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THE PRIMARY ELECTION.

democratic primary IS over Hooo men won
n s instance This fact assured however, in advance be-
csuss ozEv zoo6 men were entered every instance
Foov-z the announcement of the results OF the primary d
l scts stand worthy of comment One OF these Is w
s vote cast One of the most sacred and important privileges OF a
Democracy Is that Of franchise The of Sumter county eNe
d that privilege Wednesday to degree before seen midi
ano new and county governmental a
Sa hundred citizens participating in the selection OF 0Hs
heretofore took hand tmeand prohted thereby themselves
- personal contact public affairs not before exper
d Now if things do not go suit them they will be IN lar Ie
lei position crcise than had they renamed away from ~ ~
and taken no hand in the selection OF ohcers
Tb victory of Sheriff Harvey will be gratifying great many
1 e s to the AS pointed out IN this column
few DAVIS ago the personal between MI FarVy anu
AIR Clawson but largely of whether an oncer VINO @
d in law enforcement particularly in rounding up hqu0l
a sellers should be turned of Office The people OF ounre
county in substantial majority have said that he should not Inc
same thing would have been true had Mr. 0ia"Soh o running
20 election on a record like Mr.. Harveys
The defeat of Mr. McNah for county school superintendent
,larIv unfortunate because Mr. Dupree Will not mak
omneent and admirable superintendent as ne Prooapy WI"
because again. principle was involved ana IN w i T ~. a
went down to defeat The consolidation OF rural schooS w
Lfacor of the children rural sections has not oeeh
asne to everybody could be- Local contests nave arisen
ver location of school houses which, unfortunately nave %
;ng Although Mr. Math responsible tor these iaG
that lot of spite feeling taken out HIM W ed
esav MANY who voted against h seemed 10
can be consolidated only by vote OF the patrons OF the
districts affected and only after recommendation OF the county
hoard of education and that the superintendent not even mem
her of this board authority being entirely advisory 1t is uo
tunate that many should have cast their paos as s
did houghlessy voting against progress and 10 Peha@
of progress whole sole and ambition IN ofce ana IN NE mas
m their children educational advantages enjoyed by the chn
rem OF the largest cities. ,
politics We have had devoted much politics Let now
get back to business.
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A young man came into Squire
Harpington's store the other day.
Have you-er-got any baby
buggies?" he asked.
eyes, indeed replier the squire.
''In cases re-where-when it
wasn't just-just what you expected,
you know, and you have to buy two
baby buggies, you know, is cit Gus
tomary to buy two-or-0ne big
enough for two?"
Oh, well; some people will cross
bridges before they come to them!
Nobdy has noticed any falling off
in the annual production of spring
poems.
One swallow doesn't make sum-
mer, but there are some parched guys
who would trade a summer for one
swallow.
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OUT OF THE WORLD.
I'VE the earth's 8 surfaced

Seven miles above the earth surfaced
mankind than other human being soaTedl
Indeed truly Major R. w. Schroeder aviator left the
behind hm-and back again tell the tale Nothing
remarkable thrilling death daring has been done
by aviators
Far above the blue sky the darkness of the higher sky
backness this intrepid scared He found air thin
he could have lived had he brought his earthly with
him cold that his eyeba frozen with winds blowing
eenay in unheard of gales He back tell astonshed
world what there high beyond the clouds beyond what
ma calls his world.
Countless number of human beings have pondeed trip
of the world They have wondered what would happen them
how they would e what sights they would But
billion had the and for himself what there be-
yond That knows better than any other how feels live
of the world And by the token he stands the list of
chose who believe this comfortable little old world after ALL
person who been exactly appe-
the light and heat and air in the world
Some day human will reach the farhes away spot Of
world which possible tell
Schroeder has done That be 10 miles 1t may be
dozen. may be more. This dream MAY be realized
All aboardl inersea limited leaves the world for the Moon
Mars Venus and way satonsl All aboard
How that Peary tell of the
derf,l discoveries he has made this time
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CITY MARSHAL SALES.

GEORGlA, Sumter County.
viii be sold before the courthouee
door in the City of Americas, Geor-
gia, on the first Tuesday in April,
1920, between the legal hours Of sale
to the highest bidder for cash. the
following described property, to-wit
One house and lot situated on the
west side of North Lee street, and
known as Number TAO Lee street,
bounced, north by property of the de-
fendant, Mary Davis, south by prop
erty of the defendant, west by prov
erty of the defendant, east by Lee
street. Size of the above described
property being 69x150 feet, beginning
at north side Of store house and run
ming north along Lee street for a
distance of SO feet; then west for a
distance of $50 feet, and of uniform
width and levied on as the property of
the defendant, Mary Davis, to satisfy
certain Fl ia issued by f. J. FIJI
ridge, clerk and treasurer of the City
Of Americas, Georgia, in favor of the
Mayor and CITY Council of Americus
against Mary Davis for the cost Of
installing plumbing and water meter
on the above described property. Ten
ont in possession notified in terms of
law.
This the 10Th day of February,
1920.
C. B. POTrNCEY, City Marshal.
Mar 4-11-18-25.
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Six children-two sets of triplets-
in Is months is the record in the
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"DEER Teecher, have got
~ skeem;;
/ bet you it's perfect dream
And that you'll say so, too.
Because It's just the Golden Rule
Put into practice in our school,
Like you have always said you'd have
us do.
Il hope you'll try it pretty soon.
Just as the bell rings, some forenoon,
'Spose you get up and say,
Good mornin' Children, roll your
hoop;
Get up and beat it; fly the coop;
There amt a goin' to be no scool
today.
Don't tell US it's a holiday,
Or some ones dead and past away;
Give all that talk the can.
Just say it like it was a start
Of nobbel impulse in your heart
You can't resist to free your fellow
man.
Perhaps you'll maybe feel you aught
/ . tell them its my nobbel thawt,
But that I'D make me sore.
want them all to think that you
Ihawt up this skeem so brite and new
No teacher ever thawt Of it before.
Go to it, quick. Get on the job
Before some Edison or Swab
Lights on the same idee,
And bleeve me, but there'll be more
fun
Than Doug and Charlie rolled in one
And you know who'll be popular
with mep'
Copyright, 1920, N. E. Az
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THE. VACANT SCHOOL ROOM.

Twenty-Five hundred school vacant IN ezas because
he teachers not able the salaries paid have been forced
so seek other employment exist This brought out at the meet
m Of the National Education association at Cleveland And lot OF
ntber similar facts also brought out ,
The situation perious to the welfare OF the nation PuDhc
education has been spring from which has flown much OF our
on nroess and greatness and which responsible to great
extent for our high type of citizenship Close school rooms and
our country will go decay. That only what will happen
our teachers paid but what already happen
ing The problem local Texas buf has hit right here IN
Georgia and Amercs haven't had close school
didons do note change.
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HOW TO CONTROL
THOUGHTS OF OTHERS
BY ROGER w. BABSON
World FAMOUS Statistician.

the head of one department in business
Ah temper Ordinarily, would not keep such Temper
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PIN A MEDAL ON HIM.

Who is the friend of the timid
bride-groom-to-be?
Of the Leap Year bride?
Who is it who knows the minute
a blushing couple comes to the win
dow and begins filling out the license
to wed?
Who is the co-worker with Dan
Cupid, the Marrying Parson, and the
gent selling a houseful of furniture,
dollar down and pay the rest of your
life?
Who is so excessively hurt when
divorce courts begin, undoing what
he started years before?
Why, the marriage license clerk!
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Cne one Chlng no c
always hurts me
same with every9I
If this fore
r.zIl
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How unfortunate that Peary and tell of the
derfd discoveries he has made this time
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old Deacon Snow lets his side
~ whiskers grow.
Just like the deak in the musical
show,
He wears tall hat and you'd bet till
you re fiat
That when he's in town he goes out
on a bat.
You've got the boy wrong for wild
women and song
Are strictly taboo when the Deacon's
along.
He's a kindly old skate, though a
trifle sedate,
And back in his home town they
think he is great.
The old idea that "fellow cuts
loose" when he gets away from home
has been placed on shelf No. 875, 5,038
in the Hall of Time.
Largely, as Squire Abner Harping-
ton points out, the praise or blame
whichever way you look at it, may
be placed on prohibition.
City Clerk w. ]. Egan of Newark,
N. j., gives out figures showing that
only about one of every 100 men
who apply for a marriage license in
his town is a "white collar" man,
such as clerk or bookkeeper. Egan
believes the high cost of living is
keeping the white-collar guys from
embarking upon the wild seas of
matrimony.
Six children-two sets of triplets-
in < months iS tho record in tho
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back Unconscousy
She the principles leadership real executive
When the scold her.
until he gets cooled off She gently asks him question
"How weather? s getting
How working here now Someone asked
and could not tell; but said would
Such questions always take the oan mind
tells that she learned the trick
She had mother
Said
When mother wanted brothers quang about
she told them nv
ing about something else simply e Ran the redheaded
foreman" " ~ 49, N"0"O00
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UIuIhaIIy, we WOULD not Keep such Temper is
the thing one afford to lose When get cross Il
always hurts re than it does anyone else It is the
same with every9M
If this forSE not very good in other ways we
would not keeAmim. Unfortunately red-hair pep and
hot temper usually go together This redheaded fellow has
so much pep that keep him though he does get
cross oftener than he should.
Most Of the and women in my office are afraid of
this redheaded foreman They simply flee when he gets
Some start in to argue with him and answer back
This only makes things They then both get more
and more irritated.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-08-09
RUSSIAN SOVIET WOULD
cONQuER AL EUROPE

Johannisberg, East Prussia, Aug. 3.
Russian soviet armies. once they
have FINISHED with Poland proper,
NAV strike toward Danzig is Is feared
| By the people living in the Polish
corridor. There is increasing appre-
,hension among the German security
: police, who distrust the intentions OF
the Russians and officials of the in
ter allied mission, freely express the
opinion that a situation may arise
with which the supreme council
lone can deal
Unrest in this region Is augmented
hy reports from German agents that
the Russians are known to be consid-
oring the feasibility of the establish
ment of soviet government. with
the aid OF German communists. in
East Prussia, If not eventually in all
Germany.
A German soldier who has been
serving with the Russians reached
here today and asserted he had heard
bolsheviki leaders discussing plans
for attacking Germany. Officers az
the security police, discussing the
possibility OF such an attack, says II
il hardly probable they could hold
the frontier and allied representa-
tives have said that their troops in
no event could be used to aid them.
II is therefore impossible to predict
what the outcome might be. but
confidence is felt the border police
have not been undermined by bolshe-
Wiki propaganda and would offer stout
resistance.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-08-09

direction. There is nothing
fundamentally wrong with bust
ness conditions in the United
States, all propaganda to the con-
trary. The calumny of pessimlsm
springs from direct and un-
questioned source IL is not
based upon facts, but upon fan
cies. 1t is both ill-timed apd ms
chievous. Business has right e.
listen to the voice of the prophet
Of evil who goes up and down
this broad land endeayoring, by
his artfulness and chicanery. to
produce a storm even in the midst
of clear and cloudless sky. This
is the practice Of deceit and II
can not succeed in the remotest
manner. unless it fastens It's grip
upon honest business and refuses
TO be shaken off. The Bulletin
very properly calls attention TO
the fact that We tthe United
States did not secure our envied
industrial position under war con
ditions. Our greatest period OF
prosperity occurred during peace
time when the energy of the
world was centered upon produc-
ton Of all necessary goods II
should be apparent that the vol
ume of business transacted dur
ing the past few years can not be
maintained, but a. considerable
loss can be had and we shall still
have satisfactory rate of
growth as measured by the pre-
war period. =
Business conditions continue to
improve, despite the barking
critic who howls at the heels of
honest industry. All interests
concerned in the development of
trade and the successful carrying
on of commercial affairs will need
now and in the future TO con
.tinue consistent and cordial rela-
tionships in order that the step of
Progress may not be shortened.
This is a universal principle. II
applies in all countries alike and
it functions in the same way
everywhere. In this presidential
year there will be a general dis
position to decry business condi-
tious with a view to undertaking
to make political capital Ii be
hooyes honest business to look
with Scorn upon the Subversive
critics Of national reputation
Calamity howlers are beginning
to howl, but the men who know
and the agencies best equipped
for ascertaining the truth are
confident that all is well
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-08-09

lof European nations gathered al
iSan Sebastian, Spain, to develop
"a program for world disarmament
that will be satisfactory to all
concerned, is not what it should
be to mark the conference as one
of the great international events.
The peoples Of the nations have
( laid aside their trust in ihe et-
. fectiyeneSs and at fDres the in
fentions of the representatives of
the league of nations however IN
genious the inaneuvers leading 70
and including these gatherings.
, To call the San Sebastian confer
'ence the first step in working out
the world peace proposals inn
lbedded in the motives of the
builders Of the league of nations
is to claim more than results will
Justify. Disarmament to the
point Of guaranteeing protection
against warfare is less plausible
To-day than ever. irrespective of
the diplomatic veneer which
strategic statesmen are trying 70
'faSteA upon the actual situation
to conceal its militant texture. Ii
the conference could summon the
necessary candor the delegates
would confess that disarmament
at present is SO far outside the
zone of practiealities as to be im-
possible and unthinkable
To give Publicity to the state
,ment that the delegates are work
Ting on plans for cutting down
armaments to the lowest possible
figure means nothing since il is
probably subject to modification
by the diplomatic reservation that
armamens mil never be reduced
below the point which will allow
any Nation to make prompt war
at its option. The nations which
have Just witnessed the deStruc
ton Of the armament. they donat-
ed to Poland to wage the most
inexcusable war Of ois ltimes
which they could have prevented,
can not expect noptniiltary peo-
pies to throw mp their caps and
shout with joy in the face Of facts
that tell another story NAnd the
disarmament programs which
limit the process 10 depriving
enemies of military weapons
while reSeryiug the privilege of
expanding such equipment for
nations in the common bond of
power and alliance. can not ex-
peet to aeteirs There Will be
universal surprise if anything
tangible comes ont of the san
Sebastian conference to promote
disarmament 4 picture Of
Europe at war tells why.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-08-09
OFFICIALS PULL NEW
CHECK ON BOOZE
Licenses To Wholesalers To Be
Restricted BY Dry Officers,
Washington Advices
Say

Washington, Aug s--Ehmination
by the government of the wholesale
liquor dealers as a means OF simpli-
flying enforcement OF prohibition ap-
peared as possibility today with the
announcement by Prohibition Com
missioner Kramer. that the issue of
wholesale permits In the future would
be rightly restricted"
Mr.. Kramer declared the wholesale
dealers resorted to subterfuges that
perplexed government agents and
made the dry" law difficult to en-
force. This phase Of prohibition en-
forcement was said to have developed
consideration by officials OF the in
ternal revenue bureau of a plan by
which the quantity dealer would be
driven out of business entirely and
the liquor transfer made direct from
bonded warehouse to retailer or con-
sumer.
Commissioner Kramer said that
while thes wholesalers are being
watched closely drastic action had
been made necessary in certain To-
calities. No licenses have been is
sued in Chicago for wholesale traffic
in the last six weeks. Mr.. Kramer
said. Other officials reported that
similar checks had been placed on
The number of Wholesale dealers else
where.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-08-09
British against War.

Dispatches said that the LONDON
government had sounded out the
British people on war against Rus.
sia and had found the sentiment to
be definitely against military oper-
ations. rio1
Allied Novertures for aid from the
United States brought no fruit,
Washington expressing opposition 10
any military participation by the
United States and to any fWth@
loans from America for fighting in
Europe Washington officials admit
ted that no considerable help could
be extended without action by con-
gress.
The British government refused to
give out the text of the soviet reply
to the British note demanding ces-
sation OF hostilities against Poland.
However. il was learned on good au-
thority that the note refutes the
contention that the Russian army
had gotten beyond the control Of
Ienine
LLOYD George is understood a
have met with opposition from
France in his plan TO make conces-
sions TO Russia, but the premier is
hopeful OF converting Paris to .
moderate program.
Night dispatches told of an ul,i-
matum from Germany that no move.
ment of troop through Germany 10
Poland would he permitted. This
Berlin government hinted war if the
allies attempted to violate German
neutrality.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-08-09
BUSINESS CONDITIONS

There Is a growing tendency
among those who arsvseeking 10
construct political structure
that viii weather. che storm dur
ing the present campaign. to dis
credit the business situation Us 1t
exists at this moment and as il
progresses from week TO week.
The Federal Reserve Bulletin. of
the Cleveland Federal Reserve
Bank, gives strong and direct
answer To peSSimists and all
hostile forces working in this
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-08-09
BOUND rO2 ALBERTA

Sixty-five husky Hollanders with
their families recently arrived in
Canada They were bound for
Alberta, where they will invest e..
$4,000 they brought from their
homeland and proceed to work
their prairie farms in the thorough
manner that has made Holland
such rich agricultural country.
The tide of immigration from
Europe to Canada that was inter-
rupted by the war HIS set in again,
and every vessel from Europe
brings its quota Of men and women
eager to start life anew in the Last
Great West. The newcomers are
OF very high class, many coming
from the British Isles and north
western Europe. This is an en-
couraging feature, as these are'the
stocks that gave to Canada and the
United States their first sturdy
settlers.
Holland is noted for its dykes
and its tulips. To many it means
bot land quaint and picturesc-e.
II is that, but it is also a rich
garden land. Every inch Of the
land that has been redeemed from
chs sea h cultivated intensely.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-08-09
HELL'S BUSINESS GONE:
WANTS NAME CHANGED

Chicago, Aug 9.-Peter He'll of
Chicago and his sons, Edward Hell
aged "A and Fred Hell. aged 2S petl.
toned Judge john p. McGoorty Of
the Circuit Court today to chang
their surname to Hail. He'll was
born in Alsace-Lorraine and his name
of Tentonic origin. He'll tormedly run
a saloon in Kensington and the ex.
preston used by PATRONS TO his bust
ress became obnoxious. They used
10 say Lets 60 to Hell for drink.
Judge McGoorty entered an order
changing their names.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-08-09
ARCH H6ISHOp MANNfk is
TAKEN FROM SHIP

Queenstown, Aug. 9.-According 20
report here, Archbishop Mannix was
forcibly taken from the steamer Bal
tic and conveyed to Cherboury.
France, by the destroyer wivern.
which did not return to port with the
the other destroyers which met the
Baltic off Queenstown.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-08-09
sEAeiNo wi,eAr ~ cANApa's

Wheat oats. barley and rye are
staple crops; flax, sugar beets. to-
bacco and hemp are also grown:
vegetables are cultivated to near
perfection, while Dutch dairy
products are world famous.
Dutch farmers are trained to get
the maximum from their holdings.
Each bit of ground must grow its
two crops. When the whea. is cut,
the stubble is turned under and
planted TO young cahbages or some
other vegetable. Days are spent IN
tying up the heads Of endiye. These
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-08-09
CHI\AMAN INJURED WHEN
A BUILDING FALLS IN

Dellas, Tex, Aug. 9.-Two Chimes
were injured seriously here today
when a three-story building at Nam
and Poydras streets collapsed. Sew.
eral person were seen fleeing from
the building or in front OF 1t just as
i collapsed and firemen and police
men were unable to say whether any
fnd'es were under the huge piles of
debris. .
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-08-09

farmers bring to their larger h,ld-
ings on the rich Alberta prairies
the determination and skill to get
the last available bushel ofswheat
from their acres, ano the last
pound Of butter from their dairy
stock. They are planning the tine
homes they mean to build with
their wheat fortunes, and looking
forward 70 putting thei- children in
the Canadian schools. where all
children are social equals, and to
taking part in the administration
Of the land of their adoption.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-08-09

--Nashville-Govern Roberts or
Tennessee. announced he would call
special session Of the state legis-
lature to consider ratification Of the
woman suffrage amendment. The
date was not set
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-08-09

Statistics gathered in all Canada
snow a marked increase. over the
year just passed. the expenditure fo-
1920 on new building and coustruc-
ton work being estimated at $780,
100000, against total OF 1896, 900
0c0 in 1919. ss
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-08-09

Elmer Hunter writes in from Chi
cago: The Pullman company scld
lower which had already bough,
&c couple Of young ladies' Now. 4
berth is crowded enough with two
persons in It. let alone three"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-08-09

WANTED-:To fit up In Guthrie 4
tourists summer camp. Would like
acres ground near business district.
Want parking SPACE; square for each
tuto. Also small building for laur.
dry kitchen and showers. Place
where tourists passing through can
pitch their tents. Camp on same Or
der as various tourists camps IN
Rockies, yellowstone and throughout
west. Address Camp" care Leader.