□REPUBLICAN LEADERS
DESERT PRESIDENT
today by the
Coolidge's veto by a vote
«r f to s».
TWf *« a Maritn of two rotat
won than the immary twn-thMi
majority aa compared with tha 52
rata to cpar* whan tha
over-ridden in tba honae
President Coolidir* made a futile
last minute effort to have Ma veto
auatabled in the senate, ratling to tha
White Honae for a breakfast confer -
anea aeven Republican senators. Poor
of these who previously had voted for
tha bill east their ballot* in support
of tha executive.
Altogether there were only five
aenatnm who had aapported tha bill
on its first paaaaga to vote against
rt today.
Senator Curtis of Kansas, assist
ant Republican leader who had rharga
of tha bill, moved far a vote and waa
Joined by Senator Robinson, of Ark
ansas. the Democratic leader, in sug
gesting that debate' was unnecessary.
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts,
and other administration leaders,
joined with Senator Curtis Hi voting
against the President.
The scene in tha senate as tha vota
came was unusual. The galleries wer»
crowded and many members of the
house and others had places on tha
floor. With tha announcement of tha
vota, which ended a fire years fight
far a bonus, the spectators broke into
President Cummins threat-,
I to have the rail cries cleared, tint
scarcely had the demonstration got
ten under way before a number of
Democratic senators Joined in the ap
plauae.
The bonus bffl Out bMW a law
m on* of >00 offered In Congraaa
aince the first effort for thla legi*
lation wu Initiated in 1919. It dif
fers materially from the original pro
poaala, which war* for eaah payment*.
However, it la not materially differ
ent from the MR which President
Harding vetoed in 1022. The aenata
at that time anatatned hi* veto after
the houae had voted overwhelmingly
In favor of repaaaaga.
The coat of th* bonna ha* bean var
tooaly estimated at from 12.260.000,
•00 to M.000,000,000, treasury offi
cials making the higher eatimaU. The
only eaah provided Air is |60 to each
Millet man not entitled to more than
that in adjusted service credit. Oth
er* would receive a paid-op 20-year
endowment insurance policy.
The coat for the next fiscal year, I
when it I* figured the ea*h payments
will be made, ha* been estimated at
dU,000,000. which proponent* of th*
law say can be taken care of and taxaa
reduced at the same time. After the
next fiscal year the coat I* expected
to decrease slightly and it la figured
that an annual appropriation of $100,
•00.000 will he necessary to meet the
coat over the 20 years.
Machinery to put the law into op
eration will be set ap as rapidly aa is
poaaible, all the agencies affected
having had under consideration for
some time plans for carrying out the
provi»ion» of the act. Bepresenta
tivee of the veterans bureau, the ar
my, navy and marine corpe decided in
aanference today up the procedure to
be followed.
"Uawarraalad and UncalUd
For," Says Coobdga
Washington, May IB.—The soldier
bonus bill waa vetoed by Piaatdent
CooHdge today on the ground* that
K was acoaomleally unsound and mor
ally m)«aL Returned unsigned to
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ll«* HOUW, WnPiT Inf '" K illBWwil Owl*
gins ted. the measure waa immediate
ly taken up by tta friend* in aa ef
fort to override the executive action
aad only the counsel of liadwa of
both parties obtained a postponement
of a vote until Saturday.
Th* PraaMent in Ma vuto maaaage.
a document ef more than MM word*,
declared ho could aee no justification
far enactment of the Mil Into law. mi
wn.
"The iiitllilfc of the
•teran* mm Mt ba
In dollar* and canto," ka addai "The
r*op*ct and honorof their country will
rightfully ka their* for evermore.
But patriotiam out neither ha bought
nor aoM. R ia not Ura and calory.
It la not Material hot spiritual. It
ia ona of tha fineat and highest of
human vtrtoaa. To attempt to pay
money for It la to offlar it an un
"worthy indignity which cheapen*, da
baa** and daatroya. ff« moat either
abandon our theory of patriotiam or
abandon thia hill."
The aronomic and financial irrounda
for • veto war* itTnaad particularly
by tha President with an inference
that iihould tha bill heeowo law hopa
for tax reduction muat ha abandon
ed. Tha government, ha (aid. had
reached a financial condition which
permitted a reduction in taxation but
"if thia bill become* law wa wipe out
at one* almoat all tha profrtw five
hard year* hare accomplished in re
ducing tha national debt.
The bill, he argued, would commit
(ha country for a period at twenty
years to an additional average an
nual appropriation of 1114,000,000
and at the end of that time it would bo
nereaaary to sell fa» the public two
and a half billion dollar* In bond*—
a major operation in finance, which
ha said might be disastrous at that
time.
The executive asserted that tha die
abled veteran* ware being given treat
ment and that inauranc* had alreal?
been provided for all veteran*.
"We have no money to bee tow upon
a cla** of people that ia not taken
from tha whole people," ho aaid. "Our
a whole. Thia outweigh* in it* im
portance the consideration of a claa*
and tha latter muat yield to the for
Bin WnU Iktmm u. s.
JudfM Stliriw
Washington, May lfc—Salaries of
Supreme court and other Itteil
jud|M would to htimid under a MO
introduced today by Chairman Gra
ham of Um houaa judiciary commit
tee. Tto moaeufs provides the fol
lowing stodule:
Supremo court: Chief justice $20,
500 instead of $12,500 a year; aaso
ciate justices, 120,000 instead of $12,
000.
Circuit Judfn In the second circuit
$16,000; In the third, seventh, eifth,
and ninth circuits $14,000 and in tto
first, fourth, fifth and sixth $11,000.
District judges $10,000 with $600
additional for aach 100.000 If tto pop
ulation in tto district exceeds 2,000,
000.
Court of claims $13,500 for tto
chief justice and $18^)00 for aaeo
ciatae.
Court of customs appeals $15,000.
Courts of appeals of tto District
of Columbia. $16,600 for the chief
justice and $16,000 for associates.
With a view to relieving tto congest
ed dockets tto committee today rec
ommended paasage of a hill for tto
appointments of four additional court
of claimea judges with the stipulation
that there should to no successors to
them named. * •
Cfctav* Mar IS. l*w« «. U
ran*tu, iimmiii * *
DnM Statu l—>i. Is flOta* •» Mi
oil an to gtr» tlx li)ilihii Nation
*1 CbiwHw s llbaral «pfhihlli>« fa
of tbe Mtdto lined up tar Coolldr
tbay tin—III th«T ware rwaanaMj
Mtr thetr objartive until Mm plant
of tb« Wiaronain SMMtor OHM fa
llffct.
Tha La Polktte program prmidn
for aa anrmin battle la tha can
'ration for adoption of a platfoni
•Mint far a hotiaerleaalnr la all •*
nenttoe department! stain ad by the of
Planks providing for this have beer
■Irawn op and placed hi the hands at
Wisconsin dtbfttn elected undar th<
L» Follette banner. They are: •
"We pladif a complete hnussclsan
in| in tha Department of Juatiee, th«
Department of Interior and tha othai
••secutive departments. Wa demand
* hat tha powar of tha Federal Govern
ment ha nsed to email private mono
poly. not to foeta^r It.
"We pled ire recovery of the Navy'i
oil reserve and all other par** «f th«
puhlir doms'n which have been fraud
□lently or il1a«rally leaned or other
wise wr->n'»"w!,"7 te*r*'erred to the
control of private interests; vigoriun
prosecution of all public officials
prtvste ritixens and corporations thai
participated in these transaction*:
complete revision of tha water pow
er act the wneraJ leaning act and all
other legislation relating to tha puh
lir domain.
"We favor public ownership of the
Nstion's water powar aad tha crea
tion and development of a National
sowar system, and strict puhlir con
trol and permanent conservation of
all the Nation's resources, including
coal, iron and other ores, oil and tim
ber lands to the interest of the peo
ple."
The twenty-nine La Follette braves
who will attend the convention from
Wisconsin arfll go prepared to carry
their fight for their platform. Includ
ing the planks of oil. to the conven
tion floor if accessary Some of their
shots in the convention battle will ha
fired point blank at Harry M. Dough
erty former Attorney General, who
will attend the convention as a Cool
idge delegate from Ohio.
The Wisconsin delegatee have no
expectation that the convention will
adopt their platform. As a matter oi
fart. It probably would he a serious
Jolt to their plans if it did. The plat
form scheduled for adoption la being
written in Washington by President
Cool idge in conference with some of
the party leaders. There la little
likelihood that the convention will
make any material changes in It
The main purpose of the fight in
behalf of the La Follette platform Is
tc prepare the way for the National
Conference for progressive political
action In Cleveland. July 4. This con
ference is planned for the purpose of
nominating La Follette aa an hwle
| pendent candidate for President.
"I Told You I Would Get
Away," Says Otto Wood
"I taU yw
going to leave, didn't IT* Wood, who
wmint at all pleated with the airlral
of the warden, mapped. The warden
(minted and made ready for the re
turn trip. Starnee looked an hardly
Intereeted.
Hie priaoner* after talking moot
of the night, according to Dl<k Ar
nold . who guarded them, were hand
cuffed, and their aaklea • hackled
Every precaution waa taken to pre
vent them escaping.
Warden Buahee brought a cheek
for 97M to dw police here, the re
ward for the capture of the priaunara.
Five hundred dollar* of thia la for
the capture of Weed, who murdiid
a Greenahoro pawnbroker, and the
reat far Starnee. money. It la ■»
deratood. will he divided among the
uffleeta who helped to effect the ar
reet in the Waal Bad yaida. Twel»e
men participated in the arreet. It la
anderatoed. and tMa weaM make A
•award * abent «M to each.
THE FIGHT FOB FAM* AND
dtacidod to grant thttr fcijimt. To®r;
hsadtng "And Surry Dew Nothing"
raiaes the question aa to Juat what
constitute* Surry—the people or the
board of county coinmlaalunon.T
On the first Monday to October
1021. tba iioma Economies Dept. of
tba Mount Airy Woman'* dab work
in* to conjunction with Mr. E. M.
Linrilla, Secretary of tba County Fair
Aaaaciation. organised a delegation
of forty or fifty man and woman from
Mount Airy, a number from Elk in and
several rural sections, who appeared
before the county commiaatonara in
| the Court House at Dobeoa in aa ar
gantsad effort to aoeure both a Farm
Agent and a Home A rent for Sorry
I County. Talka showing tba incalcul
able value of theae agents to a county
w«W* made by Mr. Mil lea pa. State
Farm Agent; by Mima Wallace, As
sistant Stat* Home Agent: by Mr.
[.inville of the Fair Association; by
the late J. E. Carter of the local bar;
by Dr. L. L. Williama of the County
Hulth Dept. and by Mr*. Rcid Jack-1
<on, Prrnident of tlte Mount Airy:
Woman'* rHb. The delegates werr
very cordially received by the chair- j
man of the Board. Mr. W. W. Thomaa.
but he told us that while they were j
very much in sympathy with the
movement definite action would have
to be deferred on account of lack of|
Then again on the first Monday in
November 1922. a committee from the
Woman's club accompanied by Miaa
Wallace from the State Department,
met with the present Board in Dob
son and again requested that whan
the new budget was drawn aa appro
priation be made for a Farm Agent
and a County Agent. We were told
by Mr. Byorly. the chairman of the
Board, that the matter waa under con
sideration, having recently been agi
tated by the Mount Airy Kiwania
rnio. i no l ommiMiorwri rMOTW as
to th« Board of Education (Km hi
MM ion, so w* prmnlni the matter
to them. They afned to cooperate
with the ronimiseioners If they m«
fit to make the appropriation.
Then a third time, the Woman's
club brought to Dobson, Miss Crnigfc
ton, the District Agent from Char
lotte. She was so encouraged that
she began the work of Mlecting a suit
able home agent for Surry. But time
has passed, the term of office of the
present board will soon expire and
our county Is still without theM val
uable agents. This force* us to be
lieve that this is one of the depart
ments referred to by Mr. Byerly in
his article (Page 4, Mount Airy News
May 16) when he says: "There is
hardly a commissioner's meeting held
that we do not hare some one from
the State Department before us with
a proposition for the creation of an
other office or a new Job, bat the
commissioners have gotten rid of
them in every instance without a sin
gle exception, which has saved no lit
tle expenM and in the Judgement of
the conuniMloners the comty is Just
as wall oft."
The people of Surry county ars
willing to he taxed for better roads,
better bridges, better schools, etc.,
now that theM things have proven
county assets; bat they had to
be taxed for them against their wills
until they saw the lisnaflta of them.
We believe the same would be trae of
the county agents or any innovation.
And while oar pit—nt board has been
aa stated in article refsered to above
a moat economical one. the question
arises whether K is bettor to econo
miM and keep oar county in a rat,
or tax the people in moderation and
make Sorry one ai the progressive
counties of North Carolina ?
Taxes ars the i nm|y> talents, and
It remain* to be seen nbithsi County
Boards wfll bury good pro dot sd
by thase talents, or let in bursas i,
ten or a hundred fold
Yoars very truly.
EARLY ASHBURN
LOSES HIS APPEAL
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victad in Covington, Ky. on • charge
tencad to two yaan imprisonment. to
rritirally ill «t Ma home here. Hi*
condition U Jmrftri as mwiw eot
Ikfw and ha displays strong ijrmp
tnma of a alight cmM hsmw i liai».
He bad baon in a deep sleep from
Wednaaday night until yesterday af
trrnoon when Dr. Everett M. Ellison,
hia family physician, waa summoned
to hia bodaide. The physician found
the patient's voiea labored and loco
motion difficult.
Rfpntntathr* LangJey. a my
heavy man, la full blooded, high tem
pered and esrttshle, frienda aay, and
it waa feared the ordeal of the trial,
and especially the result. might pmrt
fatal to him. He stood up well un
der the a train incident to the trial,
but waa ao surprised and a hocked by
the verdict and sentence that hia ner
vi.ua ay a tern gave way. When Dr.
Ellison reachad the tick iran he found
hia pulae and temperature ware be
low normal, hia blood pressure waa
normal and hia heart action sluggish
and irregular. The physician alao
'■■and th* patient's mind waa not aa
alert aa uaual.
Mrs. Langley, daughter of Mrs. J.
M. Budger, Jr., of Aaheville, visited
the capitol two or three days ago and
nformed house leaders that her hus
band would not attend the saaaions
for the present. She said her hus
band became ill immediately follow
ing hia return from Kentucky where
he went for trial.
WILD ANIMALS GOING
CHEAP IN EUROPE
SMkM Cm W Bought by tha
Foot—JUtfoocoros Only
000 F. O. B.
Mil.—Mary, the largest and most
popular pat at the Berlin Zoo who
died mm week* ago from cat for too
many peanuts. May not be replaced
for some time, the park management
ha* derided, because of the eoat ta
vaIvmI
> oirea.
Inquiries made of aniautl trainer*
line* Mary pained away hare rrveal
ed that an elephant today U worth
from 11,800 to 95,000, according ta
age, wt, lite and health, and the
manager ha* closed up Mary's oM
home and posted a «lgn on the front
gate reading: "Untenanted. Ele
phant house riay be naad a* an aviary
in the maimer."
A perfectly good hippopotamus in
the European markets today to worth
between 13,000 and $4,000. An In
dian rhinoceros may be had for ap
proximately $3,000 f. o. b. at the ani
mal farm. All wild animals buyers
take into caraful consideration the
question of freight rat**, because of
the weight and inveatment involved.
A splendid tiger may be bought
these days for from $1,000 to $1,500,
seconding- to the supply and demand,
while lions, fresh from the South
African jungles, may be had singly
or by the do sen from $660 to $900
each, according ta site, disposition
and appetite. Wilcata an cheaper,
but the wilder they are the mora they
coat. Snakes are the cheapest things
on the soo price list and are sold gen- ,
»rally by the running foot for the
little fellows and by the yard for the
big ooea.
For Marty two month* tka layraM
Court o# thia ltd* hii M endet
rrmeideration the appeal of Early
A»hhum of thia chy, under a lit jl
mtam for infanticide. The ftaal
opinion waa handed down laat weak
affirming tha wntnwa of tha trial
judge and Ma laat ray at hope far
freedom at tha hand* of tha coarta
ha* vanished. Many vara predict
in* that he would gat a new trial,
'.axin* their opinion on the length of
time tha Supreme Court waa m—
In* in handing down their decision.
Tha paper* will be forwarded to T.
T. Lewellyn, clerk of court, at Doh
•on after which it will ha hi* duty
to leane commitment paper* and p!&e*
them in the hand* of SWiff Haynee
who will then convey A ah burn to tha
state penitentiary to hagia hia Ion*
sentence. A* far aa tha tauiK are
<<>ncerned Ma raaa will then ha
brought to a eioae. The next poaaible
•tep for Anhbum to take wiD ha to
aak far a pardon at the handa of tha
Governor bat eo far no move haa bee*
started in that direction on Ma be
half.
Aahbora waa convicted of one of the
moot revolting crime* ever committed
in thia aection, that of murdering a
new horn babe, the child of Faaie
Handy. The remaii* of the cMM
were found dumped into a privy in tha
lower part of Mount Airy and aoa>
pieion aoon pointed to Eaeie Hardy
a* it* mother. She, together arith
her mother and father, waa placed
under arreet after which ahe made
a confeaaion implicating Aahhurn. Tha
Handy girl had not lived with her
huahand for aereral month* and aha
sum uk omcwrs c*i ner ciuhwrim re
lations with Ashburn and that he had
carried the baby from Iwr home af
ter Ha birth and disposed of It. Skt
never did accw Ashburn of killing
it hot told that he ltd |i>wiiml to
rarry it away to another home and
m that it wh properly cared for. At
the trial aha denied any knowledge of
what became of her baby bay an til
it waa found lyhf dead hi a privy
pit where it had beea for several day*.
An examination of the baby «hi wed
that it had first beea choked to death
by rimming wada of rage dawn lli
thw at. The material naed waa Mm*
ttfjfd aa brioofinc to Eaaie Randy hp
comparing it with goods found In her
room.
During the trial of the eaae at Doh
son the Handy girl entered a plea of
guilty aad waa sentenced to fir* year*
in the penitentiary where she now is.
The court then continued on with the
Ash bom trial which resulted in con
viction, and Judge Lane sentenced
him to serve not has than 15 yean
nor more than 20 years.
Anhburn is a married man abort
40 years old. having married a Miss
Stewart, of thia city, several yean
ago. They have no children. Far
rears be was a valued salesman far
G. C. Welch Company aad up to the
time of hia arrest took aa active part
in church and Sunday School work.
Bargdoll's Buried Gold .
Eberhsch. Germany May It.—"Tind
ers. keepers," says Grovar DergdoB
with reference to the gold he ballad
in HI 7 when his game of hide aad
seek wtth the United State* authori
ties began.
All told, aay Bergdofl. there wm
exactly $270,000 ia alee shiny 910 gold
Will Continue to Prosecute
Coopers For Bank Failure
Wilmington. May 14—"««y for mm, I
that th* Coopor mm will act ba
eaipwlaad. unlaw thay rabnlt la1
tarma in tka fadara) paaltaotiary."
fedarad Irrta B. Tuckar, United
Stataa district ittmay, 4lMiaak« to
lay profcaMi diapnaitio« of imii
pandtar agahwt l.lwH. Oa*. W. E.
Coo par, Ma aon, Haraoa Ooapar and