The McDuffie progress. (Thomson, Ga.) 1901-current, May 25, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHOMSON, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1925 NO. 22 VOL. XV’> c° .uilING REVOKED ON DIVIDEND TAX TREASURY DECIDES NOT TO EX EMPT FROM TAXATION COR. PORATION DIVIDENDS Nl REASON GIVEN F9R ACTION Refunding Applied Largely To Corpo rations And Would Have Returned Many Millions Of Dollars ALL SCHOOLS^ RECOGNIZED Ismet Pasha Will Give Foreign Nation! Letters Of Assurance On Subject Washington.—The treasury has re voked its decision of two weeks ago •declaring exempt from income taxa tion corporation dividends distributed out of profits or earnings accrued prior to March 1, 1923. The ruling —officials said—would have resulted in the refunding of many million dol lars in taxes. No reason was given for rescinding the previous action, although at the office of Solicitor Hartson, of the rev enue bureau, it was indicated that some explanation might be made later There were reports that -he original decision amending the revenue regula tions had resulted rrom a. ruling on one particular case and that a re view of that case had convinced reve nue officials that no general applica tion of the determination should have been made. The amended regulation, now revok ed, would have made it possible lor many large corporations to present claims for tax refunds which they have been forced to pay since the income tax law became effective. It would have applied largely to corporations which drew income accrued by their subsidiaries prior to March 1, 1913, and which they, in turn, had distributed to stockholders of the parent corpo ration Fireman Killed; Passengers Hurt Colby, Kans.—James Ruberson, fire man of train number 6, was killed and many passengers slightly injured or shaken up when passenger trains num ber 39, westbound, and number 6, east- bond, on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad, met in a head-on col lision in a fog at Selden, Kansas, near this place. The trains were to pass at Selden, but number 39, due to the heavy fog, ran past the station and crashed into number 6 at the east end of the Selden yards. The wonder is that not more were killed. Film Beauty To Try Matrimony Again Atlantic City, N. .1.—Katherine Mac Donald, famous screen beauty, will take to herself another husband. She Is to become the bride of Charles Schoen Johnson, Philadelphia million aire manuflaeture. The wedding will take place at the home of Johnson’s stepfather. The license has been tak en out. Miss MacDonald’s first hus band was Malcom Strauss, portrait painter, who met her while she was playing in the Winter Garden chorus In New York in 1916. They were later divorced. I Jap Loader Seeks Alliance With Russia Tokio, Japan.—"Forget Bolshepho- bia,” is the advice of Viscount Shim- pel Goto, the "Roosevelt” of Japan, ,who has instituted a campaign to force the government to recognize Commu nist Russia. Goto, in order to arrange a parley between representatives of Russia and Japan, has invited A. A. Joffe, envoy of Russia, to Japan for a) conference. I Habershaw To Ship Apples Soon i Clarkesvilie.—The first shipment ot early apples from Habersham county for eastern markets will probably be ready by June 20, it was announced by ( H. R. Staight, proprietor of Shady View orchard, near Demorest. Foi the last two weeks growers of apples in this section have been busily en gaged In spraying the young fruit in order to protect it from insects. Bandits Threaten To Slay Captives Pekin, China.—Three American offi- jeers, Majors Powell, Allen and Solo mon were taken to a mountain top near the stronghold of the brigands, and an ultimatum sent out that these officers would pay with their lives unless the bandits’ demands were complied with immediately. The other foreigners would also be put to death, stated the ultimatum, unless the troops surround ing the stronghold were removed. iDefiant Answer Sent To Russia 1 Geneva.—The Swiss government re- iply to the Soviet note of protest con cerning the assassination at Lausanne of Vorovsky, Soviet envoy, declares that Switzerland has a better right to ‘demand explanations for the violence suffered by thousands of Swiss in Rus sia under the Soviet regime than to ‘give them regarding the death of one Russian who was an unofficial and un welcome visitor. The reply, d.-afted by 'M. Motta, chief of the polical depart ment. has been approved by the fed- ,eral council. Women in Municipal Council. The municipal council of Amsterdam Includes five women. Lausanne.—The question of tht status of foreign, religious, education al and charitable Institutions in Tur key, which is of special importance to the United States because of the numerous American schools, hospitals and churches on Turkish soil, was definitely settled by the Near Easi conference. The allies agreed to uc- eept separate letters from Ismet Pasha, the Turkish foreign minister, to the heads of the British, French and Ital ian delegations, recognizing such for eign institutions and the special char acter of the foreign schools, lsi et re fused to insert his recognition in the treaty itself, as he deemed such a step incompatible with Turkish national dig nity. Ismet is expected to give Joseph C. Grew. American minister to Switzer land. who represents the United States here, a similar letter of assur ance on this subject when the present informal conversations between the Americans and the Turks are trans formed into official negotiations. Ismet’s letters will recognize the in stitutions founded before October, 1924, and express Turkey’s intention benevolently to examine the status ol Institutions established from the out break of the war to the signing of the treaty here. One hundred and fifty prominent Turkish Moslems, including, probahly former Sultan Mohammed VI, will be come men without a country under a decision of the conference which ac cepted a demand from the new Turk ish government for a protocol author izing the banishment of a number ol political leaders and confiscation oi their property as traitors. A list ol the men to be banished is to be deliv ered to the conference by Ismet Pasha. Allied spokesman declared they agreed to the proposal in order to safeguard the whole project of am nesty for the _ Christians in Asia Minor. The allies as a further concession agreed to liberate ail Turks arrested up to the opening of the conference. FANATIC ATTEMPTS TO WRECK U. S. CONSULATE Second Attempt Made To Destroy Offflclal Offices—Missile Hurled In Embassy Garden Mexico City.—Two bomb explosions on United States government premises in Mexico City have occurred this month, the first at the American em bassy on May 4, and the second in the building housing the American consulate general. The fact of the first explosion did not become known until afier the bombing at the consul ate building. The most recent outrage occurred early in the morning when a bomb was exploded at the side door of (he consulate general, damaging the door and breaking the windows on the lower floor, but causing no casualties The consular offices themselves were not affected, the damage occurring to the furniture and windows of the office in the consulate building occu pied by a Mexican attorney. The first explosion, it was learned occurred at 3 o'clock on the morning of May 4 in the garden of the em bassy building near the terrace, a fragment from the infernal machine clipping a chunk off the embassy building. Returns To Gang After Seven Years Eastman.—At liberty for seven years and 14 days, I. B. Hall has again taken up his. task of serving a life sentence on the Dodge county chain- gang for the murder of Dennis Hall, of Tifton, in 1913. Hall escaped from the chaingang in 1913 while working near Chauncey, Ga anc j j ia ,j not i jeen heard of since until a few days ago when he was recognized and appre hended by the sheriff of Bushnell Fla., where he was making his home and engaged in growing oranges. Glass-Eyed Soldier Deceives Examiners London.—Harold Smith, a boy with a glass eye, deceived the medical’ ex aminers, Joined the army twice, served four years during the war and eventu ally received a pension ‘‘for loss of his eye from a shell explosion.” Ffe has just been fined 5550 for obtaining mon ey under false pretenses from the min istry of pensions. Kansas Girl Aviator Only Licensed Plloi Washington.—Miss Amelia M. Ear- hart, a native of Atchison, Kans., has been granted a license as an airplane pilot by the National Aeronautic Associ ation. Miss Earhart, who resides in Los Angeles, is the only woman licensed by rhe N. A. A. since its organization last October. She is flying her own airplane and has performed all the nec essary tests. She probably has scaled higher than any woman in the world, fox in taking the tests for her certificate her airplane rose to nearly 11,000 feet; she encountered considerable fog. A Warning To Cotton Shippers Boneville. Ga., May 23, 1923. Editor The McDuffie Progress, Thom son, Ga. Dear Sir:—The wholesale theft of cot ton by a firm of cotton factors in Au gusta, the extent of which has not yet been made public, and is certainly with out a parallel in the history of Georgia for its audacity, should prove a warn ing to our farmers to be very careful bow they place their cotton in the hands of cotton factors. When cotton factors, with an utter disregard for the laws of the land and seemingly a contempt for any court of justice, can dispose of cotton without the knowledge and consent of the own er and appropriate the proceeds to their own use, it becomes an assured fact that the farmer who places his cotton in their hands under the present meth od of doing business is absolutely at the mercy of the cotton factor—with no protection whatever. It is therefore in order for our rep resentatives at the next session of the General Assembly to enact remedial legislation that will safeguard the in terest of the farmer, by requiring a bond for every cotton factor doing business within the state of Georgia; and the creation of a hoard of examin ers, making it a feloi>y for any cotton factor to have on hand at any time an amount of cotton in excess of his bond. 1 n f 10 other way can the interest of the farmer be protected against cotton thefts and cotton failures. Yours very truly, J. P. WILSON. Some Tributes To Mrs. Watson Mouse Called Good Luck. In Japan a light-colored mouse la the house Is regarded as a good omen. Following are among the loving tributes to Mrs. Thomas E. Watson which deserve special mention, and are printed at request of relatives of hers in appreciation of same; Telegram from Junior Order; Atlanta, Ga., May 16, 1923. Mr. O. S. Lee, Thomson, Ga. This District Junior U. O. A. M., in session at Riverside, learn with deep est sorrow of the sudden death of Mrs. Thomas E. Watson, widow of our own departed brother, the lute Senator Thomas E. Watson. Be it resolved, that we extend to the bereaved relatives on behalf of the Junior Order, our sincere sympathy and assure them that we share fully in their sense of loss. W. H. VALLEE, Sec. From the Agricultural Department: Atlanta, Ga., May 16, 1923. We, the following employes of the Department of Agriculture, having been a friend of the lute Senator Thomas E. Watson, and holding in the highest esteem and respect his beloved widow, Mrs. Thomas E. Watson, who passed to the great beyond last night, do out of memory and respect for her and her loved ones, give the amount opposite our names to be applied in purchasing a nice floral offering to be sent to Thomson tomorrow morning. The list is signed by 34 names of employes, headed by the signature of Col. j. J. Brown, and the donations were responsible for the beautiful floral offering soconspicious among the bunk of flowers placed on Mrs, Wat son’s grave. Progress Purchases Linotype Machine The McDuffie Progress has purchased a linotype machine for setting type, and in a few weeks hopes to have an outfit second to none among the week ly publications of the state. Other equipment is to be added so that the paper will be able to cope with any business that comes its way. A more detailed announcement of plans will be given as they develop. Mathews Buys Lewis’ Interest Mr. Emmette Mathews has purchas ed the interest of Mr. B. I. Lewis in the Mathews Drug Co., and hereafter will be conducted by Mr. Mathews un der the old firm name. Dance Thursday Night. An enjoyable dance Thursday eve ning at the Wilson Hall assembled members of the dancing contingent of Thomson and a number of the neigh boring towns. Mr. C. C. Fulcher’s or chestra, of Augusta, furnished the um notes: By E. P. DREXEL, County Agent. Of Interest To Peanut Growers. Mr. Frank A Perkins of the Southern Cotton Oil Co., Greensboro, and S. E. DePuis of the Cotton Oil Mill at War- renton, were visitors in Thomson last week calling on the County Agent and business men generally in regard to the purchuse of the peunut crop this fall. These companies are offering a mark et for every pound of peanuts threshed by McDuffie farmers at the market price obtaining at the time of purchase. They also state that the small Spanish peunut is the variety they want, which is the kind planted by nearly all the farmers as most of the seed came from the Greensboro Mill. The Greensboro Mill sold all they were able to buy to confectioners last winter which is the reason for the pre ference for the smull peanut. County Agents Confer Here Wednesday. County Agents of this territory with State Supervisors held an all day con ference in Thomson, meeting at the Courthouse. The purpose of the meet ing was for instruction on planning and carrying into effect a county program of work. The simple personal service style of work long recognized as inadequate to meet the needs of the county will be gradually superseeded by the commod ity project form of work in which all men interested in one crop will be grouped together. Those present were state leader J. G. Oliver; District Agent, T. L. As- bury; County Agents, Bright McCon nell, of Richmond; G. O. Smith, of Lin- coln; J. O. Montague, Wilkes; L. E. Swain, Baldwin; E. B. Gresham, Burke; and E. P. Drexel, McDuffie. Dr. Trumbo Vaccinates McDuffie Hogs. Dr. Hariy Trumbo, a State Veteri narian, was here Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of last week vaccinating hogs against cholera. Those having hogs immuned are J. O. May, M. L. Mathews, J. Q. West, J. T. West, P. Geer, C. P. Watson and W. S. Shields. Over 126 head were treated during his stay which makes the total immun ized since the epidemic begun go well over 1100 head. Dr. Trumbo will he back again in June and farmers desiring hogs treated are urged to list their names with the County Agent. A Georgia Cow. Dame of the Dairy, a Guernsey cow owned by Fern Crest Farm, Sanders- ville, Ga., produced 1516.9 pounds of milk and 70.91 pounds butterfat on official test during March. At the prevailing rate for butterfat during March this cow would have paid her owner over $35.00 for sour cream and yet there are people who had rath er own scrubs than purebreds. Fight The Boll Weevils. Early weevils rarely live over three weeks and if carefully done entire fields can be freed of this pest until they be gin to fly in August. To do this, poison with calcium arse nate in the bud just before squares are large enough to be punctured and pick all punctured squares from the ground and stalks for the first four or five weeks after squares form. Another method is to handpick all weevils from the bud and pick all punc tured squares every few days for same length of time as for poisoning. The poison method is quickest and most effective especially the dry pow dered form of calcium arsenate. Syrup mixtures containing calcium arsenate are effective when cotton is small, but except when dew is not forming will be no more effective than dry arsenate. Farm News. Mr. Tom Adams in Wrightsboro com munity has bought a cream separator and will begin shipping cream. Mr. Adams recommends dairy fanning to all farmers in that part of McDuffie as a good sideline on cotton. Messrs. G. R. McDonald and W. S. Shields report receipts of about $200.00 from a joint flock of poultry since Jan uary 1st. Nothing succeeds like success. Nns'i Rppse and Tom Adams report Boil- vv ee«fiia out ui lUeL’ communities, us early as last week. Weather Dope For June Our own weather prophet, Mr. H. P. Schneider, has doped out the weather for next month day by day, as will be seen from the chart below. He bases his calculations on the stars. Being an enthusiastic student of astronomy, Mr. Schneider can foresee weather con ditions in the position of the stars, and as to the accuiucy of his predictions, the reader can verify same by keeping tab on him in June. For the month of May, Mr. Schneider predicted a wet month, or rather, more rainy days than dry ones, which proved to be true. Following^ is the way he has it doped out for June: 1st, rain. 2nd, rain. 3rd, hot. 4th, rain. 5th, rain. 6th, storm, high wind. 7th, rain. 8th, rain. 9th, rain. 10th, very hot. 11th, very hot. 12th, very hot. 13th, rain and stormy. 14th, rain and thunder. 15th, heavy rain. 16th, rain. 17th, very hot. 18th, very hot. 19th, 20th, 21st, cool. 22nd, cloudy. 23rd, 24th, 25th, local rain in Georgia. 26th, rain. 27th, local rain. 28th, 29th, cloudy. 30th, local showers in Georgia. Kiwanis Club’s Unique Stunt Atlanta, Ga.—The Washington|(Ga.) Kiwanis club has telegraphed its tender of a bale of Wilkes county cotton to the program committee of the Mystic Shrine convention to be held in the national capital early in June, to be transported by airplane from the Geor gia city to the national capital, inspect ed by President Harding, carried thence to a Massachusetts cotton mill, manu factured into Masonic aprons and car ried back to the national capital to be distributed among the Shrinera attend ing the convention. Detail of the “stunt” have not been worked out, hut from well informed and confidential sources the following is planned: An army or navy aviator will start from some point in Georgia with a bale of cotton in his plane. On arrival at Shrine headquarters in the national capital the bale will be inspected by President Harding It will then be re loaded and curried to some New Eng land cotton mill, probably at Lawrence, Mass. Here it will be converted into Masonic aprons and the aprons will be loaded back into the plane and the avi ator will start at once back to the national capital. On his second arrival at the national capital he will distribute the aprons among the Masons attending the Shrine convention. The aviator selected for the Shrine week celebration will en deavor to make a record trip through tl»e air, and it is hoped that the Geor gia bale of cotton may be carried from Georgia, inspected by the President and returned to the capital in the form of manufactured aprons all in one day. Wilkes county, which will furnish the bale of cotton, has attracted nation al attention recently by its extensive campaign to bring new settlers to Georgia. Options on many thousand acres of land have been placed in the hands of the Rogers Realty and£ Trust Company of Atlanta which has inaugu rated a farm development program for Georgia based upon the idealjemployed by the late James I. Hill, great wes tern railway magnate, whose develop ment of his empire of the central west has been recorded as one of the most biilliant pages injthe industrial history of the new world. Attend Exercises. A party of gentlemen attending the commencement exercisea at Granite Hill Tuesday consisted of Mr. H. C. Hammond, of Augusta; Mr. W. C. Clary, of Harlem, and Col. J. T* Vv'est, who are all trustees of the Tenth Dit- trict Agricultural School. They were driven from Thomson in Col. West’s car, accompanied by Mr. Neai McCord. Senator George was one of the promi nent speakers at the exercises. A bar becue dinner was served. Country of Much Rain. In Para. Brazil, the rainy season ex tends over eight months of the year. STANLEY BALDWIN IS NEW PREMIER COMMANDING PLACE IN BRITI8H POLITICS REPORTED IN SELECTION PREMIER IS LABOR’S. CHOICE Leaders Of Conservative Party Reached Decision That Premier Must Be A Commoner London.—The rise of the laboi party in English politics, says a cor respondent, is reflected in King George’s selection of Stanley Baldwin as prime minister to succeed Bonai Law, resigned. Premier Baldwin’s principle oppo- nenet for the highest office under the crown was Lord Curzon, who, sitting in the house of lords, could not make the same direct appeal to labor that might be made by a member of the house of commons. Lengthy discus sions among the leaders of the con servative party resulted In the deci sion that the prime minister must be a commoner, for with a peer as pre mier the labor party would be denied an opportunity for advancing criti cism directly to the head of the gov ernment. It is believed that King George’s decision to make Baldwin premier was based partly upon knowledge that the labor party preferred Baldwin to Lord Curzon. Labor’s boast of ‘‘a laboi cabinet within five years” has caused anxiety in high political circles and It was considered that any step that might tend to suppress the party’s voice would have disastrous effects. The voice had already been heard, for when Lord Curzon was discussed as a possible premier, a spokesman of the Labor party had declared: "The entire Labor party would re sent the appointment ot a premier from the house of lords, an institution which is alien to democratic aspira tions. If a peer should be appointed, members of the Labor party would use every political device to precipitate the dissolution of parliament, necessitating a general election." Events In the ministerial crisis mov ed rapidly. After the king arrived at Buckingham palace from Aldershot, his majesty was closeted with Lord Stam- fordham, who, for the past two days, has been busy sounding out Conserva tive opinion. Stamfordham told the king that Con servatives had agreed on Baldwin, whereupon the latter was summoned to the palace and offered the premier ship, which he accepted. Silence On Negotiations Delays Cabinet Washington.—The Washington gov ernment had been without advices from Minister Schurman in Pekin for more than twenty-four hours at last accounts, when the cabinet met to devote the entire session to consider ation of the plight of the foreigners, including American citizens, held as hostages by Chinese bandits. In the absence of information as to what course the Pekin diplomatic corps had determined upon with relation to un dertaking direct negotiations with the bandits for release of the prisoners, the cabinet approved the action ot Secretary Hughes in awaiting recom mendations from Minister Schurman to guide the course of the Washington government. Many Chinese Perish In Conflagration Calexico, Calif.—Between forty and fifty Chinese were believed to have been burned to death in a fire which caused damage estimated at a mitlllon- and a half dollars in Mexicali, Lower California, just across the international border from Calexico, according to a statement by A. B. Hardwick, chief of police of Calexico. Hardwick said fourteen bodies had been recovered and that the fire was still raging, despite the combined efforts of th9 tire departments of Calexico and El Gen- tro and Mexicali. Federal Reserve Rates Are Maintained Washington. — Federal rediscount rates will be maintained at their uni form level of 4 1-2 per cent for the present because of satisfactory busi ness conditions throughout the countiy, it is announced. The board’s advisory council recently held a meeting anent this matter. Friedlander Tax Case Not Reviewed Washington.—The constitutionality of the property laws of Georgia, as in terpreted by the city of Moultrie, will not be reviewed by the Supreme court in a case brought by Friendlander Brothers. The law was attacked on the ground that the property tax Im posed by Moultrie was excessive, and amounted to confiscation, and that the property owners were given no oppor tunity to challenge the assessment be fore it was made final. The case has ! been a most interesting one and baa attracted much attention. A little 26c ad. In the “Wont** column will sell that article you want to get out of your way.

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The McDuffie progress. (Thomson, Ga.) 1901-current, May 25, 1923, Image 1