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SUBSCRIPTIONS IN ADVANCE % Your subscription It payable In sd- vanes and you will aava delays by complying with thla rule. # SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION h, PFFIfUL 0«U* 01 the Gttjr of Thocnasvflk and the County of TEonaa. VOL. X. No. #2. TH0MA8VILLE, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1922. $1.00 PER ANNUM HARDWICK BEATEN BY OVERWHELMING MAJORITY IN DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION tUvi .vy/iks jii I, an Incomplete Returns Yesterday Indicated 300 Votes in Convention for Walker With 114 Counties, Hardwick 42 Counties With 112 Votes,—J. J. Brown Wins Handily Over Blalock.—R. C. Bell Made Sensational Race for Judgeship.—J. A. Perry Wins While Race is Close Be tween MacDonald and Palmour.—Judge Dick Russell Defeated Judge Fish for Chief Justice. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 14.—Addi tional returns from yesterday's primary, tabulated by the Atlanta Journal gave Walker 113 cjjnttos will. 2K? convention votes, and Hardwick 42 counties with 112 votes Brown is leading for Commis sioner of Agriculture, Russell for Chief Justice, Bell for the Court of Appeals, Perry for the Rail road Commission, with the race for state school superintendent close, Duggan having a slight lead. aloner of Agriculture, and Judge Dick Russell was elected Chief Justice over Judge W. H. Pish. Judge R. C. Bell won by a big ma jority. carrying nearly every county In the state. The race for Railroad Commission er between McDonald, Johnson anil Palmour Is In doubt and will proba bly go to the convention. McDonald Is leading and Palmour is second. James A. Perry won over Trox Bankston and O. B. Bush lor Hallrund Commissioner. Conventions Mests In Macon Oct 4. The convention will meet In Macon on October 4th. BILL HART NOW SUED FOR DIVORCE Los Angeles. Cal., Sept. 14.—A suit for divorce on grounds of "extreme cruelty” will be Instituted at once against William S. Hart, film actor, by Mrs. Winifred Westover Hart, ac cording to an announcement today by Mrs. Hart's attorney, who declined to give details of allegations he had promised to make. Yesterday, Hart and his son, one week old, met for the first time at the home of hts wife in Santa Monica. Reports that Hart had reached a 9200,000 cash settlement with his wife were verified by Mrs. Hart's attorney. He added, however, that complete! settlement had not been effected. EASTERN SITUATION { CAUSING DEEP CONCERN I OVER RUSSIA'S DEMAND j FOR THE DARDANELLES! Soviet Government Appeals To England for Disposition Of the Straits as Nations Bordering it May Decide. — General Conference Talked. THOMAS GOES FOR WALKER BY 201 VOTES; \ BANISTER, DAVIS AND CHASTAIN WINNERS Moscow, Sept. 14.—a note of pro test against allied action In Constan tinople, has been sent Great Britain by the Soviet government which takes the stand that the allies acted entire ly according to their own wishes, and against the Interests of Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and Georgia and that the fate of the Straits must be deter mined by the states bordering on the Black Sea, says the note and Russia STRIKER ON SEABOARD ADMITS ATTEMPTING TO -BLOW UP A. C.L BRIDGE Jacksonville, Pla., Sept. 14.—: signed statement at the county Jail this morning, Otis Norton, a Seaboard Air l.lne striker, confessed that he and four other men plotted and at tempted the dynamiting of a- trestle over Six Mile creek on the Atlantic Coast Line road near here Tuesday night, according to an announcement today By Deputy Sheriff Shackleford. (Continued on Page Four) TAX RATE FOR THOMAS COUNTY FIXED AT SK MILLS FOR THIS YEAR EARLY RETURNS INDICATED LANDSLIDE FOR WALKER moORE DEFEATS OVERSTREET Atlanta, Ga„ Sept. 14.—Gov. Thom-j ,N TH * F,FTH DI8TRIC J as W. Hardwick was defeated for re- Savannah, Ga., Sept. 14—Reports to nomination In the primary yesterday, 1 F ™» 8 from the Hr,t degression- by Clifford M. Walker, former attor- •> strict. Indicate the defeat of ney senorml. on the face of lnconv Congre.sman Overstreet by R. Lee GEORGIA’S NEXT GOVERNOR Clifford M. Walker plete returns from practically pll of the counties compiled by the Atlanta Constitution. The figures gave Walker 113 coun ties, with 294 convention votes, and FIRST RETURNS SHOWED WALKER A SURE WINNER Atlanta, Sept 14.—jncomplete re- Hardwick 41 counties with 108 unit turn * from 127 ot 0,9 140 c0Untl0s *“ vole,. ~ Georgia In the primary Wednesday, 1 gave Clifford. M. Walker 232 county The turnover on the Governor's race did not appear to be followed In the Congressional contests, as the in- cumbenls in the fifth, sixth and eighth districts, appear safely renomi nated'. In the first, Overstreet and W. Lee Moore, apparently are tied. In the ninth, where Bell had oppo sition, the returns are slow coming !n| At least one woman will be In the next legislature, early returns Indicat ing that Mrs. Viola Napier, Macon at torney, had been nominated. Congressman Overstreet Apparently Defeated. Additional returns today to the At lanta Journal indicated that Bell bad carried the ninth district and Con greiaman Overstreet was defeated bv W. Lee Moore, in the first district. In- unit votes to 106 unit votes for Gov ernor Thomas W. Hardwick. According to figures received here at 10 o’clock last night. Walker carried ninety counties and Hardwick carried thirty-three, with returns from forty- three counties missing. The total convention vote is 416 and with 232 votes apparently for Walker he had already won a majority out of the returns received. The lead of Walker Increased steadi ly as the returns were received. As the reports began to come in early af ter the polls closed Walker took the lead from the, start and increased this lead steadily as the figures continued to arrive. The first precinct complete came In from the Poole district in Fulton county, giving Walker 28 rotes, Kempton, Atlanta newspaper writer would be elected to the legislature. dlcatlons also were that Miss Bessie; H Y dwlck ®’ aad B *f- lor 9 ' . After this the returns poured in from all parts of the state and In creased the Walker lead. »' It was Indicated early In the evening that Walker was running strong In South Georgia aa well as In Middle and North Georgia, which was one sur- prise of the election, as the forecasters carrying lie hM a#c]are( , thlt Hardwick would win The tax rate of Thomas county Is probably the lowest of any county la the entire state. It was- fixed yester day at six mills. In 1920 it was twelve mills, in 1921, nine mills, and In 1922 It will be six mills, or a reduction ot fifty per cent. In two years. The country districts will be taxed five mills additional for achool tax and the entire county will pay the state tax of five mills. This wonderful showing has been made possible by the collection of ex tra taxes during the past two years. The affairs ot the County are In such shape, also, that not a cent of money will hay* to be borrowed this year. Sixty-five Thousand doallars was bor rowed two years ago and orer five thousand last year. The tax levy for Thomasvllle city property will be eleven mills for state and county this year. J. J. Brown Was Winner in County.—Judge Fish Won Eas ily as Did Judge Bell and O. B. Bush. — McDonald, Blind Candidate for Railroad Commission Won in the County Also.—Banister Led Representatives' Ticket With Davis and Beverly Close for Second Place.—Re turns Received Wednesday Night Gave Early Indica tion of Walker's Election. Clifford M. Walker carried Thomas county T>y a plurality of 201 over Thom as W. Hardwick. Baylor omy receiv ed 27 votes. Thomas county went also for J. J. Brown, for Commission er of Agriculture, N. H. Bullard, for The upset or the dope hy trained observers and politicians Is evident from the return at variance with the reputed claims for various candidates. The vote was light, as predicted by lii jiKruumure, HiiiMira, lor .. . , School Supt.. R. E. Davison, for Prls- n'c T 1 ' ” WedBM ? v after on Commissioner, Walter McDonald: _"?°"' 2 ' U8 v< f 9 , roca, ’ re<1 bF for Raflroad Commission In Murphy' Z J ' 3p, '* r ' , wh ° led the , “' ket amnn * Candler's place and for J. A. Perry to! the unron ‘ ,!! " , * d «'««°n». succeed hfmseff. The "‘urns were consolidated yes- R. C. Bell had a veritable landslide' ,er<Uy mornln S at Court House by the in thla county for the court of appeal*! «*«<»>«"> committee and the reeult and Judge Fish triumphed over Judgo! doclar ' ,d in accordance with the tabu- Rnssell by a good safe majority. In' )atlnn » which will be found on page the race for Representative, H. R Banister led the ticket by a clear plu rallty of a hundred aud twenty over Thomas Davis of Meigs, who came four, which were formally signed and attested In legal manner. Votes for District Committeemen. The votes for district committee- Frank Pittman, by a majority 94 votes and T. K. Hutchinson wins in the Fifth district by a safe plurality over W. R Chastain who came sec ond In the race. Clifford Walker carried Thomasvllle by 143, Ochlocknee by 65, Ellabelle by 13, Coolidge by 101, Metcalfe by 13 Barwlck by 5 and lost In the other . | districts by small majority except In the Michigan Central and the Big,' Boston whfire hls minority over Hard second with a plurality of 27 over, man on the Executive Committee 4 o Beverly who was third man. Joiner, the various districts created very lit- was far behind in practically every, tie interest, most of the committee se- district. This Is the first time Injlected at the Mass Meeting June 22nd many years that Thomssvtne has no' being selected. The results were as representative in the legislature. I follows: J. A. Chastain Re-elected. Thomasvllle district: H. H. Merry. J. A. Chastain, present county com ; Wtn. Alexander, W. H. Platt, missioner for Thomasvllle, de r eatcdj Boston: A. J. McKinnon. Four, Chlcag<*Milwnukee and St. Paul, Chicago-Northwestern and sub sidiaries; the Baltimore and Ohio, the Seaboard, Southern, Chesapeake and Ohio, and Motion road. Chicago, III., Sept. 14—Official state ments by railroad presidents or direc tors to the Associated Press today were to the effect that the following wick was 99 votes. Ochlocknee: J Fred Siugletary. Meigs: T. A. Jones. Pavo: D. M. Adams. Coolidge: I. M. Smith. Morrillvillo: J. W. Wilson. Metcalfe: G. F. Hicks. Bnrwfck: D. S. Chapman. Ways: J. P. Wilson. EIlAbelle: C. F, Rehberg. There were contests in Ways, Met calfe, Meigs and Boston, the others being practically unanimous. MRS. HARDING MUCH IMPROVED TODAY FINE GOODS ARE BEING RUSHED TO UNITED STATES Washington, d. c., sept. 14— Pur- From Many European Points ther improvement In the condition of Mrs. Harding was reported today by — * *'i iiuruiiiK won icpuiicu vuuay uj rouds were not parties to the strike' jj r jg (j en . g a wyer. White House phy- settlomont agreement: The Atlantic- 8lclan He nald she , pent exce i- Coast Line, the Central ot Georgia,! | ent n | g ]ii. Western ot Alabama, the Illinois Can ' tral and Louisville and Nashville. STATE CONVENTION MEETS j IN MACON OCTOBER FOURTH Atlanta, Ga., Sept 14.—Clifford. Walker won a sweeping victory In; yesterday's election, counties, with 200 county unit votet, 1 42 C ° nn | ~ a ^‘burned * J. J. Brown was elected Commix- (Continued on Page 4.) PEACE PLANS ON SEPARATE BASIS WITH VARIOUS ROADS BY SHOPMEN SEABOARD READY TO OPEN SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS Norfolk, Va., Sept. 14.—A meeting between,the management of the Sea board Al Line railroad and represen tatives of the shopmen will be held here Saturday to discuss a resumption of work. It was announced today. Indications Today Were That the Agreement Would Be 8TAT8 “*"™* WorkedOuLWherehyMore Than Forty Per Ont of; ch £ 0 *T ”, uTetfielnt The Men Would be Taken Back on Their Jobs Within of u, e shopman's strike Are Yon Going To Paint ThisSummer? Now 1$ The Time We can furnish you anything in the Paint Line you may need WE SELL “Sherwin- Williams Paints” certain Short Time, Breaking Backbone of the Strike. — Atlan I railroads sustains the transportation tic Coast Line Not a Party to Agreement I “ ct and 8hould Questions upon which _________ | the strike was predicated come buck Chicago, Ill., Sepi. 14.—Leaders of ending the rail strike through separate to the Labor Board, the ''fullest and the federated railway shop crafts who agreements with Individual roads, to-J fairest consideration” will be grants I, today began negotiations for separate day begun separate negotiations un- chairman Hooper said In a statement today. The proposal In the settlement settlements In shopmen’s strike an- der the terms of the agreement, nounced that several roads In nddl- Instructions to various system fed- tlon to about 60 which had previously oration officials to sign negotiations, agreement to refer disputed questions agreed to separate settlements, hart arrangements and agreements, were to a commission of twelve represen- telegraphed union headquarters indl sent from union headquarters. tutives or the unions and railroads eating a willingness to start negotia- Among the larger systems said t) who are parties to the agreement, tlons. | he included In the rail peace ogree- amounts to the creating ot an adjust-1 ment at the start are the New York meat board and conforms with the Chicago, 111, Sept. 14-Memhere of CentraI 1Ine , Bnd lubiWI , rleI _ , nC l U d- the shop crafts policy committee who _ yesterday approved peace plana for (Contluued on Page 4) PRAYER FOR MUSCLE SHOALS Washington, D. C., Sept. 14.—Act Ing chairman .McKenzie, of the House military committee put Into the Con gressional Record today, the text of a prayer signed by 220,000 citizens ot the Southern states, urging Congress to act. speedily on Ford's offer for the Muscle Shoals properties. To Get in Before the Tariff Rates Go Into Effect. London. Sept. 14.—British manufac turers and exporters are rushing hugs shipments of fine goods to the United States In anticipation of on Increased rate under the new tariff hHl, which It has been expected bare would go Into effect shortly. DIRIGIBLE NOW EN ROUTE TO THE PACIFIC COAST Alliance, O, Sept. 14.—The army dirigible C-2 passed over the city at 10:56 oclock thla morntng, traveling due went. transportation act, Chairman Hooper said. The Prices Are Right i* .- "A Good Pbee to Phone* IQS and 10b . Another New One For The Women Two-tone Russia Calf one-strap pump, Military heel. Dark brown tip, strap and heel stay These are the very newest in walking shoes for Fall Priced at $7.50 iudJ Harley’Shoe Co. PITFORM lcW.fc.Y~.4H. QUALITY TELLS What’s your idea of c lothes economy? Isn’t it good style, every-day satisfaction, long service ? That’s where quality tells! Steyerman's Clothes: $25.00 TO $45.00 HSMWiSOilS liHflBi The Shop of Quality. On ; the Comer Ths' Horn, of Hart Sch.ffner and Marx Clathes, I ! ■taaHMtaaMMMMilUi