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VOL. LIII.
?ERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1923.
BALDWIN AVOIDS GIVING DIRECT
, ANSWER ON ENGLAND’S
1 POSITION
HEAD OF KRUPP WORKS GETS 15
YEARS IN PRISON AND FINED
100,000,000 MARKS
FULL INFORMATION AWAITED
“Break Off Relations And Go To War,”
Advises Laricbury, Member
I Of Parliament
London.—Stanley Baldwin, chancel
lor of the exchequer, who is acting as
premier during the absance of Bonar
Law, avoided a d"cct answer in the
house of commons recently when ask
ed whether England planned to recog
nize the decision of the United States
supreme court which prohibits all ves
sels bringing liquor within the Amer
ican three-mile limit.
‘‘We must wait,” said Baldwin, “for
ft fe wdays until we have full informa
tion on what is intended. So far we
have been entirely dependent on cable
reports.”
The interrogator then asked Lord
•Curzon, the British foreign minister,
“is it not a fact that the United
States government''has threatened to
confiscate British ships if. they carry
liquor within the three-mile limit? If
so, what are you going to do about
it?”
, George Lansbury, labor M. P., in
terjected: “Do what you did with
the Boviet government—break off rela
tions and go to war.”
Baldwin, continuing his explaflation
of the situation, stated, "whatever po
sition we take we shall certainly act
in accord with international law.” He
added that carrying of spirits for med
icinal use, as provided for in British
regulations, would continue in the fu
ture.
'• Lord Wolmer, under-seoretary of the
board of trade, said he did not believe
the decision of the United States su
preme court would effect the carrying
of liquor stores for medicinal use.
Colonel Howard Bury declared that
Inasmuch as the United States gov
ernment prohibited liquor . on foreign
vessels in American ports, the Ameri
can ships in British ports should be
made to subscribe to the British regu-
Jgjjons concerning carrying of liquor
for medicinal purposes.
• Melon Growers To Hold Meeting
Adel.—The officials of the Southwest
Georgia Watermelon Growers associa
tion made, that announcement recently
ttyftt theyWill hold their /Annual traffic
meeting Jtyay 15 IB. their /offices at this
place. Tbife traffic and ope^tion>pffi^
dais of the various railroads partici
pating in the transportation of melons
shipped from south Georgia have been
invited to attend and represent their
respective lines in the conference.
B3UHN IS GIVEN TEN YEARS
Directors Hartwig And Oesterlln Are
Sentenced To Serve 15 Years, And
Bauer And Schaeffer 20 Years
*Werden.—Dr. Krupp von Bohlen,
head of the Krupp works, was senten
ced to 16 years in jail and to pay a
fine of 100,000,000 marks as a result
of the trial by courtmartial here grow.
AMBITION Or ORGANIZATION IS
TO SEE GEORGIA CROP INCREASfc
TO 100,000,000 BUSHELS
STATE NEWS Or INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Here And
There From All Sections Of
The State
Atlanta.—Formation of a $500,000
corporation to develop the sweet potato
industry in Georgia to the extent of
making it one of the state’s biggest
*• 'siiooungTt srap H spi
plant on March 31.
Women Join In Fight Against Sugar
El Paso, Texas.—Five thousand
w~men in El Paso, members of vari
ous clubs, through the federation of
women’s clubs, voted at a meeting to 1
use sugar substitutes until the price'
pf sugar declines.
Directors Hartwig and Oesterlin
also were sentenced to 16 years’ im-
prisoment each. Director Bruhu to
10 years and Bauer and Schaeffer to
twenty years each. All were also sen
tenced to pay fines of $100,000,000
marks each.'
In his final plea the French prose-
cuton, Captain Duvert, referred to the
devastation of northern France by the
Germans during the war. Just as the
Krupp directors, he said, stood inac
tively at their office windows on
March 31 and watched the workmen
being shot down so had Germany’s
war lords stood by and watched the
burnings of villages in northern
burning of villages in northern France
without raising a hand.
The prosecutor based his case
against Baron Krupp von Bohlen and
the directors on two main points; first,
that prior to the shootings they had
arranged that demonstrations should
be held in case the works were occu
pied and had propaganda material
ready for circulation among the dem-
onstrants; second, that during the
demonstrations they made no attempt
to bring about order or to shut off
the factory sirens which called the
men together.
There was a large crowd in., the
court room when Colonel Peyronnel
read the sentences, but no demonstra
tion occurred, the spectators apparent
ly being unaware of what was going
on, only a few of them understanding
French.
The Clerk of the court Journeyed to
the Jail to notify Krupp von Bohlen
and his colleagues of their fate, as
they were not taken hack to the court
room for the verdict. The court mar
tial deliberated two hours before
reaching its decision. , -
The court was lenient with Gross and"
Muller, both of them workmen while
mqtprcyycle thieves / also , drew short
penalties, without fines. •
The prisoners will be kept in the
Werden jail until their appeal is heard
in Paris; then if it is rejected they
will be taken to Strasbourg or Metz
to servo their terms.
China Agrees To. Pay Million Ransom
Washington.—China has agreed to
pay one million dollars ransom demand
ed by the bandits who hold fourteen
Americans and other foreigners as ho*
tages in the hills of Shantung province,
the state department has been advised.
All demands made L>y the council, of'
ministers for the release of the cap-
lives, the punishment of the bandits,
and the prevention of future outrages,
have been agreed* to. An official ca
ble from Minister Schurmhn at Pekin,
advised the state department that vig
orous representations had been made
John A. Manget, Atlanta capitalist, and
D. H. Beck, formpriy of Texas, the in
ventor of a forced air curing system
for the product.
Application for charter for the half-
million dollar concern has been made
to the secretary of state in the name of
the Georgia Yam Curing company. Mr.
Manget will be president and tho Tex
an will become manager.
Mr. Manget declares that it is the
ambition of the‘new organization l’or
the sttae of Georgia to raise 100,000,-
000 bushels of potatoes annually. Such
a crop would be worth about $100,000,-
000 at prevailing prices. Last year
the state produced 13,600,000 bushels,
he said, and out of that quantity only
about three per cent reached distant
markets.
Establishment of potato curing depots
throughout the state will enable farm
ers to find an avenue of disposing of
their crops, it was stated. The new
corporation expects to locate the curing
plants in the center of the principal
potato growing sections of Georgia.
The new forced air curing profcess
to be employed in the curing plants
will put potatoes in condition to be
shipped to all parts of the world, it is
claimed. ' Adoption of the new method
means that farmers can market pota
toes that have heretofore been wasted,
it Is claimed by the Inventor.
Five years’ experimental work was
spent in perfecting the process, . It is
said, Mr. Beck exhibited copied of let
ters from Europe which he has received
in acknowledgment of shipments of po
tatoes from Texas which were more
than ten weeks in transit and which,
the letters stated, were in an excellent
state of preservation.
I 6-3-3. 7-4-7, 8-3-10, 8-4-4,
1 Are grades that can be used with
| good results, under varying con-
| ditions. We Formula you
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may need.
We sell Raw Bone Meal, Dried Grourtd 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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Heavy Fines To Deter Marathons
Dallas, Texas.—Fines of, not less
than $100 nor more than $1,(|00 and jail
sentences of not Iobb than ten days
nor more than sixty days, or both,
would be imposed on Marathon donee
contests in Texas nnder a bill draft
ed by Shelby Cox, district attorney of
Dallas county, and forwarded to Dal
las representatives in the state legisla
ture.
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To Compel Ships To Carry Liquor
London, England.—A bill to provide
that any ship entering British waters
or leaving a British port be obliged to
carry a reasonable amount of alcoholic
liquors for the supply of passengers on
demand is to be introduced in the
house of commons by Lieut. Col. G. L.
Courthope, Conservative member for
the Rye diviiion of Sussex. The meas
ure which would impose penalties for
failure to comply, its sponsors believe,
would he an effective counterblast
^gainst the American prohibition laws.
The bill has only a slight chance.
* ■
General 8tore Razed By Fire
Hazlehurst— Fire believed to have
.been of incendiary/origin destroyed the
Cohen department store and badly dam-,
ag'd the building of the Bank of Ha
zlehurst at three o'clock in the morn- 1
ing hours recently. The lose is esti
mated at $40,000.
Board Will Aak Zone Law For State
l Atlanta.—Proposing a state law. pro
viding for the zoning pf property Ip
all Incorporated cities and tqwns, a res
olution was adopted at the last session
of/tie Atlanta board casing uijon the
state legislature to adopt a new law'
The resolution was prepared by John.
A. White, new member of the planning
board, who Is one of the most highly,
experienced realty men In the city.
“The new law that we hope to pass,”
said Mr. White, “contemplates giving
to all towns and cities and counties,
of ten thousand or more population the!
right to zone towns and cities, if they'
see fit to do so. The statute,” contin
ued Mr. White, “which would be in
the shape of an enabling act, would
carry, in addition to the above author-:
ity, an ordinance that might be adopted;
by various Incorporated cities and 1
town, providing for the restrictions:
■with reference to buildings, property,!
etc.' The zoning , ordinance would, of
course, be optional with the cities and ;
towns.”
Efforts To Kill Weeds On R. R.
Atlanta.—Weeds and insects along
the right of way of the Western and
Atlantic railroad are to be bathed in
live steam from perforated pipes or
machines which are to be carried over
the road in an effort to kill both tin-
plants and insects. These are said to
cause a large amount of damage to the
road beds annually. Perforated pipes,
spraying live steam, upon the road bed,
extend three feet on either side of the
road bed on the machines which are
to be used in the work. This method
has been used very successfully.
Properly Washed
Thats the way we wash your
car. In our wash pit under
cover where the sun light
not injure the paint.
Let Us Show You.
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GOOD TIMES COMING
We Are Prepared To Meet Them
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place. We have a full line of Groceries, Hardware
Farm Supplies, Feed Stuff, Cotton Seed Meal and
Hulls and everything that goes to make up a first
class Hardware and Grocery Store.
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' South Carolina Governor At Daweon
Dawson.—Governor-elect Thomas G.
McLeod of South Carolina was an hon
ored guest In Dawson the other day and
addressed a representative body of Ter-,
rell county farmers and business men
at the court house. ~ Several negro
farmers attended and the court room
| was packed. R. R, Jones, local attor
ney, introduced J. E. Conwell, presi
dent of the Georgia Cotton Growers
Co-operative Marketing association,
who, in turn, introduced Governor Mc- :
Leod. Th© subject of the address was
“Co-operajtive Marketing,” a subject
of vital importance to the farmers of
the county, state and throughout the
South, and was delivered by one who
is a big fanner himself and says he is
a satisfied member of the South Caro
lina association and in position to
know whereof be sceaks.
J. W. BLOODWORTH
“THE FARMERS FRIEND.’’
PERRY, - GEORGIA. 1
We are carrying a complete stock of Arsenate of
Lead”and Atomic Sulphur as well as ' Bushel Bas
kets ancilPicking Baskets. These goods are car-
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