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* Washington on a French tender piled
i with baggage. There were trunks,
Pbags., cases, and even piles of golf
" elubs. A French naval ofMficer, wear
. Ing a gold-hilted sword, was at the
- wheol,
f Waves Hat to Crowd,
" Once on board the George Wash.
;" ngton. the President hurried to the
" year deck, where he removed his hat
- and waved genially at the crowd on
' the dock.
SBoon the liner got under way and
a 8 she passed one of the French ports
& salute of 21 guns thundered out,
There was not a hitch and every.
thing moved with the precision of
clock work.
"~ Bergeant FEugens Merryman, who
WaAs in charge of transportation, was
ane of the happiest men In [rest
" *Not a plece of luggage missing.”
~ be cried, gleefully rubbing his hands
© I satisfaction, as the liner wore to
ward the Atlantic |
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- Wilson’s Frestige |
Greater Than Ever
By ROBERT J. PREW, ‘
Staff Correspondent of the |. N, 8.
. PARIS, Feb. 15 —President Wilson
w for the United States from
s today clothed with aven greate:
@ grestige than when he arrived in Eu
!!:Dv.. This was due solely to his
2 ficent achievement in getting
plan for a league of nations
> the committes stage and be
i the peace conference before time
him to l¢ave for home,
~ The French, who were somewhal
. Mouchy” at times, notably over the
5 ident’'s opposition to International
& , sea and air forces, now acclaim
e work In the league of nations
% mittee as the strongest peace
‘ fi;‘mee the world has ever knowh l
: French are particularly gratified
~ shat the superstate idea has been
~ gverthrown,
: Opposed Superstate |dea.
L As a matter of fact, no great na
. flor. was enthusiastic over the pros- |
- of an International body work
# ke a medieval pope, superior to
2 te.
- either the United States, CGreat
tain nor France was ready to sur
. Pender a particle of state indepeud
“ance or constitutional rights.
.~ Newspaper comment today shows
= experts who Imagined President
. Wilson came to Furope to found a
rn utopia now admit he leaves
Yim a highly practical, simple
- and workable scheme which requlres
%‘m amendment before It goes into
~ #ctual effect,
f: Approved By 14 Nations.
. As it stands, the draft reports the
i pimous judgment of fourteen na-
Stlons: United States, Britlsh Empire,
% ‘tance, Italy, Japan, Belgium, Brazil,
~Ch Cvnchu-.‘wlovnkh.{ Gireece, Fo
“land, Portugal, Roumania and Serbia.
~ In leaving the draft in the hands of
the peace conference yesterday Pres
~ Ment Wilson uttered a frank warning
’; inst any attempt to clothe what is
really a simple covenant with heavy
wrappings and the deepest impres
" slon was left on everyone who list
figd to his eloquent recommendation
- for the acceptance of the draft with
%:vlt;'leaul possible change.
o e reminded the delegates that
y represented 1,200,000,600 peoples
- that it 1s the opinion of these
. peoples that they had to satisfy.
. L Arrangements have been made
o ¥ the subcommittees on respon
" mibility of the war and violations of
- 1 rules of war will meet twice
W’, it Is officially announced,
- Attack on League
- Plans Forming
e %lmmon.c News Service.)
e HINGTON, Feb, 15— The linecs
.of attack and defense of the learue
_of nations constitution, read to the
~ ple session of the peace confer
f pe by President Wilson, were tak
: ] form In the Sanate today.
k-, liminary skirmishing was ex
' pected this afternoon, but the main
“Battle of opinion is not expected be
. the censtitation Araft is acted
pon by the peace conference.
. Benators expect that many amend
. ments to the proposed constitution
" Wil be offered, especlally by the rep
e latives of the smmaller powers,
= < amendments, they bhelleved,
i Id be rejected for the most part,
- and the constitution approved by \he‘
® rence practically as it was re
i .
b Principal Objections. ‘
~ The principal objections in the
" Benate to the covenant as It was |
led are: \
L That it does not make clear
. what agency is to control the naval
and military forces that may be call
m enforee the judgments of
~ 3 That it leaves to the judgment
-of an outside agency how great shall
-be the reduction In the armaments
-of the several members of the league
. Theee will be the two main points
mpon which the attack of opponents
of the League of Nations idea in the
- Benate will center. There are many
objections and at the same
time many of the general ideas ocon
- in the constitution are com-
A ded, even by those most bitterly
-o1 A to any departure from the
. Policy of “no entangling alliances”
tors on both sides were In
e to agree that the League of
All Americans should make the
unit.
SIOOOOO exemption for every
born American—
The fundamental principles of
true Americanism is the ROCK
upon which we build,
MEN'S, LADIES' FURNISH
INGS.
:N'.T‘. COLLARS, per thou
TIES, HOSIERY, UNDER
WEAR, by the case
SHOES, RUBBERS, SLIP.
PERS, a store of itself,
. HMANDKERCHIEFS, COLLAR
PINS, COLLAR AND CUFF
BUTTONS, HAIR NETS, ETC.
NOTIONS to suit your motion.
And all paid
Southern DryGioods&ShocCo.
Ellsworth Pierce, Prop.
¢ ‘. Edgewood Ave. (Only.)
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ____©® ® * A’‘Clean Newspaper for Southern Homes _ ° ©° ° SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1919.
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President Wilson
‘ .
- To Speak on His
Y -
Arrival at Boston |
' (By Internationsl News Sorvioo.)i
ERSEY CITY, N. J, Feb. 15—
J Joseph P. Tumulgy, secre
tary to President Wilson, re
ceived a cablegram today announc
; ing that the Presidert would de
{ liver an address at Boston imme
! diately upeon his arrival in this |
; country. President Wilson will
{ speak in Boston at a meeting ar
} ranged by Maycr Peters.
{ The George Washington, bear
! ing the presidential’ party, will
{ make port at Boston on the return
{to America. The voyage from
! Brest, where the President left
/ Baturday, is expected to take about
! nine days, and the President is ex
f pected to arrive in Boston on Feb
; ruary 24,
G. F. Kelly, of Lawrenceville, repre
sentative of Gwinnett County in the
State Legislature, has announced his In
tention of introducing & measure in the
next session to place charitable insti
tutions under a license wystem, and pro
vide for quarterly Investigations into
their operations.
Under Mr, Kelly's purposed bill, all
institutions supported by charity will
be compelied to register with the Secre
tary of State, who will lssue licenses for
thelr operation and certificates of regis
tration must be in the hands of every
person operating such an institution
Before officials of any such Institution
would be allowed to solicit alms, they
would be compelied to make urnrwr pre
sentations to the Hecreta of Siate,
who wili {ssue a permit for zv- collection
of charitable 30".’:”““!. Sheriffs of
each county would be charged with the
du;‘v of making investigations.
r. Kelly, In Atlanta, Friday, declared
that some measure conlaining the pro
visions he outlined should be offered to
prevent crueity and Irregularities as
discloseq at the Undenominational
Home in Marietia.
That the conditions at the Institution
under probe were not uncovered long
before was due to lack of vigilance in
the application of the Veazy act, which
regulntes all eleemosynary institutions,
sald Mr Kell His presentments 1o the
Legislature, {e sald, will be an amend
ment to that aet.
Nations will be successful only in so
far as it is successfully administered
This idea was expressed by Senator
Hiteheock, chalrman of the foreign
relations committee, and Senator
Lewis, administration whip, both ar- ’
dent supporters of the idea, and by
Senators Borah and Knox, two of its '
opponents,
Senator Hitehcock has prepared nn‘
analysis of the constitution and a de
talled interpretation of its pwviuionh!
for submission to the Benate, He will
not make the statement this after
noon, he sald, unless forced to do so
by oppesition eritecism,
The most :Lequem eriticism, heard
among opponknts of the ldea today,
was that the plan was “unconstitu
tional” Another eritictsm was that
it “throws the Monroe Doctrine on |
the scrapheap.” Neither point will be
greatly stressed, however, when
debate beging.
There were reports today that
ministration leaders in the Senate
were planning the introduction of a
resolution putting the Senate on rec
ord as “approving the President's
course.”
Would Cause L."h Debate.
It is recognized by the Demoerats
that the introduction of such a reso
lution would occasion “prolonged de
bate” from the Republican side of the
chamber, all of which would have to
be answered on behalf of the admin
istration. Thus the Republican end
the forcing of an extra session—
would be achleved without the em
ployment of filibuster tactics.
Tre contention of some administra.-
tion leaders that the league of na
tion® constitution Is not a treaty and,
therafore, does not have to be ratified
by the Senate, found no support
amwong opponents of the league. They
did, however, accept at face value
tae mmmn of Senator Lewis that
the ident will seek ratification of
the constitution of the league before
the fAnal peace treaty is submitted to
the !lo;'utt.
British Pa&grs
) »
Differ on League
(By International News Service.)
. LONDON, Feb, 16.-~liverse opinion
was given on the league of nations
constßution by the press today, but
generally the newspapers were en
thusiastic over it.
The Star declared the league, In
living faet, Is “the Magna Charta of
mankind.”
The Star has been a bitter opponent
of Premier Liloyd George, but in Its
*triking enthusiasm over the league
of nations it gives the Prime Minister
full credit for backing up President
Wilson and converting Premier Clem -
encean of France to the splendid
scheme,
The Globe is only Inkewarm toward
the idea, characterizing as a “grand
delusion”™ the opinion that the league
oun prevent future wars,
Petition to the Secretary of War to Send Soldiers Home
- . ’
With Six Months’ Pay
Sign This Petition, Get Your Friends to Sign It and Forward It to The Atlanta Georgian
To the Honorable Newton D. Baker,
Secretary of War:
The undersigned respectfully urge youn to return to their homes as soon as possible the sol
diers who have accomplished so brilliantly every object America has in the war. : x
We urge, also, that yon obtain the necessary authority to pay these men their military
wages for six months, or for some sufficient period after their discharge from the army until
they can obtain useful and remunerative employment. :
We urge this as an act of simple justice by a great nation 1o its heroes.
(Signed) . :
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} CHATTANNOGA, Feb. 15.~Chat
{tanooga is In a mixed state of mind
:l'fllh)fi Developments following the
| arrest of H. Kelso Halley, one of her
| foremont citizens, I 8 responsible for
| this peculiar situation.
| In & sense it may be said that Chat
tanooga is palned, pleased; chagrined,
‘charm“d In sections of the city—
lrmt to mention H. Kelso Halley him
| self-—there is pain over the fact that
| #3 prominent a member of the club
land wmocial )ife of the ecity should
| have come under the heavy hand of
|the law. In Lhe same section, how
| ever, is profound pleasure in the dis
irnvvry that this same H. Kelso Hai
{ley’'s name may go down in history
{as one of the Inventive geniuses of
the times, |
Chagrined and Charmed. j
In other quarters there is chagrin |
~born of the knowledge gleaned
only this morning that the man who
{has been made the associate of the
elite at soclal and other functions is
lunworthy. In the same breath it
{may be said that the chagrrined also
|um charmed--charmed with the skill
‘of the man who but a day or two
ago was a close and welcomed asso
ciate and who today is credited with
mechanical finesse such as has not
{been known before. |
The mixed feelings of (‘hntuncog:‘
'com of the discovery upon close In- |
vestigation late yesterday afternoon
of one of the most perfect, most effi
clent, most baffling and most pro
ductive illicit whisky distilling planta
yet found in the Southern States
by the revenue officers. The “-ml"
!m located in the basement of one
|of Chattanooga’s most respectable
|downtown apartment houses—the
| property of H. Kelso Hailey, ‘
Pursued ldeals. ‘
In the erection of the Altmore
apartments, which he owned, H. Kelso
Hailey indulged the pursuit of ideals.
Later, taking advantage of the ideals,
he apparently indulged the pursuit of
| the plenty —for, be it known that H.
Kelso had developed an Inordinate
‘dulr« for dollars and hal paved the
way to get them at the rate of lome-l
thing more than $2,000 a day,
‘ Official Investigation of the lower
"rgzi‘opg.ql the Altmore has disclosed
that hidden away in the jabyrinthian
passages belowstairs is a oompleto.l
unique distilling plant, capable of
turning out 100 gallons of ljoy juice
each 24 hours. Cleverness in cover
l ing the tell-tale characteristics of
making moonshine has enabled the|
lnwner of the Altmore to evade cap
ture for something more than a yeat
[ -and to pile up wet wealth mean
while,
[ Distillery ls Unique.
Hidden in secret passages, operated
Ly the waste steam from the heating
plant of the apartments and covered
with electrically operated exhaust
i fans, were found the worm and vats,
In other secret recesses was disclosed
an ‘electrically driven corn grinder
#nd the other appurtenances neces
'sary to the brewing of the mash.
These, too, were carefully, even cun
ringly, designed with a view to turn
ing nris=s into silence and vociferous
odors into the smell of coal smoke.
Hailey had so managed the ventila
tion of his basement distillery as to
exhaust the fumes of the various
operations of whisky making into thei
tall smokestack of the apartment
heating plant and thus, releasing the
fumes high above the city, defy the
most crafty revenuer wh se nose
knows—and follows the trall,
Search’ for Product.
OMcers today are searching be.
neath the floors of the apartment in
the hope that they will be able to un
cover huge tanks of the past product
of the distillery. This because, so far,
it has been impessible to form a con.
nection with Halley's sales me(hodu.{
Halley's arrest is attributed to an
overweening desire for riches. He
had but recently enlarged his plant
and made it possible to turn out 100
gallons of whisky a day, which, at
the customary rate of $5 a quart,
would have meant an income of u.oo»i
a day.
By marringe and because of his
wealth and long residence ‘n the city,
Halley has been regarded as one of
the leaders of social and club life, He
has been prominent for many years
in this connection. 8o far Hailey has
refused to Jdiscuss his arrest or to
have anything to say about the ex
tensive plant found in the Altmore
basement.
Soperton Farmers Stand
Pat on Cotton Price
SOPERTON, PFeb. 15-The farm
ers of this section are holding to their
'mtlon and expect to continue to do so
funtll they get a much better ?rh‘e. The
| farmers of this section have ralsed much
meat, corn and other food products and
‘thoy are hy Po meuns dependent upon
! the cotton,
They are planning to plant more food
lprodueu this year and have their cotton
{as a surplus, and In so doing wait their
‘nwn time to sell their cotton Many
farmers horl have not had their cotton
I‘lnn:g yet, And some ddys the gins are
rushed as In the autumn months,
. BACK HOME |
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' Private Horace H. Derby, ot No. |
17 Broyles street, who has re
| turned after service with the head- |
quarters detachment, 39th Brig-g
¢ ade, Coast Artillery Corps. ;
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§ ——
that letters from many editors unabie
to attend the meeting Indicated their
readiness to abide by any action it
might take. ‘
Want Definite Information. |
“The big advertising agencies want '
definite information, and we must
equip ourse*n to furnish it.” ex
plained Mr. Harber. “They want to
know about the population in our
counties, the type of people, thelr
ability to buy advertised products.
They want statistics of a varied na
ture, There is no way for them to get
this information n>w.
“The advertising agencies and the
Lig foreign advertisers are looking
for good newspapers which will fill
their wants and sell their goods. That
we have not had our share of this
business before now is largely be
calLse we have rot met the agencies
halfway. We have not gone after
their buginess, but have waited for it
to come to us. By working together
we can obtain a much larger share of
the big foreign advertising appropria
tions for all the good papers in Geor
gla”
Many Editors Present.
Many of the most widely known
editors and newspaper owners In
Georgia were at the meeting, The list
incinded Errest Camp, of The Walton
Tribune; Ed A, Caidwell, of The Wal
ton News, both of Monroe; Josephus
Camp, of The Metter Advertiser; J
W. McWhorter, of The Vidalla Ad
vance; Jack Patterson, of Covington;
C. D. Rountree, of The Wrightsville
HaaolightM Ralph Meeks, of Carroll
ton: R. B. Moore, of The Milledgeville
I"'nion Recorder, llsadore Gelders, of
The Fitzgerald Leader-Enterprise;
Jack O, MeCartney, The Rome Trib
une-Herald; Gordon Chapman, the
SBandersvilie Progress; J. W. Mar
cock, of Lawrenceville; Callaway, of
The Eatonton Messenger; David Com
fort, of The Marietta Journal-Cour
ser; O. W, Passevant, of The Newnan
Herald; Hargraves, of The Thomas
vilie Times-|l"nterprice; John Jones,
of The LaGrange Reporter; J. J. Har
vard, of The Hawkinsville Dispatch
and News, and Miss Emily Wood
ward, editor and owner of The Vienna
News, the only woman editor attend
ing the meeting. There were several
visitorg, representing various lines of
businesses connected with the news.
raper business.
Husband Claims Alimony
, .
Paid; Court Investigates
Matt Hyden, an nm(\flu)‘ae of the
Smws-r company, Saturday was before
udge Pendleton in Buperior Court for
the second time on “ t-(mlcmrt charge
growing out of his “alleged fallure to
comply with a previous court order
wdm‘i' alimony to Mrs., Rosa Hyden
yden escaped jall on the first trial
hsr making an immediate payment ow
$35, as commanded by the court. After
hearing the evidence Saturday in the
second trial, Judge Pendleton reserved
his decision until next Saturday, to per
mit an investigation of statementse by
Hyden that he had mailed money or
ders to his wife which, she declared,
she had not received. Hyden now ia
behind In his alimony payment in the
sum of $55, it was stated, Attorney
John H. Fanlel appeared to prosecute
the case for Mrs. Hyden,
. '
Alabama Ships Carload
Of Cattle to Packers
(By International News s.rvico.%
MONTGOMERY, ALA., Feb 15 he
first solid tralnload of llve stoek that
hasg ever loft Alabama was shipped from
Montgomery early Saturday morning
congisting of thirty.four cars destined
‘for packing centers
JRVANNA FIAE
THREATENSGITY
} Sontinued From Page 1
wttves, and several large tramp ships
lying in the various slips. After burn
ing nearly an hour, during which the!
fertilizer section was reduced to,
ashes, spectators believed the situa- |
tio» was under control. '
About this time flames appeared in
the cotton section of the Seaboard‘
wharves and before they could be ex-l
tinguished had gained rapid headway. |
Whether these occurred from sparks
from the fertilizer plant or from the
Ascensun de Larrinaga, a British
tramp steamer which was removed |
from one of the Seaboard slips with |
fire in her after crow’s nest, which
caught from the fertilizer plant, is
uncertain. Some spectators say the
flames leaped the wharf on which are !
located the railroad offices to the
cotion pier, and others say the oottonz
shed was ignited from the burning
crow's negt,
| Spread to Lumber Pier.
After gaining headway on the cot
ton pier, the flames soon spread to
the lumber pier, whereon was savflrall
million of feet of lumber awaiting
ships. From the lumber pier tncy
swept onto the naval stores pier and
reached several thousands of barrels
of rosin and spirits of turpentine,
- On account of the loss of records,
railroad officials were unable to enum
‘erate accurately the losses of trelghq
on the wharves, They say the cotton
‘wharf had about 16,000 bales of cot
ton, both sea island and upland. Cot
\ton losses alone are estimated at be
tween $750,000 and $1,000,000. Na
val stores included nearly 3,000 bar
rels of spirits of turpentine and of
rosin, divided anout evenly. Included
in the freighl loss were about 50,000
bags of sugar, which were consigned
to the French French Government.
Besides these commodities there were
thousands of tons of fertilizer mau-l
Three Ships in Peril. |
Three valuable cargo ships were
imperiled with the flames and had
to be removed, under emergency or
ders, into the stream and floated down
the channel. Two of these were Brit
ish tramp steamers, the Ascensun de
Larrinaga and the Kelvenbrae. The
other was a schooner. |
Early in the conflagration the flames
reached 19,000 tons of high-grade ni
trate of soda, which were stored in
the fertilizer plant where the fire
originated. For a quarter of an hour
the city resounded with the explo
sions of this material. Firemen and
the fireboats quickly abandoned the
fight to seek safety from its erup
tions.
Besides the losses of the fertilizer
plant and the three Seaboard Air Line
piers, a large quantity of railroad
equipment, about 30 freight cars, was
burned.
Every tug owner in the port volun
teered for service in fighting the
flames. Lady stenographers in the
Seaboard offices volunteered to save
the records and furniture of the office
and moved the stuff to safety.
The Seaboard wharves were re
garded among the finest on the South
Atlantie coast and represented an as
set of approximately $5.000,000 to the
' company. They were the chiet
wharves of the entire system, which
‘has valuable water terminals in Nor
folk, Charleston, Brunswick, Jackson
i ville and ’l‘am?a.
" Port Will Lose Shipping. 4
Port and railroad authorities esti
‘mate the terminal fire yesterday after
‘noon will cost Savannah many millions
of dollars’ worth of lhlpplnf, as the
8. A. L. wharves were the argest in
the city. Other terminals already are
‘mled to overflowing with freight con
signed, both domestic and foreign.
Railroad authorities estimate there
are 5,000 carloads of freight in port now
awnflln%dtspoumon
After being removed from the S. A, L.
siip the fire in her crow’s nest, caught
from the fertilizer “plant, fire was dis
covered in cotton in the hold of the
Ascensun de I'Arrinaga, British tramp
steamer., She was berthed in the Cen
tral of Georgia wharves at the time and
on account of the menace to hundreds
of thousands of bales of cotton stored
there was compelled to move to the
A. €. L. piers, where city flnmenflump
ed water into her hold all night, Fifteen
bales of cotton burned and more was
damaged by water. Lloyds' agents are
making a survey today.
\
Cody Exonerated by \
Probe Committee
The report of the flmmutfr‘l probe
eommittee evonerating Fire Chlef W, B.
Cody of the charges preferred against
him by Fred A. Straub, of Engine Com
pany No. 11, and other members of the
department, was received by the board at
a special moetln} Saturday morning. The
report was considered by paragraphs in a
session which lasted for more than two
hours, and next Wednesday sfternoon was
fixed for a public hearing on the charges
against the chief, the chief's charges of
insubordination against certain members
of the department. and the demurrer of
N. R. Daniels, a fireman, asking that the
whole investigntion be discontinued.
The report of the investigating commit.
tee declared the charges against Chief
Cody unfounded, and recommended a
searching investigation by the bhoard to
determine what should be done with the
firemen who preferred the charges. Prob
nhly 150 witnesses will he summoned he.
fore the bhoard, and Carl F. Hutcheson,
attorney for Straunb, has announce:d that
he will eall almest an equa! number of
to sustain his client’s charges Alderman
J. R, Seawright, chairman of the moard of
firemastors, snid that he did not expect
the hearing to consume more than two
days, but that o\'eryhod‘ would be heard
and that If necessary, the hearing would
continue for two weeks or more,
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—A total of
1,174,545 officers and men have been
actually discharged from the army of
the United States, General March,
chief of staff, announced this after
noon in his weekly conference with!
representatives of the press. A ‘
The total number of officers and
men ordered for discharge is 1,501,000,
the general continued, leaving a total
therefore of only 326,455 officers and
men to be discharged under the or
ders for demobilization already is
sued. Of the total number ordered
discharged, 71235 have been officers
and 1,429,765 enlisted men, he contin
ued.
The War Department has commis
sioned 15,419 of the discharged men in
the officers’ reserve corps and has re
ceived applications for commissions
in the regular army from 9,026 of the
demobilized forces, General March
stated.
The future demobilization of the
American army overseas will depend
on the shipping situation, the general
said. The process of demolilization
in the United States is “rapidly reach
ing the point where only the overseas
men remain, he said.
After paving the way for the sale
of 10,000 bales of Georgia cotton to
the new Czecho-Slav republic, and
arousing the National Food Admin
istration to a probe of alleged dis
crimination against Georgia farm
ers by hog buyers, Lem B. Jackson,
director of the State Market Bu
reau, left Washington Friday unight
for Atlanta. He is expected here late
Baturday.
Mr. Jackson arranged for the sale
ot about $1,500,000 worth of Georgia
cotton to the Czecho-Slavs through
Charles Pergler, American commis
sioner to the new republic. He went
tc see Mr. Pergler concerning the
cotton requirements of his country
men and was informed that a pur
chase of 10,000 bales was contem
plated. Pergler agreed to cable to
his country at once for further de
tzils and then to come to Atlanta for
final negotiations.
. Mr. Jackson expects no trouble in
securing the export license and put
ting the deal through. Therefore he
plans to logate the cotton needed as
soon as he gets back to this city
. Another matter to be taken up by
the market director upon his arrival
‘home will be a thorough investiga
‘tion: of the Georgia hog market. He
reported to Chief Snyder.o{ the meat
division of the food administration,
that at an auction sale at Valdosta
| No. 1 hogs brought only 11 1-8 cents
in the face of the Government's sta
bilizing price of 17 1-2 cents. Allow
ing the 2-cent differential which the
trade has established against peanut
teéd hogs in favor of corn fed aogs,
Jackson claims that the prices being
paid in Georgia are too low. He is
rot willing to admit that peanut fed
hcgs should be so penalized, but
waiving that, he still contends that
Georgla farmers are discriminated
lagaiinst by hog buyers. Consumers,
he says, are charged the same price
for pork, whether it be the peanut
or corn variety.
Jackson has been instructed by the
food administration to look into the
matter thoroughly to ascertain wheth
€. the buyers in Georgia are not
taking excess profits, and to report
to Washington. If conditions warrant,
the whole matter may be referred
tc the Federal Trade Commission for
investigation and action.
DEATHS AND FUNERALS,
THOMAS R. MTALONE,
Funeral services of Thomas R. Malone,
station master at the Brookwood Termi
nal, and well-known in railroad circles,
who S\«d Friday at his= residenca, No. 55
Nelson street, were held Saturday at 10
o’clock at the Chureh of the Immaculate
Conception, the Rev. Father Kennedy of
ficiating and interment wns in Oakland,
Barclay & Brandon in charge.
MRS, GRACE WILEY.
Mrs. Grace Wiley, 50, of Neo. 122 East
Fair street, died Friday at a private hos
pital. She I 8 survived by her hushand, C.
W. Wiley. The body was removed to the |
chapel of Barclay & Branden, and sent!
to Harrisonburg, Va., for funeral and in
terment.
MISS EDNA HNUSON,
Funeral services of Miss Edna Huson
will be held Saturday at 3:30 o'clock at
the residence, No. 882 West Peachtree
street, and interment will be in Conyers
Sunday, Blrcl:? & Brandon in charge.
REV. J. 8, LEDBETTER,
Funeral services of the Rev. J. 8 Led
bhetter, presiding elder of the Dalton Dis
trict, who died Thursday at his residence
in LaFayette were held &lurda{( at S:3O
o'clock at the Cartersville ethodist
Church, and interment was in Marietta.
| REV. S. B, LEDBETTER.
- WAYCROSS, Feb. 156.—The Rev. C. M,
Ledbetter, pastor of Trinity Methodist
Church, was ealled to LaFayette Fri
day on account of the death of his
brother, the Rey. 8. B. Ledbetter, pre
‘slding elder in the North Georgia Con
ference.
MRS, ELLA 8. MATTHEWS.
Mrs, Ella 8. Matthews, 52, of Mari
etta, died Saturday mornlng at a local
hospital. She is survived by her hus
band, E. Matthews; fiye dnuihlers. Mrs.
J. B. Keever, of Calhoun; Mrs. 8. W.
Bradford, of Sanford, Fla.; Mrs, F. A,
Sams, of Woolsley; Mrs. B. D, Under
wood, of Charleston, 8. C.,, and Miss
Katherine Matthews, of Cartersville:
two sons, 8. E Matthews, of Carters
ville, and J. B. Matthews, of Marietta;
two brothers, John 8. Bradley, of Col
lege Park, and N. A. Bradley, of Car
tersville; three sisters, Mrs. J. W, Dyer,
of Atlanta; C. H. Clyde, of Uniontown,
Ala, and Miss Mattie Bradley, of Crys
tal River, Fla. The body was removed
to the chaped of Awtry & Lowndes and
will be sent to Cartersville for interment
Sunday.
DOROTHY E, SCRUGGS,
Dorothy B. Beruges, 2, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Willlam L. Beruggs, died Sat.
urday morning at the home as the parents
in the ariarcliffe apartments, Druid
Hills,. In addition to the parents. the
little girl is survived hy her grandparents,
My, and Mre. W. B Seruggs, and Mr,
and Mrs. R. M. Hudson. The funeral ar
rangements will be announced later by
Barclay & Brandon
PAULINE BAILES,
Paultne Elizgaheth Balles, 2, dled Satur
day morning at the residence of her v
'rents, Mr. and Mra. W. H. Balles, No.
261 Bast Fourt Bt. Besides her parents,
she is survived .l:‘v one sister, Nell. The
bod{ wos removed to the chapel of .M.
Pattgreon & Son and will be sent to Nash
villg, Tenn., Baturday thL
- Private Jumes McClellan,
Private James MceClellan dled Tuesday
at Camp Gordon, The body was removed
to the chapel of H. M. Patterson & Son
and will he sent to Marietta !undnr morn«
l‘l:x for interment in the National Ceme
ry.
{ Howard Golden.
Howard Golden, 34, died PFriday at o
local ho-nn-l. He is survived by his
r. and Mrs. Thomas Colden
body ia at the chapel of Awtry &
owndes
-
Six-Months-Pay
Club Is Growing
Throughout State
The “Six Months’ Pay Club” is
growing by leaps and bounds, Near
ly everybody you meet now wears
one of the little service star but
tons The Atlanta Georgian gives
free for the asking.
There have been a number of
(‘?S&l right here at home where sol
diers have come back and been un
able to get their old jobs. In some
instances they felt they deserved
better jobs, but couldn’t wait a day
to find them. Six months’ pay
would avoid such difficulties. And
Georgilans, who appreciate the great
service rendered by the men, are
getting behind the movement al
most unanimously.
The Atlanta Georgian is sending
the buttons all over the State, dis
tributing them through solicitors,
road men, district managers and
other representatives. There is a
supply on hand for Atlantans who
will call. Just ask for Frank Stan
ton.
(By International News Service.) ‘
NEW YORK, Feb. 15—Union
leaders of the building trades today |
proclaimed a general strike lhrough-l
out the country on all contracts with |
the Building Trades Employers’ As
sociation. The action was taken just
after the expiration of the truce be
tween the employers and employees
this afternoon. b
Efforts to settle the controversy |
are being made by Henry J. Sheff
ington, of Boston, and Walter D. Da-'
vidge, of Washington, commisison
ers of conciliation of the United
States Department of Labor.
.~ The supreme council of the 30
‘building trades unions are in confer
ence here this afternoon.
- The controversy between the as
sociation and the employees followed
the strike of carpenters here sev-|
eral weeks ago. They demanded in- |
creased wages. During the middle of
the week the strikers returned to
work at their old wages, expecting, |
‘however, that their demands would |
}be granted today. ;
~ Leaders declared if the demands
were not granted by noon today the
strike would be renewed.
.
Butte Strike
Seems Broken
(By International News Service.)
BUTTE, MONT., Feb. 15.—With a
number of unions refusing further to
strike or to walkout in support of the
'I. W. W., an independent strike, call
,el as a “general” protest to a dollar
a-day eut in wages, the intended tie
up of Butte appears to be a failure
today and the force of the radical
element seems spent.
The workmen's union, cooks and
waitresses and other hotel and res
taurants workers, together with the
Boilermakers’ Union, refuse to act in
support of the striking independents
Although the Engineers’ Union is
and . W. W,
taking a referendum vote today on
the issue, persons close to the union
members believe the vote will be
agdinst supporting the radicals,
There have been no disorders of
consequence in the last two days and
there is no likelihood now, according
to Major General John S. Morrison,
commander of the Western Depart
ment of the army, that martial law
will be necessary. Major General
Morrison is here investigating the
situation. ‘
Street car traffic is stil paralyzed
and mines are still crippled.
.
This Deputy Can Smell
“y e . .
Licker” Still Mile Away
WAYCROSS, Feb, 15. — Lara-ean
“licker” stilils are becoming as preva
lent in some sections of the State as
influenza. But if one getg by with his
lawlessness in Ware County he has to
“get up early in the morning.” It is
said that Dvruly James Cannon ean
sm’o.-ll & barrel of “buck” more than a
mile,
Fletcher Dixon, a negro Hving in the
northern part of the county, is the
latest addition to Sheriff Sweat's house
of detention, having been caught Fri
day by the Sheriff and his de uties,
Mattox and Cannon, it is nllvgm{,’ with
a complete outfit and 70 gallons of the
crude material he was about ready to
lturn into the real stuff.
Fears Cotton Growers (
s
Won't Reduce Acreage
AMERICUS, Feb.| 15.—~1. G, Counecil,
Americus’ largest cotton factor, is an ear
nest advoeate of acreage reduction, hut
has smaill hope this ean be accomplished
through organization of the farmers. Dise
cusing the situation Friday, Mr. Council
sald one man who now has 500 bales of
his 1918 erop unsold, had declared his in
tention to plant “even the fence cormers'
this year.
‘lt costs Southern farmers at least 30
cents a pound losfrodure the cotton they
now own,” sald r. Council, ‘and cotton
would be selling for a great deal more
than it is today If the Government would
get out of the way and let the world
have the Southern staple. The countries
that won out in the great war do not
want other countries to huy our cotton,
for that would mean competition in the
world market, and that is what they are
trying to head off"™
Mr. Council further declared that South.
ern farmers are being pauperized in order
that certain interests may grasp the com
‘mm‘lul supremacy of the world,
.
Michigan Wants Yanks
Withdrawn From Russia
181 International News Service.)
WASHINGTON. Feb, l.';.»—-A"pomlon
‘migned by 105,000 citizens of ichigan
and ealling on Congress to request the
War Department at once to withdraw
Ameriean troops from Russia or rein
force them, has becn presented in the
House h{ the Michigan delegation, act
ing jointly in behalf of the Michigan
citizens.
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Ru’ullluon for Negro.
Governor Dorsey has issued a requisi.
tion on the Governor of Massachusetts
for the return of Herman Butler, a ne-
Ero. who escaped from the Jackson
ounty chllnnnf September 15, 1017,
Butler was convicted of burglary and
sentenced to ten years. He had served
only two years,
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At Keith's Tyrte,
That king of al ventriloguists, Marshall
Montgomery, s headliner on a Nm bill of
Keith vaudeville at the !gfle the first
half of next week. Ford Hanford's I§l9
Song and Dance Revue, A musicnl comedy
offering tln‘t is far from ordinary, tons
the three ows of today, & merry whirl
of melody, girls and fun well worth while,
Kharum, the Persian pianist, s another
excoptional feature on the five act pro
gram,
MAZDA LAMPS
CITY COAL Co.
1
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'
(By International News Service.)
MADR'D, Feb, 156.—A state of slege
was declared at Grenada today, sole
lowing riots in whick three persons
vere killed and twenty injured.
Unequal distribution of food was
said to be the cause,
The custom house was burned by
the rioters.
Berlin Warehouse
. .
Strikers Riot
(By International News Service.)
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 15.—Consider«
able rioting has marked the strike of
the warehouse workers in Berlin, ace
cording to a dispatch from there today,
Forty thousand workers are out,
‘Government Seizes i
Belfast Plants X
~ (By International News Service.)
. BELFAST, IRELAND, Feb. 15.—Gove
ernment troops today took possession
of the gas works and electric power sta
tion. The Mayor has appealed for vole
unteers to carry on the municipal serws
ice.
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U. 8. Sanitary Expert
Transferred to Texas
Lieutenant John W. Hart, who has rep
resented the Government in Atlanta for
the last cighteen months, is te leave
SBaturday night for San Antonio, Texas,
I“’hrl‘b’ he takes up duties of a similar
| nature He is to be succeeded here hy
Lieutenant Charles B. Minor, of Jackson
ville, newly appointed supervisor for the
Fourth District, with Atlanta as his head
quarters.
Licutenant Hart was formerly superine
tendent of the Emergency Hospital in
'Wmflhman and is an expert in sanitary
, work. He declares that sanitary condi
tions in Atlanta have improved greatly
Iw'!h.n the last eight months, especially
with reference to vice. He expresses his
appreciation of the co-operation the Gov
ernment has received from the. police de
partment of Atlanta.
Lieutenant Hart took an active part im
the recent inspection of dance halls here,
and expressed the opinion that dance halls
ghould be continued under police super
vision, for the entertainment of the sol
"hvrs.
.
‘Marines Need Motor
‘ .
Mechanics at Once
There are onenings for a large numbor
of motor mechanics in the United States
Marine. Everybcdy knows what an houor
| it is to wear a marine uniform since the
battie of Chateau Thierry
The local marine reeruiting office has
received notice to get as many motor me
chanies as possible, and as soon as possi.
ble Available men will be sent to the
recruiting depot at Paris Island for train
ing. If oualified, they eventually will be
trangferred to the aviation section.
.
Insurance Has Big
Future, Voshell Says
Expressing the conviction that insurance
now faces one of the greatest oportunities
in its history, Jonathan K. Voshell, presi
dent of the National Association of Life
Underwriters, spoke before the Atlanta In
ysurance Association at the Piedmont Hotel
Baturday
Mr. Voshell is making a tour of the
Southern States, leaving Atlanta Monday
fer Jacksonville Fla.
.
Soldiers Gets Two Years
. .
For Stealing Cigarettes
Private V. F. Ransom, of Camp Jesup,
arrested several months age for the theft
of automobile tires and cigarettes from
an interstate shipment from Ohio to At
lanta, was sentenced Paturday by Judge
W. T. Newman in United States Court to
serve two years in the Federal Prison
at Atianta,
! Ransom pleaded guilty to taking 276
Yautomobile tires and three cases of ciga
‘n»fi-\. He is the first soidier to he sen
tenced on such a charge by the local Fed
eral Court Ransom began his sentence
Saturday
2 7
This C. of C. Wants Cash
.
And Larger Membership
WAYCROSS, Feh. 15.—The Chamber
’hf Commerce campaign for new mem
bers will start Tuesday morning and
'wi?l continue for three days. The work
ers are divided into two groups to be
{be directed by an admiral and a gen
i(-r:fl. Each group is divided into three
working committees and as the selection
of these workers was done carefully,
some exciting and interesting timos are
to be expected, as the competition 1s
already showing *“‘color.”
Three thousand dollars is the mini
mum amount to be asked for, but with
practicelly every' citizen of Waycross
| realizing the necessity for a live organ
ization, it is probable that $5,000 will be
I\‘uhsm'thwi to supplement the $3,000 ap
|prnprlala-41 by the city and county,
P SUUTHERN PHOTY MATERIAL W.s
SEVENTY-TWO NORTH BROAD
NEURALGIA >
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and temples with g /&;\‘
lERS'VAPORUB M)\
NEW PRICES «-30¢, 60c, $1.20
"SYRUP OF FIGS"
CHILD'S LAXATIVE
130 k 2! Tongue, Remave Palenns
From Stomach, Liver and
Bowels,
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only-look for the name California on
the package, then you are sure your
ehild is having the best and most
harmless jaxative or physic for the
little stomach, liver and bowels. Chil.
dren love its delicious frulty taste.
Full directions for ohfl®s Xon on
.‘-:3”?39_1:._“01n it without fear,—