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JOHN H 0 HODGES, Proper. DEVOTED TO HOMS INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE
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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 1923.
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GREAT EUROPEAN COTTON
ASSOCIATIONS
OTHER AGREEMENTS LATER
Final Approval Of Contracts Marks
Successful Completion Of Negoti
ations Begun Some Time Ago *
Washington.—Successful completion
of negotiations for universal stand
ards for American cotton as announc
ed
by Secretary Wallace, with the
signing of agreements with six foreign'
Icottbu associations.
The agreements were brought from-
Europe recently by Lloyd S. Tenny,'
assistant chief of the Bureau of Agrt-;
cultural Economics, who made a trip’
to Europe to obtain the signatures of,
the associations, which included those
at Liverpool, Manchester, Havre, Bre-i
men, and Amsterdam.
, The agreements with the Manches-i
iter Spinners’ association, the- Milan, 1
jCotton association and the Ghent Cot
ton association will be approved later,;
It was said. \
i Final approval of these contracts,
marks the successful completion of
negotiations begun several months ago;
jwhen the application of the cotton!
Standards set to foreign trade in cot-’
ton was first taken up by the United!
3ul
States department of agriculture with'
members of the American cotton trade!
land representatives of the leading;
European cotton associations. After’
several conferences, the agreement toil
adopt American standards as univer-j
■Sal standards, with a few minor 1
Ichanges, was reached. Mr. Tenny:
Went to Europe in July to compile
the detailed arrangements, and secure?
the signatures of the European cotton;
associations. With reference to the!
successful, termination of this lmpor-j
tant international trade arrangement,.
Secretary Wallace stated that “Dr. H.j
C. Taylor, chief of the bureau of agrl-j
cultural economics, Mr. Tenny and
their associates have handled this-
matter in a way altogether commend-'
able.” • ■
“It was 1 a delicate situation re-!
quirlng diplomacy of a high order,"
Mr. Wallace Bald, “and it might have'
developed into a very unhappy state
Df affairs. The matter has been con-j
eluded in a way that seem to be most
satisfactory both to our own cotton
people and to our foreign customers.
The standing of American cotton,
grades has been firmly established
and our business relations overseas
have been much strengthened. I am
greatly pleased over the whole mat
ter."
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iFOUR PEOPLE LOSE THEIR LIVES,
BRUSH BLAZES SAID TO
BE CAUSE
$7,000,000 PROPERTY LOSS
[Thick Pall Of Smoke Obscures Sky
As Dozen Forest Fires Continue
To Burn
; Berkeley, Cal.—Beds of flaming em-
Ibers and crimson coals marked the
jruins of 60 square blocks of dwelling
jhbusee destroyed by fire. The tcfll of
the fit'p is plstced at four lives and
[about ??,000,000.
! More • than 600 dwellings -wdrs* do-
jstroyed.
• Streets are strewn promiscuously
‘with .stray chairs, grand pianos, bed
springs, vases, bird dages and other
odds and ends of household furnish-
jlngs. Only chimneys remain standing
jin the district swept by the flames.
J Few of those whose homes were
Iburned were able to Bave anything
ifrom the fire. Many were hard press-
led to escape alive. ‘ ;
San Francisco.—Four persons are
[dead, thousands are homeless and
[more than $7,000,000 property damage,
[has been caused in Berkeley by fire
jwhicli swept in on the city from aj
ibrush blaze in the hills.
Between 760 and 1,000 buildings,
mostly homes an,d apartment bouses,
.have been destroyed in the worst dis-.
aster to the bay region since the San
'Francisco disaster of 1906.
'The Latest Way To Name Triplets;
Pittsfield, Mass.—Mr. and Mrs.:
Gtuseppa. Glordana had no trouble!
supplying names for their new chil
dren, triplets, born recently. They,
named them Prima, Seconda arid.
Terza, which in the English language'
Is one, two and three. j
Disorder Spreads In Badon Province'
I Berlin.—Communist disorders are
[spreading through the Province of
Baden. A state of seige has been
proclaimed at Loesback and several
other towns, A general strike through-!
out the, province has been ordered by
the' communist party, which is de
manding withdrawal of the police and,
the payment of pre-war wages. The
communists are seizing employers as
hostages and are demanding that im
prisoned communist workers be re
leased. A mob tried to disperse the;
officers.
Urge France To Free World War Hero
, Baris.—Myron T. Herrich, Amerioan
ambassador to France, will appeal to
President Miller'and to secure the re
lease of John Louis Ayotte, A. E. F.
veteran who has spent a year in soli-:
tary confinement in a French prison!
as the result of strange vicissitudes^
that followed a shattered war ro
mance. Miss • Majorie Hanson, bOftd
of the American Aid society, returned
Ifrpm/Melun prison where she Was
[permitted to talk’ with the ftrfmbr
[doughboy, who was cohvlcted'of burn
ing the bat® of his father-in-law.
; Three men, believed to be Univer
sity of California students, are re
ported to have been caught in the col
lapse of roofs of their fraternity
es, a number of which "W*r'e de?
.stroyod. An unidentified woman is re
ported to have been burned to death;
lin her home. ;
j After several hours the fire was re-,
ported to be under control. A gale,’
'which had blown all day, had died
down, and water pressure had increas-.
«ed. For awhile, during the worst of
|the blaze, streams of water could not
jbe shot to the roof of a building. 1
< The Berkeley Red CroBS has taken
[charge of the situation, and has open
ed two dormitories for fire refugees.
'• The Berkeley fire elimaxed a series
pf fire during the day unprecedented
in this part of the state. Hundreds
jpf blazes since early morning had
Menaced property and life. The gale
fanned every blaze into a potential
holocaust.
From the forenoon on until dark-
pess, pandemonium reigned In the
east bay cities. In 46 minutes the
Oakland fire department answered 60
alarms, Meanwhile the gale, some
times assuming cyclonic proportions,
tore off roofs of several school-
houses.
As the fires swept into Berkeley,
thousands assembled to fight it. The
University of California campus was
saved only by dynamite and combined
efforts of thousands of students. Co-|
eds fought with the men to save their!
classrooms, sorority houses, and dor-j
mitories. Classes had been dismissed;
in the general panic.
Finally the wind changed Its coursei
at a time when the flames were sweep-!
Ing directly toward the campus and;
headed for the business district,;
whefre they burned as far as Shattuckj
avenue, the main street of the college!
town. The shift turned the tongues;
of flames back into the burning area,!
proving an effectice back fire.
Baptists To Meet In Augusta
Louisville.—The Hephizibah Baptist
association will meet this year with
the First Baptist church ,of Augusta
and will convene on Thursday night,
September 27, when a special service
.Will mark The opening of the associa
tion. Dr. E. L. Grace is pastor of
the, Augusta church, Which will be
hostess to the meeting, and is mak
ing fall arrangements to care for the
vlsitiog delegates, from the various
churches - which number something
like 40 ' and constitute one of the,
largest associations of the Baptists 1:
the state.
CONCENTRATION PRIVILEGES RE
STORED TO SEVERAL GEOR
GIA CITIES.
STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Here And
There From All Sections Of
The State
Washington.—Proposed restrictions
in transit privileges on cotton and cot
ton liuters at Atlanta, Athens, Elber-
‘ton and Winder, Ga., have been found
.unjustified by the interstate com
merce commission. Announcement ol
the commission’s decision, recently
made, added that the schedules pro
posing to invoke the restrictions had
been ordered cancelled.
The proposed schedule restrictions
.were filed by the Seaboard Air Line,
but, according to the commission’s rec
ord, had the support of half a dozen
other carriers handling cotton ship
nients.
The Seaboard argued; in support of
its contentions, that the Louisville and
Nashville and the other Intersecting
lines had threatened cancellation of
joint rates on the commodities in
volved unless the privilege permitting
concentration at the four cities named
was abandoned. The commission said,
however, that it found no reason for
cancellation of the joint rates and or
dered them continued.
“The transit arrangement maintain
ed by the carrier at Atlanta and the
other points are not exceptional- or
unusual,” the commission’s opinion
says. “Many other carriers in this ter
ritory have similar arrangements and
their connections participate in the
through rates.
. “We are'of"tmnsifBim that the
present joint rates on cotton from
points on the lines of the Louisville
aud Nashville, Albany and Vicksburg,
Illinois Central, Yazoo and Mississip
pi Valley and the Southern railway to
points in the southeastern, Carolina
and eastern territories, with concen
tration in transit at Atlanta, Athens,
Klberton and Winder, have not been
shown to be less than reasonable rates
or otherwise unlawful.
“The j carrier has not justified the
cancellation of the concentration in
transit of cotton at these four points
and the Louisville and Nashville and
the other lines are not justified in-re
fusing to participate in such Joint
rates when shipments are stopped at
Atlanta, Athens, Elberton and Winder
for concentration.”
Movie Corporation Is Plahned
Augusta.—Organization of a motion
picture corporation with a working
capitalization ranging from $1,000,000
to $5,000,000, with headquarters in
Augusta, is being discussed by the
local board of commerce. The propo
sition recently was discussed with
the board of directors by A. N. Catre-
vas, a former cotton factor of this
city and now in business in New
York City. The board has expressed
its approval of the plan.
Development Plan Gains Cooperation
Macon.—Mcffe than fourteen organ
izations are co-operating in the Middle
Georgia Development campaign, which
is being sponsored by the Macon
chamber of commerce. Committees
appointed by the various organiza
tions are scheduled to hold a joint con-;
ference here at an early date. The
purpose of. the campaign is to bring
new settlers and develop middle Geor
gia.
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Farm Program Is Worked Out
Jeffersonville. — The farm pro
gram committee of the Twiggs coun
ty board of trade has worked out a
farm program featuring the “cow, hog
and hen,” which will be presented at
a mass meeting of farmers and busi
ness from all parts of the county for
final consideration and adoption. The
committee will make recommendation
that all the people of the county work
as a unit to support the program when
t is adopted. It Is believed the pro
gram will bp adopted, as it seems to
give general satisfaction.
High Grade Fertilizers
| We are On the Job from January to |
| January, twelve months each year. |
| You can buy One Sack or AJ&indred |
| 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.”
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I HEARD BROTHERS.
| 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, EnamelMare, Glass-
B^oketeKietc., is complete.
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We also carry a full line Groceries and Feedstuff. Our
prices aae the lowest.
We have the biggest trade in town—there is a reason.
J. W. BLOODWORTH
FARMERS FRIEND. 3
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
all farm products. *
Perry Warehouse Co.
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