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SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION
OFFICIAL OROAN
Of the City o! Thomarvflk
and the County of Thoma*
■VOL. X, No. 77.
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1922.
*1X0 PER ANNUM
ISMET PASHA WARNS DEFEAT OF PEACH COUNTY FORECASTED
ALLIES AGAINST DELAY
OF THE LAUSANNE
!E
Postponement Will be Inter'
preted by Angora Govern
ment as Hostility by Allies,
He Declared, Speaking for
The Turk Nationalists.
Paris, Nov. 9.—Ismet Pasha, for
eign minister In the Turkish Nation
alist government has Informed the
allied governments that any delay In
holding the Lausanne peace confer
ence would be disaster, as It would
be Interpreted by the Angora assem
bly and the Kemnllat army ns n sign
of hostility against the Turks and an
Indication that the allies do not in
tend to live up to the conditions of
the Mudnnla armistice.
MUSSOLINI WANT8 UNITED
FRONT AGAINST TURKEY
Rome, Italy, Nov. 9.—Premier Mus
solini has telegraphed the Italian
high commissioner at Constantinople
stating that he favored a united front
by the allies regarding Turkey. He
declared that Turkey had beaten
Greece, but could not claim to bare
defeated the Entente. The premier
orderod the Italian warship at Con
stanttnopl to remain there, adding
that other ships would bo sent if nac
essary.
COMMUNICATION WITH
TURKEY 18 INTERRUPTED
London, Nov. 9. — The morning
newspapers here failed to receive
their usual quota of news from Con
stantinople today because of the cut
ting of the Eastern Telegraph Com
pany’s cable on the Kemalls't side of
the Chanak zone by the Turks and
their refusal to permit the company
to repair it.
BULGARIA WANTS TICKET TO
NEAR EAST PEACE MEETING
Paris, Nov. .—Bulgaria has askoit
the allies to grant her representa
tion In all discussion at the Near
East conference at Lausanne Instead
of only those concerning the Straits.
The requests is now under considera
tion.
ITALY PLANS FINANCIAL AND
OTHER EFFECTIVE REFORMS
Romo, Nov. 9. — Comprehensive
measures for financial and other re
forms have been decided upon by tho
new Italian cabinet of Premier Musso
lini, It Is soml-olllclally announced.
Tho cabinet council bns decided
that parliament shall bo askod to
give the government full powers for
’’bureaucratic and financial reform."
HI RETURNS TO ATLANTA LATE THURSDAY
Reports by Associated Press and the Atlanta Constitution
Tabulation Shows That New County Creation has Been
■Lost by Three Thousand in Official Returns Available.
—Official Count May Be Required to Determine the
Result.—New' Senatorial District Seems Defeated.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 9.—Returns from .nor, formerly Game and Fish Comrals-
MISTRIAL IN A. B. AND A.
WRECK CASE DECLARED
G’’convlllo, Ga„ Nov. 9.—A mistrial
was declarod this morning In the case
of Tom Bradshaw, former employe of
tho Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlan
tic railroad charged with wrecking n
train near Manchester last March.
Ill counties show the following vote-.
For Peach county 22,861. against
Peach county 26,791.
The proposal creating a new Sena
torial district appears to have been
defeated.
UNOFFICIAL FIGURES SHOW
DEFEAT OF PEACH COUNTY
Atlanta, Ga„ Nov. 9.—With com
plete unofficial figures from 68 coun
ties available, the vote on the Peach
county amendment showed a majority
of 2,614 against tho proposal. Tho to
tals, were: For Peach county 16,218,
pgalnst Peach county 17,832.
DEFEAT OF PEACH COUNTY
IS BELIEVED CERTAIN
Alanta, Go., Nov. 9.—Defeat of the
Peach county constitutional amend
ment Is Indicated In the Atlanta Con
stitution’s compilation of figures
showing 71 counties voted against the
measure and 60 for It. Thirty-nine
counties have not yet reported. Un
official figures from 62 counties give a
majority of 3,062 against the amend
ment.
sloner had defeated James T. Vocelle,
Democratic nominee for state senator
In the Fourth district by about 260
majority. Both claimed the Demo
cratic nomination. The district com
prise Glynn, Camden and Charton
counties.
The light vote polled all over the
state Indicated that the Interest taken
In the election was very little. Re
ports from nearly 100 countioa gave
Judge Wnlter F. George a vote of 22.-
141 for the United States Senate and
Clifford Walker 22,165 for Governor.
Tho same counties gave 12,059 In fa
vor of the creation of Peach county
and 12,545 against tho now county.
Congressman W. D. Upshaw was ro
elected to represent the Fifth District
by a large majority. Max H. Wllesky,
Non- Partisan League candidate for
Congress was his opponent and polled
only a small voto.
Tho first counties heard from voted
on the Peach county Issue as follows:
For the amendment: Atkinson, Bar
row, Bleckley, Brooks, Bruce, Camp
bell, Chatham, Cotfae, Cook, DeKalb,
Dodge, Fulton, Hart, Henry, Jeff,
Davis, Jenkins, Lamar, Lanier, Long.
Lowndes, McDIffie, Miller, Mitchell,
Terrell, Trentlon, Ware, Whitfield,
Wilcox, Muroy, nnd Clayton. Total 40.
Against the amendment: Bacon,
Baldwin, Ben 11111, Bibb, Carroll,
SMITH FOR PRESIDENT
BOOM IS LAUNCHED
New York, Nov. 8.—Formor
Governor Smith’s victory over
Governor Miller was the signal
for friends to start booming him
for President in 1924. In 1920
Smith was given a great ovation
at the Democratic convention In
San Francisco and he received
the New York delegation's first
vote as a oompllment.
LONDON PAPERS SAY
U.S. ELECTION RESULT
SENATE DEMOCRATS 41; REPUBLICANS 52;
HOUSE DEMOCRATS 205; REPUBLICANS 224
Michigan Democratic Senator Will Take Up Newberry
Case, He States at Once. — Reports Today Are Still
Doubtful in Three Congressional Districts. —Senatorial
Contests in Washington and North Dakota Are Unde
cided.—Republicans Keep Control of Congress.
W. D. UPSHAW RE-ELECTED
TO REPRESENT 6TH DISTRICT
Atlanta, Go., Nov. 9.—While work
ers for tho creation of Peach county
were claiming a victory In the elec
tion Tuesday, returns received up to
Wednesday afternoon Indicated that.
the result will remain In doubt until °h OTekoe ' C1 “ rk \ C ' ay ’ C “ bb ’ Co ’
the vote, are officially counted. - Co * ota ’ Dougherty, Early, Floyd
Returns already received guaran>ordon. Grady, Greene, Habersham,
tee the election of all tho Democratic Hall, Hancock, Houston, Irwin, Jas
nominees for national and state of- P« r - *“* soa ’ , Maco “’ **?
tjt n Intosh, Meriwether, Newton, Pulaski,
fees, 'mu' Rockdele, Screven. Spalding, Steph-
Upshaw of the Fifth Dlstric , and Ma., en y Turner, Upson,
Jor C. E. McGregor, candidate for <
a* * « /L’ - no. Walker, Warren, Webster, White
State Pension Commissioner. Re- ■ Sumtert Jon Monroe ,
turn, received Indicated that C. S. Ar- Tw|f , ga nnd Worth Tota] E0
It is Stated in Official Circles Although There Will Be No
Definite Plan Suggested Until the Next Congress is in
Session. — Illinois Senator Will Make Effort to Have
Beer and Light Wi.if Clause Repealed and Use Beer
Tax to Pay Soldier Bonus.
Washington, D, C.. Nov. fl.—Pro
posals for legislation modifying the
Volstead net with respect to tho sale
of beer nnd light wines, were regard
ed today at the Treasury as extreme
ly likely as a result of Tuesday's elec
tlon. In the meanwhile Secretary
Mellon was reported as holding to
the enforcement policy.
LIGHT WINE TAXTO PAY
THE 80LDIER8 BONU3
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bonus Ibill, with an additional provis
ion to pay the bonus by a tax on light
wines and beer, will be Introduced in
Congress by Congressman Drltten, or
Illinois, lie announced today.
He declared that the additional pro
vision for tho tax would ho drafted
to make it suporccdo the definition of
Intoxlcatnig liquor, ns carried In the
Volstead enforcement act.
WET CANDIDATES DEFEATED.
Chicago, III., Nov. 9.—Eleven avow
edly wet candidntea for Congress
and nine selr announced wet aspir
ants for Congress were defeated Tues
day In the Middlo Western states nn
analysis of tho returns shows. Of the
eleven successful candidates, nine
were Republicans, one a Democrat
and one Socialist.
Ohio defeated the beer and light
wine propostion. Beer and wine won
In Illinois California defeated the
prohibition en orccment act and tho
New York Democratic victors had a
beer and light wine platform.
One Paper Admits it Looks
As if it is a Sign of Growth
Of - Anti-Prohibition Senti
ment in America. — Other
Papers Voice Opinions.
London, Nov. 9.—Tho comeback
made by the Democratic party In the
American elections Is explained In
a diversified manner In the London
papers. Some writers think the
pendulum has merely swung back,
but othera Interpret the voting ns re
vealing widespread dissatisfaction
with the Harding administration and
Its works, Including the tariff and on-
forcementof prohibition. One pap**r
Bees a victory for the anti-prohibition
ists. /
COMMERCE IN ASIA MINOR
REPORTED COMPLETELY
PARALYZED BY TURKS
Smyrna, Nov. 9,-^Commerco Is com
pletely paralyzed (hrought Asia Min
or. One by one the bunks of Smyrna
are closing nnd the Kemnlfsts have
sealed the vaults of most of the bank-
Ing Institutions because they would
not supply the Nationalist* authori
ties with lists of the Greek and Ar
menian depositors. Several American
tobacco companies have suspended
operations and are preparing to trans
fer their stocks to the United States.
New York, Nov. 9.—Latest fig
ures on the election returns show
that the next Senate will have
52 Republicans and 41 Demo
crats, and 1 Farmer-Lnbor repre
sentative, with the results in two
Senatorial contests, In Washing
ton and North Dakota undecided.
THE HOUSE MEMBERSHIP.
New York, Nov. 9.—Returns
from all but three of the Con
gressional districts where the re
sults are still undetermined show
that 224 Republicans, 206 Demo
crats, 1 Socialist, 1 Independent,
1 Farmer-Labor, have been elect
ed to the New House of Represen
tatives.
REPUBLICANS MAINTAIN
CONTROL OF THE HOUSE
New York, Nov. 9.—Continued Re
publican control of Congress but with
the Senate majority cut In half and
the House majority slashed to a scant
handful, appeared today as a net re
sult of the general election. Belated
returns from Montana this morning
sent the Republicans over the top m
the House contest. Many contests
are so tight that numerous recounts
are certain to bo naked.
MANY OFFICES IN FAR WEST
STILL IN DOUBT TODAY
San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 9.—Late
returns from the Far Western states
show that the results of the vote for
several Important offices are still in
doubt. Chief Interest centered In the
close contest for Senator In Washing
ton between Poindexter, Republican,
and Dill, Democrat. Dill was report
ed 6,000 votes ahead this morning.
O’CONNOR STILL LEADS
FRAZIER IN NORTH DAKOTA
Fnrgo, N. D., Nov. 9—With the
supporters of Frazier recalled, the
Non-Partisan League Governor Is
claiming that he will ibo elected Sen
ator by 15,000 majority, while O'Con
nor, hla Democratic opponent had a
lead of seven thousand this morning.
O’Connor’s lead was cut from fifteen
thousand.
THREE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS LOST
IN ELECTION IN THOMAS COUNTY TUESDAY
Three of the constitutional amend
ments lost In tho Thomas county elec
tion Tuesday. Results show that ths
voto for Poach county was 282 and the
vote against, 296. The vote In the
Meigs and Ochlocknce districts were
overwhelmingly against Peach county,
which carried the election ny a small
margin. The only amendmont to carry
was that fixing- the salary of the Judge
of the Augusta circuit. The other two
both lost by fair majorities.
The precinct returns wore brought
to the Ordinary's office this morning
and officially consolidated, with the
exception of tho Ways district, from
which no report was received. At
12:30 the vote was formally certified
few scratches In Thomas county, being
confined almost enttroly to local can
didates but not amounting to more
than five or six votes out of 625 polled
In the county.
For governor, Warner received 625:
for sonator, George received 626.
Frank Park for Congress, got 621;
L. S. Moore for state senator, 625;
H. n. Banister for representative, 624;
Thomas K. Davis for representative,
626. For county commissioner tho
following vote was polled: Duncan
Blckley 622, J. A. Chastain 624; T. K.
Hutchinson 625. Roscoe Luke received
519 votes for Court o! Appeals and
W. E. Thomas 520, for judge of the
Superior Court.
The following Is a tabulation of the
Big Rapids, Mich. Nov. 9.—Sen
ator-elect Ferris. Democrat, de
clared today that Ills first official
act upon taking office will be to
begin steps for a rehearing of tho
Newberry case In an effort to un
seat the Junior Senator. Forrls
declared that he felt It his duty
to the people of Michigan to
straighten out the matter.
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR
WAS ELECTED IN KANSAS
Chicago, III., Nov. 9.—With Kansae
having a Democratic governor for the
first time In ten years, tho Democrats
unseated Republican Governors In
three states In the middle west and
re-elected two of their own governor
on tho faco of returns today.
MAY ASK RECOUNT IN DEL.,
SENATORIAL CONGEST
Wilmington, Del., Nov. 9.—The Ro
publican state committee la epected
to ask a rocount In the contest fn
Senator because of the small nmrgl
of votes hold by Bayard, Democrat,
over the Republican Incumbent, Sen
ator DuPont. Unofficial returns give
Bayard victory by 663 votes.
WEST VIRGINIA ELECTS
DEMOCRATIC SENATOR
Charleston, W. Va„ Nov, 9. — West
Virginia elected a Democratic Sena
tor, four Democratic and two Republi
can Representatives, replacing Its sol
id Republican delegation In the last
Congress. Senator Elkins, Republi
can will remain In office three years
more.
DEMOCRATIC SUCCESSES
IN MICHIGAN PRONOUNCEO
Detroit, Mich., Nov. 9.—Democratic-
successes In tho Michigan election
today appeared moro pronounced on
belated returns which show that In
addition to electing a Senator, Con
gressman and five state legislators,
the party gained ground In many state
contests. In many Instances tho par
ty elected county officers for tho first
time In the history of the state.
OKLAHOMA ELECT3 SEVEN
DEMOCRATS TO CONGRESS
Oklahoma City, Okla., Nov. 9—Okla
homa will Bend seven Democrats and
ono Republican to Congress, It was
Indicated In tho nearly complete tabu
lation today. Tho Democrats wrest
ed four congressional scats from the
Republicans and re-elected three of
their own Congressmen.
MISSOURI DEMOCRATS
MADE CLEAN SWEEP
St. Louis, Mo.. Nov. 9.—Tho Demo
crats of Missouri scored n sweeping
victory In tho election XUOjidsy. In
RddltlSB to the election of Senator
Reed, 11 of the 16 congressmen were
elected, which Is a gain of nlno. The
Democrats also elected tho stato
(Continued on Pago Four)
STATE READY TO DIVE
ESSENTIAL DETAILS Rll
Pig Woman's Story Corrob
orated and the Man Who
Did the Shooting Has Been
Identified, it is Stated by
Person Close to Officials.
New Brunswick. N. J., Nov. 9.—In
formation on which the state expects
to obtain indictments against three
persons for the murder of the Rev.
Hall and Mrs. Mills was to be laid
before Supreme Court Justice Parker
and grand Jury foreman Gibb, by At
torney Mott today at Somerville.
Thrc man whom Mrs. Gibson, eye
witness to the killings, said shot the
couplo, has been Identified, according
to pnrsons close to the investigating
authorities.
MRS. GIBSON’S STORY
GATHERS 8TRENGTH
Now Brunswick, Nov. 9—The myst
ery In the presence of the two auto
mobiles—ono an old-fashioned high-
back model, the other a small road
ster—In tho de Russey’s lane near
tho Phillips farm on the night when
the Ilev. Edward W. Hall and Mrs.
Eleanor R. Mills were murdered, has
been cleared up In tho preparations
to place tho entire case before the
grand Jury, authorities said last night.
Tho lifting of the veil which has
shrouded tho angle of the cose .It was
said by Special Detective Mason,
finds tho story told as an eyewitness
by Mrs. Jnno Gibson, farmer woman,
unchanged. Her statement to the
authoritlea that she saw two men and
two women In noisy argument under
the apple tree where the bodies of the
rector and the choir singer later were
found, and saw a man fire several
shots, still stands, the authorities as
sert. More, It Is said, that account
baa boon materially strengthened In
several aspects by the bringing to light
of new evidence contributed to the
case by two men, who wero near tho
lane on the night of the murder. Mrs.
Gibson, In support of her claim that
she could idontlfy the characters In
tho drama, which she claims she
chanced upon whllo riding about tho
country In search of thieves who had
looted her barn, had said that In turn
ing about In the narrow lane the head
lights of ono of the automobiles acci
dentally flashed upon a powerfully
built man with a bushy mustache and
a woman In n grey coat. t
Authorities decllno to make public
the Identity of the new witness or
divulge other details which they said
led to clearing up the mystery of the
automobiles. Detectives expressed
doubt Hint Ill's bogie of the case would"
even bo revealed to the grand Jury, as
the force of Introducing It as brand
new evldeneo at tho trial, which it la
hoped will result from tho work of
the Inquisitorial body. Is considered
of tho highest importance.
without that precinct. There were a vote for tho amendments, by districts:
For New Senatorial District
Against New Senatorial District .
For Salary Auguita Judge
Against 8alary Augusta Judge
For Peach County
Against Peach County ,
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