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The Augusta Herald Want Ads tell how to junk your old automobile profitably. VOLUME XXXI, No. 307 JSm nßLjw Bffifi ySHL Mgs WL. MfibJ BBpjl fia jjtililffl *SSL Mms7 <P||K‘; rcKaß jfiSfli. jajffl MIR, cHEgg* jrapMl sES wfc Davis Rests Campaign With Voters; Appeals to Reason and Conscience Decision Sit ould Be Arrived at Reverently, He Tells Country NEW YORK.—Candidate John W. Davis summed up his case Saturday night and virtually rested his campaign for the presidency with the jury of American voters. His final appearance before a public audience was made in Carnegie Hall here, and except for the radio ad dress to be delivered Monday night be brought his per sonal campaign to a close. The speech Saturday night, Mr. Davis said, was an “appeal to reason and conscience rather than to preju dice.” And, on that plane, he chose to await the verdict to be returned by the jury November 4th, the result ot, which will return him to private life or give him the reins of government for four years, beginning March 4th, next. Summing up his arguments in be half of the democratic national ticket headed by himself, and Gov ernor Charles W. Bryan, Mr. Davis told his audience that decision be fore the country could not be left to impulse but should be arrived at '•soberly, reverently and in the fear of God.” ‘‘We are here tonight,” he said in his opening remarks, “on serious business. We have reached the end of the campaign, and on Tuesday next the people of New York will chose those who are to serve them for the next two years, and the citizens of the United States will mark out the course they r -e to follow for a four year term. In the lives of great states and great na tions there are no trivial decisions. “A single individual who has act ed in haste, may easily retrace his steps, but decisions that effect the destiny of millions of men and wo men cannot be left to impulse. It behooves us all, therefore, in this closing hour to think earnestly of the duty that lies ahead and to cast our ballots with a solemn sense of our responsibility to ourselves and to posterity. We owe it to our selves and to those who shall come after us to make sure that we are guided by no spirit of blind parti sanship or (political rancor, but that we act, as the prayer book has it, soberly, revently and in the fear of God." In the same tone of seriousness, the candidate turned to the political situation in New York state, de claring the results there was not in doubt. ‘Tnless we are prepared to ex change experience for insipration, nature has proven capacity for un tried youth, and a record of achieve ment for wordy promises,” he said, “there will be no change in the ex ecution offices of this state.” “APPEAL TO REASON AND ASSISTANCE.” Regarding the national campaign, Mr. Davis said he had tried as the nominee of the democratic party for the last hree months to “direct tiio public mind to the question which should decide this solu tion.” "I have sought to appeal to rea son and conscience," he added, "rather than to prejudicee. Claim ing for myself no virtue which I do not freely concede to my oppo nents, I have endeavored to avoid mere personalities, and have nei ther assailed the character of any man for the sake of political ad vantage nor magnified his short comings In order to arouse partisan zeal.” Mr. Davis, however, criticised the conduct of those responsible for the management of the republican cam paign, charging they had diverted attention from the real Issues. "Yet, never, perhaps, In any cam paign,” he said, “has the fine art of diverting attention from the real to the unreal been more earnestly attempted than it has in this by our republican friends. “When we talk of corruption In public office they point to the ex istence of a budget. When we com plain that the public treasury has been plundered and the public do main given away, they cry that the constitution is In danger. When we point to the unjust burdens that prices artificially raised by law have placed on the American consumer, they offer “■ * he . fortlng reflection that the Amerl ’nn eats 17 pounds of butter per "Great questions of naked right ond wrong cannot be aveded by " Uiods such as these." Mr. Davis 11 at another point. “Questions ,at appeal to the moral sense and st the moral fibre of the Amer ,„ pepoples before us. They ad ross themselves to the conscience , lh „ nation for reply and call ilv upon the moral law for their lution We shall better know urselves and the world with betteer i now u. by the answers that we "STARK QUSETION OF HONESTY." •First and foremost I put the THE AUGUSTA HERALD DAILY, sc; SUNDAY, sc. LEASED WIRE SERVICE. stark question of honesty in gov ernment. It is one which no polit ical party trusted with power can be permitted' to escape. Whenever under the rule of any party, cor ruption becomes widespread and notorious, whenever it extends not only to mere underlings, but to those in seats of highest power, the party in whose ranks it appears must expect to pay the penalty by an outraged public opinion. It is no reflection on the honest man and woman who make up its rank and file, it is no reproach to any left in office whose virtue is still intact, to insist that the party or ganization to which they belong shall stand or fall by the record it has made. “There is a decline which no party can be permitted to cross with impunity. There is a degree of corruption which calls for stern rebuke even by the adherents of the party itself, unless by their com placence they are willing to take upon their own shoulders a share of responsibility for the crime; "I cannot believe that the coun try will rest content with thfe state ment of President Coolidge that the wonder is not that the corruption involved so much and so many, rather that it was so little and so few. We cannot be asked to ac cept in American government any lower standard than that of ab solute and entire honesty. We have the right to demand that not some, but all of those who serve us shall prove faithful in their trust. I appeal not only to dem ocrats, but all patriots of whatever party, to express at the ballot box their determination to accept no lower standard. On a great issue like this of moral right and moral wrong, there is no room for divis ion among Americans on party is sues. And especially do I appeal to the fathers and mothers of Ameri can in whose hands rests the train ing of our future citizens, to make | an example that coming generations j will remember of those who de- | grade public office and betray the public trust. “There is the question of effi ciency in government. No politi cal party has the right to ask a re newal of Its power unless it can show that it ha« kept Its promises j In the past and is able to perform them in the fturc. If It is to in vite the public confidence it must present leaders who can lead and followers who are willing to sup port that leadership. I cannot think that under our system of government the duty of executive leadership Is discharged by abor tive vetoes, or that a party Is en titled to confidence when it exhib its an inability to agree, in congress or without, upon party policies. SAYS FORCES NOT TO BE RECONCILED. "The contending forces that have spit the republican party in twain will not be reconciled merely by a | republican victory. Their struggle I will but be begun again upon a new battleground and renewed more fiercely than before. Tbelr differ ences of outlook and of interest are too profound to be bridged by any temporary compromise. Stag nation or chaos or an alteration of the two, will reign supreme in i Washington. , , “There is the great moral issue ! of privilege In government; whether It Is morally right or morally wrong that governmental power, drawn from all the people, should be used to enrich the few at the expense of the many or to reward political friends and punish political ene '"“Never In American history 'has privilege flaunted Itself in the streets of the national capital more brazen and unshamed than during the last three and one half years. It was not alone the desire for il licit gain that lost to the nation the naval oil reserves it is now struggling by legal process to re cover; It was equally the wish to use governmental power to advance Continued On Page Two THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. STATE MILITIA PATROLS STREETS OE NILES, OHIO, FOLLOWING RIOT Quiet Is Restored After Hectic Day DOZEN INJURED IN NUMBER OF CLASHES Citizens Cheer As Troops Enter Town—Mayor Is Missing NILES, O.—State militia Saturday patrolled the streets of Niles following a day of riot ing between members of the Ku Klux Klan and Knights of the Flaming Circle. Quiet was rapidly returning Saturday. Militiary control, however, was not established until after al most a dozen persons had been shot or badly mauled. Some are in hospitals in serious con dition at Warren, the county seat of Trumbull county, five miles away. As the big motor trucks roll ed through the streets loaded with soldiers and machine guns mounted on their hoods and tops, shouts and cheers went up from the crowds which lined the streets. “EVERYTHING QUIET," SHERIFF REPORTS, Sheriff John E. Thomas said this evening after a tour of the city that “everything Is quiet and I don't expect any more trouble.” The sheriff with scores of special deputies had managed to keep tho opposing forces from coming to gether en masse until the arrival of state troops. His efforts In pre serving order, however, did not prevent numerous sporadic clashes among detached units of the op posing forces, resulting in the cas ualltles. "I am tickled to death that it was no worse,” was the only statement Sheriff Thomas would make to night. Col. X. S. Connelly, of the 145th infantry, who was placed in com mand of all troops ordered to Niles by Governor Donahey, in a state ment to tho citizens of Niles, said It was not his intention to impose unnecessary military regulations on them and urged all to co-operate with him In maintaining order. KLANSMEN LEAVE CITY RAPIDLY. Saturday night practically all klansmen from other points had left the city or were rapidly leav ing by back routes or avoiding en tering the city. A special train car rying several hundred klansmen from Kent and other cities arrived after the militia had taken charge They were not permitted to leave tho train. Many business places were closed Saturday night. All hanks were closed, though it was their custom to remain open on Saturday nights. Throughout all Saturday’s tense period, Mayor Harvey C. Kistler was not at his office, which ho had left Friday evening. No one Con nected with the city administration professed to know where the city’s chief executive was. Police Chief L. J. Rounds said he thought May or Kistler "probably is in the city somewhere attending to official du ties.” ' GOVERNOR’S OFFICE IN MARTIAL ATTIRE. COLUMBUS, O.—Gov. Vic Dona hey’s office here Saturday night has been transformed Into a military headquarters and the governor had temporarily dropped his title as chief executiee to become com mander-in-chle of the state's mil itary forces, following a hectic day of developments during which the governor was forced to declare qualified martial law at Niles and occupy the town with state troops. Declaring of martial law followed reports from the governor’s confi dential agents there that riots and disorders had occurred and that troops were necessary to protect life and property. The official pro clamation was written and signed by the governor and given to MaJ.- Oon. Benson Hough, of tho Ohio National Guard, who was sent to Niles to take charge. Reports of activities of klan and nntl-klan forces made to the gov ernor during the day and early evening caused him to confer al most continuously with Adjutant- General Henderson, who issueed tel egraphic orders for movement of troops. Approximately 1,300 Ohio National Guardsmen were to occu py the town before midnight. THE WEATHER WASHINGTON. D. C—Forecast: Georgia: Fair Sunday and Monday: cooler Monday In north portion; gen tle northeast winds. Houth Carolina: Fair Sunday and Monday, cooler Monday In west por tion; gsntle northeast winds. AUGUSTA GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, 1924 Down In the Scrimmage Football players never plied up higher than these 22 freight cars, wrecked near Charlotte, N. C. The first car tripped on a small bit of metal, and the others landed pell mell on top. Complete Official Returns on School Bond Issue PRF.CINCTS FOR AGAINST First Ward 845 32 Second Ward 383 41 Third Ward 344 37 Fourth Ward 1139 28 Fifth Ward 846 69 Sixth Ward 1227 90 119th District 210 12 121st District 94 76 123rd District 123 4 124th District 25 3 1269th District 72 59 1434th District 61 21 1660th District 28 14 1760th District 80 4 Totals 5477 490 ISSUE IS BETWEEN BRYAN, GOOLIDGE, STONE DECLARES BOSTON.—Declaring a deadlock In the electoral college will mean elevation of Charles W. Bryan to tho presidency. Attorney General Stone told tho voters of Massachu sets in a speech here Saturday night that the paramount issue In the campaign was a choice between Bryan and Coolldge. “Do the j,eople of the United States want Mr. Bryan for presi dent, or even for vice-president? No one has ever had the temcterlty to suggest euch a thought,” continued the attorney general. “The demo cratic party rebelled at tho sug gestion until Its own candidate for president, ably seconded by Mr. William Jennings Bryan, perform ed the necessary operation upon an exhausted and defenseless conven tion and this triumph of political straddling was achieved. “That action of the democratic candidate In cheoßing his running mate; his gesture for a recall elec tion If he is elected and if after two years tho people are unable to hear the burden—a proposal impossible of execution under our laws an* constitution, give tho true mean* ure of the experience and associa tions of a life time. They have shaken confidence in his leader ship and In hi* capacity to head the government. “The choice of Mr. Bryan an a vice-presidential candidate has wrecked the democratic campaign and we mutt fairly face the issue, whether the third party proponal to make Mr. Bryan president shall be allowed to wreck the country." INCOME TAX LISTS Are Not Closed to Public In spection WASHINGTON. The internal revenue bureau htyi telegraphed Collector C. F. Routzman, at Cleve land, calling his attention to pre vious Instructions of tho bureau that Income tax records ghall be open to public Inspection as pro vided In the last revenue act, The bureau’s nction was taken, It was announced today, upon the receipt of a complaint, from a Cleveland newspaper which claim ed to have denied the right to In spect the list. TRAIN IS BOMBED Woman Killed on Penn sylvania Railroad fIIVERTON, N. J.—A woman passenger on a Pennsylvania Railroad train was killed Sa turday by what state and rail road police say waa the explo sion of a bomb thrown at the train as it approached this town. The victim was Mrs. Fred J. Cooper, 38, of Phila delphia. The steel aide of the car was blown inward and sev eral car windows were broken. No other passengers were in jured. MANY INJURED When Great Northern Train Leaves Trac GARDNER, N. D.—Four psriont were badly injured, approximate ly 30 were lets seriously hurt, suf fering cuts and bruises and about 220 wera shaken up Saturday when the Great Northern Qlacier Park Limited No. 4, left the track about on* miles south of Gardner. TWO AIRMEN DIE WHEN PLANE FALLS COLUMBUS, O.—Lieut*. Ralph G. Canny and Samuel A. Westfall, reserve officers, wera klllod at Norton Field here Saturday when their plana crashed from a height of 200 feet. Both lived here. Tho filers had not been In the air more than two or three minutes when a guest of wind caught the ship as It was making a hank and tilted so sharply that It went Into a nose-diva which tho pilots were unable to right It at the low alti tude. X.leutenant Canny was dead when removed from the wreekage and Lieutenant Westfall died before an ambulance could reach the field. MANY PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO BE VOTED Dll 111 SOUTH TUESDAY Wide Range of Subjects Is Covered BIENNIAL SESSIONS UP IN GA. AND S. C. Mississippi and Florida on Opposite Sides of Tax Question ATLANTA. On.—ln addition to contests between democratic and republican voters in eight southern states Tuesday, pro posed constitutional amend ments covering a wide range of subjects will claim attention. As a result of tho ballots to he cast it m possible that the last of the annunl sessions of Southern general assemblies will pass Into the diHeard. Houth Carolina and Georgia will de cide if their legislatures are to he meet biennially Instead of annually. South Carolina will also vote on the question of making terms of office for state of flclals four years Instead of two as at present and Georgia has a proposed amendment where by certain manufacturing In dustries may bo exempted from taxation for a period of five years. OPPOSITE ISSUES AS TO TAXATION Mlsslssplppl and Florida are found on opposite sides of taxation. Mississippi Is to vote on the ques tion of levying Income, severance and excess taxes while Florida pro poses to so amend the constitution that no tax shall he levied by the atute on Income or Inheritance of a resident. Another amendment In Mississippi provides for election of levee hoard members Instead of ap pointment by the governor. Louisiana Is placing before tho people a proposed amendment pro viding for on Increase In pensions to Confederate veterans. In Tennessee the legislature has submitted to the voters tho ques tion of holding a constitutional con vention. Alabama may amend Its consti tution to exempt all former service men from the payment of poll tax. TWO REFERENDUMB IN NORTH CAROLINA Two referendum measures are be fore North Carolina voters ns a result of action by the general as sembly. An opportunity is present ed to vote sß,r>oo,oo*Hn state bonds, $7,000,000 to be devoted to building port terminals at certain undeslg nnted cities on tho coast nnd $1,500,- 000 If so much be necessary, for the establishment ot a state-owned steamship line. A soldier homestead act Is also up for approval under the term| of which bonds amounting to $2,000,000 would be voted to furnish money to bo loaned to veterans of the World War resident In North Carolina for the purpose of establishing homes. A maximum limit of $2,500 la fix ed so reach veteran. RAISE GAS PRICES One Cent Gallon on Eastern Seaboard NEW YORK—Gasoline prices along the eastern seaboard were ad vanced one cent a gallon Saturday, reflecting a steady decline In pro duction and Increased consumption resulting from unusually favorable fall weather. In recent weeks dally crude oil production hns fallen nearly 85,- 000 barrels dally until It now is about 1,057,000 barrels dally com- Jared with 2,265,000 a year ago. In view of a decline of 5,700 barrels dally In tho Los Angeles basin this week and decreases In the Okla- Wtma fields and other areas, It la estimated that daily production this week will approximate 1,030,000 barrels, a loss of 15,000 to «0,000 a day below last week’s figure*. Tho Increase of one cent a gallon In gasollno, started Saturday by the Standard fill Company of New York, wns quickly followed by slm llur advances by the Texas Com pany the Sinclair Refining Com pany. The trade anticipates that the price of fuel oil and the gasoline for export will be advanced next week. 18 CENTS A WEEK. (ASSOCIATED PRESS.) 5,477 Vole For New Academy For This City; Only 490 Oppose The $350,000 issue of bonds for a greater Richmond Academy, on which an election was held Saturday, was passed overwhelmingly by the voters of Richmond Coun ty, the total vote standing: 5,477 for the bonds and 490 against. This shows a margin of 4,967 votes in favor of the bonds, or 1,449 votes in excess of the two-thirds ma jority of the required poll. The total vote cast, 5,967, is 667 votes in excess of the 5,300 required poll. BLANCHARD, PHINIZY AND PENDLETON WIN IN 7TH Mrs, Peter B. Wright Is Chosen In First NO OPPOSITION IN OTHER FIVE WARDS Anderson, Reville and Gard ner Are Elected In the Rural Districts George C, Blanchard, Ferdi nand PHinizy nnd E. L. Pendle ton defeated Dr. W. C. Kellogg and Mrs. E. L. Brenner for the seventh ward’s representation on the Board of Education.and Mrs. Peter B. Wright defeated Jamee L. Fleming in the first ward. All of the candidates in the other wards of the city were without opposition, and were elected as follows: Second Ward, J. Leo Etheredge; Third Ward. Grover C. Maxwell; Fourth Ward. George M. Wood bury: Fifth Ward, R. G. Mc- Gowan; Sixth Ward, A Dwight Dees. There were three contests in the county districts. D. S. An dernon defeated James D. Smith in the 119th. District, 8. J. Reville won over Clarence 8. James in the 121st. District and P. W. Gardner beat J. 8. Skinner out in the 1269th. Can didates in the other county dis tricts were unopposed. and were: 123rd. District, M. J. Morris; 1434th. District, R. E. Farmer; I*6oth. District, R. H. Fleming; 1760th. Dlstdict, B. R. McElmurray. The votes, according to the official count, stood: First Ward: Mrs. Peter B. Wright, 443; James L. Fleming. 420. Seventh Ward: Dr. W. C. Kellopn. 493: George C. Blanch ard, 632; Ferdinand Phinizy, 566: Mrs. E. L. Brenner, 468; E. L. Pendleton, 511. 119th. District: James D. Smith, 84; D. 8. Anderaon, 147. 121st. District: Clarence 8. James, 72: 8. T. Reville. 99. 1269th. District: P. W. Gard ner. 69; J. 8. Skinner. 60. There wae no election held for a member of the board from the 124th. District beesuse no candidates offered. Superin tendent Lawton B. Evana aaid Saturday night that thie va cancy would be filled by the board. PREACHER FLOGGED By Band of Men Near To peka, Kansas TOPKKA, Kans.—R. A. McKay, Point Place, Itinerant Methodist preacher, according to police Sat urday was taken by a. band of men to the outskirts of the city Wed nesday night, tied to a tree and horsewhipped. The minister waa being sought but It la understood he has taken his farqlly and gone to Detroit. According to the story which the police have Just made public. Rev. McKay, who has been holding serv ices In some of the negro churches here, was asked over the telephone Wednesday night to come to the ! third Baptist church. As he reach ed the church, he said that a bag was thrown over his head; that he was thrown Into an automobile, which sped to an unfrequented part of the city, where tho bng was re moved and he was tied to a tree. GEN. MACHADO LEADS FOR CUBA PRESIDENT HAVANA —Gen, Gerardo Machado, lll.ernl candidate for president of Cuba, had a lead of more than 16,000 votes over General Mario G. Menoral, the conservative candidate, according to figures compiled up to 11 o’clock Saturday nigh tat the office of the secretary of Interior. TELEGRAPH PHONE 203* AND SAY: SEND ME THE HERALD SWEEPING VICTORY FOR THE BONDS Charles S. Bohler, tax collector for Richmond county, said Satur day night that the total registra tion was about 10,600, and that this estimate would not misa the actual figures more than a dozen votes either way. Basing deductions on 10.600 as the total registry, 5,30' votes were necessary to be polled n order for the issue to carry, and a two-thirds majority of the votes polled must be cast in favor of the bonds. The above figures, therefore, indicato a sweeping victory for tha issue of tho bonds. Tha bonds carried every box by a large margin, with the exception of the 121st. and 1269th. districts, the votes in these two country dis tricts being close. The 166Cth. dis trict gave an exact two-thirds ma jority to the bond issue, while tha 123rd. voted at the rate of 30 to 1 in their favor. The largest pro portionate majority was given by the fourth ward, where the ratio was about 50 to 1, ALL BUT TWO WARDS GO OVER THE MARGIN Every ward In the city went far above the neccsaary half of the registry in the polling except the second and third, both of which fell slightly under. Both of these wnfds, however, gave big margins In fav or of the bonds. The fifth did not vote as strongly as was expected, but the majority was safe for tha bonds. The streets and about the polling places were orderly, not a single untoward Incident occurring thorghout the day. Academy cadets patrolled the streets all during the voting hours, carrying banners call ing on the citizens to vote for tha bonds and urging them to go to the ballot box. The Academy band serenaded the voters at the booths at various Intervals during the day. stopping on Broad street comers during the afternoon for short con certs. ACADEMY BOYS IN CELEBRATION Following the announcement from the newspaper offices that the Is sue had won, the boys of tho Academy ran wild on Broad street, cheering, blowing horns, beating drums and engaging In every pos sible means of producing noise. Cheers were heard up and down the business section of the city, from the throats of grown-ups and children, and Augusta as a whole was thrilled with the glad tidings. Lawton B. Evans, superintend ent of county schools, in a state ment to The Herald late Saturday night, said; “The community at large Is Indebted to the voters who so loyally went out and cast their ballots for this great movement. I can only say that I am very glad * of the result.” The bonds, authorized by an act of the legislature and by the vole* of the people In Saturday’s election, amount to a total of $350,000, $300,- 000 of which will go toward tha building of a new Academy of Richmond county and $50,000 for two centralized rural school*. 4 $400,000 BUILDING WILL BE ERECTED Tho board of trustees of tha Academy have approbated SIOO,- 000 to augment the $300,000 fur nished by the bonds, go that a $400,- 000 building and site can be secured. The matter of a location far tha building Is yet to be determined by the Board of Education, although ft Is understood that several different sites have been discussed. While quite a few negroes are said to have voted all over the City, It Is generally understood that tha majority of them voted against tha bonds, and that nearly all the votes cast for them are votes of whlta people. STRANGE DEVELOPMENT In Case of Slain Girl at Greer, South Carolina GREENVILLE, 8. C. Two strange developments In the stranga case of Dorothy Dodson, 21, myste riously shot to death early last Sunday morning In a house near Qreer, are scheduled Sunday. Rev. Porter M. Bulles, pastor of tha Greer Baptist church, will preach at his church In the morning with tha ease as his object lesson. At 3 o'clock In the afternoon the sama minister will conduct the last rites over the unclaimed body. The man held on a charge of murder In connection with the case, T. M. No bles, 43, of Greenville, has arrang ed to pay the funeral expense*.