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FORTY-SECOND YEAR—NO. 180
DORSEY ENTERS FIGHT FOR U. S. SENATE SEAT
CITY TAXPAYERS
Wil TAKE FIGHT
TOCOUNTYBOARD
To Resort to Court if
Equalizers Stand,
They Say
The county commissioners, at their;
regular meeting on Tuesday of this;
week, will be asked by a joint corn-;
mittee representing a citizens mass!
meeting, the city council and the;
Chamber of Commerce, to undo part;
of the work of the board of equal-J
izers for this year, which has been
practically completed, and order the
equalizers to proceed on a different;
Lisis which will actually equalize!
values for, assessment. !
The board if commissioners will;
also be asked to enter into an agree-'
ment with the city to have performed;
regularly in the city a certain;
amount of work by the county forces,;
since the city pays more than half of
the taxes of the county of Sumter and'
receives no direct benefit whatever
inside the city limits.
The board of commissioners will,
also be asked what it intends to do in;
the matter of fulfilling its promise,;
made during th e paving bond election i
campaign, in which the members com-|
mitted themselves to pave to the;
courthouse on each project, doing the;
work at its own expense inside the
city limits to which the federal aid
does not apply. j
. This program is the result of a
meeting of citizens at the city hall
Friday night, at which inequalities of
property values in the city and the
county were discussed and roundly
scored by some speakers.
On motion the meeting instructed
the chairman to appoint a committee
of three men to represent it before;
the commissioners and to request the
Chamber of Commerr : and the city
council to do likewise. The commit
tee from the meeting as named by
Chairman C. J. Clark is composed of
W. M. Jones, A. C. Crockett and G.|
L. Williams. This committee waited j
upon Mayor Sheppard yesterday, who
expressed himself as in accord with
the movement to reach an under-1
standing with the county, and named
a committee from council, composed
of City Attorney W. T. Lane, H.
B. Mashburn and R- E. Allison. A ,
like committee from the Chamber of;
Commerce was also appointed by
President Carr Glover, but their J
names were withheld until receipt oi
.acceptance, exeept that of Frank;
Sheffield, who stated that he would
serve.
May Go to Court.
It was the sense of the meeting,
that if the county board failed to;
comply with the request of the joint <
committee steps be taken in court to
obtain an injunction to pre-;
vent the levies of the coun- :
ty equalizers being put into
effect and that a test be made
of their method of arriving at taxa
tion values. It was stated by Craw
ford Wheatley, who assisted in put-;
ting the present tax equalization law;
through the Legislature as a member;
of that body, that there was no ques-|
tion that the board is not following'
the spirit of the law, and also there
was no question about it being vul-;
nerable to legal attack.
That the committee will meet with
no success in reopening the work of|
the board of equalizers, however, was;
indicated yesterday about the court
house when it developed that the tax
board had practically completed its j
task, having finished the white list
entirely, and that the books are now!
due in Atlanta, the tax receiver be-|
ing required by law to have them in |
the hands of the state tax commis-;
sioner by August 1. It was said that;
Tax Receiver Jones had received a
special permit for a short delay in;
getting his records to the state cap-.
ital. Because of these facts, it ’s
regarded as certain that the county
board will take no action that will
hold back closing of the records at
That court action will certainly
follow is indicated by the fact that
the meeting, Just before adjourn-i
ment Friday night, voted to make the,
organization permanent. Several of
those present declared themselves
ready to furnish money to fight the
case through the courts if necessary.
C. J. Clark Preside®
Thirty-five men attended the meet
ing. C. j Clark was chosen chairman
and Lovelace Eve asked to record the
minutes. Mr. Clark declared that Am
ericus had been asleep all these years
and permitted the county to pile upon
her a greater and still greater share
of the tax burden of the entire coun
ty until it could not grow
any further. He sa . ll '
was unprofitable to build or
own property in Americus because
of taxes. „ ,
A. C. Crockett detailed a visit to
the board cf equalizers, in which he
was accompanied by Mr. Clark. He
declared in reply to an interview pub
lished in part heretofore, to show in
day, that he had not been treated
with proper courtesy as a citizen. He
cited figures, which have been pub
lished in part heretofore, to show ni
equalities of values taken for taxa
tion by the by ird of equalizers, the
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Get-Rich-Quick !
Plan a Mystery >
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Ponzi Satisfying all De
mands—Has Millions
Left
BOSTON, July 31—Last Decem
ber Charles Ponzi began in modest
offices on School street advertising
that he would pay 50 per cent on
money left with him for 90 days. i
This is .equivalent to 400 per cent a
year. Now Ponzi is said to be worth I
$8,500,000 invested in real estate, \
bank shares and stock in public util
ity corporations. His methods, how
ever, were so unusual that the inter
est of the public officials was arous
ed. Ponzi offered to co-operate in the
investigation, and an auditor rep
resenting the district attorney’s of-,
fice is going over his books.
Ponzi appeared today almost to
have satisfied questions among his
investors as to his solvencv. Only a
short line formed before the payment
window of the Ponzi office and when
disbursement was resumed clerks said
they were paying off nearly as much
on notes matured for the 50 per cent,
profit in 45 days as they were return
ing to frightened investors in princi
pal without interest on notes sur
rendered short of maturity. The vir- >
tual end of the week’s run was in ;
sight with few additions to the disap
pearing line. m
Have Plenty of Money
The amount paid Out by Ponzi
since the run began Monday was es
timated by his manager, Miss Lucy
Meli, at $1,500,000. “And w e have
twice as much money right her e in ;
Boston as Mr. Ponzi owes so there is
no need of anyone being nervous,”
she added.
Ponzi a few days ago announced
that bis liabiliites were about $3,-;
000.000 indicating that public partic
ipation in his schemes already has
been reduced by one half, with fur- I
ther receipts stopped by his agree
ment with the authorities to accept
no more funds until investigation of
his accounts is completed.
The run of frightened investors
to cover, Miss Meli said, meant more ;
money in the already bulging pock-;
ets of Ponzi, as unmatured notes were !
paid only on the basis of actual in- ;
vestment.
“Their money has been working for
us all this time and Mr. Ponzi now .
can keep the 50 per cent profit which I
would have gone to these people. You I
will realize what this means when you !
know that nearly $1,000,000 which
we have paid out has been on unma- '
tured notes, a saving to Mr. Ponzi of ;
almost $500,000,” she said.
Books Open
Ponzi’s manager said she had seen ,
nothing of any investigations as yet,
although, federal, state and county
inquiries are under way. Her books,
she continues, are open for inspection
by any one in authority and would
show that Mr. Ponzi had more than j
enough money to satisfy all.
Examination of the books, howev-!
er, according to Miss Meli, will not i
solve the mystery of how Ponzi has ;
made his money. With his ready sat
isfaction of all demands for payment;
question has turned from his solvency .
to “how does he do it?”
To the statements of Postmaster ;
Patten, of New York, that there are ;
not enough international postal cou
pons in the world to build up for
tune which Ponzi claims is his, Miss |
Meli declared that her chief’s manner
of “cashing in” on his operations was
a business secret which he intended
keeping and which examination of his
books would not show.
“We have the money; there has
been no violation of law; the public
I has received and will receive dollar
' for dollar on every promise; let the
! investigations come; what can they
j do?” the manager said.
PLANES RESUME ALASKA TRIP
EDMONTON. Alberta. July 31.
The four American airplanes flying
from New York to Alaska left here
J today for Jasper, two hundred miles
' away.
THE TTMEsSrECORDER
[fray PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE
SUMTER READY I
TO PLAY HOST!
TO ARKANSANS
Train to Arrive 4 a. m.
Monday—Brough May
Not Come
That the trainload of Arkansas;
farmers, bankers and business men,;
who will spend Monday in Sumter I
county, viewing the growing crops;
will not arrive until 4 a. m. Monday, I
instead of 10:30 Sunday night, as
had been previously announced, was j
the information received yesterday (
by the Chamber of Commerce in a (
telegram from Little Rock just prior,
to the departure from that city of the
train. The telegram conveyed the in- !
formation that a change had been
made in the schedule so that all day
Sunday and Sunday evening might be
spent in Birmingham. The telegram
also conveyed the information that |
conditions had arisen -in Arkansas in ;
connection with the coming state pri- ;
mary, which made it doubtful that(
Governor C. H. Brough, who was to
have headed the party, would make
the trip. Earlier reports had contain
ed the information that a mud-sling
ing campaign for governor, in which
eight men were candidates, had de-1
veloped and that within the last few
days Governor Brough had been
drawn into it. As the primary takes
place August 10, it was feared that
he would not feel safe to leave the
state at this important period.
Plan* Complete
Outside of these two reports the .
plans for the entertainment of the ;
visitors were practically complete;
last night. The transportation ar
rangements, in charge of J. E. High
tower, chairman of the transportation
committee, called for bringing thel
visitors from their special train for ;
breakfast and later the assembly of 1
cars at the Chamber of Commerce 1
headquarters for the trip through the !
county, which will consume all day, :
with interruption at noon in Ameri-1
cus so" dinner. Chairman Hightower’s
final instructions to all who will fur
nish cars are appended hereto.
The banouet committee, headed by
E. A. Bailey, has arranged for 220
plates in the main dining room of the (
Windsor hotel, where the visitors will I
be guests of the Rotary and Kiwanis
clubs jointly. The program was in
charge of a special committee headed
by W. W. Dykes.
Gov. Dorsey will represent the
state at the banquet.
It was stated yesterday that, be-i
cause of pressure brought to bear,
those in charge of the routing of the |
morning tour had altered the sched- ,
ule slightly, planning now to go di-'
rectly into the 28th district on the
Methvin road, thence across to the
Murray Brothers’ farm, thence on I
the river road to th e Council planta-.
tion, and from there back to the Ry
lander place on the original sched-I
ule as appears in the guide book. ;
The return from Leslie via the Lee !
street road will be made to include
the Third District agricultural college
which will be passed, but no stop will I
be made.
To Bathe at Myrtle
In the evening, after completion I
of the detailed tour at Plains, the ;
party will visit the farm of C. C.
Hawkins 4 miles out on the Ellaville
road, where it will disband. Arrange- J
ments have been made for the use i
of the shower baths or the pool atj
Myrtle Springs, and all who wish ,
will be taken there for a refreshing I
half hour before returning to the city I
for the banquet in the evening.
Chairman J. E. Hightower, of the,
transportation committee, Saturday
issued the following instructions to I
drivers of automobiles Monday:
1. Report to committee at ;
Chamber of Commerce promptly at '
7:30 for assignment of numbers.
2. We are depending on you ;
positively—DON’T FAIL US.
3. Pilot car will take post cor- ;
ner Jackson and Lamar, facing
Lamar. Remaining cars will form
in rear in numerical order.
4. As soon as your car is load- ;
ed move out and follow car with j
number preceding your number.
5. No car will at any time be
allowed to get out of its numerical
position, except at stopping points, I
but must leave each stopping point ;
1 in numerical order. I
6. Maintain distance of 25 ;
yards between cars and be sure to ;
observe rule of holding out arm at ;
stopping points.
7. Mr. J. E. Hightower will act I
as marshal and J. G. Holst dis- |
patcher and will have entire charge ,
‘ of transportation throughout the
day. Please follow these instruc- I
I tions.
To Attend Barbecue
At New Bridge Site
Congressman Chas. R. Crisp and
Crawford Wheatley have accepted
invitations from Butler to attend a
barbecue at the site of the new fed
eral aid Taylor-Upson bridge across
Flint river Tuesday, August 10, in
celebration of the erection of the
bridge which is now in course of con
struction. The bridge will form the
connecting link of the Atlanta-Am
ericus short route highway.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1, 1920
FOCH SURPRISES
SENTRY; SUP IS
NEATL TURNED
OARIS, July 31 —“Foch will
keep us waiting 15 or 20 min
utes,” said the sentry at the Gare
du Nord while the special train
that was to bear the French Dele
gation to Spa was being shunted
on the siding.
An elderly litle m|n, wearing
the undess uniform of a general
of division. Military Medal, War
Cross and Legion of Honor, saui>
tered up and quite amiably said:
“You might at least call him ‘Mar
shal Foch’.”
The soldier took one glance at
the general, then standing rigid at
attention, replied: “One never says
‘Marshal Caesar or Marshal Na
poleon,’ Monsieur le Marechai.”
Smiling broadly, Marshal Foch
entered the special train.
JAPAN, REPLYING!
TO U. S., REFUSES!
TO QUIT ISLAND
Says Decision Will Not
be Changed; Occupa
tion Temporary
TOKIO. July 31—(By Associated
Press) —An outline of Japan’s an
swer to the United States’ note rela
tive to Japan’s intention to occupy
Saghalin Island, Siberia, was printed
today by newspapers which report ■
that the reply was drawn up at yes- j
terday’s meeting of the cabinet.
According to the reports the an-;
swer outlines Japan’s policy and says j
the decision to occupy the island will:
not be changed and emphasized that;
Japan has no territorial ambition and |
that occupation is only temporary. I
GEM MERCHANT
DEAD; GIRI HELD
Hotel Cashier Alone
With Him in Apart
ment at End
CHICAGO, July 31 —Miss Ruth ;
Woods, a pretty hotel cashier, who;
was alone with Samuel T. Loftis, 1
head of the diamond firm of Loftis I
Brothers when he died suddenly in !
his apartment last night, told the po-'
lice today that Loftis had crumpled ;
to th e floor dead after they engaged i
in a “friendly struggle.”
Miss Woods and Roy M. Shayne, |
son of ! the late millionaire merchant!
are held pending the inquest.
After a post mortem Coroner’s'
Physician Symnoms stated that Los-I
tis’ death was caused by cerebral !
hemorrhage, produced by external I
violence.
COXTOLEAVENO
DOUBT ON LEAGUE
I
Party Position to Be
Made Clear, Says
Chairman
WASHINGTON, July 31—The po- I
sition of the Democratic party in ref- j
erence to the League of Nations will ;
“be made perfectly clear” when Gov- !
I ernor Cox delivers his acceptance
speech, National Chairman George
i White declared today in answer to .
■ Senator Harding’s inquiry as to the
i party’s stand on the administration’s
foreign policy.
Playground Director
Goes to Thomasville
i Waldo H. Sherman, who has been
; connected with the establishment of
; the municipal playground her e since
| its inception left yesterday for At
; lanta, where he will attend a confer
! ence of persons engaged in communi-
I ty service, at which plans for enlarg-
I ing and improving the work through
; out this territory will be discussed,
i At the conclusion of this conference,
Mr. Sherman will go to Thomasville,
where a playground movement has
been inaugurated and will assist in
j the development of the work there,
remaining some time.
Challenges Harding
and Cox to Go to Tenn.
NEW YORK, July 31.—Parley C.
Christensen, presidential nominee of
the Fanner-Labor party, today is
sued a personal challenge to Cox and
Harding to visit the Tennessee legis
lature and influence the majority
vote of that body in favor of ratifi
cation of the federal suffrage amend
i ment.
250 EX-SERVICE
MEN PAY HIS FEE,
GIVINGSI EACH
Announcement Follows
Big All-Day Confer
ence at Mansion
ATLANTA, July 31.—Governor!
Hugh Dorsey announced Saturday as-l
ternoon his entrance in the race for;
the United States Senate, opposing!
Hoke Smith, Thos. E. Watson and:
J. R. Cooper. His entrance fee has
; been paid by 250 former service men,
I headed by Edgar B. Dunlap, of
> Gainesville, who each gave sl.
The movement among the veterans
was started last week without the
; knowledge of the governor and men
from every section of the state are
on the list.
The man who paid the entrance fee!
of Governor Dorsey last Wednesday
without his authority is R. F. Her-1
ring, of Atlanta. At the request of
the former service men, Mr. Herring!
has agreed to withdraw the $250 he
sent to Hiram Gardner, secretary of:
the Democratic executive committee, i
and permit t/iem to pay the entrance!
fee.
Governor Dorsey’s announcement i
came at the end of a conference at
the executive mansion Saturday from ■
early in the mornnig until 4 o’clock in
the afternoon, attended by prominent
Democrats from every county in the
state. It wag stated by one of the
friends of the governor who attended
the conference that the fight would
I, be made against Thos. E. Watson be
cause of his outspoken denouncement
of President Wilson and the adminis
! tration policies. The other candidates
! will be considered secondary. i
Debates Promise Interest.
I Senator Hoke Smith, candidate for;
i re-election, has issued a statement;
from his headquarters at the Pied
mont hotel, that he is ready to meet
i Thomas E. Watson or anybody else 1
:in joint debate in defense of the:
I record of the Democratic party. Re-|
{ ferring to a newspaper dispatch from;
i Tennille, carrying the statement that
I Mr. Watson had challenged the sena
! tor to meet him in a series of joint
'debates. Senator Smith said:
“I am ready to meet Mr. Watson;
! or anybody else in defense of the;
' magnificent record which the Demo- 1
cratic party has made during the six,
' years which it was in control of the |
i White House and both branches of I
j congress. I stated in my announce-,
ment I was ready to defend the re-;
icord of the Democratic party against;
; all comers, and I stand by it.” I
This statement of Senator Smith I
i following on the heels of Watson’s re
ported desire for a joint discussion,
j gives Georgia voters the prospect of!
i one of the most sensational contests;
!in the history of state politics. These'
j debates, if they take place, will at-;
; tract such crowds as have never at
tended political discussions in the j
! state before. J
I Senator Smith’s headquarters will,
continue at the Piedmont Hotel, and;
! not at the Kimball House, as has been.
! reported. , . . .
Senator Smith, it was stated here
today, has been invited to attend the
i notification ceremonies of Governor;
I Cox, of Ohio, the Democratic presi-;
dential nominee, which will t ake !
place at Dayton, Ohio, on the after-;
I noon of August 7th.
Cooper Enters Race.
John R. Cooper, of Macon, has an
-1 nounced for senator on a platform
which says: . ,
“I am in favor of light wines and
. beer, local option and the liberty
i the American citizen. I find that
more crime has been committed ana
more homicides tried in the state;
! than ever before. Os course, I’m for;
local option and states rights.
On the League of Nations, the plat
! form says: (
“I am opposed to the League of
Nations. The old constitution of
the United States is good enough for;
!me We are drifting away from our;
! fathers’ constitution. I don’t see how;
! any American lawyer who knows any-|
thing about the constitution can be
! in favor of this league.
“I am not a drinking man, but 1,
I want more liberty. We haven’t;
;enough liberty, The San Francisco;
[convention nominated Governor Cox
and everybody knows what he stands
: for I am going to support him for
! president of the United States, be-
I cause he stands for the liberty of the
1 American citizen.” _
Mr. Cooper promises to make an
■ aggressive campaign which will carry
' him to every stump in state.
Harvests Disappoint,
Italy’s Food Short
ROME, July 30—(Friday)—Grave
i statements concerning Italy's food
i position were made in the chamber
• i today by Food Commissioner Soleri.
: The harvest is disappointing, he said,
• and despite requisitioning there will
I be only twelve instead of forty mil-
• lions quintals of wheat it
’ had been hoped to obtain.
All the jute comme-ce comes from
India.
Is Identified As
Victim inTrunk
S ' x ffHi
Wl *
■I )■
Mrs. Katherine Jackson, of Missis
sippi, later married to “E. Leßoy,”
has been positively identified as the
woman whose body was found by ex
press employes in New York in a
trunk shipped from Detroit.
EASTPRUSSIAIS
REACHED BY REDS
1
Cavalry Forces Reported
Fraternizing With
Germans
PARIS, July 31. — (By Associated;
Press.) Bolshevik cavalry forces;
have advanced to the East Prussian,
frontier, according to a report from
the French military mission in War
saw to the French foreign office.;
The Bolshevik line extends from Su
walk 60 miles to a point almost di-'
rectly north of Warsaw. The Bolshe-;
viki have not actually crossed the;
borders of Allenstein Mardenweird-j!
er, but are fraternizing with the,
Germans.
New Scale of Clerks’
Fees Effective Here
Following the signing of a bill by!
Governor Dorsey a few days ago es-;
tablishing a new scale of fees for
county clerks throughout Georgia, ‘
announcement was made yesterday
by H. E. Allen, clerk of Sumter coun- ,
ty, that the new rates will b A put into
effect here beginning Monday. The !
bill became effective when signed by !
the governor, but Mr. ALen waited j
to make the change here in order that
notice might be given the public.
The principal change as it affects
the public is in the fe for recording ;
deeds, mortgages, etc., which is rais- j
ed from 15 to 20 cents per 100 words.
Other changes which affect attorneys
and county officers include the rais
ing of the fees for filing and dock
eting and issuing processes from $2
to $3.
The new fee bill was sponsored by
the countv officers’ organization
This is said to be the first increase
granted to clerks since 1878 when
the scale was fixed by constitutional
amendment. Sheriff’s fees were in
creased in 1917 and justices of the
peace in 1919.
$1,500,000 Loss in
N. O. Warehouse Fire
NEW ORLEANS, July 31.—Near-j
jly a million and a half dollars is;
the estimated loss caused by firej
which last night destroyed a section t
iof the mammoth warehouse of the
(Appalachian corporation of Louisiana.;
| The fire was brought under control j
about 1 o’clock this morning, after:
(burning for five hours. Thirty thous-J
and bales of sisal, valued at $780,-;
000, were destroyed, as was other
merchandise valued over $200,000.
Striking Mine Workers
Ordered Back on Job
| INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 31.
The striking mine workers of Indiana
I and Illinois were today ordered back'
to work by President John L. Lewis,
!of the United Mine Workers.
Forecast for Georgia—Fair Sun
day. Forecast for week—Local thun
dershowers early in the week, probab
ly more general .second half of the
week. Normal temperatures.
I HAP>y fxy\
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
25 PCT. FREIGHT
RATE RAISE IN
SOUTHGRANTED
Passenger Fares to Go uo
24 Per Cent by
Ruling
WASHINGTON, July 31—The In
terstate Commerce Commission to
day granted a twenty-five per cent
freight rate increase in the South, a
forty per cent increase in the east,
thirty-fiv e per cent in the west and
twenty-five per cent in the mountain
and Pacific territory.
Passenger fares, excess baggage
and milk rates were increased twenty
per cent and a fifty per cent sur
charge on sleeping, parlor and chair
cars was granted.
In presenting their applications for
freight rati increases the railroads
contended before the Interstate Com
merce Commission that $1,170,000,-
000 was necessary to advance their
income to the six per cent basis per
mitted by the new Transportation
act. Shippers and state commissions
generally agreed that some advance
were necessary but they opposed both
the total and the method of applica
tion.
Passenger rates, the carriers pro
posed, would be left unchanged and
their program of advances, applica
ble throughout the country, did not
take into account any wage increas
es made by the railroad labor board.
Rates as Proposed
The advances proposed were:
Eastern roads, 30.4 per cent, to
yield an advance in all revenues of
21.1 per cent, or $544,000,000.
Western roads, 23.9 per cent to ad
vanie all revenues 17 per cent or
$352,893,000.
Southern roads: 30.6 per cent to
provide 20.7 per cent larger revenue
or $120,770,000.
Apart from these advances, 38
roads in the southwest asked separate
treatment from the western classi
fication, and rate increase of 32.8
per cent.
An estimated valuation of $20,616.-
000,000 placed on the transportation
systems by their owners was ques
tioned by both shippers and state
utility commissions, who complained
that “book value” was unreliable,
while the carriers contended that
their figures were conservative, es
pecially because of rising cost of ma
terials and equipment. Increases in
nassenger rates, and flat freight in
creases instead of the percentage sys
tem, also were advocated by ship
pers to equalize the burden of any
advance.
Net Income Fall*
Setting out the necessity for the
increase, the railroads claimed that
the net income of all the country’s
roads fell from $1,056,000,000 in
1916 to $510,000,000 in 1919, while
their investment was increased more
than $2,000,000,000. Operating ex
penses, the roads sai<j, have increased
99.1 per cent since 1916, and reve
nues 36.37 per cent Operating ex
penses, it was added, are now 99 per
cent of the revenues, against 68 per
cent in 1916.
Arguing for the increase, the rail
road executives said the one billion
dollars of added revenue was neces
sary if the roads were to handle the
nation’s commerce satisfactorily.
They contended that savings promis
ed by them could not be effected at
once because the roads were not re
turned to them in the same conditions
as they were when taken over and
because of unsolved labor difficulties.
Clifford Thorne, of Chicago, rep
resenting shippers, recommended to
the commission that the roads be un
ified for operation as they were in
1917, declaring that only in this way
could the roads splve the existing
transportation problem.
Mr. Thorne also argued that the
rate advances asked were excessive as
the carriers had not made any pro
vision for more efficient operation or
for decrease in the cost of materials.
He also argued that the companies
set too high a value on their proper
ties and that they were capitalizing
land granted them by federal and
state governments without cost and
asking the people to forever pay a
tax on these free gifts.
Son of Macon Woman,
Known Here, Drowns
Walter Emory Lott, son of Mrs. J.
T. Lott, of Macon, who is well known
here, was drowned in the Hollman
pond, near Brooksville, last Monday
afternoon. He had been spending
his vacation with his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Daniels, near Wes
ton. He was the son of Mr. and
i Mrs. J. T. Lott, of Macon, was 20
| years old and a promising young man.
Mrs. Lott has many friends here who
j will be grieved to learn of her sor
row.
Georgia’s Population
To Be Given Monday
WASHINGTON, July 31. The
i population of Georgia, with the ex
ception of one enumeration district,
'will be announced at 10:30 o’clock
Monday morning.