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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA. t THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1923.
No. 47
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DEMOCRATS WIN IKLANSMAN COBURN i BIG POWER PUNT
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| IN KENTUCKY RACE KILLED BY EDITOR
I WILLIAM j. FIELDS HAS 45,731
MAJORITY — REPUBLICANS
gain in n. y. assembly
iSEMATE MAJORITY FOR G.O.P.
i Maryland Names Democratic Gover
| nor—Doremus Is Detroit Mayor.
Bonds Lose In Virginia
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New York.—Coolidge friendship
dominated Coolidge blood In the po
litical reactions of rock-ribbed Repub
lican Vermonters and, as anticipated,
former Congressman Porter H. Dale
Yriend of the president, won the sena
torial election from the latter’s Dem
ocratic cousin, Park H. Pollard.
! If the final Kentucky result bears
out early Indications of a clean Demo
cratic victory, it will probably be hail
ed as a significant repudiation of the
administration In Washington. The
, Republican party sent some of its
j strongest, campaigners Into the state
;in an effort to preserve the Repub
lican garment donned^ by the state
"when it elected Ed Morrow to the
.governorship, the office which Mor-
-row is now relinquishing after mak-
ling; a strong effort for a Republican
successor,
1 *There were indications that the Re
publicans had made gains in the New
York assembly, but in the supreme
court judgeship fight in Manhattan,
where William Randolph Hearat
threw his influence against the Demo
cratic ticket, it appeared that he had
been badly beaten by Tammany.
Another rebuke to the editor was
handed out by the Syracuse electorate
iwhen a Democratic mayor was elected
;by a large majority over the opposi
tion of the Hearst papers supporting
'a Republican.
: Lpuisvilie, Ky.—On the face of in
complete, unofficial returns WilJIam
;J. Fields, Democratic nominee fox
j governor, has swept the state * and
defeated his Republican opponent,
Charles I. Dawson, by a substantial
majority,
j Unofficial returns from 101 coun
ties out of 120 in Kentucky, with 726
precincts unreported, as compiled by
; The Courior-Journad, shows a m%
jority of 45,738 for Fields. The miss
ing nineteen counties in the 1920 pres
idential election gave a Republican
majority of 9,226.
I Washington.—With the election .ol
'Porter H. Dale as a Republican sena
tor from Vermont assured on the face
of unofficial returns from the recent
Election, the Republicans will have" a
'majority of six in" the senate. Mr.
Dale succeeds the late Senator Dll-
■linghara, also a Republican.
In the next; congress the senate
lineup 'will be‘ 51 Republicans, 43 Dem
ocrats and two farmer-laborltes. Dur
ing the last.session the Republican
majority in the senate was 22, ?
j In one of the districts—the second
‘North Carolina—the Democratic can
didate, Judge John H. Kerr, had no
.opposition. He succeeds the late
•Claude* Kitchin, former minority lead
er in the house.
Baltimore, Md.—Governor A. C.
Ritchie, Democrat, has been reelect-
jed, it became apparent. ‘
; The Democrats carried Baltimore
and made, substantial gains in both
•the assembly and the senate of the
state legislature.
j Jackson, Miss.—All Democratic
nominees named in the August pri
maries were elected in the recent
•election in Mississippi. No opposition
'candidates for state or county offices
VICTIM WAS ATTORNEY FOR SIM
MONS FACTION OF KU
i KLUX KLAN
SLAYER IS TAKEN TO TOWER
'Slayer Claims Victim Had Planned
j His Ruin—Does Not
I Regret Deed i
•ran against the nominees and the
election was a mere formality.
. Detroit.—Mayor Frank E. Doremus
-was re-elected at the non-partisan
[municipal election on the face of re
turns compiled by The Detroit Free
.[[Press. The mayor was leading by
•about eight to 1,196 precincts out of
[609, giving Doremus 19,338 and
•Thomas C. O’Brien, his opponent,’ 2,-
541.
Albany, N. Y.—A Republican ' gain
sot five upstate seats in the New York
: assembly was indicated on the face
of election returns. /
i Columbus Ohio. Early returns
[from the stat€fc~’ide election showed
the vote from g HL of the state's 8247
'precincts unfag. able to the adoption
of an old age iW ision system in . Ohio.
i ® * • ,*—— wjowsAu in umo,
SThe vote from these precincts was
i^S, 18,531; no, 49,900.. - V ”
Atlanta,. Ga.—William S. Coburn, at
torney for the Simmons faction of the
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, and
prominent figure in a series of sensa
tional events involving that organiza
tion, was shot four times and almost
Instantly killed while he sat in his
office in the Atlanta Trust company
building- by Phillip E. Fox, publicity
representative of the imperial palace
imd editor of "The Nighthawk," offi
cial organ of th» Evans faction.
After hurling his revolver to the
floor of the attorney’s office, Fox ran
to the floor below, where he was
caught by George W. Allen, insurance
man, and held until Officer C. O.
Cochran arrived from his beat on the
street below to take him in custody.
According to Officer Cochran, Fox
declared that he was glad Coburn was
dead. “I may hang for this, but he
was planning to ruin me, and I had
just as soon be hanged as for him to
have ruined me.”
Fox was hqld at the police station
for several hours, whpn, after he had
steadfastly refused to make a state
ment to the officers assigned to the
investigation, he was transferred to
the Fulton tower under heavy guard.
Working with city detectives, at
taches of Solicitor Boykin’s office
completed a preliminary investigation
of the shooting and announced that
the Fulton county grand jury will be
[asked to iudict Fox on a charge of
murder. it, - - njjfcfi'•}»•< •
?ox* Was held incommunicado at
Fulton towfcr. Sheriff Lowry stated
that Judge John D. Humphries had
requested him to deny anyone admis
sion to see Fox and had stated over
the telephone that It necessary he
Would send a written order to the jail
forbidding visitors. On the promise of
the sheriff that such an order would
not be necessary, he stated, the writ
ten order was not furnished.
, Mrs. Phillip E. Fox, wife of the slay
er, was in Atlanta but could not be
found. Attaches of the imperial pal-
jaw admitted that they knew wheje she
was, but refused to say where. It could
hot be learned whether she knew any-
[thing of the shooting or of incidents
'leading up to it.
[Bavarian Rebels Get Northern Ale
> Berlin. —While northern junkers
link hands with Bavarian monarchists
•in the Bavarian movement to over
throw the republic, the federal gov-
'eminent is taking full measures to
•prevent the threatened coup. The gov
ernment has concentrated three Baden
[regiments in Thuringia under com-
[mand of General Hasse, who Is sub
ordinate to the high command of ex-
[War Minister Reinhardt- Democratic
'and Socialist organizations, apparent
ly acting independently of the govern
ment, are endeavoring to • form “red,
black and gold hundreds” to defeat
any monarchist uprising that may de
velop, but the ministry of defense op
poses this move, and seems to be sat
isfied with the federal forces now
confronting the rebel line.
Nine Are Saved By Dpg Heroine
! New York.—The heroine of a big
[life rescue in Brooklyn was busy at
tending the latest arrivals in her fam
ily when interviewers called on her.
to get her story of the brave deed.
“Lady,” • a'fox-terrier, had saved nine
lives by ripping the bedclothes from
Samuel Gelbart, her master, as he
.lay asleep. Gelbart, awakening
[drowsily pushed the dog away. She
[persisted, frantically tearing at the
.bed clothes. Gelbart then was
[thoroughly aroused to find that the
[house was full of the fumes of coal
gas. He threw open the .windows,
[called out a doctor, and the lives of
[eight others srexie saved.
for macon area] High Grade Fertilizers
$2,000,000 PROJECT PLANNED TO
DEVELOP ENERGY OF 13,000
HORSEPOWER
STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Hert
, And There From All Sections
j Of The State
Macon.—Engineers will arrive here
within a day or two to lay plans for
the erection of a 13,000-horsepowei
electric plant In middle Georgia and
actual construction will begin within
a month, according to L A. McGraw,
manager of the Macon Railway and
Light company. The cost of the new
auxiliary steam plant will be between
$1,500,000 and $2,000,000. Just where
It will be located b^B not T> een an ‘
nounced, but it Is understood it will
not bo within the limits of the city
of Macon.
[• The steam plants operated at the
present time by the Macon Railway
and Light company have a total of 4,-
000 horsepower. Atlanta’s total plant
output Is only 7,000 horsepower.
The new plant will serve as an
auxiliary plant for the Central Geor
gia Power company’s hydro-electric
plant at Jackson, Ga., where the big
dam across the Ocmulgee river is
located. This plant now serves cur
rent to a number of middle Georgia
cities.
. HEARD BROTHERS.
Manufacturers of High Grade Fertilizers.
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1 Diocese Of Atlanta Lays 1924 Plans
J Atlanta.—A series of conferencee
;to lay plans for a campaign to .raise
{$81,050 in 1924 in the Atlanta diocese
[of the Episcopal church will begin
Boon when Lewis B. Franklin, vice
president and treasurer of the Na
tional Council of the Episcopal church,
•will speak at All Saints’ church. The
(series of conferences which will be
Iheld is for the purpose of raising
!$48,000 to be used in the work of the
[Episcopal church during 1924. The
[sum of $38,050 will be used In work
jin Georgia in 1924. Throughout the
Iworld special workers are engaged
[during the months of November and
•December in stimulating interest ol
[members in the work of the church.
Blazing House Is Girl's Tomb
; Washington.—Miss Fannie C. Tay
lor, 19, was burned to death in the
fire which destroyed the home of
[Tucker Drake at Philomath, in Ogle
thorpe county, 20 miles west of Wash
ington. The fire originated in the
"reiaEr of the Drake home apparently
from a defective stove flue and had
•gained considerable headway when
discovered. Miss Taylor, togethex
with her mother, Mrs. Harbuck, who
-lived in the Drake home, and Mr.
Drake himself, were safely out of the
doomed building, all fleeing scantily
clad when Miss Taylor turned hack
.to recover some prized personal be
longings near her bedroom.
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Eduatlonal Position Not Popular
Savannah.—The office of superin
tendent of education did not appear
alluring enough to create a wild
scramble for the place In Bryan coun
ty, though there were temporary evi
dences of a contest and one man of
fered to take the position without pay
except a dollar a year. The exam
ination for applicants for the position
found only one man, A. S. Bacon, of
Pembroke, In place to stand the >gst.
The state superintendent of education
requested Superintendent Carlton Gib
son of the local • schools to conduct
the 'examination and in his absence
•Mrsi 'Willie Heard, In the office of
Mr. Gibson, conducted the test for the
solitary candidate.
G. M. C. Enrollment Largest Ever
Milledgeville.—With a larger enroll
ment than last year, or any previous
! year, the Georgia Military college here
has launched Into what is generally
considered to be one of the best years
Itlfe Institution has ever experienced.
Dr. E. T. Holmes, formerly president
of Gordon institute, ( at Barnesville, is
the new president of the college and
under his administration much prog
ress is being made. Dormitory facili
ties of the Institution are better this
year than they have ever been, sev
eral thousand dollars having been
[spent during the 1923 summer get-
jtiag both dormitories and recitation
tolls ready for the 1923-24 session, j
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.
“IT’S WHAT’S IN THE SACK ■
THAT COUNTS.”
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If Its Bargains You are looking
for Call at
J. W. BLOODWORTH’S
and find them. We are prepared to fill all orders
for Hay Ties, Syrup Barrels, Crockery and Enamel-
ed Ware, Gun Shells, Stoves ana Ranges.
Our Hardware line is complete and we carry the
largest stock of Groceries in Perry and can there-
fore fill your needs in these lines to your
best advantage.
J. W. BLOODWORTH
“THE FARMERS FRIEND.”
PERRY, - GEORGIA.
HEADQUARTERS
FOR
Stekas 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 ahd 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
al| farm’products.
Perry Warehouse Co<
