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mm ■ WgHHfflHHM JOURNAL A Year, In Advance Published Every Thursday Morning. Official Organ of Houston County, JOHN H. & JOHN L. HODGES, Ferry, Thursday, June 14. T#IS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN ADVERTISING BY THE GENERAL. OFFICES NEW YORK AND CHICAGO BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIE9 Many streets in Kansas City, Kansas, were completely inundat ed by rain floods on last Saturday. — V.. ——o ■■■■■ ■ '■■■ The weather during tho last half of May and June to date has,.been excessively wet and hurtful to farm crops. NOT A NEW IDEA. POLIYANNA COLYUM- Should Wilson be nominated next year tho people will not be in doubt as to what tho president "drill stand for. In tho U. S. Court at Atlanta, four prohibition officers were con victed of shooting to death two xum runners. The bonds were fixed at 8500 00 each. THH National Association of Shoot Metal Contractors held their first annual session at tho Dempsey Hotel at Macon June 12 and 13. — o. It was reported from Chicago bat Saturday that an aggregate in crease of $8,579,699 in salaries had been granted to the railway em ployes of two Pensylvania rail* mads. Prfsident Harding mado the unusual record of six speeches while crossing the small state of Maryland. Mrs. Harding was with him and the short trip was from Wilmington south\Vnrd, — ■■ -• — o ■ - ■■ — - ■» « It is now believed a considera ble number of prominent men that former President Wilson will be a candidate in tho next national campaign. At this juncture there has boon enough disintegration of the Re publican party to eauBo the defeat of President, Harding in tho nomi nating convention next year. Ip the candidates who havo'de clared in favor of law enforcement as a leading measure, are faithful to that announcement tho next president will be against the sale of liquor. -o From Washington, D. C , it was reported last Saturday, that 45 labor disputes were causing indus trial trouble in the Lehigh Valley Section. It is hoped, officials «ay the settlement will be made on or before July 1. -- - tv——— The: government of Bulgaria was overthrown, without blood shed last Saturday, and a new government >vas formed. This was accomplished by the aggressive offioors and the regular army. It was reported from Montezu ma that the section of the Georgia JV-uit belt in Macon Couniy was struck by a cyclone and hailstorm. The damage was at first estimated 1o bo 8100,000. It does not seem that “desisting politicians and intriguing diplo mats’'of Europe would bo any more enthusiastic ovef, a court of law and order for which they are now a substitute, than any other designers ami intriguers are en j thsiastic over an authority that would tend to hold their hand and check their mischief Louis Seibold’s article in regard to Republican leaders being set against the World Court is highly interesting, as is nl«o his belief that the rural popula'ion of the nation is also against the idea.The old hackneyed phrase, “entargl* ing alliances” is again being got ten out of the back room bureau drawer, except that this lime the quarrel is primarily between the two major parties. This fact is of some consolation. We are confident that the peo* plo are in favor of the court idea. It is true they travel behind per sonal leaders rather than behind issues, but t.hero if setting in s»if- It has been three years since some girl’s eyebrows met. , No. Z u 1 e i k a- the Social 0 o n, tract is not a di vorce decree how ever, we can un derstand your mistake. Correct this s © n- tence: ‘‘Although she had won a beauty contest, she was a great help to her mother at home.” ; DEFINITION A poet is a parson who In springtime writes a sonnet, Atd sends it to, lady who. Would rather have a bonnet. If his feet and hands annoy and dismay him in society, he finds comfort iu the thought that ho is „ . red-blooded he-man. [ flcient reaction against letting the -| politicians lead to cause a differ-1 In the old days it was called a ent popular attitude and action ( “Bandana” and sold for teu cents, than characterized the nation in now they term it the Deauville 1920- I Scarf” and sak you for five bucks President Harding is one of tho for it. few out-standing Republican poli ticians who see it is going to be good politics to stand for the World Court. But generally the schemers are blind and his con ferences are simply running truo _ , . || to form. And asSeibold indicates tlio Republican Party is dostined for a split over tho issue, and it does seem that the end will be that the country will have to turn again to the Democratic Party for achievement in foreign affairs. What is the World Court that any American should fear it? ' As Manly Hudson pointR out in a booklet published by the World Peace Foundation, the idea of a court to which tho nations may carry their differences for judicial settlement is not a new one, but dates back for many centuries. It was suggested in 1305 by Pierre Dubois, Frenchman; and in 1623 Emerick Cruee, another French man, published a book giving it difinition and direction. During the Nineteenth Century, the idea became the matter of practical con sideration by statesman and stu- dentsof international problems. The movement was given large r OOOOOOOCX)OOOOOOOOOCX> OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Spring Time Merchandise I Ice Boxes § Refrigerators g Gause Wire 2 Wire Windows 8 Vudor Porch Shades 8 Flv Swatters New Rugs New Mattresses New Iron Beds New Bed Springs New Spring Cots New Cot Mats ALL AT § W. B.SIMS, 1 8 GROCERIES, FURNITURE, UNDERTAKING, f | Night Phone No. 22. Day Phono No. 8, | | Perry Ga. | cxxx3ocxx5oooocx5ooooocock)oooooooooooooooooooooocxx)oooo SNAP Ir BACK “So this is Paris,” said the prospective buyer as lie snapped the garter. If a certain author were seeking a title for a book today to liarmo- nizo with “Plain Tales from the Hills,’* ho might choose: "Fancy T.iles from the Flats*’, and take his plots from the front pages of our daily newspapers. Tho Kentucky man who stele an auto to go riding will go nowhere now lor six months. A girl I hate lis Nora Bays, She sits aud screams At mystery plays. Fairy stories do not always start 1 with, ’‘Once upon a time,” They often start with * I hhd to stay at the office.” | There are many dreadful diseases but one of the most dangerous things to have is Iho price of an operation. , I You Must Decide Right Now! Whether You Are Going to heed Or Kill Weevils This Year. save You can’t keep from the man who, beats it today. THE LITTLE success away having done turns in and FELLER Ford is using other men to pro mote his campaign for the presi dency, as ho used other men to promote his business. Just now 'Senator Pat Harrison is doing some most excellent pcomoting on the advertising line. Ford made 'his employes to know to promote his business to his satisfaction would at the same time promote 'their own material benefit. There fore when he promotes good voters ■who will well finish the advertis ing in talk that create other vot ers. It is not certain that in pro moting the Ford boom, the pro posed Third Party is not likewise ibefcig promo* ed. impetus in 1812 by the success of, tho Geneva Arbitration between 1118 best yesterday, the United States and Great Brit ain. President McKinley stated in 1897 that throughout our en- entire national history, the lead- He’s only some five atl a half 1 ing feature of American foreign. years old. an’ they say he’s bright policy had been our insistence on |for his size. He never forgets a “the adjust nun. t of difficulties by thing lie’stqld, nor what ho may judicial methods rather Ihnn by glimpse with his eyes. So I’ve got force of arms.” A.m. two years' to be keorful of what I do in front later, President McKinley’ and !®f my offspring-guest, furl ’in the Secretary Hay instructed our dele-, chap that ho keeps in view this gation to the Hague to act upon “the long continued und widely spread interest.among the people of the United States in the estab lishment of an international court” and to suggest a plan for a tribu nal to which the nations might submit “all questions of disagree ment. between them, such as may relate to or involve their political independence or territorial integrity.” Macon Telegraph. FOOD CROPS ESSENTIAL feller that knows me best. He’ll learn on the arm of my Morris cheer, with eyes wide open ye know-an’ he’ll ast me what to- baeker is fer, an’ what makes tho whiskers grow? And he’ll mebbe inquire afore lie’s through, why I don’t button my vest. He’s a little excepting aristocrat, staunch an’ true—this feller that knows me best, | I’ve got lo look pleasant around * 1 the house an’ cultivate manuexs new. For I can’t make a move that this little mouse don't copy t.he thing I do. In short, I’m Liv ing a constant prayer, with anxious heart in breast, an’ I reckon it's nothin’ more than fair—to the I t nmni 4. < \ feller that knows me best. j I want to urge you to give your; | corn, peas, potatoes and hogs 1 The new senator from Colorado, speciil attention l'o fail in raising. Alva A Adonis, is reasonably eer- PLENTY FOOD for home use and tain of t lie distineiion of being some to sell will work a hardship .first on the roll eall and the on you the coming winter and next roll, spring. | I am quite sure you are going! When you cross two plants, you to work the cotton. Don’t neglecti™ 180 a hybrid, When you double- tile corn and hogs. j cross a woman, you raise what Yours respectfully ) Bante saw. O S Oneal Local Agent, j The normal driver thinks he is »— careful just because he toots when 1 he is getting ready to run over The liquor question is being somebody. I forced to the foremost as a nation-.. Another good intelligence test is al issue. In that event, indica- jan advertisement of something tions point towaid the Wm. J.,that will make you beautiful in' Bryan as the logical candidate for six weeks. the presidency on the democratic! The honest man may be reward- ticket or lo Gov. Smith as tie ed, hut. the elever man is likely to eastern candidate- be taken care of first. j pay- Act now and you can beat the boll weevil and thia year's cotton crep. Delay, and the boll weevil will have such a grip on your fields that he will be impossible to control BOLL-WE-GO The Calcium Arsenate Product when sprayed on the cotton plant sticks to it, resist ing rain, dew and wind. It keeps the calcium arse nate in an available form for the boll weevil to drink He drinks. He dies. * / •’ * * . * *• * . Costs Only I4e a Gallon. For from $3 to $4 per acre, per season, you fan rid your fields of the boll weevil with Boll-We-Go. Boll-We-Go is applied in the day-time, no sleep rob bing night work. No tedious dusting. Three or four applications a season are enough to control the the pest. Boll-We-Go is shipped in concentrated form. You add the water, and save the freight. Hundreds of the sonth's most successful planters praise Boll-We Go in unsolicited testimonials. It is a sure death to the boll weevil. Wr}te now for literature which tells all about Boll-We-Go. BOLL-WE-GO Manufacturing Co., Long Distance Phone Walnut 3915. 63 North Pryor St., ..... 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