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VOL. XXVI. NO. 96
MODERNISM UNDER
FIRE ftS ft MEIGE
TOCHRISTIINFftfTH
Strong Resolutions Uphold
ing Virginity Offered by
Kansas City Editor
The fundamentalist-modernist con
troversy was injected into the Thurs
day afternoon's session of the South- '
ern Baptist convention by E reso.u
tion introduced by Dr. R. K. Maiden,
of Kansas City, editor of the Word
and Way, a well known Baptist pub- ,
pication. This resolution called upon
Jpcation. This resolution, which was
Referred to the committee on reso
lutions, called upon the convention
to go on record as declaiming' its firm '
and unciualified acceptance of the
following principles:
Belief in the inspiration and full
authority of the Bible; the deity of
Christ; the virgin birth of Christ;
Hi® vicarious atonement; His bodily
resurrection; His ascension and inter
cession; His personal, bodily and vis
ible return; the infallibility of His
teachings.
The resolution follows:
“Whereas, in the name of modern
ism, the supernatural origin and con
tent of the Bible are being assailed
and its supreme authority in the
mora land spiritual realm • question
ed and denied, and the supernatural
element in our Christian religion
played down, and
"Whereas, the minds of many are
being poisoned and their faith in the
Bible as a Divine revelation under
mined, and
"Whereas, modernism, in its rela
tion to the Christian faith and as it
affects that faith is causing much
discussion, contention and discord,
"Resolved, that the Southern Bap
tist convention at this critical time
go on record before the world as af
firming full and steadfast beliefs in 1
the full inspiration, inerrancy and
paramount and permanent authority
of both th® Old Testament and the
New Testament Scriptures.
"By our full fir mand unqualified
acceptance of the Bible as the word
of f ’ vl, we are logically and unequiv
ocably committed to the belief in:
"(A) The Diety of Christ; that is,
that He is the Son of God and God
the Son.
“(B) In His miraculous or Virgin
birth.
"(C) In His vicarious and atoning
death.
“(D) In His bodily resurrection.
"(E) In His ascension and inter
cession.
Un His personal, bodily, visi
ble . 1 to the world.
"(G) In the infallibility of His
teaching
Denial Called Heresy
"Resolved, further, that we regard
these doctrines as vital and funda
mental. and any denial of them as
gross heresy and destructive of the
•Christian faith.
"Be it further resolved, that we
are utterly and unalterably opposed
to any improved theory, to any kind
of philosophy, to anything called
science that questions, discredits or
denies any of these fundamental doc
trines.
“Be it further resolved that we de
clare ourselves friends and advocates
of pure science, and pledge the nt- •
most of hospitality to at] the real
findings of true science.”
Memphis Wins Convention
During the afternoon the commit
tee on time and place, after hearing
‘ representatives from Birmingham.
Ala., and Memphis, Tenn., who pre
sented invitations to the convention
to meet in those cities in 1925, se
lected Memphis. While the action
of the committee is not final the j
convention always follows the rec
ommendations of its committee and
it. is recognied that Memphis will
get. the 1925 session.
The Laymens’ Missionary move
m.ent and the foreign mission boards
divided the time Thursday after
noupt, presenting reports for the
prfst year's activities and describing
the outlook. The laymen’s report
Was presented by Dr. J. T. Hender
son, of Knoxville, Tenn., secreta y
of the Laymen’s organization.
Laymen’s Work Told
Dr. 1’ nderson outlined activities
of the Laymen’s Missionary Move
ment of the Southern Baptist con
vention during the past year in seek
ing to enlist and develop more fully
all men of the local churches in vari
> . > ms <>.. service.
Hundreds of banquets, he said,
have been held for men throughout
the south at which the subjects of
'stewardship and the laymen’s obli
gation to the kingdom were dis
cussed. Stewardship conferences of
from two to five days were conduct
ed under the auspices of the lay
men's movement in various comma
nities, many of these conferences be
ing concluded with every member
canvassing in the interest of the
church budget. Dr. Henderson said.
» The general secretary also con
ducted a great conference with dea
cons, discussing the scriptural quali
fications and duties of this office.
Emphasis also has been given the
obligation of the churches to the
general boards of the denomination
and the necessity of making month
ly remittances to the support of the
work fostered by these boards, the
secretary stated.
In the hope of more fully inter
esting the men of the churches in
the study of missions, the lax men’s
’ movement is proposing to outline a
course of .study in stewardship.
* church finances and missions and
award a certificate with seals for
the completion of the books includ
ed in this course.
The organization of a larger num
ber of brotherhoods among the men
of the local churches also has been
encouraged during the year, and
these brotherhoods have done exten
* sion work in various places, in the
organization of new churches in neg
lected communities and development
of weak churches in surrounding ter
ritories, according to Dr. Henderson.
Dr. J. F. Love, corresponding sec
retary of the foreign mission board,
* presented the report of that body
and led the discussion which was
continued at the night session,
• Board Has 1.095 Churches
, On the 17 foreign fields in which
the foreign mission board of the
Southern Baptist convention is
operating, there are 1,095 churches
tinder the supervision of the board.
Dr. Love said.
These churches, it was reported.
(Continued on Page 3, Column 5)
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
WORLD NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF
NEW YORK. —Surrogate James A.
I Foley is chosen leader of Tammany
; hall to succeed his step-father-in-law,
the late Charles F. Murphy.
WASHINGTON. —Prcaiuent vetoes
; soldiers' bonus bill and house
I promptly agrees to vote Saturday on
passage of measure over his op
position.
EBE REACH, Germany.—Letters
and telegrams continue to arrive for
Grover C. Bergdoll, American draft
evader, who has been absent since
April 6.
MITCHELL FlELD.—Airplane in
which Major Frederick L. Martin
may resume his world flight is order
i ed shipped to New York from Lang
ley Field, Va.
SALT LAKE CITY. Governor
Charles R. Mabey, of Utah, signs a
proclamation officially opening west
entrance to Yellowstone National
park on June 19.
LONDON.—No modern dances are
permitted at state ball at Bucking
ham palace in honor of visit of King
Ferdinand and Queen Marie, of Ru
mania.
NEW YORK. —Miss Eleanor Mar
garet Green, granddaughter of Peter
Cooper, announces she will be mar
ried June 10 to Prince Viggo, of
Denmark.
SAN SALVADOR. —Movement to
merge Central American legations in
Washington into one with five secre
taries is started in Managua, dis
patches report.
NEW YORK.—Sam Gonotsky, 22-
year-old Brooklyn clerk, wins nation
al checker championshin by defeat of
Alfred Jord;'" ” Kansas City, Kan.,
former British titleholder.
NEW YORK.—United States mar
shals, acting on orders of federal
court, padlock nine of city’s best
known “white light’’ cabarets in at
tempt to dry up Broadway.
MARSEILLES, France. Prince
Regent Ras Taffari, of Abyssinia,
arrives for official visit to French
republic, first to be made by repre
sentative of his dynasty for 200
years.
WAS HINGTO N.—M a jority report
of senate investigating committee ex
onerates Senator Wheeler, Democrat,
Montana, of charges of accepting
fees in connection with oil claims
prosecution.
WASHINGTON. —Immigration bill
wfth Japanese exclusion provision
effective July 1 is finally passed by
congress when both senate and
house by heavy majorities adopt con
ference report.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.—Refusal of
Methodist church to participate in
any war will be recommended to gen
eral conference, now in session here,
standing committee on state of the
church voting, 76 to 37, in favor of
resolution.
mSEWPING JT
ALBANY IflOS TO
SWUNG AFFRAY
ALBANY, Ga., May 16.—As a re-I
suit of a fight growing out of a ;
horse whipping administered by a j
Salvation Army lassie to S. D. Rigs j
by. 65, the latter is in jail charged |
with shooting Joe Pate, 20-year-oid i
son of Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. Rate, late i
yesterday. Pate is in Phoebe Putney ’
Memorial hospital in a critical con- ;
dition with a btrlle 1 through the
lung.
According to a statement made by
Rigsby after his arrest, he had had j
tr iiible with Miss Eva Flannagan, |
of the local Salvation Army. She ac
cused him of making derogatory re- I
marks about her, which he denies,
and said she attacked him yester
day with a horse whip. Rigsby took
the whip from the girl, and made a
case against her in police court,
charging disorderly conduct. She
filed a similar charge against him.
Late last night Joe Pate appeared
at the new Rosenberg building,
where Rigsby was employed as night
watchman, and remonstrated with
him against having Mrs. Pate, tlis
young man’s mother, summoned as
a witness. Rigsby said he insisted
that Mrs. Pate be used as a witness
and Pate thereupon attacked him.
Tlie night watchman asserts that.
Pate bad choking him,
when he managed to get his revol
ver from his pocket and shot Pate.
$40,000 Fire Damage
In Mam Street Fire
In Tifton Thursday
TIFTON, Ga., May 15.—Fire of
unknown origin early today damaged
several Main street stores here to
an estimated extent of between S3O.
000 and $40,000.
Stores of Phillips Mercantile com
pany and Bridges Tailoring company
were gutted. Levy's Debartment
store and the Tift County Exchange,
adjoining, suffered heavy damage.
Several other smaller losses were sus
tained to buildings owned by Mrs
Perryman Moore. The losses are
partially covered by insurance.
Tenure of Methodist
Bishops Now 8 Years
SPRINGFIELD. Mass.. May 15
The limitation to eight years of the
bishops’ tenure in any one area resi
dence in this country, formerly in
| definite, was approved by the Meth
odist Episcopal general conference
here today. The change was regard
ed as radical, and opponents of the
measure said it would decrease the
effectiveness of Episcopal supervi
sion.
i The Weather |
Virginia: fair; warmer .n west por
i tion. /
' Georgia: Fair, warmer in interior.
Florida; Fair.
Extreme northwest Florida, Ala-
Iba ma, Mississippi: Probably fair.
Tennesst \ Kentucky: Generally
fair, warmer.
Louisiana: Generally fair.
Arkansas: Generally fair.
Oklahoma: Generally fair.
East Texas: Generally fair.
West Texas; Generally fair.
WASHINGTON. The senate
passes a bill making the office of ,
governor or Porto Rico elective in
1932. •
i WILKESBARRE.—A strike of
: between 10,000 and 12,000 miners in
i the Wyoming and Lackawanna val
■; leys is ordered. __
BOSTON. —Drugs valued at. $75,-
s I 000 are seized and six men and two
• I women arrested in a, raid on the
: | Italian steampship America. \ ;
! i HAVANA.—Precautionary nieas-
, ures taken during recent revolution
i ary outbreak in Santa Clara province!
i are rescinded by the government.
NEW YORK.—The board of gov
ernors o fthe New York Sto.k ex- !
change forbids its members to hold
or place election bets for customers. |
WASHINGTON. Senate passes I
Rogers’ bill for reorganization of ;
consular and diplomatic service, pre-
I viously passed by house.
TOKIO: Cyrus E. Woods, Amer
ican ambassador to Japan, in an ad
dress declares “the immigration bill
is not what you want and not what
I want.”
MEXICO ClTY’—General Jose
' Moran, Tampico district rebel leader,
; surrenders with 300 disorganized fol
lowers, a war department report
says.
i PARlS.—Premier Poincare in let-
ter to Prime Minister MacDonald ex
. presses belief that agreement be
tween allies on basis of Dawes’ plan
is feasible.
NEV.' YORK.—Surrogate James
Foley formally declines leadership of
'1 Tammy Hall, saying he is not in fit
physical condition to assume re
sponsibilities.
WASHINGTON.—An urgent de
ficiency appropriation bill carrying
$2,317,000, the bulk of it for federal
court expenses, is passed by the
house and sent to the senate.
, NEW YORK —Cultivation of in
international good will is only as- 1
’ surance of world peace, Secretary of ;
State Hughes declares at dinner of |
, National Institute of Social Sciences. |
LOS ANGELES: Edna Wallace j
Hopper, actress and exponent of the '
modern theory of rejuvenation, an-!
nounces she will be married to a'
former British army officer, whose i
name she withheld.
■
NEW YORK. Dr. Nicholas i
M .ry Butler, president of Columbia
I university, at dinner of National In
i dustrial Conference board, at New
■ York, assails government’s interfer
l ence in personal life of its people. i
CHICAGO: A girl student cast the :
only dissenting vote as 124 students i
’ and faculty members of Garret |
i Biblical institute, of Northwestern
university, voted approval of the
, action of the commitee on the state
; of the Methodist Episcopal church
I • that the church record itself Jis
refusing to take part in any war. |
FOLEY. HEALTH BftD.
REFUSES TO HEAD
TAMMANY FORCES
NEW YORK, May 15. —Surrogate
James A. Foley today declined to
take tlie leadership of Tammany hall, |
after having accepted it last night,
according to a formal statement is
sued late this afternoon by Daniel L.
Ryan, secretary of the organization.
Ryan said, the surrogate was ill in
bed, exhausted by the powerful ef
forts that had been made to have j
him accept ihe post left vacant by i
the death of his step-father-in-law, I
Charles F. Murphy.
The surrogate, in a letter to Tam- I
many's executive committee, said he ;
was not in a fit physical condition j
to undertake tlie responsibilities. His
physicians, Foley said, told him his j
health would break down in thirty '
days if he accepted the post.
Two Killed, Two Hurt
As Train in Alabama
Crashes Through Trestle
| GADSDEN, Ala., May 15.
■ Crashing through a bridge on Yel
' low creek, in Cherokee county, Ala.,
i Wednesday, an engine and box cars
| of a T., A. &G., freight train plunged
[ down fifty feet resulting in the
j death of two persons and injury of
two others.
Cellie Mosley, brakeman, of James
town, Ala.. and Amos Kendrick,
fireman, of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
were killed, Kendrick dying in a
Gadsden hospital. Tom Clark, brake
man. and John Price, engineer, both
of Chattanooga, were seriously in
jured.
The bridge and trestle approaches
had been damaged last week by fire,
and their collapse is believed, by
■ railroad officials, due to the fact
I that the pillars were weakened. The
| bridge was repaired following the
fire and traffic was resumed over it
i Monday.
Asked to Seek Missing
Heir, Los Angeles Police
Find Him on Their Force
LOS ANGELES. May 15.—Recei”
! ing a message inquiring as to the
whereabouts of Herbert R. Reynolds
described as beneficiary of a $500.-
000 estate in Philadelphia, police of
ficials here discovered the man
sought was a member of their force
-■-I called him off a beat he was
traveling in Hollywood.
Reynolds heard tlie news w.;
i enthusiasm, and declined to tell re
. porters how it feels to be rich. He
said the estate was that of his fa-
■ ther-inlaw, the late Mangus H
Edith Kelly Gould
Loses Suit for Half
Os Husband’s Estate
PARIS, .'lay 15—(By the Asso
elated Press.) —Edith Kells Gould
today lost the suit she brought in
the French courts to obtain half the
property in France owned by Frank
Jay Gould, her former husband
The court ruled that she had no
; right to a share in this property be
cause her marriage took : lace a
America, where the util*' of < ; I’ lre
property of husband and wife pie
vails.
NEW FARM BELIEF
PLftli IS COHERED
BY ADMINISTRATION
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Special Leased "he to Tlie Journal.) ;
(Copyright, 1921.)
WASHINGTON, May 16.—Presi
dent Coolidge and his cabinet are I
considering a new plan for agricul- '
tural relief, proposed by the Inter
national Farm Congress and sug
gested by W. I. Drummond, chair- I
man of its board of governors. It !
may prove a substitute for the Me- j
Nary-Haugen bill.
Although it is not politics for them j
to say so at this time, some of the
proponents of the McNary-Haugen
bill are ready to accept the new
plan. Informally, some members of
the administration have approved it.
For, briefly, it involves no exces
sive government appropriations, no
marketing machinery of a govern
mental kind, no interference by the
government in private business, no
requirement to merchandise any por
tion of farm products or any dis
turbance of existing channels of
trade.
But it does involve the use of the
principle of the protective tariff.
Here are the essential points in the
scheme:
“Whenever the president finds
there is a surplus for export of a
principal agricultural or livestock
product, together with a world price
basis of such a product so low as
to cause distress to American pro
ducers thereof by reason of the price
received for the exportable portion
controlling and depressing the do
mestic price, he shall declare an
emergency in respect to the product
concerned.
Equilization Fee
“Whenever an emergency has been
so declared, an export equalization
fee shall be paid upon such portion
of the product concerned as is ex
ported. Such fee shall be approxi
mately equivalent to the tariff up
on imports into the United States ■
of the product concerned, per unit
of such product, less a sufficient !
percentage to prevent excessive im- !
ports.
“An excise tax shall be levied upon i
all of the product concerned which
is sold during - the emergency period.
The excise tax shall be calculated to
produce an amount sufficient to pay
the export equalization fee as nearly
as may be estimated, together with
all expenses of operating the plan.
“An emergency export corporation
shall be created. Its directors shall
consist of the secretary of agricul
ture, the secretary of commerce, the
secretary of labor, the secretary of
the treasury and one other, appoint
ed by the president and confirmed by
the senate. The director so appoint
ed shall be chairman and managing
director. The corporation shall have
no capital stock. It shall be em
powered to levy and collect the ex
cise tax, pay the equalization fee and
conduct all other business in connec
tion therewith.”
In order to operate while getting
under way. the corporation would be
authorized to borrow not to exceed
$5,000,000. Also it would be empow
ered to borrow as against future tax
collections in case they did not ar
rive in sufficient volume at times to
meet administration expenses, but
the borrowing would be done in the
open market, certificates of indebt
edness being issued the same as in
any other business. They would bear
interest at current rates, and be pay
able on or before the close of the
emergency period.
Producer Would Pay
The excise tax would bo collected
either in the form of certificates or
the levying of stamp taxes on each
barrel or sack of flour, or they would
be attached to exporters' hills of lad
ing. In the case of animal products,
it has been suggested that they be
taxed at the packing plant. Regard
less of where it is paid, it would be
charged back to and be paid by the
} producer or grower.
An illustration worked out by Mr.
Drummond is as follows:
“Domestic price of wheat is based
on world price which is sl.lO. The
tariff is about 45 cents. The crop
is about 700,000,000 bushels above
seed requirements. The exportable
surplus is 100,000.000 bushels. Levy
■an excise tax of 6 cents per bushel
on 700,000.000 bushels, and it would
yield a revenue of $42,000,000. Then
an export equalization fee of 40
cents would be paid at the port of
export, amounting to about $40,000,-
I 000, leaving about $2,000,000 to cover
I expenses or to be rebated to those
i upon whom a tax had been levied.
| The result would be that the do
mestic price would be $1 less 6 cents
excise tax, plus 40 cents import fee,
or a total of $1.34 as the final price
of wheat. If desired, a higher or
! lower scale could be used. Illustra
tion: Pay an export fee of 60 cents
I a bushel. This would require an ex
cise tax of 5.6 cents and the result
I in a net income of 51-4 cents per
' bushel.”
The international farm congress
is one of the conservative farm bod
ies and is opposed to government en
try into private business or price
I fixing. The foregoing plan is held
to be neither, but a simple applica
tion of the method by which domes
tic prices are protected by the tar
iff in other commodities. If the Mc-
Nary-Haugen bill is beaten, as seems
I likely, this plan will be seized upon
; as a substitute, but it has the merit
I of involving no expense to the gov-
I eminent which may commend it to
! the administration. .
Jurors Disqualified
In Masonic Temple Case
ALBANY. Ga., May 15.—There
are so many Masons and relatives
of Masons in Albany and Dough
erty county that the city court oi
Albany, Wednesday, had a hard
time to get a jury to try a case in
which jurors of those classifications
were disqualified.
Edwards & Saywood. an Atlanta
j firm of architects, brought suit
! against the Albany Masonic Tem
ple corporation for $5,600 architect’s
j fees in connection with drawing
I plans for a proposed Masonic build-
I inc that the local Masonic bodies
attempted to build several years
ago.
When tlie suit was called in city
court Wednesday, it was held that
no Mason or relative of a Mason
who owns stock in the corporation
i could serve on the jury. The result
I was that a majority cf those drawn
for service at this term of court
were disqualified Judge Clayton
Jones drew additional jurors and
: instructed Sheriff O. F. Tarver to
i summons them in order that a jury
j might be obtained.
Atlanta, Ga., Saturday, May 17, 1924
INEWFARM RELIEF
I GILL PRESENTFO By
I CAROLINA SENATOR
' WASHINGTON, May 15.—A new
farm relief bill providing for the cre
ation of agricultural associations
with power to lend money on farm
i products, limit production and mar
ket commodities, was presented
Wednesday by Senator Smith, Demo-
I crat, South Carolina.
i The bill was drawn, its proponents
! said, with the idea of providing a
; compromise upon which the whole
i strength of the farm bloc in the sen
i ate could be centered.
Under the bill associations would
be organized to handle the principal
farm commodities, with one in par
ticular allotted to each association.
This arrangement is designed to sim
plify the proble mby overcoming
prejudices between producers of
various crops.
Loans limited to two years would
be made through the federal re
serve banks not to exceed 75 per
cent of the value of the commodity,
and the associations would be em
powered to limit production of any
crop produced by a farmer member
of the association. The products
would be sold either domestically or
to the export trade.
Each association would elect its
own directors and the expenses of
operation would be raised through a
commission charged from the mem
bers. The government would not
be required to make any appropria
tion and the bill’s supporters contend
the government’s loans, made at the
usual interest rates, would be fully
protected by collateral in the form
of farm products.
Delayed by Inclement
Weather, World Fliers
Awaiting Clearing Skies
I CORDOVA, Alaska, May 15. —(By
| the Associated Press.) —Delayed
\ Wednesday by inclement weather,
I three United States army aviators,
' headed by Lieutenant Lowell H.
1 Smith, at Attn island, the most
westren tip of the Aleutian islands,
were hoping they would be able to
hop off today for Paramashiru
island, in the Kurile group, on the
next jump of their world-encircling
trip. 1
The flight from the last American
possession, across the Bering sea,
to the first of the Japanese empire
islands is considered the most peril
ous leg of the entire 27,000 miles
aerial journey around the earth, as
the 878-mile stretch must be made
by dead reckoning and by use of
the compass.
Nearly all the storms that ap
proach the north shore and come
southward to the United States on
the Pacific coast have their origin
in this district, while head winds
are frequently strong and fog plen
tiful at this time of the year.
During the past week all of the
machines have been thoroughly over
hauled and inspected and everything
is in readiness for the word from I
Lieutenant Smith to leave.
POOR GASOLINE SUPPLY
DELAYS BRITISH AVIATOR
SHANGHAI, May 15.—Stuart I
MacLaren, British aviator attempt- [
ing to fly abound the world, wao [
unable to hop off today from Alla- !
habad. British India, on account of I
the presence of water in his petrol
supply, a message received from I
Allahabad reported. He arrived j
there Wednesday from Nasirabad
I and hopes to leave tomorrow for Cal
. I cutta
s>ll6^oooPayßoll
In Florida Taken
By Lone Robber
GAINESVILLE, Fla., May 16.—A
lone bandit Thursday entered the of-;
fice of the American Railway Ex-
1 press company at High Springs, near ■
’ here, and escaped with the payroll in- ;
’ tended for the Atlantic Coast Line
’ shipmen, estimated at between sl6,- j
’ 000 and $20,000. J. T. Pendleton, I
’ company agent, said the bandit drove i
1 away in a small touring car.
I i A young man about 30 years old,
i j unmasked, quietly entered the office,
• threw an automatic pistol into the
U agent’s face and, snatching the bag
■ | containing the payroll money, back
’ ed out of the building.
? ! According to witnesses, the tour
. ling car Vanished in the direction of
- | Newberry. Sheriff P. G. Ramsey
5 land a force of deputies gave chase.
. I The hold-up was timed just. 15 min
' lutes after arrival of the train bring-
| ing the money into High Springs.
- I Express company officials at both
s Gainesville and Jacksonville have
- Ibeen notified of the loss, and a squad ,
t [of detectives are en route to High!
• Springs to aid in pursuit of the |
bandit.
si Authorities expressed the belief
. Ifhat, although only one man appear
. ’ed in the robbery, there are accom-1
plices, and that the hold-up was well
I | planned.
J Cork Hat, Last Word
; For Well-Dressed Man,
[ Appears in New York
a NEW YORK, May 15.—Enter the
I cork hat.
It floats on water, defies rain, is
i lighter than straw and is the last
j word for the well-dressed man of the
' 1924 season
,■ ; "oday was straw hat day in New
s I York, but neither the c<srk nor other
-1 summer creations were much in evi
i ■ lence as the subways disgorged their
19 a. m. crowds.
i ! Prices as usual wefe around $6 ay
s I erage for ■ n ordinary sailor, with
Chile's and Corks running up to three
i figures.
t I The “corker” was the chief novel-
- I ty. a little lighter in shade than the
s I eld doughboy helmet and consider-
- ' ibly lighter in weight.
■' Cole Blease Announces
Candidacy for Senate
' : COLUMBIA. S. C.. May 15.—Cole
1 ; L. Biease, former governor of South
1 Carolina, announced last night his
t i candidacy for the Democratic nomi
t I nation for the United States senate,
t I subject to the action of the party
n j primary in August. His opponents
ii : are expected to he the incumbent,
o j Senator Dial, and Congressman
v ! Tames Byrnes, of the second South
| Carolina district.
Bonus Bill Is Denounced
By Coolidge in Veto Note
SATTERFIELD CALM
SS USE PLOT
LIFE 15 REFUSED
Branding the slaying of R. H.
Hart in a Whitehall street soda dis
pensary during Christmas week,
1921, as a “murder as atrocious as
was ever recorded in the history of
crime in Georgia,” Governor Walk
er declined Thursday to commute
the death sentence of J. B. Satter
field, a brother-in-law of the victim,
who thus loses his last chance to
escape hanging at the Fulton coun
ty tower on Friday. May 23.
“Human life is too cheap in Geor
gia,” Governor Walker declared, in
commenting on his decision. “The
fair name of our state has been
blackened by crime. There must be
a liii.it. The criminally-inclined must
be taught that punishment is certain
and that the taking of human life
in Georgia will be severely punished.
Such an atrocious murder as this
record disclosed should not and will
not be condoned by this administra
tion. 1, therefore, approve the recom
mendation of the prison commis
sion and decline to interfere with the
judgment of the court.”
batterfield’s nonchalance and his
persistent belief that something
would turn up to save him, did not
desert him when he was told of
Governor Walker’s action by a Jour
nal reporter.
“Well, I guess the governor did
his duty as he saw it,” Satterfield
said. “There has been a killing and
killings are against the law. It took
my attorney a long time to drill
that fa-ct into my head. I just
couldn’t see it that way. I have no
criticism whatever to make of the
governor nor of the jury.
“I have not given up hope yet,
and 1 will not. As long as there is
life there is hope,” ne said, smiling.
When seen by The Journal man
the condemned man 'was sitting on
his cot in his cell on the second floor
of the tower. He had just been
awakened by a jailer a few minutes
before. Satterfield explained that on
dark days like Thursday the only
thing he could do was to sleep. The
light, hp said, was insufficient for
reading purposes.
“I hope to be able to get another
trial,” Satterfield declared. “We just
recently unearthed some new evi
dence which I believe will entitle
me to a new trial. I am not able at
present to announce the nature of
this evidence, however, it will throw
an entirely new light on the matter.”
Case Reviewed at Length
In deciding the case. Governor
Walker issued a statement in which
lie reviewed the cause of the crime
and detailed the visit of Satterfield to
the Hart home on Trinity avenue,
near Whitehall street, from which
Hart -was chased by Satterfield at
the time of the killing. He also re
viewed the record in the case, and
gave at length his reasons for de
clining clemency.
Attorney Murphy M. Holloway,
representing the condemned man,
made a final effort to obtain clem
ency for his client by taking to
the governor’s office Thursday
morning William Satterfield and
Mrs. James Langford, of Norcross,
brother and sister of J. B. Satter
field. These two ' members of the
Satterfield family made a tearful
plea for the life of their brother
and Governor Walker assured them
that he was distressed to cause them
grief hut was sworn to uphold the
laws of Georgia and on that account,
could not grant their pleas.
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J* B. SATTERFIELD, who
lost his last chance for life
Thursday when Governor
Walker declined to commute
the death sentence imposed up
on Satterfield by the Fulton
superior court for the murder
of his brother-in-law, R. H.
Hart. Satterfield will be
hanged Friday, May 23.
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plfits ofW
ON LUMBER SALES
TOLD BT WITNESS
Books kept by Bernard Hampton,
of Brooklyn, N. Y., for Calvin L. Rob
inson, who testified Wednesday at
the trial of John L. Philips, ,f Geor
gia, and others, on charges of con
spiracy to defraud the government
i nsurplus lumber sales, that he paid
Philips $45,000 under a secret profit
sharing agree - -ent, were introduced
by Hie government Thursday.
Hampton explained to the court
various entries in the books. He
said a transaction between Philips
and Robinson for resale of ten mil-
It on feet of surplus lumber netted
-,y profit of $92,943.93. after deduc-
Hon feet of surplus lumber netted
which included SIO,OOO as personal
expenses of Robinson. The witness
said the records showed the amount
received in resale of the lumber was
in excess of the sum paid to the gov
ernment by Robinson.
Another Plant Closed
LAWRENCE, Mass., May 15.
The Everett mills, which closed yes
terday will not reopen until May
26. The shutdown is due to the un
satisfactory condition of the colored
cotton goods market, according to
Agent William Twiss.
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ACTION STIRS BIG
STORM IN HOUSE;
TOVOTESATURDAT
“We Owe No Bonus to
Ablebpdied Veterans,”
President Declares
WASHINGTON, May 15.—The sol
dier bonus bill was vetoed today by
President Coolidge.
On the heels of his disapproval of
the Bursum pension bill because he
felt it would be an undue strain on
the treasury, the president sent back
to the capitol for the same reason
the compensation measure, which
would give free life insurance pol
icies to World war veterans.
Advocates of the bill immediately
announced that an attempt would
be made to pass It over the veto. On
its original passage it received mor®
than the necessary two-thirds vote
in both senate and house.
The house decided to vote Satur
day on passage of the bonus bill
over the president’s veto after warm
debate in which an immediate vote
was demanded. Action was post
poned until Saturday by a vote of
i<9 to*l7l.
Estimate of Cost
The president in his veto message
estimated that payment of the bonus
would commit the nation to an av
erage annual expenditure of $114,000,-
000 for the next twenty years.
At the end of the 20-year period,
he said, the government would be
faced with the necessity of selling
$2,500,000,000 in bonds, a. major- fi
.nancial undertaking, which he ar
gued might jeopardize the value of
federal securities then outstanding.
He added that regardless of party
affiliations, the public is clamoring
for tax relief, and that tire govern
ment has no money to bestow on
any particular class.
“We must either abandon our
theory of patriotism,” Mr. Coolidg®
said, “or abandon this bill, xx x
We owe no bonus t othe able bodied
soldiers of the world war.”
“Patriotism is one of tlie highest
and finest of human virtues,” the
president continued, “and it can
not be bought or sold. To offer
money for it destroys it.”
Lower Taxes Belter
Veterans would be better off, he
said, if relieved of the high taxes
which the bonus legislation would
make necessary. Tax reduction, he
mentioned in particular, would be a
groat help to agricultural interests.
The executive declared that
“America as a whole does not want
the bill.”
“There Is no justification for it,”
he said.
The tide of enthusiasm for the
bill ran so high after the veto mes
sage had been received that there
were insistent demands for an im
mediate vote. Republican Leader
Longworth tried in vain to get an '
agreement to delay the roil call un
til next week.
In objecting to the proposal of
Mr. Longworth, Representative Ran-
I kin, demoprat, Mississippi declared
the message of the president “an in
suit” to the veterans of the war.
Second Bonus Veto
It was the second time in twenty
months that a bonus bill had been
returned to congress by the Whit®
House without presidential sanction.
, Late in 1922 President Harding ve
’ toed a bill to give an optional bonus
i to former service men. It was pass
ed over the veto by the house, but
failed of ropassage in the senate.
By his action today Mr. Coolidge
not only re-emphasized the policy of
governmental economy he had out
lined in vetoing the Bursum bill, but
carried forward a tenet of political
faitli announced in his first message
to congress last fall>._ In that mes
sage he devoted exactly nine words
to the bonus issue: “I do not favor
the granting of a bonus.”
The veto message today enlarged
upon this policy at length, quoting
the treasury figures on the probable
cost of the measure and citing the
fact that no provision is made in the
bill for raising the additional reve
nue to meet these expenditures. De
spite his previous firm conviction on
the subject, the president had studied’"' 1
the measure carefully, had sought
advice not only from the treasury
but from the Veterans’ bureau, and
had waited to act until the last day
but one allowed him un’er hte law.
Enactment of the th®
president continued, would mean
abandonment of “one of our'most
cherished American ideals,” in that
it would sanction an attempt “to
make a money payment our of th®
earnings of the people to those who
are physically well anj financially
able.”
“Our country cannot afford It,”
the president said. "The veterans as
a whole do not want it. All our
American principles are opposed to
it. There is no moral justification
for it.
Former Atlantian, Who
Died Trying to Save
4 in France, Is Buried
RICHMOND, Va., May 15.—Fu
’ neral services were held here Tues
i day at noon for Mr. Robert G. Blan
! ton, formerly of Atlanta, who was
drowned April 26 at Brunnoy,
! Seine-et, Oiss, France, while trying
' to save the lives of four young boys
I whose canoe overturned in a rapid
I stream.
Three of the four boys whom Mr.
Blanton tried to save were rescued.
1 The fourth shared Mr. Blanton’s
i fate.
The body arrived at New York
Saturday aboard the steamer Paris,
and reached Richmond Sunday.
Mr. Blanton, whose sister, Miss
Claire Blanton, is a student at St.
Mary’s, Raleigh, N. C., was taking
a course in advanced French litera
ture at the Sorbonne at the time
of his death. He formerly was a pro
fessor at William and Mary college.