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For SHERIFF.

1 hereby announce for sheriff of
Sumter county, subject to the &C
ton of the Democratic primary to
be held March 10. If elected, Da-
vid T.. Jennings will be my deputy,
and we earnestly soncit the sup
port of the voters, and if elected
will discharge the duties of the Of
flee to the best of our ability.
7. L. SUMMERS.
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al support. We note also that the
members on DR.. J. C. Logan's list
made one of the best reports on
church attendance and ministerial
support. Every member on that
list made a contribution, all but two
attended church services and all
but four used the envelopes.
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FOR TAX RECEIVER

I hereby announce as candidate
for Tax Receiver, subject to the
Democratic primary to be held Mar.
18th. If elected l promise faith
full and competent service. / will
appreciate your support.
JACK R. BRIpTON.
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FOR ORDINARY

To the Voters of Sumter County
Georgia:
| hereby announce myself a cam
didate for the office of Ordinary
of said county, subject to the Demo-
cratic primary to be held March 10,
next. I will very much appreciate
your votes and support.
DIR. e. t. MATHIS.
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lecter o2 Sumter County, Georgia,
sui. ect to rules and regulations of
pr .ary called for March 10, and
wi appreciate the vote and sup
polt of the public. Respectfully,
T&B. SMALL.
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t-OR CITY COURT SOLICITOR

I hereby announce my candidacy
in the Democratic white primary
for ;ty Court Solicitor. l believe
in pfompt ard impartial admins
tration of justice. Your support
will be appreciated,
T. O. MARSHALL.
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lIBiil OiA liiS lSAAoNA
spot, and by the
time they say Jack
Robinson o u I
comes the rheu-
matte pain and dis
tress. St. Jacobs
Oil is a harmless
rheumatism a n d
pain liniment which
never disapponts
and doesn't burn the
skin. 1t takes pain,
soreness and stiff
ness from aching
joints, muscles and
bones stops sciat-
lea. lumbago, back
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-06

oluS 1ldu given ulS
trouble for five or
six years. Attimes
twas allIcould do
to live, and the doc
tor said l couldn't
live but a short
time longer with
out an operation.
.Tha t w s tw o
years ago. My sis
ter-in-law recon-
mended Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
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Announcements
FOR COUNTY SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT

/ hereby announce my candidacy
for County School Superintendent.
Your support will be highly appre-
ciated. Z. T. MOORE.
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FOR SOLICITOR CITY COURT

l hereby announce my candidacy
for reelection as Solicitor of the
City Court of Americas, subject
to March primary. / pledge the
same conscientious performance of
the duties which hrve marked my
past term. Your support will be
appreciated.
DAN CHbppETI,.
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FOR TAX COLLECTOR

1 hereby announce my candidacy
= the office of Tax Collector,
subject to the rules of the Demo
cratic primary on the 18th Of
March, 1924. l will appreciate the
support of the voters in said pri-
mary. w. D. (Claud) JOHNSON.
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primary, March 10, 1924.
JOHN A. COBB.
FOR SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT

/ hereby announce as candidate
for County School Superintendent,
subject to the actor of the Demo-
cratic primary, March 10.
MRS. G. w. WALTERS.
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FOR SOLICITOR CITY COURT

/ wish to announce my candidacy
for the office of Solicitor of the
City Court of Americas. | will APP
preciate the vote OF all people who
consider me qualified for this pos
sition of honor and trust.
ROBERT C. LANE.
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FOR COUNTY SCHOOL.
SUPERINTENDENT

| am candidate for County
School Superintendent. subject to
the action of the Democratic pri-
mary, March 10.
A. i. PHILLIPS.
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For COUNTY coMMIssIc

FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONED
The friends of R. S. Oliver, of
Plains, announce him as a candi-
date tc succeed himself as a men,
Der of the Board If County Com
missioners, subject to the action of
the Democratic primary to be held
March 10.
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AFRAID she
COULD NOT LIVE
Operation Advised, but Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Made 1t Unnecessary
IlIIIIIIlILIIIIIIIINI

Glasgow, Kentucky. 81 was rum
down, nervous, with no appetite. My
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RUB PAIN OUT OF
RHEUMATIC JOINTS

For IS years, millions have rubbed
soothing, penetrating St. Jacobs Oil
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For TAX COLLECTOR

l hereby make announcement for
reelection to office OF Tax Col
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FOR ORDINARY.

/ hereby announce as a candidate
for Ordinary at the approaching
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FOR CORONER

I announce for reelection for
Coroner, subject to Democratic
primary. ED JENKINS.
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FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER

Ninety per cent of the voters
of the home district of r. B. Gas
ton announce him candidate for
County Commissioner at the March
primary. We will appreciate your
support.
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to the primary of March 18th. W
desire your vote for him

FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
The friends of Ben f. Easter
lin announce him a candidate for
County Commissioner at the March
10th primary.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-03-06

FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
The friends of w. T. Anderson
hereby announce him as a candidate
for County Commissioner, subject
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ache and neuralgia. IS cent bottle
guaranteed by all druggists,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-08
CONAN DOYLE ASSERTS
DOCS LIVE IN BEYOND

LONDON. Oct. s.--"Do dogs live
in the beyond?"
This inquiry by the Dog World
was addressed to some Of the most
distinguished Britons, who replied
az follows:
@. Bernard Shaw: rive never had
a dog stupid enough to want to
live forever, and I've never hated
any dog enough to wish him such
q terrible fate"
Conan Doyle: "I have heard the
seance room filled with the barking
Of dogs, and they have occasionally
appeared in physic photographs. All
OF our pets Of every sort, especial.
ly dogs, are with us in the next life.
The bond Of affection is one that
survives DEATH"
Sir Oliver Lodge gave strongly
affirmative reply.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-08

McCraw Puts Blame
For Griff Victory
On Jennings

NEW YORK, Oct. g.. While
giving the fill need Of credit
to the Nationals, particularly
to Harris and Goslin, for win
ming the fourth game Of the
world series, John McGraw to-
day took occasion to blame his
lieutenant, Hughey jennings,
for It's loss.
II disagree with jennings
Judgment in, sending Meusel
home in the eighth on Wilson'S
double" McGraw said. "The
run wouldn't have tied the
score, in any case. If Meusel
had been held at third. we
would have had men on second
and third with one out.
AS it was, we had a man on
second with two cut. The
worst Of it was that we had
Mogridge on the run at the
time"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-08
ATTACKS
SISTER-IN-LAW IN HOME

YORK, Pa, Oct. S.-Crying out
that she was a member Of the Ku
Klux Khan and calling upon neigh.
bors to assist her, Mrs. Hattie Self.
fert went to the home of her sister.
in-law, Mrs. Verna Kerr, assaulted
lrer and threatened to drag her into
the street, tear her clothes from her
body, and tar and feather her. Mrs.
Kerr has instituted suit before AL.
derman Walter #. Owens against
Mrs. Eeiffert, charging her with as.
sault and battery and surety of the
peace.
Two men were seen coming into
town from the west end about the
same time as the Kerr assault took
place, partly naked and tarred and
teathered, and showing signs Of
harsh treatment. The men were not
identified, and so far they have net
made any complaint against any.
body.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-08
PAIR
ARE FREE To
WE'D
Chicago Professor Divorces
Wife Who Established
Laison With Other Man
D. International Newa serrIce.

CHICAGO, Oct. 8.-Mrs. Shirley
Iva Knox HalI-Quest and the un.
identified man for whom a per
feet passionate love" drove her to
violate the conventions, leave the
home Of her husband, Professor w.
Fred Lawrence Hall-Quest, noted
educator. and seek a love nest" in
exclusive Evanston, today were free
to put the stamp of legal sanction
upon their relations.
A divorce was granted vest artiay,
after a brief hearing. when Profes.
sor Hall-Q Quest, dean OF the univer,
sity OF Pittsburgh's extension col
lege and a former member OF the
faculty Of Columbia, Cincinnati and
Illinois State Universities. exhib.
tied letters from his wife, in which
she told Of her love for anctker.
And throughout the PROCEEDINGS,
the educator took care not to re.
veal the identity of the ''other man.
Said To Be Rriton.
Today Evanston thought and won.
dered. Common report named q
former major in the British army
as the man." but there was no
concrete evidence available to sub
stantiate the claim. Nor was Evan.
ston able to say today where the
love nest" was located. Newspa.
permen who haunted the suburb
throughout the night and today
failed to find 1t or either OF the
principals.
H,hn ba-ti,,no,,,, ,.a4.,...a a. -. -
yesterday, while the professor con
stantly warned his attorney against
revealing Identities, was brief. II
showed that the couple had been
married at Mabish, Mimi, August
rs, 1908 and that Mrs. Hall. Quest
had deserted the professor In Oc
tober, 1923.
She had been infatuated with
this man for some time" the pro.
lessor testified, 'and she eloped
with him from Cincinnati In Octo-
Der, 1928. They have since been
living in Chicago"
Lived at Midway Hotel.
Only this, a few letters in which
Mrs. Hall-Quest explained why she
was willing ''to give. up honor,
friends, work. position for love-
and the testimony of friend who
declared that he had visited Mrs
Hall.Quest and the "other man" al
a Midway hotel here where he said
they were living as man and wife
were necessary to secure the di
vorce decree. It was signed Inn
mediately by the presiding Judge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-08
IMPERIAL JAP DIET TO
FETE 5oT ANNIVERSARY

TOKYO, Oct. S.---Mernbers OF
the Imperial Diet have begun plans
for the celebration Of the fiftieth
session since the founding Of that
body, upon the assembling next De-
cember for the regular session. The
Imperial Diet was formed by I'm.
perial edict in 1890, and since that
time Its powers have grown in
Importance throughout the Empire.
Four representatives who have
served continuously will receive
presents from their colleagues at
the time Of the celebration OF the
fiftieth session. These men are
Mr.. X. 1nukai, president OF the
Kakushin Club and Minister Of
Communications; Mr.. Y. Ozaki, Of
whom It was once asserted that
he could be elected President Of
Japan" Mr.. X. Minoura, an influ-
entail member OF the KenseIlSai
party; and Mr.. III. Motoda, a lead
err OF the Seiyuhonto party.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-08
ARMY REVOL YER
WILL GREET
K. K. K.
Woman Democratic Leader
Finds a Cross Ready to Ig-
mite on Her Farm.

TRENTON. Oct. s.-When rep
resentatives Of the Ku Klux Khan
next visit the home of Mrs. Julia
Baird, on a remote farm near Titus
vile, N. j., they will find her wait
ing for them with a revolver OF
large caliber given to her by Il
former army officer. who salvaged
it during the st. Mihiel drive.
Upon returning home from Titus
vile. where she went for her mail,
Mrs. Baird discovered that the farm
had been visited during her alb
sence and an eighteen.foot cross,
wrapped in burlap bags, which had
been soaked in kerosene, erected
on the edge of piece Of woodland
short distance from her home.
She assumes that the cross was
put up by klansmen, who were
frightened away before they c 1uld
burn 1t.
Mrs. Baird is the woman Demo
cratic leader in the western district
OF Hopewell township and an In
spector of the board Of elections.
Sh has been quite outspoken In her
opposition to the khan and believes
that. the organization resorted "a
the cross incident as means Of
, intimidating her.
The desired effect has apparently
not been produced. however. Mrs.
Baird today displayed the revolver
which she intends to iise IN the
event Of a second visit by ..he
klansmen, and also gave demon.
stration of her proficiency with
the weapon. She succeeded in put.
ting four out of five bullets
through a tin can some distance
away.
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MRS. Z. w. HILBERT, or
oRLEAN, VA, is DEAD

WARRENTON, Va. Oct. S.--Mrs.
r. w. Hilbert, formerly Of Warren
ton, but now Of Orlean, Va, died
suddenly in Warrenton last night
at the home Of her friend, Mrs.
John Thoma, on Main street.
Mrs. Hilbert was in WarrentOn
for a visit with her daughter, Mrs.
Nelson Moffett. While in Main
street, near the home Of Mrs.
Thoma, she felt i'll and asked to
rest moment with Mrs. Thoma.
She died shortly after. She Is
survived by her husband, now a
farmer near Orlean, but formerly
with the Warrenton Supply Com.
pAny, OF Warrenton, and two
daughters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-08
RADIO UTOPIA IS
LADY EDISON s
VISION
Labor to Be Eliminated and
World Made Beautiful,
She Predicts.
BY DAVID SENTNER.
Universal Service.

NEW YORK, Oct. 8.-Beulah
Louise Henry. Lady Edison" who
has produced thirty-three success.
full inventions, predicts the dawn
of a radio age, when labor will be
eliminated and the world electrified
into beauty.
Miss Henry envisioned, among
other remarkable developments a
radio-propelled transatlantic liner,
the Harvesting of the sun to grow
crops out of season and the link.
ing OF the psychic world with the
physical through radio.
Miss Henry is now working on
an invention in collaboration with
Grinnell Matthews, Greater Of the
famous death ray" 1t was said
by Miss Horny to be electrical and
would have an important influence
on the health Of mankind. The In
vention may be called the life
ray"
Lady Edison" does not believe
women will have much to do with
the development Of radio Utopia.
Radio always will be more In
terosting to the man than TO the
woman" declared Miss Henry when
interviewed at the Worlds First Ra-
do Fair at Madison Square Garden,
where she was a guest Of honor. "A
woman accepts radio without In
quiry; man wants to find out the
cause-and tinkers. Woman prefers
clothes and filtration above me.
chanical details"
The presence of only score Of
women among the thousands at
tending the radio exhibit upheld
this statement. However, James
f. Kerr, general manager OF the
exposition, held a different opinion.
Radio has stepped from the at
tic into the drawing room," he
said. ut has become an impor-
tant part of our social structure.
Where before the woman banished
a radio set to the cellar, now she
considers 1t part Of her household
furniture and recreation"
Among the novelties of the fair
were a radio ear" capable Of re.
cording conversations upon wax
records several miles away, q lou ].
| speaker crystal set, operated by
means Of the rotation of phono-
graph disc; and radiophone for
use sin mines and rescue work.
There were Limousine" sets and
"flivver" sets. There were radio
outfits camouflaged in doll houses:
vanity cases, match boxes and
watch boxes. One crystal set was
small enough to hide under ones
thufhbnaiI.
Many telephone calls were re-
ceived by the exposition officials
for missing husbands.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-08
NOTE IN CAN TELLS
OF RUM SHIP CAPTIVE

FALMOUTH. Mass, Oct. b.
IL. #. Barstow held by rum run.
ners. OFF Edgartown. Help"
This note, written on sheet Of
paper two by four inches, was
discovered In q baking powder can
cast UP on the beach here and
picked up by Abram Landry,
Waterhouse street, West Somerville.
The message was a call for help
from O man apparently captured
by rum runners Off Edgartown.
Landry reported his lind to the
Falmouth police.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-08
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GATHERING CANS "CAN"
HOSIERY MILL ROBBERY

READING. Pa, Oct. s.-A lot
OF milk cans, piled near, side
window in the hosiery mill OF Dan.
lei +. Kelchner at Fleetwood, saved
kelchner from a loss Of many thou.
sand dollars worth Of silk hosiery,
ready for shipment.
Burglars with a motor truck
selected this window for entering
and looting the mill, and backed
their truck up against it. when
they opened the window they upset
the pile Of milk cans, making such
clatter that persons living nearby
were reused from slumber and ran
to the mill.
The burglars fled in the truck
barely in time to escape capture
Nothing was missing from the mill
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-08
BooTLEG0ER's OUTFIT
INCLUDED A SNOWPLoW

DOYLESTOWN, Pa, Oct. 3d.
When State police found the first
alcohol distilling plant so far un.
earthed in Bucks county, near
Jamison, they not only discovered
a complete plant, newly installed.
but among the working tools was
snow plow to prevent closing
OF the roads. Thus was shipping
Of the stuff made certain during
the winter months.
B According to Corporal Hans, the
plant redistilled denatured alcohol
and sold It as pure grain alcohol,
or colored It and sold It as liquor,
the type, they say, that kills.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-08
ALEXANDRIA S
GIRL BANDIT
PAR0LED
Minnie Wilcox Win Co -
lvakota Farms, a Reform.
atory Near Clifton

Il 81 > 6 X
ALEXANDRIA, va, oct. g. Gov.
ernor r. Lee Trinkle has given his
consent to have Minnie wilcox,
nineteen, confessed bobbed.haired
bandit, paroled to Ivalzota Farms. q
refcrmatory near Clifton. instead Of
having her serve two years III the
penitentiary.
The refornatory ID Under the con
troll Of the Florence crittenden
homes. Doctor Kate waller Barrett.
Of this city. who was instrumental
In having the girl paroled, has been
connected with the farms for many
years.
Minnie was sentenced several
weeks ago BY Judge Samuel q.
Brent. Of the Circuit Court 81 FAIR
fax county, for an attempted hold
up Of John L. Fisher. a washington
hacker. In delivering the sentence.
Judge Brent recommended that she
be sent to Iyakota because 81 her
extreme youth.
Immediately following the sen
tence, Minnie was interviewed BY
Or. Barrett and after asking numer-
Gus questions as to whether she
would be able to see and write to
her sweetheart, Eddie Hansborough,
who was with her on the night OF
the hold.up, she consented to being
transferred.
Anything Is better than the pen.
she remarked to the doctor.
Hansborough is now out on $500
bail Tor his appearance before the
next term Of the Circuit Court to
answer to his part In the alleged
hold-up attempt.
George Smith, colored. Of 22s
Braddock Court, was ordered held
for the action Of the grand jury
today in police court on the charge
OF violating the prohibition law.
Ten gallons Of peach and pear
wine were found in the house where
smith is staying when officers
ratded It yesterday afternoon, it
was testified.
Plans for a series Of meetings
to be held by the local Democratic
committee in the next month are
underway, 1t was announced today
by William p. Woods, chairman
OF the committee.
Congressman Roland 81. Mahanev
or. Charles A. Douglass viii speak
before a mass meeting to Be held
next week. ~.
After serving one year and eight
months of his three-year sentence
for a violation of the State proli-
bition law, Mercer Langley return.
ed here yesterday following q par
don by Governor E. Lee Trinkls.
Langley was convicted in the cor
poration court Of the city for i
second offense and received the
sentence which Is the severest ever
pronounced by the court for this
cffense.
The Old Dominion Commandery,
No. IL, of the knights Templar,
will join in the field day exercise
to be held by the different COM
manderies tomorrow afternoon on
the Ellipse.
Following the exercises the mem.
hers OF the local commandery will
be the guests OF Potomac COM
In.andery, No. 8. at a dinner and
theater party.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-08
PROFITS or ENGLISH
BREWERS SHOW DROP

LONDON, Oct. s.--Either the
English people are, becoming abb
stemious or the brewers are beconl.
ing more generous.
Statistics given by Philip Snowden,
chancellor Of the exchequer, shows
that the profits Of brewers were
only $95,000,000 in 1929, as COM
pared with S15O,OOO,00O In 1e1s-1O.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-08
Best Protected State.

Eastern Senator grabbed off for
his.
Best Protected State.
Senator Johnson got reelected by
the free and fearless electorate Of
California after declaring that Cali
fornia els now the best protected
State in the Union"
wall Street" wins, II ever, only
in company with the free and fear
less common electorate.
Revolutionary as 1t may seem.
this writer defies any other writer
to mention one instance In which
"Wall Street" by itself in recent
years has ever won anything in
washington.
wall Street" by itself was
trounced on the Federal Reserve
Act and on every other one Of all
It's dearest wishes that ever this
writer has observed since the cleo.
ton OF Woodrow Wilson.
The only comforting thing for
"WalI Street" that has happened
during that time was this year
when the La Follettites suddenly
arose and said to the bankers
Of wall Street."
you cannot disguise It from
US. You own both political parties.
You own Washington.
Just when they must have felt
themselves to be the political scum
of the earth, the La Follettitee
came forward to tell them that
they were the cream.
Only Comfort In IL Years.
This is the only comforting
thing that has happened to them
in the last twelve years.
II "Wall Street" would consult
it's pride instead Of It's prejudice,
1t would erect a statue to Robert
Marion La Toilette on the corner
Of Broad and Wall, and on It there
would be the words:
HE stood up for us as q great
political power when almost every.
body else in Washington treated
US like dirt"
These bankers may not be moth.
ing; but the record shows that
their influence is most certainly q
merely minority influence.
Who then has the majority In.
fluence?
who il the devil who votes the
majority of the stock in the con.
troll OF the Government Of the
American people?
The theory is that It must be
somebody or something.
Let us voyage onward and see,
Tomorrow: "The interests"
(Copyright, 1894, By Current Newa
Features. Inc.1
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-08
Cotton Crop Production

The condition Of the cotton CROP
in the United States on october ]
indicates production this year OF
about IL. 499 900 bales Of 500 pounds
gross, compared with 1O,lSS,6el
bales last year, the Department Of
Agriculture announced today.