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PAGE SIX BORAH HAS FEW INTERESTS BEYOND WIFE, JOB AND SADDLE POTENTIALS. CANDIDATE PLAYS OWN HAND ALL ALONE Idaho Senator Does Not Smol&, Chew, Drink, Dance or Play Poker BY HARRY B. HUNT ✓ NEA Service Writer ’ WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. Should the delegates to the Re publican convention next June defcide to pick a workingman for president, then dollars to doughnuts their choice will be William Edgar Borah, Unit ed States senator, just now of Boise, Idaho, formerly of Kan sas and originally from the great state of Illinois! For when it comes to work, Borah can give a lot of men in public life clubs and spades and beat them barehanded. What to the average senator or congressman is a heavy day’s work Borah tosses off as a before-break fast apppetizer. When other statement are driving to the coun try dub for a game of golf to re fresh their fagged-out brains, Borah is ordering, up another truck load of statistics and a few more times on economics and interna tional law and Setting down to some really concentrated study . If the presidency is a man-kill ing job, as Has been claimed of late, no man is better sited by training and experience to fight it to a standstill for four to eight years than Borah. Work, study, the gruelling grind of long, close appli cation, is pie for him. Because of Idaho's meagger nu mercial representation among the the delegates, Borah—aS a matter of practical politics carries a heavy handicap. Should Lowden, of Illinois, forego a chance at the nomination, however, Borah might properly be picked up as the fav orite son” of that state. For it was Wayne county, 111., June 29, 1865, that Borah wac born. He learned his ABC’s at the little red school house there and went to the Souther lillinois Aca demy, at Enfield, 111., Later he studied law at Kansas States Uni versity, was admitted" to the bar and first hung out his shingle in Lyons, • Kas., in 1890. Born in Illinois. In 1892 he moved to Boise, Ida ho. Playing then, as he does still, a lone hand, he sought no partner ship, but set up a law office by himself. Within the next five years he had .established himself as as one of the rising young lawyers of.lhe state and had won,Mary Mc- Connell, the daughter of the gover nor for his bride. Being a poor man, chiefly depen dent on his senatorial salary, he sold his Boise home and his “legal residence” in the state is at a Boise hotel, where he stays on his trips back home. His Washington resi dence is in an unpretentious apart ment house on a quiet side-street. Is Poor Man Borah belongs to n<> clubs. He lomed the Elks and the Knights of Pythias years ago in Idaho, but has not maintained contact -with his fra ternities in Washington. He don’t smoke, chew, drink, or dance, plav poker or mah jongg. He never swatted a golf ball, swung a ten nis rpcket or paddled a canoe. His sole recreation—outside of work is horseback riding. His daily nam ing canter through Rock Creek 1 • More Winter From the Whole Flock W, E know some folks who look upon it as a regular event for their hens to stop laying &L *' during the winter. Just when eggs are worth the most, their flocks aren’t pro- £2 ducmg enough to pay the feed bill. GET MORE EGGS X NOW W You can get eggs right through the O winter if you feed right. You must give 'MsSj a hen all the elements that make eggs. 7 V 4 Use Purina Hpn Chow and Chicken XSy Chowder on the positive guarantee of f?V» J More Eggs or Money Back \ Ask. for the Checkerboard Bag •/. ’Sri? * - J t ,ZX A.. HpurinaK he ss“Sb “ ■ i • M _j ,M <<*«•••» r_ I 'v ; A |2 ■rLr SmithJGrocery!Co.| Distributors] Phone 140Americus,]Ga. wImIMAaT • «. * fll * a. jMwrj ww. ie t ■ *^ L JU i A- .1 --4 Mrs. Borah (left) and her hus band, Senator William E. Borah, astride his favorite mount. Park is as fixed an event in his existence as eating or sleeping. And he just loves work! It’s his only interest, outside his wife and horse. If it’s a worker—a cour 'agdous, two-fisted, conscientious worker the Republicans .decide they j want —, then Borah’s their big bet. ’ CATTLE SWIG FROM 1,000 GALLONS BEER WAYCROSS, Dec. 20.—State,' county and federal prohibition of-! fleers have been exteremely active I in Waycross during last week and Tuesday the sheriff’s office report-1 ed that two big raids were conduct-1 ed and that several arrests resulted i from the > activity of the officers during the past few days. One of the biggest hauls of the I year was made Saturday night in [ an adjoining county, resulting in the i arrest of W. B. Morris, near Pear- j son, and the confication and de» struction of over 1,000 gallons of beer. Federal Prohibition Officer Bergstrom, of Macon, stated that during his 26 years of service in the department he had never seen a-still operated under such filthy condi tions. The barrels Containing the were sitting in mud several feet deep, while every imaginable insect was found in the beer. Cat tle fn the swamp had been allowed to drink out of the barrels. FEDERAL GRAND OPERA TAX IS REMOVED ATLANTA, Dec. 20.—Removal of the 10 per cent war tax on grand opera tickets which has been im posed since 1917 and, which was re cently contested by the Atlanta Mu sic PM'tival association, was an nounced by the United States de partment of internal revenue in a I ruling handed down Tuesday ae- I cording to Josiah T. Rose, collector I lor the Georgia district. | The ruling is applicable only to I the tax paid by the Atlanta Music I festival association the only southern city having annual grand I opera seasons—and it was through [ the persistence of the association's I counsel, Randolph and Parker, that ■ the tax was removed. Elimination of the 10 pel' cent i war tax will not necessarily cause; Ifhe asociation to reduce the price lof tickets at next year’s sale, it 1 was declared, since the 10 per cent . luxury tax imposed by the govern- | ment st’ll remains. DR. WOOD IS NAMED MAYOR OF LESLIE Dr. K. Wood was elected mayor of the town of Leslie in the city election here. The two new ajder- j man elected were- Floyd Hines and J. H. Harvey, clerk and treasurer, Wesley Kenmore. The ones held over are O. W LbyJ and E. L. Wil-1 son. 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The decorating of, 1 ■the tree has been assigned to the! ’] War Mothers who will be assisted; Iby all civic and patriotic organiza tions in t|»e city. The expense, ■ according to a statement of the lo cal post of the Veterans of For- ■ eign Wars will in no part devolve, upon the war mothers but they were j only chosen to decorate to be an 'especial part of the celebration.| I The tree will be held in the chari: [. iber of commerce hall. DEMOCRATIC IW SEEN BY DANIELS Former Navy Secretary Says G. O. P. Will Lose Is Coolidge Carries Party Banner ATLANTA. Dec. 20—Josephus Daniels, formerly secretary of the navy hut now the Martin -street edi tor of Raleigh, North Carolina, paid I Atlanta a flying visit this week. H<; • was in the city only a few minutes, I between trains and not long enough | to be interviewed. The Houston Post, of Houston, | Texas, where the former secretary | had been in the course of a lecture tour, quotes Mr. Daniels as pre dicting the, democrats will sweep the country in the 1924 presidential 1 contest in the event the republi cans name President Coolidge for j 1 re-election. “President Coolidge’s address to [ congress was characterized by M.r. Daniels as a ‘fairly good message,' ” i th? Houston Post says. “The'for i mor secretary of the navy declared, however, that it lacked any touch Jof genius and was neither construc tive nor inspirational. i “The president’s lukewarm in dorsement of the world court was | declared by Mr. Daniels to be an ! index to the whole document. I “Let’s have a world court with , reservations,’ the president says. 'I I don’t think it is worth much, but ! let's try it.’ was the way . Mr. ' Daniels summed up the portion of the message dealing with world as- ; fairs. "T believe that McAdoo will be [ I the next president,’ he asserts I 'With a reactionary like Coolidge I, opposing him, he would sweep >?v-' ery state in the west, with possibly j one or two exceptions. If the re publicans should nominate Johnson however, the condition might be different in some Western- states.’[ “According to Mr. Daniel’s view,! i,the progressive vote will play a I greater part in the election of the > ['.next p. -ident than it has played ■ since 1912. ■“Coiraitions over the country ar? I | very similar to those existing in ' ;T: and 1912,’ he declared. ; ■ ‘There is an unmistakable demand for a change in the policies which ! have been in cffectysinee the war. '[ mere ■ ? a possibility that the pro ci; .cent of the Republican s..a;c r ‘ :y split with the Old Guard . i and nut an independent ticket in ; ! the field.’ “Mr. Daniels stated that Under i wood is a strong factor in the dem on atic .-ituation and that he has de- ' v«. ■ .red a great deal of strength. “He declared that America's ! ‘drilting’ policy in foreign affairs I can not continue. , ‘Mr. Daniels is editor ofr The ( News and Observer, at Raleigh. N. '(, His first job’ was as editor of The Advance, at Wilson, N. C. when !he was eighteen years old. The ; ; greater portion of his life has been ‘ spent in newspaper work and he de jclared that it is ‘as much fun as ever.’” I 0 I FOUR WHITE CONVICTS FLEE GANG; STILL FREE I ERRY, Dec. 20.—Four white J convicts escaped from the chain ‘jgang near Fort Valley Monday jnight. They have not yet been cap _ ’ tured. Two are Harry Peterson .land George Sutton, whose homes ,! are New York. They were convict led of burglarizing the Wells ho stel in April and stealing a gold • | watch and chain belonging to George B. Wells. They plead guil 'lty in Macon on May 12 and were (Sentenced to 12 months each on the I gang. Sutton attempted to escape I about a month ago and was shot j several times by a guard from I which wounds he has recovered. I obert Norton and Charles Hol | stead of New York, serving sen ■ tences for misdemeanors, were the i other two who escaped. Dr. H. ; Evans’ automobile was stolen last ’ night from his home on Fort Valley 1 [road just in corporation limits and 1 [some think the convicts took the c I car and escaped with it about mid [niglit. , THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1'923 SIBBIIP BM i BAIFLF AUTHORITIES 1■ ’ ATHENS, Dec. 20.—Rewards to j taling S7OO are offered by ths j j State of Georgia and JacKson coun- 1 ty for information leading to ap prehension or arrest of the slayer . ■ or slayers of Mrs. Mag Simmons and I her 7-year-old daughter, Rosa Lee, it was announced Wednesday. The announcement of the state , I reward was made and Sheriff Ben ’! C. Collier of Jefferson stated this ! afternoon, the county commission- 2 j ers of Jackson would authorize ' I payment of a S2OO reward in the ’. I' case. Although Sheriff Collier has been I ■ “tipped” off to several clues that might lead to the solution of the I I crime he has not yet been able to ’ develop sufficient evidence to de mand the arrest of anyone in con nection with the deed. The sheriff is convinced that the bodies found in the ruins of the abandoned farm house on the Jefferson-Athens road last Sunday were those of Mrs. Sim mons and her daughter and he is strong in the belief that they were slain and their taken to the house and the latter bruned. The officer is just as positive that the crime was committed by someone familiar with th(i location of the house and of the fact that it was empty and that it was no chance acquaintance who killed Mrs. Simmons and her daughter. However, the officers have not been able''to trace'Mrs Simmons and her child any further than Athens. CHILDBED’S FATAL DISEASES Worms and parasites in the intestines 3f children undermine health and so veaken their vitality that they are unable o resist the diseases so fatal to child life. J he safe course is to give a few doses of Whites Cream Vermifuge. It destroys and expels the worms without the slight est injury to the health or activity of the child. Price 35c. Sold by Carswell Drug Co. Americus Drug Co.
