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'®bt Atlanta Sri - WccWi? Journal VOL. XXII. NO. 109. HOKE SMITH READY TO MEET WATSON IN DEBATE U. S. Likely to Be League Member Within Year DGCUMEhITS FROM OFFICIAL SOURCES EVIDENCE OF MOVE Full Machinery of Tribunal Called Into Action in Dis pute Between •Sweden-and Finland BT DAVID LAWBENCE (Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.) WASHINGTON, July 30.—Both the Republican and Democratic candi dates for the presidency may talk as they like concerning the League ot Nations as an issue in the present campaign, but evidences are multi plying that- the United States will, within a year, be a member of "the” League of Nations as provided for by the treaty of Versailles. Senator Harding may keep his position ambiguous in order to keep the votes of the Hiram Johnson fol lowing and Governor Cox may talk about reservations in order not to alienate the people who didn’t like Mr, Wilson’s insistence on an un * qualified treaty, but the presence of Elihu Root and Dr. James Brown Scott in the meetings now taking place abroad t® form a court of inter national justice is looked upon both in Washington by international law years, and abroad 4>y diplomats and statesmen, as the forerunner of Re publican policy in the event that Mr. Harding is elected. Documents Give Details Documents which have just come to the writer from official sources abroad describe in great detail the part that Messrs. Root and Scott are taking in the meetings of the ad visory commission of jurists who were appointed by the council of the League of Nations to establish a permanent court of international jus tice. "That the United States," says one Os these-idccumcnts. "though not a member of the League of Nations, should have a dominating influence In the formation of the permanent court of international justice which is to be the cornerstone of the league, is the great anomaly of'the meetings being held at The Hague. It is both unexpected and unusual that a na tion which has so seriously damaged ■ the idea of the League of Nations I should nevertheless see . its own ■ viewpoint and experience largely jfre- I dominant in one of the most vital ■ fields of activity of the league. H "The reason Is not far to seek. It I lies in the personality of two men, ■ Elihu Root, former secretary of I state, and James Brown Scott, former I solicitor of the state department and I now head of the Carnegie endowment ■ for international peace at Mashing' ■ ton. J: Presence Significant I / To their tact and judgment is due ■ much of the direction which the ■whole committee is taking as well ■as the fact that the court which ■eventually evolves from the delibera ■tions here will be a court wholly in ■line with American ideals and expe dience. |T "These two men hold in the minus ■of European jurists a unique post- Klo'n. It cannot be too strongly em phasized that they do not represent ■th* United States government in any ■sense, for they have been appointed ■directly by the council of the League Es Nations on the basis of their very Erigh standing among the leading ■jurists of the world. They are. ■therefore, on the same footing as ■the other members of the commit tee, namely, eminent jurists sum ■noned by an international organiza tion to perfect plans for a world Eourt. ■ “Nevertheless their position as ■Americans adds significance to their Eresence, for the statesmen of Eu ■■ope are only too willing to recog- Eire the bigness of spirit and view- Koint which allowed Mr. Root, espe cially, with his well-known political in the United States, to Accept an appointment of an organi sation (the -.eague of Nations) to flrhich his own country and even his ■wn political party has expressed Buch vehement opposition. Os course, flhe fact that he has been willing Ho serve is taken, whether rightly flr wrongly, as an indication that this Boremost of American statesmen ac ■epts at least the broad lines of the League of Nations. K Interesting Excerpt M “The committee had not been sit fling a week be'ore it was possible ■o forecast that the court would fol flowd exactly the lines of the supreme ■ourt of the United States. This flesult followed not only from the fl>gic of the situation but also from Hlie presentation of the analogy of eourt by Mr. Root, it is that the same results would Buve been reached without the pres ence of Mr. Root but it cannot be that they were greaNly ex ■edited.” It is a curious commentary on the that only by the failure of Lodge reservations in the last was it possible for Mr. to go abroad. For one of the jßeservations forbids any American ■roni accepting any position under League of Nations without the of the. senate and made no for recess appointments in event that the senate was no: Session. Perhaps the most interesting ex- from documents discussing tile now taking place in the of tiie league and its sub- is the following: SB "The League of Nacicns Is building hut not at all spectacularly. cr. Prgi 6, Cslur.is 6) The Needle, Watson! Pet Chimpanzee Will Thread It for You ’ WASHINGTON. Prof. W. F. Shepherd has a pet chimpanzee who can thread a needle as well as any man—awkwardly, but eventually. The photographer snapped the ape while he was holding a needle be tween his nose and his left hand and slipping the thread through the eye with his right hand. Shepherd’s pet can also sew buttons on.his uni form. FOREIGN MONEY ORDERS ARE GIVEN NEW SCHEDULE The marked depreciation of money in Great Britain, France, Italy and European countries, as compared with the American dollar. Is recog nized in a new schedule governing the issuance of International money orders at American postoffices, effec tive August 15. Hefelofore'. the poertofflee depart ment has not taken cognizance of the shrinkage of value in European money, buyers of money orders pay ing pre-war equivalents for the pqund sterling, 'the ’ franc and other foreign currency. The new sched ule, announced •by Postmaster Gen eral Burleson in a postal bulletin just received at the office of Assist ant Postmaster John C. Staton, fixes exchange values approximating those in effect at Ranking institutions. Under the new scale the English pound sterling is -worth $4, instead of $4.87; the French. Italian and Bel gian franc is worth exactly half its value before the war, $1 now being the equivalent of 10 francs and’3o centimes, instead of 5 francs arid 15 centimes, and the Norwegian, Dan ish and Swedish kroner show a lesser shrinkage. International money order busi ness’at the Atlanta postoffice, with respect to the countries affected, has fallen off to a negligible amount since the war, due to the more favorable rates of exchange prevailing- at banks. An American dollar at a bank, for instance, would buy twice as many frahics as at the' postoffice. A substantial increase in receipts is expected at the Atlanta office after August 15, when the postal rate of exchange becomes practically that in effect at the banks. — * ■ H Instructions Issued For Movements of Coal in Northwest WASHINGTON, July 30.—The in terstate commerce commission today sent out instructions for the move ment of coal into the northwestern region. . Detailed instructions for transpor tation of coal into New England were also announced. The total estiate of the north western shipments is approximately 20,090,000 tons. ’ New England is to receive 1,200,000 tons monthly, according to the an nouncement. The commission is instructed that 4,000 cars for 100 days each carry ing fifty tons be moved daily to the northwestern territory. Cox Asked to Change Excess Profit Tax Ideas WASHINGTON, July 30.—A plea that Governor James M. Cox change his attitude for repeal of the excess profits tax was made in a letter ’sent the Democratic presidential candi date by Representative Griffin, of New York. Copies of the letter were given out here today. Griffin says that repeal of the,tax would not help bring down high prices, and urges that the govern ment, instead of taking only part of the excess profits, take them all. New York Grocer Is Sent to Prison Here NEW YORK. July 30.—A. Lessen, proprietor of a small grocery store, today faced a sentence of two years in the penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga., having been found guilty of violation of the section of the Lever act pro viding against hoarding foodstuffs. Federal Judge Howe, in imposing sentence, said he might have chosen tile alternative of fining Lessen $5,- 1000, but he did not want to “put the dollar mark on his judgment.” Evidence was produced in this trial to Show that L.e con had hoarded FRANCEAIHDEHGLAND PUCE LIMITS UPON DEMANDSJF SOVIET Russian Reds t in Counter Demand) Ask for Elimina tion of Poland as a Barrier State PARIS, July 30.—The limitations which Great Britain and France would put upon soviet deanands of Poland in the arranging of an armi stice are set forth in a notifica tion which has been dispatched to the Warsaw government by the British and French governments, it was learned here today. Poland re quested the views of Great Britain and France on possible armistice terms, and the governments at Lon don and Paris have notified the Polish government that they will not permit Poland to accept possible soviet armistice demands involving: First—Whole or partial disarma ment of Poland; Second'—A change in the Polish system of government dictated or brought about by- the soviets; Third—Acceptance by Poland of a boundary line les-s favorable than that provisionally drawn by Premier Lloyd George Fourth—The use of Poland as a bridgehead, in any sense, between Germany and Russia. Munitions Sent to Doland As bearing on the military situa-. tion, it develops that vast stocks of munitions from the allies are mov ing toward Warsaw from Danzig and from Rumania and Czecho-Slo vakia. These munitions were for the most part originally dispatched for the army of General Denikine, but were delayed on the way until too late to be available for his use. The munitions being sent from Danzig, however, were shipped recently for the especial use of Poland. Other munitions are expected to be in pro cess of shipment from France and Great Britain for Poland within a few days. Hungary has asked the permission of Great Britain and France to at tack the soviet army. Such an-at tack would involve permission, like wise, to reorganize the Hungarian army, the demobilization of. which was provided for by the Hungarian peace treaty. The allies are hesitating over Hungary’s request, according to a high French official, because they fear Hungary would expect too many concessions in the terms of the treaty byway of amelioration. To Make Common Cause In formation which has reached the French government was said to day to reveal that Letvia, Finland, Rumania and Hungary were all anx ious to make common cause against the Bolsheviki now rather than be compelled later to defend themselves individually. To this end, it is de clared, the four countries named are making overtures to France and Great Britain for support, moral and otherwise. This situation, it is stat ed on high French authority, is the fnal card France and Great Britain will have in hand to play if neces sary in order to save Poland. REDS WANT TO ELIMINATE POLAND AS BARRIER STATE WASHINGTON, July 30.—Demands which in effect would eliminate Po land as state between Russia and Germany will be present ed by soviet Russia as conditions to peace with Poland, according to con fidential information to the govern ment today. v The soviet peace demands also will facilitate an alliance between Ger many and Russia, according to the government reports. • These advices were looked on by officials here as showing that Ger many may have a hand in the Bol shevik counsels and that her inter ests will be taken care of as well as Russia’s in the negotiations with the Poles. According to the government’s ad vices, these are two of the principal conditions to peace which will be demanded by soviet Russia; 1. Free passage across Poland. 2. Restoration of Posen to Ger many. Man and Girl Held 8 Hours in a Safe LONDON, Eng.—Locked in a safe for eight hours has just been the terrifying experience of a man and a girl, employes of a dental supply company. j They were in the. safe, which is a i strong room of concrete and steel, when the door, which had not been ! closed for twenty years, swung to and thb five bolts on each side auto matically closed. Efforts to open it were futile. The bolts, rusted by long disuse, proved immovable, and the key broke in the lock. The prisoners were fed with sand wiches cut to a thinness of fine wafers, passed through a slit in the door, but suffered from thirst and semi-suffocation. Welding and cut ting experts were eventually called in who tackklked the solid six-inch steel door and ,cut it from top to bot tom. Christensen in New York NEW YORK. July 30.—Parley P. Christensen, of Salt Lake City, pres idential nominee of the third or Farm er-Labor party, arrived here today to confer with national and local party leaders on national campaign plans, and to attend a conference this after noon called to complete nominations for the Now York state ticket, with 1 o' two candidates for the ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1920. Gov. Cox and Reporters Eating Meal He Cooked Himself on His Farm Near Marion I Governor James M. Cox, of Ohio, head of the Democratic ticket, has demonstrated that he has not for gotten what he learned on a farm in his boyhood days. This photo graph taken on his farm near Marion, Ohio, shows him- with a group of newspaper reporters eat- DORSEY’S FEE AS SENATE ASPIRANT PAID BY FRIEND A frientf of Governor Hugh Dorsey on Thursday afternoon paid the governor’s entrance fee of $250 as a candidate for the United States senate, with the • governor's knowl edge, but without his consent. The money was telegraphed to Hiram L. Gardner, secretary of the Democratic state executive commit tee, of Eatonton, Ga. This announce ment was made Thursday afternoon by Governor Dorsey, who stated that he had not decided whether he would make the race for the senate and would not do so until Saturday, at which time he would announce his decision for publication in the Sunday papers. The fact that the governor’s en trance fee had been 'paid was first communicated to the newspapers by a man who called on the telephone and stated that he had paid the fee, but declined to give- his name. Gov ernor Dorsey later confirmed the fact that the fee had been paid and he also withheld the name of his-, friend from publication. The gov ernor gave the following account of the circumstances: He, stated that a friehd had come hurriedly to the : r manSion ' at' i liis . lunch time and informed him that he was going to pay his entrance fee as a candidate for the senate. The governor said he requested -he gen tleman not to do so because he had not decided whether he was going to make the race. ’ He said the friend refused to comply with his request and dashed off hurriedly with the statement that he was go ing to telegraph the money to Sec retary Gardner of the state commit tee. The governor said that on re turning to his office in *the capitol he received a telegram from Secre tary Gardner showing that the tele graph money order had reached him and had been entered on the books to his credit. General, Kidnaped by Sinn Feiners, Escapes LONDON, July 30.—Brigadier Gen eral C. H. T. Lucas, commander of the Fermoy military area, who was kidnaped late in June by the Sinn Feiners. has escaped. He reached the Tipperary military barracks today, it is announced in Irish advices receiv ed here. THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAc FROM NOW rAc DU TO JAN Ist. 3U The National Conventions of both the Demo cratic and Republican Parties have met and nomi nated a candidate for president. Now comes the campaign between these two parties trying to convince the people that their candidate is the best. There will be some ‘‘hot times” in these United States for the next three months. Keep up with them by reading The Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal. We will now send it to you. More Than 5 Months 50c This will pay your subscription till after the national elec tions in November, giving you all the campaign news as well as the results of the election. We are making a special offer to send The Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal to you from now until January 1, 1921, for only 50c. SEND YOUR 50c TODAY If you wish to secure your subscription without cost to you send us four new subscribers at fifty cents each for this offer and we will send you The Tri-Weekly Journal till January Ist, 1921, for your trouble. . / THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, Atlanta, Ga. Here is 50c enclosed, for which send me THE TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, from now until January 1, 1921. Name R. F. D ' P. 0............................. State ..................... ing a meal which he had prepared. The mqin items on the menu were lamb chops and potatoes, which the governor cooked over a bed of hot ashes. According to newspaper re ports the Democratic candicTate is an accomplished chef. An arrow indi cates Governor Cox. WOULD-BE YEGG CAUGHT SAWING ON A. B. & A. SAFE A two-night vigil by City Detec tives Arthur and Austin and Special Officer W. T. Romerts in an effort to apprehend a man who had slow ly and painstakingly been attempt ing to saw the bolts from the hinges on the safe in the office of W. E. Paschall, treasurer of the Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic .railroad, ended at four o’clock Friday morn ing in the arrest of Will Ramsay, a negro. According to officers Ramsay .was caught while attempting to enter the safe. Upon his refusal to obey an order to throw up his hands the three officers quickly close® in on him and he was taken to the police barracks. Some days ago it was discovered that one of the hinge bolts had been sawed completely in two. This was replaced and officers were, placed on guard. At 4 o’clock Friday, morn ing their vi§il was rewarded when Ramsay, a cleaner employed in ' the TTansportatioiUbuildiiig, erdpt to ' the safe and renewed his efforts to take off the hinges. Ramsay, who is about forty years old, had been in the employ of the Transportation building for about a year and consequently had keys to tjie various offices. He merely used his -own keys, according to the of ficers, entered Mr. Paschall’s office and when opportunity presented it self, quietly put in a few minutes work on the hinge bolts. According to officers « Ramsay showed fight when caught, but was subdued without difficulty. Ramsay is being held on the blanket charge of “suspicion.” He denied that he was attempting to break into the safe and declared that he was merely engaged in his duties of cleaning the office when arrested Wife Sues for Divorce After Separation of Twenty Years After a separation of twenty years, Mrs. Lucynthia Kight filed . suit for divorce against Oscar Kight. The petitioner claims she was married in November,. 1891, and her husband deserted her in 1900. Attorney John S. Highsmith is counsel for the petitioner. COX IS HONORED II "HOME-COMING" Eff DOT FOLK Half Holiday Declared as Non-Partisan Demonstra tion Gets ’ Under Way. City Gaily Decorated DAYTON. O-, July 30.—Choice of their fellow 'citizen, James M. Cox. as the Democratic presidential nom inee, was acclaimed today by resi dents of Dayton and other portions of the Miami Valley. They joined here by thousands in a non-partisan "home-coming” demonstration to their distinguished native son. A civic parade at 2:30 o’clock to day was the main feature of the celebration. Hours before the parade crowds lined the eourt of honor, flanked with high, white, decorated pillars, and Governor Cox’s review ing stand in front of the courthouse. Speeches were banished from the program and the crowds turned out in response to requests for laying aside of all partisan feeling and re joicing over the selection of one of their friends and neighbors as the Democratic standard-bearer. Half Holiday For the tribute to the governor, today was a half holiday throughout virtually all Dayton. Stores, facto ries, banks and public offices were ordered closed at noon and Dayton homes poured but more crowds. From Middleton, Hamilton and other Mi ami Valley regions, where Governor Cox lived part of his life, others came. Elaborate floats were features of the parade, tpgether with the re nowned Rainbow division and Meteor band. The latter, from Piqua, 0., became prominent at the San Fran cisco convention. About sixty floats, representing various civic organi zations, some depicting the carder of Governor Cox, were in the parade. Assigned a prominent parading place ’was the Cox Boosters’ club, which made the trip to San Fran cisco. The boosters had vivid uni forms for the occasion. Fraternal organizations, some of which boast Governor Cox’s membership, and la bor bodies also had positions in the line. City lavishly Decorated So that newspaper employes could march, Governor Cox’s plant issued only an early edition. Lavish deeprations blazed through out the city and flags and banners being mingled with lithographs of Governor Cox, although the likeness also of Senator Harding, his Repub lican opponent, also beamed on the festivities. Daylight and night fireworks were other features of tbday’s program, with band concerts in several places. The streets were festooned wish electric lights for evening illumina tion. The celebration was the only break scheduled today in the gover nor’s preparation of his speech of acceptance, which was interrupted briefly late yesterday by a visit with Senator Walsh, of Massachusetts, who has been prominent in Demo cratic senators’ advocacy of res ervations to the League of Nations. The subject,* however, was not dis cussed with the governor, according to - Senator Walsh, who promised his unreserved aid in the Cox campaign. Dynamite Shatters Bicycle Under Boy, But He Still Lives COLUMBUS, Ga., July 30.—A negro boy. riding a bicycle, was blown up by a stick of dynamite yesterday while delivering packages in the northern part of the city, his wheel being torn to pieces. The boy was picked up for dead some distance from the explosion, being unconscious, but later he was re vived. Examination showed he had lost three fingers, his left hand be ing terribly lacerated and his body being bruised considerably. His con dition was not such as to indicate that death will result, how’ever. Just how the dynamite stick got on the main streets of the city can’t be explained. The police are inves ! tigating and • it is expected arrests will follow. It was hinted that there was a possibility some of the city workers may have had the explosives engaged in excavation operations some days ago and dropped the dy namite. The explosion occurred in the cot ton mill district of North Highlands, and it is intimated the negro may not have been “welcomed” to that ■ part of the city. The blast shook the entire neighborhood, police re ports say. Lioness Helen Gives Birth to Forty-First NEW YORK, July 30. —Helen, a lioness caged in Central ’ park, today licked her forty-first offspring as af fectionately as if the cub were her first born. Her keepers explained this unending maternal affection by saying that the other children, save two, which died in infancy, had all been sent away to populate other zoos. Ackbar, the father, roared fiercely when <><■ younn'iter was born, but New First Lady Os Canada I ■■ ‘ J ’’’*• V* s MQS. AfcTHU/l Mrs. Meighen is the wife of the new premier of Canada. Meighen succeeds Sir Robert Bor den, Mrs. Meighen is acclaimed o(i£ of the most charming and talented women of the Dominion. COLUMBUS HAS 31,125, GAIN OF .51.4 PER CENT WASHINGTON, July 30.—The cen sus b.ureau announced the following 1920 populations today: New Bruns wick, township co-extensive with New Brunswick City, N. J., 32,779; Clarksburg, W. Va„ 27,869; Colum bus, Ga., 31,125; Missoula, Mont., 12,- G6B; Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 12,096. Increases since 1910: New Bruns wick township, N. J., 9,391, or 40.2; Clarksburg, 18,668, or 202.9; Colum bus, Ga., 10,571, or 51.4. Decreases since 1910: Salt Ste Mar ie, Mich., 519, or 4.1; Missoula. Mont., 201, or 1.6. The census bureau announced the following other 1920 population re sults: Morristown. N. J., 12,505; decrease 2, no percentage. Laredo, Tex-., 22,710; Neodesha, Kansas, 3,943; Lyons, Kan., 2,516; Fredonia, Kan., 3,954; Augusta, Kan., 4,219; Abilene, Kan., 4,895; Fellsmere, Fla., 333. Increase since 1910: Laredo, Tex., 7,855 or 52.9 per cent; Neodesha, 1,071,_ or 37.3 per cent; Lyons, 445, or 21.5 per cent; Fre donia, 914 or 30.1 per cent; Augusta, 2,964 or 241.6 per cent; Abilene, Kan., 777 or 18.9 per cent; Fellsmere, no comparison—incorporated since 1910. 1910. Clay county, Ala., 22,645; Frank lin county, Ala., 22,011; Broward county, Fla., 31,224 Jefferson county, Fla., 14,502; Leon county, Fla., 18,- 059; Okaloosa county, Fla., 9,360; Su wanee county, Fla., 19,789. Increases from 1910: Clay county, Ala., 1,639, or 7.8 Franklin county, Ala., 2,642, or 13.6; Jackson county, Fla., 1,403, or 4.7 Suwanee county, Fla., 1,186, or 6.4. Decreases since 1910: Jefferson county, Fla./ 2,708. or 15.7; Leon county, Fla., 1,368, or 7 per cent. Broward county, Fla., no comparison; county formed October, 1915, from' parts of Dade and Palm Beach coun ties. Oskaloosa county, Fla., no com parison, organized from parts of Santa Rosa and Watson counties in 1915. Buffalo Man Orders Two Tons of Snakes PASCAGOULA, Miss., July 30. Postmaster William T. Sparkman of this city is in need of several expe rienced and enterprising snake charmers to fill an order for "be tween 4,000 and 5.000 pounds of snakes,” received from Bert Put nam, a member of the chamber of commerce, of Buffalo, N. Y. Delivery of the snakes must be made within the next six weeks, the order stipu lates, and the price offered is 30 cents a pound. The applicant failed to state for what purpose he desires the reptiles. American Trade With Germany Increasing WASHINGTON, July 30.—Trade with Germany steadily increased dur ing the fiscal year ended June 30, ac cording to commerce reports made public today. Exports to Germany were valued at $202,176,079 and im ports were valued at $45,085,975. Exports for June were valued at $19,700,154 as compared with $20,- 848.231 for May. Imports for June '■ ' ■ ■1 at §8,540,073 as against 1 S CENTS A COPY. $1.50 A YEAH. SENATOR DECLARES lit WILL DEFEND RECORD HF PARTY His Reply to Reported Chal lenge Forecasts One of Most Sensational Contests in Georgia’s History Senator Hoke Smith is ready to meet Thomas E. Watson ob any body else in joint debate in defense of the record made by the Demo cratic party. The senator so an nounced in a statement issued Fri day morning in comment on the re ported challenge of Mr. Watson, made in a speech at Tennille Thurs day. Senator Smith was shown the dis patch from Tennille, as published in the Atlanta Constitution, carrying the statement by Mr. Watson that he had challenged the senator to meet him in a series of debates. Asked what he intended to do, Sena tor Smith replied: I have not reserved the chal lenge to which you refer, hut X am ready to meet Mr. Watson or anybody else, in defense of the magnificent record which the Democratic party has made dur ing the six years which it was in control of the White House and both branches of congress. I stated in my announcement I w?,e ready to defend the record of the Democratic party against all comets, and I am. X stand by it. Big Race Forecast This statement of Senator femith following on the heels of Watson’s reported desire for a joint discussion gives Georgia voters the prospect of one of the most sensational con tests in the history of state politics. It means that if Governor Hugh M. Dorsey enters the race, he will be invited to participate in the joint dis cussions, and that Georgia voters will have the opportunity of hearing the issues and the platforms dis cussed by the candidates face to face. These debates, if they take place, will attract such crowds as have never attended political dis cussions in this state before. Further developments will be awaited wish keen interest. Dividing interest with the prob ability of a joint debate in the sen atorial contest Friday was the report Jn the Atlanta Constitution that either Walker or Holder would with draw, in order that the opposition to Senator Hardwick in his race for governor might be combined on one man to insure Mr. Hardwick’s defeat. This report brought the fol lowing interesting comment from a well-known Democrat, who is anx ious to see the Democrats present a united front all along the line: Why Divide Vote? I notice in the morning’s paper that the plan is to taka down cither Walker or Holder, so that one man may run against Hard wick for governor. X notice also * the suggestion that some one else be put in the race against Watson, besides Senator Hoke Smith. Those suggestions are hard to understand. If it is desirable to have only one man run against Hardwick, so that he may be defeated, why is it not equally desirable that the race be left to Senator Hoke Smith against Mr. Watson? Everybody knows that putting another man into the race will increase the chances for Watson, and that Senator Smith, run ning against him alone, will cer tainly defeat him. Xs there a desire to defeat Hardwick and elect Watson? This statement will be read with much interest by Democrats wh® want to’see the party’s record vin dicated in the primary. Undoubted ly the interview will strike many good Democrats with the force of its logic. If a house divided against . Itself cannot stand in a governor’s race, unquestionably many strong administration supporters who voted for Mr. Palmer in the recent pri mary, will wonder if it is good strag edy to put out another Democrat t® divide Senator Smith’s vote in his race against Mr. Watson in his cam paign of denunciation of the Demo cratic party, its record and its plat form. Senator Smith was back in At lanta Friday after a visit to La . Grange where he addressed a large gathering- of Troup county citizens on Thursday. He was much pleased with his reception in LaGrange and confident of carrying Troup county. Cooper in Baco Governor Dorsey is still undecid ed whether to enter the senatorial contest, although some unknown friend has paid his entrance fee. H® will in all probability announce his decision in the Sunday newspapers. John R. Cooper, Macon attornew. has announced his candidacy for tfi® senate in the following statement: “I am going to run for the United States senate on two planks. / “I stand for the repeal of the eighteenth amendment to the con stitution of the United States. I am in favor of light wines and beer, local option and the liberty of th® American citizen. I find that sine® the national prohibition law went into effect that more crime has been committed, more homicides, tried in my state/ than ever before. Os <y>urse L>(tand for local option and states’ rights. “I am opposed to the League of Nations. The old constitution of the United States is good enough for me. We are drifting away from our fathers’ constitution. I don’t see how any American lawyer who knows anything about the constitu tion cafi be In favor of the League of Nations. “I am not a drinking man. but t want more liberty. We haven’t got enough liberty. The San Francisco convention nominated Governor Cox for president of the United States and I am going to support him.’’ Temperance Conference MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay. July 30. Announcement is made that the world congress • of the Women’s Christian Temperance union will be held at Montevideo in December, 1922. This decision was taken after an interview of representatives of the union with President Brum, who said bn word' l he rr’nd tr> hqv“ the - ’’putevideo rn’l suggest-