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gUY AT HOME
AND HELP
HAWSON PROSPER
3 E. L. RAINEY
SIMS AND WOODWARD LOCK
HORNS IN A HOT RUN-OFF
ELECTION TOMORROW.
WHAT EACH MAN REPRESENTS
Sims Supported by Twelve-Twenty
Club and Anti-Catholics and Anti-
Tew Elements. Woodward Charges
Fraud and Secret Methods.
\NTA, Ga.— After backing
1 flling for two hours on the
: the run-over primary for
L or ' the ity executive com-
Bee finally decided to hold it on
Wednesday, September 20th.
M. was the date which had been
< :oily set, but when the commit
"% ssembled to consolidate the re
"o« they changed their minds and
- od the date for Wednesday, Septem
her 13th, the date of the democratic
Late primary. Then they changed
bneir minds a second time and put it
bk to September 20th.
‘A majority of the city executive
mmittee are members of or affiliat
d with the Twelve-Twenty Club, and
valter A. Sims is the candidate of
vat clement. The object of setting
ve run-over primary back to Septem
or 20th was to disentangle Mr. Sims
o the state primary and also to
- him another week in which to
nduct his campaign.
Ballots Not Marked.
#ort< were made to find in the re
< enough votes to put Sims over
. +he first ballot, but this could not
1o without gross falsification of
rev did not, however, lack the
<« to put all ballots in the box
ihout numbering them.
< unusual and irregular manner
' conducting the recent primary was
blled attention to by “Uncle
" Woodward in his statement.
i leclared there were many
nines about the conduct of the pri
barv that “did not look right,” and
irmed the people to be on guard in
he run-over primary.
'he race between Mr. Woodward
nd Councilman Sims is a straight
it issue for . afdis againet the
welve-Twenty Club and all the other
lements oi racial and religious bigo
rv affiliated therewith.
The principal platform and object
i the Twelve-Twenty Club is to pre
ent a Catholic or a Jew from hold
¢ office or employment in the city.
s members deny its existence
nd deny membership in it. Meetings
¢ supposed to be held in the dead of
joht. The organization in the past
Welve months has succeeded in ban
hing irom the Atlanta public schools
rtually all Catholic teachers and in
reing out of the city government all
atholic office holders and employes.
here were not many to start with
bd the Twelve-Twenty Club made a
n sweep of them.
Open Warfare.
Councilman Sims is the candidate
i this clement and openly proclaims
i cnmity toward the Catholic and
¢ Jew. He went so far in council
ne months ago as. to introduce an
rdinance prohibiting negroes from at
nding divine service in a white
hurch. Council passed the ordinance
k the behest of the Twelve-Twenty
b and Mayor Key vetoed it, call
g attention to the fact that any such
icce of attempted legislation by a
bty council was in gross violation of
1 constitution of the state and the
p d States. Mayor Key, as a can
fidate for congress in the Fifth dis
it got the lash in the primary last
. irom the Twelve-Twenty Club
r vetoing the ordinance and other
ise refusing to take orders from the
nb. The political blackhanders cir
lated the report that he is “a friend
J the negro” and that he “stands for
cial and political equality.”
| Upen warare with no quarter ask
lor given™ has been declared against
e Twelve-Twenty Club by “Uncle
m” Woodward. If there is any man
i tics in Atlanta who has the
pree, t courage and the aggressive-
Sto beat the bunch, 1t 18 this
d ¢rizzled veteran, who looks like
an put an end to this abomi
pile sceret government if the people
ho stand for open government will
) their duty at the ballot box in the
fi-over primary,” he said in his
@lement, after the returns had been
isolidated, putting him into a run
tr against Sims.
1 they neglect their city govern
‘ b [ stay away from the polls,
| 411 the result is in favor of invisible
ernment, they. will have nobody to
dme bhut themselves.
; Talk of Rings.
sims has had a good deal to
f oow his fight against ring rule.
. v ring in the city government
3 Ing he belongs to—the ring
3 dquarters in the city clerk’s
: Lhis is the most dangerous
8 has ever grown up here in
: perience. The people ought
it, but they cannot smash
! ying away from the polls.
- has never been anything se
ny sible in any of my previous
!listrations as mayor, and there
ing to be anything of that
‘ im elected this time.
i people want this dangerous
i . oyed they had better get
| . nd destroy it ncow before it
b trongly entrenched,”
! . vard 1s supported generally
nsiness element. He has been
| . the city three times and has
i b stantial and lasting improve
; k. s credit than any man who
! - tver held the office. He also kept
! . “Own and safeguarded the ex
! ey public money. Independ
] ,©'¢ lcarless by nature he has not
| . °!IY lavorites in administering the
i O office.
rd in :‘1‘1‘:"“’:8]- ? Nutting, who ran
dh'.;l-;”-“\;(.d Cfi. or mayor, has open
oo the & is support of Wood
un-over primary.
THE DAWSON NEWS
The Cheka, Russid’s
Terror, Has Murdered
Over Million People
The cheka, the terrorist execution
group of the ‘“red” regime in Russia,
was responsible for the deaths of 1,-
766,118 persons before it was abolished
by the soviet government, says a re
port from Rija, Latvia.
Victims included 6,775 professors
and ers, 8800 doctors, 355.250
oth s, 1,243 opriests, 54,-
650 o soldiers, . 59,000
policemen, 12 ers, 192,350
workmen, and 815
The loss of life during ivil
war has been greater than na
tion’s losses during the world war, it
is estimated.
GREAT INCREASE IN PRODUC
TION OF THIS PRODUCT
IN CURRENT YEAR.
ATLANTA, Ga—Georgia ranks
second in the production of sweet po
tatoes and second among the states
shipping the most sugary varieties
known as southern sweet potatoes, but
in total number of carload shipments
of all kinds of sweet potatoes it ranks
sixth, according to officials of the At
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic rail
way. The agricultural department of
the railroad, along with other efforts
tawards diversification among farm
ers of south Georgia, has taken a keen
interest in the sweet petato industry
and was instrumental in establishing
potato curing houses along the line of
road. The curing process has enabled
the farmers to preserve their product
and reach markets at a great distance,
even making shipments to Europe.
It was stated here today that sweet
potato production has increased from
6,035,000 bushels in 1900 to 13,764,000
bushels in 1920. There has been a
marked increase in production since
1917.
During the 1919-20 season only 461
cars were shipped out of the state,
122 of which went to 12 large markets
in the north and east. During 1920-21
season 868 cars were shipped out of
the state, 122 going to 12 large mark
ers.
It is stated that many cars were
distributed to the smaller markets in
the states north and west of Georgia,
showing. that the people believe in
home consumption.
WAR CLOUDS GATHER;
’
MOBILIZATION IS BEING HUR
RIED THROUGHOUT CEN
TRAL EUROPE.
Another warfare throughout most
of ‘central Europe is feared as the re
sult of recent activities along military
lines, in which several nations . have
maneuvered their armies into strategic
points, ready to institute or repel an
invasion. Activities of bolshevists in
Russia and Germany, the strained re-,
lations between France and Germany
over reparations, and actual warfare
between Greece and Turkey are but a
few of the reasons or the growing
feeling of unrest in Europe.
Reports of concentration of Hunga
rian forces on the western border of
Austria have been officially confirmed
by the government in Vienna. Hun
garian newspapers explain that these
maneuvers are due to uprisings in Bur
genland, but no such uprisings had
been reported at Vienna. It is said
that Jugo-Slav troops are also mobil
izing on the Austrian border.
Czechs Are Mobilizing.
The maneuvers oi the first and fiith
divisions of the Czech army are under
way, about 40,000 men beéing concen
trated in the Budweis area. The Brit
ish gunboat Glowworm has arrived at
Vienna, constituting the only armed
foreign force in the city. It is said that
Roumania is meeting the Hungarian
military activities on the Austrian
frontier by a similar movement along
Hungary’s border.
The French troops at Mayence are
under orders to hold themselves ready
for an invasion of Germany, according
to reports in Paris, where it is said
the French ministers of war and fi
nance are studying plans for military
occupation of the Ruhr basin.
This follows the deadlock between
France and England in the allied rep
arations commission over granting ot
a moratorium to Germany. Premier
Poincaire’s announcement that he
would rather break with the allies
than surrender to Germany brought
on the crisis, it is believed.
New Life Insurance in Year 1922
Amounts to Nine Billion Dollars
Pecple Paid Companies Three Billion
Dollars in Premiums in 1921.
Rapidly Increasing.
New life insurance issued in 1922
is expected to total probably £9,000,-
000,000, according to figures compiled
and just made public by The Insur
ance Press, which explains that its es
timates are based on the volume of
business done during the first seven
months of the present year, which
promises to make a record.
Life insurance, according to the
Press, is growing eight times faster
than the population of the United
States. The aggregate premiums _paid
for all types of insurance in 1921 in
America were approximately $3,000,-
000,000.
In number the United States in
creased by 14,000,000 people the last
10 years. The amount of life insurance
in force increased over $18,000,000,-
000. For each person added to the
population in the decade nearly $1,300
WALKER, RUSSELL AND
SEVERAL SURPRISES IN THE
RESULTS OF THE PRIMARY
FOR STATE OFFICIALS.
THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES
For Governor, Commissioner of Agri
culture and Chief Justice of the Su
preme Court Made Runaway Races.
Judge Bell Wins His Race.
Clifford M. Walker, of Monroe, for
mer attorney general, was nominated
for governor of Georgia in the dem
ocratic primary Wednesday by receiv
ing the vote of 118 counties, repre
senting 300 votes in the convention to
be held at Macon on October 4th.
Governor Hardwick carried 42 coun
ties with 112 unit votes, according to
returns from every county in the state.
The unit vote required for nomina
tion is 208.
Of the eight counties having six
unit votes Walker carried five and
Hardwick three. Bibb, Chatham and
Richmond went for Hardwick, while
Flo%d, Fulton, Muscogee, Laurens and
DeKalb went for Walker.
Other winners in the state contests
were J. J. Brown for commissioner of
agriculture, Judge Richard B. Russell
for chief justice of the supreme court,
Judge R. C. Bell for the court of ap
peals, James A. Perry and Walter R.
McDonald for the state public service
commission, R. E. Davison for prison
commissioner, and N. H. Ballard for
superintendent of schools.
Russell, Brown, Davison, Bell and
McDonald all had sweeping victories,
each carrying 100 counties and up
ward.
How Counties Went for Governor.
Clifford Walker carried the follow
ing counties for governor:
Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Bartow,
Banks, Barrow, Ben Hill, Berrien,
Brantley, Brooks, Bryan, Bulloch,
Butts, Calhoun, Camden, Campbell,
Candler, Carroll, Catoosa, Charlton,
Chattahoochee, Chattooga, Cherokee,
Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Coffee, Cook,
Coweta, Crisp, Dade, Dawson, Deca
tur, DeKalb, Dodge, Douglas, Dooly.
Early, Efingham, Elbert,~-Evans, Fay
ette, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Fulton,
‘Glascock, Glynn, Grady, Gordon,
Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Har
.ris, Hall, Haralson, ‘Hart .. Hehry,
‘Heard, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Jenkins,
FLanier, Lincoln,. Liberty,, Long,
Lowndes, Macon, Marion, Meriweth
er, Mclntosh, Miller, Milton, Mitchell,
'Monroe, Morgan, Muscogee, Murray,
'Newton, Oconee, Paulding, Pierce,
[l’ick(:ns, Pike, Polk, Putnam, Quit
man, Randolph, Rockdale, Screven,
Sumter, Spalding, Stephens, Talbot,
Tattnall, Telfair, Thomas, Tift, Towns,
' Toombs, Troup, Turner, Union, Up
son, Walker, Walton, Ware, Warren,
Wayne, Webster, White, Whitfield,
Wilcox, Wilkes, Worth.
For Hardwick—Baker, Baldwin,
'Bibb, Bleckley, Burke, Chatham, Clay,
Clinch, Columbia, Colquitt, Crawford,
Dougherty, Echols, Emanuel, Fannin,
'Gilmer, Hancock, Houston, Jackson,
Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, La
mar, Laurens, Lee, Lumpkin, Mad
ison, McDuffie, Montgomery, Ogle
thorpe, Pulaski, Rabun, Richmond,
Schley, Seminole, Stewart, Taliaferro,
Taylor, Terrell, Treutlen, Twiggs,
Washington, Wheeler, Wilkinson.
For the first time in the history of
Georgia two women were elected to
the legislature.
Mrs. Viola Napier will be a mem
ber of the Bibb delegation and Miss
Bessie Kempton was elected in Fulton
county.
IN DIGEST'S POLL OF 90,000
VOTES CLOSE TO 40,000 FA
VOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—A-+sudden in
crease in dry sentiment among the
women is ‘indicated by the latest fig
ures of the Literary Digest’s poll.
The first returns showed women
voting wet at a rate of nearly 2 to L
The wet sentiment seemed to be
stronger than with the men. The re
cent votes have showed a marked dry
swing, however, and the wets lead by
a proportion of only 5 to 4 in the 88.-
115 votes received from women.
The vote by women to date shows
38,211 favoring the strict enforcement
of the Volstead act; 17,335 favoring
the repeal of the amendment and 32,-
569 favoring the modification of the
Volstead act.
was added to the outstanding life in
surance of the nation.”
The total of $1,170,722,000 life insur
ance paid out in 1921 in the United
States and Canada was distributed as
follows: Death claims, matured en
dowments, annuities, disability claims
and additional accidental death bene
fits, $673,900,000; payments for pre
mium savings (dividends to policy
holders) and for lapsed, surrendered
and purchased policies,. $384,900,000,
and commuted value of insurance
claims awarded by the bureau of war
risk insurance from Dec. 31, 1920, to
Dec. 31, 1921, $111,922,000.
In a list of 63 of the highest policy
holders of the United States and Can
ada whose policies were paid in 1921,
approximately 12 per cent of the
deaths are shown to have been due
to automobile accidents.
“On a basis of 18 hours operation a
day automobiles killed two persons
every hour in 1921, or a total of more
than 12,500 during the entire year,”
says the Press. The automobile death
rate is steadily rising. :
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 19, 1922
One Death Every
Six Minutes [s the
Price of Carelessness
Careless America’s toll of accidental
deaths in 1920 was 76,000, a life every
six minutes, according to a report of
the National Safety Council. In round
numbers 500,000 men and 21,000 wo
men were killed.
Motor car accidents were held re
sponsible largely for the unfavorable
experience of 1920. In that year there
were 1,200 more deaths from that
cause than in 1919. Thirty deaths a
day, a total of 11,000, was the record
of motor vehicle fatalities in 1920.
People died from ialling accidents
of all kinds at the rate of 34 a day in
1920. Burns claimed 22 a day, a total
for the year of 6,088, and an increase
of 215 over 1919. Other major causes
of accidental deaths were:
Railroad accidents, 7.769; drowning,
6,066; gas, 3,618; fire arms, 2,767 ; mine
accidents, 2,660; machinery, 2,660;
street cars, 2,128; other vehicles, 2,-
022; conflagrations, 1,277.
SAYS AMERICA HOLDS KEY
TO THE SETTLEMENT OF
EUROPE’S PROBLEMS.
NEW YORK, N. Y —“America
holds the key to settlement of Eu
rope’s most pressing problem—that of
reparations,” ex-Governor James M.
Cox declared today upon his arrival
aboard the French liner Paris,
Cox returned to advocate American
participation in the league of nations.
What Europe must settle before ev
eryvthing else, he said, was reparations.
During his trip through Europe the
former democratic candidate for the
presidency visited England, France,
Germany, and the new countries of
central Europe, and en route talked
with the active heads oi governments,
Still Talking League.
Referring to the league of nations,
Governor Cox said:
“The league will not be a political
issue in America for long. There are
two reasons for this. Irrefutable logic
will bring the United States inevitably
into the league; Europe is prepared to
meet any conditions, in my opinion,
which the United States may con
scientiously propose.”
WOMEN VOTERS ASKING EM
BARRASSING QUESTIONS.
OFFICE SEER#RS SWEAT.
WASHINGTON, D. C—Honesty
and truth-telling will be ‘injected into
this fall's campaign in every state in
the union. Candidates for public office
must stand up and be counted. Offi
cials of the League of Women Voters
have made this very plain. They as
sert that their membership, country
wide, has no intention of voting blind.
All women frankly are curious, they
explained, and as election day draws
near they will become more and more
so.
The favorite methods of the league
will be to use the questionnaire. In
those states where primaries impend
candidates for office are at this very
moment sweating nervously over those
questionnaires. None dare refuse fill
out the blanks.
Popping questions at a candidate for
office 1s something out of which league
members get a lot of cruel enjoyment.
And they are not always satisfied with
mere verbal and evasive replies—
hence the questionnaire. Many of the
state leagues have evolved voluminous
and elaborate questionnaires which
they send to all political candidates.
They want the stand of aspirants to
office on all public questions “down in
writin’.” No airy fairy before election
promises for the lcague members that
are disregarded just as airily after
elections.
Turn Light on the Past.
Another phase of the league curiosi
ty is concerned with a candidate’s past.
The great white inquisitorial light
beats seachingly upon all past political
performances. Each state branch bus
ies itself with the “pasts’ of the can
didates for office within that state. No
bidder for office, no matter to what
party he belongs, may hope to escape
the Pauline Pry assigned by the wo
men’s organizations to dig up his past.
Nothing is disregarded in this exhum
ing process, whether it is a record of
a vote or the diagram of his teeth fill
ings. There is never a livelier corpse
than the dead, dead past of a politician
who is being investigated by the wo
men’s organization. When all infor
mation necessary is collected it is
flaunted before league members with
out fear and favor and regardless of
party afhliation.
No man may aim too high or too
low to be slighted by Miss Pry,
whether the aim be a seat in the sen
ate or in a dog catcher’s wagon. The
women are inexorable in their judg
ments, and no politician with a lurid
pale past can hope to get by their or
ganizations with grand promises con
cerning his future conduct.
Curiosity is a well advertised exter
minator for cats, but the League of
Women Voters seems to- thrive on it,
which incidentally may prove they are
not in any way related to the feline
family at all.
Man Pays $6OO to Fly
300 Miles to Stand Tnal
Paying $6OO to ride 300 miles in an
airplane so that he would be on time
Hjelmer How, of East Grand Forks.
Minn., arrived at Minneapolis to be
given a hearing on charges of grand
larceny. He was relcased on $5OO bail
for trial later. How missed the train
from East Grand Forks and hired an
airplane so that he would get to court
in time. 5
U. 5. LOAN FOR LIBERIA
THE GEORGIA SENATOR CON
DEMNS PROPOSAL TO LEND
$5,000,000 TO REPUBLIC.
WOULD BE $lOO PER CAPITA
No Likelihood of Its Ever Being Re
paid, and Would Rather Give It to
Negroes of Georgia and Alabama.
Wear Only Palm Leaf and Smile.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Declaring
that the time had come for the Unit
ed States government to cease being
the money lender of the world Senator
Watson, of Georgia, in a speech to
day before the senate severely de
nounced the proposed $5,000,000 ILi
berian loan, now before the chamber,
asserting that in his opinion there was
no moral obligation for the act as
claimed by its supporters.
The Liberian loan, Senator Watson
said, would set a dangerous precedent
for the government at this time. He
further stated that there was little
likelihood of the loan, if granted, ever
being paid.
“I really would like to see what sen
ator would venture to say that he
honestly expected that the Liberian
loan would ever be repaid,” Senator
Watson said. “Nobody ever expects
it to be repaid. What is more, Libe
ria will not get enough of that money,
which, if invested in meat, would not
make a frying pan smell across this
chamber.”
Refers to Book.
Referring then to a book “subject,”
Senator Watson pointed out that the
population of Liberia was reported at
50,000, consisting mostly of indiginous
negro races, ‘
“We are going to lend $5,000,000
to 50,000 negroes in Liberia. I would
rather give it to the negroes of Wash
ington city, or to those in Alabama
and Georgia, whose needs for it are.
much greater. §
“In Liberia the negro does not have
to wear anything in particular except
a palm leaf and pleasing expression
of countenance. . Five million dollars
to be given to 50,000 negroes. * * *
That is a hundred dollars a piece for
every negro German, every negro
German woman, every negro German
child in Liberia, and what in the name
of God* would they do with the money
if they got it? Suppose a negro fami
ly in Liberia consists of an average
of five, there would be a gift of $5OO
to every negro family in Liberia.”
Senator Watson observed that the
negro families of the District of Co
lumbia would have somewhat of a
jubilant time if given this amount of
money.
There was some misap;‘)rc—hcnsinn‘
about the origin of Liberia, he said,
Philanthropist’s Dream.
“Apparently the attempt has been
made to impress congress with the
idea that lL.iberia was founded by the
government of the United States, a
kind of an adopted child for which we
are responsible.
“Nothing can be further from the
truth. Liberia was a dream of philan
thropists long before the civil war.
There never was a time when she
could support herself. She was always,
from year to year, supported gnd
maintained by the colonization socie
ties, and when the societies went in‘
despair she went into debt to Euro-‘
pean nations and to American finan
ciers, and the real essence of this so
called Liberian loan is to pay off her
debts, and to pay them to American
and European financiers.”
Besides setting a dangerous prece
‘dent, “this is no time to take more
‘money out of the peoples’ treasury
‘and give it to a foreign country,” Scn—‘
‘ator Watson said. |
“What excuse can we give and what
‘will the public say when we tell them
that one of the last things we did was
!m give $20,000,000 to bring in some
more desert lands on the other side of
the continent and give $5,000,000 to a
‘lot of bucaneering financiers, Euro
peans and Americans, who loaned
'money to Liberia.”
| Denounces Strike Injunction.
In another speech delivered by Sen
ator Watson the Georgian denounced
‘the government’'s course in the rail
road strike. He declared it had set out
to settle economic questions - which
properly should be discussed and dis
posed of by congress. He denounced
‘the strike injunction, saying it had
heen given by a “life termer federal
judge” and that it was never intended
that this country should be governed
by “life termers.”
Hermit Waits 40 Years in Woods
For Bride He Is Certain Will Come
“Sailor Jack” Built Love Nest High
In Hills, But Descends Every
Morning for “Wife.”
Through the long years “Sailor
Jack,” the mystery man of Oregon,
has waited in his lonely cabin in the
hills near Marshfield for the coming of
a bride.
Forty years of seclusion, hidden
from his fellow men in a pine shack,
high up in the hills, with his soie com
panions an old rooster and three
scrawny cows, has not shattered his
dreams of romance and marriage.
“Sailor Jack,” now mere than 80
years old, will have to offer “her” a
bridal chamber kept in readiness for
nearly hali a century. The boudoir
lacks the feminine touch, however, for
the hermit sacrificed vanity to neces
sitv. A chest of drawers, hewed from
the majestic firs of his hills, 2 bed
from the same firs and a redwood
wash stand compose the furniture, ex
cept for one clumsy cedar chair.
So sure is “Sailor Jack” that she
will come that each morning he wends
his way down the narrow path through
Indian Chief Gives
His Squaws to a
Prominent Legislator
ST. PAUL, Minn.—Fifteen Indian
squaws, 10 buckets of war paint, sev
eral bales of feathers and other in
cidentals were willed to State Sena
tor Patrick H. McGarry, of Walker,
by Chief Schmoc-Omi-Mom, of the
[.eech Lake reservation, in northern
Minnesota, “who died recently.
The chief called Senator McGarry
to his death bed and informed him
that he was leaving his worldly pos
sessions, including the squaws, to the
senator, who had befriended the chief
on numerous occasions,
Senator McGarry said today he was
undecided as to what he would do
about it.
HOPE COX WON'T
CAMPAIGN IS GOING WELL
ENOUGH WITHOUT FOR
EIGN AFFAIRS.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—There has
arrived in New York James M. Cox,
fresh from contact with Europe
and the league of nations. He
was preceded by cabled remarks, in
dicating that he continves to think
the same as he though two years ago
{ahout the relations between America
‘and Europe.
? “Paramounting” Mistakes.
Because of those cable from London
last week Mr. Cox.was met on his
arrival here by some democratic lead
ers in persons and by urgent messages
from others. Some of the democratic
leaders who have not been away this
summer, but are in touch with events
here at home, think that things are
going very well with the party. They
think they are going to win this year’s
congressional campaign to as great
an extent as they care to win it on
the issue of dissatisfaction with Hard
ing and the republican congress.
In the view of these democratic
leaders, since Harding and the repub
licans are presenting them with as
good an issue and adequate a quantity
of campaign material as they want, it
would be contrary to all accepted
principles of political strategy for ex-
Gov. Cox to raise a different issue.
To use a new verb current in the po
litical phraseology of the present year,
the democrats ‘“paramounted” the
issue of republican mistakes in the
Maine election. In Michigan they are
“paramounting” the Newberry issue.
In New Jersey the local leaders are
“paramounting” the “wet” issue.
Dry Issue. ¢
In Minnesota the local leaders are
paramounting the “dry” issue.
For Mr. Cox now to ‘‘super-para
mount” the issue of foreign relations
on top of all the others might embar
rass a campaign which fate seems
to be managing quite nicely or the
democrats.
The view that it would be a mis
take for Cox to trumpet out anything
about foreign relations is held almost
universally by what may be called the
working democratic leaders; and some
of them are much concerned about it.
U. S. IS FIRST IN
LEADS NATIONS OF WORLD.
FIFTH IN BUTTER CONSUMP
TION, SIXTH IN MILK.
CHICAGO.—The United States
ranks first among the nations of the
world in dairy production, but is fifth
in consumption of butter, ninth in
chccsc.consumption and sixth in milk,
according to figures compiled by the
government and compared by M. D.
Munn, president of the national dairy
council.
Mr. Munn’s comparisons show that
Sweeden ranks first in milk consump
tion, closely followed by Denmark and
Stvitzerland. Canada leads in butter
consumption, with Australia, New
Zealand and Denmark outranking the
United States. Switzerland is first in
cheese eating and the United King
dom, France and Italy follow in the
order named.
Argentina ranks lowest in butter
and cheese consumption, but reports
indicate that production and consump
tion are on the increase. .
In 1921 there was an increase of 11
per cent in milk production in this
country and 165,000 pounds in butter,
Mr. Munn said.
the trees to the logging road (his only
connecting link with civilization) to
meet her. He has made the daily trips
for 40 vears—ever since he deserted
a bride at the church door in Marsh
field—a bride whom he leit waiting
while he disappeared into foreign
countries.
A year afterward he returned and
cleared a narrow patch among the
trees. He built a shack of four rooms,
more than enough for his simple
wants, but he was counting on the
future and a wife. He saw his aban
doned bride often. He pleaded for
giveness. It was never given. But
still “Sailor Jack” dreams of a bride,
perhaps the one he deserted, perhaps
another.
Girls Go Barefoot.
PIKEVILLE, Ky.—School girls at
Zebulon, a village a short distance
from here, have organized a club, to
be known as the ‘“Zebulon Girls,”
rules of which require that its mem
bers go barefoot and wear their hair
down their backs.
’ A NEWSPAPER
~ DEVOTED TO
- PUBLIC SERVICE
VOL. 40.—N0. 3
|
PRESIDENT HARDING
- NOT ENTER RAGE AGAIN
j .
|
| REPUBLICAN LEADERS ARE
i WORRIED BY REPORTS THAT
% HE WANTS TO RETIRE.
CHAFES UNDER RESTRICTIONS
EPresidency Has Been More Confining
| To Him Than He Had Ever Dream
{ ed It Would Be. Likes to Be Out
' doors and Fellowship With Men.
| Republican leaders are becoming
(not a little worried over the frequen
}cy of reports emanating from sources
’more or less close to the president,
that Mr. Harding is determined not
to stand for renomination in 1924,
Robert "Small, a political writer and
{ weli-known newspaper correspondent
at Washington asserts.
Most of the leaders are inclined te
{attribute the reports to a temporary
l.fitatc of mind on the part of the pres
’xdent and believe that when the pres
| ent tangled condition of national af
fairs is straightened out Mr. Harding’s
optimism will assert itself and he will
consent to run for re-election.
A feeling that the president had not
been wholly happy in the presidency
{has permeated Washington for some
!t:mc. Now there is a reaction through
‘out. the country. The report reached
‘Ohro during the primary fight, and it
| was thought it might affect the admin~
istration ticket headed by Carmi
Thompson, but the administration
{sweep was complete.
l The president for several weeks
i past has been palpably tired and par
| ticularly sensitive to criticism. The
presidency has been more confining
than he ever dreamed it might be. For
many years prior to the election im
1920 Mr. Harding had led very much
of an outdoor life, being especially
fond of golf and motoring, As a sen
lator he was able to live a great deal
lin the outdoors, as during four years
|of his term he was in a minority
which had very little to say or do.
Likes to Be Free.
i A man of simple manners and sim
ple tastes, the president unquestion-,
ably has chafed under many of the
restricions that life in the white house
imposes. It often has been said of Mr.
Harding that if he could have had his
way he would have spent the remam
der of his active political days in the
senate. He was extremely happy there
and it was with no little reluctance
that he consented to allow his friends
to place him in the running for the
| presidential nomination in 1920. More
Ithan once during the pre-convention
| campaign Mr, Harding thought -of
lwithdrawing from the race and cen
| tering his activities upon re-electiom
to the senate. It will be recalled that
on the night before his nominatson
in Chicago he filed his senatorial pmi
gmar_v papers in Columbus, Even at
|that late hour there lingered in his
| mind the question as to the right
course to pursue. The whirligig of
fate soon decided that question for
him, and once nominated he entered
into the campaign with the somewhat
solemn enthusiasm of a man who felt
the cares of the presidency already
full upon him,
‘ Ever since the word began to spread
{that Mr. Harding had told some of
| his firiends he would decline to stand
| for renominatioin two years hence all
|of his utterances, both public and pri
‘\'atc. have been searched for some
further revelation of his state of mind.
lThc politicians profess to have found
much in confirmation of the earlier
‘rcports.
| They point to the president’s speech
'(luring Old Home week in Marion.
His friends in Ohio found that Mr.
Harding did not speak of his expe
riences in the white house with any
degree of elation. Instead, he publicly
| stated he would be glad indeed when
the time came that he might returm
ltu Marion and enjoy the freedom of
the life oi the private citizen. Not once
Ldid the president intimate that he was
i‘h;n'ing a “bully time” in the white
house.
‘ To Keep 'Em Guessing.
; Since the Marion trip he has let
{ fall, either inadvertently or purposely,
{a number of remarks, insignificant i
lthcmsclves, perhaps, but which, ‘ta
ken collectively, appear to reflect a
Idistinct frame of mind. To some of
‘his senatorial friends the president is
lrcportcd to have said that nothing
could induce him to give four more
years of his life to the presidency.
Some senators have taken the remarks
! seriously; others say the president was
{ merely joking.
| On top of all this the president sent
to Leonard Kincaide, a Terre Haute,
{lnd., high school boy, who said he
lhoped some day to be president, a let
ter in which he said: “I am afraid yon
| would not like my job as much as
you think you would. It is not as
‘happy a job as one would imagine.”
| While they profess to treat the pres
‘ident’s remarks lightly, the republican
|leaders nevertheless are figuring upon
|what they might do in the event Mr.
{ Harding is serious and really will not
}stand for renomination.
{ They simply will not listen to th%
iidea that the president will not run
{They say that every president wants
ia second term as a vindication of his
Ipolicics in the first.
| Mr. Harding, on the other hand, be
’licves that the presidency should be a
one-term affair. He would lengthen
lthe term from four to six years. He
| believes the president would have
| more freedom under such a plan tham
|is possible under the system whick
{leads to -constant consideration of sec
iond term prospects. ;
| The indications are today Mr, Hard
',ing is likely to keep the politicians on
the anxious seat for some time to
| come.
l TOBACCO CURRENCY. Z 5
| Plug tobacco is the sole currency
lused by the inhabitants of some. of
the more remote Fijian Islands in the
lSouth Pacific ocean.