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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 < 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. H E AITTrWACirTRO u - BLE AND TAPE WORM AT HOME A sample home treatment which 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 B-364, Milwaukee, Wis. He is so confident of results that he guarantees 'absolute satisfaction in every case or there is no charge for the treatment. If you suffer from stomach trouble or any kind of worms, send him your name and address today, as this notice may not appear again.—(Advt.) 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. THE TRUTH ABOUT GAI.I. STONES A new booklet written by Dr. E. E. Paddock. Box 201-N, Kansas City, ] Mo., tells of an improved method of I treating the Catarrhal inflamma- I tion of the Gall Bladder and Bile I Ducts associated vyith Gall Stones from which remarkable results are' beiqj. reported. Write -for booklet and free trial plan,—(Advt.) Scents a copy./ $1.50 A YEARf 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 (Continued on Page 6. Cdliunn 11