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PERRY, GA, nave put our Gins in good shape and Iwzm brushes and we are ready to gin your coftam buy your seed and cotton. We are always?*** narket for Cotton, Cotton Seed, Hay, „ ' . -! ■ • / i Corn, Velvet Beans, Peanuts and all farm products. ' ' Perry Warehouse Co, Tec V >V m mm mWA . tmm, JOHN m HODGES, Prop’r. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE VOL. Mil. $1.50 a In Advance PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 1923. aooaoeaKaaaaaaeooaononorasyaopoooeiaoooaoacaaaaBiaaat ■ li |Bodies of victims lie un* , COUNTED IN STREETS PILED I HIGH WITH LITTER PRESIDENT HUNTER PROPOSES i PLAN AT MEETING OF GEOR- i GIA PEACH GROWERS RED CROSS GIVEN CHARGE OF RE. LIEF DRIVE IN UNITED STATES FIRE AND TIDAL WAVE FOLLOW STATE NEWS OF INTEREST COOLIDGE PLEDSES U. S. AID Thousands Die As Skyscrapers Topple Into Seething Masses Of Terror- • Mad Humanity : Sbanghi, China. Two hundred •thousand persons have perished in Tokio and ’Yokohama alone, according |to bulletins received here from Japan. In Tokio the arsenal exploded, de stiny fog the arsenal and the adjoin ing printing bureau. There were Bev- tr&l thousand casualties here. Most serious damage was done to the tract covering the Yama-No-Te district. In the Nihonbashl and Kanda wards, in which scarcely a single structure is left standing, thousands lack water The Kaijo building in the Marun- ouchi district collapsed, with a tjiou- 'sand casualties. The lofty buildings lining the streets opposite the Tokio Central railway station were burned . The main build ing of the Central railroad station re mains intact. At Yokohama the fire Btarted in the Bund and spread through Bent-in and Iszaki streets, wiping out the business district. Tens of thousands of visitors many of them foreigners, are in the mountain resorts of the Hakone dis trict. They were panic stricken by the repeated quakes. Mount Hakone and the town of Atama were demol ished, with the loss of six or s.-iven ’ tlfouoimd dead. At Ito, on the Idseu peninsula, more than 500 houses were washed - away by tidal waves. Six hundred persons perished with the railway tunnel at SaBako, the largest in Japan, collapsed. HISTORY OF DISASTERS A list of the most destructive earthquake disasters in the Far East recorded in history follows: Place No. Killed Date Tosa, Japan ....Inestimable 684 Thousands Mutsu, Japan “ 869 Koyti, Japan " 1361 Tokaido, Japan .... 20,000 1498* Tokio, Japan 200,000 1703 Pekin, China 100,000 1731 Hizen, Japan 15,000 1792 Canton, China 6,000 • 1830 Sliinano, Japan .... 12,000 1844 Tokio, Japan 1,200 1866 Yunnan,. China ...... 4,000 1888 North Central Hondo, ■'Japan .... 10,000 1891 Suriku, Japan ...... 27,000 1896 Kan-Su, China 2,000 1920 Brief News Items Gathered Here And ! There From All Sections Of The State ! Macon.—Reorganization of the Geor gia Fruit Exchange so as to care for contingencies which have arisen since ' the inception of the organization 15 years ago has been proposed by Pres ident W. B. Hunter of Cornelia. He was a prominent figure at a mass meet ing of the Georgia Peach Growers held here recently. At the session a unanimous opinion prevailed that the Georgia Exchange, should be reorganized and a large com- mVAee* headed by President Hunter, was namgd to draft resolutions per taining to the reorganization. \ ■ Suggestion of the organization of a Tri - State Co • operative Markteing' Association to dispose of the peach crops of Georgia, North and South Carolina was also made, but until tho Georgia association is perfected, no steps will be taken to consolidate the three associations, it was stated. Standardization of the peach pack, the creation of a centralized market ing agency that has authority to re quire growers to prepare peach ship! nients according to the standardized pack, were among the recommenda tions made. The need of creating a fund to aid needy growers who will not affiliate with the state exchange was also sug gested by President Hunter in his talk to the growers. , There ure more' than two hundred representative growers attending. The committee named to prepare resolutions on the reorganization of the Georgia Exchange si composed of W. B. Hunter, Cornelia, chairman; M. F. Hatcher, Macon; David Stroth er, Fort Valley; J. D. Duke, Fort Val ley; John Murph and John Walker, Marshallville; Ed McKenzie, Monte zuma; R. L. McMath, Americus; J. L, Benton, Montlcello; C. W. Mathews, Woodland; C. P. Prothro, Griffin; F. M. Stewart, Gray; C. Cornwall, Alto; John Feasley, Canton; C. W. Finney, Haddock; J. F. Whatley, Reynolds; R. L. Dickey, Lizella; A. D. Williams, Yatesville; J. R, Cooper, Perry; A. C. Glover, Newnan; W. M. Rowland, Au gusta; S. P. McDaniel, Thomaston; A. M. McGill, Woodbury; W. W. Lowe, Byron; H. M. Fletcher, Jackson; E. M. Davis, Wayside. \ All Shipping Board Vessels In Far Eastern Waters Ordered To Re port For Relief Duties Germans Vote To Work For French Dusseldorf.—It was announced# at French headquarters here that 5,000 German miners employed in four mines in the Essen district had voted in favor of working under French direction. One hundred and fifty workers locked out by the Thyssan Steel Works also called a meeting to cuuiaer working tor the French, but a thousand other Workers attended the meetinb and it broke in confu sion before a vote could be taken. Mexican Embassy Ready To Operate Washington.—Manuel C. Tellez, charge d’affaires of. the Mexican em bassy here, presented his credentials to acting Secretary Phillips, thus fi nally restoring full international rela tions between the two governments. At the same time George T. Summer lin, ' charge of the American embassy in Mexico City, presented his creden tials to the Mexican foreign office. Coolidge Will O. K. Policy For Alaska Washington.—President tloolidge, although haVirfg temporarily put aside the matter of an Alaskan pol icy to taka up more pressing prob lems, was declared by white house officials to be inclined toward adop tion of the plans for development of .that territory outlined by President ■Harding in^ his. Seattle address. Ex-Mayor Woodward Passes Away Atlanta.—James G. Woodward, four times mayor of Atlanta, and for over thirty years the stormy petrel of At lanta politics, died at a local sanita rium, at the age of 79 years, follow ing an illness of several months. His wife. Mrs. Violet Woodward, who has kept a constant vigil at his bedside since he was taken to the sanitarium, and a few close friends were with him when death came. He had been in a stats of coma for forty-eight hours. Mr. Woodward received a slight stroke of paralysis on the Whitehall street; viaduct about six weeks ago. Compli cations developed and he was taken front his residence, on East Hunter street, to Piedmont sanitarium. Sev eral (lays ago he was the victim of an-, other paralytic stroke, the effects of which hastened his death. Napier Elected To National Office Atlanta.—Attorney General George; M. Napier, of Georgia, was elected sec-; retary and treasurer of the National; Association of Attorneys General in Bession at Minneapolis, Minn., accord ing to telegraphic advices received in Atlanta. Mr. Napier left Atlanta for the annual convention of the associa tion in Minneapolis recently. That he Bhould have been chosen as one of the national officers of the association is regarded bly his close friends here as a signal honor since he is the .first Georgian to have attained that honor. Attorney General T. N. England, of. West Virginia., was elected president; Harvey N. Cluff, Utah, vice president; C. L. Hilton, Minnesota; H. L. Ekeen, Wisconsin, and Jesse ,W. Barr, Mis souri, were elected as the executive; pommittgs* - — J Washington.—As the federal gov ernment continued its effort to pro vide prompt and effective aid to earthquake sufferers in Japan and to obtain information as to the where abouts and conditions of Americans in the zone of disaster, American Red Cross officials decided to conduct an lmmodlale campaign for a five million dollar relief fund. Contributions al ready are being received at headquar ters hero. Divisional quotas were fixed as fol lows: Washington Division—(New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jer sey, Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia, West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and chapters in insular possessions of the United States and in foreign countries), $2,- 900,000. New England Division—(All New Engladn states except Connecticut), $360,000, Southern Division—(North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, Louisiana, Misissippi, Alabama and Georgia, $250,000. Central Division — Montana, Wy oming, North and South Dakota, Ne braska, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan,), $800,000. Southwestern Division— (Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, Tex as, Missouri and Arkansas), $660,000. Pacific, Division — (California, Ne vada, Utah, Arizona, Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho and Alaska), $400,000. The divisional quotas total $5,250,- 000, having been fixed to make an aggregate a little above the $6,000,- 000 goal, it was explained, to permit adjustments. Hope was (expressed by Red Cross oficials here that the total would eb quickly subscribed. Quotas for the 3,600 Red Cross chap ters located in practically every coun ty in the country, will be fixed by di visional managers. The decisions reached by President Coolidge and the Red Cross officials at their conference were set forth in the following official statement: “The tremendous.dimensions of the disaster in Japan render it necessary for the American Red Cross to ob tain available resources to an amount of $6,000,000 at once, in order to pro vide necessary hospital, food and other emergency supplies.'’ Charged With Death Of 89-Year-Older Mobile, Ala.—A warrant charging J. G. Clevelanw, member of the county board of revenue and road commission ers. of Mobile county, with murder has been sworn out in the inferior crimi nal court tcharging him with killing, of Stephen S. Lossing, wealthy 89-’ year-old resident of Delchamps, Ala., by shooting him with a shotgun or, striking him with a spade. Lewis S. Lossing of Jacksonville, Fla., young est son of the dead man, is the com plainant signed to warrant. The war-! rant was placed in the hands of deputy, sheriffs and Commissioner Cleveland Attorney. The influence of these men! of the state, and Col. Waybright, City. Is expected to come in and Burrnder.' Claim Manufacture Of Anthracite Washington.—Completion of appara tus which makes it possible to manu facture anthracite coal from compara tively worthless lignite has been an nounced by the bureau of mines. Ef-; forts will be mae dat once by officials of the interior depart, it is said, to, interests orae commercial concern in; the invention. The importance of the: discovery may be realized, the bureau! says, when it is known that the United States possesses 1,051,290,000,000 tons' of easily mined lignite. We arc On the .Iot> 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 wifchced any Extra Cost. “IT’S WHAT’S IN THE SACK THAT COUNTS.” H HEARD BROTHERS. Manufacturers of High Grade Fertilizers.. | MACON, - GEORGIA. ~ aonpBgBeianaaaennpogooaoaaappoBaaaaflBonoaB^aonogqBaBiwmm “Canning Season.” We have a full line of Fruit Jars, Cans, Rubhers, Jelly Glasses, Alluminum and Enamel Preserving Kettles at lowest prices. Our stock of Hardware, Crockery, EnamelMare, ware, Tubs, Buckets, etc., is complete.. We also carry a full line Groceries and Feed Stuff* OSaar prices aie 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 GrocriesL Prompt Service. Phone 12 ♦ E. F. BARFIELD & CO. We have new and buy your the market for Cotton. Bascom Slemp Takes White House Job Washington. — Former Representa tive C. Bascom Slemp of Virginia has; been sworn in as secretary to the president. It was his 53rd birthday yaws* wmmmsm