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TELEPHONE NOTICE.
Beginning with May, all telephone bills will be
mailed and must be paid on or before the 10th of
the month. No waiting after the 10th as the Long
Distance Companies now require us to pay them
several days earlier than heretofore.
Please be prompt or service will be discontinued
and a charge of $1.00 will be made for
connecting up your line.
DAS. D. MARTIN, Jr., Mgr.
Houston Telephone Company.
Perry, - Georgia.
FARMERS
Please remember we are Local Agents for Per
ry and trade territory for
Empire Buggy Co
Cary Roofing Co
Lynchburg Plow Co
Chattanooga Plow Co
Goodrich Rubber Co
Cole Manufacturing Co
\Ve solicit your patronage when in the market
for any goods made by these well known com
panies. You will make no. mistake by using
goods made by these companies;
B. II. ANDREW & SON,
, PEIBiEe"Sr. GhA.. .
MINING INDUSTRY CROWDED
Existing Soft Coal Mines Can Produce
Double The Amount Required
Per Year
Washington.—Studies of the United
States coal commission already have
developed the conclusion among its
members that the bituminous coal min
ing industry in the United States is
overdeveloped, and that good business
and good citizenship require investors
to escape from embarking upon now
coal mining operations, according to a
statement made public recently. Ex
cept in a few localities, where trans
portation conditions may modify the
general rule, the commission asserted
increased mining activity win do harm,
The present excessive coal mining ca:
pacity, the commission further 'said,
“cannot for long loy;:r the price of coal t
dimply because that conditions oi
things is wasteful.
“Too many suit coal mines and too
many miners describes the situation
in plain English;’’ the commission’s
statement said. “In these coal mines
more capital Is invested 'and more
minors are employed than are needed
Id produce the coal the country re
quires, This condition, of course, in
volves waste on a country-wide scale,
“Howto deflate the coal industry is
cne of the mnny problems before the
ccmmisnplAr, It seems plain enough,
'..ovr'T', that the industry should nol
ho further inflated by "imping new
rj.'nes.”
Existing bituminous mii.v.-,.the staid
ment continued, can produce, theoret
ically, a billion tons of coal per year
while the country consumes only a
half-billion tons. The result in some
places is to bring about, the commis
sion said, a "mine-working time which
is too short to pay adequately either
owners or miners."
E. F. Barfield & Company
ANNOUNCE
That they are re&dy to serve their friends and cus
tomers at their new market, formerly W. M. Smith
place opposite Masonic Building.
Best Quality of Meats and Prompt Service is our
Motto. Call to see us.
E. F. BARFIELD & CO.
' Perry, - Ga.
WHY GYP DOG LAUGHED
■CpROM beneath the yellow flower-
lug bushes beside the house Pussy
Cat’s. frightened face, peeped us she
looked with wide opened eyes at the
spot where the dreadful filing hap
pened. %
Gyp Dog rolled over and over on
the grass In the yard, Hum ho sat .up
and looked again at Puhsy Cat’s
frightened face and over he rolled
with mouth wide open tfnd his hind
logs kicking, while with hie front
f'. '.'t he pnv. , * (he air.
All the b and chickens In the
buhiyard rail lo tlffe wire fence and
poked their heads through to Bee
whatever was the matter with Gyp.
“He has a lit or n spasm,” said old
Speckled Ileti, who was very wise und
had brought up yoveral families.
But Gyp Dog did not have a lit; he
was laughing at something lie had
seen that happened beneath 'the clier-
To Resume Probe Of Gasoline Cos!
Washington.—Investigation of oi!
and gasoline prices will be resumed
by the senate manufacturers-' sub-com
mittee, it was announced by Chair
man La Follette. The inquiry was be
gun last summer but was discontinued
when congress adjourned in Septem
ber. Chairman La Follette said il
was expected to 1 call the officials oi
some of the larger companies to testify
soon and later to summon the officers
of the smaller companies and the rep
resentatives of other lines of business
and organizations as well as individ
uals having a direct interest in the
subject of investigation. *
’••JSi-HNeiOCf®-
Flpod Legislation To Be Presented
Washington.—Legislation affecting
flood control on I the Mississippi river
is being discussed here by the direo
tors of the Mississippi River Flood
Contrpl Association preparatory to the
appearance of spokesmen for the or
ganization before, a house. committee,
It has been decided to make the pend
ing Humphries-Wilson bill the. T basis
for discussion before the committee,
Aside from the flood control question,
the house committee will take up the
question of navigation on the Missis
sippi and Ohio. •
Jack Robin Hopped Close to the
Object. •
i*y tree and had frightened Pussy
Cnt’s nine lives nearly out of her
body.
Gyp Dog had been sitting nearby
the cherry tree and he saw Jack
Robin almost as soon ns Pussy Cut.
•Tuck Robin was busy eating the
largest and ripest cherries when sud
denly ho spied on the ground under
the tree the very largest chei'ry he
had ever seen, at least Jack thought
It was a cherry. .
lie Btopped eating and hopped to'
the end of the limb and looked Jdowti
at It, then he hopped a step,^back
ward and then forward and looked
around just qb If he had no thought
of flying down to the ground.
All this time Pussy Oat nearby mid ,
hidden from Jack Robin was watch
ing every move he made and rift sooh
as he flew down Pussy began to crawl. .
up behind him back of the tree.
Gyp Dog began to look pleased, for
while lie had no Intention of letting
Pussy Cat catch Jack Robin be
thought something very funny was
sure to happen If he kept still.
• Jack Robin hopped close to the big
red object on , the ground, hoping all *
the time that his sharp eyes Were the
only eyes that saw It.
Just ns he came close beside It and
gave a sharp, quick peck at It Pussy
Cat jumped 6ut from behind the tree
aid "pop" >vemS the big red round ob
ject right Jn ; her* face. "
Ke was quite cel?
‘ talu ft "shot froni the farmer’s guh .
must have lilt him, and ho did not
stop untyl he was far away on a tret*
where he sat spreading his wings and
wagging his head to make jure he was
airtsgfithef.
PlW OuJ jumid right jJVe£ ba<% '
ward, then she jumped up and ran ffll
the flower bushes by the house, and
that was the reason Gyp Dog laughed
so hard and long as he rolled over on
the grass.
"What happened?" asked Pussy Cat
a little while after as Gyp came near
where she was crouching.
"Why, don’t you know what it was
that exploded?" asked Gyp Dog. "It
was Little Boy’s balloon. He put a
big Stone on the slender stick to which
the balloon was tied so It would not
blow away and Jack Robin thought It
wasi a cherry on the ground, so he
pecked at It and It burst.
"Didn’t you ever see a balloon be
fore, Pussy Oat?" ,
"Yes,” replied Pussy, “but one never
popped right In my face before."
Just then Little Boy 1 ran under
tl\e cherry tree to get his balloon.
He looked at the btlck Syjth a bit of
red tied to the end and the big tears
Were all ready to fall from his pretty
blue eyes. I
((§) by MoCluro Newspaper Syndicate.)
. * - ' I • r . .
Striking New Red Cross Poster
•r
Airmen Searching For Missing Filers
Nogales, Ariz.—Four United States
airplanes, under command of Capt. R^
G. Ervin, penetrated Mexico to a depth
of eighty miles ip an extension »of the
search for Col. • Francis C. Marshal]
and Lieut. ( C. L. Webber. The four
planes cross the border not far from
Nogales, Captain Ervin stated’ on his
return, flew due 'south to Magdalena,
then turned west for ,a distance of six-'
ty miles and returning re-entered the
United States near Ruby, west of No
gales, late in the afternoon.
Fort Pierce.—A training course for
Boy Scoutmasters, a’ssiukant Scoutmas
ters and leaders is to bo conducted in
Fort Pierce one night each week for a
period of eight weeks, under the sup
ervision of Thomas. B. Marsh, Jr., Boy
Scout executive for the East Coast
council with headquarters at West
Palm Beach and including the coun
ties of Palm Beach, Broward, St. Lucie
and Okeechobee. The course is also
to he conducted during the same period
at West Palm Beach and Fort Lauder
dale.
Day Is Not Guilty Of Murder Charge
Durango, Colo.—Rod S. Day, editor
of the Durango Democrat, was found
not guilty of the charge of murder for
which he was tried in connection with
the death of William F. Wood, city
editor of the Durango Herald, last
April. The verdict was returned after
thirteen ballots- had been taken.
Holdup Attempt Fata! Escapade
Nashville, ffenn.—Stewart S. Lynch,
19-year-old high school student, who,
with two companions, attempted to
hold up J. J. Evans, 63, a grocery
store manager, died as the result of a
bullet fired into hie brain by Evans.
J. D. Willoughby, ft&, salesman, who
admits being one of the robber*, and
who fled after he had been shot in the
jaw by Evans, surrendered himself to
the police. Police are still looking for
the third member ef the band, whs Red ,
after k* ted bm H&pfe *
Riveting the attention of the beholder on the fact that the Ameri
can Red Cross is chartered by Congress as an official volunteer relief
organisation the dome of the Capitol at Washington, upon which is super
imposed * large Red Cross, is the central figure of a new poster for the
Annual Red Cross Roll Call. The poster, which has teen pronounced one
ef the most striking of innumerable representations of the famous dome,
is the work' of Franklin Booth, a New York artist of wide renown. It will
be displayed throughout the country during the Roll Call period, Armistice
Say to Thanksgiving, when the Red Cress membership for 1023 will be
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