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By E. L. RAINEY.
WAKE EASY FOR TARIFF
rHE PRESIDENT WANTS TO GET
ALI OF THE ROUGH SPOTS
SMOOTHED OVER,
BEFORE THE CONGRESS MEETS
11¢ Will Consult Freely With Party
Leaders, Best to Do the Talking
and Fighting Before the Special
session Convenes,
WASHINGTON.—President Wil
<on hopes to do most of the fighting
‘or tariff revision before congress be
sins its work early in April.
The president is of the opinion that
it is better to do the talking and the
fichting, if any is necessary, before
the special gession is far along, rath
or than to allow differences of opin
ion to crop out as the tariff bill pro
oresses through congress.
He expects to give the administra
tion backing to a tariff bill that will
represent the views of himself and
his cabinet, leaders of hoth the house
and senate and of the country at
large as well.
Within the next few weeks he will
consult with party leaders frequent
~and as soon as the schedules of
the Payne-Aldrich bill have been
changed to conform to democratic
<tandards he will “get together’ with
‘hese leaders to determine upon the
Jlan that is to receive his support.
Would Smooth the Path,
The president is of the opinion that
cuch a preliminary threshing out of
the tariff bill’ will tend to smooth its
yath at the capital, and if any com
nromises are necessary they can be
made before hand.
He wishes to see the forces of the
white house and those of congress
united in an effort to pass tariff leg
islation in which they are all agreed.
Not only will the president consult
democratic leaders before the special
session begins and after it has started
on its labors, but he will talk over
with disinterested business men rep
resenting all sections of the country
the proposed changes and their prob
able effect on various industries.
The president does not plan to hold
any hearings on the tariff, but from
time to time he will confer with
friends familiar with particular
schedules. He already has held sev
eral such conferences, and more will
follow before April Tth.
He is anxious to get the idea of
the country upon tariff revision, as
upon other subjects, and will not hes
itate to call in men not in public life
to obtain this information.
The tariff is foremost in the pres
ident’s mind. He has no present in
tention of attempting to confine the
activities of the special session to
tariff only, but is inclined to the be
lief that it is better not to make out
in advance any ‘‘administration pro
gramme’’ of legislation which might
be disarranged by unexpected com
plications.
Would Dispose of Tariff.
He wishes to take up the tariff:
take it up thoroughly and dispose of
it well, and he does not desire the
public’s understanding of what is be
ing done to it to be troubled by
thoughts of other important legisla
tion,
If the tariff sailing is smooth cur
rency reform and other subjects re
garded by the president as less im
rortant may be takep up and put &t
least through their first stages before
2djournment is taken.
ipmr iR
OH! WHO HAS SEEN
HIS LOST LENA DEAN
West Virginia - Editor's Arms Arve
Opened Wide to Receive and Wel
come Missing Wife.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Major Syl
vester, chief of the Washington po
lice, has received a printed ecircular
purporting to be from George A.
Dean, editor of the Banner, of Logan,
W. Va., inquiring in regard to his
wife, a bride of three months.
“Realizing,”” ‘says the circular,
“that Lena was weary assisting in the
¢rind incident to getting out a paper
week after week in a one-man shop
we gave her fare and sent her off,
thinking that a couple of weeks with
relatives would do her good. We
have not seen her since. The slan
derous tongues of certain people
l?'nhably have separated us from
ner,
“The Banner man is not a saint,
reither is he any more of a devil
than most of the editors that have
struck Logan. Mrs, Dean may not
have bega an angel; in fact, there
are mighty few such of either sex
hese davs. At any rate, one need
not expect to find any in Logan. The
editor has been as bad as any of
them; but we got married with thel
full knowledge of the past and settled 1
“down, hoping to make something Of{
“ach other, Nobody gets much credi','
these days trying to be good. |
_ "Lena is fond of good shows,” thei
circular adds. ‘“Attends regularly.
Usually sleeps till noon. She was!‘
converted two years ago at Buchan
an, Ky. Whatever she may hsvei
done her husband’s arms are open
10 receive her back.” !
THE DAWSON NEWS.
ONE OUT OF EVERY 47 WILSON
VOTERS WANTS AN OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D, C.—When fed
eral statisticians finished figuring to
day they discovered that just one out
of every forty-seven men who voted
for Woodrow Wilson for president
was a candidate for a federal posi
tion. They also deduced the fact
that there will be an army of heart
sick and disappointed office seekers
numbering upward of 121,000, for
there are 10,384 jobs to be filled
and 131,530 patriots who are willing
to aid the government.
10 HIT HIGH COST OF LIVING
i'SRNA’I‘I)R SMITH SAYS PLAN IS
{ TO ALIGN GOVERNMENT.
| AL
. Would Rgulate the Buying and Sell
| ing of Those Commodities Essen
% tial to the People.
| ATLANTA.—That the democratic
] administration realizes that the pres
ent high cost of living is one of the
‘most important problems which faces
| the country—a problem in which ev
}ery ‘individual citizen is vitally inter
lested—and that the administration
| proposes to solve this problem as
| rapidly and as effectively as possible
| was stated Tuesday morning by Sena
itor Hoke Smith, who is at his home
ion a short visit.
| Senator Smith expects the revision
|of the tariff downward to afford far
| reaching and effective results in the
way of reducing the cost of the neces
| sities of life will come abhout through
{the efforts of the proposed bureau
lto regulate the buying and selling
iof those commodities essential to ev
| ery American.
; L.eaders of both the house and sen
!ate have agreed upon the creation of
| this bureau, which will be under the
| direction of the department of agri
| culture. Agents of this bureau will
|be placed in all parts of the country.
‘;These agents will be in close touch
| with both producer and consumer,
land they will work out a more direct
land economical marketing system,
[ which it is estimated will result in
{a saving of several billion dollars
Eannuall.\' to the consumers.
i Both the mode of selling and the
! mode of buying will be improved, and
Euseless expense eliminated. Under
fthe plan proposed it is expected that
‘the work of the bureau will result
lin increased profits to the producer
ias well as reduced costs to the con
i sumer,
{ Senator Smith expects to leave At
lla.ntva Thursday mornjng for Wash
ington, where he and other senate
leaders must do much preliminary
work before the extra session of con
| gress convenes on April 7.
EXTRA SESSION
MAY GROW SOME
The Chances Are That It Will Be
a Prolonged Affair. Currency
May Come Up.
WASHINGTON. Democrats ex
pressed the view tonight thag the
extra session of congress would be a
prolonged affair.
This was on the assumption that
President Wilson would recommend
to congress consideration of the cur
rency question as well as perhaps
other matters of pressing importance,
in so far as their discussion would
not interfere with the right of way of
tariff revision.
The president has indicated within
the past day or two that he will urge
other needed legislation when the
tariff is out of the way.
Consideration of currency and oth
er questions might carry the session
well into the autumn.
Democratic Leader Underwood is
known to believe that the tariff will
be disposed of in the house by May
1 and by both houses by July 1.
Speaker Clark tonight said that if
only the tariff were taken up con
gress could adjourn the middle of
August, while other leaders predict
ed that tariff revision would be ready
for presidential approval by Aug. 1.
APPALLING IS THE SCENE OF DISASTER AT DAYTON
DAYTON, Ohio.—Dayton is devas
tated. The dead no one can even es
timate. Beneath the yellow sea that
je seething through the once gem
like city may sleep several thousand
drowned, or mayhap the death list
may not exceed one thousand. No
one can picture the sickening situa
tion. Last night Dayton was a ma
rine hell. Fires lighted the sky, il
luminated the rushing waters and the
swish of rain and swirl of rushing
currents sounded a funeral requiem
for the unknown and uncounted
dead.
50,000 in Peril.
Fifty thousand people jammed in
the upper floors of their homes—no
gas, no fresh water, no ligt\t, no Weat,
ro food. This is the situation today.
John H. Patterson of the National
(Cash Register Company has 150 car
DAWSON, GA., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 28, 1913.
The question of patrenage is giv
ing President Wilson and members
of his cabinet some uneasy hours.
Every effort is being made to spare
the feelings of those whose applica
tions must be turned down, while at
the same time the available and fit
men for the various places are being
sought. The task of singling out the
proper material without causing of
fense to those whose ambitions nec
esarily must be wrecked in the pro
cess has proved a delicate task.
REUB ARNOLD
WANTS JUDGESHIP
Is Not in Great Hurry and Is Willing
to Wait Until Judge Newman
Gets Ready to Vacate.
The dispatches say it sems to be
pretty well understood among his
friends that Hon. Reuben R. Arnold,
the well known Artlauta lawyer, has
his eye upon the judgeship of the
United States court for the Northern
district of Georgia, whenever a va
cancy shall exist.
There is, of course, no immediate
prospect of a vacancy; nor is Mr. Ar
nold an old man.
Judge W. T. Newman, who was ap
pointed to the bench by President
Grover Cleveland, is still vigorous
and active. Judge Newman has made
an active and capable judge, and he
will be there until he dies or chooses
to resign, and there is no present in
dication of his intention to pursue
the latter course,
However, there is no need for Mr.
Arnold to be in any great hurry in
the achievement of his ambition. He
now has one of the best law practices
in Atlanta.
CHASED BY OFFICE SEEKERS
Senator Smith Cuts Short His Visit
Home, and Leaves for Washington
After Two Days in Atlanta.
ATLANTA.—Senator Hoke, Smith,
who arrived in Atlanta Monday af
ternoon, announced that he had come
home to spend the .balance of the
week.
One of the newspapers announced
that while he was here he would be
at his home on West Peachtree street
where he would be glad to see his
friends. His friends took this state
ment literally, and it is said almost
wore holes in the sidewalk pavement
walking out that way that night. The
neighbors report that as a result of
the visits there was a light in the
Smith mansion until the wee sma’
hours. Of eourse if it were put up
to them these friends would deny
that they were hunting federal jobs;
they only went out to pay their re
spects to the senator.
However, to get to th 2 story, which
Is this: :
After stating that he had come to
Atlanta for the rest of the week Sen
ator Smith has suddenly found that
he has pressing business back in
Washington, and returned on the
early train Wednesday.
HERE’S A FRIEND OF FLIES
Board of Health Member Says All-
Wise Power Created Them, and
They Should Not Be Killed.
A member of the Hackensack, N.
J.. board of trade stands in bold op
position to any concerted effort to
swat flies. He declares that an All-
Wise Power created flies and must
have had a purpose in putting them
on the earth. Hence man should not
take it upon himself to kill them.
He believes that ‘‘whatever is, is
right”” and good and healthful, even
flies and New Jersey mosquitoes.
What right has any member of the
lowly human race to put out of ex
istence the beauntiful fly, with its
germ-covered feet, and filthy habits,
as it wings its way from the stable to
carry an infantile paralysis germ to
the baby asleep in his crib? Surely,
that baby's mother has no right to
kill that fly to save the baby!
penters building boats. He himself
has saved a number of lives.
Miamisburg is under water and
there is no food. Twelve hundred
of them are being lodged and fed in
a local manufacturing plant. Scores
of automobiles and boats are carry
ing the marooned to safety at many
points, but up to 11 o’clock this
morning no boat could venture in.o
the heart of the city.
Scene an Awful Ome,
The awful story of Dayton’s de
struction can only be told when the
flood subsides. Th_e water dropped
two feet this morning, but there is
much more water. Not a telephone
is in commission. All roads that
were passable seemed to lead to this
sudden city of misery today. From
north, south, east and west persons
bent on rescue work wended their
|
DIFFER ON INCOME RATE
DEMOCRATS DON'T AGREE AS TO
\\'_HETHER RICH SHALL PAY
* LARGER PART THAN POOR.
PRECEDENT 6OVERNS SOME
Democrats Who Call Themselves
Progressive Want to Start With
- Tax on Incomes of $l,OOO and Go
Up With Graduated Tax,
WASHINGTON.—As the result of
the conferences of the last two days
the democratic members of the ways
and means committee last night
found themselves widely apart on the
question of whether large incomes
shall be taxed at the same rate as
‘small incomes or at a higher rate.
Indications are that, whichever
way it is decided by the committee,
there will be an appeal to the demo
cratic caucus.
~ Precedent is governing the attitude
of some c¢f the democratic members
of the comr:ittee. These men want
‘to re-enact the Wilson income tax
law, which was declared unconstitu
tional by the supreme court, This
measure placed a two per cent tax on
all incomes above a certain figure.
Those who take this position want to
exempt incomes,_ below four or five
thousand dollars a year.
The democrats who call themselves
progressives and look to President
Wilson for support in their argu
ment declare the only fair tax is one
which begins with taxing the income
of one thousand dollars at a very low
rate, say one-half of one per cent,
and which increases the rate with the
size of the income, so that the in
comes of one hundred thousand dol
lars a year and more shall be taxed
as high as four per cent.
The advantage of the graduated
tax is said by its advocates to be two
fold:; for it not only takes the largest
amount of money from the persons
most able to pay, but it spreads the
tax over more of the citizenship of
the country.
Representative Hull of Tennessee,
who is regarded as the committee’s
expert on the income tax question,
favors a straight' two per cent tax.
It is understood that Mr. Underwood
inclines to this view. Representative
‘John Garner of Texas is making a
fight against the straight tax. He
}v‘w:énts the wealthy persons of the
country to pay a larger proportionate
share of the tax.
The radicals have made a quiet
canvass of the democrats of the new
house who are in the city and say
that an overwhelming majority fa
vors a tax that will be higher on
large incomes than on small ones.
BARTLETT ANGRY
OVER PIE DIVISION
Georgia Congressman, at Home on a
Visit, Says There's Too Much De
lay in Turning Rascals Out.
MACON, Ga.——Congressman Chas.
L. Bartlett of this district has taken
occasion in an interview to express
his disgust with the failure of the
new democratic administration to
more rapidly turn the ‘“‘republican
rascals’ out.
He maintains confidence in Presi
sdent, Wilson's purpose to make a
proper distribution of the *‘pie,”” but
he says some of the department
heads need a talking to from the
white house,
This idea, he says, that the dem
ocratic party went' into power merely
to pass a tariff bill is all wrong.
He said he went to see a cabhinet
officer the other day to get a posi
tion for a democrat tried and true,
and was complacently assured that
“‘efficiency alone’” would count.
He said he was told that the pres
ident had decided that party politics
should be disregarded in the matter
of appointments.
Mr. Bartlett says he does not be
lieve any such nonsense, and he pro
poses to see the president about it.
If that sort of policy is adhered to
he predicts that the democratic ship
!of state will run upon the rocks.
way to Dayton. The road from Cin
cinnati, for instance, led through
Lebanon. All day and all night
strings of automobiles were going
back and forth. Those going to Day
ton were seeking friends or relatives.
Those coming back had people to
bring back with them. To Cincinnati
it was almost like a flood in the city
itself, so many and varied are the
points of human contact with that
city.
) Death List Is Growing.
George W. Burbank, representing
Governor James M. Cox and J. H.
Patterson, who is at the head of the
relief work here, agreed at noon that
the loss of life from the flood here
would be between five hundred and
one thousand persons. Both -de
clared, however, that these estimates
were based solely on conjectures and
EFEMININ E FINERY FLAUNTED
| FROM FURS TO FEATHERS
i ATLANTIC ClTY.—Visitors from
| all parts of the country crowded the
|board walk here today for the annual
lEaster parade. - Furs, as well as the
,!latesc creations in gowns and nnlli
‘lner.v. were in eveidence on the prom
'enades.
| As ‘usual today’s crowd was re
}ported as the biggest in the aisiory
of the resort. Definite figures were
not available, hut it is certain that
very few more promenaders could
$30,000,000 DEPENDS
ON STORK'S VISIT
Unless Miss Mary Belle Shedd Mar
ries and Becomes a Mother She
Will Miss That Sum.
Upon one visit of the stork de
pends the disposal of a fortune of
$3,000,000. Miss Mary Belle Shedd
of Lowell, Mass., was left that sum
by her father upon the one condition
that she marry and become a mother.
If she does not fulfill the condition
the money will be divided among iwo
schools and a hospital. Oune of the
schools is that founded by Miss Mar
tha Berry of Rome. Miss Berry
doubtless does not wish ihat Miss
Shedd may never know the happiness
of wifehood and motherhood, yvet in
so far as the good that the money
will do is concerned the question
arises whether it would not be better
for it to be used for the benefit of
several hundred persons instead of
for the one little child that some day
may brighten Miss Shedd’'s home.
She is said to be engaged to wed.
CHEROKEE LIFE IS SOLVENT
state Insurance Commissioner W. A,
Wright Puts His O. K. On This
Georgia Company.
ATLANTA.—State Insurance Com
missioner W. A, Wright declares in a
statement that the Cherokee Life In
surance Company is solvent, and that
its policy holders are fully protected.
Hle declares further that investiga
tions made by his office have not in
dicated the slightest evidence of cor
ruption or dishonesty on the part of
the Cherokee officials.
It will be recalled that a bill for
receiver was filed against the Chero
kee Life Insurance Co. are thor-
B. Brooks, who claimed the owner
ship of $5OO of income certificates,
and who charged misappropr.ation of
funds by the officers.
The formal statement of the state
insurance commissioner is of a na
ture that will fully reassure all poli
cy holders of the Cherokee. Mr.
Wright says: i
“The policy holders of the Chero
kee Life Insrance Company are thor
oughly protected by state and munic
ipal bonds in the sum of $200,000,
and the reserve on the policies
amounts to only about $60,000. The
policy holders should not let their
policies lapse.
“This company was examined un
der the direction of the state insur
ance department recently by Actuary
Buttolph, and the surplus as shown
by the report, exclusive of income
certificates, was something over
$300,000, which establishes the com
pany's complete solvency from the
standpoint of the pplicy holders. In
come certificates under the law are
not a liability against the company.”
POLECAT HOLDS UP POLICE
The Citizens Knew He Was Around
There, I'ut Offered No Assistance,
A dispatch says a polecat held the
police force and citizens of Moultrie
at bay for nearly one hour.
The ‘“varmint’’ was discovered in
the grocery store of . O. Heard, in
the heart of the city. How he got
there no one knows, but every one
in the vicinity knows he was there.
He was very unconcerned when dis
covered, and walked through the
building at will. Greater deference
would not have been shown a king.
He had it all his own way until a
shot from a small bore rifle ended his
offensiveness. ’
rumors, and that the death list might
be much greater or much less.
The damage from fire seemed to
have disappeared at noon. So far as
could be learned there were no seri
ous fires burning. The flood still pre
sents an impenetrable barrier that
prevents rescue boats reaching nearer
than a mile from the center of the
city., The crest of the flood passed
about midnight and the waters have
fallen noticeably since then,
The inundated district here is esti
mated at more than 15 square miles,
most of which is under from 15 to 18
feet of water. No communication
could be established today with the
commercial district, and any attempt
to say how many were drowned is
mere conjecture.
The impending need today is for
food and mediecal supplies. The great
have Jbeen accommodated at the hight
0! the parade.
‘ Despite the warning issued last
week by the newly appointed public
:proseeutor that violations of the ex
;rise lawg would be prosecuted many
isaloon and cafe proprietors “took a
chance’ and did a lively business.
| In the forenoon, when the parade
was at its hight, numerous cafes were
closed. Later, however, bars that
‘were opened wide did a rushing busi
‘ness without interference.
PIE HUNTERS BESIEGE GRISP
THE HUNGRY ARE FLOCKING TO
AMERICUS IN NUMBERS.
The Congressman Makes No Prom
iscs, and When Time Comes Will
Endorse the Best Applicant,
AMERICUS, Ga.—While Congress
man Charles R, Crisp is spending ten
days at his home in Americus this re
spite is not one of rest, for the many
ap).icants for place« in the gove.n
ment employ have. fcund him hera,
and during the past two days he has
been besieged by callers who desire
to see the plum tree given a jolt.
Yesterday and on the day previous
Mr. Crisp was waited upon by dele
gations of citizens of Shellman, Ash
burrn, Oglethorpe and other towns in
his district regarding the appoint
ment of postmaster in each place.
The delegations in some instances
number a half dozen, while there
were individual callers as well, but
the object in every instance was the
same, and each list of callers receiv
ed the game careful and courteous
consideration.
It has been the announced policy
of Mr. Crisp regarding postoffice and
other appointments to consider care
fully the qualifications of each appli
cant. making no promises, but at the
proper: time giving his endorsement
to the applicant best qualified for
the position sought and who, at the
same time, would be most acceptable
to the constituents whom he would
serve.
In this way, while the offices will
not nearly go around among the
host of applicants, he will make no
mistake, he thinks, in endorsing the
best man for the place. In Wash
ington as well as here Mr. Crisp has
been besieged by office seekers.
HAS RECORD
FOR LYNCHING
The Editor of “Life” Transfers His
Caustic Attention to This Com- 1
: monwealth in Current issue, |
Hailing Georgia as the state which
for two years past ‘has held the
world’s record for lynchings the edi
itor of ‘‘Life,” in the current issue of
that publication, has transferred his
caustic attention from Alabama to
this commonwealth. .
For weeks past a series of editori
als have been appearing in that pub
lication flaying Alabama mercilessly
for its child labor conditions. This
week the Alabama editorial is miss
ing, and one entitled ‘‘Hail, Georgia,
‘Hail,”” takes its place.
“Life's" criticism of Georgia, how
ever, is not nearly so excoriating as
that wi¥ich has been directed toward
Alabama. ?
“If vou want to be lynched your
best state is Georgia,”” says the edi
tor. “Georgia has held the record
for two years now, perhaps longer,
jbut an attack of jealousy prevented
us from going back any further.
' “In 1911 Georgia was the gracious
Ihost at eighteen of these delightfully
Edainty little parties, and in 1912 she
carried eleven of these refined func
'tions to a sucessful and gratifying
l termination,
. ““Though Georgia has done well,
Ilet not her neighboring states be
content to rest on their laurels. Let
'them rather go forward with their
‘own ropes, pistols, profanity and
chewing tobacco, and make records
for themselves.”
demand for food exhausted the emer
gency supplies in the outskirts of the
city and survivors now are depend
ing entirely on what may be brought
in during the day.
Crest of Wave Passes,
The crest of the Dayton flood pass
ed about midnight, but morning
brought little hope of immediate re
lief to those who had spent the night
in horror, and it 'is feared that the
number of drowned had been greatly
increased during the 12 hours of
darkness. No one in the city at
tempted to sleep. It is not believed
the rescuers will be able to make
any advance into the flooded district
before tomorrow. ?
‘More than 70,000 persons either
were unable to reach their homes or
are held in their water-locked houses
unable to reach land.
YOL. 31. NO. 51.
,MR. UNDERWOOD WILL RECOM
| MEND THE APPOINTMENT
OF RUFE HUTCHENS,
SENATOR SMITH IS OPPOSED
situation Offers Some Unusual Pos
sibilities, and It Is Believed That
Hooper Alexander Has Already
Been Lost in the Shuffle,
ATLANTA.—It is reported here
that the only appointment from Geor
gia for which Hon. Oscar Underwood,
democratic leader of the house of
representatives, will ask President
Wilson is that of Hon. G. R. Hutch
ensg, to be district attorney for the
Northern district of Georgia.
It is also well understood that the
one appointment from Georgia which
United States Senator Hoke Smith
will urge President Wilson not to
make is that of Hon. G. R. Hutchens
as district attorney for the Northern
district of Georgia.
There is going to be put up to Pres
ident Wilson one of the most inter
esting issues in the matter of appoint
ments to federal office that will per
haps come to him from any section of
the country.
On the one hand, the man who was
President Wilson’s opponent prior to
the democratic convention at Balti
more, but who is now necessarily his
close political friend and co-adviser
in public matters, is asking him for
but oge favor in the entire state of
Georgia. He is making this request
upon the theory that President Wil
son means what he said when he
made the statemnt that there should
be no distinetion between democrats
because of differences nrior to the
Baltimore convention.
PDepends on Underwood,
President Wilson fels that he has
got to depend strongly upon Mr, Un
derwood in shaping the policies of
his administration, and there is no
auestion but that Mr. Underwood’s
request will have great weight with
the executive. :
On the other hand, if there is any
one thing that Senator Hoke Smith
wants to do in this matter of Georgia
appointments it is to defeat Mr.
Huichens for the place. Mr. Huteh
ens was not only the Underwood
‘manager preceding the Baltimore
convention, but he has persistently
and consistently fought Mr. Smith
in every one of his Georgia cam
paigns. According to reports from
Washington, therefore, Mr. Smith is
ready to go to practically any extent
to prevent the appointment of Mr.
Hutchens,
This situation is said to have elim
inated already Hon, Hooper Alexan
der from consideration in connection
with the North Georgia distriet attor
neyship. It was Mr, Alexander to
whom Mr. Smith was most anxious to
give this appointment. But it is un
derstood that he is willing to give up
the appointment for Alexander in the
event that by doing so he can defeat
Mr. Hutchens. ] |
Alexander Eliminated, =
It is considered, therefore, that the
appliqtion of Mr. Hutchens and the
fight which Mr. Underwood nad his
other friends are making in his be
half have absolutely eliminated Mr.
Alexander from the situation. The
truth is a lot of peoplé, irrespective
of their attitude toward Mr, Smith
or Mr. Hutchens, have hoped that
somgthing would transpire to elimi
nate Mr. Alexander; for the fear has
been expressed that if he were ap
pointed he would prove somewhat of
a firebrand in the office. He has
made various threats as to what he
would do if he had the opportunity,
in connection with the prohibition
situation, and it seems tc be the gen
eral belief that if he were appointed
he would dig into the federal records
and make it warm for every party in
Georgia who holds a federal license
to sell beers or other liquors.
The only other applicant for the
position is Hon. T. J. Shackleford of
Clarke county. Mr. Shackleford has
been an earnest and consistent sup
porter of Senator Hoke Smith. It
may be that Mr. Smith will seek to
put in Mr. Shackleford in opposition
to Mr. Hutchens. In any event, it is
Isaid Mr. Smith will accept almost
‘any appointment to the posit'ion ex
cept that of Mr. Hutchens. The sit
uation is more than an ordinarily
interesting one from a political view
- point, and the result will be awaited
with no small interest.
"BOILED EGG FRESH FROM HEN.
Poultry Raiser Is Seeking the Icden
. tity of Her Miraculous Fowl
| Mrs. M. C. Titus of Paulsboro, N,
‘J., has a hen, which she is led to be
[ lieve lays boiled eggs. Mrs. Titus
;retails her eggs in the borough. and
|a few days ago, shortly after making
‘a sale, a customer returned with a
{ boiled ezg. Mrs. Titus and the cus
| tomer say neither had a boiled esgg
laround their respective homes, and
ithe only way Mrs. Titus could ac
l count for the egg was that a hen laid
!it already cooked, as the eggs were
| gathered fresh for the sale. She will
|keep a close watch in an effort to
'flnd which hen lays boiled eggs.