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NO SERIOUS MOVE
MME FRANCE
TO PAY ON DEBT
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Special Leased Wire to The Journal —Copy-
right, 1924.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—France
has no serious intention of paying
America in the immediate future
anything on war debts.
This fact more than anything
else is responsible for the series of
mixups and misunderstandings
which diplomacy is trying to iron
out as between the French govern
ment and Washington.
Ambassador Jusserand, who is re
tiring soon with the best record of
friendship and personal popularity
that any envoy has enjoyed In a
generation, naturally wanted to do
something before he left to clear up
the only unsettled problem btween
France and the United States. The
Herriot government in Paris also
realized that it was a long time since
France had sent M. Parmentier to
discuss the question of debts, and
that the United States couldn’t play
the part of a pressing bill collector.
Congress had become restive, too,
and the French government decided
that discussion was at least a sign
of good intent.
M. Jusserand took up the question
with the war debt commission creat
ed by congress, and expressed to that
body in recent conferences substan
tially the same view which he ex
pounded in a speech last week. The
White House was asked by the cor
respondents for a comment on that
speech, and it was pointed out that
there could be comment only on
what was said to the funding com
mission after the organization had
taken up the matter in due course.
No Rebuke Intended
The newspaper men drew the in
ference that a rebuke was being
given the French ambassador for
talking in public speeches instead of
making an argument to the funding
commission. And. when the press
reports gave the impression of a re
buke, the White House disclaimed
such an intention, Indeed it was
discovered that the French ambassa
dor had been saying the same
things to the funding commission,
but whether the report of his con
versations had been made to the
president by last Tuesday when the
stories of a reprimand were pub
lished is not yet clear.
The point, however, is immaterial
'because the president had no chaoce,
of course, of issuing a rebuke to
anyone and the'French ambassador
is not being criticized here for what
ia known to be the policy of his gov
' einment.
The incident has simply accen
tuated the fact that France wants a
moratorium and hopes later to make
even better erms with the United
States than Great Britain d-d. The
American government is embarrassed
by the apparent unwillingness of
France to pay anything right away
and also by the knowledge that if
easy terms are granted to France,
Great Britain will promptly a3k for
a revision of the agreement she has
with the United States.
The contention is being repeatedly
made by France that owing to the
large sacrifices she made, of blood
as well as treasure she Should not
be expected to pay anything like the
terms America wants. Indeed, the
French have never counted the debt
to America as a part of their budget
of expenses and have made no pro
'vision either for interest or sinking
fund. This has not created a very
good impression in congress. Also
the international bankers wr.o are
called upon to persuade the Ameri
can investor from time to tune to
buy French government securities
are anxious to see the French placed
in the best light possible. The fund
ing commission naturally expected
soma concrete proposals from France
but it has become apparent that the
French ambassador only has the
power to discuss and create a favor
able sentiment if possible for a
moratorium or easiex* terms than
Great Britain secured.
France’ •‘Summons” Creditor
The French viewpoint ’s that
America was a belated participant
in the war and that none of the al
lied an dassociated powers made
the sacrifice that France did, hence
the United States should make due
allowances. If America does, then
the French would expect the British
to do likewise.
The French are talking about hav
ing Secretary Mellon go to Europe
after congress adjourns in March
so that they may explain to him
first hand why they can't pay very
much. This suggestion is not mak
ing a hit just now, for the usual
custom is fpr the debtor to call on
the creditor. In France, however,
there is an objection to sending a
commission to America unless it can
propose some sort of a settlement
that will be acceptable. And the
French themselves have not arrived
at the stage where they consider it
possible to make a tangible offer of
settlement.
So very little may be expected to
come of the recent conversations,
unless the French government finds
American public opinion growing
more assertive than it has been in
the past on the question of early
payments,
America Attempts .
To Extend Powers
Os Photographic Eye
WASHINGTON,
known that a properly
manipulated camera can bring out
objects and aspects that defy de
tection by the naked eye. That power
of the camera is being greatly ex
tended by experimental work now
undertaken jointly by the bureau of
standards and the war department’s
section of aviation.
Some of the results are considered
military secrets, but it is more than
possible that In the next war smoke
screens are not likely’ to be com
plete protection for advancing troops
or moving vessels at sea. The cam
era's eye can be given some un
canny’ powers as piercing obscurity
of that kind.
Already, ’he experimental cameras
can give very good results in taking
pictures of objects concealed by ths
water vapor which constitutes nat
ural fog and cloud bank. It is likely
that the powers, now barely devel
oped. can be carried a good deal fur
ther. Dr. G K. Burgess, director of
the bureau, believes the secret of the
increased, visibility—for the camera
—lles largely In the photographic
emulsions which control the charac
ter of the sensitive plate and its
development. Some of the discov
eries in connection with the research
probably will be made public, though
There are details which military
archives will likely treasure for a
long time.
THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
Policeman Adopts 30 Children on Salary of $145 a Month;
“We Live Well and Don’t Worry, and It’s a Lot of Fun,” He Says
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Since 1904, St. Louis Offi
cer's Home Has Been a
Regular Orphanage A-
■ Room for More
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 20.—Police Ser
geant Joe Schneider has fathered 30
children in the last 20 years.
And all on a policeman’s salary!
Siree 1904 Joe’s home has been a
regular orphanage. There seldom
has been a time in all these years
when there were not at least a doz
en youngsters living under his roof.
Schneider and his wife, never blqss.
ed with children of their own, first
adopted the orphaned daughter of old
friends. But the little girl, they soon
saw, was lonesome without her lid
playmates. So they went out and
got some for her.
From then on adopting homeless
kiddies became a habit with the
Schneiders. /
Always Room for More (
“It's never been as tough as it
NEWS OF THE SOUTHLAND TOLD IN SNAPPY PARAGRAPHS
ALABAMA
BIRMINGHAM. Sloss-Sheffield
Steel and Iron company announces
it will place into operation January
1 one blast furnace at Birmingham
and one at Gadsden which have
been idle some time. This will give
six in operation.
SELMA. Eton Haynes, SO,
prominent farmer of Sardis, near
here, dies in local hospital from
wounds received when shot down in
doorway at his home by unidentified
persons.
TUSCUMBIA. Congressman Ed
B. Almon, at home here on Christ
mas vacation, predicts possible de
feat ’of Underwood and Norris bills
for Muscle Shoals project and thinks
matter will be refered to commis
sion.
MOBILE. Patrolman James J.
Shaw, 28, Is shot and killed by negro
whom he had arrested. Negro es
capes. Rewards totaling $450 are of
fered for capture.
SHEFFIELD?- G. Frank Gibson,
one of Sheffield’s oldest citizens, dies
from pneumonia.
GADSDEN. Newly created. Al
abama School of Trades and Indus
try will open in temporary buildings
at beginning of school year.
GOODWATER. Charles Bagley
escapes death by jumping when his
mule is struck and killed by freight
train.
ASHVILLE. Rev. John S. E.
Robinson, 80, Baptist minister, dies
at home near here.
MONTGOMERY. Mrs. Edwina
'Faulkner, assistant attorney gen
eral, is elected chairman of state
board of pardons.
TROY. Negro workmen em
ployed on street work here unearth
Iron box which contains skeleton of
unknown white man.
TUSCALOOSA. —Fire of unknown
origin destroys home, garage and
two automobiles of John Laycock,
near here, causing 1 ss of over
$5,000.
MOBILE. Bob Fairman and
party of hunters from Birmingham
kill 850-pound bear in swamps near
here.
DECATUR.—Mrs? Elizabeth Mor
ris, seventy-one, dies at home of
daughter here, after lingering illness.
TROY.—R. G? McCalman, local
merchant, sends to President Calvin
Coolidge one of largest turkey gob
blers ever seen here.
COLLINSVILLE? ~— Collinsville
has handled more than 10,000 bales
of DeKalb county's 22,000-bale cot
ton crop this year.,
MONTGOM E RY.—Alaba ma Credit
corporation for Alabama cotton grow
ers will commence business Janu
ary 1 with capital of SIOO,OOO.
MONTGOMERY??? Over 35,000
hunting licenses were issued in state
| this year.
GADSDEN.—Judge James A. Bil
bro, eighty-one, noted jurist, past
grand master of Masonic and 1. O.
O. F. grand lodge of Alabama, is
dead.
BI RM 1 NGH AM —Charged with de
serting wife and child, C. Palmer
I’arker, former city auditor, is sen
tenced to twelve months at hard
labor.
MOBILE.—John Calvin Turner,
fifty, of Shelby, N. C., is killed in
accident here.
TROY.—Phoenix Lumber and
manufacturing company, of Macon,
Ga., will build large planing mill
here.
WETUMPKA. First National
bank declares regular quarterly divi
dend of 4 per cent and special divi
dend of 5 per cent.
MONTGOMERY?—Use of lash in
prisons is termed relic of barbarism
by Thomas E. Kilby, former gover
nor, before 6,000 people, at unveil
ing of painting of Christ by Max
Saaanoff, Russian artist, at Kilby
prison.
ENTERPRISE.—Farmers in coun
ty are becoming interested in using
pyrotol, war salvage explosive, for
stumping and clearing land.
MOBILE. — — Point"Clear Library,
in southern part of Baldwin coun
ty, is smallest in world, it is claimed.
It is S by 15 feet and contains 617
books.
JASPER. —First annual poultry
show closes here and is great suc
cess.
BESSEMER???\Voodwarj Iron
company gives each of its employes
fine Christmas turkey.
, FLORENCE????. - ?B Campbell, of
Florence, is appointed representa
; live of veterans' bureau for five
counties in north Alabama.
MOULTON.—P.eotccl.ing on large
scale, creation of two game refuges,
and establishment of central camp
ing site at Kenl.ck are embraced in
plans submitted to Washington by
B. M. Lufburrow. forest supervise r
for national fj;?st? in north Ala
bama.
MOBILE.—White Leghorn Club of
Alabama will hold first poultry show
and institute in Mobi’e, January 1-3.
ALBANY—Sparks on roof cause
considerable damage to Central
Methodist church hers
MONTGOM EKY— U n nim- js In-
might seem,” says the sergeant.
“We’ve never been so overburden
ed we. couldn't, have cared for at least
half a dozen more.
Good management's the. whole se
cret. Help the children and they help
you. And the kids, you know, make
the old folks young, and the fun of
it all is worth ten times more than
the effort it's all been.”
Until his promotion to a sergeancy
a few weeks ago Schneider was a
traffic cop on St. Louis’ busiest
downtown corner. On that job he
was making $145 a month. Today he
gets $165.
“But big pay,” he tells you, "is
only a late thing. It’s only been a
few years since we were getting S7O
a month. And it’s been just compar
atively recently we were getting S9O.
“Yet it was just as smooth travel
ing in the old S7O days as now—may
be more so. The wife runs the busi
ness of the household and she never
gets in the ‘red.’ We live well and
don’t worry.
Ten at Home Now
“As the children get older they
help in one way or another. We al
ways pull together.”
dorsement of Dr. Sprighr Dowell, as
president of Alabama Polytechnic in
stitute at Auburn, is given here at
/meeting of legislative committee of
Alabama Educational association.
BIRMINGHAM—Dr. J. L. Mills,
retired Methodist minister and fa
ther of J. Bibb Mills, superintend
ent of Alabama Anti-Saloon League,
dies at residence of son.
EUFAULA. —Misses Maggie and
Bessie McTyer, twins of this city,
have fruit tree which bears both ap
ples and pears.
JACKSONILLE.—Mrs. Laura A.
Wilson, 83, dies at home of daugh
ter, Mrs. T. E. Lacey, at Brown’s
station.
BESSEMER???!)!-.' Sam W. Horne
is elected commander of Bessemer
post, American Legion.
COURTLAND. One Lawrence
county boy made a profit of $638 on
eight acres of ground, according to
Ingram P. Tnornton, vocational agri
cultural teacher of Town Creek high
school.
WETUMPKA.—C. G. McMorris, of
Wetumpka, sends to department of
archives and history record book in
which James W. Graham, secretary,
entered minutes of total abstinence
society at Wetumpka, organized
June, 1842.
CARROLLTON. —Baptist church
is being erected here at cost of M5,-
000, to take place of building 7>r years
old
MONTGOMERY.—James S. Shir
ley well known Montgomery mer
chant, dies after illness of two
months.
MONTGOM ERY.—Marshall Dozier
aid Mary Russell, negroes, are given
hunting license instead of marriage
license. Mistake is discovered by
parson who marries them.
SELMA. —Mr. and Mrs.
Jackson and two children are badly
injured when their automobile
plqnges down embankment into
Cha ba river.
ANNISTON. Mop yarn and mop
factory, with $50,000 capital, locates
here.
GADSDEN.—Joe Daniel, 20, son
of ex-Sheriff Daniel, of Cherokee
county, falls across saw, lacerating
left arm so badly it had to be am
putated at shoulder.
GADSDEN.—B? T? Williams, 77,
oldest citizen of Cherokee county,
dies at home at Pope.
DECATUR. •—• river
steamer Trosel brings 350 tons of
cotton seed from Langston to local
cotton seed oil mill.
BESSEMER. Two Bessemer
children die same day, victims of
open grates. They are, Geraldine
Ausbourne, 4, and Otis Ledbetter, 2.
BIRMINGHAM???? Southern Fer
ro-concrete company, of Atlanta.
Ga., is given contract to build ad
dition to Tutwiler, hotel here, cost
ing $300,000.
BIRMINGHAM? - ?? Court of ap
peals sustains Judge William E.
Fort, of Birmingham, in decision
allowing $5,000 bail to Clarence
Clark, charged with murder,
MONTGOMERY. lnmates of
Kilby prison present Governor W.
W. Brandon with fountain pen as
token of esteem.
SCOOTSBORO. —Six hig whisky
stills are captured in Jackson coun
ty in week.
NORTH CAROLINA
RALEIGH.—Deaths of infants
under one year of age in state in
1923 numbered 6,865, ratio of 81.5
per 1,000 births, and maternal
deaths numbered 549, ratio of 6 5
per 1,000 births.
WINSTON-SALEM. Mrs. Bow
man Gray, wife of president of K.
J. Reynolds Tobacco company, pro
vides Christmas tree and presents
for 5,000 negro children of. city in
biggest event of kind for/ negroes
ever held here.
GREENSBORO. Charging that
officers of Wachovia Bank and
Trust company and R. J. Reynolds
Tobacco company, both of Winston-
Salem. in "conspiracy.” wrecked
Bailey Brothers, Inc., of Winston-
Salem, tobacco manufacturers, caus
ing loss to latter concern’s stock
holders of $2,001,139.65 ere contained
in complaint of suit for recovery
filed in federal district court here
by A. L, Ashly, merchant, nt
Stuart, \a„ and other stockholders.
Bailey Brothers was declared bank
rupt several months ago, its failure
being basis of series of pending
suits alleging fraud.
RALEIGH.—City's gross debt is
$3,574,921 and net debt is $1,422,832,
according to statement of city gov
ernment in connection with sale of
proposal for sale of $1,350,000 issue
of water and sewer bonds.
DI RHAM.—Thomas Leak, negro,
who engaged Officer B. L. Stalling®
Ln gun battle, i« killed, and office;
is wounded in arm.
RALEIGH. Tremendous de
mand for labor in state in 1925 is
forecast in biennial report of M. L.
Shipman. commissioner of labor
and printing, who says cotton mills
ara up pmd<-ion: tobacco
growing and manufacturing industry
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Above, Sergeant Joe Schneider's
present wards. From left to right,
Harry, Hilda, Margaret, Melvin,
Alfred, Oliver, Miriam, Dorothy,
Charles and Jimmy. Below, Ser
geant Schneider.
is expanding, building boom is con
tinuing and road system is expected
to be continued by additional large
state bond issue. Contemplated mu
nicipal Improvements Involve about
$25,000,000, he says.
RALEIGH.—Judge C. Z. Luse, of
western Wisconsin federal district
! court, is designated to preside over
special term of federal district
court at Wilmington when Commer
cial National bank, of Wilmington,'
bankruptcy cases involving Lieuten
ant-Governor W. B. Cooper and oth
er bank officials are docketed for
trial.
SHELBY.—Shortly after convic
tion and sentence to year on roads
in recorder's court, Ben F. Curtis,;
well-known contractor, is arrested I
by federal officers on white slavery |
charge growing out of automobile I
tour through western states with I
adopted daughter, Lillian, and Miss |
Vada Pearson, 21, daughter ofj
neighbor. Miss Pearson claims she:
was tricked into going to ride and:
was not permitted to leave party.
RALEIGH. Developments indi
cate that state highway commis-i
sion’s decision against proposal for!
: additional $35,000,000 highway bonds?
! issue was reached in view of pres-!
sure from New York bond houses I
which have since been advised of
; state's ability to meet bonds’ re
quirements by additional tax on •
gasoline. Expediency of short-term!
notes may be used to delay issue of!
honds which legislature may au-|
(. thorize.
LUMBERTON???M. D. Somerset,
steel worker, is dangerously injured
by 42-foot fall at Planters’ Bank
building. Skull is fractured.
lATMBERTON. —Thompson Memo
rial hospital is chartered by group of
150 persons’ with $150,000 authorized]
capital. Institution will replace oyie <
burned iu spectacular fire several i
weeks -ago.
DUNN. Cancelled street, sewer
and paving'bonds totalling $145,000,
■ are burned by city officials.
KINSTON.—AnnuaI three-day con- (
vention of Episcopal diocese of east
ern North Carolina convenes here
January 27, with Bishop Thomas C.
Darst About 200 ministers
and lay delegates are expected,
BURLINGTON? -??L. A. Dawson
and brother, of Goldsboro, are pinned
under overturned automobile and,}
after hour’s imprisonment in painful
position, are released by motorists.
and brought to hospital, where in
juries are declared not seribus.
KINSTON. —Fine imposed on Miss
Alma Burkett is placed at $25 after I
trial on reckless driving charge, .
when man, driver of other car, ex
plains, “probably I should have fled !
when I saw a flivver full oY women i
flying toward my car.” Miss Burkett
appeals.
LEXINGTON???Body of Staff Ser
geant Carey T. Pickard, son of Mr. I
and Mr#. A. L. Pickard, killed in ex-’
plosion while serving with air bomb-j
ing squad at Luke field, Hawaii, De-1
cember 5, is sent here for interment. I
KINSTON—Ed~Goff, charged with
shooting to death his son, Edward, i
Jr., 16, during quarrel with Mrs. i
Goff, is denied bond.
CHARLOTTE.—Chamber of com-!
merce survey indicates city's popula- ;
tion is 64,873, compared with federal]
census total of 46,338 in 1920.
SALISBURY.—Survey by civic or- ]
' ganizations indicates present popula-'
I tion is 18,512, 33.3 per cent increase I
; over federal total for 1920.
GREENVILLE???^Fred Edwards,
] 62, prominent citizen, dies after ill- ’
> ness continuing several months.
I WINSTON SALEM? Stokes
1 county officers begin search for
I Rice East, well known young white
; farmer, who is wanted on charge of
! having shot and killed father-in-law, ,
I Frank Joyce, during argument over i
: domestic affairs.
NEW BERN? - ?? - Zachary Whit- ;
i ford, principal of school at Bucks, '
j is held for trial on charge of assault j
I growing out of whipping of Vernon
NohlSs, 14. whose arms are alleged
I to have been tied.
NEW LAMP BURNS
94% AIR
Beats Electric or Gas
A new oil lamp that gives an
amazingly brilliant, soft, white light,
even better than gas or electricity,
has been tested by the U. S. Gov
ernment and 35 leading universities
and found to be superior to 10 ordi
nary oil lamps. It burns without
odor, smoke or noise—no pumping
up, is simple, clean, safe. Burns
94% air and 6% common kerosene
I (coal oil).
The inventor, A. N. Johnson, 642
N. Broad St, Philadelphia, is offer
, ing to send a lamp on 10 days’
FREE trial, or even to give one
FREE to the first user in each 10-1
i cality who will help him introduce
It. Write him today for 'll partic
ulars. Also ask him to explain how
you can get the agency, and with-
I out experience or money make $250 i
,to SSOO per month.
The Schneiders see no reason whj’
they should not adopt still more.
There are only 10 at home now. The
other 20 are all out for themselves.'
Who the children are that they
take in makes no difference to Joe
and his wife. They simply make
sure the youngster is without par
ents or support. The name nor fam
ily tree doesn't Matter.
To some of his wards, .Schneider is
plain “Dad.” To others he is “Uncle
Joe.” To Charlie and Jimmy, howev
er, he's “Crap-Shooter.”
That’s a heritage of his traffic
squad days. Joe’s favorite reprimand
to an overzealous motorist used to
be, “Get back there, you crap-shoot
er, until time for you to pass.”
“Me and the boys like it,” Joe con
fides. “It’s sort of familiar, and I be
lieve in letting the kids have their
way.”
Carnations Rival Camelias
Carnations in every shade from
palest pink to deep red are quite
as popular as the gardenia or ca
melia and add a smart touch to
the simplest street costume.
RALEIGH. Appropriation of
I $2,650,000 to be used in extending
benefits of state equalization fund
to (about 90 counties for educational
purposes is recommended in biennial
report to legislature by A. T. Allen,
superintendent of public Instruction.
Fund would be divided: teachers’
salaries, $2,200,000; transportation,
$250,000; to allow minimum eight
i month terms, $200,000.
RALEIGH. Revenue Commis
sioner Doughton declares favor for
proposed additional state highway
bond issue and says additional one
cent tax on gasoline would raise
annual additional sinking fund of
$1,500,000 or more.
WILMINGTON. Steamship
Savonia, Italian, sails with 3,500
bales of cotton for Genoa and Copen
(hagen; Danish, sails with 10,000 bales
i for Liverpool, all exported by local
! firm,
WILMINGTON? ?? Six negro
I laborers, are dangerously burned
I when cargo of sulphur being un
, loaded from steamship is ignited by
’ friction.
ASHEVILLE. General Hines,
i director of Veterans’ bureau, accom
: panied by Representative Bulwinkle,
of North Carolina, and other mem
] bers of congress, arrives for inspe®
: tion of veterans’ hospital at Oteen
i and to investigate charges of im
proper management.
ASHEVILLE. Survey by cham
. ber of commerce indicates city's
population is 42,756, compared with
? 24,504 shown by 1920 # federal cen
■. sus. ,
•| CHARLOTTE? - Tract of 179
' acres in Lemly township, Mecklen
burg county, is sold by O. N. Brown,
of New York, to Catawba Power
company for SIO,OOO and other con
siderations. Company's purpose is
not disclosed.
CONCORD. Population of 12,379
’is indicated by survey by local
! agencies, an increase of 25 per cent
‘ over 1920 federal figures.
WILMINGTON????W. A. McGirt,
: third district highway commissioner
and one of state's good roads move
ment leaders says fate of proposed
$35,000,000 road bond issue rests with
i Governor-elect Mcflbean and legisla
ture, and expresses belief legislature
will favor granting authority for ad-
I ditional funds.
i HIGH POINT? Scores of north
ern capitalists are spending winter
i vacations hunting in this section,
number of them owning hunting
’ lodges, where groups of guests are
entertained.
1 GASTONIA. —C. C. Armstrong,
president of North Carolina Motor
! club, announces club has offered ev
ery possible assistance in Secretary
of Commerce Hoover's campaign in
’ tended to reduce hazards of liigh-
• way travel.
i RALEIGH. Members of Tobac
co Grower's Co-operative association
I will receive quarterly payments aft
er final settlement in eastern North
’ Carolina on 1922 and 1823 crops and
I on 1922 crop of bright leaf produced
in old belt of Virginia and this state.
DURHAM. Hundreds of tele
i grams from Trinity college alumni
! in many states urge officials to ac
| (♦pt offer of J. B. Duke of $6,000,-
000 building fund and interest in $40,-
! 000,000 trust fund, providing institu
! tion's name is changed to Duke uni
i versity.
GREENSBORO? - ??? C. A. Weaver,
| well known grading contractor, is
I sentenced to sixty days on county
I roads after conviction on charge of
! cruelty to animals. He appeals.
RALEIGH. ??~ Project to divert
water from New river and tributaries
byway of Reddes river and tunnels
> through mountains in Wilkes and
Ashe counties, into Yadkin river, is
under contemplation by newly organ
ized Central Power Company, which
i is petitioning federal government for
authority to begin work. Hearing
will be held at Roanoke, Va.
WINSTONS ALE??!? Next an-
I nual meetin of North Carolina
i Chiropractic association will he h*ld
at Asheville, May 7-9, R.- M. Cox, sec
retary, announces.
PHARLOTTE.—D. W. Harris, 78,
prominent citizen, Confederate vet
eran, dies after prolonged illness.
CHARLOTTE???Governor Morri
son, accompanied by Mrs. Morrison,
visits Charlotte to continue making
arrangements for resumption of law
I practice here at expiration early in
January of his administration.
CHARLOTTE. James Milton
Braswell. 96, dies after prolonged ill
ness. He was Confederate veteran
and one of best known men of Meck-
I lenburg county.
RALEIGH.—State college should
be given control of state fair under
guarantee that college will operate
• fair forever, says Colonel J. E.
I Pogue, for twenty years secretary
of state fair. He explains state fairs
of twenty-nine states are operated by
agricultural colleges wholly or in co
i operation with state department of
. agriculture.
GREENSBORO.—Representatives
of North and South Carolina and
Virginia are invite dto re
gional conference of social workers,
pnet•-*'l »
i ao. at Chape4 Hill January 16-17.
1 which will be held under auspice® of
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1924.
\ STATE TAX SOLUTION
! IS GO'/EfflOß'S WISH
FDR THE H YEAR
SAVANNAH, Ga., Dec. 27.—Gov
ernor Clifford Walker, who arrived
in Savannah late Friday by automo
bile from Atlanta, said ■when asked
by The Savannah Press to make
a new year’s wish for Georgia:
“My wish is that the tax problem
might be solved, so that the owners
of tangible property may feel that
the expenses of the state are not
placed entirely upon them and that
the hope of the state is that all citi
zens may feel that justice is being
done and that the burdens of gov
ernment are being fairly distributed.
“I hope that the owners of in
tangible property will co-operate by
recognizing the justice and assist in
enactment of fair tax laws,”
In connection with the Georgia
tax system, the governor said:
“You may say for me that in con
nection with the tax problem that
the demand of the administration
as referring to legislation will be
the same as last year—namely a
fairer distribution of the burdens of
taxation.
Proposals Outlined
“The plan contemplates a reduc
tion of taxes on tangible property
and the placing on the tax books of
intangible property heretofore escap
ing taxation. The emphasis in 1925
will rather be placed on these ques
tions. Commissioners are now study
ing the situation and the problem
will he given mature and painstak
ing consideration.
“Several differerent plans have
been suggested thus far, including
ipcome tax, classification tax, sales
tax, etc. It is my opinion that there
will probably be agreement finally
on a combination of two or more
of the plans now under considera
tion.”
“After the reform of the tax laws
I will recommend to the general as
sembly a program of constructive
character which will include the en
largement of equipment and facili
ties in the field of higher education
al institutions and the consolidation
of public schools in the country
districts looking to a higher grade
of consolidated school work in each
militia district in Georgia for, terms
of nine months.”
Tobacco Revenue Growing
Discussing the tobacco tax law,
Governor Walker stated it is new,
and necessarily time is required to
obtain results. There have been
some loose ends to be taken up, but
the proper officials are actively do
] ing so at this time. Additional in
spectors have been employed, and
the law is being enforced more ad
vantageously each day.
“I am eternally and everlastingly
opposed to the sale of any part of
the terminals of the W. & A. rail
way, either in Atlanta nr in Chat
tanooga,” Governor AValker ex
claimed with fervor. “The value of
the terminals is infinitessimal as
ompared with the worth of the prop
erty in connection with the road. I
will co-operate otherwise with Chat
tanooga in the adjustment of its
traffic problems.”
Governor Walker was accom
panied by J. 11. Dozier, of Athens,
chairman of the state game and fish
board; L. L. McMullen, of Hartwell,
i and his two sons. W. M. Basker
ville, managing editor of the Atlanta
Georgian, joined the visitors here.
They are going to Ossahaw and
Sapelo islands as the guests of
Howard Coffin, of Detroit.'
Miss Lucy L. Wheeler,
Confederate General’s
Daughter, Passes Away
WHEELER STATION, Ala., Dec.
2f,.—Miss Lucy L. Wheeler, eldest
daughter of General Joseph Wheeler;
Confederate cavalry leader, and her
self a prominent Red Cross and wel
fare worker, died at. the old Wheeler
,home here late yesterday.
At her bedside were her sisters,
Miss Annie M. Whc ler, Mrs. J.
Harris and Mrs. Gordon M. Buck, of
: New York, and her brother-in-law,
Senator W. J. Harris, of Georgia.
! Funeral arrangements have been
delayed pending the arrival of her
; brother, Colon ’ Joseph Wheeler, of
i the United States army, from New
: York. Inteftnent will be at the fam
ily ceretery here.
Miss Wheeler did much relief work
during the Spanish-American war,
in which “Fighting Joe” added
laurels to his Confederate record.
| She also rendered conspicuous serv-
I ice to th’ Red Crc 3 during the
World wkr. Among her gifts wbre
j those to the schools of Lawrence
| county.
I She largely managed the Wheeler
estate here of many thousand acres,
which was settled by General Wheel
er soon after the Civil war. The
old homestead, among its majestic
oaks, contains many relics of her
I father.
American Association for Communi
ty Organic tion.
HICKORY.—Miss Emmeline Eliza
beth Suttlemyre, 77, member of
prominent family, dies afaer pro
longed illness.
WILMINGTON.—AIIeging R. W.
’ Vann, prominent citizen, aliented af
fections of Mrs. Bryant, her hus
! band, H. C. Bryant, files suit in su
perior court •for $25,000 damages.
Complaint declares Vann “seduced
j and debauched” Mrs. Bryant.
SHELBY. Central Methodist I
church building, for fifty years land
j mark of city, is being transformed
into modern theater, church congre
gation having entered new building,
i three members, who, as children,
heard first service in building fifty
j one years ago, attending final serv
’
DALEIGH.— Necessity of mnre
vigorous state efforts looking toward i
:conservation of forests is emphasized I
er Graham to state department cf
agriculture. j
fi. 0. P. VOTE LOSS I
Hi SOUTH IS BALM
FOB DEMOCRATS
BY ROBERT T. SMALL
(Ccpyi'ight. 1924, by -the Consolidated Press
Association —Special Lease:! Wire
to The Atlanta Journal.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—The
Democrats of the nation are claiming
a little consolation from the official
election returns. The figures show
that the Republican vote in the “sol
id south” fell off at least 25 per cent
from the vote cast for Warren G.
Harding four years ago. President
Coolidge reached his lowest tide of
. olitical fortune in South Carolina,
where in some manner 1,123 votes
were cast for him. Warren Harding
got 2,444 votes in the state in 1920.
TJpe only southern state in which
the Republicans showed a gain was
Texas, yvhere the vote jumped from
114,538 for Harding, to 128,240 for
Coolidge. The greatest loss to the
Republicans was in Tennessee, which
was carried by Mr. Harding with a
total of 219,829 votes, whereas Mr.
Coolidge this year received but 131,-
064 and’lost to John W. Davis.
Comparative figures for the 11
states comprising the solid south are
as follows:
State — Harding. Coolidge.
Alabama 74,680 45,006
Arkansas 71,117 40,394
Florida 44,953 30,633
Georgia 43,720 30,300
Louisiana 38,538 24,670
Mississippi 11,578 8,730
North Carolina ...232,848 191,733
South Carolina .... 2,224 1,123
Tennessee 219,829 131,064
Texas 114,538 128,240
Virginia 87,456 72,904
Totals 941,413 704,455
Net Loss of 236,958 Votes
In 1924, therefore, there was a
net loss of 236,958 votes to the Grand
Old Party and another setback in the
dream of definitely breaking the sol
id south. This loss may be account
ed for in part by La Follette's can
didacy, for the senator from Wiscon
sin, and his running mate, Wheeler,
polled a total of approximately 120,-
000 votes. La Follette reached his
greatest southern strength in Texas,
where his total reached 42,541 votes,
or more than a third of the southern
total. Like Mr. Coolidge, Mr. La
Follette reached the vanishing point
in South Carolina, where his total
was only 620.
The Democratic vote in the solid
south showed some rather wide fluc
tuations in 1924 as compared with
1920, but the total was almost the
same, Governor Cox receiving 1,636,-
642 votes four years ago, and John
W. Davis polling 1,688,720 this year.
Due to various causes, including a
rather spectacular gubernatorial
campaign, the total vote in Texas
took a tremendous leap, and while
the Republicans showed a gain
there of approximately 14,000, the
Democrats made a gain of 190,000.
Davis Gains in Georgia
The Davis vote showed a loss to
the Cox vote in Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, North Carolina, South Caro
lina, Tennessee and Virginia. It is a
rather strange freak of figures that
w’hile pavis carried Tennessee and
Cox lost it, the Davis vote this year
was some 46,000 under that given to
Governor Cox. In addition to the
tremendous leap in Texas, the Davis
gains over the Cox figures were in
Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi.
There are various explanations for
the ground lost by the Republicans
in the south other than the presence
of a third party ticket in the field.
In the first place there was con
siderable resentment against Presi
dent Wilson in certain sections of
the south and the Cox vote showed
this defection from the party.
In the second place Warren Har
ding was warmly regarded, in the
south. He was thought a broad
minded man of the people, and, hail
ing from the west, was considered
more acceptable to the old line south
erners than a “down east Yankee”
would have been. Confronted this
year by a New England Republican
for the first time since the Civil war,
many southern Republicans either
voted for Davis or remained away,
from the polls. The latter certainly
was the case in Tennessee, which has
its strong Republican sections, and
where the vote showed a huge fall
ing off this year.
The politicians of both the old par
ties are likely to be busy for some
time digesting the official returns.
If they avoid Indigestion they will
be luckjL
Murders Decrease
And Dry Law Cases
. Increase in S. C.
COLUMBIA, S. C., Dec. 27.
Prohibition violations and man
slaughter cases increased, while*
murder cases' decreased, according
to the reports of six solicitors to At
torney General Wolfe showing the
number of crimes prosecuted by
them during the current fiscal year.
Other solicitors who have not re
ported, as yet, will do so before the
end of the year, it was learned at
the attorney-general’s office.
There were 1,450 cases for the
year in the six circuits, as com
pared with 1,421 cases for the same
circuits last year. Os these there
were 215 cases in which “no bills”
were returned or where contin
uances were granted beyond the
year, so as to carry them over into
the next annual report.
Os the total number of cases pros
ecuted there were 1,062 verdicts of
guilty in the six circuits, as com
pared with 1,130 last year. In 181
cases the defendants were acquitted,
as compared with 188 last year.
Prohibition violations charged
numbered 615, of which 511 cases
resulted in convictions. In the same
class of cases there were 578 last
year, with 516 convictions.
Manslaughter was shown tn be on
the increase, with 50 cases for this
year as compared with 36 for last,
but, on the other hand, murder
cases showed a decline from 90 last
year to 79 cases this year.
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ANOTHER SPREE ON 1
NEW YEAR'S NIGHT
BY MALCOLM ELLIS
(Copyright, 1924. by the Consolidated Press
Association— Special Leased Wire i
to The Atlanta Journal.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Provided]' 4
cne has the money to enjoy it, this,
will be a happy New Year’s eve In
New York. The bootleggers are see
ing to that. I
Undeterred by the fact that thirty
forir persons have died this month
from bad liquor—the sort that
blinded William Mack, the , play- -
wright, and four of his companions ’
who took an indiscriminate swig I
from a Jersey workman's proffered/
bottle —the fact that four more are
dying, that twenty-eight men ami
three women are in the alcoholic
ward of Bellevue recovering from
bad liquor spirits and that 51 others
...re in the same wards nursing in- j
juries indirectly caused by bum
New York is going ahead with its
plans for another grand spree next
Wednesday night.
The celebration will center chiefly
around the night clubs, although
the hotels are planning for an at
tendance of 28,000 in their main and /
private dining rooms. Night clubs/
have sprung up like mushrooms in
the “fashionable forties” and the
“Nifty Fifties,” during the past
year. There were a few last year
at this time but, in this twelve
month, the London manner of doing
up an evening has gained the Z
ascendancy and most of New
night life is behind the closed doors
of these expensive and exclusive!
places—so exclusive that it is neces
sary to have an admission card to
get in. A man who has a number on
his string carries as many paste
boards as a railroad man traveling
on passes. The clubs range from
the elegantly furnished places with
couvert charges of $5 for a weekday
and night and hoity toity English j
and French waiters, to common,
dinary barrooms with pretzels and
cheese and heavy jowled bouncers.
One can have all the comforts of
pre-prohibition days, but it is expen
sive. I J erhaps the most exclusive
of these places has a couvert; charge
for New Year’s eve of SSO per per
son. A couple can’t walk in and
out of the place and have a little
something to eat, not to mention f
much to drink, for much less than '
S2OO. And if the champagne is flow
ing freely, it may cost around SSOO
for the evening. A fairly good grade
of champagne Is quoted along the
hippocket market at $8 or $lO a
quart, but the stewards of some of
these clubs are expecting to get S2O
a quart for it. Soda water to go
into whisky highballs will bring $2
for that evening.
“What do we ’ care?” Is the gen- >
oral attitude about prices. Wall •
street gave away $60,000,000 in
bonuses just before Christmas and
it al] hasn’t been spent yet. Besides
the “bulls" in the market are hav
ing the time of their lives and have
got to blow off steam. It will be
perhaps the city’s most expensive
celebration of any event.
Prohibition enforcement agents /
have warned the general public 1
against drinking bootleg liquor!
“Only fools dare to touch the stuff
you can get now,” Director Merrick
warned a few days ago. But he
forgot that “fools” are always hope
ful and confident. The agents will
raid, of course, but the tide of booze
flows on. ,
Most of the vaudeville houses and
some of the theaters are arranging
midnight performances. Tickets that
sei! ordinarily for $2.20 at the box
office yield sl2 and sls each for
spe?ulators who manage by hook or
croik to got hold of them. Up at
Madson Square Garden, a number
of lhe shining lights of Broadway—
inchding Ann Pennington and her
dirmled knees; Martha Lorber, Mr.
Zieffield’s prize beauty of the mo
meit; Vincent Lopez and a dozen ,
othrs—will bring the bouncing,»
youngster 1925, Into the world to th®
accanpanlment of plenty of jazz.
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usu.brevels, smacking of the artists
ball in th® mont martre, with inti
mab dancing, much liquor and few
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