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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-08-13

Green9 .
w. T. Anderson and J. T. Bolton
went to Chipley and Atlanta on
business Friday.
Miss Daisy Sims t2s Seen con-
fined to her bed for several days
with fever.
Mr. and Mrs. Lord Dell, of Dub
lin have been visiting relatives here
for several days
Mr.. and Mrs. G. R. Wade al d
children of Macon spent two days
here last week with Mrs. Sallie
Wade.
Mrs. G. NJ. Pool and daughter
Lois left Saturday for Cordelo
whore they joined a party going to
White Springs, Fla. for couple Of
weeks
G. ]. Parker and daughter, Miss
Ruby Parker spent Saturday and
Sunday in Alappaha
Mrs, Roy Harp is spending the
week in Alappaha, with Mrs. J. T.,
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are now occupied by Republicans,
IA by Democrats and one by Farm
er-Labor representative.
In the Senate, as whole, 81
seats are held by Republicans, As
by Democrats and two by Farmer
Laborites.
To give them control Of Tie
upper house, then, the Democrats
must add at least six new mum-
bers in the coming election. And
that's the job Jones and his as-
sistants have set for themselves.
Reconnoitering the political en-.
trenchmcnts, they have decided to
rush the G. 0. P. strorgholds in
Delaware, New Jersey Illinois,
Colorado, South Dakota and New
Mexico. In these six states they
figure the position Of the Republi-
can incumbents is most vulnerable
and tie chances best for a Demo-
cratic killing"
in addition to these, they are
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CONCORD

The revival closed Friday night
with eight new members, everybody
enjoyed Rev. Infingcr's sermons.
William Kinard returned to Troy
Ala, Monday
Miss Clara Bell Silver has return
cd to Americas after spending two
weeks witch Miss Lizzie Beth Clark.
Miss Irene Kidd had a reunion
Sunday at her grand parents. Pres.
ent were MIR and Mrs John Tyson ad
George Tyson, Mr. and Mrs. S. f.
Deloach, Mi. and Mrs. Vera De-
loach and baby, Lueius, Mrs w. K.
Hollister and Curious HOLSTER;
Johnnie Deloach, Miss Georgia De
Loach, Miss Flora Deloach and little
Glenn Deloach were dinner guests
in the afternoon. Ice cream and
cake was served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Davis and
three children, Jessie Lee Davis and
wife and Mrs. Brownall Of Column
bus spent the day Sunday. with their
parents, MI. and Mrs. Joel Davis
Miss Elizabeth Clark spent the
day Wcdnesday'with Miss Georgia
Deloach
Mrs Susie HOLSTER and little 3oa
Courteous took dinner with her
parents Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs, C. j -papreo spout
the day with Mrs. La5co Harvey
Wednesday,
Miss Mona Reid is spending the
week in Albany with her grand par
cnts, MIR. and Mrs. Wiley Garter.
Henry Reid and three sons Of
Leslie took dinner with his brother,
e c. Reid, and Mr.. andh Mrs Tom
Reid and family also spent the day
with them
Singing school starts at Concord
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LESLIE

e. L. Wilson left Monday for Bal
.timoro where he viii spend scYctai
days.
r. B. Clifton left Yesterday for
Jacksonville, Fla, where be went on
business
B. J. Ranew. Jr., returned Mon
day from Prattville, Ala, where he
spent two weeks with his sister,
Mrs. Robert Brackin.
The Leslie Business Mems Club
had their regular monthly meeting
Friday evening at which time they
were served with plates prepared
by a committee from the P. T. A.
Mrs. George Reid Dostor and
two boys of Cordele are spending
some time with Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ
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Because his spiritual vision"
failed to glimpse the fact that
pretty Cecyle Duncan (lefD was
a police operative, DR.. John Ber-
trum Clarke (center), priest of
the Church of Cosmic Truth, is
confined to the psychpathic ward
for observation. Clarke is charged
with contributing to the delin-
quency of Clara Tautrim, is
(right.) A file, seized by police,
revealed the names of more than
1000 women whom Clarke is al
legged to have swindled with prom
ises Of fame and fortune through
his strange cult.
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WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON A5 4bIdAttAII889 o. iYJaq03J

hoping the Republican-Independ-
emit battle in Kansas, Nebraska,
iowa and Michigan will so split TIE
G. 0. P. strength in those states
that they will fall into Democratic
hands.
& Jones can maneuvc1 any suen
senatorial victory for the Demo
Gratis, which would give them a
clear majority in the Senate, ml-
menaced by any 'balance-of-power"
groups, he would be in strategie
position 10 put across the second of
his ambitIons-The Sky Line Trail.
This is a proposed trail along
The crest of the Culcbra mountains
near Las Vegas, which would ex-
tend for 100 miles at an elevation
of more than 10000 feet above the
Cca level.
Jones believes it would be the
most inspiring highway in the
world, and that it would put New
Mexico and Las Vegas definitely
on the map.
Jones lives at Las Vegas.
Pepper, as any good cook will
tell you, is the universal spice. A
touch Of it adds snap and relish to
almost any dish.
Which is probably why George
Wharton Pepper adds distinctive
tang all his own to tie United
States Senate. AS a supposedly
dignified successor to Boies Pen
roses place in the upper house.
Pepper has lived up to his name,
supplying, warmth and SAVIOR to
situations which, without him
would have been flat and taste
less.
Just now Pepper is seasoning
the vacation dish of Frank Is.
Noyes of Washington, president Of
:he Associated Press.
The senator shipped aboard the
private yacht of Noyes, bound
from New York to Frenchman's
Bay, Maine, where each has a sum
mer home.
I'm going as dcckhand," he
told reporters. 81 play fine hand
of bridge on the deck. Or l can
deal deck on the bridge equally
Welt"
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Of the 80 seats in the Senate
which must be filled this fall, II
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Priest Of "Church of COsn1ic Irufl1"
Charged With StVh1eIing 1000 WOn1f1r1
Seer, Sage and Prophet Trap
ped BY Pretty Girl Police
D9m&14J Officer
BY JACK JUNGMEYER
NEA Service Writer

LOS ANGELES, August Ia
(specisll eTosthe psychoplthic ward
for observation.
With these words, judge Arch
bald of Los Angeles temporarily
disposed of the strange case of Dr..
John Bcrtrum Clarke, priest CT the
Church III Tosnic Truth, in tie
capital of dgacto6- cults.
But d6eEthis prove anything?
Clarke, Practitioner Of occult lore
-seef, sage, pfephet-was on trial
charged with contributing to the de-
linquency of 15-year-old Clara
Tautfim.
Ha promised not only Clara, but
four other wouen-jewcls, fame,
fine faiment, wealth, servants, ma
teriar and spiritual dominion i'll
Indiaj andsn1arriage. None accepted
or desired his feart and hand, or
fortune. 30 rsgl.
Entered Many Lives
A file containing lis: of over 4
thousand names shows, however,
that ClaEkes. entered considerably
into the lives Of neurouc, super
sensitive .w.omep,, into their strange.
binding dreams, mobbing COM
plexes, fears.
And the irony of it all is that
Clarke, Who maintained in his pub
lished fyools4cFhe Chart of MIMI
that Because he had once been bit
ten by dog, the spirit of the dog,
entering l9m made him god
god being the reversed spelling Of
dog-was an ayatar in the eyes of
many Of these women.
Yet -tsEaiiliNgs tue secret of life,
trying ia penetrate the binding
sanetusts VI Infinite understanding,
Clarke aaallled in earthly pleas
aunces. he mae love TO immature
girls.
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er on pretty girls, sought to tran
scehd, roars outside the cell in the
psychopathic ward where he is CON
fined.
The only answer TO john Bcrtram
Clarke's effort TO woe With cquel
ardor the highest roaehe3 of spirit
and tonderly colorcd feinininity Is
he maniac l.gghter Of chaos.
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HAo0S N-ONG 4 OO CAACu
One Of them, pretty police opcr-
alive, sfgRs1ed Gle squad of police
mem who raided Clarkc'3 apartment
JUST after he had entered into ir-
regular nuptials with her in which
he was both bridegroom and Off
ciatIng priest. V
What saRaipdignity- a god"
Why, didn't his spiritual vision
glimpse the fact that love was not
in Gccylc Duncan's eyes at that alb
sturdy heArtbrcaking moment?
What is Man? Does the effort to
discover this lead to the madhouso?
Was JOIN" Bcrtrum Clarke strangled
by ipcorporeal forces as ne stormed
the portals of infinity? Was he
fluqg=iistt5Ss toiIlsss sand. bott6mlcss
voidEbeeause his. spirit, grown gos,
samrF and tcnuous, was tortured by
the siren song of the flesh? Who
knoMs?
LIZ. his own person, Clarke is
slovAly! He lacks taste in dress,
MANNERS speech. His clothes, all
whit4, are dingy, soiled, from meek
tie shoes. A swagger white felt
pcrcAes atop tousled gray hair. His
mus3che is Chaplinesque.
Zig erstwhile apartments were
dirtw Acrid d1e+..,,,al1. -. 80
toy carpet, Uttered with papers.
Clotkes were flung everywhere.
DIRTY dishes were on tables, in
z World Roars On
Am POW ,the world that Clarke,
withAne' eye on infiritv and tho 9th
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Jones WANTS MORE:
SENATE DEMOCRATS
Senator From Mexico Named
Head Of Newly Formed Dem
ocratic Senatorial Committee
BY HARRY B. HUNT
NEA Service Writcr

WASHiEGT0N. Aus st f2,7
Andrieus A. 56naa, United Siaocs
senator from :.ew Mexico, the late
1alL l-ii.1ee.-., hes two ambitions.
INC FIRST Is 70 elect fellow
ID nlocrat 1rom Jew Mo1ico to ST.
with him in tie 5c2a,e thi3 No
ycmb4r.
The second is TO ineaoe Congress
to put New Mexico h tbs national
horizon BY building The SKY Line
Tail.
Jones has just been chosen head
of the Democratic senatorial com
mittee, which is a body of Senate
Democrats working to elect more
Democrats to the Senate.
He succeeds Senator Thomas j..
Walsh, who did his bit for the
party this year by presiding over
the national convention at New
York and bringing that event to
a conclusion without casualties.
Also, Walsh is running for re-
election himself this year, and it
isn't considered proper to boss the
Senate committee directing sena-
torial campaigns if you are a can
didatu yourself.
=
Of the 80 seats in the Senate
which must be filled this fall, II
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Heys.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Gooden, Of
Perry who haze spent two months in
Chicago this summer, will come
this week to visit Mrs. Sallie Wade.
Misses Ethel and Mary Ards
Barrow from near Americas re-
turned to their home today after
spending a week here with their
sister, Mrs. F. H. Hines, Jr.
Lucius Harvey and son, Lucius
of Americas were here on business
Monday afternoon.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-19
HOGS higher.
GRAIN MARKET OPINIONS

NEW NOItk, June lS.-Ruhher ;
riI.hpi Shp,tN snnt ~
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-19
POULTRY
WANTED--FARMS
PATENTS

WANTED to hear from owner having farm
or unimproved land for sale John J.
Black, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-19
10 ARE ROUNDED Up
,AS POLICE UNRAvEL
100000 HOLDUP

CHICAGO, June 16.-Three swom-
en- and seven men are held as part
of the gang which Thursday night
perpetrated a $3,000,00O mail rob
berry at Rondout, ILL.,, near here, and
officers are seeking three additional
men and the bandits cache where
they believe the approximately forty
bags of registered mail will be found
intact.
Morgan Collins, chief of police ad-
mitted that an accurate check upon
the contents of the stolen mail sacks
revealed a loss in excess of $1,000
900 all in currency or negotiable Sc
curities, making it the largest rob-
berry in the history of the railway
mail service.
The chief pointed out that some
of the pouches had been shipped
originally from Wall street banks to
the northwest, and in that connec-
ton it became known that the held
up Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Patti
train had left Chicago fifteen min
utes late Thursday night, having
been held up for an important money
shipment from the east. The police
believe one or more of the seven
men under arrest actually partici-
pated in the hOld-up. j. II. Wayne,
seriously wounded, and James Muir
ray, former politician, were arrested
hiding under Wayne's bed. The po-
lice say they are working on the
theory that Wayne was shot by the
bandit leader when he failed to
carry out orders during the hold-up,
and that Murray had visited him in
an effort 10 keep him from turning
informer.
Chicago detectives indicated they
thought they had information which
would guide them today to where
the loot is buried. They indicated the
place was near the scene of the rob-
berry, basing their theory on the fact
the robbers did not have time to get
far away before disposing of the inn
peding mail bags.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-19
Charging Of Juries
Before Arguments
Upheld in Florida

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, June 16.-
The supreme court Monday reaf-
firmed it's opinion of several days
ago UNFOLDING the act of the legis-
lature last year requiring judges to
charge the jury prior to arguments
of counsel in murder cases.
Today's opinion, written by Judge
Ellis, affirmed the circuit court of
Lafayette county in the appeal of
Ben Smithy from conviction for the
alleged murder of L. T. Walker in
March, 1922.
The supreme court reversed the
circuit court for Hillsboro county in
the suit of M. Leo Elliott against
the Belt Automobile Indemnity as
ISOLATION, involving payment of dam
ages on an automobile indemnity
policy. The lower court upheld con-
tentions of the association that it
was necessary for Elliot to first pay
damages awarded O. D. Knowles
against him, resulting from an au-
tomobile accident, the association to
later reimburse Elliott
The supreme court reversed the
circuit court for Hillsboro county in
the case of Ernest Mcdaniel, plain
tiff in error, VS.. the Exchange Sup
ply company, for personal injuries,
in which the lower court sustained
demurrer to the declaration. The
supreme court held that the declara-
ton did not wholly fail to state a
cause of action.
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my life in them. For more than 2G
years | have worked in the SiskiyOuS
and / have shipped my plants and
bulbs to most parts of the SUnited
States and Europe"
Mrs. Finch generally makes her
trips alOne-iOurney of a week to
10 days-and meets dangers of storm
and blizzard without fear. Nor does
she fear wild animals, trusting to
her rifle accuracy for protection.
Mrs. Finch became interested in
the work when she heard stories of
the rare specimens which We're hid
den away in the valleys and un-
known places Of the SiskiyOus
She made her first trip, and so
satisfactory were the results that
she has continued.
Plants and bulbs which she col
lects are eagerly desired in all parts
of the world, rare Lewisias, Mariposa
tulips, rock plants and many others.
Mrs. Finch is in the best of health,
which she attributes to her active
outdoor life
Il expect to be doing the same
work when I'm CO." she declares.
personally I think it's a great life
for a woman
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-19
) Of II Race Balloons
Are Down in Europe;
| b. S. Bag Still Aloft

BRUSSELS, June 17.-Five of the
seventeen balloons which took off
from Solsboch Plain in the Gordon
Bennett cup race Sunday were re-
ported down today. One of the
American entries, the Uncle Sam,
plotted by the veteran Captain +
II. Honeywell, landed near Rouen.
France, some 290 kilometers from
the starting point.
AT an early hour the American
entry Goodyear was believed to be
still safely in flight.
Other balloons down included the
Italian Ciampino V, which came to
earth near Havre, 800 kiIometers
away; the British Banshee, which
landed at Aubgue in the Meurthe-
Et-Moselle department, likewise
about 800 kilometers distant, and
the British Margaret was landed
two kilometers from Dieppe.
The Belgian balloon Belgica, pi
loted by De Muyter, landed at 3
a. m. today at a farm ten miles
from Brighton. England
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-19
HUGE DRUG COMBINE:
BROKEN BY SEIZURE
OF S2,000,00O DOPE
Two Men jailed as They Take
TruckIoad From Vessel
as "Brushes"

NEW YORK, June 16.-Drugs
valued at more than $2,O00,O00 were
seized last Saturday on a truck com
ing off a pier at Hoboken, n j., it
| became known today. II. ID. Ester
f! brook. chief of the special agents Of
the treasury department, who con
Quoted the raid, said the eizure un.
covered one Of the most elaborate
| and effective schemes ever divulged
! for smuggling narcotics into the
United States.
The drugs were secreted lin the
handles of 5000 scrubbing brushes.
The cases in which they arrived had
been watched since the steamship
President Roosevelt docked June 8,
Mr.. EstabrooK said. On Saturday
the treasury agents saw two men
claim the cases and load them on a
track which was seized as it started
off the pier. The men. who gave
their names as Abraham Palowitz
and Otto Anderson, both of New
York, were arrested.
The seizure broke UP a German
syndicate, Chief Easterbrook said,
which had struggled drugs valued
at more than $5,500.000 into the
United States in two years.
Agents Abroad Spot Scheme
Treasury agents working for two
years in several foreign countries
unearthed the smuggling scheme. A
year ago an agent at Bremen, Ger
many, by chance opened several
cases labeled brushes and re
turned German goods" He found
only bricks and stones wrapped in
paper. The boxes had been shipped
to Germany in bond, supposedly
from Trinidad by way flhe United
States.
This disclosure was cabIed to the
treasury department at Washington
and agents here were instructed to
watch all cargoes coming from Ger
many.
A month ago it was learned that
the same cases, re-packed, were
shipped from Bremen on the Presi-
dent Roosevelt, consigned to Trinl-
dad by way of the United States in
care of PalowitZ.
Chief Easterbrook and his men
found that PalowitZ, a bonded truck
man, who had hauled only three con-
signments of goods from ships in
year, was to transfer the cases to a
South American steamship line in
Brooklyn and agents watched him
closely. AS scheduled, three cases
labeled "brushes" arrived on the
President Roosevelt. They lay in
storage several days until Palowitz
and Anderson appeared.
Drugs from Two Sources
Under international regulations
good shipped in bond through the
United States to another country are
not opened by customs officials.
Treasury agents said the smugglers'
scheme was to haul the cases to
garage, substitute others stenciled in
the same manner but containing
only stones, and ship them to Trim.
dad. From Trinidad they were sent
back as returned goods" but filled
with narcotics. Drugs thus flowed
into the country both from Trinidad
and Germany, the agents stated.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-19
Lagrange Man Gets
His Diploma at II

MACON, Ga, June 16.-F'ifty one
years has elapsed since L. J. Render,
one of. the oldest residents of La
Grange, Ga, graduated from Mer-
Ger, but it was only few days ago
that he received his diploma. He is
now seventy-one years old.
He was member of the senior
class of 1873. Just before com
oIt at Mercer and the commence
ment program was cancelled and stu
dents sent home. Mr.. Render was
among them. He never returned
for his sheepskin.
He communicated with DIR. Rufus
w. Weaver, president of Mercer, re
Gently giving the facts in his case.
The matter was carried before the
college trustees and they voted to
confer the A. b. degree on the aged
citizen. Since then he has received
his diploma
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-19
Daugherty Assistant
Explains to Senators
Delaysin Prosecutlng

WASHINGTON, June 16.-The ac-
Invites and attitude of the depart
ment of justice in the prosecutions
under antitrust laws were discussed
today before the Senate Daugherty
investigating committee by A. L.
Seymour, assistant attorney general.
While Mr.. Seymour dealt in par
ticular with the implied charges in
previous testimony that the depart
ment had failed to prosecute ade-
quately cases brought against the
Southern Pine association, he went
over the entire subject of the en-
forcement of the laws IN that re-
spect.
The Southern Pine association,
Mr.! Seymour said, had been attacked
for it's conduct in price questions by
a proceeding now pending before
federal courts. Some of the delay in
bringing the subject to a conclusion,
he said, was due to conflicting de
cisions of the supreme court.
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MCDOWELL FEARED
RETURN TO DECATUR,
WITNESS DECLARES
Continued from Page y

emily as the witness described the
condition of Mrs. McDowell's body
when he went to the home at the
urgent request of Frank about ]
a. m. There were two bullet wounds
In her head, the witness said, one
OF them having gone through.
The boy eame to his home across
the street, Stone testified knocked
on the side, frantically calling.
Come quick and get a doctor, some
one has shot papa"
He found the boy kneeling at the
side of the bed, weeping as though
his heart would break" Frank. he
said, was grief-strickcn. The boy
told him. he said, that a man had
entered the house and knocked him
unconscious with a blow on the
head.
At this point, Stone testified, Nc
Dowell declared that 1T was just one
year ago tonight that somebody
burned my sisters to death at Deca-
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-19
Earns Living Gathering Rare
Roots and Herbs in Remote
Ranges of Southern Ore
gon and California
BY A. I'll. FREDERICK

" ERBY, Ore, June IA wom-
~ an who has found her voca-
ton in places otherwise unpen
etrated, save for hardest of occa'
sional hunters, trappers and pros.
pectors, has her headquarters here.
She is Mrs. J. M. Finch, 81, a
botanist who makes her living from
gathering rare plants and bulbs.
Her worllroom is remote ranges of
the SiskiyOu mountains of northern
California and southern Oregon.
Her equipment is rifle, pack horse
hunting dogs, tent, bedding, pick
shovel and AK, provisions and a
knowledge of botany.
THE mountains, l love them" de-
clares Mrs. Finch. Il have spent all
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-19
BUTLER in CHICAGO FOR
CONFERENCE WITH AIDS

CHICAGO, June 16.-William M.
Butler, new chairman of the Repub-
lican national committee, conferred
here today with party leaders pre-.
paratory to starting the presidential
campaign in earnest. He arrived
last night. Plans to place the new
national committee in good running
order also were discussed.
The headquarters of the commit
tee, which will be in Chicago, is ex-
pected to include the precOnvention
Coolidge headquarters, with much
additional space in the Wrigley
building.
Mr.. Butler is expected to spend
much of his time at the headquar-
ters and with the vice presidential
nominee, General Charles G. Dawes,
and Roy O. West, the new secretary
of the committee.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-19
$4,000 IS j. s. |. !
POPULATION GAIN
FOR YEAR Of 1928

NEW YORK, June 16.-The popu-
lation of the United States increas.
ed 1,943,000 during 1928, according
to estimates announced by the Ma
tional Bureau of Economic Re-
search.
On January 1, 1924, the total popu-
lation was 112,826,000, the bureaus
figures show.
In the latter half of 1923 a net
increase of 1,162,000 was recorded.
This was the greatest growth for
six months period III the nations
history, the bureaus report, states.
The usual increase is attributed
to the heavy excess of immigration
over emigration and the lowest
death rate which ever prevailed DUR
ing a similar period in this country.