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- - i&IF; 0, ■-■ DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE $1.50 a Ycur In Advance ' - issuer? 1 ■<. .._djg 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 E. MITCHELL pose of having the law repealed, it asks their co-operation in organizing the tobacco consumers of each county in the state, in order that pressure may be brought upon every member of the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. 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BLOODWORTH “®HE FARMERS FRIEND.” 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. 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