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JOHN H. HODGES, Prop r. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE
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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1923.
No. 2*1
High Grade Fertilizers
EXPERTS prepare data on
extent and scope of
INSURANCE
.REPORT APPEARANCE OF INTOXI-
j! CANTS ON U. S. SHIPS OUT-
: SIDE OF THE LIMITS
HEARINGS NEXT DECEMBER | $100,000 WORTH IS SEIZED
Protection Against Crop Damage
Could Be Given at Reasonable
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Washington.—General crop Insur
ance 1b feasible and urgently needed
for the protection of American qgrt-,
culture In the opinion of the officials
of the department of agriculture, who
have been making a. study of the sub
ject. In view of the progress made
by insurance in other fields, theso
Officials say, it is hard to believe that
adequate crop insurance facilities will
long remain undeveloped.
The government’s agricultural ex
perts have been preparing data f jr the
senate committee appointed in the
last session of congress to investigate
and report on the practicability of
extending the scope of crop insurance.
Hearings were held by the committee
in April and further hearings will bo
held next December.
Crop insurance, the government’^
agricultural officials believe, should
cover actual damage sustained, but
not theoretical losses resulting from
failure to reap expected profits. What
the farmer really needs is not an in
surance contract which will guaran
tee him profits when nature falls him,
they contend, but one guaranteeing,
protection against crop damage so
severe as to endanger his financial
safety. Such protection, in their
opinion, could be given at a reason
able cost.
Definite conclusions have not been
reached as to the form of organize-
; tion through which the desired in
surance should be furnished.
, The Bcope of the undertaking and
Its novel character, In the opinion of
some officials, make It almost .neces
sarily a government enterprise.
It is. pointed out, however, that the
government would almost certainly
meet with bitter criticism as to the
rate .charges. It is assumed that the
producers should be brought lnto mu
tual associations for crop Insurance
purpOEjes. Private companies, though
discouraged over the first attempts
they have made In general acreage
crop insurance, are continuing their,
efforts. -
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Methodists Hear prohibition Chief
Lake Janaluska, N. C.—Addressing
the social service conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, South,
here recently, Prohibition Commis
sioner Haynes urged greater co-oper
ation on the part of the authorities
in enforcing the prohibition law In
sections “where there is adverse pub
lic opinion to be combated," and told
of the accomplishments of enforce
ment during the fiscal year just end
ed. “Prohibition," Mr. Haynes declar
ed, “is most popular where it Is most
nearly enforced, for public opinion re
flects the attitude of public officials
quite as much If not more than the
Officials in their conduct express the
public wishes.".
Melons Rapidly Cleared At Balnbridge
Bainbridge.—The A. Cijjjg railroad
has shipped a hundred and twenty-five
car loads of watermelons from this
point. Although the crop is going to
he much smaller than last year’s, the
price so far has been way ahead of
the price in 1922. Excessive rains and
| the damage of the diseases resulting
from anthracuose have been responsi
ble for the shortage.
Four Injured In Auto Crash
Waycross.—Foster Smith of James-'
| ^ wn wa s seriously injured and three
1 Other occupants of the car were
slightly hurt when a car In which;
I ; hey were driving turned over near the
fiebardville' mill. Those occcupying
jar besides Mr. Smith were Mrs. Sa
rah Overstreet, P. M. Williams, the.
Irlver of the car. and a Mr. Lucas,
an employ ee of the Atlantic Coast
Uine shops. The driver lost control!
ft the car, which left the road, over-'
,_rning in a ditch. The injured were
ijished to a hospital. •
Says Traffic In Liquor In U. S. Is
Much The Same As Before
The Volstead Aot
Washington.—A new element of un
certainty in the ship liquor tangle
has been brought to light by the re
ceipt here of reports of the appear
ance of intoxicants In the dining sa
loons of certain shipping board ves
sels during those portions of their
trips which lie outside the three-mile
limit. ■ S
So far as the officers and crews
of shipping board vessels are them
selves concerned, Chairman Farley
said that the order Issued last Octo
ber forbidding them to possess liquor
while on duty still remains In force.
"At the direction of the president,”
Mr. Farley said, “on October 6, 1922,
the shipping board Instructed that all
ships be operate'd ‘dry’ and all offi
cials are instructed to see that the
same is complied with. There has
been no deviation from this policy
and none is contemplated.”
New York.—Since the recent treas
ury department ruling on the seizure
of liquor on ships coming here from
foreign countries under seal, $100,000
worth of drinkables haB been seized,
customs officials said.
New York.—If England could see
her way clear to approve a 12-mlle
limit, within which American govern
ment craft could search alien vessels
suspected of rum running, the trouble
some question of foreign liners bring
ing liquor stores to this country
would be cleared up) in the opinion
of P. A. S. Franklin, president of the
international mercantile marine.
Returning from Europe on the Ma
jestic, he branded as a farce the
present situation In which the Amer
ican authorities are confiscating all
but medicinal liquors brought into
port by foreign liners.
What Ambassador JusBerand term
ed “a transitory irritant” in speaking
of the situation between France and
Great Britain, Mr! Franklin ’ said,
seemed to summarize the feeling in
England over America's seizure of
rum.
The English, he said, were irritated
by the immigration quote law, the
handling of immigrants at Ellis
island, and denial of right to carry
liquor on their own ships, asserting
that they did not think the United
States- was showing the courtesy that
should be extended by one nation to
mother.
1* ARE KILLED; 23 HURT IN
CARTRIDGE PLANT EXPL08ION
Mother Of Ten Children Is Instantly
Killed—Cause Of Accident
It Unknown
Alton, 111.—Twelve persons are
t known to have been killed and 23 in-
! lured in an explosion which occurred
.recently in the metallic shell depart
ment of. the Western Cartridge com-
j pany plant at East Alton.
Four of the dead are women. They
are Mrs. Mittie Warren, of Alton,
mother of ten children; Miss Anna
Gorman, of Alton; Miss Ruth Groen,
of Alton, and Miss Hazel Young,
Rockford, 111. The men employed
killed are William Brummer, of East
A.lton; Frank Bennes, of Alton; Rus
sell Reyburn, of Brownstown, 111.;
Charles Hawkins. Alton; Howard
Hunter, of Alton, and three others not
Ket Identified.
In addition to the 15 Reported se
riously hurt were ten other employees
■ who were said to have suffered'Buper-
{ticial injuries and were able to go
I to their homes.
! The cause of the explosion could
aot be ascertained. It occurred in a
tireproof structure in which about 60
jmployees, mostly women, were en
gaged in extracting powder from the
30-30 infantry cartridges which had
j been manufactured for the army dur-
j ing the war, but had been repurchas
ed by the company for the purpose
of salvaging the copper and brass
contained in the shells.
ROAD5 ENTERING ATLANTA WILL
SPEND $95,000,000 FOR
IMPROVEMENT
STATE NEWSJf INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Here And
There From All Sections Of
The State
Atlanta.—The eight Southeastern
railroads which enter Atlanta are pre.
paring' to spend an aggregate sum of
$96,000,000 for expansion and Improve
ment of service during the coming
year.
This interesting fact Is brought to
light as the result of a survey of the
transportation situation in the South
east conducted by the Atlanta cham
ber of commerce to determine the ex
tent railroads are preparing to, meet
demands of the rapid growth 6t this
city and section which the enamber
estimates will take place In the next
five years.
According to this survey, the Louis
ville and Nashville 1b planning the
largest expenditure of funds of any
of the railroads entering the city, its
appropriation covering contracts au
thorized or let during the last eight
months in the'amount of approximate
ly $47,000,000.
Included in the equipment the L.
& N. will purchase with its $47,000,-
000 appropriation 86 locomotives,
11,000 freight cars, 76 passenger cars,
and 60 miles of second track.
The Atlanta and West Point will
spend $421,274 on one new locomo
tlve, two all-steel baggage cars, 80
hopper bottom coal cars, 100 freight
cars and the rebuilding of one loco
motive,
Approximately $4,000,000 will lie
spent by the N. C. & St L. for new
equipment and extension and lmprov*
ment of tracks and roadbeds.
Within the past fifteen months the
Seaboard Air Line has spent $19,000,-
000 in the purchase of new and the
rebuilding of old equipment
Equipment recently purchased by
the Southern railroad involves an ex
penditure of $17,000,000, all of which
will be delivered this year. This turn
is in addition to the $13,000,000 spent
by this road in 1922 for new equip
ment and Improvement
The A., B. & A. of all the Atlanta
trunk lines, plans the smallest expend
iture. bf funds 1 ; in fact, this road has
no expansion appropriation, the man
agement feeling the t road v,ip not now
self-sustaining, and, therefore, no ex-
pension Is Justified under these cir
cumstances.
Governor Walker Pardons Negro
Waycrosst—Llge Lana, 35fcyear-old
negro, who was sentenced to be hang
ed by a Jury In the Clinch county su
perior court in the fall of 1913 and
whose sentence was later commuted
-to life imprisonment by Governor. Sla
ton, was granted a pardon by Gov.
Cliff Walker. The pardon was rec
ommended by the prison commission.
Lane gained his freedom only after
a fight which extended over ten years.
He was convicted on a charge of as
sault upon a woman then living in
Homerville, waa found guilty and sen
tenced to be hanged. He was brought
to the Ware county Jail for safekeep
ing following his conviction, and later
when his sentence was commuted to
life Imprisonment he was assigned to
the county chaingang.-
Cannlng Course For Club Girls
Sycamore.—-Plans are being rapidly
completed for the three days-’ short
course for canning club girls In Tur
ner county, which will be conducted
at the Ashburn high school building
in the near future. The course will he
for those girls who have gardens and
the girls will be instructed in canning
and caring for the things they raise.
Mrs. Mae J. Betts, county home dem
onstration ’agent, has charge of the
arrangements. The people of Ashburn
are planning a series of social affairs
for the girls that they may have a
pleasant, as well as a profitable time
during the course.
| We are On the Job from January to
g January, twelve months each year.
3 You can buy One Sack or A Hundred g
Tons, or More, any day in the year §
and get prompt delivery. |
Our Customers get this kind of Service without §
any Extra Cost. £
“IT’S WHAT’S IN THE SACK |
THAT COUNTS.” if
HEARD BROTHERS.
Manufacturers of High Grade Fertilizers.
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All Kinds. ,
Staple and Fancy Grocries.
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PERRY, GA.
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Lead and Atomic Sulphur as well as Bushel Bas
kets and Picking Baskets. These goods are car-
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