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FORTY-SECOND YEAR—NUMBER 202
COX PROMISES MORE SLUSH FUND REVAL ATIONS
Million Vote Smile’ Is What Engineer Os
Roosevelt’s Campaign Train Calls It
The West Learns to
Love That Smile,
Says Writer
BY LORRY A. JACOBS
„ SAN FRANCISCO, August 27.
“There are imilea that make you
happy,
“There are smiles that make you
sad—”
And, believe me, there are smiles
that‘get voes.
Witness that of Franklin D. Roose
velt, Democratic nominee for vice
president-—the “Million Vote Smile”
as the engineer on the Roosevlet
train described it.
I first became acquainted with
that smile back in the middle west
when I joined the Roosevelt party
•on tour. I watched it.
I watched its effect on the people
of the west, who love a smile and
love to smile themselves. The west
loves Roosevelt’s smile.
It is boyish. It’s a smile that comes
straight from the heart of a big,
open-hearted boy—joyous, enthusi
astic.
The train bearing Roosevelt’s spe
cial car had been delayed six hours
at one of the hottest places in Or
egon.
The dining car was out of provis
ions and only about half the people
were fed. And nearly everyone on
the train was peevish.
We finally arrived at the ferry
which was to carry the train across
the bay. Nearly everyone got out,
Roosevelt did. And there was a clam
or for him to say a few words.
He did and he wound up with a
ROOSEVELT JOYOUS AND CONFIDENT
WOMEN WILL SUPPORT DEMOCRATS
Roosevlet is doubly happy at the
final triumph of woman suffrage by
the ratification of the Tennessee leg
islature —
First, because he is personally an
ardent suffragist; and
Second, because he believes the
great bulk of women voters will sup
port the Democratic ticket.
“Bully!” said Roosevelt when the
news of the ratification came to him
in Montana. At each stop thereaf
ter when he spoke of the suffrage
victory he said it was “bully!” When
he discussed it as we sped from town
to town in his automobile, he said:
“I could not be happier. I have
sincerely predicted a Democratic vic
tory from the first. Now I affirm
my belief in the success of our ticket.
“Can the women of America ap
prove by their votes a party that does
TELLS OF FARM
BUREAU’S PLAN
Drive for 1 00,000 Mem
bers in Georgia is
Coming
W. H. Maddox of the state college
of agriculture and field agent for the
farm bureau movement in Georgia,
following a conference with a few
leading Sumter county farmers at
the Chamber of Commerce this
morning, spoke briefly at the weekly
Kiwanis club luncheon.at the Wind
sor today on farm bureau plans in
Georgia.
Mr. Maddox stated that it was the
purpose of the movement to organ
ize the farmers of the nation for
their own business, educational and
legislative advantage; that they are
§ GEORGIA WOMAN
HAD NOT HEARD $
JOF CRUCIFIXION
A TLANTA, August 27.—An At- ■
$ minister has found a >
< grown-up white woman, uneducat- <
5 ed but of more than average in- >
< telligence, in the North Georgia
> mountains, who had never heard ?
S of the Crucifixion of Christ. S
? He tells a pathetic story of her <
$ comment. ?
The circuit-riding minster, vis- <
/ iting the little family for the first >
< time, told the story of the cross.
/ jJThey followed it with rapt faces, ?
> and when he had concluded the (
/ jwoman leaning toward him whis-
pered hoarsely.
“Stranger when did you say ;
.this happened?” ?
“A long time ago,” he answer- <
ed, “nearly two thousand years.” ?
; “And they nailed him to that
! ther’ tree when he hadn’t done <
; nothin’ 0 hurt ’em; only jest lov- •
i ed ’em.’ >
“Yes.” <
< She leaned further and placed <
! her hand impressively on his knee. >
< “Wai, stranger,” she said, the ,
I tears standing in her eyes, “let’s ?
; hope it ain’t so.” >
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joke about “Hiram Johnson not hav
ing a Chinaman’s chance to be nom
inated.” Then he smiled. He hadn’t
appeared to get very far until then.
But the minute that smile broke ev
erybody was right with him.
“Do you know,” said the engineer
who had listened to him and watched
him, having been eager all along the
line to catch a glimpse of the candi
date he was carrying, “that lad’s got
a ‘Million Vote Smile’—and mine’s
going to be one of them.”
Roosevelt has spent his spare mo
ments on his western tour amusing
himself by framing up jokes on mem
bers of this party.
He calls his closest friends, T. M.
Lynch, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., “Malt
ed Milk” Lynch because of his fond
ness for malted milk shakes.
But he got the most fun out of
dubbing his secretary, R. F. Cama
lier, a good-natured roly-poly boy,
“Blimp.”
: not approve of the League of Na
tions?
“Can the women approve a reac
tionary ticket when their very poli
tical independence has been gained
through progressive Democracy?
“Can the women-approve
ty that writes its platform in words
of double meaning and of a candi
date for president who refused to tell
his attitude on suffrage until he was
able to climb on the bandwagon when
the passage of suffrage was assured?
“They cannot,” he declared. “Fur-|
thermore—-they cannot but approve j
in an overwhelming column the
things that Democracy stands for!”
1 I have heard many predictions
that, as a result of Roosevelt’s visit,
Progressive Republicans, combined
with Democrats and those who favor
him because he bears the name of
Roosevelt, will pile up a huge mat
jority for Cox at election time.
the only class of industry unorgan
ized, and that it is necessary that
they organize for their own protec
tion. He showed the value of this or
ganization as already perfected by
stating that when the railroads of
the nation some time ago applied for
increases in freight rates the farm
ers, who pay 65 per cent of the na
tions freight bill, employed Clifford
Thorn, rate expert, to represent them
with the result that passenger and
Pullman rates were increased and
freight rates boosted only an average
of 18 per cent instead of 28 per cent
as asked. He said the saving would
amount to $328,000,000 per year to
the farmers, or more than $2 for
every man, woman and child in the
United States. He said the organiza
tion movement would be put under
way in Georgia in Tifton September
6, and that it is planned to enroll
100,000 Georgia farmers.
Bob Perry* with his guitar, fur
nished entertainment for the Kiwan
ians with “Blues,” yodles and rag
songs, winning generous applaiuse.
Battle For Suffrage
In Japan Still Waged
TOKIO, Aug. 27—Ti.° advocates
of universal suffrage in Japan have
not abandoned the struggle and are
frequently holding mass meetings in
behalf of the project. The speakers
denounce the government for turn
ing against the will of the people,
who, they assert, demand an im
mediate general franchise.
The house of representatives was
dissolved early this year fol
lowing an attempt of the
opposition party to introduce
a general franchise bill. At
a subsequent election the Seiyu
kai or government party obtained a
clear majority.
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ROOSEVELT’S SMILE
REDS WHO FLED
INTO GERMANY
FIRE ON POLES
France Tells Poles to
Attain Strong Strat
egical Position
WARSAW, August 27. (By As
sociated Press.)—Russian Soviet
troops who took refuge in Prussia
are fighting the Poles along the
frontier. An official statement says
the two Soviet batteries, hauled into
Prussia by retreating Russians, fired
upon the Poles. Polish troops who
have reached the frontier have been
cautioned by tihe commanders not
to fire into German territory.
In surprise attacks in the region
northeast of Brest-Litovsk, the Poles
took eleven hundred prisoners, four
guns and the entire staff of the fifty
seventh Soviet division.
FRANCE ADVISES POLES TO
TAKE STRONG POSITIONS.
PARIS, August 27. (By Asso
ciated Press.) —The foreign ministry
announced today that France had
counselled Poland to attain the best
strategic miltary position possible
until peace is signed, regardless of
her ethnographical position, because
the military situation will influence
the peace terms. France has advis
ed Poland, however, to withdraw her
armies within the Polish frontiers
upon the signing of peace, it was
added.
MOSCOW CLAIMS BATTLE
FOR BREST-LITOVSK. FORTS.
LONDON, August 27.—The Rus
sians are fighting fiercely for the forts
of Brest-Litovsk on the Bug river,
says a Moscow Soviet wire
less of Tuesday. In the Lemberg
sector violent fighting is continuing
with fluctuating success.
Experts have estimated that 20,-
000,000 tons of paper pulp can be
“produced each year from India’s
bamboos and grasses.
The United States Public Health
■Service estimates there is one rat to
each person in the country.
SAYS
In Berlin there is said to be
a committee of buyers to de
termine prices. With that slo
gan, Germany might even yet
conquer the world.
AMERICUS, GA., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 27, 1920
HOKE SMITH TO
SPEAK OUTDOORS
HERE TUESDAY
Supporters Hold Meet
ing To Arrange For
His Coming
Fifty supporters of Hoke Smith met
at 8 o’clock last night in city hall,
and made reports concerning the
progress of the Smith campaign in all
parts of the county. Representatives
were present from practically every
country district, and the greatest en
thusiasm was shown in the coming
address of Senator Smith, who will
Speak here Tuesday evening aH 3
o’clock. Because of repairs now in
progress in the Superior couct room,
it is planned to have Senator Smith
address his audience out of doors
probably on Windsor avenue, be
tween the Windsor hotel and the
post office. The city authorities
have been asked to permit‘the clos
ing of this thoroughfare during the
two hours which will be consumed
by Senator Smith’s address, and a
large number of benches will be plac
ed therein for the accommodation"
of those who hear him. A speaker’s
platform will also be erected. It is
expected that the Senator’s address
will draw visitors here from Schley,
Macon, Wdbster, Lee, Dougherty,
Dooly, Crisp, and other counties, as
well as Sumter.
To Be Met At DeSoto.
During the meeting a letter was
read signed by a number of citi
zens residing at Leslie and DeSoto,
and requesting that arrangements
be made for Senator Smith to visit
these two towns on the occasion of
his coming to Americus. According
ly, it was determined to meet him
at DeSoto and have a committee es
cort him to Americus through the
country.
The action of the Dorsey support
ers in namipg certain of Senator
Smith’s adherents as “workers” for
the governor in his race for the sen
ate, was brought to the attention of
■the 'club, at least three of those
said to have been appointed Dorsey
committeemen having reported to
the Hoke Smith club that they are
supporting the senior senator in his
race for re-election.
Mayor J. E. Sheppard presided at
the meeting, and talks were made by
R. L. McMath, G. L. Gardner, E. L.
Carswell, Dan Chappell, John T.
Methvin, and a number of Uthers. In
preparing details of the campaign,
a number of committees were ap
pointed, and are announced today as
follows:
Committee Named.
Executive committee —W. T. Lane,
T. G. Hudson, H. O. Jones, C. S.
Hogg, R. C. Moran, Alton Cogdell,
J. T. Methvin, W. L. Chambliss, E.
E. Summerford, J. T. Bolton, W. B.
Johnson, J. A. Ranew, F. P. Jones,
J. Q. Jones, P. O. Bradley, John W r .
Peel, R. O. White, Charlie Shepherd,
C. D. Brinkley, G. W. Israel, Jr.,
Arch Mcßae, R. L. Thomas, J. R.
Logan, Henderson Dodson, Joe Wil
liams, Ben Easterlin, A. F. Hodges,
Alex Slappy.
Committee on Publication —J. E.
Sheppard, W. T. Lane, W. B. John
son, Dan Chappel, C. J. Clark, R.
C. Moran and Cally Speer.
Committee on Automobiles and
Notice of Meeting—C. J. Clark.
Robert Lane, H. Purvis and R. L.
McMath.
Committee on Arrangements— W.
T. Lane, R. C. Moran, P. B. Willi
ford, John W. Shiver, and Dan Chap
pel.
The officers of the club are J. E.
Sheppard, president; L. G. Council,
vice-president; R. L. McMath, vice
president; P. B. Williford, treasurer;
W. P. Wallis, secretary.
LORD MAYOR UNCHANGED
LONDON, Aug. 27—Terrence
Mac Sweeney, Lord Mayor of Cork,
who is on a hunger strike in prison
here, is in much the same condition
as yesterday.
Senorita Raquel Metier, a young
Spanish singer who has taken Lon
don by storm, was a poor sewing
girl in Barcelona when her marvelous
voice was discovered.
RESERVE BANK
TO AID SOUTH IN
HOLDINGCOTTON
Governor Harding, of
Atlanta District, Is
sues Statement
The banks in the cotton belt, in
cases where they are not overloan
ed in other directions, can make
much larger loans on cotton this fall
than ever before, and that federal
reserve banks will do all they can to
assist in marketing the cotton crop,
is the encouraging statement of Gov
ernor W. P. G. Harding, of the fed
eral reserve board, in the August
number of the Business Review of
the Federal Reserve Bank of At
lanta. '
Governor Harding denies emphati
cally that the federal reserve board
ever has issued instruction to mem
ber banks not to make loans on cot
ton unless it had been sold already
for prompt shipment, and that the
federal reserve . banks stand ready
to do “all that can reasonably be
expected of them” when it comes to
discounting loans on cotton. Gov
ernor Harding’s statement is expect-1
ed have the effect of bringing
about a satisfactory marketing of the
cotton crop this fall.
The statement of the bank in re
gard to the member banks and cot
ton loans follow in full:
“The United States Department of
Agriculture recently addressed a let
ter to the governor of the Federal
Reserve Board, in Washington, in
which certain reports which had
reached the department were called
to the attention of the board. These
reports indicated that, due to an ex
isting financial stringency, stocks of
cotton in the South were being forc
ed on the market at a sacrifice price,
that grave fears were entertained by
some business men regarding the
prospect for satisfactory financial
conditions this fall for the gradual
movement of the cotton crop, and
that it was thought by some cotton
dealers that a ruling or other form
of instructions from the Federal Re
serve Board, which limited loans on
cotton to that only which was in pro
cess of shipment, was the funda
mental prospect for the future.
“To this communication reply was
made by Governor Harding, of the
Federal Reserve Board, on July 16,
which is quoted in part, as follows:
“‘I acknowledge receipt of your
letter of the 14th instant, in which
you refer to the pressure on south
ern markets of large stocks of low
grade cotton. You say “It was stat
ed to a representative of this depart
ment that the Federal Reserve Board
has issued instructions to member
banks not to make loans on cotton
unless shipping instructions therefor
were shown the bank —in other
words, that member banks were tor
bidden to finance cotton unless it
had been already sold for prompt
shipment.”
No Such Instructions.
“‘The Federal Reserve Board has
I issued no such instructions. It has
ino power to require members banks
to make or refuse any loans which,
they may wish to make. Member,
banks are required only to live up,
to the requirements of Section 1 J of
the Federal Reserve act relating to
reserves, and the national banks can
engage in all transactions which are j
permitted under the revised statutes
of the United States and ot Section
13 of the Federal Reserve act. State
banks which are members retain, un
der the provisions of Section 9 of
the Federal Reserve act, all of the
powers derived from their state char
ters and continue to be subject to
flhe supervision of their respective
(state banking departments. .
“ ‘The board has net been advis
ied of any circulars issued by the
Federal Reserve banks in the cotton
growing districts giving advice to
what loans they should make or de
cline to make, and the board would
request that you ask your represen
tative who has given you the informa
tion conveyed in your letter to me to
transmit any such circular, if ar «
in existence, or else to state how
he received his information as to the
alleged advice to member banks.
“ ‘ln order to faciltate the financ
ing of this year’s crop, the board
requested congress early in the year
to amend section 5200 of the revtsed
statues. This section originally re
stricted loans by a national bank to
any one individual, firm, or corpora
tion to an amount not exceeding 10
per cent of the bank’s capital and
surplus. Congress, however, acted
upon the suggestion of the board, and
section 5200 as amended now pro
vides that for a period of six months
out of any consecutive twelve months
a national bank may lend to an in
dividual, firm or corporation, up to
25 per cent of its capital and sur
plus where loans in excess of the
regular 10 per cent limitation are
secured by warehouse receipts for
readily marketable staples.
Low Grades Accumulate.
“ ‘The accumulation of low grade
cotton is due in part to the difficulty
in making financial arrangements
necessary to sell it to the mill in the
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PHILADELPHIA)—Senator Boies
Penrose, G. O. P. boss, is thiginer
since his recent illness. During a re
cent ride through Fairmont Park,
the first time he has been in public
in several months, Penrose was
snapped by a photographer. He says
he feels great and is “ready to get
back into harness.”
DAWSON GIVEN
3504 BY CENSUS
Revised Figures Put
Georgia’s Total at
2,893,955
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27—The
census bureau today announced the
population of the state of Georgia,
revised, at 2,893,955 or 10.9 per
cent increase.
Other figures included:
East Point, Ga., 5241, an increase
of 42.3 per cent.
Covington, Ga., 2886.
Dawson, Ga., 3504.
Rockmart, Ga., 1400.
Mexico Offers Bait
To Stop Emigration
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 27—Govern
mental efforts to stay the emigra
tion of Mexican workers into the Un
ited States and induce those already
there to return to their native land
have taken form in the official sup
port given a corporation recently
formed to develop 500,000 acres of
land in the Fuerte Valley of Sinaloa.
The company, in addition to a feder
al concession, has been o'ranted a sub
sidy of $2,500,000 by the state gov
ernment of Sinaloa and large tracts
of land in that state. It plans to
construct several reservoirs at Choix
and a dam at San Blas, with canals
on each side of the Fuerte river to be
used for irrigation purposes. With
land available for irrigation it is
hoped to keep Mexican laborers in
Mexico and secure the return of
thousands who have emigrated to the
United States.
MORE YANKS WIN
ANTWERP, Aug. 27—(By Asso
ciated Press) —Americans won the
first three places in the springboard
diving finals of the Olympic games
here todav
y&atfier
Forecast for Georgia—Cloudy
with probabje showers tonight and
Saturday, no change in tempera
ture.
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HAYS ANSWERS
WITH RIDICULE,
UPHAM DENIES
Treasurer Says G. O. P.
Budget is For About
3 Millions
NEW YORK, August 27.—Gov
ernor Cox indicated her© today that
he would make further “exposures”
of Republican campaign funds with-
In the week. Stopping here for an
hour enroute to New Haven, Conn.,
he told newspapermen “you’ll have
new leads within the week, I think.”
Ha /declared “no one <need worry
about my not naming the sources of
the funds I have accused the Re
publicans of raising.”
hays says cox
dreams in millions.
lie^n E^h YORK ’ ugust 27—Repub-,
hcan Chairman Hays, in reply to*
Governor Cox’s speech in Pittsburg
last night, declared Governor Cox had
such an “intimate knowledge of the
wasting of millions in aircraft pro
duction during the war” that he
dreamed in millions.”
UPHAM CALLS LIST
PHONY;’ SHOWS STATEMENT.
CHICAGO, Augst 27.—Governor
Cox s schedule of Republican cam
paign fund quotas in fifty-one prin
cipal cities is a "phony list of which
I have never heard before,” Fred
Upham, Republican national treasur
er, declared today on his return from
New York. “Somebody must have
played a joke on the governor,” Up- *
ham declared.
Upham denied the charges that
vast sums have been collected or are
being collected and exhibited a
statement showing that collections up
to this morning amounted to a total
of $1,017,225, of which New York
state, including New York City, gave
more than $225,000. He said the
budget planned for the campaign to
talled slightly in excess of three mil
lions.
COX CARRIES HIS
FIGHT INTO EAST.
ABOARD GOVERNOR COX’S
SPECIAL, August 27. —Governor
Cox today carried the Democratic
offensive, centered for the present
on Republican finances, into the east.
Repetition in part of the evidence
presented last night at Pittsburg
to substantiate this charge of a fif
teen million dollar Republican
ruption fund” was planned by Gov
ernor Cox at New Haven and also
tomorrow at New York. •
COX OFFERS PROOF IN
PITTSBURG SPEECH.
PITTSBURG, August 27.—Infor
mation to support his charges that
a Republican campaign fund exceed
ing $15,000,000 was being raised
“in a conspiracy to buy the presi
dency” was presented by Governor
Cox, of Ohio. Democratic presidential
candidate, in addressing a public
meeting here last night.
Governor Cox’s data consisted al
most entirely of matter taken from
the official bulletin of Fred W. Up
ham, of Chicago, treasurer of the Re
publican National Committee, but
his chief exhibit was a typewritten
list purporting to show Republican
campaign quotas imposed on fifty
one principal cities in twenty-seven
states and aggregating $8j145,000.
Names of local subscribers, Gov
ernor Cox said, were ordered kept
secret. These quotas, given as $2,-
000,000 for New York City, $750,-
00 for Chicago. $500,000 for Phila
delphia, and ranging down to $25,000
for smaller cities like Atlanta, were
said by Governor Cox to have been
announced about the middle of July.
That Senator Harding, his Repub
lican opponent, “was acqauinted with
the details” of the quota plan and
that it was also approved by Will H.
Hays, chairman of the Republican
National Committee, was charged
by the Democratic candidate.
From subsequent issues of the Of
ficial Bulletin, Governor Cox quot
ed many reports from Republican
workers throughout the country re
porting going “over the top”' and in
excess of the alleged quotas.
Announcement of the $8,145,000
metropolitan quotas, Govenior Cox
said was made by Harry M. Blair, as
sistant to Treasurer Upham. A
meeting was held in Chicago, Gover
nor Cox said, at which Will H. Hays,
chairrmtn of the Republican National
Committee “spoke his blessings,”
Produces Schedule.
The governor charged that type
written sheets bearing the 51 cities*
quotas were “distributed to those as
sembled” and he produced one of
the alleged quota lists, but did not
state how or where it was acquired.
That the reputed attempt to raise
$8,145,000 from 51 cities in 27 of
the 48 states is fair evidence that the
total national fund will be -much larg
er, was declared by Governor Cox,
who said big business men were
prominent on the Republican waya
and means committee and that the
raising of funds was on a business
salesmanship” basis.
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