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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-13
NEW PARTY MERGER
BEING WORKED OUT
IN SECRET SESSION
Irish Quetsion Produces Only
Note of Excitement - La
Toilette to Be Nominated,
If He Wants It

CHICAGO, July 12.-Work on
amalgamating the various elements
assembled here for the formation of
a new party G ,tinued behind closed
doors this morning while the con-
ventions of the Committee of Forty
Eight and the National Labor party
marked time.
Everything appeared to be pro-
ceeding on schedule with the single
note of excitement provided by a
platform fight over the Irish ques-
ton.
The negro question was brought
before the convention by the Rev. w.
R. Hagnall,S a colored minister of
Detroit. He was introduced as a
speaker for the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People.
c. w. Thomson, a lecturer for
the National Non-Partisan League,
told the Forty-Eight convention dele
gates of state enterprises initiated by
the league administration in North
Dakota. He said the league had given
union labor eI7 it had asked and
more.
During the long wait for confer
ence reports Swinborne Hale, of New
York, telling Of deportation proceed
ings Of the federal government, at
tackled Attorney General Palmer and
won applause. Hale told his au
dience that Farley P. Christensen, Of
Utah, permanent chairman Of the
convention, was one "of the first de-
tenders of the I. W. W." The dele
gates cheered at this until Chairman
Christensen was forced to acknowl-
edge by bowling.
1.-THE department Of labor has since
become emancipated," Hale said,
dealing with Palmer, "by the courage
of Louis Post"
Here the delegates, a number Of
them rising, gave three cheers for
the assistant secretary Of labor
whose impeachment has been urged
by Attorney General Palmer.
De Valera App1auded
Hale referred to himself casually
as IAN old-fashioned revolutionary
American" and asserted that Attor-
ney Gem Palmer has the highest
ideals and the lowest practices Of
any official in our history"
Eamonn De Valera, who got a rous-
ing reception as he entered the hall,
cut short Hale's talk. and was pre-
! sented as president Of the Irish re-
public"
De Valera was applauded when he
said the Irish question" was an
American question" He asked for
recognition Of the Irish government"
in Ireland.
He was warmly applauded as he
concluded.
The Committee of Forty-Eight ma
tional convention was called to order
by Permanent Chairman Farley M.
Christensen at 10 o'clock today.
Father M. D. Collins, pastor of the
Roman Catholic church Of the I'm
maculate Conception, Jackson Mo-,
prayed. AS none of the committees
| was ready to report the session was
| turned into an experience meeting"
the first speaker being o. M. Thomp-
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-13
OHIO, NEW JERSEY
CALIFORNIA AND
INDIANA FOR COX
New York Put in Harding
, Column by David Law
renee, Who Says Harding
Would WIN Election Today
BY DAVID LAWRENCE

Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.)
CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 12.-Many
things happen twixt now and cleo
ton day. But If the polls in the
presidential contest were to be clos
ed tomorrow certain other things
would surely happen-such as, for
instance. the election of Warren
Harding, Republican, as president
of sthe United States. And if the
third party movement developes
even the minimum strength expect
ed of it-namely, the carrying OF
Minnesota. Wisconsin and North
Dakota-Governor James Cox, OF
Ohio, Democrat. may be the happy
beneficiary and president of the
United States.
However insignificant the third
party may appear to eastern eyes
however much it may be derided as
Socialistic. ultra-radical and Hearst
made, the fact is it does menace
Republican victory more than it does
Den ocratic, for the Democrats who
nominated CO.. of Ohio, deliberately
forfeited the west and chose to
make their Ddllle STOuIlU, ia Tie east
Governor Cox may invade the west
successfully, but based on things as
they are today, he has less than an
even chance of carrying any west
ern states except California and
Montana.
First Forecast
1t is tperhaps early to make def
mite forecasts, but there Is neverthe-
| less a fixed opinion irx the mind of
delegate as to what the chances of
his own party in his state are to-
day. After canvassing numerous
delegates at both Chicago and San
Francisco, asking them not to at
tempt to say definitely how their
states were going but merely what
they believed their own chances to
be. the writer deduced from both
Democratic and Republican opinions.
table in which the electoral vote
would seem to be tending in a di.
rection something like this:
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POLICE ARE PROBING
SHOOTING Of WHITE
IN HOTEL LAvATORY
First Theory of Suicide Has
Been Upset by Evidence
and Lack of Motive, Say
Police

The death of w. c. White, of 23O
The Prado, at Grady hospital early
Monday afternoon left unsolved the
mystery as to pistol wound from
which he died.
Mr.. White walked into the public
lavatory Of the Kimball House bar
Der shop shortly before noon Mon
day and a few minutes later pistol
shot was heard. J. w. Spicer, man
ager fthe barber shop, and Julian
Ector, negro, found him with a
wound in the head. He died at Grady
hospital a short time later.
Suicide Theory Upset
The first theory Of the police was
that he had shot himself. Investi-
cation, however, developed no motive
for suicide and physicians at the
hospital expressed their opinion that
the wound was not self-infiicted.
The, wound was through Mr.
Whites head. If self-infiicted, ply
stcians asserted, powder burns would
have been visible. No powder marks
were found on the head whereas there
were powder marks on the clothes,
strengthening the theory that the
weapon, small calibre revolver, was
dropped and accidentally discharged
Mr.. White had been with the Hart
years and was executive special
agent for the southern department.
According to H. ]. Hopkins, assistant
manager, he had splendid record
and there was no reason for suicide.
Mr.. Hopkins declared his belief that
Investigations would show that Mr..
White did not kill himself.
Stopped to Read Letter
Ector, the negro, who saw Mr.
White enter the lavatory, stated that
he displayed no sign Of nervousness.
He said he stopped for a moment
and read letter which proved to
be an offer from a South Carolina
insurance company. According to
Ector, he entered the lavatory and a
few minutes later the shot was
heard.
Friends of Mr.. White, who was
about thirty-five years Of age, said
that his greatest known worry was
the fact that he had recently sold
his home and had not secured an
other house. They did not believe
that this would prompt suicide.
Funeral arrangements have not been
made. Mr.. White is survived by his
wife and two small children. Sarah,
aged seven, and Crawford aged five.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-13
Marked Cards Are.
Found in Elwell's Room

NEW YORK, July 12.-Scores of
packs of marked cards and a fake
faro outfit were found in the home
of Joseph Bovine Elwell, murdered
whist expert, authorities revealed
today.
The cards were of the type known
to gamblers as sand cards" On
the backs were small rough places
which Il-trained finger could read
by touching. There were from fifty
to one hundred decks of these cards,
a detective said. Elwell, it was I'M
derstood, purchased them in Eng
land. The faro layout was an in
genious "crooked"- device, authori-
ties asid
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-13
Man accidentally Killed
His Sleeping WITe MN
Gun, C0r0nerS MryDeC1de5

Death by accidental shooting was
the verdict returned Monday after
noon by the coroner's jury that in
vestigated the tragedy wherein
James Augustus Studdard shot and
instantly killed his young wife, Mar
tina Cassie Studdard, when a shotgun
he was holding was discharged by
striking the cradle of their two-year-
old, Hazel, in the bedroom of their
pretty little cottage near the Schoen
Fertilizer works. where the husband
is employed as an engineer.
The three were alone in the room
and the wife and child were asleep,
Studdard said, in explaining the
tragic accident. He got up early
Monday morning-before 5 o'clock
and borrowed a shotgun from a
lodger, ]. w. Hornsby, he said, with
the idea of going out and shooting
left his watch hanging from the head
of the bed and stopped to get it. .
Hammer Strikes Crib
AS he stood between the cradle and
the bed, the shotgun in his hand, and
reached for the watch, the weapon
stock the side of the cradle. In some
way the hammer was jerked up. 1t
snapped down, there was deafen-
ing report, and when the smoke had
cleared away, Studdard was horri-
fled at seeing his wife lifeless be-
fore him, the top of her head literal
ly blown off by the charge Of heavy
birdshot, fired at such close range.
Such was the story the stricken
husband told Hornsby after he had
rushed from the room to get help.
Horn3by confirmed the borrowing of
the shotgun. He could not at first
believe what had happened, he said,
and it was only by returning with
Studdard to the room, where the
baby was wailing in the cradle beside
the bed where the mothers body lay,
that he was convinced.
"I had loaned Gus the gun just
a few minutes before" said Hornsby
land / could scarcely believe what
he said. Gus had come to my room
in the best of spirit and asked for
the gun, explaining that he wanted
to shoot squirrels before breakfast.
He went back to the bedroom. I'm
mediately afterward / heard the re-
port of the gun, and a, moment later
Gus staggered out and told me what
had happened"
Coroner Notified
After making certain that the vic
tim was past human aid, Hornsby
hurried to the office of the fertilizer
plant and notified Coroner Donohue
by telephone. The inquest took place
at the home several hours later and
the verdict was returned shortly aft
err noon.
The Studdard home is On the
Schoen road, about a mile from Lake
wood Heights. The house stands
about 200 yards away from the
Schoen Fertilizer works, which is on
the Seaboard Airline railway.
The Studdards had been married
only about three years and the hap
piness of their domestic life is said
to have been the subject of remark
among their neighbors. Before her
marriage, Mrs. Studdard was Miss
Martha Cassie HUMPHREYS. the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Hum
phries, of Atlanta. She is survived
by her parents and several brothers
and sisters The funeral arrange.
ments have not been announced.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-13
GEORGIA COUNTIES
MAKE GOOD GAINS
IN CENSUS COUNT

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE CEN
sus bureau today announced the fol-
lowing 1920 population results:
Stamford City, Conn.,, 35,086; SIAM
ford town, including City, Conn.,, 40
057; Kinston, N. c., 9,771; Guthrie,
Okla, 11,757; Norristown, Pa, 49,
319.
Increase since 1910: Stamford
City, Conn, 9,O4S or $685. Stamford
town, 11,221 or $50; Kinston, 3,776
or 1917; Guthrie, Okla. 1913 or 90;
Norristown, 4,444 or 1919.
The following populations of Geor-
gia. counties were given:
Atkinson, 1856; Brooks, 24,53S;
Bryan, 6,343; Carroll, 34,752; Col
quit, 29l332; Dade, 1913; Floyd, 3d.
SAL; Franklin, 1887 Greene, 1921
Habersham, 1o,757; Hall, 2s,S2s:
Hart, 1874; Heard, 11,126; Jackson,
24,654; Jefferson, 22,602; Lincoln, o.
73s; Newton, 1850; Oglethorpe, 90
2S7; Paulding, '14.025; Polk, 2O,357;
Stephens, 1875; Stewart, 1909;
Taliaferro, s.S41; Terrell, 1901;
Worth, 23,S63 Clayton, 11,169; Wash
ington, 2S,147; McDuf1e, 11,509;
Cook, 11,1S0; Baldwin, 1871; Wayne,
1881; Tattnall, 14,5O2; Rockdale.
1921; Coffee, 1868; Oconee, 11,O67;
Bibb, 1904; Warren, 1929 Calhoun,
1925; Columbia, 11,718; Baker, g.,
298; Butts, 1897; Crawford, 1893;
Early, 1898; Fayette, 1896; Jones,
13,269; Mitchell, 1858; Appling, o.
S66; Bacon, $3.50; Barlow, 24,527;
Barrow, 1888; Walker, 23,37e; Tai
bot, 11,158; Turner, 12,446; Union,
6,455; Webster, 5,342; Whitfield, 49,
S97.
Increases since 1910: Atkinson no
comparisons; Brooks, 706 Or 80; Car
roll, 1897 or 1926; Colquitt. 9,543 or
1872; Floyd, 3,105 or SIS; Franklin,
1908 or lis; Greene, 400 or U.s. Hab-
ersham, 623 or 6.1 Hall, 1902 or Az;
Hart, 1928 or 1917; Jefferson, /, 223
or ST.; Lincoln, 1925 or 11.S; Newton,
1921 or 17.5; Oglethorpe, 1907 or
Sc; Polk, 154 or 0.S; Stephens, 1,487
or 1853; Taliaferro, 70 or 90; Worth,
4,716 or PAS; Clayton, 7O6 or 6.S;
McDuffie, ,1S4 or lis; Baldwin,
1,437 or IS; Wayne, 1872 or 100;
Rockdale, COS or 6.S; Bibb, 1868 or
25.9; Baker,s325 or Al; Crawford, $50
or 10; Early SOL or As; Fayette, 43O
or SO; Jones, 166 or 13; Mitchell, g.
474 or 1871 Walker, 4,67S or $50;
Turner county, 1891 or 237; Whit
field, 963 or 60; Cook, no COMPARE
son available.
Decreases since 1910: Bryan coun-
ty, $50 or 5.4; Dade, 221, or So:
Heard, 60 or g; Jackson, 5,515 or
1873; Paulding. SO or Z; Stewart,
1,34S or 10; Terrell, 2,402 or 1919;
Washington, 81 or L.
Tattnall, 4,067 or 21.9; Coffee, $500
or Is; Oconee, 81 or 3; Warden, 80
or g; Calhoun, 1,109 or SO; Column
bia, $40 or 40; Butts, 1897 or 9.5;
Appling, 2,452 or 1914; Talbot county
53S or As; Union, 463 or 81; Webs
ter, sos or 1872.
Georgia towns announced were
Talbot 1893; Ashburn, 2,116; Dali
ton 1900
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-13
4ock Bankers in
Cellar; Take $4,000

PLAINFIELD, Ill, July 12.-Five
len entered the Plainfield state bank
bortly after noon today, locked Off
lals in the cellar and robbed the in
|itution of $4,000 in cash and Lib
] ty bonds. The bandits escaped in
4 automobile after a rifle fight in
be streets.
Firing down the main street with
flies as they drove out Of town, the
5>ndits shot John Hahn, a retired
2rmer, through both legs. Joseph
sincent, merchant, was shot in the
hest and Harry Bayles, a grocer,
as shot through the shoulder.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-13
Five Are Killed When
Fast Train Hurls Auto
Into Railroad Depot

LANCASTER, Pa, July 12.-Five
auto1sts were killed when an exv
press train struck their machine near
here today. The five were buried
under the debris of a suburban sta
ton which collapsed when hit by
the machine after the engine had
hurled the auto from the track.
The killed:
Miss Mary GILES, 20 Lancaster,
and Mrs. Rose NICHOLSON, "a; Ed
ward c.. Self, "a; John Miller, 20;
and Gladys Buehleison, 7, of Fort
Washington. The party was en- route
to PHILADELPHIA,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-13
"Dry" Movement
Starts in Mexico

MEXICO CITY, July 11.-Legisla-
ton making all Mexico "dry" is pc
ing prepared for preSenta ton to the
next congress at the office of Pro-
visional President de La Huerta, says
the newspaper Universal.
THE provisional president has de-
cided on this step" says the news
paper, "as a means of accomplishing
the regeneration of the Indian and
half-breed races, which are great con-
sumers of alcohol"
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F0ur-Leqqed Chicken

LONDON.-A chicken has been
Matched at Lamberhurst with four
legs and two tails. 1t is alive and
healthy. ....
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Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1920-09-02
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following are some real
estate transfers made recently
as shown by county clerks re-
cords:
R. B. Jackson to l.. H. Flatt,
100 acres in 18th district, price
$4,000.
Henry Smith and wife (coD to
Robert S. Kinnard, 40 acres in
the Roddy hollow 1st first, price
$1075.
Onie Henson to Jess Young,
so acres in the Gibson hollow 1st
district known as the M. ]. DIX
on farm, price So. $50.
Wade Goolsby and wife to Jno
and Andrew Poston, so acres
near Dudney Hill, lst district,
Sl,75O.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1920-09-02
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION SATURDAY.

The first meeting of the Jack
son County Teachers Associat-
ion will convene in the auditorium
of the courthouse Saturday,
Sept, A at 10 A. M.
The following program will be
rendered;
Devotional Exercises Rev. A.
r. Gibbons.
Practical and Business Educa-
tion-C. W. Davis, Herman Spi.
vey. Hilman Lovelady.
How May | be Successful
Teacher Misses Otha Smith,
Clyde Jackson, Ethel Wheeler.
Agriculture in our Puplic
Schools = Hubby Hix, R. B. Spur
lock, Alvis johnson.
Unifcation in our Public
Schools Miss Estelle Gailbreath,
o. C. Norton. A. f. Dixon.
Discipline; What it is and Its
value One of the 7. P. |. Facul-
ty.
The Importance of Grading
the Schools Misses Estelle DAN
iel, Lillian Lee, 7. H. Norton.
The need of Moral Training in
School-John Johnson, Jennie
McCue, Mary 7. Byrne.
How to remove hindrances to
the cause of Education : General
discussion led by ]. F. Gaines,
Ina Carr.
My plans of securing and re-
tanning good control---Misses
Lena Anderson, Eula Dycus,
Ella Mai Smith.
Each subject will be followed
by general discussion.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1920-09-02
Republican Paper Comes
Out For Cox. |

Norristown, Pa. -Declari n 6
that Republican leadership in
the country has broken faith
with the rank and file of the
party, with the American people
as a whole, and with humanity
everywhere, and that the Dem
ocratic platform offers peace,
lasting peace, builded on the JUS
tice of the Golden Rule which
humanity is praying for" the
Norristown Times, a republican
newspape since its founding in
1881, announces that, in accor-
dance with the dictates of con-
science and in the belief that it
is doing a patriotic and humani-
tartan duty, it cannot do other
than support Cox and Roosevelt
forP President and Vice. President.
The Times denunciation of the
Republican platform and tactics
has caused a sensation in this
Republican stronghold. 1t sets
forth that for the sake of graf
flying hate the Republican lead
ship would pass over the glory
of American boys on the bloody
stretches of France and Belgium,
breaking faith with those who
returned as we'll as those who
died."
Republicans are charged by
the Times with premeditating
the murder of the treaty, dishon-
oring the word "Americanism,
and ignoring the sentiment of
the people of the country with
their "doubled-faced platform.
The League of Nations is in
dorsed. and it is contended that.
with the assistance of the United
lasting peace will bel
crystalized into an actual fact.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1920-09-02
COOKEVILLE RI.

Born to Monroe Webb and
wife, Saturday August %, a son
Ben A Fox visited his sister,
Mrs Bedford Martin on Martin
creek. who is very low with can
Ger.
Rev. w S Clouse preached at
Dotson's Branch last Sunday.
j Darlington went to Cooke
vile Saturday.
Several from here attended
the Cookeville fair.
Whitson Smith, of Dayton, o.,
returned last week.
Mrs. Dan Smith visited her
sister. Mrs Bob Phillips of white
county. last week.
John Ray visited his daughter,
Mrs. Jay Darlington, last week.
JD Smith has been seen at
work recently.
j Darlington. notary public,
took the acknowledgements last
week on deed that had been
made 33 years ago. All persons
so uld have their deeds ack-
nowledged and registered at
once, when any conveyance is
made.
Roby Bennett will move tC
Florida right soon.
w A Gentry has been engaged
working at the carpenter trade.
Miss Vallie Webb of Windle,
Tenn. has been visiting Miss
Rosie Gentry.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1920-09-02
YUBY Dam, U. S. A.

While many moons have wax
ed and waned, | have stood and
looked out over the battlements
of Yuby Dam across my reckless
kingdom.
I've seen things mixed and
mingled both good and bad.
I've seen folks live on a nibble.
Good fortune to a tangent run.
The fish wouldn't bite, the but
ter wouldn't come. Everything
worked together for evil.
The weather Gods would quit
their jobs. Things get out of
plumb. The fruitful showers
fail to come.
A lean year came whisking by
with a sigh. But that is all
gone and everything looks good
ahead. on down to the ends OF
the earth. The goose hangs
high. The bow of promise spans
the sky. Every man in Yuby
Dam is standing with his fingers
in the jam.
! A fat year has cone with both
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1920-09-02
John ". Fuqua Seriously In
iured While al Work IN
Oil6eld in Texas.

Tom Fuqua. of Free State, re-
ceived a message Saturday even
Ing that his son, John Fuqua,
had been seriously injured while
at work in the oilfeld near Burk-
burnett, Tex. No details were
given.
Sunday evening MIR. Fuqua re-
ceived letter from H. M. Simp-
son, of Trift Branch, Tex, in
which he stated that John Fuqua
had sustained serious injuries
while at work on All oil rig Tues
day night, August "a. His left
arm and leg were broken, but
there no internal injuries. Mr..
Simpson was not present when
the accident occurred, but stated
that John had been brought to
his home and carefully cared for
until taken to the Call Field San
attorium at Wichita Falls. Tex,
where he had received the best
of medical attention. He assur-
ed Mr.. Fuqua that his son would
receive the best of care, and il
there was any change in his con-
dition for the worse he would
wire him.
John Fuqua went to Burkbur-
nett, Tex, early in the spring
and has been a valued employees
of the oil companies in that field.
He is a sober, Industrious young
man, and has many friends here
who will deeply regret to learn of
his misfortune.
1t is hoped that his recovery
will be speedy.
Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1920-09-02
MEAGSVILLE.

Cross Flimmons and wife Of
Hilham, have been visiting rel
atives at this place.
Labourn Maberry and daugh-
ter, Sarah. of Cookeville. spent
Monday with Henry Hall and
family.
!. Alice Scantland. Luverna Buck
and Thomas Scantland were the
guests of Opal Moss, Sunday.
Wade Buck and wife left for
Burkburnett, Texas. Saturday.
Luke Montgomery and wife Of
Cookeville, are guests of the lat
ter's parents. Henry Hall and
wife.
Conner Whitaker and wife have
recently moved to Livingston.
We regret very much to lose
them from our community.
Misses Addie Howard, Elna
and Ines Hamilton, spent the
weekend with Bess Hall in Big
Bottom.
Winton Whitaker is recovering
from his recent illness.
Ethel. Ara and Opal Moss
spent Sunday night with Alice
Scantland.
Mrs Lucy Bybee and daughter,
Mary Elizabeth, have returned
from few days visit at Cooke
vile.
Turner Bybee and wife took
dinner at Joe Whitaker's, SUM-
day.
Bessie Cherry and Dora and
Tina Emerton spent Sunday
with Lille Warren.
Ova Phillips and Gladdys Hur-
rington, are visiting her sister,
Mrs Morgan Murphy.
Mrs Marion Harris spent Mon
day night with Mrs o L Scant-
land.
Georgia Mai Flynn is visiting
her sister, Mrs Calvin Mabry.
Mrs Marion Harris spent the
weekend with her daughter,
Mrs. Am Hamilton,