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‘BEOAGE, JERCING ANY LIKE ARE
NOMIRATED EOR COURT GF AFFEALS
Macon, Ga., September 20—
Moving with clocklike precision,
never recording a naye vote until
the convention had proceeded
well into the regular order of
business, the State JDemoeratic
Convention yesterday unani
mously declared Hugh M. Dor
sey, of Atlanta, the nominee of
the Democratic party; endorsed
the national administration; sel
ected Roscoe Luke, Walter F.
George and W. Frank . Jenkins
for the three new places on the
Court of Appeals bench; and sel
ccted the statchouse officers by
popular vote in the primary of
September 12.
Smith Makes “Keynote” Speech
J. R. Smith, of Atlanta, was
clected temporary chairman, and
delivered the “keynote” speech,
in which he paid a glowing trib
ute to the Wlison administration.
The permanent chairman is J.
J. Flint. Hiram Gardner, of Eat
onton, was elected secretary; J.
D. McCartney, Rome, assistant
séiggetary,\and J. W. L. Brown,
of \(gtow county, was made
chaiff%{f‘%gf of the platform com
mittee.
An overwhelming majority of
the Dorsey faction facilitated the
business of the convention and
prevented what would have been
—if votes had been distributed in
a slightly different - way—a long
tedious session. The Court of
Appeals race was the only one
in which any real “politicking™
was done, and in that race the
Dorsey slate, as made out at noon
vesterday, was carried through.
Harris’ Name Withdrawn
Dorsey’s name was placed be
fore “the convention by Harry
Hodgson, of Athens, a life-long
friend and- collegemate of the
governor-elect. John T. Boifeuil
let, heading the Sixth congress
ional district delegation, and rep
resenting the Harris delegates in
the convention, was on his feet as
soon as the nomination was put,
and in a speech lauding Gov. Har
ris fot the accomplishments of his
administration, he conceded the
defeat of his candidate and moved
to make the election of Mr. Der
sey unanimous. Mr. Boifeuillet’s
suggestion was met with a thun
der of applause and an ovation
followed.
When the applause had subsid
ed, and the chair, by continuous
At the Empire When Women’s Thoughts Turn to Clothes . Atthe Empire
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cated by Parisand by New York, and what is even more to the point, aceeptable in individual ways to -
the women for whom we have gathered them. Indeed the Fashion news of the Ready-to-wear seetion.
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Dresses and rich, luxurious Coats that you will become genuinely enthusiastic over. Come in and get the
correct ideas for this season.
There’s grace, there’s distinctive newness about the suits we
have gathered—the soft fabricsy the pile fabrics and with them
just the right amount of fur and other touches to help them in
their beauty. Even tailored styles show grace. Coats flare,
but they avoid the extreme. Skirts are wide, they often have
pockets, they often have shirred fullness just under the belts.
Great color range—Burgundy, Green, Brown, Navy and Black.
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Suits at $lO to $37.50
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rapping, had sustained order, G.
H. Howell, of Milledgeville, man
ageriof the Joseph E. Pottle cam
paign for the governorship, arosc
and, in behalt® of "Mr. Péttle’s
counties, seconded the motion to
make the motion unanimous. No
Hardman delegates spoke, but
the vote, recorded by acclama
tion, showed not a naye vote.
Nomination Brings Demonstra
; tion
The greatest ovation of the
conventjon folfowed the an
nouncement of Permanent chair
man J. J. Flynt, when he said
*The ayes have it, and it affords
me the greatest pleasure to an
nounce that Hugh M. Dorsey,
from the county of Fulton, has
been declared by unanimous vote
the nominee of the Democratic
party..”
The chair appointed Harry
Hodgson, Jeff Taylor, R. E. Mas
sengale and ]J. P. Dorsey to es
cort the newly-elected governor
to the rostrum. Dorsey’s speech
of acceptance, in which he reiter
ated his platform followed. He
was liberally cheered through
out. 4
The members of the platform
committee, in addition to Chair
man Brown, were appointed as
follows:
First Congressionar District—
H. H. Elder, Tattnall.
First Congressional District——
Bryan Bower, Decatur. '
Third District—]. Gordon
Jones, Crisp. :
Fourth’ District—A. J. Slade,
Muscogee.
Fifth District—Albert Howell,
Fulton.
Sixth District, Johnson, Jas
per.
Seventh District—]John V. Y.
Brown, Bartow.
Eighth District—]. S. Knox,
Newton.
Ninth District—W. E. Sim
mons, Gwinnett.
Tenth District—]. C. Jarnigan,
Warren.
Eleventh District—NM. M. Dick
son.
Twelfth District—\W. C. Brin
son, Johnson.
Platform Adopted
The entire platform, as adopt
ed by the convention.-is:
“The convention this afternoon
adopted the following platform:
Praising President Wilson and
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'THRICE-A-WEEK
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA,’VSEP.727'; 1916
GREEK STUATION
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PRAWIES coalane
GROWIRG SERICS
i\ U grLitivly
London, Sept. 25.—The situa
tion in (Greece is most Serious, a
Reuter dispatch in Athens says.
Former Premier -Venizelos, ac
companied by Rear Admiral Con
douriotis, commander-in-chief of
the Greek navy, left Athens today
ior Crete, when they expect to go
to Saloniki.
The revolutionary movement
now in progress in Greece had its
inception at Saloniki, wherge there
was set up the national defense
committee, which, according to
last reports,| was exercising the
functions of government in part
of Greek Macedonia. It has
been reported that M. Venizelos,
leader of the Greek party Avhich
favors intervention in the war on
the side of the Allie, intended to
go to Salonmiki to put himself at
the head of a temporary revolu
tionary government. On Dbeing
asked last week about this report
he said he must wait a brief time
and see what the government
proposed to do, before deciding
on the begt course to adopt in the
event that Greece did not enter
the war. He said that if King
Constantine would not listen to
the voice of the people they must
consider what measures should
be taen by them. :
.
Mexican Sergeant
. .
Killed By American
X 1 Paso, Texas, September 25.
—A Carranza sergeant of the 151
Valle, Chihuahua garrison, was
shot and killed Friday night by
an American trooper of the Fifth
cavalry, who is being held prison
er, according®o a report brought
to Columbus, N. M., today from
field headquarters. The Carranza
commander at Xl Valle refused
to surrender the prisoner after
General Pershing sent a messen
ger requesting the release. The
American is said to be held in
communicado on a charge of
murder.
According to the report, eight
members of the Fifth Cavalry
visited a saloon at El Valle. Sev
enteen' Carranza soldiers entered
later with side arms, during the
drinking. The Mexican sergeant
is said to have proposed a toast
to the United States, which was
‘'objected to by the Americans.
The shooting is reported to have
followed
THE DRESSES
ATTRACTIVENESS is the one word that explains the great
favor in our dress section. We searched New York to get them.
We went to the renowned makers; we went to those’_.w who are
climbing to the pinnacle. As a result we can claf;x; much for
this dress display. Beautiful serge dresses, that show a ten
dency toward the straight effect, with often full plaited skirts
and surplice bodice, often touched with a bit of colorful embroi
dery. All are grouped here for your easy choice.
Dresses $6.75 to $25
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200,000 WOTKE
SIRIKE TODAY
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N o Yorke, o Beptember 6.
Union workers to the number oi
250,000 will .be on strike tomor
row, 100,000 more on Thursdas
and another 100,000 on Friday, it
was asserted. today by Erncst
Bohm,. laber ir:;r;.;'.', aftor a con
ference coinmitiee ‘of unions. at
which linal reports of strike
votes were received,
A convention of the general of
ficers of the national and inter
national unions having headquar
ters here and representatives of
the Central Labor unions, trade
councils and local unions wiil be
held Wednesday morning to or
ganize and extend the suspension
of work. Means of supplying
financial support to strikers and
plans for holding demonstrations
will be considered. \
The bulding trades councils
of Manhattan and the Bronx,
representing about 85,000 work
ers, have postponed their re
sponse to the call for a suspen
sion of work until Thursday.
Disorders again broke out dur
ing the carlys hours today. Ac
cording to the police, a dozen ele
vated train were bombarded with
sticks and stones thrown from
roof tops by strikers and sympa
thizers. Three persons were in
jured by flying glass when
the windows of a Third avenue
elevated train were shattered by
missles.
Two arrests were made. One
of the men in custody is charged
with having a revolver.
Movie Actor Is
Killed by An Auto
[iphram, Wis., Sept. 25.—Rich
ardson Cotton, a moving picture
actor, 1s dead today as a result of
being run down by an automobile
driven by Ivan Thorpe. Cotton,
a member of the [ssany Com
pany of Chicago, had come here
with FFdaa Mayoe and other ac
tors to precduce some films,
Pinkie Koplin left for a short
visit his parents in Atlanta.
MONEY TO LOAN by own
er, five to ten thousand dollars
for three to five years on well lo
cated farm.s Apply addressing
OVWNER, care Exchange Nation
al Bank.
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Tampa, Fla., Sept. '24-=Alex
Chandler, of Wauchula, Fla., was
mstantiy killed and &eoroe Chris
topher, of Wauchula, received
mternal injurics that may prove
fatalwwhen an automobile driven
by the former struck a buggy
driven by the latter, killing the
horse pulling it on the Dixie
Highway,-one mile outside of
Wauchula tonight.
Christopher'’s injuries include
a broken leg. Four others in the
automobile escaped with slight
injuries,
Four Persons Killed
Terre Haute, Ind,, Sept. 24
Two men, one woman and a child
were killed and another woman
injured today when their automo
bile was struck by a Vandalia
passenger train at Liggett Cross
ng. '
One Killed; One Dying
High Point, N. C., Sept. 24
Peter Short, of Greensboro, is
dead and Sydney Allen, of Thom
asville, is believed fatally injured
as the result of an automobile
wreek near here early today. The
two were found under the ma
chine at the hottom of a 15-foot
ditch and apparently had been Ty
ing there for some time.
Four Killed in Ohio
Van Wert, O;, Seg. 24—Four
persons were killed and two were
injured so seriously that they may
not recover when a Pennsylvania
railroad passenger train struck a
surrey in which they were riding
on a grade crossing near herve to
day.
NEGRO WORKMAN O S
IN WRECK AT FAIRFAX
Waycross, Ga., September 20.
—Several cars of an Atlantic
Coast line work train were de
railed ten miles from here, near
[Fairfax, this morning. One ne
gro laborer met instant death and
another’s leg was borken. The
Waycross-Albany line traffic is
all that is delayed by the acci
dent. ‘
THE COATS
These coats were brought from New Yerk's largest and best
coat designers, and in such weights that are most suitable for
this climate—not the heavy, bulky kind, but just the kind you
like most.. All made up in the newest and absolutely the cor
rect styles for the season.
COATS $7.50 to $25.00.
E MPIRE MERCANTILE (0.
One Price to Everybody
Phones 18 and 155.
Monaay
Wednesday
Friday
VOL. XXI, NO. 117
London, Sept. 26.—The French
and - British lorces have entered
the :"‘.'.E"l'-\'.”_:',?::]3 ¢
'regicourt, which is one tkile
o-the east of Combles, was 4346
captured by the Srench,
The statements issued by the
London and Paris War Offifes
state that the terrific fighting at
Combles continues, but that the
German resistance is being over
come, :
The French troops are in pos
session. of the cemetery while
the British forces have penetrat
ed in the village proper. There
seems to be no doubt but the en
tire village will be in the hands
of the Ailies before night.
Meavy German attacks were
faunched between Bethune and
the Somme to relieve the pres
sure on Combles, but they were
unavailing.
The Paris War Office also re
ports the repulse of violent Bul
garian attacks in the region of
IFlorina, and that a battle is going
on between the French, Russians
and Bulgarians to the north of
Urmenko.
The London War Office reports
mtense air and artillery activity
on the Balkan front.
London, Sept. 26.—The British
have taken 1,500 German pris
oners.
Berlin, Sept. 26—The War
Office today admitted«the loss of
the Vulcan and Szdurk passes to
the Rumanians, and also reverses
along the Somme lines in France.
London, Sept. 26.—A complete
political upheaval in Greece and
the elimination of King Constan
tine is predicted as a result of the
forthcoming visit of the former
Premier- Venizelos to London.
SCECe: TTACHER VD3
Yl VAP, SOY O IR
Memphis, Tenn., September 26.
—A romance of the schoolroom
became public here today when it
was learned that Miss Sadie Pat
rick, twenty-two, school teacher,
was married to James L. Yar
borough, age 16. All possible
efforts had been made to keep the
marriage a secret., ;