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SECRETARY DAVIS EXPRESSES OPPOSITION TO INFLUX OF FOREIGNERS W. J. SPEER MAKES PUBLIC RE. I CEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS I . FOR THE PAST YEAR Would Examine Prospective Settlers For Mental And Physical Fitness Before Leaving Their Country rests were made, but that two -white ex p 0 rts in tobacco raising, and they men were at one of the' stills when the? j^ye been in the county since - the ofifeers approached and that they were first of the year instructing the farm-, recognized and will be put under arrest. era . , iNDifrw JOHN H. HODGES, Proper. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE L. LIII. $1.50 a In Advance PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1923. No. 17 IUSINESS HEADS DESCRIBE THE PRESENT CONDITIONS „ IN COUNTRY’S ENTERPRISES TACKS IMMATI9N LAWS Gains In Business Appears Normal And [Healthy, According To Secretary * Of The Treasury New York.—Three of America's in- atrial prophets—Gary, Schwab and nderlip—whose voices carry the. far- :-thereat, spoke recently, after long and jgagaclous silences. The country, trem* *“4bus on the edge of a business boom eason, held its breath and listened. ch prophet sang briefly of triumph ttd conculded wtlh a warning. • Judge E. H. Gary told stockholders of.the United States Steel corporation tliat business is exceedingly good; that L, ie corporation earned over $1,000,000,- )0 gross in 1922, which was more than ‘00,000,000 over 1921; and that -the iy of steel makers had been grant- higher pay for their good and the ;od of the company. [e shook a warning finger at the :dusive immigration laws, deploring barrier which keeps husky labor- men twiddling their thumbs in lurope while American factories keep leir "help wanted” signs nailed out. erican Industry must have them, said. harles M. Schwab, helmsman of the ethlehem Steel corporation, Gary’s ding competitor, who is credited #th the ability to sense the country’s v^business pulse without a laying on of bands, announced that busines is both plentiful and healthy. Using his old standby, the steel industry, as his rometer, he recognized the arrival period of business expansion, and ratulated the country that much e steel stream is going into new truction and railroad equipment, e, too, added one word of caution. «e' utmost care must be exercised," K qualified, “to prevent this expan- of business, from developing Into bondary inflation, which would be strous." jrhaps the most pplnted chant of Uniph, as well as the sharpest warn- , came from Frank A. Vanderlip, financial expert. The entire coun- he said is indubitably prosperous, the exception of its farmers. This perity appears to be here to stay, redicted. r. Vanderlip, however, saw the lef peril to sustained business activ* T in an unfair advance of prices. Han Hydro Plant Near Tuscaloosa irmingham, Ala.—The Alabama rer company plans to build at once urge -hydro-electric plant at Lock 17 on' the Warrior river near Tusca- sa* it was announced here by R. Mitchell, in charge of this branch the corporation’s activities. The it will be linked with the south- tern super-power system which em- ss lines running to the Virginia , it was announced. Petition was . with the Alabama public service lissio for certificate of construc- of power facilities and hearing been set for April 23. rations Guilty Of Conspiracy bw York.—Twenty-three pottery Aufacturing corporations and twenty Jvlduals, members of the Sanitary ptjters’ association, which includes ers of 85 per cent of all the Sam i' pottery produced in America, were icted by a federal jury of conspir- restraint of trade. rl Teacher Saves Boy’s Life ahta.—Dramatic Incident, such as despair of playwrights and mo- picture directors, was enacted near one morning recently, at Lee’a md,' near Hapeville, when a slip high school teacher risked her own to save that of a member of the [week-end party she was chaperoning ;who seemed doomed to drown. The [teacher jumped in without removing jany of her clothing and caught the ’boy as he was going down the third Itinie. pulled him to the bank and resus citated him. Washington.—Declaration of E. H. Gary, chairman of the board of the United States Steel corporation, that the restrictive immigration law had made imminent a serious labor short age, served to draw the attention of government officials to the immigra tion question and the labor situation. Both immigration and labor condi tions were touched upon by the cab inet at its meeting and Secretary Da vis presented a report which, it was stated later at the White House, con vinced President Harding that Judge Gary jwas quite correct in his state ment that a labor shortage was threat ened. The portion of Judge Gary’B state ment as made at the annual meeting in New, York of the United States Steel corporation stockholders criti cising the restricted immigration laws and blaming it for the labor scarcity, however, brought replies from several quarters. Chairman Johnson, of the house immigration committee, in a formal statement declared there should be no lifting of the restrictions of the act, and ascribed criticism of the statute by large corporations to a desire for cheaper labor. Senator Heflin, Dem ocrat, Alabama, also issued a state ment in reply to Mr. Gary’s declaring that congress, Instead of liberalizing the present immigration laws, should at next session strengthen them. Secretary Davis’ report was written prior to Judge Gary’s address but de clared “throwing open the gates at a time of prosperity in order to flood the country with workers and non workers would serve to bring prosper ity to an end." Mr. Davis added that unemployment now had been reduced to a minimum and that wages were rising, supplementing his report with a verbal statement to the president that a shortage of workers already ex isted in some of the skilled trades. “Under these conditions, with labor everywhere in demand," the labor sec retary’s report said, "it is Inevitable that there should be agitation among some for the lifting of immigration restrictions." The report presented two features of legislation which Mr. Davis hopes to have enacted by the next congress to supplement, the present law fixing im migration quotas for the various coun tries. Two Dead, One Dying In Smash-up Scranton, Pa.—Mrs. Alice Bonno and her sister, Mary Colburn, were killed when an Ontario and Western train struck an automobile in which they were riding. Charles Bonno, husband of one of the victims, is dy ing. STATE NEWS OF INTEREST Brief News Items Gathered Here And ! There From All Sections Of The State Toombs County Will Be Developed Lyons.—A committee from the Ki- wanis club of Vidalia met with a com mittee of the Lyons Booster club re cently to draw up some plans for agri cultural development of Toombs coun ty during this year. E. L. Meadows, E. T. McBride and George Rountree represented Vidalia, while George H. McBride, W. P. C. Smith and W. T. China represented Lyons. County Agent C. G. Gamer represented the county at large. E. T. McBride was selected as chairman and C. G. Gar ner as secretary. Two Stills, Beer And Sugar Confiscated Swainsboro.—Revenue Officer Pierce, operating out of Dublin, paid this coun ty a surprise call recently and captured two mammoth stills; aid considerable beer and sugaf. One of these stills was about five miles from Swainsboro, near Adrian, and the other on the S-wainsboro-Wadley road, near the Jef ferson county line, but in Emanuel countv. It Is understood that no ar- Atlanta.—State Treasurer W. J. Speer’s annual report for the year end ing December 31, 1922, was made pub lic April 14, showing receipts and dis bursements during the year. On January 1, 1922, the report show3, there was in the treasury brought over from the previous year the sum of $i,- 727,866.25, and during the year the re ceipts from all sources were $12,889,- 801.22, making a total of $14,617,667.57 to be accounted for. But the report calls attention to the fact that all 6f the receipts during the year were not available to pay appropri ations, Buch items being as fellows: Rental of Western and Atlantic rail road, $540,000; sinking fund, $100,000; forest reserve fund $1,678.97; public service commission fund, $16,455.52 ; sale of refunding bonds, $174,159.13;, temporary loans from banks, $600,000; motor vehicle fund,- $1,831,274.69. These items make a total of $3,163,- 468.31, which was not available to pay appropriations. The Western and At lantic rental was not available, as this rental for five years was hypothecated by the legislature in 1921 to pay a cur rent deficit. The motor vehicle fund is not avail able to pay appropriations because the whole of it goes to the state highway department for maintenance and con struction of roatfc. n »yifl other depart mental expenses. Thus the net available receipts to meet appropriations amounted to $9,- 726,332.91, which was approximately the total amount appropriated by the leg islature for the year 1922. The balance in the treasury at the beginning of the year, it was further pointed out, did not represent a net balance. It represented merely a carry over from the previous year, and against this were outstanding unpaid appropriations carried over from the previous year, so that one about off set the other. The total disbursements during 1922, the report shows, were $12,984,534.82. This included the motor vehicle fund which went to the state highway de partment. The balance remaining in the treas ury at the end of the year was $1,633,- 132.76. Against this balance was out standing unpaid appropriations brought over from 1922. There is an overlap ping of this kind from year to year, so that the treasurer’s annual report does nof show an absolute segregation of the finances of the year covered by such report. In addition to state funds covered into the treasury and disbursed there from, there was handled during the past year, as usual, a large amount of federal funds which come to the state for various purposes. These items were as follows: Federal social hygiene work, $6,- 7944.23; federal fund for combatting so cial diseases, $3,081.82; federal voca tional education fund, $108,579.87; fed eral industrial rehabilitation fund, $25,- 817.41; total $1,561,134.74. Chatooga Farmers Will Dry Tobacco Summerville. — Tobacco growing may take the place of the time honored “King Cotton,’" and, results of this year’s experiments will probably de cide whether tobacco can be raised as a commercial crop in the county. Since the boll weevil made its appear ance in the county two years ago, some of the leading citizens have been * giving serious thought to diversifies^ ' lion and different crops have been ex perimented with. Colonel John D, Taylor, one of Summerville’s progres sive business men, and owner of much valuable farm land throughout the county, thinks tobacco can be raised successfully here, and he is too con fident of it that he has sent to North riornHno on rl Vlr*o , lnla anrT oanurorl fnrrv 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 Formula you may need. 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These goods are car ried in stock and we shall 1 be glad to have your or ders for delivery later or for immediate acceptance. Warehouse Co.