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H ■ ■ ' • / • • "■ - M raxm*. tars ejuwjtAJoxiaaaqpmm',. .ni«juL.MB""C3^ mn«n< JOHN H 0 HODGES, Proper. DEVOTED TO HOMS INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE $1*50 a Ye&r In Advance l^auaBn PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 1923. aregivenappiml agreements are signed by six 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." SWEPT BY FIR1 naoaoaoooooaoaaBoaaaooeaooaooaaeaoeanooooaanoaoooaocs 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. fj fl 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.” No. S9 SSj I HEARD BROTHERS. | Manufacturers of High Grade Fertilizers, g MACON, - GEORGIA. 0 ooonpaocoBnoopoaaaoa 0 o OOODOoanoooa o aoaoaa ^ooapcfleaaoo a 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. . ware, - .... 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. '*i'' i