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WL & AAS STRONG HOPES
'_¢ GETTING GOVERNOR’S PLACE
NECESSARY FOR
WALKER AND HARDWICK HAVE
. CLOSE RUN IN STATE CONTEST:
m Sept. 9.—Unofficial in-
Wfifiiwms,complied by the
the Mrnal at one forty-five p. m.
indicated that Watson had two
hundred and fifteen county unit 1
votes in the senatorial primary of
yesterday..... Dorsey got seventy J
five and Smith forty. :
For governor Hardwick had one ]
hundred and sixty-six, Walker one
hundred and forty-six and Holder
eighteen. :
Atlanta, Sept. 9—Watson wins the
senate. The contest for governor is
close hetween Walker and Hardwick,
with Walker slightly inthe lead. 111
will take an official count to dicide. ‘
Atlanta, Sept. 9.—Thomas E, Wat-|
son has received the democratc nom- |
ination for the United States senator}
in the fucé nof !ilicoixii)lete returns in‘;
yesterday’s democratic primary com
.pil'e(‘l by the Constitution this morn
ing with two hundr;d and two couhty.‘
unit votes: 'Dorey a hundred and
typot®mlty 32,7 o,
; The (‘on.*ititutio_rnl i i)ndic:_}l_’ted that
o bligr, vas. leading, for’ governor,
while the ‘Journal ' indicated that
i{arqmgk‘was‘ W e
" Official Count Necessary. . .
“Atlahitd, Ga,, Sept. 9.—Thomas E.
Watson: received the Democratic norfi-i
ination forthe Senate on the face of
incompléte’ and' 'unofticial ‘returns “of.
approximately (Wb'thirds of the Geor- |
gid-counties compiled by the Journal,f
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NO FLU EPiDEMIC .
WILL RETURN HERE
' 'COMING :WINTER
Washingtofi, Sept. 9.—There hve
been xip indications of the.return of
last year's influenza epidemic for this
winter, the public health service an
nounced today. Experts of the ser
“vice do not expect the disease to be
widespread or as virulent this year
as in nineteen nineteen. :
at noon today. ! s
These indicated that Watson had
wo ‘hundred and three éounty ‘unit
‘votes, Dorsey seventy-five, and Sen
ator Smith forty. It requires a'hun{
dred and ninety-five to nominate. i
" Indications wéf-?momcial‘
ccunt would he necessary to decide
the Governors race. The Journal fi-;
gures indicated that former Senator
“Hardwick had a hundred and forty!
eight, (‘,lifford‘ Wialker a hundred :mdl
torty six, and John Hclder twenty. |
The Indications are that all the!
cengressmen were fiominuted. !
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' Mclendon Re-elected. ;
JAtlanta, Ga., Sept. 9.—The Journal
returns at noon indicated that Sec-‘;
retary of State McLendon was re
nominated, Geogre M. Napier was?
'nomi'ix'ated. as attorney general; Puulj
’l‘rammeil was nominated to the rail-']l
road commission, O. H. - B. Blood
worth and Ben H. Hill were nominat-j
¢l for the Court of Appeals. : |
These returns showed M’cl;eudou‘
had a bhig lead: over Clg,ud Al West.
Napier-had -a wide margin over Gaor
ge B. Davis, Qndbfiiéedwécfli«afid Hill
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B‘M‘fg and {Prammal, alwide lead
over T. W| Bankston. !
.o . Hardwick in Lead.
Atlanta, Sept. 9.—The first returhs
'comrpfied by the Atlanta Journal today
ton the senatorial race in yesterda's
primary are incomplete, but the unof
ficlal returns indicated that Watson
has won the senatorial nomination
with one hundred and ninety seven
county unit votes or more than a ma
jority. These returns are from a
hundred and seventeen out of a hun
dred and fifty five counties in the
State. .
It was indicated that Dorsey had
@sixfy seven; Smith forty; Cooper non:
Smaller returns from the hundred ang
twenty counties in the gubernatorial
race indicated that Hardwick had o
hundred and seventy four; Walker u
hundred and thirty éight, and Holder
tweive. ‘
COX PRESENTS '
| |
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
;TELLS MONTANA AUDIENCE MUST
’ REMOVE SENATE HATE.
' Helena, Mont., Sept. 9.—Argument:
' on behalf of the league of nations a:
! adopted to the affairs of the west wer¢
" presented today by Govgrnor ()ox.l
% Urging the league Cox told a Helena
| audience that the United States was
[ looked upon as “a nation of quitters.
Self prosperous, self satisfied, while
our associates as fiell as our enemies
in Europe were starying to death.”
America cannot enter into a period
of prosperity until doubt and distrust,
. and growing hatred against us created ‘
by the apostle of hate in senatorial
l oligarchy are removed. ‘
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Have you heen to Wilkes-Webste:
Tire Sale, ) 9.7-tt
CORDELE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1920
WITNESS SAYS
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FROM 54 CITIES
ADMITS COX CHARGES AND MORE
BLAIR WAS ON STAND.
Chicago, Sept. 9.—Charges of Gov
ernor- Cox that the republicans il
fixed quotis ‘and p'inacd ifénsive
fund’ raising diives n a léu:é‘m"}fi;
fcur cities, and Ihat the nggihti! ("(;"uilf
mittee ha a part in assessing thg.city
quotas were admitted on the stand
before the senite in‘vgstigating com
mittee today by Haryy ML Blaiv, as2is
tant to the republican national troae
urer Ppham!
i Reading from a docaaent produc
- ed by Blair which he said he sont out
lin lieu of -the much discuseed “from
‘[onevn:iught one,” Sonaior Reed
brought out that the treagnrer s office
planned 1o organize intensive”dvives
'in fi,fty four cities, three mora than
Cox entioned. 1
. From the same document Reed read
that the local chairman appointgd in
Eeach city was to “accept the quota
place@ upon the. city by the national
corfimittee.” , : ]
? “But he never did that to my knowl
‘ edge‘,;' Blair interjected. i
" While drives weré planned in fifty
fous cities, Blair said, it was found
!4@%»6&0 -eariy «6m 'itfief\‘]fit'fi;éraii'x'
?because of local conditions in som~
; plaqqs. ;
1_ ““You did though conlemp:lale organ
x}'izing drives in fifty four cities?” Reed
|asked. Go gl o Sk A
f' “Yes,” Blair replied. “So if Cox, or
?‘any other man’ éharges that you had
"plans tor"oréanvii'ing fifty four cities,
‘he simply under-stated it, qidn’t he?"
g "Yes.f' the witness said.
Blair explained the plan “in hiy
miml",.aé for the state chairman and
‘the ways, and means (-onmn'\l’tp,e )
select the local chairman in the (~ities.§
who then would be confirmed l)y;
Upham “to make it official”’; that Up-
Aran s}xotllil pass on to local (-.hairmnn]i
the City Quota suggested by tlmi
state head. '
. An attempt by Charles S. Boeschen
stein, ‘Democratic National Commit
teeman of Illinois, to solicit campnignl
tunds from postmus:ters, was present
cd to the committee by William 0.1
I"arlow of Augusta, an Illinois farmer.
HAD VIRTUALLY STOPPED TRAF.
FIC ON NATIONAL WIRES.
Mexico City, Sept. 9.—The railroad
strike which virtually stopped traffic
on the national lines eight hours yés
erday was settled last night when
2rovisional President Lela Huer"ta
granted three of the four demands of
the strikers. The strikers secured
recognition of the engineers and fire
men union with seventy five percent
of wage increase and the promise that
all pending wage' disputes would be
adjusted. '
MURRAY CRANE REPORTED
SLIGHTLY ILL AT HOME
Dalton, Masé., Sept. 9.—Former
Senator Murray Crane is ill at his res
idence here. He is reported slightly
hetter today.
AND DAILY SENTINEL :
POLISH FIGHT
' 4 _}‘l i
..'l‘&, i
~ OF BOLSHEVIKI
U ~:' i |
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MORE THAN/A MBELION SOLDIERS
HAVE BECOSMBFDESERTERS IN
LoFFENSIVE. S 8 |
‘Washington, 8 ‘ 9.—The rifle
,‘g“smth of the Balghevik army on the
‘Polish front hasie@n reduced by more
than half as resuf§@ot the Polish (‘()llfri
X nsive ‘acoOlling to reports re-
AR T O e T
cetved today n Y sial civeles. The
ie_"'if' armies. SRR Suttered heavily
from desertioni (@he total Ifl?bér"
of u‘fla‘j" # fleserters -of the
e N SR i ‘vl
m, i oh ! .ated at approxi
maltely I '"i: g‘ bY |
Soviéts Evfeuate City. |
London, Sa;it{;@fif ¥The Russian Bol
shevik forces :fighiling against the
s y i i
Poles sonthw‘es%&gfest Litovsk have |
ewbic\lass’d' the c{tfi , Hrudieszow un~’
delj the _hressm'?',’"‘. alish troops, say: |
an official staten BBt issued in Moscow |
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vesterday. '!‘l'ie' Z"_\ Bment admits thay
Soviet troops «, R region have been |
withdrawn to (HEEStern hank of the |
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T.ug river. T "
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_Trieste, Seph ' . 9.—(Associated
'Prebs)——fl'flfit‘br»lfighi*ro leading to‘:
. kAR T !
street figh;t'hfi,; wiaen Nationalists
and - Soc‘iilis'" WE heen resumed.
Two déaths o ‘ and a score of
: RIS R g
pérsons were wi %dfid '
v Eesl YR L | iy
Ttermitudi TN o
despite” thé “ract that sivong puirds
were placed. on the . streets:
GOING TO ‘RIGA.
. Warsaw, . Sept. 9.~ (Associated
Press) —Letvig has given the neces
sary guayantees to the Russian Soviet
government and as 'a result the Bol
shevik peace delegation will go to
Riga to.meet the Polish representa
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Omaha, Som.—.!)—:-_'l‘ho retirement of
preachers from !the ministry becausa
their pay was poor was deplored by
Bishop W. F. McDowell of Washing
ton; D. C., addressing a conference of
Nel.)m'sku, Methodist preachers, He
saiél he heard one minister say he wa;t
l‘el}l'illg because he could not “keep a
seal skin family on a muskrat in
('.ont)e." declaring that teo many were
getimg out of the ministry for that
reakon. 3
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WALKER GOT MORE THAN ALL
OPPONENTS.
Governor Hugh _])ursey carried
Crisp county by a creditable plurality
yesterday over Watson and Smith,
Clifford Walker won in the govern
or's race by more than all the vooe;
of his 'two opponents.
‘The race in the contested nf.ficea!
was as follows, i
FOR SENATOR: ‘
. RIOPRRY - L e mw‘
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3 VBRNON S L 96
paoper oot aalile s 2
FOR GOVERNOR:
" Clifford Walker:...... .7,
BN 0 e s
Hovdwiel ... 00 ooen 09
3 BPOWN Loy
JUDGE COURT APPRLS: |
Pt MM, LA e e
: Bloddworth .. ..
FOR ("ONGRESS: ; :
- Geißp .S 604‘
! Jones oA
~ Congressman Crisp seems to have
carrie all the other oounties of thé
district, ' ,
Chalrman S. C. Byrd of the count)
commissioners wns nominated for the
legiskature 'without opposition, €. 1
Peacock of. Bastman becomes senator
for the forty eighth district to fuceeed
Senator Dorris.
tives, tha Polish foreign minister has
been advised. ‘
SUPERINTENDENT COLLIER
| LIVES WITH JUDGE GOWER
Fricnds throughout the community
will ‘he interested in the announce
ment that Superintendent J. M. Col
lipr and family will live with Judge
and Mrs. O. T. Gower for the present
This will give the scheol superinten-;
dent a handy place and convenient to
blfhe schools and h_li.q- work, {
UNCLE GEORGE MILLER IN
CHARGE JEWISH SERVICFE
The . Jewish ;o_pcl—umion of Corele
will celebrate Rosh Hosannah Mon
day and Tuesiay of next week in fit.
ting manner in Cordele, The servi
¢es will be held in the Knights of
Pythias Hall in this city.
The day of atonment will follow ten
days later on Wed;)esday, September
15. Quite the usunal interest will he
taken and large numhbers of Jewish
friends from othey near by commu
nitiecs will come to Cordele to take
part in the servicegs with the people
here,
MAIL PLANE IS WRECKED
LANDING IN CORN FIELD
Elkhart, Ind.,, Sept. 9.—A Chicago
and New York United States mail
plane, driven by Lieutenant Riddles
barger, was wrecked while landing in
a corn field near here this morning
The pilot was not injured.
{MURDER VICTIM
l WILL, BE BURIED
IN POTTER’S FIELD
New York, Se[;.t:mf)'.‘—'l‘he body of
Mrs. Eugene Leroy, the murdef victim
shipped here in a trunk from Detrait
lust June will be buried in Potter’s
field tomorrow, it was announced to
‘day. The body has been held in the
'mm'gue pending the capture of the
‘sla,\'er. An international search has
I failed to discover him. .
! ‘eo e e e .
NO IMPAIRMENT
~ ALABAMA COAL
OPERATORS SAY THEY ARE GET
! TING FULL SUPPLY.
| Birmingham, Sept. 9—With one
. shut down reforded the ;Zenm'nl strike
L ef the Alabama coal miners was weil
:undorwuy today. Union leaders pre:
Edloted that the numbers of strikers
; is increasing daily while the operators
insisted that there was no impairment
: to the coal output. - :
OVERSTREET WAS
HE CARPIED FIVE COUNTIES
| WITH SIXTEEN VOTES.
| iRI
' Savannah, Sept. 9.——Rep|‘esemuli,\n
| Overstreet was renominated in yes(er
day's demncrfltié primary . from the
‘l’irst Georgia district; He camried
ive counties, with sixteen county m'\it
votes, e
OTWELL SELLS
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BELL PLANTATION
Dr. James A.ml, who less lhfl;l
hirty daysrsago bought' “the Bell
lautation in Deedly county, today
oLI (it to. T, B. Jenkins of Summer,
Ja,, for $31,000,
This is one ‘of the most desirable
‘arms in Doodly county and the new
owner gets many fine improvements
in his new purchase,
YELLOW CUR DOG
SAVED INJURED
FROM DROWNING
Memphis, Sept, 9.—A young married
woman in the general hospital here
painfully injured, owes her life to a
brown cur dog which aftér she was
attacked early today by an unidenti
fied white man and knocked into a
pool of water in a semicmnsciousl: con
dition went to hér assistance and held
her head u\bovu the surface until
help arrived, S
JUDGE HOLDS WOMAN
' MAY CHEW TOBACCO
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. B.—A wom-:
an asked W, H. Scott, a policeman,
how to reach an address last night
Scott told her,
“Thanks,” said the woman, and
reaching into a pocket of her coat,
took out a plug of tobacco and hit
~ff a chew. Scott arrested her on a
charge of disturbing the peace,
In municipal court today Judge
John M. Kennedy dismissed the case,
“If women may vote, why shouldn’t
they chew?” inquired the judge.
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AFTERNOON
EDITION
HUNDREDS GAVE: |
LIVES TO QUAKE
Vi AT ‘~ &
RECOVERING BODIES FROM & -;"
MANY STRIKEN c:gmg
Florence, Sept. 9.—The nnmy'fi'_i
dead in Tuesday’s earthquake i&
steadily growing. The latest &QinjQ
from Pivazzano will bring the "tq 4
from thrae to four hundred and thi 9
two, while in Vignatte a hundred ap
twenty four are dead. A thogsagg
persons were injured. | ‘
In nearly three score tmafli(
villages serious damage wu(opg*
More than ten thousand people. wers.
rendered homeless.: S g
REMOVING VICTIMS. &
London, Sept. 9.—Fifty dgfld
tinfs of the Italian earthquake A3vp
been taken from the ruins of the tgwh
of Bargs, says a dispatch tron"b:zi
the message adding that many !fl.mj—fi
are buried under the debris. of thell
homes. The village, of Gartogngaa ih.
a heap of ruins. Vignet '6;;?;9&;;’@@4;
ed, and a thousand personsigre I){‘3*
less in other towns. i
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Another Shack. ..
Rome, Sept. _9.—(Asaocl'ated'_l Pregéy
Anothey violent pn_i-t_hqug.kc wi&«g §
in the Emila’ district - iiiis : nb!‘m
cansing loss of life, iydporqgt a :
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BRANDEGEE IS RENOMINATED
BY ooumucur,mumg@fi
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Hartfort, Conn., Sept. fu-i?gifi
States Sen'atpr.l?rqfld:esg.e, wal IQ%DII‘
inated by the republiean state conven,
tion here today. . ot
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Messrs R. L, .and John, a Hcd&bdd‘
of Pavo are here with their WP}
Mrs. W, E. Bedgood visiting ’l{9};;;2
tives in Crisp. P RS - ::’,{
We have just received
a nice shipment of the
famous ‘Johnson Bros."
gold band poreelain. - -’
This is open _sto§l;,.;
zoods and We:';'hflm! M’
of the staple items sueh
as Cups and Saucers, 4,
6,7, and 8-in Platea
Soupes, Oatmeal = and
Platers, also a- good
man{ other items, .
You can buy any
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that yon want. b= iy
C'onsider the dllafit)’,
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