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SUBSCRIPTIONS IN ADVANCE % rour subscription la payable In ad vance and you will aave dclaya by complying with thla rule. 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 Chicago. Ill., Nov. 9.—The soldier I N YOUR BOMB there’s some room—maybe yours or the kiddies,living-room, dio. ing room or kitchen-—where you’d like to change the color of the woodwork • That’s the place and job for (What’s more, you can have your favored color scheme —mahogany, walnut, moss green, cherry, light or dark oak or any of six pleasing ifnamfls. Come In and let tu show you what you can do with it, We’re tho F1XALL store. 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 . 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