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NEWS OF THE SOUTHLAND TOLD IN SNAPPY PARAGRAPHS
ALABAMA
• --WETUMPKA.— Many farmers of
o -Edmore county say that cool nights
killed much cotton, and that
‘ considerable replanting will be
necessary.
SHEFFIELD.—Hattie furnace, of
' Sloss-Sheffield company, which has
.. been closed for some time, goes into
blast again.
MOBlLE.—Market news station
department of agriculture, with J
. D. Evers as representative.
GADSDEN.—Fifth annual conven
tion of Alabama League of Women
Voters will meet here May 14-15-16.
' ATTALLA. —J. T. Todd, of Dallas.
Texas, will open factory here to
manufacture coat hangers. He will
' use 1,200 tons of steel annually.
GREENSBORO.—SuppIy of cotton
~ seed is exhausted in county and
many farmers are planting corn in
stead.
MONTGOMERY. Responsibility
’ for expenditure of state game and
fish department is placed on Gover
nor W. W. Brandon, in statement is
sued by John A. Dickinson, Pratt
ville, candidate for commissioner of
‘ game and fish.
MONTGOMERY—Towns of Cal
houn and Letohatchie in Lowndes
county are suffering from epidemic
of rabies. .
tjx returns voted
OPEN TO PUBLIC
REVISION OF BILE
WASHINGTON, May 2.—Opening
of tax returns to public inspection
was voted today by the senate.
An amendment tp the revenue bill
authorizing examination of the re
turns under “rules governing inspec
tion of public documents generally”
*SWas adopted .8 to 27.
Z" Approval also was given an amend
"Tnent to make public claims for
abatement or refunds of taxes and
T'd-ecisions on the claims. The vote
•vUs 47 to 26.
Secretary Mellon's proposal for a
board of tax appeals was then ap
proved, but salaries of the members
were fixed at $7,500 instead of $lO,-
>OO on motion of Senator Norris, Re-
• publican, Nebraska.
A provision in the revenue bill
'lmiting tax reductions in relation to
ncome from tax-exempt securities
was rejected today by the senate, 37
:o 36.
The proposal was bitterly assailed
• ’as an indirect- levy on tax-free fed-
•i-al, state and municipal bonds
'‘While its proponents argued it would
" wing in $35,000 additional revenue
’thunally by checking tax evasions
f >y holders of large incomes.
■Senator Bruce, Maryland, broke
, openly from the Democratic income
:tx reduction program Thursday
;;nd declared on the floor of the sen
r' te for a greater cut in surtaxes
, ven than proposed by Secretary
" : lellon.
He suggested a slash in the pres
nt maximum surtax rate of 50 per
• bent to 20 per cent or 15 per cent.
i'he Mellon plan called for a cut to
25 per cent, and the Simmons plan,
dtttlorsed by a Democratic conference
Cist night for a 40 per cent maxi
%um.
jZt'hairman Smoot, of the finance
•4»mmittee, conceded in the senate
Ji.hat there were “probably not votes
Caough” to approve the Mellon in
,'jSwe rate schedule.
Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri,
iiiUa speech shortly after the scs
| Ibn began, .declared “there was no
( ESp arguing this tax proposition
'. Mth only nine or ten senators pres-
It ht.”
j Recalling two roll calls were nee
•••ssary to get a quorum when the
mate sought to convene an hour
J head of regular time, Senator Reed
( declared “the senators seemed to
• ave almost immediately adjourned
; ne by one.”
} Senator Simmons, Democrat,
; 6rth Carolina, said attendance
i as required of senators at the com-
I ittee meetings during the morn
ig hours.
Acceptance of the treasury tax
• xemption proposal, Senator Reed
3 rgued, would amount to a repudi
. ition by the government of its con
’ ‘Tact for tax free bonds.
’“1 see nothing in this proposal,”
' e said, “hut an attempt to take
way the immunity from these tax
xempt bonds. If that were done
he government would breach its
tith with its people.”
Senator Reed also turned upon
. ’ecretary Mellon.
| “Our secretary of the treasury,”
I he said, "is thinking more about his
F t «wn fortune and those of his asso
•Jates when he writes a tax bill than
L es the best interests of the whole
•ountry. In fixing this measure he
k ■ >roposed a greater cut on taxes at-
I iecting his income than on the small
■ , Z-r income taxpayers. He has no
K more right to hold his office than
■ i judge would to try his own case.”
50,000,000 Approved
For Capital Buildings
WASHINGTON. May 3. —Expendi-
ble of $50,000,000 for government
■tlildings here was recommended in
i bill reported today from the senate
>uildings committee. Not more than
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THE ATLANTA TKI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
HEELIN.—When William Harris,
Jr., farmer, returns from field he
finds partially prepared meal on ta
ble and his wife in 75-foot well,
drowned. Curbing around well gives
way under woman's weight, plung
ing her int owell.
HUNTSVILLE.—AIab ma Power
company is unloading and setting
up at Linedin mills three of largest
transformers in Alabama, prepara
tory to stringing transmission wires
to convey power to this big mill.
NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE. —Greatest rain in
ten-minute period since establish
ment of weather bureau office 40
years ago falls on day when torna
does sweep, southeastern stat es, tak
ing heavy toll of life and property,
88-100 inches falling.
ASHEVILLE.—Hon. John Fran
cis A. Cecil, bridegroom of Miss Cor
nelia 'Vanderbilt, announces resigna- I
tion of high position with British ;
embassy at Washington, and ex- i
plains he will renounce British citi
zenship and reside at Biltmore, pa
latial Vanderbilt estate.
RALEIGH.—WiIIiam G. McAdoo
will receive North Carolina's 24
votes at Democratic national con
vention at New York for nomina
tion for president, according to W.
L. Beasley, secretary state board
elections.
Methodists Appeal
For Law and Order;
Commend Dr. Ehot
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 3. I
An appeal to all higher institutions i
of learning to lead in the support of j
law and order, with a commendation |
of President Emeritus Charles W.
Eliot, of Harvard, and several col- ;
lege presidents for their stand in
support of the prohibition law, was ■
passed by unanimous vote at today’s ;
session of the Methodist Episcopal 1
general conference here.
The resolution, proposed by Presi- [
dent George R. Grose, of DePauw |
university, and a delegate from In- |
diana, mentioned the recent anti
prohibition declaration of President
Nicholas Murray Butler, of Colum
bia. university, and continued:
‘“The presidents of the colleges
and universities of the Methodist
Episcopal church record their em
phatic protest against the utteran
ces of President Butler as being con
trary both to the predominant con
viction and the prevailing practice
of the overwhelming majority of
American colleges and universities.”
SOLDIER BONUS BILL
SENT TO PRESIDENT;
VETO IS EXPECTED
WASHINGTON, May 3.—The sol- i
dier bonus bill was sent so Presi- |
dent Coolidge late today from the ■
capitol, where legislative action was ■
completed w-itn the signing of the
measure by President Cummings, of
the senate.
The measure reached the White
House within a few hours after the
president had sent a message to the
senate announcing he had vetoed the
Bursum pension bill because it
would add many millions of dollars
annually to the cost of government.
A reading of that message
strengthened the belief long enter
tained by a number of senators that
Mr. Coolidge will veto the bonus bill.
The executive will not take imme
diate action, however, as the meas
ure first will be sent to the treasury
for an estimate of cost and the views
of Secretary Mellon. Later it prob
ably will go to the veterans’ bureau,
in which its adrhinistration would
be lodged.
Should the president return the
bill to congress without his ap
proval, an effort would be made to
pass it over his veto and the propo
nents in both the senate and house
assert that they can muster the re
quired two-thirds vote.
Mr. Joseph J. Greer
Dies at Greensboro
GREENSBORO, Ga., May 3—The
death of Joseph J. Geer, age 60, oc
curred here last night. He was a
prominent citizen of Greensboro and
is survived by his wife and eight
daughters, Mrs. N. A. Pitts, Mrs. J.
S. Wasser, Mrs. W. G. .Wheeler, Mrs.
R. E. Baker, all of Atlanta: Mrs. W.
E. Norman, of Decatur; Mrs. Carlos
W. Kitchens, Mrs. J. C. Marchman,
Miss Pauline Geer, all of Greens
boro; two sons, 11. H. Geer and
Joseph J. Geer, Jr.; one brother, E.
C. Geer, of Decatur; two sisters. Mrs.
Alice Weatherly, of Athens; Mrs. Jim
English, of Penfield.
$10,000,000 could be disbursed in any
one year.
Structures would be erected to
house the bureau of internal revenue,
department of justice, general ac
counting office, department of agri
culture and general supply commit
tee. and there also would be a build-
I ing to store the national archives.
CHARLOTTE.—Action by presby-,
teries in session results in Queens
college becoming joint property of
Mecklingburg, Kings Mountain and
Granville presbyteries, and Dr. W.
H. Frazer, president, declares new
ownership opens “much brighter fu
ture” for young women's institution.
RALEIGH. —State department m.
agriculture first two boll
weevils found this year came from
Cumberland and Moore counties.
GREENSBORO.—DecIaring chew
ing gum is violation of rules of eti
quette, Principal G. B. Phillips, of
nigh school, imposes absolute bat.
on gum, but announces ruling on
propriety of possessing vanity cases
will be deferred.
ROCK ING H AM. Robe rd el Mill
No. 2 is running on 40-hour-week
schedule, which will he continued
until cloth market improves, accord
ing to mill officials.
ASHEVILLE. Before) notable
gathering, Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt
and Hon. John Francis Cecil, attache
of British embassy at Washington,
are married. Wedding is perhaps
most notable social event ever oc
curring in city.
CANDOR. —Secretary Harrison, of
Candor PeacH Growers’ association,
says peach crop this summer should
exceed all records.
WINSTON-SALEM.—C. IT. Pike,
of Mayoden, Rockingham county, on
CBOSS-SW BOM
PROJECT IN FLORIDA
URGED IT HEARING
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 2.
That railroads already established
in Florida will not oppose the con
struction of a new cross-state line
from Coleman to West Palm Beach
was indicated this morning at a
hearing before Examiner H. C. Da
vis, of the interstate commerce corn- 1
mission, on the application of the j
Florida Western and Northern for a
permit to construct such a line.
When Examiner Davis offered an
opportunity of speaking to any who
might oppose the project, there was
no response.
United States Senator Park Tram- 1
mell, United States Senator Duncan
U. Fletcher, through his secretary, .
W. S. Hill, and Congressmen Sears
and Drane, indorsed th© new road,
and expressed the hope it would be
built.
Ernest Amos, state comptroller,
also spoke in favor of the road and
submitted a resolution of the in
ternal improvement board and board
of everglades drainage commission
ers, signed by Governor Hardee, Mr.
Amos, J. C. Luning, state treasurer;
Rivers Buford, attorney general,
and Nathan Mayo, commissioner of
agriculture, which indorsed the
project, and asked for the sanction
of the interstate commerce commis
sion.
Commissioner A. S. Wells, of the
Florida railroad commission, stated
the road is badly needed, and that
the railroad commission is unani
mously in favor of it.
W. R. Bonsai, vice president of the ;
I Seaboard Air Line, ami owner of ■
the Jefferson Construction company.]
I which proposes to build the road!
and lease it for a long term to the]
Seaboard, stated he thought the;
traffic that would originate and pass
over the proposed line would make
it the “best money-maker the Sea-:
i board ever had,” and he testified that
I there were no engineering obstacles
that could not be easily and inex
pensively overcome. The mainte
nance, too, would be inexpensive,
he testified. He outlined the route as
being practically all straight line,
with only two bridges and 8,000 feet
lof trestles, with lower grade line
land lighter curves than any road
lin the state.
The route was given as from Cole
man through Polk county. Auburn
i dale, Winter Haven, Dake Wales.
Avon Park, Sebring and into West
Palm Beach.
S. Davies Warfield, president of
the Seaboard, verified the statement
’that the Seaboard will lease and
joperate the road.
Testimony pointing the lack of
| adequate and fast railroad service,
i outlining the lands of the sections
through which the proposed line will
pass as wonderfully fertile and pro
ductive, capable' of originating suf
' ficient citrus, fruit, vegetables and
| other products to make the proposed
I road profitable, and indorsing the
j road covered in the application for
i permit as a means of providing am
ple and much-needed passenger and
| freight service was offered by sev-
I eral residents of south Florida cities
i to be served by the line, if built.
i J. F. May, president of the cham
i her of commerce, and Mayor W. F.
| Boyd, of Winter Haven, testified in
j support of the road entering Win
ter'Haven, and H. C. Robinson, sec
retary of the West Palm Beach
Chamber of Commerce, testified to
the rapid growth of that city and
stated the road is badly needed
there.
Aged Man Is Beaten
As Liquor Informer
AUGUSTA. Ga., May 3—Manly
Mitchem, aged 65. of Aiken county
South Carolina, lies in an Augusta
hospital in a serious condition from
injuries received when he was
brutally beaten by two men between
Trenton and Edgefield. S. C. Wi’l
Neece and Gregory Fagan have been
arrested by the Aiken county author
ities. charged with having beaten
■ Mitchem.
Mitchem was beaten and left help
| less t is rei >rted, because he was
I suspected of having notified officers
the whereabouts of a still in the
Bogard’s Hill section on the line be
tween Aiken and Edgefield counties,
which has teen the scene oi count
less liquor raids during the past
year.
U. S. Aviators Establish
New Unofficial Record
DAYTON. 0.. May 3. Lieutenants
lohn A. Macßeadv and A. W.
Stevens, McCook field, established a
new unofficial two-man altitude air
plane record Friday when they reach
ed 31,500 feet in a Lepere plane. The
Federated Aeronautique Internation
ale does not officially recognize alti
tude records made by planes carry
ing t«o men. s> the maik set todaj
stands unofficial.
The previous record "as 30,300
feet.
visit here, is advised his niece, Mrs.
Florence Mickey, of California, has
pleasantly surprised him by send
ing him gift in form of check for
$30,000.
SOUTH CAROLINA
SPARTANBURG—CharIie Simuel
is sentenced to die in electric chair
on May 30, and only act of clemency
by governor can save him now. He
dies for murder of Lemiek Long,
white farmer.
G REENVILLE.—Furma n .Ta mes,
prisoner, chained to bed in hospital
where taken with influenza, tries to
make escape by sawing chain from
ankles, but plan is frustrated.
ABBEXTLLE?-—Miss May Roberts
resigns as principal of grammar
school here and accepts similar j>o
sition in Greenville.
GREENVILLE. —Annual reunion
of Thirtieth division will be held in
Charleston August 12 and 13, it is
announced by Major G. Heyward
Mahon, president of veterans organi
zation, here.
SUMTER.—Mrs. R. D. Reynolds
received letter, dated at Houston.
Texas, from her husband, who dis
appeared two weeks ago. Letter is
written in rambling style and says
Reynolds is having mental troubles
and fears he will be sent to asylum
if he returns home. He says he
does not know horn he got to Texas,
after leaving Sumter.
TIMMffl ROCKED
BF BITTER STRIFE
OVER HEW LEADER
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NEW YORK, May 3.—Rumblings
of dissension among members of
Tammany Hall over the choice of a
chieftain to succeed to late Charles
F. Murphy today assumed the pro
portions of bitter controversy, with
Mayor Hyian leading opposition to
the nomination of Surrogate James
A. Foley, son-ki-law of Murphy, and
favorite candidate of the “old
guard.” (
The mayor, in a formal state
ment, not only voiced his opposition
to the selection of Surrogate Foley,
but also lined up with district lead
ers in the fight to have one of their
number chosen successor to Mur
phy. Surrogate Foley is not a dis
trict leader. The mayor’s words
were generally interpreted as an
open challenge to Governor Smith
and Thomas F. Foley, chief repre
sentatives of the Murphy faction.
Announcement yesterday by
Thomas F. Foley, ex-sheriff and
righthand man to Murphy, that he
considered Surrogate Foley the most
likely candidate for the Tammany
leadership, elicited the mayor’s
statement of opposition. The former
sheriff was quoted as having said
that Mayor Hylan’s views should
be consulted, however, and that Jie
should be asked to name a favorite
in case Surrogate Foley declined
the chieftainship.
“It would be a grave mistake for
a surrogate to leave the bench,
where he is getting a salary of $17,-
500, to take up the non-salaried lead
ership of an organization,’ the may-'
or declared today. “Can the de
mocracy of New York county or
Tammany Hall successfully con
tinue with such a handicap?”
Friends of Governor Smith here
made it plain that he would main
tain a “hands-off” policy, atlhough
he is a Tammany sachem.
The election of Murphy’s succes
sor will be held next Wednesday.
Argentina’s General
Strike, Protest Against
Pension Law, Is Begun
BUENOS AIRES, Mav 3.—(8.v
the Associated Press.) —The sched
uled general strike against the pen
sion law began quietly, but effect
ively, today, resulting in a tie-up of
shipping, tlie closing down of most
of the factories in the city, the ces
sation of building operations, disap
pearance of taxicabs and closing
down of numerous restaurants and
bakeries.
The government has taken extra
ordinary measures to prevent dis
orders. Troops have been quarter
ed in various parts of the city and
detachments of police armed with
rifles have been out in camions to
patrol the streets.
No incidents were reported dur
ing the forenoon.
Host of Friends Pay
Tribute at Bier of
General Julian S. Carr
DURHAM, N. C., May 3.—Long
lines of sorrowing citizens passed th.
bier of the late General Julian S.
Carr this morning as those among
whom he had spent his lifetime and
for whom he had labored in everv
good cause sought to get a farewell
I glimpse of the face they knew so
; well. The body arrived last night
, from Chicago and the family was
■ left alone with its dead until today,
j This morning the doors were opened
that Durham might pay its tribute
■ of respect and sorrow.
. Hundreds of Durham citizens me’
; the funeral train, among them being
many Confederate veterans.
The funeral services will be held
tomorrow afternoon at the home and
' interment will be at Oakwood ceme
tery.
Stops Pyorrhea in Ten Days
Thousands Now Using New Success
ful Treatment at Home.
If you suffer from Pyorrhea, bleed
ing or ulcerated gums abscesses,
gum boils, loosening of the teeth
etc., send your name to the Martin
Chemical Co., Dept. 7f>2 Independ
ence, Mo., and they will send you a
full size dollar bottle of Pyrokur on
free trial- If it cures, you are to
send them sl. Otherwise your re
' port cancels the charge. You pay
nothing until you are satisfied.
This remarkable treatment is
meeting with wonderful success and
is relieving thousands cf people
Many who think they have loose or
aching teeth find that the trouble is
in the gums and after a few days
use of Pyrokur the pain disappears,
the teeth become more solid and
the foul breath is gone.
(Advertisement.)
ST. MATTHEWS —Women’s clubs
of county jjlan to plant flowers along
main highways. Miss Courtenay,
home demonstration agent, is leader
in movement.
COLUMBIA. Governor McLeod
received cross-section of old Wash
ington elm, which fell at Cambridge,
Mass., last October. Under this tree
George Washington took command
of American forces. Tree was 204
PLANS FOR SOUTHERN BAPTIST
GATHERING NEAR COMPLETION
Sixty-Ninth Annual Session
to Be Held May 14-19—In
terest Centers in Election
of New Officers
Editor of The Christian Index
BY LOLIE D. NEWTON
The 69th annual session of the
southern Baptist convention will be
held in Atlanta May 14-19. The ses
sions will be held in the city audi
torium with the woman’s auxiliary
holding its sessions in the Baptist
Tabernacle. ,
The convention will be called to
order promptly at 10 o’clock on the
morning of May 14 by Dr. Edgar
Young Mullins, president of the Bap
tist world alliance and also presi
dent of the Southern Baptist Theo
logical seminary. Dr. Mullins will
preside until the new officers are
elected. He has served for three
years, and, according to a custom
of the convention, will retire without
allowing his name to be considered
for re-election. He has already in
dicated that, he will follow the cus
tom of the three-year limit.
Dr. John D. Mell, of Athens, is
expected to be elected president of
the convention. It is believed that
Dr. George W. McDaniel, of Virginia,
also will be nominated. Still a third
man from the west may be placed
in nomination. Dr. Mell will receive
a very wide vote because of his long
standing reputation as a parliamen
tarian and also for his other out
standing qualities for leadership of
the convention at this time. Dr.
Mell has been president ■of the Geor
gia Baptist convention for 13 years.
His father, Dr. P. H. Mell, was pres
ident of the Southern Baptist con
vention for a number of years. Con
gressman W. D. Upshaw, of Georgia,
is one of the vice presidents of the
convention, and his term of office
ends with this session.
Before Dr. Mullins retires from.the
chair he will deliver the annual pres
idential address. His address Will
center about world conditions and
the challenge which they offer to
Christian people everywhere. Dr.
Mullins has lately made an extensive
study of mission fields, having trav
eled for eight months in Europe qnd
Asia. He is president of the Bap
tist world alliance which brings him
in constant touch with the Baptist
life of the entire world. The address
by Dr. Mullins is certain to be one
of the anticipated features of the
convention. Arrangement has been
made with The Atlanta Journal to
broadcast this and other outstand
ing addresses of the convention over
the well known WSB station.
Convention Sermon Wednesday
The convention sermon will be de
livered on Wednesday by Di. I’. R
'Gibson, of Kentucky, one of the
leading preachers of the south.
The convention will get down to
the heavy routine of business imme
diately following the election of of
ficers and will hold day and night
sessions throughout the six days.
Every night it. is planned to have
some’ outstanding man speak.
Among those who will be heard dur
ing the convention sessions will be
Dr. J. F. Love, secretary of the for
eign mission board; Dr. B. D. Gray,
secretary of the home mission board,
Dr. I. J. Van Ness, secretary of the
Sunday school- board; Dr. W. C.
James, secretary of the education
board; Dr. William Lunsford, secre
tary of the relief and annuity hoard:
Dr. L. R. Scarborough, director of
the 75 million campaign.
The three leading committee re
ports that will come before the con
vention will be the committee on
future campaigns, the committee on
the seminary building campaign and
the committee on redefining the
work of the several boards of the
convention.
It is expected that there will be at
least 6.000 registered delegates here
for the convention. Dr. W. H. Ma
jor, chairman of the committee on
homes, announces that he is in great
need of more homes in private resi
dences. He will be glad to receive
the names of all persons who can
place a spare room at the disposal
of the committee. It is especially
requested that all such persons will
give the price of the room, the ex
act location of the residence and
the conveniences available. Address
Dr. Major at the Capitol Avenue
Baptist church or call telephone
MAin 5376.
Committees Busy
Atlanta committees are busy ar
ranging the numerous details con
nected with the meeting. Mrs. W.
, H. Hartmhnn is chairman of the
] committee for the entertainment of
delegates to the W. M. U. which
meets jointly with the men. Work
i ing with Mrs. Hartmann are a num
; ber of the prominent Baptist wombn
lof the city. Mrs. Harry Etheridge
; is vice chairman and Mrs. J. W.
i Wills is chairman of publicity.
A number of important meetings
i have been called on Tuesday. May
; 13, the day preceding the conven
tion. The editors of the eighteen
Baptist papers of the south will
hold their annual meeting that day,
as will the field workers, the execu
tive committee of the convention,
and conservation commission.
Tuesday night will be filled with
pre-convention meetings. At the
I city auditorium will be the mass
1 meeting for laymen. The women
will be in session at the Baptist Tab
ernacle. The Southern Baptist Bible
I conference will be in session at the
i Central Baptist church and the Bap
' tist Research society will be in ses
sion at the Second Baptist church.
The Southern Baptist convention
has a most interesting history.
There have been 68 sessions held in
34 cities scattered over 15 states.
There have been 14 presidents and
2 4 recording secretaries. The con
vention has listened to 71 appointed
sermons.
Early Crops Good
BLAKELY, Ga.. May 3. —Farmers
of Early county have never had a
more auspicious beginning than that
of 1924. and crops are unusually good
for this period of cultivation. Cot
ton chopping is going on and there
s a large acreage planted this year.
Peanut*, corn and other crops are
; also beinz plan'od and ther* 3 is great
er diversification than ever before.
years old when it fell. Cross section
is presented state by city of Cam
bridge.
OSBORNE. Oldest person in
South Carolina, Mrs. Emmeline Jen
kins, dies here, at age of 118.
COLUMBIA.—State pension fund
of $750,000 is disbursed May 1.
GREENVILLE. —Contract for ren
ovating and enlarging library of
Greenville Woman’s college here is
COMPLICATED RACE
SEEK IF AL SMITH
WINS NOMINATION
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
WASHINGTON, May 3.—The cer
tainty that President Coolidge will
be nominated on the Republican tick
et has turned political discussion
here almost entirely to the Demo
cratic race, interest in which in the
last few days. has become intensi
fied through the activities of tjiose
favoring Governor Al Smith, of New
Y<pk.
The speech of Senator Willis,
Republican, of Ohio, challenging the
Democrats to nominate McAdoo and
warning them that the campaign
would turn on the fact that McAdoo
was Doheny’s lawyer, has furnished
a surprise Hitherto the Republi
cans have seemed; to want McAdoo
nominated because they thought he
was easiest to defeat. They did not
interogate him extensively when he
was before a senate investigating
committee as they hoped to do more
interrogating if he were the nominee.
The growing strength of McAdoo in
several states has been puzzling to
the professional politicians of both
parties who have assumed that he
was already eliminated because he
served as a corporation lawyer and
received large fees.
But nobody here is assuming that
the Democ’atic nomination is assur
ed to any candidate and the talk
from New York state about Gover
nor Al Smith has really stirred up
more comment here in the last few
days than anything else. The Smith
boom is frankly regarded as a se- j
rious one and no two people engaged
actively in politics here seemed to be
agreed about the direction tlie boom
will take.
Several Republicans are secretly
hoping the Democrats will not name
Al Smith because they appreciate
what a complicated campaign would
ensue. Party lines might be broken
by religious ties. A bitter struggle
would be bound to ensue with re
spect to the wet and dry issue. The
friends of President Coolidge hope
neither the religious nor the prohibi
tion issue will be raised. Both are
hard to meet. For example, in fight
ing a candidate like Governor Smith,
his opponents would have to lean
backward in proclaiming their lack
of religious prejudice. Even inside
the Democratic party that phase of
the contest is causing embarrassment
today.
Democrats who favor Al Smith are
saying they think the only real op
position is coming from those who
object to the fact that Al Smith is
a Catholic. They do not regard the
argument that he is a “wet” as be
ing the sole' reason for
Influenced as they are by an ad
miration for the New York gover
nor and his vote-getting strength in
the oast, they will not accept argu
ments about religion or prohibition
with much grace. Whatever the
outcome, there is bound to be a cer
tain amount of disaffection, all of
which is not displeasing to the Re
publicans.
Ln til recently the possibility of
nominating Al Smith was dismissed
as absurd. In the last few days the
readiness of prominent Protestants
and anti-Tamniany men like Frank
lin D. Roosevelt to take up the
cudgels for the New York governor
has made politicians realize they will
have on their hands at the Demo
cratic convention two big issues—re
ligion and prohibition.
Ku Klux Klan Issue
In any other year, a fight on re
ligious prejudices would be frankly
regarded by men of all faith as un
fortunate. But the persons who have
been the subject of criticism by
such organizations as the Ku Klux
Klan are aching for an opportunity
to strike back at their opponents
and they would like nothing better
than an open fight.
Some of the anti-Smith men who
are sympathetic with the effort of
Democrats to put through a platform
plank denouncing the Ku Klux Klan
think the most effective way to fight
that organization is not with a
Catholic, but with a Protestant. The
fight that Senator Underwood, of
Alabama, is making against the klan
is pointed to a= much more convinc
ing and effective strategy and one
more likely to win wide support than
a straight fight between men of the
particular creeds denounced by the
Kn Klux Klan.
The nomination of Al Smith may
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SPARTANBURG.—CIaude Patton,
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duties.
GAFFNEY. Monument from
grave of late D. . Cooper is found
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Southern League
Atlanta, 5; New Orleans, S.
Nashville, 3; Little Rock, 2.
Mobile, 8; Birmingham, 3.
Chattanooga, 8; Memphis, 15.
American League
Detroit, 5; St. Louis, 6.
Chicago. 7; Cleveland, 13.
Philadelphia, 2; Washington, 3.
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National League
St. Louis, 1; Chicago. 4.
Boston, 3; Brooklyn, 7.
Pittsburg 0-4; Cincinnati, 2-5.
Philadelphia. 3-3; New York. 13-12.
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Southern League »
New Orleans, 4; Atlanta, 3.
Nashville, 5; .Tattle Rock, 2. ,
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Mobile, 5; Birmingham, 3.
American League
Boston, 9; Philadelphia, 6.
St. Louis. 6; Detroit, 5.
New York, 5; Washington, 4.
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Pittsburg, (1: St. Louis, 5.
Boston. 2; New York, J.
Cincinnati, 7; Chicago, 3.
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Charlotte, 11; Macon, 7.
Asheville, 5; Augusta, 2.
Florida State League
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Lakeland.B; Bradentown, 4.
Tampa, 12; Daytona, H.
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Birmingham, 7; Mobile, 3.
Chattanooga. 4; Memphis, 5,
Nashville, 2; Little Rock, 5.
American League
Chicago, 3; Cleveland, 2.
Detroit, 1 ; St. Louis, 4.
Washington, fi; New York. 4.
Boston, 11; Philadelphia, 0.
National League
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Cincinnati, 4; Chicago, 3.
Philadelphia, 7; Brooklyn, 6.
New York, 7; Boston, 4.
Sally League
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Spartanburg, 3: Greenville, 17.
Augusta, 5: Asheville, 4.
Florida State League
Tampa, fi; Daytona, 5.
Lakeland, 1: Bi'adeiitown. 3.
St. Petersburg, 5; Orlando, 7.
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