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GOV. SLATON CANDIDATE TO SUCCEED SENATOR BACON
City Suffers in Fierce Attack
Made Upon It by the Forces
, of General Villa.
F'ORREON, MEXICO, April 4, —Not
in the history of warfare in Mexico
has any city suffered in attack more
heavily than cid Torreon in the re
peated charges made by General Vii
la's victorious army.
Hardly a household escaped. From
every one, a father, a brother, a hus
band or sweetheart is numbered
among the killed, wounded or miss
ing, the result of the terrible on
slaught by the Constitutionaliste.
Though actual figures on the Fed
eral losses probably never will be
obtained, it is believed the killed will
number over 1,000, and the wounded
probably twice as many. Of the lat
ter, between 400 and 500 are being
cared for by the Constitutionalist
hospital corps and American nurses.
Bodies which littered the streets
were picked up ard buried soon after
th: occupation of the city. In the
wreckage of one building, twelve
dead were found to-day. They evi
dently were victims of a dynamite
bomb burled through a window.
General Villa's formal entry into
Torreon was made Friday, Women
of the city strewed the way with
roses and other fiowers, and Villa
wa9 cheered heartily.
o a delegation of citizens who wel
comed him, he said any honor shown
should be given the army and not
to him. He deplored the political
exigencies which compelled him to
wreak such havoc upon the town, and
said the blame should be put upon
the Kederal commander, who would
not fight in the open.
The work of rehabilitation is pro
gressing rapidly. The wreckage of
buildings is being cleared up. The
railroad and street car bridges de
stroved by the Federals on their re
treat from Gomez Palacio have been
rebuilt,
The city water service is being re
stored as rapidly as possible. Most
of the stores have been reopened, and
delegations of merchants have been
sent to El Paso to buy new goods.
The work of feeding the poor is in
progress, but the task is stupexdous.
WILSON TO OPEN SESSION.
WASHINGTON, April 4—The great
army of delegates to the Twenty
taird Congress of the Daughters of
the American Revolution, which con
venes in the National Capital April
29 to 27, will be called to order on the
morning of April 20 by Mrs, William
C'umming Story, president general of
the organization.
One of the leading events of the
tirst day's session will be an address
of welcome delivered by President
Wilson. The Marine Band will give
patriotic music during the opening
exercises. On the following day,
Tuesdav, the delegates will be re
ceived at the White House at 2:30
p. m. by the President and Mrs. Wil
son.
COUNTY UNIT PLAN WINS.
After a prolonged, sometimes bitter,
ana at all times wordy, session of the
State Democratic Committee held in
the Senate chamber of the Capitol
Saturday, a general State-wide coun
ty unit primary was ordered for Au
gust 19, to be followed by a conven
tion in Macon on September 2.
Incidentally, a resolution was of
fered, and, after long wrangling,
adopted, congratulating Presiden:
Wilson on the success of*his admin
istration thus far, with special refer
ence to the currency measure, the
tariff and the canal tolls repeal.
The first two sections of the reso
iution were adopted unanimously, bul
on the canal tolls proposition the
committee srlit.
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Study Agriculture
OAKLAND, April 4 —Miss Sara Yeat
man, daughter of Mrs. J. A, Yeatman,
has chosen to devote her time to study
rather than to social gaveties.
For the next three vears Miss Yeat
man will be a student at the Oregon
Agricultural College.
POPE APPOINTS CURLEY.
ROME, April 2.—The Pope to-day
appointed the Reyv. Michael J. Cur
ley, rector of St, Peter's in Deland,
Fia., to be bishop of the diocese of
St. Augustine.
Miss Wilson to Wed
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In April, Say Friends
WASHINGTON, April s.—The wed
ding of Miss Eleanor Wilson and
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
will take place in April, according to
friends of Miss Wilson, although the
White House still declines to indicate
any date.
It has been understood that Miss
Eleanor Wilson wished a large and
formal wedding, while the President
and other members of the family were
in favor of a quiet ceremony. It is
surmised that Miss Wilson has aban
doned her own wishes for those of
her parents, and thus there is no ne
cessity to wait until June weatheyr,
when the elaborate garden party wed
ding would have taken place.
PLANS FOR CORN SHOW.
DUBLIN, April 2.—Announcement
has been made that the corn show of
the South Georgia Boys’ Corn Club
will be held in conjunction with the
Twelfth District Fair in Dublin next
fall.
There will be displays at the show
from the Boys’ Corn Clubs of 28 coun
ties, and the show will be the !argest
ever seen in South Georgia.
BITES NOSE OFF HIS WIFE.
SHREVEPORT April 4—A fine
nf $1 and a three-year penitentiary
sentence were imposed by Judge John
R. Land in the Cadco court on Alfred
Jones, negro, for biting off the nose
of his wife.
TWO PRIESTS KILLED.
PERTH, WEST AUSTRALIA,
April 4—A report has reached here
that natives attacked a Roman Cath
olic mizsion on the Drysdale River
and murdered two priests, six lay
helpers and @ number of half castes
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Anderson, of Savannah, and
Vereen, of Moultrie, in Race
for Governorship.
United States Senator William
Stanley West Saturday night ane
nounced that he will not be a candls
date to succeed himself in the Senate.
Governor John M. Slaton will be &
candidate for Senator Bacon's anexe
pired term, in succession to Senator
West, and will wage a vigorous came
paign for election.
It is not the Governor's present ine
tention to resign the Governorship,
and he will not likely do so during
the campaign. His Senatorial ane
nouncement reads merely, “I am im
the race for Senator Bacon's term.”
In this race, Governor Slaton will
be opposed by Attorney General
Thomas S. Felder, and Congressman
Tromas W. Hardwick, both of whom
already have announced and are ace
tively campaigning. John R. Cooper,
a well known Macon lawyer, also has
announced his intention of entering
the race.
Biom for Joe Brown.
A decidedly interesting develop=
ment of Saturday was that a well de=
fined and very aggressive movement
is on to enter former Governor Jo=
seph M. Brown in the race against
Senator Hoke Smith and that it likee
ly will-be successfui.
It is stated that a large campaign
fund already has been raised for
Brown.
Senator Smith at present has ope
position in Ralph O. Cochran, a mem-=
ber of the Legislature from Fulton
County, and an Atlanta real estate
dealer. .
For the Governorship, Randolph
Anderson, of Savannah, president of
the State Senate, and W. C. Vereen,
of Moultrie, already are admitted
candidates, and House Speaker W. H.
Burwell, Railroad Commissioner Mur
phey Candler, Seaborn Wright, W. A.
Covington, and Congressman Gordoa
Lee are tentative candidates.
The Governorship race, however,
with the exception of the Anderson
and the Vereen candidacies, is yet
very badly mixed and uncertain.
Senator West's withdrawal an
nouncement is astonishiugly cand’'l
and frank. Ie states that he has
found that he can rot receive the uni
ted support of South Georgia, and
that, therefore, he will not contest for
the unexpired term of Senator Ba
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Ex-Governor Consulted.
Soon after the clans began gather
ing for the State executive commit
tee meeting in Atlanta on Saturday,
it became apparecnt that there was
much more ‘Little Joe” Brown talk
in the air than many had anticipated.
The former Governor was commu
nicated with dozens of times by wire
and long distance phone messages
during the day, and while he gave no
direct or specific encouragement to
the Senatorial movement centering
rapidly about him, it developed that
he had by no means rejected the sug
gestion of his candidacy.
During the afternoon, at least two
surprisingly large Brown caucuses
were held—one in the Kimb: 1l House
and another in the Piedmont—in
which his candidacy against Senator
Smith was discussed freely, and it is
understood that things have gone so
far as to guarantee the former Gov
ernor a rather fat campaign fund,
should he finally enter the race.
Decision This Week.
There was an effort made at one
time to induce Governor Brown to
enter the race for Senator Bacon's
unexpired term, but this he is under
stood to have discountenanced, stat
ing that if he ran at all, it would be
his preference to run against Sena~
tor Smith.
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Taft to Pay Tribute
To Memory of Butt
AUGUSTA, April 4—Ex-President
and Mrs. Taft will arrive in Augusta
Wednesday for a two-weeks’ stay at
the Bon Air. Robert Taft has been
here fore several weeks visiting
friends. The former President will
speak here April 14 at the dedica
tion of the Archibald Butt Memorial
Bridge.
CZAR'S DAUGHTER TO WED.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 4—Con
firming the announcement of the
coming marriage between Prince
Carol, heir presumptive of the Rou
manian throne, and Grand Duchess
Olga, eldest daughter of the Czar,
the latter to-day conferred the Order
of St. Andrew on Prince Carol. This
is an unusual distinction, and one
which lls conferred only on the most
exaited personages.
TO CARRY ALL TO CHURCH.
GRIFFIN, April 4—The First Bap
tist Church here has made arrange
ments to send for every aged man
and woman in the city who may have
a desire to attend services, but is
unable to walk.
Automobiles and carriages will be
used Sunday morning for the first
time in this new venture.