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VOL. XXII. NO. 131.
WALKER DECLINES
TOMEETHARDWICK
IN JOmEBATES
Candidate for Governor Says
Such Debates “Add Neith
er Dignity Nor Profit to
Political Campaigns”
Clifford Walker, candidate for gov
ernor against Thomas W. Hardwick
in th® run-over primary, has address
e dto Mr. Hardwick a letter declin
ing his invitation to meet him in
a series cf joint debates.
Th® letter was made public Sat
urday afternoon for publication in
the Sunday papers. In it Mr. Walker
declares that political joint debates
"add neither dignity nor profit to
political campaigns.” He quotes
Editor Mclntosh, of the Albany Her
ald, in a recent editorial, as saying
a dog fight would be preferable to
a joint debate as a means of draw
ing a crowd to Albany, if a choice
had to be made between the two per
formances.
Upon receipt of Mr. Walker's let
' tar Mr. Hardwick issued a state
ment in which he declared that "the
• reasons upon which Mr. Walker
bases his refusal are wholly spe
cious and entirely insincere. Mr.
Walker knows full well that in a
few joint discussions, well located
through the state, we could give
the people of Georgia an opportun
ity to judge fairly of the issues be
tween us, after hearing us both dis
cuss them fairly from the same
platform, face to face. He knows
that in this way the public would
get the ’fullest light and be able to
form the fairest judgment between
us, but that above all else is 'what
he wishes to avoid.
Duty to Public
“It was peculiarly incumbent up
pn him to accept my invitation and
.0 attempt to maintain in person,
face to face, the false and scanda
lous charges he has made vhrough-
JUt the state against me, in my ab
sence and to my back. If he lacked
the courage to do that, then he at
least owed th® duty to the public to
make full retraction of the state
ments hp has made in his speeches.
As far as I am concerned. I would
never make any statement about
, any man in his absence and to his
back that I lacked the courage to
make ,in his presence and to his
face. If l did I would not expect
any decent man to have any respect
for me, and 1 would certainly have
none for myself.”
Along with Mr. Walker’s letter the
Walker campaign headquarters gave
out a statement claiming the
support of Garland M. Jones, cam
paign manager for John N. Holder
in the first primary; William H.
-—Burwell, former speaker of the house
and a prominent supporter of Mr.
Holder; Dr. J. C. Bennett, a
brother-in-law of Mr. Holder and
chairman of the Jackson County
Holder club; W. W. Williamson, bus
iness manager of the Jackson Her
ald, of which Mr. Holder is owner
\nd editor: State Senator Boyce
Ficklen, Sr., of Washington, a prom
inent Holder supporter, and of num
erous others who took an active part
n Mr. Holder's campaign.
, No Fraud
The Walker campaign headquar-
fers statement characterizes the
Hardwick complaints about the
conduct of the first primary in
Bartow. Decatur and Walton counties
as a "desperate effort to beclopd
the real issue.” It says there was
no charge of fraud In either of these
counties, and that none could have
been substantiated if it had been
made.
The third point of the statement
is an extract from the Congressional
Record show-ing that Mr. Hardwick,
while a member of the United States
senate, voted for the passage of the
espionage bill. The statement ac
cusses Mr. Hardwick of the "most
brazen effrontery” in denouncing in
Georgia the espionage bill as an in
vasion of free speech and free press,
while voting for the bill when it
was placed upon Its passage in the
senate.
Kelloy Sentenced to Hang
October 29 for Murder of
Leroy Trexler, T.axiDriver
GRIFFIN, Ga„ Sept. 18.—Found
guilt/' by a Spalding county jury of
the murder of Leroy Trexler a week
and less than one day after the crime
was committed, Isaac Laurence Kel
loy. known as “Jack” Kelloy, was
sentenced Friday night to be hanged
October 29. The case is regarded as
constituting a record in point of
time. \
The attorneys for the defense at
once filed an application for a new
trial, and the trial judge, W. E. H.
Searcy, Jr., set the hearing for Sep
-mber 23 and signed a writ of su
persedeas. Kelloy was taken from
k the court room back to his cell in the
county jail.
The trial progressed with a dra
matic swiftness that seemed to cor
respond to the' desperately quick ac
tion of the death ride and tragic end
of Lerov Trexler, the murdered taxi
cab driver. Within six days from
the hour fixed by the state as the
hour of Trexlers death, Kelloy was
in court and on trial. Within the
week, all the evidence was before
the lury. Less than a dozen hours
later, the speeches had been made;
the jury had been pharged; its delib
erations ended, its verdict of guilty
rendered; and Judge Searcy, summon
ing Kelloy before the bench, sen
tenced hini to be hanged by the neck
until dead, between the hours of 10
o’clock and 2 o’clock, on October 29.
An odd touch was given the grim
scene by the summons at the same
time of a negro slayer. Whit Bailey,
who was in the Spalding county jail
after convection last Wednesday for
killing a negro woman.
verdict tn the Kelloy case had been
V given and received in a tense silence
bv the hundreds who packed the
court room. Judge Searcy sent for
the ne^g. ro Also sentenced
“Stand here,” said the court to the
r nncrrn q he WHS bFOUght in.
• tm motioned Kelloy to stand beside
hi “Have either of you anything to
say’ why sentence should not be
passed?” inquired the court
Kelloy said nothing, but John R.
Cooper, of his counsel, said:
"This boy has already said all he
Judge Searcy looked questiongly
at the negro, who looked up at him
appealingly. .. , . i _
“Please, sir. be as light op me as
you can, Boss,” said the negro.
“I can give you only one thing
under law,” said the court, "and that
' S Then he pronounced the sentence
formally on both, fixing the execu
tion on the same day.
Kellov showed no trace of emo
tion. He said nothing, but turned
and accompanied his guards quietly
from the crowded room back to his
i cell The spectators, who had be
haved with exemplary regard for
strict order, seemed rather relieved
when the court ordered the room
» cleared. The crowd occupied every
IFULLBRIGRT PLANS
REASSESSMENT DE
PROPERTY WES
Tax Commissioner Will Urge
Next Legislature to Adopt
North Carolina System of
Financing State
Remarkable results obtained by the
state of North Carolina by means
of a complete revaluation of all real
es* -te and personal property, as well
as property of public utilities, will
be used by Henry J. Fullbright, state
’tax commissioner of Georgia, as an
argument in favor of the passage by
the next legislature of a bill provid
ing for a similar revaluation in this
state.
In 1919 the aggregate value of all
the property on the tax books of the
state of North Carolina, including
real estate, personal property and
public utilities—was $1,099,120,380
This was slightly less than the ag
gregate value of all similar property
on the tax books of Georgia at the
present time. - It was not enough to
provide the revenue needed by the
institutions of North Carolina. The
legislature accordingly in 1919 pass
ed a bill providing for a revaluation
throughout the state.
Tax assessors were appointed in
every country. Their work was su
pervised by a board of examiners in
every congressional district. The
whole revaluation was reveiwed by a
state tax commission sitting in Ral
eigh, the capital of the state. The
work has recently been completed
and the figures are published in a
most interesting report issued by
the state tax commission.
From an aggregate value one ye'ar
tgo of $1,099,120,380, as shown above,
the property on the tax books of
North Carolina was brought up to
a value of $3,129,423,234. In other
words, the assessors appointed to
act for the state increased the valu
ations nearly 200 per cent. The state
tax commission, in its report of the
work, lays particular emphasis upon
the fact that the new valuations will
afford a revenue adequate to the
needs of North Carolina institutions.
The state, in other words, can meet
the growing needs of its people along
all lines.
Two States Compared
Tax Commissioner Fullbright has
prepared the following comparisons
of area, population and tax values
in North Carolina and Georgia, using
the new values produced by the
North Carolina revaluation:
Georgia has an area of 58,725
square miles, as against North Caro
lina s area of 48,740 square miles
Georgia in 1910 had a population
of 2,609,192, as against North Caro
lina s population in 1910 of 2,206,287
of 1920 ? ad . a P°Pulation
of 2 890 601, as against a population
in North Carolina which has not
yet been announced, but which in
all probability will \be considerably
smaller than the population z of Geor
gia.
Georgia in 1920 has an assessed
valuation of city and country real
estate amounting to $640,000,000, as
against North Carolina’s similar val
uation in the present year of $1,981,-
563.494.
Georgia in 1920 has an assessed
valuation of public utility corpora
tions amounting to $165,393,453, as
against an assessed valuation of
similar property in North Carolina
amounting to $250,587,158.
Georgia has a total mileage of rail
road track amounting to 8,824, as
against a total mileage ~of 6,194 in
North Carolina.
Georgia in 1920 has a total assessed
valuation of all property for taxa
tion—including real estate, personal
property, railroads, street car com
panies, electric light and power com
panies, gas companies, etc., of $1,340.-
000,000, as against a total assessed
valuation of all similar property in
North Carolina amounting to $3,129,-
423, 234.
Georgia Needs Revenue
In other words, the state of North
Carolina, though i smaller in area,
population and miles Os railroad
track, has a total assessed property
valuation on its tax books nearly
three times as great as the state of
Georgia.
available inch of space in the room,
and the hall outside was packed.
■ Testimony in the case was fin
ished at he noon recess Friday. The
state had introduced nineteen wit
nesses. The defense put only Kel
loy himself on the stand; and the
defendant, after a long and detailed
narrative of his life, told the story
of the death-ride in fewer than 300
tt’ords. • without mentioning Trexler,
the slain man; or that he had a
companion in the automobile.
"Woman Stands by Kelloy
The afternoon and early evening
was taken up with the speeches. Mr.
Cooper spoke for two hours and a
half, opening for the defense. W. H.
Connor, special attorney retained for
the prosecution by the Atlanta Taxi
cab Drivers’ association, followed,
speaking an hour. Solicitor-General
E. M. Owen then spoke an hour and
a half, until the adjournment for
dinner; and H. A. Allen closed for
the defense, speaking an hour and
three-quarters. Mr. Allen frequent
ly brought forward the idea that the
defendant was irrational. The other
speeches were confined mostly to
the evidence.
While Mr. Cooper was speaking- In
the afternoon Mrs. Frances Roche,
the woman friend who has stood by
Kelloy ever since his arrest, came,
into the courtroom and sat beside
him. She was not in the room in
the morning, and the defendant
seemed to welcome her return.
The court’s charge to the jury
lasted ten minutes and the jury re
tired at 9:40 o’clock. It was out
50 minutes. During this time, the
packed spectators maintained strict
order. Kelloy and Mrs. Roche spoke
occasionaly «in undertones. They
appeared very serious, but showed
no marked anxiety, either while
awaiting the verdict or when it was
given. Kelloy was perfectly un
moved while - hearing the verdict
and listening to his sentence.
Mrs. Rqche said after the sentence
that she still believed in “Jack’s”
Innocence and would fight for his
acquittal with all the means at her
disposal.
STOPPED HER FITS
Mrs. Dellia Martin, a resident Os
Wurtsboro, N. Y., writes that she
stopped her fits with a medicine
that she read about in the paper. She
says she has not had a fit since she
took the first dose and that she
wants eveijy sufferer to know about
this wonderful medicine and what
it did for her. If you. a friend, or
relative, suffer from these dread
ful attacks, you are advised to send
name and address at once to R. B.
N. Lepso, 895 Island avenue. Mil
waukee, Wis., who is generously of
fering to send a bottle of the same
kind of medicine he gave Mrs. Mar
tin. free, to any sufferer wjio
writes in.—(Advt.)
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M’SWINEY, NOW
ON 39TH DAY OF
FAST, IS WEAKER
LONDON, Sept. 20.—Terence Mac-
Swiney, lord mayor of Cork, had a
bad night and was very weak this
morning, according to a bulletin is
sued by the Irish Self-Determina
tion league. The bulletin stated that
Annie MacSwiney, sister of the lord
mayor, had just left Brixton prison,
where he today began the thirty
ninth day of his hunger strike and
declared his condition was un
changed, except for the weakness
incident to his long fast.
In his report to the home office
the physician at Brixton prison re
ported that the lofd mayor’s condi
tion was virtually unchanged.
Lord Mayor MacSwiney last night
wrote a message to IrfsKmen through
out the world on behalf of himself
and the hunger strikers in Cork jail.
After thanking them for their sym
pathy and prayers, the lor£ mayor
said, according to the London Times:
"If, this cold-blooded murder is
pushed through it will leave a stain
on the name of England which has
no parallel (even in her history)
and which nothing will ever efface.
It will rise before the English peo
ple whenever they offer another peo
ple friendship. We feel singularly
privileged at being made instruments
of God for evoking such world-wide
expressions of admiration and sup
port for the cause of Irish inde
pendence and recognition of the Irish
republic. If we are to die, we are
called to that even greater V n 'ileg e
and happiness of entering the com
pany of those who died for Ireland.
"We forgive all those who ore
compassing our death. Thjs battle
is being fought with clean hearts,
mirelv for our country. We have
made our peace with God and bear
ill-will toward no man.
4fter evoking God’s blessing upon
all who prayed for the prisoners,
MacSwiney concluded by saying.
•I believe God is watching over
our country, and by His div.ne ae f
£ r^ e ;ve er tw e S S Ts re her n iast battlefor
liberty anA S tbat h God will crown it
with complete victors.
Hint at Secret reeding
The condition of Lord Mayor M *
Swiney of Cork, was reported un
in three bulletins issued to
day by the Irish self-determination
league although he appeared some
what refreshed by two hours sleep
diiring the night. This Evening s bul
fetin ssl?d "He is „ extremely weak,
but still conscious. -
Considerable talk was occasioned
today by a paragraph appearing in
the Sunday Times under the head,
“Who Is Feeding Mr. MacSwiney.
It says: “Everybody is asking who
is feeding him. There is ™ doubt
at all that the government is not
giving him food, or any of the prison
officials. It is suggested that his
visitors, priests and relatives are giv
ing him sufficient food to keep him
qll yp 99
Pointing out that Mr. MacSwiney
and the Cork hunger strikers have
virtually equaled Dr. Tanner s forty
day fast, the newspaper asks now.
the first twelve men to be found
MacSwiney and the eleven in Cork
when they tried to go without tood
could equal Dr. Tanner’s record,
which excited the wonder of the
W °ln d reply to this Art O’Brien, of
the Irish Self-determination league,
said tonight: "No nourishment or
food of any kind is being given to
the lord mayor. ,
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Georgia Democrats to contribute to
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Never Met Before Wedding
SOUTHEND, Eng.—Mrs . Ernest
Snell applied to the court for a sep
aration from her husband who de
serted her. She said she never met
him until the day of their wedding,
their courtship having been carried
on by letters while he was in the
army.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1920.
Unfavorable Weather
Has Cut Cotton Yield
In Georgia This Year
Reports from various parts of
Georgia relative to the condition of
the cotton crop indicate that the
yield will fal at least 25 per cent
short of normal, more in some sec
tions. The cool weather in the
spring caused late planting, and the
crop generally is two yveeks to a
month late, these/ reports show.
Three or four weeks ago, it was
thought that the yield would ap
proach the average, but a prolonged
rainy spell setting in about that
time caused the cotton to shed its
fruit and go to weed.
This rainy spell also accentuated
the activities of the boll weevil, and
the reports generally agree that the
late crop will be negligible. Opinions
differ, however/ as to the degree ot
destructiveness of the boll weevil,
some- farmers holding that litle
damage has been done by the pest,
while others charge heavy losses
to it.
Farmers generaly seem to be de
termined to make the best of the
situation, although those who plant--
ed extensively of other crops, such
as corn, grain, velvet beans, peavine
hay, sweet potatoes, peanuts and to
bacco are in the more cheerful
frame of mind. Indications are that
these crops will command larger
acreage than ever next qeason. Un
favorable conditions, including the
high cost of fertilizing materials
and labor, are giving impetus also
to hog and cattle raising in the
KAINS SPOIL GOOD CROP
IN ELBERTON SECTION
ELBERTON, Ga., Sept. 18. —The
planters of this section of the state
are not so optimistic over their cot
ton crop now as they were four
weeks ago. The situation in north
east Georgia, including Elbert and
adjoining counties, may be summed
up practically as follows:
The crop was planted from 15 to
20 days late. It got a godd start,
there was no damage from boll' wee
vil last year, but they showed up here
during the late fall after the crop
was made. The farmers figured this
would be the last crop they could
make without weevil damage, and so
planted the largest acreage ever.
This crop grew off with the prettiest
weed of the last several years and
fruited up well during July and the
first part of August. It looked very
much like then that this section of
the state would make another bump
er crop.
However, along about the middle
of August, or just a little prior
thereto, it began raining throughout
this’ section and raiped incessantly.
The blooms were filled with water
as they opened and soon dropped off.
There was a good crop of bolls right
at the bottom of the stalks, but when
the heavy rains started, the bolls
stoppped coming, while the stalks
began growing. There is now very
little middle and absolutely no top
crop on the cotton but a fair crop of
bolls around the bottom, and every
one has about the prettiest weed
ever grown here. The wet weather
seems to have hurt the crops on the
Federal Reserve Bank
Pledges Cotton Growers
Aid in Financing Crop
J. J. Brown, commissioner of ag
riculture, has received a letter from
M. B. Wellborn, governor of the Fed
eral Reserve Bank of Atlanta, di
rectly and positively informing him
that the bank this season is follow
ing its established custom of ac
cepting notes of merchants and
farmers secured by cotton ware
house receipts.
Commissioner Brown regards the
letter as a document of the highest,
importance, for it corroborates,' offi
cially and for publication, the pre
vious assurances given him by Gov
ernor Wellborn and other officials
of the bank.
There appears to Commissioner
Brown, he i tated, Saturday, to be
a widespread propaganda among
bankers, merchants and farmers to
the effect that the Federal Reserve
bank in the present crop marketing
season would heavily curtail the re
discount of paper secured by cotton
warehouse receipts.
He believes the statement made
by Governor of the Federal
Reserve board in Washington, to a
committee representing the Amer
ican Cotton association, and pub
lished in the newspapers all over
the country, has been misunderstood
in some quarters and misconstrued
in others
To Commissioner Brown’s mind
the language used by Governor Har
ding by no means indicated that the
Federal Reserve bank intended to
refuse re-discounts of paper secured
gray lands more than the red soils
The boll weevil nas infested some
thing like about 25 per cent of the
farms of the section, the more
southerly counties bearing the brunt
of the weevil infestation. Ogle
thorpe, Lincoln and Wilkes are hit
harder than Elbert, and Elbert is hit
harder than Hart, Franklin and Mat -
ison. While the weevil has done
damage on possibly 25 per cent of
the farms, still that damage is lim
ited in scopp. Some of the farms
where the insects have been found
show an infestation over only a very
small acreage: others show pretty
general infestation. In Etotfrt Coun
ty, the weevil will hurt a few farm
ers pretty badly this year, will hurt
some others slightly, anfl there are
about 75 per cent who have been i n
able to find any weevil at all. Tak
ing Elbert county as a whole, the
boll weevil damage this year will in
the entire county not cut down the
crop more than 500 bales.
It is the consensus of opinion that
..the real damage has come from the
wet weather coming right at the
time the blooms were opening, and
at the very rime to cause the fruit
to shed.
From the very best Informed peo
ple of this section, the opinion comes
that the section will make around a
65 per cent crop, as against what
they thought along about the first of
August before the rains began,
would be at least an 80 per cent crop.
Elbert county in 1919 made 25,673
bales. The most reliably Informed
of the county now think there is not
a bare possibility of going over
20,000 bales on the same acreage of
last year, or 22,000 bales this year
on the larger acreage in the entire
countV. This shortage is in spite of
the fact more fertilizer was used
than ever before.
The above estimate of 65 per cent
is not only the estimate of local peo
ple, but only last w-eek a prominent
oil mill man of middle Georgia was
touring this section for the purpose
of obtaining first hand Information
concerning the crop prospects. He
went into this and adjoining coun
ties and went into thp melds and ex
amined the plant. It was his opin
ion that 65 per cent would be a very
liberal estimate indeed.
Had the weed fruited up all the
way as it started out during July
and the first of August. Elbert and
adjoining counties would be in the
big yielding class this year, but with
no fruit left from the middle of the
stalk up to the top, there is not a
chance of making a normal yield.
HALL COUNTY EXPECTS
60 PER CENT GF CROP
Ga.. Sept. 18.—
Cotton in Hall county is about three
weeks to forty days late, on account
of too much rain and too little sun
shine in the past two months.
The farmers of Hall county, for
many years, "have been in the habit
of planting other crops, such as corn,
wheat and oats, to say nothing of
growing fruits, such as apples,
(Continued on Fage 7, Column 4)
by farm products, whether cotton
or what not.
Commissioner Brown three days
ago addressed to Governor Wellborn,
of the Atlanta Federal Reserve
bank, • the following letter:
‘.‘l am receiving many inquiries
from citizens of Georgia as to the
present policy of the sixth federal
reserve bank regarding the re-dis
counting of cotton paper. Will you
be so kind as to write me if there
is any hesitation on the part of your
bank toward re-discounting a farm
er's six months’ note, or a mer
chant’s three months’ note, either of
which is secured by a bonded cot
ton warehouse receipt? Your prompt
reply to the foregoing question will
be very much appreciated.
Governor Wellbdun’s reply was as
follows:
“This is to acknowledge receipt of
your letter of September 16. In re
ply. Iwish to say that we are ad
vising our member banks in reply
to their inquiries that they need
have no fear that the Federal Re
serve bank will not function prop
erly and accommodate its member
banks in re-discounting their cus
tomers’ notes secured by cotton, for
the orderly marketing of the crop.
We are following our custom of the
past in accepting from member
banks notes of merchants and cot
ton shippers for 90 days, secured by
cotton, up to 80 per cent of its mar
ket value. insured and properly
stored, aiyi notes of farmers having
a maturitv of six months.”
FAIR HAS BEST ,
1920 PROSPECTS
IN ITS HISTORY
The Southeastern fair, which opens
October 16, has the best prospects
in its history, according to Secretary
R. M. Striplin, who has just returned
from a ten-day trip through the east,
where he inspected the free attrac
tions he has contemplated offering
to the Southeastern fair visitors, and
completed final arrangements for the
grand circuit meeting.
"To my mind,” said Mr. Striplin,
“one of the best indications of a
big fair is the demand we experience
for privileges and concessions. The
talent in that line seldom ever miss
their guess on the character of such
a fair from the standpoint of busi
ness, which they gauge by the. pub
lic interest they find in the event.
We have had every foot of available
space sold In our buildings for the
past two weeks, something we have
never done before and we are now
selling ground space to demonstrators
who will provide their own shelter
for showing their wares.
“The same demand for space inside
the buildings has been experienced
on ,the outside. We have just moved
the big steam shovel and will spend
the rest of the time between now
and the fair filling in to make room
for-the greatest midway the south
has ever seen.
"Our machinery exhibit will be the
most comprehensive that b»s ever
been assembled in the southeastern
states and one that every Progressive
farmer in this section will want to
inspect if he keeps up with the de
mands of modern farming. Every
thing in the shape of a tractor that
is right up to the minute and suita
ble for planters will be on
eX "The national hog and cattle show
will exceed all the expectations of
its nromoters —the southern live stock
breedeX We will have cattle and
ho"s from sections far removed from
?he southeastern states; . breeders
from other states appreciate that
the live stock industry of Georgia
rnd surrounding states is in jts m
fancv and the national hog and cat
tle show will, in my opinion, jump
into first rank as a great live stock
Ca “We er feei r sure that the grand cir
excitfng 6 experienced
B-jss s a
Henry, Sir Douglas Haig and
lusa- the free-for-all classes will
also be participated in by all the
best entries of the grand circuit.
Two Men Killed in
Shooting Affray
SEVILLE, Fla.. Sept. 20. —Lester
Faircloth, of Uvalda, Ga., and Charley
Edmonds, of Chadbourne, N. C.. were
killed here Sunday by J. B. Ramer,
who claims he shot in defense ot
his family while a shooting affray
was in progress in front of his home.
Two of the men engaged in the
shooting were arrested at Crescent
City, while they were attempting to
escape in an automobile.
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COX IS DISTURBED
mifimiDE
DE PRESS OF WEST
Splendid Impression Made
by Governor in California
Raises Hofres of Friends
That Tide Is Turning
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
(Copyright. 1920.)
ON BOARD GOVERNOR COX’S
TRAIN, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
Sept. 20. —Riding through the state
of California for a day with the
Democratic nominee for the presi
dency afforded, not merely an ap
portunity to the warmth
and enthusiasm of the crowds, but
between stations Governor Cox talk
ed frankly to the writer about the
status of his campaign.
The Ohio governor is most dis
turbed by what seems to hiim at
any rate, an unfair attitude onXfhe
part of many of the newspapers of
the west. He said he didn’t expect
Republican newspapers to vommend
his speeches editorially, or to hand
him bouquets, but he did expect a
square deal. Again and ..ga n he de
clared the newspapers in some of
the large cities on the coast had
deliberately suppressed the news of
his speeches.
In one instance the newspapers
failed to announce correctly the
time of the governor’s arrival or to
give any prominence when he came
into their vicinity. Also‘the gov
ernor was advised that one large
newspaper never published his
speech of acceptance.
The governor said that he did not
expect the newspapers to print par
tisan reports in his favor, but he had
believed they would at least give
space to the dispatches of the As
sociated Press and other press asso
ciations.
Forced to Bepeat
“The most sinister thing I have
observed on my western trip,” he
said, “was the rebellious attitude of
the, people whenever I make any
reference in any speech to the press.
Can it be that the people are losing
confidence in the press of the coun
try? As a newspaper publisher I
think it hurts our profession, and as
an American, I think it is a dan
gerous tendency. For the people of
the country expect the press ,to be
fair and to give both parties a
square deal. That is the only safe
way to retain confidence in our in
stitutions.” . x-
The governor having J>een advised
by local leaders that Very little
about his campaign in other states
had been published in coast cities
hag made it a point to repeat many
parts of preceding speeches.
His approach to southern Cali
fornia was a continuous reception
at the stations along the coast route.
Even though he made no speeches on
Sunday and the people evidently
didn’t expect any, folks .came out in
large numbers to greet the Demo
cratic nominee.
California is hardly considered a
doubtful state by Republicans this
year, many of whom insist that the
majority of Harding will not be
less than 100,000. But, while some
of the Democrats are inclined to
agree with that estimate today, they
decline to admit it will be the
final decision of the state.
Hope Tor Turn In Tide
California can turn itself upside
down in a week and the splendid
impression made by Governor Cox en
route through California has raised
the hopes of his friends that the
tide has begun to turn.
The enthusiastic welcome given
Governor Cox in San Francisco by
the business men and at Oakland by
a crowd that was plainly in sympa
thy with his League of Nations
argument has stimulated the hopes
of even those Democrats who were
inclined to despair of the outcome
before Governor Cox got here.
Followers of Hiram Johnson are
friendly to Governor Cox. They see
in the Ohio governor points of sim
ilarity to their own idol. Indeed it
is whispered that Senator Johnson
will confine his disagreement with
Governor Cox chiefly to the League
of Nations as he is said to feel a
keen admiration for the progressive
record of the Ohio governor.
Several Johnson men told the
writer that if it were not for
the strong fight made by
Senator Johnson against the League
of Nations as an issue in this
state, that Governor Cox would
carry California easily on the issue
of progressivism. Certainly the rank
and file of Johnson supporters are
leaning to Cox and some vpeniy
characterize Senator Harding as a
reactionary. How much of this is
due tq disapointment over the fail
ure of the Republican party at Chi
cago to select Johnson as standard
bearer, and how much it reflects a
friendly feeling toward a progressive
is hard to say.
Stat® Hot Certain For G. O. F.
Certainly as one travels about the
state, observers point to the large
Republican registration in the pri
maries and sav that there will be a
big vote in the senatorial contest,
but that a surprising number of peo
ple will not vote for either Cox or
(Continued on Fag® 7, Column 3)
“ Farmers Have Whiphand,
Don't Sell Your Cotton,"
Declares Har vi e Jordan
The following statement was is
sued last week by Harvie Jordan,
secretary of the Amerioan Cotton
association:
“Again the ’bear’ dopesters are
confronted with facts which under
mine their house of cards. For
weeks the presS and numbers of
market letters have flooded the
south with statements that mills
were either dosing down or run
ning on short time, and that mills
well supplied with enough cotton to
last them well into next year. Uncle
Sam’s agents of the census oureau
have just published some reliable
statistics which knock all such ‘bear’
dope into a cocked hat.
“Listen, here are the facts: The
census bureau says of American
consumption, the following: Cotton
consumed during August amount to
483,193 running bales of lint as
against 497,319 bales of line in Au
gust 1919. A difference of only 15,-
003 bales in favor of last year. Only
1,130,000 bales on hand in consum
ing establishments this year as com
pared 'with 1,133,000 bales last year.
Not over a sixty day supply
5 CENTS A COPY.
$1.50 A YEAR.
POST Cl OK
SHIS SECOND BLAST
IS DUE ON TUESDAY
/
Police Fail /So Far to Find
Missing Wagon Driver,
Shortage of Explosives Is
Reported
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.—A post
card, warning that an attempt would
be made tomorrow to blow up the
customs house, after the Wall street
explosion last Thursday, was re
ceived in the mail today by William
B. Edwards, collector of internal,
revenue for this district.
This postcard signed “a citizen”
was turned over to the custodian of
the building by Mr. Edwards, who
also notified Postmaster Thomas G.
The department of justice,
too, was informed of receipt of the
postcard.
The warning said that the cus
toms house, already under heavy
guard, would be blown up at 2 p. m.
Mr. Edwards said that a preliminary
investigation had shown no evidence
of a pldt and he was inclined to re
gard the warning as a hoax.
Officials of the department of
justce regard the- warning as
the work of a crank. They said
that a person intending to caus®
such an explosion would hardly
warn the authorities about it hours
in advance.
Fischer to Appear
Included among those to be exani-
Ind was Edwin P. Fischer, arrested
in Canada, who arrived here this
forenoon in custody of detec
tives. Fischer has testified to hav
ing sent warnings of the disaster to
a number of friends here, but au
thorities attach little significance to
his story because of his recognized
eccentricities.
Attorney General Palmer was ex
pected to return here during the day
and resume personal charge of the
investigation by the department of
justice.
Efforts to identify the owner of
the horse which drew the wagon
supposed to carry the infernal ma
chine were continued. Although John
Haggerty, the farrier, has identified
the shoes of the dead horse as those
he had attached two weeks ago, faint
hope was expressed of being abl® to
trace the owner of the animal, since
Haggerty could recall no unmistaka
ble identifying features of the own
er. He identified the shoes simply
-because they bore a certain mark
common to all his handwork and not
distinguished by this particular job.
Body Identified
The body of the one victim of the
Wall street explosion, which had re
mained unidentified, was recognized
at the morgue today by Mrs. Oliver
Kehrer, of Brooklyn, as her son, El
mer Kehrer, twenty-one-year-old
chauffeur.
Kehrer had been out of work and
looking for employment, Mrs. Kehrer
said, adding that the youth had made
his home with her at 422 South
Fourth street.
Considerable importance had been
attached to the fact that Kehrer had
remained unidentified so long,, offi- •
cial opinion different over the theory
that this lack of identification might
signify fear to recognize him by
persons of questionable character.
Federal agents today were inv'"-
tigating a report/that the fire de
partment had learned, by checking
up all stores of explosives lawfully
held in the city, that there was A
distinct shortage in one of the ex
plosives magazines. Fire department
officials gave no hint as to the lo
cation of the reported shortage, but
claimed this new clue might have an
important bearing on the discovery
of the suppposed plotters of the dis
aster.
Fischer Arrives
Edwin P. Fischer, who warned his
friends to keep out of Wall street
before the explosion there last week,
arrived here today from Hamiltoft,
Ont., accompanied by detectives.
Fischer picked up two cigars from
the floor of the Grand Central sta
tion, but they were taken away
from him by detectives, who said
they might contain poison or notes.
“They look like pretty good ci
gars,” commented Fischer with a
smile.
Fischer was not handcuffed and he
led the procession of police and
newspaper men, stepping briskly
into the subway train which convey
ed them down town. He is a big
man, and was the most conspicuous
figure in the group. At headquar
ters he was taken into the office of
Chief Inspector Lahey.
Had a Permonltion
When posing for camera' men,
Fischer was asked to remove his hat.
This brought an exclamation.
“Have a heart!” he cried.
Requested to talk, he said: "Oh,
talk my eye!”
"I’m in the hands of my friends
(Continued on Page 7, Column 8)
where in the mills of this countrv.
The exports are less, due to the '
treme lateness of the crop and to
the shortage of good grade spin
nable cotton.
“The farmers have the whip han
dle of the situation in their own
hands right now. Sell no cotton for
sixty days or until the mills get
back actively in the market as buy
ers to fill th'eir needs. Let the short
sellers walk the floor for their Oc
tober commitments. You can’t spin
yarns out of tissue paper contracts
and that is the only supply they now
have on hand. No farmer is under
any kind of obligation to sell his
cotton at less than cost, plus a rea
sonable price. That price now has
been fixed by the American Cotton
association at 40 cents, middling
basis. Store your cotton. Borrow
money on the warehouse receipts if
funds are needed and stand pat. You
won’t have to wait long and the
waiting will pay a big profit over
present artificial values.
“AMERICAN COTTON ASSOCIA
TION >
’‘By Harvie Jordan.
“Se Cretan*’-'