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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY FEBRUARY 8. 1923.
RESERVE BOARD REPORTS FIG
URES PROM 080 SAVING {
INSTITUTIONS IN U. S.
REMARKS ABOUT CONGRESS TO
BE DECLARED “UNCALLED
FOR AND UNTRUE"
INCREASE IN EACH DISTRICT
During December Savings Deposits
Increased 3 Per Cent Over Same
Month The Previous Year
Washington.—Heavy Increases In
the total savings deposits for the year
1922 in the 880 savings institutions re
porting to the federal reserve board
were shown in a report made public
SLURS CHARGED TO BALDWIN
Senator From Tennessee Calls On Ad
ministration To Demand Dis
avowal Of Statement
Washington.—Rumblings of resent
ment in various quarters at- the capi-
tol on the statement given out in Lon
don by Stanley Baldwin, the British
chancellor, broke out in the senate
by the board. The average increase [ whei * Senator McKellar (Dem.) of Ten
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of the reporting institutions, said to
represent about 77 per cent of the
total savings for the country, was
given as more than half a billion dol
lars in the twelve-month period.
Sayings deposits in the 880 banks
aggregated $6,837,363,000 on January
1, 1922, and $6,282,172,000 on January
1, 1923, a gross increase of more than
$445,000,000.
/The increases shown were almost
equally distributed over the country,
the board’s figures showing' every fed
eral reserve district had greater sav
ings deposits than on the preceding
January 1.
During December, according to the
board’s analysis of the figures from
the 880 institutions, the savings de
posits increased 3 per cent over No
vember, while the month’s deposits
showed an increase over the previous
January 1 of moxi than 7 1/2 per
cent. This increase, however, it was
,said, may be described as “.seasonal”
inasmuch as it was .believed to have
been due largely to the transfer of
Christmas savings' funds to regular
savings accounts and thus, for the first
time, became subject to. report by the
banks in which the funds were placed.
nessee called on the administration to
“make immmediate demand upon the
British government to disavow the
statements."
Then Tennessee senator said the
statements cast "aspersions upon the
American senate and the American
house ‘of representatives and upon tho
American people, and,, lastly, upon the
American debt-funding commission.’’*
After reading the statement, Senator
McKellar said that if Mr. Baldwin had
exhibited the same elements of sor
did parsimony and uttered the same
crude attacks upon the American peo
ple and the American congress while ho
was present, the American debt-fund
ing commission should not .have treated
with him at all."
"The British people," said Senator
McKellar, "have always been a debt
paying people, and it is inconceivable
to me that these self - respecting, these
contract - observing people, will permit
one of their number to utter these
uncalled for, untrue and discourteous
words toward the American people and
American representatives."
Are In Tilt On Banking Amendment
Washington.—An amendment to the
Federal Reserve act, repeertlng the pro
vision setting up progressive interest
rates was introduced in the senate by
Senator Heflin, Democrat, of Alabama.
A sharp colloquy developed between
Heflin and Senator McLean, Republi
can, of Oonnectlcnt, when the Alabama
senator asked that his amendment be
referred to the agriculture committee,
“where the farmers’ interests are well
taken care of,” instead of the banking
and currency committee, “where most
of the members approve of the mur
derous deflation policy of the reserve
system.’' McLean is chairman of the
banking and currency (committee.
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Bank Guaranty Law Is Atttacked
Lincoln, Neb.—What becomes of the
“invisible assdts . of • Nebraska’s sus
pended banks? Governor Charles W.
Bryan wants to know. So do the heads
of 965 state banks who have paid to
the tune of $2,300 each in the ^hst few
months to make good obligations of
institution that were forved to close
Incidentallly, Governor Bryan and the
jankers also went to know what’s the
matter with Nebraska’s state guaranty
■law. The/farmers of this statute, en
acted in 1909, promised a big decrease
in bank failures after the law became
operative. Despite an almost 100 per
cent gain in per capita^ deposits and
depositors, suspensions have Increased
instead of decreased.
CROP D!VL'F1CATION IN
WiN WILL CE CONTINUED
THE COwlii\O SEASON
Brief News Items Gathared Here And
There From All Sections Of
The State
Milledgeville.— 1 The year 1923 prom
ises to be a better year for the farm
ers and business men of. this section
than the past two have been. Less
cotton was planted in Baldwin county
last year than the year before, but a
better yield was gotton on the little
^acreage that was Planted.
Many farmers are planning to plant
more cottoh this y • > ar than they have
planted in several j*6ata and an effort
is boing made to got the crop planted
early and plenty of fertilizer will bo
used in order to get a quick growth
and to some extent "get ahead” of the
boll weevil.
The banks are in good condition and
there are encouraging signs ,on all eidea
to indicate a fine “stock-up" with farm
ing enterprises this year.
Although the farmers are going to
lant quite a large acreage in cotton
e idea of diversification will not be
abandoned by any moans, 'Shey have
learned the value and. necessity of di
versified farming and food and stock
will be raised to a large extent. *
The dairy business also has bee* an
addition to many of the farms during
the past year. From the present indi
cations the people of this section ought
to be in much better condition finan
cially within the next year or two.
can be used with
good results, undef 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.
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Cincinnati Drug Men Were Indicted
Cincinnati, Ohio.—Three officials of
the Independent Drug company, of Cin
cinnati, were indicted by the federal
grand'jury on the charge of conspiring
to violate the United States dry laws.
Those Indicted are Otto Katz, presi
dent; George H. Lander, vice presi
dent, and Sidney H. Miller, secretary.
One thousand offensees involving one
million dollars’ worth of whisky, ac
cording to Thomas H. Morrow, United
States district attorney, are alleged in
the indictment, which charges the three
men with having conspired to divert
the whisky ^without proper ! permits,
into channels for use as a beverage.
Six Months For Stealing A Turkey
Anniston, Ala./— Andy Jackson, De
Armanville /negro, was sentenced to
serve six months at hard labor follow-
ing his plea of giillty In the county
court recently to a charge of stealing
a turkey hen from Frank W. Jobson,
of near De Arfnanville. Mose Tray-
wick, a white ifian, was charged by the
negro with having sold the turkey to
an Anniston mam after it had been de
livered to him by the negro but the
case was dismissed by Judge Coleman,
whof heard the evidence and senteir-
cod the negro to serve six months
In the mines. 1
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fMacon Strawberries Break All Records
Montezuma.—So far as Is known
jMohtezuma is having the earliest ripe
'strawberries in its history,» Mrs. W. T,
Christopher has strawberries of the
ndy Thompson variety which equal la
flavor and size the choice berries from
'Florida. Mrs. Christopher states that
jshe had her first ripe berries on Jan
uary 17 and that she has never had
them ripen^arlier than March 17 before
itbfs year.
jMIss Woodward And J. N. Renfroe Wed
Atlanta.—Coming as a complete sur-
jpriae to their many friends in, Atlanta
and throughout the state and culminat
ing a romance of several years’ stand
ing, Miss Nannie. Woodward, daughter
of former Mayor James G. Woodward,
and James N. Renfroe, for eight years
^councilman from the first ward, were
quietly married in Decatur, a suburb'
Df Atlanta. • ,
Car Hits Rail Bridge Killing Five
Hagerstown, Md.—Three women and
two men were killed when the auto
mobile in which they were riding
plunged into Wills Creek near Cum
berland, Md. The dead are: Mrs.
Clara McCullough, Miss Eva Dundee,
19, Miss Louise Dundee, 21, sisters;
William J. Farrell^of Cumberland, and
Edward A. Flynn, of' Hagerstown. The
bodies were badly crushed and mang
led. The machine struck the guard
rail of the bridge and plunged 35 feet
into the water.
Groves Of Dogwood Roe ThomasvHle
Thomasville/—'With., more than a
thousand dogwood trees already set out
on the streets of Thomasville, the "set
ting out” 1b still going on and the aim
is to have 5,000 of these trees in bloom
here at the same time in the course
of a year or two, which will be a eight
well worth seeing. It Is planned to
have these trees on regular stretched
on certain streets so as to make an un
broken vista when the white blossoms
are all out. This movement to beautify
Thomasville with dogwood trees was
started by William Miller, a well known
citizen, who had already planted sev
eral hundred around the property own
ed by hinTand suggested that the town
continue the work, which has been tak
en up enthusiastically.
Thomas Strawberr/ Plants Bearing
Thomasville.—“I am eating straw
berries from my garden every day
now,” was the remark of a Thomas
ville citizen to a newspaper man, and
he is not the only one, as everybody
with strawberry vines could have his
own berries this early. Strawberries
in January do not come here every
year, but so mild has been the winter
that there has not been cold enough
to hurt the vines. Some citizens have
also bteen enjoying grapefruit and or
anges from their own trees and the
grocers display all sorts of fresh vege
tables grown right in the county, veg
etables that some years ago were con
sidered only to be grown for the spring
markets.
Cuban Embassy Tenies Booze Sale
Washington.—Published reports that
some of the “embassy liquor’’ seized
in a recent police rrid here came from
the Cuban legation resulted in u visit
Liberal Policy Of ?ay Urged
Savannah.—The executive hoard of
the Georgia Mothers’ and Parent-
Teacher associations continued its an
nual meeting here, the features of the
day’s program being the address by
Jack Lance, School superintendent at
Waynesboro, and the report upon Geoi\
gia manufactures by Mrs. Gresham
vice-president from Burke county. Re
ports from the several districts upon
the' activities of Ibe associations in
the city, town and country schools re
vealed a’ marvelous increase of wel
fare activity and steadier co-opera-
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New Willard Batteries in Stock.
WELDING
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TIRES and TUBES
Goodyear and Seiblipg Tires.
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PERRY - GA.
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GOOD TIMES COMING
We Are Prepared To Meet Them
£et right and save money by buying at the right
place. We have a f ull line of Groceries, Hardware
Farm Supplies, Feed Stuff, Cotton Seed Meal jjmd
Hulls and everything that goes to make, up a first
class Hardware and Grocery Store.
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by the Cuban charge to the state 'de- / tion by the mothers and fathers w
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partment and- a public statement by
him in which he said he was in entire
ignorance of any “alleged selling l of
liquor’,’ at the legation.
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Harding Is Invited To Visit Augusta
Augusta, Ga.—At a meeting here of
leading' citizens and city officials an
invitation was extended to President
Harding that he .include Augusta and
the newt Tourist hotel here in the trip
which he is to make through the South
next month
the teachers of the schools.
Arica Parley
presence ol
Capital Validates Tacna
Washington.—In. the
Secretary Hughes arid officials of the
Pan-American Union, the Chileari ana
Peruvian ambassadors exchanged* ai
the Pan American building the. ratifi-
.eatipn's of their government, finally
validating the Tacna-Africg arbitartion
protocol signed here last July.
We are in the market at all times for Seed Cotton,
Cotton Seed, Peas, Velvet beans and all
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other farm products
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