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South Avenue.
The nice showers every day will
ruin many “nubbins.”
Several from here attended the
singing at The Hock in Clayton
county Sunday afternoon. Mr.
Bill Lee and his family of singers
were there and several other good
singers, Mr. Henry Riley and his
daughter from Flippen. It was
the best singing the writer has
had the pleasure of hearingfiin a
long time.
Mrs. Joe Howell and Mrs. Otis
Hale and Miss RubyijHale spent
Saturday afternoon withjJMrs. T.
W. Peterman.
Pearl South was the guest of
Agnes Peterman Friday night.
Eddie Lee Hale and little sisters,
Jessie, Clara and Myree, visited
Irene and Helen South Friday aft
ernoon.
Mr. and Mrs. T W. Peterman
and Mr. and Mrs. Busy Bee mo
tored to Conyers Tuesday after
no an, andilwiiile there had the
pleasure of seeing|JHev.JJCharlie
Dunaway; he had just closed a
meeting atJ Covington. He said
he was in excellent health, and ht
certainly looked better than the
writer ever saw him.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. White and
sons went to McDonough to the
Fa-So-La singing Sunday after
noon.
Miss Leek M irtin was the guest
of the Misses Clark Saturday aft
ernoon.
B&Mr. arid Mrs. W. H. Clark and
family and Mrs. Lewis Whitley of
Atlanta attended the singing in
McDanougii Sunday.
Mrs. T. K. Pattillo returned to
her home in McDonough, Sunday,
after a several days visit to her
sister, Mt>. W. H. Clark.
Mrs. W. U.jCiark w ts the guest
of Mrs. C, A'. S >uth aft
ernoon.
Mrs. T. G Swann was the guest
of Mrs. Ciy !e nnirrnui Saturday.
Little Fi'z Martin if Manon is
spending the summer with h:s
grandfather, Mr. M. F. Martin.
Tne clmmi gang has been camp
ed on Bethel church ground for
several weeks, and Mr. Cox is do
in? some splendid work on tlie
roads in our part of the countv
We hope tiiey will stay tong
enough to do a good deal more
lit \t is madi needed.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Clark wen*
to the singing in McDonough Sun
day.
Mr. W. G. Callaway has recenth
purchased a new five-passenger
Velic.
Mr. and Mrs. Orris Pattillo and
Mr. and Mrs. Peters of Atlanta
were guests at Mr. C. W. South’s
the fourth Sunday afternoon.
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Signature of
Schley Howard’s Own Letters
Show Howard Brought the
President Into the Sena
torial Race
Found the President for Harris—Promised the
President Not to Run—Broke His Promise
and Approved a False Newspaper Report of
His Self-Sought Interview With the President.
About the middle of April Congress
man Wm. Schley Howard sought an in
terview with President Wilson to tau
over the matter of his entering the
race for Senator from Georgia. In
that interview, sought by Mr. Howard,
the President stated that his choice of
a candidate for that race was Hon.
Wm. J. Harris, and he hoped that the
loyal vote against Senator Hardwick
would not be divided.
Thereupon Mr. Howard voluntarily
promised the President that he would
not run, but would support Mr. Harris
because he was the President’s choice.
A few days later Mr. Howard broke
his promise to the President and be
came a candidate. Nobody could ex
press the President’s feelings at Mr.
Howard’s conduct as the President did
in his pointed two line letter of April
12th, saying only:
“Your letter just received disap
points me very seriously indeed and I
very much regret it.”
President's Choice For Harris
A little while later the Washington
correspondent of the Atlanta Constitu
tion sent an article to his paper about
that interview, and, instead of stating
therein that the President expressed
his choice for Hon. Wm. J. Harris as
the candidate for Senator in Georgia,
stated that the President said he would
be neutral as between any two loyal
candidates against Thos. W. Hard
wick, Nobody but the President and
Mr. Howard could have known what
took place in the conference between
them, as no one else was present. Mr.
Howard saw the article sent out by
the newspaper correspondent, and
made no attempt to correct the false
version of tHe interview. He approved
it as “the God’s truth." The.Presi-,
dent also saw the newspaper article,
and on April 20th he wrote Mr. Howard
to the effect that he, Mr. Howard,
knew the version of the interview con
\ r ed by the article was false, and in
very emphatic terms the President
asked Mr. Howard whether or not he
in’entied to correct the false innres
i;ms left among the people of Geor
■:la by the article appearing ::i the
■' restitution. In reply to the Presi
dent Mr. Howard admitted that the
President’s it-;ter “very greatly dis
tressed him,” admitted that the news
piper article conveyed a false account
of the President’s attitude and admit
ted that he and his friends knew that
the President “thought Mr. Harris
should make the race against the jun
ior senator from Georgia in preference
to any one else.”
These Tell The Story
The statements of Mr. Howard and
the President speak for themselves:
“Committee on Appropriations,
“House of Representatives,
“Washington, D. C.,
“April, 1918.
“My Dear Mr. President:
“You may. recall that 1 stated to
you that if you wished it, l would
not become a candidate for the sen
ate, but would do all I could to help
elect the candidate whom you select
ed to carry our cause to the people
of Georgia. This is written with the
hope that you will permit me to with
draw this promise to you.
“With great respect, 1 am,
"Faithfully your friend.
“WM. SCHLEY HOWARD”
“The White House.
“Washington,
“April 12, 1918.
“My Dear Mr. Howard:
“Your le-tter just received disap
points me very seriously indeed, and
I very much regret it.
“Sincerely yours,
“WOODROW WILSON.
“To Hon William S. Howard,
“House of Representatives.”
“The White House,
“Washington,
“20 April, 1918.
My Dear Sir:
“My attention has been called to a
recent communication by Mr. Hollo
man to the Atlanta Constitution con
cerning our recent conversation *i
the Executive Office in the in rvipw
which you sought with me. Mr ilol
NOT TO TE
TO PAV S
loman, of course, had no direct knowl
edge of that conversation and his ver
sion of it con.eys a very faiae im
pression, no doubt unintentionally on
his part, but the impression it con
veys is so false that I write to ask
whether or not it is your intention
yourself to correct that Impression.
“Very truly yours,
“WOODROW WILSON.
“To Hon. William Schley Howard,
“House of Representatives.”
A Change In The Tone
(Note the change from “My Dear
Mr. Howard” to “My Dear Sir,” and
from “Sincerely yours” to “Very truly
yours.”)
“Committee on Appropriations,
of Representatives,
“Washington, D. C.,
•April 23, 1918.
My Dear Mr. President:
“Your note of the 20ih instant, hand
ed me last evening at my home where
1 am now confined by illness, very
greatly distresses me.
you were gracious enough to
receive me for an interview iu the
Executive Office, I confided exactly
what I understood your position to be
to three of my intimate political and
personal friends for the sole purpose
of counseling with them as to whether
or not I should further pursue my
candidacy for the United States sen
ate.
“I have never expressed, directly or
mdirectly, anything r* my friends but
that you thought Mr. Harris should
make the race against the junior sena
tor from Georgia in the approaching
primary in preference to any one else.
“I recognize, however, that Mr. Hoi
loman’s article may convey a differ
ent impression as to your attitude in
reference to Mr. Harris’ candidacy.
“I am, dear Mr. President, with
great respect,
“Faithfully yours,
“WM. SCHLEY HOWARD.
“To the President,
“The White House.”
Promised Not To Run
It is clear from these letters that
Congressman Howard sought out our
honored President, brought him into
the Georgia senatorial situation, found
the President strongly favored Hon.
Wm. J. Harris, voluntarily gave his
solemn promise that he would not be
a candidate, and broke that promise
as soon as it was given. It is also
clear that he deliberately let a false
account of his interview with the Pres
ident, published in a prominent Geor
gia paper, go uncorrected until a cor
rection was demanded of him by the
Presidept himself; in the face of the
fact that the newspaper's false infor
mation must have come from Mr. How
ard himself. It is also clear that the
President did not thrust himself into
the Georgia senatorial situation. It
is also clear that when the President
was brought in by Mr. Howard there
was no doubt as to where the President
stood.
Read these letters which passed be
tween Mr. Howard and President Wil
son, and then ask yourself the ques
tion: “Can I vote for such a man for
Senator?’’ If Congressman Howard
broke his promise voluntarily given to
the President and tried to deceive the
people of Georgia as to what trans
pired in his self-sought interview with
the President, will not the people fear
he would deceive them again? At
least the people of Georgia w-ant a
man as their senator whom the Presi
dent can trust. At least they want a
senator whose word and pledge, once
given, are never broken.
Mr. Howard had a perfect right to
run for senator without consulting the
President. But he did consult
President. He found the Presiden;
for Hon. Wm. J. Harris, because the
Pn sident had long tried Mr. Harr!
ad neve*- found him wanting. Mr.
Howard still has a right to run for
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(tide;- or the respect o. our Com
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