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What’s Going On in World By CHARLES P. STEWART NEA SERVICE WRITER The Democratic convention open ed with the presidential nomination in the same doubt it’s been in all along. His supporters say positively Wil liam G. McAdoo will be nominated, but really that’s merely what they hope. Al Smith’s supporters are just as confident he’ll be nominated —so they say—but that's only a hope, too. About all it’s safe to predict is L.,Hiat McAdoo will start with more Wivotes than any other candidate, but Hut’s doubtful if he’ll ever get the nec essary two-thirds. Smith is apt to be the next strong est candidate. If and when McAdoo begins to weaken, but it looks un likely lie’ll get two-thirds, either. Underwood presumably will be third on the list, but he appears to stand even less chance of two thirds than either McAdoo or Smith. » » ♦ DARK HORSE These three eliminated the guess ing simmers down to a choice among the dark horses. Some guess ers pick one favorite, some another. Senator Samuel M. Ralston of In diana and John W. Davis of Wesf. Virginia are the two commonest se lections. The victor might be either one. It might just as easily be neither. Other fairly frequent guesses are James M. Cox of Ohio, the candi date in 1920; ex-Secretary*of War Newton D. Baker, also of Ohio, Senator Carter Glass of Virginia; ex-Secretary of Agriculture and the Treasury David David F. Houston of Missouri; ex-Secretary of Agricul ture Edwin T. Meredith of lowa, and Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland. And a couple of dozen others are suggested. One guess is about as good as an - other. Then again, the nominee may be somebody whose name hasn’t yet been heard in connection with the pending fight. * * * JUST WAITING For the moment the Republicans are just' waiting to see what 'the Democrats do. All isn’t peace in the Republican ranks. President Coolidge, though a conservative, isn’t the same kind of conservative as the ‘regular” Re publican conservative. He took the party organization away from the latter at the Cleveland conven tion and the ‘regulars” want it back. All this Shows itself, most parti cularly, in friction between the new central committee chairman, William M. Butler, Coolidge’s choice and the president’s ultra ‘regular” private secretary, Bascom Slemp. Party leaders pooh-pooh the statement that there is any trouble, but there is, for all that. • » » THE PROGRESSIVES The Confrence for Progressive Politial Action, which meets in Cleveland July 4, is waiting on the Democrats, too. It’s no secret that the Progres sives don’t like the Republican nom ination or platform. If they like the Democratic nom inee and platform they’ll indorse them. ■ - But there’s mighty little pros pect that they will. If not, then they’ll name their own Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin beyond a doubt. That is, unless, for some reason, La Follette should decline. It‘s most unlikely he will but if he should, the Progressive leader will be some body he suggests. In this connection the man most spoken of is Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, a Demcrat of the Progressive school. QUESTION OF MALARIA GREATLY EXAGGERATED MONTGOMERY, Ala., June 26 “The whole question of malaria in the South is much exaggerated and people in the North have the wrong impression when they think that all Southerners have this disease, says Dr. K. F. Maxey, of the United States Public Health Service, from this city. , jMalaria exists largely in certain localized areas which constitute orly a small part of the land area and the population of the Sduth, and in these areas the disease is on the de cline, he said. ■ Dr. Maxey has conferred with au w thorities in Tennessee on the control of the disease. In Alabama, according to Dr. Maxey, there are three areas where malaria flourishes, the lower end of the Tennessee Valley, along the Ala bama and Tombigee rivers and the blackbelt country. Selma, Alabama, has jtist appro priated SIO,OOO to fight malaria in the eastern section of that city, he asserted. WEATHER a For Georgia—Partly cloudy to night and Friday probably scattered thundershowers. THE feStTpUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF biXiE~IW? FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 150 SMITH PLAN TO STAMPEDE DELEGATES FAILS DESPITE ‘PACKED CONVENTION’ if'- "lS *- c £,.0 r\. .Wv-.a&diESt- awMfgsMFe. a .alt. AAiV w Close-up view ot tae Conven tion Hall just after the delegates had been called to order by Cor dell Hull, temporary chairman. CONDEMNED MURDERER CAUGHT ESCAPING Edmund Bigham Former Americus Man, Leads Effort lo Break Jail Alleged Slayer of Entire Fam ily in South Carolina Caught, After Removing 12 Bolts STOLEN WIRES ARE FOUND Search of Condemned Man’s Cell Reveals Preparations to Make Get-Away FLORENCE, S. C., June 26.- Preparations by Edmund D. Pig ham, alleged slayer cf five mem bers of his own family, to escape from the Florence county jail, ac cording to jail officers were frus trated early today. Bigham while enjoying the priv ilege of the ‘run round” outside the steel barred cells, climbed on top of his cell and with a screwdriver and pliers had removed twelve bolts from the top of the cell with a view, officers said, to making his getaway through the top tonight. Once out of the cell, they explain ed, he would have found it easy to saw through the soft iron bars in jthe outer windows. A search of his cell revealed sev eral drop light cords that had dis appeared from tiie ceilings in the prisoners' compartment and it is believed that he intended to use these as a rope. MISSING MAN LOCATED BY LETTERS TO GIRL ATLANTA, June 26. —Letters found in the possession of Miss Myrtis Jackson, 20, of 9 Cone street arrested Tuesday, are expected by police to clear up the mystery of the disappearance of S. I. Quinn, 30 of 60 West Linden street, v ho was reported missing by his wife June 8. The letters, said to have been written by Quinn, contained an ad dress in New Orleans, and Atlanta police have requested New Orleans officials to attempt to locate the missing man. Miss Jacksbn arrested' on a charge of disorderly conduct, read ily admitt. d knowing Quinn, and police state admitted that lh, e let ters were from him. In the letter , Quinn is said io told the girl the name he is now using,,, ts On the platform can he seen Hull, Norman E. Mack, Alfred E. Smith, Cardinal Hayes, Anna Case, noted soprano who sang i HEALTH OFFICERS IN Italks before club JELL OF M ' Sumter County Spending 12 Cents Per Capita Fcr Health I Work to Fine Advantage COST TO JUNE ONLY SI9OO » ( Saving Effected, Effective of Anti-Malaria Work Given ( By Physicians As S2IOO I | The state of Georgia is apprppri ’ ating only 3 cents per capita per: (year to its health department. Fiori- 1 Ida and North Carolina are spending I many times this sum. Sumter county is spendinglll2 1 ! cents per capita per year through the county health board, or four I times as much as the state. In other words, for general health work the county of Sumter is taxing every 1 family of five only 60 cents a year —the price of a shave and a hair cut. ’ I From the report made by Dr. Payne, health officer, and Dr Chambliss, chairman of the healt i board, to the Rotary club Wedne - day this 12 cent appropriation is by long odds the best investment the county has ever made. The cost to the county of the health department this year to Jur.e 1 is $1,900. The department has actually rendered services to citizens, of Sumter county that would have cost them $4,000 had they been com pelled to go to the physicians of the county. Therefore) according to Dr. Chambliss’ figures the county has ac lually saved for the people in the county $2,100. These figures do not take into consideration the saving to the farm ers of thousands of dollars by rea son of the reduction and control of malaria. We may gain a fair idea of what this sum is by the following figures given the club by Dr. Payne. Continued on Page Threje. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFT ERNOON. JUNE 26, 1924 ’ “The Star Spangled Banner,” and ethers who were prominent in the opening session. All dele gates and those on the speaker’s FRANKLYN ROOSEVELT PRESENTS GOVERNOR SMITH AS CANDIDATE FOR PARTY’S HIGHEST HONOR W YORKER CHILE!] MB DEFEM RIGHTS Os AMERICANS ’His Inauguration As President i Would Mark Beginning of New Era,’ Speaker Says ‘CAN WIN WITH SMITH’ Declares Candidate ‘Most Dan gerous Adversary Republican Party Ever Had to Fear’ | NEW YORK, June 26.—Go,’er, | nor Alfred E. Smith of New York (was formally placed before the dem ocratic national convention today for nomination for the presidency (of the United States. In course of the presentation of his name, Frank lin D. Roosevelt, himself nominated i for the vice presidency four years ago at the San Francisco conven-| I tion and now serving as campaign manager for Mr. Smith, said the ( Nqw York governor ‘is the most dangerous adversary that the repub- • lican party ever had to fear,’’ his i name “spells victory.” After a comprehensive recital of Governor Smith’s record during tha years he has served in public office picturing him as the warrior “invin cble in defense of right and in at tack on wrong,” Mr, Roosevelt said the democracy of America “v ill stand without fear and without hes itation loyally behind” Mr. Smith the nominee of the convention. “Picture the coming campaign,” Mr. Roosevelt said, “lamgine ring ing through the hails of the nation this man’s denunciation of the offi cial corruption, of un-American iso lation, of sordid tariffs for the benefit of the few, attacking as only he can, the republican onslaught on the reserve powers of the states. Imagine his thrust and his genial sarcasm burning out ‘ the truth where all men can see it; the elo quence of his simple clean cut ora tory; the wave of understanding ( Continued on Page Four.) platform are turned to the left io face the lights for the official pictur e °f the convention. In all its colorful history, old Madison TODAY’S PROGRAM FOR CONVENTION Convention called to rder by Senator Walsh of Montana, permanent chairman, at 10:30 o’clock, Eastern daylight time. Invocation by the Rev. Geo. Caleb Moore, of the Madison Avenue Baptist church of New York. Roll call by states for nomi nation speeches for candidate for president, (continuation of yes terday’s proceedings.) Resolutionfor the election of Democratic national committee man and national committeewo men, and providing for their tenure of office. Report of committee on plat form and resolutions, if ready. Adjournment for the day. WE SENATE VOTES IMO HOT TO PASS PACE’S RESOLUTION Proposal to Adjourn At End’of 25 Days Rejected in Upper House by Close Vote ATLANTA, JUNE 26.—8 y a vote of 16 to 17, the senate to. day refused to pass the resolu tion by Senator Stephen Pace of the 13th district for adjourn, meat of the present session of the legislature at the end of 25 days NEW BUSINESS BEFORE HOUSE ATLANTA, June 26.—The sec ond day of the present session open ed in the house promptly at 10 o’clock wtih prayer. Chairman Milner, of Dodge county rules committee, dec’ded to substitute house bill No. 40 for sen ate bill No. 5, which would plac?< motor bus lines in the state under public service committee ruling (Continued on Page Five.) Square Garden never before held so many notable persons at the came time. STRICT [MW I«STATE AFFAIRS IH' KBE Biennial Sessions Would Effect Great Saving, Governor Tells Legislators TO CURB EXPENDITURES State Already Operating, Mes sage Says, On a System of Deficient Appropriations ATLANTA, June 26.—The house and senate of the Georgia general assembly met today in the second day of tile 1924 session, introduced and considered a few new pieces '-f legislation, then adjourned to meet in joint session in the chamber of the lower house and received the message of Governor Walker. WALKER S MESSAGE I IS DELIVERED ATLANTA, June 26.—Strict I economy in state government and an equitable system of tavation pro viding for the fair distribution of the expenses of the state, was em phasized by Governor Walker in his message to a joint session of the Georgia general assembly today. The governor commended limit ing the appropriations by th legis lature and urged still further prun ing of expenses. “Perhaps the greatest contribu tion to the spirit of economy which a legislator can take,” the governor said, “would be the passage of a bill providing for biennial sessions of the. general assembly. This would effect a snving directly and indi rectly and’of hundreds of thousands □f dollars.” The executive declared that the number of deficiency appropriations had grown until the state is 'uper ftling on a system of defiency ap propriation. “Expenditures must be curbed," the governor declared. New York Futures I'c. Open High Low Close Jan. ..24.48 24.40i24.72|24.40i24.45 Mar .24.71 24.67|24.95|24.60124.60 July „28.13'28.10|28.99i28.10!28.50 Oct. ..25.47125.42124.70|24.36 24.38 Dec. . 24.73124.68i24.99|24.65124.88 Americus middling ‘spots 28c. PRICE FIVE CENTS M DffIONSTRHION FOP nHK CWEIM OPffflG Stage All Set for Smith to Oc cupy Limelight, Fails to Sway Delegates BOOSTERS IN Fresh Vigor and Force Evidence By McAdoo Sunporters After Night of Rest MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New ‘tork, June 26.—Th e Demo cratic national convention today opened up with a new demonstra tion for William G. McAdoo. Smith rooters and boosters had been packed into the hall by the hundreds, and th e plan aj arrang ed was for Connecticut to yield to New York for the nomination of Al Smith. But when the con vention got under way, Governor Sweet, of Colorado, recognized and delivered a seconding speech for McAdoo. Immediately the smouldering embers of yester day’s den-.onstration for McAdoo sprang to life, and the McAdoo tally was on again with frosh vigor and force after an over night rest. DRAFT OF PLATFORM FINISHED TODAY NEW YORK, June 26.—A ten tative draft of the Democratic plat form containing alternative propor als on the Ku Klux Klan and die League of Nations was submitted today to the platform of the sub committee. UPSHAW ACTIVELY CANVASSING DELEGATES NEW YORK, June 26.—William D. Upshaw of Georgia, who spent Sunday campaigning in the church es, was busy today trying to line up votes from the dry states for his candidacy. “It is the only way, brother.” he said “to rebuke the devil, the brewers and the distillers wl o would lead this convention away from the paths of righteousness.” Upshaw made no claims, but in sisted that the dry.-, and “Godfear ing men and women” in the con vention would have to vote for hjni. asserting that he is the only simon pure, blown-in-bottle dry candidate and therefore entitled to their con sideration. M’ADOO likely to / ■ LOSIE IOWA VOTES NEW YORK, June 26.—Abro gation of the unit rule was decided upon today by the lowa delegation of 26 members to the democratic national convention and the deci sion was declared by some mem bers to mean that the McAdoo forces had lost control of the dele gation. The delegation decided, however to vote for McAdoo on the first two ballots and after that scatter its strength among Smith, Underwood, Davis and others. A fight had existed in the lowa delegation ever since it arrived hero the clash being between a major ity group favoring McAdoo, led by E. T. Meredith, former secretary of and a Smith and anti- McAdoo group led by Wilbur W. Marsh, former democratic treasur er, but not a delegate. KELLOGG TO ATTEND INTER-ALUED MEET WASHINGTON, June 26.—The American government will be rep resented at the London conference of premiers to discuss execution of the Dawes plan by Ambassador Kellogg who has been instruct ed to attend for the purpose of deal ing with such matters as affect the interests of the United States and othewise for purposes of informa tion. Ambassador Kellogg will be as sisted at the conference by Col. James A. Logan, .who has been for some time the American observer with the reparations commission at Paris. ’ROUND WORLD FLYERS ARRIVE AT CALCUTTA CALCUTTA, Juim 26.—Ameri can round the world fliers arrived at ■ Calcutta this afternoon front Akayab. 1
