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[UESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1920 -
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WA SHINGTON.—The golitical bat
tleground in the presidential election
will be in 12 states. ;
The storm centers will be in Ohio,
New Yorks Indiana and Illinois, wa
ing hottest in Ohio. :
%ach party is reasonably certain to
carry 18 <tates, giving the demogratsl
185 clectoral votes and the republicans
195. The democrats must have 81‘
more to Win and the republicans 1.
Tlinois is placed in the republican
column by both democratic and G. O.
p. dopesters, but the democrats will
carry the big fight into this territory
i*; for no other reason to try to break
e G. 0. T, ranks and to keep the
[llinois crowd out of the common bat-{
Je eround. : :
; The party that can carry the three
Joubtful states, New York, Ohio and
Indiana, can win. There are 84 elec
tors in those three states, three more
than the demoerats would need to win
and 13 more than the republicans
would require, provided both parties
hold the states here conceded to them.‘
California is considered doubtful be-‘
cause Wilson carried it against
Hughes by less than 5,000 votes. |
Colorado has gone democratic inj
five of the last six presidential elec
tions, but is now considered doubtful.
hecause a republican senator and ev
ery republican candidate for congress
won by heavy majorities in 1918, de
spite Wilson’s request that democrats
be returned.
Idaho is doubtful for the same rea
son that California is—dissatisfaction
with Harding, who is too reactionary
t osuit the progressives.
Democrats and republicans agree
that Indiana and New Jersey are ex
ceedingly doubtful.
New Mexico was carried by Wilson
and is considered QOubtful for the
same reason that other western states
are.
In New York both parties are go
ing to make the fight of their lives.
How the state goes will depend large
ly on how labor “up state” swings its
strength.
But Ohio, home of both candidates,
will be o nthe hottest battle ground.
The republicans are claiming it by
100,000 votes. Cox has been elected
governor three times and lost the state
once. Wilson carried it in 1916. When
Cox was elected governor in 1914 by a
few thousand majority Harding was
elected senator by 103,000 majority.
Other “Doubtfuls”
Both parties put Utah in the doubt
ful column. Wilson carried it against
Hughes by 30,000 and Bryan lost it to
Taft by 20,000.
Wisconsin is normally republican,
but it is doubtful now because it isn’t
known what Robert LaFollette will do.
‘Wyoming was carried by Wilson by
8000. The republicans think they’ll
carry it this time.
If the republicans hold their con
ceded strength and fail to carry Ohio,
ther will have to get New York, Cali
fornia, Colorado, Wisconsin, New
Mexico and Utah to win. Then if the
democrats should steal Illinois from
them they would have to take in addi
tions Tdaho, Washington and Wyo
ming of the doubtful states to get
It isn't necessary for either party
to have New York to win. |
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States Electors.
Alabama« e sme e 0 0 R
Arizona ... S g = . o 8
Arkansas | i@ en e 9
Florida -ihie il on i " 6
Georgia .fpb i e e L, 141
Kentucky - widi 8 o g b 131
Louisiana LT eet 101<
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States . Eectors
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Rl -e o ee e 529
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Benmha . e s o 0 10
Malne .- e T
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Mithiear oo .0 0i . 16
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States : Electors
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ERGDaaO. se s e 8
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To win: Democrats need 81 of
doubtful electors; republicans need 71.
Hottest centers of campaign acknowl
edged by both sides: New York, Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois.
Yield of 3,000,000,000 Bushels Expect
ed. 795,000,0000 Bushels of Wheat
and 400,000,000 Bushels of Potatoes.
For the third time in the history of
the country a 3,000,000,000 bushel
lcom crop is forecasted by the Depart
ment of Agriculture, on the basis of
conditions existing Aug. 1. Improve
ments reported during July in impor
tant corn states, added 224,000,000
bushels to the forecast made July 1.
Rust and other adverse conditions
during July caused a reduction of 29,-
000,000 bushels in the wheat forecast
of a month ago. This brings the total
forecast to 262,000,000 bushels. The
preliminary estimate of winter wheat
production was 15,000,000 bushels
larger than forecast in July, making
the combined crop of winter and spring
wheat only 14,000,000 smaller than es
timated a month ago. The total of
795,000,000 bushels was predicted in
the August forecast.
Indications are that the crop of po
tatoes will exceed 400,000,000 bushels
for the fourth time in the country’s
history, and the probabilities are that
the tobacco crop will exceed the record
crop produced in 1918 by about 200,-
000,000 pounds. Total production is
forecast at 1,544,000,000 pounds. |
HOLLOW OUT STADIUM
Water Hose Brought Into Play to
Carve Out Famous “Bowl”
For Games
Washington University’s $600,000
stadium, at Seattle, Wash., is being
carved out of the campus landscape by
a giant stream of water. To-day it
is but an unsightly hole, being slowly
wrought by use of giant hydraulic
streams into the shape it will assume.
The complete stadium will be 665
feet long and 630 feet wide. It will
be built in a horseshoe curve and the
entire construction will be of concrete.
The stadium will hold between 50,000
and 75,000 persons. The first unit,
now under construction, will be rushed
to completion in time for the Thanks
giving football game. This unit will
seat 10,000 persons.
The scene of the work is visited
daily by hundreds of persons who
watch the huge hydraulic streams cut
into the earth, going deeper and deep
er for the construction of the huge
“bowl.” Thousands of tons of water
daily are used and an intricate system
of sluices and narrow gauge railways
are intertwined in a network about
the stadium site.
A “DEAD MAN” FINED
FIFTEEN DOLLARS BY JUDGE
Soldier, Recorded as Killed in France,
Hits Man With Auto.
ST. PAUL, Minn.—ln the casualty
list of August, 1918, appeared the
item: “Killed in action, L. D. Caye.”
The same L. D. Caye, a contractor, ap
peared in police court, charged with
running down w:g his automobile a
street car switchmfan. His death in
France was a clerical error.
Caye produced a citation of the
war department: “Died on the field of
honor, L. D. Caye, August 9, 1918.”
Caye read from the citation and then
offered it to the judge.
“Fifteen dollars” was the only emo
tion it awakened in the judge. Caye’s
emotions were deleted by the censor.
Mr. J. A. White Says “If You Have
An Automobile, Keep Rat-Snap.”
“If I knew about RAT-SNAP last
winter would have saved $l2O. My
car was in the garage for a few
weeks during bad weather; when I
had eaten great holes in two new
tires. Got them later - with RAT
went to take it out, found that rats
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MERCHANTS PRESSING THE“
_STATE TO PAY BACK MONEY
ILLEGALLY COLLECTED. -
ATLANTA.—Declaring that they
have been forced to pay an illegal tax,
and when a refund has been made
after protest the yhave received only
a portion of the amount they paid,
merchants in various sections of the
state are making vigorous representa
tions to Governor Dorsey and other
state tax officials.
It has developed that six special
tax investigators appointed last year
by Governor Dorsey collected about
$60,000 in occupational taxes from
merchants selling cigarette tobacco,
that this tax was found to be illegal,
having been repealed by the general
assembly in 1918. The tax investiga
tors were paid a.commission of 20 per
cent on all collections; that in making
refunds to merchants who had paid the
illegal tax the amount of the commis
sion was deducted except in such in
stances as the special tax investigators
were willing to refund their commis
sions.
Tax Is Eliminated. i
From 1919 to 1918 there was an oc
coupational tax of $25 on all mer
chants selling cigarette tobacco, but
in 1918 the general tax act was amend
ed so as to eliminate this tax.
In 1919 Governor Dorsey appointed
six special tax investigators to go out
into the state and collect past due oc
’cupational taxes and also to collect the
cigarette tobacco tax from merchants
iwho it was thought were evading the
law or who were delinquent in meet
ing its requirements. e
“ The appointees were Marshall
Nelms, for a long time Dorsey’s ex
excutive secretary; R. E. Church, A. S.
Allen and W. E. Christy, of Atlanta;
J. F. Roberts of Greensboro, and C. C.
Buchanan, Jr., of Waycross.
The investigators were diligent in
the performance of their duty. They
collected upward of $llO,OOO in all of
which about $60,000 was paid by mer
chants as taxes on cigarette tobacco.
Likewise the investigators deducted'
‘[their commissions as each collection
'was made, turning over the balance to!
‘the state treasury. |
' Pay Under Protest. |
~ Many merchants paid the tax under
protest and finally a question was
raised as to its legality and upon ex
‘amination of the law it was found that
‘as a matter of fact no tax was impos
ed upon the sale of cigarette tobacco
if the merchant neither sold nor gave
away cigarette papers. It was then
‘decided to make a refund to merchants
who would furnish affidavits declaring
that they neither sold nor gave away
cigarette papers, but did sell cigarette
tobacco. The position was taken,
however, that since the state had not
received into the treasury the amount
paid to.the special tax investigators in
commissions the state could not re
fund the full athount of-cigarette to
'bacco taxes paid by the merchants.
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THE DAWSON NEWS.
Some of the investigators agreed to
refund the amount of their commis
sions. Others have thus far refused
to do so.
Thus in cases where the investiga
tors refuse to refund their commis
sions the merchants receiving a re
fund of their taxes actually get 80 per
cent of what they paid in taxes ille
gally collected. i
The sum of $8,014.22 has actually
been refunded to merchants making
the proper affidavits, while the bal
ance of the $60,000 total remains ei
ther in the state treasury or in the
‘hands of the special investigators who
‘have refused to refund their commis
sions,
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