for the sufferers,✓and ’/ volunteer workers, unchecked by i steady rain, were exerting every effort lo comfortably care for the vict- At a mass meeting over $15,000 raised. Negro Leader’s Raelal Good Will Columbus.—Dr. Robert R. Moton, pVinclpal of the Tuskegee institute, with 24 colored associates, concluded here, December 3, his good will tour of twelve hundred miles through Geor gia, where he spoke directly and frank ly durin^he week ending December 2 to thirtyll^^housand white find color ed people on practical methods of ce menting cordial and sympathetic rela- tions between the races. “The best blood of the South,” said Doctor Mo ton in his closing address, “has said that lynching must be stopped and the courts must govern. We are all safer with the constituted authorities than with the howling mobs. Never before have the colored people had more white friends, friends who are courageous, than they have today in the South, as well as in other, parts of the- country. I count among my best friends many of , the finest white people of Tuskegee and Montgomery, Ala., Georgia and other Southern states. There are more clashes within the two races than there are between the races. The South suffers too often because the bad is flashed all over the world and the. good because it is not news, is ignored.” Washington.—Divergent opinions be tween Central American countries' as to the desirability of discussing here the question of a political union ot all five nations came to the surface imme diately the opening of the Six- power conference-on Central Aiuencau affairs, called by the invi'.uJou of President Harding. / , The subject was not on the agenda. It was brought up sharply, however, in the reply of Dr. Alberto Ucles, chiei of the Honduran delegation, in reply ing to Secretary Hughes’ address of welcome. Doctor Ucles urged that the matter of a federation of Central Amer- ican states should receive first consid eration by the conference. In opposition to this view, Senor Jose Andras Coranado, Costa Rican foreign minister, pointed out that the Central American governments were 'fully cognizant of the fact that the “historic hour of their political unlou has not yet struck." Senor Emilfano Clmmorra, minister from Nicaragua to Washington, in his address, said the gathering further testified to “the re ality of our aspiration for unity,” and would “some day" result In the hoist ing of “the sacred banner of one un divided nation.’ Neither Secretary Hughes, speaking as presiding officer and as head oi the American delegation, nor Minis ter Francisco Latour, for Guatemala, nor Senor Francisco Suarez, of Sal vadors, referred to the Central Amer- lean union question in their formal addresses. Action of the conference must be unnanimous in determining what points not specifically mention- -ed in the invitation may be taken up, If the opposition to discussion of the Central Ameriqan plan indicated by the Costa Rican delegation today is pressed, therefore, it is to be assumed that it will no the considered. 6-3-3. 7-4-7, 8-3-10, 8-4-4, i Are grades that can be used with i I good results, under varying con ditions^ We can furnish you I any Special Formula you < may need. We sell Raw bone Meal, D-tied Ground Fish Scray, Tankage, Cotton Seed Meal, Sulphate of Amonia, Sulphate of Potash, Mur ate of Pot-' j ash and various other fertilizer materials. I WRITE US FOR PRICES. | f 1 > | HEARD BROTHERS j MACON, GEORGIA. | Manufacturers of Plant Food for All Lands. | iaaeQaaaaaaaaoaaanaooaaacDoaaaaaaaaoaaaaa -aaaaaKs&ooaa COFFIN OF GIANT PLACED IN GRAVE ,• OF DOUBLE SIZE New York.—Even in death, George Augur, a circus giant, was all out of gear with the world of comparative Liliputiane in which ,he was so miser ably conspicuous. His funeral arrange ments necessitated teats of elemental-: engineering. The customary arrange ments for burial were necessarily per- fbrmed on a prodigious scale. Twelve strong men were hired to bear his pall and even they could not handle the huge coffin, eight feet six inches long and three feet wide, weighing more than five hundred pounds. There fore, it was necessary to rig a block and tackle to lower the giant from the window of the apartment in which he died of indigestion. Aged Gi\eek Is Killed For Robber Atlanta.—James A. Sirmas, an aged Greek, was shot and killed in his room here when Tom Polites, his roommate, fired upon him in the darkness, mistaking him for a burglar, according to the story told the police by Polites. Polites was arrested seven- hours after the shooting, and is being held on suspicion pending an investiga tion of the tragedy, and a coroner’s in quest. Polites said he summoned the U. 8. Property. Owners Are Warned Washington.—Warning to American holders of properties in the consular districts of Acapulco, Mexico, to# take steps at once to protect their lands from possible enforced distribution un der the agrarian - laws of Mexico and the Btate of Guerrero, has zeen issued by the state department. A consider able number of American holdings in, the Acapulco district, the statement? says, were threatened by the statutes and the American vice couneul there was unable to I locate the owners or • ascertain any information. aaBfi REPAIR WORK By Expert Mechanics On All Gars. 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John Wanamaker Reported Ybry III Philadelphia.—The condition of John Wanamaker, who has been ill at his . home here for several weeks, was re- police immediately after the shooting. > p 0r t e( j by hi s physicians as having as- He told Call Officers, McWilliams arid i sume( j a fgrave aspect when newspaper Lmve on the scena of the killing that j men inquired as to his condition. Mr. he had been attr^ted by a noise at i vvanamaker was postmaster general the jnndow, and had fired thinking a | some y ears ag0 ^ a nd made a great rep- burglar had entered. When lie switched ■ utatioDi He has long been known as on the. light, his friend was dying onj |b e merchant king of the United States ; the floor he said. The police yepbrt- ed that Sirmas had been shot through, the back. The bullet, they said, seem ed to have punctured the heart on its course through its victim’s body. —at least since the death of Marshall Field of Chicago. 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