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WILKES DORSEY
MEN TO SMITH
Clubs Consolidate After
Governor Declines to
Debate
ATLANTA, Sept. 4—(Special)
Supporters of Senator Smith and
Governor Dorsey in mass meeting as
sembled, in the Wilkes county court
house in Washington today, unani
mously voted to abandon the effort
to carry the county for the governor,
and to unite their forces behind Sen
ator Smith.
This action came in less than twen
ty-four hours after Governor Dor
sey’s refusal to meet Senator Smith
in joint debate when challenged in
Washington.
The senator’s headquarters sent
him to Washington before ascertain
ing that the governor was scheduled
to speak there at the same hour. On
arriving the senator suggested a joint
debate. His friends received the sug- 1
gestion enthusiastically. So did the
friends of Governor Dorsey. A com-,
mittee of the governor’s friends wait
ed on him to arrange the details, but
he flatly refused and proceeded with
his speech.
Senator Smith occupied a seat
near the front and paid close atten
tion to the governjr’s speech, which
consisted mainly of abuse of the sena
tor. Then the governor hastily re
treated from the court house, went
to his hotel, and locked himself up
in a room with Hugh Gordon, his
campaign manager.
W’ilkes county was the worst place
in Georgia for such a backdown It is
a community where Democrats love
virile leadership. The support rs of
the governor were cut to the quick
and the Hoke Smith supporters were
jubilant over his powerful reply to
the governor’s speech.
When danger threatens Democra
cy in Wilkes county the Democrats
get together and thresh out their dif
ferences, ascertain the will of the
majority, unite their forces and pro
ceed to vote together in a solid pha
lanx, They had not decided just
how to proceed until the Dorsev fi
asco crystalized sentiment in favor of
Senator Smith. The mass meeting to
day showed an overwhelming major
ity in favor of the Senator and the
Dorsey club acquiesced in the will
of the majority.
The largest garage in the world
is believed to be one in Akron, 0.,
which accommodates 3500 automo
biles.
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Kassel’s
We are delighted to announce that Mr. and Mrs. B. S.
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will open their store again on Friday, September 10,
with the most beautiful line ever seen in Americus of
Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear
And
I
Millinery
They are opening up the large shipments of mer
chandise that are arriving daily by express. By express
yesterday they received 57 shipments— more than a
carload.
They also call your attention that this season their
merchandise will be sold at a very small profit. Their
method of business from now on will be
Small Profits and Quick Sales
Watch for further interesting announcements.
Kassel’s
Thanks \ ou For Your Patronage in the Past.'
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RIVAL CANDIDATES’
[ CLAIMS SET FORTH
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5 counties in the Fifth congressional
' district with 16 votes; 9 counties in
the Xixth congressional district with
18 votes; 9 counties in the Seventh
congressional district with 26 votes;
i 9 counties in the Eighth congressional
- district with 22 votes; 10 counties
I in the Ninth congressional district
with 24 votes; 12 counties in the
Tenth congressional district with 30
votes; 8 counties in the Eleventh
congressional district with 18 votes;
9 counties in the Twelfth congres
sional district with 22 votes; making
, a total of 103 counties with an ag-
- gregate of 254 votes. Thirty of
I the remaining counties with 70 votes
I are doubtful, and it practically cer
tain that eSnator Hardwick will car
ry 15 of them, with 36 votes; this
added to the 254 county unit votes
already enumerated, makes 290 coun
ity unit votes. These figures are
i conservative, and with every indi-
Walker Sure of 92 Counties
and Hopes For Twelve Others
I
ATALANTA, Sept. 4. — (Special/
Clifford Walker will carry ninety
two counties and he has a chance to
win in tw’elve others. These claims
are more conservative than usual
ly are ma<te oy campaign managers
upon the eve of an election and are
based upon information of such char
acter that it cannot be doubted.
"We are sure to make a winning
on the first primary vote,’’ declared
J. H. Dozier, campaign manager,
‘‘and the estimate we have made is
based upon reports in which we have
the utmost confidence.”
Mr. Dozier granted the fact that
there are about twelve counties that
are in the doubtful column. The
Walker campaign manager would not
indulge in wild claims or make pre
dictions that were not backed up by
evidence that he believed perfectly
reliable and the forecast announced
above is Mr. Dozier’s honest belief
formed after a thorough investiga
tion of information that has come
to this office from various sources.
There can be no doubt of the confi
dence the Walker men have in the
ability of the candidate to put over
his victory and each of the workers]
seems to be imbued with the belief]
that Walker is a winner.
Mr. Walker’s campaign, though not
yet completed, has been one of the
most strenuous political fights ever
put up in Georgia, and he has kept
it upon high grounds during the en
tire season. He has refused to in
dulge in offensive personalities and
has stood squarely away from other
cation, as now exists, of a tremend
; ous state-wide landslide for Senator
Hardwick, it is not at all improbable]
’ that a goodly number of counties not
1 ■ here claimed will be found in the
i] Hardwick column.
; “The friends of Senator Hardwick
1 from one end of the state to the
s] other are showing the most intense
U loyalty ever shown any candidate for
e,office in Georgia and the principles
), for which he stands. To all of these,
i on behalf of Senator Hardwick, I
;] extend his grateful appreciation, and
- urge that every one of the loyal
? friends and supporters continue their
- valued efforts until the last vote is
f cast and the largest vote is rolled
s up for him that has ever been re
-j corded for any man in Georgia. The
-fight is won, but let me urge every
- friends of Senator Hardwick to give
5 I one day, the Bth of September, to
- the cause. This is all that is need
led to make the victory certain and
■I sweeping.”
races in which loyal Georgians and ]
■ Democrats are contesting. His en
tire campaign has been pitched pon
clean and wholesome plan, and he
himself has been exempted to a
large degree from offensive person
alities.
Mr. Walker, confident that he has
won the race, and that he will be the
next Governor of Georgia, goes again
into a speaking campaign for two
days the coming week, speaking at
the following points: Monday morn
ing 9:30, Covington; 11 a. m. Mad
i ison; 2 p. m. Lithonia; Quitman,
] Tuesday morning at 10:30, and Tif
ton, Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock..
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COLLEGE PAVING DONE.
The East College street concrete
] paving projects was completed Sat
urday and will be open for traffic
without further interruption as soon
as the new concrete hardens.
Why Not Keep Cool
With
Westinghouse Electric Fans
10 Per Cent Discount
For 15 Days Only
McNEILL ELECTRIC CO.
Phone 271 103 Jackson Street
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
GEN. WRANGEL IN
COUNTER SMASH
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 2.
| (Delayed.) (By Associated Press.)
—General Wrangel, head of the
South Russian anli-bolsheviki gov
ernment, has launched a successful
counter offensive in the regions of
Oriskov and Melitopol, north of the
Sea of Azov, according to dispatches
here. It is said the Soviet forces
have been driven out of Novo Alex
ienna.
Women To Be Denied
Vote in This Primary
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journal to the state department
might aid them in their attempt ■ot
have the United States Supreme
court overthrow Tennessee’s ratifica
tion of the suffrage amendment. They
expressed confidence today that send
in gos the statement of the house’s
action Tuesday to Secretary Colby
would result in this record becoming
part of the evidence that the courts
are expected to review.
Suffragists, however, have declar
ed that transmission of the journal
to Washington would not affect the
validity of the suffrage proclamation
issued by Secretary Colby.
SUNDAY DINNER
CAFETER I A
FRIED CHICKEN
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STEW’ED CHICKEN WITH
DUMPLINGS.
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VEGETABLES
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ICE CREAM AND CAKE
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APPLE PIE
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COFFEE TEA MILK
SALVATION ARMY
CAFETERIA
Hoke Smith
Misrepresents
Cigarette Tax
Facts
Cigarette Tax Law Has Not
Been Repealed
AS STATED BY SENATOR HOKE SMITH IN HIS
AMERICUS SPEECH
WHERE THE TAX HAS BEEN ILLEGALLY COLLECT
ED THE GOVERNOR HAS OR WILL REFUND THE
MONEY PAID.
MERCHANTS WHO HAVE NOT SOLD OR GIVEN
AWAY CIGARETTES OR CIGARETTE PAPERS ARE
NOT LIABLE,
Following is the form of affidavit to be used in securing
a return of the tax if it has been illegally collected:
GEORGIA- County.
IN RE: Tax on Cigarettes or Cigarette Papers.
(Name of firm)
in person appeared before the under
signed attesting officer authorized to administer oaths, who deposes and says that
he is an officer of the above named firm and has been for the years 1912 to 1918
inclusive. That to his personal knowledge, during the above period he has never
»ald or given away any cigarettes or cigarette papers and that to his personal knowl
edge no member of his firm or employe has ever sold or given away any cigarettes
or cigarette papers, or allowed any cigarettes or cigarette papers to remain in or
around his place of business accessible to customers, and that he personally knows
that immediately upon opening each and every package of tobacco susceptible of
being used in making cigarettes, that all cigarette papers accompanying each ship
ment were physically destroyed and rendered impossible of being used for the pur
pose of making cigarettes.
'(L. S.)
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day of . . 19..
Note: This affidavit must be executed by an officer authorized to administer
oaths in the county in which business is conducted. If business is incorporated, must
be made by an officer of the corporation. If firm individual, by the owner of
the business.
In his speech in Americus last week Senator Smith mis
represented the facts. Following is THE LAW as taken
from the General Tax Act of 1 909, page 41 :
Section 13. Upon every dealer who may sell or give away cigarettes or ci
garette paper or cigarette tobacco, or who furnish their customers with cigarettes,
cigarette paper or cigarette tobacco in connection with any other purchase or trans
action, or who may keep in their places of business any of said articles, whether
principal stock in trade or given away, or furnished directyl or indirectly with
other articles, or kept in his or her place of business or elsewhere accessible to his
or her customers, $25.00 for each place of business.
The General Tax Act of 1918, which still is in force,
was a practical re-enactment of the law of 1 909. The 1918
Act—nineteen-eighteen, mind you—with reference to the
Cigarette License, etc., is as follows:
Section 37. Upon each person, firm or corporation who may sell, or give away
cigarettes or cigarette paper, or who furnishes their customers with cigarettes or
cigarette paper in connection with any other purchase or transaction or who may
keep in their places of business any of said articles, whether principal stock in trade
$r sold or given away, or furnished directly or indirectly with other articles or kept
in his or her place of business, or elsewhere, accessible to his or her customers for
each place of business $25.00,
The law as to Special Collectors copied from the Acts
of the General Assembly, 1919, page 55, is as follows:
Section 17. Whenever the State Tax Commissioner shall have reason to "be
lieve that the tax-payers in any county are not registering their business with the
Ordinary as required by law, or failing to properly return their property as required
by law, or returning their property at a false valuation, he shall have authority upon
recommendation of the Governor to employ a competent person to go into each county’
vested with all the powers as are now given to County Boards of Assessors to as
certain such fact; the compensation of such person so employed shall be a percent
urn of the taxes accruing to the State from his efforts, the ‘amount to be fixed by
the State Tax Commissioner and approved by the Governor.
Governor Dorsey learned that thousands of dollars
were due the state, the legislature had provided the ma
chinery to collect it, and the Governor complied with his
oath of office by enforcing the law.
THE LAW HAS NOT BEEN REPEALED AS
STATED BY SENATOR HOKE SMITH
Don’t Vote For the Man Who Wobbled
When Our Boys Were
Stopping German Bullets
Sumter County Dorsey Club
SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1920
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