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VOLUME LXIV > NO. 3 FVFI^EE^ While they last a dainty bottle of lovely per fume with every can of COLG ATES TALC—2Sc. Balk corn’s Drug Store The sg*aßJL Store (The Economical Drug Store) § K-RTN-K-L-Y JSEgjk SPELLS KRINKLY The Special and Distinctive Patented teg] Bottle for i ORANGE CRUSH ■ Orange Crush tastes better in KRINKLY Bottle. Ask for Orange Crush in the KRINKLY Bottle and you will get the genuine. The Prettiest Ever! MILLINERY Ready-to-Wear #Av Novelty Dress Goods J .*: \\sA \ / \1 ■•*'• •f 'V ’yT v\ r /fV%. MS-r \' / ' \ We Invite You / J//4 /V *sf \ to see the Line C. L. TABB & COMPANY BLAKELY, GEORGIA $■ ®frrig €:o mif|j Success to All Who Pay Their Honest Debts —“Be Sure You Are Right, Then Go Ahead." BLAKELY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY EVENING SEPT. 4, 1924 POLL OF SECOND DISTRICT INDICATES OVERWHELMING VICTORY FOR COX GOODWINS BROTHERS GET JAILSENTENCES VALDOSTA, Ga—W. H. Goodwin and his brother, J. E. Goodwin, for merly of Tampa, Fla., were convicted in the superior court here yesterday in connection with charges of being implicated in changing numbers and selling alleged stolen automobiles. They were sentenced to serve one year each on three separate counts, and on motion for a new trial and bail, were held in five thousand dol lors, which they failed to give and are being held in jail. About a year ago the Goodwins operated the Palace garage in Val dosta and during that time were in dicted on five charges of selling stol en automobiles on which the num bers had been changed. The trial resulted in the jury disregarding two of the counts and convicting on the other three, placing the sentence of one year for each defendant on each conviction. The jury then recom mended that they be punished as for a misdemeanor, which would have given them either a fine or a sen tence. Judge W. E. Thomas, presiding in the case, announced that in view of the fact that the defendants could each have been given ten years by the jury, he would disregard the recommendation and let the sen tence stand, considering it very light. In overruling the motion for a new trial, Judge Thomas set the bond for each at $6,000, which was objected to by the attorneys for the defeise as being excessive and this was reduced to $5,000 each. The men being unable to give the bond in that sum, went to jail. U. D. C. MEETING. The September meeting of the Blakely U. D. C. Chapter will be held Friday afternoon, September 5, at the home of Mrs. Wyatt Alexan der, Mrs. Alexander, Mrs. A. D. Harriss and Miss Ella Jones being joint hostesses. The meeting will be called to order promptly at four o’clock. MAJORITY OF COUNTIES CLAIMED FOR COX The Early County News has con ducted a poll during the past week of county officers, sheriffs and repre sentatives, prominent business men and others who are well posted in politics in every county in the Sec ond district, to feel out the sentiment in the Congressman’s race between Judge E. E. Cox and Judge Frank Park. A questionnaire was sent to 50 such men throughout tne district asking for a fair and impartial view of the situation in their county as to which candidate would carry the county and the probable size of the majority. Here is the questionnaire which was sent, word for word: Dear Sir: We are very desirous of getting a forecast of the coming primary as re gards the Congressional race between Judge Cox and Judge Park. It is our earnest desire to have this fore cast as accurate and uncolored as possible, this being a sincere effort to secure a reliable prediction as to the results in each county. We are addressing this to you as one of the most prominent citizens in your community, believing that you will report the situation to us just as you see it in your county. The week preceding the primary we intend to print this forecast for the benefit of our readers. We will appreciate it if you will drop us a line, —or just use the bot tom of this slip —and give us your idea as to who will carry your county, and the probable majority of such candidate? We want this informa tion in hand by the latter part of the week, and will appreciate your prompt response. Some twenty-odd replies were re ceived. Some of these asked that their names be not used in connec tion with the publication of the poll. We have complied with their re quests, although their opinions are published. The replies are all on file at this office for any who might care to see them. If the straws indicate which way the wind is blowing, Judge E. E. Cox, of Camilla, will overwhelmingly de feat Congressman Park in the primary next Wednesday. The estimates fur nished by these men, who, if any one can forecast the result of an election, should be able to do so, many of them being county officers, concede every county in the district to Judge Cox with the exception of three. Worth (the Congressman's home county, where the vote is said to be close), Decatur (where one es timate gives Judge Park large ma jority and one a small majority), and Calhoun (where three estimates con cede the county to Cox and one to Park) —and one county, Grady, from whom no replies were received. Mitchell, Dougherty, Seminole, Ba ker, Tift, Colquitt, Miller, Thomas and Early counties are given to Cox by the forecasts of this poll, some of th(sm by big majorities, Judge Cox’s home county being counted on for a majority of from 1,500 to 2,000. The replies are given below just as they were received: DOUGHERTY COUNTY WILL GIVE COX BIG MAJORITY. It is my judgment that Judge Cox will easily carry the county, the ma jority depends on the vote that is gotten out on the day of the eleo -tion, I would safely predict that he will carry carry it by at least 300 to 500 majority. H. A. PEACOCK. Albany, Ga. COX’S HOME COUNTY TO VOTE ALMOST SOLIDLY FOR HIM. Park supporters claim two hundred to three hundred votes in this coun ty. In the recent primary twenty nine hundred votes were cast. We believe hat a conservative estimate of Judge Cox’s majority in this, his home county, will be between fifteen hundred and two thousand, based on (Continued on page 5) $1.50 A YEAR STATE PRIMARY TO BE HELDWEDNESDAY The state Democratic primary will be held next Wednesday, September 10th. There has been less interest manifested in the present campaign than any in recent years, due to the small number of state officials hav ing opponents. Thomas W. Hardwick, former U. S. Senator and former Governor, la opposing the present Senator, Wil liam J. Harris. The consensus of opinion seems to be that Harris will be returned the winner by one of the largest majorities ever given a candidate in Georgia political history. Clifford Walker is unopposed for governor. S. G. McLendon is unopposed for secretary of state. George M'. Napier is unopposed for attorney-general. W. J. Speer is unopposed for state treasurer. William A. Wright is unopposed for comptroller general. The commissioner of agriculture, J. J. Brown, is being opposed by George P. Hunnicutt. The opinion seems to prevail that the present commissioner will win easily. The present state school superin tendent, N. H. Ballard, is opposed by Fort E. Land. A close race la expected between these two. H. M. Stanley is unopposed for commissioner of commerce and labor. The present pension commissioner, C. E. McGregor, is being opposed by John W. Clark. T. E Patterson is unopposed for prison commissioner. John T. Boifeuillet, present mem ber of the railroad commission is being opposed by O. R. Bennett. J. D. Price is being opposed in bis campaign for re-election us rail road commissioner by Albert J. Wood ruff. Samuel C. Atkinson and S. Price Gilbert are unopposed for associate justices of the. supreme court. Nash R. Broyles and W. Frank Jenkins are unopposed for the court of appeals. 1 A race that is attracting coiiHidei 1 - able interest throughout the 2nd dis trict is that of Judge E. E. COx and Judge Frank Park for Congress. This is the second time Judge Cox has made the race against Judge Park, and both have made a thorough can vass of the district. A poll of prom inent business and official men in the Second district by this newspa per will be found in another column Judge M. J. Yeomans and Solici tor B. T. Castellow have no opposi sition. IN EARLY COUNTY. The Representative’s race in Ear ly county between the present Repre sentative, John D. Haddock, of Da mascus, and T. O. Whitchard, of Blakely, is the most interesting fea ture of the primary in this county. (Qonttnued on page 5) Step flis Way for that new SOLE. We can make those shoes look and wear mighty fine. No use throwing them away just because they are slight ly worn. Bring them to us Blakely Sboe Sbop OPPOSITE POST OFFICe DEWOLFE & ARMSTRONG