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VOL. LTIL
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 31 1923.
STMLEY BALDWIN
IS NEW PREMIER
COMMANDING place IN BRITISH TREASURY DECIDES NOT TO EX.
POLITICS REPORTED IN j j EMPT FROM TAXATION COR-
SELECTION j PORATION DIVIDENDS
PREMIER IS lABRR’S CHOICE NS REASON GIVEN FIR ACTION
[Leaders Of Conservative Party Reachec
Decision That Premier Must
i Be A Commoner
London.—The rise of the luboi
.party In English politics, says a cor
[respondent, 1b reflected In Kins
George’s selection of Stanley Baldwii
|6s prime minister to succeed Bona)
iLaw, resigned.
Premier Baldwin’s principle oppo-
'nenet for the highest office under th(
crown was Lord Curzon, who, sitting
!in the house of lords, could not mak«
the same direct appeal to labor that
might be made by a member of the
house of commons. Lengthy discus*
sions among the leaders of the <jon-
iBervative party resulted in the deci
sion that the prime minister must b«
'ft commoner, for with a peer as pro
Imier the labor party wpuld.be denied
ian opportunity for advanplng criti
cism directly to the head of the gov
ernment.
j It is believed that King George’s
[decision to make Baldwin premier was
'based partly upon knowledge that ths
.Tabor party preferred Baldwin to Lord
Curzon. Labor’s boast of “a laboi
icabinet within five years” has caused
[anxiety in high political circles and il
was considered that any step that
might tend to suppress the party’s
.voice would have disastrous effects.
The voice had already been heard
ifor when Lord Curzon was discussed
as a possible premier, a spokesman of
the Labor party had declared:
, "The entire Labor party would re-
sent the appointment of a. premier
from the house of lords, an Institution
Which is alien to democratic aspira
tions. If a peer should be appointed,
members of the Labor party would use
every political device to precipitate the
dissolution of parliament, necessitating
A general election."
Events in the ministerial crisis mov
ed rapidly.’ After the king arrived at
Buckingham palace from Aldershot, his
majesty was closeted with Lord Sum*
fordliam, who, too* the past two days,
has been busy sounding out Conserve
tlve opinion.
Stamfordham told the king that Con-
Jrvatlvee had agreed on Baldwin,
whereupon the latter wa*/ summoned
to the palace and offered the premier
Nhlp, which he accosted.
Silence On Negotlstlons Delays Cabinet
Washington.—The Washington gov*
lent had been without advices
Minister Schurman in Pekin for
than twenty-four hours at last
Mints, when the cabinet met to
ievote the entire session to consider
ion of the plight of the foreigners,'
fading >merl.can citizens, held ad
stages by'Chinese bandits. In the
i of information as to what
arse the Pekin diplomatic corps' had
termlned upon with relation to un-
iking direct negotiations with the
idits for release of the prisoners,
lib cabinet approved the action of
cretary Hughes in. awaiting recom*.
andatlons from Minister Schurman to
Hide the course of the Washington
rarnment.
[Refunding Applied Largely To Corpo-
rations And Would Have Returned
i Many Millions Of Dollars
•any Chinese Perish In Conflagration
Calexico, Calif.—Between forty and
ty Chinese were believed to have
burned to death in a fire which
caused damage estimated at a milllion
and a half dollars in Mexicali, Lower
alifornia, just across the international
irder from Calexico, according to a
statement by A. B. Hardwick, chiel
police of Calexico. Hardwick said
fourteen bodies had been recovered
d that the fire was still raging,
spite the combined efforts of th9 tire
ipartments of Calexico and El (Jen.
and Mexicali.
i Washington.—The treasury has re
yoked its decision of two weeks age
declaring exempt from income taxa
tion corporation dividends distributed
outt of profits or earnings accrued
prior to March 1, 1923. The ruling
—officials said—would have resulted
:in the refunding of many million dol
lars in taxes.
| No reason was. given for rescinding
[the previous action, although at the
'office of Solicitor Hartson, of the rev
enue bureau, it was indicated that some
[explanation might, be made later
There were reports that the original
decision amending the revenue regula-
I tloi\3 had resulted from a ruling >
on one particular case and. that a re
view of that case had convinced reve
nue officials that no general applica
tion of the determination Bhould have
been made. #
The amended regulation, now revok
ed, would have made It possible for
many large corporations to present
claims for tax refunds which they have
been forced to pay since the income
tax law became effective. It would
have applied largely to corporations
which drew income accrued by their
subsidiaries prior to March 1, 1913,
and which they, in turn, had distributed
to stockholders of the parent corpo
ration.
H. J. FULLBRIGHT SAYS GRAND
JURY SHOULD SELECT MEM
BERS OF LOCAL BOARD
STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Here And
There From All Sections Of
The State
Fireman Killed; Passengers Hurl
Colby, Kans.—James RuberBon, fire
man of train number 6, was killed and
many passenger^ slightly injured or
Shaken up when passenger trains num-
[her 39, westbound, and number 6, east
bond, on the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific railroad, met in a head-on col
lision In a fog at Selden, Kansas, near
this place. The trains were to pasB at
iSelden, but number 39, due to the
heavy fog, ran past the station and
crashed into number 6 at the east end
iOf the Selden yards. The wonder is
that hot more were killed.
Film Beauty To Try Matrimony Again
: Atlantic City, N. J,—Katherine Mao-
[Donald, famous screen beauty, will
take to herseU another husband. She
(js to, become the bride of Charles
Schoen Johnson, Philadelphia million
aire manufacture. The wedding will
take place at the home of Johnson’s
[stepfather. The license has been tak
en out Miss MacDonald’s first hus-
iband was Malcom Strauss, portrait
[painter, who met her while she was
playing in the Winter Garden chorus
[In New York in 1916. They were
later divorced.
’Jap Leader Seeks Alliance With Russia
Tokio, Japan.—“Forget Bolshepho-
bia,” Is the advice of Viscount Shim-
pel Goto, the “Roosevelt” of Japan,
who has Instituted a campaign to force
the government to recognize Commu
nist Russia. Goto, in order to arrange
ft parley between representatives ol
Russia and Japan; has invited A. A.
Joffe, envoy of Russia, to Japan for
aj conference.
deral Reserve Rates Are Maintained
Vashington. — Federal rediscount
es will be maintained at their uni.
ft level of 4 1-2 per cent for the
sent because of satisfactory husi-
Eg conditions throughout the country,
(s announced. Tlie board’s advisory
* acil recently held a meeting anent
matter. •.-- "
Habersha^ To Ship Apples Soon
Clarkesvllle.—The first shipment oi
early p-pples from Habersham county
for eastern markets- will probably be
ready by June 20, it was announced by
H. R. Staight, proprietor of Shady
.View orchard, near Demo'rest. Foi
the last two weeks growers of apples
In this section have been busily en
gaged in spraying the young fruit in
order to protect it from insects.
Atlanta.—Revision of the tax equal
ization law to relieve it of certain ob
jectionable features and the employ
ment of an Inheritance tax field agent
upon a salary basis are urged by H.
J. Fullbright, state-tax commissioner, in
his anuua! report. Ho recommends
that the grand jury should be required
,to select the members of the local
boards and It should be left to that
body to work out a more stringent
method of collection, built on a more
businesslike basis,
“There are a number of defects in
the present law regulating 1 , the return
of property for taxation and equalize*
tion of tax values both between indi
viduals and counties,” Mr. Fullbright
says. “Some of these defects have been
repeatedly called to the attention of the
general assembly, both by the former
state tax commissioner and the one
now occupying that position; but, so
far, none of these defects have been
Remedied. The law should hot be re
pealed outright, but should be so re
vised knd amended as to relieve it ol
the objectionable features which it now
contains.
“The members of the. local boards
should, be selected by the grand jury
and It should be left to the discretion
.of the grand jury whether the num
ber should be limited to three or in
creased not to exceed one for each
militia district in the county; a work
able provision should be made for re-
Jmoving incompetent or corrupt mem
bers in case any such might be found
in said boards; the law should provide
for conferences of the county tax offic
ials in each' congressional district, to
be held once a year; it should provide
that the recommendations of these dis
trict tax conferences should furnish the
basis for equalizing tax values In the
counties, as well as between counties.
Bandits Threaten To Slay Captives
Pekin, China.—Three American offi
cers, Majors Powell, Allen and Solo
mon were taken to a mountain top near
■the stronghold of the brigands, and an
ultimatum sent out that these officers
would pay with their lives unless the
bandits’ demands were complied with
iimmediate/ly. The other foreigners
would also be put to death, stated the
(Ultimatum, unless the troops surround
ing the stronghold were removed.
Bullet Riddled Auto Found In DeKalli
Decatur.—Mystery surrounds the
discovery of an automobiles, riddled
with bullet holes, ou an uninhabited
section of thq road from Decgtuy to
Camp Gordon. Most of the holes are
lodged in the gasoline tank and the
[tires on one of the rear 1 wheels had
jbeeri punctured by the shots., A strong
! aroma of the forbidden spirits stll
pervaded the atmosphere surrounding
the car. Several pools of blood were
.found on the road a short distance
•from the car adding to the mystery
-A thorough examination of the sur-
irounding county was made, withou’
results.
Plans To Raise Funds For Waterways
; Brunswick—After completing ar.
rangements for the arising of a funo
to carry on the fight for an appropri
ation for the deepening o fthe Alta-
maha, Ocmulgee and Oconee rivers
and making preliminary arrangements
for carrying on the fight, the Altamaha
River System convention came to s
close. The finance committee submit
ted a report, which was adopted, in
which it was stated that $2,500 wodld
be the sum necessary to carry on the
work and it was recommended thal
each of the twenty-five counties bor
dering on these rivers be assessed
: $100 each.
Baptists Meet In Atlanta In 1924
Kansas City, Mo.—The Southern
Baptist convention, in session here
selected Atlanta, Ga., as the place foi
the convention next year, indorsed the
establishment of a seminary for ne
in Nashville, Tenn., and approv
dans for the erection of a $2,000,
ispital in New Orleans Louisiana
ion dances” were characterized
igusting exhibitions; mob vio
lence, whether by persons masked oi
unmasked, was declared to “trample
in the dust every human right,” and
prohibition laws were indorsed in c
[report of the social service commis
sion, adopted by the convention.
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