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THE LEADER TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA., JULY 30, 1920. MB*** r I A D yijZiA ' V -\ a <t 1 eies * : I Hi <1 : 1; » ». m r 1 i 1 *+ r fK*: • SI) A ° , .* w i A '•' r ' ’ - fl fe t* 't ‘*4 >.Vrt *'>"■& •fforf/iMta. IJV A Good SB n gfl! that yonr liver’s oat of order and yonr blood’s ■weak and watery, when wake vvith “ an you up “about 1 -1 awful taste in your mouth” and as tired busy as with when Dr. you Thaeher’s went to Inver bed.” and Better Blood get HVjjjSj ttjfjraf! Syrnp. good shape It’ll and put brace your you liver up all and over. bowels Finest in |iHjjf| p«Ug kind of a FAMILY TONIC—in use for 08 « years. On sale at your drug store. ' iHe Mr. and Mrs. J.II.Nelson, Carthage, Tex.: “We have B used Dr. It Thacker's has been Liver only and doctor Blood when Syrup sick for and many in ||h 'ifjfeL 2d 33 years. our n run-down condition.” THACKER MEDICINE CO & Chattanooga, Tenn., U. S. A. Woman Killed By Four-Year-Old Son Greenville, Ky.~ When Mrs. Willis Graham, 26 years old, tried to slop her 4-year-old son, Harold, from carry¬ ing a loaded shotgun out of their home near here, the child pulled the trigger. The full load entered the mother's breast, killing her instantly. Mrs. Graham hud put down a nursing infant to restrain the child witli the gun. Britain To Renew Jap Alliance London.—Announcement lias been imade here that Britain will probably renew her alliance with Japan, which expires July 20, 1921. The renewed treaty, it is declared, will contain the clause which was inserted in the re¬ vision cf 1911, safeguarding Britain against being called upon to support Japan in any quarrel with the United Slates. This, it Is added, will be the first treaty of importance to be sub mitted to the league of nations for approval. Seaplane Guided By Radio Signals Washington.—Guided entirely by radio compass signals, a navy sea plane F-5-L jeft Norfolk and flew ninety-five miles on a beeline to pick up the battleship Ohio at sea, with no knowledge at the time of taking tie air of the vessel’s location. The t ea :plane then navigated its return to [Norfolk nicely b.v radio compas ■. Navy department officials to whom the fligi .•was reported said ii was the first linn -adio compass apparatus had beep uS.lit to direct aircraft to a ship. Advertising in The Leader-Tri¬ bune brings the desired results. 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Many of the people of rrwin county have heard Mr. Walker speak and will bear us out in the statement that he is a most brilliant speaker, and his public acta arid ut¬ terances are such as do not have to be explained or defended. It appears to us that he has the lead in the race. At least he has many supporters in Irwin county. He made good as At¬ torney General, and filled the office to the satisfaction of the people of the state. We believe that they in tend Star. to call him higher up.—Ocilla —Advertisement O Advertising in The Leader-Tri bune brings the desired results. m L Wa f§ y ii GLASSES w 4 Returned the Same Day Re ‘ ceivrd. Special Attention Giv ! en to All Mail Orders MASON OPTICAL CO. J M KALISH, Opt. 565 Cherry St. Macon, Ga. FOR STATE SENATE According to the rotation system it is Houston County’s time to fur¬ nish the State Senator from this the Twenty-third District, which is com¬ posed of the Counties of Houston, Taylor and Crawford. 1 hereby announce my candidacy for the office of State Senator, sub¬ ject to the rules of the Democratic Primary. the and I shall appreciate vote sup¬ port of the people of Houston Coun ty. Respectfully, J. E. Davidson. -0 To The Voteri of Houston County I hereby announce subject my candidacy the for the Legislature to Democratic Nomination. In the event I am elected, I prom¬ ise to represent to the best of my ability, all of the citizens of Houston County, regardless of location. I shall advocate all measures that will aid our grand old county in con¬ tinuing its upward progress, and re¬ sist with ail the power I possess, any measure which seeks to dethrone it from the pre-eminent position it now occupies. Respectfully, J. J. Houser. 0 TO THE VOTERS OF HOUSTON. I beg to announce my candidacy for the Legislature subject to the Democratic Primary. The issue before the people of Houston is the creation of a New County, and I am seeking your votes upon this issue. A native of this county and yield¬ vinced ing to none that in my loyalty, I am con¬ the time has come—if both sections should progress as they should—that a division should be made. Therefore 1 solicit your careful and unprejudiced consideration of my candidacy, and trust that you will see fit to honor me with your suffrage upon my position on the New County issue. Respectfully, EMMETT HOUSER. ■o TO THE VOTERS OF HOUSTON COUNTY I hereby announce myself a can¬ didate for the Legislature subject to the democratic primary. I consci¬ entiously believe that thetime has come for a division of Houston Coun ty. Our people are the same but in¬ terests in some respects are differ¬ ent. The county is divided and there can he no growth commensurate with her resources until the ques¬ tion of a new county is settled. “It is a house divided against itself’’, and I ask the voters of Houston County to carefully consider whether it is not best to divide and let each section of the county take the lines of development which are suitable their products and commercial In asking your support on the is¬ of a division of the county I am that it’s natural for the peo¬ of the western side of Houston want a new county, and at the time it is legitimate for those the eastern side to oppose it. I hope the fight will be that of gentlemen and friends and not enemies. Respectfully, C. H. Jackson Byron, Ga., May 28, 1920. O TO THE PEOPLE OF THE 12th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT I am a candidate for Congress from the 12th Congressional Dis¬ trict of Georgia, under such rules and regulations as our party may prescribe in the Democratic Primary to be held Sept. 8th, 1920. Member¬ ship in Congress is a post of honor and service. In a period of transi¬ tion and disturbance its importance cannot be over-estimated. The ef¬ ficient and prompt adjustment of •the problems of the nation is very vital to the general welfare. Believ ng in the old “Democratic Princi¬ ples” of economy and faithful ser¬ vice, I respectfully solicit your sup¬ port. Roscoe Peacock. —o ro THE VOTERS OF THE TWELFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT I hereby announce my candidacy 'or re-election to Congress, subject . o rules and regulations of Democra ic Primary. I stand upon my record n Congress* upon all predges made o the people and will, if elected, ontinue to give my best efforts to ill matters, legislative and adminis rative, involving the welfare of the people and the nation. I will appreciate the support and Influence of everyone. r W. W. Larsen. foil Guard Against Burglars, But What About Rats? Rats steal millions of dollars’ worth f grain, chickens, eggs, etc. Destroy and are a menace to health. you are troubled with rats, try It will surely kill them odors. Cats or dogs won’t it. Comes in cakes. Three sizes, t 50c, $1.00. Sold and guaranteed Georgia Agricultural Works and - s Pharmacy.—Adv, $1,054,702 ROAD FUNDS NEARLY $1,200,000 OF U. S. ROAD FUND HAS BEEN CLAIMED BY STATE OF GEORGIA STATE NEWS OF INTEREST Brief News Items Gathered Here and There From All Sections Of The State Atlanta.—Under the federal aid sys¬ tem of highway improvement Georgia has claimed nearly $1,200,000 of gov¬ ernment road funds, and of this amount $1,054,702 has been made available since the prepent highway department took charge, according to an announce¬ ment by the state highway board. A total of $193,876 in federal voucb ers has been called for In the month of July, and this amount will be ap¬ portioned among the counties accord¬ ing to the amount of road building they have done during the month. The counties for which federal aid money has been asked are as follows: Brooks ........ $10,844.25 Bulloch .......... 6.478.42 Chatham .......... 30,739.33 Cook ........ ........ 2.001.64 Cherokee .. .......... 16,133.23 Charlton .......... 2,305.64 Douglas .... .......... 5,598.28 Dougherty .......... 8,927.04 Emanuel .......... 9,008.36 Floyd .......... 8,026.51 Habersham .......... 2,560.74 Haralson .......... 2,329.30 Harris .......... 1,512.28 Lowndes .......... 17,465.21 Lumpkin ......... 4,376.55 McDuffie .... ......... 2,165.68 Morgan ........ ......... 4.553.55 Paulding ......... 1.797.16 Pulaski ........ ......... 7,576.83 Rabun ........ ......... 2,257.34 Spalding ......... 9.134.81 Thomas ......... 7,669.65 Walker ...... ......... 1,084.95 Walton ...... ......... 7.804.78 Washington ......... 4,093.47 Wilkes ........ ......... 1,003.08 Worth ........ ......... 16,067.72 21 Murder Cases Awaiting Trial Macon.—There are twenty-one mur¬ der cases pending in Bibb county at the present time, it being the largest number of cases of that kind ever known to be awaiting trial at one time in this county. At the beginning of the April term of court there were nineteen murder cases pending, but four of them were disposed of in one form or another. Since then, however, there has been another "crime wave,” during which there have been six more killings. The latest capital cases de¬ veloped are those of C. G. Creason, the blind organ grinder, who shot and killed his wife; Mrs. Maud Hewell, who is charged with killing her in¬ fant child; Minnie Lee Prater, a ne¬ gro woman, who is charged with drown¬ ing a four-year-old negro boy in the Ocmulgee river, and Will Oliver, a negro, who is charged with the kill¬ ing of another negro man. Two oth¬ er warrants are out in cases where the defendants have not been arrest¬ ed and the names of those implicated are being withheld. Restaurant Wrecked In Fight Macon.—A restaurant operated by W. T. Glenn on Poplar street was wrecked and two of the participants, in a free-for-all fight, were taken to the hospital here recently. Knives, crockery, glassware and chairs were used as weapons in the fight and eight ceiling fans, a number of tables and other equipment were destroyed in the melee. The trouble started when J. K. Hayes, the manager, informed three or four men who had been eating in the restaurant, that they could not go into the kitchen. One of them drew a knife on Hayes, and when Louis Cranford stepped between them he received a cut in the head. Walter Byrd also came to Hayes’ aid and wielded a chair. Others who partici¬ pated in the fight were B. Raines, pro proprietor of a barber shop: Henry Watts of Jones county, and J. J. Sim¬ mons. a barber. Raines and Cranford were taken to the hospital, but they are not seriously hurt, it is said. Swims River Twice Trying To Escape Athens.—Atfer swiming the river twice in an effort to elude officers of the law and bloodhounds, “Whitey” White, a young convict serving sen¬ tence on the Clark county gang, has been captured and returned to his daily task of swinging a pick. “Whitey” —who lives in Madison county—recent¬ ly became homesick and decided to go home for a vacation; and when he was sent for a bucket of water by one of the officers he failed to return. Af¬ ter a short time, pursuit was started, and “Whitey” was chased to the river banks, where the trail was lost, but picked up again on the opposite side. Shooting Ends Poker Game Griffin.—Ben F. Miller, single, was shot five times and killedby John Penley, married man. Miller leaves a mother and two brothers. Penley was arrested immediately after the shoot ing, and at an inquest held a short while afterwards was bound over tc the grand jury for investigation and sent to jail. Both men were armed and it is said the difficulty started ovei a p 0 k e r game which had been in prog reS s during the night. Committee To Receive Governor Amerlcus, Ga.—The committee ol Ainericua business men who will en tertain Governor Braugh anti 4<K) Ar¬ kansas farmers and financiers whc ! will visit Sumter county August 2 has just been named by President Carr S. Glover of the Amerlcus and Sumter counties chamber of com merce. Joseph Perkins, secretary ol the chamber of commerce, will ac¬ company the committee, as will also George 0. Marshall, county farm dem¬ onstration agent, who will assist the visitors in inspecting a number of fine farms in this vicinity. The itinerary of the party includes a complete tour of Sumter county, the entire day be¬ ing devoted to hard work, and almost utterly devoid of entertainment fea¬ tures. At the conclusion of their in¬ spection tour, the visitors will visit Myrtle Spinge, seven miles out of Amerlcus, where they will enjoy an hour in the pool. Gov. Hugh Dorsey has been invited to join the Arkan sas govemuor and other visitors in their tour here. Atlanta Tenders Armory Quarters Atlanta.—Several rooms on the sec¬ ond floor of the city auditorium have been offered as a gathering place and recreation center for enlisted men of Atlanta camps, following the publica¬ tion of an article, emphasizing the ap¬ parent lack of public service men in Atlanta. The offer was made through Councilman R. A. Gordon of the Fourth ward, chairman of the audito¬ rium committee. Ofifcers at the camps received many inquiries concerning the situation, the queries indicating a deep desire on the part of Atlantans to do their full share in caring for the soldiers who make up the city's' present military population. Uhose in¬ terested are of the opinion that At¬ lanta has been in ignorance of the true situation and that the only need was apprisal of the condition. 25 Shots Bags 500 Birds Macon.—After streams of water, ro¬ man candles, army .searchlights and sulphur fumes had failed to drive away the thousands of gourd martins that had taken up their abode in the big magonlia trees on Second street, and had been making life almost un¬ bearable for the residents of that neighborhood, the city health depart¬ ment finaly hit on a plant that proved successful. Securing a number of sawed-off shotguns. City Health Offi¬ cer Margerum and a number of assist¬ ants fired into the trees and 25 shots brought 500 dead birds to the ground. It has been estimateiP that there were 50,000 birds roosting in the trees each night, and the sight was one that brought people from all over the city to witness. Efforts to dislodge the birds had been made for four or five nights without success, until the shot¬ guns were brought into play as a last resort. Colored Preacher Put In Jail Macon.—A negro parson, known as Daney Outlaw, was arrested here and is charged with signing bogus checks to the amount of two thousand dol lars and securing $1,000 from mail or¬ der houses on the checks. The negro's real name is said to be Daniel Ed¬ wards. He had been sentenced to jail in Kite, but escaped by sawing the bare. He was traced to Macon by H. W. Perkins, deputy marshal of Au¬ gusta. According to the testimony bought out at the preliminary hearing the negro headed a group of negroes who defrauded mail order houses in New York and Chicago. Orders to these houses were sent from Kite. Adrian and Wrightsville, it is claim¬ ed, bogus checks accompanying the orders. Edwards admitted his guilt, and was committed to the Richmond county Jail in default of a $2,000 bond. 1,700 Pounds Of Sugar Stolen Atlanta.—The motor truck contain¬ ing 1,700 pounds of sugar and a large quantity of groceries belonging to J. M. Rainwater, of Roswell, Ga,, which was stolen from the corner of East Harris and Ivy streets, was recovered by City Detectives Powers and Whit¬ ley on Atlanta avenue. When found the sugar and all of the groceries had disappeared, but the thief left the five cases of empty cans in the truck. The engine of the truck and the body .were uninjured, and the gasoline tank was practical'- full, giving rise to the suspicion that after stealing the truck it was driven to some spot and hur¬ riedly unloaded, then taken to the place where found for the purpose of throwing the officers off the trail. Thomas E. Watson Will Oppose Smith Atlanta.—Thomas E. Watson, for¬ mer congressman from Georgia and candidate for president years ago on the Populist ticket, has paid his fee for entering the Democratic primary for United States senator, September 8, it is announced here. He will op¬ pose United States Senator Hoke Smith, who has not formally announc¬ ed. but whom his friends generally as¬ sert will be in the race. New Sweet Potatoes On The Market Thomasville.—Thomas county has record of shipping the first sweet po¬ tatoes of the crop of 1920 in Georgia. These potatoes were shipped from Bos ton and were grown by C. K. Phil¬ lips of that town. W. T. Madre, of Boston, also shipped 300 crates of swet potatoes a few days later. These were of the Porto Rico variety and were consigned to Atlanta. All indi¬ cations point to the biggest crop of sweet potatoes this season ever grown, Ur Thomas county _ i *★★★★★ ★ * k ■* * ★ ★★★★ | £ ★ * PROFESSIONAL CARDS ★ -jf * ★★*★★★ ★★★★★★ ★★★★ A. C. RILEY ATTORNEY AT LAW Evans Building. ’Phone 156. Fort Valley, Ga. Practice in the Ordinary, Superior and Federal Courts. Loans on Realty Negotiated. O C. L. SHEPARD ATTORNEY AT LAW Evans Building. Phone 31. Fort Valley, Ga. Practice in all the State and Federal Courts. Loans Made on Realty. -0 EMMETT HOUSER ATTORNEY AT LAW First Nat. Bank Bldg. ’Phone 107. Fort Valley, Ga. Practice in Both the State and Fed¬ eral Courts. Loans Made on Realty. ■o Louis L. Brown R. E. Brown BROWN & BROWN ATTORNEYS AT LAW Wright Building. ’Phone 9. | Fort Valley, Ga. I Practice in all the State and Federal Courts. Loans on Realty Negotiated. • 0 - A. C. RILEY, JR. LAWYER Fort Valley, Ga. Loans Made on Real Estate. o HERBERT VINING Attorney and Counselor at Law Fort Valley, Ga. o DUNCAN & NUNN ATTORNEYS and COUNSELORS AT LAW Perry, Ga. Practice in State and Federal Courts. o JAMES H. DODGEN NORMAN E. ENGLISH ATTORNEYS AT LAW 302—303 Bibb Realty Bldg. Macon, Ga. o DR. W. L. NANCE DENTIST .. Miss Florence Taylor, Assistant. .. Evans Building. Fort Valley, Ga. ’Phones: Office 82; Residence 115. -a DR. W. H. HAFER DENTIST Office over Copeland's Pharmacy. Fort Valley, Ga. ’PHONES Residence 50-J; Office 58-J. •o DR. i. A. TURNER DENTIST Office over R. S. Braswell’s Store. Fort Valley, Ga. ■PHONES Office 280-J. Residence 237. ■o MARCUS L. HICKSON PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Office over R. S. Braswell’s Store. Fort Valley, Ga. ’PHONES Office 106-1B. Residence 106-2B. Fort Valley, Ga. •o J. R. KINNEY PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Office over Copeland’s Phaimacy. Fort Valley, Ga. -o THE HHIil Collier's Capatone Takes Place of Tablets, Stopping Headaches, Nausea, Colds, Grippe and Nervousness Quickly. Collier’s Capatone is the best aspirin, but in liquid form. It is not heart depressing. You can use it without, fear. All druggists have it in 30c and 6!c bottles. Each bot¬ tle must carry the signature “J. Homer Collier. ’ ♦ o Dr.Thacher’s DIARRHOEA Safe MIXTURE or and DIARRHOEA Sure DYSENTERY L___ FLUX. Etc.