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PEKRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1923-
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; No. 5
IS NOW IN SIGHT
SOLONS AT CAPITOL BELI^VB
; AGnEEMENT IS NEAR ON"
VITAL POINTS
STATE NEWS 0F INTEREST
.Brief News Items Gathered Here
And There From All Sections
; Of The State
■| Atlanta.—With tho general tax aot
Scheduled for passage in the senate,
and with a vote on the various in
come tax measures planned in the
house soon, members of the. general
Assembly of Georgia returned to their
homos for the week-end recess feeling
that the beginning of the end of the
extraordinary session was at last in
pight. i
i The house, of course, has already
passed the general tax act. However,
{with several amendments placed upon
St by the senate finance committee, it
is not expected that it will pass the
[senate in exactly the same tform as
received* The probable result is that
(it will finally be enacted into law
after passing through the hands of a
{conference committee for , adjust
ments.
i The parliamentary situation' on the
tax reform measures! most ot which
propose an income tax as a basic
source of state revenue, is at this <
point the most Interesting feature of
house deliberations. For three days
{Speeches have been dllvered on the
(general subject of tax reform.^ TeCh-
jnically, the house is debating the
[Lankford Income tax measure, al
lready passed by the senate, but -so
{many amendments have beenj. propos
ed, as well as a number of', substi
tutes for the entire measure, that the
[debate has broadened to cover the
entire scope of taxation reform.
SOUTH IS RICHER
ADVANCE OF COTTOM
PLAN ANTI-BOOZE
PACT WITH CANADA 1
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NO DECLINE IN PRICE OF COT
TON, SAY BEST POSTED
BANKERS
COTTON FUTURE VERY BRIGHT
Railroads, Bankers, Business Men and
Farmer To Benefit By High-
Priced Staple
{$16,000 Voted, For Education Work
anta.—The first debate 1 of the
[current session of the North Georgia
•conference arose when the report of
[the ' conference budget commission
Was recently under consideration. The
point provoking debate- wapKhe rec
ommendation of the commission that
the appropriation for education should
be," $15,000, which is a reduction from
the amount appropriated last year.
Members of the board of education
'pretested against the cut in the ap
propriation and contended that simi
lar cuts should be made In the- ap
propriation for conference mission
aries. Rev. J. E. Ellis, Revr L. M.
TWiggs and Dr. Elam F. Dempsey
urged that the same amount be given
as*that of last year, while : ltev. G.
M. ; Bakes, Dr. J. W. Quilllan and Dr.
J. 'H. Eakes thought the budget rec
ommendation should stand. The final
decision was' to adopt the commis
sion’s recommendation for an appro
priation of $15,000. V.*f<r '
Methodist Minister Claimed By Death
iff Atlanta.—The members of . the
orth Georgia Methodist conference
were saddened recently on learning
Vof the sudden death in Cartersville
•«t .Rev. Joseph M. Fowler, which oc*
Urred in that city recently. The
conference of a year ago assigned Mr.
Fowler the pastoral charge of the
Stilesboro circuit, in the Dalton dis
trict. Early in the year his health
gave way, and he was compelled to
give up the charge. His hopes to re
gain his health and be able to again
take up the work of the miriisttfy were
not. realized, and he was referred to
the committee on conference relations
for superannuation.
New York.—December cotton has
crossed 86 cents a pound, establishing
a new high record for the year, des
pite the continued sensational gains
in price since the upward movement
began August 1, when cotton was Bell
ing at 21 cents a pound, says a cor
respondent.
Wall street bankers are predicting
that there is a long period of prosper
ity ahead of the South, with cotton,
being planted next year in every foot
of available Bpace, including the back
yards. One banker said, with a smile,
that he could see the cities of the
South with their rapidly • increasing
wealth dotted with cotton - growing
roof gardens.
Speaking seriously, this banket
pointed out that with December al
most here and options for that month
now crossing the 36-cent mark, a price
of 29 cents a pound was already being
established for October of next year.
This proves conclusively that the
best - posted people in cotton expect
the price to remain at a comparatively
high level, or, until the South, with
the help of the government, the bank-
e«a and every one else interested, gets
the best of the boll weevil pest, which
is responsible for the short cotton
crops of recent years and consequent
ly the world-wide cotton shortage.
That cotton will continue to sell
at a high price as far ahead as
can now be seen is the belief of the
best-posted bankers here, who have
spent time and money to get at the
real facts In the cotton situation. That
this view is also held In the cotton
manufacturing centers abroad Is plain
from the advice just given by the Brit
ish premier, Stanley Baldwin, to tho
Manchester cotton mill owners to
start planting cotton in Egypt, South
Africa and India to gain independ
ence from the American market, which
would soon be consuming for its own
use all of the American totton raised.
Wall streets expects the next gov
ernment cotton crop estimate, which
will be issued on December 12, to
show only between 10,000,000 and 9,-
500,000 bales of this year’s crop, 6,-
000,000 bales already have been mar-
bated. If the crop Is 10,000,060 bales
and the 36-cent price level is main
tained the direct difference between
this price- and 21 cents will mean to
the South an additional $60,000,000.
However, indirectly, 36 - cent cotton
will mean a great deal more to the
Southern railroads, and bankers, and
business men, and farmers, through
general increased buying power.
WILL MAKE PROPOSAL TO GRANT
SEIZING OF RUM VESSELS IN
THE GREAT LAKES
IS. TO MAKE PROPOSITIONS
Also Proposition For Treaty Arrange
ment For Extradition Of Violators
Of Tho Liquor Laws
Washington.—The United States
'government will propose pt tho Amer
ican Canadian conference on liquor
smuggling opening soon at Ottawa
that clearance of ships destined for
United States ports with liquor
cargoes, bo prohibited by Canada;
that search and seizure on tho Great
Lakes bo authorized and that a treaty
arrangement be made for extradition
of persons accused of violating the
.liquor laws.
Other pointB on the tentative list
of American proposals are:
Procedure for furnishing informa
tion concerning clearance of ships
with cargoes of liquor.
Proposed refusal of clearance to
ships under 250 tons with liquor car
goes, regardless of their professed
destination.
Obligation of vessels to proceed to
points for which they clear.
Treaty arrangements providing for
the handling of prisoners accused of
violating liquor lawB.
A treaty arrangement authorizing
JCa««fVr.a authorities to transfer liquor
across Alaska to the Klondike region.
Measures to stop smuggling by land,
to '-.elude the reporting by Canadian
officials to United States officials of
all shipments by automobiles or by
airplanes. ,
Ottawa.—The list ' of proposals
which American delegates purpose to
introduce at the international confer
ence on rum smuggling here tar ex*,
ceed the scope of a purely adminis
trative conference and would involve
changes in legislation, which could be
carried into effect only by acts of par
liament
This was the opinion expressed in
official circles after a close scrutiny
of dispatches from Washington indi
cating that subjects which would be
brought up by Americans included
search and seizure of vessels engaged
In smuggling on the Great Lakes, pro
hibition of the clearing of liquor car
goes for United States ports and ex
tradition of bootleggers.
The view taken here was that the
proposals introduced a new element
and further complicated a situation
already complex. It was pointed out
that Canadian liquor laws were pro
vincial in scope; that the dominion
parliament thus far only had passed
ancillary legislation and that any pro
posal involving a general prohibition
law for the dominion would meet vig
orous opposition.
. , Safe Is Blown By Yeggs
Atlanta.—Expert cracksmen, adept
■in the use of nitroglycerin, blew the
safe^in the office of the Gulf Refining
at 616 WhitehaK street and
ped with the receipts of the day’s
$224. This was the second safe
fiery that has occurred at this sta-
l since filling station robberies be-
ie a city-wide menace some
iths ago. This safe cracking, with
other robberies, One a $1*56,0 gem
obbery, furnished the policed with
&inple work for the week-end and
started five pairs of special plain
clothes men on the trails of the rob-
ers. ... - ~ '•••
Prsmier 1 Asked To Form Cabinet
Berlin.—Adam Stegerwald, ex-pre
mier of Prussia and a prominent fig
ure in the tight wing of the centrist
party, has been invited to form a new
cabinet, following the failure of Hein
rich Albert. It is notable that the
centrists agreed to partticipapte in a
bourgeois regime on a platform which
calls for support of the Weimar con
stitution and fulfillment .of the treaty
of Versailles, in contract to recent
declarations urging repudiation of the
treaty. Stegerwald has a brilliant
parliamentary, record and is consider
ed an able statesman and economist.
A Study In Colors Features Trial
, Hammpndton, N. J.—From the way
Monroe Bennett drove- his auto, a
policeman thought he must be a green
driver. But in court he tpld Justice
of the Peace Burdick he wasn’t green,
but blue, therefore, did a little drink
ing. “And I suppose you've got a
dark-brown taste now,” ‘said the court,
“one hundred days for. you in the lit
tle red cooler.’’
Probe Of Anti-Saloon League Is Plan
"Washington.—Investigation of the
activities of the Anti-Saloon league
by a special house committee will be
sought by Representative Tinkbam,
Republican, Massachusetts, who an
nounced he had drafted a resolution
calling for ah inquiry. Mr. Tinkbam
charges in his resolution that the
league has “openly and flagrantly”
violated the federal campaign contri
butions law and the corrupt practices
laws of various states; has attempt
ed! to influence federal judicial ap
pointments; has denounced judicial
officers and decisions; has attempted
to influence the president in his ap
pointments of heads of departments,
and “actually exercised its insidious
^influence successfully upon a bureau
of an executive department’’ to an ex
tent that even appointments of per
sons in the service of the bureau are
made “with the sanction and ap
proval” of the Anti-Saloon league.
High Grade Fertilizers *
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.”
HEARD BROTHERS. I
Manufacturers of High Grade Fertilizers. |
MACON, - GEORGIA. *
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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 Xine6 to your
best advantage.
J. W. BLOODWORTH
"THE FARMERS FRIEND.”
PERRY, - GEORGIA.
Two Earth Tremors Felt in Memphis
Memphis, Tenn. — Two distinct
earth tremors were felt.here recently.
The tremors lasted only, a few sec
onds and no ..damage wasitreported.
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Hitchcock Leads Johnson’s Drive
Chicago.—Senator Hiram Johnson,
only announced candidate for the Re
publican nomination, for president,
announced here that Frank Harris
Hitchcock, postmaster-general ip
President Taft’s cabinet and a Repub
lican leader for years, has been ap
pointed general manager of his cam-]
paign. - • - 1
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Staple and Fancy Grocries.
Prompt Service. Phone 12.
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PERRY, GA.
Mr. Peach Grower
You can get anything in fochard Supplies right
at home now. We have i^hy Material of every
kind, Hardie Spray Machines and parts, Spray Ma
terial needed now, Lime Sulphur Solution, Soluble
Sulphur Compound and Gil Emulsion.
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