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WEATHER For Georgia Local thunder showers tonight and Friday; slight ly cooler in extreme north portion tonight. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR.—NO. 16 DAVIS AND BRYAN ID MOUNT SI IMS;AND BRYAN »Psi Nifflffi OF otauc m Brother of “Great Commoner” Named For\ Second Place on Ticket With W. Virginian UPSHAW GOT ONE VOTE Georgian Seeking Place On Ticket Failed, to Impress Delegates With Candidacy MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, I -New York, July 10.— (By Associat de Press.)- —The Democratic na tional convention brought its temp estuous sessions to a close early this morning, placing before the country a ticket headed by John W. Davis, of West Virginia, with Gov. Charles W. Bryan, of Ne braska, in second place. \\_yiiam D. Upshaw, of Georgia, whc®|Ught the vice presidential and conducted a cam pai<" for the place among dele- L . gqtes here received only one vote. Bl This vote was cast by a member of J the Wisconsin delegation. The Georgia delegation divid 'd its votes for vice president as i<u- Bryan, Hi; Berry 111; Owsley, The re.-ult of the first ballot for c pn-.-idvlil was as follows: ■■ow dev id; 1;. rry -Th; ;• j;:er M; emje.'-.: 1~ : ]i..vis i; Bl" IHlan ii; Flynn 15; Gmard I ir> 11 I : I iark ; Ritclm- Mortmi ( lark i, Enright r 7 Wh'tlock 1: Mrs. Miller ■Kiirs. Ib i, :iw ;; ; l.ariim r 1 ; I p haw ; Pittman G; Meredith 2; Total ■ 1,097 1-2 V Governor Bryan was chosen for F second place on the ticket, after his f friends had placed i» fare Mr. Davis * and his conferees an argument for selection of a western man of prov en executive - capacity, familiar tvith agriculture and in sympathy with the liberal sentiment of th 2 country. The nomination of the Nebraska; governor, who is a brother of William Jennings Bryan, took only one ballot. The word that the lead ers wanted him nominated was passed quickly about the convention hall and although active campaigns had been made for several other candidates the result was not long in doubt. Mr. Bryan was declar ed nominated at 2:22 a. ni., East ern daylight saving time. Then af ter a few last minute formalities the convention adjourned sine die at 2:24 a. m. and the delegates for the last time filed wearily out of the old garden where their nerves had been frazzled and their pati ence worn out by more than two weeks of the most stirring scenes in all political history. M’ADOO OFF TO VISIT EUROPE NEW YORK, July 10.—An nouncement was made at the head quartes of William G. McAdoo af ter the nomination of John W. Davis as the Democratic candidate for President, that Mr. McAdoo 1 would have no comment to make and that he would sail for Europe, probably tomorrow, with Mrs. Mc- Adoo. WM. J. BRYAN WILL SUPPORT TICKET NEW YORK, July 10.—William Jennings Bryan, who openly and vigorously opposed the nomination of John W. Davis as the Democra tic Presidential candidate, an nounced today after Mr. Davis had been nominated that he would “support the ticket.” WOMAN WORKED 7 YEARS AS MAN MARSHALLTOWN, la., July 10. •—‘‘Ruth Bundy, 33, who for seven years has masqueraded in men’s clothing, and posed as a man known as Walter Bundy, is in the county jail today following her arrest at Rhodes, county, charged with threat j owing to commit a public offense. Three years ago , at Rhodes, Walter” Bundy was married to Elizabeth We.-t, of Rhodes, V. i l’e S ' V sfe- BL ft- gfc ‘ i a' HBT. jhk #R7|rpUBLISHED IN THE HEART~QF DIXIE TAX EQUALIZATION REPEAL BILL TABLED IN Democracy Standard-Bearers and Mrs. Davis I ' il * Igl Jill CHARLES BRYAN JUDGE CPISPPRAISES ■ M NOMINEE AS ABLE PMEM Americus Representative Served in Congress With Nominee and Knows Him Intimately HIGH MORAL CHARACTER Is Protestant Churchman, Cour teous, Gentle, Lovable and Magnetic Man Judge Charles R. Crisp, who is spending the congressional vacation at his home in Americus, was today asked by The Times-Recordbr to give an expression upon the ability and character of Jonathan W. Davis, the Democratic nominee for pres ident. In reply to this request, Judge Crisp, after recounting i number of incidents illustrating the splendid abilities of the new party leader, said: “I am delighted to give you my opinion of Hon. “John” W. Davis, the Democratic nominee for Presi dent. “I know him intimately, having served in Congress with him three years and having been, for two i years, on a committee with him where we met almost daily. He is a man of the highest character and marked ability, In my judg ment, intellectually, he was by f.lr the strongest man before the con vention, and I don’t believe there is an abler man in the United States than he. No American is better qualified to discharge tlui responsible duties of the office of President than Mr. Davis. “He served in Congress and is therefore familiar with the legisla tive procedure of the Government. “For four years, he was Solicitor General of the United States, which is the greatest legal position un (Continued on Page Six) jonesTlays langley AN D ALLEGED LOBBY Rises to Point of Personal Priv ilege in House and Delivers Vitriolic Speech ATLANTA, July 10.—Rising tc the point of personal privilege on the floor of the house today, Rep resentative Jones, of Meriwether, author of the bill to call a constitu tional convention to revise the state constitution, entered into a speech resenting alleged attacks he said had been made on his bill by cer tain members of the house in lob bies , and a newspaper interview w’ith Representative Langley, of Floyd, Mr. Jones stated that the Floyd representative had charged in the interview ♦F •: the Jones bill was merely an attempt to hold back consideration of several bills pro viding constitutional amendments such as to change the meeting time of the legislature, the- ‘ of gov- Hii"i, state officer/ Qthers. f -v;-. c 2.;> \ w ■ '7 » , kvfi • I’ • I V Vi. - S .. s P/ V-.v -S’b /'nV'.'-' /f a- . Xi V W ’ ■-< 'b 7 ; k ■:|b\ X-Tl ! I ’ v. \ \ / cTOWN W' CHAS. E. HUGHES HEADS BAR ASSN. PHILADELPHIA, July 10.— Charles Evans Hughes, secretary sf state, today was elected presi lent of the American Bar asso jiation at its annual meeting. oWTfiT DIED LIST HIGHT Funeral Services to Be Held From Central Baptist Church Friday Afternoon Dr. Evan T. years of 111,1 a ’ i • B L ast PROSPECT P BE MADE '■ ' '"1 has « before ' -A the park and installfl arrangements, ® ' ■ AMERICAS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 10. 1924 CHURCH BELLS TOLL COOLIDGE CORPSE EfflES OLD Ho| Funeral Train Arrived At ampton From Washin|®d n This Morning At 7 FACTORIES STOP JwoRK Silent Groups, UncoveiSj Line Tracks in Connecticutß/ a H e y As Train Passe® NORTHAMPTON, Massßf uly 10 . —The funeral train beaß n g body of Calvin Coolidge, J® young er son of the president,! reached here at 7 o’clock this mml| lln} , f or | services in Edwtujd^^j^®- e g ation la church. J ’ 1 w - J ■* £ up Hork and .. Duncan . gs ;• ‘ “■ /c/S-Aie c\'" W ■f ’ COTTON CONDITION IN GA- EXCELLENT WASHINGTON, July 10. ( --'- u Fa an< l weather conditions in iV>i/iig the week ended ■WSterdaJ- a s summarized today |Fby the Department of Agricul ture is as follows: Growth of cotton, excellent, but getting rather weedy and not fruiting so well; cultivation hindered in many counties by heavy rains and poison washed off; condition of cotton fair to excellent, set ting the bolls nicely in the south. Corn made good growth. mShmot HTEHII WHI MEET <4 Americus Will Be Represented At Tourist Highway Gather ing There July 15 J. E. Poole, James Lott, C. J. Clark and W. W. Dykes have been named as a committee to represent Americus at Albany July 15, at a meeting called to develop ways and means for attracting attention to the western branch of the Dixie Highway and the Florida Short Line Highway. The plan is to divert a considerable volume of tourist travel byway of Americus and Al bany, and a scout car is to be sent to the northern and eastern gate ways of the country to post the highway plainly and to encourage use of Qie highway by tourists. IW ■ w T T t • / ' ''S' v it i '< WM —> MV/S NO COIVIPWISE m HJCTION, DECURES DEffIMIC NOMINEE Davis Breaks Precedents and Addresses Delegates Immedi 'atetly Following Nomination TO"OBEY PARTY MANDATE Calls On All Democrats to Give ‘Militant Support’ to National Ticket NEW YORK, July 10.—Nomi nated on the one hundred and third ballot in the final dissolution of the deadlock which had gripped the convention for ten days Jonathan W Davis, of West Virginia, last night began his service as the lead er of his party by upsetting pre cedent and addressing the conven tion at its evening session and then going into conference w : th convention managers over choice of a nominee for the Vice Presi dency. The nominee began by an expres sion of gratitude and appreciation of the honor that had come to him. “But grateful as I am of this great honor I think even more of the duties you have given me to perform. But I take comfort when I look at the banners display ed throughout this hall and reflect that they are not the standards of a phantom army but that they rep resent an army of millions of Democrats ready as th< y always have been to battle for liberty and righteousness. “We are a national party, and it must be, 1 believe, because we profess a national creed. The gneat (Continued'on Page Two.) \ TAX COLLECTOR 111 MR IS SOIL J. J. McCants, Well Amfcricus, Killed Relatives Are Add! A r A 1 ’ 1 ■ll hi-. ■ hi- ■ ii nat< ,«<u & marri'i’® he had Lucius went Mar. July m|| Os- wJ Pec. A PREVENT!!! Action Made Change in Tax This Session Ii DAVIS OPPOSEcj Senator From 4il Urges Action Chß Ndw AtF.NTA, July 10. -The staß senate today b,> a vo(.C of 26 to 1B senate biJ No. 1 which pr*B| vides for repealing the tax equaliW; zation act, the motion to table ing made by Senator Stovall, otß the 29th District, one of the auth ors of the bill. Senator Stovall stated that the parliamentary situation is such this time that the passage of the repeal bill by substitute as recommended would result in no progress this session. Senator Davis, of the 42nd Dis trict, opposed the motion to table, urging action in the senate of a substitute now. <s■;' ATLANTA VIADUCT BILL MADE SPECIAL ORDER ATLANTA, July 10.—The state senate today took up on special or der the Atlanta viaduct bill asking that the city chrrter be amended to allow of construction of street via ducts c. er’railrbad tracks on two .street crossing one adjacent fe> Vie, Kimball House. Next order ofj business way the bill to repeal the (Continued on Pago Five.) NATIONAL til® TEE K«MHTIII IS DELAYED Bl 001 Formal Approval Given Action of Convention Nominating Bryan and Davis AGREEMENT IS~ REACHED Action to Be Taken After Party Candidates Are Formally No tified of Honor NEW YORK, July 10.—Approval ing the suggestion of John Im.:.- ami Governor of jbS the dates have noB iB DAVIS 1
