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Newspaper Page Text■ t I ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS I OF THE WORLD FORTY-SECOND YEAR—NUMBER 210 BOTH SIDES TELL OF WILKES CO. COALITION ALL WERE SAVED ON LONG SUBMERGED U. S. SUBMARINE | <r» ■ * > - - ■■ Y .___ ; ■ •- '” -zzhk- “ 1 The U. S. submarine S-5, carrying four officers and 36 men, was rescued by the 'steamship General W. G. Goethals, after being partially submerged off Cape H enlopen, Del., for 40 hours, and towed to port. All the men were saved. Photo shows the S-16, sister ship of the S-5. The two'are identical in construction. OBREGON WINS MEXICAN RACE FOR PRESIDENT Extremely Light Vote Cast Victory Decisive MEXICO CITY, Sept. 6.—General Alvaro Obregon, the candidate of the Liberal Constitutionalist party, won a decisive victory in the elections held throughout the republic yesterday for the purpose of choosing a presi dent for Mexico, according to unof ficial advices. The vote was extreme ly light. MEXICO CITY, Sept 6 . Dec-, larations in favor of a liberal foreign i policy, with guarantees of life and( property to nationals of other coun-, tries and encouragement of foreign' investment were contained in mani festos by the two opposing candidates( for the Mexican presidency in the| elections held yesterday. Thei candidate were Divisional General Al varo Obregon, former minister ot war in the Carranza cabinet and one of the leaders of the recent revolu tion, and Alfredo Robles Dominguez, former provisional governor of the, federal district and at one time Car ranza envoy at Washington. : The international planks of tne two platforms follow, translated tC General Obregon’s (Liberal Con-: of our sovereignty as an autonomous state. “Absolute respect of out sov ereignty and institutions of all coun trips of the wotld* . . “Facilities for foreign capital vish-, ing to invest in our country for the development and improvement of ts natural riches, seeking ways to re concile in the most practical and fair wav the advantages obtained bj cap- Hal labor and the public treasure “Comnlete acknowledgement of ah Hghte obtained by foreigners in our, that all fiei'and pXli.n granted by b.r, las “ Frank tendency to reinforce and establish our foreign relations on th •'XStapSSjded (Republican Na wi,h th™ aSional. .nd tn guarantees to tn R au3e o f our their we should pay Sf attention to our relations wi?h the peoples of the cor> ment “Encouragement of ent of ™ l ptt ß l l^ra^®^? c V u e^ O a^ le “unications, agri tt element ig an , in■»" 0< however, as to present in force. General Obregon, as a LjrTb» stitu 5 titut it .n«W. je«» = .the present organic law while ben ’Robles Dominguez was, pronouncement recently y h to party, the National Republican, call a convention in case he is elec ed, and set in motion the m a™ienry for the adoption of a new constitu tloThe Liberal C ons l itut £ nal pi‘ Pa £ ty was responsible for the Plan o Agua Prieta, which repudiated the leadership of President Carranza. The National Republican party, while non-sectarian in its principles, is largely composed of Roman cath olics. THET®f|S?I®RDER EM-PUBLISHED in THE~>M»jrHEART OF DIXIE Constitution’s Primary Guess Recalls April The Atlanta Constitution, in its I customary forecast on the Sunday preceding a statewide election, yes terday forecast the results in Wed nesday’s coming primary as follows: For Governor, County Counties Unit Vote Walker 74 172, Hardwick 47 126; Holder 19 49: Doubtful 15 42 Total 155 338 j Necessary to nominatel9s For Senator. County I Counties Unite Vote, Dorsey 73 ?78 Watson 47 128 Smith 23 56 j Doubtful 12 26 Total 155 338 Necessary to nominatel9s j The Constituiton, in making the' announcement, states tnat it has nev er failed in compiling these predic tion, since 1911, to forecast the high, man. However, its predicitons of the April presidential primarry were ■recalled here today. In that predic tion the Constitution gave Palmer 84 counties, Smith 28 counties and: Watson 32, will 11 doubtful. No! unit total was forecast. In that pri-; rnary Palmer barely nosed out as i high man in county unit votes, and was actually second to Watson in number of counties carried and pop ular vote. In that election Palmer received 52 counties, Watson 55 coun ties and Smith 48 counties. Only the primary rule gave Palmer the elec tion: DEMPSEY WINS BY KNOCKOUT BENTTON HARBOR, Sept. 6. (Bulletin.) —Dempsey wins by knock-; out in 3rd round. BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Sept. 6—Jack Dempsey, heavyweight i chaimpion of the world, today de-1 fended the crown he won from Jess Willard at Toledo fourteen months ; ago on his hard hitting prowess, in a ten-round no decision bout with Billy Miske, of St. Paul, claimant to the premier fistic honor. The champion, it was advertised, | was guaranteed a minimum of $50.-; 000. Dempsey was the favorite, but with the prospect of a hard fight. ! The fight was to start about 3:30 o’clock Central time. MARKETS Local cotton receipts Friday and ! Saturday, 978 bales; total for sea-: son 1.710 bales. Free Seats For All Wednesday Night For Election Returns The Times-Recorder completed ar-ibe plainly visible, and where the cool rangements today for accommodating! outside air may be enjoyed and , , \ plenty of room to smoke. There will a crowd of large sizs Wednesday eve- an abundance of chairs inside, ning at its office'on Forrest street furnished by the Allison Furniture to receive the state election returns.! Co., for the ladies and their escort, Forrest street will be closed to traf-|with plenty of electrict fans scatter fic by permission of the city officials ed about. The bulletins will also after 6:30 o’clock to prevent the con-; be displayed and called inside, gestion of automobiles in the narrow If the weather i sunfavorable there street. If the weather is fair, bench will be accommodations inside the seats in large numbers, furnished commodious building for a large by John W. Shiver, will placed in I crowd, with an abundance of seats, the street in front o fthe Times-Re- Make your arrangements to be the corder where bulletins displayed on guests of the Times-Recorder that the outside of the large windows will evening. AMERICUS GA., MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPT. 6, 1920 14TH BOLSHEVIK ARMY IS ROUTED BY GEN. WRANGEL Forces Decimated, and Driven Across Dnei per River SEBASTOPOL, Sept. 6—(By As ; sociated Press) —The fourteenth Bol ! shevik army has been driven across i the Deniper river after severe loss es as a result of General Wrangel’s ; successful counter attacks. The i Bolshevists, commanded by Commis sary Eidemand were decimated and forced to take cover under their big I guns across the Dneiper. FIERCE FIGHTING IS TOLD OF BY MOSCOW LONDON, Sept. 6—Fierce fight- I ing is in progress around Brubieszow ; southeast of Lublin, according to a I Russian Soviet official statement to ; day. In Brest-Litovsk the fighting : continues with alternating success. The statements says “we are advanc ing on Halicz.” POLES PROTEST LITHUANIAN ATTACK WARSAW. Sept. 6—(By Associa ' ted Press) —A protest to the League : of Nations against the attacks of the Lithuanian troops lipon the Poles north of Suwalki has been made by the Polish government. It is pointed out a state of war does not exist be ; tween the countries. Doubles His Money on Farm in Two Years When he bought a Sumter county farm nearly two years ago as an in ! vestment, W. M. McD Green, of : North Carolina, had no idea he was making a good deal as it turned put. W. L. English today announced that he had made a deal whereby he had : sold the farm. consisting of 150 acres, to T. B. Hooks, Jr., for approx imately SIOO per acre. Mr. Green : had paid only SSO per acre for it. The farm Mr. Hooks’ present home i place and is a good tract of land, j It was bought by Mr. Green from Dr. E. T. Mathis. New Teacher Quits Before Term Begins Word was received this morning i by Superintendent E. J. Mthis, of' the city schools, that one of the teachers who had been chosen for! the coming term, which opens two i of Tennessee, had resigned from the | faculty before entering upon her du- ; weeks from today, Miss Cora Carter, i ties, leaving a vacancy’ which must: be filled quickly. Miss Carter had been assigned to the Fifth grade, Fur low school. HERE IS BALLOT SUMTER VOTERS Iffll CAST WED. I - If Run-Over is Needed . It Will Be Held Oct. 8 Georgia's state primary which will I nominate a United States senator, a j governor, state house officers and several judges of the higher courts will take place Wednesday. In case no candidate for governor or sena tor should receive a majority of the county unit votes, a run-over will be held on October 8, under provisions of the Neill primary law. The reg ular state convention will be held in Macon on a date to be fixed by the .state executive committee fol lowing the state primary. Each of the three candidates for senator and the three for governor is claiming nomination on the first show-down, and it would not be .a remarkable circumstance should one or both of the races be decided in the first primary, provided the dis-' tribution of voting strength is favor able to any one of the six. How ever, all have developed general strength and very few people believe that a second primary on the first Wednesday in October will be avert ed. It may be stated authoritatively that not one of the six will be a “poor third” in popular votes, al though such might be the case with county unit strength which his impos sible to forecast accurately owing to the closeness of the races in some counties. Tt is generally conceded that there will be more than 200,000 votes cast, the largest number in the history of the state, even if women do not par ticipate. Some sections are prepar ing to hold separate ballot boxes for the latter sex, and reports are rife i that in certain localities, local man agers will disregard the instructions; of the state executive committees: • OFFICIAL BALLOT. State of Georgia Democratic White Primary September 8, 1920. (’Erase the names of those for whom you do NOT vote.) For United States Senator (Vote for One.) John R. Cooper Hugh M. Dorsey Hoke Smith Thomas E. Watson For Governor (Vote for One.) Walter R. Brown Thomas W. Hardwick John N. Holder Clifford Walker For Secretary State (Vote for One.) S. G. McLendon Claude A. West For Attorney General (Vote for One.) George B. Davis George N. Napier For State Treasurer W. J. Speer For Comptroller General William A. Wright For Commissioner of Agriculture J. J. Brovin For State Superintendent Education, M. L. Brittain For Commissioner of Commerce and Labor H. M. Stanley For Commissioner of Pensions John W. Lindsey For Prison Commissioner E. L. Rainey For Railroad Commissioner (Vote for One.) W. Trox Bankston Paul B. Trammell For Justice Supreme Court (To succeed Walter F. George) Walter F. George For Justice Supreme Court (To succeed H. Warner Hill) ; H. Warner Hill For Judge Court of Appeals (To succeed Alex W. Stepnens) Alex W. Stephens For Judge Court of Appeals i (To succeed 0. H. B. Bloodworth) (Vote for One.) O. H. B. Bloodworth W. H. Dorris For Judge Court of Appeals (To succeed Charles W. Smith) (Vote for One.) Ben H. Hill Charles W. Smith For Representative in Congress Third Congressidnal District (Vote for One.) Charles R. Crisp J. Gordon Jones For Judge Superior Court Southwestern Circuit Z. A. Littlejohn For Solicitor General Southwestern Circuit Jule Felton For Representatives (Vote for Two) A. E. Hines W. M. Riley G. C. Thomas J. E. D. Shipp John D. Williams ALL FACTIONS ON 27th DISTRICT BOARD Announcement was made today by Secretary Fred Arthur, of the Coun ty Democratic committee, and mem ber from the 27th district, of the REPORTS DENOUNCED BY DORSEY’S FOLLOWERS; SMITH MEN GIVE ‘INSIDE’ Governor’s Friends Say Only Few Attended Meet ing—Senator Smith’s Friends Say He Led On Lists Submitted by Agreement The report from Washington, Ga., Saturday that the Dorsey and Smith followers had gotten together and agreed to throw their combined strength to Senator Smith, appears to have caused a great stir politically. The Dorsey people are out with denunciations of the report and their own interpreta tion of the facts in the case. The Hoke Smith people are standing pat and today published a statement of the “inside” of the Washington coalition from their standpoint. The Times-Recorder here presents the official con tentions of both sides. Read them and take your choice: j DORSEY’S SIDE j ATLANTA. Sept. 6.—The follow ing telegram from Boyc e Ficklen, a I member of the legislature from Wilkes county, was given out here today by the backers of Governor Dorsey in his senatorial campaign: WASHINGTON, Ga., Sept. 5. The statement of The Atlanta Jour nal this morning that following on the heels of Governor Dorsey’s refusal to meet Smith in debate, the Wilkes county democrats unanimously united on Smith for the senate, is absolutely incorrect. Two weeks before Dor sey or Smith were known to be in Washington a party of opponents of Watson met and agreed to see who was the stronger in Wilkes, Smith or Dorsey. Saturday, September 4 was the day decided on to declare the result before either Mr. Smith or Governor Dorsey had opened their mouths on September 3. The lists of both Dorsey and Smith had been made up and in the hands of the Dor sey and Smith men. At the mass meeting Saturday some of the Smith men tried to adjourn it without ac tion and were deterred by some of the other Smith and Dorsey men from doing so. The chairman of the; Smith delegation did, however, re sign his commission and left the hall.i It was the intention of either thei Smith or Dorsey followers that any i report whatever should have been | sent to the papers of the state, as the matter was purely a Wilkes coun-' ty manner of deciding who was the[ stronger here and not to boost Smith or decry Dorsey in other sections | of the state, other counties being sup posed to manage their campaign as ( they deemed best. The publishing of; it is, in my opinion, unfortunate and , calculated largely to destroy its ef fectiveness in this cuonty as the meeting lacked a good deal of being altogether harmonious. The statement that Dorsey slipped out the back door of the court house and took to a hotel is also wrong. At my advice he entered the back and came out the same way on account of the crowded condition of the court room. Leaving the court house he went to a private residence, took a bath, ate his dinner at the writer’s home while Senator Smith was speaking, and after dinner pulled out for Mon roe in an automobile through the rain, leaving Washington over two hours ahead of the senator who left here at 6:15 via the Georgia railroad, having tried to make it over the pub lic roads and failed on account of, weather. . ! BOYCE FICKLEN. | This message was also given out: WASHINGTON, Ga., Sept. 6—The following statement was made Sun day morning upon receipt in Wash ington of the Atlanta Journal: , , “The Journal’s report of Dorsey’s speech here is ridiculous. The tele-1 gram from the Hoke Smith committee I in Wilkes county, stating that the i entire anti-Watson vote would be cast; 5 for Smith, is not in keeping with the ' facts. Only a few people attended ( the confernce referred to and the i people of Wilkes county resent the) clumsy effort, of a few men to com-1 mit the loyal Democrats of Wilkes county to the support of a man who has betrayed his party. Wilkes county will be in the Dorsey column when the votes are counted Wednes- j dd "The action of approximately fif (Continued on Page 8) personnel of the election board nam ed for the 27th district to conduct the primary next Wednesday! He i stated that in appointing the board i effort had been made to give repre sentation to every important faction in the senatorial and gubernatorial races. The personnel of the board will be as follows: W. H. Chappel and Robert Lane, ‘representing Hoke Smith; Jack Brit- Iton and W. S. Ivey, representing I Hugh Dorsey; Ed Castleberry, rep resenting Thos. E. Watson; J. T. Cot-, |ney, representing Thos. W. Hardwick. At least two Walker men are saia | bto be embraced in the Smith and 1 Dorsey representatives. Justice of , Peace J. N. Carter will be the official I member of the board. The polling places will be open in the 27th district from 7 a. m. to 6, p.; in all other districts in the coun-j ♦v the hours are from 8 a. m. to ' p. m. § SMITH’S SIDE | ATLANTA, Sept. 6. Senator Hoke Smith's headquarters today au thorized the following. The wildest consternation ever known in a political campaign in Georgia was created Sunday in the Dorsey campaign headquarters by the announcement that supporters of the governor had thrown nim over board in Wilkes county and consoli dated with the Hoke Smith forces to insure the defeat of Thomas E. Wat son. The announcement exploded like a dynamite bomb in the Dorsey head quarters and the fragments are still tailing in the vicinity of the Kimball house. Frantic efforts were put lorth Sunday to camouflage the facts and conceal the disaster. Support ers of Governor Dorsey in Wilkes county were desperately uregd by long distance telephone and telegrapn to give out statements repudiating the agreement. Roy Dorsey, a younger brother of the governor, who was recently elected solicitor of the City Court of Atlanta, went to Washington post-haste to rally the Dorsey forces. The Atlanta Constitution ransack ed its racks for the biggest, black est type it had in stock lor a front page exposure of a “dastardlj con spiracy." The exposure consisted of heart rending wails and gnasning of teeth. Mr. Hollomon wrote a column and a half of the most violent hys teria to accompany the exposure. Give Out “Fact*."' And now that Dorsey headquarters has attempted to welch on the Wilkes county agreement and attempted to make the Dorsey leaders in Wilkes': county a party to the welching, the I Hoke Smith leaders in Wilkes county! have given out the facts, feeling! released from any further obliga-i tion to gloss them over. They are as follows: On Saturday, August 28, the Dor-| sey and Smith forces of Wilkes coun-! ty came together in a joint mass | meeting in the court house in Wash-j ington for the publicly announced: purpose of launching a competitive j canvass of Wilkes county voters toj ascertain whether the governor or; the senator was the leading opponent' of Thos. E. Watson. The meeting: was held at the institution of the Dorsey leaders. Two separate can-! vassing committees were organized; under two separate chairmen. Two ( separate petitions were drawn up for! circulation among the county, onei being for Dorsey and the other for! Smith. The caption of the petition! (pledged the signers to support which; ever candidate won the canvass. ; Petitions Compared. On last Saturday, September 4, thei petitions were brought back to the Wilkes county court house and placed! in the hands of a joint sub-committee representing both sides. The Hoke Smith representatives were George (M. Dußose, Grey Harwell, Charles I.! ! Reynolds, Emmett Grenade, H. A. i Brooks and H. S. Johns. Governor Dorseys’ representatives were I. T. Irving, Jr., R. C. Barksdale, E. W. Adams and A. S. Quinn. This joint i commitee checked the rival petitions, > I consolidated the result, and found' that Hoke Smith had 365 signers,! ers. Pursuant to the agreement and like good sports who were willing to ( take their medicine, Messrs. I. T.| Irvin, Jr., R. C. Barksdale, M. E.( Church, W. A. Slaton and Rev. G. S.j Fraser, pastor of the First Methodist! church, made speeches saying they! would support Hoke Smith and urge! the Dorsey supporters throughout! the conuty to do the same. Then I the Hoke Smith representatives fram-i ed a telegram to Hoke Smith head quarters announcing the result of the joint mass meeting. The telegram was submitted to the Dorsey repre sentatives and approved by them. These are the facts, and no amount of weeping, wailing or gnashing of teeth can expunge them from the record. father Forecast for week for the South Atlantic and East Gulf states.— Generally fair weather is indicated, but with octeasiorial lotal thunder showers. Moderate temperatures. There are no indications at this time of a disturbance in the West Indies. CAN . PRICE FIVE CENTS. TWIN CITIES ARE TOLD RY COX OF LEAGUE'S VALUE Wickersham Tries to Set Harding Right on Issue ST. PAUL, Sept. 6.—Governor Cox reached the northwest today on his campaign tour. Three speeches in the Twin Cities were on today’s program. On ms arrival the Governor ten dered an informal recep'a >n. After a conference with the state pnmar leaders he was escorted to 'he state fair grounds where he delivered a speech on labor and agriculture. He declared the interests of both would be served by the success of the League of Nations. Measures to increase farm produc tion were advocated and he declar ed again for collective bargaining by labor. He pledged himself specifically to increase the salaries of the postal employes. WICKERSHAM INTERVIEWS HARDING ON LEAGUE. MARION, 0., Sept. 6.—Preaching the gospel of “understanding” be tween employers and employes, Sen ator Harding said in a Labor Day speech here today that although he believed in unionism and collective bargaining, he was opposed to “La bor’s domination of business or gov ernment” as determinedly as he would oppose domination by any oth er class. Voluntary arbitration was declared by the nominee to be the ideal solution of labor troubles. After an extended conference here yesterday with Senator Harding. George W. Wickersham, a former Republican attorney general, and an advocate of the League of Nations, issued a statement declaring the Re publican nominees would not only “wholly and finally reject the league,” but would Jtake the lead in revising the covenant and putting it into practical operation. The senator recognizes, Mr. Wiek ersham added, that the league is so interwoven with the fortunes of Eu rope that its unobjectionable features must be preserved to stabilize Eu ropean peace. From Senator Harding himself there was no expression on the sub ject, but it was indicated in the near future he might make a public state ment detailing his precise stand with regard to acceptance of any portion of the covenant as it was written. It was said in his talk with the for mer attorney general that the whole subject was discussed minutely and that the views expressed by the nomi nee met with Mr. Wickersham’s full approval. “I earnestly favor the League of Nations,” said Mr. Wickersham’s statement. “I recognize the imper fections of the Paris covenant. Yet I should have been satisfied to see it ratified as written believing that the power of amendment was ample to enable it to be moulded as our national interests might make neces sary.” Mrs. J. E. Mathis Sails For U. S. From England Word has been received from Mrs. J. E. Mathis, by her husband that she sailed yesterday from Plymouth, En gland, for the United States, on a vessel that is due at New York Sep tember 14 or 15. Prof. Mathis plans to leave Americus Wednesday or Thursday of this week for New York to be present at her arrival, follow ing which they plan a brief trio to New England and possibly Canada on the vacation which Mr. Mathis has delayed so long that Mrs. Mathis ( might be with him. Mrs. Mathis has been in northern ■ England visiting her parents in her I old home. Ellaville Young Man Badly Injured in Gin i ELLAVILLE, Sept. 6.—While | working a his father’s gin near here (Friday, Charlie Lumnkin, 22 years I old, son of W. W. Lumpkin, was ac- I cidentally caught in the saws of the !gin and besides having his arm bro ken, was seriously injured internally. Drs. Stewart and Bridges attended him. Grave fears are entertained of his recovery, as the gin crushed ; his whole body. Charlie Lumpkin is the youngest ! son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Lump ' kin and is held in the highest esteem here by the people of the community. Irish Lord Mayor Is Reported ‘Very Low* LONDON, Sept. 6—Lord Mayor MacSweenev spent a restless night last night. Father Dominick, the may or’s private chaplain, on leaving the . prison this morning said Mac Swee ney was “very low.” Sean Mac Swee ney spent the night with his brother.

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