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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-17
20 FURTHER BANK
CLOSING EXPECTED
IN PONZ|'S WAKE

BOSTON, Aug. 14.-Assurance that
no further bank closings are likely
as a result of the collapse of the
financial dealings of Charles Ponzi
was given tonight by Joseph c. AL
len, state bank commissioner.
In response to repeated in
qulr1eS, the commissioner said, At
again state that the Hanover Trust
company and the Polish Industrial
association are the only banking in
stitutions in New England known to
be in any way affected by the Ponzi
failure"
The Polish Industrial association,
conducting private bank, steamship
agency and other accommodations for
immigrants, was taken over by the
commissioner today.
Henry Chmielinski, president of
the association, also is president of
by the commissioner earlier in the
week. Mr.. Allen said that affairs of
the two institutions were "hopelessly
interviewer" that the Polish associ-
alton had exhausted practically all
it's cash and that it's loans were either
bad or of doubtful value.
No bondsmen were forthcoming to-
day for PonZi or for the three officers
of the Old Colony Foreign Exchange
company, the 100 per cent in six
months concern" who were arrested
yesterday. Ponzi remained in the
bridge and the other three, Charles
NJ. Brightwell, Raymond Meyers aud
Fred Meyers, in the Charles street
Jail. Samuel Zorn, an agent of the
Foreign Exchange company, was re-
leased in $4,000 bond.
Definite Qualification of Ponzl S
tangled affairs is looked for if pc
titions for receivers for his Securl,
ties Exchange company are granted
by the federal court. A hearing VIII
be given on these petitions next
Tuesday forenoon: ala
against the Old Colony Foreign Ex-
change company today. Branch Of
fees in several New England cities
were closed by county authorities.
The offices Of Attorney General ).
Weston Allen at the state house were
crowded throughput the gay WIN Exl
note holders of the Securities Elk
change company and the Old Colony
Foreign Exchange company.
Their names and particulars as 70
their notes were taken. Many u
the visitors were greatly excited ano
voiced angry demands Tor the fetu ~.
of the money which they had IN
presentation of these notes already
has disclosed liabilities of PonZLs
company to the extent OF sz'uOo,u -, u
A large number of notes sent 6X maj IA
have not yet been examined, Inc at
torney generals office evil will 1 be keP in
The possibility of a shake-up IN IN
the police depart me po as Ts aancial
S,,bhIs was seen in a statement Is
sued by Police Commissioner Edwin
u The commissioner said it had been
caiIad to the attention Of the depart
ment oicials that in the mem Superior or
t oMos Ieb had invested with Ponzi,
and That It ssDo acted t as ag sHs
poilcelneni I'd commissions. An in
aaest,F FefH5ne was being the
commissioner nr said, tb an rules s of the
foun rtm No regarding engaging IN
oStside sitS or aoo peermss Fs
wards or or .daait with as a matter OF
S Mooi in the usual manner:
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-17
Ex-Service Men Join
Legion to Aid Fight on
Watson and Hardwick

SWAINSBORO, Ga, Aug. 14.-At a
meeting Of the Emanuel county post,
American Legion, held here Thursday
night, the membership was strength
ened by eighteen ex-service men
coming in voluntarily and asking to
be admitted to this post, stating that
they wanted to line up with the Lee
gion to help resen the attack now be-
ing made on the organization by
Watson and Hardwick.
1t is expected by this post that the
result of the criticism of Watson,
Hardwick, ct al, will cause the local
membership to increase their mem
befship 100 per cent, the eX-service
men being anxious to come in to de-
fend the Legion.
Several resolutions were intro
duced condemning the attacks being
made on the Legion and calling on
the ex-soldiers, as well as the loyal
citizens of the state of Georgia, to
vote against Watson and Hardwick.
On account of there being several
resolutions offered looking to the
same end, it was decided to name a
committee to prepare re prepare res
olutions expressing the sentiment OF
the local Legion members and pre-
sent it for adoption at special meet
ing which has been called for that
purpose next Sunday afternoon.
At this meeting committee was
appointed to make arrangements for
ceremonies at the burial of Private
Carlton Hooks, who was drowned
when the Oranto went down in the
English channel october, 1918. The
body of Private Hooks was expected
in New York Friday, and will be
shipped Immediately to his father,
Ed Hooks here.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-17
Governors Entrance Can
Only Serve to Divide the
Vote, Declares A, 0, Muir
phey, of GAINESVILLE, in a
Strong Card

A. o. Murphey, of Barnesville, one
of the leading citizens of Pike coun-
ty, in a card to The Journal, declares
that Governor Dorsey should not al
low himself to be made the tool to
vent political animosities and that
''he could do nothing which would
make him stronger in the hearts Of
the people of Georgia than to retire
and leave the fight between Hoke
Smith and Tom Watson in order that
the people may have the opportunity
to express themselves. without the
hindrance of an unjust election
method"
Mr.. Murphey's card, which will be
read with wide interest, follows:
Editor The Journal: The po-
litical situation in Georgia is
very serious one just now, and
it behooves every thinking citi-
zen to weigh we'll his action be-
fore he casts his vote this fall
1t is so serious and the future
of our state and the south is so
dependent upon what the final
outcome is that we should lay
aside all petty animosities and
prejudices and vote in a way that
will best serve our permanent
interests and conserve and pre-
serve the future welfare of Geor-
gia. We are up against PROPOSE
tions and conditions, both nation
al and state, which will demand
strong and tried men to solve
and meet. We cannot afford to
experiment. and If we are wise
and steer clear of the anarchis-
tic and Bolshevik spirit which
has dethroned all good govern
ment and thrown into chaos all
Europe, we should rise above
petty political methods and be
men when we vote for those into
whose hands we n19ca the daSti-
MES Of our state and nation. It
is the turning point in our his
tory and nothing less than I'M
swerving loyalty to ourselves
and our country will lead US
along the right road Of prosperi-
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-17
Speaking Dates Given
For 7. w. Hardwici,

Campaign headquarters of Thomas
w. Hardwick, candidate for COVER
nor, Saturday, announced the follow
ing speaking dates for Mr.. Hardwick:
August 16: Monday-Jackson, II
a. M; McDonough, 4 p. m.
August IT: Tuesday-Covingto
II a. M; Madison, 4 p. m.
August IS: Observation-Disclosures II
a. m.
August 10: Thursday-Buford, IL
a. M; Gainesville, $3.50 p. m.
August 20: Friday-Watkinsvi
August 81: saturday-Crawford, II
a. M; Tignall. 4 p. m.
August 20: Monday-Quitman II
a. m; Fitzgerald, $3.50 p. m.
August "a: Tuesday-Augusta 8
r August rs: Observation-Disclosures,
s p. m.
IL a. M; Sylvania, 4 p. m.
August IT. Friday-Swainsboro' IL
a. M; Glenville, 4 p. m.
August %: Saturday-Rye Patch,
II a, M: Pembroke, p. m.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-17
Dorsey Shoulder From
Race and Help Democrats
Defeat Th0S. E. WATSON

ty and peace. 1t is no time to
place young, erratic, inexperi-
enced men at the helm, or to
crafty our feelings of hatred
and political animosities. Never
has Georgia or the nation faced
such a crisis before.
Dorsey's Mistake
L have no personal feelings
for, or against any man now Of
greatly concerned in whose
hands I shall help place the
future of my state, under the
alarming conditions of the day.
Under our unjust election laws
the will Of the people in any
county may be defeated by a
three cornered race. and the
is to concentrate our vote upon
the man of strength and expert
ence. The defeat or 1Ioke Smith
in this campaign would be a
calamity to the state and the
south and many friends of Gov
ernor Dorsey regrec that he mas
been influenced to enter the
race for the United States SEN
ate. At another time we would
is not the time.
His entrance into the race
will only divide the strength of
those who are known to h. for
yood government and the hes
interests of the people, and he
could do nothing which would
n;ake him stronger in the hearts
OF the people of Georgia than to
retire and leave the fight be-
tween Hoke Smith and Tom
Watts on. in order thae the PEG.
Eie may have the opportunity 10
express themselves without the
hindrance of an unjust election
method. In such an act he will
sacrifice nothing, but will serve
his state and the south in a
way that will never be forgot
ten. Every citizen has a right
to offer for office, but no man
should allow himself used as
tool to vent political animosi-
ties when the best interests of
the state are involved. Will
Governor Dorsey take this step?
Can he afford not to? If the
suggestion meets with approval
and he were to make this move
now. feel that his real friends
would rally to him in the fu-
ture and crafty any political
ambition he may have.
Will he do it?
A. o. MURPHEY.
GAINESVILLE. Ga.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-17
Loses Sight When He
Loses Wife; Has Been
Drinking Ever Since

NEW YORK.-Magistrate Douras
in the mems night court, couldn't
see how Arthur Smith, forty-two
OF No. 240 East Thirty-fourth street
who was before him last night, could
get drunk with the country dry,
Neither could Smith, for he is blind,
You were before me three weeks
ago on the same charge" said Mag.
istrate Douras.
Yes, your honor" Smith admitted
You seem to be able to get liquor
when men who can see are unable
to- the magistrate commented.
Smith conceded that point, too, but
when urged to tell where he could
buy whisky he said:
''Thirty-third street." and would
not say anything more. So in lieu
of SIS fine he was sent to jail for
five days.
Patrolman Harvey, of the East
TWenty-second street station was in
night court and recalled having been
told by Smith, that, until one night
about six years ago, he never drank.
At that time his wife, who was de-
scribed in the newspapers as being
very pretty, ran away with a mil
lionaire, Smith said, and that started
him drinking.
Smith was blind in one eye then,
and the night his wife left him he
lost the sight of his other eye. He
has been convicted Of drunkenness
seven times since
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-17
Gainesville Friends
Enter Felix Jackson
In Race for Senate

GAINESVILLE, Ga, Aug. 14.-Ed-
ward Quil1ian and other friends Of
Felix Jackson, prominent banker and
business man of this city, this after
noon entered him as a candidate for
the state senate from the Thirty
third district and paid his entrance
fee. The action was taken without
the knowledge of Mr.. Jackson, who
is in New York on a business trip.
One OF the most prominent and
influential business men of north
Georgia, Mr.. Jackson has been active
in political affairs. He was prom1-
nently mentioned as an eminent1y
suitable candidate for the governor
ship a few weeks ago, but declined
to enter the race. He was also named
by Senator Hoke Smith to act with
ex-Congressman Schley Howard in
arranging a joint debate, with Thorn
as E. Watson in the event Mr.. Wat
son sought a debate.
A native Georgian, Mr.. Jackson
moved to Texas some years ago and
spent several years in that state,
returning to Georgia to engage in
business in this city.
His friends, who have placed him
in the race for the state senate say
the will perfect an active orgaliza-
ton in his behalf. The counties of
Hall, Banks and Jackson compose the
Thirty-third district.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-17
State of Indiana Shows
Gain Of 8.5 Per Cent,
With 2.93O.544 Souls

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-The fol-
lowing census figures were given out
today:
Morgan City, La, 5,42S, decrease
48, or 90 per cent.
State Of Indiana, 2,s3O,544, increase
299.668, or 8.5 per cent.
Gary, Ind, (revised), 65.37s, in
viously announced 55,344)
Quincy, Ill, 35,97S, decrease 609,
or II per cent
Counties follow:
Lyon, KY, 1876; DeSoto parish, La,
29,376; Cheatham, Tenn, 9,613; Sulli-
van, Tenn, 36,259; Madison, Tenn,
1884; Reagan, Tex, 377; Powhatan.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-17
Georgia Still Leads
Southern States in
" Illicit Distillinq

That Georgia continues to main
tain a big lead over all states In tne
Gulf district in the Illicit manufac-
ture of liquor is shown by the re
port for the month of July by. D. j.
CAN'T, supervising the federal pro-
hibition enforcement forces In the
district.
During July" said Mr.: Can't, my
the district, which comprises the
states of Georgia. Alabama. Florida,
Louisiana and Mississippi, which is
average of six raids for each man
under my supervision"
A total of 391 stills and distill-
cries were raided and destroyed. Of
this number 178 were uncovered In
Georgia; 125 in Alabama, "a in Flori-
da, As in Mississippi and in Louisi-
ana. The report shows that l97
successful seizures of dIst1li ri4 g
equipment were mace, me mas min3orlii ~
Arrests Of 126 men and women
were made, and Ais prosecutions
were recommended. The confiscate d
month aggregated 2,19S gallons of
whisky and 143,0o0 gallons Of beer.
Property was seized to the amount
of $1O3,93S, and recommendation for
condemnation proceeds made. The
department captured 20 automobiles,
ohdCLlY VI IIlCIl1 OCcll ing OCSA . AeI
license tags. Seven horses and
mules were also confiscated by rea-
son of their use in the liuor traffic.
"All of this work, said Mr.. CAN'T,
twas accomplished by approximate
ly 80 men, including the supervising
officials, and the report as a whole
shows that we are holding down vio-
latons in the district to a low mark.
More stills than the number shown
in the July report were destroyed in
the district before the provisions Of
the volstead act became effective -
Mr.. CAN'T opines that the August
report Of the activities of his men
will break all records. He bases this
opinion on the fact that the recent
ec;oonfiscation of the ocean freighter;
"Dulcino." at New CLEANS, ladened
with sugar and approximately fifty
cases of whiskey, will greatly swell
the totals for the month. Interim
proceeds have been instituted
against the vessel. which is owned
by the American Sugar Transit Co..
and it was released under bond of
"While we cannot hope to ever
keep the district entirely free of
Stills" concluded Mr.. Can't, "we
have already begun to make the Of
tenders keep their feet to the fire,
and are rapidly reducing distilling to
a minimum.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-17
De La Huerta Says
He viii Surrender
To Elected Successor

WASHINGTON, Aug 1 Movico IS
dent DE IA dAa+e nufnedi, to surrender
S hItrG ofEiee as eprovisionai ruler to
president regularly elected on n, ene
FIRST Sunday in September, the +o MeX-
lean embassy here an re0orts that De
Ia In 1f auerta intended to retain the
presidency. oa that II
had "received specific instructions rs
from President De La Hu e,9b1isbe ed
IN certain American newspapers thai maj
It was his intentio INTO continue IN IN
the presidency and to postpone the
aIoofions"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-17
CLAUDE A. WEST
COMMENTS ON
MOTOR LICENSES
Claude A. West, candidate for sec

Claude A. West, candidate for sec
Saturday afternoon commenting on
the opinion rendered by Attorney
General r. A. Denny that county Of
ficers are not authorize to distribute
motor vehicle licence tags. Mr..
Denny's ruling followed a similar
ruling by Secretary of State S. Guyt
McLendon, who Is a candidate for
reelection, and who asked for the
attorney generals opinion.
"The fact that the present secre-
tary Of state and the present attor-
ney general of Georgia are agreed
on the question fortunately does not
settle beyond appeal to other and
higher legal authorities whether mo-
tor vehicle license tags may be is
sued through delegated county agen-
miles," declared Mr.. West.
"Once before the present secretary
of state ruled the motor vehicle law
unconstitutional and he was upheld
in his ruling by an opinion of the
present attorney general" continued
court of Georgia construed the law,
the secretary of state and the at
tOrney general were reversed and the
act was held valid.
II the opinion OF these two Of
ficials on one phase of this law was
in error, it is reasonable to presume
they are in error again, particularly
when other legal authority of the
state disagrees with the attorney
general, as is the case now and was
the case last spring, when the con
stitutionality of the statute was at
tackled.
1.-THE revenue derived from motor
vehicle licenses, under the Motor We
hicle act and the State Highway act
is to be expended in the main
through the agency of the state
highway commission. This commits
sion, therefore, has a direct interest
in the construction of and admins
tration of each of these statutes.
Consequently the opinion of the at
torney general as to the manner of
collecting motor vehicle license fees
is one that concerns the state high
way commission and it's legal coun-
sol
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-17
Swine Growers Meet

SAVANNAH, Ca. Aug. 14.-The
Georgia Swins Growers association
met here today in very interesting
session. Prominent swine breeders
from all sections Of the state were
present at the meeting which was
held in the board Of trade rooms. The
visitors were extended a welcome by
Charles G. Edwards, president of the
board Of trade.
After a business session the con-
vention adjourned to Tybee for a
round of social pleasures.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-17

yard. Later he was in the meat bust
ness in the west.
He kept books. He made butter.
He worked as an inventor-patented
a churn and cleaned up.
The late J. P. Morgan saw Cave
making butter and took him to sup
erintend his model farm near West
Point While with the millionaire
Cave captured most Of the prizes for
cattle, sheep, chickens and butter at
the Orange county fairs.
The last seventeen years he has
lived at Hollis, N. H. He was a
justice of the peace and an apple
grower. Hollis knew him as "The
Cider King"
Then a few months ago Cave wrote
and asked Miss Neal to marry him.
Both are now sixty-five years old.
They are going to settle down in the
old country.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-17

PETERBOROUGH, Eng. After
waiting forty years for the return
from the United States Of E. S. Cave,
1.-The Cider King" of Hollis, N. H.,
her childhood chum, Olive Neal, of
Peterborough, has at last become the
bride of her first love.
This romantic wedding, with it's
story of a woman's patience and a
mans wanderings abroad and reap
pearance at the door of the home of
the first sweetheart Of his boyhood
days, has greatly stirred England.
Until he showed up the other day
Cave had seen his prospective bride
but once, when she was fifteen years
old, though the two families cor
responded for years.
Cave left England for the U. S. A.
in 1881. Reaching Chicago almost
penniless he went to work at a coal
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-17
$4,000 Liquor Plot
Exposed in Kentucky

ST. LOUIS, Aug. IA conspir-
acy through which liquor worth
100000 was fradulently taken from
a United States bonded warehouse at
greensboro, KY, was revealed by a
raid here this afternoon in which a
deputy constable and ten others were
arrested after local police, with the
aid of government agents, had re-
covered more than $4,000 worth of
the whisky.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-17
Section Foreman
Drops Dead on Duty

TOCCOA, Ga, Aug 14-Mr. Key,
a section foreman employed on the
Southern railroad, died suddenly
Thursday evening while at work. He
had made no complaint of being
sick, and the first known of any
trouble was when he dropped dead
He was an extra man sent here from
Atlanta to relieve one of the men
who was off for few days, and died
while on duty.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-17
D'Annunziio Has Split
With Fiurne Council

TRIEST, Aug. Am open break
has occurred between the national
council of Fiume and Gabrielle dan
nunzio, the soldier-poet.
D'Annunzio has declared the es-
tablishment of the free and indepen-
dent state of Fiume is imminent, and
that he plans to extend it's confines
along the so-called Wilson line of
demarcation between Italian and
Jugo SlaV territory
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-17
Three Skeletons in Old Mine
May Mean New Gold Field

, by unsuccessful prospectors Of years
ago. In the hope of finding copper
stain" he proceeded to clear away
the rubbish. He was surprised to
find that he had uncovered a drift
tunnel. Inside he found the bones
of three men and a vein of schist
eighteen inches in thickness, in
which, he says. he secured his sam
pies of gold. Rfs story is being in
vestigated.
Copper and iron ores were found in
plenty by the miners of early days
but the field was abandoned because
too far from a railroad. Later the
Rockefeller interests opened up in
that section, the Sunrise, one of the
greatest iron mines in the world
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-17
r. F. Burch Named
On Board of Trustees

EASTMAN, Ga, Aug. AR. F,
Burch, Jr., prominent citizen OF
Dodge couny, has been named by
Governor Dorsey as a member of the
board of trustees of the Twelfth Dis.
trict Agricultural and Mechanical COZ
lege at Cochran, succeeding G. M
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-17
Believes Bryan Will
Support Governor Cox

NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-George
tee chairman, announced today he
believed William J! Bryan would
whole heartedly support Governor
Cox and the Democratic ticket dur
ing the coming campaign.
my reason for saying this is not
founded on any logical reasoning, but
Sea s nab have expeef es
tion," said Mr.. White.
Secretary of War Baker announced
to the Democratic campaign manag-
ers today that he could be counted
upon to take the stump for Cox and
Roosevelt
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-17
(Snecial to the Worldl

Especial to the World)
GUERNSEY, Wyo.-If the story
told by a man named Don, who has
been working three copper ore
claims in the hills north Of here,
proves to have any foundation in
fact, this section promises to be
rocked with a gold excitement which
will duplicate that Of fifty years
ago, when hundreds poured in from
the outside, led by the tale of an
cient Spanish diggers.
Don recently appeared at Guern-
sey with specimens of ore that was
later found to run $1,000 to the ton.
His story was that while prospect
ing on one of his claims he ran
across one of a number Of holes left