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OCTOBER 21, 1920
P. ALLEN & CO.
Cherry St., at Broadway.
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In I he Mattel Of—
Your New Fall Clothes
Exquisite Showing Women’s and Misses’
Suits, Coats, Dresses, Furs, Blouses, Underwear,
Millinery and Shoes. At Lowest Possible Prices
Our study of existing low-price levelings and specialization in correct and
becoming fashions, naturally offers those who seek distinction in dress, un¬
usual opportunities to express their fastidious taste at prices so conservative¬
ly marked that you cannot possibly buy the same quality merchandise any¬
where for less.
Nothing sir clearly demonstrates the result of our specialization in correct
apparel as our ability to display in our city the most approved fashions almost
simultaneously with their appearance a style headquarters.
Our New York office is alert and t e moment the models are offered, they
are bought for our organization and are shown by us in Macon at the same time
they are displayed in New York.
Visitors Welcome
We will be honored to have you'call and see us regardless of whether von
are buying or not. When you come to T ie Georgia State Fair—to visit your
v daughter or son in Wesleyan College or Mercer University—to attend the U.
D.C., Convention in October or any of the many Conventions to which Macon
will be the Hostess City—or just come In Macon for any purpose, we offer you
the convenience of our free Parcel Clic k Station. Telephone Service and Rest
Room with all comforts. We are located just one block from the Terminal
Station. We invite you and welcome you. \ •
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If you cannot come to Macon to shop just write to our Mail Order Depart¬
ment and your ordera will have prompt attention.
J. P. Allen & Co
v-VLj. Macon, Ga. t
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FIVE KILLED BY EXPLOSION
One Version Is That Explosives Were
Placed In The Boiler—Another
That Water Was Low
Fayetteville, N. C.—Five men were
killed and one seriously injured when
a boiler in the cotton of the D. Ra
cey Gin company, near Rowland. Rob¬
eson county, exploded recently. The
dead are Robert Bridges, proprietor of
the gin, two other white people and
two Indians. The injured man, a ne¬
gro, suffered a fractured skull. The
cause of the explosion is thought to
be due to water in the boiler becoming
exhausted.
Another version of the cause is that
explosives were placed in the
Work had been done on a pot valve
of the boiler recently, and the man
who did the work had gotten only
1SU yards away from the mill when
the toiler blew up. One side of the
building was torn away by the blast,
aud a mule hitched a good distance
fiom the mill was killed.
Bald Knox, Ark.—Eight farmers ar¬
rested recently on charges of night
riding waived examinations when ar¬
raigned and were bound over to
await action of the White county
grand jury. Their bonds were fixed
at $600 each.
Seven of the eight made confes
sions at the hearing. The eighth,
Walter Bone, denied that he was in
any way implicated.
The men are alleged to have admit¬
ted having written letters to cotton
gin operators and posted placards in
which threats were made to burn the
gins and kill the watchmen unless all
ginning operations were suspended
until cotton reached a price of 40c a
pound. They are said to have declar¬
ed that their plans were local and that
they had no knowledge of a general
plot to destroy gins.
Abilene, Texas.—A committee oi
business men from Anson has placed
in the hands of federal agents letters
said to contain threats of violence
against cotton gins and business
houses, unless dealiiigs in cotton are
discontinued until the price is
higher. The federal agents announce
that they will conduct a thorough in¬
vestigation.
Truman, Ark.—Anonymous warn¬
ings posted on cotton gins here
threaten destruction unless they
cease operations immediately,
far no heed has been paid to the
threats.
Albany, Ala Tbe grand •’ u ^ y wil1
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be organized in Morgan county t
ber 3 to conduct a special investiga
tion into the activities of night riders
in this county, according to announce
inent by the county solicitor.
Memphis.—Hill county, Tennesseee,
ginners have announced a reduction
of 10 cents a hundred pound for gin-
niug cottbn. ginners declare their
action is prompted by the low price ol
the staple. There have been no gin
burnings in this section.
IRISHMEN BATTLE BRITISH
TROOPS WHEN SOLDIERS
ATTEMPT RAID IN DUBLIN
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Tvv0 Persons A nd A Boy Fifteen Years
Old And Another Civilian
Reported Killed
Dublin.—Two persons, a boy IE
years old, and another civilian, were
killed and four others wounded, in
eluding a policeman on duty, when
soldiers with two lorries and an ar¬
mored car attempted to raid a build
] ing containing expected. a tailoring store. Oth¬
er deaths are
An officer and two soldiers in a
turreted armored car visited the Phibs
borough bank to draw their pay re
cently. When the officer was in thf
|, an k j- OUI . meu opened fire on the car
wounding one of the soldiers. The
| other soldier returned the fire of thv
assailant, one of whom, a civilian
was mortally wounded. The othei
members of the attacking party As
caped.
Says. He Was Joking About Jewels
New York. -Harry C. Toback, wiio
was arrested here in connection with
the Caruso gem theft, after he had
been trapped by the police in tht
apartment of the Roijlon sisters, has
been released in $3,500 bail, for a
hearing. Tobaek’s attorney said his
client's alleged statements to tht
Poilion sisters concerning the Caruso
jewels were made as a joke to pave
the way for (he sale of some I'm
coats.
Memphis.—First indication of pos¬
sible “night rider” activity in west
Tennessee was reported in a dispatch
from Somnierville, telling of the de¬
struction by fire of a cotton gin and
eighteen bales of cotton at Warren,
six miles west of Sommerviile.
Sever Killed In Blast In Irish Town
Dublin.—Seven men were killed, five
wounded and two are missing as a re¬
sult of an explosion in a house at
Tintern, Wexford county, according to
an oificial report.
Coal Profiteering Took $350,000,000
New York.—Coal profiteering partic
in by operators and railroads
cost the people of the country at least
$350,000,000 during the last year, Sen
ator at William M. Calder, chairman oi
the United States senate housing com
m ittee, declared here at a luncheon ol
the Arkwright club. Many of the “po
liticai and financial evils” which now
confront the country, he added, are
due u> laxity o« the part of the na
clonal administration,
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THE LEADEft-TftlBUNE, FORT V ALLEY, GEORGIA
Placed Wheat On The Toboggan
Chicago.—A slip of a pen in the
hand of a clerk in the board of trade
here sent wheat prices tumbling, caus
ed the Canadian government to con¬
sider taking over the wheat market
there and caused a proclamation to
he issued by the |Jnited States Wheat
Growers’ association urging suspen¬
sion of all sales of wheat by farmers
intil the price reached $3, it is said.
The clerk, it is said, mistook an or¬
der from Rosenbaum Brothers, to sell
1,000 bushels for 1,000,000 bushels
Coffee Exporters Want High Prices
Washington.—Coffee exporters in
Venezuela are holding back shipments
to this country until prices reeovei
from the present decline, the depart¬
ment of commerce was advised by
consul Dwyre at Maracaibo.
Maj. Gen. Townsend Joins Wrangel
London.—Major General Charles V.
F. Townsend, who commanded Brit
ish forces which surrendered to the
Turks at Kut-el-Amara in 1915, is go
ing to join General Baron Wrangel on
the Crimean front, says the Daily
Sketch.
Great Rebellion Started In Moscow
London.—A great rebellion has
Iirolm* out in Moscow, seat of the So
Viet government, according to a Co
tenhagen dispatch.
General Lewi* And Davis Visit Camp
. Camp Gordon.—Brig. Gen. Edward
M. Lewis, commander of the third di¬
vision, stationed at Camp Pike, Ark.
&nd formerly commander of the fifth
iivision and Camp Gordon, accompa¬
nied by Brig. Gen. Robert C. Davis,
were visitors at Camp Gordon as the
quests of Maj. Gen. John L. Hines.
Brig. Gen. Lewis called on all his old
tormer staff officers.
Macon Joins Crusade Against Speeding
Macon.—In the campaign to pre¬
vent serious accidents here commit¬
tees from the Rotary and Kiwanis
alubs meet with Mayor Glen Toole
uid other city officials. The mem
lers of the committees pledged the
support of every member of the clubs
hey represented to co-operate in the
enforcement of the laws against
speeding.
Snapbeans Profitable For Farmers
Bainbridge.—Between 15,000 and
20,000 hampers of snapbeans, each
tamper weighing twenty-eight pounds
ipfece and netting the farmer $2 per
tamper, is the latest achievement in
liversified farming in Decatur coun
,y. The M. M. Baggs company of
Bainbridge is handling these beans in
arge quantitiese, distributing the
vegetable in the markets of Florida
lad feorgia,
Poor Thing*.
Bert- •. I hear Smith has a large
wardrobe. M
Bertram—“Has he? He has enough
to give every moth in the world indi¬
gestion.”—Cornell Widow.
Light on the Matter.
• « This paper says that the human
body contains sulphur. ft
>• In what amounts? ft
Oh, in varying quantities. ft
“Well that probably accounts for
some girls making better matches
than others. ’ • Boston Transcript.
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Futility.
“Nothing is made in vain,” said
the ready-made philosopher.
“Maybe,” answered Uncle Bill
Bottletop. “But I wouldn’t advise
anybody around here to start a
corkscrew factory." —Washington
Star.
Insufficient Excuse.
Here! What’s coming' off out
there?” yelled Gap Johnson of Rum¬
pus Ridge, Ark., as a wild clamor
arose in the yard.
“fhe baby was playing with W
fishing tackle,” howled young Bear¬
cat, “and he swallered a fishhook.”
“Well, what the Sam Hill is that
for y ut make such a hooraw about
Hain’t you got no more fishhooks?”
Sweet potatoes make a superior
table and cooking sirup, say chemists
of the United States Department of
Agriculture. Thus far no large com¬
mercial use has been made of the
discovery. The department is pre¬
pared to tell how to make sweet-po¬
tato sirup at home and how to use
it in cookery and candy making.
Leave a hollow tree for the rac¬
coon and keep poaching hunters out
of your woods, the United States De¬
partment of Agriculture advises in
a recent circular. The fur crop ought
to yield you a tidy sum every year.
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Curculio caused $2,000,000 dam¬
age to the peach crop of one southern
State In 1920, says the Weekly News
Letter of the U. S. Dept, of Agricul¬
ture. The insect lives in the foliage
several months beyond the fruit sea¬
son, and the United States Depart¬
ment of Agriculture is experimenting
with a new method of fall extermina¬
tion.
Scrap iron wanted
Lubetkin Junk Co.
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jewelry, silverware, cut-glass, watches, etc., they are ready for
your inspection over our counters, quite as soon as they are
released.
This means that you will always find a NEW reason to visit
this store often and regularly. We wish to emphasize that we
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