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VOL. XXVII. NO. 1
COALITION ATTACK
ON PREMIER ROUTS
' CABINET OF LONDON
King George Dissolves Par
liament —General Election
Called for October 29
LONDON, Oct. 9.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.) —The house of com
mons was dissolved tonight, and
a general election will be held Octo
ber 29. This decision was reach
ed after King George held a privy
council at Buckingham palace, at
which he signed a proclamation pro-
* roguing parliament.
The house of lords today passed
the bill creating an Irish boundary
commission, giving third reading to
the measure which already has
passed successfully through th'
of commons, and which was
royal assent this evening.
At 6 o'clock the house of com-
* mens was summoned to the house
of lords to hear the king’s speech,
read by the lord chancellor, giving I
assent to the bill.
The announcement of the date for
the election, which will define the
political complexion of the govern
ment, which will succeed Great Brit
ain’s first Labor ministry, was made
after Prime Minister MacDonald,
coming this afternoon before ths (
house which Wednesday night de
feated his government, declared that
« the king had assented to his request
for the dissolution of parliament
which will be prorogued Thursday
night. 1
King Sees MacDonald
King Georgy was waited on by
Premier MacDonald this morning,
the premier leaving Buckingham
palace after an audience which be
gan at 10 o'clock and lasted an hour.
The government’s defeat came in
the form of the passage, by a vote
of 364 to 198 of a Liberal motion de
manding investigation of Attorney
General Hastings’ withdrawal of
prosecution in the case of James
Campbell, acting editor of the com
munist Workers’ weekly, who was
charged with inciting troops to se
dition. A straight motion of cen
sure, sponsored by the conservatives,
previously had been defeated 359 to
198, to make way for the Liberal
amendment.
During the debate, which at times,
brought scenes of excitement, the
premier disclaimed any friendship on
4 the part of the labor government
for the communists or their policies,
and announced that passage of
either the conservative motion or the
Liberal amendment would be taken
as a vote of lack of confidence in
the government. -
“It will be the end,’’ he warned,
“of what members on both sides of
the house will agree has been a high
adventure of government which I <
think has contributed much to the
honor of our country and to our so
cial stability, and, when the country
has the opportunity of passing a
verdict upon it, it will come again.”
Resignation Not Mentioned
It was understood that the ques
tions of the resignation of the cabi
net were not touched upon at the
conference at the palace today.
In informing representatives of the
pt ess, alter he had left the king,
that dissolution had been decided
upon, Mr, MacDonald said:
“I am sorry events have turned
out as they have, but every one ■
knows the situation is not one of the
government’s seeking, but has been
farced upon it.
"Personally, I should have been
very glad if the Labor government
had been allowed to carry on its poll
c/, a policy which 1 maintain has
been one of honest politics and of
the promotion of the interests of the
commonwealth.”
Mr. MacDonald, after leaving the
* palace, returned immediately to It
Downing street for a cabinet meet- <
ing. As he made his way into the
narrow street a crowd which had as
sembled in front of the prime minis
terial residence cheered him and
there were shouts of “Good Old
labor government with Ram-
as premier, came
in Great Britain in Jan-
* tiafy of the present year, when the
ednservative ministry of Stanley
Baldwin, which had been at the
helm only a few’ months, was dis
missed by the house of commons
wdth a vote of lack of confidence
because of its espousal of a protec
tionist policy.
On January 22. Mr. MacDonald ac
cepted the task of forming the new
government of which he became the
head. Thus Great Britain came
tinder the domination of a labor
government which included mem
bers of the nobility In Its make-up.
At the time of MacDonald’s as
. sumption of power, at the request
-of King George, it was realized
that, at any time, by coalition of <
their vote, the liberals and the con- !
servatives could overthrow’ him for, 1
in the general elections of Decent- <
ber, 1923, the conservatives had 259 1
and the liberals 159 seats, while <
the laborites had onlv 191. <
FRANCE DEEPLY IMPRESSED
BY M’DONALD DEFEAT ]
PARIS, Oct. 9.—(By the Associat- ’
ed Press.)—The defeat of the Mac-
Donald government, although antici- j
paled in French official circles the 1
past few days, has made a deep iin- :
• pression here because of the similar- 1
ity of the French political situa
tion.
It was. remarked toaay, by an
Indi vid close to Premier Herriot, i
that Prime Minister MacDonald’s ;
term in power had been of great -
benefit to Anglo-French relations,
the negotiations between the two ,
premiers having lifted the discus
sion of Anglo-French interests to ;
,* a higher plane, and he predicted
that. whatever the result of the
British elections might be. the rela
lions between the two allies would]
be improved permanently as a result I
of Mr. MacDonald’s attitude. The '
tendency is to regard the British
crisis as due entirely to interim
politics.
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WORLD NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF
LONDON. —British parliamentary
I elections being set for October 29,
political leaders plan to begin irn
mediately aggressive campaign.
DALLAS, Texas. —Giant naval
dirigible Shenandoah continues on
its westward course across Texas
and New Mexico toward San Diego,
California.
WASHINGTON. —First official re
port on radio industry, issued by
census bureau places $48,032,927 as
value of radio apparatus and tubes
manufactured in 1923.
CAMDEN, N. J. —Secretary of the
Tieasury Andrew W. Mellon files
protest against an increase of $l6B
in his taxes on fifty-five acres of
land he owns in borough of Brook
lawn, N. J.
BOSTON. James Lucey, of
Northampton, President Coolidge’s
cobbler-philosopher friend, spent
nothing in obtaining Republican
nomination for legislature, his filed
return says.
FREIDRICHSHAFEN, Germany.
John E. Kehl, United States consul
at Stuttgart, arranges for clearance
papers for dirigible ZR-3, which will
start for Lakehurst, N. J., when
weather is favorable.
NEW YORK.— House of bishops
of Portestant Episcopal church,
votes to postpone filling vacancy of
missionary bishop to Mexico because
of Mexican constitutional ban on for
eigners engaged in religious or edu
cational work.
WASHINGTON.—Chairman Bo
rah, of senate committoe on cam
paign expenditures, seeks to obtain
sentiment of committee members as
to advisability of early investigation
of Senator La Follette’s charges of a
Republican “slush fund.”
DETROlT.—Senator La. Follette
in first campaign speech in mid
west, renew’s his attack on Republi
can campaign financing methods,
and alleges coercion of voters, who
are supporting' independent ticket,
by “powerful interests.”
Pirates Take Steamer
And Carry Off Cargo
Valued at Half Million
BY JAMES L. BUTTS
(Special Cable to The Atlanta .Journal and
the Chicago Daily News.)
SHANGHAI, Oct. B.—A message
from Amoy reports that the Chinese
steamer Ninshing, of the San Peh
Steam Navigation company, which
sailed from Shanghai for Foochow
on October 2 carrying 300 Chinese
and seven foreign passengers, was
captured en route by a band of pi
rates who' boarded the vessel at
Shanghai in the guise of passengers.
The bandits seized the ship, and fir
ing indiscriminately, killed the quar
termaster, wounded a sailor, and
over-awed all resistance. They held
the vessel for two dayg and two
nights, compelling Captain O. Tor
gersen to sail southward along the
coast into Bias Bay, near Hong
Kong, which is a noted bandit head
quarters remote from shipping lanes.
The vessel’s cargo is valued at
half a millio ntacls and included 30
chests of silver in ingot gold; piece
goods, and mails. The pirates load
ed the loot on waiting junks and
abandoned the vessel, after which
the captain proceeded to Amoy. He
left that port yesterday afternoon
for Foochow.
Among the foreign passengers,
none of whom were injured, were
Mrs. M. Overhalt, J. Brown, G. H.
Barlett and R. Hightower.
(Copyright, 1024, by Chicago Daily News,)
Mothers’ Prayer Meeting
Is Halted as ‘Jackets”
Attack Their Children
EATONTON, Ga., Oct. B.—A dele
gation of yellow jackets, the kind
that sting, came near breaking up a
missionary meeting here Monday
.■■'fternoon. Just as the congregation
was in the midst of a chain-prayer,
set earns and blood-curdling yells from
the vicinity of the front yard, where
devout mothers had left their chil
dren, caused many of the worship
pers to beat a hasty exit.
The cause of the disturbance was
soo ndiscovered. Several of the chil
dren had attempted to play hand ball
with a. jellow jackets’ nest, found
nearby, with the result that two of
them, Louis Turner Griffith, and
Frank Leverette, Jr., were stung al
most beyond the point of recognition.
Medical attention restored the chil
dren to a comfortable, if not a nor
mal state, and it seems unanimous
among the mothers that in the future
children shall be left at home or car
ried into the church instead of being
allowed to explore the realms of
mother nature.
Bandit Is Ordered
1 o Return to Jail
TALLAHASSEE. Fla., Oct. 9.
Governor Hardee has ordered John
McDonald, High Springs payroll
bandit, returned to the Alachua
county jail at Gainesville to be held
for further disposition, he stated to
day. McDonald was recaptured last
Saturday after a five weeks’ hunt in
Hillsborough county following his
sensational escape from an officer
who had him in charge returning to
Tampa as a witness in a case there.
McDonald’s wife, arrested at Tam
pa last Thursday, is bei. g held in
the Alachua jail charged with being
an accessory before and after the
fact in the robbery.
Boat Commander Moved
MOBILE. Ala.. Oct. 9. Lieutenant
Commander T. M. Molloy, who has
been stationed here aboard the coast
guard cutter Tallapoosa for the last
two years, was transferred t»\ the
coast guard station at Boston to be
in charge of a number of substations
along the North Atlantic coast.
Lieutenant Molloy will be suc
ceeded here by Commander John
i Boedeker. who is expected to arrive
I next week from Juneau. Alaska.
How to Stop
Fit Attacks
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treatment which has permanently
stopped the attacks in hundreds of
cases. It gives immediate relief
Write today to Arpen Lab.. Desk 11,
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(Adt ertisement.)
MOSCOW—Valery Brusoff, Russian
poet, and translator of English clas
sics, dies.
MANILA. —Thomas L. Ilartigan
G 3, lawyer and soldier, dies after
a long illness.
FRIEDRICH S H AFEN, Gorma ny.
Saturday morning is time set for
departure of ZR3, giant dirigible, for
Lakehurst, N. J.
BUFFALO—After being stranded
in launch in rapids 200 feet above
Niagara Falls for two days, Frank
Stewart, Cleveland, is rescued.
WASHINGTON Claims total
ling $155,966.83 are handed down
by German-American mixed claims
commission in awards to Americans,
including four Lusitania cases.
ALVA, Okla. —Democratic corn
cob pipes, adopted as an alternative
to Dawes “underslung,” make ap
pearance during rally for Governor
Bryan, Democratic vice presidential
nominee.
NEW YORK. —Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt, Republican nominee for
governor, establishes campaign rec
ord by addressing in course of day
crowds in 21 northern New York
towns.
LONDON —Political leaders make
plans for coining campaign in which
Lloyd George, former premier, will
lour Scotland, and Premier Mac-
Donald will visit northern indus
trial centers.
ATLANTIC CITY.—Co-ordination
of electric railways and bus lines
must be effected to avoid chaotic
conditions in local transportation,
speakers tell delegates to American
Electric Railway association con
vention.
LOS ANGELES.—MabeI Normand,
film comedienne, sues Georgia W.
Church, of Los Angeles, estranged
wife of Norman W. Church, for libel,
alleging that statements made in
Mrs. Church’s complaint for divorce
have damaged her earnings as film
star.
Methodist Orphanage
At Macon Sends Forth
Once-a-Year Appeal
MACON, Ga., Oct. 9.—Saturday,
October 11, has been set apart by
the trustees of the Methodist or
phanage of Macon as the day when
the public is asked to make contribu
tions in cash and provisions to as
sist in the maintenance of this
charity that has been caring for or
phan children for fifty-two years,
• fitting them to become good citizens
and training them to take care of
themselves.
In the home’s history more than
five thousand children have been
| cared for.
I Since the work is non-sectarian
:in its benefits, and since the in
stitution is supported by free-will
| offerings, once a year the public,
irrespective of denominational lines,
is asked to assist.
All checks or money orders should
be sent to Rev. J. A. Smith, agent
103 Clayton street, Macon, Ga. Pro
visions and clothes should bo sent
to Mr. H. Daugherty, superintendent
Methodist. Orphanage, Macon. Ga.
Mr. L. H. Davis,
! 22 Years Sheriff of
Calhoun County, Dead
ARLINGTON, Ga., Oct. 9.—The
j death of Mr. L. H. Davis, ex-sheriff
j and a well-known citizen of Cal
houn county, occurred at his home
in Morgan Tuesday night, following
I a lingering illness caused by the in
i firmities of age, he having reached
the age of 78.
Mr. Davis served as sheriff of this
I county for twenty-two consecutive
I years, a record believed to be un
isurpassed by any county office
’ holder in the state.
Very seldom did he ever have op
i position for the office and could have
1 been sheriff several years longer if
he had only asked for the office.
Mr. Davis is survived by two sons
and two daughters, Selma Davis, of
Ocklochnee, Ga., and Dick Davis, of
Quincy, Fla.; Miss Sue Davis, of Mor
gan, and Mrs. Bartley, of Dawson:
also several
The funeral was conducted from
the home Wednesday at 3 o’clock.
Interment followed in the Morgan
cemetery. Rev. H. M. Melton, "of
Arlington, officiated.
World War Vet Kills
Friend by Chopping
Head Open With Hoe
] AUGUSTA, Ga., Oct. B.—Claude
' Frink. World war veteran, is dead,
; and Claude Smith, also a former sot
j dier, is in jail here charged with
Frink’s murder. Authorities say
I Smith chopped Frink's head open
; with a garden hoe.
The trouble occurred on the farm
of the United States Veterans' hos
pital here shortly before dark. Both
are mental patients and have been
i inmates at the veterans’ hospital
I here for more than a year.
Macon xMan Indicted
For Embezzlement of
Parcel Post Funds
i MACON, Ga., Oct. B—Reuben H.
; Davis, who was relieved of his du
ties in the Macon postoffice a few
I weeks ago, has been indicted by the
j federal grand jury on a charge of
embezzling $2,000 of parcel j>ost
funds. District Attorney F. G. Boat
wright announced last night.
The case of John D. Walker, j
, Sparta banker, was not presented
| to the grand jury because of illness
of witnesses. Mr. Boatwright stated
La Follette Won't Be
On Louisiana Ballot
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 9.—La Fol- 1
i lette electors will not go on the bai- !
Jot in Louisiana, Federal District
;Judge Rufus Foster today h iving de
.eided he was without jurisdiction to I
act on an application for an injunc
tion to restrain Seeretar.' of State.
Bailey from printing the l-allots with
out the names of the independent .
electors. * |
ALTO SANITARIUM
IS PAID 5250.000.
OTTOM
r
• Fund of $450,000, Uncon-
tested Tobacco Tax Mon
ey, Divided by State
A $450,000 melon was cut at the
1 state capitol Thursday when a war
rant for $250,000 was turned over to
the state board of health for the
1 erection of a new tuberculosis sanl- .
; tariurn at Alto, as the amount due j
-for the year 1924 from the cigar and ,
‘ cigarette tax. The remaining S2OO,-
000 was put into a growing fund for
Confederate veterans, and it was
' said that each of the 12,000 veter
ans in Georgia will receive at least
’ $25 in cash for Christmas money.
The sum of $450,000 had accumu
lated from the cigar and cigarette
> tax because of hesitation to distrib
i ute the fund until the constitutionali
-1 ty of the tax law had been settled
■ in the highest court in the country.
- However, as the $450,000 had been
paid in. through tobacco dealers
who were not parties to the suit
' against enforcement of the cigarette
’ tax, it was decided that this fund '
' could be legally distributed, and the !
’ state can not be called upon to re- 1
1 fund it.
New Building Assured
• Parties to the suit against the •
■ state have been purchasing stamps ;
1 by giving bond, and they will not pay |
■ for the stamps until the constitu-1
1 tionality of the law has been decided ;
' in the supreme court of the United
States, it is said. The $450,000 does j
not include any of the sales for
which bonds were given.
Dr. T. F. Abercrombie, secretary I
of the state board of health, has
been working for several weeks to
secure the portion of the money ap
propriated to the Alto sanitarium, in
order that work on the new tuber
culosis sanitarium might begin. Dr. ;
Abercrombie stated Thursday that j
> work on the new buildings will be-j
gin by the first of the year, as ;
the plans have already been drawn
and approved.
The Milner bill, creating the cigar
and cigarette tax, contained a pro-;
vision that the Alto sanitarium j
should receive $250,000 of the reve
nues for the years 1924 and 1925,
making $500,000 in all, and that the
remainder of the money go to Con
federate pensions.
After the $250,000 was paid to the
sanitarium, the remaining fund, as
well as all collections for the rest
of the year, goes to the fund for
veterans, and it is expected to ex
ceed $300,000 by December K
Christmas Money for Veterans
State officials saw the opportunity
i to pay this fund to the old soldiers
during December, in order that they
i might have the money for Christ
mas, and are working on that plan.
The December payments will be
applied to the balance already due
the veterans, and will lie in addition
to the regular pension that has al
ready been paid them for 192 1. It
is the belief of the officials that the
cigar and cigarette tax will event
ually pay the old soldiers all that is
now due them, and an increased scale
of regular pensions, as provided by
the 1920-22 legislature.
The constitutionality of the cigar
and cigarette tax has already been
upheld in Fulton superior court and
the Georgia supreme court.
Man Shot to Death
After Fight m Which
He Wounded Sheriff
ASHEVILLE. N. C., Oct. B.—Levi
Ballard, fifty-five, was killed and
Special Officer Arthur McDowell
was seriously wounded in a gun bat
tle yesterday when McDowell, oper
ating out of the sheriff's office, at
tempted to serve a warrant on Bal
lard charging him with assault.
When the officer approached, Bal
lard is said to have opened fire,
wounding McDowell. The sheriff’s
office was notified and the sheriff
and deputies rushed to the scene,
engaging Ballard in battle, with the
result that the latter fell dead, his
' body having bee i pierced by half a
: dozen bullets. A seven-year-old son
I of Ballard, who was near him, took
{ his father's gun and attempted to
i open fire on members of the posse,
| the sheriff said, but he was quickly
overpowered. The child is in the
custody of welfare officers. McDow
ell is expected to recover.
Gubernatorial Grunts
Mingle as Executives
Push Bus Out of Mud
i OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 9. ]
I “Push!” said the governor of Ne- ■ <
j braska to the governor of Okla- '
I homa.
■ “I’m pushing,” said the governor < ■
] of Oklahoma.
■ Governor Charles W. Bryan, Dem '
I ocratic vice presidential candidate, I .
I and Governor M. E. Trapp, of Okla- i :
I homa, ■ t thrir shoulders to a big:
i automobile bus. in a driving rain !
j or the return trip here from Shaw- j ,
; nee, and helped seven other men put :
' it back on the road after it had been '
i ditched by ankle-deen mud.
j Governor Bryan was returning to
• Oklahoma City from Shawnee,
'where be had made a speech. ]
. j j
Hope Is Held Out
For Partial Raising
Os Texas Quarantine
| HOUSTON. Tex.. Oct. 9.—Prob-
■ ability of a modification of the quar- j .
I antine against a part of Harris, ‘
i Galveston, Brazoria and Fort Bend
j counties, within the next two weeks
; if no further outbreak of tne foot
j ami mouth disease is discovered. .
> was held out today by Dr. Marion I ,
lines. government inspector in; ■
charge o* the work of the stamp
ing out the disease in Texas.
j Slaughter of additional cattle con- •
tinued today.
1 1
KILLS HIS MOTHER
ANO CRUSHES SKULL
OF SISTER WITH JX
Young Farmer Runs Amuck
Near Memphis—Another
Sister Attacked
MEMPHIS, Oct. 9. Mrs. Susie
! Redditt, 53, wife of a farmer, is dead
and her daughter, Mary Lou Redditt,
21, is in a Memphis hospital, their
; skulls crushed by blows with an »x
j wielded, it is alleged, by the woman’s
: son, Aquilla Redditt, 28, said to be
■ demented, and who in a frenzy, is
alleged to have struck his mother
over the head with the ax in the
kitchen of the Redditt farmhouse
near Cordova, a suburb today, and
walking to a field where his sister
was picking cotton crushed her skuh
with the same weapon.
The mother died late Thursday,
and doctors hold little hope for Miss
Redditt. Aquilla was arrested and
placed in jail here.
Mildred Redditt, 15, daughter of
the elder woman, witnessed the at
tack on her mother and grappled
i with hex - brother, she told newspaper
i men, but was tossed aside and driven
i from the house by the frenzied man.
After the attack the young man
! went to the home of a relative and
' announced that his mother and sis
j ter were dead. He made no explana
' tion, it is stated, toher than “they’re
I just dead.”
i Neighbors hastily summoned found
: him standing near the doorway of the
I farnjhouse. lie submitted to arrest
: and was brought to the county jail
here.
Greenbury Redditt, husband of
; Mrs. Redditt, left the farmhouse an
; hour before the tragedy occurred to
' bring a wagon of farm products to
, a Memphis market.
Redditt said he know of no reason
that might have caused his son to
; attack the two women.
“He always was quiet and peace
• ful,” Redditt said, “but quick to
I resent a fancied insult.”
Mildred Redditt told newspaper
men that when she rushed into the
house when she heard her mother
I scream, she found her lying on the
floor and her brother standing near
by with an axe.
“His face was flaming red and his
eyes distorted,” the girl said. “ ‘Don’t
kill Sudie,’ I told him but he kept
hitting her. I grabbed his arms
but he threw me across the room. I
ran from the house when he threat
ened to kill me also.”
After being placed in jail Acquilla
named several persons in connection
with the crime, it was stated. One,
a negro, was questioned but later
was released.
Judge W. J. Goggans,
92-Year-Oid Veteran,
Dies in Goggansville
GOGGANSVILLE, Ga.. Oct. B.
Judge W. J. Goggans, a Confederate
veteran, died at his home in this
community Wednesday morning at
5 o’clock after several months of
feebleness. He observed his 92nd
birthday last June. Judge Goggans
had been a justice of the peace for
more than sixty years. He was a
remarkable man in many respects
and while gentle and retiring in his
nature, he always took a stand for
the right and held to it unswerving
ly. He had lived in this community,
the place having been named for
his father, since childhood, and had
the love and esteem of all who knew
him.
He was twice married, his first
wife being a Miss FJewellen, and the
second Miss Ruthie Shevam, who
passed away several months ago.
Since her death, he had steadily de
clined.
He is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Ellis Willis, of Ennie, Texas]
and Mrs. F. (». Mayhew, of Albany]
N. Y., and by three sons, F. W.
Goggans, of Savannah; B. F. and A.
G. Goggans, of Goggansville.
Funeral services will be held at
Union church, Goggansville Thurs
day morning, Rev L. W. Browder,
pastor of the Methodist church of
which he had been a member for
many years, conducting the service
Interment will be in the family lot]
Diversification Pays
In Decatur County
BAINBRIDGE, Ga., Oct. 9.—De
catur county farmers who took up
diversified farming in all of its
branches, a little over a year ago!
this fall, are beginning to realize
some encouraging benefits from i
their good judgment in accepting i
advice from those who had had
“experience’’ in the project of the!
cow, hog and the hen as a sure I
means of ready cash.
One of the outstanding figures in !
this county in promoting the dairy ]
cow is a ron-.i,; e source for rnon ’ I
is Pete -McGlammering, who is sell- ]
ing seventy-four pounds of but’er ■
every week at the door of his regu
lar customers for fffi y cents. Other
farmers are doing likewise. Some
of them, sell the grocers ar.d some |
ship to forei”n markets and all re-1
port satisfactory prices and prompt I
nay, and the butter is said io )<c as i
fine as any ever put on the marked ]
Man. Cut by Brother
In Fight, Badly Wounded
waycross, Ga.. oct. 9.—w. h. !
Bennett, of Blackshear, is in a hos- >
pital in a serious condition as the I
result of knife wounds received in a •
tight with his brother, Joel Bennett. I
and Theodore Bennett, the son of I
Joel Bennett, at the latter’s home
several miles from Waycross late
Monday afternoon. Bennett has
wounds in the abdomen, the arm
and the hack.
Bennett, it is said, went to the
home of Joel and an argument over
an old mule led to the cutting.
CONFESSES S6MOOTARCENY
ATCHISON. Kans., Oct. 10. —
Aloysius B. Bradley, assistant cashier
of the City Nation: 1 bank of Atchi
son. has confessed to the larceny of
SOB,OOO worth of bonds from the {
l ank, it was announced las* night
James W. Orr, president of the in
stitution. ■
Atlanta, Ga., Saturday, October 11, 1924
Full Text of Platform
0/ Georgia Democracy
. BY C. E. GREGORY
• (Staff Correspondent of The Journal)
1 MACON, Ga., Oct. 9.—Following
is full text of the platform of the
Democratic party as adopted by the
f state convention here yesterday:
The Democratic party of the State
of Georgia, in convention assem
bled, adopts and proclaims the fol
lowing platform:
1. We re-affirm our faith in the
ancient creed of the Democratic
party, and endorse the platform of
3 the party adopted in the recent na-
T tional convention.
i The people of Georgia placed their
» stamp of approval upon the admin
r i.-tiation of state affairs by Gover
nor Clifford Walker by renominat
ing him for governor without op
s position, and this convention with
e out. qualification, endorses his admin
s istration and congratulates the peo-
I pie of the state that he is to be their
r chief executive for another two
2 years. We commend to the people
3 of Georgia and of the nation our
j Democratic nominees for president
and vice president, Hon. John W.
l ' Davis and Hon. Charles W. Bryan,
i pledging the whole hearted support
of Georgia democracy to the national
' ticket.
’ In the light of disclosures of re
s cent months we realize as never be
ll fore not only that the doctrines of
the Democratic party serve the
, best interests of the people, but that
the preservation of the liberties of
■ the people depends upon that great
1 party. The history of the party in
power, the Republican party, for
the past three years constitutes an
1 indictment more severe than was
• ever penned against a political party
i in the life of America; for the orgy
d of greed, of graft, of official corrup
> tion disclosed at Washington during
- recent months has shaken the faith
e of the people in the integrity of
free government. We make no
3 charge of personal dishonesty
e against the present, chief executive
t of the nation or against his lament-
J ed predecessor.
Evils of Administration
f But we can and do truthfully as
-1 sert that for selfish political ag
-5 grandizement those who surrounded
3 these leaders abandoned the princi
ples cf common honesty and the
1 moral ideals and spiritual heights
3 registered by the Democratic ad
ministration, under the leadership
of "Woodrow Wilson, appealed to
3 every low and selfish impulse of the
nation and placed' the government
' at Washington in charge of politi
' cal drift wood and low-grade self
] seekers such as never before disgrac
-5 ed the nation’s capital.
With the nation thus pregnant
with distrust, after an epoch of
’ three years of executive and admin
] istrative acts diverted and pervert-
- ed by leaders for whose conduct the
3 nation must apologize, President
[ Coolidge's administration has been
• made impotent and we call upon an
aroused electorate to return the gov-
1 ernment to hards of the party
1 of the pure, the patriotic, the high-
■ minded Woodrow Wilson. In this
connection we commend the patriot
ic service of Georgia’s members in
the United States senate and house
of representatives.
2. We declare our belief in free
speech, freedom of the press, free
dom of peaceful assemblage and lo
cal self government, and oppose any
k measures or tendencies to curtail or
limit these rights. We hold to the
wisdom of the fathers who express
, ed that a “happy people were a
peaceful people,” and to enjoy hap
piness and peace a people must feel
] ! free of undue restraint, therefore
’ we declare for freedom of activities
upon the industrial field, and we
; urge both employer and employee
’ to keep open every avenue of ne
’ gotiations so that all means may be
employed for the maintenance of
peace and good will among this peo-
• pie.
I 3. The present administration of
the state government, now returned
for a second term, is committed to
the task of developing the state
, along all educational, agricultural
, and industrial lines through a
program of better schools and col
leges, better highways and better
health. Recognizing that the reali
zation of these progressive plans will
require more revenue than is now
] available and that the imposition
of additional tax burdens upon the
owners of real estate and other
tangible property would result in
the confiscation of a large propor
tion of such property, the adminis
tration has undertaken the unpleas-
■ ant and unpopular task of reform-
• ing the tax laws of the state to the
end that the expenses of the gov
ernment shall be fairly distributed
among all classes of people, assessed
equally upon all classes of property,
placing a fair share of the burden
upon the owners of intangible and
invisible property.
Financial Reforms
Because of unusual financial con
. , ditions throughout the state, these
] j reform measures are considered nec
, ; essary and fundamental before any
, i constructive, progressive plans of
.' moment can be projected and the
i definite consideration of such plans
j; has been postponed pending remedial
j legislative action. This position of
I the administration has been clear
I and unmistakable. It has been ap
, proved by the unanimous endorse
j ment of the people of the state, ex- !
• pressed at the ballot box. This '
I convention, therefore, declaring the
■ result, respectfully calls upon the
: general assembly, elected by the
same ballot, to accept this endorse
| ment as a mandate from the people
| directing that a progressive and
I constructive program be adopted
I and that its realization be more
i practical by the enactment of laws
I which will place a fair share of the
■ expenses of the state upon the own
; ers of intangible and invisible prop-
j erty and those enjoying large in- ,
; comes now escaping taxation. This I
’ is the first, the fundamental task I
i before us. Constructive progress ]
i -” lus t wait on its accomplishment, i
, Give the people a just and honest j
I tax system, place upon every citi- I
; zen his fair* proportion of the bur- j
dens and we can and will confident- j
ly go to the people for authority
, to project the forward looking and ;
' constructive program which is en- '
compassed in the vision of every
progressive and patriotic Georgian i
j today. We repeat that this adminis- !
tration has openly and uncompro
misingly stood for such a program,
the people at the ballot box have
approved and endorsed it and this i
convention row so declares and re-
{si ectfully calls upon the general .
assembly to enact the ' ‘tvs neccs- i
-?ry for its achievement.
I 4. We declare for retrenchment j
and rigid economy in the affairs
of government, both state and fed
eral, and for the reduction of the ex
penses of our state and national
governments to the lowest basis pos
sible in keeping with efficient ad
ministration. Our people are groan
ing with governmental burdens and
taxation to support useless office
holders, and we declare the policy
o fthe party against the creation or
continuance of unnecessary offices
in order that taxes may be propor
tionately reduced.
Tax Law Repeal
5. We demand that the constitu
tional guarantee respecting the es
tablishment of a state religion for
ever be strictly enforced'to the end
that church and state shall always
be separate and distinct, and that
no money be appropriated out of
the treasury directly'or indirectly
to any but state institutions.
6. We declare for and demand the
enforcement of all laws, impartial
ly and rigidly to the end that con
stituted authority may prevail
against the tendency of the times in
state and nation to subvert law and
to bring about confusion and dis
respect for the law and the authori
ties constituted for the enforcement.
7. We unhesitatingly denounce
| professional lobbying and lobbyists
; as being a menace to the state, and
I call for strict enforcement of all
i laws looking to the suppression of
I the professional lobbyist.
8. We favor the state furnishing
free the books for the elementary
branches. Our compulsory school
laws make such free books a neces
sity for ourp people.
9. We favor the repeal of the so
called “Tax Equalization Law”
which after a fair trial has been re
pudiated by the people. It has func
tioned only to enhance the tax on
real estate and other tangible prop
erty, failing to place a fair share
of taxes on the intangible and in
visible property. We urge the pas
sage of tax measures to replace it
which will actually equalize by
bringing to the tax books intangible
and invisible property, forcing those
who enjoy large incomes but now
escape taxation, to bear a just pro
portion of the expenses of the gov
ernment.
10. We reaffirm our opposition to
the sale of the state railroad and to
the sale of the income thereof.
11. We regret the failure to pro
vide a suitable home for the gover
nor of the state, although a hand
some income is being received from
the old mansion property. We re
commend that the next session of
the general assembly acquire a home
suitable for the dignity of the office
and creditable to the state itself.
Farmers of Georgia
©
Urged to Be on Guard
Against Gipsy Moth
The Georgia board of entomology,
in a statement given out Thursday,
urged farmers throughout the state
to keep a close watch for the Gipsy
moth which is causing immense
damage to plants in the New Eng
land states. All inspectors of the
board have been warned to keep a
careful watch.
The statement by the board fol
lows:
"The Georgia state board of
entomology does its part both by
maintaining a quarantine against
the Gipsy moth, and by warning its
inspectors to keep careful watch that
it does not enter our gates.
"The Gipsy moth eggs are laid
in clusters of four to five hundred
And are covered with yellowish
hairs. This egg mass is oval in
shape and is about one and one-half
by three-fourths inches. The eggs
hatch into a swarm of young cater
pillars which have a sooty colored
body, a double row of five pairs of
blue spots followed by a row of six
pairs of red spots.
“These caterpillars feed on many '
different, kinds of fruit, foliage and ,
vegetation. The authorities have
seen oak forests and shade trees
stripped of foliage and the noise of
chewing caterpillars was all that
could be heard. Some trees die aft
er they have been stripped four or
five times of their foliage, while oth
ers such as those of the pine family
will die if they are stripped of their
needles but once. Over forty com
mon trees are subject to severe dam
age, while many others suffer to a
less degree.
“Te worms or caterpillars pupate
and change into moths. The male is
from greenish brown to yellow in
color, the wings are marked with
darker stripes and have a wing ex- ’
pahse of about inches. The]
female moth js nearly white with |
black mottling. She is sluggish and I
unable to use her wings for flight. ,
"The Gipsy moth has been known !
as a serious pest ever since 1662.”
Bigham, Alleged Slayer
Os Family, Again Is
Sentenced to Chair;
CONWAY, S. C., Oct. B.—Edmund
Bigham, convicted slayer of five
members of his family, faced death
once again today in the electric
chair.
Bigham was found guilty by a
jury in Horry county court specifi
cally of the slaying of his brother,
Smiley. Judge H. F. Rice sen
tenced him to be electrocuted on
October 31.
Bigham has lived in the shadow |
of the death chair since 1921, when '
he was first convicted of killing his
brother. At that time he was sched
uled to be electrocuted, but after a
long legal fight secured a retrial.
Besides his brother, Bigham was
charged with slaying his mother,
Mrs. F. JI. Bigham; a sister, Mrs.
Margie Black, and Leo and John
McCracken, adopted children of Mrs.
Black.
The bodies of the five victims,
were found at the Bigham *farm!
home near Pamplico. S. C„ in Jan-:
uary, 1921. Smiley Bigham was
first thought to have killed the:
others and then committed suicide. 1
A revolver was found clasno--’ in 1
his hand.
Edmund Bigham's defense revolv-|
ed around the theory that Smiley;
killed the others, then shot himselfi'
to death. The state charged Big-'
' killed thr *ntirc family to be-j
come heir to the estate. j 1
5 CEM'S A COPY,
$1 A YEAR.
ffIMIK
GUM UNO
H EM SERIES
Bucky Harris Brings in Win
ning Run Zachary
Holds McGrawmen
NEW YORK— AB. R. H. PO. A. E.
Lindstrom, 3b4 0 0 11 0
I Frisch, 2b4 0 2 1 2 0
Young, rf....4 1 0 I 0 0
Kelly, lb 4 0 2 11 1 I,
. Meuse!, If 4 0 0 1 0 0
Wilson, cf 4 0 2 J 0 0
Jackson, 3 0 0 3 2 0
Gowdy, c. 3 0 1 5 1 0
Nehf, p 2 0 0 0 4 0
Ryan, p 0 0 () 0 1 0
xSnyder 1 (I 0 I) 0 0
xxSouthworth ... .0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 17 24 12 .1
WASH.— AB. R. H. PO. A. E.
McNeely, cf 2 1 0 1 0 0
Harris, 2b4 0 1 4 5 0
: Rice, rf4 0 1 4 0 0
Goslin, If 4 0 0 1 0 0
Judge, Jb3 0 0 11 0 0
Bluege, 3’)., s s3 0 0 I 3 0
Taylor. 3bo 0 0 0 0 0
Peckinp'h, ss 2 1 2 1 4 0
Ruel, c 2 0 0 4 1 0
Zachary, p 3 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 27 2 4 27 15 0
x-Baited for Nehf in eighth.
xx-Ran for Kelly in ninth.
New York 100 000 000—1
Washington 000 020 OOx—2
Summary—Two-base hits, Frisch
2. Stolen bases, McNeely, Bluege.
Sacrifice, Ruel. Double play, Harris
to Peckinpaugh to Judge. Left on
bases, New York 5. Washington 7.
Bases on balls, off Nehf, 4 (McNeely
2, Bluege, Peckinpaugh); Ryan, 1
(Judge). Struck out, by Nehf 4
(Judge. Zachary, Rice, Goslin); Ryan
j (Goslin); Zachary 3 (Wilson 2,
Lindstrom). Hits, off Nehf, 4 in 7
innings. loosing pitcher, Nehf. Um
pires, Klein (at plate); Dineen (at
first); Quigley (at second); Con
nolly (at third). Time of game, 1
hour 57 minutes.
GRIFFITH STADIUM,, Washing
ton, Oct. 9.—(By the Associated
Press.) —The Senators once more
evened the 1924 world’s series by de
feating the Giants and Art Nehf,
McGraw’s southpaw star, 2 to 1, be
fore a howling crowd of 37,000 that
included President Coolidge. Each
club now has won three games. The
seventh and final contest will be
p ayed here tomorrow. .
Manager "Bucky” Harris won the
game when he singled with two out
in the fifth inning and brought
across Peckinpaugh and McNeely.
Tom Zachary, Senator southpaw,
was hit harder than his portside
rival Nehf, but pitched shutout ball
after the first inning, when the
; Giants scored their only run on
Frisch’s double, Young’s fielder’s
] choice, on which "Pep” got to sec-
I ond after Frisch was run down, and
{ Kelly’s single to center.
Nehf allowed only four hits while
Zachary was touched for seven but
the Giant portsider was taken out
for a.pinch hitter after the seventh
and Ryan finished the game. It
was Zachary’s second victory of the
scries, lie was credited with win
ning the second game last Sunday,
although knocked out of the box in
the ninth and succedeed by Marber
ry, who retired the Giants with the
score tied.
Peckinpaugh Hurt Again
The triumph was lor the
Senators, however, because Peck
inpaugh, returning to the game for
the first time since Monday, wh'en
he was forced out by a pulled ten
dno, again injured his leg fielding
Meusel’s smash and throwing to
Harris for a force out of South
worth, running for Kelly who had
' singled.
i Peckinpaugh was forced to leave
i and was aided from the field by his
team-mates. Joe Judge, first sacker,
was injured in the same play, being
hit in the groin by the relay throw *
from Harris which failed to com
plete the prospective double play.
Judge was in considerable pain, but
after an interval continued while
Taylor plugged the hole In the in
field.
Peckinpaugh’s return had put new
life into the Washington attack and
defense which ■ had cracked during
hig absence.
His single started the winning
rally and he scored the first Wash
ington run.
Immediately after the game, Presi
dent Coolidge went down to the Sena
tors’ clubhouse where he shook
i hands with members of the team,
land congratulated them upon their
; victory.
i Clark Griffith, the owner of the
; Senators, announced Peck had not
I been badly hurt, and he felt sure he
I would be able to play tomorrow.
The official figures announced aft
'er the game showed a paid attend
' ance of 31,254 and receipts of $131,-
' 206. The commission’s share wag
i 819,680.90, and the clubs’ share, slll,-
I 525.10.
• President and Mrs. Coolidge, with
I their party, entered the presidential
box just before 2 o’clock. The spec
tators arose and the two teams lined
up before the president while the
band played "The Star Spangled
Banner.”
President Coolidge was Introduced
to Judge Landis and Managers Mc-
Graw and Harris. The visiting party
were also introduced to Mrs. Cool
idge, who vivaciously complimented
the two managers.
Early arrivals included many gov
ernment and diplomatic notables.
Governor Pinchot. of Pennsylvania,
occupied a box with his party.
The Weather j
Forecast for Saturday:
Virginia: Fair and slightly warm
er.
North Carolina: Cloudy and slight
ly warmer, probably showers on the
coast.
South Carolina; Cloudy; probably
showers; little change in tempera
ture.
r. nrobably
fcii (j xte *. •
Floiiua: Local rains probable.
Extreme northwest Florida. Ala
bama and .Mississippi: Mostly cloudy.
Tennessee and Kentucky: General
ly fair probably Saturday; mild
tempemture.