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NEWS OF THE SOUTHLAND TOLD IN SNAPPY PARAGRAPHS
ALABAMA
JASPER. —Toni Romine, well
known Walker county citizen, is
found near his home by his little
daughter, shot to death. Pistol and
scabbard are found near his body.
MONTGOMERY. —On petition ot
Alabama public service commission
alleging that he is “biased and preju
diced,” Judge Henry D. Clayton, of
United States district court, agrees
io remove himself in Mobile Gas
company litigation. Another federal
judge will be designated to pass on
valuation of gas property.
BlßMlNGHAM.—Alabamians this
' year will pay federal government $6,-
739,908.12 income tax, exactly $2,-
-100,445,05 more dian they paid in
1923, according to W. E. Sneed, col
lector for Alabama. Total of 24,676
persons or firms have filed taxable
returns, against 19,964 in 1923.
G. Crawford,
president of Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad company, addresses mem
bers of Kiwanis and Rotary clubs
PLOT TO PREVEBfT
TEXAS LAND PROBE
GHARGEOMRING
WASHINGTON, April 14.—The.
investigation <sf charges of land
frauds in the lower Rio Grande val
ley of Texas was resumed today by
a special senate committee, with O.
B. Williamson, postoflfte inspector,
on the, stand.
James R. Page, unofficial prose
cutor, read a letter from the depart
ment of agriculture explaining the
department’s investigation of the
land in the Rio Grande valley and
saying that it was not suitable for
agricultural purpose. Page said the
letter was in the file of Williamson,
but that Williamson made no effort
to check the statements it contained-
George A. Hill, attorney, repre
senting R. B. Creager, Republican
national committeeman, saio. this let
ter brought a committee from Texas
to protest that it did not represent
true conditions in the valley. The
letter, he said, later was withdrawn.
Reading from what Page said
were minutes of a meeting of the
lower Rio Grande Valley Landsmen
association, Page said they showed
the organization planned to intimi
date him to stop the investigation.
The minutes, Page said, quoted W.
’ F. Zumbrunn, a Kansas City attor
ney representing the land companies,
as saying that if Page “tries to start
anything he will be thrown in "jail.”
Page asserted that the minutes
brought out that Creager had sen*,
a telegram to Zumbrunn saying a
meeting of the bar association had
been called at which Page said pro
ceedings were planned against him
for his participation in the land
eases.
Cheap Denatured Alcohol
Being Drunk in Scotland
EDINBURGH, April 14. The
poorer classes in Scotland are con
suming denatured alcohol in increas
ing quantities, due to the low cost
compared with other alcoholic bever
ages.
Aroused by the serious effects from
this practice, Secretary for Scotland
Adamson has promised that, after
May 1, all methylated spirits, ex
„ cept that used for furniture polish,
will be so treated that they cannot
be used as a beverage.
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THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
1 here, telling them that this district
( is as yet only swaddling infant com
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i i
i MONTGOMERY —Twenty per cent
j of Alabama's oat crop was killed by
■ recent freezes, according to F. W.
I Gist, agricultural statistician.
■ J MOBILE.— Judge”A*. W. Hargett,
jI of Birmingham, federal prohibition
’i director for Alabama, leads general
( ( raid here against alleged whisky
I dealers, while awaiting trial in
i United States court on charge of
(conducting illegal raid on private
i ( home.
MOBILE. —Champagne, wines, cor
dials, rum, beer and red and white
whisky, 1,359 gallons, valued at $50,-
; 000 at prevailing prices, are destroy
' ed by forces of Sheriff Paul Cazalas.
! MONTGOMERY” Farm labor in
Alabama is more plentiful than year
. ago, present supply being 80 per
I cent of normal, while demand is 90
■ per cent, according to F. W. Gist,
s agricultural statistician.
Police Chief’s Slayer
At Hot Springs Held
For Further Quizzing
HOT SPRINGS. Ark., April 14—
Hubert Coates, said by the police to
be an itinerant gambler, was held
today in the county jail pending a
grand'jury investigation of the slay
ing of R. O. Sullivan, chief of police
■of Hos Springs, who was shot to
death in an encounter with Coates
soon after midnight. '
According to the statement credit
ed to Coates, Sullivan had remon
strated with him and another man
George McLaughlin, because of a
flirtation with a young ‘woman whe
ha,d driven her automobile to a case
where Sullivan was. McLaughlin
left the scene before the f.hdbting.
according .to Coates.
ALL OFFICERS AND
DIRECTORS RENAMED
Bl COTTON CO-OP
At the annual meeting* of the
Georgia Cotton Growers’ Co-cpera
tive association Tuesday in the as
sociation’s headquarters, 18 Stewart
avenue, the following officers were
re-elected: J. E./ Conwell, of Lavo
nia, president; W. A. Reeves, of La-
Grange, vice president; W. T. Mc-
Arthur, Sr., of McGregor, vice presi
dent, and Claude Eubanks, of East
man, secretary.
The executive committee Was re
elected, with the exception of A. K.
Snead, of Carrollton, Ga., who was
elected Tuesday. The committee is
composed of Mr. Conwell, Mr. Reeves,
Mr. McArthur, Mr. Snead and A. M.
Wilkins, of Comer, Ga.
Mr. Conwell has been president of
the organization since it was formed,
and tribute was paid to his enter
prise at the Tuesday session. It was
announced that 40.000 cotton pro
ducers now belong to the organiza
tion and that an extensive “sign up”
campaign is planned for the near
future It was pointed out that the
organization has flourished since its
inception and is one of the most im
portant organizations in the state.
Hiley Peaches Ready
. For Second Spraying,
Growers Are Notified
FORT VALLEY, Ga., April 14—
Hjley peaches in middle Georgia
have reached the right stage in their
development for the second applica
tion of spray, according to the gov
ernment and state laboratory here,
and growers are advised to start
spraying that variety immediately.
This application is applied when
about seventy-five per cent of the
dried calyces, or “shucks,” have
been pushed from the small peaches
ahd it is one of the most important
sprays for tht# control of the cur
culio. If this spray is not applied on
time many curculio eggs may be de
posited in the little peaches when
they are exposed from the “shucks,”
and this would result in a heavy
April and May drop.
The same materials should be used
for the second spray as were used
for the first application; namely, four
pounds of powdered arsenate of lead
with the milk of lime from slaking
twelve pounds of stone lime to each
200 gallons of water. If dust is used
the 0-5-95 is recommended; however,
the 80-5-15 may be used if the grower
desires.
Elbertas, Georgia Belles, and Unee
das will be ready for the second
spray by the latter part of this week,
and those varieties should receive
the second treatment immediately
upon the completion of the Hiley
acreage. Carmen, Early Rose, and
the early varieties should receive
the second spray next week.
Cotton Going Higher,
Purchase Stuffs Now,
Senator Dial Advises
WASHINGTON, April 14.—Cot
ton, now approaching 31 cents a
pound, is going appreciably higher,
Senator Dial, South Carolina, pre
dicted today. As a result, he advises
mercantile people and the consumer
to buy their cotton stuffs now.
“They can't make a mistake,”
Dial declared. “Indications now are
that cotton is going higher than it
has been in recent years.’
There are two reasons for the as
cending price, according to Dial:
1. The cotton crop this year will
be very late. Bad weather and the
scarcity of labor will set the harvest
late in October.
2. There will be no “holdover”
from last year. Most of it will have
been used.
Mills in the south are already bel
ginning to aim toward capacity pro
duction as the result of the rising
market. Dial said.
Hundred-Year-Old
Augusta Woman Dead
AUGUSTA. Ga.. April 14.—Mis
Anna Heckle, aged 100 years and
five months, believed to have been
the oldest person in Augusta, died
yesterday after a brief illness. Sh
was born in McDuffie county, but
for many years had resided here
with her son, George Heckle.
BEATRICE—G. L. Nettles, of
Tunnel Springs, leases 50,000 acres of
land in this section and will or
ganize company to drill for oil. Re
cent geological surveys are believed
to show ;Strong indications of oil.
NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE. Decidedly more
hopeful outlook for textile industry
in this section, with its thousands
of stockholders and ten of thousands
of workers, is reported by leading
figures here in industry.
GASTONIA. — Paul Davis, of Gas
tonia, is dead, and Charles Pearl, of
Augusta. Ga.; .1. L. Baldwin, of
Mount Gilead. N. C.. and E. M.
Jones, of Piedmont. S. C., are in
hospital suffering from severe in
juries .sustained when Southern pas
senger train crashes into motor bus
driven by Davis at King's Moun
tain.
SALISfBURY—Senator Oscar W.
Underwood, of Alabama, will be en
tered in North Carolina presidential
GLASS TURNS GUNS
UPON COOLIDGE FOB
ATTACK ON SENATE
WASHINGTON, April 15.—The
Democratic assault upon President
Coolidge’s letter of last Friday re
lating to the conduct of investiga
tions was renewed in the senate to
day, Senator Glass, of Virginia, de
claring the president’s letter to be
“an amazing imputation” upon that
body.
Denying any purpose to attack
the president or the secretary of
treasury because of their attitude
to the investigation of the internal
revenue bureau, the Virginia sena
tor said he arose to “express in a
temperate way the indignation every
senator of spirit must feel.”
It became known as the senator
was speaking that he had decided
on the major points in his address
after conference with a group of in
fluential men of his party both in
and out of congress. His colleagues
were nearly all in their seats and
listened to the speech with an air
of expectancy which indicated that
they regarded the utterance as of
unusual significance.
Scores Offensive Language
“The president and the secretary
of the treasury,” Secretary Glass
said, “have directed amazing impu
tations against this body in lan
guage of offense as heedless as. in
truth, they are devoid of justifica
tion.”
“I feel constrained by every con
sideration of self-respect to repel the
unprecedented assault made by these
public officials upon the integrity
of the United States senate.
“Some weeks ago when the senate
adopted a resolution expressii ; its
conviction that the public interest
would best be served by the dis
missal from the president’s cabinet
of Secretary Denby I hazarded the
opinion that we were deliberately in
viting, pnd I confidently believed
would receive, from the president,
the very rebuff which he was en
'titled to make, and quickly did ad
minister. Other executives bad done
the same thing, in better behalf, 1
think, but not mote tersely nor in
better tenor.
“They were widely applauded, just
as President Coolidge was, and just
as any president must know he will
be. for a vigorous assertion of con
stitutional jurisdiction. That was
quite right—a thing finely done in
an. unhappy ease.
“Painful Contrast’'
“But a. dignified, unyielding asser
tion of constitutional prerogative is
one thing, and unrestrained ar
raignment of a co-ordinate branch
of the government is another. The
contrast is painful. But in no cir
cumstances could it be more deplor
able than when the president of
the United States, through the pre
scribed medium of communication,
levels at the senate of the United
States accusations which gravely im
peach its honor, in justification of
which indictments he does not, as I
am sure he cannot dffer any proof,
from the record.”
For the first time in history, the
senator declared, a chief executive
has "abruptly faced the senate with
the official charge of having insti
tuted ‘a government of lawlessness.’ ”
and has pointedly impeached its
probity with a charge i “subterfuge
and insincerity.” In so doing, he
added, the president acted upon “the
unauthenticated suspicions of an
avowedly partisan seantor, actuated
by the personal antipathies and ap
prehensions of a cabinet minister.
“The senate is charged,” he de
clared, "with the creation of a con
dition actually subversive of the
most sacred guaranty of the consti
tution. The president himself has not
bothered to disguise it. Not in a line
or sentence is there hesitation or
concealment. The president intended
to be vehement. He intended to be
threatening.
G. (MP. Hints Intolerable
“Quite intolerable enough it is to
have individual senators go about
broadcasting the accusations that
their colleagues here are ‘indecent’
and engaged in ’dirty business' when
they biing into the light of day the
hidden offenses of maladminitsration.
Bad enough it enough incendiary
fashion to apply the fagots of misin
formation and vituperation to an al
ready inflamed and poisoned public
opinion which would stop pursuit of
the actual criminals and punish the
senate for exposing crime. For one,
I am totally unwilling, without pro
test. to have the prestige of the
chief magistracy put in the balance
against a senator, sworn as he is to
uphold the constitution and con
strained tn a course of fearless and
upright official conduct.”
Senator Glass said he could not
approve the employment of a special
counsel by a member of a senate com
mittee and “all this discussion”
wiuld have been averted had the
president confined himself to criti
cism o f “this exceptional procedure.”
“But neither the president nor
the secretary desired to confine this
controversy,” he declared. ‘ Neither
desired to discuss an episode. Both
wanted to project an issue. And I
reject as untenable and little less
than childish the suggestion that the
secretary and the president are pro
testing solely against an irregularity
of method, prompted ‘by inconse
quential personal bickering between
a cabinet minister and a senator of
his own party on a question of tax
ation. The text and tenor of Mr.
Mellon’s letter to the president and
the latter’s message to the senate af
ford an effective refutation of such
an hypothesis.
Exposure Defended
"It is the trifling incident of an
irregularly compensated attorney
general, however much to be de
preciated. that has caused the sVh:>
House and the treasury to despair of
1] preference primary, according to
'I Walter Murphy, manager of Under
• wood's state campaign.
GREENSBORO. Bernard M.
| Cone, president, anonunces ourtail
nient of Proximity and White Oak
cotton mills and Proximity’ Print
| Works to four days weekly, effective
, April 21, for indefinite period.
THOMASVILLE. Andrew h.
1 Stringer lived seventy-five years
. without knowing how It felt to be
s sick and died on second day of first
I illness.
WINSTON-SALEM. With 431
I cases of measles reported in For-
I syth county in March, health offi
( cials say epidemic, is subsiding.
CHARLOTTE. —Anarchy and law
( lessness will flourish and Bolshe
i ( vism has an excuse for existing
I when one class of citizens enjoys
I privileges denied other classes, Fed
| eral Judge E. Y. Webb declares in
scathing arraignment of “some re
( spectable persons” who habitually
' violate liquor laws.
orderly government. They tell us
it is the ‘condition’ which the senate
has brought about; the ‘lawless gov
ernment’ which the senate has in
stituted as a substitute we must
assume, for the better attuned ad
ministration of Fall, as helped by
Doheny, and Daugherty, as aided hy
Jesse, • Smith, and Mr. Denby, the
victim of his own guileless stupidity.
“It is the condition of lawless gov
ernment, created by senatorial in
vestigations, which is creating con
sternation in the departments and
bureaus and indeed, alarming the
country. It is a unique doctrine in
which we are gravely assured that
the exposure of wrong-doing and the
driving from office of the criminal
and negligent constitute lawlessness
in the government.
“And then we are assured that the
senatorial investigations are hurt
ing business. The same plea was
made when Christ drove the huck
sters from the temple at. Jerusalem.
The same plea was made by the
image makers at Antioch when Paul
preached against idolatry; and now
we have it here in behalf of the
Falls and the Daughertys and
Dohenys. Apply the doctrine of this
message and letter, and the senate
of the United States stands con
victed while Fall goes free. Apply
the philosophy of th epresident and
his secretary, and the senate stands
convicted, while Sinclair enjoys un
disputed possession of Teapot Dome.
Declaring the country had been
falsely told that the revenue bill
and other important measures had
been “obstructed” by’ the senate in
quiry, Senator Glass, himself a
former secretary of the treasury, as
serted that the Mellon tax plan has
not the remotest chance of being
enacted by the present congress. In
view of that fact, he said. Republic
an members cf th? finance commit
tee are “causing unnecessary delay’
and courting defeat.” of tax reduction
by rejecting the house compromise
plan.
It was the bouse Republicans, the
senator said, who were largely re
sponsible for “tearing the Mellon
plan to shreds.” Its submission to
the senate, he predicted, would lead
only: to “unprofitable debate.”
Reviews Probe’s Results
Senator Glass enumerated that
senate investigations had “sent Al
bert R. Fall to Three Rivers a dis
graced man and a self-confessed
felon;’’ had revealed “the utter in
difference" of Edwin Denb.v to the
public welfare and brought a.bou-t
his retirement from the cabinet; had
disclosed conditions in the depart
ment of justice that brought about
the dismissal of Harry M. Daugh
erty as attorney general; had reveal
ed the appalling conditions in the
veterans’ bureau and had caused
congress, with the approval of the
president, to move for the recovery
of the naval oil reserves.”
“Whatever else may’ be revealed
presents a wide field for specula
tion,” he continued, “but what han
been disclosed does not justify t
charge that the senate has brought
about a condition of lawless govern
ment. Rather should the senate bo
commended by the president and
the country for exposing such con
ditions in government.”
The Virginia senator declared
President Coolidge "must withdraw
from a position that not only is un
tenable, but positively’ distressing - to
his fellow citizens.”
Paying tribute to Secetary Mellon
as “the outstanding figure of this
administration,” Senator Glass said
he never had believed an inquiry
into the internal revenue bureau
would produce anything’ reflecting
on Air. Mellon's official or personal
integrity.' He had hoped, he added,
that some relief from bureaucracy
in that division cf the treasury might
come out of the inquiry. Asserting
that attor announcing that he court
ed investigation of his income tax
returns. Secretary Mellon had
changed front, Senator Glass added
that Senator Watson, Republican.
Indiana, had supplied the explana
tion with a “startlingly’ frank state
ment” that the senator, Mr. Mellon
and the president “alike stood aghast
at an investigation of the prohibition
enforcement unit of the treasury.”
Government by investigation is
not government,’ . the secretary
says.” added Senator Glass. “Con
versely, government hy suppression
is not government.”
G. 0. P. Started Inquiries
Tiie investigations which the Re
publicans instituted <vhen they re
covered partial control of congress
after the World war numbered 51,'
Senator Glass said, and nearly $150,-
030 was expended by them at one
session for investigation purposes.
" Lwo million dollars were appro
priated in addition,” he added, “for
the department of justice to continue
its espionage. Aral what of their 51
investigations" What has any one of
them amounted to? Where is a taint
ed dolla'- that was spent in the eight
years of the administration of Wood
row 55 ilson? V here is the culprit
that you sought? Where is the cabi
net minister displaced?
Oh. there was an indictment or
two. What has become of them?
Thrown out of court with a judicial
reprimand that should have carried
at least chagrin and mortification to
the iawyers who nstituted the pro
ceedings.”
Turning to Republican attacks
VP°n President Wilson during the
last two years of his administration-.
Senator Glass said:
"Let us not review the wretched
memory of the visits to the sick bed
chamber.
Let us not recall the persistent at
tempt to discredit the administra
tion of the sick man—how they hired
neurc-logists to speculate upon the
mental capability of the sick man as
affected by his physical disorder.
Better were it, pe-haps. not to refer
to the facts.
A senator from Pennsylvania,
from his place in this chamber made
the unqualified declaration that upon
the return of President and Mrs.
55 ilson from abroad they had
brought in free of dutv several mil
lion dollars worth of gifts from the
crowned heads and people of Europe.
They wanted to examine the pocket
handkerchiefs and one or two lace
coverlets that had been civen in
token of friendship. ’
] RALElGH.—Farming operations]
in state are about two weeks be
hind schedule, as result, of unfav
orable —oather. and important dam
age has been suffered by truck and
fruit crops from recent frosts, ac
cording to state department of agri
culture. j
RALEIGH.—Frank Parker, state
department of agriculture statis
tician, announced prospective com
mercial acreages in truck crops this
year as follows: Snap beans, 2,040;
cabbage, 520; strawberries, 9,000;
lettuce, 1.230; watermelons, in ex-
I cess of last year’s total of 4,730;
. I canteloupes, 2,300.
LENOJ'r.—Conflicting reports are
| received relative Io damage, to fruit
•( crop by recent freezes, some reports
I indicating large part of peach crop
: I was killed,
RALEIGH. —With membership of !
i • almost 250,000, cotton growers in j
■ ( southern states, co-operative grow- (
■ ers’ association plan one-day mem- (
I bership drive, when each local body I
■WICK RESIGNS
POST AS AIDE TO
ATTORNEY GENERAL
I
> ; Former Governor Thomas W.
i ( Hardwick has announced his res
: ;ignation as special assistant to the
; attorney’ general of the United
! States and member of the advisory
> council of the department of justice.
i The resignation, which was tendered
• by Governor Hardwick in February,
was not accepted until a few days
' ago. It) is effective April 15.
Governor Hardwick, in announc
. ing his resignation, said that his re-
■ tirement has no connection, what-
I ever w’ith the present investigation
' of the department of justice and the
■ senate inquiry into the record of for-
I mer Attorney General Harry M.
; Daugherty.
■ “My private business i-terests and
• engagements made it necessary for
■ me to retire.” said Governor Hard
l wick, “especially since I was tin
i willing to give up my residence in
■ Georgia and locate permanently in
the city of Washington.”
Governor Hardwick gave out the
I following letter from acting Attorney
[ General James M. Beck, accepting
his resignation:
“s'Vashington, D. C.
“March 28, 1924.
“Hon. Thomas W. Hardwick,
“Special Assistant to the Attorney
General,
“.Department of Justice,
“My Dear Mr. Hardwick:
“I hope you will pardon my delay
I in acknowledging your letter of Feb
ruary 12, 1924, in which you submit
! your resignation as a member of the
( advisory council, war transaction
section.
“I deeply regret that your business
interests and engagements are so ex
: acting that you find it absolutely
( necessary to separate yourself from
the government service, where you
have served with distinction. As you
have requested, however, this may
( be regarded as an acceptance of your
1 resignation, effective at the close of
( business, April 15, 1924.
“I can not permit the opportunity
; to pass without expressing my deep
( appreciation for the splendid serv
ices you have rendered, and for the
very complimentary and kiudly sen
timents you have expressed with re
spect to your associates and myself.
You may be assured that you have
my warm good wishes and personal
regards in all your future activities.
“Very truly yours,
“JAMES M. BECK,
“Acting Attorney General.”
Stmnes Fortune Left
To Widow; Son Directs
Holdings in the Ruhr
BERLIN, April 15.—(8y the As
sociated Press.) —Hugo Stinnes’ for
tune is left to his widow, Claire
Stinnes, nee 55 r agenknecht, who is
admonished to consult her sons and
> daughters in all things affecting the
magnate's private and business af
fairs.
The eldest son. Dr. Edmund Hugo
Stinnes, will direct the properties in
the Ruhr and Rhinela*- ’ while
Hugo Hermann Stinnes will oversee
the family’s interests at the head
quarters in Berlin and care for the
shipping and foreign properties.
Stinnes’ advice to his widow and
children, given while on his death
bed. was to “stick together.”
BELLS TOLL IN HAMBURG
AT HOUR Ol THE FUNERAL
HAMBURG. April 15.—The bells
in the leading churches here were
tolled during the funeral hour of
Hugo Stinnes, who by virtue of his
overseas shipping and export inter
ests occupied a large part in Harr,
burg’s commercial life.
Two Gordon Students
Get Reformatory Terms
For Firing Dormitory
BARNESVILLE, Ga., April 15.
. i 55’esley Busbee, 16, of Lincolnton,
land Kenneth Mathews. 14, of Vidalia,
( were sentenced Monday to serve
I terms in the state reformatory until
I they reach their maturity, having
i entered pleas of guilty to setting
i fire to a dormitory of Gordon in
( stitute, a military college located
( here.
feusbee and Mathews were stu
j dents at the institution and the en
tire student body of the college •. >s
I present when the sentences were
' imposed.
; The special term of court was
(called by Judge G. Ogden Persons, of
( the Flint circuit, at the request of
| citizens and the grand jury returned
indictments Monday Judge Per-
I sons in passing the sentence made
one of the most impressive talks
ever heard in this city, the entire
, student body of Gordon who heard
I him being profoundlj’ impressed by
; what he said.
Shaft Marks Grave
Os Policeman s Leg,
Shot Off*by Bandits
OMAHA, Neb.. April 15.—A grave
stone bearing the inscription, "J. R.
McDonald 1eg—1922,” marking the
( spot where former Police Sergeant
■ McDonald's leg lies buried in West
j Lawn cemetery, was erected Mon-
I day. Sergeant McDonald, who lost
i a leg by amputation after injury by
two bullets from the guns of drug
| store bandits, attended the erec
i :ion -
'lt was a good leg and served m°
j well.” McDonald said, “and I am not
i going to forget it.”
I THURSnAV, APRTL 17, 1921.
in twelve states will engage in in- 1
tensive effort April 18.
MOUNT AlßY—Joseph Chilton,
aged seven, son of Mrs. Sallie Chil
ton, widow, leaves mother visiting
at neighbor’s home, returns to own
home, attempts to enter through j
window and sustains broken neck, (
dying instantly, when sash falls.
MOORESVILLE—For first time (
since its organization 20 or more (
years ago. Mooresville cotton mill '
goes on curtailed schedule of opera- I
tions.
SOUTH CAROLINA
BISHOPVILLE. “Lawyer,” a
mule, dies here. He was famous be
cause of sprightliness. He ran away
once and ran into drug store and
then upstairs to second floor and
into lawyer's office. Was brought
here from Kentucky and was “bust
ed” after arrival.
WI L LISTON.—First refrigerator
car of asparagus is shipped north on
April 9. This is center of large
asparagus growing section.
Japanese Officially
Deny Any Alliance
Made With Rumania
TOKJO, April 14.—(8y the Asso
ciated press.)—Categorical denial bf
existence of a Japanese-Rumanian
defensive alliance and of a Franco-
Japanese agreement on Pacific and
Chica issues, as reported by the
European press, was contained in a
statement for the foreign office here
today.
Referring to the Rumanian re
port, the statement said Prince
Higashikuni's visit to Bucharest
merely was in reciprocation for the
visit of Crown Prince Carol, of
Rumania, to Tokio in 1920, anti that
no political- significance attaches to
the trip.
> In amplication of the denial con
cerning the Franco-Japanese agree
ment it was said informally that
neither French Ambassador. Claudel
nor Ambassador Ishii, at Paris, dis
cussed the questions mentioned.
STITE SOVEREIGNTY
THEME OF COOLIDGE
IN CAPITAL iDDRESS
WASHINGTON, April 16—Re
tention of sovereignty by the states
is essential to maintenance of the
founding principles of the nation and
its government, President Coolidge
declared in an address Tuesday at
the unveiling of the Arizona me
morial stone in the Washington
monument.
“If we are to maintain the na
tion. and its government institutoins
with a fair semblance of the prin
ciples on which they were founded,
two policies always must be sup
ported,” The president said. “First,
the principle of local self-govern
ment in harmony with the needs of
each state. This means that in gen
eral the states should not surrender,
but retain their own sovereignty and
keep control of their own govern
ment.
“Second, a policy of local reflec
tion of nation-wide public opinion.
Each state must shape its course (
to conform to the generally accepted'
sanctions of society and to the needs (
of the nation. It must, provide a,
workable similarity of economic and I
industrial relations. It must pro-1
tect the health and provide for the I
education of its own citizens. This :
policy is already well-recognl?ed in
the association of the states for the
promotion and adoption of uniform,
laws. Unless this plan be adopted
by the states, interference by the na
tion cannot be resisted.
“Throughout our whole nation
there is an irresistible urge for the
maintenance of the highest possible
standards of government and socie
ty. Unless this sentiment is heeded
and observed by appropriate state
action, there is always grave danger
of encroachment upon the states by
the national government. But it
must always be realized that such
encroachment is a hazardous under
taking and should be adopted only
as a. last resort.
“The true course to be followed is
the maintenance of the integrity of
each state hy local laws and social
customs, which will place it in com-1
parative harmony with all the oth
ers. By such a method, which can
only be the result of great effort
constantly exerted, it w’.ll be possi
ble to maintain an ‘indestructible
union of indestructible states.’ ”
The president’s address was a
part of a ceremony attending the
unveiling of the Arizona stone, a:
block from the petrified forests of
that state. Ceremonies were held at
the 320-foot landing in the monu
ment.
Globe-Circling Fliers
Reach Seward, Alaska,
In Long Hop From Sitka
SEWARD. Alaska, April 14—The
United States army’s round-the- :
world flyers were here today ready
to take off on the next leg of their
ambitions effort to be the first to j
circle the globe in the air.
The four army planes winged (
their wav into the SewaM harbor (
at 5:45 p. m., Sunday after com
pleting a jump of more than 500 |
miles from Sitka in about nine
hours, omitting a scheduled stop
at Cordova.
The weather was cold and frosty'
and the aviators reported hard go-1
ing.
BRITISH PLANE READY TO
GET BACK INTO RACE
CORF U. April 14. —Britain’s
round-the-world amphibian plane
will get back in the race Tuesday
or Wednesday, Major Stuart Mc-
Laren. chief of the British expedi
tion. said here today.
The new motor for the big plane. |
which had been held here for a
month, will arrive during the day i
and will be installed at once and
the aviators -111 fly from here to
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WALHALLA. —Under leadership
of Rudolph Farmer, farm demonstra
tion agent, farmers of Oconee coun
ty are in midst of tree-planting cam
paign, and when season is over will
have planted ten thousand new
trees, Mr. Farmer says, most of
them apple trees.
SPARTANBURG. —Former Gover
nor John Gary Evans, national Dem
ocratic committeeman for South
. Carolina, favors candidacy of Mo
; Adoo for president, and will vote for
him at New York convention, he
says in interview, though he favors
uninstructed state delegation.
COLUMBIA. Governor McLeod
makes statement favoring candidacy
of McAdoo for presidency.
I COLUMBIA—Mayor Coleman is
i sues statement calling attention to
! advantages of 100 per cent valuation
| for taxation, plan killed by recent
( legislature, and comparing South
I Carolina cities with North Caro
( lina’s, shows how 100 per cent as
( sessment makes for greater perma-
I nent' improvements.
HLffIiTION FOR ~
SOUTHERN SWAMPS
ASSUMED GT WORK
WASHINGTON, April 14— Fed
eral reclamation is not a failure
( and the outlook was “never bright-
I er than at present for rescuing ex
j isting projects from financial diffi
( culties and building new ones,” Sec
( retary of the Interior Work de
clared in a, statement here today.
“We have twenty years’ experi
ence behind us and the report ot
the special advisory committee —a
( stupendous accomplishment in it
self—will be laid before congress in
a few days,” he said. “That body
will then have the benefits of the
most searching inquiry ever under
taken on the subject in avoiding
mistakes Pf the past and will not
be working in the dark in consid
ering necessary remedial legisla
tion.
“An original departure in recla
mation extension now faces the gov
ernment in reclaiming the wet lands
I o fthe south. Some of our south-
I ern states have-been struggling too
I long with water-logged lands. They
’ should have federal aid in rescuing
the rich alluvial soil in some sec
tions from partial inundation. This
is a feature /of the bill proposed
to congress by the special advisory
I committee.”
Discharge of 7 Tennessee
Professors Upheld by Board
BOSTON, April 15—A 'finding
that the board of trustees of the
Universit yof Tennessee was within
its legal rights and in some cases
justified in its dismissal of seven
professors in July, 1923, has been
made by the committee on acadern
ic freedom and tenure, of the Ameri
can Association of University Pro
lessors.
Daniels Hurrying East
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., April
I 15. —Josephus .Daniels, former secre
tary of the navy, who was scheduled
to speak here Wednesday night, has
keen called east upon important busi
■ ness and the date has been canceled,
Lit was learned today.
Langley to Face Court
In Capital April 28
j WASHINGTON. April 14.—The
I trial here of Representative John W.
Langley, of Kentucky, on charges
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FORD IS SUMMONED
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WASHINGTON, April 14— TM
senate agricultural committee
directed Chairman Norris to rM
quest Henry Ford to appear in p«M
son or through an authorized
during the hearings .on MuscM
Shoals and explain some features H
his bid. ■
The committee also agreed to e
tend the, hearings until April 29
permit Governor Pinchot of Pen
sylvania, to testify.
Friends of the McKenzie bill pt
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Ford's offer for Muscle Shoals mat
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Newton D. Raker, former secreta
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from the agriculture committee ai
passed by the senate at the prese
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McKenzie bill and the Norris pk
for government operation of the !
(rate fields being reported, to tl
senate. >
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the McKenzie measure and reps>
the Norris plan to the senate, a
herents of the Ford offer intend
offer it in the senate as a subst
tute for the committee proposal,
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soon thereafter as it was found po
slble to conclude any other tri
then in progress. Mr. Langley Is
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