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VOL. XXV. NO. 133
3-CENTGASOLINE
. TUX MEASURE IS
PASSED BI HOUSE
Effort to Divert Fund to
Payment of Pensions Is
Defeated After Spirited
. Detate
i The house of representatives
5 Tuesday afternoon by a vote of 120
to 62 passed the bill of Representa
tive Mann, of Glynn county, putting
a tax of three cents per gallon on
gasoline sold in Geoergia. the pro
ceeds to go to road construction.
J The bill wag bitterly fought and oc
cupie dthe time of the house for the
entire morning session and until
after the usual adjournment hour.
The bill provides that one cent
of the tax shall go into the state
treasury for the purpose of retiring
ths Western and Atlantic rental
notes which were discounted to pay
Confederate pensions. These notes
amount to $540,000 per year. Mr.
Mann estimates that the three cent
gas tax will raise $3,000,000. There
fore, one-third of it or one million
dollars would go into treasury
leaving a surplus of $400,000 for
< general purposes. The remaining
two-thirds of the fund, or two mil
lion dollars, is to be divided equal-
J ly between the state hightvay de
partment for the general highway
construction program and the va
rious counties for the construction
of post roads and cross roads.
The house voted down an
amendment by Representative Cul
pepper of Fayette county’ to the
three-cent gasoline tax bill, provid
Ing that the proceeds from the gas
tax should go to th epayment ot
past due Confederate pensions in
stead of highway purposes. The
vote was 141 against the amend
ment and 48 it.
Th# amendment of Mr. Culpepper
came as a great surprise to sup
' porters of the gasoline tax and
varew the house into an uproar
..ben it was first introduced. Mr.
-alpepper stated that there was an
..ement in the house always insist
ig upon appropriations to s pay pen
' .uns, and as chairman of the ap
.opriations committee he wanted
j get the entire nouse on record by
<vcnsg nft opportunity to pay the
..jnsious without voting bonds or
..creas.r.g taxes.
After all amendments had been
voted down, Representative Mann
Look a strategic advantage of Rep
resentative McMichael by moving
.hat the committee’s substitute,
which was the Mann bill, be adopt
'd. The vote on this motion was
iOS to 50.
Mr. McMichael made an effort to
get a vote on his bill, which had
been offered as a substitute to the
committee substitute, but Speaker
Neill ruled that as the committee
substitute had been adopted, Mr.
McMichael’s bill had no place on
the calendar.
L* The vote required to pass the
Mann bill is 104 and as only 105
members voted for the committee
report, it was conceded that the
bill would have a close call, if it
was passed at all. The house con
tinued in session after 1 o’clock,
the usual adjourning hour, to com
plete a roll call on the passage of
the Mann bill.
Representative Mann, of Glynn
county, raised the point of order that
the Culpepper amendment was not
germaine to the Mann bill and should
not be considered because the debate
had been practically closed by agree
ment of all parties concerned, but
Speaker Neill overruled the objec
tion.
In arguing for his amendment Mr
* Culpepper stated that he was the
author of the original bill placing a
one-cent tax on gasoline and he re
garded a gas tax as the fairest and
best w r ay to pay’ the pensioners.
“Do you think it is fair to compel
- automobile drivers to pay pensions?”
asked Representative McMichael, of
Marion county, author of a bill of
fered as a substitute for the Mann
* bill.
# , “Yes sir, let the joy-riders and the
Yankee tourists who come through
Georgia pay our debts to the gallant
old soldiers,” replied Mr. Culpepper.
Representative Burt of Dougherty
county, declared that Mr. Culpepper
was doing an unfair thing in coming
in at the last minute and trying to
get credit for a pension bill based
on another man’s highway measure.
Representative Turner, of Brooks
county, spoke for the main bill and
Representative Rutherford, of Mon
roe county, for the Culpepper amend
ment.
Representative Dykes, of Dooly
was merely trying to throw a wrench
county, declared that Mr. Culpepper
into the machinery and defeat the
gasoline tax bill with all its amend
ments.
Representative McMichael argued
in favor of his stubstitute, declaring
that it was the only bill that would
' i guarantee to the smaller counties a
'fair share in the highway fund aad
that it would also guarantee an eco
nomical administration of the affairs
of the state highway department.
An amendment by Representative
Holden, of Clarke county, to reduce
the gasoline tax from three cents
to two cents also was voted down.
An amendment by Repre
sentative Bussey ot Crisp and
Copeland, of Lowndes providing
that the three cent tax should in
clude the one-half cent that is now
charged as an inspection fee was
defeated.
Cantriil Still Leading
In Kentucky Primary
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 7
Mountain counties today still were
slow in reporting results of Satur
day’s Democratic gubernatorial
primary, J. Campbell Cantrill, how-
* ever, continued to maintain his lead
♦over Al Ben W. Barkley. Managers
tor Mr. Cantrell say his majority
will be approximately 13,000.
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Brief
ROME.—ltalian reply to British
reparations note generally approves
Great Britain’s proposals.
TOPEKA, Kan. —Governor Davie
has slight drop in temperature and
his condition is reassuring.
LISBON. —Teixeira Gomez, for
mer minister to Great Britain, is
elected president of republic by 121
votes.
GORZIA, Italy.—Senator Giorgi
Bombich is killed by two revolver
shots through head by man be
lieved insane.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Labor or
ganizations of district condemn Os
car W. Underwood’s candidacy for
the presidency.
GIRARD, Ill.—Five persons are
killed when a north bound Illinois
Traction system car strikes tour
ing car near here.
MONTREAL.—Knights of Colum
bus show increase of 79,793 in mem
bership, last year’s report to Mon
treal convention reveals.
LONDON. —Henry Sullivan, of
Lowell, Mass., swims across English
channel and is first American and
third swimmer to do this stunt.
BERLIN. —Catholic priests in tha
Ruhr and Rhineland ask the pope
to do all he can to avoid separation
of West Prussia from the empire.
CHICAGO.—Mrs. Cyrus McCor
mick, of Chicago, leaves more than
$1,000,000 to schools and churches
out of an estate appraised at $8,696,-
000. j
Governor McMasters, of South Da
kota orders state warehouse at
Mitchell to sell gasoline to the pub
lic at 16c a gallon, calling price of
26c “high robbery.”
NIAGARA FALLS—Four per
sons are killed when a New York
Central train strikes auto in which
they were riding, which became
stalled on crossing.
MONTREAL. —President Coolidge
praises Knights of Columbus as pa
triotic order devoted to American
principles and ideals, in message J
read at conventiton here.
LONDON.—University of Georgia
is denied permission to search foi
remains of its founder, Genera:
James E. Oglethorpe, who is buried
at Granham, Essex, the Daily Mail
says. \
PEORIA, Ill.—Four men bind,
gag and knock unconscious express
messenger on Big Four train and
rob safe of five sealed packages
and railroad remittances destined
for Indianapolis.
NEW YORK. —Elbert H. Gary,
chairman of board of directors of
United States Steel corporation, an
nounces twelve-hour day in plains
of Carnegie Steel company will be
eliminated on Aqgust 16. -
CHICAGO.—AIbert Marks, cutter
for clothing firm, shoots and wounds
tw’o fellow employes in crowded
street car, but is captured by po
liceman after Marks snaps pistol at
officer anj cartridge fails to ex
plode.
WASHINGTON.—State depart
ment announces that it has received
official word from Minister Grew at
Lausanne that he and Ismet Pasha
have affixed signatures to Turk
ish-American treaty of amity and
commerce.
NORFOLK, Va. —John A. Lesser,
incumbent, is nominated to succeed
himself as state senator by large ma
jority. Dr. Israel Brown, Dr. Lloyd
Williams, Mrs. Sarah Lee Fain and
Vivian L. Page are nominated; for
lower house.
JACKSON, Miss.—Early returns
give H. L. Whitfield a lead over
3,000 votes in primary for governor
ship. Vote from 125 precincts out of
1,438 in state is as follows: Whit
field 8,665; Bilbo 5,109; Conner 5,102;
Franklin 2,142; Bell 1,019.
CHARLESTON, S. C.—According
to the early returns from only part
of the city Thomas P. Stoney is
leading John P. Grace in the heated
race for mayor Five wards.give the
former a lead of 1,326. Presence of
militia keeps down threatened vio
lence.
CHlCAGO.—Special committee of
seven grain men to study and re
port on recent recommendations of
federal trade commission on grain,
| is to be named by President John
J. Stream, of Chicago Board of
Trade* it is decided dt directors
meeting.
NEW YORK. —Edward M. Fu’ler
and William F. McGee, convicted as
bucketing partners in New York
city brokerage firm, have made
confession of their operations involv
ing at least $5,000,000 and four
thousand investors, New York
I newspapers say.
NEW YORK. —John A. Stewart,
chairman of board of governors of
Sulgraye institution, in statement
at New York, gives Warren G. Har
ding’s own appraisal of his pow-rs
quoting the dead president as say
ing: “I know my limitations; I know
how far removed from greatness I
am.”
BERLlN.—Continued plunging of
mark- and fantastic rise of dollar
bring utter confusion to retail sit
uation in Berlin, with hourly rises
in food prices. Shopkeepers’ unioa
has called general Strike for Thuis
day, when all retail establishments
except food shops will close for day
of protest. •
WASHINGTON.—Costs of retail
ing coal and profits made by retail
dealers can best be ascertained by
municipal and state agencies in in
terests of communities concerned
according to conclusions reached by
federal coal commission, which esti
mates that cost of concluding na
tional survey would be $2,000,000.
COOLIDGEFACING
HIS FIRST TEST IN
COAL MINECRISIS
New President, Silently Pon
dering First Big Problem,
Is Watched Keenly by
Gompers and His Followers
BY ROBERT T. SMALL
(Special Wire Service to The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1623.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. B.—Presi
dent Coolidge realized today that
events over which he has no control
are carrying him forward to a crisis
in his administration.
As the cards are laid upon the
table today, there will be a cessa
tion of work in the anthracite fields
of the country on Seutember I—a1 —a
little more than three weeks away.
The wage agreement expires on the
night of August 31. Efforts to ne
gotiate a new agreement recently
were broken off.
While A will not be so termed by
the mine workers, the cessation of
mining will be a strike, in effect,
in purpose and popular conception
of the man in the street.
Looked to For Relief
Calvin Coolidge is perfectly con
scious of the fact that millions of
the people of the United States who
suffered from a coal shortage lasi
winter will look to him for protec
tion from another winter of hard
ships and unhappiness. Be knows
that particularly the people of his
New England, who were the keenest
sufferers of last w’inter, will look
to him for relief.
It will be of no avail to say that
the powers of a president are limited,
no matter how true that statement
may be. The people realize there are
constitutional and other legal limi
tations placed upon every public
official, but they also- believe that a
president can bring moral force and
pressure to bear to an impelling de
gree.
President Coolidge rose to nation
al fame for the course he pursued in
the police strike at Boston while he
was governor of his state. All of
his friends, all of the politicians in
Washington—and there are legions
of them here already—say that Mr.
Coolidge will haye his first test as
president by the course he may pur
sue irr the threatened walkout in the
anthrac.te fields.
Little Time for Study
President Coolidge is pondering
that situation above all others at the
present moment. He has tried to
close his mind to everything of a
political or economic nature during
these days of the country’s last
tribute to its dead president, but time
is inexorable and there is but a short
time to study the coal problem before
the date for closing down the mines.
There is no question but that the
country will be quick to judge the
new president by what he may or
may not do in the coal strike. No
president ever has found himself
with such a personal problem on his
hands so soon after taking up the
reins of office—a problem so closely
allied with his reputation and so
pregnant with possibilities as to his
political future.
Sam Gompers president of the
American Federation of Labor is ful
ly conscious of the importance that
President Coolidge attaches to the
coal situation. That is why he has
called on the new president two days
in succession; why he has felt it nec
essary to place certain matters, cet
tain data before the new chief execu
tive in the very midst of the national
mourning.
Labor Watches Closely
Organized labor is watching the
new president with the keenness of
a hawk. It, too, knows that Calvin
Coolidge rode to popular favor as a
“strike breaker,’’ and the “right to
strike” is a jealously guarded prin
ciple among the labor leaders of the
country.
President Coolidge knows full well
that his own political fortunes are
not to be builded by what he may
or may not do in pressing the pro
posal that the United States adhere
to the world court. That he believes
in the principle of the world court
and of American participation in it,
already has been established. But
whatever he may do in furthering
the ends he believes to be desirable
in that direction, will be put down
in current history at least, as but
a carrying out of a Harding policy,
conceived and offered -to the world
before there was any thought of Cal
vin Coolidge as an occupant of the
White House.
President Coolidge knows that in
the few short months that lie be
tween him and his further destiny,’
he is to be judged by his own per
sonal and executive acts. The poli
ticians who have gathered here are
as one in saying that the country is
in a mood today to hail, almost to
canonize a “strong man.”
Boldness Will Pay
If Calvin Coolidge is bold, he may
go a long way, they say; if he is
over-cautious, he may be passed by.
The very brevity of the months of
opportunity that are before him, call
for sharp action, or they may go for
naught.
As for the president, is as si
lent as ever. He neither asks nor
gives a confidence. To most of his
callers, he is iqscrutible. There are
no tell-tale expressions upon his
grave, unsmiling face.
It was difficult for President Har
ding to stifle an emotion; it is just
as difficult, it appears to his callers,
for President Coolidge to express
one. Most of his interviewers are ex
tremely’ short, for he only listens.
He does not lend any sort of impetus
or encouragement to the flow of con
versation. He absorbs, but he does
not give out. He has no anecdotes
io tell; nothing to prolong the stay
of his visitor beyond the period that
he desires in which to state his mis
sion or make bis argument.
Cordele Man Dies
In Auto Accident;
Companion Is Hurt
CORDELE, Ga., Aug. 7.—Mr. J. Q.
Spires, aged 22, is dead, and Romeo
McHugh, aged 23, is in a local hos
pital dangerously injured as the re
sult. of an automobile accident be
tween Cordele and Vienna on the
national highway’ late last night.
The men were headed for Hawkins
ville with Spires driving when the
cut down Ford in which they were
riding ran into a sand bed, the driver
losing control. It was said by the
occupants of another car just in the
rear of ihe wreck that the Ford
turned over several times.
Mr. Spires w r as dead when taken
from beneath the wreckage. M.r
McHugh jumped when he saw that
Spires had lost control of the car.
He was suffering from several ugly
cuts and bruises and a dangerous
internal injury in the lower chest.
Both young men were morn and
reared here and held positions with
local oili concerns.
Tom Bradshaw Halts
Escape of Prisoners
From Greenville Jail
GREENVILLE, Ga.. Aug. 6.
Four prisoners escaped from the
Meriwether county jail here Sunday
night after a hole had been made
in the brick wall. There might
have been a general delivery had it
not been for the quick action of
Tom Bradshaw, in. jail in connec
tion with a wreck on the A. B. &
A. railroad during strike disturb
ances. He went out through the
hole ..nd made his way to the sheriff
and thus prevented the escape of 19
more prisoners.
H. C. Harper, accused of. forgery,
was one of the four to escape. The
other three were negroes accused of
postoffice robberies.
Two of the men were recaptured
in a short time, and the sheriff has
posses hunting for the other two.
It is said that one of the er--cai.es
planned to make his getaway with a
bag of buried money.
Return of the Waltz
And American Tango
Predicted by Master
NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—Return of
the old-fashioned waltz and creation
of an American tango which will
have as it foundation the best steps
of other tangoes was predicted to
day by Edward f. Hurst, of Atlanta.
Ga., at the opening < the conven
tion of the International Associa
tion of Dancing Masters.
These dances, the speaker said,
would end immodest dancing and
slapstick music. z
Woman Only Person
Authorized to Sign
New President’s Name
, WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.—Presi
dent Coolidge has signed a paper
authorizing Mrs. Vila P. Pugh, a clerk’
in the general land office, to sign
his name' to land grants. She is
the only* person in the service of
the country with authority to sign
the president’s name to official doc
uments.
Mrs. Pugh is the widow of a for
mer member of law board of the land
office. She was- appointed by Mr.
Harding after her husband’s death.
Destruction of Hulls
Os Two New Warships
Ordered Under Treaty
NEW YORK, Aug. 7. —Scrapping
of the hulls of the battleships Indi
ana and South Dakota, left incom
plete on the ways at the Brooklyn
navy yard whep the naval limita
tion treaty was signed, was ordered
Monday by the navy department.
The Indiana and South Dakota to
gether were to have cost $70,000,000
and would have been the largest
battleships in the"world.
Formal Call Is Made
At Coolidge’s Hotel
By Woodrow Wilson
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7—A call
ing card bearing the narpe of Wood
row Wilson has been added to the
hundreds left at the hotel suite
where President Coolidge is making
his headquarters.
Accompanied by Mrs. Wilson, the
former president motqred to the
hotel late yesterday and left the
card with the doorman. It was in
closed in an envelope and marked
"for the president.”
The Weather
Virginia: Partly cloudy Thursday,
probably scattered thunder showers.
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missis
sippi, Tennessee and Kentucky’
Mostly fair Thtirsday, except prob
ability of scattered thunder show
ers; no change in temperature.
Louisiana: Thursday partly
cloudy.
Arkansas: Thursday partly
cloudy.
Oklahoma: Thursday oartly
cloudy.
East Texas: Thursday generally
fair.
West Texas: Thursday generally
fair.
Punctured 603 Times,
Tire Leaks No Air
Mr. B. D. Harrison, of Hammond,
Ind., announces a new puncture
proof inner tube. Actual tests dis
close that on puncturing the tube
with 603 nails there is absolutely no
loss of air. This puncture-proof
tube costs no more than the or
dinary tube —increases your mileage
from 8,000 to 12,000 miles without
removing tube from the tire. Mr.
B. D. Harrison, 144 Indiana St.,
Hammond. Ind., wants every auto
owner to benefit by his wonderful
invention and makes an unusual
offer to anyone who wishes to act
as his agent in this territory. Write
him at once.—
MEM GER SCO RES
LEGISLATURE IS
DO-NOTHING BODY
Threatens to Resign—Says
Members Cry “Retrench
ment” and Vote Against It
Every Day
The Georgia legislature was de
scribed as a “do-nothing body, com
posed of politicians -who are willing
to submerge the state’s interest to
further their own political ambi
tions,” by Senator Duke, of the
Twenty-eighth, in a scathing speech
delivered in the senate Wednesday,
in opposition to a house bill creat
ing the Piedmont judicial circuit,
which passed by a vote of 37 to 6.
“I am disgusted and outraged with
the general w-orking o' our great
legislature,” said Senator Duke,
“and I am frank to say that I have
reached the point where T r .
to resign. A ring of politicians is
running the state of Georgia and
dictating to the general assembly. It
is a tragedy that men of intelligence
continue to stand for it. The fingers
of the politicians are plutched around
the state’s throat and 4 ' people are
suffering. In addition petty jealou
sies stand in the way of constructive
legislation. As a whole we are a
bunch of standpatters.”
Senator Duke referred to the sen
ate as a menagerie and declared it
amused him greatly to sit and watch
his colleagues argu . He said he
was tired of heai’- g members say
they favor retrenchment, and added
that the majority • f both houses vete
against retrenchment evciy '
Gallery Fills Quickly
The news spread quickly that
Senator Duke was denouncing both
branches of the legislature, and the
senate gallery soon was filled with
spectators. Senator Duke’s remarks
were frequently interrupted by
shouts of “Amen” from Senator
Boyce Ficklen and others.
Senator Adams, of the Forty-sev
enth, took issue with Senator Duke’s
remarks and demanded an apology.
He defended the work of the senate
and charged his colleague with be
ing both ignorant and disgruntled.
Senator Johns, of the Twenty
seventh, sponsor of the bill creating
the new judicial circuit appealed to
Senator Duke not to tender his res
ignation. He asked Mr. Duke if the
people of his district used good
judgment when they elected him.
“Answering your questions.” re
plied Senator Duke, “I will say that
no one of real ability will come to
the legislature. The reason all of
use were elected is that the folks
at home did not have sufficient range
of choice.”
Senator Duke charged that mem
bers of the senate finance commit
tee issued an ultimatum to the
house that unless the income tax
bill was acted on, there would be
no senate consideration of the house
bill repealing the tax equilization
law.
This was heatedly denied by Sena
tor Mayson, committee chairman.
Who announced a session of the com
mittee for 3 o’clock Wednesday aft
ernoon to pass on the repeal bill.
Disgusted, He Says
In his parting shot Senator Duke
declared that too many members
of the legislature come, to Atlanta
with other political ambitions. Many
want to be governor,” he said, “and
many others want to go to congress,
and they are willing to bow to the
politicians and submerge the public
interest to further their desires.
“If this be democracy then I _am
disgusted with democracy,” he con
cluded.
The Piedmont circuit bill passed
the house a week ago. It takes from
the western circuit the counties ot
Banks, Jackson. Barrow and Gwin
nett, leaving the counties Clarke,
Oconee and Walton. Senator Johns
declared that she congested condi
tion of / the courts of the circuit
necessitated immediate relief.
James G. Woodward
Reported Very 11l at
Atlanta Sanitarium
James G. Woodward, former
mayor of Atlanta and one of the
best known figures in city politics
for many years, is in a critical con
dition at a local sanitarium, accord
ing to reports from the attending
physicians Wednesday.
Mr. Woodward, who has been a
patient at the hospital for several
days, spent a very uncomfortable
night Tuesday and his condition
Wednesday morning was such as to
cause his relatives and friends much
concern.
Mr. Woedward has been four times
mayor of Atlanta and his political
career has been one of the most
spectacular in the history of the mu
nicipality. His political ven
ture was in 1922, when, after a
heated campaign, he was defeated in
a second primary by Mayor Walter
A. Sims.
Physicians in attendance at his
bedside stated Wednesday that his
chances for recovery were slight.
3 Cents Gasoline Tax
Favorably Reported by
Senate Committee
The senate committee on public
highways voted overwhelmingly
Wednesday afternoon to submit a
favorable report on the house bill
by Representative Mann, of Glynn
county, imposing a tax of three cents
per gallon on gasoline, she measure
will get its second reading in the
senate on Thursday and will be
placed on Its passage Friday.
The house had passed the bill Ly a
vote of abctu two to one.
Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, August 9, 1923
Faithful Unto End,
Pet of White House
Bids Masfer Good-by
WASHINGTON. Aug. B.—(By
the Associated Press.) —Laddie
Boy said his last good-by to his
master in the east room of the
White House this morning. Mrs.
Harding, who loved Laddie Boy
no less than her husband did, told
an attendant to take him in the
east room for a moment because
he seemed to want to go.
Alertly, he sniffed the heavy
air, laden with the fragrance of
funeral blossoms, walked solemn
ly around the bier and poked his
nose in the Howers, as if looking
for the master he knew was there
but couldn’t see, and then turned
brown eyes on the White Housq
attaches with an inquiring look
which was too much for them to
endure without their own eyes
turning misty.
Laddie Boy knew his master
was back in the White House, but
he seemed to sense that for some
reason he couldn’t find him, and
like a good dog he concluded there
was nothing to do but go back to
his favorite spot and wait, faith
ful to the end.
STORIES DE BRUTAL
CONVICT PUNISHING
SCOUTED 81 HOARD
The state prison commission has
received no complaints of inhuman
punishment being used In the vari
ous convict camps, or at the prison
farm at Milledgeville, according to
Judge T. E. Patterson, of the com
mission, who on Tuesday declared
that, statements made by Represen
tative Bennett, of Dodge county, be
fore the house committee on consti
tutional amendments Monday night
were based on erroneous informa
tion.
“The prison commission does not
desire the restoration of the lash
as a means of punishment for con
victs' in Georgia," Judge Patterson
said. “It is true that there has been
some difficulty in handling convicts
since Governor Hardwick abolished
the lash by executive order, but that
was to be expected. However, we
believe that conditions will adjust
themselves in a few months and the
administration of convict camps will
be smoothed out
Same Trouble With Women
“We had the same trouble when
we stopped the whipping of women.
Some of the female convicts became
recalcitrant, but the situation work
ed itself out.
“The present system has not had
time for a thorough trial.”
Judge Patterson’s statement was
the result of charges made by Rep
rseentative Bennett that prisoners
were being “tortured” instead of
being whipped. Mr. Bennett spon
sored a bill to permit the restoration
of the lash, but the measure was ad
versely reported by the committee,
voting 9 to 4.
Mr. Bennett said the convicts in
the state became unruly after Gov
ernor Habdwick abolished the lash
by executive order last March.
“Trouble lies ahead unless we pass
this bill.’’ he said. “There is but one
way to handle convicts and that is
to put the lash on 'em.”
The Dodge county representative
told of various forms of cruelty
which he said convict bosses are re
sorting to
May Result in Probe
His accusations were so grave that
several members of the committee
expressed the belief that an investi
gation should be ordered.
“I know some counties,” Mr. Ben
nett continued, “where convicts are
being suspended by their thumbs for
hours, or bound to trees with heavy
chains, or placed in torture boxes, or
forced to sit on nails, Othei’ methods
like these are being used, all because
Governor Hardwick took away the
lash. We ought to put the lash
back. The convicts would be better
-off.”
Mi’. Bennett said he had discussed
his bill thoroughly with Governor
Walker, and that the governor told
him he would not veto it if it
passed both houses.
“1 don’t think the governor will
take the initiative and sign an execu
tive order restoring the lash,
though,” he added.
Trouble Forecast
Representative Cumming, of
Richmond, speaking for the bill,
said “bad things are going to hap
pen in the prison camps unless we
allow the use of the lash.” He
said the convicts are holding back,
waiting to see what the legisature
does, and that a “storm w’ill break
soon after we adjourn.”
Representative Covington, of
Colquitt, led the fight against the
bill. He expressed surprise that
any of his colleagues wanted to
write into the constitution a sec
tion allowing “human beings to be
flogged.”
“We don’t want to go back to
the dark ages,” he said. “There is
no place for a law like this in the
constitution of a free state.- It is
stated here that the wardens can
not handle the prisoners without
being permitted to whip them.
Would ‘Fire* Wardens
“I say something is wrong if
they can’t, and the remedy is to
fire immediately all wardens who
admit they can’t discipline the
convicts without the whip. Then
we will have a better day in Geor
gia.”
Representative Aubrey, of Ear
tow, joined Representative Coving
ton in a motion to report' the bill
unfavorably.
It was stated at the capitol Tues
day that Governor Walker would
be asked to order an investigation
into the charges made by Repre
sentative Bennett, in which he cited
the use of various forms of bru
tality in the prison camps.
Oklahoma City to Name
School for W. G. Harding
OKLAHOMA. CITY, Okla., Aug.
7.—Oklahoma City’s new First wa d
Junior High school will be named
in memory of. the late President
Harding, it was decided last night
at a meeting of the board of edu
cation.
THOUSANDS ffl «
TiUBUTE II IHE BIER
OF PRESIDENT HARDING
WASHINGTON, Aug. B.—(By the
Associated Press.) —Undqr the vast
dome of the capitol, with low-spoken
prayer and the tenier words of old
hymns, Warren Harding was given
into God’s keeping at noon today by
the men of high place in the nation
who had served with him in the
short years of his leadership for the
glory of the flag that was his wind
ing sheet.
As simple in its dignity and its
high faith in the goodness cf God as
the man whose passing it marked,
the religious ceremony took barely
twenty minutes. Then, under the
ceaseless vigil of motionless sentries
who stood at the corners of the bier,
the great doors were opened for the
waiting thousands outside to pass
slowly by the caskets upon which
the sorrow of the nation and world
poured out today.
Through the brief service, a slen
der womanly, figure sat erect and
motionless beside the casket on its
high base of honor. In deepest black
and with a heavy veil hiding her
features, Mrs. Harding faced her
public ordeal of sorrow with stoic
courage. Never a break in the firm
spirit that has borne her up through
the tragic days was visible to tn®
pitying eyes that dwelt upon her.
Leaves Casket First Time
When the last word had been said,
she walked slowly through the sen
ate corridor, her hand barely .touch
ing the arm of Secretary Christian,
her slender figure straight, with no
hint of the crushed heart within.
And for the first time since he
died with her eyes upon him, far
away in San Francisco, the casket
was loi't by’ this strong, laving, loyal
wife and widow to the keeping of the
nation for the little hours until she
claims it again to bear it back to
Marion and its long rest.
The thousand seats that crowded
the wide circle of the rotunda were
filled Save for those reserved ‘for
the mourners who came with the
funeral cortege in the parade of
profound sorrow from the White
House, long before the marching
hosts arrived in the plaza on which
the building fronts.
Out there, just a few months ago,
Warren Harding pledged his honor
and his life to the great task he
was to undertake. Today, just a
few yards from the spot where he
then "stood to send his oath fit loy
alty ringing around the world a
solemn moment awaited him while
his grateful countrymen testified be
fore all men that he had kept that
faith to the death.
There was a hushed murmur
among those gathered in the great
chamber as they waited. All around
the wall stood banked masses of
flowers in every beauty of design
and color human ingenuity could
devise to do honor to the dead.
Throb of Muffled Drums
Then the distant throbbing of
muffled drums stole in throiigh the
tall doorway that looked eastward
to the rising sun.
From the senate wing, Mrs.
Coolidge, wife of the man on whom
the great burden laid down by the
dead chief has fallen, came in alone
to take her place near the waiting
catafalque.
The drums came closer, throbbing
in martial sorrow, timing the steps
of the tramping column of the es
cort. There was no other sound in
the chamber. Then the beat of the
drums died away and softly there
came from the clear sunshine out
side the swelling notes of a band.
“Lead Kindly Light” rang the
peal and trust of the hymn and a
faint stir ran through those inside.
The casket was being lifted from
the caisson to be carried tenderly
up the long wide, steps.
First through the doorway came
the dead president's soldier and
sailor aides, the glitter of their gold
trappings that marked their post
at the side of the commander-in
chief shining from white uniforms.
Behind with slow steps came the
generals and admirals of the guard
of honor for this plain man of the
people, and then the casket, carried
slowly by’ the soldiers, sailors and
marines to whom had fallen this last
honor.
Standing with heads bent, the men
and women who had waited long in
the big chamber, gave their greeting
in silence. The slow march of the
dead went forward to the catafalque,
and the casket, with a single great
wreath resting on the flag that wrap
ped it about, was set gently in
place while the five sentries, with
grounded niuskets and bayonets
fixed, took up their watch, a soldier
and a marine at the head, a soldier
and sailor at the foot.
Family With Mrs. Harding
Side by side at the head of the
casket the aides of the president
took their place; then, from the
senate corridor, Mrs. Harding came
in on Secretary Christian’s arm and
with General Sawyer close beside
her. She took her place and about
her were grouped the others of the
sorrowing family and the close
friends of the dead w'hose official
duties did not call them to other
posts in the funeral chamber.
There was some delay as the of
ficers of the guard of honor found
their places and as the group of
honorary pallbearers, each a noted
figure in the nation’s life, came In,
followed by the diplomatic corps.
The diplomats were in the formal
ceremonial dress. Each nation pre
scribes for the occasions of state.
The scarlet or gray or blue of their
state uniforms lent a new touch of
color to the scene.
Then came President Coolidge
with bowed head. He stepped to his
place with eyes misty with sadness.
Then came Chief Justice Taft in
his black rubes and leading his com
rades of the supreme court; then
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the- cabinet officers, senators and
representatives and General Per
shing with his staff.
A swelling tide of honors bore
Warren Harding today’ back over
the road by which he came to the
presidency two years ago. For
nhn the urge of amibition was end
ed, the compelling call of duty’ stilled
in death. Amid the tens of thou
sands of his silent countrymen
grouped along the way he passed in
such state as only the great dead
of the nation may know. And be
yond the brief hour of the ceremony
of sorrow there awaited for him rest
eternal on the soil that gave him
birth.
Down the wide ayenue he was car
ried today with marching legions
tramping ahead to lay him under the
dom e of the capitol awhile ere h®
goes back to his native state to stay
forever. That high resolve of duty
had brought him death and with it
I the peace and quiet he loved, but
which he could set aside at the J*a
tion’s call. •
■With Pershing riding ahead, ths
marching thousands of the escort
led the way, the steel of their bay
onets glistening above them. Sol
diers, sailors, marines and citizen
soldiers, all were there .-.nd behind
them came the hew president, still
bowed in grief that his high office
came at such a .price. Came also
two men who before him had held
that office, one to b e stricken like
him and so crippled in illness that
he might not give himself as he
would to the sorrowful duty of the
day. Behind these, in endless ar
ray, marched the great body of
American citizenry and the men who
keep the wheels of a great govern
ment moving in the huge, silent «
buildings about.
Bands Play Old Hymns
Military bands interspersed m the
columns, played old, old hymns that
stir and comfort. The hush and dim
mystery of last night, when'the,'flag
draped casket came to its brief space
of quiet in the White House was
lacking. .But there was no sound
or movement in the great crowds
that lined the way until that fate
ful burden under its colorful, glori
ous bunting had been carried, by on
silent wheels to be lifted to the
catafalque in the great stone cham
ber of the capitol rotunda. <
There, in keeping ■with the sim
plicity of the man who lay dead*
the funeral services were of brief,
' impressive nature.. Afterward, tn U®
space of honor beneath the domA,
the body was to lie until nightfall
while thousands upon thousands
filed past the bier with bent, uncov
ered heads to bid farewell to tn®
upright, kindly man so soon to
leave Washington forever.
It was a few minutes past 10)
o’clock when the great procession
of sorrow swung out from thft
White House gates to begin its pil
grimage up the historic avenj®
where so many other long caravans
of grief and of rejoicing, of regret
and of triumph, had preceded it in.
years gone by.
Tenderly the president had beeit
carried for the last time from th®
portals of the "White House anti
placed again on the artillery cais*
son that had borne him last night
from the funeral train - to the east
room, to lie for a few hours amid
the flowers that had been placed
there in tribute by the potentates
of the earth and by the plain peo
ple tho fallen chieftain loved so
well.
As the funeral hour approached,,
the casket was opened so that near?
relatives and friends might hav*
their last look there in the east room
at the bier of their beloved dead who
lay with a peaceful smile in th®
repose of eternity.
President Coolidge Arrives
Former President Wilson, himself
broken by the cares of the chief
magistracy, came to the great portico •
just before the hour of departure to
take his place in the cortege at th®
invitation of President Coolidge.
Chief Justice Taft, the only othe*
living ex-president, also was waiting
when the casket, enshrouded in th<
Stars and Stries like that of othe/
soldiers who have made the suprem®
sacrifice in the service of their coun
try, was lifted from its setting! of
flowers to be borne to its plac®
amid another and perhaps a grander
array q? floral coloring and fra<
grance in the rotunda. President)
Coolidge, who enters thus with
heavy heart upon the duties of th<
highest office in the land, arrived to
take his place also just at the he :r
set for the departure.
♦ As the cortege was forming / un»
dearneath the shadows of the greaf
trees through which many president®
have looked out upon the world,
sometimes in triumph and mahy
times In sorrow, the bell in Saint
John’s Episcopal church, at Li-
Fayette square; known as the church
of the presidents, began tolling Its
doleful lament at the passing of %
great heart into the galaxy of im
mortals.
Only as the procession started did
it became known that Mrs. Harding
had been with the body in the east
room for a half hour at 1 o’clock this
morning. She was alone at times
and at other times attended by on®
or two relatives. But while officials
were gathering at the funeral hour
to take up their places in th®
cortege she remained in her room,
alon.e with her grief.
Before the casket, as it was car.
ried down the steps, walked the two
ministers who were selected to offi
ciate later at the funeral in th®
rotunda. They walked sido by side.
Dr. A. Freeman Anderson, pastor of
Mi\ Harding's church here, and Dr,
James Shera Montgomery, chaplain
of the house of representatives.
Then came the military and naval
aides who had been near to the
president at all the dramatic mo
ments of his brief full service as the
leader of his people.
Tnrongs Form Aisle of Grief
In Pennsylvania avenu© the long
silence that hitherto had been dis
turbed only by the champing of the
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