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PAGE TWO.
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 192o ’
IS GEN’L WOOD, G. O. P. NOMiNATION'HOOVER FRIENDS
in Georgia—not even, probably, by | tional conventions,
ASPIRANT, REALLY SWIVEL-CHAIR HERO? SIGN PEIITIONS
It is a ringing
any of the members of the sub-corn- P rctos .t against the action of the sub-
mittee of the Democratic state exec*: committee, to-wit:
utive committee. ^ (Here follows the text of the peti
an outrage,” said he, in hisjt* 0 ^
GETS MEDAL 12
YEARS AFTERHIS
WHAT, A HERO?
GORELESS FIGHT
‘Wasn’t Within 5 Miles
Of Bullet,’ Yet Was
Honored.
WASHINGTON, March 6.—Goner-'
■1 Leonard Wood's friends po.nt to ’
bis record as a military hero as a
prime reason for Republicans nomi- 1
eating him for the presidency. j
Wood's campaign tor the nomina- J
tie11 i. not his lirst attempt. In 1916, j
a campaign based 01. identical lines ,
wa, fo-tertd by his friends. He re-,
Co ved one vote, in the Chicago con-
▼en.ion as the net result. Wood was
•t th'.t k .nu* boosted as a strong man
With a bnlliai.; uni tary i.eord which
ju t ..-ti putting him in the W hite j
House.
To the reasonv advanced in 191G
b now added th alkgid grievance
that the Wilson administration delib
erately pasted over W ood and ret us-
•d to permit ni: to hold high mill*
i..ry command in th** world war. to
fchich he was entitled on his i. ilitary
record. '
What !i Real Record?
What is Wood's real md tar/ rec- 1
«rd! !
Ler.eral Wood's tir. t experience as
» line officer came when Secretary of f
War Alger, wno.it- personal physician
Wood then was, appointed him to the 1
command of a volunteer regiment in
the Spanish-American war. Up to,
that time Wood had been an army
doctor. He was a good dotcor-
Surprising Showing
Made On Lists With
Little Effort
heretofore published here.)
vigorous, plain-spoken manner, dig-1 Thc th;,1 S for Georgia Democrats
cussing with The Journal 'correspon- to do » remarked Captain Cobb, in
lent the action of the sub-commit- connection with the petition, is to
exec- rTlom ^ ,er of the sub-comm.ttee. i
lievo I know what it takes to mak
The circulation of petitions
questing the Democratic ctaia 1
ut.ve committee to permit the voters Democrat. And I believe my op.nion
of Georgia to express ifteir prefer- is worth as much as the opinion of
nee for president of the United the members of the sub-committee.
States without restriction, and to per- Certainly I have a right to express
mil the name of Hex bert Hoover to my opinion, whether it be worth as
go on the primary ticket, as asked much as theirs or not.
y the requisite number of petition- “Hoove/ a Democrat." ^
ers, struck u popular chord in Ar.uii- "My opinion is that Herbert Hoov-! ano ‘^ er vcr y outspoken signer was
cu.i, it appeared from the avid.ty er is a Democrat. Ii doesn’t make'®* ^* Wiliams, a prominent mer-
w.tli which u number of voters sub- any difference whether he calls him-i c * ,ant and member of the Americus
scribed their names. Although self one or not. H.s principles are, board °f education,
almost no actual work was don.* the thing tha: count with me. He' “The sub-committee see to regard
with the pet.tions, a surprisingly acts like a Democrat, he talks like a ' themselves as thc MASTERS of the
large showing was made by vol- Democrat. His public utterances ' Democrats of Georgia in this primary,
unteers, indicating the correct- constitute a good, ringing declara-i instcad of ,he SERVANTS of the
n..s. oi the earl.er statement that tion of Democratic principles real 1 par Paid he - “Their action is tin*
very active. This had the cfflTj
forestalling to a oansi-Jerabl* ??, 0| l
ihc discussion of presidential
dales tor me time Dune althn,. l I
‘ho background them
background there has
watchful interest in the pref,^
pr.mary developments and the n,?M I
paper discussion ol tne ueev neu,, |
troversy has been closely follow^i
The Americus WLa - I
The Americus Times-hecordei* 1
of the oldest and most intluuntiall
dailies in this part of the state ' ll
a line tradition of ’staunch Unnocrl. I
wa K‘ n * “» "KKr«;|
ruling that the name of Her- Bet up petitions all over the state
bert Hoover shall not be placed upon a,ul 8on<i ,b <-' ni to the sub-committee,
the ballot of the preferential primary. 11 wil1 be recn'led that Judge An-
"I reckon I have a right to call dr( ’ w J - Cobb , of Athens, a brother of
myself a Democrat. I consider that Coptain Cobb and h.nuclf a distin-
I am as good a Democrat as any , Kuished Democrat, as well as one cl . _ „„ „„„ ,
- be- '!>-* eniin. nt jurists of Georgia, is at ive tight for a free expression .m !?
p a the head of a similar petition started , primary. n 1 ^
in Athens and g.ven wide circula-1 "If Hoover's name is placed „
•‘on. ithe ticket, as I think it w II i.
Crawford Wheatley had just put lore the agitation is ended "
the pet.t:on in circulation here when,Ed.tor KiKpa.r.cK, “my
this dispatch was written. Besides j that he w.U cany .Sumter
the names of Captain Cobb and him- 1
• self, and others, who headed the list,
' cou.,ty."
there is plenty of Hoover sentiment democracy, I am talking about not most high-handed piece of political
here. Several or the signers were niere partisanship. ' ; arrogance I ever head of. Aren’t we
bitter in the*r denunciation of the “Mv opinion
Q f su t)-comm»ttee of the bert Hoover
Dr. Allen Fort Goes
To Columbia Churc!
Word has been received here th
Dr. Allen Fort, a native of Amero
und brother of Hollis Fort of this c
has resigned ns pastor of the
Baptist church of Nashville, T_.
and accepted thc pastorate of
New* Item—“Wood wasn't within 5
_ he performed “distinguished *erviee»" for which “Embalmed Beef 1
probably better than the average, but p« r ,uaded Congress to giro our hero a “Medal of Honor."
c never attended u nidi.ary school,
Ltary tra.ning and
Alger
never had any „
B..-cr exercised command before he the Fifth cavalry who served in the
was bGosted into the colonelcy of vol- southwestern Indian campaign in
unteers by Alger. question, with the same command to
This was before Alger was forced which Wood was attached, and who
out of of the War Department as a was in a position to learn all about
result of the “embalmed beef” scan- what Wood did or did not do on the
dal. occasion which was made the basis
Rises Rapidly in Rank. for the medal award, published, over W. Bray.
Wood did not become an officer iiis signature in the Army and Navy'
in the army until Aug. 11,1886, when Journal of July 3, 1909, a letter in
he accepted appointment as an assis- which he said, according to the Con
tent surgeon. Before that he was a grcssional Record of June 13, 1912,
“contract surgeon—that is, a civil- concerning Wood and his conduct in
ian doctor employed under contract this campaign that “WOOD NEVER
to render a physician’s services to SAW A HuSTILE INDIAN NOR
the army. He was not an officer, nor WAS WITHIN FIVE MILES OF A
a member of the army, while a “con- HOSTILE BULLET.”
At the time of this exposure
General Wood was in a position to
cause the trial and punishment of
Major Benson if the statement pub
lished by him had not been entire
ly accurate. He made no attempt
to do so.
Two other communications to the
ui.ifeooi'; a V(CI IICttU VA rticn t wc Baptist church of Columbia,
is, further, that Her-1 rlb!c t0 our oyvn selection! C '’n^ CS ^i"?„ A k’'* *"• ■.
.„ the man for us to i Wasn’t the primary ordered for the ^ r , /’H, K? ln ? lb ® d an d
execut.ve committee in ruling Hoov- nominate if we want to win Wood ‘Purpose of giving the people a free tb,> lnvlt,1, ' n " tn
ers name otf the ballot, although j. seems, is going to be the Republi-'Depression? If we ure shut out. dis-
legularly filed. can nominee. A good many cx-scrv-1 franchisee!, denied the right of vot-
rollowing is the second of the se- , ce mcnt j am afra (1 are „ oin „ ,_ png, bav<,n, t the sub-committee just
res of articles written from Ameri- vote f or bial \ Ve h cot ta rSn a,' as much ri B ht to shu f out anybody
cus by Rogers Winter, of the Atlanta man who will more than break even elsa J , . ,
Journal stair, appearing in the Jour- w j t h the Republicans when it come' Speaking for myself personally, I
nal: |to the independent vote. Can Palm- would 1 ko to P ut on a f° 0<i heav > r
B. Rfirr-RS"winter ! c !‘, d , oit? Can McAdoo do it? V/ith
C. « r- KOG “ K5 all due respect to those gentlemen, I
St.ff Correspondent of the Atlanta doubt jf thcy can> But „ '
But Hoover can,
A\rvDiviie'”-“.'".*l' r r.nt.io " rlu evl 'ryooay in the country says
AMERICUS, uSarcii O.—Captain ... can £ vcn tbo 0nc3 who
John A. Cobb, a d.stinguished Con- po! i n g hinli mainly on part j sa P n
federate veteran and a Democrat of grounds, arc willing to admit that,
six y years standing, was thc first to " If , want to cast bal , nt for
sign his name today to u petition Hoover in the preferential primary,
requesting the sub-committee on who is au th or i Z c,l to tell me that I
rules of the Democratic state execu- Tht . y were appointrtl with authori'v
uve committee to place the name of t0 i ook af , jo d , .“” '"7 ;
let of n hostile*bol!.t” nt tlm. Herbert Hoover on the ballot of the and distributing the ballot 3 f counting
preferential primary to be held in th „,, ... . it , , .... • " ‘
pair of boots and kick that sub-com
mittee olean out of their job. That's
ju;t the way I feel about it. If they
are going to be allowed to hand-pick
our candidates for us, what is the use
of having any primary at all?"
County Primary Over.
Now that the county primary is
over, the election having been held
last Wednesday, it in expected that
presidential politics will take on re
newed interest throughout the coun
ty, not only in Americus but in
Plains and Leslie, two other towns in
the county.
accepted the invitation to deliver t]
literary address at the high i
commencement here this year,
ing the commencement week the c
of 1898, of which he was a i
will hold a reunion at which he wilfij
present. This class numbered 15,<
ly three of whom are residents of /
ericus at present. they being j
Macon Dudley, Mrs. Annie Wa]
and VV’alter Page.
be g.ven a thorough circulation in , he votes aeclarl the ' laa '- There were several hotly contest
Sumter county und will be forward- Where do they get fheir authority 'to 1 cd racM in the uount y Ternary onii
ed to Hiram Gardner, secretary of cnv » K u oll r * 1 y ‘°
the state committee and of thc sub- m J n jf j Wflnt to? „ * or th,s or that
committee, when it is ready. nMnm L| a „ ....
Captain Cobb is a son of the fa- in drcuUHo^lfor/io! P f' t,0n ^
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. O. Bray weri imous Howell Cobb, who was Demo- Crawford *Vh»»tlnv
NEW ERA
called to Vienna last week by thi Jcratic speaker of the national-house Amerieu. hsnil'’-1
doathof the former's father, Georgi ] of., .^“ivos. ™
tract surgeon.”
Wood held his colbnelcy for two
months—from May 8 t<^ July 11,
1898—when he. was advanced to
br.gadier general of volunteers. He
held this office lor five months, when
on Dec. 17, 1898, when he was made
major- general of volunteers. He
ill us advanced from assistant sur- Army and Navy Register of May 27
geon with the rank of captain to
major-general in siven months.
Under Fire Once.
prominent
mem-
voted his first Democratic ticket in ”‘ d “i. 1 "' C ° Unt *
the presidential election of 1868 when president of sonnfn 8 «iaft t0r J*\
Miss Bessie Veal is home from thr Buchanan was elected. In the next ^te to a mimhnr n# nim a de,e_
Democratic convention, held in Balti- B at e to a number of Democratic na-
more, Captain Cobb was a delegate - 1 — " — —.
from Georgia and voted for JJreck- ATTAPITOI IPninnP lim
n bridge and Lane, thc^Democratic A | I AUiU LAllKIirt AINl)
Americus hospital where she recent
ly underwent an operation.
Miss Della Parker was a visitor al
the home of Mrs. M. C. Veal Wed
nesday.
Miss Eddie Lou Parker spent las
week in Americus, the guest of Mrs
W. B. Compton.
nominees. In every presidential elec
tion from 18.j8 to 1916, inclusive,
Captain Cobb has voted the Demo
cratic ticket. He voted for Greely,
who had not previously been a Demo- Dj. (
COLD THREE WAYS
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bradford and\ cra ^ an( j vo j et j f 0 r Hancock, who
Williams*
Cora
Pain
Stopped
Influenza .
Increasing
“Gets-It” Loosens Them So '
Liftoff in A Jifly.
T ha corn p&lna ceaae aa i
ew * “■
and June 3, 1916, threw light on th>
“dist.nguished service” that ood
.... was medaled for 12 years after the
He was later transferred from the alleged incident occurred,
volunteers to u brigad.er-generalcy T he War Department records show
in the regular army on Feb. 4, 1901, the facta about the Geronimo cam-
•nd became a major-general in the paign and Wood’s part in it. In
regulars or. Aug. 8, 19t»3. June and July, 1886, Captain H. W.
General Wood was never under Lawton, Fourth cavalry, was in com-
6re more than twice in his army ca- mand of a small force consisting of
re* r and one of these is doubtful, part of a detachment of infantry that
His whole experience, practically, has had been sent him without any offi-
Lcen that of an army doctor and an cers. These men numbered less than
• Im.-nistrative officer. 'JO. Dr. Leonard Wood, a civilian
Much has been said about the physician employed under contract,
award made to Wood by Secretary was attached to Lawton’s force and
of War Alger of the congress,onal was in immediate command of the
medal of honor. This was made infantry detachment from July 2, to
March 29, 1898. It was given for July 30, 1886—28 days.
“dist.nguished service,” said to have! There Wet No Fight,
been rendered by him 12 years pre-1 On July 14, Lawton’s Indian
viously, in thc summer of 1886 in an scouts, far in advance of the rest of fii ^ n
Indian campaign. I lh-' command, "jumped" n hostile l of ftlisnes Ethel and Iru Parker Woo
Major 11. C. Benson, an officer of camp, but the Indians, having discov-1 > • h ,
_ jered the ut.acking party, had lied
w — [without firing a shot.
According to Lawton's official
little daughter, of Americus, were
Sunday visitors at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. M. H. Griffin.
Mrs. 3. M. Parker spent Friday
wi h Mrs. Mary Giles.
Miss Della Parker was a visitor at
the home of Mrs. C. N. Bailey, Fri
day.
Mrs. B. J. Lane, who recently un-
d Twent an operation at the Ameri
cus hospital, is spending a few day.
at the home of her brother, M. C
Veal..
W. T. O. Bray spent the week-enc*
in Dooly county the guest of l.is sis
ter. Mrs. D. O. Middlebrooks.
Mrs. R. P. Parker spent the week
end near Vienna with Mrs. D. C
Bray and Mrs. D. O. Middlebrook.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Morris and
children were visitors at the home o,
Mrs. S. M. Parker, Saturday.
H. A. Parker, of Americus. spent
the week-end With Mr. and Mrs. M
C. Veal.
Miss Mamie Autry spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Autr>
at their home near Cone ?rd.
Flossie Parker was the guest
Prevent it. Build up that run
down sy.-teni. Get yourself in shape tratiaen forever,
to withstand it. Take Herb-O-Lax,
the new root and herb tonic for the
stomach, liver, kidneys and blood,
such as indigestion, dyspepsia, con- >
stipation, ca.arrh of the stomach, |
. rheumatism, blind and dizzy spells j
101 Tcnic Gets and a badly run down system. '
Rhht To Wo k To Clean and! Mr * G - A * Gerald, of Woodville,
Strengthen The Body. 1 iria " - says he ? ulTered w . itb . indiges-
probably had never cast a Democratic
ballot in his life. **” uuuy ‘ j tion for several years and his system
Captain Cobb's credentials as a Iron, quinine nnd magnesia arc the 'uking one bcttlc hTwas'grcatly'rci 1
Democrat .therefore, are certainly mam chemicals in 101 Ton c. Each licvcd Mr Geraid recommends it to
as good as those of any Democrat in one attacks colds, higrippe and any one. Herb-O-Lax is sold tiy all
Georgia. He and Judge George Hill- "'i.Iana ln its own way.. Iron, the progressive drug stores in your
ycr of Atlanta have probably voted strengthens the blood, quinine kills: town nnd as n special inducement to
! “ ih„ =. milBncsin | t to try Herb-O-Lax, if you
Corn Gone
• will cut this ad out, present it to your j
nearest drug store, you can get the
in more presidential elections than the disease germs in it,
and other men in Georgia, and both clears the body of all its accumu-;
have always voted the Democratic lated poisons.
ticket. They wdre raised together Not many colds will stand thiH at-! $L56'bottlc'of Hcrb-b"Lox'fori"l.oT,
as boys. Captain Cobb is eighty-one tack. They soon give in and you j and your druggist will give you free
and Judge Hillyer is ahout eighty- feel quite your old self again. of charge a 50c bottle of Healing
six years of age. In addition to the Dr. Wiliams 101 Tonic is also a Oil free with each bottle this week
Democratic convention in Baltimore, mighty fine general tonic nnd a laxa- Address nil mail orders to Dr E
Cap:ain Cobb has been a delegate tive. Always keep it on hand. | K. Whiddcn’s Drug Store, Pensacola,
from Georgia to several others. His 25c and 5Cc bottles for sale at Fla., Distributors for Herb-O-Lax
right to express a party opinion will your dm** store.—(adv) I Tonic. (adv.)
not be questioned by any Democrat
out a twiniro from It. Then. It |
•o loose that you Juat lift It r
off, without even feeling It.
cast It away. That's how eaally
miu nuisance.
••Oets.ll.** the unfailing, guari
teed, moneyback corn
BETTER THAN
WHISKEY FUR
Ruh.My.Ti.m 1. > powerful .Mi- ! dated Sept. 0. 1886, Lawton
Mptic; it kills the pouon caused from :.. uu
clod cuts, euros old sorep, tetter,
•tc.—(-dv.)—(S)
Miss Annie Willis’ Morris wes
I visitor at the home of Mrs. W. C
[Grant, Saturday aftvrnodn
! Miss Thelma Morris and M'-s. W
T. O. Bray and children Hugh*and
ouiso, spent the week-end with
COLDS AND 1111
with the infantry detachment of f
which Dr. Wood was in charge d>d j j nir
inot reach the hostile camp until some i ^li^ Delia'Varker
■ I time after the scouts had occupied I* «i s M p urker was iU c „«««!
“Tho Rut. Around My PUe. Wore it. His report made at the time ; of Mr ' and Mrs H j Morris Satur .
Wiso,” Says John Tuthdl. (shows clearly that there was no nght-ij night
“Tried everything to kid them, ing at the hostile camp. Later on, I 9
Mixed poison with meal, meat, cheese, in an official communication, when j
Wouldn’t touch it. Tiied RAT- Lawton, in the interest of Wood, was
endeavoring to make as much us pos-
SNAP, in?-ide of ten days got rid of
all rats.” You don’t have to mix RAT- »»ble of this ufTa.r, stated pos.tively
SNAP with food. Saves fus ing, tbut “ tbe scouts fired upon thc camp,
bother. Break a cake of RAT-SNAP, no return lire was given,"
lay it where rats scamper. You will
see no more. Three sizes, 25c, 50c,
$1.00. Sold and guaranteed by Na- 66G c
than Murray, Druggist; Sheffield Grippe,
Hardware Co. and Sparks Grocery Co. Loss of Appetite and Headaches.— his care
adv (adv.)—(Sj
which a handful of Indians aban
doned a camp an hour before Wood
arrived at the camp, nt which Wood
rendered such “distinguished :;erv-
ices," according to Secretary Alger.
f that he was honored wi»h the con-
, tt “ ,, ,, “ ’gressionnl mi dal. Such is the basis
jickly reliever Colds and La- n f Wood’s c um t«. fam? as an Jn-
Conalipation, Bilious.iess. dian fighter. No <ther incident in
has ever been cited except
It was this bloodless battle in '
this as a reason for the me Ial.
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Established 1904.
New Elixir, Called Aspiron
al, Medicated With Latest
Scientific Remedies, Use.!
and Endorsed by Euvo
pean and American. Army,
Surgeons to Cut S’:ort a
Cold and Prevent Compli
cations.
Every Druggist in TT. S. In
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' While You Wait at Count
er If Relief Does Not Come
Within Two Minutes.
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Relief, Quick Warm-Up.
.Distinctive Ajparel
of the
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><1 liy the high
Sixteen Years of Profitable and Succe iful‘Cotton Growing With These Seed
Is Some Record.
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45 per cent lint, staple pulls I to I 1-2 of an itch.
Note the grow .h and increase:
Sales 1904-5 $ 300.00
Sales 1919-20 more than $60,000.00
Write for booklet giving more detailed information.
Seed put up in 10 1-2 oz. new burlap bags, price $3.00 bushel of 30 lbs.
MARCUS L. BROWN, Decatur, Georgia.
ORIGINATOR, BREED IR AND GROWER.
“Every One Who Has Planted This Cotton Has Made Money.”—VAIDEN.
thr
got ri-l
tin
oit -Ir
hinl the clerk half
of Aspironal nn«l tell him to h.tvo von
l»o teaspoon fids with four teaspoon
fi ls of water in a glass. With your
" at eh in your hand, take the drink
nt one swallow and call for your m nicy
hack in two minutes if you cannot
fool your cold fading away like a dream
within tho time limit. l»on’t ho bash
ful, for all druggists invite you and
expect you to try it. Everybody *
doing it.
When your cold or cough is re
'ioved, take the remainder of the bottle
horns to your wife and babies, foi
Aspironal is by far tho safest and most
effective, tho easiest to take and the
most agreeable cold and co> gh remedy
pi infants and children.—A dr.)
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