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NEWS OF THE SOUTHLAND TOLD IN SNAPPY PARAGRAPHS
SOUTH CAROLINA
WALHALLA.—Rev. S. C. Whit
man, former superintendent of Oco
nee orphanage, on trial for manu
facturing illicit whisky, startles court
by praying in own behalf and then
following his supplication with wild
antics, shouting in unintelligible lan
guage. He is convicted.
COLUMBIA.—TriaI of T. T. Hyde,
president, and A. R. Rugheimer, vice
president, of defunct Commercial
bank, of Charleston, will not be held
at this term of United States district
court, it is announced by District
Attorney Meyer, after grand jury re
turned indictments against these two
men charging them with violation
of national banking laws. Commer
cial National bank closed doors two
j ears ago.
SPARTANBURG. Lottie New
man, 11-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. JV- F. Newman, who reside just
outside city limits, is probably fatal
ly injured when sport model roadster
in which she, mother and younger
sister, in company with Mrs. Miles
Fleming and her daughter, are rid
ing, collides with touring car drivet.
by C. D. Auld, of Elberton. Ga.
AIKEN. —Will of late Jacob W.
Lvbrand, of Wagener, who before
financial crush following advent of
boll weevil was said to be worth over
a million dollars, is probated here, in
which he leaves all to wife and chil-
' dren. .
■ LANDRUM.—W. M. Lan bright is
■ re-elected mayor of this town and
following councilmen were re-elected:
E. L. Broome, M. E. Lindsay, J. E.
Ballew, S. J. Jarrett and C. M. Lit
tlefield.
LAURENS. —Pursuant ter call is
sued by Laurens county highway
commission mass meeting of citizens
fs held here for purpose of consid
ering formation of new highway pro
gram. which, if put into effect, will
"Involve expenditure of a million dol
lars on ivsod and bridge improvement.
GREENWOOD.—One hundred or
tnore delegates and about sixty min
isters are attending sessions of Up
per South Carolina conference of
Pentecostal Holiness church at Pa
pola church, South Greenwood.
, GREENVILLE. Thelma Pace,
young West Greenville woman charg
ed with murder connection with
■hooting to death of husband. Arthur
Pace, several months ago, is acquit
ted in court of general sessions here.
When Judge Townsend directed ver
‘ diet of not guilty she bursts into
4 tears.
ANDERSON. All gambling de
vices and other games in which there
is slightest element of chance are
banned from grounds of Anderson
County Agricultural fair.
* GREENWOOD. South Carolina
Jersey cattle club is organized at
meeting here attended by about thir
i ty breeders. Following officers are
elected: B. R. Tillman, Trenton,
president; J. D. Cheshire. Spartan
burg,’ vice president, and E. P. Gul
ledge, Greenwood, secretary and
treasurer.
COLUMBIA. Automobile regis
trations in South Carolina for first
ten months of the year climb to 1,110,-
666, according to figures made pub
lic by state highway department.
COLUMBIA. —Appeal to people of
South Carolina to contribute in cam
paign to raise SIOO,OOO to build a
home for blind is issued by Governor
Thomas G. McLeod. Campaign will
be waged during the week of Novem
ber 18.
COLUMBIA.—TriaI of Wilmot T.
Riley, Jr., former president of First
National bank, of Allendale, charged
h-ith violation of national banking
laws, is in progress in federal court
here. ,
7 GREENVILLE. United States
Benator Oscar Underwood, of -Ala
bama, probable candidate for Demo
fcratic nomination for president, de
livers three addresses here in one
lay before Civitan and Kiwanis
Hubs and Greenville Chamber of
Commerce annual banquet.
SPARTANBURG. Directors of
bfonarch Mills, which include Ot
laray and Lockhardt plants, at spe
lial meeting declare 3 1-2 per cent
lividend on common and preferred
itock, payable December 31. W. E.
Winchester is re-elected president.
COLUMBIA.—Degrees of Rose
Croix are conferred on class of can
lidates here in annual reunion of
kcottish Rite Masons.
GREENWOOD—White mule, re
fusing to respond to blasts of loco
hotive whistle, holds up a through
train here, and it was all engineer,
ireman and conductor could to
ludge the “jar-head.”"
GREENVILLE.—James H. Max
hell, for thirty-seven years proml
lent citizen of Greenville, dies at
lome here. As young man he was
journal clerk in famous “Wallace
liouse” of state legislature in re
construction days.
GREENVILLE.—PIea for clemen
ly will be made by Greenville worn-
In in the case of Jackson Collins,
foung World and for-
- ner student of government voca
.ttonal training school at Chick
Springs, sentenced recently to serve
leven years for manslaughter in
lonnection with killing of Gus
Ldams, a fellow student.
GREENVILLE. Unclaimed by
Relatives or friends, body of Miss
fcatie Cleveland, formerly of Geor
fia, is buried here one week after
leath here when she and A. J. Car
toll, also formerly of Georgia, were
tilled in Carroll home, by pistol
Ihots from unknown hand.
SPARTANBURG.—Re-electing of
tames D. Hammett, of Anderson, as
president; Robert I. Woodside, of
B-reenville, .as vice president, and
Robert W. Sullivan, of Anderson, as
lecretary and treasurer, annual ses
tion of South Carolina Cotton Man-
Ifacturers is concluded here. Feature
If session was address by President
. Hammett, in which he declared taxes
tnposed on textile industry in South
Jarolina at present are burdensome.
COLUMBIA. —Board of directors
hithorize new buildings for Greater
thicora College for Women here.
ST. MATTHEWS.—A. L. Felder,
Irogressive farmer of Bowman, and
Hugh Eadens, from Eutawville, are
Gainfully injured in auto collision
tare.
YORK.-—After evading arrest for
Ive years, Felix Childers, 27 years
lid, is apprehended at Kings Moun
ain N. C.. and brought to York
bhere he is lodged in jail to await
CHILDREN Clff FOR “CASTORIA”
Especiahy Prepared for Infants and Children of All Ages
Mother! Fletcher's Castoria has you have always bought bears sig
ieen in use for over 30 years as a nature of
peasant, harmless substitute for
lastor Oil, Paregoric, Teething
Props and Soothing Syrups. Con
kins no narcotics. Proven directions tA/
Ire on each package. Physicians Xi 44
THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
trial at November term of court on
charge of housebreaking and larceny.
MARION. —Perhaps biggest rob
bery in scope of operations that town
of Marion has ever known was com
mitted here when eight business es
tablishments were entered and money
and merchandise taken away. In one
block every store was entered.
GEORGETOWN?— Special train,
consisting of three Pullmans
and baggage car, is run here to ac
commodate Famous Players compa
ny, which will make motion picture
here.
GREENVILLE.—Eyes of state are
centered on football classic here Sat
urday between Furman university
and University of South Carolina.
Furman and Carolina and Clemson
were in a triple tie for the state
championship last year. Clemson
beat Carolina, 7 to 6, last month, and
has yet to play Furman.
YORK.—York county's recent two
million dollar bond issue election for
hard surfacing roads, which on face
of returns carried by majority of
332, but which was contested on
ground of gross irregularities, is de
clared valid and complaint dismissed
by York permanent highway com
mission. .
SUMTER.—Sumter county, on ref
erendum vote to decided the senti
ment of citizens on issue of $1,500,-
000 additional road bonds to complete
system of paved roads, votes 946 for
and 475 against bonds. Upon this
expression of sentiment legislative
delegatiortbas promised to enact nec
essary laws for bonds.
ANDERSON.—Robert H. McCully,
of Anderson, stationed at San An
tonio in aviation service, is married
to Miss Margaret Webbe, of San
Antonio.
PICKENS. —Will Guests, convicted
slayer of Jesse McJunkin, is returned
to chaingang after’ having escaped
and being at large for two days.
He was caught in isolated shanty in
company with his wife.
LAURENS. Laurens-Ora high
way, which has bean under construc
tion for some time, is opened to
travel.
Anderson.—Mrs. Ben B. Bleckley
is injured when auto in which she is
riding crashes into billboard here.
NORTH CAROLINA
NEW BERN.—John Anderson.
Vanceboro white man, who, while
drunk recently chased mayor and
chief of police of his town into their
homes, pleads for and receives mercy
of court when tried here before re
corder, being fined SSO and placed
under peace bond.
ASHEVILLE. Twenty persons
are slightly injured or bruised when
Southern passenger train collided
with freight, train at Boswell’s sid
ing, five miles from here.
RUTHERFORDTON.—America is
becoming nation of bootleggers and
law-breakers, says Miss Catherine
Albertson, secretary of North Caro
lina branch, National Parent-Teacher
association, in address before Ruth
erford county association, in which
she appealed for home training to
restore American regard for law.
GREENSBORO. T. Adelaide
Goodno, of Greensboro, is re-elected
president of North Carolina division,
Woman's Christian Temperance
union, in annual session here, which
votes to undertake more vigorous
war on blockading and other phases
of liquor evil. Address by federal
prohibition director in this state, A.
B. Coltrane, of Salisbury, who com
ments on relative helplessness of his
force to enforce prohibition law and
appeals for maximum help of union
is a feature of meeting.
CHARLOTTE.—John F. Rhine
hardt, of Lincoln county, is ordered
by superior court, Judge Webb, to
pay $1,450 to former State Senator
W. A. Graham, whose skull was
fractured by Rhinehardt in fight sev
eral months ago.
CHAPEL HlLL.—Student council
of University of North Carolina
formally announces extended investi
gation discloses reported whipping
of two students by hooded band was
“practical joke” played on freshmen
by classmates and incident is de
clared closed
CHARLOTTE.—Miss Julia Baxter
Scott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
M. Scott, and Stuart W. Cramer, Jr.,
son of millionaire textile magnate,
both of Charlotte,' are married.
RALElGH.—Supreme court holds
habituai driving of car by son or
daughter implies consent by father,
rerlieving plaintiff in damage suit
of necessity of proving consent, court
sending back for re-trial in Alamance
county superior court suit of Miss
Gladys- Wallace against L. M.
Squires.
RALEIGH.—State highway com
mission announces expenditures of
$2,000,000 per month for months of
June, July, August. September, and
gasoline taxes each month -now
amount to $300,000.
RALEIGH.—Mrs. P. H. McKellar,
of Memphis, Tenn., files suit for
$20,000 damages in Wake county su
perior court against A. H. Byrum,
owner, and Zonnie Jones, driver, of
motor truck which ran down and se
riously injured Mrs. McKellar, sister
in-law of Tennessee Senator McKei
lar, October 12.
ELIZABETH CITY. Weesville
rural high school, costing $60,000 and
largest of kind in Pasquotank county
is opened.
CONCORD.—Resumption of opera
tions suspended 30 years ago in New
ell gold min© results in production of
copper ore valued at about SI,BOO pet
carload.
KINSTON.—Tobacco sales at this
market are averaging about 2,225,000
pounds weekly, sales to November 1
being about 20,000,000 pounds, or
two-thirds of estimated socal crop.
Prices average 24.57 cents.
of Po
lice Chief Crutchfield to use Boy
Scouts as assistant traffic officers
at congested corners develops spir
ited argument and’ proposal is aban
doned.
SALISBURY. —B. H. Isenhower is
[held in contempt of court by Superior
Court Judge Lynn because Isen
hower, as agent, rented Terminal ho
tel to Mr. Wells, of Greensboro, with
out obtaining court’s consent, hotel
previously having been ordered
closed. Sentenced is deferred.
RALEIGH.—State board of health
prepares to begin experiments in
hope of developing serum to produce
immunization to tuberculosis and
possibly cure for disease, working
along lines of experiments in prog
ress at Oxford university, England.
THOMASVILLE? - Notable fig
ures at 9Sth annual meeting of
North Carolina Methodist Protestant
conference include: .Dr. T. H. Lewis,
Washington, D. (’., president general
of general conference: Dr. C. H.
Beck, Pittsburg, home missions
board secretary; Dr. C. S. Johnson,
Columbia, Ohio, secretary of church
forward movement.
CHARLOTTE. Chills follow
ing overheating while playing foot
ball caused cold which produced
brain abscess, resulting in death at
hospital here of J. Cornelius Por
ter, 18, of Fort Mill, S. C. He was
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Porter.
CHARLOTTE.—More than 1,500
fowls from southeastern states are
expected to be on exhibition at an
nual show of Charlotte Poultry as
■ sociation. November 26-29. Dr. J.
IH. Ninniss, of Queens college, is
I president.
CHARLOTTE. Mecklenburg
county grand jury finds for de
fendant in suit of Henry Skipper
against Louis Johnson, rural police
man, for $5,000 damages growing
out of injuries alleged to have been
sustained, when Johnson arrested
him.
HIGH POlNT.—Claude Lewis, 50,
is arrested on charge of attempting
to assault young unmarried white
woman and is released on SSOO
bond.
GREENSBORO.—Both Mrs. W.
F. Sides’ legs, an arm and two
ribs ar- broken when she is run
down by motor car. Fred Maus,
driver of car, is held blameless.
STATERVILLE? Sheriff Alex
ander, of Iredell county, captures
• seven rum-running motor cars in
two days.
RALEIGH.—Enoch Porter, 80.
convicted blockader, is paroled by
Governor Morrison, as also is Wil
liam Gilliam, 16, serving 18-month
sentence for larceny.
RALElGH.—Ma’ignant form ci
smallpox develops in Raleigh, and
health authorities express fear many
cases throughout state may develop
among 100,000 persons attending re
cent state fair.
CHARLOTTE. Hugh Wilson
Taylor, sixty-five, prominent Lan
caster county man. dies at local hos
pital after extended illness.
DURHAM.—Hervey Bishop, Dur
ham youth, is instantly killed, and
Fred Barnes, of Miami, Fla., is seri
ously injured when steering rod of
Bishop's .car breaks, machine going
over high embankment.
CHAR LOTTE.—Dn W. A. Mc-
Phaul, city health officer, issues
warning that “hun’dreds of cases of
smallpox” is menace city faces this
winter, who has found disease in ev
ery section of city.
RALEIGH—Miss Mary Palmer
resigns as secretary and director of
North Carolina library commission,
and commission names Mrs. A. F.
Griggs, librarian of Durham public
library, to fill position.
GREENSBORO.—The Greensboro
Daily News awards contract for new
building to cost $150,(100, and places
order for press to cost $50,000.
GREENSBORO.—CoIumbus Wash
ington Riley, seventy-four, semi-in
valid, suffers fall which results in
death at home of daughter, Mrs.
R. H. Milton.
BURLINGTON. Gaston Manu
facturing company, textile manufac
turers, of Gastonia, decide to re
move plant to Burlington, induce
ments of chamber of commerce hav
ing been accepted.
RALEIGH.—Dr. and Mrs. G. M.
Dutt, of Lansing, Mich., announce
engagement of their daughter, Thel
ma Maurine, last year teacher in
Raleigh High school, to Brock Bark
ley, twenty-five, of Charlotte, pub
licity advisor of Governor Morrison,
and representative here of four lead
ing morning newspapers of state.
GREENSBORO. Directors o(
Greensboro College for Women, de
termine to build dormitories to ac
commodate 400 students, physical
education building and dining hall,
total cost to be about S7OO 000. Bids
will be opened December 4.
RALEIGH.—North central district,
State Teachers’ association, meets
with 800 attending, Miss Elizabeth
Kelly, of state body, presiding.
BURLINGTON.—President FrOd
N. Tate announces contract for con
struction of $125,000 Y. M. C. A.
building will be awarded as quickly
as preliminaries can be disposed of.
Another $125,000 unit is proposed.
GREENSBORO?—C. H. Bunke
rneyer pleads guilty in police court to
charges of assault on female and be
ing drunk. Miss Maggie Waynick,
pretty cashier of gasoline filling sta
tion, alleging he kissed her. Bonye
meyer is fined SSO and given four
month suspended sentence.
GREENSBORO.—Hearing of $25,-
000 suit for damages against R. G.
Lassiter company, contractor, grow
ing out of accidental death of Jeff
Miller, negro, is begun in Guilford
county superior court.
GASTONIA.—Young Men’s Chris
tian association building to cost
$150,000 and to be erected on sloo*,-
000 site now owned is goal in newly
inaugurated campaign.
CHARLOTTE.—Rev. W. A. Smith,
pastor of Pritchard Memorial Bap
tist church, suffers second stroke of
paralysis following operation for cyst
on brain and physicians say death
seems near.
NEW BERN.—Vandals loot Catho
lic church but leave no clue.
ASHEVILLE.—BiItmore Milling
company’s plant is destroyed by fire
of unknown origin, loss being placed
at $50,000.
CHARLOTTE.—Spencer Tanner,
26. son of S. B. Tanner, textile man
ufacturer, is instantly killed when
motor car driven by J. E. Dowd, son
of W. C. Dowd, publisher of Char
lotte News, goes over embankment
near here when they were en route
with party of friends in cars to home
of Colonel Leßoy Springs, Lancas
ter, S. C., after attending wedding
here of Miss Julia Baxter Scott and
Stuart W. Cramer, Jr. Dowd es
caped injury Jiut collapses from :
shock.
SILER ClTY.—Kimbolton postof
fice. established 40 years ago, is per
manently closed.
WINSTON-SALEM. Olin W.
Jones, 59, real estate auctioneer, one
of the best known meq of city, dies
suddenly of apoplexy in yard of
, home.
GREENSBORO.—BuiIding permits
issued in October amounted to $400,-
1)00, bringing total for ten months of
year to $2,784,000.
DURHAM. —Taxable value of Dur
ham county property is officially
placed at $86,000,000.
RALEIGH.—State ship and water
transportation commission announces
I report based on investigation contin-i
i uing eight months will be submitted'
to Governor Morrison on November
21. Intimation at capitol are report
! may justify governor calling extra
' session of legislature.
_ • - .. ’ -- livod
ceive it as bequest at death of own
er, E. T. Piper, well known Wake
county man, must relinquish farm
January 1 to owner, J. H. Hutchison,
aged 90. according to compromise
reached during trial of ejectment
proceedings in superior court, Piper
to receive $2,000 for improvements,
owner’s claim for SIO,OOO rental be
ing abandoned.
RALEIGH.—AIIen J. Honeycutt,
former Neuse merchant, having
served twenty months of five-year
sentence in Atlanta federal prison for
receiving stolen goods in connection
with .operations of ’’band of auto
thieves, arrives home, with parole
from President Coolidge.
WILMINGTON.—FederaI court of
ficials say trial of Lieutenant Gover
nor W. B. Cooper, Thomas Cooper,
brother, end Horace Cooper, nephew,
indicted in connection with failure
of Commercial National bank of Wil
mington last December, will be post
poned at November term of court,
owing to inability of government wit
nesses to attend, and W. B. Cooper
is aroused to vigorous protest, de
manding early trial.
ALABAMA
CULLMAN.—WhiIe playing circus
young son of Monroe Gay, farmer,
near here, accidentally shoots and
killsl baby sister, Sylvia.
PELL ClTY.—Many citizens are
asking state highway commission to
hard surface Bankhead highway
from Pell City to Birmingham.
BLOCTON.—Masonic lodge holds
celebration in honor of completion of
SIB,OOO temple here.
GADSDEN.—Business and profes
sional men sign agreement to make
this “open shop” city and will ad
vertise fact to world. Unions are
fighting movement.
HUNTSVILLE. —Madison county
farm bureau meets here and agrees
to co-operative in purchase of ferti
lizer for next season.
JACKSON.—New gates are in
stalled at Lock 1 on Tombigbee riv
er near here at cost of $22,351.
MILLRY.—Under supervision of
county emmissioners several public
roads near here are being made
wider with new road machinery re
cently purchased.
MARION JUNCTION.—Ben Da
vis, naturalist, discovers large spider
which spins web like cloth of gold..
Mr. Dav.is says it is rare specimen
and is poisonous.
NEW HOPE.—Ewing W. Hopper,
construction foreman for Baxter
Brothers, is seriously injured when
auto plunges from high bridge here.
MONTGOMERY?—One hundredth
annual session of Alabama Baptist
convention will meet here November
£l3 to 18.
TROY. —Henderson & Gellerfctedt,
cotton merchants, receive letter from
Germany with three stamps attach
ed valued at 15,000,000 marks. Be
fore war days these marks would
have been worth, $3,750,000 in Amer
ican money.
ALBERTVILLE. "Underwood
for-President club” is organized here
with over 200 members, including
every business and professional man.
MONTGOMERY?—James S. Dow
dell, 60, is struck by taxi cab and
seriously injured. He is pioneer
merchant.
MOBlLE.—Herbert~S. Busby. 25,
is thrown from truck when it skids,
and is killed instantly.
HALEYVILLE.—Fire in business
part of Haleyville does SI,OOO damage.
Volunteer fire company prevents
heavy losses.
OPELIKA.—Large auto driven by
Marshall Lee Bean dashes into
Ford, knocking Ford 38 feet and in
juring seriously Henry Jones and
Will Murphy.
DECATUR. —Chancery court or
ders F. A. Bloodworth, treasurer of
former city of Albany, to turn over
to Decatur $30,000 Albany school
money. Albany was recently consol
idated with Decatur and Mr. Blood
worth refused to give up Albany’s
money until ordered by court.
HILLSBORO?—K?~W. Duke is se
riously injured when auto is struck
by Southern train and demolished.
TALUCAH. —Jadey Lewis, negro,
is arrested, charged with setting fire
to and burning school house near
here.
BIRMINGHAM.—Dr. J. W. Knowl
ton, 65, prominent physician, is dead
after few days’ illness with heart
trouble.
BUTLER.—Grand jury returns 48 !
indictments, 26 of which are for fel
onies. Several persons are indicted
for murder of William Drew Connor.
20, whose burned body was found
wired to trees.
HUNTSVILLE. —Alabama Nation
al Guard and civic associations are
making arrangements for big celebra
tion of Armistice day on November
12.
MOORSVILLE.—Mrs. Fannie H.
Hundley, widow of Colonel John H.
Hundley and member of one of old
est families here, is dead.
TALLADEGA.—Mrs. Nancy Car
lisle, 85, pioneer citizen, dies at home
of son.
MONTEVALLO. —Coal mines near
here which have been closed for some
time will be re-opened within few
days, giving employment to several
hundred men.
DEMOPOLIS.—Dr. O. C. McGe
hee, pastor of Methodist church, dies
and is buried at Montgomery.
CULLMAN. —All schools of Cull
man county are now open, with to
tal of 13,000 white children being
taught by 250 teachers.
UNIONTOWN. Epidemic of
measles breaks out here and schools I
are closed.
ENSLEY.—Colonel W. W. Screws
is making industrial survey of dis- ’
trict for war department. In case
of war Washington wants to know I
what this district could furnish.
BESSEMER.—"Joseph Skewes, 47, 1
prominently identified with ore mines I
of this district, dies after short ill- ;
ness.
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odor, smoke or noise—no pumping
up, is simple, clean, safe. Burns j
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The inventor, A. N. Johnson, 642
N. Broad St., Philadelphia, is offer
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FREE trial, or even to give one
FREE to the first user in each lo
cality who will help him introduce
it. Write him today for full par
ticulars. Also ask him to explain
how you can get the agency, and
without experience or monev moke
$250 tn SSOO nrr m— • 6
BIRMINGHAM. Mrs. R. S. Mun
ger gives SB,OOO to McCoy Memorial
Methodist church for pipe organ.
CEDAR CREEK.—Conecuh Bap
tist association holds twenty-first an
nual session here, with A. H\ Riley
as moderator.
UNION SPRINGS.—J. H. Vaughn,
Confederate veteran and well-known
citizen of this county, dies at Tyler,
Texas.
MONTGOMERY.—Boy Scouts will
set out trees on Armistice
day as memorial to Montgomery boys
who died in World war.
JASPER.—Coleman Snoddy is con
victed by Walker county jury of mur
dering Oscar Carter and given twen
ty years in penitentiary. Notice of
appeal is given.
PETERMAN. —Lighted cigarette
starts fire which destroyed barn of
Leslie Eiggs, causing ;oss of over
SBOO.
SHEFFlELD.—Mischievous boys
fire old Civil war cannon, breaking
many windows and causing many
people to fear earthquake.
GEORGIANA. —Two sets of road
graders are purchased and used in
ten miles of road leading out of town.
JACKSONVILLE.—M. W. White
side qualifies as county commission
er, vice W. H. Nunnally, resigned.
OPELlKA.—Arraangements are
being made looking to entertainment
of ninety-first annual session of Ala
bama conference of Methodist Epis
copal church, south, which meets
here November 14.
CULLMAN.—Work is progressing
on handsome new Methodist church
to cost SIOO,OOO.
WAIVES OBJECTION
IN FACE OF SENATE
MAJORITY FOR BILL
(Continued from Page 1)
i ing the tax equalization law. Faced
Iby a clear majority with opposing
I views in the senate I can do nothing
but urge the passage of the reform
bills approved by the tax commis
sion and the repeal of the tax equali
zation law upon the adoption of these
reform measures. The commission’s
i report is the best report and suggests
■ the best system that could be pre
sented under the terms fixed by the
people of the state. It represents
the combined views of all classes and
sections. It was arrived at through
a spirit of “give and take” —a proc
ess which marks the passage of all
great constructive legislative pro
grams—the only process known by
which such programs may be en
acted into law and finally perfected
by experience and ‘by amendment
from year to year.
“The members of this commission
have served at a great personal sac
rifice. without compensation and
entirely at their own expense. No
word d.r thought of personal ag
grandisement or selfish political in
terest has manifested itself in any
member of this commission. Its re
port should, therefore, be consid
ered with the utmost respect.
"Personally, I approve every word,
every line and every paragraph of
this report and I shall place back of
the report every power and every
inuence which the executive office
may properly employ until its rec
ommendations are finally enacted
into law. 1 urge every friend of the
administration and every patriotic
Georgian to get back of this report
and use every influence in its sup
port. If you disagree with any part’
of the program or any minor 'de
tail, I beg of you to urge amend
ments in a spirit of constructive
criticism. If any member can sug
gest a better system or improve the
system here offered, it will have my
cordial support. I earnestly urge the
enactment of the laws recommended
in the knowledge that after a fair
trial any part of the legislation can
be and will be amended in the suc
ceeding years.
Suggestions Analyzed
“I need say very little as to the
suggestions themselves, keeping m
mind always that the mandate of the
people directs that the expense of
government bS' more fairly dis
tributed, and the problem is the
transfer of some of the burden of
taxation from the owners of tangible
property to the owners of intangible
property. Many of the other states
have wrestled with this problem for
years. Their records show that they
I ave succeeded in reaching the in
tangibles only though an income
tax. Hundreds of citizens are enjoy-’
ing large salaries and all the bless
ings of government at the expense
of other citizens, paying practically
no taxes themselves. These can be
reached only through an income tax..
While sharp and well merited criti
cism has been visited upon the un
wise and unjust method of enforc
ing the federal income tax, the com
mission in its travels over the state
have met with almost no opposition
to the principle of the income tax.
Principle Fair
With only rare exceptions, even
large tax payers have admitted that
in principle the income tax is the
fairest and most economical method
of taxation. They assume, therefore,
that as to this item the only serious
difficulty will be as to detail and I
cm confidently rely on the patriotic
members of the general assembly to
adjust any differences of opinion on
that score. I earnestly recommend
the passage of a constitutional
an endment permitting the legisla-
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1923.
TALLADEGA.—E E.. Dill is ar
rested here for Birmingham authori
ties on charge of cashing forged
check.•
ASHVILLE.—Editor B. B. Ga
ther, of Southern Regis, is appointed
field agent of state tax commission.
OZARK. —G. W. Ray is appointed
county agent for Dale county. For
some time he served as county
agent for Covington county.
MONTEVALLO. Alabama col
lege forms separate library for use
of people from all sections of Shelby
county.
SELMA. —That several negro
farm agents now in service will
solve farm labor questions is belief
of many big farmers of Dallas
county.
TROY.—Miss Dora Sonneday,
state nutrition specialist, and Miss
Helen Johnson, district agent from
Auburn college, are organizing nu
trition work in this and other coun
ties of Alabama.
STONEINGTON. —B. E. Thomas,
w’ell-known farmer, dies from
paralysis after year's illness.
HUNTSVILLE.—V. S. Root, fed
eral agent, and William P. Hamp
ton, state agent, return from Mor
gan. Limestone and Lawrence coun
ties where they destroy six large
distilling outfits.
TUSKEGEE. —By permission of
Selwyns, producers, and Channing
Pollock, author, “The Fool” -will be
acted here By professor's and stu
dents of Tuskegee institute.
MOBILE. —Thomas A. Edison and
Henry Ford are Invited by Farmers’
and Merchants’ bank to come here
and make tour of satsuma belt of
south Alabama.
ture to levy an income tax for state
purposes upon net incomes as the
same may be defined by the general
assembly, which tax may be gradu
ated, the rate in no case to exceed
5 per cent —the same to contain rea
sonable exemptions. If sucn amend
ment is offered by the general as
sembly and ratified by the people, I
pledge the. influence of this office
to the adoption of the scale of in
come taxation suggested by the tax
commission. I further pledge the
calling of an extra session of the
present general assembly in order
that you may fix the rate of tax*
ation and put the law into effect
at the earliest possible date.
2. Reduce Ad Valorem Tax
“I recommend that the constitu
tional limitation of five mills for such
taxes be reduced to such figure as the
legislature may deem safe in pre
serving the credit and in mantaining
the institutions of the state, in no
event to be larger than four mills.
3. Classification of Property
“I earnestly recommend a consti
tutional amendment permitting the
legislature to classify property by
owners of tangible property from one
to two million dollars anuually. The
owners of intangible propertj*produc
ing an income of from 5 per cent to
8 per cent will dodge taxation, sell
their intangibles or move out of the
state before they will pay a tax of
from 3 per cent to 4 per cent. Such
a tax is an income tax of over 50 per
cent which, of course, is unfair, un
reasonable and confiscatory. Even
the income tax has failed to reach all
intangibles. The classified property
tax system has succeeded in all the
states in which it has been tried. A
system combining the income tax
with the classification tax meets the
approval of students of taxation. It
has been given the approval of the
people of the states which have tried
the combined system and the tax
commission urges your body to add
the classification law to the income
tax. I earnestly joint in this recom
mendation.
BUDGET SYSTEM
“Modern business heartily ap
proves a budget system. Its adop
tion by the federal government has
met the approval of business men
throughout the nation. Up-to-date
states have aiso incorporated this
system. I do not hesitate to saj*
that this suggestion has met prac
tically the unanimous approval of
the people of the state and I cor
dially urge the general assembly to
enact such a law.
5. STATE AUDITOR
“Separate from the budget sys
tem, but supplementing its work
and a necessary adjunct thereto, is
a state auditor. The work of an
auditor is not intended alone to dis
courage dishonesty, although this
feature is incorporated in every
modern business plan. It is intend
ed to suggest modern systems of
bookkeeping, checking and auditing;
to suggest overlapping in endeavor
in transacting the business of the
state; the reduction of overhead and
all other expenses and the adoption
of every modern economy and other
business methods. I do not hesitate
to say that if provided I shall en
deavor to make this office at least
the foundation for a purchasing
system for the state which, while
giving preference to merchants in
the iocal vicinity of the different
state institutions, will save annu
ally several hundred thousand dol
lars. I cordially commend the pas
sage of this legislation.
6. ENFORCE COLLECTION
OF TAXES
“The state tax commissioner in
an open meeting asserted his official
opinion that a reasonable force of
field inspectors charged with en
forcing all- tax laws would net in
the treasury a minimum of one mil
lion dollars additional income an
nually. I sincerely share this
opinion and I earnestly ask that
such a. force be provided. Even the
establishment of a new department
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Mr. D. bey, a. Nebraska resident, 67
years old, says, “1 have used the treat
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case of many years standing, is improv
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This compound, wiiich is known as
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So confident are we that Virex will
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UNIVERSITY. University of
Alabama will observe home-coming
and Armistice day, November 10.
Arrangements are made for park
ing of 3,000 automobiles at Univer
sity grounds.
HUNTSVILLE. Directors of
Madison county farm bureau place
orders for 1,000 tons of fertilizer for
next season’s crop, on co-operative
plan.
JACKSONVILLE. —Palace theater
is sold by E. L. Dyer to Lester Mor-
I gan, who will make many improve
ments.
SILVER RUN. —Mrs. W. A. Yeat
man, 75, dies at home here after
short illness.
MONTEVALLO. Extension de
partment of Alabama college is giv
ing radio extension course in Bible
study, which is being broadcasted.
MONTGOMERY —Weil-Roth-Irving
company of Cincinnati, Ohio, and
Southerlin-Barry company of New
Orleans, La., purchase $3,000,000 of
Alabama highway bonds. y
GADSDEN. Regina Tumlin, 3-
, year-old daughter of Dillard Tumlin,
I is given SI,OOO damages against Les
i lie P. King for injuring her with his
I automobile.
ANNISTON.—Civitan club is back
j ing movement for tuberculosis sani
i tarium here.
: ANNISTON. —Arthur Anderson is
i given ten years in state penitentiary
i for murder of Buckalew Wright.
CORDOVA.—Dr. J. P. Moon, 50, is
shot eight times by Alonzo Jones, 30,
during quarrel. J)r. Moon is taken
to where he is
in serious condition.
would be economical and wise. How
ever, 1 1 have suggested that this
force be provided as a division of
the comptroller general’s office—
thus obviating the establishment of
a new department. This suggestion
has the approval of the tax commis
sion and I confidently trust it will
be indorsed by the general assembly.
Not only the dire need of the insti
tutions of the state, but common
honesty demands that tax laws be
repealed or be uniformly enforced.
It tends towards disrespect of the
laws to permit a tax law to be en
forced against one citizen while it is
disregarded and defied by another
citizen. Respect for the law, as well
as the needs of the state, demand
the passage of some such law and
I hone that it will be enacted with
out delay.
“I approve the reference of the
tax commission to limitation upon
the rate of county and local taxa
tion and trust that some relief may
be granted by the legislature.
“I recommend that the tax equali
zation law be repealed and that the
old law as to equalization be re
enacted.
Free School Books
“For seventy years states, coun
ties and municipalities have furnish
ed school books for the free use of
the pupils of the elementary grades.
Experience has shown this practice
to be safe, sanitary, economical and
wise. Many subdivisions of this
state have tried the system and
found it most advantageous. The
people unmistakably declared for
the adoption of this system in Geor
gia. It has the approval of the
state superintendent of schools. Its
expense will amount to only 2 per
cent of the amount appropriated to
the schools. If no means can be
provided for the year 1924, I earnest
ly ask that enabling legislation be
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adopted providing for the founda
tion of the system, appropriations to
be made in later years when the
means are in sight. This could be
provided by directing that that por
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Alto for the years 1924 and 1925 be
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Ing the reformation of the tax laws.
I earnestly ask that enabling legis
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reformation and suggest that the
tax measures be given the right of
way. I remind the general assem
bly that the people of the state in
convention have declared for the sys
tem of furnishing school books to
the elementary grades and I ask tha
this legislation be enacted before the
specnal session is adjourned.
“I have exercised the constitu
tional right in the executive to call
you into an extraordinary session in
the firm conviction that no great
constructive reformation of the in
tricate and complicated tax system
could be enacted in a regular ses
sion, flooded with measures of spe
cial personal interest to the mem
bers, at a time when the state will
be charged with political unrest, in
the.midst of national, state, county
and municipal political campaigns.
This view accords with the legisla
tive history of other states and even
of o.’.r own state. Certainly con
structive legislation can be consid
ered with greater calmness and de
liberation. Such atmosphere should
surround the consideration of this
most vital question affecting the fu
ture of our state. I confidently be
lieve that patriotic members of the
general assembly will approach the
solution of this problem in the spirit
of love for the state and patriotic
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