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JOHN H. HODGES, Proper. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE
VOL. LIII.
FRANCE T0 REJECT
INDIRECT OFFERS
exempt
Brief News Itjms Gathered Here And
, There From All Sections Of
The State
GERMANY'S REAL INTENTIONS IN TATNALL REPRESENTATIVE WILL
j MATTER CAN ONLY BE ' j? FAVOR SUCH A TAX
LAID BARE ; . NEXT FALL
DIPLOMATIC TO STILL OPEN
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jstlnnes And His Colleagues Do Nol
j Represent All Constituencies, • Is
| PoincareJj^tand
| Paris, France.—Rumors from varl-
jous sources that Germany is prepar-
jing to open direct negotiations with
jPrance for a settlement of the repara
tions situation were treated with great
[indifference in official quarters, where
;it was said that there was only one
iserious way of opening negotiations,
land that was for one of the parties to
(address the other through regular dip-
ilomatic Channels.
Until this is done the French for-
jeign office will remain skeptical of
;any other signs , of German’s inten
sion to talk. Participation by Ger-
|man manufacturers and industrial
[leaders in the Franco-Belglan admini
jistration of the Rhineland and Ruhr
(railroads, which It has been reported
;has been suggested by the son of Hugoi
•Stlnnes, who would act as the repre-f
jsentative of the German interests, is
(regarded here as a Stiunes dream.
Herr Rtinnes alone, or even repre
senting all the Industrial leaders of
:the Ruhr, It is contended here, could
hot furnish the assurances that Franco
(requires. Premier . Poincare desires
*to deal with those who are responsi
ble for all of Germany, a high official,
(said, ai\d if Stinnes and his colleagues
want to end the occupation of the
!Ruhr they can help best by doing
their share to aid the* Berlin govern
ment pay reparations.
London.—Dr. Gustav Stresemann,
the German chancellor, Interviewed
in Berlin by a special correspondent
of the Daily Graphic is quoted as hav
ing said:
"If my government fails, accom
plishing nothing, then I shall porhapa
be the last ‘burgerllch’ chancellor of
Germany. It may he the end. If that
happens it Will bo more of Europe
than of Germany which will succumb
to Bolshevism.''
Dr. Stresemann advocated a triple
understanding among France, Great
'Britain and Germany. He said such a
general agreement was the only thing
that could possibly bring peace to
'Europe. Then, commenting on the
jfood problem, the chancellor said:
“If we can keep the people fed per
haps all will be well, but we have not
got the food. Although there are mil
lions of tons of fresh meat in Ger
many we have not the mqpey with
; which to buy it from the American
owners.”
'Federal Agents Will Probe Gold Find
Washington.—Department of justice
agents will endeavor to • determine
whether gold coin reported to have
Ibeen dug up recently hear Hagers
town, Md., by a roadworker is the
property of Grover C. Bergdoll, Phila
delphia draft-evader, now in Germany.
[Announcing tha|t arrangements had
been made with William J. Burns,
chief of the department’s bureau of
investigation, for agents “experienc
ed in the Bergdoll case to Investigate
the whole occurrence In the vicinity
of Hagerstown, Thomas W. Miller,
alien property custodian, declared the
'United States government “through
this office will be interested" if the
■money proves to be Bergdbll’s
Claim New Discovery Of Placer Gold
Anchorage, Alaska.—Discovery of
placer gold reported to run as high
as $4 gold to the pan on the Toklat
river, sixty miles from the Alaska
railroad, has been the signal for a gen
eral stampede from Nevada, Healy
and other interior points, according to
advices received here. The find was
made by Indians.
Denies Divorce To Talbot Mundy
Reno, Nev.—Talbot. Mundy, short
story and scenario writer, was denied
a decree'of divorce here, Judge George
A. Bartlet ruling that he had failed
to sustain his charge’s of desertion by
his wife, Harrietta Rosemary Mundy,-
eastern portrait painter of note> ’
> Reidsville.—All new manufacturing
industries in Georgia would be exempi
from taxation for a period of ter
tfears under the provisions of one ol
eight tax reform measures Represen
tative Herscliel H. Elders of Tattnall
is scheduled to introduce at the extra
ordinary session of the state general
assembly.
This step is favored by the legis
lature in order that manufacturing
enterprises might be encouraged tc
come to Georgia,. he stated, thereby
improving both the commercial and
financial conditions of the state.
A graduated income tax, corpora
tion franchise and license levies, in
heritance, privilege and occupation
taxes and a luxury assessment are
among the features of the othei
eight bills, which Mr. Elders stated
he would introduce on the first day
of the session and fight for theii
passage.
The representative issued,, the fol
lowing outline:
“1. The general assembly shall have
authority to levy axes upon net In
comes from whatever source de
rived, which taxes may be gradu
ated, and the general assembly shall
have authority to allow exemptions
when levying net income taxes, and
the income tax in no one year shall
exceed five cents on the dollar oi
said net income and as much less as
the legislature may desire.
“2. The general assembly shall have
authority to levy ,a corporation fran
chise tax and license taxes.
“3. The general assembly shall have
authority to levy inheritance taxes,
privilege taxes and occupation taxes,
which classes of taxes may be gradu
ated and when levied may contain pro
visions for exemptions.
“4. The general assembly shall have
authority to levy special taxes upon
luxuries and the unnecessary things
of ^life, such things as are used for
pleasure only.
“5. The general assembly shall have
authority to exempt all property from
ad valorem taxes for state purposes
in any years \n which the revenue
from other source;-, are sufficient to
meet the appropriations made by the
general ass |$Iy for that year and
crest and provide the
the bonded Indebted-
to pay the
sinking fun
ness of the
“6. The
authority
stale puri
of property -
od used in
; ssembly shall have
valorem taxes for
>i.i any given class
at regard to the meth-.
iug other classes of
property it also shall have authority
to authorize counties and municipali
ties to levy taxes in the same way
for general county and municipal pur
poses, and also to authorize counties,
municipalities and local school dis
tricts to levy taxes for educational
purposes in the same manner as
herein provided for levying state,
taxes. The legislature shall also have
authority to segregate different class
es of property for different tax pur
poses.
"The county tax rate for goncral
county purposes shall be limited to
fifteen mills in any one year.
"8. All new manufacturing indus
tries shall be exempt from all taxes
for all purposes for a period of ten
-years.
"All the above eight provisions
will be constitutional amendments',
and be in separate bills and submit
ted ■ to the people to vote on'sepa :
rately. The bills, of course, will be
full and complete in themselves, I
have just given a brief outline bf
each.”
$1.50 a Ycsu* In Advance
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No. 36
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, OA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1923.
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EXPECTED TO PROPOSE 30-DA\
TRUCE WITH WITHDRAWAL
OF UNION SUSPENSION
Rains Cause Alarm
Girard.—Rains which have fallen
for the past few days are causing
alarm on the part of both cotton and
peanut growers. Cotton that is open
ing fast is compelled to remain in
the boll and damage' to the lint is
feared. It is feared by the peanut
growers that the more mature -pea
nuts will either sprout or decay if
jhe gresent wet condition continues, j
ELEVEN STATES OFFER HELP
Pledge Themselves To Do Everythin!
In Their Power To Minimize
Suffering
Harrisburg, Pa.—Sufficiently in
formed as to the Issue on which a sus
pension of anthracite mining has beer
ordered for September' 1,. Governoi
PInchot, of Pennsylvania, broke ofl
j the series of conferences which he hat
(been conducting with operators’ rep
; resentatives and officials o^ the min
ers’ union and went to work drafting
a settlement. suggestion of his own
Both groups of men, who have beer
-separately closeted with him for pro
longed intervals during the two dayt
since _ho Intervened to prevent a
break, agreed to await the proposal
he, will* make, but professed entire
ignorance as to its terms.
“I have conferred with both sides
and told them I hoped they would re
main In Harrisburg,” the governoi
said, in a brief announcement of his
purpose, “within roach for consulta
tion, and that I desire at the earliesl
possible moment to have ready a sug
gestion for settlement of the strike,
Both sides have -courteously acceded
,to my request.
lyieantime, Vrlth barely 72 hours tc
elapse before the iqen abandon the
mines, the operators and miners tool:
a step in anticipation of the struggle
to provide for the employment of en
gineers, pump operators and mainte
nance men under ground while the
miners are Idle.
Phillip Murray, international vice
president of the United Mine Work
ers, and C. J. Golden, Rinaldo Gappel-
lini and Thomas Kennedy, the three
anthracite district presidents, called
on James A. Gorman, secretary of the
joint anthracite conciliation board, and
the usual Intermediary between the
union and the mining companies, after
leaving the governor’s office. A com
munication to Samuel D. Warriner,
chairman of the operators’ policy com
mittee, proposing negotiation on main
tenance work was drafted. Governor
Pinchot, asking adjustment of the en
tire suspension, did not concern him
self with the detail, Important as it
has been considered by the parties to
the controversy. Mr. Warriner’s re
sponse to the union suggestion was
not given out but it was considered
likely that opportunity would be taken
to settle the point. About four thou
sand men will be needed in the mines
to do the work.
Beet Sugar Cost Goes Under Probe
Washington —The tariff commis
sion has ordered a “comprehensive in
vestigation into the cost of producine
sugar beets within the United States.”
The survey, the commission’s an
nouncement explains, will be separate
and district from the inquiry being
conducted into the cost of producing
sugar in Cuba, Hawaii, Porto Rico,
Louisiana and of the sugar m|lls ol
the West and will be for “purposes of
the so-called flexible provisions of the
tariff act of 1922.”
Warrants Are Denied For Rum Pirates
Boston.—On the ground that the
United States is without jurisdiction
in the case, United States Commis
sioner Hayes refused to issue war
rants for the arrest of seven men who
recently attached the British rum
schooner, J. Scott Hankenson, off
Rockport, and shot her skipper, Cap
tain Arthur Moore, and the cook,
Harry Harms. The department of jus
tice at Washington has been asked for
instructions. . •
Asks $100,000 For Death Of Her Son
Montgomery, Ala.—Suit for $100,000
against the Western of Alabama rail
road has been entered here by ,Mrs.
Mary A. Nelson, for the death of her
^on, Emanuel H. Nelson, who was
killed last January while In the em
ploy of that railroad. Mrs. Nelson
claims suit on the grounds of improvis
ed and defective car couplings.
We are On the Job from January to
January, twelve months each year.
You can buy One Sack or A Hundred
Tons, or More, any day in the year
and get prompt delivery.
Our Customers get this kind of Service without
a n y Extra Cost.
“IT’S WHAT’S IN THE SACK
THAT COUNTS.”
| HEARD BROTHERS. i
| Manufacturers of High Grade Fertilizers; |
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“Canning Season.”
We have a full line of Fruit Jars, Cans, Rubbers,
Jelly Glasses, Alluminum and Enamel Preserving
Kettles at lowest prices.
Our stock of Hardware, Crockery, EnameUare, Glass
ware, Tubs, Buckets, etc., is complete.
We also carry a full line Groceries and Feed Stuff. Our
prices aae the lowest.
We have the biggest trade in town—there is a reason.
J. W. BLOODWORTH
"THE FARMERS FRIEND.’’
PERRY, - GEORGIA.
HEADQUARTERS
FOR
Steaks and Fresh Meats of
All Kinds.
Staple and Fancy Grocries.^
Prompt Service. Phone 12.
E. F. BARFIELD & CO.
PERRY, GA.
We have put our Gins in good shape and have
new brushes and we are ready to gin your cotton
and buy your seed and cotton. We are always in
the market for Cotton, Cotton Seed, Hay, Peas,
Corn, Velvet Beans, Peanuts and
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all farm products}
Perry Warehouse Co