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HARRIS OUT FOR
bOVERNORHITS
LEASEOFW &
Director of Census Will Resign to
Begin Fight at Once—Scores
Tom Watson.
WASHINGTON, May 16.—Making
the leasing of the Western and At
lantic Railroad by the State the sole
issue at the outset of his campaign,
William J. Harris, director of the
United States Census, to-night made
formal announcement of his candi
dacy for Governor of Georgia.
He said he would resign at once as
Direclor of the Census and as chair
man of the State Democratic Execu
tive Committee and would begin his
active campaign within a few days in
a speech at hie home town, Cedar
town,
He deplored that the railroads of
Georgia sought to dictate to the peo
ple the man who should be placed in
the Governor's chair, and that Tom
Watson should continue to dominaie
an element of the Georgia Democ
racy.
Fights for Important Issues.
His announcement, in part, follows:
“My contest for the CGovernorship
will be conducted on important Stat:
issues. Not gince the Civil War has
the Governor of Georgia had such
important duties to perform as he wiii
have during the next four years in (h 2
leasing of the Western and Atlantic
Railroad, as the length of time the
common scheols will be open will de
pend upon the amount of rental re
ceived from this preperty. Already
three candidates have announced for
Governor, and they have all ignored
absolutely the leasing of the State's
railroad, the most important question
which will come before any Governor
of Georgia for the next 25 years.
“It will be a sad day for the rail
roads and for Georgia if the legislative
agents of the railroads attempt to dic
tate the nomination of the next Gov
ernor by putting out a candidate in
every section of the State in order to
deadlock the State convention €0 as to
defeat me or any other candidate who
makes the fight for the school chil
dren of the State.
Bound by Lease.
“A law can be enacted, repealed or
amended at any session of the Legis
lature, but when the State railroad
property is leased for 25 or 50 years
it can not b% undone.
“The next GGovernor of Georgia will
not only have the regular duties of
the office to perform, but will, in a
measure, be the guardian of the wel
fare of every child of school age 'n
the State for the next quarter or half
a century.
“If this property can be leased as
advantageously as 1 believe, the com
mon schools can be Kept open for one
or two months longer each year, and
I shall receive the blessings of the
school children of Georgia, which I
had rather have than all the monu
ments that can be erected.
“I can not take the view of some
that my position with the Federl
Government is more important than
that of Goverpor of my State, even
though the salary of my present po
gition is greater.
Scores Tom Watson.
“If the State committee does not
change the rules se as to allow the
people of the State, under the county
unit- rules instead of the politicians
in a deadlocked convention, to naune
the next Governor, I shall appeal to
the members of the county Dem)-
cratic committees. These men are
interested in the common schools, and
1 know they will realize the impor
tance of electing delegates who will
vard the interest of the school ¢hil
-3!‘,. of the State in nominating the
next Governor.
“I am opposed to the domination of
the Democratic party in Georgia by
Tom Watson. Later in the cn.mxlgy
1 shall publish correspondence Show
ing that ome of the men he is now
trying to have nominated for a high
position in the Democratic primary
declined to say he would vote for
President Wilson when it was report
ed that he was for Roosevelt. Wat
son voted {n the Democratic primary
for President Wilson and then sup
ported Roosevelt.”
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Atlanta Girl Wins Honors atPiano
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Miss Elizabeth Pattillo, who, though blind, leads a class of 50
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Musician Who Is Beloved in Home City, Tri
umphs in Rigid Test at Baltimore.
A happy little message came Satl
urday to Howard Pattillo, the At
lanta insurance man. It was from
his daughter, Miss Elizabeth Pattillo,
a student in the famous Peabody
Conservatory of Muslic, of Baltimore,
who anncunced in the telegram that
she had won a certificate of distinc
tion in her art, with the highest mark
of an advanced class of 50.
But the message did not tedl the
entire story of her achievement. Miss
Pattillo has been blind since birth,
and the 49 men and women she ex
celled in mastery of the piano are all
‘in full possession of their faculties.
They were not so ambitious nor so
‘determined as she. That was the
gifference, her friends and parents
say, that gave her the power, handi-
Leabpod though she was, to attain the
unusual standard among musicians of
‘a high order.
| Makes It Her Life Werk. -
For almost all the twenty years of
her life Miss Pattillo has set her
heart upon success with the mano.l
She would hear of no hardships nor
’lnduke difficulties.
| “She resents the suggestion,” Mr.
Pattillo said, “that others can do
it.htnxs she can not. She set out to
mount as high as anyone, and she
;hu done it by incessant and congcl
‘entious work.”
' Thus, if the girl lost a part of her
four hours’ daily practice, she made it
up the next day. It is said she
dreamed, talked, and thought of her
piano and her work with a single
mindedness that makes her success
well deserved.
“She worked very humbly, too”
said Her father, “as if she were never
sure of getting her coveted teacher's
certifigate., After she hadg md
through! the final test, she, began to!
write, hopefully, as if she might win
it. KEven she, | think, did not expect
g 0 splendid a result.
Somethicg of the girl's ecstasy at
her success crept inte the brief tele
gram to her father, which hore a
note of exultation.
The test through which Miss Pat
tillo passed to galn the certificate
was arduous. For one thing, each
uember of the advanced class was
required to teach a pupil during the
last year. Besides, there was gompo
sition work of severely technical na
ture to accomplish, and the perfect
rendition of the masters. Miss Pat
tillo’s selections In the final concert
were from Chopin. Her compositions
were highly praised by the Peabody
instructors as of exceptional excel
lence, \
And now that she has obtained her
teacher’s certificate, Miss Pattillo will
not stop, Her father fondily an
nounced that he was waiting to hear
where she is going next. She will
spend the summer vacation among
friends in Maryland, where the mem
bers of her family in Atlanta will
join her later,
Is Beloved in Atlanta.
Miss Pattillo is well known in At
lanta, and beloved. It is likely that
no other girl in the city is so widely
popular, in spite of the fact that for
much of her life she has been away
from home. She was a student for
many years in the Maryland Justitute,
of Baltimore, where she obtained a
classical education and the beginning
of the musical tralning with which
she has done so much.
Miss Pattillo is an attractive girl,
with something in her face of the se
riousness of purpese which has been
the greatest factor of her Hfe, When
Jn Atlanta she Tives with hen parents
at No. 171, IBass Fair street,; « . ; ( f
CUYLER MI3aING
AFTER CHARGE
BY MRS, BARTON
Wealthy Atlantan Attaches Moth
er-in-Law’s New York Hold
ings and Vanishes.
NEW YORK, May 18 ~lln the face
of a bitter arraignment by his moth
er-in-law, which c¢harges him with
“everything from petty lying to gross
brutality and immoraiity,” Telemon
Cuyler, the wealthy Georgian. has
dropped out of sight,
Neither at the fashionable (alu
met Club, where he has heen living,
nor at the offices of his attorneys,
nor through any aof Lis friends can
any knowledge of his whereabhou!s be
obtained.
Mrs. Isabslla Rarton, of Alameda,
Cal., his mother-in-law, has answered
his suit for $300,000 for allenation of
his wifes affeciions, in a sensational
manner, 3
In her reply, the promige is borne
that the names, pictures and careers
of several women will be reveaiod in
court, as being the inamoratas of
Cuyler, who according to her charges,
fs a veritable Don Juan.
Attaches Her Property.
Through his attorneys, the wenltny
clubman to-day obtained a temporary
attachment for all Mre. Barton's real
ty and other holdings in Manhattan,
It was explained that it was neces.
sary for him to take this action, since
Mrs. Barton is no longer a resident
of New York, and that he would thus
be protected in event of his winning
his suit, it then being necessary only
for him to have the attachment made
permanent.
It was after the declaration of the
attachment proeeedings that the
search for Cuyler really began, with
out result, All efforts to locate him
in the city were futile, and it is be
lieved that he has gone to another
city until the case comes o trial. Tt
is even rumored that he has gone
to Atlanta to stay with friends, but
this could not be verified.
Mrs. Barton, according to the latest
information, is actively planning (o
contest the suit,
Quotes Love Notes.
In her papers Mpgs. Barton says
Cuyler had been too friendly with
a number of women, One woman she
names is “Fluffy Ruffles,” which she
say® was a pet mame for a person
well known to her daughter. Another
named is Molly Mergtha, a former
servant of Mrs, Cuyler. Mrs. Bar
ton alleges that a letter from Molly
Mergtha was found, reading:
“I hope you are enjoying yourself.
With love and kisses.”
A Constance Brown, who lived in
Atlanta, is also mentioned by Mrs.
Barton as one of the young women
with whom Cuyler is alleged to have
had more *‘han a friendly aequain
tance,
Mrs. Barton goes into great detail
in telling of Cuyler's actions while in
REurope. She said his manner of
acting so preyed on the mind of his
wife that she was frequently ill and
unable to leave her rooms.
~ Mrs. Barton denies that she ualien
ated the affections of her daughtler
and declares she prevailed on Mrs.
Cuyler on several occasions not Lo
bring suit for divorce on account of
the seandal that would be involved.
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Hoke Smith After
Parcel Post Cars
WASHINGTON, May 14 - Senator
Hoke Smith to-day in a Benate reso
lution cailed for a report from the
joint commitiee on postage on sec
ond-class mail matter and for trans
portation of mails. He believes the
report of the commitiee wiil show
that parcel post mafl can be carried
in a cheaper type of car than the one
now used for carrying first-class
mails, and that the car can be $0 ar
ranged as (0 conserve a great deal of
space which is being wasted under
present types of construction.
Only by such a change, Senator
Smith says, can ihe parcel post
woight limit be increased to 1M
pounds.
U.S. Currency Law
Interests England
ILONDON, May 16.—Vicary Gibbs,
a prominent Enpglish banker, was
among the passengers sailing for New
York to-day. He sald he was making
a pleasure visit, but hoped to be able
to get some first-hand information on
the working of the new currency bill,
in which English bankers generally
are greatly interested from an In
ternational banking polmt of view,
Longworth Indorsed
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For Seat in Congress
CINCINNATI, May 16.-~At one of
the stormiest meetings ever held by
the Hamilton County Repubiican Cen
tral Committee, Nicholas Lopgworth,
former Congressman from the First
Ohio District to-day was indorsed for
bis old seat in Congress.
Stanley Struble, Hamiiton County
Commissioner, was indotsed as a can -
didate -for. Congress (rom the Becond
Ohto Distriet; + « e A
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