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10 ‘TOLLS REPFAL BETRAYAL OF U. 5.,” SAYS VARDAMAN § Atorney General Quits Office That He May Make Race for U. S. Senate. Warren Grice, of Hawkinsville, Ga., a leading Pulaski County atlorney, was named by Governor Slaton Mon day afternoon td succeed Thomas S, I'elder, whose resignation as Attor ney Genersal of Georgia was submit ted to the Governor in the forenoon. Mr. (irice recently was strongly urged to succeed Judge Ben Hill on the Ap pellate (‘ourt bench. The race for the late Senator A. (. Bacon’s unexpired term in the up per House of Congress was opened in carnest by the Attorney General's announcement of his retirement so that he might make a vigorous cam paign in behalf of the high office. The Attorney General deciared that as soon as his resignation went into effect, April 15, he would enter upon an active campaign for the Senator ship. He will not be alone in his ac tivities, as Congressman Hardwick is preparing for an old-fashioned strenuous fight. . Await Governor's Word. With these two entrants deter mined to lose no time, politicians around the Capitol were of the orin fon that if Governor Slaton was going to® run for the short time he would have 1o announce his candidacy soon. Senator West is also expected to make a definite anrouncement as soon as he has sounded sentiment in South Georgia ana learned the Gov ernor's intentions. Mr. [Felder’s letter to Governor Sla ton telling of his resignation read: “l hereby tender my resignation as Attorney General, to become effective April 15. 1 take this step because 1 am entering upon an active campaign for the United States Senate. In thus terminating my incumbency I desire to express my appreciation of the uniform courtesy and considera tion shown me by the executive and other departments of the State, To Name Successor. “The general and unfailing co-op eration on the part of my fellow workers in the (apital during my three years of service nave made the yerferinance of my duties as Attor r.ey General a genuine pleasure.” Governor Slaton will name a tem porary successor to Mr. Felder. He will hold office until the Legislative session, following the State elections in October, as the Legislature must canvass the retarns. The Governor would give no intimation as to whoin he would name. Contrary to almost unbroken cus tom, Mr Felder will establish his general campaign headquarters in Macon, and not in Atlanta, the State capital. He expects, howaver, to make an exhaustive “stumping” tour of the entire State, beginning the day after his resignation as Attorney General takes effect. Face to Face With People. “l expect to make a campaign face to face with the people of Georgia,” sald Mr. Felder Monday, discussing his resignation and his forthcomirg tight for the Senate, “I have no big campaign fund and will not have. It will not be possible for me to spend large sums in advertising or hiring speakers. Necessarily I must, and shall, have this matter out{ ‘heart to Licart’ with the people. “1 am, moreover, my own candi date, and nobody else’'s. 1 have no sort of understanding with Senator Smith, Mr. Hardwick, Governor Sla ton, former Governor Brown, or other persons, large or small “l ask nobody's consent to run, and I am asking no factional suppeort. Smith men and Brown men, so called, supported me in my races for At torney tieneral, and I am impartially inviting them to support me now for the Senate. 1 never mentioned this race to my friend, Tom Hardwick, who is also a candidate for the place, 1 hear, and there is no sort of agree ment between us. I like him person ally, but I hope to snow him under, s 0 far as the Senatorship goes. “I am in the race to the end-—re member that, please!” SHE REFUSED PRESIDENT. WASHINGTON, March 30.-—" He used tobaceco and I did not want to lose my identity.” These were the reasons given to day by Dr. Mary Walker for her re fusal of former President Arthuar, who, she says, twice proposed mar riage to her. “1 would have accepted the first of fer of marriage made me by Colonel Arthur, who later became President, but for the fact that he used tobacco,” said Dr. Walker, “He would have given up the use of the weed if I would have consented to become his bride, so many friends said, but, then, 1 would lose my identity in his. “As his wife, I would have been Lhe first lady in the land for a few years, and then would have been nobody as his widow, 1 always wilt be some body.” LAST BROWN JUROR DEAD. 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State Fxecutive Body to Honor Georgia Man Who Reorganized Census Bureau. William J. Harris, of Georgia, Di rector of the United States Census, will preside at the meeting of the State Democratic Executive (‘ommit tee when it convenes in the Senate chamber Saturday, April 4 - Friends of the Georgian are grati fied that he is to return to his home State for a few days, when he may he honored for the remarkable work he has accomplished since being ap pointed to the responsible place in Washington by President Wilson. It was & foregone conclusion that he would fill the position of Directo, of the Census with ability, That !z should have brought order and almosi instant results out of a condition of semi-chaos, however, was something more astonishing. . 5 Drowned in Auto . When Bridge Falls FRESNO, March 30.—After search ing all night, more than 100 men to day gave up hope of finding alive any of the five persons who went into the swift-lowing Joaquin River, over which a suspension bridge gave way and carried an automobile with it a distance of fifteen feet. Among the drowned were L. N, Peart, general superintendent of the San Joaguin Light and Power Cor poration, and J. E. Burgess, assist ant superintendent. BALD HEAD SAVES LIFE. DENVER, March 30.—The bald head of Christian Christensen saved his life. He was knocked down in the street with his head toward the east. Fire Chief Healy, speeding to a fire, saw the reflection of his auto’s lights on Christensen’'s bald spot and turned :'flde enough to avoid running over m. When Colonel Harris entered his office he found that not half the voi umes of the 1910 census had been completed, as demanded by law. He set to work at once to finish them up in record time. He called to his assistance men of national reputation whom he could trust. The mass was untangled. The unimportant was set aside. By the following January the entire set was complete, Now that the rush is over, the Di-. rector has only about 650 clerks un der his immediate supervision. In the busy census times the office force will reach or exceed 4,000, In addition to the clerical force, Colonel Harris has urder his control hundreds of men who collect 'statistics, There are about 150 of these in Georgia alone. . Taft, 70 Lbs. Lighter, Tells How to Get Thin CAMBRIDGE, MASS.,, March 38— William H. Taft has lost 70 pounds since he left the Presidential chair a year ago. In a reply to a letter from J. BEdward Barry, the 235-pound Mayor of this city, asking for advice on how to get thin, the former I'resident gave these diet rules: Don't drink more than one glass of water at meals Give up toasted bread and butter and all kinds of food that contain fats, including pork and veal. Eat mutton, beef or fowl Jat no sweets of any sort. Use all vegetables but potatoes. Eat only fruits that contain little sugar. Take good, moderate exercise, like playing golf, or walking 5 miles a day. As a postseript, Mr. Taft adds: I don't smoke or drink intoxicating lig uors.” EARTH TREMORS NOTED. WASHINGTON, March 29 —Heavy earth shocks were recorded to-night by .hmm.: G town University, the 4 ning at 7:48 ana comtinuing until 9:12 o'clock, The dis tance was not estimated, HITG VIOLATOR OF PIRTY PLATFORM WASHINGTON, March 30.—De claring that he ‘“can not break a pledge to the people to follow Presi dent Wilson for canal tolls repeal,” and characterizing the President's message to Congress as an “affront of patriotism of every member of C'‘ongress,” Senator J. K. Vardaman, of Mississippi, has given out a sig nificant interview. Among other things he says: “I was a member of the platform committee of the Baltimore conven tion. This canal toll question was considered carefully along with the other planks in the platform, and il was given the mature thought of the convention, as much as any other plank in the platform. After the con vention the President discussed and approved it. Mr. Bryan approved it. The American people have approved it, and now to ask Democrats elected on that platform to betray their con stituents and wviolate instructioas given by them in their votes at the ballot box is asking a little more than my sense of right and loyalty to my constituents will permit me to do. “Embezzler of Power.” “I have no more respect for the in tegrity of a man who will violate a pledge made in the performance of a public function than I have for a man who accepts a bribe to control his of ficial conduct. 1 agree with Mr. Bry an that a man who would win office on a platform and then violate it after getting into office is an embezzler of power, and guilty of a crime of as great m 0...! turpitude as a soldier who would betray his country in time of war. “l can not follow the President in this instance. When he says that we ought to reverse our action without raising the question whether we are right or wrong, and so once more de serve our reputation for generosity and the redemption of every obliga tion without quibble or hesitation, [ would direct his attention to the fact that we can not be true to ourselves, true to the voters of America, true ta our platform promises, and reverse our action. without first obtaining consent froin those who sent us here and commissioned us to perform tle functions of our respective places. It itn’t our province to be generous—we are trustees of a great power and function, and we can only be just. ~ Position Indefensible. “The President’s position is abso iutely indefensinle, I can understand how men might dispute and differ on the economic features of the ques tion, whether it be proper or expe dient to do this thimg; but as to the right of the United States to control this canal there can be no question. “The proposition to yield to the dic tation of a Euaropean power in this matter is pitifally humiliating. Until I get instructions from the people who sent me here to vote to surrender the independence and self-respect of the American Government in this manner, 1 shall stand upomn the party plat form. “Rather than violate the pledge I've made to them, I'd resign my seat ia the Senate. I want to say in this con nection that it is no justification for perfidious and sycophantic betrayal of them to say that the President of the United States advises it. The President is much a creature of tha voter as [ am, anc he can never rise superior to his creator.” _STUDENTS OFFER SKIN, MORGANTOWN, W. VA, March 30.—Two hundred and fifty square inches of skin given up by eleven students of West Virginia University is being grafted on the body of Mrs. Albert C. Price, a society leader here, in an effort to save her. A month ago Mrs. Price sustained severe burns. Since then she has hovered between life and death, and surgeons decided the only way to save her life was by a skin grafting opera tion, Athletic (‘foach Sweetland and ten other students volunteered to give up the necessary cutiele, and the opera tion was begun at once, 30 square fnches of skin being removed from the leg of Sweeiland, 20 from the body of D. R, Erwin and 10 from the leg of H. M, Harper. TRY HOLDUP GAME. WAYCROSS, March 20.—Two white men last night attempted to hold up H. D. Dixon, formerly of Atlanta, and Cashier Holden, of the Atlantic Coast Line freight de:ot. The attempt was frustrated by the appearance of a friend of the young men. SEES BREWERIES DEAD. KANSAS CITY, March 30.—“1n five years from now brewery stock will not be worth as much as Con federate money was in 1865” said Mrs. Mary Harris Armor, of Macon, Ga., addresing a W. C. T. U, rally. sdvsdvsdvdsv