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S%e Atlanta aotirnal
! . VOL. XXII. NO. 66.
PALMER STILL LEADING IN k£CK AND NECK RACE
T ornado Takes Terrible Toil' of Lives in South
DEATH LIST RISES
WITH REPORTS FROM
STRIGffISECTIONS
. Latest Figures Give More
Than 180 Dead —Southern
Georgia Among Districts
Ravaged by Windstorm
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 21
More than one hundred and eighty
killed, scores injured and two mil
lion dollars damage to cattle and
crops was the toll of the cyclone
■which swept over portions of Ala
bama, Mississippi and Tennessee
yesterday, according to incomplete
reports received today from the
stricken areas.
Fifty-four dead were reported from
Marion, Winston and Farnklin coun
ties, Ala.; 129 from Jasper, Monroy,
Madison, Lauderdale and Neshoba
counties, Mississippi and three in
Maury county, Tennessee.
Appeals for aid were received here
• from many small towns and settle
ments. Red Cross relief parties
' were organized and plans made to
rush food and tents to hundreds of
people whese homes had been de-1
stroyed.
Communication was still impaired
but authentic information to?hky was
that the disturbance had wrought
greatest havoc in the three coupties
of Alabama just north of Birming
ham. The tornado apparently struck
zfirst at Guin, Ala., and then zigzag
ged through northwestern Alabama,
eastern Mississippi and southern
Tennessee.
The Death ToU
The death toll follows -
Mississippi—Meridian, 21; Neshoba
county, 19; Glen, Alcorn county, 10;
Aberdeen, Monroe county, 21; Bay
Spring, Jasper county, 7; Ingomar,
Union county. 6; Egypt, Chickasaw
county; Baker, Union county, 5.
> Clayton, Winston county, 5; Cedar
Bluff,. Clay county, 3; Starkville sec
tion, Oktibbeha county. 3; Rosehill,
Jasper county. 6; Amory, Monroe
’ county, 3; Runnells Bridge. Lauder
dale county, 2; Keotynville, Union
county,
Alabama —Marion county, 20; Kill
ingworth Cove, Madison county, 15;
Nehama section, Colbert county, 4,
Gurley, Madison county, 3; Little
Cove, 2; Waco, Franklin county, 1.
Tennessee —Maury county, 2; Wil
liamson county, 1.
Meridian, Miss., the heart of a rich
farmingl district, suffered heaviest
with a known list oW twenty-one.
Hamilton, Ala., was next with nine
teen known dead. The village of
Glen, Alcorn county, numbered its
dead at twelve; Aberdeen, ten; Ingo
mar, six; Egypt, five; Baker, five,
and Bay Springs, seven.
A. lumber camp near Philadelphia,
Neshoba county, lost twelve killed
• and thirty were injured, several of
Whom may die.
In Alabama the rural districts
around Huntsville, Florence, Shef
field, Gurley, Little Cove and Waco
sustained the full force of the stornf
s Many Bodies Recovered
A score of bodies have been re
covered ! n this section, but the full
effect of the storm was not known
early today, as wire communication
Was still impossible.
Across the Tennessee line, 160
jniles from Meridian, near where it
Originated, the storm still had force
■ufficient to upset residences ana
farm buildings and to cut a swath
through forests and orchards.
The wide territory covered by the
tornado led to a belief that more than
one atmospheric disturbance was re
sponsible. Records of similar visi
tations show that they were confined
J to comparatively narrow limits, both
as to length and width of territory
•ffected.
Reports of the storm describe the
local destruction as haying been con
fined to a path measuring from 100
to 500 yards wide within which the
i cyclonic wind, when at its height,
left nothing but the most solid struc
tures standing.
Sixteen bodies were brought into
Hamilton, Ala., and the courthouse
was converted into a hospital to care
for scores of injured who were ar
riving throughout the morning.
Dead Teribly Mangled
Most of the dead brought in weer
terribly mangled. In many cases ar ts
and legs were blown off and seVeral ‘
bo 'es were almost unrecognizable. |
Physicians and surgeons from Guin, I
Winfield, Haleyville, Jasper, Sulli-'
gent and Carbon Hill rushed to the !
town and medical supplies were call- .
’ ed for.
‘ Bre members of the Taylor fam- j
Hy were KWiea./ One member of this I
family—a young womaq—had a large j
piece of lumber driven clear through ;
her body and a child from the same i
Tatnily was biown over half a mile ’
and killed.
Mrs. Vivian Thompson was blown!
Beveral hundred yards and her necK I
was broken. Her husband, who re- 1
cently returned from France, where
he served in the army, was severely;
injured. They were married since I
his return from abroad.
Five children of Mrs. Ida Thomp-1
son, a widow, had a miraculous es-;
cape from death. They were left, at i
home by their mother, who was tak
' ing the teachers’ examination in Ham
ilton and when the storm came up,
• they went into a storm cellar.
(Continued on Page 6, Column 4)
NEW MEXICAN
STATE JOINS
REVOLT, REPORT
AGL'A PRIETA, Sonora, April 21.
News dispatches repeating the state
ment of a Carranza official and re
counting reports made to American
army southern district headquarters
by the intelligence service, held an
overshadowing interest today in the
minds of officials of the state of So
nora, which recently withdrew al
legiance to the Carranza government.
Additional concentrations of fed-
I era! and state troops for the expect
jed clashes were reported, but noth
ing was known of actual encounters.
General Ignacio Pesquiera, ap-
I pointed by President Carranza to sue
I ceed Adolfo de la Huerta as gov
ernor of Sonora, reported upon his
arrival at Laredo, Texas, en route to
Nogales, Ariz., that the whole state
of Michoachan had gone over to the
rebels, Governor Robelo joining the
movement with all federal troops ;n
his command. His statement confirm
ed Mexico City reports of last Sun
day.
The American army intelligence re
port was to the effect that Lieuten
ant Colonel Alvaro Obregon, candi
date for president of Mexico, and re
cently- reported under detention at
the capital, was in active command
of revolutionary troops in Michoa
can.
The same report said the Seventy
seventh Mexican federal cavalry had
left Ojinga, Chihuahua, to reinforce
the Juarez garrison and that
3,200 Carranza troops were con
centrated at Casas Grandes, Chihua
hua, preparing to march against So
nora through Pulpitos Pass.
Sonora officials were without re
ports from their own sources regard
ing the Carranza claim that General
Angel Flores, commanding Sonora
troops operating in Sinaloa, has been
surrounded in Culiacan, capital of
Sinaloa, which he captured recently.
Amerincans reaching the border
from lower Sinaloa said retreating
Carranza troops were destroying
bridges and otherwise impeding the
progress of General Flores. The So
nora leaders drew encouragement
from unconfirmed reports from El
Paso that a rising of 4.000 Carranza
troops in the state of Chihuahua was
imminent.
SAYS OVERTHROW OF
CARRRANZA IS OBJECT
WASHINGTON, April 21. The
revolution now apparently sweepirrg - -
Mexico is under personal leadership
of General Alvaro Obregon, anti
government candidate for the presi
dency, and will be continued until
Carranza is overthrown, General Sal
vador Alvarado, representative here
of the revolution, said today.
“The revolution will be continued
until Carranza is overthrown,” Al
varado said. “General Obregon is the
leader of the revolution.”
Alvarado’s statement cleared away
the mist of doubt that has envelop
ed the real object of the Sonora re
volt, since its inception. Supporters
here of Obregon have insisted, up
until today, that he has no direct
connection with the rebellion.
Even in a formal statement made
public last night, Alvadaro, made no
mention of Obregon’s actual connec
tion with the revolution. He said .n
the statement that Sonora had de
cided to sever relations with the fed
eral government only “until the lat
ter should desist from its intentions
’to violate the sovereignity of the
state of Sonora ”
So intense is the resentment of
the people in Mexico against Carran
za that he will be overthrown within
from sixty to njnety days, Alvarado
declared. He said the revolting
troops would be rapidly augment"-!
with deserteers from the Carranza
arrtiy and that additional ammuni
tion and war supplies would be se
cured from government forces
they joined the rebels.
Alvarado indicated he expected
Francisco Villa actively to support
the Obregon revolution .although Ob
regon has the distinction of being
the “only man who ever defeated
Villa.” Villa is depended upon to
hold off the Carranza forces in Chi
huahua, a stronghold of the federal
army, while the rebels continue their
march down the west coast of Mex
ico. .
Should the revolution be success
ful in overthrowing Carranza, Ob
regon probably will not be designat
ed his successor immediately and ar
bitrarily, Alvarado said, but another
will be made provisional president
and elections held. He declared that
67 per cent of Mexico was for Obre
gon for president. .
Extension of Bonus
Promised by Gamer
WASHINGTON, April 21.—Exten
sion of the benefits of soldier aid
legislation to all men and women
who served in the army, navy or ma
rine corps during the war will be de
manded by Democrats in the house,
Representative Garner, Texas, Dem
ocratic whip, declared today. The
Democrats also will fight for the
plan of raising the revenue by heavy
levies on war profits instead of a tax
of one-half of one per cent on all
sales, he said.
Mr. Garner asserted that the Dem
ocrats are opposed unalterably to the
program of Republicans on the house
ways and means committee which
would limit the aid to about 3,000,009
of the 4,800,000 service men, exclud
ing officers, men in the regular army
before the declaration of war, yeo
manettes, men detailed to shipbuild
ing and industrial plants and those
who received additional compensa
tion from private interests while in
the service.
Plot to Assassinate
Venizelos Is Reported
LONDON, April 21.—The Italian
and Greek governments have been in
formed a plot has been discovered
to assassinate Premier Venizelos,
now attending the council of prem
iers at San Remo, an Athens dis
patch today said.
The alleged plot was said to have
been unearthed in Switzerland, where
former King Constantine of .Greece
is in exile.
Annapolis Tree Goes
Into Hall of Fame
WASHINGTON, April 21.*-The
American forestry association today
informed the Daughters of the
American Revolution, in ession
here, that the Libery tree at Annap
olis. Md„ had been accepted for its
Hall of Fame for trees. The tree is
more than 600 years old.
PALMER, RICHARDSON, DORSEY, ARMISTEAD,
HOPE, AND TURNER WIN IN FUL TON COUNTY
RESULTS IN COUNTY
CLOSE IN ALMOST
ILL RICESVOTED ON
Attorney General Has Mar
gin of Only Sixty-One.
Tax Receiver Shows the
Greatest Majority of All
A. Mitchell Palmer, W. S. Richard
son, T. M. Armistead, George M.
Hope, Charles G. Turner and Roy
Dorsey were the winners in Fulton
county in Tuesday’s primary.
Complete but unofficial returns
compiled by The Journal Wednesday
morning showed these results.
The remarkable feature of the pri
mary, as indicated in the final com
pilation was the close margin of
nearly every winner.
A. Mitchell Palmer carried the
county for the presidency. He won
by only 61 votes over Thomas E.
Watson, and by only 154 votes over
Senator Hoke Smith. Watson had
just 93 votes more than Smith. The
count stood: Palmer 4,008, V atson
3,947, Smith 3,854.
W. S. Richardson was victorious
for Fulton county tax collector, de
feating the present incumbent, Lu
cian Harris, by 804 votes. Harris
ran second and W. M. Poole third.
The vote was: Richardson, 5,241;
Harris, 4,337; Poole, 2,967.
T. M. Armistead had the largest
majority of any candidate in winning
his race for tax receiver. He got
7,333 votes. His opponent, J. L. Mc
. Cord got 4,957 votes. Armistead’s
majority was 2,366.
Commissioner’s Race
George M. Hope and Charles G.
Turner won in the race for county
commissioner, two to be elected. Mr.
Turner was running " re-election.
Arthur Wrigley was a good third.
The total vote in this race was:
Hope, 5,692; Turner, 4,'894; Wrigley.
4,034; Tindall, 2,687; Miller, 2,287:
Renfroe. 2.075; Pate, 1,359. \
Roy Dorsey won for solicitor of
the criminal court of tlanta. John S.
McClelland ran second. Thomas J.
Lewis third and Janies E. Garst
fourth. The vote was: Dorsey. 4,953;
McCleland, .4,331: Lewis, 2,991, and
Garst, 172. Dorsey’s lead over Mc-
Clelland was 622 votes and McClel
land’s,lead over Lewis was 1,3 40
votes;
Candidates for county offices who
were nominated without opposition
in Tuesday’s primary were: Ordi
nary. Thomas H. Jeffries; clerk of
superior court. Arnold Broyles
sheriff, James I. Lowry;’county treas
urer,' Hubert L. Culberson; coroner.
Paul Donehoo; county surveyor, J
Low Zachary; county superintendent
of schools, J. W. Simmons; judge of
the city court, H. M. Reid; judge of
criminal court, Andy Calhoun.
Muscle Shoals Plant
Retention Is Urged
WASHINGTON, April 21.—Perma
nent retention of the Muscle Shoals
nitrate plant would increase the sup
ply of fertilizer for farm use in peace
time, Milton C. Whitney, soil expert
of the department of agriculture,
told the senate agriculture commit
tee today.
Will Continue Ban
On European Labor
WASHINGTON. April 21.—Secre
tary of Laltor Wilson today refused
the request of Representative Siegal.
New York, for a lifting of the immi
gration ban to allow common laborers
from Europe to enter eastern cities.
Siegal claimed a lifting of the ban
would speed up construction of build
ings to relieve the housing shortage.
BEMfflriT
15 CENTS A GSLLON
New Invention Makes Fords
Run 34 Miles on Gallon of
Gasoline Other Cars
Show Proportionate Sav
ings ’
A new carburetor which cuts down
the gasoline* consumption of any mo
tor, including the Ford, and reduces
gasoline bills from one-third to one
half, is the proud achievement of the
Air Friction Carburetor Co., 213 Mad
ison street, Dayton Ohio. This re
markable invention not only increases
the power of all motors from 30 to
50 per cent, but enables every one to
run slow on high gear. With it you
can use the very cheapest grade of
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 to 50 miles a gallon of
gasoline. So sure are the manufac
turers of the immense saving their
new carburetor will make that they
offer to send it on 30 days’ trial to
every car owner. As it can be put
on or taken off in a few minutes by
anyone, all readers who want to try
it should send their name, address
and make of car to the manufacturer
at once. They also want local agents,
to whom they offer exceptionally
large profits. Write them today.
(Advt.)
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL,22, 1920.
HOW THE COUNTIES VOTED FOR PRESIDENT
As Indicated by Returns at the Time of This Edition.
TOTALS
Counties Unit Vote
Palmer 49 138
■ Smith 49 118
Watson 51 118
Doubtful .... 6 12
Total 155 386
DOUBTFUL
CATOOSA .2
CRAWFORD . . 2
DAWSON .'...2
HENRY 2
LIBERTY 2
WILKINSON 2
Total Unit Votes 12
WILSONTO MAKE
PACT DOMINANT
CAMPAIGN ISSUE
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Copyright', 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.)
WASHINGTON, April 21.—Presi
dent Wilson is to make the treaty of
peace the dominant issue of the cam
paign. Whether a candidate or not,
Mr. Wilson will make a fight to have
the American people indorse his
stand.
For the present, therefore, — the
treaty will not go qaek to the senate
unless, of course, there is some
change of heart in or some
situation in Europe which alters the
whole face of things.
But the overshadowing issue will
be the treaty. A vote for the Dem
ocratic ticket will oe a vote for the
peace treaty, a vote for the Republi
can ticket will be a vote against tile
peace treaty. That is the Democratic
strategy. That is what the Demo
cratic campaign orators are going to
say, notwithstanding the protests of
Republican spellbinders that they
wanted the treaty with reservations
and Mr. Wilson blocked the way. If
the American people . defeat the
Demqcratic party on that issue, the
president’s next move would unques
tionably be to withdraw American
participation from Europe and from
that would logically follow another
peace negotiation by the next presi
dent elect, either a separate peace
or an entrance into the league with
reservations.
Blame G. O. F.
But while it would be the aim
of the Republican party to keep the
American peorfle concentrated on do
mestic issues, the Democrats led by
the president will blame all the eco
nomic and business ills of the coun
try on the failure of the senate to
ratify the treaty.
In the meantime the president is
taking upon his own shoulders the
determination of American foreign
policy and American ambassadors
abroad have been instructed to act
as “observers” at all international
conferences. Foreign governments
will know that this is merely a tem
porary expedient while the American
people thresh out the differences be
tween two branches of the govern
ment,' which have co-ordinate juris
diction over the making of peace
treaties.
This decision has been reached by
the president and his official fam
ily and is reflected in the point of
visw expressed by members of the
c~’inet
“Why not send the treaty back to
the senate for further consideration
—there is nothing now before the
senate,” was the query which the
writer directed to a member of the
cabinet after this week’s cabinet
meeting.
“Court of Last Resort”
“Because the senate sent it back
to the White House without action
and with the statement that the
tieaty could not pass,” was the re
ply. “Now it is futile to think of
negotiating a new treaty with pow
ers who already have ratified it and
have put it into operation. The
president worked out a treaty which
embodied his concept of American
ideals. It was approved by repre
sentatives of forgein governments
after many of them had made conces
sions to the American viewpoint.
Some of them would be quite will
ing to recall those concessions in a
new negotiation.
“But the American people con
stitute the court of last resort. They
will decide whose conception of
Americanism is correct. If they do
not sustain the president or the Dem
ocratic platform, the next adminis
tration will have the unpleasant task
of going to Germany and making a
separate peace as well as straight
ening out the mix-up in foreign rela-
( Continued. on Page 6, Column 4)
A. M. PALMER
COUNTY UNIT VOTES
ATKINSON 2
BALDWIN 2
BERRIEN 2
8188 6
BULLOCH 4
BURKE .4
CAMDEN 2
CALHOUN 2
CHARLTON 2
CHATHAM 6
CHEROKEE 2
CLARKE 4
CLINCH 2
COOK * 2
DADE 2
DOUGHERTY 2
ECHOLS 2
EFFINGHAM 2
ELBERT 4
EMANUEL 4
FLOYD 6
FULTON 6
HEARD 2
GLYNN 2
HOUSTON 4
JASPER 2
JONES 2
LOWNDES 4
MACON 2
OGLETHORPE 2
PICKENS 2
POLK 2
PUTNAM 2
QUITMAN 2
RABUN ; 2
---i
SCHLEY 2
TERRELL 2
TIFT 2
THOMAS 4
TOWNS 2
TWIGGS 2
UNION 2
WALTON 4
WALKER 2
WAYNE 2
WILKES 4
WHITFIELD 2
Total Unit Votes 138
RAirSTRIKERSIN
NEW YORK WILL
RETURN AT ONCE
CHICAGO. April 21. —Striking
railroad men in the Chicago district
refused today to vote on the question
of returning to work.
All efforts of a committee of strike
leaders to obtain action failed.
WASHINGTON, April2l—An agree
ment with the railroad brotherhood
unions under which the striking rail
road wo-kersl in the Metropolitan
district of New York will return to
work immediately was announced
hers today by Edward McHugh,
spokesman for the strikers.
Mr. McHugh said he had aban
doned the effort to have the case of
the New York men taken up sepa
rately by the railroad labor board
and that hisl committee would return
to New York today, leaving their
case in the hands of the leaderls of
the regular brotherhoods.
Hearings on the general railroad
wage controversy which failed of ad
justment by the bi-partisan board on
April 1, were continued today before
the railroad labor board with S. W.
Heberlinfi, president of the Switch
men’s Union of North America, pre
senting the demands of that organi
zation.
Strike leaders who were denied a
hearing by the board yesterday were
in attendance in an effort to obtain
some assurance that a substantial in
crease in pay and reinstatement
without loss of seniority rights would
be awarded the men who have quit
their jobs. Representatives of the
various crafts declared they cannot
go back to their men until they can
take some word from the board.
FREIGHT TRAFFIC NEARING
NORMAL IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, April 21. —Freight
traffic, which was almost completely
throttled last week by the unauthor
ized strike of railroad workers, had
reached 40 to 50 per cent of normal
today on lines entering New York
and Jersey City, according to a
statement issued by J. J. Mantell,
spokesman for the lines. With pas
senger service virtually normal again
the roads are concentrating efforts
on clearing up the freight tie-up and
hope to be operating normally by the
end of the week, Mr. Mantell "said.
He denied claims of strike leaders
that 70 per cent of the strikers still
were out.
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HOKE SMITH
COUNTY UNIT VOTES
APPLING 2
BACON 2
BAKER 2
BARTOW 4
BEN HILL 2
BLECKLEY 2
BROOKS 4
BRYAN 2
CANDLER 2
CHATTAHOOCHEE 2
CHATTOOGA 2
COBB 4
COFFEE \ 2
COWETA 4
DECATUR 4
DODGE . » 2
DOOLY 2
EARLY 2
EVANS 2
FANNIN 2
FORSYTH t . .2
GILMER ..2
GORDON 2
GRADY 2
HALL 4
HARRIS 2
IRWIN 2
JENKINS 2
LEE 2
LUMPKIN 2
McINTOSH 2
MILLER 2
MITCHELL ...2
MORGAN 2
MURRAY 2
MUSCOGEE ..,..6
pierce ........ . 7T7772
PULASKI 2
STEPHENS 2
STEWART >............. 2
SUMTER 4
TALBOT 2
TELFAIR 2
TURNER 2
WARE 4
WEBSTER 2,
WILCOX 2
WHEELER 2
WORTH ~ :..2
I ■,
Total Unit Votes 118
HITCHCOCK AND
JOHNSON LEAD
NEBRASKA VOTE
OMAHA, Neb., April 21,—With
turns from 336 out of 1,849 precincts
heard from early today Senator Hi
ram Johnson led the field of candi
dates for Republican presidential
preference in yesterday’s primary,
the vote being: Johnson 12,002;
Wood, 8,741; Pershing, 5,568; Ross,
481.
In Douglas county (Omaha), Sena
tor Johnson obtained a pluralitly of
277 over General Wood in the first
113 out of 164 precincts to report,
while in the state outside of Douglas
he had a plurality over Wood of
2,984 in the first 223 precincts.
With the small number of pre
cincts heard from William Jennirgs
Bryan is running sixth in a field of
eight for delegate-at-large to the
Democratic national convention. He
has displayed his greatest strength
outside of Douglas county where the
large majority of the vote is still to
be heard from.
In the race for delegate-at-large to
the Republican convention, returns
show the Wood delegate leading by a
fairly good margin although
are so meager that nothing like a
forecast is possible.
For the Demomratic preference the
vote for Senator Hitchcock ran as
high as 4 to 1 over Robert Ross, of
Lexington. Early returns also
showed Governor Samuel R. McKen-
Republican, to be leading his field
with Adam McMullen in second
place. »
John H. Morehead, Democratic can
didate for governor, is leading his
four opponents.
Republican national committee
man, R. B. Howell, is leading C. A
McCloud for national committeemen,
12,405 to 8,748, with 306 precincts
heard from, while Arthur F. Mullen,
Democratic committeeman, is ahead
of W. H. Thompson, 7,863 to 6,478.
’W. J. Bryan made further gains
during the counting of the vote this
morning and while 'he remained in
sixth place among the eight candi
dates for Democratic delegates-at
large, he gained on the leaders. In
366 out of 1,849 precincts the vote
stood: __
Hitchcock delegates, Neville 11,491,
Shallenberg 11,003, Neble 10,186, Mc-
Neny 8,841 ; Bryan delegates, Ste
phens 8,643,' Bryan 8,050, Berge 7,894,
Thomas 7, 557.
Milk Price Reduced
NEW ORLEANS. April 21.—An
nouncement was made today that ef
fective tomorrow milk prices in the
city would be cut from 19 to 17
cents a quart. Dealers agreed to the
cut because of increased pasturage.
T. E, WATSON
COUNTY UNIT VOTES
BANKS 2
BARROW 2
BUTTS 2
CAMPBELL 2
CARROLL 4
CLAY 2
CLAYTON 2
COLUMBIA 2
COLQUITT .. 2
CRISP 2
DEKALB 4
DOUGLAS 2
FAYETTE 2
FRANKLIN 2
GLASCOCK 2
GREENE 2
GWINNETT 4
HABERSHAM 2
HANCOCK 2
HARALSON 2
HART 2
JACKSON 4
JEFF DAVIS 2
JEFFERSON 2
JOHNSON 2
LAURENS .4
LINCOLN :....2
McDUFFIE 2
MADISON 2
MARION 2
MERIWETHER 4
MILTON 2
MONROE 2
MONTGOMERY .2
NEWTON . .2
OCONEE <2
PAULDING 2
PIKE 2
ROCKDALE 2
SCREVEN 2
rSPALDING 2
| TATTNALL 2
TAYLOR ...2
TALIAFERRO *2
TOOMBS 2
TREUTLEN 2
TROUP 4
UPSON 2
WARREN ?
WASHINGTON 4
WHITE 2
Total Unit Votes 118
WATSON CARRIES
DEKALB COUNTY
IN STATE PRIMARY
DECATUR, Ga„ April 21.—Thomas
E. Watson carried DeKalb county
for the presidential nomination in
Tuesday’s primary by a vote of 1,-
481, against 960 votes for A. Mitchell
Palmer and 910 votes for Senator
Hoke Smith. Sheriff J. A. McCurdy
was nominated to succeed himself
by an overwhelming majority, and
B. F. Burgess was winner in the
contest for the office of clerk of the
superior court.
Owing to the rule requiring each
winning candidate to receive more
than half the.,votes cast, the con
tests for county school commissioner.
Tax collector and tax receiver will
have to be conducted over again.
The tabulated results of the pri
mary follows:
President —Thomas A. Watson, 1,-
481; A. Mitchell Palmer, 960; Hoke
Smith, 910.
Clerk of the superior court—B. F.
Burgess, 1,954; M. C. Sarrar, 1,695.
Sheriff —J. A. McCurdy, 2,153; O.
L. White, 743; W. H. Braswell, 440;
T. E. Anderson, 291.
County, school commissioner—R. E.
Carroll, 1,589; C. L. Howell, 1,127;
P. H. Meacham, 758.
Tax collector —C. H. Talley, 1,095;
O. Q. Ray. 1,075; W. E. Tuggle. 995;
F. W. Ansley, 482.
Tax receiver—W. H. Bond, 1,409;
M. D. Googer, 1,270; C. M. Smith,
515, Ross Holcombe, 497; C. C.
Hewey, 332.
Augusta’s Census
Shows 52,548, or~
28 Per Cent Gain
WASHINGTON, April 21.—Popula
tion figures announced by the census
bureau include the following:
Augusta, Ga., 52,548, increase 11,
503, or 28 per cent.
Dalton, Ga., 5,222, decrease 102, or
1.9 per cent.
Augusta’s growth was the largest
numerical increase in her history, but
her percentage of increase was ex
ceeded in the decades ending in 1880
and 1890. As nineteenth ranking
southern city in 1910, Augusta had
a population only 375 larger than
that of Macon, twentieth ranking
southern city. Macon’s increase—
-29.2 per cent—in the last ten years,
was slightly larger than that of Au
gusta, but the latter, city had 23
more people than Macon on January
1, this year.
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SEWS SMITH IS
RUNNINGSECONDAND
I. E. MN THIRO
Smith 49 and Watson to,
"Sixteen County Votes Are
I Doubtful to Date
i .
Thomas U. WatßOij, through
| his campaign manager, B. M.
Blackbum, on Wednesday >de
manded a recount of the vote in
the Second and Third wards of
the city of Atlanta. No fraud was
charged, but the demand was
made because of the close vote.
The official total consolidated
vote in Fulton county was as ’
follows: Falmer, 4,001: Smith,
3,852; Watson, 3,947. The com
mittee declined Mr. Blackburn’s
demand for a recount. Fulton
county delegates to the , conven
tion were named as follows:
James X,. Mayson, Albert How- •
ell, Jr., Claude Ashley, Hollins
N. Randolph, W. H. Hiser and
Aldine Chambers.
At noon Wednesday it was appar
ent that neither candidate in the pres
idential primary received a majority
of the county unit votes, and that
the final conclusion goes to the Con 7
vention to be held in Atlanta May
18.
The standing of the candidates at
noon Wednesday was as follows:
A. Mitchell Palme.- carried 48 coun
r
ties with 136 county unit votes.
Hoke Smith carried 49 counties
with 118 county unit votes.
Thomas E. Watson carried 50
counties with 116 county unit votes
The counties still in doubt were
eight in number, with an aggre
gate of sixteen county unit votes.
Senator Smith Wednesday morn- f
ing made the following statement
“The election yesterday is an over
whelming declaration by the voter.*
of Georgia against the League of
Nations covenant as the president
brought it back from Paris. This
should be cause for genuine rejoic
ing, as the covenant without sub
stantial modification is a menace to
our country.”
Clement E. Dunbar, campaign man
ager for A. Mitchell Palmer, on Wed
nesday made the following statement
in regard to the election:
"The people of Georgia have spqk
en, and we are extremely gratified.” '
B. M. Blackburn, of Atlanta, speak
ing for Thomas E. Watson, stated
Wednesday morning that they would
probably ask a recount of ballots
in Fulton and protest the primary
In Chatham on the ground that Mr
Watson's name was left off the bal
lots in Chatham. The latter point, Ju-
Bald, was not definitely verified, and
he was looking into it.
With regard to the report of n \
contest in Chatham on the groun-i
above mentioned, the Savannah Prest
on Wednesday telegraphed to At
lanta the following statement:
"The primary ballot yesterday wa
the official state ballot and contain
( ed the names of Palmer, Smith an
Watson. The contention of Watson’'
Atlanta representative that WatsonV
name was not on the ballot is in
correct. From personal knowledge
and from reports of those at the
polls, Watson’s name was printed on;
the ballot. Watson, however, had
no representatives at the boxes te x
protect his interests, if such protec
tion were needed. The Chatham coun
ty Democratic committee made rules
that called for each candidate
in th primary to pay sou;
hundred dollars to cover the primary
expenses. All candidates who paid
this were entitled to managers and
clerks at the ballot boxes. Palmer
and Smith paid the required fee, bui
no money was forthcoming from
Watson. Therefore he was not rep
resented at the boxes, although hi.®
name was on the ballot.”
Committee Meet
At noon Wednesday the Democrat
ic executive committees of the sev
eral counties were meeting to con
solidate the election returns and of-,
flcially declare the result in their
respective counties. The next thing
on the program was the election of
delegates to the state convention to
be held in Atlanta May 18. The rules
provide that the delegates in a coun
ty shall be selected from the friend >
and avowed supporters of the can
didate who carried that county. Thus
a Palmer county will send Paloer
delegates; a Smith county will Sand
Smith delegates; a Watson county
will send Watson delegates.
At Hoke Smith headquarters in the
Piedmont hotel a stream of tele
grams commenced to tow in
counties by the senator.
requested directions concerning tne
selection of Hoke Smith delegates
His reply to all was the same:
“Send strong and forceful men.”
The convention will be held in At
lanta May 18. As neither candidate
will have a majority qf the conven
tion delegates, the final conclusion
as to Georgia's choice for the Dem
ocratic presidential nomination, and
as to Georgia's stand on the Leagu ;
of Nations, will rest with the dele ’
gates in convention assembled.
Undoubtedly the big surprise ot
the primary v. as Thomas E. Wat
son's vote. Uis heavy vote on i>
platforrr) opposing the League of
Nations in any form, and the vote
for Senator Smith on a platform fa
voring substantial reservations, are x
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