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THE LEADER TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA„ AUGUST 20, 1920. PINZI CLIENTS HEAVY Forty Thousand People Paid Fourteen Million Dollars To Famous Boston “Wizard” I Boston.—An Infuriated crowd of In¬ vestors stormed the ofices of the Old (Colony Foreign Exchange company here and sought to attack (': M. Bright well, president of Ihe company, which (re admitted was insolvent. The crowd, which had been gather¬ ing some time, demanded return of Its money. Cries of "Kill lirightwell! Lynch pim!” went up. Charles Ponzi, whose net of "iifty per cent in forty-five days" enmeshed to many customers that lie had to use bushel baskets to hold their money, was nearing tlie end of Ills rope on the 13th of August. The self-claimed financial “wizard'’ was at liberty on $35,000 bail- $25,000 the federal charge of using the mails to defraud and the other $10,000 on a state charge of larceny. The report of the audit of his hooks by federal officials wus expected to he mude public, Forecasts were that the report would show Ponzl had 10, 000 customers; that they had “iavest ed" as high u« $14,000,000 in his scheme; that lie repaid approximately $0,000,000 before I lie doors of the Han¬ over Trust company were closed, and that he still owes the remainder. Federal officials declared that there was no question hut that the savings of thousands were tied up in the Ponzi venture. Bunk Commissioner Allen stuck to bis statement thut the capital of tiie ,Harover Trust company was ‘‘badly Impaired if not wiped out,” despite de¬ nials of officials. Rose Ponzi, pretty, dark-eyed 'Ital¬ ian girl, proved her love and faiili by the simple statement: “He is my husband.” After his surrender to the authori¬ ties, Ponzi rushed home to his wife; she waB waiting for him on the lawn p£ their beautiful estate, and received him as tenderly us if nothing at all had happened. GIVE WOMEN VOTE, NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR URGES FThls Country Is No Longer an Asso¬ ciation Of States, But A Nation. M Raleigh, N. C.—-Declaring that wom¬ en should have “the first right to speak when the issue Is whether or pot the world shall henceforth be ruled by reason and righteousness, or by blood and iron,” Governor BicUett, in a special message, called upon the North Carolina legislature to accept the in¬ evitable and ratify the federal woman suffrage amendment. The governor warned Uls Democrat¬ ic friends that the most they would he able to do by defeating the ratification to defeat. ’ i He urged them to accept Resolution would he to delay "for six months a movement you are powerless It as the part "of wisdom and of grace,” adding that within the period of a fdw months “some other state will open the door and women will enter ,the political forum,” We may just ae well realize, gen tlemen, »• the governor continued, “that this country Is no longer an association !of states, but a nation. Whatever a jnajority of the people of the nation Iwant is going to be the supreme law 'of the land. “Whenever 1 really want to think seriously about states' rights, 1 go and muse for an hour over the grave of my Confederate grandfather, for I realize now more keenly than ever before that states’ rights have passed away. INCOME $10,000 A DAY, LIVES IN 2-ROOM FLAT; i GOES TO WORK AT 9:0C I \ New York.—Arthur T. Walker, for¬ mer clerk, is having quite a run on the front pages of Now York newspapers AValker recently left the fifty million dollar residuary estate of Edward E Searles of Masacliusetts, and New York is unable to understand how it happens that a man with an income of round ten thousand dollars a day should continue to live in a two-room flat in Brooklyn and go to work every morning at nine o’clock. $ Hopeless Love Makes Couples Suicide Washington.—The tragic romance o fa wealthy man of the world and a couutry miss was unfolded here re¬ cently through investigation of the deaths of J. Ford Thompson and Mary (Sneeringer. The bodies of the 4’J-year old man and the pretty 16-year-old girl were found in the woods near Em Miitsburg, Md„ not far from here. Both had been shot through the head; near¬ by lay two revolvers. The girl was a waitress and had been absent from home since the night of August 10. Body Of Gorgas Reaches Washington The^hody of the late Maj. Gen. Wil¬ liam Crawford Gorgas. former surgeon ' general of the army, whose death oc cur red in London, lay in state a day at the parish house of the Church ol the Epiphany. It arrived in Washing ton from New York and was escorted to the parish house by two .troops ol cavalry. Brief services were held foi the members of the immediate family The body will lie in state until Augus: 16,/when burial will be made in the Arlington cemetery. o Advertising in The Leader-Tribune Bring* Results, POLAND ASKS AID FROM U. S. Po | and Wlth Back To The Wall, WII Ask Immediate Material Aid From United States Washington. Poland, its back to the wall In its fight against Soviel Russia, will ask immediate material aid of the United States, it is an nounced by Prince Ludormirski, the Polish minister, More than that, it will seek to develop precisely what Ihe United States meant hy the an nouncement in its note to the Italian government that it would employ "ali available means” to maintain a free Poland ' Expressing complete satisfaction witli the United States note, the minis¬ ter declared lie was convinced that it would inspire Poland with a new spir jt of hope. He added that this country was sorely In need of war materials of all kinds, and that it probably would seek credits from the United States with which to purchase them. Simultaneous with th eminister’s an¬ nouncement, the legation made public a proclamation issued hy the council of national defense at War saw, warning the nations that a "new world war hangs over the world,” and that if Poland should he crushed hy tile Boltdievlki it would he due ‘‘to tiie indifference of a world which calls itself democratic.” Copies of the United Slates note to Italy, it is said at the state depart¬ ment, have been delivered to the rep¬ resentatives of the allied and associat¬ ed gover •enls and distributed to all r V drink. i E V M trj§ X c-t >•/' <£■ /'■ y. ■ ■ K ' , X S'* r -x •: 1 ..T* * :••• M ! , ........ -V •> m mm. ■y <* •a mmmn ••y • X w.V- '< . . v v • - t t 1* m ■y ; ■ | m | ■- S: •<: SX; •X; >; & & 0 # |y- .■i>: o*v' ;X; vy . : : <V y'S: t-: mMM >v / vJ.'. -'/av!' •' . * : * ft mm ,;i ' .V -; ; : : ; : x .■ # A! 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Wa Bottled in Fort Valley by Coca Cola & Bottling Oo. /Prepared Laboratory: by Orange-Crush Los Angeles Co., Chicago: '•X X Send for free book, “ The Story of Orange-Crush* I > f ~ ~~ [ ising the new:- its centers widest dissemination, of the world, prom¬ even in Russia itself. Diplomats generally egard the document as having a three fold purpose: First, the extension of inoral support to the Polish government and peo¬ ple. Second, an appeal lo tiie masses in Russia t<> throw off the Uolehevild yoke and establish a constitutional government. Third, the influence of other nations to refrain from recognition of the So viet regime. The dispatch of the note to Italy followed a series of information con¬ versations that had been in progress for several weeks between officials of the state department and the Ital¬ ian embassy. 1 ROOSEVELT HAS FIRED HIS OPENING GUN AT . G. O. P. NOMINEE | He Lauds The Progressive Thought Of Ths Country, And Takes Issue With Republicans Chicago. Franklin D. Roosevelt, ! Democratic candidate for vice preal dent, has opened his campaign. I Before a crowd of three thousand at the auditorium theater here, he ' urged Republicans and Independents to join the Democrats in support of the platform adopted tit the San Fran cisco convention, and of the ticket nominated there. II.- told the Republicans their party gad been split hy a quarrel among I th elcadu,, ano ,ie faction represent ed hy Senator Harding was the “old guard” which Theodore Roosevelt op posed. Addressing himself particular ly to those who are not Democrats. Mr. Roosevelt said: "The day is past when it is either popular or useful to damn everybody and everything connected with the op position. The Republican leaders, however, show no signs of having taken to heart the drastic lesson taught at that time, ■ • he told the big audience. Seven hundred women were given the places of honor on the stage. ¥ ¥ *******1* * * ¥ Jf ★★★★★★ ★★★★★★ ★★★* if ¥¥¥¥ ¥■ ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥„¥ ¥¥¥¥¥¥ * * * Watches, Clocks, Diamonds, Jewelry and * ! * Silverware. * * * if 9 * If When in Macon Take Time to See If If KIES ARMSTRONG If If If & If If If If if If RELIABLE GOODS ONLY if if Phone 836 315 Third Street. If if * if Macon, Georgia, * * if * ¥ ¥ * .y. * j^^aF¥¥¥¥¥¥ *★★★★★ ★★★★ *■★★★★★★★★★★★★★> Many Geor 0 lan» Accepted For Army Atlanta.—Atlantans and Georgians uuoug the 83 men who applied and were accepted for enlistment in the ,rmy at the army recruiting station, 130 Transportation building, Friday, August 13, us follows: Luther Poole of Atlanta, Charlie 8. Durham of Atlanta, William Williams of Crawford, Son Drake of Crawford, Edward Watson of Atlanta; James Madden of Atlanta, lease Davis of Thomusvllle, Thomas Drift: of Atlanta, Ronald T. Smith of Atlanta, Lucius Smith u£ Atlanta, Iamesj jj parr 0 f Augusta, William D. Say of B’ue Rid fsmnie *4 Moore of Beach, WardeH Clark ft asco Martin of Atlanta, Homer ,f Covington, Willie Kelsey ol’ Oconee, John Patterson of Macon, Itugon God win of Rockmart, William Clark of Ma | ;on Frank Graves of Atlanta, John , James 1. tv. Milton of Miiledgeville, . [> ean of Balnbridge, Wllliant Kiser of >darto\vn, Gains B. Miller of Barnes ‘ rilie, Silas F. Davis of Roystoa, WU* j jj B jndson of Macon, -0- V “A ROSE TO THE LIVING. I * “An interesting paper you are putting out these days. J. W. Stokes, (Lithonia, Ga., 8-13-20.”