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VOLUME XXXI, No. 258
Pershing Passes to Army’s Retired List
HAPPY OVER
THE SHOWING
IN TESTS OF
DEFENSE DAY
WASHINGTON.— General Per
shing passed to the retired list of
the army Saturday, satisfied that
the mission he set for himself
when he turned his face hopeward
from France —establishment of a
national defense system to safe
guard the nation in future against
any such confusion and turmoil of
Improvised preparation as it knew
in 1917-18—was well on the road
to accomplishment.
The former commander of the
American army in France was at
his desk as usual, although he had
only a half day longer of active
service to give. He found the of
ficers of the war department
awaiting him to pay their respects,
and upon his desk a mass of mes
sages and letters of greetings.
He found also more complete
reports testifying to the success of
the defense test Friday than were
available at midnight. He was
happy as a boy* over the showing
made all over the country and at
the evidence cf patriotism shown
in the millions of men and women
who participated in the exercises.
LOOKS FORWARD TO
ANNUAL TESTS.
General Pershing feels that the
test demonstrated conclusively
that the American people desired
some such democratic and work
able pregram as has been devised
under his guidance to be a part of
the permanent policy of the nation.
He believes that annual tests of
the sort conducted Friday should
and will become a part of the na
tion’s life.
Saturday’s additional reports on
the test showed that the total
number of regular army troops
mustered for the day was 92,581;
tational guard, 167,633, and or
ganized reserves 59.168.
“Volunteers to fill the ranks of
these forces exceeded 1,000,000,’’ the
war department’s statement said.
Mil ions of other citizens beside
the volunteers shared in the exer
cises, «ind many communities re
main to be heard from. War de
partment officials are confident
that the final check up will show
that the full war strength, pro
vided fer in the organization
tables of three-part army more
than 2,000,000 men wa3 actually
assembled during the day.
It was with this encouraging re
view of the defense test before
him that General Pershing gave
up his active control of the army
and its plans. He will remain in
the war department, however,
keeping the same office that he
has occupied as chief of staff but
keeping it now by virtue of his
continuing post as president of the
Battle Monuments Commission,
created by Congress to supervise
the suitable marking of battle
fields in France where American
troops fought and also the ar
rangement and maintenance of the
cemeteries In France where'thous
ands of American dead still sleep.
Thus the retirement changes Gen
eral Pershing's status and relieves
him of any further official respon
sibility but it will not separate him
from the comrades with whom he
has spent his life, nor will It de
prive them and the executive of
ficers of the government of im
mediate recourse to his advice and
wide experience in handling army
problems and national defense
questions in the future.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
May Try to Get Control of
Rock Island
NEW YORK. —Indications that
the Southern Pacific Company
would take steps to bring the
Rock Island Railroad into Its sys
tem at an early date were seen
Saturday in reports from Boston
that interests believed to be act
ing for the Southern Pacific had
acquired about 200.000 of Rock
Is'and's 750,000 common shares.
Reports were current today that
approval of the Southern Pacific-
El Paso Southwestern merger,
now before the Interstate Com
merce Commission, would be fol
lowed bv acquisition of the Rock
Island. The latter road has been
assigned to the Southern Pacific In
the Commission’s tentative con
solidation program.
Julius KruUschnitt, chalrmnn of
the Southern Pacific Company, re
cently admitted that an eventual
consolidation of the two roads was
planned but Indicated that eonsol
slderable time would be required
for the merger.
In addition to the Rock Island
/-and the El Pas'o and Southwestern,
the greater Southern Pacific Sys
tem proposed by the Interstate
Commerce Commission would in
clude the San Antonio and Ar
kansas. Midland. Valiev. Vicksburg.
Shreveport and Pacific, and the
Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis
Railways.
SPIKE PIERCES HEART
RALEIGH. N C.—Ruth Horton,
R-vear-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William M. Horton, was instantly
killed here Saturday afternoon when
she fell from a tree onto the Iron
spiked fence. One of the spikes of
the fence pierced her heart.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
DAILY, sc; SUNDAY, sc.
LEASED WIRE SERVICE.
Allendale County in Optimistic Mood
Diversified Farming Proving its Worth
BY W. A. LUFBURROW
ALLENDALE, S. C.' Al
though weather conditions have
been adverse to the crops this
year indications are that pro
duction will be equal to that of
1923. Bankers and business
men of Allendale county are of
the opinion that business will
be very good this fall if the
price of cotton ranges in the
neighborhood of the thirty
cent level. Generally speak
ing the agricultural, financial
and business interests are op
timistic.
In 1922 Allendale county pro
duced 6,296 bales of cotton and
.in 1923 the yield was 10,964
bales. Opinion is some what
divided as to whether the
yield this year will exceed that
of the past year. On the one
hand some think / that it will,
while others are 'of a different
opinion. It is believed, how
ever. that the 1924 yield will not
be less than that of the pre
'vious year.
There was better cultivation
of the cotton crop and heaviej;
fertilization. Weather condi
tions retarded the cultivation
and interfered with the poison
ing campaign against the boll
weevil. Though -weevil dam
age is slight as compared with
previous years ability to have
used poison probably would
have increased the yield. A
great deal of poison was bought .
but very little was used be
cause of wet weather.
THINKS CROP WILL
SHOW AN INCREASE
P. J. Fulmer, of the First Na
tional Bank is of the opinion that
there will be more cotton this year
than last. He thinks the business
outlook is better as a whole. Mr.
Fulmer says that farmers are pay
ing up this year’s obligations
promptly. It was pointed out that
a price exceeding twenty cents for
cotton would enable many farmers
who have back debts to discharge
them in many instances or at least
to dispose of a part of them.
Very good busines conditions tnj
fall are expected by G. C. Chavous,
Of the Allendale Bank. Mr. Cha
vous is inclined to think that the
cotton crop will be in a small way
exceed ■ that of last year. He is
optimistic over the outlook and
believes that conditions are im
nroving satisfactorily as a whole.
Though the financial, business
and agricultural conditions are not
normal, Leßoy Wilson, of the Citi
zens Bank, views the situation
hopefully. Summingjup the situa
tion as other bankers m the state,
Mr. Wilson bases his hopes largely
on the ultimate yield of cotton and
the average price of it this year.
Allendale county has not suf
fered by labor shortage. The
situation here, in this way, is uni
que when compared with many
counties throughout the southern
states. Labor here is contented
and landlords have been fortunate
enough to prevent suffering among
the laboring class during the height
of boll weevil ravages.
Whether or not it is a dangerous
economic policy for the negro agri
cultutnl and commercial laboring
class to pursue, one of the most
striking things in this county to
a visitor is the unusual number of
this clas of people riding In auto
mobiles of their own purchase. It
is not to be said that these people
should not own automobiles, but
the wisdom of it during a period
of economic recovery when strict
economy is needed for the good of
all. does hedge the problem about
with a question mark.
DIVERSIFICATION IS
PROVING SUCCESS
Among the srrmller farmers, di
versification sue! as is advocated
by Turner County, Georgia, has
been adopted for sometime to con
siderable advantage. Small poul
try shipments this year have net
ted this class of larmers about $lO,-
000. The poultry industry has been
on the increase for some time and
indications are that It will continue
to do so. The community egg
hatchery of 3,000 capacity Is to be
doubled. Good work has been ac
complished In this line of work.
Z. D. Robinson, county agricul
tural agent, has accomplished a
great deal in diversified agricul
ture. Under his direction and
through the co-operation of the
farmers the agricultural Itnerests
of tho county have made marked
progress. Shipments of cream are
being made each week. The re
sults thus far are satisfactory and
the dairy industry on a small scale
with the Individual farmers is en
couraged by Mr. Robinson. ”ho
stock is being gradually Improved.
The farmers are "growing Into this
feature of the work rather than
"going into” it.
Through the efforts of Mr. Rob
inson. and a response on the part
of farmers, excellent pastures are
being made in the low lands of the
county. Here one will find pas
tures equal to those In Kentucky.
In a few years, Allendale county
will doubtles have pastures second
to none In the South. It is ®l*im
ed here that the pastures of this
county arc the best In the state.
The pasture lands are low and
makes the outcome of crops doubt
ful. but for use as pastures they
are unequalled.
FARMERS LIVING
MORE AT HOME
A very good response baa been
had to cover crops. Vetch Is the
choice In thl# county, with some
Continued On Page Two
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES— THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
Wells Thinks Humor
Is Needed In World of
“Grotesque Comedy”
Views Lincoln As Greatest Man of Modern Times Be
cause He Could JokA and Tell Stories Through
out Struggle Against Disruption
BY hTgTwELLS.
LONDON.—It is a foolish
thing for a writer to see an in
terviewer. Other men may
want an intermediary to tell
the world of their thoughts and
intentions, but a writer should
be able to do his own telling.
Yet I am always falling again
into this folly.
They come along with such
nice introductions. They are so
young and respectful and re
assuring. They do not make It
clear that they mean to turn
your unguarded civilities Into
an article until quite at the end
of the encounter.
And then arrives the Inter
view, with one's casual sugges
tions made into oracular state
ments, clothed In uncongenial
and sometimes horrible phrases
and mixed up with one’s visit
or’s Ideas and amplifications.
And everybody takes notice of It
and judges one by It. One’s
writings may be as copious as
the Nile in flood, but nobody
ever seems to get concerned
about what one says in them.
But let loose an interview and
people quote your alleged ut
terances as though they were
your most polished thoughts,
write articles rubbing in the
you->g gentleman's choicest
phrases, preach sermons im
proving your unwonted express
ions. They seem to feel that at
last they have really got you.
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RECALLS RESULTS
OF INTERVIEW.
I write«with one occasion fresh in
my mind. A little while ago an
Interviewer told the world that I
said the next few years will be an
ago of fun —the world was tired of
tragedy. For my ‘oVn-pe.rt I -was to
write funny books henceforth.
. . . I shall probably never
hear the last of that.
Oddly enough I do not remember
that particular interviewer at all
distinctly, nor what friend’s intro
duction it was let him in on me. I
shouldn't know him again. But 1
do remember the conversation to_
which he gave this astonishing
twist. I remember my train of
thought because it is one that has
been rather frequently with me
nowadays.
He had tried to get me talking
of the extravagant horrors of the
Next Great War. I suppose ho
thought I should talk impossible
rubbish about bombs as big as
houses and whole cities destroyed
by poison gas and so forth, and he
would be able to detail this mon
strous stuff half Jeeringly and half
credulously. At any rate, I found
myself talking of the improbability
of there ever being a war in Eu
rope even so mechanically destruct
ive as the last war. The Great
War had been the explosion of a
vast accumulation of energy, moral
and social as well as material. Eu
rope might and. probably would
bicker, murder, bomb, massacre
and starve, but for another genera
tion at least she would not have
either the spirit or the discipline
or the material to produce such mu
nitions and such wide-sweeping
concerted action as devastated her
in the Great War. She is morally
and physically bankrupt and pros
trate. She may go on sinking, as
Continued On Page Two
Georgia-Furman Game Being Widely Advertised
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Requests For Tickets Beginning To Four In
BY AUBURN OWENS.
Wllth an autumn tinge in the at
mosphere and the opening of the
1924 football season Just around
the corner, Augusta grid fans are
already beginning to look forward
with keen anticipation to the long
heralded classic between the Bull
dogs of the University of Georgia
and the Purple Hurricane of Fur
man University. Judging from the
amount of Interest already mani
fested by hundreds of fans through
out the two states, the contest bids
fair to rival In attendance the an
nual Georgia-Auburn or Tech-Au
burn game. 4 v
Requests for tickets are coming In
In larger numbers every day, ac
cording to the committee In charge
of the came. From Louisville comes
an order by R. L. Farmer, cashier
of the Louisville hank, for thirty
tickets, with other requests for re
servations from cities os far as
Charlotte. Delivery of tlcetks Is
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1924
FIRST ELECTROCUTION
IN GEORGIA TOOK
PLACE SATURDAY
Howard Hinton, Negro, is
First to Pay Penalty in
Electric Chair—Dead in
Three Minutes
MILLEGEVILLE, Ga.—The first
legal electrocution in Georgia took
place here shortly afternoon Satur
day when Howard Hinton, negro,
of DeKalb county, died in the elec
tric chair following his conviction
for holding up and assaulting a
young white woman. The negro
was pronounced dead In three min
utes after the current was turned
on.
R. E. Davidson and T. E. Patter
son, prison commissioners of Geor
gia, and Representative Perkins, of
Muscogee county, author of the bill
providing for death by electrocu
tion rather than by hanging, were
among the spectators at the execu
tion of the negro.
The electrocution took place un
der the direction of R. C. Turner,
city electrician of Atlanta, who in
stalled the chair and tested It out
last night In advance of the execu
tion.
The negro appeared very nerv
ous just before being strapped In
the ehalr, but ho answered all
questions of wardens. Tho current
was on just 63 seconds, hut three
minutes elapsed before the negro
was announced dead.
Loeb and Leopold
Won’t Be Allowed
‘Fags’ During Day
WAUKEGAN, lll—Tobacco dur
ing the day will be denied Nathan
Leopold and Richard Loeb, now
serving a life sentence for the
murder of Robert Franks, Elmer
Green of Waukegan, state super
intendent of prisoners said Satur
day. At night when they are
locked in their cells, they may
have tobacco and smoke, he said,
the same as other prisoners.
“The wealt'a of their families
will not enable Leopold and Loch
to have any privileges that are
forbidden to others,” he added.
JOLIET. Ills.—Nathan Leopold,
Jr., and Richard Loeb, slayers of
Bobby Franks, began a life of
work Saturday morning after at
tending a movie at the state prison
here.
The youthful slayers were up at
6 o'clock, ate their breakfast with
the rest of the prisoners and after
early preliminaries, were taken to
the chapel where they saw Rudolph
Valentino In his latest release.
Immediately after the show they
were taken to the furniture shops
where Leopold was shown the rud
iments of weaving and winding
rattan into furniture. * Loeb was
taken to the cabinet shop where
the construction of chairs was Il
lustrated.
expected to begin on Monday of
this week to all out-of-town pur
chasers. The alumni of both Insti
tutions and guarantors are urged
by tho committee to make their re
servations as early as possible be
fore all tho tickets are gone. Let
ters will bo mailed out in the next
few days to all the alumni of the
two schools inviting them to attend
the game.
Tho local committee promoting
the contest have gone to no end
of effort to give it all tho adver
tising It deserves. Practically ev
ery town of any slge In the Au
gusta. Trade District has been
placareded with notices of the
game. Twenty-five thousand stick
ers In the shape of a football have
been printed to be displayed on au
tomobile wlndgfflelds, as well as an
equal number of letter seals. Mr.
Traylor, of the Georgia-Carollna
Dairy Products Company, has made
arrangements to sell tickets to a
large number of his customers In
the towns around Augusta. News
This is Kind of a Girl
His Highness Likes Best
Tfljjßgg* ■*
Minute Hand Of
Clock Weighs
2,200 Pounds
THOMASTON, Conn.—A minute
hand which weighs 2,200 pounds
and which will travel 157 feet an
hour, Is one of the parts In a clock
said to bo the largest in the world
that has been completed and ship
ped from here. The hands were
placed on a flat car. The clock will
surmount an advertising sign near
New York City.
In the middle ages monks built
a clock at Mechlin, Belgium, which
had a face forty feet across with
one hand. This has been tho world's
largest clock.
stories of the game, as well as pho
tographs, have been published by
tho leading dally newspapers.
It Is now a definite fact that spe
cial trains will bo run over the C. &
W. C. and Georgia Railroads from
Greenville and Athens, with great
ly reduced rates, allowing stop
overs of several days. Tills fea
ture will allow the students and
supporters of the two Institutions
to See the game and cheer their fa
vorites on to victory.
GOVERNORS OF TWO
STATES TO ATTEND.
As was stated last week, the two
governors of the two states have
both signified their Intentions to bo
present at the game as well as a
host of prominent men from tho
homes of the two schools. Not a
day pass."* without a flood of let
ters from towns In both states sre
received containing Inquiries and
requests for reservations. Word
(ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
Just a tip to all you girls who’va
been dying for a chance to dance
with the Princo of Wales.
Look at these pictures carefully
then take a slant at yourselves in
your mirrors.. If you see a resem
blance, you’ve got a chance.
For this is the typo of beauty
H. R. H. prefers.
This young woman—yea, It’s the
same one in both pictures—is the
prince’s favorite American dancing
partner.. She is Mrs. Frederick
Cruger, young New York society
woman.
HEAVY ’QUAKE
Is Registered on George
town Seismograph
WASHINGTON.-—A very ’’pro
nounced’’ earthquake continuing
from 9:47 until 11 a. m. was record
id Saturday on tho seismograph at
Georgetown university. Fnther
Torndorf, the seismologist, calcu
lated that, the disturbance wns
about 5,700 miles in a southerly di
rection from Washington.
FOREST FIRES
Are Raging Again in Cal
ifornia
RAN FRANCISCO.—Fire fighters
from threo states were engaged
.Saturday in fighting two bit blazes
and a. number of small oneirln na
tional forests In California.
The two chief fires are In the
Angeles National Forest In south
ern California, where the flames are
sweeping ahead on two long fronts
and in the Tahoe National Forest
In northern California, where a
week old fire had Jumped tho Yuba
river Saturday and was threaten
ing tho old mining town of Alle
ghnney In Klerra county.
Tho fire, however, will ■have to
Jump the wide clearing If It reaches
the town.
Twenty picked fire fighters and
lenders from the notional forests of
Arizona and New Mexico are as
sisting tho California crews In both
the Angeles and tho Tahoe forests.
has been received from Greenville
that this game Is tho chief topic of
sport conversation In that city, as
may bo attested to by the fact that
two entire floors of the Richmond
Hotel have been reserved by Green
ville business men.
If all the fire-game Interest man
ifested thus far can be taken as a
criterion, thousands of fnns will
swarm into the city on that date to
witness tho most colorful sport
ing even In Augusta’s history. This
game will more than likely give lo :
cal fans a chance to see some of
Augusta’s own athletes In action In
the person of Curtis Luckey, a giant
tackle, slated to hold down tho
berth left vacant by tho gradua
tion of Joe Rcnnett. last year’s cap
tain, and Cecil Sherlock, Haynor
Johnson and Neal Wilder, all for
midable contenders for varsity po
sitions.
If. Is on that day that nil roads
will lead Into Augusta when the
irrresistlble llurcJcane swoops down
on the Immovable Bulldog.
18 CENTS A WEEK.
Opinions Differ
As to Question
ol Security
FLIERS RECEIVE
ft TUMULTUOUS
WELCOME ftT
DftYTON, 0.
DAYTON, Ohio. Lieutenant
Lowell It. Smith and his world
girdling filers were In the homes
of their friends here Saturday
night after a tumultuous welcome
when they landed at McCook Field
at 6:33 p. m., completing their 420
mile hop from Washington.*
The first long leg of their trans
continental flight, which will end
In Seattle, was made without in
cident, Lieutenant Smith said.
The flight time wem six hours and
forty minutes, low clouds encoun
tered this side of Cumberland, Md.,
and fog near Uniontown, Perm.,
cutting down the flying time. It
had been Intended to leave here
Monday but Lieutenant Smith de
cided to hold tho planes until
Tuesdny to permit of thorough
servicing of the engines. The next
hop to Chicago Is 175 miles.
Dayton, ‘"birthplace of the air
plane,” Bpared no pains to stage
a real home coming celebration
for the six aviators. It was a
genuine home coming for Lieuten
ants John Harding and Erik Nel
son, for McCook Flold Is their
home station. Lieutenant Leigh
Wade also was stationed at the
field two years ago and all of the
filers have scores of personal
friends at McCook and Wilbur
Wright fields. McCook field Is
the urmy aviation experiment sta
tion.
The aviators, escorted by a con
voy of nineteen planes from the
two local fields, including the
Ijarllng Bomber, the world’s larg
est air plane, were sighted over
the eastern edge of the city at
6:25. Flying In a V formation,
they circled over McCook field,
where thousands were wntrhlng,
then dipped earthward while all
sorts of noise making devices din
ned.
The Boston 11. rarrylng Lieu
tenants Wilde and Ogden, was the
first to lanX Then came the New
Orleans with Lieutenants Nelson
and Harding. Lieutenant Smith’s
flagship, the Chicago, was the last
to taxi to position. His flight
companion is Lieutenant Leslie
Arnold.
Wade and Ogden received vocif
erous welcome, but when Lieuten
ant Harding vaulted over .the side
of his plane he was virtually
smothered by cheering, shouting
mechanicians and officers.
HAS OLD OCUMENT.
MOUNT VERNON, 111—A legal
document that was signed by Presi
dent John Quincy Adams more than
96 years ago Is In tho possession of
Mrs. C. L. Groves, of Mount Ver
non. Tho papers are In an excel
lent otato of preservation.
La Follette Strength In
12 States Is Demllope
BY HARRY B. HUNT.
WASHINGTON. —No more sig
nificant move has been made in the
presidential campaign than the de
fense of the La KolletU-Wheeler
Independent following, delivered by
Chairman Shaver of the Demo
cratic management on his return
to Washington from Chicago Sept.
4th.
At Chicago Shaver received de
tailed reports on the political line
up through the west and north
west. His championship of the Da
Follette insurgents was the result.
It might be described as a diplo
matic retreat by the Democrats
from any fight to split the untl-
C’oolidge vote in those states.
Although not so stated, at least
as yet, it. Is hoped that a gracious
acknowledgement by the Indepen
dents of this courtesy may be, that
they will permit the autl-Coolldge
vote In a number of contested
eastern states to consolidate on Da
vis, instead of being split, to Cool-
Idge’s advantage, between Davis
and La Follette.
The,fact Is that except In a few
states bordering the "solid south”
- such ns Arkansas, Oklahoma and
Missouri —the fight In tho states
west of the Mississippi ltivcr is a
fight between Coolldgo and La
Follette.
Even the strongly partisan Dem
ocratic Baltimore Hun concedes
that this year the Democrats have
no chance in California, Washing
ton, Oregon, Michigan, Montana.
Idaho, North and Houth Dakota.
lowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Wiscon
sin and Utah.
"This will be an unpleasant dose
for the Democrats back east.” says
tho Hun In presenting its decision
as to the party's chances in those
states.
"It sounds almost like one of Mr.
Butler's periodic claims, But in
spite of that It is truo and no poli
tically posted person jn a position
to get the fnets has any other Idea,
no matter how he may tulk pub
licly."
This being the esse, what Is to
be done about It? Docs that nec
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GENEVA. —Differences of opin
ion characterized the meeting Sat
urday of the subcommittee of the
league of nations assembly desig
nated to draft a project of security
and disarmament, either in substi
tution for, or amendment of the
famous pact of mutual assistance,
which now has been before the
league of nations for three years.
The question of security is defi
nitely linked in all minds with that
of arbitration, and the delegates
are experiencing considerable dif
ficulty in drawing up a plan of se
curity without taking into account
the assembly’s view of arbitration.
..Some of the delegates urged Sat
urday that entire emphasis should
be placed on arbitration and se
curity, others advocated that the
problem of disarmament should be
given first place.. Still others de
lieved that the arbitration and se
curity agreements should become
effective only when the disarma
ment conference is held.
Eventually the French won the
day. That is that any convention
relating to arbitration and security
would be distinct and separate,
though it would be clearly under
stood that when the powers signed
this convention they pledged them
selves to lake part in a disarma
ment conference.
Dr. Eduard Benes, of Czecho Slo
vakia, was appointed to prepare
the text of tho convention as basis
for further discussions. Great Brit
ain, France, Japan, Sweden, Nor
way and Czecho Slovakia partici
pated in tho debate.
Another outstanding feature of
Saturday's deliberations was ths
lively discussion or France's pro
posal to amend paragraph 7 of ar
ticle X 4, of the covenant. This
paragraph provides that when the
council of the loagup of nations
fails to reach a decision concerning
a dispute between nations the
members of the league reserve tho
right to take such action as may be
necessary for the maintenance of
right and justice.
Fooling that this paragraph Is
dangerous, because Inconclusive,
France has suggested an amend
ment of which the arbitration idea
is the essence.
COLUMBIA SELECTED
Fcr 1925 Meeting of Car
olina Teachers
COLUMBIA, R. C.—Columbia was
selected as the convention city for
the 1925 meeting of South Carolina
Teachers’ Association at a meet
ing here of tho executive committee
of tho association Saturday.
Representatives of tho Charles
ton convention bureau and Cham
ber of Commerce invited the teach
ers tod gather there when tho an
nual convention Is held' next spring.
Telegrams from five civic organ
izations of Rpartanhurg, extending
invitations to meet there, were
read.
Officers of tho association are:
B. L. I’arklnson. of Columbia, pres
ident, and C. M. Wilson, also of
Columbia, secretary and terasurer.
essarily mean Democratic defeat?
Not at all, says the Democratic
strategists. At least 12 of these
states aro normally ns rock-rib
bed Republican as Texas is Demo
cratic. Actually, the La Follette
strength in those states Is the
Democratic hope.
Normally they would go Repub
lican. This year tncy will not go :
Democratic but they may go for
La Follette.
And every state carried by La
Foiiet'e cuts that many votes from
the Coolldgo column and is thus,
indirectly, a very real help to the
V / locrats.
Democratic "dope" on the com
parative Coolldgo - La Follettg
strength In theso 13 normally Re
publican states Is that La Follette
is certain to carry five and may
carry eight. La Follette's convic
tion is that he will carry eight and
has an even chance at the other
five.
Ri publicans, naturnlly, deride
both these claims.
By Democratic leaders who ac
cept this analysis of the western
situation, the logical lay of the
campaign Is declared to be an in
tensive and concentrated campaign
in debatable eastern states, par
ticularly Ohio, Indiana, New York,
New Jersey and Maryland.
All of these states, with the solid
south, would Insure them a ma
jority of the electoral college. Even
two or three of them, provided La
Follette is able to run up a total of
from 50 to 70 electoral votes in the
west, would prevent Coolidge get
ting the necessary 268, they figure.
That would throw the election
Into Congress, where, Democrats
say, Davis might not win but Cool
idge could not.
This Is the situation, then that
lay behind Chairman Shaver's so
licitude for fair' play for La Fol
lette in the west. The bigger vote
La Follette can get in regular Re
publican states, the better chance
of a Democratic victory. EveiTc
state lost to La Follette in the west
will he ns good as a state won by
the Democrats,