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VOLUME XXXI, No. 221
MAY ABANDON WORLD FLIGHT
Today*s Augusta
News Told In
Paragraphs
SUES BATHING POND
FOR $6,000 ON THREE COUNTS,
Suit for $5,000 was filed Friday
morning by H. M. Key against the
Augusta Amusment Company, owners
of the Deans Bridge Bathing Fond.
Mr. Key, through his attorney, J.
S. Bussey, Jr., alleges malicious ar
rest, false imprisonment and assault
and battery. The suit grew out of
his arrest, it is alleged, by J. R. Car
roll, an employe of the pond, while
Mr. Key and a party of friends, men
and women, were visiting at the pond
one evening several weeks ago.
Mr. Key alleges that he was in
front of a crowd, with his wife and
others of the party, just before the
“Bothing Beauty Contest" began, and
that Carroll roughly ordered him
back, and when he replied that the
crowd behind made it impossible for
him to move rapidly, that Carroll
drew a club, roughly grabbed him bv
the arm and forcibly ejected him from
the premises, making as much noise
as possible and attracting consider
able attention. He alleges that he
was humiliated and embarrassed and
made to appear as a criminal, while
he was a guest of the pond and had
Bpent his money for various privileges
there.
MODERN WOODMEN TO
HAVE LADIES’ NIGHT.
Monday night, August 11th, will be
ladies' night in Augusta Camp 15926,
Modern Woodmen of America, and the
gala occasion will be held in their
camp room in K. of Pi hall begin
ning At S o’clock. The entertain
ment committee, working with the
Royal Neighbors, the ladies' auxiliary
of the Woodmen, have prepared a
real nice program. In addition to
special music and refreshments, a
number of very beautiful and valu
able prizes will be awarded the ladles.
Dancing will also be enjoyed, the
music to be furnished by talented
musicians. All neighbors of West
End Camp as well as visiting neigh
bors in the city are cordially invited
and to bring with them a friend,
either lady or gentleman. All mem
bers of Augusta Camp 15926 are espe
cially requested to be present. Ttie
camp room will be cooled by electric
fans and an enjoyable time is look
ed for on the occasion.
LITTLE BOY IS HURT;
TRUCK DRIVER FINED.
Tony McKinnie, colored truck driver,
was given a sentence of sls or 30
days by Judge Lewis L. Kent in re
corder's court. Friday morning for
violation of the traffic regulations.
McKinnie was charged with reckless
driving in connection with the Injury
of Edward McCarty, little white boy,
while the boy was on a bicycle. The
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HOUSE TAKESUP
NUMBER OF LOCAL,
GENERAL MEASURES
ATLANTA, GA —Til* Georgia
house of representatives got off to
an early start Friday with a num
ber of local and general bills sched
uled to come up for consideration.
Speaker Neill Thursday had ap
pealed to the legislators to attend
more punctually to the sessions and
apparently his efforts to obtain a
larger attendance met with marked
success.
It was announced by the speaker
Friday that it would be necessary
for the membership of the house to
work from 9 a. m. until six p. m.
Friday and Saturday if the legisla
tion on hand is to be cleared with
out a Saturday night session.
The first measure passed at Fri
day’s session was a bill appropriat
ing $550,000 to the state college
of agriculture for the years 1924-25.
\, heateci fight was precipitated by
tn.s measure led by Representative
Stewart of Atkinson and Represen
tative New of Laurens, who vig
orously opposed the proposal. The
bill provided that of the total
amount $27,500 should be used as a
maintenance fund and ther emaind
er to match the Smith-Lever fund
for employment of county agricul
tural agents and demonstrators.
The. house pased with little op
position the bill of Russell of Bar
row county, which requires arrest
ing officers to report seizure of
automobiles within ten days. The
author of the bill, speaking in favor
of his measure, charged that sher
iffs and deputies sometimes wore
out cars seized before they adver
tized them for sale.
Representative News bill provid
ing for reduction from ninety days
to ten days the time in which cer
tiorari may be filed after they have
been advertised, also was passed.
LaFollette Flays the Klan
i ' 'I v i" i
Declares He Is “Unalterably Opposed” to Its Apparent
Purposes—Says “It Has Within Its Own Body the
Seeds of Its Death”
WASHINGTON, D. C—Senator
LaFollette, of 'Wisconsin, independ
ent candidate for president, in a
letter made public Friday, declared
he is “unalterably opposed to the
evlden* purposes of the secret or
ganization known as the Ku Klux
Klan as disclosed by Its public
acts.”
“It cannot long survive,” con
tinued the senator. "Relying upon
the sound judgment and good sense
of our people, it is my opinion that
such a movement Is foredoomed. It
has within its own body the seeds
of its death.”
The letter, addressed to Robert
P. Scrlpps. newspaper publisher,
was given out for publication at
Senator LaFollette's office.
Declaring it "unfortunate that
questions Involving religious opin
ion and other questions unrelated
to the vital issue of the restoration
of the government to the people
have been raised in this as in other
critical years of our national his
tory,” the letter adds.
•Such controversies feed upon
and inflame prejudice and passion
to the exclusion of Issues Involving
the very life of government itself.”
DAILY, sc; SUNDAY, sc.
LEASED WIRE SERVICE.
Cotton Crop Now Placed at 12,351,000 Bales
Survey
Is Given
In Joint
Report
W A S H I N GTON. A
forecast placing cotton pro
duction this year at 12,351,-
000 equivalent 500 pound
bales of which 21,924 run
ning bales, counting round
as half bales, were ginned
prior to August 1, was an
nounced Friday in the first
joint report of the depart
ment of agriculture and the
census bureau.
FIRST JOINT
REPORT ISSUED
Ginnings prior to August 1 last
year totalled 64,381 running bales.
Ginnings by states were not an
nounced as most of the cotton ginn
ed prior to August 1 was in Texas.
The joint report on condition and
ginnings today was the first issued
under the law passed by congress
in April this year which requires
the ginning and condition reports
to be issued simultaneously. Joint
reports will be issued at the depart
ment of agriculture throughout the
growing and ginning season until
the middle of December when the
department of agriculture makes its
final estimate of cotton production.
Issuance of the ginning reports
there after will be from the census
bureau.
THE CONDITION OF
CROP BY STATES
The condition of the crop by
states on Augusta 1 was announced
as;
Virginia. 51; North Carolina, 58;
South Carolina. 60; Georgia. 73;
Florida, 75: Alabama, 70; Missis
sippi. 67: Louisiana, 58: Texas. 66;
Arkansas, 71; Tennessee, 69; Mis
souri, 72: Oklahoma, 76 California,
91; Arizona, 92; New Mexico, 83;
all other states, 74.
The production forecast was based
on the condition of the crop on
August 1, which was 67.4 per cent
of a normal, indicating a yield per
acre of 146.3 pounds. From the con
dition of the crop on July 16, which
was 68.5 per cent of a normal, a
forecast of 11,934,600 bales was
made, compared withl ast year's
crop of 10,128,478 bales.
ATLANTA MAN KILLS
WIFE OF ANOTHER
AND SLAYS HIMSELF
ATLANTA, GA.—W. R. L. Mor
gan, 40, of Atlanta, walked into a
downtown store here late Thursday,
shot and fatally wounded Mrs. Fan
nie Briscoe, a clerk, and then sent
a bullet through his bratn. dying
before medical aid could reach him.
In one of three notes found in
his pocket directing disposition of
his body and property, Morggn:
"Fannie Briscoe is the cause of tt
all. I can't stand the way she has
done me.”
Mrs. Briscoe, the wife of a Geor
gia convict warden, was reported
by relatives to have been receiving
Morgan's attentions for several
months. Recently, it was stated,
they quarrelled.
Mrs. Briscoe .died In a hospital
several hours later.
WOULD END PRIVATE
MONOPOLY SYSTEM.
Senator LaFollette declared at
the outset of his letter that "the
one dominant, all embracing issue
in this campaign Is to break the
combined power of the private mo
nopoly system over the political and
economic life of the American peo
ple.”
“This power,” he continued, “con
trols every important branch of in
dustry—mining, manufacturing and
transportation. It controls markets
and credits and dictates the price
of every product necessary to feed,
clothe, warm and shelter the human
family. To control that which sus
tain* life Is to control life itself.
This Is economic slavery. Free gov
ernment cannot long exist side by
side with economic desptlsm.”
With reference to the Ku Klux
Klan issue, the senator said:
"Anyone familiar with my rec
ord. especially in my own state,
knows that I have always stood
without reservation against any
discrimination between races,
classes and creeds I hold that
every citizen Is entitled to the full
exercise of his constitutional
rights.”
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
Burke to Produce Large Cotton Crop
ci i l: i i i
Yield May Go As High As 40,000 Bales
(By W. A. LUFBURROW)
WAYNESBORO, Ga.— A yield vari
ously estimated between thirty and
forty thousand bales of cotton is pre
dicted for Burke county this year as
compared with 21,343 bales in 1923.
Agriculturally speaking, the people of
this county are figuratively "sitting on
top of the world.” Cotton is open
ing and ginning will begin In a week
or ten days.
E. H. Blount, a large planter and
leading business man of "Waynesboro,
has recently completed a crop in
spection over the entire county and is
doubtful as to the ultimate yield of
the cotton crop under dry weather
conditions, but is of the opinion that
the yield will be approximately thirty
thousand bales. A rain a short time
ago would have very materially in
creased the yield, Mr. Blount believes,
and one at this time, he thinks, would
save a great deal of lint that will
probbably otherwise be lost.
Some farmers are afraid that pres
ent shedding is due largely to drv
weather and believes that a arin will
stop it. Shedding is not universal
over the county. Some crops haven’t
had what is commonly called a nor
mal shed. James Brinson, one of the
leading young agriculturist of the
county, reports that his crop has not
shed and attributes Its most excellent
condition at this time to proper fer
tilization and cultivation. He be
lieves that coton will not shed when
properly fertilized even though It be
forced to weather the storms of a
drought. Opinions or farmers in the
premises varies.
MUCH POISONING
DONE JHIS YEAR.
Although weather conditions this
year have been Ideal for fighting boll
weevil the minimum of weevil dam
age in Burke is largely and probably
directly due to the great amount ol
poisoning of the pest. It is esti
mated that poisoning this year in
creased fifty per cent ever 1923.
Probably the only oosracle in the way
of the poisoning program is that,
some farmers have not poisoned and
have not been bothered with weevils
because their neighbors and the ma
jority of planters used it unstlntinglv
and therefore are of the opinion that
poison Is not necessary. However,
an effort is being made at this tlmo
by planters who realize the truth of
the situation to correct the misappre
hension under which some planters
are laboring, in order tnat next year’s
crop may not be jeopardized.
Cotton and corn are the two main
crops of Burke this year. After try
ing out all sorts of farm programs—
diversification and livestock raising—
Burke county has definitely commit
ted itself to King Cotton, because, as
It Is expressed down here,” cotton is
the only thing that we can pay a debt
with; diversification is a failure, and
we now know that we can raise cot
ton. .
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ANGLO-RUSS TREATY
SIGNED FRIDAY
AFTERNOON
LONDON.-—The general and
commercial treaties between
Great Britain and soviet Russia
which were negotiated by the
Anglo-Soviet conference, were
signed at 6 o’clock this evening
by representatives of the two
nations.
LONDON.—The treaty and com
mercial agreement between Great
Britain and soviet Russia which
were negotiated after the Angle-
Russian conference (apparently had
abandoned Its work as futile und
which have caused a furore in Eng
lish political circles will be signed
at 6 o'clock Friday afternoon.
The treaty does not contain the
name, of King George because the
Kusslans have no titular head of
their government. Thus the Rus
sians will sign for their govern
ment as a whole and the Britons
for their government with no men
tion of the sovereign.
This raises the question of wheth
er succeeding British governments
will be bound by a treaty omitting
mention of the king and Indicates
that Great Britain Is leaning to
wards the American system of plac
ing treaties In the hands of legisla
tive bodies.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Allies and Germans In London con
ference reach complete agreement on
manner in which defaults are to be
declared under Dawes plan.
John W. Davis, speaking informal
ly at rally of Duchess County, New
York, democrats, says great issue of
eompaign is honesty In government.
Consolidation of Erie, pere Mar
quette, Chesapeake and Ohio and
Hocking Valley railroads with "Nickel
Plate" system le unofficially report
ed in Wall street.
Three persons die, a dozen are In
jured and some of farm buildings
are wrecked when tornadoes sweep
central eastern Wisconsin.
Heat wave which covered eastern
states for past three days Is broken
by series of local thundershowers.
William T. Tilden, national tennis
champion, announces he will play on
American Davis cup team In this
year's competition.
Executive council of American Fed
eration of I.als.r In statement severe,
ly criticises alleged anti-labor record
of General Charles O. Dawes, repub
lican vice-presidential candidate.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
AUGUSTA GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 8, 1924
SAT REPARATION
MEETING MIT
LIST UNTIL
NEXT WEEK
LONDON—The allied delegates
to the international confer
ence Friday afternoon in the
presence of American represen
tatives to the conference, dis
cussed the feasibility of holding
a conference in Paris in the fu
ture to discuss the question of
inter-allied war debts.
LONDON.—Despite the rapid
progress being made toward an
agreement with the Germans
the international conference to
arrange for putting the Dawes
reparation plan into effect is
not likely to end before the mid
dle of next week, it was stated
by a British spokesman Friday.
PARlS.—Premier I-lerrlot Is com
ing to Paris Saturday afternoon by
airplane, according to u semi-offi
cial annouyeement from London, in
order to confer with the cabinet at
a special Sunday morning meeting
regarding the final stand the French
government should take at the Lon
don conference on the military evac
uation of the Ruhr and the malnto
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"HONESTY" TO 8E
TIE KETNOTE
OF DAVIS'
CAMPAIGN
NEW YORK—John W. Davis,
democratic presidential nominee,
planned to clear his deck and hold
two or three Interviews Friday In
completing his local campaign man
agement, prior to leaving Friday
evening for Clarksburg, W. V.
The interval between his arrival
there and Monday, when he will be
notified formally of his nomination,
he Is expected to spend in rest and
final preparation for the delivery
of his speech of Acceptance which
will clarify points at Issue In the
coming campaign.
TTie campaign will not he opened
formally until well after the notifi
cation ceremonies but the nominee
Thursday night said "honesty in
government" would he the keynote
of his campaign when he was call
ed upon to speak extemporaneously
at a rally of democrats in Duchess
county.
He drew a new line of demar
cation between the two major par
ties when be said:
"A democrat is one who wants
the record of his party revealed and
a republican Is one who wants It
forgotten."
A speaker of the evening was
Governor Alfred Smith, of New
York, who In the first formal cam
paign speech In New York state
asserted the republicans had not
made good their campaign promises
of four years ago.
BULLETINS
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—Th«
executive council of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor Friday
awarded the International Broth
hood of Teemetere and Chauf
feurs jurisdiction over 18,000
members of the drivers, helpers
end chauffeurs union of Ameri
can expreet company employee.
SAN FRANCISCO —Santiago
L. Hawley, said by his agents
here to be one of the biggest
coffee plantation owners in
Guatemala, either jumped or fell
from the eighth story of the
Hotel Alexander in the down
town district here Friday end
wee killed. He hed been suf
fering from a nervous illness.
NEW YORK Sterling ex
change Friday again mounted
to a new 1924 record at 452 3-8,
an overnight gain of one cent.
French francs crossed 560 to a
new high level on the current
movement. Other European ex
changee were buoyant.
NEW YORK—Cotton traders
construed the government cot
ton report at bearish end priest
broke about $4 a bale. October
declined to 27.50 and December
to 27.09, followed by rallies of 25
to 30 pointe.
College
Chums
ol Loeb
Testily
CHICAGO. The Franks
hearing was becalmed Friday
in the doldrums of testimony
by University of Michigan fra
ternity, brothers of Richard
Loeb, who with Nathan F.
Leopold, Jr., is awaiting sen
tence by Judge John R. Caver*
ly for kindnapping and mur
dering 14 year, old Robert
Franks.
In rapid succession sleek
youths took the witness stand
and testified that Loeb at the
university was childish, argu
mentative, read detective and
adventure fiction and suffered
from repeated fainting attacks.
Their evidence, intended by
the defense to further its plea
for mitigation in the punish
ment of Loeb and Leopold fol
lowed closely that of four col
lege fraternity chums, who tes
tified Thursday.
Probably tho greatest crowd
of the 15 days of the hearing
stormed the court room this
morning, but from their stand
point tna hearing was dull and
uninteresting compared with
yesterday, when pretty Lorraine
Nathan, Loeb's sweetheart, was
the witness in the box.
| ANOTHER MEDICAL
WITNESS CALLED.
CHICAGO.—At the hearing to fix
tho punishment of Richard Loeb and
Nathan Leopold, Jr., for tho mur
der of little Robert Franks, the de
fense varied Its plan and called
another medical witness Friday. He
was Dr. Robert Bruce Armstrong,
of Charlevoix, Mich., the Loeb fam
ily physician, when the family is at
its summer home.
He testified that Loeb was In a
hospital several hours after an au
tomobile accident in 1920 and had
several fainting spells tho evening
after he was hurt which, the doc
tor said, he regarded as unusual.
There were no perceptible injuries,
the witness said, although he
thought the fainting spells were at
tributed to the accident.
Leonard Lewy, University of
Michigan graduate, testified regard
ing Loeb’s fainting spells at Ann
Arbor, Mich., saying upon one occa
sion Loeb frothed at the mouth and
was unconscious, although his eyes
were open for ten minutes.
CHIU AGO.—The trial of Nathan
Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loch, for
kidnapping and slaying Robert
Franks will cost prosecution and
defense a total of moro $300,000, It
was estimated Friday. The fact
that the Judicial hearing to deter
mine their punishment Is without a
Jury, lias saved the county anil tho
boys' families an equal sum, ac
cording to the figures.
A summary of the expenses In
curred by the prosecution so far.
Including salaries of state's attor
neys, judge, officers, alienists and
experts, total $70,000 and before the
hearing Is over additional expenses,
Including the cost of keeping tho
slayers In Jail, will bring the total
to near $90,000.
Attorneys' fees, which It has
been agreed, will be fixed by a com
mittee of the Chicago liar Associa
tion, will be a big Item of the de
fense costs. Retaining fees for the
three attorneys, Clarence a. Dar
row, lienjamln and Walter Bach
rach, are said to amount to around
$125,000.
Twelve alienists for the defense
examined the youths, although not
a.ll will testify. One who did told
he was being paid $250 a day for
his services. A stenographic hill
for the defense Is estimated at $15,-
000, since all the testimony Is be
ing transcribed. ,At present the de
fense cost Is estimated at $215,000
and this will he increased If the
verdict of Judge John It. Caveriy
shoudl be one from which the de
fense would appeal.
COOLIDGE'S SPEECH
Of Acceptance Is In Hands
of Printers
WASHINGTON.—President Cool
ldge was in a position today to rest
a while after his arduous work of
the last month. He completed and
sent to the printers his speech of
acceptance Thursday and until
next Thursday when It will be de
livered at the formal notification
exercises, there Is llttie In the way
of politics or government. business
pressing for his attention.
Tho regular meeting of tho cabi
net was called Friday mornlna. but
several members are out of the
city, there was little of Importance
pending and Mr. and Mrs. Coolldge
arranged to attend for a while the
baseball game later in the day for
the White House championship bl •
tween newspaper men end photo
graphers assigned to the executive
(ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
THRILLS!
Plenty Tor Boy Slayers
As They Defy
Emotions
jL i I •< • *
This picture of Richard Loeh,
now on trial for Ills life as
slayer of Bobby Franks, was
taken about the time ho enter
ed the University of Michigan,
heralded as a child prodigy, %>■
intellectual "wizard.” He grad
uated from the university ut 18
years—the ycongest seoholar to
receive degrees from the unl
verslt/.
CHICAGO.—In Jail, on trial for
their lives, Nathan Leopold, Jr.,
nnd Richard Loeh—connoisseurs of
thrills—have found the object of
their i|Uest.
Seeking thrills they kidnapped
Robert Franks, millionaire's son
For a thrill they demanded ransom,
and killed him.
They even Joined the search for
the murderers, and, perhaps, then
found a slight tltflll.
Now, on trill I. they maintain a
cool, emotional attitude. Two cakes
of Ice would register more feeling
In Judge Cuvcrly's courtroom than
they.
They are the living exhibits foe
the defense to (lie support their at
torney's mitigating plea of "emo
tional deficiency.” Whether under
developed emotions extenuates for
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CONFESSED SLAYER
OF FIVE TO DIE IN
LOUISIANA FRIDAY
VILLE PLATTE, Louisiana—Ku
■zebo Vldrlne, convicted of the mur
der of Robert Leo Wiggins, Jr., son
of Former Kherlff Wiggins of Evan
geline parish, May 19 last, and al
leged confessed slayer of four other
men, was to pay with his life on
the scaffold at noon today the debt
the state had exacted of him.
In a lengthy statement the con
demned man said he had made his
peace witli God anil was ready to
die and pleaded forgiveness by
those whom ho had wronged.
One of Vedrlne's last requests
was that his photograph he taken
while seated on the coffin which
he was to he buried In after his ex
ecution. This, Hherlff PucHeu, Vld
rlne said would be granted.
According to Sheriff Pucheu, Vld
rlne, in a book written biro during
his confinement since the killing of
Wiggins, which will tie released Im
mediately after tho execution, con
fessed to the slaying of four other
persons in addition to the former
sheriff's son.
AGED FARMER WAS
HIS FIRST VICTIM
His first victim, according to his
written story, the sheriff stated,
was Pierre Vidrine, an aged farmer
residing near Vllle Platte, but not
related to the condemned man. Tho
farmer was shot from ambush and
tatally wounded while plowing it)
his field. Vidrine was arrested, tried
and acquitted by a Jury.
Charles Garbo, a transfer man,
was Vidrlna's second victim, the
confession is said to i elate. Vklrino
lad hired Garbo to take him from
La Fayette to Crowley. The transfer
man's body was found on the road,
riddled with bullets.
On the same night the body of
John Hoy, a mulatto taxi driver,
•vas discovered lying beside his car
near Eunice. The authorities ques
tioned Vidrine regarding the kill
ing but. released hlrn after be had
convinced them of his Innocence, he
he is reported to have said in hla
confession.
The condemned man admitted
both killings, Kherlff Pucheu sold.
The fourth killing was that of Lee
Duke, who operated a Jitney be
tween the oil fields of Orange snd
Beaumont, Texas.
Vldrlne confessed, the sheriff
said, that he shot Duke while u
passenger In his car.
WIGGINS WAS
LAST VICTIM
Vldrlne’s fifth nnd Inst victim was
Wlvidns. According to tho confes
sion nnd testimony at Vldrlne's trial
Wiggins was hailed as he drove his
automobile slong the road between
Mamon nnd Villa Platte. When til'
shelff's son slopped his car and
threw open the door, Vldrlne fa* |
tally shot him, dragged his body I
from the road and drove tho at) to- I
mobile into a nearby woods.
18 CENTS A WEEK. "
WEATHER
Final Effort To
Be Made To Find
a Landing Place
REYKJAVIK, Iceland.—The conference called by
Admiral Thomas P. Magruder on the flagship Richmond
Friday decided to make a final effort to find a feasible
landing place for the American army world fliers on the
east coast of Greenland before reaching a final decision
as to whether the remainder of the flight for the present
season would have to be called off.
The cruiser Raleigh of the patrol fleet has been or
dered to leave Saturday morning to investigate the ica
conditions on the Greenland coast and find a possible
alterative for Angmangsalik as a landing place, the sup
ply steamer Gertrude Rask being icebound and fogbound
in that vicinity.
REYKJAVIK, Iceland—A conference was summoned
by Rear Admiral Thomas P. Magruder on the flagship
Richmond Friday as to the advisability of calling off the
world flight, to ice conditions on the Greenland coast.
SENATE PUSSES
SURCHARGE
REMOVAL
MEASURE
•
ATLANTA. Gs.—With rotes or
voices registered in opposition a bill
by Senator Grantham of the 411th,
1 providing for the removal of railway
surcharges was passed In tho senate
Friday. The hilt la identical with
til# Mil of Representative Bennett,
now pending In the house. The bill
of Senators Cason of the Ist, Miller of
the 2nd and Arnow of the 4th fixing
the rights and duties of the coastal
district highway association was past
ed without opposition. The bill an
nexed the countlea of Chatham, Lib
erty, Mclntosh, Glynn, Camden and
Bryan.
Senator Johns of the 27th made an
effort to have reconsidered the hill
defeated Thursday providing for rec
ording contracts of co-operative mat -
ketlng associations but on motion of
Senator Hedwine of the 26th. post
riinemiifit was ordered until Satui
day morning 11 o'clock If the senate
then be In session If not until Mon
day at H o’clock.
CONSOLIDATION BILL
IS RECOMMITTED.
On motion of Senator Beauchamp,
the senate Friday morning withdrew
from • aninltten the hill providing for
consoliVtlon of <£ty and county gov
ernment in eoiyitlea of 21,000 popula
tion; had the bill read the second
time and recommitted to committee.
A bill Introduced by Senator Gillie
providing for Issuance of certificates
of registration of ownership of an
tornohlles wits passed as amended In
committee
A mil of Senator Lankford provid
ing that after December 20. 1924 no
tax execution shall la: levied on real
estate within one yesr from dnta of
execution, caused a fully of debate.
Tho favorable report of the commit
tee was agreed to but on direct pass
age the author found himself In the
minority and moved that the bill be
tallied before the result of the vote
could be announced.
By a vote of 29 to 0 the senate
passed the Mil offered hy Senators
Arnow, Parker, nulls and Cason,
making the naval stores standard of
the state nf Georgia conform to that
of the United States.
Jack Walton Stages Comeback
i. ,i _ i i
Ousted Prom Governor’s Chair and Then Nominated for
Senate—Oklahoma’s Experience Believed Without
Parallel In American Politics
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okie—Ousted
ly legislative impeachment from the
highest state office and then nomi
nated at the next primary election for
the highest federal office a state can
give one of Ita citizens is the experi
ence of John Calloway Walton—an
experltnce believed without parallel
la American politics.
Following a aho n and tempestuous
term In the government's chair, Wal
len was impeach'd and removed from
office last November, the charges
against him involving corruption In
of/ice, wilful neglect of duty, Incom-
I stance and moral turpitude. Undis
mayed. he started his effort at a po
litical comeback several months later
aumunct.ng his candidacy for the
dinmcratlc nomination for United i
flat's icnainr and carrying his cause
direct tc the voters, charging that
Ills iinrcachment had been "framed"
and that it was largely the result of
tli- Utter fight lie had waged against
the Ku hux Kind. In his campaign
1' said h* recognised the klan "as
the only Issue" and denounced It In
all his ►,arches. Returns from Tues
day's primary election show that he
has wop tlis nomination ley a plurality
of mere than 7,500 votes over his
neatest opponent, E. B. Howard, kian
endorsee.
HOME
EDITION
August* and vicinity: Generally fair
tonight and Saturday,
Early Friday morning the ad
miral sent for Captain William C.
Watts, the cruiser Raleigh, Lieu
tenant Lowell H Smith, leader of
the flight, and Major Clarence E.
Crumrine, of the army air service,
after the receipt of further dis
oouraging news from the Danish
government's steamer Gertrude
Raak, with supplies for the airmen
off the east Greenland port of
Angmagaalik.
Tho report that a aafo landing
place for the fliers on the east
eoaat of Greenland had been found
wat declared to be without foun
dation and the advancing season
makes further delay dangerous.
The fliera declare they are willing
to remain at Reykjavik until Sep-
I ‘ember 1, but refuse to consider
tho possibility of fueling at sea
from a cruiser.
NEWS COMES~AB
COMPLETE SUPRISE.
WASHINGTON.—Army air ser
vice officials declared Friday no
dispatches had been received from
the army advance party accompa
nying the world filers from the
naval convoy which indicated any
necessity for abandoning the army s
world flight.
The latest official imports re
ceived here were ddcidedly optimis
tic and press dispatches describing
a conference by Admiral Magrudrr
to discuss probability of the flight
came as a complete surprise.
Bpeaking In the absence of Major
General Patrick, chief of the air
service. Major J. A. I. Raider, spe
cial aid In charge of the flight, de
clared that “our ehips will come on
Just the same" even if the navy de
cides to withdraw the warships
guarding the line of the flight.
At the navy department It was
said Admiral Magruder was acting
entirely on his own responsibility
end under Instructions given him
when the Richmond sailed for
northern waters. Navy officers
eniphaalzed the Increasing danger
to naval vessels as the season ad
vances In tho vicinity of Green
land and asserted that Admiral Ma
gruder would be Justified in call
ing these factors to the attention
of the filers and a$ the same time
in warning them that he could not
remain beyond a certain date.
Charts In the hydrographic office
show an average date of September
1 for closing of the Iceland-Green
land straits to safe navigation over
h period of years. Due to the un
usually severe weather conditions
which have obtained this summer,
It was considered probable that fhn
date upon which navy vessels
should be withdrawn from the north
might have to be advanced a week
or ten days.
KEYPORT, N. J —The Boston TI
army airplane which left Langley
(Continued on Page Ten)
OIL MILLIONAIRE
IS HIS OPPONENTS
Walton’s republican opponent in
the November election will be W. B.
Pine, Okmulgee oil millionaire, who led
hie ticket more than two to one Fine
had the endorsement of the klan and
in the coming campaign the klan is
expected to be the predominant l»-
rue with party lines relegated to the
background.
Walton wss born In Arkansas In
1181 and came to Oklahoma In 1904.
He n ade bis home in Oklahoma City
and his first public office wss city
eonunTsioner of pubtlo Works, being
elected In 1916. He resigned In 1918
io make the race for mayor and was
elected He was elected governor
on the democrstlc ticket In 1922 with
the endorsement of the farmer-labor
reconstruction league.
He was Inaugurated January 8, 1922,
andd ceremonies unprecedented in
Oklahoma hletary. A gigantic bar
becue *t the state fair grounds, at
tended by approxfmatrly 100,000 per
sons vas one of the features of the
Inaugural.
f>nc of his sets as governor wa» to
submit »to the legislature a compre
jienslva piogrram of legislation look
ing to betterment of conditions
rmorg farmers and laborers. Many
of hie proposals were Incorporated lb
laws.