I PENNEY SEES MR. HOOVER AS FARMERS HOPE HERBERT J. COX HURT CAR LEAVES HIGHWAY Mr. Ford Paints a Picture II. J Cox received Injuries to hie head and body when his car went off the road several miles thia side »if Mc­ Minnville lust Monday evening. In passing another car hts machine went into thp ditch and upset. Although he was badly shaken up and bruised. Mr. Cox was not seriously Injured. The car was demolished No one was with his at the time of the ac­ cident. He was not pinned underneath the I overturned ear as was reporte»! ai other papers. Says Smith Fails to Grasp the Situation and Doubts His Competence. HE REMAINS A THURSDAY. OCTOBER 4, 1»28 THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS PAGE EIGHT DEMOCHAT But Chain Store Owner Oppose* Party Nomine*— Call* Secretary Sincere and Competent. J. C. Penney, president of one of the largest chain store organisations In the country, declarea that, although he has been a life-long Democrat, he will support Herbert Hoover for the Presidency. In his declaration Mr. Penney en­ thusiastically supports Hoover's stand •a farm relief, which, he declares. Is a matter of business and not of mors laws. “Tbs well-being of the country rises above partisan Issues.” said Mr. Pen- pay in a formal statement, “and, while I shall remain a Democrat tn the af­ fairs of my state, which is Florida, and have no intention of becoming a Republican. I have a feeling which amounts to a deep conviction that the opportunity to1 have Herbert Hoover aa President is one that we should take. “Two very Important questions are before us—farm relief and prohibi­ tion. In the farm question I have an Interest as keen as that of any farm­ er, for of our stores, which number more than a thousand, a majority are ta the farm districts. Their prosper- parity depends on the prosperity of the farmer. 1 started my first store la Wyoming, and tor years all of our •lores were la the Western sad Mid- A* Western states. Knews Perm Problems “I know that country; I was bora and lived la i t I know farming and farm problems. For some years 1 have given a great deal of time and money to studying ways end means of making the farmer more prosper­ ous. I have s tract of 120,000 acres la Florida, on which more than a hun­ dred farm families are working at problems of production and distribu­ tion in a business way under the su­ pervision of a well-rounded staff of agricultural experts. Our farmers are making money. *T have noted that in sections, such as parts of Wisconsin, where the farmers maintain herds of blooded stock they earn profits, whereas the farmer who has poor stock does Just as much work and gets no return. This shows in our store Incomes. And eo I hare a demonstration herd of Guernsey cattle, which I take around the country myself in order to teach the lessons of economical production. We are likewise working on beef cat- tie and sheep. "The farm problem is not a new one THREE RAIL CROSSINGS ELIMINATED BY WORK After eliminating three railroad crossings on (he Pleasant Hill road east of here. Sumuel and Neef, con­ tractors. have announced thut their work It done. The eroaslngs eliminated were: On* Just beyond lllll'a station, one half a mile further east and the other at Fall Creek station. Two sections, totaling one and a quarter m iles In all were re-constructed. Because the sturcture of the laud was found to be more or less freuklsa work was delayed. The contrai-tors asked for a 45-day extension In the contract from the county and were granted It. The work started on May 2 and an average of 20 workmen have been busy at the Job since that time. MRS. HUNTLY ELECTED TO HUSBANDS ARE GUESTS HEAD CROUP SIXTH TIME AT CIVIC CLUB DINNER Husbands of members of the Spring- field Women's Civic club were guests at a dinner at the chamber of com­ merce Tuesday, evening. This was the first meeting of the group for the fall season Meetings were suspended during the summer vacation months because many mem bers were away from the city. Mrs. W. W Walker, president, an­ nounced that the full program of work for the club will be resumed at once. She appointed committees last week. For the sixth time since the oripanl zation of the auxiliary to the American Legion here. Mrs. M. B. Huntly was elected president of that group at a meeting last night. Mission Group Meet to me. and I am not in It for amuse ment. In the light of my experience it seems to me that few men have ever shown so slight a grasp of the situation as did Governor Smith—if his acceptance speech is to be taken as his best effort. His lack of under­ standing is fundamental. He simply does not know what It is all about, and after giving a few unimportant and misleading figures he simply says that he will try to get someone to help him solve it by law. Reveices Highest Number of name will be considered at It»»» con­ vention aa a member of the district hoard for the next two years. LADIES OF C. A. R. MAY GIVE UP THEIR CHARTER in Field of Seven Nominees; Tyson, Nysten Chosen Poastblllty of surrendering the char ter of Iuka circle, l-adli-s of the (I A It, of thia city, was discussed at a •‘'rank Sidwell was elected president „ few members of tha of the Sprlngfid.l chapter of the Isivnl Mr6up Tuead, y »rternoon Legion of Loggs-rs anil Lumbermen In At the first meeting of the fall sea- a (Mill taken at the Booth Kelly lumber son not enough members were present company mill Monday, It was announ­ to form a quorum Mrs. Bert Ikmne, ced today by John King, secretary. prealdent, will call a meeting of the Mr Sidwell was chosen from a ibid chapter later, to vote on whether the of seven nominees for executive of charter shall be given up or not. It llcea In the order. He received tha Is pointed out that only a few peranna highest number of votes. eligible to membership In the organi­ W. P Tyson was elected vice-chair­ zation live here now man upon receiving the second high­ est number of votes and Thorwald Aid Sponsors Dinner Nysten became third member of the The lattile* Aid society of the conference committee upon receiving Hprlngffelil M»