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For Georgia Loaal.. thunder
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FORTY-SIXTH YEAR—NO. 163
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT CONFERENCE CALLED
ULL CDNFEREHCE 10
MSB AIfSTRON
Interpretation to Be Put on Cer
tain Phase of Law Will Be
Considered and Decided
WALKER WILL ATTEND
Attorney Genera! Maddox,
Speaker Cecil Neill and
Others Will Also Be Present
ATLANTA, July 12.—A confer
ence to consider interrelation of
several phases of the application of
the law regarding the Australian
ballot voting system in counties of
the state has been called for Mon
day or Tuesday in the office of Gov
ernor Walker, it was announced to- (
day.
The meeting was called by Sec
retary of State McLendon, and will
be attended by the governor, the
secretary of state, Attorney Gener
al Ed Maddox, of Rome, chairman
of the democratic state executive
committee, and W. C. Neill, speak
er of the Georgia house of repre
sentatives.
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81116 FED BOGS
IT SETHI HI
Another Example of Necessary
Wastage Caused By Lack of
Handling Facilities
FRUIT ALL BEAUTIFUL
Peaches That Cannot Be Mar
keted Renresent Loss That
May Include Entire Profit
BY A STAFF WRITER
D. A. and B. J. Methvin are
shipping Hiley’s from their big
peach farm near Americus today
and will continue to ship for sev
eral days-—that is, they are ship
ping a part of their crop.
Possibly one-third of the peach
crop from this archards iebing fed
to hogs or dumped into the creeks.
This is another example of the
wastage from Sumter peach orch
ards; another instance that crys
aloud for some one with vision and
courage to devise a plan for using
the culls and ripe fruit from Sum
tor’s orchards.
I inspected tree after tree this
morning, all ladened to the break
ing point with the most beautiful
fruit nature ever produced; fruit
with a flavor seldom equaled, and
a color the most expert painter
could not reproduce on cnavas.
And the choicest is being cast
to swine.
On this one orchard there are 2,-
000 Hiley trees bearing, with 5,000
more trees of the same variety
which soon will be bearing.
In two weeks Mr. Methvin will
be shipping from Elberta orchards,
where 3,500 now are bearing, with
3,500 more to begin bearing next
year. x *.
Away to turn un-marketable
peaches into gold should be found.
In many instances this represents
the difference between a loss on
the investment and a profit.
Sumter is destined to be one of
the greatest of the peach-produc
ing counties of the nation. The
success of this industry means
much to every one in the county.
Tire prosperity of one adds to the
prosperity of all.
California long ago found away
out. There was a period in her
history when her producers shipped
what they could and destroyed the
balance. California’s progrss and
material welfare was made possible
by saving home culls from her va
rious industries.
Sumter can and riiould do like
wise. Our peach men should in
vestigate and profit iby the exam
ple of others.
WATERMELON MOVEMENT
STILL CONTINUES HEAVY
THOMASVILLE, July 12.
Watermelons still continue to be
shipped heavily out of this territory
find a Thomasville man in Pine
Park Thursday morning, said that
fourteen cars were loading out of
there and of course there were
many in this country also, as Meigs,
Boston and other sections are still
shipping,Jive slumped bad
growers keep on ship
piy| are probably hoping to
even with low
/prices
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McAdoo Announces He’ll Support* Nominees
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Mr. and Mrs. John W. Davis as they appeared at the close of the Deilrocratic convention. At left is the candidate in more formal at
tire, taken when attending the ambassadorial duties. At right he is sho'. in street attire while below 1 (right) he is caught in an informal
pose fixing his tie. Below (at left) is *his daughter, Mrs. William Me Millan Adams.
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Guntersville Man Forced to
Leave By Masked Mob Will
Ask Ambassador to Intervene
GUNTERSVILE, Ala., July 12.
—The Greek ambassador to the
United States will be asked to take
action on the attack made here last,
week upon Martin Zukas, restau
rant proprietor, by a mob said to
have been masked, it was stated
here today.
•Zukas, heeding the warning oi
eight men who forced him out of
his restaurant and carried him si\
miles into the woods, has sold out
his business and left town. But
when he left, he headed for Wash
ington with the intention of placing
the matter before the legation of
his native country, authorities here
said.
The restaurant which Zukas has
operated here for several years was
sold for S6OO, it was said. He is
understood to have invested $1,600
in it. He W'as a member of the
First Baptist church and had often
entertained the Baptist brotherhood
in his restaurant, according to of
ficers who investigated the case, lie
had applied for naturalization pa
pers.
Zukas, after being taken into the
country, was warned to leave Gun
tersville within two weeks and then
left to walk back to town. After
winding up his business he left yes
terday for the national capital.
BECKHAM TO OPPOSE
CRUGER WESTBROOK
ALBANY, July 12. W. H.
Beckham, former representative of
Dougherty county in the Georgia
Legislature, will oppose Cruger
Westbrook for that place, and W.
K. Burt, the will not
seek reelection.
Entries in the repr>*« ntative’s
race closed at noon Thursday, and
five minutes before 12 o’clock, J.
A. Miller paid Chann Lippitt Mr.
Beckham’s entrance fee. This an
nouncement was made by S. B.
Lippitt, chairman of the Democra
tic Executive Committee xor
Dougherty County, who stated that
Mr. Miller declares he was acting
with Mr. Bickham’s knowledge and
consent.
Mr. Westbrook paid his entrance
fee several days ago.
The contest between them will
be settled at the Democratic pri
mary September 10,
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THE DEMOCRATIC: NOMINEE IN MANY MOODS
Convention Cost Total
Os SBOO,OOO Despite
Efforts of Committee
Famous Deadlock At New-York
Necessitated Re-Financing of
Entire Gathering
VICTORY CLUBS TO PAY
Neither Cool’dge Nor Davis Re
garded As ‘Politician Type’
Famous Writer
By HARRY B. HUNT
NEW YORK, July 12.—Well, the
Democratic convention as mighr
have been expected when Tex Rick
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HUNT ed.
The total expended in dollars ami
cents to stage the Democratic con
test, exclusive of delegates* ex
penses, according to the New York
Convention Committee, was some
what in excess of SBOO,OOO.
This committoe hud arranged its
expenditures on the basis of a con
vention not exceeding two weeks in
duration. When the deadlock car
ried the sessions over into the third
week, the local committee passed
the further financing of the show
over to the (Democratic National
Committee. -
As this committee had a balance
of only about SIOO,OOO, it imme
diately begaun to prune expenses
and to put on pressure to x bring
about a nomination. x
Most of the ushers were discharg
ed, the lighting diminished and
corners cut generally in an -effort
to sav*i perihiess for the later ex
penses of the campaign. Enoujlh
was saved out of cash on hnnd to
pay for the auditing of the conven
tion bills and to move Democratci
headquartes back to Washington.
To provide cash forth campaign
ahea.d, however, the vistory clubs
will have to be called o : for con
tributions. No $5 check will be re
jected I
The selection of Davis to oppose
Coolidge puts the campaign on an
AMERICUS. GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON? JULY 12, 1924
irk arranged to
lave it hold in Mad
ison Square Gar
den wasa knock
out.
It broke all
records for num
ber of sessions,
number of ballots,
! amounts of money
! spent by delegates
1 for high hopes
wrecked and aui
nosities engender-
intellectual level seldom reached in
American politics. That is, so far
as the personal qualities of the two
‘men at the top of theirAespectve
tickets go.
Neiffer is of is generally
known as tl/; politician type.
Although both arts lawyers, Cool
ide spent more tie holding office
than Davis and Davis more time
practicing law thanf Coolidge. As a
lawyer, Davis carries international
as well- as'nationalLecognition, hav
ing been made, dyring his term as
ambassador to the Court of St.
James, an hdnort/ry bencher of the
Middle Templ<f. |
Much has been said recently
about Davis’ ertiployment as counsel
for Wall interests, including
J. P. Morgan & Co. This inevitably
will be made o?ie of the points of]
opj i stion during the campaign.
As a balance jto this, emphasis is
placi d by Davis’ backers on ; the
fact that he onde was attorney, with
out fee or retainer, for Eugene
Debs and ‘Mother” Jones.
This was in tl\e days when Davis,
a young lawyer without clients, had
just hung out his shingle at
Claiksburg, W. ’Va.
Debs and ‘Mother” Jones came t<?
(town to take a hand in a campaign
jto organize mine workers tfiere
jabouts. West Virginia mjpe own
ers then as now, didn’t want their
workers organized, anif also con
trolled, then as imw, the local au
thorities.
So Debs afid “Mother” Jones
were on some technical
charge and put behind the bars.
Younj/ Davis saw a chance to try
out s/ime of his newly acquired le
al technique. His friends, however
insist that what moved him was a
Sense of injustice in the strong
arm methods employed by the mine
owners.
A jyway, he went over to the jail
volunteered his services to the un
ion workers and shortly had them
fret again. That story, doubtless,
will be told with much emphlsis in
union circles during the carqpaign.
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DREAD PLAGUE FOUND
x IN .THREE COUNTRIES
SbFIA, Bulgaria, July 12.
Svpramij medical council an
n> unrinp that Constantinople,
Syria and Mesopotamia are af
fe ted by the plauge, have order
ed strinjamt. quarantine. /
OUIW.N GREEKS
Iffl Bi DEPORTED
Seven Foreigners Arrested There
Suspected of Being in This
Country Illegally
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 12.
—Seven Greeks are held in jail
here, having been brought here
from Quitman, Ga., where they
were arrested on suspicion of hav
ing violated the immigration laws.
The seven Greeks, which it is
said were smuggled from Cuba in.
to Florida, landing at Keaton's
beach, south of Ferry, reached
Quitman Tuesday afternoon late,
coming in a car which was driven
through by another Greek, who de
clares he knows nothing about his
fellow countrymen except that they
asked him to drive them to Quit
man from Perry.
The men were arrested at Quit
man by Policeman Murphy, who.
saw them near the Coast Line sta-|
tion there and the number of the
I party caused him to become sus-J
picious.
He telephoned Sheriff Clanton
and the sheriff asked him to arrest
the double quartet.
Sheriff Clanton then wired Jack
sonville that eight Greeks were un
der arrest here and he immediately
received a telephone message am!
also a telegram asking him to hold
the eight men until an immigra
tion officer could reach Quitman
from Jacksonville. The Greeks
were then placed in jail pending
the arrival of the Jacksonville offi
cers.
Sheriff Clanton has been advised
that some time ago seven Greeks
who had been smuggled into the
United States and captured in Flor
ida, near the coast, had escaped jail
and officers had searched in vain
for them.
RARE OPERATION IS
PERFORMED AT SELMA
SELMA, Ala., July 12.—George
Baker successfully underwent un
operation performed shortly after
noon Friday to remove an abscss
from thojliver, the result of typhoid
fever from which he has been suf
fering for some weeks past at King
Memorial Hospital. • Dr. James Mc
€3ester, Birmingham diagnostician
and surgeon, came to S'*lma today
to consult with Dr. Marcus Skinner,
and shortly afterwards the opera
tion was performed Mr. Baker was
-said to be doing nicely at 2 o’clock
ARMY AVIATORS
RESUME FLIGHT
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 12.
The United States army aviators
on their round the world flight
left Constantinople at 6:10 this
morning for Bucharest.
BRAZIL WRITHIHG IN
THROES OF INTERNAL
STRIFE: REBELS WIN
Virtual State of Civil War Has
Developed Following bao
Paulo Insurrection
CENSORSHIP IS STRICT
Revolutionaries Reported Bom
barding City of Sao Paulo.
Capital of Province
BUENOS AIRFS, J.N 12 -
Four hundred civilian* have been
killed during the fifchtinif in the
Sau Faulo insurrection, accord
ing to reliable advice from San
to*, giving the American consul
there a* authority for the esti
mate of the number of dead.
BUENOS AIRES, July 12. A
virtual state of civil war appears to
have resulted from an insurrection
at Sao Paulo with a “provisional
government” established by rebels
opposed to the federal government
at Rio Janeiro.
A strict censorship which is in
effect prevents accurate appraisal
of the situation, but official com
munications allowed to pass the
censor at Rio, together with advices
received here from other sources,
indicate that a bombardment of the
city of Sao Paulo is in progress,
and that federal forces which a few
days ago were within the city
have retired.
OFFICIALS WITHDRAW
FROM SAO PAULO
WASHINGTON, July 12.—The
governor of Sao Paulo and other
state officials have withdrawn from
the Capitol which is entirely in the
control of the revolutionists, a dis
patch to the State Department to
day from Consul Heergerlie in Sao
Paulo declared.
REBELS IN CONTROL
OF ENTIRE PROVINCE
BUENOS AIRES', July 12.—Ths
Brazilian rebels control Sao Paulo
the state government has been de
posed and the revolutionary Junta
headed by General Rondon has
formed a temporary! government,
according to reports from reliable
sources received by the Montevideo
correspondent of La Nacion.
REBEL BANDS MARCH
TOWARD PARANA STATE
MONTEVIDEO, July 12. Ac-
I cording to authorities advices re
ceived by wireless from Santos and
I are continuing successfully their
Port Allegre, the Brazilian rebels
operations, which it is disclosed,
are directed against the govern
ment of President Bernardes. It
js stated they are in compete con
trol of Sao Paulo and it is feared
the movement may etexnd to all
Brazil.
Numerous troops are reported
marching toward the state of Pa
rana, where, the dispatches say, it
is believed they will be joined by
the Parana state troops and others.
The railroad from Santos to Sao
Paulo is not operating and the tele
graphic censorship is very severe.
IN PITIFUL CONDITION
BATTLE CREEK, Mich, July 12.
Rev. Oren C. Vanloon, pastor of the
Berkeley Community church near
Detroit, who has been missing from
home 11 days, was found here yes
terday, suffering from heat, ex
haustion and insufficient nourish
(ment, and with the letters “K. K.
K.” three inches high branded be
tween his shoulder blades. Today
he is in a hospital in a serious con-'
dition, apparently ignorant of any
events since his disappearance.
He left home July 1 for his cot
tage at Orchard Lake. From that
time until his wife identified him I
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Campaign Manager Says No
Candidate Ever Had Fairer
Title to His Nomination
WISH NOMINEES SUCCESS
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Official Relations Ended, ‘Pe
culiarly Pleasant’
Status is Maintained
NEW YORK, July 12. —Wil-
liam G. McAdoo, in a statement
issued today, said that he would
give John W. Davi. hi. cordial
support and take part in the
campaign.
“1 am satisfied that Mr. DavU
is in full accord with the pro
gressive program outlined in the
Democratic platform,” .aid Mc-
Adoo. “I am confident that as
president he would faithfully exe
cute the party’s mandate.”
Referring to the criticism from
some Quarters against Davis be
cause of his connection with
certain interests as lawyer, Mr. >
McAdoo said that Mr. Davis’ 4iijgM
character, integrity and service
should satisfy every aprehension
‘his sort. “If I did not believe
this,” continued McAdoo, “I could
not render aid, because 1 have al
ways believed that the interests
of the people should never be
subordinated to a rtierely slavish
par tranship/’
NEW YORK, July 12.—William
G. McAdoo, defeated candidate for
the Democratic presidential nomi- .
nation, will not “bolt” the ticket.
This was indicated last night when
after declaring that “no candidate
ever had acleftrertitle to a nomi
nation than John W. Davis,
David Ladd Rockwell, national cam
paign manager for William Gibbs
McAdoo, tonight sent to Mr. Davis
and to his running-mate, Charles
W. Bryan, congratulations and as
surances of enthusiastic support in
the forthcoming campaign.
Mr. Rockwell’s letter to Mr. Da
vis said: “Please accept my warm
est congratulations upon your nom
ination. Your record as a citizen,
lawyer and public official is so
splendid that our party is assured
a leadership of the highest order,
and when you are elected President
one so admirably equipped is
bound to make a record that all
America may well be proud of.
“I want to take this occasion to
assure you of my enthusiastic sup
port and to wish you the success
that I know will be yours.”
Mr. Rockwell said, that, although
he did not know what would be l
Mr. McAdoo’s attitude in the com
ing campaign, it was impossible for
him to think of Mr. McAdoo
the party as it has been reported
he contemplated.
FORMAL STATEMENT
SOON TO BE ISSUED
NEW YORK, July 12.—After a
conference lasting more th,»n an
hour with John W. Davis, Democra
tic nominee for the presidency hero
last night, William G. McAdoo said
he had called simply to pay his re
spects to the nominefi* e he
had known for many j
asked whether he wf q Ues/ . ,
Davis and Bryan, t’.-j; : s ,on ’n a
replied:
“I’ll deal with thats
statement that I sha &
I sail for Europe ton
find time to prepare ' * ?l
Others who called I
inee last night J
Smith, Cordell Hull, * <
of Fairmont, W. V
Daniels, former SectAjCrty
navy; George Brenf3|
leader; David Httn’j” .
member of the legal
of the peace commisf .
C. Pell, New York sf rsvmnrnvad
Hollins Randolph,
Georgia conventioi;
John S. Cohen, GeflQo /«n
committeeman and n nave
Atlanta Journal, and- <OO on
a sen of Mr. McAdoo’; “®»
all of whom discussc' . , _
problems with Mr. Da 'i> rug t Co.
ill, Schley,
here today, his w’hejndolph and
been a mystery. R Planters Batik
on several occasion. Ga. Phone 89
from pulpit ae-ift
friends said h<x r tw j s t o f our ] gn .
|ber of threater making moonshine
er seed in Kansa*. u
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