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WimM PS? ***■- - $1.50 a Yajir In Advance JOHN H. HODGES, Prop r. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE v OL. Ltll. 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 t Rate, Say Officials y ; v n 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. - ■■ , ~ 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. MACON, - GEORGIA. I ■ RMRR HR HR aaaaaacHgeMMaaaanaaaaaaaaaaneoooanaaaaaao ~oaa?e«He, aaaa EJL!L!Base 1 I I I -II I I — -■ I ...— ..I.■■■■I ~-i a For Rilling Comfort You Can’t Beat A Temmy Long Spring ON YOUR FORD 12 Inches Longer Than. Regular Front Spring and so Constructed that It Ab sorbs the Shocks as no Other Device can 5£. Do. It’s Guaranteed Not to Break. Price $9.00 Put on Your Ford. PERRY, v GA. HEADQUARTERS FOR y -■ .ft- Steaks and Fresh Meats of All Kinds. , Staple and Fancy Grocries. Prompt Service. E. F. BARFIELD & CO. PERRY, GA. We are carrying a complete stock of Arsenate of Lead and Atomic Sulphur as well as Bushel Bas kets and Picking Baskets. These goods are car- * • ried in stock and we shall be glad to have your or ders for delivery later or for J mum: immediate acceptance. Perry Warehouse Co