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GEORGIA’S CENSUS, ONE DISTRICT SHY, IS 2,893,601
KE IN PULLMAN
AND OTHER TARIFFS
ALLOm[I.C.C.
Revision Upward Effective
Upon Five Days' Notice.
Status of Southern Roads
Is Explained in Detail
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The following comparisons of
the old and the new passenger
rates and freight rates on cotton
from Atlanta to New Orleans il
lustrates the increases under the
t new schedule:
Old passenger fare, Atlanta to
New York, $28.45; Pullman fare,
$7.02; 8 per cent war tax; total,
$38.21.
New passenger fare, $34.14;
Pullman fare, $11.53; war tax 8
per cent; total, $49.32. 1
Increase one way, $11.21, or
$22.42 for a round trip.
Present rate on cotton, Atlanta
to New York, 78 cents per hun
dred pounds, or about S4OO a car
load.
New rate on cotton, sl.lO per
hundred pounds, or about $560
per carload.
Increase 32 cents per hundred
pounds, or about $l6O a carload.
WASHINGTON. July 31. —The in
terstate commerce commission late
today handed down ft formal decision
authorizing railroads to increase
freight, passenger and Pullman
rates approximately $1,500,000,000
annually.
The same authorization was given
to electric interurban lines and cer
tain passenger and freight steamship
companies operating mainly on the
Great Lakes and in the coastwise
trade.
The increased rates will add ap
proximately $3,000,000,000 to com
modity prices generally, according to
the economic principle laid down by
former Rail Director Walker D.
Hines, who declared that freight rate
increases are reflected from three to
fivefold in commodity prices. Rail
road officials contradict this, saying
the reflection will be less than two
fold.
As outlined by the commission in
its decision, a 20 per cent increase
jpay be laid on passenger fares, ex
cess baggage rates and charges now
made for carrying milk on passenger
trahrs. Authority also was granted
the roads to exact a surcharge of 50
per cent of all . Pullman and chair
car fares, this to go to the carriers,
and not to the Pullman company.
L Percentage of Increase
Freight rate increases were author
ized as follows:
Eastern territory,- 40 per cent;
southern territory, 25 per cent; west
ern, 35 per cent.- Increases asked by
the roads were: eastern, 30 per cent;
southern, 31 per cent, and western,
15 per cent.
The commission’s order dealt only
in, percentages. The estimate of
$1,500,000,000 as the probable yield of
the increases, however, is regarded
is accurate.
The commission intended the in
ireases to be sufficient to enable the
oads to pay 5 1-2 per cent on their
nvestments, paying all ©Derating
iharges, including the $626,000,000
idded to the yearly wage bill by the
ailroad labor board, which awarded
his amount to 2,000,000 employes in
s recent decision. Another 0.5 per
sent was added to provide for new
squipment and better service. The
otal return, therefore, was figured on
i basis of 6 per cent.
The commission decided to use the
igure $18,900,000,000 to represent the
■ailroad Investment. The railroads in
heir petition for increased rates re
lorted their investment as $20,240.
172,611. The commission thus pared
>1,140,572,611 from the claims of the
•all officials.
17. S. to Supply Deficit
If. the new rates fall to enable the
■oads to pay 51-2 per cent of their
nvestment, the government, under
:he guarantee clause of the trans
portation act, must make up the
leflcit out of the public treasury.
The one-half of one per cent In
crease added to cover equipment and
Petter service generally amounts to
ipproxlmately $94,500,000 a year.
Soads are required to file semi-annual
itatements with the commission list
ng equipment purchased and explain
ing other expenditures for better
nents.
Approximately 1,000,000,000 per
lons ride on the railroads each year.
The-fund for equipment and better
nent is intended to insure their com
brt. The roads estimate that they
low need 3,000 passenger cars and
1,000 locomotives. Freight car needs
are placed at 100,000.
John W. Bennett, Who
Supported Mr. Palmer,
Favors Senator Smith
\ND still they come —men of prominence and influence
throughout the state who opposed Senator Hoke Smith in
the presidential primary, but who expect to support him
vigorously in the senatorial campaign.
John W. Bennett, of Waycross, one of the leading lawyers
of the state, whose prominence in the Democratic party and whose
record of loyal and distinguished party service are well known,
has joined the ranks of former Palmer men who advocate the re
election of Senator Smith.
Colonel Bennett appeared as the attorney of the Palmer
forces in tne contests growing out of the presidential primary.
He was one of the outstanding figures among the Palmer leaders
in the campaign preceding the primary.
In a telegram to Senator Smith, the text of which is produced
herewith, Colonel Bennett declares he himself and his law partner,
Leon Wilson, are supporting the senator for re-election.
The telegram:
Waycross, .Ga., July 20, 1920.
Hon. Hoke Smith, Atlanta, Ga.:
On account of your great ability and the further
service that you can render our state, I think it would
be a great mistake not to return you to the senate at
this time. I am, therefore, supporting you for re-elec
tion. My law partner, Mr. Wilson, also is supporting
you.
JOHN W. BENNETT.
Hoke Smith Names Friends
To Arrange Joint Debates
With Thomas E. Watson
Has Received No Challenge But Declares Some Demo-
crat Should McDuffie Man and Answer His
Attacks on the Party.
Referring to the continued publications with reference to a
joint debate between Mr. Thomas E. Watson and himself, Senator
Hoke Smith made the following statement this morning:
“The Atlanta Constitution published Mr. Watson had de
clared he had sent me a challenge for a joint debate. When
shown this publication I stated my willingness,to meet Mr.
Watson in joint debate, but that I had not received his invi
tation. I still have not received it.
“While I am aware there are objections by some to joint
discussions, Mr. Watson’s reported speeches so discredit the
work of the Democratic party and are sowing such seeds of
distrust and hate in the state, they should be anwered by
some Democrat.
“That the matter may be put to rest, so far as I am con
cerned, I now name Mr. Fellw Jackson and Hon. William
Schley Howard as my representatives, and if Mr. Watson
wishes to invite a series of debates with me they are author
ized to meet with two of his friends and make the necessary
arrangements.’’
NEW WEES TO
BECOME EFFECTIVE
81 SEPTEMBER IST
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. —(By the
Associated Press.)—"Reasons re
quiring an Increase of interstate
rates are very persuasive cf the
need for increase in intrastate
rates,” declared a report sent to va
rious state railway commissions to
day by the three representatives of
those commissions who sat with the
interstate commerce- commission dur
ing public hearings on the billion
and and a half dollar railroad rate
case.
"When all matters are considered,”
says the report, "and remembering
that where thirteen men are consid
ering controverted questions and pro
posed policies their differences of
opinion must be composed or de
cided by the majority, we believe
that the conclusion, considering all
things, Is just and fafrXibff W& 'grU
it our approval.
"The increased rates permitted un
der the ruling in ex parte 74 prob
ably will go into effect September
1, 1920. The operating revenues of
the railroads under present rates
and conditions are recognized by all
persons as insufficient. A part of
the responsibility to meet the situa
tion rests upon the state commis
sions. Such increases as -will be
made in intrastate rates should, if
possible, be made effective Septem
ber 1, 1920.”
Those Signing Bsport
The report is signed by William
D. B. Ainey, chairman public serv
ice commission of Pennsylvania;
Royal C. Dunn, of the Florida rail
road commission, and John A.
Guiher, of the lowa railroad commis
sion.
“We participated in the confer
ences in the same manner as mem
bers of the commission,” the state
commissioners’ report declares, “be
ing invited by them to take part in
the discussions and express our
views with full freedom. The mem
bers of the commission gave to the
case intense and efficient applica
tion, examining and discussing it
with the evident desire to reach cor
rect conclusions and apply the in
crease In such manner as to deal
justly with the whole country. .
“The questions presented were
very numerous, involving the com
merce of the whole country, and the
entire rail transportation system of
the United States, - many of these
questions being of complex charac
ter. Any decision of the case look
ing to the observance of the statute
affects in some way every rate now
es f e c five.
New Loan for France
PARIS, France. —It is reported
that the next French loan which
will be issued in the fall will be
free of income tax and will be at
between four and four and a half
per cent interest.
HOUSE TO MEET
IN AFTERNOONS
TO FINISH WORK
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In order to expedite the transac
tion of a large volume of very im
portant business, the house of rep
resentatives on Monday voted to hold
afternoon, sessions for the remainder
of th© time before final adjourn
ment, with the exception of Wed
nesday afternoon, which was left
open for committee meetings.
Besides the bills introduced and
the local bills passed, the house on
Monday disposed of four general
bills, as follows:
By Messrs. Hollis and Wohlwen
der, of Muscogee, to provide a ste
nographer in the court of appeals;
tabled.
By Mr. Alfriend, of Baldwin, to
require that persons absent fqr
twelve months from the state sani
tarium for the insane shall not be
re-admitted without formal lunacy
proceedings; passed.
By the same author, to provide
that counties shall pay the travel
ing expenses of boys committed to
the Georgia Training School for
Boys, and to provide that the presi
dent and the treasurer of the trus
tees of the school and the superin
tendent of the school shall give a
bond, instead of the present requiie
meijt pll members of the trus
tees shall give a borid; passed.
By Messrs. Whittaker and Jones
of Lowndes —To provide for an in
spection and measures in
every county; lost by failure to re
ceive the necessary majority of 97
votes. The vote on. the bill was 91
for and 12 against, and the author
gave notice 'of motion to reconsider,
so as to get another vote on the bill
when there is present a larger at
tendance of members.
Another new county bill was intro
duced Monday morning in the house
of representatives. It was a bill by
Representative Smiley, of Liberty
county, proposing to create from a
portion of Liberty county the new
county of Long, with the town of
Ludowici as the county seat.
Another interesting bill introduc
ed Monday was by Representative
Anderson, of Jenkins, to provide for
the free distribution of calcium ar
senate among the farmers of Geor
gia for combating the boll weevil.
The bill would create a commission
in charge of the distributions to be
composed' of Representative J. W.
Reiser, Effingham county; Represen
tative M. L. Johnson, of Bartow
county; Representative C. S. Mid
dleton, of Early; Senator C. S. Ayers,
of the Thirty-third, and Senator H. B.
Wilkinson, of the Forty-ninth dis
trict.
The bill provides that all moneys
collected from the inspection of
fertilizers and oils over and above
the cost of inspection, shall be used
for the purchase of calcium arsenate
for free distribution among the
farmers, with a man in each county
to give assistance to the farmers in
the proper method of applying the
same.
BARNES TIME
LAW REPEALED
BY ASSEMBLY
The Barnes time law, which was
enacted in 1919, .now has been -e
--pealed by action of both the house
and senate, and with the approval
of the governor will be stricken Yrom
the statute books of Georgia.
The senate passed the repealing
act Monday morning; while, the house
took the same . action several days
ago. The Barnes law established
eastern time as the official time of
the state, but its provisions have not
been generally observed, resulting in
considerable confusion and inconven
ience.
The senate also passed a bill by
Mr. Smith,' of the Fulton delegation
in the house of representatives, au
thorizing the admission of women to
the school of commerce of the Geor
gia School of Technology, and this
measure also goes to the governor
for his signature.
Final action on several measures
was postponed after the bills had
been taken up for consideration Mon
day. Among them were the “blue
sky” bill, which provides drastic reg
ui-.tions for the sale of securities in
the state of Georgia.
This measure has been introduced
in berth branches of the general as
sembly, and is sponsored in the house
by Mr. Pace, of Sumter, and in the
senate by Senators Dorris and Kea.
The bill provides for the creation
of a securities commission composed
of the secretary of state* the at
torney general and the comptroller
general, which would pass upon ap
plications from corporations or
persons wishing to sell stock in this
state. No stock could be sold with
out a permit from this commission.
Rigid investigation of all corpora
tions in which stock is to be sold
would be conducted by the commis
sion after an exhaustive report of
the financial condition of the cor
poration had been rendered.
All securities are placed in three
classifications, on the basis of the
element of risk involved, and the reg
ulations for the sale of securities are
formulated on this basis.
A measure authorizing the Georgia
Military college at Milledgeville to
confer degrees appropriate to the
courses of study was deferred until
Thursday, while a bill establishing a
.system of branding cattle was post
poned until Wednesday.
The senate passed a number of
local measures and placed many
house bills in the ahnds of commit-
I tecs.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1920.
World’s Costliest Substance
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NEW YORK.—This shotgun shell
like tube that Miss Helen C. Camp
bell, of the Radio Chemical corpora
tion, holds, contains a tiny pellet
about the size of a dose of quinine.
It’s worth $30,000. You guessed it—
radium. It’s the world’s ipost precious
substance. The four tubes shown
hold one gram—about one-thirtieth of
Twenty-Five oj Dorsey's
Friends Noted Against
His Entering Senate Race
Dr. O. B. Bush, of Pelham, legisla
tive representative from Mitchell
county, in a letter to The Journal,
announces his purpose to support
Senator Hoke Smith for re-election.
Representative Bush was among
those who attended the conference of
Governor Dorsey’s friends at the ex
ecutive mansion on Saturday, which
resulted in the governor’s entrance
into the senatorial race.
Although he has never before sup
ported or voted for Senator Smith,
in any of his political races, Dr.
Bush declares that he believes it the
duty of Democrats to lay aside past
political prejudices and unite on
Senator Smith as a means of insur
ing the certain defeat of Thomas E.
Watson.
Representative Bush denies the as
sertion of the Atlanta Constitution
that the mansion conference was
unanimous, and declares that twen
ty-five of Governor Dorsey’s friends
voted against his candidacy for the
senate, and a number franlfly stated
that he could not carry their coun
ties.
The race, as Dr. Bush sees it, is
squarely between Senator Smith and
Mr. Watson, and the votes that are
cast for Governor Dorsey will, he
says, simply help Mr. Watson.
Dr. Bush’s card follows.
Editor The Journal: I have
read in yesterday’s Constitution
the announcement of Governor
Dorsey for the senate.
A conference of about 100 of
the governor’s friends was held
at the mansion Saturday. I would
not refer to it, but it has al
ready been given out, and the
statement made in the Constitu
tion that the action of the con
ference, soliciting the governor
to run, was unanimous. This
publication does not state the
facts.
The action by the conference
was seventy-six to twenty-five,
and a number of those present
expressed the opinion that the
governor could not carry their
counties.
I did not think he should run,
and I cannot support him. I
have always been a friend of the
governor’s and his warm support
er, but the rSce in my section
is between Senator Hoke Smith
and Thomas E. Watson, and the
votes the governor gets will
simply help Tom Watson.
I have never cast a ballot for
Hoke Smith, but I shall do so in
the coming primary, and actively
support him. There are a num
ber of reasons why I shall take
this course.
I believe that Senator Smith is
the best qualified man, by rea
son of his experience and ability
to serve Georgia and Georgians
tn the senate at this time. He
is certainly one of the biggest
men in the United States senate,
and his position on committees
in the senate will enable him to
be of vital value to Georgia in
handling the problems imme
diate ahead of us.
I also believe the race is be
tween Senator Smith and Tom
Watson, and for this reason I
hope all loyal Democrats may lay
aside past political prejudices and
unite on Senator Smith.
I shall do everything within
my power that is consistent and
right to help bring about his re
election. S/3EJ
Respectfully,
O. B. BUSH,
Pelham, Ga.,
August 2, 1910.
Albany Herald for Smith
An interesting development of the
an ounce—and are worth $120,000.
. New York state has bought two
and one-quarter grams (the largest
shipment ever made) to use in the
: fight against cancer and skin dis
eases. The tubes are of lead and
■ the radium contained in a tiny silver
i capsule. The lead keeps part of the
■ rays of radium from escaping. They
’ make bad burns.
campaign is the attitude of the Al
bany Herald, one of the staunchest
Democratic dallies in Georgia and
one of the most influential forces in
the state. In the presidential pri
mary, The Herald supported Attor
ney General Palmer, but, as is char
acteristic of its editor, it was scrup
ulously fair to Senator Smith.
In the senatorial campaign, The
Herald is aligned with Senator
Smith, and frankly questions the
wisdom and expediency of retiring
from public life a man of such con
spicuous ability in favor of either
of a “political pariah or a good man
of mediocre ability.”
The following editorial reference
to the senatorial campaign in the
Herald of July 30th reflects the at
titude of the paper:
What shall it profit the people
of Georgia to retire Senator
Hoke Smith, a man of conspic
uous ability who has served
them well and has already won
distinction as one of the leading
figures in the United States
senate, to have his seat occupied
by a political pariah or a good
man of mediocre ability and
proportions? This is a question
which every patriotic voter
should ask himself a«id honestly
answer for himself at the polls
in September.
Thomas E. Watson’s own story of
how he circumvented Senator Hoke
Smith and prevented the indorsement
of the national administration by
the state Democratic convention of
May 18th, as republished in Sun
day’s Journal from the Columbia
Sentinel, has aroused a state-wide
interest.
Mr. Watson’s frank recitation of
how he adjourned tne state conven
tion sine die, at the suggestion of a
Palmer delegate, in order to prevent
the indorsement of the Wilson ad
ministration, at the solicitation of
Senator Smith, is an accurate state
ment of the facts respecting the oc
currence.
Delegates to the state convention
have a vivid recollection of Mr.
Watson’s motion for adjournment
sine die, and Mr. Watson himself, in
his own words, confirms the fact that
Senator Smith had prepared for
adoption by the convention a resolu
tion indorsing the Wilson adminis
tration.
Four Dead, Two Dying,
Two More Hurt When
Car Leaps Off Bridge
SPARTANBURG, S. C., Aug. 2.
Four persons were killed, two were
fatally injured and two others suf
fered less serious hurts at Mayo, S.
C., last night when an .automobile
crashed through the railing of a
bridge and fell 30 feet to the rail
road tracks below>
The dead are John Wilton Morris,
Custer Hunter, Samuel H. Clark and
Mites Ila Gilmer. Miss Mary Ellen
Rodgers and Miss Callie Reed are
dying in a local hospital with
crushed skulls. S. F. Sutton, who
was driving the automobile, has
lacerations of the scalp and concus
sion of the brain. Miss Lottie Gil
mer has a broken arm.
Mr. Sutton, with several compan
ions, was returning from a trip to
the northern section of the state,
when, in turning a sharp curve at
Mayo, the machine hurtled through
the railing at the end of the bridge,
throwing the entire party to the
tracks below. All the members of
the party were from Glendale, this
’county.
GOVERNOR ENTERS
SENATORIAL RACE
AFTER CONFERENCE
Will Issue Statement Early
This Week —Political Sit
uation Complicated by De
velopment
Governor Dorsey on Saturday aft
ernoon announced that he was a can
didate for the United States senate
and would Issue a formal statement
in the next few days. His announce
ment was made att he governor’s
mansion at the adjournment of a
conference with friends from vari
ous parts of the state, who came at
his invitation to discuss with him
the question wheth’er he should en
ter the race.
Senator Hoke Smith last night,
upon reading the announcement in
the early editions of the Sunday pa
pers that Governor Dorsey had en
tered the race, and upon being asked
if he had any comment to make,
gave out the following;
Governor Dorsey has made'*a
serious mistake in entering the
race. I believe he was forced
into it against his own better
Judgment and against the better
judgment of those of his friends
other than the small coterie
headed by the Howells, who are
blinded with hatred wherever I
am concerned.
I can and would win the fight
against Thomas E. Watson with
out the slightest trouble in a
two-cornered race. X feel cure X
can and will win it in a three
cornered race, but any sane esti
mate of the political situation in
Georgia fnust recognize that
Governor Dorsey will be a seri
ous factor in only one respect—
namely, that while ho cannot
hope to be elected himself, he
can seriously help Watson in the
fight with me. The extent to
which Governor Dorsey was de
pendent upon Watson for his
election as governor must indi
cate how helpless he will be
without him.
There are those forcing Gov
ernor Dorsey into the race who
would be delighted to see Wat
son elected if it meant my de
feat; and who would be entirely
willing to see the governor used
as a sacrifice to accomplish this
end.
X cannot believe that this is
the governor’s own wish. I know
it is not the wish of most of
his friends, and X still hope that
he may not continue in the race.
The fight is between Watson
and myself and everyone knows
it. I am receiving the support
of many of the mon who led the
fight for Palmer. ’ We can and
will put a crushing defeat on
Watson notwithstanding this
flank attack.
How Dorsey Entered
It was understood that the gov
ernor’s friends at the conference
expressed contrary opinions on the
question whether he should run.
Some of those associated with him
In previous campaigns were anxious
for him to run, it was said, while
others believed it. would be an un
fortunate mistake. The governor
himself, it was said, expressed his
personal inclination to stay out of
the race. On account of the re
ported difference of counsel the con
ference adjourned at 2 o’clock, after
being in session several hours, and
the governor requested them to re
turn to the mansion at 3:30 o’clock.
One or two of his friends who had
been most urgent for him to run
tarried with him at the mansion
when the others adjourned, Albert
Howell, Jr., of Atlanta, being one
of those who stayed.
At 3:30 o’clock the conference re
convened and the governor an
nounced in a shqrt speech that he
had decided to mtike the race at the
sacrifice of his own personal in
clinations. The newspaper men were
then admitted and the governor told
them he was a candidate and would
have a formal statement later. The
governor will be in Americus Mon
day night at a banquet to be given
by the chamber of commerce in hon
or jointly of himself ana Governor
Brough, of Arkansas, who is mak
ing a somewhat extended tour of
Georgia with a party of capitalists
interested in lands in this state. In
view of thi s engagement, made sev
eral days ago, the governor thought
it unlikely that he would be able to
write his formal statement before
Tuesday.
Will Postpone Speeches
It was indicated by Governor
Dorsey that he will make no’ speeches
until after the adjournment of the
legislature, which will be on Thurs
day, August 12. He said he did not
feel willing to leave his duties in
the capitol in connection with the
legislative session to begin an active
campaign at this time. Judge A.
B. Lovett, of Sylvania, presided over
the conference at the -.mansion and
was made temporary chairman of
the governor’s campaign committee.
Among those present at the con
ference were the following:
Colonel H. H. Dean. Gainesville;
Albert Howell, Jr„ Atlanta; Hollins
N. Randolph, Atlanta; Judd Roberts,
Atlanta and Canton; John T. Dorsey,
solicitor general of the Blue Ridge
circuit; Dr. Wood, mayor of Dalton;
Samuel A. Nunn. Perry; W. T. An
derson, editor of the Macon Tele
graph; C. E. Brown, editor of the
Cordele Dispatch; Henry J. Full
bright, state tax commissioner; A.
Pratt Adams, J. Gordon Saussy and
David C. Barrow, of Savannah;
Pleasant A. Stovall, editor of the Sa
vannah Press; Lee Langley, Rome; J.
Herman Milner, member of the
house from Dodge and speaker pro
tern.; State Senator J. B. Clements,
Irwinton.
It was stated after the governor’s
announcement that some members of
the American Legion, headed by Ed
gar Dunlap, of Gainesville, had want
ed to pay the governor’s entrance
fee and had raised $250 in $1 sub
scriptions for that puzpose. In view
of thejr wish, it was stated that R.
F. Herrings, of Atlanta, who paid
the governor’s fee a few days ago,
would withdraw his money and con
tribute it to the governor's campaign
ment was made at the governor’s
fund, and the American Legion men
would put up theirs in its place.
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WARSAW FEARS
ATTACK FROM
SOVIET ARMY
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LONDON, Aug. 2.—Bolshevik cav
alry raiders are operating sixty miles
north of Warsaw, according to axis
patch from the Polish capital, re
ceived here at 4 a. m. today.
At an early hour today no definite
word had come of the Russian-Polish
armistice negotiations, and British
officials were plainly worried. They
feared the reds intended to accom
plish a complete Polish disaster,
rendering them absolutely helpless,
before imposing their drastic terms
of peace.
Warsaw Dreads Invasion
The hot b’eath of battle was being
felt in Warsaw today. Dispatches
from that city hold how a spirit of
dread crept through It, as news came
that the advance of the Bolshevik!
continued unchecked. With Trotsky’s
armies menacing the capital from
the north and from the east, meas
ures were taken for a desperate de
fense of the city Itself. The people
went into the fields with pick and
shovel and, under the direction of
army engineers, commenced throw
ing up earthworks on all sides. They
labored at top speed, many falling
exhausted. Meanwhile, the engineers
were driving stakes and meshing
barbed wire across the principal
roads down which red cavalry might
swoop in a sudden descent upon the
town.
Seek Polish Delegates
Newspaper offices were besieged
for word of the Polish armistice
delegates, who, under promise of the
Bolshevik! that the international
armistice rules would be obeyed to
the letter, had disappeared into the
mysterious "out there” bey.ond the
front, somewhere behind the soviet;
army’s lines, and from whpm no
word haft come since the ranks of
the red troops closed their heels.
At the war office, every effort was
being made to plan reorganization of
the army so that some resistance
could be offered in event the armis
tice negotiations failed. Huge war
maps showed the recent gains of the
reds and the staff officers, with these
maps , before them, tried repeatedly
to establish communication with the
generals In the field.
This waz very difficult, owing to
the rabidity with which the armies
were moVirtg. Marshal Pilsudski was
dispatched to Lemberg to direct the
defense of that Important city, but
it was feared it could not be held
without reinforcements.
The main Bolshevik! forces are op
erating northeast and east of War
saw at distances ranging between
90 and 120 miles from the Polish
capital, according to the soviet offi
cial communique from Moscow to
day.
"In the direction of Lomzha (90
miles northeast of Warsaw) we,
crossed the Bobr and Naral rivers,”
the wireless said,
“We advansed to the westward of
Bielostok (110 mblles northeast of
Warsaw). •
• "We occupied Bielsk (approximate
ly 100 miles east of Warsaw) and the
Bialovezh station.
"Northeast of Kobrin we occupied
a number of villages, breaking stub
bor nresistance.”
Kobrin is twenty miles northeast
of Brest-Litovsk, unofficially report
ed to have fallen to the reds.
Baby Is Christened
On Girder of Steel
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 2.—Four
teen stories from the street, on a
slender girder of steel, Ole Peterson,
structural iron worker, held his five
months-old son at noon today while
the Rev. William Reese, chaplain for
the Central Trades and Labor Council
here, performed a christening cere
mony. Fifty members of Iron Work
ers Union No. 58 were named God
fathers. They occupied positions on
nearby girders.
Below the christening party there
were no floors and through the net
work of steel could be glimpsed the
concrete basement. The baby ap
parently was bored.
Million-Dollar Estate
Appraised in Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga., Aug. 2.—The es
tate of the late Solomon Sheftall was
appraised Monday In the ordinary’s
court. It is valued at $1,319,215,85.
This is the second largest estate ever
appraised in Savannah, the largest
having been that of the late Mr. H.
M. Comer.
Thos. E. Watson Tells How
HeßlockedHokeSmith From
Indorsing Administration
(Trom. the Columbia Sentinel, May 24, 1920.)
We had obtained the beet set of resolutions the complicated
situation admitted of; we had secured the best possible delegation
to San Francisco; we had had absolute control of the convention:
there remained only a call of the counties for the three candidates
—a mere formality.
We had gained substantially all that we had gone for—a
straightout condemnation of the league, and a straight defeat of
indorsement of Wilson, and a straight condemnation of his mon
strous usurpations of power. r
Suddenly a Palmer delegate whispered to me: “Adjourn the
convention!
“Smith is sending orders to his delegates to indorse the ad
ministration. This will force us to vote with the Smith delegates,
and you will be overwhelmed.’’
For the fraction of two or three seconds, I was suspicious of
a trap, but a quick survey of all that we had accomplished con
vinced me there was no trap, but a sincere warning against foul
play.
While the secretary was adding up his figures on the last vote,
which went against Mr. Albert Howell, I motioned to Kelly, who
skipped from the platform to my seat, and took a message from
me to Hardwick, and they conferred a moment, and then nodded
to me.
As soon as Chairman Olive had announced the result of the
yea and nay vote, I movejJ to adjourn sine die.
The messenger from the Piedmont hotel should have arrived
earlier.
Scents a copi.
$1.50 A YEAH.
10.8 PER GENT GAIN
OF 284,480 PEOPLE
■NOME
Bureau Gives Detailed Com
parison With 1910 —More
Southern County Figures
Announced at Washington
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—Geor«
gia’s 1920 population, with the ex
ception of one enumerating district
not returned by the supervisor, IS
2,893,601, the census bureau an
nounced today. Ten yers ago ths
population was 2,609,121. The rate
of growth for the ten years was
10.9 per cent, about 7 Per cent less
than the increase of ten years go.
In numbers, Georgia’s population
increase ws 284,480, the smallest
numerical increase since the decade
ending with 187), but more than two
thirds as large as the increase ten
years ago.
Georgia had a population of 2,609,-
121 in 1910, ranking it as the tenth
most populous state in the union.
It showed an increase of 392,790, or
17.7 per cent, for the ten years end
ing with 1910. The numerical in
crease was the largest in its history
prior to the present census. Geor
gia’s largest relative increase was
97.1 per cent in the decade 1790-1800.
When the first federal census was
taken in 1790 Georgia had a popula
tion of 82,548 and it ranked then as
the seventeenth among the states and
territories.
In area Georgia ranked as twen
tieth among the states in 1910 with
a land area of 58,725' square miles,
making its population average 44.4
per square mile, compared with an
average of 30.9 per square xnile for
the country as a whole.
Georgia was one of the thirteen
original colonies, adopted its stats
constitution in 1777 and ratified ths
federal censtitution in 1788. During
the first sixty years from the first
census in 1790 to 1850, the rate of
increase in Georgia’s population was
much higher than in the following
Sixty years, ending with 1910. During
the first sixty years, the rate of in
crease did not fall below 31 per cent
in any decade, and the population at
the end of the period was nearly
eleven times as large as at the be
ginning. During the second sixty
years the rates of increase ranged
from 12 per cent to 30.2 per cent and
the population in 1910 was somewhat
less than three times that of 1850.
Comparison of the rates of increase
for the state with those for the Unit
ed States shows that during each
decade from 1790 to 1840 the rate of
increase for the state was higher
than that for the United States. From
1840 to 1910 the rate for the state
was lower than for the country as a
whole, except in the decade 1870-80,
when the state’s rate was slightly
higher.
The population of Georgia in 1910
was a little more than 31 1-2 timee
as large as in 1790, when the first
census was taken, while the popula
tion of the United States in 1910 waz
23 times that of 1790.
The record of growth of Georgia’!
population follows:
Census Popu- In- Per
Year. lation. cr6ase. Cent*
1920 2,893,601 284,480 10.9
1910 2,609,121 392,790 17.7
1900 2,216,331 378,978 20.«
1890 1,837,353 295,173 19.1
1380 1,542,180 358,071 30.2
1870 1,184,109 126j823 12,0
1860 1,057,286 151,101 16.7
1850 906,185 214,793 21.1
1840 691,392 174,569 38.8
1830 516,823 175,834 51.1
1820 340,989 88,556 35.1
1810 252,433 89,747 55.2
1800 162,686 80,138 97.1
1790 82,548 -...
Dr. Porras Elected
President of Panama
PANAMA, Aug. 2. —Dr. Belisarlo
Porras, candidate of the Liberal
Conservative party, was elected
president of the republic of Panama
in the election held yesterday. Hiz
opponent in the campaign was Dr.
Ciro Urriola.