The McDuffie progress. (Thomson, Ga.) 1901-current, June 01, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextCOiTOMSTANDARDS ACT IS APPROVED EXPORTERS REACH AGREEMENT WITH THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE BECOMES EFFECTIVE AUG. 1 Secretary Agreed To Practice Of Tran sition For A Period To Facilitate Compliance With Law STUDYING DRYSHIP RULING Officials Say There Is No Intention To Rush Decision Concerning U. S. Dry Policy Washington.—Agreement was reach ed recently between a group o£ lead ing cotton exporters and the secre tary of agriculture on an arrangement for conducting the cotton export trade under the new cotton standards act which becomes effective August 1, requiring use of the official cotton standards of the United States in all transactions based on standards in interstate and foreign and commerce. The exporters, representing the larg er cotton exchanges of the country, unanimously approved the desirabil ity of world-wide agreement upon uni form cotton Standards and endorsed the present official standards satis factory to the American cotton trade. The cotton exporters had left some uneasiness over the requirement oi the new act and Secretary Wallace Invited them to Washington. Because a large part of the American export business has been based on Liver pool and other foreign standards of classification, somewhat different in meaning and terminology from the official cotton standards of the United States, many foreign buyers are not thoroughly familiar with the Ameri can standards, and it was pointed out by the American exporters that these buyers must be informed as to tbeir meaning and application. Secretary Wallace agreed to the practice for a reasonable period of transition, not beyond the coining crop year, in order to facilitate compliance with" the new law, assuming that the Liverpool and other foreign associa tions would promptly agree upon uni versal standards. A group of cdtton men from Liver pool and Manchester are expected here within a week to present their views of the new law, having request ed a hearing by cable. It is expected that soon after English representa tives have been heard regulations for enforcement of the new law will he approved by Secretary Wallace. Among exchanges represented at the recent conference were those at Memphis, Houston, New York, At lanta, New Orleans, Savannah, and Dallas. Washington.—Efforts wil be inaug urated soon by treasury officials to rec oncile the proposed prohibition regu lations with the position taken by the five foreign powers which have ex pressed their views to the state de partment in connection with the re cent supreme court decision barring liquor from American territorial wa ters. Every evidence was given of a de sire on the part of this government to temper the rigidity of the dry law’s new construction in the interest of the comity of nations and that there may be no unwarranted interfere ence with international intercourse. Treasury spokesmen declared they were willing to construe the court de cision as liberally as may be legally and safely done in meeting the stand of England, Spain, Italy, France and the Netherlands. It was stated clearly that there Is no intention to rush a decision through concerning this government’s policy. There wil be informal discussions be tween officials of the state and treas ury departments and the diplomatic representatives here of the powers which have taken exception to the court’s decision in so far as it applies to foreign ships. These conversations may lead to some sort of an interna tional understanding resulting from the weight of international law on the points at issue. The new regulations are to become operative June 10, but slight hope is entertained that a definite and per manent policy may be worked out by that date. ^hTe use of the medicinal liquor exemption as a means of meet ing foreign laws requiring ships of their nationals to carry liquor for rations, is still being discussed among officials. None of them, however, will admit that a definite decision has been reached to employ them. President Harding has been made thoroughly acquainted with the situation, but no formal expression has yet come from the white house. BILLION OFFERED. FARM NOTES; FOR 0. S. SHIPPING By E. P. DREXEL, County Agent. FINANCIAL GROUP OFFERS TO BUY NATIONS MER CHANT FLEET FINANCIERS AREOFHIGH RANK Envoys Of Bidders Offer To Post Mil lion Dollar Guarantee—Twenty Bids Received Two Die When Train Strikes Auto Reidsville, N. C.—James Pillow, aged 14 years, and his sister, Birdie Pillow, of this section, were killed; John Pillow, tiie father, so critically Injured that he may die, and his falh- er, I. C. Pillow, probably fatally in jured, while Mrs. Thomas Mitchell, aged 23, was seriously hurt when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by Southern railway pas senger train No. 35 just outside of Reidsville. Ninety Billions In Marks Are Seized Essen, Germany.—The French au thorities have seized ninety billion marks from the Reichshank here. They took this action because they needed money to pay certain bills, and the Ger mans refused to furnish it, declaring I there was not. so much money on hand. | Farmer Member Opposes Combine DesMoine, Iowa.—E. H. Cunningham, ; appointed as tho “dirt farmer” of the ' federal reserve board, is opposed to a I farmer-labor combine in politics, ho | said, at. a luncheon in his honor, be fore leaving l'or Washington. Although he will represent farmer groups on the reserve board, he said he would seek no more advantage for agricultu ral interests than they deserve. Chinese Band Hurls Eighty To Death Shanghai.—Shortage of food in the bandit stronghold at Paotzuku before the kidnaping of a number of foreign ers from the Shanghai-Pekin express, May 6, caused the brigands to throw 80 Chinese prisoners to death from one of the mountain cliffs, according to information received from Father William Lenfers, German priest who has made several trips to the outlaw headquarters. Make Extensive Survey By Seaplanes Washington.—An extensive survey of Alaskan territory from the air, witli a view to ascertaining data on airports, air hsse« and general coast line in formation of value to aviation projects, will be made this summer by two Navy DT seaplanes which will be attached to the commission headed by Rear Ad miral Chase U. S. N. The planes will leave San Diego on May 25th, and will base on the U. S. S. Cuyama dur ing their operations in Alaskan waters. It is expected that information of value to conservation and development proj ects will be obtained in this manner from the air interritory and over ter rain that is otherwise almost inacces sible. Clara Phillips Back In United States New Orleans.—Hurtled from dreams of wealth and power in a Honduran palace to the immediate prospect of a dismal cell in the San Quentin pen itentiary, beautiful Clara Phillips, the amazing former chorus girl convicted of the brutal “hammer murder’’ of Mrs. Alberta Meadows in Los Angeles, has been brought back to the United States. Shipping Board Favors Big Offer Washington.—The shipping hoard will investigate thoroughly the offer of more than $1,000,000 received re cently for the entire government mer chant fleet, Chairman Lasker said, and if the bidders back up their pro posal “there can be no doubt the board will make the award to them.” Azone Islanders Are Facing Starvation New York.—The Azore islands are threatened with famine, due to failure of the Tide ^ater Trading company to deliver $10,000 worth of corn, ac cording to the Portuguese counsel-gen eral, George de S. Duarte, who ap peared at the district attorneys’ office to lodge a complaint. He stated that the corn, ordered two months ago, never had been shipped. Acting Dis trict Attorney Pocora began an inves tigation to tind why the company, said to have received full payment had not shipped the corn. Public Opinion. Public opinion moves nations. It also moves so often that many people are unable to find it. Kiwanlans Launch Drive For Children Atlanta, Ga.—The Kiwanis interna tional convention which is meeting here, with 0,000 delegates and visi tors in attendance, turned its atten tion to the promotion of a great cam paign to demand a “square deal for the under-privileged child.” This is to be the big aim of Kiwanians the country over during the next year, and at a general business session a number of speakers of national prominence urged definite action by the convention to this end. Record Set Fora Panama Tolls Taken Panama.—The Panama canal tolls for the 2Gth of May were $136,000. This is the first time they have exceeded $100,000 for a single day. Twenty-five ships passed through the canal, includ ing the Cunard liner Samaria, which is completing a round-the-world trip. Proposes Mortgage Levy On Property Berlin, Germany.—Mortgaging of all property in Germany to the extent of 10 per cent for rhe purpose of paying preparations to the allies has been pro posed by Chancellor Cuno. With the presence of the French in the Ruhr leading to Communist and terrorist ri ots, German government experts ex pect to rush through the new guaran ty plan with all haste to remove for eign bayonets from its soil. The meas ures provides for payment of a mil lion gold marks to be derived from in terest on property mortgages. Washington.—A definite but informal offer to purchase the entire active por tion of the government merchant fleet has been received by the shipping board in the form of a single bid. The proposal was delivered to members of the board by a representative of a group of financial interests whose iden tity was not disclosed. The envoy of the bidders offered to post a bond of a million dollars as a guarantee of sin cerity. The aggregate amount sug gested in the proposal was said to be in the neighborhood of one billion dol lars. Persons close to the board declared that the financial standing of those com prising the group was of the highest type. Submission of tlja proposal became known after announcement had been made that the board had received twenty bids in response to an invita tion for bids for sale of its fleet. Chair man Lasker said only four or five of the offers presented possibilities, al though four others were in the "twi light” zone. It has not been disclosed whether the offer for the entire active fleet was among those referred to by Mr. Lasker as worthy of consideration. Oklahoma City, Ckla., Is Engulfed Oklahoma City, Okla. — Oklahoma City is in the grip of one of tho worst floods in its history. Water covers miles of lowlands along the torturous course of the stream through the southern section of the city^ Packing- town, source of (he city’s meat supply, is completely isolated. More than one thousand persons are homeless. These are being cared for by city officials and relief organizations. The city nud- torium is converted into a barracks for the flood refugees. Seven hun dred cots and blankets are being placed in the auditorium by order of Adjt. Gen. S. T. Markham, who ordered out a small detachment of National Guards men. Property damage, it is believed, will run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Prohibition Decreed In Indian Province Delhi, East India.—Her highness, the begum of Phophfil, has decreed com plete prohibition in her Indian state. Local option has accepted prohibition in some quarters, while the Bombay supply of liquor to retail shops has been reduced to 10 per cent, prelimi nary to cventurl prohibition. European residents will he hardest Hit by the Indian dry wave, which follows Pussy foot Johnson’s visit. Natives are ab stainers under their Moslem vows. Northern Minnesota Forest Fires Rage St. Paul, Minn.—The forest fire situ ation in northern Minnesota is becom ing critical, W. T. Cox, state forester, says. More than 500 men were com bating the flames in more than a dozen different districts, according to reports to Mr. Cox. For the most jjart, the fires are “light fires,” running in the tall grass and small growth on cut-over land. a little 25c ad f ■ """ :olumn will sell that article von n KOt Put of your WUJ Joseph W. Folk Dies In New York Washington.—Joseph W. Folk, 53, former governor of Missouri and once a leading figure in Democratic party politics, died in New York, having been in ill health for some time. In formation of his death was received at the law office he has maintained here for several years. He passed away at the home of his sister, Mrs. James A. Webb. Watering Whiskey Is Fraud Charge Philadelphia.—Matthew F. Griffin, former secret service operative in Philadelphia, was recently sentenced to six months imprisonment for conspir acy to defraud the government. Grif fin and seven others were convicted on March 22 on a charge of plotting to substitute water for alcohol and whis key under government bond. Poultry Committee Meets Saturday at 3 P. M.<■ A special meeting of the McDuffie Poultry Committee is called for Satur day, June 2nd, at the office of the coun ty agent at 3 P. M. Plans for solving some of the prob lems of poultry raising will be mude, therefore all invited persons are urged to he present. Strike Movement Spreads In Hunr Essen, Germany.—The strike move ment is spreading throughout the Ruhr and fresh walkouts among the metal workers and miners are reported in nearby unoccupied territory. A general strike called at Hamborn is affecting the iron works there belonging to the Stinnes inlerests. Communist rnani- ifestants at Wanns became so threat ening that the French intervened for the first time as a result of which the demonstrations collapsed. The sit uation in many sections is considered critical. •BluiSaiA jo ejujs oqi jo }cqj oj |BUl)3 pioqu si paii[|n'.ttoj.v\oM jo uojb eqx •pueipunoj/AON jo esjy Advisory Council Formed The McDuffie Agricultural Advisory Council was formed Saturday after noon, May 26th, at the office of the County Agent. Those present were G. W. Lokey, J. S. Harrison, E. W. Reese, J. R. Farr and R. II. Newby. Mr. Lokey was elected chairman. This body is constituted to cooperate and advise on matters pertaining to the future welfare of farming. As rapidly as possible organization machinery will he set up to put the benefits of a county agent within reach of every community in the county. '** Every individual in these communi ties will derive some benefits from the work directly or indirectly. Culling Demonstration. During the coming week of June 4th there will he a series of culling demon strations in various parts of McDuffie county for the purpose of muking more efficient present farm flocks, which no doubt contain from 10 to 50 per cent hens that luy less than 60 eggs a year. That sort of stuff should be taken out and sold in the sale June 14th, to make room for young pullets coming on. Announcements of places and dutes will be made by mail. Stresses Need Of State Port Yam Curing Co. Wants Potatoes Atlanta, Ga., May 31.—Fifty million bushels of yarns from Georgia growers amounting, at present prices, to fifty million dollars are wanted this season by the recently organized Georgia Yam Curing Company, according to an an nouncement today of John A. Manget, prominent Atlanta capitalist and presi dent of the new company. The Georgia Yam Curing Company has been recently formed and will he incorporated for one million dollars to develop the sweet potato industry in Georgia, to cure the yams by a new forced air process and to ship them to the markets of the world. Mr. Manget heads the company and D. H. Beck, formerly of Texas, und the inventer of the new curing system is the manager. The company has opened offices at 59 Cone street, Atlanta. This company plans to interest civic leaders in every Georgia community in the new curing process und to co-oper ate with them in building curing plants in their communities. It will keep in touch with the distant markets and ad vise the local plants when and where to ship their yams. In this way the en tire Georgia crop can be handled. The annual production of sweet po tatoes of fifty million bushels a year desired by the new company is about four times the usual production in the state. Last year only 13,500,000 bush els were raised in Georgia and of this crop only about three per cent reached distant markets because previously no process has been devised by which yams could be properly cured in com mercial quantities for long distance shipping. However the method which will be exploited by Mr. Manget has proven by actual trial that yams cured by it are in good condition the year after they are grown. During the experi mental work, by the process potatoes grown in Texas one summer were sent to France, and eaten the following summer. They were in transit for seventy-four days and arrived in per fect condition. Plans are under way to establish these curing plants in every part of the state, according to Mr. Manget. Weakness in Dissembling. It usketh a strong wit and a strong heart to know when to tell truth and to do it; therefore It is the weaker sort of politicians that are the great est dissemblers.—Bacon. First Sewing Machine, The earliest attempt at sewing by machinery of which there Is an au thentic record was in 1755. in which year a machine was' patented in Eng- lum* i.i/ r: IT Weisenthal. Savannah, Ga., May 22, 1923. Editor McDuffie Progress:—In your last issue I notice a report of the poul try sale held at Thomson. The fact that such a sale was held and that an other is arranged for the near future but increases interest in chicken rais ing in your vicinity, which is very en couraging to ’those who are advocating that our farmers turn their attention to stock, poultry, food and feed and other crops and otherwise muke themselves more independent of cotton as their sole money crop reliance. Your article and others I have recent ly seen in our weekly Georgia papers dealing with the raising and marketing of poultry and eggs calls to mind the necessity of more adequate marketing facilities if the great poultry industry is to expand in Georgia, as it should, and become the element of wealth it promises to be to our farmers. The experience of the farmers in the neighborhood of Chiply, Florida, beau tifully illustrates what modern market ing facilities and methods mean. The cold storage plant located at Chiply an nounced that they would take all the chickens brought to it. This was the first time a standard, stablized and con tinuous market hud been provided. Chickens came in ever increasing quan tities until a tremendous quantity had been bought and put in cold storage. When the Florida hotel season opened the vast accumulation was speedily dis posed of and was found far inadequate to meet the demand from the tourist hotels. The farmers producing the poultry had secured much better cash prices than ever before and had hud no trouble in disposing of their entire pro duct. Georgia has not the hotel de mand that comes to Florida for several months in the winter season but we can provide marketing methods thut will be even more efficient than those I have mentioned. If the State Port and Terminal pro ject is carried through one of its great units will be its cold storage system. This will enable the continuous market ing on u large scale of Georgia poultry at the highest market price and the cold storage of same to meet not mere ly domestic but interstate and interna tional demand. This cold storage plant under the State Port project would be undei federal pure food inspection which would permit the products han dled therein to be shipped outside of Georgia to any state or foreign land. This is a marketing facility the farmers of Georgia do not possess and cannot hope to possess until some such com prehensive plan as the State Port is consummated. The proposed State Port and Termi nals is nothing more than a plan to pro vide for all the producers of Georgia cooperative marketing under the most favorable conditions. In other words, the state port project is to provide a warehousing system, cold storage system and general mark eting and shipping system which will bring together an army of buyers from all over this and other countries to com pete for the products of Georgia. It means safer, cheaper and more profit able disposition of the products of the farms, mines and factories of Georgia. It is the one thing thut is now needed to stimulate diversification of our pro ducts and put our producers, und all the people of Georgia, on the high road to permanent prosperity. Will you not give ycur aid to this magnificent plan for co-operative mark eting for the benefit of ail Georgia? Very truly,yours, GORDON SA USSY. Lincolntcwn Mail Route Awarded y — » Mi^/Reuben C. Smith, of Lincolnton, was'awarded the mail route from Thom son to Lincolnton, his bid being $1660. There were several other bids, but Mr. Smith’s bid was the lowest, and as the lowest bidder gets the job, it was given to him. He takes charge of the route early in June. All the foreign mail going to and from Lincolnton comes through Thom son, there being no regular train sche dule to Lincolnton. Sometimes as many as two Ford loads of mail has to be hauled each day in busy seasons. England’s Glass Center. The grout center of glass manufac ture In Greut Britain is St. Helen’s, Lancashire, whence glnss finds its way to nearly all pafts of the world. Georgia Behind In Victory Clubs Washington, D. C., May 31—Atlanta heads the “Honor Roll” of National Democratic Victory Clubs of Georgia, issued today by Chairman Cordell Hall of the Democratic National Committee. Georgia as a state, however, is trail ing behind some of her neighbors in the number of clubs enrolled to date, sixteen. Some of the other states re ported have formed clubs as follows: Pennsylvania 74 West Virginia 44 North Carolina 63 South Carolina 14 Florida 12 The “Honor Club” on the Georgia Honor Roll is Atlanta, where, under the presidency of Hollins Randolph, a club of sixty-nine members has been organized. Chairman Hull is forming a “Nation al Democratic Victory Club, to win in 1924,” in every one of the 6.000 towns of the country. Each club president is asked to enroll twenty members, who pay dues of $5.00 a year, in .the smaller cities, and larger dues in the larger cities. The purpose of the clubs is to give the National Headquarters a live- wire club of interested Democrats in every town, and at the same time pro vide a fund for educational and organ ization work, preparatory to the Presi- dental campaign next year. The Geprgia Honor Roll to date, giv ing the names of Victory Club Presi dents who have already formed their clubs, is as follows: Albany, Dennis Fleming; Athens, C. E Martin; Atlanta, Hollis Randolph; Bainbridge, A. A. Morris; Brunswick, Edwin W. Dart; Cairo, W. L. Ledford; Canton, Paul Jones; Columbus, S. M. Davis; Cordele, U. V. Whipple; Cleve land. J. P. Davidson; Dallas, Ben E, Croker; Hampton, Robert O. Arnold; Savannah, Mrs. S. B. C. Morgan; Statesboro, D. B. Turner; Abbeville, M. N. Patton; Rome, L. J. Langley. The following statement was issued by Chairman Hull today concerning the above Victory Clubs and their Presi dents: “Every man or woman who enrolls a National Democratic Victory Club ren ders a service that cannot be measured. He or she makes it possible for the National Headquarters to carry out an effective program of education and or ganization this year. Each one can feel that, due to his effort, the party is not going to wait until the last three months, and then try to elect a Presi dent, but is doing what all Democrats want it to do—working and fighting every day, between elections as well as during the heat of the campaign. “The Republicans, with their unlim ited means, are flooding the country with propaganda in a desperate strug gle to overcome our lead and we must combat their efforts now. We cannot wait. “I am forming a Victory Club in every town in the Union, and the Vic tory Club President in each town is the keystone of the arch. The whole struc ture depends on him. “That is the reason I am deeply grate ful for and appreciative of the services rendered by the loyal men and women who have already enrolled their clubs and through them, thank the loyal Vic tory Club members who have sustained them. Such cooperation will bring Democratic success next year and will serve to emphasize the vital part play ed by the Victory Clubs this year in producing that result.” Methodist Revival. The influence felt by the revival in progress at the Methodist church this week has been far reaching. Rev. Quillian, presiding elder of th^ Augus ta district, and Rev. Robins, assisted by Charlie Curtis as- song leader, have carried on the meeting in an impressive manner and a number of splendid ser mons have been heard. The meeting has been largely attended in spite of the inclemency of the weather. It is the plan to close the meeting with the service Sunday night. j Treasury Suspends Silver Purchases Washington. — Announcement waa ( made by the treasury of a suspension, of silver purchases under the Pittman: act until it can be determined definite-; ly whether the estimates of offers al-, ready accepted exceed the 200,000,000 ounces which the law authorized the government to buy. The anouncement j means that the government has prac- j tically concluded another phase of its, war-time financing through the re-, placement of almost all of the silver j loaned to Great Britain in 1918 to, stave off a threatened rebellion. Rather Good for, Evil. Subdue the bitterness of the heart. There Is no good result when hatred Is returned for hatred.—Schiller. Walls 15 Feet Thick. The walls of the keep of the Tower j of Loudon are 15 feet thick.