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VOL. XXII. NO. 52.
NEW PREAMBLE IS
PASSED SENATE
WITHOUTROLLCALL
Eleventh - Hour Canvass
Shows That Ratification Is
Unlikely lrish Question
Causes Storm
What Senate Leaders
Think of Treaty Vote
WASHINGTON; D. C., March
19.—Eleventh hour statements of
treaty fight leaders were:
“I cannot see the 64 votes nec
essary to ratify,” Senator Lodge,
leader of the strong reservation
ists.
“More than enough Democratic
senators will stand firm agains.
the nullifying and destructive
Lodge reservations,” Senator
Hitchcock, leader of the Wilson
Democrats.
“The senate will again refuse
to involve the United States in
the treacherous scheme of the
League of Nations,” Senator
Borah, leader of the Republican
"bitter enders.”
“I am afraid the treaty will
fail again,” Senator Lenroot, mild
reservation leader.
“All over but the ijpting,” Sen
ator Simmons, head of the group
of Democrats willing to com
promise on the Lodge
tion.
History of Peace Treaty
June 28, 1919, signed at Ver
sailles.
July 10. 1919, presented to sen
ate by President Wilson.
November 19, 1919, rejected by
senate, 41 to 51.
February 19, 1920, revived in
senate.
March 18. 1920, revived Lodge
reservations adopted.
March 19, 1920, debate on ratifi
cation resolution, preparatory to
final vote.
WASHINGTON, March 19.—With
all indications pointing to a final
vote today on the peace treaty, the
senate today took up the preamble
to the ratifying resolution.
The Lodge amendment was first
called up. It provides that "a fail
ure on the part of the allied and
associated powers to make objec
tion” to the senate’s reservation be
fore the American notice of ratifi
cation is deposited "shall be taken
as a full and final acceptance of
such reservations and understandings
by said powers.”
The preamble as adopted last No
vember required that at least three
allied powers notify this government
through diplomatic notes of accept
ance of reservations.
Senator Lodge’s amendment was
adopted without a roll call and with
practically no debate.
As soon as Senator Lodge’s amend
ment was adopted Senator Brande
gee called up his amendment to the
preamble, which provides that rati
fication shall not take effect unless
the instrument of ratification shall
have been filed within 60 days after
the adoption of the resolution of rat
ification by the senate.
Eleventh-hour surveys of the sit
uation by the leaders of all the va
rious factions convinced them, they
declared, that nothing can now
change a single vote. Senator Hitch
cock continued to predict from 40
to 42 votes against ratification.
Senator Hitchcock may ask a vote
on unqualified ratification and on
the reservations supported last ses
sion by the Democrats, and since
then accepted by President Wilson.
Trammell Xeaves Wilson
During the debate on the Brandegee
amendment, Senator Fletcher, Flor
ida, urged that the president be given
ninety days in which to act instead
of sixty as provided in the amend
ment. Senator Brandegee said he
was willing to set "any reasonable
time,” and thereupon modified his
amendment to read ninety days.
The senate was as listless and
bored during the early debate as
though some minor bill were be
fore it.
Senator Trammell, Florida, urged
defeat of the Brandegee amendment,
on the ground that it was aninter
lerence by the senate with the func
tion of the president.
"Senators have resented here what
they term the president’s interference
with the senate. Now the senate
proposes to interfere with him. After
spending eight months on the treaty
we w ; ant to hurry the president.”
Senator Trammell announced he
would vote for ratification with the
„ Lodge reservations. He was the first
' administration senator to a«novm3
a break from the Wilson leadership.
He said he objtcteu iu . v-...c .. --
tions but wanted the/eLague of .Na
tions, and would therefore waive his
objections.
The Brandegee 90-<fay amendment
to the preamble was rejected, 41 to
42.
Senator Lenroot in a speech ar
raigned Senator Hitchcock, Democrat
ic leader, for allying himself with
Senator Borah, "irreconcilable’ - ’ lead-
• er, to beat the treaty. But the real
responsibility, if the treaty fails,
rests on . President Wilson, he declar
ed.
President Wilson’s course com
mands the admiration of nobody, he
said, charging that the president has
refused to allow the Americanization
of the treaty.
Attr.cks President
"He prefers to see the whole treaty
(Continued on Page 9, Column 4)
Mrs. Paul Gram, residing at 916
Fourth street, Milwaukee, Wis., re
cently gave out the following state
ment: “L had suffered with Fits
(Epilepsy) for over 14 years. Doctors
and medicine did me no good. It
seemed that I was beyond all hope
or relief, when at -last I secured a
preparation that cured me sound and
well. Over 10 years have passed
and the attacks have not returned. I
wish every one who suffers from this
* terrible disease would write R. P. N.
Lepso, 13 Island t avenue, Milwaukee,
Wis., and ask for a bottle of the
same kind of medicine which he gave
me. He has generously promised to
s-vid it prepaid, free to any one who
■Crites him.”—(Advt.)
eljc Atlanta SH-Wteklji Sounial
HALL COUNTY HOO VER MEN REQUEST HOKE SMITH
TO MAKE THE RACE FOR PRESIDENT IN GEORGIA
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Chattanooga Club
To Organize State of
Tennessee for Hoover
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., March 19.
Chattanooga’s Hoover for President
club was organized at an enthusias
tic meeting at the county courthouse
Thursday night attended by more
than 200 leading Democrats. Judge
J. J. Lynch was elected president.
Other officers elected were: S. B.
Smith, S. A. Laundress and Theo
King, vice presidents; E. E. Brown,
secretary, and C. S. Coffey, treas
urer.
Among those named on the execu
tive committee were Mayor A. W.
Chambless, City Commissioner Ed
.Base, State Attorney General George
Chamlee, former County Judge Will
Cummins, J. B. Clark, managing edi
tor of the Chattanooga News, and
L. G. Walker, edoiton of the Chat
tanooga Times.
A committee was appointed to can
vass the state to recruit members
for the local club and organize simi
lar clubs in other cities.
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AN EMBARRASSING SITUATION
Solicitor Rules That
Congress Has Power to
Levy Tax on Dividends
WASHINGTON, March 19.—Con
gress has the power to levy taxes
on the privileges of issuing dividends
in stock to make up for the losses
caused by the decision of the su
preme court that such dividends can
not be taxed directly, according to
a ruling of Wayne Johnson, solicitor
of the treasury department, sent to
the house ways and means commit
tee today.
Such a plan is provided in a bill
recently introduced by Representa
tive Greene, lowa, and It is probaple
that a measure along this line will
be repoi led by the committee.
Scratching His Nose
Fatal to War Veteran
MUSKOGEE, Okla.—A veteran of
two wars and never injured in battle,
Lieutenant Charles Reynolds died
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1920.
Mate Kills Seaman
After Alleged Attack
Is Made on Captain
TAMPA, Fla., March 19.—Three
members of the crew of the steamer
Gilt Edge are held here under SSOO
bonds each, for appearance in United
States court here following a hear
ing ore United States Commis
sioner Knowles on a charge of
mutiny and causing trouble in
which one man was killed on the ves
sel on the high seas on March 5. Ac
cording to evidence given by Cap
tain Helle, the members of the crew
had been using rum. He found an
intoxicated man at the wheel, he
said, and vhen another was called
an argument developed. The first
man drew a gun and the mate fired
at him to save the captain’s 1 ife,
killing the man.
here as the result of a schatch on
his nose. Reynolds was a private in
the Spanish-American war and an of
ficer in the last war. Blood poison
killed him, doctors said.
HODVERSTDI
MITE OVER
pmiraßE
Mayor Wright and Editor
Williams, of Waycross,
Say It Is Now Necessary
for Georgian to Run
BY ROGERS WINTER.
(The Journal’s Staff Correspondent.)
WAYCROSS, Ga., March 19.—That.
Herbert Hoover would carry Ware
county, 5 to 1, against Attorney Gen
eral Palmer was the opinion ex
pressed here today to The Journal
.correspondent by Sam T. Wright,
mayor of the city of Waycross, who
bases his opinion upon the fact that
the presidential primary has aroused
a high degree of interest in this city
and county, and the fact that Hoov
er supporters are overwhelmingly
in the majority.
However, Mayor Wright in com
mon with other Hoover supporters
in Waycross has about given up
hope that the subcommittee on rules
of the Democratic state executive
committee, or the state executive
committee are going to allow him
the privilege of voting as his judg
ment directs in the presidential pri
mary, and hence his mind is turn
ing to the question of placing on
the ballot the name of some Geor
gian who will represent the view
point of the Hoover supporters.
“It is plain to my mind,” said
Mayor Wright, “that the Democratic
party cannot win with an old line
politician, and we are wasting our
time when we try to do so. We are
obliged to get the independent vote
of the country to win the election.
Who can get it for us? Herbert
Hdover. There can be no argument
as to the fact that he looms up
larger on the Democratic horizon
than any other candidate. As to
Mr. Palmer, I do not believe he
would get twenty-five votes in this
city if the primary were held to
morrow. Hoover sentiment is strong
not only here, but all through this
section. This county would go for
Hoover, 5 to 1, against Palmer. But
apparently the subcommittee Is not
going to pay any attention to the
demand of Democrats all over the
state, and that brings us- down to
the question of alternatives. It
seems to me that a Georgian on the
ballot to represent our views is the
logical solution.”
Editor Williams’ View
Another strong supporter of Her
bert Hoover is Volney Williams, edi
tor of the Waycross Journal-Herald
and formerly a member of the Geor
gia 4house of representatives from
Ware county. His paper for several
weeks has been conducting a vigor
ous editorial campaign in behalf of
the right of Democrats to vote as
their judgment directs in their own
primary.
“I have had hopes,” said Mr. Wil
liams to The Journal correspondent,
“that the subcommittee would real
ize its mistake and correct it by al
lowing the name of .Herbert Hoover
to go on the ballot. It seems, how
ever, since their meeting in Atlanta
Wednesday, that their minds are not
open to reason or appeals to fair
play. I am doubtful whether the
state executive committee can be
persuaded to override the action of
the subcommittee.
“Hence it becomes necessary for
us to consider some other alterna
tive, and the logical move, as I see
it, is to place upon the ballot the
name of some Georgian whom the
subcommittee cannot rule out on the
ground of ‘Democratic eligibility’ and
then to secure his consent to make
our fight for the right of Democrats
to vote without dictation in their
own primary.
“This would enable us to vote for
Hoover by voting for him. It would
be understood that if he carried the
primary, there would go to San Fran
cisco a delegation pledged to cast its
ballots for Herbert Hoover, after
complimenting our candidate, as long
as there seemed! to be a reasonable
prospect of nominating Mr. Hoover,
and then if he could not be nominat
ed, the delegation would be free to
vote as its judgment dictated for the
most available man who offered tAe
best prospect of Democratic success.
Suggests Hoke Smith
“As to whether Senator Hoke
(Continued on Page 8, Column 4)
Are Clothiers Profiteering?
“No,” says Mr. James D. Bell, head
of one of the largest tailoring con
cerns of America. “Most of the deal
ers are sincerely anxious to reduce
the present high costs and are sell
ing as low as they can under exist
ing conditions. The fault lies in the
present system of distribution which
requires many unnecessary expenses
and unnecessary profits which in
crease the cost but add nothing to the
value of the clothes. By dealing di
rect with the manufacturers a large
saving can be made. For Instance:
the Bell Tailors, corner Adams at
Green Streets, Chicago, Illinois, man
ufacturers of made-to-measure cloth
ing, offer a three-piece, guaranteed
all wool suit for only *525.00, the
equal of which cannot possibly be sold
at retail, allowing even a small profit
for less than $37.50 or $40.00.” This
company offers proportionate savings
on their complete line, including their
fine Australian all wool Frenchback
serge, the most serviceable and high
grade fabric made. Readers of this
paper interested in buying the high
est grade clothing at the lowest pos
sible price should write the Bell
Tailors, Adams at Green Streets, Chi
cago, Illinois, and ask for a free copy
of their big new Spring and Summer
Fashion Book No. 760, containing sim
ple charts for taking measurements,
handsome illustrations of all the lat
est New York and Chicago styles and
a large assortment of cloth samples
in many beautiful colors, patterns
and weaves. They will gladly send
them free. — (Advt.)
235 Gainesville Democrats
Reaffirm Their Desire to
Vote for Mr. Hoover
CROWDS JEER AND
INSULT TROOPS AS
THEY JM BERLIN
NEW YORK, March 19.—(Sum
mary of European Cables to the As
sociated Press.) —Berlin is still un
der the rule of bayonets, but troops
loyal to the Ebert government pa
trol the streets. Forces which sup
ported the regime set up last Sat
urday by Dr. Wolfgang Kapp and
his followers left Berlin yesterday.
Withdrawal of these soldiers, how
ever, left chaos behind, as the rear
guard turned against jeering crowds
in Unter Den Linden and fired, many
citizens being killed and scores
wounded. More bloodshed occurred
near the parliament buildings, while
in Charlottenburg and other sub
urbs clashes resulted in loss of life.
While radical elements have not
made organized attacks on the cap
ital, economic conditions are describ
ed as serious. The resumption ot
power by the constitutional govern
ment is opposed by those who be
lieve it bargained with the reaction
ary leaders who tried to seize con
trol, and there seems to be an ur
gent demand for a reorganization of
the ministry and changes in policy
in important particulars.
Reports from Germany outside of
Berlin are of such character that a
clear view of the situation Is hard
to obtain at present.
While it is said Soviets have been
formed in a number of important
towns and cities and in industrial
districts ,it does not appear the
movement is gaining momentum.
Communist sympathizers seem to
have met with stern opposition at
many points.
LON M’CONNELL
. VOICES PROTEST
IN OPEN LETTER
Lon J. McConnell, of Royston, one
of the state’s leading Democrats,
has addressed the following open
letter to the state Democratic execu
tive committee:
To the Georgia State Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee.
Gentlemen: The great body of
Georgia Democrats are doing some
very t est thinking and plain
talking about your invading their
rights at the ballot box in the ap
proaching presidential primary.
The spirit of tolerance is being
strained to the breaking point by
your self-appointed guardianship of
the manhood-Democracy of this
state. >
They are not willing for the serv
ant to assume the role of master nor
for the creature to dictate to and
coerce the creator. Are the Palmar
Democrats and the Reed Democrats
to have privileges that are tj be de
nied Hoover Democrats, just because
the committe happens to have the
power—or thinks it has the power?
The committee forfeits its power
w'ien it abuses it, and it has begun
to look like this fact' shall the
basis of our appeal to throw off your
a * >cracy.
Party reformation should come
from within when possible, but your
committee has shut the gdte on ev
erybody but professional Democrats
and has told the real Democrats to
go to the devil.
Your committee used bad fai.h
when it sent its questionnaire to Mr.
Hoover, for it knew what his answer
would be before it was sent, and
your committee was only seeking
grounds to justify action in elimi
nating his name from your party
ticket. Sucfi action is not full, open,
round dealing, and every sensible
man in Georgia knows it.
Real Democrats deeply resent such
treatment. «
What are you going to do about ’t,
ge.itlemen "-I the committee?
If nothing, then what are the sov
ereign Democrats of Georgia going
to do about it?
LON J. M’CONNELL.
Royston, Ga., March 17, 1920. ’
NEWBERRY CASE
PLACED IN HANDS
OF JURY THURSDAY
' GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 19
The jury charged with decidng the
innocence or guilt of Senator Tru
man H. Newberry and eighty-four
codefendants on trial here for eight
weeks for alleged violation of elec
tion laws, resumed its deliberations
at 8 o’clock this morning. The case
was passed to the jurors late yes
terday and an hour later they were
excused for the night by Judge
Clarence W. Sessions.
Os the six counts in the indict
ment, only two remained—the .first
charging criminal conspiracy to pro
cure the nomination and election
of Newberry in violation of state
and federal election laws, and the
sixth, charging use of the mails to
defraud.
Senator Newberry was the only
individual mentioned in the court’s
final words to the jury. Judge Ses
sion said that under the first count it
was necessary for the government to
establish that there was an agree
ment, understanding or plan, express
or implied, by two or more of the de
fendants, that Newberry be persuaded
to use, give or contribute or cause to
be used, given or contributed, a cam
paign fund in excess of $3,750.
Colonel H. H, Perry Writes
Strong Card Commenting
on New Petition and Show
ing How Hoover Senti
ment Is Sweeping Hall
County-
Gainesville, Ga., March 18, 1920.
Editor The Journal: Some days
ago it was stated in the Constitu
tion that practically every man of
the 232 Democrats who had signed
the original petition from this city
asing that Mo. Hoover’s name be
[ put on the ticet at the presidential
I primary had changed his mind anl
was not now for Hoover.
I send you a statement just signed
by 235 prominent Democrats of Hall
county, to correct any impression
that the Hoover sentiment here has
subsided. On the contrary, it Is
stronger and more widely spread
than ever. In addition to the town
feeling, I am credibly told that two
thirds of the voters throughout the
county are strongly for Hoover.
The present statement is -more,
pronounced than the first, because in
iC the signers declare that in their
opinion the principles avowed by
Mr. Hooover show him to be a true
Democrat and that they believe he
should be the nominee of the Demo
cr?" party.
To show the strength of the senti
ment here, the present statement Is
signed by well-nown men of the
highest character and standing,
staunch Democrats, their position
and business shown in the statement,
men who do not sign anything as a
matter of form.
The signers include the judge of
the court of ordinary, the two clerks
of the superior court, t’- sheriff of
the county, the tax collector, the tax
receiver, the judge of the city court
of Hall county, the solicitor general
of the circuit, the county board of
education, a county commissioner,
the chairman of the Democratic ex
ecutive committee of the county and
other members of that committee,
the mayor of Gainesville, several of
the aidermen, the city engineer, and
clerk of council, the position of all
of these showing that they are
necessarily Democrats. The signers
also include the president of the
chamber of commerce, the superin
tendents of both the railroads, the
presidents of tthe four promlnen
banks, the presidentsvf nearly every
mercantile establishment, the presi
dents of the colleges, the superin
tendent of the public schools, nearly
all the lawyers and physicians, the
superintendents of both the large
cotton factories, besides others in
various occupations and positions, all
well known here and known as Dem
ocrats, and many who formerly held
official positions as Democrats.
By comparing with the original
lisr, it will be seen that practically
all are on this. A number of tho
original list are out of town and
could‘not be seen but are known to
be ardent supporters of Mr. Hoover. 1
Only two or three on the original
list, fearing this statement might
commit them in any event to voting
for Hoover, declined to sign the
present statement. Others -ot on
the original list desired to sign this
list. By taking a little time to see
the parties, I am satisfied from the
expressions of the people the pres
ent list could easily be extended to
five hundred. Respectfully,
11. H. PERRY.
Here Is Petition
Gainesville, Ga., March 15, 1920.
The undersigned white Democrats of
Hall county believe that Herbert C.
Hoover should be the nominee of the
Democratic party for president, as
being in his principles a true Demo
crat and we demand that his name
be put upon the official ballot at
the presidential primary, that we
may have the privilege of voting
for him.
This petition was signed by 235
Gainesville Democrats.
Living Costs Decrease
Less Than 1 Per Cent
WASHINGTON, March 19.—Living
costs in February were six-tenths of
one per cent less than in January,
according to figures made public by
the labor department today. The fig
urse are based on reports from re
tail food dealers in 51 cities.
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can use the very cheapest grade of I
gasoline or half gasoline and half
kerosene and still get more power
and more mileage than you now get
from the highest test gasoline. Many
Ford owners say they now get as
high as 45 50 miles a gallon
of gasoline. So sure are the manu
facturers of the immense saving their
new carburetor will make that they j
offer to send it on 30 days’ trial to I
every car owner. As it can be put I
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any one, all readers who want io try '
it should send their name, address I
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SENATOR PETITIONED
TO H 111 PROTEST
OK AUTOCRATIC OOLE
Declare Thousands of Dem
ocrats, Favoring Neither
Palmer Nor Reed, Are
About to Be Disfranchised
GAINESVILLE, Ga., March 19.
Nothing daunted by the arbitrary ac
tion of the subcommittee of the
state Democratic executive commit
tee in reaffirming its purpose to
disfranchise thousands of Georgia
Democrats in the preferential prim
ary, leading citizens of Hail county
Thursday united in signing a petition
placing the name of Senator Hoke
Smith on the primary ballot in
Georgia. This action was followed
by a telegram to Senator Smith, ap
pealing to him to come to the rescue
of his fellow Georgians and carry
their banner in the preferential pri
mary.
The initiative in the premises was
taken by Felix Jackson, one of the
leading bankers of Gainesville, and
one of Hall county’s most active and
Influential citizens. . Within two
hours after Mr. Jackson set the peti
tion in circulation, far more than the
requisite one hundred names had
been signed to the petition, and Mr.
Jackson had prepared a telegram to
Senator Smith.
In his telegram to Georgias senior
senator, Mr. Jackson declares it to
be evident that a coterie of machine
politicians in Georgia are bent upon
restricting the preferential primary
in Georgia to a race between two ex
•tremes, with neither of which the
rank and file of voter? are in sym
pathy.
Mr. Jackson asserts that Attorney
General Palmer, who is being advo
cated by one faction in Georgia, can
not possibly carry his own state of
Pennsylvania if nominated on the
Democratic ticket at the San Fran
cisco convention, while Senator
James A. Reed, who is -being urged
by another extreme, is not a candi
date for the presidential nomination
in his own state of Missouri.
After the names had tyjan se
cured and the petition mailed to the
secretary, of > the state committee,
Mr. Jackson addressed the following
message to Senator Smith, urging
that he answer the call and come
to the relief of the disfranchised
Democrats of Georgia:
"Gainesville, Ga., March 18, 1920.
“Senator Hoke Smith,
“Washington, D. C.
“It has become apparent to the
Democrats of Hall county a d ' ou
sands of Georgians that the sub
committee of the state Democratic
executive committee is going to dis
franchise thousands of - Georgia Dem
ocrats in the coming preferential
primary. It( has become apparent
that the object is to force the Dem
ocrats of Georgia to vote for either
A. Mitchell Palmer, on one side,
who declares he stands by every
phase of the president’s adminis
tration, or Senator James A. Reed, of
Missouri, on the other side, who has
opposed practically every phase of
Wilson’s administration.
Two Extreme Candidates
“Neither of these extreme views,
in our judgments, represents the real
opinion of thousands of progressive,
forward-looking Democrats. ~W,e are
taking the liberty of filing today
with the secretary of the state Demo
cratic executive committee your name
for president in the presidential pri
mary, to be held April 20.
“We do not believe- that A. Mitchell
Palmer will be nominated by the
Democrats at San Francisco, and we
do not believe that if nominated he
will be elected, or carry his own
state.
“We believe he is the stalking
horse of machine politicians of Geor
gia to throttle the voice of the peo
ple.
“We know that Senator Reed is not
a candidate for president in his
own state, and, therefore, is not a
serious candidate for the office.
“Some of us differ with the position
you have assumed in Washington,
but all of us know that you not only
have the ability, but the courage, to
carry the flag of thousands of Demo
crats disfranchised by the arbitrary
subcommittee of the state executive
committee, and also the ability not
only to carry your own state In the
primary, but to carry your own state
in the general election, something
that Palmer cannot do in his own
state.
“We are perfectly confident that
you . would make a president 7 of
the nation superior to either Reed
or Palmer, and we are perfectly con
fident that if you should carry our
banner and should win that the dele
gates to San Francisco would repre
sent the best thought of progressive
democracy of Georgia, and that those
delegates would vote for that Demo
crat who represents most truly Demo
cratic principles and has the best
chance to win.
“We know that it '.has been your
expressed preference to take no part
in the preferential presidential pri
.mary, but we also know that you
have publicly expressed your opinion
that the Democrats of Georgia should
have the right to vote for whom
they please.
hose Signing
“We have filed your n’amc and we
believe it to be your duty to rep
resent the thousands who have been
disfranchised, some of whom pre
fer an uninstructed delegation and all
of those who stand between the two
of A. Mitchell Palmer and
James A. Reed.
(Signed) “FELIX JACKSON.”. ;
The petition to the state commit
tee bears the following signatures:
Feiix Jackson, A. G. Maxwell, J. Y.
Ashford, R. A. Brice, George T.
Estes,. C. E. Smith, W. D. Whelchel,
James A. Rudolph, George E. Pil
grim, J. W. Jacobs, J. D. Mauldin.
•George T. Estes, Jr.; D. H. Merck,
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