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[SOUTHERN CONGRESSMAN TO
\ DISCUSS MEANS OF AIDING
THE GROWERS
VINSON DENIES BLOC RUMOR
Determined Effort To Be Made To
Have Tariff On Calcium Arsenate
Removed
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I Washington.—As a step toward or
gaulziug a "cotton bloc" In congress,
six members of the house from Bouth
ern states met recently to discuss
methods of aiding the cotton growers.
Representatives Lowery and Collier,
|Of Mississippi; Black, T. xas; Vinson,
Georgia; Wilson, Louisiana, and
Parks, Arkansas, all Loinocrats, at
tended tho conference.
Agreement was reached that a do
'tcrmined effort should be mado to
have the tariff on calcium arsenate
removed. Such action, it was declar
ed, would lower the price of boll woe
>ll poisoning and enable the farmers
to fight the post more successfully.
Southern members of the house,
have been Invited by those who at
tended the meeting to participate in
a conference soon at wh h plans will
be made for enactment of legislation
beneficial to the cotton grower.
Washington.—Representative Carl
'Vinson, Georgia, recently denied that
tho conference of south rn congress
men was the beginning of a cotton
bloc for operation in the coming con
gress.
"This Is not a farm bloc,” Vinson
langhted when told of the rumor. "It
was only a gathering of six southern
congressmen to discuss my bill pro
viding for the transfer of calcium ar
senate from the dutiable to tho free
■list.”
The Vinson bill will be presented
soon after congress convenes and Is
expected to receive the full support
of southern delegations, Vinson said.
The movement follows the activi
ties of Senator Harris, of Georgia,
who recently callod presidential at
tention to the need for free entry for
calcium arsenate.
COOLIDGE STAND ON WORLD
ISSUES REMAINS MYSTERY
Position Of Harding On International
| Questions J<nown And Successor
is Pledged To Them
Washington.—Ono moro week and
President Coolldge’s firsl message to
congress—the document upon which,
perhaps, ills whole political future de
pends—will bo in the hands of the
printers, ready for delivery.
What he will say aboi l many do
mestic issues is already well known.
What position he will take on inter
national question—the world court,
reparations and an association of na
tions, on all of which the late presi
dent Harding had definite ideas —is
the one outstanding mystery of the
address. Because this issue has been
taken by Senator Hiram Johnson as
a vehicle in which to ride into the
primaries, it is the more important to
President Coolidge. The world court
proposal is bofore the senate, having
been put there by Harding. Coolidge,
already pledged to carry out his pre
decessor's aims, cannot ignore it. In
the absence of any world beyond bis
determination to complete the pro
gram of Warren G. Harding, it is
assumed here that ho will urge senate
sanction of America’s entrance into
the court.
Pact To Hit Snag In The Senate
New York. —An organized move
ment to frustrate ratification of the
Lausanne treaty by tho United States
senate was undertaken b> a group of
influential Americans headed by
James W. Gerard, former ambassa
dor to Germany and now i imlrman of
the American committee for the inde
pendonca of Armenia. A memoran
dum previously signed by 100 states
men, high army officers, financiers,
church officials, editors and foruigu
relief workers was appro •<! for pre
sentation to President Cc ilidge, sec
retary of state, and indi' iduai sena
tors before whom the treaty will
come for ratification at tho forth
coming session of congress.
Ford Will Raoe Without Platform
Detroit,, Mich. —If Henrv Ford Is
permitted to run on aa independent
ticket without subscribing io a plat
form, he will run for the presidency,
Robert R. Pointer, friend of tho auto
mobile manufacturer, said recently.
Pointer is prominent in the movement
to elect Ford Ford, so far, has not
entered objections to his candidacy,
Pointer said. A national convention
of Ford-for-President clubs to nomi
nate Ford for the presidency will he
hold in Dearborn, near here, on De
cember 12.
Noted Chemist Dies At. Knoxville
Knoxville, Tenn.—Dr. Charles E.
Wait, 74, head of tho department of
chemistry, University of Tennessee,
and for years chairman of the faculty
conimitteo on athletics anil president
of the university athletic association
since its organization, died at his
home recently. Dr. Wait's service
with tho university has bc< u cominu-
Ous since the fall of 1888. i rein 1887
to 1888 he wus director of the school
of mines, University of Missouri, from
which institution he had revived the
D. degree. ,1
GRAND OPERA TAli
REMOVED IN SENATE
OTHER IMPORTANT MATTERB UF
BEFORE THE GENERAL
ABSEMBLY
STATE NEWSJF INTEREST
Brief New* Item* Bathered Her,
And There From All Beotlons
Of The Btato
Atlanta. A number of Important
changes in the general tax act ai
passed by the Georgia house of repre
sentatives recently, and referred to
the Bonate finance committee for con
slderatlon by the upper house, were
recommended by the committee in ex
ecutlvo session. Among the Import
ant changes recommended are:
Abolition of the $2,600 tax on grand
opera concerts in the state.
Reduction on the license tax of
laundries approximately 26 per cent.
The fight in the senate committee
to remove the grand opera tax was
led by Senator Phillips, who was sup
ported in addresses by Senators
Moore, Red wine, Duke and King. The
vote In favor of repealing this clause
being 11 to 5. Sentaor Lankford, who
Introduced the resolution placing the
tax on grand opera two years ago, op
posed the amendment by Senator
Phillips.
Discovery of a Joker In the grand
opera tax provision, which under the
house act as passed, provided "that
each grand opera producing company
filling contracts in cities of more than
100,000 population shall pay a tax
of $2,600 for each such concert,” re
sulted In an amendment changing the
word "concert” to "conixact” before
the committee voted to repeal the
clause entirely. Had this provision
passed both houses worded as It pass
ed the hcs*4, grand opera in Atlanta
would have taxed local citizens $2,600
for each concert, or a total of $22,600
for the nine concerts offered here
each year.
The amendment, passed by the
house, providing for a tax of SIOO on
oach $1,000,000 additional capital
stock of corporations In th)e state
above $2,000,000 wag adopted by the
senate committee. No objection to the
amendment was offered. The tax on
corporations with a capital stock of
$2,000,000 ig S6OO.
An amendment relieving motor
buses operating between cities from
local taxation, but Requiring them to
pay state taxes, was adopted by the
committee.
After hearing a protest against the
$26 tax on Pullman cars in the state,'
voiced by Albert Hoiwell, Atlanta law
yer, the committee voted to repeal
this provision. Mr. Howelfl staffed that
under the act as passed tyy thfe house
railroad companies would be compel
led to pay an unjust tax on Pullman
cars making up trails plyit>g ( -between
Georgia points and dues -hi other
states.
Widow And Isoort FtoggpKl By Gang
Marietta.—Charges of flogging a
pretty young Smyrna wjilow and her
escort were embodied ta indictment*
for rioting and for assault and bat
tery returned by the Cobb ooanty
grand Jury against Keller Hasty,
pitcher for the Philadelphia American
league baseball tenfn who l!we here,
his two brothers,, Frank and Arthur
Hasty, Tom Btacfe, employee of the
Atlanta Gas work# who lives In Smyr
na, P. c. Cook, automobile mochanio
who works in Atlanta and lives In
Smyrna, and Job Bramlett who lives
near Smyrna. Four of the Indicted
claimed alibis. Mrs. Bertha Hol
combe, 22, an employee of the Bell
Telephone comjpany at Its Atlanta
headquarters, and R H. Norton, 25,
traveling salesman who resides in At
lanta, brought the charges, alleging
that they had been forcibly seized by
a group of six maskjed men one night
recently while going to the girl’s
home on the Marietta car line, had
been carried in two automobiles’ to a
sequestered spot near Smyrna, and
thou flogged with a leather strap al
most to the point of insensibility.
No Indictments In Grant Killing
Jonesboro. —No indictments were
returned by the Olayton county grand
Jury vyhich conolpded its investiga
tion at tho mysterious killing of W.
F. Grant, night telograph operator for
the Southern railroad at Ellonwood,
who was shot through the heart os
ho sat at his instrument on the night
of September. A no - bill was return
ed by the body in connection with
Oabe Horton, negro, who has been
held by authorities for some time.
Grant was shot late at night, a small
hole through the window of ths sta
tion showing where the bullet enter
ed. Investigators have been working
on the case ever since the killing,
but uo definite clews have been found
to Indicate the Identity of the stayer, j
Fifty Are Indicted In Savannah Quiz
Savannah. lndictments against
about 60 alleged violators of tha liquor
laws were returned here by the fed
eral grand jury. No names were
given out. The cases to be developed
It Is said, are of suoh a nature as to
warrant the prediction that a great
probe is under way into reported
coastwise shipments of liquor in
wholesale lots from Savannah to Now
York and other eastern points, h
is expected that some ringleaders will
he brought to the bar in the Yer; i
near future. _ j
iINSI, , MIUM
A DRINK TAX
:ASE 18 OPPOB£b
Atlai ‘ • Mlo the Georgia hotiM
;of repre:. :i 1 failed to reach l
,\vote in ii, various income lax bill#
: devolii!.:,- a ■ ii l ay to hearing nu
jtnerous <■< dies on the subject, the
,Bonat i•> committee continued
■its work n.si.i itlon of the goft
oral tax a< . making a number of ln>
■portaut cl) in that measure,
"which it will o , nend to the uppef
[body when ■ bill become* before 8
for final pa l
i A manu£a< M..etax of fire oenta
'on candy sola at - retail price of 5C
.cents a pom; 1 ‘ ■ :-■*?; repeal of the
provisions si. -: ’ g Increase in tai
rate? "i '■ remiums and soft
drinky provision taxing
corpora on each 11,000,000
of car Love $2,000,000, and
a nUi . . .nmlttee amend
in' nt. ■ by the senate fi
nanr . . i the final dayӤ
consit' • r L general tax act.
MOTOR O' LECTiON
COST LOW IN GEORGIA
Atlant:, -Dark:: the years 1920, 2L
22 and P > November 1, it cost
tho st ■ c■ 1 rbi Just 3.17 per cent
of its um rhe motor vehicle
tax l’or ■ .‘Don of said tax. This
figure , in a statement giv
en ouof State S. Guyt
McLer whose department
the mo i :le tax Is collected.
Total i the three years
and ten r.ioi ‘ ■ nod are given at
$7,626,101.10. expenditures of
$239,320 20. ii i : minted out that
under the la 16 per cent of the
amount rollec:ed is available for the
expen: es of . ecilon, which, on the
above figures would amount to sl,-
143,828.67. V '. it is stated, the
managem*-: t ■ - partition tlb sav
ing the state •> , 00.47, which is the
difference be-; e .. the actual expendb
tures and the :.mount made available
under the law.
In a ta' the number at
passenger trucks registered
by counties, ’"•liter rows the largest
registr; . ■ present year,
1923 to d.P .3 live been 28,818
passeng* r cuv . "Motored and 4,90$
trucks TV,. ;i r- registration for
passeu is in Union county
with on iy ~.’, • ir Quitman county,
with si- b. : e smallest number of
truck r-’istra ns:
The total o collections tor 1920
was $1,918,612. I which cost to col
lect $57,6:.4, o.' 2.9 per cent In 1921
It' was l i.703 2i, at a cost of $63,-
786, or _ .■ cent, while for 1922
the re 5,830,047.61. at a
cost of r , i 3.5 per cent. For
the firm- n ; of 1923 the re
ceipts SB, with expense
coet $5 . r. 5 per cent. The
per ceu of for the entire
year 1923 arse', be higher,
inasmuch - two months of
office >i be counted.
Co-op 'c- ;,icreases Payment
Atlanta. - < '’ten* of 20 centa per
pdund as an . '.value on cotton has
been author .iz.' for all members of
the Georg: : < ■ .•l owers' Co-opera
tive assockv’i its board of direc
tors, Pres si ,T. E. Conwell an
nounced. A i)" r he directors Is
already in ei:. . all banks In the
state thro i, i ■ i >:. members draw
their drafts > notlfiedAo ac
cept draf: < ■’ 20 cents per
pound • ivered to the
asscciu . notice. Pre
viously on cotton has
been 15 • ' r nd. The new
policy ;• ad members
who Ik: i. : - -.ei , payments of
16 ct.; . ill be mailed
chocks : r the addiUonal
6 cents ; - ’ • ,-n ihis date last
year th i ci: id advanced to
its me <'• cotton delivered at
that Uni h: ' 2,250,000. This
year the i ss advanced ap
proximo'- to its members
ut ID c who desired an
advanc delivery. This
year m; v ->f bales of cot
ton hav '. 1 from members
who did i advance when
they dr" ' cotton.
Plan - Atlanta Buyers
Atlan. . ngs to the Atlanta
buying . itronlzing ped
dlers dr i. and other gar
ments of wc apparel and a re
quest for ' l l oper ilon of citizens
in appreu -ndifv killers whose goods
fail to lil. r. ■ ~ ted Tv ere issued
by C. V K:i -•!, -xecutive secre
tary of the e ! : Retail Merchants’
association. • Ere. . >w until tho close
of the Christm.-. ; days such ped
dlers will bo ekremedy active,” the
secretary stated .: ny times goods
are not as r. and as a con
sequence in- and buyers are
made victim, oi u.iud. We wish to
see that Atlci : protected In
this re , Atlanta Retail
Merchcbi : rt. i ion will take ao
tlve ssi ■ ite vendors of
misrepr . : and merchandise.”
Two Ar VVu _-cl In Kntfs Battls
Gra; - .'hr e rothcrs-ln-law, Bam
'Young, ; rrv 24- : ■ and Tom Small
wood, io lit a ’ tUu with knives re
cently, and as . result Perry Moore
and Sam oung are dangerously
vour.de ’ • ] Smallwood 1b in the
Jones , :iting the out
come of ijurtes. There
werc no s to the fight
*’ who inflicted
: tho. mort L quarrel grew
out of a . haul lumber od
which o,i ni i lon was scoured of.
ooflecting more :m his share. j
STUDY MAN-MADE LIGHTNING
Engineers Confident That Experiments
Going On Will Prove to Be
Successful.
Two-mllllon-volt artificial lightning
Is being created in the research
laboratories of the General Electric
company, Pittsfield, ‘Mass., in order
that buildings and high power electrical
transmission lines may be protected
against the powerful “electrical dyna
mite" that nature discharges during
storms, reports the Kansas City Star.
F. W. Peer, Jr., engineer In charge
of the spectacular experiments now in
progress, explains that In addition to
the trouble that engineers have in
keeping power current from escaping
from the conductors there Is the very
important problem of lightning pro
tection. A few million horsepower are
released in a fraction of a millionth of
a second when lightning crashes. Elec
trical engineers must know how to
prevent this destructive force from
reaching the conductors of power
lines or they must arrange so that It
will discharge harmlessly to the ground
when It does get to the line.
The highest voltage actually used at
the present time for the commercial
transmission of power Is 220,000 volts
on a line In California, but the General
Electric company has an experimental
million-volt line. Mr. Peek declared
that It Is too early to say whether such
high voltages will ever be acquired In
practice.
RETORT WAS RATHER GOOD
Evidently These Were Humorists In
the Missouri Legislature of the
Year 1887.
W. O. L. Jewett of the Shelbina
Democrat tells an Incident In the legis
lature of 1887, In which Mark Twain
figured:
"Henry Newman, representing Ran
dolph county, was the wit of the
house, and was trying to secure the
passage of a bill to amend the stock
law. This, Robert Bodlne, represent
ing Monroe county, was opposing. Mr.
Newman said in his humorous style:
" T was In the gentleman’s county
once. I made a speech at a big picnic
In Florida, and 1 thought I made a
good one. In it I referred to the fact
that we were close to the place where
Mark Twain was bom. After I was
through, one of the gentleman’s con
stitutents, a tall, raw-boned long
haired, unkempt Individual, came up,
and shaking his finger in my face said:
"What liars you politicians are. I have
lived here nigh onto fifty years and
there was nary a man named Twain
about here.” ’ #
"The gentleman from Monroe county
Immediately was on his feet to reply:
" ’Mr. Speaker, I want It distinctly
understood that when the gentleman
from Randolph was In Monroe county
It was before the enactment of any
stock law.’ ’’ —Kansas City Star.
Not Prepared.
The old deacon was the. kindest of
men, deeply religious and always ready
with a good word. One day while he
was driving to town he overtook an
Italian peddler with a large pack on
his back. Stopping his horse, the dea
con suggested tlyit the man ride. The
Italian carefully stored his pack In the
back of the spring wagon and then
climbed to the seat beside the good
deacon.
For some time the two talked pleas
antly. Then there was a rather long
psuse, snd. thinking to improve the
occasion In a religious sense, the dea
con turned and asked, "My friend, are
you prepared to die?”
With a shriek the Italian sprang to
the ground and disappeared 'lnto the
nearby woods. The calls of the deacon
only hastened the fellow’s flight, and
neither the deacon nor any one else
ever saw him again in that neighbor
hood. It seems that the peddler was
not prepared.
Sentiment and Sense.
It was evening by the sea and the
poetess walked with the professor
along the margin of the ocean. “Don’t
you love to see the phosphorescence
on the waves T’ she said. “What can
It be, I wonder? Is It the mermaids
lighting up their lamps, or the glow
from the sea fairies’ ballroom? Or
can It be the reflection of • golden
treasure stored In the vasty caverns
of the deep?”
•I think not, madam,” said the pro
fessor. "It is only quite recently that
the discovery of luminous bacilli has
rendered possible any general explana
tlon of the phenomenon, and even yet
Its wide applicability remains to be
proved. It is, however, generally at
tributed to the decaying organic sub
stances of diseased fish,”- —Boston
Herald.
6he Had it Right.
Two Irishmen had visited St Paul's
cathedral. One was from the country
and had been taken to the famous
building by his friend, who wished
him to be duly Impressed by its gran
deur.
As they came out, the resident of
the city said:
"Well, Mike, and phwat do you
think of it? Isn’t It grand?"
"Pat” said the one from the coun
try, "it bates the dtvtl I”
"That,” said his friend, “was the
intention."
Every Day Is Sabbath Day.
Every day is Sabbath somewhere in
the world. The Greeks observe Mon
day ; the Russians Tuesday; the As
syrians Wednesday; the Egyptinm
Thursday; the Turks Friday; the Jew
Ish people Saturday, and the Ohristlani
Bunday. , V ...
To My Friends:
My new store building is now finished and I have in
stalled a nice line of
Groceries and General
Merchandise.
I have also installed a Filling Station and will nandle the
hest grade of Oil and Gas.
I will pay you the top of the market for
Your Barter,
I will appreciate, very much, a portion of your trade.
Where? Four miles South of Cumming, on the Highway.
WHO?
Glenn Guthrie,
of course
NOTICE.
This is to notify ah parties indebt
ed to Farmers & Merchants Bank,
Cumming, Ga.. to call at once and
make satisfactory settlement, oth
erwise suit Avill he started.
M, W. WEBB.
Liquidating Agent.
Save Money
by trading with me, I carry a
good line of
Saple & Fancy Groceries,
Hardware, Overalls, shoes
Tobacco and Snuff.
Highest prices paid for Barter
I’ll appreciate yotia trade and tieat you right.
H- L- Hurt
We Invite
you to call and see us.
W e carry everything
usually carried in a first
class drug store and sell
cheap.
A full line of school
books on hand.
Cumming Drug Store.