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VOLUME XXIX
CLAYTON, RABUN COUNTY Gi
PRACTICALLY CONCLUSIVE RETURNS OR
ELECTORAL VOTES ASSURE ELECTION
OF, THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEES.
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 6, 1924.
NUMBER 44
M. W. LYONS SUCCUMBS
TO PARALYSIS
Republicans Annex New Seats In Senate—Klan
Candidate Becomes Governor Of Kansas—A1
Smith' Elected Governor Of New York. I
News has been received, here,
by relatives of tile deceased that
Mr. Mr W. Lyfen*, of Hasting,
Oklahoma, died of the effects
of a stroke of paralysis, at his
western home, on September
16th. ! -
Mr. Lyon^wns a native of
Towns county and married Miss
Dora Stonecypher, of this coun
ty, - a sister to Masse** J. R.
Stonecypher and Vhrgi! Stone
cypher of this county.
: Mr. and Mrs. Lyons moved to
the west some thirty five or for-
|ty year* ago and since that time
have seldom visited their old
home.
MR. THOS. H. MIZE
Now York.—Calvin Coollilgo will be
the next president o[ thoV United
States.
• Charles O. Dawes will be the next
▼Ice president.
These faots became , certain when, a
•tabulation of ^tatfes, iniwblch Cool]
> Dawes victory either had been
; ceded or Was reasonably certain
the face of the. returns, gave the Re-
i publican nominees a total in the elec-
• tbral college, pf S02.vyot(>s—38-
The table includes such states as
West Virginia, home state pf John.
W. Davis, which was swept into the
! Coolldge-Dawea column by a majority
•of more than ten thousand votes. *it
.includes Kentucky, wheie the G. O. P.
nominees were well in the lead, and
• New Jersey, which was fast following
!h the footsteps of its neighbor, New
York, in piling up a Coolidge nia-
• Jortty.
■ i The result of electoral votes Wed
nesday morning are as follows:
DAVIS 136
Alabama 12
Arkansas 9
Florida 6
Georgia — 14
i y Louisiana ! 10
: Mississippi 10
North Carolina 12 v
„ South Carolina 9
; Texas 20
, Virginia 12
i Tennessee 12
• COOLIDGE 367
1 California
13
Colorado
.... 6
j Connecticut
.... 7
! Delaware
.... 3
Idaho ..
4
Illinois'
.... 29
i Indiana
,.../15
' Iowa
.... 13
* • Kansas
.... 10
. Maine .-
.... 6
Maryland l
8
: Massachusetts
.... 18 ,
Michigan :
.... 15
Missouri
.... 18
l * Nebraska _
8
, Nevada
3
New Hampshire
4
New Jersey
14
New York
45
North Dakota.
6
| Ohio ...1.
24
! Oregon • 4
..... 5
Pennsylvania! ....^. —
.w. 38
6
.... 6
_ 4
... 8
„. 13
.... 4
„ 7
... 3
Rhode Island}. ...
South Jiakotal
Utah
West Virginia
Kentucky 2 t,
Vermont £.„ .....
Washington —
Wyoming ,....-
LA FOLLETTE 13
Wisconsin IS
UNCERTAIN 22
Arizona 3
1 Minnesota —“. 13
Montana ..— 4
New Mexico f-V-’;
On the face of early returns John
W.. Davis had made, certain of 139
electoral .votes, mostly from the roek-
robbed Democratic states of the solid
South. Davis was in lead 1n Mis
souri and seemed to have that 8Lr>
safely stowed in his war bag-f-but
Missouri was not counted in his total.
In Oklahoma Davis held and apparent
ly safe majority, whllo Jack Walton,
Democratic nominee for United State*
senator, wg* burled beneath a land/
sH^frsqfwetefco^t for his RepihlhgjMt
“opponent Pine.
La Follette, whose candidacy was •
menacing specter to leaders of both
old parties throughout the campaign,
won out in only one state, Wisconsin.
His chances seemed slim elsewhere,
with the possible exception of Minne
sota and Washington. Even his pop
ular vote fell far below he figures
his managers had confidently expect
ed even In their most pessimistic mo
meats. . -
In the senatorial races the Repub
licans apparently have annexed two
new seats—one in Massachusetts, now
held by David I. Walsh, and another
in Kentucky, held by Senator Stan
ley. Walsh was defeated by Frederick
H. Gillette, speaker of the House, and
favorite of President Coolidge.
In New York A1 Sfnith overcame an
early upstate lead given his Republican
opponent and has been conceded elec
ted *by the Republican chairman?*
In Texas "Ma” Ferguson seems to
lack only the formality of being
“sworn in” to become the first woman
governor of any state in the union.
Her Republican opponent declines to
concede her election but she had (roll
ed up an apparently safe majority.
In Kansas the spectacular editor of
The Emporia Gazette ran third in a
three-cornered race for the governor
ship. Ben S. Paulen was elected over
the present Democratic governor, Jon
athan M. Davis. Paulen' was reputed
to be the- candidate Of the Ku Klux
Klan. . _
In Idaho Senator Borah won over
his opponent in easy fashion, his .vic
tory being Conceded shortly after the
returns began to.aome in.
Iowa, branded as a most uncertain
state before election, showed little
uncertainty in rolling up a big Cool
idge majority. La Follette headquar
ters conceded the state -to Coolidge
before one-tbird of the returns were
in. *
The only comment Clem L. Shaver,
Democratic national chairman, would
would offer on the apparent Coolidge-
Dawes victory was this :
"Remember 1918."%
Chairman Butler, of the Republican
national committee, contented himself
with saying:
“I told you so."
Neither President Coolidge, , Mr.
Davis nor Senator La Follette would
make any comment on the outcome of
the election. I 9
Republicans Gain Power .In Congress
Republicans will continue to hold a
majority in the next congress, accord
ing to returns which bad been reeelY-
Mr. Thcs. H. MLze, tf Corne
lia,died last Saturday afternoon,
November 1st. [at the home of
his son, Roy R. Mize, in Cjayton,
after a lingering illness of sev
eral. months.
Mr. Mize had been sufjering
with asthma - and heart trouble
for'about seven months and only
a few weeks ago *chme to- the
home of his son, feere. where he
could be attended fey hirson.
He was a native of Banks
county and was born in January
1860 and would have been sixty
year* offorge 'll! 1 bis
birthday.
His remains were carried back
to Cornelia for funeral and in
terment which was . at the. .Lev
el GroveCemetery.
Mr. Mize was married to Miss
Mary Elizebeth Kimsey. daugh
ter of Mr< and, Mrs. Thos. J.
Kimsey, Surviving are his wife
Mrs. Mize and four sons, Mes
sers Claud C, and Walter R.,
of Tampa, JFlorida: Ira A., of Or
lando,.. Florida and Roy R.;.of
Clayton an3 one daughter, Mrs.
Crawford C. Anderson, of Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
Mr. Mize wa% a devoted mem
ber of the Methodist church and
was, a regular attended < at its
services until his health became
so impaired that, he' was unable
to attend. It is said of Mr..
Mize that he was never Known
to utter an oath or take a drink,
of intoxicating liquors.
The funeral was conducted by
Rev. Cline, of the Cornelia Bap
tist Church and Rev. Wills Jones
of the Cornelia Methodist church.
“Blessed are the dead that - die
in the Lord;*’
RABUN POLLS VERY
LIGHT VOTE
The Tuesdays election/ in this
county gave the Democratic
candidates a substantia) majority
The independent candidate for
governor received only eighteen
MRS. LIZZIE SHILEY
LOSES HOUSE BY FIRE
JESS SHIRLEY SERIOUSLY
BURNED
Wednesday night the home of
Mrs.Lizzie Shirley, near Tigei;,
was destroyed by fire, including
the contents.
A summary of the vote* is as, snn > Mr. Jess Shiftey was
seriously, and ptbbabiy fatally
follows.
Democratic
454
. Republican
121
Progressive
22
All Constitutional amendments
-capried except Peach county.
Peach county..
For 177
Against 246
Consolidation of Tax Officers
For 264
Against 155
FOR GOVERNOR
Walker • 527 ,
Bedinger 18
FOR STATE SENATOR
Welborn, Dem. 488
Townsen, Rep. 131
All the county officers, as well
as Senator Harris fend Congress
man Thos. M. Bell received
almost aunanimous vote,.
. The total vote cast in the
county was 612
among hi* ac
many friends
quainfance
The sympathy of a host of
Mdi go out to the bereft fam
ily. Thq funeral and interment
was at Bethel church, near
Tiger and was conducted by
Rev. L. W. Duvall,
Mis^essie Seay left today fer
Princeton, N. C. where she w 11
accept a position as teacher in a
school there..
burned in the conflagration
Mr Shirley was drawing some
gasoline from a drum of gas
which was sitting on the veran
da ar.d using a lantern for a light
when the gas became ignited
and the flames enwrapped his
body.
Before the flames could be
subdued, and iq the excitement
of trying to extricate Jess from
tl*e flames they had spread to
the walls of the building and the
house was soon enveloped in
flames.
Friends sympathize with Mrs,
Shirley, who seems to be a vie
tim of misfortune. Several
years ago her husband was mur
dered while asleep, later about
a year ago she lost her barn and
an automobile by fire and now
with this fire she loses her home
and contents and her son is se
riou8lyiburned.
So far as we are able to Team
the house and furnishings was a
complete, loss as theie was no
insurance on either.
Mr. Meece Stonecypher. of Situ
nee and hisbrother, Mr. Luther
Stonecypher and son, Glenn, of
Clarksville passed through hdre
this week on their way to Towns
countv, their old home.
Prof. John Cannon’ of Wiley
was a business visitor here last
Wednesday.
■ IKMigsjMary Ritchie returned to visiLof two weeks, with her par-
Atlanta,, last Thursday, after a I ents Mr. and Mrs. R L.
” A' ' • • - A
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MR, H. D. DOCKIMS
Again death has visited in ourj
midats and taken another, of .the
landmarks, this time, that of
Mr. H. D. Docking, who, haa,
been a sufferer' for several
months with dropsy.
Mr. Dockins was sixty five
years old at the time of his death
Monday Nov. 3rd fend a native
of Rabun county.
He was married to , Miss Re
becca Wall* about forty six years
ago and beside wife {eaves four
sons; B, T., L. M.. Ben fend A.
L., all of whom live in this
county and one daughter, Mrs
pearl Ash, of Judaon, M. Q.
was prominently
DID YOU
KNOW THAT WE
Heavy Groceries in Car Load
Lots and that by Doing so it
Enables Us to Sell to our Cus
tomers at 'Reasonable Retail
Prices?
We carry a large stock of heavy and fan
cy groceries and can supply your wants when
in need of Corn, Oats/Meal, Flour, Cotton
Seed Meal, and Huljp,-Poultry Feeds of all
kinds.
It is now almost canning and preserving
time and we want you to come in and see how
cheap we will sell you a hundred pounds of
sugar.
Clayton Grocery Store
V. G DICKERSON. PROPRIETOR
Clayton '■ \ ^orgia-
