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ThI HOMS JOURNAL
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Published livery Thursday Morning.
Officri.il Orgqn of Houston County,
JOHN H. & JOHN L. HODGES,
Perry, Thursday, March 22.
CITIZENS START LAW
ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGN
worst enemy the black man has is
Whiskey and its effects-
G. Wo recoin mend that these |
resolutions be published in lho!
two county papers, The Macon!
Daily Telegraph,and Atlanta Con-1
stitulion, and that the thanks cf
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At a mass meeting of Houston .—
County Citizens at the Court ^ bc l ,ro ^ erc ^ 10 the^e
Homo Friday morniug a campaign
of law enforcement, particularly
of the prohibition law was inau
gurated. The purpose of the meet- .,— - - —
iug was to perfect an organization Ethendgc, Secretary
of citizens to co operate with the
papers.
tSignod, Respectfully submitted.
O M Houser, Clrmn. W H Lord
F L Stokes. J L Eubanks,
W, B. SIMS
J P
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The federal income tax will be
reduced by ^ the next Congress,
8ays a Washington press corres
pondent.
Gov-EiiHlQT Walk' r is inclined to
favor an income tax for Georgia
with modi deal ions.
Tur Hureau of Hoads has been
been asked to make to the Federal
Department a report from the
Georgia Highway Department.
The Republican campaign to
renominate President Harding will
doubtless be organized and man
aged “according to Hoyle.”
France declares that Germany
has been penalized only beenuso
the plot of that nation to resist the
terms of the Vorsailes treaty.
Tarter rates of the bill recently
enacted into law by Congress wiil
undergo investigation by the Fed
eral Tariff Commission at Wash
ington.
Tin? labor organization of Groat
Britain have hurled political do-
Ibiuec against political defiance
against capitalism, and a national
olection may bo oullod.
O
The strength of the Georgia
Cotton Growers Corporation is in
creasing rapidly, 2,000 men hav
ing joiend within tho last eight
weeks. The field forties are de
voting their efforts to Southwest
Georgia this wook.
'officials in enforcement of the.laws
which recetat events have shown
have caused the death of citizens
and is a daily menace to public
safety. Tho meeting was opened
with prayer by Rev. W H Lord. I
Mr. J H Davis was elected Chair-;
nmu.
On motion of Rev. F L
a committee was appointed to
draw up resoluLions to bring bo-
fore tho meeting. Mr- O M Hous
er made a good talk stressing ecr
operation of citizens with officers
in the enforcement of the prohibi
tion law. Ool. S A Nunn also
tnude a talk suggesting that Coun
TOO MUCH BUILDING.
Secretary Iloovef has suggested
q, . ^ ' to, the President that it would be
, _j° 3 well for a slow-dowTi in govern
ment building to be endorsed.
The suggestion is based upon
the fact that private and corpora
tion construction has increased
above the normal point. The in
crease of both classes lias taxed
the building material people to
enforcement.
On motions the Chairman was
directed to appoint vigilance
committee of citizens in all sec
tions of tho county to co-operate
with officers of the law. The fol
lowing is the committee-
A W Tabor, W 0 Wright. D C
Strother, Ralph Newton, John
Culler, S W r Hickson Jr., J P
M ft H| V C "r 18 & N f"i o« i i"' i"octly by ill
L t n w,L* 1 ’,"*' fT r W “ r ' | dividual. and business men.
JWB! Tlu$ might cause serious com-
n ' n w tc' p;„ 1 t 11 *’ .a i Iilieations by n Itum-nlaldo Increase
tiff*. i? t ul “
Heard, Wg Talton, J R Ammons I" Sec'reUiry Hoover sheets, How
Walter Watson, It L Marshall, J
ME*?«
Tucker, Jtmmctt Vinson! Jink “ f oi "? emplii f d f ach8s «^ dernser
|S^ I *J D " ,lba rJ rp ° , H | However] the leaders of llic ScJ-
5?S°4r T f; ministration will doubtless eon-
’’ J y ' iaboj, A J,sider the suggestion carefully, and
The Gorman government is al
most ready to make terms with
Franco but no government 1ms
yet agreed to present “the” note
tending to meditation. The Unit
cd States has refrained from mak
iug any reply.
do what llioy think would be best
for them- What is best for the
government ought to be best
the people.
for
A press enerospondent at Wash
ington announced last Sunday
that a rift in tho Republican party
had hastened the official acknowl
edgement from President Harding
that he would be a candidate for
renomiuation. This is said to
have been done to force the hand
of the Progressives.
Senator Wa'lter F. George of
Georgia, delivered speeches in Sa
vannah and Macon last week,
ihrough invitations the addresses
wore delivered to the Chamber of
Commerce of the two cities named
respectively. .Though Senator
George does not claim to be an
orator of high grade, tho speechos
veported wore splendid in composi
t-ion and quality.
Houser.
The following are tho very
strong resolution drawn by the
committee and accepted by the
Mass Meeting.
Your committee appointed to
draft suitable resolutions express
ing tho will of the citizens of Hous
ton County in Mass Melting as
sembled beg leave lo submit the!
following:
Whereas ..the Jaw against tlio! Atlanta, March 17—Tho SoutI 2
illicit traffic in Whiskey is being ern Railway system announces to-'
violated to an alarming dogreo, day that nearly all of the new cars
and whereas such traffic is amen- and 'locomotives, costing more (baa
ace to the moral and social avo!- $17,000,000, recently ordered by ib
fare of our country, and Avherens will be built at points on the
NEW SOUTHERN EQUIPMENT
Southern's lines, Fifty freight and
16 passonger locomotives 5 dining
cars. 3.0 TO box cars 200 stock cars
is a are included.
The locomotives aro to bo built
at richmoud. Va , by tbo Amer:-
!nan Locomotive Co., 1,500 box
The Macon Camp of the Boy
Scouts was some time ago givob a
liberal tract of laud on Avhich to
establish the official home. Tho
land was given to the Scouts by
the A1 Si hah Temple of Shiuah of
Macon. Now the land has been
placed in legal possession of the
Scouts to be developed under the
supervision of a committee of the
SJmners.
A million dollar incorporation
to establish peach canning plants
*n Georgia has been asked for and
will probably be granted this week
Mr C R Ward, of California, is
the organizer, and Georgia peach
growers will be given an opportu
nity to secure stock in the corpora
tion. The management will be
such illegal traffio endangers the
lives of the citizens on the public
highways and realizing the fact
that no violator of the law
proper person ,to aid iu the en
forcement ©f this laiv, therefore
be it resolved;
1. That Ave urgently request cars and 1,3(55 coal cars at Mem-
every good qilizen of Houston phis and St, Louis by the Ameri-
County to so respect all Jaws, that can Car and Foundry Co., 2.000
they may be a valuable asset, to ' coa l cars at Lenior City, Tenu ,
the.officers m enforcing the fWby the Leuior Car Works; 570
believing.as we. do. that it. is as-im-. boX . cars g£ Ml., Vernon Car
portant. to respect one law as ^ Manufacturing-Company, and 200
an ?-flfif’i • . , stock eais at Anniston,' Ala., by
2. That we in Mass M-olmg as the Kil by Car and Foundry Com-
sembled appoint a committee in pany.—Macon Nows.
each militia district in the. county:
to take up the matter of arousing j 0 _
public sentiment against Li.i., in-1 “ ’
famous traffic,,as wei I as oilier law 1 * ^ _
violations. . : ATTORNEY-Geueral Dougherty
3. That avc urge the April term ' is( l uoted as saying that “Presi-
Grand Jury to recommend to the ck .“ nt 'HardingAvill be reuominated
County Commissioners that at ^'khout any serious opposition. w
least two'county Policemen be ora- ! The spp,jspr > we av ° convinced by
Seed Irish Potatoes
EARLY ROSE
BLISS TRIUMPH
and GOBBLERS
All kinds of Small Garden Seed.
The famous Thurmond Gray Water Melon
Seed all fresh and ready to plant.
luasu two cuuuty jvoucemen on cm- , . “r . ’ ,
ployed. Whose duty it will be to hls cflicial record, is not entitled
enforoe all laws, but especially the to aa y serious consideration in
Prohibition Law. connection. The Leading
jrjuuiuiuiua uiiw. ] ~ :
4. That we earnestly request our : ?. moei?ats arG not displeased that
judges to forego the- gympaHarding has consented to ac-
oraetice of nuLtW fines of mnn«v et, P fc ' a re-noimnation. That is
practice of putting fines of money, et,pfc , .
on the violators of tho prohibition Bur ? to bnn * ou more taIk - 11 16
law, but instead put sentences that ! we11 to ^member that nomination
more often leads to defeat than to
law, but instead pub sentences that
will send them to Chain Gang or n ? 0,e eften leads to defeat than to
j Q jl' , i election, considering all that get
.controlled
tttlons.
by Atlanta ineer-
Jail.
5. It is the sense of this meet
ing that the colored citizens of.
our county could facilitate our!
efforts in enforcing the laws, and |
we suggest that they hold similar
meetings, when and as recommend
ed by the committees mentioned
get prominent
campaign.
positions in the
LOST, one Cameo Breach on
Streets of Perry last Tuesday
in resolution No. 2 herewith. It is afternoon- Finder pleese return to
our solemn eonvietiefla that the Mrs M. A. Murray.
W. B. SIM S,
- - r-r, r, t h e i f cji pac i I j'. Thfsiufuni has
Ly Commissioners appoint county i tlCre ased the oriels of all kinds of
police to co-operate with Sheriff V • 1 - V , 1,1
! . / ouuriu uonstruction Hialenal beyond Lud
in on forcing laws. 1 - , . . , J
Talk, were also madt by Rev ., po ,' nt 0 s f, ,
Bloekor, Prof. M C Mowlfy and , ''•><!"«,» that w»y would .nroly
Mr. ft II Howard ,md «tl,. ra T\ f ° m'"' f" 6
the line tlirougliout the country,
stressing tho urgent need of law m l ,, , ,
That Avould not please the govern-
GROCERIES, FURNITURE, UNDERTAKING.
Night Rhone No. 22. Day Phone No. 8,
Perry Ga.
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ment, and this would eertnihly
give the republican government,
a “lilnck eve” at the Avrong time
for i ho G. O. P.. loaders-
Therefor, Soerotary Hoover sug
gesls that the administration come
forward with practical* help.
Possibly the Secretary is right
unless it should be that a stop
page of government building
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