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■MHIIIWaBBMWBaMBtSHWBiBBKSBaBtB i • JOHN H. HODGES, Proper. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE L.50 a Year In Advance VOL. LIII. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY JANUARY 18. 1923. TURKS WANTTO SIGN DECLARES CHIilD’S ATTITUDE APPEARS COUNTER TO AMER ICAN INTERESTS ^ KEMALISTS N6T DAUNTED British, However, May Not Get Chance To Split Oil Concessions With U. -S., Says Ferld Lausanne.—Perld Bey, the Turkish nationalist representative at Paris, who is at present In Lausane, said: "Should the conference break down We will return home and wait until the allies agree to our present terms. We will thereby possibly reduce the national debt further and save hldfey that would otherwise be spent In com merce.” Asked it It was true that France was prepared to sign a separate trea ty with Turkey In case of a rupture, he replied: “If so, I am not aware of it. But it is to be remarked that we still have an accord with France, signed In Oc tober, 1921. “We are quite willing to sign sep arate treaties with any country; we are most anxious to sign a c.ommer- ' cial agreement with jthe Unlte'd States, although the attitude of Ambassador Child at Lausanne so far has run counter to what appears to us the interests of the United /States. While ,we like Americans^ above all others in certain respects, it would seem to us by Ambassador Child’s declaration re garding the open door that the Ameri can oil interests have succeeded in getting a promise of part of Mosul lrom the British. The Americans are satisfied with this, whereas it is not at all certain that the British will get Mosul.” The Turks are not daunted by the prospect of a rupture, according to Ferid Bey. If it comes, it is expect ed to be on the oil question. Ferld pointed out that the Mosul fields, if operated by the British, would neces sarily be connected with the. Mediter ranean sea by pipelines through Turk ish territory. Ferid stated that there were other oil fields well within'Tur key which possibly were as riih as those in Mosul. Passengers Taken Prom Disabled Ship Havana, Cuba.—Three hundred and twenty-three passengers from the Ger man transatlantic liner Holsafia, which is stranded on a sand key in; the Florida channel near Carysport,' have been taken on board the French liner De la Salle, according to wire less messages picked up here this eve- v ning. The American steamer Esper- anza also has some of the passengers. Both the rescue ships will arrive here. Tugs from 'Key West stand by the 4 Holsatia, which apparently is undam aged. [Coal Miners’ Strike Declared Remote ! West Frankfort, UL—Assurance fhat there would not be a" coal miners’ strike next spring, was expressed by .Frank Farrington, president of the Il linois Mine Workers ( in a telegram to Lon Fox, president of the West Frank fort sub-district of the union. ! Ror^t Banks Aid Cotton Planters _; Rome.—At a largely attended meet ing of Rome bankers and business men held here, it was decided to create a revolving fund of from $15,000 to $20,. GOO to aid the cotton growers of Floyd county In making a better cotton crop •next season. The fund will be used ito put the best seed and sufficient cal cium arsenate to fight the boll weevil ; and half of the amount will be advan- ■ ced by local banks and. the other hall by local merqhants and others inter ested. pity Of Athens Has Money In Bank Athens.—Athens city administration ended 1922 with over five thousand dollars balance in the banks, the first this has occurred in many years, it is declared in the financial report tc city council. The financial report shows that the city enjoyed a splendid year, despite depressing ' conditions. The bond commission report shows that the bonds issued by, this city find eagei buyers in "the financial market. EMBASSY UMBOS WILL MOVE IS INAUGURATED BY THE FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ON LIQUOR SHIPMENTS 6RGANIZEDTRAFF1C RUMORED May A'Uk State Department To Call Sit uatlon To Attention Of The Country Involved Washington.—A close check has been inaugurated by federal prohibition au thorities on liquor shipments consigned to foreign embassies and legations here with a view to determining whether dis proportionate supplies are being brought through the American customs to these favored destinations. If the investigation discloses that an embassy or legation is receiving sup plies out of proportion to the needs of its staff for personal use and offi cial entertaining, the state department will be asked to call the situation to the attention of the foreign government involved. \ The watch on liquor supplies of for eign negations was an outgrowth of charges that some legations in Wash ington are being used as the medium of supplying the local bootleg trade, it has been said officially. Rumors of an organized traffic in liquor brought in by some of the em bassies and legations reached the po lice some time ago, it was said, but indications that these were more than mere rumors are now declared to have been found during successive raids-in three apartmenj houses in th9 fashion able northwest' section. Lieut. O. T. Davis, chief of the vice squad, under whose' direction the raids were conducted, declared information had reached the police that attaches of some of these establishments have been parties to this traffic. Committee Report To Favor Daugherty Washington.—The house in impeach ment proceedings possesses the power held by courts to compel the attend ance and testimony of witnesses, Rep resentative Sumners, Democrat, of Tex as, declared in a report filed with ,the judiciary committee in the Keller- Daugherty controversy. The question has never been settled in this country, said 1%. Sumners, who added that decision In this case probably would establish a precedent. It will come be fore the committee at its next meeting to formulate a report on th<5 impeach ment charges made against Attorney General Daugherty by Representative Keller, Republican, of /Minnesota, and it is thought the report will be favor able to Daugherty. Fontaine Loses Against C. V. Whitney Amsterdam, N. Y.—Supreme Court Justice Borst dismissed the action of Evan 'Burrows Fontaine, dancer, against Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, son of Harry Payne Whitney, of New York, to recover $1,000,000 for breach of promise. He held that the testi mony of the plaintiff was without cre- dsnce and that he did not believe there wa9 ever any promise of marriage or that young Whitney was the father of her child, as alleged in the complaint New Treasury Note ~Now, Offering Washington.—The treasury announces a new offering of 4 1-2 per cent treas ury notes, dated January 15. and matur. ing December 15, 1937. The issue is for about $300,000,000 with the right reserved to allot additional securities of the issue to the extent that Victory notes of- war savings certificates are tendered, in, payment or exchange. About $200,000,000 of the Victory notes called for redemption December 16 still are outstanding, according to treasury fig ures, and something like $400,000,000 ol the 1918 issue of war savings stamps GEORGIA MAKES FINE RECRUIT- ’ ING RECORD DURING THE PAST YEAR STATE NEWS OF INTEREST Brief News Items Gathered Hero And There From All Sections Of The State Atlanta.—A total of 531 young men from the state of Georgia enlisted in the army of Fort McPherson during the year 1922, according to figures com piled by Lieutenant James F. Morri son, the post recruiting officer and made public the other day'. . The Fort, McPherson office enlisted a total of 961 men; the additional man being from the eastern section of Alabama and a part of South Carolina. The city of Atlanta and Fulton coun ty led in the number of recruits with 97, slightly less than one-fifth of the entire number of Georgians. A total of 434 recruits was obtained from the 66 counties comprising the northern half of the state. Lieutenant Morri son’s figures carry only those counties in'Georgia within a radius of one hun dr-ed miles from Atlanta. The counties in the southern section of the state Are recruited from Fort Benning and a few counties near the southern bor der are recruited from Fort Oglethorpe. Hall county was second in the num ber of recruits with 30, with Cobb third with 25 and DeKalb fourth with 18. Other counties enlisting more than ten men for the army during the past year follow: Floyd, 15; Spalding, 15; Gwinnett, 14; Clarke, 13; Cherokee, 11; Jackson, 11, and Madison, 11. \ From five to ten recruits were ob tained in thirteen counties, while 28 counties had from one to five men. Putnam, Jasper, Heard, Milton, Daw son, Lumpkin, Fannin, ’’Towns and Ra bun counties were the only ones in the Fort McPherson sector that did not offer a recruit during 1922. In addition to the hundreds enlist ed there were nearly as many reject ed for mental and physical disquali fications. The large number of rejections Is due to the lack of education and weight in m*ny of applications for enlist- 'ment,” Lieutenant Morrison said. “Though regretable many / of t£e young men who leave the farm to j$jp the army have to be turned down becausq they cannot pass the literacy alone true/for this test. This Is section, but for" all other places where the army is recruiting men.” Irish Factions Make Peace Overtures Dublin, Ireland.—A definite move to ward peace between the rish republi cans and the Free Staters, is undez way, it is learned with the announce ment that a peace convention will meet here with 150 delegates, two from each branch of the Sinn Fein organization in the city and county of Dublin in attendance. Van Swearingens Get the C. & O. R. R Cleveland, Ohio.—Control of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway by the Van Swearingen interests of Cleveland has been formally announced in a statement by O. P. Van Swearingen, following an announcement from Wash ington that the Van Swearingen inter ests had made formal application to the interstate comerce commission for per. mission to hold places on the board of directors of that company. Women Planning Equal Rights Fighl Washington.—A nation-wide cam paign for equal rights for women, su pervised by leaders of the National Woman’s Party, lias been inaugurated by that organization, it is anntpncee here, and soon will swing into action in 41 states. Equal rights bills hayc been drafted, it ia said, for introduc tion at sessions' o^f the state legislative bodies this year.' States in which the Woman’s Party leaders will center theij efforts include Alabama, Arkansas, Ok lahoma, North Carolina, South Carolina, ^Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia. Army Deserters Are Slain In Ireland Dublin. Ireland.—Five deserters from / the national army were executed in Dublin by*.the Free State government. ; The men were found fighting on the side of the irregulars, the government announces. TWo Convicts Escape In Coffee County Douglas.—Search for two men who, late at night, overpowered a guard at the county convict camp, here, and es caped, was being carried on throughout Georgia early in the week'. The two convicts, John Theas and Nina Brox- ton, were both serving sentences for murder. 6-3-3. 7-4-7, 8-3-10, 8-4-4, Are grades that can be used with good results, under varying con ditions. We can furnish you any Special Formula you may need. We sell Raw bone Meal, D^ied Ground Fish Scray, Tankage, Cotton Seed Meal, Sulphate of Amonia, Sulphate of Potash, Murate of Pot ash and various other fertilizer materials* / WRITE US FOR PRICES. No. 3 HEARD BROTHERS MACON, GEORGIA. Manufacturers of.Plant Food for All Lands. | Janaoannaauaaoa0aoaaocaDaaaaoaaaaoaaooaaa-aaa!jaacoao0 REPAIR WORK By Expert Mechanics On All Cars. BATTERY SERVICE We Recharge and Rebuild A^l Sizes and Makes. New Willard Batteries in Stock. WELDING Acetylene Welding of AH Kind. TIRES and TUBES % Goodyear and Seibling Tires. McLendon Auto Co. CALVIN'E. McLENDON, Prop’r. PERRY - GA. J. W. BLOODWORTH We are prepared to furnish you the following at V lowest possible prices. Shells by Box or Case. Ranges, Stoves, Heaters, Pipe and Utensils. New Syrup Barrels and Cans. We carry at all times a line of farm and Hardware fancy and family groceries. - WELCOME - Make Our Store Your Headquarters. / shelf 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 i other farm products '■ Bring us your products. Perry Warehouse Co. 'V