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JOHN H« HODGES, Proper, DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE VOL. Lift. $1.50 a Y^su* In Advance — ' PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA. t THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1923. No. 47 I: DEMOCRATS WIN IKLANSMAN COBURN i BIG POWER PUNT enaaaaaosas | 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 Hf 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. MACON, - GEORGIA. g OBMOonoBm»nnapoaBBpnanooaanBmKin«mppoon..anoBanpoBott 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. . ■ : 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.” .w, mm 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<