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AMERICUS SPOT COTTON Saturday's Receipts Bales Season’s Receipts 15.309 Bales Strict Middling r ..........J22 l-4c WEATHER— For Georgia: Fair to night and Sunday. ■ ' - ——A. , . ’FORTY-SIXTH KLANSMEN BATTLE IN OHIO CITY STREETS - ------ ~ ¥ M u Both Parties Claim Victory’As Campaign Ends fflffl AMEREMI CLASSIC Bi 1924 NEfPSDECISIGH President and House Member ship, 34 Senators and State Officials To Be Chosen WASHINGTON, Nov. I.— (By Associated Press.) The great American Classic of 1924 is approaching the day of a de cision amid a shower of words and the fog of rival predictions. In its final stage it has brought into play all the old and famil iar strategems, modernized to fit an age of radio, movies and senatorial investigations. It is laid out on a new scale which it is believed will appeal to more remote sub-divisions of an ever growing American electorate. Besides the "entire member ship of the House and a Presi dent, there .are 34 Senators to be chosen Tuesday; enough to upset the present slender Repub lican majority should the tide of fortune turn to the Democrats. Governors are to be elected in 34 states; an endless number of state and county officers are to be voted on, and in many states, like Georgia, there are constitutional amendments or otlmr local issues before the voters. DAVIS PREDICTS PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS. (By The. Associated Press) NEW YORK, Nov. I.—“ The country will elect a Congress pledg ed to progress and remedial liberal Legislation, John VZ. Davis stated today in the fifth o fa series of statements being issued Iby the Democratic nominee, in summariz ing the campaign issues. The statement further declares that Senator La Follette has no chance of election .and adds: “It is evident that President Coo lidge has not been and will not be in accord with the purposes of such a Congress as we believe will be elected.” DEMOCRATS AND G. O. P. CLAIM TENNESSEE. (By The Associated Press) x NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nev. 1.- As the Democratic and Republican political leaders were today plan ning virtually to close their, cam paign, Republican state headquart ers claim a plurality of 34,000 for Coolidge, with La Follett? electors or their ticket. The Democratic headquarters maintain that the, state ic “nertnai ly Democratic” and c’aini a sub stantial majority for Davis. The presidential campaign closes today after the mosz extensive pre election speaking campugn known in Tennessee in many years. An exceptionally hard fought race is being run between General L. D. Tyson, Democrat, and Judge H. B. Lindsey, Republican, for Uni ted States Senator. The state also is to select a gov ernor, railroad commissioner: to settle five Congressional contests and some 15 contests for seats in the General Assembly, and to vote on the question of calling a con stitutional convention. NEW YORK PRINTER ENDORSES DAVIS NEW YORK, Nov. I.—Another labor endorsement was given John W. Davis, democratic candidate for president, when he returned here last night fro mhis home in Locust Valley to speak at Public School 17. It came fro mthe New York City and state allied printing councils through an announcement made pub lie by the eastern democratic head quarters and followed that of yes terday announced in a statement by members of the executive council of the central trade sard labor council o( grdhter New York. Officials at democrat': headquar ters neclared the acti >n of the print ng council “to be typi •d of the ar tier that was being o» would he t«ker by organised !«!• >r Ixslki throughout the country,” The area of the county of Lon don, measuring 116,000 aqua-e - I - r w r * •■y.— - - -.v ■ . -v f :» ’ m . • *4 I*. 4 v . i ... „ THE PUBLISHED 1N ( THE HEART OF DIXIE MONTEZUMA TO WEIGH 3000 BALES OF COTTON Nov I.—This year it is estimated that warehouses of Macon county will weight around 3,000 bales of cotton as compared with 800 bales three years ago, ac cording to merchants and ware housemen here. The increase, it is said, has resulted from the propor tionate increase, in trade f r local merchants. ■STsmsli INJURED 111 WRECK May Be Paralyzed Several Others Injured In Auto Accident (By The Aisociated Pres*) ATHENS, Nov. I.—Harry Wood ruff, business man of Columbus, Ga., who was injured about twelve mile sfrom here in an automobile accident last night, is reported as being in a paralytic state thuj morning, and his condition very serious. If his condition does not imme diately improve, an exrav examina tion will be made to determine the extent of his injuries. Jim Woodruff, and A’fred Young, both of Columbus, are also seri ously injured.. Woodruff, being in jured about the hips, and Young has a broken collar bone. rafiW MT CBTTON GINS County Agent Says First Wee vils Appear In Vicinity Os Ginneries George Marshall, county agent, is devoting considerable time to placing before the farmer the neces- 1 sity of destroying their gin trash as soon as they have finished their ginning for the season. Mr. Marshall is working in con-, junction with the' National 801 l Weevil Control Association and through them he has been i-formed of the great help the g’nners can be to the cotton planters by de stroying all weevils that collect in the trash around the gin. It is frequently noticed, Mr. Mar shall says, that the first weevils to appear in the spring in any district are in the immediate vicinity of gins. The infestation spreads rapidly from these centers. The ex planation is that enormous numbers of weevils are concentrated et the gins during the fall. It has been shown by actual experiences that many of the weevils taken to the gin along with cotton seed pass through the cleaning devices and the gins themselves and are dis charged alive with the trash from the cleaners' or the gins. The trash is sometimes allowed to ac cumulate on the floors but more often is fed mechanically into bar rels or boxes. If any one will ex amine such trash at anv gin in the infested territory a 4 this time he will find large numbers of weevils crawling about and finding hibera ting places. “It is very evident tthat ginners have an opportunity to fake an ef fective step against the weevil at this time. All that is necessary is to have the gin trash fed into bar rels or similar containers, cover them so that the weevils cannot escape and feed live '.team into the receptacle. It is true that the gin trash is generally eventually turned, but the common practice is to allow it to accumulate in con siderable quantities and in the meantime the weevife leave it and secrete themselves in and about the gin.” LARGE COPPER STILL FOUND NEAR LESIE ■ • Sheriff Harvey and several of his deputies returned this morning from a still hunt and bought with them a large copper *t»’J, found on the old Josey Plantation near Les lie. Four negroes who were at the still preparing to fire it were ar rested. . 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I.—Foreign guards last night guarded Tientsin from an influx of wounded Chinese soldiers, formerly members of Wu Pei-Fu’s central government armies. Two shiploads of the men arrived this evening and mooreo their craft on the river bank adjoining the eld Russian concession. After reports were received that even more of .them were coming a Japanese de stroyer was sent down the river to intercept them. British troops patrolled the Rus sian waterfront to keep the Chinese from landing, while American tioons toook charge of the opposite bank of the river, fin the former Gtrr.an concession td prevent any attempt ed crossing. Because mtfst of the Chinese in the two ships are wounded, it was said to be probable that Tientsin foreign authorities world permit them to be removed to the city, first disarming them. Wu Pei-Fu, who is preparing for military action to regain the posi tion he recently lost, that of mili tary dictator of the central govern ment at Peking, issued a formal order directing that thu |<’>nk of China pay all salt revenues to him personally instead of to foreign banks In accordance with 'he terms of the reorganisation lo in agree ment, (The agnanneht, signed' in 1013, made tlw salt tii itr-f om 'inty for the 125,000,000 loan, j < • The manager of Um Bank of China reported *u’s ordvrto the farslgn consul-, wlw immediately PRESIDENTIAL PAGE CONTEST DECIDED Today’s paper carries the correct answers to all ques tions and announces the prize winners. A large.number of replies were received by the judges, and considering the fact that there were 72 ques tions to be answered and eight < bona-fide reasons why one should trade with the adver tiser given, the number of re plies exceeded expectations. Not one single contestant ■got all of the answers correct, only one with a high score of only four incorrect answers, and a Urge number with over twenty incorrect answers. The judges of the contest sympathize With the librarians at the Carnegie Library, who have threatened the scalp bf the advertising man of the T.-R. if he dares put on an other similar contest thru the paper. MASKED BANDITS GET $30,000 IN BONDS .QUINCY, HL, November I. Two masked bandits held up the State Bank at Sciota, Dis., twelve miles northwest of ifacomb', fils., at two o’clock yesterday afternoon and escaped with $30,000 in regis tered bonds. The armed bandits locked E. N. Atkinson, assistant cashier and Wil bur Welch, a customer, in the vault and proceeded to ransack the bank files. R. F. Ahnstock, whose place Os business procured a gun and rushed to the bahk as the tWo men fled In a waiting moter car. [ LITTLE JOP ASHES TO ASHES, DUST TO, DUST WHEN THE GAS GOES OUT IN COAL ML'WEWUST/ f /fy , /< -- '.*l- 7. TM Mil MS TO BE HD W. Jones and Bloodworth Re-Sen tended Friday For Murder Os Underwood • ... ~ . . BUTLER, Ga., Nov. I.—Willio Jones and Gervis 810-Mworth, 20 iand 21 years old respectively, were re-sentenced here at 2 o’clock Fri day by Judge George P. Munro, of the Chattahoochee circuit superior court, to’ be hanged at Butler, Fri day, November 28 between the hours of 10 a. Ai., for the killing hours oflO a. m., and Zp. m., for the killing of Howard J Under wood,’ December 5 j jlMteli. ’Hie su preme ddurt tWo Clefts ago denied them a new trial* r ( -. . , , FOBDUIltall WONT AFFECT SHDtLS Farm Federation Bureau De clares Henry Ford’s Attitude Makes No Difference (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. I.—“ The withdrawal of the Rfcnry Ford’j Muscle Shoals offer from Congress, doe snot affect in any way the at titude of the American Farm Bu reau Federation towards the de velopment and dedication of this potential hydro-electric cower plant for the purpose of agriculture dur-! ing peace times and for the manu facture of aiptnpnition during a war period,” declared E. B. Reid, acting Washington represenative today, in a statement contained >n the Fed erations weekly lettter issued today. The development of this piece of Government property has been a bone of contention in Congress for a number of years, and the Feder ation does not mean to sit idly by and see their efforts go for naught after so much time and t'ouble ex pended on the proposition. 2 MEN KILLED AS TRAIN HITS BIG TRUCK STROUD, Okla., Nov. I.—Two men were killed and three coaches on the “Meteor,” fast St. Louis- San Francisco passenger train en . raytw from St. Louis to Oklahoma wera ‘derailed late Friday KCrn th* engine struck a ten-ton “ruck at a street crowing hero. None of the coaches overturned and after a delay of An hour and * half the train proceeded to Oklkoma TERTSBEINGERKTEO it ramiim Fair Officials Say This Year’s Fair Will Surpass All Others In Number of Exhibits . I Tents used for the housing of exhibits and live stock have been erected at the fair grounds under /the personal supervision of Little john whose shows will be the mid way attraction at the Fair. Mr. Littlejohn is cooperating with the fair officials and is seeing that tho tents are erected so that they will give the proper protection and best display room for the exhibits and live stock. Exhibitors have already started bringing their displays- to the fail grounds and many are hu-y fixing their booths for ttye opening of the fair Tuesday. In an interview with H. P. E'.cr ett, president of the fair associa tion Mr. Everett says; I feel that this years Sumter count yfair will be the biggest and nest ever held. It is encouraging to note the great l interest taken in the fair by the! people of the different communities. The community exhibits are ■ o huge and numerous that additional tents /had to be supplied. The school are going to have booths aat the fair and from the preparations that the students and teachers a»-e mak ing they promise to be' ere of tho fair’s attractions. If the weath er man is kind enough to continue this fine weather there is not the least doubt in my mind tha* the crowds attending the fair will be the largest ever in the history of a Sumter county exnihit.”, 'MBfflS MBS TILLIAFTEREFCTIOH Lawyers Row as Probers End Investigation; Statement Ex pected From Borah (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-’With its hearings which have been con ducted here and in Chicago adjourn ed, until after the election, the Senate committee investigating cam paign funds made preparation.! t- - day to give the voters a preliminary statement on its findmgs. This statement is expected “before the voters go to the polls.” The campaign fund investigation, dragging through its final hours here in the cross-fire of attorneys, Jias adjourned over the election, without any findings that ex pected to have any material effect upon the balloting Tuesday, but with some revelations of campaign methods that probably will boost ef forts in congress to further regu late party expenditures. NICARAGUA VOLCANO IN VIOLENT ERUPTION MANAGUA, Nicaragua. Nov. 1. The volcano Maderia in Lake Nic aragua fs reported to be in violent eruption. A new crater is declar ed to have opened and large quan tities of lava and rocks ard being emitted. Residents in the vicinity and animals are fleeing from the neighborhood on account of the black, heavy smoke and vapor. DRIVER OF ATLANTA DEATH CAR WANTED ATLANTA, Nov. I.—Sweeping aside the veil of mystery which has overhung the probe into the death of Mrs. Josephine Moore, of 103 Ponce de Leon avenue, who was kill ed last Sunday in an automobile accident, the Fulton county spand jury Friday identified Gecrge Arm strong, 24-year-old mechanic, o* 935 East Lake drive as the drive of the “death car.” A few minutes after the true bill., charging involuntary manslaughter against Armstrong was returned, a warrant for his arrest was issued The warrant was put in the hands of Sheriff J. I. Lowry, who will aid in a nation-wide search for Am strong. Th* ear which Armstrong la charg nd with driving aped on after strik ing Mrs. Moore. As soup aa a re port of the tragedy reaped police Mation, a starch for ear and driver was launched. The car, a gray road star, was found Monday in a gaiagr ■-—mi . I NEW YORK FUTURES Fb Open 11am Close Jan. 122.95/32.92/22.91122.96 Mar 123.28/23.23/23.20/23.25 May /23.50123.44/23.40/28.,46 ! •July /23.25.23.18/23.11123.23 Dec 122.84/22.81/22.95/22.81 PRICE FIVE CENTS OHIO MMUNITI ■TORN 0» M BfTKH KIJEKN Militia Ordered To Niles By Governor Dohaney—-Several Men Shot NILES, Ohio, Nov. 1— (By Associated Press.) Warfare between members of the Ku I Klux Klan and the Knights of the Flaming Circle blazed out on the streets in violent disor ders- Four men were shot and three others injured during the violence of the mobs. GOVERNOR ORDERS OUT MILITIAMEN COLUUMBUS. Ohio, Nov. 1. (By Associated Press.)—One regiment of the Ohio National Guard was ordered to mobilize this afternoon and report for duty at Niles, Ohio, by Gover nor Dohaney. - MANY CITIZENS LEAVE THE TOWI4. NILES, Ohirt. Nov. ■ -—Quietly, though feverishly, Niles citizens last night prepared for the threatened clash when the Ku Klux Klan .•ted adherent so fthe Flaming Circle, an antiklan organization met today. Announcement was made by Dr. B. A. Hart, cyclops of the klar. in Trumbull County, that 25.000 klar.s men and by spokesmen for the Flaming circle that 10.000 of Its members would be in the city. The 'circle members were advised to “avoid bringing women and chil dren.” A request of a citizens' .ijmmit ftee that a permit for a klan parade be revoked, in an attempt to avert possible trouble, was denied by May or Harvey C. Kistler yesterday. l)e --‘mands of the mayor and Sheriff John E. Thomas for sHte troeps were rejected by Governor A. V. Donabey yesterday. The klansmen march unmasked and with arms folded, Dr. B. A. Hart, head of the klan in this couh ty, announced. Sheriff Thomas an I local police attempted to handle any* situation which might arise with deputies and special officers. Thomas did not say how many he expected but it was learned that n lumber con cern delivered 200 police c’ubs at the sheriff’s office in Warrsn. The streets practical!; were <le iserted last night. Few merchants prepared to open their stores’, today ' It is planned to keep public build ings closed. Hundreds of citizens n r<* leaving Niles, though most of • prob ably will remain in their home 3. Guards who watched the homes of city officials were on duty again today. They were not placed ther<J by Chief of Police L. J. Round, or Sheriff Thomas, these officers de clared. Several national guard <j£- ficers were in Niles today. MANGUS JOHNSON FIGHTS FOR HIS SEAT IN SENATE ■ ” ■ MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. f. Mangus Johnson knows what a real campaign is now. The Minnesota farmer-labor sen ator who lode into the senate on a special election landslide more thpn a year ago, has been ‘working like, a beaver to retain his seat. It is gen erally believed that he will do so. “It’s harder work chan working cn the farm,” he said Friday. “But I’m working for the people and, I am satisfied.” His renomination in June was easy. Senator Johnson swept the state. At that time the republican party was widely split over its,pri mary candidates. The democrats were quiescent. ~ COUNTRY SCHOOLS ONLY* ' COMPETE FOR FRIZES At a meeting in the offices of th<» Chamber of Commerce Saturday morning o fthe fair officials and Prof. Prance, of the A. ano M. school. Prof. Mathis and A. B. Phil lips, Principal Thalean school it was decided that the city schools could not compete for prises with thd country school at the Sumtrr coun ty fair to be held in Amcrlcur Nov. 4. Objections have been raised by the country school on the grounds thut they are at a disadvnntaga in exhibiting against the city schools and several had decided f to put exhibits in' th* fair if the." wot" piade to compet ag.llnrt ttvi achools. Both the city echooK and the A. and M. H’huol will have exhibits in the fair rvgarcUddg at whether the rwH* ftw twlww
