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B, i L. RAINEY
~ONGRESSMEN TELL
EW CONGRESSIONAL DIREC
TORY AND WHAT IT SAYS
oF MEMBERS.
WASHIN -TON, D. C—A new
a:;v\»; he congressional directory
= made its appearance, and the
fi,‘l_‘.v, .« treated to the usual batch
(."b,::.‘;“ .ntertaining autobiographies
I\{{,@,;.' ihe members of congress ex
)l ‘1'«: own virtues, describe their
‘Amv_y, schicvements and inferentially
‘u‘ heir constituents on having
I‘ch Jble representation in the halls
congress i :
[ There 1 political axiom to the
fract that unless a politician toots
i o horn the same will not be
* v Fvidently most members of
fl et his axiom seriously. for
e ity do - give i themgelves
nendations.
‘e ahers take occasion to
"~ their businesses a gentle boost.
"« «zc the opportunity to speak
Lod word for commodities which
> produce. For instance, Repre
iative Manuel Herrick, the bird
| from Oklahoma, who is as re
wned as 2 sky pilot as he is a legis
o describes his early career in
«arawas Co., Ohio, and then tells
W for vears after settling: in Okla
ma he has specialized in the pro
ction of a brand of yellow corn
ich hears his name.
y number of members with large
Lilies take pains to enumerate their
lings, as if to drill into
o ind their everlasting and
antipathy to race sui
e. A casual reading of the autobiog
hies shows that the more children
nember has the more he is inclined
I about it, probably on the
| orv that large progeny is no mean
| Advertising Business.
| fanv members set forth the names
‘ business cstablishments with which
, v are identified, presumably on the
y orv that the establishments men
ed will reap a modest reward from
“ Jdvertising thus gratuitously pro
| d by good old Uncle Sam. For
| mole. one southernm member sets
! h the names of a whole flock of
| her concerns which apparently are
| e well and which are likely to do
| er when the returns come in from
{ e congressional advertising
; fium. No member who has had
tarv seryice in any war, uprising
l fracas has overlooked that fact in
' ing his autobiography, and deeds
| alor are described in superlative
| uage
| he lawyers are chesty in advising
i public as to their honored achieve
| ts in the law and one member of
i noble profession, Senator Cul
l on, of Texas, sets forth a list of
i leading cases in which he has
. unsel, which makes his auto
; raphy look like a -<court docket.
1 are more lowly occupations
: eL, in which respect Senator Pe
-1 Norheck, of South Dakota, sets a
7| ing cxample by describing himseli
| well driller by occupation.” Sen
! lge furnishes material for a
| oot hook shelf by enumerating
| f the works of which he is author.
i t of the members warm up to the
l p ns with a cheerful glow, one
; ption heing Representative Thom
| indsay Blanton, of Texas, who
| 1 vicious poke at Samuel Gomp
| denator Pomerene consumes sev
i n and one-half lines and refers
i vious pride to the fact that
, vas Judson Harmon’s running
i in the Ohio state campaign of
B! of Man Long Dead
i D s
g uts Ohio Ghost at Rest
i
l it" Had Caused Trouble at Farm
[ or Seven Years Until “Laid.”
! INESVILLE, - ©-—A: ‘ghosts
’: b, tarmers living near Paines
| bW sav, has been haunting them
[cven vears, is ‘“‘at rest” today.
! sappeared several days ago with
| mal of the body of Henry
‘ bstick, which was found in an
loned well on a farm.
I nstick, a farm hand, disappear
| irs ago. Since then the
| s said to have had poor crops.
; burned down and the
i s blamed for that. Owner
] wier has come and gone.
: purchased the farm
@ r ago. Whenever he went
P barn at night, Logies said to
| e would see “ a white, wraith
ilking about. At times,
ared he followed it with his
hand and it always disappeared
F direction of the well.
frmined to find out what caused
Prantion Logies cleaned out the
~which had been filled with
e came upon the body of
CK. Sheriff Spink was called
R 'd his deputies suspected
- the next day the shenff or-
L dy buried and now the
nan, who owned the
| o time lLipenstick disap-
Lake county jail. He
E r to the grand jury on
murder.
DT AT
l ‘RING EXCURSION
FROM THE CAROLINAS
farmers From Old North State
“¢sted in Tobacco Growing.
| \ ‘. Tucker, agricultural de-
B cnt of the Atlanta, Bir
- Atlantic railway, was
! - ~turday in conference with
R - ccc of the board of trade,
o o 0 with the proposition’ to
' county and other of the
- htes of south Georgiai a
§ .. 1 Larolina farmers who
’ e ¢h interested in tobacco
M ccd to have them meet
4 e d then the A. B. & A.
difi'erkillt: (‘l‘Cap_exc‘ursmx} rates
v Difton G counties in this sec
i azette,
THE DAWSON NEWS
WIDOW BUYS ANOTHER WOMAN'S
HUSBAND FOR $lOO PER MONTH
SAN FRANCISCO.—An offer by
Mrs. Edith Huntingdon Spreckles
Wakefield, first wife of the late “Jack”
Spreckles, California millionaire, and
herself prominent in San Francisco
society, to "“buy another woman's hus
band from her for $lOO a month for
the rest of her life,” come to light here
to is admitted by all persons
in
se.”
The husba akefield
is credited with to
“buy” is Rodney Kendrics] spa
per artist. The wife, who 1s and
admits she is ‘“‘considering” the offer,
said she already had given her wed-
CONSUMER IN NEW YORK
PAYS $1.50 FOR MELON THAT
BROUGHT GROWER 15c.
Georgia’s melon industry is being
hard hit because melons which bring
the grower 15 cents in Georgia are
selling for as high as $1.50 each in
New York.
Melons that bring three cents in
Georgia are selling for as high as 70
cents in New York, a story in the
New York Times says. Officials of the
Georgia Melon Growers Association
declare that New York is the only
place in the country where “such get
rich-quick” methods are in operation.
The New York situation arises from
the fact that too many commission
men are getting a “rake off” on profits
before they reach the consumer.
Freight to New York from Georgia
averages about 17 cents. One that sells
here for 15 cents cost 32 cents to the
first man who buys it. When ic reach
es an apartment house table it has cost
$1.50. Bough at a New York hotel an
eighth of a 15-cent melon costs 45
cents. As New York is one of the
country’s biggest markets the pur
chase of Georgia watermelons is seri
ously affected by the high prices. Only
the rich can afford watermelons at that
price, it is pointed out.
GREAT FIGURES ON STONE
MOUNTAIN TO DEPICT CON
FEDERATE ACHIEVEMENTS.
Entirely new methods are being
used by Gutzon Borglum, sculptor in
charge of the work of carving a me
morial on Stone Mountain, 15 miles
from Atlanta, Ga., to the heroes of the
Confederacy. He is having a specially
designed lens ground for the projec
tion of figures of increased size against
the side of the huge mass of granite,
by means of which, with a powerful
light, photographs oi models may be
thrown against the face of the moun
tain. o ;
The work of projection will be done
at night, the sculptor working on a
huge scaffold, and carving the bas
relief figures out of the solid rock. Va
rious electrical and compressed air ap
paratus has been assembled at the foot
of the mountain and will be used by
Mr. Borglum in his work.
Stone Mountain is said to be the
largest solid granite monolith in the
world, rising 686 feet above the sur
rounding plain and standing a dome
like mass of solid rock, seven miles in
circumference. It was on Stone Moun
tain that the original Ku Klux Klan
came into being.
A Huge Memorial.
The work undertaken by Mr. Borg
lum calls for the carving to be done
on the nearly perpendicular side of the
mountain of a colossal monumental
panorama to commemorate the heroic
deeds of the Confederate army. The
side of the mountain affords space tor
a mile or more of gigantic sculptured
figures of men and horses, 50 feet or
more in height. : :
Carving will begin either at the
head of Gen. Rabert E. Lee or that ot
President Davis, but it has not been
settled which. :
The mountain side and the 'hroad
plain at the base of the mountain. on
which will be built a national park,
have been given to the Daughters ol
the Confederacy, under whose auspices
the work is being completed.
’
HUDSON’S SENTENCE
«“EVIDENCE PURELY CIRCUM
STANTIAL,” SAYS GOVERNOR
IN APPROVING CLEMENCY.
Governor Hardwick Tuesday com
muted the sentence of Glen Hudson,
under sentence to hang at Albany for
the murder of his two step-children
a year and a half ago.
In commuting the sentence Govern
or Hardwick declared he based his ac
tion on two major points: First, that
the prison commission had been unan
imous in its recommendation for clem
ency; and, second, that Hudson had
been convicted on purely circumstan
tial evidence.
Says He Is Innocent.
“] appreciate the saving of my life,”
said Hudson, when interviewed in the
Dougherty county jail. “A fellow
couldn’t help but appreciate being
saved from the gallows, but I knew
I'd neverghang and when I go to
serve my T?fc sentence I will have the
same faith in God I had before. I
knew he would not let me hang, be
cause | was innocent and 1 know he
will set me free some day when my
innocence is proven. I know that time
will come.” z
ding ring to Mrs. Wakefield. Mrs.
Wakefield said she, too, planned a di
vorce.
Gives Money.
A statement from Mrs. Wakefield
said:
“It was a long time ago I told Mrs.
Kendrick that I loved her husband
and wanted to marry him. I promised
her she would have a home with Rod
ney and myself as long as she lived.
She is a very sick girl and I took care
of her for weeks. A hundfed times
she told me how grateful she was, in
the presence of her husband and his
mother and sister. When we left her
| m’xt %600 in the bank ‘for her to draw
on.’
PAY $1,170,722,000
BENEFICIARIES IN DAWSON
RECEIVED $lO,OOO. AMOUNTS
PAID NEARBY TOWNS.
Insurance companies in the United
States paid out in settlements of death
claims in 1921, $1,170,722,000, accord
ing to the Insurance Press’ annual sur
vey.
The biggest policy paid during the
vear was $1,517,820 to heirs of Ferdi
nand Schlesinger, of Milwaukee, Wis.,
chairman of the board of directors of
the Milwaukee Coke and Gas Co. and
the Steel Tube Co., of America. His
heirs were forced to pay $1,250,000 in
heritance tax on the ‘“mere pittance”
of $30,000,000 he left.
The biggest policy paid in Georgia
for the period was to the heirs of
Hollis C. Boardman, Augusta, $155,-
000: the second was to heirs of Albert
Kaufman, of Atlanta, 0122,500. Amer
icus was third with a payment to the
heirs of Crawford Wheatley of $90,-
000.
Amounts paid in Dawson and other
towns of this section were: Dawson,
$10,000; Americus, $163,000; Shellman,
$32,000; Leesburg, 1$31,000; Cordele,
$33,000; Leslie, $19,000; Ashburn,
$19,000; Blakely, $17,000; Lumpkin,
$17,000; Arlington, $16,000; Cuthbert,
$10,000; Albany, $12,000; Ft. Gaines,
$12,000; Hatcher Station, $12,000; Ca
milla, $11,000; Edison, $ll,OOO.
PACKING PLANT WOULD BE
FORCED TO CLOSE IF THIS
BACKING WAS LOST.
MOULTRYE, Ga—*“lt would be a
tragedy for the order of the federal
trade commission directing Swift &
Company to relinquish the Moultrie
Packing Company to become effect
ive,” declared C. B. Allen, editor of
the Moultrie Observer, this morning.
“We are going to do everything pos
sible in Moultrie to keep the plant in
operation under its present ownership.
I am advised that Swift & Co. will
make an appeal te some higher tribu
nal—possibly to the courts—before
relinquishing their ownership of the
plant. It would be a calamity, indeed,
to have this ownership jeopardized,
for it would mean the closing of the
plant and great financial loss to the
farmers and business men of this sec
tion and for many miles around.
Lost a Million.
“Swift & Co., through the owner
ship of this plant, have lost $1,000,-
000 in keeping it open during a period
of development and education in Geor
gia. The plant at Tiiton, similar to
that at Moultrie, was bought by the
Armour interests and the fight there
given up. The plant has been closed
for a long time. Swift & Co. have
hung on, putting more and more mon
ey into the operation of the local
packing house, until they have about
got it to where it no longer shows
a deficit.
Educating People.
“The people have been educated to
raise hogs and cattle for slaughter
and these products have kept it go
ing. Financial aid has been extended
them. To have this plant thrown back
upon local resources would result in
a let-down that would mean its aban
donment sooner or later. It requires
the expert handling and the financial
assistance the Swift people were able
to give it through their big organi
zation to keep the institution a going
concern.
“We, in Moultrie, do not anticipate
the plant will close—certainly not at
once. I am advised by Mr. McDow
ell, the manager, that he has known
for the past two weeks that the trade
commission was preparing to issue the
order.
Not Unprepared.
“This indicates that the Swift peo
ple are not unprepared to meet the
new situation, so I guess there will
be developments in a few days that
will admit of the plant remaining in
operatoin and under its present man
agement until the question of the right
of ownership is permanently settled
by a court of equity.”
STARVING CREW SACRIFICED FOOD FOR MOTHER AND BABY
SAN FRANCISCO.—A tale of the
sea, a becalmed ship, a starving crew
and a mother with a new-born babe,
to preserve whose life everyone else
sacrificed rations, thrilled the water
front here today upon the arrival of
the motorship Annie Johnson with
news of the San Francisco schooner
William H. Smith.
The schooner was becalmed in the
Pacific for forty-three days and was
discovered on August 14 when Capt.
Murray, of the Johnson, responded to
her signals of distress and provided
her with supplies. ;
"5 "pitiable condition was _found
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1922
UNITED STATES WILL CON
TINUE TO DUN CREDITORS.
IGNORE PLAN OF BRITISH.
Cancellation of inter-allied indebtcd-'
ness, as suggested by Great Britain in
a recent note to European nations, has
no place in the policy of the United
States toward war loans, treasury offi
cials in Washington, D. C., declare. |
In the view of Secretary Mellon, the
United States has all to lose and noth
ing to gain through general cancella-i
tion of international war debts, and
such a suggestion has never been con
sidered by this government. ‘
Will Continue Demands. J
The British note, according to Mr.‘
Mellon, in no way changes the attitude
of the United States toward the ex-|
pected liquidation of foreign indebted
ness and will not aiter its intention of‘
continuing negotiations for funding the
foreign obligation. |
Mr. Mellon does not believe that the!
United States government will take
any official notice of the British note,
as it was not addressed to this coun-!
try, but will proceed with its foreign
debt negotiations along the lines laid
down by congress in the act creating
the world war debt funding commis
sion. |
Latest figures obtained at the treas
ury department show that the obliga
tions of the various foreign govern
ments to the United States, including
interest accrued and unpaid, as the re-!
sult of war loans, is close to $12,000,-
000,000. Of this amount Great Britain
owes $4,746,000,000.
Interest Remains Unpaid.
The size of the debts owed to the
United States has been swelled by un
paid interest, the sale of surplus war
material, and by obligations accepted
by the United States Grain Corpora
tion and the American Relief adminis
tration. There is no information avail
able at the treasury department to
show how much the indebtedness of
the allies to the British has been in
creased through unpaid interest. The
following table shows the present total
indebtedness of the various nations to
the United States, including interest:
Country. Total Indebtedness
Armettia .5 5 k 8 13;137.466.12
ARt . aowiied 2608 778eLS
Belgium ..........5.0 428515,73388
Coba .. e 8,147,000.00
Czecho-Slovakia ........ 103,824,260.03
Esthonia . ii.iw e 1569414842
Filend .. oiaa 9,005,082.19
Brance .........caoes 3,770.906,65588
Great Britain ............... 4,746,862,560.29
@rcece 00l 15:375 00000
ey o 1,837,560.82
Btaby -0 . o ARERTE9I, 514,634, 8/
Pabvige .0 o S 5,582,296.19
Tibadiy -e, .ol 28,868.85
FEATE T eI T R L 5,479,790.83
Midaraaun . ol 170,585.35
Bolhad - .50 2 14850 4280
Roumania .......cccee... 41,089,386.90
OB ~ s 2224808 96N0
Stebhia vt 000 0 RIS FOB 00
Total . ... . . 51E5E660.341.02
CLAIM THAT MANY UNION
MEN ARE RETURNING TO
FORMER POSITIONS.
NEW YORK, N. Y.—Believing that
they had cleared the way for a finish
fight by rejecting President Harding’s
peace proposals, railroad executives
have all redoubled their efforts to
“break” the shopmen’s strike in the
metropolitan district. This action was
met by renewed activity on the part
of union leaders, who anneunced that
the workers were ‘“‘ready to fight it
out.”
Claims of Both Sides.
Practically all railroads announced
that the first direct result of their
stand against seniority rights to strik
ers was a rush of applicants for jobs.
Many of the applicants, it was said,
were strikers, who were willing to re
turn as new men, their “false hopes”
that a settlement was near having been
dispelled.
On the other hand the strike leaders
declared that the union lines were
holding firm, and pledges were made
by thousands of strikers at the fifteen
mass meetings in the district not to
return to work unless their seniority
rights were fully restored in accord
ance with President Harding's plan.
Expects General Strike.
The much predicted strike of main
tenance of way men in this district
now threatens to materialize. William
Parker, leader of the United Brother
hood of Maintenance oi Way Employ
es and Railway Shop Laborers, said
that the men were restive and that a
general strike would likely be under
way by the first of next week. He said
that 3,000 maintenance men at Syra
cuse would probably walk out either
the latter part of this week or the first
of next.
en men had been eleven days almost
without food, except the copra with
which the schooner was loa(fed.
They were physically unable to hoist
the emergency supply of rations over
the ship’s side.
Front Door Is Stolen
As the Owner Sleeps
Some one stole the outside front
door of his home while Max Thomp
son, of Paterson, N. J., lay sleeping in
his house, he reported to police. There
were no marks on the house. !
| ALL IS NOT GOLD THAT GLITTERS;
LAWAT FOAMS
WASHINGTON, D. C.—“ All is
not gold that glitters, nor is all beer
that foams; and this is particularly so
at Johnstown "
Thus J. T. Davis, federal 'prohibi
tion director for Pennsylvania, here
today for a con;erence with Prohibi
tion Commissioner Haynes, summed
up the situation with respect to the
Johnstown beer flood.
Discussing the Johnstown beer epi
sode, Mr. Davis further said:
“The liquor situation at Johnstown
is under full and satisfactory control
of a new and efficient group head, as
sisted by up-standing, experienced
agents.
MAKES ESCAPE WITH BOOZE,
BUT FINDS SHERIFF ON
FRONT SEAT WITH HIM.
AMERICUS, Ga.—When Sheriff
Lucius Harvey went to a store on Lee
strect Thursday afternoon to serve a
subpoena on a negro he was thinking
very little about traveling bar rooms
or the Volstead law.
However, as he stepped from the
store to the walk Giles Smith, negro,
with agility surprising, hopped right
back into his automobile and started
to be “from there” without any delay.
Giles geot away all right, but the
sheriff was sitting right beside him
on the front seat and he reached over
and opened the bundle that Giles had
been on the point of delivering in the
Lee street store and it contained a
quart of ‘‘shine
“Drive right around to the jail,”
said the sheriff, and Giles obeyed.
There it was found that he had two
pints hidden in the car, one in the flap
over the seat and one in the pocket
of the car door.
A later trip to the home of the ne
gro revealed that he had a box, buried
in the ground in his garage, which
had a wooden cover and was all fitted
up to contain plenty of moonshine.
\
NEW HEADS PROBABLY
.
STEER SHIP OF STATE
' |
DEATHS, DEFEATS AND RE-|
TIREMENTS TO CAUSE SHIFT
IN LEADERSHIP OF PARTIES. “
Radical changes in leadership of the
two parties in the national senate and
house are certain to be made in the
gext congress. This is true regardliess.
of the outcome of the national elec
tion in November, state primary de
feats and the death or retirement of
a number of prominent party leadcrs‘
having already made it apparent that |
the organization of the legislative body |
must be materially shifted. ,
The house will virtually be stripped
of its present republican organization,
with such leaders as Republican Floor
Leader Frank W. Mondell, of Wyo
ming; Representative Simeon D. Fess,
of Ohio; Representative Frank 4
Greene, of Vermont, and Representa
tive Patrick H. Kelly, of Michigan, all
retiring ¢o make the race for the sen
ate.
Primaries Spelled Waterloo.
In the senate several of the commit
tee leaders who have handled the ad
ministration fights for party measures,
like Senator Porter J. McCuniber, of
North Dakota, chairman of the finance
committee, and Senator Harry S. New,
of Indiana, close personal friend of
President Harding, have gone down to
defeat in their state primaries, while
others, such as Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, of Massachusetts, republican
floor leader in the upper body and
chairman of the foreign affairs com
mittee, and Senator Miles Poindcxtcr,l
of Washington, face hard fights. |
The certainty that many of the older |
leaders of the house will retire from |
public life on March 4th next has start- !
ed a lively scramble among the young-|
er men there for the places of prom-!
inence. This is true on the democratic |
side as well as on the republican. It
has been reported authoritatively that
Representative Claude Kitchen, of
North Carolina, will not be a candi-,
date for re-election as his party’s floori
manager. .
New Manager for Democrats. !
This probably will result in a con
test between Representative John Gar- |
ner, of Texas, and Representative Finis
‘Garrett, of Tennessee, in case the dem
ocrats are in the minority in the nextl
congress as they are in this. Should;
‘they capture the next house, it 1s ex
pected that those two democrats
‘would be aspirants for the speakership.
Because the republicans now have a |
greater majority in the house than the
'democrats hdve total membership
there are but few politicians who be
lieve that the present minority will be
icome the majority party next year.|
But not a few of the republicans ad
‘mit privately that there is a good
chance of the democrats capturing IOOi
seats noOw occupied by the republic.ans,l
as the result of the great republican
Jandslide in 1920. |
In the cabin Mrs. Nels P. Jensen,
wife of the master, was attemoting to
aboard the schooner. The crew of sev
aurse her baby, whose cries rapidly
were growing weaker. The mother, al
though favored by captain and crew
in the matter of available food, could
not supply sufficient nourishment for
the infant.
The crew of the becaimed vessel, it
was said, was beginning to show signs
of insanity when the Johnson came
to the rescue.
For 116 days no word had been
heard from the unfortunate vessel and
she had been given up for lost. With
favorahle winds it is expected she will
be in portx)dore the end of the week.
“There has been no flood of real
beer, sensational newspaper reports
notwithstanding.
“A lot of near beer was passed off
as the real article, and the drinking
public, as usual, was buncoed.”
After the conference Mr. Haynes
declared the situation in Johnstown
was ‘“all right” and that no action
would be necessary by prohibition
headquarters, as Mr. Davis had the
matter well in hand. His reports, Mr.
Haynes declared, revealed that no real
beer and in some instances not even
near beer had been sold and that a
“hullabaloo” had been created over
nothing,
SCORED VICTORIES IN 182 OF
220 CONTESTS FOR CONGRESS.
HOLDING THEIR OWN.
Analysis of the primary returns from
23 states indicates that 256 congress
men have been nominated this year.
One hundred and cighty-two of the
220 voted for prohibition enforcement,
while 38 are accounted “wets.” Of the
36 new men named, two-thirds are for
prohibition and against a beer and
wine amendment as urged by mem
bers of the wet camp.
This indicates that the dry senti
ment, as recorded in the congressional
districts, is doing better than holding
its own. With the victory won in Ohio
the anti-saloon forces naturally are
jubilant, although the foregoing fig
ures do not include returns from the
Buckeye state or from Arkansas.
States Which Have Acted.
The states represented are Alabama,
Florida, Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Kan
sas, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ore
gon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota,
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West
Virginia.
Two republican senators and 11 G.
O. P. members of the house thus far
have been defeated for renomination.
One democratic senator and one dem
ocratic congressman have been defeat
ed. The other 36 new men named on
the house side represent candidates
succeeding those who declined to run
again. : ’
All told, it is estimated now there
will be at least 50 changes in the Six
ty-eighth congress due to retirements,
deaths, candidacies for other offices,
etc.
WILL YOUR UNCLE
’
JIM BEAT 'EM ALL?
THAT IS THE BURNING QUES
TION IN THE ATLANTA
MAYORALTY RACE.
ATLANTA, Ga—Uncle Jim Wood
ward’s entrance into the mayoralty
race at the last moment befére the
list closed, has created the political
sensation of the day.
“Will Uncle Jim beat ’em all?” is
the prevailing question of the hour in
political, civic and social circles.
In his previous campaigns Mr.
Woodward has shrewdly stayed out of
the race for mayor until the field got
crowded with‘candidatcs of rather in
different drawing power, and then has
come in at the last moment and run
away with the field.
In his present race he will face at
least two strong _contenders in Coun
cilman Walter Sims and Councilman
J. R. Nutting. Councilman Sims is
recognized as the candidate of the Ku
Klux Klan, twelve-twenty anti-Catho
lic element, with a sprinkling of labor
votes thrown in. Councilman Nufting
is bidding for the non-factional, pro
gressive vote.
The Candidates. P
Six candidates are now in the race,
including Chief of Police Beavers.
Beavers' entrance into the race is the
source of a good deal of puzzlement,
nobody seeming to know exactly what
the idea is. ! )
A majority is required to nominate,
and a run-over is virtually a foregone
conclusion.
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KING ALFONSO A LION
AT FRENCH RESORT
SPECIAL FAVORITE OF ALLI
VARIETIES OF WOMEN. HE
DRIVES HIS OWN BIG CAR. |
PARIS.—King Alfonso, of Spain, isf
leading the social world at Deauville,
the world famous French seaside rc-:;
sort., where a frenzy of gambling, en-!
livened by constant thrills, is running
its niaddest pace. Wherever the king
goes scores of merrymakers of noble
birtH gather. The Shah of Persia, the
Crown Prince of the Balkans, Prince
Christopher of Greece, the Mahara
jah of Kapurala, queens of “movie
land” and captains of industry cluster
about him wherever he is.
The king is the special favorite of
all varieties of women, who hope that
he might kiss their hand or dance
with them at the evening ball. He is
everywhere, and always where he is
least expected. When he should be at
his pretty chateau he appears at the
cafe. When one looks for him at the
racing stables he is probably gone
to church.
Last Sunday the poor abbot was
beside himseli because the mass was
finished when King Alfonso entered.
On seeing the king the abbot prompt
ly started it all over again. The Span
ish monarch, as always, drives his
own big Spanish car and at a speed
that threatens to drive Deauville’s
chief of police into apoplexy.
A NEWSPAPER
DEVOTED TO
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOL. 40.—N0. 52
PENSIONS HAVE BECOME A
BURDEN AND A SCANDAL IN
GEORGIA, IT IS SAID.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Governor Hard
wick vetoed the appropriation by the
legislature of $1,200,000 for Confeder
ate pensions.
In his statement of the reasons why
he vetoed the appropriation the gov
ernor called attention to the fact that
the legislature failed to provide the
revenue with which te pay additional
Confederate pensions, and declared it
was therefore impossible for him to
approve this bill. He further called at
tention to his statement in his mes
sage to the legislature when the ses
sion convened that he would be un
willing to approve appiopriations in
excess of the revenue of the state.
Approximately $500,000 of deficien
cv appropriations for various institu
tions were passed by the legislature,
‘and all of these were approved by the
governor with a few minor exceptions.
| Millionaires on the Roll.
i The fact of the matter is that Con
federate pensions have come to be a
burden and a scandal. Georgia is now
tpayiug pensions, or is authorized by
'th(- constitution to pay pensions, to
any and all men who served in the
Confederate army for any length of
‘time, whether they enlisted in Geor-!
‘gia or not, and whether they have
lived in Georgia twelve months or for
ty vears, and whether they are penni
less or worth a million dollars. There
‘are numerous pensioners on-the roll
lwho are millionaires and draw their
“)ension money .to distribute among
chauffeurs, cooks and other servants
}at the holiday season. Georgia is pay
ing, or is authorized to pay, pensions
to widows of Confederate soldiers who
‘married as late as 1880, which was fif
‘teen years after the civil war ended.
Georgia’s Confederate pension roll
is far and away the largest of any
Confederate state. The further Geor
gia travels from the civil war the big
ger hecomes her pension roll, for this
reason:
That as fast as legitimate pension
ers die out the legislature at the be
hest of this and that demagogue has
been extending the qualifications from
time to time in recent years, until the
growth of the roll more than com
pensates for the deaths among men
who actually went from Georgia into
the actual service of the Confederacy,
and for the deaths among widows who
were actually married to Confederate
soldiers either during or immediately
after the war.
Other Vetoes.
’ Governor Hardwick also vetoed the
bill appropriating $30,000 to the train
ing “school for mental defectives, his
reason being that the bill as it came
to him contained nothing but the cap
tion and the repealing clause. Through
an oversight, apparently, the body of
the bill was left out when it was
drawn. Representative Dußose, of
Clarke, chairman of the house appro
priations committee, was the author of
the bill, ¢
The governor also vetoed the bill
appropriating $lO,OOO to the school for
the blind at Macon, for the reason
that the bill contained no stipulation
as to the purpose for which the mon
ey should be expended.
Tiny Boat Crosses the
Ocean in Just 28 Days
Fifty-Two-Foot Craft Sails From
England to Bermuda.
The auxiliary yacht, Diablesse, own
ed and piloted by John Bartram Kelly, -
of New York city, has arrived at Ham
ilton, Bermuda, on this side of the
Atlantic ocean, following a 28-day run
from London, England. The Diablesse
is 52 feet long, 15 feet across the beam,
weighs 21 tons, and draws seven feet
of water. It carries sails and an auxil
iary engine.
The little yvacht traveled south be
fore trade winds at a speed of 180
knots a day until it approached the
Sargasso sea, where it was overtaken
by a dead calm in the midst of the
great floating mass of sea vegetation.
Deep sea fishing was the favorite sport
while they drifted about for seven
days. The heat was terrible during
the day, but nights were cool.
Nearing Bermuda the pilot of the
Diablesse was warned of a heavy gale
and advised to use the motor. It was
found, however, that the gasoline feed
pipe was clogged, and an attempt to
loosen it caused a fire. The blaze was
‘quickly extinguished and the craft en
tered the bay at Hamilton under full
sail.
ELECTROCUTION IS NEW
WAY OF KILLING WEEVIL
‘Georgia Inventor Gives a Demonstra
tion of His Machine.
Details of a npew method of com
.hauing the boll weevil by electrical
‘treatment of infected cotton plants,
‘which was invented by W. G. Flake,
}m’_ Conyers, Ga., and which is now
“)emg perfected commercially, have
just been made public,
Demonstrations of the invention
were recently held before the state
board of entomology. The patent has
| been applied for. :
I Mr. Flake explains that the electric
| current with which it is planned to
| destroy boll weevils not only kills the
|insects but also actually benefits the
plants. The current is sent through
the plant from a machine mounted on
wheels, which is capable of “spraying”
| with electricity several rows at a time.
llt is claimed that the cost is only
about 20 cents an acre.
THE SMALLEST CAPITAL.
Said to be the smallest capital in the
world Tulzgsi,o the administrative cen
ter of the Solomon islands, contains
30 white persons and a few Chinese.
It does not contain a single street.