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No.40
PUNS TO REPEAL
CALLED TO AR
JOHN H. HODGES, Proper.
V 0L. LIII.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA„ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1923.
j GOVERNOR 7ells OF EFFORTS !«SHOOT TO KILL1” is the order
; “UNDER COVER” TO REPEAL ! SENT OUT BY QOVER-
TAX ON CIGARETTES j NOR WALTON
STATE NEWS OF INTEREST jsOLONS’ PLAN IS BLOCKED
'Brief News Items Gathered Here And
There From All Sections Of
The State
JOklahoma Legislators Forbidden To
j Attempt Special Session
“At Any Place.”
Oklahoma City', Okla.—Adjt. Gen.
!B. H. Markham waB ordered by Gov.
J. C. Walton to "use all force of
:arms necessary” to prevent the ses
sion of the lower house of the Okla-
Atlanta.—Declaring that the peoplt
of the state should bo kept fully .in
formed on what Is being done through
any channel to affect the tax system
of the state, Governor Clifford Wal
ker gave out for publication a copy
of a lettter written by "The Tobacco ihoma legislature.
! Consumers’ association” and calling All citizen soldiers of the state
for repeal of the. ten per cent tax on 'between the ages of 21 and 46 were
cigars and cigarettes, enacted at the directed in the order to hold them-
recent session of the legislature. selves in readiness “with such arms
The letter Is an appeal to the whole- 'as thoy possess or can obtain to come
salere and jobbers In tobacco, of the to the assistance of the sovereign
state, to contribute ten dollars each .state of Oklahoma, when ordered to
towards a campaign fund for the pur- do so by the governor.”
BUSINESS EVEN MORE FAVOR
ABLE THAN DURING WAR,
SAYS CHAS. E. MITCHELL
pose of having the law repealed, it
asks their co-operation in organizing
the tobacco consumers of each county
in the state, in order that pressure
may be brought upon every member
of the assembly from his own con
stituents.
The gevornor Issued a copy of this
letter attached to a statement in which
he expressed gratification at the re-
ceptloq which he states is greeting
-the special tax commission now study
ing the financial problems of the state,
at every point they visit. In comment
ing upon the letter from the tobacco
association, Governor Walker says:
With Issuance of the military or
der, all doubt was removed as to the
executive’s determination to prevent
the house session which has'been call
ed by his legislative opponents to con
sider his impeachment.
The adjutant general was ordered
to use all military forces of the state
if necessary to disperse the assembly.
' Governor Walton reiterated his
charge that the proposed meeting
would be an unlawful assembly "dom
inated and controlled by the so-called
invisible empire commonly known as
the Ku Klux Klan.”
He declared that since the Ku
“In the meantime, while this com-
mittee (the tax commmisslon) is thus ; Klu x Klan was proclaimed an enemy
working out in the open in an orderly ot tbe ^nte of Oklahoma under his
effort to reform the tax laws, it is ! ma rtial law proclamation of Septem-
to be regretted that other plans are ;ber- 1G » session, therefore, would
being made under cover to thwart (k e defiance of the laws of the state
these efforts. The people of the state an{ l an attempt to break the peace.
are entitled to know just what is go
ing on and in this spirit I am hand
ing to the press a letter which is be
ing circulated over the state. An ac
countant has estimated that if success
ful this movement will raise a fund
: As a precaution against any at
tempt of the legislators to meet else
where should they he barred from the
house chamber of the state capitol;
-the governor also directed Adjutant'
General Markham to disperse the
of $202,500. Jlf there be a response -roeeting at "any other time or place
by one half of those called on, the
sum of. $100,000 will be raised. Just
bow this fund will he expended is,
of course, unknown, but the people
^should know what is going on in
Georgia.”
In the state of Oklahoma,”
! "The troops will be ordered to shoot
to kill if necessary to prevent the as
sembly ” Governor Walton told news
paper men. “I hope, however, that no
such excessive measures will be neces-
In a statement issued recently, the ,sary.’
association, through Its Secretary, i‘<All male citizens of the state, be
Frank Weldon, and publicity director, tween the ages named are meant In
T. J. Simmons, replied to the gover- his order to citizen soldiers to be
nor's attack. Their statement brands ready for duty,” Governor Walton ex
the cigar and cigarette tax law as plained.
"class legislation” and denies that | The governor denied he intended
r t£ere has been 'any'secrecy about; taking action in the federal court to
their “efforts to have it repealed. | determine the legal status of the pro-
They claim, in their statement, that posed mepting.
they are actuated- by a desire to eo-1 He likewise denied that he had
operate with the tax commission ip...sought federal aid in bis war on the
its efforts to reform the tax iaws of
the state and "suggest that one of the
solutions of the tax problem will b t
to repeal this obnoxious tax in the
Jnterest of ‘civic peace and industrial;
progress.’"
vluhr Resistance To Be Abandoned looking after it,”
ICu Klux Klan.
"Whenever the government steps in,
the issue is theirs,” the executive as
sorted. "I would like for them to take
over this fight, because it is a bear
on rny hands, but until they do the
state of Oklahoma is fully capable of
Berlin, Germany.—It Is officially,
(announced that Chancellor Strese-*
inann and delegates from the Rhine
land and the Ruhr have agreed upon
the unconditional abandonment of
ipassive resistance. The agreement
followed a day of conferences in
which the chancellor met industrial
; “Within twenty-four or thirty-six
hours, all the house members in fa
vor of the session will be in Okla
homa City and then action will be
taken," said McBee.
Pressed for an indication as to
what the legislators intend to do, in
the face of the executive’s orders to
|1920-’21 CRISIS MOSTSEVERE
| Says That Nation Has Safely Emerged
From The Eddies' Of War Into *
■ Calm Harbor
j Atlantic Gity.—The American Bank-
|ers’ association convenes this yeai
{with business conditions of the
^moment the most favorablo the coun
try has known since our entry iutc
! the great war, and I do not except
| the periods during or those inimedi-
lately following the war,” declared
Charles E. Mitchell, president of the
jNational City Bank of New York City,
in an address delivered before the
'American Bankers’ association, in an
nual convention in Atlantic City.
"Everyone of business judgment
{recognizes, and in fact knows at the
time, that the conditions of those
years . were abnormal, thdt we were
'not on a sound and permanent basis,
and that sooner or later a settlement
(day was coming,” continued Mr. Mit
chell.
"The crisis of 1920 and 1921 was
severe—in fact, perhaps, the most se
vere in the history of the business
world, because practically all the
world had shared in the conditions
that led up to it and was involved In
the collapse. In our own country the’
fall of prices was without a prece
dent because the state of inflation
had been more general and the dis
organization of world trade and indus
try greater than ever before known
"As the war temporarily increased
the dependence of Europe upon this
country so the expansion of our pro
duction to meet the temporary needs
of Europe made us more dependent
upon European markets than we had
been before, and the ordeal of read
justment was inevitable. The man
ner in which the United States pass
ed through this ordeal put its losses
behind it, and regained prosperity is
something over which we may feel
profound satisfaction. Our productive
powers are intact; they are function
ing efficiently, and our banking and
financial system is equal to any de
mands that may be laid upon it.”
Mr. Mitchell declared the Unite,d
States was today enjoying a real state
of prosperity.
"We should be cognizant of it and
instill so far as we are able a spirit
of confidence throughout business
America that will extend the life of
the prosperous period," he declared.
He urged the bankers that when
they had returned to their homes they
would impress upon the many within
their influence that the nation had
safely emerged from the eddies of war
into the calm harbor of the moment,
through which it could safely sail
without fear of storm.
“But,” he declared in the conclu
sion of his address, “let us warn that
we are headed for the open sea where,
if our ship would safely sail, we
must be prepared for the powerful
rollers of world competition, and that
now, in this period of calm, is thej
time for us to' see that the ship id
freed of barnacles that retard its
progress, that it is caulked and made'
ready, and that the crew is trained
for service.”
and political leaders from the occu-j-the military to prevent their conven-
pied area. It was emphasized in the,
conferences that giving up passive
Tesistance did not mean that the!
R\ihr or Rhineland approve the oc
cupation or alter their attitude. ;
ing, McBee was evasive.
“It would be a mighty poor class
.of citizens who would fail to do their
: duty because the governor issued
'bombastic statements,” he said
! In reply to a question, the house
‘eader. said he did not believe there
'would be any court action on the) court at Wilmington, Del., in its suit
;l>art of the bouse members between to set aside the. sale. Former Attor-
^ -pfinp- rinris has nffWa , Lhe time he was .speaking and wh.en ney General A.' MItcehll Palmer,
of rebels. King Boris has offered to. the house attempted to * - - - -
resign, but his offer has not been ac- j ; ■
cepted. The insurgents are said to ; Asaume s Responsibility For Crash
have destroyed all means of commun- "
|Red Rebels Besiege Bulgar Capital
London.—The revolution in Bulga-i
ria has burst into full flames and
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“Collusion Made Dry Sales Good!’’
Washington.—The sale of enemy
owned patents to the Chemical Foun
dation, Inc., by the alien property cus
todian was accomplished through
"combination scheme and conspir
acy,” the government charges in a
brief filed in the federal district ;
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PERRY, - GEORGIA.
fcation and the government has lost
connection with the provinces,
situation of the capital ii-i critical, it
isumes
San Diego,
Is" blockaded both - in a military and | a ^o, saw seven of-his ships impaled
economic sense, is short of provisions on the jagged r0cks near Point Ar ‘
attack,
and is threatened with
patches recite.
dis-
Ualif.—A tale of the
Francis P. Garvin, forme?- alien prop
erty custodian and now president of!
the foundation and others are assail
ed in the brief.
Honda disaster, told by the destroyer
isquadron commander who, two weeks
guello and more than a score of his
. men go down to their'' death, took
,up part of the session of the naval
Federal Buildings Barred To Solon's
Oklahoma City, Okla. — Federal
buildings in Oklahoma will be barred
to members of the state legislature
for their proposed special session,
Gov. J. C. Walton has been advised
(court of
'wreck.
inquiry investigating the In a telegram from Bas.com: C. Slemp,
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