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VOL. XXII. NO. 54.
SENATOR SMITH ENTERS
TEUTONIC NATION
IN CIVIL WARFARE:
O CABINET SUHE
Leaders of Recent 1 insurrec
tion Are Reported Arrest
ed —Berlin Street Railways
Are Idle
MAYENCE, March 24.—More than
1,000 communists were killed in vio
lent fighting between Ebert troops
and the reds in the regions of We
scl, Gotha and Hem. ersdorf, accord
• mg to dispatches here today.
Fighting between Belgian troops
and the German reds was reported in
the Duisberg district.
WESEL. Germany, March 24.
(Via Berne.)—“Six thousand govern
ment troops, reinforced by armed
countrymen, had a skirmish with
communist guards numbering about
15,000 near here last night. Re
ports state sixty-two were killed and
upwards of 100 wounded.
NEW CABINET IS
FORMED IN GERMANY
COPENHAGEN. March 24—Forma
tion of a new German cabinet is a
matter of only a few hours, and
independent Socialists are sure of
getting several important portfolios,
according to telegrams from Berlin
this morning.
Gas. water, and electric service
has not been resumed in Berlin and
the tramways are idle, as the in
dependent Socialists have assumed
the waiting attitude. They are said
to be dissatisfied with the govern
ment's “soft methods towards trait
ors while armed Spartacists are sim
ply stood against the wall.”
GOVERNMENT AGREES
NOT TO FIGHT EABOR
LONDON, March 24.—1 n the strike
settlement reached by the German
government with the labor unions the
majority socialists are pledged to
place in their parliamentary program
the claims of labor organizations,
says a Berlin dispatch to the Ex
change Telegraph company. The
government has expressed willing
ness to withdraw its troops from
Berlin and across the Spree river—
\ near government headquarters—and
raise the state of siege immediately
it is issued. In addition it under
takes not tn attack workers, partic- i
-ularly ifcose in the Ruhr valley, and |
to negotiate with Funions concerning t
the entry of labor representatives {
into defense corps.
The unions pledged themselves to
call another meeting to decide upon
the question of a new general strike
in case their claims are not met and
the government’s policies are bro
ken. The claims of the. unions fol
low:
“Organization of the government ;
of the empire and Prussia must be
undertaken with the co-operation of ■
labor unions and the-deciding influ- ;
ence upon social laws must be given
the unions.
“Guilty rebels must be disarmed
and punished.
“‘All offices of the public admin- I
istration .must be purged of counter
revolutionists.
“‘The reform of governmental ad
ministrations must be executed as
quickly as possible with the co-oper- I
ation of the unions.
“Social laws must be extended im
. mediately to secure economic equal
ity for workingmen.
“Nationalization of industry must
be commenced at once.
“Better eupplies of food must be
arranged, and available stocks must
be placed at the disposal of the peo
ple.
“All military formations which do
not remain true to the constitution
must be disbanded.”
WOODSTOCK BANK
ROBBED OF BONDS,
STAMPS AND CASH
WOODSTOCK, Ga„ March 24. '
Robbers lentered the Bank of Wood
stock some time Tuesday night and
according to estimates of the bank
officials early today, got away with
Liberty bonds worth about $2o,)00
or $25,000, about SIOO of the bank s
cash, probably SI,OOO worth of!
stamps and S4OO cash belonging to
the postoffice, whose cash box is
i brought to the bank each night for
safekeeping, a number of nustal re
ceipts and blank money orders, be
sides many notes, deeds and other
valuable papers kept in the bank by I
the business men of Woodstock.
The vault door was broken to
pieces, but the main safe, in which!
it is said there was a large sum of;
money, stood firm. The bank was
doing business as usual today, al
though there -was some delay owing!
to the confusion incident to the rob-!
bery and the large crowd in tow:
for the election, this being primary!
election day In Cherokee county.
March Cotton Corner
Smashes; Option Drops
255 Points to 40.25
NEW YORK, March 24.—March .
cotton contracts broke even more
rapidly and sensationall yat the open
ing of the cotton market today than
they had advanced yesterday. The!
first sale was at 41.40 cents a pound I
and the price dropped to 40.25 cents;
on the next transaction, or 255 points'
below yesterday’s closing figure and !
nearly sls per bale below the high I
record of yesterday morning.
Only on? notice of •’was* re- {
pc.ted but it was believed that un
protected shorts had finished cover- i
ir.g yesterday as there were only one i
or two buyers in evidence at the I
start. The big break in March had;
, a confusing effect on general senti-i
ment and later deliveries were unset- j
tied, selling off approximately 20 to
30 points under liquidation.
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ALFHILDE BERNSCHOLD
STOCKHOLM. —Enter now the
American newsie!
Miss Alfhilde Bernschold, whose
parents live in Chicago, sells papers
at Regeringsgatan, Stockholm’s
businest corner. She’s the only
news vendor in the city with Amer
ican pep and methods and the only
“newsette” under 45.
“I’ve taught this berg a few things
about American democracy,” she
says. “One is a newsie can be hon
est and another is that a girl news
kid can eat -in a swell ‘cafay’ if
she’s got the price. And I ain’t
afraid of royalty, neither!”
Prince Erick passes her stand
often and buys paper 1 ® from Alf
hilde. She smiles and he smiles.
FEDERAL PLAN TO
STORE COAL MAY
KEEP DOWN PRICE
WASHINGTON. March 24.—Presi
dent Wilson within a few days will
sign an executive order directing all
departments of the federal govern
ment to purchase and Store up a
three, months’ supply of coal during
May, June and July, it was learned
today. State and county govern
ments and public utilities will be
influenced to do likewise.
The result will be, in the opinion
of experts of -the national coal com
mission, that the mines will be kept
busy during the dull season, the
frantic rush of work in the mines as
winter comes on will be eliminated
and there will be such a saving that
the 27 per cent wage increase grant
ed the miners by the commission will
be- absorbed and not passed on to the
public. If not so absorbed the wage
increases granted 500,000 miners, if
charged entirely to the consumer,
will increase the price of coal 15 1-2
per cent beginning April 1, it was
estimated.
The issuing of President Wilson’s
executive order will be a great step
toward stabilizing the coal industry
and protecting the consumer, it was
believed here today. In its recom
mendations the commission pointed
out that "irregularity of mining op
erations is the primary cause of the
unsatisfactory condition of the in
dustry and results in high prices of
coal and dissatisfaction among min
ers.” The government purchases dur
ing May, June and July, if followed
by state and county governments
and public utilities, are expected to
iron out this irregularity.
Americus’ Population
9,010; Anniston Has
15,709 in Census
WASHINGTON, March 24—Popu
lation statistics for 1920 announced
today by the census bureau in
cluded:
Americus, Ga„ 9,019, increase 947,
or 11.7 per cent.
Anniston, Ala., ’15,709; increase, 2.-
915, or 22.8 per cent.
Dayton, 0., 153,830; an increase of
37,253, or 31.1 per cent over 1919.
Parkersburg, W. Va., 20,039; in
crease 2,197, or 12.3 per cent.
Middletown, N. Y., 18,420; in-
crease 3,107, or 20.3 per cent.
Kewanee, Ills., 16,026; increase 6,-'
719, or 72.2 per cent.
Warren, Ohio, 27,050; increase 15,-
939. of. 144.1 per cent.
The population of Asheville, N.
C., will be announced tomorrow at
10:30 a. m.
Congressman Dies ‘
In a Barber Shop
WASHINGTON, March 24—Repre
sentative W. J. Browning, of Cam
den, N. J., dropped dead today in
the barber shop at the capitol.
Mr. Browning was about to step
out of the barber’s,, chair when he
was stricken with an attack of
heart disease. He died before phy
sicians, who were hastily summoned,
could reach the shop.
Born in Camden, N. J., 70 years
ago, Mr. Browning had represented
the First New Jersey District in
congress since 1911, having be#n
elected while serving as chief clerk
of the house of representatives. He
was the ranking Republican mem
ber of the naval committe and han
dled the naval bill in the house
where it was passed late yesterday.
The house adjourned out of re
spect for Mr. Browning, after adopt
ing a resolution expressing regret at
his death.
m IN STATE OF
CHAOS WHEN IS.
BEGAHWAR.CHARGE
Assistant Chief of Bureau
of Navigation Follows Ad
miral Sims to Stand in
Probe
WASHINGTON, March 24.—Vir
tual chaos existed in the navy de
partment at the time the United
States entered the war, Captain Har
ris Laning, assistant chief of the
bureau of navigation during the war,
testified today before the senate in
vestigating committee.
The navy not only was not pre
pared when the United States en
tered the war, but it did not “carry
on’’ in the early days “as efficiently,
as it could and should have,” Cap
tain Laning said.
Captain Laning, who followed Rear
Admiral Sims on the stand, said his
statements were based on his ex
periences at sea with the fleet just
before the United States entered the
war and in the navy department at
Washington afterwards.
Flan Disapproved
The witness said that at about the
time the United States declared war
the office of chief of .naval opera
tions had prepared a jjan outlining
how the navy’s first efforts should
be directed, but that it was disap
proved by the department with the
result that when a plan of opera
tions was needed the navy was
without one.
He charged that during the war
it. always was/difficult and fre
quently impossible to obtain the de
partment’s approval to essential
plans and policies, making it neces
sary for subordinate officers to go
far beyond their authority to get
things accomplished, thus increasing
the difficulty of carrying on the war
and decreasing the effectiveness of
American participation.
Captain Laning also told the com
mittee that the various units of the
department could make no co-ordi
nated effort to carry on the war for
lack of a definite general plan; that
the fleet was not ready for opera
tions when war began, and that in
the years immediately preceding
1917 the department did not take an
attitude toward legislation and poli
cies that would have prepared the
fleet.
Didn’t Know What to Do
Captain Laning said-no one Knew
what to do after a plan of action
submitted by the bureau of opera
tions had been disapproved and that
the “personal characteristics of the
secretary of the navy often made
it impossible to get approval of real
ly important policies.”
Captaing Laning summoned up his
criticism as follows:
I.—“ln the years immediately pre- i
ceding our entry into the war” the,
navy department did not take an at
titude on legislation and policies
th..t would enable the fleet to be
made property ready for. war, and
the fleet was not properly ready
when war was declared.
2 “Even when war was imminent,
when it was apparent that war
could not be avoided, the department
even then did not do these things
that ought to have been done to make
the navy ready to carry out the war
in, its full strength and along the
right lines.”
3 “About the time war was de
clared, although a carefully drawn up
plan was prepared by chief of naval
operations, the plan was not approv- '■
ed and as the result the navy did not
not have any general plan” to meet,
the enemy submarine campaign.
4 “The various parts of the navy
department would make no co-ordi
nated effort to carry on the war” be
cause of this lack of a definite plan
“with the result that not only was
the effectiveness of the naval ef
forts greatly reduced in the early
stages of the war, but also the cost
of the war, was probably consider
ably and unnecessarily added to.”
5 "During the,war it was always
difficult and frequently impossible
to obtain the department's approval
of essential plans and policies.”
At the request of Senator Pittman,
Democrat, the le-tter of General Bliss
denying that he favored brigading of
American troops with those of the
allies was inserted in the record.
Admiral Sims had said General Bilss
favored the plan.
World’s Highest Price
For Mules Paid Here,
Declare Stockmen
What stockmen declare is the
world’s highest price for mules was
paid Wednesday morning at the Na
tional Stock Yards in Atlanta for a
pair of mules shipped here from
Missouri.
The mules were a fine sorrel pair,
prize winners throughout the coun
try, their joint weight 2,800 pounds.
They -were a special order consigned
to Weill Brothers at the National
Stock Yards, and were bought by J.
Walter Sanders, a banker of Union,
S. C., for $1,500 for the pair. The
price, according to Dr. Carnes, of
Caines & Carnes, Atlanta veterinari
an who examined the mules for ship
ment to South Carolina, is the high
est ever paid for mules, and the
mules, he says, are the finest he has
ever seen.
Atlanta has long ranked as the sec
ond largest mule market in the world,
being excelled only by St. Louis.
HEAL S STOMACH"!ROU
BLE AND TAPE WORM
AT HOME
A sample home treatment whicn
gives quick and lasting relief in all
forms of stomach trouble, including
tape worms or other worms, is being
supplied to sufferers by Walter A.
Reisner, Box C-64, Milwaukee, Wis.
He is so confident of results that
he guarantees absolute satisfaction
in every c.tse or there is no charge
for the treatment. If you suiter
from stomach trouble or any kind
of worms, send him your name and
address today, as this notice may
not appear again.— (Advt.)
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1920.
AMERICA TO HOLD
TO FIRST STAND ON
TURKISHQUESTION
Expulsion of Ottoman From
Europe Will Be Reiterated
in Note to Be Forwarded
Soon
WASHINGTON, March 2L— The
original position of the American
government that the Turks should
be expelled from Europe is restated
in a note to the allied supreme coun
cil which has been prepared at the
state department and which will be
transmitted soon. The note will
bear the signature of Bainbridge
Colby, the new secretary of state,
and will be the first diplomatic pa
per to be signed by him.
The communication is in reply to
an inquiry from the French and
British governments as to this coun
try’s views on the Turkish settle
ment. An early announcement at
the department said the note had
been dispatched, but it developed
that this was erroneous. Officials
were not certain when it would go
forward nor would they say whether
it would be«sent through the British
and French embassies here or
through the American embassies at
London and Paris.
The position of the American gov-'
ernment is understood to be that
there is no sound reason for retain
ing the Turkish capital in Europe.
The United States is said to take
the view that the contention that ex
pulsion of the Turks might be re
sented by the Mohammedans is not
supported by the facts, since the
war in the near east was won large
ly by the aid of Mohammedans.
The United States, it is under
stood, desires that Armenia be set
up as an independent state and that
it embrace as much territory as the
Armenian government can cofitrol. It
also takes the position that any ar
rangement that is made with regard
to Turkey should guarantee to all
nations equal opportunities for com
merce and that no belligerent should
be given paramount claims in any
part of the east.
The position of the United States,
it is said, also is that in any ar
rangement for the government of
Constantinople and the Turkish
states a place, for participation of
Russia should be made, as the Amer
ican government is Convinced that
no plan of settlement can be suc
cessful in _ the long run which does
not takS-Thtb account the interests'
of Russia in the matter.
16,000 "RUSSIAN’
SOLDIERS FROZEN
TODEATH,REPORT
LONDON, March 24.—More than
16,000 anti-bolshevik soldiers have
been found frozen to death on the
steppes, it is announced in a soviet
military communique- received today
from Moscow by wireless. (The step
pes comprise the plains in south
eastern Russia and the western Asi
atic provinces.)
The statement reports progress
by the Red troops against General
Deniken’s forces along railway
in the Ekaterinodar region on the
Caucasus front.
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PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
I.
WIN SERVICE MEN.
SAYS LEGIONNAIRE
Failure of Government to,
Aid Ex-Soldiers Blamed
For Situation by Utah.
i Man
WASHINGTON, March 24.—-Fail
ure of the government to aid former
service men has resulted in the I.
W. W. making a drive to get such
men into that organization, the
house ways and means committee |
was told by J. E. Holden, state ad- .
jutant of the American Legion in
Utah.
Organized propaganda by the J.
W. W. to discredit government aid
and undermine the American Legion
is spreading throughout the country,
he said, and many "unintelligent”
former service men are being gath
ered into the organization as the re
sult of propaganda stating that the
government has done nothing for
former soldiers.
“It is hard to come back,” Mr.
Holden said, “and see the I. W. W.
undermining the principles and
idfeals of former service men and
plotting the overthrow of the gov
ernment.”
J. G. Strugham, a member of the
legion's executive committee, told the
committee there was much discon
tent among both former service men
and women and that immediate re
lief was necessary.
delawareTn”
DOUBT OVER
SUFFRAGE VOTE
DOVER, I/el., March 24.—Whether
Delaware/would be the thirty-sixth
state to ratify the woman suffrage
constitutional amendment still was
in doubt today when the legislature
convened for the third day of its
extraordinary session.
No vote in either body of the leg
islature was in prospect before next
Friday and the struggle for votes
between the advocates and opponents
of suffrage continued unabated today
wrttiYboth still ' claiming victory.
Governor Townsend said he was sure
the resolution ratifying the amend
ment would be “put over.”
Introduction of the resolution was
the only official event scheduled to
day. Senator Walter, of Wilmington,
was to offer it for reference to the
committee on revised statutes headed
by Senator Short, regarded* as an
opponent, of suffrage. Republican
leaders planned to have the senate
act first because of the smaller mar
sin of opposition in the upper house.
The contest for votes, will come
openly before a joint session of the
legislature on Thursday which has
been set aside for public/hearings.
Suffrage advocates will be heard
Thursday morning and opponents at
a later session. United States Sen
ators Spencer, Republican, Missouri,
and McKellar, Tennessee, Democrat,
have been invited by the National
Woman’s party to be the principal
speakers for suffrage.
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■TOLEDO. —‘‘Tank, sir?” Tank Corps Lieutenant Toni Davies,
now on recruiting duty here, says he may start a tank taxi company
when’s he’s out of service. Just at present his time find his tank are
well taken up by Miss Margaret Bowman, stenographer. Miss Bow
man rides to parties, rides to lunch and jogs and rumbles home in
the evening in Davies’ tank.
PAR-CLEARANCE
MATTER NOW IN
HANDS OF JUDGE
Judge Beverly D. Evans, of the
southern district of Georgia, federal
court, on Wednesday afternoon took
under advisement the motion of the
Georgia Country Bankers’ association
to remand' to tfie state courts the liti
gation over the par. clearance order
recently issued by the Federal Re
serve bank officials.
The arguments in the case were
completed shortly before 1 o’clock.
Judge Evans leaves Wednesday night
for Savannah and his decision is not
expected for several days.
The case was begun Tuesday aft
ernoon, when Attorney Alex W.
Smith, chief counsel for the plain
tiffs, presented the country bankers’
side of the case.
It was , opened Wednesday morn
ing with arguments on behalf
of the Federal Reserve bank, which
is represented by Attorneys Holltn?
Randolph and Robert S. Parker. The
point in the hearing is the motion of
the plaintiff to remand the case to
the state dburt, where it was origi
nally filed, and from where it was re
moved o.i the ruling of W. D.
Ellis.
“BULK LINE” COST
OF COTTON CROP IS
28 CENTS A POUND
(The Atlanta Jo.imal News Bureau)
623 Riggs Building.
BY THEODORE TIIDDB
WASHINGTON, March 24.—The
department of agriculture . today
made public a. preliminary report on
• the cost of cotton production for
1918, WhicH shows a "bulk line” cost
of twenty-eight cents per pound of
lint. (
Department of agriculture special
ists explain that “bulk line” is the
line that marks the point on a scale
of costs about which the price of a
commodity must hang if an adequate
number of producers are to be kept
in the business. At a price fixed on
this basis, 85 per cent of t.het cot
ton produced on
which cost figures were obtained
would have been produced at a prof
it, and 66 per cent of the farmers
concerned would have made money.
At a price fixed on the basis of
average cost of production, 23 cents,
onlj- 351 of the 842 farmers, or 41.7
per cent, would have made a profit.
The data from which these figures
were divided were gathered by the
office of farm management during
May and June, 1919, in parts of
Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina,
and Texas. The records* which are
for the 1918 crop, show in detail
for each of the 842 farmers the ex
penditures that should be charged to
the cotton crop for labor, seed, fer
tilizer, manure, baskets, sheets, and
sacks used in picking, ginning, bags,
ties, use of land, use of machinery,
insurance, taxes and overhead. These
figures have just been tabulated,
and the results of the survey will
soon be published in full.
Costs and Production
The department says it was found
that the net cost of production rang
ed from 8 dents a pound to $1.07.
Three farms, totaling only 35 acres,
produced cotton at the minimum
cost. Only 22 farms produced at
a cost.of less than 14 cents, while
over 50 show costs ranging from 50
cents to $1.07 per pound.
The average yield of lint cotton
for all districts was 227 pounds per
acre. There was a variation in
yield from 78 pounds per acre from
the lowest producing farms to 481
on the highest producing farms.
Yield per ace, in general, shows a
controlling influence upon cost per
pound. Where yields were high, the
cost per pound was usually found
to be comparatively low, and vice
versa. For example, the operator
who is found to produce 300 pounds
of cotton per acre at a cost of S6O per
acre, produces at the rate of 20 cents
per pound, while the operator whose
yield is but 150 pounds, though he
keeps his acre cost down to $45,
produces at the rate of 30 cents iier
pound.
It is pointed out that the. “bulk
line” as determined for these 842
cotton farms, almost coincides with
I the price actually received for the
crop in question, namely, about 29
cents. The season of 1918 admitted
ly was an exceptionally prosperous
one for the cot >n growers, and 12
per cent of the farmers from whom
cost figures were obtained grew; cot
ton at a cost in excess of the price
that prevailed for the 1918 crop.
“Bulk Dine” Principle
The United States government used
the “bulk line” during the war for
price fixing in industries other than
agriculture, setting a price so that
froni 80 to 90 per cent of a commod
ity could be produced at a profit. A
, certain percentage of producers may
i be expected to lose on a given staple
iin any given year, but economists
; agree that if prices sink so lov; as
: to make this percentage very large,
I say as low as the line of the aver
i age cost of production, so many will
lose that production of that staple
will tend to fall off until prices rise
to a point where they will again cov
er the cost of the bulk of the prod
uct.
“The more generally farmers study
their costs and adjust their produc
! cion on the basis of costs and prices,
I the more readily will economic
I forces operate to maintain production
on a profitable basis,” says the-de
partment.
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FORMAL STATEMENT
FROM GEORGIAN IS
TO BE ISSUED SOON
Senior Senator to Go Before
Voters on April 20 as
Candidate for Democratic
Nopiination
Senator Howe Smith will enter
the Georgia presidential primary to
be held April 20 and within the’next
twenty-four hours will isshe a state
ment to the voters of state. A:
his rooms in the Piedmont Ijotcl there
was given on Wednesday morning
the following announcement:
“It was learned Wednesday morn
ing at Senator Hoke Smith’s room:
in tme Piedmont hotel that he had
definitely determined to permit the
use of his name in the primary of
April 20 and that he would within
twenty-four hours issue an announce
ment to the Democratic voters ot
Georgia.”
The decision of Senator Smith to'
enter the primary was made in re
sponse to requests that have comt
to him from all parts of Georgia to
give expression to a viewpoint not
now represented by the candidacy of
Attorney General Palmer or the can-/
didacy of Senator Reed.
How Democrats Feel
Many Democrats feel that tin
great body of loyal Democratic opin
ion in Georgia is neither in favoi
of such an unqualified indorsement
of every act of the administration
as Attorney General Palmer repre
sents, nor in favor of such an un
qualified repudation of the adminis
tration as Senator Reed represents
They have represented to Senatoi
Smith that the overwhelming, senti
ment of the state is in favor of the
ratification of the peace treaty with
reservations, rather than complete re
jection of the treaty because the sen
ate insisted upon reservations. In
view of Attorney General Palmer’,
announcement ipade when he enter
ed the primary that his cftndidac
should be understood as an-indorse
ment of “every phase” of the a<<
ministration, it is generally believe I
that he supports the refusal of Pres
ident Wilson to accept the treaty in
the form passed by the senate. Gcoi
gla Democrats have insisted t -
Senator Smith that this extrern .■
view dies not represent their feelin;;
in the • treaty matter —that rathe
than see the ratification of th
treaty delayed twelve months, i.
not prevented altogether, they
prefer it in the form passed by th ;
senate. . u t
On the other hand, it’has been pro
sented to Senator Smith that GOOrgi :
Democrats do not demand, as doe •
Senator Reed, complete rejection C.'
th3 League of Nations; that the great
body of Georgia Democrats, in othe
words, are not “bitter enders;’’ tha;
they resent personal antagonism to
ward the president.
An Unwilling Choice
Hence the feeling among Demo
crats all over the state that the?-,
has developed in the prcsidentic 1
primary a very unfortunate situatio.’.
They have told Senator Smith the
they are presented with an unwi: -
ing choice of which two extreme .
neither one of which would, be an e: -
pression of their tri/e sentiments K •
garding national affairs.
What they desire, and what the;.-
have urged Senator Smith to repri
sent in the primary, is the midd'. ■
ground viewpoint between these ex
tremes; the viewpoint which they be
lieve to be typical of the overwheln -
ing sentiment of loyal Democrats al!
over Georgia. u
It has further been urged upc i
Senator Smith that a large elemei
of the party in Georgia were denic I
p -tlcipation in the primary in con •
nection with the suggestion of Her -
bert Hoover as the nominee at Sr i
Francisco; that another large ele
ment favoring uninstructed delegati •
cannot express itself; that the pre -
idential primary as it stands now is
choice between sending to San Fran
cisco a Palmer delegation or a Rec 1
delegation. x
As stated by Senator Smith in i
statement issued. Tuesday, his fee’
ing is that the Democratic party < '
Georgia has honored him with mai.. ■
evidences of its favor and its co -
fidence, and not to be willing to re -
der a service to the great body <
Democrats in this peculiar situatic i
would amount to ingratiude. Hem
he has determined to place himsc’
at disposal of the party without
regard To the effect upon his politic I
future, and he makes it very pla: i
that the delegates to San Francisi >
• ill be placed by him in a positir i
to vote as their best judgment di -
tales for the party’s nominee fj.-
president.
Lower Clohting Prices
Mr. James D. Bell, head of tl‘ •
fell Tailors, prominent colthii r
n-anufacturers, Adams at Gre. .
streets, Chicago, Illinois, says th t
by dealing. direct with the mam -
facturer anyone can save from sl2/ •
to $30.00 on every suit they buy. A
typical value offered by this cc >-
cern is a guaranteed all wool cam
mere suit made to individual me? --
ure for only $25.00. This suit,
Bell states, is in every respect, eqv '.
to the ones generally sold at $?7." •
to $40.0J? The Bell Tailors Ofl •
even greater savings on their hig - -
er priced suits which include w<- -
steds, serges, flannels and oth ’
high grade fabrics of the latest p- -
terns and weaves. Readers of th s
paper interested in reducing th/- ■
clothing costs should write Mr. B< .
for a free copy of his big m
Spring and Summer Fashion Bo
No. 761, which contains simj
charts for taking measures, a lafr ■
assortment of samples and han-'-
some illustrations of all the latt
New York and Chicago styles. Wri.e
him today.—(Advt.)