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W Atlanta Evi -WccKln Sbwmtl VOL. XXIL NO. no. 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 * - I ——— 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 .. - « 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 NEW YORK BUYS SOME RADIUM 't •' •> ■ ' ' •' Vy ■ - : 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. Kodakers, Save Money Roll film developed 7 cents. Glossy prints 2x3. 3c; 2x4 or 3x4, 4c; 3x5, sc. Write for sample. Dept. D-6. Baldwin Stu.liu.', .It. Louis, Mo. WARSAW FEARS ATTACK FROM SOVIET ARMY ——————— I 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.