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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-14
LAMAR COUNTY'S
CREATION ENDS
5O-YEAR BATTLE,

GAINESVILLE, Ca, Aug. 1.-THE
passage Of the legislature of the
constitutional amendment authoriz-
ing the creation Of Lamar county
from portions Of Pike and Monroe
counties. with GAINESVILLE as the
county seat, brings to an end fight
for the creation Of a county out Of
on at different times for fifty years.
this being the fifth time such a bill
has been before the legislature of
Georgia. 1t has been defeated by
narrow margins time after time. It
has been one of the most bitterly
fought new-county propositions which
has ever been before the legislature
of the state, both Pike and Monroe
offering at all times strenuous op-
position. The conditions had created
animosities which made the creation
Of the new county an absolute ne
cessity and there is great rejoicing
among the people Of the territory in
volved.
When the news reached the city, a
great demonstration began, which
lasted for hours, closing with a big
street parade and bonfire, men, women
and children, white and black, join
ing in it by hundreds, ringing bells,
blowing whistles, honking automo-
biles, creating every imaginable
noise and having hilarious time
generally. The passage Of the bill
is regarded as the greatest event
in the. life Of the people of this city
and vicinity.
Lamar county will have an area
of 1874 square miles, nearly $4,000
able values, and the people to COM
pose it are naturally allied in all
their interests. which forces the pre-
diction that it will at once be one
of the finest counties in Georgia.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-14
BIN. BlackburnAnn0uncey
McElreath Issues Statement;
Alexander Plans Platform

the office of district attorney with
one hand while running for congress
with the other. Expressions from
all parts Of the Fifth district indf-
cate that he will carry about as many
militia districts in this election as he
ernor."
Alexander proposes Platform
While his friends were preparing
to open headquarters in the Kimball
House and begin vigorous cam
paign in behalf Of his candidacy, Mr..
Alexander, Thursday was closseted in
his Office in the federal building en-
crossed in the task of preparing the
platform upon which his race is pre-
dicated. Mr.. Alexander said his for
NAL announcement would be brief,
and that it would be available for
publication not later than Friday
afternoon.
Reports from all parts of the dis
trict received since Wednesday, S
meeting in sch!ey Howard's office are
most encouraging" said the district
attorney, land 1 am confident of my
success in this race even before I
discuss the issues involved with a
single voter"
Mr.. Alexander said his mail was
flooded Thursday with letters OF
congratulation and assurance of sup
port. He was not certain who would
direct his campaign from the Kim
ball House headquarters, stating that
a campaign manager would be nam
ed Thursday Or Friday by the cam
paign committee. He announced his
intention of making application
without delay for thirty-day leave
of absence from his official duties
and was preparing Thursday to car
ry his campaign into every copnty and
precinct in the district between now
and September s.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-14

Issuance Of the formal announce
ment Of B. M. Blackburn, a brief
but spirited statement by Chairman
Walter McElreath, Of the Upshaw
campaign committee, concerning
United States Attorney Hooper Alex
ander's candidacy, and opening Of
Alexander campaign headquarters in
the Kimball house were Thursdays
developments in the congressional
race in the Fifth district, which now
is secondary in interest locally only
to the senatorial and gubernatoriaI
campaigns.
Mr.. Blackburn's announcement was
quite a lengthy statement, in which he
voiced his unalterable opposition to
the League of Nations and declared
he is unwilling to float any other
flag above the Stars and Stripes. He
attacked the record of Congressman
Upshaw and asserted that the latter
service in congress does not entItle
him to the customary second term
Endorsement of the people of the dis
trict.
Following Mr.. Alexander's en-
trance into the race on Wednesday
at meeting of a number of his sup
porters in the office of Branch &
Howard, Walter McElreath, chairman
of the Upshaw campaign committee,
Thursday gave out the following
statement:
"Mr. Alexander with his usual and
innate modesty says that 1T is highly
important that the Fifth district be
efficiently represented in congress
We agree with Mr.. Alexander, hence
Mr.. Upshaw, with his record of prov
en- efficiency, since Mr.. Alexander
announcement. We admire Mr.. Alex
ander's discretion in holding on to
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GENERAL GORGAS'
BODY IS RETURNED
TO UNITED STATES

NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-Simp1icity
marked the return to this country
today of the body Of Major General
William C. Gorgas, former surgeon
general of the United States army,
who died in London last month.
Borne back to home shores on the
United States transport Pocahontas,
the casket was met at Hoboken by
guard of honor from the Thirteenth
infantry, lowered to the dock and
carried through a lane OF army well
fare workers. Captain Richard H.
Gorgas, the generals youngest broth
er, stepped forward and draped over
the coffin an American flag. That
ended the ceremony.
The casket was then taken on a
ferryboat to New York and placed
in a special room at the Fennsyl-
vania station, to lie there in state un-
til departure Of the train for Wash
ington this afternoon.
The Pocahontas was to have locked
at $50, but inspection of Polish
troops aboard her held her at quar-
antine. AS the transport made her
way up the harbor, her flag half
masted, other craft lowered their col
ors in solemn tribute to the man
who for years had guarded the health
of Uncle Sans fighting men. When
the gray funeral ship passed cover
| nors Island, thirteen guns doomed
their salute.
AS the Pocahontas was urged into
her berth by tugs, there was a great
silence. Only the putting of the
tiny craft laboring with the gray
sided transport broke the stiffness
Whistles of other narbor craft were
silent for the moment, as If they toe
were paying tribute. There was not
a sound from the pier where were
grouped a little band of relatives and
representatives of the United States
| and foreign governments. No funeral
dirge was played.
None aboard the transport was
permitted to land until the casket
had been swung to the dock--a gray
| somber army dock. unbedecked with
! flags. But when the coffin had been
| lowered over the side, the generals
| widow and the party that had accom-
panied her oversees stepped slowly
down the gang plank.
After the casket had been placed
| In hearse, mourners followed in
| motors to the ferry dock. Then the
cortege started across the Hudson tc
be met at Manhattan's shore by an
| other guard Of honor drawn from
| the Twenty-second infantry.
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Wants Alabana's
Sunday Laws; Obeyed

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug. 12-Fol-
lowing the passage by the city COM
mission of an ordinance which pro-
hibits the sale Of automobile tires
and accessories on Sundays, Commits
sioner Burruss has proposed another
ordinance be passed providing for en-
forcement of all state laws on Sun
day observance just as they have
stood since 1850.
Mr.. Burruss declared that such en-
forcement would result in the sus-
pension Of all business activity, in
GLIDING the operation Of street cars
and that only drug stores would be
permitted to remain open.
The action of the commission was
the result of a campaign for OBJ
servance Of the Lords Day. Pro
ponents of the ordinance forbiddtng
the sale of tires encounted the oppo-
sitio nof physicians and other au-
tomobile owners who presented a pc
tition for the repeal of the legisla-
ton. The petition was denied by q
vote of three to one. Mr.. Burruss
who voted for the petition, commended
that tire service should be allowed
or that the sale of oil, air, gas and
wrecker service should also be pro
hibited. He then urged a strict OBJ
servance of all state laws. Lets be
consistent" he said, land enforce
these statutes to the limit"
The commission has not yet taken
any action upon his proposal.
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Tennessee Town Has
56o2 in Three Years

WASHINGTON. Aug. IL. = The
census bureau today announced the
following 1920 population results:
Kingsport, Tenn, 5,692; incorpo-
rated in 1917. and no comparison is
Counties: Montgomery, Tenn, sz,-
265; decrease, 1.407. or AZ.
KINGsPoRT, Tenn, Aug. ~
Kingsport is an industrial. town. To-
Gated at the confluence of Watauga
and Holston rivers, in upper east
Tennessee. The growth and develop
ment, sponsored by New, York CAPT
tai, is marvellous, and the percent
age of growth is probably larger
than that of any other city in the
United States. 1t is the center of a
rich AGRICULTURAL and mineral wealth.
Other figures follows:
Oxford. N. c., 1906.
Virginia Reconsideration, 1915;
Smithfield, 1,181; Orange, 1913
Tennessee Towns-oMount Pleasant,
2,O93; Oakdale, 1852; Dresden, 1907;
Greenfield, 1,474; Martin, 1887;
Sparta, 1.517.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-14
Sims Re-Anested
For Killing Soldier

COLUMBUS, Ca, Aug. 12.-H. l..
Sims, liberated on a $4,000 bond fol-
lowing a preliminary trial on the
charge of murder in connection with
the shooting of Private George Me-
Itch, of Camp Benning, while the
latter was in watermelon patch
belonging to the defendant, the
charge having been reduced to that
of manslaughter, has been arrested
again on a grand jury indictment
which charges murder, and he will
now have to remain in jail perhaps
until a jury passes on his case.
The grand jury bill was returned
late Tuesday. 1t is claimed Sims
shot the soldier with buckshot, kill
ing him instantly. The case has at
tracted unusual interest.
Sims, who is a planter on the
section joining the big military
camp, declares his stuff Is being
ruined by soldiers; that he has APP
pealed to camp authorities in vain,
etc. He doesn't admit shooting the
soldier, but at the preliminary hear
ing his attorney declared # he had
he would have been justi1able in
view of the circumstances.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-14
Songs Land Two Men
In Bibb Jail; Still Is
Found: Team Is Taken

MACON, Ga, Aug. 12.-Patrolins
the Milledgeville road Tuesday. aft
ernoon, Wise Birdsong, one of the
newly appointed county speed cops,
nearer the tones came brokenly as ii
the singers were riding in a jolting
wagon. The officer throttled his
chugging, cycle down until only a
tor, and the rumbling wagon was
close on him before the jewellers
knew of his presence. By that time
Deputy Sheriffs Raley and Rogers
had joined him. There were two men
on the front seat Of an old-ttme
spring which a jogging and n d. c. con OF /,
along. The driver swayed drunkenly
and an aged one-legged man with him
lurched to one side; both were sing
ing Justify.
There were grumbling protests
when the officers dragged key con-
tanning three gallons of white light
ming" from beenath underbrush in
the back of the wagon, but the sing
ers offered no resistance, instead
they resumed their song. A quart
measure and other things indicating
brand also were found carefully con-
cealed in the wagon. At the county
Jail, the white man gave his name
as J. L. Lingo, and the negro said
his was Charles Heard. They sank
happily on the hunks in their cells
and soon were sound asleep.
Birdsong then began tracing the
and it was easily followed. 1t led
to a lonely spot on the banks Of
Black lake in the Ocmulgee swamp.
There he found a still, still warm,
and conveniently nearby was a large
quantity of stuff used in making
whisky. The still. whose capacity
was sixty gallons a day, was de-
stroyed; the liquor held as evidence
against the men, and the horse and
wagon confiscated under the state
prohibition law.
The officers said they found signs
that the plant had been in operation
a long time, and they believe the
men had been peddling whisky here
for many months.
Proves the old saying about
wine and song" they said, laughing
eff they had stayed sober they
probably never would have been sus-
pected, or, at least, they would have
gotten by for sometime"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-14
W. A. Burroughs Is
Killed: Ed Garvin Held

MILLEN, Ga, Aug. 12.-W. A.
Burroughs, former policeman of the
city of Miilen and former county po-
lice of Jenkins county, was killed
here Tuesday night, about 1880, by
Ed Garvin.
Various stories of the homicide are
being talked. 1t seems that the
store of Burroughs in the edg OF
Mil1en was on fire Tuesday night
about the time of the killing. Garvin
lives in building adjoining the store
building. While moving his furni-
ture from his residence or soon aft
er, Garvin and Burroughs, it is said
became angry with each other and
the shooting began.
Reports say that Garvin had q
rifle and Burroughs had pistol
Some of those present say that both
parties shot and others say they did
not.
Burroughs has been in Millen about
two years and Garvin has lived in
this section the most of his life
Burroughs was about forty years ole
and Garvin about thirty-two.
Garvin is in the county Jail now
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-14
COMMISSARIES
NAME OFFICERS
INLAST SESSION

Election Of officers, reports Of
various committees, selection Of the
1921 convention city, and the winding
up all unfinished business occupied
the major portion of the time of the
final session Thursday morning Of
the eleventh annual convention of
the National Commissary Managers
association.
J. r. Harrison, Of Nortonville, KY,
was elected president for. the en-
suing year and e. J. Eicoff, Of Chi
cago, was reelected secretary: Al
of the various state vice presidents
were unanimously reelected.
st. Louis was selected as the 1921
convention city, the convention to
be held during August of next year.
Resolutions thanking the Atlanta
Merchants and Manufacturers asso-
citation and the Atlanta convention
bureau for the splendid reception and
entertainment accorded them during
their three days stay in Atlanta
were submitted and unanimously
a6ODfod
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-14
State Oil Fees Are
$16.452 in Two Weeks

Fees collected in Georgia for the
inspection of oil from July Is to 81,
exclusive Of salaries for the inspec-
tor and his deputies, aggregated $16,-
1872, as shown by the report filed
Wednesday in federal court by State
Oil Inspector Marvin P. Roane.
Filing of monthly reports of fees
collected was recently, made manda..
tory by Judge Samuel H. Sibley, of
the federal court, folloing suit
brought by the Texas Oil company
against the state in which the law
authorizing collection of fees for in
specting oil was attacked as uncon-
stitutiona1. Judge Sibley held that
the state law is constitutional, but
pending final disposition of the suit,
he stopped the oil inspector from
paying fees for inspection of oil into
the state treasury and directed that
he deposit the fees in an Atlanta bank
and make monthly returns of the
amounts collected to the court.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-14
Deputy Sheriffs
Arrested in Miami

MIAMI, Fla, Aug. 1.-TWO Dade
county deputy sheriffs. Guilford
Green and Frank McDade, were ar
rested here Wednesday on the double
charge of having boarded a British
vessel before 1T was inspected by Gus
-oms officers and Of transporting in
toxicating liquor.
The officers were charged with
BOARDING the Molly o and removing
l15 cases of liquor, presumed to have
1een brought from Bimini Island.
The captain of the Molly o charg-
ed the officers raided his vessel,
using their badges as authority. No
record of such a raid appeared on
ties declared
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Eleventh District
Editors Officers

NASHVILLE, Ga, Aug. 12.-At a
business session of the Eleventh
District Press association the edi-
tors elected officers for the ensuing
year as follows: A. C. Sweet. Nash
Vile Herald, president; Mrs. w. H.
Robinson, Folkston Herald, first vice
president; E. L. Turner, Valdosta
Times, second vice president; L. H.
Jenkins, Alma Times, secretary-treas-
urer.
The next meeting of the associa-
ton will be held at Alma the third
Monday in January.
The act providing for an increase
in the rate for legal advertising was
indorsed, and the president forwarded
notification of the action to the
state senate urging that the bill be
passed.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-14
COMPANY ASKS
EXPRESS INCREASE.
TO MEET WAGES

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE
American Railway Express company
today made application to the inter-
state commerce commission to in
crease their rates so as to recover
the recent award of wage increases
to employees.
The express company stated that
the award would increase the pay
roll $43, 8O0,S05 annually and asked
that the rates be os adjusted as
to cover this amount.
Increased rates on milk and cream
were asked, so that the American
Express company's rates on these
commodities would be the same as
the railroad rates
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-14
Cotton Directors To
Meet at Montgomery

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Aug. 12.-
Announcement was made that the
meeting place Of the board of direct
ors of the American Cotton associa-
ton to be held in September has been
changed from Atlanta to Montgom-
cry. President J. S. Wannamaker, of
st. Matthews, S. c., will decide the
date. The finance and price-fixing
committee, composed of fifty mem
bers. will meet in this city at the
same time.
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SEARCH OUT THE
GERMS OF RHEUMATISM

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be relied upon to search out all
disease germs and impurities and
eliminate them from the system,
and this is why it is such an ex-
cellent remed%sfor Rheumatism.
Go to yorA arug store and get
a bottle of S. S. S. today, and if
your case needs special attention,
you can obtain medical advice free
by writing fully to Chief Medical
Adviser, Swift Laboratory. Allan
ia, Georgia,
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Bridegrooms Turn Elves in
Wood as Hazers Take Garb

PARIS, Ky.-Oficers were form
ing posse to quell the lynchers.
Two brides, indignant, waited and
cuses would be.
The bridegrooms, shivering, were
emulating Grecian nymphs as they
made their circuitous way home via
woods and fields.
1t was a grand charivari!
Friends induced Carl Case and
Melvin Hornbeck. newly-weds, to
take an auto ride, promising the
brides to bring them back early. A
mile from town the car stopped. The
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bridegrooms' vestments were re-
moved-all except their underwear.
Midst bedlam of horns and cow
bells they were ridden on fence
rail.
Passers-by thought it was a
lynching bee, and fastened to town
to notify Paris officers.
The bridegrooms, left on the pike,
saw the cars disappear-with their
clothes.
They finally reached home after
stealthily avoiding the frequented
highways and by-ways.
They found their clothes waiting
on the porch and their wives.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-14
British Force Retreats
In Mesopotamia

PARIS, Aug. 12.-The situation in
Mesopotamia continues serious, says
Havas dispatch from Beirut. Brit
ish detachments on the Euphrates
are falling back, adds the dispatch,
and the garrison of Divanieh, situated
on the right bank of the river about
ninety-five miles southeast of Bag
dad, has been cut Off
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-14
Find Out What Causes Your Suf-
fering and Go After 1t.

Some forms of this disease have
been found to come from tiny
germs in the blood, which set up
their colony in the muscles, or
oints and begin to multiply by
he million. You can easily I'M
lerstand, therefore, that the only
intelligent method of treating such
Eases is through the blood.
S. S. S. is such thorough blood
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-14
Young Man Suspected
As Being Bergdoll Is
Arrested IN New York

ONEONTA, N. Y, Aug, ia
youngman, who, state troopers say,
answers the description Of Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll, the wealthy
draft evader, who escaped from the
custody Of the military authorities,
was arrested by two troopers ten
miles west of here today.
The suspect denied that he was
Bergdoll, and give his name as
George IIenno of Buffalo
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hIII6U anu LIIT6t HSSTO UySCdnUerS
were wounded Borum also was
slightly wounded.
Borum, former sheriff and now
foreman Of the grand jury, declared
he was forced to kill Yeaman, and
asserted the latter fired the first
shot. He explained that the shotgun
he used had been placed in his auto
mobile when he was warned that Yea
man was hunting him.
Yeaman, according to acquaint-
ances, was angry at Borum because
of the belief that Borum was respon-
sible for an indictment in connection
with the sale of Iiollor
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Caraway's Victory Is
Conceded by Kirby

LITTLE ROCK. Aug. 12.-United
States Senator W., f. KIRBY +oday
conceded his defeat by Represen-
tative T. G. Caraway in Tuesdays
primary, for the Democratic sem
atorial nomination.
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PEACH and APPLE TREES

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Shot s 20 !. 3..A,;ll.

NASHVILLE
Borum and hi
held under $1N
of murder. 4
This followed
fight late Tue
square, in whicl
killed and fbraE
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sg. 12.-Sam
ernon, are
N a charge
ional gun
he public
. n0 nan
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