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DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE *1.50 a Year In Advance Perry Warehouse Co, pm . * JOHN H. HODGES, Proper vol. mi: PEBBY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 1923. No. 08 CONDITION ALMOST AMOUNTING ALBANIA ADVISES GREECE TO I To STAMPEDE BY 10,750,000 ARREST ASSASSINS, SAYING I SAYS WASHINGTON THEY ARE ALL KNOWN ABNORMAL RISE IN COTTON ARMY ENTRENCHED AT CORFU Demand For Futures So Great That Roman Officers Thrashes Insulter "In I Exchange Facilities Are Being Restaurant Scuffle In The Taxed To The Utmost Greek Capital 'New Yorlci—i m p roV ed business con- Rome.—A landing party from the ditions and an estimate from Wash- Italian destroyer “Pepe” has occu- ington, placing this year’s probable pied the Greek island of Leros with- ?ott°n crop at only 10,750,000 bales', out resistance., have caused a condition which The Corfu correspondent of the amounts almost to a stampede among "Tribuna” reports that the British cotton users both here and abroad, the consul at Piraeas has arrived at Corfu New York cotton exchange an- to investigate circumstances surround- nouuced recently. ' ing the landing of Italian troops. The demand in futures has been so Meanwhile, despite new seizures, great, the statement said, that the fa- the situation remains calm. An offi- cilities of .the exchange have been tax- cial statement has been Issued by the ed to the utmost and clerks have been Italian government, denying that the working nights in an unsuccssful en- population of Patras attacked the Ital- deavor to keep the books ,up to date, ian consulate here. The statement Six weeks ago cotton for October declares that relations between Greeks delivery sold at 20 3-4c on the New and Italians at Patras are “cordial.” York, cotton exchange. Recently it The Albanian government has re closed at 28c. This advance is equal Plied to the Greek ultimatum demand- to more than $35 a bale, and is equiva- ing the surrender of the slayers of ‘lent to an increased return to the cot- the Italian mission by. saying that if ton planters In the 'South of about the Greek government does not ar- $400,000 the statement said. rest the culprits, Albanians will cross — the border and arrest them, as all are GEORGIA COTTON cb-OP AUTHOR- IZES RAISE IN PRICE TO ITS MEMBERS AT MEEETING STATE NEWS OF INTEREST Brief News Items Gathered Here And There From All Sections Of The State ;l8 Pointed As Fine Political Timber known in All?a,nia. Washington,—Being a grandmother Under-Secretary Lissia has inspect- has ceased to become an occupation ed the ,occupied tfe and has issued and hase become merely an incident. “ n order congratulating the Italian This is the view of Mvb. Elliot Cheat- ®WiflfclI ham, of Atlanta, director' for the na- S Thffltol miH tional league of women voters for nine “g’ 3$ JIM “if™ attache, Lieutenant Perrone, and two Southern states and the District of Co- Qther I ’ allaQ offlcers were ’ dInlng gg W °m W J| k ^ rr eS her J a * an exclsuive restaurant When they and wide. Mrs Cheatham says that overheard a Greek making of£ens ive no personal feeling urges her to this remarks agalnBt Italy ., Ferrone de . point of . view, for she is the youngest manded a n explanation, which .was of all the league officers, but she can UpM The Italian officer adminis- remember the time when being a terod a BOUnd thraGhlng t0 the Greek grandmother was a post-graduate and anotaer Greek threw a wIne bot . course in motherhood, and she does tle & tbe me iee which followed. The not find it no now. Italian naval attache floored the sec ond aggressor with a stick, and the Underwood Voted To Select Delegation Itiliaha then left> unmo iested. Montgomery.—Passage of the bill allowing Alabama’s presidential candl- Minister Montagna, Italian repre sentative in Athens, protested immedi- date to appoint the delegates to any ately to the Greek foreign office, and national convention which is in ses- sion for the purpose of selecting the presidential nominee; featured the re cent session of the Alabama legisla ture. The bill passed by the sen ate will become a law with the gov- the Greek foreign minister expressed regret for the incident. Self • Confessed Slayer Is Arrested Atlanta, Ga.—Linking- one* of Atlan- tals deepest murder mysteries with ornor's signature. Under its provisions local activities' of Floyd P* Wood- Senator Oscar W. Underwood, of Ala- war d, fugitive Atlanta gambling chief- bama, would be allowed to select the ta j U( ae ws was received here recent- delegates to the national democratic ly tkat 0 B Bennett, held by the convention, members of the- assembly point out; The photographs will be used, he said, for the purpose of testing the Ein stein theory of relativity and to ob tain spectograms from which some thing relative to the chamicpl compo sition and motion of the sun’s corona can he learned. Motion Pictures Of Sun’s Eclipse Yorbanls, Durango, Mexico.—The expedition under Professor John A. Miller, sent to Mexico by Swarthmore college to study the solar eclipse, ob tained forty photographs of the phe nomenon, Professor Miller announced.^ >burg to Danville on a forgery charge, police at Danville, Va., has confessed to slaying Charlie Dorsey, taxicab driver, on the night of February 28, 1921. Burnett claims to have killed Dorsey because Dorsey “knew too much" about the killing of Ed Mills, for whose murder Floyd Woodward is under indictment dispatches state. The prisoner was taken from Lynch. Atlanta.—The Georgia Cotton Co operative announces that it will ad vance fifteen cents a pound to its members on delivery of cotton this fall, which is at the rate of $75 a standard bale. This a-lvaiico was author .zed at a meeting of the director, after a thorough caimss of the situation. The advance is made possible by the fact that the association in its conduct of business during the past year has . established an enviable credit rating and is able to borrow at a favorable interest rate all the monfey needed for financing the ad vances pending the gradual selling of the crop. Last year the association made an initial advance of twelve cents a pound, $60 a bale,, at time of delivery. Commenting on'the action of the hoard, President J. E. Conwell says: "It.is hoped that this increase of ap proximately $16 a hale as an Initial advance will enable our members to be in a better position to take care of their obligations at the present, as well as to facilitate the delivery of all cotton against which there are mortgages or encumbrances.” The present rate of advance will remain in effect until further action by the board of directors. The co-operative association recent ly made final settlements with all members who delivered their 1922 crop to the association, The average gross sale price for all members’ cot ton received last year was 27.60 cents and the net average price to the grower member i was 26.03 cents. ■ Since the first of the year the asso ciation, has added approximately 26,- 000 new members, which brings the total membership up to approximately 40,000, as against a membership of 13,- 600 for last year. 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 any Extra Cost. “ITS WHAT'S IN THE SACK THAT COUNTS." 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, EnamelAtare, 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. Woods Alive; Sfgned Cable To U. 8. London.—A Reuter dispatch from Shanghai, dated September 9, says that the report sent out from Osaka that Cyrus E. Woods, United States ambassador to Japan, and Mrs, Woods had been killed in the earthquake is incorrect. The dispatch adds that !♦ is officially announced that the am bassador and Mrs. Woods are safe and that the only casualty among the em bassy staff- was Miss Doris • Babbitt, who was killed. and* is said to have given a complete confession to the Atlanta killing to authorities there. Negroes In A Panic In South Bend South Bend, Ind.—Between 1,000 and 1,500 negroes are reported to have left the city in the last 24 hours, fol lowing the receipt of a threatening letter by a well-known member of the negro community here. Although no Violence has followed the receipt of the letter, many of the negro- resi dents, it i 3 said > left for * ear that their safety is in danger., , Gir l Fined- For Smoking ,On Ferry New York.—Jean Albright, a young miss of IS paid a $2 fine for puffing a cigarette on a part of a Staten Island Ferry boat where smoking is. prohibited. She was said to be the '{Lit woman ever prosecuted in this smoking. Japan’s Exports Fail v Off,^IHeavHy Tokio.—Japan’s foreign trade show ed a marke'd decrease for the "first six months of the present year com pared jvith the same period last year, the'imports still. exceeding the ex ports. The former totaled 1,704,134,- 000 yen and ..the latter 714,658,000 yen, or an adverse balance of 392,476,000 yen. Compared with the previous year, the exports decreased by more than 20,000,000 yen, while the imports increased hv upwards of 2,000,000 yen. The exporre to America, largely raw silk, increased by more than 48,0U0,- 000 turn, but the imports from Amer ica aRreased by *113,634,603 yen. Negro Bound Over In Ring Theft Case Atlanta.—Prophet Johnson, negro butler, was bound over to superior court under $1,000 bond by Recorder George E. Johnson in connection with the theft of a diamond ring .valued at $1,000. The ring was stolen, de tectives claim, from the home of Mrs. C. Q. Hatcher, where the negro was employed. It was taken from a win- lions. Trotzky Murder Report Is Denied Berlin—The soviet embassy here describes, the reports of .a ^revolt at Moscow and/ the assassination of Leon dow sill ift the home, Mrs. Hatcher star-id. Germany Opens Wallpaper Museum Cassel, Germany.—Wallpapers and ! wallcovering!^! all nations and of all periods are snown in the new wall paper museum recently opened here. French wallpaper of the period im mediately following the Napoleonic era is of especial interest and at tracts much attention. Terror made Its way into the French wall decora tions to an amazing degree. HEARD BROTHERS. Manufacturers of High Grade Fertilizers. - | MACON, . GEORGIA. g aaaaaa!2aannooaaannono»naoononooo0aaaooonn -aoa® sob aaaa “Canning Season.” J. W. BLOODWORTH “THE FARMERS FRIEND.” PERRY, - GEORGIA. HEADQUARTERS FOR Steaks and Fresh Meats of All Kinds. Staple and Fancy Gro cries. Prompt Service. Phone 12. E. F. BARFIELD & CO. PERRY, GA. Italy’s Demands Backed By Council jgaris.—The inter-allied council of ambassadors, Jn its note to Greece made public, lays down terms provid ing that satisfaction be given for the assassination of the Italian mission engaged-in delimination of the Greek Albanian frontier near Janina on Au gust 28. The terms are very similar lo those in the Italian ultimatum, /art of which was rejected by the • ✓ - •—— Greek government, leading to the Trotzky, the war minister, as fabrica- Italian*occupation of the Island of Gorfu. . The Treasury Back In Money Mart Washington.—After Remaining out of the money market three months, the treasury announces a new issue of treasury certificates of indebtedness aggregating two hundred million dol lars and maturing six months from September 15. The notes will bear 4 1/4 per cent interest. The announce ment of the September financing pro gram alsp contained the declaration that no further fiscal operations are contemplated by the government be- :ore December 16, when new borrow* lugs will, be necessary. j 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 all farm products. n m - PH ssss