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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1924.
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WASHINGTON OPINION
By J. E. Jones.
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Washington, D. C., Sept. 25.
WORLD BARGAINS.
Messrs. Burton, McKinley and
Weller, members of the American
Debt Commission, have returned from
Europe bringing with them the en
couraging news that France and the
other European nations which have
been ignoring their seven billion dol
lar debt to the United States will
soon follow the example of Great
Britain and fill their obligations
Nations like individuals have no de
sire to kill time when they want to
borrow money, but it takes a lot of
negotiations and urging to fix up the
payments. Senator McKinley says
that Europe is very much pleased
with the Dawes plan. It. is not the
only article on the world’s bargain
counter, however, as twelve powers
have accepted arbitration pacts, under
the tutelage of Dr. Edourd Benes, of
Czechoslovakia, during the past few
days. Mr. Edward N. Hurley, of
Chicago, has also heralded across the
briney waves a story to the effect
that he has brought about another
world bargain—only it isn’t quite so
big—much along the same unofficial
lines as that consummated by Messrs.
Dawes and Young. Tho American
method seems to have resolved itself
into unofficial representation, and this
plan is competing with the official
processes of Europe, acting in con
nection with the League of Nations.
Thus we have world bargains on tho
official and the unofficial shelves, and
the people of the world are still hop
ing that their rulers will eventually
find a way to function that will make
wars impossible.
of literature ever written.” Never
theless, it has been in effect since
December, 1923, and it is going
strong in September, 1924. Its teeth
are all good, and nobody tampers
with the “doctrine;” which leads one
to wonder why a method, or a “doc
trine” that is so successful cannot be
accepted ’in the affairs of a world
that is bein)j surfeited with treaties
that are often turning out to be
“mere scraps of paper.”
Congressman Upshaw
Will Take Stump.
INVITING THE UNITED STATES.
The League of Nations Disarma
ment Commission has passed a reso
lution to invite the United States to
participate in the hearings that are
to be held regarding the manufac
ture of war material by private com
panies. This is another attempt to
draw some kind of recognition from
tho United States Government. All
previous efforts along this line have
been turned down by our Secretary
of State Hughes, who wields a rigid
pen. Even Mr. Hughes, when he was
abroad, insisted that he was traveling
in an entirely unofficial capa^ty, and
he certainly proves his “ unofficial
ity” whenever the League of Nations
attempts to draw him out.
TREATIES OLD AND NEW.
The world has not recovered from
the mental shock of the Versailles
treaty, even though war itself has
become an old story. In the light of
the present day the Versailles Con
ference seems to have been an at
tempt to take the treaty making out
of the retail class and make a whole
sale institution of it. Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, in 1912, furnished a list
of seventy-four treaties made by the
United States with foreign govern
ments in the period of little more
than fifty preceding years. And then
came the administration of William
Jennings Bryan as secretary of State,
during which he negotiated more than
thirty treaties with different nations
who agreed not to fight until they
took a year, in attempts to negotiate
their differences, and cool their heels,
before going to war. A lot of these
treaty signers rushed pell-mell into
the European war without stopping
to consult the world bargains listed
in the Bryan treaties. Even while
the World war was on, a number of
secret treaties developed, the most
famous of which was that negotiated
by Italy and England, in which the
disposition of Fiume was foreordain
ed. Even now the League of Nations
is conducting a regular treaty estab
lishment, and in consequence of all
these developments the world is pret
ty well hooked up on official treaty
literature. For our own part the
United States has been able to make
satisfactory treaties with Mexico,
Colombia, and to carry into execution
the Four-Power Pacific ti'eaty, by
which peace was presumably safe
guarded in the Pacific. Two years
and a half ago President Harding
submitted in person to the Senate the
Arms Conference treaties, and five
days later, or to be more exact on
February 15, 1922, the Permanent
Court of International Justice began
its first formal session in The Hague.
Because “it is a good thing” the Unit
ed States has drawn far enough
away from the politics of the matter
to want to join the World Court.
Even so, within the very jurisdiction
of the World Court there are rumors
of impending war. Americans re
turning from Europe say that in
France and Germany, there is open
talk that “the next war will be in
three years.” And despite the great
accomplishments under the Four-
Power treaty plan, relations with the
Mikado’s Empire are to the strain
ing point. The American Secretary
of Navy is said to have made the un
fortunate statement during his re
cent trip to the Pacific coast, that
the next war would be in the Pacific.
For that reason,he thought the bulk
of the American fleet should be kept
in those waters. There always is
some official who opens his mouth
only to put his foot in it; and vocal
indiscretions of this kind cannot be
construed to reflect sober official or
public opinion.
EARS TO THE GROUND.
People who think that the political
headquarters at Washington are en-
geged in manufacturing orders to be
followed by the voters throughout
the country have another guess com
ing. No one votes in the District of
Columbia, but the political managers
J who have their offices under the
shadow of the dome of the Capitol
are good listeners, and they have
their ears to the ground. Despite
all that has been said to the contrary
these gentlemen have not been able
to detect any of the alleged “ground
swells” which are said to have been
turning over the political soil in cer
tain parts of the country. So far,
the campaign is normal in its various
aspects.
EMPLOYMENT INCREASES.
Official statements published by the
United States Commissioner of La
bor show that there has been an in
crease of employment during the past
few weeks. This is rather unusual
at this time of the year, and though
the gain is small it is regarded as an
indication that the country is in a
healthy business condition. In form
er times business used to hesitate
before elections “to see what is
going to happen.” But a possible
change of administration is no Jong-
er discounted by the business and
financial world. The reason is seen
in the fact that the policy of the gov
ernment has bpen more firmly estab
lished in recent years through the
Federal Reserve System, the Depart
ment of Commerce, the Department
of Labor, and other agencies which
have brought different sections of the
United Sates into close touch. Those
who heard General Pershing on the
radio on the day of his retirement
were given an object lesson showing
how easily every part of the country
may be reached by the new means of
communication. The ability of the
Government to get into touch with
any spot of the country and furnish
relief in case of a financial or busi
ness depression, has been demonstrat
ed more than once. Thus manufac
turing industries have found new
wealth in their banks to tide them
over, and the agricultural regions
have time and again been aided
through farm loan banks operated
by the Government, and by private
corporations.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 26.—Georgia
will furnish one speaker, at least, for
the national Democratic campaign.
Hb is Hon. W. D. Upshaw, congress
man from the Fifth (Atlanta) dis
trict. Advices received here today
from the national Democratic head
quarters in New York state that
Senator Swanson, chairman of the
Speakers’ Bureau, had placed Con
gressman Upshaw on the list of na
tional speakers.
Congressman Upshaw, it was stat
ed, will be sent to a number of pivotal
state in the Middle West. He will
give at least two weeks, possibly
three, to campaign work immediately
preceding the November election.
Congressman Upshaw, in a state
ment made public here today, thank
ed the voters for his recent fourth
election to congress.
“To be selected by a majority, how
ever small, to represent the greatest
congressional district in all the
South, is an honor which should at
once humble and exalt any man,” de
clared the Atlanta congressman, “but
to receive such signal majorities,
which have increased each time until
the last, when it was practically - un
animous, puts a song in my heart
and likewise a prayer that I may
prove worthy of such beautiful and
inspiring faith on the part of the
noble people among who’m I have
lived since boyhood.”
The Atlanta congressman is not
unmindful of some of the “jabs”
which a few editors outside of his
district have made at him from time
to time since his first election to con
gress.
“And I would also fail to be hu
man,” continued the congressman, “if
I did not yield to the inclination to say
a word, in all good humor, to ‘a little
group of wilful men,’ about a dozen
in number, outside of my district,
who, as editors, have gone out of
their way, for these six years since
I was elected to congress, to give us
free advice, and sometimes a little
crocodile sympathy, to the Fifth Dis
trict of Georgia concerning their con
gressman.”
Having been an editor for many
years himself, Congressman Upshaw
says he has been unable to get away
from the conviction “that it is the
sacred duty and high privilege of an
editor to try to be constructive in
stead of destructive toward the work
and influence of any honest man in
public life.”
The congressman tells the editors
—some of which outside of his dis
trict, it appears, have sought to be
little and criticise his work—“that
these fault-finding editors ought to
be content with this quartet of over
whelming endorsements on the part
of the great city of Atlanta and the
entire Fifth District of Georgia.”
“Let outside editors possess their
souls in patience and set a whole
some example for the youth of their
sections by trying to find something
worthy to commend in the lives of
public men, instead of spending so
much time looking for something to
criticise,” he declared. “I believe
they .would be happier and make then-
readers happier.”
THE OLD RELIABLE MONROE
DOCTRINE.
The trouble with most of our trea
ties seems to be that their teeth are
pulled in the making. An English
man speaking in Washington the
other day said that the Monroe Doc
trine was the “most impertinent piece
C. A. BENSON BROUGHT HERE
FOR BURIAL.
The remains of Mr. C. A. Benson
who died at his home in Birmingham,
Ala., last Thursday, arrived in Thom
son Saturday night.
Mr. Benson’s death resulted from
an auto accident about two weeks
ago, when the car in which he was
riding overturned near Birmingham.
Mr. Benson was a former resident
of Thomson and had many friends
here who will regret to hear of his
death. He was 39 years of age.
Surviving him are his wife and
four children, Miss Bessie Mae Ben
son, Messrs. J. B. and Edgar Benson,
of Birmingham, Ala., and Mrs. T. H.
Newton, of Henderson, N. C.; one
sister, Mrs. J. H*. C. Moore, of Thom
son; and five brothers, Messrs. James
A. Benson, of Thomson, J. D. Benson,
Warrenton, and M. L., Z. R. and F.
E. Benson, of Augusta.
Funeral services were held Sun
day morning at Salem church near
here, Rev. C. C Kiser officiating, in
terment was in the Salem cemetery.
PILEGGI MOVES SHOE SHOP.
Frank Pileggi has moved his shoe
shop froi Main street to the Kncx
bui'.ding on Jourr:; reet, v/herp he
will be glad to have those in need
of shoe repairing call on h : m.
The Southeastern Fair Wants
Every Child As An Active Partner
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This picture shows a few of the young partners who entertain and are entertained annually at the Southeast
ern Fair In Atlanta. The three girls In the foreground are Daisy Scott, Annie Ruth Sykes and Mary Wells, of Tatt
nall county, winners of last year’s bread-baking contest. Fair dates this year, October 4 to 11, when another content
will be staged.
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Five Days of Harness Racing at
The Southeastern Fair This Year
Says Financial Barome
ter Indicates Fair.
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Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 5.—The busi
ness barometer indicates fair weath
er for the next four months, in the
opinion of Frank Hempstead, busi
ness expert and tux counsellor of
Atlanta. Perhaps the next twelve
months may be similar, Mr. Hemp
stead says, but for the Fall season
all signs point to clear business skies
and crisp, snappy business air, with
plenty of business sunshine.
All business looks forward to re
vival in the Fall, it was pointed out
by the Atlanta business expert. It
is a season, as he shows, of buying
and selling and this Fall, he asserts,
should be better for both than any
recent Autumn season.
“Because this is an election year
is no reason for it being other than
a good business year,” said Mr.
Hempstead. “Elections affected busi
ness once, but that time has passed.
Now business goes on as usual and
political excitement has nothing to
do with it. People must eat and
wear clothes, buy motor cars and
gasoline, build houses and fences, lay
in coal and fix up furnaces and
stoves, no matter who is elected or
how much excitement there is in an
election.”
The presidential election will be
over in November, Mr. Hempstead
! pointed out. Even if it was holding
| business back, he said, relief would
! be in sight then, but, as shown from
• a business survey made by his organ
ization, it has not been holding busi
ness back and will not do so. Mr.
Hempstead, following a trip made
over the South, said that all lines of
business are preparing for a revival
of buying.
There will be a fine list of entries In every event carded for the harness races, October 6 to 10, Indus***,,
on Lakewood track during the Southeastern Fair. The one day meet of July 4 brought forty horses from fh»
States to this famous track.
The Best Pure Bred Live Stock
Comes to The Southeastern Fair
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The happy young man in this picture has a prize winner among the entries at the National Hog and Cattle'
Show, which event is scheduled this year, October 4 to 11, at the Southeastern Fair In Atlanta. He might cornea
from any community In the State. Do you know him?
