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(Lljc BTtatttu ®ti Smwol 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. Dress Remnants 66c a Yard Remarkable offer on 5-yartl rem nants of serges, tricotines and suit ings being made by Textile Mills Co., Dept. 535. Kansas City. Mo. M rite them todav for free hiforma . tion. — (Advertisement.) Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 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 If you have attacks of Fits, Ep ilepsy or Falling Sickness I will tell you how to secure FREE a home treatment which has permanently stopped the attacks in hundreds of cases. It gives immediate relief Write today to Arpen Lab.. Desk 11, Station C, Milwaukee, Wis. (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.