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VOLUME XXVIII, NO. 195
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD SCORED BY WILLIAMS
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Augusta Is Host to Thousands of Visitors at Big ’Cue Today
On Every Train and
by Every Road Big
Crowds Flock Here
as the City’s Guests
Ml Was in Readiness Thursday Morning for Greatest
Barbecue Feast Ever Attempted by Any Commu
nity in the South.
Hon. John Skelton Williams, Scores of Georgia Editors
and Georgia Jewelers Are Among Thousands Who
Will Partake of Augusta’s Hospitality To
day—Keys of City Turned Over to
Visitors, With Injunction to
“Help YourselVes.”
Tt would require more than threat*"
ening skies or oven a downpour of
rain to dampen the spirits of the hun
dreds of Georgians and Carolinians
J who gathered in Augusta Thursday
for the event of the year, the great
Community Barbecue at Lake View
park and the Fair grounds, under the
auspices of the Board of Commerce.
In the early morning they began to
arrive, and every hour swelled the
total, until the original hundreds
grew into thousands. They came from
every city and hamlet within a radios
of 100 miles from Augusta: indeed
there was hardly a town in the whole
state Georgia, and but few in Caro
lina, which did not have more than
one representative.
Shortly after 10 o’clock Thursday
morning Hon. John Skelton Williams,
the speaker of the /lay, arrived: and
n few moments later the Georgia
Press Association, the members of
which camp down from Washington
on a special train, rolled into Union
Station.
The members of the State Jewelers
Association will be guests at the ban
quet to the number of about 150,
end the members of the Southeastern
Po*t Office supervisors and officials
will be there 100 per cent strong.
AUTOMOBILE MEN COMING
HERE FROM SAVANNAH.
A party from the Savannah Auto
mobile Club, over 100 In number, left
Savannah Thursday morning to attend
the ’cue. They were to be met at
Mcßean by a delegation of Augusta
automobile men. They will remain
In Augusta over night, ‘and motor
back to Savannah in the morning.
Mr. Clem Castleberry reported
everything in fine shapp just before
the ’cue. He had anticipated rain,
and was prepared for it. The pits
were covered and the food protected.
The great exhibition hall where the
'cue is served Is ideal shelter, ana
even if there is a deluge before tb
Yu* is over, the guests will be pro
tected from it.
The festivities started at 10 o’clock
with a concert on Broad street. One
hour later thare was a concert at
Lake View Park, ending at noon,
when the speaking started, with
President Wallace B. Pierce of the
Board of Commerce acting as master
of ceremonies.
The speakers are Mr. William O.
Sutlive of Savannah, representing the
Georgia Press Association, J. P. Tag
gart, president of the Savannah Auto
Club, and Hon. John Skelton* Wil
liams. former comptroller of the cur
rency and a former member of the
Federal Reserve board.
Mr. Clem Castleberry had his cooks
working the better part of Wednes
day night and all day Thursday. The
mountains of food of all kinds, bar
becue meat, bread, tomatoes, potatoes,
and the dozen or more other essentials
of a good barbecue were all ready
for service when the time for putting
the barbecue before the guests ar
rived.
HUNDREDS OF WOMEN
ON HAND TO SERVE
The hundreds of Augusta women
who are to serve the ’cue were on
hand hours before the hour set for the
feast. The tables wer*. set the even
ing before, the great exhibition hah
is decked out like a British admiral
on parade, and every other detail ha*
been arranged with a skill born of
long experience.
The ’cue itself «tart«s at ? ?,n. im
mediately after the speech of Hon.
John Slcolton WilUamr. Mr. Williams
and the other sneakers spoke at Lake
View Park. They marched to the
banquet hall In parade formation,
guided by former service men. mem
bers of the Board of Commerce.
No estimate of the crowd has been
obtained up to the present time, but
II is exnected that it will at least
tgual if not surpass, la«t year’s rec
ord, when MOO Georgians and Caro
linians gathered around the festive
board on a similar occasion.
Tn addition to thp folks from the
states on both sides of the Savannah,
there are manv other states repre
sented at the ’cue. nrnctieallv everv
o from the Ohio river to tb* Gulf,
md from the Mississippi to tHe At
lantic.
KOHLOSS APPOINTED
As Prohibition Director for
North Carolina.
WASHINGTON. Appointment of ,
Robert H. Kohloss. of Salisbury, N.
C., as federal prohibition director for
North Carolina, was announced on
Thursday by the Internal Revenue Bu
reau.
i He succeeds Thomas H. Vander
f ford. At the same time the bureau
announced the appointment of A B.
Coltralne, of Trinity, as assistant di
rector.
FREIGHT RATE HEARING
ATLANTA, Ga.—Southbound freight
rates again was the paramount sub
ject of the conference here Thursday i
of representative* of shipper* and I
railroads seeking to readjust them !
along a line that would be satifac- I
tory to both sides.
The roads have claimed the rates
recommended by the Interstate Com- ]
mere® Commission on freight into |
Southern territory would cut too deep- !
ly into their revenues, but the north- j
l»ound rate* already have been agreed I
to as recommended by the eommls- j
sfon The commission’s order pro
vided that the carriers and shipper* I
should corfe** and attempt to agree on j
the rate*
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
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SCHAUL ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF
GA. JEWELERS
Augustan Chosen at Closing
i Session Columbus Next
Convention City—Jewelers
Favor 1 Per Cent Gross
Sales Tax.
L. J. Schaul, of Augusta, was elcet
ed president of the Georgia Retail
Jewelers’ association at the closing
session of the second annual conven
tion here Thursday morning. Other
officers elected were as follows:
F. H. Schomberg, Columbus, first
vice president.
H. C. Viele, Augusta, second vice
president.
W. J. Kleiner, Augusta, secretary.
H. S. Banta, Newnan, treasurer.
Delegate to the national convention
|at Buffalo, in September F. H.
Schomburg, Columbus. J
Directors: William O. White, Au
i gusta, chairman; H. W. Meaders,
Toccoa; T. H. Latham, Atlanta: V. J.
Pekor, Columbus; T. H. Wynne,
Griffin.
Columbus was selected as the* next
convention city, the Invitation having
been, extended by V. J. Pekor.
A rising vote of thanks was ex
tended T. H. Latham, retiring presi
dent. and the other retiring officers
for the splendid resutts accomplished
by them druing the past year.
Mr. Schaul was given a big ovation
upon his election as president. He
was referred to as “the live wire
whose work has given Augusta a 100
per cent representation in the state
association.”
The name of Mr. Latham was fVrst
placed in nomination to succeed him
self. After his declination was re
luctantly accepted, the name of Mr.
William O. White was placed in
nomination. Mr. White asked that
his name he withdrawn, and nomi
nated Mr. Schaul. The matter was
then put to a vote and Mr. Schaul
won out by a 2 to 1 decision, despite
the fact that he was accused of
“stuffing the ballot box’’ in favor tt
Mr. White.
Mr. Schaul, in accepting the honor,
asked for the cooperation of the asso
ciation during the year In increasing
the membership and otherwise furth
ering its interests. He urged the
jewelers to devote more of their earn
ings to advertising, and stated that
, publicity was needed to make the
, association 100 per cent atrong
throughout the state.
Favor 1 Per Cent Gross Tax
I The next important matter trans-
I acted at the closing session was a
vote that put Georgia jewelers on
record as favoring the substitution of
I the 1 per cent grorn sales tax for
the present 5 per coat luxury tax.
j The proposed system, as outlined at
i the meeting, would mean that a tax
iof 1 per t ent \yould be assessed on
all merchandise from the stage of
, raw material until h reached the con
sumer. For example, the producer
of the material would pay a 1
per cent tax. the manufacturer would
pay the game rate, as would the job
ber. the retailer and the purchaser.
This method, the Georgia jewelers
believe, would lighten the burden of
taxation by distributing it more
equally than under the present ays-
I tom, would mean as much Income for
| the government, but less taxation
to the ultimate purchaser.
Upon adjournment of the conven
tion, the jewelers were taken to the
fair grounds to partake of Augusta’s
big community barbecue.
Barbecue Wednesday
The delegate* to the convention,
together with local jewelers and their
wives and daughters, partook of a
delightful barbecue at Carmichael’s
club Wednesday evening.
Hon. A. L. Franklin was the speak
er of the occasion, relighting Ms au
dience with his characteristic humor -
[ ou ® sallies, and in the more serious
I mood inspiring them to continue in
[ their efforts to maintain the high
standards of their business which
were enunciated by the speakers at
the morning session of the conven
tion He urged them to let the char
acter of their business convey a
double meaning to the public—that
they not only he dealers In jewelry,
but real Jewels themselves in their
relations with their fellowman.
Urne* Large Member ship.
K O. Little, prescient of the Indians
! Jeweler*’ Association, speaking »♦ the
| Georgia Jewelers' convention here
Wednesday afternoon, urged that
'very effort, be made to Increase the
'•fate membership of the association,
•nd outlined plans which, he said, had
worked very successfully In other
states.
1 Mr T.lttie stressed the need of co
operation among Georgia Jewelers, and
j J-ald that 00-opratlon being impos
sible without organization, no time
should he lost in Increasing the mem
i hership to the limit. He advised di
viding the state into districts, each
district having a chairman who would
he individually accountable for the
membership in his zone He also
urged that local district dubs he or
ganized. In order that Jewelers of any
| (Turn to Pag# Two, Column One.)
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. JULY 14, 1921
JAPS ACCEPT THE
UTAH FROM
AMERICA TO
CONFER 01
ARMAMENT
But No Reference Made to
Far Eastern Question.
CHINA ALSO ACCEPTS
That Nation Agrees to Hard
ing’s Proposal Unqualifi
edly.
WASHINGTON'. Japan’ll accep
tance of President Harding’s sugges
tion that a conference to discuss lim
itation of armaments was received at
the state department Thursday but
made no reference to the question of
a discussion of the far eastern ques
tion.
Unqualified acceptance by the Chi
nese government also was received.
State department officials would make
no comment on the form of the Japan
ese reply which was not made public
in text.
Silence of the Japanese government
as to discussion of far eastern prob
lems was not believed, however, to
have interposed any serious obstacle
to the carrying out of the plan. It
was indicated that the formal invita
tion would be forwarded to Japan as
to the powers which have transmit
ted fully and unqualified acceptance,
and officials believed Japan w’ould
agree to participation in the dual pro
gram.
It was not indicated whether the
United States would make further in
nuiry formal or informal as to the at
titude of Japan.
The Japanese reply was made
through the American embassy at
Tokio, which is understood not to
have supplemented it with an ex
planation.
FRENCH POLITICIANS FAVOR
BRIAND COMING TO U. S.
PARIS. —Political circles in general
look with favor upon the suggestion
that Premier Briand go to Washing
ton personally to represent France at
the disarmament conference. but since
it Appears that the conference is not
likely to be hel<f before November.
It has been pointed out that the par
liament will then be in session, thus
raising complications over the ques
tion of the .premier’s personal atten
dance.
The parliamentary regime, as li
well known, requires the responsible
head of the government to he ready
at all times to appear before the par
liament to set forth the government’s
views on important questions and to
be ready to reply to interpellations.
In parliamentary circles it. is noted
that the chamber of deptmes. after
the summer recess, will have to take
up the grave problems of French
finances, including budget question*
of such importance that the presence
of the responsible head of the gov
ernment would seem to be required.
No opposition to Premier Briand’s
going to Washington, however. has
materialized thus far.
JUSSERAND POSTPONES
HIS VISIT TO FRANCE
WASHINGTON. Probability of
international conferences here on dis
armament and pacific questions caus
ed Jules J. Jusserand, French am
bassador. to make an eleventh hour
change In plans for a leave of ab
sence in France. The ambassador
and Mrs. Jusserand were booked to
sail Thursday from New York, but
it was Raid at the embassy that the
trip had been postponed Indefinitely.
DEMAND RELIEF
Farmers of Williston Want
Congress to Aid Truckers.
WILLISTON. S C. Or. W. W.
Long, director of agriculture of the
state of South Carolina, and F. L.
Harkey, director of the federal gov
ernment bureau of markets, were the
principal speakers at a very import
ant farmers’ meeting held hero Wed
nesday.
A resolution was passed at the
meeting calling on the president of
the United States ami South Carolina
members of congress to do something
for the truck growers of this section.
Hills of sale were produced showing
that the railroads are now getting
over 75 per cent of many cars of
mixed vegetables shipped from this
section.
Ur. Long and Mr. Harkey have been
holding similar meetings in Bamberg
and Barnwell counties, and consider
able interest has been shown at
all of these meetings.
ELKS SELECT CHICAGO
LOS ANGELES.—Chicago was se
lected as the location of the perma
nent headquarters of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks by the
grand lodge of the order Wednes
day.
Cotton Consumption Figures
More Favorable Than Expected
By STUART P. WEST
(By Leaned Wirt to Augusta Herald)
(Copyright, 1921, by Augutta H®rald)
WALT, STREET, NEW YORK-Tr
action of Thursday's cotton market
showed the effect of conflicting in
fluences On the one hand there was
the continued active spot business,
while on the other were Improving
weather conditions In the south and
a feeling that advances of 2 rent* a
pound from recent low records en
titled the msrket to reactions
The market opened steady at an
advance of S point* to a decline of 1
point, and sold about 0 to 9 points
net higher right after the call on the
continued big spot, sal#* in Liverpool
and evidence* of a good spot demand
In the south late Wednesday. Most
of the active months made new high
ground for the movement <-n this
bulge, with October selling at 1.122
compared with 11.22, the rerent, low
record There was resisting at this
level which was promoted by the
favorable weather map and the mar*
JACK KELLOY WILL HANG
AT GRIFFIN FRIDAY;
HARDWICK REFUSES
TO INTERFERE
Special to The Herald:
ATL A N TA.—Go v. Hard wick
Thursday declined to intere
fere with the execution of Jack
Kelloy, convicted of the murder
of Leroy Trexler, near Griffin,
recently, and the condemned
man will die on the scaffold
there Friday at noon.
The alienists examined Kel
loy Wednesday, and made a
written report Thursday morn
ing to Governor Hardwick, glv
it as their opinion that Kelloy
is mentally sound. The gov
ernor then announced that he
will not intervene to stop the
execution Friday. Carpenters
have begun the execution of
the scaffold.
Kelloy had fought for his life
before the state supreme court,
with a petition for a new trial,
and before the prison commis
sion with a petition for commu
tation to life imprisonment.
Both petitions failed. Ills at
torneys’ last effort was to ask
for an examination as to hi*
sanity. Governor Hardwick,
hearing this request Tuesdav.
appointed two alienists to make
an immertlath examination. Dr.
James B. Baird, of Atlanta,
and Dr. Edwin It. Anthony, of
of Griffin.
MRS. USER SCI
TO CO Oil STUD
CLEVELAND, O.—Tho trial of Eva
Catherine Kaber on a charge of mur
dering her husband, Daniel F. Kaber,
was resumed Thursday following Mrs.
Kaber’* breakdown in court Wednes
day.
Physicians who examined Mrs. Ka
ber reported her to be almost normal
with the exception of some nervous
ness due to strain of Die trial, and
Judge Maurice Bernon left it to her
coup eel whether the trial should pro
ceed. They decided to go ahead but
not to call Mrs. Kaber until other
testimonies had been completed.
After offering two witnesses, Mrs.
Gertrude Rossiter. a religious practi
tioner, and Miss Mary Brickel, an aunt
of the accused woman who testified
they believed her insane, defense at
torneys then called their first alienist
to testify as to Mrs. Kaber’* mental
condition. He was Dr. James C. Han
sel of Ohio, a specialist In mental dis
orders. After qualifying him as an
expert witness. Attorney Wm. J. Cor
rigan began to read a hypothetical
question on which Dr. Hassel is to
base his answer as to whether he be
lieves Mrs. Kaber sane or Insane.
' Mrs. Kaber appeared more refresh
ed when she entered the court room
this morning than at any time since
the trial began, but before the trial
had progessed very far she appeared
to weaken and attendants held stimu
lants to her nostrils.
The court room again was crowded
to capacity, mostly with women. Fire
wardens and police cleared the halls
of tho court house before the trial
started.
Mrs. Kaber’* counsel had frequent
consultations with her at intervals.
In answer to the hypothetical question
Dr. Hassel said it was his opinion that
Mrs. Kaber was insane at the time of
the murder.
SIXTH ARREST IN THE
MILLEDGEVILLE MURDER
CASE HAS BEEN MADE
MILLEDGEVILLE. Ga.—The latest
development In connection with the
Baldwin county gran<4 jurv indict
ments of parties allege?! to be Impli
cated in the murder of Earl Watson
two years ago was the arrest late
Wednesday afttrnoon of Dollie Rob
erson.
Roberson is the sixth person to he
arrested within twenty-four hours on
the charge. He was taken immediate
ly to Sparta and locked in the Han
cock county Ja!>. Ik*- Seay, one of
the parties arrested Wednesday after
noon. was taken to Macon and placed
in the Bibb county Jail, while Jake
Brookings, another one of the arrests,
was removed to the jail at Eat on ton.
John Simmons, Genie Moran and Win
nie Brookings are confined in the Bald
win county Jails in cells widely sepa
rated so ns to prevent any conversa
tion between them.
There has been nothing definite giv
en out as to how the evidence was ob
tained against the persons arrested.
HERRICK IN FRANCE
HAVRE. Myron T. Herrick, the
new American ambassador, arrived
here Thursday on board the liner
France. He was greeted by a com
mittee of French government offi
cials, wno boarded the steamer
The new ambassador made a brief 1
address and was officially welcomed j
to France. Later he left for Paris,
where he will arrive at 6:30 o'clock
Thursday evening, and he received
by Premier Briand, #pe American em
bassy staff, and other*.
ket turned easier, selling some 5 to 6
points below Wednesday night’s clos
ing figu e* during the middle of the
morning. Except for realizing, .how
ever. there appeared to be very little
pressure after early hedge selling ha '
been absorbed and the market showed
quite a steady undertone.
The spot sales reported In Liver
pool reached a total of 20 000 bales
Notwithstanding this continued *r»o»
demand, the Liverpool futures market
was easier under realizing by specu
lative longs and hedge sefllng Or
the whole the news from Liverpool
and the south w'ould suggest, that
there Is considerable cotton for sale
around present prices and that till*
may have to be absorbed before th
market is likely t/> maintain advance®
The census report showed domestic
mill consumption of 40J.060 bales tor
June compared with 439.114 for Msv
and 665.165 for June last year If
anything, these figures were a |t»t
more favorable than expected, but
were without much market influence.
THE OUTLOOK FOB
PEACE BRIGHTEST
111 HISTORV OF
IRELAND. SIIIS
DE VALERA
Irish Leader Makes First
Statement to Reporters.
READY FOR CONFERENCE
Lloyd George and De Valera
Meet During Afternoon.
LONDON.—Eamonn de Valera, the
Irish republican leader, arrived at 10
Downing street at 4:30 o’clock Thurs
day afternoon for his conference with
Mr. Lloyd George, the British prime
minister, set for that hour, at which
an effort was made to find a basis
for an Irish peace settlement.
The republican leader’s appearance
at the prime minister’s official resi
dence was punctual to the minute.
Mr Lloyd George was awaiting him,
and their conversations over the peace
questions were begun immediately.
LONDON.—Eamon de Valera .the
Irish leader, who is here to attend a
conference with Prime Minister Lloyd
George, broke the silence no haa
maintained since lilb arrival in Lon
don in talking with correspondents
Wednesday forenoon. Speaking of his
meeting with the prime minister, he
said:
“This is simply a private confer
ence with Mr. Lloyd George, instead
of a longe range bombardment, to
see what can be done at close quart
ers.’’
Asked what he considered the con
ference's prospect for the settlement
of peace. Mr. De Valera replied:
“The outlook is brighter than It
ever was in history.’’
“I am sure.” he added, “that the
atmosphere in England and Ireland
}is right for peace. The only thing
necessary now 1h ft* use to get down
to rock bottom.’’
“I have been told,” he said, “that
you have been rather disappointed In
my not talking more freely with you,
but I am sure you quite understand
the difficulties of the moment. i
have come to tell you that it is not
that I do not wish to say a number
of things to the people of Great Bri
tain but that the moment isn’t op
portune for it.
“As far as 1 can see from your
press here, which l have studied very
carefully, there is no country in the
world which needs more to under
stand the aspirations of the Irish peo
ple and the right and logic of their
case than your own people here.
“I should be very glad Indeed to
nut the case before your people, but
as I am putting it before the repre
sentative of your nation I think it
unwise to put it before your public*.”
Asked whether lu* would Insist on
the discussion in London being given
full publicity, Mr. de Valera employ
ed President Wilson’s phrase, declar
ing he personally was In favor of
“onen covenant*) openly arrived at."
Leaders of the British government
and the Irish Sinn Fein met in this
city Thursday and took the first step
in negotiations which, it was hoped,
might dissipate the mists of hostility
and prejudice which for decades have
separated Albion and Erin.
Eamonn de Valera, the Irish repub
lican chieftain, and Prime Minister
Lloyd George had planned carefully
Li the meeting, which was looked
upon as possibly the first stage of a
new and brighter epoch in the rela
tions between the two peoples. The
meeting was simply to prepare the
way for further and more Important
discussions, but the fact that It was
held at all was looked upon as an
earnest example of the good inten
tion* of the participants
Mr. Lloyd George spent Wednesday
at Chequers Court, his country home,
with a number of advisers, and It was
assumed they talked over the proce
dure to be followed at Thursday’s
meeting. Mr. de Valera also held
long conferences with prominent Irish
republicans, but it was indicated he
would enter the conference with no
fixed formula or policy. It was said
he was ready to talk over the situa
tion and consider any suggestions
tiiat would be made regarding a triune
parley In which tha Sinn F*ln u Ulit#f
and the British government would
take part. But It was probable that
definite decisions might not be reach
ed until after Mr. de Valera had re
turned to Dublin arid there taken
council with the Sinn Fein parlia
ment.
Sir James Craig, premier of Ulster,
who has been outspoken in opposi
tion to parleys between the govern
ment and the Rinn Fein leaders, was
ready Thursday to a<*t as spokesman
for the North Irish delegation, should
lie be called on for an expression of
opinion.
Thursday's conference brought Info
the foreground the Irish question,
which had been eclipsed for several
days by President Harding’s proposal
to the allies that they hold a meeting
for the discussion of disarmament
and pacific problems. Echoes of Mr.
Harding's proposal and Its ready ac
ceptance by Great Britain, France and
Italy, were found today In rather fieri
ruinous exchanges between a number
of newspaper over the personnel of
the British delegation to be sent to
Washington. Confidence was felt In
official circles that Japan’s seeming
delay In answering President Hard
ing’s note, wi* due merely to the
clearing away of formalities at Tokio.
It was announced from de Valera's
headquarters that. Thursday after
noon’* conference would take the form
of a personal Interview between the
British prime minister and Mr. de
Valera, no one else being present.
Reports published Thursday that an
agreement was reached at the recent
Dublin conference between i Eamonn
do Valera and the southern unionist*
regarding the terms which would be
demanded from the British govern
i rm-nt *t the conference in London,
were eategorieally denied Thursday by
.Secretary Childers of the visiting Irish
part?.
The published report to which Mr.
Childers referred, alleged that the
t* rm» of the provisional agreement In
cluded. besides the provisions of the
present government of Ireland act
the foil#,wmg A dominion status for
Southern Ireland- Bout hern Ireland to
be exempt from Imperial taxation and
Lav full fiscal autonomy; Northern
Ireland to remain a* It 1* at present.
CONSOLIDATED SERVICE
IF AMERICA AND JAPAN
FIGHT, HE WILL GIVE
PRIZE FOR FIRST
JAP SHIP SUNK
o o
PATERSON, N J.—The first
American crow to capture or
sink a Japanese warship in the
event of war between the Unit
ed States and Japan would re
ceive a prize of five thousand
German marks by the will of
Charles O. 11. Frltzsche, for
mer paterson engineer, made
public Wednesday.
It was received here from
Dresden, Germany, where Mr.
Fritzsche died January 1,
TO REVIVE TRADE
NOW THE MOST
IMPORTANT
MATTER TO
CONSIDER
This Is the View Harding
Takes of Situation.
MUST LIFT RESTRAINT
President Does Not Want
Tax Program to Interfere.
By DAVID LAWRENCE.
(By Leased Wire to Augusta Herald.)
(Copyright, 1921, by Augusta Herald.)
WASHINGTON.—President Harding
has made it clear to the republican
leaders in copgress that he wants a
tax program adopted which will lift
restraint from businea initiative. He
is not committed to a sales tax, but
is inclined to believe that a tax on
production at the source can be im
posed without adding to the burden
*»f business.
While the tax program Is In an em
bryo condition certain fundamentals
are agreed uporn For Instance, busi
ness men everywhere have been imag
ining that with the repeal of the excess
profit tax, the government would bo
obliged to increase materially the cor
poration taxes. The aim of the Har
ding administration, however, is to
avoid any Increase of corporation tax
es if possible, and only to Impose a
slight addition in corporation taxes, if
necessary. There is Indeed, no thought
of making the corporation taxes a sub
stitute for the excess profit tax.
This decision ought to be good news
to the business men of tho country
who have been worried over the pros
nects of u greatly increased corpora
tion tax. President llardlng, however,
feels that the revival of business in
Ann rlca is at this I'm® a paramount
consideration, and that nothing shduhl
be placed in tho way of business in
centive. The repeal of tho excess
profit tax Is a foregone conclusion,
and it is certain that the next rev
enue bill will not attempt to mitko
tho business and industries of the
country carry the bulk of the load. In
stead, the tax burden will be more
evenly distributed by tho use of every
|sort of stamp tax.
THE THREE-CENT LETTER
POSTAGE MAY RETURN.
The three-cent letter postage may
come back, and it skeins assured that
revenue stamps will be necessary on
practically every kind of business
transaction, from bank checks and
drafts to real estate papers and other
documents of purchase and sale. While
these small taxes may prove annoying
und Inconvenient, the feeling is that
annoyance Is hardly to be com
pared with tho burden hitherto carried
by business as a whole Taxes at best
are disagreeable, but the government’s
Job this time Is to distribute them In
such fashion as to stimulate a husl
-1)1 I' vlvftl .
The tax on production Is favored as
a substitute for the sales tax, because
it will not. be ho difficult to collect and
will not be paid several times as goo t\jf
pass from producer to consumer. Tlio
exact form of this production tax has
not yet been detci miner!, but the Idea
appears to bo to Impose the tax on the
output "f oomnriodltlM v#ry much aa
the present tax on automobiles Is cov
ered. In such cases, of course, the
manufacturer will pass on the pay
ment of Hu- tax to the consumer, as
happens with automobiles, but in the
safes tax proposal the chances were
that more than one tax would be Im
posed on the same article as it, passed
to various stages.
The progress of the tax Program In
expected to be more rapid after the
house finishes with the permanent
tariff bill. Indeed, It is the adminis
tration's plan to have the senate side
track the tariff blfi, when jt get* to
the senate, by having lengthy com
mittee hearings. The revenue hill
agreed upon by He publican leaders wl I
also be introduced in the senate and
referred to committee while it is be
ing dismissed in the. house, ft will
mean that the tax hill will come out of
the senate finance committee ahead
of the tariff, and probably will b<
passed before the tariff bill is debated.
The hope now !h that both the tax
ami the tariff hill* will be out of the
way by October 1.
CARPENTIER IS
OFF FOR HOME
May Fight Tommy Gibbons
Early in October.
NEW YORK.-—George* f'arpentter
the French pugilist, was a passenger
mi the steamer Havole Thursday, re
turning for a few weeks’ stay In
France He will return to the Uniter]
States in time for a bout with an un
named opponent on October 12
May Fight Gibbon®
f'HK’AGO. Eddie Kune, manager
of Tommy Gibbons, the Bt. Raul light,
heavyweight, left Thi rsday for New
York for a conference with Tex Klck
nrd, regarding a match with .Georges
C’arperitler early in October Gibbon*
bn* been mentioned as the most prob
able opponent for the Frenchman.
Rickard plans to stage the contest In
the Jersey r’ltv arena In which Demp
sey defeated Caipentler.
Farmer and Business
Man Cruelly Cramped
by Policies of Board
Says Ex-Comptroller
Thousands of Visitors and Augustans Hear Bitter Ar
raignment of Federal Reserve by John Skelton*
Williams and Heartily Applaud.
Despite Handicaps Imposed by Federal Board, Mr. Wil
liams Is Optimistic About Our Future Leading
Business Men and Farmers of This Section j
Hear Splendid Address. <
Stubborn refusal of the Federal Reserve Board to
modify its rules and policies to adapt them to changing
unnecessary hardships and obstruction of return to heal
thy conditions, John Skelton Williams, former comptroller
of the currency, declared here Thursday in an address be
fore the Augusta board of commerce, the Georgia Press
Association, Georgia Jewelers and farmers of Georgia and
South Carolina.
“The reserve board,’ he asserted, “became by poor ad
ministration, stiff and inelastic, consequently oppressive
and injurious where it should have been helpful, and dan
gerously lenient where it should have been repressive.”
Mr. Williams declared the policies of the'board had re
sulted in “cruel cramping of banks, small merchants and
farmers of the country and actual*stimulating of wild spec
ulation and destrucetivc usur in /New York.”
GEORGIA EDITORS
HERE THURSDAY
GUESTS OF CITY
Brings 136 of
Thom for Big Community
’Cue.
Qtorgla editor*, with their wives and
daughter:-*, reached Augusta from
V\ uahington, (.a, wli*-i «• liny h;ivc
been In annual convention, at 10:15
Thursday morning to upend the day
here uh guests of the local papers arid
the Hoard of (’ommerre at the great
Community Barbecue at Lake View
park.
The party, 13C strong, came to Au
gusta on a special train, personally
conducted by J . Billups, of the
Georgia Itallroad, and were met at. the
station by a reception committee of
newspaper men and citizens, the lat
ter having forty cars on hand which
were placed at the disposal of the
press association for the day.
After u drive-over the city, (those
cars having ladies stopping at the Al
bion Hotel where several rooms were
placed at the disposal of the ladles by
Manager (tooth to freshen their toilets)
and winding up at Hake View J'ark at
noon for tjio speaking and the big
'••lie.
The press crowd during the afternoon
wen* to be taken for a ride over the
good roada of the county, stopping at
several places of Interest, and later In
the evening returning to the fair
grounds for a light supper before
hoarding their train at. 9:30 for Sa
vannah w'here they will spend Friday
The newspapf rs of the city feel nar
tlcular grateful to 1 Moragne Flem
ing, who acted as chairman of the au
tomobile committee, and to the foil
lowing Augustans who so generously
gave tin* use of their cars throughout
the day for the visitors:
C. B. llolley. K. L. Grace, Lee Blum,
Montgomery Hldglcy, G. It. Tommlns,
‘A H. Merry, T .1. Gwln, Robert I>.
Andrews, A. K. Hatch, G. Morton
Jones, J. M Haynle, Wallace Pierce,
.1 II McNeill, A B. Gulpepper, C. K
Lawrence, 'J'hos. J. Hamilton W I*.
Manning, ('. ('. Farr, Fdw. Hheehan,
Guy Woodward, Lawton B 15vans, J.
C, Action, J. Lee Kthrcdge. .1 G Bidd
ing, Marlon l>yeHS, (' K Wing L. .1.
Henry. T. B. Corley, John Phlnlzy, H.
11 BeM. II It Creamer, 11. K. Pierce,
J. C. M- Aullffe. Allen Gully, Tlios Bar
rett, Jas It.
p. Board man, (’. O Reeves, G W.
Bowen, G H. Alexander, Augusta Au
tomobile Go., g. A. Kreps, J I*. Wood
all. K. H. Hutchinson. M R. Rldgley,
Jules Heymann.
GREEKS LOCKED
IN BIG BATTLE
WITH TURKS
CONSTANTIN OPLK. Turkish na
tionalists and Greek forces are locked
In baffle before Kutala, about 70 miles
southeast of flrussa. Airplanes are
taking part In the struggle for moun
tain heights near the town which la
the first objective of the Greek of
ftnilvi which began in * Mondfty A
nationalist official statement declared
the Greeks are bolding a line running
southward from Venl-Hheht. ft village
situated near the northern branch of
the Bagdad Hallway The Greeks are
said to be advancing with four divi
sions.
ATHKNN The Greeks, In their
offensive against the Turkish Nation
allsts are making an average advance
of about twenty-one and a half miles
a day, says an official statement on
the-operatlons issued Thursday. The
Nationalists are retiring on rtrong
positions to the northwest <,f hskl-
Hhehr and southewst of Kutala. the
statement adds
I DEAD AND 3 HURT
TIFTON, Gs H V Webb, of Val
dosta Gn . freight conductor on the
Oi-orgia Kotithern and Florida railroad,
was scalded to death and three other
trainmen Injured when a southbound
1
smith of Tlfton Wednesday afternoon
The engine and • Ight ear were d<
railed when th** eng'ne *»rn« k a cow
Webb was riding the engine at the
time of the accident.
HOME
EDITION
WFATHFR Augusta and vicinity: Local thunder.
,w U,ri 1 111 showers tonight or Friday.
I BOARD WAS ORGANIZED TO i
j HELP ALL SECTIONS ALIKE.
"Tho Intent of the framers of the
great federal reserve act.'’ Mr. Wil
liams continued, “was that the system
be governed and conducted on plain,
common sense principles, applicable to
both the village and small town, and
the big town man. One of the prin
cipal and most vital purposes was to
proven! congestion of money at the
• enters for use in gambling or for ex
actlone from gamblers when funds are
needed for moving or carrying crops or
for development and conduct of pro
ductive enterprises. I say that broad
and noble purpose has been hindered,
perverted and in largo measure re
versed by the majority of the federal
reserve boards to maintain and en
force rules unnecessarily hard, inflex
ible and unvarying."
SPEAKER IS OPTIMISTC
CONCERNING OUR FUTURE.
Concluding his address with a not*
of optimism, Mr. Williams spoke ax
follows:
“I am an optimist. I am taught by
history and observation to trust con
fidently to the American people to re
trieve their own mistakes and correc t
faults and strengthen weak places In
their own government and to find
their way, sometimes after many di
vergencies and errors, tho right, th#
generous arid noble course.
“Looking back two hundred, one
hundred or fifty years, I am forced
to believe that w’e have learned much,
and with wonderful speed, because
fifty years is supposed to be hut a
short time In the life of a people. W«
are thinking more broadly and on
higher planes. It Is the business of
those who have had apodal opportun
ity to learn of the Internals of our
life or any part of It to communicate
their knowledge to the people as op
portunity offers, and the duty of the
peop'e Is to assimilate and weigh and
consider what they hear, and to give
the results <jt their thought, tongue
and action.
“F have tried to outline some of the
dlfTh lilth-M it seems to me 1 hRVft seen
in what now in the most important
n< v <.r our government. 1 shall
leave believing that I have not spoken
In vain. My look backward, my
knowledge of our people and observa
tion of present conditions combine to
teach me to look forward with strong
faith and brilliant anticipation. I be.
lievc we will make progress In the
next fifty years along all lines of
thought, dlscoveryfl development and
endeavor far surpassing the progress
of the fifty years Just past. I see much
n 1 o believe that oui country hM
met gloilotisly Its Inst great emerg
ency, has come bravely and with honor
through this last great crisis. I hard*
ly dare dream of what we shall be and
do, been use I know what we are and
are doing to reach so far beyond th#
visions and most brilliant hopes of the
great and fat seeing men who found -
ed and freed and established our coun
try. f do dare, however, believe and
humbly trust that with continued
guidance of the Almighty Power, our
pre-eminence In the world will be
come secure and acknowledged with
out war or wrong to any people; will
be accented gratefully and gladly by
till people, because It wfll be used al
ways to make the world and Its na
tions better and happier, and to lead
humanity forward to fulfillment of its
vast, mysterious, I believe, magnifi
cent destiny." ,
THOUSANDS APPLAUD
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER.
The brilliant address of Mr WIL
Mams, which concluded the program
fit Lake View Park, preceded the great
Gommunlty Barbecue nut on by the
Board of Commerce Ills address was
heard by several thousand persons and
he was frequently interrupted by out
bursts of applause.,
He was Introduced by Hon. Wallace
B Pierce, president or the Board of
Commerce. wlp» presided over the ex
erclHua Other speakers on the pro
gr/ini Included Win. G. Hutllve, presi
dent of the Georgia Press Association
and managing editor of the Huvannah
Press; and J. p Taggart, president
of the Savannah Auto Club, who head
ed a party of 135 Havannahlan* who
came up for tlie 'cue.
Mr, Williams reached the efty at
ta■ ir, n rp over the Atlantic Coast
Line, He was met at the station by
a distinguished body of citizens, head
ed by Hon Thomas Barrett, whose
guest Mr. Williams Is during his stay
In the city. He went direct to thl Bar
rett home on The Hill and inter to
Lake View Park His address whs
begun nt 1 30 and was concluded at
2:30 p. m
MAY NAME W. A. SMITH
WAfIHLMUTON Appointment of w,
A Smith of f.aFfiyette, Term., as fed
eral prohibition director for the stats
of Tennessee, was understood Wednes
day to be under consideration by Com
rplsloro r Blair, Internal revenue off 1 -
• inis, however, declared that definite
decision upon a new director of Ten
i" • < h.i* riot y**t been made. Louie
Likins Js the present director*