County The source of this uncorrected OCR text may be viewed as a digital facsimile at: http://fax.libs.uga.edu/ School Association REPORT OF OFFICER'S PERSONAL SERVICE RECORD MADE TO THE ANNUAL COUNTY CONVENTION ..192... FOR YOUR INFORMATION 1. This report covers the work done between the last County Convention and this Convention. 2. This report is important. Be sure to go to the County Convention and make it in person. If pre vented from going, don't fail to send your report to the County President. 3. Let every County and District Officer fill out the blanks in '"A" below, and then those that apply particularly to his work. 4. If you have not yet done a great deal, suppose you get busy now and have a good report at the County Convention. : ITEMS OF RECORD "A"—FOR ALL COUNTY AND DISTRICT OFFICERS 1. Letters written --------- _______ 2. Sunday Schools visited ------ _________ 3. Conventions or Conferences attended - _________ 4. Talks made ----------- _._______ 5. Leaflets distributed -------- 6. Miles traveled --------- "B"—FOR COUNTY PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY 1. No. of Schools in County ----- ...._........_ 2. No. of District Conventions held - - - .......___._ 3. Total attendance at these Conventions - _.__._____ 4. Total No. of Schools represented or visited ------------ ........_........... 5. Total No. of Schools making report - - ..._...._.___ "C"—FOR DIVISION SUPERINTENDENTS 1. Special results accomplished........................................ "D"—FOR DISTRICT OFFICERS. 1. Name or No. of District ------- .... 2. How many District Conventions held during the year --------- .... 3. Total attendance at all these Conven tions ------------- .... 4. How many Sunday Schools in District - .... 5. How many Sunday Schools represented at District Convention ------- 6. How many Sunday Schools have made written statistical reports - - - - - 7. How many Sunday Schools have con tributed to State and County Work - - 8. How many Banner School Charts have you put up----------- 9. How many Banner Schools in your District ------------ 10. What Standard are you working for Submitted by Name........._.................._.______..... Position in County or District Association.. Remarks : .... 917 HURT BUILDING,, Issued by the GEORGIA SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION R. D. WEBB, General Superintendent. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. GE LLER, ROL.STON & HORAN THE FARMERS LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY BUILDING 22 EXCHANGE PL ACE , N E W YORK WE TAKE PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING THAT M R. M ANS F" l E L. D F E R R Y 7 U N T l L. RECENTLY GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN, HAS THIS DAY BECOME A MEMBER OF THIS FIRM. HEREAFTER THE NAME OF THE FIRM WILL BE AS HERETO SUBSCRIBED. GEL.1_ER7ROI_STON & BLANC JANUARY I ?T I92O THE LAW FIRM OF WRIGHT, JONES x WRIGHT HAVING BEEN BY M UTUAL CONSENT DISSOLVED T. A.WRIGHT, WILL D. WRIGHT AND IRVIN S. SAXTON ANNOUNCE THE FORMATION OF THE FIRM OF WRIGHT, WRIGHT x SAXTON FOR THE GENERAL PRACTICE OF LAW ,fa AT22I-225 MECHANICS BANKXTRUST BUILDING KNOXVILLE,TENNESSEE , JANUARY l,I92O t_______________ *^«A^on; glnb for tlje toaiting toorlb forlorn jRebemption Ijas begun, île cornea in lobe, toitlj ljuman form, Porn of a Virgin mtlb, Untottcijet) by am, all pure toitljin, a ftolp, ftappp Cijtlb. !3 Cljtlb is born, a Cljilb is born, 9 Cljilb, toljo is tlje Hing— Upon tfjto bleéâeb Cijrtötmaö morn Houb Jlalleluialjs ring— île comes at last from Babib's line Put tuears no royal crotun ; Content to tuait for iungl? State, Œo mortals J&t comes boton. a Cijilb is born, a Cijtlb is born, a Cijtlb tBijo is tlje Hort). |3ea, eben tijoße bjijo tueep anb mourn JÉap sing toitlj one accorb — J|e comes to rijeer, J|e tomes to ijelp, J|e comes mantttnb to sabe, J|to life to gibe tijat all map libe, i^e comes to trtttmplj o'er tije grabe. Üatrtna r F. J. RAY, Contestant, t;ersus F. E. WIMBERLY, Respondent Contest of the Primary Election for the Office of Representative of Twiggs County, Georgia Attorneys for Contestant: R. G. Plunkett 3. D. Shannon Attorneys for Respondent: R. A. Harrison B. F. Griffin, Jr. J. B. Jackson Jurisdiction of this contest-was originally exclusively within the Executive Committee of Twiggs County. By consent of all parties same was referred to the State Executive Committee on September 22nd, 1922, for instructions and an order was passed by the State Executive Committee, which is a part of the record in this case. ^, Following said order, the matter again came to the State Executive Committee by consent of the parties interested. The hearing was fixed for October 27th, 1922, at the Dempsey Hotel, Macon, Geor gia, and was heard on said date in the Gold Room, before five of the sub-committee of seven, which was agreed to by contestant and respondent. As disclosed by the evidence, the consolidation of a portion of the returns on the 14th of Septem ber, by a majority of the Twiggs County Executive Committee, if legal at the time, was obviated by the order of the Executive Committe of September 22nd. It was further disclosed by the evidence that a majority of the Twiggs County Committee, while notified, pursuant to the order of the State Executive Committee to meet on September 25th to con solidate and certify the returns of all of the Districts of Twiggs County, they failed and refused so to do. ...... _-_; ___ •__ _____ .. _____ It is further disclosed That a minority did Tneet 'and undertooK to consolidate as provided by said order, but they used the returns in making the consolidation, which had been illegally carried away from the Court House and illegally withheld therefrom for twelve days. This Committee, therefore, concludes that each of the Consolidations as made out and certified was illegal and irregular. We find that on account of such irregularity, due entirely to the fault of the members of the Twiggs County Executive Committee, that it is impossible to determine which of the candidates re ceived a majority of the votes, except to consider the returns, which were illegally withdrawn and withheld by a minority of the Committee. To consider the returns after being so withdrawn and withheld would, in the opinion of the Committee, be an endorsement of the admitted illegal acts in carrying away and withholding the Ballot Boxes and Returns for a period of twelve days, which this Committee disapproves and condemns as illegal and unfair and if continuously indulged in would de stroy not only the purity of the Ballot but encourage unfair methods in all Elections. It is therefore ordered, assuming that this Committee now has full jurisdiction of this contest, that another Primary be and the same is called for Twiggs County on^ Thursday, November 2nd, 1922, for the selection of a Candidate for the House of Representatives. It is further ordered that the managers of the Election, after the close and counting of the votes in all of the-PrecinctSiHother than the County Site Precinct, shall bring in the Ballot Boxes with- thp Returns Thursday afternoon, November 2nd, an 5 i & programme Duo __——————_-___________—— Chaminade Zelma Hamilton—Freida Durst PRAYER ..l_RosM8choenfeld Glee Club Address————————_———__Gov. Thos. W. Hardwick Scherzo _______________-____—_ Moszkowski Estelle Eaves BENEDICTION Who Hit William Patterson? Who started the trouble. People of Twiggs County, I feel like it is time for me to speak. There is no reason to misunderstand or to cloud the issue. Perhaps out of the mass of conflicting statements made by the opposition by word of mouth and by circular it is not quite easy for some to get a clear idea or understanding of the present political situation. I went into the nomiation of September 13th fair and square. In fact, my life up to date attests the truth that I want only the fair and square thing. It is well to examine into the facts very carefully. The law is quite clear that a tax defaulter is not entitled to vote. This is a simple fact so clear that every one understands it. Notwithstanding this very clear fact, it is true that a large number of non-tax payers with executions outstanding against them were placed on the regis tration lists at the last moment, at the eleventh hour, by parties and influences well known to every man in Twiggs County. Mind you, these parties owing taxes had been summoned to appear before the Board of Regis trars. How do you feel, my friend, you who had paid your taxes in order that you might vote? These persons who were not legal voters voted, and it is pretty well believed that most of them voted for my opponent. The only excuse offered in rebuttal seems to be that a number of the good women of Twiggs County voted for me ille gally, but if illegal they too would have gone out on a contest. Now, when the Democratic Executive Committee of Twiggs County assembled a division arose. First the opposition wanted to throw out a number of the good women voters. A majority of the committee objected as they had a right to do. At this point a deadlock ensued because the supposed chairman refused to act. It developed later that he was neither chairman or committeeman. The story is old. The three gentlemen who retired carrying illegally boxes away from the Court House started some serious trouble. It became out of the question to legally consider the boxes so withdrawn or to recognize them or to consolidate the votes in said boxes. Nothing was left to do but to consolidate what boxes legally remained. The consolidation was properly made by a majority of the committeemen, seven out of ten who were at first present. The returns were properly certified to the proper au thorities. And just here a word as to the personnel of the committee of ten, of the seven who remained at their post of duty, there were, as I remember, three actual committeemen and four proper proxies ; of the three who retired, one only, was a real committeeman. It developed that the so-called chairman was not a committeeman or chairman. Further, it is charged in Mr. Wimberly's circular that there were office holders on the Committee. Will he name said public office holders? However, that is immaterial. After the consolidation by the committee, the returns were properly certified as mentioned before. The minority committee certified returns purporting to be correct. Here a confusion arose in the minds of the State Executive Committee. It was to set those people right and to clear up the situation that I made the appeals mentioned by my worthy opponent, and not to contest with him. No contest was necessary. Again granted that Mr. Wimberly had had a majority over me, as reported, of about eight votes, it is a gretty well established fact that there was a sufficient number of the illegal vote to give me a safe majority on a proper contest. Had the boxes remained and had the consolidation proceeded and had the returns shown Mr. Wim berly in by a few votes, I would have filed a contest immediately in order that simple justice might have been done by me and the people of Twiggs County. The result would not have been doubtful. I firmly believe this, and a great many more honest citizens believe the same thing. The opposition knows this only too well. There is, good people, no attempt to mislead you or to defeat your wishes, I want only fairness and justice. I am a life-long democrat, and will so remain. I ran in a white democratic primary as ordered by the State Demo cratic Executive Committee and by the County Committee, on Nov. 2, and won. This was to clear up the hopeless confusion. My worthy opponent refused. I shall always abide by democratic principles. I shall not bolt or defy the Democratic party or the State Democratic Executive Committee. Further, if I should lose, I shall be loyal to my county and her interest as in the past. And I shall continue to work for her interest. It is now squarely up to the fair minded white men and women to decide this question, and I implicitly rely upon you to decide same. I thank you cordially. F. J. RAY. Facts In The Calhoun County Muddle In December 1891 the Court House in Morgan was burned, Arlington called for re moval of county site, and was badly beaten at the polls, the night before June adjourned term of the Superior Court 1920 the court house was burned again, Edison called for an election, the election was decided illegal by the Supreme Court, upon that ruling Ar lington calls for an election, which was carried by a system of the most nefarious practices ever known in a campaign. The managers sealed up the lists of voters in the boxes with the returns, Morgan could not contest for lack of those list; Mr. Cowart passed a bill for re moval in the House of Representatives by a vote of one hundred and sixty-eight, forty did not vote; see House Journal page 276. Morgan had to rely on the good sense of the Senate which killed the bill when it came before it for consideration; see Senate Journal page 842. Now Mr. Fortson proposed to introduce the same measure. The Constitution says ("The General assembly NEXT convening, after said election MAY provide for the removal of said County site by appropiate legislation") See code section 488. There is no reason for the removal. Morgan is the exact center of the County, with as good or better facilities than Ar lington, which lies in the Southwest corner of the County and partly in Early County. Mor gan has a railroad to Williamsburg connecting with the Central of Georgia and does all of the hauling necessary for the people; it has a flowing well on the public square, besides two others in town owned by private parties; four churches, two white and two colored, several brick stores, two Cafes, hotel, bank, Masonic hall, ginnery and large lumber plants; a large brick school building in which the Courts are allowed to hold their sessions. The old Vaults of the Ordinary and Clerk are fire proof, and the offices built around them makes it nearly as convenient as the old Court house. A good brick jail lined with steel cells and the large convict stockade. It would have been better for the Court house to have been placed in Edison, while it is in a distance of 5 miles from other County lines and a much better town than Arling ton situated on the Early County line. We ask the legislators to not let Courtesy override their obligations to the people at large. Respectfully, MORGAN CITIZENS. RANDOLPH "~! CLAY ; EDISON I * EARLY BAKER I REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD NOT VOTE TO MOVE THE COUNTY SITE OF CALHOUN COUNTY FROM MORGAN TO ARLINGTON- (i) Because Morgan is in the center of the county and about half of the resident section of Arlington is in Early County. See map for its location. (2) When the election, referred to in Mr. Fortson's bill, was called in February, 1922, to move the county site, the Arlington citizens promised the voters of the county to pay over to the Commissioners of the county $26,000.00 to be used in the construction of a courthouse if they would vote for removal, thus relieving them of taxation for that purpose, WHICH PROMISE THEY HAVE REFUSED TO KEEP. We now in vite your attention to the LARGE petitions of these same voters that you refuse to pass this bill for this reason. OUR COMMITTEE will be pleased to show you these peti tions. (3) Code Section No. 488 says, when two-thirds of the voters of a county have voted to move a county site : "The General Assembly NEXT convening AFTER SAID elec tion may provide for the removal of said county-site by appropriate legislation." Now the election referred to in Mr. Fortson's bill was held on February 9th, 1922, and the General Assembly next convening after that election killed the bill which was introduced to move the county-site. See Senate Journal, page No. 423 and 719 to 722. The Code provides that elections to move county sites can only be held every five years. Read the Constitution and Laws bearing on this question and we are sure you will be convinced that it is not lawful to offer a bill to move the county site of Calhoun County at this time. __. _ ___. _.___ _ / i __ _ Moving the county site to Arlington would make it absolutely necessary to change and rebuild 40 to 50 miles of the State Highway, abandon a bridge which cost the State more than $50,000.00 and would leave only about three miles of the State High way in Calhoun County if the most direct route is followed, which the law says must be done. It would also necessitate the building of another bridge at a cost of at least $100,000.00. We refer you to the State Highway Department for a confirmation of these statements. We trust you will look carefully into this matter, and vote against the bill, for it means much to all the people living in the Eastern and Northern sections of our county to keep the county site at Morgan. Respectfully submitted, Morgan Citizens Committee One Reason Why Camden County's Court House Should Not Be Moved TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: On August 24, 1922, a special election was held in Cam- den County, at which election the question of the removal of the county seat was submitted to the people. The con solidated returns of said election were filed, as the law re quires, and within the time required, in this office. On the face of the returns there were cast at said elec tion, for removal of the county site to Woodbine, 535 votes, and against removal, 234 votes, making a total of 769 votes. A contest was filed, in terms of the law, evidence was presented by contestants and contestées, and the court hear ing the same in clue and proper time, filed the entire records in this office. These records are now before me, and it is -my duty, unQR fvEL PROSPECÏUS & THE "ALI,.IN"BXPLANATORY BOOKLET, POST FREE. " ALL-IN " POLICY OEPT. 41.Threa on the basis mentioned in your letter of May 6, 1926, fractional amounts, if any, resulting from such exchange. Certificates in negotiable form for this Georgia Railway & Electric \r were sent y°u on.— __.. . stocK enclosed herewith. Kindly send securities and check for adjustments, if any, by mail, insured, to (Address) Very truly yours, (Signature) BONBRIGHT & COMPANY INCORPORATED 25 NASSAU STREET NEW YORK, N. Y. May 6. 1926. Dear Sir: Southeastern Power & Light Company has acquired substantially all of the common and second pre ferred stocks of the Georgia Railway & Power Company which leases all the properties of the Georgia Railway & Electric Company and which under the terms of that lease guarantees dividends on the preferred and common stocks of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company at the rate of 5% and 8% respectively. The holdings of the largest stockholders of the Georgia Railway & Electric Company have been acquired by the Southeastern Power & Light Company on the following basis: 1. For each 100 shares of Georgia Railway & Electric Company preferred stock these stockholders -—.received $9,400 face value i» Southeastern Power & Light Company 6% Gold Debentures due September 1, 2025. 2. For each 100 shares of common stock of Georgia Railway & Electric Company $14,000 face value of the Southeastern Power & Light Company 6% Gold Debentures due September 1,2025. 3. Inasmuch as the smallest denomination of debenture is $100, fractional parts were either pur chased from these stockholders at 100% of the face value, or sold to them at 90% of the face value at their option. Adjustment of accrued interest and dividends was made as of the date of the exchange. Since that time other stockholders of Georgia Railway & Electric Company have asked whether they could exchange their stock on the above basis, and the Southeastern Power & Light Company has now authorized us to accept further amounts of Railway & Electric stock on this basis for exchange for South eastern debentures. As some stockholders may prefer to continue their investment in a stock rather than a bond, we are prepared to acquire the preferred and common stocks of the Georgia Railway & Electric Company in ex change for the $7 cumulative preferred stock of the Southeastern Power & Light Company, on the follow ing basis: 1. For each 100 shares of Georgia Railway & Electric Company -preferred stock, we will deliver 87J^ shares Southeastern Power & Light Company $7 cumulative preferred stock. 2. For each 100 shares of common stock of Georgia Railway & Electric Company we will deliver 130 shares Southeastern Power & Light Company $7 cumulative preferred stock. 3. Purchases or sales (at the option of the stockholder) of fractional shares of Southeastern Power & Light Company $7 cumulative preferred stock will be made at the rate of $98.50 and accrued dividends. Adjustment of accrued dividends on both stocks will be made as of the date of receipt by us of the Railway & Electric stock. The present annual income from Georgia Railway & Electric Company stocks compares as follows with the return on debentures and /or preferred stock of the Southeastern Power & Light Company to be received " Georgia Ry. & Elec. Georgia Ry. & Elec. Preferred Stock Common Stock At present .......................... $5.00 $8.00 On debentures........................ 5.64 8.40 On preferred ......................... 6.125 9.10 The following information as to the Southeastern Power and Light Company has been furnished us by that Company: Southeastern Power & Light Company, through subsidiaries, serves practically the entire State of Alabama, the eastern section of Mississippi, from the Gulf to the Tennessee line, the northern half of Georgia and the northwestern portion of Florida. Its territory thus has great geographic and industrial diversifica tion, and its securities command a ready and stable market. The $7 preferred stock, of which 99,375 shares are outstanding and 100,000 shares authorized is followed by participating preferred stock, common stock and option warrants, which now represent an equity, at present market prices, in excess of $70,000,000. The debentures of the Southeastern Company constitute its sole funded debt. Interest on debentures, for the year 1925, was earned over three times. Dividend requirements on the preferred stock, including the 80,000 shares recently issued, were earned five (5) times. We recommend that you avail yourself of one of these offers, which we reserve the right to withdraw without notice. If you so desire, kindly so signify on the enclosed letter and send it with your stock endorsed in blank to our New York office. Very truly yours, BONBRIGHT & COMPANY, Inc. Cfjrtötmaö 1926 Now once again the angel song, That echoed Judaean hills among, A heavenly message bringing, Comes, telling of a Saviour's birth, And peace and good will on the earth, And in our hearts is singing. May that sweet peace fall upon you, May that good will, of all most true, Be of your own possessing, Then, blow the winds from East or West, You will know all is for the best, And have your Christmas blessing. —Mary McKinley Cobb. ELECTRIC AND GAS BUILDING NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS To the Preferred and Common Stockholders of GEORGIA RAILWAY AND POWER COMPANY: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special meeting of the Preferred and Common stock holders of GEORGIA RAILWAY AND POWER COMPANY has been duly called to be held and will be held at 12 o'clock noon on the 15th day of December, 1926, at the office of said Company in At lanta, Georgia, for the purpose of considering and taking action upon a joint agreement which has been made and entered into by and between the directors of GEORGIA RAILWAY AND POWER COM PANY, of GEORGIA RAILWAY AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, of GEORGIA POWER COM PANY, of ATHENS RAILWAY AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, of ROME RAILWAY AND LIGHT COMPANY, of EAST GEORGIA POWER COMPANY and said six corporations providing for the consolidation of said six corporations and their property, rights and franchises into a new cor poration to be known as Georgia Power Company, for the purpose of considering and taking action upon said consolidation and for the purpose of considering and taking action upon such other and fur ther matters as may come before said meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof. By order of the Board of Directors and the President. Dated November 29th, 1926. ? P. S. ARKWRIGHT, President. W. H. WRIGHT, Secretary. If you cannot be personally present at the meeting, please sign and date the attached proxy and return the same in the enclosed stamped envelope. PLATFORM OF DR. L. G. HARDMAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR To the People of Georgia: I announce myself a candidate for the office of Governor of the State of Georgia, subject to the Democratic Primary as provided by your State Demo cratic Executive Committee which is to be held on August 19, 1914, and sub mit for your consideration the following measures which I favor: FOR GEORGIA Georgia has made great strides in the last few years but opportunities are greater now than ever before. With the rapid increase in population and with the increase in agriculture pursuits and all lines of business enterprise, unless some calamity should befall her in the next few years, her future will undoubtedly exceed all past history. FOR THE WHOLE PEOPLE I shall favor an administration of the affairs of the State along all lines which shall be fair, just and equitable for the benefit of the whole people. I shall favor an administration of the affairs based upon principle, jus- .tice and fairness rather than factionalism. LAW ENFORCEMENT 1 favor the enforcement of all laws of the State. The violation of any law is a crime, and is disloyalty to the State, and its tendency is to weaken all governmenta. powers. WOMEN AND CHILDREN 1 favor measures that would protect our women and children from ex posure or conditions that would tend to effect their health and sap the foun dation of the development of their bodies and minds. 1 would favor any measures that would most efficiently provide for taking care of the children (the boys and girls of the country) and separate them from criminals, as far as it is possible to do so. HEALTH I favor a revision of the health laws of the State because the citizens are the most desirable resource of the State, and the conservation of human life retards the greatest waste that confronts our people. The waste of hu man life and burdens brought upon the State by unsanitary conditions, im proper drainage, impure and improper foods and drinks cost the State an nually an immense sum. INSPECTION OF THE FOOD SOURCES 1 also favor laws providing for the inspection of the dairies, beef cattle and hogs which are some of the sources of tuberculosis. TUBERCULOSIS I favor an education propaganda for the citizens of the State along the line of prevention of this dreadful malady. The State will now be forced to contribute thousands of dollars to carry on the operation of the plant they have established for the treatment and cure of tuberculosis, which is a noble work; but "prevention is better than cure," and while we are diminishing or decreasing human suffering, we are increasing longevity and earning ca pacity. VITAL STATISTICS I favor a law of Vital Statistics. EXPENDITURES OF STATE I favor a fair and prompt disbursement of the funds of the State as provided by law. AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION As agricultural education contributes to the welfare of every citizen of the State, I therefore favor liberal appropriation for the upbuilding of agri- c-ultural and all other educational institutions of the State as far as possible.. HORSES, HOGS AND CATTLE INDUSTRY 1 favor an enacting of la\vs that will provide for the eradication of the diseases among our cattle, hogs and horses, as far as possible to do so. The State of Georgia loses -almosl a million dollars worth of _cattlej hogSj sheep and horses each year besides retarding materially those industries. MATERIAL RESOURCES I favor the conservation of the natural resources of Georgia, in timber, water power, mineral and agricultural lands, .so far as it can be done so as not to interfere with the growth, progress and development of the State. HIGHWAY COMMISSION I favor the establishment of a State Highway Commission, properly provided with protection so as to not interfere with local supervision, also provided with a State Road Fund Department. SOIL SURVEY I favor the geological survey of the soil of the State, believing that from the .study of'the soils we widen our fields of agri-cultural pursuits. DRAINAGE I favor a drainage law that would provide for the best method of re claiming the waste land of our State for the use of their citizens and the protection of thpjr hea'**_ L. G. HARDMAN. MUNICIPAL AND CORPORATION BONDS The Citizens and Sovth.imBanh.BIua 1% CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK .Dividend^,payable quarterly on January, AprJll » Jläly„.and October lst-._,J?ar yaJLue $100. per share. The Company may retire any or all of the Preferred Stock on any dividend date on 6Q days notice at 110- -and-accxued- d^vid^nds-.-J^-Ap.plig&t4a"' will -£e -made immediately to domesticate this Company in Georgia, This Stock will then be EXEMPT FROM STATE, COUNTY and CITY TAXES when held by a resident of this State. CAPITALIZATION 7% Cumulative Preferred Stock (Par Value $100) - - 26,950 Shares Class "A" Stock .(No Par Value) ---------- 58,500 Shares Class "B" Stock (No Par Value) ---------- 90,000 Shares If the entire outstanding stocks of the old Company are not acquired the amounts of American Bakeries Corporation preferred stock and class "A" will be reduced accordingly. ASSETS Cash ———-——————————————— $ 463,158.03 Accounts receivatole, less reserve 143,748.85 Sundry detotors ———————————— 17,168.17 Notes receivatole —————————— 7,000.00 Inventories ——————™————— 277,136.73 ^FINANCIAL STATEMENT AS OF JUNE 50, 1927 LIABILITIES Notes and accounts —————~— $ 149,396.20 Unredeemed coupons --——-—- 14,461.42 Dividends payable July 1 —- 18,000.00 Fed.Income tax & ace.liabilities 94,082.10 CURRENT ASSETS ————— Prepaid expenses ——— Miscellaneous ————— -Stock —-—_ CURRENT LIABILITIES——————— 275,939.72 908,211.78 Houston Biscuit Co. bonds —— 2,400.00 34,681.27 Real estate notes due 1928/29 142,450.00 9,807.20 Reserve for eontingcies ——— 5,000.00 F. .OQQ..QQ ?fd-.atonk & ai n or--1 v interest _______ Property, plant and equipment - 2,561,771.98 Improvements to leased property 160,874.62 Good will, trade marks, etc - - ______1.00 $3,680,347.85 Common Stock in sutosidiary Cos.844,478.01 7% Preferred Stock — —— -—— 1,900,400.00 Class A and class B Stock —— 509,686.12 i,680,347.85 THE COMPANY: American Bakeries Corporation is the outgrowth of a tousiness which had its inception in Birmingham, Ala., 26 years ago and is now the largest toaking organization in the South and one of the most efficiently operated, with 16 plants located in 15 cities in 6 States as follows; Atlanta, Ga., Birmingham, Ala., Charlotte, N. C., Chattanooga, Tenn., Fayetteville, N. C., Florence, S, C., Gadsden, Ala., High Point, N. C.. Jacksonville,Fla., Maçon, Ga., Miami, Fla., Orlando, Fla., Rome, Ga., Wilmington and Winston-Salem, N. C. The products of the Company, which are sold under the trade name "MERITA" enjoy a very high reputation and are distritouted through grocery and other stores to many thousands of homes, besides being used in large quantities by hotels, restaurants, etc. The terri tory served extends from Danville, Va. on the north to Miami, Fia. on the south, and from the Atlantic Coast inland to Western Tennessee and'Mississippi. EARNINGS: The following is a summary of the net sales and net income of the properties for the three years and six months ended June 30, 1927, after deductions for depreciation and Federal Income tax at 13ir%, and after eleminating interest and savings in operating expens es as estimated by the management. Year ended Dec. 31, 1924 .... Net sales Year ended Dec 31, 1925 .... Net sales Year ended Dec. 31, 1926 .... Net sales Six months ended June 30, 1927 . Net sales AVERAGE PER ANNUM ............ 4,326,290.10, Net income $325,587.14 6,009,894.74, Net income 558,087.36 809,705.Yt> 272,138.59 7,943,^24.68, Net income 3,508,183.06, Net income ...... Net income 561,576.80 Earnings of the Company for the period above mentioned have been at the rate of approxi mately three times dividend requirements on this issue of Stock. MANAGEMENT: The executive and operating management of the Company is in the hands of men Of long experience in the baking industry'and who are primarily responsible for the build ing up of sales from the modest beginning in 1901 to over $7,900,000 in 1926. PRICE 103 AND ACCRUED DIVIDEND, TO YIELD 6.80% *This Financial Statement is after giving effect to the present financing . WHILE WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THE ABOVE INFORMATION. WE BELIEVE IT TO BE CORRECT AND HAVE ACTED UPON IT iN PURCHASING THESE SECURITIES. OFFERING IS MADE SUBJECT TO SALE AND ADVANCE IN PRJCE WITHOUT NOTICE, TELEGRAMS MAY BE SENT AT OUR EXPENSE. Atlanta Trust Company, Broad and Marietta Streets, Atlanta, Georgia. Registrar & Transfer Company, 15 Exchange Place, Jersey City, New Jersey. Dear Sirs : Enclosed please find certificate (s) No................... for...................................shares of 1% First Preferred Stock, No................... for...................................shares of 8% First Preferred Stock, of Georgia Railway and Power Company surrendered to you in exchange for $6 Preferred Stock of Georgia Power Company pursuant to the letter dated March 18th, 1927, from Georgia Power Company to the holders of First Preferred Stock of Georgia Railway and Power Company. Please issue the new shares in the Name of.................................................................................... Whose address is ............................................................................ Street ...................................................................................... City or Town................................................................................ Yours truly, ELECTRIC AND GAS BUILDING March 18th, 1927. TO THE HOLDERS OF THE FIRST PREFERRED STOCK OF GEORGIA RAILWAY AND POWER COMPANY: The consolidation referred to in Georgia Railway & Power Company's letter to you dated Novem ber 29,1926, has been completed and the shares of stock of the new Consolidated Company are ready for delivery. Certificates for your shares of First Preferred Stock of Georgia Railway & Power Company, duly endorsed in blank for transfer, should now be surrendered either to Atlanta Trust Company, Broad and Marietta Streets, Atlanta, Georgia, or Registrar & Transfer Company, 15 Exchange Place, Jersey City, New Jersey, in exchange for shares of the Consolidated Company. A form of letter for this purpose is enclosed. For each share of the 7% FIRST PREFERRED Stock of Georgia Railway & Power Company surrendered by you, one and one-sixth shares of the $6 Preferred Stock of the Consolidated Company, Georgia Power Company, will be sent to you. For each share of the 8% FIRST PREFERRED Stock of Georgia Railway & Power Company surrendered by you one and one-third shares of the $6 Preferred Stock of Georgia Power Company will be sent to you. Fractional shares of the $6 Preferred Stock of Georgia Power Company will not be issued. You will be advised if the number of shares of Georgia Railway & Power Company surrendered by you en titles you to receive a fractional share. If you art entitled to a fractional share you will have the right,, until April 9, 1927, either to sell to the Company the fractional share to which you may be en titled or to purchase an additional fraction large enough to make an integral share; the price on either such purchase or sale to be at the rate of $95 per integral share of $6 Preferred Stock of Georgia Power Company. Unless by April 9, 1927, you have elected to buy such additional fractional share, you will be entitled to receive only cash for the fraction to which you may be entitled. Dividends on the shares of the new $6 Preferred Stock of Georgia Power Company to be issued in exchange for the shares of the constituent corporations have been declared at the rate of $1.50 for the quarter ending March 31,1927. At the time the shares of $6 Preferred Stock of Georgia Power Company are sent to you an adjustment will be made between the dividends accrued upon the stock sur rendered by you and the dividends accrued on the new $6 Preferred Stock sent to you and a check for the net dividends payable to you will be sent with your shares. No further dividends will be paid on the stock of the constituent corporations. If you request the shares of the $6 Preferred Stock of Georgia Power Company to be issued in a name different from that in which your certificates for the First Preferred Stock of Georgia Railway & Power Company have been issued, the certificates for the First Preferred Stock of Georgia Railway & Power Company surrendered should be endorsed in blank for transfer with the signature guaranteed by a bank or trust company and should bear Federal stock transfer stamps at the rate of 2c per share. Yours very truly, GEORGIA POWER COMPANY, By President. V- INMEMORIAM J. BILLUPS PHINIZY The Directors of Georgia Power Company have recorded with deep sor row the death on October 25th, 1927, of their fellow director, Mr. J. Billups Phinizy, in the following resolution which was unanimously adopted at a meeting held November 29th, I 927: WHEREAS, In the death of Mr. J. Billups Phinizy, a member of this Board, there has been lost to the State of Georgia and to the entire South one of its foremost citizens; and WHEREAS, The members of this Board knew Mr. Phinizy as a gentleman of rare judgment and business ability; as a leader of integrity and high moral courage, and one who was loyal to his friends and faithful at all times to all of his obligations. THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the Board of Directors of the Georgia Power Company that this Board, being deeply sensible of the loss thus sus tained, does hereby record its appreciation of Mr. Phinizy's noble character and the valuable service he has rendered to the upbuilding of his community and to the entire State. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That as a tribute of respect to his memory and 'of sorrow for his decease, a copy of this resolution be spread upon the minutes of the meeting of this Board and that a copy be sent to the family of Mr. Phinizy as an expression of sympathy in their loss. A Memorial to the Georgia Legislature by the Fulton Chapter, U. D. C ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AUGUST 8, 1927. To the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen : Fulton Chapter No. 1754, of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, addresses this appeal to the Legislature of Georgia in behalf of the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial, urging that the Legislature sustain the efforts of the Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association which is trying to safeguard the Confederate Memorial and carry it to completion. The Fulton Chapter is a duly accredited branch of the Georgia Division, U. D. C., and of the General organization of the U. D. C., entitled to representation in state and national conventions of the U. D. C. on the same basis as any other U. D. C. Chap ter. We have a large and active membership, basing our claim to representation in state and national assemblies only on the number of memberships that actually are paid, and omitting names of all deceased members and all those who have failed to pay their current dues. The Fulton Chapter owns no property, because the members of the Chapter feel that all funds raised by the Chapter should be devoted to the relief and comfort of the few remaining veterans of the Confederacy, and to the perpetuation of their memory, when the last, tired and heroic soldier of the sixties shall have answered the Great Summons. The activities of the Chapter are devoted ' solely to the veterans and their cause, and we appeal to the public for funds only on occasions when some specific need of the vet erans cannot be answered through the generosity of members of the Chapter itself. The Fulton Chapter recites these facts as preliminary to its appeal to the Legislature of Georgia, because a very small group of women have assumed the right to speak publicly against the Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association, in the name of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in general. The Fulton Chapter wishes to go on record before the Legislature of Georgia as'standing behind the Stone Mountain Confed erate Memorial and behind the men and women who have lifted that great enterprise from the realm \ of an impossible dream to the status of assured success, if the people of the South will continue toco-operate with them in the building of the greatest of Memorials. Nor does this small group speak for the masses of the U. D. C., who like the Fulton Chapter, earnestly desire the completion of this great Memorial while a few veterans of the Confederacy are yet alive to witness the justification and the glorification of the cause for which they fought. The Fulton Chapter wishes to call the attention of the Legislature of Georgia to the fact that ownership of the Memorial prop erty at Stone Mountain has never been vested in the United Daughters of the Confederacy, in any Chapter or in any Division of the U. D. C. The Fulton Chapter points out that the General organization of the U. D. C. in three separate conventions specifically de clined to accept the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial as a part of the recognized work of the U. D. C., because the U. D. C. felt like it was an enterprise of such magnitude that their resources and strength were insufficient to carry it to completion. The Fulton Chapter calls attention to the fact that it was the thrice made refusal of the U. D. C. to accept the Memorial that caused Mrs. C. Helen Plane to organize the Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association for the sole purpose of building the great Confederate Memorial, and it was to this Association that the deed to the Memorial property was first made, and from whom it has never passed. The Fulton Chapter desires to point out further that the U. D. C. General has persistently declined to accept any financial responsibility for the Memorial, although the General Convention at Savannah, Ga., overrode the wishes of a small minority opposed to the Memorial and expressed with emphasis its approval of the Memorial and the desire and intention of the U. D. C. to have a share in the work of perpetuating in this way the glory of their fathers. The Fulton Chapter believes now that the majority of the U. D. C. crave the privilege of participation in the work of this Memorial, and that those who are fully informed, deeply resent the unwise and unjust war which a small group are waging against the men who have served nobly and well in behalf of the Confederacy and the Memorial to its heroes. The Fulton Chapter deplores the fact that such a small group should purport to speak authoritatively for a natonal mem bership of thousands of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The Fulton Chapter desires to emphasize the fact that the Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association is composed of men and women with a deep pride in the history of the South, that they are held to this Memorial by their desire to render a great service to the South and by the fact that their forebears fought, bled and died for the Confederacy. The members of the Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association, who are actively directing the affairs of the Memorial, are descendants of fighting sol diers of the Confederacy. They are proud of that distinction, and they have devoted four years of their life to the enterprise which glorifies the men who wore the gray. Serving without remuneration, attempting to preserve for the people of the South this greatest of Memorials, they have been subjected to the most bitter and relentless persecution since the day they cancelled Gutzon Borglum's contract, in order that they might keep faith with the people of the South, to whom the name of Borglum should ever be anathema, in view of his silent presence at that meeting at which Lee and Jackson and other southern heroes were denounced as "yellow-livered traitors to the Union." The Fulton Chapter calls upon the members of the Legislature to remember that they, too, are Southerners,—Georgians— with a heritage of sacrifice and glory that demands of them that they be worthy of their sires. The Fulton Chapter begs the Legislature of Georgia to sustain the Confederate Monumental Association, which is supported not alone by the Fulton Chapter, U. D. C., but by the Governors of the South, the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the Confederated Southern Memorial Association, and the gray veterans themselves, all of whom are represented on the Board of Directors, and all of whom have officially expressed their confidence in the present administration of the Memorial. These resolutions were passed unanimously by the members of the Fulton Chapter, U. D. C., at a called meeting on August 8, 1927. FULTON CHAPTER No. 1754, U. D. C. (Signed) MRS. CHAS. L. ANDERSON, President. O Happy World! PALMER HARTSOUGH. ]. H. FILLMORB. m 3= 1. Sing ev-ery clime and tongue, 0 hap - py world, O'er thee a gold-en day is 2. Might shall for sin and wrong no more as - Bail, No more the poor and weak op- 3. Bise, na-tions in your might, as strikes the hour, Join ye, this high-est best en- P.. 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No adjustment of dividends is involved in such exchange by virtue of the fact that the dividend periods of both issues of stock are alike, having dividends accumulating from October ist, 1927. In case you desire to make such exchange, you should send your certificates for pre ferred stock of American Bakeries Company to American Exchange Irving Trust Company at its office, No. 60 Broadway, New York City, New York, duly endorsed in blank and stamped for transfer (or check for 2c. a share in lieu of Federal stamps), and with signatures guaran teed by a bank or New York Stock Exchange firm, with instructions to make such exchange and giving the address to which you wish the new certificates mailed. Such exchange may be made at any time up to and including the ist day of December, 1927. In case you should desire to make such exchange on September 3oth, 1927, such exchange may be made by so presenting your certificates at the office of Atlanta & Lowry National Bank, at its Pryor Street office, Atlanta, Georgia, not later than 2 130 P. M. on that day. An application for the domestication in the State of Georgia of the undersigned corporation has been authorized. Dated September 28, 1927. AMERICAN BAKERIES CORPORATION, (a Florida corporation) By R. C. THOMPSON, President. WHITE PROVISION CO., INC. FIRST MORTGAGE 7£ BONDS AUTHORIZED AND OUTSTANDING §320,000. i Dated July 1st, 1927. Due July lBt> Interest Payable January let & July let, Callable In whole or in part on any interest payment date, or sixty days notio«, at par and interest. T2.Î r*. r First Mortgage 7$ Bonds (this issue) Preferred Stock 7$ Common Stock (HO Par Value) «320,000 500,000 50,000 Shares These bonde are secured by First Mortgage on all the land, building, machinery, equipment, and other fixed assets of the company. The- balance sheet of the company on October 31, 1927, as certified to by Ernst & jrnst, shows these assets at $952,383.37. Such assets were appraiaed hv ^ ft* a — K&fHVRni n ran — r*fl«i anunium'. — \nt i nui in — »mmi iinumi , — ' iT-«'rinnTH'\i— -- Jjrn ^J Q fieprociatea vaiuo BINKINO FUND A Sinking Fund amounting to 30% of the net company is provided, for the redemption of these bonds. SALES and EARNINGS earnings of the This company began operation May 7, 3927. Net earning from that date through Oct. 31, 1927 available for bond interest amounted to $25, 773.30 or over P..35 times interest charges on these bonds. This is aft«r a loss of approximately $14,000 shown for period May 7, 1927 to June 16, 1927 iwhich was,due principally to adjustments in Inventory taken over from the old company. Met earnings available for interest on these bonds for period June : 16",- 1927 to Oct. 31, 1927 amounted to $40,043.74 or over 4| times interest "Charges on fheee bond®. Net sales for period May 7, 1027 to Oct. 31, 19Ä7 amounted to $1,655,681.91. GENERAL Current assets October 31, 1927 amounted to $611,375.38, against $67,164.38 Current Liabilities {9 to 1 ratio). Met Tangible Assets on this date amounted to $1,493,570, or about $4,700 for each $1,000 bond outstanding« PRICE 100 & INTEREST, TO YIELD 7#. „SThile the above information iß not guaranteea, it is taken from reliable sources and wo believe It to be correct. (Financial statement on the reverse side hereof) CONDENSED (BALANCE SHEET WHITE PROVISION COMPANY, INC. - ATLANTA, GA .•DC)GarTc:-ac-* o CTA " '?¥JA October 31, 1927 Current: ASSETS Accounts Receivable, lees for Possible Lose Inventory (Priced at Market) Employees' and Miscellaneous Receivables-"- Land, Buildings, Machinery and Equipment, Furniture and. Fixtures , and Delivery Equipment - Depreeiaied Book Value (Pledged as Security for Bonds) Deferred Chargea LIABILITIES Current: Accounts Payable »45,635.7» £17,694.70 348,044.96 $611,375.38 1,976.46 952,383.57 55,310.43 $1,601,045.64 059,454.74 •7,709.64 $67,164.38 CAPITALIZATION Five Year, First Mortgage 7jg Gold Bonds - Capital Stock - Authorized and Outstanding: 7$ Cumulative Preferred - Par Value Common - 50,000 Shares Mo Par Value Surplus i $320,000.00 500,000.00 1,320,000.00 1 PEACE PAGEANT: The Kellogg Peace Pact, by May Bell Harper, Director International Relations Department, National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, i and I Katrina McMahon, Director International Relations Department, Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Iowa. Characters: Fifteen girls, fourteen to seventeen years of age, to represent the spirit of the countries named in the Treaty preamble; fourteen men to represent the plenipotentiaries of the respective countries signatory to the Treaty; a reader; a pianist; a soloist. Costumes: All of the girls to be robed in white. Each may wear a head dress such as a Red Cross Nurse uses; or each may have a garland of flowers on her head and carry flowers in the left hand. Each girl has the name of the country she represents in bold purple lettering on white paper sash fastened at shoulder and at opposite side of waist line. The girl impersonating the United States of America should be a little taller than the others. She has a circlet of flowers on her head, from which falls a white veil; this veil should touch the floor. In her hand she carries high a snow white dove (this may be rented from a local undertaker), or she may carry a roll of paper to represent the treaty, or a bunch of white lilies emblematic of peace. The fifteen men may wear ordinary street costumes. They should not be very young. The reader, pianist and soloist are not to be on the platform, but may be below, in front of audience. Attractive costumes are always delightful. Description of the Pageant: 1st. Lights should be dimmed. Soloist sings first stanza of "America, the Beautiful," and at beginning of the song the girl representing America enters, walks to the center and back of the stage, holding aloft the dove, lilies or roll. She stands there motionless. At end of solo the pianist plays martial music as the girls enter. See paragraph 4. 2nd. Immediately at close of solo, the reader begins the entire text of the Treaty as given herein without pause or interruption. 3rd. Pianist plays with soft pedal, accompanying continuously the treaty reading, the National hymns, "Oh, Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean," "La Marseillaise," "The Garibaldi Hymn," "The Watch on the Rhine," "Keep the Home Fires Burning," "There's a Long, Long Trail a Winding," and other former war songs but not "America" or the "Star Spangled Banner," lest the audience rise. The playing should be faint and distant. 4th. In the opening paragraph of the Treaty, as the reader mentions the name of each ruler and country, the girls representing the spirit of these countries enter quickly and take their places in the following order: Germany comes in first and passes back of America, taking position on America's right side and a step nearer the front of the stage. As the reader announces "The President of the United States of America," America steps forward a pace, holds the lilies or roll or dove toward the audience, then quickly, without turning, goes back to her original place, the center back of stage, a trifle behind Germany. As the reading continues, the girls appear at the appropriate announcements, taking places to right and left of America alternately until they are ranged as follows : America Belgium Germany Great Britain France Australia Canada South Africa New Zealand India Irish Free State Japan Italy Czechoslovak Republic Poland The girls stand in this formation during the reading of the Treaty. 5th. At the words "their respective plenipotentiaries," the men representing the signers of the treaty enter, each man coming singly as the reader announces him and taking his place back of the girl who wears the name of his particular country. It so happened that the Right Honorable Lord Cushendun represented both Great Britain and India. Let Lord Cushendun enter and stand by Great Britain, and when he is announced later as representing India he may move and stand just back of India. 6th. Girls and men now stand in this formation until at the words, "In faith whereof the plenipotentiaries have signed this treaty," the men raise their right hands as if taking oath, keeping their hands upraised while the girls form a circle, joining hands, America keeping the roll, dove or lilies raised in one hand while she places the other over the clasped hands of Belgium and Germany, standing on either side of her. 7th. At conclusion of the treaty reading, the girls, still in circular formation, raise their joined hands shoulder high, each girl holding her bouquet of flowers, the men still with right hands upraised as if taking oath, America raising the clasped hands of Germany and Belgium to her breast. They all, girls and men, join with soloist in singing, "Blest Be the Tie That Binds." At the last word of the verse all let hands fall at sides. 8th. Soloist sings last stanza of "America, the Beautiful." At the first word of the song the girl representing the spirit of Belgium and her partner, the man represent ing the plenipotentiary of that nation, pass back of America and off the stage at opposite side from where all entered. Next Great Britain and her plenipotentiary follow; next Australia and others in the form of the circle, till America and her Secre tary of State are left. Each girl as she passes gives to America her bouquet. They bow to the audience, turn and follow others off the stage. Complete and official text of Treaty for Reader The full text of the general compact for the renunciation of war as signed at Paris was officially given out at the State Department in Washington as follows: The (President of the German Reich, the President of the United States of America, his Majesty the King of the Belgians, the President of the French Republic, his Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions Beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, his Majesty the King of Italy, his Majesty the Emperor of Japan, the President of the Republic of Poland, the President of the Czechoslovak Republic; Deeply sensible of their solemn duty to promote the welfare of mankind; Persuaded that the time has come when a frank renunciation of war as an instru ment of national policy should be made to the end that the peaceful and friendly relations now existing between their peoples may be perpetuated; Convinced that all changes in their relations with one another should be sought only by pacific means and be the result of a peaceful and orderly process; and that any signatory power which shall hereafter seek to promote its national interests by resort to war should be denied the benefits furnished by this treaty; Hopeful that, encouraged by their example, all the other nations of the world will join in this humane endeavor and by adhering to the present treaty as soon as it comes into force bring their peoples within the scope of its beneficent provisions, thus uniting the civilized nations of the world in a common renunciation of war as an instrument of their national policy; Have decided to conclude a treaty, and for that purpose have appointed as their respective plenipotentiaries; The President of the German Reich, Dr. Gustav Stresemann, Minister for Foreign Affairs ; The President of the United States of America, the Hon. Frank B. Kellogg, Sec retary of State; His Majesty the King of the Belgians, M. Paul Hymans, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister of State; The President of the French Republic, M. Aristide Briand, Minister for Foreign Affairs ; His Majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions Beyond the Seas, Emperor of India; For Great Britain and Northern Ireland and all parts of the British Empire which are not separate members of the League of Nations, the Right Hon. Lord Cushendun, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Acting Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; For the Dominion of Canada, the Right Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie-King, Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs; For the Commonwealth of Australia, the Hon. Alexander John McLachlen, mem ber of the Executive Federal Council; For the Dominion of New Zealand, the Hon. Sir Christopher James Parr, High Commissioner for New Zealand in Great Britain; For the Union of South Africa, the Hon. Jacobus Stephanus Smit, High Com missioner for the Union of South Africa in Great Britain; For the Irish Free State, Mr. William Thomas Cosgrave, President of the Execu tive Council of the Irish Free State; For India, the Right Hon. Lord Cushendun, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Acting Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; His Majesty the King of Italy, Count Gaetano Manzoni, His Ambassador Extra ordinary and Plenipotentiary at Paris; . His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, Count Uchida, member of the Privy Council; 3 The President of the Republic of Poland, Mr. A. Zales, Minister for Foreign Affairs; The President of the Czechoslovak Republic, Dr. Eduard Benes, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Who, having communicated to one another their full powers found in good and due form have agreed upon the following articles: ARTICLE I. The High Contracting Parties solemnly declare in the names of their respective peoples that they condemn recourse to war for the solution of international contro versies, and renounce it as an instrument of national policy in their relations with one another. ARTICLE II. The high contracting parties agree that the settlement or solution of all disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be, which may arise among them, shall never be sought except by pacific means. ARTICLE III. The present treaty shall be ratified by the high contracting parties named in the preamble in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements, and shall take effect as between them as soon as all their several instruments of ratification shall have been deposited at Washington. This treaty shall, when it has come into effect as prescribed in the preceding para graph, remain open as long as may be necessary for adherence by all the other powers of the world. Every instrument evidencing the adherence of a power shall be deposited at Washington, and the treaty shall immediately upon such deposit become effective as between the power thus adhering and the other parties hereto. It shall be the duty of the Government of the United States of America to furnish each Government named in the preamble and every Government subsequently adhering to this treaty with a certified copy of the treaty and of every instrument of ratification or adherence. It shall also be the duty of the Government of the United States of America