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I NEWS OF THE SOUTHLAND TOLD IN SNAPPY PARAGRAPHS
ALABAMA
PHOENIX ClTY.—Charge of mur
der is placed against Clarence Phil
lips, 18, who ran automobile over
Mrs. ’Cornelia Crouch, well-known
woman, resulting in her death.
BIRMINGHAM.— Henry S. Hill,
chief deputy sheriff, returns from
Portland, Ore., with Oliver S. Came
ron who will face trial here for as
sault with intent to murder com
mitted 22 years ago.
CAMP McCLELLAN. General
Hugh A. Drum, deputy chief of staff
of war department, is thirteenth gen
eral in United States army to ride
Snooks, noted Sixth cavalry horse,
while on tour of inspection here.
TROY.Although offered month
vacation by board of stewards. Rex,
S. U. Turnipsee, pastor of Metho
dist church, declines, saying services
are needed here.
OPELIKA.— It is expected that
fresh peaches grown in Lee county
will be displayed at Southern expo
sition in New York next Januai'y.
MONTGOMERY. Receipts from
state gasoline tax for dune total
$141,036.82, it is just announced by
state tax commissioner.
MONTGOMERY. lncrease in
membership of Alabama Farm Bu
reau Federation from 17.000 to 22,600
In past year is shown in annual re-
SOUTHERN DEM
OM YORK IM
BY COTTON REPORT
WASHINGTON, Aug. S.—The
federal trade commission, in a re
port made public Monday, on the
cotton trade in response to senate
resolutions, recommended that some
form of southern delivery on New
York contracts be adopted, that cot
ton contracts be confined to three
grades, that consideration be given
to a* reduction in the size of the
contract delivery of 100 bales, and
that cotton puts and calls be abol
ished by a prohibitive tax.
Thd commission contended that
the three-contiguous-grade contract
should not be adopted unless south
ern delivery also was adopted. The
report declared such a contract
would prove a valuable adjunct of
southern deliveries by offsetting in
part the decreased value of the con
tract arising from the additional op
tion given to the seller of contracts
es to place of delivery.
It would further counteract the
depressing effect on future prices
of deliveries of varying grades on
~ach contract, which tends to be em
phasized by the number of deliveiy
fbints, the report held. This form
Os contract also would make it more
practicable for the smaller mer
chant to take delivery of cotton of
future contracts, thus reducing the
tendency to run from delivery no
tices, the report added.
Another valuable feature ot the
three-contiguous-grade contract, the
report said, would be the increased
serviceability of the future market
for hedging by improving through
the increased merchantability of the
delivery the relationship of spots
end futures.
The commission recommended
that only a few southern delivery
points be selected and that they
be confined to the Atlantic and .gu,lf
ports; that the delivery, inspection
and certification of cotton at south
ern ports be under rigid government
supervision and that deliveries be
only from warehouses licensed un
der the federal warehouse act, and
that the tender of cotton on futures
at New York be no longer permit
ted.
A reduction in the size of the de
livery would make the contract
more merchantable and at the same
time would permit closer hedging,
the report said. The commission
pointed out that cotton puts and
calls are prohibited by the rules of
both cotton exchanges, those at New'
Orleans a I New York, and should
be elimii<a L ed by a prohibitive tax,
like that now in force for grain puts
and calls.
To establish accurate spot quota
tions, the commission recommended
that uniform procedure be adopted
for determining quotations and dif
ferences; that all pertinent price in
formation be reported for every spot
sale and he made the basis for spot
quotations and that this informa
tlon he verified bv a committee of
competent classers, preferably not
engaged in the trade. In view of
the disparity in volume of sales
among the several markets, the
commission suggested consideration
of the feasibility of taking tt weight
ed average ’of their differences in
stead of a simple average for use .n
the settlement of the future con
tract.
The commission advised agains,
abolishing the New York futures
market on the grounds that New
York has important advantages
over any other city and is the finan
cial and trading center of the world.
Beaten by Women
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug. 6. —
Mrs. Frances D. W. Edwards re
ceived treatment at a hospital here
today for injuries received, police
said she reported at headquarters,
when two unidentified women of
fered her a ride in their automobile
and then took her outside the city,
forced her to leave the car, re
moved most of her clothing and
beat her with a whip and club.
Aspirin
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Unless you see the “Bayer Cross” on tablets you are
not getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved sate
by millions and prescribed by physicians for 24 years.
/V* > Accept only “Bayer” package
zV which contains proven directions.
> S Haudv “Bayer” boxes ot 12 tablets
/ Al*o bottle* of 24 and 100—Druggists.
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THE ATLANTA TRI* WEEKLY JOURNAL
1 port of Edward A. O'Neal, president, ;
HUNTSVILLE. —Lincoln Cotton ?
Mill resumes operation after being I
closed two weeks fur installation of i
new electrical machinery to include
new 30,000-spindle mill.
MONTGOMERY.—Greatest need j
of Alabama farm women is some ■
kind of water works system at their I
i home to prevent carrying water, ac- :
cording io Miss Helen Johnson, dis
trict farm agent.
DECATUR.—CoIoneI 1,. A. Dean I
of Rome, Ga . wil lattempt to raise j
I funds to build traffic bridge across
! Tennessee River here tor Bee Line
•highway.
ATHENS. —Early corn throughout I
Limestone county is considerably I
j damaged by continued dVy weather.
I MONTGOMERY”— Montgomery I
Cotton Exchange receives first new
| bale of cotton. It was shipped from
Graceland, Fla., by J- H. Kirkland.
| and brings 37 1-2 cents,
t MONTGOMERY.—There is no defi
nite determination ot cause of an
thrax in Morgan county as reported)
from Albany, according to state i
health department.
BESSEMER.—Two large electric |
fans in Baraca rooms of First Bap i
fist church are stolen by unknown;
) thieves. i
i JASPER.—Mrs. E. R. Mattinglv
GERMANY IS GM
24H0URST0REPLY
TO ALLIES' TERMS
LOND< Aug. 5. —Premier Mac-
Donald, presiding at a plenary ses
sion of the interallied conference at
noon today, formally handed to the;
German delegation the protocol em- (
bodying the program of the confer- i
ce for putting the Dawes repara- j
tion report into effect.
He asked the Germans to study
ti e .eport and 1” " to express
their opinions Wednesday.
The premier said he wanted to
bring the conference to an end by
Friday night.
The session, which- was held at
the premier's official residence in
Downing street, lasted but thirty,
minutes and was opened by a wel
coming address delivered by Mr.
Mac Don a ft-
The German delegates, headed by
Chancellor Marx, Foreign Minister.
Stresemann and Finance Minister
Luther, arrived in London at 8:30
a. m., fully prepared for the meet
ing
Germans Conciliatory
Replying to Mi. MacDcnal.l’s wel.
come, Chancellor Marx sai.l the Ger
man government had a iceptcd the
Dawes plan, and was putting
through the necessary legislation to I
make it effective.
The German representatives, he
said, hoped to maintain the friendly
spirit of the original experts and
hoped the allies would do the same
The meeting was strictly formal,
held in an atmosphere of restrained
cordiality. Chancellor Marx and his
colleagues were seated at the foot
of the horseshoe table, with Prime
Minister MacDonald at its head, the
French delegation to his right, and
Frank B. Kellog, the American am
bassador, and James A.. Logan,
American representative with the
reparation commission, at the left.
The Americans did not participate
actively in the proceedings.
that the Berlin delegates will ob-
T to certain features of the report
is foregone, but, according to a high
American authority, there are but
two points to which they can tec''id
eally do so. One of these is the pro
vision for extension of deliveries in
kind of coke, dyes and coal beyond
the Versailles treaty date of 1930,
and the other is the agreement on
arbitration of the question whether
financial maneuvers are taking place
in Germany to defeat the Dawes
plan.
A large and curious crowd as
sembled at the Liverpool street
station to catch a glimpse of Chan
cellor Marx. Foreign Minister Strese
mann and Finance Minister Luther.
The delegates were greeted by
representatives of the British for
eign office and were whisked off
immediately in taxicabs to the Ritz,
where they will be guests of the
British government.
Germans Get Documents
The Germans received many docu
ments when they crossed into Hol
land and the three chief delegates
were in conference with Ambassador
Sthamer on the way to London, fa
miliarizing themselves with the ac
tion of the conference committees
preparatory to the plenary session
this afternoon.
The diplomatic correspondent of
the Daily Telegraph this morning re
marks that many British bankers
still will hesitate to underwrite their
quota ot the German loan on the
strength of Saturday's protocols.
Upon their arrival the German
delegates, through their spokesman,
Herr Spiecker, said they wished to
) assist in finding the best method of
: putting the Dawes report into effect
I without alteration and in the spirit
• of its author, and that they would
j contribute their part to its loyal ful-
I fillment.
announces for mayor of Jasper. She
is said to be only woman in Alabama
to seek similar office.
BAY MINETTE. —Bald .’.in county
has large sweet potato crop this sea
son. They are bringing about $2.50
per bushel.
MOBILE. Twenty-sixth annual
session Baptist Young People's I Il
ion of Alabama, colored, is held here.
Membership of represented.
SOUTH CAROLINA
OLIN T() N.—T hornwe 11 orphan age,
here, is in receipt of gilt of $50,000,
f/om Airs. Nettie Fowler McCor
mick, bringing her gifts to institu
tion up to $200,000.
ANDERSON. Wheat yield be
lieved to be record is made by J.
J. Smith, of Starr, Anderson coun
ty, who nets 163 bushels on one field
of’four acres and 180 bushels on an
other field of five acres, making 343
bushels for nine acres.
SPARTANBURG. Spartanburg
county's first peaches are shipped
to markets, 450 crates grown on 600-
acre orchard planted three years
ago.
ORANGEBU RG. c and id ates
numbering 127 run for county of
fices, with county highway, sheriff
and senate races attracting greatest
interest.
BASILBALL
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Clubs. Won. Lost. Pct.
Memphis 71 37 .667
Atlanta (13 41 .588
New Orleans (14 50 .562
Nashville HO 51 .511
Mobile 51 57 .488
Chattanooga 18 64 .420
Birmingham 44 64 .407
Little Rock 37 77 .325
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Clubs. Won. Lost. Pet.
New York 65 36 . *it,
Pittsburg sft 42 .571
Chicago 56 45 • >■’> I
Brooklyn 53 40 .520
Cincinnati 54 51 .5.4
St. Lottis 43 58 .423
Philadelphia 40 51) tot
Boston 37 61 ”66
AMERIC AN ~LEAG UE
Clubs. Won. Lost. Pet.
New York 60 45 .571
Detroit 57 46 .553
Washington 57 48 .543
St. Louis ...) 51 48 .520
Chicago 50 53 .485
Cleveland 40 55 .471
Boston 44 58 431
Philadelphia 43 61 .413
SALLY~LEAGUE
Clubs Won. Lost. Pct.
Augusta (10 31 .638
Charlotte 58 40 .502
Greenville 50 15 .526
Asheville 48 50 t'h)
Spartanburg 44 50 .4(18
Mac-on 27 68 .284
MONDAY'S GAMES
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Atlanta, 8; Little Hock. 6.
Mi'tile, 2: Chattanooga. S.
New Orleans, 0; Memphis, 10.
Birmingham, 3; Nashville, 8.
americanTeague .
Heston, 5; Cleveland, 14.
New York, 0; Detroit, 8 (eleven innings).
Washington, 1; St. Louis. 5.
Philadelphia-Chicago, postponed, rain.
NATIONAL - LEAGUE
St. Louis. 4; Boston. 1.
Cincinnati, 6; Philadelphia. 3.
Chicago, 1-5; New York. 5-2.
Pittsburg, 5; Brooklyn. 8.
SALLY~LEAGUE
Macon. 6; Spartanburg, J.
Asheville, 11; Charlotte, 4.
Augusta. 8; Greenville, 4.
florida’state league
Clearwater, 3; Bradenton ti. 2.
St. Petersburg. 2; Tampa, 0.
Lakeland-Orlando, rain.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE
Portsmouth, 7; ttielimomt, 1.
Rocky Mount. 6: Petersburg, 5.
W ilson, 6; Norfolk. 7.
TUESDA Y S~GA M E S
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Atlanta. 'J; Little Rock. o.
New Orleans, 0; Memphis, 3.
Only two games played.
americaiFleague
Si. Louis, 2-1; Washington. 0-2.
Chicago, 5-6; Philadelphia, 2-3.
Cleveland. 1; Boston, 0.
Detroit, 2; New York. ».
NATIONAL - LEAGUE
Chicago, 1; New York. 2 (ten innings).
Pittsburg, S; Brooklyn, 1.
Cincinnati, -1; Philadelphia, 3 (eleven in
nings).
St. Louis, 8; Boston, 4.
S ALLY~LE AGUE
Greenville, 17-3; Augusta. 5-4.
Charlotte, 10; Asheville. 2.
Spartanburg, 1; Mrteoii. 2.
FLORIDA "STATE LEAGUE
Lakeland, 3; Orlando. 5.
Lakeland, 7; Orlando, 0 (second game
seven innings).
Clearwater. 2; Bradentown, 3.
St. Petersburg. 3; Tampa, 2. ■>
VIR GINI A~LE A G U E
Porthmonth, 12: Richmond, 7.
Wilson, 2; Norfolk, 1.
Rocky Mount, 4; Petersburg. 3 (first, game
17 innings, second game called on account
of lateness of first).
Longest Tram Known
In American History
Moves Arkansas Oil
ALEXANDRIA, La., Aug. 5.
What is believed to have been a
record for the longest train in the
history of American railroading was
trade last week by the Missouri Pa
cific into Alexandria in connection
with the present enormous move
ment of crude oil from the Arkan
sas fields through this city to the
Standard Oil refinery at Baton
Rouge and to Avondale and Sabine
Pass for export, it was disclosed to
day by railroad officials. The single
train was in eight sections of 50
cars each, exceeding by 100 cars the
record-breaking wheat train out of
Newton. Kan., last week. The wheat
train itself, if handled as one unit,
would have been two miles in length.
Two Women Injured
As Auto Hits Buggy;
Five Men Are Jailed
DAHLONEGA, Ga., Aug. -I—Mrs.
T. W. Stringer and her daughter.
Miss Mamie Stringer, were hurt
when an automobile ran into the bug
gy in which they were riding on th»
Daklonega-Gainesvill» highway Sun
day night. Both Mrs. Stringer's
arms were broken.
Arthur Stringer. Hall •county war
den and son of Mrs. Stringer, swore
out warrants for five men in con
; nection with the crash, and Jim
White, Anderson Edge. John Mil
i wood. George Hix and Thomas Hix
| are in jail here ns a result.
Dr. Henrv L. Smith
Improving, Says Wife;
Reports Are Conflicting
BALTIMORE. Md.. Aug. 5. Dr.
1 Henry Louis Smith, president of
j Washington and ' ee university, who
has been a patint at Johns Hopkins
;hospital here since last Sunday, was
.•eported todaj to be Improving. Dr.
Smith's wife, who is in attendance
i upon him. said that from the as
isurances she hud received from the
|! '’.vstcians that le w>« making sat-
pr< :res«. He was better
th-r» j 'terJ-., Mn. Smith
COLUMBIA —South Carolina leads
nation in storm disasters for first
half of year, acording to statement
issued by Red Cross disaster relief
office here.
UNION". —Lorena McKinney, age 2,
is instantly killed when gun, in
hands of Eleazer Hudgens, boy of 8,
accidentally discharges. Children at
play got hold of gun in some way
and Hudgens ltd made attempt to
put it out of their reach, when it
discharged.
ROCK HILL.—-Dr. D. R. Johnson,
president of Winthrop college, an
nounces he Fas received applications
from 2.200 girls wanting to enter col
lege, but has room to admit only
1,500.
COLUMBIA. State hosiptal for
insane, here, is crowded, states Dr.
C. Fred VVjlliams, with 2,528 patients.
Many patients are turned away.
LAURENS. U. S. Senator Dial
extends invitation to General Per
shing to attend Thirtieth division re
union in Charleston, August 12.
COLUMBIA. lf second case
against former Governor Wilson G.
Harvey, of Greenville, charging him
with violation of state banking laws
in connection with Enterprise Bank
of Charleston, of which he was presi
dent, is pushed, change of venue
COOLIDGE POLITIC
WEHCES BE
CiPITOL GOESSMG
BY ROBERT T. SMALT.
(Special Leased Wire to The Journal—Copy
right. 1024.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.—Wash
ington is wondering if new political
influences are coming into the life
of President Coolidge. The long
visit of Charles B. Warren, former
ambassador to Mexico, made at the
White House, admittedly has not
been related wholly to Mexican af
fairs.
Then, too, Colonel George Harvey
has been consulted recently, coming
to Washington from his summer
home in Deal, N. J., for the purpose.
‘ Colonel Harvey was the great sup
porter and confidant of President
) Harding. In fact, he is one of thos?
I who claimed to have made Mr. Har
ding presiilent. Colonel Harvey has
not been taking a prominent part in
Republican affairs since tlie death of
the late president. He did not
“make” any of the candidates this
year, not Mr. Coolidge, nor Mr. Da
vis, nor even Senator La Follette
But apparently he is coming to the
fore again and is definitely lined up
under the Coolidge banner. In any
event he seems to have been con
suited by the president on the sub
ject of the latter's speech of accept
i mice.
It is not generally tealized, bur
Mr. Coolidge’s acceptance speech
will be his first political speech in
something like four years. Although
he has held public offices of various
sorts for going on 22 years, Mr
Coolidge is not regarded as being
“political minded.” in particular he
avoids controversy as a rule, con
tenting himself with making certain
definite statements which he holds
to be fundamental and incontro
vertible.
Mr. Coolidge’s essay into public
discussion is being watched with
the same interest that attaches to |
the earlier debut of his principal op
ponent for the presidency, John W.
Davis. Mr. Coolidge came into the
White House without any direct
political action on his part. His
various speeches as vice president
did not attract nation-wide atten
! tion, so Mr. Coolidge's qualities as
an active campaigner or candidate
for the highest office in the land
•remain to be demonstrated.
The position Mr. Warren is to
have m the political cabinet is still
a bit doubtful. Mr. Warren was a
close friend of the late President
Harding and offered his services to
him both before and after the elec
tion. It has been said that Mr. War
i ten might act as liaison officer, or
j go-between for the “old guard” with
j National Chairman Butler. But it
[ appears now that a great deal if
’ not most of the friction which de
' veloped between the old timers in
, the G. O. P. and the new chairman
; of the national committee from Bos
i ton, has been ironed out and the
i need of a diplomatic intermediary
I may no longer be considered neces
!sary.
Mr. Warren is extremely popular
with the older members, of the na
tional committee, having served for
a long time on that body himself.
He is thoroughly representative of
the “old guard” and its "never sur
render” ideas, but he also has kept
step with the times and is generally
acceptable to the progressives who
i have remained loyal to the party.
! While Mr. Warren will in no sense
I supplant Chairman Butler as chief
j political adviser to the president, he
' had that wide political experience
' ix hich some of the president's inti
j mates lack and his knowledge of
men and affairs in general is sure
I to be used by the president to the
i fullest advantage.
I It will be recalled that Mr. War
ren traveled all the way from Mex
ico City to Cleveland to act as chair
man of the resolutions committee
of the Republican national commit
! tee. He did this at the personal
i request of President Coolidge.
i Mr. Warren's present high status
|at the White House and in Repub
; lican political counsels is attribut
.ed largely to James B. Reynolds.
I now of this city but formerly of
Boston. Mr. Reynolds at one time
; was secretary of the national com
i mittee. He is now the vice presi
| dent of a national bank in this city
j and the chief executive is one of
I his depositors. Organized labor gen
l erally is credited with owning a
' large block of stock in this bank —
jan interesting situation in view of
! :he efforts of the American Federa-
I tion of Labor to swing labor into
Hine for LaFollette and Wheeler.
Mr. Reynolds in Massachusetts
; was a close personal associate of
Calvin Coolidge anj led the forces
at the Chicago convention in 1920
which tried to get the nomination
for Mr. Coolidge at that time. Mr.
Reynolds is said to have recom
mended Mr. Warren as chairman of
, the resolutions committee and to
, have brought him into closer con
tact with the p esident. Mr. Rey-
I nolds also has agreed to take charge
iof the Washington headquarters of
■ the Republican National comm?
I tee.
M- r- h > S ■ t-. tarv S'- mp.
from Allendale to some other county
will be asked, Attorney General
Ayolfe, associated with prosecution,
announces.
CHARLESTON. Louis Kornah
rens, sixteen, is bitten by shark,
while bathing in surf at Folly Beach.
He is rushed to hospital ami several
stitches are found necessary.
NORTH.—Town of North, with
population of less than J ,000, sells
bonds to finance waterworks system,
and sets August 12 as date for let
tnig contract.
GREENWOOD. John Smith,
alias Albert Williams, alias Floyd
A. Baker, is bound over to federal
court on charge of using mails to
defraud. He posed as lust son of
L. A. Baker, of Chardon, Kansas,
who advertised over radio for loca
tion of Floyd A. Baker. He wrote
to L. A. J. Baker for funds.
COLUMBIA. State department
of agriculture co-operates with U.
S. department of chemistry in state
wide inspection of olives, with view
to eradicating those that might-be
infected with ootulinus germs.
COLUMBIA.. State convention
! of deaf and state convention of blind
; meet here at same time, each with
I about. 100 delegates present. Deaf
i vote to meet next year at Cedar
i Springs institute, near Spartanburg.
OEMM DE SOVIET
THWTS ERISD
HOPE FOR TREATY
BV HAT. O FLAHEBTY
I (Special CulHe to The Atlanta Journal and
Chicago Daily News.)
LONDON, Aug. 5. —Premier Mac-
Donalds pet scheme for re-establish
ing full relations with Russia failed
j today when a conference with the
soviet representatives broke up with
) out reaching a final agreement. It
is a grave disappointment to Great
; Britain's first labor government, to
! a certain degree, that the new trea
) ties with the soviets cannot be sign
ied here. But, on the other hand,
i the government has the satisfaction
; of having made a great effort which
i was thwarted only by the soviet dele-
I gution.
MacDonald’s first move of foreign
policy after he became premier was
to call this ill-fated conference with
soviet Russia. When the bolsheviks
reached London April 9, they immedi
ately made known the desire of their
government for a loan of about
fifty million pounds which they ask
ed the British government to guar
antee. All their concessions in the
form of compensation for private
! loss through complications in Rus
j sia and other losses suffered by Brit
i ishers were made contingent on this
j loan.
Naturally Premier MacDonald
; could not make his government re
{ sponsible for such a loan, nor could
J he offer any other inducement to the
; bolsheviks except those which would
; be given in return for a civilized con
| duct of Russian affairs. Four months
passed with occasional meetings of
j the Anglo-Russian conference at
which the bolsheviks displayed in
j numerable maps, diagrams and
■ charts involving arguments all hing
ing on the loan. They wanted money,
nothing else.
Great Britain offered an excep
tionally favorable trade agreement,
xvhich, had it been signed, would
have allowed the bolsheviks to claim
the sum of ten millions pounds ly
ing to the credit of the Romanoff
government in the Bank of Eng
land. This now goes by the board
along with the other treaties. No
surprise is expressed here over the
j result, as it was a foregone con
i elusion.
(Copyright, 1924, by the Chicago
Daily News Company.)
Hartwell High Team
Wins Stock Judging
Contest in Athens
ATHENS, Ga., Aug. 6.—The live
stock team of Hartwell won the judg-.
ing contest of dairy cattle, which
was held Monday at the Georgia
State College of Agriculture here.
The contest was held in connection
with the program of vocational
week, now going on at thp college.
The purpose of the contest was to
choose a team to represent Georgia
at the national dairy show to be
held in Milwaukee the last of Sep
tember.
The winning team was composed
of Julian Burns, O. C. Reynolds and
S. A. Leard. This is the first team
to represent Georgia at the national
dairy show, although there has been
a team at the international live stock
show in Chicago for the past few
years to judge fat cattle. They will
compete with teams from other
states and the winners will be the
national champions.
Following is a list of the teams
competing in the contest:
First place Hartwell High, with
1,550 points.
Second place. Fifth A. & M. school,
with 1.531 points.
Third place, Winterville High,
with 1461 points.
Fourth pace. Tenth A. &. M.. with
1,449 points.
The judges in the contest were
Frank Fitch, JuI P Liddell and L. S.
Marlett, all of the college of agri
culture.
‘Comeback’ for Georgia
i In Live Stock Raising
Urged at Athens Meet
ATHENS, Ga., Aug. 6.—An effort
will be made to bring about a “come
back” in live stock raising in Geor
gia by stimulating hog production,
according to plans announced by
the vocational agriculture teach
ers' meeting, being held at the Geor
gia State College of Agriculture
here.
The association has appointed n.
I committee to .work out plans fcr
i co-operating with the Georgia Swine
! Growers' association and the South-
I eastern fair.
Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president of
I the institution, addressed the con
ference at its afternoon session Mon
day. cautioned against what he
termed the tendency of the farmer
at present to leave everything else
for cotton production. H- pointed
out the danger of overemphasizing
cotton growing, citing the western
situation where, h* eaid. the ;°at
growers raised too much grain tor
the buying market to absorb.
the president a little less than a
| year ago was nailed a? purely a po-
I lltlcal move, seems to be ’akin? lesa
lof an pr-J\ P n ■’ pnl.tiral
Blind redouble efforts to raise SIOO,-
000 for home and training school for
deaf and blind here.
NORTH CAROLINA
ELIZABETH CITY.—One of the
finest corn crops ever harvested in
Pasquotank county is in prospect,
according to County Farm Agent
Falls.
ASHEVILLE.—Option on 10,000
acres of land to be added to PisgJh
national forest is secured by Ver
non Rhoades, forest supervisor, this
being first step in program to add
50,000 acres to forest.
WILMINGTON. —11. A. Boyd, well
known young business man, is sen
tenced to from two to four years in
state penitentiary for running over
and killing D. A. Matthews while
driving his automobile at an exces
sive rate of speed.
TARBORO. —Miles Harvey chap
ter, Daughters of American Revolu
tion, decides to erect boulder on
highway marking grave of Major
Benjamin M-”- patriot and Revolu
tionary war hero.
WINSTON-SA LEM.—Bishop and
Mrs. H. M. Dußose and family, of
Charlottesville. Va., will move here
in early fall to make their home.
Bishop Dußose is one pf leaders of
Methodist Episcopal church, south.
MADISON".—Tobacco harvest be
gin i with farmers reporting splendid
grades of tobacco prevailing gener
ally, although crop is about two
weeks late in maturing.
GREENSBORO.—Robert Leonard,
LABOR COMMITTEE
INDORSEMENT FAILS
TD WORRY OLD LINE
BV ROBERT T. SMALL
WASHINGTON, Aug. s.—Leaders
of the two old parties in the capi
tal today expressed neither surprise
nor concern over the indorsement of
the La Follette-Wheeler ticket by the
convention of the American Federa
tion of Labor. They say the action
was both expected and discounted.
The old line politicians take the
position that the labor leaders are
j not able to deliver the labor vote,
I and that members of the unions all
I over the country will vote according
| to their regular party affiliations or
according to their personal inclina
tions. They say this always has
been the ease, and there is no rea
son to look for a reversal this year.
Republicans recalled the fact that
a number of the more prominent
labor leaders of the country came
out for the Democratic ticket in 1920.
Yet every labor center in the country
rolled up a huge majority for Har
ding’ and Coolidge. Labor was told
at that time that the “interests”
behind Harding and Coolidge meant
using the bayonet and the injunc
tion in any labor disputes that
might arise. Mr. Coolidge was just
out of the police strike at Boston
and had been re-elected governor of
Massachusetts on what his followers
called a “law and order” platform,
but which the unions interpreted as
an anti-labor declaration.
Governor Cox, of Ohio, the Demo
cratic presidential candidate, had
been declared fair to labor at all
times. He had refused to call out
the militia in labor disputes, which
he thought could be settled by media
tion, and which proved to be the
vase.
Leaders’ Pleas Ignored
The voting laborers listened to
none of the advice given them ap
parently, but went to the pells in
all their might and main for *lie
Republican ticket.
At Democratic headquarters it
was pointed out today that while the
so-called labor leaders have been
for La Follette from the beginning of
hi« proposed candidacy, the rank and
file of labor which had expressed
itself had manifested a decided lik
ing for William Gibbs McAdoo. This
was particularly true of the railroad
men. The Brotherhood officers had
been working for La Follette long
before the Democratic national con
vention in New York City had been
called to order. It was well known
to all who had probed the sentiment
of the workers themselves, however,
that they were for McAdoo almost
to a man.
Senator La Follette had accepted
the nomination, nevertheless, before
Mr. McAdoo had dropped out of the
running at Madison Square garden
The railroad brotherhood chiefs
therefore would have been in rather
an embarrassing position had a sud
den switch in sentiment carried the
Californian over the top for the
Democratic nomination.
These facts were recalled today to
stress the point’ made by the Demo
crats and Republicans that there is
division this year as always in 'he
ranks of labor and that the vote will
be apportioned among the various
presidential candidates along natural
lines.
Never Vote En Bloc
Nationally the labor vote is re
garded much as the woman vote has
been. There was some perturbation
when women first were nfranchised
to vote for president electors. But
the politicians from the states where
women had been voting for state
officers for a great many years,
stilled all fears by saying that the
female vote would follow the male
vote, dividing itself in such a man
ner as to cause no particular upset.
The women of the country have
proved that they do not and will not
vote en bloc. Labor, nationally,
never has voted in that manner and
the old party leaders profess to be
lieve it cannot be so delivered this
year.
At least a part of this morning's
( conference was devoted to sum
marizing the reaction to the La Fol -
lette-Wheeler indorsement a.« ex
pressed in the hundreds ot tele
grams that have streamed in to the
American F<.,. .ation of Labor head
since the fact of the indorsee mt
was made public
Every st te .va? said by aerobe 1 sj
of the council ot have been repre
sented in t. deluge of telegrams.
mostVfzYcOtoac mfwyp hrdlu fwypm
j most of which were declared to i ave
I been highly congratulatory. The roes
: sages came, it was reported, from i
leaders of unions which are members
jor non members of the American
) Federation of*Labor, from friends of
labor and from persinal enthusiasts
)of both sexes in th . ranks of sup
i porters of the two candidates to
whom the federation pledged sup
pert.
Old Parties Denounced
Heads of the federation made pub
lic Sunday their indorsement Satur
) day of the platform of the Cleve
land conference for progressive po
| Htical action and that convention’s
nominees—La Follette for president
■ and Wheeler for vice president.
Th» document is » denunciation
of 'h» Repiihlicon and D<- ino- r ’
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1924.
103, will cast his first vote when he
votes for John W. Davis for presi
dent this fall. Mr. Leonard says he
has never taken a drink of whisky,
and always has lived a clean life, at
tributing his longevity to those
facts.
WINSTON-SALEM.— Billy Reaves,
100, said to be oldest citizen in Yad
kin county, dies after brief illness.
SALISBURY"— F. V. Barrier
recovers long lost diamond when
plumbers tear out old sink in home
and find -gem in trap.
CH AR LOTTE—About 1,400 bales
of cotton in Mecklenburg county
will be marketed through Cotton
Growers’ Co-operative association, E.
W Gilliam, association field agent,
announces.
CHARLOTTE. United Textile
Workers of America and American
Federation of Labor plan strong
drive in industrial section of North
and South Carolina this fall, Thomas
F. McMahon, president of textile
union, announces after survey of
situation.
HIGHLANDS.—Dr. Hubert Wdrk,
secretary of the interior, on tour
with national park committee to se
lect site for national park in this
section, suffers severe attack of in
digestion while Ijere, necessitating
his staying over while party con
tinues to Asheville.
RALEIGH. —An almost unprec
edented demand for farm labor is
reported by State Commissioner of
Labor and Printing M. L. Shipman.
charged with having “flaunted the
desires of labor in an arrogant man
quarters at the Hotel Ambassador
ner.” the latter with having flaunt
ed labor’s desires with "that evasive
ness which is the customary mark
of insincerity.”
Both parties are asserted to be
“morally bankrupt” and manipulated
by “machine politicians,’’ who have
I “involved the nation in moral ob
liquity and unashamed betrayal.”
Coolidge and Dawes, Davis and
Bryan are dismissed as "unaccepta
ble to labor.’’ »
Thus, in the language of the
text, "there remains the candidacy
of Robert M. La Follette and Burton
K. Wheeler; the first an independ
ent Republican, the second an in
dependent Democrat, running as
such.”
Economic Issues Met
Those candidates, it continues,
“have proffered a platform in which
the economic issues of the day are
met in a manner more nearly con
forming to labor’s proposals than
any other.”
Although it does not conform to
the A. F. of L. proposals on inter
national issues —specially the League
of Nations—the La Follette-Wheeler
platform is held to come more
closely to the federation’s line-up on
domestic issues than either of the
major party platforms.
In the platforms of the candidates
it has indorsed, the federation finds
pledges for favorable action on its
chief demands. Relief from injunc- (
tions; abolition of the railroad labor
board; curtailment ot the supreme
court’s power: prompt ratification
of the child labor amendment; di
rect election of president, vice presi
dent and federal judges—these and
a few other of the planks of the
platform are cited as justification
for supporting it and its sponsors.
“Our course is clear,” is the con
clusion. “In pointing to the plat
form and records of the independent
candidates, we do so with the con
fidence that no other course can be
pursued if we are to remain true, to
our convictions and our traditions.
I Those who are hostile to labor must
[ be opposed."
Indorses Only Heads
1 Care is taken, however, to make
) plain that the American Federation
of Labor indorses only La Follette
and Wheeler and their platform. It
distinctly does not wish to be iden
tified as the pledged backers of can
didates for other office who may
have La Follette and Wheeler as
chief, under the standard of a third
national party.
The action of the Council is not a
pledge of identification with an in
dependent party movement or a
third party, it is asserted.
The report, prepared by the non
partisan political campaign commit
tee of the A. F. ot L. was adopted
unanimously by the executive coun
cil of that organization. It was re
corded verbatim as offered, but the
labor leaders reported, minor steno
graphic errors caused the delay of
a day between its adoption and its
publication.
An informal ballot prior to the of
ficial action was said to be revealed
that six of the council were for the
report and four against it unless
revised, with Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federa
tion of Labor and chairman ot Hie
council, not indicating how he would
vote. He joined, however, in the
latter unanimous adoption of the re
port.
I.a Follette Wires “Thanks”
Senator La Follette sent a tele
gram today to Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federa
tion of Labor, expressing “deep ap
preciation” for the indorsement giv-
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en his independent candidacy foi
president by the federation’s execu
tive council.
‘ Tile importance of the support bj
the American Federation of Labo;
for the progressive ticket cannot b<
over-estimated,” he said.
The telegram, sent to Mr. Gompen
at Atlantic City, follows:
“1 desire to express my deep ap
preciation for the action taken b;
the executive council of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor in indors
lug the independent candidacy o
Senator Wheeler and myself. It
taking this step after deliberat
ju Igment the American Federatiot
of Labor has adhered to its tradi
ticnal non-partisan policy. The im
portance of the support by the Amer
lean Federation of Labor forth
progressive ticket cannot be over
estimated.
“Your executive committee It
stating the American Federation’
political purposes says: ‘Organize
labor owes allegiance to no politica
party or group. It is.not partisa:
to any political party or group. I
is partisan to principles—the prin
ciples of freedom, justice and democ
racy.’ It seems to me that in thi
brief paragraph you have set fort
a creed of citizenship which if a<
cepted and acted upon by the grea
body of common citizens would raj
idly make the government of 'ou
country what it was intended to b«
the people's own Instrument of sen
ice.
“I have in niv public record a
tested my accord with the aspin
tions of American wage earners a
represented by the American Fet
eration of Labor. I welcome thi
indorsement.
“To break the combined power c
selfish interests upon government i
the paramount issue of this can
paign and with the support of o
ganized labor, the farmer, busines
cratic members of labor unions ca
vote for it and still retain a sen
blance at least ot their old party a
fliations.
The Republicans and the Derm
crats, meantime, are, going forwar
with their plans to "“‘capture” th
labor vote by the usual time-hoi
ored formulas. Special bureaus ai
being organized to conduct the can
paign' among the workers.
LABOR Tl BNS ATTENTION
TO CAMPAIGN PLAN
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. Aug. 4.-
(By the Associated Press.) —Politic
again today claimed the right of wa
or. the schedule of the American Fe<
eration of Labor’s executive courci
in annual session here since k.st Fr
day
Having indorsed the La, Follett
Wheeler candidacies and platforn
the council edll sidetrack all otlv
matters and under".ke to make u
its entire .1924 campaign progran
national, state and local,
man, professional men and all othe
men and women whose sole interen
in government is that of good cit
zenship, I feel confident we sha
win.”
BROTHERHOOD NOT PARTY TO
I.A FOLLETTE INDORSEMEN
PORTSMOUTH. Va., Aug. 4.—Th
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmei
as a national organization, did nc
join the American Federation of Li
bor in indorsing the presidential car
didacy of Senator La Follette, art
almost certainly will not do so, M
G. Lee, grand president of the o
ganization, declared here today,
ticket in 1912. Labon it is insistet
has a rally point this year. Mos
of the time it has had what the L
Follette followers call a “choice <
evils” as between the Republican an
Democratis tickets and in such ci
cumstances it was natural tor labc
to divide along more or less purtisa
lines. The Progressive ticket hf
been indorsed as a combination of
"Progressive Independent Republi
an and a Progressive Independer
Democrat.” Therefore, it is arguet
that both Republican and Derm
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