The Cordele Dispatch and Daily Sentinel, 1920-09-09

i Reading from a docaaent produc - ed by Blair which he said he sont out lin lieu of -the much discuseed "from '[onevn:iught one," Sonaior Reed brought out that the treagnrer s office planned 1o organize intensive"dvives 'in fi,fty four cities, three mora than Cox entioned. 1 . From the same document Reed read that the local chairman appointgd in Eeach city was to "accept the quota place@ upon the. city by the national , : ] ? "But he never did that to my knowl knowl' - ' knowl' edge',;' Blair interjected. i While drives weré planned in fifty fous cities, Blair said, it was found !4@%»6&0 -eariy «6m ?because of local conditions in som~ ; plaqqs. ; 1_ ""You did though conlemp:lale organ organx}'izing - x}'izing organx}'izing drives in fifty four cities?" Reed |asked. Go gl o Sk A f' "Yes," Blair replied. "So if Cox, or ?'any other man' éharges that you had tor"oréanvii'ing fifty four cities, 'he simply under-stated it, qidn't g "Yes.f' the witness said. Blair explained the plan "in hiy for the state chairman and 'the ways, and means (-onmn'\l'tp,e ) select the local chairman in the (~ities.§ who then would be confirmed l)y; Upham "to make it official"'; that Up- Aran s}xotllil pass on to local (-.hairmnn]i the City Quota suggested by tlmi state head. ' . An attempt by Charles S. Boeschen Boeschenstein, - stein, Boeschenstein, 'Democratic National Commit Committeeman - teeman Committeeman of Illinois, to solicit campnignl tunds from postmus:ters, was present presentcd - cd presentcd to the committee by William 0.1 of Augusta, an Illinois farmer.

NO FLU EPiDEMIC . WILL RETURN HERE ' 'COMING :WINTER Sept. 9. - There hve been xip indications of the.return of last year's influenza epidemic for this winter, the public health service an announced - nounced announced today. Experts of the ser ser"vice - "vice ser"vice do not expect the disease to be widespread or as virulent this year as in nineteen nineteen. : at noon today. ! s These indicated that Watson had wo 'hundred and three éounty 'unit 'votes, Dorsey seventy-five, and Sen Senator - ator Senator Smith forty. It requires a'hun{ dred and ninety-five to nominate. i Indications wéf-?momcial' ccunt would he necessary to decide the Governors race. The Journal fi-; gures indicated that former Senator "Hardwick had a hundred and forty! eight, (',lifford' Wialker a hundred :mdl torty six, and John Hclder twenty. | The Indications are that all the! cengressmen were ! e & ! ' Mclendon Re-elected. ; JAtlanta, Ga., Sept. 9. - The Journal returns at noon indicated that Sec-'; retary of State McLendon was re renominated, - nominated, renominated, Geogre M. Napier was? 'nomi'ix'ated. as attorney general; Puulj 'l'rammeil was nominated to the rail-']l road commission, O. H. - B. Blood Bloodworth - worth Bloodworth and Ben H. Hill were nominat-j ¢l for the Court of Appeals. : | These returns showed M'cl;eudou' had a bhig lead: over Clg,ud Al West. Napier-had -a wide margin over Gaor Gaorge - ge Gaorge B. Davis, Hill iy feyi T o B'M'fg and {Prammal, alwide lead over T. W| Bankston. !

MUSKRAT INCOME 700 LITTLE @ FOR SEAL SKIN FAMILY Omaha, Som. - .!) - :-_'l'ho retirement of preachers from !the ministry becausa their pay was poor was deplored by Bishop W. F. McDowell of Washing Washington; - ton; Washington; D. C., addressing a conference of Nel.)m'sku, Methodist preachers, He saiél he heard one minister say he wa;t l'el}l'illg because he could not "keep a seal skin family on a muskrat in in('.ont)e." - ('.ont)e." in('.ont)e." declaring that teo many were getimg out of the ministry for that reakon. 3 4 T et WALKER GOT MORE THAN ALL OPPONENTS. Governor Hugh _])ursey carried Crisp county by a creditable plurality yesterday over Watson and Smith, Clifford Walker won in the govern or's race by more than all the vooe; of his 'two opponents. 'The race in the contested was as follows, i FOR SENATOR: ' . RIOPRRY - L e mw' NN © 482 ' 3 VBRNON S L 96 paoper oot aalile s 2 FOR GOVERNOR: Clifford Walker:...... .7, BN 0 e s Hovdwiel ... 00 ooen 09 3 BPOWN Loy JUDGE COURT APPRLS: | Pt MM, LA e e : Bloddworth .. .. FOR ; : - Geißp .S 604' ! Jones oA ~ Congressman Crisp seems to have carrie all the other oounties of thé district, ' , Chalrman S. C. Byrd of the count) commissioners wns nominated for the legiskature 'without opposition, 1 Peacock of. Bastman becomes senator for the forty eighth district to fuceeed Senator Dorris.

NECESSARY FOR WALKER AND HARDWICK HAVE . CLOSE RUN IN STATE CONTEST: m Sept. 9. - Unofficial in- by the the Mrnal at one forty-five p. m. indicated that Watson had two hundred and fifteen county unit 1 votes in the senatorial primary of yesterday..... Dorsey got seventy J five and Smith forty. : For governor Hardwick had one ] hundred and sixty-six, Walker one hundred and forty-six and Holder eighteen. : Atlanta, Sept. 9 - Watson wins the senate. The contest for governor is close hetween Walker and Hardwick, with Walker slightly inthe lead. 111 will take an official count to dicide. ' Atlanta, Sept. 9. - Thomas E, Wat-| son has received the democratc nom- | ination for the United States senator} in the fucé nof !ilicoixii)lete returns in'; yesterday's democratic primary com .pil'e('l by the Constitution this morn morning - ing morning with two hundr;d and two couhty.' unit votes: 'Dorey a hundred and typot®mlty 32,7 o, ; The ('on.*ititutio_rnl i i)ndic:_}l_'ted that o bligr, vas. leading, for' governor, while the 'Journal ' indicated that i{arqmgk'was' W e Official Count Necessary. . . "Atlahitd, Ga,, Sept. 9. - Thomas E. Watson: received the Democratic ination forthe Senate on the face of incompléte' and' 'unofticial 'returns "of. approximately (Wb'thirds of the Geor- | gid-counties compiled by the Journal,f

YELLOW CUR DOG SAVED INJURED FROM DROWNING Memphis, Sept, 9. - A young married woman in the general hospital here painfully injured, owes her life to a brown cur dog which aftér she was attacked early today by an unidenti unidentified - fied unidentified white man and knocked into a pool of water in a semicmnsciousl: con condition - dition condition went to hér assistance and held her head u\bovu the surface until help arrived, S JUDGE HOLDS WOMAN ' MAY CHEW TOBACCO Kansas City, Mo., Sept. B. - A wom-: an asked W, H. Scott, a policeman, how to reach an address last night Scott told her, "Thanks," said the woman, and reaching into a pocket of her coat, took out a plug of tobacco and hit ~ff a chew. Scott arrested her on a charge of disturbing the peace, In municipal court today Judge John M. Kennedy dismissed the case, "If women may vote, why shouldn't they chew?" inquired the judge. CaE A NEW YORK COTTON MARKET Open (lose 0L s s aod L 2816 28.25 WEB e, 2831 26,23 SRI 88 2507 MA¥s Dl 9T e NUOAE L 2405 LOCAI. MARKET Good Middling close ... .. .29 1.23

HUNDREDS GAVE: | LIVES TO QUAKE Vi AT '~ & RECOVERING BODIES FROM & MANY STRIKEN c:gmg Florence, Sept. 9. - The dead in Tuesday's earthquake i& steadily growing. The latest &QinjQ from Pivazzano will bring the 4 from thrae to four hundred and thi 9 two, while in Vignatte a hundred ap twenty four are dead. A thogsagg persons were injured. | ' In nearly three score villages serious damage wu(opg* More than ten thousand people. wers. rendered homeless.: S g REMOVING VICTIMS. & London, Sept. 9. - Fifty tinfs of the Italian earthquake A3vp been taken from the ruins of the tgwh of Bargs, says a dispatch the message adding that many - are buried under the debris. of thell homes. The village, of Gartogngaa ih. a heap of ruins. Vignet '6;;?;9&;;'@@4; ed, and a thousand personsigre I){'3* less in other towns. i it e AT Another Shack. .. Rome, Sept. _9. - (Asaocl'ated'_l Pregéy Anothey violent pn_i-t_hqug.kc wi&«g § in the Emila' district - iiiis : nb!'m cansing loss of life, iydporqgt a : es. TR %

{MURDER VICTIM l WILL, BE BURIED IN POTTER'S FIELD New York, Se[;.t:mf)'.' - 'l'he body of Mrs. Eugene Leroy, the murdef victim shipped here in a trunk from Detrait lust June will be buried in Potter's field tomorrow, it was announced to to'day. - 'day. to'day. The body has been held in the 'mm'gue pending the capture of the 'sla,\'er. An international search has I failed to discover him. . ! 'eo e e e . NO IMPAIRMENT ~ ALABAMA COAL OPERATORS SAY THEY ARE GET ! TING FULL SUPPLY. | Birmingham, Sept. 9 - With one . shut down reforded the ;Zenm'nl strike L ef the Alabama coal miners was weil :undorwuy today. Union leaders pre: Edloted that the numbers of strikers ; is increasing daily while the operators insisted that there was no impairment : to the coal output. - : OVERSTREET WAS HE CARPIED FIVE COUNTIES | WITH SIXTEEN VOTES. | iRI ' Savannah, Sept. 9. - - Rep|'esemuli,\n | Overstreet was renominated in yes(er day's primary . from the 'l'irst Georgia district; He camried ive counties, with sixteen county m'\it votes, e