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VOL. XXII. NO. 117.
WOMEN OF U. S. ARE GRANTED EQUAL SUFFRAGE
DANZIG CORRIDOR
IS REPORTED FREE
OF RED INVMERS
Warsaw Has Been Relieved
of Immediate Danger by
Successful Counter At
tacks Against Soviets
■ LONDON, August IS'.—The Bol
" shevik recoil from Polish counter
attacks in several sectors had be
gun to assume proportions of a rout,
according to latest advices from va
rious sources today. Only stubborn
resistance at critical points had en
abled the Russian forces to prevent
\ annihilation of many of their re
treating divisions.
The Bolshevik withdrawal meas
ured more than ten miles at some
points, and in the vicinity of Ciech
anof (50 miles north and west of
Warsaw, on the river Lidynia) the
Doles advanced fifteen miles on a
* enty-mile front.
Bed Danger Thought Over
AH unofficial advices from Warsaw
declare the “Red danger” is tem
porarily over, and that the city’s im
perilled defenses have been restored.
The attack on Novog was stopped
at the outer forts. A shrapnel bar
rage tore great gaps in the ranks of
the advancing Reds. They came
doggedly on until within machine
gun range, when a hail storm of bul-
* lets mowed them, down in great
windrows. As they crumpled and be
wgan to give way, the Polish infantry
charged, bayonetting the retreating
Russians. The withdrawal became
a rout and Polish cavalry, taking up
the pursuit, drove the soviet forces
back ten miles before they qbuld re
form their ranks.
North of Lublin (100 miles south
east of Warsaw), the Bolsheviki were
reported to have been completely
routed by a surprise attack.
Soviet Claims Success
The latest communique from Mos
cow, however, declared the Poles had
been flung back “at the point of
bayonet” northeast of Novo-Geor
gievsk (an important fortress at the
junction of the Rivers Vistula and
Bug, fifteen miles northwest of War
saw), following “fierce fighting.” Ac
cording to the communique, several
Villages were occupied by the Bol
sheviki on the west bank of . the
Vrka (a river flowing southeastward
from the old Russian-German fron
tier and joining the Vistula just east
of Novo-Georgievsk; passing twelve
miles west of Ciechanof, which the
Poles claimed to have recaptured).
A dispatch to the Times from Dan
gig, said the British commissioner
there was reported to have ruled
that munitions ships en route to Po
land would not be allowed to enter
the harbor. Several were said to be
approaching at the time the ruling
was made.
Another dispatch to the Times,
from Brussels, said the Belgian cab
inet had definitely decided not to aid
Poland, pending the outcome of the
peace negotiations at Minsk. At the
same time, the Belgians ordered back
two munitions trains which attempt
ed to cross the frontier en route from
France to Poland. _
mrsTbradstreet
LOSES FIGHT TO
SECURE CHATTELS
Mrs. Katherine Queen Bradstreet
rad her father, A. P. Queen, have
list their fight for furniture from
Mr. Queen’s home and stock from
Mr. Queen’s Panthersville store con
fiscated last autumn by the receiver
in the Fairburn Bank case.
Under a recommendation filed
Wednesday with Judge W. D. Ellis
by Clarence Bell, special auditor in
the case, the Fairburn Banking com
pany, as reparation for Green’s in
debtedness to the bank, gets all the
property claimed by Mrs. Bradstreet
and her father except two art squares
and six rugs, total value $65. The
furniture is valued at $5,000 and the
stock in the store brought SBSO.
This settles the wrangle over the
property unless attorneys for Mr.
Xjueen and Mrs. Bradstreet file excep
tions to the auditor’s recommenda
tions. They have twenty days to do
this. If they except to a question of
fact, the case will be heard before a
jury. If they except to a question
of law, the judge decides the case.
Only one phase of the civil litiga
tion surrounding the Fairburn case
now remains to be settled. That is
the question of who gets Green’s
home at Fairburn. Other property
owned by Green —two bales of cotton,
stock in a drug store, stock in a Col
lege Park bank, and some real estate
—Green turned over to the bank
July 31. „
* But his Fairburn home Mrs. Green
claimed had been deeded to her by
Green’s brother, who, in turn, had
received it from Green. She is still
living there, but attorneys for the
Jiank state they will tile a petition
soon in Fairburn, seeking to get the
home for the bank on the ground that
(he transaction whereby -Mrs Green
got the property right was taken out
long after Green’s arrest.
The Fairburn Banking company
probably will realize about $6,000 on
the decision of Auditor Bell Wednes
day. About SBSO is now in the hands
of the receiver as the proceeds of
sale of stock in the Panthersville
St The furniture, it is- estimated, will
bring more than S,SA>OO when sold.
Auditor Bell decided, in view of
the evidence' presented by both sides,
that Mrs. Bradstreet bought the
store and stock for her father with
money given her by Green, and that
her father never paid her back.* He
further decided that the furniture
was bought for Mrs. Bradstreet by
Green and that Mr. Queen, as he
Claimed, had no right to it for a debt
he said hig daughter owed him.
Victory for Hoke Smith
Is Presaged in Enthusiasm
For Him in IFiregrass
Not Since His First Race
Have His Friends Been
Stirred With Such Evi
dences of Earnestness
A review of Senator Hoke Smith’s
personal activity in southwest Geor
gia Monday considered in connection
with first-hand expressions from all
classes of people and a careful analy
sis of political conditions not only
confirm, but strengthen the belief
that wiregrass Georgia is beginning
to blaze with a sentiment that spells
victory for Senator Smith.
Not since Mr. Smith’s first . race
for governor have his friends been
stirred by such evidences of zeal and
earnestness. They are militant and
aggressive, and what is more encour
aging, they view the result*with con
fidence. Their confidence, broadly
speaking, springs primarily from the
knowledge trfat scores and scores of
influential citizens who supported the
senator in 1906, but who have since
been less interested in his political
fortunes or actually opposed ’to
him, again are aligning themselves
behind his leadership, and are mak
ing the fight of their lives.
As an instance of this, atten
tion is invited to the attitude of
Frank Cocke, one of the well-known
and highly respected merchants of
Dawson, and O. E. Lowe, of Dawson,
a cotton buyer, who is widely known
in southwest Georgia. .There are
scores of others of no less promi
nence and influence, but the
of Messrs. Cocke and Lowe suffices
as a typical instance.
Mr. Cocke was one of the most ac
tive and enthusiastic supporters Mr.
Smith had in the 1906 campaign. He
worked with all of the energy at
his command in the memorable Ter
rell county campaign. But Mr. Cocke
did not support Senator Smith in the
presidential primary. He voted for
Attorney General Palmer.
For Him Again
M hen Senator Smith spoke at Daw
son yesterday Mr. Cocke was in the
courthouse, an attentive listener. At
the conclusion of the speech, he
sought out the senator.
"I was with you originally, sena
tor, but I turned against you in the
presidential priihary,” he said. “But
since hearing your speech, I want
to tell you that l am for you as
strong as ever and am going td do
my utmost in this county.”
Senator Smith was deeply touched
by Mr Cocke’s unsolicited expres
sion. He always has regarded the
mercbant as a Sood friend
ants his opposition in the presidential
aFy WaS a source of deep re-
“I believe the senator will carry
Terrell county in the senatorial pri-
V?, ar %v- Mr ; C ocke stated subsequent
ly You -know, he lost it by only
seventeen votes in April, and many
of his old friends either voted
against him or were luke-warm in
September” ‘ U WIU be different in
Mr. Lowe was one of the original
m ? n in Terrell county,
he opposed the senator in the
preference primary. He was among
hntoF vl sited the senator at the
hotel before the speaking and he was
among the big crowd that packed the
courthouse to hear the speech.
, am t> ac k behind Senatoi
Smith again, and we are
he made converts among those who
have been against him.”
Dr. Dean's Comment
ur. J. G. Dean, one of the well
known and successful physicians and
surgenns of the state, calledl to pay
his respects to Senator Smith and
Or ar n? S speech with deep interest,
hut Was - a Smith man in 1906,
but he has since opposed him.
“I enjoyed the senator’s speech: it
a ../ 5ne ’ clear presentation,” he
saia. iam not prepared to say 'for
whom I shall vote in the coming pri
wh»y ’ in° r am 1 P re P ar ed to predict
who will carry the county.
Tm?™™ C1 y ef ™-°P cern is ln defeating
Thomas E. M atson, and I am going
result 6 ”*" my!self to brln S about this
n t , Te i rel L county ’ the fact of the
matter is that Governor Dorsey’s
friends are in a quandary. They real
ize taht his candidacy is contributing
to the strength of Mr. Watson, yet
stlll con J ur e an ancient
hostility to Senator Smith—a hostili
ty going back to 1906, when the
bmith men carried the county over
their organized opposition.
The governor's strength in Terrell
county is a negative strength, as it
were. The men who are supporting
him are not so much for the gover
nor as they are against Hoke Smith,
but even) so the strength of Mr. Wat
son disturbs them.
Just now a Dorsey club is being or
ganzed in Terrell county. Walter
Christie, one of the governor’s spe
cial tobacco tax collectors, is, or has
been, here promoting the Dorsey
club, but so long as the shadow of
M atson continues as a menace the
governor’s candidacy lags.
Tobacco Tax Item
The collection of that illegal to
bacco tax is, it may be stated, quite
a lively topic of interest in this sec
tion of the state. Many merchants
were forced to pay the tax and they
haven’t been reimbursed. Senator
Smith touched upon the tax in his
speech, and the crowd followed his
remarks with evident interest.
In remarking upon political’ condi
tions in this section, the influence of
the Albany Herald cannot be ignored
or discounted. No paper in Georgia
enjoys or has ever enjoyed a stronger
influence upon its readers than the
Herald. Editor Henry Mclntosh en
joys the respect and confidence of ev
ery man in this sectiori of Georgia.
There are in Dawson and elsewhere
in this section persons who have dis
agreed and who now disagree with
Mr. Mclntosh, but there is none who
questions his integrity or discredits
his editorial expressions. Everyone
knows that Henry Mclntosh is actu
ated by the best motives in anything
that he does, and they know, too,
that his expressions carry conviction.
The Herald is supporting Senator
Smith, and its support is one of the
big factors in his increasing strength
in Terrell, Randolph and adjoining
counties.
Senator Smith was presented to his
audience at Dawson by Attorney J. J.
Jones, whose speech was a gem of
well-balance oratory and thoughtful
remarks. It provoked a hearty re
sponse and earned for Colonel Jones
many compliments from those who
I heard it.
SHELLMAN VOTERS
ASK CONSTITUTION
FOR CORRECTION
The Journal is in receipt of a
copy of a letter, written by a large
number of citizens of Shellman and
addressed ..to the Atlanta Constitu
tion, in which Nhese citizens take
the Constitution to task for misrep
resenting Senator Smith’s meeting in
Shellman on Monday. The letter
follows: ■
Editor Atlanta Constitution,
Atlanta, Ga.
Bear Sir: There appeared in your
paper today the erroneous report of
Senator Hoke Smith’s meeting here
on yesterday, which, in justice to
him, we ask that you please cor
rect. You have an article that reads
as follows.
SHELLMAN, Ga., Aug. 16.
(Special.)—Senator Hoke Smith
spoke here this afternoon in the
interest of his candidacy for re
election. His speech was along
the usual lines, and he spent
most of hip time telling of what
he had “done for the farmer”
and how he “put the price of
cotton up.” The audience show
ed every little interest or en
thusiasm, and only applauded
when he was telling how the
American soldiers broke the
Hindenburg line, and one re
mark he made about Tom Wat
son.
This was a Hoke Smith hot
bed during the days when he
was running for governor and
his first term in the senate,
but it loks as if the senator
is going to get his lightest vote
ever polled for him in the com
ing election.”
Senator Smith's speech was a
plain statement of his political ca
reer, which he invited any one to ask
questions about, assuring every one
present that he would not make
reply than courteous. He
spoke of his opponents kindly, and
his entire speech was well received.
There was never in the history of
our town a larger political gather
ing, and »the audience showed con
siderable enthusiasm throughout the
entire speech of Senator Smith.
The facte are that no candidate
ever came to Shellman who received a
warmer welcome or reception than
did Senator Smith. He wae given
an ovation from the time ho reach
ed the Randolph county lino, which
is about two miles out from Shell
man, where ho was mot by a large
committee of 100 or more repre
sentative citlsens in automobiles
and escorted to the school audi
torium.
After the speech, throe-fourths
of the audience pushed their way
ahead to shako hands and congrat
ulate him K notwithstanding many of
whom were Palmer supporters in the
preferential primary. After the
speech Dr. W. B. Terry, of Shellman,
who has not always supported Sen
ator Smith, stated that he had any
reasonable amount of money to say
that the senator would got more
votes in Shellman district than he
had over gotten in any of his for
mer races, and should yon have any
reader who would like to look into
it further, the doctor says he is “on
the spot.”
Thank you for the courtesy of
publishing the above, as a matter of
justice to Senator Smith, we are,
Yours very truly,
C. J. Greene, D. A. Brown, J. M.
Wooten, H. H. Hart, J. O. Ham-
" mock, J. E. Heisler, B. F. Bone,
W; Y. Johnson, G. D. Coleman, J.
L. Helm, M. W. Lancaster, W. S.
Terry, w. R. Curry, C. W. Cur
ry, H. L. Cheney, R. L. Cheney,
H. C. Bower, R. M. Bower, J. N.
Watts, George P. Heart, D. G. Fer
gerson, B. F. Barge. E. D. Watsonfi
F. M. Trippe, W. S. Short, C. W.
Martin, R. B. Martin, F. M. Mar
tim H. Faircloth, B. T. Reese, J.
M. Curry, L. F. Short, J. A.
White, W R. Terry, G. W. Joiner,
J. N. Watts, Jr., R. T. Watson.
H. R. Watson, John Heiner, W.
W. Broach, J. T'. Johns,' J. N.
Clements, J. G. Sasser, J. T. Mar
'tin, John M. Bell.
POP BOTTLE USED
BY A WOMAN IN
ROUTING BANDITS
The pop-bottle barrage laid down
by Mrs Esther Sheinfeld and the
ten-pound lard can she used for
“mopping up,” routed three bold, bad
bandits in her husband's store Tues
day night as effectually as if she
had been armed with hand grenades
and bayonets.
It was after dark and Israel Shein
feld was preparing to close up shop,
when two negroes walked in the store
at 223 Martin street and asked for
a couple of all-day suckers. Mrs.
Sheinfeld sat near the door, her lit
tle daughter, Golden Sheinfeld, aged
eight, nearby.
Mrs. Sheinfeld didn’t know it, but
behind her back the two negroes
had each drawn a gun and “had the
drop” on her husband, behind the
candy countr. What she did see,
however, was a third negro coming
in the door with a handkerchief
over his face..
“Burglars!” yelled Mrs. Sheinfeld,
and beat a strategic retreat to the
rear. There she seized a pop-bottle
from a row of empties on the shelf
and let fly at the man in the mask.
It missed him by a hair, but the
second got him right in the teeth.
A third and a fourth followed, a reg
ular volley of pop-bottles. Golden
Sheinfeld screamed. The man in the
mask ran. Israel Sheinfeld, inspir
ed by his wife’s attack, grabbed two
oil lamps from the counter and slung
one of them at the burglar nearest
him, who discharged his gun at the
ceiling and followed his confederate
out the front door.
Mrs. Sheinfeld. flushed with suc
cess, her blood up, hurled the last
pop-bottle into space, and came over
the top with a ten-pound lard can
in her arms. She found the surviv
ing bandit crouched in a dugout be
hind a barrel, and let him have all
ten pounds in the back of the neck.
He yelled once, fired twice and dis
appeared. leaving the Sheinfelds
masters of the field.
Ninety dollars in the cash regis
ter was untouched. Nothing was
missing; nothing was broken except
the skin on two of Israel Shein
feld’s flingers, two oil lamps, one
showcases, a dozen bottles and three
planks in the ceiling where three
bullets went from the guns of the
bold, bad bandits.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1920.
UIMTOBACCDTAX
NOT COLLECTED IN
BIG GEORGIA CITIES
Special Investigators Ap
pointed by Authority of the
Governor Confined Activi
ties to Country Districts
That the special tax investigators
appointed on the recommendation of
Governor Dorsey collected the illegal
cigarette tobacco tax from merchants
in the country counties and gave the
large cities of the state a wide
berth, was the outstanding develop
ment Wednesday in the situation
which has caused such widespread
comment and interest throughout the
state.
It was a matter of particular in
terest that despite the fact that four
of the special tax investigators are
residents of Atlanta, no cigarette to
bacco taxes were collected in this
city, although more than $12,000 in
other special taxes was collected
within the limits of Fulton county.
The records of the comptroller
general show that the cigarette to
bacco tax was not collected in At
lanta, Macon, Savannah, Columbus or
Augusta, but that the eight special
tax investigators confined their ef
forts to rounding up merchants in
the rural counties and collecting
cigarette tobacco taxes over their
vigorous protest.
According to the official records,
the counties in which cigarette to
bacco taxes were collected were Polk.
Bartow, Gordon, Chattooga, Emanuel.
Screven, Oglethorpe, Madison, Oco
nee, Taliaferro, Newton, Jasper.
Jones, Henry, Rockdale, Sumtei 4 .
Houston, Macon, Twiggs, Jefferson,
Bleckley and Terrell.
The eight special tax investigators
were not out to collect only the
cigarette tobacco tax, but to gather
in back occupational taxes and vari
ous kinds of special taxes. They col
lected these other taxes in the big
cities, but made no collections of the
cigarette tobacco tax, which has
since been held to be illegal in cases
where merchants do not sell or give
away cigarette papers.
Try to »e&lewK... lßsue
Comment at the state capitol Wed
nesday was directed to the effort
in some quarters to divert attention
from the facts of the case by in
sinuating that the disclosures in re
gard to the collection of the illegal
cigarette tobacco tax were intended
to do political injury to Comptroller
General William A. Wright, who, for
forty-two years has filled that of
fice with efficiency and honor to
himself.
The partisan attempt to shift the
onus of the situation to Comptroller
General Wright was ridiculed as a
feeble effort to becloud the issue.
It was pointed out. that the rulings
of the comptroller general have been
consistent from start to finish; that
he disagreed from the outset with
the opinion of Attorney General
Walker and it was the comptroller
general who first urged the refund
of the illegal cigarette tobacco tax
to those merchants who could make
the proper showing.
As the matter stands now, the
situation Is about this way:
Back in 1919 the governor decided
to select special-tax investigators to
go out into the state and collect
past due special taxes of all kinds,
including the tax on cigarette to
bacco. It was claimed that the tax
collectors, for various reasons, had
not collected these taxes and it was
decided to inaugurate a general
'round up. These special investiga
tors were instructed to collect taxes
from 19J9 through 1918 on mer
chants selling cigarette tobacco, re
gardless of the fact that Comptroller
General bright held to the opinion
that thi s tax should not be collect
ed from merchants selling cigarette
tobacco if they did not sell or give
away cigarette papers.
Eight Investigators Appointed.
The special investigators were ap
pointed—eight of them. Among
them was Marshall Nelms, former
ly executive secretary to Governor
Dorsey, and Caughey Culpepper,, for
merly a clerk in the governor's ex
ecutive offices.
They were authorized to take 20
per cent of all their collections as
a commission in payment for their
services. They also were author
ized to turn over to the several coun
ty tax collectors 10 per cent of their
collections, since, under the law, the
county tax collectors are entitled to
10 per cent of all special taxes they
•*pllect. Thus the state received
only 70 per cent of the total amount
collected.
They turned into the state treas
ury the sum of $100,115.08, which
constituted 70 per cent of the total
amount they had collected in ille
gal cigarette tobacco taxes and past
due occupational taxes of various
kinds. Thus the special tax investi
gators received in commissions the
sum of $28,604.30 as their 20 per
cent commission, while the county
tax collectors received $14,302.15 as
their 10 per cent commission. The
total /amount collected by the spe
cial tax investigators on all special
taxes, including the illegal cigarette
tobacco tax, was $143,021.50 before
any commissions had been deducted.
Merchants who sold cigarette to
bacco, but who did not sell or give
away cigarette papers made vigor
ous protest at being compelled to
pay this special tax for a period of
several years. They made their pro
tests known at the office of the
governor and at a conference called
by Governor Dorsey it was decided,
upon the suggestion of Comptroller
General Wright, who maintained his
original position as to the exemption
of certain merchants, to make a re
fund in all cases where merchants
would certify that they had neither
sold nor, given away cigarette pa
pers.
State Got Only 70 Per Cent
But the state had received only 70
per cent of the total amount of taxes
(Continued on Page 8, Column 5)
| Suffrage H as Ratified Here
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This is Tennessee's imposing
old state capitol, at Nashville.
erected in 184 5, and within
whose halls the ballots were cast
that gave millions of American
women the right to vote and a
voice in running the government \
of the United States. Tennessee
was the thirty-sixth and decid-
ing state to ratify the national
constitutional amendment en-
franchising women. The victory
for the suffragists was won aft-
er "a battle of decades and was I ''
marked by a bitter struggle at IWW’ 1
the finish. J ®
STATUS OF GEORGIA
WOMEN'S VOTE IN
NOV. IS DOUBTFUL
Whethe of Georgia
will be s '"s n the next
presidents *> w that the
Tennessee Ys ratified
the Susan mendment
to the fede jn, appears
to be an open-Ln until the
constituted authorities have gone
fully into the law.
R. A. Denny, attorney general of
Georgia, expressed the opinion Wed
nesday, when informed that Tennes
see had ratified the amendment, that
the women of Georgia are eligible to
register themselves under Georgia
registration laws without the pas
sage of a specific enabling act by the
Georgia legislature.
Bills to enable the women of Geor
gia to vote in the forthcoming Dem
ocratic state primary, and in the
general state election and the pres
idential election, in the event of the
ratification of the suffrage amend
ment by the thirty-sixth state, were
introduced in the legislature just
adjourned, but were lost in the shuf
fle.
Attorney General Denny’s offhand
opinion is that the women are eligi
ble to register without a legislative
enactment specifically authorizing
them to register.
But just at this point is raised a
question which may prevent Georgia
women from voting in the presi
dential election. Lucien Harris, tax
collector iand registrar of Fulton
county, raises the point that Geor
gia’s registration law requires the
registration for all elections, both
primary and general, to close six
months in advance of the dates of
the elections.
Six Months Expired
The six-months period has expired
on the Democratic state jirimary to
be held September 8, and on the
presidential election to be held No
vember 2, and on the general state
election to be held November 2.
Hence it would seem that while
women may be eligible to register,
they cannot vote in any election with
in six months. Further opinions on
the subject will be awaited with
state-wide interest.
Charleston, S. C., Has
Population of 67,957,
Gain of 15.5 Per Cent
WASHINGTON. Aug. 18.—The
census bureau today announced the
following population results:
Charleston. S. C.. 67,907, increase
9,124, or 15.5 per cent.
Sapulpa Okla., 11,634, ■ increase
3,351, or 40.5 per cent.
Greeley. Col., 10,883, increase 2,704,
or 33.1 per cent.
The following county figures were
announced:
Cherokee, Tex., 37,633; Levy. Fla.,
9,921; Yazoo, Miss., 37,149; ‘Bruns
wick, N. C., 14,876; Lee, N. C., 13,-
400; Wilkes, N. C., 32,644; Barnwell,
S. C., 23,081; Hansford, Tex., 1,354;
Lamb, Tex., 1,175; Elizabeth City
county, Va., 25,144; Hamilton, Tenn.,
115.954.
The following Georgia and south
ern towns were given also:
Bay Minette, Ala., 1,092; Boyce,
La., 1,060; Glenmora, La., 2,298; Le
compte, La., 1,034; McNary, La.,
1,318; Pineville, La., 2,188; South
Pittsburg, Tenn., 2,356.
Conyers, Ga., 1,817; Halls, Tenn.,
1,400; Ripley, Tenn., 2,070; Glenn
ville, Ga., 1,069; Sonora, Ga., 1,684;
Macon, Miss., 2,051; Camden, S. C.,
3,930; Kershaw, S. C., 1,151.
Hoke Smith Invites
To Meet Him in Debate
And Discuss Their Records
NEW RECORD FOR
IMMIGRATION IS
PREDICTED SOON
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—Immi
gration officials plan to take care of
more than. 1,000,000 arrivals in the
United States during the next twelve
months under the reorganization of
the Immigration service '•ordered by
Assistant Secretary Post, of the- la
bor department.
“More than 70,000 Immigrants are
arriving each month,” said Hugh
Reed, of the labor department, to
day.
“The rate is increasing every day.
The biggest pre-war immigration
year saw the arrival of 1,400,000 im
migrants. This record may be brok»
en soon.
“Immigration officials at Ellis Is
land now are working at top speed
to handle cases of new arrivals.
“Steamship companies report that
they are unable to handle all the im
migration business offered.
“One French ccncern recently re
ported it could increase its business
1,000 per cent if it had the boats to
carry all who want to come to the
United States.”
The reorganization order by Mr.
Post is expected to include an in
crease in the personnel of Ellis Is
land. It will affect not only the
office of Commissioner Caminetti but
also coastal stations. According to
labor department officials, the in
creasing immigrrrtion duties have
disclosed a "disorganization” in the
service.
Georgia Town and
Other Census Figures
Announced by Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—The
census bureau today announced* the
following 1920 population results:
North Carolina places:
Warsaw, 1,108; Fremont, 1,294;
Mount Olive, 2,257.
Tennessee places:
Dayton, 1,701; Spring City, 1,001;
Law-renceburg, 2,461; Alcoa, 3,358;
Maryville 5»739.
Georgia -places:
Doerun, 919; Claxton, 1,265; Lin
dale, 3,104; 'Waynesboro, 3,311.
Santa Cruz Cal., 10,917; Santa
Maria, Cal.. 3,943; St. Joseph, Mo.
(revised figures), 77,939; Norwalk,
Ohio, 7,379; Salisbury, Md., 7,502;
Wheeler county, Texas, 7,397.
Increases since 1910. Santa Maria
1683, or 74.5 per cent; St. Joseph
536, or .7; Salisbury 812, or 12.1;
Wheeler county 2,139, or 40.7.
Decreases: Santa Cruz 229? or 2.1;
Norwalk 479, or 6.1. St. Joseph was
previously announced as 77,735.
Rome. Ga., bv wards: Ward 1,
2,059; Ward 2, 1,215; Ward 3, 887;
Ward 4, 2,206; Ward 5, 3,163; Ward
6, 1,770; Ward 7, 1,952; total, 13,252.
John W. Davis Returning
LONDON, Aug. 18.—John W.
Davis, American ambassador to Great
Britain, left for the United State's to
day wi,th his family on the Olympic.
He is on leave.
In Speech at Clarkesville)
Senator Discusses Gov
ernor’s Close Alliance With
Watson, Illegal Tobacco
Tax and State’s Finances
Hoke Smith, 247;
Dorsey, 105; Watson,
86, LaGrange Poll
LAGRANGE, Ga.. Aug. 18.—
The most carefully conducted
straw ballot ever conducted in
'Troup county shows in its first
week that Senator Hoke Smith
has a commanding lead over the
total of all three of his oppo
nents. The ballot box was open
last week, from Tuesday to Sat
urday, at the City Drug store,
with three members of the coun
ty Democratic executive commit
tee in charge, one being present
all the time. No one was allowed
to vote unless he was known to
be registered, and no one was
allowed to vote more than once.
The first week’s poll, conducted
as scrupulously as a regular elec
tion, resulted as follows:
' Hoke Smith, 247.
Hugh Dorsey, 165.
Thomas E. Watson, 86.
John R. Cooper, 6.
CLARKSVILLE, Ga., Aug. 18.—
On arriving here this morning to ad
dress the voters of Habersham and
adjoining counties, Senator Hoke
Smith was shown a copy of this
inoi’n'THg’s issue of the Atlanta Con
stiti|*ion with a front-page account
of the Dorsey meeting in Atlanta
Tuesday night, where Governor Dor
sey made a personal attack upon the
senator in the course of his speech.
Replying to that attack, Senator
Smith issued an invitation to Gov
ernor'Dorsey to meet him in joint
debate in Atlanta. The senator’s
statement -was as follows:,
“I see by the Atlanta Consti
tution this morning that Gov
ernor Dorsey last night referred
to me as a ‘squelcher, welcher
and squirmer.’ He is evidently
sore about the recent disclosures
of the manner in which he has
illegally collected taxes from the
merchants of the state, and of
his utter failure in handling the
finances of the state.
“In view of his personal at
tack; I invite him to meet me at
the auditorium in Atlanta, where,
before our fellow citizens, we will
discuss our records. Any day
after Thursday of next week, and
before September 8, which witl
suit him, will be satisfactory to
me.”
Concerning t*ie governor’s remarks
in the Constitution with reference
to a speech in Atlanta by Senator
Smith on the sinking of the Lusi
tania. 'Senator Smith said:
“I was defending the position
of President Wilson, who in
sisted that the sinking of the
Lusitania was no occasion for
war and was making his race
for re-election on the slogan that
‘he kept us out of war.’ When
the Germans announced their
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$1.50 A YEAR.
TENNESSEE 3GTH
STATE TD MTIFV
IMDMENI
Vote in Tennessee House Is
50 to 46 for Ratification.
Mr. Walker Lays Plans
to Ask Reconsideration .•
U. S. Is 26th Nation
To Give Women Vote
. Date
Nation. Granted.
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Finland 1906
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Mexico 1917
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United Statesl92o
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 18.—Ten
nessee, the thirty-sixth state, rati
fied the federal woman suffrage
amendment today, the house by a
vote of 50 to 46 concurring In the
action of the senate, which voted
favorably last week.
The constitutional change thus
will become effective in time for the
17,00j),000 women of the country to
vote in the presidential election In
November unless the lower house of
the assembly rescinds its action.
Speaker Walker, leader of the antl
suffragists, put opponents in a posi
tion to demand reconsideration by
changing his vote from nay to aye
and moving to reconsider. The house
adjourned until 10 o”clock tomorrow,
when the speaker's motion will have
the’ right of way. Suffrage and anti
suffrage forces tightened their lines
this afternoon for the final fight and
both sides wA-e claiming victory.
For a few moments just before
a vote was ordered on the resolu
tion to concur in the senate action
many leaders of both sides, includ
ing Speaker Walker, were certain the
ameldment had been rejected. This
came on a motion to table the resolu
tion which Mr. Walker offered unex
pectedly.
At the conclusion of the roll call
leaders who were checking ballots
as the members voted had a total
of 49 in favor of tabling and 47 m
the negative. The clerk of the house
announced his ballot showed a tie of
48 to 48. The house was in an up
roar and it was several minutes be
fore the speaker 7 pro tern was able
to order another ballot. The second
ballot was a tie, 48 to 48, and the
motion was lost.
A vote on the motion to concur
with the senate was ordered imme-.
diately, the opposition expecting a
tie vote, in which event the jnotion
would have been lost and ratification
would have been rejected. There was
a break in the ranks of the antis
however, one of them voting with
the suffragists, and the motion ear
ned, 49 to 47. With announcement
of the result, Speaker Walker
changed his vote to “aye” in order
to have it entered on the journal
giving him the privilege of moving
for reconsideration, and the count
stood 50 to 46.
For a minute after the vote wai
called it looked as if it was a tie.
It would have been, but Representa
tive Harry Burns, of McMinn coun
ty, immediately announced he
changed his vote from “no” to “aye.”
This gave victory for the resolution
of ratification. Mr. Burns is th*
youngest representative in the house.
Any attempt Mr. Walker may make
to have the action reconsidered must
be made within the next two days.
Legality Questioned
Legality of ratification is question
ed by many' legal authorities and
leaders of the anti-suffragists have
announced repeatedly that should
Tennessee ratify, an appeal to the
courts would be made immediately
on the ground that the legislature,
elected prior to submission of th*
amendment ot the states by congress,
had no right to act because of a state
constitutional inhibition. The con
stitution provides that no legislature
shall pass upon an amendment un
less it should have been elected after
submission.
Others contend that a decision of
the supreme court of the United
States holding void a clause of tit**
Ohio constitution relating to referen
dums on amendments also nullifies
the provision of the Tennessee legis
lation in question. The fight of the
anti-suffrage element throughout the
contest was based largely on the con
tention that action by this legisla
ture would be in violation of th*
state constitution.
Speaker Walker’s action in chang- '
ing his vote to “aye,” giving suf
frage the constitutional majority ot
fifty, removes the possibility of an
attack on legality of ratification on
this issue had the suffrag’sts polled
a majority of less than fifty Votes.
The state attorney general had
ruled that a majority of the members
present, and not the constitutional
majority, was sufficient for ratifica
tion or rejection.
The anti-suffragists immediately
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