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CONVENTION PLAYS POLITICS WITH BENCH
HARWELL MOVE FALLS; GAG ON DELEGATES
CONVENTION HALL, MACON,
Sept. 26.—At 2 o'clock it stood like
this in the State Democratic conven
tion:
The convention was sure later in
the day to indorse the Wilson admin
istration, despite the personal appeal
and veiled threat of Tom Watson.
The movement to kave the conven
tion indorse Dorsey’s campaign man
ager, Frank Harwell, for the Supreme
Court apparently was doomed to de
feat, although Hub Dean, of Gaines
ville, th&:eminent railroad lawyer, in
sisted thgt the convention nominate.
Pn!g& maneuvering of the most
oßydonE- sort was thrown into the
matter of nominating three members
of the Court of Appeals, and it ap
peared likely that at least one of the
three candidates who polled the high
- est unit votes in the primary arel
doomed to defeat.
The machine in control seemed to
have centered on John B. Hutcheson
for one of the places, Albert Howell,
of Atlanta, seconding the presenta
tion of his name, amid loud cheers.
Hutcheson ran fifth in the primary.
Stephens Being Frozen Out.
Alex Stephens, of Atlanta, who ran
second in the primary couldrn't even
get a Fulton County delegate to nom
inate or second him.
Early in the proceedings a gag
was put on the possible trouble
makers by the adoption of the rule
that all resolutions should be =ent to
committee before being read or de
bated.
Some of the Dorsey leaders had
endeavored to suppress the movement
to nominate Harwell for the Supreme
Court on the ground that it would em
barrass Mr. Dorsey, but their protests
were of no avalil.
Chalrman E. J. Reagan called
the convention to order at 10
o'clock Every scat was filled and
the gallery was overflowing. No cre
dentials had been demanded and it
appeared that any ane who could find
a seat had the privilege of the house.
Unly a dozen ladies were in the gal
lery.
Hub Dean, of Gainesville, was on
his feet as soon a=x the opening prayer
was over and nominated J. R. Smith,
of Atlanta, as temporary chairman,
It went through without a murmur.
Judge Reagan appointed a eommittee
to escort Mr. Smith to the chair. He
began his keynote address, praising
Wilson and the national administra
tiun,
“Georgia has registered her decinh’m'
in such a way that the world out
side, so far as it may be interested,
can make no mistake as to Georgia's
position,” he said ,in beginning. “Oth- |
er States can not understand Geor- |
gla's problem.”
Gag Rule Adopted.
The mention of Woodrow Wilson
was marked by cheers, Dorsey’'s name
was followed by continued cheering.
Rules governing the convention
were adopted These provided that
all resolutions be sent to the resolu
tions ymmittee without being 1‘!‘:”1i
or debated This choked off any at
tempt by & minority delegates or n’
Watson distur r to inject an unex
pected ute into the proceedings
The rule provided that A!M'-ga:tsl
must respect the votes of the coun
ties and cast the colinty unit vote for
the successful candidate in that coun- I
ty as long as his name should be be
fore the convention. After that th-_\-l
should vote their counties as they
desire
The nomination for judges of the
Court of Appeals had tenth and last |
place on the order of business |
Hiram . Gardner, of Eatonton, was |
elected secretar At this moment the
old order gave place to new. Chair
man Reagan and Secretary Massen
gale retiring from the scene and the
fleld I'hey took the back bench on
the stage
W, E. Simmons, of Gwinnett, nb~i
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Indorsing Wilson Will
Be Insult to Me, Says
é Wat in Circulars
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3 MACON, Sept. 26.—Thomas E. Watson made a final personal appeal
'g to the delegates to the State convention today to repudiate the Wilson
g administration.
§ Early this morning circulars printed in Thomson and signed by
§ Mr. Watson, of date of September 23, were distributed in the hotel cor
ridors. It was entitleld ‘“An appeal to honest, self-thinking white men
; in the Macon convention.”
g In this circular Mr. Watson did not ask a direct repudiation of
{ Wilson and the Democratic administration, but urged, rather, that the
é convention refrain from any expression at all on national matters.
; He sald: “To indorse Wilson would stultify half the white men who
voted for Dorsey.” He gave several reasons why Wilson should not be
S, indorsed, declaring “Finally, Wilson is no Democrat.” He said that
¢ although the country counties had won the election for Dorsey, the “city”
politicians were planning to control the convention, and that it was
“their purpose to commit a nonpartisan Dorsey convention to an out
¢ of-place proposition which is meant to be an insult to me, and the enter
§ ing wedge to the cordial relations between Dorsey and l.':(‘]f.”
An organized movement to bring
the cotton mill people of Georgia into
the church was belng started at the
Wesley Memorial Church Tuesday,
when 50 members of the North Geor
gla Methodist Conference met there
to plan definite work among the op
eratives,
The Rev. John 8. Jenkins, misston
ary secretary, presiding, sald that the
mill population in the North Georgia
Conference is 80,000, and that only
from 8 to 20 per cent of these are
identified with any local church,
“We are not here to criticise the
mill people,” he said. “We could find
plenty for criticism on Peachtree
street. We only want to study a
plan whereby they will come into the
church.”
Dr. John Moore, of Nashville, home
missions secretary, and D. E. Camak,
of Spartanburg, 8. C., president of
the Textile Industrial Institute there,
are among those who will talk before
the conference Tuesday afternoon. It
will be in session through Tuesday
evening, and many of the visitors will
remain for the opening of Emory
University Wednesday morning.
City Gets Verdict in
.
Mrs. Gunby Suit
A verdict in favor of the city Tues
day was recorded in Judge H. M.
Reid's division of the City Court in
the $66,000 suit of Mrs. Elinor H.
Gunby for damage alleged to have
been done her property in Whitehall
street by the changing of the street
grade some time ago. The case re
quired more than a week to be tried,
and, was one of the hardest fought
ever brought against the city.
The city was represented by Clity
Attorney Mayson and Assistant City
Attorney Hewlett, while Dorsey,
Brewster, Howell & Heyman appear
ed for Mrs. Gunby.
Now--
About That
Real Estate
—~What is it yon wish?
to buy? Lots of good property advertised to-day.
~to sell? Lots of people advertising for purchases.
~to exchange? Just look at the opportunities under
‘“Real Estate For Exchange,’’ a few pages over.
All this—and more—on the subject of Real Estate
in today’s—in every day’s—issue of The ;
Georgi '
eorgian- American
the big Real Estate and Want Ad Directory of
Atlanta.
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The First Regiment of Infantry,
National Guard of North Carolina, lo
cated at Camp Glenn, near Morehead
City, since June 25, rolled iato the
Union Station Tuesday &¢"oon in
three trains, on their way to Fort
Biiss, EI Paso, Texas, for service
along the Mexican border. They
marched in battallon formation from
the Union Station to the Terminal
Station, where they caught the At
lanta and West Point for the trip to
the Southwest.
The regiment is made up of approx
imately 1,100 men, and is in charge of
Brigadier General L. W. Young. The
colonel of the regiment is J. T. Gard
ner, and the battalion chiefs are Ma
jor R. L. Flanagan, of the First: Ma
jor W. R. Robertson, of the Second,
and Major James H. Howell, of the
Third.
Colonel Gardner declared that the
Second and Third Regiments have
been ordered to the border by the
War Department and are due to leave
at once, although they probably will
not pass through Atlanta.
A large crowd of Atlantans gath
ered at the Union Station to cheer
the Tarheels as they clambered down
from the dusty coaches. The first
train contained fifteen coaches, pack
ed with 550 soldier lads in khaki. The
captain and bugler alighted first, the
bugler sounded a blast on his trum
pet, and the men fell into line and
marched into Wall street, where they
awaited the other units, Each of the
other two trains carried approximate
ly 30 OofMicers and men, all of whom
have been recruited in dr around
Asheville. All are in fine shape and
cager to get into war maneuvers or
more exciting pastimes,
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Southeast Georgia Plans to Get
Money for Extension Inde
pendent of State.
Upon the decision by Governor Har
ris Tuesday not to call a special sés
ision of the General Assembly at thig
| time to authorize a bond issue 'o[
‘flnancv the extension of the Western|
;and Atlantic Rallrcad from Atlanta to |
ithe sea, a movement was started toi
[get the proposed extension financed by
| Savannah and Southwest Georgia in
terests without monetary ald from the
lState.
I The decision of the Governor elimi
nates the present propositions of the
Hillyer syndicate and of J. A. J. Hen
derson, president of the Ocilla South~|
‘ern Railroad. Their proposals de
pended on State bonds for funds, ]
It was this condition that caused
Thomas Purse, secretary of the Sa
vannah Board of Trade, to declare
that upon his return to Savannah he
would urge the financial imerosts‘
there to extend the State road on!
their own resources. He said there'
was a chance that Savannah husiness'
men might undertake the propositlon.,
Call on Governor,
Mr. Purse and William Hurd mn-‘
yver called on the Governor at the
Capitol Tuesday and urged him to call
a special session of the General As
sembly to take up the matter.
“I have every desire to protect the
interests of the Western and Atlan
tic,” said Governor Harris. “If it was
shown there was an emergency need
for an extension, I would call the spe
clal session for it at this time.
“There is no guarantee that the bill
would pass. There is no guarantee
the people would vote the bonds at an
election. And there is no guarantee
that the 1917 Legislature would ratify
the election and order the bond issue.
“The last session of the General|
Assembly refused to pass such a bill.”
Under the form of advertisement for
bids drawn by the commission, Sa
vannah, Brunswick or any other port
In Georgia could organize a syndicate
and bid on an extension While the
emendment to the Western and At
lantic act authorized the commission
to consider a proposition for an ex
tension to Jacksonville, the commis
sion has eliminated this port in the
form of bids for this project. The
commission took the position that it
would not consider an extension be
yond the State, as the property nwnml!
in Chattanooga has already ecaused|
Georgia much trouble ‘
Lawyer Has Defiance, |
Fhe declaration of deflance isgued
by the Cincinnatl Sotuthern Rallway
to the State to enforce the act re.
pealing the right of way from Boyce
to Chattanooga is in the hands of W
A. Wimbish, counsel for the re-leas
ing commission Recommendations
for procedure with this matter will be
made By Mr. Wimbish at the next
meesting
The Cincinnati Routhern proposi '
| tlon will be dealt with along the same
line as other sncroachments on t e
State's property, Murphey Can- |
| dler, chairman of the Western and
| Atlantic commission. suggested ’T)m(
‘rl.ht of way from Boyce to Chatta
ll:m);;a‘ is one-Aifth of the Etate's pru;,,l
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Overton, Accused of Murder of
Alabama Judge, ldentified as
- Tennessee Prisoner.
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. Sept. 26—
David D. Overton, former Circuit
Clerk "of Madison County, and -once
a North Alabama political leader, is
at last under arrest after a search
which lasted since June 17, the day
that he disappeared from Huntsville
and the body of Probate Judge W. T.
Lawler was found in a slough near
the Tennessee River,
Overton was arrested at Smithville,
Tenn., this morning and promptly ad
mitted that he had been Circuit Clerk
of Madison County and had opposed
Jvrdge Lawler for the probate judge-‘
ship. ‘
When the news reached his former
home excitement was stirred, as it!
has not been since the day that the
murdered official was discovered. An
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automobile, driven by Chief of Police
Dias, accompanied by John Lawler,
brother to the dead judge, hurried to|
Smithville, There Overton was t‘nm-l
pletely identified, though he is mm‘h:
thinner than he was whén he disap-‘
peared.
Outbreak To Be Avoided. ‘
It is announced that requisition pa
pers will be asked immediately by
Governor Henderson, of Alabama, and
in the meantime Overton will be taken
to Nashville to await the action of
Governor Rye on the Alabama Execu
tive's request ‘
On the request of the Madison
County officials, it is belleved that
when requisition is granted Overton
will be taken to Montgomery for safe.- |
keeping, it being the general hflllaf§
that his presence in Huntsville would
be the cause of bitter feeling and a
probable outbreak ‘
The murder of Judge Lawler and
the subsequent disappearance of Over- |
ton and the suicide of two prominent!
Madison County men who had been
more or less talked about in the case
form one of the startling chapters
in Alabama's criminal history
After a campaign of the bitterest
rature last spring, Lawler was nomi
nated to succeed himself as Probate
Judge over Overton
Vanished During Inquiry.
Shortly afterward charges of elec
tion corruption were brought. While
these charges were being investigated
by the Madison Grand Jury, Judge
Lawler disappeared. Two days after
his disappearance an anonymous tele
phone message led the authorities to
search t Whitesburg slough. There
the body of the judge was found,
weighted to the bhottom He had been
truck ar VOt
Overton disappeared at this time
In rapid succession Sheriff Phillips,
whose name had been connected with
the case, and Shelby Pleasants, one of
the most prominent North Alabama
lawyers, who had also been mention
ed, ended their own lives
There is a SI,OOO reward for Over
ton's capture, ‘
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Forecast--Fajr tonight and |
Wednesday ,1
Temperatures—6 a. m., 64;: 8 ',‘
{a.m,72; 10 a. m, 77; 12 noon, 80: 5
{1p.m,82; 1p.m,83 |
} Sunrise, 5:29; sunset, 5:30,
All Artillery Records
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Shattered by Allies;
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By CHARLES F. BERTELLI,
Btaff Correspondent of the International News Service.
BEHIND THE SOMME LINES, Sept. 26.—For the past
three days and nights, Generals Foch and Haig have beaten all
artillery records in this war. There has been scarcely an in
stant’s respite. \
Hundreds of tons of explosives have battered miles of
trenches into shapeless masses, and villages which last week
were more or less intact, no longer exist. Hundreds of miles
of zigzag communicanitg trenches have been flattened.
The whole German front line has been isolated along a
front of some fifteen to twenty miles. Barleux, Strepign,
Fresnes, Morval and Rancourt have been blotted out by the
French fire.
Combles is only a name. Practically every railroad depot
feeding the Teutons in the immediate rear has been destroyed
and more than ten munitions stores have been blown up and a|,
great number of batteries destroyed. All this was largely the
work of the aviators who are swarming thick in the air.
‘I was present at the whole of the Verdun and the Somme
battles,”” an artillery officer said, ‘“‘but I never witnessed such
a cannonade. There can be few living Germans within our
range.’’
Yesterday evening for twelve miles behind the battle front
the glow was so appaling the whole world seemed aflame. At
this moment there are no infantry attacks.
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FAIRBURN, Sept. 26.--0. C. How
ard, a farmer, married and with a
family, living near here, was struck
by a train this morning at the Atlan
ta and West Point Rallroad crossing
of the Jonesboro road, and probably
fatally injured His left leg was
broken, his side gashed, and he suf
fered internal injuries
Howard was driving a mule to a
one-horse wagon, returning home aft
er selling a bale of cotton. The mule
had drawn the wagon safely across
the track, but Howard, panicky from
the excitement, jumped and landed
in front of the engine.
The train stopped and Howard was
taken abonrd and carried to Newnan,
where he was placed in a hospital
French Prepare for
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Air Raid on Berlin
LONDON, Sept. 26.—A French alr
raid upon Berlin, the first armed dem
onstration against the German capi
tal since the start of the war, Is fore
cast today In dispatches from the
French front which reveal the oper
ations of a new type of French aero
plane capable of a sustained flight of
1,000 miles
The new machine was used for the
first time today In connection with
the great allled offensive on the
Somme front
Great numbers of these machines
are being turned out by the French,
and the rald on Berlin is expected as
soon as a sufficlent fleet is prepared.
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LONDON, Sept. 26, Undaunted by
the loss of two Zeppelins 48 hours
earlier, the Germans made another
rald over England last night and
early today, killing 29 persons,
Genernl French, commander-in
chief of the home forces, reported the
casualty list today.
A number of houses were wrecked,
but the aerlal Invaders were unable
to get near Industrial centers because
of the high-angle fire and the attacks
of British alrmen.
Seven Zeppelins took part In the
rald, according to an official an
nouncement, and two separate areas
were attacked, one in the northeast
ern counties and the other in the
southern countles.
Many bombs were dropped, but
Zeppeling have begun to lose their
power to fterrify esince three have
been shot down
Seventy-four persons were killed
and 152 wounded in the Zeppelin raids
over England on Raturday and Mon
day nights, according to a revised
casualty list {ssusd by the War Of
fica this afternoon. The damage was
slight,
The Zeppeling brought down dur-
Ing the firet ra!d were the 1-32 and
[.-33, one being shot down by an
aviator and the other by high angle
fire. Both were of the latest and big
gest type
Thirty-eight were killed and 125 in-
Jured in Saturdya's rald and 36 wers
killed and 27 hurt in the secon( rald.
HOME
BY SYDNEY B. CAVE,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.
LONDON, Sept. 26.—Smashing
their way forward in a series of joint
asraults, the Allies have won a big
victory on the Somme front by pene
trating the important town of Com
bles. Desperate hand-to-hand fight-
Ing is now raging in the streets be
tween the Anglo-French troops and
the remnants of the German garri
son
The British already have brought in
1,600 more German prisoners, and
more are arriving at the collecting
stations.
Attacking the German positions si."
multaneously from the north and
south, the British and French vied
with each other to be the first to effe
ter Combles, the honor falling to Gen=
eral Haig's men, However, the
French were able to occupy the
southern outskirts and Combles cem
etery, on the eastern edge of town. To
the east of Combles the Germans were
rolled back from fortified villages
which they strove stubbornly to hold.
By the capture of Freglcourt, a mile
east of Combles, by the French, the
Allles forged a steel ring around the
town and cut the only llne of com
munications that the Germans still
held, The Germans tried unsuccess
fully to lessen the pressure on the
Somme front by attacking south of
Bethune, but these attacks were re
pulsed
On the eastern front the Russlans
are again flying in great masses of
troops against the Germans and Aus.'
tro-Hungarlan positions and violent
battles have developed, particularly in
the Carpathians
Savage fighting continues at many
points along the battle line in Greek
Macedonia On the western end of
his front the Bulgarians made strong
counter attacks which the French
Russian and Serblans have cheked
In addition to sky actions over the
Mattle front, both the Allled and Ger«
mans carried out raids Britizsh afr:
men bombarded Central Belgium, ané
the Germans again attacked England
wit Zeppelins, killing 29 people.
The revolutionary movement ‘in
Greece is spreading and now extends
to Corfu The commander of the
Greek garrison at Corfu deserted his
post and has gone to Salonik! to join
the revolutionaries
Combles Abandoned,
Germans Announce
BERLIN, Sept. 26-~~Combles, one
of the three principal German bases
on the Somme, hag been wvirtually
abandoned by the army of the Bava
rian Crown Prince. In admiting, offf
clally the conquest by the AlMes of
the villages on the Gueudecoupt-
Bouchavesnes lines, the German War
Office prepared the public for the loss
of Combles,
The offizial admission of the latest
reverse on the Somme i 3 coupled with
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